I would love to bring you good tidings of Christmas this year but instead, I'm bringing you a fun little background of The Ten Monsters of Christmas. Yes, even the nicest of all holidays, the one where we wish everyone peace and joy, has its dark side. Talk about a way to ruin a jolly holiday.
So first, there's KRAMPUS. Yes, we've all heard about him in recent years. He is the evil anti-Santa who walks around carrying a stick, looking for people to beat, especially children who haven't been obedient. He's a predominantly European Christmas monster, originating in Austria, but popular celebrations centered around this demon are popping up everywhere, and celebrated on December 5, the eve of St. Nicholas Day.
Next comes the merry old JÓLAKÖTTURINN, an evil Icelandic Yule Cat who lurks about the countryside at Christmastime, ready to eat people who haven't received new Christmas clothes to wear. Apparently, this cat monster is tied to an Icelandic tradition where those who finish all their work on time receive new Christmas clothes, thus making them immune from getting eaten. Like Krampus, the Yule cat is used as a threat to motivate children to work and keep them in line. "You'd better watch out, you'd better not cry…"or you'll be eaten by the Yule Cat, kiddies.
Then there is FRAU PERCHTA an ugly Christmas witch who hangs out around Austria and Germany during the 12 days of Christmas with the express purpose of punishing the sinful by ripping out their internal organs and replacing them with garbage. Now, that's a lovely Christmas tradition if ever I've heard one.
Not to be outdone by all the other Christmas child punishers, BELSNICKEL, who made it from Germany to live amongst the Pennsylvania Dutch in the U.S. carries a switch to punish the bad children at Christmas. But he does have a good side, as he carries candy to reward the good ones. Knecht Ruprecht and Ru Klaas are also monsters from German folklore who get their holiday jollies by beating children.
Another in the line of the traditional Christmastime children haters is HANS TRAPP from France, who, disguised as a scarecrow, punishes bad children by eating them. Even though he was reportedly killed, it's said he still visits young children before Christmas to scare them into good behavior.
And, to make matters worse, there's the evil French butcher PERE FOUETTARD, who, with his wife, lured children into his butcher shop, where he killed, carved, salted and ate them. St. Nicholas did come to the rescue in this story, by taking Pere Fouettard captive and turning him into a servant whose job it was to dole out punishment to bad children on St. Nicholas Day.
Not to be left out, the JÓLASNENIR, or Yule Lads, 13 Icelandic trolls, stole things and caused trouble around Christmastime, so as one might expect, their purpose in life was to scare children into behaving. Somewhere along the way, they met the benevolent Norwegian Julenisse (Santa Claus) and decided to try a little kindness like he showed, by leaving gifts in the shoes of good children. But if you were a bad kid, your shoes were left empty which was a much kinder fate than eaten by the Icelandic Yule Cat.
However, if you get by the Yule Lads, there's another Icelandic monster to deal with at Christmas – GRYLA, their mother, and let's just say, she's not in line for a Mother of the Year award because she encounters bad children at Christmas, especially the ones who don't obey their parents, then kidnaps, cooks, and eats them. And, to make matter worse, her precious pet is the dreaded Yule Cat. Talk about the traditions of a family at Christmas.
I know its a first world issue but we have this debate every year in our house.
I'm a big YES!!! But where do you stand? Die Hard Christmas a jingle bells yes or a when-hell-freezes- over no?
I'm a traditionalist by nature. Especially at Christmas time. I have a real tree, like real greenery on the mantle and around the house. I even planted a magnolia tree so that I would have cuttings for Christmas. .
My tree is decorated with ornaments my children made thirty years ago, ones that were given to me as wedding shower presents over thirty five years ago, and even a few that hung on my grandmother's family tree.
The tree skirt I made almost forty years ago from one I saw in a Neiman Marcus catalog. I still like it and use it every year.
I did make one nod to a new style this year by adding the red ribbon on the tree. I guess I'll be on my death bed before I change something again.
I have also cross-stitched stockings for each to the original six of us that have a motif related to each of our personalities. I am now working on adding one for each of the in-laws. There are three of them. I've got two more of those to go before I start on grand kids.
As you can tell memories are important to me. I pull out my special photo album out each December. It has the pictures of my children through the years sitting with Santa Claus or not in some cases. Now that they are grown and have their own children these pictures are extra special.
Happy Christmas and a Happy New Year from Georgia.
I can't believe it's December 1st. Today's the day my 16th Harlequin Medical Navy Doc on Her Christmas List (Christmas in Manhattan) drops today. It's the last book in the Christmas in Manhattan series which features, Alison Roberts, Janice Lynn, Robin Gianna, Amalie Berlin, Susan Carlisle and myself.
It's a romance between Dr. Ella Lockwood and one of the youngest Davenports, Zac.
Tension between Dr. Ella Lockwood and former navy doc Zac Davenport is sky-high! All she can think about is how he once broke her vulnerable heart.
I'm still in a bit of shock that it's December. This year has flown by. My Christmas tree is up and the lights are on. My shopping is done. Yes, I am one of those people who shop early. I worked retail WAY to many years to attempt shopping when people in the malls seem the most surliest.
Beyond all the grumpiness of retail, I do love this time of year. I love seeing my kids get excited about the Elf on the shelf moving around (yeah we do that). I love buying presents for them. I really don't care about what I get, I just like buying for them.
I love snuggling down and watching Christmas specials with them. I love it all.
It's too bad at the start of my book, my heroine doesn't like any of these things. Not that I blame her in the least, but by the end she doesn't mind Christmas.
Sort of like the Grinch her heart grows to accept love. Unlike the Grinch she's not green and hairy.
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Have a Happy Holiday. Whatever you celebrate, I hope that you are surrounded by love, health and happiness. On to 2018!
Screeching vehicle brakes caught Dr. Chance Freeman's attention. That would be his three new staff members arriving. They should have been here last night but bad weather had delayed them. He'd needed them desperately. His other team had left that morning and today's clinic had been shorthanded and almost impossible to manage.
