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Spotlight & Review: Dead Girls Don't Sing
Dead Girls Don't Sing
The Undead Space Initiative
Casey Wyatt
Genre: Urban Fantasy, Time Travel
Publisher: Casey Wyatt
Date of Publication: 12/18/17
ASIN: B07846RFWP
Cover Artist: Kim Killion Designs
Tagline: Time will have its way
When former vampire stripper Cherry Cordial settled on Mars with her undead family, she thought she'd left her chaotic past behind her. After finding her mate and becoming the first vampire to give birth, she's hoping to lead a drama-free life.
Naturally, the universe has a different plan. When mysterious undead space travelers arrive, an ancient Martian plague is released, infecting the undead. To find the cure she must return to Earth. All she needs to do is travel into the past, confront her own tangled history, and not break the space-time continuum. But if Cherry's learned anything, it's that her life is never that easy.
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Tiny pokers stabbed my eyes.
Another body, warm and hard, spooned against my backside.
Ian always felt so good, comforting and real.
His hand wrapped around my waist, cupping the underside of my breast. A cool sheet slid off my bare shoulder.
I was naked and in bed. A snippet of memory interrupted my appreciation of my husband's hand.
Wasn't I running from something . . .?
Fingers trailed along my spine, heading south. The touch was wrong, unfamiliar and rough.
Hold on. That wasn't Ian. I shouldn't feel the warmth of sun against my skin either. We lived on Mars, where it was colder than a witch's tit.
If not Ian, then who was touching my inner thigh?
My eyelids snapped open like a shade on a spring. Bolting upright, I bared my fangs and grabbed the man's wrist.
Oh, holy hell. I was in bed with another man. I rolled away and slammed into a different body. Shit, make that two other men. Two eye-poppingly gorgeous men.
Hey, I might be dead, but I'm not dead dead.
"Mistress? Have I displeased you?" said the man whose wrist I was about to shatter. Stunning blue-gray eyes. Dark stubble lined his chiseled jawline. His dark hair was mussed and complimented his swarthy skin tone. Dried blood smeared his neck. A red trail led to puncture marks.
The other man's brown muscled chest rose and fell in rhythmic sleep. His body was fully exposed on the white sheet. Puncture marks lined his neck, his groin and his very erect penis.
My cheeks heated like a furnace. Clearly, we'd had a good time.
"No. Leave me. Both of you go to your rooms." I dropped his wrist. The man woke his drowsing companion, and they left as I'd commanded.
Damn. I wished I could get the other men in my life to be so compliant.
Other men? There were other people important to me. Why couldn't I remember them?
I'd kill Jonathan if he was messing with my mind again.
But yet... that idea didn't feel right.
Somewhere in a dead corner of my memory, this moment seemed familiar. Jonathan, sensing my unhappiness with our "arrangement," had spent the early years of our relationship attempting to please me.
This must have been my slut phase, where we'd bring home gorgeous men and I would feast and fuck while he watched. I enjoyed knowing it bothered him that I wouldn't sleep with him. Only the mortals that we found in gaming dens, brothels, even at society events. The only other thing I would take from Jonathan besides his money was his blood, and only out of necessity.
Fucking hell. Ian's go-to phrase—I remembered him now—helped resurface the reason why I was reliving this not-so-proud moment in my past.
The plague. The Lost Ship. The time stream. My daughter.
Oh, dear God. I hoped she was safe.
"Good morning, my pet." Jonathan read a page of the morning newspaper while sipping tea from a dainty cup. He sat on the balcony situated outside my bedroom. From his vantage point, he could view the bed and my doings in Technicolor glory.
My heart lurched at the sight of his arrogant beauty. I had forgotten how full of life he'd been, especially in this time period. And, oh, how handsome he was. His raven hair glossy with blue highlights sparkled in the early morning sunshine. The strong line of his jaw and perfect Roman nose coupled with full lips made it hard not to stare at him. He hadn't yet acquired the weariness that having a Family would place on him.
In later years, after much bitterness between us, I no longer saw him anymore. The beauty was tarnished, and we became as passionate as two coworkers passing the time until their shift ended. He had become someone I had to endure rather than enjoy. Not that I ever really "enjoyed" him because of the circumstances surrounding our sham marriage.
The horrid image of his death, when he'd knelt, offering Thalia his head, shattered the peaceful moment. With a plaintive look, he commanded that I accept his fate and mine. We both knew that Thalia, the dead queen's heir apparent, was a vindictive bitch. She blamed me for her mother's death and Jonathan refused to bow down to her. So, he did what he always did. He protected his Family by sacrificing himself so we could escape. In his last moments, regret had filled his eyes. The wish that we could have been different together had been silenced forever.
Seeing Jonathan again and remembering was worse than reopening a wound and rubbing salt in it with a lemon juice chaser. If only I could apologize to him for how awful I'd been. I hadn't been blameless in wrecking our relationship. I could have tried harder to accept my fate instead of punishing him at every turn.
The temptation to blurt out the truth bubbled inside, until I had to force myself to look away from him. Would this Jonathan be willing to help me? Or would he use my current predicament to his advantage?
No. I couldn't, wouldn't chance it. Not with the entire colony's lives hanging in the balance.
Would've, Could've, Should've. Sew it on a patch and you'd have my life's motto.
Yup. Regrets sucked.
Jonathan placed the teacup down and smiled. "Did you enjoy yourself? You seemed a bit surprised when you awoke."
Surprise didn't cover how I felt. That word was too puny, too inadequate. After a few seconds, I found my voice again.
"Yes, we had a good time. Thank you." It sure looked that way.
He acted like finding his wife in bed with other men was no big deal. It wasn't like I would keep them. To him they were more like pets or meals with legs.
But now, with a century of wisdom tucked under my belt, instead of relishing in his annoyance, I realized something. He was sad. With himself or me, I wasn't sure. And it didn't matter. I had a mission to accomplish. A future to save.
Review by Jennifer
This was an interesting take on an Old genre and well told at that! In general I am not a fan of Space stories but I have it a try & was not sad I did!
Cherry is a dynamic character and as such helps make the well crafted world better. This was a well written dynamic story about Vampires and some other undead races in space! There was even some time traveling fun involved!
Give it a go!
Casey Wyatt grew up in a mid-size Connecticut town where nothing exciting ever happened. To stem the boredom, she read fantasy and sci-fi stories, imagining her own adventures in her head. Not much has changed since she's grown up, only now she's a multi-published author of paranormal romance and urban fantasy novels. In her spare time, she loves all things geeky, hangs out in museums, and collects stray cats.
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Spotlight: A Mortal Indiscretion
A Mortal Indiscretion
The Justin and Ambra Series
Barbra E. Ross
Genre: Paranormal Romance,
Romantic Suspense, Vampire Romance
Date of Publication: 4/27/16
ASIN: B01DFJ3TG4
Cover Artist: ProEbook Covers
Tagline: A sexy vampire. A little deceit. A love worth dying for. What more could you want from a vampire romance?
A man. A vampire. A love story....
One night changed everything for bachelor Justin Bertolli. A womanizer at heart, never quite ready to settle down, he meets the woman who would change his life forever. Ambra Taylor is that woman, but is she all that Justin bargained for? Told from a male protagonist point of view, A Mortal Indiscretion delivers wholly unique narratives that don't succumb to the same old recycled concepts.
Everything unravels in Justin's world. Although Ambra is a vampire, she is the vulnerable one of the two characters, providing a refreshing twist on standard tales. She is not waiting for her prince to come save her on his white horse. She simply desires love, to feel human love again and will do anything to protect the love of Justin.
When Justin discovers the truth about who and what she is, will he still love her? Will he still want her? Find out, as their hearts collide in this epic tale of love.
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All Hallow's Eve
Barbra E Ross
It only comes but once a year.
Filling your mind with fright and fear.
Some candy corn and popcorn balls.
While the eeriness, creeps through the wall.
A witch's laugh, a ghostly moan.
Mummy's hand and skeleton bone.
Vampire fangs, wolves howl.
Thunder cloud, wailing owl.
Midnight brings on the feast.
A zombie's wander, never cease.
Cemeteries full of helpless souls.
While neighbors fill the candy bowls.
Dead leaves float through the air.
While devils dance, and stranger's stare.
Pumpkin's glow, red and gold.
My skin crawls in a deathly hold.
Sunrise brings it all to end.
Light and dark, begin to blend.
Demons whither, back to ground.
Evil's desire gagged and bound.
Back to normal, all is well.
Nightly beasts sent back to hell.
Halloween, tricks and treats.
Make the heart, skip a beat.
Barbra E Ross lives in Michigan. She is a nurse by day and a writer of fiction at night.
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Villain Spotlight: Tarnished Journey
Tarnished Journey
Soul Dance
Book Four
Ann Gimpel
Genre: PNR
Full length paranormal romance with shifters and gypsies and demons–and an HEA.
Long before Germany rounded up Romani and sent them to prison camps, the Netherlands declared them undesirables. Yara's caravan disbanded when she was fifteen to avoid being driven out of the country. Ten years have passed, and she's been alone for most of that time hiding in caves and abandoned buildings. It's been a lonely life, but at least she still has one.
Stewart conceals his true identity for the best of reasons. He's not actually Romani, even though he's been a caravan leader for many years. In a bold and desperate move, he joins a small band of shifters and Rom to fight the Reich's chokehold on Europe. When they're crossing the border into the Netherlands, vampires attack.
Yara senses Romani near her cave. The stench of vampire comes through loud and clear too, along with shifters. While not nearly as bad as vampires, her people have always steered clear of them. Another type of magic plucks at her. She can't identify it, but it draws her from her hiding place. That decision tilts her world on its axis when she comes face to face with Stewart's raw masculinity and savage presence. She could still turn tail and run. If she stays, it doesn't require magical ability to recognize her life will change forever.
