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December 31, 2019 by Alisa F. LaGroue
More in-depth descriptions of these books can be found on the ACFW Fiction Finder website.
Contemporary Romance:
Stranded for the Holidays by Lisa Carter — Running away led her right where she belonged. A new mom for Christmas? She's everything they've wished for. Runaway bride AnnaBeth Cummings needs shelter for the holidays when a blizzard leaves her stranded, and rancher Jonas Stone's happy to help. But his son's been wishing for a mommy for Christmas, and town matchmakers are convinced Annabeth and Jonas are perfect for each other. As the storm clears, city girl AnnaBeth will have to decide: does her heart now belong in the country? (Contemporary Romance from Love Inspired [Harlequin])
The Dating Charade by Melissa Ferguson — After a knockout first date where Cassie Everson and Jett Bentley claim to not want kids, both come home to find three children dropped in their laps. . . each. While struggling to keep their heads above the parental waters, and without wanting to break up their relationship, they decide to do the mature thing: hide the kids from each other while sorting it all out. What could go wrong? (Contemporary Romance from HarperCollins Christian Publishing)
Home for Christmas by Candee Fick — After an embarrassing failure, a prodigal retreats to a secluded cabin in backwoods Missouri where he encounters an intriguing young woman and an old guitar. When the message in the music touches his heart, will he make it home in time for Christmas? (Contemporary Romance, Independently Published)
Getting Out of the Comfort Zone: Ayanna by Barbara James — While interning as a hospital chaplain, a young military officer falls for an EMT who is an antiwar activist. (Contemporary Romance, Independently Published)
Children's:
Battle In The Valley by Susanne Blumer — The church bell tower transports Chip, Caroline and Billy back thousands of years to an ancient battlefield. There they meet a young shepherd destined to be king and a giant warrior bent on his destruction. Will the children survive the upcoming fight and make it back to Palmetto Island in one piece? (Middle-grade from Sutton Avenue Press)
Hope Unchained by Carol Ashby — When a former legionary and a gladiator are hired to escort a young woman on her quest to rescue her brother and sister from slavery, more chains are broken by forgiveness and love than any of them thought possible. (Historical from Cerrillo Press)
Historical Romance:
The Major's Daughter by Regina Jennings — In a western land run, an adventurous socialite stakes a claim on an orphaned outlaw's chosen land, so he decides to stake a claim on her heart. (Historical Romance from Bethany House [Baker])
Sew In Love by Debby Lee, Jacquolyn McMurray, Darlene Panzera, and Kimberley Woodhouse — When four women put needle and thread to fabric, will their sewing lead to love? In Hearts Sewn with Love, during the California gold rush, a beautiful seamstress finds her heart torn between the men who want to marry her and the one fortune hunter who won't. In Woven Hearts, a shirtwaist factory fire survivor struggles to provide for her family despite the disastrous misguided intentions of the handsome union organizer who tries to help. In A Language of Love, a milliner with thick Irish accent and a renowned baseball player with speech impediment meet at the office of a language teacher. But the issues with their backgrounds that first brought them together will also drive them apart. In Tailored Sweethearts, a parachute seamstress struggles with her faith in desperate circumstances. A fighter pilot teaches her to hope in her darkest hours. (Historical Romance from Barbour Publishing)
The Rebel Bride by Shannon McNear — During the clash between Union and Confederacy, quiet Tennessean Pearl MacFarlane is compelled to nurse both Rebel and Yankee wounded who seek refuge at her family's farm. She is determined to remain unmoved by the Yankee cause—until she faces the silent struggle of Union soldier Joshua Wheeler, a recent amputee. The MacFarlane family fits no stereotype Joshua believed in; still he is desperate to regain his footing—as a soldier, as a man, as a Christian—in the aftermath of his debilitating injury. He will use his time behind enemy lines to gather useful intelligence for the Union—if the courageous Rebel woman will stay out of the line of danger. (Historical Romance from Barbour Publishing)
Romantic Suspense:
Silent Night Suspect by Sharee Stover — Suspected of a crime she knows she didn't commit… All she wants for Christmas is to remember. Blood on her blouse. A gun in her hand. A cartel leader's dead body in front of her. Widow Asia Stratton can't remember what happened—just that she's been framed. The only way to prove her innocence is to work with her ex-sweetheart, Nebraska state trooper Slade Jackson. But can they clear her name before this Christmas turns even deadlier? (Romantic Suspense from Love Inspired [Harlequin])
Speculative:
Brand of Light by Ronie Kendig — After a catastrophic explosion, Kersei Dragoumis awakens in a derelict shuttle, alone, injured, and ignorant of the forbidden technology that has swept her into a nightmare. The brand she's borne since childhood burns mysteriously, but the pain is nothing to that when she learns her family is dead and she is accused of their murders. Across the quadrants, Marco Dusan responds to the call of a holy order-not to join them, but to seek a bounty. Gifted-or cursed-with abilities that mark him a Kynigos, a tracker sworn to bring interplanetary fugitives to justice, Marco discovers this particular bounty has nothing to do with justice and everything to do with prophecy. One that involves the hunter as much as the hunted. (Speculative from Enclave Publishing)
Thriller/Suspense:
Laynie Portland, Renegade Spy by Vikki Kestell — Laynie must fight to earn her place on the task force—even as unfolding events expose a looming danger. Wolfe's task force has a leak . . . one that threatens them all. (Suspense, Independently Published)
Plus check out these recent additions to Fiction Finder published within the past month:
Promise for Tomorrow by Michelle De Bruin, Historical Romance
Call to Love by Mary A. Felkins, Contemporary Romance
Joy's Song by Ruth Kyser, Contemporary Romance
Hope Between Us by Christy LaShea, Contemporary Romance
The Trouble in Willow Falls by Pat Nichols, Contemporary
Off the Ground by Catherine Richmond, Historical Romance
Crinoline Cowboys by Patty Smith Hall, Cynthia Hickey, Marilyn Turk, Kathleen Y'Barbo, Historical Romance
A High-Country Christmas by Davalynn Spencer, Historical Romance
The Christmas Gazebo by Marilyn Turk, Lenora Worth, Historical Romance
Posted in ACFW, Christian Fiction, New Releases
Tagged Children, Contemporary Romance, Historical, Historical Romance, Romantic Suspense, Speculative, Thriller/Suspense
November 25, 2019 by Alisa F. LaGroue
November 2019 New Releases
Royally Yours by Betsy St. Amant, Ashley Clark, Liz Johnson, and Melissa Tagg — Tinsel, Vermont is known for its no-paparazzi policy and Christmas decorations that are fit for a queen. This holiday season, join four royals on a stroll through town square as they each find their Christmas wishes for a happily-ever-after…tiaras optional. (Contemporary Romance, Independently Published)
Restoring Christmas by Julie Arduini — A young woman overcome by grief teams up with a special education teacher to bring joy to the community through a Christmas-themed tourist attraction. (Contemporary Romance from Surrendered Scribe Media)
Valerie's Verdict by Hallee Bridgeman — Broken and battered, Valerie comes home and finds a lifetime of love waiting for her. (Contemporary Romance, Independently Published)
An Unexpected Family by June Foster — Grant Elliot leaves his father's veterinarian dynasty and overambitious twin brother to practice in the small town of Homedale, California. When local baker Kate Klein brings her ailing dog into the office, Grants's intrigued by the lab's gorgeous owner. He wants to get to know her but can't reveal his origins. What would she think if she knew his father's clinics cater only to the wealthy who spoil and pamper their pets instead of practicing genuine medicine? Kate Kline inherits Aunt Ella's Bake Shop when her aunt passes away and must make a success of the failing business or lose her father's respect. Now California Plastics, her major account, has moved their plant to Sacramento. She's faced with the possibility of closure and won't accept Grant's offer to bail her out. She doesn't need a man's help. (Contemporary Romance from Forget Me Not Romances [Winged Publications])
All is Bright by Chautona Havig, Toni Shiloh, Cathe Swanson, and Kari Trumbo — Four of your favorite contemporary romance authors join festive forces to bring you the fourth-annual Christmas Lights Collection. (Contemporary Romance, Independently Published)
Simply Smitten by Kimberly Rose Johnson — Business brought them together but will betrayal pull them apart? Michael Pierce co-owns a start-up software development company. They are well on their way to success when Michael discovers something that changes everything. Can the beautiful economist he hired fix the mess, or are they doomed to bankruptcy? Hailey is under a lot of pressure at work. Not the least of which comes directly from her new boss. She's dreamed of being a successful businesswoman, but now her heart wants more. Can she have love and a career, or will she have to choose? (Contemporary Romance, Independently Published)
By All Appearances by Dawn Kinzer — An attractive special events planner from a wealthy family and a disfigured musician find their lives entangled when he is hired as a caretaker on her family's estate. (Contemporary Romance from Mountainview Publishing)
Courting the Amish Nanny by Carrie Lighte — Embarrassed by an unrequited crush, Amish maedel Sadie Dienner needs a vacation from her life in Pennsylvania—and from romance. Until Christmas, she's working in Maine as a nanny to Amish widower Levi Swarey's twins. But Levi is frustratingly overprotective and they just can't see eye to eye on anything. And the worst part? Sadie can't seem to stop herself from losing her heart… (Contemporary Romance from Love Inspired [Harlequin])
General Contemporary/Women's Fiction:
Meant For Her by Joy Avery Melville — Kidnapped, raped, brutally beaten, and left for dead, Candi Reynolds becomes a prisoner of fear. Faced also with the impact of the unexpected break-up with her fiancé, and an unwanted pregnancy resulting from the attacks, she believes God has forsaken her. Choosing to move back to the Michigan horse farm owned by her older brother, Dr. Cam Reynolds, Candi goes into seclusion. Dr. Patrick (Mack) MacKevon, long-time friend of Cam's, watches from the sidelines at the farm where his horses are stabled, while Candi struggles to regain a sense of normalcy. His own big-brother tendencies develop into a much deeper emotion over the months he prays for her. Is it possible for Candi to put all of the pain and trauma behind her and renew her former relationship with the Lord? Will she allow her heart to open enough to discover authentic love, while making decisions of victory on her personal journey to joy? (General Contemporary, Independently Published)
When I Close My Eyes by Elizabeth Musser — A bestselling author, her daughter, and the perpetrator of her assassination attempt are brought together in a story about complicated choices, mental illness, forgiveness and grace. Set against the flaming hills of North Carolina and the peaceful shores of the Mediterranean Sea, When I Close My Eyes tells the story of two families, struggling with dysfunction and finding that love is stronger than death. (Contemporary from Bethany House [Baker])
A Beautiful Mess by Brenda S. Anderson — A single mother becomes guardian of her ex-husband's love child. (Women's Fiction, Independently Published)
Wounded Heart by Colleen Hall — Orphaned Della Hughes chafes at her strict Victorian upbringing and goes west with her uncle's family in order to find adventure and freedom. (Historical from Anaiah Press)
Misleading Miss Verity by Carolyn Miller — What happens when the hoydenish youngest daughter of the Viscount Aynsley is spirited off to Scotland and meets a kindhearted gardener of the mysterious Laird of Dungally? (Historical from Kregel Publications)
The Silk Merchant of Sychar by Cindy Williams — One woman, five husbands and a weary rabbi at the well who knows 'everything she ever did.' From the olive groves of Samaria to the bloodied sand of a Roman stadium to the exquisite silks brought from the East, The Silk Merchant of Sychar weaves color into the biblical account of the woman at the well. (Historical from Rhiza Press)
The Highlanders by J'nell Cieselski, Janet S. Grunst, Jennifer Lamont Leo, and Naomi Musch — Never underestimate the heart of a Highlander in these four romantic novellas set across two centuries from 1715 to 1915. (Historical Romance from Lighthouse Publishing of the Carolinas)
Marisol by Elva Cobb Martin — Alone and with child, Marisol Valentin flees Spain after murdering the nobleman who molested her. She is sold as an indentured servant at the Charles Town Harbor, but her ship is captured at sea by privateer Captain Ethan Becket, once a Charles Town minister, who is grieving his deceased wife. Ethan decides Marisol's elegant manners make her a perfect governess for his young son. But when he sets out on a quest to find his captured sister, said to be in Cartagena, little does he expect his new Spanish governess to stow away on his ship with her six-month-old child. Her offer of help to free his sister, however, is too tempting to pass up. As is her beauty and strength of character—until he learns she is a wanted murderess. Once their paths intertwine on a journey filled with danger, intrigue, and romance, only love and the grace of God can overcome their pasts and ignite a new beginning. (Historical Romance from Wild Heart Books)
In Black and White by MaryAnn Diorio — When graduate student Tori Pendola and Jebuni Kalitsi, a Ghanaian exchange student and heir to his tribe's chieftaincy, fall deeply in love, they must face not only their own inner demons of rejection and guilt but also the demons of societal hatred bent on destroying their relationship. Will their love survive the cruel and bitter attacks against them? (Historical Romance from TopNotch Press)
Serving Up Love by Regina Jennings, Tracie Peterson, Jen Turano, and Karen Witemeyer — On the Menu for These Ladies? Adventure, Independence, and a Big Serving of Romance! A storied part of American history, Harvey Houses offered women a unique chance to gain independence and see amazing parts of this great country. (Historical Romance from Bethany House [Baker] Publishing)
While the Rain Whispered by Kim Williams — Clara Williams has a good life, but she would walk away from it if she could. She longs for adventure greater than both the confines her rural Texas town and the people she loves have to offer. Clara is certain the stories she writes for children contain more adventure than her reality. She cannot reconcile the internal frustration with her faith. When opportunity presents itself at last, Clara is faced with a choice between the life she's known and the life she longs to know, and the men who each belong in one but not the other. (Historical Romance, Independently Published)
Mystery/Thriller/Suspense:
Pocket Change by Debbie Archer — When Publisher's Clearing House winner, Mary Clare Casteel, decides to help rejuvenate her dying town, she has no idea she'll end up solving not one but two mysterious deaths. (Cozy Mystery from Mantle Rock Publishing)
Dead Wrong by Vannetta Chapman — When Agatha Lapp's brother and sister-in-law are tragically killed in a buggy accident, Agatha relocates to the new Amish community in Hunt Texas, nestled in the Texas Hill Country. She's there to make a success of her brother's dream–an Amish B&B. Agatha is friendly, efficient, and capable. She's also a fifty-five year old widow who has learned to be independent. When she discovers Russell Dixon's lifeless body in Cabin 3, she runs next door where retired detective Tony Vargas lives. The police determine that her guest died of natural causes, but as Agatha and Tony put together the events of the previous two days they become convinced that the police are Dead Wrong. (Cozy Mystery, Independently Published)
A Cross to Kill by Andrew Huff — John Cross is a small-town pastor, bent on leading his flock to follow God's calling. He's not the sort of man one would expect to have a checkered past. But the truth is that the man behind the pulpit preaching to his sheep was once a wolf–an assassin for the CIA. When John decided to follow Christ, he put that work behind him, determined to do penance for all the lives he took. He vowed never to kill again. Now someone wants the peaceful pastor to pay for his sins with his own life. And when a terrorist out for revenge walks into the church, John's secrets are laid bare. Can he keep his vow–even when the people he loves are in mortal danger? Will his congregation and the brave woman he's learning to care for be caught in the cross fire? In the end, John's life may be the only sacrifice he has left to offer. . . (Thriller/Suspense from Kregel Publications)
The Sleuth's Conundrum by Kimberly Rose Johnson — Danger lurks and suspicions abound when a librarian, her young assistant, and a local reporter try to solve the mysteries of both a dead woman and an abandoned child. (Cozy Mystery from Mountain Brook Ink)
Deadly Harmony by Marissa Shrock — Georgia Rae Winston's romance has broken up. But that's the least of her problems. Georgia and Detective Cal Perkins are through. Fine. Maybe it's an opportunity to give charmer Hamlet Miller a chance. But there's no time for romance when Georgia hosts her stepsister and her roommate, Quincy, during a college chorale tour—and Quincy steals Georgia's car and disappears. When her car turns up in a cemetery with a cryptic note lying on the front seat, Georgia decides to take action. As Georgia and her stepsister dig into the mystery, they uncover Quincy's tumultuous past. A past that points to a frightening present. They dig deeper and discover a web of deception they're determined to untangle, if they can stay alive long enough to bring the truth to light. (Cozy Mystery, Independently Published)
One Day Gone by Luana Ehrlich — Mylas Grey, the chief investigator for Senator Davis Allen, enlists the help of a beautiful photographer when he returns to his hometown to investigate the disappearance of Lizzie Allen, the senator's missing daughter. (Romantic Suspense, Independently Published)
Dangerous Christmas Memories by Sarah Hamaker — Hiding in witness protection is the only option for Priscilla Anderson after witnessing a murder. Then Lucas Langsdale shows up claiming to be her husband right when a hit man finds her. With partial amnesia, she has no memory of her marriage or the killer's identity. Yet she will have to put her faith in Luc if they both want to live to see another day. (Romantic Suspense from Love Inspired [Harlequin])
What If? by Roger E. Bruner — Three teens join forces with Holyland's outgoing president to prevent the inevitable election of a man who's determined to wipe out the remnant of New America's few remaining Christians. (Speculative, Independently Published)
Posted in ACFW, Christian Fiction, Inspirational
Tagged Contemporary Romance, General Contemporary, Historical, Historical Romance, Mystery, Romantic Suspense, Speculative, Thriller/Suspense, Women's Fiction
November 4, 2018 by Alisa F. LaGroue
Christmas in Jingle Junction by Tabitha Bouldin — In the small town of Jingle Junction, Holly Winters owns the local coffee shop, Jolly Java. It's here that she meets Patrick Cooper and promptly throws coffee everywhere. Not only does Patrick not like coffee, he also despises Christmas! It's up to Holly to show Patrick that Christmas is worth giving a second chance, just as Patrick himself deserves a second chance when he is accused of robbing a local convenience store. In a town full of Christmas spirit, lively debates over the best superhero and riding in a sleigh pulled by actual reindeer is just a normal day. Will Holly be able to prove to Patrick that Christmas is more than a holiday that has to be endured? (Contemporary Romance, Independently Published)
A Picture Perfect Christmas by Candee Fick — Freelance photographers Liz Foster and Ryan Callahan are finally making plans for their future. And what better time to get married than during the festive holiday season that brought them together? If only Liz's parents weren't standing in the way of a picture-perfect wedding. Spurred on by the ghosts of Christmases past, Dan Foster has already written Liz out of his will, so even attending the wedding—let alone walking his daughter down the aisle—is out of the question. However, this is the season for miracles and Ryan will do anything to make his bride smile. What will it take to bring this family back together in time for the wedding? (Contemporary Romance, Independently Published)
On Magnolia Lane by Denise Hunter — When his secret crush joins a dating website, Jack takes a leap of faith and soon becomes Daisy's online suitor. But when they begin growing closer in real life also, Jack finds himself with an unexpected dilemma. Is Daisy falling for the real Jack or for the online version of himself? And how is she going to respond when she finds out they're one and the same? (Contemporary Romance from HarperCollins Christian Publishing)
A Merry Miracle in Romance by Melanie D. Snitker — Baxter Reid returns to his hometown of Romance, eager to see his childhood crush. Unfortunately, Savannah hasn't forgotten all the ways he used to tease her back then. He's got his work cut out for him if he's going to get a second chance. Savannah Miller avoids Baxter and the embarrassing childhood memories he evokes…until he apologizes and suggests a truce. Now what is she supposed to do? Only time will tell whether the spirit of Christmas in Romance is enough to transform a grudging relationship into true love. (Contemporary Romance, Independently Published)
I Still Do by Melanie D. Snitker — What's worse than running into your ex-husband? Becoming snowbound with him and an avalanche of memories you can't escape. (Contemporary Romance, Independently Published)
Contemporary/Women's Fiction:
A Southern Season by Eva Marie Everson, Claire Fullerton, Ane Mulligan, and Linda Yezak — Four seasons. Four stories. Each one set in the enchanting world of the South. These are the kinds of stories your grandmother told you from a front porch swing. (Women's Fiction from Lighthouse Publishing of the Carolinas)
