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Sequel to Bulletproof
Jory Harcourt is finally living the dream. Being married to US Marshal Sam Kage has changed himits settled the tumult of their past and changed Jory from a guy who bails at the first sign of trouble to a man who stays and weathers the storm. He and Sam have two kids, a house in the burbs, and a badass minivan. Jorys days of being an epicenter for disaster are over. Domestic life is good.
Which means it's exactly the right time for a shakeup on the home front. Sams ex turns up in an unexpected place. A hit man climbs up their balcony at a family reunion. And maybe both of those things have something to do with a witness who disappeared a year ago. Marital bliss just got a kick in the pants, but Jory wont let anyone take his family away from him. Before he knew what it felt like to have a home, he would have run. Not anymore. He knows he and Sam need to handle things together, because thats the only way theyre going to make it.
Chapter One
THE man was a pig, and it wasnt just me who thought so. Rosa Martinez, who lived on the other side of the Petersons, agreed with me. In fact, all the women who lived on our cul-de-sac were of the same mind. Oliver Peterson, whose wife had just caught him cheating on heragain was filth. It wasnt the fact that they already had two children; it was the fact that she was currently pregnant with a third.
Sam, the love of my life, my partner, husband, and the guy who was parenting two small people with me, just shook his head the night before and kissed me breathless after telling me for the nine-hundredth time to please not get involved. Leave the neighbors alone; this was not Housewives of Wherever, we were not on reality TV. I had explained over the McDonalds that the man had brought home instead of having me cookwhich, after the last time, we had both agreed would never happen againthat I was involved because I was her friend.
No, he told me as we put the kids down. You use that word so loosely. Shes an acquaintance, Jory, shes not a friend.
Shes my neighbor, Sam, and her mans a dog, and if she needs my help with whatever, Im gonna give it to her.
Im not saying not to be nice to her, but just dont stick your nose in their business.
I ignored him.
Jory Harcourt!
I gave him the most indignant look I could manage. So Im what, nosy now? Im the busybody neighbor?
He threw up his hands in defeat.
I gave him a superior grunt because I thought he was on his way out of the bedroom to check the house, make sure all the doors were locked, make sure the stove burners were all off, but then I realized he hadnt moved. What?
Youre very cute.
I squinted at him. Thirty-five-year-old men are not cute.
Youll always be the twenty-two-year-old club kid I saw for the first time lying in the street with a beagle on top of him.
I thought George was a Jack Russell.
Nope. He came toward me. Beagle.
Go away. I smiled at him, trying to shoo him out of the room. Go make sure the zombie horde cant get us.
But instead of leaving, he grabbed me and slammed me up against the wall in our room. With his hot mouth nibbling up the side of my neck, his hands frantically disrobing me, and his hard groin pressed to my ass, my mind went completely blank. There was no way to concentrate when I had 220 pounds of hard-muscled man focused on getting me in bed.
But the next day, as I staggered around my kitchenI never had been and never would be a morning personand saw my neighbors on their front porch, Christie Peterson smiling tentatively, her husband scowling, I just wanted to go over and punch him out. I had an idea what I must have looked like: robe on, T-shirt and pajama bottoms under that, bunny slippers looking all bright-eyed and happy, I resembled the nosy neighbor in every sense.
A throat cleared behind me.
Dont you have to go to work? I asked pointedly. It was Wednesday, not Saturday.
The warm rumbling chuckle was next. You think maybe now since youve got one kid in preschool and the other in first grade that you should start thinking about going back to working from your office?
Obviously my sanity was in question, because I was still working from home. I hoped the look I gave him when I turned and squinted conveyed my displeasure.
He snorted out a laugh.
I all-out scowled at the supervisory Deputy US Marshal standing beside me at the kitchen sink. We had both been looking at the Petersons. Why would you say that?
Say what?
I growled.
He pressed his beautiful lips together in a hard line so he wouldnt smile.
No reason.
Spit it out.
He cleared his throat. I just think that perhaps you being home during the day is giving you cabin fever, and maybe you need to get back out in the real world and talk to the grown-ups.
I huffed out an exasperated breath. Sam, just because I dont go to the office doesnt mean Im starved for adult contact. I talk to Dylan every day, I talk to Fallon every day. Theyre my business partners, they need me, and they keep me involved with whats going on at the office.
I send out more e-mails than both of them combined!
Im sure you do, he said, sliding his hand around the back of my neck, then squeezing gently, massaging, and easing me closer. I just think that maybe getting out of this house during the day would do you some good.
I batted his hand away, whirling on him. I go to the store, to the park, drop kids off at school, pick them up
when do I not see people?
He grunted, rolled his eyes, and put his coffee cup down in the sink before his dark smoky-blue eyes flicked to mine.
No, I almost squeaked, turning to run.
So not fast enough.
You would think that a big man could not move like that, with so much speed, but Sam Kages athleticism and strength were never to be underestimated. At forty-six, he was just as powerful as hed been when I first met him, and I finally understood the whole getting better with age thing. The man looked the best he ever had, and he lived well in his skin, so content, so happy both personally and professionally.
I was so proud of him and told him so often. He was an amazing father, a wonderful husband, a great son, and the kind of friend anyone would be happy to claim. I was biased because I loved him, but still, I saw people look at him and knew the truth. Four years after beginning his new job as a marshal, he was now the supervisor of the Chicago field office, overseeing five other deputies and three clerks. I had thought once he moved up, hed become a sheriff, but apparently all they did was add the supervisory in there. A sheriff was a totally different thing. It made no sense from a Western standpoint. In every movie I had ever seen, the deputy got moved up to sheriff. As usual, Sam had just shaken his head at me.
As I ducked around the island in the middle of the kitchen, I thought for half a second that I would get away from him, but as he grabbed, yanked, and pinned me against the refrigerator, I realized how wrong I had been.
All I meant to imply, he began, tilting my head up with a hand on my chin, was that since you have a six-year-old and a four-year-old now, you can do a half day at the office instead of working full-time from home. It might be nice after you drop them off to pick up a fancy cup of coffee and go to your office and actually see Dylan and Fallon and talk to them face to face.
I was really far too interested in his mouth to listen to him. He had the kind of lips made for kissing, plump and dark, and when he smiled, there was this curve in the corner that could break your heart. Not that the rest of his rugged features were without appeal. His dark smoky blue-gray eyes with the deep laugh lines at the corners, his long straight nose, the hard square jaw, and the thick copper-gold eyebrows were a treat too. And his voice, over the phone or in person, deep and husky, edged with a growl, could send rippling heat through my entire body. But the mans mouth, the shape of it, the feel of it
really, I was a fan.
Are you listening to me?
I lifted up from my height of five nine to his of six four, and he bent down at the same time. Our lips met and parted, and his tongue slid deep to taste me.
The sounds from the peanut gallerychoking and retchingand the tug on my robe instantly drained the heat from the encounter. Sam snorted out a laugh as he broke the kiss, both of us eyeing the short people standing close to us.
Thats disgusting, Kola assured me with a glare that a six-year-old shouldnt have had, full of judgment and revulsion.
Why? I asked snidely.
Your mouth has germs, he informed me haughtily. Thats why you told Hannah not to lick Chilly.
No, I told her not to lick Chilly because the cat doesnt like to be licked by her.
He licks his body.
He does, Hannah, our four-year-old, agreed with a nod. Kolas right.
