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Romance Report: The Lusty Month of May By Martina Bexte (May 2003)
Remember that song from Camelot, 'it's May, the lusty Month of May / That lovely month when everyone goes blissfully astray'? Even though the trees lining my street are cloaked in a thick mantle of snow rather than the much-anticipated pink and white Mayday blooms, publishers have still released a frivolous assortment of romantic confections. Whether you're in the mood to stray for a few hours into a story as warm and cozy as a May breeze or ready for one as exciting as a spring thunderstorm, here are some tantalizing titles.
Mary Balogh is back with another trademark Regency, Slightly Wicked. Lord Rannulf Bedwyn and Judith Law can't forget their shared night of passion. When they unexpectedly meet again, Rannulf takes it upon himself to properly woo the lady and make her his forever. In Candice Proctor's latest tropical adventure, Beyond Sunrise, travel writer India McNight hires Navy renegade Jack Ryder as her guide through a lush paradise of love, danger and adventure.
Rebecca Brandewyne returns with another wonderful Gothic romance, this time set in the Cornish moors. A spunky governess, a brooding widower, a rakish highwayman, dangerous smugglers, ghosts and old mysteries; The Love Knot has it all for those who enjoy a finely wrought gothic romance. Amanda Quick's Regency detective team, Lavinia Lake and Tobias March, return in Late for the Wedding, an amusing and sensuous romp, in which the pair tracks down a serial killer linked to a mysterious woman from Tobias's past. And finally, for those of you who missed Dorothy Garlock's A Place Called Rainwater, this slice of Americana is now out in paperback.
Romantic Murder & Mayhem
Patricia MacDonald gives us another suspenseful read in Suspicious Origin. When Britt Anderson learns her estranged sister was murdered, she heads back to her home town to investigate. John Sandford brings his legion of fans a new installment in his perennially popular Prey series, featuring hard-edged detective Lucas Davenport. Now a husband and father, and with a new job description, Davenport takes his investigative talents to a remote Minnesota town where an old fashioned lynching is the backdrop for true evil, in Naked Prey.
Carol Nelson Douglas s newest Midnight Louie story, Cat In A Neon Nightmare, involves a sinister cult and the death of a call girl. And in another sleuth series featuring cats, Cat Seeing Double, felines Joe Grey and Dulcie set out to clear their human's new contractor boyfriend Ryan of a murder charge.
Contemporary Romance / Romantic Suspense
Kristin Hannah's latest contemporary Between Sisters re-introduces readers to Meghann Dontess, a Seattle divorce lawyer whose stressful career almost leads to disaster when a client's husband comes close to killing her. Realizing it's time to get away from the pressures of her job, she decides to re-acquaint herself with her estranged sister, Claire. Hannah has a true gift for stories about dysfunctional families and this poignant tale is another winner (remember to keep a box of Kleenex close by).
Nicholas Sparks' The Guardian is sure to shoot up the bestseller lists in record time. This time around, he adds suspense to the mix when Julie and Mike are forced on the run by a vengeful ex-boyfriend. Second Glance is Jodi Picoult's story about suicidal ghost hunter Ross Wakeman, a man who's never gotten over the death of his fiancie. When a developer hires Ross to exorcise a ghost, he finds himself involved in an old murder and with a woman who turns his life around. But is she as real as she appears?
Leanne Banks breaks into mainstream contemporary with Some Girls Do, a lighthearted look at the lives of three misfits, up-tight Katie Collins, lonely rich girl Wilhemina and work-obsessed Michael. When Katie and Michael are ordered to find Wilhemina a husband, the real fun begins. Also look for the paperback release of Breathing Room, Susan Elizabeth Phillips' latest poignant and often amusing story -- this one's a total charmer and would make a great gift for mom!
Rachel Lee's thriller, Last Breath, grabs readers from the first page and never lets go. When Father Brendan Quinlan is linked to a heinous crucifixion of a young parishioner, lawyer Chloe Ryder sets out to prove his innocence. Certain the priest was set up, she convinces detective Matthew Diel as well. Together Chloe and Matt unravel a complicated, dangerous and far-reaching conspiracy where nothing is as it first appears.
Dinah McCall (aka Sharon Sala) brings lovers of romantic suspense another top notch, character driven story in The Perfect Lie. DEA agent Jonah Slade believed that his former fiancie Felicity had cold-bloodedly aborted their child. But when her younger sister Macie tells him Felicity has been murdered and that her nephew Evan was kidnapped, Jonah is truly shocked. It's soon apparent that the murder and the kidnapping are linked to a South American drug lord Jonah brought down - 'a son for a son' is the drug lord's demand. McCall does what she does best -- injects new life into a tried and true story.
Check out Julie Kenner's fun-filled Aphrodite's Secret, the latest in her Super Hero series featuring gods and goddesses let loose and discovering love on the mortal coil. Paranormal trio, Susan Squires, Susan Grant and Christine Feehan, have joined forces to bring fans their Mother's Day release, The Only One. Squires' novella Sacrilege introduces vampire Magda. She has been forced back into society after learning to suppress her killing ways and only Pietr can guide her. Grant's story, The Star Queen, is a lively and entertaining prequel to her popular Vash Nadah series. It's set on the planet Sienna, featuring soldier Romjha and bomb maker Taj, both determined to bring down the ruthless warlords who've decimated their race. And Feehan adds another level to her Carpathian tales this time in Dark Descent, the story of the psychic tie between bodyguard Joie Sanders and dark and dangerous Carpathian, Traian.
