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A few months ago I blogged about the fact that IBM was looking for two interns to fill a longterm (paid) internship. The good news is that after an extensive selection process and a hearty dose of governmental bureaucracy (which is not unusual when relocating countries), two students have finally been able to join our DB2 team at the lab.
In case you are curious about who the students are, they're Marius Butuc from Romania, and Henrique Zambon from Brazil. They're good guys, feel free to follow them on Twitter (even though Henrique's stream may be more interesting to you if you speak Portuguese).
The selection process
I received about 100 resumes from students around the globe who wanted to apply for the internship. Of those, I invited the 50 most promising applicants to have an initial phone interview, as I wanted to give a fair chance to everyone (yet at the same time, I didn't want get the hopes up of those who clearly didn't have a shot, and thus the remaining applicants were informed that they hadn't made the initial cut).
Before their first interviews took place, I assigned the 50 preselected candidates a coding project. They could either develop a CSV to HTML converter, a search client using Twitter's API, or an S3 uploader.
While none of these exercises were rocket science, they were intended to provide us with an general idea of the students' ability to code. Most candidates went for the CSV to HTML converter. Some chose the Twitter client, and a tiny handful opted for the S3 uploader (one ambitious candidate delivered all three).
After carefully reviewing their code, I held the technical interviews with all of the candidates who had sent in their assignments. During the first interview I asked each person a series of very technical questions, and in some instances we also discussed their assignments. In most cases each interview lasted for an hour.
After the initial round of interviews had wrapped up, I selected the 10 most promising candidates for a second phone call and informed the others that they wouldn't be continuing on with the interview process.
For the second round of interviews I was joined by my manager, and together we conducted phone calls with each candidate that were based less on the each person's technical skills. This second interview was meant to test their soft skills, to get a feel for their interests, and to assess their overall attitude.
There were important interviews because they helped us get to know the candidates a bit better. Our aim was to learn about what excited these eager applicants, to see their level of passion for programming, and to observe other skills that were not strictly related to coding. We also discussed the project they'd be working on if they were selected, our team approach (we are more of an Agile startup than the stereotypical image you may have of IBM), and discussed details of the next steps with each of these ten candidates.
At this point Leon (my manager) and I discussed at length which two applicants we wanted to select. All ten students were top notch candidates, so the choice wasn't an easy one for us. We ended up considering every single bit of information at our disposal about the students, from their their resumes and past experiences to their performance with the technical assignment, what (human and programming) languages they knew, and how they'd faired with both of the interviews.
After a lot of consideration, we ended up selecting Marius and Henrique. (In case you're wondering, the student who did all three assignment was also from Romania and he was ultimately our third choice, had either Marius or Henrique been unable to accept the internship position.)
What I learned from reviewing so many candidates
What made a resume stick out to me
While I'm not sure what you'll get out of this article, I thought it was worth sharing as I found the whole process described above to be a fascinating one. Perhaps if you're a student in a similar position you'll find tips on what to do when applying for an internship with a company such as IBM. If you've ever found yourself in a similar interviewer's position, you'll likely find numerous relatable points in this post.
One final note: if you are curious, here's Henrique and Marius at our first team party (after a few drinks):
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Sorry to hear "Some candidates, taking advantage of the long distance telephone interview, tried to Google their answers…"
Maybe you think I am one of them coz I am typing too (I don't know some tech word in English so I am looking up it in an english-chinese dictionary)
> I don't know some tech word in English
Sorry to be blunt…then I don't see what's the point of your even bothered with trying to get this particular opportunity. (IBM, State-side)
I mean we're not talking some Liberal Arts-type of position (Philosophy, Western Literature, anyone ?)….I can safely bet that at least 95% of the tech stuff and n languages *YOU* know/learned come from OUTSIDE of your country/culture. so (if I'm interviewer) I really have to question why you would not know ALL of the tech terms/concepts in this international language, i.e. English.
