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How I Beat a Bad Cold (or a Mild Flu) in Twenty-four Hours Lisa Mason #healthnut #VitC #colloidalsilver #cold #flu #heal #writer
On Monday Tom went to our local UPS store to drop off a package and came back with that tell-tale feeling—he was getting sick. He was well when he went; his sinuses were already to seize up when he got back. He's scrupulous about touching things in the public that could harbor germs and even more scrupulous about touching his eyes, nose, or mouth after being out in the public and before thoroughly washing his hands when he gets home.
My theory is that he walked through an aerosol cloud of germs. The UPS store is a closed space; someone probably sneezed or coughed in there. I had that same experience maybe ten years ago, walking through the market. Without touching anything, I came back with a ferocious vicious flu.
As he descended on Monday into a bad cold or a mild flu—sneezing, coughing, sore throat, severe headache—we immediately went into prevention mode for me. Tom put on a surgical mask. When he had to cough or sneeze, he went into his bathroom. He didn't touch any of my drinking glasses or dinner plates or water bottles.
As we proceeded into Tuesday and Wednesday, he got better, stabilized, then got a little better. So far, so good.
He would have taken colloidal silver early on Monday. We've had good success with silver before—as soon as we started feeling sick, we took four drops of silver in a glass of water. And the cold or illness went away. Silver is not preventative (in our experience), but it knocks an incipient disease right out if you take it early enough.
But we were all out of silver. I went up to the market on Tuesday to buy some. The market had a silver that was unfamiliar to me; also it was a spray bottle, not drops. I wasn't sure this silver would work.
Tom started on that, spraying his throat; he was still sick.
Despite all our precautions, when I woke up Thursday, I had that clenching feeling in my eyes, copiously dripping sinuses, violent sneezing, violent coughing, a sore throat, a little bit of an earache, and a serious headache. By the end of the day, I was burning up with a fever. Damn.
First thing, I started spraying the silver in my throat.
But I had another therapy that Tom doesn't use.
Linus Pauling long researched and advocated supplemental Vitamin C. (Pauling lived to be 92.) He especially advocated mega-doses of Vit C. He published at least one book on the subject.
Vit C is water-soluble, so the vitamin is not dangerous to your liver like some other non-water-soluble are, such as Vitamin A. Your body simply excretes excess amounts it can't absorb.
So why ingest mega-doses of Vit C that your body will excrete? That's some mighty expensive piss.
Because your body absorbs more Vit C than the minimum daily requirement. Some experts say Vit C—in the form I use—alkalinizes the whole body and can even penetrate the blood-brain barrier to good effect.
What form of Vit C do I use? Pills are notoriously difficult to digest. I remember an anecdote—some Congressman was driving to work when he got some pains in his abdomen. He immediately went to an emergency room, thinking he was having a heart attack. The ER doctor examined him, pronounced him sound, and asked, "What did you have for breakfast?" The Congressman answered, "A cup of black coffee and a Vitamin C pill." The doctor said, "Eat something for breakfast."
I too have had problems digesting Vit C pills, so it was a revelation many years ago when a friend told me about Vitamin C powder. A quarter teaspoon has 2000% of your minimum daily requirement.
I started taking a quarter teaspoon of the powder in a glass of spring water instead of orange juice, which has way too much sugar for me. But I was careful to drink the vitamin water through a straw. Vit C is acidic; you don't want to rinse your teeth with it lest your tooth enamel erode. Same if you sip on water with a lemon slice. Be careful of your teeth.
Now. Above I mentioned alkalinizing your body. This is vitally important to fending off all diseases of all kinds. You don't want your body to be acidic, which promotes disease.
But how can consuming a substance that's acidic—like Vit C powder, oranges, tomatoes, bell peppers, and other fruits and vegetables—promote your system to be alkaline?
It's one of the confusing things about what we know about nutrition. Because acidic fruits and vegetables convert in your metabolism as alkaline. Which is great.
Whereas meat, especially red meat, potatoes, refined grains, oils, and dairy convert in your metabolism as acidic. Which is, frankly, bad.
So. On Thursday when I woke up really sick with a bad cold or a mild flu (colds usually don't come with a fever), I increased my dosage of Vit C powder to four quarter teaspoons spaced throughout the day. And I sprayed the silver in my throat, also throughout the day.
I drank lots of water, but didn't have any appetite. I ate a tiny dish of chilled fruit—half a nectarine, some red grapes, blueberries. I did some writing work but went to bed early.
But I couldn't sleep at all. The headache kept me in a semi-slumber, not fully sleeping. I didn't take aspirin. I don't like aspirin. The OTC drug causes stomach bleeding and sometimes stroke.
At some time in the dawn, I literally felt the fever break. When I woke up after several hours of good sound sleep, my sinuses had completely dried up, the cough had quieted, the sore throat, the earache, the headache—all were gone.
On Friday, I felt a bit weak, having been sick. But all those vile symptoms were GONE.
Tom, who used the silver (a bit too late in the cycle) and eats a very healthy vegetarian diet (thanks to me, thank you) recovered in four days, with some sinus symptoms still lingering.
But I—after a regimen of Vit C powder and colloidal silver—recovered completely in twenty-four hours.
So there you have it. I'm not a doctor—take what you will from this account.
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Please Do Not Download My "Free" Copyrighted Ebooks From Pirate Sites Lisa Mason #LisaMason #SFWApro
Piracy of ebooks is not a victimless crime. If you use any of these websites to download my copyrighted ebooks, those books are not "free." You're stealing from me, taking food off my family's table. I'm the victim when you download or read off of any of these scam sites.
I've neither been properly paid for my copyrighted content nor have I given my consent for their "free" publication. These sites have simply stolen DRM-free copies of my ebooks.
I'm a working author! I put my heart and soul and brains into my books and stories. Please help me by not patronizing these websites.
Here is a list of some sites I've collected, thanks to Google Alerts. The biggest offender, Tzar Media, appears at the top. They have denied offering my books repeatedly and suggest that I go to each one of their individual vendors with my Cease-and-Desist Demand.
Sadly, these individual vendors require your credit card information before you are allowed to enter their "free" website and contact their webmasters. Would you give that info to a pirate?
So here are the pirates in the Hall of Shame I've collected so far, thanks to Google Alerts:
http://tzarmedia.com
http://online-pdf.co
http://melekpdf.online
https://www.lilplay.com
http://booktodayonline.com
http://freepdf.gdn
http://nopay.p-qq.net
http://jabirufun.com
http://funmonger.net
http://playster.com
http://zumipdfclub.net
Then I've also heard about Torrent. This is a notorious pirate of ebooks. Please don't go there.
And here is the complete list of my copyrighted ebooks, which Bast Books offers for a ridiculously inexpensive price. Most have been previously published in print by Big Five Publishers.
Summer Of Love, A Time Travel (a Philip K. Dick Award Finalist and San Francisco Chronicle Recommended Book). On BarnesandNoble, US Kindle, Canada Kindle, UK Kindle, Smashwords, Apple, and Kobo. On Kindle in Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Brazil, Japan, India, Mexico, and Netherlands.
The Gilded Age, A Time Travel (a New York Times Notable Book and New York Public Library Recommended Book). On BarnesandNoble, US Kindle, Canada Kindle, UK Kindle, Apple, Kobo, and Smashwords. On Kindle in Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Brazil, Japan, India, Mexico, and Netherlands.
Time Travels to San Francisco (boxed set of Summer of Love and The Gilded Age). On US Kindle, UK Kindle, Canada Kindle, Barnes and Noble, Smashwords, Apple, and Kobo. On Kindle in Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Brazil, Mexico, India, and Japan.
Arachne (a Locus Bestseller). On US Kindle, UK Kindle, Canada Kindle, Australia Kindle, Barnes and Noble, Apple, Kobo, and Smashwords. On Kindle on France Kindle, Germany Kindle, Italy Kindle, Netherlands Kindle, Spain Kindle, Mexico Kindle, Brazil Kindle, India Kindle, and Japan Kindle.
Strange Ladies: 7 Stories. On Nook, US Kindle, Canada Kindle, UK Kindle, Smashwords, Apple, and Kobo. On Kindle in Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Brazil, Japan, India, Mexico, and Netherlands.
The Garden of Abracadabra. On BarnesandNoble, US Kindle, Canada Kindle, UK Kindle, Apple, Kobo, and Smashwords. On Kindle in Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Brazil, Japan, India, Mexico, and Netherlands.
The Garden of Abracadabra, Book 1: Life's Journey. On BarnesandNoble, US Kindle, Canada Kindle, UK Kindle, Apple, Kobo, and Smashwords. On Kindle in Australia, Brazil, Germany, France, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, and Spain.
The Garden of Abracadabra, Book 2: In Dark Woods. On BarnesandNoble, US Kindle, Canada Kindle, UK Kindle, Apple, Kobo, and Smashwords. On Kindle in Australia, Brazil, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, and Spain.
