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Michigan Authors at Grand Traverse Mall
July 30, 2019 emmapalova	1 Comment
Festival of Pop-Culture attracts book lovers
By Emma Palova
Traverse City, MI – It was a memorable Sunday afternoon in one of the busiest small towns in the Midwest. "I love mall events," said a local customer. "We came here for the books. We're all readers." The Grand Traverse Mall event was organized by Dan McDougall of Bookbrokers & Kramer's Cafe. "This is the event that everyone will be talking about afterwards," said McDougall. "T his one's a keeper! "
The event was complete with bagpipers, storytellers and a superhero. Michigan authors represented all genres. Pictured below Ludington author Joan H. Young with Ella Konecny from Big Rapids. "I support Michigan authors," Konecny said.
Below is a list of participating authors. Follow them on their publishing journeys around Michigan. Angela Crandall, Terry Swejkoski, Dan Dinsmore, Joan H. Young, Mikel B Classen, Dick Ault, Richard Alan Hal l ,Bob Downes, Tom Carr, Chris Miller, Sylvia Hubbard-Hutula ,Jackie Burr Hanson , Christy Bigalke Vadeboncoeur, Jash Lardie, Deborah A Wolf ,Abagail K Courtney, Kim SchneiderCari NogaRenee CarlisleKristen Hains, Michelle Vidergar White ,Steve Hamilton, Michael Dow, Jennifer Michalak Reizen, Michelle Reichert, Ruth Blick, Melissa Scott, P J Parrish, Doug W. Stanton, Lindsi Summers, Julie Gamelin, Andy Marek, Katie Louisa Wyskochil, Kelli Sanderson, Lisa K Peoples, James Jackson, Annie Clark, Anne Gertiser Stanton, Anne Hawley, Kate, Tanya Anne Crosby, Jim Hawley, Dennis Palmer, Marina Nieman Call, Meredith Smith, Tiffany Skowronski, Jenny Sharp Emma Palova, Randy Pearson https://www.facebook.com/RandyDPearson and Darla Jean Davis facebook.com/darlajdavis Present were also other crafty people like charcoal on wood artist Duff Lueder and many more. The bustling town of Traverse City is currently hosting the TCFF 2019 film festival. McDougall supports Michigan authors by selling their books on consignment at Bookbrokers & Kramer's Cafe. I enjoyed some author networking time with a writers' group from the Upper Peninsula represented by managing editor Mikel B. Classen. "We don't leave anyone out," he said about the U.P. Reader magazine. I dropped off my new book "Secrets" from the Shifting Sands Short Stories series at the local bookstore Horizon Books on Front Street in downtown. "We carry Michigan authors," said owner Amy Reynolds. For more info on Michigan authors go to http://michiganauthors.com/ Copyright (c) 2019. Emma Blogs, LLC. All rights reserved.
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Author Tent @Lakeshore Art Festival
July 3, 2019 emmapalova	1 Comment
Interview with author/organizer Jean Darla Davis & Emma Palova
Why have an author tent at Lakeshore Art Festival? How well is the festival attended?
Author Jean Darla Davis
The Lakeshore Art Festival is attended by tens of thousands of people over two days. It runs July 5 and 6 from 10 to 6 and features over 350 fine art and craft vendors, along with artisan food, children's activities, street performers and interactive art. It's the perfect venue to connect readers with local indie authors.
How did you get involved? Who came up with the idea and how did you go about implementing it?
This is our third year as a group of authors being involved with the Lakeshore Art Festival. The first year was organized by author Steve Lebel . When he stepped back, I was tapped to take on the project. Last year we officially became part of the festival with the emerging authors tent within the festival footprint. This allowed us much better visibility and allowed us to connect with more readers.
What was last year's festival like?
Last year we had two beautiful sunny days and what seemed like a mostly endless flow of traffic both days. There's so much art to see and great food to check out.
Eighteen authors took part in our tents last year. We all had a great time networking with one another, talking to readers and signing books.
4-Which genre will be represented?
Our tents feature twenty authors with a little something for everyone. We everything from children's books to adult books, including mystery, suspense, non-fiction romance, science fiction, fantasy and more.
What do you hope to accomplish there in two days?
We'd love to introduce readers to authors they might not run across on Amazon due to the vast number of books there or in the big book stores that often focus on big name authors. We're available to talk about our books, our writing processes and inspirations. This is a great opportunity for readers to buy direct from the authors and get their books signed.
Give us some tips for authors
Many authors struggle with marketing their books . They write one and hope that it sells online or through their publisher, if they have one. Unfortunately, even with a publisher, the majority of marketing falls on the author, and most of us would rather be home writing our next book. However, once you do a few book events, you'll find it's fun to network with other authors, learn from them, share your experiences and knowledge and to meet readers face to face. Festivals like this one give authors the opportunity to get their books in front of thousands of people a day. The Lakeshore Art Festival allows authors to purchase their own larger booth or to take part in our emerging author tent, which though we have smaller table spaces, is within the budget of many indie authors. We do have a limited amount of spaces each year and they go quickly. If you are interested in being part of the emerging author tent, please contact me on facebook: jeandavisauthor
Give us some tips for visitors
Visitors should wear comfortable shoes. There's so much to see and do at this Festival. Stay hydrated. Bring a bag to carry all your artsy finds. Most vendors will take cash or cards. And talk to the artists. Ask questions. Make your purchases personal. It's not often you can talk directly to the artist who made the piece and find out the story behind it.
How do you personally plan your book tour?
Having recently released my fifth book, I can easily say that I've tried a lot of different things to get the word out. Have I found the magic answer? No. What I've settled on, that works best for me, is doing a blog tour within my network of author friends, and booking in person events. I like to do a variety of venues: bookstores, libraries, craft & vendor shows, comic cons, ren faires, and art festivals. This year, with the release of the first book Trust of my new space opera series, The Narvan, I'm doing 30 different events all over Michigan.
I find personally connecting with readers to be the most gratifying way to get the word out . When I can do the same event a couple years in a row, it's even better, because then people know where to find me and come back for my next book. I try to release one or two books every year so I have something new to offer.
Link to participating authors at the Author Tent at the Lakeshore Art Festival https://emmapalova.com/2019/06/12/authors-at-lakeshore-art-festival/
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Super Bowl LIII Inspirations
February 4, 2019 emmapalova	1 Comment
January ice blown away by February victory of Patriots; Wind never felt better
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Lowell, MI- After the "unforgiving freeze" in the last week of January, the heated sixth victory of the New England Patriots in this year's Super Bowl felt like a warm balsam on the rattled nerves. It melted away the ice with the wind, and ushered in inspiration.
As an author, people ask me a lot of questions. My favorite one is: "What inspires you?"
As a freelance journalist, I've asked local artists and authors that same question more than a hundred times. I like being on both sides of that question; you never know what answer you're going to get or give.
Sometimes, inspiration comes in the form of an open space that needs to be filled, as a gap in time while waiting for snow or spring or from a masterpiece game.
I always eagerly expect the answer, but I have to think about my own response. There's a certain tension in the question itself, plus it's very timely as I have just found out. The artists most often say that nature inspires them and they have their specific spots they love to paint. For artist Kathleen Mooney, it's the Yellow Dog River in Upper Peninsula, for others it's the pretty garden by Ball's Ice Cream or the dogwood by the Franciscan Sisters.
Authors say that family, parish stories, crime and history have inspired them.
However, I've never heard anyone in the artist/author tribes say, "The Super Bowl inspires me."
On the contrary, I saw posts on writing groups on social media, that they're not going to watch the biggest American game.
"Superbowl Sunday? No thanks. I'll write. For the first time in about a month," Jade states.
"Need to correct American writers tonight; it's Super Bowl (two words, not one)," Warren responds.
"Proof that I don't care about the game," Jade professes his deepest beliefs.
"Superb owl," Hugo responds. "I mean you're wasting time on Facebook…"
Regardless, the correct spelling, the big game spurred a dialogue wherever you went; from general stores in the country, churches, main streets to living rooms. Anytime you have a heated discussion, you have a story: real and fiction.
After watching the spectacle on CBS from the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, I beg to differ from reports of a boring game. The opening NFL commercial with John Malkowich from the Roman Colosseum in Rome talking on the phone with Peyton Manning in the USA rocked the boat.
