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The colors are so rich here year round. Winter is white and blue. Summer is green and blue. Fall is yellow and blue. We also have great sunrises and sunsets. Yes, the sun does set earlier and rise later during the darkest part of winter since we are just above the arctic circle. But since the twilight lasts for hours it doesn't seem so bad. At least not yet. They say that the darkness is cumulative over the years. Ask me ten years from now.
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I use couple of plugins for adding tags and categories and custom taxonomies, but non of them has the functionality to add several words for one tag...
Is there a way to make it work for categories and custom taxonomies?
I use couple of plugins for adding tags and categories and custom taxonomies, but non of them has the functionality to add several words for one tag...
Is there a way to make it work for categories and custom taxonomies?
I'll add your suggestions to my to-do list. The problem is that I have a lots of other ideas on the list so it may take some time before I implement these features (I am also considering releasing a new, more versatile plugin under a different name). Thanks for understanding.
This is a very promising plugin that I have already put to good use. Thanks and congratulations!
As a feature request, I support what 3x7 said. It would be great if, instead of just tags, this plugin could assign any taxonomy based on words found in the post.
This is my use case: I publish lots of international news and I want them to be searchable by country. Sometimes the country is written into the contents (i.e. 'France'), but sometimes it is not (the content includes 'French', 'Paris', etc.). This plugin allows me to automate that tagging. But it would be even better if it could fill a location custom taxonomy.
Thanks again!
This is a great plugin concept. I would also *love* to see custom taxonomy support.
Okay then. I am going to release two or three more versions of this plugin and after that I will start working on another plugin that will be able to handle other taxonomies, including custom ones.
If you give this plugin 5 stars and share it with others, it will motivate me to work faster. :)
David M.
Great concept! I'm testing the similar thing on another project...
How is it going on with category feature?
I'm still fighting with combination of another plugin to set categories automatically and your plugin for tags .. :S
Sorry I am not working on that feature yet, I have to implement all necessary functions first.
I could give you a hint how to modify the script to make it work for categories if you are at least a bit familiar with PHP though.
That would be great... I'm not a pro, but I know how to copy paste :)
Well, this is not really about copy-pasting, it is a bit harder than that. :)
In version 1.3 in the file automatic-post-tagger.php on line 714 begins a section where tags are being added to the post. So basically in order to add categories to a post you need to replace there the "post_tag" parameter with "category" - more information here: http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_set_post_terms).
Then it would add categories that are defined on the "tag" list in the admin interface.
If you'll decide to use this modified version and also the original plugin, you will need to rename added option names and the custom database table. I recommend you doing that by replacing all ocurrences of the prefix "apt_" with whatever you want.
It could be done more efficiently, though, but this is the easiest solution that I came up with. If you are not in a hurry, wait some time for my new plugin (but it may take months, depending on my laziness. :))
what about rebuilding/cloning and renaming this plugin "categoriezer"?
Yeah, I could do that, but then I would have to make same updates for 2 plugins and the other one would not have universal use anyway. So when I finish working on APT I will make another plugin where you will be able to make any rules for any taxonomies (without changing the code).
In the meantime you'll just have to use a copy of this plugin for adding categories, I think that changing one taxonomy name and all prefixes isn't that hard, is it? ;)
I'll try it out these days...
thanks allot!
Another vote for categories.
I specifically would like to support adding categories based on shortcodes too (so filter should run early). For example [embed] -> Videos category.
To get the plugin to work with post types you need to find all instances of "post" and replace with "your-custom-post-type".
BEWARE - Don't replace "POSTS" or anything similar - just "post"
As Devtard has mentioned it is also relatively easy to modify this for categories.
replace there the "post_tag" parameter with "category"
However if you look at http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_set_post_terms
You will notice: "Hierarchical terms must always pass the id rather than the term name to avoid confusion where there may be another child with the same name."
This presents a problem as unlike tags categories need to be set with their ID's
Look for ## ADDING TAGS TO THE POST around line 891
Add something like:
`foreach ($apc_tags_to_add_array as $apc_cat) {
$term = get_term_by('name', $apc_tag, 'category');
$apc_tag_ids[] = $term->term_id; }`
This will find the category id's and output them as an array again:
Then around line 898 / 899 we have:
wp_set_post_terms($post_id, $apc_tags_to_add_array, 'category', true); //append tags
Replace with:
wp_set_post_terms($post_id, $apc_tag_ids, 'category', true); //append tags
Repeat this on the same function immediately below.
Thanks for your help!
I'm working on it right now, but there is another thing I'm trying to achieve:
To make it look for keywords in specific custom field (not content,title,exceprt).
I would be happy even if it goes thru all post custom field values and look for keywords...
Any help?
This works!
However it works only if the category exists in the categories it does not add new categories. (which is fine for me). Will have to try also with other taxonomies...
!tnx again
I realized it would be hard to set it to go thru custom fields, therefore is there a way to make it go thru "tags", so I would get categories based on tags allready attached to posts?
Thank you!
any news on custom taxonomies?
One of the following versions will be using objects so changing taxonomies will be much easier than now. But the promissed plugin that would handle custom taxonomies by itself is still far away from its creation. Please be patient. :)
Chiming in with another request for custom taxonomy support.