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Guest Post: VILLAIN SPOTLIGHT
Thanks so much for inviting me back to your blog, Gothic Mom. Hope all is well with you. Tarnished Journey, last of the Soul Dance books features many villains. Perhaps the most loveable is Manandan, son of Llyr and a sea god in his own right. Rather than an interview, here's a clip from Chapter Eleven. It shines a light into Manandan's character, his entitlement mentality, and his particular world view.
…"Tell him what?" Yara broke in. "How the hell do you say no to a god? Besides, I didn't exactly tell him yes. I asked a question, and he disappeared. Granted, I didn't try to call him back. It would have been absurdly selfish of me to put myself before all the other people on this ship."
"So ye werena smitten, lass?" Stewart arched a brow.
She smiled. "Sometimes you sound unbelievably archaic. Nay," she aped his brogue, "I wasna smitten. Merely practical. Besides, I figured my mother wouldn't force me into something I didn't want. Once we were safe in Scotland, I would have addressed this."
"'Twas a gamble. The gods may squabble like rats over a rotting corpse, but they stand together against any outsider, which is exactly what they'd consider ye to be."
The deck pitched violently beneath them, and he scrambled for balance. "Come on. Manandan's temper appears to be deteriorating."
"It wasn't his strong suit when he was in my cabin. Let me go first."
"Nay." Stewart gripped the handrails and hauled himself one deck up with Yara right behind him. They needed a plan, and he didn't have one. Manandan had always been quick to anger, and he didn't like to lose.
The deck canted hard to port; Cadr and Gregor were scrambling to get the canvas down. Vreis stood at the helm. Lines of strain carved deep into his face as he fought the wheel.
Manandan was turned away from them, facing out to sea with his hands raised. Power arced from his fingers, burning blue-white against the darkness where sea and sky merged into each other. It should still be daytime, but you couldn't prove it by the inky darkness surrounding the ship. Water raced over the rails, retreating as it rejoined the sea.
Yara started forward, but Stewart gripped her upper arm, and then slid his hand down until their fingers laced together. The god knew they were there. No need to say anything.
Stewart rocked from foot to foot to stay upright. Perhaps the god would give him something to work with if he waited. Patience had never been one of Manandan's virtues. In this instance, that might work in their favor.
Manandan spun. Anger shot from his black eyes. Dark hair swirled around him, falling to the middle of his back. He'd always preferred robes to trousers, and today's was the color of old claret, sashed in deep blue.
He pointed a long-nailed index finger at Yara. "Faithless whore. I offered you a great honor, and ye throw it in my face by rutting with yon Druid. What? Ye couldna wait until I had the time to take you to my bed?"
The god marched toward them, his arm still extended. "We had a deal. A bargain. Granted, 'twas not sealed with your blood, but ye're Rhiannon's daughter. I assumed ye'd be an honorable wench. Not a faithless slut."
Stewart stepped between them. "That is enough. Ye insult the woman who shall be my wife."
A muted squawk emerged from Yara, but she didn't follow it up by telling him he'd just presumed a whole lot without asking her.
"Wife, eh? Appears she's a wee bit surprised by your proposal."
"If I'm surprised, it's because I can see you," Yara spoke up, her voice surprisingly steady. "In my cabin, you were nothing but a disembodied voice."
"So?" Manandan stared at her. "Surely ye've seen Rhiannon in all her forms."
"In truth, I've never seen her at all. Not that I remember, anyway. She fostered me in a gypsy caravan when I was just a babe."
"Details." He waved a dismissive hand and more seawater sluiced over the deck, swirling about his feet. "We had an agreement. Will ye maintain your end, or would ye prefer to leave this flimsy piece of wood masquerading as a boat to the whims of the sea?"
"I see many more options than that," Stewart cut in smoothly. "Ye surprised the lass when ye materialized below decks. She was flustered and dinna wish to put her own needs above those of the rest of us traveling with her."
Manandan nodded knowingly. "Indeed. All good and salient reasons for her to leave with me now. I'll instruct the sea to see you safely across to Scotland as I promised."
"Did you talk with my mother? With Rhiannon?" Yara asked.
"When would I have had a chance to do that?" he countered. "I've been here, holding the storm at bay." He tossed his head. "Keeping my end of the bargain."
Stewart clacked his jaws together and jumped in with both feet. "Ye just contradicted yourself."
Manandan transferred his unnerving black eyes to Stewart. "I should kill you for that impertinence."
"Hear me out, then decide." Stewart squared his shoulders. "First, ye said ye could instruct the sea to guide us safely across, implying ye dinna have to be here overseeing things. Next, ye announced ye'd been holding the storm at bay. Ye canna have it both ways. Either your presence is essential. Or 'tis not."
"Your point, Druid?" Manandan skinned his lips back from his teeth, looking annoyed.
At least he hasna called down lightning to smote me. Yet.
"My point was this." Stewart plunged ahead. If he stopped to organize what came out of his mouth, his courage might fail. "Ye dinna believe aught stood betwixt ye and yon lass, so ye werena in any rush to leave. Your behind-the-scenes motive was to make certain the ship made port with her aboard. Now that ye recognize I have a claim where she's concerned, ye're anxious to spirit her away regardless of whether the ship founders."
"I would hear from her whether she sees herself as yours." The sea god shoved past Stewart and stood nose to nose with Yara. "I take what I want, lass, but ye agreed to—"
"I asked a question," she broke in. "I never said yes to anything. You left too soon."
Stewart winced. She'd interrupted a god, and that wouldn't end well.
"We had an understanding," Manandan shouted. "Ye asked what I wanted when I turned down your offer of gold. Since my request was well within your ability to acquiesce, of course I left."
"I asked a question," Yara persisted. "You never used the words mistress or marry or have sex with. From where I'm sitting, your meaning was vague. For all I knew, you were planning to shanghai me to be your housekeeper."
Stewart bit back an inane desire to laugh. Clearly not cowed by the god, Yara was brave and resourceful, countering his opinions with reason. Stewart wanted to hug her, but there wasn't much point in making Manandan even angrier.
"Housekeeper?" His voice rose. "Housekeeper? I'm a god, woman. Magic accomplishes such tasks."
Yara shrugged. "Since I wasn't raised by Rhiannon, all I understand is life in Romani caravans—or by myself after the Dutch government made it a crime to be a gypsy." She crossed her arms beneath her breasts and stood as straight as she could manage on the pitching deck.
A crafty look crossed Manandan's craggy features. "Ye've had little enough of ease in your life, lassie. I could make up for the hard times. Ye'd never want for aught."
"It takes more than that to make someone happy. I may be Rhiannon's child, but until less than a day ago, I viewed myself as human."
"I know what women like. Come with me. I have a lovely corner room in mind just for you. It looks down on gardens such as ye've never laid eyes on afore. Flowers grow that bloom only in the Otherworld. Ye'd have servants to tend to your every need."
Stewart both saw and felt compulsion weave itself with the sea god's offer. He fisted his hands, wanting to drive them through Manandan's handsome face.
A closed-off look etched into Yara's features, and she tilted her chin at a defiant angle. "Sorry. God or no, I'm not for sale."
"I tried to do this nicely," Manandan snarled. "Let's see if a year or two in the dungeons doesna improve your attitude. I can afford to wait ye out." The sea crashed over a railing and formed a glittering nimbus circling him and Yara. Brightness grew around the two, edging upward.
Stewart pulled power like a madman. He had to intervene before the god's spell reached its zenith. When that happened, he'd disappear and take Yara with him.
"Let us help." Jamal and Elliott closed on either side of him, weaving their shifter magic with his. It was a more potent blend than Stewart would have guessed. Power flared around them in a mixture of blues, greens, and browns, and the scents of their combined power gave him hope all wasn't lost.
"Yara! Break free while ye still can," Stewart exhorted.
Rather than answer, she extended her arms. Lightning bolts crackled from her fingertips. The wind turned her flame-colored hair into a twisting mass that took one bird form after the next.
Was it conscious? Either she was channeling her mother, or Rhiannon was on her way. Stewart upped his link with the two shifters and focused more power to break through the pulsing maelstrom of seawater surrounding Manandan and Yara. Even if Rhiannon were racing to her daughter's side, she might arrive too late.
As if drawn by the avian tableau playing itself out in Yara's long hair, Meara flew between the god and Yara, cawing fiercely. Stewart felt like cheering, but his spell required all his attention. Surely, the god couldn't stand against all of them.
He doesna have to. All he needs to do is create enough of a power vacuum to spirit himself and Yara out of here.
Aye, and once he's gone, we shall feel the full brunt of his resentment.
No help for that last. Once Yara was safely beyond the god's reach, Stewart wanted him well and truly gone. He'd faced rough seas before, and he could do it again. The boat was solidly built. It would see them safe to port—with an assist from everyone's combined magic.
He hoped.
I have yet to lose a ship. This willna be the first.
Manandan shot a blast of blue-tinged power at the vulture shifter, but she evaded him easily with a tilt of her extended wings. Yara took advantage of the momentary break in the god's attention to fashion an opening in the pulsing water. Once she slithered through, she dropped back until a few feet separated her from Manandan.
He roared his displeasure. A vortex crafted from seawater swished outward from where he stood, enveloping Yara. She fought against it, power spewing from her as she tried to break the god's grip.
Meara went on full attack mode, flying right at the god with her beak angled to take out one of his eyes. Just when she got close, she smacked up against something Stewart couldn't see.
Must be the god's warding. Shit! How would they drill through that? He was holding his spell around Yara and defending himself without expending much visible effort at all.
Stewart focused his magic, combined with Jamal's and Elliott's, at various points in the cyclone around Yara, but couldn't penetrate it. "I need more," he cried. "Give me more."
