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Beneath the Surface
: Terms of Surrender : Manifest Destiny
Angela Calminetti, mother of five, New Age practitioner
and gifted psychic and telepath, is proud of her family
ties and does everything she can to make sure that all of
her younger siblings are as happy in love and marriage as
she is…whether they want her to or not.
Note: Each book is written to stand alone.
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Slany Breeze has been in control, of herself and her
family, since she was an early teen when her mother was
killed in a tragic accident and her father retreated into
himself, a broken and lost spirit.
But Slany's tired of being the strong and responsible
daughter and the dependable and inspirational big sister.
Just once, she'd like to give over the reins of control
and let someone else take care of her every need and want.
Wanting, however, and admitting her secret longings to the
one man willing and capable of satisfying them, are two
different things.
Nick Vega has come a long way from his bad boy, rebellious
childhood when a learning disability was the bane of his
disappointed father's existence.
Once he discovers Slany's submissive nature and the
stalker from his past that threatens her, he will do
whatever it takes to protect his new claim and woman.
Sensuality Rating:
Genre: Contemporary Paranormal/ BDSM/ Interracial/
Length: Plus Novel (94,000 words)
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5 Klovers: "Gracie C. McKeever's The Matchmaker
series is one that mere blurbs could never
do justice to you won't really
understand how compelling the stories are
until you start reading one of them. The
second in this series, Terms of
Surrender is no different in this way
from the first.
The synopsis for the story is interesting, even
intriguing, but once you begin reading the
book itself, the characters leap off the
pages, immediately befriending you.
McKeever deftly breeds empathy for their
pain, their dreams, their every emotion
from the very first chapter until the end
of the book. With Terms of Surrender
she also proves once again that she
can write a snaky plot with the best of
them the story is fraught with more
twists than a coiled-up Copperhead
Indeed, the author succeeded in keeping me
guessing all through the story, and just
when I thought I'd figured out who the
villain was, she surprised me again much
to my delight!
In just two months, Gracie C. McKeever has moved up my
list of favorite authors, with The
Matchmaker series in particular being a
favorite of mine. I cannot recommend this
book or this series strongly enough!"
Jennifer, CK2S Kwips and Kritiques
4.5 Hugs:
"Gracie C. McKeevers Terms of
Surrender is filled with smoldering
scenes and intriguing characters. Main
characters Slany and Nick have a fiery
physical attraction that erupts into a
deep emotional bond. If you think that
this is the normal storyline of a romance
novel, you are sadly mistaken. This book
packs more action than a hood fight on a
Friday night'."
Sistah Jetrell, Sistah Friend Book
4.5 Kisses: "Gracie McKeever as always delivers
heartwarming, empathetic characters,
coupled here with an intriguing mystery
and a plot line throbbing with both
sensuality and danger. Her character
delineations are excellent, and few
readers won't simultaneously be enraptured
with both Nick and Slany and their
personality conflicts disguising their
true attraction. Angela is a winning
personality of her own and any reader
would be thankful to have a big sister
with love for the extended family, such as
her. Terms of Surrender is a story
well worth reading, and works as a
stand-alone novel, but reader, don't do
yourself the disservice of missing the
entire The Matchmaker Series."
4 Stars:
Ecataromance 2006 Reviewers' Choice
"Terms of Surrender has a heavy
focus on the danger surrounding the main
female character Slany Breeze. Her life is
in jeopardy from a madman with his own
agenda and a personal vendetta against
Nick Vega, the new man in Slany's life.
With a stalker on the loose, these two are
in an unknown race for time.
The beauty of this novel is its depth. There are so
many aspects of this story that it easily
entices any number of readers from across
genres. The suspense is an alluring draw
to keep people reading from beginning to
end in one sitting. The romance is
amazingly open and honest. We get a chance
to explore a dominate/submissive
relationship as it develops between Slany
and Nick from the very beginning.
Without a doubt Ms. McKeever has written a must read
for everyone. Terms of Surrender is
the best of multiple genres and should
appeal to those who enjoy books with
conflict and strong story lines."
Kimberley Spinney, Ecataromance
Blue Ribbons: "Terms of Surrender is not
for the faint of heart and readers will
find themselves melting in their seats
from the heat of the love scenes. Dominant
does not even begin to describe Nick and
his powerful passion will leave you
breathless. Slany has a time giving in to
Nick, but when she does, it really pays
off. Nick's past comes back to haunt them
when his stalker returns and wants to hurt
Slany. Gracie McKeever is sensational
author and her stories are always full of
explosive plots and mesmerizing
characters. I can't wait to see what the
next book will bring." Angel,
Romance Junkies
Stars/Orgasmic: "Terms of Surrender is a mystery
that has more threats to the main
characters than that of a long-tailed cat
in a room full of rocking chairs. Ms.
McKeever has written a very well thought
mystery that has lots of guessing as to
who is the bad guy ... The author does a
good job of building the relationship
between Slany and Nick. She also has put a
lot of thought into Nick's family and
Slany's friends. Finally, she has written
some of the hottest sex scenes that I have
read in a long time. You are definitely
going to need the ice water and the toys
for this one." Oleta M. Blaylock,
Just Erotic Romance Reviews
4 Hearts: "Terms of Surrender is the stand
alone second book in Ms. McKeever's
Matchmakers series featuring psychic
Angela Calminetti and the her siblings the
Vegas. Ms. McKeever does an excellent job
in providing just enough backstory from
the first book Beneath the Surface
to make this story flow well and enjoyable
to readers who may not have read that
story. Nick and Slany are very appealing
characters, and Ms. McKeever does a
wonderful job revealing experiences in
their childhood to early adulthood that
have shaped them into the individuals they
are today, most notably why Nick and Slany
would need to be in a highly regulated
relationship such as a dominant/submissive
one. Readers must be cautioned that this
story does feature a D/s relationship, but
it is non-violent and Ms. McKeever
provides great details of how that type of
relationship should function and makes it
a vital part of the plot...The sex scenes
are well written and extremely hot...Once
again, Ms. McKeever has written a great
tale that all readers of erotic romance
should love. Highly recommended!"
Love Romances and More
4 Cups: "I found this tantalizing tome to be
utterly enthralling. Usually, when a plot
involves a mysterious killer, I can pick
out the murderer long before the secret is
revealed. Terms of Surrender is so
well written that I had no idea who the
culprit was until the moment it was meant
to be known. The hero's dyslexia adds a
realistic sense of poignancy to this
enchanting tale. I hope Ms. McKeever gives
us more stories like this one really soon.
I know that I, for one, really want to
read more."
Susan, Coffee Time Romance
4 Flags: "She is at it again!
Angela Calminetti, Nick Vegass sister, is
determined to get him together with his
co-worker Slany Breeze. Angela knows that
even though Slany and Nick appear to
dislike each other they are the perfect
match for one another. There are many
elements all going on at once within
Terms of Surrender. The story offers
suspense, action, drama, romance, you name
it. The characters are dynamic. Nick is
the tall dark handsome type who follows
his own rules. Slany is a headstrong and
stubborn beauty who doesnt take crap from
anyone. As you can imagine, Slany has a
hard time submitting to Nick at first but
when he turns on the charm and a few other
things the atmosphere around them
definitely heats up. While the twos
relationship grows they become the targets
of a psychopath, with the main target
being Slany. But Nick isnt willing to let
anything happen to her not after hes
waited so long to have her. The story
takes readers on a spectacular ride of
suspense and drama. I recommend Terms
of Surrender for everyones reading
pleasure. Chantay, Euro-Reviews
"Terms of Surrender
is a suspense filled, complex tale of the
dominant/submissive world. Nick and Slany
get a little push from Nicks sister, an
admitted matchmaker, Angela Calminetti,
before they finally realize they are
perfect for each other. Both are searching
for the other half that makes them whole,
while unknown to them a killer lurks,
waiting for the perfect opportunity to
snatch Slany and force her to become his
slave. The glimpse into the killers mind
is both frightening and fascinating.