Hi 3x7 - would you mind sharing the modified plugin code with me? I too need to assign categories automatically and you'd save me a couple of days monkeying around to get the code right.
did you try
if this doesent help you I'll dig the code out for u...
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Not sure what to say. My daughter broke her medial epicondial 6 weeks ago. Took her to emergency and they did an x-Ray. He looked at it over his email and said to half cast it. The nurse was amazing and totally took her fears away. Saw Dr. Secret an two weeks later and he put a full cast on but said there was no hangs to the break. Two weeks later they removed the full cast already and did another x-Ray, still no change in the break. He said no tensor and no physio necessary. When I asked when she could go back to gymnastics he said maybe in a few weeks. He didn't even want to see her for a follow up. Now her elbow is till extremely swollen and painful and she can't straighten it at all. I'm very concerned that she may never return to gymnastics and continue a sport she is very passionate about. I even told him she was an athlete and needed full use of her elbow. He was not very compassionate and made us feel like we waisted his time. Not sure what to do now!!!
I am a 59 yearoldretired nurse. I have suffered with arthritis for 10 years as I was not looking forward to having this surgery. Dr. secret an was wonderful and put all my fears and worries to rest. He was easy to talk to and listened to everything I had to say. I saw him regularly while in hospital and have nothing but respect for his skills and ability. 13 days post op and I am walking with 1 crutch for security more than a need.....impressed is all I can say.
My lower leg was a mess after I broke it into pieces skiing last Feb. 1014. My fibula was broken, my tibia plateau had 7 to 9 fractures, and my tibia was broken in 2 places with a spiral fracture. I received immediate surgery with a 25+ cm plate and 15 pins and screws. The tibia plateau healed but the a non-union of the spiral break became evident. I was referred to Dr. Secretan and 7 months later, he removed the plate, pins, and screws, then ground down the callous matter that had developed over the non-union portions of the spiral fracture, realigned another piece of my tibia that had broken away, and installed a bigger plate (35-cms) with 11 pins and bolts. The surgery went very well - Dr. Secretan worked his magic, the nurses were excellent, and for the first time after surgery I did not throw up because the anesthesiologist was sensitive to my needs. Dr. Secretan was creative with the surgical process and even made adjustments part-way through the surgery that would benefit me in the long run. He is professional, knowledgeable, creative with reconstruction, and has excellent bed-side manner. I am happy I can walk again and I highly recommend him to anyone. His staff are also helpful.
This was the first time and the first time a doctor explained the procedure thoroughly to me and what I was to expect. Just walking me to the operating room and introducing me to the staff there gave me a feeling of confidence. Meeting another patient who had a total hip replacement like myself on the same day (hers was in Vancouver because she said it was better?). Well the difference between the two of us was one month later she still had a walker and cane and I did not? I like that he gets his patients moving as quick as they can. Great Doctor
I recently had total hip replacement surgery with Dr. Secreten. I had heard nothing but very positive comments (from many people, health care workers, etc)about Dr. Secreten's ability and that was very comforting to me. I could certainly tell that he is highly regarded and respected. I had the opportunity to meet with him right before the surgery to ask any questions, and he met with me shortly after the surgery, as well as when I was discharged from the hospital. I then met with him again two weeks' later for follow-up, and have another follow-up appointment with him in a month. He has always been very accessible and his bedside manner is excellent and he is always very pleasant. I received very good care from him, his staff, and the staff at the Vernon hospital before, during, and after the procedure and am well on my way to recovery having had very little pain or discomfort. I consider myself lucky to have been hooked up with a doctor/surgeon of this calibre.
He pays no attention to his patients, does not believe them when they are in pain, and does not put genuine care into helping solve the issue. His goal is to get you out of there as fast as possible, whether your needs have been met or not.
Nothing but good experiences with the doctor. Helped me when I needed it and was pleasant to deal with at every turn. As important as this, is the fact that everyone (other doctors, nurses, stretcher movers, etc) I encountered in the hospital before and after the operation was very positive in their comments about Dr Secretan. These in-person testimonials gave me a sense of comfort resulting in a more relaxed and helpful patient.
I had Dr. Secretan do surgery on my foot and ankle after a severe break. I couldn't of been happier with the work he did and the time he takes to explain everything fully to make sure you understand exactly whats going on. I would 100% recommend him.
I met Dr. Secretan last October for a consultation for my right hip that I had been suffering extreme pain for the past several years. We agreed that it was time for a total hip replacement. I can honestly say that we connected from the first appointment and I knew in my heart that I was very fortunate to have Dr, Secretan as my orthopaedic surgeon. My surgery took place on July 25, I had the opportunity to watch the entire procedure (something that I would recommend) and today I am totally pain free, able to walk indoors without the walker or crutches and enjoy a full nights sleep. This alone tells me the caliber of Dr. Secretan, I shall be forever grateful for his obvious expertise in his field of medicine, his warm and polite manner and him making me feel like I was his only patient. Thank you so much.
