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And the 6-foot-5, 230-pound Malleck already knows a bit about Rutgers after camping there in the summer. The Scarlet Knights have also been in contact with Malleck's coach, Calvin Thompson.
"I talked to (Rutgers assistant) Joe Susan a few times and he contacts Calvin a lot and says they like me,'' Malleck said. "I would look at them, and my dad wants me to go somewhere close.''
"I really like the weight room a lot,'' said Malleck, who is yet to be offered by Rutgers. "I saw the campus and I like it a lot.''
After starting the season with four straight losses, Point Pleasant Boro recorded its first win Friday, a 34-14 defeat of Holmdel, and Malleck played an integral role. He had an 11-yard touchdown reception and intercepted two passes in the win, and approximates making 20 catches this season.
"We're passing a lot, and I'm getting a lot of passes,'' Malleck said.
Malleck said he lines up at wide receiver in some formations and also in the slot, but he is most comfortable playing tight end.
"All the corners so far are 5-9 or 5-10,'' he said. "We run a fade route and they throw it up and I catch it.''

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As violence among the Nation’s youth continues, and with several wounding incidents taking place on Labour Day, May 1, at Fort James Beach, the Cabinet is again examining ways to arrest the problem.
On Wednesday, May 3, the Executive reportedly addressed the subject, which, it claims, most often involves troubled young people.
Two weeks ago, Cabinet announced that former Lieutenant Colonel Ivor Walker would be assisting the Government in this regard.
Walker reportedly wrote a dissertation on the subject in 2005 and proposed the creation of a voluntary National Service Corps, composed particularly of troubled youth between the ages of 15 and 21 years.
They would be taught by Defence Force personnel, with the objective of helping to reform them.
The Cabinet reportedly is awaiting the submission of the paper, as the former officer was asked to re-formulate his thesis to match the current challenges being faced by parents, teachers and schools.
In tackling the challenge, the Cabinet says, several institutions will be required to play leading roles, including the sporting fraternity; the police and the military; the churches and schools; several government ministries; social workers and professionals.
In the meantime, the Office of the Attorney General would draft legislation to match the objective. However, says Lionel “Max” Hurst, the Government’s spokesperson, the programme will be voluntary – unless mandated by a court of law.
Some residents have said the partial decriminalization of cannabis, in addition to parental neglect, is contributing to the youth’s antisocial behaviour.
While children have used illegal drugs in the past, as has been stated by Prime Minister Gaston Browne, professionals point out that the easier accessibility – without provision for the repercussions – is causing a problem.
The law allows persons to have 15 grammes of cannabis, for personal use, in their possession, and provides for the cultivation of four plants.
Therefore, some youth have argued that, once they are within the legal amount, nothing can be done to them.

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Second World War took heavy toll on Queen’s familyBreaking News
Though Queen Elizabeth II has cut back on making foreign trips, the 88-year-old British monarch travelled to France for the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy. And it’s little wonder: she lived and lost through the Second World War and it marked her life more than many.
On a three-day state visit to France, she and her husband, Prince Philip, on Friday commemorated the landings at Sword Beach in Normandy, after having spent Thursday in Paris attending a British Embassy garden party, and laying a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Arc de Triomphe.
The Queen’s parents were nearly killed in the Second World War.
Her father, King George VI, and the Queen Mother narrowly escaped being killed by a German air raid when Elizabeth was a teenager.
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This week our Challenge is brought to us by Lis. Our fun tutorial is making bugs using punches, dies and scrap papers. I used a couple punches for my lady bugs. A round red cut in half layered over a black oval and then two different hole punches for the dots.I used white paint for the eyes A few Spellbinder layered flowers and viola there you go. The dotted dp makes it a little wild and crazy for the eye, but the idea is to be fun. This was quick and easy. Each of my teamies did different things. Check out all their clever ideas!!
Davi, you've done a such a fabulous job with the bugs!! What a happy and fun design!! I love your clever use with the punches!! Enjoy your weekend! Hugs & Smiles - *Vicki*
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Hi Davi , wow this is beautiful, colourful, vibrant and I love it, the flowers and the Ladybug are fantastic.
This is so beautiful, Davi!! I love how you made the ladybugs - they look fabulous!! And the flowers are so pretty!! Gorgeous card my friend!! Have a great day :)
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Love stitching because I always mess it up Your flowers are beautiful and the ladybugs perfect...............Lis
So pretty Davi! Those blossoms look terrific and the ladybugs are super cute!
Great card, Davi! I love the stunning flowers!
Oh Wow! What a fun a pretty card!! I make those bugs with my group too! BTW thanks so much for your kind words and prayers ... they were answered!
Beautiful card Davi! I love the bright colors and your adorable ladybugs!! I hope you had a wonderful weekend my friend!
Your ladybugs are so cute, Davi, and I love that fun background paper. Such a cheerful card.
Awww that is so sweet and beautiful! And happy too :)
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Gamco Investors Inc (NYSE:GBL) declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, November 7th, Wall Street Journal reports. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, January 2nd will be paid a dividend of 0.02 per share by the closed-end fund on Tuesday, January 15th. This represents a $0.08 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.39%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, December 31st.
Gamco Investors has decreased its dividend by an average of 31.6% per year over the last three years and has increased its dividend every year for the last 6 years.
Shares of GBL stock traded up $0.32 during mid-day trading on Wednesday, reaching $20.63. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 23,170 shares, compared to its average volume of 21,291. Gamco Investors has a 12-month low of $19.53 and a 12-month high of $30.44. The company has a market cap of $583.28 million, a PE ratio of 7.40 and a beta of 1.13.
Gamco Investors (NYSE:GBL) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, August 7th. The closed-end fund reported $1.39 EPS for the quarter. Gamco Investors had a net margin of 24.59% and a negative return on equity of 141.26%. The business had revenue of $87.19 million for the quarter.
Separately, TheStreet raised shares of Gamco Investors from a “d-” rating to a “c” rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 15th.
In other news, insider Diane Lapointe sold 3,996 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, August 9th. The shares were sold at an average price of $26.15, for a total value of $104,495.40. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Company insiders own 80.97% of the company’s stock.
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Adrian Pearsall pieces deliver diversity and quality with a mix of organic geometric contours in varying materials including walnut, glass, metal, resin and vibrant upholstery. Adrian Pearsall’s designs remain a symbol of mid-century modernism and what was referred to as atomic age designs. Born in Trumansburg, New York, Pearsall joined the U.S. Navy at seventeen during WWII. Once he completed his service, he attended the University of Illinois where he studied Architectural Engineering. Not before long did he transition into designing and crafting his first furniture pieces out of his home in Kensington, Pennsylvania. With newfound success in furniture building, Pearsall established Craft Associates in 1952.
The upcoming years were busy and full of success for Pearsall. It was during the 1950’s when he created his most famous coffee tables, lounge chairs, and sofas. He is said to have invented the long, low gondola sofa and is known for his free-form walnut coffee, side and dining tables. Due to the high demand and abundance of designs produced, some of his pieces remain un-cataloged. In the late 1960s, Adrian Pearsall sold Craft Associates to the Lane Company but continued to design furniture for them until the company discontinued activities in the 1970s. That is when Pearsall joined John Graham to establish Comfort Designs, where he stayed until his retirement from modern furniture design in the 1980s. After his retirement, Pearsall dedicated his time to yacht restoration ands is recognized for restoring significant vessels.
Although many describe Adrian Pearsall’s work as “in the style of Kagan,” it is evident that though his designs were influenced by the works of Kagan, Nakashima and Knoll, they were still special and unique in their own right. Today many mid-century modern collectors continue to seek out his designs and his legacy remains.