Chance glanced up from the Honduran baby boy he was examining and out the entrance of the canvas tent located in a clearing near a village. Beyond the long line of waiting patients, he saw a tall, twentyish woman jump down from the rear of the army surplus truck. She wore a tight green t-shirt, a bright yellow bandana round her neck and tan cargo pants that clung to her curves.
Great. High jungle fashion. He'd seen that before.
Shoulders hunched, he drew his lips into a tight line stopping a long suffering sound from escaping. Years ago he'd helped Alissa out of a jeep. She believed in being well dress in any environment as well. They had been newlyweds at the time. That had only lasted months.
Everything about this new staff member's regal bearing screamed she didn't belong in the stifling heat of a rainforest in Central American. He bet she wouldn't last long. In his years of doing medical aide work he'd learned to recognize those who would stick out the tough conditions and long hours. His guess was that she wasn't one of them. Everything about her screamed upper-crust, big city. Pampered.
When had he become so cynical? He hadn't met her yet and he was already putting her in a slot. It wasn't fair not to give her a chance just because she reminded him of his ex-wife. Still he didn't have the time, energy or inclination to coddle anyone, even if he desperately needed the help.
From under her loose-brimmed hat she scanned the area, her gaze coming around to lock with his. She titled her head shielding her eyes with a hand against the noon day sun. One of her two companions said something and she turned away.
Shaking off the spell, Chance returned to the child. He'd hardly looked down when there was a commotion outside. People were screaming and running. What was going on?
He didn't have to wait long to find out. Two men carried another man into the tent who was bleeding profusely around the face and neck area and down one arm. Quickly handing the baby to his mother, Chance cleared the exam table with his arm.
The men lifted the injured man to the table. Despite Chance's excellent Spanish they were talking so fast he was having to work to understand them. Apparently, the man had been attacked by a Jaguar while trying to save one of his goats.
A fragrant scent floated in the air. He was tempted to lean forward and inhale. There was a marked difference between the feminine whiff and the odor of the sweaty bodies around him. Unfortunately, he would need to warn her not to wear perfume in this part of the world because it attracted unwanted insects.
Chance looked up into clear blue eyes that made him think of the pool of water at the bottom of his favorite waterfall. The woman he'd just seen climbing off the truck waited. She'd removed her hat and now he could clearly see a long blond braid falling over a shoulder. With her fair coloring she would burn in no time in the hot Honduras sun.
She stepped to the table. The paper on the table was soaked with blood. He glanced up to see her face blanch as she viewed the man who would be disfigured for life from the deep lacerations.
She moved off to see about the case Michael was working on. Chance didn't have time to ponder why someone in the medical profession couldn't handle this type of injury.
He and Michael worked to piece the Honduran man back together. It may have been the largest number of stitches he'd ever put into a person. There would a long recovery time.
"We need some help here." Michael called as he finished suturing an area.
The woman stepped to the table again.
"Bandage this hand," he said.
"I'll take care of it." The words were full of confidence as fingers tipped in hot pink picked up the saline and 4x4s sitting on the table and began cleaning around the area.
Chance had to stop himself from rolling his eyes. That manicure wouldn't last long here and there wouldn't be another forthcoming either. He moved on to the next laceration. As he looked at the man's arm Chance kept a watchful eye on the new staff member. With the efficiency of few he'd seen, she'd wrapped and secured the dressing and move on the next spot.
At least she seemed to have recovered from whatever had been her earlier issue. He was used to temporary help, but he still wanted quality.
Many who came to help with the Traveling Clinic were filled with good intentions and the idealism of saving the world, but didn't have the skills or common sense required to work in such primitive settings. The clinic served the medical issues in the small villages outside of LaCeiba. Making it even more difficult was that the locals were often hesitant about asking for help.
A jaguar attack wasn't the clinic's normal injury but they did see a number of severe wounds from accidents. He needed staff that could handle the unexpected and often gruesome. If Chance wasn't such a sceptic he'd have given the new woman points for her recovery but he'd been doing this type of work for far too long. Seen staff come and go.
He was familiar with people who left. His mother had done it when he was a child. He'd been seven when she'd just not been there. His father had been a world renowned surgeon and been gone much of the time. With his mother's absence Chance starting acting out in an effort to keep his father's attention even to the point of stealing. That got him sent to boarding school. Even in that restrictive environment Chance pushed back.
He was the one man in Chance's life that had taken a real interest in a scared and angry boy. The grizzled and gruff headmaster had believed in him, had time to listen. Unlike his father. Chance wanted to make the headmaster proud and made a change after that conversation. He'd focused on his studies. Dedicated his life to helping others. But in the area of personal relationships he had failed miserably over and over to the point he had long ago given up. Those, apparently, he wasn't capable of having.
Why were dark memories invading now? Maybe because the new woman reminded him so much of his ex-wife, Alissa whose defection always made him think of his mother. Two females who had rejected him. He'd moved passed all that long ago. His worry now was how to keep the clinic open. Pondering old history did nothing to help with the present problem.
"It's okay, Marco. I'll explain. See to the other two," Chance said to the short but sturdy man.
"Si, Doctor Chance." Marco nodded and hurried out of the clinic.
Her chin went down and she nodded. "I understand. By the way my name is Cox. Dr. Ellen Cox. Like Bond. James Bond." She flashed him a grin.
She was a cheeky little thing. He wasn't certain he appreciated that.
LaCeiba. He would check in on him when they got back to town. Chance cleaned up and moved on to his next patient who was an older woman with an infected bug bite. It would be necessary to drain it.