Second Chances by Carol Ashby — A widowed father, still grieving the loss of his wife and child, and a devoted mother, who leaves behind everything she's ever known to rescue her daughter from the ex-husband who would hurt her, are first drawn together by their love for her little girl, but God has much more for them than either could have imagined. (Historical, Cerrillo Press)
Historical Mystery:
Murder of Convenience by Linda Shenton Matchett — May 1942: Geneva Alexander flees Philadelphia and joins the USO to escape the engagement her parents have arranged for her, only to wind up as the number one suspect in her betrothed's murder investigation. Diagnosed with Retinitis Pigmentosa, she must find the real killer before she loses her sight…or is convicted for a crime she didn't commit. (Historical Mystery, Independently Published)
The Great Lakes Lighthouse Brides Collection by Lena Nelson Dooley, Rebecca Jepson, Carrie Fancett Pagels, Candice Sue Patterson, Kathleen Rouser, Pegg Thomas, and Marilyn Turk — Along the Great Lakes, America's inland seas, lighthouses played a vital role in the growth of our nation. They shepherded settlers traveling by water to places that had no roads. These beacons of light required constant tending even in remote and often dangerous places. Brave men and women battled the elements and loneliness to keep the lights shining. Their sacrifice kept goods and immigrants moving. Seven romances set between 1883 and 1911 at Great Lakes Lighthouses bring hope to the lonely lighthouse keepers and love to weary hearts. (Historical Romance from Barbour Publishing)
A Musket in My Hands by Sandra Merville Hart — Two sisters have no choice but to disguise themselves as men to muster into the Confederate army in the fall of 1864–just in time for things to go very badly for the Southerners at the Battle of Franklin. (Historical Romance from Lighthouse Publishing of the Carolinas)
Uncharted Journey by Keely Brooke Keith — Young widow Eva Vestal assumes loneliness is God's permanent plan for her life. She keeps busy by raising her son and co-managing the Inn at Falls Creek with her elderly father, but her heart yearns for more. Solomon "Solo" Cotter has spent his life working with horses, but he secretly wants to write a book of the children's stories his grandfather told him as a boy. He barters with Eva's father for a 40-night stay at the inn, a needed respite from work to get his stories on paper. Once Eva discovers the barter, she believes Solo is taking advantage of her father's failing memory. But when tragedy strikes and Solo works hard to save the inn, Eva sees his true nature. As her heart stirs with feelings for Solo, she wrestles with the guilt of loving someone new. (Historical Romance, Independently Published)
Snow Angel by Davalynn Spencer — Lena Carver works as her physician brother's medical assistant, housekeeper, and cook. Maimed in a childhood accident at Christmas, she believes she is beyond love's reach—until a dark-eyed cowboy arrives broken, bruised, and bent on changing her mind. Wil Bergman wakes in a stranger's home with a busted leg and a bullet-creased scalp. Trail-weary, robbed, and penniless, he is at the mercy of a country doctor whose sister's healing touch has power to stitch up his heart and open his eyes to the impossible. (Historical Romance from Wilson Creek Publishing)
Tell Her No Lies by Kelly Irvin — After Nina Fischer is accused of murdering her uncle and adopted father, she must unlock deadly family secrets in order to clear her name and learn to trust love again. (Romantic Suspense from HarperCollins Christian Publishing)
North by Starlight by Diane and David Munson — Attorney Madison Stone hurries to help her client Jordan Star defeat a mysterious relative who claims a share in his inheritance, and during the Christmas season Maddie learns to leave past regrets behind her, embrace the warmhearted people of Starlight, and dig deep to find her true heart. (Romantic Suspense from Micah House Media)
Her Deadly Reunion by Beth Ann Ziarnik — What will it cost an estranged daughter when she meets her birth father at his home and discovers it's a dangerous place to mix past and present? (Romantic Suspense from Lighthouse Publishing of the Carolinas)
Mark of the Raven by Morgan L. Busse — When the new Lady of Ravenwood inherits her family's secret gift of dreamwalking, she discovers a dark history. Women in her family have been wielding the gift to preserve her family's legacy—through assassinations. She's determined to find the true reason behind the gift, convinced there must be a more noble purpose. But she's torn about upholding her family's legacy–a legacy that supports her people. What will she do when she is tasked with assassinating the one man who can bring peace to the nations–but who is also prophesied to bring about the downfall of her own house? One path holds glory and power and will solidify her position as Lady of Ravenwood. The other path holds shame and likely death. Which will she choose? And is she willing to pay the price for the path chosen? (High Fantasy from Bethany House [Baker])
Stratagem by Robin Caroll — Psychologist Grayson Thibodeaux creates mind-bending adventure games for businesses as team-building explorations. When his ex-wife's company hires Grayson's for their executive retreat, he doesn't see how things can get worse. Until she dies during the course of the game he created…making him the prime suspect for murder. (Suspense from Barbour Publishing)
Tagged Contemporary Romance, Contemporary/Women's Fiction, Historical, Historical Mystery, Historical Romance, Romantic Suspense, Speculative, Thriller/Suspense
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The Trance Factory: Hypnotherapy
Bobby Rothschild lowers her voice to a soothing monotone and instructs me to focus on my chair. "Feel where your body is touching the arms of the chair," she intones softly. Though my eyes are closed, I am still aware of the rush of traffic outside, the tinkling of a wind chime, and a persistent leeriness in the back of my head. This is my first trance.We're sitting in a pleasant, sunny room in the Hypnosis Clearing House (HCH), a Lafayette, Calif.-based hypnotherapy school where people like Bobby come to learn the esoteric art of mesmerism. For the students and hypnotherapists at HCH, what is happening to me is no mere parlor trick; for them, and many others, hypnotherapy is a healing discipline on the cusp of legitimate acceptance. Next Bobby has me picture a yardstick, and she asks me to pick a number on it that represents the depth of my incipient trance. I pick 12. She has me move my attention down the stick, telling me that as the numbers grow, so will my spell. This is called a deepening technique, one of several Bobby has learned in the 200 hours of training she's been through at HCH. As I picture the mental yardstick sliding by, the darkness before my eyes seems to move back a step or two, like there's space between me and the inside of my eyelids -- a sensation I've had before, but never without beer. I make it down to 28; now the real work can begin.The issue I've chosen to address is my smoking, a common complaint hypnotherapists are asked to help alleviate. Bobby encourages the part of my psyche that simply can't do without butts to talk for a bit; then the voices in my head that nag me about smoking get their say. Finally Bobby has what she terms my "higher wisdom" take a turn at the psychic lectern. During the entire process I remain aware of everything around me; at any time I could open my eyes and walk out of the room. And the physical sensation of being in a trance is interesting. For a while, my chair feels as though it's rising; and, as my "higher wisdom" speaks, I notice that my eyes are darting around under my eyelids as if I've slipped into the dreamy, REM stage of sleep.One thing that doesn't disturb my concentration is the cost. A typical hour of hypnotherapy like this can run upward of $95, which is exactly what Holly Holmes-Meredith, HCH's clinical director, charges. But because Bobby is an intern in a program unique to HCH, the cost is a measly 20 bucks. A former high school psychology teacher, Holmes-Meredith, 45, has been running HCH for 10 years. She learned hypnosis from Dr. Freda Morris, the school's founder, while working toward her marriage and family therapist license in the early '80s. Morris, an author of two books on hypnosis for laypeople, found an adept pupil in Holmes-Meredith, who understood the value of hypnotherapy as a healing tool, an understanding that stemmed from an adolescent experimentation with "altered states" (achieved through meditation and dance, Holmes-Meredith assures me with a laugh). "I knew the profoundness of accessing that part of myself," she says. "When I became a therapist, it was just a natural thing to study hypnotherapy and to do most of my therapeutic work in an altered state. It's cheaper [than traditional therapy]," she laughs, "and it's much faster for the client; and it's more empowering because the medical model of the therapist being in the authority position is totally blown out when the client has their own experience of healing themselves." HCH teaches traditional "directive" hypnosis -- the old watch-the-watch stuff, in which the client is led through a hypnotic experience by the hypnotist; but it specializes in a newer, more touchy-feely "transpersonal" hypnotherapy, which lets the client steer the experience while the therapist asks questions and elicits responses (what Bobby's using on me).One part Jungian analysis, one part hypnotic rap-session, this altered-state therapy was pioneered by the American father of modern hypnosis, Dr. Milton Erickson, and a Czech doctor named Stanislav Grof, who began his experiments back in the early '60s when LSD was legal and altered states a little easier to come by. To become a hypnotherapist at HCH takes some time and some dough. Students, who range from licensed therapists to curious amateurs, spend 200 hours in class, mostly on weekends, generally over four months; there are three texts, a video assignment, and a whole lot of hypnosis. It runs about $2,900."It's very hands-on, very experiential," Holmes-Meredith says. "It's a very supportive environment both to have personal experiences and learn the techniques. A lot of therapy surreptitiously takes place because people are practicing on each other."The practice continues in HCH's in-house internship program. After a student finishes the classwork, he or she can put up a shingle as a certified hypnotherapist under HCH's aegis in one of its three Bay Area clinics in San Rafael, Berkeley, and Lafayette. (A new clinic is scheduled to open in S.F. by the end of December.) An hour with an intern runs 20 bucks; this money goes to HCH (the interns are unpaid) to help pay for marketing and rent. At the end of six months, the interns can take any of their clients with them, no hard feelings. There is no standard scenario; some clients remain with their hypnotherapists because they've established a rapport or are in the midst of long-term therapy, while others simply rotate interns, attracted by the low fee. The duration of hypnotherapy also varies from one or two visits to several weeks, depending upon how much work is needed. "It works for everybody," Holmes-Meredith says of the internship program. The interns are closely supervised by Holmes-Meredith herself, even after they've completed the scholastic part of their training. That puts HCH "in a different niche," she says, from most other hypnotherapy schools.In the four years since the program was established, nearly 4,500 hours of low-fee hypnotherapy have been provided by 30 HCH interns, Holmes-Meredith says. It's all part of her plan to seed the world with adept hypnotherapists and pave the way for hypnotherapy's acceptance in mainstream health care. One step toward attaining that acceptance came last spring with the introduction of a bill in the California Legislature that would have changed the way hypnotherapy schools are regulated by the state. Oddly, the battle pitted HCH and like-minded schools that favor stronger regulation against the state licensing bureaucracy, as well as others in the hypnosis business who took umbrage at certain aspects of the legislation. The conflict was but the latest skirmish in the wayward discipline's long fight for legitimacy, a fight that began with the very first hypnotist.Back in the 1700s, an Austrian by the name of Anton Mesmer debunked the spurious myth that human behavior was predicated upon the balance of the "humors" by creating his own spurious myth. Humors, he said, weren't the medium of human well-being, silly, magnetic fluids were. He set about demonstrating his theory by measuring how magnets placed on human subjects changed their behavior. When his cohorts at the University of Vienna (Freud's future alma mater) in turn debunked Mesmer, he split to Paris and set up shop as hypnotism's first charlatan, making his clients sit in a tub of water while he pranced about in a purple robe "mesmerizing" them with a magnetic wand. He earned himself etymological immortality, but what Mesmer had really discovered was the power of suggestion. It took the behaviorists in the 1930s -- who ignored Freud's haughty dismissal of hypnotism -- for hypnosis to get a second chance. Gradually, it began to make its way out of the fun house of clinical psychology. Since then, hypnotherapy has been embraced by the likes of Holmes-Meredith, who say it can manage physical and emotional pain, enhance certain skills, or help overcome addictions, like smoking. But, for many, hypnotism still labors under its ignominious past, as well as a plethora of common misimpressions."I've heard licensed [psychologists] who have never had a course in hypnotherapy babble off some of the misconceptions, like, 'Oh my god, you wouldn't want the client to get into that material too soon!' " Holmes-Meredith says. Innate defenses keep patients from doing things or expressing emotions under hypnosis that they want to keep private, she explains. There are ways around these protective instincts, but an ethical hypnotherapist wouldn't use them. For Holmes-Meredith, hypnotherapy is based upon the principle that the clients are their own best healers. "We have a higher self, an inner power, an inner wisdom," she says, "and that's actually invoked or activated in the hypnotic process as the therapist's partner." She calls this "mental tai chi," in which the hypnotherapist listens and takes cues from the client."One of the concerns that I have as an instructor," says Holmes-Meredith, "is that there are a lot of people out there practicing hypnotherapy that don't have a whole lot of training. For instance they don't know how to stay out of the client's way, so they may be creating false memories or leading people into experiences that may not be empowering or healthy for them." To help prevent that kind of abuse, she joined Southern California hypnotherapist and educator George Cappas in backing the legislation last spring, the Hypnotherapist Registration Act. Written by then-Assemblyman John Burton (D-San Francisco), with much input from Cappas, it would have established a set of professional standards for schools' training and licensing programs. It called for a minimum 300 hours of schooling, in hypnotic technique as well as legal and ethical questions raised by hypnotherapy's use, and an additional 200 hours of supervised internship."All you need to operate a hypnotherapy school in California is a fire exit and a bathroom," Cappas says. "Truck drivers, hairdressers have to spend more time in school than hypnotherapists."As it stands, the roughly 50 hypnotherapy schools in California are registered by the Council for Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education, the same state body that oversees barber colleges and truck driving schools. And the council's licensing criteria are considerably less strenuous than those outlined by the Registration Act, though it would continue as the enforcement body. In most cases, the council simply sends a team of experts to check the educational quality and financial integrity of a school. But Dan Sackheim, who does checking for the council, concedes that, in the case of hypnotherapy schools, "there is no standard curriculum."Cappas likens many schools operating today to "diploma mills," and he has some harsh words for the council, which opposed his bill. Sackheim counters, "It could eliminate in a single sweep all of our [already approved] schools." "They're not doing their job," Cappas says of the council, "and they don't like the fact that we're very vocal. They refuse to address the standards problem, yet they oppose us when we do." Cappas' Hypnosis Motivation Institute in Tarzana, Calif., already conforms to the Registration Act; but that's not surprising, given Cappas' role in writing it. In fact, its requirements are based on his school's curriculum, which has his opponents crying foul. Bob Strouse, general counsel for the American Institute of Hypnotherapy (AIH), an Irving, Calif.-based school, fought the Registration Act from its inception. "We favor regulation," Strouse explains, echoing Cappas' worry that hypnotherapists can have an "undue influence" over their clients and so should be held more closely accountable. "But our opposition to this bill was based upon the fact that it was written by a few schools for their own benefit."Strouse's Institute is no diploma mill. It is one of the few schools to offer bachelor's and doctoral degrees in hypnotherapy, as opposed to a simple certificate. Since 1984, the AIH has run the American Board of Hypnotherapy, a private, professional organization with a worldwide membership of 6,000 individual hypnotherapists and 144 hypnotherapy schools. The board provides a forum for hypnotherapists to network and discuss is sues confronting the industry. It was in this capacity that the board sent out a questionnaire to some of California's practicing hypnotherapists asking them what regulation they feel they need. That was one thing, Strouse says, Cappas never bothered to do. "If we'd written the law without any public input," Strouse avers, "it would be just as wrong."The Registration Act passed the Assembly last May by a vote of 50 to 15, due in large measure to some serious labor backing. It so happens that Cappas is the president of the Hypnotists' Union, which is affiliated with the AFL-CIO. But the act stalled in the Senate's Business and Professions Committee. According to Cappas, it slipped into a unique form of political limbo. Committee Chairman Dan Boatwright (D-Contra Costa) has strong ties to labor, but he is also a staunch opponent of government regulation, Cappas explains. The bill died. With Boatwright termed out, Cappas plans to reintroduce it in the coming session. He is hopeful about the act's chances session, even though Burton has decided not to put his name on it again. Cappas reports that Assemblyman Tom Woods (R-Shasta), one of the original co-authors, has expressed interest. "We're going to give everyone a shot at input this time," Cappas says.But it may be a struggle to build a consensus after last year's often acrimonious legislative battle. "I haven't talked to George in quite a while," Strouse says wryly.Even if all sides can come together to pass some form of bill, it still has to clear California Gov. Pete Wilson. "I told them it was going to be a hard sell," Cathleen Gardella, Burton's senior legislative aide, says. "This guy [Wilson] wants to abolish the Department of Consumer Affairs, for pete's sake!"Queried why Burton wasn't planning to be a sponsor the second time, "You'll have to ask him," she says. (By press time, Burton hadn't returned calls.) But Gardella did intimate that a certain sense of futility surrounding the bill's first trip through the Legislature may have contributed to his change of heart.If the act passes, and professional standards for hypnotherapists are established, the discipline could move closer to the mainstream of health care. Another major leap in that direction would be its inclusion in managed-care plans."Right now, hypnotherapy is not covered," explains Lila Petersen, a spokeswoman for Kaiser Permanente, the state's largest HMO. "But it could very well be covered in the future. We already offer coverage for many forms of alternative medicine like acupuncture and biofeedback." As it's currently set up, HCH actually falls short of the Registration Act's stringent guidelines by a hundred hours of class time and a hundred hours of internship. But pumping up the numbers will be easy, since the mechanisms are already in place, Holmes-Meredith says."I think [the act] is going to elevate the acceptance of the status of hypnotherapists," she says. "They'll be an acknowledged profession with standards." She envisions a future in which hypnotherapists will leave behind the purp le robe of the mesmerist and don the white coats of legitimate health care providers. Back in our sunny room in Lafayette, my own personal mesmerist, Bobby Rothschild, brings me slowly out of my trance. She counts backward from 10, and I feel like I'm rising to the surface of a pool. I open my eyes and blink for a few moments at Mount Diablo framed in the open window. "Did you experience any time distortion?" she asks. I don't know -- what day is it? I find I have no real recollection of just how long the trance lasted; and although I was fully conscious throughout our session, I feel as though I've just awakened from a long night's sleep. Slowly my head fills with questions.Is hypnotherapy the wave of the future? I ask Bobby. That's a loaded question to put to someone who just sank nearly three grand into becoming a hypnotherapist, but I'm still a little groggy. "I'll tell you this," Bobby says, "hypnotherapy is a real dark horse, culturally, because it has come through such a funny, unlikely history that the whole power structure gives very little credence to it." Until recently, Bobby was a technical writer. When she finishes her internship, she plans to become a full-time hypnotherapist. "I'm not saying [hypnotherapy] is the panacea, like, no more AMA," she continues with a laugh, "but in the meantime, we're making steps. So yeah, I am a wave of the future." Did my session with Bobby help me kick the habit? Well, no. But our excursion into inner space did stir something up. That night, I dreamt I was visited by a giant filter-tip cigarette, which either means there's hope for me yet, or I have to stop reading Doonesbury.