But he doesnt want you to do it, I assured my daughter, directing my comment to her.
How do you know? Kola questioned.
Yeah, Hannah Banana chimed in again, always her big brothers backup. How do you know?
I had to think.
Kola waited, squinting at me.
Hannah was waiting as well, one of her perfectly shaped dark brows arching. It was new. She had the same way of looking at me that her father did, like I was an idiot.
Do not lick the cat! Nobody licks the cat! Sam ordered when the silence stretched for too long.
I started laughing; only my husband would have to make such rules.
He looked down at his son, Mykola Thomas Kage, six years old going on forty, who was full of questions and opinions.
We had adopted him when he was three, from an agency in the Netherlands. When we had made the final trip to bring him home, he had seen us from the window of the orphanage directors office and run to the door to meet us. We had been there two weeks and he already called Sam Daddy, which Sam was madly in love with hearing. But though Kola had been taught the American word meaning father, it was not his, not the one he had grown up hearing and had been waiting to use for someone who belonged to him. So he had tried out the one he knew on me.
So simple a word but it meant so much.
I had heard it in the streets when we visited, along with the more formal, vader, and seen kids run to their fathers using it. Not the papa I knew, not what Sams father was called by his grandchildren, but instead just pa. When Kola called to me, I answered to it, and his face, the way it lit up, the absolute blinding joy, had been a gift.
Sam was Daddy, and Daddy represented Kolas new life and his new family in the United States, and I was the comfort of the old. I was Pa, and he had named me.
Of course it didnt matter to me what name he settled on. He could have called me Jory for all I cared; he was my kid, and that was all I gave a damn about. He was legally and completely mine and Sams, and that was what mattered. And we were good, the three of us, until the first agency we had contacted back when wed started the whole adoption process called to tell us that there was a little girl from Montevideo ready for adoption. I had forgotten about them because they had never come through, but that turned out not to be the case. You heard from them when it was time, and it finally was.
I was surprised, Sam unsure, until the professional but not personable and definitely not warm gentleman slid the picture across the desk for us. He needed to know if we wanted the little girl in the photograph.
Yes, we wanted the angel very much.
Our family went from three to four with the coming of the little sister that Kola wanted nothing to do with until we were all home under one roof. He resented all of us going to the airport to pick her up, hated her crying in the car, and was really annoyed that Sam was carrying her instead of him. He was starting to fret, it was all over his faceuntil Sam knelt and picked him up too. Kids are so funny. As soon as Kola figured out that Hannah was planning on sharing us with him, that she wasnt there to take his spot, that nothing was changing in the love department, just some tweaking in the time area, he decided he liked her. And now, with him at six and her at four, their bond was noticeable.
They fought like cats and dogs
but only sometimes. She cried, he moped, they chased each other and roughhoused, but nine times out of ten, I found her in his room in the morning. When we were out, he held her hand, he fixed things when she couldnt, and he was supremely patient when she was trying to impart some tidbit of information. I was like, Spit it out, kid, but Kola just nodded and waited until some incident about a bug on a flower was all communicated in excruciating detail.
He brushed her off if she fell down, made her remember her mittens and hat, and could be counted on to translate her wishes to others if Sam and I were absent. Dylan Greer, my best friend, was really surprised because she was certain that, sometimes, Hannah Bananaor B, as we all called herspoke in tongues. But Kola would just say that she wanted milk or a crayon or a flashlight. And he was never wrong. He was an excellent big brother, and she adored him.
Hannah Regina Kageher middle name after Sams motherhad the most adorable little button nose on the planet. I would lean in to kiss her sometimes and nibble on her nose instead. It made her squeal with delight. Putting her toes in my mouth was also cause for raucous laughter. Even at a year old, she had a good laugh. It was not timid or soft. She was small, but how she expressed herself was big. People heard the deep, throaty sound and were enchanted. I had been under her spell at first glance.
In our neighborhood in River Park, sometimes people still looked at us when we were out walking. And most questioned Kola when they got close, since with his deep-set cobalt-blue eyes, sharp European features, and dark-brown hair, he didnt look like either me or Sam. But Hannah, who was half-Uruguayan, was obviously adopted. What was funny, though, was that people sometimes questioned whether Gentryborn with my brother Danes charcoal eyes instead of my sister-in-law Ajas honey-brown onesactually belonged to his own mother. I always wondered why people cared. If your kid was blue and you were orange, who gave a crap as long as you loved and cherished the blue kid? People still surprised me.
Hannah was looking up at me like I was the village idiot.
If Kola cant lick Chilly, you cant lick Daddy.
I had a terrible image of giving Sam a blow job just then, and he probably knew it, which was why he grabbed me and covered my mouth with his hand. Will you two go finish your breakfast, please?
They left then, but not without casting looks back.
Sam moved his hand but bent and kissed me. I received it happily, and of course, there was more retching.
Kola Kage! I admonished him even as I laughed. Will you knock that off?
Ewww, Hannah squeaked out.
When I looked over at them, Kola was mixing his oatmeal with butter and brown sugar, making it burp with his spoon.
Just eat it, I told him.
Im making it edible.
Edible. Damn kid and his damn vocabulary.
Leave the Petersons alone, Sam sighed, long-suffering as he was.
I am. I bit my bottom lip.
, he cautioned me.
I tried for innocent.
Daddy, Kola said, back beside us, looking up at Sam.
Dont lick the cat, Sam reiterated, bending down to one knee as his son stepped into his arms and put his hands on his face. All right?
Okay. Kola nodded.
Okay, Sam sighed, pulling Kola close, hugging him tight for a minute.
Whats homonic?
I dunno. Sam yawned, leaning back so father and son could look at each other. Whered you hear it?
Pa told Auntie Dyl that Jakes parents wont let him come play at my house cause theyre homonic.
Sam nodded. Thats homophobic, and that means that Jakes parents dont want him to come over because you have two fathers.
Kola squinted at Sam. Why?
Some people just dont like it.
Well, I think that some people are afraid of what it means.
He shook his head. What does it mean?
That if you can have two fathers, maybe things are changing.
His scowl made his little eyebrows furrow. It was adorable. I dont understand.
I think you will when youre older, buddy.
Its dumb.
Yes it is, Sam agreed, hugging him again. But Im sorry.
Thats okay. He hugged Sam back tight, both arms wrapped around his neck. Stuart and his mom are coming with me and Pa and Hannah and Uncle Evan and Bryce and Seth and Auntie Dyl and Mica and Mabel and Tess and her dad to the movies next Saturday, so Jakes the one whos missing out.
Whos coming again? Sam teased him.
Stuart and his mom are coming with
Stop, I cut Kola off. Your father heard you the first time.
Sam grunted and looked up at me. How come I didnt get invited to the movies?
FirstI smiled at himthe Chipmunks give you hives, and secondly, wont you be fishing with Pat and Chaz that Saturday?
What Saturday are we talking about?
Were leaving tomorrow for Phoenix, for the reunion, and well come home Sunday.
Yes, I know this.
Okay, so then Im talking about not this coming Saturday, since well be out of town, but the one after that.
Oh, so thats right, then. He smiled brightly. Ill be fishing. Sorry I wont make the movie, babe.
Liar, I said flatly.
He cackled.