It was a game hard to watch, according to the commentators. Some would call it a nail-biting old-fashioned football game.
"Wind never felt better," Budweiser touted their use of wind energy in an ad.
And foreign car ads dominated the automobile scene, along with robots like The Transformer.
After 266 games, the New England Patriots won for the sixth time the Vince Lombardi Trophy on Sunday night just around 10 p.m.
"It was a physical game for a physical team," a commentator said. "Any way you slice it, it was a defensive masterpiece."
That's the story twist: a victory in a defensive game. Wind never felt better.
"It's sweet, we're still in," said Patriots owner CEO Bob Kraft. "We're all patriots."
Quarterback Tom Brady, 41, is expected to play the top role for the Patriots until 45. In response to the question what motivates and inspires him, Brady, looked around the stadium, and said.
"You, my fans, it feels like at home."
Ditto, Tom.
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January 15, 2019 emmapalova	1 Comment
Little Dreamers Sleepovers
A dream come true for Hastings woman
Grand Rapids, MI- Maranda Palova chatted about her business "Little Dreamers Sleepovers" with Fox 17 Morning Mix co-host LeighAnn Towne on Tuesday morning.
Inspired by her French niece Ella's request for a sleepover at her Hastings home, Palova designed a kids' birthday party line.
"My daughter Josephine and Ella enjoyed it so much that I thought why not let everyone enjoy a sleepover party," said Palova.
The path from idea to the final product- a themed tent set-up- at clients' home entailed a mix of hard work, innovation spiced with passion and creativity.
"I love kids," said Palova. "It's very rewarding. "
The most popular themes include: Unicorns, mermaids and minecraft.
Palova comes to a client's home two hours or earlier before the party to set up the sleepover scene complete with tents and all the party bells and whistles.
The next morning she tears down the tents leaving behind only precious memories.
"It's coming of age thing," Palova said. "It's heart warming. "
Palova loves changing the colors in different themes. She encourages early bookings. Her coverage area is within 60 miles radius of Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo or Hastings.
For booking and more info go to:
Little Dreamers Sleepovers on http://littledreamerssleepovers.com
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Day 5 #nanowrimo
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The National Novel Writing Month enters its first full week. You can still hop on, but don't wait too long. The average writing rate per day is 1,667 words.
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November 5, 2018 emmapalova	1 Comment
Happy Monday Wrimos,
We rolled into the first full week of the National Novel Writing Month at full speed with pep talks from author Andy Weir:
"First off, you have to accept that you're not going to be blazing away in a creative euphoria all the time," he wrote. "Next, you have to accept that your story will change as you write it."
Now, that I consider solid and decent advice as I forge ahead with "The Writer, the Nun and the Gardener" from the new anthology Shifting Sands: Secrets (c) 2018 Emma Palova. I have a clear intention to publish this sequel to Shifting Sands: Short Stories (c) 2017 Emma Palova.
Book cover for "Secrets" aka the Face of Gossip.
The characters have changed their roles and their names as they continue to evolve with the plot. This is my third day plugging away and it has taken young Zita from her disappointed world into a different one.
I struggled a little bit with the changes, but as Weir writes about the "rough patches" during the writing process: "When you read the pages later, you won't be able to tell which ones you wrote in a good flow and which ones were hard."
That's something to keep us going through the inevitable "rough patches."
I validated my word count at 10,016 words on http://www.nanowrimo.org
The next writing badge is set at 25,000 words, but I will divide that chunk into smaller pieces to make it palatable.
As weeks went by, Dona grew accustomed to the feeling of emptiness. She stopped the numerous attempts to reach her daughter. Zita's phone number did not exist anymore. She could wait for letters or messages; none ever came.
Summers turned into fall and winters, and these turned into years.
Kurt called Dona several times inquiring about Zita, if she had changed her mind. He was already back home from the college overseas, but he hadn't forgotten his high school girlfriend.
"How is she doing, Dona?" he asked occasionally. "Is she okay?"
Kurt was the only lifeline from the past to Zita, so Dona always answered unlike other phone calls. She stopped talking to Wilsa, since she was the messenger of the bad news.
"I don't know, Kurt," Dona said. "We haven't heard from her in five years."
As winter arrived with first snow, Dona finally received an ornate envelope with the insignia of the Dominican Sisters order.
It was an invitation to Zita's final vows at the convent. Dona was shocked to read the signature: Sister Theophane. That was Zita's new name forever.
"This is the last time, we will see our daughter," said Dona.
"No, you don't know anything about it," said Mike, "These Sisters can come out into the public."
"I don't want to see her anymore after this," said Dona.
Veni Sancte Spiritus played in the background of the chapel with huge organ pipes in the front. Then, the Sisters sang psalms. Mike and Dona sat in the back of the chapel. Dona noticed Kurt standing on the side by the stained glass windows.
Their beautiful daughter dressed in a white bride's gown with a wreath of yellow roses on her head, now Sister Theophane, walked alongside Mother Karla to profess the final vows. Mother Karla stepped aside to make room for new blood. Sister Theophane prostrated on the wooden floor in front of the priest and then recited the vows and received a ring. As such, she was the "Bride of Christ."
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October 7, 2018 emmapalova	Leave a comment
As Ludek and I celebrate our 40th wedding anniversary on Oct. 7th, I think about all those years spent with one man. We were both born in former Czechoslovakia.
In 1978, that seemed unimaginable to an 18-year-old girl still in the Zlin Gymnasium Prep School with university years of studying ahead of me.
"You're going to spend the rest of your life with one man?" classmate Zdenek asked me. "I can't even fathom that."
Yes, indeed. I spent all those years with one man.
"Boring," said an acquaintance jokingly some time ago. She herself had been married to one man for a long time.
Just like in everything, there were some great times and some rough times over the four decades. Some of them, I consider historical moments.
Following are some highlights that really stand out:
The birth of our daughter Emma in April of 1979, my graduation from the University of Brno in 1986, the birth of our son Jake in 1987 and the move to the United States of America in 1989. My book Shifting Sands Short Stories came out in 2017. I became an American citizen in 1999. Ludek will have his naturalization ceremony this year.
Our hometown Zlin in Czech Republic.
In between were big, medium and little things; all those elements that make up marriage.
"For better or for worse," as we said our wows.
Among the big things were: Weddings of our kids. Emma got married in Montrachet, Burgundy, France and Jake in Parnell, MI.
Another big shebang , I consider our celebration of the millennium at Stafford's Perry Hotel, where Hemingway once stayed. Since, I love history, I love to stay on historical properties.
To celebrate our 40th anniversary, we will be staying in the historical Murray Hotel on Mackinac Island. I find inspiration in history, because it has a tendency to repeat itself. You can predict things based on the past.
We were surfing rough waters when the recession hit in 2007 through 2009, and Ludek lost his job. Ludek had to leave the state of Michigan to work in Prarie-du-Chien, Wisconsin. I stayed in Lowell because we didn't want to lose the house. Our friends have lost theirs.
He commuted 500 miles to work and he came home for the weekends. When I wrote about it back at the peak of the depression in 2008, I got a response from a publication:
"That's normal, that's not a story."
Yes, maybe for them it wasn't. But for us it was a big story, as well as for millions of other Americans. I compensated the horror of separation and living by myself with a dog in the country by writing a screenplay. I bought Final Draft software and wrote about the assassination on liberal candidates.
We got through it with scars and hurts. Sometimes, it still hurts.
We still adhere to Czech traditions and customs, but we also have taken on new American traditions. It makes life interesting sharing two different cultures.
People ask me what do I miss the most about the old country?
"Definitely friends, since most of the family members have passed," I answer.
But, always having a positive outlook, writing and innovation helped us through the good and the bad. Of course there was more good than the bad. It depends on the perspective and interpretation.
The good prevailed in love, passion and belief in each other.
And like talk show host Ripa said on TV, "It always boils down to respect of each other."
The values we have established have carried us through; first comes our family, then passion for our work and innovation. This philosophy has always worked well throughout the years.
With well wishes for many more years.
Love always, Emma.