The Garden of Abracadabra, Book 3: The Right Road. On BarnesandNoble, US Kindle, Canada Kindle, UK Kindle, Apple, Kobo, and Smashwords. On Kindle in Australia, Brazil, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, and Spain.
Celestial Girl, The Omnibus Edition (A Lily Modjeska Mystery). On Nook, US Kindle, Canada Kindle, UK Kindle, Smashwords, Apple, and Kobo. On Kindle in Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Brazil, Japan, India, Mexico, and Netherlands.
Celestial Girl, Book 1: The Heartland (A Lily Modjeska Mystery). On Nook, US Kindle, Canada Kindle, UK Kindle, Smashwords, Apple, and Kobo. Also on Kindle in Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Brazil, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, and India.
Celestial Girl, Book 2: Jewel of the Golden West (A Lily Modjeska Mystery). On Nook, US Kindle, Canada Kindle, UK Kindle, Smashwords, Apple, and Kobo. Also on Kindle in Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Brazil, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, and India.
Celestial Girl, Book 3: The Celestial Kingdom (A Lily Modjeska Mystery) and Celestial Girl, Book 4: Terminus are on Nook, US Kindle, Canada Kindle, UK Kindle, Smashwords, Apple, Kobo. Also on Kindle in Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Brazil, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, and India.
Shaken. On BarnesandNoble, US Kindle, Canada Kindle, UK Kindle, Apple, Kobo, and Smashwords. Also on Kindle in Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Brazil, Japan, India, Mexico, and Netherlands.
Hummers. On BarnesandNoble, US Kindle, Canada Kindle, UK Kindle, Apple, Kobo, and Smashwords. Also on Kindle in Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Brazil, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, and India.
Daughter of the Tao. On US Kindle, Canada Kindle, UK Kindle, BarnesandNoble, Apple, Kobo, and Smashwords. Also on Kindle in Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Brazil, Japan, India, Mexico, and Netherlands.
Every Mystery Unexplained. On BarnesandNoble, US Kindle, Canada Kindle, UK Kindle, Apple, Kobo, and Smashwords. Also on Kindle in Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Brazil, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, and India.
Tomorrow's Child. On BarnesandNoble, US Kindle, Canada Kindle, UK Kindle, Apple, Kobo, and Smashwords. Also on Kindle in Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Brazil, Japan, India, Mexico, and Netherlands.
The Sixty-third Anniversary of Hysteria. On BarnesandNoble, US Kindle, Canada Kindle, UK Kindle, Apple, Kobo, and Smashwords. Also on Kindle in Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Brazil, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, and India.
U F uh-O. On BarnesandNoble, US Kindle, Canada Kindle, UK Kindle, Apple, Kobo, and Smashwords. Also on Kindle in Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Brazil, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, and India.
Tesla, A Screenplay. On US Kindle, Canada Kindle, UK Kindle, BarnesandNoble, Apple, Kobo, and Smashwords. Also on Kindle in Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Brazil, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, and India.
My Charlotte: Patty's Story. On Barnes and Noble, US Kindle, UK Kindle, Canada Kindle, Australia Kindle, Smashwords, Apple, and Kobo. On Kindle in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Brazil, Japan, Netherlands, and Mexico.
Please visit me at Lisa Mason's Official Website for all my books, ebooks, stories, and screenplays, reviews, interviews, and blogs, adorable pet pictures, forthcoming works, fine art and bespoke jewelry by my husband Tom Robinson, worldwide links, and more!
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Do You Have A Favorite Comfort Food? Here's A Story About Mine Lisa Mason #LisaMason
December 4, 2016 //
When I was age eight, my parents liked to go out nearly every Saturday night. They'd lived through the rationing and privations of World War II. The Fifties and Sixties brought huge prosperity to America. I can't blame my parents for wanting to enjoy themselves.
My mother was a professional nutritionist in a large hospital at a time when wives and mothers typically didn't work. My father was an electrical engineer and inventor. As first-generation Americans born of immigrants who'd escaped the Iron Curtain, they were doing pretty well in Cleveland, Ohio where I was born.
So my parents would get dressed up and go out Saturday night, leaving me alone in their house. I suppose they trusted me, with my Siamese cat for company. Maybe they never considered whether I would have liked some human companionship on those long nights. In any case, they never hired a babysitter.
Both of my parents were only children, each with brothers who had died before they were born. So I had no aunts or uncles, no cousins of my age I could call. My maternal grandmother lived nearby, but she was taking care of my grandfather with Parkinson's disease and went to bed early.
I have vivid memories of being alone in that big, dark house, feeling very lonely and often scared.
The furnace would go on with ominous monster-in-the-basement rumblings. If there was wind, the house itself creaked and groaned. My mother would turn off all of the lights on the second floor and most of the lights on the ground floor except in the family room, where there was a library and the television. Then there was what I was watching on television.
In those days, Cleveland carried a couple of channels that aired reruns of TV shows and movies. "The Xanti Misfits" and the episode where a queen bee turns herself into a beatnik woman who tries to seduce the scientist-beekeeper (I think that one is called "Regina") on The Outer Limits; "Demon With A Glass Hand," on The Twilight Zone; and Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo were memorably scary to an eight-year-old.
(I'm quite sure the gorgeous footage of San Francisco in the early 1950s imprinted itself on my subconscious mind. After I spent some time in Washington D.C., I made a beeline for the Bay Area. We have Vertigo in our collection to this day and I still hate the ending!)
I'm very thankful the station didn't air Psycho. I would have never taken a shower again.
To assuage my loneliness, I'd make a short trek through the dark dining room to the kitchen where my mother would leave some under-the-counter lights on.
And there I'd make popcorn. My mother had this electric popcorn machine, an aluminum canister with a round handle of glass on the top and a wire that plugged into the bottom and into a wall outlet. I'd pour corn oil up to a line etched inside (at the time, I didn't know corn oil is considered bad, nutrition-wise; it was the only oil my mother kept around). Then I'd pour in a third-cup of Jolly Time. I preferred the blue label containing white corn, which made a meatier, crunchier kernel. The red label, which contained yellow corn, made a bigger, fluffier kernel but it didn't have as much taste.
I knew the drill. Pour everything in, plug the machine in. When the popped corn pressed up against the glass handle, and the machine steamed, and I could smell a bit of burning at the bottom, I'd whip off the wire. Using oven mitts, I'd carefully pour the canister into a bowl. I put nothing else on the popcorn except Morton's salt (a lot of it).
I've never liked Coke, then or now, but I did like a grape soda pop my father kept in the fridge. It tasted like carbonated grape Kool-Aid. I'd pour a glass of that to wash my salty popcorn down, waiting for my parents to come home and turn on the lights.
Nowadays, I use Arrowhead Mills Organic popcorn, organic extra virgin olive oil, and Mediterranean sea salt. I've got a Lindy's stainless steel popper, with a paddle on the bottom and a wood handle on the top. You crank the handle, which turns the paddle around while the corn is popping. This makes superb popcorn. I still burn the bottom a bit. I love a few burned kernels, but that's just me.
The Lindy's is kind of a hassle to clean, though, and I usually don't want the extra fat. So I'll haul out my West Bend air popper. This miraculous machine produces a bowl of virtually fat-free, fiber-rich comfort food in minutes. I still sprinkle on too much salt. Nobody's perfect.
So there you have it. What's your favorite comfort food and why?
From the author of Summer Of Love, A Time Travel (a Philip K. Dick Award Finalist and San Francisco Chronicle Recommended Book) on BarnesandNoble, US Kindle, Canada Kindle, UK Kindle, Smashwords, Apple, and Kobo.
Summer of Love, A Time Travel is also on Amazon.com in Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Brazil, Japan, India, Mexico, and Netherlands.
The Gilded Age, A Time Travel on BarnesandNoble, US Kindle, Canada Kindle, UK Kindle, Apple, Kobo, and Smashwords.
The Gilded Age, A Time Travel is also on Amazon.com in Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Brazil, Japan, India, Mexico, and Netherlands.
Celestial Girl, The Omnibus Edition (A Lily Modjeska Mystery) includes all four books. On Nook, US Kindle, Canada Kindle, UK Kindle, Smashwords, Apple, and Kobo;
The Garden of Abracadabra, Volume 1 of the Abracadabra Series, "Fun and enjoyable urban fantasy," on BarnesandNoble, US Kindle, Canada Kindle, UK Kindle, Apple, Kobo, and Smashwords.
The Garden of Abracadabra is also on Amazon.com in Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Brazil, Japan, India, Mexico, and Netherlands.
Celestial Girl, The Omnibus Edition (A Lily Modjeska Mystery) is also on Amazon.com in Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Brazil, Japan, India, Mexico, and Netherlands.
Strange Ladies: 7 Stories, five-star rated, "A fantastic collection," on Nook, US Kindle, Canada Kindle, UK Kindle, Smashwords, Apple, and Kobo.
Strange Ladies: 7 Stories is also on Amazon.com in Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Brazil, Japan, India, Mexico, and Netherlands.