But it was going to be fun. I was going with my two kids, my buddy Evan was bringing his sons Bryce and Seth, and Dylan was schlepping her two kids: her son, Mica, who was her oldest, and Mabel, her daughter, who was the same age as Kola. It was unfortunate that they had made another Alvin and the Chipmunks movie, but all the kids were dying to see it, so we were making a day of it. I was still waiting to hear from Aja to see if she was coming along as well. I knew that Robert and Gentry were just as interested in helium-fueled rodents as the rest of our kids, but Aja wasnt, and she could use a day off.
Aja, who had been in the public school realm when she first married my brother, as first a principal and then assistant superintendent of schools, had found herself unable to enact change at that level. Aja could not amend policy or allocate funds, but instead of growing bitter about what she saw happening around herthe apathy and deliberate ignoranceshe decided to do something about it. In her present position as the associate dean of education at De Paul University, training and inspiring the next generation of teachers, she was preparing bright minds for the real world as well as toughening skins. She armed them and motivated them and made sure they knew she would always be a resource for them even after they graduated. All that plus parenting two children, being a wife, attending a myriad of social functions with her husband, and the result was a worn-out Aja Harcourt. I wanted to help lessen her load.
As I was driving back home after dropping off Kola and Hannahthey both went to the same Montessori school close to Oak ParkI called Aja from the car and offered to take her two short people off her hands instead of having her join us. I was immediately called a saint.
Jory, I need some me and Dane time.
How bout I pick Robbie and Gen up next Friday after school and keep them until Sunday morning? Well all go to brunch and you can have them back. But that gives you Friday night and all day Saturday. Whaddya say?
I thought she was going to cry, she was so thankful.
So is that a yes?
Ohmygod, yes, thats a yes!
Youre starting to sound like me.
Thank you, baby.
What is family for?
But youre the only one I trust.
Thats not true. I smiled into the phone as I turned from the side street I was on into traffic on Harlem Avenue, heading for home. I went maybe ten feet before I and everyone else on the street came to a grinding halt.
Yes, but since Carmen got her dream job globetrotting around the world and my folks fled to Florida and Alex to Delaware, you and Sam are the only family Ive got here.
You have a lot of other girlfriends, I told her as I tried to see what the problem was around the SUV in front of me.
I know, but I would check in with the others, I dont need to check with you and Sam. Hell kill anyone that comes near my kids, and you worry more than I do.
I dont worry.
She snorted out a laugh over the phone.
That was very undignified, I said as I leaned back in the drivers seat of the sleek black minivan I utterly adored. Everyone else I knew had SUVs that were, I was certain, helping to destroy the environment. My minivan was not part of Satans master plan, and I loved my car that proclaimed me married with children as well as safety conscious. I was looking forward to Kola starting soccer in the spring so the picture of domestic bliss would be complete. I had a sweater all picked out.
You bring it out of me, Aja cackled.
Whatever, Ill call you when I get back from the reunion on Sunday.
She started snickering.
Family reunion. She was laughing now. Oh the horror!
Itll be fine, I told her as I noticed a man striding by my window. It was weird that he was walking down the middle of the street and not on the sidewalk, but since we were in gridlock, he was in no danger of getting run over. Hey, your kids like Mountain Dew and Oreos, right?
Theyre staying with you for two days. Feed them whatever you want.
I was laughing when I hung up, but when the SUV in front of me suddenly reversed, crashing into my front bumper, I yelled and laid on my horn. But the car didnt stopit kept grinding metal, and I realized that he, or she, was trying to get enough of an angle to go up onto the curb to the right.
I took a picture of the license plate with my phone, thanked God that my kids werent with me, and was about to call the police to report the accident when I saw the passenger door of the SUV open. What was confusing was that the small woman who scrambled out had keys in her hand. It was like she had been driving but had not wanted to get out of the drivers side door. When she flung open the back door, a little rocket seat was visible: she had a toddler.
I got out fast and went around the back of my vaneven as the guy in the car behind me honked, leaned out, and told me to get back behind the fucking wheeland darted to her side.
She whirled on me with a can of pepper spray in hand.
Wait! Im here to help.
Her eyes were huge as she looked at me, shoved the can into my chest, and told me to look out for the guy so she could get her son out of the car. She had been too frightened to even open her door.
What guy?
I dont know, some psycho. I think he killed the man in the car in front of me, she cried. I think he has a gun oroh God!
Turning, I saw a man advancing on us. Move your fucking cars!
Get inside! I ordered her. Lock it!
She climbed into the backseat around her kid, and I heard the locks behind me as the man advanced on me fast.
He had a lug wrench, not a gun, and since I could run if I needed to, I went from terrified to annoyed very quickly. What the hell are you doing? I barked at him. Youre scaring the crap out of this lady!
Move your cars! This whole street is just full of fucking cars!
He wasnt even looking at me; I doubt he could have told me where he was or what he was doing. Maybe the road rage had made him snap; perhaps something else. I didnt know and I didnt carehe was carrying around an automotive tool like a weapon. That was really my only concern. The lady in the SUV was freaked because her kid was in the car and this guy was acting crazy. If my kids were with me, I would have had the same reaction.
Stop, I ordered him. Dont come any closer.
He kept coming, and he raised the wrench like maybe he was thinking of braining me with it. I aimed the nozzle of the pepper spray and made sure to get his face.
His scream was loud and wounded, but he didnt drop the tool.
What the fuck are you doing?
It was the guy who had yelled at me earlier, whose car was in gridlock behind mine.
You just attacked this guy? he roared right before he hit me.
I went down hard, hitting the van as I bounced off it, but from my angle, I could see the guy I had sprayed coming at him.
Kicking hard, I knocked the guy who had just hit me off balance, and he tumbled to the ground beside me.
What the fuck are you
Look out! I yelled as the guy with the lug wrench came after us.
Oh shit, he screamed, scrambling back away from me, moving to run.
Drop the weapon!
Get on the ground!
Normally, policemeneven though Im married to an ex oneare not my favorite people. As a rule, they catch me doing crap I shouldnt be but somehow miss everyone else talking on their cell phones, running red lights, and speeding.
But right at that moment, as I saw the uniforms, noted the drawn guns, and heard the orders being roared out, I was comforted.
The guy dropped the lug wrench and went to his knees.
All the way down, face on the pavement!
You saved my life, the guy who hit me said.
But something slammed the back of my head, and everything went dark.
MY HUSBAND, my brother, family, and friends would say that yes, Jory Harcourt is a trouble magnet, but I think its more coincidence than anything else when fate decides to screw with me. Especially this time: I was going home from dropping off my kids, a trip I made Monday through Friday, normally without incident. How was I to know that I would end up in the crosshairs of accidental crazy?
A what? the policeman who was taking my statement at the hospital asked.
Trouble magnet, I told him as I sighed deeply.
How did you get knocked out? he asked me.
I guess the lady I told to stay in her SUV, she opened the door really fast and I was sitting right beside her car and
you know.
He nodded. I see.
Thats why vans are better, the doors slide, I educated him.
His smile was patronizing.
Jory! His yell bounced off the walls, and I winced.
The officer looked startled. Who was
Scooch back, I ordered, and took a breath to get the required amount of air into my lungs. In here!
The curtain was flung open moments later and there was Sam, jaw clenched, muscles cording in his neck, eyes dark and full of too many things to soothe at once.
Detective Kage?
Sam turned to the officer.
Oh, no, marshal. He tried to smile at my glowering man.
