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Bad Flirt was an indie pop band from Montreal.

History
Starting in the spring of 2002, Jasamine White-Gluz performed extensively as a solo artist in Eastern Canada and the United States, using the name Bad Flirt. Bad Flirt shared the stage with One Candle Power, Onelinedrawing, The Sleeping, Bayside, Glasseater, and The Unicorns.

Bad Flirt released an EP in the summer of 2003 entitled The August Issues; a tour followed this release, during which Bad Flirt played shows with Relapse Records band Buried Inside, Astralwerks dance punk group VHS or BETA, and played at the 2003 edition of POP Montreal International Music Festival.

In 2004, Bad Flirt took a break from touring to work on a second EP; it was during this time the project expanded to a band. Bad Flirt enlisted ex-A Vertical Mosaic members Heidi Donnelly and Edmund Lam, as well as guitarist Mark Grinberg. The first release by the newly formed band was "6 Ways To Break Your Heart", completed in 2005. This incarnation of Bad Flirt toured extensively throughout 2005. During the tour, the band appeared at The Bamboozle Festival in New Jersey, among other notable venues. The record was played on college, community and mainstream radio stations.

In the summer of 2005, Donnelly, Lam, and Grinberg left the band to pursue other projects. They were replaced by Evan Dubinsky (keyboards), drummer Alex Rabot, guitarist Emilie Christensen on guitar and Laura Lloyd. The group then played a number of shows along the east coast of Canada, and POP Montreal 2005, sharing the stage with The Kills, Magneta Lane and Rogue Wave. During 2005, the band also composed and performed music for the Canadian film Breakfast of Imbeciles

In the winter of 2006, the band released a 7" on the New York City-based label Frigid Ember. The single, "Head On," was a poppy, dancy melange of 80's pop jams and 90's shoegazer riffs. Bad Flirt continued to perform at high-profile shows with bands such as Say Hi To Your Mom and Sub Pop's The Elected (members of Rilo Kiley). Following the release of the 7" in the summer of 2006, Bad Flirt performed at the Montreal Fringe Festival and recruited two new members: Matt Holden and Rafael De La Durantaye.

In August 2006 Bad Flirt embarked on an extensive US tour with the Irish duo Oppenheimer. In early 2008, the band completed their first full-length record, Virgin Talk, produced by Howard Bilerman and released by Kartel/Universal. They then went on a tour of the US and Canada.

In 2009, the band broke up, with Jasamine White-Gluz and Laura Lloyd forming the band No Joy.

Discography
The August Issues (2003)
6 Ways To Break Your Heart (2005)
Head On - 7" (2006)
Virgin Talk (2008)

References

External links
Bad Flirt on Myspace

Canadian indie pop groups
Musical groups from Montreal
Musical groups established in 2002
English-language musical groups from Quebec
2002 establishments in Quebec
Musical groups disestablished in 2009
2009 disestablishments in Quebec


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LExperiment Filadèlfia (en anglès Philadelphia Experiment) és el nom amb què es coneix un suposat experiment secret dut a terme per la marina nord-americana a les drassanes navals de Filadèlfia, a l'estat de Pennsilvània, cap al 28 d'octubre del 1943.
Segons el relat d'un únic presumpte testimoni, amb aquest experiment es va aconseguir que durant un període indeterminat el vaixell USS Eldridge fos invisible als ulls humans i, fins i tot, que fos teleportat.

Generalment, es considera que aquesta història és una impostura, ja que la marina dels Estats Units manté que mai no s'ha fet un experiment d'aquesta mena, a banda que els detalls de la narració no concorden amb les dades de la història del vaixell, ni tenen cap fonament en les lleis conegudes de la física. Tot i així, el relat de l'experiment s'ha repetit en cercles de partidaris de les teories de la conspiració. L'experiment també ha estat citat amb el nom de Projecte Arc de Sant Martí (Rainbow Project).

Versió principal
Al llarg del temps han circulat diverses versions sobre el suposat experiment; a continuació es relata la versió més contada:
A finals dels anys 30, el brillant enginyer elèctric Nikola Tesla, originari de Croàcia però resident als Estats Units des del 1884 i un dels més grans inventors del segle XX en les disciplines de l'electricitat i el magnetisme, va afirmar haver completat una teoria dinàmica de la gravetat que, bàsicament, explicava la gravetat com una barreja d'ones electromagnètiques, longitudinals i transversals. Aquests raonaments van calar profund en un grup de treball que experimentava amb els camps electromagnètics a la Universitat de Chicago, on s'estaven iniciant les investigacions sobre la possibilitat de la invisibilitat a través de l'ús de camps elèctrics i magnètics. Aquest projecte s'hauria traslladat el 1939 a l'Institut d'Estudis Avançats de la Universitat de Princeton.

En un moment de la investigació es va afirmar haver aconseguit la invisibilitat de petits objectes, de manera que es va presentar el projecte al govern dels Estats Units, moment en què els militars van intuir el potencial d'aquesta nova tecnologia i van decidir sufragar el curs de les investigacions per tal de direccionar-les en el sentit que els convenia: la seva aplicació a la indústria bèl·lica. Es va modificar un destructor d'escorta, l'USS Eldridge (DE-173), per transportar tones d'equipament electrònic, entre el qual s'hi van incloure dos generadors massius de 75 kW cadascun, muntats al lloc que hauria d'ocupar la torreta de canons de proa, i que distribuïen la seva potència a través de quatre bobines muntades a coberta. Tres transmissors RF de 2 megawatts cadascun, 3.000 tubs amplificadors 6L6 (empleats per canalitzar els camps de les bobines dels dos generadors) i circuits de sincronització i modulació. Tot plegat es volia utilitzar per generar camps electromagnètics massius que, correctament configurats, serien capaços de corbar les ones de llum i les electromagnètiques al voltant del vaixell, fent-los invisibles.

Les proves haurien començat l'estiu del 1943 i, fins a cert punt, van tenir èxit de forma inicial. Una prova feta el 22 de juliol del 1944 va tornar a l'USS Eldridge (DE-173) gairebé totalment invisible, amb alguns testimonis reportant una "boira verdosa" -però, alguns membres de la tripulació es van queixar posteriorment de nàusees-. En aquest moment, l'experiment va ser alterat a petició de la Marina, amb l'objectiu de fer el navili invisible únicament als radars.

Es va refer el calibrat de l'equip i l'experiment es va dur a terme el 28 d'octubre. Aquesta vegada, l'USS Eldridge no només es va tornar totalment invisible a la vista, sinó que va desaparèixer de l'àrea fent un llampec blau. Al mateix temps, a la base naval nord-americana de Norfolk (Virgínia), a 600 km de distància, un tripulant a les seves costes va declarar haver vist l'Eldridge durant 15 minuts, al final dels quals va desaparèixer, per tornar a aparèixer a Filadèlfia, a les seves coordenades originals; suposadament, un cas accidental de teleportació.

Segons el relat de Carlos Allende, els efectes fisiològics en la tripulació van ser profunds. Marejos molt violents, personal que va desaparèixer del tot, altres que simplement es van tornar bojos o patir esquizofrènia severa, tot i que el més terrorífic va ser la troballa de cinc membres de la tripulació fosos completament amb l'estructura de metall de la proa del vaixell i altres cinc van patir desmaterialitzacions d'alguna part del seu cos. Suposadament, els oficials navals, horroritzats, van cancel·lar l'experiment immediatament. Els supervivents van quedar afectats físicament o mentalment i mai van tornar a ser com abans, van decidir llar o van romandre en una mena d'amnèsia total.

Publicació del relat
Els detalls d'aquest experiment van ser revelats indirectament.

Carlos Miguel Allende
El 1955, K. Jessup, un astrònom amateur, abans investigador postuniversitari, publicà The Casi for the UFO, un examen del fenomen OVNI (UFO en anglès) en el qual teoritzava sobre els mitjans de propulsió que podria fer servir un platet volador com els descrits en els descrits pels observadors d'OVNIs. Jessup va especular que l'antigravetat o l'electromagnetisme podrien ser responsables del comportament de vol observat en els OVNIs. Aquest autor lamentava, tant en el llibre, com en la gira promocional, que la investigació dels vols espacials es concentrés a l'àrea dels coets i que es posés poca atenció a altres mitjans teòrics de vol, que ell considerava rendirien més fruits al final.