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Categories 2016, Authors, Books, Ebooks, Lifestyle, Lisa Mason, Lisa Mason Fantasy and Science Fiction Author, Lisa Mason Fantasy and Science Fiction Author On Facebook, Lisa Mason Official Website, Lisa Mason on Facebook, Lisa Mason Romantic Suspense Author, Lisa Mason Screenwriter, Lisa Mason Urban Fantasy Author, Uncategorized
The Stories in The Green Leopard Plague Collection by Walter Jon Williams, The Story Collection Storybundle #SFWApro
May 22, 2016 //
Here are the stories you'll find in Walter Jon Williams' collection, The Green Leopard Plague:
Asimov's Science Fiction, September 1997
Daddy's World
Not of Woman Born, ed. Constance Ash, Roc, 1999
The Last Ride of German Freddie
Worlds That Weren't, ed. Laura Anne Gilman, Roc, 2002
The Millennium Party
Infinitematrix.net, August 2002
The Green Leopard Plague
Asimov's Science Fiction, October-November 2003
The Tang Dynasty Underwater Pyramid
Scifiction.com, August 4, 2004
Incarnation Day
Escape from Earth, ed. Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois, SFBC, 2006
Send Them Flowers
The New Space Opera, ed. Jonathan Strahan and Gardner Dozois, Harper Eos, 2007
The Starry Rift: Tales of New Tomorrows, ed. Jonathan Strahan, Viking, 2007
For more about Walter, his books and stories, and his expert advice and opinions about writing, visit him at http://www.walterjonwilliams.net
So there you have it, my friends. The Story Collection Storybundle is live! You the reader name your price—whatever you feel the books are worth. You may even designate a portion to go to a charity. Savor traditionally published, multi-award-winning stories from diverse and varied publications which the authors have collected for you.
The Bundle includes What I Didn't See (a World Fantasy Award Winner) by Karen Joy Fowler (the New York Times bestselling author of The Jane Austen Book Club), Collected Stories by Lewis Shiner, Errantry by Elizabeth Hand, The Green Leopard Plague by Walter Jon Williams, Women Up to No Good by Pat Murphy, Strange Ladies: 7 Stories by Lisa Mason, Wild Things by C. C. Finlay, and 6 Stories by Kathe Koja.
But you must act now. The Story Collection Storybundle lasts only until June 2, 2016 at https://storybundle.com/storycollection. Once it's gone, it's gone!
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Categories 2016, Authors, Books, Ebooks, Hugo Award, Nebula Award Winner, Philip K. Dick Award Finalist, Stories, Story Collection, World Fantasy Award Winner
Open Challenge
October 3, 2012 //
I see a lot of complaints these days from editors, executives reviewing resumes, followers of blogs and websites, and readers about the blight of improper usage in writers' prose.
Be it a novel, nonfiction book, product description, query, resume, Facebook post, Tweet, blog, or website, improper usage is running rampant.
These are very simple, very basic words and punctuation. The kinds of words and punctuation you're supposed to nail down in elementary school.
Lately, the problem plagued the posts of a popular writers' group I belong to. When I finally spoke up and explained the proper usage of common words misused in a prior post, some of the group members got offended.
"Gee whiz, punctuation cop, this is just a post."
Well, yes. But when a reader—me, for instance—sees improper usage, she often just moves on. Why? Because when she—that would be me—reads an improper usage, even something that may seem trivial, the reader thinks, "Oh, this writer didn't even care enough to copyedit her post—book—product description. Why should I care?"
The writer could be expressing a graceful turn of phrase, a witticism, or an astute insight, but this reader thinks, "Eh. Next."
So I present you with this Open Challenge. Properly use each line of words listed below in one sentence.
Your, you're
There, their, they're
Its, it's
Two, too, to
Then, than
May, might
Affect, effect
Farther, further
Black-and-gold, black and gold (the hyphens are the issue)
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Categories Authors, Books, Grammar and Punctuation, Grammar Cop, Lisa Mason, Writing
August 30, 2012 //
"This isn't the time or place for you to witness the record of that day. And I'm not the one to show you. I've got a call in to Professor Bonwitch. He'll know what to do."
"Professor Bonwitch? Isaac Bonwitch?" Now I'm astonished. I certainly didn't expect a connection between my new school and supernatural law enforcement. "The founder of Magical Arts and Crafts? You know him?"
"Of course. Isaac is one of my best consultants at Supernatural Crimes. Huge resources at his command and a fountain of wisdom. And commonsense." Kovac releases the brake, slides on the sunglasses, and pulls out onto the road. "I want to show you something else. Something you need to see right now for your own protection." He says to the slice of light, "Yonder, Go on."
Now another world appears–grainy, jumpy, like a bad indie film shot with a handheld camera. A close-up of two hands–a woman's hand clenched in a man's.
The point-of-view pulls back, and I see the gearshift of my Mustang, the freeway stretching out behind the windshield. Brand's grinning profile and the back of my head, my russet curls pulled through the scrunchie, the silver chain glinting at my neck.
When I turn to glance at Brand, my face becomes blurred, like when you scramble the pixels of a digital image. Yet I can plainly see the black sparks of Brand's power surging up my arm, surging into my throat, and the starbursts of my magic clustering, repelling his magic, driving the black sparks out of me.
"Look, look! I pushed his power right out of me."
"So you did."
I stare at the slice of lambent light, marveling. "I've never seen such a thing. I've never even heard of the Yonder."
Kovac turns onto Dwight Way. "Abby, I'm very glad you're starting at Magical Arts and Crafts today."
"Thanks for not calling me an ignoramus."
"I would never. I'm just puzzled."
"Puzzled why I'm such an ignoramus?"
"For someone with your power," he answers tactfully.
"Me, too." I'm in no mood to spill my life story to Jack Kovac. How Mama begged me not to use my power till she lay on her deathbed. How she raised me believing my power was a shameful secret to be suppressed. I don't know Kovac that well. I don't know him at all.
The show's not over. Now the slice of light dissolves in another close-up, another clasp of our hands, Brand's and mine. Brand's power glimmers all around me. My power glimmers, too, blending with his, a shooting-star show of dark and bright. Beyond the windshield, black thunderheads boil up in the west. When I turn to look at Brand, my profile blurs again.
I shake my head, not sure what to make of that. The Yonder's cosmic camera has a glitch?
Kovac aims a keen look at me.
"We don't know yet."
–From THE GARDEN OF ABRACADABRA
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THE GARDEN OF ABRACADABRA, Book 1 of the Abracadabra Series, my big new urban fantasy, is on Nook and on Kindle. The publisher's print edition is planned for late 2013.
At her mother's urgent deathbed plea, Abby Teller enrolls at the Berkeley College of Magical Arts and Crafts to learn Real Magic. To support herself through school, she signs on as the superintendent of the Garden of Abracadabra, a mysterious, magical apartment building on campus. She discovers that her tenants are witches, shapeshifters, vampires, and wizards and each apartment is a fairyland or hell. On her first day in Berkeley, she stumbles upon a supernatural multiple murder scene. One of the victims is a man she picked up hitchhiking the day before. Compelled into a dangerous murder investigation, Abby will discover the first secrets of an ancient and ongoing war between good and evil, uncover mysteries of her own troubled past, and learn that the lessons of Real Magic may spell the difference between her own life or death.
"So refreshing. . . .This is Stephanie Plum in the world of Harry Potter."
Whether you're a fantasy fan or someone who simply enjoys an entertaining read, please give this book a try! On Nook and on Kindle. Here's the Abracadabra cover.
The Bantam classic is back, new and improved! SUMMER OF LOVE, A TIME TRAVEL was a Philip K. Dick Award finalist and San Francisco Chronicle Recommended Book. On Nook and on Kindle.
Fifteen five-star Amazon reviews
"This book was so true to life that I felt like I was there. I recommend it to anyone."
"More than a great science-fiction, a great novel as well."
The year is 1967 and something new is sweeping across America: good vibes, bad vibes, psychedelic music, psychedelic drugs, anti-war protests, racial tension, free love, bikers, dropouts, flower children. An age of innocence, a time of danger. The Summer of Love.
San Francisco is the Summer of Love, where runaway flower children flock to join the hip elite and squares cruise the streets to view the human zoo.
Lost in these strange and wondrous days, teenager Susan Bell, alias Starbright, has run away from the straight suburbs of Cleveland to find her troubled best friend. Her path will cross with Chiron Cat's Eye in Draco, a strange and beautiful young man who has journeyed farther than she could ever imagine.
With the help of Ruby A. Maverick, a feisty half-black, half-white hip merchant, Susan and Chi discover a love that spans five centuries. But can they save the world from demons threatening to destroy all space and time?
SUMMER OF LOVE, A TIME TRAVEL is on Nook and on Kindle. Here's the gorgeous Summer cover.
The Bantam sequel to Summer, THE GILDED AGE, A TIME TRAVEL, aNew York Times Notable Book and New York Public Library Recommended book, is on Nook and on Kindle.
