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Curators Choice: Black Friday series
Policing the First World War: slygrogging, sex and sedition
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"I am making a collection of implements which have been used by criminals in important crimes to be retained at Headquarters such as housebreaking tools pistols, knives, base coin, etc." Commissioner Walter Dinnie, 1908
Into the 1950s the New Zealand Police Museum sat firmly in the long shadow of Scotland Yard's "Black Museum", or Crime Museum as it is now known.
The staff of the New Zealand Police Museum tell the stories behind some of the Museum's extraordinary collection objects.
The New Zealand Police Museum's collection storerooms are evidence that Dinnie's vision has stayed, at least in some part, in the hearts and minds of police throughout the decades.
Now filled with uniform and police equipment as well as offensive weapons, drug paraphernalia, and evidence from serious crimes - the things Commissioner Dinnie described as 'implements which have been used by criminals'.
The items chosen for this series refer to a time when Commissioner Dinnie's intention was for a collection of objects and extraordinary stories to whet the interest of new constables and expose them to the dark depths of the shady characters who shared our streets.
Cat o' nine tails
The first to feature in our Black Friday series, this cat o' nine tails whip with a paper label still attached to the handle.
The label bears the signature of Minister of Justice A. L. Herdman who authorised it for use on 9th October 1913.
The next instalment in our Black Friday series is a curious glass case containing a dirty bandage secured with a safety pin.
Typewritten on a tiny paper label, attached to the base of the case with two bent pins are the words "binder found on body"; from an early case of baby farming in the Wellington area.
Plaster Cast of Headlight
Look closely at this plaster cast of a headlight and you can see that each broken piece of glass has a number on it.
This glass is from the headlight of a car driven by man in 1940 who hit and killed a pedestrian and disappeared into the night.
Fragments of lights were found near the scene of the accident.
Other pieces of glass were found in the victim's coat and could also be identified as coming from the car.
After fleeing the accident scene a witness saw the car run into the back of a truck sparking speculation the driver was either too muddled to avoid the vehicle or deliberately ran into it to provide an explanation for the damage that had been caused when he struck the pedestrian.
Police caught up with the man, sitting in his car which had no lights. At first the driver denied his involvement, but the pieces of glass found at each of the scenes matched and were shown to be from the car's broken headlights.
The numbers written on the glass correspond with the scenes where the glass was found.
This object tells the story of a man who was charged for murdering his mate after a drinking bout. On a night in July 1921 the two men had been drinking in a farm hut in the district of Mangamahu, near Whanganui. One of the men lay on the floor and asked the other to cut his head off with an axe and his friend obliged. It was reported at the time that there had "been no quarrel and both men appeared to have been good friends".
Years later, when the hut was dismantled, a layer of linoleum was removed from the wooden floorboards and the mark left by the axe was revealed.
This seemly innocent iron was found on a settee at an Auckland house. A man murdered his sister-in-law with it in March 1928.
The victim was found dead on the floor of her bedroom.
It was reported that "improper relations had existed" between the two and the motive seemed to be selfishness on the part of the offender at the impending marriage of his victim's daughter and the prospect of her and her new husband living with her.
The murder was committed on the day his victim's daughter was to marry.
The murderer's head was an unusual shape and this was much speculated upon by "mental specialists" at the time. He was observed for several weeks by a former medical superintendent of Auckland Mental Hospital who observed that after slight provocation the offender would "develop into a frenzy of maniacal character".
This heavy canvas straight jacket is fastened down the centre with ropes.
It was used to restrain unruly prisoners at the Nelson Jail and dates from 1880.
Ball and chain from Lyttleton Gaol. The gaol, built in 1857, was the first in the Canterbury colony and grew to be one of the largest prisons in the country. It closed in 1920.
For more information about the history of the gaol have a look at the site's summary on Heritage New Zealand.
Mickey's Shoes
Horse shoes are seen as a symbol of good luck by the superstitious, but in this case the rider of this horse was hanged for the murder of a Pukekawa farmer in 1920.
Police examined horse tracks leading to and from the farm house where the farmer had been shot. They deduced the horse moved in a curious way and had been shod with different shoes.
Detective Andrew McHugh of Auckland, a blacksmith before he joined police, examined 1300 horses in the area. Only 148 horses were shod and one in particular, named Mickey, wore distinctive handmade shoes and swung one foreleg across the other in an unusual way when he trotted. His tracks exactly fitted the tracks found at the victim's house.
Apiol and Steel Pills from an Abortionist's kit
Described in newspaper advertisements in the early 1900s as "indispensable for ladies" and "sure and certain for all female complaints" this tiny glass bottle, filled with black Apiol and Steel pills, is from an abortionist's kit and is today's addition to our "Black Friday" series.
Black Cap
Another instalment in our "Black Friday" series is a black cap, the type traditionally worn by the judge when sentencing a murderer to death.
Death Mask
This is the only death mask in the Museum's collection, and is reputed to be of a man who was hanged at Invercargill Prison in 1879 for the murder of his wife.
It is claimed the mask was made by an amateur dentist who assisted the hangman.
The dentist used the executed man's skull to practice his dentistry skills and later went on to become a well known practitioner in Dunedin.
Tenon Saw
We're reaching into the shadowy depths of our collection for this "Black Friday" instalment.
This tenon saw was used in 1938 by a young man to dismember the body of his father; whose remains were found in two suitcases under Picton Wharf.
The second to last addition in our "Black Friday" series, this tomahawk was used by a Dunedin man to murder his parents in 1936.
The man was declared insane and was ordered to be kept at Seacliff Asylum.
Hanging Rope
This last object brings our "Black Friday" series to a close, it is a hanging rope from Mt Eden Prison.
This rope was used during the 1920s and 1930s, a period which saw the executions of five men at the prison.
It appears in our exhibition on capital punishment here at the New Zealand Police Museum.


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11 Brand-New, Time Capsule 1994 BMW 5 Series Discovered in Bulgarian Warehouse
Just when it seems like there are vanishingly few places in the world left for a secret car collection to hide, a group of 11 brand-new 1994 BMW 5 Series sedans and one station wagon have been uncovered in a warehouse in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria.
Photos of the forgotten BMW E34s were recently uploaded to a local Facebook page, immediately sparking several rumors about their origin and a frenzy of interest from would-be buyers. What's clear is that they've never been driven—and that storing old German cars under a sheet in a drafty warehouse for two decades isn't the best way to keep everything spick and span.
In the pictures, the BMWs are seen lined up at one end of a large industrial space parked neatly in a few rows. They're all covered with dust and suffer from some condensation-induced underside surface rust. Having never been driven or registered for road use, however, the cars sport utterly flawless bodies and true time-capsule interiors complete with protective plastic wrap. Seeing decades-old cabin trim shine like new in 2018 is nothing short of remarkable.
They're all 520i and 525i models, meaning a straight-six engine under the hood pushing either 150 or 174 horsepower respectively. Most look to be equipped with manual transmissions as well. The E34 is rightly treated as a modern classic these days, so how did this crop of BMW's best end up in a warehouse in Bulgaria?
It's still a bit of a mystery at this point. Motor1 reports a rumor that the cars belonged to a failed rental company that stumbled out of the gate in the mid-90s. Meanwhile, local sources on the Facebook page where the pictures originated say that the cars were purchased for parliament members back then but never used "because the MP's preferred Mercedes-Benz." They're also said to be tended to by caretaker who's kept visitors away from the warehouse all this time.
Whatever the case, it's a remarkable story that's generated a ton of interest from collectors around the world. Even though the cars likely need intensive mechanical overhauls after sitting undriven for 25 years, those flawless interior parts are getting harder and harder to find. The Facebook page has since been deluged by people asking for information about the possibility of buying one or several.
Of course, chances are the cars are destined to leave Bulgaria anyway—the country doesn't permit registration of older cars as new vehicles due to emissions. An auction is planned in the coming months, though no details have been released at this time.