I managed to give myself a bad calcaneal fracture on boxing day of 2012. Three weeks later the swelling finally came down enough that my surgeon felt it could be operated on. Unfortunately I was bumped all day that I was scheduled for surgery and my surgeon was not on call the following day. The following day I was however incredibly fortunate to be put in the care of Dr. Secretan. From the time I met him just before surgery to discuss the procedure, through every follow up visit, Dr. Secretan was professional, confident, and highly skilled in the repair of my heel that I left him with in many pieces. His confidence in the repair and his approach to early controlled physio after the surgery... has left me far ahead of the healing curve of getting back on my foot from where I have read others have been. I would highly recommend Dr. Secretan to anyone in a similar situation. Nor would I hesitate to put myself in his care again in the unfortunate case that I should ever be injured again.
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This is part I of this report.
Part II
visits Burgenland and Styria.
My journey through Austria - at least the eastern edge of this landlocked country - was a brilliant demonstration of how pivotal Austria was to Europe and the near east. Visiting the charming family estate of Zuschmann-Schöffmann in the north brought me within 35 kilometres of the border with the Czech Republic, whilst we stood with Georg Prieler of his eponymous estate in Burgenland looking over nearby hills in Slovakia, then after dinner in a
near the Grozser Wien estate, a road sign informed me it was just one kilometre to the Hungarian border.
Today Austria is a proud and impressive country of just eight million inhabitants, of whom almost one quarter live in the magnificent capital city of Vienna. But the sheer scale of the boulevards and public buildings confirms the power that once lay here, when the Austro-Hungarian empire laid claim to vast territories of central Europe. The Hapsburg's and Esterházy's no longer rule, and once outside Vienna's suburbs the tranquil, pastoral countryside shakes of the busy confidence of the city to reveal a thoughtful, gentle people who seem very much in touch with agriculture, nature and the seasons.
Vinegrowing in Austria is everywhere in the eastern half of the country, far from the alpine heights of the west. But traditionally viticulture has been on a very small scale, with grapes grown and modest wines made by farmers for whom wine was just one - and often not a very significant one - of several crops they grew or animals they reared. Basic family winemaking dominated the Austrian wine scene, and still does today, though there are far more estates focused purely on wine and making products of hugely better quality.
The great Valleys of Wachau and Kamptal to the west of Vienna have risen to prominence thanks to top producers like F.X. Pichler and Emmerich Knoll, but my visit would cover hundreds of kilometres east, north and south of Vienna to visit some of the younger generation of winemakers that are stamping quality on Weinviertel, Carnuntum, Burgenland and Styria. Whilst tasting broadly, I would focus on the indigenous grape varieties in each region that are now intrinsic for winemakers intent on expressing the best of their distinct terroirs.
Geography and climate
Austria just couldn't be more continental. Slap bang in the middle of Europe, it enjoys a classic continental climate of hot summers, cold winters, good diurnal shifts (day to night temperatures) and generally moderate but sufficient rainfall. The significant influencing factors on localised winegrowing conditions are the mountains, the altitude of vineyards, and the rivers and lakes. Great lakes like the Neusiedlersee have a huge influence on vineyards planted near them, altering humidity and temperature, and creating conditions for Botrytis. Through the centre of the country, the great Pannonian plain to the east provides warming conditions, suitable for the production of red wines in particular.
In terms of soils, vineyards around the Danube enjoy fertile, loamy soils, whilst glaciers and ancient seas have left areas of complex geology including clay rich in marine fossils and areas of chalk, sandstone, shale and limestone. Many areas are planted on steep slopes, sometimes terraced, allowing each vine full exposure to the sun.
Grapes and wine styles
It is Austria's speciality white wine grape, Grüner Veltliner (top, right), that has helped introduce many wine lovers to the country's wines over recent years. A cross of Traminer and the near extinct St. Georgen, it is also Austria's most widely planted variety, accounting for one third of country's vineyard area. Riesling, Welschriesling, Weissburgunder (Pinot Blanc), Müller-Thurgau, Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc are planted in significant volumes, but the country has no fewer than 22 grapes classified for production of white wine. Most of the rest have less than 1% of the total vineyard area each, including some that are often bottled as single varietals, like Grauburgunder (Pinot Gris), Muskateller and Traminer.
It is white wine that has always dominated in Austria, but a pair of local red wine grapes are now the focus for many producers and some specific regions, and there are wines being made of very high quality. Indeed red wine grapes now constitute one third of Austria's vineyards, with 13 varieties classified for the production of quality wine. Blaufränkisch (bottom, right) is seen by many as a potential ace in the pack, capable of ageing and the speciality of the Carnuntum area that I visited on this trip. The related Zweigelt is another quality indigenous variety (the offspring of St. Laurent and Blaufränkisch) that is drunk eagerly by locals and increasingly overseas too, whilst plantings of St Laurent itself have been increasing. French varieties from Cabernet Sauvignon to Syrah are quite widely planted, but it is perhaps Pinot Noir (or 'Blauburgunder') that may have the greatest potential of all.
