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How to Play Penny Slots
The very first slot machines, omnipresent in bars throughout late 1800s New York City, awarded prizes such as free beer and packs of cigars to patrons for a nickel (five cent) wager. Nowadays the prizes are much bigger, and so are the stakes – or are they? Penny slots are still some of the most popular games out there. Want to know how to play penny slots? You've come to the right place.
What are penny slots?
When you play slots online, you're able to set your stake to whatever suits your bankroll. In many online slots, this wager can be as low as £0.01. That's a penny slot.
However, there can be a catch – many penny slots require a minimum number of lines that have to be played. This means that a £0.01 wager might actually be £0.20 or even £0.50 depending on the number of lines that are made mandatory.
There are, however, may slots that allow players to deselect paylines and thereby play the lowest possible wager of £0.01. Of course, if you are only playing one of a possible 25 paylines then your chances of winning are significantly lowered.
Why do penny slots cost more than a penny?
Historically, back before the evolution of slots paylines, penny slots did indeed cost a single penny. In those days, slots were simple three-reel or five-reel affairs with one fixed payline. Match enough symbols on that one payline and you would win.
Today, though, even mechanical slot machines have multiple paylines. Online slots and digital live slots have dozens, hundreds or even thousands of paylines on which you can win. This makes the games more exciting, but also means that you must usually wager on each payline. This means that a £0.01 bet on a 25-payline slot will actually be a £0.25 wager.
Best penny slot machines to play
When it comes to learning how to play penny slots, your personal tastes are going to be the overriding factor as to what games you enjoy. If you're looking for the best penny slots then here are a few favourites from our selection of online slots:
Age of the Gods could be the most recognisable slot series at any online casino. The original game has spawned many more sequels and spin-offs, each with their own unique bonus features and minigames. The original Age of the Gods game has 20 fixed paylines for a minimum bet of £0.20.
Gonzo's Quest takes you on an Aztec adventure with conquistador Gonzalo Pizarro y Alonso, with cascading reels for big potential wins on each spin. This game also features 20 fixed paylines with a minimum stake of £0.01 per line.
Starburst is the cheapest of the penny slots on our list and also one of the world's most popular online slot games. This space-age adventure has just 10 fixed paylines, meaning the minimum total bet is £0.10.
Penny slot strategies
By and large, penny slots are played in the same way as regular slot machines. Any bankroll strategies that you apply to your regular slots can be applied to playing penny slots online. That being said, there are a few considerations to take into account when playing these games:
Remember bankroll management
Pay attention to the RTP
Play all the paylines
Know when to stop
You're playing penny slots because they're cheap. We get it. But that doesn't mean you need to throw your bankroll management plan out of the window. You might only be betting £0.25 per spin, but one run of poor luck over the course of a few dozen spins could see your bankroll plummet.
In short, remember the old adage: look after the pennies. Decide on a bet for your gaming and stick to it. Don't be tempted to jack up the stake after a win, or (even worse) to chase losses. Set aside a portion of funds with which to play the game (e.g. £25 for 100 spins worth) and stick to that plan.
While penny slots offer great entertainment value, you might end up with better bang for your buck playing fewer spins on a pricier slot depending on the game's RTP. A slot's RTP (Return to Player) is a measurement of how much a player can expect to lose over a long period of playing the game.
A penny slot with a low RTP (less than 90%) might be poorer value than a higher-stakes slot with a higher RTP. Of course, you will need a larger bankroll to play the higher-value slot for the same amount of time. Because of this, you should consider whether you care more about your time spent being entertained by the game or the impact on your bankroll.
For some people, this advice might be against the grain of playing penny slots, but it is advice very much worth taking on board. Because some penny slot machines give you the ability to choose how many paylines you play, it could be tempting to play fewer paylines in order to have a smaller bet.
This will reduce your wager, but it will also drop your odds of winning. If a slot has 20 paylines, that means there are 20 patterns on which symbols can fall in order to give you a return. If you only play one of the paylines, there are 19 patterns that will do nothing but lose your stake.
In addition, many progressive jackpot slots give players an increased chance of winning the jackpot if they wager more. By reducing the number of paylines you play, you are effectively reducing your RTP along with your stake.
All in all, the biggest mistakes players make when learning how to play penny slots are the same mistakes players make with gambling in general: not knowing when to stop and failing to play responsibly. Responsible gaming is incredibly important. The use of our various tools and guidelines on responsible gaming is well worth a read for any penny slots player.
Penny slot odds
We have already mentioned the concept of RTP (Return to Player) in slots. This number, expressed as a percentage, is the determining factor for your chances of winning in the long-term. Bear in mind that the RTP cannot tell you the volatility of the game, which refers to the frequency and size of payouts.
The RTP is, in short, the amount of money the machine will return over a statistically significant sample (usually millions) of spins. It gives you an average idea of the value of the machine. An online slot with an RTP of 97.23% will return £97.23 of every £100 wagered on average. This remains true whether this is one million spins of £100 or one hundred million spins of £1 – though some slots adjust the RTP based on the current wager.
On average, you will find that penny slots have a lower RTP than most online slots. Generally, an RTP of 96% or less is considered on the low side for an online slot. An RTP of less than 90% is extremely low. Most penny slots will have an RTP around 95%, which is not shockingly low but does put them on the low end of the slot spectrum.
How much can you win playing penny slots?
While the RTP of penny slots can be on the low side, the maximum potential wins are not necessarily lower than other slot machines. For example, Age of the Gods features a multi-level Progressive Jackpot that can be won on any spin. The RTP of this game is 95.2%, which is on the low side of average for an online slot.
Typically in jackpot slots, the lower your wager the less your chances of winning the top jackpot prize. This is true in Age of the Gods, but you can still win the big jackpot while betting the minimum of £0.20. A lower RTP in a penny slot game does not necessarily mean that you can't still potentially scoop a large win.
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St Gastyn, Llangasty Talyllyn
The church is in the following National Park: Brecon Beacons
RCAHMW (2004) Coflein http://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/154425/details/ [Digital Archive/Document]
Paul Baker (2017) Llangasty Church plan [Digital Archive/Graphic material]
Llangasty Talyllyn is situated on the southern shore of Llangorse Lake some10 km east southeast of Brecon. The ground slopes gently northwards from thechurch towards the lake100m away, the water being about 2m below the level of the church.
Llangasty Church plan
Vernon Thurgood
It is likely that there was a Medieval foundation here, the church has the unique dedication to St Gastyn who is reputed to have been tutor to the better known St Cynog. The churchyard is nearly circular as and there is archaeological evidence of crannogs and lakeside settlements in the Early Christian period. This medieval church was probably rebuilt in the mid C16 and the tower was added c1670. By 1838 this church was described as a 'dark, ancient and decaying edifice.'
In the 1840's Robert Raikes and his wife came from Yorkshire originally. Robert was a kinsman of the earlier Robert Raikes, one of the founders of the Sunday School movement. He had been at Oxford in the 1830s, where he had come under the influence of the Oxford Movement, to such an extent that he gave up his partnership in the family bank to look for a country parish in which he could put his Tractarian ("High Church") principles into practice. The family were in fact wealthy merchants and bankers in Hull. He found at Llangasty a suitable church and in 1847 he engaged a young architect, John Loughborough Pearson, to rebuild the church, and to build a church school (near the entrance to the churchyard, since 1925 a private house), and a house for himself at Treberfedd. Pearson was already known to him as Pearson had built a church for Raikes' mother in Yorkshire. The stone for the 'big house' was quarried locally and the bathstone was transported along the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal, both may well have been used in the construction of the church.
The Raikes family continued to live in Treberfedd (2016) and to engage in activites of public good. One member was instrumental in the re-introduction of the Red Kite into Powys.
Pearson's work began in 1848 and a more or less completley rebuilt chuch followed incorporating some of the medieval stone particularly in the tower. Furnishing was still in progress in 1856. A metal screen (snce removed) was designed to incorporate the re-used wooden wainscot. The building also had a listed Lychgate by Peason and th neighbouring school was also by him as was the 'big house'. Up the lane away from the lake was the Rectory, when it became no longer needed as such it was acquired by Miss Dorothy Raikes who re-opened it as the Llangasty Retreat House
Llangasty Retreat House Leaflet
The church has a massive west tower, narrower than the nave and slightly off centre, there is a narrower chancel beyond the nave with an organ chamber and vestry oepning off the chacncel and a south porch off the nave. It is built in an Early-English - Victorian Gothic style predominantly red sandstone slabs with buff coloured sandstone dressing with bathstone windows. The steep roof has stone tiles, grey ceramic ridge tile and cross finials. There is a gargoyle just below the top of the tower. It has been suggested that the jambs of the south door are re-used medieval stonework.
The interior of the church is a magnificent essy in Tracterian design, beginning with the medieval stoup in the porch through the stencilled walls of the nave, through the chancel screen to the marble-shafted triple east lancet windows - all suffused in the glow of richly hued glass. Despite all this the church lacks the Early Victorian fussiness.
The fine nave roof has angular arch-bracing springing from corbels and scissor trusses, in the chancel there are painted scissor rafters. The stencilled texts are below the wall plate level in the nave with more in the chancel which also has an elaborately decorated east wall. The font is octagonal heavily moulded with quatrefoils, an inscription and base of 3 colonettes part marble, there is a wooden pyramidal font cover suspended above.
There are cusped communion rails round an oak altar table with a floor of elaborately patterned Minton tiles; a delicately scrolled wrought iron parclose screen; the pulpit is in oak with blind tracery. The low screen made from pieces of the C16 screen with panels possibly belonging to the loft parapet being unusually carved in the solid in the form of sharply pinted and serrated pinnacles with vinework and quartrefoils above and vine-train below. (This has some similarity with the one in the church in Llanfair Waterdine in Shropshire.)
The stained glass - the east window is probably by Wailes 'Christ with the Virgin and St John ' - 1849 - in vignettes against a brightly coloured pattern. 'Christ Teaching' in the west window is also probably by Wailes. Clayton & Bell crated both the north and south chancel windows 'Baptism' and 'Stilling the Waters'. The same firm also created in 1872 'The nativity' and The Presentation' in the north and southeast windows of the nave.
The oak box organ by Joseph W Walker of London(1850) with decorated pipes with an Iron screen on north side of organ vestry.
There is a wall carving of Mary holding baby Jesus..
A peal of four bells hang on a substantial oak frame in the tower, one bell was cast in 1931 by Gillert & Johnston of Croydon, one by Henry Williams in 1714, on by John Taylor & Co 1878, one by John II Pennington 1674.
A National Bell Register - George Dawson's Website - Homestead
The church/building is consecrated.
The churchyard has been used for burial.
The churchyard is used for burial.
The churchyard does not have war graves.
LYCH GATE (1850)
Close to the quieter ed of Llangorse Lake an area restricted to Natural History rather than the water sports of the farther end of the lake
A significant Tracterian Church
A Tracterian Interior
Locally important being close to Llangasty Retreat House
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The retinal response involves recoverin, a neuronal calcium-binding protein which binds onto the photoreceptor cell membrane. Although an approximate binding mechanism has been described, only the latest molecular dynamics simulations made it possible to elucidate in detail its individual stages and unravel the regulatory role of calcium.
Students Štěpán Timr, Roman Pleskot, Jan Kadlec, and others, together with their advisor Pavel Jungwirth shed light on the process in which the binding of two calcium ions to a recoverin molecule promotes the ejection of its hydrophobic myristoyl moiety. This moiety then serves to anchor recoverin to the cell membrane. The specific manner of recoverin binding prevents the action of rhodopsin kinase, the enzyme regulating the rhodopsin cycle. By suppressing the kinase, recoverin makes it ultimately possible for the retina to effectively adapt to changed illumination.
Molecular dynamics simulation has thus proven to be a unique tool to describe the molecular mechanism of a physiologically important aspect of vision that is difficult to study experimentally.
Molecular dynamics simulation snapshots capturing the insertion of the protein's myristoyl moiety into the photoreceptor cell membrane.
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Strikes will stymie online trade for Qantas, Westpac, Customs Darren Pauli 01/09/2008 16:31:00 Planes could be grounded and banking systems disabled after negotiations failed between IBM and staff in its Baulkham Hills "Flightdeck" facility. Qantas, Cathay Pacific, Air New Zealand and Westpac, along with government agencies Medicare and Customs, are some of the businesses that… Read More »
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Darren Pauli 01/09/2008 16:31:00
Planes could be grounded and banking systems disabled after negotiations failed between IBM and staff in its Baulkham Hills "Flightdeck" facility.
Qantas, Cathay Pacific, Air New Zealand and Westpac, along with government agencies Medicare and Customs, are some of the businesses that face critical IT and infrastructure outages if strikes planed for Thursday go ahead.
Workers are represented by the Australian Services Union (ASU) which has pressured IBM for employee collective agreements which include equitable pay rises, redundancy packages, penalty rates and leave entitlements.
ASU branch secretary Sally McManus said IBM has flatly refused to accept the collective agreements since negotiations began in May this year.
"They point blank refused to meet with us in May, and they refused in a meeting in May to enshrine anything in a collective agreement or agree to any pay increases," McManus said.
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"IBM wants everything in policy so they can change things in a whim; redundancy pay is now under review with no discussions with staff. Some staff haven't had a pay rise in six years."
McManus said IBM is putting the reputation of its customers at risk because they will be unable to process online transactions, including money transfers and bookings.
At the Baulkham Hills facility — known as "Flightdeck" because the rows of computers resemble an aircraft flight deck — workers maintain critical applications and continually fix errors to maintain smooth service operations for some of IBM's biggest customers. This is a key bargaining chip for the ASU, according to McManus.
"Airport customers will face flight delays, billions of dollars may not be processed for Westpac, and Customs won't be able to keep track of security checks, all because IBM refuses to talk to its employees," she said in a statement.
"Every one of the IBM customers has collective agreements so I would imagine they will be pretty annoyed that their business is at risk because IBM refuses to work with us."
The strike was agreed upon last Friday after the results of a two-week long secret ballet drew 87 percent support for indefinite strikes. The action will begin with rolling four-hour work stoppages and will be escalated if IBM "doesn't budge".
IBM raised objections with the Australian Industrial Relations Commission in July that the ASU should not be allowed to represent Flightdeck workers.
IBM spokesman Caspian Smith said in a written statement that it will maintain service level agreements with customers.
"We are engaged in ongoing discussions with employees at the site in question to address any issues directly, and we will continue to maintain service levels to our clients," he said.
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package nom.bdezonia.zorbage.oob.oned;