Sams attention returned to me, and I smiled as I lifted my arms for him.
Moving fast, Sam closed the short distance between us and hauled me forward and crushed me against him.
It was not gentle; the entire movement was jarring and hard.
I loved it.
Scared me, he said as he clutched me tight.
I knew I had, which was the reason for the grab. I leaned into him, nuzzled my face into the crook of his neck, and slid my arms under the suit jacket and over the crisp dress shirt. He smelled good, a faint trace of cologne, fabric softener, and warm male. I whimpered softly in the back of my throat.
Those calls take years off my life, you know?
What calls?
The Jorys in the hospital calls.
I nodded, and there was a rumble of a grunt before he leaned back and looked down into my face. His eyes clocked me, checking, making sure I was whole and safe.
Im fine, I said as he lifted his hand and knotted it into my hair, tilting my head back as he examined my right eye and my cheek.
Yeah, you dont look fine, he said, and his voice was low and menacing. Who did this?
There was a guy behind me, and he didnt understand why I sprayed the man with the lug wrench, and he
Stop, he cut me off, dropping his hand from my hair as he turned his head to the policeman. Talk.
I could tell from his change of tone that he wasnt waiting on me, but apparently the officer could not. Hello? Sam snapped icily.
Oh-oh, the guy stammered and then recounted to Sam the events of the morning.
So the lady in the SUV knocked him out when she opened the door? He was trying to make sure he understood everything.
Sam grunted.
Shes really sorry about it. She told me that your partner there saved her life.
That didnt make it any better, at least for Sam.
My van is
Well take care of the van and get you a rental until its fixed. Just dont worry about it.
No, I know, I snapped at him. Sometimesa lot of the timeSam treated me like an invalid. It was happening more and more lately, like I needed to be taken care of, same as the kids, because I couldnt think for myself or reason things out. I just wanted to know where my vehicle was towed to
I had turned to the man in uniform, pinned him with my gazemy question was directed to himand he was still looking at Sam to see if he should answer me.
I can find out where the
No, I shut Sam down, eyes wide as I waited. Wheres my car?
We, um. He coughed as he passed me a business card from his clipboard. Had it towed to a garage downtown and
Just stop, Sam barked at me, snatching the card away. Sit here while I go find your doctor and figure out if you have a concussion or
After I get you home, then well worry about the damn van.
I can
Stop, he ordered again, and because I didnt want to have a scene, I went still and quiet and stared at the clock on the wall.
The officer muttered something and left, and Sam told me that he had to go and find out about the other people in the accident and would see about my release at the same time.
I stayed quiet.
Youre gonna sulk now?
I turned my head and was about to say something when he lifted his hand.
I dont wanna fight with you. Just let me do this.
Im not a child, Sam. I can take care of my own car. I can do
So I shouldnt be here? I shouldnt have even come?
No, I just
lately it seems to be the Sam Show and not the Sam and Jory Show. You do everything, and I dont get why thats happening.
His eyes searched mine.
Sam? Do you think Im helpless?
The glare I was getting would have terrified most people. But this was the guy who loved me, and as always, when I stopped and actually used my brain, I understood what was really going on.
He was terrified.
I had scared the crap out of him that morning, and because he was waiting for the other shoe to drop anyway
it was almost like he was expecting bad news. And he washe was expecting the worst.
You think me and Kola and Hannah could get taken away.
What? No, he said quietly, not a lot of force behind his words. No.
He was such a liar.
Im sorry, I said quickly, putting my hands on his heavily muscled chest, unable to stop myself from curling my fingers into his shirt, holding on. Yes, he was being overprotective, but not for the reasons I thought. He didnt think I was stupid; he just didnt want to let me, or his kids, out of his sight for any reason. Not ever. And because he was trying not to be suffocating, he was managing the exact opposite. I wasnt thinking.
He took a breath. Whatre you talking about?
The more you work, the more you see, the more you realize that this, what we have, is not the norm. Most people dont get the kind of happiness that we have, the home we have, so you get over protective and smothering.
He furrowed his brows, and I smiled up at him as I hooked my legs around the back of his thighs. He leaned closer, hands on either side of me on the narrow hospital bed. You think you know me?
I nodded, my fingers unclenching from his shirt. Yes. I know you well.
He bent toward me, and I twined an arm around his neck to draw him close. His breath fanned softly across my face before his mouth settled over mine.
I loved to kiss him. Whenever, however, for as long as hed let me or as long as he wanted to. I was his for the taking.
He swept his tongue in, mating it with mine, tangled, rubbed, pushed, and shoved. Our lips never parted, not once, even for air. I felt his arms wrap around me, crush me to his chest, and hold tight. I had a hand knotted in his hair, and the moan I couldnt stifle was low and aching. When he suddenly shoved me back, breaking the scorching, devouring contact, my whine of protest was loud.
He was flushed and panting, his lips swollen, his pupils blown as he stared at me.
I was breathing hard, my lungs heaving for air as I smiled at him.
Crap. He finally managed to get out a word.
My smile was wicked.
Youre not supposed to kiss me at work.
You kissed me, I reminded him.
Crap, he said again and swallowed hard as he straightened up, stepping away from me, obviously fighting to get his body back under control.
You can nail me in your car.
His frown came fast, and so did my grin.
What? I smiled wide.
A Deputy US Marshal does not nail his spouse in the car.
I arched an eyebrow for him. Are you sure?
He pointed at me. I will take you home to our bed and nail you.
Oh yes, please. I waggled my eyebrows for him.
Just sit there, he growled at me. And wait while I get you signed out of here so we can go get the kids.
Not today, Marshal, I told him.
He looked surprised. You didnt plan to pick up your children today?
No, your moms picking them up and then were going there for dinner.
He squinted at me.
You know shes a planner, I said cheerfully.
Lemme get this straight, he sighed. Were gonna be with them on a plane tomorrow, with them at a resort from Thursday to Saturday, and then with them again on a plane on Sunday coming home, but were still eating with them tonight because they wont see us?
Your mom likes to coordinate and you know this, so just let it go.
Why? He was annoyed.
Why does she like to plan things or why are we indulging her?
The second one, he grumbled. Why do we do that?
Because we love her, I said like it was obvious.
No, screw that. Im gonna call her and tell her we
Why would you rock the boat? Why would you upset the delicate balance of all things Regina?
I loved his mother, Regina Kage, with absolute abandon, and of everyoneher own children, their spouses, and all her grandchildren combinedshe and I got along best. The reasons for that were twofold: first, because Id never had a mother and craved one like a drug; second, and most of all, because I didnt ever try to change her. We never fought; I allowed her to rearrange anything in my house she wanted, make suggestions on parentingbecause really, her kids came out good, so where was the argument?and most of all, when she fussed, whenever she fussed, I was at her disposal to lend a hand. We were good.
Let it go, Sam.
He rolled his eyes, but we both knew he wouldnt say a word. No one said a word to Regina Kage. We all did exactly as she wanted. She was the matriarch, after all.
Seriously, though, we should cancel, youre in no
Im fine, and besides, I think she had trip itineraries printed up, and I want to make sure to get mine.
He was disgusted, but I got the smile I was after with the shake of his head, the you are too much and I give up one that I loved.
So, I said softly as my gaze skated over him. God, I loved looking at him. The broad shoulders that the suit jacket accentuated, the snug fit of the tailored dress shirt over his massive chest, and the stubble that covered his square, chiseled jaw even though hed shaved that morning before work.