With a total vineyard area of 46,000 hectares Austria is a significant producer, but then the Bordeaux region of France alone has more than double that. The great majority of Austria's wine is dry, in both white and red, and the relatively small amount of rosé and sparkling wine that is produced. Although my visit and Austrian production focuses on dry styles, the 'liquid gold' of the country's sweet wines is still very much in force: Auslese, Beerenauslese, Trockenbeerenauslese and Eiswein (ice wine) are categories familiar to drinkers of German sweet wine, but in Austria another Botrytis-based sweetness designation of 'Ausbruch' sits just below Trockenbeerenauslese, and 'Strohwein' is made from ripe grapes dried and allowed to shrivel on straw mats. Red wine production has doubled in just two decades.
As described above, Austria has a renewed focus on expressing regionality and typicity in its wines. Districtus Austriae Controllatus is a relatively recent system that attempts to formalise this. Of Austria's 16 wine growing regions, only eight have so far adopted DAC. In most cases a local committee has agreed a single grape variety that best expresses their region, and will produce DAC wines from that grape and bearing the name of the DAC region, for example 'Weinviertel DAC'. Kremstal, Kamptal and Leithaberg have successfully lobbied to be allowed more than one grape to represent their region within the rules of DAC.
And what of the eight regions who have not adopted DAC? Most have stuck with existing structures, whilst others are being gently encouraged to adopt DAC. But the whole picture does seem rather unclear when viewed from outside, with whole non-DAC regions, and even regions within the system producing both DAC and non-DAC wines simultaneously. DAC is equivalent to other European protected regions of origin and is meant to make it easy for consumers to recognise a broad wine style, but for the moment it is rather confusing. Perhaps that will change when most regions adopt DAC or the concept is better known.
The Estates and Wines - North
My all too brief visit to Eastern Austria took in two regions to the north, Weinviertel and Carnuntum, and two to the south, Burgenland and Styria. Reports from the more southerly regions follow in part II of this report.
It was the briefest of visits to the wine region that is Austria's largest, but which rarely falls under the spotlight. With over a quarter of Austria's vineyards, Weinviertel is the volume powerhouse of the country, particularly for Grüner Veltliner, which is also the focus of the Weinviertel DAC. Around two-thirds of all plantings are Grüner. Stretching from the Danube to the Czech border, Weinviertel, meaning 'wine quarter', was historically producer of wines for local consumption, made on mixed agriculture farms where sugar beet or corn was a more important crop. Quality was variable and prices low, and in those fertile soils just about all and every style of wine was made. The past decade has seen not only the introduction of the Weinviertel DAC as a general quality move, but it has seen some of the small producers take wine a lot more seriously, sometimes abandoning the other parts of their farming business to concentrate solely on wine.
Generally a region of rolling farmland, vineyards are still dotted around sporadically and it is rare to find large areas of contiguous vineyard. For the best producers, not only of Grüner Veltliner but of Pinot Noir, Riesling and Traminer too which are also favoured, exploring hillsides and soils away from the loamy-rich fertile plains is one key to quality, as are reducing yields and moving to organic farming or more sustainable use of chemicals.
The charming but difficult to pronounce estate of Zuschmann-Schöffmann is one where the younger generation have moved a family farming business away from pigs, wheat and sugar beet, to concentrate on wine. Else Zuschmann's parents still farm nearby, but as viticulturist she and winemaker husband Peter Schöffmann have been remodelling the business for 10 years, and are now one of very few organic farms in the region. They also offer comfortable and modern bed & breakfast accommodation and a 'Heuriger', an informal farm restaurant based around their home-grown wines and produce.
"Agriculture alone is too difficult," explains Else. "I believed our region is underdeveloped in terms of tourism and as Peter was a chef, having the heuriger was an easy choice." Indeed Peter left life behind the stoves to study winemaking after he and Else met. "15 years ago Weinviertel had a poor image for wine - it was all about volume, not so much about quality," he tells me "Growing grapes and making wine was such a small part of business that it wasn't easy to persuade local farmers that high quality wines were possible." Zuschmann-Schöffmann is one of the pioneering estates, and the couple agrees that the big differences are all in the vineyard: lowering yields, planting at higher density, and in their case, converting to organic farming. "We are in our first year of certification, and all of our new plantings are at 6,000 vines per hectare, the old way was maybe 3,000 - all based on the size of the tractors available." Says Else. They are also reducing use of sulphur drastically "because the grapes are healthy," and using techniques like battonage (stirring the lees) to make a different style of wine.
Else and peter are huge fans of red wine, particularly Burgundy. They are one of very few local producers making red wines in Weinviertel - "It is rarely seen north of the Danube," says Peter. One third of their output is red wine currently, but they would like to increase it a little, though Grüner Veltliner will remain their focus.
for tasting notes on 7 wines from Zuschmann-Schöffmann
Also part of Niederösterreich (or Lower Austria), Carnuntum draws tourists from nearby Vienna because of its rich archaeological history and Roman remains. But 910 hectares of its prime soils are now given over to wine, with a strong focus on red wines that benefit from the warming effect of the Pannonain plain. Blaufränkisch and particularly Zweigelt are the focus here, and this is one of the exceptions to the DAC system where a group of the highest quality growers has instead created the 'Rubin Carnuntum', a classification of Zweigelt wines. Wines appearing under the Rubin label follow a similar concept to that of DAC, with the single Zweigelt variety meant to define and focus the region. Interestingly the producers have decided that wines branded as Rubin are mid-price, mid-quality level and all producers have ranges above and below, as well as wines made from other varieties and blends.