"Dazzling. . . .rollicking." Locus Magazine
The year is 1895 and immigrants the world over are flocking to California on the transcontinental railroad and on transoceanic steamships. The Zoetrope demonstrates the persistence of vision, patent medicines addict children to morphine, and women are rallying for the vote. In San Francisco, saloons are the booming business, followed by brothels, and the Barbary Coast is a dangerous sink of iniquity. Atop Telegraph Hill bloody jousting tournaments are held and in Chinatown the tongs deal in opium, murder-for-hire, and slave girls.
Zhu Wong, a prisoner in twenty-fifth century China, is given a choice–stand trial for murder or go on a risky time-travel project to the San Francisco of 1895 to rescue a slave girl and take her to safety. Charmed by the city's opulent glamour, Zhu will discover the city's darkest secrets. A fervent population control activist in a world of twelve billion people, she will become an indentured servant to the city's most notorious madam. Fiercely disciplined, she will fall desperately in love with the troubled self-destructive heir to a fading fortune.
And when the careful plans of the Gilded Age Project start unraveling, Zhu will discover that her choices not only affect the future but mean the difference between her own life or death.
"A winning mixture of intelligence and passion." The New York Times Book Review.
THE GILDED AGE, A TIME TRAVEL is on Nook and on Kindle. Here's the lovely Gilded cover. It looks like an 1890s handbill!
The Story That Sold To The Movies. TOMORROW'S CHILD began as a medical documentary, then got published in Omni Magazine, and finally sold to Universal Pictures, where the project is in development. On Nook and on Kindle
A high-powered executive is about to lose his estranged teenage daughter to critical burn wounds and only desperate measures may save her life.
The ebook includes my month-long blog, The Story Behind The Story That Sold To The Movies, describing the twists and turns this story took over the years. Here's the fantastic Child cover.
New! HUMMERS was published in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, chosen for Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 5th Annual Collection (St. Martin's Press), and nominated for the Nebula Award.
Laurel, in the terminal stages of cancer, is obsessed with the Egyptian Book of the Dead. Jerry, her homecare nurse whose lover is dying of AIDS, gives her a surprising gift. A hummingbird feeder. As Laurel comes to grips with her own death, she learns powerful and redeeming lessons about Egyptian Magic from the hummingbirds that visit her. On Nook and on Kindle for 99 cents. Here's the Hummers cover.
New! My thriller, SHAKEN, is an ebook adaptation of Deus Ex Machina published in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, republished in Transcendental Tales from Asimov's (Donning Press), and translated and republished in Europe and South America.
Emma "J" for Joy Pearce is at her editorial offices on the twenty-second floor of Three Embarcadero in downtown San Francisco when the long-dreaded next Great Earthquake devastates the Bay area. Amid horrific destruction, she rescues a man trapped in the rubble. In the heat of survival, she swiftly bonds with him, causing her to question her possible marriage to her long-time boyfriend.
But Jason Gibb is not the charming photojournalist he pretends to be. As Emma discovers his true identity, his mission in the city, and the dark secrets behind the catastrophe, she finds the choices she makes may mean the difference between her own life or death. A list of Sources follows this short novel.
SHAKEN is on Nook and on Kindle. Here's the Shaken cover.
THE SIXTY-THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF HYSTERIA, published in the acclaimed anthology, Full Spectrum 5 (Bantam), which also included stories by Neal Stephenson, Karen Joy Fowler, and Jonathan Lethem, is on Nook and Kindle.
The year is 1941, and Hitler's armies have swept across Europe. Nora, a budding young Surrealist artist, has fled to Mexico with B.B., a much older and acclaimed Surrealist playwright down on his luck. Hundreds of European artists and writers have formed a colony in Mexico City, and Nora befriends Valencia, a fellow Surrealist artist and refugee. Together the friends explore Jungian psychology and the power of symbols in their Art. But Nora is plagued by an abusive relationship with B.B. She embarks on a harrowing journey deep into her own troubled psyche.
The novelette was inspired by my favorite Surrealist artists, Leonora Carrington and Remedios Varo. I include in the ebook an Afterword describing Carrington and Varo's actual lives and a List of Sources. Here's the Hysteria cover.
EVERY MYSTERY UNEXPLAINED, published in David Copperfield's Tales of the Impossible (HarperPrism), an anthology that also included stories by Ray Bradbury, Joyce Carol Oates, and Kevin J. Anderson, is on Nook and on Kindle.
The year is 1895, and Danny Flint is a young man living in the shadow of his father, a famous stage magician whose fortunes are fading. Danny is grieving over his mother's recent accidental death, for which he feels he is to blame. He learns to reconcile himself with his grief and guilt and to assume his place at center stage as a magician in his own right with the help of a mysterious beautiful lady. Here's the Mystery cover.
DAUGHTER OF THE TAO, published in Peter S. Beagle's Immortal Unicorn (HarperPrism), which included stories by Charles de Lint, Karen Joy Fowler, Robert Sheckley, and Ellen Kushner, is on Nook and Kindle. Five-star Amazon reviews.
Sing Lin is a mooie jai, a girl sold into slavery at the age of five to a wealthy merchant in Tangrenbu, the ghetto of her people in the new country across the sea. One lucky day, while she is out shopping by herself, she meets another mooie jai, Kwai Yin, a bossy, beautiful girl two years older. Kwai has a secret. Before she was sold into slavery, she had a Teacher who taught her about Tao Magic.
But Sing watches Kwai succumb to the terrifying fate of all slave girls in Tangrenbu.
Soon Sing is destined to go to the same fate. But will her invocation of Tao Magic save her? DAUGHTER OF THE TAO is on Nook and Kindle. Here's the Tao cover.
For something fast and fun, U F uh-O, A SCI FI COMEDY, my script for a producer looking for the next Galaxy Quest or Men in Black that evolved into a novella, is on Nook and Kindle. Here's the UFO cover.
Nikki and Josh really want a child but have infertility issues. Gretchen and Mike have the same problem. When Nikki meets Gretchen at the Happy Daze Family Clinic in Pasadena, they discover that they share a love of music and have asked for a donor with musical talent. Nine months later, they give birth to very unusual babies and, seeking an answer to why the kids are so special, they meet again at a pediatrician's office. And the search is on: who—and what—is Donor Number 333?
For something very different:TESLA, A WORTHY OF HIS TIME, A SCREENPLAY, which was read by the producer of "Aliens" and "The Abyss" and is currently under consideration at another L.A. producer, is on Nook and on Kindle. I've included a List of Sources with this title. Since I'm a novelist, the screenplay has a bit more description than you'll find in other scripts. Tesla's story is fascinating, sort of a secret history of corporate America. Give it a try!
Genius. Visionary. Madman.
Nikola Tesla (1856–1943) was the pioneering genius who invented the AC electrical system that powers our world to this day, as well as radio, remote control, the automobile speedometer, X-ray photography, the AND logic gate that drives all our computer systems, and countless other devices and precursors to devices such as cell phones, television, and the Internet that we so effortlessly use today.
Strikingly handsome and charismatic, fluent in half a dozen languages, mathematics savant and master machinist, a reed-thin perfectionist who quoted poetry like a Victorian rapper, Tesla became one of the most famous men of his day. Friend of tycoons like John Jacob Astor and Stanford White and celebrities like Mark Twain and Sarah Bernhardt.
Yet Tesla was an intensely driven and lonely man, beset by inner demons, and cursed with a protean inventive imagination a century ahead of his time. He died in obscurity and poverty and, to this day, his name is not widely known. How did that happen?
Blending historical fact with speculative imagination, Lisa Mason explores the secrets of the Inventor's inner life and his obsession with Goethe's Faust set against the backdrop of sweeping technological changes at the turn of the twentieth century that have forever changed the world.
TESLA is on Nook and Kindle. Here's the Tesla cover.
For a short erotic novel, you should try Eon's Kiss by Suzanna Moore on Nook and Kindle. This has a paranormal hero who is not a vampire or a werewolf. If you're looking for something sweet and erotic to read, check it out! Here's the Kiss cover.
On the eve of what Jenna Coltrane believes will be Brett Becker's marriage proposal, tragedy strikes her life—not just once, but twice. In the midst of trouble, she encounters Eon, a regal young man unlike anyone she's ever met before.
With him, she enters the magical world of the Arbor, discovering love, passion, and beauty beyond her wildest dreams.
Jenna is swept up in a struggle for survival between human greed and the Arbor, a struggle in which her love for Eon and her very life are at stake
Forthcoming is The Quester Trilogy, an ebook adaptation improving upon my early cyberpunk classics, Arachne and Cyberweb, and much more.
For all my science fiction and fantasy books, stories, screenplays, and forthcoming news about print books and ebooks, visit me at Lisa Mason's Official Web Site. I thank you for your readership!
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A beautiful travel through time, was A bit difficult to build, same time a real pleasure to craft this big thing alloy. From the beginning i had free hand to build whatever I want, as long the tank(and the rest of the parts for this bike) is big for a long autonomie.At this stage i got a big helping hand from Valeriu Neicu https://www.facebook.com/valeriu.neicu?fref=ts the sketch guy who helped me on to establish the right design for the entire bike,not just for the tank,...thank you my friend!
