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The Merchant's School of vine in St Silvestro in Venice
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Even those who usually do not drink wine on St Silvestro's Eve indulge in a glass of champagne or sparkling wine for the usual toast. It is therefore intriguing that the brotherhood of the Merchants of wine in Venice had its headquarters in the church of St Silvestro, in Venetian called Scuola.
The guild of wine merchants was established in 1505 in the St Silvestro church, close to the shore of the vineyard on the Grand Canal, and some years later the brothers decided to build a real home adjacent to the church. In 1820, the medieval church of St Silvestro was demolished to be rebuilt in a neoclassical style, and the little school was spared and is still standing on the right side of the church building.
The downstairs room is used for religious services of the parish (although the church is currently being restored); the altar was not here originally, but comes from the old St Silvestro church. A stone staircase leads to the upper floor where the Chapter House of the Merchants of wine was located. During the 1800s it became the headquarters for the Mary congregations and was later used as a storeroom; fortunately it was restored at the end of the 1900s and is still used today for other religious functions. There is still the original painted decoration on the ceiling with paintings attributed to Gaspare Diziani (1750) and on the walls the works of art Flemish school from the same period. The altar is from the School of Stone Carvers and in fact the tools of this activity are carved on it.
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A year ago I logged in to facebook and saw a picture of a woman with a notification from the official police page: "Please help us find this woman who disappeared with her baby 2 days ago".
Within a few more minutes I saw another notification with the same picture of the same woman, exactly the opposite: "Please help this woman hide from the police, cause they're trying to take away her newborn baby, whom she birthed in an unassisted homebirth".
At first I was shocked, but as I know what is going on in Israeli welfare services which are rushing to separate children from their families, often with no reasonable cause and conradicted to any kind of common sense, I understood this woman is in trouble and needs help.
I found out who her lawyer was and contacted him. He told me it is her 4th baby, whom she birthed alone in an unassisted homebirth, because the welfare took her first 3 babies and gave them to other families for adoption. Their claim was she doesn't have parenthood qualifications. He said that now she is willling to get out of the apartment she is hiding at with her baby only if they will promise her they won't separate them, she is even willing to go along with the baby to a special dormitory to prove her qualifications under stict supervision. He said he kept calling the welfare officer who was in charge of this case, and she told him that from their perspective this baby is at risk, and they have a warrant for the police to search for them, in order to take the baby away from his mother, that it is best for him. He tried to negotiate and explain the delicate situation and ask for another solution instead of separation, but the lady stopped answering his phones.
When he talked to the police officer who was in charge of her search (a big radius search which wouldn't have shamed a well known criminal), he said he is doing his job and wants to save this baby who is at risk, because nobody knows whether they are alive. He promised this lawyer that if he brings proof the mother and the baby are OK, he'll stop the search. The lawyer brought a short film that this mother filmed herself, with the baby in her hands, asking to stop searching for them, saying that they both are fine, and that she will get out of her hiding place when she knows that they are safe from separation. It didn't help. The police kept searching them, knowing she and the baby are fine, because the welfare officer said that this woman is dangerous to her baby. It became ridiculous, because the time went on and the baby was already 2.5 months old, and if the welfare really had thought that woman is dangerous, they would have let her go out with the baby and take her to a place under their supervision as quickly as possible. She already said she's ready for that.But all they wanted was to find her, take her baby, no matter the time it takes.
Together with her great lawyer who believed in her, we contacted a well known host of a big radio show. The host met this woman, spoke to her and was very shocked to hear her sad story. The story was published all over the county. The woman, who has no family, told on the radio about her difficult childhood, and she said that actually her 1st contact with the welfare services was when she got pregnant for the 1st time. She asked for economic help and a roof. The help she got was a welfare officer who came to the hospital couple of hours after her baby was born and told her that this child is going to a fostering in order to get adopted at the end. She was left with her breasts full of milk, eyes full of tears, and no baby. When she became pregnant for the second time she didn't ask for welfare's help again, but she didn't realize they will come after her baby again to the hospital and take him away, cause she's already "marked" (A 'Birth Warning' was sent to all the hospitals in Israel with her details). And it happened again.When she was pregnant for the 3rd time, she invited a welfare officer to her house to show that she has a place to raise this baby, and they said that it's too small. She wanted to have an unassisted home-birth and run away but she had a medical problem and had to attend the hospital and again the welfare took her 3rd baby too, leaving her alone, weak and completely broken. At the 4th baby she already understood she hasn't got any choice but to give birth at home and hide together with the baby, and if she won't do it they will take this baby too. She told about the unassisted birth she had, how she got prepared and learnt what to do if she has complications, how she cut the umbilical cord, how she trusted her body to have a good birth, and how she birthed a healthy beautiful baby. I was thinking to myself about my happy homebirths and about all my friends who had unassisted home-births out of free choice, out of happiness, and not out of fear and need to run away, like an haunted animal. It really broke my heart.
When her story was on the radio, the welfare people were furious. At first they were trying to still argue that this mother is dangerous and that's why she shouldn't raise her baby. When the whole country heard this mother speaking they couldn't continue this ridiculous statement, and when the host of the radio show asked them why they don't speak to her lawyer and can't find a solution which won't separate the mother from the baby, they said they don't have such a solution, that the dormitory is already full and there are no families that can accept a mother together with a baby, but only the baby.
After this show many families called to the radio inviting the mother and the baby to them, willing to allow welfare officers to their houses to inspect them. The welfare kept claiming that there aren't such families who can host them both and continued to search after the mother, in order to take the baby. The host of the show didn't give up and confronted them in live broadcast on the radio with those families who said they do want to have both mother and baby in their homes. At last there was a sitting in court with a nice and intelligent woman judge who ordered immediately to stop all the police searching after the mother and to find her a family which could have her along with her baby for a couple of months of supervision. After a while the welfare services found such a family, but they insisted on a family that they know, that works along with them and not one of the other families that the woman wanted to go to.