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Steve Silver Cayla Casual Dining Room Group
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This is an extension of the Bryce Canyon Traverse that adds a bike ride to get you back to Rainbow Point, turning this into a duathlon. I went to Bryce by myself, so I didn't have anyone to car shuttle with, and due to COVID I didn't really want to ride the shuttle. What I did instead was chain my bike up at the visitor center early in the morning and then drove to Rainbow Point.
I'd recommend leaving your bike at Fairyland Point if you're comfortable with that. This way you don't have to run the two miles to the visitor center. I refilled my water at the fountain at the visitor center before doing the rest of the ride back.
Here are the run and ride segments of the traverse on Strava:
The whole thing as one segment can be found here:

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5-10t QB blast-proof overhead crane with hook
Explosion-Proof comprises of all motors and electric and electric
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BALLY, Pa. – Bally Ribbon Mills (BRM) in Bally, Pa., is introducing the E-Webbings e-textile product base for a wide range of smart textile applications for wearable electronics and Internet of Things (IoT) applications.
These smart fabrics serve as the foundation layer on which systems designers can integrate electronic communications technologies.
E-Webbings narrow-woven fabrics integrate fibers and conductive elements to embed electronics and digital parts for sensor detection and data gathering.
Designers select each component and factor that goes into an E-Webbings textile, so the conductor, base webbing, power source, and sensor function together.
BRM engineers can integrate woven wires and other conductive fibers right into the E-Webbings fabric to transmit power and information without additional wiring in the final component.
For more information contact Bally Ribbon Mills online at www.ballyribbon.com.


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New Zealand Cheese Festival
Sat 7 Oct
When: Sat 7 Oct, 10:00am - 4:00pm
Venue: Clos Henri Vineyard
Booking Website: Eventfinda Ticketing
Pricing: $12.00 to $20.00
Additional Info: All Ages
New Zealand Cheese Fest (previously South Island Cheese Fest) is returning this coming NZ cheese month bigger and better than ever!
Held at the beautiful Clos Henri Vineyard. we invite you to join us for a family friendly day filled celebrating NZ cheese from all over the nation, explore your taste buds, broaden your cheese palate and enjoy the large variety of flavours. We have some of New Zealand's finest cheeses on offer for you to purchase alongside food products as well as hot food from our awesome food trucks. Keep hydrated over at the Bar with local wines and an exciting new collaboration (to be announced soon) or go alcohol free with fresh cold pressed juice and coffee.
2023 brings an exciting line up entertainment with some of New Zealand's most exciting upcoming names and DJs so you can sit back relax and enjoy music with your picnic.
Tickets are LIVE! Be in quick as they will sell fast! Children U16 are free :)

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In spite of the fact that he did not attend the meeting on Friday, the Health Minister, Dr. Zweli Mkhize, came under heavy criticism from the health portfolio committee as well as members of the opposition. Mkhize did not attend the portfolio committee meeting on health because, as he told the Members of Parliament, he had been advised by his legal team not to attend the meeting since the Special Investigations Unit was still investigating the issue of his involvement in the R150 million Digital Vibes saga.
Even though the health budget was approved by 202 votes to 120, many members of parliament expressed outrage at the way the minister had conducted himself in the way a tender was awarded to Digital Vibes, a company that is closely linked to two of his former associates. The Democratic Alliance member of parliament Ms. Siviwe Gwarube bemoaned the behaviour of the minister of health in particular and the ruling party, ANC, in general, saying that the problem was the fact that most of the members of parliament of the ruling party were more concerned with toeing the party line rather than the need to take care of the country and health workers. “We cannot support a budget that doesn’t prioritise our people and health workers who stitch the health system together,” Gwarube said.
Another MP who was also unhappy with Mkhize was the EFF’s Suzan Thembekwayo, who said that a lot of corruption had happened under Mkhize’s watch like the awarding of PPE tenders to companies that had no experience in the field at higher prices than normal, with substandard service and quality. She went on to state unequivocally that her party would not support a budget whose minister would not appear before the committee to answer questions from the members of parliament. “As an urgent response to your failures we unequivocally call on the minister of health Zweli Mkhize to step down,” she said.
To add to Mkhize’s woes, the opposition party, the DA, had opened a criminal case against him in Cape Town while the President, Cyril Ramaphosa has assured the nation that the case would not be swept under the carpet even though he has also said that he was waiting for the Special Investigation Unit to conclude their investigation.


Only Time - SSA - Enya / Enya, Nicky Ryan and Roma Ryan / Kirby Shaw
SSA with piano, Pop/New Age singer Enya is well-known for her multi-layered vocal styling. This latest translates exceptionally well for choral groups and has soared to the top of the Adult Contemporary and Hot 100 Charts. An excellent graduation/spring concert feature!
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Enjoy a bus and boat tour of the Wachau and Danube Valleys and visit the Benedictine Abbey of Melk on a tour from Vienna. Admire scenic views, and learn about the imperial history on the Blue Danube.
About this activity
- Free cancellation
- Cancel up to 24 hours in advance for a full refund
- Reserve now & pay later
- Keep your travel plans flexible — book your spot and pay nothing today.
- Duration 8.5 hours
- Check availability to see starting times.
- Live tour guide
- Spanish, German, English
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Meet 15 minutes before the tour starts at Operngasse 8 next to the Opernbrunnen (fountain). Representatives will be wearing yellow uniforms. The lines U1 (red), U2 (purple) and U4 (green) stop at the station Karlsplatz. The guests should follow the exit Oper and walk left along the Vienna State Opera to get to Operngasse.Open in Google Maps ⟶
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- The boat trip on the Danube takes place on dates between April 16th and October

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On last Friday, the British American Tobacco (BAT) Company, famous for its Marlboro, Winston, and Pall Mall cigarettes, made a stunning announcement. For a whopping $47 billion in stock and cash, it would buy a controlling percentage in Big Tobacco’s Reynold American. If all goes according to plan, the merger will create the world’ largest-ever tobacco manufacturer based on market share and estimated revenues.
It would also usher in a new era for BAT. After a nearly twelve-year absence, BAT will once again be selling products to American consumers. But there is another piece to the puzzle that might prove troublesome to the U.S. vaping industry. British American Tobacco and Reynolds American already have a secret deal in place that allows them to share developmental knowledge and future findings in their electronic cigarette research.
What does a BAT merger mean to the American vaping industry?
When the FDA deeming regulations were first announced last May, vape shops and retailers around the country were amazed to learn that they would now be required to undergo a Pre-Market Tobacco Application (PMTA) process for each new product released to market. Each PMTA can cost in upwards of $1 million and take several months to gain approval.
For small business owners that make up the lion’s share of the American vaping industry, this is devastating news. Mom and Pop Shops cannot afford a million dollars every time that they want to release a new blend of e-liquid or a new drip tip. But companies like British American Tobacco can.
Big Tobacco companies make billions of dollars in revenues each and every year, and if BAT has its way, it will be making even more if the merger with Reynolds American is successful. Does BAT want to corner the market on tobacco cigarettes by merging with Reynolds American? Or are they secretly trying to corner the vaping market instead?
Is buying Reynolds American good for vaping?
To the average Wall Street investor, this corporate takeover attempt might seem like just another Big Tobacco Company sucking up another Big Tobacco Company. But to vaping advocacy groups around the nation, many fear that something more ominous is going on. In a letter to the Board of Directors of Reynolds American, Nicandro Durante of BAT made the following statement.
“We have been a shareholder in Reynolds since its creation in 2004 and have benefited from its growth in the U.S. market…The proposed merger of our two great companies is the logical progression in our relationship and offers all shareholders a stake in a stronger, truly global tobacco and next-generation products company.”
“Next-generation products” is shorthand for “vaping products.” Durante goes on to say that the newly combined companies will deliver“a world class pipeline of vapour and tobacco heating products” both in the United States and abroad. Does British American Tobacco want to take over the world tobacco market or the global vaping industry? Unfortunately, they have enough money and political influence on Capitol Hill to do both.