Before starting the procedure, he stepped to the table next to his where a five-year-old girl sat. Digging into his pants' pocket he pulled out a peppermint and handed the piece of candy to her. She removed the clear plastic cover and plopped it into her mouth, giving Chance a wide toothy grin. He'd given a child a second of happiness. He just wished he could make more of a difference. What he did wasn't enough.
As Chance returned to his patient, Ellen joined him.
Since she was so enthusiastic he'd let her see to the woman as he watched. "We're going to need a suture kit, a box of 4x4s and bandage. Supplies are in the van." He gestured toward the beat-up vehicle that had been parked partially under the tent so that the backend was protected from the daily afternoon rain and could function as a portable storage room. Chance waited as she hurried after the supplies.
Returning to his side she placed the kit on the bed and a bottle of saline water as well. "I'll get a pan." She was gone again.
Chance spoke to his patient in Spanish, reassuring her that she would be fine and that what he was going to do wouldn't take too long. A few moments later Ellen was back with the pan and plastic gloves for herself.
He helped the older woman lay back on the table.
Ellen gave the patient a reassuring pat on the shoulder and then turned her attention to opening the suture kit placing it where he could easily reach the contents. Taking the plastic gloves off the top, he pulled them on. She did the same with hers. Removing the blue sterile paper sheets, she placed them on her patient's leg around and under the inflamed area.
Chance handed her the scalpel. She took it without question.
"Go ahead. I can handle this," Ellen said.
Chance hesitated then nodded. He liked to oversee the new staff for a week or so just to make sure they understood the locals and the type of work they were doing but she should be able to handle a simple case.
The patient eyes had grown wide went he left. Ellen moved to his side of the table and began speaking to her in an elementary mix that was more English than Spanish. As she distracting the woman by having her pay attention to what she was saying instead of what Ellen was doing the woman calmed down to the point of smiling a few times.
He glanced Ellen's way a few times to see how she was doing. By the time he returned the patient was bandaged and ready to leave. Ellen had done a good job.
Chance moved on to the next person waiting. She assisted him with the next patient. They were just finishing when Marco returned with the two other new staff members. He introduced the man as Pete Ortiz and the woman as Karen Johnson. Both nurses. Ellen moved off across the short aisle of tables to help Chance's colleague, Michael Lange. Because Pete spoke fluent Spanish, Chance sent him to do triage and Karen stayed to help him.
Working in Honduras on and off for eight years had only made Chance see the needs there grow. There was a time he thought he might really make a difference. The people needed real clinics. Brick and mortar buildings with dedicated doctors, not just a few coming in and out every few weeks.
He loved this country. The weather which he much preferred to the cold of the north, the coast. Scuba diving was one of his greatest day-off hobbies. Walking through a rainforest and being surprise by a waterfall was amazing. But most of all he like the open generous smiles of the people. In Honduras he had found home.
The Traveling Clinic had been his idea years ago and he'd worked long and hard to gain funding for the idea. The clinic was a successful concept but money was forever a problem. Again tomorrow the clinic would be stopping at different villages and the locals would line up. Some would wait all day for care. The day would start just as this one had. Never enough, and more left to do.
A couple of times during the afternoon hours the sound of laughter reached his ears. Michael and the new doctor seemed to enjoy working together. That was what he'd thought when his wife had spent so much time helping his clinic partner, Robert. They had gotten along so well she'd gone home with him.
The sun touched the top of the trees by the time Chance saw his last patient. Michael was finishing up with his as well. Now all that was left was to break down the clinic, load the trucks, and head for a hot shower. He leaned up against the nearest exam table finishing a note on his patient's chart.
"Doctor, if you'll excuse me I need to fold this exam table." Ellen gave him a pointed look as she flipped her hair back implying he needed to move.
"Oh. I didn't realize." She stopped what she was doing.
"Just remember what I said." He walked away to join Michael beside the supply van.
Half an hour later the tent was down and everything stowed in the vehicles. Now their party was bumping along the narrow dirt road toward the coast. Chance rode in the supply van with one of the locals driving while Michael was a passenger in the truck. The others rode in the rear of it. The hour trip to the resort might be the toughest part of the day. As the bird flew the distance wasn't far however the roads were so rough and winding it seemed to take forever to make the return drive. Chance usually tried to sleep.
For some reason his thoughts went to the young doctor traveling in the truck behind him. She'd worked hard, doing her share and some more. There was no way she was napping while sitting on that hard metal bench. If she complained, he would point out that the ride was just part of doing this type of medical work. Anyone who stayed with it learned to accept the hardship.
Ellen's head bumped against one of the support frames running around the bed of the truck. Taking a nap was almost impossible. She pulled a jacket out of her duffle bag and folded it up before stuffing it between her head and the unforgiving metal.
Looking out the slats, she watched the fascinating countryside go by. The vegetation grew rich and huge. Some of the leaves were the size of an umbrella. And so green. It looked impossible to walk through. She'd never seen anything like it. The flowers were such vivid colors. A pink hibiscus always caught her attention.
As the plane was coming in that morning she'd looked down on the coastline of the county. The pristine white sand against the blue-green of the water made her want to experience it for herself. It was a beautiful country. She already love it.
Completely different from New York. The land of buildings and lights. She'd worked at an inner city clinic that saw pregnant teenagers and babies with colds. It was nothing compared to the type of patients and conditions she'd experienced today. It had been exhilarating. Except for that one moment when she looked at that man and all the memories of her mother caught in the car had come flooding back.
The Traveling Clinic cared for people who truly need it. These people had no other way of getting medical care. They hadn't made poor life choices like the drug addicts and drunks in the city. Here they had nothing, and the clinic offered them something they desperately needed. Still they had a bright smile to share.