It's been already a year but this story has not come to an end yet. To make a long story short, this young woman was rolling around with her baby from the family to a dormitory, in which they live for over 6 months now, with a very close supervision and social treatment. I speak to her from time to time, and visit her (outdoors). She told me that she is grateful for the chance she's got to be with her baby, but she is very afraid that they won't let her leave this place together with him. She said she has to 'behave' there, otherwise they get angry at her and that even if she falls asleep together with the baby in the same bed, it is a good enough reason for the welfare to claim she is putting him in danger and not qualified to be a mother. I saw her with the baby and I know she is a great mother. The way she holds him, talks to him, breastfeeding him, carrying him on her hands and in a baby carrier (This was also something that the people in the welfare didn't like, the fact she holds him 'too much', they said it's because she's 'too obsessive'. From a 'dangerous' mother she became 'obsessive'). This mother should get compassion and love in order to succeed in life, not threats, and her constant abuse should be stopped.
I'm still in touch with this woman, with the lawyer and with several other women who were separated from their children and are fighting to get them back. Two of those women succeeded their fight and got their children back. Many others are still fighting. I will update the story here when there are developments, hoping it will have a happy end. The only thing I know is that I will make everything I can to ensure that those two won't be separated. There is not one baby in the world who deserves to be separated from a mother that loves him and wants to raise him, that her only sin is the fact she has no money or her difficult emotional condition that is caused by continuing abuse. This family needs help and not separation that will make them both miserable for the rest of their lives.
I read some of the talkbacks people wrote about this woman on different web pages as a response to different reports were written on her story. Some tried to claim that the fact she gave birth at home proves her disqualification to be a mother, that she put herself and the baby in danger. Even the host of the radio show was emphasizing the fact that this woman put herself in a risky situation because the welfare didn't give her any choice. I sometimes wonder what would have happened if all the pregnant women that are 'marked' in the welfare services and have 'Birth Warnings' in all the hospitals around the country will have the courage and the ability to have an unassisted homebirth instead. Maybe it could teach something the welfare officers, policemen and judges, and make them understand something about motherhood, about love and compassion. Maybe this could have made a statement and bring the real change. Both in the field of haunted mothers by welfare services, and haunted mothers and midwives and doctors who give birth at home.
By Miri Urman
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Barcham maintains belief that results will turn
Interview with forward after narrow loss at Charlton
Andy Barcham said that Wimbledon can take encouragement from pushing Charlton all the way on Saturday and he believes there is enough talent in the squad to climb the table.
Speaking during a post-match interview for iFollow, Barcham said: "We are disappointed with the result because we felt at half-time that it was a winnable game. We had worked hard all week on how to stop them and how to break them down. The manager was encouraging us at half-time to be more adventurous because we had contained them so well. It was frustrating that they got a goal, which came out of nothing. They did not have a chance really. I felt we were matching them in every area.
"The manager is encouraging us to keep going. He said that if we perform like that and keep playing the way we did against a very good side, it will turn. We just need to stay positive and keep encouraging each other. I think we reacted well after they scored. We were not down and kept trying to get the goal. It was just not to be unfortunately."
When asked about improving the club's position, Barcham added: "I think we've got more than enough. Games like this show that we are very capable of performing to a high standard. Everything is there, we just need to put it all together. Whether it's the experienced players or the young boys, whoever has come in has done very well. We've just not got the results that we've perhaps deserved."
The forward also had high praise for Wimbledon's support with 1,357 Dons cheering on Neal Ardley's men at the Valley.
"The support was fantastic again, it's always unbelievable," added Barcham. "They get behind us even when we are behind. As always, we have fantastic support and we really appreciate it. Wherever we go – not just for the local games – they travel with us and it's very much appreciated."


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It's that time of year when Halloween sends shivers down the spines of parents and dentists because the holiday's treats are super-saturated with the worst enemy of kids' teeth – sugar. Many treats that come home after a party or neighborhood trick or treating are bad choices where dental health–and even overall health–is concerned.
As the day approaches, watch for these seven treat categories that are tooth killers. Read, too, about how to help kids consume better treats this Halloween.
Sticky stuff. Sticky treats include candies such as taffy and caramel. The General Academy of Dentistry points to Milky Ways, Snickers, Tootsie Rolls and the brightly-colored favorites, Star Bursts and bubble gum as candies that adhere to teeth and orthodontic appliances. The longer sugar stays on teeth, the longer acid-producing bacteria have to eat away at enamel.
Candy with nuts. Pay Day bars and peanut M&Ms fit this category. Nuts catch between teeth, causing hidden cavities, and also dislodge fillings and can crack the corners of molars.
Hard candy. Lollipops, Smarties, Life Savers, Jolly Ranchers and the like cause cavities because their sugars stay dissolving in the mouth a long time. According to the American Dental Association, one of the worst lollipop offenders is the Tootsie Pop because it combines the hard candy shell with the sticky Tootsie Roll.
Sour tasting candy. This includes old-time sour balls and the more modern Sour Patch Kids. These confections have lots of sugar and high levels of citric acid which is known to erode tooth enamel.
Treats with a lot of white flour and sugar. This category includes cupcakes, marshmallow treats, cookies, doughnuts, etc. Nutritionists say the sugar content of these desserts is so high that they are just like candy and no better for a child's teeth.
Carbonated beverages. Soda pop is a perennial favorite at Halloween parties. Both the sugar and carbonation weaken tooth enamel and should be consumed in limited amounts and through a straw.
Powdery candy. Remember Pixie Stix? They are still around. When kids eat them, they gulp down pure sugar. While not nearly as sticky as taffy or bubble gum, plenty of sugar stays in the mouth and lips. Their newer counterpart is Fun Dip, a stick of hard candy children can dip into sugary powder.
So what is recommended by the dentists Houston parents trust?
The best scenario is no sweets at all. Since that is likely to be a hard-sell, here are recommendations for a tooth-healthy Halloween.
First, limit the amount of candy or sugary treats consumed. Do not allow continuous snacking. Not only will the child's teeth suffer, but so will his behavior as he experiences over-active sugar highs and sluggish crashes. Candy as a treat after a meal may be best with immediate brushing afterwards, or if that is not possible, a vigorous rinsing with water should suffice until brushing is available.
Secondly, pick candy that does not stick to or in-between teeth. Simple chocolate bars are best as saliva more readily rinses chocolate away.
Third, substitute organic chocolates and treats which have less sugar and no processed ingredients. Anything that is colored or has a lot of high fructose corn syrup adds empty calories to the child's daily intake with no nutritional value.