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Tag Archive | "Dennis Walcott"
Bronx parents say new law won't ease overcrowding issue in schools, NY Daily News
Posted on 24 October 2011. Tags: bedford park, Dennis Walcott, public school 8, public schools, school overcrowding, The Bronx
Bronx parents are skeptical that the City Council's new legislation requiring the Department of Education to report annually on size, capacity and utilization of schools will help address rampant overcrowding, NY Daily News reported.
Parent Eddie Valley said he's concerned about how much attention his third-grade daughter is receiving.
"You could only have so many students in one class," said Valley, 43. "Thirteen hundred kids have to use the gym within three hours – that's really difficult to do, and my daughter got hurt twice already this year because they could only keep an eye on so many kids."
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Angry parents confront chancellor over toxins at schools, NBC NY
Posted on 13 October 2011. Tags: Dennis Walcott, Department of Education, P.S. 51, toxins
Angry parents didn't hold back against Chancellor Dennis Walcott at a schools meeting in the Bronx Wednesday night, saying they still haven't gotten enough answers about potentially toxic exposure to their children in school, NBC New York reports.
Parents said the Department of Education knew there were unsafe levels of a toxin called tricchloroethylene (TCE) in the schools.
The DOE is also creating a health registry to monitor the children exposed at P.S. 51. All other school buildings have been tested and are safe.
Emotional pleas aside, panel votes to close Bronx Academy
Posted on 29 April 2011. Tags: Bronx Academy, Bronx Academy High School, Bronx school, Dennis Walcott, DOE, Education, Featured, Gary Eisinger, Marc Sternberg, Monica Major, phase out, pictures, school closure, schools, Schools Chancellor, South Bronx
When Angel Sosa transferred to Bronx Academy High School in the South Bronx almost a year and a half ago as a sophomore, he only had 10 credits out of the roughly 44 needed to graduate. "I woke up this morning with three acceptance letters to college," the 18-year-old senior told the city's Panel for Educational Policy, which on Thursday night voted to close the school.
In March, the Department of Education proposed the phase out of Bronx Academy because of its poor performance and its inability to turn its failing record around quickly. The school received two F's and a C in its last three report cards.
Students and teachers presented data to demonstrate the changes the school has implemented in the past eight months under the leadership of new Principal Gary Eisinger. According to a 43-page document distributed to the panel, the school saw a 25 percent increase in the number of students who passed the Regents exams, and attendance is up to 73 percent from 67 percent.
Senior Snanice Kittel, 16, told the panel members that her teachers genuinely cared about students and were helping them to succeed. "They will call in the morning to make sure you go to class. And they will even visit your house and talk to your parents if you haven't come," she said, explaining that these practices were put in place under the new administration.
Their case was not persuasive enough to convince the panel to vote to save the school.
"We are proud of the work Gary has done in the school," said Deputy Chancellor Marc Sternberg. "Even if there has been improvement, it's well below what we expect to see," he said, adding that the numbers presented by the school staff was inaccurate and that its own assessment revealed a different story.
Frederick R. Coscia, a statistician and economics teacher at Bronx Academy, insisted the Department of Education was basing its decision to close the school on two-year-old data. "We deserve our own report this year," he said.
Monica Major, the Bronx representative to the panel, requested a postponement of the vote to phase out of the school. The motion was denied.
"We asked for a miracle, we got it and now we will not see the end of it," said Major as the audience yelled at the panel to "look at the data." She reminded her colleagues on the panel that Bronx Academy High School is a transfer school that takes students who have already failed in other schools. Opened in 2003, this "transfer school" serves an alternative for overage students who have trouble graduating from a regular high school.
Despite acknowledging the work done by transfer schools and what they represent, the newly appointed Chancellor Dennis Walcott said Bronx Academy "has not done the job." "We base our decisions on facts and not solely on emotions," he said, citing the school's poor performance and its inclusion in the New York State's "persistent lower achieving" schools list.
"We cannot allow more students to go to a school that is not performing at the standards," Walcott said.
After four and half hours of testimony and amid chorus of "lies, lies" and "shame on you," the panel approved the phase-out of Bronx Academy by nine votes to five. Only the five borough representatives opposed the closure. Starting in September, the school will not accept new students and will have until June 2013 to graduate those who are currently enrolled. It will be replaced by Bronx Arena High School, a transfer school that will open its door for the 2011-2012 school year.
English teacher Robert MacVicar expressed his disappointment with the chancellor and the panel for not giving the school a one-year reprieve. "I am saddened by Mr. Walcott's and Mayor Bloomberg's failure to take reasonable and compassionate account of our students' deep and abiding goodness, despite their sometimes soul-trying circumstances at home and on the mean streets of South Bronx," he said.
Visibly upset, Angel Sosa asked why the panel did not take his testimony and others who spoke into consideration. "I had come with hope," he said.
As students and supporters of the school left, Principal Eisinger said he appreciated the support he received.
"I put a lot of heart into the school,'' he said, "and it shows."
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Health & fitness workshops for schools bring their outside experience and industry knowledge on site to your school, college or educational group. Interactive courses include topics about Health, Fitness, alcohol, Drugs, food & physical education, plus so much more. Your pupils will experience workshops that provide them with audio, visual and kinaesthetic activities that cover curriculum subjects like Science, PE, PSHE and SEN.


