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Gorgeous early evening light blessed this couple's wedding ceremony in New Orleans City Park's Botanical Garden. The ceremony was beautiful, with the bride's brother (whose wedding I had photographed several years before) singing as part of a four-person choir. In addition to being a gorgeous location for a ceremony, being directly adjacent to the popular reception venue Pavilion of the Two Sisters is very convenient and helps take away much of the stress of transportation for you and your guests.
The large, round fountain in this spot, along with the large oak tree with beautiful moss gracing the background, and the aesthetically pleasing brick patio, all contribute to this being an attractive setting for a perfect outdoor wedding ceremony.
Scheduling your ceremony start time to be about twenty to thirty minutes before sunset results in this kind of beautifully soft light at this location most times of the year. While it's not always possible to perfectly time your wedding to coincide with the best light, it's definitely worth trying to if you can.
City Park also has several other venues where wedding ceremonies can take place, including the Peristyle, Popp Fountain, the Conservatory, and other areas of the Botanical Garden.
Location: 101 Victory Ave, New Orleans, LA 70124.


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'More than sufficient probable cause' in US killing of Ahmaud Arbery
Demonstrators hold signs at a memorial for Ahmaud Arbery near where he was shot and killed May 8, 2020 in Brunswick, Georgia. (Photo: AFP/Getty Images/Sean Rayford)
09 May 2020 09:27AM (Updated: 09 May 2020 09:30AM)
WASHINGTON: Authorities in the southern US state of Georgia said Friday (May 7) they had "more than sufficient probable cause" to charge two white men over the killing of an unarmed black jogger, but did not explain why it took 74 days for the suspects to be detained.
Gregory McMichael, 64, and his son Travis, 34, were arrested late Thursday and charged with murder and aggravated assault in the February 23 death of 25-year-old Ahmaud Arbery.
Arbery's death in the coastal city of Brunswick, captured in a video that has gone viral, was the latest killing of an unarmed black American, galvanizing activists who say the death highlights deeply rooted racism in the country.
Hundreds of demonstrators, their faces covered in masks to protect them from the coronavirus, gathered in front of the city's courthouse on Friday to demand justice for Arbery.
President Donald Trump said he had seen the video and called it "very, very disturbing".
"That looks like a really good, young guy... It's a very disturbing situation to me, and I just -- you know, my heart goes out to the parents and the family and the friends," he told Fox News in an interview.
Vic Reynolds, director of the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, told a news conference that "there is more than sufficient probable cause in this case for felony murder."
Reynolds declined to explicitly criticize local police who initially investigated the case in the two months after Arbery was killed, but admitted "there were things that needed to be done and have been done yesterday."
"Considering the fact that we hit the ground running Wednesday morning and within 36 hours we had secured warrants for two individuals for murder - I think that speaks volumes in itself," he said.
He added that the investigation was ongoing and there could be more arrests.
Gregory and Travis McMichael were arrested two days after the release of a video showing Arbery being gunned down in the middle of a road in broad daylight.
In the footage, Arbery is seen running down a residential street and approaching a white pickup truck stopped in the right lane with a man standing in the back.
As Arbery tries to get around the vehicle, he is confronted by a second man holding a shotgun. An altercation between the two ensues and three shots can be heard.
The man who filmed the clip that caught the nation's attention has also been named as a person of interest in the investigation.
Reynolds said the investigation would focus exclusively on the killing - and not the reasons why local authorities were so slow to act.
Media reports have said Gregory McMichael, a retired police officer, had long worked in the local district attorney's office as an investigator.
The two first prosecutors in the case recused themselves, although it took several weeks for the second one to do so.
The original police report stated that Gregory McMichael had claimed he thought Arbery was a burglar trying to escape the scene of a nearby break-in.
He said he and his son grabbed their guns and set off in pursuit, but that the confrontation went badly wrong.
The slain man's family said he was simply out jogging and was the victim of a hate crime.
The footage of the shooting sent shockwaves across the country and prompted a number of celebrities to call for action, including basketball star LeBron James and actress Zoe Kravitz.
Source: AFP/hs
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Board index » Star Wars & Other movie props » Other Movie Props
NHM's Terminator Endoskeleton Skull
Post subject: Re: NHM's Terminator Endoskeleton Skull
Fixed the broken pictures at the beginning of the thread.
Despite being cast in soft foam, it actually retains a lot of detail sharpness. Also, tried photographing it with flash, which shows off the metallic sheen of the rub'n'buff pewter application.
Just got this today. A cheap, broken Sideshow T-700 bust. NIIIICE. Is really small compared to my foam cast skull, so I'm pretending it's for a female or juvenile type terminator.
My plan was to sand down the grainy surface and then repaint it with chrome and then weather the hell out of it, but after seeing it in-hand, I'm not so sure I want to. It really looks great as-is, in my opinion.
In my daydreaming Terminator I've come up with the theory on the endoskeletons that they are printed or machined individually with the basic endoskeleton design beinig manipulated to have the skeletal shape of the person they are trying to imitate. So the Schwarzenegger endoskeleton isn't the basic form, but that basic form pushed into his proportions, so the basic form could be a fully symmetrical piece. I never really liked the concept of one endoskeleton fits all. That wouldn't explain the future war Franco Culumbo terminator who had a completely different build to and was shorter than Shwarzenegger. It would actually make sense that Skynet captured survivors, sampled their DNA to grow skin, scanned their body into the system as well as their skeleton shape, then formed the endoskeleton from that information, so they would create a perfect replica to infiltrate with. Though... since not many surviving humans were buffed like Schwarzenegger that could mean the data used was from an old source from before the war - a planned super soldier program that Skynet got access to when it was hooked into everything. (or to geek out completely: it was the info on Dutch from Predator, thus linking those two franchises together)
The Terminator, Alien, and Predator franchises always seemed to me to somehow be connected. I know Alien and Predator have already been connected, but so far it hasn't been possible to connect the Terminator franchise to those other two even though James Cameron tried to use Cyberdyne as the company for the androids in Aliens, but couldn't due to licensing issues, so he went with Hyperdyne instead.
I know, I'm geeking out. If I ever win a gazilion dollars I'll try and acquire the Terminator rights and create the future war as I think they should be. Create the story around exactly what Reese said in T1.
Well, one can dream can't they!?
Congratulation for your T-700 bust
Impressive bust !
Cool Endo bust Carsten. And nice behind the scenes story you have in mind
I had the intention of taking it apart and stripping the paint off the T-700 bust, so I can repaint it the way I'd like it. I've had it for a bit now and haven't really taken any strides to work on it, as it turned out to be fairly cool looking as-is. Though, I'm not much a fan of the hammered paint look and the places on the bust where the paint has peeled off shows that the cast itself is clean and smooth.
Has anyone tried to strip the paint off one of these and may know which stripping agent works best on getting the paint off quickly without damaging the underlying resin? Also, do anyone know if it is possible to take the bust apart and can share how they did it, as I need to pull it apart to fix the lighting fixture. Has it been screwed or glued together or both? If taking it apart isn't an option, then I would at least try to strip it and get it repainted.
I found this picture recently of what I believe show a similar cast to mine. Likely one step up in the lineage chain as mine is clearly a 2nd or 3rd gen cast from a cast like in the below picture. I doubt mine is from the original SWS mold as there are two mold lines on my cast, but whether it's a cast of a cast (3rd gen) is unknown. This skull is a one-piece where the upper teeth extend down over the lower teeth and the way the SWS cast is "cut off" at the base is very similar to how mine is "cut" and leaving the underside of the jaw and skull blank.
I can't believe my luck. I may have scored an authentic LFS endoskeleton kit. For anyone not knowing what that means, I can tell you it's about the best available full endoskeleton kit available, but they are really rare. This is beyond awesome.


