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Meet My Fellow Wild Rose Press Author Laura Strickland and Read About Her Sweet Fantasy Romance CINDER-UGLY
CINDER-UGLY
by Laura Strickland
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My Newest Historical, CROWNED BY LOVE, Book One of the Yorkist Saga, Now on Sale
England, 1471
Beautiful orphaned Denys Woodville is thrust into the center of power politics when her guardian Elizabeth Woodville marries the new king, Edward IV. The Wars of the Roses finally seem to be at an end, with the House of York victorious over the House of Lancaster.
But not everyone rejoices in King Edward's victory. Elizabeth and her Woodville clan have clawed their way to power by switching sides throughout the Wars of the Roses. They are always on the lookout for a chance to advance their ambitions, even at the expense of the king's family and most loyal supporters.
Denys is delighted that the House of York has won, though she detests Elizabeth's grasping nature. She considers King Edward and his youngest brother Richard, duke of Gloucester, the only real family she ever had. Elizabeth has never given her a hint of who her real parents might have been.
As the walls of the palace start to close in around her, Denys decides to flee the safety of the court in order to seek the truth about her real identity. She longs to find any living family of her own.
Elizabeth marries her off to Valentine Starbury, duke of Norwich, out of spite, but her feelings for him strengthen and bloom into love. He joins her quest to find her family, but with no reliable leads, it becomes hopeless. After King Richard's devastating death in the Battle of Bosworth, Denys finally reaches her lifelong goal—she finds her family, in a stunning twist of fate.
Scene Three of CROWNED BY LOVE
Denys's Aunt Elizabeth adopted her, then neglected her to passionately pursue Edward, England's future king. Edward fell hard, and they married. The new bride had no need of a child, so she sent Denys to Yorkshire, far out of the way.
The childless duke and duchess of Scarborough raised her as the daughter they never had. When the duchess died, the duke sent Denys back to court, unwanted again. Despite having a king and queen for an uncle and aunt, Denys languished, a lost soul. Today, as reunited lovers surrounded her, she stood alone, unwanted. To add to her misery, the knight of her dreams appeared, only to vanish. Such was her life as an outsider.
Her lady-in-waiting entered, curtsied, and held out a folded parchment embossed with the royal seal. "A page delivered this from her highness the queen, my lady."
She dismissed the maid. "It can wait." Probably a summons to one of the queen's silly musicales, an excuse for court ladies to gossip.
Denys put the message out of her mind till that eve as her tiring woman stood behind her brushing her hair. She broke the seal and unfolded it—a summons, all right—but not to a giddy musicale.
It was a summons to a wedding—her own. Her heart took a sickening lurch.
Her intended was Richard, duke of Gloucester, the king's youngest brother, her childhood companion. Queen Elizabeth always married relatives off to the cream of nobility, and Richard was the highest ranking bachelor in the kingdom.
Far from her idea of a husband. A brother, yes. A husband—never!
A fastidious prude, he intended to wed his sweetheart Anne Neville.
Denys and Richard played together as children, and renewed their friendship when she returned to court. They played tennis, chess, cards—but play ended at games. Just the thought of kissing him made her shudder.
Now the queen wanted them wed on Christmas Day.
Seething with fury, she strode to the hearth and flung the parchment into the flames. They licked and charred it beyond recognition. She crawled into bed for a long, hard think.
By the time she fell asleep, she'd already thought of several ways out.
How I 'Met' Richard III
Every Ricardian has a story about how they discovered Richard III and became fascinated with him.
I started researching my first historical, THE JEWELS OF WARWICK, centered around Henry VIII and two fictional heroines, in 1990—with no internet (how did I do it?) I have a strong spiritual connection with late medieval England, which is the basis for my enchantment with this place and time. Jewels took 2 years to research and write, with no internet. It came very close to publication with several romance houses, but missed the mark for containing too little romance.
When I finished JEWELS, I scoured the history books for another legendary figure to write about. While I browsed the Cambridge Library stacks, a book snagged my eye. Lying, not standing, on the wrong shelf was CROWN OF ROSES by Valerie Anand.. It drew me like a magnet. Richard III is a central character in the story, and the author thanks the Richard III Society for helping her. Already hooked on Richard, his tragic death at 32 and his reputation as a usurper and a murderer of his little nephews, I joined this Richard III Society.
Richard fascinated me. I'd found the subject of my next novel! And it tied in perfectly as a prequel to THE JEWELS OF WARWICK. Titled THY NAME IS LOVE, it made the same rounds of publishers, remaining homeless after several rewrites and seven years.
In 1999 with the Internet making my life so much easier, I queried the many E-publishers that had recently set up shop, and British publisher Domhan Books responded in March with an offer for my two historicals.
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Labels: historical romance, medieval England, medieval romance, Richard III
Meet Diane Burton and Maggie, the Main Character of her Romantic Suspense Novel NUMBERS NEVER LIE
Meet Diane
Diane combines her love of mystery, adventure, science fiction and romance into writing romantic fiction. Besides writing science fiction romance, she writes romantic suspense, and cozy mysteries. Diane and her husband live in West Michigan. They have two children and five grandchildren.
"Hi, Diana. Thanks for having me on your blog today. Finishing a new book is exciting. Finishing a book that started fifteen years ago is a wonder. LOL When you suggested a character interview, I thought about the ones I usually see on other blogs and wondered if I could do something different. My friends Nancy Gideon and Dana Nussio developed lists of rapid fire questions to get to know an author better. I thought it would be cool to ask Maggie, the main character in Numbers Never Lie those questions. I hope your readers get to know her better."
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About NUMBERS NEVER LIE
A shocking secret brings danger to Jack Sinclair and his sister Maggie.
As kids, they were the fearless threesome. As adults, Jack's an accountant; Drew, a lawyer; Maggie, a teacher and camping troop leader. Upon returning from a weekend camping trip, Maggie receives horrifying news. She refuses to believe her brother Jack's fatal car crash was an accident. If the police won't investigate, she'll do it herself. Convincing Drew Campbell to help is her only recourse.
Drew Campbell was too busy to return his best friend's phone call. Too busy to attend a camping meeting important to his teen daughter. Too busy to stay in touch with Jack. Logic and reason indicate Jack's accident was just that--an accident caused by fatigue and fog. Prodded by guilt, he'll help Maggie even if he thinks she's wrong.
A break-in at Jack's condo convinces Maggie she's right. Then her home is searched. What did Jack do that puts Maggie in danger?
"What do you mean no toilets?" Drew Campbell stopped on the dusty forest path, hooked his sunglasses on the placket of his golf shirt, and stared at his daughter.
"Dad-dy." Ellen groaned. Was she only fourteen? She did exasperation better than his administrative assistant. "I told you we were camping."
Not for a moment would Drew reveal that camping was not what he remembered her saying a week ago. She said she wanted him to come along on an outing with her little group of friends. He figured a hike, picnic lunch, and then home in time for supper.
After taking a call on his cell in the parking lot near the trailhead, he'd gotten his first surprise. That's when he found out about the "no electronics rule." No cell phones, no iPods. All were locked in the vehicles. Only the leader carried a cell phone, for emergencies only.
His second surprise came when he opened the hatch of the Navigator. Five backpacks. Five backpacks with bedrolls. He'd transported four girls. It didn't take a law degree to figure out who the fifth backpack was for. He was in deep shit. But what could he say in front of Ellen and her friends?
"Of course, sweetie. I knew we were camping." A lie to save face wasn't wrong. Right?
"Yeah, sure, Dad."
She didn't believe him? What happened to the adulation that used to be in her eyes? The "Dad is perfect" look.
He tried again. "Camping, like KOA. You know, kiddo, shower buildings, restrooms, flush toilets.
Right now, I'd settle for a port-a-potty."
Ellen groaned again. "Da-ad."
If he didn't know better, he'd wonder if she had a stomach ache.
As he'd done several times in the past three hours, he took out his handkerchief, looked at it in disgust, and tried to find a clean spot. He wiped the sweat off his forehead. It was hot and sticky, more like August in Michigan than June. Drew intensely disliked sweating. Clean sweat—in a gym—was all right. Not this . . . dirt. More than sweaty, he hated being dirty.
Considering the rain in early spring, he was surprised at how dry the path was. And how much dust twenty feet could kick up on a forest path. That, however, was not his first concern. He needed a john. Bad.
"C'mon, Ellen. Isn't there a restroom nearby?" he asked quietly. "Even an outhouse?"
"Dad, this is Prim." Ellen had mastered the art of eye rolling. As he'd learned in the past few months, that innate skill emerged in girls during adolescence.
"Prim? What is that?" Drew gave her the self-mocking grin that always made her laugh. "A new all-girl rock group?
Ellen wasn't smiling. She lowered her voice. "It means Primitive Camping. We go in the bushes."
"What!" He looked around, realizing that the other girls were staring at him. He hadn't meant to sound so loud.
"You are embarrassing me." She stomped away, kicking up more dust. Before she got to her friends clustered nearby, she shot over her shoulder, "I wish you'd never come. I knew it was a dumb idea to ask you."
"Hey, come back here, honey. I'm sure this is a little misunderstanding. C'mon, Ellen." In the year since his wife died, he and Ellen had had a lot of misunderstandings.
"I think she's mad at you."
Drew turned toward the quiet voice behind him. There she was, leaning back against a tree, her knee bent and booted foot propped against the trunk. Maggie Sinclair, Director of Camp Hell. He knew Jack's sister was an outdoor nut, but he didn't think she was this bad. Pissing in the bushes, for God's sake.
Maggie was a tall woman, only a few inches shorter than his own six feet. She had the tan of a person who spent time outdoors, not a sunbather, though, with laugh crinkles around her eyes. Still, the rough-neck tomboy he'd grown up with. Who else would want to spend a summer day backpacking on dusty trails through snagging underbrush instead of out on a perfectly manicured golf course where you only ventured into the rough to retrieve an errant ball?
Despite the heat and humidity, Maggie's white T-shirt, with its pink 'Race for the Cure' logo, was still white and her jeans, though faded, remained clean. With her dark brown ponytail pulled through the back of a Detroit Tigers baseball cap, she looked as cool as when they started on this trek three hours ago. That almost irritated him more than her awareness of friction between him and his daughter.
"Ellen? Mad at me?" He affected mock surprise. "Your powers of observation are amazing. Are you ever wrong?"
She cupped her elbow in her hand and tapped a finger against her jaw. "Let me see now. I was wrong once—fourteen years ago. That's when I married Roger Dodger."
Roger Dodger. An appropriate name for the jerk. The guy got out of paying alimony, in part because of Maggie's inept divorce lawyer. It still pissed him off that she hadn't come to him. Never mind he specialized in criminal law. He would've made an exception for her.
"Let me think. Have I been wrong since?" She continued the damn tapping then snapped her fingers. "I've got it. I was wrong to let Ellen's city-soft lawyer daddy help chaperone this trip."
Drew gave her the smile that prosecutors knew better than to believe. "And here I thought it was because nobody else would."
Meet Maggie, the main character in NUMBERS NEVER LIE
1. Spa day or gym workout?
Definitely a gym workout. I'd never waste time pampering myself.
