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La Reserva Nacional Pampa del Tamarugal se ubica en el extremo norte de Chile, específicamente en la Región de Tarapacá, Provincia del Tamarugal.

Tiene 134 mil ha con una altitud de 970 . Creada en 1987 y ampliada en 2013, siendo administrada por CONAF, posee una superficie dividida en cuatro sectores: Zapiga, de 17.650 ha; La Tirana, de 5.225 ha, Pintados, de 79.289 ha. y Salar de Llamara, de 24 mil ha. En ellos se desarrolla una vegetación bastante homogénea que comprende 18.113 ha de plantaciones de tamarugo, 1950 ha de plantaciones de algarrobo, 420 ha de plantaciones mixtas y 2.500 ha de bosque nativo de tamarugo.

El tamarugal: la flora y fauna de la reserva

El tamarugo (Prosopis tamarugo) es un portentoso árbol que crece en terrenos salinos, tiene tendencia polipódica (muchos troncos) y su follaje y semillas son alimento para el ganado ovino y caprino del norte chileno. En la pampa del Tamarugal existieron bosques naturales, que fueron exterminados como leña para las antiguas salitreras. Existen relictos naturales muy pequeños de estos árboles (como en el Sector Salar de Llamara), pero el grueso del tamarugal actual es una gran plantación (reforestación) de árboles nativos. Aparte del tamarugo existen otros árboles en la zona: algarrobo blanco (Prosopis alba), chulki (Prosopis burkati) y fortuna (Prosopis strombulifera). También hay fauna asociada a esta masa de árboles, como el comesebo del tamarugal (Conirostrum tamarugense), pequén (Athene cunicularia), aguilucho (Geranoaentus polyosoma), lechuza (Tyto alba tiudara), jote cabeza colorada (Cathartes aura), zorro culpeo (Lycalopex culpaeus) y zorro chilla (Lycalopex griseus). Además existen cianobacterias y estromatolitos en lagunas saladas del Salar de Llamara.

El territorio de la reserva también resguarda restos arqueológicos, que se encuentran de por sí protegidos por la ley chilena como monumentos históricos, como los Geoglifos de Pintados.

Visitantes
Este parque recibe una gran cantidad de visitantes chilenos y extranjeros cada año.

Véase también

 Quebrada de Tarapacá

Referencias

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As the Vietnam War drew to a close, Congress looked for ways to consolidate military and intelligence organizations. The Defense Mapping Agency emerged in the Department of Defense on July 1, 1972, to increase efficiencies and economies by bringing into one organization the mapping, charting, and geodesy (MC&G) activities of the services. This new organization absorbed the Air Force's Aeronautical Chart and Information Center operations, the oceanographic and charting services of the U.S. Naval Hydrographic Office, and the Army Map Service.
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There is a revolution occurring in U.S. domestic energy production.
The skeptics have been proven right. The super committee failed in its attempt to agree on a package of $1.2 trillion of deficit reduction over the next 10 years. But it was not for a lack of trying.
Most members worked hard to find common ground. They looked at many proposals from past commissions, ideas from other committees of Congress as well as their own plans. In the end, the committee was done in by a lack of leadership in high places and competing visions of America's future.
Let's first note the total lack of leadership by the president of the United States. Big initiatives like deficit reduction cannot happen without the president's active involvement and President Barack Obama's administration never participated in any serious way in the committee's work.
On the few occasions he spoke about the committee in public, it was almost always in a partisan context, threatening to veto any agreement that didn't contain job-killing tax increases or one that did include meaningful entitlement reform. Yet cynically, he talked openly about a large deal of $3 trillion or $4 trillion, even as he opposed the elements that might have made such an agreement possible.


I scoffed at someone once for pointing out how beautiful the dirt can be in New Mexico. I felt guilty for laughing at the idea and defended myself—"I do love Georgia O'Keefe's work," I said. As it happened, I found myself in Albuquerque 15 years later with a residential remodel on my hands.
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COPENHAGEN—Danish jewelry maker Pandora A/S was punished hard by investors Thursday after its results fell short of expectations and revealed weaknesses in its key German and Australian markets.
Pandora, whose popular trademark charms have made it the world's third-largest jewelry brand after Cartier and Tiffany's, posted a 98% rise in first-quarter net profit from a year earlier to 515 million kroner ($98.3 million), in line with expectations. Sales grew 41% to 1.75 billion, falling slightly short of the 1.8 billion kroner consensus forecast.


