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When I was in my early teens, probably fifteen or sixteen, I recorded a movie from TV called Gothic (1986), directed by Ken Russell. The film presents a fictionalized account of what may have happened on that fateful weekend during the summer of 1816.
Lord Byron (Gabriel Byrne) invited his fellow Romantic poet Percy Shelley (Julian Sands) to the Villa Diodati in Switzerland along with Mary Godwin* (Natasha Richardson) and her half-sister, Claire Clairmont (Myriam Cyr) as well as Byron’s personal physician, Dr. John Polidori (Timothy Spall), who later wrote and published The Vampyre (1819). During this time, Mary Shelley wrote her most famous novel, Frankenstein (1818), one of the earliest horror novels.
Even though I already had an obsession with horror fiction by this age and devoured countless books and films, this movie, Gothic, fueled a dark fire inside of me to want to write from a place of fear and stoked my love of the supernatural. The film prompted me to read the novel Frankenstein to experience it for myself, and it has stuck in my mind ever since.
Fast forward to many years later, and my path as a writer has been a bumpy ride to say the least. But, to quote the immortal Freddie Mercury–one of my all-time heroes:
“I’ve had my share of sand kicked in my face. But I’ve come through.”
The past decade has had both ups and downs for me, but this is a huge “up” for which I will be eternally grateful. When I found out I was selected to be this year’s recipient of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Scholarship–one of four given by the Horror Writers Association–it blew me away. I could not believe that they chose me.
Writing is a lonely profession. There are many pitfalls, and it’s not an easy thing to undertake. From time to time, writers need something–a sign from the universe, from somewhere out there–that what we do matters–that even though believing in ourselves seems impossible at times, we can do this.
I feel so honoured to have received this prestigious scholarship, and I am proud of all my fellow scholarship recipients this year! Congratulations also to John C. Mannone (HWA Scholarship), Ashley Dioses (Dark Poetry Scholarship), Kelly Robinson (Rocky Wood Nonfiction Scholarship, one of two recipients), and Stephanie M. Wytovich (Rocky Wood Nonfiction Scholarship, one of two recipients).
Along with Ann Radcliffe, Mary Shelley was one of the first women to kick open the door and pave the way for other women writing genre fiction. Although the unbalanced ratio between female and male writers in horror continues to be an issue, the past fifteen years has seen an explosion in more women being published in the genre, and this trend is here to stay.
There are a plethora of women whose works spring to mind when I think of who is doing amazing work in this genre, and will continue to do so for years to come. Stephanie M. Wytovich is one. Eden Royce is another. Among my favourites include: Maria Alexander, Kristi DeMeester, Paula D. Ashe, Rebecca Jones-Howe, Chesya Burke, S.P. Miskowski, Jessica McHugh, Lucy A. Snyder, and countless others.
It is my hope to one day join the ranks of these amazingly gifted and talented women. In the meantime, excuse me while I go off and do one of these:
* In 1816, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was still known by her maiden name, Mary Godwin, because she was Percy Shelley’s mistress at the time and not yet his wife.
edited by Lisa Morton and Ellen Datlow
October 3, 2017
*** Disclaimer: Review copy received from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. I was not compensated or paid in any way to review this product. ***
Description: Sixteen never-before-published chilling tales that explore every aspect of our darkest holiday, Halloween, co-edited by Ellen Datlow, one of the most successful and respected genre editors, and Lisa Morton, a leading authority on Halloween. In addition to stories about scheming jack-o’-lanterns, vengeful ghosts, otherworldly changelings, disturbingly realistic haunted attractions, masks that cover terrifying faces, murderous urban legends, parties gone bad, cult Halloween movies, and trick or treating in the future, Haunted Nights also offers terrifying and mind-bending explorations of related holidays like All Souls’ Day, Dia de los Muertos, and Devil’s Night.
Table of Contents:
“With Graveyard Weeds and Wolfbane Seeds” by Seanan McGuire
“Dirtmouth” by Stephen Graham Jones
“A Small Taste of the Old Country” by Jonathan Maberry
“Wick’s End” by Joanna Parypinski
“The Seventeen Year Itch” by Garth Nix
“A Flicker of Light on Devil’s Night” by Kate Jonez
“Witch-Hazel” by Jeffrey Ford
“Nos Galen Gaeaf” by Kelley Armstrong
“We’re Never Inviting Amber Again” by S. P. Miskowski
“Sisters” by Brian Evenson
“All Through the Night” by Elise Forier Edie
“A Kingdom of Sugar Skulls and Marigolds” by Eric J. Guignard
“The Turn” by Paul Kane
“Jack” by Pat Cadigan
“Lost in the Dark” by John Langan
“The First Lunar Halloween” by John R. Little
Review: Who better to present a series of short stories revolving around the theme of Halloween than the Horror Writers Association? Each of these twisted tales collectively comes together to form a trick or treat bag haul—readers will recognize their own individual favourite “candies” so to speak and some will be sweeter or more savoury than others but in that bag of goodies will be something for everyone. Standouts for me included “A Kingdom of Sugar Skulls and Marigolds” (Guignard), “A Flicker of Light on Devil’s Night” (Jonez), “A Small Taste of the Old Country” (Maberry) and “With Graveyard Weeds and Wolfbane Seeds” (McGuire).
Bram Stoker Award®-winning editor and writer Eric J. Guignard helms the newest addition to the Horror Library series of books from Cutting Block Books, Horror Library Volume 6. One of the things I appreciated most about his stewardship over the anthology was his decision to include little blurbs before each story to introduce them. I have enjoyed this technique in other anthologies he has edited, and thought it was a great idea to incorporate it here as well. Guignard wrote in one note of the anthology that he had a mandate to uphold whereby he tried to publish as many new and/or previously unheard of authors who are not as well known in the horror genre, so although you are not going to see such big names of the titans as Clive Barker or Stephen King, do not let that fool you because this anthology has an extremely high calibre of stories.
We start off with a disturbing ghost story entitled “I’ve Finally Found You” by Garrett Quinn. Con is a troubled young man who is still struggling with the death of his mother. He soon finds out that sometimes it’s best not to poke around where one shouldn’t, and in this particular case, it involves him messing with a CB radio that he believes may be able to help him communicate with his mother’s ghost. If you are chomping at the bit for the new season of Stranger Things to return as I am, this story will slake your thirst in the meantime.
Jackson Kuhl presents “Cartagena Hotel” about a small town in Texas called Ophir where construction workers are disappearing but the reason is unclear and the reader is not sure who is telling the truth or what is truly responsible for the disappearances. Although I felt that the pacing was a bit rushed toward the end of the story, I liked the disturbing implications of this tale.
Next up, “The Night Truck” by Stephanie Bedwell-Grime is the tale of a woman who must heed the consequences of what happens when she ignores her grandmother’s superstitious warnings about darkness in an old house. This is the perfect story to read around Halloween.
Connor De Bruler takes the reader all the way to a Tuscan village in Italy with”Il Mostro” (in Italian, this means “the monster”). Two friends, Earl and Ethan, are wandering around a village when they go to a restaurant where the only other people are the bartender and a man from France. The protagonists are struck by the oddity and unnaturalness of the place, particularly as it concerns a mural that seems like it could be from a Guillermo del Toro movie. Although I was initially a bit confused as to whether Earl and Ethan were tourists on vacation or if they were running away from something, the main theme this story emphasizes is that if something seems too good to be true, it likely is.
Bentley Little reminds us just how unnerving plumbers can be in “The Plumber” while Josh Rountree offers up a World War I tale of historical military horror in “Snowfather.” Next, veteran author Jeffrey Ford presents a semi-autobiographic tale called “Five Pointed Spell” about a protagonist who has traded his city life in New York for farmland in Ohio so he can support his current wife’s dream job. This story does a great job capturing the consequences of people who say they want to live off the grid and be in remote areas who then find that actually, they don’t like it very much and it was not how they imagined when they begin to settle in. Although the ending struck me as a tad anticlimactic, I think it also has a clever edge because it is one of those stories that leaves the reader to guess at the implications of what has actually happened.
For those looking to satisfy their airplane horror lust, John M. Floyd’s “The Red-Eye to Boston” will do the trick. This story is a testament to why it is probably a good idea to minimize speaking to other people on airplanes.
Raymond Little takes readers back to the glitz of 1930s Hollywood in “Elsa and I,” a story in which the ghosts of the past continue to haunt the present for the protagonist.
