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Interest in second homes is increasing, with men leading the charge
55.7% of Americans who don't own a second home say they now want one, compared to just 46.4% who expressed a desire for a second home prior to the pandemic
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by Lillian Dickerson
More than 55 percent of Americans who don't own a second home say they now want one, compared to just 46.4 percent who expressed a desire for a second home prior to the pandemic, and men are driving transactions.
The benefits of owning a second home have become appealing to one and all during the pandemic.
A new report released by Pacaso, a startup that facilitates second homeowning by co-ownership, in tandem with The Escape Home, a newsletter for aspirational and actual second homeowners, shows that 55.7 percent of Americans who don't own a second home say they now want one, compared to just 46.4 percent who expressed a desire for a second home prior to the pandemic.
Austin Allison | Pacaso
"I think COVID has boosted some of these numbers, particularly the numbers around interest levels increasing by about 20 percent," Pacaso CEO Austin Allison, told Inman. With more people working remotely, he said homeowners have been taking advantage of the opportunity to work in new places with the use of second homes.
But, who takes the reins in making a second home a reality has upended the traditional homebuying gender dynamic, according to the report's data.
Historically, the female partner in a relationship makes about 91 percent of the decisions around buying a primary home. However, during Pacaso's survey period between October and November 2020, nearly 70 percent of the people who contacted Pacaso about buying a second home were men. (Pacaso told Inman its sample of same-sex couple survey responses was too small to report on.)
Out of those women who participated in the survey and said their male partners adopted most of the responsibilities associated with buying a second home, 70 percent said it was because their partner knew more about real estate, and 60 percent said it was because he had more free time in which to do so.
Amid school closures and many children learning remotely from home, parents have become more burdened in juggling work, childcare and household duties, with women often bearing the brunt of the work. A U.S. Census Bureau survey taken in July showed that about one in five working adults who were not working during the pandemic stated their reason for not doing so was because their childcare plans had been disrupted by the pandemic. Out of those who were not working, women between the ages of 25 and 44 were about three times as likely to not be working than men because of childcare duties.
S. Mitra Kalita | The Escape Home
"We are constantly faced by news about women dropping out of the workforce amid COVID-19, overwhelmed with childcare, teaching and working," S. Mitra Kalita, founder and publisher of The Escape Home, stated in Pacaso's fourth quarter second home sentiment report. "Perhaps this is a hopeful sign that men are taking on more of the 'mental load' and taking charge of making the shared dream of second homeownership a reality."
Those individuals dreaming of owning a second home but who haven't been able to make it a reality seem to largely be tripped up by the expense and deciding on the home's location.
At 49.7 percent, almost half of respondents who haven't pulled the trigger yet said it was because they couldn't afford the second home they wanted. Another 36.6 percent said they just couldn't justify spending the money on a second home.
"It's impossible to ignore the hardship that COVID has created for certain families financially. Even for families that are in a fortunate enough situation to have not been financially impacted by COVID, I think [they] are thinking twice now about how they spend their money," Allison told Inman. "And a second home, whether you're buying a whole one or part of one, is a discretionary purchase just by its nature."
He added, "I think during times like this, we're all reminded that we need to make smart financial decisions. So, I think some of that concern is probably influenced by the times that we're in, but even pre-COVID, this is the number one thing by far that holds people back from being able to purchase a second home, and I think the real reason why is underutilization."
Credit: Pacaso
Although potential second homeowners these days show a clear preference for being able to drive to their second home (70.9 percent) over flying to it (26.7 percent), a substantial 45.1 percent aren't sure exactly where they want that home to be.
While most second homeowners surveyed purchased their second home prior to COVID-19 at 87.7 percent, 12.3 percent proceeded with a second home purchase amid the throes of the pandemic. How current owners use their second home was largely split between those who use it for personal use (43.9 percent) and those who rent it out (42.5 percent). Another 8 percent co-own their second home with another family, and 5 percent stated they use it for other purposes.
Nearly one-third (28.8 percent) of second homeowners reported that they've used their second home during the pandemic more than they did previously, while 52.9 percent stated that they use it about the same amount. Post-pandemic, 34.5 percent of second homeowners believe they'll return to using their second home the same amount of time they had prior to the public health crisis.
When it comes to geography, second homeowners ranked properties near a beach or a lake highest, followed by mountain homes, then country and ranch locations. Urban or city locations for a second home were ranked lowest.
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A busy summer - bringing a six month community writing project to its conclusion - lovely printed, illustrated book of creative writing - Shorelines - which sold its first hundred copies in the first week. Then there were my five events at the 2011 Wigtown Book Festival for which I had to have another edition of Southight literary magazine ready and my own new collection, KIN, in print.
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Judgments Over Time: The Interplay of Thoughts, Feelings, and Behaviors
Lawrence J. Sanna and Edward C. Chang
Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: March 2012
Judgments Over Time
1 Past as Prologue
Part I Thinking About the Future
2 Abandoning Optimism in Predictions About the Future
3 Defensive Pessimism
4 Pursuing a Path to a More Perfect Future
5 Predicting Feelings Versus Choices
6 Considering Future Consequences
7 Hope Over Time
8 Fantasy Realization and the Bridging of Time
Part II Thinking About the Past
9 Extending the Goal Progress Theory of Rumination
10 The Road Not Taken
11 Explaining the Past, Predicting the Future
12 Looking Backward With an Eye on the Future
13 Looking Back on What We Knew and When We Knew It
14 How Do You Feel About It Now and When Did It Happen?
15 Remembering and Misremembering Emotions
16 Future as Epilogue
10 The Road Not Takenn
Looking Backward With an Eye on the Future
Propositions Toward a Theory of Regret Regulation
(p.210) 12 Looking Backward With an Eye on the Future
Marcel Zeelenberg
Rik Pieters
This chapter provides an overview of the relevant studies and theorizing by advancing a set of seven propositions that both capture the current state of the art in the research on regret, and stimulate further research about this highly consequential emotion. The theory of regret regulation is a pragmatic theory that stresses that emotions exist for the sake of behavioral guidance. The regret regulation theory acknowledges that regret bridges the past and the future in the present. Before turning to the propositions that are the building blocks of the theory, it starts by examining how common and aversive regret actually is to decision makers. It is noted that a set of propositions that capture an important element of the psychology of regret have been advanced.
Keywords: regret regulation, propositions, emotion, behavioral guidance, future, past, present, regret