By Miles Godfrey
Thirty-three natural disaster zones have now been declared in NSW, as heavy rain continues to lash large tracts of the state amid grim longer-term forecasts, which could leave families stranded over Christmas.
Orange City Council, Tumut and Liverpool Plains shire councils were declared disaster areas on Friday.
Heavy overnight rain in central regions, moving northeast later on Friday, led to flooding and significant damage in all three areas, NSW Premier Kristina Keneally said.
Around 1500 people remained on evacuation alert, she added.
The State Emergency Service (SES) offered just a glimmer of hope for some flood-ravaged centres on Friday, many of which remain under metres of water.
But it also warned more bad weather is on the way, potentially causing a miserable Christmas for some families, forcing more evacuations and upheaval.
"At the moment it looks as though conditions will significantly improve by Sunday, that's going to allow us all to take a deep breath," an SES spokeswoman told AAP.
"After that, we know there's some more bad weather on the way, potentially over Christmas and early January.
"It's a case of monitoring that at the moment but it could mean we have some more evacuations."
She admitted it would be "terrible" for families to have to leave home over Christmas.
Rain which has drenched the state over the last few days was slowly moving northeast on Friday, leaving skies in some southern regions clearer than for days and allowing at least some clean-ups to get under way.
About 650 residents of Wagga Wagga were slowly returning to their homes after the SES sounded the all-clear.
Central and northern regions were still drenched as the rain bands passed overhead and the Bureau of Meteorology issued a severe weather warning for northwest regions.
Tamworth on the Peel River was singled out as an area for high alert, with moderate flooding expected.
The bureau said 50mm of rain fell on the Peel Valley between 9am (AEDT) and 2pm (AEDT).
Residents of Eugowra, in the state's central west, were evacuated on Thursday night as Mandagery Creek burst its banks.
Diane Smith, owner of the town's only newsagent and supermarket, was up to her hips in water.
"It's a day's business lost, at least," she told AAP on Friday.
"I was just out in (the water) and it's come all the way up to my hips."
At least 16 houses and 12 businesses in the town of 500 people were inundated and many rural and properties became isolated.
Twenty families were evacuated from Cowra Shire Caravan Park on Thursday night as the Lachlan River rose to record levels.
They were in emergency accommodation at the Cowra Civic Centre.
And a couple were in hospital after they were plucked by helicopter from the roof of their two-storey home at Reid Flats, south of Cowra, as water flooded into the upper floor.
The SES remained on alert for further flooding on Friday as the Lachlan River peaked late morning, though the Bureau of Meteorology said rain had generally eased since Thursday night.
Wee Waa, in NSW's north, also remained on red alert for more flooding as the Namoi peaked during the afternoon.
Heavy rain was forecast later on Friday for Coonamble, southwest of Wee Waa. Moderate flooding was expected on the Castlereagh River.
A Public Information Inquiry Centre, co-ordinated by NSW, has taken 11,600 calls since opening on December 2, surpassing a previous record of 10,545 calls during the mid-north coast and north coast floods in May 2009.


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From Shadow to Light: The Life & Art of Mort Meskin is a coffee table art book, biography, and critique of one of the 20th century's most influential and unjustly neglected Golden Age comic book artists.
Mort Meskins comics career spanned almost 30 years, from the 1940s to the 1960s. His drawing, chiaroscuro technique, and storytelling are considered by connoisseurs of the form to be among the most sophisticated of his time — on a par with peers such as Joe Kubert and Steve Ditko. His passion for his drawing was equaled by his skill, and the consistently high quality of his oeuvre in the disreputable comic book format blurs the distinction between high and low art. Yet he is known mostly among hard-core aficionados today, eclipsed in the history books by many of his peers, some of whom he profoundly influenced. Among Meskins fans and admirers are Jim Steranko, Alex Toth, Carmine Infantino, and Jack Kirby. From Shadow to Light: The Life and Art of Mort Meskin finally gives this neglected artist the recognition his due.
The first artist to draw Sheena of the Jungle, Meskin worked in such diverse genres as romance, crime, and Western comics. Following World War II, he formed a studio with Jerry Robinson. He later worked for Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, and later still with Stan lee at Atlas (Marvel). During the 1950s and '60s he helped DC Comics define their mystery and science fiction lines. From Shadow to Light compiles for the first time the best of Meskin's art from his comic book career, his post-comics advertising career, and his fine art including many pages reproduced from original art.
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"Mort Meskin was a consummate professional, dedicated to his work. A great talent." — Jack Kirby
"Like so many others, Mort is one of comics unsung heroes, but time often has a way of resolving the situation." — Jim Steranko
"The guy was terrific and had an influence, not only on me but on a hell of a lot of other guys that were in the industry. Carmine Infantino. Alex Toth. All they guys who came into the business at my time knew of Mort and knew of Mort's stuff and loved it." — Joe Kubert
"Although Meskin's work is today known only to hard-core comics aficionados, he was a major influence on artists who went on to far greater renown, including Joe Kubert, who learned from inking Meskin's pencil drawings as a teenager, and Steve Ditko. Brower, a former art director at The New York Times, supplies revealing biographical information, insightful critical assessments, and, most of all, page after page of Meskin's brilliant work, much of it reproduced from the rare original drawings." — Booklist

