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7th Grade Revolution by Liana Gardner {Book Blast with Giveaway}
7th Grade Revolution by Liana Gardner
WHEN UNEARTHING A NATIONAL TREASURE BECOMES A NATIONAL INCIDENT Dennis Alexander: Washington Academy Middle School promises to be another in the long line of boring schools he has been expelled from. Rhonda Snodgrass: Although trained from childhood in survival tactics, she tries to stay off the radar of the "cool" kids who think she's weird. 7th grade turns out to be anything but normal when teachers announce the students' bloodless revolution succeeded and they are now in charge. After conducting a secret-ballot vote on policy, the 7th graders emerge to find the school evacuated and the FBI lurking outside with the task of unearthing a treasure of national importance. The students' mission is clear—discover the treasure before the FBI locks down the building. Dennis and Rhonda lead the revolt and must work together to follow century-old clues left by a crazy Revolutionary War buff. To stay one step ahead of the FBI, they must delve into history and amass an arsenal to defend their school … because this is WAR!
Praise for 7th Grade Revolution
"… a thrilling and engrossing ride through past and present based on real events in North Carolina. Trust me, you won't want to put it down." ~Tracy Riva, Midwest Book Review
"… a stunning new Middle Grade novel that is part historical fiction, part action adventure mystery, and all around fun. Featuring a cast of wacky, interesting kids I was hooked on page one and enjoyed every twist and turn of the creative plot. Gardner is a writer to watch." ~Dan Elish, Award-Winning Author of BORN TOO SHORT: The Confessions of an Eighth-Grade Basket Case
"… an exciting, smartly written book filled with adventure, intrigue, and history in a modern school setting. Luke Spooner's accompanying art is simply spot on." ~Mercedes M. Yardley, Bram Stoker Award-Winning Author of Little Dead Red
"… the book held me captive from beginning to end. You captured the middle school mind perfectly, showing their insecurities as well as the amazing strength that is just below the surface. Bravo!" ~ Karen Rectanus, Exploris Middle School
As the FBI took their first steps toward the school, Dennis held his arm out. "Steady."
After about five steps, he lit a rag hanging out of the first cocktail, let the flame grow and lobbed it over the rail, away from the FBI agents, but close enough to catch their attention. He raised his head over the banister and watched as the bottle exploded into a fireball. The FBI agents jumped and rolled away from the bomb. Dennis didn't see them being thrown, but following his cocktail, a handful of garbage bombs sailed through the air, exploding in flight. The garbage spewed, and a banana peel and what looked like eggshells splattered the biggest bureau member and the goop slid down his face.
Dennis snickered. Banana-peel-head reached for his radio.
"We're under attack. Request revised orders stat."
So the big guy was Gravel-man. One of the pumpkins blew, adding pumpkin seeds and the rest of the pumpkin brains to the garbage already covering him. The stem and part of the pumpkin top twirled through the air toward Gravel-man's head. He ducked to keep it from hitting him.
Dennis's crew waited for his signal. The plan involved waiting to see how the FBI handled the first strike. Their crews had ammo, but not for long. If the FBI started to move in again, Rhonda would pelt out a few more garbage bombs, and if they kept coming his crew would launch more firebombs.
The FBI backed off, waiting on orders, and he ducked when an agent pulled out binoculars to scan the building.
Rhonda flattened against the wall to hide from the binoculars. That—was—awesome. What was the penalty for sliming an FBI agent? She pressed a hand over her mouth to keep a giggle from coming out. The surprise on Gravel-man's face when the garbage had hit him followed by the pumpkin exploding—priceless. The agents had retreated out of bomb range to get additional orders.
Author Liana Gardner
Liana Gardner is the two-time teen choice award-winning author of the Misfit McCabe series. Daughter of a rocket scientist and an artist, Liana Gardner combines the traits of both into a quirky yet pragmatic writer and in everything sees the story lurking beneath the surface. Born in Seattle, WA and raised in southern California, Liana is definitely a west coast girl, but loves to travel. She fostered her love of writing after reading Louisa May Alcott's Little Women and discovering she had a great deal in common with the character Jo. The making up of stories, dramatic feelings, and a quick temper were enough for her to know she and Jo would have been kindred spirits. Liana volunteers with high school students through the International Trade Education Programs (ITEP). ITEP unites business people and educators to prepare students for a meaningful place in the world of tomorrow. Working in partnership with industry and educators, ITEP helps young people "think globally and earn locally."
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Thirty-Three Going on Girfriend (Spinster Series #2) by Becky Monson {Review}
Thirty-Three Going On Girlfriend (Spinster Series #2) by Becky Monson
Published September 10th 2014
Julia Dorning thought she would die a lonely spinster. That was until nine months ago, when her world was turned upside down. Now she's got a dream career as a bakery owner, and a relationship with handsome Jared Moody—a life she never thought possible.
Just as she's starting to feel comfortable in her new life, Julia is invited to battle it out on national television making cupcakes. An amazing opportunity, if she can muster up the confidence to do it, that is. Then, out of the blue, Jared goes and throws a rather large wrench in their relationship causing Julia to have to make some big decisions. With her two trusted confidants off in wedding la la land, Julia is on her own to figure everything out.
Left to her own devices, will Julia be able to work things out for herself? Or will she make a disaster of it all? Find out in Becky Monson's sequel to Thirty-Two Going on Spinster!
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My Review: 4.5 Stars
My advice is to read these books in order to get the full effect.
It felt like the book was divided into two parts: baking and weddings. Julia is finally fulfilling a dream of owning a bakery and isn't it funny that it took Jared (through unconventional ways) to help her achieve it? She secretly auditions for a cupcake TV show and let me just say, those cupcakes sounded incredibly delicious, so don't read this while you're hungry. Not only is Julia dealing with all of the stress of baking, but both her sister and her best friend have upcoming weddings.
I love that Julia is so imperfect, especially in her reactions to situations. I had to laugh out loud because she made a colossally huge mistake: she googled something that you shouldn't ever do. Yes, I recently did something similar and found that I was dying (not true). My point is that her faults make her very easy to relate to because I think most readers can find a piece of themselves in Julia, whether it be insecurities or successes...or anything in between. The humor is once again the icing on the cake (no pun intended) and the romance is realistic.
This sequel was fun and sassy and brought Julia to life just a little bit more. I can't wait to move on to the next book to see what could possible happen next because this chick-lit is a treat.
Content: mild language; mild romance
Labels: 4.5*stars, clean romance, food, humorous, reviews
Return to Christmas Falls - Seven Heartwarming Christmas Reads by Seven Fabulous Authors {Book Blast and Giveaway}
Return to Christmas Falls - Seven Heartwarming Christmas Reads by Seven Fabulous Authors!!
Eight years after fleeing Christmas Falls because of a high school prank gone wrong, Ashley Brooks receives a mysterious letter from her mentor asking her to come home. She arrives to face all she left behind—her family, her friends, and the rich boy she'd loved who would never date the girl from the wrong side of town. Brent Donnelly, high school jock, brainiac, and dutiful son did everything right until the day Ashley returns to ChristmasFalls. With one look at the girl who got away he questions all his life choices, including following in his father's footsteps in the family business. Faced with a potentially devastating decline of tourism in their hometown, Brent and Ashley must work together to save the magic of their town, but when Ashley discovers he still has feelings for her best friend she must finally face the real reason she left Christmas Falls—to try to heal her broken heart.
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Honeymoon for One in Christmas Falls by Jennifer Peel
Is there room for two on this honeymoon for one? Piper Wyatt's Christmas wish is to get promoted to manager at Blackstock Hotel and Resort. Not only does the promotion mean more money, but it means more time with her son and proof that she's not such a disappointment after all. Jace Petersen, successful owner of a national chain of sporting goods stores, finds himself alone and miserable on what should have been his honeymoon. That is until he literally falls onto the lovely Piper Wyatt. He's intrigued with this woman who can fix a car in high heels. Too bad for him, he makes a horrible first impression, and Piper's not allowed to mingle with the guests. While Piper tries her best to steer clear of Jace during his stay, she can't help but notice he's not the man from their first meeting. But is he worth risking her promotion? Or is Jace right, Piper deserves more than she ever thought possible for herself? Find out in this charming Christmas tale about finding love in the most unexpected place, a honeymoon.
Once Again in Christmas Falls by Becky Monson