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10 Important Stories From 08/12/18 Box Scores: Pitchers Worth Buying (Lucchesi), Hitters Who Could Finish Strong (Conforto) & More
It was another busy Sunday around league, and as you prepare to set your lineup for the upcoming week, we have you covered. Let's take a look at some of the performances that stood out from yesterday:
1) It Was Like He Never Left
If there were any doubts about Chris Sale's health following a short sting on the disabled list, he put them to rest on Sunday. The southpaw didn't appear to miss a beat from his short absence as he picked up his 12th victory of the season. Granted, Sale did face the Orioles so he didn't have much in the way of resistance, and Boston kept him on a pitch count, but fantasy owners certainly weren't complaining. Well, that is as long as you weren't looking for a quality start as Sale exited after five innings and 68 pitches (48 strikes). Baltimore managed just one hit against Sale to go along with 12 strikeouts as the left-hander lowered his ERA to 1.97.
2) Didi Goes Deep
It could be me, and it's also the plethora of talent young players (and American League shortstops) in the game, but Didi Gregorius appears to be flying under the radar this season. After going deep 25 times last season, the shortstop appears poised to surpass that in 2018, as on Sunday, Gregorius hit his 21st home run of the season. The two-run shot gave him 68 RBI on the season, and following a two hit effort, Gregorius is hitting a solid .270 on the season in the middle of the Yankees' lineup. Yes, he did get off to a blazing start with 10 home runs and a .330 batting average in April before hitting .149 with one home run in May, but it's hard to complain about Gregorius' overall production.
3) Goldy Shows off the Power
At this point, and it shouldn't be surprising, Paul Goldschmidt's .144 batting average in May is simply a temporary blip. After his two home runs yesterday, a two run shot and a solo homer, the first baseman is at 26 home runs and 64 RBI on the season. Yes, that isn't what we have become accustomed to seeing from the first baseman over the past few seasons, but he has more than made up for his rocky start to the season in which he hit seven home runs while only driving in 19 runs through May. With a .282 batting average, and rising, Goldschmidt is poised to finish the season strong.
4) Another Victory for Boyd
No, I'm going to try and really convince you to get excited for a pitcher who just won his seventh game on Sunday, but wins aren't easy to come by from most starting pitchers. After all, the Tigers have just 49 wins on the season, so Boyd personally has one-seventh of that total. What you see from the southpaw is what you get, and that is a quality start and a pitcher who will keep you in the game and minimize the damage. In six innings of work against the Twins, Boyd limited them to one run on two hits and a walk while striking out three and lowering his ERA to 4.20 on the season. Overall, Boyd strikes out just about eight batters per nine innings, and his advanced metrics tell divergent stories; a 3.91 FIP and 4.67 xFIP. At this point, don't try to over analyze him, or expect too much, just play the match-ups.
5) Conforto Shows Some Power
At this point, you have to chalk 2018 up as being a lost season for Michael Conforto. The best possible explanation, and one most helpful for his future value, is that the outfielder simply came back too soon from his shoulder injury and needed more time to get his swing in order. But, after 362 at bats, something is still missing for the outfielder. Yesterday, Conforto only managed one hit, but that one hit was a big one. It was the first home run since July 25th, and 15th overall, and it is a reminder not to give up on him. For the season, he is hitting just .235, but in his last seven games, Conforto is hitting .308 and showing some signs of life. Despite his struggles, if you extrapolate Conforto's last 30 games to a 150 game season, you are looking at 25 home runs and 75 RBI with a .263 batting average. Not bad for what is a "down" season for a 25-year old outfielder with potential.
6) Markakis Continues to Produce
Based on his 2018 season, someone (both as a free agent and in fantasy circles) is going to overpay for Nick Markakis next year. Not like that Markakis isn't, or hasn't been, a good and dependable player throughout his career, but this season has been something different for the Atlanta clean-up hitter. Markakis drove in two more runs on Sunday which gave him 76 RBI on the season. While he isn't a power hitter, the outfielder picked up his 36th double of the season yesterday while raising his batting average to .327 and remaining a fixture in the middle of the order for the Braves.
7) Diaz is Back
Yandy Diaz can hit, there is no question about that, Finding a position for him in the field, especially in a packed Cleveland infield is a different story. And that, is why Diaz only has 19 at bats with the Indians so far this season. You can't count on Diaz for power, just three home runs and 40 RBI, but he is hitting .293 on the season in Triple-A, and he is a .311 career hitter in the minor leagues. Now that Edwin Encarnacion is sidelined, Diaz was promoted to take his place in the lineup; both in the clean-up spot and at designated hitter. He is wasting no time jumping right into things, and on Sunday, Diaz went 3 for 5 with two RBI to raise his average to .526 in his brief major league sample size this season. Don't go too crazy looking to add Diaz, especially since it appears Encarnacion's absence shouldn't be long term, but he is worth a look.
8) Should We Pay Attention to Tyson Ross
We know that the Cardinals are in need of starting pitching, hence the acquisition of Ross. However, he is one of those pitchers who is better in real life than in fantasy. While Ross did pick up his seventh victory of the season on Sunday, it came against the Royals, so there is only so much emphasis we can put on it. In six innings of work, the right-hander allowed two runs on four hits and two walks while striking out four and lowering his ERA for the season to 4.38. With a 4.46 FIP and 3.76 walks per nine innings, what you see from Ross is what you get, and his value is very match-up dependent at best.
9) Lucchesi Throws a Gem
San Diego was careful with Joey Lucchesi on Sunday as they lifted the rookie after six innings of work and 94 pitches. He picked up his sixth victory of the season with six shutout innings while limiting the Phillies to two hits and three walks. The left-hander continued his solid debut season by striking out six and lower his ERA to 3.45 on the season. With 93 strikeouts in 88.2 innings and a 1.23 WHIP, the overall body of work is pretty good for Lucchesi who is doing a good job of keeping the ball on ground so far this season; 47.1% ground ball rate. There is no reason not to expect Lucchesi to finish the season out strong.
10) Will Lowrie Turn the Corner
After the was Jed Lowrie began the season, and cruised right into an All-Star game appearance, it seemed like the only thing that could derail him this year was his annual dance with the injury bug. Instead, and hopefully this doesn't jinx him, Lowrie has remained healthy all season, but over the past month his performance has suffered. Including yesterday's two hit performance, the second baseman is hitting just .187 with four home runs in his last 30 games. Sunday, Lowrie went deep for the 18th time this season, while also picking up his 28th double and raising his RBI total to 70. Overall, Lowrie is still hitting .267, but it's very possible we have seen his best for the 2018 season.
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Bennies Express says:
Hey Prof,
What are your thoughts on Adames? I grabbed him off waivers when I saw he had a steal 3 games in a row and was rewarded yesterday when he got his 4th in a row. I'm in a keeper league so how do you feel about him this season and more importantly next year. Is this sudden sb ability an abberation or does he have this type of potential? Thanks in advance as always.
Rotoprofessor says:
I'm not buying it, but it's hard to argue and if he can get on base and the Rays are letting him it will be a nice little boost in value
Profess, curious why Peraza doesn't get more love. Do you like him? Maybe an article on him? Think he's been very underrated all year. Last year he was a huge bust but this is what I think most expected. Looks solid to me.
He's got some value. Isn't going to be a major difference maker, but a MI with some speed is always going to have value


s'rain, michelle, tash and i wrote some haikus.
Round 1: we all randomly picked one of our names and wrote a haiku about that girrrrl.
Round 2: we picked names again and wrote a poem about the special gentleman (since we're all [mostly] straight) she would one day meet.
it's a guessing game. for us. and now, for you.
Spice Girls — World go round!
Reached for the top — won.
Hahaha! These are so awesome. :) I'd write one of my own as a comment, but it would fail compared to these ones. The only haikus I've ever attempted are Buffy ones. Reams and reams of Buffy ones.
Buffy haikus?? Perhaps on the 10th yr anniversary day we should post some Buffy-themed haikus. I bet Tash & Erin would be game.