Fourth, move toward homemade yummies where parents control how much sugar goes into the treat. Minimize the amount of store bought, packaged candies.
The bottom line, parents, is to think creatively in order to maximize Halloween fun and avoid the worst treats as if they were the scariest ghouls and goblins. We also hope that parents remember their own dental hygiene this Halloween, and contact us at OMSH for your dental needs.


SISTERS is an orchestra of two, and their togetherness is infectious. Within their first four shows, the Seattle duo opened for Allen Stone at Chateau Ste Michelle and played the inaugural Fisherman's Village Music Festival; within three months, their lead singles, Back 2 U and Buzzard, were licensed by Starbucks, and within their first year, they were bookeed at Sasquatch! Music Festival, Bumbershoot Music and Arts Festival and Capitol Hill Block Party. Their genre-gender-bending brand of indie pop isas endearing as it is virtuosic, as pointed out by Gelatinous Blog's Jared Brannan, who proclaimed, "It's honestly hard to fathom that the compositions these two generate can be performed with a sum total of 8 appendages and two voices. The quality of that astonishment [is] not lost upon the crowd, as each rawkus round of shouts and applause between songs [feels] like a celebration of profound technical musicianship." This is the togetherness of SISTERS, and everywhere they go, audiences, musicians, and critics alike are cheering their praise.
Emily and Andrew first met while attending the University of Miami's Frost School of Music. A series of fateful decisions, largely made independently of one another, brought them both to the Pacific Northwest, where they danced proverbial circles around one another in various musical projects before ultimately coming together to form SISTERS in the spring of 2014. Quickly garnering attention as the new band to watch, SISTERS' style is the consummate blend of formal music training and bold creativity. They make an expansive sound, incorporating an array of instruments and often playing them simultaneously. "It's taking multi-tasking to the extreme," says Westman. "We want the audience to feel like they're watching a magic show." Marked by luscious harmonies, haunting melodies, and layered rhythmic patterns, Emily and Andrew cover more ground than should be possible for two musicians. Radiating the joy of playing music together, Seattle Gay Scene may have said it best: SISTERS is about "making music with your long lost best friend."
Taking inspiration from his constant touring and nomadic life (the upcoming record was recorded at home in Oxford, UK between tours) the upcoming record is a ode to lost loves, heartbreak and young love... everything that makes pop music pop.


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Once the club is established, members will switch their electricity supplier to Co-operative Energy and the local hydro generators agree to export their electricity to the same company. The generator members receive an increased export tariff for the electricity they produce. As a consumer member of the club you will have a free smart meter fitted in your home that will record when you're using electricity and how much it is costing you.
When club members use power when the hydros are running, the energy produced locally will be shared evenly between all the consumers using electricity at that time. The price per unit you pay will be lower than typical electricity supply tariffs, so the bills to consumers will be reduced.
Any extra power required by consumers will be provided by the electricity supplier. The price for this extra electricity depends on the time when electricity is used (known as a 'time of use tariff', see below). The day is split into four. You pay more for extra electricity at busy times (breakfast and tea time) and less when demand is lower.
Your smart meter will collect information about your energy use, which you'll be able to view online. As well as this, you'll receive customised energy reports, advice and support to help you shift your electricity use to take advantage of the best prices.
b) away from breakfast and tea time.
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An example of a time of use tariff produced by Energy Local is shown above. Electricity provided from local hydro schemes will be, for example, only 8p per kWh which is lower than typical electricity supply tariffs. Each household will be different, but we estimate you'll be able to save between 10% – 30% on your electricity bill. The tariffs when Energy Local Crickhowell is formed may be different to this example.
Consumers with a domestic meter supplied from the Crickhowell substation can apply to join the club; the area served includes Cwmdu, Tretower, parts of Llangynidr, Crickhowell, Llangattock (including Ffawyddog and Hillside), Llanbedr, and parts of Llangenny and Glangrwyney.
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Consumers who agree to join the club will switch to Co-operative Energy.
You will then be contacted to arrange fitting of a free smart meter; once fitted, you will move to the Energy Local Tariff.
If in the future more renewable generation capacity becomes available further consumers will be invited to join in time order of their registrations of interest.
You can also ask questions at the meeting for potential Club members.
You register your interest at Energy Local Crickhowell, where further information is provided by Energy Local.
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Boosting the Signal: Purveyors and Acquirers, by James D. Macon
Kinda awesome how, if I put out a reminder call for Boosting the Signal posts, I can get some! Today I have a post to share with you from a fellow NIWA member who hasn't been here before: James D. Macon. James released Purveyors and Acqurirers, Book 1 of his Phosphire Journeys fantasy YA series, in November of last year. His piece today gives a glimpse of the mysterious organization known as The Trade. What are their goals? And do their stated goals align with how they truly function? That's the ticket, as the Interested Party investigating them discovers in this scene.
Purveyors and Acquirers
Interested Party, (IP), paced in the well-appointed room waiting for his guest to arrive. A dampened fire burned in the hearth and provided an unneeded warmth. The open window allowed a view of the rising moon. The door to the chamber opened and he saw a gentleman stylishly dressed in sky blue from head to toe, and wearing a wide brimmed hat sporting a blue feather from a bird IP did not recognize, walk in. The fellow smiled broadly and closed the door behind him.
"Hello, my name is Qwen. I am a Practitioner of the Arts and member of the Trade. I assume that you are Interested Party?" Qwen gestured with the fingers of his left hand and spoke softly, Aspscon Diatail Soni Visu.
IP stepped back. "Yes, I am. Welcome Master Qwen. I appreciate your agreeing to this interview. I am curious, did you conjure just now?"
"Only a small warding to keep our visit private." Qwen answered pleasantly. His eyes darted about the chamber before settling on IP. Qwen said to no one in particular, "Please keep a look out for me."
IP momentarily wondered who Qwen was talking to. IP gestured toward two chairs and eased into the one nearest him. "I hope you don't mind me asking, but tell me what you know about the Trade?"
"Well, if I go into too much detail, then I would have to kill you. Don't worry, it would only be business." Qwen's smile broadened as he sat.
Startled, IP stammered, "Ah, ah, I'm sorry. I was under the impression that this would be a candid discussion."