Terms of Surrender is a well paced,
well developed story that will grab your
attention from the beginning and keep it
until the very end." Georgia,
Joyfully Reviewed
"Gracie C. McKeever builds the tension scene by erotic scene,
draws it out until the air is palpable with sexual sizzle.
Filled with romance, sex, and suspense, Terms of Surrender
will please you in all the ways a novel can. Though Nick is
a dominant male, hes not cruel or overly cocky about it, making
him a likable character. Slany is submissive, but she doesnt
allow herself to be cowed or stepped on by Nick. She has a
backbone, which makes her an admirable character. Ms McKeever
does an excellent job of developing her hero and heroine, giving
you a true glimpse into domination and submission. The sex
rating on this book is scorching. It contains many sexual
encounters and unconventional sex, and it will probably offend
delicate readers. I found the love scenes to be tastefully done,
however, putting Gracie C. McKeever on my list of the best
erotica authors out there." Margaret, Nights and Weekends
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He closed
his eyes and took a deep breath. Slany's spicy-sweet woman's
musk sent his salivary glands into overdrive, and his cock
stood at attention under his desk.
you listening to me, Nick?"
course I am."
what did I just say?"
about your ad beating the jocks off of mine in the split
guess." She smirked.
chuckled. "If it's any consolation, they're both great
copy, each playing on basic semiotics." He waited for her
retort, remembered how she'd reacted to his "Everwell…our
name says it all," compared to her "Quality and
longevity is in our name." They'd argued the merits of
each catch phrase through most of that first day working
together. Slany thought his slogan oversimplified, that it
sacrificed clarity in the name of cleverness. Nick insisted it
was clear and clever enough, despite its simplicity. They'd
finally settled on a split run, competitive to the bitter end,
and may the best director win.
isn't," Slany murmured.
arched a brow. "Isn't what?"
any consolation."
like bones, huh?"
are for dogs."
to make it interesting?"
She stared
at him long and hard, then finally asked, "What do you
have in mind?"
little wager. Loser takes the winner out to dinner." He
figured even if he lost, he still won. The luxury of Slany's
company was enough assuagement for any man's wounded ego. He
could see Slany figured the same as he did, that she resented
his manipulation.
She stood
up straight, hands on her hips in what was becoming an
achingly familiar pose of defiance that made his cock throb in
his pants with longing.
designer chinos had never been as uncomfortable on him.
He glanced
up at her from his seat and goaded, "Don't have any faith
in your text?"
marched from behind his desk at this and planted herself in
front of it, putting a nice slab of hard wood between them as
she seethed.
girl, because he'd been about to do something that probably
would have warranted a slap, or arrest for lewd and lascivious
behavior by the laws of at least several states.
Nick was
sure there actually were some archaic regulations on the books
that outlawed several of his favorite activities to do in bed,
two of which he could see doing with Slany in his office this
minute if he could get away with it.
stared at him for a long moment, finally sighed, and dropped
her arms to her sides, as if in resignation. "I don't
even know why I let you stress me out."
"Am I
slowly getting there."
laughed as he stood and came from behind his desk, aware of
the bulge in his pants and not caring if she noticed,
especially since she was the one who'd put it there.
Slany eyed
him warily, but didn't retreat as he approached, stopping a
foot in front of her.
know what they say is the best stress reliever?"
Her eyes
widened ever so slightly, but she remained silent as she
stared up at him, plainly anticipating his next move.
He had
news for her, because the ball was in her court.
move, Breeze.
She didn't
disappoint him, slowly ran the tip of her tongue over her
luscious lips, igniting his imagination and making him wonder
what that organ of taste would feel like wrapped around and
stroking his hard cock.
Why don't you tell me?"
If he
picked up the gauntlet she'd just thrown down, he knew there
would be no turning back for either of them, and no longer
cared about the consequences. Hell, he barely remembered they
were at their job, in his office, the door unlocked.
Nick took
a step closer, paused as he stared at her, giving her a chance
to fall back.
didn't, simply looked up at him with a curious heated
girl. Stay with me.
He tilted
his head to one side as he leaned in to take her mouth, closed
his eyes and saw skyrockets blasting off when their lips
He pulled
back for the second it took him to murmur, "Open for me,
Slany," surprised when she did. He thrust his tongue
against hers before sweeping past it altogether and into the
hot depths of her eager mouth to thoroughly devour.
In that
instant, he knew. Slany was a submissive!
He reached between her legs and gently opened her folds with his thumbs,
bent his head to lick her wanting clit, slowly sucked and
nibbled the engorged flesh to vibrant life. The flesh bloomed
like a berry on the vine, ready to burst in his mouth.
She moaned, arching her hips to bring his mouth closer, and when he
plunged his tongue inside her, deeply, hungrily, she screamed,
struggling against her shackles.
She needed to touch him, hold him!
Slany bucked her hips to meet his thrusts, mindless of whether she was
hurting him, would bruise or smother him.
He caught her hips and held her in place against the firm mattress as he
worked in earnest, lapping at her as if she were his first and
last meal.
Her uterus contracted and expanded, heat flaring in her center, rising
up and through her body, simultaneously bathing her limbs and
nerves in cold heat, every sensation intensified by her
restraints, by his masculinity and superior strength.
She felt perspiration beading her forehead and upper lip, climax
overtaking her like a masked bank robber, sudden and violent,
body spasming inside and out.
Slany opened her eyes several seconds after her body finally stilled and
watched Nick sitting beside her, gaze drifting over her body
with stimulating intent as he caressed her with one hand from
head to foot.
She licked her lips, tongue sluggish like her eyes she could barely keep
open, like her body paradoxically heavy with satisfaction and
need. "Please, I want to see you."
"You want to see me, what?"
"Master." It shocked her that the word left her mouth so
effortlessly, almost automatic, as if she had been saying it,
addressing him thus, for years.
Nick silently reached for the buttons of his designer shirt, slowly
unbuttoning each one before drawing his arms out of the
Slany squirmed on the bed, his movements taunting her with the view of
his well-muscled torso, abdomen hard and sectioned like a
swimmer's, and almost as smooth but for a small sprinkling of
dark hair between his pectorals, light trail arrowing down
beneath the waistband of his slacks. The sight made her more
anxious to feel him, made her want to follow that trail of
hair with her tongue.
God this was so unfair! She'd never felt so helpless, so needy and
vulnerable before, and she wasn't sure how much she liked it.
Her fingers automatically flexed with the need to run up and down his
body, feel his velvety skin and hard muscles beneath her
palms. Slany watched him stand, slowly unzip his slacks and
drop them to the floor. She was finally gifted with a banquet
of long, lean legs, his calves and thighs athletic, tightly
corded like a runner's, but not overly bulky like a weight
She had a brief second to glimpse his round, masculine ass covered in a
pair of navy boxer briefs and swallowed hard at the idea of
cupping each firm cheek in her hands.