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Syrian soldiers killed in clash with defectors
By BASSEM MROUE, Associated Press
Mideast Syria
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem speaks during a press conference, in Damascus, Syria, on Monday Nov. 14, 2011. Syria's foreign minister accu... Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem speaks during a press conference, in Damascus, Syria, on Monday Nov. 14, 2011. Syria's foreign minister accused Arab states on Monday of conspiring against Damascus after the Arab League voted to suspend Syria's membership over the government's deadly crackdown on an eight month-old uprising. (AP Photo/Muzaffar Salman)
Pro-Syrian regime protesters, hold portraits of Syrian President Bashar Assad and shout slogans against the Arab League, as they gather outside the S... Pro-Syrian regime protesters, hold portraits of Syrian President Bashar Assad and shout slogans against the Arab League, as they gather outside the Syrian foreign ministry where Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem helds a press conference, in Damascus, Syria, on Monday Nov. 14, 2011. Syria's foreign minister accused Arab states on Monday of conspiring against Damascus after the Arab League voted to suspend Syria's membership over the government's deadly crackdown on an eight month-old uprising. (AP Photo/Muzaffar Salman)
Pro-Syrian regime protesters, shout pro-Syrian President Bashar Assad slogans as they gather outside the Syrian foreign ministry where Syrian Foreign... Pro-Syrian regime protesters, shout pro-Syrian President Bashar Assad slogans as they gather outside the Syrian foreign ministry where Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem helds a press conference, in Damascus, Syria, on Monday Nov. 14, 2011. Syria's foreign minister accused Arab states on Monday of conspiring against Damascus after the Arab League voted to suspend Syria's membership over the government's deadly crackdown on an eight month-old uprising. (AP Photo/Muzaffar Salman)
Dozens of soldiers and security forces were gunned down by suspected army defectors in southern Syria, a deadly ambush that comes as President Bashar Assad increasingly appears unable to manage the crisis, activists said Tuesday.
Monday's hours-long clash in the southern province of Daraa came on a particularly bloody day in Syria, with as many as 90 people killed across the country. The brazen attack by the army defectors suggested a new confidence among troops who have sided with the protesters and highlighted the potential for an armed confrontation to escalate.
The U.N. estimates the regime's military crackdown on an 8-month-old uprising has killed 3,500 people in the past eight months. November is shaping up to be the bloodiest month of the revolt, with well over 300 people killed so far.
The latest death toll was compiled by sources including British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the Local Coordination Committees activist coalition and morgue officials.
Rami Abdul-Rahman, head of the observatory, confirmed that 34 soldiers were killed in an ambush in Daraa, the birthplace of the uprising that began in mid-March, inspired by successful revolts in Tunisia, Egypt and later Libya.
Although activists say the protests have remained largely peaceful, with demonstrators calling for the regime's downfall, an armed insurgency has developed in recent months targeting Assad's military and security forces.
Assad is facing the most severe challenge to his family's four-decade rule in Syria, with former allies as well as Western nations using increasingly harsh rhetoric in urging him to stop his bloody crackdown. On Tuesday, Turkey said it no longer has confidence in the Syrian regime and warned Assad that his brutal crackdown threatens to place him on a list of leaders who "feed on blood."
Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's comments were a blow to Syria, because the countries once cultivated close ties. But Turkish leaders have grown increasingly frustrated with Damascus over its refusal to halt the attacks on protesters.
Adding to the blow, Turkey also on Tuesday canceled plans for joint oil exploration in Syria and threatened to cut electricity supplies after a spate of attacks on Ankara's embassy in Damascus and consulates the cities of Aleppo and Latakia.
On Monday, Jordan's King Abdullah II said Assad should step down for the good of his country, the first Arab leader to publicly make such a call.
That prompted pro-government protesters to converge on Jordan's embassy in Damascus, with three of them scaling the fence and ripping down the Jordanian flag _ the latest in a string of attacks on foreign missions. Jordan's Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad Kayed said no one entered the embassy and no injuries occurred.
Monday's bloodiest attacks were in Daraa province, along the Jordanian border, including the attack that killed 34 soldiers. According to the observatory, 12 defectors and 23 civilians also killed in the area.
A resident near the town of Khirbet Ghazaleh in Daraa province said he heard more than four hours of intense gunfire. He asked that his name not be used for fear of government reprisals.
Another witness, who is an activist in the area, said he counted the bodies of 12 people, believed to be civilians killed by security forces' fire.
"I saw two army armored personnel carriers, totally burnt," he told The Associated Press by telephone. He also asked for anonymity out of fear for his safety.
In the restive city of Homs, the morgue received 19 corpses, all of them shot.
Other activist groups had slightly different figures of those killed, a common occurrence because the Syrian government has prevented independent reporting and barred most foreign journalists. Details gathered by activist groups and witnesses are key channels of information.
Syria's crackdown has brought international condemnation, but Damascus generally had been spared broad reproach in the Arab world. That changed Saturday, with a near-unanimous vote by the 22-member Arab League to suspend Syria, and the situation appeared to be spiraling out of Assad's control.
Earlier Monday, Syria struck back at its international critics, branding an Arab League decision to suspend its membership as "shameful and malicious" and accusing other Arabs of conspiring with the West to undermine the regime.
The sharp rebuke suggests Damascus fears the United States and its allies might use the rare Arab consensus to press for tougher sanctions at the United Nations.
Assad says extremists pushing a foreign agenda to destabilize Syria are behind the unrest, not true reform-seekers aiming to open the country's autocratic political system.
Associated Press writer Selcan Hacaoglu in Ankara, Turkey, contributed to this report.


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Q: Formatting Date and Time on a table populated with mysql I have Date and Time fields stored on mysql database, which have a very ugly unix format (applied by mysql).
In order to adapt this format to a more familiar one and echo it on the screen, I would fetch the date and bind it to a variable $mydate, so then I just format it this way.
$mydate= new DateTime($mydate);
$mydate=date_format($mydate,"d/m/Y");

This works perfect for me.
Now I have a new challenge: I want to build a table in which I have a Date and Time fields which I have to format somehow too. So here´s my code till now:
if ($arch = $pdo->prepare("SELECT date, time, info FROM tblinfo WHERE idinfo = ?")) {
  $arch ->execute(array($idpac));
  $data = $arch->fetchAll();
  echo '

TIME	DATE	INFO
';
  foreach ($data as $row){
  echo '
';
  foreach ($row as $col){
  echo ''.$col.'	';
  }
  echo '
';
  }
  echo '

';
}

So this generates a very cool table for me. But I cant seem to figure out how can I format the Date and Time using this code. Can someone help me with this one?

A: I recommend you format the date directly in the query, e.g.:
SELECT
  DATE_FORMAT(date,'%m/%d/%Y') AS formateddate,
  TIME_FORMAT(time,'%H:%i') AS formatedtime,
  info
FROM tblinfo
WHERE idinfo = ?

EDIT
swapped arguments as from comment by @azirion

A: Have you tried googling LANGUAGE OBJECT OPERATION which yields PHP DateTime Format, and returns as one of the first results:
http://php.net/manual/en/datetime.format.php
Is that page any help?  The technique generalizes. :)