What? he asked, and his voice was husky as he stared at me.
Youre gonna take me home?
And stay with me?
Yeah. I want to make sure youre okay.
I stared into those eyes that I loved as much now as I had the first time hed kissed me all those years ago. Youre taking care of me again.
He grunted and it was all male, all growly bear. And?
And its nice. I smiled at him, taking a loose hold of his tie.
He sighed and I got a trace of a smile. Okay, Ill be right back.
Wait, I said before he could leave.
Why? What?
Come gimme kiss.
No. He snorted out a laugh and then bent and kissed my forehead before he walked out of the room.
I was lost in thought, every brain cell I possessed absorbed with Sam Kage and what I was going to do to him with an afternoon alone, when my name was called.
Mr. Harcourt?
When I turned, there was a doctor there, and I registered almost instantly that it really wasnt fair. He got to look like that and be brilliant? Normally you were smart or pretty, not both. He even had bright blue-green eyes. I noticed that because they were the exact shade of turquoise that I wanted when I was growing up. I had hated my brown eyes with a passion. Now things were different. My daughter and I had almost the same shade of deep chocolate brown with hints of gold, and the man who woke up in bed with me every morning never failed to mention that as eyes went, mine were his favorite color.
Yeah, sorry. I flashed him a quick grin. Thats me.
Hi. He smiled warmly as he closed in, offering me his hand. Im Dr. Dwyer, and
Jory, you
My doctor called my man by his first name.
Sam stood there looking utterly gobsmacked.
Both men, my partner and the doctor, froze as they stood staring at each other.
What the hell
Doctor Dwyer had been interrupted by Sams return, and Sam had apparently been quite startled to see the doctor when he came charging back into the room.
I kept looking between them, feeling weirder by the second.
Kevin, Sam finally said.
The man took a step forward, and the smile, the light that hit his eyes, the shiver that ran through his long, lean swimmers frame, was not to be mistaken for anything other than absolute, quivering, pulse-pounding, blood-racing joy. Whoever he was, he was deliriously surprised and delighted to see Sam Kage.
I waited and realized that I had stopped breathing.
Who was this heavenly creature, this doctor who was looking at Sam like he was the most beautiful thing he had ever seen in his entire life?
. Sam sucked in a breath. What are you doing here?
Jesus, the doctor gasped and rushed forward, arms lifted, ready to reach out and grab hold, reclaim.
Sam moved faster, meeting him and cutting him off, so basically, with his forward momentum halted, the good doctor was brought up short, almost to a jarring, lose-your-balance stop. Sam leaned, gave him the guy clench, tight-tight, then pushed off and back so Dr. Dwyer was basically left abandoned and bewildered, arms empty, looking lost.
Nice to see you, Sam said quickly, stepping close to the bed and taking my hand at the same time. Jory, this is Dr. Kevin Dwyer. We met in Columbia when I was there working that drug bust after Dom went into witness protection. He was with Doctors Without Borders at that time. What are you doing here in Chicago?
Years ago, Sam had left me recovering in the hospital to track down a drug cartel in Colombia on a tip from his corrupt partner. We had been apart for three years, and at some point he had met the good doctor.
Dr. Dwyer seriously looked like someone had punched him in the gut or run him over with a truck. It was hard to tell which better described him at that moment. I, he started but stopped, and then his eyes flicked to mine. Jory?
I smiled at him. Yes.
He nodded. Sam told me all about you.
And yet Sam had never, ever mentioned Kevin Dwyer to me. Did you date? I asked the doctor, because I didnt mess around.
No, he cut Sam off. We lived together for three months.
And my world imploded.
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'But For You' begins rather innocuously with Sam, Jory, their two adopted children, Kola and Hannah, living the family life. They have a home, Sam is the supervisor for the Chicago Marshall's Office, Jory and his partners still have their own business together, and life seems golden. Until Jory is in the ER after a traffic accident and the doctor treating him turns out to be the man Sam lived with for three months in Colombia all those years ago. The relationship Sam never told Jory about. Meanwhile Sam, Jory, and family are heading to Phoenix for a family reunion. Turns out a missing witness might be hiding there so Sam may or may not have to be doing a little work at the same time. The whole family reunion portion of the book is fantastic. I adore the words that come out of small children's mouths and it's obvious the author has experience with this. I almost snorted juice out of my nose in a few places I was laughing so hard. This story also introduces a new character, an undercover cop named Duncan Stiel, whom Jory sets up on a blind date with Aaron Sutter and I am really hoping the author will write a story for them because I think it might be pretty hot.
I loved this, maybe final *gulp*, story of Sam, Jory, their kids, and all of the wonderful secondary characters that inhabit 'A Matter of Time's' world. The action was here, the love, the sex, the hilariousness, and all the other fabulous qualities that makes this series one of my top ten favorites. If you've missed reading it then stop what you are doing and get the first book right now. You won't ever regret it. I promise.
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Friday, March 29, 2013
I apologize in advance for those of you devoutly practicing Christians this weekend; while I am a practicing Catholic I am not devoutly observant and so my use of "good" is in a much more selfish lens.
Today feels good. I have the day off - and a much needed one - which means I got to wake with the sun shining, make myself a warm, well-rounded breakfast, and decide how I might move about my day as I sip some coffee. It's almost a glimpse of my Sunday morning routine and it feels delightful.
I've also done a little bit of online shopping this morning that's got me exciting - not for the packages, but rather what they mean to me. I need to preface this with two things: 1.) I haven't found myself worthy of buying ANYTHING (I really mean anything) to the extent that I had to convince myself to create a rewards system, which was hard to do. This is bad enough that I haven't had a haircut in 2 years, a new bra in 3 years, etc... 2.) My husband and I are vacationing in Arizona this August. We're doing Sedona and the Grand Canyon with lots of hiking, camping, and swimming. Back to my shopping. I bought a runner's pack for my water, which comes highly recommended by Fitness Magazine and will get tons of use as the weather gets warmer - it's colorful and sleek, two things I haven't thought I should be toting around. Next I purchased a sports bra. It's a high impact, larger ladies kind that has nothing but awesome reviews on every website I visited. This is a big deal for a few reasons: I haven't owned a new one in years, I've been wearing two at a time everytime I workout, and I've never bought one that's more than $10 and more likely an ideal training bra for tweens. In fact, I might give a few tests and blog a review, we'll see. Then I finally bought a pair of shoes that are for both indoor, outdoor, and hiking movement. They're the Brooks Cacadia series. I love Brooks and this series is always at the top of every sneaker review list, not to mention the durability for hiking (toe guard, cushioning, etc...). I'm excited. While each purchase is for practical reasons, at the same time they represent an improvement in my self-worth (or need to online shop) as well as my commitment to exercise. If you had told me three months ago I would be investing in exercise worthy items I would have thought you were crazy. And so while I have a long way to go, I feel like I'm making strides - literally and emotionally.
This Friday feels good.
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I'm trying to get GCC (or clang) to consistently use the SSE instruction for sqrt instead of the math library function for a computationally intensive scientific application. I've tried a variety of GCCs on various 32 and 64 bit OS X and Linux systems. I'm making sure to enable sse with -mfpmath=sse (and -march=core2 to satisfy GCCs requirement to use -mfpmath=sse on 32 bit). I'm also using -O3. Depending on the GCC or clang version, the generated assembly doesn't consistently use SSE's sqrtss. In some versions of GCC, all the sqrts use the instruction. In others, there is mixed usage of sqrtss and calling the math library function. Is there a way to give a hint or force the compiler to only use the SSE instruction?
