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 in react-native. I've been searching a lot for an answer but there is no accurate one yet that solves my issue.
I downloaded the app from here: git repo.
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How to Keep Milk from Spoiling Without Refrigeration
Matt Blitz - TodayIFoundOut.com
For centuries, before refrigeration, an old Russian practice was to drop a frog into a bucket of milk to keep the milk from spoiling. In modern times, many believed that this was nothing more than an old wives' tale. But researchers at Moscow State University, led by organic chemist Dr. Albert Lebedev, have shown that there could be some benefit to doing this, though of course in the end you'll be drinking milk that a frog was in.
Ice boxes first became available to consumers in the early to mid-19th century and, with that, the ice trade became big business. New England and Norway became major purveyors of ice, but anywhere it was cold, ice was a major export. Usually made out of wood with tin or zinc walls and insulation material like sawdust, cork, or straw, ice boxes were popular until they were rendered obsolete by the electrical refrigerator starting around the 1930s.
Jacob Perkins invented the first version of the refrigerator in 1834 when it was discovered that the hazardous compound ammonia, when liquefied, had a cooling effect. But it wasn't until the late 1920s when Freon was developed by General Motors and DuPont as a "nontoxic" cooling agent, and replaced ammonia, that refrigerators for consumers started to gain traction.
Despite the prevalence of ice in parts of Russia, in certain small rural Russian villages many didn't have access to ice boxes, so they had to find ways to keep things cold and unspoiled. A practice developed, that continued into the 20th century, as described by Dr. Lebedev from memories from his childhood,
[For] small portions of milk to drink, they used to put [a] frog inside… A small frog over there could prevent the milk from being spoiled.
This rather curious practice was an inspiration for a study and, then, a discovery that may lead to a significant new source of antibiotics. In 2010, scientists from United Arab Emirates University made an announcement that the secretions from certain frogs' skins have antibacterial and antifungal properties. Using species native to African countries, they studied the compounds coming from the frogs, which are known as antimicrobial peptides and are a string of amino acids.
After isolating these compounds, they began testing them against various bacterial infections. For example, the dreaded "Iraqibacter," a drug-resistant bacterial infection that has been known to hit wounded soldiers in Iraq could (once again, potentially) be fought with a compound found in the skin of a mink frog that are native to North America. Secretions from a foothill four-legged frog may have the potential to fight the well-known resistant MRSA staph skin infection.
In 2012, scientists from Moscow State University decided to take this a step further by breaking down the compounds and studying the individual peptides. In a study entitled "Composition and Antimicrobial Activity of Skin Peptidome of Russian Brown Frogs" published in the Journal of Proteome Research in November 2012, and using Russian brown frogs (which are edible and considered a delicacy), they extracted secretions by applying electrodes.
What came out was a cocktail of 76 different peptides that all had different properties. Michael Zasloff, now a professor at Georgetown University, but formerly a researcher with the National Institutes of Health said in an interview that, "What is amazing is that no two frogs have the same cocktail. They're all different, and all beautifully tuned to deal with the microbes that these animals face."
As promising as the results are so far, many scientists are skeptical of any real benefit coming from them. For instance, Jun O. Liu, a professor of pharmacology at John Hopkins University School of Medicine, stated in reference to other apparent natural occurring "magic antibiotics," "There are natural substances that work in a lab beautifully but then when you give it to a human it's totally inactive or it's toxic."
While this all may or may not ultimately be medicinally helpful for humans, beginning centuries ago certain Russians seem to have been on to something with putting frogs in milk to delay it spoiling. Although, I think we can all agree that putting a frog in one's milk takes a back seat to the other age-old way to store milk without refrigeration- making it into delicious cheese.
If you liked this article, you might also enjoy:
The Odd Eating Habits of Marlon Brando
Why Milk is White
What Causes Lactose Intolerance
What Exactly is Malt?
Honey can be Used for a Variety of Medicinal Purposes
Bonus Facts:
The world frog population is currently dwindling. For example, the United States amphibian population (which includes frogs, toads, salamanders, and newts) has been declining by 3.7 percent per year of late, according to a U.S. Geological Survey released in May 2013. While the study didn't give firm answers to why this happening, the scientists in the report speculated that possible factors could include climate change, disease, and drought.
"Freon" is the trade name used for a group of chemicals known as chlorofluorocarbons, or CFCs. Refrigerators and air conditioners were developed to use these chemicals and were sold as consumer products for the home. Today, of course, it has since been discovered that there are irrefutable links to CFCs, Freon, and the depletion of the Ozone layer.
Matt Blitz writes for the wildly popular interesting fact website TodayIFoundOut.com. To subscribe to Today I Found Out's "Daily Knowledge" newsletter, click here or like them on Facebook here. You can also check 'em out on YouTube here.
This post has been republished with permission from TodayIFoundOut.com. Image by Horatiu Curutiu under Creative Commons license.