El 13 de gener del 1956, Jessup va rebre una carta d'un home que s'identificava com Carlos Miguel Allende. En ella, informava a Jessup de lExperiment Filadèlfia, al·ludint a articles periodístics de l'època, amb fama de ser fonts dubtoses, com a demostració de l'experiment. Allende també deia haver estat testimoni de la desaparició i reaparició de l'Eldridge mentre treballava a un vaixell mercant que es trobava a prop, el SS Andrew Furuseth. Fins i tot, va esmentar els noms d'altres tripulants de l'Andrew Furuseth i deia saber de la destinació d'alguns membres de la tripulació de l'Eldridge després de l'experiment, incloent un que deia haver vist «desaparèixer» durant una baralla a un bar. Jessup va respondre Allende amb una postal, demanant més proves que confirmessin la història, com ara dates i detalls específics d'aquesta. La resposta va arribar diversos mesos més tard, però aquesta vegada l'home s'identificava com "Carl M. Allen". Allen va dir que no podia proveir els detalls demanats per Jessup, però insinuava que podrien ser obtinguts a través de la hipnosi. Jessup va decidir tallar la correspondència.

La ONR i les notes de Varo
La primavera del 1957, l'Oficina d'Investigació Naval (Office of Naval Research, ONR), de Washington DC, va contactar amb Jessup demanant-li que estudiés el contingut d'un paquet que havien rebut. En arribar, Jessup es va quedar perplex trobant que algú havia enviat una còpia del seu llibre a l'ONR dins d'un sobre amb la llegenda "HAPPY EASTER" (bones Pasqües). A més a més, el llibre tenia nombroses anotacions als marges i l'oficina de l'ONR li va preguntar a Jessup si tenia idea de qui ho havia pogut fer.

Les llargues anotacions estaven escrites en tres colors diferents i semblaven detallar la correspondència entre tres individus, dels quals només un tenia nom: "JEMI". L'ONR va etiquetar als altres dos com el senyor A («Mr A») i el senyor B («Mr B»). A les notes es feia referència a «les altres persones», com si al nostre planeta estiguessin vivint dos tipus diferents de «persones» procedent d'altres planetes. En aquests escrits l'ús de les majúscules i la puntuació no seguia les normes convencionals i detallava llargament els mèrits de diverses suposicions que Jessup feia al llibre, amb referències indirectes a lExperiment Filadèlfia, d'una forma que suggeria coneixements previs o superiors (per exemple, «Mr B» comenta sobre una teoria de Jessup que «No sap, no pot saber. només endevina»).

Basat en l'estil de l'escriptura, el tema i comparant-ho amb les cartes que havia rebut prèviament, Jessup va identificar a «Mr A» amb Carlos Allende/Carl Allen. Altres han suggerit que totes les anotacions les va fer la mateixa persona, usant tres bolígrafs diferents.

L'ONR contactà després amb Jessup, dient-li que l'adreça de la carta d'Allende era una casa de camp abandonada. També van informar a Jessup que la corporació Varo, una firma d'investigació, estava preparant una impressió de The Casi for the UFO amb les dues cartes i les notes. Pel que sembla, es van imprimir al voltant de 100 còpies, incloent-ne tres enviades a Jessup.

Jessup va tractar de treure profit del tema, però el següent llibre que va fer es va vendre malament i el seu editor va rebutjar publicar-li més escrits. El 1958 el va deixar la dona i,quan va viatjar a Nova York, els seus amics van descriure el seu estat emocional com a inestable. Després de tornar a Florida va estar implicat en un accident automobilístic sever i va trigar a recuperar-se, fet que va augmentar el seu desànim. Morris Jessup es va suïcidar el 1959, enverinat amb els gasos d'escapament del seu vehicle.

La misteriosa mort de Jessup
La mort de Jessup ha estat tema de moltes especulacions. Alguns amics seus van dir que Jessup no era el tipus de persona que se suïcida. Altres van suggerir que va ser assassinat perquè es va negar a abandonar les investigacions sobre l'enigma dels OVNIS. També es va dir que alguna cosa van tenir a veure uns homes vestits de negre. Malgrat els dubtes expressats per alguns, altres amics van dir que Jessup estava deprimit a causa de problemes personals i que havia anunciat el seu suïcidi a un íntim amic seu.

Biografia de Carl Allen
Carlos Allende va ser un enigma vivent. El veritable nom era Carl Meredith Allen, un home que havia canviat diverses vegades de nom i domicili. Va néixer a Springdale (Pennsilvània) al maig de 1925 i se li suposen almenys cinc pseudònims. Era el menor de tres fills, de pare irlandès i mare gitana. Es va allistar a la Marina dels Estats Units el 14 de juliol del 1942, i es va llicenciar el 21 de maig del 1943. El juliol de 1943 va entrar en la marina mercant, però va deixar aquesta ocupació l'octubre del 1952 i des de llavors va ser una mena de rodamón. Es diu que va visitar la corporació Varo per invitació del seu president i que va estar en contacte amb el doctor Edward O. Condon durant la investigació sobre OVNIs que va realitzar a la Universitat de Colorado. Allen va reconèixer ser l'autor de les cartes de Jessup i de les anotacions que hi havia en el llibre enviat a l'ONR. Se suposa que va negar que es tractés d'una simple broma. Va morir en un asil de Colorado el 5 de març del 1994.

Les cartes de Carl Allen
La història de lExperiment Filadèlfia es basa, sobretot, en la informació continguda en dues cartes enviades el 1956 per Carlos Allen (Carl Allen) a Morris Jessup. En la traducció no s'han mantingut les faltes d'ortografia de l'original, però s'ha intentat preservar el sorprenent "to" d'Allen.

 Primera carta
Benvolgut doctor Jessup:
La seva invocació al públic perquè es mogui en massa sobre els seus representants i hagi així suficient pressió col·locada en un correcte i suficient nombre de llocs on es pugui aprovar una llei perquè la Teoria del camp unificat del doctor Albert Einstein (1925-1927) sigui posada en pràctica no és gens necessària.

Es van usar els "resultats" del meu amic Dr Franklin Reno ... Els resultats van ser i són avui prova que la teoria del camp unificat fins a cert punt és correcta ... El "resultat" va ser la completa invisibilitat d'un vaixell, tipus destructor, i tota la seva tripulació. Estava navegant. (Oct. 1943). El Camp va ser efectiu en una forma esferoïdal oblata que s'estenia 100 iardes (més o menys, a causa de la posició lunar i latitud) fora de cada costat del vaixell. Qualsevol persona dins d'aquesta esfera es tornava de forma vaga però ell també va observar a aquestes persones a bord d'aquest vaixell com si elles també estiguessin en el mateix estat i en canvi estiguessin caminant sobre res. Qualsevol persona fora d'aquesta esfera no podia veure res, excepte la forma clarament definida del casc del vaixell a l'aigua ...
Queden molt pocs de la tripulació experimental original ara, senyor. La majoria va embogir, va sortir a través de la paret del seu allotjament a la vista de la seva dona i fill i altres 2 membres de la tripulació (no va tornar a ser vistos), dos "es van anar al Foc" és a dir, es van immobilitzar i es van incendiar mentre portaven unes brúixoles comuns ... (Van cremar 18 dies) ... L'experiment va ser un èxit complet. Els homes van ser fracassos complets.

Reviseu diaris de Filadèlfia buscant un paragrafet (part superior del full, interior del diari prop del terç final del diari, 1944-46 a la primavera o tardor o hivern, no a l'estiu) d'una notícia descrivint les accions dels mariners després de seu viatge inicial. Van assaltar un local a la drassana de la Marina "Gin Mill" o "Beer Joint" i van causar tanta commoció i paràlisi de les cambreres que poc de comprensible se'ls va poder treure, que el paràgraf i el que ho va escriure no ho creu, i diu "Només vaig escriure el que vaig sentir i aquestes dones estan boges ...".

Li demano que faci aquesta mica de recerca només perquè s'empassi la llengua quan recordi el que "va demanar que es faci llei".

Molt irrespectuosament seu, Carl M. Allen

P.S. Ajudaré més si vostè veu que puc. (Z416175)

 Segona carta (Dies després)
Notes d'addició i pertanyents a la missiva:

Vull dir que d'alguna manera també el Vaixell Experimental va desaparèixer del moll de Filadèlfia i molt pocs minuts després va aparèixer en un altre moll a Norfolk, Newport News, a la zona de Portsmouth. Aquest va ser assenyalat i clarament identificat com a el lloc però llavors el vaixell, de nou va desaparèixer i va tornar al seu moll de Filadèlfia en només uns pocs minuts o menys. Això també va ser notat en els diaris. Però he oblidat en quin diari ho vaig llegir o quan va passar. Probablement al final dels experiments. Podria haver estat el 1956, després que acabessin els experiments, no ho puc dir amb seguretat.