Harlequin & Silhouette
May brings us another exciting line-up of category romances, starting with the shorter Harlequin Romances. The Independent Bride introduces heiress Pepper Calhoun, who finds herself penniless and on the hunt for relatives and a new job in England. Can she successfully debate 'Natural Chemistry' with handsome Oxford professor Steven Konig? In Liz Fielding's delightfully funny The Bridesmaid's Reward, Dodie must lose a few dress sizes in a couple of weeks. Her best friend enlists the aid of her health club owner boss, who moves in with Dodie and whose strict eating and exercise program sets of all sorts of fireworks.
Kay David's latest Super Romance, The Target, showcases Hannah and Quinn, members of a special bomb squad unit. Their future together is put in jeopardy when Quinn is badly injured on the job. And in Brenda Novak's A Husband of Her Own, continuous squabbling eventually leads to true love for Rebecca Wells and Josh Hill. As always Harlequin Temptation offers tantalizing reads. Carrie Alexander's The Chocolate Seduction is a delicious story of a bet between two sisters. Sabrina Bliss knows she can settle down and hold down a job for six months. But denying herself the temptation of pastry chef Kit Rex is an altogether new dilemma. And Kathleen O'Reilly brings readers her latest, Once Upon A Mattress. Can Hilary Sinclair convince Ben McAllister to become her 'forever guy'?
The Intimate Moments line-up is another fine one. Kylie Brant continues with her Tremaine Tradition series, giving us Entrapment. Sam Tremaine has been after an international criminal for two years. Now he must rely on jewel thief Juliette Morrow to help him attain his goal. But Juliette has her own reasons for agreeing to help Sam. Marilyn Tracy delivers another character rich treat in At Close Range. Rancho Milagro is not only a place of miracles for the children living there, but also for Corrie Stanton and Mack Dorsey, once they discover their love.
And finally, take a look at these two Silhouette Special Editions: Midnight Cravings is Elizabeth Harbison's funny look at the showdown that erupts between chef Josephine Ross and laconic police chief Dan Duval. When Dan takes too long to locate her stolen briefcase Josephine wants to know why. And veteran Gina Wilkins brings readers the last in her McClouds of Misssissippi series, Faith, Hope and Family. Once lovers, now adversaries, Deborah and Dylan must work together to solve a threat to Deborah's family. Can their old love find new beginnings?
Happy romantic reading this lusty month of May!
Note: Opinions expressed in reviews and articles on this site are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of BookLoons.


Diverse Power’s broadband expansion to target underserved county areas
Published 10:00 am Saturday, March 5, 2022
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Diverse Power updated the Troup County Board of Commissioners Tuesday on how the company plans to make the most out of its recently awarded $25 million American Rescue Plan Act grant. Diverse Power plans to use the funds to bring high-speed broadband expansion within Troup County, particularly in many of the county’s underserved areas where competitors cannot reach.
“We did not go into this prior or after the grant [process] trying to go into areas and compete where there are already providers,” Diverse Power Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Randy Sheppard said. “We’re trying to get [broadband access] to people who don’t have it, and those are going to be the hardest ones to reach. There are holes here, there and all over, you can imagine what it’s like to build a network with all those holes.”
Diverse Power will invest a total of $39 million total to expand broadband internet access through the company’s subsidiary provider, Kudzu Networks. The expansion will incorporate portions of Harris, Troup, Meriwether, Quitman and Coweta Counties. In Troup County specifically, the company is targeting more of the eastern and southwestern portions of the county around Mountville and the Greenville areas and east and southeast of Hogansville.
Though a start date has not yet been announced, the project is estimated to take 36 to 48 months to complete, Sheppard said.
Diverse Power will use the funding to serve 4,770 customers with limited to no access to broadband. Sheppard said Troup County has about 1,300 underserved broadband access households. Areas like Meriwether County have as many as 1,600. The total project should encompass an estimated 710 square miles of Diverse Power’s 15 county service areas.
Sheppard noted that Diverse Power wanted to inquire for more than the awarded $25 million but decided to start at a smaller amount in order to ensure that their request would be considered.
“We came to the consistency that we really out to cut [the asking amount] off at [$25 million] and get a viable project, not ask for a pie in the sky number and get turned down,” he said. “We were trying to get the biggest [and] continuous bang for our buck and serve the most underserved areas,” explained Sheppard. “Obviously, there are more underserved areas in Troup County, but [we targeted areas where] we felt like … growth was set to happen.”
Through ARPA, a total of $408 million was awarded to 49 recipients, including seven EMCs.
The goal is to provide fast and reliable internet service to communities, households and businesses in 70 counties in rural parts of the state.


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Our West Coast Musical Debut!
|Allison Felus||Jan 15, 2019|
Happy New Year, friends!
The big news that I'm e-mailing you about specifically: Brian and I just made our West Coast musical debut at the Sherry Theater in Los Angeles on January 4.
(Art by Amara Leipzig)
The video recording of the gig can be viewed in its entirety on YouTube here.
If you click "show more" under the description, you'll see time stamps for all the different songs and interstitial chatter. The hyperlinks there will take you directly to that specific location in the video if you'd like to skip around rather than watching the entire thing sequentially.
(Photo by Jeanette Elaine DuBois)
Whenever we would mention the show to casual acquaintances in Chicago in the weeks leading up to it, they would get sort of hilariously flummoxed, with this weird edge in their voices when they asked, "so...how did you get that gig??" As if we had somehow bilked someone into booking us at the Hollywood Bowl or something similarly outside their estimation of our pay grade. Folks, we set it up ourselves! A high school friend of mine manages a group of small black box theaters in NoHo and said yes when we asked him if we could use a space on a night when it otherwise would be dark. That's it! No special magic required.