The joint weld are gas weld 80% and 20 % are TIG weld.At this moment, during this time, when I'm writing on this blog,the bike is exposed at EMAT Budapest 2016, an European custom Auto-Moto show, a huge exibition, with many entries,from all over the Europe.Thank you Devils MC Hungary for accepting me.
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Il Palio 2011 – Siena, Italy
February 1, 2012 |By Steve Crovetto, Boutte (St. Charles Parish)|St. Charles Avenue February 2012
photographed by cheryl gerber
When Mary and Robert Lupo started planning their daughter Francesca's debutante party, they wanted it to be a night that she and her friends would never forget. They definitely accomplished that. A theme was in order, and Mary wanted it based on Il Palio, a horse race in Siena, Italy, that the Lupo family has been involved in since the 17th century. Each family or contrade (district) has a crest and a scarf, of course, Robert ordered these for everyone who came to the party. As guests arrived, they received a scarf representing a family in the race. The Lupo crest was featured on the invitation designed by Betty Hunley and was a focal point at the party.
Once Francesca approved of the concept, Blaine Kern Jr. of Mardi Gras Productions entered the scene, and the event took shape. He produced all of the colorful decorations, flowers, family crests, a backdrop of the horse race and a screen that showed guests entering the party "à la the red carpet." Robert is the President of the City Park Improvement Association at City Park and wanted the party at Popp's Fountain and the new Arbor Room, which reminded everyone of Siena, Italy. Horses provided by Equest Farms and Leslie Kramer lined the entrance, with riders wearing the scarves of rival families. Kern lit the impressive entrance and columns surrounding the fountain, and added medieval-style tents. Tammy Kern's Party Dolls provided mimes and added tarot card readers, a flame juggler and caricature artists.
Inside the Arbor Room, City Park provided stations of food with an Italian theme – even flaming bananas Foster and beignets. Joe Simon's trio played first and then the party continued with the band MoJeaux, who had the guests and honoree Francesca singing and dancing on stage. What a night!

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Makerita Urale grew up in her father's village in Samoa, before the family emigrated down under. She has gone on to bring a Pasifika voice to plays (the acclaimed Frangipani Perfume), museum exhibits, and documentaries. In 1995 Urale wrote Samoans-down under drama 'The Hibiscus' for TV's Tala Pasifika. Since then, the one time RNZ journalist has directed documentaries on Samoan tattooing (Savage Symbols), gangs (Gang Girls), and Kiwi activists (Qantas award-winner Children of the Revolution). In 2010 she joined Creative New Zealand, as an arts advisor on Pacific Arts.


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Top cities between Bradford and Barcelona
Best stops along Bradford to Barcelona drive
40 Best Stops Between Bradford and Barcelona
How long is the drive from Bradford to Barcelona?
The direct drive from Bradford to Barcelona is 1140 mi (1835 km), and should have a drive time of 16 hrs in normal traffic.
If you're going on a road trip from Bradford to Barcelona, we did the research for you and compiled some great stops along the way — with London, Paris, York, Birmingham, Brighton, Windsor, Oxford, Marne-la-Vallee, Stratford-upon-Avon, and Carcassonne and top places to visit like York Minster and Yorkshire Wildlife Park, or the ever-popular National Railway Museum York.
The top cities between Bradford and Barcelona are London, Paris, York, Birmingham, Brighton, Windsor, Oxford, Marne-la-Vallee, Stratford-upon-Avon, and Carcassonne. London is the most popular city on the route — it's 3 hours from Bradford and 13 hours from Barcelona.
York is a walled city in northeast England that was founded by the ancient Romans. Its huge 13th-century Gothic cathedral, York Minster, has medieval stained glass and 2 functioning bell towers. The City Walls form a walkway on both sides of the River Ouse. The Monk Bar gate houses an exhibition tracing the life of 15th-century Plantagenet King Richard III.
9% as popular as London
29 minutes off the main route, 4% of way to Barcelona
Birmingham is a major city in England's West Midlands region, with multiple Industrial Revolution-era landmarks that speak to its 18th-century history as a manufacturing powerhouse. It's also home to a network of canals, many of which radiate from Sherborne Wharf and are now lined with trendy cafes and bars. In the city centre, the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery is known for pre-Raphaelite masterpieces.
22 minutes off the main route, 12% of way to Barcelona
Stratford-upon-Avon, a medieval market town in England's West Midlands, is the 16th-century birthplace of William Shakespeare. Possibly the most famous writer in the English language, Shakespeare is known for his sonnets and plays such as 'Romeo and Juliet' and 'Hamlet'. The Royal Shakespeare Company performs his plays in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre and adjacent Swan Theatre on the banks of the River Avon.
Oxford, a city in central southern England, revolves around its prestigious university, established in the 12th century. The architecture of its 38 colleges in the city's medieval center led poet Matthew Arnold to nickname it the 'City of Dreaming Spires'. University College and Magdalen College are off the High Street, which runs from Carfax Tower (with city views) to the Botanic Garden on the River Cherwell.
Windsor is a town on the River Thames in southeast England, just west of London. It's home to Windsor Castle, a residence of the British Royal Family. Built by William The Conqueror in the 11th century, the castle was extensively remodelled by subsequent monarchs. Public tours take in the State Apartments, which contain opulent furnishings, and paintings from the royal art collection.
London, the capital of England and the United Kingdom, is a 21st-century city with history stretching back to Roman times. At its centre stand the imposing Houses of Parliament, the iconic 'Big Ben' clock tower and Westminster Abbey, site of British monarch coronations. Across the Thames River, the London Eye observation wheel provides panoramic views of the South Bank cultural complex, and the entire city.
Brighton is a seaside resort and one of the two main areas of the city of Brighton and Hove. Located on the southern coast of England, in the county of East Sussex, it is 47 miles south of London.
Archaeological evidence of settlement in the area dates back to the Bronze Age, Roman and Anglo-Saxon periods.
Marne-la-Vallée is a new town located near Paris, France.
Disneyland Paris, Walt Disney Studios Park, Val d'Europe, Université Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée, ESIEE Paris, and École des Ponts ParisTech are located in Marne-la-Vallée.
Paris, France's capital, is a major European city and a global center for art, fashion, gastronomy and culture. Its 19th-century cityscape is crisscrossed by wide boulevards and the River Seine. Beyond such landmarks as the Eiffel Tower and the 12th-century, Gothic Notre-Dame cathedral, the city is known for its cafe culture and designer boutiques along the Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré.
81% as popular as London
6 minutes off the main route, 45% of way to Barcelona
Carcassonne, a hilltop town in southern France's Languedoc area, is famous for its medieval citadel, La Cité, with numerous watchtowers and double-walled fortifications. The first walls were built in Gallo-Roman times, with major additions made in the 13th and 14th centuries. Château Comtal, a 12th-century castle within the Cité, offers archaeological exhibits and a tour of the inner ramparts.
The top stops along the way from Bradford to Barcelona (with short detours) are Eiffel Tower, lastminute.com London Eye, and Louvre Museum. Other popular stops include Warner Bros. Studio Tour London, The British Museum, and LEGOLAND® Windsor Resort.
Leeman Rd, York, YO26 4XJ, United Kingdom
https://www.railwaymuseum.org.uk/
Deangate, York, YO1 7HH, United Kingdom
https://yorkminster.org/
Wildlife park with walking safaris through a lion reserve, as well as tigers, meerkats and lemurs.
Hurst Ln, Auckley, Doncaster DN9 3QY, United Kingdom
http://www.yorkshirewildlifepark.com/
Chatsworth House
Lavish stately home with noted art collection, plus a playground and farmyard in the lush grounds.
Bakewell, DE45 1PP, United Kingdom
https://www.chatsworth.org/
Adventure park with roller coasters and vertical drops, plus rides and attractions for younger kids.
Farley Ln, Alton, Stoke-on-Trent ST10 4DB, United Kingdom
https://www.altontowers.com/
Large adventure playground with 12 rides based on Thomas the Tank Engine, indoor play and parklands.
Drayton Manor Dr, Fazeley, Mile Oak, Tamworth B78 3TW, United Kingdom
https://www.draytonmanor.co.uk/
Cadbury World
Self-guided tours through colorful interactive displays about chocolate-making & Cadbury history.
Linden Rd, Birmingham, B30 1JR, United Kingdom
http://www.cadburyworld.co.uk/
A stately mansion and famous Medieval castle surrounded by gardens, lawns and woodland.
Castle, Castle Ln, Warwick CV34 4QU, United Kingdom
https://www.warwick-castle.com/
Lavish 17th-century stately home filled with art and standing in Capability Brown-designed gardens.
Woodstock, OX20 1PP, United Kingdom
https://www.blenheimpalace.com/
Large Victorian mansion with a museum dedicated to those who broke German WWII communications.