2. Night owl or early bird?
Early bird. I have to get up at 6 am to get in a run before going to school. I teach high school English.
3. Broadway or museum?
Neither. Ballpark, either 5th/3rd Park (where the West Michigan Whitecaps play) or Comerica Park (Detroit Tigers).
4. Five words you use to describe yourself.
Athlete. Camper. Loyal. Elephant (never forget). Determined.
5. If I had a free afternoon, I'd ______
Go to a baseball game. If I had a free weekend, I'd go camping.
6. Favorite books from childhood
Choose Your Own Adventures. Where the Wild Things Are. Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (because I've had days like that, especially with my ex). A Wrinkle in Time.
7. What music do you listen to?
Oldies Rock & Roll. My parents used to dance in the kitchen to R&R. They're both gone now and the music reminds me of better times.
8. Your first kiss . . .
Ahh. I was fifteen and had the world's biggest crush on Drew (Andy back then) Campbell, my brother's best friend. He told me I kissed like a guppy.
9. Disney Princess you're most like?
Mulan. She dressed like a boy and took her crippled father's place to fight for the Emperor. Family was most important to her. My brother, Jack, is the only family I have left. I knew he wouldn't endanger himself then accidentally drive off a bridge. I had to find out what happened.
10. Favorite genre to read?
Young Adult (since I teach that age), science fiction romance (because I like it), biographies of athletes.
11. Merry-Go-Round or Roller Coaster?
Roller Coaster. The biggest, fastest the better.
12. Fishing or Swimming?
Swimming. Fishing is boring.
13. Baseball or Football?
Baseball. I played in high school, MVP my senior year. I've coached girl's baseball for the past ten years.
14. Favorite movie?
The Pride of the Yankees. The story of Lou Gehrig who played first base. I wish they'd make a movie out of Al Kaline's life. He played outfield—my position.
15. Favorite type of hero: Bad Boy or Mr. Dependable?
How about a Bad Boy who becomes Mr. Dependable? That's Drew Campbell. He's my main squeeze. You'd think we wouldn't have much in common, especially since he hates camping and I lead a group of 14-year-old girls who love to camp—the more primitive the better. Their goal is to camp on Isle Royale National Park in Lake Superior. When no other parent would chaperone, he did. He's tall, dark, and oh-so handsome with a tight butt.
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BOOTLEG BROADWAY, a Story of Debauchery and Romance. Prohibition, booze, music, sex, murder… New York…what a time to be alive!
The birth of BOOTLEG BROADWAY:
After FROM HERE TO 14TH STREET set in 1894, I needed to set this a generation later, which happened to be the 1930s—with Prohibition and the Great Depression as the backdrop. This is the first book I ever wrote where I created the characters first, with nothing to do yet. The plot developed the way it did because of who they are. My goal was to get the protagonist Billy McGlory into one mess after another. This era couldn't have been more suited to Billy's adventures, a few of which he barely escaped with his life.
About BOOTLEG BROADWAY:
In this sequel to FROM HERE TO 14TH STREET, Vita and Tom McGlory and their three children are struggling to make ends meet.
It's 1932. Prohibition rages, the Depression ravages, and Billy McGlory comes of age whether he wants to or not. Musical and adventurous, Billy dreams of having his own ritzy supper club and big band. On the eve of Billy's marriage to the pregnant Prudence, the shifty "businessman" Rosario Ingovito offers him all that and more. Fame, fortune, his own Broadway musical…it's all his for the taking, despite Pru's opposition to Rosie's ventures.
Meanwhile, Pru's artistic career gains momentum and their child is born. Can anything go wrong for Billy? Only when he gets in way over his head does he stop to wonder how his business partner really makes his millions, but by then it's far too late…
Nicknames from real life:
As in FROM HERE TO 14th STREET, a lot of characters have nicknames like Piggy Balls and Dirty Neck Bruiso. I sat around the table with my surviving aunts and uncles who were then in their 80s and 90s, and they rattled off these nicknames from 'the old days' in Jersey City like they made them up yesterday. That was a standard Italian neighborhood custom, everybody had a nickname. Some were more descriptive than others. But you didn't just 'get' a nickname. You had to earn it.
Some more nicknames from the old neighborhood:
Bruno Chicken Body
Butta Jeans
Charlie Burp
Chick a la zoo
Dirty Dicky
Dirty Neck Bruiso
Floody
Frankie Butch Butch
Gravel Gertie
Hoo Hoo
Jazzy Lou
Jijji Balls
Jinji
Johnny in for the pot
Juu-jo
Vigi-Leak
My fav passage from BOOTLEG BROADWAY (which made my aunt cringe):
Pru had kept closemouthed all day about what she was giving him for his birthday. He badgered and hounded her, but she wouldn't give in.
As Ma began divvying up the rum cake, the doorbell rang, and Da came back with a long box. "This thing's heavy. What's in here, Pru? Billy's tombstone?"
Billy cut the ribbon with the cake knife and slid the lid off. Wads of tissue paper filled the box. As he removed the last layer of covering and revealed what was inside, they all gasped—a sculpture of a naked man, in all his masculine glory—and fully aroused. He had one hand on his hip and one foot upon a pedestal on which was inscribed in bold letters, "BILLY."
"Oh, crap." His face turned red hot.
Where Did I Begin?
This was the first book I ever wrote where I created the characters first, with no storyline whatsoever. All I knew was that it was during Prohibition, and I wanted to get the main character, Billy McGlory, into one mess after another.
Here's a prime example of that, in this excerpt:
Heading south on Madison Avenue, I heard the siren. I glanced into the rearview mirror and saw the unmistakable Greyhound radiator ornament of the Lincoln behind me. Cop car. All the gangsters drove Lincolns, which had a top speed of 80, so the cops had to get Lincolns to keep up with them. I tried to get the hell out of his way—he must've been going to a robbery or a diner or something. I pulled over, and he pulled up next to me. Oh, shit. It was me he was after.
I rolled down the window and asked sweetly, "Yes, sir, what can I do for you, sir?"
"License and registration please."
"Uh—what's wrong, officer? Did I commit a traffic violation?" As the son of the ex-Chief of Police, I should have been real comfortable around cops, but to tell the truth, they scared the hell out of me. The cops my father knew weren't the crooked ones. They were the straightassed ones, just like him, who fought Tammany and made a career out of busting crooks. They didn't have a price, like the rest of them. Hardnosed bastards, some were frustrated politicians and not smart enough to get into law school, so they enforced the laws from behind their badges. Hell, I was all for law and order, but these guys sometimes took it too far. "Your back license plate is missing."
Relief drained me. "Oh, drat. It must've got stolen. You know this city—just crawlin' with thieves."
"License and registration, please," he repeated, in what passed for a more menacing cop voice. Now he assumed his cop stance, pudgy fists on meaty hips, waiting while I dug through the glove compartment, tossing aside all the crumpled up sheet music and junk crammed in there. Oh, that's where my emergency pack of cigarettes was, and that old box of prophylactics! But damned if I couldn't find the registration.
"Uh—I can't find it, but it's my car, honest. I mean, it was a gift to me, but it's been paid for, it's not stolen or anything. I can probably find it in my penthouse. You wanna follow me there? It's only two blocks aw—"
"Step out of the car, please."
Uh-oh. I felt my bowels burning. I had two briefcases bulging with two shitloads of money in the back seat.
He poked his head into the car. "What's in the briefcases?"
"Uh—I dunno. I'm doing an errand for somebody."
"Yeah, I'll bet you dunno. Step aside, please."
"Hey, you got a search warrant?" I demanded.
But demanding a search warrant from a New York City cop was like demanding a shot of Scotch from Satan in the middle of Hell.
I didn't want to look. I turned my head and flattened my palms on the roof of the car, like I was being searched. I heard the clicks as he sprang the latches and his not-so-surprised "mm-hmmm" as he checked out the contents.
"Who you doing this errand for, sonny boy?"
What was with the "sonny boy"? He wasn't much older than me. I knew he just wanted to put me down. Screw that. I've been called a lot worse by much better cops than him. He obviously didn't know who I was. "Uh—I'd better get a lawyer or something."
"You'd better come with me."
"Look, uh—you wanna just take a few bills outta there and forget it?" I asked, real generously. "I mean, uh—we're all in this mess together, ya know—"
"Bribing an officer of the law is a very serious offense, sonny boy. You'll have to come with me. Park your car there, please."
"Here? But there's a hydrant here. I'll get a ticket."
I CONSIDERED THESE TITLES BEFORE I CHOSE BOOTLEG BROADWAY (feel free to use any of these if you're writing a book set during Prohibition or the Depression—it was a tough decision)
Headin' for Better Times
How Strange
If It Ain't Love
Never Let the Same Bee Sting You Twice
PA6-5000
See if I'll Care
Under the Moon
OTHER PROHIBITION BOOKS YOU'LL ENJOY:
The Stork Club - Ralph Blumenthal
Once Upon a Time in NY - Herbert Mitgang
Incredible NY: High Life & Low Life - Lloyd Morris
The Night Club Era - Stanley Walker
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Labels: historical romance, historical thriller, prohibition
For Third Scene Thursday, Scene 3 of My New Biographical Romance FOR THE LOVE OF HAWTHORNE, Meet the Hawthornes, Visit Salem, and More...
In 19th century Salem, Nathaniel Hawthorne's clairvoyant bride rescues her beloved husband from a perceived curse that spanned generations.
My passion for history and travel has taken me to every locale of my books and short stories, set in Medieval and Renaissance England, Paris, Egypt, the Mediterranean, colonial Virginia, New England, Washington D.C. and New York. My urban fantasy romance, FAKIN' IT, won a Top Pick award from Romantic Times. I'm a member of Romance Writers of America, the Richard III Society and the Aaron Burr Association. My husband Chris and I own CostPro, an engineering firm based in Boston. In my spare time, I bicycle, golf, play my piano, devour books of any genre, and spend as much time as possible living the dream on my beloved Cape Cod.
About FOR THE LOVE OF HAWTHORNE
Salem, Massachusetts witnessed horrific and shameful events in 1692 that haunted the town for three centuries. Accused as witches, nineteen innocent people were hanged and one was pressed to death. Judge John Hathorne and Reverend Nicholas Noyes handed down the sentences. One victim, Sarah Good, cursed Noyes from the hanging tree: "If you take away my life, God will give you blood to drink!" She then set her eyes on Judge Hathorne. "I curse you and your acknowledged heirs for all time on this wicked earth!" Hathorne was not only Sarah Good's merciless judge; he also fathered her son Peter and refused to acknowledge him.
In 1717, Nicholas Noyes choked on his own blood and died. Every generation after the judge continued to lose Hathorne land and money, prompting the rumor of a family curse. By the time his great great grandson Nathaniel was born, they faced poverty.
Ashamed of his ancestor, Nathaniel added the 'w' to his last name. His novels and stories explore his beliefs and fears of sin and evil, and he based many of his characters on overbearing Puritan rulers such as Judge Hathorne.
When Nathaniel first met Sophia Peabody, they experienced instantaneous mutual attraction. Sparks flew. He rose upon my eyes and soul a king among men by divine right, she wrote in her journal.
But to Sophia's frustration, Nathaniel insisted they keep their romance secret for three years. He had his reasons, none of which made sense to Sophia. But knowing that he believed Sarah Good's curse inflicted so much tragedy on his family over the centuries, she made it her mission to save him. Sarah was an ancestor of Sophia's, making her and Nathaniel distant cousins—but she kept that to herself for the time being.
Sophia Peabody's home next to Charter Street Burying Ground, resting place of Judge Hathorne, Salem, MA
Sophia suffered severe headaches as a result of childhood mercury treatments. She underwent routine mesmerizing sessions, a popular cure for many ailments. Spirits sometimes came to her when mesmerized, and as a spiritualist and medium, she was able to contact and communicate with spirits. She knew if she could reach Sarah and persuade her to forgive Judge Hathorne, Nathaniel would be free of his lifelong burden.
