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Yesterday, Delilah revealed her new cover art, despite fears (or hopes?) that her publisher would spank her. Today, I’m revealing my cover, but there’ll be no spankings, since I’m self-publishing this one. 😦
Chase and Seduction was released through my publisher two years ago, an I’ve just rewritten it, and turned it into the first book of my upcoming trilogy, Hot Country.
What red-blooded woman can resist a sexy country-western singer when he grabs his guitar, resettles his Stetson, and plants those cowboy boots on the stage and sings the words that send chills down our spines?
In the first book, Chase Tanner is after Reno Linden, bent on seduction. She’s a reclusive writer he’s met while filming the screenplay she’s written. The seduction is hot, the love is emotional, and a surprise ending will have you smiling, and maybe shedding a few tears.
The second book, Heart of Steele, has Steele McLairn wondering why Tracy Williams is so damn mad at him. Mad enough to smack him right in the middle of the music video they’re filming together.
Rough Ryder is the third book. When a woman he’s never met holds up a sign at his concert proclaiming Ryder has stolen a song from him, their lives will never be the same again.
Chase and Seduction is with my editors right now, and hopefully I’ll have the book published later this month or early in June. Just in time for your summer reading! Connect with me on Facebook or Twitter, or subscribe to my mailing list to find out when the book is released. I’m starting Heart of Steele next week, and I can’t wait to dig into Steele and Tracy’s story, and add little snippets to update you on what’s happening with Chase and Reno.
Here’s a quick excerpt from Chase and Seduction:
Reno skidded to a halt at the trailer door, her cell phone at her ear.
Chase sat in an upholstered chair, smoking a thick cigar, one booted foot resting on the opposite knee. His hat sat in the middle of the end table, next to the still-lit candle, and she stared at the rare sight of his wavy auburn hair. God, how she wanted to touch it, touch him—all over, all night. A shiver of desire trickled through her.
His gaze pierced her. “Doll, you’re a bit late.” His voice rumbled.
“Reno! What’s going on?” Her friend’s words bellowed from her phone.
“I’m fine, Mitzi. I’ll call you tomorrow.” She hung up, stuck her phone in her pocket, and backed up a step. How was she going to get out of this?
“Whoa there, Miss Reno. You’re going the wrong way.” He set his cigar in the crystal ashtray, planted his feet flat on the floor, and leaned his elbows on his thighs. “Come on in.” Those beautiful blue eyes of his seemed so welcoming.
“I…I don’t mean to be here. I mean, I saw the smoke.”
He grinned. “You came to save me?”
“Yeah. No. I’m…” Scared? Horny? Jumpy? Tempted?
“Yes!” What a relief. He understood her. Evidently, during all the talks they’d shared, he’d been listening to her.
“I’ll admit, I’m puzzled, too.” He narrowed his eyes. “There’s this crazy-strong pull between us, and I want to see where it goes.”
He was right, there was something burning between them, besides the smelly cigar. Was it a flame that would smolder out after one night? She dropped her head and scuffed the turf with her sandal, not sure how to answer him.
“Reno.” He waited until she met his gaze. “I didn’t think you were coming.” His eyes told the story of his disappointment. “And you wouldn’t be here right now if you didn’t think I was trapped in a burning trailer, right?”
Had she been subconsciously working her way over here while she was on the phone? “I don’t know.” She looked at his handsome face. Would it be so terrible to spend a little private time with him? “Maybe I just move a lot slower than you do.”
He perked up, and the look in his eyes turned hopeful. “Listen, it’s been a real ball buster for me, too. There’s something goin’ on with us. Every time I see you, and damn it, when I touch you, it’s—”
“Chase, wait. I think you’re reading more into this than you should.” Her voice quavered slightly and she firmed her resolve. “You know the type of person I am. I’m not interested in one night, and you’re not the type to offer more.” So there they were, staring at each other, waiting for the other to make a concession.
He shook his head. “You still think I…” He ran a hand through his hair. “Aw, hell, you aren’t coming in, are you.”
“I don’t think I should.” What she should do was back up a step, then another, then turn and run as if prairie fire licked at her heels. What she wanted, though, was just a few more minutes with him. To soak him in and let his desire fill every inch of her.
“Just…come and sit with me. Have a beer. Let’s talk.”
No. If she stepped foot in that trailer, she’d become a victim of her own lust, and neither of them would be coming out until they did everything she’d been dreaming of. Her voice wouldn’t work, so she shook her head.
He must have recognized the wistfulness in her eyes, because he stood and walked to the edge of the two steps leading into his RV. “Reno, I can be a gentleman.” He put one booted foot on the step and reached out his hand.
Mitzi’s voice echoed in her head—Do it. Do it twice. She wasn’t that brave. She glanced up at him, and in an instant…
His brow furrowed, his jaw clenched, and he stood frozen, waiting for her decision. The look in his eyes startled her: pleading, unsure, and it darn near charmed the shorts off her. It drew her in completely, made her breath catch in her throat, and her blood run hot. He didn’t just want her, he needed her.
Maybe she’d misjudged him. She just assumed from the movie set gossip that he was wild, but she hadn’t seen him with any women on the studio lot, or at their hotel, or at any of the parties. He’d been attentive only to her. Oh, God, was he falling for her, just as she’d already fallen for him?
She stepped forward and put her hand in his. Lightning shot up her arm and all the way down into her pussy as she let him tug her up the steps and into his life.
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- 450 g (1 lb) lean ground veal
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- 30 ml (2 tbsp) fresh sage, chopped
- 30 ml (2 tbsp) fresh mint, chopped
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Photogrammetric measurement of small objects using a non-metric camera
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Diesel exhaust fluid is a thick blackish liquid used to minimize exhaust air pollutants produced by a diesel engine, such as carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons, nitrogen, and particulate matter. In short, diesel exhaust fluid reduces the number of pollutants produced by the diesel engine’s combustion process, thus making it more environmentally sound.
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If you’re wondering what type of diesel exhaust fluid you should use in your engine, it would be best to use the proper type for the machine you have, but there are a few exceptions. If the engine you have had a supercharger, or a turbocharger, then you may want to use a higher-pressure version of the fluid. Turbochargers often need high pressures to maximize the amount of airflow into the engine, and they also usually make a lot of noise. These are great options if your supercharger, but you may want to go with standard oil if not.
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Since the pro-abortion lobbies are predominantly white and the number of abortions is disproportionately black, the racist argument cuts the other way. What is happening is white Progressives are arranging for the killing of Black babies. The original head of Planned Parenthood, Margaret Sanger, was a big advocate of using abortion as a tool for eugenics.
I’m for Roe v Wade, but I don’t see how you can say opposition to abortion is predicated on racism given the racist origins of the abortion movement and given that many Black Americans are staunchly pro-Life. The truth is abortion is an issue that cuts across race.

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By Melissa Fittro | Paradise Valley Independent
The State of Arizona earlier this year made it easier for wireless carriers to construct and install cell-phone towers in cities and towns throughout the state, but at least in the Town of Paradise Valley that structure will have to meet certain design standards.
Local officials voted unanimously Aug. 8 to set forth specific review and design criteria for those looking to build cell-phone towers within the town’s boundaries.
Following the approval of HB 2365, signed by Gov. Doug Ducey on March 31, wireless carriers such as Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile and Sprint are now allowed to install, operate and maintain small-cell equipment within city and town rights-of-way.