Qwen assumed a listening posture with his head tilted to toward his shoulder. "Oh, that's right, he's supposedly safe from retribution. What was the Trade Master thinking arranging this interview?"
"Perhaps we should start with you telling me more about yourself." IP decided a subject change was in order. He could push for more information on the Trade once his subject was no longer distracted.
Qwen leaned back and crossed his legs. "Earlier I stated that I was a Practitioner. What I didn't say is that I am also a Tzefire, a person with an affinity to the element of air." He glanced upward. "Yes, I was about to tell him about you." He turned back to IP. "I have been privileged to be able to associate with beings from the Terrene of Air."
IP was starting think Qwen was a bit eccentric, or worse. "No offence, but you seem to be conversing with the space above your shoulder. It is rather distracting."
"Lean forward please." Qwen conjured, Praesen Adspectis. He touched IP on the forehead.
IP looked with wonder at the four creatures he saw undulating in the air above Qwen. Serpentine in shape, their supple bodies were without appendages. Heads had large oval eyes and a maw that appeared and disappeared from view. IP thought it was nice to know that Qwen wasn't touched in the head after all. "What marvelous entities."
"They are known in our sphere as Zephyrs, although that is not what they call themselves." Qwen informed IP.
This is fantastic, IP thought. What a story this may turn out to be. "What is most important to you, Master Qwen?"
Qwen sat thinking for a long moment before saying, "There are a lot of wrongs being done. Some by people with good intentions. If one could right just one of them, then change for the better can happen."
"I see." Now was the moment to get back to the purpose of this visit, IP thought to himself. "A source told me that the Trade has begun to have dealings with children. Is this true, Master Qwen?"
"It is not what you think. There is no nefarious plot for you to dig up. The children are orphans who have been offered apprenticeships. We are only doing our part to help the underserved of Arlanda."
"Placed in that light, you make it seem as if there is nothing needing investigation." IP intended to look into Qwen's claim.
Qwen leaned forward. "How would you like to interview one or more of the children? I could broach the topic with the Trade Master if you wish. Better still I suggest you discuss your concern with Matriarch Izlan at the Temple of the Ladies of Life where the children live. You could even make a donation toward the children's education. Any amount would be appreciated."
"I'll get back to you on that." IP hadn't planned on parting with his coin and didn't want to admit to Qwen that he wasn't comfortable around children.
A fifth Zephyr entered the room through the open window. It flew around Qwen's head. Qwen stood. "My apologies Master Party, but my associate has brought an important matter to my attention. We will have to reschedule. By the way, nothing we discussed leaves this chamber." Qwen didn't conjure. He assumed the form of a Zephyr and sped out the window accompanied by his companions.
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Boosting the Signal: Happily Ever After, by Ruth A. Casie
It's been a while since the last Boosting the Signal post, but one of the authors I've featured before reached out to me about her new release–and so I'm pleased to present to you another piece featuring romance author Ruth A. Casie. Her new book Happily Ever After dropped last week, and she's sent me a character interview to give you all a taste of it! The character's goal, I feel, probably dovetails rather well with Casie's own–finding meaning as a writer. Though in Beth's case, that meaning comes with a heaping side helping of meeting the love of her life bringing a spark to her work! Check out the interview below.
Special side note: I'm running this today rather than on Friday, as I'd asked Ruth for a revision to the piece which she kindly provided. So I'm going ahead and running this post today, in the interests of time and to still be as close to her release date as possible.
Character Interview Questions
Beth Alexander in Ruth A. Casie's Happily Ever After
Hi, I'm Beth Alexander, a New York Times, USA Today best-selling author. I want to thank you for inviting me to speak to you today.
How did you first meet your writer?
I met Ruth A. Casie at a book signing in a Bergen County New Jersey bookstore. We were both signing our new releases. We had a great time discussing the industry and finding out about each other. I look back on that discussion often. I knew she wrote historical fantasy, but had no idea she had branched out into contemporary romance. She was telling me about some of her concerns about changing genres. That turned out to be exactly what I did by the end of Part One of Happily Ever After.
Did you ever think that your life would end up being in a book?
Actually, no. I write books. I'm not in them. I will say that this story shows you who I am, warts and all. But I learned a lot along this journey. (A chuckle) I thought it was all about getting back on lists, but it wasn't that at all. It was finding a writer and, more importantly a better me. It wasn't until then that I found my true writing voice and the love of my life.
What are your favorite scenes in your book: the action, the dialog or the romance?
Oh, the dialog. The repartee between me and Jarred is priceless, especially in the library scene. We were talking about the different way men and women react to stress and sex. That's when my goal took a turn. We spoke so openly. I realized what I lacked and how it came across in my stories. I still can't believe how open and frank I was with Jarred, nor the low timber of his voice and his eyes. Do you mind if I have a drink of water. It's hot in here.
What do you like to do when you are not being actively read somewhere?
I love to brainstorm new stories and think of ways to put my hero and heroine in danger. Sometime I have no idea how I'm going to get them out on the other side. That's when they take the pen out of my hand and I'm simply their scribe. They never disappoint me.
Do you like the way the book ended?
I'm humbled by learning to love and trust myself and others. That enabled me to find my true love. Resurrecting my career was a nice secondary benefit. I wouldn't have Ruth change a word.
What is your least favorite characteristic your writer has attributed to you?
I had been snarky on a social media chat that went viral. My fan base abandoned me. Let's just say my reaction wasn't pretty, nor something I want to remember.
What do you wear when you go to sleep?
Hmmm, nothing.
What is your most prized possession?
My Jimmy Choos!
What do you like most about where you live?
I live in Havenport, Rhode Island, a small town on the coast. It's very similar to Newport. I've lived here all my life. My parents have retired to Florida and gave the house to me, my two brothers and my sister as a vacation home. Vacations became only Christmas. So I bought my brothers and sister out and now live there year round. They still invade for Christmas which suites me just fine.
What's your favorite thing to do on a rainy fall Sunday?
If Jarred is home and not giving lectures in New York City, he's glued to the television watching a game and I'm right there next to him. When he's away is like to catch up on my reading.
Thank you so much for having me today. I had a great time speaking with you. I hope your readers enjoy Ruth A. Casie's Happily Ever After.