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Thread: Improving placement of shots
05-04-2006, 06:10 AM #1
Improving placement of shots
I've just started playing badminton (well i played for a year about 5 yrs ago but just casually) and i'm quite keen to improve my game... not to be professional or obsessive (i see it as a leisure activity for me!) but obviously i'd like to be constantly improving, i enjoy the challenge.
Anyhow, I am getting better slowly, but one thing i've noticed is that i constantly have trouble with placement. I don't know about most clubs, but the place i play only has 4 courts, so the general idea is to find someone and just have a hit to one side while you wait for court space - works fine but i think it's subconsciously training me to always hit back to my opponent!
I've tried to use these practice times to concentrate on, lets say, hitting to their backhand or thinking in my head exactly where i want to hit the shuttle, but i find it rarely goes just where i plan.
I'm also trying to use correct grips of the racket, and i suspect this is a large part of it but i hoped that as that improved, my placement would also get better.
so i was wondering if anyone has ideas on drills to practice, or any other tips that have helped them with placement. I suppose it'd also be good if there are any thoughts on how i can concentrate on thinking about how to avoid giving my opponents easy shots during games, while i'm thinking of a million other things!
thanks a lot
05-04-2006, 08:20 AM #2
Try simple drills such as:
With one other person, get them to stand stationary at one position of the court, e.g. at the forehand net corner. They can hit the shuttle wherever they want but you always have to hit it back to them, aim to get the shuttle near the side line and before the short service line. This will not only improve your placement but also your footwork and fitness! They should concentrate on getting a good deep clear. You can swap roles and also swap corners.
05-04-2006, 02:12 PM #3
Originally Posted by iLikePie
Think POSITIVE...do not think how you can AVOID giving up easy shots....
A good drill for placement is to buy 2 hula hoops and put them where you want to hit the shuttle....its fun to have competition during drills....first one to 20 wins....play for pushups, laps, footwork drills while you watch etc...
05-04-2006, 02:28 PM #4
Originally Posted by inkster
It is hard to have drills that dont do that but they are harder to do unless your skill level is at least intermediate.
Sorry about knocking this drill because used correctly it will help a lot but dont over do it. I guess this what I am getting at. For placement practice it is better practice for the stationary person.
05-04-2006, 10:25 PM #5
If you have enough birdies just have somebody feed them to you while you try to get it into a box at the corners of the court.
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Sex is, no doubt, a key part of most romantic relationships.
The average Briton has sex around 86 times a year, according to recent numbers, and yet more than half of those surveyed at the time rated their partner’s sexual performance as average or below average. But that was over four years ago, and much about society could have changed since then.
We set out to better understand the sexual dynamics between modern-day partners – how happy they are with their sex lives, how truthful they are about their partner’s sexual performance, and whether their most intimate desires are being satisfied.
In the process, we surveyed 515 U.K. residents and 501 U.S. residents aged 18 to 73 about what’s going on in the bedroom. Read on to learn more about the state of honesty in American and British sex lives and to explore the complex reasoning behind partners’ intimate decisions.
TRUTH BE TOLD
Communication is key: People who are honest about their sexual satisfaction seem to be more sexually satisfied as a result. In fact, roughly 89 percent of women and over 91 percent of men who said they were honest about their sexual satisfaction ultimately claimed to be sexually satisfied.
Certainly, some subjects are tougher to be honest about than others. Our data clearly suggests men and women are more comfortable being honest about certain sex-related topics, such as their sexual health (STIs/STDs), satisfaction with the appearance of their partner’s genitals, and their favourite sexual position.
But despite all of the intercourse happening, achieving sexual pleasure is often complex and, quite frankly, mystifying (entire studies cover how women achieve orgasms, for example). We asked 1,016 men and women about the legendary “faked orgasm” and how they’d feel if they found out their partner had to pretend from time to time.
Our results confirmed conventional thought: More than half of women said they had faked an orgasm, compared to just 16.4 percent of men. Meanwhile, around 79 percent of women and 70 percent of men said they’d be upset if they learned their partner faked an orgasm.
WHEN THE TRUTH HURTS
Sometimes, the truth hurts too much, and partners would rather hear a lie. We asked partners which lies they’d like to hear – and what types of judgement would be serious deal breakers for their relationship.
Women and men most preferred to hear lies about their body’s appearance (if they had to hear any lies at all). When it came to being honest, about 17 percent of women and nearly 13 percent of men said they’d break up with their partner for judging their sexual health history.
Clearly, sex in relationships is far from perfect – but what can partners do to delicately improve their intimacy and strive towards greater honesty? More than half of both genders said having their sexual needs listened to and understood was important. 55 percent of men and nearly 45 percent of women suggested their partners let them know about their sexual needs, and more than 41 percent of both genders also highly rated honesty as a key component.
Among those who were sexually satisfied, keeping an open mind and talking about sex outside of the bedroom were highly rated suggestions. More than a third of both genders also found talking about their physical insecurities important to achieving a satisfied sex life.
As the idiom often goes, “communication is key” when it comes to having a successful relationship. That conventional wisdom, it appears, can also be applied to couples’ sex lives. Our survey took a deep dive into sexual honesty in U.K. and U.S. relationships, and our results suggest most people want honesty when it comes to their partner’s sexual satisfaction. However, that honesty doesn’t always come easy.

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Biotechnology And Its Significances
|Biotechnology And Its Significances|
The use of living organisms or of substances obtained from them in the industry is known as biotechnology. It is the application of scientific and engineering principles to the processing of materials using biological agents to provide goods and services. There are several areas where biotechnology is applied for human welfare. Following are the few important application of biotechnology.
#1. Biotechnology in the field of agriculture: It has been applied for the improvement of agricultural by producing diseases resistant varieties of plants and disease free plants. Using plant tissue culture, rapid vegetative multiplication of the plant materials for agriculture, horticulture and forestry are possible.
#2. Biotechnology in the field of medicine: It is widely used in animal and human health care. It is applied in prevention, diagnosis, and cure of diseases. It is used in the production of antibiotics, vacancies, hormones, interferons and vitamins. This technology helps in diagnosis of infectious diseases and transfer of gene by recombinant DNA technology or genetic engineering.
#3. Biotechnology in the field of fermentation: A variety of important organic compound are produced industrially by fermentation properties of microbes. Some organic acids like citric acid, gluconic acid, fumaric acid, lactic acid and acetic acid are manufactured by employing fermentation activities of fungi and others of bacteria. The bread industry is dependent on the strain of the yeast. Fermented milk is obtained by growing various types of lactic acid bacteria (Lactobacillus sp). Alcohol is the most common accessory chemical, next to water, in the laboratory and the chemical industry. The use of yeast in the production of alcohol is one of the most beneficial applications of this technology.
#4. Biotechnology in the field of sewage treatment: The industrial wastes consists of different types of chemical toxin. The disposal of such wastes into streams and river poses great problems for aquatic life and makes the water unsuitable for drinking purposes. Such wastes may be decomposed and purification of water can be achieved by employing microbes which can act on these wastes without being destroyed due to toxic effects of industrial wastes. e.g. Phenolic wastes and dilute formaldehyde containing wastes can be easily rendered harmless by the oxidative ability of different species of Pseudomonas. The yeast Torulopsis utilize can utilize the waste sulfite (sulphite) liquor coming from paper pulp industry.
#5. Biotechnology in the field of energy production: The energy obtained from biological sources is called bio-energy. The main use of bio-energy is made by human beings in the rural areas of developing countries. In rural areas of developing countries, it is a common practice to use animal dung for fuel by generating biogas. The gas produced by anaerobic fermentation of waste biomass (animal dung, twigs, barks, human feces, etc) is called biogas. The anaerobic methanogenic bacteria ferment the biomass to produce methane. Biomass can be used for various purposes in addition to its use for cooking.