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Former Battlefield Fight League heavyweight champion and UFC heavyweight Arjan Bhullar will get his shot at gold once again. At ONE Championship: Code of Honor in Manila, Philippines, on May 29, Bhullar will face ONE heavyweight champion, Brandon Vera.
The bout was initially announced by Asian MMA.
Arjan Bhullar gets crack at ONE gold
Bhullar (10-1) made a surprising move to not re-sign with the UFC after going 3-1 inside the Octagon. The Olympic wrestler earned a decision victory in his ONE debut this past October against Mauro Cerilli. The AKA/Checkmat Vancouver product holds notable victories over Luis Henrique, Marcelo Golm and Juan Adams.
Vera (16-8, 1 NC) moved down to light heavyweight in his last outing, challenging Aung La Nsang for the title. The Alliance Training Center veteran fell short and lost via TKO in the second round. Prior to that blemish, Vera was riding a four-fight winning streak. This streak included winning the title and two title defenses.
The Vera vs. Bhullar heavyweight title fight is the first bout announced for the May 29 fight card.
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Private Reserve of Natural Patrimony Dona Aracy
Protected area of 5.6 thousand hectares corresponding to more than 10% of the refuge's area
Livestock is part of the Pantanal habitants’ way of life. Besides being part of the culture and progress of the region, the business sustains the economy and the citizens’ properties. The cattle and nature handling techniques form a tradition of more than 250 years that protects the region and its animals throughout the floods of the rainy season and droughts of the dry season. It is not by chance that the Pantanal is the most well preserved biome in Brazil nowadays, with 80% of its vegetation conserved. The habits of the Pantanal region residents respect the environment where they live. From this culture, social, livestock handling and ecological methods were born in which sustainability is integrated.
Due to the natural rich environment of the region, it’s possible to develop new activities such as ecotourism and research, which establish the sustainable cycle of Caiman. As it creates a new enterprise, ecotourism contributes in many positive ways. It creates new opportunities for work, raises the quality of life of the Pantanal habitants and values the people and the traditions of the region. Besides that, the knowledge creation is of great importance to keep biodiversity preserved and know more about the local biodiversity, gathering new ways to develop and promote the Pantanal. To generate awareness of the biome globally and to strengthen the relationship between livestock and ecotourism is a constant and gratifying challenge for Caiman, with many positive results that increasingly motivate the greatness of the involved projects.
Caiman is the name the current owner came up with to represent Caiman’s initiatives for conservation and regional progress.The refuge is made up of the property where the three principle initiatives are located. The three activities, raising livestock, ecotourism and conservation live in perfect harmony in the same 53,000 hectare area. Caiman looks to demonstrate the viability of allying conservation and progress with respect to nature by adapting its intitiatives to the Pantanal and its unique cycle of nature while respecting the cultures and traditions of its inhabitants and promoting new ideas to develop and bring progress to the region. The creation of the Caiman can best be explained as the creation of a real world social and nature laboratory.
The Miranda Ranch was founded in 1912 as a traditional cattle growth farm. Property of English investors and with a rich history, the farm was dedicated to livestock activity for over seventy years and is mostly still conserved.
The year 1985 would bring the start of a personal project from the owner that would lead to the creation of the Caiman. The goal was to conserve the richness of the landscape that he had the pleasure of frequenting all his life and provide for more people to have the opportunity to enjoy the best of the Pantanal through the development of the region as a tourist destination.
Currently, the ranch is focused on raising cattle. The animals are integrated with nature by means of organic meadow fields and grazing pastures.
Founded over 30 years ago with the aim of conserving the fauna, flora and culture of the Pantanal, Caiman was a pioneer in believing in the benefits of ecotourism for the region. Its structure, unique in the Pantanal, brings together extremely cosy and comfortable accommodation, magical experiences in nature – all run by experts who know everything about the location – and delicious cuisine.
Recently renovated, Casa Caiman is our main lodge and has 18 suites, as well as several leisure options that enable travelers to rest and contemplate nature. We also offer two private villas, the Cordilheira and the Baiazinha, which can be booked exclusively for small groups seeking total privacy. With 5 and 6 rooms respectively, they are amazingly comfortable lodges and include our hotel service, private guides and vehicle at your disposal.
A Private Reserve of Natural Patrimony is an independently protected area by a voluntary act of individuals and legal entities that have properties with potential for nature preservation. It’s recognized by the Brazilian government. Once created, the designated area’s use for preservation may not be altered and its status as an RPPN is perpetual.


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SAP Africa shows how to mobilise business intelligence for competitive advantage
From a young age, children now use search engines to quickly access information and this is prevalent not only in the private sphere but in all aspects of the business world.
The information society’s desire and demand for immediate access to information has become the driving force behind Mobility Business Intelligence (BI) as forward-looking organisations insist that their business intelligence needs are met easily and instantaneously in real-time.
With tight competition among BI vendors across the globe, customers are now look for differentiation in tangible product value and innovation.
In the recently released 2013 Edition of Howard Dresner's Mobile Business Intelligence Market Study, SAP BusinessObjects Mobile scored as the ‘Clear market leader in delivering high value Mobile Business Intelligence Product features and Innovation”, ahead of competitors like IBM and Oracle.
The report reveals that SAP clearly delivers the most comprehensive Mobile BI solution on the market. These findings were echoed by other top BI analysts that include Forrester, Gartner and Ventana Research, confirming SAP’s strong presence in a highly competitive market.
Merlin Knott, SAP Africa’s Director of Business Analytics, said: “The momentum around mobile analytics is increasing exponentially as it has proven to be a critical element to transforming businesses. It is also completely aligned with the current hype surrounding cloud computing, big data and BYOD (bring your own device).
“A lot of people use a smartphone or tablet in their personal lives and then expect to do the same at work, we are the instant gratification generation.”
During the course of their day-to-day activities, many companies collate data from a wide range of different corporate divisions and departments as well as external sources. The question is what can we done with this data and how up-to-date is it?
Using the SAP Mobile BI solution coupled with our real time in memory data architecture organisations can give their business users the ability to make the right snap decisions powered by reliable information.
“Imagine being able to ‘Google’ the contents of your local supermarket before you get to the store, then based on your search the store offering you the next best product that will be pre-packed and waiting for you at a drive through window,” said Knott.
The superior insights that businesses are able to gain though the intelligence will help them make operational and strategic decisions more effectively and more quickly, enable them to streamline their processes, reduce costs and ultimately generate additional business value to any end user of the information, internal or external.
SAP Africa provides a mobile-first approach to BI by way of its solutions for Android, iOS and Windows 8. These solutions help drive decision-making by delivering the information that businesses require anytime, anywhere, and on any device without the information consumer ever having to understand the complexity behind the scenes.
According to Knott, African companies are becoming increasingly empowered and see the necessity to provide critical business intelligence information to the fingertips of every person, thereby promoting more data-driven, consumer-centric businesses.
So, it’s not a surprise that these organisations are seeking technology strategies like mobile analytics to gather real value out of big data and to leverage more meaningful insights across their organisations.
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Automation of repetitive tasks leads to higher value work
Two-thirds of global office workers feel they are constantly doing the same tasks over and over again. That’s according to a new study (2021 Office Worker Survey) from automation software company UiPath.
Whether emailing, inputting data, or scheduling calls and meetings, the majority of those surveyed said they waste on average four and a half hours a week on time-consuming tasks that they think could be automated.
Not only is the undertaking of such repetitious and mundane tasks a waste of time for employees, and therefore for businesses, but it can also have a negative impact on employees’ motivation and productivity. And the research backs this up with more than half (58%) of those surveyed saying that undertaking such repetitive tasks doesn’t allow them to be as creative as they’d like to be.
“When repetitive, unrewarding tasks are handled by people, it takes time and this can cause delays and reduce both employee and customer satisfaction,” Gavin Mee, Managing Director of UiPath Northern Europe tells Business Chief. “Repetitive tasks can also be tedious, which often leads to stress and an increased likelihood to leave a job.”
And these tasks exist at all levels within an organisation, right up to executive level, where there are “small daily tasks that can be automated, such as scheduling, logging onto systems and creating reports”, adds Mee.
Automation can free employees to focus on higher value work
By automating some or all of these repetitive tasks, employees at whatever level of the organisation are freed up to focus on meaningful work that is creative, collaborative and strategic, something that will not only help them feel more engaged, but also benefit the organisation.
“Automation can free people to do more engaging, rewarding and higher value work,” says Mee, highlighting that 68% of global workers believe automation will make them more productive and 60% of executives agree that automation will enable people to focus on more strategic work. “Importantly, 57% of executives also say that automation increases employee engagement, all important factors to achieving business objectives.”
These aren’t the only benefits, however. One of the problems with employees doing some of these repetitive tasks manually is that “people are fallible and make mistakes”, says Mee, whereas automation boosts accuracy and reduces manual errors by 57%, according to Forrester Research. Compliance is also improved, according to 92% of global organisations.
Repetitive tasks that can be automated
Any repetitive process can be automated, Mee explains, from paying invoices to dealing with enquiries, or authorising documents and managing insurance claims. “The process will vary from business to business, but office workers have identified and created software robots to assist with thousands of common tasks they want automated.”
These include inputting data or creating data sets, a time-consuming task that 59% of those surveyed globally said was the task they would most like to automate, with scheduling of calls and meetings (57%) and sending template or reminder emails (60%) also top of the automation list. Far fewer believed, however, that tasks such as liaising with their team or customers could be automated, illustrating the higher value of such tasks.
“By employing software robots to undertake such tasks, they can be handled much more quickly,” adds Mee pointing to OTP Bank Romania, which during the pandemic used an automation to process requests to postpone bank loan instalments. “This reduced the processing time of a single request from 10 minutes to 20 seconds, allowing the bank to cope with a 125% increase in the number of calls received by call centre agents.”
Mee says: “Automation accelerates digital transformation, according to 63% of global executives. It also drives major cost savings and improves business metrics, and because software robots can ramp-up quickly to meet spikes in demand, it improves resilience.
Five business areas that can be automated
Mee outlines five business areas where automation can really make a difference.
- Contact centres Whether a customer seeks help online, in-store or with an agent, the entire customer service journey can be automated – from initial interaction to reaching a satisfying outcome
- Finance and accounting Automation enables firms to manage tasks such as invoice processing, ensuring accuracy and preventing mistakes
- Human resources Automations can be used across the HR team to manage things like payroll, assessing job candidates, and on-boarding
- IT IT teams are often swamped in daily activity like on-boarding or off-boarding employees. Deploying virtual machines, provisioning, configuring, and maintaining infrastructure. These tasks are ideal for automation
- Legal There are many important administrative tasks undertaken by legal teams that can be automated. Often, legal professionals are creating their own robots to help them manage this work. In legal and compliance processes, that means attorneys and paralegals can respond more quickly to increasing demands from clients and internal stakeholders. Robots don’t store data, and the data they use is encrypted in transit and at rest, which improves risk profiling and compliance.
“To embark on an automation journey, organisations need to create a Centre of Excellence in which technical expertise is fostered,” explains Mee. “This group of experts can begin automating processes quickly to show return on investment and gain buy-in. This effort leads to greater interest from within the organisation, which often kick-starts a strategic focus on embedding automation.”