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Big Wild Summer by Stephanie J. Scott | Book Review
Big Wild Summer (Love on Summer Break, #3) by Stephanie J. Scott
Pub Date: Jul 13, 2021
[Amazon | Goodreads | StoryGraph]
Sometimes summer is one wild ride.
I'd set my heart and summer plans on working my dream job at Midwest Wild Adventure theme park with my friend Chelsea and my long-time crush KJ Keene. Only a day-one prank results in total humiliation, punchline: Me.
Worse, Chelsea and KJ are in on the prank.
Not only that, but after my big, loud mouth gets me in trouble with my new boss, I'm sent to work at the "loser" side of the park.
My new coworkers, the Midwest Midfits, offer a chilly welcome to their desolate go kart zone. Especially Jonah, the big scary dude who won't talk to anyone. He's the "beast" park employees fear because of his part in some mysterious ride malfunction that injured a kid last summer.
I can't quit my job since I need to prove to Mom and my stepdad that I can follow through on something. Plus, I'm not ready to give up on my summer with KJ. Only KJ might be keeping secrets about what happened last summer.
When the big boss issues a challenge to draw crowds to underused areas of the park, I round up our band of outcasts aiming to win the prize money. We can all use each other to get what we want.
It turns out, the Midfits aren't so bad. Even Jonah, who seems more misunderstood than anything. Somehow, Jonah becomes a person I confide in, and the person I grow to trust most.
Get ready for a drama-filled summer featuring a cast of loveable misfits in this sweet young adult workplace romance.
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I received an Advanced Reader's Copy of this book from Book Sirens Reviewer Program. Stephanie J. Scott and I are mutuals on Twitter. All opinions are my own.
Initial Thoughts 🧠
I truly enjoyed All Last Summer and Sunset Summer so I was looking forward to reading this one!
I didn't actually expect the next installment of the series to feature Elena, but I found it quite interesting as she had a presence in Sunset Summer. The author's writing style from the previous books was enough to pull me in, and the synopsis sounded really fun.
Heartwarming Friendships 💕
Elena is Holli's friend and teammate from the school track team. But Big Wild Summer didn't focus on Holli and the girls from Book 2. Instead, Elena was thrown into a summer with a group of misfits. Midfits is what they call themselves.
What I liked about the book was the friendship Elena built with the Midfits. They somehow reminded me of Lila and the Teed Off! crew. I really enjoyed how the whole crew had each other's backs and how they stood up against the other crew.
Speaking of friendships, I also liked the chemistry and banter between Jonah and Elena, especially when Elena manages to get a smile out of big grumpy cat Jonah. I need more Jonah! It was fun to see their relationship blossom from a casual friendship to a romantic one!
A Little More Character Development
While I liked their chemistry, I found it hard to connect with the main characters. I liked them and I rooted for them but it wasn't enough to love them. The characters just fell flat for me, compared to the ones from the previous book.
I wished the author provided more layers to the characters, like exploring more of Jonah's interest in game development. I just think the book wasn't able to spend a lot of time with the character developments so it was a bit all over the place.
Overall Thoughts 💡
The pacing of the story was okay, although it felt like Elena and Chelsea making up was rushed, and KJ was forgiven too quickly. I like the healthy family dynamics depicted in Elena's family though. Communication was given importance and it was also refreshing to see another healthy relationship between stepfather and kids.
Despite the issues I had, I still enjoyed reading Big Wild Summer. Not the best, but still a good lighthearted summer read. I'm looking forward to reading the next one!
Stephanie J. Scott writes young adult and romance about characters who put their passions first. Her debut ALTERATIONS about a fashion-obsessed loner who reinvents herself was a Romance Writers of America RITA® award finalist. She enjoys dance fitness, everything cats, and has a slight obsession with Instagram. A Midwest girl at heart, she resides outside of Chicago with her tech-of-all-trades husband and fuzzy furbabies.
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Indigenous Knowledge and Aid for Africa
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has promised a 'comprehensive' inquiry into the ongoing bushfire crisis which has so far killed twenty-seven people and scorched more than ten million hectares.
When it goes ahead, they must surely take the time to talk to Aborigine elders in each different area and listen.
But it seems that not a single Indigenous person sits on the board of the national bushfire research centre. Why on earth not? These people know the land better than their white counterparts and have managed it successfully for generations.
Shannon Foster who is a 'keeper of Aborigine tradition' is keen to work together with government agencies, but she worries about expanding development: "It terrifies me that now so much land has been decimated, developers will move in and say 'we might as well put this estate here; the land is cleared.'
"Aboriginal people have looked after this place for so long – to see it now destroyed because nobody has allowed us to care for it is devastating," she adds.
I am sorry to blow my own trumpet, but I have been saying this since the fires began. Local people know about looking after the land because they have had to cope for centuries, yet they are so often ignored by the pompous twits in power who feel that they know what is best for everyone.
Judging by the current crisis, they palpably do not.
I have ranted before about the fact that Britain sends a large chunk of its international aid to Africa and this does nothing but harm. When I house-sit in 'my' various mansions, I usually watch Sky television and am appalled at the endless begging for monetary handouts to be directed at Africa, usually featuring some helpless child, said to be starving, running out of water, going blind or whatever.
I can see how these photographs stir the conscience of kindly folk, looking to do good, but please believe me, the money that you give is wasted.
The current drought afflicting much of Africa is not the worst in fifty years as the BBC and aid organisations claim. It is nothing compared to the droughts in 1960/61 or 1973/74 and there are major droughts every five years or so. As with the Aborigines in Australia, people have always coped with them, but suddenly the population has quadrupled, mainly due to the fact that they are kept alive by famine relief, supplied by I suppose, well intentioned, aid agencies and kindly folk who want to help others.
The effects of these droughts and poor nutrition in the first three years of a child's life have a devastating effect on the development of the infant brain, so that if these children survive, they will never achieve a normal IQ and they get to the stage where they just cannot be educated. This surely has to be a recipe for disaster.
So do we let then starve? I don't know but African governments have become so used to these handouts that in many government budgets, they cater for 'aid' and this cannot be right.
Africa is giving nothing to anyone outside Africa apart from AIDS and other new diseases. It is a quarter of a century since that benighted Irishman Bob Geldof started his Live Aid nonsense. It was aimed primarily at Ethiopia and in that quarter of a century, Ethiopia's population has grown from thirty three and a half million to over seventy eight million. The country cannot support that and the more we in the west pour money in, the worse the situation will become.
The wide-eyed boy-child who featured in television adverts twenty years ago will now be a low IQ, AK-wielding moron, siring children whenever the whim takes him and blaming the world because he is uneducated, poor and left behind.
Yet still the pleas come for more money and still the aid agencies flourish. I have seen them many times, touring villages in their fancy cars and telling the people that they do not need to work hard because we, the good and generous folk of the west will look after them. Many of the aid workers are undoubtedly sincere and devoted to doing good for the rest of the world, but all they are really doing is exacerbating an already perilous situation for all the people of Africa.
If the present state of affairs continues, the population of Ethiopia will top one hundred and seventy seven million by 2050 and that is equivalent to half of Europe today.
The same thing applies to other African countries and in the end, the entire continent will be one sprawling shanty town where people survive in misery and the rich heritage of Africa, together with its wonderful wildlife will disappear for ever.
Is this what we want? I don't personally but then mine is very much a tiny voice in the wilderness. But what little money I have will remain in my pocket.
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By Nora Scully and Franzi Wild December 6, 2022
It's time we reconstruct our view of protests
"Constructive" protests are generally nonviolent and informative to the other side, with the hope that people who previously disagreed with you will come to see your cause and make concessions. If a protest doesn't meet these goals and expectations, however, it is often written off altogether, deemed instead "unconstructive," "unhelpful to the cause," or in the extremes even labeled as "riots."
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Protest through song: an ode to resistance in Hozier's "Swan Upon Leda"
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A year ago this week, only 3 percent of the state was classified as not being in a drought. But that number has grown to 42 percent because of this winter's soaking. Nearly all of Northern California — from the Santa Cruz Mountains to the Oregon border — has now returned to normal water conditions, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor, a weekly report issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the University of Nebraska at Lincoln.
"Some people are saying you have to wait until April 1, but this is what conditions are now. It's not a forecast. The drought's over in Northern California," said David Miskus, a senior meteorologist with NOAA's Climate Prediction Center in Maryland who wrote the report.
The two-week forecast calls for a short dry spell this weekend and a good chance of more rain next week, which makes it unlikely that Northern California will slip back into drought any time soon, he said.
Established in 1999, the Drought Monitor is produced by 11 scientists at the three institutions who analyze soil moisture, stream levels, rainfall totals, snow pack, reservoir levels and other measurements in all 50 states, along with reported observations from more than 350 expert contributors around the country.
The report uses six levels of drought intensity: no drought, abnormally dry, moderate drought, severe drought, extreme drought and exceptional drought.
To be sure, significant areas of the state, most notably Santa Barbara and Ventura counties, and the San Joaquin Valley from Merced to Bakersfield, remain mired in extreme drought, having received much less rainfall than the north, and are still struggling with depleted reservoirs and low groundwater levels. Overall, 28 percent of the state is now in extreme drought, down from 69 percent a year ago.
California's drought began in 2011, and much of the past five years has been the driest period since California became a state in 1850. Reservoir levels fell, wells dried up and the arid conditions killed an estimated 102 million trees in the Sierra Nevada. In 2015, Gov. Jerry Brown ordered a mandatory 25 percent cut in urban water use, forcing strict conservation rules in most cities. Brown's administration eased those rules last summer after decent winter rains, causing many cities to end fines, penalties and watering restrictions.
Over the past week, California has been pummeled with the roughest, wettest storms it has experienced in six years. Powerful atmospheric river systems roaring off the Pacific Ocean have dumped 10 feet of snow on the Sierra Nevada, shutting down Interstate 80 from Monday to Wednesday and even temporarily closing some Lake Tahoe-area ski resorts, which scrambled to open for this weekend's expected sunny weather.
The storms have brought more than 12 inches of rain to the Santa Cruz Mountains in the past week, 16 inches to Big Sur, 9 to San Rafael and 10 to Mount Diablo, along with 3.5 inches to San Jose and Oakland, and 3.8 inches to San Francisco — causing floods, downed trees and mudslides. Many parts of Northern California received from 15 to 25 percent of their annual average rainfall in the past seven days.
The statewide Sierra snowpack, the source of one-third of California's water supply, stood at 161 percent of average Thursday, up from just 64 percent on New Year's Day — a remarkable and nearly unheard-of gain.
Meanwhile, six of the 10 reservoirs in Santa Clara County — Almaden, Coyote, Uvas, Chesbro, Lexington and Vasona — are spilling over their banks now, as is Loch Lomond in Santa Cruz County, Crystal Springs in San Mateo County, and all seven reservoirs operated by the Marin Municipal Water District. Pardee Reservoir in the Sierra Nevada — the main source of water for 1.3 million residents of Alameda and Contra Costa counties who are customers of the East Bay Municipal Utility District — also is full and overflowing.
State water officials, however, are cautious.
In January 2014, Brown declared a statewide drought emergency. He might revise that to remove places that are no longer in drought, and leave only those counties that still are, said Jeanine Jones, interstate resources manager for the state Department of Water Resources.
But the governor is not likely to do that before late March or April, she said. That's because the rain and snow could end and because there are deep statewide problems that the weekly Drought Monitor report doesn't take into account, such as depleted groundwater in the Central Valley and Southern California that will take years to restore.
"You don't go into drought quickly; it's a slow process, and it takes time to recover," Jones said.
Miskus, who wrote Thursday's report, said that it does consider groundwater levels and that he talked with National Weather Service officials in Los Angeles and other California weather experts about the groundwater deficit. It was part of the reason Southern California remains in drought conditions, he said, noting that Northern California does not have the same problems.
This week's conditions are the lowest level of drought in California since April 2013, according to the Drought Monitor. But Jones noted that until this winter, California has had only two wet years in the past 10 years — 2010 and 2011 — and droughts in places such as the Colorado River Basin and Australia went on for 10 years or more with wet years that looked like the end, but turned out to be only temporary relief.