import nom.bdezonia.zorbage.procedure.Procedure2;
import nom.bdezonia.zorbage.algebra.Algebra;
import nom.bdezonia.zorbage.algebra.NaN;

/**
 *
 * @author Barry DeZonia
 *
 */
public class NanOOB<T extends Algebra<T,U> & NaN<U>, U> implements Procedure2<Long,U> {

	private final ConstantOOB<T,U> oobProc;

	/**
	 *
	 * @param alg
	 * @param length
	 */
	public NanOOB(T alg, long length) {
		U nan = alg.construct();
		alg.nan().call(nan);
		oobProc = new ConstantOOB<T,U>(alg, length, nan);
	}

	@Override
	public void call(Long i, U value) {
		oobProc.call(i, value);
	}

}

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Un eje rígido o puente rígido es un diseño de suspensión de automóvil de las denominadas suspensiones dependientes, en las que un conjunto de ruedas está conectado lateralmente por una única viga o fuste.

Características

 En un eje rígido el ángulo de caída de las ruedas es siempre el mismo, independientemente del recorrido de la suspensión. Aunque normalmente la caída es cero el eje rígido puede fabricarse de modo que tenga una caída positiva (como por ejemplo en el eje trasero Leyland Eight) o negativa que no variará con el recorrido de la suspensión.
 El guiado longitudinal de un eje rígido se realiza por cualquiera de los siguientes sistemas: ballestas, brazos de empuje (en transmisiones semihotchkiss), tubo de empuje (en transmisiones por tubo de empuje) y brazos tirados o brazos semitirados (en ejes rígidos de vehículos de tracción delantera).
 El guiado lateral de un eje rígido se realiza por cualquiera de los siguientes sistemas: las propias ballestas o el tubo de empuje, una barra Panhard, mecanismo de Watt o mecanismo de Scott Russell, triángulo central de posicionamiento y control de par de los Alfa Romeo Giulia (1962) o los Renault 12 y Renault 18 u otros sistemas menos utilizados como el mecanismo de rueda y carril de los automóviles Pegaso.
 El control del movimiento vertical se lleva a cabo mediante amortiguadores, ballestas, muelles o bloques hidroneumáticos.

El eje de torsión es un diseño híbrido entre un eje rígido y una suspensión por brazos. Se trata de un eje rígido con forma de "U" en el que los brazos articulados tienen cierto grado de independencia entre ellos -se considera una suspensión semiindependiente- debido a la capacidad torsional del eje, dotado al mismo tiempo de capacidad autoestabilizadora.

Eje motriz vs eje no motriz

Un eje motriz -live axle- es un tipo de eje rígido que incluye los elementos de transmisión. Se emplea en transmisiones hotchkiss y por tubo de empuje donde el eje trasero está compuesto por los semiejes de la transmisión cubiertos por "trompetas" y por el diferencial -también llamado "tercer elemento"- cuya carcasa se fija a estas sólidamente formando el puente trasero.

Los ejes no motrices, empujados o arrastrados -dead axles- no contienen elementos de transmisión, por lo que el eje típicamente se compone de una sola pieza lo más ligera posible para reducir la masa no suspendido.

Ventajas
La ventaja principal del eje rígido es su simplicidad. Esta simplicidad hace que ocupe muy poco espacio y sea relativamente barato de fabricar. Son casi universalmente utilizados en vehículos industriales pesados y en la mayoría de los vehículos industriales ligeros y furgonetas así como en pickups y todocaminos, al menos en el eje trasero. Otra ventaja importante es que en aplicaciones para todo-terreno proporcionan un mayor recorrido de suspensión y robustez mecánica. Por último al no variar las caídas de las ruedas éstas permanecen siempre paralelas a la carretera, lo que supone una ventaja en cuanto a estabilidad -sobre buen pavimento- y para el izado del vehículo.

Desventajas
En el lado negativo debe considerarse que cada rueda no puede moverse independientemente de la otra, variando la caída de ambas ruedas cuando una de las dos supera un obstáculo, lo que afecta al tacto de conducción y a la estabilidad. Otra desventaja importante es el gran aumento de la masa no suspendida -especialmente en el caso de ejes rígidos motrices- lo que afecta muy negativamente a la calidad de conducción. Por último la ausencia de caídas negativas afecta a la estabilidad, al no poderse inducir determinadas caídas en curva.

Aplicaciones recientes
 Ejes rígidos motrices con transmisión hotckhiss:
Volvo serie 900, Talbot Sunbeam, Fiat
 Ejes rígidos motrices con transmisión por tubo de empuje:
Peugeot 505
 Ejes no motrices:
Daewoo Matiz