And truthfully, it was an expensive gig to play, all told, between buying plane tickets and a new portable amp for Brian's guitar and whatnot. But, it was all abundantly worth it to be more directly in control of our creative destiny. Begging indifferent promoters here in Chicago to book us into late-night midweek gigs at a rock club is uncool and boring and demoralizing. Especially considering that we're not trying to "make it" as musicians in any kind of mainstream sense of the term. Even friends of friends we met after the gig in L.A. couldn't resist trying to encourage us to wrangle a slot playing live on the air at our local NPR affiliate or somesuch. It's like, thanks for the thought, but no. We literally do this for the love, because it's creatively fulfilling. It's partly why Brian and I both maintain steady day jobs--in order to fund but also protect our own creative freedom.
(As Elizabeth Gilbert wisely counsels in her book Big Magic: "The reason I always maintained other streams of income was because I never wanted to burden my creativity with the task of providing for me in the material world....I made a promise to my writing life when I was about 15 years old. I said to writing: 'I will never ask you to provide for me financially; I will always provide for YOU.' I was willing to work hard, in other words, so that Creativity could play lightly.")
We feel like it's one of the best and most exciting gigs we've ever played. Just the sheer amount of weirdness we were able to squeeze in was creatively exhilarating. Who even knows what it was--a rock show, a cabaret performance, borderline experimental theater, a summoning of spirits? Whatever it was, we're addicted. We want to do more of it. So, if you know of any oddball small spaces that would welcome a guy and a gal and a guitar to play sad songs and tell strange stories, we want to know where they are! Click reply or otherwise message me and let's set something up.
In the meantime, though, here's my Best of 2018 mix and accompanying liner notes. It's the first thing of any substance I've written since I went on my little hiatus from blogging last summer. I definitely needed the break and am still not quite ready to come back yet. But you'll be the first to know when I am.


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"It is not a normal bereavement
for the parents and siblings left behind.
Nor will bereavement counselling or a support group be appropriate for everyone affected because grief counselling for normal bereavement
may cause harm.
The study was limited by several factors, including its cross-sectional design and the potentially inconsistent differentiation of MDD from normal bereavement
in patients who had been diagnosed with MDD shortly after the death of a loved one, the researchers said.
support was not offered to her grieving family.
"With a normal bereavement
, as time goes on it gets easier and you generally accept the death better.
When people are prevented from moving through the tasks adequately, the normal bereavement
process is interrupted, grief reactions become much more painful and debilitating (Mayo Clinic, 2007), and complicated grief may develop.
``Losing a family member through a normal bereavement
is bad enough, but to lose a loved one like this is something you can't express in words.
'A normal bereavement
is difficult enough to cope with but a suicide throws up all sorts of other emotions.'
However, the work group added a footnote to clarifying that normal bereavement
might resemble a depressive episode but that a major depressive episode would be characterized by feelings of worthlessness, suicidal ideas, psychomotor retardation, and severe impairment of overall function.
"One to one counselling, perhaps, with someone who has got to be a specialist." Bea said the service she wants to provide is not normal bereavement
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At the FAA drone symposium this week, one panelist was not like the others: Ford. Despite being the (not-so-young) kid that stuck out, it’s not entirely surprising. Along with other automobile manufacturers like Porsche and Audi, automakers are taking up the flag for autonomous vehicles.
But unlike Porsche, Ford are not in the business of developing drones, they are in the business of tracking them.
Working with the FAA since last year, they have suggested a deceptively simple method that could be far cheaper and easier to implement than high-tech solutions like the 4G IoT network being developed by Nokia in Europe, which could require retrofitting SIMs into every commercial drone out there.
Instead, Ford intends to use an existing feature already present in most drones – that is, the anti-collision lights that are built in to improve lowlight visibility. Ford says the patent-pending system would require drones to flash their ID number – or a 10-digit code given out by the FAA upon registration – as a series of colours and blinks. Using Google’s TensorFlow, a proprietary app would decipher the communication, enabling the public to identify and report misbehaving UAVs.
Preliminary tests by Ford show drones can be accurately identified operating within a 25 metre range, however with camera quality improving steadily one has to ask if this range is wide enough.
As well as developing drone tracking systems, Ford is developing a customizable development platform to allow their UAV teams the ability to quickly test ways drones and vehicles can work together.
The modular platform consists of basic, easily modifiable capabilities present in all UAVs – controls, CPU, rotors etc – allowing iterative testing and development of all facets of software and hardware including electrical, material, structural and user interface design concepts.
As Ford state in an article published on Medium, “It might seem strange to think that a car company is helping to lay the groundwork for drones, but we believe there is so much potential to explore here. To integrate new technology into vehicles, we need to develop a good understanding of how it works, how it can be used and what its limitations are. We frequently conduct experiments on individual vehicle components to understand as much as we can about them, so we bring only the best into our vehicles. Now we’re doing that with drones.”
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AUSTIN, Tex (Reuters) - Texas Governor Rick Perry admitted on Tuesday that the state will have to use about a third of its rainy day fund to close a budget deficit this year, abandoning his stance that the fund should not be used.
Perry said he supported using up to $3.2 billion of the $9.4 billion fund to close a deficit in the 2011 budget.
But the Republican governor said that he still does not support using the fund to address the shortfall in the 2012-2013 budget.
Perry said that using a "one-time amount" from what is officially called the Economic Stabilization Fund would "help our budget deal with the impact of the national recession." Earlier this year he had opposed using the fund at all.
"I remain steadfastly committed to protecting the remaining balance of the Rainy Day Fund, and will not sign a 2012-2013 state budget that uses the Rainy Day Fund," Perry said in a statement that indicated that he, House Speaker Joe Straus and Comptroller Susan Combs agreed on the plan.
Texas, which has a two-year budget cycle, is about $27 billion short of the money it needs to extend current programs and services through 2012 and 2013. That includes a $4 billion deficit in the 2011 budget, which ends August 31. The deficit had been $4.3 billion, but Combs on Monday revised the state's revenue estimate, saying an additional $300 million is available because of increased sales tax collections.