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Boosting the Signal: Heating It Up, by Elizabeth Harmon
I owe Elizabeth Harmon a big ol' public apology–because I had her booked on Boosting the Signal LAST WEEK, not THIS WEEK, and I completely flipped her date with Ruth Casie. So I missed the window to tell you all about the giveaway Elizabeth was running for her latest novella release! AUGH! Sorry Elizabeth! Also apologies to Ruth, since I posted her too early as well.
BUT ANYWAY. Elizabeth has been here before, with Turning It On and Getting It Back. Her latest release is in this same series: the novella Heating It Up.
Heating It Up
From Elizabeth:
It's great to be back on Boosting The Signal, to talk about Heating It Up: A Red Hot Russians Novella, the newest release in my Red Hot Russians series.
Heating It Up began with its setting, Amity Bay, a soon to be shuttered research station in Antarctica. I've always found the icy continent fascinating, but I'd never read a romance set there. I wanted to contrast the harsh, isolated surroundings, with the cozy warmth of a small town romance, and also add an off-beat vibe, similar to one of my favorite 1990s TV series, Northern Exposure.
Heating It Up's Red Hot Russian hero is rugged Alexei Zaikov, Amity Bay's station manager. Heroine Nora Bradford is a sophisticated American fish out of water who wants to spend the long dark Antarctic winter alone and grieve the devastating losses of her fiance, and career.
But Nora has a secret, one that could devastate Alexei and doom their romance. Read on, as Nora tells her story.
Everyone has that little thing that makes them crazy. For my mother, it was swearing. All I had to do to set her off was drop the f-word into a conversation. Not that went looking for ways to antagonize her. I've always been a peaceful person. Miss Go Along to Get Along, who rarely make waves.
Except for that once time when I did. But more about that later.
My name is Nora Bradford and I'm 26. Most people would consider that young, but not me. The last two years have felt like ten. That's what happens when you have a perfect, beautiful life all planned out, and then one day, everything changes.
That one day was a Friday, and I was at work, at the San Francisco offices of Quinn & Associates, one of the worlds' top firms specializing in sustainable architecture. After finishing my master's in architecture at Stanford, I was an associate working on a plum project. I was engaged to Blake, the love of my life, who'd gone down to Belize with friends for a weekend diving trip. Life was perfect until that phone call, telling me Blake had drowned.
Just like that, my perfect, beautiful life was gone.
All that was left was my work, designing a sustainable luxury guesthouse to replace an obsolete Antarctic research station. Blake had been especially excited about this project and pouring everything I had into Glacier Ridge Lodge was a way to hold onto him. My boss Herbert Quinn, raved about my work, and told me that when the project was finished, he'd promote me to partner.
Near the end of construction, our firm traveled down to Antarctica. The beautiful building was everything I'd imagined. Antarctica, utterly breathtaking. There was even a hunky, rugged station manager, who asked me out. And though I still couldn't picture myself with anyone besides Blake, there was something about Alexei Zaikov that drew me.
But I kept my distance. After all, I was the lead designer on the building that was going to put him, and everyone else living at the broken-down Amity Bay station, out of work. Not a good foundation for a relationship.
And within my firm, I had a growing sense something wasn't right. My colleague Mark Jenkins, whose contributions to the project had been minimal, suddenly became the go-to guy, while I was relegated to making coffee. I'd also become too emotionally attached to the lodge, which had become my memorial for Blake and the beautiful life we would have shared. But no matter how much you want to hang onto the past, it's gone.
Which brings me back to that thing which sets me off everytime, and any woman working in a male-dominated field knows exactly what I mean: mansplaining.
Three nights before we were to leave Antarctica, Herbert announced that Quinn & Associates' newest partner was Mark Jenkins, not me. When I confronted Herbert, he told me that because I was young and lacked "professional authority," it was somehow okay to take what he'd promised me, and give it to someone else who'd done less, but deserved it more, thanks to his all-important "professional authority."
Profound grief and too much New Zealand Shiraz can really mess with your judgement. Herbert's mansplain triggered an ugly tirade that would have horrified my poor mother. He survived it, but my career didn't. Unemployed and alone, there was only one place I wanted to be. It took some devious finagling, but I found a way to stay behind at the now-deserted Glacier Ridge Lodge, the only place where life still makes sense.
Spending the winter alone in Antarctica…what could possibly go wrong?
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March 18, 2017	by Angela Korra'ti
Boosting the Signal: The Highlander's English Woman, by Ruth A. Casie
It's been a while since I had a Boosting the Signal post to share with y'all! But my Here Be Magic compatriot Ruth A. Casie approached me about sending me a piece, and my door's always open for my HBM crowd. Ruth's been here before, y'all may recall, with The Guardian's Witch. Now she's back with another historical romance in the same series, and another character interview! And I'll say about this one what I did about the previous: I do rather like that cover! Also, I do really rather like the NPR-ish flavor of this piece. Check it out.
The Highlander's English Woman
Interview with Lord Bryce Mitchell
Welcome to The Inside Scoop, Radio Transcripts of Guest Interviews. My name is Justin Case, host and executive producer of The Inside Scoop, where we interview the characters in the stories created by author Ruth A. Casie.
This was the fourth interview of characters in The Stelton Legacy series and took place in front of a live audience. I ask everyone to sit back and imagine sitting in a comfortable chair and talking with my guests. I hope my interview is informative and thought provoking and that you enjoy reading them as much as I had conducting them.
If these interviews spur questions of your own, contact me via Ms. Casie at Ruth@RuthACasie.com. She and I will work together to get you answers.
Previously Recorded
Justin Case: Thank you for joining me today at The Inside Scoop. I'm your host and moderator, Justin Case. We're about to interview Lord Bryce Mitchell of Ravencroft, the neighboring estate to the Reynolds family of Glen Kirk Castle. To clarify, both domains are on the English side of the Scottish border. Through Lord Bryce's service to the king, he is also a close friend of Lord Alex Stelton, the guardian of Glen Kirk Castle.
Lord Bryce makes appearances in The Guardian's Witch, The Maxwell Ghost and The Highlander's English Woman. You can see he's an integral part of the Stelton Legacy story. Ah, I see him approaching now.