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wormmail in the cloud
about internal parasites of livestock (NSW, Australia) in particular, and veterinary science in general
WRML.outlook.fluke snails.haemonchus.ask bill.drought app etc
Outlook from the Outhouse
New DPI Primefact – liver fluke snails
Haemonchus – all you could want to know!
'Ask Bill' – Wellbeing and Productivity (Sheep CRC)
DPI's Drought Feed Calculator app
$151.5m for four CRCs to address key industry issues
West Nile virus in Australia
Buying livestock on Facebook or Gumtree? Be aware of risks
Cats at risk from deadly virus outbreak
How to do CPR – with Vinnie Jones
Worm counts in sheep across NSW are highly variable, probably reflecting the variability of seasonal conditions, even within districts.
On top of this is the issue of anthelmintic resistance. Possibly 5 % of sheep producers across Australia, on average, do regular (more than once or twice a year!) worm egg counting (WEC), including periodic checking of drench efficacy: a WEC on the day of drenching and 14 days later (DrenchCheck). WormBoss of course gives good guidance on all this. Start by checking out 'Your Program' at WormBoss.
What is the one thing that sheep and goat producers could do that would most improve their worm control? I have thought about this over the decades: I reckon regular WECs, e.g., every 4-6 weeks when conditions are good for worms, and out to say 6-8 weeks when things are not so good (sustained cold and/or dry). And, in the Rangelands, a WEC several weeks after good rain(s) producing a green pick.
'What about everything else?', you might say. Grazing management, genetics, nutrition etc!? All important – of course! – but, if I had to pick one thing I would still say, WECing! Once you start regular WECing, this will lead on to everything else. Think about it. (Of course, bedtime reading of WormBoss or other good, digestible info on worms is important as well).
So, we are now in autumn and careering towards early winter. This brings to mind two things: liver fluke, and weaning of calves.
Weaning calves? In many areas, calves are being weaned around now or a bit later. In say the eastern third of NSW, weaners will probably require a weaning drench, for roundworms at least, and maybe liver fluke as well (if on a flukey farm).
What broad spectrum drench should you use? One of the ones that works on your place. The reality is that most people will be making a more or less educated guess on this. Remember that resistance of worms to drenches is now common in cattle. It's not just a sheep and goat thing.
If you don't know for sure, your best bet will be a combination of unrelated broad spectrum actives. Even if you do know what works on your place, such a combination is arguably a good idea (if it works!), given that current resistance theory says it is probably a good idea. Whatever you do, consider doing a DrenchCheck: a WEC at day zero and day 14. What will it cost you in time and money? How valuable will the information be? I think it is a very good investment.
The problem with worms and drench resistance is invisibility. Invisible but costly. If you don't measure it, you can't manage it (as Arthur Le Feuvre would sagely say).
Now to liver fluke. For various reasons, the late autumn-early winter (April/May) fluke drench is considered the most important strategic treatment on 'flukey' farms. And this is the time you should use the most effective fluke drenches, i.e., not just the ones that kill late immature and adult fluke. For sheep, goats and cattle, this means a triclabendazole (TCBZ)-based drench. An added option in cattle is two injectable products based on the unrelated flukicides, nitroxynil and clorsulon. As always, check labels regarding withholding periods and so on.
Resistance to flukicides? Well, some of the first cases of flukicide resistance were found in Australia. (A dubious honour). The first case in the world of resistance to TCBZ, a very important drench that has been used since the 1980s, was found in Victoria in 1995, by Overend and friends. Boray and others found resistance to other flukicides in Australia back in the 1980s, but as late as the 1990s experts were saying resistance to fluke drenches wasn't yet a major problem. About 15 years ago, Dr Joan Lloyd (then with NSW DPI) and I, together with NSW District Veterinarians (with assistance from Novartis), embarked on a 'reconnaissance survey', aiming to check for resistance to TCBZ and closantel on 20 sheep farms across the state. We only got results on 8 properties. On one of these, we found TCBZ-resistance.
It's all changed since then. Various experts across the world are saying flukicide resistance is becoming a common and important problem. Nearer to home field and published reports of resistance seem to be more common as well.
What to do? The first thing is to check the efficacy of fluke drenches when you use them. Do a fluke WEC (different from the WEC for roundworms) on the day of treatment (day zero) and again 21 days later. (Not 14 days, as that is too early for fluke). An alternative test is the 'new' test, the 'faecal fluke antigen ELISA' (also called the 'coproantigen test'), currently available at the CSU Wagga and NSW DPI vet labs. Check with your advisor or the labs regarding availability and cost.
Liver fluke snails – revised DPI Primefact
Here: http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/animals-and-livestock/sheep/health/internal-parasites/liver-fluke-snails Primefact 476 Second Edition Published: Mar 2017.
More than you ever wanted to know about Haemonchus
Haemonchus contortus and Haemonchosis – Past, Present and Future Trends
Adv Parasitol Vol 93 Pages 1-666 2016
Edited by Robin B. Gasser and Georg Von Samson-Himmelstjerna http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/bookseries/0065308X/93/supp/C
More information (on the 14 chapters, and cost per chapter) – see PDF: gasser-r-et-al-haemonchus-contortus-and-haemonchosis-past-present-and-future-trends-2016
But, there is more!:
Invited Review
Haemonchus contortus: the then and now, and where to from here?
David L. Emery, Peter W. Hunt , Leo F. Le Jambre. Int. Journal Parasitol., 2016
From the Sheep CRC (Feb 2017) newsletter (http://www.sheepcrc.org.au/):
"The Wellbeing & Productivity team is nearing the completion date for the first phase of the AskBill app which has the potential to transform the way sheep producers detect and manage animal health and production. AskBill brings together farm data, weather, genetics and industry knowledge in the form of a number of models that predict pasture growth, animal performance, wool production, flystrike, worm infection and weather stress. Interactive simulation models will help producers with 'what-if' questions to help manage feed budgets, determine stocking rates and plan supplementary feeding to achieve production targets.
The second phase of the project will commence in March and concentrate on prediction of lamb growth and wool production. A project with the Bureau of Meteorology is designed to provide weather forecasts at a scale which will be more appropriate for farm-level management decisions. Validation of AskBill will commence during the first half of 2017 with on-farm measurements being used to test and improve the predictive models.
There will be an 'internal' launch of AskBill at the Coffs Harbour Planning Meeting on 22 March 2017."
http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/about-us/media-centre/releases/2017/when-the-going-gets-tough,-the-tough-get-dpis-feed-app
NSW Department of Primary Industries development officer, Geoff Casburn, says the Drought Feed Calculator app is designed for use in the paddock to develop well-informed and cost efficient feed strategies for sheep and cattle. Photo: Bernadette York
http://minister.industry.gov.au/ministers/sinodinos/media-releases/1515m-four-crcs-address-key-industry-issues (7 March 2017)
CRC for High Performance Soils ($39.5m over 10 years) to help farmers bridge the gap between soil science and farm management;
CRC for Honey Bee Products ($7m over 5 years) to help link unique floral hive sites to product quality control processes;
Food Agility CRC ($50m over 10 years) to help develop ways of applying the agile culture and processes of the digital economy along the whole value chain for fresh and processed food;
iMove CRC ($55m over 10 years) to exploit digital and evolving vehicle technologies to enable traffic (travellers and freight operators) to flow more smoothly and efficiently .
New Primefact: http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/animals-and-livestock/horses/health-and-disease/west-nile-virus
West Nile Virus (WNV) is a mosquito borne virus belonging to the genus Flavivirus. A strain of WNV, Kunjin virus (WNVKUN) is endemic in parts of Australia and has been present for many years.
WNV is found across all continents except Antarctica. In Australia, WNVKUN has been infrequently associated with disease in humans. In 2011, there was a large outbreak of neurological disease in horses in South East Australia caused by a variant of the Australian strain WNVKUN.
West Nile virus infection has been confirmed in a horse from the Forbes district in February 2017.
Topics covered by this Primefact include:
Signs of West Nile virus
how to notify West Nile infection in animals
how, when and where the virus spreads
diagnosis of West Nile virus in horses
treatment and prevention of West Nile infection in animals.
http://sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2017/02/08/cats-at-risk-from-deadly-virus-outbreak.html?cid=em_se-mar-2017
"Feline panleukopenia virus, also known as feline enteritis, is a deadly viral infection of cats that was first discovered more than 100 years ago. With the uptake of vaccinations, disease virtually disappeared from Australia in the mid-1970s" (.when I was in practice…:-) 🙂
"The current outbreak seems to be caused by a lack of mass vaccination, especially in shelter-housed cats," Professor Barrs said.
"The disease had previously re-emerged in Melbourne cat shelters a few years ago but despite warnings, cats have not been vaccinated in many shelters because their risk of disease was perceived to be lower than in dogs, when in reality the risk to cats is high.
"When less than 70 per cent of the population is vaccinated, there is a perfect storm for the emergence of a disease epidemic. The current outbreak is a timely reminder that maintaining immunity in populations of animals where effective vaccines are available is essential".
From the NSW Vet Practitioners Board:
https://www.vpb.nsw.gov.au/vpb-problematic-parvoviruses
GUIDELINES FOR THE VACCINATION OF DOGS AND CATS COMPILED BY THE VACCINATION GUIDELINES GROUP (VGG) OF THE WORLD SMALL ANIMAL VETERINARY ASSOCIATION (WSAVA) M. J. Day, M. C. Horzinek, R. D. Schultz and R. A. Squires
The above is very detailed. More than most will want to know!
Here is the Australia Vet Assoc 'position statement' on vaccination: http://www.ava.com.au/policy/66-vaccination-dogs-and-cats
It doesn't provide a detailed schedule, saying this should be worked out between the client and their vet.
Some general principles from the statement:
'Core vaccines should be administered to all animals to protect them against severe, life-threatening diseases that have a global distribution. Dogs: canine distemper virus, canine adenovirus and canine parvovirus. Cats: feline parvovirus, feline calicivirus and feline herpesvirus.'
'Because of maternally derived antibody and the variability in its level and duration between individuals, vaccines should ideally be administered two to three times to puppies and kittens, with timing of the final dose being variable but not earlier than the age of 16 weeks (the suggested age varies with the manufacturer and the vaccine). If cost is an issue and only one vaccine is possible, it should be at the age of 16 weeks or older.'
A booster vaccine should be administered approximately 12 months later.
Read the statement for more info on 'non-core' vaccines, and annual vs triennial boosters.
How to do CPR – Vinnie Jones for British Heart Foundation
https://youtu.be/Li9l0lNo7_Q
(Of course, it's "000" in Aus, not '999')
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e&oe. No conflicts of interest.
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WormFaxNSW – January 2017
The January issue is now up on the web:
http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/about-us/publications/publications/wormfax
Many thanks to the labs at NSW DPI, EMAI (Kathy Cooper et al), and to Veterinary Health Research (now part of Invetus)), Armidale (Amanda Saunders et al) for supplying (every month, over many years), summary data on sheep WormTests around NSW.
NAPfix® is back (we have an OP-based drench again)
Australia has had an organophosphate-based sheep drench for over half a century, with an occasional gap in supply.
Naphthalophos (NAP) ("Rametin" (Bayer)) was one of the early ones.
In the last decade or two, we have had a few choices, e.g. pyraclifos (pyraclifos + albendazole (ABZ); "Colleague"(Coopers)), various brands of NAP in addition to Bayer's "Rametin" ("Combat"(Virbac), and "Pole Vault"), and the NAP-based combination, NAPfix (NAP+abamectin+ABZ (Jurox)). And, for a time "Neguvon" (triclorphon (Bayer)), was available under permit for use in goats to control Haemonchus. (My connection with Neguvon began back in the 'olden days'. In the late 1970s, the typical mix vets in Australia used to drench (stomach tube) horses was Neguvon (for bots), thiabendazole (the new BZ 'wonder' drench ('released in AU mid 1960s, for sheep etc), and piperazine).
OPs had a narrower safety index than many drenches, and so had to be used with care. However, they gave us another option, an active from a different family, and were especially useful when used in combination with unrelated actives. Through the 90s and 'noughties' we particularly hoped that use of OPs would take some pressure off the 'mectins' (macrocyclic lactones).
By 2016, OP-based sheep drenches had become thin on the ground in AU. See here:
https://wormmailinthecloud.wordpress.com/2016/09/29/wrml-2016-09-18-wormfax-products-coming-and-going-most-important-thing-warburg/.
It appeared we would no longer have access to an OP drench unless NAPfix made a comeback, which it has just recently.
NAPfix was first released ~ 2012. See here: https://wormmailinthecloud.wordpress.com/2012/11/05/wrml-napfix-hendra-vaccine-and-a-vets-life/
According to a recent release from Jurox, NAPfix® was 'subject to a voluntary non-urgent recall in 2014 due to issues with the dispersibility of the product'. (For your information a copy of the company's release is attached. Undated; received 2017-02-28).
jurox-napfix-product-re-launch-received-2017-02-28
As always, discuss this information and the role of NAPfix on your property with your adviser.
As to cost, I am guessing the price of NAPfix will be in the same ballpark as other multi-active (triple and quadruple) combinations, but "I have no real visibility around this" ("going forward").
Assume nothing when it comes to any drench product, including those containing the newest (novel) actives (monepantel and derquantel). Regularly monitor the efficacy of all anthelmintics.
It is good that the Australian sheep industry again has access to an organophosphate drench (as well as the other drench groups). Each producer will need to determine if NAPfix can be added to the suite of products effective on their property. At the very least, do a DrenchCheck if using NAPfix (or any product!). This involves a worm egg count (WEC) on or just before the day of drenching, and again 14 days later. More information here. Seriously consider getting larval cultures/differentiations ('wormtype') done as well, even if egg counts at the day 14 WEC are relatively low.
The best is to set up a DrenchTest, where a series of different anthelmintic actives are tested. More information here. You can test individual actives, and work out likely efficacies of multi-active combinations from there. (Use the Wormboss combination-drench-efficacy-calculator). (In the case of NAPfix, it might be hard now to get naphthalophos as a single active product (Rametin), and in the case of Startect, derquantel is not available on its own).
http://www.wormboss.com.au/tests-tools/tests/checking-for-drench-resistance-with-a-drenchcheck.php
http://www.wormboss.com.au/tests-tools/tests/testing-drench-effectiveness-with-a-drenchtest.php
http://www.wormboss.com.au/tests-tools/management-tools/drenches/combination-drench-efficacy-calculator.php
Constantinoiu C photos
Another photo (used with permission) from Dr Constantin Constantinoiu of James Cook University. Qld. In the last WormMail, we had one of an Haemonchus larva which ingested fluorescent bacteria. Great pic! Here is another nice one from CC: Haemonchus on abomasal mucosa. (Please do not use the pic without permission from the owner).
Practical biosecurity hints when bringing home purchased cattle
http://www.beefcentral.com/genetics/practical-biosecurity-hints-when-bringing-home-purchased-cattle/
A good summary/introduction by Dr Pat Kluver. Pat concludes by saying the article does not present an exhaustive list of recommendations, and suggests readers get the biosecurity app: http://www.farmbiosecurity.com.au/farmbiosecurity-app/ ( I am about to check it out). PS. Pat mentions triclabendazole-based flukicides as part of an effective quarantine treatment when fluke might be an issue. Another option in cattle, similarly effective, are the injectable flukicides that contain nitroxynil + clorsulon. (As always, check the label, including withholding periods etc).
Image source: Apple
Wedgies v drones
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-11-17/wedge-tailed-eagles-bring-down-drones-in-goldfields/8033056
My money is on the wedgies.
SL, Armidale 2017-03-01
1. NSW Dept. Primary Industries – Livestock Health Pages
2. WormBoss
3. ParaBoss
4. Flock and Herd case studies (NSW, AU)
Australian Wool Innovation
CRC for Sheep Industry Innovation
Meat and Livestock Australia
SheepConnectNSW
Meat causes diabetes??
the world needs animal agriculture?
Broad spectrum anthelmintic resistance of Haemonchus contortus in Northern NSW of Australia
WormFax – the back story
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Will Adam Levine Have to Eat His Own Words Again?
By Antoinette Bueno 10:07 AM PDT, August 13, 2013
Adam Levine had to do a little backtracking when he released his own celebrity fragrance 222 after previously tweeting, "I also would like to put an official ban on celebrity fragrances. Punishable by death from this point forward," back in 2011, and it looks like he might be headed that way again with this brand-new video previewing his Kmart/Shop Your Way men's clothing and accessories line!
Picking up a gray knit beanie, Levine mocks the style seen on the likes of Zac Efron, Ashton Kutcher and his own pal Jake Gyllenhaal.
Pics: Celebrity Trend Spotting
"You know what a lazy beanie is right? It's like the actor thing," he jokes while making an overly serious face, obviously throwing some shade at the much-maligned trend.
....But does he forget that he wore the very style himself on multipleoccasions?!
But though it's clearly all in good fun, the video does show how heavily involved Levine is behind-the-scenes of his new line, making quick decisions on precise details having to do with his belts, scarves and hats.
"Partnering with Shop Your Way to develop this line was an exciting opportunity for me and I am really looking forward to diving into the process of designing an apparel and accessory collection," the popular Voice mentor said in a statement when the news of his latest endeavor broke in January.
Related: Adam and Nicki Kmart Collections Coming Soon
The exclusive-to-Kmart Adam Levine collection, which includes denim, outerwear and and knits ($14.99 to $69.99) as well as a range of accessories ($9.99 to $16.99) launches online on Sept. 15 (at shopyourway.com), and will hit Kmart stores on Oct. 1.