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Making noise in the music scence
Senior Josh Rubino devotes his time to mastering the art of music
Making Noise in the Music Scene from keaton beach on Vimeo.
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Filed under Featured, Music, Showcase, The Arts
Senior Josh Rubino is many things: student, employee, thespian and amateur musician. Within the confines of his bedroom, Rubino has created a fully functioning music studio where he writes, creates and produces original music.
"I started writing songs maybe my sophomore year of high school and experimenting with writing my own songs on the piano. I kind of used what I learned from school: learning rhythms and reading notes," Rubino said.
Senior Josh Rubino drums away during ELO. Rubino was a part of jazz band all four years of high school. "I make [music] to express myself I guess. I feel that when I write a song it's almost like getting something off my chest," Rubino said.
Rubino was first introduced to music through jazz band, where he has played drums for four years. Although Rubino's talents expand past the confines of a snare and cymbals, the knowledge he attained in class served as the foundation for his music career.
Jazz band really got me going in the creative process"
— Josh Rubino
"Jazz band really got me going in the creative process. We had to learn improv and we learned all the jazz scales. Basically, we had to make our own music on the spot so that was kind of the start," Rubino said.
Rubino released his first EP, "Good Enough," in April, publishing his original music to Apple Music, SoundCloud and Spotify. With only five songs, "Good Enough" is a small sample of Rubino's potential. After watching Rubino evolve from a shy freshman to a musical entrepreneur, band teacher Ben Rohrer admires Rubino's creative ability.
"I think that the creativity that he utilizes in his own performance really helps him a lot. There is a certain amount of discipline that you have to have to be able to create compositions and create solos like he has done," Rohrer said.
Although Rubino plans to convey his creativity through a career in architecture, he will continue to express his voice through his musical talents. For Rubino, creating music is not about garnering attention or making money; it is about developing an outlet for his emotions.
"This is going to sound cliché, but I think I make music to express myself. I feel that when I write a song, it's almost like getting something off my chest," Rubino said.
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Franklin in Williamson County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)
Old Harpeth River Bridge
By Larry Gertner, June 22, 2019
1. Old Harpeth River Bridge Marker (front)
Old Harpeth River Bridge. . . . On July 5, 1819, The Williamson County Court authorized "building of a bridge across the Harpeth at the town of Franklin." The bridge was a large, enclosed, double covered bridge having a partition along its middle course, with two open windows on each side. For the next 42 years, the bridge linked Franklin to residents north and to the city of Nashville. When the Civil War came to Middle Tennessee in early 1862, Confederate soldiers streaming south following the fall of Fort Donelson crossed the Bridge (sic). A little later, Gen Don Carlos Buell's 20,000 troops marched across on their way to the Battle of Shiloh. Late in 1862, just before the Federal army came into Franklin to occupy the town and build Fort Granger, Confederate Cavalry (sic) burned the bridge. During the Federal occupation, the soldiers used a pontoon bridge and another temporary bridge built on piles. . . Reverse: . On Nov 30, 1864, the remains of the demolished Harpeth River bridge and a burned temporary bridge blocked Gen John Schofield's Federal army, forcing him to order planks laid across the railroad bridge and to build another bridge just a few inches above the water on the piles from the burned temporary bridge. The Federal Army then moved towards Nashville across these two bridges. During the Dec (sic) 1864 retreat from the Battle of Nashville, Confederate troops forded the river near the empty bridge abutments trying to escape the fire from pursuing Federals. The frenzied push of these men trampled at least one soldier into the mud. While the troops were struggling to cross the river, Bledsoe's Confederate Artillery Battery was posted along 1st Ave., near the old bridge entrance ramp, firing into the advancing Federal cavalry. . . In memory of Calvin E. Bohnke a friend of Save the Franklin Battlefield, Inc. . Williamson County Historical Society 2011. . This historical marker was erected in 2011 by Williamson County Historical Society. It is in Franklin in Williamson County Tennessee
On July 5, 1819, The Williamson County Court authorized "building of a bridge across the Harpeth at the town of Franklin." The bridge was a large, enclosed, double covered bridge having a partition along its middle course, with two open windows on each side. For the next 42 years, the bridge linked Franklin to residents north and to the city of Nashville. When the Civil War came to Middle Tennessee in early 1862, Confederate soldiers streaming south following the fall of Fort Donelson crossed the Bridge (sic). A little later, Gen Don Carlos Buell's 20,000 troops marched across on their way to the Battle of Shiloh. Late in 1862, just before the Federal army came into Franklin to occupy the town and build Fort Granger, Confederate Cavalry (sic) burned the bridge. During the Federal occupation, the soldiers used a pontoon bridge and another temporary bridge built on piles.
Reverse:
On Nov 30, 1864, the remains of the demolished Harpeth River bridge and a burned temporary bridge blocked Gen John Schofield's Federal army, forcing him to order planks laid across the railroad bridge and to build another bridge
2. Old Harpeth River Bridge Marker (back)
just a few inches above the water on the piles from the burned temporary bridge. The Federal Army then moved towards Nashville across these two bridges. During the Dec (sic) 1864 retreat from the Battle of Nashville, Confederate troops forded the river near the empty bridge abutments trying to escape the fire from pursuing Federals. The frenzied push of these men trampled at least one soldier into the mud. While the troops were struggling to cross the river, Bledsoe's Confederate Artillery Battery was posted along 1st Ave., near the old bridge entrance ramp, firing into the advancing Federal cavalry.
In memory of Calvin E. Bohnke a friend of Save the Franklin Battlefield, Inc.
Williamson County Historical Society 2011
Erected 2011 by Williamson County Historical Society.
Location. 35° 55.624′ N, 86° 51.996′ W. Marker is in Franklin, Tennessee, in Williamson County. Marker is on 1st Avenue North north of East Main Street (Business U.S. 31), on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 94 E Main St, Franklin TN 37064, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Old Factory Store (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); John H. Eaton (about 500 feet away); Original St. Philip Catholic Church
3. Old Harpeth River Bridge Marker site
(about 500 feet away); St. Philip Catholic Church (about 500 feet away); Union Headquarters (about 700 feet away); Masonic Temple (about 700 feet away); Franklin Cotton Factory and Foundry / Lillie Mills (about 700 feet away); Riverview (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Franklin.
Categories. • Bridges & Viaducts • War, US Civil •
4. Old Harpeth River Bridge site
There are no indications that a bridge ever stood here.
By Kurtz and Allison
5. Harpeth River Road Bridge
In this highly-stylized representation of the battle shown in Kurtz and Allison's lithograph entitled "The Battle of Franklin", Federal wagons can be seen crossing in the distance.
6. The present Harpeth River Bridge
Mundane and strictly utilitarian.
More. Search the internet for Old Harpeth River Bridge.
Credits. This page was last revised on November 6, 2019. This page originally submitted on November 6, 2019, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. This page has been viewed 63 times since then and 11 times this year. Last updated on November 6, 2019, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on November 6, 2019, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.