Caption slip reads: "Photographer: Gaze. Date: 1957-07-19. Reporter: Gaze. Assignment: Tommy Sands Contract Approval. #9-10-57-58: Singer Tommy Sands with (and without) 20th-Century-Fox (film contract) following court approval of contra ct at Santa Monica today. In two negs he is singing the 'music' of the contract, which provides 10,000 for his first feature and may pay as high as $100,000 for each of his additional films."


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The kids going back to school always makes me think of new beginnings and here at RBL we're experiencing a new beginning too. We've recently moved into a lovely new office in Teddington and are still in the unpacking phase but hopefully we'll be shipshape fairly soon. The good news is that we've managed to find the coffee and mugs so we're already feeling welcome and at home.
We're also celebrating 15 years of consulting this week having worked with many brilliant clients and fantastic projects over the years, including a long-term relationship with Scottish online butchers Donald Russell. Over the eight years of working in partnership, we've run multiple customer experience audits which led to changes in the online and offline customer journeys which we worked with the marketing and contact centre teams to redesign and implement. Our final project was to kick start new customer acquisition and we helped them to transition the new customer acquisition strategy and marketing plans from being predominantly offline, to being truly multi-channel successfully launching DRTV and social media channels ahead of lockdown. Our work was really hands-on, working with media and creative agencies to develop and deliver a whole new way of advertising. During lockdown we were able to provide living proof of one of the company's core values of agility. We totally revamped our marketing plans and budget to generate record levels of new customer demand as lockdown kicked in. Having put the foundations for ongoing success in place, and really stress-tested them through lockdown, we were able to hand back the reins to the marketing team to take the business forward from mid-July (along with a 24 page hand-over guide!)
Since then we've restarted a supporter experience project for a major charity who are reigniting their face-to-face fundraising in the new Covid world. Whilst we've been running these experience audits for the last three or four years, this year's audit has a new focus.
Continuing the new theme we've also been working on a complete overhaul of our own website and offering. We're close to launching the new site so please keep your eyes peeled for our fresh new look.
Finally, alongside well earned staycations exploring new places within the UK, we've taken the summer to review and refresh our Vulnerable Customer training offering enabling us to run the sessions remotely through MS Teams, Zoom etc if you'd prefer a remote session to a socially distanced one. We've also updated the materials, added a new section which covers Covid and it's impact on customer / supporter vulnerability plus created a new e-book with course content and materials that's yours to keep after the session.
We're excited to be moving forward and look forward to seeing what else 2020 and beyond can challenge us with!
If you're looking for a fresh approach to examining your customers experience or a new approach to handling contacts with your vulnerable customers or supporters, please get in touch and give me an excuse to put the unpacking to one side!