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The SCO Group's lawsuits against two Linux users this week sends ripples through the Linux universe, but not much in the way of fear.
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The SCO Group's lawsuits against two Linux users this week sent ripples through the Linux universe, but not much in the way of fear.
Legal experts expect many Linux customers to grow more nervous as a result of SCO's suits against AutoZone and DaimlerChrysler, but Howard Feiock, systems administrator for Baraboo, Wis.-based dairy cooperative Foremost Farms USA, is not among them.
"I don't think that SCO has a case. I am just waiting for the case to be thrown out and for SCO to subsequently go out of business," said Feiock, whose business uses Linux for screening e-mail for viruses and is testing Oracle business software. "For our organization, we have no plans to discontinue use of Linux in our environment whatsoever."
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And Linus Torvalds, founder and lead programmer of the Linux movement, reacted with scorn to SCO's Linux user suits. "The whole thing is just a charade to distract people from the real issue: that they (SCO) do not have a business," he said in an e-mail interview.
SCO unleashed its Linux user attacks this week, suing car parts retailer AutoZone on Tuesday and automobile manufacturer DaimlerChrysler on Wednesday. SCO accuses AutoZone of infringing SCO's Unix copyrights by using Linux, but the other suit accuses DaimlerChrysler only of failing to certify that it has complied with its Unix license with SCO.
Linux is a close relative of Unix, working identically in many ways. But where open-source Linux may be scrutinized, changed and redistributed by anyone under the terms of the General Public License (GPL), proprietary Unix must be kept secret.
Linux, which runs well on inexpensive Intel processor-based servers, has become increasingly popular despite SCO's actions. Linux has even spread to the Web site of the U.S. District Court in Nevada, where SCO filed its suit against AutoZone, according to site monitoring firm NetCraft.
The suits are taking a toll on Linux, even if it's still growing, said Sanford C. Bernstein financial analyst Charles Di Bona Jr. in a report Wednesday. "The implicit costs of intellectual property protection have largely been overlooked in early assessments of Linux's total cost of ownership, and such incremental up-front costs will inevitably further weaken one of the key drivers of Linux adoption, its apparent cost advantage over Windows," Di Bona said.
SCO expects its lawsuits will start educating Linux customers in the same way the Recording Industry Association of America's lawsuits against alleged music sharing got file swappers' notice.
But thus far SCO's attention-getting methods haven't carried the day with customers. Of the 3,000 Unix licensees to whom SCO sent letters in December demanding they detail their compliance with their software agreements, fewer than half have responded, SCO Chief Executive Darl McBride said Wednesday.
Show the code
Linux enthusiasts have been pressuring SCO to release details of its claims that Linux infringes Unix copyrights, and in the AutoZone suit, SCO came a step closer to meeting that demand. It listed a number of detailed operating system processes--schedulers, threads, file system technology, and input-output methods, for example--used by Unix. The company asserted in the legal filing that Linux infringes on SCO's copyrights by also using them.
Torvalds said that technology is hardly exclusive. "The things mentioned are definitely not unique to Unix and Linux. Kernel threads and virtual file system layers--they must be joking. The only thing that makes any ounce of sense is their claims about somebody using (Unix) System V libraries," he said. Libraries are supporting software packages that operating systems and higher-level software rely on.
But some things are changing, even among Linux enthusiasts such as Sam Ockman, founder and chairman of Linux server seller Penguin Computing. "If a customer asked (about the SCO actions), in past we told them it was primarily a contract thing between SCO and IBM, but obviously it's much broader now," he said. Overall, though, "I really don't think at the end of the day anyone's not going to use Linux because of it."
One unruffled Linux user is Don Buchholz of iMove, a Portland company that makes high-end surveillance cameras. "I doubt SCO has any significant case against Linux," he said. "I suspect they can't really touch us," he added, because SCO's cases thus far all have involved companies that have license agreements with SCO, and iMove doesn't have any.
Chief Executive Don MacAskill, whose company, Smugmug, uses 11 Linux servers and "relies heavily on Linux," also yawned.
"We're not worried in the slightest by SCO's actions today or at any time in the past," MacAskill said. Among the reasons: "SCO has distributed Linux themselves. By doing so, even if there's a remote chance some of their code got copied into the Linux kernel, they've essentially given it away under the GPL. They can't rescind or revoke that right later, after the fact," he said.
SCO, which owns a disputed amount of Unix intellectual property, inherited the agreements by which inventor AT&T and its successors licensed the operating system to IBM, Sun Microsystems, Hewlett-Packard, Silicon Graphics, numerous universities and others. SCO has sued IBM for more than $5 billion in damages, alleging that Big Blue violated its Unix contract by moving Unix technology to Linux that it should have kept secret.
IBM denies wrongdoing and has countersued SCO for patent infringement. Meanwhile, Novell, a previous Unix owner, claims that it owns Unix copyrights, forcing SCO to sue to establish ownership. And Linux seller Red Hat has sued SCO to try to establish that Linux doesn't violate SCO copyrights or trade secrets.
Linux enthusiasts also chimed in Wednesday.
Eric Raymond, an open-source software advocate and author of The Cathedral and the Bazaar, said SCO's actions were without merit, adding that Linux enthusiasts already are "urging everybody to go buy something at AutoZone, even if it's as trivial as an air freshener."
Added Stuart Cohen, CEO of the Open Source Development Labs industry consortium, "I don't think it has any effect on the acceleration of Linux, any effect on people deploying Linux."
Cohen told AutoZone of OSDL's legal defense fund on Wednesday. "They (SCO) have an issue with IBM and Novell, and I think they should leave the Linux users out of it. If they're going to do this, we're going to stand against their legal actions and support users," Cohen said.
Intellectual-property attorneys, many of whom have respect for SCO's attorney, David Boies, are not so sanguine as Linux fans.
"I think people will wait" for legal results before signing SCO intellectual property licenses, "but it's going to make people nervous," said Mark Radcliffe of law firm Gray Cary.
Jeffrey Osterman of Weil, Gotshal & Manges said SCO no doubt will use the AutoZone case "to induce other commercial end users to take SCO's licenses at what I'm sure will be characterized as very reasonable rates." Companies will likely perform a calculation that weighs its potential legal costs against the license fee and the message that signing it sends to anyone else thinking of suing.
But Osterman pointed to legal challenges SCO will face. SCO will have to prove that Linux copied not just actual Unix ideas, but specific expressions of those ideas. And it will have to prove that it didn't provide a license to use Linux already by virtue of the fact that it sold the operating system itself.
Added David Byer of Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault, "It's fair to say that most the world has been sitting on the sidelines watching the big fellas duke it out," not asking many questions about how the suit affects them. But with SCO's new suits against Linux users, "My guess is more people are going to be asking those questions."
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The not so Big Injury Thread 7/7/20
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Post by krully » Tue Jul 07, 2020 3:04 pm
While not as large as chronic injury period we had during winter, where we had 16 injuries, most to first team players. The pause helped those come back and we had an almost fully fit squad. There was a few caveats to this. Jack Colback wasn't a listed player, but still counted towards the tally, Ki was relased and Jetro was a loan player who returned to his parent club .
A number of reasons were avilable as to why we had so many injuries over the Christmas period. The games were coming in thick and fast and the squad was not rotated enough, this saw Lejuene rush back into playing full games, which of course, aggrivated his injury. A number of injuries also happened during training which lead to questions being asked just what was going on, and finally injury prone players picking up strains and knocks, Carroll and Lascelles respectfully.
However, the league must go on and deadlines must be met, this has seen games happening with very few days of rest betweem them. While it has been a rather lethargic start, most teams seem to be handling it well. But, once again, we find ourselves leading the injury table with 8 injuries! We had a head start over the break period with Clark and Lejuene ruled out for the rest of the season.