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Archives July 2017
Jul 31, 2017 By rainbow Market Update
GTBank Celebrates 10th Anniversary of Listing on LSE
Guaranty Trust Bank Plc (GTBank) is celebrating the 10th anniversary of its listing on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) as the first Nigerian bank to be listed on the London bourse.
The bank is the first to dual list on an international exchange and the first Nigerian company to raise international capital using listed Global Depositary Receipts.
To mark the pioneering feat, the Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer of GTBank, Mr. Segun Agbaje, led the market open ceremony at the LSE last Friday, accompanied by senior representatives of the bank and other institutional partners.
The LSE is a diversified international exchange that offers international business, and investors, unrivalled access to Europe's capital markets.
A statement from the bank at the weekend explained that since its listing on the LSE, GTBank has embarked on a decade of unparalleled growth, leading the financial industry in profitability and products and service delivery.
Commenting on the anniversary, Agbaje, said: "To be listed on the London Stock Exchange, one of the most illustrious exchanges in the world, was a pioneering feat which remains fresh in our minds.
"We are deeply grateful to all our investors and partners for the integral role they played and their confidence in our ability to pull of that giant leap. Ten years on, we remain committed to maximising shareholders' value and delivering superior and sustainable return, guided by our founding values of hard work, discipline and integrity."
GTBank offers a wide range of financial services and products throughout Nigeria, with strong footprints in West and East Africa, as well as the United Kingdom.
GTBank had been recognised as the Best Bank in Nigeria by Euromoney (2016), the African Bank of the Year by the African Banker Magazine (2016) the Best Bank in Africa for Corporate Governance (2015) and the Most Innovative Bank in Africa by African Investor (2016).
Source:© Copyright Thisday Online
Union Bank Posts Slight Rise in Half-year Profit
Union Bank of Nigeria Plc reported a marginal increase in profit for the half year ended June 30, 2017.
According to the results, the financial institution ended the H1 with profit before tax of N9.5 billion, showing a minimal growth of seven per cent compared with N8.9 billion in 2016. Profit after tax also rose slightly by five per cent from N8.8 billion to N9.2 billion.
The results also showed that the bank recorded gross earnings of N73.7 billion, showing a growth of 23 per cent from N60 billion in the corresponding period of 2016. Interest income was boosted by naira devaluation-fueled foreign currency loan book to hit N58.3 billion, up from N44.3 billion.
Net interest income rose 19 per cent to N26.3 billion, from N22.2 billion, while non-interest revenue fell marginally by two per cent from N15.7 billion to N15.4 billion. Customer deposits rose 15 per cent due to growing confidence in the bank to hit N759 billion as at June 30, up from N658 billion as December 31, 2016. Impairment charge fell by 39 per cent from N8.8 billion to N5.4 billion.
In his comments on the results, Chief Executive Officer of Union Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Emeka Emuwa said: "As our centenary celebrations continue and with the launch of ourN50 billion rights issue in the second half of the year, 2017 will remain a very busy year for the bank. With our clear focus on enhancing the operational efficiency of the franchise, gross earnings grew by 23 per cent in the first half of the year to N73.7 billion, from N60.1 billion in H1 2016. In a challenged economy, the group delivered PBT of N9.5 billion, a six growth over the corresponding period in 2016."
According to him, in the second half of the year, their focus will centre on the rights issue launch, adding "we will remain nimble to take advantage of emerging opportunities and while improving on service delivery to our customers."
Also speaking on the results, Chief Financial Officer of the bank, Oyinkan Adewale, said: "Improved foreign exchange availability enabled us to bring our foreign currency loan book down to 44 per cent of total loans, from 50 per cent at the end of 2016. 18 per cent customer deposit growth in the Nigerian bank allowed us to bring Loans to Deposit Ratio down to 65 per cent from 82 per cent at the end of 2016. Sustaining low cost deposit generation momentum, we were able to improve our low-cost deposit base to 69per cent of total deposits, from 65 per cent at the end of 2016."
CBN to Sell Treasury Bills worth N229bn
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) will this week conduct its bi-weekly treasury bills auction with total offer of N229.1 billion to offset maturing bills of the same amount.
In addition, the central bank is expected to float open market operations (OMO) auctions to keep financial system liquidity tight.
Afrinvest West Africa Limited stated in a report at the weekend that despite repeated OMO auctions, money market rates eased last week against the backdrop of an OMO repayment and improved system liquidity. The CBN conducted OMO auctions on all trading sessions but for Monday.
Despite this, system liquidity during the week remained in the positive region save for Wednesday which had a negative balance of N53 billion. Money market rates – Open Buy Back (OBB) and overnight (OVN) – were at first elevated at the start of the week (relative to preceding Friday's close of 14 per cent and 14.9 per cent respectively). But both rates closed at five per cent and 5.8 per cent respectively.
Despite the MPC's decision to retain rates at current levels, performance of the secondary treasury bills market was bearish last week as average yield rose on four of five sessions.
On the other hand, foreign exchange rate at the official market remained pegged within a range of N305.70/$1 – N305.75/$1 during the week, closing at N305.70/$1.
At the parallel market, rate appreciated from last week's close of N366.00/$1 to touch a 2017 high of N364/$1 on Wednesday before closing the week at N365/$1.
Meanwhile, at the NAFEX segment, a total of $983 million traded during the week with market rate appreciating slightly from N366.45/$1 at the start of the week to close at N366.08/$1 on Friday.
"In the week ahead, we expect the central bank to continue its current administration of the forex market by way of weekly SMIS sales and operation of multiple FX windows. Hence, we expect rates to hover around current levels," the report added.
Activities in the domestic bonds market remained soft as the market recorded a bearish performance last week with average yield across benchmark bonds rising on four of five trading days.
Stakeholders Back Demutualisation of Nigerian Stock Exchange
Stakeholders have expressed support for the proposed demutualisation of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), describing it as a crucial step towards boosting liquidity and growth of the economy.
The National Assembly is currently promoting a bill to demutualise the NSE from a company limited by guarantee to a company limited by shares.
Demutualisation refers to the transition from a mutual association of exchange members to a limited liability company which is accountable to shareholders.
The concept typically separates ownership and voting rights from the right of access to trading on an exchange.
At a joint public hearing organised by the Senate and House of Representatives Committees on the Capital Market on a bill for an Act to facilitate the development of Nigeria's capital market by enabling the conversion and re-registration of the NSE from a company limited by guarantee to a public company limited by shares and for related matters, 2017, stakeholders agreed that the move was long overdue in order to stimulate liquidity in the system among other things.
Leading deliberations on the legislation, the sponsor, Senator Foster Ogola, who is the acting Chairman, Senate Committee on Capital Market, said the NSE plays a critical role in the country's financial market, arguing that the conversion and re-registration into a public company limited by shares is essential to developing and strengthening the market as well as enhancing the formation of capital for the expansion of the economy.
He said: "It is anticipated that the demutualisation of the NSE will reinforce the continuous growth and development of a dynamic, fair, transparent and efficient capital market and thus significantly contribute to Nigeria's economic development."
He said the planned demutualisation was in line with the 2015-2025 Capital Market Master Plan taunted to promote efficiency in the creation and harnessing of capital, as well as creating liquidity in the market, adopting and strengthening corporate governance best practices.
The Chief Executive Officer of NSE, Mr. Oscar Onyema, said the board had voted in favour of the demutualisation agenda during its extraordinary general meeting on March 30, 2017.
He said: "It is of particular importance to the Nigerian capital markets and the wider economy that the exchange be aided to successfully demutualise, as it enables the exchange to serve the capital markets ecosystem and economy more effectively than it has done in the past."
According to him, the exercise will facilitate the development of the capital market, improve corporate governance and availability of resources from capital investments among other benefits.
Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, represented by Senate Deputy Chief Whip, Senator Francis Alimikhena commended the exchange for its positive contributions to the growth of the economy, adding that it would open more opportunities for the economy.
House Speaker, Hon. Yakubu Dogara, represented by House Minority Leader, Hon. Leo Ogor, said the House was working on retooling the economy and would accept any initiative and ideas that would deepen the economy and create opportunities for growth.
However, Chairman, House Committee on Capital Markets and Institutions, Hon. Yusuf Tajudeen said the hearing was a "further demonstration of the commitment of the National Assembly through the Committees on Capital Market to re-position the NSE towards achieving its role not only as a critical institution but a major contributor to the economic development of Nigeria."
FBN Holdings Profit Declines to N29.5bn, Assets Hit N4.7trn
FBN Holdings Plc yesterday reported its unaudited results for the half year ended June 30, 2017, showing a profit after tax of N29.5 billion, a decline of 17.8 per cent posted in the corresponding period of 2016.
The financial conglomerate posted gross earnings of N288.8 billion, up 7.8 per cent from N267 billion in 2016. Net interest income rose by 30.2 per cent from N126 billion to N164 billion, while impairment charges fell by 2.6 per cent from N69.9 billion to N62.4 billion.
However, profit before tax fell by 22.4 per cent to N45.9 billion from N35.6 billion, while PAT stood at N29.5 billion, as against N35.9billon in 2016.
A further analysis of the results showed that total assets of N4.9 trillion, grew by 3.0 per cent to hit N4.9 trillion, from N4.7 trillion as at December 31, 2016.
Customer deposits was N3.0 trillion, down 3.5 per cent as against N3.1 trillion in December 31, 2016, just as customer loans and advances ended at N2.0 trillion, down 4.1 per cent from N2.1 trillion as at December.
In terms key ratios, net-interest margin improved to 8.5 per cent in 2017, from 7.2 per cent in 2016. Non-performing ration stood at 22 per cent, an improvement on the 22.8 per cent in June 2016 and 24.4 per cent in December 2016.
Commenting on the results, the Group Managing Director, FBN Holdings, Mr. Urum Kalu said: "FBN Holdings has again demonstrated its strong revenue generating capacity in the current economic environment reporting gross earnings of N288.8 billion – up 7.8 per cent.
In line with our strategic focus on improving asset quality; cost optimisation; and, enhancing revenue generation, we are beginning to see improvement across a number of metrics associated with these initiatives."
He added: "Our focus on enhancing the quality of our loan book is reflected in a decline in non-performing loans, a reduction in our impairment charge following improvement in the asset quality outlook, and we will continue to prioritise this area through the rest of this year. Similarly, consistent improvement in the efficiency ratio is testament to the efficacy of our cost optimisation initiatives, though these results have been partly offset by the currency devaluation and high inflationary environment.
Overall, we have seen strong growth trajectory in our Merchant Banking & Asset Management and the Insurance Group. These businesses complement our Commercial Banking franchise and represent new frontiers for our Group, firmly supporting our aspiration of becoming a leading financial services institution in Middle Africa. We remain committed to maximising returns to our shareholders as well as creating sustainable value."