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Emma's February Book Signing @LowellArts
January 30, 2018 emmapalova	Leave a comment
February expands new horizons, get the scoop at Emma's author events & new Cool Vendors Abound blog
Author's note: These are my thoughts prior to the Feb. 3 book signing of my new book Shifting Sands Short Stories at the award-winning arts gallery in downtown Lowell from 1 to 4 p.m. The gallery presents the Grand Valley Artists-In View show.
LowellArts has received the Lowell Area Chamber of Commerce reward for the best non-profit organization for providing more arts programs and services, while positively impacting the downtown businesses.
"Yes, this is a big deal for Lowell," said Lorain Smalligan, executive director of LowellArts. "There are not many communities the size of Lowell with an arts center like LowellArts."
I look forward to February for several reasons: I consider February as the month of love, and the Mardi Gras extravaganza. I also squeeze in my annual writer's retreat in Florida.
1- January, the longest and coldest month will come to an end tomorrow, but we will also get to see the rare Super Blue Blood Moon for the first time in 150 years. The phenomenon consists of a super moon, a blue moon and a total lunar eclipse, aka blood moon, all in one. Don't miss out on Jan. 31.
2- I get to revise if I have stuck to my new year's resolutions. Let's look at this one close-up.
Among my many new year's resolutions was to get in shape; that is physically and mentally. I continue to exercise; 30 minutes of yoga and 30 minutes on the treadmill, plus freestyle weight lifting. I have yet to explore the possibilities of the yoga fitness 75-cm ball.
Mentally: My husband and I have signed up for Spanish classes so we can order lunch in Cuba. We both continue to go on Monday evenings under the tutelage of Mr. Jim Albert. I can now put together an entire sentence in Spanish:
"Yo voy a apprender Espanol." I am going to learn Spanish.
I meditate with one of the greatest thinkers of this world: Deepak Chopra in his "Making every Moment Matter" meditations.
3- Straighten out or strengthen relationships. Build new DIY sites.
Trainman Vas with Lionel train models in Paris, MI.
Now, this one is tougher than it looks. I have a lot more work to do, even though I managed to visit my brother Vas in Paris, MI last Sunday. A story "The Trainman" (c) Emma Palova is coming to my new site Cool Vendors Abound.
Visit Cool Vendors at http://farmcountryblog.wordpress.com
I re-purposed the farm country theme blog to a broader base for vendors, hobbyists and DIY crafts.
4- Moderation; I practice moderation on drinking only two cups of coffee a day .
5- The Dominant goal reigns over it all; and that is fiction writing.
I am currently working on Shifting Sands: Secrets, Book 2.
I will be discussing at my upcoming Emma's author events including the book signings at LowellArts on Feb. 3 and March 10 the following themes:
"How to start and finish your book in 2018."
"How to write about love."
Looking forward to seeing you soon. You can also shoot me a note or a question at emmapalova@yahoo.com. Come for inspiration.
Buy a copy of my book locally at Schuler Books in Grand Rapids and in Okemos, Lansing. I will have a few copies on hand.
For info on LowellArts go to: http://www.lowellartsmi.org
For info on Schuler books go to : http://schulerbooks.com
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Lorenz, Czech restaurant with Austrian flavors
Restaurant Lorenz, a dream come true for Czech & Slovak couple
After working as a chef at a Viennese restaurant for 30 years, Jan Laurencik opened a restaurant in beautiful Kromeriz with wife Eva on this wintry day at the end of January.
Having a restaurant in Kromeriz has been a lifelong dream for this enterprising couple, Jan & Eva. Jan is from Slovakia, Eva is a lifelong resident of Kromeriz in Czech Republic.
The fusion of the Austrian dishes with Czech is apparent in the entrees such as the featured Old Viennese pork knee on a skewer with red cabbage sauerkraut, hot pepper and bread, served on a plank and accompanied by Bernard beer.
"It is delicious with a well-balanced tangy taste of the sauerkraut," said Emma Palova. Palova visited Kromeriz and the local restaurants many times. "I love this Moravian specialty. The beer washes down the grease from the knee. It's finger-licking good."
The weekly menu features daily specials with soup included and a choice of four entrees ranging in price from 85 kc to 135 kc. KC stands for Czech currency, Czech crowns.
The restaurant/cafe menu is complete with a piece of Vienna; that is the Sachr Torte. The Sachr chocolate cake has been the most famous cake in the world since 1832, and the original recipe remains a well-kept secret.
The featured coffee is the Vienna melange with Mozart's kugel confection. The large selection of desserts also features traditional Czech "pohar" cup with fruits, whipped cream and ice cream.
And of course the dessert menu would not be complete without the famous apple strudel, home to both Austria and Czech Republic.
Congratulations to my friends Eva Larencikova and her husband Jan to the opening of the Lorenz Restaurant & Kavarna in beautiful Kromeriz, Czech Republic.
Note: Eva and I met on a "Hops" train to Zatec in 1982. We spent three weeks in the Bohemian hops fields picking hops in order to obtain a university credit from the Technical University of Brno. The hops brigade was mandatory under the socialist educational system. Hops in all forms including liquid as in beer, have cemented our lifetime long distance friendship. The pork knee on a plank with beer was our favorite dish during our student years in Brno, because it was good and cheap. The distance across the Atlantic Ocean has changed nothing in our relationship.
You don't need a Reservation to this Czech Viennese cafe.
http://www.ulorenze.cz/
Featured photo: Courtesy of Lorenz Restaurant & Kavarna
Smoked pork knee on a skewer with red sauerkraut and bread served on a plank.
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Emma's winter book signings at LowellArts
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Shifting Sands Short Stories book signing press release
Local author Emma Palova will have book signings at Lowell Arts Gallery
To be released immediately
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Lowell, MI- Local author Emma Palova will have book signing events of "Shifting Sands Short Stories" at the Lowell Arts Gallery on Main Street on Jan. 13 & Feb. 3 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Palova, a former reporter for the Lowell Ledger, has published the book of short stories based on her immigration, retail and journalistic experience. Both formats, Kindle for $7.99 and paperback for $11.99 are now available on Amazon, and locally at Schuler Books in Grand Rapids and in Lansing.
The book is a collection of 13 short stories that Palova wrote and collected over the span of more than two decades. The fiction's genre is magic realism, a combination of fantasy with reality.
"In magic realism you combine the fictitious with fantasy and sometimes you use real characters to model the fictitious characters," Palova said. "It can be a hybrid. I don't write about Martians. I write about real people."
Palova started writing for the Czechoslovak Newsweek based in New York City in 1990 upon arrival in the USA. She initially wrote a column, "Place for Commentary" in Czech. That was the only time she wrote in her native language, Czech.
Many of the stories are based on experiences Palova has had during her time living and working in the greater Lowell area in Michigan.
"Life is an awesome tapestry of stories," she said. "I love chatting with my fans. People mostly want to know how to finish the books they have started writing. It's not an easy question to ask, and definitely not an easy one to answer."
Palova will be offering writing and publishing tips at her upcoming author's events.
"Success comes from everyday writing, building a following and meeting with fans," she said.
Palova has been writing for the area publications since 1997 when she launched her journalistic career with Kaechele Publications in Allegan. In 1998, she joined the staff of the Ionia-Sentinel Standard where she received awards for community reporting from the Ionia Chamber of Commerce in 2000 and the Ionia County Community Mental Health, 2003. Palova also had a community blog in the Ionia Sentinel-Standard.
Palova worked as a correspondent for the Grand Rapids Press, the Advance Newspapers, Gemini Publications and the Lowell Ledger.
Palova is currently working on the second volume of stories, as well as on the memoir "Greenwich Meridian, where East meets West" about the Konecny family immigration saga from communist Czechoslovakia to the USA.
She is preparing her first novel "Fire on Water" for publication. She has also penned a screenplay "Riddleyville Clowns."
Palova has a lifetime passion for history and politics. She does social media marketing for the Fallasburg Historical Society (FHS).
"I am deeply humbled by the opportunities this country has given to me," Palova said.
She became a US citizen in 1999 in Grand Rapids.
Shifting Sands Short Stories on Amazon
https://www/amazon.com/Shifting-Sands-Short-Stories-stories/dp/152130226X
https://www.amazon.com/Emma-Palova/e/B0711XJ6GY
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https://www.schulerbooks.com
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James Michael Tyler, Gunther From Friends, Reveals Stage 4 Cancer Diagnosis
"Eventually, you know, it's gonna probably get me"
James Michael Tyler, the actor who played Central Perk employee Gunther on "Friends" throughout the show's run, just revealed his Stage 4 prostate cancer diagnosis on "TODAY."