Véase también
 Eje
 Eje torsional trasero

Referencias

Tecnologías del automóvil
Tecnologías de suspensión de automóviles

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The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu, has said that more than 84 million Nigerians are eligible to vote in next year's general election.
The team of the continental organisation led by Musa Faki Mahamad promised to provide full support to INEC during the 2019 general election.
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Two Catholic Priests Abducted By Gunmen In Delta State
Two Catholic priests were kidnapped in the Aniocha North Local Government Area (LGA) of Delta State on Friday December 18th, according to reports.
by Sahara Reporters, New York Dec 19, 2015
Delta police spokesperson Celestina Kalu confirmed that the policewoman has been arrested Nigeria's Daily Post...
One of the two priests, en route to a ceremony honoring the Bishop Michael Elue of the Issele-Uku Diocese, has been identified as Father Franklyn Odiaka of the Catholic Church of Assumption in Asaba. The identity of the second priest was not known at the time of publication.
The Vanguard newspaper in Nigeria reported that none of the Zappa worshippers were "willing to divulge information as they were said to be preparing for a marathon spiritual exercise of prayer against the abductors."
It is worthy of note that these abductions come two weeks after the church was broken into and money was stolen from the parish treasury.
The Police Public Relations Officer (PRO) Celestina Kalu confirmed the kidnappings to journalists, and identified them as Catholic priests. Mrs. Kalu said information was sketchy but expressed confidence the kidnappers would be arrested by police.
Sahara Reporters, New York
CRIME NAPTIP Arrests Two Men For Allegedly Raping Four Teens In Abuja
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Stuck in a Good Book Giveaway Hop
Welcome to our stop on this HOP! After you check out Kelly's Books that she got stuck in, go check out the linky below for other stops of their books for more chances to win! Void where prohibited by law.
For Love or Honor (The Jonquil Brothers #5) by Sarah M. Eden.
Audience/Genre: Historical Fiction, Romance, Clean Read.
Publication: October 1st 2017 by Covenant Communications.
From the moment they met, Marjie's heart has belonged to handsome Captain Stanley Jonquil, younger brother of the Earl of Lampton. But six long months ago, when Stanley's sense of honor required that he do as he had sworn and return to the Continent to fight in defense of King and country, neither Stanley nor Marjie could have dreamed what the cost of his service would be. It has been ages since Stanley last wrote, and Marjie and the Jonquil family are plagued by his unknown fate—until the day he unexpectedly reappears. Marjie's joy, however, is quickly shadowed by confusion—the aloof, battle-worn soldier before her is not the man he once was. In the wake of Stanley's blatant disinterest in renewing their acquaintance, Marjie's devastation turns to determination as she vows to help him find peace. But his scars run far deeper than anyone realizes. Despite his feelings for her, Stanley believes Marjie deserves a man whose hands are not stained with the violence of battlefields and whose mind and heart are not haunted by the horrors he has seen. Honor requires Stanley to return once more to the life he has grown to despise, one he knows will destroy him in the end, even as his heart beckons him to stay with Marjie, the only woman he could ever love, and the promise, at last, of redemption.
For Love or Honor just came out today. I read this book in one sitting! It had me laughing and sobbing at times. I haven't been able to get it out of my head for several days now. In raw terms it is like a soldier from Afghanistan with PTSD returning home. Review coming!
The Impossible Vastness of Us by Samantha Young.
Audience/Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary Romance.
Publication: June 27th 2017 by Harlequin Teen.
I know how to watch my back. I'm the only one that ever has.
India Maxwell hasn't just moved across the country—she's plummeted to the bottom rung of the social ladder. It's taken years to cover the mess of her home life with a veneer of popularity. Now she's living in one of Boston's wealthiest neighborhoods with her mom's fiancé and his daughter, Eloise. Thanks to her soon-to-be stepsister's clique of friends, including Eloise's gorgeous, arrogant boyfriend Finn, India feels like the one thing she hoped never to be seen as again: trash.
But India's not alone in struggling to control the secrets of her past. Eloise and Finn, the school's golden couple, aren't all they seem to be. In fact, everyone's life is infinitely more complex than it first appears. And as India grows closer to Finn and befriends Eloise, threatening the facades that hold them together, what's left are truths that are brutal, beautiful, and big enough to change them forever…
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Cover Reveal & GIveaway: Antipodes by Michele Bacon
Today Michele Bacon and Rockstar Book
Tours are revealing the cover and an exclusive excerpt for ANTIPODES, which
releases April 3, 2018! Check out the gorgeous cover and enter to win an ARC!
On to the reveal!
Title: ANTIPODES
Author: Michele Bacon
Pub. Date: April 3, 2018
Publisher: Sky Pony Press
Formats: Hardcover,
Find it: Amazon, B&N, TBD, Goodreads
When Erin Cerise steps off her plane in
Christchurch, New Zealand, she is focused intently on her mission: do something
unique that will erase the mess she made of her life days before her 17th
birthday. She's already lost her swim team captainship, her boyfriend Ben, and
her reputation. Her mother is certain studying abroad will regain Erin's
chances of a good future. Once Erin sees her uninspiring host family and city,
though, Erin's not so sure.
Before Christchurch, Erin wasn't always
intense and focused. A mission used to sound like a fun adventure, and the only
ivy she cared about was the stuff growing around her grandparents' back porch
at their peaceful Upper Peninsula home. When had her priorities gone upside
down?
Now Erin balks at NZ's scratchy school
uniforms, cold houses, and her hosts' utter inability to pronounce her name
correctly. Christchurch does boast amazing rock climbing, gorgeous scenery, and
at least one guy who could make her forget Ben if she lets him. With months
ahead of her, Erin slowly begins to draw on the years behind her, one step back
into her memories and then another, as she rebuilds her life from the other
side of the world to find that when life turns your world upside down and
you're farthest from home, every way you move takes you closer to where you
came from.
Alone at lunch, Erin cracked her Italian book and read ahead. The clouds had burned off during her art experiments, but everything was still damp. She juggled her Italian book and lunch until Jade called her name.
"In here!" Jade pulled Erin into a gymnasium.
They sat on the floor, and Jade said, "How are you finding New Zealand?"
"Still jet lagged," Erin said.
"True kiwi lunch here, want some?" Jade held out a plastic container of brown and grey food.
"Every time someone mentions kiwi, I picture fuzzy green fruit," Erin said.
"Aye, we've got kiwi fruit, too. This is bangers and mash."
"Funny, isn't it? Last night, Felicity asked whether I liked—whether I fancied—kumara. An orange vegetable. Not a carrot. Soft in the middle when cooked, but not a squash. Then she served it and it was a sweet potato."
"Kumara are my favorite in winter."
"Yeah. My grampa used to make them with brown sugar and cinnamon. I love them, so you see how off-kilter I feel. Same cars, but yours are smaller. And slower. Everything is a little slower. We speak the same language, to an extent. But sometimes? I have no idea what people are saying. And sometimes, words have entirely different meanings. At home, biscuits are small, fluffy, buttery breakfast breads. What you call biscuits, we call cookies."
"Sounds delicious, either way," Jade said.
Outside, a circle of guys bunched up over the rugby ball, pushing hard but not moving in any particular direction. "Aren't words funny?" she said. "I once met a girl at a resort in North Carolina—that's actually in the southern part of America—and she and I realized when a Chicago native says she skis, she means skiing in snow. But we also go water skiing.
"In the south, though, where it's warm, skiing means water. And they call the other kind snow skiing."
"Here, of course, the North Island is the warm part, and we get the cold down here," Jade said. "One of us is upside down."
"Yeah. It's definitely me."
3 winners will receive an ARC of ANTIPODES
(when they are available in January 2018), US Only.
About Michele:
I was born in Trumbull County, the only
square county in Ohio, where books were my favorite means of escaping an
unhappy childhood. Writing was my transparent attempt to create the things I
craved: big happy families, international adventures and unconditional
friendship. From a young age, I was drawn to people's stories, and I still want