Equities Market Gains N810bn to Hit N11.945tn on 13-day Rally
The Nigerian equities gained N810 billion in capitalisation following a bull run for 13 trading days. The renewed demand for equities on the Nigerian bourse lifted the market capitalisation from N11.133trillion on July 5, to N11.945 trillion on Monday, July 24, 2017.
Although the return of more foreign portfolio investors due to the introduction of a new foreign exchange window by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in April had influenced the return of the bulls to the market, expectations that companies would release improved corporate results for the first half (H1) of the year helped to sustain the momentum.
The development made the market to appreciate for 13 consecutive trading days, leading to a gain of N810 billion or 7.3 per cent. The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) All-Share Index rose by same margin from 32,302.32 to close at 34,652.52. The market appreciated every trading day from July 6 to Monday, July 24.
Market analysts said investors have been taking position ahead of H1 corporate announcements. The results so far released showed improved performance compared to the previous year.
For instance, Unilever Nigeria posted a revenue of N45.105 billion in H1 of 2017, up 39 per cent from N32.278 billion in the corresponding period of 2016. Cost of sales was up at N32.197 billion in 2017. Sales and distribution expenses also went up from N1.502 billion to N1.942 billion in 2016.
However, marketing and administrative expenses reduced from N6.689 billion to N5.571 billion. Unilever ended the period with profit before tax (PBT) of N5.044 billion, compared with N1.487 billion in 2016, showing a growth of 239 per cent, while profit after tax (PAT) stood at N3.676 billion, up by 236 per cent from N1.093 billion in 2016.
Lafarge Africa posted N154.8 billion, indicating an increase of 44.2 per cent from N107.3 billion in 2016. Cost of sale grew by 19.7 per cent from N92.2 billion to N110 billion, while sales and marketing expenses followed same uptrend to hit N2.12 billion, from N1.98 billion. Administrative expenses rose from N10.23 billion to N16.3 billion.
Technical fees soared by 202 per cent from N1.584 billion in 2016 to N4.798 billion in 2017. But the company ended the H1 with PBT of N18.2 billion, compared a loss of N30.2 billion in 2016, while PAT stood at N19.7 billion.
Also, Transnational Corporation of Nigeria Plc, which released its results on Monday, recorded PAT of N4.164 billion recorded in H1 of 2017, compared with a loss of N12.191 billion posted in the corresponding period of 2016.
Specifically, Transcorp Plc recorded revenue of N32.174 billion in 2017, up from N24.779 billion in 2016. Cost of sale stood at N19.3 billion, as against N13.3 billion in 2016, while administrative expenses rose to N5.663 billion, compared with N5.265 billion in 2016. Net finance cost fell from N17.268 billion in 2016 to N4.988 billion in 2017. Consequently, Transcorp ended H1 2017 with PAT of N4.164 billion, a recovery from a loss of N12.191 billion in 2016.
Trustfund Adopts Cost Reduction Strategy, Declares 25k Dividend
Leading pension fund administrator (PFA), Trustfund Pensions Limited has adopted a cost reduction strategy designed to boost revenue to consolidate on the company's corporate governance goal.
In line with this strategy, it posted a drop in its cost-to-income ratio from 83 per cent in December 2015 to 78 per cent as at December 31, 2016.
The company Chairman, Mr. Ismaila Mohammed Agaka, who made the disclosure at its 9th annual general meeting (AGM) in Abuja, stated that despite the rough economic dynamics, the company performed well.
He described Trustfund's operating results for 2016 as encouraging when juxtaposed with the 2015 figures, noting that the company posted N4.971 billion revenues, N3.892 billion expenses and a profit after tax of N1.249 billion.
Addressing the shareholders, he said: "These results are encouraging when compared with total revenues of N4.662 billion, expenses of N3.850 billion and profit after tax of N1.018 billion for the year ended 31st December 2015."
Based on the performance, a 25 kobo per share dividend was approved for shareholders whose names are contained in the company's register of members as at close of business on December 31, 2016.
On the future of the company, Agaka said: "Distinguished shareholders, our company has over the years grown consistently evidenced by the healthy key financial indicators. We intend to sustain the momentum with a forward-looking board, sound management and resilient workforce."
In an interview with THISDAY on the sidelines of the AGM, Agbaka expressed confidence in the company's future, adding with a stringent corporate governance structure, an entrenched resolve on cutting the ratio of cost in favour of income, the future was looking very bright for Tertfund.
Also, in an interview, the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Ayuba Wabba said the labour centre was pleased with the performance of Tertfund.
He assured that the NLC would continue to encourage workers to repose their confidence in Tertfund.
The NLC is one of the shareholders of Tertfund with more than 5 per cent of the issued capital of the company.
N6bn capital raising'll boost productivity –Fidson
Fidson Healthcare Plc says its N6bn capital raising recently approved by shareholders will aid the expansion of its production capacity.
Shareholders have approved the capital raise at the firm's 18th Annual General Meeting held in Lagos for the purpose of enhancing business operation.
The company's audited accounts for the year ended December 31, 2016, was also presented to shareholders.
The meeting also led to the re-election of Mr. Felix Ohiwerei and other directors who are due for re-election, and election of members of the Audit Committee in accordance with Section 359 (4) (5) of the Companies and Allied Matters Acts, CAP C20 LFN 2004.
Ohiwerei was thereby re-elected as chairman of the company, while Mrs.Oluwafunmilola Ayebae and Mr. Emmanuel Imoagene were both re-elected into the company's board.
Ohiwerei, at the meeting, discussed the industry's microeconomic environment and highlighted the company's growth performance and operating result for the last financial year as well as future outlook.
He said the economic decline which started towards the end of 2015 and became apparent in 2016 when the economy was declared to be in recession, affected businesses in the country.
However, the firm's turnover for the year ended December 31, 2014 was N9.7bn, representing an increase of 5.24 per cent when compared with N9.2bn recorded in 2013. Gross profit stood at N5.4bn compared with N5.1bn made in the year before, showing an increase of 6.5 per cent.
Its operating profit also increased by 4.65 per cent from N1.3bn in 2013 to N1.4bn in 2014. Profit after tax was N631m, against N154m recorded in 2013.
He noted that the significant increase in profit was due to the impact of impairment on investment in associate company on 2013 profit. Net asset had grown by 10 per cent from N5.2bn in 2013 to N5.7bn in 2014.
Ohiwerei further emphasised that with the biotech plant reaching its final stage of completion and expected to be operational soon, the board was confident of the continued growth and success of the company.
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Unilever, Advisers Sign Pact on N58.9bn Rights Issue
Financial advisers, other parties to the N58.851 billion Rights Issue of Unilever Nigeria Plc and directors of the company have held a signing ceremony for a successful issue. This followed the receipt of clearance documents from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) in respect of the Rights Issue.
Unilever Nigeria wants to raise N58.851 billion by way of rights to existing shareholders on the basis of 14 new shares for every 27 shares held by shareholders at an issue price of N30 per share.
Speaking at the signing ceremony, the ManagingDirector of Unilever Nigeria, Mr. Yaw Nsarkoh said: "Through this Rights Issue, we will be able to reinforce our financial flexibility to support our growth initiative and also give shareholders an opportunity to consolidate their shareholding position. The proceeds of the Rights Issue will be used to repay our outstanding foreign currency denominated liabilities, purchase additional raw materials required for our products and to meet other working capital requirements in other to build long term value for all stakeholders."
Also, the Chairman, Unilever Nigeria, His Royal Majesty Nnaemeka Achebe, the Obi of Onitsha commented: "The Rights Issue reiterates our confidence in Unilever Nigeria's robust future and commitment to building a more enduring business in the Nigerian market. We acknowledge with deep appreciation the unwavering support we have received from our stakeholders and shareholders even in trying times which has enabled us deliver positive result. We implore you to participate in the Rights Issues as you will be re-confirming your support for the Company."
According to him, Unilever Nigeria remains committed to purpose driven growth underpinned by the 'Unilever Sustainable Living Plan' which is the blueprint for achieving their vision to make sustainable living commonplace and grow its business.
On his part, the Chief Executive of Stanbic IBTC Capital Limited, Funso Akere, commended the management of Unilever Nigeria for the commitment they have shown towards executing the rights issue and for giving Stanbic IBTC Capital a free hand to guide the process. Stanbic IBTC Capital Limited is acting as the issuing house for the rights issue.
Unilever last week reported a revenue of N45.105 billion for the half year ended June 30, 2017, showing an increase of 39 per cent from N32.278 billion in the corresponding period of 2016. Profit after tax rose by 236 per cent from N1.093 billion to N3.676 billion in 2017.
H1: Transactions in Fixed Income, Currently Market Hit N67.4tn
The fixed income and currency over-the-counter (OTC) market enjoyed high patronage in June as the value of transactions rose by 32.89 per cent from the previous month's level.
Specifically, turnover recorded in the market in June stood at N12.62 trillion, up from N9.49 trillion recorded in May. This implies that between January and June, the market, which is facilitated by FMDQ OTC Securities Exchange, has recorded a turnover of N67.37 trillion.
A breakdown of the N12.62 trillion traded in June, showed that the Treasury Bills (T.bills) segment continued to dominate, accounting for 43.22 per cent (40.73 per cent in May) while FGN bonds recorded 6.22 per cent (5.23 per cent in May) of total turnover in June. Turnover in the Fixed Income market in the month under review settled at N6.24trn, transactions in the T.bills market accounted for 87.41 per cent of the fixed income market, from 88.67 per cent the previous month. Outstanding T.bills at the end of the month stood at N8.51 trillion, a decrease of 3.98 per cent N8.87 trillion in May whilst FGN bonds' outstanding value increased by 1.44 per cent to close at N7.03 trillion in the period under review.
Transactions in the FX market settled at $8.52 billion in June, an increase of 29.87 per cent when compared with the $6.65 billion recorded in May.
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) sold a total of $1.476 billion through various interventions conducted during the period under review. The apex bank also maintained its marginal rate for the Secondary Market Intervention Sales (SMIS) –Wholesale Forwards intervention at $/3N320; and $/N357 .
In the same period, Money Market and Foreign Exchange market activities accounted for 28.91 per cent and 21.60 per cent of total turnover respectively.
The value of transactions in the FX Market increased by 29.87 per cent ($1.96 billion), as the supply of FX into the market by the CBN also increased by 50.15 per cent to settle at $1.476 billion in the month under review.
The twelfth Naira-settled OTC FX Futures contract NGUS June 21 2017, with a total open contract worth $657.67 million, matured and settled within the reporting month.
According to the FMDQ OTC, this also marked the first time the settlement amount was paid in favour of the contract seller, the CBN, as the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Fixing (NAFEX) on the settlement date closed lower the contract rate.
"Liquidity flows via I&E FX Window continued to improve as total volumes traded for the month settled at $1.81 billion, an increase of 37.73 per cent from the previous month," it said.
The Managing Director/CEO of FMDQ, Mr. Bola Onadele. Koko, last week said that apart from facilitating currency trading, the OTC Exchange was working hard, in collaboration with other key stakeholders, to facilitate the development of a sustainable finance strategy for the country.