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Optimum Heating have 10 output variants from, 16kW to 89kW (at -7°C 35°)
Within those 10 outputs we have 4 variants of each heat pump.
ASHP with integral pump
ASHP with integral buffer vessel
ASHP with DHW 3 way valve
The control of the heat pump is very versatile.
- HMI included as standard with each outdoor unit
- Can be mounted remote or internal to outdoor unit
- Cascade control of up to 16 heat pumps
- Modbus RTU connectivity included with each HMI
- Primary circulation pump (optional)
- DHW 3-port valve (optional)
- Buffer tank sensor
- Alternative heat source (on/off)
- Calculation of energy data
- Volt-free enable/disable
- 0-10Vdc heating temperature setpoint
- 4-20mA heating temperature setpoint
- 0-10Vdc cooling temperature setpoint
- 4-20mA cooling temperature setpoint
- 230Vac fault signal output
- Potential-free enable for alternative heat source
From 2024 we will have full integration with our 8313 controls which will allow us to control hybrids (gas boiler and ASHP).
We can cascade up to 16 units (2mW worth) in 4x banks of 4 ASHP.
We will also be able to supply marine coil for coastal areas with strainers and anti vibration mounts as optional accessories.
The unit has a night mode where the sound can be reduced to prevent noise pollution.
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Coercers are an incredibly entertaining and challenging class to play in Everquest 2. Coercers have the ability to deal massive damage, perform crowd control by mezzing and charming opponents and have countless other skills that will set them apart from other players. Our Everquest 2 Coercer Manual shows you not only how to level one up as fast as possible, but also helps you perform in many different solo, group and raid situations. Find out how to use your outstanding spells and talents perfectly:
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Band Material: 316L. The watch band is made of 316L stainless steel, which is a medium-to-high-end shell material. Because it contains molybdenum, it is more wear-resistant than 304, and the grade is also nice.
Watch Case: 316L. Our case is made of 316L stainless steel, making it durable, reliable and durable.
Case Back: Solid. We use a sturdy back cover, which is the “second skin” of the watch. It covers metal and provides daily wear protection for the watch.
Crystal: Sapphire Crystal. As an excellent replica watch, we use a special anti-reflective coating to minimize light reflection and provide scratch resistance without affecting its brightness. Sapphire crystal is a highly transparent crystal that can be used to make optical lenses, diffractive optical elements, and filters. Tips: The A Replica is applied with mineral glass instead of sapphire.
Hand: Rose Gold-tone. The hand design of the watch is rose gold-tone, which fits your watch’s dial well.
Second Markers: Minute Markers around the outer rim. The design of the dial is also called a clock hand, and this design element has been used in many well-known designs.
Dial Markers: Diamonds. We can use diamond watches, using diamonds as dial markers to indicate the time.
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This frame brace is intended for mounting at the front of an Anet A8 3D printer. I made it because it compliments the design of my rear brace (http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1852358).
Note for models sometime prior to mid 2017: The front acrylic frame is NOT symmetrical. Make sure that the side marked 104mm is mounted on the right side. This will also ensure that belt is running parallel to the guide rods. See pictures for details on mounting.
This brace will also fit newer models.
Make sure that your slicer program is set to 100% scale. You will also need to rotate to object to make it fit on the heat bed.
Please let me know if you have a problem with the design so I can improve it if necessary.
Also please post a picture with comments if you have made one.
Version 1.2 uploaded which addresses acrylic frames having lower placed belt tensioners and adds version number.
Select a minimum of 0.8mm shell thickness and top / bottom thick layers.
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Trip Planner: Europe / France / Nouvelle-Aquitaine / Charente-Maritime / Ile de Re / La Flotte / Marche de La Flotte
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Worth to visit. Very good and fresh products (bread, fruits and vegetables, cheese, meat). An authentic French marché!
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Get inspired...and brush up on Italian!
L'Arca is a bilingual (Italian and English) magazine focused on international architecture, design, and visual communication. It is a fantastic resource for architecture and interior design projects. Each issue is full of information - most include models, renderings and detailed plans of the projects - not to mention captivating articles and a plethora of photos.
Looking for something out of the ordinary? Read the article "Space Architecture" on page 3 of Issue #180. This issue also contains an interesting article about urban planning titled, "Doing and Undoing", which talks about the City Council of Milan's project of redesigning areas of Milan to help with town planning and traffic control (page 79).
Become a fan! L'Arca has a Facebook page.
Currently, l'Arca chooses a different professional architect each month to be the guest editor of that month's issue. About 30 pages of each issue is dedicated to the guest editor's reflections on architecture. The DISD Library has issues from 2003 to 2006, and there is plenty from these years to inspire you. So come in and check it out!
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Book Condition: Fine - Beautiful Copy. Cover and pages fully intact.
Authors: W.H. Horner
Edition: Fist edition
Publisher: Fantasist Enterprises
Features: Fine in Wraps. Signed and inscribed by Angela Hawkes-Craig to legendary science ficition writer and historian, Robert Weinberg. "Bob- Heres to Fantastical Visions! I think all writers love them!, Angela Hawkes-Craig"
This item is from the Robert Weinberg Collection. Robert Weinberg, is a well-known and respected author, editor and collector. We are honored to sell his tremendous collection of rare pulps, digests, paperbacks and related ephemera.