to know how you met your best friend or fell in love with your partner.
In high school, I embraced my inner geek
and wrote my first novel. In college, there were short stories and still more
novels. I graduated from The Ohio State University with a B.A. in English, with
concentrations in critical theory and creative writing.
Full-time work sapped my creative brain
for several years, but my professional life was one of reinvention. In state
government, business management consulting, and nonprofit fundraising, I
adapted easily and absorbed the languages of different professions. My last
paying job was as an independent fundraising consultant for nonprofit
organizations. That was seven years ago.
Since then, I have been writing and
traveling (and, let's be honest, chasing down small people who don't like to
wear clothes). I've traveled to all 50 states and dozens of other countries,
always collecting pieces of characters and ideas for stories. I recently spent
a year on sabbatical in Christchurch, New Zealand, where I may have left my
heart at Ilam School. Now that we've settled back in the States, I'm writing
for adults and young adults, exploring the Pacific Northwest, and baking like a
fiend. (You'd thinking baking would be the same everywhere, but it's not.
Something is different about kiwi butter.)
When an idea strikes, I scrawl sweeping
plot outlines, character idiosyncrasies, and ideas for scenes on the nearest
blank spot of paper. My current manuscript was born of those torn slips of
paper, used envelopes, lollipop wrappers, fuel receipts and--once--that little
paper bit that keeps a nursing pad sticky until it's time to use it. My
manuscripts are better than the quality of papers where they began. Promise.
Outside of writing, I am a tabletop game
enthusiast, passionate skier, and lover of prime numbers. I also am a mentor at
the Moving Words Writing Clinic, and a freelance copyeditor.
I live in Seattle with my husband and
three growing children.
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Blitz & GIveaway: The Chosen Knights (The Angel Knights #1) by Mary Ting
The Chosen Knights
Mary Ting
(The Angel Knights #1)
Publication date: March 19th 2016
(HIGHLY recommend to read prequel first–The Angel Knights)
SOME BOOKS AREN'T MEANT TO BE OPENED
***City of Bones meets The Da Vinci Code.
Urban fantasy lover's dream! Demons, vampires, angels, witches, and fallen angels all set to the back drop of high school in Hawaii, and astral travel to the past to Knights Templar era.
*** SILVER AWARD WINNER 2016–YA FANTASY–READERS' FAVORITE INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARD***
A page turning mystery with a supernatural twist that entertains to the last page! ~InD'tale Magazine
Book trailer: http://bit.ly/2t0cOKF
When teens go missing in Hawaii, a group of demon-hunters—half human and half angel—disguised as high school students, must leave Crossroads, the place where they reside. In a race against time, they uncover the mystery connecting the missing teens, which dates back to the era of the Knights Templar. However, when they discover one of the Templars passed down a book containing all the secrets and codes to finding a particular treasure, they soon realize this forbidden treasure needs to be found before Cyrus, the lord of the possessor demons, acquires it—a treasure which been safeguarded and hidden from him.
There is only one problem: the pages containing the clues leading to the treasure is missing. When the first page is found, Cyrus threatens to kill more descendants of the Knights Templar if it is not given to him by Friday the thirteenth. In the midst of threats and discovery, the demon-hunting angels find they are not alone when supernatural beings begin to reveal themselves. Can they put their differences aside and work together to solve the Knights Templars' cipher? As they astral travel to the past, they witness a lot more than they have bargained for. And some things are better left unseen.
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Eli willed his sword away. It disappeared behind his back, just the way I would have done it. "You know nothing. Nothing about me is human. I won't be a part of something that could kill any one of you."
"How could it kill us if—?" Then I had a thought, recalling the first time I'd seen him in the cafeteria. I had no evidence but it was worth the shot. "You can astral travel, can't you? You've done it before, when you first saw me in the cafeteria. You can travel in the present too. That's why you took off."
"I have no idea what you're talking about. Do you even know what that is?" His jaw clenched.
I knew he was lying. "Out-of-body experience." I followed behind him when he started walking away.
"You have no idea of the consequences when you travel. Astral travel."
"Then let it be my consequence."
Eli whipped around. His face was just a breath away from mine. "You have no idea what you're talking about."
"Then show me."
Eli pierced his eyes into mine. His heart drummed a mile a minute. "You want to feel pain, Lucia? You want to know what happens to people when they astral travel?"
"I-I—" I didn't know what to say. I certainly didn't expect him to say the things he did.
Eli extended his arm to me. "Take my hand."
"Take my hand, Lucia." His tone was stern.
"Last warning."
"Last warning for—ELI." I screamed. My stomach dropped, along with my body. Eli's arms embraced me as we plunged through multiple layers of clouds with my back facing down. Hair whipped my face and the force of gravity made me dizzy.
"You didn't heed my warning, Lucia," Eli grumbled.
"So you're trying to kill me?" The normal reaction for someone in this situation would be to fight back, but my instincts told me I wasn't in danger. "What are you doing?" The clouds got smaller as we plummeted faster by the second. I began to have second thoughts. Wanting to believe so badly I could get through to him, I'd let it possibly cost my life.
He ignored my plea. Looking squarely in my eyes as air rushed against us, he said nonchalantly, "Get ready to die."
International Bestselling Author Mary Ting/M. Clarke resides in Southern California with her husband and two children. She enjoys oil painting and making jewelry. Writing her first novel, Crossroads Saga, happened by chance. It was a way to grieve the death of her beloved grandmother, and inspired by a dream she once had as a young girl. When she started reading new adult novels, she fell in love with the genre. It was the reason she had to write one-Something Great. Why the pen name, M Clarke? She tours with Magic Johnson Foundation to promote literacy and her children's chapter book-No Bullies Allowed.
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Blitz: Until Love Finds You by Pamela Aares
This is my stop during the book blitz for Until Love Finds You by Pamela Aares. This book blitz is organized by Lola's Blog Tours. The book blitz runs from 18 till 24 September. See the tour schedule here.
Until Love Finds You (The Tavonesi series #10)
By Pamela Aares
Age category: Adult
Pamela Aares' USA Today bestselling Tavonesi Series continues with another suspenseful, page-turning and heart-warming novel about the healing power of love.
Reclusive tech billionaire Evan Forbes finds himself lost and lonely in the secretive world he's cloaked around himself. He may have changed the way the world communicates with his innovative, high-tech businesses, but the language of the heart has brought nothing but pain.
When Evan meets the vivacious heiress Coco Tavonesi on a garden tour, she fires a spark of desire he can't resist. Pretending to be an ordinary computer geek, he conceals his true identity and accepts the thirty-dollar an hour job she offers, tracking down a hacker who's stolen her prized nature photographs. After years of hiding his famous name and his own incredible wealth behind a disguise, has he met the woman worth revealing himself to? Can he risk his heart?
Coco doesn't count on falling for the sexy techie, but when she playfully snaps a photo of Evan, his resulting anger triggers fears from her past. What does he have to hide? Is Evan the quirky, sweet geek he seems, or yet another fortune hunter using this chance to get close to her?
When Evan discovers that Coco is being hacked by a high-level genius, he's determined to bring the criminal down. But the hacker accesses Coco's photos of Evan and threatens blackmail and violence, and suddenly the secrets Coco and Evan have kept from one another endanger not only the love blooming between them, but their very lives.
You can find Until Love Finds You on Goodreads
You can buy Until Love Finds You here:
- Barnes & Noble
- Kobo
- iBooks
Previous books in the series:
Love Bats Last (The Tavonesi Series #1)
Thrown By Love (The Tavonesi Series #2)
Fielder's Choice (The Tavonesi Series #3)
Love on the Line (The Tavonesi Series #4)
Aim for Love (The Tavonesi Series #5)
The Heart of the Game (Tavonesi Series #6)
Love in the Vineyard (The Tavonesi Series #7)
A Very Daring Christmas (The Tavonesi Series #8)
No Stranger to Love (Tavonesi Series #9)