Princess Kate's uncle has left the British TV show “Celebrity Big Brother” after just a few days. Gary Goldsmith was voted out of the house first in the round on Friday night. He told ITV he had the best time ever, adding that a project like this was actually outside his comfort zone. Goldsmith is the younger brother of Kate's mother, Carole Middleton.
He only commented cautiously on the show about his niece's health. When an interviewer asked: “Where is Kate?”, Goldsmith replied that he could not say anything for reasons of etiquette. But he confirmed that he had spoken to her mother and sister: “She is receiving the best treatment in the world.”
Kate came to the hospital in mid-January for a planned surgery. Daughter-in-law of King Charles III. The wife of the heir to the throne, Prince William, underwent abdominal surgery. She is now recovering at home.
The palace announced that she would not attend any appointments until after Easter. Despite the announcement and the urgent demand for privacy, there are rumors and conspiracy theories. When Goldsmith's interview on the show stressed her desire for Kate to return, he said: “She will come back, of course she will come back.”
This was not the first time that a member of the British royal family participated in a television program. In 2022, Mike Tindall competed in the British Jungle Camp – he is the husband of Zara Tindall. She, in turn, is the daughter of Princess Anne and therefore a cousin of the heir to the throne, William.
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During an official visit to the United States that begins Monday, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will attend the spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank (April 18).
Sitharaman will also be in attendance at the G20 meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors. The IMF and World Bank Group's spring meetings in 2022 will take place from Monday to Sunday.
She will also meet David Malpass, the president of the World Bank.
"The finance minister will take part in bilateral meetings with several countries, including Indonesia, South Korea, Sri Lanka and South Africa," the finance ministry said in a statement on Sunday.
The finance minister will also meet with CEOs from the semiconductor, energy, and other priority industries one-on-one.
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Pirouette I know an art competition has nothing to do with veggie gardening, but we all need some relaxing time. The Artprize 2009 in Grand Rapids, Michigan is definitely an escape. Gorgeous art work in all kinds of creative medium is on display for the public to choose the winner of the $250,000 prize. The event is through Oct. 7. Go if you are in the West Michigan area.
Nessie the Loch Ness monster looks pretty friendly and not shy.
Grand Rapids Museum with Mobile installed in the river.
Enormous table and chairs sitting atop the pedestrian bridge.
I know this Artprize 2009 video is not dealing with veggie gardens, but I just had to share it because it is such a wonderful and uplifting experience. Artists compete for $250,000 prize judged not by art critics, but by the general publ
Yes, there really is a fall garden that produces food for your family until frost. Unfortunately the blight hit our tomatoes, so we have no tomatoes on the vine now. But you may be lucky to have some. Broccoli, lettuce, cabbage, radishes, onions are all doing well in the garden and will be good even in a light frost.
Our sweet corn has not developed fully this year. We blame it on the cool rainy season we have experienced this year. It is disappointing, but my DH already has plans for next year's planting.
The "Knucklehead" pumpkins are orange and ready. They have warts on them...even our grandkids commented on the warts. I think we all prefer non-wart "punkins" for next year. We don't know yet how hard they will be to carve. Earlier in the summer my DH carved each grandchild's name in a the pumpkin the child picked out. He used a dremel tool to cut the skin. The name grew as the pumpkin grew. It turned out beautifully. Unfortunately Ethan's pumpkin didn't quite grow as quickly as the rest. So naming them may be a bad thing because you can't switch the pumpkin for another. But Ethan took it in stride. We all laughed because the six month old baby granddaughter had the biggest pumpkin!!
Delicious recipes including green peppers are a must if your garden is like ours this time of year. The green peppers are really producing. It's almost as if they know that the first frost will be here soon, so they are going to dazzle us before they die.
Peppers are relatively easy to grow, so if you are a beginning gardener, try green peppers. California Wonder is a good old stand-by. Don't stick to just green peppers either. There are 100's of pepper varieties to choose from. We have planted yellow, chocolate (no, just the color, not the taste of chocolate..LOL) and purple, as well as some of the hot peppers.
If you leave the green peppers on the plant, they will begin to turn red. These are sweeter and have a different texture. Salads and salsa are so pretty with the green and red mixed peppers.
Recipe--Stuffed Green Peppers
We like the peppers stuffed with or without the meat using corn or peas or more veggies from the garden.
Place 6 peppers (either a full-sized pepper with the tops off and seeds cleaned out or a cleaned pepper cut in half) in a micro-waveable 8" x 8 " dish. (Yes,this is so much easier than boiling them for 5 minutes in boiling water, I think.) Salt the inside of the peppers. Cook the peppers in the microwave for 3-4 minutes depending on how thick the wall is. They need to be hot.
Prepare a cup of rice--instant, brown, whatever your family prefers.
Brown one pound of ground beef with onions in a large skillet. Drain. Return to the skillet.
Add rice and 3/4 can of diced tomatoes with onion and green peppers including juice. You may add salt and garlic to taste. Heat through.
Stuff peppers with meat mixture. Top with remaining tomatoes and juice. Return to microwave and cook covered 10-12 minutes or bake in 350 degree oven, covered, for 45 minutes. Remove foil from oven baked peppers, and cook 10-15 minutes longer.
Remove from heat and sprinkle tops with cheese. No need to return the peppers to the heat as the cheese will melt.
I let the dish of peppers set for five minutes before serving. Enjoy!
The county extension agent wrote an excellent article in our local paper about tomato and potato blight that is hitting our area. Brought on by cool and rainy weather, she said that the late blight is hitting every corner of Michigan and the Northeast. Late blight produces spores that are carried by the winds to infect the gardens. This infection rapidly kills the foliage of tomato and potato plants and can affect the fruit.
If you have infected plants, remove the plants, place in a plastic bag, seal and discard in the trash or bury the plants deep enough that they will not sprout. DO NOT put them in a compost pile because the spores can spread.
If your potato vines show signs of blight, cut off or mow off the tops before the stems get heavily infected. This helps to prevent the spores from washing down into the potato tubers. Wait to dig the tubers 2-3 weeks after the vines are completely dead to limit the number of spores on the soil surface when the tubers are dug. Be sure to get all potatoes out of the ground so that there will be no spores living in tubers and surviving the winter. Do not wash the potatoes after harvesting them until necessary as that could spread the disease.
One sigh of relief is that the blight or fungus does not live in the soil from year to year, so it should not be a problem for gardeners next spring.
The extension agent explains that the unaffected fruit of blighted plants is safe to eat. But, the National Center for Home Food Preservation suggests using only "disease-free, preferably vine-ripened, firm fruit for canning. Do not can tomatoes from dead or frost-killed vines."
If there are signs of infection on the tomato or potato, cut away the bad part. It is safe to eat the healthy part, but it is likely the fruit will deteriorate quickly due to the disease.
My DH and I spent a little over an hour freezing sweet corn from our garden this afternoon. We process it very quickly by boiling it, after shucking it of course, for about 3 minutes in a big tub of water. We immediately throw it into a sinkful of ice water to cool it down and keep it from cooking anymore. Then drain it in the other side of the sink on a rack. We cut it off the cob and then place it in the quart size freezer bags. DH came up with a great idea of cutting the corn off the cob on a plastic, flat cutting sheet. Then when we had the corn cut off, we just picked up the sheet and used it as a funnel to place the corn in the bag. We quickly bagged 9 quarts in that short time. The cutting sheets save a lot of time and clean up. He is so clever.
My DH and two grandsons dug potatoes yesterday. Surprisingly we had great success with them. The ground seemed pretty hard where he planted the eyes, but he mulched the plants, so it helped to keep them cool and moist. The little boys are so amazed when the potatoes are dug and love to see who can pick up the biggest ones. That really helps Grandpa's back!
We have been camping and I have neglected writing the blog. I apologize, Dear Readers, for not keeping up. While we were gone the blight got our tomatoes. I have heard several gardeners in our area suffering the same misfortune with their tomatoes. But gardeners will be gardeners and all are still planning on raising tomatoes next year. My hubby pulled all of our plants up, so that is the end of the 'maters for us.