Clark had an operation on his ankle, while the latter, picked up a nasty thigh injury against Hull City in a warm up friendly.
Sean Longstaff and Isaac Hayden have been ruled out due to thigh injuries for up to 2-3 weeks.
Partners in physio, Carroll and Lascelles, have also been ruled out. Caroll with a tight groin, while Lascelles tore a ligament in his ankle.
Finally we have Saint-Maximin and Almirion. Saint-Maximin was forced off early following the 2-2 draw with West Ham knock to his ankle. There doesn't seem to be anything overly dubious with his injury with perhaps rest being the best medicine. The same can be said for Almirion who also picked up a thigh injury. With the midweek game being against City, it is highly likely that both will be left out of the match day squad, as there is nothing to be played for as we are safe.
It would also be an oppertunity for Lazaro to come into the playing fold. Of course, going up against a Man City that just lost, isn't the ideal situation, but it is a start for the player who is reportedly frustrated with his lack of playing time since the lock down was lifted. Who knows, the Austrain has proven himself to have a rocket of a shot, and as was shown by Southhampton where a gap does open between the City defense and midfield, perhaps this is something that will be exploited.
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Applicants must be 18 years or older, Miami-Dade County residents and must be U.S. citizens or legal permanent residents.
What are you looking for in applicants to The Block?
We are looking for interesting documentaries about our city's neighborhoods. To that end, The Block is open to both experienced and amateur filmmakers, the key being a nuanced and informed understanding of the subject and neighborhood being documented. Filmmakers are encouraged to document subjects in a neighborhood in which they currently reside or once lived in, but this is not required.
I have an idea for a feature documentary. Can I submit that?
No. The Block is looking for documentaries that are proposed to run between 5 and 12 minutes long.
I have already started working on a short documentary on this subject. Can I submit?
Yes, you are eligible to submit with a work in progress. However, we will not be reviewing footage during the application process. All judging will be based on the application guidelines.
What does the live pitch event entail?
Each of the five finalist filmmakers will receive five minutes to pitch the merits of their project in front of a jury and a live audience. Within that five minutes, they can also present up to one minute of footage or visual material on screen. Following the pitches and a deliberation session, the jury will award each of the filmmakers one of five prizes: $14000, $8000, $6000 or two prizes of $2000. This event will take place on Saturday, May 18, 2019 at a location to be announced.
Are filmmakers from Broward or Monroe counties eligible to apply?
No. The Block is only open to filmmakers who reside in Miami-Dade County.
The inaugural winners of The Block Short Documentary Contest will be determined by a jury of four nationally recognized film professionals with expertise in documentary filmmaking.
What support will I receive from the University of Miami's School of Communications Film Program?
The filmmakers who win the top three prizes will receive a consultation with UM professor Edmund Talavera to see how students currently enrolled in UM's film program can lend production support aligned with the specific needs of each project.
What support will I receive from the Wolfson Archives?
Winning filmmakers will receive access to the archives to research archival footage relevant to the subject of their film. Filmmakers will receive a free license to include relevant footage in their films.
As many as you like, though we'd suggest no more than three. Give us your strongest and most focused material.
Will Oolite Arts own the rights to my film?
No. Each winning filmmaker retains all ownership and rights to their completed film.
Please direct all via questions via email to Cinematic Arts Manager Jason Fitzroy Jeffers at [email protected], or attend an information session.


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1863, New Mexico Territory. Shot full of holes and on the run from the relentless pursuit of his one-time friend now intent on retribution, Confederate deserter Everett Root finds himself navigating the brutal desert headed to the town of Mesilla, where he believes salvation lies. But when Everett stumbles on a cache of silver, and a young girl who's lost everything, he is forced to take stock of his past and his future. Full of sprawling landscapes and wild gunmen, Mesilla is a story of one man's resolve to rectify the wrongs he has committed and make peace with his place in the world.
"A shotgun marriage between classic and revisionist Western, Mesilla sings a hard-bitten practicality and brutal authenticity." —Emily Schultz, author of The Blondes
"In a mounting gush of sumptuous prose, Robert James Russell's Mesilla scrubs bare the elements of the classic Western—the wounded, questing hero, the damsel in distress, the shoot-outs, the relationship with the horse, the murderous, phantasmal villain in hot pursuit—and reinvents them as existential meditation. In exhilarating fashion, Russell often turns his lens from these tropes to focus on the ever-looming natural world, the components of which shake off all of the beautiful names we've attached to them; in Russell's old West, the rocks and trees and grasses and rivers bear witness to our tragedies only because we tell ourselves that they do. If McCarthy and Emerson collaborated on a novella, solicited Herman Hesse to edit it, Jim Jarmusch to film it, and Leonard Cohen to do the score, the result might capture some of the elusive seductiveness of Russell's work." —Matthew Gavin Frank, author of Preparing the Ghost and The Mad Feast
"If Albert Camus had written Westerns, they might have sounded something like Robert James Russel's Mesilla. Tough as rawhide, coiled like a diamond back, and spare as the New Mexico desert, this taut novel is as loaded as the Dance revolver its wounded hero wields. Russell is a writer on the rise, with a voice and vision sure to entrance every reader who lays eyes on this book. I'm already pining away for his next one." —Peter Geye, author of The Lighthouse Road and Safe from the Sea
"Robert James Russel's Mesilla reads like young James Lee Burke—action so sharp readers might as well pull their fingers from the page looking for blood. A fine story of revenge in the old west, salvation hoped for, but not easily achieved." —Urban Waite, author of Sometimes the Wolf
"Spare, unforgiving, relentless, beautiful. Those words describe three things: the New Mexico desert landscape in 1863, the plot of Mesilla, and Robert James Russell's language which never seems to break a sweat on the novella's pages. Mesilla is a welcome return to the western novels of Elmore Leonard, with a cinematic touch of Sergio Leone along the way, as a bullet-riddled man flees his former friend bent on exacting vengeance, no matter the cost. Mesilla is a short novel, but one which will stretch long in my memory. You may come for the exciting chase scenes, but you'll stay for the thoughtful way Russell probes the human condition." —David Abrams, author of Fobbit
Breathtaking, beautiful, and bloody as hell, Mesilla kept me captivated straight through to the very end. The book is all landscape and language, Russell is one helluva talented writer. The only complaint I have is that I wish it were longer. —Lori, The Next Best Book Blog
Spare, unforgiving, relentless, beautiful. Those words describe three things: the New Mexico desert landscape in 1863, the plot of Mesilla, and Robert James Russell's language which never seems to break a sweat on this novella's pages. —David Abrams (who selected Mesilla as one of his favorite novellas of 2015)
Robert James Russell's Mesilla took me straight back to the Old West, a setting I've known and loved since my baby-boomer childhood. I didn't want Mesilla to end. It's exciting to see this young writer leave his mark on this venerable American genre. Here's hoping he'll take us back to the West very soon. —Cynthia Canty, Michigan Radio
"A simple story of pursued and pursuer wrapped in lush and stirring detail, Mesilla offers a great way to gallop through an easy afternoon with some cowboy coffee or a slug of whiskey." —Mel Bosworth, Small Press Book Review
(Radio) Interview at Michigan Volumes
Interview at Fiction Writers Review
Interview at COVERED (S2E3)
The Page 69 Test (Next Best Book Blog)
Interview at Dock Street Press' Story Project (Episode 6)
Interview at Michigan Public Radio
Interview at Citizen Lit (Episode 1)
Mesilla reading at Literati Bookstore (via Citizen Lit)


D.1. Example 1, Differential Equations in STELLA.
I.6. Additional Variables, Constants and Parameters Introduced in Appendix B.
I.7. Additional Variables, Constants and Parameters Introduced in Appendix C.
I.8. Additional Variables, Constants and Parameters Introduced in Appendix D.