The Mansion, Bletchley Park, Sherwood Dr, Bletchley, Milton Keynes MK3 6EB, United Kingdom
https://www.bletchleypark.org.uk/
Warner Bros. Studio Tour London
Visitors can tour actual film sets and learn the special effects tricks used in the popular films.
Studio Tour Dr, Leavesden, Watford WD25 7LR, United Kingdom
http://www.wbstudiotour.co.uk/
LEGOLAND® Windsor Resort
Playful property with thrill rides, Lego statues and themed rooms, plus free Wi-Fi and breakfast.
Winkfield Rd, Windsor, SL4 4AY, United Kingdom
http://www.legoland.co.uk/
Huge showcase for global antiquities, including Egyptian mummies and ancient Greek sculptures.
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Great Russell St, Bloomsbury, London, WC1B 3DG, United Kingdom
https://www.britishmuseum.org/
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Observation Decks & Towers
Huge observation wheel giving passengers a privileged bird's-eye view of the city's landmarks.
Riverside Building, County Hall, South Bank, London SE1 7PB, United Kingdom
https://www.londoneye.com/
Centuries of bloody history around a medieval castle, home to Crown Jewels and iconic Beefeaters.
St Katharine's & Wapping, London, EC3N 4AB, United Kingdom
https://www.hrp.org.uk/tower-of-london/
Chessington World of Adventures Resort
Relaxed rooms, some with safari views, in a pair of theme park hotels offering informal dining.
Leatherhead Rd, Chessington, KT9 2NE, United Kingdom
https://www.chessington.com/
Norman-built, CofE place of worship with organ recitals, Medieval stained glass and a vast library.
Cathedral House, 11 The Precincts, Canterbury CT1 2EH, United Kingdom
https://www.canterbury-cathedral.org/
Brighton Palace Pier
Opened in 1899 and home to fairground rides, bars, restaurants and deckchairs to enjoy the sea view.
Madeira Dr, Brighton, BN2 1TW, United Kingdom
http://www.brightonpier.co.uk/
Fondation Monet in Giverny
Claude Monet's house & ornate gardens, with the artist's studio/sitting room & Japanese prints.
84 Rue Claude Monet, 27620 Giverny, France
http://fondation-monet.com/
Astérix Park
Theme park complex featuring family-friendly rides, shows and costumed comic-book characters.
60128 Plailly, France
https://www.parcasterix.fr/
Gustave Eiffel's iconic, wrought-iron 1889 tower, with steps and elevators to observation decks.
4.5(129800)
Champ de Mars, 5 Avenue Anatole France, 75007 Paris, France
https://www.toureiffel.paris/
Major 19th- & 20th-century European art collections housed in a monumental, former railway station.
1 Rue de la Légion d'Honneur, 75007 Paris, France
https://www.musee-orsay.fr/
Former historic palace housing huge art collection, from Roman sculptures to da Vinci's "Mona Lisa."
Rue de Rivoli, 75001 Paris, France
https://www.louvre.fr/
Towering, 13th-century cathedral with flying buttresses & gargoyles, setting for Hugo's novel.
6 Parvis Notre-Dame - Pl. Jean-Paul II, 75004 Paris, France
https://www.notredamedeparis.fr/
Parc Walt Disney Studios
1 of 2 themeparks forming Disneyland Paris, with 'production zones' of TV/movie-linked attractions.
Place des Frères Lumière, 77700 Chessy, France
https://www.disneylandparis.com/fr-fr/destinations/parc-walt-disney-studios/
Château de Chambord
Expansive, 16th-century, former royal palace with multiple towers and cupolas, surrounded by a moat.
Château, 41250 Chambord, France
http://www.chambord.org/
Striking, 16th-century chateau spanning river, housing tapestry and Old Master paintings collection.
37150 Chenonceaux, France
http://www.chenonceau.com/
Zoo with breeding program for endangered species, home to big cats, pandas, primates & manatees.
Avenue du Blanc, 41110 St Aignan, France
http://www.zoobeauval.com/
Cité de Carcassonne
Citadel surrounded by double walls 3km in length, dotted by 52 towers, founded in Gallo-Roman times.
1 Rue Viollet le Duc, 11000 Carcassonne, France
Dalí Theatre-Museum
Performing arts theater
19th-century theatre housing elaborate museum, designed by the artist himself, of Dali's artworks.
Plaça Gala i Salvador Dalí, 5, 17600 Figueres, Girona, Spain
https://www.salvador-dali.org/
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Can I drive from Bradford to Barcelona?
Yes! You can drive from Bradford to Barcelona.
How far is Barcelona from Bradford by car?
The drive from Bradford to Barcelona is 1140 miles (1835 km).
How long does it take to drive from Bradford to Barcelona?
Driving from Bradford to Barcelona should take you 16 hrs in normal traffic. Check out How far is Bradford to Barcelona by car for more details.
How much would gas cost from Bradford to Barcelona?
Gas from Bradford to Barcelona would cost around $94 to $219 USD, depending on your vehicle's fuel efficiency.
Where should I stop on the way from Bradford to Barcelona?
You could check out York Minster and Yorkshire Wildlife Park, or the always popular National Railway Museum York!
What are the best cities to visit between Bradford and Barcelona?
People love visiting London, Paris, and York, among others.
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Last night we finally got our dressing rooms!! Awright, to be honest they're conference rooms in the Advanced Technologies Building at Rockingham Community College, which the Theatre Guild just appropriates for shows. We're thankful for Rockingham Community College letting us perform there but all the same: it will be much nicer when we have the new civic center with a bigger stage and dedicated dramatic facilities.
During our first dress rehearsal on Monday I found that my firefighter pants have a tendency to drop. Not so much that it would be a hazard or, ahem, expose me (even though I'm wearing bluejeans underneath) but I was wanting a bit of extra piece of mind. I asked Dad if he had any suspenders that I could use with my costume.
Opening Night for Theatre Guild of Rockingham County's production of The Best Christmas Pageant Ever is this Friday at 7:30 p.m. Click on the Theatre Guild website for more information and ticket pre-ordering. Hope to see y'all there!


Beautiful and magical short inspire orchestral opener. Creates festive mood of Christmas, New Year spirit, festive vanity, returns in the childhood, gives mood of nostalgia and a retro jazz .
Used chimes, bells, harp bliss, strings, horns, acoustic bass, brushes drums, guitars, vocal harmonics, gospel organ. Perfect choise for the holiday cinematic trailer or corporate opener, family presentations or slideshows, YouTube videos, company logo, Tv broadcasting, childrens movie.


A non-contact introduction to water polo for kids age 5-11. Registration is now open!
This is your opportunity to purchase a container of ladybugs to release in your community garden plot or the gardens at your home.
Register your yard for a community-wide yard sale!
Celebrate Star Wars Day with the Salt Lake Monarchs and LiveDAYBREAK!
LiveDAYBREAK was created to help the residents of the Daybreak community live more fulfilling lives. We do this by maintaining a robust calendar of events, establishing new relationships and helping create the most desirable community in Utah. This website features everything you'll need to learn what's happening in the neighborhood; whether you're looking to see who's playing on SoDa Row tonight, when the pools open or where you can find the best park for your picnic, it's all right here. Welcome to LiveDAYBREAK.


AN ANGRY son threatened to slash his step-father with a knife and burn his house down after being kicked out after the death of his mother.
A CLUB lauded as one of the last places for working people to get together will now be open until 1am on weekends.
EVERY week we are always on the look out for fun things to do around the town.
THE egg-celent winners of the Bolton News' 2019 Design an Egg competition have been revealed.
A ONE-way system will be in place in part of Bolton town centre as demolition work takes place in Bank Street.
A TOWN clerk said a councillor lied and brought a town council into disrepute after he claimed he had not been receiving minutes ahead of meetings.


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O&A: LIVE @ UCLA part 2
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LIVE FROM the LA TIMES FESTIVAL OF BOOKS at the UCLA CAMPUS with REZA ASLAN, author, NO GOD BUT GOD and
BEYOND FUNDAMENTALISM and TERRY McDERMOTT longtime LA Times reporter, author, PERFECT SOLDIERS: The 9/11 Hijackers, and his latest, 101 THEORY DRIVE: A Neuroscientist's Quest for Memory
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Q&A: REZA ASLAN, Author
Written on May 30th, 2009
REZA ASLAN is the author of "NO GOD BUT GOD" and his new book, "HOW TO WIN A COSMIC WAR: God, Globalization and the End of the War on Terror"
REZA ASLAN says the only way to win a cosmic war is not to engage in one.
That may seem obvious to some, but he's also saying that unless we recognize that we've been pulled into a cosmic war -- what that means and how it changes things -- we haven't got a chance of "winning" or even making the best of the situation.
"A cosmic war is a battle not between armies or nations, but between the forces of good and evil. The ultimate goal of a cosmic war is to vanquish evil itself, which ensures that a cosmic war remains an absolute, eternal, and ultimately unwinnable conflict. Cosmic wars are fought not over land or politics but over identity."