In one day, London Walsh finds out her ex is going to be her boss and that her parents are getting a divorce—and they want her to referee the situation. So when she's offered the chance to spend the holidays in her old hometown of ChristmasFalls, far away from all the drama, she jumps on it. But the quaint town doesn't feel quite like the home it once was. London shed the goth image that defined her in high school long ago, but no one recognizes the woman she's become. Except for Andy Broll, London's childhood next door neighbor. He recognizes her immediately, which sends London's heart fluttering as she starts to see Andy in a whole different light. But when her time in Christmas Falls doesn't go as planned, will London face it head on? Or will she find a reason to run?
Rumor Has It in Christmas Falls by Melinda Curtis
As a political strategist at Dunlop Bennet & Associates, Lexi Townsend's career is going nowhere. She's a cubical dweller writing speeches for freshmen senators in DC. But if she can hitch her career wagon to a rising political star, she'll be on her way to a corner office in no time. When she's offered a plum holiday assignment–an ideal candidate with deep pockets, someone who could make the leap from local to national politics–she starts to dream about that corner office. Until she realizes her candidate is Kevin O'Malley, aka Kevin the Hottie, Kevin the Snob, Kevin the Liar, the same guy who shattered her high school reputation back home in Christmas Falls with a rumor. Assignment in hand, Lexi braces herself for the most difficult political race of her career--because this time it's personal.
Morgan Reed is excited to return to her hometown of Christmas Falls and open her beauty salon, but when she arrives to her rented business space she's shocked to find it already occupied by Dallas Parker—her brother's best friend, the guy she had a childhood crush on, and the one her mom blames for their family's greatest tragedy. With their landlord out of the country and unreachable, Morgan and Dallas must open their businesses together. But, no worries, all small towns need a combo furniture store/beauty salon, right? Ugh. As they work together, Morgan tries to keep her emotional distance but time and off-the-charts chemistry soon turn a childhood friendship into a blossoming romance. Unfortunately, just when their relationship develops into something deeper, an unexpected crisis re-opens her family's old wounds and the blame is on Dallas once again. Will Morgan's sadness and fear pull them apart, or make her realize Dallas has always been her heart's true safe harbor?
Love Notes in Christmas Falls by Beth Labonte
When Caitlin Cook left the small town of Christmas Falls, Tennessee to attend Harvard University, she left behind the burden of her parents' slowly increasing hoard of antiques, a much younger brother, and Shane Mitchell—the boy who blindsided her with the news that he loved her on the night before she left. Shane Mitchell spent his high school years fascinated by Caitlin Cook. The quiet flute player with her nose always in a book, he wanted desperately to find out what made her tick. Eight years later, Caitlin returns to Christmas Falls—unemployed and newly single—after receiving a devastating letter from her beloved high school mentor. Caitlin is shocked to find her childhood home in disarray, and her little brother in desperate need of his sister. With Shane's help—now a pillar of the community rather than the carefree teenager Caitlin once knew—she begins to rediscover her love for music, antiques, and possibly even Shane. When faced with the choice of rebuilding her life in Boston, or giving love a second chance in Christmas Falls, will Caitlin be able to decide on the true meaning of home?
Finding The Truth in Christmas Falls by Danielle Stewart
Olivia Mackey spent her whole life hearing how she was destined for bigger and better places than Christmas Falls, Tennessee. A regular on the beauty queen scene from a very young age, she learned from her stage mom, that appearances mean everything. Having spent the years after high school traveling the world and failing at the dream everyone told her she should have, she's back home and wondering what she's to do next. Nothing is where she left it. Friends have scattered, her mentor is ill, and Olivia is fumbling her way through a big life in a small town.
Tim Avondale and his young daughter showed up in Christmas Falls one evening looking for a fresh start. Buying the Sleepy Hound Bookstore seemed the perfect opportunity. Life had gone so wrong and now here in this quiet town he could keep anything bad from happening to his daughter again.
When the two cross paths Olivia and Tim find an instant connection. A tug toward each other they don't want to ignore. The problem is, in the process they are being tugged away from all the things they thought were important in their lives. He can't hide out from real life forever. She is more than just what people see on the surface. But when they're forced to decide will they choose to be better together or safer apart?
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Mine for a Day by Delaney Cameron {Book Blast and Giveaway}
Mine for a Day by Delaney Cameron
Growing up in the shadow of three beautiful sisters isn't easy when you're average. Not that anyone in Violet's family ever mentions it, but it's pointed out to her again and again by everyone else. Guys don't mind talking to her or hanging out with her, but she doesn't make the cut as girlfriend material. She compensates for her lack of social life by staying busy. Holding down two jobs and working on her master's degree is a decent enough smokescreen. What most people don't realize is that her sensible, no-nonsense exterior hides the heart of a hopeless romantic. More than anything, Violet wants to love and to be loved. There was a time when Jackson looked forward to getting married and having a family, but all that ended his senior year of college. Because of the selfish actions of others, he had to walk away from someone he cared deeply about. Disillusioned and heartbroken, he resolved never to risk falling in love again. This means keeping his relationships short in length and light on commitment. As such, they never come close to touching his heart. This system works flawlessly until he meets Violet; someone who reminds him of what he used to be, and who makes him question whether he really is better off without love.
A "chance" meeting between Jackson and Violet leads them to a relationship that frees them from their hurting hearts and to a love that makes for a life worth living. Loved the line "The seemingly insignificant things are never unimportant, and chance meetings have little to do with chance." A most enjoyable romance from Delaney Cameron! Easily one of my favorite authors. I especially like how she shows the development of the relationship for our hero & heroine. A sweet, sweet romance. A beautiful story of unexpected love.
One minute Violet was listening to her newest audiobook; the next she was staring in horror at the busted grille and sagging bumper of a pearly-white Land Rover.
"I'm so sorry," she said to the serious-looking man walking toward her. "I can't think how it happened."
"Can't you?" his deep voice drawled. "Maybe I can help you figure it out. Were you texting your boyfriend?"
She couldn't help smiling at his question. The fact that she didn't have a boyfriend had been a popular topic over the Memorial Day weekend. If she hadn't been aware of the direness of this situation before, she had no doubts about it now. "No, I wasn't. Would you like to check my phone?"
He ignored her attempt at humor, choosing instead to inspect the damage to their respective vehicles. The situation reminded her of a show she'd seen recently where a dating expert illustrated different ways to meet men. Running into their car had been one of the more humorous examples. Violet couldn't have executed this plan any better if she tried, nor could she complain about the result.
The man crouching next to her ten-year-old Fiat was tall enough to make even her feel short. That didn't happen often when you were five-eleven. His striped polo shirt and jeans fit his wide shoulders and narrow hips like a glove. Costa sunglasses rested in his light brown hair, and his eyes were the color of polished steel. In the words of her Aunt Anita, he was the cat's meow.
He rose to his feet, dusting off his hands. "This isn't your first rodeo, is it?"
"Actually, it is. With the exception of today, the rest of those scratches and dents were there when I inherited Leonie."
For the first time since he stepped out of his vehicle something close to humor entered his handsome face. "In other words, you probably won't bother to have it, I mean Leonie, repaired."
Her lips twitched at the correction. "That's right. Shouldn't we be calling the police?"
"I don't think that's necessary. I've got a friend who owns a body shop."
She reached into her purse. "Let me give you my insurance information."
"Don't worry about it," he said, turning to walk away.
"But it's my fault. I should have been paying attention."
He stopped and glanced over his shoulder, an attractive grin forming on his lips. "I agree, but there's no point in raising your insurance rates over what amounts to a fender bender. Just watch where you're going from now on. The owner of the next car you back into might not be so distracted by that pretty smile of yours."
Distracted by her pretty smile? Where had that come from? He'd gone from ice cold to oozing charm in ten seconds. Some people just couldn't make up their minds.
After giving him a decent head start, Violet left the rest area. Her clean accident record was still intact, but only because of Mr. Wonderful's kindness. If she hadn't been so tired from three days of nonstop activity, she might not have done such a stupid thing.
From the moment she arrived at Millicent's house in Chattanooga on Friday afternoon, she'd been swept up in all the activities of a reunion weekend with a few of her college friends. This included several late-night sessions where everyone provided details about the current man in their life. Violet's contribution had been sadly lacking.
A quick glance at her phone confirmed that she wouldn't roll into Columbus until almost ten. She would have been further along if she hadn't stopped in Dalton. The sight of a Carter's outlet store had been too much of atemptation to pass up. She'd spent a happy hour browsing the racks and shelves buying baby clothes for her nephew Micah and her friend Holly's daughter Rebecca.