Sarah Good's son Peter had kept a journal the family passed down to the Peabodys. Sophia sensed his presence every time she turned the brittle pages and read his words. John Hathorne's legitimate son John also kept a journal, now in the Hawthorne family's possession. Living on opposite sides of Salem in 1692, Peter and John wrote in vivid detail about how the Salem trials tormented them throughout their lives.
Nathaniel finally agreed to announce their engagement, and married Sophia on July 9, 1842. They moved into their first home, The Old Manse in Concord, Massachusetts. Wanting nothing else but to spend the summer enjoying each other, we became Adam and Eve, alone in our Garden of Eden, Sophia wrote in her journal.
The Old Manse, the Hawthornes' first home as newlyweds
As success eluded Nathaniel, they lived on the verge of poverty. After being dismissed from his day job at the Salem Custom House, he wrote The Scarlet Letter, which finally gained him the recognition he deserved. But the curse he believed Sarah cast on his family still haunted him. In the book he asks for the curse to be lifted.
The House of the Seven Gables, Salem, MA, built in 1668
Sophia urged Nathaniel to write a novel about the house, knowing it would be cathartic for him. While they lived in Lenox, Nathaniel finished writing The House of the Seven Gables. The Gothic novel explored all his fears and trepidations about the curse. He told Sophia, "Writing it, and especially reading it aloud to you lifted a tremendous burden off my shoulders. I felt it physically leave me. I carried this inside me since my youth and couldn't bring it out to face it. And I have you, and only you, to thank."
But he did not believe the curse could be lifted.
Sophia invited renowned spiritualist John Spear to The Gables. She explained that she needed to complete one final step to convince Nathaniel the curse was lifted.
Read more about John Spear.
John Spear urged Nathaniel to forgive Judge Hathorne. "You don't have to say it out loud," John said. "Just forgive him in your heart."
Nathaniel whispered his forgiveness.
John, Nathaniel and Sophia went to Judge Hathorne's gravesite to give the journals proper burial.
Why I wrote FOR THE LOVE OF HAWTHORNE
I live near Salem and have been to all the Hawthorne landmarks there, and in Concord. The House of the Seven Gables has been my favorite house in the world since I'm a kid. I've always felt a strong spiritual connection to Salem, and always wanted to write one of my books set there, including the witch trials.
I read several of his books and stories, to get a better background on him. Nathaniel wrote from the heart, about his true beliefs, and his loathing of how the witch victims were treated. He did consider it disgraceful, and it certainly was. He added the 'w' to his last name to distance himself from the judge. That tormented him and his family all his life. It must have been cathartic to him to have his writing as his outlet.
Visit Salem
I was fortunate to get a private tour of the House of the Seven Gables when I was writing the book; two of the guides, Ryan Conary and David Moffat, showed me around, and it was fabulous.
Click here to see their book about the house.
From The Third Scene From FOR THE LOVE OF HAWTHORNE
53 Charter Street, Salem, Massachusetts, 1837
Monday eve under a blur of stars, warm for mid-November
"O, Sophie!" My sister pounded on my bedroom door. My head throbbed with every strike of her fist. "Pull on a frock and come downstairs! Now!"
I squeezed my eyes shut. "Please, Lizzie, I have one of my headaches. Leave me be."
Heedless of my request or of the fierce pain tearing my brain, she shoved the door open. Its rusty hinges screeched. "Oh, dear God." I covered my ears.
She stomped up to my bed, nudging me. "Another headache? You poor dear." Her tone indicated neither sympathy nor sincerity. "Take more hyoscyamus."
"I have none left. I took an opium powder," my muffled voice cracked.
"You need be mesmerized again. When is Dr. Fiske's next visit?" She sat on the bed. The mattress sagged under her weight.
"Friday. But I know what brought this on. Mr. Allston lent me his edition of Flaxman's 'Greek Poets' and I copied every outline drawing in it. That exhausted me and my head started to rage. Oh, what I won't do for my art." I drew my knees to my chest and burrowed under the covers.
"Then come downstairs. You'll be cured in an instant. Guess who's here! Nathaniel Hawthorne! That is, him and his two hooded sisters. At least he took his mantle off. It's nice to see them out of their house."
I lowered the blanket past my chin, opened one eye and peeked at Lizzie fussing with her cuffs. "What got the sisters out?"
"My visit to them on Herbert Street." A smug grin accompanied her air of braggadocio. My ears perked.
"Nobody calls on them!" I raised my shoulders off the bed. "You went there? Why did you intrude? You know how reclusive they are."
"I went to call on Ebe. I used to see her all the time but haven't chanced upon her in a while. We always recited our lessons together. A brilliant little girl, so poetical with great sense and cultivated by reading. I used to think she looked as if she'd walked out of an old picture as she preserved the ancient costume. Now, now such a hermitess. Pity." She paused, lips pursed. "I read stories in New England Magazine by a Mr. Hawthorne. Naturally I believed it was Ebe under a pen name. Wanting to help her publish in other magazines, I called at their house. But the other sister, Louisa, answered the door. 'I believe Ebe a genius,' I told her, and she corrected me presently—'Oh, my brother, you mean.' And you know who that is, of course."
"Nathaniel." I nodded. "They only have one brother."
"None other. I made it clear that if her brother writes like that, he has no right to be idle. Not long after, he sent me his Twice-Told Tales. It delighted me, so I told him to write for the Democratic Chronicle. But he replied he has no interest in journalism. And now he sits on our chesterfield directly below you!" She grinned at her accomplishment, beaming in the dim gaslight from the hallway. "My newly discovered genius with both his sisters."
"They have no interest in me," I countered. "You, Mary, George, and Welly are the brilliant ones. I have nothing to offer the Hawthornes."
She leaned over and swept wisps of hair off my forehead. "But, Sophie, you do. He wants to meet you. You were too young, but I remember him as a broad-shouldered little boy with clustering locks, springing about the yard. And now . . ." She fanned her face with her hand. "You never saw anything so splendid. He is handsomer than Lord Byron."
Her gushing eased my pain. "Lord Byron? You don't say." I chuckled. "I think it rather ridiculous to get up. If he has come once, he will come again."
Lizzie shook her head. "Nuh-uh-uh. He specially asked for you." Her tone carried a hint of resentment.
I opened both eyes wide, intrigued, but not enough to dress up and drag myself downstairs. "Why me? Does he not know you want him all to yourself?"
She blinked, pressing her palm to Grandmother Palmer's pearl necklace nestled above her bosom. "Of course not. I wouldn't even hint at such a thing. I don't want him all to myself. Not all the time." She released a wistful sigh. "When I see him round town, we chat about his writing, news of the day, the latest with Mr. Emerson, Margaret Fuller, Susan Burley and the crew . . . idle chitchat. But he wants to talk with you about your Cuba journal. I gave it to him and he devoured it in two days."
I sat up, shading my eyes from the gaslight, however weak. "That's why he wants to meet me? I didn't know you gave him that. Why didn't you ask me first?" Always direct with Lizzie, I played up the annoyance in my tone.
She shrugged, tracing a pattern on my cover with her forefinger. "Everyone else read it."
"Lizzie, will you stop trying to run my life?" I snapped. My muscles quivered as familiar outrage rose in me. "I know everybody read it. Without my consent. And you gave it to Nathaniel Hawthorne? Someone I've never met?"
"All your chiding was for naught then, and it is now. Everybody I gave it to devoured it, and now he's fascinated with it." Her voice lilted. "Says he feels he's known you all his life and has become—" She cleared her throat. "intimately acquainted with your spirit and inner character."
I narrowed my eyes, but not to block out light. "He read between the lines, then, if he thinks he knows me . . . intimately." The word sent heat surging to my cheeks.
She flicked her wrist, her standard pooh-poohing gesture. "Well, it is sensual. He heard about it from others who've read it and begged me to see it."
"Did he beg to see me?" Picturing the Byron lookalike perched on the sofa, eyes fixed on the staircase, awaiting my appearance, I almost forgot my head whirled like a top.
Lizzie raised her chins and shook her head. Her chestnut curls bobbed. "He doesn't beg. But he did request your presence, and so politely. 'Please fetch Miss Sophia for me, I most wish to make her acquaintance.'" She dropped her pitch to imitate his. "You'll find endless topics to bandy about, when he's finished raving about your journal." Resentment crept back into her tone, confusing me.
"Why play messenger for Mr. Hawthorne, when you fancy him yourself? You never made a secret of that." Mary and I teased her about it no end.
She let out a haughty whoosh. "Look, are you coming down or not?" She stood and stared me down, fists on hips.
I snuggled back under the covers. "Tell him thank you. I'll come down next time, when I have no headache. But he needn't know that. Give him my regrets. I'm bedridden for now."
"He knows why you're bedridden," she retorted. "I told him of your invalidism—that is, your headaches."
I opened an eye and glared. "Why did you feel the need to divulge that? Did you also share my toilette ritual with him?"
"Huffiness does not become you, Sophie." That chiding quality of hers always gnawed at me and sent flames of irritation racing through my veins. "I qualified that by adding how your pain doesn't embitter or even sadden the unspoiled imagination of your heart."
"No, it just sends me abed when I'd rather be out walking, riding, flitting, flirting . . ." I mumbled into the pillow. Then inspiration struck. I lifted my head. "Lizzie, go to my center table there, take them the Greek Poets book so they can look through it."
She fetched the book and backed out, her figure filling the doorway. "Very well, but I have him all to myself for now . . . who knows what can happen?" she taunted with a playful lilt.
"Oh, yeah, with the two hooded figures flanking him," I harrumphed.
"I daresay next time he calls he will be alone," Lizzie predicted from my doorway.
"Then next time he calls—alone—I'll come down." I bunched the pillow under my head.
"If you're home and not out gallivanting. Feel better soon." She shut the door with a click. As her footsteps receded, the room fell dead silent.
Curiosity gnawed at me. I craved a peek at him. Rubbing my hands together with mischief, I slipt from bed, opened the door and tiptoed out to the hall. I crept to the banister and peered over. There he sat, his imposing presence poised in profile. He chatted with Mary and Lizzie, his enshrouded sisters flanking him. They sat in shadow, but he glowed. His voice, most musical thunder, eased my pain, soothing me. "O'Sullivan asked me to write for his new magazine so I penned The Toll-Gatherer's Day in a single night when I couldn't sleep."
Staring as if entranced, I placed my hand over my dancing heart. Oh, handsomer than Lord Byron, all right. But why did he want to meet poor, miserable, maimed, nerve-twisted, trembling me, with pasty face and ash gray eyes, disciplined and defined by chronic headache? He had free access to Lizzie's company, flattery, and engaging discourse. Had my breezy Cuba journal sparked that much interest? As I focused on him, unblinking, my head ceased pounding. I drew a sigh, luxuriated in the absence of pain and mentally rehearsed our first meeting.
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Q: Remote validation not working properly on IE? I am working on MVC5 where i check form field to restrict with duplicate name. If one record is exist in DB then the duplicate name can not be entered. This functionality is working accurate on chrome and firefox but on IE it's not working. Here is my fucntion:
public JsonResult CheckDuplicateName(string Name, byte Id) {
    bool shouldAddUpdate = !(new NameService().CheckDuplicateName(Name, Id));
    return Json(shouldAddUpdate, JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet);
}