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Paltry fines raise questions over compliance enforcement
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The tiny $500 fines handed down to two businesses under surveillance for phoenix activity has raised questions about whether courts are taking the issue seriously.
While penalties generally act as a deterrent for non-compliance, two separate branches of the Magistrates Court – Southport Magistrates Court and the Magistrates' Court of Victoria – have both been handed fines of just $500 for failing to produce their financial statements to ASIC.
Victorian motorcycle transport firm Motorcycle Express and Sydney-based labour hire company MJC Project Group were both investigated as part of phoenix surveillance activity by ASIC between December 2016 and February 2017.
Part of this surveillance involved demands to produce records of their financial affairs.
Motorcycle Express did not produce any records, while MJC Project Group initially responded to ASIC saying it had the documentation but needed more time comply. It then did not respond when a second demand was issued two months later.
The directors of both companies were then dragged before the courts on charges of failing to comply with a notice. Both pleaded guilty, although MJC Project Group provided its books a day before the hearing.
While the maximum penalty for the offence sits at $21,000, two years' jail or even both, the two companies were each given a fine of $500.
Concerned that such small fines will fail to act as a deterrent for operators who wilfully flout the law, and may simply consider it a "cost of doing business", My Business contacted ASIC to ask if it would appeal and whether there is a risk more businesses would withhold their books from regulator scrutiny.
A spokesperson for ASIC said it had no plans to appeal, but would not comment on the last point "as the penalty is decided in each case by the court".


During the winter, enjoy onsite recreation like downhill skiing, cross-country skiing, and snowboarding. After a day on the snow, enjoy a relaxing soak in the spa tub and an invigorating swim in the outdoor swimming pool. Eagle Ridge Resort at Lutsen Mountains helps provide the perfect winter holiday with ski storage, skiing lessons, and ski equipment rentals.
Dining is available at one of the hotel's 3 restaurants. Wireless Internet access is complimentary. This ski hotel also offers a nightclub, a sauna, and ski passes. Limited complimentary onsite parking is available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Eagle Ridge Resort at Lutsen Mountains is a smoke-free property.
Situated in Lutsen, this ski hotel is 0.1 mi (0.1 km) from Lutsen Mountains and 2.1 mi (3.4 km) from Superior National Golf Course.
With direct access to the slopes, Eagle Ridge Resort at Lutsen Mountains makes guests feel at home with amenities like a sauna and an outdoor pool.
All 74 rooms boast fireplaces and offer free WiFi and flat-screen TVs. Guests will also find DVD players, refrigerators, and microwaves. Limited housekeeping is available.
Eagle Ridge Resort at Lutsen Mountains offers 74 air-conditioned accommodations, which are accessible via exterior corridors and feature fireplaces and DVD players. 32-inch flat-screen televisions come with satellite channels. Refrigerators, microwaves, and coffee/tea makers are provided. Bathrooms include complimentary toiletries and hair dryers. Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Business-friendly amenities include phones along with free local calls (restrictions may apply). Housekeeping is provided on a limited basis.
Papa Charlie's - This restaurant specializes in American cuisine and serves lunch, dinner, and light fare. A children's menu is available. Open daily.
Summit Chalet - This Cafe specializes in American cuisine. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar. Open daily.
Rosie's Cafe // Seasonal - This Cafe specializes in American cuisine. Open daily.


Heres a 20 min (or hour long) DIY project we came across on handimania that turns an old (or new) tire into a nice, textured, rope ottoman.
a cloth, scissors and concentrated brush sealer.
Press the tip to adhere well and go round in a snail shape. Remember to put enough glue before each round, make it stick hard and tight.
Apply the sealer to the brush and cover all sisal surface with it. Wait one hour before you put another coat on it. This sealer is ready to touch after one day but the complete drying takes two weeks!.
The Outcomes and results can vary depending on your creativity, so you can create your very own iteration.
Is it a pouf or an ottoman? How to tell the difference.