Molt sincerament,

Carl M. Allen

Benvolgut senyor Jessup:

Em demana el que és equivalent a proves positives d'alguna cosa que només la duplicació dels dispositius que van produir "aquest fenomen" podrien donar-li ... Mai podré satisfer aquesta actitud ... Puc ser d'alguna ajuda positiva per a vostè en mi mateix però per fer-ho requeriria un Hipnotitzador, Pentotal Sòdic, un gravador i una excel·lent dactilògrafa per produir material de valor per a vostè ...

Sóc un contemplador de les estrelles Sr Jessup. No ho dissimulo i el fet que ... estic segur que l'home anirà on ara somia estar ... cap a les estrelles via la forma de transport amb què va ensopegar accidentalment la Marina (per consternació seva) quan el seu vaixell exp. es va enlairar i va aparèixer un minut després més o menys a diversos centenars de milles marines de distàncies ... Potser la Marina ja hagi fet servir aquest accident de transport per construir els seus OVNIS. Això és un avenç des de tots els punts de vista. A vostè què li sembla?

Molt respectuosament, Carl Allen.

Curiositats
 Al vaixell l'envoltava una boira verda, i això és el que succeeix en la majoria dels casos reportats al Triangle de les Bermudes.
 Els tripulants van viatjar a l'octubre del 1943 en els 15 minuts que va durar la invisibilitat des del moll de Filadèlfia a un altre moll a Norfolk, Newport News, a la zona de Portsmouth.
 Segons la llegenda, s'afirma que es va produir una baralla a un bar on els tripulants supervivents van començar a materialitzar-se i desmaterialitzar-se.

Crítica
Respecte d'aquest experiment hem de tenir en compte diversos elements. D'una banda, és una història suggerida per una única persona mitjançant unes breus línies en dues cartes. Així es va engegar tot el misteri. A això hem d'afegir que la història inclou moltíssims participants (tota la tripulació i tot possible testimoni present al moll) i a un objecte de grans dimensions (un destructor d'escorta de 1200 tones).
D'altra banda, l'estil d'escriptura evidencia una falta total de coherència en el discurs i de raonament lògic. És molt semblant al discurs típic d'un psicòtic en ple deliri, se'n poden trobar exemples d'aquest tipus discurs en moltes institucions mentals. Cal tenir en compte, com a petit detall, que quan se li sol·liciten proves no pensa en testimonis materials sinó que pensa en el mateix artefacte (dispositiu) de desaparició, artefacte que per descomptat no pot aconseguir, i a canvi s'ofereix a si mateix com a prova, mitjançant la hipnosi i drogues per detectar mentides. El problema és prendre com a veritable o possible el relat d'un únic subjecte i intentar trobar l'explicació a aquest relat. Així neix el deliri i també les teories conspiratives, com a explicació compulsiva d'alguna cosa incompresa. Cal esmentar que és un discurs típicament paranoide en què tots estan en conxorxa per amagar el secret o tots han estat víctimes de rentada de cervell, això vol dir que no hi ha forma de demostrar la falsedat del que s'ha dit, ja que "tot ha estat perfectament encobert". Fins i tot, tripulants d'aquesta nau han negat tenir coneixement d'aquests successos, per exemple: William Van Allen, Capità del Eldridge entre 1943 i 1945, o bé Ed Tempany, tripulant del mateix vaixell. D'altra banda, s'afirma que els oficials navals horroritzats en veure els resultats van cancel·lar l'experiment immediatament, però això és difícil de creure, si tenim en compte que els científics militars no solen tenir "problemes d'horror" davant els seus experiments, i que l'energia i armament nuclear és un exemple evident de com poden crear artefactes destructius i perjudicials sense tenir conflictes morals. Finalment, el mateix Carl Allen l'estiu del 1969 es va presentar a la Caserna General de l'Oficina d'Investigació Naval i va confessar que tot allò era una "broma de mal gust", que eren les "mentides més delirants que havia escrit mai". Alguns anys després Allen es va retractar de la seva confessió i va tornar a insistir en la veracitat de la seva història.

Per altra banda, el 1979, el lingüista Charles Berlitz i l'ufòleg William L. Moore van publicar un llibre titulat The Philadelphia Experiment: Project Invisibility. Segons Moore, Albert Einstein va fer una teoria completa sobre la invisibilitat però la va destruir abans de morir. Aquest fet no compta amb el suport dels historiadors que han escrit sobre aquest científic ni ha sigut corroborat per altres científics amb els qui es relacionava Einstein. Moore basa la seva afirmació en una carta de Carl Allen adreçada a Jessup, en la qual Allen fa referència a una conversa entre Einstein i Bertrand Russell en la qual donaven per fet que la teoria s'havia resolt en la pràctica, però que la humanitat encara no estava preparada per fer-ne ús.

Referències

Bibliografia
 Charles Berlitz, "Triangle de les Bermudes" En aquest llibre a part de relatar els fets del misteri també fa referència a l'experiment
 Charles Berlitz, "The Philadelphia Experiment - Projecte Invisibility" (1979)
 George E. Simpson, "Thin Air" (Aire prim). Tracta sobre el tema, a partir d'una investigació sobre persones tractades psicològicament a causa del trauma subsegüent al suposat experiment.
 James Moseley, Karl T. Pflock, "Shockingly Close to the Truth!: Confessions of a Grave-Robbing Ufologist", 2002, Prometheus Books.
 M K Jessup, "Varo Edition. The Case for the Unidentified Flying Object". The Cassiopaean Experiment, 1973 i 2003. (introducció del llibre)

Filmografia
 Stewart Raffill, "The Philadelphia Experiment" (1984), Productor: John Carpenter
 Stephen Cornwell, "L'experiment Filadèlfia 2" (1993)

Vegeu també
 Viatge en el temps
 Ciència-ficció

Enllaços externs
 Experimento Albert Einstein Teletransportacion invisibilidad (Youtube)