The first of my two favourite stories from this anthology is “Mother’s Mouth, Full of Dirt” by Rebecca J. Allred. This story deals with a little girl, Vilte, who believes her dead mother still lingers around the house she shares with her physician father. The reasons for the demise of Vilte’s mother are, although easily inferred from the backstory, also shrouded in secrecy. The creep factor is very strong in this tale, and although I was not expecting “tooth horror,” which is a kind of subgenre I have noticed in the past few years, this story takes an excellent and creative spin on that motif. Also notable was how well Vilte fills the role of unreliable narrator.
In “Predestination’s a Bitch,” Sean Eads presents the only humorous horror story in the anthology in this tale of a disgruntled IT worker, Clyde, who finds that his colleague, Roger, tells some off colour jokes that turn out to have very real consequences. I struggled with the offensiveness of some of the jokes at first, but toward the end, I felt that Eads did a good job building up suspense and tension and helping the reader realize the danger that is unfolding at the same moment as the protagonist.
My number one absolute favourite story of this anthology came from Marc E. Fitch, and it’s called “The Starry Crown.” The main character is a doctoral candidate working on his dissertation. He has left behind the comforts of campus life to do field work in the Deep South. More specifically, he is studying folk songs from the southern states “that had neither a time or place of origin not a known composer.” He is particularly interested in songs sung by slaves and slave owners, backwoods preachers, and so on. He is determined to find out the meaning of the lyric “starry crown” in a song that is shrouded in mystery. Fitch mentions a real book, G.H. Allan’s Slave Songs of the United States and explains some of the possibly fictionalized backstory of why this starry crown song confused Allan. He got it from someone called Cobb in South Carolina.
Rather than continuing to describe my ever-increasing interest in the plot, I will sum up by saying that this is another story that warns the reader that it is possible to uncover too many stones in the search for the truth and that even if we do manage to go to great pains to find it, sometimes the results will make us wish we had not. This is a disturbing, unsettling, and phenomenally well-written story. I hope to be able to read more work from this author in the future.
Vitor Abdala presents a short, but creepy tale of cyber stalking in “Instant Messaging” that is another cautionary tale while JG Faherty presents a criminal who gets summoned by the Devil to work for him on “The H Train” only to realize the true price too late.
Another of the memorable stories for me was “Kalu Kumaraya (My Dark Prince)” by Jayani C. Senanayake. This tale deals with the mythology of Sri Lanka, a kind of dark and morbid love story but in a good way. The protagonist invents an imaginary friend as a child, which seems innocent enough until this “friend” starts causing a lot of trouble in the real world. Kalu seems to function as a sort of dark genie. He makes life very difficult for the protagonist, particularly as it relates to her ability to form relationships with boys her age. Once the myth gets explained toward the end, ultimately it seems that some cycles are not that easy to break, which I found disturbing indeed.
Lucas Pederson’s “We Were Monsters” deals with an alternating timeline between the present and 1994 when the protagonist had an aunt (who wasn’t actually a blood relative) who was into vampirism. He and his group of friends soon dub themselves after all the Universal monsters and encounter a disturbing creature that would make all those movie beasts shriek in terror. This tale also ends on an ominous note.
Another favourie for me was “Waiting for Mrs. Hemley” by Thomas P. Balázs, a tale of psychological horror that has shades of The Silence of the Lambs. There is a particular quote from this story that I wish I could frame, which is when the protagonist, a psychiatrist, says: “The unconscious is a bottomless chasm of trauma and repression.” This tale turned out to be one of the most interesting and unconventional–definitely not at all typical–takes on zombie fiction that I have seen in years.
The ghosts of the past continue to haunt yet more protagonists in Jay Caselberg’s “The Ride,” this time concerning a guy, Jason, who lost his girlfriend four years ago when she went missing, but he has been suspicious of the authorities ever since because they never found a body. When a person goes missing, there is always the weight of the dread where their loved ones wonder if the person is dead or if there is still a possibility that they are alive. Will they ever see that person again? It is maddening and frightful to contemplate.
A person does not simply “get over” something as unsettling as this. At best, a person learns to live with it but to do that, one has to move through it, and that is definitely easier said than done. Jason decides to investigate in Scotland, because he knows he is not going to be able to let this go. This trip makes him feel productive–like he is taking action and like he is doing something, so he can give himself a semblance of control over the situation, or as much as it is possible to have control in a situation like this. In the end, he learns that sometimes it is best not to investigate too far because a person may not like what one discovers when going poking around for the truth and that some things are best left buried and unexplored.
Ahna Wayne Aposhian gives us the trope of the old woman who comes to people in nightmares and sits on their chests, preventing them from breathing, in “Old Hag.” The protagonist, Wendy, used to have a happy marriage but since her night terrors, her husband has become unsympathetic and brusque. If you like your body horror in hefty doses, this is the tale for you.
Another of my favourite writers, Edward M. Erdelac, gives us a memorable tale called “Hear the Eagle Scream.” Edward writes an interesting brand of historical horror that spans many different interesting locales and characters and this story is no exception. This time around, a man named Jim Thiemann is the owner of Longview Ranch in Scurry County. Although I initially placed this story as Wild West setting from the 1800s, it was probably closer to the early 20th century.
A man named Horace comes up to Jim telling him he’s the man for the job that is being advertised on a sign outside the ranch. Although skeptical at first, Jim gives Horace a chance and is very pleased with the results. This is one of those brilliant twist stories in which the reader spends most of the time convinced that the protagonist is in some kind of impending danger only to find out that the real source of trouble is far from what is expected.
Finally, to cap things off, Carole Johnstone presents “Better You Believe,” which is mountain horror at its finest. If you enjoyed The Abominable by Dan Simmons or The Ruins by Scott B. Smith, you will get a kick out of this story.
This anthology deserves 6 out of 5 stars. It is always difficult for any anthology series that continues to sustain momentum and to show that each new volume is even better than the last, but Guignard was the absolute perfect choice to be at the helm of the newest “Horror Library.” He has a spectacular ability to select stories that are all fantastically well-written and of such a high calibre that is rare to find in anthologies. Even the stories that did not interest me as much in Horror Library Volume 6 were impressive and I was stunned by the fact that there is not a single dud in here.
I think that Volume 6 deserves a lot more attention than it has been receiving as far as reviews and reader reactions go, because Guignard has done a masterful job. You are not going to find another horror fiction collection out there that tops this one except possibly Ellen Datlow’s Year’s Best Horror (now up to Volume 9), but I don’t think it is an exaggeration to say that this anthology is on par with hers in terms of quality. This is one of the best horror fiction anthologies of the year and I truly hope Guignard gets the recognition he deserves particularly with regard to awards.
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Lisa Morton’s story “LaRue’s Dime Museum” kicks things off and starts in a very Cthulhu-meets-1940s pulp mood. The main character, Julie, starts off by finding some old photographs of a travelling circus and she finds out from the modern-day shop that the place, LaRue’s, closed sometime in the 1960s. Fans of Lovecraftian horror will enjoy this story. Julie has a bit of an obsession with film noir movies from the 1940s and the Humphrey Bogart type. Pretty soon, she starts to see some of these people from the old photographs and thinks she’s going mad. There is a definite plot twist towards the end and I found this story to be an enthralling introduction to the anthology overall.
Next up, “Wildflower, Cactus, Rose” by Brian Kirk starts with the point of view of the child of a woman who has had a botched surgery gone very bad. Both of them struck me as possibly turning out not to be human, particularly the child. The unreliable narrator trope is a running undercurrent throughout the piece, which adds interesting layers. The imagery is also very vivid and well-described in this tale of the perils of corporations and their effect on the environment in the name of profit.
Probably my favourite story in the anthology was by Hal Bodner, “The Baker of Millepoix.” It starts off with a man, Henri, who, after losing his husband, Marc, moves to the small French town that Marc was originally from. I enjoyed the foray into French culture and language, even if the dialogue and a few characters tended toward the over-the-top at times. Nonetheless, the incorporation of opera was a nice addition. Henri becomes a baker and beyond that I can’t say much without giving away the plot, so I will say that if you enjoyed the film Chocolat, you will appreciate this story, although this one has a decidedly more interesting twist.
Legend Clive Barker’s offering is called “Jacqueline Ess: Her Will and Testament” and begins with a (trigger warning) woman who is attempting to kill herself. It’s a story that reads like a hallucinogenic experience, a quality that some of the other tales in this anthology share, and again the theme of the unreliable narrator is executed here, pretty much to perfection.