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You should be carefull in using that, you probably know that it has less precicision. That will be the reason that gcc doesn't use it systematically.
There is a trick that is even mentionned in INTEL's SSE manual (I hope that I remember correctly). The result of
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An inguinal hernia, also known as a groin hernia, is the most common type of hernia, making up 75% of all the abdominal-wall hernias. It is also much more common in men; it is known to affect 25% more men than it does women. An inguinal hernia occurs when a part of the bowel pushes out through an opening in the muscles of the abdomen and into the groin. Classified into two types, the direct and indirect inguinal hernia, this condition can be addressed and fixed through surgery. If you are suffering from this condition and are thinking of undergoing a surgery in the future, you need to consider your options as soon as you can so it is not too late.
How much does it cost?
- The website New Choice Health is a great place to find information regarding the price of hernia surgery – the list of national Inguinal Hernia Repair Surgery procedures are posted on their website. The prices vary from one state to another. The average national price for a hernia surgery procedure is $8,800. The lowest amount paid is about $3,800 while the most expensive would be around is $30,400.
- Remember, these are going to be prices without any sort of health insurance. Since this is usually deemed as a medically necessary procedure, the cost of this procedure should be covered by your insurance company, minus your deductible and copay. Check with your insurance provider for more information.
- The price range of $4,000 to $8,000 was also reported by MedSolution.com as the average cost for the surgical procedure.
- Experts say that it is often impossible to get an accurate estimate of the cost before the hernia surgery since there are unexpected bills that come afterwards. What this means is that the true cost may not be known until weeks after the operation.
What is going to be included?
- There are basically three surgical procedures that can be done to repair inguinal hernia: Herniorrhaphy, Hernioplasty and Laparoscopic Hernioplasty. Each of these procedures has its positive and negative aspects. You just need to choose the one that is perfect for your condition. Whatever you choose, make sure that it is approved by your doctor.
- This type of procedure tends to be the most common surgery in the United States. In fact, it is so common, more than 700,000 people undergo a successful surgery.
What are the extra costs?
- Doctor's Fee. According to AffordableHerniaSurgery.com, the average hospital bill for a routine hernia operation is $5,800. However, this does not include the doctors' bills. In fact, some hospitals may even charge separately for the OR cost, anesthesia and the surgeon costs. Once it is all added, patients usually pay over $10,000 for a single operation.
- Medication. After the procedure has been completed, you will need to be pain killers for the next few weeks. Again, depending on your insurance, most pain killers can cost upwards of $20 to $50 per prescription.
Factor's that influence the price:
- Location of the clinic. As mentioned before, the price for the surgery varies from one state to another. The list of NewChoiceHealth.com revealed that Bishop, California has the highest payment for the procedure, reaching $30,400. Other cities and states have relatively lower prices. Amarillo, Texas has the cheapest average payment which only amounted to $3,800.
Tips to know:
- You should prepare for the surgery not just financially but physically as well. You must be guided on the proper ways of preparing your body for the procedure. The specific guidelines will be given by your doctor weeks before the surgery. You must adhere to these in order to achieve a successful operation.
- It must be known that inguinal hernia surgery is an elective surgery; i.e. there are other options available aside from having surgery. However, surgeries are a must for strangulated or incarcerated hernias.
- If you do not have health insurance, some health clinics may be able to put you on a low-interest payment plan. This can give you the chance to pay over an extended period of time.
How can I save money?
- Try your best to have your health insurance cover the entire expense for the surgery. If not, at least they will able to shoulder half of it. If you do not have a health insurance policy, it is strongly suggested that you look at websites such as eHealthInsurance.com and sign up for a plan.
- Consider asking for assistance from your local health department. The government may not be able to shoulder all the expenses but they can surely help you lower the cost. Asking financial assistance from the government will help you save money if you qualify for programs such as Medicaid.
- While you should do it at your own risk, many countries such as Mexico and India perform these surgical procedures at a fraction of the cost. Please do your due diligence before even considering something such as this.
- If you do not have insurance but are able to pay cash up front, most hospitals will give you a fairly large discount.


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Robina's Group
Robina has applied for a loan from Kiva's partner, Asasah, for the expansion of her glove-making business. With the loan, she will buy a glove-making machine that will help her finish her orders on time and earn her better profit. She started her business a couple of years ago, and it is doing well for her. She hopes that after the loan investment she will be able to improve it further. She is a new loan applicant of Asasah.
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A base of indie mixed with chunks of alternative rock, blended to perfection and topped with randomness is the recipe for WAUG's mix. Tune in for everything from Weezer to Kaki King, Coheed & Cambria to Del the Funky Homosapien. If it's good, we play it on WAUG.
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On their second full length album, Not to Disappear, Daughter reveals that they can be a festival headliner. Daughter, originating from England, consists of Elena Tonra, Igor Haefeli, and Remi Aguilella. Daughter, classified as indie folk, has also been described by Pitchfork as "nocturnal indie-pop, gothic post-punk, doomy shoegaze, chest-beating post-rock, and resplendent dream pop."
Not to Disappear is atmospheric, cold, and abyssal. "Their second and better record … the music is expansive and spangly, like staring down a deep well to glimpse a ripple of light on the water", says Pitchfork. In the song "Mothers", you can hear analogous melodies to The XX. But Not to Disappear isn't just fixated on the instrumentals, lyrics are also underscored throughout album. Daughter pools together sweeping melodies and admirable lyrics that bring the listener to another realm.
If you ever have the opportunity to see Daughter in concert, do not miss out. In agreement with Paste Magazine, Not to Disappear is "everything you could want from a sophomore release. It's got enough of the debut in it that you're getting what you came for with a ton of surprises to make sure you keep going on this journey with them from here on out."
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Details about the Invercargill City Libraries and Archives, including hours and fees.
Invercargill (Eve Poole) Public Library
The Invercargill library and archive complex is located at 50 Dee Street. It has a meeting room on the first floor which may be hired for functions: email the library.
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Monday to Friday 9am to 7pm
Saturday and Sunday 10am to 4pm
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Ratings for Dr. Steven S. Goldberg
Had rotator cuff surgery in 2014 and experienced continued pain. Each time I was examined I was effectively given the brush off and finally prescribed 600mg Ibuprofen three times daily for a month, which I found alarming. Got a second opinion, and was told after a simple examination that my lack of strength in the arm indicated a surgical failure, confirmed immediately by a scan and x Ray. Had revision surgery which was a complete success. I should have been much more careful in selecting a Surgeon because the second was far more caring and clearly competent.