"There isn't any more," Elliott said, his tone grim as death. "We need to be smart about this. Water is the most potent of the elements, and it's his strong point. The rest of us use earth and air."
"Fire comes to my call," Jamal panted, "but it's less than useless against water."
"We have to do something." Stewart shouted to make himself heard above the howling wind and pounding sea.
Oblivious to the rest of them, Meara flew around Manandan's head, getting in blows from her beak from time to time. How she determined where rents were in the god's warding was beyond Stewart since the shielding around the god all looked the same to him.
At least Meara's diversion kept the god's net around Yara from reaching full velocity. Stewart stripped warding from himself and plunged toward Yara. Where the sea touched him, it burned so hot he imagined skin sloughing from his bones, but he kept going until he stood within the circle of water by Yara's side.
"That was stupid," she screeched, her face contorted into a rictus. "Now you're trapped right along with me."
Her lack of faith in him stung, but he pushed it aside. "I hold Jamal's and Elliott's magic in addition to my own. Join yours to the mix. Together, we can blast through the enchantment. Ye must believe we can do this, lass."
Hope flared in her eyes, turning them deep violet, and the unique feel of her magic augured into him. He didn't hesitate, just braided it with what lived within him, working as fast as he could.
The sea pushed against them now with the same hungry icy-heat that had burned him when he blasted through its barrier. "Earth trumps water," he shouted. "Channel as much as ye can."
"It's my strongest element." A feral expression made her look like something out of legends, otherworldly and fierce enough to bend fate to her will.
"On my count of three." Stewart didn't bother with telepathy. Meara was still keeping Manandan busy, and if this worked, things would happen fast.
"One. Two. Three."
Magic scoured its way through him; he welcomed its cleansing path. Extreme power always did this, made him feel like he came within a hairsbreadth of dying and being reborn as something pure and innocent, yet ancient and wise at the same time.
The circle of seawater burst around them, turning into nothing more than foam racing across the tilting deck.
Stewart didn't hesitate. He wrapped his arms around Yara and dragged her backward until they were behind Jamal and Elliott.
Manandan focused a gimlet gaze their way. "Ye think to stymie me with cheap parlor tricks? My sea will make certain this ship founders. I'm done with good deeds. And with faithless sluts who doona appreciate me." He raised both arms over his head and began to chant in Gaelic.
Meara pecked his outstretched hands until blood flowed, but the god ignored her.
Magic with a different feel spilled around them, enveloping them in a multihued ball of light. Wind still howled and waves still roared, but the ship righted itself, no longer fighting the restless sea.
"What the hell is happening now?" Yara sputtered.
Stewart tightened his grip on her. "I might be mistaken, lass, but I believe your mother is about to make an appearance."
Yara tried to evade his grasp. The air around her developed a reddish tinge as anger exploded from her. "I hate this," she yelled. "I'm more than a goddamned pawn on a game board. You hear that, Mother?" She shook her fist skyward. "Take your fucking help and choke on it. I may have needed you once, but I don't anymore."
Shock ricocheted through Stewart. He opened his mouth to chide Yara for her disrespect, but silvery laughter cut through the howl of wind and the slap of waves.
A gateway pulsing with violet light formed next to Manandan, and Rhiannon stepped through. Long red hair, twin to her daughter's, flowed to her feet. She was wrapped in lengths of silver and gold brocade, and an owl sat on each shoulder. A copper torc circled her throat, and rings with violet gemstones adorned the index fingers of both hands.
She turned her golden eyes on Yara. "Well met, daughter. 'Twould be a sad day, indeed, if ye suffered for want of a mother ye never knew."
Ann Gimpel is a mountaineer at heart. Recently retired from a long career as a psychologist, she remembers many hours at her desk where her body may have been stuck inside four walls, but her soul was planning yet one more trip to the backcountry. Around the turn of the last century (that would be 2000, not 1900!), she managed to finagle moving to the Eastern Sierra, a mecca for those in love with the mountains. It was during long backcountry treks that Ann's writing evolved. Unlike some who see the backcountry as an excuse to drag friends and relatives along, Ann prefers solitude. Stories always ran around in her head on those journeys, sometimes as a hedge against abject terror when challenging conditions made her fear for her life, sometimes for company. Eventually, she returned from a trip and sat down at the computer. Three months later, a five hundred page novel emerged. Oh, it wasn't very good, but it was a beginning. And, she learned a lot between writing that novel and its sequel.
Around that time, a friend of hers suggested she try her hand at short stories. It didn't take long before that first story found its way into print and they've been accepted pretty regularly since then. One of Ann's passions has always been ecology, so her tales often have a green twist.
In addition to writing, Ann enjoys wilderness photography. She lugs pounds of camera equipment in her backpack to distant locales every year. A standing joke is that over ten percent of her pack weight is camera gear which means someone else has to carry the food! That someone is her husband. They've shared a life together for a very long time. Children, grandchildren and three wolf hybrids round out their family.
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Guest Post on Villains by Joe M. Solomon
The Darkness: Giger, Texas
Joe M. Solomon
Genre: Horror/Supernatural
Publisher: NES Publishing, LLC
Date of Publication: October 3, 2017
ASIN: B07435H5YR
Word Count: 106,029
Cover Artist: Syneca Featherstone
When night falls in Giger, Texas, shadows gather as they always do in dim corners and other areas bereft of light. But this time they consolidate and attack any who tread too close. Michael Warren, a twenty-four-year-old resident of Giger, finds himself at the epicenter of this horror and is stunned by the losses suffered overnight. Then the sun sets and the shadows again coalesce, growing more aggressive, the darkness eviscerating anyone it touches.
His only weapon light, Michael struggles to survive and searches frantically for his girlfriend, aiding friends along the way. When Hurricane Daniel roars ashore, wind gusts shred trees and tear down power lines, plunging all of Southeastern Texas into blackness that only feeds and strengthens the encroaching darkness. Rising floodwater provides easy thoroughfares from which the darkness can strike as Michael and his friends contend with the elements, clash with criminals, and battle their way to his residence where they will stand against the darkness and fight to survive.
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Startled, Eddie blinked and wiped at his own eyes. "What was…? Hello?"
No answer.
His pulse picked up. "C-Curt, you in here… you a-a-a-asshole?"
A box fell behind him.
Eddie spun around, body tight as a knot, eyes wide as their sockets would allow. "Wh-h-h-h-who the hell's that?" he demanded with as much sternness as he could inject into his quivering voice.
Soft whispers trickled out of a minuscule pocket of emptiness near the back door on the farthest wall. There, amid the gloom, something progressed toward him. At first, its movements appeared mechanical, inelastic. Then it evolved into a smooth flow. A soft ripple. A consolidated wave of darkness.
Review - The Darkness Giger, Texas - 5 Stars
A total scarefest! Definitely not for the squeamish. This takes place right before a hurricane is about to hit. Those of us who have dealt with a hurricane or are afraid of the dark, will experience real terror among these pages. Michael Warren and his friends have no idea why there are mass murders taking place at night, not just in Giger, Texas, but all over the world. You won't believe what they encounter. Many of you may want to sleep with the lights on after this.
We have a very plausible scenario here that switches to the viewpoint of thecharacters throughout. If you live in the Houston area, you can really visualize this taking place which makes it all the more terrifying. I wasn't sure what to expect when I started this, but it was worth the ride. Seasoned horror fans will be glued to their seats as a new terror takes shape. - Reviewed by Janet
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Let's explore a little about what scares you. I've read books and watched movies that reflect things that scare us. Sometimes it is waking up and suddenly realizing that you are the last person on earth, i.e. Loneliness. According to psychiatrists, we need people for everything from simple companionship to feeling good about ourselves. This notion was examined time and again on the TV series The Twilight Zone. In Where is Everybody?, our main character basically wakes up in a town alone. He tries a pay phone. Nothing. He rushes from a restaurant to the sheriff''s office, finding no one. He has a moment of hope when he sees a woman sitting in a car. Further investigating, however, reveals that it is a mannequin. When he can find no hope, ultimately our protagonist starts to crack up.
We also see it in Time Enough when the main character survives a nuclear war. Upon surfacing, the man finds everything has been destroyed. He is a ferocious reader who wears thick eyeglasses. However, after discovering piles and piles of books he now has all the time in the world to read, he sees another on the ground, bends to retrieve it, and his glasses slide off of his nose and break. Now he is alone, unable to read, with no one to talk to and nothing to do but wait to die.
In a more recent film, Passengers, the main character is on a spaceship, heading to a new world with thousands of other passengers. By accident, the main character accidentally awakens. All of the others still sleep. Doing almost everything he wants to, from dancing in a virtual club to space walking outside of the ship, he finds it isn't enough. He needs a companion and soon finds it paramount.
So we need other people and fear total solitude. What else scares us? Let's consider some childhood that sometimes follow us into adulthood. The three I've heard mentioned the most often are the monsters under the bed, the boogeyman in the closet and what lurks in the darkness. As adults, the darkness continues to frighten us because we are aware now of terrors—like serial killers—that may lay in waiting for us as we walk to our cars late at night. Sick individuals who aren't out steal our money or carjack us, but just want to see us suffer and die. Or the lone gunman who unexpectedly sprays crowds with bullets or the man who waits in the shadows, engine running, carefully timing a hit and run. All for the sake of violence. But what happens when the menace in the darkness waiting to kill you isn't a person, but the darkness itself is?
"So what?" some might respond. "The darkness is intangible." But what if it became tangible, not just her or there, but everywhere shadows formed. And the one thing we knew for certain was that the sun must set.
Again, so might shrug and say, "So what? I'll simply turn on the lights." What if a hurricane then plowed ashore and took away your light source? What if the darkness grew so thick that is blocked out the starts from the sky… and the light in your house? How would you protect yourself if a candle or flashlight simply wasn't enough light to stave off the darkness? Would submersing yourself in such a tale take you back to an earlier time in your life when the monster under the bed and the boogeyman in the closet seemed terrifyingly real?