Carnuntum lies immediately south of the Danube where free-draining gravel over lime and loam soils is influenced not only by the Pannonian micro climate, but by their proximity to the river. Both combine to provide and trap warm air, making possible the full ripening of red wine grapes - including Bordeaux varieties like Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet Franc.
I did not visit individual estates here, but winemakers Johann Markowitsch of Weingut Lukas Markowitsch and Christina Netzl from Weingut Franz & Christine Netzl (right) took me on a tour of the region's vineyards before we returned to a local hotel for a large range tasting of over 40 wines from more than a dozen estates.
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CARMEL VALLEY The scrum organized to support injured rugby player Ronan Nelson did indeed break the world record for largest scrum.
Guinness World Records notified Team Ronan Rugby Challenge on Wednesday that it now holds the record with 738 participants. The team consisted of friends, neighbors, classmates, family and community members, along with several rugby standouts who gathered June 9 at Cathedral Catholic High School to encourage Ronan, 16, who broke his neck playing with a rugby club in Carmel Valley in April. He is paralyzed from the neck down.
Ronan left the hospital to attend the scrum and received a standing ovation at the event that drew TV and newspaper coverage.
Participants of all ages, lined up in a scrum formation, wearing red or yellow T-shirts. To qualify for the Guinness world record, scrum organizer Nick Duvall, president of the Coastal Dragons Rugby Club, submitted witness statements, steward statements, newspaper articles, links to TV news reports, videos from different angles and hundreds of photos and other supporting evidence.
The event included a Serevi Black and White game featuring U.S.A Rugby Men's Eagles Sevens players. More than $10,500 was raised toward Ronan's recovery. Ronan, a Cathedral Catholic junior, is continuing his rehabilitation at home and doing physical therapy at Project Walk in Carlsbad and Scripps Encinitas.
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Once again some Christians fail to realize that marriage is not legal until the state says so. One can get married in a church but the marriage is not legal until the state issues a marriage certificate.
Marriage is not a sacrament. The law does not say that to be married one must marry in a church. A notary public or justice of the peace can perform the marriage ceremony. So let's get the issue correct. Marriage, legal marriage, is a function of government and without that piece of paper from the government, married people cannot take advantage of the benefits afforded to married people. The sacrament looms in the minds of those who promote hatred against their gay brothers and sisters. Gay marriage will never, ever damage the marriage between a man and a woman. How can it? Where's the connection between a gay couple and a straight couple?
No one in his or her right mind can possibly think that Jesus wouldn't have loved to see two men or two women love each other. It's only those men who wrote Scripture that decided that homosexuality was wrong. If God hadn't wanted homosexual love, then He would not have created homosexuals. Or did God make a mistake? In my mind it has nothing to do with religion.
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Wow! How fast Summer has gone!! But there's always time to grab up an audiobook (or two or more) as you work outside, relax on the beach, or just chill in that hammock!
Not into audiobooks – then try an ebook!
Big thank you to Sean Sydney for this magical review of Lady Be Bad he posted on YouTube! https://youtu.be/Z7PPiWEd-x8
Caught in a Trap (Romantic Comedy), has been accepted into Library Journal's curated SELF-e collections! As your book is a featured selection we look forward to sharing it with subscribing libraries all over the country on BiblioBoard Library and helping to build a base of new readers.
As I'm putting final edits on Dangerous Places – check out this blog link to see how the cover was created by the very artistic & talented Ashley Fontainne – she also writes amazing books!
Now if YOU need to get HOT! Double Occupancy hit at #12 on the newest (3/3/2015) List!! http://54da20f0a952f.mailerlite.com/w2s5m1/5602031989/b1h0/ – nearly 3 years of sales data!
I started the New Year with again being on the Top 50 Books to read after Fifty Shades of Grey with #13 being Double Occupancy – now on that fabulous list for OVER 3 YEARS!!! WTRAFSOG – Top Fifty List: http://eepurl.com/bavK39
THANK YOU ALL!!! Double Occupancy is NOTHING like FSOG – there is no BDSM/no collars/no handcuffs – reviewers have called it: "elegantly erotic" "adult characters – no college Twinkies" "chemistry was intense" & this fantastic note from a man: "One of the most authentic romance books yet. Casey and Travis are both great, believable characters with hang-ups and desires so real and intense that this is one book you'll believe came from a real life whirl wind romance."
I had some great interviews from the past year that I'm keeping posted –
Grab a cuppa java and read my interview – so much you still don't know about me but lots of fun stuff here!
Take to the road – with some romantic comedy fun!
I love music too…but I enjoy HEARING a good book.
You can sample all of my audiobooks on all their links: iTunes, Audible.com & the Amazon/eBook link…..if you own the eBook (and some eBooks are just 99 cents (hint) if the audiobook is whispersynced you get that audiobook for just $1.99 and you don't have to be a member of audible.com to get that deal!!!
For those of you who downloaded BEST LAID PLANS when it was FREE – that audiobook is just $1.99 and has been on the audible bestseller's list for since its debut! And NOW BEST LAID PLANS is available on Nook, Kobo, Smashwords, iTunes, – everywhere!!!