Very interesting lacquer panel by Jean Puiforcat presumably depicting the famous French aviator Dieudonné Costes (1892 – 1973), who set flight distance records in the 1920's.
On May 2, 1928 he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross by special act of the Congress of the United States in recognition of his historic around the world flight.
Signed Jean PUIFORCAT, dated 1930 and stamped F. Barbedienne fondeur Paris.
Materials / Techniques: Lacquer, Terracotta and wood.
Condition: Original condition, some marks and stains on the wood and the lacquer.
Measurements: H.22" x W.27" x D.7"


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Beginning in the mid 1980s with the design, production and distribution of third party brands in Australia with Hardcore Enterprises, Melbourne's Hill brothers: Stephen, Peter and Matt, created a global boardsports brand of their own, first with shoes for skaters and surfers in the mid 1990s and then with apparel and hardgoods for the broader market.
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Indonesian migrants, together with Fr Sambodo Sru Ujianto (second from left) and Archbishop William Goh, posing for a photo with traditional Indonesian food.Citizens of a country need to provide hospitality to migrants. "We need to be understanding, we need to embrace them. We need to make them feel welcome," said Archbishop William Goh.
The archbishop made this comment in his homily during a Mass to celebrate the 100th World Day of Migrants and Refugees on Sept 28.
Speaking to the crowd of about 1,500 migrants and local Catholics at St Joseph Church (Bukit Timah), he stressed the "necessity for all of us to cooperate, to work together to achieve social cohesion, integration, assimilation".
He noted that although migrants "must maintain their culture and values", at the same time, they should not be "separated from the rest of society, creating a ghetto for themselves, because this is not what community is all about".
Vietnamese migrants at the Mass were among the 1,500 migrants and local Catholics who attended a Mass to celebrate the 100th World Day of Migrants and Refugees.
"Immigrants must therefore make an effort to understand the culture of the host country and to learn to live with the people," he said.
Quoting St Paul he said that Singaporeans "have to be grateful that migrants have contributed so much to the economy of the country".
Sri Lankan migrants bringing up the offertory gifts.
At the end of the Mass, Archbishop Goh said that in his 10-year vision for the archdiocese, migrants are one of the most important of the five components as they make up about 40 percent of the population in each parish.
Participants at the Mass included migrant communities from Indonesia, Philippines, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Vietnam and Malayalam and Tamil groups from India.
Representatives from the Philippine and Thai embassies and Indian and Sri Lanka high commissions also attended the celebration.
Before Mass, various migrant groups presented community gifts which were received by Fr Sambodo Sru Ujianto on behalf of the migrant chaplains.
Fr Charlie Dayao Oasan, Fr Antony Raj, Friar Julian Mariaratnam, Fr Peter Paul, and Friar Salim Joseph were introduced to the congregation and they also shared their thoughts.
After lunch in the parish's community hall, Sri Lankan, Filipino, Malayalam, Vietnamese and Tamil migrants put on cultural performances.
Migrant Sunday is celebrated annually on the last Sunday of September in the Catholic Church in Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei. ACMI has been organising this event since 2000, and each year, a different parish hosts the celebration. The celebration aims to honour the dignity of migrants and their contributions to their host country.