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On a recent Called to Coach, we spoke with Gallup-Certified Strengths coach Dr. Julie Wechsler.
What's keeping the customer up at night?
This was the beginning of my strengths experience, the president described herself as a strengths-based leader and she wanted to turn things around. We worked hard on building a culture of strengths, started with faculty and staff, then with students. The college success course was a great entry into strengths, also embedded in career services and advisement.
Why go back for the Ph.D.?
I went back for a Ph.D. because of my Input and Learner, I like to be able to justify what I'm talking about and people in that environment expect you to have those degrees. It took 5 years (the MS took 3 years).
Where did you do your strengths training and who were your course leaders?
In Omaha with Al Winseman and Curt Liesveld. I still stay connected with people in my class; it was truly a life-changing experience.
How does someone get started coaching at a community college?
You'll probably need a master's degree, if you want to be an instructor. But you can be a volunteer coach, start with the student services department to get yourself established. Get connections through working with tutoring companies.
What advice would you give coaches who aren't quite where they want to be yet? The opportunity isn't quite there now, so what's next?
We tell coaches to find their niche. You weren't planning on working in wellness but the opportunity presented itself, you were in the midst of it and it happened. How do you measure success in this area to know you're being effective?
What is your timeframe to reach them?
How are you going to use your strengths to get there?
What would it look like for you if had increased your physical wellbeing?
How have you worked the business side rather than staying non-profit?
Why are we not talking more about strengths and wellbeing? What did you take away from Tom Matson's message at the last summit?
What kind of things/programs did you do at the community college? What was helpful? What was the best of what you did?
How did they get so embedded in the organization? What was the magic of that?
What if someone isn't getting the institutional buy-in from the top?
What are some of your lessons learned as a coach?
Gallup has almost unlimited resources to help you, don't overlook them; what are your favorites?
Wellbeing Book – be sure to read it!
This is not about inspiration. This is not about "believing in yourself." This is about identifying and getting clear about your talent -- and then putting it to work.
Dr. Julie Wechsler is the founder of Wellbeing Essentials in Phoenix, Arizona. Her passion is helping people optimize their well-being through the discovery, development and intentional use of their natural strengths.
Julie began her career at IBM, and later worked as an Organizational Development Consultant serving clients in a variety of industries. More recently, she was responsible for the design, implementation and evaluation of strengths and well-being programs for students, faculty and staff at a large Community College in Phoenix, AZ. Julie is an experienced trainer and facilitator, and regularly presents at national conferences on the topics of wellbeing and strengths.
Julie is also a cancer survivor who used her strengths during and after treatment to change her focus from survival to a focus on thriving. Her goal is to help others who are experiencing significant life events to harness their strengths and design a plan that will help them through the transition and into a life of thriving.
Julie's has an Ed.D. in Educational Leadership, a Master's degree in Communication, and a B.A. in Business Administration. In addition to her Gallup Coach Certification, Julie also has earned certifications from the IBM Advanced Business Institute, the Center for Creative Leadership and the College of Executive Coaching.


An example of the Cosmic Dance of Peace sequence.
Step one. Offering oneself in service to the Divine Mother.
Step two. Drawing and creating the greater golden diamond around the body. Based upon the DIAMOND OF THE DOVE the Template of ONENESS.
Step three and beyond. The dance begins. A standing stationary energetic dance, to draw down through your body's central pillar of light, large quantities of Divine Light into Pachamama or Gaia.
Step four. Sending the energy across the planet from the heart chakra.
Step five. Connecting to Thoth and the Earth crystals to sing the sounds of Light.


Leidos is seeking an applications developer to join cloud migration team. The team will migrate critical applications from on premise environment to cloud environment. This position is located in the Northern Virginia area and requires an active TS/SCI with Polygraph in order to be considered.
The team will be developing the migration of applications to include several other small applications also to be migrated to the cloud. This individual will work as part of a team working with existing resources to provide development and migration support to build/enhance features in an Agile work environment. This team will work within an AWS environment using Agile methodologies. They will also be lead and receive support from an existing members. The team may share responsibility for troubleshooting issues with the application and may be required to provide Tier 3 support during nights/weekends.
- Requires BS degree and 12 - 15 years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 10 - 13 years of prior relevant experience. May possess a Doctorate in technical domain.
Thanks for applying for the position of Applications Developer TS/SCI with Polygraph with Leidos through Dice.


Who will save me? While I've said I believe us to be cynical about a coming golden age, I believe there is a general view that we are in need of saving. What or who will save us? Will it be a political system? We've seen their failure. Will it be science or technology? I don't know but it doesn't seem to be happening. It's interesting that when we create fiction about a future world where we have created machines imbued with artificial intelligence, they inevitably end up wanting to kill us (perhaps exhibiting the worst parts of our own intelligence?).
In the midst of this, the Teacher invites us to live with a decentred conception of ourselves. Questioning "What does it all mean?" of life necessarily leads to introspection. It doesn't end there though for the Teacher. It's been said of Augustine that his "ultimate conception of his self…is…radically decentred, since at the core of his being he finds not himself but another, the Other, the Triune God, his Creator…Augustine journeys inward not to discover some foundational certainty in himself but as the beginning of a journey outward. His introspection turns into the most radical kind of extraspection…" I know this is heavy for a Victoria Day Weekend but stay with me and we'll see what God has to say to our hearts.
For God is in heaven, and you upon earth. Our Father in heaven. This is a reminder to us. God is not someone to be used for our own ends. I cringe when I hear a politician invoking God's help in enacting their party's agenda. The Teacher is reminding us that we mustn't put our own agendas on God. Fulfill what you vow. It is better that you should not vow than that you should vow and not fulfill it. To make a vow can be a way of trying to get God to do something for us can't it? Not always but it can. If you do this God, then I will do this. The story is told of a man who was going to church downtown (not ours as we have capacious parking) and couldn't find a parking spot on the street. He prayed "Lord if you find me a parking spot I'll go to church every Sunday for the rest of my life." Turning a corner he saw a parallel space open up on the right. "Never mind, God, I found one," he said.
Never be rash with your mouth. Don't think that a profusion of words will help you get your way, or make people think you're more holy or whatever. Let your words be few. Remember that God is in heaven and we are on earth. "Hang on," you say, "Doesn't God live in us?" of course the Holy Spirit lives in the heart of the Christian. I was asking God to come live in my heart as long as I can remember. I used to picture Jesus sitting on a three legged stool in there for some reason. Of course God lives in us. He doesn't only live in us though. It means that there's something beyond the strictly personal in our following of Christ. There's something mysterious and ineffable and words ultimately fail. Wisdom and teaching ultimately come up lacking. We must never make our relationship with Christ a strictly personal thing. This can lead us to come up with some kind of outlandish idea (has this ever happened to you or someone you know) for some kind of plan and the person says "God told me I had to do this!" How do you argue with that right? We mustn't ever restrict our relationship with God to the personal – we do this Christ-following life together after all.
Is that all there is? What do we choose? What is life for us? What is life for the Teacher?
The one through whom we may know joy in the midst of all the vapour. V 20 "For they will scarcely brood (literally call to mind) over the days of their lives" – whether it's nostalgia for the past or concern over an uncertain future – "because God has occupied them with the joy of their hearts." The joy that is to be found in table fellowship – not eating in darkness and vexation and sickness and resentment – and even in toil. To recognize each moment as a gift from God. To recognize the gift of Christ. The decision point. The one who is wholly other. The one who is with us always. This is not something for us to figure out. It's something for us to live in. This is not to try and convince us of anything or resolve all our questions – we see in a mirror dimly after all. It's to invite us to make a decision about where we choose to find life. The invitation is before us every day. We don't have everything figured out. This note of hebel rings throughout our lives. I can't tell you everything. As someone has put it though – "I can only tell you that he is, and that he's waiting for you." Choose life yes. I choose life in Christ. May this be true for all of us.