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ONE NIGHT GONE By Tara Laskowski (Showcase & Giveaway
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One Night Gone
by Tara Laskowski
on Tour September 23 – October 4, 2019
"A subtly but relentlessly unsettling novel." —TANA FRENCH, author of The Witch Elm
It was the perfect place to disappear…
One sultry summer, Maureen Haddaway arrives in the wealthy town of Opal Beach to start her life anew—to achieve her destiny. There, she finds herself lured by the promise of friendship, love, starry skies, and wild parties. But Maureen's new life just might be too good to be true, and before the summer is up, she vanishes.
Decades later, when Allison Simpson is offered the opportunity to house-sit in Opal Beach during the off-season, it seems like the perfect chance to begin fresh after a messy divorce. But when she becomes drawn into the mysterious disappearance of a girl thirty years before, Allison realizes the gorgeous homes of Opal Beach hide dark secrets. And the truth of that long-ago summer is not even the most shocking part of all…
"A heart-wrenching and suspenseful novel of betrayal and revenge. Stunning!" —Carol Goodman, award-winning author of The Night Visitors
"Featuring a brilliantly executed dual timeline with two unforgettable narrators, One Night Gone is a timely and timeless mystery that will keep you obsessively reading well past your bedtime." —Paul Tremblay, author of The Cabin at the End of the World
Genre: Mystery,Suspense
Published by: Graydon House Books (Harlequin)
Publication Date: October 1, 2019
ISBN: 1525832190 (ISBN13: 9781525832192)
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Opal Beach was about a two-hour drive without traffic from downtown Philadelphia. It was somewhere halfway between Ocean City and Atlantic City and way less touristy. The beach always reminded me of vacations as a kid, running barefoot on hot sand, creating lopsided sand castles with plastic buckets, breaking crab legs and sucking out the meat. But there was also a sense of slowing down, of taking it all in, and I needed that now. I could feel the air change, the way it clung, coated, opened everything up.
Through the car windows, the Oc¬tober air was shockingly cold but also reviving. The salty air had always bothered my mother and sister, who complained it was too humid and their tongues felt strange, but I loved the way it worked its fingers into my hair and curled around the tendrils. It made me feel a little wild, a little different. Untamed. Like anything could happen.
Was I really doing this? Was I really pressing on this pedal, steering, guiding these four wheels to a stranger's beach house, where I would live for the next three months alone? It had all happened so fast. A blur, really. Annie's friend Sharon, with that same nurse-like efficiency that Annie had, set it all up so quickly that I'd barely had time to adjust to the idea before it was actually happening.
But I was used to life messing with me now, used to tripping over a curb or forgetting to eat breakfast or chipping a nail, waking up only to discover that everything I'd known to be true was suddenly different. So in some ways this journey, the picking up and leaving behind, felt like an emerging. Like Rockefeller, the hermit crab I'd bought on our family vacation one year at a boardwalk shack, I was crawling out of a dingy shell and moving into a shinier, larger home. (Unlike Rockefeller, though, I hoped I wouldn't die from the soap residue that was left inside the new shell when someone tried to clean it too vigorously before setting him inside the cage.)
I drove down a two-lane road just off the ocean, the main drag for all the beachfront houses. I could imagine that on a weekend in July it looked like a parking lot as families navigated in or out of town, canoes and coolers tied up on their roof racks. But now it was eerily vacant, and I had the sense I was the last woman on earth, that in my quiet drive alone the rest of humanity had vanished. I was trying to decide if that was a good thing or not when a giant orange Hummer zoomed into view behind me and passed without slowing down. "Well, so much for that. Asshole," I said.
The houses were dramatically large and looming, blocking what otherwise would've been a magnificent view. You could tell which ones were just rentals—the monstrosities with thirteen bedrooms and a six-car garage that five families could rent out at once. But further down the road, the houses had more style and character. The kind of places—lots of windows, big porches, nice landscaping—that would make your mouth water even without the lush ocean backdrop as icing on the cake.
I slowed as my GPS indicated I was getting close, but even so I almost missed the tiny driveway and its faded, weather-beaten road sign declaring my new mailing address: Piper Sand Road.
I had made it.
The long gravel drive split off halfway up, with one side leading to the Worthington house and the other side to their neighbor's. When I'd first met the Worthingtons for my "job interview" just a few weeks before, I'd been so nervous about the whole thing that I'd taken the wrong driveway and parked in the neighbor's lot and stared at it for a good minute before realizing the house number was wrong.
But now, pulling into the correct driveway slowly, it felt like an adventure movie soundtrack should be swelling. And our heroine finds her destiny.
I could imagine Annie's reaction when she finally saw the house in person. It was stunning. The surrounding homes were propped up on beams, like old ladies hitching up their skirts so they wouldn't get wet in the surf, but that just gave the Worthingtons' house an understated effect. It stood confident and modest between them, a beach gingerbread house right out of a fairy tale, with light blue curtains and sweeping eaves.
I parked right at the porch steps and got out, wrapping my cardigan around me to stave off the whipping wind. The front porch was small but quaint, with two wooden rocking chairs and a small white table with flaking paint. I ran my palm along the back of one of the tall chairs, and it creaked from my touch. The chairs seemed to be more for decoration than sitting.
Dolores, Sharon's sister who lived in town, was supposed to be meeting me to hand over the keys. Yet it seemed I'd arrived first. I'd had to come one week sooner than planned, as Patty and John had been whisked away to her mysterious assignment in Eastern Europe a little earlier than expected. Patty had called me from the airport with the news. I'd pictured her in her white visor and tennis sneakers rushing through the terminals, bags bouncing off her lower back as she breathlessly gave me instructions.
Still, I half expected Patty to appear in the window as I squatted down and peered inside the house. It was hard to see with the bright sun glaring at my back, but I could make out the shadowy silhouette of the large island counter in the middle of the kitchen. Beyond that room, I remembered, was the living room, with doors and stairs leading to all the many nooks of the house.
All empty now, waiting for me. A shiver curled from my spine up to my neck, unwinding inside me. Calm down, you idiot, I told myself. Not everything is a trap. Think positively, and positive things will come.
Excerpt from One Night Gone by Tara Laskowski. Copyright © 2019 by Tara Laskowski. Reproduced with permission from Graydon House Books (Harlequin). All rights reserved.
TARA LASKOWSKI is the award-winning author of two short story collections, Modern Manners for Your Inner Demons and Bystanders, which was named a best book of 2017 by Jennifer Egan in The Guardian. She has had stories published in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, Mid-American Review, and the Norton anthology New Micro: Exceptionally Short Fiction, among others. Her Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine story, "States of Matter," was selected by Amy Hempel for the 2017 Best Small Fictions anthology, and her short story "The Case of the Vanishing Professor" is a finalist for the 2019 Agatha Award. Tara was the winner of the 2010 Santa Fe Writers Project's Literary Awards Prize, has been the editor of the popular online flash fiction journal SmokeLong Quarterly since 2010, and is a member of Sisters in Crime. She earned a BA in English with a minor in writing from Susquehanna University and an MFA in creative writing from George Mason University. Tara grew up in Pennsylvania and lives in Virginia. One Night Gone is her first novel.
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With more than 25 million books sold worldwide, New York Times bestselling author Susan Mallery is known for creating characters who feel as real as the folks next door, and for putting them into emotional, often funny situations readers recognize from their own lives. Susan's books have made Booklist's Top 10 Romances list in four out of five consecutive years. RT Book Reviews says, "When it comes to heartfelt contemporary romance, Mallery is in a class by herself." With her popular, ongoing Fool's Gold series, Susan has reached new heights on the bestsellers lists and has won the hearts of countless new fans.
Susan grew up in southern California, moved so many times that her friends stopped writing her address in pen, and now has settled in Seattle with her husband and the most delightfully spoiled little dog who ever lived.
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Q&A with Susan Mallery
Tell us about your newest novel, Evening Stars.
Essentially, Evening Stars is the story of two sisters who have to learn to let go of others' expectations in order to claim the life they each want. Nina practically raised Averil because their mom took "flaky" to a whole new level. Nina gave up her dream of going to medical school—breaking up with her first love in the process—so she could put Averil through college. But now Averil's back home, dissatisfied with her career and her marriage. How can Averil be unhappy, Nina wonders, after everything Nina did for her?
Then Nina's first love moves home to Blackberry Island, and he wants her back. Suddenly, she has the chance to reclaim the life she thought she wanted all those years ago, but at the same time, she's being tempted by a much younger fighter pilot who also has his eye on her.
Evening Stars is a sometimes painful, often humorous story of moving past regret and reaching for your dreams. My hope is that readers will finish the book with a happy sigh of satisfaction and a new determination to play an active role in their own lives.
2. What inspired you to begin writing women's fiction stories, after focusing on your popular contemporary romance novels?
Romances are relationship stories, and so are my women's fiction novels—they're simply about different relationships. The relationships between sisters, mothers and daughters, husbands and wives… I consider my women's fiction novels, such as Evening Stars, to be a natural extension of the books I've written for years. And because I think love is essential, romance still plays a big role in each of my women's fiction books.
3. In Evening Stars, who is your favorite character and why?
The character I identify with most strongly is Nina because I share her sense of responsibility for the people I love. As women, we often put a burden on ourselves to take care of everyone in our lives, whether they want us to or not. We want them to make choices that we think will make them happy, and it's physically painful to us when they behave in what we perceive as self-destructive ways. The lesson that Nina had to learn—and one with which I still sometimes struggle—is that she can't make choices for anyone but herself. And ultimately, the choices she makes will determine the life she lives.
4. Tell us a little bit about younger sister Averil.
Averil is a good person who has found herself in the uncomfortable position of living someone else's dream for her life. She went to school where Nina thought she should go. She lives where Nina thought she should live. She likes her job as a magazine writer but isn't fulfilled by it. She loves her husband but finds herself lying to him about being ready to try for children. She isn't happy, but she doesn't know why, and she doesn't know what she wants. Averil has to go backward—move home to Blackberry Island—before she can move forward.