You can't miss the man, always dressed in black, holding his signature black leather gloves. He has a shot of black hair and a well-trimmed beard. He walks with a commanding air that I suspect has served him well in court. He certainly looks the part of the black knight. Intimidation has served him well. He's been battled trained through his youth alongside his neighbor and close friend, Richard Reynolds and cheered on by Richard's sister, Laura.
(Sound of footsteps approaching)
Justin Case: Good afternoon, my Lord. I'm so glad you could join us today.
Lord Bryce: Case. (A slight nod of acceptance as he sits) Many thanks for the invitation. (He looks at the tankard by his chair)
Justin Case: I secured it from Glen Kirk Castle. (He motions toward the tankard) I understand it's your favorite brew.
Lord Bryce: (A smile breaks his set expression) Glen Kirk is renowned for its fine ale. It's even prized by the king.
Justin Case: I understand the Mitchell and Reynolds families have been neighbors for quite some time.
Lord Bryce: My family has held Ravencroft and the Reynolds have held Glen Kirk Castle for centuries.
Justin Case: (Flipping through notes) My sources tell me you have been fond of Lady Laura Reynolds for some time.
Lord Bryce: (His steely eyes take on a dangerous glint. Justin Case mops his brow.) It was a political strategy, I assure you. It's the thirteenth century. Combining our houses would have ensured the safety and longevity of the castle, besides I'm sure it would please the king to have an Englishman hold the castle and not a Scottish sympathizer.
Justin Case: I understand Laura was called away to Scotland before her parents discussed your proposal with her.
Lord Bryce: Laura went with the Scottish bastard Jamie Maxwell Collins to Caerlaverock Castle to visit with her distant relations. Lord Maxwell saw an opportunity to secure Glen Kirk Castle for his family. If his nephew Jamie married Laura it would further tighten the Maxwell stronghold on both sides of the border.
Justin Case: You grew up and trained with Jamie. He was fostered to the Lord at Glen Kirk. He was—
Lord Bryce: (Bending menacingly forward toward Justin Case) I wouldn't go there if I were you. Jamie was a filthy Scot who didn't deserve the air he breathed.
Justin Case: I understand m'lord. That doesn't change the fact that he married Lady Laura and that their marriage was sanctioned by the King of England himself. Not an easy thing for a Scot in the thirteenth century.
Lord Bryce: Not marrying into the family was a relief. You know the women are all witches—every last one of them. (Bryce glares at Justin Case) And you know what they do to witches.
Justin Case: Lord Bryce, surely you don't mean—
Lord Bryce: I certainly do. As well as everyone who harbors and supports them no matter who they are or what position they hold. Do you support the arcane arts? (Bryce rhythmically slaps his gloves against his thigh)
Justin Case: I mean no disrespect, m'lord. But the healing arts which the Reynolds' women are known for is not witchcraft.
Lord Bryce: (Stands up) You think that's all they do? You have a lot to learn. Read the stories. It is all there, and then you tell me they're not witches.
Justin Case: (Stands up) I will read the stories, sir. And we will meet again to discuss them. Thank you for your time.
(Retreating footsteps are heard as Lord Bryce leaves the studio)
Justin Case: (Turning toward the audience) Thank you for joining me today. I hope you enjoyed learning about Lord Bryce Mitchell and the part he plays in The Stelton Legacy.
Before you leave, I'd like to acknowledge our station and staff at WRAC for their commitment and fortitude to see this project to fruition. Many technologies had to be developed to make this happen and credit must be given where credit is deserved.
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Effective immediately: Boosting the Signal coming out of hiatus
Given the political events of this week, I find myself moved to pull Boosting the Signal back out of hiatus. So, effective immediately, I am now open for submissions as outlined on the Boosting the Signal page.
I will continue to accept submissions from channels I have had open before: Carina Press authors, NIWA, the Here Be Magic crowd, authors I personally know, etc.
But moving forward, I am especially interested in submissions for progressive fiction of any stripe. If you're a QUILTBAG author and you have some work to share, I want to hear from you.
As always, Boosting the Signal is a promotional column, not a review column. It is an opportunity for authors to get creative with putting out some hooks to interest potential readers. As such, you are not obligated to send me a copy of your work, but I will certainly not turn down free ebooks if they are offered. (I encourage you to keep print copies for reviewers, though!)
Any questions, talk to me.
November 11, 2016	by Angela Korra'ti
Boosting the Signal: Timeless Tales, by Various Authors
One last post to clear my Boosting the Signal queue, finally! This one comes to me from fellow Here Be Magic author Ruth A. Casie, and even though it's May, what the hey, I'm still going to run this piece about the holiday anthology she participated in. It's called Timeless Tales, and Ruth's piece, "I'll Be Home for Christmas", features a heroine whose goal is going to be familiar to all my fellow writers: trying to resurrect her stalled-out muse. If you feel the need for a bit of wintry holiday goodness while the weather's heating up outside, this might be just what you're looking for.
Timeless Moments
Roberta's review was on my e-reader and I couldn't believe my eyes. It was as if she'd plunged a knife in my heart then slowly twisted it throughout her review until the end when she gave the final flourish and dug in even deeper. I must have misread her comments. How could she compare my work with this JD Watson? I crushed the paper and aimed for the basket, but missed. Was her review her revenge for that shit storm on the open chat? It couldn't be. That was three months ago.
I know. I should've kept my mouth shut. But no. Not me. Like so many faceless social media participants I spewed my vitriol. Except… I'm not faceless. I'm Beth Alexander, an international best-selling romance writer. People listen when I speak. My eyes slid close. I knew better.
To distance myself from the desk I gravitated to the window and pulled back the curtain. It would be a white Christmas, but the clean snow outside Havenport Inn didn't cover anything up. Roberta's review of SPENT ADRIFT, the latest book in my Jo Dee series was the icing on the cake.
The notebook for my next book was blank. I hadn't been able to write a word since September. I was back here in my home town where I fell in love with writing for a family Christmas and a book sign for said rotten book at The Final Chapter Bookstore. Final Chapter. How prophetic. I slammed the curtain shut. It would have splintered into a million pieces if it had been a shutter. Tears dripped down my cheeks. Was it over? Was that funny little muse gone… forever?