Pamela Aares is a USA Today Bestselling, award-winning author of contemporary and historical romance novels. Her contemporary series, The Tavonesi Series, explores the lives, loves, friendships and sizzling romances of the Tavonesi family and their captivating friends.
Her popularity as a romance writer continues to grow with each new book release, so much so, that the Bay area author has drawn comparisons by reviewers to Nora Roberts.
Pamela Aares writes romance books that she loves reading, particularly those that entertain, transport and inspire dreams while captivating and tugging at the heart. She takes her readers on a journey with complex characters in both contemporary and historical settings who are thrown in situations that tempt love, adventure and self-discovery.
Before becoming a romance author, Aares wrote and produced award-winning films including Your Water, Your Life, featuring actress Susan Sarandon and NPR series New Voices, The Powers of the Universe and The Earth's Imagination.
If not behind her computer, you can probably find her reading a romance novel, hiking the beach or savoring life with friends. You can visit Pamela on the web at http://www.PamelaAares.com.
You can find and contact Pamela here:
- Website
- Goodreads
- B&N
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Tour & GIveaway: Wish Me Love by Michele Ashman Bell
Wish Me Love by Michele Ashman Bell.
Publication: September 1st 2017 by Covenant Communications.
Charlotte Wells does not date. After surviving a broken engagement, she's taken a leave of absence from the social scene. So when her best friend and coworker, Jack, challenges her to get back in the game, she's not so sure she's ready to play. But ultimately, curiosity gets the best of her, and Charlotte accepts the daunting challenge: she will attempt to have fifty first dates in her effort to find "the one." Unfortunately, she quickly realizes that the dating pool mostly holds clown fish as she goes on one lousy outing after another. Without a good man in sight as summer ends, Charlotte cuts her losses and sets her sights on a fun-filled trip to her cousin's destination wedding in Brazil.
Brazil is a land of beautiful sights and delicious offerings—including Max, the charming brother of her cousin's new husband. Max has all the makings of a Prince Charming in soccer cleats, and Charlotte's happily ever after seems to be within reach. But love is a funny thing, and soon Charlotte finds herself wondering: could it be that her true love has been right in front of her all along?
Reviewed by Kelly.
I've been to Peru for a wedding (ok my daughter's) and had the same experience as Charlotte had with the people and culture and the people taking you to all the spots to experience it! So I got all into that and could see it there in my head really easily with the author's descriptions.
I loved Charlotte's cute home and her family. They are the real definition of a family.
The cover makes more sense now that I read the book. It's definitely Charlotte!!
My grandmother tell me this all the time. She say Priscilla..." She thought for a moment. "Okay, I think I have it in English. She say, 'Priscilla,
faith is seeing light with your heart when all you see is darkness with your eyes.'
Where I loved all that happened up to the end; something about the ending that bothered me. I didn't feel the spark that changed their relationship in the moment that they realized it. The scene where they both realize what they already have just missed the mark for me. Don't get me wrong. I could easily see that they were meant for each other as they didn't. I just didn't feel it.
If you like LDS stories, travel, beautiful beaches and weddings on the beach, reading about first dates (those were really funny), realizing your bestfriend is the love of your life than this might be for you.
I grew up in St. George, Utah, where a lot of my family still lives, but now reside with my husband and family in the Salt Lake City area. My favorite thing to do is support my kids in their many interests. Between basketball, ballet and piano lessons we squeeze a lot into a week, but I wouldn't have it any other way.
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Blitz & Giveaway: Premonition (The Division #1) by Leigh Walker
Leigh Walker
(The Division #1)
Publication date: July 19th 2017
Genres: Romance, Science Fiction, Young Adult
When Riley heads off to boarding school for a summer work-study program, she knows it'll be demanding. What she doesn't expect? To be thrust into an intense physical training program described as special, exclusive and worst of all–top-secret. She signed up for tuition assistance, not to be held in a secret government facility for boot camp…
Welcome to The Division, the government agency that's so classified, most United States senators have never heard of it.
The Division wants Riley bad, but she can't figure out why. Skeptical of what she's being told, Riley's determined to uncover the truth. Boot camp is intense, physically and mentally draining. The upside? One of her new teammates is the cutest boy ever. Watching Finn hit the gym wearing a tank top doesn't suck–although sometimes his brooding attitude does. But when training forces Riley to confront her tragic past, even Finn's big biceps aren't enough to make her want to stay…
Beware: The Division isn't something you just walk away from. You better run.
Riley realizes her capabilities and strengths are greater than she'd ever imagined. But she also learns she wasn't just chosen for this special program…
She was made for it.
INTERVIEW WITH LEIGH WALKER
Q: Wow, you're interviewing yourself…how pompous!
Right? It's to tell people more about the series, lol. Although I should admit that I normally talk to myself a lot, so this isn't much of a departure.
Q: Tell us about "The Division" – it's a bunch of teenagers with psychic powers, right? How did you get inspired?
Everyone on the team has psychic powers, yes. I was watching "Stranger Things" on Netflix and I WAS SO PSYCHED they were testing poor Eleven for psychic powers. But I was also like, YEEHAW! Because I LOVE psychic powers, and I can't remember the last time I saw or read something that included them. I've always been obsessed by the concept, and there's so many variations of powers, so many incarnations it can take… Anyway, after watching that show and having that reaction, I thought, other people must love this stuff, too, I can't be the only one. So I wanted to give us all more!
Q: Tell us about the main character, Riley Payne.
Riley is a 'normal' girl dealing with a lot. Her father and sister died in a car accident and her mother started drinking heavily after it happened. She just wants to get out of her house and go to boarding school, but she gets more than she bargained for when she abruptly gets recruited into a secret agency…
Q: The 'secret agency' is The Division, correct?
Yes. It's a secret cell of teenagers who were genetically engineered with psychic gifts. They work for the American government to combat domestic terrorism.
Riley thinks they're nuts, of course. Until she unlocks her powers, then she's blown away by what she can do.
Q: As the series goes on, you get into genetic engineering, fated love, eco-terrorism, loyalty, isolation, human nature, climate change…some pretty heavy themes. But would you describe the series as a difficult read?
I don't think so, but certainly some parts were hard to write – like about Riley missing her dad and her sister. I still cry when I read those parts. And in the second book, an eco-terrorist is introduced, and some terrible things happen in the book. So yeah, there's definitely a heaviness to some of what the characters are dealing with. But they're teenagers, and their youth is sort of a tonic against everything they're dealing with. They still care about their friends. They still want to hang out, tell stories, joke around. They are still very interested in falling in love. I think my writing style is naturally light and breezy, so it's sort of a counterpoint to the storyline. If that makes sense, lol.
Q: What's your favorite part of this series?
Riley and Finn's relationship. They have so much on their plates, and they're so young, but they genuinely care for each other in a way that makes me ache.
Q: What do you do when you're not writing?
I have three large, unruly boys who like to play every sport and eat as much food as possible. When I'm not at my computer, I'm busy carting them around and grocery shopping. But I also love to relax with a great book or television show – I am currently completely obsessed with Riverdale, OMG!!!
Thanks for having me! Happy reading!!!
Leigh Walker lives in New Hampshire with her husband and three children. She has a degree in Journalism and a law degree. She's never been to the Naval Shipyard prison in Kittery, ME, but she's driven by it...and boy, is it creepy!
Leigh has lots of books planned for The Division Series. Sign up for her mailing list at www.leighwalkerbooks.com to be notified of the next release in the series! You can also find her on The Division's FB page: https://www.facebook.com/divisionbookseries/