This function is working correctly. As i said the remote validation is working right on chrome and Firefox but not on IE. I debugged on chrome and this function is hit each time when i add new one. At the same time when i debugged on IE, this function is hit only first time when i add new one. Second time when i add the record this function is not hitting. What is the problem?

A: Add [OutputCache(Location = OutputCacheLocation.None, NoStore = true)] before your function call.
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package org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.binary;

import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentFactory;
import org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.DocumentMapper;
import org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.FieldMapper;
import org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.MapperTestUtils;
import org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.core.BinaryFieldMapper;
import org.elasticsearch.test.ElasticsearchTestCase;
import org.junit.Test;

import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.instanceOf;

/**
 */
public class BinaryMappingTests extends ElasticsearchTestCase {

    @Test
    public void testDefaultMapping() throws Exception {
        String mapping = XContentFactory.jsonBuilder().startObject().startObject("type")
                .startObject("properties")
                .startObject("field")
                .field("type", "binary")
                .endObject()
                .endObject()
                .endObject().endObject().string();

        DocumentMapper mapper = MapperTestUtils.newParser().parse(mapping);

        FieldMapper fieldMapper = mapper.mappers().smartNameFieldMapper("field");
        assertThat(fieldMapper, instanceOf(BinaryFieldMapper.class));
        assertThat(fieldMapper.fieldType().stored(), equalTo(false));
    }