Nick stepped out of his pants, leisurely strutted back to the bed. His
movements were unruffled and nonchalant, as if he were unaware
of her focus or didn't care about it one way or the other.
He sat beside her, gaze heated and attention rapt as he ran the back of
a hand down one arm, from shoulder to wrist.
It killed her to just lie there unmoving, unable to reciprocate and only
watch him. Her legs itched to wrap around his waist, eager to
feel him between her thighs as he rode her hard.
She peeked at his lap, where the cotton material of his boxer briefs
hugged his hard penis, barely able to contain his large size.
"I can tell you're not used to this, not being in control."
She licked her lips, vagina wet and weeping with wanting him.
No, she wasn't used to it, but she could get used to it very quickly.
"Every muscle is tight. Relax, Slany. I'm only going to make you
feel good. Nothing you have to brace yourself for, no reason
to be tense."
The hell there wasn't. There was every reason to feel tight and tense
and on edge. She was at a disadvantage. She was at his mercy.
"I want to see you," she whispered.
He spread his arms. "This isn't enough?"
"To tease me, maybe."
"Tease and please and torment." He leaned in to suckle her
throat, making her shiver beneath him as he dragged his mouth
along the column of her neck up to her chin. He licked the
cleft in the middle, taking his time moving up to her lips. He
nibbled the bottom one before lazily dipping his tongue into
her mouth, reacquainting himself with her taste, as if he
hadn't just taken the most intimate sample of all with his
previous kiss below.
Slany writhed beneath him, turned on by her piquant taste on his mouth.
She held in a moan, didn't want to lose control too early,
didn't want to lose it at all in front of this man who prided
himself in keeping control. But she knew control was no longer
hers, something she could not claim in Nick's presence.
"Now, Slany," he murmured against her ear, "tell me how
you want me to fuck you. Slow and easy," he said, running
a palm up her leg, tickling the edges of her vagina with his
fingers, light butterfly caresses setting fire to her clit and
labia, "or hard and rough?"
She didn't care. Any way he
wanted, she would take it. Take him, his cock. She would take
him beneath her, on top of her, inside her—oh, God.
She swallowed, gasping for breath, unable to form the words, unable to
form a comprehensive thought as she stared into his honey
She'd waited most of her life for this moment, this man, and couldn't
find a more intelligent way to express it than shamelessly
bucking her hips at thin air, out of her mind with desperate
need and want. Hunger. No man had ever done this to her
before, ever made her feel so wild and wanton and reckless, so
strong at the height of her subjection.
"Let go, baby, just let go." He circled the shell of her left
ear with his tongue before plunging it in, simultaneously
stroking her sides with both hands before moving to her
breasts, where he slowly rotated her nipples with his thumbs.
Slany bit her bottom lip, vibrating beneath him as she closed her eyes
Nick lowered his head to her breasts, the nipples already puckered and
hard from his previous manipulations, standing at attention
now, begging for more, begging for his mouth, his tongue, his
He straddled her, then suddenly sat back on his haunches to stare down
at her.
Slany's eyes flew open, and she looked at him taking her in, like a
diner at a mouth-watering buffet. All-you-can-eat, and from
the looks of it, Nick intended not to leave a crumb.
"Take me, Nick. Please…"
"Are you sure?"
She frowned, stared at him. "Of course I am."
"Any way I please?"
She pitched her hips up, and her pubic bone collided with his balls.
Somewhere in the back of her mind, she thought she should
think twice before answering him, but no longer cared about
appearances and boundaries and roles, despite the tiny warning
bells going off at the mysterious tone of his voice. She just
wanted him inside her, whatever terms. "Yes. Any way you
please. Just take me now…please…"
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Oakdale High School's Care Closet, known as Veronica's Care Closet, for less fortunate students is in great need for some re-stocking prior to the Christmas Break. The last day of school prior to the break is Friday, Dec. 20.
A reduced amount of money to donate to the City of Oakdale for its operation of the Royce Memorial Pool was motioned and approved by the Oakdale Irrigation District Board of Directors at the Dec. 17 regular meeting.
Have you ever wondered how you can give back to the community and help one of your local California State Parks at the same time? Become a Columbia State Historic Park docent.
Friday the 13th was anything but unlucky for single mother Sharon Nardello of Oakdale as she received the keys to her three-bedroom home that was renovated by Habitat for Humanity.
Not only have questions arisen over the legitimacy and fairness of the Oakdale City Council's Dec. 2 move to designate a portion of South Second Avenue for the exclusive parking of a single establishment, but the process in which it was administered raises serious concerns on potential violations of The Brown Act that governs how cities conduct business.
Calling the proposal the city's greatest chance of success at a special Oakdale City Council meeting on Monday, Dec. 9, Oakdale City Manager Bryan Whitemyer moved that the city council pursue a contract with the Stanislaus Consolidated Fire Protection District for fire services.
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just curious. i'm in the group of people who just don't "get" it. and like an 80yr old with the internet, i probably never will.
Nope, waste of time.
I'm on there a lot more than here anymore. Get news faster, don't have to sift through as much worthless sarcasm from part time comedians.
Think of it this way. Do you read the newspaper? Do you read news on yahoo or something? Even this website.
Now, when you read those sites there is a ton of bull**** that you don't care about. Celebrity marriage stuff, weather in locations you don't care about, sports news you aren't interested in.
If you are on twitter, you can follow people who exclusively post (tweet) about things that interest you. You follow Chris Williams, Ben Bruns, John Walters, ect for cyclone stuff and you get real time information constantly. Anthony Lazard committs? You get that info 10 minutes after it happens and you can go to CF to talk about it. That info wouldn't be available until the next day in newspapers and it takes a while to write an article about it.
There is also a lot of fun stuff and funny accounts out there that are really entertaining, and the best part is that if you don't think they are funny, you don't follow them and you don't have to deal with it. It is catered specifically to your needs and wants when it comes to news and entertainment.
It isn't just "Took the biggest dump this morning, you guys" "Just ate a banana everyone" that people think it is on the surface.
What ripvdub said. It is incredible for getting news. Its a great way to get only the news you want and twitter tends to be faster with news than any other website. Plus you can see some pretty funny stuff on there. I never thought I would get into it like I have but I love it now.
I don't tweet, but I do read other people's.
Rhoadhoused has it right. Twitter is great for having a customized feed of things youre interested in. If your twitter feed sucks its entirely your fault for following the wrong people.
Can't beat it for filtering news so you only get the info you're interested in.
I created an account just to see what all the hub bub was about. Don't care to follow anyone. I don't need to know if ISU gets a commit 30 seconds after the ink is dry. I don't care what Ashton Kutcher or any celebrity/athlete has to say about the world. #IDONTCARE
Following for news from CNN or ESPN is kind of nice though. it's not just about following celebrities, which is really stupid imo
I don't tweet but I use it to follow my interests. It's a great way to sort out all the "crap" and just read what I want to. You can get news a lot faster on Twitter than anywhere else.


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A wave of support has been flooding in to the Bradford Bulls following the cash-strapped Super League club's pleas for help.
Pledges, fundraising efforts and offers of support have been pouring in from fans, players and staff at clubs from across the game.
On Tuesday the Bulls revealed the Good Friday visit of Leeds Rhinos could be their last-ever game at Odsal unless the club raised at least half of £1 million needed by mid-April.