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About The Law Office of Gabriel & Gabriel
Brian P. Gabriel, Esquire
Brian P. Gabriel is the driving force behind the law office of Gabriel & Gabriel. He has been in practice for over 25 years and his experience during that time has been devoted almost exclusively to the defense of criminal cases. Brian Gabriel began his career at the Palm Beach County State Attorney's Office. As an Assistant State Attorney in West Palm Beach, Florida, he prosecuted thousands of cases of individuals charged with various crimes. However, he spent a majority of his time developing his skills in handling DUI litigation. In 1995, Brian Gabriel started his own private practice centered around the representation of criminal defendants. Representing those clients has always been a great source of pride and satisfaction of his. Over the years, Brian Gabriel has taken on the responsibility of representing his clients with a results-driven approach. The ultimate goal of the law firm of Gabriel & Gabriel is to represent each client to achieve the best possible result for that client. This generally means a complete dismissal of all charges or an acquittal after success at trial. These hard fought goals always require competence, diligence and hard work. Brian Gabriel firmly believes that preparation and hard work on behalf of his clients is the only road map to proper representation.
Sam J. Gabriel, Esquire
For over 55 years, Sam J. Gabriel, Esquire (retired) practiced law in Palm Beach County, Florida. Sam Gabriel was admitted to The Florida Bar in 1955 and maintained his office in Palm Beach County, Florida. In June of 2013 he fully retired leaving his son Brian Gabriel to continue to practice successfully his own Criminal Law practice. Sam Gabriel's legal career revolved around transactional real estate, probate and corporate law practice. In 1995, Sam Gabriel partnered with his son, Brian P. Gabriel, and began their law office in Palm Beach County, Florida. The ultimate goal of the law firm of Gabriel & Gabriel to this day is to represent each client individually and personally and to achieve the best possible results for the client. These hard-fought goals always require competence, diligence and hard work. Sam Gabriel firmly believes that his preparation and hard work on behalf of his clients was the only road map to navigating proper legal representation and in building his long-lasting client relationships.
The Law Office of Gabriel and Gabriel has always put a premium on hiring competent and dedicated professionals to serve you in every aspect of your legal needs. WIth a dedicated and experienced administrative staff we provide our clients with a consistent level of service and support. It is the belief of Attorney Brian Gabriel that his clients deserve to have the most committed and qualified legal assistant administering the work on their case.
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Yanira Gonzalez works as the legal assistant to Attorney Brian Gabriel. With an Associate's Degree in Criminal Justice, combining her years of experience as a clerk with the Clerk of Court in Palm Beach County and as a legal assistant primarily in the practice area of criminal defense, Yanira brings many assets to the firm. Her administrative knowledge of the system and daily dealings with it foster a level of confidence for our clients that every administrative aspect of your case is being handled with knowledge and is being processed expediently.
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'Inshallah': Alia Bhatt reacts to criticism for being paired opposite Salman Khan
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Alia Bhatt is currently on the purple patch of her career. Like last year this year too the actress has some good movies in her kitty like 'Kalank', 'Brahmastra', 'RRR' and 'Inshallah'. Talking about 'Inshallah', the 'Raazi' actor will be seen opposite Salman Khan and the movie will be helmed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali.
When it was announced that Alia is paired opposite Salman in 'Inshallah', there was a lot of flak due to her pairing with Salman. While there were some users who expressed their happiness to see Alia opposite Salman, there were a few who criticized their pairing for the age gap. Now, during a recent interview to Pinkvilla, Alia has opened up on it.
When asked about the criticism, Alia said that she didn't get any criticism. She said, "I think I got a lot of excitement. I think speculation is also a form of excitement in a way and why shouldn't there be speculation. There should be and at least I am not bothered by that and I don't think Salman or Bhansali sir are bothered. I think this is a filmmaker who has given us very good films, he is someone who we all are very fond of and I think we should just trust him with his vision."
This is Alia's first movie with the 'Dabangg' actor and her happiness knows no bounds.
Currently, she is gearing up for her upcoming release 'Kalank' that is hitting the screens on April 17. Produced by Dharma Productions and helmed by Abhishek Varman, the movie also has Sanjay Dutt, Madhuri Dixit, Sonakshi Sinha and Aditya Roy Kapur in pivotal roles.
Also Read: BREAKING: Alia Bhatt and Salman Khan come together for Sanjay Leela Bhansali's 'Inshallah'
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The White City by Karolina Ramqvist @Ramqvist @AtlanticBooks @atlanticbooks1
Karin knew what she was getting herself into when she fell for John, the high-flying criminal and love of her life. But she never imagined things would turn out like this: John is now gone and the coke-filled parties, seemingly endless flow of money and high social status she previously enjoyed have been replaced by cut telephone lines, cut heat and cut cash. All that remains of Karin's former life is the big house he bought for her - and his daughter, the child Karin once swore she would never bring into their dangerous world.
Now Karin is alone with the baby, and the old promise of 'the family' has proved alarmingly empty. With the authorities zeroing in on organized crime, John's shady legacy is catching up with her, and the house is about to be seized. Over the course of a few nerve-wracking days, Karin is forced to take drastic measures in order to claim what she considers rightfully hers.
A slow-burning psychological thriller with a sophisticated, dreamlike atmosphere, The White City is both the portrayal of one woman's struggle to pull herself up from the paralyzing depths of despair, and an unflinching examination of what it means to lose control - over your body, your life and your fate.
The White City by Karolina Ramqvist was published in paperback by Grove Press / Atlantic Books on 10 August 2017. My thanks to the publisher who sent my copy for review.
The White City is a short, but intense and strangely compelling story. This author tells nothing, but shows everything with lyrical prose that is both tense and sophisticated.
The reader is introduced to Karin and her small daughter and follows their every thought and every move over a couple of days. It is clear that Karin has, in the past, enjoyed a life of luxury and glamour in her expensive house with her wealthy husband John. However, John has left and the house that was once her palace has now become her prison. Cold and empty, she and her daughter are trapped. Faced with eviction and with no friends, Karin is compelled to take action, to save herself and her daughter.
The White City is a book that begs to be read, although there were times when I wondered just where this story was heading, there is something about the quality of the writing and the excellent descriptions that I found quite hypnotising. Karolina Ramqvist takes her reader into the depths of Karin's thoughts. We experience her every emotion; her despair, her anger and her utter bewilderment at her situation.
The author excels at creating atmosphere and suspense. The biting cold atmosphere of the setting and the iciness of the characters that Karin reaches out to are startling and brilliantly portrayed.
There is no doubt that The White City is very bleak, yet it is also so very beautifully told. I was very impressed by this one and would recommend it highly.
Karolina Ramqvist is one of the most influential feminists and writers of her generation in Sweden and she has published several novels, short stories, essays, and criticisms in leading political and literary publications.
She is the former editor-in-chief of Arena magazine and lives in Stockholm with her husband and children.
The White City is her English debut.
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Cancer Free For 20 Years by Curly Martin @CurlyMartin @BookPublicistUK #cancersurvivors #BlogTour
A humorous how to book, full of tips, tools, techniques, and the secrets I used to overcome cancer which I share with you in the hope you will be inspired.
I was diagnosed with breast cancer, and an aggressive form of lymphatic cancer in 1992 and I was given a maximum of nine months to live.
"Inspiring, uplifting and funny read." Prue Gent.
This book is all about my fascinating and funny 20 year journey from cancer to coaching. Around the same times as my diagnosis I became homeless and I was unemployed. I now live a passionate, exciting, healthy, wealthy, happy life.
My story tells of my passage through the conventional medical approach consisting of surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy.
This is then rapidly followed by funny tales of my experimenting with alternative therapies, sampling some weird concoctions and cultivating unusual remedies.
"Curly's book is flush with guidance to have self-mastery in the face of adversity. These tricks of positivity are not just for the fearful and sick, but for all of us; I guides and tempts us to greater psychological wellbeing and well 'being'.
Thinking well and taking care of our bodies, as Curly suggests, provides all of us with an easily applied set of life-changes that will not only make us feel better every day, but may help save our lives too." Professor Angus McLeod, PhD
I believe that cancer can be the most powerful catalyst for change. I have deliberately written in a style which combines storytelling and facts with the hope to entertain you and educate you at the same time. "A very interesting, amusing, and thought provoking book." Jackie Hammans.
Since the terminal diagnosis, I have become an international bestselling author of, The Coaching Handbook Series of books. I am a highly sought-after international speaker, a pioneer of life coach training and the founder of a very successful training company, Achievement Specialists Limited. I combine my personal experiences with accepted methodologies and cutting edge innovations, to create exciting, entertaining and effective approaches to living a healthy, happy and successful life.
"Her story is leagues away from being a 'misery memoir' and instead becomes a celebration of life, with hard earned insights which empower the reader to develop the resilience to tackle serious situations and overcome them to build a better life. In essence, this book is inspiring reading for anyone involved in any way with a terminal illness, as well a poignant reminder for all of us healthy creatures to fight the temptation to take the richness of life for granted. Highly recommended" Grant Willcox
Within the book I examine the need to be prepared for hospital visits, to expect to have some setbacks and what it is like living with early menopause. I plan a farewell party and raise money for cancer charities. I spend time on using humour as a healer, on drinking Ojibway Indian tea, visiting the neuro-linguistic programming museum of old beliefs, using lashings of fake tanning and removing mercury teeth fillings, to mention only a few of the topics. I cover a lot of alternative options all of which I have tried or explored. There is a lot of information in this book portrayed I hope, in a witty and laugh out loud style.
I'm delighted to host the Blog Tour for Cancer Free For 20 Years by Curly Martin, published in August last year.
Given 9 months to live, Curly found herself homeless, jobless and breaking up with a boyfriend who 'couldn't deal with her cancer'. She has an irrepressible spirit and energy – and her book is an unapologetic celebration of life. She shares the tips, tools and techniques she used to overcome cancer and turn her live around
Please join me in welcoming Curly to Random Things today, she's talking about the books that are import to her in My Life In Books:
My Life In Books ~ Curly Martin
Here's my top five books – presented in no particular order. I've chosen these books out of my many favourites as they are the ones that still have an impact on me.
Lord of the Rings. JRR Tolkien.
I read this book during a summer break from College. I was serving coach loads of visitors in a road side café during the day and waiting tables at a restaurant at night to earn enough money to pay for my course and lodging fees. At every opportunity, I would read this book and since that first reading I have re-read this book nine times and watched the movie twice. I will not insult you by doing a description of the book. There is a parallel between Frodo's carrying of a huge life or death burden and my journey of carrying cancer. Like Frodo I had moments of great despair and moments of love and joy. Both of us conquered our fears and faced down the challenge to survive and thrive.
Introducing Neuro-Linguistic Programming. Joseph O'Connor & John Seymour.
This book was required reading for my Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) practitioner and master practitioner courses. I have used so many of the techniques described in this book and from the study of NLP to heal my body and my mind.
Zero Limits: Joe Vitale & Ihaleakala Hew Len.
The simple message within Zero Limits has had a profound impact on my health and healing. Simply using the power of love to heal my body and my mind whilst maintaining good health was beyond transformational. The overriding message of this book is to love everything. Sounds simple but in practice is one of the hardest things to do. Try it for a day and see if you can maintain love for everything!