}


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On March 27, 2020, the Federal government enacted the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), Pub L. No. 116-136, providing funds to institutions from the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund (HEERF) to make Emergency Financial Aid Grants to Students for expenses related to the disruption of campus operations due to coronavirus, including eligible expenses under s student's cost of attendance, such as food, course materials, technology, health care, and child care. The law requires institutions to report certain information related to the use of these funds. The following information is reported for the period, May 21, 2020 to December 31, 2020.
This statement shall serve to acknowledge that our institution signed and returned to the US Department of Education the Certification and Agreement – Emergency Financial Aid Grants to Students. We further attest that our institution has used, and/or intends to use, no less than 50 percent of the funds received under Section 18004(a)(1) of the CARES Act to provide Emergency Financial Aid Grants to Students
The total amount of funds that the institution will receive or has received from the Department pursuant to the institution's Certification and Agreement [for] Emergency Financial Aid Grants to Student is $106, 580.00.
The total amount of Emergency Financial Aid Grants distributed to students under Section 18004(a)(1) of the CARES Act as of December 31, 2020, is $107,500.00.
The estimated total number of students at our institution eligible to participate in programs under Section 484 in Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 and thus eligible to receive Emergency Financial Aid Grants to students under Section 18004(a)(1) of the CARES Act is 86.
The total number of students who have received an Emergency Financial Aid Grant to students under Section 18004(a)(1) of the CARES Act to date is 86.
The following is the method used by our institution to determine which students receive Emergency Financial Aid Grants and how much each student has received/will receive under Section 18004(a)(1) of the CARES Act.
Grant Disbursement Policy
EMERGENCY FINANCIAL AID GRANT FUNDS
Under the CARES Act, Pub. L. No. 116-136
International Beauty School has applied for Emergency Financial Aid Grant Funds on behalf of its students. The funds shall be disbursed in the following manner:
Eligible students must have completed and returned the required Request for Emergency Grant Funds form.
An eligible student is a student that is Title IV eligible.
The total amount of grant funds received is $106,580. A total of 70% of the funds received will be divided equally among all currently enrolled students. The remaining 30% of the funds received will be disbursed to future enrolled students affected by COVID-19.
Once the school receives the signed Emergency Grant Funds form, the funds will be disbursed by check. The check will be mailed to the address listed on the Emergency Grant Funds form.
Student disbursements will be tracked using the HEERF Grant template.
A copy of the Emergency Grant Funds form will be maintained in the student financial aid file.
A copy of the cashed check will be maintained in the student financial aid file.
Students who have not cashed/deposited the disbursement checks within 15 calendar days will be contacted by phone to ensure the disbursement has been received.
Upon a 30-calendar day lapse, uncashed disbursements will be subject to Stop Payment and a new disbursement will be issued once communication with the student reconfirming the mailing address has occurred.
VII. The follow instructions/directions/guidance was provided by our institution to students concerning the Emergency Financial Aid Grants.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLETION OF
REQUEST FOR EMERGENCY FINANCIAL AID GRANT FUNDS
On March 27, 2020, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) was signed into law. The CARES Act authorized the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund which provides emergency funding for student and institutions impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. On April 9, 2020 the US Secretary of Education announced that the student funding was being made available to institutions to award and disburse to students who have incurred expenses related to the disruption of campus operations due to coronavirus, including eligible expenses under the student's Cost of Attendance, such as food, housing, course materials, technology, health care and child care.
In order for these emergency grants to be fairly and compliantly awarded, you (and all requesting students) must provide information to the institution regarding the coronavirus related expenses you have incurred. On the attached form, please provide details and amounts of any of the types of costs you may have incurred.
On the top portion of the form, it is imperative that you provide the correct address where mail from the school will reach you. This is the address to which your Grant check will be mailed.
Also, you must remember to sign and date the form.
If you have any questions, contact the school as soon as possible.

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James Bird Hutchinson was born on 22 March 1844 in India, the son of Lieut-Colonel George Hutchinson of the Bengal Engineers 1793-1852 and his second wife Elizabeth Harrington Thomason 1811-1894. They retired to live at Ross House, Clarence Square in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.
He attended Cheltenham College as a day boy from August 1860 to June 1862, when he embarked on a military career.
He was appointed an Ensign in the 82nd Regiment of Foot in 1863, and a Lieutenant in the Bengal Staff Corps in 1866. He went on the achieve the rank of Captain in 1875, Major in 1883 and Lieut-Colonel in 1889.
In 1890 he was Deputy Commissioner at Mooltan in Punjab (1).
He married Annie Charlotte Rose on 18 November 1869 at Lahore (2). She was born in 1852 in India, the daughter of General Hugh Rose and his wife nee Anna Maria Short. She was the sister of Evelyn Somerville Chester Rose who was married to his brother Henry Stephen Hutchinson on 14 September 1867.
Helen Bethen Hutchinson. She was born on 2 October 1870 at Lahore in India, and was married on 9 March 1895 at Lahore Cathedral to Arthur Watson Pennington. He was born in 1867 in India and was a Major in the Indian Army. They had a daughter Phyliis Helen Pennington born in India in 1900.
In 1911 Lt. Col. James Bird Hutchinson and his wife were living in retirement at Jhandra Ghat, Castle Road, Camberley in Surrey. With them then was their unmarried daughter Eileen Dorothy Hutchinson, and also their married daughter Helen Bethen Pennington and her husband and daughter.
Lt. Col. James Bird Hutchinson died at Camberley in 1921 aged 77 years.
His wife died at Hampstead in London in 1924 aged 73 years.
(1) Cheltenham College Register 1841-1890 edited by A.A. Hunter (1890) page 191.
(2) "November 18th at Lahore by the Rev. B.M. Behr Chaplain of Amritsar assisted by the Rev. H. Murray Chaplain, James Bird Hutchinson, Lieut. Bengal Staff Corps, Assistant Commissioner Goodaspore, to Annie the second daughter of Lieut-Colonel Hugh Rose, Superintendent Engineer, Allahabad, NWP." The Times of India dated 25 November 1869.


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Fertility and Sterility Dialog
Financial fluency: demystifying accounting and business planning for the reproductive medicine specialist
Financial fluency is key for reproductive medicine.
Editorial Office, American Society for Reproductive Medicine
VOLUME 115, ISSUE 1, P7-16
Mindy S. Christianson, M.D., Linnea R. Goodman, M.D., Rachel Booth, D.O., Steven R. Lindheim, M.D., M.M.M., Ricardo Azziz, M.D., M.P.H., M.B.A.
In today's ever-changing business climate, reproductive health specialists are realizing that financial fluency is key to growing and maintaining a successful practice. Although financial fundamentals such as accounting may seem complex, both academic and private practice reproductive specialists who understand these topics can benefit in making business decisions for their practices. We describe the key financial fundamentals that reproductive health specialists should know, including basic concepts of finance and accounting, payments and receivables, capital budgeting, and business planning, and interpreting balance sheets, income statements, and cash-flow statements.
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Jason MacLean is affiliated with the Pacific Centre of Environmental Law and Litigation (CELL).
As an environmental law professor, my teaching and research focus is on Canada's climate and sustainability policies. So it may surprise you that I completely agree with the "Kill Bill C-69" campaign of "Suits and Boots," mounted by self-appointed defenders of Canada's nonrenewable resources sector.
It certainly surprises me. Bill C-69 would create a new environmental assessment process for our largest natural resource projects, such as new oil pipelines and mining operations. But after two years of analyzing its twists and turns, I've reached the same conclusion as Suits and Boots — the Senate should kill Bill C-69.
My reasons for opposing the bill, however, couldn't be more different. The claims put forward by the Suits and Boots are just as outlandish — and fictional — as the popular movie the campaign puns.
But here's the thing: The arguments made by Bill C-69's defenders are just as misleading.
Suits and Boots argues that Bill C-69 gives the minister of environment and climate change too much discretionary power to reject projects. The bill's defenders counter that the current regime is even more discretionary, but that under Bill C-69's Impact Assessment Act the government will have to give "detailed reasons" for its decisions.
This "detailed reasons" defence isn't entirely true. The bill's defenders imply the government can be held accountable if its reasons for approving or rejecting a project aren't detailed enough.
In reality, the government merely has to show it gave some consideration to the bill's mandatory public interest factors, including sustainability, the rights of Indigenous peoples and Canada's climate commitments. So long as it ticks those boxes, the courts will defer to the government's judgment.
Suits and Boots also argues that Bill C-69 is suspect because it was introduced by the minister of environment and climate change, when it should have been led by the minister of natural resources. The bill's defenders counter that the minister of natural resources has been deeply involved throughout, and the bill reflects the results of two years of extensive engagement.
But this isn't entirely true either. While Bill C-69 emerged after nearly two years of stakeholder engagement, it doesn't reflect that engagement.
After the government's own expert panel on environmental assessment processes issued its comprehensive report based on extensive, coast-to-coast stakeholder engagement, the government immediately distanced itself from the panel's report in response to industry criticism. The expert panel's recommendations are barely recognizable in Bill C-69.
Finally, Suits and Boots argues that Bill C-69 transforms Canada's voluntary climate commitments into legal obligations that our trading partners could use against us.
The bill's defenders point out, however, that its transitional provisions pose no litigation threat to the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project, and that the requirement to consider — but not necessarily comply with — Canada's climate commitments is "wobbly" at best. The bill's defenders conclude that Bill C-69 introduces incremental — not radical — changes to the present environmental assessment regime.
The trouble with this defence is that it's entirely true. Bill C-69 does allow the government to continue approving projects like Trans Mountain that undermine our efforts to reduce GHG emissions and transition to a decarbonized economy.
As the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) latest report makes clearer than ever before, we're running out of time to change our policies and regulations to prevent catastrophic climate change. According to the IPCC, we need to make rapid, unprecedented and systemic changes in how governments, industries and societies function.
Bill C-69 is not up to this admittedly daunting task. While the bill pays laudable lip service to the imperatives of mitigating climate change, respecting the rights of Indigenous peoples and promoting sustainability, the bill is a missed opportunity to base economic project assessments on those imperatives.
Now, to give credit where credit is due, Suits and Boots is right that Bill C-69 will heighten uncertainty among company managers, project developers and investors. The bill's defenders don't have a response to this. But neither does Suits and Boots. Say the Senate does kill Bill C-69, then what?
Canada should assess all economic projects on the cumulative basis of a "net contribution to sustainability test." If a proposed project doesn't make an overall contribution to sustainability and decarbonization, then it doesn't proceed. Period. Seems like certainty enough for industry proponents and investors.
Still unconvinced? Still think "rip and ship" extractivism trumps environmental protection? Like Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, do you agree that no country would find 173 billion barrels of oil in the ground and just leave them there? Then consider a recent macroeconomic analysis of the risks of "stranded" fossil fuels assets. Limiting global warming to 1.5℃ above the pre-industrial norm requires that we leave — essentially strand — a large proportion of fossil fuel reserves in the ground.
Canada is jeopardizing its economic future by subsidizing oil and gas extraction while underinvesting in renewable energy production and transmission. Even if countries like China and the United States don't adopt stringent climate policies, ongoing advances in renewable energy generation, transport fuel efficiency and transport electrification are projected to lower demand for fossil fuels and reduce the GDP and employment levels of oil and gas exporters like Canada.
Neither the detractors nor the defenders of Bill C-69 appear to grasp the urgency of radically reorienting our assessment processes toward sustainability. It's time to change the conversation.
Coldwater Indian band Chief Lee Spahan raises an eagle feather after responding to a Federal Court of Appeal ruling that put the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion on hold.