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The magnitude of the Ebola outbreak has been underestimated because families hide infected relatives in their homes, the World Health Organization (WHO) says.
Because Ebola has no cure, some people infected with the virus preferred to die at home, the WHO said on Friday in a statement.
This was especially the case in Liberia and Sierra Leone, where stigma and social rejection related to Ebola are massive.
Some West Africans continue to deny Ebola exists, while others believe isolations wards are incubators of the disease, according to the WHO.
In addition, Ebola-affected countries lacked staff, supplies and equipment, including personal protective equipment, the WHO said.
Hospital and diagnostic capacities in the region had been overwhelmed.
Numerous treatment centres and clinics had closed because medical staff had fled out of fear of being infected. In Liberia's capital, Monrovia, and other areas virtually all health services had shut down, the WHO said.
New treatment facilities immediately fill with patients, which suggests that many more people have symptoms than are being detected by health workers, according to the WHO.
In Monrovia, an Ebola treatment centre with 20 beds, which opened last week, was immediately overwhelmed with more than 70 patients, the WHO said.
There were also "shadow-zones," the WHO said, villages where residents resist health workers' investigations or that cannot be accessed due to lack of staff and vehicles. Many rural villages continued to bury corpses without notifying health officials.
Senegal on Friday became the latest African country to restrict travel as a result of the Ebola outbreak, closing its borders to neighbouring Guinea.
"This measure also applies to air and maritime borders, to planes and ships coming from Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia," Interior Minister Abdoulaye Daouda Diallo was quoted by the Senegalese Press Agency as saying.
Many African countries have restricted air, land and water travel in the region, causing a significant impact on the economy and on food security, according to the World Food Programme.
Senegal's decision comes shortly after South Africa issued a travel ban for non-citizens arriving from Ebola-hit countries.
In West Africa, 1350 people have died from the outbreak so far, according the WHO, and 2473 suspected or confirmed cases have been reported in the region.
Ebola causes massive haemorrhaging and has a fatality rate of up to 90 per cent. It is transmitted through contact with blood and other body fluids.
© MCT 2019


If the classic definition of chutzpah is the parent-killer who whines about his orphanage, a competing definition is the prosecutor who complains that a railroaded prisoner used an unfair advantage to get out.
To hear a succession of New Orleans district attorneys tell it, John Thompson was only acquitted of killing Ray Liuzza because his retrial was held after a witness who fingered Thompson had died. However, it's not Thompson's fault that the retrial was held after such a long time -- or that a retrial was needed at all.
The state had an opportunity to stage a fair trial soon after Liuzza was murdered, but one of its prosecutor rigged it to easily convict Thompson and send him to death row. The retrial was so long in coming because that rogue prosecutor only confessed when he realized he was dying.
Therefore, let us not have the audacity to say, as a succession of prosecutors have, that the state's case was harmed by the passage of time. And let us not belittle an acquittal or argue that its meaning is ambiguous.
When stripped of its ill-gotten advantage and forced to play fair, the state could not prove that Thompson killed Liuzza -- not even with a judge's permission to read the deceased witness's testimony into the record.
New District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro knows all that. Yet, he persists in making the offensive argument that Thompson managed to pull one over on the state, when it was the state that pulled one over on Thompson. Furthermore, according to a letter Cannizzaro mailed to this newspaper, the acquitted man isn't necessarily innocent. The state just couldn't prove he committed the crime.
A three-judge panel at the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals mocked that very argument when Cannizzaro's predecessors made it in court.
They wrote: "To begin with, we note that to the extent the parties argue about 'guilty' and 'innocent,' they misstate the relevant question -- the key question... is whether the prosecution could have proven Thompson's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt" after turning over material helpful to his defense and "not whether Thompson was actually guilty."
To convince the courts that their cheating didn't cause Thompson's original guilty verdict, the three judges wrote, prosecutors would have to show they could convict Thompson without cheating. "This is exactly what the DA's Office unsuccessfully attempted to do at Thompson's second murder trial in which he was found not guilty."
For that reason, the appellate judges ordered the district attorney's office to stop trying to convince them that Thompson really did it. Unfortunately, that order couldn't stop Cannizzaro from using the letters section to imply that Thompson is guilty.
It's a spiteful, petty act that does nothing to diminish the $14 million the courts say the district attorney office owes Thompson. Cannizzaro, who took over the office after the judgment had been rendered, has flirted with the idea of filing for bankruptcy. Whether or not he is allowed to go through with that idea, the public can understand the argument that the office doesn't have enough cash to satisfy that judgment.
However, the public should reject every attempt prosecutors make to convince us Thompson is the bad guy and every attempt to blame anybody but the conniving prosecutor and his employer for putting the office and the city as a whole in this mess.
Enough of the campaign to connect Thompson's acquittal to the time between the crime and his second trial. There would not have been such a gap if a prosecutor hadn't decided to cheat.
Jarvis DeBerry is an editorial writer. He can be reached at 504.826.3355 or at firstname.lastname@example.org.


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If you've been to one of Lacy's outdoor yoga classes, you may of tasted one of these ridiculously delicious treats. They're spiced like chai tea (another one of our faves!) and are a completely natural and super easy treat. So here's the recipe.
Makes 8-10 rolls
Time: 40 minutes (with 30 minute chill time)
- 1/4 c. raw pecans
- 14 medjool dates, pits removed
- 1 t vanilla extract
- 1/4 t cinnamon, ground
- 1/8 t ginger, ground
- 1/8 t cardamom, ground
- 1/8 t cloves, ground
- 1/4 t salt
- 1/8 c. coconut, shredded
1. Combine all ingredients but coconut and pulse in a food processor until a sticky dough forms.
2. Chill dough in the fridge for about 30 minutes.
3. Roll out dough on a piece of wax paper and form the dough into small balls about 1" size or smaller, then roll each piece in shredded coconut to lightly coat.
Store in the fridge for up to a week and share generously !