I have proved to myself time and again that when someone or something has the potential to be harmful to me, if I concentrate on loving the person or the thing the harmful outcome is diverted. Sounds baloney, you bet it does! Does it work, you bet it does!
Can you do it? Well that is the lifelong challenge. I spent a good amount of my time using the power of love on my body over the past 20+ years during which I have been cancer free.
The Dynamic Laws of Prosperity: Catherine Ponder.
I am an atheist and all of Catherin Ponder's books are about God. Many people find it hard to understand how an atheist can find inspiration in God filled books. I simply take what I can use in my model of the world and replace God with Universe where necessary.
There are loads of really powerful sayings in Catherine's books which are elevating and inspiring. Here is an example where I have edited the saying to support my beliefs, 'I consciously, boldly and deliberately take hold of my thoughts and feelings and redirect them towards prosperity and success with the universe's divine help.'
I can adapt this simple sentence to suit my needs. For example, sometimes I replace 'prosperity' with 'happiness and joy' or 'good health and healing' the options are boundless.
Importantly, it is about stopping endless negative internal chatter and taking back control to heal oneself. I often share my adapted Ponder quotes with my life coaching clients to enable them to move towards their goals by reducing the negative beliefs which have been holding them back from being the awesome person they are meant to be.
Making Money: Terry Pratchett.
I am a huge fan of Terry Pratchett and have every single book he has written. What I love about this book and all of his disc world books is the clever parallel paradoxes he creates with disc world and our world. The books have the ability to completely relax my mind whilst also stimulating my curiosity. I love to laugh at myself and I love to laugh aloud when I read.
Finally, if you or your loved ones are suffering from cancer, I leave you with two thoughts, you control your thoughts, so make them work to heal you. And you can love your body back to health. Both these things require dedication and consistent application, you might not see immediate results but you will definitely be better for it.
I send you love and healing in equal measures. Curly Martin ~ September 2017
Curly Martin, is the author of Cancer Free for 20 Years. Given 9 months to live, Curly was homeless and dealing with a relationship break up. Twenty years on she has an exciting new career in coaching and is a best-selling author and International speaker. Her book gives guidance to others facing similar challenges.
Website www.curlymartin.com
Twitter @CurlyMartin
Achievement: Cancer Free for 20 Years by Curly Martin is out now, available from Amazon, priced £13.48.
For more information go to www.achievementspecialists.co.uk.
Double-Edged Sword ~ The Simonne Butler story @SimonneButler @ngaiomarshaward
Double-edged Sword is a survival story like no other. In 2003 Simonne Butler's violent partner, Antoine Dixon, high on methamphetamine, cut off both her hands with a samurai sword. Her hands were reattached in a groundbreaking marathon surgery and she spent the next decade healing her mind, body and spirit.
Despite five years in an extremely physically and emotionally abusive relationship, Simonne always had an unbreakable spirit. Even when her self-confidence and sense of self-preservation was at rock bottom, she was able to source phenomenal strength that saw her survive horrendous blood loss and being left for dead for hours, holding her severed limbs in such a way that allowed revascularisation to be possible.
Facing obstacles from the very start, including a troubled childhood and an alcoholic and volatile mother, Simonne's optimism and determination have always shone through.
Every victim of domestic violence must read this book, and their friends and family. Even those who have never been the victim of violence will be inspired, moved and enlightened by this candid and brutal memoir. Double-edged Sword is so much more than just a story of survival, it is a guidebook for humanity – how to shrug off the oppressors and the obstacles and live your life with the greatest intensity you can muster. It's about conquering the demons and rising like a phoenix from the ashes and learning how to live with passion, honesty and love.
Double-Edged Sword ~ The Simonne Butler Story, written by Simonne Butler with Andra Jenkin was published by Mary Egan Publishing and is available in the UK as an ebook.
I am delighted to host the Ngaio Marsh Awards Blog Tour today with my review of Double-Edged Sword which was kindly provided by the organisers via Craig Sisterton, the founder of the Ngaio Marsh Awards.
The Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Crime Novel, established in 2010, promotes and celebrates excellence in crime, mystery and thriller writing by New Zealand authors
First awarded in 2010, the Ngaio Marsh Award promotes and celebrates excellence in crime, mystery and thriller writing by New Zealand authors. It is awarded each year in a ceremony held in Christchurch, the birthplace and hometown of Dame Ngaio Marsh, one of the four Queens of Crime of the Golden Age of Detective Fiction.
Double-Edged Sword is a finalist in the Best Non-Fiction (True Crime and Biography) category. Alos nominated in this category are:
In Dark Places by Michael Bennett: a brilliant narrative non-fiction work detailing the astonishing miscarriage of justice that befell Teina Pora, who spent 21 years in prison for rape and murder, and the group of people who teamed up to free him.
Scene of the Crime by Steve Braunias: Twelve extraordinary tales of crime and punishment: a collection of true crime writing by New Zealand's award-winning master of non-fiction.
The Many Deaths of Mary Dobie by David Hastings: a whodunit turned whydunit in the 1880 hunt for a murderer in Taranaki, unravelling the murder, the social tensions in the coastal region, the hunt for the killer and the lessons both races learned.
Blockbuster!: Fergus Hume and the Mystery of a Hansom Cab by Lucy Sussex: a fascinating book examining the bizarre tale of the bestselling crime novel of the 19th century, and its eccentric author.
Double-Edged Sword is a brave, horrific and no-holds barred account of a terrible and terrifying incident that changed Simonne Butler's life in just a few minutes.
"On 21 January 2003 the man who I was once in love with, the man who said he loved me, attempted to decapitate me with a samurai sword."
This is the first line of Simonne's extraordinary story. It's a story of a woman who thought that she had finally found someone to love her and take care of her, and who gradually realised that this 'love affair' was actually toxic.
Whilst Simonne's story is well known in New Zealand, I had not heard of her, or what happened to her before. I read this book with no prior knowledge, I hadn't seen the TV reports, or read the news articles, all I had was Simonne's voice, telling her story, in her words.
It could have been easy for Simonne to gloss over her dysfunctional family life and her history of alcohol and drugs, but she doesn't. This is a brutally honest account of a life that was difficult from childhood. Simonne's mother was an alcoholic; a functioning alcoholic for most of the time but incredibly cruel and distant towards her daughter. When Simonne finally left home, aged twenty-one and her flat-mate's boyfriend Tony began to show an interest in her she found it very difficult. On one hand she knew that he was trouble, but on the other hand, she was attracted to him.
Tony and Simonne began a relationship and moved in together. What follows is a downward spiral of danger and terror and whilst Simonne knows that she should leave, and does try, she becomes so worn-down, that even when she finds out the truth about Tony's past, she stays.
The night that Tony tries to kill Simonne and her friend is described in graphic detail and makes for incredibly painful reading. God only knows how those two women survived such a determined and brutal attack on them, but they did, and Simonne relates her healing journey with both humour and incredible insight.
This is a book that is disturbingly compelling, it almost feels voyeuristic to continue to read of Simonne's struggle to be loved. Her incredible strength after such a devastating and life-changing attack is astonishing and she tells her story with such honesty and a touch of humour.
Double-Edged Sword is a book that should be read by everyone, it is raw, inspiring and enlightening.
Simonne Butler is a spiritual counsellor and naturopath. In her holistic therapy practice she guides her clients to optimum wellness, personal strength, mental clarity and emotional stability.
In 2014 she became a survivor spokesperson for The NZ Women's Refuge and is an activist, writer and speaker passionate about changing the culture of violence against women in New Zealand.
She holds a Diploma of Naturopathy from Wellpark College of Natural Therapies, has been studying with a master shaman since 2006, and in February 2013 began a formal shamanic apprenticeship at the Medicine Woman Centre for Shamanic Studies.
Find out more at www.simonnebutler.co.nz
Follow her on Twitter @SimonneButler
Snow Sisters by Carol Lovekin @carollovekin @honno #snowsisters #BlogTour
Two sisters, their grandmother's old house and Angharad... the girl who cannot leave
Meredith discovers a dusty sewing box in a disused attic. Once open the box releases the ghost of Angharad, a Victorian child-woman with a horrific secret she must share. Angharad slowly reveals her story to Meredith who fails to convince her sister of the visitations until Verity sees Angharad for herself on the eve of an April snowstorm.
Forced by her flighty mother to abandon Gull House for London, Meredith struggles to settle, still haunted by Angharad and her little red flannel hearts. This time, Verity is not sure she will be able to save her...
Welcome to the Blog Tour for Snow Sisters by Carol Lovekin. Snow Sisters was published in paperback and ebook by Honno on 21 September 2017. Thanks to Honno for my review copy.
I have been thoroughly consumed by Snow Sisters for the past week or so. It's one of those books that pulls the reader in and never really lets go, even when you've put the book aside to do other things. The characters swirled around my brain, rather like the April snow storm that the author so cleverly creates as a backdrop for her incredibly beautiful story.
If like me, you are a fan of Diane Setterfield's The Thirteenth Tale, or more recently, A Thousand Paper Birds by Tor Udall, then Snow Sisters will be your thing. There are ghosts, broken families, old secretive houses and characters who are so wonderfully imagined that you really believe in them.
Snow Sisters is an intimate and intricate portrait of one family of women. At the heart and head of the family is Grandmother Mared, and living in Gull House is Mared's daughter Allegra and her two daughters; our Snow Sisters; Verity and Meredith. Carol Lovekin's eye for detail with her characterisation is outstanding, these woman are real and the reader will love them, hate them, sympathise with them - whatever emotion they evoke is a testament to her skill.
Nestled between Verity and Meredith's stories is the voice of Angharad. Angharad died in 1879 and her tragic and heartbreaking story is gently and carefully unwound during flashback snippets in her own voice.
So, not one, or two, but three threads of a story so deftly woven together. The present day as Verity returns to Gull House, and her memories and her sadnesses and her questions, and then the story of her and Meredith as children, battling their self-indulgent mother, and of course, Angharad; that poor young girl whose own personal story forms the backbone to this wonderfully imagined and gracefully executed tale.
Snow Sisters is complex and nuanced. There is tragedy yet there is so much love. This is a book to wallow in and linger over. Highly highly recommended.
Author photograph ~ JaneyStevens
Carol Lovekin has Irish blood and a Welsh heart.
She was born in Warwickshire and has lived in Wales since 1979, settling in Lampeter eleven years ago.
A feminist, she finds fiction the perfect vehicle for telling women's collective stories.
Her books also reflect her love of the landscape and mythology of her adopted home.
Snow Sisters is her second novel. Her first, Ghostbird, is also published by Honno.
Find out more at www.carollovekinauthor.com
Follow her on Twitter @carollovekin
Honno Welsh Women's Press was set up in 1986 by a group of women who felt strongly that women in Wales needed wider opportunities to see their writing in print and to become involved in the publishing process.
Their aim is to develop the writing talents of women in Wales, give them new and exciting opportunities to see their work published and often to give them their first 'break' as a writer.
Honno is registered as a community co-operative. Any profit that Honno makes is invested in the publishing programme.
Women from Wales and around the world have expressed their support for Honno. Each supporter has a vote at the Annual General Meeting.
For more information to buy Honno publications, visit the website www.honno.co.uk
Follow them on Twitter @honno
The Faithful by Juliet West @JulietWest14 @MantleBooks @panmacmillan #TheFaithful
As Britain is pulled towards war, the secrets within two families threaten to tear them apart, in the new novel from Juliet West, The Faithful . . .
July 1935. In the village of Aldwick on the Sussex coast, sixteen-year-old Hazel faces a long, dull summer with just her self-centred mother Francine for company. But then Francine decamps to London with her lover Charles, Oswald Mosley's blackshirts arrive in Aldwick, and Hazel's summer suddenly becomes more interesting. She finds herself befriended by two very different people: Lucia, an upper-class blackshirt, passionate about the cause; and Tom, a young working-class boy, increasingly scornful of Mosley's rhetoric. In the end, though, it is Tom who wins Hazel's heart - and Hazel who breaks his.