The type of work she'd done today was why she'd become a doctor. As a child a car accident had killed her mother and left Ellen in the hospital for weeks. There she'd learned the importance of good medical care. The staff had loved and given special attention to the little girl who had lost so much. Ellen had determined then that she wanted to work in the medical field. Do for people what had been done for her.
The only sticking point had been her father. As a Manhattan socialite, and the only child of an over-protective father she'd worked at being taken seriously when she announced she was going to medical school. Ellen wanted to do more than chair committees and plan fancy fundraisers. She wanted to personally make a difference, get to know the people she was helping.
When Ellen had started working at the intercity clinic her father had pitched a fit. It was too risky. He didn't want her to work there.
"You're acting like your mother. She all went in head first and then thought," he said more than once to her growing up.
Ellen told him he had no choice. A number of times she'd noticed a man watching when she came and went from the clinic. Some days later she found out he had been hired by her father to watch over her because he was concerned about her safety.
A few weeks later she heard Dr. Freeman speak with such passion about his work in Honduras and she was hooked. She wanted to make that kind of difference, offer that kind of care. The next day she'd applied to join his staff. It had taken her six months, but she was finally here.
After her decision to come to Honduras, she'd thought of not telling her father but she loved him too much to just disappear. Instead, she told him she was going to Honduras not specifically where she would be fearing he'd send someone to watch over her again. Again he accused her of not thinking it through. She assured him she had. For once she wanted to do something on her own, free from her father's influence.
Her head bounced again. The picture of Dr. Freeman's displeased look when she'd frozen came to mind. Her lips formed a wry smile. Later she had seen a small measure of respect in his eyes.
The wheels squealed to a painful halt. Ellen looked out the end of the truck to see a beautifully groomed foliaged area. Where were they? The others filed off and she brought up the rear. With her feet on the ground, she looked around. It appeared as if they were in the back parking lot of a resort.
A couple of Honduran helpers pulled her bag along with Pete's and Karen's down from the truck. Her fellow staff members she hadn't met until time to board the flight to Honduras. Pete was a nice guy, who was looking for a change after a bad marriage and Karen was a middle age woman who thought working with the clinic would be a nice way to see a new country. Ellen had liked them both right away.
Their group was joined by the two doctors. She'd enjoyed working with Michael Lange. He seemed fun and laid back. The same couldn't be said about Dr. Freeman. From what she could tell he was an excellent doctor. Everything she'd heard about him had been glowing. But on the Mr. Congeniality scale he was pretty low. He could work on his warm welcomes. He hadn't even taken the time to offer his name.
After hearing him speak Ellen had expected him to have less of a crusty personality. He acted as if he'd seen too much and couldn't leave it behind. He was as strikingly handsome as she remembered. With thick, dark wavy hair with a touch of white at the temples that gave him an air of authority, he was someone who held her attention. Even when she hadn't been working directly with him she was conscious of where he was in the tent. She generally didn't have this type of reaction to a man.
"I'll show Ellen to her hut," Michael said.
"That's correct." Karen picked up her bag.
He'd not offered to carry her bag. If he thought she couldn't or wouldn't carry her own bag, he had another thought coming. Grabbing her duffle, pulled the strap over her shoulder, Ellen hurried after him. The man really was egotistical.
She followed him along a curving path through groomed vegetation beneath trees filled with blue and yellow macaws chattering. She lagged behind when she became caught up in her surroundings. The place was jaw-dropping beautiful. Completely different from any place she'd ever seen.
"Dr. Cox." The exasperation in the doctor's voice reminded her of a father talking to a distracted child. She didn't like it.
"Come along, Ellen. I still have work to do tonight." He took long strides forward.
"Ellen, you'll find I'm not known for my sense of humor." He continued on down the path as if he didn't care if she followed him or not.
"I'm sure you're not," she murmured. Hefting her bag strap more securely over her shoulder, she focused on catching up. They moved farther into the landscape until they came out in a small grassy opening where two huts stood with only a huge Banyan tree separating them. Each had a thatched roof, dark stained wooden porch with what looked like comfortable chairs with bright floral pillows.
"You have a top of the line bath. We work hard and the board believes the least it can do is provide a nice place to stay. The resort gives us a deal." Dr. Freeman pointed to the structure on the left. "That hut is yours. Follow the signs around to the dining room. Need something, call 0 on the phone." With that he headed toward the other one.
Well, she wouldn't be counting on him to be the perfect neighbor.
Ellen climbed the three steps to the main door. There was a hammock hanging from one post to another. The living arrangements weren't what she expected but she wasn't going to complain.
She swung the door open and entered. Her eyes widened. She sucked in a breath of pleasure. Talk about going from one extreme to another. As rough as the working conditions were the living quarters were luxurious. She lived well in New York but even by those standards this was a nice living space.
The floor plan consisted of an open room with a sitting area on one side and the bed on the other. The ceiling was high with a slow moving fan that encouraged a breeze through the slated windows. A gleaming wood floor stretched the length of the room. The only area of it that was covered was in the sitting area where two chairs and a settee created a cozy group. A large bright rug of red, greens and yellows punctuated the space.
But it was the bedroom side that made the biggest impression. A large square canopy bed made of mahogany with identical twists carved into each of the four posts set there. If she was going to spend a honeymoon somewhere this would be her choice.
She'd come close to a wedding a couple of times but it seemed like her father stepped in and changed her mind just as she was getting serious. It was as if he couldn't trust her to know who and what she wanted. That was one of the reasons she'd come to Honduras. At least here she could make her own decisions.