Yesterday the Telegraph & Argus reported how fans had already donated almost £50,000, while negotiations with potential saviours had begun.
But offers of help continued to flood in yesterday including fans organising sponsored runs, a pledge from the Bradford-born Lord Mayor of the City of London David Wootton and Bulls winger Shaun Ainscough selling his shirt to the highest bidder on eBay.
Bulls football manager Stuart Duffy said: "We have been inundated with offers for help from loads of people and in particular ex-players of the club, such as Brian McDermott, Jamie Peacock and Stuart Fielden."
Mr Duffy said Leeds Rhinos manager Mr McDermott had offered his Challenge Cup winner's medal, along with the shirt he wore in the final, while Wigan Warriors player Mr Fielden, who is currently injured, was on the phones at Odsal yesterday ringing people to try to drum up support.
Mr Duffy said: "The response from other clubs has been absolutely amazing. We have had requests from all sorts of fans, saying how can we help, how can we donate? It's actually taken our breath away."
Lifelong Bulls fan Kenny Parsons, 26, originally of East Bowling, is planning a sponsored run from the Headingley Stadium, in Leeds, to Odsal for the match on Good Friday.
Mr Parsons said: "I had heard we have obviously been having some funding problems but it came as quite a bit of a shock to realise we have to find half-a-million pounds by a week on Friday or it might be the end of the club. I thought 'I want to try and do something about this' rather than just asking people to donate money."
To make a donation, search on Facebook for Run For The Bulls or donate directly to the club and leave a Twitter message for @kennyidc11.
Mr Wootton, the Lord Mayor of the City of London, has made a pledge to the Bulls' campaign.
He said: "As a lifelong Bradford fan, I am deeply saddened to see that the club is suffering severe financial difficulties. I remember my time on the terraces at Odsal with great fondness and still try to watch the team whenever possible. I wholeheartedly back the Bulls' fundraising drive and call on all fans of rugby league to help support this great institution."
Bulls fan Craig Wood, 20, of Wibsey, has organised a sponsored scrum walk and game of tag rugby, to be held at Bowling Park from noon on Sunday.
Mr Wood said people were welcome to attend the event and join in either or both of the activities for £5. Contact Mr Wood on 07787 426611.


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Jazz musician Nelson Rangell began his musical career when he was named the Best High School Soloist in a nationwide competition sponsored by Down Beat magazine. He went on to win Down Beat's collegiate competition when he was a student at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston.
By 1989, Rangell was working in New York as a studio musician by day and playing in clubs at night. He has played in the Gil Evans Big Band as well as being a member of GRPs tour-de-force, the GRP All Star Big Band, playing alongside Chick Corea, Michael Brecker and Arturo Sandoval.
He has played world-wide with his own band at both clubs and jazz festivals such as the JVC Jazz Festival in New York, the Playboy Jazz Festival in Los Angeles and the London Jazz Festival at the Royal Festival Hall.
In 1989, Rangell began recording for the GRP label. He has eight compact discs under his own name. The latest include Truest Heart, Yes, then Yes, and Destiny. His most recent recording is Turning Night Into Day. He is a major voice in the contemporary jazz scene.


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The Kansas City Chiefs used three returns for touchdowns to compensate for a first-string offense that was stuck in neutral and a secondary that was overmatched for most of the game and beat the Cincinnati Bengals 41-39 in their first preseason game at Arrowhead Stadium Thursday night.
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Sean Smith and Malcolm Bronson returned interceptions for scores, while De'Anthony Thomas brought back a punt 80 yards for another touchdown in route to an impressive 238 return yards on the night. Thomas and Smith scored their touchdowns 16 seconds apart on consecutive plays at the end of the first quarter what looked to be a potential blowout for the Bengals turned into a 17-10 Chiefs lead going into the second quarter.
The Bengals sandwiched two second-quarter touchdowns around a 28-yard field goal by Chiefs kicker Cairo Santos and looked like they were going to go into halftime with a 24-20 lead.
However, Chiefs back-up quarterback Chase Daniel atoned for the pick-six interception he had thrown earlier in the quarter to Cincinnati by hitting tight end Travis Kelce with a perfect pass and Kelce outran the Bengal secondary for a 69-yard touchdown with 21 seconds remaining in the half. Kelce's speed he flashed on the post pattern was impressive and eased concerns about any lingering effects of the injury that cost him the entire 2013 season.
Bronson's 51-yard interception return for a touchdown accounted for the only scoring by either team in the third quarter and gave the Chiefs a 34-24 lead going into the fourth quarter.
At this point, the third and fourth-stringers were in the game and Cincinnati once again sandwiched two touchdowns around a Cyrus Gray 2-yard touchdown run for KC. When Cincinnati made their two-point conversion on the second touchdown with 51 seconds left in the game, it cut the Chiefs lead to two points and had the announced crowd of 70,951 holding their breath in anticipation of the ensuing onsides kick.
But Chiefs rookie wide receiver Darryl Surgent smothered the kick at the 40-yard line and allowed the Chiefs to run out the last few seconds of the game and escape with one of the more exciting wins you will ever see in a preseason game.
The good news for the Chiefs is that the contributions from the first- and second-year players Head Coach Andy Reid and GM John Dorsey have brought in may pay big dividends immediately for the team in 2014. Aside from De'Anthony Thomas's obvious game-changing skills, receiver Albert Wilson, cornerback Phillip Gaines, linebackers Dee Ford and James-Michael Johnson, along with tight end Kelce all flashed some excellent skills that can help this team win.
The bad side of the coin is that Eric Fisher still had some problems with the Bengals' Robert Geathers, and gave up a sack on a bull rush that accounted for Smith's fumble early in the first quarter.
The Chiefs had three costly turnovers by their quarterbacks (Smith and Tyler Bray fumbled, and Daniel threw a pick-six interception) that led to 21 Cincinnati points. The Chiefs 2013 success was due in large part to the team's paltry sum of 18 turnovers for the year, second-lowest in the league.
The secondary struggled mightily all evening, getting beat on several long passes or committing too many holding calls that gave the Bengals automatic first downs. Pro Bowl safety Eric Berry did not suit up for the game for precautionary reasons, which didn't help.
However, starting cornerback Ron Parker had the kind of game that gives you nightmares for years. The Bengals picked on him from the get-go and Parker was beaten by A.J. Green for a 53-yard gain during the first series and a touchdown to Brandon Tate on Cincinnati's second series. He also got whistled for illegal contact that gave the Bengals a first down.
His night got worse when he was replaced by Sean Smith, who immediately scored a TD on that pick-six after coming into the game.
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- MediaMax - A private and secure place to upload, store, access, and share your videos, photos, movies, music and files.
- FeedPing - Free RSS submission to major directories.
- Wikalong - A Firefox extension that embeds a wiki in the sidebar of your browser that corresponds to the current page you are viewing.
- ButterFly - Add hyperlinks & notes, highlight words, look up information, translate selections and more, all within the same webpage with a single mouse-click.
- Kopete - An instant messenger supporting AIM, ICQ, MSN, Yahoo, Jabber, IRC, Gadu-Gadu, Novell GroupWise Messenger, and more.
- HomePortals - Create different kinds of web pages and web applications by combining the functionality of pre-existing components.
- Blufr - A free addictive trivia game challenging you to identify statements as true or false.
- nbbc - Turns digital videos into revenue streams for content licensors and web publishers.