Autumn 1936. Now living in London, Hazel has grown up fast over the past year. But an encounter with Tom sends her into freefall. He must never know why she cut off all contact last summer, betraying the promises they'd made. Yet Hazel isn't the only one with secrets. Nor is she the only one with reason to keep the two of them apart . . .
From the beaches of Sussex to the battlefields of civil war Spain, The Faithful is a rich and gripping tale of love, deception and desire.
The Faithful by Juliet West was published by Mantle / Pan Macmillan on 15 June 2017 and is the author's second novel. I read and reviewed her first book, Before The Fall here on Random Things in May 2014.
Juliet West's first novel, Before The Fall is one of my favourite war-time novels, I loved it when I read it, I've recommended it to so many people and I've been looking forward to her next book for so long.
Beginning in the summer of 1935, The Faithful begins in Aldwick, Sussex as Oswald Mosley's blackshirt followers begin to gather for their annual camp. Tom and his family travel from London, he's doubtful about Mosley's beliefs but his mother is an avid believer and Tom is basically, a good kid who loves his parents and doesn't want to cause a scene.
Hazel lives in Aldwick and a long and lonely summer is ahead of her, until that is, she attends one of the blackshirt meetings and meets Tom, and is befriended by Lucia, one of the most faithful and avid followers of Mosley.
The British people haven't yet got over the Great War and many believe that Mosely's teachings are right for the country. Nobody wants another war. Nobody wants so much death and destruction again. However, not everyone believes in Mosely's methods and there's plenty of oppostion from the Reds who want to rid Britain of the fascists.
The Faithful is, at its heart, a love story. It's at times heart-breaking yet also heart warming. The characters are wonderfully created, strong and totally and utterly believable.
Juliet West's writing is flawless, her plotting and pace is perfectly composed. This is a thought-provoking and emotional look at both social history and family relationships. Loss, deceit, sorrow and enduring love are all central themes in this incredibly told story.
The Faithful is beautifully written, it's a story made up of so many layers yet is so cleverly and neatly woven together, the reader becomes totally engrossed in the lives of the characters. I felt as though these people were my own friends, and family. Their battles were my battles, I felt their sorrow and I shared their joy.
A clever, moving, page turner. Highly recommended from me.
Juliet West worked as a journalist before taking an MA in Creative Writing at Chichester University, where she won the Kate Betts' Memorial Prize.
Before The Fall, her debut novel, was shortlisted for the Myriad Editions novel writing competition in 2012.
Juliet also writes short stories and poetry, and won the HE Bates short story prize in 2009.
The Faithful is her second novel.
She lives in West Sussex with her husband and three children.
Discover more at www.julietwest.com
Follow her on Twitter @JulietWest14
The Frozen Woman by Jon Michelet #BlogTour @noexitpress #FrozenWomanBook #Giveaway #Win
A FROZEN BODY.
A MURDERED BIKER.
A LAWYER WITH NOTHING LEFT TO LOSE.
In the depths of the Norwegian winter, a woman s frozen corpse is discovered in the garden of a notorious ex-lawyer, Vilhelm Thygesen. She has been stabbed to death.
A young biker, a member of a gang once represented by the lawyer, is found dead in suspicious circumstances.
Thygesen starts receiving anonymous threats, and becomes ensnared in a web of violence, crime and blackmail that spreads across Northern Europe.
Does the frozen woman hold the key?
The Frozen Woman by Jon Michelet is published by No Exit Press on 21 September 2017 and is translated by Don Bartlett.
I am delighted to host a giveaway today, courtesy of the publisher. I have one paperback copy of The Frozen Woman to giveaway. Entry is simple, just fill out the competition widget at the end of this post.
CRITICAL ACCLAIM FOR THE FROZEN WOMAN
'The best Norwegian crime novel'
- Dagbladet
'Jon Michelet hits back with interest ... Yes, this is Jon Michelet in sparkling linguistic and compositional form'
- Aftenposten
'The Frozen Woman kept me awake all night... a Nordic crime masterpiece'
- The Daily Walk
'Lavish and thrilling... Michelet writes with dramatic momentum, leaving the reader on the edge of his seat'
- Varden
'A Godfather of Norwegian crime'
- Gunnar Staalesen, author of the Varg Veum series
'Entertainingly eccentric for a police procedural.'
- Karen Robinson, Sunday Times Crime Club [read the full review]
'The translation is by the reigning monarch of the art, Don Bartlett.'
- Barry Forshaw, The Guardian [read the full review]
A Paperback copy of The Frozen Woman by Jon Michelet
© Hans Fredrik Asbjørnsen
Jon Michelet has been one of Norway's leading authors through five decades. He made his debut in 1975 with the crime novel He Who Is Born to Be Hanged, Shall Never Be Drowned. He has since published numerous novels, plays and non-fiction books, and co-authored five bestselling reportage books from the Football World Cup with Dag Solstad. Michelet has also worked as a sailor, a docker, a journalist, publisher and newspaper editor. He is renowned in Norway for his strong commitment to a number of political and cultural causes.
Michelet has been awarded the Riverton Prize for Best Norwegian Crime Novel twice, for White as Snow and The Frozen Woman both part of his long running Vilhelm Thygesen series. He has also had phenomenal success with his epic series, A Hero of the Sea. Telling the story of the dramatic experiences of a Norwegian merchant navy sailor during WWII, the five novels published so far have been topping the charts since 2012, and have sold well over half a million copies, making Michelet a household name in Norway.
Gone Without A Trace by Mary Torjussen @MaryTorjussen @headlinepg @millieseaward
No one ever disappears completely...
You leave for work one morning.
Another day in your normal life.
Until you come home to discover that your boyfriend has gone.
His belongings have disappeared.
He hasn't been at work for weeks.
It's as if he never existed.
But that's not possible, is it?
And there is worse still to come.
Because just as you are searching for him
someone is also watching you.
With thanks to the publisher and author who sent my copy for review. Gone Without A Trace by Mary Torjussen was published by Headline on 23 March 2017 and is the author's debut novel.
I read Gone Without A Trace whilst I was on holiday in Corfu and was absolutely gripped by it. It's one of those books that you want to talk about, and I almost chewed my husband's ear off about it; telling him what was happening .... and what on earth was it going to lead to?
Lead character Hannah is an accountant, she's had a really productive few days at work and is in line for promotion. Hannah is excited and knows that her live-in boyfriend Matt will be really pleased for her. They will celebrate.
Hannah returns home to an empty house. Matt is nowhere to be seen, and upon further investigation she realises that there really is no trace of him. Everything that belonged to Matt has gone. The house looks just as it did before he moved in with her, he's taken everything that he bought, or brought.
It's not just personal possessions that have vanished though. There's no trace of Matt in Hannah's phone; no messages, nothing in the call register. He's also disappeared from her email inbox. He's gone, almost as if he never existed.
At this point, I was open mouthed, wondering if Matt ever existed at all. As Hannah speaks with friends and work colleagues, it's clear that he did exist, but it's also clear that he doesn't want to be found.
Hannah doesn't deal with this very well at all. She's dramatic and hysterical. When she begins to see signs that someone has entered the house, and receives strange phone calls, she nears the edge of a complete breakdown.
Mary Torjussen has certainly written a story that kept me spellbound. Whilst I wasn't keen on any of the characters, that made no difference to my enjoyment of the story. It's intense and compelling and the scrutiny of relationships is excellently done. This author has explored the deceit and lies that can sometimes be the basis of both a friendship and a romantic relationship, Her characters are rounded and well crafted and her ability to keep her readers on their toes is excellent.
The final reveal was a shock to me. I certainly had no idea what to expect and whilst on reflection, I can see where the author hinted at things to come, I was totally oblivious to what was happening. That's a good thing by the way, I get frustrated when I've worked out a plot really early.
I must admit that I preferred the build-up in the first three quarters of the book to the final scenes, it felt grittier and more realistic. However, the ending is a good one and I closed the book with a sense of huge satisfaction and respect for this debut author.
Mary Torjussen grew up in Stoke-on-Trent.
There was no television in her family home so books have always been her escape - she spent hours reading and writing stories as a child.
Mary has an MA in Creative Writing from Liverpool John Moores University, and worked as a teacher in Liverpool before becoming a full-time writer.
She has two adult children and lives on the Wirral, where her debut novel, Gone Without A Trace is set.
Follow her on Twitter @MaryTorjussen
Reality Rehab by Lisa Mary London #RealityRehab #BookReview
Faded TV star Gloria Grayson has hit rock bottom. Sacked from her starring role in a top soap, divorced from hell-raising actor 'Mad' Tommy Mack, and obese from binge eating, her days as Britain's sexiest blonde are well and truly over.
Gloria has gained 70 lbs when a paparazzi snaps unflattering photos, and a cruel tabloid article relaunches her career. Instantly, she and her fat, feisty dog Baby-Girl are booked for TV's Reality Rehab. Gloria is locked up with an American psychotherapist, a rabble of D-list celebrities and umpteen cameras, then put on a starvation diet. But worse is to come, with the shock arrival of her alcoholic ex-husband.
Tears and tantrums ensue, as the divorced couple's joint therapy sessions take over the show and ratings soar. The other celebrities are infuriated to be sidelined and Reality Rehab fast becomes The Tommy and Glo Show. But Gloria and Tommy are hiding explosive secrets from each other and 10 million viewers - Reality is stranger than fiction!
Reality Rehab is the debut novel of Lisa Mary London, a journalist and former reality TV producer. A cast of hilarious characters, cliffhangers galore and an authentic voice that could only come from a TV insider, Reality Rehab is this year's must-read!
Reality Rehab by Lisa Mary London was published in paperback on 13 July 2017. My thanks to the author who sent my copy for review.
So, I rarely feature covers like this one on Random Things, and to be honest, when I first saw it, I wasn't keen. However, now I've read the book, I can tell you that the cover is perfect for the story!
Lisa Mary London has drawn from her own experiences when writing Reality Rehab, there's such an air of authenticity in this book, the reader can be really sure that this is not entirely fiction and some of these outrageous characters and incredible situations really can, and do happen. Reality is in the title and I suspect that reality plays a big part in this story.
I am a huge fan of reality TV. I've watched every single series of Big Brother, and Celebrity Big Brother and I'm a huge fan of I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here. These programmes are my de-stressors in a busy, often crazy world. I can totally lose myself in a world that I know that I will never be part of. I can be an armchair critic, I can judge and yes, watching the antics of minor celebrities does make me feel better about myself!
So, to the story. Gloria Grayson and her pampered pooch Baby-Girl spend most of their days eating. Gloria was once an A-List Celeb, starring in a TV soap and married to well known actor Tommy. Inevitably, Gloria's shine faded and her marriage crumbled and her career vanished .... until her agent signed up for the newest celebrity reality show ... Reality Rehab. And this is where the story really begins, as Gloria enters a house full of well-known, if almost forgotten, famous names. With assorted addiction and lots and lots of issues, this is bound to be an explosive experiment and one that Gloria really isn't prepared for. When her ex husband Tommy also arrives at the house, things begin to get very interesting!
This is the perfect Sunday afternoon, curled up on the sofa read. Grab a drink and a packet of chocolate biscuits and dive in. Expect lots of laughter and plenty of satire, but also read about some more serious issues. Experience the power of social media responses and just how far washed up celebrities will go to try to regain their lost success.
Lisa Mary London's Reality Rehab surprised me in so many ways. It was a real delight to read. I laughed and nodded and yes, I judged. Super stuff and recommended from me.
Lisa Mary London went from chief reporter on a sleepy Cotswold newspaper to become celebrity producer on some of Britain's best-loved TV shows.
Her TV credits include An Audience with Ken Dodd, A BAFTA Tribute to Julie Walters, The British Comedy Awards and I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! She's worked with stars from Kirk Douglas to Ant and Dec, and her debut novel Reality Rehab features around 200 famous names.
'There's never a dull moment when you're working with the stars,' says Lisa. 'One minute you're sipping champagne with Pierce Brosnan, the next you're standing in the Ladies' minding Barbara Windsor's handbag.'
Reality Rehab is based on her real life, behind-the-screen experiences as a celebrity producer. 'I've met many old school stars like my book's protagonist Gloria, who curse reality TV and think the cast of TOWIE should be stacking shelves at Tesco, not walking the red carpet. 'She's a cross between Diana Dors, Boadicea and Miss Piggy, a glorious, garrulous anti-heroine with bags of fattitude - Gloria puts the real in reality TV!'