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The New York Times bestselling author of Summer Rental delivers her delicious new escapist novel about small towns, old flames, and deep secrets
Annajane Hudgens truly believes she is over her ex-husband, Mason Bayless. They've been divorced for four years, she's engaged to a new, terrific guy, and she's ready to leave the small town where she and Mason had so much history. She is so over Mason that she has absolutely no problem attending his wedding to the beautiful, intelligent, delightful Celia. But when fate intervenes and the wedding is called to a halt as the bride is literally walking down the aisle, Annajane begins to realize that maybe she's been given a second chance. Maybe everything happens for a reason. And maybe, just maybe, she wants Mason back. But there are secrets afoot in this small southern town. On the peaceful surface of Hideaway Lake, Annajane discovers that the past is never really gone. Even if there are people determined to keep Annajane from getting what she wants, happiness might be hers for the taking, and the life she once had with Mason in this sleepy lake town might be in her future.
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About the Author
MARY KAY ANDREWS is the New York Times bestselling author of Summer Rental, The Fixer Upper, Deep Dish, Blue Christmas, Savannah Breeze, Hissy Fit, Little Bitty Lies, and Savannah Blues. A former journalist for The Atlanta Journal Constitution, she lives in Atlanta, Georgia.
Mary Kay Andrews is The New York Times bestselling author of The Beach House Cookbook and more than twenty novels, including The Weekenders, Ladies' Night, Spring Fever, Summer Rental, The Fixer Upper, Deep Dish, Blue Christmas, Savannah Breeze, Hissy Fit, Little Bitty Lies, and Savannah Blues. A former journalist for The Atlanta Journal Constitution, she lives in Atlanta, Georgia.
Date of Birth:July 27, 1954
Place of Birth:Tampa, Florida
Education:B.A. in newspaper journalism, University of Georgia, 1976
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By Mary Kay Andrews
St. Martin's PressCopyright © 2012 Whodunnit, Inc.
All rights reserved.
From her seat in the sanctuary of the Church of the Good Shepherd, Annajane Hudgens wondered if there had ever been a more flawless day for a wedding.
Spring had arrived spectacularly early in Passcoe, North Carolina. Only the first week in April, yet the dogwoods and azaleas were already burst into bloom, and the weeping cherry trees lining the walkway to the church trailed fingertips of pale pink onto a blue and white carpet of violets and alyssum.
It was as if the bride, the equally flawless Celia Wakefield, had somehow managed to will perfect weather. Or perhaps she'd specified blue skies and color-coordinated bursts of blooms in one of her famously precise memos. If anybody could do that, Annajane mused, it would be Celia.
Could there be a more beautiful setting? Baylesses had been getting married at the Church of the Good Shepherd for nearly two hundred years. Not in this grand sanctuary, of course. The original church was a quaint, stoop-shouldered gray granite affair, with uneven oak floors, a single Gothicarched leaded-glass window above the altar, and two rows of ten primitively wrought pine pews built by black laborers from the casket factory in Moore County, twenty minutes down the road.
Annajane could remember sitting beside her best friend, Pokey, in the Bayless family pew after countless Saturday-night sleepovers, back when they were both still in pigtails. By then, Pokey's grandmother had already started her slow descent into senility, although Annajane had not known that. Miss Pauline, for whom Pokey had been named, seldom spoke, but she was content to sit in church on Sunday mornings and smile and nod to the hymns, dabbing at her cataract-clouded blue eyes with her ever-present handkerchief and patting Annajane's hand. "She thinks you're me," Pokey would whisper, giggling at her grandmother's confusion and grimacing and holding her nose when Miss Pauline passed gas, which she did frequently.
When the "new" Church of the Good Shepherd was built in the early '90s, with reproduction Tiffany stained-glass windows, solid cherry pews, and a custom-built German pipe organ, the old church was renamed the Woodrow Memorial Chapel in memory of Pauline Woodrow, who died in her sleep the year Pokey and Annajane turned fourteen.
Annajane's own wedding had been held in the chapel, the one concession her new in-laws made to what they considered Annajane's "quaint" ideas. Since she'd paid for the wedding herself, she'd insisted on having an intimate affair, just family and close friends, fewer than forty people, with Pokey as her only attendant. It had rained the November evening of her nuptials, and at the time she'd considered it wildly romantic that the loud thrum of the rain on the church's tin roof threatened to drown out the wedding march played on the chapel's original wheezy pump organ.
Had it been only seven years ago? Sometimes she wasn't sure any of it had really happened at all, that it wasn't something she'd just remembered from a long-ago dream.
Today's affair was nothing like Annajane's modest wedding. The sanctuary was at capacity—beyond capacity, if you went by the county fire code, which said the church could hold five hundred people. It seemed to Annajane that every living person who had ever known or done business with the Bayless family, or even just sipped a bottle of their Quixie cherry soft drink, had crammed themselves into one of the polished wooden pews beneath the soaring exposed rafters of the imposing Episcopal church.
Annajane felt her eyelids droop now. It was too warm in the church, and the scent of the lilies and roses banking everything that didn't move was overpowering. She'd had almost no sleep the night before, and not much more sleep the night before that. And, yes, she'd had herself a good stiff drink, Quixie and bourbon on the rocks, back at the house, after she'd finished dressing and before she'd left for the church. She closed her eyes, just for a moment, felt her chin droop to her chest, and the next moment, she felt a sharp elbow dig into her ribs.
Pokey had managed to wedge herself into the pew. "Wake up and slide over!" she ordered.
Annajane's eyes flew open, and she looked up, just in time to see Sallie Bayless, seated in the front row, two pews ahead of them, turn and shoot Pokey a stern look of warning. Sallie's gleaming auburn hair shone in the candlelit church. She was sixty-four, but still had the dewy complexion, sparkling brown eyes, and slender figure of a woman twenty years younger. Now, those eyes narrowed as they took in Pokey's tardy and disheveled appearance.
Pokey gave her mother a grin and a finger wave, and Sallie's head swiveled back around, eyes front, head held high, the Bayless pearls, a double strand, clasped firmly around her neck.
Annajane offered an apologetic smile to the elderly woman to her right. The woman frowned, but begrudgingly inched aside to allow the new arrival to be seated.
As usual, Pokey Bayless Riggs took no notice of the stir she'd caused. She'd been causing a stir nearly every day of her thirty-five years, and today, her brother's wedding day, was no different.
The boatneck collar of Pokey's expensive new red silk jacket had slipped off her right shoulder, exposing a leopard-print bra strap and an unseemly amount of cleavage. Little Clayton was two years old, but Pokey was still struggling to lose her baby weight. She'd managed to pop one of the jacket's rhinestone buttons, and the tight silk skirt had somehow twisted around so that the zipper was now in the front, rather than on the side. She was bare-legged, which was a scandal in and of itself, but now Annajane noticed that her best friend had ditched the Sallie-mandated sedate dyed-silk slingback pumps in favor of a pair of blinged-out silver flip flops.
Pokey's thin, poker-straight blond hair had already lost its beauty-salon bounce, and now hung limply on either side of her full pink cheeks. Her lipstick was smeared. But her eyes, her amazing cornflower-blue eyes, glinted with mischief.
"Busted!" Annajane whispered, not daring to look at her best friend.
"Christ!" Pokey muttered. "This is so not my fault. I couldn't find a parking spot! The church lot's full and the whole block is lined with cars on both sides of the street. I had to leave the Land Rover clear down the block in front of the gas station and run all the way here."
"Aren't you supposed to be up there with your mom and everybody else in the family?" Annajane asked. "I mean, you are the groom's only sister."
"Screw that," Pokey said swiftly. "I refuse to make nice with that woman. Mason knows I don't like her. Mama knows it too. I'm taking a moral stand here."
"Who the hell are all these people anyway?" she asked, glancing around at the packed church and zeroing in on the bride's side of the aisle. "Not family, right? Since poor lil' Celia is an orphan, and the only family she could produce is that elderly great aunt staying over at Mama's house. Did Celia charter a bus or something?"
Annajane shrugged. "You're apparently the only person in Passcoe who doesn't think that Celia Wakefield is the best thing since flush toilets and sliced store-bought bread."
"Don't give me that. You hate her as much as I do," Pokey said under her breath.
"Not at all," Annajane replied. "I'm happy for them."
"Yippy-fuckin'-skippy," Pokey drawled. "Happy, happy, happy. It's fine for you. In less than a week, you'll pack up your U-Haul and head for Atlanta and your nice new life without even a glance in the rearview mirror. New man, new job, new address. But where does that leave me? Stuck here in stinkin' Passcoe, with my mama, my evil brother Davis, and good ole Mason and his new bride, Cruella de Vil."
"Poor, poor Pokey," Annajane mocked her right back. "Richest girl in town, married to the second richest man in town."
"Third richest," Pokey corrected. "Or maybe fourth. Davis and Mason have way more money than Pete, especially since people quit buying furniture made in America."
"Speaking of, where is Pete?" Annajane asked, craning her neck to look for him. Instead of spotting Pokey's tall redheaded husband, Pete, her eyes rested on another tardy couple, Bonnie and Matthew Kelsey, hurrying up the right-side aisle of the church.
Bonnie Kelsey's eyes met Annajane's. She blushed, and looked away quickly, clutching Matthew's arm and steering him into a pew as far away from Annajane's as she could manage in the overcrowded church.
Pokey saw the maneuver for what it was. "Bitch," she said.
"It's all right," Annajane said smoothly. "I mean, what do you expect? Matt and Mason play golf every week. From what I hear, Bonnie and Celia get along like a house afire. Best friends forever! Anyway, Bonnie's not the only one to sign up for Team Celia. Every woman in this room has been staring daggers at me since I walked into this church. I knew when I agreed to come today that it would be awkward."
"Awkward?" Pokey laughed bitterly. "It's freakish, is what it is. Who else but you would agree to show up at her ex-husband's wedding?"CHAPTER 2
Out of the corner of her eye, Annajane saw more people eyeing her with undisguised curiosity. She gave a tight smile and looked away.
"I had to come today," Annajane reminded Pokey. "For Sophie. She made me promise. In fact, it's the only way she'd agree to be in the wedding. It's also my last official company function."
"I still can't believe you're leaving Quixie," Pokey said. "After how many years?"
"Too many," Annajane murmured. "I never should have stayed after the divorce. I just didn't have the gumption to get out and start a new life for myself. And then there was Sophie, of course."
"You spoil that child rotten," Pokey said, tsk-tsking. "And Mason is even worse."
But before she could launch into her lecture about the kind of strict parenting her niece really needed, the soft strains of organ music that had been playing as guests drifted into the church segued into harp music.
"A harp?" Pokey turned and craned her neck to look in the direction of the choir loft. "Where the hell did she find a harp in Passcoe?"
Annajane gave a little shrug. "The harp made its first appearance at the rehearsal dinner last night. Which you somehow managed to miss?"
"I had one of my migraines," Pokey said quickly. "I was all dressed and everything when it hit me. Pete gave me one of my pills and put me to bed at eight o'clock."
"Migraine or not, you are officially on your mother's list today, as if you didn't already know that," Annajane told her.
"I do not understand why Mama and my brothers have suddenly allowed Celia free reign with the company bank accounts," Pokey said. "If Daddy were alive, he would be shittin' kittens at the way they're throwing money around. Pete doesn't like it either. He says ..."
Suddenly, the harpist was joined by a violin and a flute, the tempo of the music quickening.
"Shh," Annajane said. "It's starting."
A door beside the altar opened, and three men in dark tuxes emerged following the pastor, a personable young priest from Boston, Father Jolly, who'd only been at the church for a few months. He even looked the part, Annajane reflected bitterly, short and stout, with a fringe of dark bangs and a beaming choir-boy countenance. Perfect, perfect, perfect.
But it wasn't the priest Annajane was staring at. She involuntarily held her breath at the sight of Mason Bayless, in his flawlessly cut charcoal-gray Armani tuxedo. At thirty-nine, he still had the build of an athlete, broad shoulders, narrow hips, long, muscled neck. He looked like the baseball player he'd been in his college years. His dark blond hair had been carefully combed back from his high forehead, slicked into place with some kind of hair goo, a style he'd adopted only recently, since Celia came into his life. He was paler than usual, and those cornflower-blue eyes and ridiculously long curly lashes seemed focused on the floor, and not on the congregation eagerly awaiting the upcoming ceremony.
As Mason took his place to the right of Father Jolly, his younger brother, Davis, slid easily to his side. Pokey might have been the youngest of the three Bayless progeny, but Davis was now, and always, the baby of the family.