I.9. Additional Variables, Constants and Parameters Introduced in Appendix E.


How much has your company invested in information technology?
Have you got your money's worth?
I already know the answer, and it's not very encouraging.
IF YOU ARE ANYTHING like the rest of us, you've spent millions.And you can't quite account for where the money's gone or what the expense has actually accomplished.This is not a harsh criticism of IT specialists, just a very painful observation. Even the brightest minds with the sharpest pencils cannot perform a cost-benefit analysis that directly relates IT expenses to profit and loss. The cruel reality is that the true cost of information technology—the art of capturing data and converting it into useful information—cannot be measured simply or accurately,if at all.This is a serious management problem, because what can't be measured, can't be evaluated.
The value of technology is based on our collective assumption that we are better off with it than without it.This is true only if the technology you acquire actually addresses the problems you set out to solve or if it efficiently streamlines business activities. Unfortunately, we don't always get what we pay for—we usually get less. And most often we make IT expenditures without the benefit of an internal barometer telling us what it should cost.We all have a sense of what most business expenses "should" cost, yet operate with a blankcheck mentality when it comes to IT.
Not enough of us ever relate IT spending to actual economic results. So, how to proceed with IT expenditures? With extreme caution. Our company is currently facing significant expenditure to upgrade our transportation management system. Over the years we have developed or acquired multiple business divisions, all of which use different software. The time has come for us to purchase a unifying platform. It's something we have to do to protect our future and remain at the top of our game. But what will it cost? All I can offer is an educated guess that in the end may be wildly inaccurate. Truth is, we'll never know the total cost or whether we have spent wisely. Not very comforting to someone wanting to make a good decision and a sound investment. Let's face it: we are all reluctant to spend big money on IT, even when we believe the results can cut waste and reduce costs in the long run.
Admittedly, if our organization weren't facing increasing challenges from internal software incompatibilities, we might never make a change. Okay, I admit "never" is wishful thinking. But considering that one of our most efficient divisions is currently operating with 16-year-old technology, our impending IT expenditure and the requisite adjustment to a new system are all the more difficult to accept.If it ain't broke, I don't want to have to fix it.
I'm a techno-realist—a great believer in continually assessing how technology helps or hinders prevailing methodologies. And when something works, I like to keep it working, hopefully to its full potential.With technology that's not always possible.
I find it amazing how technology never gets to age. Consider our 16-yearold TMS.I bet it could keep on going for a good many years. How many? We'll never know—it's being forced into retirement. Just like your automobile, your cellphone and your laptop, you'll replace them with something new, better or different before they die of old age. Notice too how technology is never completely used up.You seldom make full use of any technology; there are always bells and whistles that remain silent. So why are they there in the first place? Why do I have to pay for what I'm not going to use?
This brings to mind the results of a recent tournament for computer programmers held in Las Vegas. The winner made a point of avoiding the bells and whistles.Given only six hours to design a computer program, he spent a good portion of his allotted time asking questions. He kept asking questions until he clearly understood what the judges wanted his software to do. He then set out to design a system that met the requirements—nothing more and nothing less, no extra features at the expense of more basic functions. He focused on making sure his software worked to specifications and he even finished three minutes ahead of the deadline.For his efforts he won the $25,000 first prize.
If only all IT suppliers took the same approach. Granted, we the customers don't always know what we want or what we can get.We adopt an "I'll know it when I see it" attitude, making it almost impossible for any programmer to develop software that isn't padded with unnecessary features—just in case they're needed. So one really needs to proceed with caution. I look forward to partnering with an IT supplier willing to ask lots of questions, to probe, to investigate, to understand what we need the system to do, and then design a system that does exactly what's required. Nothing more, nothing less.
There's no sense in delaying the inevitable. We're going to do what we have to do. We'll do it because our future depends on it.I wonder if that Las Vegas tournament winner is available?


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Asian Underground jest terminem określającym twórczość muzyczną brytyjsko-azjatyckich artystów (głównie z Indii, Pakistanu, Bangladeszu i Sri Lanki), którzy łączą styl zachodniej undergroundowej muzyki tanecznej z tradycyjnymi elementami muzycznymi, jak wokale czy instrumentalia z różnych państw Azji Południowej. Pierwszym oficjalnym albumem, jaki został wydany w tej stylistyce jest Anokha - Soundz of the Asian Underground, wydany przez Talvin Singh'a & Sweety Kapoor w 1997 roku. Definicja ta nie określa jednego gatunku, lecz cały obszar muzyki z wyraźnie odczuwalnymi elementami etnicznymi subkontynentu Indyjskiego (od brytyjskiego rocka zespołu Cornershop, aż po jungle'owe klimaty Panjabi MC). Większość z nich to wnuki lub też dzieci imigrantów wychowanych w kulturze zachodniej, lecz nadal związanych silnie z ich azjatycką kulturą.

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*~* RELEASE DAY BLITZ ~ Burnt by Bella Love-Wins *~*
BOOK: Burnt (Book One)
SERIES: Wild Flames Series
AUTHOR: Bella Love-Wins
GENRE: Contemporary, New Adult Romance
RELEASE DATE: February 7th, 2015
Add To Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24784008-burnt
What happens when falling madly in love leads to murder?
Tara and Kevin have been best friends for as long as they can remember. When they begin to develop feelings for each other, their relationship is challenged by more than their internal struggle to hold onto the friendship.
Someone in their circle burns with rage when he learns that the girl he's loved from afar has developed feelings for another. What begins as a perceived betrayal soon becomes deadly. How this predator chooses to deal with his jealousy will rock Tara and Kevin's small town to the core.
As Tara and Kevin continue to nurture the wild flames of their blossoming relationship, a sadistic and virtually unstoppable force is determined to destroy them and their new found love by any means necessary.
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ABOUT Bella Love-Wins
Bella is a fairly new writer. She enjoys new adult and contemporary romance based on her deepest fantasies.
She is twenty-three years old and works by day as a communications analyst in a small firm. She lives north of Toronto and dreams of moving to the small town of Grimsby, Ontario one day. She loves pets and cannot wait to have a Shih Tzu as a practice kid.
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/BellaLoveWins
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*~* Cover Reveal + Giveaway ~ Rogue Cowboy by Kasey Millstead *~*
Title: Rogue Cowboy
Series: Down Under Cowboy #5
Author: Kasey Millstead
Cover Design: Cover It Designs
Trust. It can take a lifetime to build, and be shattered in an instant.
My trust in men had been shattered.
The walls surrounding my heart were reinforced with steel so thick it was impenetrable.
And, then he came along. Zeke Stewart.
My worst nightmare.
The answer to my prayers.
Includes the much anticipated Cowboy Struggles (Ava & Jeremy) a Novella.
You loved them in Sky Cowboy, and now Ava and Jeremy are back to share their story about their journey to having a family.
Join Ava, Jeremy and Oscar as they navigate the emotional struggles handed to them.
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Kasey Millstead lives a quiet life in country New South Wales, Australia, with her husband and their four young children. She enjoys baking, singing (ridiculously out of tune) & spending time with friends and family. Kasey has always harboured a deep love for reading and writing, and she is now lucky enough to be living her dream of being an Author.
*~* Release Day Blitz + Giveaway ~ Pulse by Amity Cross *~*
Title: Pulse
Series: The Beat and the Pulse #2
Author: Amity Cross
Genre: Erotic Romance
Ren Miller never dreamed her life would turn out quite like this.
On the cusp of qualifying for the brand new woman's UFC league, she's finally found the thing that makes her tick. She finally has a whole new life before her, but it's one that doesn't include Ash Fuller.
No one has seen or heard from Beat's Golden Boy in six months, not even Ren. He's disappeared off the face of the earth and he's just another person who's ended up abandoning her when she needed him the most. He broke her heart, but he took the one thing that was hers. Her spirit.