And so many men have given DARE THE DEVIL 5 star reviews – both for the action and the amazing movie script soundtrack/special effects as well as the 'sex scenes' – this can be the perfect audiobook to share! This is from Bella Czar who also created one fun book trailer for the eBook. ( check it out! http://youtu.be/_rMcy2ngCb4)
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Both SPECIAL DELIVERY and DOUBLE OCCUPANCY are on the erotica bestsellers list at audible with dual narrators – Destiny Landon and Lee James – wow..you will need extra ear buds for the steamy fun! If you own the eBook the audiobook is just $1.99 – they both whispersync!
New Narrator – Janice Moss has finished Caught in a Trap and it's now LIVE on audible & iTunes!
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I love this!! And this guy must be reading my books…my heroine's are all uncontrollable!!! And I don't write hero's who think Jell-O shots are a food group!
If you like sassy, laugh out loud, contemporary romances – some more explicit than others – you have found the right author!
Reviewers have called them: "cat & mouse" – "slow burn" – "hot and steamy" – "highly addicting" – "solid characters & lots of humor" – "amazing reads!" I call them fun! My heroines are NOT: thin, petite, clueless or submissive. They are strong women who aren't looking for a man – until the right one comes along! And those men! Tough-guy, alpha males who don't know what hit them! But do know they want MORE!
Whether you read my erotic romantic comedies (updated eBooks), my updated 'steamy' romantic eBooks, or my classic eBooks – remember there's never an expiration date on Romance!
Exciting news for audiobook lovers: ONE WAY OR ANOTHER (classic romance audiobook) was audible.com's "Best Reviewed Romance for October 2012" narrator: Janina Edwards
And SPECIAL DELIVERY, which has been on audible's erotic romance bestseller list since its debut in August, 2012, was #4 out of 10 Top reviewed romance novels for 2012! (PS it was the only audiobook not from a major publishing house!) narrators: award-winning team of Destiny Landon & Lee James from Bella Czar Productions.
I also write sexy mystery/thriller's. My non-fiction "How to write the Amateur Detective Novel" which was nominated for the Agatha Christie Award is in the FBI Forensic Library at Quantico.
WTRAFSOG highlights the hottest FB list & Double Occupancy
Check out the GEMSTONE collection on my web page…Double Occupancy is in Emeralds and Rules of the Game is in Diamonds!
I'm hard at work…at least some days…on my mystery series featuring former Army ranger/special ops turned private investigator, Roman Cantrell and investigative reporter, Nikki Holden. I'll be doing a 'snippet' page to whet your appetites!
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Thursday, June 18, 2015
Dodig Salutes Class of 2015 as 'Fantastic'
Today was the last graduation ceremony for Staples High School Principal John Dodig, who is retiring after 11 years. He saluted the Class of 2015 as a "fantastic," adding, "You have helped to make my dream of what a public high school can and should be come true…. I am truly honored to be graduating with you." Dodig told the class: "We've been accused and described by some as living in a bubble in Westport. I don't apologize for that. Being loved, protected, and nurtured in a safe environment allowed you to flourish. You have the rest of your lives outside that bubble and to recognize just how difficult that can be." Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com
Thursday, April 02, 2015
Two Troop 36 Boy Scouts Earn Eagle Rank
Two Boy Scouts in Westport's Troop 36 have achieved Scouting's highest honor.
Peter Campbell and Steven Bean have earned the rank of Eagle, something only 5 percent of Scouts ever accomplish. They join more than 120 boys from Troop 36 who have also earned that distinction.
Peter's Eagle project was done to benefit Sherwood Island State Park. It entailed constructing interpretive panels to display the information and findings of a recent archaeological dig of a colonial homestead at Sherwood Island. It also involved providing the history and context of these findings.
Peter is a senior at Fairfield Prep where he serves as assistant concertmaster of its symphonic orchestra. He is first violin in the principal orchestra of the Greater Bridgeport Youth Orchestras and has performed with his group at Carnegie Hall. Peter volunteers at the Westport Senior Center and Bridgeport Hospital. He plans to major in pre-med next fall in college.
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Monday, March 16, 2015
Students Encouraged to Enter CHET 'Dream Big' Competition
Sponsors are encouraging Westport students in grade K-8 to enter the Connecticut Higher Education Trust (CHET) Dream Big Competition before the end of March for a chance to win money for college.
The competition asks students to share their dreams about life after college in a drawing or essay for a chance to win a CHET 529 College Savings account contribution and promote the importance of saving for college.
Four students from across Connecticut will win a $1,000 grand prize CHET account contribution with 80 students representing the states eight counties winning a $500 contribution to a CHET account.
Teachers, parents and guardians can print an entry form and find more information, including the Official Rules and entry deadlines, at http://www.chetdreambig.com. Winners will be announced and recognized during a ceremony in May.
Thursday, March 12, 2015
iFloat Hosts Benefit Saturday for A Better Chance
iFloat, a Westport stress reduction and mind education center, on Saturday will host Float for a Cause, an art show and fundraiser to benefit A Better Chance of Westport .