The first of two poems from the sublimely talented Stephanie Wytovich, “An Exhibition of Mother and Monster,” was a fascinating composition and a good bridge to the next story, John Langan’s “Madame Painte: For Sale,” which makes what I’d have to say is one of the most interesting uses of garden gnomes that I’ve seen in fiction.
Next up, we have another living legend’s tale, that of Neil Gaiman, called “Chivalry.” Within the first third, I recognized the piece as a riff on Song of Roland, the epic poem that tells the story of Roland’s quest for the Holy Grail. Essentially what happens in the Gaiman piece is an old woman, Mrs. Whitaker, buys the Holy Grail (without knowing what it is, of course) at an antique or thrift shop of some kind. But instead of Roland coming to her house and asking for the relic, Sir Galahad does (spelled as Galaad in this story).
The story is, of course, intended to come across as comedic to a certain extent, but Gaiman, being the absolute master he is, juxtaposes the humour with the more serious elements of the tale very well. Continuing the train of living legends featured in this anthology is Ramsey Campbell, with his story, “Fully Boarded.”
Canadian Erinn Kemper follows with her story, “In Amelia‘s Wake,” a sort of supernatural Grapes of Wrath type story involving what really happened to Amelia Earhart set in Alberta, Canada, in 1937, right before World War 2.
Readers who have a penchant for historical mysteries, particularly those having to do with Ms. Earhart, with an Unsolved Mysteries vibe, will enjoy this tale.
One of my perennial favourites, John F. D. Taff, has a story of a Concentration camp survivor called “A Ware That Will Not Keep” that involves a supernatural element from Jewish mythology, and that’s all I’m going to say because I don’t want to spoil it. This is another case of a story where the protagonist’s grandfather, Lev, may not be telling the complete truth and reinforces the message that everything, but especially revenge, comes with a high price. Taff’s offering is one of the strongest the anthology has to offer because of how he utilizes story structure so well.
Patrick Freivald’s offering, “Earl Pruitt’s Smoker,” is an ominous tale set in the world of beekeeping, and has a very creative spin on hive hierarchy with a creepy, unsettling ending thrown in for good measure. Following this is the second of two amazing poems by Stephanie M. Wytovich, this one even more evocative than the first, and it’s called “As a Guest at the Telekinetic Tea Party.” The imagery was magnificent in this one, as well.
Lucy A. Snyder’s story, “Hazelnuts and Yummy Mummys,” reads like a cautionary tale for authors and takes place in a setting most are familiar with: at a writer’s convention or conference, albeit in this case a fictional one. Any author who has ever sold books at a convention in the dealer’s room will be familiar with the scenario that begins the story. The protagonist, Miss Bower, is trying to keep busy over Halloween weekend at this convention purposely so that she can preserve her sanity as much as possible owing to a tragic event that befell her a few years ago, but we don’t know what at first. The story also deals with themes of mental health issues and it reads like a hallucinogenic trip. Still, the story is full of surprises.
Other notable offerings include Kristi DeMeester’s “The Wakeful,” which was probably the most disturbing story for me in the anthology and involves a school teacher getting entangled in the creepy life of one of her young female students. If you want disturbing body horror, look no further than this tale. Furthermore, there is a reason why DeMeester has been one to watch for the past few years.
Also notable was “Through Gravel” by Sarah Read, which deals with an underground-ish people, the Kindred, and how they have struggled to reproduce for more than eight years so when they finally do, it is very momentous, but also fraught with much angst because there is a lot at stake here. This story is a wonderful example of the ‘beautiful horror’ theme that Murano started with Gutted, which I also reviewed.
Last, we have Richard Thomas’s story, “Hiraeth,” a memorable, post-apocalyptic tale with shades of Cormac McCarthy that I found to be thematically similar to the Sarah Read story, so if you enjoyed her story, Richard’s will also prove to be gratifying and was a perfect way to cap off this anthology.
Behold marks yet another stellar anthology of horror fiction from Crystal Lake Publishing. Editor Doug Murano has assembled an intricately quilted patchwork that collects a unique combination of well-written stories that continue the theme of beautiful horror established by his previous anthology, the underrated and remarkable Gutted. As with any anthology, some stories will resonate more with certain readers, and everyone will have a different list of favourites, but the pages of Behold contain memorable tales you won’t soon forget.


Sheeran schedules Columbus performance
British singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran will bring the tour for his latest album, "Divide," to central Ohio this fall.
Sheeran will perform on Oct. 3 in Nationwide Arena, the next-to-last stop on the 46-city, 47-show tour.
Sheeran's previous album, the 2014 release "Multiply," featured the single "Thinking Out Loud," which received Grammy Awards for song of the year and pop solo performance in 2016.
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|Title:||Adaptive neural network control of flexible link robots based on singular perturbation||Authors:||Ge, S.S.
|Issue Date:||1997||Citation:||Ge, S.S.,Lee, T.H.,Tan, E.G. (1997). Adaptive neural network control of flexible link robots based on singular perturbation. IEEE Conference on Control Applications - Proceedings : 365-370. ScholarBank@NUS Repository.||Abstract:||In this paper, an adaptive neural network controller is presented for flexible link robots (FLR) using the singular perturbation technique. The complex full model of FLR can be decomposed into two separate time scale subsystems by modelling the elastic forces as the fast variables and the joint variables as the slow variables. A composite control strategy is adopted to control the two-time scale model with the slow subsystem being controlled by a neural network controller. The weights of the NNs are updated on-line based on direct adaptive techniques. A robust control term is also added for closed-loop stability. The fast subsystem is stabilized by a simple LQR control around the equilibrium trajectory defined by the slow subsystem.||Source Title:||IEEE Conference on Control Applications - Proceedings||URI:||http://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/72464|
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Gardeners could be to blame for the decline of bees after a study showed that the insects collect the majority of their pollen from plants other than crops, even in areas dominated by farmland.
Although the widespread spraying of pesticides has been incriminated in the collapse of bee populations in recent years, American researchers found that their pollen was actually contaminated by both agricultural and urban pesticides.
And they warned that the problem grows in summer months when gardeners increasingly use bug sprays, fungicides and weed killers to beat pests and neaten up their plots.
"If you care about bees as a homeowner, only use insecticides when you really need to because bees will come into contact with them," said lead researcher Dr Elizabeth Long of Ohio State University.
"These findings really illustrate how honeybees are chronically exposed to numerous pesticides throughout the season, making pesticides an important long-term stress factor.
Since 2006, beekeepers in Britain, Europe and North America have lost about a third of their managed bee colonies each year due to "colony collapse disorder".
The team collected pollen from Indiana honeybee hives at three sites over 16 weeks to learn where the bees sourced their pollen and whether it was contaminated with pesticides.
Although the area is blanketed in corn and soybeans, only around one third of pollen came from the crops.
The main pesticides found in the pollen were pyrethroids, which are typically used to control mosquitoes and other nuisance pests in flowering plants. Although toxic neonicotinoids which are traditionally sprayed on corn and soybean were also present, they were not in the large numbers that the researchers had been expecting.
"Although crop pollen was only a minor part of what they collected, bees in our study were exposed to a far wider range of chemicals than we expected," said Christian Krupke , professor of entomology at Purdue University in Indiana.
"The sheer numbers of pesticides we found in pollen samples were astonishing. Agricultural chemicals are only part of the problem. Homeowners and urban landscapes are big contributors, even when hives are directly adjacent to crop fields."
The study suggests that overall levels of pesticide exposure for honeybees in agricultural areas could be considerably higher than previously thought.
This is partly because research efforts have emphasized neonicotinoids' harmful effects on pollinators and their ability to travel and persist in the environment.
The most common chemical products found in pollen from each site were fungicides and herbicides, typical crop disease and weed management products.
The researchers also warned that little is known about how these diverse pesticides interact with one another to affect bees.

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Jaz risks everything to save the love of her life in the latest instalment of Fiona Palmer’s series about the young spies of the MTG Agency.
A fresh, funny and poignant romance set in the beautiful Adelaide Hills.
by Lily Malone
One of the first questions an author is often asked is ‘how do you come up for ideas for your stories?’
I am not one of those authors who has story ideas battling for space in my brain, but I do have a lovely tale to tell when it comes to my contemporary novella The Goodbye Ride, released tomorrow.
The story is set in Hahndorf—a gorgeous little German-settled tourist town in the Adelaide Hills of South Australia. I was living in Hahndorf when I got the idea for the book, but by the time I actually sat down to write it I’d moved to Margaret River in Western Australia. Not being there didn’t matter, because after living there for 12 years Hahndorf will forever hold a special place in my heart.