Grand Rapids, MI/Phoenix, AZ – Service Express, a leading Third-Party Maintenance (TPM) provider headquartered in Michigan opened their newest service office in Phoenix, Arizona on September 26, 2017. Specializing in post-warranty server, storage and networking support, Service Express offers cost-effective and customer-focused data center solutions for a wide variety of industries. Service Express has established coverage in the area, but this opening marks its first local office in Arizona.
Service Express' growth has been propelled by both organic expansion (opening 2-3 new offices per year) and the acquisition of TPM providers in Pittsburgh and NYC. Double-digit revenue growth year over year is also driven by employee achievement which is supported by the company's unique Vision to "work with employees to help them achieve their personal, professional and financial goals." Service Express has been recognized for their unique, employee-focused corporate culture through awards such as Forbes' America's Best Small Companies, 101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work for in the Nation, Entrepreneur's Top 25 Best Midsize Company Cultures, and Great Place to Work®/Fortune Magazine's Top 20 Best Workplaces for Consulting & Professional Services.
The new office is located at 4001 E. Broadway Rd. Suite B-19,Phoenix AZ 85040.


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El Castell de Cornellà, també conegut popularment com el Castell del Borni, és una obra del municipi de Cornellà de Llobregat (Baix Llobregat) declarada bé cultural d'interès nacional. Aquest castell és un dels edificis emblemàtics de la ciutat de Cornellà de Llobregat, documentat des de 1204, tot i que probablement hi havia hagut un edifici més antic al mateix indret.

Descripció
El castell, fet de carreus de pedra ben i units per morter d'argamassa, organitza les seves dependències entorn d'un pati quadrat. Hi ha torres quadrades als angles, que sobresurten per damunt de la fàbrica de l'edifici, de dues plantes. Segons dibuixos de l'arquitecte R. Puig i Gairalt, a la planta hi ha el celler i la capella, i al pis superior diverses cambres i salons. De les façanes cal destacar diversos finestrals gòtics geminats típics del gòtic refinat del . Al pati inferior hi ha finestres tapiades.

Finestra gòtica:

Una de les finestres geminades que es conserven al castell. D'estil gòtic avançat, corresponent al . Està formada de carreus ben tallats de pedra seca. Cada brancal està fet de tres peces sobre una base d'una sola pedra i coronada per dues pedres treballades formant arquets ogivals trilobats. Les pedres que formen els arcs descansen sobre els brancals i sobre una petita columneta fina amb capitell facetat cúbic amb la part inferior cònica. El capitell és el típic estilitzat gòtic que imita sintèticament el model corinti clàssic, amb roseta, collarí i fulles d'acant. És un capitell habitual de l'arquitectura gòtica catalana del . Alguns elements, com la columneta i la llinda dreta superior semblen posteriors, fruit d'una restauració mimètica moderna.

Història
Es tracta d'un castell termenat. Documentat el 1067. És un gran casal d'estil gòtic, situat a l'actual barri Centre de Cornellà, construït i reformat en diverses èpoques. Està situat estratègicament a dalt d'un petit turó des del qual s'albira el delta del Llobregat i el tram final d'aquest riu, de Sant Boi a l'altra ribera.

La primera data segura del castell és de l'any 1308, quan pertanyia a Berenguer de Mallol. En aquesta data el castell tenia una capella dedicada a Sant Antoni. Segons l'historiador Bonaventura Pedemonte, el 1467 el castell fou confiscat a Joan de Ribes i cedit a Manaud del Guerri, partidari de Renat d'Anjou i capità seu al Llobregat. Sembla que fou en aquesta època que el castell sofrí danys per mor de la guerra civil catalana i que fou parcialment restaurat a finals del . Durant les centúries posteriors, el castell va pertànyer a diferents cases nobles catalanes, fins que l'any 1889 fou la seu del recent creat marquès de Cornellà, títol que recaigué en el jurista i polític Melcior Ferrer i de Bruguera.

Les excavacions arqueològiques realitzades a Cornellà indiquen que va existir un poblament continuat a la ciutat entre l'època romana i l'edat mitjana, situat a la zona entre l'església de Santa Maria i el castell.

En la documentació dels segles XI - XII hi consta una torre defensiva "in locum Cornelianus", sense especificar la ubicació precisa. L'estructura que es conserva actualment té el seu origen a finals del  i principis del XIV, com a centre d'una àmplia propietat, de la que els primers titulars van ser possiblement la família Cornellà, anomenada també Castellvell.

El castell és de planta quadrada, entorn d'un pati central, amb una torre a cada extrem. És construït amb pedra natural, a la base i a les torres, i terra pastada (tàpia), a la resta.

L'any 1992 el castell va ser adquirit per l'Ajuntament de Cornellà de Llobregat i tot seguit van començar les obres de rehabilitació i recuperació de l'edifici, acabades l'any 2000.

Des del 5 de maig del 2000, acabada la reconstrucció del castell, la primera i segona planta de l'edifici acullen l'Arxiu Històric Municipal de Cornellà. A la planta baixa s'hi pot visitar la sala d'exposicions, mentre que el pati és utilitzat per a diverses activitats: concerts, conferències, presentacions públiques...

Referències

Bibliografia

Enllaços externs

 Arxiu Històric Municipal de Cornellà , situat al castell
 Castell de Cornella al blog de Castells Catalans
 Fotografies del Castell de Cornellà a CastellsCatalans

Edificis de Cornellà de Llobregat
Cornella
Monuments històrics del Baix Llobregat
Patrimoni monumental de Cornellà de Llobregat


Is Zulily's recent rise meaningful? Or just another movement?
So what: The massive drops in February and May came as zulily fell short of analysts' respective expectations with its fiscal fourth-quarter 2014 and first-quarter 2015 reports. With the latter, however, zulily hinted at strength to come given the launch of its redesigned website, which featured a more responsive design aimed at enhancing a shopper's experience across all platforms.
What's more, zulily CEO Darrel Cavens noted that, while customers acquired from product- and event-specific marketing drove higher initial purchases, they also resulted in lower lifetime values and higher customer churn. As a result, zulily decided to prudently slow marketing, and retool its processes with long-term returns on investment in mind.
That long-term focus began to yield fruit in zulily's most-recent quarter, where it handily beat Wall Street's expectations on both revenue (up 4% year over year, to $297.6 million), and adjusted net income (down by a third, to $0.06 per share). More specifically, according to Cavens, that outperformance could be chalked up to a combination of cost management, progress in marketing strategy, and the result of prior investments aimed at improving zulily's supply chain.
On Aug. 17, however, the biggest jump came after Liberty Interactive announced a definitive agreement to acquire Zulily for roughly $2.4 billion.
Now what: Under the deal -- which is expected to close in the fourth quarter -- Zulily will join QVC Group "to create a discovery-driven and experiential digital commerce powerhouse with appeal that spans generations of women." The two brands enjoy largely complementary customer bases, and will represent a combined business with annual revenue of over $10 billion.
In the end, it was relatively unsurprising investors were willing to give the promising retailer a second chance after its solid fiscal second-quarter results. But I still would have preferred continuing to watch Zulily's progress from the sidelines had the QVC deal not been announced. With shares of Zulily currently trading at only a slight discount to its acquisition price, I think investors would do well to put last month's quick profits to work elsewhere.