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Synthetic fibres and steel fibres in concrete with regard to bond strength and toughness
Alan Richardson, Sean Landless
Mechanical and Construction Engineering
The ability of fibre reinforced concrete composites to absorb energy has long been recognised as one of the most important benefits of the incorporation of fibres into plain concrete" (Golpalaratham and Gettu 1995). Steel and synthetic fibres have been used in concrete floor slabs with success in providing crack control. Slab design using synthetic fibres relies heavily upon manufacturers design guidance whereas steel fibres have better developed independent design guides available to assist their correct use (The Concrete Society 2007a). This paper examines the pull out values of both steel and Type 2 synthetic fibres embedded in concrete and equates their dosage when used in beams to provide near equal toughness values, thus providing the designer with a synthetic/steel fibre ratio by mass of fibre addition for equal performance. According to Nataraja, et al (2000), the most common method to measure toughness, is to use the load-deflection curve. One of the most widely used load-deflection tests has been ASTM 1018, which was used herein to evaluate the post crack toughness; by stating toughness as independent indices and residual strengths based upon the deflection at the formation of the first crack in the beam in relation to fixed points of further deflections under load. The ASTM test was chosen as it has been widely used and it is readily understood by many readers. The research demonstrates that near equal post crack toughness can be achieved in concrete beams using steel and synthetic fibres, at different doses.
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Scottish & Southern Energy Investor PLC: one of the UK's largest energy companies. They transmit, generate, distribute and supply electricity. They also handle the storage, distribution and supply of gas as well as utility contracting and telecoms.
Since the merger SSE have built up a whole portfolio of businesses such as energy suppliers Atlantic Electricity and Gas, electric networks such as Scottish and South energy power, Gas networks, telecoms, contracting, retail, gas storage, SSE pipelines and national networks. Most recently in December 2008 they purchased Airtricity.
As well as businesses SSE have expanded their possession of resources and own 10,500 of electricity generation capacity (including its share of joint ventures and associates) and operate a 2000mv Fiddler's Ferry fire station. They sought permission in December 2008 to develop a Dutch wind farm offshore. In this same month SSE also achieved their 9,000,000 customer mark for the first time.
SSE have been successful in terms of both core growth and new projects. They have been growing both their customer base and their generation capacity in almost like for like measure. They have also been successful with the acquisition of companies in related businesses and thus been particularly profitable in 2008. They are of course in the FTSE 100. SEE- a company with energy that keeps on growing.


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Q: Bound Variadic Arguments: Bitmask vs Array Intro
The following assumes C# as a reference language, or any other statically typed language. This is not a question specific to Unity's API, but it is used as an example.
In Unity's API, most people come across the Raycast function. This has an argument, of type int called layerMask. This is an integer, that works as a bitwise mask (if there's 1 at the n-th place, the n-th place is included in the calculation).
I always thought that this was a very weird design choice for their API.
First of all, I should clarify, that there can only be 32 layers in Unity, thus, those layers are finite, but you can have any number of layers (below 32).
Personally, I would ask as an argument, an array of integers, whose elements would be the layers that you wish to raycast against (identical to the actual implementation, just without it being bitwise). Another way, would be to have variardic arguments, if the language supports it. (these points also apply to dynamically typed languages). (I have read a few arguments against the use of variardic arguments, so I wouldn't choose this one)

The actual question

Why would one choose a bitwise mask as a representation of a selection of a (finite/bound) amount of items, instead of an array of the selected items?

Given that you are sacrificing usability and readability*, what are the benefits?

Assumptions
Since Raycast is a very useful function and used widely, I'm guessing that they chose this for performance reasons (bitwise operations can be much faster than iterating over an array). In this particular case, given that the maximum length of the array would be 32, I doubt that the difference would be huge, but I'm guessing that every bit of performance counts in this case.
The other benefit is certainly memory footprint (one integer vs a whole array of them), but I doubt that this is generally important (in this and other cases).

I'll also notice, that both arrays and integers, do not enforce the size boundary of the items. The array, can be as large as you want, and the integer has a certain, implementation/machine specific size, so if you wanted to toggle 17 items, no size of integer would be enforcing that there is no element 18.