So, to the story. Hubby and our two boys (they must have been aged about four and two at the time) were driving back on a Saturday afternoon after spending time in Adelaide.
I was minding my own business, probably thinking about what I’d cook for dinner, when my husband hit the brakes in our vehicle and almost gave me (and the kids) whiplash.
He stopped our car opposite a house on the outskirts of Hahndorf town, and his attention was completely captured by a gleaming red motorbike for sale on the property’s front lawn.
I like to think I’m the only girl to catch my husband’s eye … but on this day, he fell in love all over again!
This red motorbike happened to be a Ducati Pantah 650, a carbon copy of the Ducati my husband owned in his misspent youth—a ‘collector’s item’, he assured me as he leapt out of the car (dodging oncoming traffic) and worth every cent of the emblazoned five-figure price tag I could see hanging off it.
This was the seed of the idea for The Goodbye Ride.
I thought to myself: what would happen if there was a girl walking down the Hahndorf main street on a mission to buy that bike … only to find herself pipped at the post by a boy (such as my equally on-a-mission husband)?
From there, I started fleshing out:
And I ended up with a novella exploring the hopes and fears of Olivia and Owen, their dreams, and their journey to a Happy Ever After (or at least a Happy For Now).
The Goodbye Ride was originally self-published in May 2013 and is now being re-released by Escape Publishing.
A fresh, funny and poignant romance set in the beautiful Adelaide Hills.
Our very own Ainslie Paton has written a great piece over at Bookthingo, describing her frustration with the way some romance writers (and publishers) blur the lines between ‘alpha male’ and ‘entitled doucheturnip’. Here’s an extract:
Romance is a lot of things. It’s a place to explore fantasies and live vicariously, a place to find comfort, be thrilled, chilled or soothed. It’s also a genre where social constraints between people are explored in historical, modern and future contexts.
In 2016, inside contemporary romance, it shouldn’t be a place where misogyny stands unexamined. We have enough of that in our real lives.
It shouldn’t be a place where we let our heroines be inadvertent victims of superior men. (Or our male lead characters for that matter). Where we write heroes who would trample on a woman’s will, because they can, and heroines who accept that behavior too easily as if they deserve it and it’s a thing of wonder.
That’s not loving our heroines or creating the kinds of heroes worth reading about.
Head over to Bookthingo to read the whole thing, and join the conversation in the comments, which is already looking very interesting!
by Elsa Winckler
Touched to the Heart is the first story in a series about the four very sexy (of course) South African hotel-tycoon Cavallo brothers. They own and run boutique hotels in South Africa and the Seychelles.
About fifteen years ago my father, who always entered every possible competition he found in a newspaper, won a boat trip. The very sad part of the story is that he already had cancer and was too weak to go, and he gave the two tickets to me so that my husband and I could enjoy this lovely prize. This was our very first trip anywhere outside the borders of South Africa, and we were so excited.
It was a magical experience. Days were spent lazing around the pool or exploring whatever island we stopped at. And we ate—four meals every day, and there were tea-time croissants in case you became hungry!
One of the most miraculous things we experienced was the intense blue colour of the deep ocean—nowhere else on earth do you find a blue in exactly that hue. Fifteen years later I can still close my eyes and see the indigo blue of deep waters.
We reached the Seychelles about halfway through our trip. At the time it wasn’t as developed as it is nowadays but the islands, the friendly people and the breathtaking scenery stole our hearts.
The 115 Seychelles islands fall under two distinct groups. The tall granite Inner Islands cluster mainly within the relatively shallow plateau of the Seychelles, while the Outer Islands lie mainly beyond the plateau up to 10 degrees south of the equator, and are divided into five groups.
The Seychelles is home to no less than two Unesco World Heritage sites: the legendary Vallée de Mai on Praslin, where the wondrously shaped coco-de-mer nut grows high on ancient palms, and the fabled Aldabra, the world’s largest raised coral atoll, first seen by early Arab seafarers of the 9th century AD.
The biggest island, Mahé, boasts the popular white powder beach of Beau Vallon. But then all the beaches are beautiful. Again, the shades of blue iridescent waters simply stop your heart.
So when I started my story and had to decide where the brothers would have their hotels, the first place I thought of was the Seychelles, and in particular the lovely island of Mahé. A more romantic setting is difficult to find.
This is where the brothers have one of their hotels, it’s where Caitlin rushes when her sister needs her help, and it’s where she and Don finally tie the knot. It’s difficult not to think about romance when you think of the islands—the setting is ridiculously romantic!
On my bucket list is one more visit to these magnificent islands.
Discover beautiful South Africa in this sweet, heart-warming Cinderella story about a blogger, a billionaire, and one chance meeting.
by Kerrie Paterson
Around the Hunter Valley, you only have to mention the words ‘Pasha Bulker’ and people are thrown instantly back to a weekend in June 2007. On June 8, the area was hit by a massive storm. A 225m-long bulk carrier, the MV Pasha Bulker, waiting off Newcastle to be loaded with coal, broke free of its moorings and ran ashore on Nobbys Beach.
After almost a month, and three attempts at floating it off its new home, it was finally towed away but not before it became part of the area’s folklore.
But the ship’s grounding was only one part of the story. The east coast low battered the Hunter and Central Coast for 36 hours and led to widespread flooding, mass evacuations and a death toll of 10.
The storm has been known since as the ‘Pasha Bulker storm’, and storms of any ferocity are automatically compared to it. Last year we had another east coast low hit us and it was like the Pasha Bulker storm all over again (except without the ship being grounded).
While our house was safe in both instances, it was quite a scary experience – the wind and rain were relentless, we lost power for several days and at times I thought the windows would pop from the strength of the storm.
When I began writing Return to Jacaranda Avenue (due for release on May 15), the experience of the Pasha Bulker storm came to mind for the climactic scene. My heroine, pastry chef Polly, is forced out into the storm and comes face to face with the villain against a backdrop of floodwater and gale-force winds. But why would any sane person leave their house during a storm like that when everyone is told to stay off the roads?
What if she thought her daughter, Gemma, was in danger? Is there anything stronger than a mother’s love?
Only the love of her hero, Matt, who goes to her rescue.
The weather would ease soon, surely. She had to find Gemma.
Eyes glued to the road ahead, barely daring to blink, she exited the roundabout onto the road leading out of town. The paddocks on either side of the road looked more like swimming pools, covered with sheets of water. Dairy cows huddled together on whatever high patches of ground they could find.
Metres before the bridge, the road dipped a little in front of her. Water covered the dip but she could see across to the other side. Couldn’t she? Wipers on high, demister blowing hot air onto the windscreen, she flicked her headlights to high beam and peered through the torrents of rain at the road ahead. Yes, that was the centreline she could see—maybe ten metres away?
Should she risk trying to drive through the water?
She had no choice.
She had to get to Gemma.
A pastry chef returns to her roots and discovers that the flavour of first love improves with age.
by Jenny Brigalow
My family tree is actually more of a forest, but one of the bonuses of such a convoluted life has been a Scottish connection. My late stepfather, John, was a Scott.
When I was a young woman I holidayed at the Scottish family cottage in Argyll, just on the edge of the Crinan Canal. And there I was privileged to discover Argyll, a mystical and magical place that is quite possibly the most romantic spot on the planet.
This early contact with Scotland forged a lasting love of the land and an abiding interest in its myths, legends and history. From the highlands through the still water of the lochs and to the rugged coastline, Argyll is breathtaking.
In August 2013 I returned and rediscovered my Scotland.
It was a joy to come to know Argyll so intricately through my writing. The Macgregor plunges the reader into a romantic tale of high drama and intrigue. It is a story of the present and the past, of fantasy and fact, of love and loss. It is about a young werewoman whose life has been forged in the very bedrock of her ancient home and of the man whom she determines to make her own.
Megan MacGregor is no ordinary woman, but then Sean Duncan is a whole lot more man than she imagines. Their fate is irrevocably tied to the ancient feuds of the clans. Behind the bleak and austere walls of Carrick Castle the Campbells are watching, and in the darkness, the hunt is on.
Where we live shapes who we are, from the clothes we wear to the food we eat. Megan and Sean are no different. Megan has a preference for Dr Martens boots and tartan miniskirts, while Sean wears the dress code of his work, blue jeans and riding boots. Sean’s diet is mainly liquid, with a penchant for a fine malt whisky. Megan sits down to sizzling, succulent seal steaks with her grandad.