It will take place from 6 p.m. to midnight at FTS Gallery, 415 Main St, Stratford (second floor).
For the last three years iFloat has offered three complimentary floatation therapy sessions in exchange for a work of art inspired by their experiences. The art will be displayed for the first time at FTS Gallery.
There will be food, drinks, music, dancing, and plenty of opportunities to view and purchase the art through a silent auction, an announcement said.
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Wednesday, March 11, 2015
Westport Little League Seeks Youth Umpires
Westport Little League has announced it is seeking youth umpires.
Eligible candidates must be students in the sixth grade and up, an announcement said. Pay is $20 to $30 game.
Those interested should register at http://www.westportlittleleaguebaseball.com. (Click "register now" and scroll down to youth umpire section.
New Scoutmaster for Troop 36 is a Returnee
Matt Ferencz: learned under Jack Berry. Contributed photo
Westport's Boy Scout Troop 36 has announced that one of its own Eagle Scouts, Matt Ferencz of Westport, has returned to the troop to serve as Scoutmaster.
"Matt will continue the scouting legacy of our longtime Scoutmaster Jack Berry," said Bruce Borner, Troop Charter Rep for the Saugatuck Congregational Church. Berry died Feb. 8, 2014 of pancreatic cancer after serving as Scoutmaster since 1984. He was 71. (See obituary here)
Ferencz, 27, spent 12 years in Boy Scouts earning Eagle Scout in 2005. "Scouting, and especially Troop 36, had a tremendous impact on my life," he said. "Now it is my time to give back.
"My Scoutmaster, Jack Berry, taught me a lot about how to lead boys and develop them. His example will help guide me in my new role."
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Suzuki Music Schools Final Concert on March 29
The Suzuki Music Schools of Westport & Orange presents its inaugural Piano Final Concert with 24 young pianists performing with an orchestra on Sunday, March 29.
The concert will take place at 4 p.m. at the Trinity Episcopal Church, 651 Pequot Ave., Southport. There is free admission with a $10 suggested donation.
The performers, aged 5 through 14, will play pieces ranging from "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star" through concerti by J. S. Bach and Beethoven.
All the performers are students of the Suzuki Music Schools of Westport & Orange and they come from the towns of Cheshire, Darien, Fairfield, North Haven, Norwalk, Ridgefield, Riverside, Shelton, Weston, Westport, and Wilton.
Tuesday, March 10, 2015
Schools' Town-Wide Music Festival on March 18
March is National Music in Our Schools Month and Westport celebrates with its annual Town-Wide Music Festival on Wednesday, March 18 at 7:30 p.m.
The concert will be held in the Staples High School Gymnasium and will feature the combined 7th and 8th grade middle school bands, as well as the Staples combined bands.
This year's guest conductor is David Winer, former music supervisor for the Westport Public Schools.
The concert is free and open to the public.
Drones Subject of Y's Men Talk on Thursday
Jay Dirnberger: Vietnam War vet. Photo by Larry Untermeyer
Jay Dirnberger, who flew helicopters during the Vietnam War, will be the featured speaker at the Y's Men of Westport/Weston's Thursday, March 12 meeting at the Unitarian Church in Westport at 10 Lyons Plains Road.
Coffee and donuts start at 9:45 a.m. with the talk at 10:30 a.m.
Dirnberger saw his first drone-like weapon in 1968 as an infantry captain flying helicopters with the 1st Cavalry Division in South Vietnam.
While patrolling the coast of North Vietnam, the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Mansfield, with Dirnberger aboard, deployed a modified unmanned aerial submarine detector to bomb enemy installations.
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Y's Men Speaker Will Focus on Charter Schools
Dacia Toll, co-CEO and president of Achievement First, will be the Y's Men of Westport/Weston's featured speaker at its March 19 meeting at the Unitarian Church in Westport at 10 Lyons Plains Road.
Dacia Toll: will address Y's Men on March 19. Contributed photo
Achievement First is a nonprofit management organization that operates 29 public charter schools in Connecticut, New York and Rhode Island.
Toll will talk on the activities of Achievement First—what needs to be done to improve elementary and secondary education and the role of charter schools. Coffee and donuts start at 9:45 a.m. followed by her talk at 10:30 a.m.
A Morehead Scholar as an undergraduate at University of North Carolina, Toll went on to earn a Master's Degree at Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar, a J.D. from Yale Law School and a teaching certificate from Yale University.