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Nic Smith is Professor and Dean of Engineering at the University of Auckland. Before joining Auckland he was the Professor of Computational Physiology at the University of Oxford and Head of Biomedical Engineering at Kings College London. He is a fellow of the New Zealand Royal Society and Engineering New Zealand.
Göran Roos is a member of the board of the Global Centre for Modern Ageing and of Seeley International Pty Ltd. He is a Visiting Professor at Australian Industrial Transformation Institute, Flinders University; a Stretton Fellow appointed by the City of Playford at University of Adelaide; Visiting Professor at Tongji University, Shanghai; and Adjunct Professor at the Institute of Economics and Management of the Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University. Göran is a fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE) and of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA).
Fiona Cresswell is an experienced B2B technical marketer and inspiring people leader with 18 years' experience in global medical device manufacturing at Fisher & Paykel Healthcare. Throughout this time Fiona has led teams of Clinical, Marketing and Operational professionals through numerous international product launches and transformation projects. Fiona has helped drive the growth of the organisation's sleep apnea business to a turnover of more than NZ$350 million. More recently, Fiona's focus has been on improving the efficiency and collaboration of marketing business-wide and leading a digital transformation of marketing systems, processes and practices.
Melissa Bornholdt is an accomplished Industrial Designer who has worked across the medical, marine and outdoor industries to transform products from undesirable utility to desirable necessity. In the relentless pursuit of emotionally connected design, Mel has worked on light weight kayaks and cost-effective jet boats to world-leading sleep apnea medical devices.
In her most recent role at Fisher & Paykel Healthcare she leads a team of talented Industrial Designers in the creation of multiple design projects. Her philosophy is centered on the user, which in turn drives her relentless pursuit to create and transform sleep apnea treatment into something that patients want, rather than need to use. Mel turns the undesirable into desirable and creates products people ultimately love.
Heather joined Callaghan Innovation in March 2018 as the General Manager of the Research and Technical Services Operations based in Wellington, New Zealand and was formerly the Director of NZ Operations at Airbus. She migrated to New Zealand with her family in 2006 from the UK where she had spent the previous 13 years working on aviation support contracts in the defence industry.
Heather studied Zoology at Liverpool University as an undergraduate and then achieved her Masters Degree from Cranfield University in Bio-Aeronautics. Heather started her career as a Flying Instructor, which culminated in her training military pilots from each of the three British Armed Services. She has worked for multi-national Defence Primes including Babcock, BAE Systems, Leonardo and Airbus, and has led both military and commercial projects working with Primes and Sub-Contractors across the globe.
Whilst in the UK, Heather ran the Defence Elementary Flying Training School, a turnkey contract delivering ab initio pilot training with a fleet of contractor owned aircraft. She later managed the commercial aspects of Through Life Support Contracts with the UK MOD within the Integrated Project Teams set up jointly between Industry and Defence.
In NZ, Heather took leadership of Safe Air and led its transformation from an Air NZ company to one owned by Airbus and now rebranded with that name. Heather was an Executive Director on the NZ Defence Industry Association Board until late 2018. She has a passion for innovation and creative thinking that generates novel solutions to meet the rapidly changing environment we all operate within both at work and at home. She is an advocate for a partnered approach working with syndicates or alliances to provide the optimum solutions for all parties but most importantly for the customer.
Juliet has had an increasing interest in governance and served on the Board of Directors of Plant & Food Research Ltd from 2013-2018. Juliet has resigned her roles on Boards to take up this position and won't apply for research funds in New Zealand while she holds the role.
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Peter is the recipient of many design awards. His work is included in various design collections including the Museum of Modern Art, and the Cooper-Hewitt. Strongly entrepreneurial Peter has established a number of design-based companies including arti-fakt-s, possibly NZ's first to compete internationally by design. As a partner of Equip he was a co-architect/deliverer of NZ's Better by Design program and the State of Victoria's Design to Business initiative. Peter continues to work as a design consultant to New Zealand and overseas-based companies.
He is an Adjunct-Professor of Design at Victoria University of Wellington, which recognised him with an Hon.D.Sc. He served two terms as President of the Designers Institute of New Zealand. In 2016 he was recognised with an ONZM for services to design.
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Jimmy Butler out for 2nd straight game with wrist injury
By Andy Schwartz
Of The Morning Call |
Jimmy Butler missed his second straight game with a sprained wrist Wednesday night when the Sixers played the Spurs at the Wells Fargo Center.
Butler also missed Monday's game against the Houston Rockets, but the Sixers hardly missed him, pounding the Rockets 121-93. Corey Brewer once again will start for Butler.
Brett Brown: 'I thought (Butler) was going to be able to go tonight. I hoped he was going to be able to go tonight.' Brewer starting again.
— Tom Moore (@TomMoorePhilly) January 23, 2019
Joel Embiid (back) played Wednesday after being questionable. Ben Simmons (upper respiratory) was also questionable according to 76ers coach Brett Brown, but was in the starting lineup against the Spurs.
#Sixers coach Brett Brown: Embiid is questionable tonight. Simmons will play.
Embiid has played the last three games with back tightness and had 32 points and 14 rebounds against Houston.
"It's just general soreness. It's nothing — it's just tight," Embiid said Monday. "Everybody has that. There's nothing wrong with it. It's something I can play through. I don't feel like letting my teammates down, and I want to fight with them. This stretch is really important for us. We need as many wins as we can get, so whatever I have to do I do for my team."
Simmons played Monday, scoring nine points on 3 of 12 shooting, but missed practice Tuesday.


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Flights from Corfu to Shannon (CFU to SNN)
There are eight flight connection options available between Corfu and Shannon on Sunday, 27th March.
Flights departing on Sunday, 27th March
# Stops Duration Departure time Arrival time
Option #1 London, United Kingdom 13h 55 min 22:35 (10:35 pm)
27th Mar 10:30 (10:30 am)
Option #2 London, United Kingdom 12h 00 min 11:40 (11:40 am)
27th Mar 21:40 (9:40 pm)
Option #4 London, United Kingdom 17h 45 min 19:35 (7:35 pm)
27th Mar 22:05 (10:05 pm)
Option #1
Flight Corfu - London
Ryanair international flight FR1803 leaves Corfu at 22:35 (10:35 pm) and lands in London (Stansted) at 23:50 (11:50 pm). Flight duration is 3 hours 15 minutes.
Connection in London
Connection time in London, Stansted airport is 9 hours and 15 minutes (from 23:50 / 11:50 pm, 27th Mar to 09:05 / 9:05 am, 28th Mar).
Flight London - Shannon
Ryanair international flight FR93 leaves London (Stansted) at 09:05 (9:05 am) and lands in Shannon at 10:30 (10:30 am). Flight duration is 1 hours 25 minutes.
EasyJet international flight U28752 leaves Corfu at 11:40 (11:40 am) and lands in London (Gatwick), Terminal «N» at 12:55 (12:55 pm). Flight duration is 3 hours 15 minutes.
Connection time in London, Gatwick airport is 7 hours and 25 minutes (from 12:55 / 12:55 pm, 27th Mar to 20:20 / 8:20 pm, 27th Mar).
Ryanair international flight FR1183 leaves London (Gatwick) at 20:20 (8:20 pm) and lands in Shannon at 21:40 (9:40 pm). Flight duration is 1 hours 20 minutes.
Connection time in London, Stansted airport is 15 hours and 15 minutes (from 23:50 / 11:50 pm, 27th Mar to 15:05 / 3:05 pm, 28th Mar).
Ryanair international flight FR109 leaves London (Stansted) at 15:05 (3:05 pm) and lands in Shannon at 16:30 (4:30 pm). Flight duration is 1 hours 25 minutes.
British Airways international flight BA649 leaves Corfu at 19:35 (7:35 pm) and lands in London (Heathrow), Terminal «5» at 20:50 (8:50 pm). Flight duration is 3 hours 15 minutes.
Connection time in London, Heathrow airport is 13 hours and 0 minutes (from 20:50 / 8:50 pm, 27th Mar to 09:50 / 9:50 am, 28th Mar). Go from terminal «5» to terminal «2».
Aer Lingus international flight EI381 leaves London (Heathrow), Terminal «2» at 09:50 (9:50 am) and lands in Shannon at 11:20 (11:20 am). Flight duration is 1 hours 30 minutes.
Connection time in London, Heathrow airport is 17 hours and 55 minutes (from 20:50 / 8:50 pm, 27th Mar to 14:45 / 2:45 pm, 28th Mar). Go from terminal «5» to terminal «2».
Aer Lingus international flight EI385 leaves London (Heathrow), Terminal «2» at 14:45 (2:45 pm) and lands in Shannon at 16:10 (4:10 pm). Flight duration is 1 hours 25 minutes.
EasyJet international flight U28758 leaves Corfu at 22:40 (10:40 pm) and lands in London (Gatwick), Terminal «N» at 23:55 (11:55 pm). Flight duration is 3 hours 15 minutes.
Connection time in London, Gatwick airport is 20 hours and 50 minutes (from 23:55 / 11:55 pm, 27th Mar to 20:45 / 8:45 pm, 28th Mar).
Ryanair international flight FR1183 leaves London (Gatwick) at 20:45 (8:45 pm) and lands in Shannon at 22:05 (10:05 pm). Flight duration is 1 hours 20 minutes.
Select departure date to find flight connections between Corfu and Shannon. Note that other flight options may be available for different date.
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Le acciughe ripiene o, in lingua ligure, ancioe pinne, sono un secondo piatto tipico della Liguria. Si tratta di filetti di acciuga accostati tra loro con, all'interno, un ripieno a base di verdura.
La composizione del ripieno può variare in base alla disponibilità stagionale e alle tradizioni locali; possono essere cotte al forno oppure fritte, in genere dopo essere state impanate o infarinate. Come varie altre ricette a base di acciughe l'ingrediente principale può essere costituito anche dalle sarde (e si parlerà evidentemente in questo caso di sarde ripiene).