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28 May 2020 | Trade Marks
Use of trademarks for reseller websites
It is settled case law that the use of a trademark in a domain name can constitute a "use as a trademark". The Federal Court of Justice has now further defined the legal constraints for a use of such domain names by (re)sellers and thereby strengthened the rights of owners of well-known trademarks.
It is well established that the use of a trademark in a domain name that refers to a website offering goods or services covered by the trademark generally constitutes a trademark infringement.
It has, however, been a matter of dispute whether and to what extent sellers or resellers of branded goods are entitled to use domain names containing the trademark for their websites and online shops. The German Federal Supreme Court has now defined the criteria for the admissibility of such use in relation to well-known trademarks in more detail, thereby strengthening the rights of the owners of well-known trademarks (BGH, judgement of June 28, 2018 - I ZR 236/16 - keine-vorwerk-vertretung).
In the case in question, the proprietor of an online shop for used Vorwerk vacuum cleaners as well as spare parts and accessories for Vorwerk products from various manufacturers had operated an online shop under the domain name keine-vorwerk-vertretung.de. The owner of the well-known trademark Vorwerk took action against this practice based on an alleged trademark infringement. The operator of the online shop referred in the first place to the fact that he was entitled to use the trademark pursuant to the exemption in Section 23 Para. 1 No. 3 German Trade Mark Act, since he used the trademark for the purpose of identifying the goods offered on the website as those of the owner of the trademark or as an indication of the intended purpose of the goods as accessories or spare parts for Vorwerk products. Furthermore, he argued that his right to use the trademark in the domain name followed from Section 24 German Trade Mark Act as the trademark rights of the trademark owner had been exhausted with regard to the used goods offered on the website.
The Federal Court of Justice followed the online shop operator's line of argument to the extent that it confirmed that the use of a well-known trademark in the domain name of a reseller who – in addition to the trademarked goods – also sells compatible products of other manufacturers, represents an indication of the intended purpose of the goods within the meaning of Section 23 No. 3 German Trade Mark Act. At the same time, however, the court found that there were more adequate alternatives available for the reseller to indicate the compatibility of his products. The use of the trademark in the domain name was furthermore found to be contrary to moral standards because it also serves to draw the attention of potential customers to the range of goods offered under the domain. The trademark was thus used in the domain name for advertising purposes exceeding the incidental advertising effect associated with the necessary indication of the intended use of the products. Accordingly, the use in question was not found to be privileged pursuant to Section 23 para. 2 German Trade Mark Act and constitutes a trademark infringement.
Since the court of appeal had not provided sufficient reasoning in relation to the possible exhaustion of the plaintiff's rights in the trademark, the case was referred back to the lower instance court. The Federal Court of Justice, however, inidcated that by using a well-known trademark in a domain name, the reseller illegitimately exploits the advertising effect resulting from the trademark's reputation for promoting his online shop. The owner of the well-known trademark is thus entitled to prohibit the use of the trademark notwithstanding the principle of exhaustion.
Even though the judgment concerns a well-known trademark, it contains general considerations defining legal limitations to the use of trademarks in domain names. According to the considerations of the Federal Court of Justice, the use of a trademark as part of a domain name is more than a mere indication of the compatibility of one's own products with the trademarked goods. Rather, it has a considerable advertising effect which surpasses the usual advertising effect associated with the necessary indication of the intended use. Though it remains to be seen how this decision will be received by the lower instance courts, resellers will probably find it more difficult in the future to justify the use of a trademark as part of the domain name without a prior permission by the trademark owner.
Sebastian Engels
Attorney at Law (Germany) in Berlin
More articles in this issue
New administrative invalidation proceedings in German trademark law as of May 2020
International jurisdiction for infringement of an EU trade mark by advertising on the Internet
Back to the higher threshold? - The CJEU decision Cofemel
Federal Court of Justice Redefines the Requirements for an Injunction in SEP Litigation in its Decision Sisvel ./. Haier (KZR 36/17)
Additional defence options for patent infringers and faster nullity proceedings
Three-year statutory limitation period in patent ownership disputes
The decision of the German Constitutional Court on the Unitary Patent Court
It's only human …
Employee Inventions
Patent Valuation
Patents and Utility Models