Twenty months younger than Mason, Davis was half a head shorter and easily weighed forty pounds more than his older brother. While Mason and Pokey had the Bayless blue eyes and dark blond hair coloring, Davis, alone among the children, took after his mother Sallie's people. He had the Woodrow snapping dark eyes; thick, wavy dark hair; and the high cheekbones Miss Pauline always claimed came from their long-ago Cherokee ancestors. Davis looked eagerly around the room, tugging at the collar of his starched white tux shirt, nodding at friends and acquaintances, exchanging a sly wink with somebody, a woman, no doubt, seated on the far left side of the church.
Pokey caught the wink, too, and clucked her tongue in disapproval. "I did not think she would have the nerve to show up here today. Obviously, I have once again underestimated the low moral fiber of another of Davis's women."
"Who is she?" Annajane asked eagerly, studying the left side of the church.
"Name is Dreama, if you can believe it. Works at the bottling plant in Fayetteville. Not but twenty-two. Married, of course."
"Of course," Annajane agreed. "Does your mama know?"
"Does Sallie ever miss anything? She knows, but she's choosing to act like it's not happening. Denial is mama's religion. She made Davis ask Linda Balez as his 'official date' for the weekend. You remember Linda, right? She was in my deb group, went to Sweetbriar? She's living over in Pinehurst, does some kind of tax planning or something."
"Tall brunette? Little bit of an overbite? I think I met her last night."
"That's the one," Pokey said, nodding. "Sweet girl, really. Mama insisted that she stay in the guest room at Cherry Hill, but of course Davis has got little old Dreama stashed in the Davis Bayless Honeymoon Suite over at the Pinecone Motor Lodge."
"So that's why he left the party so early last night," Annajane said. "I was walking out to my car at nine thirty, when he went whizzing past me in the Boxster. I did see a woman in the front seat, but it was dark, and I just assumed it was his date."
"Doubtful," Pokey said. "I saw Linda at the brunch up at the house this morning, and Davis was nowhere to be found, the little shit. I don't know why any of us put up with his crap, do you?"
"We just do," Annajane said quietly.
Annajane returned her attention to the groomsmen. Pokey's husband, Pete, had taken his place to the left of Father Jolly. His bright red hair had just started showing gray at the temples, and his beard was neatly clipped. His tux fit him like it had been custom tailored, and his broad, toothy smile seemed to take in everybody in the packed sanctuary.
"Gawwd," Pokey moaned, gesturing at her husband. "Would you look at that man? Could you not eat him up with a spoon? It's just not fair. After all these years, even after everything he's put me through, I swear to goodness, if he asked me to, I would take his hand, leave this church right this minute, follow him out to the car, and drop my panties in a New York minute."
The blue-haired matron sitting beside Annajane gasped, clutched her yellowing pearls, and scooted over another six inches to the right.
"Nice visual," Annajane whispered, putting her lips to Pokey's ears. "But could you keep it down? I think you just gave one of your mother's bridge partners heart palpitations."
"Serves her right for eavesdropping," Pokey said. She leaned back and studied Annajane for the first time since she'd arrived at the church.
"You look amazing," Pokey said. She touched the cap sleeve of Annajane's dress. "Is this new?"
Annajane looked down at her cocktail dress. The fabric was a thick satin, the color of new ferns, cut close to the body, with a deep squared-off scoop neck and dressmaker details like tiny covered buttons, an inset waist, and a wide, shell-pink satin belt with a large rhinestone and pearl-encrusted buckle.
"This old thing?" she laughed. "It's vintage. Although I don't think it had ever been worn. I found it last year at the Junior League Thriftique. It still has the original satin Bonwit Teller label sewn in."
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Reading Group Guide
1. The book opens with Annajane attending the wedding of her ex-husband. Do you have any exes with whom you have maintained a relationship? Have you ever successfully rekindled a relationship you thought was long dead? Could you attend the wedding of an ex? Discuss potential gift ideas.
2. Annajane was never accepted by Mason's mother, though Sallie seemed to take to Celia right away. How do you explain Sallie's rejection of one and acceptance of the other? What does Sallie have in common with each?
3. Ruth Hudgens made her distaste of the Baylesses clear from when Annajane was a child and first befriended Pokeyeven going so far as not to allow Quixie in her house. How did your interpretation of Ruth's ties to the Baylesses evolve over the course of the novel? Have you ever had a friend that your mother didn't approve of? How did you manage the situation?
4. Discuss the significance that the lake house at Cherry Hill held for Annajane and Mason. What parallels do you see between the house and the way it was tended to and Annajane's relationship with Mason?
5. Annajane assumed that Mason had been unfaithful once she discovered the mix tape in his car. In your gut did you feel she was correct in this assumption or did you think she jumped to conclusions? Discuss the ways that their first marriage fell apart and how it could have been different. Who was at fault and how?
6. Mason and Davis are quite different despite being brothers close in age. How do you account for their different personalities and approaches to life and business? Does each man get what he deserves?
7. Do you think Glenn redeemed himself as a husband and a father? In the end, were you sympathetic to him as a person? Why or why not?
8. Quixie's survival as a family-owned company was in peril at certain points in the novel. Would you have been tempted to sell? How does Quixie exemplify our current economic issues? Discuss examples of the struggles faced by local businesses and the responsibilities that companies have to their employees and the towns where they are based.
9. What were Celia's motivations when it came to Quixie? To the Bayless men? Imagine and discuss Celia's future with Davis and the rest of the Bayless family.
10. What role does Sophie play in Mason and Annajane's relationship and how does her role evolve as the novel develops? If you were in Annajane's shoes, how do you think you would have reacted to Sophie at first? Sophie's favorite book is Runaway Bunny. What parallels do you see between that children's book and Sophie's own life? Mason and Annajane's relationship?
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"The BEST!!! I have read all Mary Kay Andrews; books and this was awesome! Loved the setting in Passcoe, NC with Quixie Cherry Soda (which were fictitious names for (Salisbury, NC and Cheerwine). Having spent a great deal of my childhood in Salisbury, NC and LakeHideaway - brought back a lot of fun memories. Started and completed it over the weekend as you cannot put it down! A must read.. The New York Times bestselling author of Summer Rental (which I also loved set in Tybee Island, SC) delivers her delicious new escapist novel about small towns, old flames, and deep secrets. Mary Kay will always keep you laughing!
I have read all of this author's previous books and in my opinion this was the best one. The characters are so intriguing all of them. It was so interesting to see the character's transformations from begining to end. The story had several twists & turns and kept my interest. I had no idea where it was headed. Great look into southern culture. The book has everything, romance, humor, drama & more! You'll be sorry if you miss this book!
One of the best beach books i read. would recommend.
I've read most ofMKA's books and I love her southern way of story telling. This book was true to her southern style. Her stories are like dessert. Delightful! And they are as refreshingly satisfying as my Moma's sweet tea on a hot summer day. I enjoyed the story and highly recomend all her books. I know I'll never pass one up! Love the humor she wraps around the pages. Y'all just have to try them all!
I have always been a huge fan of Mary Kay Andrew’s books. They all have the right ingredients; mystery, an evil villain, a love story, and something that the characters need to overcome. In this book, we meet some amazing characters that are very easy to fall in love with. Readers will find themselves rooting for Mason and Annajane, and booing against Cecelia and sometimes Sallie. All in all, readers who are fans of MKA and any other chick lit books should get their hands on this book! A++
Was looking for a new book to read to start my summer... Loved it!!! Read it in 3 days!!! Story, characters, twists and turns, OhMy!!! Will be reading other books by MKA, can't wait to start the next.
I have read everythign i can from Mary Kay Andrews. She is such a great writer and her stories are always such a fun read. This is the last book that I have read of hers and possibly my favorite. It has a great story line complete with every changing friendships, new love, mystery, crime, and a magical setting.
Have read all her books. Loved them all.
I have read Mary Kay Andrews as long as she has been creating her wonderful stories about Southern ladies and how they handle impossible situations with Style and class. spring fever has a wonderful conclusion that feels so nice to remember after the book has ended.
MKA is one of my favorite authors and her books have kept me entertained through some longs hours. This is one of my favorites.
One of her best. Much like her first which were so funny. She needs to write more like this
Another great read by Mary Kay Andrews
Fun story! Nasty villians, strong heros! Not at all heavy, but a great distraction!!
I really like it
I really like this novel. Spring Fever is different than what you usually expect from Mary Kay Andrews!!!I love her sence of humor but it wasn't really apparent in this book but it didn't take away from the story at all. I really loved Spring Fever!
Essy breezy summer read!
MKA has delivered again. Sweet story, wonderful ending. Anxious for her next book!!
I love MKA books! Once again she delivers a great read. I didn't see the twist this book took. Highly recommend this book. A great beach read.
I picked this up looking for some light summer read. Well, I read it in a day! I was so taken with the storyline, I had to know what was going to happene!! Highly Recommend!
This was a fun read! Perfect for a relaxing summer escape. Loved it!
LOVE this book!!! Loved the characters and as with all of her books, I didn't want it to end.... I have read all of her books numerous times and will be adding this one to my re-read list! :)
Love all Mary Kay Andrews books.
Annajane Hudgens finds herself in a church pew, sitting next to her ex-sister in law and best friend, and watching her ex-husband, Mason, about to be remarried. She notices that he is looking decidedly nervous and ready to bolt and as the bride steps off, Annajane is about to jump out of the pew and stop the ceremony when Mason¿s daughter, the adorable Sophie, gets taken ill. Mason and Annajane end up going to the ER with Sophie and leaving the diminutive but dastardly bride, Celia to follow later.This episode sets the tone for the book to follow. Ms. Andrews has written a story of two people who love each other but couldn¿t get the timing right from the beginning of the relationship. Mason is the heir to the Quixie soda empire and Annajane is the girl who works for the company and happens to be his sister¿s friend. They come together and apart and eventually marry but it doesn¿t last due to job pressures, immaturity and the possibility of cheating on Mason¿s part. After the divorce, Annajane¿s suspicions seem to be confirmed when Mason has a daughter after a one night stand. Now, 5 years later she is engaged and ready to leave town, her job at Quixie and Mason for good. The aborted wedding brings her to her senses and she realizes she still has feelings for Mason.Although the plot is a tried and true romance plot, it gets a nice treatment in this book. Annajane and Mason are friends and co- workers who were able to put the past behind them until Celia arrives on the scene. The wedding becomes the pivotal moment for both exes to reevaluate what they want out of life and how they are going to get it. Mason is a nice guy who is trying to save his family business. Annajane is a strong woman who wants a family and the life she sees her best friend, Pokey, living- one with a loving husband. Annajane and Mason have to work hard and really talk about their past mistakes to put their relationship back together again. The villains of the story; Celia, Mason¿s mother, and his brother Davis, all play a part in helping keep the exes apart but lose out in the long run.I really enjoyed this book. Ms. Andrews always shows us a slice of Southern life and tradition in a quirky but loving way and this book is no exception. There are a few moments that are a little darker than she normally has in her books but they fit into the story very well. Spring Fever is another good book from an always enjoyable writer.
I was so excited to receive this galley from NetGalley. I love Mary Kay Andrews, her books are always so entertaining with great characters, and of course the setting in the south - a weakness.Annajane had been madly in love with Mason for it seems her whole life. She stays clear of him for five years, after a short attempt at a marriage. But when she attends his wedding to Celia, a business wonder, she realizes she is definitely not over Mason, although she herself is engaged. Thankfully, Mason's young daughter Sophie starts throwing up at the altar and the wedding has to be postponed, leaving time for Annajane and Mason to reconnect and explore their feelings. Their divorce had been messy and without closure, and after five years apart, start to talk about what really happened. This book actually made me anxious - I wanted Annjane and Mason to get together so badly, and Celia was a perfect villain. There is much history in their lives and so much hidden behind the scenes, and it all starts to slowly come undone, one twist at a time. I enjoyed every discovery, and simply loved this book!(less)