Hopefully Rachel remembered to feed Bluebell. Her best friend and roommate had become increasingly absentminded since she met Pierre, an exchange student from France. Not that Violet could blame her. If she hada guy whispering sweet nothings in French into her ear, she'd walk around with her head in the clouds, too.
A sigh escaped her lips. Her own Prince Charming didn't seem to be in any hurry to make an appearance. Her dating life had gone from a dribble to a dry creek bed. She hadn't given up on finding love, but she was starting to wonder if love had given up on her.
Author Delaney Cameron I'm a Georgia girl at heart if not by birth. I love to read, watch college football, and spend time with my husband. I'm a hopeless romantic so there will always be a happily ever after in my stories. I also like to write about second chances because love doesn't always work out the first time. My books are sweet romances set in both contemporary and regency settings featuring stories about the journey to love, from that first meeting to the point where two people know their hearts are no longer their own. My characters aren't perfect. They make mistakes and have faults like the rest of us. They learn the sometimes painful truth that the path to love isn't always smooth, but it's a road worth traveling.
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Saving Sycamore Bay (Destined For Love Romance: Mansions) by Cami Checketts {Review}
Saving Sycamore Bay (Destined For Love Romance: Mansions) by Cami Checketts
Published October 24th 2017 by Birch River Publishing
A football hero. A southern belle in need. Can they rescue her home together?
Harrison Jackson graduated from Auburn University with his master's in accounting and thought he was leaving the world of college football and adoring fans to crunch numbers and make money. Little did he know his boss has other plans for him--a beautiful southern belle and her family's mansion that are both in need of rescue and more than a little TLC.
Grace Addison lost her mother and daddy within a year of each other, she is not going to lose the only home her family has known. Her ex-boyfriend and lawyer are trying to talk her into selling and she has no money to fight anyone, but she has her determination and her pride. When the most handsome and strong-looking man she's ever seen shows up on her doorstep, claiming he's been sent to help her, she thinks he's salvation and an angel combined. When she finds out he's an accountant, she laughs in his face.
Someone is determined to take or burn Grace's home no matter how hard she and Harrison fight. Can she trust Harrison to protect her or should she give up her dreams?
Books in the Destined for Love: Mansions Collection
—Kiss Me in the Rain by Lindzee Armstrong
—Roping His Heart by Jaclyn Hardy
—The Princess and the Pizza Man by Cassie Mae
—Mending Fences by Lorin Grace
—Love Me at Sunset by Lucinda Whitney
—Saving Her Plantation by Cami Checketts
My Review: 4 Stars
I love this sweet Southern romance that revolves around a family mansion. Grace is an orphan and wants nothing more than to fix up her family home, although others are trying to convince her to sell. When Harrison shows up to help her out and to protect her, she's excited because he's her favorite former college football player.
I love how each book in this series has an element of mystery and this one is no exception. The threats and danger are real, yet I wish they would have been played up a bit more because Cami Checketts is one of my favorite romantic suspense authors and I would have loved just a bit more, especially as the ending felt a little rushed.
Grace is a brave woman, with her dreams driving her, because I would have given up at the first sign of opposition. However, she does have a few flaws, which really makes her more realistic. She gets so mad that Harrison is there because his boss asked him to go and is paying him. Why else would he be there, since they've never met before? My heart did break for her a little because not only are her parents passed, but she has no siblings and seems to have no close friends.
Harrison is big, courageous, gentle, gracious, and sweet, but he's got a few endearing flaws of his own, as he has a hard time putting his words together and often bumbles situations. I adored him and his family a lot, especially cute little Turk, his nephew.
This has been a series worth reading and each other has provided a stellar offering for the set. This is perfect for those who love a sweet romance with a dash of suspense.
Content: mild+ romance (kissing, some innuendo); moderate Christian elements; mild violence.
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Labels: 4*stars, clean romance, contemporary, mansion, mystery, reviews
Monster Mash Countdown Blitz Day 12: Snow White's Witch by Jessica Parker
Jessica Parker's adventures in the written world, have occurred as long as she can remember. Reading stories of dragons, magic, romance and the power of one person, inspired Jessica to write stories of her own. Jessica is currently working on a fairy tale series and the sequel to The Bride Trials
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What if the greatest deception comes from our own heart?
Despite knowing little in expressions of love, Anessa, Queen of the seven covens would set the world on fire if it meant gaining the attentions of Rothe. Despite his past and state of exile, she is determined to remain loyal to the only man to ever claim her love… even if it means stealing the magic mirror of Eventyr.
But when the shocking truth of Rothe's intention rises to the surface, Anessa realizes that his dark obsessions are far more than she is prepared to forgive. Caught between the pains of betrayal and the need to gather her courage to face the man she once thought she loved, Anessa steels herself to do whatever it takes to see him fail.
Even if it means making the princess Snow White sleep forever.
Can Anessa protect the royal family? Or will her own broken heart prove, once and for all, that it really is as evil as the stories say?
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The door to the workroom opened and the young princess entered. Her hair was as black as midnight and adorned with a simple gold circlet. Her skin, the color of moonlight, appeared even lighter against the dark blue fabric of her gown. But her most striking feature was her lips the color of ripe strawberries.
"I heard yelling," she said.
"I dropped something. I didn't mean to disturb you, your highness," Anessa answered.
"That's a lovely necklace. Do you need help putting it on?"
"Yes. I'll ring for one of the maids."
"Oh, they'll never come. They're too afraid of being turned into a toad by the Witch Queen." She clasped a hand to her mouth. "I'm sorry. You're her. I meant no offense. They'll do anything you ask. They're just afraid of magic after what happened to Mother."
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Saving Shadow (The Beckett Files #1) by Laura Beers {Review}
Saving Shadow (A Regency Spy Romance)
by Laura Beers
Published September 1st 2017 by Phase Publishing
Born with a perfect memory, Lady Elizabeth Beckett has become one of the world's most notorious spies, despite being the daughter of a duke. She is shielded only by her code name: Shadow. When young ladies of High Society begin disappearing from London, Eliza has no doubt who is orchestrating these crimes; a heinous man she has been investigating for years. Vowing to save them before they are sold to the highest bidder, she must risk everything to stop him.
Lord Sinclair was perfectly content being the second son of a marquess, but when his brother is murdered, he is thrust into a position he has not been prepared for and does not desire. As an agent for the Crown, he is expected to retire now that he is the heir, but he's been granted special permission for one more mission... to obtain justice for his murdered brother.
Used to keeping secrets, Lady Eliza and Lord Sinclair must learn to open up to each other when they are assigned as partners to bring down the same ruthless man and his brutal empire of abduction and slavery. As Eliza's tainted past becomes too much for her to bear alone, can she learn to trust her new partner with her secrets, her life, and possibly her heart?
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I don't know that I've ever read a Regency book with an upper crust spy who is a woman. Elizabeth, or Eliza (or even Shadow) is a spy for the Crown. I assumed that those types of spies served in foreign affairs or in wartime capacities, but that's not the case in this novel. This group of spies is trying to stop human trafficking, which I thought was interesting for the time period. I honestly can't imagine how it would be have to do the things that Eliza did and like always.
Although this story's dialogue and observations have a more modern feel to them, it is a fun tale that's full of danger and attraction. I found myself stuck on that gold dress that was embellished with crushed rubies and would love to see something like that in person. I loved getting to know the characters, and especially their roles played in the book.
I found it to be a fascinating dilemma--would you rather be titled or a spy? Lord Sinclair doesn't seem to have a choice and I would be happy to leave the stress behind, but that's not quite the case with him. On that note, why wouldn't Eliza want to give up a life of danger for a marriage? These characters are obviously more daring than I am, but it was sure fun to like vicariously through them for a time.
Content: mild romance; mild violence
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Laura Beers spent most of her childhood with a nose stuck in a book, dreaming of becoming an author. She attended Brigham Young University, eventually earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Construction Management.
Many years later, and with loving encouragement from her family, Laura decided to start writing again. Besides being a full-time homemaker to her three kids, she loves waterskiing, hiking, and drinking Dr. Pepper. Currently, Laura Beers resides in South Carolina.