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Q: Searcher Gem and ActiveRecord If I use in my Gemfile:
gem "searcher", github: "radar/searcher"

the bundle install works perfectly. but I'm trying to deploy for heroku and I'm getting this erros:
$ git push heroku master
    Counting objects: 1277, done.
    Delta compression using up to 4 threads.
    Compressing objects: 100% (1218/1218), done.
    Writing objects: 100% (1277/1277), 143.11 KiB | 0 bytes/s, done.
    Total 1277 (delta 793), reused 0 (delta 0)
    remote: Compressing source files... done.
    remote: Building source:
    remote:
    remote: -----> Ruby app detected
    remote: -----> Compiling Ruby/Rails
    remote: -----> Using Ruby version: ruby-2.2.6
    remote: -----> Installing dependencies using bundler 1.13.7
    remote:        Running: bundle install --without development:test --path vendor/bundle --binstubs vendor/bundle/bin -j4 --deployment
    remote:        The git source `git://github.com/radar/searcher.git` uses the `git` protocol, which transmits data without encryption. Disable this warning with `bundle config git.allow_insecure true`, or switch to the `https` protocol to keep your data secure.
    remote:        You are trying to install in deployment mode after changing
    remote:        your Gemfile. Run `bundle install` elsewhere and add the
    remote:        updated Gemfile.lock to version control.
    remote:        You have added to the Gemfile:
    remote:        * source: git://github.com/radar/searcher.git (at master)
    remote:        You have deleted from the Gemfile:
    remote:        * source: https://github.com/radar/searcher.git (at master@c297512)
    remote:        Bundler Output: The git source `git://github.com/radar/searcher.git` uses the `git` protocol, which transmits data without encryption. Disable this warning with `bundle config git.allow_insecure true`, or switch to the `https` protocol to keep your data secure.
    remote:        You are trying to install in deployment mode after changing
    remote:        your Gemfile. Run `bundle install` elsewhere and add the
    remote:        updated Gemfile.lock to version control.
    remote:
    remote:        You have added to the Gemfile:
    remote:        * source: git://github.com/radar/searcher.git (at master)
    remote:
    remote:        You have deleted from the Gemfile:
    remote:        * source: https://github.com/radar/searcher.git (at master@c297512)
    remote:  !
    remote:  !     Failed to install gems via Bundler.
    remote:  !
    remote:  !     Push rejected, failed to compile Ruby app.
    remote:
    remote:  !     Push failed
    remote: Verifying deploy...
    remote:
    remote: !   Push rejected to glacial-beyond-39560.
    remote:
    To https://git.heroku.com/glacial-beyond-39560.git
     ! [remote rejected] master -> master (pre-receive hook declined)
    error: failed to push some refs to 'https://git.heroku.com/glacial-beyond-39560.git'

Then I try to tweak in the Gemfile to put just the gem "searcher" and I have an error when try to bundle:
   Bundler could not find compatible versions for gem "activerecord":
  In snapshot (Gemfile.lock):
    activerecord (= 4.2.1)

  In Gemfile:
    rails (= 4.2.1) was resolved to 4.2.1, which depends on
      activerecord (= 4.2.1)

    searcher was resolved to 0.0.1, which depends on
      activerecord (~> 3.0.0)

Running `bundle update` will rebuild your snapshot from scratch, using only
the gems in your Gemfile, which may resolve the conflict.

I saw it's recommended to use ActiveRecord 3x. What I need to do(install a version of rails for active_record 3x? Or I thick is something with secure protocol for this gem?? Can anyone help me please???

A: After trying a lot ways I have successful changing:
gem "searcher", github: "radar/searcher"

for this:
gem "searcher", git: "https://github.com/radar/searcher.git"

A: I think Delete the contents of Gemfile.lock, and run bundle install again. That's been working for me.

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the Ardougne Task set is the seventh set of Tasks released by Jagex. Being based in the Ardougne area, it is members-only. Of course, like all other diaries, it contains easy, medium, and hard tasks. However, the release of this diary brought in a new hidden difficulty: Elite. The rewards for doing these tasks seem to be most fitting. Some rewards even help outside the Ardougne area!
Speak to Dr Orbon in the Ardougne church, the Town Crier in the Ardougne Marketplace, or Aleck in Yanille's Hunter shop.
Dr Orbon: Can be found just west of the Ardougne Market Place, inside the church.
Ardougne's town crier: Can be found in the Ardougne Market Place.
Aleck: Can be found in Yanille's Hunter Shop.
Head to a bit northeast of the Ardougne Market Place to find Wizard Cromperty. Right-click him and click teleport. You must have completed Rune Mysteries to do this.
Enter or teleport the Ardougne Market Place. Either go to one of the stalls and attempt to steal something, or attempt to pickpocket a guard. If you are caught, you'll still get the task done. You need at least 5 Thieving in order to steal from the Baker's Stall.
Talk to the Silk Trader in the Ardougne Market Place and offer to sell silk for 120 coins. He'll say that's too high and offer 50. Then tell him you'll settle for 60 coins.
Put on some prayers until you lose a prayer point. Then go to the altar in West Ardougne. To be able to enter West Ardougne, you'll need to have finished Plague City. Once at the altar, recharge your prayer points.
Teleport to Castle Wars and remove all non-combat equipment, then put it all in the bank. Next enter a waiting room, it doesn't matter which one.
Go to Port Khazard and enter the the Fishing Trawler's ship, then wait for the boat to leave. Once it has simply wait for it to sink and climb on a barrel to get back to shore.
The Combat Training Camp is just northwest of East Ardougne, on the west side of the river. Head to it and open the gates.
Enter West Ardougne (to enter West Ardougne, you'll need to have completed Plague City.) with a cat as your follower and find a Civilian. Civilians are found in the Western parts of West Ardougne. Talk to them and they'll tell you about their rat problem. Eventually you'll have some options: Sell your cat for 100 Death Runes or keep your cat. Choose either option, and you'll complete the task.
Take a Cowhide and a Unicorn Horn to the dungeon in the Tower of Life. Head to the northwestern part and use both items on the Symbol of Life. A Unicow will appear; kill it to complete your task. To access the dungeon, you need to have completed the Tower of Life quest.
In West Ardougne (must have completed Plague City) you'll find a Recruiter. Simply talk to him and eventually a civilian will throw a Tomato at him.
Just a bit southeast of the Ardougne Market Place is Captain Barnaby's ship. Right-click him and pay the toll of 30 coins. Sailing there will complete the task. Then pay another 30 coins to the Customs Officer to sail back.
On the eastern side of the Ardougne Market Place, you'll find a Gem Stall. By the stall are two small houses. Attempt to pick-lock the southern one.
First of all, you'll need to have found a penguin or two this week. Then, get to the Ardougne Zoo, which is directly south of the General Store. If you haven't done The Hunt for Red Raktuber, talk to Larry, by the Penguin Cage. If you have, talk to Chuck, in his Polar Bear Cage. Claim your reward to complete the task.
First, find a way to drain some Summoning Points. The most simple way would be to summon a familiar. Then head to the Summoning Obelisk between the Fight Arena and Port Khazard. Recharge your points to complete the task.
Head to the Monastery directly south of the Ardougne Zoo after completing Monk's Friend. Inside, there should be some Monks. Talk to one to get the party started and balloons will appear. Pop a balloon to complete the task.
Make your way to the General Store, just north of the Ardougne Zoo and south of a church. Trade Aemad or Kortan and buy a Water-Filler Vial for 10 Coins.
Enter the building north of the Observatory and a bit west of the Goblin houses. View the noticeboard on the north wall to complete the task.
On the Khazard Battlefield which is just south of West Ardougne, you'll need to kill something. It doesn't matter what it is, but the most simple thing to kill would be a Gnome.
The Poison Arrow Pub is just south of the Ardougne Market Place and west of Captain Barnaby. Enter and talk to Marion. Buy a Skewered Kebab for 25 Coins.
Once in Yanille, you can find Aleck's shop just west of the Magic Guild. Right-click trade on him to view the Hunter equipment. Doing this will complete the task.
Just north of the Ardougne Market Place is the Servant's Guild. Talk to the Chief Servant and ask him about servants to complete the task.
Right-click your Ring of Duelling and click the option to teleport to Castle Wars.
Head to the southern dock at Port Khazard. Talk to the man there, Tindel Merchant, and ask him about identifying swords.
Take out your Dramen or Lunar Staff and enter Zanaris via Fairy Ring. Then enter the code B-I-S to teleport inside the Unicorn Pen at the Ardougne Zoo. Using Fairy Rings requires starting Fairy Tale Part II: Cure a Queen.
There is a small little building just outside West Ardougne, north of a Watchtower. Inside that building is a lever, pull the lever, but make sure you have nothing you'd want to risk losing on. You'll be teleported to the Wilderness and complete the task.
Take out a Rune Crossbow and a Mithril Grapple. Equip both of them and head to the the Southern Yanille wall behind the pub. Grapple it and you'll climb to the top of the wall. Then jump down to complete the task. Doing all this requires 39 Agility, 21 Range, and 38 Strength.
Head to Ourania with at least 1 Pure Essence. Enter the dungeon via the trapdoor by the Prayer altar. Run to the Runecrafting altar using either path and craft some runes to complete the task.
First you'll need to have completed Kennith's Concerns and have a Mining level of 46. Then enter the dungeon west of Witchaven with a Pickaxe. Enter the crack in the wall in the first room. From there, follow the path until you find a pile of rocks you have to climb. Climb them and on the other side is an entrance. Go through it and keep going through doors until you find Rubium on the walls. Mine some and go all the way back out of the dungeon. Take the Rubium to Ezekial in the Fishing Shop in Witchaven. Sell it to him for 10 Coins.
Plant and harvest Watermelons in the patch a bit northeast of Ardougne. This requires 49 Farming to do and 3 Watermelon seeds, a Rake, Spade, and Seed dibber to plant and harvest. You can pay the nearby farmer there 10 Curry Leaves to watch your Watermelons, so that they don't die.
To cast the Ardougne Teleport spell, you need 51 Magic and need to have finished the Plague City quest. Using it requires 2 Law Runes and 2 Water Runes.
If you haven't done this before, you'll need to head to Entrana with 10 Yew Logs and a Tinderbox. Once there, go to the balloon site and choose to go to Castle Wars. You'll have to guide the balloon yourself since this is your first time. For details on how to do that, visit our Hot Air Balloon Transportation guide. If you have done this before, go to any balloon site with 1 Yew Log and a Tinderbox and choose to go to Castle Wars.
Bert is found in the house just east of the House Portal in Yanille. Talk to him to claim your Buckets of Sand.
Find your Enchanted Key from Meeting History and run over to an area between a bridge and a fenced in danger area northwest of Ardougne's northern bank. Rub your key and go to Past - B. If that doesn't work, you're probably standing in the wrong spot. See our Meeting History guide for a specific spot. Once in the past, find Sarah in the backyard and have a short conversation with her on Herblore to complete the task.
Talk to Jeb in Witchaven, and ask him to go to the fishing platform. You will need either a Small Fishing Net or a Fishing Rod and at least 3 Fishing to catch anything.
Just west of the northern bank in Ardougne is a Log Balance. Cross it (requires 33 Agility) to complete the task.
The Master Farmer can be found a bit northeast of the northern Ardougne bank and northwest of the Ardougne Market Place. You'll need 38 Thieving in order to pickpocket him. Do so to complete the task.
Pick-lock the door on a house east of the Gem Stall in the Ardougne Market Place. Enter the house and you'll find two chests. Right-click one and search for traps. Even if you fail, you'll complete the task.
Slightly northeast of the Ardougne Market Place and southwest of the Legend's Guild is a mine, in it is coal. Using a Pickaxe and having 30 Mining or more, mine some to complete the task.
Take a Raw Swordfish and a Raw Chicken to the dungeon in the Tower of Life. Head to the southeastern part and use both items on the Symbol of Life. A Swordchick will appear; kill it to complete your task. To access the dungeon, you need to have completed the Tower of Life quest.
Enter the Legend's Guild, which is just northeast of Ardougne, with an uncharged Bracelet of Combat or a Necklace of Skills. To enter the Legend's Guild, you need to have completed Legend's Quest. Once in the guild, use your Bracelet/Necklace on the totem on the first floor to charge it.
Enter the Legend's Guild, which is just northeast of Ardougne. To enter the Legend's Guild, you need to have completed Legend's Quest. Once in the guild, walk down the stairs into the dungeon. Run all the way to the end to find the Shadow Warriors. Kill one to complete the task.
You need 66 Magic to enter the Magic Guild. The guild is just west of Yanille's bank. Enter it to complete the task.
You'll need 66 Magic to enter the Magic Guild, which is just west of Yanille's bank. Once in it, climb to the top using the staircases. Go through the western portal to teleport to Thormac's Tower.
Win a game of Castle Wars. World 24 is the most popular Castle Wars world.
To even begin this task, you'll need to have 71 Magic and finished Lunar Diplomacy. You'll then need to switch to Lunar Magic. Take out 2 Astral Runes, 6 Earth Runes, and 1 Law Rune and cast Ourania Teleport to complete the task. If you are unable to cast Ourania Teleport, you'll need to talk to Baba Yaga in her chicken house north of the Moonclan's bank.
Teleport or walk to the Watchtower with Gloves of Silence (requires 54 Hunter to use). Find a Watchman on the first or second floor. Equip your gloves and pickpocket one (requires 65 Thieving).
Take a Raw Cave Eel and Giant Frog Legs to the dungeon in the Tower of Life. Head to the western part and use both items on the Symbol of Life. A Frogeel will appear; kill it to complete your task. To access the dungeon, you need to have completed the Tower of Life quest.
Take out your Karamja Monkey Greegree, if you have one. Head to the Ardougne Zoo, just south of Ardougne's General Store. Equip your greegree at the zoo and talk to a Monkey Minder. He'll put you in the cage to complete your task. Unequip the greegree and talk to the Minder again to get out.
After Back to my Roots, you'll be given a Jade Vine Seed. Take that seed and 10 Wildblood Hops to the patch in front of Lord Handelmort's mansion. Plant the seed and pay Horacio the hops to watch the plant grow. Come back about 12 hours later to find that it has fully grown. Check its health to continue on with this task. Come back about 3 more hours later and it will be a Wild Jade Vine level 167. You'll need a pair of Secateurs and a Hatchet to fight it, as you can only attack it with a Hatchet. It can also poison you, so an Antipoison Potion is advised as well as food. Once it's dead, you'll complete the task and receive 2,500 Slayer experience.
To cast the Watchtower Teleport spell, you need 58 Magic and need to have finished the Watchtower quest. Using it requires 2 Law Runes and 2 Earth Runes.
Enter Yanille Dungeon either from the entrance north of Yanille or from the entrance near Yanille's bank. To use the entrance near Yanille's bank, you'll need at least 82 Thieving. If you chose the entrance north of Yanille, you'll need a knife to slice through some webs to even get in. Once in, cross the ledge and keep going forward until you find the Monkey Bars. If you chose the entrance near the bank, you won't need any items. Once in, you should be right by the Monkey Bars. Cross them to complete the task. Doing this requires 57 Agility.
Take a Rope and a Small Fishing Net to the area near the Ourania Altar. The Ourania Altar is west of the Khazard Battlefield. Set-up a trap using your materials and wait to catch a Red Salamander. You need 59 Hunter to catch Red Salamanders.
Head to the fruit tree patch near Tree Gnome Village with a potted and watered Papaya Tree or Coconut Tree Sapling. You'll also need 10 Pineapples for a Papaya Tree or 15 Papaya Fruits for a Palm Tree if you want the nearby gardner to watch the tree for you. Once you have planted it, return about 14 hours later and it will be fully grown. Then pick a Papaya or Coconut from your fruit tree to complete the task.
The Chaos Druid Tower is just north of where East Ardougne and West Ardougne meet. Head there and pick-lock the door. Go down the ladder and look for a chest. When you have, search it for traps. Even if you fail, you'll complete the task. You need 59 Thieving to complete this task.
Grab a rock from the table on the main floor of either Castle Wars castle. Then go to the catapult on the outside fortification, and fire the catapult. It doesn't matter if it's a decent shot or not.
Play the Fishing Trawler successfully with 81 Fishing to have a chance at catching a Manta Ray.
Summon your Abyssal Titan and put 7 essence into it. Then go to the altar and craft runes while your essence is still in the titan. 93 Summoning is required to do this.
Enter the house southwest of Yanille's bank and go down the stairs. Attempt to pick-lock the door down there with at least 82 Thieving to complete the task.
Get a Giant Pouch from the Abyss and fill it with essence. Then go to the altar and empty your pouch. 75 Runecrafting is required to use a Giant Pouch.
Get a piece of Raw Beef and use it on the stove in Yanille to make Sinew. Fletch a Yew Log into a Crossbow Stock in either Witchaven or Yanille. Smith Rune Limbs on the anvils in Yanille. Make a Crossbow String using the Sinew on the spinning wheel in Witchaven. 91 Smithing and 69 Fletching are required to do all of this.