5. The bonds of sisterhood and family are strong themes featured in Evening Stars. Do you have any siblings, and in what ways are your own family relationships similar or different to the Wentworth's?
I'm an only child of only children, so not only do I not have any siblings, I don't have any cousins. I think this is a big part of the reason why "finding family" is a theme that recurs in many of my books. I've created my own family through marriage and by developing close, lifelong friendships. Many of my characters are in similar circumstances, building a family by choice, rather than by birth.
Nina and Averil's relationship was very interesting to me. They are sisters, yes, but in a very real way, they also have a mother/daughter relationship. They're only four years apart, but when Nina was twelve and Averil was eight, their mother began to leave them alone for weeks at a time while she traveled. So Nina was the one who was responsible for paying the bills, getting dinner on the table. And Nina is the person against whom Averil feels compelled to rebel. They love each other, but they have to restructure their relationship.
6. Your descriptions of Blackberry Island are beautiful and inviting, both in the book and at www.BlackberryIsland.com. What was your inspiration behind the setting?
I live in Seattle, and there are several picturesque islands in the Puget Sound nearby. Blackberry Island isn't modeled after any of them specifically, but it certainly was inspired by them. Blackberry Island is within commuting distance of Seattle, but in terms of pace of life, it's a world away. Most people travel to Blackberry Island via ferry, though there is a bridge to the mainland, as well. The island is dotted with wineries and fields of daisies. Readers who want to learn more about Blackberry Island's history or see pictures can visit the website.
Small-town nurse Nina Wentworth has made a career out of being a caretaker. More "Mom" than their mother ever was, she sacrificed medical school—and her first love—so her sister could break free. Which is why she isn't exactly thrilled to see Averil back on Blackberry Island, especially when Nina's life has suddenly become…complicated.
Nina unexpectedly finds herself juggling two men—her high school sweetheart and a younger maverick pilot who also wants to claim her heart. But as fun as all this romance is, Nina has real life to deal with. Averil doesn't seem to want the great guy she's married to, and doesn't seem to be making headway writing her first book; their mom is living life just as recklessly as she always has; and Nina's starting to realize that the control she once had is slipping out of her fingers. Her hopes of getting off the island seem to be stretching further away…until her mother makes a discovery that could change everything forever.
But before Nina and Averil can reach for the stars, they have to decide what they want. Will Averil stay? Will Nina leave? And what about the men who claim to love them? Does love heal, or will finding their happy ending mean giving up all they've ever wanted?
In a battle between Betty Boop and multicolored hearts, Nina Wentworth decided it was going to be a Betty Boop kind of day. She pulled the short-sleeved scrub shirt over her head and was already moving toward the bathroom before the fabric settled over her hips.
"Don't be snug, don't be snug," she chanted as she came to a stop in front of the mirror and reached for her brush.
The shirt settled as it should, with a couple of inches to spare. Nina breathed a sigh of relief. Last night's incident with three brownies and a rather large glass of red wine hadn't made a lasting impression on her hips. She was grateful, and she would repent later on an elliptical. Or at least vow to eat her brownies one at a time.
Ten seconds of brushing, one minute of braiding and her blond hair was neat and tidy. She dashed out into the hall, toward the kitchen where she grabbed her car keys and nearly made it to the back door. Just as she was reaching for the knob, the house phone rang.
Nina glanced from the clock to the phone. Everyone in her world—friends, family, work—had her cell. Very few calls came on the antiquated landline, and none of them were good news. Nina retraced her steps and braced herself for disaster.
"Hey, Nina. It's Jerry down at Too Good To Be True. I just opened, and there's a lady here trying to sell a box of crap, ah, stuff. I think it's from the store."
Nina closed her eyes as she held in a groan. "Let me guess. Early twenties, red hair with purple streaks and a tattoo of a weird bird on her neck?"
"That's her. She's glaring at me something fierce. You think she's armed?"
"Me, too." Jerry didn't sound especially concerned. "What's her name?"
"Tanya."
If Nina had more time, she would have collapsed right there on the floor. But she had a real job to get to. A job unrelated to the disaster that was the family's antique store.
"You let your mom hire her, huh?" Jerry asked.
"You know better."
"That I do. I'll call the police and ask them to pick up Tanya. Can you keep her there until they get there?"
"Sure thing, kid."
"Great. And I'll be by after work to pick up the stuff."
"I'll hold it for you," Jerry promised.
Nina hung up and hurried to her car. After her cell connected to the Bluetooth, she called the local sheriff's department and explained what happened.
"Again?" Deputy Sam Payton asked, his voice thick with amusement. "Did you let your mom hire this employee?"
Nina carefully backed out of the driveway. Jerry's humor she could handle. He'd lived here all his life—he was allowed to tease her. But Sam was relatively new. He hadn't earned mocking rights.
"Hey, tax-paying citizen here, reporting a crime," she said.
"Yeah, yeah. I'm writing it down. What'd she take?"
"I didn't ask. She's at the pawn shop. Too Good To Be True."
"I know it," Deputy Sam told her. "I'll head out and see what's what."
She hung up before he could offer advice on hiring policies and turned up the hill. The morning was clear—odd for early spring in the Pacific Northwest. Normally the good weather didn't kick in until closer to summer. To the west, blue water sparkled. To the east was western Washington.
As she climbed higher and higher, the view got better, but when she parked across from the three Queen Anne houses at the very top of the hill, pausing to enjoy the spectacular combination of sky and ocean was the last thing on her mind.
She hurried up the steps to the front porch that was both her boss's home and her office. Dr. Andi, as she was known, was a popular pediatrician on the island. Make that the only pediatrician. She'd moved here a year ago, opened her practice in September and had been thriving ever since. She was also a newlywed and, as of two months ago, pregnant.
Nina unlocked the front door and stepped inside. She flipped on lights as she went, confirmed the temperature on the thermostat and then started the three computers in the front office.
After storing her purse in her locker, she logged in to the scheduling program and saw that the first appointment of the day had canceled. Andi would appreciate the extra time to get herself moving. She was still battling morning sickness.
Nina did a quick check of her email, forwarded several items to the bookkeeper/office manager, then walked to the break room for coffee. Less than five minutes after she'd arrived, she was climbing the stairs to her boss's private quarters.
Nina knocked once before entering. She found Andi, a tall, pretty brunette with curly hair, sitting at the table in the kitchen. Her arms cradled her head.
"Still bad?" Nina asked, walking to the cupboard.
"Hi and yes. It's not that I throw up, it's that I feel like I'm going to every single second." She raised her head and drew in a breath. "Are you drinking coffee?"
"I miss coffee. I'm a wreck. I need to talk to my parents about my ancestors. Obviously I don't come from hardy stock."
Nina took down a mug, filled it with water and put it in the microwave. Then she collected a tea bag from the pantry.
"Not ginger tea," Andi said with a moan. "Please. I hate it."
"But it helps."
"I'd rather feel sick."
Nina raised her eyebrows.
Andi slumped in her seat. "I'm such a failure. Look at me. I'm carrying around a child the size of a lima bean and I'm throwing a hissy fit. It's embarrassing."
"And yet the need to act mature doesn't seem to be kicking in."
Andi smiled. "Funny how that works."
The microwaved dinged. Nina dropped the tea bag into the steaming water and crossed to the table.
The eat-in kitchen was open, with painted cabinets and lots of granite. The big window by the table took advantage of the east-facing views in the old house. The mainland shimmered only a few miles away.
Andi had bought the house—one of three up on the hill—when she'd moved to Blackberry Island. Undeterred by the broken windows and outdated plumbing, she'd had the house restored from the framework out. During the process, she'd fallen in love with her contractor. Which had led to her current tummy problems.
"Your first appointment canceled," Nina told her.
"Thank God." Andi sniffed the tea, then wrinkled her nose and took a sip. "It's the ginger. If I could have tea without ginger I think I could get it down."
"The thing is, the ginger is the part that settles your stomach."
"Life is perverse like that." Andi took another sip, then smiled. "I like the shirt."
Nina glanced down at the pattern. "Betty and I go way back."
One of the advantages of working for a pediatrician was that cheerful attire was encouraged. She had a collection of brightly colored fun shirts in her closet. It wasn't high fashion, but it helped the kids smile and that was what mattered.
"I need to get back downstairs," she said. "Your first appointment is now at eight-thirty."
Nina rose and started toward the stairs.
"Are you busy after work?" Andi asked.
Nina thought about the fact that she was going to have to go by the pawn shop and pick up what Tanya had tried to sell, then spend several hours at Blackberry Preserves, her family's antique store, figuring out what had been stolen, then tell her mother what had happened and possibly lecture her on the importance of actually following up on a potential employee's references. Only she'd been lecturing her mother for as long as she could remember, and the lessons never seemed to stick. No matter how many times Bonnie promised to do better, she never did. Which left Nina picking up the pieces.
"I kind of am. Why?"
"I haven't been to Pilates in a week," Andi said. "It's important I keep exercising. Would you go with me? It's more fun when you're along."
"I can't tonight, but Monday's good."
Andi smiled. "Thanks, Nina. You're the best."
"Give me a plaque and I'll believe it."
"I'll order one today."
Series: Blackberry Island
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Andrea is an award winning author of contemporary and paranormal romance. She has been devouring books since she learned to read at the age of three. An old portable typewriter got her started writing in her room at eight and she's been writing ever since. Her practical nature led her to pursue a master's degree and a career that would pay the bills, but the writing bug continued to bite. She started working ferociously in her spare time to become a published author and has become an active member of her local RWA chapter, Heart of Dixie.
After eight years and eleven completed manuscripts, she finally made the leap and got 'the call' from Harlequin Desire on May 31, 2011. She always dreamed of seeing her work in print and is thrilled to finally be able to share her special blend of sensuality and dry, sarcastic humor with the world.
A dedicated West Coast girl transplanted into the Deep South, Andrea is working on her real-life "happily ever after" with her boyfriend of ten years and their collection of animals including two cats, two mutts and a Siberian Husky that sheds like nobody's business.