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Monster Mash Countdown Blitz Day 11: Ocean So Wide by Nichole Giles
USAT Bestselling author, Nichole Giles, is the author of The DESCENDANT series and The WATER SO DEEP series. Her dreams include owning a garden full of fairies, riding a unicorn, and taming her pet dragons. She loves traveling to tropical and exotic destinations, driving with the convertible top down, and playing music at full volume while she sings along.
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Recently forced into the underwater city of Atlantis, Emma Harris has managed to avoid marrying the merman who brought her, but her grandfather—the Sea King—insists that joining with the abusive Merrick is inevitable. When Emma discovers a poison that might restore her human lungs, she goes in search of the rare creature that carries it, prepared to try the poison no matter the cost, so she can return home to her family—and to James.
Since his girlfriend went missing, James' depression has destroyed his chance at a basketball scholarship and incurred the wrath of his uncle, who was once his strongest supporter. When the police inform him that he's a suspect in Emma's mysterious disappearance, James sells his beloved motorcycle to buy a boat so he can find Emma and prove his innocence before going on trial for a murder he didn't commit.
With destiny against them, it's only a matter of time before both are imprisoned forever.
"What is fire? How does it change a fish?" Maia planted herself on a stool near Emma's dressing table, riveted by details of another way of life. "Will you tell me all about the land? Tell me where you've come from and the ways of human people, and I will show you where you belong and the ways of the Mer."
Thoughts of James and her family engulfed Emma, stealing her ability to talk, and move, and exist underwater. Everything here was different, even language. The Mer would never understand what she'd lost, because they didn't understand emotions the way she did, and some feelings couldn't be explained. But maybe if she told someone, unloaded some of the burden, she would at least find the strength to go on.
She rolled onto her side and faced Maia over the edge of her hammock. "Fire is like holding captive a slice of the sun."
"But the sun is dangerous, my Princess, as is the air."
Emma remembered the warmth on her shoulders, the brightness in her eyes and the breeze in her hair as she drove her convertible up the coast. How it felt to breathe, to recognize scents and feel the difference in altitude whenever she went anywhere far. The sweltering heat of dry sand beneath her feet, grass under her fingers, the cool, rough stones in her cove that lacked formations and moss. She remembered the fear of her past, the pain of fists connecting with her face and body, the stabbing wounds inflicted every time judging eyes trailed her in the halls at school, and finally understood that what had happened then was part of another lifetime.
That was before. Before James had come into her life and forced her to feel again. Made her proud to be who she was, regardless of what that meant. Her past had no bearing on her future, and only as little or as much meaning to her true self as she allowed.
"The sun is a wonder, Maia." She rose from her hammock and used the mini-spear—intended for opening clams—to draw a round sun on the sandy floor. "Glorious and warm. A bright orange ball in the sky that forces people outside, urges plants to grow, and heats the surface of land."
A memory James flashed in her mind—the fervor in his eyes, the security of his embrace, and the ferocity with which he'd defended her and Keith, despite her initial resistance to his advances. "The sun and its fire can transform water into air. It burns with the zap of an eel, and squeezes as the tentacles of an octopus around your middle. It can turn white skin red, and then make it fall off, leaving behind pale, new layers."
Maia shifted, but her attention remained riveted on the circular pattern Emma carved into the sand. "I don't believe I would like fire."
"Fire dwells inside me," Emma told her, entranced by her own hypnotic drawing. "Fire. Not water. I have to find a way to go home."
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Social Upliftment
The project master plan aims at improving and providing social facilities for the city with the following objectives:
Rehabilitation & Resettlement
The project aims at resettling over 10,000 households that were previously living in slums along the banks of the river. Slum dwellers living on the riverbed and affected by the project have been relocated and provided with 'pucca' housing with secured tenure. This process of providing each claimant a permanent, titled housing in one of the many relocation sites interspersed within the city's boundaries has been carried out under the supervision of the Gujarat High Court.
The project also aims at integrating the informal activities such as laundering of clothes and informal markets. The Laundry Campus provides state-of-the-art facilities for the washing community that has traditionally used the river banks for washing and drying of clothes. The weekly flea market 'Ravivari' held every Sunday has been relocated to Riverfront Market , a site adjacent to its original location where specially designed vending platforms and designated areas for mobile vendors have been created.
Creation of Parks & Public Spaces
The project aims at transforming Ahmedabad's riverfront to reconnect the city with its river. By reclaiming around 202 hectares of riverbed land on both sides of the river, for a length of nearly twelve kilometres, the project replaces a largely private riverfront with a public realm that will connect an expansive network of parks and promenades for the city's five million residents to enjoy.
One of the key features of this project is a two-level, continuous promenade at the water's edge along each bank of the river. The lower level promenade has a minimum width of six meters. It has been built just above the water level to serve pedestrians and cyclists and to provide access to the water. The upper level river promenade is being built to host a variety of public features: few areas for commercial and retail development, leisure activities, large parks and plazas, public washrooms and retail kiosks. Together, these promenades provide Ahmedabad with a 11.5 km long pedestrian walkway in the heart of the city. Ghats punctuate the lower level promenade at planned intervals to provide access to the water for recreational and cultural activities.
Over a quarter of the reclaimed land has been designated for parks and plazas. The parks will provide much needed green open spaces that will serve the adjacent neighbourhoods as well as strengthen the city's green network. Few of the significant projects that have emerged from this objective are:
Riverfront Park: Subhash Bridge
Riverfront Park: Usmanpura
Provision of Socio-Cultural Facilities
To provide new and improved facilities for the city and to include sections with particular needs, provision of markets and vending areas to include street vendors , laundry facilities for the washing community, trade and fair facilities for the business community have been made in the project. The project replaces a largely private riverfront with an expansive public realm with a network of parks, waterside promenades, markets, cultural institutions, recreational facilities and commercial developments for the city's five million residents.
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Riverfront Market
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Body doubles, watch out for your jobs. In her upcoming movie "The Change-Up," actress Olivia Wilde opted to wear pasties for her big nude scene with Ryan Reynolds. After the final shots came out, it was obvious that Wilde wasn't completely nude, so producers gave the actress several CGI nipples to choose from to complete her big sex scene.
"And I got to approve the nipples! They sent me an email saying, 'Please review nipple cover shot one through seven and decide which one is most like the original.' I don't know what he (producer) was using as source material… but I think it's pretty close," Wilde said to the Toronto Sun.
You can also see Wilde sans-clothes in "Cowboys & Aliens," but judging from the fact that it's PG -13, we doubt you'll get a nip slip, real or painted on.
We're kind of divided on whether or not pasties really protect your modesty — and, add to that the fact that Wilde appeared nude in "Alpha Dog" — but we've all agreed that CGI nipples freak us out.
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Home Politics Stuck in Limbo, Venezuelans Share Their Hopes and Fears
Stuck in Limbo, Venezuelans Share Their Hopes and Fears
Gabriela Mesones Rojo
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After the Venezuelan borders were closed on February 23rd, more than 700 Venezuelans were stuck on the Colombian border after coming to Cucuta to support the humanitarian aid delivery to Venezuelan territory. "Our plan was to come to the concert, spend the night in a shelter, and then go and join the humanitarian aid caravan. Now we're stuck here, we can't go back because the borders are closed. If the police or military see us crossing illegally, they could put us in jail for four years. But that's not even the scary part. Today we were told four people who were crossing under the bridge were murdered by ELN. Do you know anything about that? Can you tell me if it's true? One of those people who left was my cousin," said a 17-year-old refugee who had to stay behind with her mother because they were too scared to cross.
The Colombian government quickly created four new shelters in Cucuta: Tienditas, Ureña and two in La Parada. "We have 240 people here. We have food and some medicine, protection from civil defense and the Colombian Army. Our goal is to keep them safe until the border opens and they can return home safely. Still, many don't want to go back, they're too scared. In those cases, we have to process their legal standing as refugees."