The open air shower blinded from any onlookers by plank walls was a new experience. At first she'd found it intimidating but as the warm water hit her shoulders Ellen eased into the enjoyment of the birds in the trees chirping at her. She was officially enchanted.
Half an hour later, Ellen headed down the plant-lined walk in the direction of what she hoped was the dining area. She turned a curve and a crystal blue swimming pool that resembled a fern encircled grotto came into view. The resort was truly amazing.
Beside it Dr. Freeman sat on a lounger talking on the phone. He wore a t-shirt, cargo shorts and leather thong shoes. His legs were crossed at the ankles. He appeared relaxed but the tone of his voice said that was far from the case. She wasn't surprised. Her impression had been he didn't unwind often.
"Look, we need those supplies. We have to raise the money." He paused. "I can't be in two places at once. You'll have to handle it. And about the staff you're sending me, I've got to have people who'll stay longer than six weeks. No more short term. The people of rural Honduras need a standing clinic." He glanced her direction.
Ellen continued toward a tall open air building hoping it was where she should go. Footfalls followed her.
"The dining room is this way." He started up the steps to the building and she joined him.
They entered the large completely open space with a thatched roof supported by huge poles. A wooden desk with a local man standing behind it was located off to one side. He waved in their direction as they cross the gleaming wooden floor. Ellen follow him around one of three groupings of wicker furniture toward a shuttered doorway that stood open. Inside were tables with white clothes over them and low lighting. Dr. Freeman kept moving then stopped at a single door and opened it.
"Close the door behind you," he instructed.
Ellen did as he asked. They were now in a small room where a long table was set in the middle and a buffet area along one wall. The other members of their group were already there talking among themselves. They grew quiet as she and Dr. Freeman joined them.
"Not without you, Boss," Michael said with a grin.
"You know better than that. Well, if no one else is going to start then I am." Dr. Freeman picked up a plate off the stack on the buffet table. Everyone else followed his lead and lined up. Unsure of the protocol or the sitting arrangement, Ellen move to the back of the line. With her plate full of chicken and tropical fruit, she considered which chair to take.
"Come sit beside me," Michael offered.
With a smile Ellen took the open seat. She glanced a Chance. His eyes narrowed as he looked in their direction.
She and Michael discussed where she was from and what she thought of her hut then he asked, "So Ellen, what brings you to our little slice of the world?" Michael asked.
"You weren't doing that where you were?" Dr. Freeman asked.
She hadn't realized he'd been listening to their conversation.
"How did you find out about us?" Michael asked.
Dr. Freeman shrugged and went back to eating.
"So, what did you think about the work today?" Michael asked.
"It was different, I have to give you that. But I loved it." She glanced to the end of the table where Dr. Freeman was sitting.
"You might feel differently after a few days of hot, unending work," Dr. Freeman drawled.
After that Michael turned his attention to Pete and Karen asking them about themselves.
Ellen concentrated on her dinner and was glad to have Dr. Freeman…uh Chance's, attention off her. When everyone had finished laughing at a story Michael told, Chance tapped on the table with the back of his fork gaining their attention.
Ellen shuffled out of the dining room with the rest of the group. It turned out that Karen was housed not far from her so they walked back toward their huts together. After leaving Karen, Ellen continued along the path lit only by lights in the vegetation. Thankfully the porch lights were on at her and Chance's huts. One of the staff at the resort must have come by while she was at dinner.
Ellen had just crawled under the covers when the light flicked on inside Chance's hut. His silhouette crossed in front of the window. His passion for what he did was a major factor in why she'd came to Honduras. It was obvious he needed nurses and doctors to help him. So what was his problem with welcoming her?
The Medical Romance Team brings you a sneak peek… at Christmas in July!
It's the height of summer (or so we're told…it's not always obvious, as our office's view of London alternates between sunshine and storms!) but the Medical Romance team still just couldn't wait to bring you this sneak peek at one of our most exciting projects of the year. We always have a huge amount of fun when we plan out a Christmas continuity, and this quartet was one of our all-time favourites, so we're thrilled to share it with you!
What is a continuity, we hear you ask?
A 'continuity' is the Mills & Boon team's term for a miniseries of linked books which are written by different authors and which the editors come up with the overall story theme and individual plot outlines for. We get to brainstorm between four and eight romances for these…so naturally they're a highlight of our year!
So, what are the ingredients to a Christmas continuity?
Next, we bring together the talents of four different amazing authors and let them loose on their individual stories! The character concepts and themes are already in place, but it's the authors who work their magic to turn these outlines into thrilling, heart-racing love stories with the medical drama we all adore! Often continuity authors collaborate on a dedicated email thread to decide how their own hero and heroine will make a guest appearance in another author's book, too.
And of course, when the team gets the thrill of reading the quartet finally brought to life, we also get the chance to come up with incredibly Christmassy and heartwarming titles (our favourite kind)!
Here's your sneak peek – enjoy!
It's hard to believe that only last July we sat and enjoyed a mince pie (or two) while brainstorming the heroes and heroines behind this festive four-book treat, and now that it's 2016 we can't contain our excitement that the wonderful Christmas Miracles in Maternity miniseries will be hitting shelves in November!
Hope, magic and precious new beginnings at Teddy's!
Welcome to Teddy's Centre for Babies and Birth, where the brightest stars of neo natal and obstetric medicine work tirelessly to save tiny lives and deliver bundles of joy all year round—but there's never a time quite as magical as Christmas!
And though the temperature may be dropping outside, unexpected surprises are heating up for these dedicated pros! And as Christmas Day draws near secrets are revealed, hope is ignited and love takes over.