The actor, 59, says he was diagnosed with prostate cancer which had spread to his bones in September 2018. "It's stage 4 [now]. Late stage cancer," he added. "So eventually, you know, it's gonna probably get me."
Actor James Michael Tyler (@slate_michael) played Gunther on "Friends" for 10 years, but he was unable to attend the recent cast reunion in person because he's been battling a serious health issue. Now he's sharing his news for the first time with @craigmelvin. pic.twitter.com/272tg4Sbvc
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Tyler said his diagnosis was partly why he appeared via Zoom at the recent "Friends" reunion on HBO Max, saying initially he was supposed to make a cameo in person.
"It was bittersweet, honestly. I was very happy to be included. It was my decision not to be a part of that physically and make an appearance on Zoom, basically, because I didn't wanna bring a downer on it, you know?" he said. "I didn't want to be like, 'Oh, and by the way, Gunther has cancer.'"
When asked whether his former costars knew, he said he has been corresponding with David Schwimmer on Instagram and the show's producers have "been aware for a long time" of his prognosis.
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Pseudophilautus auratus est une espèce d'amphibiens de la famille des Rhacophoridae.

Répartition

Cette espèce est endémique du Sri Lanka. Elle est présente dans les monts Rakwana, entre 513 et  d'altitude.

Description
Pseudophilautus auratus mesure de 22 à  pour les mâles et de 22 à  pour les femelles. Son dos est jaune pâle avec des taches brun sombre. Son ventre est blanc ou blanc jaunâtre.

Étymologie
Son nom d'espèce, du latin , « or », lui a été donné en référence à sa couleur jaune.

Publication originale
 Manamendra-Arachchi & Pethiyagoda, 2005 : The Sri Lankan shrub-frogs of the genus Philautus Gistel, 1848 (Ranidae: Rhacophorinae), with description of 27 new species. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Supplement Series, ,  (texte intégral).

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Anoure (nom scientifique)
Rhacophorinae
Faune endémique du Sri Lanka

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Cambridge Price Comparison: What Under $1M Buys Right Now
By Tom Acitelli@tomacitelli Jun 29, 2016, 11:00am EDT
Just about anywhere else in the U.S. of A. it would seem absurd to use under $1,000,000 as a starting point for finding a more affordable spot in a particular municipality.
Not in Cambridge, home of the mega-deal(TM). There simply are not that many properties for sale for under $1M. Our latest Curbed Comparisons map here, in fact, contains the bulk of those properties. All are condos and all are on the cheaper side for the People's Republic.
Cambridge Condo Sells in 19 Days for $1.1M Over Its Asking Price [Curbed Boston]
1. The Rand at Porter, #406
This 1,344-square 2-BR, 2-BA is part of a new condo complex called the Rand at Porter. The price is $850,000 and the condo fee is a low, low $49. Private parking is available for an additional $50,000.
2. 192 Raymond Street, #8
192 Raymond St
Another new-construction number, this a 1,065-square-foot 2-BR, 2-BA with a private roof deck. The asking is $819,900 and the condo fee is $265.
3. 10 Museum Way, #624
10 Museum Way
This 2-BR, 2-BA corner unit runs to 1,047 square feet and includes valet parking. The asking is $749,000 and the condo fee is $58.
4. 217 Harvard Street, #1R
217 Harvard St
This recently renovated first-floor unit is 1,190 square feet. It has two bedrooms and two bathrooms as well as a private deck out back. The asking is $740,000 and the condo fee is $254.
5. 16 Chauncy Street, #27
16 Chauncy St
A very straight-ahead 2-BR, 1-BA here. It is asking $724,900, and has not traded in more than 25 years. The condo fee was not listed.
6. 1 Earhart Street, #719
1 Earhart St
This duplex loft comes with a deeded parking space as well as access to a free shuttle to M.I.T. and Kendall Square. The 997-square-foot 1-BR, 2-BA is asking $713,000 and has a condo fee of $650.
7. 345 Harvard Street, #1E
A covered parking space comes with the $650,000 price tag for this 856-square-foot 2-BR, 2-BA. There's also a private balcony. The condo fee is $441.
8. 15 Trowbridge Street, #8
15 Trowbridge St
The kitchen has been renovated in this 800-square-foot 2-BR, 1-BA with a parking space and a private deck. The whole shebang is up for grabs at $609,800 and the condo fee is not listed.
9. 134 Third Street, #1
134 Third St
This 569-square-foot 2-BR, 1-BA comes with two tandem parking spaces. It is asking an astonishingly (for Cambridge) low price of $399,000. The condo fee is $200.
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In the 1980s, when Australia seemed to have reached the peak of poor fashion decisions and overwrought music, Stephen Cutting made the decision to leave and seek a different life. He responded to an advertisement seeking teachers to work in Nigeria and, with little knowledge of the place, packed his bags and moved overseas. This was a life changing decision for Stephen and one which resulted in love, marriage and a baby carriage [make that three].
Stephen Cutting is my father, and a man whose lived experience is reflected through conversation. He is aware of his place of privilege as a white man, has experienced the racism that comes with marrying a black woman and raising mixed race children, and actively seeks opportunities in his older years to understand and support his children's own experience of this. Above our family ties of father and daughter, Stephen is a friend and confidante, and a person I respect.
THE PIN. Can you describe your childhood in Australia?
STEPHEN CUTTING. From the perspective of now, and with changes in technology, it was a time that seems very long ago. My memory of my childhood is that of putting on a pair of shorts and thongs, getting on my bike and leaving in the morning, then coming back at night. I lived in a town of just dirt roads and barking dogs.
When you think back to your childhood does it seem quintessentially 'Australian'?
S. Yes, yes it does.
So you were travelling when you met my mother, Mary, what cultural differences stood out the most to you in contrast to Australian culture?
S. Probably the whole importance of family. Everything in Nigeria is governed by relationships, be it family or tribal. There was also a lot of ceremony that governed these relationships, it is more hierarchical in contrast to the very casual attitude of Australians. I think it's something people don't realise from the western perspective, just how important it is to observe these values.
Were there particular cultural differences that were very hard to adjust to?
S. Well, you're always kind of an outsider, really. So you don't really adjust because you just have to accept the differences as an outsider looking in. I was accorded my place in Nigerian society as a foreigner and never really saw myself as being anything other than that but yes it took sometime to learn how to 'go with the flow' when it came to getting things done, particularly in dealing with bureaucracy. Being allocated to a a school on arrival took a long time; getting paid was not something you could take for granted; getting leave could also take a long time and all these things were frustrating for someone who had grown up expecting entitlements would be given when due. There was absolutely no point on becoming indignant about these things, in fact that would always make things move more slowly. If you became impatient when the person you were waiting on to process your 'whatever' was taking half an hour to greet someone else then you needed to take stock and accept that it was important for people to observe custom when greeting someone.
Were you at all hesitant in starting a relationship with someone from a different culture, but also of a different skin colour?
S. Well, you don't make a decision that you're going to start a relationship. The decision was more about 'will I try to see her again, will I try to arrange a date', so you don't think about all of the other stuff like marriage, children, moving to Australia and building a house. I suppose those thoughts came later when I asked Mary to marry me. It became a consideration and I remember talking to an Englishman I shared a house with in Nigeria. He mused on the ramifications of marrying somebody of a different colour and culture, I remember he specifically asked me whether I had thought of how it would be for our children, if we had them. At that point I had thought more about interracial marriage and what it might mean for us because Mary's family had objected to us seeing one another. There was a lot of pressure for us to end our relationship, and it was difficult.
How did strangers react to your relationship?
S. On the whole, very negatively. People in Australia see cross cultural marriages and assume you're some guy who has gone overseas and 'bought a wife', more or less. The notion that you'd go to Nigeria and 'pick up a wife', so to speak, is just so far from the truth!