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Etsy is the most popular online marketplace for handmade goods and crafts. From bracelets to phone cases, rings, furniture, and more, Etsy is perfect for anyone who is creative and wants to sell their handmade creations. As long as you have the space, this can make for one of the best ways to make money online that can be started with a very limited investment. Consider these 5 steps to starting an Etsy store, from Handmadeology.
You can earn above average rates of return because peer-to-peer lending eliminates the bank function. That means that you participate in nearly the entire interest rate being paid by the borrower, rather than the less than 1% that you will typically earn on certificates of deposit. And you can reduce your risk by investing in slices of hundreds of different loans.
I could have promoted WP Engine (hosting company) for $200/sale with no tier program to climb – sounds pretty good right? But when I checked ShareASale I saw their reversal rates were 24%! Just to give you an idea SiteGround’s reversals are less than 10%. WP Engine starts at $29/month while SiteGround’s is $3.95/month, plus SiteGround has a better reputation. I had to climb a tier program to get SiteGround’s $150/sale, but long-term my research paid off.
Theme – you don’t need a special theme for affiliate marketing, you probably just need a blog. I recommend StudioPress themes since that’s what Yoast, Matt Cutts (from Google), and I use. Matt Mullenweg, founder of WordPress also recommends them. One of the biggest mistakes I made was using a theme from Themeforest… since they’re built by independent developers who may stop making updates to their theme. This happened to me and I hear horror stories all the time about people having to switch themes and redesign their entire site. I’ve been using the same StudioPress theme (Outreach Pro) for 3 years. Their themes are lightweight (load fast), SEO-friendly via optimized code, secure, and they have a huge selection of plugins for the Genesis Framework and an awesome community in the Genesis WordPress Facebook Group. They include documentation for setting it up and will serve you for many, many years.
Organize a yard sale. Even if you don’t have anything valuable to sell, your family probably has some stuff lying around the house or garage that is just taking up extra space. Ask your parents if they’d be willing to clean out some old junk and let you collect the proceeds as long as you do the grunt work. If they say yes, empty out your closet, attic, or basement and advertise your sale around the neighborhood.
I understand the need to build a profile, but again, after several minutes of answering repetitive questions, I am either told I don’t qualify, or I’m sent an email which contains a broken link, or…you get the idea. I would gladly spend 30 – 45 minutes answering a survey, submit, and earn the amount of $ it said it would pay. But, these last four days have been a royal waste of time.
Amazon offers a service called Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA), which can be extremely useful for arbitrage sellers, or others selling their own products. If you opt for FBA, Amazon will store, pick, pack and deliver your products. That means you can scale your arbitrage business quickly as you don’t have to store products in your own home or waste time with postage.
Creating a video series and selling it as a digital download on your blog, much like an eBook, can be another great seller. A video course, teaching viewers a specific skill or how to achieve a particular activity, may well resonate with your audience. If you are going to go down this route then your videos need to be as professional as possible so you should consider investing in some video and lighting equipment, as well as editing software.
Hi, I commented a year ago, but from what I can tell, nobody ever messaged me. I’m sixteen (gonna be seventeen in a little over a month), and I am looking for a job. I don’t have paypal, but I do have American Express if anything uses that. And I still don’t have a phone. Are there any writing or music jobs I could have? I thank you very much if you took the time to read and answer back.
Consider selling in lots. A lot is a collection of similar items that is sold in a group. For example, if you have a collection of books, magazines or similar pieces of jewelry, consider selling them all at once in a lot. You many not make as much money as you would have if you sold each item separately. However, the items will likely sell more quickly in a lot than they would individually.
#1 – Uhaul–Read review– If you are 16 years old and over you have an opportunity to work with Uhaul as a Customer Service Representative. You do need to have a good quality USB headset and high-speed internet in order to apply and do this job. Basic pay starts at $7.50 to $8.50 an hour. You also get bonuses that can push your hourly pay up to about $14 – $15.
If you have an extra room in your house, consider listing it on a sharing service like Airbnb.com. Airbnb provides listings for vacation homes, homes, apartments, etc. What this means is that you can actually make extra money from listing your spare bedroom (or master) on Airbnb while you're away. This extra money could fund part or all of your stay elsewhere. You can currently book in 191 different countries. Yeah, this service has really taken off. Sign up for Airbnb.com.
It shouldn’t come as a surprise, but people who regularly monitor their finances end up wealthier than those who don’t. When you were a kid, keeping track of all of your money in a porcelain piggy bank was pretty easy. As we get older, though, our money becomes spread out across things like car payments, mortgages, retirement funds, taxes, and other investments and debts. All of these things make keeping track of our money a lot more complicated.
You'll also need ecommerce software, fulfillment software, worry about warehousing, customer service, refunds and so on. But that's not all. You'll also need traffic. Think search engine optimization, Facebook ads, and other social media campaigns. Sound like a lot of work? Sure, it is. Especially if you do it all on your own. You could opt for Amazon's platform, which might be the easier route. But, then again, at the end of the day, this is a serious business, which could produce significant profits. So you're either all in or you're not.
This is slightly different than eBay Arbitrage. Find a distributor that will sell to you at their discounted prices. List these items online. Buy and ship to your hearts content. Basically, you become a reseller of computers and other hardware. Another thought here is to sell computer parts. Can you find a part that seems to be in demand. If you can supply the demand, you may just have yourself a part-time business.
With personal finance software you can schedule automatic payments and transfers between all of your imported accounts. Automatic transfers will help to make sure you have the necessary funds in the right account to ensure all bills are paid on the appropriate date. Late fees are annoying and do nothing but cost you money. It’s time that you said goodbye to them once and for all.
So many people dream of writing a book, but never go through with it. Yet no matter what, I’m sure you have experience and value you could give through writing a book. By packaging your skills and knowledge into a downloadable eBook that helps people learn a skill, advance their careers, or start a businesses, you can change someone’s life and even make good money online.
Make Money Photography - There are Innumerable of best websites for photographers to sell photos and some best high paying apps dedicated just for selling and buying your photos online. However, some of them stand out among the others. We tried out some hot ‘Sell Photos Online’ apps in our money making ideas, and we have found out these four platforms.
Your niche doesn't necessarily need to be an area you're already an expert in. You can also choose a specialized area which you're enthusiastic or interested in learning more about.Think of Oprah, she doesn't market herself as an expert, but she frequently brings other experts on her show. You can do the same in your niche, by giving other experts a platform to promote themselves in exchange for content creation.
To get started with Amazon affiliate marketing you will need to sign up with Amazon Affiliates. Then subtly market products on your site that are relevant to your niche and will be of interest to your audience. Make sure you only endorse high-quality products. If your visitors make a purchase on your recommendation but are not impressed with the item, you could quickly lose followers.

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Roberto Blake recently posted a video called “How To Be More Creative and Find Inspiration”, which I’ll link in the description. I was already planning to make a video/blog post about creativity, but seeing Roberto’s video gave me a bigger push to go ahead and do it.
My mind is always busy creating. I can’t stop it, except when I’m sleeping and sometimes, I don’t think even then. The thing is most of this is not anything I would share with anyone, because it’s just for me.
Luckily, the little that is shareable comes around often enough that I can produce a constant stream of paintings and drawings, which then become the basis for videos and blog posts.
Roberto said something in his video, which is something I also said in my first video on this topic, and that’s keep your mind open to inspiration around you. I said it before and I’ll say it again, and I’m paraphrasing, but keep your mind open and inspiration will find its way in.
Most of what you see as far as paintings and drawings wasn’t something I came up with off the top of my head. I generally had to see something that I wanted to paint.
For example, take this drawing of my aunt with her knitting instructor. I took the photo while I was sitting across the room from them watching them and thinking, “this could become artwork.”
It was the same thing with these zoo paintings. Every one of them came as a result of realizing what I was looking at could become artwork and taking out my camera.
If you want to hear more explanations behind each of these pieces, you can read my post, 2016 Art Retrospective
That's all for now. I'll talk to you again next week.
Painter of portraits and wildlife

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The Peterborough Petes have defeated the Ottawa 67’s to advance to the Eastern Conference championship for the first time since the 2016-17 season.
In game six of their best-of-seven semi-final series at the Peterborough Memorial Centre on Monday night (April 24), the Petes won the game 5-4 to eliminate the regular season champions and to take the series 4-2.
The Petes led the game 2-1 by the end of the first period, with goals by Connor Lockhart and Avery Hayes. The Petes dominated the second period, with Lockhart scoring again along with Jonathan Melee. Early in the third period, Lockhart achieved a hat trick (with Chase Smith’s third assist of the game) to increase the Petes’ lead by 5-1.
Ottawa then scored three successful goals but were unable to tie the game, with Michael Simpson stopping 35 of 39 shots for his eighth win of the postseason.
In the Eastern Conference championship, which will be played between April 27 and May 9, the Petes will face either the North Bay Battalion or the Barrie Colts, whose series is tied 3-3 with the deciding game to be played in North Bay on Tuesday night.
Tickets for the first and second championship home games will go on sale to the general public at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday morning through the Peterborough Memorial Centre’s Grant Thornton Box Office.


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Bring the colour indoors, with these beautiful bright coloured flowering bromeliads. Lovers of light, warm homes, it will certainly add that touch of the tropics to your space. Available in your choice of beautifully gift wrapped or a planter.
Colour and variety of bromeliad flower may vary from photo shown due to availability. Planter maybe different to the one shown, should you like a specific colour, please contact us in store to discuss options available.


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What California’s petty dictators really want to do with those teachers
and children who don’t do what they order.
Now they’re coming for the children: California health officials, outraged that teachers at Foothills Christian Church Preschool could not keep masks on two- and three-year-olds continuously for nine hours a day, have shut the school down and banned its director, Tiffany McHugh, from ever working with children again.
This bears repeating: These insane health officials demanded that school officials keep the masks on little toddlers at all times, a demand that any normal human knows is impossible. Furthermore, even the slightest amount of research will tell you that there is no reason for the kids to wear masks in the first place, as young kids generally don’t get COVID — just like they don’t get the flu — and if they do it has been shown to be harmless in healthy children.
A closer look at the actions of the health officials reveals what was really going on:
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Ways in Which Religion and Technology has Changed Worship World
The current population has about eighty percent believing in religion and half of it has aces to the internet. Meaning, population and technology to some extent go in hand. To some extent, people have developed a stronger faith in their religion and access to the scriptures through the internet. Therefore a topic of discussion has been raised concerning technology and religion. How religion has been spread has been influenced to some level by technology. You will then need to click here in this guide to learn the relationship between technology and religion that has been a great concern in most of the people.
With the current activities happening in the modern world, there are scriptures that are aimed to focus on them. For example, when you consider how Christians depict the coming of the end of the world, you will see that they say mare wars and false prophets will be a sign of end times and that we what you currently see these days. During the Sabbath, you will sometimes find that only two hours are awarded for the scriptures and that is not enough. Therefore, when you did not get what was preached in church, you can as well go to the church website and review it once more. You will then find the churches that have established their online presence post the video streams as soon as the services are finished. You can then conclude that when you want to understand the scripture better, you will then use the internet.
Also, with the internet, you do not have to go to church to get the word of God. Being at home will not prevent you from getting the live stream of the teachings at the church. This will be applicable for those who are elderly and can’t make it to church. You may find it hard to attend the mass, because you are taking care of a sick person. When you don’t go to church, you should not think that you are being withdrawn far from church. You can decide to stream the mass live from the website of the church. When you want to stream the preaching at the church, you can as well use the social media platform that the church uses like YouTube.
With technology, churches have found it easier to make funding. Before, the church would only rely on the funds that the congregation would offer. This was so little that it couldn’t support the church services and even maintain the congregation. It is even better than these payment processors like PayPal do not pull fees from the church’s recurring gifts as they are donations.