Well, this is what I present to you, dear reader: A villain you cannot speak with, interview, reason with or evade… ever!
Joe M. Solomon earned a bachelor's degree from the University of St. Thomas, followed by both master's and doctoral degrees from Rice University. Joe's supernatural thriller The Darkness: Giger, Texas released in 2017. A second novel—The Light: Houston, Texas—and a collection of short stories that arise from the macabre will soon follow.
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4.2 SC Type R
S-Type V6 & V8 spare parts
Bodystyling - Leapers, badges, grilles
XF 2.7D
XF 3.0
XFR 4.2 SC
XFR-S 5.0 SC
XJ40 (1986 - 1993)
XJ6 2.9
XJ12 6.0
X300 (1994 - 1997)
XJR6
X350 - X358 (2003 - 2009)
XJ6 2.7D
XJR 4.2 SC
X351 (2010 - Présent)
XJ 2.0
XJ6 3.0 SC
XJS Boot cover
Boot cover Jaguar XJS 89 - 93
XK8 4.0
XKR 4.0 SC
XK 3.5
XKR-S 5.0 SC
XK8 & XKR Leather seat covers
XK8 & XKR Boot cover
V6 2.0
Series I (1968 - 1973)
Series II (1973 - 1979)
Série III (1979 - 1986)
E-Type (1961 - 1975)
Accessories / Service parts
X350 - X358
Air Conditioning / Heating
Interior & Audio
Transmission / Driveline
Chevolet
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ABS pump Jaguar X350 / S-Type Ph2
2R83-2C405-AA
ABS pump for Jaguar XJ X350 / S-Type Ph2. Pump part N°: 2R83-2C405-AA. Module part N°: 2R83-2C219-BA. For XJ X350 between 2003 and 2004. For S-Type between 2002 and 2004. Only suitable for vehicles with Dynamic Stability Control.
ABS pump Jaguar XJ X350 / S-Type
5W93-2C405-AD
ABS pump for Jaguar XJ X350 / S-Type. Part N°: 5W93-2C405-AD. For XJ X350 between 2005 and 2009.
ABS Sensor Jaguar S-Type / X350 / X150 / X100
XR822753
ABS Sensor for Jaguar S-Type / X350 / X150 / X100. Part N°: XR822753. For S-Type V6 2.7D, 2.5, 3.0, V8 4.2 & 4.2 SC between 2002 and 2008. For XJ X350 V6 2.7D, 3.0, V8 3.5, 4.2 & 4.2 SC between 2003 and 2009. For XK X150 V8 3.5, 4.2, 4.2 SC, 5.0 & 5.0 SC between 2006 and 2009. For XK8 V8 4.2 & XKR V8 4.2 SC between 2003 and 2005.
AC water pump Jaguar S-Type / XF / X350 V8
C2C6517
Air conditioning water pump Jaguar S-Type / XF / X350 V8. Part N°: C2C6517. For S-Type V8 4.2 & 4.2 SC between 2002 and 2008. For XJ X350 V8 3.5, 4.2 & 4.2 SC between 2003 and 2009. For XF V8 4.2 & 4.2 SC between 2008 and 2009.
Usually dispatched within 3 to 4 days
Air filter Jaguar S-Type / XF / X350 / X351
AJ82766
Air filter for Jaguar S-Type / XF / X350 / X351. Part N°: AJ82766. For S-Type V6 2.7D, 2.5, 3.0 and V8 4.2 & 4.2 SC between 2002 and 2008. For XF 2.0, 2.2D, 2.7D, 3.0D, 3.0, 3.0 SC, 4.2, 4.2 SC, 5.0 & 5.0 SC between 2008 and 2013. For XJ X350 2.7D, 3.0, 3.5, 4.2 & 4.2 SC between 2003 and 2009. For XJ X351 2.0, 3.0D, 5.0 & 5.0 SC between 2010 and 2013.
Air flow sensor Jaguar S-Type / X350 / XF / X351 Diesel
C2C12919
Air flow sensor for Jaguar S-Type / X350 / XF / X351 Diesel. Part N°: C2C12919. For S-Type V6 2.7D between 2004 and 2008. For XJ X350 V6 2.7D models between 2003 and 2009. For XJ X351 V6 3.0D 2010 on. For XF V6 2.7D & 3.0D 2008 on. Diesel only. 2 required.
Air flow sensor Jaguar S-Type / XF / X350 / X100 / X-Type
C2S2670
Air flow sensor for Jaguar S-Type / XF / X350 / X100 / X-Type. Part N°: C2S2670. For S-Type V6 & V8 models between 2002 and 2008. For XF V6 & V8 models 2008 on. For XJ X350 V8 models between 2003 and 2009. For XK8 X100 4.2 models between 2003 and 2005. For X-Type V6 petrol models between 2001 and 2009. Excludes R Supercharged models.
Air flow sensor Jaguar S-Type / XF / X350 / X100 / X-Type...
Air flow sensor for Jaguar S-Type / XF / X350 / X100 / X-Type / X150. Part N°: C2S2670. For S-Type V6 & V8 models between 2002 and 2008. For XF V6 & V8 models 2008 on. For XJ X350 V6 & V8 models between 2003 and 2009. For XK8 X100 & X150 3.5 & 4.2 models between 2003 and 2005. For X-Type V6 petrol models between 2001 and 2009. Excludes R Supercharged models.
Air flow sensor Jaguar XKR / XJR / S-Type R
Air flow sensor for Jaguar XKR / XJR / S-Type R. Part N°: C2C7636. For S-Type R V8 4.2 SC between 2002 and 2008. For XK X150 XKR V8 4.2 SC between 2006 and 2009. For XKR X100 V8 4.2 SC between 2003 and 2005. For XJR X350 V8 4.2 SC between 2003 and 2009.
Air intake tube Jaguar S-Type / XF / X350 V6
Air intake tube Jaguar S-Type / XF / X350 V6. Part N°: XR849998. For S-Type V6 models between 2002 and 2007. For XF V6 models between 2008 and 2010. For XJ X350 V6 models between 2003 and 2009. Excludes R Supercharged models.
Air spring Jaguar XJ X350
C2C41347 / C2C41340
Bilstein air spring for Jaguar XJ X350. For all XJ X350 between 2003 and 2009. Part No: C2C41347 / C2C41340 Bilstein Part No: 44-069483 / 44-069506 Sold individually. 2 required.
Aircleaner filter box Jaguar S-Type / XF / X350
Aircleaner filter box Jaguar S-Type / XF / X350. Part N°: C2C13811. For S-Type V6 & V8 models between 2002 and 2007. For XF V6 & V8 models between 2008 and 2010. For XJ X350 V6 & V8 models between 2003 and 2009. Excludes R Supercharged models.
Alternator Jaguar X350 / S-Type / X150 V8
C2P1974
Alternator for Jaguar X350 / S-Type / X150. Part No: C2P1974. For XJ X350 V8 models between 2006 and 2009. For S-Type V8 models between 2006 and 2008. For XK X150 models between 2006 and 2009.
Alternator Jaguar X350 / S-Type Diesel
Alternator for Jaguar X350 & S-Type Diesel. Part No: C2C20533. For XJ X350 V6 2.7D models between 2003 and 2009. For S-Type V6 2.7D models between 2004 and 2008.
Aluminium Gear Knob Jaguar
Aluminium Gear Knob for Jaguar. For S-Type, X300, X308, X350, X-Type, XK8 & XK between 1994 and 2009. Automatic gearbox only.
Automatic transmission fluid ZF 6HP26 / 6HP28 / 6HP32
ATF6006
Automatic transmission fluid Fuchs Titan ATF 6006 for ZF 6HP26 / 6HP28 / 6HP32. For models fitted with the ZF 6HP26 transmission. For models fitted with the ZF 6HP28 transmission. For models fitted with the ZF 6HP32 transmission. 1 Litre.
Bonnet leaper Jaguar
C2Z12493
Chrome bonnet leaper for Jaguar. For all X-Type, S-Type, XJ40, X300, X308, X350, X100, X150, XJS et XF. Genuine leaper on special order only.
Available to backorder
Cam cover gasket Jaguar X150 / X350 / XF / S-Type V8
AJ812402 / AJ812399
Cam cover gasket for Jaguar X150 / X350 / XF / S-Type V8. Part N°: AJ812402 / AJ812399. For XK 3.5 & 4.2 and XKR 4.2 SC between 2006 and 2009. For XJ X350 V8 3.5, 4.2 & XJR 4.2 SC between 2003 and 2009. For XF V8 4.2 & XFR 4.2 SC between 2008 and 2009. For S-Type V8 4.2 & 4.2 SC between 2002 and 2008.
Camshaft cover fastener Jaguar V8
Camshaft cover fastener for Jaguar V8. Part N°: AJ810511. For S-Type V8 4.0, 4.2 & 4.2 SC between 1999 and 2008. For XJ X350 V8 3.5, 4.2 & 4.2 SC between 2003 and 2009. For XF V8 4.2 & 4.2 SC between 2008 and 2009. For XK X150 3.5, 4.2 & 4.2 SC between 2006 and 2009. For XK X100 4.0, 4.0 SC, 4.2 & 4.2 SC between 1996 and 2005. For XJ...
Camshaft cover isolator Jaguar V8
NCA2575CA
Camshaft cover isolator for Jaguar V8. Part N°: NCA2575CA. For S-Type V8 4.0, 4.2 & 4.2 SC between 1999 and 2008. For XJ X350 V8 3.5, 4.2 & 4.2 SC between 2003 and 2009. For XF V8 4.2 & 4.2 SC between 2008 and 2009. For X150 3.5, 4.2 & 4.2 SC between 2006 and 2009. For X100 4.0, 4.0 SC, 4.2 & 4.2 SC between 1996 and 2005. For XJ X308...