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Difference Between Executive and Non-Executive Directors
By Sally Yang
Home » Legal Resources » Articles » Corporate Articles » Difference Between Executive and Non-Executive Directors
Many people use the term 'director' in a flexible manner across industries and roles. However, an individual who has been appointed a director of a company is responsible for overseeing the company's affairs. Likewise, they have various responsibilities and obligations under the Corporations Act 2001. This article will outline the differences between an executive, non-executive and independent director. It will also discuss the director appointment process and the concept of shadow directors.
Directors' Duties Complete Guide
If you are a company director, complying with directors' duties are core to adhering to corporate governance laws.
This guide will help you understand the directors' duties that apply to you within the Australian corporate law framework.
Role of Executive Director
Typically, an executive director is an individual who involves themselves in the day-to-day operations and decision-making processes of the business. Likewise, they will typically be an employee of the company, for example, a Managing Director or a Chief Executive Officer. Executive directors are usually paid a salary. Also, an employment agreement will outline their duties and responsibilities to the company (in addition to their role as director).
Role of Non-Executive Director
A non-executive director is not usually involved in the day to day operations of the business. They will also not be as familiar with the finer details of the business operations. However, non-executive directors usually bring added value by having thorough C-suite experience in running businesses and being familiar with corporate governance requirements. The additional perceived benefit of non-executive directors is their independence and objectivity when making decisions. Of course, this is because they are not as involved in the company's everyday activities.
Additionally, non-executive directors will usually be paid a fee for attending weekly/monthly/quarterly board meetings. Also, the company's corporate governance charter or a non-executive director's letter of appointment will outline their responsibilities.
Role of an Independent Director
Further, an independent director is a non-executive director that:
has no material relationship with the company;
is not a shareholder of the company; and
is free of any business or any relationships that could prevent the independent exercise of their judgment.
The role of an independent director is typically more relevant to listed or larger scale companies. Depending on each listing body, there are specific requirements around the required inclusion of independent directors on a board of directors.
For example, the Australian Stock Exchange listing rules recommend that the majority of the board of directors consist of independent directors.
Director Appointment Process
The company constitution or shareholders agreement will usually outline the process for appointing a director. If the company has no constitution or shareholders agreement in place, the replaceable rules set out in the Corporations Act will automatically apply.
Typically, a director appointment will involve the following steps:
the individual signs and returns a director consent form (and or any other document outlining the terms of their engagement);
board resolution is signed approving the appointment;
the company's director register is updated; and
ASIC is notified of the appointment within 28 days.
Number of Directors
Notably, there are rules around the number of directors your company can have.
Type of Company Number of Directors
Private Company 1 (at least 1 of which must ordinarily live in Australia)
Private Company (undergone crowd-sourced funding) 2 (at least 1 of which must ordinarily live in Australia)
Unlisted Public Company 3 (2 of which must ordinarily live in Australia)
Listed Public Company 3 (2 of which must ordinarily live in Australia)
Director ID Requirements
Additionally, from 1 November 2021, new Director ID requirements will apply. A director ID is a 15-digit identifier that all directors receive (or someone who intends to become a director) after they verify their identity with the Australian Business Registry Services.
All company directors require this ID, regardless of the type of director.
Shadow Director
Further, a shadow director is an individual who has not been formally appointed as a director but has the control and power that a director typically holds. If a court determines an individual to be acting as a shadow director, they will also be subject to the directors duties set out in the Corporations Act.
All directors (regardless of their type) have the same director duty obligations imposed by the Corporations Act. Importantly, the role and responsibilities a director plays in their company will determine the specific type of director they are. Indeed, the key factors will be the level of independence and involvement they have with the company.
Likewise, an individual can be a (shadow) director even if there have been no formal discussions around their role. A court will determine this by the level of control and involvement they have in the business' decision-making processes.
If you need help with appointing or engaging a director, our experienced business lawyers can assist as part of our LegalVision membership. For a low monthly fee, you will have unlimited access to lawyers to answer your questions and draft and review your documents. Call us today on 1300 544 755 or visit our membership page.
What is an executive director?
An executive director is an individual who involves themselves in the day-to-day operations and decision-making processes of the business. They are typically an employee of the company, like a Managing Director or Chief Executive Officer.
What is a non-executive director?
A non-executive director is not usually involved in the day to day operations of the business. They will also not be as familiar with the finer details of the business operations.
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Returning April 5th - Shades of Death
Re-releasing April 5th, 2013
Publisher: XoXo Publishing
Click HERE to read the complete first chapter
Death has many shades and shapes... Deep within the ageless Carpathian Mountains, an ancient evil wakes. Imprisoned many centuries ago, the creature has waited, patiently, for the one destined to grant her freedom. Arienne Lereaux has studied the preternatural menace called "vampyre" for most of her life. She is an expert in the field. Loosely affiliated with a secretive organization called The Institute of Paranormal Research and Investigation, she turns to them when she unearths what may be the first representation of the vampyre ever to exist.
The enigmatic and attractive Head of the Institute, Adam Raven, has spent a lifetime tracking the clues left by his mother's disappearance in the mountains of Romania nearly twenty years past. When Arienne arrives at the secluded island headquarters of the Institute, he wonders if she holds the key to finding his lost mother. But before too many days pass, the city of Vancouver is rocked by a series of grisly murders. As it races to find the culprit, the Institute faces an evil unlike any it has encountered before...
In the middle of their hunt, another branch of their network is making a scientific breakthrough in genetically heightened telepathy. The team responsible may soon hold a weapon that will have world powers at their door—until their lead scientist vanishes after leaving Toronto to consult Raven and his people. Ancient myth is suddenly not myth, and evil may take many guises before the Institute can restore the delicate balance that was destroyed the night Arienne stumbled into a remote castle in the mountains half a world away…
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"It's incredible," Adam breathed as he ran a reverent hand across the ancient tome.
"It's supposed to contain the history of vampyres, in all their guises and species," Arienne informed him, her gaze vaguely uneasy as she stared at the aged hide bindings of the book. Drawing in a deep draught of air, she steeled herself for the shock that always accompanied opening the ancient volume. Her fingers shook imperceptibly as she raised the cover and placed it back against the smooth surface of the conference table.
A sharp, piercing pain lanced her chest and she clenched her teeth while she waited for it to lessen into something bearable. Adam's hand on her arm made her flinch, a response she softened an instant later when she smiled and nodded reassurance.
"There is a strong spirit within the book," she whispered, unaware of the lilting rasp of her voice. "It strikes, almost physically, each time I open these pages."
Adam nodded, then smoothed his fingers over the yellowed parchment. The Raven family signet ring that adorned his left hand glowed for a split-second, creating a flare of fleeting fire. Arienne's dark eyes widened, but she said nothing.
"The language is a mystery," Arienne murmured. "I have been attempting a translation for months." She touched his hand, her fingers a bare breath of contact on his flesh when she traced warm skin and the veins that pulsed beneath its surface. "I want your help, Adam," she stated. "To translate the book."
Adam smiled and lifted her fingers to his lips, the kiss a whisper of touch.
"Derek Knight is the our master of cryptography," he told her. "We should see if he can be lured from the S.I.G.H.T. project long enough to offer his expertise."
Arienne's eyebrows rose in surprise. "S.I.G.H.T.?"
"I'll show you the basics of the prospectus later," he promised. "In the meantime, I'd be happy to help," he assured her. "But, I do feel Derek's talents would be of more use to you."
"Do you think we'll find what I've been looking for, Adam?" she enquired, her tone layered with a multitude of resonances.
"We may find things that answer questions we've not yet thought to ask," he surmised. "Especially if this book is what you believe it to be."
"Professor Knight's help would be welcome," she smiled, then walked to the window.
Adam left the room, and she smiled. Again, the blaze of red fire sparked back from her reflection, and the voice that murmured into the silence was not Arienne's.
"Find the good Professor... bring him to me..."
The dampness in the night air gave it a texture that clung to the couple who walked hand in hand along a shadowy, misty path. Stanley Park was usually filled with people, but the inclement weather was dissuading all but the most intrepid health-nuts; and those looking for a place to meet. A place that enhanced the rendezvous with the thrill of illicitness. Possible discovery was an erotic lure to many...
Whispers passed between the two people who flitted through the lugubrious gloom, headed toward a secluded sanctuary deep within the confines of the park.
A spirit trailed them... Hungry... Eager...
The woman laughed softly, tone seductive and enticing. She held out her hands and her smile invited. The man grinned, stepped into her embrace.
"Cecilia," he murmured quietly, once they were safely hidden in the darkness of the gloom. He kissed her, long and intimately, enjoying her enthusiastic response. She encouraged his caresses, guided his willing hands over her curves.
Confusion colored her breathless voice, and her eyes glazed as she sought the source of a sudden, inexplicable terror. The moment passed in the space of heartbeats, and the phantom that trailed them drew near.
Over Jason's shoulder, Cecilia smiled, expression tainted with macabre pleasure.
He sputtered once... without seeing the distortion of the face of his would-be lover. He died, twisted into her grasp as her form merged with his.
Long minutes later, she dropped the lifeless husk of his body and leaned back against the side of the building. Her breathing was ragged, still rough with excitement. She laughed, and ran.
The nearby woods acted as shelter, then witness to the second destruction...
Coming Soon in PRINT
Grow up or go away
Today was not one of the stellar days in my world, in business terms a lot was going on that should never happen in a solid publishing house. Much has been said, and many egos have been bruised by harsh truths and realities. I've decided to take this to my personal space, not continue attempting to speak on the business list of the publisher in question. At the end of the day, a few voices have entered the crazy to return things to a reality most professional authors recognize and respect.
This is not an easy business we are in. In the midst of literally thousands of authors in countless publishing houses, we are each seeking to be heard and noticed. Ego is misplaced to think you are anything "special" to have a published book to your credit. That part these days is the easiest part of the business. The real work is the dedication and time that is required to build presence, brand, and reputation. There is no magic trick that makes you better than your peers except honest talent. Some people are born to tell stories, others have to tear them from their minds piece by piece. There are no right ways or wrong ways to do the writing. There IS a wrong way to conduct yourself afterward.
Many of the experienced authors who are at mid-level success are getting more and more exasperated and frustrated with the new generation of people coming into this business. Not because of the competition, but because of the general disdain and lack of class or manners that comes with the new breed of author. Public image is a hugely important thing in a public presence job. Those little hissy fits you throw, they tarnish your credibility. The artist you are rude and arrogant with–people hear about that. Readers don't warm to anyone who abuses their peers, and you'd have to write something Pulitzer worthy to undo the damage your misplaced ego will do to you if you can't learn a little humility.
A publishing house has the right to expect you to work for your mutual success. They invest time, resources, and money in every book they publish. To let that book sit on a website while you twiddle away your time on Facebook playing games is not only detrimental to your sales, it's highly unprofessional and shows a complete disregard for the trust your publisher has placed in you. Respect is earned, and if this is your attitude, you will get precious little from any publisher you are privileged to work with again, now or in future.