Gloria's petulant pooch Baby-Girl is closely based on the book's cover star, Lisa's beloved Maltese, Dolly-Dog (says Lisa - 'You couldn't make her up'). Dolly-Dog won fame on ITV's Loose Women when she married Sherrie Hewson's Westie Charlie, in a ceremony officiated by John Barrowman (available on YouTube).
The couple split acrimoniously and are currently fighting for custody of a chew toy.
A journalist by profession, Lisa has written for the Daily Mail and was briefly a News of the World reporter, but made her excuses and left before anyone was arrested for phone hacking.
Find out more at www.realityrehab.co.uk
Follow her on Twitter @lisamarylondon
Sweaty and Pals by Mac Black #Review #ChildrensBook
Anyone who likes Mac Black's "Please call me Derek" (and the rest in the series covering his grown-up adventures) will enjoy introducing younger friends and family to his new series, "Sweaty and Pals". Derek hated his nickname and now we find out how he came by it. Filled with stories about Derek's exploits with his gang in the eighties, with quirky illustrations (by Mac Black), the stories build on Derek's ability to find disasters and get himself into one mess after another.
Sweaty's tales are about little kids enjoying life, before smartphones and computer games came along. Of course, it is just possible – if you are older than five – that you did all these things yourself…
Mac has embraced writing for younger readers with the same quirky clean humour that permeates his YA series. From Sweaty's first day at school, we meet some of the wonderful characters who pepper the adult books, subtly dealing with issues around prejudice, being different, living with the elderly, losing parents – but in a gentle, no-nonsense way that exposes the social discrimination and values that we took for granted, in those days, but we would not accept, today. This makes these stories a perfect springboard for class discussions about daily life for children thirty years ago compared with now
My thanks to the author, Mac Black who sent my copy for review. Sweaty and Pals was published in paperback on 5 July 2017.
I don't read a great deal of children's fiction and rarely feature it here on Random Things, but was tempted by the description and colourful colour of Sweaty and Pals. The fact that it is set in the 1980s also appealed to me.
Mac Black has already published a series of books for young adults about Derek Toozlethwaite (what an awesome name!), and Sweaty and Pals is the prequel to the series; aimed at children aged around eight to eleven years old.
Derek's nickname in the series is Sweaty and Mac Black decided to explain to his readers how that nickname came about. In Sweaty and Pals the reader learns all about Derek and his pals; Wee Spotty, Wally, Tomtom, Jacko and Curly, and how each of them came about their nicknames.
Sweaty and Pals is a fun and interesting read. Young readers will love this as each chapter is a story in itself, and it's really easy to pick up, read a couple of chapters and then set aside until the next day. The 1980s setting will be familiar to older readers, and intriguing to those aged under ten. This book is about boys having fun, using their imagination and not relying on electronic gadgets, or checking their phones every few minutes. There's no live streaming of mischief here, or photographs of everything that happened, this is good old-fashioned fun and games.
The writing is engaging and the characters are recognisable, and lovable. Mac Black himself has illustrated the book beautifully with colour pictures that bring the story to life.
Recommended for kids, and big kids alike!
Mac Black has had fun performing daft roles in amateur theatre and has written and presented silly poetry - he enjoys writing quirky fiction in the hope of gaining wry smiles.
Mac's principle hero, Derek is never alone when it comes to looking for misfortune - there are always others in the stories to help him find it!
Following the successful publication of his five-volume young adult Derek series enjoying Sweaty's exploits as a young man, Mac has now turned back thirty years to the eighties and has started a series for younger readers, exploring Sweaty's childhood.
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Hitting Paydirt: NJ Sports Betting Turns Attention To BetStars-Studded NFL Championship Games
By Grant LucasUpdated on January 19, 2019
Welp, 520 games down. Three to go.
Only two weekends-worth of NFL games remain. And those two weekends promise to be filled with fireworks.
The two conference championships Sunday feature the four highest-scoring teams during the regular season: No. 1 (Kansas City Chiefs) vs. No. 4 (New England Patriots), and No. 2 (Los Angeles Rams) at No. 3 (New Orleans Saints).
All four averaged better than 27 points per game and field middling-to-not-so-great defenses.
In the NFC Championship, a rematch of a high-scoring Week 9 matchup, in which New Orleans held off visiting Los Angeles 45-35. In the AFC Championship, a grudge match of opponents from Week 6, when New England edged past Kansas City 43-40 in Foxborough.
To boot, NFL postseason history's third-largest age gap among starting quarterbacks (New Orleans' Drew Brees, 40, and LA's Jared Goff 24) and the league's largest age gap (New England's Tom Brady, 41, and Kansas City's Patrick Mahomes, 23).
Stories abound. Super Bowl LIII awaits its entrants.
But we're not here for stories. We're here for sports betting.
As such, the attention of NJ sports betting turns to BetStars NJ and the odds on top for Sunday. (All point spreads and moneylines are as of Thursday.)
Add 'em to your NJ sports betting slip
Los Angeles Rams (13-3) at New Orleans Saints (13-3)
History does not favor the NFC West champion Rams.
Each of past five conference winners hosted the NFC Championship, setting up the Saints for their first conference crown since 2009, which, incidentally, was the last time the franchise appeared in the game.
Earlier this season, in New Orleans' 10-point win, Brees threw for 346 yards (211 to Michael Thomas) and four TDs (to four different players) while RB Alvin Kamara rushed for 82 yards and two scores.
Goff had a solid game in his own right, with 391 yards and three TDs, while RB Todd Gurley II, his one TD notwithstanding, was limited to 68 yards rushing.
As they have been for the majority of the second half of the season, the Saints enter as favorites, by three points, while an outright win by the Rams pays +150.
For consideration: When Gurley rushes for a touchdown, which he's done 18 times this season, the Rams hold an 8-2 record. At BetStars, users can cash in on said achievement via the platforms Odds Boost, as a Gurley TD coupled with a Rams victory pays +250.
The same payout stands for if Gurley rushes for more than 100 yards and a score, which he's done five times this season, including last week. (Forewarning, though, that Gurley has not done so in consecutive weeks since 2015.)
Additionally, a Saints win paired with either a Kamara TD or a Thomas TD pays +110 and +140, respectively. New Orleans has gone 7-1 (the lone loss coming in the season opener) when either happens.
Among the other Odds Boosts, Brees passing for over 300 yards with Thomas recording 100 or more receiving yards goes for +200. Brees has topped that mark seven times this season, five in which Thomas also reached his set goal.
As for traditional props, BetStars offers alternative total points for the game.
Over/under 49.5: -333/+225
Over/under 59.5: +130/-182
For both LA and New Orleans, eight games featured total points under 49.5. The Rams, though, had six games go over 63.5; four for the Saints. (Six of the last seven games for New Orleans went under 49.5.)
The first-half moneyline pegs LA at +135 and the Saints at -188. The Rams 4-2-2 in opening halves on the road, while New Orleans has gone 5-4 at home. BetStars lists the first-quarter moneyline at +120 for LA and -167 for the Saints. The Rams have gone 4-1-3 in first quarters this season, with their only setback coming against the Saints earlier this year. As for New Orleans, all five opening quarters won this year came at home.
New England Patriots (11-5) at Kansas City Chiefs (12-4)
Including the playoffs, Tom Brady has made 67 straight starts with his team favored, the longest such streak in the Super Bowl era. That could end this weekend.
As three-point underdogs, the Patriots make their eight straight appearance in the AFC Championship, seeking their fourth conference title in five years.
On the other side, behind MVP front-runner Mahomes, Kansas City appears in its first conference championship (second ever) since 1993. And it's the Chiefs' first-ever at home as they seek their first Super Bowl bid since 1970.
Home teams in the AFC Championship have won five straight and 11 of the past 12. Though New England has gone 8-3 in conference title games in the Brady era.
In Week 6, Mahomes racked up 352 yards and four TDs (three to Tyreek Hill, one to Travis Kelce) but was also picked off twice. Hill and Kelce combined for 247 yards receiving. Brady amassed 340 yards and a TD, and RB Sony Michel posted 106 rushing yards and two TDs for the Pats, who led 24-9 yet still needed a last-second field goal to win it.
For weeks, sportsbooks have favored a New Orleans-Kansas City showdown for the Lombardi Trophy. A New England upset, though, pays +135. This deep into the playoffs, it becomes more difficult to bet against New England.
As for Odds Boosts, BetStars a Kelce TD coupled with a Kansas City win at +150. Kelce has 10 TDs this season, and the Chiefs have gone 6-1 in those games. Similarly, a Hill TD and a KC win pays out +165; Hill has 12 TDs this year, with the Chiefs going 5-2.
Ten times this season Mahomes has passed for 300 or more yards, with Hill going for over 100 in three of those games. Such a feat earns +200 from BetStars.
For the Pats, a 100-yard, 1-touchdown outing from Michel pays +225. Michel has done so five times this year, including twice in the past three games. (For what it's worth, when Michel accomplishes this feat, the Patriots are 5-0.)
Other props for this game:
First-quarter moneyline: New England +115, Kansas City -162
First-half moneyline: New England +120, Kansas City -162
Second-half moneyline: New England +100, Kansas City -137
The Chiefs have dominated first quarters and halves this season: 8-1 at home in the opening quarter and 9-0 in the first half. New England's worst starts to games happen on the road: 1-6-1 in opening quarters, 3-4-1 in first halves.
Lastly, BetStars set the first-quarter over/under and spread at 10.5 points and Kansas City -0.5, respectively. On the road, the Patriots have averaged just over four points per game in the opening quarter, while the Chiefs have scored 10 per game.
Championship Stars Stacks, Super Boosts + Super Bowl odds at BetStars
Keep this short and sweet.
BetStars offers what they call "Conference Championship Stars Stacks" for championship weekend. Included:
New Orleans' Michael Thomas and Alvin Kamara both score a TD: 5/2
LA Rams' Todd Gurley II and Robert Woods both score a TD: 11/4
Kansas City's Tyreek Hill and Travis Kelce both score a TD: 3/1
New England's Julian Edelman and Sony Michel both score a TD: 15/4
In addition, bettors can capitalize on BetStars' "Conference Championship Super Boost" to cash in on better odds for the underdogs. By taking both New England and Los Angeles to win, BetStars will pay 6/1 odds.
Lastly, the current Super Bowl odds at BetStars NJ online sportsbook:
New Orleans Saints 7/4
Kansas City Chiefs 5/2
New England Patriots 7/2
Los Angeles Rams 15/4
Where else to bet online in New Jersey
As it has been well-documented, New Jersey features an array of mobile sports betting options.
Nine mobile sportsbooks complement the nine retail operations in the Garden State:
DraftKings Sportsbook
PlayMGM Sport
SugarHouse Sportsbook
William Hill NJ
Caesars Sportsbook
888 Sportsbook
BetStars NJ
The list of NJ sportsbook apps includes a deep variety of traditional moneylines, parlays, in-game betting and futures.
About Grant Lucas
Grant Lucas is a longtime sportswriter who has covered the high school, collegiate, and professional levels. A graduate of Linfield College in McMinnville, Grant has covered games and written features and columns surrounding prep sports, Linfield, and Oregon State athletics and the Portland Trail Blazers throughout his career.
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Comes with single bevel (10 degrees) and double bevel (20 degrees).
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A2P Toolkit bridges a long-standing gap between Procore and Autodesk. Users who have Procore accounts can utilize the Procore Documents tool to easily store, track and archive model files easily as they can now be published directly from within Autodesk Tools. The A2P Toolkit plugin installs within Autodesk tools such as Revit, Navisworks, and AutoCAD to allow users to push data into Procore documents and Observations without leaving the native UI. Users can also publish and track issues identified within Navisworks that are saved as viewpoints into Observations for further tracking. These observations are populated with critical project data which can be used to track key metrics throughout the project. These observations are then available to all team members without the need for special software for comment and or closure. This workflow will greatly help streamline the coordination process using both Autodesk and Procore tools.
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Mystery Mail
So I've been getting email messages from the Contact me link that are completely empty for a while now. I just got another one this morning. The email stuff appears to work fine when I test it, so I suspect that the cause is search engines crawling my site and hitting the page that submits the email, but I won't know for sure until I do a little more detective work. I am now capturing the IP address of the sender, so that may help.