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A beastly boss is tamed in this Secrets of Eden book from Andrea Laurence…
CEO Brody Eden is a loner. The brooding billionaire has secrets that he refuses to unveil to anyone…until he meets his new assistant, Samantha Davis. She's temptation personified, and she's sitting right outside his door.
Samantha's never met a man as guarded—and gorgeous—as Brody. She doesn't want to fall for her boss, but there's something about Brody…. Beneath his gruff manner, Sam senses tenderness—and an intense passion waiting to be unleashed. And she'll make it her mission to enter his lair…and his bed.
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WELCOME B.J. DANIELS
B.J. Daniels wrote her first book after a career as an award-winning newspaper journalist and author of 37 published short stories.
That first book, ODD MAN OUT, received a 4 ½ star review from Romantic Times magazine and went on to be nominated for Best Intrigue for that year.
Since then she was won numerous awards including a career achievement award for romantic suspense and numerous nominations and awards for best book.
Daniels lives in Montana with her husband, Parker, and two Springer Spaniels, Spot and Jem. When she isn't writing, she snowboards, camps, boats and plays tennis.
She is a member of Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, Thriller Writers, Kiss of Death and Romance Writers of America.
To contact her, write: B.J. Daniels, P.O. Box 1173, Malta, MT 59538 or email her atbjdaniels@mtintouch.net
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Q&A with B.J. Daniels
Writing and Reading:
-Do you draw from personal experiences and/or current events?
I draw mostly from personal experience. With FORSAKEN, I had done a newspaper article about an old sheepherder and his "tender," the young man who took care of camp while the sheepherder took care of the sheep.
So when I began to write my book, I remembered that old sheepherder (I think he said 3 words total) and the poor young man who couldn't shut up after traveling 150 miles with the sheep over 3 months back in the Beartooths with only the sheepherder as company. J
So I remembered that and it gave me the idea for the book. Other books come from overhearing conversations, news, newspaper stories, or just my own crazy thoughts. J
-Do you start with the conclusion and plot in reverse or start from the beginning and see where the story line brings you?
I write by the seat of my pants, so I just start writing at the beginning and hope for the best. For FORSAKEN, I knew I would have a mystery and a romance and 2000 sheep back in a remote part of the Beartooths. That's about all I knew. As I meet the characters, they tell me the story.
-Your routine when writing? Any idiosyncrasies?
I write every day. My goal is 10 pages. Once I get those done I can quit for the day. Idiosyncrasies? Hmmm. I have to have a Coke Zero or I can't write. J
-Is writing your full time job? If not, may I ask what you do by day?
Writing is my full time job. When I'm not at the computer I'm thinking about my characters. There aren't any days off because of that.
-Who are some of your favorite authors?
Oh gad, I love so many of them. Off the top of my head…Lisa Gardner, Gillian Flynn, Harlan Coben, T. Jefferson Parker, so many more. I read anything I can get my hands on.
-What are you reading now?
Deadwood by Dani Amore
-Are you working on your next novel? Can you tell us a little about it?
I am always working on my next novel. J MERCY is the fifth book in the Beartooth, Montana series. The series began with UNFORGIVEN, then REDEMPTION, then FORSAKEN. ATONEMENT comes out in March and then MERCY. MERCY is about a US Marshal who goes rogue to catch a serial killer. It isn't your usual serial killer kind of book though and it's going to be a lot…sexier than some of the others. That's all I can tell you because I haven't written it yet.
Fun questions:
-Your novel will be a movie. Who would you cast?
I would love to see the Beartooth series as a TV series or movie. I think Tom Selleck could be my sheriff. Or Sam Elliott. The younger hero? Collin Firth.
-Manuscript/Notes: hand written or keyboard?
Keyboard. I can't imagine not working on a computer.
-Favorite meal?
Anything Mexican
-Favorite food?
Chile Rellenos (that would be peppers and cheese)
-Favorite beverage?
Coke Zero. J
Thank you for stopping by CMash Reads and spending time with us
Thank you for having me. It's been fun.
Danger runs high and passions burn hot in Montana's wild country
Big-city detective Bentley Jamison is a long way from home in the Beartooth wilderness when one of local rancher Maddie Conner's ranch hands goes missing. Towering mountains and a small, tight community are as unfamiliar to Jamison as herding sheep, but he's never shied away from a challenge. As the new deputy sheriff, he's sworn to protect every inch of this rough terrain—starting with unraveling a mystery that has left Maddie a wide-open target.
Maddie's as beautiful—and untamable—as the land around them. Like Jamison, she won't back down from danger. But desire that flares hotter than their tempers only raises the stakes when a fierce storm traps them in the high mountains. Caught in a killer's sights, Jamison and Maddie must trust one another, because now survival…and love…are all that matter.
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When she was in the third grade, Megan Hart fell in love for the first time. Not with a boy (that would wait until fourth grade), but with a story. The Homecoming by Ray Bradbury leaped out at her from the pages of a library book, and she tumbled head over heels. In the dark ages, before the days of photocopiers, the only way for her to keep a copy of this story was to copy it out by hand so she could read it over and over again. Something funny happened, though, as she carefully printed it on lined notebook paper.
She made "improvements."
At age 12, reading Stephen King's The Stand for the first time one memorable summer, it occurred to her that people really did write books for a living. That's when she decided to become an author.
Megan began writing short fantasy, horror and science fiction before graduating to novel-length romances. In 1998, as a stay-home mom, Megan took up writing in earnest, attending her first writing conference and getting her first request for a full manuscript. In 2002, she saw her first book in print, and she hasn't stopped since.
Published in almost every genre of romance fiction, Megan also writes fantasy, science fiction, women's fiction, horrifyingly awful screenplays and continues to occasionally dabble in horror.
Megan's goal is to continue writing the kind of books she'd like to read. She spends too much time playing the Sims. Her dream is to have a movie made of every one of her novels, starring herself as the heroine and Keanu Reeves as the hero. Megan lives in the deep, dark woods with her husband and two monsters…er…children.
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Q&A with Megan Hart
Of course. I like to say about my work that everything is fiction, and all of it is true. I don't do everything I write about, and I don't experience everything I write about, but I usually know someone who has. Drawing from personal experience means keeping ears and eyes open to other people's experiences, too.
I most often start at the beginning, know the ending, and discover the middle along the way. I used to write in order, but now I'll write scenes that move me, even if they're not in order, then put them together in the revision process. I'm not a huge plotter. I like to discover the story as it unfolds.
I sit at my computer and…write. Sometime I write on my laptop. Very rarely, by hand. I listen to music and drink Coke Zero and sometimes coffee or tea. I procrastinate on the internet and then write some more.
Writing is my full time job! Hooray!
Jacqueline Carey. Robert McCammon. Clive Barker. Stephen King. Gary Jennings.
The Magician's Assistant by Ann Patchett.
I'm working on the final part to my horror serial, The Resurrected, and I'm about to start final revisions on Flying, my next erotic fiction release from Mira. Flying's about a woman who, in order to block out some pain in her life, flies to various airports and meets men and has one night stands. Then she meets a man who changes her life, and they begin a passionate affair! Hooray!
For Tear You Apart, Will is definitely Norman Reedus. I can't even pretend otherwise. Elisabeth (if I can't play her, because um, hello, she'd get to kiss Norman Reedus) I'd like to see Gillian Anderson.
-Would you rather read or watch TV/movie?
Depends on the book or show!
Coke Zero!
Thank you for stopping by CMash Reads and spending time with us.
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I don't know which stop I got on at; I only know the train is going fast and the world outside becomes a blur. I should get off, but I don't. The universe is playing a cosmic joke on me. Here I had my life—a good life with everything a woman could want—and suddenly, there is something more I didn't know I could have. A chance for me to be satisfied and content and maybe even on occasion deliriously, amazingly, exuberantly happy.
So this is where I am, on a train that's out of control, and I am not just a passenger. I'm the one shoveling the furnace full of coal to keep it going fast and faster.
If I could make myself believe it all happened by chance and I couldn't help it, that I've been swept away, that it's not my fault, that it's fate…would that be easier? The truth is, I didn't know I was looking for this until I found Will, but I must've been, all this time. And now it is not random, it is not fate, it is not being swept away.
This is my choice. And I don't know how to stop.
Or even if I want to.
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Published by: Harlequin Mira
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With students returning to campus for the fall semester, Plattsburgh City Police and University Police have teamed up to utilize new measures for reducing drunk driving risks.
Vince's Law, a law put in place to keep repeat DWI felons out of their cars and off of the streets, was sponsored by New York State Senator John DeFrancisco and passed in June, making drunk driving a Class C felony, punishable by up to 15 years in prison for more than three DWI convictions in a 25-year period.
The namesake of this law is Vincent Russo, an elderly man who was struck by a vehicle and killed on his way to Sunday mass in 2011.
The driver operating the vehicle, Michael Iannettoni, was awaiting sentencing on his fifth DWI violation.
Iannettoni's blood alcohol level was four times the legal limit when he struck Russo.
At the time of Russo's death, the law for multiple DWI offenses only took into consideration those committed within a 10-year period.
"Driving while intoxicated is a serious offense and the penalties for these violations should reflect that," DeFrancisco said.
In conjunction with New York State Police to harshly punish those violating drunk driving laws, Plattsburgh Police and University Police have begun setting up sobriety checkpoints in different areas of town.
University Police Assistant Chief Jerry Lottie said the main concern of law enforcement on campus is the pedestrians because if they are merely crossing the street, they are defenseless against drunk drivers.
Over the past few years, new safety improvements have been implemented on campus, particularly on Broad, Rugar and Cornelia Streets including flashing signs and raised crosswalks to signal to drivers that pedestrians are crossing the street.
In a survey of 40 random PSUC students, all agreed that the new safety efforts appear to be more effective in preventing accidents or pedestrian injuries.
Lottie also said 25 percent of DWI charges in the Plattsburgh area are from college students, and repeated offenses can now have more long-term and problematic consequences because of the new regulations.
Students are highly recommended to monitor their alcohol intake and reminded not to get behind the wheel of a car if they have been consuming alcohol.