I don't intend for this to become a rant, so I'm going to close it with an observation that might bear consideration for more than a tenth of a second. The day you accept responsibility for your failures as well as your successes, you just MIGHT begin to be a writer with a future. Until then, you would be better served to take your toys and find a play group with a nice sandbox where you can all bitch about how nasty the real writers are to you. None of us are threatened by your brilliant talent, but I know I can speak for many when I tell you this–we ARE damned tired of your excuses, your abuse of this professional, and your self-absorbed grandiose perceptions of your importance.
Grow up or go away. It really is that simple.
Oddities & entities BLOG Tour
Roland Allnach has been writing since his early teens, first as a hobby, but as the years passed, more as a serious creative pursuit. He is an avid reader, with his main interests residing in history, mythology, and literary classics, along with some fantasy and science fiction in his earlier years. Although his college years were focused on a technical education, he always fostered his interest in literature, and has sought to fill every gap on his bookshelves.
By nature a do-it-yourself type of personality, his creative inclinations started with art and evolved to the written word. The process of creativity is a source of fascination for him, and the notion of bringing something to being that would not exist without personal effort and commitment serves not only as inspiration but as fulfillment as well. So whether it is writing, woodwork, or landscaping, his hands and mind are not often at rest.
Over the years he accumulated a dust laden catalog of his written works, with his reading audience limited to family and friends. After deciding to approach his writing as a profession, and not a hobby, the first glimmers of success came along. Since making the decision to move forward, he has secured publication for a number of short stories, has received a nomination for inclusion in the Pushcart Anthology, built his own website, and in November 2010 realized publication for an anthology of three novellas, titled Remnant, from All Things That Matter Press. Remnant has gone on to favorable critical review and placed as Finalist/Sci-fi, 2011 National Indie Excellence Awards; Bronze Medalist, Sci-Fi, 2012 Readers Favorite Book of the Year Awards; and Award Winner-Finalist, Sci-Fi, 2012 USA Book News Best Book Awards. Roland's second publication, Oddities & Entities, also from All Things That Matter Press, followed in March 2012. It, too, has received favorable critical review, and is the recipient of four awards: Bronze Medalist, Horror, and Finalist, Paranormal, 2012 Readers Favorite Book of the Year Awards; Award Winner-Finalist, Fiction/Horror and Fiction/Anthologies, 2012 USA Book News Best Book Awards.
His writing can best be described as depicting strange people involved in perhaps stranger situations. He is not devoted to any one genre of writing. Instead, he prefers to let his stories follow their own path. Classification can follow after the fact, but if one is looking for labels, one would find his stories in several categories. Sometimes speculative, other times supernatural, at times horror, with journeys into mainstream fiction, and even some humor- or perhaps the bizarre. Despite the category, he aims to depict characters as real on the page as they are in his head, with prose of literary quality. His literary inspirations are as eclectic as his written works- from Poe to Kate Chopin, from Homer to Tolkien, from Flaubert to William Gibson, from Shakespeare to Tolstoy, as long as a piece is true to itself, he is willing to go along for the ride. He hopes to bring the same to his own fiction.
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'Oddities & Entities' is a surreal, provocative anthology of six tales within the supernatural/ paranormal/horror genres, exploring a definition of life beyond the fragile vessel of the human body. The stories are: 'Boneview', in which a young woman struggles to balance her ability to see through people with the presence of a supernatural creature in her life; 'Shift/Change', in which a hospital worker struggles to regain his memory as he is confronted by a series of desperate people; 'My Other Me', in which a lonely college student finds himself displaced from his body by his alter ego; 'Gray', in which a frustrated man is stunned to discover a little creature has been living in his head; 'Elmer Phelps', in which a brother and sister find themselves linked in a strange reality by a bat bite in their youth; and lastly, 'Appendage', in which a cynical mercenary is hired by his son to protect a research lab on the verge of a stunning discovery.
Praise for Oddities & Entities:
"Oddities & Entities" by Roland Allnach, categorized as horror fiction, is unlike any other horror fiction I have ever encountered. The book is comprised of six stories, each of which is written a cut above the norm. There are no recognizable monsters in these stories, no sophomoric zombies, no evil ancient vampires, and none of the standard fare I have become accustomed to in the horror genre. I do like the usual run of the horror genre, but this book is written with thoughtful intelligence, for an intelligent adult reader. I do not mean to imply sexual situations or coarse language. What I mean is, any intelligent reader, capable of deep thought, will find this book irresistible. The six individual stories are as unlike as any six stories can be, yet each one is so sufficiently well-written that, if sold as individual short stories, I wouldn't hesitate to award 5 stars to each of them.
To say I like this book is a crass understatement. Each story drew me in and evoked my empathy for various characters. These stories forced me to actually think beyond what I was reading. Each premise was unique, at least in my experience; I have never encountered any other stories that even approach the situations these present with authority and authenticity. If I could boil down my perception of this book into a single word, that word would be WOW! Roland Allnach's first anthology, "Remnant", which I have also read, was placed as a finalist in the Science Fiction category in the 2011 National Indie Excellence Awards. I absolutely expect "Oddities & Entities" to follow suit. If you read only one book this year, make it this one. Be prepared to have your comfort zone challenged.
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Book Blast: Dylan's Song
DYLAN'S SONG
p.m. terrell
Dylan Maguire returns to his native Ireland with psychic spy Vicki Boyd. Their mission: to locate and extract a CIA Agent who disappeared in Dublin while on the trail of a known terrorist. But when Dylan receives word that his grandmother is dying, he is plunged into a past he thought he'd left behind forever. His mission and the dark secrets he'd sought to keep hidden begin to merge into an underworld that could cost him his life. He must now confront his past demons and the real reason he left Ireland—while Vicki harbors a secret of her own.
Suspense Magazine says, "p.m.terrell's writing is powerfully written and masterfully suspenseful; you have to hang on for the ride of your life." Midwest Book Review says the Black Swamp Mysteries series is "page-turning action, unforgettable characters, breathtaking descriptions and unexpected plot twists." And syndicated reviewer Marcia Freespirit says the series is "riveting, spell-binding, sexy and intense!"
The bogs were no place to be during the witching hour.
Dylan had grown up with stories of the bogs at night. The ground percolated; it lived and it breathed. There had been many a time when he was harvesting peat in broad daylight that he'd heard a whisper at his ear or felt hot breath on his neck, only to find there was no one near. Now as he rode his horse in silence, he felt that presence tenfold; there were eyes watching them. The intermittent tuffs of heather swayed in the growing storm and he found himself watching them with narrowed eyes, waiting for the plants to morph into sinister creatures that claimed this land after the sun went down.
He knew there was a simple reason why animals were required in lieu of an all-terrain vehicle and he was glad Sam had taken this unique land into consideration when planning the mission. He could feel the hooves beneath him sinking into the spongy earth; a wheeled vehicle wouldn't have stood a chance, especially as they ventured from the area farmed for its peat to one far less stable.
A mist began; a slow, fine spray that he knew well. One moment the air was still and dry and the next, as though they'd passed through a curtain, the air swirled around them, the moist haze further inhibiting their ability to see. It was said many a man lost his internal compass in the Irish mist; it taunted as it grew into monstrous shapes, turning the landscape into something foreign and active.
p.m.terrell is the award-winning, internationally acclaimed author of more than 16 books. Vicki's Key, one of the first books in the Black Swamp Mysteries series, was one of five finalists in the 2012 International Book Awards (Mystery/Suspense) and 2012 USA Best Book Awards (Mystery/Suspense.) River Passage, an historical work based on her ancestor's migration to Fort Nashborough in 1779-1780, won the 2010 Best Fiction & Drama Award. The Nashville (TN) Metropolitan Government Archives determined it to be so historically accurate that they entered the original manuscript into their Archives for future researchers and historians.
Prior to becoming a full-time author in 2002, terrell founded and operated two computer companies in the Washington, DC area. Her clients included the United States Secret Service, CIA, Department of Defense and federal and local law enforcement. Her specialty is in the areas of computer crime and computer intelligence. Her experience in these areas have greatly influenced her books' plots.
She is the co-founder of The Book 'Em Foundation, whose slogan is "Buy a Book and Stop a Crook" and whose mission is to raise awareness of the link between high crime rates and high illiteracy rates. She founded Book 'Em North Carolina Writers Conference and Book Fair, an annual event to raise money to increase literacy and reduce crime.
For more information on Book 'Em North Carolina, visit www.bookemnc.org and www.bookemnc.blogspot.com.
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Serpentine Tongue NEW from Kayden McLeod
Kayden McLeod is thrilled to announce that Serpentine Tongue, a fantasy menage has now been released!
Serpentine Tongue
by Kayden McLeod
Genre: Fantasy Menage (Dragon shifters, fae)
Publisher: New Dawning Book Fair
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Life is full of choices. Siobhan thought she'd never see another Sidhe. Until a blue dragon the size of a small mountain falls into her life, wounded and ailing. When the beast turns into a man, Siobhan has a choice: heal him at the cost of exposing her greatest secret, or let him die. Fallon and Dearg thought they'd spend their lives as Seelie Knights, but treachery of the heart brings a reviled fate crashing upon them. They've become the first dragon shifters in fae existence, and they have to trust Siobhan in order to survive. Now, she has to choose: Fallon, Dearg…or both?
Fallon pumped his legs, racing across the meadow under a halo of arrows poised for his back. The Seelie Queen's archers claimed to be the strongest, fastest, the best.
He was stronger, faster.
The Queen had no one to blame but herself. She cursed him for his "serpentine tongue," or so she'd once referred to the organ dominating his mouth. Once, she'd used the term as an endearment. Now, she cursed him. Once upon a time, when they'd met in what he'd mistaken for love, turned out to be lust. Lust for power, greed and good, hard sex. No more.
Her loss, his gain. The truth had come out. For the better, anyway. Next time they'd meet, he'd kill her. He possessed no other choice. His serpentine tongue had spoken the words proclaiming her impending death. Failure to keep his promise was to be foresworn from court, if not killed for being an oathbreaker by powers much greater than he.
The first mattered little to him. The second, well, he wasn't so sure.
The Queen's Knights, his brothers in arms, wove through the archers on their winged steeds, some of them attempting to ensure the latter option.
"Fallon, halt!" Garbhan, Captain of the Queen's Knights, barreled ahead of the others. He cried his plea over the thunderous legion of hooves. "If you stop this flight, I could speak to Druantia about a pardon."
Fallon tossed his blue-black hair over one bare shoulder. He sneered. "Do not make promises you cannot keep. You might be fucking her royal highness, but she will not forgive this."
Garbhan growled something lost to the wind. No matter. Fallon was disinterested in empty promises.
His lungs burned, his thighs screamed, tossing the shredded material of his breeches that hung precariously over his hips. He'd never cross the meadow, into the lush undergrowth of the forest. They'd catch him on their magickal steeds long before.
One way out for the likes of him.
He swallowed the bile that rose in his throat. He hated his enforced ability, but he'd have to use his other form. He jackknifed in mid-leap, snarling at the horses. Garbhan's reared, kicking out his front legs. Fallon dodged the sharp slashes aimed for his chest.
"Where is Dearg?" Garbhan spat on the ground, as if to rid himself of the distaste of Fallon's best friend. Nervously, he glanced at archers, who fell back while their Captain conversed. "At least let us bring him back, and I will allow you a full day's head start."
Fallon struggled to calm himself. The shift tearing through his body took far longer than it had last time, wasting precious seconds. "I do not know where he went after we left the castle. We went our separate ways." Too close to a lie. The truth, they'd been forced apart.
Maghnus, always an overzealous guard, dropped from his Pegasus. "Silver tongued beast, tell the Captain of the Queen's Knights where your friend ran with his tail between his legs."
"I cannot tell you what I do not know," Fallon wheezed through the burning fury inside his belly that knew no end. Oh, for Goddess' sake! Why would the change not come upon him?