When someone unexpected turns up at Beat with an ultimatum, Ren must make a decision. Go after Ash and her own heart or make her Dad's dream of winning a Championship come true.
Will Ren choose to fight?
Or sacrifice everything to save the man she loves?
18+ due to mature sexual content
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Amity Cross isn't her real name. That's no secret.
She is the author of wicked stories about rock stars looking for redemption, gritty romances featuring MMA fighters and dark tales of forbidden romance. She loves to write about screwed up relationships and kick ass female leads that don't take s**t lying down.
Amity lives in a leafy country town in southern Australia and can be found chained to her desk, held at ransom by her characters.
Don't send help. She likes it.
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*~* Release Day Blitz ~ Keys to My Cuffs by Lani Lynn Vale *~*
Title: Keys to My Cuffs
Series: The Heroes of the Dixie Wardens MC #4
Author: Lani Lynn Vale
You're the Keys
Loki's life was a lie. Everything he'd done for the last eight years was under an assumed name for the Benton Police Department. He'd lied, cheated, and stolen all in the name of the law. He wore himself thin, and not even the open road could take away the pain anymore. Then his little next door neighbor moved in, and suddenly he had a reason to get out of bed every morning. Except he was an officer of the law, and a member of a prominent motorcycle club in the area, The Dixie Wardens MC. Neither of which she could deal with.
It wasn't the scars that covered her new neighbor's body that scared Channing. It was the badge. The fact that he belonged to The Dixie Wardens MC was only icing on the cake. She should be running away as fast as her legs could carry her. But there's something about Bryce 'Loki' Rector. Something that eased the unreasonable fear she felt every time she came into contact with something that reminded her of her past.
They say love isn't easy, and it definitely isn't for the two of them. Loki has to learn to feel again, and Channing has to learn to live. Their road isn't an easy one by any means, but Loki makes two promises. One, he'll never let anything hurt Channing again. Two, it'd be over his dead body that he'd ever let her go.
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I'm a married mother of three. My kids are all under 5, so I can assure you that they are a handful. I've been with my paramedic husband now for ten years, and we've produced three offspring that are nothing like us. I live in the greatest state in the world, Texas.
*~* Cover Reveal ~ Intercepted by Emma Hart *~*
Release Day April 13
Four people. Four goals. Four endings.
In the third and final book of the USA Today bestselling By His Game series, the rules of the game no one knew they'd have to play are blurring, and when the past becomes the opposing team, hearts aren't the only thing at stake of being lost…
Finding naked pictures of her best friend on her boyfriend's phone wasn't in Everleigh White's five year plan. Neither was moving back to Los Angeles, the city of dreams that never managed to make hers come true. There's only so many years you can be in love with your best friend before you realize he's never going to love you back, after all. If only her ex would stop showing up at the gym where she works, she'd be much happier.
Being a father at nineteen wasn't how Reid North, the Vipers' wide receiver, imagined his life going, but when his ex-girlfriend tricked him into parenthood, he accepted it. Eventually. Now, with his ex on the verge of being released from prison, he's holding onto full custody of his seven year old son, Leo. Football and Leo have left Reid no time for dating… Until Everleigh comes back.
His best friend his whole life, Everleigh never knew Reid loved her. She left before he could tell her. Now she's back in front of him, and he's not letting go. Even if all he gets is her friendship again. But in a city like L.A., dreams come true when you're least expecting it.
So do nightmares.
With their exes beating down their doors with demands and explanations, their hesitant and building relationship is threatened at every corner. They're at serious risk of being intercepted by the past, and that's a ball Reid is determined to catch.
Except desperation can lead to stupidity—and Reid soon realizes he can't catch every ball, no matter how perfectly it's thrown to him. This time a fumble could cost more than a few points.
It could cost him everything.
(INTERCEPTED is the third and final book in the By His Game series and can be read as a standalone, although it is advised to read BLINDSIDED and SIDELINED before, in this order.)
I follow him down the sidewalk, feeling a little antsy. I mean, he looks like Reid. Okay, an older Reid, but still Reid. He sounds like Reid, he acts like Reid, but he… feels like someone else. He doesn't feel like the guy who dragged me out from behind curtains at parties and forced me to the dance, or the guy who begged me to go to his high school and college football games because he insisted he always caught better when I was there.
He feels… rawer. Realer. Rougher.
And I'm terrified.
He was always the one person I struggled to say no to. It was his eyes, and his smile, and the fact that I was crazy fucking in love with him. I'm afraid that now, although four years have passed, that I won't be able to say no, either
That much is obvious by the fact I'm standing outside a sandwich shop I've never seen in my life.
"Trust me," Reid says, smiling as he pushes the door open.
I stare at him flatly. Still, I follow him in like a little puppy because I'm always game for a good sandwich.
"Two meatball subs," Reid orders. "Both toasted with cheese, but one with extra cheese. No salad or sauces on either." Order done, he looks back at me and winks.
God. He even remembers the sandwich.
"This isn't good for my diet," I mutter, following him along the counter to the register.
"Or mine." He smirks, glancing at me and running his eyes over my body. "And for what it's worth, you could probably have another cheat day without it making a difference."
I hit his arm again. "Shut up. You can't perve on me. It's wrong."
"That's what you think." He hands over twenty bucks and raise his eyebrow at me. Then, leaning in, he whispers, "My cock thinks different, Ever."
I swallow. Well, shit. How am I supposed to respond to that?
I'm not. That's right. I'm not.
I take my warm sandwich from the counter and grip it tightly, heading toward a table in the corner. I slide into the seat against the wall and unwrap my sandwich at a snail's pace. Each crinkle of the paper surrounding it seems ten times louder than normal as I studiously ignore Reid's bulky, muscular form sitting opposite me.
Dammit. I shouldn't be attracted to him. I shouldn't consider being attracted to him.
Sure, I was before. In the 'you're handsome, be my Prince Charming' kinda way. Now, though? Now it's a, 'holy crap, rip off my clothes and ravish me on your backseat!' kinda attracted.
I'm not saying either way is bad. I'm just saying that I would prefer for the first type of attracted.
I bite into the sandwich so I don't have to talk to him. But, apparently, he doesn't get the message.
"I didn't know you worked at the gym."
I swallow. "You say it like it's the only gym in Los Angeles."
"It's just... the gym." He smirks. He studies me for a second before the curve turns downward. "Why'd you leave, Ev?"
"You knew I was going."
"Sure I did. I just didn't know you were going Casper on my ass and fucking off without a word."
My eyes fall and I focus on my sandwich. Carelessly, I pick at the top of the bread. "I had my reasons, okay? It was easier for me if the media didn't follow me so intently. You know they thought I was going to star on Broadway instead of college."
"God, you're a damn shit liar, Everleigh White."
"It's the truth, Reid, okay? They were all up in Dad's business because of the Hartman movie, and when those Broadway rumors started it was bullshit. I ran without anyone knowing so they wouldn't follow me. It lasted a week, but I didn't have them timing my pees on the plane so there we go." I glance up. "Believe me, okay? I'm not lying." Not entirely, anyway.
"Whenever you've told me you're not lying, you've been lying." The force of his gaze makes me look up. "I still fucking know you, Ever. You haven't changed a single damn bit."
"And you still can't control your f-bomb," I shoot back.
"Says the girl who drops it like she drops the word 'hi' at a high school reunion."
"Kiss my ass."
"You offerin', firecracker?"
"You taking me up on it?"
"I could flip you over this table in a second and you know it."
I narrow my eyes and grab my half-eaten sandwich. Standing, I reach toward the trashcan and slam the screwed-up package into it, leaving the lid to slam down as I turn on my heel and head for the door.
Reid says nothing. But he follows me. I hear his footsteps against the tiled floor of the sandwich place, and he grabs the door the second I let it go, stopping it from slamming.