It is in a misty vale that Megan finds her man: ‘Up close she could see that his brilliant blue eyes were surrounded by lush black lashes, and his upper lip was full. Quite kissable. His bare chest impressively broad, his stomach as tight as a greyhound’s. Not bad—for a mere mortal.’
And it is in the ancient fortress of Dunaad that Sean Duncan discovers the seat of the Olde: ‘Water ran down his body like a lover. The stone beneath his feet spoke to him like a brother. And in his hand the oak staff trembled with the promise of his power.’
Argyll is beautiful, wild and remote. It is uncompromising. It is enduring. It is verdant. Come join Megan and Sean there. You won’t want to leave. Ever.
In Children of the Mist, we discovered the secret history of the Children. Now, in the wilds of Scotland, one of them has come of age…
by Tea Cooper
During my twenties I had the world at my fingertips, ridiculously blessed because my father was an airline pilot, travel was cheap and the world was my playground. Fast forward to today and I rarely leave the tiny village time forgot and the place I call home—Wollombi. For me, the old adage ‘write what you know’ has come good and the best setting for my historical romances seems to be my own backyard.
Nestled amongst the hills of the Lower Hunter in New South Wales and guarded by Mount Yengo, a major focus of Aboriginal culture dating back over 13,000 years, Wollombi is the perfect setting for an Australian historical novel.
If you’ve got some time to spare you can see for yourself. A drive from Sydney to the Lower Hunter takes you along the Great North Road built by convict gangs in the early nineteenth century. When you arrive you can visit the General Store, which still stocks groceries, household goods, stationery, local fruit and vegetables, and meats, just as it did over a hundred years ago. You can check out the courthouse and lockup where several bushrangers met their fate and sip a glass of something local while you watch the Wood Chop competition at the Tavern.
And if you’re lucky enough to catch the sunset over Mount Yengo you’ll understand that nothing much has changed in this part of the world for a long, long time.
Three of my previous books, Lily’s Leap, Matilda’s Freedom and The Horse Thief are set in and around Wollombi and the Lower Hunter, and I’m still finding stories to tell. In my next book, The Cedar Cutter, released this August, a runaway corset-maker finds herself in Wollombi in 1855.
When Roisin Ogilvie moves to Wollombi her thoughts are only of protecting her illegitimate son, Ruan, from the grasp of his powerful and dangerous father. Posing as an impoverished widow, she settles into a quiet existence as a local dressmaker. She doesn’t expect to catch the attention of Irish champion cedar cutter Carrick O’Connor, or any other man for that matter.
Carrick O’Connor may have won the coveted Wollombi Wood Chop, but his mind is on the beautiful seamstress and her son—or rather, on who they remind him of. Determined to exact revenge for the horrors of his past, Carrick plans to return to Ireland to seek revenge on the land agent who was responsible for the death of his wife and child, and his transportation.
But a murder charge, a kidnapping, a growing attraction, and a past that refuses to stay silent will turn both his life and Roisin’s upside down and will lead them to a hard choice. Redemption? Or cutters’ justice?
And now for the cover reveal. Once more the Harlequin cover fairies have sprinkled their magical dust and captured Wollombi perfectly, don’t you agree?
From the bestselling author of The Horse Thief comes a historical story of love, intrigue and danger in the majestic cedar forests of the Hunter Valley.
by Robyn Rychards
It’s a wonderful thing to live somewhere that’s an international vacation destination because your backyard is a place that people travel from around the world to see. It also makes it a great locale for a story. Or two. The Colorado Rockies are a travel destination in the winter for skiers from around the world—think Vail and Aspen—and in the summer the national parks have global appeal. You can visit the mountains any time of the year and hear a variety of languages spoken.
Her Man From Shilo is set a couple miles outside the town of Boulder, Colorado, which boasts a view like the one in the picture here. It’s a wonderful place to grow up and has inspired a plethora of romantic story ideas in me since I was a teenager. If you enjoy nature, there are plenty of activities and landscapes to explore. But it also draws cyclists from all over the globe because the altitude and the variety of terrain make it a great place to train and hone your cycling skills. Tour de France here I come!
Her Knight in Shining Armour is set about an hour west of me in the Rocky Mountains. It starts out in Rocky Mountain National Park, but as the hero and heroine are on the run from the heroine’s abusive ex-husband, it moves on from there to the small town of Grand Lake with a quick trip to the state’s capitol, Denver, towards the end.
My two stories only touch the tip of the iceberg when it comes to places to visit and things to do in Colorado. I’m itching to do a story that revolves around skiing, with a setting someplace like Aspen, Colorado, which attracts some of Hollywood’s glitterati both as a travel destination and a place to live. Think Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russel, who live there, just to name one couple. Not only does Aspen have great skiing, it’s got some gorgeous scenery and hiking to enjoy when the weather is warm—hiking around the lake by the iconic Maroon Bells, for instance.
But Colorado isn’t the only place I write about. I took a trip to the UK and France last spring, and I’m planning on setting a story in Paris for sure. But I also have several stories set in Los Angeles that are already written and will hit the virtual shelves at some point too. Look out Hollywood, here I come! So many places to see, so many places to write about. I love travelling, whether it’s in real life or from my couch through the words of a book, and thanks to Harlequin, I’ve been able to vicariously visit an abundance of exotic places since I was a teenager. I hope you enjoyed your virtual visit to Colorado!
Passion and tension erupt as these Daimiana and Rafferty finally resolve a lifetime of love.
by Nicole Flockton
Have you ever gone to a city or country that you never in your wildest dreams imagined you would visit?
In my book Bound by His Desire my heroine, Pam, gets the opportunity to go to New York as part of her new job. Being saddled with her mum’s medical expenses, she never thought she’d get to travel the world. When she arrives in New York and goes to Times Square for the first time she asks our hero, Nick, to pinch her so she knows she’s not dreaming.
Pam’s reaction was my reaction when I went to New York in 2011 for the first time for the Romance Writers of America conference. I never thought in a million years I’d be standing in the middle of Times Square looking at the building where the ball drops on New Year’s Eve. Seeing all those video screens that flash continually day and night. Walking the streets that are constantly full of people and traffic.
There are so many sites to see in New York, and of course Pam and Nick had to visit the Statue of Liberty. Lady Liberty is awe-inspiring. Sitting on the ferry watching the statue become larger and larger is amazing, then getting onto the island and walking around her is humbling. She has stood the test of time, has seen many great things and witnessed one of the most tragic events of the 21st century. Lady Liberty looks over the river at a changed skyline now. I remember thinking that she must have been crying that fateful day in September. But she’d be proud of how her city has rebounded.
It’s hard to describe the energy and pace of New York. It really doesn’t sleep. It has a magic all of it’s own. And you really haven’t experienced life until you travel in the front seat of a yellow cab in rush-hour traffic. More cars than you can think of, and everyone honking their horn every second. Throw in a mass of pedestrians and you have a recipe for disaster—or so you’d think, except it works. I experienced that adventure last year when I went back. It’s an experience I don’t plan on repeating and one I won’t ever forget. But it’s one I plan on using in another book in the future!
The last thing he wants is an emotional attachment to his new assistant, but it might be the only thing he truly needs.

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Wednesday, May 18, 2011
This month, the Teresa Collins Designers got to work on a fun project!! The May newsletter is out-- and if you haven't already signed up, get over to her site and sign up to get all this inspiration! This album kit was so wonderful to work with and ONE of my very favorites!!!!
http://teresacollinsdesigns.com/. MY Garden Girl album was one of the features in the Newsletter and I am showing the whole thing right here!!! Fun papers and the whole album is so versatile as you will see by the newsletter and the albums featured.
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Check out this awesome blog swap going on this week! http://teresacollinsdesignteam.blogspot.com/. Teresa Collins has designed some Coredinations cardstock and we lucky girls on the design team have been playing with it!! It has been alot of fun to use-- and you will see so many cute ideas this week shared by our team and the Coredinations team. LOVELY!!!


text: We (my sister and myself) thought the same thing, the point they were trying to make was that dad was no longer safe alone in his home, that we were causing anxiety for him and ourselves because we didn’t want to accept that. The words “Nursing Home” strikes fear into any fiercely independent person, my dad had to put his parents into one and he never forgave himself despite his mum wandering and getting lost miles from her home. We were driving back to the hospital with dad and my aunt after a day of him enjoying being home but also being assessed (very respectfully I will add) on various day-to-day tasks and all wondering how we were going to tell him living independently was not an option when he piped up in typical fashion and said “well, we’ll start looking at nursing homes then, can’t have you interrupting your lives to look after me. Just don’t put me in where Mum was.” Miss him terribly, he never made it to that nursing home, the day we took him to his home was the last day he left hospital upright. He really enjoyed that day watching the yachts on the Derwent. Fuck cancer.