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The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether the Unified Protocol (UP)—a mechanistically transdiagnostic psychological treatment—provides benefit to individuals with a range of trauma histories, psychological difficulties, and diagnostic comorbidity. Using data from a sequential multiple-assignment randomized trial (SMART), this exploratory analysis included a sample of 69 community-recruited adults seeking outpatient mental health treatment. We examined reductions in anxiety and depressive symptoms and changes in aversive and avoidant reactions to intense emotions—the UP’s putative mechanism—first by comparing individuals with and without trauma histories and then specifically among participants with PTSD. Findings suggest that the UP may lead to similar improvements in clinical diagnostic severity, anxiety, and depression among patients with trauma exposure as those without trauma exposure. Roughly half of participants with PTSD demonstrated reductions in PTSD clinical severity, anxiety, depression, and distress aversion, suggesting the UP may be an efficacious treatment for people with PTSD and comorbid conditions.
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Effort on this project was supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (T32 DA035200) through the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This publication’s contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of NIH.
Raw data are available upon request. Syntax files for the primary outcomes are located on Open Science Framework (https://osf.io/xrv8k/) (accessed on 8 November 2021).
Hood, Caitlyn O.; Southward, Matthew W.; Bugher, Christian; and Sauer-Zavala, Shannon, "A Preliminary Evaluation of the Unified Protocol among Trauma-Exposed Adults with and without PTSD" (2021). Psychology Faculty Publications. 209.

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I attended this year's Fan Expo on Thursday and Friday, choosing to avoid the madness of the Saturday mob, which turned out to be a good idea based on the many reports of lengthy lines, overcrowding, and over selling tickets.
We lucked out on Thursday getting "Golden Tickets" at the Marvel Booth, which got us autographs from Stan "The Man" Lee at the 50th anniversary celebrations for Spider-Man.
The Lego booth was impressive with a lot of great Lego sculptures, but I do have to give a tip of the hat to the Mega Blocks booth. As my kids were building their creations, the attendant told them that they could keep whatever they built!
Another tip of the hat goes to all the wonderful costume players that were generous with their time and always happy to have a picture taken with you.
Neal Adams was a bit of a let down as he was charging $5 an autograph. If it was to raise money for a charity, I could understand, but felt a bit cheated, especially when I wanted to get a $60 Marvel Masterworks signed.
Getting behind the wheel of Back To The Future's Delorian, for a $20 donation to charity, was a lot of fun!
And DC Comics did a great job with this comic book immersive photo-shopping.
I had emailed Bob about doing a convention sketch of Hercules wielding Thor's hammer, but was so busy during the week of the Fan Expo here in Toronto, that I didn't have time to reply. Last Friday, I went to his table and overheard that his sketch list had several people on it and he wasn't going to get to them until the afternoon. I had the kids with me and had to leave, so I was disappointed. However, I got an email yesterday from Bob who was wondering why I hadn't come by to pick up my sketch! ARGH! Fortunately, he's mailing it off to me!
Here's the full 6 pages of the never-completed tenth issue of the Roger Stern and John Byrne run on Captain America grabbed from the Marvel Premiere Edition. These pencils were never inked.
Monday, August 27, 2012
From the Marvel Comics: The Untold Story Facebook page, Mike Carlin states:
"... maybe photographer Eliot R Brown can correct me where I'm wrong-- or where my memory is off: The Scarecrow was Mark Gruenwald. I was in front of him as The Needle (the guy with the needle). Werewolf By Night was colorist Bob Sharen. The guy hanging off the fire-escape is Spongebob animator Vincent Waller. The Moth Lady was Mark G's wife Belinda. Tigra was Annie Nocenti her own bad self. Brian Postman is the Hangman-- though ya can barely see him. Not sure who played The Shroud-- Ralph Macchio? White haired guy in white is letterer Jack Morelli. And Green Hoody guy MIGHT be Ren & Stimpy animator Bob Camp. For the life of me I can't remember Spider-Woman's name-- but she was a secretary from the business-side of Marvel-- and she looked awesome in the suit! In fact she's the only character painter Bob Larkin didn't have to "enhance" with costume-lines and such! Lotsa fun here!"
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And couldn't resist posting this version by Fred Hembeck!
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“Who’s That Lady?”
Writer: Roger Stern
Penciler: John Romita Jr.
Inking: John Romita Sr.
This annual turned out to be more of a team-up story with co-star Captain Marvel stealing most of the spotlight. Captain Marvel’s 17-page origin was a textbook example of how to concisely craft and introduce a new superhero. Stern leveraged her point-of-view as a rookie superhero with access to almost unlimited powers, but was still trying to understand and control them.
In an interview for Back Issue magazine #54, Roger Stern admited: “With Captain Marvel, I did my best to create a character in the Lee/Kirby/Ditko tradition, a down-to-Earth person who suddenly acquired extraordinary power. And I wanted her to be a straightforward, likable superhero.”
The story is segwayed by the origin telling, but Stern gets the main storyline going again and has Captain Marvel stumble and blusters her way into the Avengers headquarters. This encounter of course sets up her relationship with the Avengers. Stern had the idea of her becoming an Avenger in mind from this beginning and this annual was the first step on that road.
The annual’s art is another amazing son-father team-up by the Romitas. Their work is classic Spidey with a modern flare owing to Romita Jr.’s influence. Captain Marvel had one of the more interesting costume origins as she finds her way inside of a Mardi Gras costume warehouse! She next appeared in Mighty Avengers #227.
Best quote: [from Iron Man sitting on Monitor Duty] “That’s the F.F.’s priority signal. I wonder what they want? It better not be Galactus again! I warned them that –”
Friday, August 17, 2012
Doctor Strange #65
Writer: Roger Stern
Artist: Paul Smith
By Jef Willemsen
Roger Stern has enjoyed a long, rightfully celebrated career as a writer for both Marvel and DC. The secret to his success lies in his encyclopedic knowledge of and fierce love for the genre, combined with a respectfully rebellious attitude towards it that prevents getting tied down by it. This results in stories that feature recognisable characters (re)acting in familiar ways without feeling stale and predictable.
During the 1980s, Stern proved his worth on popular books like Captain America, Spider-Man and the Avengers… But he also wrote a fair share of Doctor Strange solo stories, that showcased his understanding of the sorceror supreme.
Stern’s strengths are on full display in Doctor Strange # 65, a done in one tale that seems almost pedestrian compared to what the good doctor usually deals with. You won’t find an impending galaxy crunching in this issue, nor will the fate of time and space hang in the balance. Stern doesn’t need all of that to deliver 22 pages that distill the quintessential Doctor Strange.
The issue opens with Doctor Strange’s ladyfriend Morgana Blessing attending a seminar by one Kerwin Havelock… A self proclaimed mystic who offers enlightenment through magic.
Using his ‘magic’, Kerwin cures the sceptic audience member, burning away his doubts, insecurity and agression. The crowd goes wild and Havelock gets swarmed by people who are willing to pay good money to receive a similar cure. Unfortunately, it sounds a little too good to be true, as Havelock reveals after his performance.
“I gotta hand it to you, Kerwin, this is one cozy little racket!”
Quite true! After all, who would believe a failed actor like Havelock would actually wield any magic to speak of? As a flashback reveals, he picked up all his fancy incantations from an old woman everyone thought was mad. Thinking Havelock harmless as well, Morgana cheerfully relates her experience over lunch to Doctor Strange whose mood shifts from slightly bemused to rather concerned when he hears about Havelock’s magic spells.
Apparently, that little old lady wasn’t quite so mad after all, but an actual sorceress who called on mystical entities and places of power… Among them, the planes of Pohldak. By repeating her lines verbatum, Havelock had unknowingly been chanting a summoning spell for close to a decade. His efforts had inadvertenly created an eldritch bridge linking Earth with the demon rich Pohldak plains.
Doctor Strange tried to warn Havelock, even attempting to prevent him from ever performing ‘magic’ again. But before he could complete his enchantments, Havelock’s men brutally assaulted him. Almost getting knocked out, a seriously injured Strange fled the scene… Time for plan B.
Yup, that’s Stephen Strange using his magic to infiltrate one of Havelock’s seminars for gullible rich people seeking enlightenment. He isn’t in the best of shape, after the earlier assault left him with a concussion that barely made him capable of performing this relatively simple illusion spell.
Concussion or no, Strange was still forced to action when Havelock invoked Pohldak during his seminar. Due to a rare stellar allignment, the outerdimensional demons finally managed to open a portal to Earth and answered Havelock’s call. Needless to say, all hell broke loose…
It goes without saying that Strange did help, using his mastery of the mystic arts to sever the creatures tentative connection to Earth and banishing them back from whence they came. All’s well that ends well, but there was still the little matter of Havelock…
Some might say forcing your enemy to suffer for the rest of his life isn’t very heroic. The least Strange could have done was wipe Havelock’s memory as well. Yet, its exactly this approach to the character that makes Stern such a great Strange writer.
You see, Doctor Strange creator Steve Ditko never envisioned the character to be your typical spandex clad superhero. In fact, his earliest appearances show Strange as a master of ‘black magic’… A pretty fair indication Strange’s notions of good and bad aren’t necessarily dictated by common human morality.
Sure, Strange had vowed to protect mankind, but he never fought conventional criminals. Most of his rogues galery consists of macabre, metaphysical menaces... Heck, he even fought a haunted house! That’s bound to give you a somewhat different outlook on the concept of justice.
Stern took this approach to heart, but managed to keep Strange likeable and human despite all the otherworldy shenanigans he had to deal with. If you want to see how such a dichotomy is accomplished? Look no further than Doctor Strange #65.
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An avid fan of Chris Claremont and Marvel comics in general, Jef Willemsen blogs about the many, many, many times Chris Claremont has resorted to mind control in his 40+ years in the business. Check out his reviews at: http://clarmindcontrol.blogspot.com
Grabbed this from Bleeding Cool:
Based on the celebrated comic book arc, The Wolverine finds Logan, the eternal warrior and outsider, in Japan. There, samurai steel will clash with adamantium claw as Logan confronts a mysterious figure from his past in an epic battle that will leave him forever changed.
The Wolverine is set for release on July 26 2013.
And in other Wolverine movie news, Yun Lee has been cast as the Silver Samurai and they're looking to cast Viper as well. Here's hoping they draw upon the source material in the Wolverine limited series and Uncanny X-Men #172-173.
Thursday, August 16, 2012
From the Marvel Masterworks message board:
Here's just a small sample of some of the 1980s classics this line has reprinted:
Okay, after three months of solicits with no Premiere Classic HCs in them, I should probably end the suspense and make this official: Marvel has ended the Premiere Classic hardcover line.
They'll still be collecting modern series in Premiere-sized HCs, and the Omnibus, OHC and Masterworks programs are not in danger. But the Premiere Classic line is being put to bed with volume #106.
Sorry, guys. I know quite a few of you loved them.Definitely disappointing news. I loved this line as it showcased a lot of great 1980s runs in wonderful hardcover collections.
Here's just a small sample of some of the 1980s classics this line has reprinted:


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I'm an author and freelance writer. My paranormal romance, WICKED AS THEY COME, is the first in a three-book series and will be published by the Pocket imprint of Simon & Schuster in March 2012. I'm also an Associate Editor at www.CoolMomPicks.com and www.CoolMomTech.com, and I blog at www.unrulyhelpmeet.com. I'm a Roswell native and artist, and I worked at the Roswell Visual Arts Center for many years.
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Pathios Therapeutics to Present Preclinical Data Highlighting Potential of GPR65 Inhibition as a Powerful Anti-Tumor Immunotherapy Strategy at SITC 2022
London, UK, November 4, 2022 – Pathios Therapeutics to Present Preclinical Data Highlighting Potential of GPR65 Inhibition as a Powerful Anti-Tumor Immunotherapy Strategy at SITC 2022
Findings to showcase the promise of company’s ‘Macrophage Conditioning’ approach in reversing immunosuppression within acidic tumor microenvironment and driving anti-tumor activity
Pathios Therapeutics Limited (“Pathios”), a biotech company focused on the development of first-in-class therapies for cancer, today announced that new preclinical data highlighting the therapeutic potential of the company’s novel GPR65 inhibition platform will be the focus of a poster presentation at the upcoming 37th Annual Meeting of the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC 2022). Presented results will showcase the company’s unique approach to “macrophage conditioning” with novel GPR65 inhibitors as a means to reversing the immunosuppression that results from an acidic tumor microenvironment, and, in turn, driving anti-tumor activity. SITC 2022 is being held November 8-12, 2022, in Boston, Massachusetts.
Details of the company’s presentation at SITC 2022 are as follows:
Poster Presentation #1324:
Title: Inhibition of Acid Sensing by GPR65 Normalizes Gene Expression in Macrophages, Increases Immune Cell Infiltration in Tumors, and Restrains Subcutaneous MC38 Growth in Mice
Presenting Author: Alastair Corbin, DPhil, senior scientist at Pathios
Date/Time: Friday, November 11, 2022, 9:00 a.m. – 8:30 p.m. Eastern Time
The acidic tumor microenvironment, inherent to many cancers, causes a profound immunosuppression of infiltrating immune cells. This environment disarms the anti-cancer immune response and negates the effectiveness of current immunotherapies. This is particularly evident in tumor associated macrophages (TAM), where acidity is sensed by the cell-surface receptor GPR65, leading to the widespread suppression of a host of pro-inflammatory mediators and anti-tumorigenic genes, as well as the upregulation of several tissue repair genes and angiogenic factors.
About Pathios Therapeutics
Launched in 2017, Pathios is a drug discovery and development company focused on translating innovative science into new medicines. Pathios was founded by a team of experienced biotech and pharmaceutical industry professionals, entrepreneurs, and clinicians. The company is focused on developing small-molecule inhibitors of the pH-sensing G protein-coupled receptor GPR65 to target immunosuppressive macrophages in advanced cancers. To date, Pathios has secured a total of US$33M in Series A funding from the leading venture capital firms, Canaan Partners, and Brandon Capital. Pathios is headquartered at the Innovation Centre on Milton Park, a key science precinct south of Oxford, UK. For more information, please visit www.pathios.com.

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Kuwait Visa for US Citizens
Kuwait is chosen by sophisticated travelers who have already visited dozens of countries and want to add another one to their piggy bank. Kuwait is also attractive for wealthy tourists who do not like crowds and intrusive attention.
Here you can relax from the crowds of visitors with phones and cameras. The locals will not loudly invite you to their cafes, persistently offer excursions and souvenirs. You can safely bask in the sun and swim in the warm sea, enjoy the oriental flavor and local cuisine, be impressed by mosques and skyscrapers, built and decorated with Arab chic and scope.
From 1 day to 30 days after your request to us
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Few steps and you will get your visa
To help determine the appropriate type of visa and ensure the longest possible validity period based on your visa history
We will submit your prepared documents to the visa application center or embassy
After 7-14 days, your e-visa will be ready and you can start your trip immediately
Frequently asked questions
It will be a fully online process. All your documents we will prepare and fill out all forms. After that, you will get your e-visa.
You will pay us and then we will pay in consular for you.
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Tourist visa: Consular fee 140$
If you plan to bring your children with you to Kuwait on a tourist visa, they will need to apply for their own visa.
Children, including infants, must have their own visas to enter Kuwait, even if their parents have obtained a visa for themselves.
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At this point in April 2022, I don’t think it’s news to anyone about the atrocities currently happening in Ukraine. Regardless of where each of us lie on the political spectrum, it’s impossible for us to not recognize the need to protect the lives of innocent civilians.
Choosing body armor that is lightweight and comfortable should always be at the top of the list. They have proven it many times over that people won’t wear body armor if it’s too uncomfortable or heavy.
For all of my fellow veterans, an interceptor body armor plate carrier system is all we know about how armor should fit, feel, and weigh. What I didn’t know until I was a civilian is that Interceptor body armor doesn't have to be super heavy, awkward, and uncomfortable.
ShotStop® Level III+ body armor will make light work of any AR-15, hunting rifle, or AR-style pistol that police can run into on the streets. Hopefully, this blog sheds some light on why Level III+ armor is so important and why you should buy it instead of a Level III plate.