My feet pound against the sidewalk. Jesus, I don't remember him being this so fucking infuriating before. Was he this demanding? Or frustrating? Or goddamned annoying?
Hell to it all. Was he this fucking sexy?
No, siree. No, he was not.
And that's the frickin' problem.
From Emma Hart, the New York Times bestselling author of the Game series, comes a brand new series where the game is realer, the tension is tighter, the sex is hotter, and the stakes are the highest of all…
Two people. Two agendas. Two games.
What happens when the out-there It-Boy of football meets the secret It-Girl of fashion?
As the daughter of Hollywood's sweetheart, Leah Veronica can't even buy a coffee without finding her face on a magazine stand, so it's no wonder she's launching her first fashion line in secret. With it debuting at New York Fashion Week in just under a month, extra time in the spotlight is the last thing she needs.
The son of the best quarterback the league has ever seen, filling legendary shoes as the L.A. Vipers' quarterback was inevitable for Corey Jackson. So was meeting Leah Veronica—the first girl to hand him his ass without putting a hair out of place.
Getting the handsome, prickly blonde into his bed becomes his number one goal. But getting the sexy, over-confident footballer the hell away from her becomes Leah's—at least until she realizes the best way to do that is to give him what he wants.
If only it was that simple.
When Corey discovers who she is, and private photos of Hollywood's finest find their way online, everything they thought they knew is thrown into disarray.
And when secrets are exposed and hearts are shattered, they have to figure out if they've been blindsided by love or reality, and if it's worth running the extra yard to win the game they never meant to play.
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Three people. Three motives. Three reasons.
When the game leaves the field in the second book in the USA Today bestselling BY HIS GAME series and mixes with sex, lies, and betrayal, the future isn't the only thing on the line...
Macey Kelly has sworn off men. Unless they're going to zip in and out of her apartment—and her vagina—quicker than they can give her an orgasm, she's not interested. Finding out her boyfriend of three years got her cousin pregnant was a total confidence knock. Luckily for Macey, confidence is
something she has in abundance, so all Mitch's asshole move did was make her pretty cynical toward men.
The last thing Jack Carr needs at the start of the season is for a dark-haired, sexy as sin, gyspyesque beauty to be consuming his thoughts. Football is his life, which leaves no time for girls. Unless they're the love 'em and leave 'em girls. Becoming one of the best running backs the league has ever seen by racking up the yards is his top priority… not bedding Macey Kelly, despite her affinity for blow jobs and total sexual abandon.
Avoiding each other is the perfect solution, but when your best friends are in a serious living together kind of relationship, that isn't always an option. Sometimes, sex on tap is the easiest option. And the sweetest.
Until Mitch shows up with a bombshell that could shatter Macey's perfectly carved out life. It's been a year, but he isn't giving her up, not now he has a chance at winning her back. And he knows her buttons. Every single one of them.
Unfortunately for him, Jack Carr isn't a loser. The star running back has his eye on the Vince Lombardi—and on Macey. But seeing her hanging between them both isn't something he's down with, not when he discovers why she's so against anything more-ish, as she puts it.Macey quickly realizes she's the ball being passed between two desperate yet opposing teams, and that only one of them can score the touchdown. But will the winner be the guy she lived with and loved for three years, or will the winner be the guy who understands her and makes her body come alive?
In this game, someone will be sidelined, and calling the play isn't always as easy as it seems.
(SIDELINED is a full-length, standalone novel. It's not necessary to read BLINDSIDED before this book, but it is advised.)
RELEASE DAY: MARCH 2, 2015
By day, New York Times and USA Today bestselling New Adult author Emma Hart dons a cape and calls herself Super Mum to two beautiful little monsters. By night, she drops the cape, pours a glass of whatever she fancies - usually wine - and writes books.
She likes to be busy - unless busy involves doing the dishes, but that seems to be when all the ideas come to life.
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*~* Blogtour ~ A Civilized Mating by Marie Harte *~*
A Civilized Mating
Genre: Erotic Romance, M/F/M, SciFi, Menage, BDSM
Publisher: ARe
If one barbarian is lethal, two are even more dangerous...in bed.
Earther Skye Jones arrives to rescue her friend from a barbarian kidnapping knowing she'll be throwing away her chances of a dream job on planet Ussed. With her skills, she doesn't anticipate being captured by a group of sexy soldiers. Or that she'll fall for their charismatic squad leader. Then, as if that's not bad enough, Skye is brought to their encampment to meet their clan leader—a hulking warrior who sets her blood afire.
When the mating instinct takes over, Skye finds herself with not one, but two bed partners. But is her life meant to be lived among the uncivilized? Before Skye can decide who and what she wants, the choice is taken out of her hands by an enemy clan. And if she's not careful, she'll lose a lot more than a stubborn heart.
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MANWHORE by Katy Evans
I look very different than the girl Saint met in his office. But I don't feel any different. My nerves are frayed to the edges as I give my name to a bouncer at the entrance and I'm allowed into the club, every part of me snug and tight in my dress as my black heels hit the floor.
Whereas M4 was all museum-like, the Ice Box is pure dark decadence. Ice sculptures sit on pedestals around the room. Cages with body-painted dancers hang from the ceiling. A bar with white and blue lights stretches from one wall to another.
Strobe lights flash across the space as I get jostled by the crowd. The bass thumps as the song "Waves" by Mr. Probz plays for the dancing crowd. Drinks are flowing on shiny silver trays, and the drinks are so adorned—by fruits, olives, salt glitter or colorful liquid swirls—they're like artworks. This isn't a normal swanky club. It's the rich boys' club and everywhere you look are beautiful people wearing beautiful things.
"I met him! God! When he said hi I thought I'd faint…!"
My nerves eat at me as I hear that, because I know for sure they're talking about him. Trying to breathe, I wind deeper into the club, wishing for Gina so bad I ache. The room is packed with women, some clearly on the hunt, others already paired with someone, a few hanging out with their friends. I breathe slowly, in and out, telling myself I can do this. It's just a club. I can have some fun. It's been a while since I've gone out to a club, and never a club like this, but it doesn't matter. I can interview people, and if I'm lucky, I can do more than that.
After scanning the area and trying to find the best spy-spots, I go to the top level and that's when I get the best look at what's happening downstairs at the most crowded corner.
And speak of the devil. My heart stops a beat when I see that dark head of his, and that loathed, burning knot in my stomach squeezes with a vengeance. I swear no one in my life has ever made me this nervous.
He sits with his arms stretched out behind him, a wine glass and two women vying for his attention as he chats with his friends. His masculine face is illuminated in certain angles when the lights flash—his beauty unprecedented.
Okay. Breathing. Do I want him to know I'm here or not?
A watery sensation seems to spread down my limbs as I force myself to go downstairs. I wind a path to the ladies' room and worm myself through the throng of bodies toward a wide mirror above a set of modernist floating sinks. A group of women preen at themselves while I look our reflections. To my right, a woman pouts her red lips, and to my left, her friend pouts her pink ones. Me? I'm still me, but I look extravagant, like I was born here. I look very different than the young girl in coveralls he met. Will he even recognize me like this?
"You going to the after-party?" Red Lips asks Pink Lips as they retouch their lipsticks.
"No key yet."
"Lookie lookie." Red Lips waves a keycard in the air.
There's squealing in the room and she tucks the key into her bra. "Mine!"
"So there's an after-party?" I ask them.
"At Saint's penthouse," one says, nodding.
"How do you get invited to this party?"
"A hundred keys are distributed during the evening."
A sudden thought of stealing the very key she's just tucked into her bra flickers through my mind. I mean, it's just a key. It couldn't possibly be a felony.
"Babe," she tells me, "stop giving my key the eye! I've been waiting three years to get a key like this. Go and work your ass out there if you want one. Only the finest asses make it."