- Kiko - A simple, intuitive online calendar.
- Joyent - Provides small teams with email, calendars, contacts and shared applications.
- Schtuff - Schtuff is a free Wiki service that lets anyone easily create and edit pages.
- KlipFolio - Track personalized RSS, weather, news, blogs, forums, downloads, auctions and more.
- WidSets - Use web services straight from your cell phone.
- BusinessDo - Share, find and connect business services instantly.
- BooksWellRead - A free online book journal.
- Monastic - A free website monitoring service.
- Goovite - Fast, free, easy invites, with no registration required.
- ColorBlender - A color matching and palette design tool.
- CiteULike - Share, store, and organise the academic papers you are reading.
- WebBrush - An active collaboration tool that's great for educational purposes.
- mynoteIT - An online note taking tool for students.
- Schoopy - Classroom organizer, school homepages, useful resources and fun games.
- Engrade - A free online gradebook that allows teachers to manage their classes online.
- Chalksite - Gives teachers, students and parents a central point for accessing grades, assignments, discussions and messages.
- MyTicklerFile - Manage projects, track time and monitor your activities as you get things done.
- Facebook - A directory that connects students and employees through social networks.
- Rate My Teachers - Teacher ratings by students and parents.
- teacherlibrarianwiki - A place for teachers and librarians to share lessons, units, handouts, rubrics, presentations, images, and teaching tips.
- ZoomInfo - A search engine for discovering people, companies and relationships.
- Sundera - The hot new technology for handling spreadsheet data.
- Zapr - Create links to your files on your PC then send those links to your friends and family.
- BoardTracker - A forum search engine that is currently tracking over 33,000 forums.
- YouOS - A Web operating system that lets you run diverse applications within a web browser.
- Lazybase - Design, create and share a database of whatever you like.
- scratch-list - Temporarily save bookmarks.
- blueorganizer - a Firefox extension that helps you discover relevant new information and save time.
- WannaLearn - Over 350 categories of free, family-safe online tutorials, guides and instructionally oriented Websites.
- Mpire - Search, share and compare prices from a number of popular online stores and vendors.
- Commentful - Easily keep track of blog comments and followups.
- uask - You ask for the price you want.
- Mnemomap - An interactive way to search for relevant information on the Internet.
- Netvous - An online social bookmark manager.
- DonorsChoose - Providing students in need with resources that public schools often lack.
- Streampad - A free social Internet audio player.
- Loudblog - Podcasting and Mediablogging made easy.
- FreeTube - Your source for free streaming TV.
- Piczo - Easily create websites with pictures, video and more in only a matter of minutes.
- MusicIP - The global music search engine.
- TextMarks - Make information accessible from any mobile phone via text messages.
- Spout - A great place to find films you really want to watch.
- Yedda - Find the best answers to your questions from the most relevant people.
- Programmer Meet Designer - Helps programmers and designers partner up to make websites and web applications that look and work great.
- Viddler - Create, enhance, and share your video.
- Elgg - A new breed of learning environment that places individuals at the center of their learning.
- Enablr - A suite of extremely simple tools that help you to communicate better on the web.
- Qumana - A personal blog editor that posts to all your blogs from one place.
- WaxMail - Your voice message can be attached to Outlook emails as MP3s.
- Daylo - Connecting people with skills to the people who need them.
- The Family Post - A neat way to share photos with your own family web page.
- 411Sync - Mobile Search using SMS, WAP, Email, IM, and Toolbar.
- ILCU - See what's going on, who's attending, and invite others to your events.
- CraftMemo - The smart and easy way to keep track of your craft goodies.
- SingShot - Show off your singing skills, listen to other singers, and communicate with your fans and other members.
- Moodle - Helping educators create effective online learning communities.
- Preloadr - Offers professional tools to optimize your photos for free.
- KartOO - A metasearch engine with visual display interfaces.
- Flixya - A video sharing community with rewards.
- Spy Media - Upload and sell electronic photos from your camera and phone in less than 90 seconds.
- Polaroid-o-nizer - Turn your images into polaroids!
- Nextcat - Network with thousands of entertainment professionals.
- stu.dicio.us - Keep track of your class schedule, todo list, and notes in one place.
- Kramkoob - Free exposure for your auction, blog, video, web site, ect...
- PickStation - Submit and vote for your favorite music tracks.
- LiTha-Paint - Web based paint and drawing service.
- Spiceworks - Managing your network could be as simple as, say, managing your digital music.
- FUTEF - Search Wikipedia's free encyclopedia.
- Paird - Social matchmaking with a bit of a twist.
- Madhens - A new solution to Internet advertising.
- Pubet - Share and publish digital content from your own computer.
- PickStation - The collaborative music podcast.
- Frucall - Online comparison shopping for mobile shoppers.
- Empressr - Create, share and store presentations online.
- Feeds 2.0 - A personalized RSS aggregator.
- Hellodeo - Records and plays video for you to share with others.
- CommonGate - Create your own social network.
- Wild Apricot - Handles routine administrative tasks for non-profit organizations, trade and professional associations.
- Pytagor - An online desktop and Web collaboration solution.
- WeblogWire - Connecting the PR world to the blogosphere.
- Qunu - Experts offer real-time answers to your tech-related questions
- la la - Trade your old CDs for new music.
- Mog - Share your musical tastes and find others like you!
- Foundd - Search engine provides results from Google, Del.icio.us, Digg, Rollyo, craigslist,Yahoo!,Technorati, and the New York Times.
- MuseStorm - Provides widgets to engance your blog or Web site.
- Gregarius - A web-based RSS/RDF/ATOM feed aggregator, designed to run on your web server.
- BillMonk - Keep track of your money, debts, loans and your collections of stuff.
- in.solit.us - Share every type of file with anyone you want.
- RedSwoosh - Serve big files and video on your site to any number of users without the bandwidth costs.
- LinknSurf - Track and share your favorite blogs on your mobile.
- Gcast - Easily record and share messages online for free!
- TalkShoe - Take part in live multi-person conversations, host your own, or just listen!
- HipCast - Create audio, video, and podcasts then post them to your blog.
- Switchpod - Podcast hosting with plans ranging from free to $30 USD.
- AudioBay for Pocket PC - A podcasting solution for Windows Mobile Pocket PCs.
- Podcasting News - Keep up to date with the latest in podcasting technology.
- PodSafe Audio - Provides Creative Commons licensed music for use in podcasts and other web publishing.
- Audiobag - Custom podcast intros, outros, promos and bumpers as well as royalty free music and sound effects.
- Podcasting Tools - Resources for podcasters.
- Gabcast - An easy way to create and distribute audio content online.
- MarkaBoo - Bookmark websites, files and notes from your browser, email, or mobile phone, then organize and share your data.
- The Daily Plate - Helping you eat smarter.
- tourb.us - Find live music, track your favorite bands, find out about local concerts.
- Pickle - Organize, manage and share your video and photos. Upload and share files via email!
- Gogofrog - Create a web site in your own 3D space.
- Hubdog - Mobile community that offers fresh media for your Pocket PC.
- Resellular - Helping those who want a smaller wireless commitment take over the remaining contracts of those looking to get out of them.
- eMessenger - Web and mobile messaging for MSN, Yahoo and AIM users.
- AirSet - Share calendars, contacts, and more with the ability to sync with Outlook and Palm Desktop.
- Buzz Game - Predict the technologies people will be searching the Web in the future.