If you have, in the last couple of months, sent me an email and I have not responded, it could be that I didn't get the email (or at least not an email with anything in the body or subject), so please send an email this way and let me know that you have sent an email that has not been responded to.
I've churned out a few substandard sketches over the past couple of weeks: a Transformer, a winged unicorn, a Bionicle and a really bad violin. They have all been added to the Drawings pages.
There are also a few new snapshots of the girls in the My Angels section of the site as well as a couple of Emeli's latest drawings. She could really shape up to be quite an artist (or maybe it's just a parent's pride speaking).
I have been making little changes to the site here and there. The top menu changes are the most glaring example of my efforts.
Star Wars spoiler
Dan, the angry elf, Denney sent me an email this week with the basic plot outline for the upcoming Star Wars - Revenge of the Sith (episode III) novel.
This is the novelization of the movie script, so there's no guarantee that the movie will offer a direct parallel of the story presented here, but it will probably be pretty close. And it's not like anyone out there doesn't already know the gist of the upcoming movie's plot: Anakin becomes Vader, Palpatine becomes Emperor, Luke and Leia are conceived, the Jedi are exterminated or sent into exile. If you are hungry for the details behind these basic plot elements, you can read the text of the email that Dan forwarded to me.
Opus seems to be continuing its descent to mediocrity. Or maybe Bereke's just suffering from writer's/artist's block. Either way, the strips (with the exception of those I haven't seen and can't offer an opinion on) have been less impressive from an artistic viewpoint and definitely less impressive from a humor standpoint. I did scan the last three weeks strips, in spite of their mediocrity. Enjoy.
The January 9 strip has Opus on a blind (internet-arranged, I assume) date. The joke is that everybody lies about their appearance on the internet (personal ads, whatever). Sorry Berke, it's been done.
The January 16 strip has Opus experiencing computer problems. Sure, we can all relate, It's happened to all of us. Berke is obviously an Apple guy (note the strip's title).
The January 23 strip has Steve Dallas apologizing for sexually harassing his newfound son's nanny. The apology is less than successful and Steve's sexist piggish-ness is proven to remain intact. I'm still not sure what the "gay" references in earlier strips were all about.
Going Postal
Here is a brief synopsis: a con man, Moist Von Lipwig, is put to death for numerous crimes against society, He discovers that his death was faked, to his surprise, by Lord Vetrinari (Patrician of the city) so he could be reprieved and put to work as the new Postmaster of the defunct Ankh-Morpork post office. Moist manages to revolutionize Ankh-Morpork mail and the usual Discworld hilarity ensues. And they all live happily ever after. Or most of them do, anyway. But it's no sugary, Disney ending.
The central character of the story was, surprisingly, a new guy: Moist. The old familiar faces popped up here and there. Vetrinari had a major role and Ridcully and Stibbons had a scene, but Commander Vimes and the rest of the watch had minor roles. Rincewind and the Lancre witches didn't even get a mention.
The book has loads of funny bits, but two Lord of the Rings references stand out in my memory:
Still, he felt good.
Perhaps this was that "warm and fuzzy wonderful warm feeling" people talked about. And what would he have done with the money? He'd never have time to spend it in any case. After all, what could a master criminal buy? There was a shortage of seaside properties with real lava flows near a reliable source of piranhas, and the world as sure as hell didn't need another Dark Lord, not with Gilt doing so well. Gilt didn't need a tower with ten thousand trolls camped outside. He just needed a ledger and a sharp mind. It worked better, cheaper, and he could go out and party at night.
and the second:
"It's still not working, Mr Stibbons!" he bellowed. "Here's that damn enormous fiery eye agin!"
"I'm sure we have the right--" Ponder began, fiddling with the rear of the big disc.
"It's me, sir, Devious Collabone, sir," said a voice from the omniscope. The fiery eye pulled back and was replaced by an enormous fiery nose. "I'm here at the terminal tower, sir, in Genua. Sorry about the redness, sir. I've picked up an allergy to seaweed, sir."
and what, you ask, is an omniscope?
An OMNISCOPE is one of the most powerful instruments known to magic, and therefore one of the most useless.
It can see everything, with ease. Getting it to see anything is where wonders have to be performed, because there is so much everything--which is to say, everything that can, will, has, should, or might happen in all possible universes--that anything, any previously specified thing, is very hard to find. Before Hex had evolved the control thaumarhythms, completing in a day a task that would have taken five hundred wizards at least ten years, omniscopes were used purely as mirrors, because of the woderful blackness they showed. This, as it turned out, is because "nothing to see" is what most of the universe consists of, and many a wizard has peacefully trimmed his beard while gazing into the dark heart of the cosmos.
There were very few steerable omniscopes. They took a long time to make and cost a great deal. And the wizards were not at all keen on making any more. Omniscopes were for them to look at the universe, not for the universe to look back at them.
Besides, the wizards did not believe in making life easier for people. At least, for people who weren't wizards. An omniscope was a rare, treasured, and delicate thing.
I could explain Hex, but it existed before this novel, so there isn't really a good quote to explain it. Suffice to say that it's a big "magical" computer that the "fringe" wizards (the more tech-oriented) spend much of their time working on.
Terry Pratchett has done it again. I greedily tore through this book in a couple of days (remorseful, as always, when I reached the end so quickly). One other thing worth mentioning: my copy was signed by Terry Pratchett (directly from the publisher). I thought that was pretty cool (though it's much more fun when he signs in person). If you appreciate good Sci-fi or Mystery genre fiction and especially if you collect signed books, check out Mysterious galaxy before you buy from anyone else.
The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch
This was the first of three Philip K Dick stories I read before beginning Going Postal. It was interesting and thought-provoking, but was not the lighthearted romp that Pratchett does so well with.
The story, as with all the other Dick stories I have read, is set in our past, but Dick's future (it was written in the 60s): 2002. The Earth has become an inhospitable place with killer heat during the days and resort on the polar ice caps. No attempt is ever made to explain the cause of the extreme temperatures--did scientists even know about the ozone layer deterioration back then? Genetic manipulation is pursued by the rich to speed the body's evolution to deal with the new climate; resulting in thick hide-like skin, giant bulbous heads and either advanced intelligence or idiocy (depending on the success of the treatment).
The other planets in the solar system have been colonized, but the colonies are drab, lifeless, horrible places that no one wants to live in. A draft is used to select colonists who will be forced to settle on the barren worlds. One of the primary industries of this dark future is the manufacture of miniatures representations of all that the colonists have left behind. Another is the drug trade that "transports" the colonists into the miniature settings.
Hallucinogenic drugs play a major part in the story. But the idea is that they are expanding your awareness, not just making you hallucinate. Dick was no stranger to the magical worlds of LSD, I would guess.
The primary character of the story has pre-cognitive abilities (which are used to determine which miniature objects will sell best to the colonists). Pre-cognitive abilities seem to be a common trait in the future and are an ability that can be developed by anyone. Much of the story takes place in drug-induced dream worlds, which is confusing, and you often feel like you are "in" a lengthy Twilight Zone episode. Sadly, the story ends with a confusing theological message and doesn't provide any real closure.
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep
This story is set in a more distant future: 2021 (although the movie adaptation of the novel, Blade Runner, sets the story in 2019). The setting is San Francisco on a post-World War Terminus Earth. The Earth is largely uninhabitable due to massive fallout from the war (the details of the war are never revealed).
Unlike the population in The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch, the citizens of this Earth are anxious to get off planet and become colonists on a new world. A perk for the colonists in this story: android slaves. Another effect of the war: the majority of the species of animals on Earth have died out due to the radiation from the radiation, so ownership of any animal is a key sign of social status.
Drugs aren't used on this future Earth, but mood adjusting electronic devices keep the down-trodden populace cheerful in the face of the devastated world. Television is limited to one channel: Buster Friendly and his Friendly Friends. Religion, Mercerism, is provided by another electronic box that transports the user to a third-person vantage point of the religion's messiah, Mercer. Mercer is very much a Christ-like figure--but you are never really sure if he is what he appears to be.
The theme of the story seems to be "are the sentient machines, androids, really alive and do they deserve to live?" Blade Runner didn't really explore this them very well, but the novel does a good job of relating an android's perspective.
This story, set in the Dick's future, is set in our past: 1992. Earth appears to be a livable place free of fallout or a destroyed ozone-layer. Pre-cognitive and mind-reading abilities have become common in this world. Protection of intellectual property, even mental property,is dependent on anti-precogs that block the mind-readers with their own opposite-tuned abilities.
The world is filled with automatons that require payment before they will render service: doors, refrigerators, electronic newspapers, etc. It's oddly reminiscent of Douglas Adam's Sirius Cybernetic Corporations machines with Genuine People Personalites. The clothing worn by the inhabitants of this world defies description. Every mismatched combination of attire imaginable is donned by the characters: men wearing women's clothes, women wearing men's, clashing patterns and colors. It's weird.
Half-life, the lingering of a body's consciousness immediately after death, is now accessible to grieving family members. Most of the story actually takes place in this "half-life" universe populated by the dead. As with the hallucinogenic world in Palmer Eldritch, the reader is never quite sure when events are occurring in the real world and when events are occurring in half-life. The ending confuses matters even more.
The title of the story, Ubik, is revealed to be a shortened form of Ubiquitous. I wasn't exactly sure of the meaning of the word before I read the story, but I doubt that I will ever forget it now.
Movies Remember the Titans
I was pleasantly surprised after watching this film, having expected something much different. I thought it was going to be one of those "dedicated coach motivates a team of miscreants to greatness" types of movies. What I didn't expect was a movie that deftly explored racism.
Denzel Washington is as impressive in this film as he always is. I find it had to go wrong when Denzel is in a movie. Hayden Panettiere played the daughter of the displaced white coach. She was only 11 years old at the time, but played her part remarkably well. She's a real cutie, too.
This is definitely a movie worth seeing, so go rent it if you haven't seen it yet.
This is the only movie I have seen in the theater since National Treasure. I wasn't really expecting much from the movie, but had heard it was pretty good. So, having no better options, I went to see it with the wife.
It was interesting enough, but the story's pacing and narration were obviously done in a manner that would appeal to children. There were a few funny bits here and there: my favorite was the baby that gnawed on everything. Emily Browning, who plays the oldest sibling, looks very much like a young Shannen Doherty (pre-attitude).
The web site for this movie has some clever flash animation. It's worth a look.
I thought, when it began airing previews, that this movie looked too dumb to see. Who would believe a story about grown men and women playing dodgeball? But I have seen dumber sports shown on ESPN2. If people will watch billiards and bowling, why not dodgeball?
The basic plot: a slacker, Vince Vaughn, who owns a gym for slackers, Average Joe's, is in danger of losing his gym to the fitness-nazis across the street, Globogym. His only way out is to raise $50,000 to pay off the bank. The slacker and his co-slackers, one of whom is a pirate, try everything they can imagine (even an "Average Joe's car wash" to raise the money and finally discover a dodgeball competition that pays $50,000 to the winner. So they sign up and begin practicing.
Christine Taylor,Marcia of the Brady Bunch movies, plays the bank auditor who is handling the case for Globogym's bank. She, of course, falls in with the underdogs and displays her sweet skills with a dodgeball and her kissing skills ...with another woman.
The DVD has the "alternate ending which was actually the originally scripted ending that test audiences hated. Who wants to see underdogs lose? If I wanted to see that, I'd close my eyes and replay my day in my mind's eye.
The cast of Office Space fills quite a few roles in the move (always a good thing) and David Hasselhoff has a funny cameo role. Sure it was offensive at times (the S&M uniforms were pretty bad), but I laughed. A lot.
Tell me what you think about all of this.