I had a tripping accident in Sebring. Ours friends are Phyical and Occupational therapists in Fort Myers. Since I am from Indiana and knew nobody, they took care of all arrangements Dr Goldberg took care of me personally as a favor to our friends. I had a torn quad tendon. A real bear for someone almost 59 years old. The first measurement that was done on my flexibility was 107 degrees. Three months late I am now at 131. I cannot thank Dr Goldberg enough for all that he and his staff did to help me get on the road to recovery
After recommendations from my family doctor and a friend who is a physical therapist and patient of Dr. Goldgerg's, I chose to have him be the one to operate on my shoulder. He did an x-ray and an ultrasosund to discover a bone spur and a tear in my rotator cuff. It was decided that the low battery in my pacemaker should be replaced a month before surgery so he gave me a shot to ease the pain in my shoulder and made sure that a date was set that would work with that schedule. The surgery was totally successful and my therapy started the same day as my one week checkup. Dr. Goldberg, with his expertise and friendly personality, combined with his staff and my therapist Donna Witkowski made a great team that I would highly recommend. Thank you, Dr. Goldberg for this positive experience. Douglas Wainscott
Dr Goldberg performed a total shoulder replacement on my right shoulder. Following the surgery I was fortunate to have minimal pain(at most a 4 on a scale of 10) and now I have full use of my right arm and I am able to play golf and sleep without pain. Dr Goldberg was very knowledgeable and I would only go to him for any shoulder related problem.
Had rotator cuff surgery. Had two tears so the procedure was rather complicated. Dr. Goldberg did a great job and 2 years later I am playing golf better than ever.
Your search for a orthopedic surgeon is over. Dr. Goldberg is the best in Naples, Florida. He spends as much time with his patients as they need, answering all questions. All staff members are respectful and professional. I went to Dr. goldberg for a second opinion on my damaged shoulder, due to his experience and knowledge I ended up using him instead of the first doctor I saw.
Dr Goldberg spent as much time as I needed and answered many questions, so I felt comfortable with having him do the necessary surgery on my shoulder. It was a good decision on my part for the surgery he did was so exceptional that my recovery was quicker and easier than I thought it would be. The therapists who helped me regain full use of my arm and shoulder were quick to tell me that Dr Goldberg was an extremely talented surgeon.
I am a retired teacher who is fit and very active.I tor the rotator cuff of my shoulder and had a high level of concern about surgery.Dr.Goldberg had a sincere care for my welfare and took the time to develop a capsule of my personality/lifestyle.As and educator with a PhD in administration and training teachers,I was impressed with my care.Dr.Goldberg took the time to outline my condition and what he would do to resolve it.I felt so comfortable with his skill set that I entered surgery with tremendous confidence about the outcome.The physical therapist I was fortunate to have at the hospital was an extension of Dr. Goldberg.She knew his strategies and charted a course of rehabilitation that got me back to normal.Being an active person,I'm blessed to have been able to experience such a wonderful TEAM to repair my shoulder and get me back to enjoying my lifestyle.As an educator,I grade Dr. Goldberg with an A+. Dr. Goldberg,,I salute you.Many thanks,Stash Pawlinski
I am a 73 year old male. Dr. Goldberg performed rotator cuff surgery on me in March 2012, for a severe rupture where the tendon had torn off the bone. He did a wonderful job!! Very little pain post-surgery. I started PT 5 days post-surgery. Many friends told me the recovery would be absolutely horrible. They were wrong – the right surgeon and the right PT people (recommended by Dr. Goldberg) have made recovery basically pain free and faster than I could have imagined. It is only seven weeks post-surgery now and I realize I have a lot more rehab in front of me, but I feel great and see progress every day, thanks to Dr. Goldberg.
I am truly indebted to Dr. Goldberg for returning me to a painless and productive life as a result of my reverse total shoulder replacement. I dreaded the recovery and feared the therapy, but they turned out to be pain-free,restored my strength, range of motion, and mobility, and gave me a much brighter out-look to my future. Dr. Goldberg is a true master of his craft and I thank him and his staff, especially Scott, Denise, and Diane for their compassion and support from beginning to end. My shoulder is pain-free all day and night. Eureka! VGN
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Self-Defense Training Camp for Kinect transforms your living room into a personal dojo. The "game" trains you in four techniques (Self Defense, Reflexes, Balance, and Cardio), with the aim of teaching you how to properly handle yourself in the event of an attack.
The self defense rehearsals are broken up into five families of techniques: wrist grabs, arm and shoulder grabs, attacks from behind, choke holds, and frontal attacks. In each you'll learn how to safely repel and escape from an attacker in six different scenarios. The result of these usually ends the same: breaking a hold and hitting your attacker somewhere in their "line of sensitivity" with a hit in the eyes, punch in the throat, or kick to the groin. Each of the solutions are meant to help you gain valuable time to escape from your aggressor.
After learning the moves via the game's easy to follow instructions, you must then perform them in a "timed mode". Self-Defense Training Camp takes full advantage of the Kinect controls, however there were a some times during the self defense rehearsals where I encountered a noticeable lag between my actions and on screen movements. This resulted in performing entire move sequences and then having to wait several seconds for my character to do them.
As you complete the various routines within the game you'll unlock instructional videos with several insightful tips. However instead of playing the videos right away as they are unlocked, to actually watch them you have to exit out back to the main menu, select "Profile and Extras", and scroll over to "Coach's Tips". Some of the tips are common sense, like preventing a car jacking by parking close to where you are going and locking your door right away after entering. Others are more valuable, like walking with a pen or another everyday item in your hand that can be used protectively when in a potentially dangerous setting.
In the "Reflex" portion of Self-Defense Training Camp you'll learn how to evade and block punches, in addition to going out on the offensive to defend yourself. This is accomplished by arrows that pop up signifying different types of attacks,. You must react in response with the appropriate movement, block, punch, or kick. Each of these lessons become increasingly quicker, with a master lesson for each class that doesn't hold back.
The Balance Practices were the most rewarding part of Self-Defense Training Camp. Nothing is more relaxing after a long day than performing the calming moves of "Heaven and Earth" or the "Bow and Arrow". Despite impressive visuals and a pleasing soundtrack, I couldn't help but find the amount and variety of zen exercises disappointing in comparison to those included in Your Shape: Fitness Evolved. Likewise, the cardio sessions just weren't as vigorous either.
The biggest weakness in Self-Defense Training Camp is that it provides you the knowledge without reinforcing how to effectively use it. After completing both the self defense rehearsals and reflex classes it would have been nice to have one final class that tied everything back together. Being able to remove the arrows from the reflex training or having to correctly identify and escape from a random attack without a narrator telling you what to do would have been a great way to reinforce the skills that were learned and added more replayability.
My girlfriend and I both spent half an hour a day for three weeks with Self-Defense Training Camp. In the end we came to the same conclusion: Self-Defense Training Camp for Kinect does a great job of teaching the basics of self defense. It's important not to let Self-Defense Training Camp give you too much self confidence though, as under no circumstances should it replace actual physical training.
Nobody should rely solely on a video game with their life. In the event of an attack, use whatever force you feel is necessary in order to get away. If you really want to be prepared, then take a clue from Audrey Ronquillo, Self-Defense Training Camp's instructor and "join a martial arts club or dojo."
For more information about Self-Defense Training Camp, visit ubisoft.com
Please note this review of Self-Defense Training Camp was based off a free copy of the game provided by Ubisoft.
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Freddy Roach Discusses Training MMA Fighters
It is refreshing to see a respected boxing figure like Roach speaking intelligently on the differences between boxing and MMA. Many people in boxing do not respect MMA athletes and believe the sport is nowhere near as sophisticated as the sweet science. The truth is, they are two completely different sports and transitioning from one to the other doesn't happen that frequently for a reason: It is very, very hard.