1900 - 1/2 of world's population identified as members of major religions
Aslan believes the days of wars between nation states are over. When globalization frees people from national identity, it's replaced by other identities - especially religion. We must strip the conflict between Islam and the West of its religious connotations, and we must address the actual grievances that fuel the Jihadist movement.
A recent Gallup poll (see below) appears to back him up. According to AP: "Joblessness and poverty are a more potent source of tension between Muslims and wider European and U.S. society than religious differences, [according to] one of the first major studies of Muslim integration since the Sept. 11 terror attacks."
REZA ASLAN has a fairly unique resume. Born in Iran, emigrated wih his family to Enid, Oklahoma as a child. Degrees in religion from UC Santa Clara, UC Santa Barbara, and Harvard Divinity School, as well as an MFA from the Iowa Writers Program. His first book, NO GOD BUT GOD: The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam offers more than a history - and the guy can write.
The first time I interviewed him was just after Hamas had won the Palestinian election. We both hoped that having to actually run things would move Hamas in a positive direction. The US, Israel, and others weren't willing to find out.
We pick up the conversation this week, looking at the lessons of history, the lessons of the recent past, and hopes for the future.
http://www.rezaaslan.com


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By: Ali Khara
Injured people during recent riots admitted to hospital
TEHRAN, Nov. 19 (MNA) – During the recent foreign-orchestrated riots which erupted after the government announced the increase in the price of gasoline, some ordinary Iranians, as well as security forces, were martyred or suffered severe wounds by the rioters and hooligans. As many as three IRGC and Basij forces became martyred in the riots in the west of the capital, Tehran.
Leader receives a group of economic agents, manufacturers for a meeting
TEHRAN, Nov. 19 (MNA) – The Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei received a group of economic agents, entrepreneurs, and manufacturers for a meeting on Tuesday evening.
By: Mina Noei
People of Tabriz rally in condemnation of 'hooligans'
TEHRAN, Nov. 19 (MNA) – The people of the capital city of East Azerbaijan province, Tabriz, held a rally on Tuesday in support of the Islamic Establishment to condemn acts of sabotage and hooliganism by rioters in recent riots and protests which erupted in some Iranian cities after the government rose the price of gasoline by 50%.
Tehran City Council session
TEHRAN, Nov. 19 (MNA) – Chaired by Mohsen Hashemi, the City Council of Tehran held an open session on Tuesday in the presence of Vice President for Science and Technology Sorena Sattari.
By: Hamid Vakili
10th Simorgh intl. festival wraps up in Tehran
TEHRAN, Nov. 19 (MNA) – The 10th Simorgh International Festival, for students, staff, and faculty members of medical sciences universities besides Iranian medical society, was held at Tehran's Complex of Pardis Theater, on November 16-19, in five sections of theater, film, literature, visual arts and music.
By: Masoud Nazari
Pakistan Gen. Army officer meets with Iran's Army cmdr.
TEHRAN, Nov. 19 (MNA) – Pakistani General Army Officer General Qamar Javed Bajwa, who has travelled to Iran as the head of a high-ranking military delegation, met and held talks with the Commander of Iran's Army Major General Seyyed Abdolrahim Mousavi at the venue of Army Commanding Headquarters in Tehran on Tuesday.
City Theater's main hall reopens after maintenance
TEHRAN, Nov. 19 (MNA) – The main hall of Tehran's City Theater reopened on Monday evening, after nearly a year of undergoing maintenance, in the presence of VP for Science and Technology, Sorena Sattari, and a number of figures from the cinema and theater communities. City Theater, located in the heart of Tehran, is considered as Iran's premier center for the performing arts.
By: Mehdi Almasi
People of Zanjan rally against rioters
TEHRAN, Nov. 18 (MNA) – The people of the northwestern city of Zanjan took to the streets on Monday to condemn acts of sabotage by hooligans and saboteurs in support of the Islamic Establishment during recent riots and protests, which erupted after the government increased the price of gasoline by 50%.
By: Meisam Abollahinejad
Funeral procession of Law enforcement officer in Kermanshah
TEHRAN, Nov. 18 (MNA) – Funeral procession of the officer of the Law Enforcement Force of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Iraj Javaheri, was held in western Kermanshah province. The officer was martyred during the unrest in that province during the past two days.
By: Mohammad Dashti
Snow whitens Iran's Ardebil
TEHRAN, Nov. 18 (MNA) – With the cold weather sweeping across the country, winter snow has now arrived in the northwestern province of Ardebil.
By: Mohammad Reza Abbasi
Meeting of formulating next year's Budget Bill
TEHRAN, Nov. 18 (MNA) – The 17th meeting of the 1399 Budget Bill committee was held on Monday in the presence of Vice President and Head of Plan and Budget Organization Mohammad Baqer Nobakht.
By: Mahsa Safari
Freshness of rainy day in Gorgan
GORGAN, Nov. 18 (MNA) – Autumn rainfall bestowed a fresh air in Gorgan, Golestan province and made farmers happy with this divine blessing.
By: Mohammadreza Abbassi
Zarif's meetings today
TEHRAN, Nov. 17 (MNA) – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif held separate meetings with Malaysian Deputy Foreign Minister Marzuki Yahya and the new head of Interest Section of Egypt in Tehran, Haitham Jalal, on Sunday at the Foreign Ministry complex in the Iranian capital.
Class of advanced Islamic Jurisprudence
TEHRAN, Nov. 17 (MNA) – The class of advanced Islamic Jurisprudence (kharej–e Fiqh) was held on Sunday in the presence of Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei.
By: Mohammad Ali Haqshenas
A glimpse at Jakarta's Old Town
JAKARTA, Nov. 17 (MNA) – Built in the 17th century by Dutch colonial rule, the Old Town (also known as the Old Batavia and Kota Tua) has remained in a good shape after some restoration projects. The town has turned into a major tourist attraction in Jakarta.
By: Maryam Kamyab
Parliament session on Sunday
TEHRAN, Nov, 17 (MNA) – Iranian Parliament held an open session on Sunday to review several issues, including a recent scheme by the government to remove gasoline subsidies and ration the strategic fuel.
By: Majid Asgharipour
Surprise snowfall in Tehran
TEHRAN, Nov. 16 (MNA) – While the weather forecast had not predicted snowfall in Tehran for this week, the Tehraners and the capital's municipality are struggling with the surprise and early snow as they were not prepared for it on Saturday morning.
'Towards al-Quds' wargame in Kermanshah
TEHRAN, Nov. 16 (MNA) – The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) and Iran's Police launched a joint wargame, codenamed 'Ela Beit ul-Muqaddas-' (Towards al-Quds), in the western province of Kermanshah on Friday.
First autumn snow in Tehran
TEHRAN, Nov. 16 (MNA) – The first autumn snow has covered some parts of Tehran on Saturday.
By: Mahmoud Khakbaz
Cup ceremony and final of Junior World Kabaddi C'ships
KISH ISLAND, Nov. 16 (MNA) – Iranian boys won Kenya 42-22 in the final match on Friday to gain the title of the first edition of Junior World Kabaddi Championships on Kish Island.
Borobudur Temple Compounds in Indonesia
YOGYAKARTA, Nov. 16 (MNA) – Built in the 8th and 9th centuries, Borobudur is one of the most famous Buddhist temples in the world. The site was abandoned in the 15th century and it took some 400 years to be re-discovered and restored with the help of UNESCO. The temple, inscribed in UNESCO World Heritage List in 1991, is now considered one of the major tourist attractions in Indonesia.
Leader receives participants in 33rd Intl. Islamic Unity Conf.
TEHRAN, Nov. 15 (MNA) – The Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei received a host of high ranking Iranian officials, ambassadors of the Islamic countries and participants of the 33rd International Islamic Unity Conference on Friday morning.
Birthday anniv. of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) celebrated in Mehran
ILAM, Nov. 15 (MNA) – The birthday anniversary of Holy Prophet of Islam Hazrat Muhammad (PBUH) was celebrated in Imamzadeh Seyyed Hassan in Mehran, Ilam province on Fri. in the presence of Head of Islamic Development Organization Hojjatoleslam Mohammad Qomi.
By: Soodeh Abdul-Hosseini
33rd International Islamic Unity Conference in Tehran
TEHRAN, Nov. 14 (MNA) – The 33rd International Islamic Unity Conference, marking the birth anniversary of Islam's Prophet Muhammad, opened today in Tehran. Themed "Ummah unity in defending the al-Aqsa Mosque," the event will run until November 16, with 350 personalities from 93 countries in attendance.
Zionists martyr 32 Palestinians in 2 days
TEHRAN, Nov. 14 (MNA) – As many as 32 Gazans have been martyred over the past 48 hours since the Zionist regime of Israel began a new round of aggression on the besieged enclave.