"I can't go back. I came here to help the humanitarian aid get inside, but it didn't. I'm old, sick. If we managed to cross the border, we'd still have to get to our homes, drive through many states and through all the policemen and crazy colectivos. We're never going to make it home. They know we came to help Guaidó. The government thinks we're worse than criminals. Going back to Venezuela means death. I have five daughters and a beautiful son back home. I miss them, I want to see them. But it's a journey that will kill me. This government has taken everything from us. My mother once told me she had never loved me. It felt like a knife in my back, that's exactly how I feel right now."
"We display a few of the tear gas canisters we found on the Ureña bridge. It's a reminder that they will attack, and we have to fight back. We were there, on the first truck that was attacked. Some people couldn't believe it, but we aren't fools. We were expecting it all along. We are from Táchira, we know we have to fight back."
"First, my bus was robbed by colectivos on my way here. They took my money, my phone, my ID, my passport. Then, they closed the border, even though they know we're all here on the other side. They know people cross over to flee death. I left my 4-month-old daughter on the other side because I was meant to be here only for two days. I can't wait to get back. She'll feel I abandoned her. I'm dying to go home, but I simply can't cross. Crossing under the bridge is insane right now. Colectivos will just be waiting on the other side. FAES will be there too. Paracos will see you on the way. We're scared of what the government will do to those who wanted to help the humanitarian aid get inside."
"They have treated us well here. The Colombian government has given us this space to be safe, but we still have to have our eyes open. Infiltrados are everywhere." Ciro Alfonso Santamaria, police officer of the human rights department, confirms the presence of regime people infiltrated in the shelter: "Today we kicked eight of them out. At first they told us they were government forces, but when we checked their ID's in our database, they weren't. They just believe they're government officers because they receive payment from them."
"We all help get this place running. We clean, cook, take care of each other. We're all very different people stuck here. It's hard to trust new people, but it's harder to be alone in this situation."
"I came the day before the concert. We were staying in the Ureña shelter, but my friend is sick and they have no medicine or good food there. We walked all the way here. We got lost, we don't know this city. We thought we were going to sleep in the street that day, but we never stopped walking. Then we got here, but they didn't want to take us in. We had no friends here, it's hard to be accepted somewhere when everyone fears infiltrados. They still managed to give us a place to sleep. We just wanted to be safe through the night. The next day the organizers from Venezuelan Aid talked to us and let us in. They gave us clothes so we could wash our old ones. It's so stressful here. I get so anxious sometimes I get panic attacks. I just want to go home but I don't think I'll ever do it. We'll be stuck here forever."
"The weather here is intense. Some of us have burn marks on our body from the sun. We go protest, but we return tired and broken. It gets so hot it's hard to sleep sometimes. I spent my first night in the La Parada shelter, which is in a parking lot. It was unbearable. So we came here."
"So many people have donated food, medicine, clothes. We know some Colombians hate us, but others feel like this is happening to them too. We have seen very poor people give us what little they can. A bar of chocolate, an old shirt. It all helps when you have nothing."
"I left Venezuela a year ago. I went to Peru. I hated it. I came back to be with my family again, but we all know a day in Venezuela is a decade in hell. Now we're stuck here, but I'm coming back. I'm coming back to fight and take Maduro out. If I have to die, so be it, but I won't turn my back on my country again."
"You have to promise you won't publish pictures with our faces. Some will stay here in Colombia, but the ones who want to come back are so afraid of what FAES and colectivos will do. We know we've had, and still have, infiltrados among us. There's a guy, he says he came here to support the humanitarian aid. But another guy recognized him and confronted him: 'I know you're a die-hard chavista, so what are you really doing here?'. No one trusts him after that. No one wants to be close or speak to him. People change, I know, but we don't even know what infiltrados want from us. So we imagine the worst. I think they want to kill us when we come back."
"People are surprised they got stuck here. I don't really get it. Did they think Maduro was going to let the aid inside the country? Did they forget how insane he is? I'm taking it slow because I know we may be here a long time. They are taking good care of us. I'd rather be on this side right now. I want to go back, we all have our families back home, our jobs, our friends. But I'm not going back under the bridge. If they're going to murder me, they'll have to do it over the bridge, where everyone can see how they kill us."
"We're not opposition, we're resistance. Guaidó has been good so far, but I'm not afraid to say I'm a radical. I'm from Tachira, we're warriors. I agree with the military intervention. The world has to realize we need help. If Guaidó gave us a gun and told us to go fight for our country side by side with the USA Army, we would do it. How many would die in a war? 5,000? 10,000? 50,000? That would be less than the people who have already died due to violence and lack of food and medicine. On the other hand, I believe if you are fighting for Maduro, you simply have to die. But if Guaidó doesn't man up and asks directly for an intervention, we'll have to oppose him too."
"We all try to get along but conditions are hard. There are old people, women, children. People get desperate sometimes, they cry, they scream. We all have our hopes up, we trust Maduro won't make it till the end of the year, we trust Guaidó will make good choices. But it's hard to be patient when you're under these conditions. Fear is free, and so is sadness."
"This child is sick with a skin condition. We don't have the medicine for his treatment, and he's a danger for others. But he's a baby. His mother is scared. She doesn't want to go back to Venezuela. He's a lovely baby, look at that smile. I've seen him flirt and move his body when we play music. We had to take him in. We see it as a human rights situation. We're all in this together."
"We're stocked with food for another week for all this people. We're among the lucky ones. We also have three people who are amazing cooks, so people love it here. But as time goes by it gets harder and harder to receive donations. How long will this last? It's a very peculiar situation because these people are in a limbo. Some will stay, but some will come back. We can't process them like refugees, but they are."
"Me and my friend came here to fight. We have so much footage of everything that happened on the 23rd. We were in the second truck and everything was chaos all of the sudden. Before we knew it, the trucks were on fire. He tried to save some boxes, while I threw the tear gas bombs into the river. We've always been a good team when it comes to chaos."
"I like hard work. I've been working since I was 12 years old. Now, I just sit here, look at what others do, what they talk about. It's been four days and I'm already losing my mind. I need to go back home to my wife. I miss the way she screams at me when I don't do the dishes. Can you imagine that? Missing someone at their worst? I'm a mechanic and work has never been harder, but I worry about how my wife will find money for herself. I got my phone stolen on my way here. I have no way to contact her. I don't know if she's eating well, I don't know how she's doing. I'm definitely losing my mind in this place."
"I worked for VP for a long time as a regional coordinator. I'm good with people and people are usually good with me. But it's all irrelevant in these situations. People are suspicious of others. I understand completely. You have to keep your eyes open, your heart closed. You'll lose it in you don't. I like what's happening politically. I trust Guaidó, I trust Leopoldo. I just have to sit tight and wait for them to solve this. But it will take time. Nothing big happens overnight. Some people pray a lot here, for themselves and those they left behind. But I believe in politics. This humanitarian aid was a strategy, it was a trap, and Maduro fell for it. Soon, other countries will show their support. Soon someone will lend us an army, or we will build one ourselves."
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The musical fantasy Descendants follows the offspring from some of the most famous and iconic classic Disney cartoon characters. This hot property debuted on the Disney Channel in July; today costumes inspired by these new young heroes are hot sellers for young trick-or-treaters! Here are some top Descendants costumes for this Halloween.
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This complete outfit has everything you need to become Evie in her Isle of the Lost outfit. You'll get her pretty jacket, long-sleeve dress with pendant print, matching leggings, gloves, and blue wig.
Dress up like a princess for Halloween: Princess Audrey, daughter of Aurora! This is the gown she wore to Ben's coronation and it is so pretty! The pink dress has an intricate abstract pattern with contrasting white trim.
Dress up like the daughter of Mulan with this great pink outfit. This pretty dress has baby blue floral details and contrasting ribbon trim in hot pink and turquoise.
This pretty purple dress is just like the one Mal wore during Ben's coronation. The bodice has delicate floral details and sheer short sleeves. The skirt is tiered in three layers.
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Il Boom Festival è un festival di cultura psichedelica che si svolge ogni due anni in Portogallo.