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Marlene Forte, who plays Carmen Ramos in TNT's "Dallas," posed on the red carpet at the premiere event.
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Two years after the New Jersey Supreme Court ordered that school spending in the state's poorest districts be brought up to the level of the most affluent, lawyers returned to court today to argue about whether the resulting legislation is doing the job.
Whatever the ruling by Judge Paul G. Levy of the Chancery Division of Superior Court, the case is expected to return to the State Supreme Court -- the 10th time in 22 years that the court has been asked to rule on whether New Jersey is meeting the mandate in its own Constitution to provide students with a "thorough and efficient" system of public education.
The Supreme Court has consistently held that relying on local property taxes to finance public schools penalizes students who live in poorer urban areas, and has directed the state to find some means of achieving parity between school financing in the cities and the suburbs.
Because of the court's reliance on the "thorough and efficient" clause in ordering spending parity, there is a move by Republican legislators to try to excise the clause from the Constitution after 120 years. A hearing on the legislation will be held on Thursday. Florio Legislation
Marilyn J. Morheuser, a lawyer for the Education Law Center in Newark who has led the court fight for increased school financing for the poor for more than a decade, said that passage of the constitutional amendment "would be tragic for all schoolchildren, not just the poor children."Continue reading the main story
"It would forever limit what children have available to support their education to a level the Supreme Court has found unconstitutional for poor urban children," she said.
The Education Law Center is again the plaintiff in the latest challenge to the school-financing system, embodied this time in the Quality Education Act enacted and then amended by the Florio administration.
Gov. Jim Florio made increased school financing a centerpiece of his early round of legislative initiatives, as well as a major reason for raising $2.8 billion in new taxes.
The Democratic Governor's initial school-financing law, enacted soon after the last Supreme Court school decision in June 1990, called for increasing state school aid by $1.1 billion. Back Into Court
But pressure from Democratic leaders of both houses of the Legislature persuaded Mr. Florio to sign a subsequent bill that siphoned $354 million from the proposed school-aid increase to provide property-tax relief for homeowners.
That amendment brought Ms. Morheuser and the Education Law Center back into court, arguing that the new financing law had widened the spending gap between wealthier and poorer districts instead of closing it.
Because most of the increased school aid -- about 67 percent -- was earmarked for the state's 30 poorest districts, they suffered the most when the funds were shifted to placate homeowners angered by Mr. Florio's tax program. Newark, the state's largest school district, lost $11 million of an anticipated $61 million in increased aid. Other Budget Cuts
In a brief filed in defense of the law, Benjamin Clarke, a senior deputy attorney general, argued that even as other programs were being cut because of budget problems, school aid had increased by more then $3.3 billion in the first two years of the new law. He said the Legislature's response "conforms to the dictates" of the State Supreme Court ruling and should be upheld.
But Stephen Eisdorfer, a lawyer with the State Public Defender's office who has also filed a brief, said in an interview that the financing law was "flawed at the outset" because its formula did not provide enough additional support for the poor districts to enable them to catch up within five years, as intended. And when some of the proposed increase in aid was siphoned off, it virtually insured that the gap would never be closed using those formulas, he said.Continue reading the main story

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Explore Shakespeare’s mysterious love life through the perspective of the “Dark Lady” in this work from Nashville Ballet based on poetry by Caroline Randall Williams and featuring an original score by GRAMMY winner Rhiannon Giddens.
Meet the Marsh Pride of lions in Kenya’s Maasai Mara Reserve and track their struggles in a world where lions and humans are increasingly at odds.
Explore the crisis of suicide, including risk factors and prevention strategies. The film shares the deeply personal stories of those directly affected by suicide as well as insights from experts and researchers who are making a difference.
Filmmaker Byron Hurt embarks on a deeply personal journey to understand the underground rituals of hazing, revealing the abuse and the lengths college students will go to fit in.
Art comes to the picturesque Midsomer village of Angel’s Rise with the opening of a new Sculpture Park. But when its launch is marred by murder, everything has a deeper meaning.
The Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra embarked on a tour that culminated with a performance at the Kennedy Center Concert Hall.
Arizona PBS is part of a new community-powered journalism project to answer questions you have about how to exercise your right to vote.
The battle that played out during Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court confirmation hearings reflected deep divisions in Washington and America’s current political and social moment.
A dramatic and intimate look inside the Russian assault on Kharkiv.
PBS NewsHour anchor and managing editor Judy Woodruff will anchor a special report on the impact of this legal and cultural change.


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Covalent bonds in a molecule absorb radiation in the IR region and vibrate at characteristic
(a) A molecular vibration absorbs radiation of wavelength 169 pm. What frequency tin s-1)
corresponds to that wavelength? Enter your answer in scientific notation.
(b) A molecular vibration has a frequency of vibration of 9.204 x 1013 Hz. What wavelength (in pm)
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BLACK UHURU / “Emotional Slaughter”
Last week we talked about Black Uhuru’s classic album and song, Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner. This week, I want to drop a few other Black Uhuru classics on you. I also want to talk a little about Black Uhuru’s distinctive sound, particularly the sound they perfected during the early ‘80s, when they teamed up with Sly & Robbie, signed to Island Records and became an internationally-known band. The first thing I notice when listening to Black Uhuru back-to-back with other reggae — especially classic-style roots reggae — is how much faster Black Uhuru’s songs sound. I’m not saying Black Uhuru’s tempos actually are faster than most other reggae, but it certainly feels that way. A lot of that is in the drums. On all the Black Uhuru music you’ll hear this week, the drummer is Lowell ‘Sly’ Dunbar, one half of the legendary production team Sly & Robbie. So what is it about Sly’s drumming? First, Sly’s drums are almost always mixed in the forefront. Listen to classic roots records like Burning Spear’s “Marcus Garvey,” Dennis Brown’s “Wolves & Leopards” or The Heptones’ “Book Of Rules” (I picked those randomly; substitute just about any roots song and the comparison will work), and instrumentally, the dominant thing you’ll hear is a deep, throbbing bassline and a skanking electric guitar (or sometimes, piano or electric keyboard standing in for the guitar). The drums are always there, but after the opening breakdown, the drummer is usually just keeping time. He’s the drum equivalent of a rhythm guitarist: a necessary, but by no means featured, part of the mix. (And, by the way, if anyone can explain to me why something like 99.9% of all roots reggae songs have that drum breakdown in the intro, please write in to let me know.) Now listen to a Black Uhuru record like “Youth Of Englinton” or “Whole World Is Africa.” It’s an entirely different aesthetic. The strong bassline is still there, but now the drums are much more forceful and pronounced. It’s almost as though the drums and bass are locked together to form something we might call a ‘drum-and-bassline.’ Neither sounds as though they could be separated from the other. With Sly, you also tend to get two strong drumlicks per bar instead of one or none (as you might hear in an earlier roots record). This combination (the drums being placed upfront in the mix along with the double-time drumming) gives many of Black Uhuru’s records a marching or skipping feel. Particularly in contrast to the slowed-down, trippy feel of roots reggae, Black Uhuru’s songs always seem to be pushing forward. It’s as if the songs themselves are trying to quicken their own pace. Without the soothing effect of the Black Uhuru vocalists — Michael Rose, Duckie Simpson and Puma Jones — that constant excitability might be irritating. As it is though, Uhuru’s music presents an interesting contrast. There’s Sly & Robbie’s drum and bass pushing the riddim forward, while Rose, Simpson and Puma’s cool vocals pull back. There’s a sense of musical tension in Black Uhuru’s best songs, a tension created when the vocals meet the riddim. Listen to the vocal part of “Sinsemilla.” There’s Rose on lead vocals, singing powerfully but smoothly, extending every word he can. “I’ve seen doctors saaaaaay / It heals naturallyyyyyyy.” And, Rose takes long pauses between his phrases, he isn’t in a rush to do anything. He’s like a preacher who knows the congregation is in the palm of his hand. They’re waiting for his every word; why should he hurry? Meanwhile, Simpson and Jones are near-perfect accompanists. Their two-part harmony is so flawless, they usually sound like one voice. The backing duo is always good, but on “Emotional Slaughter” they’re at their best. “Emotional Slaughter” is the rare Black Uhuru song that actually does sound mellow. Even on background vocals, Simpson and Jones carry the record. When I think of the song, what I remember most isn’t the lyrics or the rhythm, it’s the background harmony – Simpson and Jones chanting over and over, “emotional slaughter!” No overview of Black Uhuru would be complete without at least a brief mention of Michael Rose’s lyrics. Over the years, Rose has proven himself to be a master of economy. Lyrically, none of his songs are particularly dense, but Rose picks his words with care. His best work means a lot more than it says. His memorable phrases — “the youth of Englinton won’t put down their Remington,” “the whole world is Africa, but it’s divided in continent states,” “I’ve seen children downtown, begging everyone they see” — stick with you long after you’re finished listening. The ‘sufferer’s lament’ is a standard conceit of roots reggae, but Rose did it as well as anyone and also, by the early ‘80s, Rose was carrying the torch virtually alone. By then, America had turned to disco and Jamaica had turned to dancehall. One last thing. There are other (and earlier) examples of roots reggae that emphasizes the drums over the skank and cranks up the tempo. I’m thinking of Bob Marley’s “Jamming” or “Exodus.” Or maybe Bunny Wailer’s “Rockers” or Peter Tosh’s “Stepping Razor.” (Just to go ahead and name a record by each of the original trio. Seen?) By the early ‘80s, I think reggae artists had finally gotten tired of playing in the same style. After all, it had been well over a decade since rocksteady slowed into reggae, which begat roots; that’s a long time to play what must have felt like “the same thing.” Sure, today we go back to listen and we realize that reggae was never so good again as it was in the ‘70s. But back then, the new synthesizers and drum machines weren’t ‘cheesy’ and ‘over-processed.’ No, they were revolutionary and cutting edge. What artist doesn’t want to progress, change, grow? It’s only in retrospect that we think of the ‘70s as a glory age. So anyhow, it isn’t that Black Uhuru was doing something that had never been done in reggae. It was more that they took an existing aesthetic and ran with it, creating a signature sound that even today remains one of the most distinctive in the history of the music.