Origine
Il piatto è uno dei più tradizionali della cucina popolare ligure. Utilizzando ingredienti economici e molto diffusi era infatti alla portata anche dei meno abbienti ed è quindi considerato un esempio di cucina povera. Nella sua preparazione possono tra l'altro essere utilizzati il pane raffermo e gli avanzi delle verdure presenti in cucina, alimenti di risulta che rischierebbero di venire sprecati.

Ingredienti

I principali ingredienti delle acciughe ripiene sono:

 acciughe,
 bietole, spinaci o lattuga,
 mollica di pane ammollata nel latte,
 Parmigiano o Grana grattugiato,
 aglio,
 prezzemolo,
 olio extravergine di oliva,
 uova,
 sale,
 pangrattato per l'eventuale impanatura.

Preparazione
Si aprono a libro le acciughe (o le sarde) dopo averle pulite e private della testa e della lisca centrale. Possibilmente la coda va invece conservata.
A parte si lessa lievemente la verdura strizzandola poi per eliminare il liquido in eccesso. Su un tagliere si trita la verdura con un po' di aglio, il prezzemolo ed eventualmente con qualche acciuga. In una terrina si unisce questo trito ad un po' di mollica di pane ammollita del latte, un filo d'olio, uova e formaggio grattugiato. Si possono eventualmente utilizzare anche origano e/o di maggiorana oppure ancora capperi finemente tritati. Si mescola poi accuratamente il tutto; in alternativa per amalgamare il ripieno può essere utilizzato il frullatore a immersione.
Il ripieno, dopo essere stato salato e pepato, viene quindi distribuito sulla faccia interna di metà delle acciughe (o delle sarde), disposte in piano su un asse o sul tavolo.
L'altra metà delle acciughe serve a ricoprire il ripieno, sempre tenendo la pelle dell'acciuga verso l'esterno. Il tutto può essere impanato e fritto da entrambi i lati in abbondante olio oppure cotto al forno, specie se si desidera un piatto più leggero.

Consumo
Dopo essere state fritte le acciughe ripiene vengono in genere private dell'olio in eccesso facendole riposare brevemente su uno strato di carta da cucina. Vanno poi portate in tavola su un piatto possibilmente riscaldato.. Possono però anche essere consumate a temperatura ambiente, in questo caso spesso come antipasto.

Abbinamenti
Per accompagnare le acciughe ripiene vengono in genere consigliati i tradizionali bianchi liguri oppure vini anche di altre provenienze ma comunque leggeri e non troppo profumati, come ad esempio il trebbiano di Romagna.

Note

Bibliografia

Voci correlate
 Cucina ligure
 Engraulis encrasicolus
 Sardina

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni
 Ricetta sul sito www.cucinagenovese.it
 Un altro sito con la ricetta: www.amicidiponente.it

Cucina ligure
Secondi piatti
Piatti a base di acciughe

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Summary: Kakashi's punishment seems to come at the worst time for Naruto, Sasuke, and Hinata? Hinata finally decides to tell Naruto she loves him, but thing don't go as planned and she ends up kissing who?
Summary: Here is a double author duo! The terrible two: Kaito_Erufu and KibaxHinaluvr! We're on a mission to make bad couples (ex. InoxGaara) into a good coupling. Though they may be ugly together, or it is not even humanly possible. We're on a mission. And we will not fail! Hopefully.
Summary: This is a story of the sometimes odd choices parents get to make for their children and how and why Naruto got named the way he did... why the death god jutsu worked on the kyuubi in the first place and some rather random frogs...uh yeah - anyway work on assumption there are spoilers in this. I just hope Iruka will forgive me for what I did to his parents.
Summary: the first akatsuki truth or dare with a plot. basically Bob Saget tries to take over the world, and it's up to ALfred and the gang of akatsuki truth or dare to stop him.
Summary: "He caught her when she fell, held her hand when she needed help yet she always only saw him as a teammate"
Kiba was always there for Hinata but she was blindly in love with Naruto. When Kiba says something he didn't mean to , Hinata falls apart - Kiba is furious (and quite pissed) but when Hinata needs hims the most - where will he be?
Summary: [SasuSaku] It was a modern myth that she hated him, a modern myth that she forgot about him, a modern myth that she moved on without him, but it was no myth that she loved him.
Summary: The infamous Poker incident, as told in letters, memos and an essay. **CRACK** short and completely cracked.
Summary: Tells how to annoy you parents.
Summary: Tenten tries to free Neji from his mind!
Summary: A story I wrote that is based in the world of Shuffle!, a Navel h-game that was made into an anime.
What happens when someone gets pushed over the edge in life? What happens when he is given a second chance in life in a different universe? Will he live up to what he's always desired to be deep inside, or will he have the same fate before being rescued..?
Possible pairings later. Warning!! A very dark fanfic with very raw and very REAL emotions; not for the faint of heart. Heavy Language and Violence and Gore.
Summary: Kakuzu finds a wallet.
Summary: Kankurou tries a different puppet.
Summary: Tsunade and Shizune go to the bookstore.