Nigerians also made the same sort of assumptions, I suppose that they thought a Nigerian woman going out with a white man was kind of cheap So there was a lot of disapproval there, and an underwritten assumption that Mary must have been 'easy'. She experienced quite a lot of pressure because she was more aware of the disapproval. As a stranger I wasn't really tuned into all of the non-verbal communication. She must have had a tough time because I'd say 'to hell with them', let's go to this place or have a drink here', as you would when dating in Australia and by and large she would go out with me and I don't think she ever told me at what cost. .
So you returned to Australia and settled down, was it strange returning to your own country?
S. Yeah, two and a half years in Nigeria was a long time. Things had changed here and I had such a different perspective when I came back to Australia. I'd been living in a place where there were no telephones and where I had to drive half a day to transact any business. Where I was the only white person for a long way around quite often too. Coming back to Australia made me acutely aware of being back and jumping into the easy sort of patter other you have with other Australians.
How did your family react to your relationship?
S. I think a few of them were predisposed to liking Mary because she was a Christian, so they had this kind of acceptance. There was perhaps a bit of reluctance on my dad's part. He was a taciturn sort of person and Mary's kind of formal politeness rubbed him the wrong way.
The arrival of our first child was a game-changer for my dad though, he really loved him.
What kind of questions have people asked you about your mixed race children?
S. Nobody has ever asked me a direct question about my kids being mixed race. The only questions I get about my kids are the sort of general questions any parent would get.
The only time our mixed race relationship is made reference to, is through the question of how we met. I'm impatient with the question, it's kind of a code for 'let's talk about the fact that you're in a mixed race relationship'. It has this underlying thing of you're white and your wife is black so…..how come? It's my version of the 'where are you from' question.
Did you ever feel the need to reinforce a sense of identity and place in your children?
S. Earlier on, Mary and I had the idea that you kids might learn to speak Hausa. We tried for a while with our eldest but my smattering of Hausa made it obvious it wasn't going to work. We couldn't expect a child to grow up in a household where one person spoke one language and the other the language of the host country.
Then there was a long period of time when we had little to do with Mary's family, partly due to the difficulty of communicating – no phones, letters took a long time and went astray, and partly because of the hostility to our marriage. Of course family connections are so integral to developing that sense of identity and the schism was detrimental to that. We also lived in the country, first in Rainbow and then in Yea, so mixing with other Nigerians was difficult although we did try to build such relationships. Rather than focusing solely on being Nigerian we sought the company of people of other cultural and racial backgrounds and socialised with them. I was always aware that my kids were living in a very monocultural town and there were a number of occasions when it was brought home to me that my kids were feeling not totally accepted, and that people were drawing attention to 'your' difference. It's become a lot clearer in retrospect.
Do you think your children are comfortable in their identities now?
S. In some ways questions of identity seem to have become more of an issue for our kids in adulthood but I think that is because my daughters articulate their thoughts more now and this gives rise to Mary and I thinking we should have done more connect with the family, travel to Nigeria, persevere with the language, etc. Who knows? Sometimes children of mixed race couples can react badly to having to conform to cultural values that they see as alien to their host culture.
A lot of these issues were put into a much clearer context when I've travelled overseas with yourself and my other daughter, Estelle, on separate occasions. That really brought home to me the question of racial difference more than it ever has in Australia. I remember I was walking down the street with Estelle in New York and a black woman said, 'what are you doing with that old man, honey?'. Race is different in the United States and people were transmitting that consciousness, assuming ours was something other than a father-daughter relationship.
I think the short answer is - I think you're all pretty confident about who you are, but you are all reminded of your difference by people who see that before they see the similarities that all people share.
THE PIN. If you could give your younger self one piece of advice about being in the skin you're in, what would it be? And what would you tell your kids and grandkids?
STEPHEN CUTTING. As one of your contributors said ' culture is the water we swim in', so it's important to put your head above the water and see yourself in a wider context. My advice would be that it's important to understand having white skin is a sort of ticket - often undeserved by the individual - to a class of privilege purely by accident of birth. There is no need to feel guilt about that but it is important to understand. What I would impart to my kids and grandkids? I wouldn't want to impart some folksy notion that it's only colour and that it doesn't mean anything more than that. I don't think platitudes like that help people when they leave the security of the home and go out into society where people have prejudices. I would say that you have to go out into the world with knowledge. You can say, 'yes, I am of mixed heritage and I represent the future.


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Miriam Makeba Sang Truth To Power
December 18, 2019 | EIleen Guo | 4 min.
Also known as Mama Africa, the South African songstress used her voice to uplift her people and spread a message of Civil Rights.
If South African singer Miriam Makeba—who later became known as Mama Africa—had followed the rules, we might have never heard her voice at all. Instead, the outspoken singer championed Civil Rights, traveled the world, and brought the sounds of Africa to a global audience.
Born on March 4, 1932 in a jail cell just outside of Johannesburg, South Africa where her mother was serving a sentence for illegally brewing beer, Makeba grew up with the limited opportunities available to Black African women during Apartheid. After her father's early death, Makeba followed in her mother's footsteps as a domestic worker. She married at 17, had her first and only child, a daughter named Bongi, and beat breast cancer, before starting the singing career that would make her famous.
Makeba was in several bands before joining The Skylarks, an all-female group that propelled her to fame. She sang in the musical style popular in South Africa's Black townships at the time, a combination of American jazz and Anglican church song that became known as mbube.
Her role in the Skylarks won her a role in the 1959 anti-Apartheid movie, Come Back, Africa, in which she played herself and sang two of her songs. As a result, Makeba was invited by the filmmakers to its premiere at the Venice Film Festival, which led to invitations to perform in London, New York, and Europe. In London, she met the American folk singer Henry Belaforte, who became a close mentor and later, collaborator; in 1965 they won a Grammy for their album, An Evening With Belaforte/Makeba.
Makeba's growing international popularity was not matched in her own country. When her mother died in 1960, when Makeba tried her return to South Africa for the funeral and was turned away at the airport. The government had canceled her South African passport as a result of her role in Come Back, Africa.
Unable to return to her home country, Makeba moved to the United States with Belaforte's help. He assisted with her visa application, flew her to Los Angeles to appear on the Steve Allen Show (which had 60 million viewers), and then helped Makeba get a residency at the popular New York City club, the Village Vanguard. Her first show was attended by Duke Ellington, Nina Simone, Sidney Poitier, and Miles Davis.
All of this momentum helped the released Makeba's first self-titled album in 1960. Its mix of folk music, foreign lyrics (some in her native Xhosa), and the growing interest in African culture made her sound quickly popular. Critics loved it and hailed Makeba for the unique sound of an "African tribeswoman."
The accolades kept coming. In 1962, she was invited to perform at President John F. Kennedy's birthday celebration— alongside Marilyn Monroe. In 1963 and 1964, the young singer was invited to speak in front of the United Nations General Assembly about apartheid in South Africa.
But if her mere appearance in a film would lead to the South African government's cancelation of her passport, perhaps the government's response to her speech at the UN could be expected—South Africa officially revoked Maekba's citizenship in 1963. Several other countries offered Makeba citizenship, and the singer received nine passports and 10 honorary citizenships during her lifetime. Yet she would live in exile from her true homeland for over 30 years, until 1990, when she returned at the invitation of Nelson Mandela, the African National Congress' newly-freed leader.
Despite the South African government's opinion, Makeba did not consider herself to be a political figure. As she later recounted in a 2004 interview with NPR:
"I am not a politician, but I am a South African who feels and who knows where I come from, and what we are going through…I don't sing politics, I sing about the truth."
And as she spent more time outside of Africa, "the truth" also increasingly found its way into her music and her personal life. Through her music, she would later lend her voice to issues such as the Civil Rights Movement and, later, combating HIV/AIDS, as well as the poor treatment of African migrant workers.
But of course, "the truth" is inherently political, and Makeba's own vision of herself as apolitical was increasingly challenged in her personal life. In 1968, Makeba married Civil Rights activist, Black Panther, and Black power advocate Stokely Carmichael. It was her fourth of five marriages, but it had the biggest impact on her musical career. Carmichael was seen as deeply controversial in the United States, and her association with him led to American record labels canceling her contracts and concerts, as well as surveillance by the FBI and CIA under the COINTELPRO program, which began monitoring Black activists in 1956.