The House Appropriations Committee on Tuesday approved a bill to use money from the rainy day fund for the current budget. The measure now heads to the full House.
Appropriations Committee member Mike Villarreal, a Democrat, said that without using the rainy day fund for 2012-2013, the state budget will lead to closing nursing homes, firing teachers and packing more children into classrooms.
"The governor doesn't mind using the fund to avoid the embarrassment of not paying our bills for the next five months, but he refuses to use a single dime from the fund to limit the damage to our children's schools," Villarreal said.
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Angelina, 33, has told aides to organise filming to fit her plan.
The pair, who have three children of their own and three adopted ones, have also set their hearts on adopting again.
She and Brad, 45, fly to Ethiopia this month to become parents of a two-year-old girl.
An insider said: “They might be adding to their family fast, but they want all their kids to be roughly the same age so they do the nanny stage and get it over and done with.”
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Battambang Province: People found a dead body in a bush at 7:10 am on August 31, 2021 in the forest 100 meters from the road in Basre village, Daun Ba commune, Koas Kralor district, Battambang province.
The corpse was swollen, stinking, and was not immediately obvious whether it was a man or a woman. The discovery was reported to the specialized force for inspection.
After an autopsy, the body was identified as Yang Sarath, a 45-year-old man living in Prey Phneas village, Daun Ba commune, Koas Kralor district, who died after being hit from behind and also suffered a broken left jaw. Authorities are currently searching for the suspected killer. KPT


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A hilarious story for anyone who has ever had to tangle with a head full of hair!
When Amy is born she doesn’t have much hair. Not for long! Soon her hair is the stuff of fairy tales – so long she could throw it down a tower to let up a handsome prince. Only, hair this long is also really inconvenient, especially on windy days. So Amy’s dad comes up with some innovative solutions, and soon EVERYONE wants one of Daddy’s Hairdos!
A brilliant book from new talent Francis Martin and rising star Claire Powell, illustrator of Have You Seen My Giraffe?.
About the Author
Francis Martin is an author and illustrator, based in Liverpool. He studied for an MA in Children’s Book Illustration at the Cambridge School of Art. The text for Daddy Hairdo is Francis’s first picture book text, and was inspired by a true story.
For Ages: 2 – 99 years old
Number Of Pages: 32
Published: 6th September 2018
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
Dimensions (cm): 26.0 x 26.0 x 0.5
Weight (kg): 0.2

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KALAMAZOO, Mich., Nov. 29, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Career Quest Learning Centers announced today that it is opening a new campus for career education in Kalamazoo, Mich. The private career education company will provide programs in business, health care and information technology.
Kalamazoo joins Career Quest's existing campuses in Lansing and Jackson, Mich. Program enrollment is now open for classes that will begin January 10, 2011.
Career Quest programs offer flexible schedules to working adults with 3 week, 6 week, 6 month and 9 month programs. Career Quest programs give students hands-on classes focused on skills needed for employment. Curriculum is designed with input from community-based advisory boards including representation from local community employers. Enrollment information is available online at www.cqlc.edu or at (877) 851.7898.
Guy Bell, president and chief executive officer of Career Quest, said, "We chose Kalamazoo because of the city's diverse economic environment, its demonstrated commitment to education and its growing focus on health care and health care jobs. This new campus will continue our work supporting Michigan's need to reenergize and train a workforce that has been hard-hit by extremely challenging economic times."
Career Quest has hired its initial staff and instructors for the Kalamazoo campus and will add staff as it expands programs. The campus renovation in progress will provide a modern, flexible student learning environment. The campus is located at 5115 Portage Road, Kalamazoo, Mich., 49002.
Career Quest Learning Centers, Inc., is a privately held career education institution with headquarters in Lansing, Mich. and campuses in Lansing, Jackson and Kalamazoo. Career Quest has served more than 3,000 students since its founding in 1995. More information on enrollment, programs and career opportunities is at www.cqlc.edu. The toll-free admissions contact is (877) 851.7898.
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“Because in today’s atmosphere your job in the big faceless corporation is more important than your opinion of the big faceless corporation”
Activism as defined by Google is the “Policy or action of using vigorous campaigning to bring about political or social change”. Now that is all well and good but activism in the modern age has seen the proliferation of technology and a plethora of ideologies combing to work to a single goal – It doesn’t work in the 21st century!
Once upon a time we had movements cropping up everywhere to promote policy and public knowledge, many movements come to mind such as the LGBT community to gain greater human rights and equal recognition. Or the Civil Rights movement in America who promoted equal rights for African Americans and smaller ethnic groups. Both movements gained significant public exposure and change within society in an era that recognised individual rights over the collective.
But this is not always the case; the Occupy Movement has in recent months been almost unheard of in the news due to the stagnation of its cause, what is there to report? Some may say the mass inequality within the capitalist system, others may say ‘Free The Weed’ and others are just ultra-leftists who give the cause a bad name. The reason I use the Occupy movement as an example is down to the cause it represents (or lack thereof). It is a fact that causes with a single or multiple of beliefs within a single ideological strand often create significant change, however Occupy is an alamagamation of many ideologies with no clear purpose except to occupy space it seems.
Activism within the 21st century is relatively new, particularly in regards to digital activism that has given many groups a focal point to congregate and organise but often a shared belief is not enough. If we go back to the mid 20th century, African American movements congregated on mass to promote change, which was slow. But it garnered particular public support, unlike Occupy.
Or if we look at the French Revolution, which set the political atmosphere for much of the 20th and 21st century, we can see that mass proliferation of the public must be used to gain change. Mass consensus without mass participation will not lead to change. The Occupy movements problem is that they, as a group are raising a genuinely important issue within the public domain, however they are targeting people who are inherently apathetic to the cause even if they acknowledge it as just. Because in today’s atmosphere your job in the big faceless corporation is more important than your opinion of the big faceless corporation.