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Impending Destruction of Khan al-Ahmar Village
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In the coming weeks, the Israeli government is expected to demolish the Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar, located east of Jerusalem. The destruction of the village is a dangerous precedent that will serve as a launching pad for the evacuation of some 2,000 additional Bedouin residents in the E1 area. The court is expected to approve the destruction in the coming days, and it will then be in the hands of the political decision of the Israeli government to implement it or to change the policy and let them stay.
Members of the Jahalin tribe living in the village were expelled from Israel from the Tel Arad area in the Negev in the early 1950s, and became refugees. After a period of migration north, in the southern Hebron hills, a number of the Jahalin communities settled in the Khan al-Ahmar with the consent of the Palestinian landowners. However, Israel, which had occupied the land since 1967, later declared the lands inhabited by the tribe as state lands, and settlements were established in the area. The Israeli policy was to curtail the Bedouin's way of life with the intention of removing them from the area: Israel refused to issue construction permits for them and instead issued demolition orders for every structure they built (tents, fences, huts etc.).
The School in Khan Al-Ahmar
In the past, the children of Khan al-Ahmar had to study far away – in Abu Dis or Jericho – and some did not even study at all. In 2009, the community established a school in the area, in order to provide all children with a basic education. This was done with the help of international organizations specializing in ecological construction, which built a small school out of used tires and local mud. This school currently has 160 students, from grades 1 to 9, all of whom live in surrounding Bedouin communities.
Immediately after completion of the construction, demolition orders were issued by the Civil Administration, and for many years the nearby Israeli settlements of Kfar Adumim, Alon and Nofei Prat, in cooperation with the right-wing Regavim organization, have been engaged in a legal and political battle to implement the orders, claiming that the Jahalin residence on the Jerusalem-Jericho road constitutes a strategic threat to Israel. Four petitions were submitted to the High Court of Justice, the last one focusing on the demolition of the school made of tires and mud. In response to this petition, the state announced that the Defense Minister has ruled to demolish the school and the nearby community by June 2018.
Because of the High Court of Justice ruling that the state must offer an alternative to housing, the residents of Khan al-Ahmar were offered to move to a compound located in an urban area adjacent to the Palestinian town of Abu Dis – located adjacent to the dumping site of the Jerusalem area. This proposal, which is practically a forced relocation of a community, constitutes a violation of the international law and cannot be implemented in any form: densely populated urban areas will destroy the bedouin's culture and way of life, they will lose their traditional sources of employment and it will cause far-reaching social and economic problems especially for the women of the community, as seen in past experience (when in the 90's other parts of the Jahalin tribe were forcibly moved to Al-Jabal area in Abu Dis in order to enable the expansion of the Maale Adumim settlement). In addition, although the proposed land in Abu Dis has been declared state land, its owners have not accepted this and are firmly opposed to settling the Bedouin on land that they regard as private and belonging to them. The Abu Dis municipality even gave the tribe a clear threat not to dare to settle there. It is clear that the Jahalin community will not be able to move to a place where they are so threatened and unwanted.
For an in-depth study of the Bedouin communities in E1 area see Bimkom's study here
Peace Now: the State of Israel must implement a policy of moral values, justice, equality and human rights for the Jahalin people. It is not in the Israeli interest to forcibly move them from their homes. We must stop the abuse that has been going on for decades, and allow them to live according to their way of life, to make a living and to educate their children in a way that is no different from that of the Jews living in their neighborhoods.
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Yanuartono Yanuartono
Fakultas Kedokteran Hewan, Universitas Gadjah Mada
Alfarisa Nururrozi
Soedarmanto Indarjulianto
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Penyakit Ginjal Kronis pada Anjing dan Kucing: Manajemen Terapi dan Diet
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Yanuartono Yanuartono(1*), Alfarisa Nururrozi(2), Soedarmanto Indarjulianto(3)
(1)&nbspFakultas Kedokteran Hewan, Universitas Gadjah Mada
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Middletown teen rap sensation to perform in Los Angeles
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Meet the 14-year-old Connecticut rap sensation blowing up on the music scene. His mother named him Darrell Allick Jr., but hip hop heads call him "Lil D-Russ." He got into the rap game after tragedy struck.