"Thanks," I say, turning to look at my ass in the mirror questioningly. Gina says I've got a great ass. It's perky and the perfect handful, some would say. But would Saint say that?
I sigh and lean against the wall, then I spot all the little writings on an open stall door. I narrow my eyes, forcing my focus.
Malcolm for my baby-daddy
I sucked Saint's cock
Tahoe rammed me right here
Callan licks cunt like a caveman
I head back into the noise and try to find a good spot for spying when I see him again. The two women won't leave his side and now my stomach for some reason feels jumpy, annoying me. One of the blondes takes a shot from the waiter, licks the rim, and then adds salt.
Saint edges back and watches her with an expression of casual boredom, but his lips are curled, as if he's having some fun.
I'm so engrossed watching—a little too fascinated and a little bit disgusted—I don't realize a guard has walked up to me until he's right in my face. He signals to the back of the room—to where Saint's best friends are now watching me. Saint isn't even looking my way. Oh no, he's too busy being entertained, still wearing that almost-bored smile. Maybe they need to take their tops off to get him excited?
All three men fit in perfectly with the lavish surroundings, but I can't look at the other two. Only at Malcolm. Malcolm's dark good looks blend with the shadows like Hades in his own little corner of hell.
Suddenly he laughs over something one of the blondes does and he turns a little, his eyes landing straight on me—and stopping there.
I feel his stare like a hit of adrenaline. I want to look away, but I can't, I feel trapped. I don't know if I made this up but I could've sworn his chest jerked as if he sucked in a breath.
Does he recognize me?
Do I want him to?
Suddenly the atmosphere is so heavy I can't breathe. My lungs feel like rocks and I really can't breathe. As he rakes me in one fast, complete sweep of his eyes that makes my stomach grip nervously, he takes in my pumps up to my long blonde hair, and I become aware of my dress hugging the top of my thighs, my hips, my abdomen, my breasts and even my ass. Oh god. I force myself to follow the guard in his direction, every step accelerating my heartbeat. In that black suit and without a tie, the top button of his shirt open and his hair a bit rumpled, Saint is the embodiment of luxurious and decadent and sin. He is Sin Itself and I feel like an absolute…virgin.
He stretches his long legs out before him, his stare fixed on mine without any seeming inclination to move away.
"Mr. Saint," the guard clears his throat. "The gentlemen had me summon her."
Although his smile doesn't waver, the look on his face is completely remote and unreadable.
"Here she is, gentlemen," the guard then tells the other two—the blond and the copper-haired men looking at me like lunch.
"Tahoe," the blonde says.
"Callan," the copper-haired says.
Saint merely pats the blondes on the butt and sends them on her way, then he reaches out to take my elbow somehow in an instinctive gesture that brings me a strange sense of comfort. I don't know anybody else here, so when he tugs me to his side, I go down and sit next to him on the edge of the long booth.
And that's when he leans his dark head over to me and murmurs, "Malcolm." His voice is so deep and rumbling, I shiver.
"Rachel," I lamely offer.
He raises his eyebrow and stares at me. What are you doing here, Rachel? he seems to ask.
I'm wondering what to say, when Tahoe lifts his drink and drains it. "You're up past your bedtime." The Texan oil baby. Oozing charm, drawling out the words.
I don't know why but I'm acutely aware of the position of Saint's body in relation to mine. He just straightened fully in the booth and somehow shifted so his arm is very noticeably stretched out behind me.
"Like they say, no rest for the wicked," I answer Tahoe with an extra-wide smile, my heart pounding over Saint's nearness.
Suddenly I can smell him. Just him. Among all the mingled scents in the room, it's Saint somehow in my lungs, in every breath. He radiates a vitality that draws me like a magnet. It unnerves me but something in his presence, so close to me, soothes me too.
"Apparently there's a dress code—Saint had to drop his tail and horns at the door," Callan jokes as a waiter sets a drink before me.
"Oh yes." I tug the hem of my skirt self-consciously, "I had to drop half my dress."
"Did you now?" Tahoe asks.
One word, one letter, from Malcolm.
"Yeah, Saint?" Tahoe returns, lifting his eyebrows.
"Dibs."
I almost spit out the drink. I cough and slam my hand to my chest, and Saint calmly reaches out to take my drink from my hand and sets it aside. "Okay?" he asks, ducking his head and peering into my face.
I give one last cough and squeeze my eyes shut and nod, and when I open my eyes, Saint is the only thing I see. I find him staring at me in such a penetrating way I can feel the stare in my bones.
"Did you just get to the party, Rachel?" he asks.
As he waits for my reply, he reaches for my cocktail and extends the glass out to me. His wrist is thick and looks so strong, so golden, his skin smooth, his arm dusted with a little bit of hair as I cautiously take it from him, our fingers brushing.
Tahoe reaches for his coat pocket and waves whatever he extracted in the air. "Saint! May I?"
Excitement leaps in my chest when I realize it's the key!
"Not happening, that's not her scene," Malcolm murmurs besides me.
"Aw! Come on, let me give her a key. She's a dime, man," Tahoe drawls.
I'm so disbelieving, I'm not even breathing as Malcolm slowly stands. I follow him up, staring up into his face in confusion.
"What do you mean it's not my scene?" I demand. I feel like there's no gravity when he stands so close to me. I'm dizzy. Confused. And unexpectedly hurt.
For the first time since we met, he looks at me like he's actually losing his temper…with me. He leans closer and puts his lips close to my ear. "Trust me when I tell you, it's not your scene. Go home," he whispers. He sends me a look laden with warning and walks away, blending into the crowd.
Tahoe and Callan stare at me, speechless. "That's a first," Tahoe mumbles and heads away.
I feel myself burn in humiliation and confusion. Worse is that, when I go outside, the same man who drove us around the day before walks over to me.
"Miss Livingston, a pleasure to drive you," he says, hanging up his phone as if Saint just called him. He is a huge man, with a bald head, an earpiece, and no expression. A second later, he's opening the car door of the Rolls for me.
Did Saint call him just now and ask him to escort me home?
Aware of people staring and seeing me being led to Saint's car, I climb into the back of the car and I murmur my thanks simply because it's not this man's fault.
The car smells new and expensive and, like him. A bottle of wine and water bottles ride with me. There's music in the background and the temperature is just right. The perfect luxury of it all tempts me to run my hands down my dress and look down at myself in confusion. What is wrong with me?
I feel as if he pulled the rug from under me and reminded me what I'm up against. The top of the species. Somebody ruthless.
I can't take the heat in the back of my ears and on my cheeks. I sag on the backseat and set my forehead on the window. Focus, Livingston! Exhaling, I grab my phone and try to write down all the details about what I saw, but I can't right now. I just can't do anything but ride here, in his car, wondering why I feel so vulnerable.
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MANWHORE
book #1 of 'the manwhore series'
Is it possible to expose Chicago's hottest player—without getting played?
This is the story I've been waiting for all my life, and its name is Malcolm Kyle Preston Logan Saint. Don't be fooled by that last name though. There's nothing holy about the man except the hell his parties raise. The hottest entrepreneur Chicago has ever known, he's a man's man with too much money to spend and too many women vying for his attention.
Mysterious. Privileged. Legendary. His entire life he's been surrounded by the press as they dig for tidbits to see if his fairytale life is for real or all mirrors and social media lies. Since he hit the scene, his secrets have been his and his alone to keep. And that's where I come in.
Assigned to investigate Saint and reveal his elusive personality, I'm determined to make him the story that will change my career.
But I never imagined he would change my life. Bit by bit, I start to wonder if I'm the one discovering him…or if he's uncovering me.
What happens when the man they call Saint, makes you want to sin?
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New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency has said that Lt Col Prasad Purohit was never an accused in the Samjhauta blast case and was there is no proof against him.