- Zinses - A simple way to calculate compound interest.
- Tabblo - Your photos. Your words. Put them together with Tabblo and tell your story.
- Grazr - a Web browser for feeds that can be placed on any web page, and used to display RSS, Atom, and OPML files.
- Minti - Parent to parent advice-opedia.
- Openomy - 1 GB of storage for your files, organized by tags.
- PXN8 - Edit your images online, then save to disk, or send to Flickr.
- Woomp - Share & store artworks, photos, videos and MP3.
- EditGrid - Spreadsheets on the Web!
- Blish - A place to buy or sell digital content.
- Pin in the map - Mark the spot, attach some text, send to others via email.
- Google Reader - Google's RSS Feed reader.
- Sharpcast - Access, share, sync and backup your digital stuff from anywhere.
- Bitty - The little browser that goes on any web page.
- Trivionomy - Create, Edit, and Play Trivia.
- mo.neytrack.in - Keep control of your expenses and incomes in an easy and secure way.
- Splashr - This wins my vote for the coolest tool for presenting Flickr photos.
- GroupSharp - Share Excel and Access data over the Web.
- Chatsum - A free browser extension that lets you chat with all the other users that are looking at the same website as you.
- Conversate - Create instant online discussion spaces as opposed to group emails or chatrooms.
- Krunch - Compress and send your files online.
- Wayfaring - Create personalized maps and share them with your friends.
- BubbleShare - Share your digital photos and the stories that go with them.
- Complore -A social research collaboration tool to connect researchers in diverse fields.
- gumshoo - A simpler, safer, smarter way to shop eBay.
- PiXPO - Broadcast your personal videos, music and photos.
- Side Job Track - Quickly and easily manage your side jobs with simple project tools.
- Campfire - Chat and share files with clients and coworkers in real-time.
- YouSendIt - A secure and easy way to send files that are too big for email.
- Ning - Create and share your own social Web applications.
- Zoho Creator - The easy way to create free personal and business applications.
- ChipIn - Connecting people in a social network to collect money for a personal cause, to purchase a gift, or community fundraising.
- Freshbooks - An online invoicing and time tracking service.
- ShareCrow - Create, Customize and Share DVD audio commentary.
- BackUpMyBlog -Automatic daily backup of your entire blog database.
- CollectiveX - Sophisticated social networking tool to strengthen group relationships.
- Elephant Drive - Free unlimited online storage space.
- SocialCookBook - Free recipes for the people, by the people!
- Pageflakes - Your personal customizable start page to the Web.
- FON - Share excess bandwidth at home and roam the world for free.
- Radio.Blog.Club - Build your own playlists, stream music on your site.
- SwapThing - Internet swap meet!
- Veetro - Lots of free online tools for teams and small businesses.
- Cooliris - A free browser extension that supports Google Web and Image searches, eBay, Craigslist, Technocrati and Gravee.
- CosmoPod - Your personal online desktop that can be accessed whenever wherever.
- Sidewalk - Create custom forms in a matter of minutes. Then, place them on your Web site with a simple copy and paste.
- CarbonMade - A neat online portfolio to show off your work!
- Google Notebook - Browse, clip, and organize information from across the web in a single online location.
- YubNub - A command-line for the web.
- Listal - List, tag, rate and sshare your movies, books, music and games.
- Chatango - Add free live chat to any Webpage.
- BlinkBits - Share what you know, discover what you don't.
- Singing Fish - The audio/video search engine.
- FreeLunch - Free economic data.
- 43 Places - Share stories about the places you have been.
- Num Sum - Easy sharable spreadsheets.
- eSnips - Upload, share, tag and discover digital content.
- Avvenu - Free remote access wherever you are.
- EverNote - A single place for all your notes.
- Central Desktop - A collaboration tool for business teams to share information and communicate.
- Dabble - Create, browse, and find video online.
- Reader2 - Compare and recommend books.
- Bank of Ideas - Sister-site of the afore mentioned, Reader2. It's a place to store your ideas online.
- Zenfolio - A photography hosting service with elegant page designs and easy to use tools.
- Qvey - A social survey website where users can create and answer questions.
- Zillow - Online real estate tools and information.
- 14Dayz - Online time tracking system.
- BringALink - Think of it as a personalized del.icio.us
- koolWeb 2.0 - Where you decide what's kool.
- The Beehive - Find the help you need to create a better life.
- scanR - Scan, copy and fax with your camera phone or digital camera.
- Vanilla - A simple, lightweight, highly extensible, multi-lingual web forum.
- Plum - An easy way to collect and share ideas, information and knowledge.
- eBay Express - Buy new stuff (maybe now eBay can go back to being eBay again).
- incompetech.com - Free Online Graph Paper/Grid Paper PDFs.
- Gliffy - Draw and share diagrams on the Web.
- Flickrmap - Geotagging Flickr photos with Google Earth
- Riya - A revolutionary way to search for photos.
- Sideload - Hooray for free music on the Internet!
- Eyespot - Edit and combine your videos, music and photos online!
- Color Wheel Color Calculator - Selects HTML, RGB, or CMYK colors, identifies color harmonies, and even has a built in clipboard.
- EasyBib - Free tool that lets anyone create MLA-style bibliographies, then save them to Word.
- WordWeb - Highlight any word in any application and WordWeb gives you the definition and so much more! Tucows Download
- netomat - Create and share content online or with your phone.
- Gmail Notifier - Alerts you when you have new Gmail messages.
- Smarkets - Buy and sell shares of Amazon Products.
- Favorville - A social networking tool that provides members with the opportunity to help and be helped by others.
- Portable Playlist - Listen to your portable playlist from any computer, anywhere.
- Qnext - The only Internet communication tool you'll ever need. Seriously.
- Cingo - Keeps your family connected and organized.
- FILEExt - The File Extension Source
- Chain Reading - Browse recommended books, suggest books to your friends, write book reviews.
- Web 2.0 Validator beta v.2.7183 - Now you can find out if that site is really Web 2.0 or not.... maybe.
- Nuvvo - Free On-demand eLearning.
- Stuffopolis - Heh, I just like the name. But really, it's a cool place to share stuff with your friends and stuff.
- oolsi - "We believe everything should be free!" (What a coincidence! I do too!)
- iKarma - Build your reputation and locate other reputable businsses based on skill and word of mouth, not advertising.
- ShoZu - Share photos, videos and text using your mobile phone... anytime, anywhere.
- VideoEgg - Video publishing over easy.
- Lulu - and no, it's not Rosco's fat sister. This site lets you publish and sell your content online. You keep the rights, the design and 80% of the profit.
- Bandnews - A search engine keeping track of what is going on in the band scene.
- iTunesLove - Think Blinklist for iTunes.
- JamBase - A complete, accurate and up-to-date concert information resource.
- Music Arsenal - The indie label's new best friend.
- RadioTime - It's like TiVo for your radio
- Web Jay - A tool that helps you listen to and publish web playlists.
- Jamendo - Discover fresh Creative Commons music on P2P networks.
- Musicmob - A cool way to find new music and tell the world what you listen to.
- Muiso - Dedicated to music equality and spreading the love of music.
- Mercora - Music Search and Internet Radio Network
- Poperti - Maintains your music collection in your email account, streams your music directly from your mailbox even caching it for times you are offline.
- Collective X - Provides a way for your group to centralize communication, calendars, and files.
- imeem - A social media service that combines all-in-one instant messaging with social networking.