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Tour & Giveaway: The Pursuit of Lady Harriett (Tanglewood #3) by Rachael Anderson
The Pursuit of Lady Harriett by Rachael Anderson
When wills clash and hearts collide, who will reign victorious?
Termed an Incomparable during her first London season, Lady Harriett Cavendish is beautiful, spirited, and confident, capturing the attention of a great many suitors. Unfortunately, they all failed to capture her attention, and she concluded the season as unattached as she'd begun it.
Only weeks prior to her second season, Harriett encounters Lieutenant Christopher Jamison while visiting Tanglewood Manor. Recently returned from war, the lieutenant is everything that Harriett's previous suitors were not. He's arrogant, ungentlemanly, irritating, and challenges her at every opportunity. When he goes too far, Harriett decides that it's time to turn the tables on him. But as she sets out to put the lieutenant in his place once and for all, she discovers there is more to him than meets the eye, and when it comes to matters of the heart, she has no control whatsoever.
Reviewed by Kelly
This book is so much fun! There is battle of wills and wit and bantering back and forth, midnight cake, and matters of the heart. Harriett and Christopher are similar yet totally opposite at the same time! I loved every minute of their conversations! It just shows how some people struggle with showing feelings and how different we each are! Sometimes we will do whatever it takes to win the one we love!
If you love plotting for silly revenge, small dogs, rain, mud, ill tempered names, birds, midnight cake runs, ponds, horses, accepting others quirkiness, sonnets, climbing trees, clean reads, then this might be for you!
While I was offered a book for review for this tour. I purchased this book first and the comments are my own.
Harriett looked at what remained of the cake. Appar-ently, he didn't intend to finish it off after all, so she collected their forks and stood. "Forgive me for saying so, but you look quite done in, Chris. If you do not go up to bed now, you will probably fall asleep here. Only imagine what Mrs. Caddy might say if she discovers you here with the mostly-eaten cake. For your own sake, you ought to retire. I will do my best to tidy things up."
Before she could move away from him, he grabbed her hand and guided her to sit back down, keeping hold of her fingers. "Not so fast, my lady. I meant it when I said that I'm in desperate need of the distraction that only you can provide. Thus far, all I have done is burden you with my troubles."
"I do not feel at all burdened, sir." Indeed, Harriett suddenly felt breathless and somewhat giddy. The effect this man had on her was something of a wonder.
"Sir?" he asked. "I thought we were beyond that."
"I thought so as well, but you only just called me 'my lady.'"
He frowned and blinked as though he hadn't realized he had. "Forgive me, Harry. I fear my exhaustion has muddled my thinking."
This time, she did not let the name slide. She snatched her hand free and frowned at him. "Obviously it has."
He laughed—not a tired attempt at a laugh, but a real one filled with the richness that warmed her straight through. Only this time, it did not bother her at all. In fact, it felt wonderful, almost like a compliment.
"I knew you'd come through for me," he said, leaning close enough to touch shoulders with her. "You have no idea how much I needed to laugh or how good that felt. I could honestly kiss you right now."
Harriett tried her best not to blush or appear astonished by the suggestion—he had obviously made the comment in jest—but when his smile widened into a devilish grin, she knew she'd failed. He leaned in closer, and his gaze wandered briefly to her mouth before returning to her eyes. She could smell vanilla and lemon and a hint of something else—leather perhaps? A delightful pulse whipped down her arm, and she was hard-pressed not to shiver.
"Admit it," he said. "You have missed me."
Ends 10/1/17
Author Rachael Anderson
A USA Today bestselling author, Rachael Anderson is the mother of four and is pretty good at breaking up fights, or at least sending guilty parties to their rooms. She can't sing, doesn't dance, and despises tragedies. But she recently figured out how yeast works and can now make homemade bread, which she is really good at eating.
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Tour & GIveaway: Perfectly You by Robin Daniels
Perfectly You by Robin Daniels
Ivy Nixon is the student body Vice President at Franklin High School. Each year, the school holds a date auction to raise funds for the senior class graduation party, and this year, Ivy's in charge. Planning the event is a huge task and Ivy is determined to prove she can get the job done right. Unfortunately, she's still one participant short and her deadline is looming.
Andy Walker, her cute but socially reclusive art class table mate, is her last resort. He may not be popular, but he's funny, talented, and full of surprises. With a makeover and some major social marketing, Ivy is sure he could fetch a decent price at the auction.
Andy reluctantly agrees to help, but the more time Ivy spends with him, the more her feelings shift from professional to romantic in nature. To top it off, she's done her marketing so well, that other girls are starting to notice Andy too. Come auction time, will Ivy be able to let him go to the highest bidder? Or will she find a way to keep him for herself…
Content Description: This is a stand-alone YA contemporary romance with companion novels set at the same high school. It contains minor language, innuendo, and crude humor, some steamy kissing, a party scene where underage drinking is taking place, and a brief but tasteful conversation about sex. The author has attempted to write characters who make good choices in questionable situations, in effort to keep the content appropriate for teens. This book contains no sex, written or implied, and no explicit language. Recommended for ages 14 and up.
This book is so stinking cute, I can't stand it! I grinned pretty much through the whole book! I loved it! And it had a great message to boot! The romance is oh so so sweet! The friends fierce, loyal and quirky!
Ivy is my kinda girl. She is spunky and loyal. She is caring. She does have one fault and although she thought she recognized it early on, she continued and it hurt her boyfriend. I loved how she accepted the calling out on her by her quirky best friend! I want a best friend just like Lilly!
Andy is the perfect normal guy. He isn't the class president or a socializer. He just is laid back and hangs out with his friends not at parties! He is very kind, considerate and caring. And he is also a romantic at heart! His family has money, but he doesn't act like it. His best friend is Jake. Jake is the class clown and also rich. Jake's twin sister is Sophia. Sophia is the evil twin. She is definitely the stuck up rich girl after whatever she wants!
Perfectly You will keep you reading with a grin on your face to the very end! Right now, I am going to read the first book in the series because this is the first book by this author I have ever read and I need more of her writing!
If you like stories with: a rich girl who is a witch with a capital B, pools, romantic dinners, close knit families, crazy best friends who dress up quirky or who has your back, cargo pants, baseball hats, rich boys who think they are all that, and learning lessons than this might be for you! It definitely was for me! If I could give it 10 stars I would!
"Oh, thank you, thank you, thank you." I lunged forward in an exaggerated show of gratitude and threw my arms around his waist, embracing him tightly. He flinched and tensed up for a moment. I'd caught him off guard. Eventually he relaxed and put one arm around me, awkwardly patting my back in some semblance of a hug.
For a moment, I forgot what I was doing and leaned into him. Wow, he smelled unbelievably good. Like soap and dryer sheets and something a little sharper that I couldn't identify. I needed to ask him what cologne he wore, because it was incredible. I could smell him all day. Not to mention that his chest was a lot firmer than one would guess, since he hides it under baggy button-down shirts all the time.
Andy cleared his throat and I pulled away. He looked embarrassed again. He really needed to get over that, and I was going to help him, starting right now. "Sorry." I grinned. "You smell amazing. Your cologne is yummy enough to eat. I could sit here and sniff you for the rest of the class."
He choked on his spit and quickly put his fist over his mouth to stifle his laughter. "Please don't." He was trying to sound horrified, but his face gave him away. He appreciated the compliment.
"Ok." I threw my hands up in surrender. "But fair warning...if I'm having a bad day, I may lean over and smell your neck to induce a calming effect. When that happens, don't punch me."
Andy shook his head, bewildered by the turn our conversation had taken. "I'll try not to punch you, if you decide to randomly press your face against my neck."
"When you say it like that, I sound like a psycho stalker."