Activism has been the backbone to democratic process within the last century, but this process has slowed down to a halt, mainly due to the pluralism of ideals within society. To many people believe in to many things. To return to the Civil rights movement in America, society was a simple thing. There was no ‘counter-culture’ and beliefs centred on the belief in God, family and friends. This is no longer the case. Ideology plays such a role in society that groups are constantly competing for policy change and promoting causes. If you study the evolution of activism from the 1960′s until now. Activism has increasingly become a misnomer – irrelevant within the 21st century.N.B Activism in this case is the use of PR stunts and lack of action which seems to be a popular occurrence within todays groups.
The far left who are promoting the entirety of the Occupy movement’s campaigns; need to take notes of why their chosen path doesn’t work. Learn from past mistakes – were movements failed to gain momentum (which arguably Occupy did but it is now stagnating). The point of my argument is that to gain success in any movement especially the Occupy movement they need to get organised and stop promoting to many ideologies and policy changes. The Left seems to have a problem of fragmentation (just look at leftist polling statistics and you will see why). Often arguing amongst themselves to promote a cause they believe in, were right wing politics is often more controlled and to put it simply more fused in their ideologies.
Occupy and subsequently the left no longer has any real ideological enemies within society, due to the centralisation of political beliefs in the widespread populous. Rather it is nit picking the inadequacies within society, which YES do need changed but it won’t happen in the long term. To take action is to create a new model, not challenge the established one.
I very much do hope, people recognise the need for change, as I do not want to come across as a political hack that despises the movement. But more than often the self righteous lefty’s within the Occupy movement (and there is many) need to unite to change. This has not been done and it cannot be done. In reality they should go down the official route of lobbying their governments through proper means not PR stunts. These PR stunts as I see it, arguably are there to fortify the pride and arrogance of the organisers.
For Occupy to truly succeed it needs to align itself into a finely tuned political machine, why not start a new political party and form your own policy agenda? Why not just stop what you are doing and go back to your day jobs? I would be interested to hear what our readers have to say about it, does activism and more importantly Occupy need to evolve to gain any form of political change?
The Occupy Movements only contribution to the world was it’s highlighting of the fiscal power and corruption of faceless corporations, which in retrospect garnered little political change. As the political blog Progress put it the Occupy movement is a “unpalatable smorgasbord of religious, political and cultural ideas“. That reader is the very nature of its problem and of modern day activism. Groups are made up of to many ideologies and beliefs causing a stagnation and confusion within the group itself. I think its important to note as stated before, mass consensus without mass participation will not contribute to change.
Lucas McCartney is PostDesk’s Political Editor and Northern Irish political commentator, with a keen interest in politics, public affairs and social media. @themightykai


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Treasure is as sweet as she is adorable – a real Treasure! She, her sister and her brother were found dumped in a ditch on their foster’s street and rescued by the family when they were just 5 weeks old! Together, they are practically bomb-proof – they are used to a happy and busy household with dogs, small, gentle children and other cats! Treasure is a social butterfly!
She’s also your typical 4 month old kitten, who energetically zooms around the house with her siblings and delights in playing with all of her toys. She loves nothing more than sleeping at her human’s feet at night! The jury’s out on if she’s a toe nibbler LOL Treasure wants to be YOUR family’s treasure!

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St. Ewe Free Range Eggs really are extra special, laid by free roaming hens, then hand picked each morning. I used the St. Ewe’s ‘Boost the Roost’ eggs enriched with Selenium & DHA and Omega 3, for my dippy egg. Approved by the RSPCA and Vegetarian Society, plus 5p of each pack is donated to Pancreatic Cancer UK.
Can’t beat dippy eggs and soldiers for a mid week brunch!
This Meat Free Monday I’m very excited to share this amazing Fava bean dip… Ful Madamous, which I recently discovered. Ful is a traditional Arabic food made by the exciting new brand Cuzena, these pots come in three flavours, this is the Sweet Caramelised Onion Ful… they are seriously tasty!
What beautiful weather we’re having this weekend! There was no doubt how I was going to spend this weekend… in my garden. First day of the year I’ve spent time out there, I love just wandering around admiring the plants and flowers I’ve grown – the garden was empty when we moved in so everything out there is all my own work. I had little tidy up, put up some new trellis, brought out the garden furniture and gathered together some tired looking pots and an old broken watering can which I decided to bring to life. I was also given an old chimnea recently and I decided to set that up a planter. With £10 spent in Morrisons on new plants (that included a Wisteria and Clematis, which I also potted) and some old paint I had stored in the garage it was a happy little weekend project that brought some more colour into the garden and gave me a good dose of vitamin D.
This is Alice’s Afternoon Tea from Whittards which is a black tea with rose petals and white cornflowers… yummy!
It’s NON FOOD FRIDAY! Here’s a little sneaky peak from the fabulous Rug Hooking book by Carole Rennison that I had the pleasure of shooting this week for SearchPress.
The weather is getting hotter, so let’s spice this week up!
It’s that time of year again… grab a cup of Joe and going the coffee celebration!
This week I’ve been having all the fun, styling and shooting these tiny mini hoops for Dandelyne‘s upcoming book…aren’t they the cutest?!
I’ve been feeling so poorly all week so today I’m posting something pink and fluffy to cheer me up… Turkish Delight!
A inspiration for meat free Monday!

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I have this thing for poetry. And theater. I’m crazy in love with both. And I couldn’t describe it better than Sarah Kay did, ‘I was fascinated by the idea of spoken-word poetry. I felt that my two secret loves, poetry and theater, had come together, had a baby, a baby I needed to get to know’.