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Lions Bitten By Black Cats In Entertaining Draw
Millwall could only come away from the North-East with a point after a 2-2 draw with Sunderland at the Stadium Of Light.
However the Lions will look at this result as two points lost rather than one point gained against a Sunderland side rooted to the bottom of the Championship and without a home win in 20 home matches!
The Black Cats have failed to win a game at home in the second tier of English football and with manager Simon Grayson sacked recently after just 18 games in charge many thought this would be the perfect time for Millwall to break their own statistic of having not won away from home for ten matches.
It was probably on the cards that this game would eek out as a draw and so it turned out to be although in a much more entertaining game than many would have given either side credit for however the fact there were 4 goals in the game probably has more to do with 2 shoddy defences and 2 keepers with third degree burns to the hands as they both dropped everything all day rather than flowing attacking forward play from either Sunderland or Millwall.
Chris Coleman resigned from his Wales post on Friday and is set to take over next week at Sunderland and he couldn't have chosen a tougher job with Sunderland Football Club on the cusp of hari kari. Caretaker Manager Robbie Stockdale attempted to steady a sinking ship and his team showed some fight as did Millwall who approached the game in a hard nosed, unsophisticated way. They attempted to unsettle the Black Cats with a flurry of fouls and committed a whopping 17 fouls in the game.
In a maze of goalmouth activity in the first quarter of the game Lewis Grabban poked home for the home side after only 12 minutes but George Saville was in scintillating form for the visitors notching twice. The first came just four minutes after Sunderland had scored as Saville's free-kick was spilled by Black Cats keeper Robbin Ruiter and dribbled into the net to the consternation of the home fans and he scored a free-kick just four minutes later to put the Lion's 2-1 up with only 20 minutes on the clock.
Both defences looked edgy and vulnerable and despite the entertainment it did indeed look like a bottom of the table scrap between two teams out of form and out of luck and so it proved to be for Millwall with Sunderland's leveller.
Adam Matthew's on the wing sent in a dreadful cross that some would say caught the wind however it would be fairer to say he ballooned it, only to see the ball swirl into the back of the Millwall net. Cruel on the visitors but to be honest Millwall's attacking intentions weren't that prevalent against the home team and they only accounted for 35 per cent of the possession.
You have to feel sorry for Sunderland fans, a fantastic 27,399 turned up to see the bottom club make history for all the wrong reasons as their team became the first team in English football history to fail to win in 20 successive home games in all competitions.
Sunderland remain bottom of the Championship and have not won a game at the Stadium of Light since beating Watford in the Premier League in December 2016.
Millwall are five points above the relegation zone but looking over their shoulder in 18th place.
Millwall boss Neil Harris:
"It wasn't a day for goalkeepers. Jordan Archer will be the joint most disappointed person in the ground along with their keeper. We'll get round him and make sure he's all right because he's been good for us this year.
"He's the first to admit he's made a couple of errors but that's football I guess. It was a game with quite a lot of errors in it, but that made it entertaining.
"You come here with the thought process: poor home record and no manager – but Sunderland have got some fantastic players and that's been forgotten with their poor home record and league position."
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AST. Glad our money are spent well.
There is currently no data for Phorm.
Phorm (AIM: PHRM), an advertising-technology company and first party data platform provider, announces that, further to its announcement of 16 March 2016 and extensive discussions with certain of its shareholders and third parties, despite the Company's best efforts in securing financing, it has regrettably been unable to secure the additional equity and/or debt funding required for the group to continue its operational activities. Accordingly, the board of directors of Phorm (the "Board"), having taken appropriate legal advice, is in the process of ceasing the group's trading activities and taking the necessary steps to significantly reduce the group's headcount and overheads.
Having commenced an orderly cessation of the group's operations, the Board is mindful that in light of the Company's uncertain financial position, lack of trading activities and absence of any suitable funding, the Board or the Company's major shareholders and/or creditors may, subject to applicable law and restructuring advice, in due course, seek for the Company and/or group affiliated companies to commence appropriate insolvency proceedings, such as administration or liquidation. Regrettably, the Board does not anticipate that shareholders will receive any proceeds in relation to their ordinary shares from any such insolvency proceedings.
The Board notes that the Company's website is currently unavailable due to overdue amounts owed to its supplier of hosting services, which the Company is not currently in a position to satisfy, such that the website is not expected to become available prior to Cancellation.
A further announcement(s) will be made by the Company in due course as appropriate.