"Psycho and stalker are your words, not mine. But, if the shoe fits..." He trailed off, and I smacked him on the arm.
"Ouch!" Andy rubbed the place I'd just hit. "I'm only kidding. I don't think you're a psycho stalker. I've never seen any indication that you're a stalker. You're more likely a plain old psycho." He was grinning nice and big now, and I couldn't help but grin back.
Blog Tour Giveaway
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Ends 9/25/17
Author Robin Daniels
Robin Daniels is a wife, mother of five and avid consumer of books. She loves reading SO much that she was actually grounded from it as a twelve year old. No Joking! Her mom caught her reading when she was supposed to be cleaning, which was a common occurrence. At that point mom took the books and instructed her to go watch TV or play outside like a normal kid.
Robin is a sucker for home design shows and magazines, watches way too much Netflix and has a very codependent relationship with with a certain diet soda who's brand shall not be named. (Though anyone with a similar problem could probably guess which one.)
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Blast & GIveaway: Something Like Family by Heather Burch
Something Like Family by Heather Burch.
Audience/Genre: Adult.
Publication: September 12th 2017 by Lake Union Publishing.
Abandoned by his mother when he was young, twenty-two-year-old Rave Wayne knows all about loss. That doesn't mean he's used to it. After he's dumped by the girlfriend he assumed he'd spend his life with, Rave is longing more than ever to connect.
Then, as if by miracle, he receives an invitation from his grandfather, a man he thought was long gone, to come for a visit in rural Tennessee. Loyal, honest, and loving, dear old Tuck is everything Rave could have hoped for. He's family. Soon, Rave finds himself falling for a down-to-earth local girl, and he thinks his life is finally coming together.
But the past isn't through with Rave. When his mother returns after many long years, looking to reconcile the terrible mistakes that once defined her, Rave struggles to put together the unsettled pieces of his heart. Will this once-estranged family be able to come together to understand the meaning of unconditional love, the fragile bonds of family, and the healing power of letting go?
Praise for SOMETHING LIKE FAMILY
"Engrossing and genuine, Something Like Family pays tribute to the bonds of love we often fray, but always hold dear. The uplifting story of Rave and Tuck will leave an indelible mark on your heart." —Christine Nolfi, bestselling author of Sweet Lake and The Comfort of Secrets
"Rave Wayne?"
Rave stopped busing a table near the front door of the café. Marco, his boss, had been mad at him about last night's fight, and right now, the last thing Rave needed was some attorney drawing attention to him. And the guy in the gray suit with the bad comb-over and sweaty forehead was definitely an attorney. "Yeah?"
The man motioned to the seat across from him. "Could I have a few moments of your time?"
Rave chewed his cheek. "Sorry, all my moments are spoken for." Dishes clanged together as he took the full bin into the kitchen, then tried to make a quick escape. Rave headed out the front door, still untying the dingy white apron around his hips. The night air was warm but fresh. Early spring in Tampa had temperatures in the eighties, but he didn't mind. He had parked at the end of the building because his car was a heap, and Marco preferred that it not sit in the front. Or in the light of the street lamp.
He knew the second the guy rushed out of the café to follow him. At least they could have their conversation outside. "Mr. Wayne?"
Rave nearly laughed out loud. He propped his weight against his car door. The tired old girl groaned a little when he did. "Yes?"
"I was sent here by Tuck Wayne. Do you know that name?"
"Nope," Rave said, but his heartbeat quickened. Other than his mother, he didn't know anyone who shared his last name.
"He hired me to find you. He's your grandfather. He'd very much like to meet you."
The world swirled around Rave, and he was thankful for the metal car door behind him. He shook his head. "I don't have any living relatives. If I did, I'd know it." His hands were sweating, and Rave felt a fight-or-flight instinct coming on. He opted for flight and got into his car before the man could stop him.
Through the closed window, he heard muffled words. "How would you know, Rave? From your mother? She was a sick woman, delusional, even. Isn't there the smallest chance she could have lied—"
Seriously? This guy he just met wanted to stand at his window and pass judgment on Rave's mom? No. Rave flew out of the car and grabbed the attorney's shirt. "You don't know anything about my mother." But then a thought struck him, and he let the man go. "Do you? Is there news about her?" He knew there wasn't. In his heart, he knew his mother was dead.
"No. I have no news of her whereabouts or status. But what I do have is an invitation from the man who raised your mother. He would very much like to get to know you, Rave. You're all the family he has left."
The words spiked through his system. Leaving jagged slivers as they went.
The man added, "And he's all the family you have."
- 1 Winner will receive Audio books- IN THE LIGHT OF THE GARDEN, ONE LAVENDER RIBBON, ALONG THE BROKEN ROAD by Heather Burch
- 1 Winner will receive a Copy of DOWN THE HIDDEN PATH by Heather Burch.
- 1 Winner will receive a Copy of SOMETHING LIKE FAMILY by Heather Burch.
Heather Burch is a #1 bestselling author of contemporary fiction. She lives in Southern Florida with her husband, John. Her title, One Lavender Ribbon was in the top 100 bestselling books for the year on Amazon. In 2014, she became one of the most quoted authors by Kindle readers. Her deeply emotional stories explore family, love, hope and the challenges of life. Her books have garnered praise from USA Today, Booklist Magazine, Romantic Times and Publisher's Weekly. Heather lives to tell unforgettable stories of love and loss—stories that make your heart sigh.
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U.S. New Home Sales Unexpectedly Fall Sharply In January
New home sales in the U.S. unexpectedly showed a steep drop in the month of January, according to a report released by the Commerce Department on Monday.
The report said new home sales plunged by 7.8 percent to an annual rate of 593,000 in January after slumping by 7.6 percent to an upwardly revised 643,000 in December.
The continued decrease surprised economists, who had expected new home sales to jump by 3.2 percent to a rate of 645,000 from the 625,000 originally reported for the previous month.
The unexpected drop in new home sales was partly due to a notable decline in the South, where new home sales tumbled by 14.2 percent to a rate of 301,000.
New home sales in the Northeast also plummeted by 33.3 percent to a rate of 24,000, while new home sales in the Midwest jumped by 15.4 percent to a rate of 75,000 and new home sales in the West climbed by 1.0 percent to a rate of 193,000.
The Commerce Department also said the median sales price of new houses sold in January was $323,000, down 4.1 percent from $336,700 in December but up 2.5 percent from $315,200 in the same month a year ago.
The estimate of new houses for sale at the end of January was 301,000, representing 6.1 months of supply at the current sales rate.
Last Wednesday, the National Association of Realtors released a separate report unexpectedly showing a significant decrease in existing home sales in January.
NAR said existing home sales tumbled by 3.2 percent to an annual rate of 5.38 million in January, while economists had expected existing home sales to rise to a rate of 5.60 million.
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2 Firefighters Hospitalized in 4-Alarm Fire at JCC in Woodbridge
A Jewish community center in Woodbridge remains closed Tuesday after a four-alarm fire that sent two firefighters to the hospital Monday.
Fire broke out at a crowded Jewish Community Center of Greater New Haven in Woodbridge around 3:30 p.m. on the bottom floor, possibly near a sauna area, according to Judy Diamondstein, CEO of the Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven.
There were between 200 and 300 in the building at 360 Amity Road at the time of the fire, Diamondstein said. Those inside included infants and children at the JCC's child care center.
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The building was evacuated safely and everyone was moved to the Brookdale assisted living facility next door, according to Diamondstein.
Amity Road, also knows as Route 63, was closed as more than 60 firefighters from multiple towns battled the blaze. Two firefighters had to be taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation but are expected to recover.
Clean-up crews remained on scene Tuesday morning and fire officials are still working to determine the cause of the fire. It is unclear when the JCC will be able to reopen, but in the meantime leaders say they will work with community parters to relocate their programming to other locations.