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Decrease in hospitalisation
A study analysed five years of medical insurance details of circa 2000 practitioners of Maharishi's Transcendental Meditation technique. The study demonstrated a 50 to 70% decrease in hospitalisations, both for medical and surgical procedures, as compared to the average of all other insured. The study had a p-value of p<.0001 what is a p-value? The fact that the decrease is bigger for older patients indicates a healthier ageing process.Ref.Psychosomatic Medicine 49: 493–507, 1987
Fewer doctor visits
A study analysed five years of medical insurance information of around 2000 practitioners of Maharishi's Transcendental Meditation technique. This showed 50% to 70% fewer doctor visits in comparison to the average of all other insured. The study had a p-value of p<.0001. The fact that the decrease is greater among older patients indicates a healthier aging process.Ref.Psychosomatic Medicine 49: 493–507, 1987
Healthier behaviour among managers
In a company that produces medical equipment, managers that had learned the Transcendental Meditation Programme after three months showed healthier behaviour, as measured by more regular exercise, food and sleeping habits, a reduction in alcohol usage, in comparison to a control group from the same company.Ref.Dissertation Abstracts International 57(6): 4068B, 1996
Reduced illness and medical expenditure
A study on the use of medical services and expenditures showed that those who participated in Maharishi's vedic health programmes, which includes the practice of the Transcendental Meditation programme, had 70% less hospitalisations (p<.001) and 60% less overall medical expenditure (p<.001) as compared to the norm.Ref.The American Journal of Managed Care 3: 135–144, 1997
Systematic decrease in medical expenses
This study looked at the annual percentage change in inflation-corrected government expenses for medical services among 1418 TM practitioners in Quebec, Canada, over a period of 14 years. These were compared to 1418 controls randomly chosen from individuals in the same age, sex and region. Prior to learning the Transcendental Meditation technique, there was no significant difference in the annual change between the two groups, with a slightly higher increase among the group that would later be taught the technique. After learning the Transcendental Meditation technique, the TM group showed an average annual decrease of 13.8 percent as compared to the controls (p=.0017). After five years their expenses were 50% lower.Ref.American Journal of Health Promotion 14: 284–291, 2000
Decrease in health care costs
An earlier Canadian pilot study among 677 people in Quebec that were taught the Transcendental Meditation technique showed that government health care expenditure decreased significantly, as compared to an increasing trend prior to learning the technique.Ref.American Journal of Health Promotion 10: 208–216, 1996
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Biokemi för bibehållen ungdom
Högre nivåer av plasma-dehydroepiandrosteronsulfat (DHEA-S) senare i livet är förknippat med bättre hälsa. Detta ämne minskar generellt i kroppen efter 25-årsåldern. De som utövade Transcendental Meditation visade sig ha högre nivåer av plasma-DHEA-S än kontrollgruppen. Detta diagram visar de genomsnittliga nivåerna för manliga TM-utövare över 50 års ålder; kvinnliga utövare visade liknande resultat.Ref.Journal of Behavioral Medicine 15: 327-341, 1992
Improved general health among managers and factory workers
Managers and other employees in two locations of a car business showed improved health after three months of regular practice of Maharishi's Transcendental Meditation technique, as measured through self-reports of physical and mental health, as well as measurements of the seriousness and frequency of health complaints, as compared to control groups in the same work places.Ref.Anxiety, Stress and Coping: An International Journal 6: 245–262, 1993
Improved health among Japanese factory workers
This research, carried out by the Japanese National Institute of Industrial Health showed that 427 employees of Sumitomo Heavy Industries that were taught Maharishi's Transcendental Meditation technique had less physical complaints after five months of practice, as compared to control employees of the same company.Ref.Japanese Journal of Industrial Health 32: 656, 1990
Increased vitality among managers
Managers in a company for medical equipment that were taught Maharishi's Transcendental Meditation technique showed a significant increase in a standardised scale for physical vitality, in contrast to matched controls. Higher energy levels and less tiredness were measured.Ref.Dissertation Abstracts International 57(6): 4068B, 1996
Improved general health among university students
University students in Cambodia that started practicing Maharishi's Transcendental Meditation technique showed improved general health (composed of physical, mental and social factors) after three months, as compared to control groups of students from two other universities that were not taught the TM technique.Ref.Journal of Instructional Psychology 22: 308–319, 1995
Decreased Use of Prescribed Drugs
A study among 263 American practitioners of the Transcendental Meditation technique showed significantly decreased use of prescribed drugs, (p<.001), including sedatives (p<.001), and painkillers (p<.01) in comparison to matched controls.Ref.The International Journal of the Addictions 12: 729–754, 1977
Improved health among managers
Managers that were taught the Transcendental Meditation technique showed a significant decrease on the standardised measure for stress-related somatic symptoms, such as chest pains and headaches, as compared to matched controls, during a three month study.Ref.Dissertation Abstracts International 57(6): 4068B, 1996