Just picked up my Lunar Calender for 2014 this morning. Is anyone interested in taking up the challenge to try this method of gardening with me this year instead of or beside standard methods as an experiment? As previously posted, last year was my first year and I was really sceptic but it worked.
I can 'post up' what we are suppposed to do each day for the week starting 1st Feb and it would be great to compare notes. It doesn't matter where you live, the rules still apply. It would be good too, if Gardener's World had an article each month on the subject.
Any takers to form a group of some sort on the Forum?
I'm willing to give it a try. Did it a few years ago and it worked fine but haven't always found the calendar since and the last two gardening years were wiped out by various ops to reconstruct failed bits of my skeleton.
I would love to but am limited to when I can garden with work, unless it's actually done my moonlight and then it won't be a problem I would follow any thread and exults with interest though.
I was all ready with my head torch for a minute then!!


We enjoyed the party and your excellent food service, preparation, menu, serving and clean-up. You made it possible for us to relax and enjoy the party and people, without being panicked on the food and service. We received wonderful feedback from many of our guests, including one today (my next door neighbor), who asked if there was any "white" potato salad left!!
We will look forward to the time when we can plan another event with you and in the interim, will be a very good reference for you and My Chef Lara.


Barry Rascovar's latest opinion piece published on Maryland Reporter, "GOP has a Peroutka problem" is about as accurate as anything else he writes on the Republican Party in Maryland — it's in the ball park but takes a bad hack at a pitch across the middle of the plate.
For years, both parties in Maryland have seen their share of less than savory candidates and elected officials. Maryland Democrats have seen their share of embarrassing candidates from the downright silly to the indicted and eventually incarcerated office holders in Baltimore City and Prince George's County. Mr. Peroutka is the flavor of the month because Democrats like Rascovar will try to cast the narrative that the entirety of the Republican Party, including its gubernatorial nominee Larry Hogan, as turn back the clock racists.
Rascovar misses the mark by highlighting one candidate as being the race issue of the 2014 cycle in Maryland. The problem is more nuanced than one candidate; with the Peroutka candidacy and the events in Missouri, the Republican Party should finally have the guts to have a real conversation on race and the difference between the two visions for American citizens of all races and ethnicities.
The Republican Party has for the past 20 plus years hid its proverbial head in the sand as far as racial issues are concerned. Instead of denying there is a problem, the Republican Party should be leading the way to offer a vision of liberty, self-determination and individual responsibility. Liberals have had the floor all to themselves promoting a system whose outcome has been to keep the status quo in power by limiting people to an existence of subsistence and surviving, not striving and succeeding.
As chairman of the Black Republican Council, I have had the honor of helping over a dozen candidates file for a variety of offices from local county government to state legislative offices across Maryland. These incredibly talented candidates and their supporters prove that Mr. Peroutka's beliefs are not the view of the rank and file of the Maryland Republican Party.
Peroutka is not the problem of the GOP. Fear IS. I believe we have an opportunity to discuss important issues facing the people of Maryland. Let's see if the media and the political gurus of both sides will have the guts to have the dialogue.
Tony Campbell ran for Baltimore County executive this year, losing the race by just 20 votes out of 23,000 votes cast.


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How Barcelona and an American businessman helped form Ecuador's Immortal Derby, one of South America's finest games
It may be one of the lesser lights of South American football but Ecuador's Immortal Derby between SC Barcelona and Emelec is one of its most intriguing
Billy Munday 30/01/2019
From poverty in Ecuador to Old Trafford: the battling career of Antonio Valencia
THE DATE IS 14 SEPTEMBER 2010 and Manchester United are squaring off against Scottish champions Rangers at Old Trafford in the group stages of the UEFA Champions League. In a game that…
Karan Tejwani 31/03/2017
Independiente del Valle: the minnows of Ecuador taking on South America's giants
On Thursday Independiente del Valle will play Boca Juniors in the semi-final of the Copa Libertadores in what is by far the biggest game in their history and one of the biggest…
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Bringing this bamboo coloring page along for your next magical of flora and fauna picking journey, turn it into a puppet show! Cut out the bamboo pictures, glue on craft sticks or straws and create a little story. Ten artfully decorated bamboo coloring pages need only your touches of color to bring out their true beauty! Unique and festive designs include tropical scenes. Specially designed for coloring lovers, bamboo coloring pages offer an escape to a world of inspiration and artistic fulfillment. Every sheet is also an effective and fun-filled way to relax and reduce stress.
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No matter how many times you tell algebra students that (a + b)2 is not the same as a2 + b2, there will always be some who forget, and try to square a binomial incorrectly. Below are some worksheets (with answer keys) for students to practice squaring binomials. I keep these on hand, and when I catch a student doing the process incorrectly, I hand them one of these.


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Working with Paradata, Marginalia and Fieldnotes
The Centrality of By-Products of Social Research
Edited by Rosalind Edwards, Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology, University of Southampton, John Goodwin and Henrietta O'Connor, Department of Sociology, University of Leicester and Ann Phoenix, Thomas Coram Research Unit, Department of Social Sciences, UCL Institute of Education, UK and Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, University of Helsinki, Finland
This book asks the important question; Can the by-products of research activity be treated as data and of research interest in themselves?
This groundbreaking interdisciplinary volume considers the analytic value of a range of 'by-products' of social research and reading. These include electronically captured paradata on survey administration, notes written in the margins of research documents and literary texts, and fieldnotes and ephemera produced by social researchers. Revealing the relational nature of paradata, marginalia and fieldnotes, contributions examine how the craft of studying and analysing these by-products offers insight into the intellectual, social and ethical processes underpinning the activities of research and reading.
'Paradata will become increasingly important to researchers, both as an insight into the complexity and richness of participants and contexts, but also it has great potential to improve the quality of our research. Ros Edwards and her colleagues have provided us with a wonderfully comprehensive set of essays that are both insightful and valuable. This is a book which will have great appeal to students and professional researchers from both the quantitative and qualitative traditions.'
– Malcolm Williams, Cardiff University, UK
'Taking an expansive and inclusive approach to its topic, Working with Paradata, Marginalia and Fieldnotes offers a stimulating tour of a neglected domain of methodology. Readers who customarily regard paradata as a "dry and dull" element of data archiving will be delighted to read of the hidden corners of the research enterprise that this book's understanding of paradata and marginalia illuminates. Launching what is effectively a new field of inquiry, the book shows how these materials contribute to the field's renewed process of self-discovery.'
– Nigel Fielding, University of Surrey, UK
'This is an extremely important book that brings to the attention of social researchers and methodologists the fascinating potential and intrinsic interest of three kinds of by-product of the research process – field notes, paradata, and marginalia. Many of us are unfamiliar with all or some of these sources. The book is full of worked examples of their use which greatly enhances the book's utility for all of us. The editors and authors have done us all a great service in bringing to our attention research sources that can no longer be ignored.'
– Alan Bryman, University of Leicester, UK


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<p align="justify">Rainha Brasileira do Café 1961 foi a 2ª edição do concurso que visava escolher a melhor representante brasileira para o certame de Rainha Internacional do Café, naquela época denominado "Rainha Continental do Café", realizado bienalmente dentro da Feira de Manizales, na Colômbia. O concurso foi promovido pelo Instituto Brasileiro do Café durante a "I Festa e Exposição Nacional do Café" de Ribeirão Preto, com a presença de sete (7) candidatas seis Estados do País. A final ocorreu no dia 27 de Novembro daquele ano no Ginásio da Sociedade Recreativa de Ribeirão Preto e teve como vencedora a mineira de Pouso Alegre, Mercedes Elizabeth del Carmen Carrascosa Von Glehn.