Maghnus swung his sword, slicing through Fallon's ribs. His flesh split, a ripe melon under the blistering sun. He threw his head back and roared, the noise gaining volume and momentum, bleeding into a bellow that shook the trees ringing the meadow.
His eyes burned as his face elongated. His back arched, cracked. Size tripled, then that quadrupled. He towered above them, half man, half beast as the minute changes reformed his body. At last, it was done.
His snout billowed steam. The Knights fell back, not knowing the secret of his form. Let them think he could blow fire.
"A dragon!" An archer squealed.
The Queen's secret, for good or bad, had come to light. Fallon startled that the rumors had not yet filled every ear at the Seelie court. For he had been cursed in front of all the nobility. Gossipers and liars, the lot of them.
Garbhan cut the air with his sword, toward Maghnus. He showed not a care. Unlike the others, the Captain knew Fallon kept his wits, even as a dragon. "Have not a fear! This cretin had angered him."
Fallon hesitated to kill his fellow Knights. They'd grown and trained together, fought for one another. The archers mattered not to him.
"That is a Sidhe no longer!" Maghnus stumbled back, as Fallon rose on his muscled hind legs. "This is what the Queen has done to him?"
"You were there, Maghnus."
"He did not do this at court!"
Fallon spread his wings across the meadow. His long, thick neck curled over Maghnus, cutting him off from his peers. One crystalline triple iris complete with slit pupil caught the Knight's.
He didn't bother to perform a communication charm. His face said it all.
Cut me again, dullard. I shall bite your head clean from your shoulders.
The Knight shuddered, his sword falling to the ground. He'd wet himself, the reek pungent to his oversensitive sense of smell. Inside, Fallon wondered how he'd ever stomached the wretch. His death would be a mercy to his brothers. A true Knight hath no fear of any man or beast.
Blood gushed between them, running down Fallon's metallic green chest. The shift had ripped open the wound, enlarged the serrated edges. Not the first time he'd been wounded in battle. Not the last either. He'd see this to be true.
Fallon whipped his barbed tail, colliding with Maghnus' side, tearing through his armor. Maghnus tumbled through the air into three horses, including his own. Fallon uttered a shattering roar, a gust of steam. The warriors scrambled, screaming "fire."
How little they knew. Not even the Captain understood. Fallon was a water dragon. Ice, to the fire that was Dearg.
He leapt, and damned near fell back to the ground. Perhaps, his wounds surpassed his previous assessment. His limbs deadened, the bone structure of his wings threatened not to keep him airborne for longer than a minute or two. That's all he needed.
The knights made no move to follow him, as they calmed their steeds.
Arrows flew, tiny sticks to a beast such as him. The beast barely felt them enter his hide.
The man was altogether a different story.
Kayden Mcleod
Rewriting The Laws of Fantasy and Paranormal
When The Bullshit becomes Bullying!
I was going to let this go, despite my "it's not fair that he gets away with this" attitude. That is until the key phrase was said. "He's gone thank God, that is unless you do something to upset him."
That is a fearful remark made by someone who is recovering from many years in an abusive relationship. The 'someone' is a former author who threatened and used personal information to get his way when his crapola books were terminated.
I was all for exposing him, naming him and showing the world exactly what kind of a creep this wannabe is. I even resigned from my position within the publishing company so that I could do the grand exposé.
I'm still willing to put myself out there and invite him to come after me with his blubbering talk of legalities. The reality is, this man is a coward, he doesn't have the guts to stand up to me or anyone else that would look him in the eye and decimate him with his own words. All of his talk of legal action was a bluff. He didn't have a legal leg to stand on, he knows it, I know it and the lawyers know it. However I am not going to give him any free publicity.
Now I have to admit, I think this thing with 'bullying' is a wee bit over the top. I think people have to learn to stand up for themselves. Your kid coming home from school saying that little Joey called them a poo poo head is not bullying at its finest. Little Joey might have been having a bad day, or gasp, your kid might have been acting like a poo poo head. I was taught to stand up for myself, so when I got called a poo poo head, I learned to either consider the source and let it or, or I would walk up to them and ask what the problem was. That is called problem solving, and I really wish I would see more of it, as I fear for the upcoming generation.
However, when the antagonist worms their way into your life the game changes. He came in, under the guise of friendship, offered all kinds of 'help' sang our praises and even made romantic overtures. All the while assuring any and all information exchanged is "IN CONFIDENCE" then months later, when things aren't going his way, he would bring up the fact that you had said this or that and he had the emails to prove it.
Now I don't know about you, but I don't hang on to emails when we have a discussion about fears, doubts or you just generally having a bad day, unless I have nefarious plans or an inkling this could come back to bite me. That was a huge red flag and the next one was this idiot going off on the person who had made a comment on their own Facebook page.
When I pointed out it was her page and she was entitled to post what she wanted, and the post by the way was generic, it did not name names, he went back in and did a screencap to show that I had "liked" her comment. Nothing else was in the email just that screencap. All systems went on high alert, I knew exactly who and what I was dealing with at that point.
I knew this man was abusive and I have much too often seen this "game" that men like him play. After pointing out to him that he had gone to someone else's wall to get that screencap and that frankly what this person and I think and share on her page was none of his business, I also gave him my one and only warning. I told him "Do NOT get into a pissing match with me, you will lose."
That worked well, he knew he would get nowhere with me. So he moved on, or rather tried to move around me. He went to the CEO of the company and began working on her insecurities. He told her that another author and myself had an agenda and that we could not be trusted. He went on to say, that the only person she could trust was him, that for whatever reason, the author and I had it in for him. He was looking out for her, he had her back, and the list of lies went on and on with his usual boring diatribe.
Apparently he forgot one key thing. We are not paranoid in that we talk daily to each other and yes sometimes about each other. The email was shared with me and the other person mentioned. I took the time to think about it, and decided based on his current sales, that we would not contract any sequels to his one published book. The decision was not made out of anger. He was pushing to have the sequel published and his first book had sold a dismal 10 copies, with the CEO buying most of them when she tested the shopping cart. He bought two or three copies himself. When a book does not sell, there is no point in publishing the sequel, and if he had thought it through he would have realised that by terminating the first book, he could present the entire package elsewhere.
Well the whining and roaring and snivelling and veiled threats over that termination were and are laughable. We still had one book of his in publication. That was to remain but he managed to screw that up as well and the order came to terminate that one also. Well papers went out and the threats came in. He used his personal information to intimidate the CEO and it worked. I think she would have been fine if I could have stayed in the fight, but this creep knew I am scheduled for a mastectomy sooner rather than later and we are damned sure he was waiting until he knew I was not around, to ramp up his game. Despite me being more than ready to stand my ground, she went to the lawyer and he gave her bad advise in my opinion. "Give him what he wants."
My question was why? He had nothing, no legal standing. I showed everything to my own lawyer who basically called him a joke. Her lawyer felt like this guy was bad news and that is the only time I agreed with him. But there is a difference between bad news and actually having a legal case. Authors are terminated every day for any one of a variety of reasons. Wouldn't it have looked wonderful in court when this guy is screaming foul over us terminating him for lack of sales and I show the sales and the fact that the owner of the company bought most of his books? IF it had ever made it to court, because no lawyer worth his salt would have agreed to represent this moron.
The company lawyer stated his concern was for the lady involved and how bad she was stressing over this. I agreed to whatever she wanted to do because I care for her. However my own principles don't allow me to "do whatever the other person wants so as to not stir things up."
However the more I thought about it, the more I knew this course of action had been just plain wrong. Giving in to the bully does not stop the bully. It only empowers them to be a bigger bully. It also makes you go deeper into a victim state.
I did the only thing I felt comfortable doing. I quit the company, so that I could expose this creep for what he is. A low down slimy lying bastard who preys on women, or anyone he sees as being weaker than him. He can be quite charming until you don't do things his way. Then his true colours emerge.
So here it is, I am throwing down the gauntlet so to speak. If this creep wants to come after me, have at it. I informed his new publisher of his ways and wish his former publisher had done us that same courtesy. There are any number of sites that list bad publishers, agents, and the like. There needs to be one for authors as well. The man is a liar, and that was proven to his current publisher as he was listing his books with the company I used to work for as being out of print. Until yesterday they were still listed everywhere as there were no termination papers signed.
I see that they are down off most sites except Amazon who may hang on to the titles for a while longer.
I may go back to the publishing company, but what is written here is as an individual, and has nothing to do with the company.
My name is Penny Adams and I am standing up to a bully.
Cover Art Award - Votes Needed!
BIG NEWS - the stunning Kayden McLeod cover for my novel OUT OF THE PAST is up for an award. I need votes for this amazing cover, so PLEASE, if you would, drop over and vote - it's a gorgeous cover as you can see. Voting closes next Monday, and all you have to do is register at the site, confirm your email, then vote - nothing more: http://indtale.com/cover-contest
This is a three-part award, so there will be a second round of votes at the end of the month.
Feathered: Being a Fairy Tale!
Welcome to Tom Weston's Feathered Book Blast! Here's your chance to win a $25 Amazon Gift Card or Paypal Cash PLUS an autographed copy of his new fantasy, Feathered: Being a Fairy Tale! Feathered is the 3rd book in the Alex and Jackie Adventure Series and we're so happy to bring you not only a great giveaway but tell you all about Tom and his new book. This giveaway is open to U.S. and Canada residents and ends on March 29. THE BOOK Whenever Alexandra Caroline O'Rourke, AKA Alex, met with trouble, she generally blamed her younger sister, Jackie. And Alex's sudden engagement to marry a Viking prince, against her will, probably classified as trouble. If nothing else, a wedding held in 11th century Ireland would make it difficult to invite her friends from San Diego. Regardless of blame, Jackie was the only person who could help Alex, but Jackie was still in the 21st century. And Jackie had her own problems, which included uncooperative fairies and strange songs which only she could hear. But most of all, if Jackie could not find a way to make it rain, marauding Vikings would be the least of their worries, because this is Feathered: being a fairy tale and this is an Alex and Jackie Adventure.
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The Author Award winning writer and film-maker, Tom Weston, returns to the fantasy genre for his 3rd novel in the Alex and Jackie Adventure series, FEATHERED: BEING A FAIRY TALE. Originally from England, Tom now resides in Boston, Massachusetts. Before turning his hand to fiction, Tom had a successful career as the CEO of a consulting company, conference speaker and writer of industry articles and business books. But determining that the business world lacked a sense of humor, Tom decided to hand in his jacket and tie and instead turned to the world of literature. His novel, FIRST NIGHT, set in Boston during the New Year's Eve festival, introduced the unlikely heroines, Alex and Jackie, and the ghost of a 17th century Puritan named Sarah Pemberton. FIRST NIGHT won an Honorable Mention in the Middle-Grade/Young Adult category, in the Writers Digest 17th Annual International Self-Published Book Awards. The sequel to FIRST NIGHT, called THE ELF OF LUXEMBOURG, was published in January, 2010. As with FIRST NIGHT, THE ELF OF LUXEMBOURG is also a supernatural mystery, with a blend of humor and history that has become Tom's trademark. Following the publication of THE ELF OF LUXEMBOURG, Tom turned to the medium of film to produce and direct the award winning animated short, THERE BE MONSTERS!, based on one of his TALES FROM THE GREEN DRAGON TAVERN. Tom also wrote the critically acclaimed and award winning, Historical Fiction novel, FISSION, based on the true life story of scientist, Lise Meitner. Tom is now working on a new animated short called DANCING DAISY DAY.
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Зузана Рехак-Щефечекова () е чешка състезателка по ловна стрелба, състезаваща се в дисциплината трап. Родена в Нитра, Чехословакия. Олимпийска шампионка на Токио (2020). Сребърна медалистка от игрите в Пекин (2008) и Лондон (2012). Заради раждането на сина си пропуска Олимпиадата в Рио де Жанейро(2016). Трикратна световна шампионка през 2010 и 2018. Шампионка от Европейските игри 2015. Европейска шампионка от 2018 г. Състезава се за "Slovakia 1"

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