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Casa De Paradise, located on West Bay Beach, considered to be on the ten best beaches in the world, provides to the guests the vacation of a lifetime. The hotel offers comfortable accommodation nestled between tropical setting to provide guests with privacy and tranquility. Just a few steps away from the azure Caribbean water and offering guests with beach front apartments and studios, access to Roatan activities and luxury, Casa De Paradise is a great place to consider!
Casa De Paradise offers many different accommodation options for the guests to choose from. So whether you’re travelling as a couple, a family or as a group of friends, there’s something for everyone.
- Savannah’s Treasure: This is a beach level, one bedroom apartment with an ocean view. It offers a separate bathroom, a fully equipped kitchen and a large living room with sofa beds. A large covered patio which boasts spectacular views extends the living room into the outdoors. This apartment can accommodate upto five guests. Other amenities include air conditioning and, hammock and porch furniture on the patio.
- Spencer’s Cove: It is a beach level, ocean view studio apartment. It offers a fully equipped kitchen and a large, private patio with a sofa for the guests to relax. Other amenities include air conditioning, television and the apartment is just a few steps away from the beach.
- Kingfish: It is a garden view studio apartment and offers many different amenities. It is located less than hundred meters away from the water and the view outside gives you the feeling of a tropical island. There is a private deck, a large bathroom and a private deck.
- Captain Paco’s: It is a garden view, beach level apartment with a private entrance and a private deck and a patio. It is a suite and offers a fully equipped kitchen, wireless internet and a television.
- Casa Coral: It is a complete luxury home located a hundred meters away from the water. It offers four bedrooms each with their own bathroom, a fully equipped kitchen, leather sofas in the living room and a dining room. Each bedroom also has a private balcony.
There are several good restaurants on West Bay Beach just a walk away from the hotel that offer local cuisine. Also nearby are restaurants in West End that consist of food ranging from Italian to Thai. Roatan is also famous for its seafood and lobster and shrimps are caught daily, guaranteeing you the freshest and most delicious food.
Activities at and off the hotel are plentiful. The hotel can arrange private yoga instructors, private massages by the beachside, day sailing trips, kayaking, fishing, private island tours, tropical island excursions, diving and snorkeling gear rental and sea sport fishing.
Casa de Paradise is close to the second largest reef in the world and can arrange diving and snorkeling tours for you if you’re interested. Diving tours with licensed instructors and instruction courses for the beginners are also available. It is also easy to arrange day diving and snorkeling trips circling the island of Roatan.
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None of us enjoy going to the doctor. However, as we age, there are more and more distinct types of doctors we should be seeing if we want to remain healthy and active for as long as possible. Let’s take a look at a few of them.
A general practitioner is the one that will be your primary doctor. You should have had one long before your retirement. They’re the ones you see for your physical. They keep your charts up to date and diagnose common health issues such as the flu, colds, and diabetes.
They’re also responsible for administering medications through intramuscular or intravenous injections, orally or topically. If they come across an issue that needs to be delved into further, they’ll recommend tests or a specialist.
A dentist does quite a few important tasks when it comes to helping you maintain your oral health. Dentists are all over the country too. If you find yourself in Illinois, check out a dentist in Olympia Fields, IL If you’re in California, find one in Los Angeles.
They aren’t difficult to find. Checkups are a massive part of a dentist’s job and are critical for anyone who wants to remain on top of their oral health. On top of that, dentistry involves general treatments, such as x-rays and fillings.
Some people refer to these doctors as ‘heart doctors.’ That’s because a cardiologist specializes in the heart and cardiovascular system. As we age, these things can become a bit more fragile and tend to need more care. That’s where the cardiologist comes in.
They find, treat, and prevent diseases that affect the veins, arteries, and heart. Among other things, they diagnose and treat issues like diseases, injuries, and blockages, and remain watchful for things like high blood pressure, diabetes, and high cholesterol.
A rheumatologist is a doctor who’s had special training in those diseases that can affect your bones, muscles, and joints, including those that are known as rheumatic diseases or autoimmune conditions. A rheumatologist, in short, is the doctor you’ll see when your arthritis flares up.
Some people are lucky and aren’t bothered too much by this crippling condition, others can suffer from it from birth or early childhood. Either way, as you age, the tissue between and around your joints can break down and this leads to your bones rubbing together. It can be quite painful. This is why you need to have a rheumatologist on your team of medical professionals.
These are medical doctors that are able to diagnose and then treat vision conditions that affect people of all ages. This includes things like AMD or Age-Related Macular Degeneration. This condition makes you lose that sharp, central vision that you need for recognizing faces, reading, and driving.
It’s a large cause of blindness and visual impairment for people over the age of 65. This type of doctor also treats cataracts, which make the lens of the eye cloudy, and glaucoma too.
Finding the ideal specialists to include on your team of doctors as you age, to take care of you and ensure that you have the right care at the right times is only a portion of the challenge. Because the doctor-patient relationships these days tend to be increasingly collaborative, it’s really important to find doctors who listen to you and take your concerns and feelings into consideration. This isn’t always easy to do, but when you find them, it can make all the difference in the world.


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GFMC and the Office of the Prime Minister of Greece
09 August 2018
Following the publication of an interview of the head of the Global Fire Monitoring Center (GFMC), Prof. Dr. Johann Georg Goldammer, by the Greek News Agency ANA-MPA on 4 August 2018, a phone conversation between the Prime Minister of Greece, Mr. Alexis Tsipras, was held on 7 August 2018. In this phone conversation, Prime Minister Tsipras asked Prof. Goldammer if he would be available to set up and lead a Commission under the aegis of GFMC. The aim of the committee will be to investigate the underlying causes of the recent tragedy in Mati, and more importantly, to develop recommendations for required reforms and policy measures in order to prevent such disastrous events in the future. On a press conference today the Prime Minister added that the move aimed at excluding any possibility of political influence and biased findings.
GFMC has accepted this proposal and will release further news about details of the composition of the team of experts from Greece and the modus operandi of the Commission.


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US President Joe Biden on Monday announced the nominations of three people for leading positions in the Department of Justice (DOJ).
Anne Milgram was nominated for the position of Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration at the DOJ. Milgram was New York’s Attorney General from 2007-2010. She has led investigations into many issues including human trafficking, narcotics trafficking, street gangs, and securities fraud. She served as a federal prosecutor in the DOJ, where she became Special Litigation Counsel for the prosecution of human trafficking crimes. She is currently a professor at New York University School of Law, as well as Special Counsel to Lowenstein Sandler LLP and a member of the board of Covenant House International.