Resultados

Colocações

Prêmio especial

 A Miss Goiás foi escolhida pelos jornalistas que cobriam o evento.

Jurados

Final
Ajudaram a escolher a vencedora:

 Roger Janus, economista;
 Marques Ferreira, delegado regional da Secretaria da Agricultura;
 Ilmo Buss, responsável pela Divisão de Relações Públicas do IBC;
 Marita Leite Ribeiro, representante da "Sociedade Guanabarina";
 Alik Kostakis, colunista do "Última Hora";

Candidatas
Disputaram o título 7 candidatas:

  Espírito Santo - Heloísa Helena Ferrari Ferreira

  Goiás - Yara Aparecida Moreira

  Minas Gerais - Mercedes von Glehn

  Paraná - Vera Maria Aparecida Amaral

  Ribeirão Preto -  Leila Carvalho Rocha

  Rio de Janeiro - Rosemarie Eichler

  São Paulo - Lucianita Taborda Furtado

Histórico

Algumas informações sobre as candidatas
 Mercedes von Glehn (Minas Gerais) nasceu em Pouso Alegre e com 1 ano mudou-se para Lavras. Fala fluentemente alemão.

 Vera Amaral (Paraná) é filha de cafeicultor. É de Curitiba, estuda inglês e francês. Toca violão e gosta de decoração de móveis.

 Leila Carvalho (Ribeirão Preto) é neta e bisneta de cafeicultores. Estuda Direito e já fez estágio na Cooperativa Central de Cafeicultores.

 Rosemarie Eichler (Rio de Janeiro) tinha 18 anos. Loira de Niterói, Rose falava inglês, alemão e espanhol.

Concursos de beleza
Concursos de beleza de 1961 no Brasil

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Gender Equality And HIV/AIDS
Comprehensive Web Portal for Gender Equality Dimensions of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic
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Stigma and Discrimination 18
Adolescents and Youth 3
Gender, Human Rights and HIV/AIDS 2
Women who use Drugs 2
Violence Against Women and HIV/AIDS 1
Treatment and Care 1
Sex Workers and HIV/AIDS 1
Prevention 1
Gender Mainstreaming 1
Women Living with HIV 1
Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent 3
Latin America and the Caribbean 3
Asia and the Pacific 3
Arab States 3
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WHRIN Interview - Canberra Australia
The mantra 'Nothing about us without us' speaks to the imperative of HIV service providers considering the needs of those served. Despite the increased risk of women who use drugs acquiring a blood borne virus and experiences of state and social forms of gender-based violence, there is a distinct lack of women focused harm reduction services. This...
Aint I A Woman? - Recognizing and Protecting the Rights of Young Women Affected by HIV and Drug Use
The brief highlights the intersections between age, gender, and drug use, making the case for why young women who use drugs are particularly at risk of HIV transmission and not adequately reached through mainstream health services. The brief also offers some recommendations for how our HIV response can better meet the needs of young women affected...
Global progress report on HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections, 2021
The Global progress report on HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections assesses the World Health Organization's three ongoing Global Health Sector Strategies on HIV, Viral Hepatitis and STIs, noting progress and gaps and identifying actions to improve impact. The report highlights how the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the deep...
Addressing stigma and discrimination in the COVID-19 response — Applying the evidence of what works from HIV-related stigma and discrimination in six settings to the COVID-19 response
UNAIDS issued a new guidance on how to reduce stigma and discrimination in the context of COVID-19. The guidance is based on the latest evidence on what works to reduce HIV-related stigma and discrimination and applies it to COVID-19. Addressing stigma and discrimination in the COVID-19 response provides countries with rights-based guidance across...
UNAIDS Report on the Global AIDS Pandemic 2020
UNAIDS report on the global AIDS pandemic 2020 shows that w omen and girls in sub-Saharan Africa continue to be the most affected and accounted for 59% of all new HIV infections in the region in 2019, with 4500 adolescent girls and young women between 15 and 24 years old becoming infected with HIV every week. Young women accounted for 24% of new...
Spotlight — HIV–related discrimination against women and girls — Zero Discrimination Day 1 March 2020
A cross the world, gender inequality, violence, poverty and insecurity continue to stoke excessive HIV risk among women and girls, especially those in marginalized and excluded communities.
Zero discrimination against women and girls
On Zero Discrimination Day this year , UNAIDS is challenging the discrimination faced by women and girls in all their diversity in order to raise awareness and mobilize action to promote equality and empowerment for women and girls.
Gendered relationship between HIV stigma and HIV testing among men and women in Mozambique: a cross-sectional study to inform a stigma reduction and male-targeted HIV testing intervention
Increasing and sustaining engagement in HIV care for people living with HIV are critical to both individual therapeutic benefit and epidemic control. Men are less likely to test for HIV compared with women in sub-Saharan African countries, and ultimately have delayed entry to HIV care. Stigma is known to impede such engagement, placing an...
Joint United Nations Statement on Ending Discrimination in Health Care Settings
The Joint Statement on Ending Discrimination in Health Care Settings, signed by twelve United Nations entities, urges stakeholders to take a targeted approach to end discriminatory laws and policies, empower health workers and users of health services, support the accountability and compliance of non-discrimination and implement the United Nations...
Gender and HIV/AIDS: Overview Report
This Overview Report analyses why and how HIV/AIDS is now disproportionately affecting women. It explores new gender-sensitive approaches to fighting HIV/AIDS and suggests that in order to be effective, it is necessary to deal with the inequalities that both drive and are entrenched by the epidemic. It specifically addresses stigma and the need to...
Gender-Related Barriers to Services for Preventing New HIV Infections Among Children and Keeping Their Mothers Alive and Healthy in High-Burden Countries
The rapid assessment elicited basic gender and cultural perceptions and beliefs related to HIV, to people living with HIV in general and to women, in particular that posed barriers to the uptake of and adherence to HIV services.
Piecing it Together for Women and Girls: The Gender Dimensions of HIV-related Stigma
This publication provides evidence on the gender dimensions of HIV-related stigma and how this stigma affects women differently than man in Ethiopia, Dominican Republic and Bangladesh. In Bangladesh, over half of women have experienced stigma from a friend or neighbour: 87 per cent have decided not to get married as a result of thier HIV status;...
Discrimination against Women Living with HIV in the Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic is in the middle of a growing HIV/AIDS epidemic, which is spreading faster among women than men. In this context, many women face human rights violations on at least two major fronts: in the workplace and when they use government prenatal or other health care services. Women are at increased risk of HIV infection and there is...
Disentangling HIV and AIDS Stigma in Ethiopia, Tanzania and Zambia
The International Center for Research on Women (ICRW), in partnership with organizations in Ethiopia, Tanzania, and Zambia, led a study of HIV and AIDS-related stigma and discrimination in these three countries. This project, conducted from April 2001 to September 2003, unraveled the complexities around stigma by investigating the causes,...
India: HIV and AIDS-related Discrimination, Stigmatization, and Denial
This report describes a research project conducted in India which emphasizes forms and determinants of HIV/AIDS-related discrimination, stigmatization, and denial. It offers an account of how DSD operates, and what causes it, in a range of contexts in two contrasting regions. The report provides a discussion of the gendered nature of HIV-related...
Uganda: HIV and AIDS-related Discrimination, Stigmatization and Denial
This report describes research conducted on issues of HIV/AIDS-related discrimination, stigmatization, and denial in central and western Uganda in 1997-98. The report describes the aims, methods, and findings of the research, with a particular emphasis on the forms and determinants of DSD and the responses to it. The research moves beyond previous...
Understanding HIV-Related Stigma and Discrimination in Vietnam
The International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) and the Center for Social Development Studies (CSDS), Hanoi, are investigating the causes, manifestations, and consequences of HIV-related stigma and discrimination at the community level in Vietnam. This research explores the community context in which HIV-related stigma occurs and the extent...
World AIDS Campaign 2002-2003: HIV/AIDS Stigma and Discrimination
The World AIDS Campaign for the years 2002-2003 will focus on stigma and discrimination. The main objective of the campaign is to prevent, reduce and ultimately eliminate HIV/AIDS-related stigma and discrimination, wherever it occurs and in all its forms. The aim of this conceptual framework is to: create a common understanding of HIV/AIDS-related...
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The consumer semiconductor market will more than double between 2004 and 2009, expanding from just over $14 bln to almost $30 bln, according to IDC. The market will experience the fastest year-over-year growth rates through 2007.
The consumer semiconductor market will more than double between 2004 and 2009, expanding from just over $14 bln to almost $30 bln, according to IDC. The market will experience the fastest year-over-year growth rates through 2007. Consumer semiconductor growth is fueled by their increasing importance in both existing and developing end products in the digital home environment. Consumer semiconductors are the enablers of both the underlying technology and the consumer-facing features of the digital home.