While the couple were traveling in the Bahamas for her music, the United States became the second country to effectively kick Makeba out, canceling her visa and preventing her from returning. But at this point, the couple had also grown weary of the constant surveillance and harassment. At the invitation of the president, they took refuge in the West African country Guinea, which would become Makeba's home for the next 15 years.
Even as she was discovering and creating a new home for herself in Guinea, the country also became a site of grief for the singer. She and Carmicahel divorced in 1978 and in 1985, Bongi died in childbirth, leaving behind two children. After burying her only child in Guinean soil, Makeba resettled in Brussels, Belgium with her grandchildren. She continued her musical career, joining Paul Simon on his successful Graceland: The African Concert tour, while also continuing to make her own music.
That tour that began a renewed interest in America for Makeba's music, though she had never stopped creating.
Her last act on earth was to sing and perform; she passed away in 1976, after performing her most popular song, "Pata Pata," at a concert in the small town of Caserta, Italy, in support of the rights of African migrant workers.
Even in death, Makeba stayed true to the causes that were important to her, and to music itself, which was both her passion and her power. As she said in her memoir, Makeba: My Story, "I kept my culture. I kept the music of my roots. Through my music I became this voice and image of Africa and the people without even realizing."
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Quixall Crossett
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Anything happen while i was out ???
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Originally Posted by Quixall Crossett
I'm surprised that having waited so long - you did not wait a bit longer and could be laying it a lot shorter now # But I suppose your motto is a bird in the hand etc. Unbackable for me now at that price anyway.
Originally Posted by clancy
Hindsight is a wonderful thing mate. If i knew it was going to go down so much i obviously would have kept hold of it. But you have to set the price you think it will go down to and then let go. I've laid it back at just over 10/1 which is fine by me. I do this thing day in and day out and very rarely will i hit the exact bottom price. But then again, i dont expect to. I set the price i am laying it back at and that is that.
I agree it is unbackable at that price now. But then again, with a stable like this, at what price would you back it ? I am talking for a straight bet here. This thing could just as likely drift back out again later and/or tail off, pull up, be beaten 70L plus, who knows ???
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Wish I had done the Forecast earlier in the day, top bombing QC
Gamblor
Worth the wait, legendary stuff QC.
Yddraig
OUTSTANDING QC!! THANK YOU!!!
Flyingbolt
Ex-Administrator
Great stuff QC, well done!
You have to love horse racing. A plan over a year in the making, 20/1 into 6/4 and then it almost goes tits up at the first hurdle.
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Well that was easy wasnt it ?!?! Even had time to show off with a bit of a rodeo act at the first.
I would love to be a fly on the wall when they have him in over it.
Very pleased to see that so many people stuck by it Well done.
Originally Posted by typhoon
Good call with that one mate. If it hadnt have bumped into a horse with at least two stone in hand you would have had a nice price winner.
I would not have known where to start. Irish racing and form are not my thing........................usually
ONEDUNME
The English Midlands
Top stuff as ever but what a roller-coaster that was. i backed it at 20s then again at 12s, laid some at tens, backed in again at around 22s, laid it at 15s and then again at about 3/1.
This sort of shit just shouldn't happen
Big thank you again QC
Forgot to add. Job done with that one now, cross it off your list.
Down to just the one Ronan horse now. More of this one when the ground turns soft, heavy, desperate, bottomless, etc etc etc
253C1 30 Free Bet For New Customers Hcap H'dleThe Stewards enquired into the apparent improvement in form of Dreal Deal, trained by Ronan M.P. McNally, placed first compared with its past form. Andrew Shaw, IHRB Senior NH Handicapper gave a general summary on this animals poor form during it's racing career and summarised today's performance as being an improvement in excess of 2 stone. In his opinion based on past form he was surprised with the confidence behind todays run. He advised the Stewards that the recent runs under the Rules of Racing were outside his remit. Ronan M.P. McNally, trainer, stated that his yard had been under a cloud since November 2019 and aspergillus had been the diagnosed problem to explain the illness of all his horses. He felt that this condition accounted for their abysmal performances. Following the poor performance by his charge The Jam Man at the Cheltenham Festival in March he turned all his horses out and they lived in the paddocks without being ridden out. He recalled that the reopening of the racing following the lockdown was the time at which he brought his horses back in and started to train them again. Under questioning as to why Dreal Deal ran on the 17th June at Gowran Park in a nine furlong flat race when it appeared from evidence that the animal had only returned to racing following a three to four month layoff, the trainer stated that he was about 80% fit on that occasion. Under further questioning about running this animal under the Rules of Racing, the trainer stated that this was done to sharpen him up. He explained that this animal had been purchased privately having been previously trained as a Point to Pointer having shown good racing form. He felt in hindsight that the animal should have been laid off and allowed to mature following a tough training regime. He was satisfied that his patience with this animal brought him back to good health. He contributed today's improved run to the fact that his horses are now working well with all training done at home or locally. He was unable to account for the strong market support for his charge today and felt that it may have been local support. Evidence was also heard from Mr E.P. O'Brien, todays rider, who had also previously ridden this animal both in his Point to Points when handled by Paul O'Flynn and on three occasions when trained by Mr McNally. He stated that this was a nice young horse when racing in Point to Points but disappointed thereafter. He did not pinpoint any specific reason for the poor performance on the previous occasions that he had ridden him. Having considered the evidence the Stewards referred the matter to the Referrals Committee.
I'm sick of telling you lot, the best headgear around is when money is placed on a horse's nose. It improves them stones !!!
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Originally Posted by Flyingbolt
Indeed. It would have been a nightmare for them if it had come down bearing in mind what transpired.
And with you being slightly over the age of 21 like myself, you will obviously remember the Gay Future coup. I mention it because a couple of mates of mine who i put the horse up to have rung me asking me if i thought this was similar with Da Baba Elephant being pulled out and therefore the double becoming a single.
Thoughts ?
I think Ronan may be in a spot of bother with this one although i'm amazed at all the moaners who are saying it had no form. Fair enough it was in May of last year but i've highlighted it enough on here. The run with Lively Citizen and Es Perfecto behind is an excellent effort. And Lovely Citizen then went on to finish second to Socialist Agenda, who is two from two in bumpers, with Courtandbould back in third. And as we all know, Courtandbould is three from four over hurdles this season and is rated 132.
A tenuous link some might say. But isnt that is what poring over the form is all about ? The form IS there in the book, its just took sixteen months to resurface.
I have to say that he doesnt really do himself any favours trying to come across as innocent and being picked on and cracking on he is just a kitchen salesman. A simple "small trainers like me have to make our money with touches" would be better. But what does make me laugh, and i stand to be corrected on this, is that his kitchen company is called Krafty Kitchens !!
he got away with most of it as per usual with that explanation, it's like they have the same script which is all well and good but pulling out his other horse was a very devious stunt
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Yeah - I ordered a table from Krafty Kitchens.
He delivered a leg - and said he would be delivering the other three over the next year or so.
I'm surprised nobody has mentioned how Easy Cash D'Alex played a small part in this. As soon as i saw the money, and when Onlyhuman mentioned it, the first thing that sprung to mind was SMOKESCREEN !!
Thats all it was. But it did its job. Dreal Deal started to drift when the cash came for his other one which is mission accomplished if you ask me. "They" were falling over themselves to lump on Easy Cash D'Alex at any odds and its easy to see why. The horse was never going to run !! Shades of the Gay Future plan here but thats exactly how it looks. Of course, when they do hold a further enquiry, there is no way on this planet that the "powers that be" will be able to prove that but that doesnt mean that they wont think that.
It was a smokescreen pure and simple. There was only one of his horses primed to win yesterday and we all know which one it was.
Right. This could be a bit of a long piece so make yourselves a cuppa, grab a piece of cake (large slice ) and settle back.
I am down to my last Ronan horse (for the time being) and i thought i might as well share it because after yesterday, i very much doubt we are going to get any fancy prices about his horses for a while. That said, i wouldnt pay any of the guessers that are around at this moment in time with washers so you never know.
The horse is called Tin Town Liz and even the clueless pundits and journalists who are saying that Dreal Deal had no form should be able to see this one.
It is a seven year old and started life with J.Woods and had one spin on the flat and one over hurdles in May and December of 2016 before having a fourteen month break. It reappeared in a point at Kirkistown in Feb 2018 and absolutely sluiced up by 25L on heavy ground. It returned to that course four weeks later and won again, this time by 6L and also on heavy. It next ran at Loughanmore but was beaten in a three runner affair when long odds on.