Camshaft cover seal VVT Jaguar V8 3.5, 4.0 & 4.2
Camshaft cover oil seal VVT for Jaguar V8 4.0 & 4.2. Part N°: AJ82856. For V8 3.5, 4.0, 4.2 & 4.2 SC models between 1996 and 2009. Sold individually. 2 required. Genuine seal on special order only.
Camshaft position sensor RH Jaguar V8 after 1999
LRA1646BC
Camshaft position sensor RH A bank for Jaguar V8. Part N°: LRA1646BC. For S-Type V8 4.0, 4.2 & 4.2 SC between 1999 and 2008. For XK8 4.0, 4.2, XKR 4.0 SC & 4.2 SC X100 between 1999 and 2005. For XJ8 3.2, 4.0 & XJR 4.0 SC X308 between 1999 and 2002. For XJ X350 V8 3.5, 4.2 & XJR 4.2 SC between 2003 and 2009.
Car trunk net
TRNKNT
Car trunk net. Part N°: TRNKNT. For any car.
CD Autochanger Magazine Jaguar
C2S14403
CD Autochanger Magazine for Jaguar. Part No: C2S14403. For all Jaguar models from 1994 (except S-Type Ph1).
CD changer Jaguar S-Type Ph2 / X-Type / X350
CD changer for Jaguar S-Type / X-Type / X350. Part N°: C2C38055. For S-Type between 2002 and 2008. For X-Type between 2001 and 2010. For XJ X350 between 2003 and 2009.
Clip Jaguar
Clip for several Jaguar models. Part No: XR812941. For all S-Type, X350, X150, X351, XF, F-Type, E-Pace models.
Crankshaft front oil seal Jaguar V8
Crankshaft front oil seal for Jaguar V8. Part N°: AJ83698. For V8 4.0, 4.2 & 4.2 SC models between 1996 and 2009.
Crankshaft Position Sensor Jaguar V8
Crankshaft Position Sensor for Jaguar V8. Part N°: AJ81284. For S-Type V8 between 1999 and 2008. For XK8 V8 between 1999 and 2005. For XJ X308 V8 between 1999 and 2002 For XF V8 between 2008 and 2009 For XK X150 V8 between 2006 and 2009. For XJ X350 V8 between 2003 and 2009.
Cylinder head bolt Jaguar V8
Cylinder head bolt for Jaguar with V8 engine. Part N°: AJ89986. For S-Type V8 between 1999 and 2008. For XJ X308 V8 between 1998 and 2002. For XJ X350 V8 between 2003 and 2009. For X100 V8 between 1996 and 2005. For X150 V8 between 2006 and 2014. For XF V8 between 2008 and 2011. 175 mm.
Direction Indicator Switch Jaguar X150 / X350 / S-Type Ph3
Direction Indicator Switch for Jaguar X150 / X350 / S-Type Ph3. Part No: XR855434. For S-Type 2.7D, 2.5, 3.0, 4.2 & S-Type R 4.2 SC between 2006 and 2008. For XK 3.5, 4.2 & XKR 4.2 SC X150 between 2006 and 2009. For XJ X350 2.7D, 3.0, 3.5, 4.2 & XJR 4.2 SC between 2006 and 2009.
Downstream Oxygen sensor Jaguar S-Type / XF / X150 / X350
Downstream Oxygen sensor for Jaguar S-Type / XF / X150 / X350. Part N°: C2C22679. For S-Type V6 and V8 between 2006 and 2008. For X350 V6 & V8 between 2006 and 2009. For XF V6 & V8 between 2008 and 2010. For X150 V8 between 2006 and 2010. Sold individually. 2 required.
Downstream Oxygen sensor Jaguar S-Type Ph2 / X350 / X100
Downstream Oxygen sensor for Jaguar S-Type Ph2 / X350 / X100. Part N°: C2C25956. For S-Type V6 2.5, 3.0, V8 4.2 & S-Type R 4.2 SC between 2002 and 2005. For XJ X350 V6 3.0, V8 3.5, 4.2 & XJR 4.2 SC between 2003 and 2005. For XK8 4.2 & XKR 4.2 SC X100 between 2003 and 2005. Sold individually. 2 required.
Drive belt tensioner Jaguar S-Type / XF / X100 / X150 /...
Drive belt tensioner for Jaguar S-Type / XF / X100 / X150 / X350 V8. Part N°: C2C36146. For S-Type V8 4.2 & 4.2 SC between 2003 and 2008. For XF V8 4.2 & XFR 4.2 SC between 2008 and 2009. For XK X150 V8 3.5, V8 4.2 & XKR 4.2 SC from 2006 on. For XJ X350 V8 3.5, 4.2 & XJR 4.2 SC between 2003 and 2009. For XK8 V8 4.2 & XKR V8 4.2 SC between 2003 and 2005.
Drive belt tensioner Jaguar XF / S-Type / X350 V6 2.7D
Drive belt tensioner for Jaguar XF / S-Type / X350 V6 2.7D. Part No: C2C36145. For XF V6 2.7D between 2008 and 2009. For XJ X350 V6 2.7D between 2004 and 2009. For S-Type V6 2.7D between 2004 and 2008.
Drive belt tensioner Jaguar XF / X350 / S-Type Ph 2 & 3 /...
Drive belt tensioner for Jaguar XF / X350 / S-Type Ph 2 & 3 / X-Type V6. Part No: C2S45579. For XF V6 3.0 models between 2008 and 2011. For S-Type V6 2.5 & 3.0 between 2002 and 2008. For X-Type V6 2.0, 2.5 & 3.0 between 2001 and 2009. For XJ6 X350 V6 3.0 between 2003 and 2009.
Drive belt tensioner Jaguar XF / X350 / X351 / S-Type Diesel
Drive belt tensioner for Jaguar XF / X350 / X351 / S-Type Diesel. Part No: C2C22802. For XF V6 2.7D et 3.0D from 2008. For S-Type 2.7D between 2004 and 2008. For XJ X350 2.7D between 2004 and 2009. For XJ X351 3.0D between 2010 and 2020.
VKFN
Dual USB Car Charger. Part N°: VKFN. For any car.
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Well, if walking is a required option for your prisoner then forget these! Dead easy to fit - none of the fiddling around with huge keys - these will clamp around you captive's ankles with one short sharp clunk. Then there is no way they are coming undone without the tumbler lock keys.
The circumference of these little darlings is 10 1/2 inches or 27 cms. To see whether they will fit just stretch a piece of string around the offender's ankle and measure!
Apologies we are not allowed to sell leg irons outside the European Union.


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CBD is still illegal in Iowa, but for how long? – Des Moines Register
July 10, 2019 by susan ward
Linh Ta Des Moines Register
Published 7:40 PM EDT Jul 9, 2019
Cannabidiol, better known as CBD oil, is still illegal for most people in Iowa.
But following the passage of the Iowa Hemp Act, which legalized the production of hemp containing less than 0.3% THC, Iowans and local businesses are confused about the legality of CBD in the state, prompting the Iowa Attorney General's Office to warn people that the future of CBD isn't as clear cut as consumers may expect.
What consumers and businesses need to know right now is that until the U.S. Department of Agriculture approves the state's hemp plan, which is expected to happen in the fall, CBD oil at this moment is still a controlled substance and the possession or sale of it could result in criminal charges.
"There's a lot of confusion," said Lynn Hicks, spokesperson for the Iowa Attorney General's Office. "We've heard from consumers, we've heard from people who want to sell products, we've heard from doctors about this."
Okay, so why is there confusion regarding the legality of CBD in Iowa?
It started with the passage of the 2018 federal Farm Bill, which legalized the production of hemp containing less than 0.3% THC, and the use of hemp and its derivatives across state lines.
CBD supporters saw it as a major step, paving the way for CBD oils, lotions and creams to be sold in stores and used.
But under state law, CBD is still considered a controlled substance, according to the Iowa Attorney General's Office.
That was made clear when officers conducted a search and seizure at an Iowa spa earlier this year. In Clermont, T's Brick City Spa was ordered in March by local law enforcement to stop selling CBD and the company's products were seized.
If the USDA approves Iowa's hemp plan, CBD will no longer be considered a controlled substance under state law, meaning consumers won't be arrested for possessing it.
But that doesn't mean it'll be a CBD free-for-all for Iowa businesses, either.
The Iowa Attorney General's Office warns that food and oral products that include CBD, including candies and tinctures, still won't be legal because of the Federal government's Food and Drug Administration's regulations.
So while CBD lotions or cosmetics will be allowed once the USDA approves Iowa's plan, CBD items meant for ingestion, which are some of the blossoming industry's most popular products, still won't be.
The only oral CBD oil in the state that is available legally is through one of the five licensed dispensaries and only for people with state-issued registration cards.
Fewer than 1,500 people in Iowa have one of these licenses.
Linh Ta covers retail for the Register. She can be reached by email at lta@dmreg.com or by phone at 515-284-8198.
Source: https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/crime-and-courts/2019/07/09/cbd-still-illegal-iowa-but-how-long-iowa-hemp-act-farm-bill-cbd-oil-candy-water-tinctures/1674292001/
cbd oil benefits for women July 10, 2019 by susan ward
Bill Regulating Hemp Passes First Florida Legislative Hurdle; CBD Oil Could Be Next – WUSF News
Save an additional 15% off these CBD-infused gummies for Presidents Day – Mashable
The 2018 Farm Bill could make hemp the next tobacco – Quartz
CBD Bakery and Coffee Shop Flamingo Hemp Is Here to Chill Austin Out – Eater Austin
Connecticut's Hemp Program Gets the Green Light – i95rock.com
Tong asks FDA for CBD research, consumer protections – Hartford Business
Cannabis stocks rally after FDA says it will speed up effort to create rules for CBD – MarketWatch
Medical cannabis is gaining momentum in Asia – CNBC
North American cannabis companies look to UK for growth – Financial Times


Yeni Hamam or Public Baths (left) and Mustafa Pasha Mosque (right), Μedieval City of Rhodes.