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Q: How to rsync a remote folder with updated files with a local folder that is also updated? I rsynced a folder from an old server to a new  server.
Now I want to do it again after a few days, the problem is that both folders (new and old) have been updated by this point. Their files were updated differently, some new folders (different on both) inside the rsynced folder were created...
Now I want the new server to have the same folder as the old server but I don't want to rm the folder and rsync again because it has a lot of GBs.
Is "--update" sufficient here?


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Aoide Chamber Singers perform free holiday concert at Big Sky Chapel
ARTS COUNCIL OF BIG SKY
The Arts Council of Big Sky presents a concert of holiday choral singing featuring the Aoide Chamber Singers on Saturday, Dec. 16, at 8 p.m. in the Big Sky Chapel. The all-ages performance is free and seating is on a first come, first served basis.
With performances described by audience members as "the best choral singing we've ever heard in Bozeman (or almost anywhere)," Aoide Chamber Singers has established itself as one of Montana's leading vocal ensembles. Founded in 2012 at Montana State University by then freshman Andrew Major, Aoide humbly began with seven singers. Their high level of artistry and commitment to modern music drew attention from others and membership now exceeds 20 singers.
The chapel holiday program, entitled "First Snow: Aoide at Christmas," is a diverse collection of pieces that includes works by Bo Holten, David Lang, Blake Hensen, Sergei Rachmaninov and more. Aoide is a dedicated advocate for contemporary composers, with an overwhelming majority of their repertoire drawing from the last decade of choral writing. The group's performances routinely range from hauntingly passionate works of Renaissance and Medieval chant through contemporary choral masterpieces.
This concert is presented by the Arts Council of Big Sky and underwritten by the Schwer-Topeffer Memorial fund, dedicated to bringing high-quality classical music to Big Sky audiences. Visit bigskyarts.org or call (406) 995-2742.
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The INSANE Logic Of The YODEL
by: Bart Plantenga
Video lecture on the wide & wild world of the YODEL based on the book YODEL IN HIFI. This film premiered in LONDON on 11 March 2014 at the Peckham Liberal Club as part of the Muckle Mouth series. Book YODEL IN HIFI: From Kitsch Folk to Contemporary Electronica. For info:http://uwpress.wisc.edu/
Break the voice and you enter the marrow of existence. The film documents the ubiquitous and unique presence of yodeling just about everywhere. From roots deep in the earth to soundings that probe deep space… And no genre is safe: opera, hiphop, rock, pop, folk, jazz, house, techno, reggae… FEATURES: Werner Herzog, Bernhard Betschart, Phil Minton, Myriam van Imschoot & Doreen Kutzke, Barbara Hannigan, Taylor Ware, Francelle Maria, Drag Queen Lady KinMee, Dominatrix Manuela Horn, a yodeling cat, Tarzan, Bob Marley, Aka Pygmies, Prison work songs, hollerin', Jimmie Rodgers, SE Rogie, Mike Johnson, Kia Brekkan, Kishore Kumar, Cyrill Schläpfer, Erika Stucky, Christine Lauterburg, Alice Babs, Focus, Mental Theo & Charly Lownoise, Bobbejaan Schoepen, Honeymoon Killers, Harry Torrani, George Van Dusen, Brian Eno, Cranberries, Buzzcocks, People Like Us, Mysterious Asthmatic Avenger, Shelley Hirsch, Jacques Dutronc, Munich House Mafia, Franzl Lang, Fatima Miranda, Kristina Fuchs, Zabine, Meredith Monk, Neil Rolnick, Anna Kiefer, Paul Dutton, Mij, Tim Buckley, Slim Whitman, Mal Webb, Wandervogels, Chinese yodeling, tea-picking yodels, Korean, Japanese, Filipino, Basques, Cambodian, Taiwanese, Persian, Tuvan, Georgian…
This film uses original footage but mostly relies on found and archival footage. My hope & goal is to make a feature length documentary using high quality stock and more original footage. I am looking to partner with a producer and filmmaker with interest in the subject.
All sources & credits for found footage used in this film available upon request.
Yodel in HiFi: From Kitsch Folk to Contemporary Electronica :: http://uwpress.wisc.edu/books/4594.htm
YODEL-AY-EE-OOOO: The Secret History of Yodeling Around the World :: http://www.routledge.com/
Wreck This Mess Radio :: http://www.mixcloud.com/wreckthismess/
Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/
Bart Plantenga is a freelance researcher, writer, translator, and editor. He is the author of Yodel-Ay-Ee-Oooo: The Secret History of Yodeling around the World and the compiler of the CD Rough Guide to Yodel. He lives and works in Amsterdam and is the disc jockey of radio show Wreck This Mess.
Author's website: bartplantenga.weebly.com/
Author's blog: bartyodel2.wordpress.com
Revolutie in galop - De onmisbare rol van het paard in de Mexicaanse Revolutie
EE-DE-LEE-YAH! Jazz en de Beat Generation
Robert Walser ~ Portrait und Erinnerungen
Category: Sociotainment, Video
One Response to "The INSANE Logic Of The YODEL"
March 7th, 2015 @ 8:09 pm
fantastisch!!