Il festival offre appuntamenti di musica, pittura, scultura, video, cinema, teatro partendo dall'idea di massima contaminazione tra diverse forme d'arte.
Il primo Boom Festival ebbe luogo nel 1997 e fu un piccolo evento di sola musica psytrance, oggi il Boom è un evento multidisciplinare che incorpora, oltre al 'Dance Temple' dove hanno luogo i live set e i dj set Psytrance e Goatrance, il padiglione 'Sacred Fire' per la world music e i set acustici, e il 'Groovy Beach', un palcoscenico per generi contemporanei della musica elettronica, tra cui Dubstep, Breakbeat e Minimal techno. Il Boom conta inoltre una galleria d'arte, uno spazio di scultura naturale, uno per il teatro di strada e le danze di fuoco, e il "Villaggio Liminal", uno spazio ombreggiato per lettura, yoga, proiezioni, meditazione, dibattiti e conferenze.

Edizioni
 2018 - in Idanha-a-Nova
 2016 - in Idanha-a-Nova
 2014 - in Idanha-a-Nova
 2012 - in Idanha-a-Nova
 2010 - in Idanha-a-Nova
 2008 - in Idanha-a-Nova
 2006 - in Idanha-a-Nova
 2004 - in Idanha-a-Nova
 2002 - in Idanha-a-Nova
 2000 - in Herdade do Zambujal
 1998 - in Herdade do Zambujal
 1997 - in Herdade do Zambujal, vicino a Águas de Moura