"My uncle died, and I was inspired to do positive music," Allick said during his exclusive interview with News 8.
Since 8-years-old, Allick always knew music would take him far. But he never dreamed a viral video he made about LeBron James would earn him an invitation to Los Angeles to perform live during a game by the WNBA's LA Sparks.
"LeBron is my favorite player so, I was just like, 'let me do a song to LeBron.' I was shocked and excited at the same time because I didn't think it would get us a halftime show in Cali."
Of course, all the buzz around the Middletown High School freshman is making him a local celebrity. Yet, school still comes first.
"My dad says as long as you get good grades and you do everything you got to do, you can go to the studio and music videos," he said.
Flashing a smile that could light up a dark alley, his father, Darrell Allick Sr., could barely contain his pride. "Well, I'm a proud father to watch my son and watch everything he's been through," the father said. "He deserves it. He's a good kid."
In his music there's no profanity, no misogyny. Instead, it's strictly about positivity. It's the kind of qualities Middletown schools superintendent Dr. Michael Conner pushes for Allick and his classmates.
"This is great for them and it's great for the family, so I'm excited for him," Conner explained. "The next superstar, I get to say that I had him in my school system," he said.
Beyond the music, Allick says he hopes to inspire other kids to chase their dreams. "You believe in it, believe in God, keep faith in it and then, it will happen," Allick concluded.
Allick is scheduled to perform for the Sparks at the Staples Center in August. His family is currently fundraising to pay for eight backup dancers to accompany Allick for the performance.
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Murder of a black lesbian soccer player
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The crime is horrific in itself, but few countries can point an accusing finger at South Africa and not admit that crimes like this happen within their own borders. On April 28, in Kwatema near Johannesburg, the body of a prominent black lesbian activist and former soccer player was found lying in a weedy field. Eudy Simelane, 31, had been gang-raped and riddled with stab wounds.
Just two days later, on April 30, five young men were taken into custody on suspicion of her murder. At least one of the five was a neighbor of the victim, and had been seen in her company prior to the killing. According to news reports, three other men may also be arrested.
Simelane had lived for soccer, as a midfielder for South Africa's gallant but struggling national female football team, Banyana Banyana ("The Girls"). S.A. women's soccer struggles because it's still far from getting the respect and funding that men's soccer gets -- according to one player, the team often played with worn-out shoes. After Simelane stopped playing, she stayed in the sport as a referee, and became an activist after she came out.
Her memorial service took place at the local Methodist Church; she was buried next day. Simelane leaves behind a grieving lesbian partner, Sibongile Vilakazi.
As the news hit the international wires, human-rights advocates didn't doubt that this gruesome crime was meant to send a message of hate and intimidation to South Africa's emerging LGBT community. The town, where liberal issues have evidently made some progress, was outraged over Simelane's fate. With noisy pickets in the street outside the courthouse, and furious messages being sent to the African National Congress, and every seat in the courtroom packed, the five men were arraigned the other day. The judge took note of the crime's extreme nature, and denied bail.
In the last two years, at least three other South African lesbians have been raped, tortured and murdered. The murderers have never been caught; it's said that S.A. police often "lose" vital documents, so anti-LGBT cases seldom go to trial. This despite the fact that South Africa became the first nation on earth to outlaw discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation in its Bill of Rights.
Indeed, Simelane's death explodes in the context of a global trend: growing violence against women and girls, whether heterosexual or lesbian or bi or trans, in a growing number of countries. The killings are done by individuals or groups of men who act as vigilantes or death squads, driven by a self-righteous sense of duty and conviction that their victims have "transgressed" against the dictums of whatever religion or morale code the men feel they represent. My guess is that trial testimony will reveal that Simelane's killers harbored objections to the idea of a lesbian playing on a football side with heterosexual women.
S.A. soccer is governed by the South African Football Assn., which was recognized by FIFA in 1992 as apartheid was ending and the nation was rejoining the international community. South Africa will host the FIFA World Cup in 2010. But it's fair to say that the shadow of Eudy Simelane's murder will fall across the event, if the full measure of justice is not done to her murderers. -- Patricia Nell Warren
Note: On March 13, 2009, a human rights group said gangs were using rape as a way to "cure" lesbians. Complete Outsports articles on Eudy Simelane.