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Opus Capital Management February 2018 Review Of U.S. Small Caps
Posted By: OpusCapital Mar 8, 2018, 3:49 pm
Opus Capital Management's review of the U.S. small caps for the month of February 2018.
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After its strongest start to a year since 1989, the market quickly reversed in February, as the potential of four rate hikes became the easy scapegoat. With this, the VIX catapulted to an intraday high of 50.0, ultimately reverting back to its historical average of 19.0, as investors learned that volatility was being suppressed by inverse VIX ETFs. February ended the S&P 500's streak of closing positive for 15 consecutive months, a statistic not seen since 1981.
At the beginning of 2017, there was a large reversal in themes relative to the prior year. Conversely, this year, has continued to see last year's themes work in both January and February, i.e., U.S. large beating U.S. small and Growth over Value. Common conception is that rising interest rates tend to bode better for small than large, but this did not pan out in February, as the S&P 500 has now outperformed the Russell 2000 Index (R2K) for five straight months. After a dominating performance last year, Growth, which outperformed Value by 14.4%, continued its market leadership, besting Value by 4.7% year-to-date.
With analysts updating estimates to reflect tax-reform, growth expectations have begun to rise, leading to decreasing valuations within small caps. With weaker relative performance and strong revisions, the R2K now trades at a discount to the S&P 500, below its historical 5% valuation premium. The R2K trades at a forward P/E of 17.2x, its lowest level since April 2016.
From a factor basis, the market continued to reward the fastest growing EPS companies, which helped boost Growth over Value. More pronounced, sector performance has also contributed to Growth's relative outperformance. The Russell 2000 Growth Index (R2KG) tends to be overweight in Technology and Health Care, both of which have performed well this year, while being underweight bond proxies, REITs and Utilities, which have significantly underperformed.
When interest rates rise, companies with lower leverage typically outperform, which was the case during the month. Outside of this factor, the market did not favor any particular style, which can possibly be explained by the spike in ETF trading. Historically, increased volatility tends to lead to increased trading volumes, which occurred in February. However, much of this increase in volume took place across ETFs, not individual securities. January ETF volumes represented 16% of total trading, while in February, on days with increased volatility, this figure surpassed 27%, potentially lowering the tide for all constituents. For the year, low quality continues to outperform, much like 2017, as the market has favored non-earners, non-yielders and the lowest ROE.
With rising rates and increased volatility, active style managers performed well in February. Managers tend to benefit from higher rates as the group is underweight bond-proxies, i.e., Utilities, REITs, and Staples, all of which, underperformed during the month. For the month, 26.9% of small cap core managers outperformed their relative benchmarks, while Value and Growth managers fared better with 48.8% and 62.7% outperforming, respectively.
Review Of U.S. Small Cap Value
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Continuing another theme from 2017, Growth outperformed Value in the Small Cap Arena
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) ? State police raided two medical marijuana dispensaries in Ann Arbor on Thursday but said the operations weren't connected with a previous day's appeals court ruling that pot cannot be sold through private shops, police said.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — State police raided two medical marijuana dispensaries in Ann Arbor on Thursday but said the operations weren't connected with a previous day's appeals court ruling that pot cannot be sold through private shops, police said.
The MedMar clinic and the A2 Go Green Corp. both were raided about noon, and officers seized computers, files and other items, AnnArbor.com reported.
The businesses had been under investigation for at least a couple of weeks, said Detective Lt. Wynonia Sturdivant of the Livingston and Washtenaw Narcotics Enforcement Team. They were raided because workers allegedly didn't follow state guidelines for operating dispensaries, she said.
Medical marijuana advocate and MedMar partner Chuck Ream said three of his employees were arrested Thursday.
A2 Go Green manager Dan Peoples said his businesses has been operating legally and was completing its application with the City of Ann Arbor. Peoples said he closed A2 Go Green Thursday after Wednesday's Michigan Appeals Court ruling and was talking with his attorneys about what to do next.
Aside from disallowing private medical marijuana shops, the court ruling decision also said the 2008 medical marijuana law and state's public health code do not allow people to sell pot to each other, even if they're among the 99,500 who have state-issued marijuana cards.


I love the idea of the Liar's Tour. Is this a real thing somewhere, or did you make it up?
Thanks! I made it up. When I lived in Savannah, there were tour trolleys cruising around the historic district all day long, basically all saying the same things about the same historic sites. I once commented to a friend that if I had a tour trolley business, I'd do something totally different. When she asked me what that something totally different would be, I came up with the idea for a Liar's Tour. Then I wrote it down in my Miscellaneous Story Fodder file, and ten years later it turned up in this story!
The story is tightly focused on Ben's dilemma of loving two women, one living and one dead, which is perfect. But the situation that makes this possible is quite amazing in itself, too. You hint at some of the wider ramifications of the dead continuing to interact with the living, but that doesn't come into play much here. Have you explored this premise in other fiction?
Funny you should ask. This is the first story I've written on this topic, but I have notes for a potential novel set in this world. It's completely different from this story—a thriller rather than a drama/love story. The trick will be getting my editor to green-light a thriller set in the afterlife.
Did this story give you any surprises while you were writing it?
I wrote a first draft, asked some writing friends to critique it, and based on their feedback, I realized it just wasn't working. It sat on my hard drive for about two years, then one day I realized what was missing. In the original draft (SPOILER ALERT—SPOILER ALERT) the final scene did not involve the visit from his wife. He just eventually realizes what has happened to him. There was no kick to that.
It involves a lot of writing. Drop the kids at school, write until lunch. After lunch, continue writing. Around 3:00, exercise for thirty to forty-five minutes, then continue writing until 5:30. I take micro-breaks ever hour and do two minutes of exercise, because research indicates sitting all day long is a good way to increase the odds you'll die at a younger age than you'd probably like, and I have a lot more books I want to write. I actually love the writing—if I have a full day ahead with nothing but writing, I'm excited. What I've discovered is that days when I'm in the middle of a project and know what I'm going to write are terrific, whereas days I spend planning out something new, or when I'm stuck and don't know what comes next, are not as much fun.
Do you have any new projects that you'd like to share?
My first young adult novel, Burning Midnight, is due out February 2 from Random Penguin House. It's about mysterious colored spheres that are hidden all over the world, and if you have two of the same color they give you something. Easy-to-find colors might give you straighter, whiter teeth; rare colors might give you high intelligence, or physical strength. In the book, two teens find a sphere so rare no one knows what it does. But everyone wants it.
Then I have a new adult novel, Faller, coming from Tor Books. After that, I'm hoping to publish a middle grade book I recently finished (can you tell I want to be Paolo Bacigalupi when I grow up?) about robot bodyguards that look like animals, plus I'm working on a second young adult novel that I'm really excited about. When that's finished, maybe I'll start working on a thriller about the afterlife . . .