Note

Voci correlate
 Burning Man
 Ozora

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Festival musicali portoghesi
Festival di musica elettronica

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There's nothing negative, but it's human beings just like horses and cows. They smell like
horses and cows. (Laughter) They are contented, grossly content, like horses and cows, like
well fed animals, where they happen to be well fed. Just like that. It's a really animal
existence.
Ratnaguna: I'm still confused about the individual, how he becomes an individual. You say
that it's a lot of practice combining?
S: Not necessarily a lot of practice combining. It could be two or three which are of decisive
importance in any individual case.
Ratnaguna: Is there a point where the individual realises that he's individual, where
someone realises that they are an individual.
S: I think that point would be when he realises that he's on his own, and that he is aware of
others but they're not aware of him. I think, if there is any point of realisation, I'd say it was
Ratnaguna: Is that sort of absolute? Is he then an individual or is he still....
S: No, I wouldn't describe this as full individuality. There can be degrees of this sort of
realisation even. You also might come to understand or come to see that you think differently
from others, and that you'd see that they were not thinking as you were thinking, or rather you
would see that you were not thinking as they were thinking, and you'd see this and understand
it, but you'd also see that they couldn't understand why you were wanting to be different.
They would be thinking that there's something wrong with you. Maybe you were ill, maybe
you'd gone mad or maybe you were possessed by an evil spirit or maybe you were just being
perverse, or maybe they just couldn't understand it. Well why is he different? Why does he
want to do things in a different way? Why does he think differently from everybody else?
They can't sort of see into his mind, as it were, but he can see, at least to some extent, into
theirs. And he realises that they not only don't see what I see, but they don't see me, they
don't see why I think and feel this. Maybe in the very early stages, this is very sort of dim
and vague and embryonic and more like a feeling than a conscious thought, but it grows and
develops and becomes more sort of clear and more conscious, more self-conscious. Just as in
our own case when we grew up. There are all sorts of factors contributing to our realisation
that we are, as it were, independent individuals. It may have been a very gradual sort of
incrementation or process or it might have been quite sudden and dramatic and connected
with very definite incidents and experiences.
Anyway, "The monarchy, the city and individualism" - maybe we need not say anything more
than that, and in the afternoon we go onto "The Religious and Ideological Environment"
which will probably more simple and straightforward.
S: "The Religious and Ideological Environment". I think here Trevor Ling will be giving us
just a summary of what is sort of generally known. There probably won't be anything very
controversial. We can try and get through it quite quickly and then when we come onto part
three we'll be into the central portion of the book really. We can spend more time on that.
Text."A TIME OF RELIGIOUS CHANGE
It was suggested at the outset that we merely prejudice our understanding of the Buddha's
historical significance if we think of him as the founder of a religion in the customary modern
sense of the term. A more useful way of approaching the matter is to examine the nature of the
early Buddhist community - its principles, its purposes, and its social implications - and then
to consider whether it is not more appropriate to regard the Buddha as the founder, in effect,
of something more approaching a type of civilization."
S: In other words it seems he isn't going to consider the Sangha as a spiritual community or
pay any attention to the question of individuality in the true sense. Anyway we'll just note
that and pass on.
Text "We shall not, therefore, begin by regarding the Buddha as one who was consciously a
religious reformer or innovator. It is possible that his role is better understood as that of the
opponent or critic of religion, who had no intention of founding yet another example of what
he criticized."
S: There's no example or no instance of the Buddha criticizing any such thing as religion,
even in inverted commas. He criticized certain practices, he criticized certain observances,
certain beliefs, but one cannot really regard him as criticizing religion as such. In any case
religion in that sense wasn't known at all in his day. So I don't think Trevor Ling can get
around that by just putting religion in inverted commas. Anyway let's go on.
Text"This is, of course, to assume that 'religions' may be seen as surviving elements of
civilizations which tend to seek re-embodiment in some new, integrated system. This is,
broadly, how the situation in the Buddha's day may be interpreted. The old Vedic society of
the Aryans was in a state of dissolution as a consequence of the movement of Aryan peoples
into a new geographical environment (that of the middle Gangetic plain), and as a result of
their having settled into a new kind of economy, one which was predominantly agricultural
rather than pastoral and nomadic. The brahman priests had merged as a distinct social class
and were, consciously or unconsciously, engaged in redefining their own position in society,
and the position of other classes in relation to their own. The reconstituted civilization which
was centred on kingship. brahmanically consecrated and legitimized, was only just beginning
to emerge. Religion, as a phenomenon of the transitional period of flux between one
civilization and another, a vestigial remnant of the old which had not yet been re-integrated
in a new, emerging culture, seems to have existed in the Buddha's day in a number of
characteristic forms."
S: So he seems to regard religion "as a phenomenon of the transitional period of flux
between one civilization and another". What do you think of that? You see what he means,
don't you? Where does he go wrong do you think, as regards Buddhism?
__________: Well Buddhism hasn't got anything to do with group values.
S: He misses out the spiritual community, he misses out the individual completely. It's a
rather odd way of regarding religion. Is this a common sociological view these days?
__________: It sounds a bit like Toynbee's idea. Religions starting out as new sets of ideas
which establish new civilizations.
S: But perhaps they do, but is that really their aim and object? That is the real point isn't it?
Siddhiratna: Is he actually saying that religion is as a phenomena of a transitional period.
Does he mean that there wasn't any religion before and there probably won't be any religion
after, once it becomes established?
S: Ah, yes. Religion as something sort of split off from the civilization. He began the book
by identifying religion really as civilization, and when the civilization sort of breaks down,
then religion is just left occupying a few nooks and corners. So then a new sort of
civilization arises which seems to be connected with the previous civilization and to be
reconstituted on a higher level, and simply connected by the vestiges of religion which were
left in between. This seems to be his view. But it isn't really very clear, but you get the
general picture as he sees it. The Aryan society, the Aryan civilization has broken down.
There are some vestiges of it surviving in the Buddha's day. The new civilization presumably
inaugurated by the Buddha, hasn't yet emerged, but those vestiges of the old civilization
exiting now as religion, are sort of taken up by the Buddha and sort of reshaped into a new
Siddhiratna: Can you infer from that then that his view is that civilizations cause religions,
as it were. That without civilization there would be no religion.
S: Without a civilization there would be no religion. As the sort of underlying principles of
the civilization sort of cease to control the civilization, the civilization becomes controlled by
other principles and other factors, then the principles are just sort of relegated to private life.
So you get a sort of intermediate period where vestiges of civilization exist in a non public
form, in a private form predominantly, which is ...


A Tauranga mother of four who has always dreamed of becoming a paramedic has been barred from volunteering on St John ambulances because they have changed their main anaesthetic to one that could kill her.
Lynda Hodge, 37, a supervisor at Specsavers, started training with St John just over a year ago to achieve what she says is "my lifelong dream of becoming a paramedic".
"I just want to help people, that's my whole aim for wanting to be with St John, to help people that need help," she says.
But since July she has been barred from ambulances because St John has changed its main anaesthetic from nitrous oxide to methoxyflurane – a gas that can trigger a potentially fatal reaction called malignant hyperthermia (MH) in families with a rare genetic abnormality.
Hodge found out that her family carried the gene when her 10-year-old niece suffered a "horrific" MH attack in March after being given an anaesthetic for a simple operation in Tauranga Hospital.
"She had four days in intensive care. It was touch and go, but because of the training that Tauranga Hospital had, they picked up on it straight away," Hodge said.
"Myself and my family – nine of us so far and still counting – have all found out that we have MH and it has been 100 per cent passed on through us.
St John changed its main anaesthetic early this year despite repeated pleas from the national MH testing centre in Palmerston North dating back to 2007, when methoxyflurane was first introduced as one of several anaesthetic options on ambulances.
Centre director Dr Terasa Bulger said the change was driven by St John wanting to save space in its vehicles by removing large nitrous oxide cylinders.
"They used to carry cylinders of nitrous oxide, or laughing gas, for dislocated shoulders and broken legs with bits of bone sticking out and the like. It's the same gas women use in labour," she said.
Methoxyflurane was banned by the US Food and Drug Administration in 2005 because of safety concerns and is now made only in Australia, where it is also used by the military and ambulances.
St John medical director Dr Tony Smith said Australian ambulances had used the gas as their sole inhaled painkiller for more than a decade.
"More than a million doses have been administered in Australia without any cases of malignant hyperthermia reported," he said.
"Methoxyflurane is light and can be administered to patients simultaneously, as happened during the Christchurch earthquakes.
He said removing the nitrous oxide also enabled paramedics to use nebulised inhalers for patients with lung conditions, reducing risks involved in giving them oxygen.
Although methoxyflurane is now the sole inhaled painkiller on St John ambulances, Smith said ambulances carried at least seven other non-inhaled painkillers and only used methoxyflurane with patients "who are alert and able to speak to us about their allergies or medical conditions".
Bulger said all hospitals that use anaesthetics must hold stocks of dantrolene, an antidote that stops an MH attack if it is given quickly enough. But St John ambulances do not carry dantrolene and Smith said he was not considering stocking it.
"This is because, if we considered the risk high enough to carry the antidote, we would remove methoxyflurane in the interest of patient safety," he said.
However Bulger asked why, in that case, Hodge and others carrying the MH gene were banned from ambulance work and are also banned from joining the armed forces.
"Maybe the risk is small, but if it is zero, why won't they let Lynda Hodge be a St John volunteer?" she asked.
Meanwhile, Christchurch baby Chrissa Squire, who suffered severe brain damage from MH after being given an anaesthetic on September 29, has survived the removal of her breathing tube. Her family said they were "taking it day by day".