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Good Luck with the Book Reviews Leonard and Hungry Paul
Written by Jamie O'Connell
Series 2, Episode 4: 'Sarah and Hungry Jamie'
Sarah and Jamie review the 2021 Dublin One City One Book selection, Leonard and Hungry Paul. Leonard and Hungry Paul are friends, in their thirties, who view life rather differently. Leonard ghost-writes encyclopedias; Hungry Paul, comfortable with silence, embodies mindfulness. When Leonard seems ready to move on, will Hungry Paul get left behind? Here's an extract from the podcast. Full interview can be found here.
Sarah: So, this week, we're going to be talking about the fabulous Leonard and Hungry Paul by Rónán Hession.
Jamie: I think the best description I can give for this was by Sue Leonard, who wrote a piece for Zurich.ie, which describes the book. I'm just going to read a couple of lines, because I think it totally sums it up. "Leonard and Hungry Paul is the story of two friends who ordinarily remain on celebrated. It finds value and specialists in them that is not immediately apparent and prompts. The idea that maybe we could learn from the people we overlook in life." This book has been chosen by BBC Radio 2 as their Book Club Choice in 2019, The Irish Times selected as one of their books for the year. Rick O'Shea chose it as one of his books of the year. It was shortlisted by the Booksellers Association as one of their books of the year. And it was also shortlisted for the New Irish Writer Category at the Irish book awards in 2019. And you know what, totally deserved.
And this year it is the One City One Book choice for Dublin city.
Sarah: It's the first time, you know, in a long time when I read a book and I nearly cried because I was finished.
Jamie: I thought the timing of this for lockdown is amazing. We have reviewed amazing books in this podcast through the lockdowns and this is the number one book I would recommend to somebody who is having a tough time in lockdown and would like something joyous and uplifting and special and a delight. I found it an absolute delight. I feel that is the book we all should know about but somehow, I don't know about.
Sarah: I still didn't know that I didn't know about it for so long.
Jamie: It really is about the simplest little thing. It's two friends who, around thirty-ish, both have been living with their parents and live these unremarkable quiet middle-class lives and don't do anything particularly exciting and nothing particularly mad happens, but it's so delicate and special. I'm finding it hard to even compare it to anything. You just fall in love with the characters, the writing… it's a rare literary book that has a worldview that is positive.
Sarah: This is how programmed we are to negativity, you know, just that anxiousness. Like, at the start, I kept waiting for something bad to happen. I was like, okay, the dad is going to have a heart attack.
Jamie: In a way you're thinking, so little happens, how can there be a climax? All novel kind of need something to climax on. And yet, the climax is amazing. You have these two men who are unsuccessful, they have none of the trappings of a 'successful' man who is thirty in our ego-driven sense of the word.
Hungry Paul has a sister, who is what we would think is living the happier richer life, and there's a moment where the two siblings, who are such completely different paths, clash and actually you realize that Hungry Paul is probably the more enlightened of the two and has figured out life.
Sarah: It really just points out that thing, this obsession people have with wanting stuff, labels, and thinking that other people who don't have it, want it, which is a big thing, but they don't. Some people don't want this.
Jamie: I wonder if Rónán, I don't know, if he's read, maybe Eckhart Tolle? Or something like that. The book actually leads to this final moment, which reminded me of Buddha's silent Flower Sermon. And, I won't say anymore, because just read the book. But that's what I thought of. I thought, is this a parable of spirituality?
Sarah: I was going to ask you that. What if you were told to be quiet and do absolutely nothing for an hour? Do you think you could do it?
Jamie: It's really hard. I've tried it. I would do things like guided meditations and that's fine. I can do half an hour, just sitting there, listening to those. But that's still not quite doing absolutely nothing. I have tested myself. I would just sit. I wouldn't turn on the TV. I would just sit there and see how long I could sit there until it started feeling really uncomfortable. It would take about three minutes and I started feeling really, really uncomfortable and I'd want to look at my phone. And I remember actually realizing, "Oh, you think you can actually just break this with a bit of willpower…
The full review is on the Good Luck with the Book Podcast, Series 2, Episode 4: Sarah and Hungry Jamie.
Hosts: Sarah Cassidy and Jamie O'Connell
Leonard and Hungry Paul is available in all good bookstores.
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Just about everything we do in sports is a habit. Our preparation is based on habit, our practice is based on habit, our technique is based on habit, and even strategy can be somewhat habitual. The key point is habits encompass every part of athletic performance. Yet one of the major areas of poor performance is bad habits. To correct bad habits and maximize the power of good habits there are some questions that must be answered first. How do we create habits? What makes a good habit different than a bad habit? And what characteristics are needed to create good habits?
Habits are created by repeating an action every time a particular situation occurs. This ranges from how you brush your teeth to your warm-up routine to your sport specific technique. Practice, practice, and more practice create habits. Whether the habits are good or bad is dependent on other areas. Good habits are basic things in everyday life that can make things easier, more efficient, and better for everyone involved not just the lone athlete. They do not necessarily need to be used every second of my day but if they can employ them as often as possible there can significant improvements. (The opposite is true of bad habits, the more they are used the more likely one will experience poor performance).
When it comes to creating/changing habits the individual should be proactive, manage the use of time, be confidence, and focus attention towards the changing habit. Being proactive is simply taking the initiative and not waiting for others to act first. It is acting not reacting, which many people do. It is also about being responsible for those actions that you chose to make. For example, why are you warming-up that way? How do you know it gets you ready? Is there something else you could be doing?
Habits, even if they are automatic take time and in sports sometimes there is not enough time to do every little think that feels "comfortable". So without stepping completely out of your comfort zone, put the most important things first. To accomplish this try to organize your habits and routines with goals in mind. What are the most important actions? How can you be flexible in different situations?
Being confident and paying attention are critical to breaking bad habits or creating good habits. You need to believe you can change and also pay attention to what is being changed. There should be careful attention to detail. Every second and every inch can make a difference in sports so use care when creating habits. Be involved in your performance, pay attention to what is going on around you as well as your own actions. Changing your habits is not impossible but it does take hard work, persistence, time, confidence, and an attention to detail.


08.03.13 Netflix The new Muppets movie. I like how they treat the universe as if the Muppets Show really existed but also where the Muppets are real instead of puppets. I feel like that gave the movie a basis to get as goofy as it wants to be (which is pretty damn goofy) and still tap into some emotion when need be. For a Muppets movie I thought this was pretty great. I mean that like there's nothing here I wouldn't want in a Muppets movie and can't think of anything not here that I missed. The goofy humor worked on me. I liked it.


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'Braveheart' screenwriter working on 'The Passion' sequel
Joel Ryan

FILE - In this Sunday, May 22, 2016 filee photo, actor Mel Gibson poses for photographers upon arrival at the screening of the film "Blood Father" at the 69th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France. "Braveheart" screenwriter Randall Wallace says he's working with director Gibson on a follow-up to "The Passion of the Christ." Wallace told The Hollywood Reporter on Thursday, June 9, 2016, that the new film will focus on the resurrection of Jesus. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan, File)

LOS ANGELES (AP) — "Braveheart" screenwriter Randall Wallace says he's working with Mel Gibson on a follow-up to "The Passion of the Christ."
Wallace told The Hollywood Reporter on Thursday that the new film will focus on the resurrection of Jesus.
Gibson's spokesman declined to comment on the actor-director's involvement in the project.
"The Passion" was directed by Gibson and released in 2004. The film starred Jim Caviezel as Jesus and earned $612 million at the worldwide box office.
Wallace recently worked with Gibson on the World War II drama "Hacksaw Ridge."


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Medals from the Collection of Brigadier Brian Parritt, C.B.E.
The Roy Bartlett Collection of Awards to the R.N.A.S., R.F.C. and R.A.F.
The Collection of Medals Formed by The Late Major David Evans, T.D.