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Fou durant aquest període que els continents s'estabilitzaren per primera vegada. També fou en aquest temps que van aparèixer els cianobacteris, un tipus de bacteris que usen el procés bioquímic de la fotosíntesi per a produir energia i oxigen.

Abans del gran increment en l'oxigen atmosfèric, quasi totes les formes de vida que existien eren anaeròbiques, és a dir, el seu metabolisme depenia d'un tipus de respiració cel·lular que no requeria oxigen. L'oxigen lliure en grans quantitats és tòxic per a molts dels bacteris anaeròbics, i per tant quan tingué lloc l'augment massiu en el nivell d'aquest gas a l'atmosfera, gran part de la vida a la Terra va desaparèixer. Les úniques formes que sobrevisqueren foren les que eren resistents als efectes oxidants i tòxics de l'oxigen, o bé les que passaven la totalitat del seu cicle vital en un ambient lliure d'oxigen. Aquest esdeveniment és conegut com la catàstrofe de l'oxigen.

Es creu que fou en aquest moment quan aparegueren les cèl·lules eucariotes, probablement com una estratègia per afavorir la reparació de l'ADN en entorns hostils.

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"""
main.py -- Udacity conference server-side Python App Engine
	HTTP controller handlers for memcache & task queue access

$Id$

created by wesc on 2014 may 24

"""

__author__ = 'wesc+api@google.com (Wesley Chun)'

import webapp2
from google.appengine.api import app_identity
from google.appengine.api import mail
from conference import ConferenceApi

class SetAnnouncementHandler(webapp2.RequestHandler):
    def get(self):
        """Set Announcement in Memcache."""
        ConferenceApi._cacheAnnouncement()
        self.response.set_status(204)

class SendConfirmationEmailHandler(webapp2.RequestHandler):
    def post(self):
        """Send email confirming Conference creation."""
        mail.send_mail(
            'noreply@%s.appspotmail.com' % (
                app_identity.get_application_id()),	 # from
            self.request.get('email'),				  # to
            'You created a new Conference!',			# subj
            'Hi, you have created a following '		 # body
            'conference:\r\n\r\n%s' % self.request.get(
                'conferenceInfo')
        )

class SendConfirmationSessionEmailHandler(webapp2.RequestHandler):
    def post(self):
        """Send email confirming Conference session creation."""
        mail.send_mail(
            'noreply@%s.appspotmail.com' % (
                app_identity.get_application_id()),	 # from
            self.request.get('email'),				  # to
            'You created a new Conference Session!',	# subj
            'Hi, you have created a following '		 # body
            'conference session:\r\n\r\n%s' % self.request.get('conferenceSessionInfo')
        )

class getFeaturedSpeakerHandler(webapp2.RequestHandler):
    def post(self):
        """Set Session Speaker memcache here"""
        #pass speaker and websafeConferenceKey
        ConferenceApi._getFeaturedSpeaker(self.request.get('speaker'), self.request.get('websafeConferenceKey'))

app = webapp2.WSGIApplication([
                                  ('/crons/set_announcement', SetAnnouncementHandler),
                                  ('/tasks/getFeaturedSpeaker', getFeaturedSpeakerHandler),
                                  ('/tasks/send_confirmation_email', SendConfirmationEmailHandler),
                                  ('/tasks/send_confirmation_session_email', SendConfirmationSessionEmailHandler),
                                  ], debug=True)