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Alan Hardy is a lead developer at Skills Matter. His technical playground consists of building high performance, latency sensitive, pricing and trade execution systems.
Ingres Visual DBA is an Ingres client tool to manage local or remote Ingres databases. This workshop will show how to perform an Ingres client install. Create a database. Import data.
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Install an Ingres DBMS server. Create a database and monitor sessions.
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Happy Birthday parkrun
Written by runABC Scotland on Fri 30 Sep 2011
Parkrun celebrates its birthday this week as it nears a remarkable 100 weekly events. Exactly seven years ago on Sunday, October 2, the first ever parkrun took place in Bushy Park, Teddington, London. There were a mere 13 runners who took part in that inaugural run, assisted by two volunteers.
The runs have now grown to 95 weekly events, including events in Afghanistan, Australia and Denmark as well as 85 regular UK events. parkrun arrived in Scotland almost 3 years ago when 44 runners toed the line in Pollok Park (a record 479 took part on April 23 this year) and Aberdeen will become the sixth Scottish event next weekend (Saturday, October 8) when it joins Glasgow, Edinburgh, Strathclyde Park, Falkirk and Inverness.
In his latest newsletter, parkrun founder Paul Sinton-Hewitt said: "What is surprising to many is the fact that even though our expansion has been impressive, the parkrun pillars remain the same.
"We set out to offer weekly, free, 5k timed runs managed by volunteers and by George that's exactly what we do. We remain a pure organisation balancing the requirements of a commercial world against a strong set of principles and ethics.
"The mainstay of parkrun events is that they are simple and offer no barriers to taking part. We have successfully removed almost every issue presented to us since our meagre start and the formula is so successful that we are now receiving calls of interest from all over the world."
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Meat Prices Are Rising: Stock Up While You Can!
By Kaitlin Steinberg on Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 12:15 pm
Paleo purists may need to bolster the salad component of their diets: The U.S. Department of Agriculture reports soaring meat and poultry prices nationwide.
How do you feel about paying 7 percent more for Pride of the Farm center-cut pork steaks at Schnucks -- a price increase from $2.84 to $3.04 per pound from January to February?
Would you pay 34.4 percent more than last February's prices for boneless, skinless chicken breasts at Price Chopper?
Gut Check got Teri Gault, CEO and founder of grocery-chain price monitoring site TheGroceryGame.com, on the blower to pose the single question that should be on the mind of every St. Louis carnivore:
Teri, Where's the beef?
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A screenshot of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's meat, poultry and dairy retail-price spreadsheet for 2011-12. To download the entire spreadsheet, click here.
Gault says the rise in meat prices is a direct result of this past summer's drought, which at its height affected 80 percent of the Lower 48. Cattle and other grazing animals rely on grass, which dried up across the country during the drought. Missouri was hit particularly hard.
The USDA is anticipating a 3 percent to 4 percent increase in the price of meat nationwide, but Gault dismisses the federal agency's estimate.
"They're always way too conservative," the CEO says. "Every time they make their projections, they're always way below. I think they're trying not to make massive panic go on."
Are these increases enough to make people panic? You be the judge.
USDA stats from 2012 (and remember, Gault thinks the USDA's stats are conservative) list the following seismic price shifts:
Lean and extra-lean ground beef up 8.47 percent, from $3.88 to $4.21 per pound.
USDA Choice boneless sirloin up 5.94 percent, from $6.40 to $6.78 per pound.
Pork chops down 3.54 percent, from $3.59 to $3.47 per pound.
Whole chickens up 11.09 percent, from $1.33 to $1.48 per ound.
Eggs up 3.51 percent, from $1.94 to $2.01 per dozen.
Gault says there are ways to keep your meat-and-poultry jones satiated without breaking the bank. The best strategy: shop sales.
"I never buy meat full price," Gault says, adding that Schnucks in particular offers lower prices than many grocery chains in the U.S.
Think of your grocery-shopping experience like playing the stock (yard) market. When sale prices on meat reach a number you can afford, buy!
Gut Check has a call in to Dierbergs to get the store's take on the rising price of meat -- and the grocery price tracker's Schnucks-love.
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David Schelzel On The Ocean Blue's 'Kings And Queens/Knaves And Thieves' NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with musician David Schelzel about The Ocean Blue's new album, Kings and Queens/Knaves and Thieves.
David Schelzel On The Ocean Blue's 'Kings And Queens/Knaves And Thieves'
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NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with musician David Schelzel about The Ocean Blue's new album, Kings and Queens/Knaves and Thieves.
LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST:
In 1986, a group of high-school kids from Hershey, Pa., got together to form a band. Their indie-pop sound fused with jangly guitars struck a chord. And, yes, the pun is intended. And the teenagers quickly signed a major record deal. More than three decades later, The Ocean Blue is still making music. Their latest album - the first full-length one in over six years - is called "Kings And Queens/Knaves And Thieves."
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "KINGS AND QUEENS")
THE OCEAN BLUE: (Singing) So sublime, it hits you like waves that crash on your face. It knocks you like wind in a storm on the sea.
GARCIA-NAVARRO: David Schelzel is the lead singer and songwriter for The Ocean Blue. And he joins us now from New York.
Welcome to WEEKEND EDITION.
DAVID SCHELZEL: Oh, thanks for having me.
GARCIA-NAVARRO: So tell us about the title song we're listening to. The lyrics say, suddenly, I feel the world could end in a flash, can no more depend on the things I thought were to last. That's a bit bleak.
SCHELZEL: (Laughter) Yeah. So I think that song's about a lot of things, and I often don't know what a song is really about until after it's written. I sit back and kind of look at it and say, wow. Where did that come from? And, you know, we're older people now and have experienced a lot, particularly the last couple of years, I think, have been hard for us. Things just really feel like they're ripping apart. And so I think that came out in that song.
GARCIA-NAVARRO: The liner notes say you could call this record a collection of love and death songs. You say the last few years have been hard for you. How so?
SCHELZEL: It's tricky, Lulu, because I've always been a really private person. But - and so I've always been kind of reluctant to get too specific about that. And the other thing is, you know, I've learned over the years to that people latch on to our songs in very personal ways. And I've talked with people who are like, wow. You know, your song means this to me. And I'm thinking in my head, that song has nothing to do with that. But because it's really personal to them, you know, I don't want to get in the way of that. And it's true for me, too - the music I could connect with. But, yeah, so for me personally, I've had a loved one with cancer. I've had...
GARCIA-NAVARRO: I'm so sorry.
SCHELZEL: Yeah. Yeah, she's doing well now, but it was a terrible and hard journey to go through.
GARCIA-NAVARRO: All right. Well, here's a song about love - "Love Doesn't Make It Easy On Us." Let's listen.
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "LOVE DOESN'T MAKE IT EASY ON US")
THE OCEAN BLUE: (Singing) Love doesn't make it easy on us. Love doesn't make it easy on us. A river runs into its sea, its lightning splits open a tree. And love...
GARCIA-NAVARRO: At one point, you sing, it breaks everything in our house. It blows every thought from our minds. Love doesn't make it easy on us. Is that a good thing or a bad thing, love?
SCHELZEL: (Laughter).
GARCIA-NAVARRO: I can't quite tell in this song.
SCHELZEL: You know, it's both. Love is a complicated thing, particularly in a long-term relationship. You can have deep, deep roots and connections with someone you love, and they can still drive you crazy. You navigate a lot of deep waters. And I don't think it ever gets easy.
THE OCEAN BLUE: (Singing) Love doesn't make it easy on us.
GARCIA-NAVARRO: You have had some big breaks between full studio sessions. One was for 10 years. And as we mentioned, this one for six years in this latest collection. What's going on? Are you all off on other projects? Does it take that long to come up with new material? Or is life just happening, and that's just the tempo with which you produce music?
SCHELZEL: Probably a little of all of what you said. The 10-year break was - I went to grad school. I went to law school, became a lawyer; period...
GARCIA-NAVARRO: Hold on. Hold on. Hold on. Hold on.
GARCIA-NAVARRO: You became a lawyer.
SCHELZEL: Yeah, yeah.
GARCIA-NAVARRO: That's amazing. Why?
SCHELZEL: Well, you know, after we had done four records in the '90s - we were on major labels. Towards the end of the '90s, the record business was falling apart. And I had always had this notion as a teenager that - and even as a 20-something - you know, when I turned 30, I was going to get out of music and do something else.
GARCIA-NAVARRO: You didn't feel music was, like, a grown-up profession.
SCHELZEL: (Laughter) At least the kind of music we made felt like a young person's thing. But when I was in law school, I really realized that, you know, no, music is something I wanted - and I was just naturally continuing to do, so, yeah. Right now I do both.
GARCIA-NAVARRO: You still practice law.
SCHELZEL: I do, yeah.
GARCIA-NAVARRO: What kind of law do you practice?
SCHELZEL: You know, I'm an intellectual property lawyer. I work a lot with creatives...
GARCIA-NAVARRO: Makes sense (laughter).
SCHELZEL: ...Book writers, musicians - yeah. And, you know, a lot of my clients like the fact that I understand the creative side of things and what it means both personally, legally, to do those kinds of things. But I also do some other things. Like, I'm a city attorney (laughter)...
GARCIA-NAVARRO: Wow.
SCHELZEL: ...Which is super fun. I work with a great, little city in Minnesota. It's - that's a great part of my life.
GARCIA-NAVARRO: And so that's what this six years was about too - just doing other things.
SCHELZEL: Well, this six-year break, not so much - certainly, that 10-year break. And, you know, the way we make records now is so different than the way we made records back in the late '80s and '90s, you know, in almost every respect. I mean, we spent hundreds of thousands of dollars of Warner Brothers money to make records. And we would go away for three months in these wonderful studios in London and the Bahamas. Now we make records in our houses for nothing, you know? And they - in my view, they sound comparable, in some ways, better. But I think what that means is we move at a much slower pace.
GARCIA-NAVARRO: There's one instrumental on this album - "F Major 7" - which you say is your favorite chord. I have to ask why.
SCHELZEL: I love the major seven chord. There's something about that chord. And it's in, like, probably half the songs I've ever written. I mean, there's nothing special about F major seven per se, but it's the major seven chord that I love.
GARCIA-NAVARRO: Here it is.
(SOUNDBITE OF THE OCEAN BLUE'S "F MAJOR 7")
SCHELZEL: I like reverb too.
SCHELZEL: There's an awful lot of reverb on that track.
GARCIA-NAVARRO: You and Bobby Mittan, who's the bassist, are the only original band members left in The Ocean Blue. And I wonder what it's like to still be making music with someone you've been playing with since junior high school. Are you finishing each other's sentences or chords...
GARCIA-NAVARRO: ...Or, like, what is that like?
SCHELZEL: You know, Lulu, it's a great thing. A big part of what The Ocean Blue is for me, actually, is it's a friendship. It's camaraderie. So these guys are my dear friends. I love them deeply, and we've been through and experienced a lot together. And when we play shows together, when we make music together, there's just another level of connection. And, you know, a lot of people, I think, do music without people that they feel really close to. Many people do, of course. But I don't know that - it'd be really hard for me to make music with people I don't have that kind of personal connection with.
GARCIA-NAVARRO: David Schelzel of The Ocean Blue - their new album is called "Kings And Queens/Knaves And Thieves." Thank you so much.
SCHELZEL: Oh, thank you. My pleasure, Lulu.


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