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Barik won the Sahitya Akademi (Delhi) award in 1988 for Akasha Pari Nibida. He has written 21 collections of poems, 10 books on literary criticism and nine other works ranging from fictions to translations. In 1980, he received the Odisha Sahitya Akademi award for Samanya Kathana.
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Inferring Phylogenies from mtDNA Variation: Mitochondrial-Gene Trees Versus Nuclear-Gene Trees
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An accurately resolved gene tree may not be congruent with the species tree because of lineage sorting of ancestral polymorphisms. DNA sequences from the mitochondrially encoded genes (mtDNA) are attractive sources of characters for estimating the phylogenies of recently evolved taxa because mtDNA evolves rapidly, but its utility is limited because the mitochondrial genes are inherited as a single linkage group (haplotype) and provide only one independent estimate of the species tree. In contrast, a set of nuclear genes can be selected from distinct chromosomes, such that each gene tree provides an independent estimate of the species tree. Another aspect of the gene-tree versus species-tree problem, however, favors the use of mtDNA for inferring species trees. For a three-species segment of a phylogeny, the branching order of a gene tree will correspond to that of the species tree if coalescence of the alleles or haplotypes occurred in the internode between the first and second bifurcation. From neutral theory, it is apparent that the probability of coalescence increases as effective population size decreases. Because the mitochondrial genome is maternally inherited and effectively haploid, its effective population size is one-fourth that of a nuclear-autosomal gene. Thus, the mitochondrial-haplotype tree has a substantially higher probability of accurately tracking a short internode than does a nuclear-autosomal-gene tree. When an internode is sufficiently long that the probability that the mitochondrial-haplotype tree will be congruent with the species tree is 0.95, the probability that a nuclear-autosomal-gene tree will be congruent is only 0.62. If each of k independently sampled nuclear-gene trees has a probability of congruence with the species tree of 0.62, then a sample of 16 such trees would be required to be as confident of the inference based on the mitochondrial-haplotype tree. A survey of mtDNA-haplotype diversity in 34 species of birds indicates that coalescence is generally very recent, which suggests that coalescence times are typically much shorter than internodal branch lengths of the species tree, and that sorting of mtDNA lineages is not likely to confound the species tree. Hybridization resulting in transfer of mtDNA haplotypes among branches could also result in a haplotype tree that is incongruent with the species tree; if undetected, this could confound the species tree. However, hybridization is usually easy to detect and should be incorporated in the historical narrative of the group, because reticulation, as well as cladistic events, contributed to the evolution of the group.
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