It then moved to J.G.Cosgrave and ran four times over hurdles in 2018 and didnt show a great deal although it was only beaten 11L on its last run and there was money around for it that day going off 9/2. It was then off from June 2018 until November of last year by which time it had moved to Ronan. It has had just the one run for him and of course it was well beaten and went off at 25/1. It raced off a mark of 95 that day but has since been dropped to 93. It has been off ever since and has no current entries.
But going back to its point form, there are a few clues among its runs although one thing did make me chuckle. In its first point, the second horse came out and won on its next outing and the third horse was just touched off in his next outing. The rest of the field were pulled up that day but amongst them were Alright Marlene who won a point two runs later at Bellurgan Park and also Hidden Dilemma who has won two handicap hurdles for Stuart Crawford, both at Carlisle. The horse has also finished second and third on his only other two runs there and i have no doubt the horse will be seen at Carlisle at some time in the near future.
In its second point, it beat a horse called Commanding Spirit who was trained by Peter Flood at the time. I say "at the time" because he is now trained by..........................drumroll please............................Sir Micky !!! This one has shown very little so far for the maestro but we can all just keep an eye on it.
Back in third in this point though was Sizing Rome for Jim Dreaper.. This lad has been off since well beaten behind The Big Lense at the Listowel festival last year. Obviously something was amiss that day and its to be hoped that the horse recovers from whatever was wrong. He had won four chases in the space of eleven months and is currently rated 134.
So, in a nutshell, the form is there if you dig deep enough. Just like Dreal Deal really. I am certain that Tin Town Liz will win races. But as i said yesterday, the million dollar question is WHEN ?????????????????????
Dont look at me, i havent a clue
Never mind Nahaarr finishing the Ayr Gold Cup like he had been fired from a cannon, the most jaw-dropping race of the weekend was at Navan on Saturday, when Dreal Deal sailed past a bunch of handicap hurdlers as if he had joined in at halfway.
This was a horse who had shown no real promise in seven previous hurdle races, yet he had been backed as if such an effort was expected, from an opening 20-1 down to 6-4.
His performance was the more remarkable because he all but fell at the first flight, losing all momentum and quite a bit of ground, ballooned most of his hurdles thereafter and went widest of all. Yet, at one of the stiffest tracks in Ireland, those problems seemed to have taken no toll whatever as he cantered six lengths clear on the run-in. "We are chuffed," said his owner/trainer, Ronan McNally, to the Racing Post.
But the mood had changed when McNally spoke to me on Sunday, by which time he says the handicapper had told him how much higher Dreal Deal will now be in the ratings. "He's going up by 19lb because of this whole storm on social media," McNally said. "That's nearly like the horse winning four races.
"What's the chance of him going and winning off 19lb higher now? His chances have vastly decreased. The media were saying: 'Oh, he's won with four stone in hand,' but they were just saying it flippantly. They were laughing. And then everyone on social media kicked off, big gamble this, big gamble that.
"It's near impossible, 19lb, Jesus. There's £6,000 made [in prize money] and now I'm on a hiding to nothing.
"Everyone thinks you have this big gamble landed and you have all this money, that's totally inaccurate. I'm very frustrated about the whole situation."
McNally, who says there was sickness in his yard when Dreal Deal ran poorly in the past, backed him on Saturday but insists his winnings will hardly make a dent in the horse's £50,000 purchase price. He is not, he adds, a big-time gambler and prize money is the income source on which he relies.
"I'm no different to any man, if I think my horse is going to run well, I'll have a few quid on, that's what most people in racing do. But if I thought I could run my operation through gambling, I'd be out of business in two days. You have to try and win prize money, jeepers creepers."
The matter has been passed to Irish racing's referrals committee for further investigation, so we will see if that process brings any further light. Personally, I reckon Dreal Deal has got off pretty lightly with a 19lb rise. As the Post's analyst, David Jennings, noted: "He won with at least a stone in hand, possibly two, maybe even more."
McNally's operation is a small one but it is only just over a year since his name came up in similar circumstances, when the well-backed The Jam Man won easily at Southwell, having been beaten 98 lengths on his previous start. The trainer also felt that was explicable, mentioning sickness in his stable as explaining the horse's previous form, and protested when the stewards interviewed him three times during the course of the day, saying it made him feel "like a criminal", although no action was taken against him
The surprising thing to me is that the green and gold have nothing with him - given that they have so many under their control - I mean so many that they generously support.
However I think he is a marked man now - Will have to get a licence for the lad that fits the kitchens for his next plot - imo.
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Phylogenetic relationships and species differentiation of 39 Legionella species by sequence determination of the RNase P RNA gene rnpB
Carl-Johan Rubin1, Mikael Thollesson2, Leif A. Kirsebom3, Björn Herrmann1
Affiliations: 1 1Department of Clinical Microbiology, University Hospital, SE-751 85 Uppsala, Sweden 2 2Department of Molecular Evolution, EBC, Uppsala University, Norbyvägen 18C, SE-19530 Uppsala, Sweden 3 3Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Box 596, Biomedical Centre, SE-75124 Uppsala, Sweden
CorrespondenceBjörn Herrmann
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First Published: 01 September 2005 https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.63656-0
The rnpB gene is ubiquitous in Bacteria, Archaea and Eucarya and encodes the RNA component of RNase P, an endoribonuclease P that consists of one RNA and one protein subunit (C5). In this study, partial rnpB genes were sequenced from 39 type strains and 16 additional strains of the genus Legionella. Models of the putative secondary structures of the RNase P RNA in the genus Legionella are proposed and possible interactions between RNase P RNA and C5 are discussed. The phylogenetic relationships within the genus Legionella were examined and rnpB sequences indicated six main clades that together comprised 27 of the 39 species examined. The phylogenetic relationships were further inferred by analysing combined datasets of sequences from the rnpB, mip, 16S rRNA and rpoB genes. It is concluded that rnpB is suitable for use in phylogenetic studies of closely related species and that it exhibits the potential to discriminate between Legionella species.
Keyword(s): AFLP, amplified fragment length polymorphism , MLST, multilocus sequence typing , MP, maximum parsimony , NAIM, nucleotide analogue modification interference , NJ, neighbour-joining , sg, serogroup and SW, Shannon–Wiener
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Kenny Jackett's boys deliver for fans
Wolverhampton Wanderers manager Kenny Jackett insisted the dramatic 1-0 victory at Milton Keynes Dons was nothing less than their travelling fans deserved after turning up in their droves to break the stadium record.
The match looked to be coasting towards a draw before Liam McAlinden headed in from an 81st-minute free-kick after Dons substitute Sanmi Odelusi received his second yellow card in two minutes.
That sent the 8,943 travelling fans - who helped set a new stadium mark of 20,516 - into raptures and was enough to secure the three points.
The victory moved Wolves six points clear at the top of Sky Bet League One and Jackett admitted he could not have asked for more.
"You couldn't write the script, really. Ten minutes to go and the substitute comes on and heads in the winner right in front of our fans," he said.
"It's not every day that you can celebrate a 1-0 win in front of 9,000 away fans, so it's been a fantastic day for us and for me as a head coach. It was great for our season.
"I thought the pitch spoiled the game. You've got two very good football teams and MK Dons were just as keen as us to get the ball down the park, but it wasn't possible.
"It was like playing a football match on a rugby pitch. It took the quality away.
"At this stage of the season, results are everything. We had to make sure that we just kept defending and didn't get frustrated going forward.
"We found a way to win, and it was a great win. When the chance did come, we took it."
Odelusi was booked twice in the space of two minutes for repeat fouls on Scott Golbourne, having only appeared as a substitute just before the hour.
And while MK Dons manager Karl Robinson believed the 20-year-old had played the ball, he had no arguments with the sending off.
"Samni got the ball, but when you go in to a challenge like that, you're asking questions of yourself," Robinson said.
"He bottled it down the other end, so I can't argue with the decision.
"I didn't think we deserved to lose, but we've been beaten by the best team in the league.
"The fans have been tremendous. I want to personally thank them, building up to this game and during the game, the support was tremendous, especially at this difficult time for the club, when the squad is as thin on the ground as it is.