*Example: To signify the third and fourth items, instead of the argument 12 (1100 in binary), you could have [3,4]

A: Bitmasks are certainly a C-ism that takes a bit getting used to. However, bit-level operations can be performed within a few machine code instructions without any branching or pointer indirection, unlike operations that involve collections. In performance-sensitive code such as graphics engines, this can make a huge difference.
Avoiding branching is good because modern CPUs use long pipelines for instruction decoding, and therefore try to guess which path through your code will be taken. If the CPU guesses wrong, the pipeline is flushed and you have to wait a couple of instructions before the CPU is up to maximum throughput again.
If we were dealing with an array, checking whether that array contains a specific layer is expensive in terms of branching. As pseudocode:
func contains(Array xs, uint x) -> bool {
  for (Index i = 0; i < xs.length; ++i) {
    if (xs[i] == x) return true;
  }
  return false;
}

An invocation contains([4, 3], 5) would check the array size, first element, array size, second element, array size, then finally return in negative.
To be fair, this loop can be unrolled given the fixed upper size:
func contains(Array xs, uint x) -> bool {
  switch (xs.length) {
  case 32: if (xs[31] == x) return true;
  ...
  case  2: if (xs[ 1] == x) return true;
  case  1: if (xs[ 0] == x) return true;
  default: return false;
}

But you will still need a branch for each element. With a bit mask, contains(mask, x) can be implemented without any branches as (mask & (1 << x)) != 0. If your x is known, this can be constant-folded so that the test can be done in one or two machine code instructions. It doesn't get any better than that.
The other part to the efficiency considerations is memory accesses. An integer fits into a register. An array doesn't. Unless the array contents are in the cache (and even then), memory accesses are a magnitude slower than performing CPU instructions. A single memory access is enough to read the whole bitmask; with arrays we'd just have a pointer to the contents by now. Depending on how cleverly this can be done, we'd need one or more accesses after that to actually get at the contents.
Not only is using bitmasks more efficient, it can also be seen as better API design. In particular, using arrays has the following problems:

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*an element can occur more than once (we aren't dealing with a set).

*the elements aren't ordered, making it more expensive to test for membership since we have to check all elements.

*creating and initializing arrays uses cumbersome syntax in many languages

*input validation is more expensive. Just consider all the bounds checking for each argument.

The usability of bitmasks is not terrible. If you know a layer only by index, you can easily create the bit pattern by a left shift. Layer n uses the bit pattern 1 << n. You might also name the layers in your code. A mask can then easily be constructed like mask = PLAYER_LAYER | WATER_LAYER | (1 << 12). This can be substantially more readable than many boolean options (layer8: true, waterLayer: true, layer12: true), can be easily stored in a variable and adapted (defaultMask | additionalLayer, defaultMask & ~excludedLayer), and the order of masks and duplication of masks doesn't matter. The only problem of bitmasks is that they are limited to the number of bits in the backing integer type.