- CosmoPOD - Your personal online desktop.
- Wizlite - Highlight text on any webpage on the Internet and share it with whomever.
- JobbyResume and skills tracker.
- Formstack - The easy way to build, host and process online forms.
- Snap Shirts - Generate tag clouds from your site and have it printed on a shirt.
- 3bubbles - Unites chat and blogs to create real-time conversations in the blogosphere.
- Songbird - Everything you'd expect from a media player.
- 101 Free Games - The definitive guide to the best new free games on the Web
- Paul's Tips - Five excellent mind habits to develop
- FeedYes - Gives rss feeds to websites without feeds
- Pixoh - Edit pictures online
- Tiktrac - Online time management software
- SuprGlu - Gathers your content from popular webservices and publishes them in one place
- The Freesound Project - A collaborative database of Creative Commons licensed sounds
- Web 2.0 Mashup Matrix - An experimental matrix of Web 2.0 mashups from ProgrammableWeb
- WikiHow - The How-To Manual That Anyone Can Write or Edit
- OnlyWire - The Only BookMarklet You'll Ever Need!
- netOffice - netOffice allows managing and sharing information about teams, projects, tasks, deadlines and much more.
- thinkfree - A free suite of applications that mirror the capabilities of Microsoft Office.
- Central Desktop - A web-based collaboration tool for business teams to manage projects, share information and communicate with others.
- Writeboard - Write, share, revise, compare.
- Rallypoint - Create, organize and share your company's most valuable asset, it's knowledge.
- Strongspace - A secure place to gather, store, back-up and share any type of file with your co-workers, friends and family.
- TWiki - It is a Structured Wiki, typically used to run a project development space, a document management system, a knowledge base, or any other groupware tool, on an intranet or on the Internet.
- SubEthaEdit - Collaborative text editing. Universally.
- SynchroEdit - It allows multiple users to edit a single web-based document at the same time, and it continuously synchronizes all changes so that users always have the same version.
- clipmarks - When you're on the web and you find something you want to keep or share... clip it!
- The Adcloud - "Classified Ads in your own way"
- Symbols.com - Online Encyclopedia of Western Signs and Ideograms
- Nada Software The software that does Nada
- Splasho - This guy installed 100 of the top Firefox plug-ins and they all work remarkably well together, despite being made by different authors!
- The Worlds Smallest Windows phone - Ooooo mama like!
- My Stickies - Post-it's for the Web
- Why Windows Vista Won't Suck - According to Jason Cross
- The Amazing Flash Card Machine - You remember flash cards right? No, they aren't cards with pictures of Flash Gordon on them. No, they aren't Flash animations either.
- The Visual Thesaurus - "A marvelous way to improve your vocabulary and your understanding of the English language"
- Web 2.0 Million Dollar Homepage - in the same vein as The Million Dollar Homepage
Stacy Reed is Tucows' resident software librarian and editor. She has been reviewing PC and mobile software as well as web services for over a decade. Helping developers improve and promote their products is only one of her areas of expertise. Stacy is also an advocate for Open Source, Creative Commons and freeware, taking special interest in educational resources, social media, cloud sharing, and mobile technology.


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We reached the chapter Superman's been waiting for all year long: the COW chapter. Okay, the entire chapter isn't about cows, but enough of it was to make him happy.
After reading the text, I don't think the kids quite understood how does a cow's stomach work, so we set about answering that question.
So, I set up the card table downstairs, dug out the glitter glue, and proceeded to answer the question: how does a cow's stomach work?
First I drew up for cows with their digestive system, if I'd planned further ahead than say 2 minutes (see my post on my planning style at The Homeschool Village), I would have drawn one and then scanned it to share with ya'll, in all it's awesome quality…… That didn't happen. Then the kids happily colored the non-digestive system parts.
Then we colored and labeled the different chamber's of the cow's stomach. I had to restrain the kids from coloring more than I did. You'll see why it was necessary in a moment.
Then we got to glitter-gluing the steps involved. We ran out of room in the esophagus as the glitter glue was a bit wider than we planned, and we couldn't fit all the times the food went up and down.
And here's the end result. The cow chews the food and swallows it. There it passes through the first and second chambers before heading back up to be chewed on some more.
Then the cow swallows the grass again (called cud once it's been chewed and swallowed). The cud passes through the third and fourth chambers to finish digesting. It's hard to tell, but there are actually 3 separate lines going through the esophagus as the food would pass back and forth.
Finally the fully digested food heads down into the intestines where the food is absorbed. The kids were quite fascinated to learn that the food travels through the intestines and whatever is left becomes poop. Yeah, so that little bit you see at the bottom there is Superman adding poop from his cow…….
Fell free to say "ewwwwww" I certainly did.
And that is our lesson on: how does a cow's stomach work.
But, I was also amused because all of the lines on his cow are blood vessels. I guess I better start organizing my anatomy board……..
If you want some more land animals idea, check out my land animals pinterest board.
Let's see what others did this week:
Each week I'm spotlighting a few posts that were shared previously. Many posts get linked up later in the week and they don't always get as many clicks as they deserve, so I'm trying to spotlight a few every week.
Source: lifewithmoorebabies.blogspot.com via Ticia on Pinterest
Life with Moore Babies shared a fun pumpkin growing experiment. I am SOOOOO doing this when we hit botany, or maybe sooner.
Stacy Sews and Schools shared a great collection of bird resources, there's books to get, lapbooks and notebooking pages to print out and so much more.
Source: mumsmakelists.blogspot.co.uk via Ticia on Pinterest
Mum makes lists shared 50 things to put in a science kit (most of which are in your pantry).
I usually only share 5, but I really LOVE this one from All Things Beautiful, it's got all of the experiments I'll try with my kids when we learn about the skeletal system all together.


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CBS' Les Moonves is showing us you don't have to be a sports star or creator of a social networking site to rank in the big leagues in money making in America. The Hollywood Reporter reported on April 11, 2014,
CBS' Les Moonves salary rose to $66.9 million in 2013. Moonves salary as CEO and president of CBS was up from $62.2 million a year earlier.
CBS stock had a good showing in 2013 too with an increase of 69 percent. Revenue for CBS rose 9 percent to $15.3 billion as net earnings rose 19 percent to $1.9 billion. CBS executive chairman Sumner Redstone has said, "CBS continues to turn in stellar performances year in and year out, and none better than 2013." Redstone is a multibillionaire who earned $57.2 million at CBS in 2013, which was up from $31.3 million.
The $66.9-million compensation package for 2013 of Moonves was released in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing on Friday reports The Los Angeles Times. Actually Moonves received $3.5 million in salary and was also given a $28.5-million bonus. There were further perks in his package with stock awards valued at $26.5 million and $5.8 million in stock options. Moonves was also given personal use of a corporate CBS aircraft along with a security detail and a driver.
With Moonves at the helm of the ship CBS was ranked as the most-watched network last year. Hit shows such as "The Big Bang Theory," "NCIS" and "Elementary" helped drive profits up 19 percent to nearly $2 billion.
The kind of deal Moonves has received for all of this success with CBS is enough to make a lot of young kids throw aside thoughts of becoming doctors and lawyers for reaching for the dream of becoming a TV executive like Moonves. His real life now resembles the kind of story book life of living in extreme wealth that we often drift away in fantasy about while engaged in watching TV shows about the rich and famous.