The steam quickly out of me I looked into the dresser mirror. I forced a smile and blotted the tears from my cheeks. "You write romantic comedy about women, like your Jo Dee, who are strong, smart and empowered and the men, like Jo's Detective Ryan, who deserve them. Ten books is not a fluke. Now put on those new Jimmy Choo boots and get over the bookstore and get things set up for tomorrow."
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May 14, 2016	by Angela Korra'ti
Boosting the Signal: Through the Hourglass, by Various Authors
I'm continuing my series of catchup posts for Boosting the Signal, to clear my queue so that I can put the feature on soft hiatus while I THEN get caught up on my own work. Since I did three posts yesterday, I'm doing a couple more today to clear the queue, and the first of these is for the anthology Through the Hourglass. Editor Sacchi Green talked to me about how to do a post for this anthology–and the theme, lesbian historical romance, definitely fits in with my interests around here. If the words "lesbian historical romance" sound like reading catnip to you, check this excerpt from Connie Wilkins' story "The Bridge", won't you?
Through the Hourglass
Blurb from the Editor:
Women loving women have been a fact of life for as long as love and women have existed. Who's to say some of those sculptors of full-bodied stone or ivory goddesses weren't women? We have always been here, in every era and every area of society, even though our stories have so seldom been told.
Fiction has its own power to deepen and intensify our perceptions and beliefs. Stories that show lesbians in well-researched historical settings, with passions fully recognizable today, rescue our past from invisibility and affirm our place through all time, past, present and future.
The stories here, set from Iceland in the 10th century to New York in the mid 20th, have been written by Ann Bannon, Jean Copeland, R.G. Emanuelle, Allison Fradkin, Patty G. Henderson, Heather Rose Jones, Lee Lynch, Megan McFerren, Cara Patterson, Aliisa Percival, Doreen Perrine, Priscilla Scott Rhoades, Susan Smith, Lexy Wealleans, Connie Wilkins, and MJ Williamz.
A portion of the proceeds for Through the Hourglass will go to these charities that directly serve LGBT senior citizens: Services & Advocacy for GLBT Elders (SAGE) and The Gay & Lesbian Association of Retiring Persons, Inc. (GLARP).
Edited by Sacchi Green and Patty G. Henderson
Published by The Liz McMullen Show Publications
Upstream the river riffled over stony outcroppings, but under the bridge it ran deep and clear. Reggie leaned over the wooden railing and stared down into those amber-green depths, willing herself to see only a great speckled trout balanced in perfect stillness against the current. An ordinary Midlands English stream, all green shadow and shimmering sunlight and blue reflected sky. An ordinary fish. Yet she could not block out visions of bodies submerged in other streams throughout the ravaged countryside of France, flowing ever redder with blood until they reached the Somme. Even the songs of birds in flight, spilling over with rapture, warped in her mind into cries for help, help that could never be enough.
"Shell-shock," the doctors might say, but it scarcely mattered what one called it. Pure, searing grief, not war itself—though war would have been enough—had breached her defenses. Grief for Vic. For herself without Vic.
By what right did England bask in such a May morning, calm and lovely, while over there artillery's thunder still shook the fields, and men rotted in muddy trenches? How could she bear to stand idle in the midst of such peace when her place was over there, even…even with Vic gone? All the more with Vic gone.
But she must adjust, must let the peace of home heal her—not that anywhere felt like home now. Or ever could again, without Vic. If Reggie could prove herself recovered, not only from her physical injuries but those of the spirit—capable once more, clear-minded—they just might send her back to the war. An experienced ambulance driver, strong as most men, skilled at repairing motorcars and field-dressing wounded soldiers; here in pastoral England she was of no use, but over there she was desperately needed.
Reggie straightened abruptly, trying to focus on the tender green of new leaves, the glint of sunlight on the flitting gold and peacock blue of dragonflies. She shook herself like a retriever emerging from deep water.
"Don't move!" The low, terse command froze her in mid shake. "There's a nest…" The voice came from below, less peremptory now, but Reggie's mind raced. A machine gun nest? She fought the impulse to drop to the wooden planks of the bridge. Surely not gunners, not here! A nest of wasps?
"Sorry, I didn't mean to startle you." The speaker was almost whispering. "It's just that swallows are nesting below you on the supports of the bridge, and I've been sketching them, but they get uneasy when you move so suddenly and might leave the eggs."
A flush of fury heated Reggie's face. Forced to the verge of panic by some silly schoolgirl! She bent over the wooden railing, an angry shout surging into her throat, and saw, first, a head of tousled light brown hair cut short about the ears. A schoolboy, then! All the worse! "WHAT do you bloody mean by—"
The artist looked up. The remainder of Reggie's words, stifled, burned like mustard gas in her mouth.
Not a boy. Not a child at all, though she might have been taken for one if it weren't for tiny lines at the corners of mouth and eyes, and a certain look in those eyes that spoke of a share of pain in her life; rather like what Reggie saw in her own when she was careless enough to look in a mirror. Her hair was really no shorter than Vic's pale curls had been in France, and Reggie's own dark thatch had been cropped a good deal shorter back then, a necessity in the filth and chaos of battlefields. She realized uneasily that it was about time she cut it again. Eight months in hospital had left it just long enough to tie back in a straggly knot, which she would have hated if she had cared in the least about appearance these days.
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In search of Europe's next MX stars, Yamaha is running a competition where one promising young rider will be awarded a place on a fully backed Yamaha team for the 2018 European Championship EMX125 season.
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We all have heroes, whether it be fathers, mothers, grandparents… Calvin's hero is Former President Obama, which he had the pleasure of meeting at The Fallen Firefighter Memorial. How cool is that!?!
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Biographical Information: Robert John Wells was one of six children, and worked as a gardener and nurseryman with his father, before joining the Royal Navy, aged 16, in 1936. Following his time in Hood, Robert later served in the battleship HMS Malaya, and also in Sierra Leone in Africa (HMS Eland) and Sri Lanka (HMS Lanka). He left the Royal Navy by purchase in 1948. Robert married Ivy Markham in London in 1945 and had two children. He had various jobs, and was self-employed, because Ivy became severely disabled after illness in early 1950's: Robert had to care for her and their children. Ivy died in 1960, and Robert moved to Stowmarket, Suffolk in 1966. He died after a heart attack in 1980.