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Weekly Giveaway – Willy Ronis Book
As we continue to go through the photographers honored by the Lucie Awards, this week we are giving away a book on Willy Ronis. A the Lifetime Achievement award winner, you can hear Mr.Ronis describe his life in photography in a video on our MEDIA page. Look at third player on the page.
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Produced in close cooperation with Willy Ronis and featuring images from his archives, this book traces the career of one of France’s most remarkable photographers, to whom, along with Doisneau, Cartier-Bresson, and BrassaÃ¯, we owe our romantic vision of France. In Ronis’s photos of Paris, the city is inseparable from the working class men, women, and children who inhabit its streets and cafes. He once described his approach to photography in five words: “patience, thinking, chance, form, and time.” Working with available light, Ronis sought to capture the fleeting moments of everyday life, and his body of work documents, with timeless beauty and grace, the feel of French life in the 20th century. Today, at age 94 and still working, he is a living legend.
And his work is well represented in my favorite photography book of all time: Family Of Man.
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The Clip and Gale's Treehut attraction at night
Clip and Gale's Treehut
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Nobody can remember what the purpose of Clip and Gale's Treehut is. It at one time had things to climb, but lawers had it removed to further inflate their egos.
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The Meadows are a family band, in that tradition so often seen in folk music, where everyone is talented and they work together in a way that only people who have know each other all their lives can do. After a début EP in "Through The Fayre" in 2017 they've released their full début album. "Force Of The Tide" is a real folk album that presses all the right buttons; there are even two songs about pirates, in keeping with the nautical theme.
In "Henry Martin", a traditional Scottish tune, Henry becomes a pirate after winning a raffle but he seems to sink his first target before getting hold of the cargo. Fortunately the song has been reduced from the original version which had 62 verses. Later on in "High Barbary", another traditional sea song, the tables are turned, the pirate's ship demasted and the only quarter offered is to be sunk upon the sea. The temptation is normally to make pirate songs rollicking bellows but The Meadows bring a real control to both, as would be expected by classically trained musicians who have studied under an impressive list of tutors. The same is true of "Spanish Ladies" which has become a ballad rather than a shanty and the words take on a new meaning of leaving lovers behind which makes it rather touching. Unfortunately the album doesn't credit individual members of the band - Melody, Fantasia, Harvey & Titania - so it's not possible to say who sings on which songs or plays the instruments with any certainty but they're certainly a very tight outfit.
Also taking a different twist on a familiar story is "Maid In Bedlam" which tells the story of a woman held there after her man is sent to sea, although it has a happy ending when he returns to marry her.
The group are from Wales, so they include a Welsh language songs "Si Hei Lwli Mabi" which is a children's lullaby and very beautiful. Apparently this also has a maritime theme although the title doesn't mean anything. Accompanied on the piano the excellent harmonies stand out in this song .
Finally there are song tune sets as well and although they may be classically trained these are definitely fiddle, rather than violin, pieces. Bedd y Morwr / Hen Ferchantan are two old traditional tunes that starts simply on the fiddle before intruding pipes and bodhrán to lift the pace so it fairly bounces along. The same is true of "Heron On The Water", a session tune if ever there was one, which had my toes tapping immediately.
The Meadows have produced an excellent début album which, as I said earlier, presses all the right buttons and has all the elements that would allow them to play a full set whilst keeping the audience engaged. It's traditional folk that would be welcome at any club or festival across the country but they've also managed to put their own stamp on some very well know pieces with a fresh approach and willingness to experiment. The album is now available on their website and I really hope I get the chance to see them on the road one day.
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Thefts? At 6:19 p.m. Saturday, Seaside police arrested Scott A. Stogsdill, 35, of Bend and resident of Thugz off Drugz, at 860 S. Roosevelt Drive in Seaside, for first-degree theft.
? At 10:28 a.m. Friday, Seaside police responded to a report at 102 N. Holladay Drive in Seaside of four stolen televisions with a total value $1,500.
DUII arrests? At 2:24 a.m. Saturday, Seaside police arrested Arteaga J. Aguirre, 25, of 1021 S. Downing, Seaside, for driving under the influence of intoxicants at 860 S. Roosevelt Drive in Seaside.
? At 1:18 a.m. Sunday, Oregon State Police arrested Michele Louise McDermid, 43, of Vancouver, Wash., for a traffic violation on U.S. Highway 30 in Astoria. A trooper determined she was under the influence of intoxicants, OSP reported. McDermid was taken to Clatsop County Jail, where a search revealed she was in possession of the controlled substance Vicodin.
Traffic accident? At 1:30 p.m. Friday, a Chevrolet driven by Luis Farfan-Miran, 38, of Cannon Beach, crashed into the rear of a Volkswagen that had stopped behind a vehicle waiting to make a left turn off U.S. Highway 101 into Forest Lake Resort, south of Seaside, Oregon State Police reported. The VW driver, Carl Amos Higdon, 72, of Cloverdale, was taken to Providence Seaside Hospital to be examined. Farfan-Miran was cited for following too closely. Personnel from the Seaside Fire Department and the Oregon Department of Transportation assisted at the scene.
Burglary arrest? At 6:48 p.m. Saturday, a Clatsop County Sheriff's deputy arrested Jacob W. Zea, 24, of Astoria, for first-degree burglary and criminal trespass, after a resident of the 35000 block of Mudd Lane reported that a neighbor had caught Zea running from his shop. The neighbor took the keys to Zea's car, which had been parked nearby, to prevent him from escaping. Zea was lodged at the county jail.
Assault arrests? At 11:20 p.m. Sunday, Astoria police arrested Gene Percy Bennett, 52, for fourth-degree assault and menacing after a disturbance at his home in the 1500 block of Irving Avenue. He was taken to Columbia Memorial Hospital and then to Clatsop County Jail.
? At 2:29 a.m. today, Astoria police responded to a report of an assault at a home in the 5000 block of Cedar Street. Police arrested Troy J. Haskell, 46, of Astoria, for fourth-degree assault, harassment and menacing and lodged him at the jail.


Aerodynamic Stability and Control/Wind Tunnel Data Correlation.
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The general objective was to collect and analyze aerodynamic stability and control data for the XV-4B, XV-5A, and P-1127 VTOL configurations. Correlation and analysis of existing model data were made to investigate hover and transition characteristics. Particular emphasis was placed on the aerodynamic power effects, sometimes referred to as interference effects. Other areas of investigation were sometimes referred to as interference effects. Other areas of investigation were nondimensional coefficients used to present VTOL data and wind tunnel test techniques. Wind tunnel tests were conducted using an inlet only model and a jet only model to investigate special test and analysis problems for these components. The agreement between different sets of XV-4B model data was, in general, found to be poor. However, the nondimensional coefficients used by Lockheed to reduce to XV-4B model data appear to be valid parameters for this category of VTOL airplane. The jet entrainment flow was shown by experiment to be the primary cause of the XV-4B power effects, and the XV-4B jet path was experimentally and theoretically determined. Author


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Had a really enjoyable trip down to Rutland Water for the Bird Fair today. I didn't make it last year so thought I'd make the effort to go down and support this year. On arrival I met up with Tim at the Birdnet stand then met up with Lewis who had driven down from Edinburgh for the weekend. We went round together for the day catching up as we'd not seen each other for a while so that was good. We started our tour round the fair checking out all of the many varied stands. We had a chat with Tim Appleton which was great. I bumped into Tim in the middle of Bwindi Forest in Uganda back in 1997/98 and he allowed me to tag along birding with him for 2 or 3 days seeing some incredible birds in the mean time, something I've fondly remembered for the last 14/15 years!
It was really interesting meeting up with people that I've known for years, or worked with occasionally. Caught up with Neil Calbrade on the WeBS stand and learned a bit about passerine migration etc and caught up with Mick from the Nuneaton Bird Club - I used to go birding with Mick when I got back from Kenya most weekends so it was great to catch up with him too. Also entered a few competitions so looking forward to winning a few books and bottles of Whiskey!
I've been considering a couple of options for my next 'proper' birding tour, several options are in the pipeline, I really fancy a few West African 'destinations' such as Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ghana, Guinea to connect with some of the many special birds of the region. I also fancy Sri Lanka (possibly a trip Jenny and I could do - a mix of wildlife and relaxation), though top of my list is certainly India. There are several options with India, my preferred option is a 'Birding and IPL' tour, I met a guy today who would likely be able to set me up with one of these, a couple of weeks birding in India taking in a couple of my preferred IPL matches - can't think of a better holiday! There was also a good couple of wildlife tours suitable for us both to go on which would be great too. I've picked up plenty of brochures to look through over the coming weeks and look forward to getting some details of some upcoming expeditions into the jungle!
As we walked around I met up with a couple of my 'facebook friends' including Ruth and Alan of 'The Biggest Twitch' fame, and Peter Jones of Andalucia, Spain, all really nice people.
We bumped into a couple of 'famous faces', Lewis was over the moon to meet Simon King AGAIN making me take their picture together! We also had a good chat with Nick Baker, Killian Mullarney, saw Bill Oddie racing through with his head down!, some of the Dutch big guns and best of all (in my opinion) Jonathan Scott. I've got several of his books from when I was in Kenya, such as The Leopard's Tale etc and have watch numerous documentaries so it was great to be able to say hello and have a chat with him.
A flyover Hobby was a bonus as we were leaving. All in all a very enjoyable (although a bit tiring) day.

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