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Fast Four - Mini Reviews of Randomness…
These reviews are all over the place when it comes to genre – REALLY all over the place – NA, dystopian, YA and Historical m/m O_o but these were all books that I wanted to spotlight but didn't want to write lengthy reviews so here we go…
Tease (The Ivy Chronicles #2) by Sophie JordanNew Adult
Source: Amazon Vine for review
What happens when a girl who always calls the shots meets a guy who's too wild for even her?
A born flirt and good-time party girl, Emerson has never had a problem finding a willing guy. She's always chosen her hookups carefully, and she's never broken her three cardinal rules:
Never let them see the real you.
Never fall in love.
Always leave them begging for more.
Then Shaw comes along. A hottie from the wrong side of the tracks, he's immune to her flirtatious banter and come-hither smile. After rescuing her from a disastrous night at a biker bar, he doesn't even try to take her to bed—he calls her a tease and sends her home instead. Unable to resist a challenge, or forget the sexy, dark-eyed, bad-boy biker, she vows to bring him to his knees.
But instead of making Shaw beg, Emerson finds herself craving him. For the first time in her life, she's throwing out her rule book. Suddenly, she's the one panting for a guy she can't control—a guy who won't settle for anything less than the real Emerson and who forces her to do things she's never imagined, including facing a past she thought she'd buried.
A guy who just might leave her wanting more. . . ~ Goodreads
My thoughts: I adored Foreplay (book #1 of the Ivy Chronicles). I felt that it stood a step above the onslaught of NA that was all angst, all the time with very little real life conflict.
Sadly, Tease was no Foreplay. While the sexual encounters did serve the plot of Tease, they also overpowered it. Emerson and Shaw are hot together and obviously, it is more than just sex in the end. They both have issues that haunt them but the hot sex kind of solves it all. Especially regarding Emerson (although there is a nice twist to her story). I also liked how it explored what a woman vs a man can get away with sexually. How a man is just getting around but a girl is a cocktease.
Alas, the way a few very important issues were dealt with made me stabby. You can read my full review here.
Plus One by Elizabeth Fama
YA – dystopian
Source: Borrowed
It takes guts to deliberately mutilate your hand while operating a blister-pack sealing machine, but all I had going for me was guts.
Sol Le Coeur is a Smudge—a night dweller in an America rigidly divided between people who wake, live, and work during the hours of darkness and those known as Rays who live and work during daylight. Impulsive, passionate, and brave, Sol deliberately injures herself in order to gain admission to a hospital, where she plans to kidnap her newborn niece—a Ray—in order to bring the baby to visit her dying grandfather. By violating the day-night curfew, Sol is committing a serious crime, and when the kidnap attempt goes awry it starts a chain of events that will put Sol in mortal danger, uncover a government conspiracy to manipulate the Smudge population, and throw her together with D'Arcy Benoît, the Ray medical apprentice who first treats her, then helps her outrun the authorities—and with whom she is fated to fall impossibly and irrevocably in love.
Set in a vivid alternate reality and peopled with complex, deeply human characters on both sides of the day-night divide, Plus One is a brilliantly imagined drama of individual liberty and civil rights—and a compelling, rapid-fire romantic adventure story. ~ Goodreads
My thoughts: Although a little weak on the world building, Plus One exceeded my expectations with a beautifully original, fast paced story with an emphasis on character development and relationships.
All the moral ambiguity, betrayals, twists and tension kept me my toes the whole time. None of the characters were one dimensional.
The romance was so perfect. These are the type of characters and romances I love to read about. A lot of care went into writing Sol & D'Arcy's story. It was so beautiful, bittersweet and real. I believe this is a stand alone. Part of me wants more but the other part of me couldn't bear reading what they would have to go through in another book.
Highly recommend this one!
Take Me On (Pushing the Limits #4) by Katy McGarry
Champion kickboxer Haley swore she'd never set foot in the ring again after one tragic night. But then the guy she can't stop thinking about accepts a mixed martial arts fight in her honor. Suddenly, Haley has to train West Young. All attitude, West is everything Haley promised herself she'd stay away from. Yet he won't last five seconds in the ring without her help.
West is keeping a big secret from Haley. About who he really is. But helping her-fighting for her-is a shot at redemption. Especially since it's his fault his family is falling apart. He can't change the past, but maybe he can change Haley's future.
Hayley and West have agreed to keep their relationship strictly in the ring. But as an unexpected bond forms between them and attraction mocks their best intentions, they'll face their darkest fears and discover love is worth fighting for. ~ Goodreads
My thoughts: West was a lot better than I expected. He was a total tool in Crash Into You. Despite my many problems with this book I did like West and Haley's romance.
I think it's time that I threw in the towel on this series. While the first two books are admittedly cheesy, and angst filled, I found them to be compelling and swoony. Now the conflicts are becoming unnecessarily convoluted. Take Me On is basically a rehash, plot wise, of Crash Into You. This time it's fighting instead of drag racing.
I'm also tired of all the alpha posturing that goes on. Despite the heroines having kick ass interests – car mechanic/kick boxer – they are reduced to being property that their male relatives have to protect (even though they treat them like CRAP in order to do so). The boyfriends - while loving the strength the girls show - must fight for them. Once a couple gets together they are everything to each other. It's like nothing else exists. It's this weird mixed message about empowerment. I think it was done really well in the first two books, especially with Noah – who learned to respect women, but it's getting lost in the drama that gets layered on in each book now.
I used to like all this – so maybe it's just a reflection of how my tastes have changed over the years. Because people are rabid fans for this series and I am literally the only person who didn't like it on Goodreads.
Not my favorite of the series, obviously, but I think readers who love that high level of angst & romance (I did love Haley & West together) will really like it - so ya' know…just ignore me and go read & enjoy!
Sharp Love by Ava March
M/M historical/erotica
William Drake has lived among thieves, bastards and beggars all his life, doing what's necessary to survive. As a young orphan, that included looking after his best friend, Jack Morgan. But as they grew older, Jack took the honest path, leaving Will behind to fend for himself the only ways he knows how.
When an unsavory errand for his employer brings Jack back to London's underbelly, he needs Will's help. It's there, among the alleys they ran through as children, that the love he's always felt for Will returns. As their nights together grow hotter, Will discovers something new about his old friend—Jack's need to serve extends into the bedchamber.
Will has never fully abandoned his dream of escaping London with Jack. But what could the Duke's driver want with a dishonest cheat like him, beyond a bit of rough sex? It takes the gamble of Will's life to find out if he can win Jack's heart…
Note: This book contains explicit sexual content, graphic language, and situations that some readers may find objectionable: D/s theme and elements, and male/male sexual practices. ~ Goodreads
My thoughts: It's so refreshing to read a book that has honest to goodness, real, believable conflict between a couple that doesn't come off whiny and self indulgent. Well done! I'm looking forward to reading more by this author even though historicals and erotica are not my favorite genre. (Weird title though)
Sharp Love sounds good!
Okay. So I read your full review (including spoilers) of Tease and am not at all happy with the aspects that troubled you. I recently took issue with a book that handled the issues in the same way. I also struggled with how much Reece was described as being hot in Foreplay. Every other paragraph was "his muscles bunched/rippled-insert supposedly swoon-inducing adjective". It was too much. So I'm not surprised here.
As for Take Me On...I decided to take a step back after Crash Into You. I don't understand how I can love two books and a novella (PtL, CtL, and DYT) so much and feel so ambivalent about the rest.
Thanks for those super-helpful reviews!
Karen June 23, 2014 at 11:06 AM
I think you would like Sharp Love. It was way more insightful than I was expecting.
There's something that happens int eh beginning of Foreplay that made me so angry (as you saw in the GR's spoiler review). It just kind of ruined the book for me when you are saying how wonderful the guy is and then he plows straight ahead missing really big red flag warnings.
Of course it's all wonderful and perfect but I just can't anymore…lol
Yes! I LOVE PtL and really liked DYT but I get so mad now even though she's doing the same tropes. I think the angst is too over the top for me now. The people are cruel not just unenlightened at this point.
TAKE ME ON: Thanks for the head's up, I haven't read Crash but I was planning on stopping at that point anyway coz that'd be the last of story of the "crew". And I really can't take any more angst reads. My real life is angsty enough, I don't need to be reading it too! LOL
TEASE: Ha! I've been planning on binge-reading a few contemporary romances, this series included. I will proceed slowly because I don't like sex for sex.
If you read CiY and like it, then you'll probably like Take Me On and just think I'm done….
Have you read Foreplay - the first book? I really liked that one.
Mary @ BookSwarm June 23, 2014 at 8:50 AM
YES! West was SUCH a tool in Crash into You. I haven't read this newest book yet...of course, I've heard great things but I'm worried. You really were all over with your book reads! I do love when I read eclectic. Keeps things fresh, it seems.
He is redeemed here but there are so many guys to take his place that I just cringe now. I don't get how so many guys can be such assholes in one world.
Not just protective either - but CRAZY overprotective. Like - I would call for help lol
But again…I seems to be the only one who feels this way so I wouldn't put off reading it because of my review.
Felicity Grace Terry June 23, 2014 at 9:11 AM
Alas not books I can see myself reading but then each to their own. I know my sister-in-law would like Sharp Love as she likes this genre so I'll be sure to mention it to her.
Sharp Love was one of the more thoughtful m/m stories I've read. I really enjoyed it.
brandileigh2003 June 23, 2014 at 9:29 AM
Man, sorry to hear that Tease didn't live up to Foreplay.
I have been wanting to read Plus One and good to hear its good despite a bit of weak world building.
I think you would like Tease. I'm a grumpy McGrumpy pants with angst and especially NA sometimes lol
Alison Can Read June 23, 2014 at 11:24 AM
I'd say Dare You To was my favorite in Katie's series. I definitely had issues with how overprotective the brothers were in Crash Into You. For one thing, it's treating their sister like property like you mentioned, and a breakable bird. I also thought it was a little unrealistic. Would older brothers really be that obsessed with keeping their sister away from boys?
I know a lot of guys that are brothers/fathers and yes - protective I get but in this series it borders on possessive/and (psychologically) abusive…especially in this book.
If the story was only about West's family and therapy etc then I would be ok with it but it's not and it's all just glossed over in the end and that doesn't sit well with me.
Melissa (Books and Things) June 23, 2014 at 4:07 PM
LOL! I know what you mean about the way things can be delt with that make you stabby. :D I've been on the fence about the Tease series. Still there. :(
I want to read Plus One because of the cover. I admit it. I'm surprised it was light on the world building. Still sounds like a good read if the relationship is good. Oh and I so want to read Take Me On. I do enjoy that series a lot.
Blodeuedd June 23, 2014 at 4:09 PM
One sounds like the one for me
Julie@My5monkeys June 24, 2014 at 3:19 PM
wow ..I am glad that you loved Plus one , and I can see your issues with Tease. Yeah the overprotective male in TMO ...I so understand and yes it gets old lol
Carrie at In the Hammock Blog June 24, 2014 at 10:32 PM
You lasted in the 'take me on' series a lot longer than i did!!
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Balancing a Healthy Life with a Fun One.
I used to be one of those people who was like, "I'm sooooo lucky, I never get hungover! Isn't that crazy!?" And now? I literally want to roll my eyes so hard at 22-year old me because WOW. I mean, if you're in you're early 20's and you read that sentence saying "OMG same!" then that is fantastic and live your bliss, girl. However, I have a feeling that is not the case for most of y'all.
These days, I avoid sugary cocktails and white wine like the plague if I'm planning on having more than one drink because if I don't, I will literally be a useless human the day after. That being said though, I still want to live my life, especially since I don't have the free time to do so very often anyway. If you read one of my latest posts, I'm actually making a conscious effort to say yes more to hanging out with friends and trying new restaurants or bars, while worrying less about how these things will derail my health goals.
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