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Woman injured in crash off the A30 in Cornwall
Published by Emma Carton at 12:01pm 20th August 2018. (Updated at 2:48pm 20th August 2018)
A woman has been taken to hospital after a crash just off the A30 in Cornwall.
Police confirmed two cars hit on the Highgate Hill roundabout near Indian Queens.
They had reports that a casualty in her 70s had suffered potentially serious injuries.
"Police were called at 10.40am today to the Highgate Hill roundabout following reports of a two vehicle collision.
"One woman in her 70s is reported to have sustained possibly serious injuries.
#Cornwall In Indian Queens, the A30 Highgate Interchange is partially blocked and there's slow traffic due to an accident, on the A39. [BH]
— BBC Travel SouthWest (@BBCTravelSW) August 20, 2018
A worker from the patient transport service stayed with the lady until paramedics arrived, describing her as shaken.
"SWASFT paramedics were called to a collision on Warren Road, Indian Queens.
"One patient was taken onto Treliske hospital's emergency department for further treatment".
South Western Ambulance Service
A stretch of the road was partially blocked across mid-morning and lunchtime on Monday, but has since cleared.
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BSNL to get Rs 1,250 cr subsidy for rural connections
IN A big respite to ailing state-run telecom operator BSNL, the Cabinet on September 21 cleared the long-pending compensation of Rs. 1,250 crore for public sector telecom company BSNL to support rural landline connections installed before April 1, 2002. "The Cabinet approves subsidy of Rs. 1,250 crore to BSNL as compensation for deficit incurred by BSNL in operating rural wire-line connections," said Frank Noronha, the government's Principal Spokesperson, on Twitter. The BSNL subsidy...
support will be given from the Universal Service Obligation Fund for the rural connections installed prior to 1 April, 2002, he said. The telecom firm has asked the government to provide Rs. 2,000 crore to support rural wireline connections.
On the basis of the submission of BSNL and the detailed information in respect of working rural wire-line connections installed before April 1, 2002, the deficit per rural wire-line connection was estimated at Rs. 4,876 for 2011-12. The deficit from the rural wire-line connections installed before April 1, 2002 for 2011-12 and 2012-13 were estimated at Rs. 1,593 crore and Rs. 1,265 crore respectively. The Department of Telecom had paid subsidy for these connections to BSNL up to July 17, 2011. Based on the trend at that point, regulator TRAI estimated subsidy of Rs. 1,500 crore for 2011-12 with effect from July 17, 2011 and Rs. 1,250 crore for the subsequent year effective July 18, 2012. BSNL has received Rs. 1,500 crore subsidy and the Cabinet approved the pending amount of Rs. 1,250 crore.
Earlier, Union Cabinet on July 5 approved pension revision to the retirees of public sector telecom company Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) by allowing the benefit of merger of 50 per cent DA/DR with basic pay.
The pension revision for BSNL pensioners and family pensioners will amount to 78.2 per cent DA/DR for the purpose of fitment and modifying BSNL's liability towards pensioner benefits payments to retired employees.
This revision will fulfil the long pending demand of revision of pension of BSNL absorbed employees who retired prior to June 10, 2013 and will bring the pensioners at par with the serving employees of BSNL by removing the anomalies.
BSNL chairman and managing director (CMD) Anupam Shrivastava recently sending a strong message to its employees that there won't be any revision in salary next year unless the company turns profitable.
BSNL has earned an operating profit of Rs 672 crore till June this year for the first time in seven years. BSNL was incurring Rs 8,000 crore loss in 2014. But, today it has earned an operating profit of Rs 672 crore in just one and half year's time.
Labels: BSNL, Department of Telecom, Subsidy, Telecom Ministry


SVG Loader Rasterizes Scalable Vector Graphics coming in as File or XML Text.
The SVG Loader Node is able to create a Texture in the respective dimension based on an SVG File or XML Text. The source can be changed with the SVG File or SVG Text Property Group options.
Width and Height define to which dimensions the SVG File should be rasterized. If set to zero it will use the dimensions given in the SVG file.
To avoid misunderstandings: the SVG is not handled as a Geometry or Vector object but rendered to a Texture and therefore is not resolution independent!
Once loaded, the SVG Loader Node will fire the Loaded Event. If the file cannot be loaded by the SVG Loader it will fire the Failed Event.
Beside the SVG File Loader that allows to load SVG files directly, you can use the SVG Text to create an SVG from XML text.
Note that an SVG File is an XML File with a specific structure and thus can be loaded and modified with an XML File Node before using it in an SVG Text Node.
The following listing shows an example SVG that will render as the Ventuz Logo.
There are some limitations to the Ventuz SVG Nodes.
Embedded Images work, but not all compositing features and blending modes are supported. Online references are not recommended.
CSSs must be embedded in the SVG document to work and not all features are working.
Animations, Interactions, Filters, Effects, Clipping and Masking are not supported and do not work.


WILMINGTON, NC (WECT) - Picked up as a stray, Thumper arrived at the Pender County Animal Shelter in January, 2017. Her two front feet had been wrapped in electrical tape so tightly, it cut off blood flow. By the time she was brought in her feet were already rotting off.
Shelter Director Jewell Horton knew she was in bad shape but saw such a will to live.
"Thumper came out of the cage on her own, purring, and thumping when she walked (that's how she got her name) we just couldn't put her to sleep," Horton said.
The next step was a phone call to Furever Friends, a rescue run by Dr. Sheila Hanby with Capeside Animal Hospital. Then, Thumper was taken to NC State College of Veterinary Medicine & Veterinary Hospital. After several surgeries and attempts with a prosthetic, she got a cart.
Two years have now passed and Thumper is doing well. An anonymous donor agreed to pay for her care and one of the members on the team that helped her at the NC Vet School adopted her.
Horton says she and the other shelter workers knew this cat had at least eight more live.
"She rocks everything, shes like I got this, she has no idea she's different," Horton said.
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"I hear some proposals. The proposals are: "Let us cut this land off "; "Let us give it to Putin as a present"; "Let us build up a wall"; "Let us forget about Donbas", because we are never going to get it back, they say," Poroshenko said at a news conference in Kyiv on Sunday.
"They and I, we have different paths to follow. End of story," Poroshenko said.