Boxers have had limited success in MMA because many of the things they are trained to do are highly dangerous in the octagon. Bobbing and weaving doesn't work because of kicks and knees, and the 50-50 weight distribution can make the front leg extremely vulnerable to kicks. That isn't to say that boxing doesn't have its place in MMA – that's why people like Freddy Roach have been brought in to sharpen up various fighter's hand skills. But to assert that boxing is 'better' or 'more sophsticated' than MMA doesn't hold up. The fact is, MMA includes all facets of fighting – kicking, punching, clinching and grappling, and these days, the top athletes must be world class in all of them.
Anderson Silva, George St Pierre, Fedor Emelianenko and BJ Penn are all fighters who could hold their own with professional boxers, kick boxers, standout wrestlers and world class Jiu Jitsu practitioners. MMA fighters work longer and harder that virtually all other athletes precisely because they have to know so much.
I'm a huge boxing fan, probably more so than MMA, and I am fascinated by the intricacies of the sport. I love the defensive genius of fighters like Floyd Mayweather and Pernell Whitaker and admire the offensive wizardry of aggressive boxer-punchers like Manny Pacquiao and Roberto Duran. But are they any better at their jobs than fighters like Anderson Silva who have knocked fighters out with every limb of their body, taken down elite level wrestlers, and submitted them with an array of highly technical Jiu Jitsu techniques?
I think not.
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just walk me once a day (better yet cycle me) and I am good to go.
It is my husband's 60th next week. We are going to Montreal! His b-day wish is to do a century ride. This is a surprise trip and I have some questions.
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Formula feeding, how often
I have went by this an ounce=hour. Now with that being said they can eat sooner either way. My DD eats 4 oz at bed time and will sleep for a 4.5-6 hour stretch at times.
Hope this helps!! =)
Cole usually eats 10 or 11 times a day. But sometimes it's only an ounce or so... just when he needs a little "top off" :) He generally does 3 ounces every 2 1/2 - 3 hours.
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And as far as eating less and sleeping less at night... yes. If Cole only eats a small amount before bedtime, he's usually up within 2 hours to eat.
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Our beautiful little girl Miranda Marie was born 9/8/12 (due 10/15/12)
My DD eats 4 oz every 2.5-3 hours during the day, last night she ate at 7pm and went to bed around 845pm and slept until 6 am. She is probably close to 12 lbs now though. 4oz is just starting to not be enough, there is usually 1 feeding during the day where she wants an additional ounce. She usually has anywhere from 24-28 oz in a 24 hour period.
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Joseph Arthur (nickname Ari) too complicated?
I have posted about trying to use a different nickname for our son due in 4 weeks He will be named Joseph Arthur. I was thinking Joss or Seph to avoid Joe/Joey but not really feeling it. However I was just thinking Arthur with the nickname Ari is so cute. I have always liked Ari.
I have to use Joseph as the first name and Arthur is his grandfathers middle name (and the share initials JAG) and great-great grandfathers first name.ng
Also his Hebrew name will be Yosef something so maybe : Yosef Ariel or Ariel Yosef
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Call of Duty: Ghosts at the Xbox Reveal Helps Activision, Not Microsoft
Rumors about the next-generation Xbox have been swirling since about four seconds after Sony announced the PlayStation 4 over two months ago. Some seem more valid than others, but we'll finally know the truth come May 21st. Meanwhile, the last couple of weeks saw rumors and leaks about what the next Call of Duty title would be, and Activision finally confirmed that, yes, Call of Duty: Ghosts is a game that you'll be able to buy in November, for both current and next-gen consoles. There's also a live-action teaser trailer, but not much else. As it turns out, we'll find out more about Ghosts during the very same next-gen Xbox reveal later this month.
While this particular moment of synergy will work tremendously for Activision, it's a tremendous waste for Microsoft. Allow me to explain.
Come May 21st, millions will be watching the next-gen Xbox reveal across Spike TV, Xbox.com, and Xbox Live. Whether you currently plan on buying the new hardware or not, it's something every gamer will want to see to either sway or reinforce their position. As a result, millions of eyes, whether they care about Call of Duty or not, will be upon the latest entry in Activision's megaton franchise. We'll all get to see what a next-generation Call of Duty looks like — built on a new engine, no less — garnering the kind of focused attention that EA can only dream of for a Battlefield game.
Microsoft has little to gain from any of this, though. For starters, many people already associate the Call of Duty and Xbox brands with each other. Between the timed DLC and Xbox logo splash at the end of most CoD trailers, that's just how it is. This will reinforce that mentality, obviously, but it won't do much, if anything, to sway people in Microsoft's direction.
More important, however, is the fact that the game isn't exclusive in any way that truly matters. Xbox will still getting timed exclusive DLC for Ghosts as part of a previous arrangement with Activision, but the game will still release on PS3, PS4, and PC. Even though the Xbox 360 versions of Call of Duty are the best-selling, it wouldn't be unreasonable to assume that they're less than half of any given CoD title's total revenue. Most Call of Duty fans get their fix elsewhere, and many will be watching the next-gen gameplay reveal on May 21st and think, "Boy, that'll be great to play on PS4" or "I'm definitely upgrading my PC for this."
Ultimately, Microsoft is going to help push more PlayStation and PC sales for Call of Duty: Ghosts than Xbox.
Suppose that someone watching the reveal does end up associating Xbox and Call of Duty. They're excited by what they've seen, and they head over to GameStop or Amazon to preorder a copy of Ghosts. When they do, the clerk won't assume they're talking about an Xbox version. They'll be asked to specify because each store will have to push hundreds of each version, and suddenly that Xbubble pops. "Oh, there's a new PlayStation coming, too? What's the difference?" Whatever those differences may be, they'll be explained and suddenly the chances of going Xbox are lessened. Hell, maybe they'll bypass next-gen altogether and stick with whatever they have for the time being.
Third-party support is important, of course, and you don't have to look further than the Wii U to prove it. With Sony having announced unanimous third-party support for the PS4 going forward, though, it's a certainty that Microsoft has been working to ensure that same support for their next-gen machine. As such, it's never been more important to show off quality first-party games to convince those watching the reveal that they need to buy into the system. That's not to say that Ghosts won't impress — a new engine holds a lot of potential, just like the current engine did when it was introduced in Call of Duty 4. However, it's not something that you can't get elsewhere.
Microsoft will need to come out swinging with in-house game reveals at this event. We've heard rumblings of a new Forza and Ryse going next-gen, but they'll need more. Halo 5 as a next-gen exclusive would go a long way, and Peter Molyneux has also alluded to a connection between 22cans' Curiosity iOS app and the Xbox reveal on May 21st, so maybe there's something there. They must also endear themselves to the indie scene again, as more of the smaller developers are lured away by Sony and Nintendo's less restrictive digital platforms.
Just about everything that Sony has revealed about the PlayStation 4 has garnered positive reaction from the gaming press and public. If Microsoft wants to get some of that mindshare back, they're going to have to do more than serve as an advertising platform for multiplatform games and bad pizza.


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Did you know that 2012 is the International Year of Alien Threat Awareness? Neither did I until I declared it as such some 15 minutes ago.
Anyhow, in order to spread the word, I've set up fan communities for Xenonauts on two services I frequent, Last.fm and Steam.
Have you always wanted to stay up-to-date on what your fellow forumites are listening to, or which games they are grinding away at whenever they're not busy squashing bugs? Take a look, and join in the frivolities!