I think my first one, and one of my favorites, was a TED talk from Sarah Kay.
So, let’s get back to the original story. One day, when I was randomly playing around, on the web, I found this amazing poem. It hit me, I felt every word. Cause I’m living that same situation. Because I know way too many people living in the same situation. So yes, every single word made terrible sense to me. I’m not sure if I was petrified or if it was just another reality check. The only thing I know for sure is that I fell in love with her poetry!
She is brilliant and I instantly start following her in every single social media she’s on!
Oh boy, is that considered stalking?
I hope not, that’s what social media is for, right?
I’m just a huge fan and shes amazing!
So, quoting her web: ‘Agnes Török is a spoken word performer, poetry workshop leader, poetry event organizer and happiness researcher’.
And she’s talking about a lot of interesting things. Things that keep me awake at night, things that bug me every single day. Is like my conscience came to life!
So, my advice?
Get out of your comfort zone and check her up. Getting a quote/description totally out of contest, her poems are like ‘rescue boats’. Her poems fill me with joy, feed my inner questions, scare my daemons and make me believe. Her art make me smile, make me want to change the world.
Check out the following TED talk.
How awesome is she?
Let’s get to the point. What is happiness?
What make us happy?
We’d always been told to do more of that. But…what is that?
So, yes. By now you already know where I’m going with this.
From an happiness point of view, what matters is what we do on a daily basis. And how we treat our social relationships (that’s bugging me lately too…but for entirely different reasons). And this is a thing I’m working on.
I’m a pretty distant person. Some call this trust issues (I totally agree with that). Others think I’m alienated (totally valid, too). But maybe this is just the way life thought me to be. And you know how hard it is to change a behavior. Still, I’m taking the effort.
Remember the last message of Agnes: Let’s talk. Let’s definitely talk about it, it makes a big difference!
And, btw, have an amazing Easter 🙂


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Asking SCOTT STEINER for Wrestling Advice
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: London, England
Re: WWE Unleash the Fury
Good opening promo between Edge and Christian, some nice dialogue between the two and the many references to them being "brothers." It done really well building up the feud for Wrestlemania and brawl capped it off.
JBL vs Bobby Lashley: Good opener, with a nice finish to the match having JBL counter the dominator into the Clothesline from Hell, nice to JBL in MITB should add extra to the match with his brawling background.
Good Booker T promo, i was expecting the "Tell me you just didn't say that line" when Josh asked his last question, but good build up for his match with Rey Mysterio.
Very good promo between Teddy Long and MNM, with everyone very much in character and a huge match scheduled for next week, 2 out 3 falls should be good.
Jamie Noble vs Shannon Moore: Decent match, good to see the cruisers getting an opportunity with a nice ending having Kid Kash lay out Jamie Noble and giving the cruisers an feud to go with, Kid Kash was put over very nicely.
The Randy Orton promo was fantastic, really good. I liked how the segment was similar to Paprazzi Productions of Alex Shelley, but the way it kept on cutting out his name, i didn't expect The Rock, but nice comments from the Rock and that match should be huge at Wrestlemania, truely Legend vs Legend Killer.
Ukliq vs Mexicools: Good win for Ukliq, nice stable with the Brits and good win over the Mexicools with the help off Finlay shillelagh to take the Mexicools out.
Batista promo with Undertaker was good. Another good match scheduled for Wrestlemania which should be good, nice mind games by Taker.
Good addition in Macho Man Randy Savage to the Hall of Fame class, which is good, nice to see Owen Hart (RIP) get recognition.
Matt Hardy vs Simon Dean: Good win for Hardy managing to keep Gymini at bay, nice to see him in MITB, should hopefully see some bumps from him.
Decent Benoit promo, put over his match with Ken Kennedy well and the MITB match.
Good Wrestlemania promo similar to the vignettes of Wrestlemania 21, nicely written, i can imagine that would be good to watch.
Ken Kennedy vs Chris Benoit: Great win for Kennedy to get into MITB, nice finish having Bookers music distract Benoit and cost him the match i can see some retribution being delievered.
Rey Mysterio vs Booker T: Another good NWO rematch, good to see Rey Mysterio retain, a bit suprised by no Benoit interference, but it should be good build up for the future.
Overall a very good Smackdown which built Wrestlemania up well, the promo's stood out really well.


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I put Eibach springs with 4-knob pads over the weekend (I did not want it too low).
It dropped the car about 1 inch.
To confirm when bringing the car in for alignement:
The front camber will be able to be corrected
But, the rear will stay negative unless I buy a (expensive) camber kit. Is that correct?
Visually, right now the front has much more negative camber than the rear.
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Veggie Hubby and I recently ate at PF Chang’s for lunch. PF Chang’s has lots of entree options as well as appetizer options for a vegetarian. At dinner we usually get Veggie Spring Rolls and Veggie Dumplings for appetizers. Yumm! Veggie Hubby usually gets Buddha’s Feast. I have tried many dishes and like all of them. My favorite is the Won-ton Soup! It is the best Won-ton Soup I have ever had!.
For lunch the other day Veggie Hubby wasn’t so hungry so we got Dumplings to share and he got a side order of Spicy Green Beans. He loved them. I had one of their lunch bowls – Crispy Honey Chicken, which was yummy as well. The Hot & Sour Soup was equally as good.
So if you are looking for a good choice to take your favorite Vegetarian, we highly recommend PF Chang’s! The best one in the country is in Las Vegas 🙂 We always make it a point to eat at PF Changs when we go to Vegas! For the record I have eaten at PF Changs in San Diego, Las Vegas, San Jose, Denver, Atlanta, Raleigh, San Francisco and I’m sure a few other places that I just can’t remember right now!