By: Mohammad Mahdi Maleki
Saffron harvest in Shahreza
SHAHREZA, Nov. 14 (MNA) – Farmers in Shahreza, a city in Isfahan province, have started harvesting Saffron, the most expensive spice in the world, in their vast farmlands.
13th Iranian ethnic groups festival in Golestan
GORGAN, Nov. 13 (MNA) – The13th edition of Iranian ethnic groups festival kicked off in the northern Golestan province on Tuesday afteroon with representatives of various provinces and some foreign guests in attendance.
By: Mohammadreza Abbasi
Sidelines of Cabinet Wed. meeting
TEHRAN, Nov. 13 (MNA) – On the sidelines of the Cabinet meeting, some of the Iranian ministers and officials answered reporters' questions on Wednesday.
By: Mehdi Bakhshi
Harvesting pomegranates from oldest garden in Qom prov.
QOM, Nov. 13 (MNA) – Covering over 6 ha of land, Fat'habad Garden is the oldest garden in Qom province which has remained intact over a long period of time. This garden is as old as 200 years, best known for its pomegranates.
1st Junior World Kabaddi Championship on Kish Island
KISH ISLAND, Nov. 13 (MNA) – The first Junior World Kabaddi Championship is underway on the southern Iranian island of Kish from November 11-15. Organized by the International Kabaddi Federation (IKF), the event features U-20 players from 14 countries as a motive to give recognition to future Kabaddi stars.


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Q: WPF puts a white gap around a label I have a grid inside a grid, that has a label inside. When I leave the label's padding as it is, everything's fine. But when I set the padding to 0, this happens:

(There's not supposed to be a white border there)
Here's my XAML code:
<Grid>
    <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
        <ColumnDefinition Width="0.2*"></ColumnDefinition>
        <ColumnDefinition Width="0.8*"></ColumnDefinition>
    </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
    <Grid.RowDefinitions>
        <RowDefinition Height="0.02*"></RowDefinition>
        <RowDefinition Height="0.98*"></RowDefinition>
    </Grid.RowDefinitions>
    <Grid VerticalAlignment="Center" Margin="0px" x:Name="TitleBar" Background="#121212" Grid.ColumnSpan="2" Grid.Row="0">
    <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
        <ColumnDefinition Width="0.2*"></ColumnDefinition>
        <ColumnDefinition Width="0.6*"></ColumnDefinition>
        <ColumnDefinition Width="0.2*"></ColumnsDefinition>
        </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
        <Label Padding="5px 0px 0px 0px" Grid.Column="0" Grid.Row="0" Foreground="White">WorkChatApp</Label>
    </Grid>
    <ScrollViewer x:Name="Channels" Background="#232323" Grid.Column="0" Grid.Row="1" VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Auto" HorizontalScrollBarVisibility="Auto"></ScrollViewer>
    <ScrollViewer x:Name="Messages" Grid.Column="1" Grid.Row="1" VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Auto" HorizontalScrollBarVisibility="Auto"></ScrollViewer>
</Grid>

A: That is not a border, but the background of the window. You define the Grid that contains your TitleBar Grid with rows that have star-sized heights: 0.02* and "0.98*". That means, the first row will always be scaled to occupy 2% of the available height and the second row will occupy 98% of the available height.
However, you have set the VerticalAlignment of the TitleBar Grid to Center, so it will be scaled only to the size that is necessary to display its content and then centered. That also means, if there is more space than necessary, the TitleBar is centered and above and beyond it there will be empty space and that is what you see and perceive as a border. If you scale your application window up, you can observe the same effect. Consequently, this is not related to the Padding of the Label.
Setting star-sized heights in this manner can lead to bad layout or even unusable controls when resizing the parent container. For example, if you scale your window down, the TitleBar will not be readable at some point.
Instead of this, you could make the first row Auto-sized and the second star-sized (* is the default).
<Grid>
   <Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
      <ColumnDefinition Width="0.2*" />
      <ColumnDefinition Width="0.8*" />
   </Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
   <Grid.RowDefinitions>
      <RowDefinition Height="Auto" />
      <RowDefinition Height="*" />
   </Grid.RowDefinitions>
   <!-- ...other grid content. -->
</Grid>

If you define the columns like this, the first row will always shrink to the minimum size that is necessary to display its content and the second row takes up the remaining space.

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An 8 channel sound installation of free standing, simulated "rock-speakers" spreads mixes of Kögelsberger's recordings captured during heavy rainfall in the mouth of a disused mine, creating a trancelike, rhythmic and ritualistic soundscape hovering between abstraction and dance track. Cave Music takes its cue from the incessant rainfall in the Lake District aggravated by climate change and man's often futile attempt to control nature.
During an evening of live performances, experimental sound artists Atau Tanaka, Shelley Parker, Dane Law, and Chooc Ly will created their interpretations of the original sounds.
In the Battle of the Rocks, also devised by Kögelsberger, the beat boxing champion Marv Radio challenged the Rocks to a battle between voice and environmental sound.
please click here for videos of performances
Cave Music, The Hub, London 2019 Photo credit Eleonora Agostini
Atau Tanaka uses muscle sensing in musical performance where the human body becomes a musical instrument. Atau's first inspirations came upon meeting John Cage during his Norton Lectures at Harvard and went on to re-create Cage's Variations VII with Matt Wand and :zoviet*france:. He formed Sensorband with Zbigniew Karkowski and Edwin van der Heide and in the Japanoise scene he has played alongside artists like Merzbow, Otomo, KK Null and others. He has been artistic co-director of STEIM. Atau has received awards from Ars Electronica and has presented his work at WOMAD, Sonar, Transmediale, SFMOMA, ICA, Eyebeam, NTT-ICC, and ZKM. http://www.ataut.net
French-born Afro/Vietnamese/Cambodian artist, DJ, producer, with a penchant for electronic, hybrid and club music Chooc Ly Tan is based in London. Recent performances of her DJ sets inlcude Chale Wote Festival (Accra, Ghana), Tate Modern (London), the Living Art Museum (Reykjavik), Bergen Kunsthall (Bergen, Norway) and Villa Empain (Brussels). Chooc Ly also runs a club night called Décalé. Décalé is a platform that puts on evenings of experimental, collapsing and flawless sounds/visuals. chooclytan.com
Shelley Parker is an electronic music producer, DJ and composer. Since 2001 she has performed live and played DJ sets at venues spanning Fabric, Berlin Atonal, Palais de Tokyo, Tresor and Tate Britain. Her music productions have been released by labels such as: Entr'acte, Hessle Audio, Houndstooth, Opal Tapes and her own label Structure. From 2016 she has produced scores for choreographers and the theatre production Remnants, performed at the ICA, KOKO, Arnolfini, Marion Goodman gallery and Oxford Contemporary Music. Her sound installations have been exhibited at the V&A and the De la Warr Pavilion. www.shelleyparker.co.uk
Dane Law(Adam Parkinson) is a UK based electronic musician and lecturer in Sound Design at London South Bank University. He has released a series of albums and EPs on Quantum Natives, Opal Tapes, Genot Centre and Conditional Records which use algorithmic process to stitch together granular tapestries from musical detritus he finds on YouTube and elsewhere. https://soundcloud.com/thedanelaw
Marv Radio has been hacking his own voice to use as a tool for music for over 15 years.
He is known for combining beatboxing, live looping, singing and rap. He has performed at Glastonbury, Bestival, Shambala, Lovebox, The O2, Sadler's Wells, Underbelly Southbank, the Barbican and the British Library. He is the co-founder and co-host of Hip-Hop Palace. His one-man theatre show has been booked this Summer at Talawa Firsts, Offbeat Festival, and The RADA for Camden Fringe. Marv has been featured in BBC newsbeat, The Evening Standard, Time Out London, BBC Radio 4, Channel 4, Sky Sports and Spike TV. https://www.marvradio.com


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Attending appointments
IWC is committed to providing inclusive, cost-effective health and medical services for all peoples in our regions, both Indigenous and non-Indigenous. Our community-run and charitable organisation has a focus on Indigenous, disadvantaged, at-risk and vulnerable members of our communities, and does not wish to turn away new patients / clients.
Missed appointments are known as Did Not Attend (DNA). Rebooking of appointments not formally cancelled is impossible, and this leads to under-utilisation of GPs' and other health professionals' time while there is a strong demand for their expertise.
IWC has a policy that, unless there are extenuating circumstances, patients / clients who fail to attend scheduled appointments (DNA) will:
Be issued in writing (by letter) an invoice for a DNA fee. This fee can be paid over the phone by credit card, or in person by EFTPOS or cash.
No further appointment can be made until the fee is paid.
Should the fee not be paid within 30 days, and there are no extenuating circumstances communicated formally to IWC, the patient / client will be considered as no longer wishing to use IWC health and medical services, and be removed from IWC books.
How we help you keep IWC appointments
IWC offers an SMS reminder service before your scheduled appointment.
Courtesy transport is available within a 7km radius of IWC Health & Wellbeing Community Centre in Barolin St, Bundaberg).