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Nocturnal Revelations –snippet
February 5, 2019 Amanda AMANDA, WRITING: PUBLISHING 13 comments
Apologies for the lateness of the post. I'll be honest, I couldn't figure out what to write about today. I started and deleted three different times. The problem is I'm in the final stages of preparing a book for release and that has taken over my brain. So, instead of trying a fourth time to write something coherent, here's a snippet from Nocturnal Revelations, the next installment in the Nocturnal Lives series. The release date is set for March 5th.
(Not the final version)
"What's your day look like?"
Mackenzie Santos Caine turned and smiled at her husband. After a little more than a year of marriage, she still found it hard to believe. But then, anyone with a modicum of sanity would have a hard time believing all she'd been through the last couple of years and that was saying a lot for a cop. She believed it only because she'd live through it, even if a couple of times it had been by the skin of her teeth.
Literally and figuratively.
All of which paled at the sight of Jackson standing the doorway, a towel slung low across his hips. Skin still damp from his shower, he smiled and stepped inside the bedroom. For a moment, Mac considered locking the bedroom door, with their phones on the other side of the door and taking him back to bed. She'd much prefer that to what the day held.
Before the idea could take hold, she shook her head and sobered. The day was going to be hard enough to get through without thinking about could haves and should haves.
"I've got court this morning." She turned back to her closet and reached inside, her right hand closing over the uniform carefully tucked away in a garment bag. "Not exactly the way I wanted to start the day."
And wouldn't that be fun? Even though she hadn't personally worked the case, the Assistant DA insisted she testify. When she reminded him how tenuous her connection to the investigation was, he said he needed her to take the stand. The defense attorney had a reputation for successfully calling into question how the police conducted the investigation She supervised the detectives in charge of the case. She signed off on all their reports and could vouch for their expertise and reliability. More than that, he planned on using her reputation as an honest and well-respected cop to bolster the testimony of the detectives. Then he reminded her she'd dealt with the defendant before. So she knew how important it was to finally make sure he spent time behind bars, hopefully a very long time.
That, more than anything, convinced her not to fight the subpoena. If the system had done its job the first four times Ray Pence appeared before a judge, he'd be sitting in prison right now. Instead, despite strong cases against him, he'd been let off with little more than slaps on the wrist. The judges he'd appeared before believed the baby-faced young man when he promised to follow the rules, swearing he'd been rehabilitated since his last court appearance.
Because the judges hadn't followed recommendations from the DA's Office and hadn't listened to cops like her, Pence continued to use the streets of Dallas as his personal hunting ground. Over the course of the last year, he raped and killed three women, perhaps more. They left behind friends and families that would never fully recover from the loss. And why? Because the judges hadn't had the balls to do their jobs.
Fighting down her anger, Mac unzipped the garment bag and withdrew her dress uniform. For a moment, as she laid it out on the bed, her eyes lingered on her captain's bars. A pang of loss tightened her throat. She'd worn those bars for a year now and this was the first time she'd had to wear them at a fellow officer's funeral. She should count herself lucky, but she couldn't. Not when they reminded her how she'd gotten them.
Fourteen months ago, she lost her own captain. But then Michael King had been more than just her captain. He'd been her mentor and her friend. He had been the one to recognize the changes coming over her after she'd been attacked and left for dead one night. He helped keep her sane when she realized monsters really did walk the streets—and she was now one of them. Not long after that, she joined the pride, and swore allegiance to him as her alpha, trusting him to help her accept and adjust to her new life.
Then, suddenly, he was gone, killed in an ambush along with two other members of DPD. Now she sat in King's chair as captain of the revamped Crimes against Persons Division and every day she swore to honor him and all he taught her.
"Then I have Frank Malone's funeral this afternoon," she continued.
Jackson nodded, his expression serious. "Do you want me to go with you?"
Mac started to shake her head and then stopped. Jackson understood the demands of command, sometimes better than she did. More than that, he understood when she needed him and today was most definitely one of those times.
"Thanks. I'd appreciate it."
She'd been fortunate since pinning on her captain's bars. Not one of her officers had fallen in the line of duty. In fact, none had been seriously injured. She said a prayer of thanks for that every day. But that didn't make Malone's death any easier to accept. He died after a drunk driver hit his motorcycle on Malone's day off. She was relieved she didn't have to live with the knowledge he'd lost his life carrying out orders she gave or was ultimately responsible for. But that didn't take away the pain of knowing he left behind a wife and three young children.
She cleared her throat and tried to clear her mind. The image of Missy Malone's stricken expression when she opened the front door to the small house they'd moved into less than two years earlier said it all. She knew, as any cop's spouse would, that the sight of his CO, his partner and the department chaplain meant bad news. When Mac told her what happened, the tears came. Never would Mac forget the pain and anguish in the young woman's face. All she could do was make sure the man responsible served every day of his sentence. If that meant attending every parole hearing, Mac would be there. She owed it to Malone and to his family.
DPD looked after its own.
"Are you sure it won't screw up your day?"
Jackson shook his head. "All I've got are some meetings. Nothing important."
His shrug told her different, but she knew better than to argue. Instead, she turned her attention to dressing. As she did, she smiled slightly. Wearing her dress uniform to court would earn her more than a few digs from the defense attorney. Was she trying to sway the jury? What was she trying to prove? Didn't she normally wear civilian clothes to work? It would be interesting to see how the jury reacted when she explained she wore the uniform because she would be leaving the courthouse to go directly to Officer Malone's funeral. Even now, she could hear Laird Naylor objecting and asking for a mistrial. Not that the judge would grant it. After all, if Naylor ran true to form, he'd open the door to her response and that was on him.
It might even be worth the aggravation of dealing with the man to see the judge finally slap him down. Naylor had been a pain in Mac's ass since the first time she testified against one of his clients. This time would be no different.
"Don't forget your vest."
With her back to her husband, Mac rolled her eyes. She wasn't going to be in the field that day. In fact, she hadn't been in the field in almost to two weeks. That was the major downside to her promotion. She was a cop, damn it, not an administrator. At least that's what she kept telling herself. Besides, court might be frustrating but it wasn't dangerous. She didn't need the Kevlar vest.
"Jackson."
She turned and forgot her objection as he dropped his towel and stepped into a pair of boxer briefs. One of the best days of her life had been the day they met. Of course, she hadn't realized it at the time. All she'd known then was he—or rather his jaguar-self—encroached on her territory. That night her jaguar let him know exactly what she thought about it, taking the fight to him. Later, fully human, she'd been drawn to him. Now they were married, and she still couldn't believe her luck.
Even if he did tend to be more than a little overprotective at times.
"I'm not going to need it today." She reached for her shirt and started to pull it on, stopping only when he shook his head, his expression determined.
"Mac, I'll remind you not only is it DPD policy for all uniformed officers to wear their vests but that you made it official when you took over CaP. I believe your exact words were no exceptions."
She ground her teeth and then nodded. He was right, damn it. Her first official day as captain of CaP, she reinforced the rule about vests. Now she was caught. Grumbling under her breath, she grabbed her Kevlar vest from where it rested on the top shelf of the closet and pulled it on over the thin tank she wore. Then she smiled as Jackson helped her settle in it place.
"Thank you." He lightly pressed his lips to the curve of her neck.
She smiled and finished dressing. Then, she slid her service weapon into a pancake holster at the small of her back. Her back-up slid into an ankle holster. Hopefully, she wouldn't need either of them in a hurry.
"Do you want me to meet you at the church or at the office?" he asked as she reached for her cellphone and slid it into her inside jacket pocket.
"Better plan on the church. I have a feeling I'll be going there straight from the courthouse."
"Let me know if you change your mind."
"I will." She glanced at her watch. Six forty-five. "I'd better head down. Jael will be here any time."
"Take care that nothing happens to my cop today."
"Do the same where my financial advisor's concerned." She lifted her face to his kiss. "Let's take time tonight to plan a long weekend away."
"Sounds good." He brushed his lips against hers once again and then sighed as the doorbell rang. "Jael's here."
"Talk to you later, love."
Mac grabbed her briefcase off the chair near the bedroom door and hurried downstairs. As she did, she checked her watch once again. Unless traffic was worse than usual, they had time to stop for coffee on the way to the office for the morning briefing before court. Even if traffic was bad, they'd take the time. Something told her she was going to need all the help she could get to make it through her testimony that morning. Past experience with Naylor taught her he had little, if any, respect for cops. He would do everything he could to discredit her and her testimony. Somehow, she needed to keep her temper in check while making sure the jury knew everything they needed to not only convict Naylor's client but put him away for the rest of his miserable life.
"You're early," Mac said as she opened the door.
Instead of seeing her former training officer, Sergeant Jael Lindsay, on the doorstep, she found herself fact-to-face with a man about her height. He wore a non-descript uniform that might belong to any one of a dozen or more delivery services. He smiled but it didn't reach his eyes. In fact, she could barely see his eyes for the visored cap he wore.
"I'm sorry, Captain," he said softly. "I don't have a choice."
Mac's brow furrowed. Sorry for what?
Run! her jaguar ordered, sensing danger a split-second before Mac did.
Mac's purse and briefcase hit the floor with a thud. Her right hand moved toward her gun, pushing aside her jacket. As her fingers closed around the Glock 19, she stepped back and to the side, pulling her gun as she did.
Too slow!
Her focus narrowed to the gun in the man's hand. It tracked her movement, never wavering. The hammer pulled back. Time slowed. Death waited. She had known it could happen one day, but she never thought it would be in her own home.
No, not like this!
Here is the preliminary cover (and before anyone starts nit-picking, it is preliminary and there are changes being made).
Featured image via Pixabay.
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naleta says:
Yay! Snippet!
Roger Ritter says:
Yay – nice snippet! One small nit – I don't think any experienced carrier would use a small-of-the-back holster, since that invites spinal damage if you fall on it. Changing the location to just behind the right hip shouldn't change the story (unless you're planning to use that spinal damage 🙂 and would be much more in line with common practice.
It does invite spinal damage. That may (hint maybe or maybe not) play into it. There are also other reasons for her to put it there temporarily.
markaomalley says:
23 skidoo
Aimee Morgan says:
Um, I didn't really need to add another series to my To Read list.
Sure you did. 😉
Sure, drop us a cliff hanger and say we'll have to wait a month to find out what happens.
What, writing for a pulp serial now?
Most excellent tease young lady.
I iz evil writer. VBEG
You'll get a copy before long.
Mike Houst says:
I'm sorry Amanda. But as a shooter, I find that poor woman's stance to be horrible. On the other hand, if any bad guys are shooting at her, they're definitely going to be distracted. 😉
Mike, I know. Which is why I said it was "preliminary" and said not to nit-pick since it was only preliminary.
Good luck with that request. 😉 I post a snippet at my place and get engineering arguments in the comments section. And firearms recommendations, and zoology speculations, and…
I love my readers, but some days I need a dictionary, an MSDS compendium, and half-life and decay-rate tables.
I know. I don't mind the comments usually, but I'm tired and cranky and that's why I posted the "preliminary" disclaimer.
Like I said, cranky writer is cranky. Shrug.