Rhodes is an outstanding example of an architectural ensemble illustrating the significant period of history in which a military hospital order, founded during the Crusades, survived in the eastern Mediterranean area in a context characterized by an obsessive fear of siege. The fortifications of Rhodes, a 'Frankish' town long considered to be impregnable, exerted an influence throughout the eastern Mediterranean basin at the end of the Middle Ages.
The Order of St John of Jerusalem, also known as Hospitallers, occupied Rhodes from 1309 to 1523 and set about transforming the island capital into a fortified city able to withstand sieges as terrible as those led by the Sultan of Egypt in 1444 and Mehmet II in 1480. With the Palace of the Grand Masters, the Great Hospital and the Street of the Knights, the Upper Town is one of the most beautiful urban ensembles of the Gothic period. In the Lower Town, Gothic architecture coexists with mosques, public baths and other buildings dating from the Ottoman period. With its Frankish and Ottoman buildings, the old town of Rhodes is an important ensemble of traditional human settlement, characterized by successive and complex phenomena of acculturation.
The medieval city is located within a wall 4 km long. It is divided according to the Western classical style, with the high town to the north and the lower town south-southwest. Originally separated from the town by a fortified wall, the high town (Collachium) was entirely built by the Knights Hospitallers who, following the dissolution of the Templars in 1312, became the strongest military order in all Christendom. The order was organized into seven 'Tongues', each having its own seat. The inns of the Tongues of Italy, France, Spain and Provence lined both sides of the famous Street of the Knights, one of the finest testimonies to Gothic urbanism. Somewhat removed to the north, close to the site of the Knights' first hospice, stands the Inn of Auvergne, whose facade bears the arms of Guy de Blanchefort, Grand Master from 1512 to 1513.
The original hospice was replaced in the 15th century by the Great Hospital, built between 1440 and 1489, on the south side of the Street of the Knights; today the building is used as the archaeological museum. Located north-west of the Collachium are the Grand Masters' Palace and St John's Church. At the far eastern end of the Street of the Knights, built against the wall, is St Mary's Church, which the Knights transformed into a cathedral in the 15th century. The lower town is almost as dense with monuments as the Collachium. In 1522, with a population of 5,000, it was replete with churches, some of Byzantine construction; after 1523, most were converted into Islamic mosques.
Throughout the years, the number of palaces and charitable foundations multiplied in the south-south-east area: the Court of Commerce, the Archbishop's Palace, the Hospice of St Catherine, and others. The ramparts of the medieval city, partially erected on the foundations of the Byzantine enclosure, were constantly maintained and remodeled between the 14th and 16th centuries. Artillery firing posts were the final features to be added. At the beginning of the 16th century, in the section of the Amboise Gate, which was built on the north-western angle in 1512, the curtain wall was 12 m thick with a 4 m high parapet pierced with gun holes.
However strong, the walls of medieval Rhodes could not withstand the Ottoman artillery. An anachronic vestige of the Crusades, Rhodes finally fell in 1522 after a six-month siege carried out by Suleyman II, heading forces reportedly numbering 100,000 men. It subsequently came under Turkish and Italian rule. It was not until after the World War II, in 1947, that Rhodes and the rest of the Dodecanese islands were united with Greece.


Silver Chatter: What's a Fair Price to Pay?
We all like bargains. When we buy something at what we consider to be below market price, it makes us feel good! We're one up on the world!
So, when we go shopping for sterling silver flatware, we hunt and hunt for the best deal. There is absolutely nothing wrong with this and, unless we're driving around hunting, it doesn't cost us anything. I recommend a more analytical approach. Before shopping around, I recommend developing a price at which you will feel like you have received proper value for the money you spend.
First, define what you're looking for, especially with respect to condition.
Do you want something that is "nearly new" in terms of condition or are you willing to live with abrasions and nicks from years of use?
Will the piece be a gift or for your personal use?
If it's for personal use, what's the condition of the pieces you already own?
Then, you might investigate the retail price at department stores or other retail sellers. In your mind, what percentage of the retail price would constitute a reasonable price for a used piece?
After you've considered these points, start your search. For this article, we performed a test search for a very popular piece, a Gorham Chantilly place fork. We made sure the seller indicated that the fork had the "diamond-P" hallmark on the back to so we knew we were comparing apples-to-apples.
The retail price in December 2008 appears to be $115.00. We verified this at several seller web sites on the Internet, including department stores.
The description of the cheapest fork indicated more wear so we dropped it from consideration. The average price of the remaining three forks was $34.98 or 30% of the retail price. The fork that sold for $32.00 was sold via the eBay "auction" format whereas the other two were sold via the "Buy It Now" format. The seller of the $32.00 fork had an eBay feedback rating below 100 whereas the other two sellers had very high feedback ratings.
Based upon this cursory research, a reasonable target price to set for a used piece in excellent condition would be between 30% and 50% of the retail price. Expect to pay toward the higher end to a seller with a very good reputation and an acceptable return policy. If you are willing to settle for a piece in less than excellent condition, a target of 20% to 25% of the retail price is probably appropriate.
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What's wrong with airing a show on a friday?
Michael or Sara could die.
I'm sure Sara won't die.. I don't know Michael..
i keep on saying that lol.
I really thought the show was immune because of how successful it is overseas.
I agree with many of you that cancelling PB wasn't a surprise. The show had come to a dead end. They brought back Sara from the dead, they revived the dead mother, there is nothing else that they can do to kep the show going on.
I only hope to a killer ending!
I dont find anything wrongwith airing the showon Friday.......In fact fI am releived that I wont have to choose to watch Heroes or Prisonbreak and wait until later to watch the other.
Yeah I'm also happy with a friday airing. That means I can download it saturday morning and watch it right away, as opposed to waiting half a day when having college on a normal weekday.
Prison Break was the first tv show I've really feel attached to, it will be very sad seeing it go, especially after a season 4 that I've been loving, but I have to agree with it, because it better goes now that ruining the show completely by just making it last... Now I just hope we get a great ending and then we can always re-watch it!
ivaja wrote: I beliveve it's right decision to end it now, even though it's sad one. But I don't like the idea that it will air on Friday, it's like FOX has no respect for the hit shgow like this. And I really hope for some happy ending for MISA.
I don't really think you can blame Fox for anything. The show is no where near a hit anymore and if they wanted a good time slot they should have kept it interesting enough so they got more than 6 million viewers an episode this year. Fox has a history of cutting good shows episode orders back like they did when they got rid of 9 episodes of Arrested Development, so to actually give PB the money to make 2 extra episodes they should be happy enough with that. Plus, 24 is going to do much better in their slot on mondays paired with House, so you can't really blame them for moving PB.
I'm a bit sad it's being cancelled, I don't watch it religiously on tv anymore. I buy it on dvd and watch, but it's enjoyable to watch with characters that draw you in.
It may not be as good as it once was, but I'm afraid it will go the usual route where nowadays cancelled shows with solid fanbases get replaced by shows that aren't terrible good to start with.
I love the show, so I'd like it to keep going, but at the same time, I understand that its starting to drag on.
I'd rather decent PB than no PB.
IMO the first half of season 4 was great and had alot of promise but it went downhill real fast. I'm sad that its ending, but I'm relieved as well.
iamsolost wrote: I dont find anything wrongwith airing the showon Friday.......In fact fI am releived that I wont have to choose to watch Heroes or Prisonbreak and wait until later to watch the other.
And same with the Heroes and Prison Break thing. But the first half of Season 4 was brillianto, and so was "Just Business" which was after Self stole Scylla, so I have faith..
It was canceled? I'm pretty sure I read at the beginning of the season that this was intended to probably be the final season. So I thought it ending was intentional, not a cancellation kind of thing.
But this is a good thing. I'm glad they did this before it spiraled too wildly out of control...it's getting a bit too complicated (and don't get me wrong, I love complicated shows like Lost for example, but I think this is the kind of show that should remain relatively simple). So I'm glad they're ending it while it's still good.
I was a huge fan during season 1, but I stopped watching halfway through season 2. Great show, great storyline, but it faded out after awhile. I'm kinda sad to see it go, but they just ran out of ideas.


The Appellate Division on Wednesday affirmed a decision by a liquidator for the insolvent Integrity Insurance Co to deny a $35 million asbestos-injury claim.
The state-appointed liquidator acted within his discretion when he rejected the bid for coverage on behalf of 30,000 claimants because of their third-party, contingent status, the appeals court said.
The claimants failed to demonstrate that payment of benefits is mandated by a statute holding that such claims "may be allowed," the appeals court said In the Matter of the Liquidation of Integrity Insurance Company, A-4769-10.
David Freeman, who represented the state Department of Banking and Insurance in the case, says the ruling is the first time a New Jersey court has addressed an insurance liquidator's discretion to deny third-party, contingent claims under N.J.S.A. 17:30C-28(b). The statute says a claim can be filed in a liquidation proceeding regardless of whether it is contingent, upon satisfaction of certain conditions.
Integrity, placed in liquidation in 1987 under a load of asbestos injury claims, had $914 million in assets, but the liquidator has already approved $1.2 billion in claims.
The parties seeking the $35 million have brought personal-injury claims against the Robert A. Keasbey Co, a distributor and installer of asbestos insulation, which is in bankruptcy.