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Mumbai: More than 4 million people were excluded from a draft list of citizens released on Monday by a census official for Assam, in a long-running campaign against immigrants, sparking uncertainty about their future.
People wait to check their names on the draft list at the National Register of Citizens (NRC) centre at a village in Nagaon district, Assam state, July 30, 2018.
Officials said security had been tightened across the state as thousands of Bengali-speaking Muslims worry about being sent to detention centres or deported.
The list was uploaded on a government website, but many in remote regions of Assam, who lack internet connectivity, travelled to government booths set up for the exercise to determine their status.
People wait in queue to check their names on the draft list at the National Register of Citizens (NRC) centre at a village in Nagaon district, Assam state, July 30, 2018.
To be recognised as citizens, all residents of Assam had to produce documents proving that they or their families lived in India before March 24, 1971.
Villagers wait outside the National Register of Citizens (NRC) centre to get their documents verified by government officials, at Mayong Village in Morigaon district, in Assam, July 8, 2018.
The first draft, released on Dec. 31, confirmed 19 million people were citizens. But the NRC told India's top court this month that it would drop 150,000 people from that list – a third of them married women – mainly because they had provided false information or inadmissible documents.
Villagers wait outside the National Register of Citizens (NRC) centre to get their documents verified by government officials, at Mayong Village in Morigaon district, in the northeastern state of Assam, India July 8, 2018.


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Gil Dori is a freelance artist, and a co-founder of the EyeHarp Association, a non-profit start-up with the goal of developing and promoting accessible digital instruments. In addition, Gil teaches online computer music and game audio classes at Sapir Academic College and Ben-Gurion University, Israel.
Most of Gil's recent work originates in artistic research, focusing on real-time graphic notation and study of timbre. You can find out more about his ongoing projects here.
Gil's music has been featured on international festivals and conferences, most notably Sound and Music Computing, SEAMUS National Conference, MUSLAB, New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival, and Balance-Unbalance. He participated in masterclasses and workshops given by Georg Friedrich Haas, Pierluigi Billone, and Tristan Murail, and received several grants and awards to support his activities, such as the Joan Frazer Memorial Award, the Schwartz Scholars Fund, and the Fund for Independent Creators.
Gil graduated with a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Arizona State University, where he taught aural skills and Jewish music classes, served as president of the Society of Composers, Inc. student chapter, and co-directed the Laptop Orchestra of Arizona State. He holds a Bachelors of Arts degree from Haifa University, Israel, where he graduated summa cum laude.
Oded Zehavi, Garth Paine, and Glenn Hackbarth are among Gil's primary composition teachers, as well as Kotoka Suzuki, who chaired Gil's D.M.A. Committee.
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sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__)))

import re

version_regex = re.compile(r"^\d+\.\d+")

import lasio.las_version

def test_non_existent_vcs_tool():
    version_cmd = ["gt", "describe", "--tags", "--match", "v*"]
    result = lasio.las_version._get_vcs_version(version_cmd)
    assert result == ""

# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Most of the time GITHUB_WORKFLOW will install the lasio repo with the
# '--no-tag' option. In those cases tags won't be available and the resulting
# version is expected to be an empty string.
#
# Occationally a release version will be pushed and in those cases
# GITHUB_WORKFLOW will specifically make the refs/tag/<pushed-tag> available
# and the resulting version is expected to be a regular version string.
#
# So we check for both of those cases when testing in GITHUB_WORKFLOW
# environment.
# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
def test_verify_default_vcs_tool():
    result = lasio.las_version._get_vcs_version()
    if "GITHUB_WORKFLOW" in os.environ:
        assert result == "" or version_regex.match(result)
    else:
        assert version_regex.match(result)

def test_explicit_existent_vcs_tool():
    version_cmd = ["git", "describe", "--tags", "--match", "v*"]
    result = lasio.las_version._get_vcs_version(version_cmd)
    if "GITHUB_WORKFLOW" in os.environ:
        assert result == "" or version_regex.match(result)
    else:
        assert version_regex.match(result)

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Get your party pants on. New Year's Eve is Monday.
As 2018 draws to a close, take time to reflect on the last 12 months. Celebrate your accomplishments and set goals for the new year.
Wherever and however you celebrate – be safe.
New Year's Day is Tuesday.
Most entities and offices will be closed as everyone gathers a collective breath and gears up for another trip around the sun.
Don't forget to eat black-eyed peas for good luck and cabbage for prosperity.
Happy New Year, from the Messenger staff!
But this one's a fundraiser.
The Decatur Youth Fair Buyers Association is having a Sportsman's Banquet, a dinner and auction featuring outdoor adventure-related items, Jan. 5 at the Decatur Conference Center. The night will include a steak dinner, drinks and games. Drink passes will be sold for $20, which includes alcoholic beverages and a stainless steel tumbler. You'll also have the chance to win prizes in raffles and silent auctions.
Guests must be 18 years old to attend. Doors open at 6 p.m., and dinner will be served at 7. Tickets can be purchased online at dyfba.com. All proceeds will go toward buying Decatur 4-H and FFA projects at the 2019 Wise County Youth Fair auction.
Newly elected county officials will be sworn into office at 9 a.m. Wednesday in the 271st District Courtroom in the Wise County Courthouse. It's open to the public, so come watch the ceremony and wish them well.
Those being sworn in include Melton Cude, County Court-at-Law No. 1 judge; Sherry Lemon, county clerk; Katherine Hudson, treasurer; Brenda Rowe, district clerk; Kevin Burns, Precinct 2 county commissioner; Gaylord Kennedy, Precinct 4 county commissioner; Jan Morrow, Precinct 1 justice of the peace; Kim Redman, Precinct 2 justice of the peace; Mandy Hays, Precinct 3 justice of the peace; Willie Garrett, Precinct 4 justice of the peace; and Charles Applewhite, Precinct 3 constable.
Want to try something new in 2019?
If so, Divine Center of Yoga (103 W. Main St.) in Decatur has made it easy. The new yoga studio on the square in Decatur is offering Yoga How To's: Begin Your Practice Jan. 5.
Instructors will explain different poses and demonstrate them. You'll have the chance to ask questions and make sure your alignment is correct. This is great for newbies or those who haven't practiced yoga in a while.
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