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Job Creators Network Reacts to Second Quarter GDP Release
Alfredo Ortiz, president and CEO of Job Creators Network, released the following statement in response to today’s Second Quarter advance estimate of GDP growth of 2.4%:
“While the President will take another victory lap on the headline number, small businesses are on the front lines feeling the direct consequence of the anti-small business policies that reduce economic opportunities and entrepreneurship. These include reckless spending that drives inflation, anti-energy regulations that increase gas and electricity costs, and the constant threat of tax increases. It’s very difficult for small businesses to survive, thrive, and create economic growth in this big government environment.
“The inflationary environment is especially difficult for small businesses. According to JCNF’s monthly SBIQ poll of national small business owners, respondents overwhelmingly rate inflation as their biggest concern, and a majority have put a pause on hiring and wage increases. Thanks to the Fed’s aggressive interest rate hikes inflation has finally moderated somewhat, but with interest rates at the highest level in 22 years small businesses aren’t out of the woods as they face a credit desert as a result. The SBIQ further shows that two-thirds of small business owners are concerned that rising rates threaten their access to credit, preventing their ability to grown.”


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Flavor you can see! A smoky, sweet blend of robust spices and herbs. Comments or questions? Call 1-800-632-5847. For more recipes, visit www.mccormick.com. Packed in USA.
Salt, Sugar, Maltodextrin, Modified Corn Starch, Tomato Powder, Spices (Including Red Pepper), Natural Mesquite Smoke Flavor and Other Natural Flavors, Garlic, Onion, Sunflower Oil, Extractives of Paprika, and Corn Syrup Solids.
Mesquite MarinadeAll you need: 1/4 cup oil; 1/4 cup water; 2 lbs. chicken, pork or beef. 1. Mix Marinade Mix, oil and water in small bowl. Reserve 2 tbsp. marinade for basting. Place meat in large resealable plastic bag or glass dish. Add remaining marinade; turn to coat well.2. Refrigerate 15 minutes, or longer for extra flavor. Remove meat from marinade. Discard any remaining marinade.3. Grill, broil or bake until desired doneness, basting with reserved marinade halfway through cooking. Discard any remaining marinade.Makes 1/2 cup marinade.
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On a walk I ran into Vera Katz"Statue" setting in the Rain just like she set's in the Sun.
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A recently completed external review of where the values and experiences of the Twin Cities campus community aligned with those of its police department shares dozens of community-informed public safety recommendations for consideration and actions.
U of M Medical School Professor Claudia Cohn explains why donating blood today is needed now more than ever and how choosing to give could equip those donors with new information about their exposure to COVID-19.
After observing an excess of x-rays from neutron stars, a team of researchers found that the anomaly may have been caused by axions, hypothetical particles that could help scientists solve several mysteries of the universe.
Jamie Stang, who was a member of the advisory committee that informed the new guidelines, is available to speak about updated recommendations for infants and early childhood along with recommended dietary patterns.
In the first study to examine the effects of maternal CBD exposure during pregnancy on adult offspring in mammals, U of M researchers found CBD use during pregnancy may affect mood and cognition in offspring long after the exposure has ceased.


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Lipoic acid, a vitamin-like substance that contains sulfur, is important to the body in the production of energy (ATP). It also effective against water- and fat-soluble free radical damage.
- Helps reduce elevated liver enzymes
- Improves blood flow to peripheral nerves
- Improves blood sugar metabolism
- Inhibits glycosylation of tissue proteins
- Inhibits HIV replication by reducing the activity of reverse transcriptase
- Stimulates regeneration of nerve fibers
- Works synergistically with vitamins B1 and B3 to produce ATP
- 20 - 50 mg. per day
- AIDS: 150 mg. TID
- Diabetes mellitus: 300-600 mg.
- Since lipoic acid is an antioxidant, it spares other antioxidants like vitamins E and C
Adverse Reactions and Toxicity:
- If using an extremely high dose, vitamin B1 should also be given
- No known toxicities
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of search limits are available in Orbis.
Limits are found in a drop down menu within the Simple Search box
and are used to apply a single, commonly-used limit to your current search.
Limits offers several further options for limiting searches: language,
collection (Yale library location), date of publication, medium, and item
the Simple Search or Advanced Search screen, select the
button. The Search Limits screen appears.
(see red arrow) and click to select desired limits.
- Type in
date(s) (see yellow arrow) and use the radio button to select =
(is exactly), > (is greater than), >
(is less than), or within a range.
- Click on
the Set Limits button at the top or bottom of the screen to return
to your search screen.
a Quick Limit with selections from More Limits, go to More
Limits first and make your choices there, then go back to the search box
and choose a Quick Limit before searching.
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File formats we accept.
High Resolution PDF’s, High resolution JPEG’s, Illustrator, Photoshop or Indesign files.
If you wish to submit artwork created using a program not listed above we may be able to accommodate you but please contact us to discuss this first.
We prefer all artwork to be supplied as high-resolution PDF. However no matter how you supply your artwork it is important that all the below criteria is met.
We require a minimum of 300dpi. You can send the file set to a higher resolution if you prefer, however all this will do is increase the file size, and make the uploading process slower.
Scanned colour and greyscale images should be 300dpi at the final size in the document submitted.
Bleed is the area of your artwork that will be cut off during the trimming process and anything in this area will be removed. Therefore when sending files to print we require your artwork to include 3mm bleed on each side of the document – 6mm to each measurement. i.e. for A4 without a bleed is 210mm x 297mm, with a bleed is 216mm x 303mm.
Also any images or block colour that you wish to be printed to the edge of the finished page needs to be extended into this bleed area.
Even if this colour is white, we still require a bleed! Not having a bleed edge on a file is the main cause for delays in printing.
When designing supplying artwork, please ensure that you supply it at the final document size (plus bleed). i.e an A5 file should be provided as A5 artwork, not as an A4 document for us to then scale down.