Integrity issued Keasbey an excess liability policy from March 1984 to March 1985, and the comt hearing Keasbey's bankruptcy certified the 30,000 claimants as a class. The claims brought by that group are considered contingent because they have not been resolved by a court judgment or settlement.
In 2005, the Keasbey claimants submitted their $35 million request to the Integrity estate.
Robert White, appointed by the Department of Banking and Insurance to oversee the liquidation as deputy liquidator, rejected the claim in 2009, based in part on its contingent status.
William Meehan, a retired Bergen County Superior Court judge, appointed special master to hear appeals of White's decisions. upheld the denial in March 2011. He concluded that the liquidator had discretion under the statute to allow or disallow such claims.
The Keasbey claimants' next stop was Superior Court, where Bergen County Judge Robert Wilson upheld the special master's decision.
At the Appellate Division, Judges Edith Payne and Marie Simonelli agreed with the special master and trial judge that the statute gave the liquidator discretion to allow or disallow contingent third-party claims in an insurance liquidation proceeding.
The claimants failed to demonstrate that payment of their claim is mandated by the statute's holding that a third party "shall have the right to file a claim" that "may be allowed," the panel said.
In addition, the Legislature's failure to adopt model language promulgated by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, which would explicitly allow third-party contingent claims, supports the conclusion that coverage of such claims is up to the liquidator's discretion, the appeals court said.
The liquidator's decision to disallow third-party, contingent claims was not arbitrary, given the amount of time the estate has been open, the panel said.
"[W]e do not find it unreasonable for the liquidator to have made a determination to maximize recovery for known claimants with absolute claims, rather than to delay payments and to dissipate the estate's assets through the accrual of further administrative costs, in order to provide a lesser recovery to a greater number of claimants at some time in the future, "Payne and Simonelli wrote.
Freeman, of Mazie Slater Katz & Freeman in Roseland, says the ruling means "there's going to be more to spread around to everybody else." He adds that he hopes the liquidation will be wrapped up soon.
The lawyer for the Keasbey claimants, Richard Shore of Gilbert in Washington, D.C., did not return a call.
Reprinted with permission from the April 23. 2012 edition of the New Jersey Law Journal© 2015 ALM Media Properties. LLC All rights reserved. Further duplication without permission is prohibited.


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Kevin Cole - Where Do We Go From Here? II: Exploring Gerrymandering & Voting
16 January - 4 March 2023
Fresh off its debut at the Museum of Contemporary Art Georgia, Where Do We Go From Here? II: Exploring Gerrymandering and Voting is Kevin Cole's continued exploration into historical and contemporary tactics and policies that disenfranchise Black American voters. Hearne Fine Art is honored to present the gallery adaptation of the groundbreaking museum exhibition featuring the artist's signature wood, acrylic, and aluminum networks of neckties, a nod to a life changing conversation about lynching Cole had with his grandfather when the young man hesitated to exercise his voting rights. Cole resumes his amplification of the racial injustices and dark histories of disenfranchisement by employing the tangible and real into what would be considered abstract art with two new series. Experience the reality of seven Southern states where Black votes are suppressed with Cole's intentional use of symbols and imagery, including neckties and scars, and dirt from each state adhered to the canvas. Feel the anguish of Black voters presented with unreasonable quantitative poll tests in the life size ballot boxes covered in watermelons, soap suds, and beans. Kevin Cole creatively advocates for learning from the past as to not repeat history.
Reception: Friday, February 10 at 5 PM
Artist Talk: Saturday, February 11 at 2 PM
Virtual Artist Talk (via Zoom): Sunday, February 26 at 3 PM EST | Register at https://tinyurl.com/KevinColeHFA22623
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Lake Central News • October 3, 2012 • https://lakecentralnews.com/4842/top-stories/lights-down-spirits-up/
Lights Down, Spirits Up
Jenn Mohamed and lakecentralnews
The students of Lake Central celebrated at the homecoming dance on Sept. 28, after the football victory over Chesterton, 35-12.
"It was a lot of fun to be able to be with my six best friends, make shirts, and dance the night away," Alexandra Trevino (12) said.
Last year was the first time the football team had won the Homecoming game since 2007, and this year, the students planned to keep the tradition going.
"Winning made the dance more enjoyable. I would have gone to the dance either way, but it was more fun because we won," Brian Rice (11) said.
The dance started at 8:30 p.m. and continued until 11 p.m. The disc jockey of the night was the usual Mr. Jim Rainbolt.
"I think the music this year was pretty much the same as last year's. I felt like the last song should have been something we could all 'get weird to,' but instead, it was the Casper Slide," Rice said.
Even with the lights off and popular music, there were still students who opted not to attend the dance and made other plans.
"I didn't go to the homecoming dance, because none of my friends were going. We went to someone's house instead and played bean bags," Noah Sarkey (11) said.


In relation to any organization of things and forces, the introduction of the notion of 'art' will cause tension. Not the least has this been the case in the fields of architecture and urbanism, where 'art', either as unlawful ornamentation or ingenious articulation, has challenged forms and procedures. When art or arts-based practices enter the field of academic research, the tension again increases, calling for renewed reflection on the role of representation and mediation. With the point of departure in a number of arts-based research projects, the lecture will approach the distinction between mapping the known and exploring the knowable.
Dr Maria Hellström Reimer – associate professor and senior research fellow in landscape architecture at Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Alnarp, and the Design Faculty, Royal College of Technology, Stockholm, with a specialization in theoretical and applied aesthetics/design theory. Currently the co-coordinator of two national post-graduate programs, as well as the international arts-based research platform Land Use Poetics.
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Thierry Jomard, CEO
Thierry Jomard has worked for 25 years with United Technologies (UTC) at both Carrier and Otis in business management, operations and R&D.
UTC is a conglomerate active both in the aerospace and building industries. Thierry has worked for the building arm of UTC, which includes Carrier – very well known in the HVAC world - and Otis, the world leader in the elevator industry. He started out at Carrier in the Research Center located in the USA in 1993 and has lead different departments and businesses.
Thierry has worked and lived in the USA, the UK, Germany and Czech Republic. In 2014, he transitioned from Carrier to Otis in order to lead the global Operations and R&D activities: 11 factories and 10 lead design centers located in the Americas, Europe and Asia.
Thierry graduated in 1991 from INSA of Lyon, France with a PhD in Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer.
Michael Bauer, Sales Central Europe
Michael is accountable for business growth in Germany, France, Benelux, Austria and Italy.
Michael started his career at Rosenberg, then spent some years as Managing Director of ebm-papst in Singapore, Japan and China, then being promoted to Sales Director Asia, Australia and Africa. This was followed by several years as CSMO at Bitzer deepening his knowledge in the fields of refrigeration and air conditioning. He then joined Trox as global CEO and was lastly at Systemair as Managing Director Middle East.
Fabien Buffard, Marketing & Product Strategy
Fabien joined FläktGroup in February 2018. In his role, Fabien is accountable for globally leading the Marketing & Product Management teams and support the development of industry leading Air Comfort and Critical Air Solutions.
Fabien has acquired 25 years of experience in HVAC businesses, holding various senior positions in marketing strategy, go-to-market & product management, acquisition integration and transformation. Prior to joining FläktGroup, Fabien was Marketing & Product Strategy director in Europe, Asia & Middle-East commercial HVAC for Carrier leading brand.
Fabien is a graduated mechanical engineer from University of Brighton, UK and certified in Pro -Cert Marketing & ACE UTC operating system.
Yvonne Comolli, Human Resources
Yvonne joined FläktGroup in May 2019 as Chief Human Resources Officer, providing HR leadership across the group.
Her key responsibility is to deploy consistent best practice HR programs, processes and tools in order to support our growth and profitability objectives.
Yvonne is a very experienced Senior Executive with over 23 years of professional background in HR and Compliance.
Before joining FläktGroup, she held Senior global positions within a broad range of industries. Yvonne holds a degree in Business Administration from Dortmund university.
Oliver Finckh, CTO
Oliver Finckh has worked for the majority of his professional life with United Technologies both at the corporate research center and its business unit Carrier on technology and product development. Then, he spent some years at Thermo King, a subsidiary of Ingersoll-Rand.
With increasing responsibility, he has been leading technology and product development in a vast area of application ranging from aerospace & steam engines, combined heat and power application, fuel cell plant, and commercial & transport refrigeration. He has lead Global R&D activities with Carrier Commercial Refrigeration, has been assigned the role of the global Chief Engineer with Thermo King, and last but not least has lead an acquired business unit in Germany during its business integration and transformation phase.
Oliver has been graduated from Pennsylvania State University with a Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering, and from Rensselaer Polytechnical Institute with a Master in Business Management.
Ausra Gesaitiene, Sales Eastern Europe
Ausra joined FlaktGroup in September 2017, driving the growth and merge of the businesses in the Eastern European regions. She is accountable for business growth in Poland, Czech Republic, Romania, Russia and the Baltics.
Ausra started her career in one of the biggest Lithuanian ventilation companies, Salda. She held different roles as marketing and purchasing manager and later as the European Sales Director for more than 10 years.
With her more than 15 years of experience in HVAC industry, she is passionate about growing international businesses.
Ausra holds a Masters degree in Business Management and a Bachelors degree in Economics.
Ausra is Lithuanian by nationality.
Ian Griffiths, Plants & Supply Chain
Ian is a senior executive. He holds a master degree in Operations / Manufacturing and has profound experiences in our industry.
He has been working with UTC for the past 15 years after having spent 20 years in the automotive sector.
Mark Grimes, Sales UK & Ireland
Mark is accountable for business growth in the UK and Ireland with a focus on special application projects for Marine, Oil & Gas, Data Centres and Clean Rooms.