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The Storm of Space Rocks: Nothing to Worry About—For Now
Today's Russian meteor and later flyby of a big asteroid are no cause for panic—but they are a cause for vigilance
By Jeffrey Kluger Feb. 15, 2013
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Workers repair a power line which was damaged by a shockwave from a meteor in the Urals city of Chelyabinsk, on Feb.15, 2013.
Alright people, let's move on. Nothing to see here. You know that asteroid of death that whizzed by Earth today at an altitude that's actually below some of our satellites? You know that meteor that exploded in the skies over Russia today, injuring nearly 1,000 people? And you know all that speculation that they're somehow connected—that the Earth has stumbled into some kind of storm-front of space rocks, any one of which will annihilate us eventually? Forget it. The two incidents have absolutely nothing to do with each other, and neither one should cause us all that much worry. Yet.
(VIDEO: TIME Explains: An Asteroid Buzzes the Earth)
It's fair to say that if you live in the city of Chelyabinsk just to the east of Russia's Ural mountains, you don't want to be told that the blast that shook the region on an otherwise brilliantly clear day is nothing to worry about. At 9:20 AM local time, what is thought to have been a 10-ton rock moving 33,000 mph (54,000 k/h) exploded at an altitude of 18 to 32 miles (30 to 50 km), producing a several kiloton blast that damaged at least 270 buildings, sent hundreds of people streaming to hospitals for lacerations from flying glass and other debris and caused 20,000 emergency response workers to be mobilized. So that ain't nothing. And after all the talk about the planet's just-passed close shave with a much larger, 70-ton, 150 ft. (45 m) asteroid, it's no wonder people are skittish.
But as Time reports in this week's edition (available to subscribers here), this is nothing new. Earth has always lived in a cosmic shooting gallery, one that sends about 100 tons of debris plunging into our atmosphere every day. Most of it is no bigger than a pea and burns up long before it hits the ground, but we get at least one basketball-sized object every day too and at least one rock as big as a small car every few months. Much larger pieces come along less frequently—but inevitably.
(MORE: The Committee to Save the Planet: Who Watches the Asteroids?)
With that kind of steady storm from deep space, it's inevitable that a couple of big objects will arrive around the same time or even on the same day. Indeed, it probably happens a lot more than we realize, but we've begun paying only attention recently. It was in 1995 that Congress charged NASA with the job of keeping a constant watch on the skies and cataloguing all of the so-called near-Earth objects (NEOs) in our cosmic neighborhood, particularly the ones that could threaten the Earth. The big asteroid that flew by today, known simply as 2012 DA14, was discovered just last year and would have gone by totally unnoticed if we hadn't been looking for it. The Russian meteor was much smaller and thus harder to detect, and may have approached from the direction of the sun, which can blind telescopes the same way it can partially blind you if you look straight up in the sky trying to follow, say, a plane.
But even if the Chelyabinsk blast was a routine thing—as far as exploding space rocks go, at least—that doesn't mean that asteroid ordnance poses no danger. If 2012 DA14 had plunged through the atmosphere, it would have produced a 2.4 megaton blast, equivalent to 180 Hiroshima bombs. Russia already knew a thing or two about that kind of devastation: in 1908, a 330 ft. (100 m) asteroid exploded over the Tunguska region in the central part of the country, producing a 30 megaton blast—about 1,000 Hiroshimas—and leveling trees across 830 sq. mi. (2,150 sq. km).
(VIDEO: Meteorite Crashes Over Russia)
To defend against this kind of armageddon, NASA and other space agencies are working on ways to deflect incoming asteroids when they're still years away from Earth—a relatively straightforward technology that involves rendezvousing with the objects and firing a heavy impactor into them, something NASA has done before to study comets and asteroids and sample their composition. But drawing-board technology is not the same as actual hardware, and it's imperative that our good ideas are translated into in-the-hangar spacecraft.
The Chelyabinsk meteor and 2012 DA14 were never going to be doomsday objects, but they ought to be wake-up calls. Space is a crazy, crowded, messy place—and like it or not, we live there.
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When wires become entangled they are safety hazards, for both the equipment and the owner. Gardner Bender offers a variety of products for protection and neatness. As the needs of professional electricians change in managing wire and cable, Gardner Bender continues to deliver innovative solutions. Assorted Heat Shrink Tubing kit contains 160, 3-inch tubes in a variety of pre-shrink to post-shrink sizes. Gardner Bender Heat Shrink Tubing provides abrasion and moisture protection for electrical wire and cable. Kit includes: 60 - Size 18-20 AWG 1/16-inch pre to 1/32-inch post tubes, 35 Size 28 - 26 AWG 3/32-inch pre to 3/64-inch post tubes, 25 Size 22-18 AWG 1/8-inch pre - 1/16-inch post tubes, 20 Size 20-12 AWG 3/16-inch pre to 3/32-inch post tubes, 10 size 10-18 AWG 1/4-inch pre to 1/8-inch post tubes and 10 Size 12-4AWG 3/8-inch pre to 3/16-inch post tubes.
CE Wire Markers 1-45 Put this in your pocket! The non-smear black legend ensures high visibility, and the self sticking adhesive is compatible with wire and cable.