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I have never really done any category theory before, and am looking to use it to somehow classify some of my work. In particular I am trying to determine wheter two given categories, say $\mathcal{C}_{1}$ and $\mathcal{C}_{2}$ are equivalent or not. Are there any efficient ways of doing this?
Obviously if I define a functor $F:\mathcal{C}_{1}\rightarrow\mathcal{C}_{2}$, then I can check whether this is an equivalence of categories (either by using the definition, or by checking whether $F$ is full, faithful and every element of $\mathcal{C}_{2}$ is the isomorphic image of an element of $\mathcal{C}_{1}$), but this relies on defining the functor $F$. Are there any methods of determining whether two categories are equivalent/inequivalent without defining any functors?
Edit/Motivation: The case that I am dealing with involves trying to see if given two simplicial complexes $\Delta_{1}\subseteq\Delta_{2}$ with an associated $G$-action for some group $G$, the category of presheaves defined on $\Delta_{1}$ and the category of presheaves defined on $\Delta_{2}$ are equivalent (see Ronan and Smith's paper for details about presheaves). The motivation stems from the fact that there is a notion of simplicial complexes being $G$-homotopy equivalent, and I am trying to see whether I can generalise this to presheaves.


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Dec. 20, 2012Can Calif. panel maker prosper in dark times for U.S. industry?
[E&E Publishing]
Soitec opens $150m San Diego factory to locally produce CPV modules
[Semiconductor Today]
Dec. 17, 2012Tunisia: French Soitec opens concentrating photovoltaic power station
[African Manager]
Dec. 04, 2012Low material methods and high efficiency to push CPV demand
[PV Insider]
Nov. 19, 2012Inauguration ceremony of the first CPV solar powered pump station in Tunisia : Soitec in TV news on Chaine Nationale 1 in Tunisia
[Chaine Nationale 1 Tunisie]
Nov. 13, 2012Smartphone demand pushes Soitec to expand bonded SoS wafer output
[Solid State Technology]
Nov. 08, 2012FD-SOI Perpetuates Moores Law
[Electronic Design]
Soitec Ramps Up Production for Peregrine
[San Diego Business Journal]
Nov. 06, 2012Soitec Signs PPA for Planned 44MWp South Africa Solar Plant
[Solar Novus Today]
Soitec signs power deal for 44MW CPV plant in South Africa
Soitec signs PPA for 44-MWp South African CPV plant
[Utility Products Magazine]
Soitec secures PPA for 44 MW CPV project in South Africa
Soitec signs PPA in South Africa
[PV Insider]
Developers get building as South Africa PPAs are signed
Soitec: 44 MW CPV power plant in South Africa is taking shape
[Sun & Wind Energy]
Soitec Signs PPA For Solar Project In South Africa
[Solar Industry Mag]
Soitec increases bonded SOS wafer production to meet Peregrines demand
[Semiconductor Today]
Soitec boosts bonded SOS wafer manufacturing for Peregrine
[Silicon Semiconductor]
Oct. 24, 2012Soitec completes largest concentrator photovoltaic solar power plant in Italy
[Saudi Projects Magazine, Issue 14]
Oct. 22, 2012Research in Arizona State University: how to maximize the efficiency of solar energy technology (15'30)
[Eight - Arizona State University]
Oct. 12, 2012Soitec, Shin-Etsu expand partnership
[Semiconductor Manufacturing & Design]
German environmental award for concentrator photovoltaics
[Euroasia Industry]
Soitec and Shin-Etsu Handotai up supply of SOI for finfets
[Electroncs Weekly]
Soitec completes Italian delivery
[Solar International]
Oct. 11, 2012Soitec, SEH extend Smart Cut licensing deal to "silicon-on-anything"
Cant you scale your transistor better with an engineered substrate?
(Chinese version)
[Solid State Technology China]
Oct. 10, 2012Soitec & Shin-Etsu Handotai Extend Smart Cut Licensing Agreement
[Silicon Semiconductor]
Oct. 03, 2012Fraunhofer ISE & Soitec awarded for solar energy technology
[Compound Semiconductor]
Oct. 02, 2012Altatech introduces AltaCVD Solarlab for deposition of PV materials
[Semiconductor Today]
Oct. 01, 2012Experts At The Table: IC Manufacturing Challenges 2
[Semiconductor Manufacturing & Design Community]
Sep. 20, 2012The Race to Fully Depleted Devices
[GSA Forum]
Experts At The Table: IC Manufacturing Challenges
[Semiconductor Manufacturing & Design Community]
Cant you scale your transistor better with an engineered substrate?
(Chinese version)
[EETimes China]
Sep. 04, 2012PV production in Germany
[Solar Novus Today]
Aug. 15, 2012Inflection Points: video interview with Paul Boudre, Chief Operating Officer at Soitec
[Semiconductor Manufacturing & Design]
Improving transistor scaling with an engineered substrate
[Embedded Computing Design]
Aug. 14, 2012CPV layoffs signify major crossroads for industry
[PV Insider]
Aug. 09, 2012Soitec wins big in Frances solar tender, readies for next round
[New Energy World Network]
Aug. 08, 2012Soitec benefits from French concentrated decision
[Solar International]
CPV Leader Involved with Large Solar Projects in France
[Solar Power World]
Aug. 01, 2012Video interview of André-Jacques Auberton-Hervé, CEO of Soitec, during the SEMICON West 2012 event
Interview starting at 2 minutes 36 seconds
Jul. 14, 2012Silicon On Insulator (SOI)
Jul. 13, 2012SOI Parity with CMOS Good News for IP Designers
Jul. 12, 2012SOI Becomes Essential At 20nm
[Low-Power Engineering]
Jul. 11, 2012Ecosystem emerges around new moble chip tech
[EE Times]
Jun. 19, 2012Soitec Gets $25M DOE Funding for CPV Solar Factory in San Diego
[Greentech Media]
Fully Depleted Silicon on Insulator devices
[EE Times]
Jun. 06, 2012A*STAR Institute Of Microelectronics Announces MEMS Consortium Phase II To Pave The Way For High Volume Manufacturing
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May. 28, 2012Video interview of Steve Longoria, SVP of Worldwide Strategic Business Development: The role of FD-SOI in advanced semiconductor design and 3D stacks
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ST-Ericsson Goes With Soitecs FD-SOI Technology
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Mar. 12, 2012ST, ST-Ericsson commit to SOI, says Soitec
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ST-Ericsson Adopts FD-SOI for Mobile Products
[Semiconductor Manufacturing & Design Community]
ST-Ericsson adopts FDSOI from Soitec
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[Euroasia Semiconductor]
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Jan. 24, 2012Soitec and Sumitomo fab 6in GaN wafers for LED lighting
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Soitec, Sumitomo Electric scale GaN engineered wafers to 6″
[Solid State Technology]
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Object Model Violation: Just One of equals() and hashCode() Defined
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This class overrides only one of equals() and hashCode().
Java objects are expected to obey a number of invariants related to equality. One of these invariants is that equal objects must have equal hashcodes. In other words, if a.equals(b) == true then a.hashCode() == b.hashCode().
Failure to uphold this invariant is likely to cause trouble if objects of this class are stored in a collection. If the objects of the class in question are used as a key in a Hashtable or if they are inserted into a Map or Set, it is critical that equal objects have equal hashcodes.
The following class overrides equals() but not hashCode().
public class halfway() { public boolean equals(Object obj) { ... } }