"I'm proud of the football club. The fans were tremendous. Obviously we are a little short in certain areas.
"We've ended up playing two completely different teams against Wolves, home and away and in both games, we fought all the way.
"We do need a little more at the top end, but the players' hunger, fight and bravery was tremendous."


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Man stabbed more than 40 times with scissors in attack at Florida store
By Lauren Silver, Cox Media Group National Content Desk
September 21, 2022 at 11:41 am EDT
Florida man arrested after attacking customer with scissors taken from the counter After arriving at the scene, deputies located the victim, who had been stabbed more than 40 times. (NCD)
PUNTA GORDA, Fla. — Surveillance video shows the moment when a man grabbed a pair of scissors and began to attack a second man inside a Florida store.
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Deputies with the Lee County Sheriff's Office said in a news release that the man seen in the video stabbed the victim more than 40 times in the head, neck and torso. Deputies arrested Edmond Clarke for the attack, which they described as lasting for "several minutes."
Edmond Clarke Clarke was arrested after allegedly attacking a man with scissors inside a store. (Lee County Jail)
The victim's family identified him as "Tom" to WBBH, and said that Clarke had worked as the victim's father's caregiver for 10 years.
In an arrest report obtained by WINK, deputies said that the victim had picked Clarke up from the hospital, where Clarke had been treated for abdominal pain. Clarke had allegedly told the victim he was hungry, prompting them to stop at The Trading Post at Burnt Store Marina.
The video shared by deputies shows the moments after the pair entered the store. In what appears to be an unprovoked move, Clarke can be seen grabbing a pair of scissors from the counter. Deputies said that after attacking him with scissors, Clarke got several knives and continued the attack.
In the arrest report obtained by WINK, investigators said that Clarke was trying to behead the victim.
"This disgusting crime will not be tolerated in Lee County," Sheriff Carmine Marceno said. "I am proud of the quick response of our deputies that helped save the victim's life, and the hard work of my detectives to take Clarke off the street."
Deputies said in the news release that the victim was flown to a hospital and underwent emergency surgery. Though deputies said in their news release that Clarke was arrested on attempted murder charges, online jail records indicate he has been charged with homicide.
People identifying themselves as family members of the victim told WFTX that the victim is still alive, despite the upgraded charges.
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What on Earth Do You Do When Someone Dies?


The year is 1918 and one of the worst pandemics ever to occur happened in this year. It was known as the Spanish Influenza. This one disease caused more deaths than The Black Death of the fourteenth century. So many died and were sick then, so many depressed over deaths and family members and friends being so sick. But regardless, time marches on. When Christmas rolls around, not many excited people, especially the children. People went through the motions, but their hearts just weren't in it.
The Christmas of 1918, well to say the least it was different. There were still decorations and trees but something lacked, that very special Christmas feeling. Among the decorations of Christmas, you had the sense of death, from about anywhere. One of the symbols of death, that was about every where, was the superstition to cover a mirror with a black cloth. This was done because the belief was a dead person's soul could be captured within a mirror and then be trapped. The thought was the soul would never find peace if this were to occur. So not to tempt fate, people would cover their mirrors.
Christmas will go on, regardless of the sadness, sickness, and death. Here in New York City, so many people, life goes on. So in the streets of this massive city, the decorations are put out to indicate the Christmas season. Still there are so many that have lost the true meaning of Christmas.
Santa checks his sleigh making sure everything is in tact and everything is alright for his all night rendezvous. Everything seems to be fine so he loads in his sleigh, starting his trip, that brought him such notoriety. When he hits the United States, his first stop is New York City. He notices there is not much life on the streets of this massive city. He also notices a peculiar smell. It is the smell of death, and he knows this, but it is his job to bring happiness to those that right now, have very little to be happy about. His first stop is one of the many brown stones within the city.
After he has landed, Santa gets out of his sleigh and then goes into the brown stone through the door, no chimney. He pets the reindeer, assuring them he will be right back. Santa enters, and everything is so quiet. He continues to be very quiet, walking around the house getting a feel for the place. He notices there is a Christmas tree, but he also notices in the same room, the mirror is covered by a black cloth, telling him someone had died very recently. He feels very solemn, but he knows he must do his job of bringing smiles and joy to the children. He leaves all the gifts, when he is finished, he looks back one more time, praying what he did will bring a smile to probably a very sad child or children.
Getting back into his sleigh, there is another brown stone right next door, this is his next stop. Just as before, he leaves his sleigh and enters the brown stone. When he gets to the living room, he notices none of the mirrors are covered, could this be a happy home, with death all around it? Santa continues his work, with no sound, being very quiet. When he is done and is ready to leave, he is drawn to a mirror behind himself. For some reason he is compelled to look into the mirror, when he does he sees what he thinks is his reflection, but his reflection has on a black suit, trimmed in white. Now this does make Santa really wonder how this could be. Then the reflection actually speaks to him.
Santa is startled, when his reflection says to him" You felt my power. I needed to see you, my opposite, it was the only way for me to get out of this dark, dank, place. This place of no meaning, this other dimension with no future, no past, no present."
" See you are my twin, but we are as different as day and night. Where you spread goodness and smiles, I do the entire opposite." Then without another word he steps outside the mirror and is standing right beside Santa. The reflection says," Free, free at last, they call me Atnas, and now no one can stop me, I can bring anything evil upon your world."
Santa is speechless, but he finally musters the word," Why?" Atnas then answers," Long ago we were one. I'm surprised you don't remember. Long ago we were as one, but when a witch saw your good side, she decided to keep you here, giving you the destiny you now fulfil. Then she saw me, the evil side and when she encountered me, she condemned me to the land of reflections, where I have been forever. Now that I am free, I won't join again with you, but go my own way, and give your world a present, all the evil I can muster, it's a revenge thing for the human witch that put me here. So step aside and let my life begin."
Then Atnas, takes his leave, walking out the door, ready to take on the entire world.
Santa is just totally speechless at what he just witnesses. He had no idea about Atnas, he just can't remember. Why of how did this occur? With no memory, Santa continues his work until he finishes and he is done for another year, but for some reason, Santa knows from now on, he must be on guard, on guard against Atnas.
Later on in the year, Santa usually doesn't get mail at this time of year, but a suspicious letter finds it's way to Santa. The envelope looks so old. This stirs Santa's curiosity. Carefully he opens the letter and starts to read the content. The letter doesn't say who it's from, but the contents, well they don't disappoint.
The letter reveals how Atnas and Santa were once one. A kind witch was involved, she gave Santa the gift of Yule, making Santa who and what he is today. This was very long ago. While the witch was involved with Santa, the witch discovered a bad side, that being Atnas. The witch could not allow Santa to have this bad side. Santa had to be good and bring good.. One day while preparing one of his first runs, the weather was anything but agreeable, the bad side decided it wasn't worth making the trip, exposing himself to the weather. The witch could not let this happen, so she casts a spell dividing the two separate entities. The witch lets Santa make his trip and he is only good, but Atnas was evil and very self absorbed.
The witch, known as a white witch, only wanted good in the world, so that is why she sent Atnas to the land of reflection. A land of no past, present, or future. A land where every thing is perceived great but in reality everything is illusion. This is where Atnas had been for centuries. But now Atnas is free, his sole purpose is to try and stop Santa any way he can.
The year rapidly progresses and soon it is Christmas again. Santa makes his plans to do his yearly ride, but this year something is very different. Outside a vicious snow storm is going on and a couple of reindeer are sick, it seems all kind of obstacles are popping up in Santa's way. It could only be Atnas. The witch known as Galen, always watches making sure each year, Santa can spread all his goodness and smiles. Galen needs to find Atnas and stop him before the Eve of Christmas.
Galen starts looking for Atnas, she finds him at the South Pole, opposite of where Santa lives. Galen sees Atnas lives in a house that looks just like that of Santa. Galen enters the house very quietly, as she glides through the house, finally seeing Atnas in a room containing some kind of controls. Galen confronts Atnas , telling him she can't allow him to interfere with Christmas. Upon saying that, Galen sends Atnas back to the Land of Reflection, now Christmas will go on just like before. Let me ask you a question, have you been naughty or nice?
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