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Born and bred in country NSW, Dianna is passionate about starting, accelerating and nurturing businesses in rural and regional Australia.
Through her events and services, Dianna helps people build stronger and more vibrant regional communities, accelerating regional commerce in the process. She is a frequent commentator on regional issues, ranging from the future of work and state of the regional ecosystem, through to agri-tech & the need for greater connectivity.
Di's latest venture is Wagga Wagga's Hubb Hubb- the recently opened startup hub with plans to be a world leading regional epicentre for entrepreneurship.
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Q: dual boot problem windows 10 Ubuntu 20.04 My computer : HP Elitebook Windows 10 Pro
I have created a dual boot with ubuntu 20-04 LTS
I cannot boot anymore on windows.
I have tried boot-repair without success
I have tried to repair the bcd with HirenBootcd tools : without success
Here is the pastebin with the needed info (I hope)
https://paste.ubuntu.com/p/YB2s6cRFQY/
TIA for your kind help
Dirko

A: If you can't find Windows boot manager in the grub menu, sudo update-grub should fix it.

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New Hampshire Modern Quilt Guild: Feast your eyes on these!
Several NHMQG members were in Houston this past week enjoying the International Quilt Festival.
and is an original design inspired by a painting by Anna Bocek.
So inspirational! Huge thank you to Marie for sharing these pictures with us!


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When Gemma&Stuart asked me to photograph their wedding at Nailcote Hall, I, as a Warwickshire wedding photographer, was extremely happy! Firstly, they are such a lovely couple, and then the wedding venue they picked for their big day is of the best wedding venues in Warwickshire.
I try not to search for what other wedding photographers do at the same venues, but it is difficult to be different when the building is so recognisable in the wedding photos.
So to preserve the memories of the newlywed couple we just had to take night shots of them in their wedding attire in front of Nailcote Hall.
Nailcote Hall is easily accessible from Birmingham, it is an impressive 17th century country hotel and a perfect wedding venue if you are getting married in Warwickshire.
Location: Nailcote Lane, Berkswell, Warwickshire CV7 7DE.
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