Kenneth Polite was nominated for the position of Assistant Attorney General for Criminal Division at the DOJ. Polite is currently a partner at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, but he served as the US Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana during the Obama administration. He has also served as the US Attorney for the Southern District of New York. In his nominated position as the head of the criminal division, he will lead some highly sensitive criminal investigations.
Christopher Schroeder was nominated for the position of Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel at the DOJ. He is an emeritus professor of law and of public policy studies. He has served as Chief Counsel for the Senate Judiciary Committee, as well as deputy and acting assistant attorney general in the DOJ’s Office of Legal Counsel. From 2010-2013, he served as assistant attorney general in the Office of Legal Policy. As part of his nominated position, Schroeder will provide legal interpretations to the executive branch.
In total, Biden announced his intent to nominate 11 of his administration members to lead national security and law enforcement roles. All of these nominees require Senate confirmation before they assume their nominated roles.

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Borrego Neighborhood Overall health Basis, the federally funded nonprofit health care provider that declared personal bankruptcy before this yr amid an ongoing felony fraud investigation, has been permitted to offer off its property to the highest bidders.
The auction of tens of millions of dollars truly worth of serious estate, healthcare equipment and other assets is scheduled for late subsequent thirty day period under a ruling from a federal personal bankruptcy courtroom choose.
Officers at the nonprofit known as Borrego Health stated the sale is the very best way to shield the countless numbers of low-revenue and rural people across San Diego and Riverside counties who depend on it for health-related care.
“The exploration of a sale is good for absolutely everyone who cares about the availability and excellent of healthcare in rural Southern California,” spokesperson Daniel Kramer mentioned.
The group acknowledges that less than prior management it abused the Medi-Cal reimbursement plan, and it has sued a slew of former board customers, executives and sellers to check out and get well hundreds of thousands of bucks in what it states had been misspent cash.
“The only way to ensure the continuity of treatment to Borrego Health’s people is to transfer the clinics to a extra financially steady operator,” Kramer claimed.
But the sale is becoming opposed by regulators, who advised the court docket they are anxious that assets compensated for by U.S. taxpayers will be involved in the residence established to be bought to the maximum bidder.
The U.S. Office of Health and fitness and Human Companies “contends that the federal government, not the individual bankruptcy estate, owns the (Wellbeing Methods and Services Administration) funds, personal house ordered with HRSA funds, and (federal aid) resources,” the govt wrote in a current personal bankruptcy court docket filing.
“To the extent (the) debtor is requesting authority to offer these assets, the courtroom need to initial ascertain irrespective of whether these types of belongings are property of the estate,” the filing added.
Regulators stated Borrego Wellness gathered $17.6 million in federal COVID-19 aid funds authorised in the early months of the pandemic. The agency has not nonetheless reported on how it spent just over $6 million of that help.
According to Hugh Vance, a wellness insurance plan professional at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Products and services, Borrego Health and fitness has not appropriately accounted for other federal funds.
“Debtor has failed to post overdue price tag stories that HHS estimates collectively mirror upwards of $1,500,000,” he wrote in a latest declaration. “When a supplier fails to file cost reports, all reimbursement is suspended until eventually the price tag experiences are filed.”
Borrego Wellbeing is a federally certified healthcare provider, or FQHC. The designation means it gets greater-than-regular payments for offering clinical, dental and psychological health providers to needy patients.
At its peak in 2020, Borrego Overall health was 1 of the maximum-funded FQHCs in the nation, obtaining much more than $340 million in complete profits.
But the healthcare company was the subject matter of many prison research warrants in Oct of that calendar year, when dozens of FBI and point out Office of Justice brokers turned up at clinics and administrative places of work.
They seized pcs, boxes of files and other material as part of a legal investigation into the provider’s expending and business enterprise practices.
Neither state nor federal agency would go over the circumstance past confirming the queries.
Late in 2020, the condition Division of Well being Treatment Solutions, which administers federal Medi-Cal plans in California, suspended all reimbursements to Borrego Overall health. State regulators explained the company could not appropriately account for payments.
Inside numerous months, however, California regulators agreed to reinstate most of the payments — excluding only reimbursements manufactured for the dental providers that witnesses and court docket filings say is at the heart of the felony investigation.
Borrego Health and fitness subsequently changed lots of of its board customers and govt officers.
Before this calendar year, it submitted a sweeping lawsuit in opposition to previous administrators, workers and contractors, accusing them of engaging in a long-functioning fraud that incorporated tens of millions of bucks in alleged kickbacks, abnormal salaries and popular nepotism.
The go well with accused defendants of Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Companies Act violations — expenses that, if proved, could outcome in improved monetary damages.
By late summertime, California regulators were being not convinced that Borrego Overall health was conference all of its obligations under the 2021 settlement that had led to the reinstatement of Medi-Cal reimbursements.
They imposed a new suspension — a decision that Borrego Wellness claimed would jeopardize its potential to remain open and in a position to serve more than 90,000 clients.
The group submitted for Chapter 11 individual bankruptcy protection and persuaded the judge to keep the Medi-Cal suspension, properly forcing the state to resume reimbursements.
In excess of the a few months since, Borrego Well being, its creditors and regulators have been litigating conditions of the individual bankruptcy and asset sale.
Kramer said Borrego Wellbeing is now scheduled to enter mediation over the state’s opposition to the asset sale.
The healthcare provider also been given authorization from the bankruptcy judge to provide personnel bonuses and incentives to continue to keep individuals from leaving.
“Borrego Wellbeing however has to sustain individual care and simply cannot find the money for to get rid of any extra staff members who provide that care,” Kramer explained by e-mail.
In its most not long ago financial submitting, covering the thirty day period that ended on Oct. 31, 2022, Borrego Well being documented overall assets of $84.7 million and complete liabilities of $92.8 million.


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After missing the previous 9 games, Los Angeles Lakers center Marc Gasol finally returned to action on Thursday, March 25 (Friday, March 26, Manila time) in the Lakers’ 109-101 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers.
Gasol, whose inside presence is badly needed by the Lakers as they are playing without superstars LeBron James and Anthony Davis, finished with 5 points, 2 rebounds, and 2 assists in 15 minutes of action.
Following the team’s fourth straight loss, the 36-year-old Gasol confirmed he had tested positive for COVID-19, which kept him out of action for almost a month.
“It got me pretty good for 5-6 days. I was down, I couldn’t move much,” said Gasol.
“The body aches, the fever and all that, it’s manageable, but the headaches and difficulty to breathe were definitely to me, the worst symptoms,” he added.
Gasol, who is slowly getting his smell and taste back, emphasized how serious it was, as the virus had spread around his household as well.
“It’s serious. It’s not only about you and how you could deal with it, it’s who you pass it on to. Sadly, it went around the house too,” said Gasol, who shared that he worried about his family’s safety the most.
He also stressed that even though he strictly follows the protocols every day, a person could still get infected with the virus.
“First couple of days, it didn’t really affect me yet, I didn’t have any symptoms… and then when it hits you, it hits you really hard,” he added.
The one-time NBA champion Gasol, though, noted that he felt better than expected in his return, and he is likely to see action once again on Saturday, Manila time, when the Lakers face the Cleveland Cavaliers. – Rappler.com


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President Donald J. Trump has been engaged with berating human caravans, a spectacle that might have been odd in another era. At first instance, it all seems fundamentally anachronistic, a sort of.. Credit: Eurasia Review - Published
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Several thousand Central American migrants heading for the U.S. border arrived in the western Mexico city of Guadalajara with help from truckers and other motorists Monday, marking a month since their..
TECUN UMAN, Guatemala (Reuters) - Cradling a baby in his arms, the Central American man looks up fearfully as he scrambles away from a wall of Mexican police in riot gear. People belonging to a caravan..
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — A U.N. commission investigating corruption in Guatemala says it has won 310 convictions in its 11 years in operation, defending its work even as President Jimmy Morales has.. Credit: New Zealand Herald - Published
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Pope Francis has decreed that an American religious brother, James Miller, was killed out of hatred for the Catholic faith during Guatemala's civil war and can be beatified. Credit: FOXNews.com - Published Also reported by •New Zealand Herald •Seattle Times •Newsmax
Vatican City, Nov 8, 2018 / 10:00 am (CNA).- Pope Francis Thursday approved the beatification of American Br. James Miller, who was martyred in 1982 in Guatemala.
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Guatemala's president and first lady will travel to the U.S. this weekend as a large migrant caravan continues journeying through southern Mexico hoping to reach the United States, but still remains.. Credit: Newsday - Published Also reported by •FOXNews.com
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