"There is no proof against him in Samjhauta blast case. He was never an accused. I wonder why his name is being linked to Samjhauta blast case," NIA Director General Sharad Kumar told the Press Trust of India.
Mr Kumar however said that Purohit has been chargesheeted by ATS Mumba in Malegaon blasts in 2008 and the NIA was carrying out further investigations in the matter.
Eight people have been chargesheeted in connection with the Samjhauta blast – Naba Kumar Sarkar alias Swami Asimanand, Late Sunil Joshi alias Sunilji, Ramchandra Kalsangra, Sandeep Dange (both absconding), Lokesh Sharma, Kamal Chauhan, Amit and Rajender Choudhary.
The case is to unravel a criminal conspiracy behind the bomb blasts in the Attari Express (Samjhauta) train near Panipat, Haryana on February 18, 2007. 68 people were killed in the blast and the consequent fire.
Lt Col Prasad Purohit is an accused in bombing in Malegaon area of Maharashtra on September 29, 2008. Four people were killed while several others injured. The probe was initially conducted by the Maharashtra ATS and later handed over to the NIA.
Besides Purohit, Pragya Singh Thakur, Shivnarayan Kalsangra, Shyam Sahu, Ramesh Upadhya, Sameer Kulkarni, Ajay, Rakesh Dhawade, Jagdish Mhatre, Sudhakar Dwivedi, Sudhakar Chaturvedi and Pravin Takalki have been arrested.
Ramaji Kalsangra and Sandeep Dange, who are absconding accused in the Samjhauta blast case, have also been chargesheeted in this case.


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Vishal-Shekhar: Bollywood's Energetic Duo Has a Mega Hit With #SwagTour2018
Kanika Monga
The Bollywood music duo Vishal-Shekhar are synonymous with energy! When the duo comes to the US, you know that means you have to pull out your best dancing shoes. With a lot of swag, they made their swagat in the US with their first show in Houston, Texas.
A Rehan Siddiqi & Shaks Entertainment event, the show was completely sold out (foreshadowing sold-out ticket sales for the rest of the tour). The duo had the crowd on their feet singing and dancing along to famous tunes like "Chammak Challo," "Baby Ko Bass Pasand Hai," "Sheila Ki Jiwani," "Radha," and so many more. Their enthusiasm was contagious and put Houston in the best mood ever! The paisa vaisool concert had the crowd wishing that the duo would not leave.
How did the #SwagTour2018 manifest? Read our interview with the Vishal of Vishal-Shekhar—Vishal Dadlani—to find that out, and much more!
How did you figure out that music was your calling? Was there a particular moment in your life that brought you to that realization?
I was born into a family that loves music, so it was always around. In 1993, a friend of mine set up a band to play a small show in Mumbai. When I got off that stage, for the first time, I felt more alive than I had ever felt before. That's when I knew, this was what I wanted to do with the rest of my life.
What is your favorite band/musician of all time?
You can't ask me that. I've never learnt music in an organized manner, so every musician, band or act that I've heard, watched or met, has been a teacher to me.
Do you have a favorite song of 2018 thus far?
"This is America," by Childish Gambino.
Vishal Dadlani onstage. [Photo Source: Vishal & Shekhar/Facebook]
How was it to work with Akon on "Chammak Challo"?
It was great. He's cool.
You both have so many hits! How did you select songs for the #SwagTour2018? How did the tour come to be?
We actually went down to the coffee shop that we both usually hang around in, and thrashed it out. We wanted to keep it a tight mix of some of the older stuff and lots of new stuff, while also keeping it energetic. We also wanted to include some ballads that we rarely play.
Basically, it's a 25-30 song representation of all our songs that the audience knows and loves.
What is upcoming for your band, Pentagram?
We're writing our fifth album at the moment. Hoping to have a new single out before touring season, this year.
Dadlani on the #SwagTour2018. [Photo Source: Vishal & Shekhar/Facebook]
Do you have any advice for fans that want to follow in your footsteps?
Yes. Don't. Make your own trail, for others to follow. The same thing never works twice.
What is your favorite piece of advice that you have received?
A wise friend once told me that at the end of your journey, your only true wealth is the people who started out with you. I treasure that advice.
How are you so energetic? What's the secret?
You gotta love what you're doing. The energy comes from the music, and the audience. I'm just the channel for it.
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#VishalandShekharLive was the concert of the year! With a repertoire that includes hit songs from huge movies including "Om Shanti Om," "Bachna Ae Haseeno," "Dostana," "Chennai Express," "Befikre," and "Tiger Zinda Hai," we didn't expect anything less than awesome from the iconic duo onstage!
Thanks for a rocking performance, Vishal-Shekhar! We can't wait for you to come back.
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A "take a knee" rally protesting police violence ahead of the Vikings playoff game against the New Orleans Saints captured our readers attention in January.
The kneeling protest was first popularized by NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who took a knee during the national anthem to highlight concerns over police shootings and racism in the U.S.
13.) What Does 'Skol' Actually Mean?
Minnesotans love their Vikings and love their 'Skol' chant — but what does it actually mean? Kari from Mahtomedi wanted to know, so our Heather Brown tracked down the answer.
University of Minnesota students received a safety alert after an armed man threatened refused to come out of his hotel room at the Graduate Hotel on campus.
The stand-off ended after 38 hours when police used a battering ram to enter the suspects room. Authorities went into action after the man threatened to burn down the hotel.
The suspect, 38-year-old Rashad Bowman of Woodbury, was arrested.
And while more people are carrying guns than ever before, the crime rate remains relatively low. Our Pat Kessler gives the numbers a reality check.
Meet Doctor Jen Pratt, as she shares how went from battling cancer as a kid, to caring for patients of her own at the same hospital that treated her.
It's a story that's worth another read.
Dr. Elvis Francois shared a video of him and fellow orthopedic surgery resident, Dr. William Robinson, performing a cover of Mike Yung's debut single, "Alright".
Francois says he was told by a since-retired doctor that it's the surgeon's responsibility to bear the burden of worry with patients.
The video went viral and has since received 2.4 million views.
Scientists say they have discovered the next superfood that's a perfect non-dairy alternative. However, they may have a hard time getting people to try it.
This story of cockroach milk intrigued our viewers — making it one of our top 10 most-read articles of 2018.
The survey of more than 20,000 U.S. adults ages 18 years and older revealed some alarming findings that experts say is impacting the overall health of the country.
Interestingly, Generation Z — those ages 18 to 22 — were the loneliest group in the survey, while adults 72 and older were the least lonely.
It's a story that may make you look twice.
In June, this young woman found herself in the wrong place at the Winstock Music Festival. It took a team of local firefighters and a power saw to set her free.
And while it's unclear what led her to this predicament, it's safe to say alcohol was involved.
A mama duck in Minnesota captured hearts across the nation after a Bemidji photographer snapped an image of her leading an astonishing 76 ducklings across a lake.
And while it's not uncommon to see a troupe of 20 or so ducklings lining up behind a single hen, 76 of them is another story!
A 33-year-old man was arrested in July after an 800-pound bolder dislodged from his truck — hitting the car behind him and killing a mother and her daughter. Officials say the driver, Joe Czeck, failed to stop at the scene of the accident.
The tragedy is a reminder to all drivers to secure your load.
Minutes after Carver County Deputies arrived at a Chanhassen home, an emergency response call turned into a fatal police shooting. Officials say they encountered a boy, first deploying a Taser and later shooting their guns, hitting and killing 16-year-old Archer Amorosi.
The devastating incident caused the teens' family to fight for change in how mental health cases are handled.
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Officer Joseph Gomm was attacked by an inmate in the industry building, where inmates have work assignments in things like welding and carpentry. Officials say other inmates blocked the door when officers responded.
The tragic accident led to many calls for change — including staffing shortages.
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Brooklyn Center police said the sign was low enough to the ground that just about anyone could reach it.
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The video now has almost one million views.
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