All our products are printed full colour. Therefore your document will be printed using a four-colour process – CMYK. It is important you design your documents in CMYK.
RGB to CMYK
Although we can accept files with RGB colour, once we receive them we will automatically convert them to CMYK and there may be a colour difference on conversion. We cannot be held responsible for your final print not looking the colours intended, and this is why we insist on you supply directly in CMYK.
If you are using big areas of black in your artwork eg. a black background – we recommend setting your black as C 75%, M 68%, Y 67%, K 90% instead of just K100%. On screen this colour will look slightly blue but in print will appear black.
Embedding fonts into your original design will stop them changing or appearing differently after they have been printed. If you are unable to embed your fonts please supply all the fonts used in each document. Although we have an extensive range of fonts, there is no guarantee that the versions you have used will match the versions we hold on file.
The minimum text size on all artwork should be decided depending on the design and finished artwork size. Text smaller than 7pt should not be positioned on a white background and text smaller than 9pt should not be positioned on a coloured background. Also bear in mind, text that is 7pt on an A4 poster will only be noticeable when viewed closely and on anything larger is unlikely to be seen.
We also recommend that you place a Safe Zone on all files of at least 4mm from the edge of the document. This is to ensure that all important text and images are not at risk of being cut off in the trimming process.
Saved as a PDF with layers
To get the best results we recommend submitting your files as a PDF. Saving as a PDF will preserve the text as layers, which will result in a higher quality finish than if you flatten the PDF.
Preview how your print will be appear when it is printed, by selecting Overprint Preview. This should identify any vector objects that have Overprint applied to them – the object would appear transparent and this is how your artwork will be printed.
Matt - Matt coated paper has a low surface sheen and luxurious feel. It offers excellent ink to paper contrast, and printed colours appear bright and defined. The overall look is more low-key than gloss coated paper.
Gloss - Gloss coated paper has a high surface shine and very smooth finish. Printed colours ‘pop up’ and appear extra vibrant, making it a favourite choice for promotional items.
Uncoated - Our uncoated paper has a soft finish and tactile quality. Because it’s more absorbent than coated paper, printed inks appear flatter. It’s the best choice for stationery as it’s easy to write on.
Artwork created in any of the following Microsoft programs – Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Publisher, or Works will not produce print ready files, and this is will be the same response you will get from all commercial printers. However is can still be possible to use your file, by converting it to a PDF using a online PDF creator like this one – convert.neevia.com, just follow the instructions given online or you can download a PDF creator that you have to download to your computer like this one – www.primopdf.com the best thing is, they are both free. However, please note we cannot be held responsible for any problems that arise from using this process.
Glossary of print terms
Artwork (print ready): a design layout prepared for immediate print, generally a PDF file.
Black: solid 100% black printing, usually for text and line drawings.
Bleed: extension of the background beyond the edge of the document (3mm) to prevent unwanted white edges.
Bind: the process of binding sheets together, usually plastic comb, wire or perfect bound.
Bond: high quality absorbent writing paper, usually smooth and matt.
CMYK: the colours printers use to create full colour, C- Cyan (light blue), M -Magenta (pink), Y – Yellow and K – Black.
Collated: sorted in correct order.
Design: let our talented designers give you an identity from conception-2-collection.
Digital: electronic file formats.
DPI: See Resolution.
Encapsulating: both sides film coated with heat sealed edge.
Fold: the folding of documents in various formats, ie. z fold, gate fold, u fold, in half, fold in 3, etc.
Fonts/Typefaces: the style of type used, ie. serif (with little ticks as times newroman) or sans-serif (no tick – arial).
Full Colour: printing using cyan, magenta, yellow and black (CMYK).
Gloss: high quality coated sheet, very smooth and shiny, inks sit beautifully on its surface.
Greyscale: utilising a single ink to create tonal values for photos and similar.
Gutters: gutters are used to separate items and allows for trimming, usually 3mmper item = 6mm gutters.
Images/Pictures: a photo, logo or illustration used in design.
Laminating: one or both sides film coated, but not sealed.
Large Format: digital printing of any size over A3.
Litho: the high quality printing process which applies ink to paper, ideal for long run and colour perfection.
Margins/Safe Zone: area from the sheet edge to the start of important information. Allowance of a clear area.
Matt: high quality matt-coated sheet, very smooth with a slight sheen, inks sit beautifully on its surface.
Microns: how paper thickness is measured (not weight as in gsm/grammes).
NCR: ‘no carbon required’ paper – for duplicated forms and similar.
Numbering: the process of adding sequential numbers to your documents.
Overprinting: where a preprinted sheet has additional printed information added.
Paper Weight: gsm: grams per square meter – this does not relate to the paper thickness.
Perforated: a process for simple tear off sections.
PP: is used to describe the number of pages or number of printed sides.
Pre-Press: the process of creating litho printing plates and imposition of pages.
Print Ready Artwork: files that are ready for immediate printing – using one of the above file formats.
Process Colour: uses CMYK inks.
Proof: is a colour representation used to check spelling,punctuation, typeface and layout.
Ream: a pre-wrapped quantity of paper or card, usually 500 or 250 sheets.
Resolution: dots per inch, the larger the number of dots in a square inch, the better the quality, aim for 300dpi.
RGB: the colour screens are viewed in, R red, G green and B blue – colours may change when converted to CMYK.
Saddle Stitch: where the document is stitched together with staples.
Scanning: a digital image scanned off a hard copy document or photo, saved as a tiff, jpeg or PDF.
Score: a depression in the paper or card enabling correct and neat folding.
Stock/Media: the paper stock used to print your files on, varying weights, textures and colours.
Vector: an illustration using lines, especially good for logos, easily scaled without loss of quality.

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