Mark has worked for FläktGroup, formerly Fläkt Woods, for 28 years gaining broad experience managing P&L's across Asia and Europe, with a key focus on turnkey HVAC Systems, Key account Management and Applications – Marine Oil and Gas, Cleanroom and Data Centres.
He is a building services engineer with a HND - Building Services from the Dublin Institute of technology and the UK Engineering Council examinations Part 1 and Part 2 and holds a supplementary MBA from the Smurfit school of Business - University College Dublin.
Mark lives with his family near Dublin.
Jens Heymann, Finances, Legal & IT infrastructure
Jens joined FläktGroup April 2018. In his role Jens will lead the Finance function, continue the integration and alignment of processes and reporting.
Jens started his career with KPMG in Düsseldorf and London, before working for REXAM. Over his 10 years tenure with REXAM he held various finance and managerial positions including Finance Director Russia and Head of Group Controlling, based in London. He then joined Gerresheimer AG, a MDAX pharmaceutical packaging company based in Düsseldorf, where he led the Global Pharma Glass Finance organisation as well as being the General Manager for the Pharma Glass division's European and Asian operations.
Jens has a Master degree in management from Münster University and is a Chartered Certified Accountant (ACCA).
Torsten Sondergaard, M&A and Communication
Torsten acquired his Marketing experience with Procter & Gamble where he was involved in creating significant value through introduction of a brand in Europe and the Far East leading to a world brand and one of the highest profit contributors for P&G.
Prior to joining FläktGroup (then Fläkt Woods) in July 2008 he set up his own entrepreneurial venture.
Torsten has worked and lived in the Nordics, Switzerland, UK, Middle/Far East and in the US. He holds a Master of Science in Strategy and Finance from Copenhagen Business School and an MBA from INSEAD, acquired after tenure with McKinsey & Co in Copenhagen.
Carl Sverdrup, Sales Nordics & Woods Air Movement
Carl is accountable for globally driving application solution business including Data Centers, Marine, Oil & Gas and Clean Room, and also covering industrial and some commercial end users such as pharma, electronics, food.
Carl has more than 20 years experience in the HVAC industry, either in business development or business unit manager positions. Carl is an engineer (MSc, mechanical and industrial) with a supplementary MBA degree.
Ömer Tüzer, Sales Turkey & Middle East
Ömer is accountable for business growth in the Middle East and Turkey.
He has gained 20 years of experience in HVAC business with various roles. He started his carreer in Isısan, a leading turnkey HVAC Mechanical Contracting company. Following his role of Sales and Marketing Management in GEA Air Treatment he became the Managing Director to lead Sales, After sales & Production for Turkey and CIS Countries. With his team he had concluded many energy efficient HVAC solutions for very large scale Commercial & Industrial applications projects.
Ömer has a MSc. degree in Mechanical Engineering and graduated from Middle East Technical University of Ankara and Bosphorus University of İstanbul, Turkey. He lives in İstanbul with his family.
Trevor Young, North America
Trevor leads the American division of the FläktGroup which currently consists of three manufacturing plants and a head office in Columbia Missouri. With over 25 years of experience in the HVAC industry, Trevor has worked for leading brand companies such as Swegon, Biddle Air Systems and Prior to working in the states Trevor was responsible for Fläkt Woods sales in Europe. Virtually all of his career has involved the sales and development of Energy saving, Green ventilation and Air conditioning equipment.
Trevor is an Irish Citizen where he studied Mechanical Engineering, he also lived in United Kingdom and now resides in the US with his family.
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ATO tipped to target income attribution strategies
SMSF practitioners have been warned that implementing an income attribution process for clients that advantages pension accounts could attract the ATO's attention.
SuperConcepts director Stuart Forsyth says one of the areas where part IVA the ATO may look at closely is where segregated funds with more than $1.6 million implement strategies so that income is attributed preferentially to their pension account.
"Some people might say, 'Well, I'm over the $1.6 million so I can't have segregation for tax purposes, but what I'll do is have an income attribution process which advantages my pension account'," Mr Forsyth said.
"While the member has to pay tax as though they're an unsegregated fund, they attribute the income preferentially to the pension account so that they grow their pension account."
The only reason for implementing something like this is for tax purposes, Mr Forsyth said.
"We'll see what the ATO decide to do on this, but I think they will look very closely at those situations and whether all the factors produced a conclusion that it was done for the sole purpose of minimising or avoiding tax," he said.
Mr Forsyth said the tax office has already flagged its concerns with some other strategies in relation to part IVA, such as setting up a second SMSF for the purposes of keeping the pension account separate from the accumulation account.
"The other thing that we'll probably hear more about over the next year is part IVA. The ATO has been mentioning it a few times. I suspect it'll continue to be mentioned," he said.
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SOUTH EASTON, Mass.–The University of New Haven women's volleyball team has been picked to finish second according to the 2008 Northeast-10 Conference Preseason Coaches' Poll.
The Chargers, who lost in the East Coast Conference (ECC) Championship game last year, finished with 201 total points, 20 behind preseason favorites Bentley. The Chargers received two first-place votes, while the Falcons received 12 first-place votes.
UNH enters their first season as a member of the Northeast-10, but have regularly played a number of their NE-10 opponents in previous seasons. The Chargers went 9-0 against NE-10 opponents last season, including two four-game victories over the preseason favorite Falcons.
"We're excited to begin our inaugural season in the Northeast-10," said head women's volleyball coach Robin Salters.
The Chargers first NE-10 match comes on Wednesday, Sept. 17 at 7 p.m. when they travel to Southern New Hampshire. The chargers open their NE-10 home schedule on Friday Sept. 19 at 7 p.m. against Le Moyne.
The volleyball team will open their regular season with a trip to the Bentley College Invitational from Sept. 5-6. The team opens their home schedule at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 10 when they host Post University.


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Come join us for worship and fellowship - a little liturgy and a lot of love. Your presence is appreciated. We are an independent congregation in the evangelical Lutheran confession. When you visit, please sign our guest book and join us for fellowship in the hall after the service.
We have an "open" table for Communion. All baptized, prepared Christians are welcome to receive the Sacrament.
Worship on 1st and 3rd Sundays includes Holy Communion. Women's Fellowship meets 2nd Saturday at 10 AM at church. Please call church office (760) 949-9620 for more information or visitation needs.
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Ordained in 1973 and receiving his DMin in 1982, the Rev. Dr. James Oliver came to us in 2014 after more than 40 years in full time Christian Ministry.
The Rev. Dr. Alex Brandon came on staff in 2018 and celebrated the 40th anniversary of his ordination in July of 2019.
Lay members of the congregation help with ushering, distribution of communion, music worship, scripture readings and serving on the church council.
Evergreen Lutheran Church began as an independent mission congregation on May 18, 1986 to serve Phelan, Piñon Hills and the surrounding area. Meeting first at Serrano High School, and then later at Phelan Elementary School, after a donation of land the congregation built its current facility on Vinton Road. Founding Pastor Rev. Mark Wikstrom performed the first baptism of Amy Bechtel (daughter of Brian and Sally Bechtel) in the life of the congregation September 1, 1986. The minister with the longest tenure was Rev. Christian Andrews from 2004 to 2014. All members of Evergreen continue to give thanks to God for all the people who have played a part in both its founding and sustaining the life and mission of the congregation since its beginning.
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Minnesota Has Among The Highest Increase In Homeownership in The Nation Since 2010
Luke Lonien Updated: December 2, 2021
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Recent data from the U.S Census Bureau shows how rapidly homeownership has risen during the pandemic, and Minnesota was in the Top 10 for the highest increase in homeownership rate.
Minnesota Showed The 8th Largest Increase In Home Ownership Since 2010
According to data from the U.S Census Bureau and Filter Buy, in 2010 Minnesota had a homeownership rate of 72.6% and in 2020 that number rose to 74.5%. Below is a short breakdown of Minnesota's performance over the last 10 years in the housing market.
• 10-year percentage point change in homeownership: +1.9
• Homeownership rate (2020): 74.5%
• Median home price: $307,644
In comparison to the rest of the country, that actually saw the 10-year percentage poinit change in homeownership decrease.
• 10-year percentage point change in homeownership: -0.3
How Has The COVID-19 Pandemic Affected The Housing Market?
The COVID19 pandemic created many different paths for people on different income scales. According to the study from Filter Buy, low income earners were more likely to lose their job, while middle and upper middle class income earners were able to benefit from low interest rates to purchase real esate.
Low-income earners were more likely to lose their jobs or have hours cut back and as a result relied more on government stimulus measures like direct payments, expanded unemployment benefits, eviction moratoriums, and mortgage forbearance programs to keep their housing arrangements. Meanwhile, middle and upper income earners were able to benefit from low interest rates, strong savings and market returns, and increasingly flexible work policies to seek out new homes.
The interest in buying homes led to a sky-high demand for residential properties/real-estate and the homes were quickly sold at record prices. During the COVID-19 pandemic, housing increased by 2 percent, and the raw number of owner-occupied units rose by 4.6 million, to 83.8 million.
Chart from Fidelity Buy
While the COVID-19 pandemic helped acclerate the demand for homes, the price increases as a result put homes out of reach for lower-earning households per the website.
These households are often found in demographic groups that have historically faced more challenges in achieving the goal of homeownership. In particular, younger Americans and racial and ethnic minorities own homes at lower rates than other parts of the population.
Chart from Filter Buy
The rate of home ownership declined since the Great Recession and the collaspe of the housing market, but it began to slowly increase across the country since 2015. Over the last year, that slow increase turned into a sharp spike.
Which States Had The Greatest Increase In Homeownership Since 2010?
Maine, Delaware, and Maryland were the top three states in the highest increase of homeownership in the last 10 years. You can see the full list from Filter Buy here.
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Source: Minnesota Has Among The Highest Increase In Homeownership in The Nation Since 2010
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