At the end of the football game, the kick was good and the crowd went wild.
I found what he was saying completely baffling.
She was completely baffled by his strange behaviour.
Detectives remain baffled by these murders.
The star took the critics by storm.
They had started with the premise that all men are created equal.
We started from the premise that the situation can get no worse.
We don't accept the premise that cutting taxes will necessarily lead to increased economic productivity.
The job involved working with a software development team.
The operation involves putting a small tube into your heart.
The operation involves inserting a small tube into the heart.
The course involves a great deal of hard work.
Most research and development projects involve some element of risk.
People were forced to leap to safety from the burning building.
She leapt into the air with joy.
The horse leapt the fence and galloped off down the track.
The dog leaped over the gate into the field.
He leaped out of his car and ran towards the house.
I leaped up to answer the phone.
In the last few minutes of the football game, they tried a trick play, and it worked to perfection.
She leaned forward to whisper something in my ear.
Come forward a bit and stand on the line.
I reached forward to touch her hand, but she moved it away.
Baffling videos have taken social media by storm, people seemingly walking in mid-air by stepping over an invisible box.
The premise involves stepping onto an 'invisible box' with one foot and leaping over it with the other foot.
Some have performed the trick to perfection such as Anderson University football player Dontez Hines and Manvel High School cheerleader Ariel.
Others hilariously fail, tripping over their own feet or even falling to the ground.
However, many Internet users have been left dazed and confused wondering how the trick actually works.
You're looking rather dazed – is something wrong?
The driver in the accident appeared dazed but not badly hurt.
The invisible box trick seems to go back a while, with a few posts on Reddit asking how to pull it off.
In a video posted to YouTube, dancer Marcos Grados, from Guadalajara, Mexico, is seen completing the move during a performance.
In one of the first instances seen of this trick, back in August 2014, the video has been viewed almost 889,000 times.
The basis of the trick is all about jumping with one foot while keeping your 'stepping' foot still.
So the performer has to essentially hop forward on one foot while keeping the other fixed in mid-air.
Last month, Men's Health fitness editor Ebenezer Samuel broke the move down one leg at a time.
For my next trick, I will make the balls disappear.
He showed us some card tricks.
There have been several instances of violence at the school.
There were several instances of computer failure before we got the system to work properly.
Tickets will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis.
Mostly people work on a part-time basis.
This document will form the basis for our discussion.
There is no basis for their statements.
Don't worry, we'll take things one step at a time.
He wanted to rush through the job, but I encouraged him to take it one step at a time.
The leg that is stepping on the box uses a great deal of hip flexor, glute and core stability.
'All [the] hip stabilizers on the right side are firing on overtime to hold that hip in position,' he said.
But the moving leg that hops forward faces a greater challenge. 'Very explosive hip flexor, abdominal and glute strength is what is driving the leg up and over the box,' Samuel said.
This is not the first trend to go viral. Other challenges include the planking challenge where participants must lie face down in odd locations, the cinnamon challenge where participants eat a spoonful of ground cinnamon in under 60 seconds without drinking anything or the mannequin challenge where people remained frozen like mannequins while a song plays in the background.
Every 30 days we rotate shifts.
We have been rotating the rescue teams on a 12-hour basis.
The asteroid crashed into the planet with explosive force.
We think you've been driving yourself too hard.
The coach really drives his team, but he gets good results.
Recent events have driven the stock market to lows not seen in ten years.
The phenomenon of planking involves lying face down in a public place and posting photos on sites such as Facebook.
As a general rule do not go planking on anything you wouldn't sit on.
How many spoonfuls of sugar should I put in?
The dictator has remained in power for over 20 years.
The doctor ordered him to remain in bed for a few days.


Check out the lovely outfit Hilary wore! We took a few snaps Sunday night for her fashion blog. Catch more fashion goodness on her blog ... nussbaumfashion.blogspot.com. I simply adore this girl.
I had dashed off my flight home from Phoenix just minutes before. I wasn't willing to wait and left my luggage behind, promising myself I would return after the shoot to retrieve it from the airport. (Which is yet another story. Apparently we parted ways hours before- one of us for L.A. and one of us for Bloomington, IL... ugh!) Somehow I had managed to make three wrong turns while zooming across Bloomington en route to the Manor just in time to photograph the Nussbaum family. (Thankfully there was no learning curve since I've been photographing them for years now.) The grounds of the manor were littered with photographers trying to take advantage of what seemed to be the most beautiful day of October. My only advice to our group was, "try to be as obnoxious as possible and maybe they'll give us some space." Of course this didn't work. I realized then photographers are some of the boldest types of people I know. Threats of jail and large fines don't scare us. We're not afraid of the kind of weather that would keep a postman indoors. Did I mention ferocious pets, heights, poison ivy? Nah, put a camera in a person's hand and they begin to think they're invincible!
Here's what else is invincible... Hilary's style! I happily added her to my list of fashion bloggers (which I follow daily) as soon as she launched her blog, Nussbaum Fashion, late this summer. I love how she has been sharing her favorite styling tips and affordable outfits, not to mention where to find them! I am thrilled to be photographing you (and your family) once again, especially since it will be contributing to the fashion sense of the Midwest!
More images from the Nussbaum's family session at Ewing Manor coming soon!


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Q: Why does lpstat not show my print job? After printing a document via cups, /var/log/cups/access_log contains the following log entry (and the printer did print):
"POST /printers/Brother HTTP/1.1" 200 70947 Print-Job successful-ok

However, the print job is not listed when querying via lpstat:
# lpstat -W all -u user
# lpstat -v
device for Brother: ipp://printer.test.:631/ipp/port

Why is lpstat not showing me the successfully executed print job?

A: Without the user filter, the output does list all print jobs, including completed ones:
# lpstat -W all -u
Brother-1  unknown  70606  2020-10-26T11:46:15 UTC

cups does not publish the print jobs owners name, hence filtering by the name does not work.


Christine and Didier Hellio of Manor Farm have been invited by BBC's Countryfile to exhibit their Jersey Royal potatoes as part of its 30th anniversary celebrations.
The Hellios will join over 700 exhibitors for a live showcase at Blenheim Palace which will feature food, craft and luxury produce in what has been described as 'the best country fair in the world' from 2nd to 5th August. Their display includes artefacts, potatoes and photographs which show the evolution of farming.
Christine and Didier first featured on Countryfile in May 2016, when the production team flew to Jersey to experience potato farming on the farm's cotils. They were so impressed by the welcome and the couple's knowledge that they have now been invited back for the special anniversary event.
Christine said: "I just think it's fantastic that the Jersey Royal is being featured as part of this huge event and that people are so interested in the history behind potato farming.
This year sees the island celebrate 140 years of the Jersey Royal potato, with the Hellios responsible for exporting 450 tonnes each year. Christine and Didier have been growing potatoes and vegetables at Manor Farm for over 30 years, welcoming anyone through their gates that has a curiosity to learn more about the produce and the history of the farm.
John Garton, Chief Executive Officer, Farm Jersey said: "This is such a great honour, to be selected out of hundreds of guests to showcase Jersey's wonderful potatoes. As well as a great opportunity to promote our produce and the superior taste it delivers, this really is a tribute to Christine and Didier and all that they do locally to promote farming.


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How to Feel More Outgoing Around Your Boyfriend's Friends
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Whether you're hanging at your guy's house or going out with his group, feeling comfortable around his friends is a must. It's unlikely that his friends are leaving his life anytime soon, making it essential that you get to know them. Becoming a wallflower won't help you to feel at home around your boyfriend's friends. Instead, learn how to project confidence and feel more outgoing when you're with his boys.
Assertive Behavior
Confidence Builder
Fun Friendships
Positive Perception
1 Assertive Behavior
If your boyfriend's buds are constantly talking over you or won't let you get a word in, you need to assert yourself into the conversation. Everyone has an opinion. Assertiveness is a type of behavior in which you confidently speak your mind in a respectful way, according to the article "Assertiveness" on TeensHealth. Believe in yourself, and that your opinions matter, and step into the conversation in an assured way. Instead of shrinking into the background, start using "I" statements to assert your voice. For example, if the group is deciding where to go on a night out, add your opinion and say something such as, "I think that we should go to dinner first."
2 Confidence Builder
If you're struggling to assert yourself and your best efforts are going unnoticed, take some time to build your confidence. Before you get into a group situation, give your self-esteem a boost. Start the confidence-building process by cutting out any negative thinking. Instead of focusing on what you're self-conscious about, consider what makes you special. For example, your better qualities may include quick wit, intelligence or a radiant smile. Don't be overly critical of yourself when it comes to what you say to his friends. Your guy sees something sparkling in you, and so should his friends.
3 Fun Friendships
Spending time with your guy's friends isn't about sitting seriously and quietly contemplating life. Whether you're heading out to a night at the clubs, are going to dinner or are spending the evening in, feel more outgoing by putting the fun back into your self image. Relax and smile, allowing yourself to enjoy the company of your boyfriend's best buds. For example, if you're all going ice skating, strap on your skates instead of sitting on the sidelines.
4 Positive Perception
Feeling more outgoing means projecting a positive persona. A good mood can boost your energy and make you more open in a social situation, suggests life coach Joe Wilner in his article, "How Positive Emotions Impact Life Success," on Psych Central. While you can't always control your mood, you can choose a time when you have a positive attitude to hang out with your guy's friends. For example, if you just failed your Spanish test, stay home and wait until your mood lifts before getting social.
1 TeensHealth: Assertiveness
2 TeensHealth: How Can I Improve My Self-Esteem?
3 Psych Central: How Positive Emotions Impact Life Success
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