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Troop 36 Back at Saugatuck Congregational Church
Boy Scout Troop 36 is back to meeting on Monday nights at Westport's Saugatuck Congregational Church which has chartered the troop for over 60 years. The troop was one of the organizations that was displaced after the November 2011 fire. Now Troop 36 will be doing some rebuilding of its own by holding Open Houses for boys 11-17 on March 16 and April 6. Gathered in Hoskins Hall (l-r) are: Scoutmaster Matt Ferencz, Phillip DeMunck, William Bean, Kelvin May, Toby Patton, Jake Trock, Liam Borner, William Bean, Ben Waller and Assistant Scoutmaster Craig Patton. Not pictured: Peter Campbell, Michael Dodd and Lucas Nash. For more information, contact Barbara King, (203)454-3566. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Contributed photo
Monday, October 27, 2014
Westport Chamber Donates $5K to Homes With Hope
Matthew Mandell (r), executive director of the Westport Weston Chamber of Commerce, today presented a check to Jeff Wieser (l), president of Westport-based Homes with Hope, a beneficiary of the third annual 2014 Slice of Saugatuck Festival held on Sept.14 Joining in the check presentation ceremony were Jim Donaher of Gault Energy; Linda Matthews, Chamber of Commerce staff, Maria Funicello, Tutti Ristorante owner, and Karen jewell, owner of Down Under. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com
Friday, October 24, 2014
Visit From Firefighters
The children at Saugatuck Nursery School today enjoyed a visit from the Westport Fire Department during Fire Safety Month. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Contributed photo
Saturday, October 18, 2014
Oktoberfest at Saint Luke
Westport's Saint Luke Parish today held an Oktoberfest run by the Youth Group. Pictured are the Edelweiss Oompah Trio and youth group members, including: (top row, l-r) Gabriela Vega, Linus Nickel, Bobby Becker, Sean Driscoll, (bottom row) Lauren Revay, Jane Schutte, Sofia Vega, and Ryan Peterson. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Contributed photo
Saturday, October 11, 2014
Founders at ITN Coastal CT Celebrate
The founders of ITN Coastal CT, the nonprofit driving service for seniors and the visually disabled, met at the annul fundraiser for ITN at the Pequot Library Friday night. Pictured (l-r) are Stan Nayer, Leslie Wolfe, Stephanie Ross, Maybeth Wirz, John Thompson, Judy Guthman and Peggy Kamins. The event raised money to purchase gas cards and to permit the organization to provide rides to seniors in the six-town region of Fairfield, Easton, Norwalk, Weston, Westport and Wilton. For information about memberships or volunteering, contact Nancy McCormick at (203)858-2001 or go to www.itncoastalct.org. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Contributed photo
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After working hard to help a bald eagle to recover from burns, volunteers at Bird TLC learned the biggest reward can be letting go.
Sparkie came to the Bird TLC earlier this year with burnt feathers after the young eagle's feathers were singed when it tried to catch rodents fleeing the fire. Even after months in recover, Bird TLC volunteer, Dave Dorsey said this is still a wild animal.
"He knows what he needs to do," Dorsey said. "He just needs a chance to get out and do it."
On Saturday, Dorsey and another volunteer entered Sparkie's cage with blankets to capture the bird one last time.
The young bald eagle is still brown. It's three or four years old. The white feathers bald eagles are known for don't grow in until later in life.
"He's feisty!" the volunteer helping Dorsey said as the two men hold the bird in a blanket.
Sparkie's next step to freedom was being put in a traveling crate. It takes quick, careful coordination to lock him in the crate before shutting the lid. Dorsey loaded his pickup in the parking lot in front of Bird TLC for the drive to Soldotna.
In Soldotna, a crowd gathered to watch the bird released back in to the wild.
"We like to return the birds to that area {Soldotna} to replenish what was brought out of there," Dorsey said.


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A couple more aliens from behind the scenes
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October 30 2009, 11:32 AM
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Re: A couple more aliens from behind the scenes
Therin of Andor wrote:
darkwing_duck1 wrote:
The sad thing for me about the new alien pics is that it is entirely likely that is ALL we will ever see or know about them. Old school Trek made a point to create names and planets and histories for it's aliens...
No. If you're talking about ST:TMP, then the UFP alien race names and mini-biographies were made up by costume designer, Robert Fletcher, and although his notes made it into places like the souvenir movie program, and a few gum cards, and "The Making of TMP", they weren't necessary noticed or accepted by future productions. Many of the alien ambassadors' distinctive outfits were given to brand new UFP aliens in ST IV. For example, in ST IV, the Tellarites wear TMP Kazarite robes, and a human female wears a TMP Arcturian's leather uniform. Other humanoids wear TMP Zaranite suede with new turbans, and the ST IV Zaranites are presumed as such because they are wearing the old TMP breathing masks.
Similarly, the bar scene of ST III had lots of quirky aliens, none of whom were named, or ever seen again. Ditto most of the aliens of ST V.
The ST IV aliens were named by FASA RPG, with only the Efrosian named in production materials (a caption in an official still) - and the ST VI novelization ended up branding the same race (the new UFP President) a
One of the things that annoys me the most about Trek is its tendency to make so many of its alien races anecdotal - either one dimensionl, one episode wonders or background aliens never to be seen again. I was so annoyed that Andorians, Deltans, and Tellarites are almost entirely absent from TNG in favour of carbon-copied but less interesting aliens like the Bolians, Betazoids, Zak-dorns etc. At least Babylon 5 had the good sense to have a bible of alien races from which it departed relatively rarely.
The new movie is showing that it has every intention of continuing the Trek legacy. It looks like an Edoan, barks like an Edoan but its a completely different species that we'll never see again. Yay.
I'm happy for them to make existing alien races look a bit cooler (salt monster = good; klingons = good) but I'm not really in favour of hundreds of new background species just to give the make-up desingers something to spend their budget on.
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