I'm Chinese and I say this with earnest proposition: You guys should really work on your English! (suggest you at least use English tech books/materials)
>> [did google tech term]
> [you have to know it beforehand]
I don't believe you if you are saying, that chinese did not develop own terms/translations for some technical terms. That mistrust in your word is based on my (anecdotal) experience:
I'm German, we have own words for database-related, starting with "Datenbank" instead of "database". Imagine my inexistent surprise as I went to France for an internship and found "BDD (base de données)" being the word for "database". The word that cracked me up was "déclencheur" for "trigger" … a word we Germans just had assimilated into our language.
To wrap it up: Yes, Wenquing could have told that he had to look up a term to be clear on its meaning. But alsoi Yes, an iunternship is about learning new things, and if it is only a new word for a known concept.
so should you
That's so rude of you to throw crap at Liberal Arts. Fine, being a techie is great. But that never gives you right to behave mean towards other arts or even science for that matter.
It has been seven months since the interview. The process must really have been tough as the two interns were announced just now. Congratulations to Henrique and Marius! 😀
Kudos to Marius and Henrique!
Nice article. I'd expect a CS course to cover the basics of Software Engineering relevant in the real world, like Agile practices for example, but I'm not sure I would hold the candidate against it. After all, its the only time they can program happily without worrying about estimates and schedules and iterations 😉
Just an opinion, but I've never understood the sentiment that googling for information for interview questions is bad, or that an applicant should have memorized a random sampling of 25 out of 1,000 computer science algorithms and theories. Then go on and act surprised that the "top candidates" didn't know much about real world programming like databases, source control, and server software.
The fact is, real 9 to 5 productive programmers live in a world where Google is constantly used to reference the growing jungle of APIs, and the fancy algorithms and math problems we learned in college only help give us background, they rarely ever directly effect our work.
Of course, I imagine IBM's labs may be much more academic in nature, but smaller firms adopt the same type of interviewing paradigm. I just don't agree.
Congratulations to the two Interns who made the cut. It's an impressive feat to beat out 98 other motivated college applicants!
Thank you for the great overview of the intern hiring process at IBM.
Never memorize something you can look up
I completely agree. I refuse to interview with companies that hold the pop-quiz style interview. At one lab I worked for we were specifically told not do that. Instead, you should look at their resume and ask them for their involvement in their projects and participation, and what tools/technologies they've learned and used.
To ask me "What's a Red-Black Tree?" when Im ten years out of college and working on government database applications is pointless.
I've never understood this attitude. Just because you don't know what a red-black tree is doesn't entitle you to feign competence in an area in which you're actually incompetent.
It's perfectly fine for an interviewee to say, "Hmm, red-black tree, I remember the term from algorithms class but I don't remember all the details. Something about 'rotations', I think? I could Google it real quick, if it's going to be important for the next question."
It's *never* okay for an interviewee to say, "Oh yes, red-black tree, mmhm, I know all about that. Red-black tree is a type of self-balancing binary search tree, a data structure used in computing science. I have used it to implement associative arrays." At that point, I don't care if they actually studied tree algorithms in college or not. As soon as you lie to the interviewer or inflate your resume you deserve all the ridicule you get.
I couldn't have agreed more, I got curious and looked up what a Red-Black Tree is and now that I've seen the wiki page I remember seeing it in school (and after reading the page for a minute I could probably code one for you). But there's no way I would have remembered on the spot what it was. It's been too long since I've been out of school…yet I can still apply most of that stuff after reading about it for a few minutes
While most would agree it would be quite ridiculous to ask a 10 year veteran of the industry if they could explain what a Red-Black Tree is, I don't think it's too much of a stretch to ask current students/recent college grads this question. The article is about hiring interns, not senior software engineers.
I think the important thing to take away here is, if you don't think the interview question is fair, be honest. Don't lie.
"The fact is, real 9 to 5 productive programmers live in a world where Google is constantly used to reference the growing jungle of APIs, and the fancy algorithms and math problems we learned in college "
Exactly, I use Google every day to find information for developing code.
It's definitely useful to Google for information, but it's invaluable to know what to search for beforehand. You don't need to know all of the details of a Red-Black tree, but it's useful to be familiar with the topic so you know in which direction to look. If you are completely unfamiliar with self-balancing trees, you may never Google that far!
How much time did your group spend in total to select these 2 interns?
So basically, to fill two intern positions, you:
* Reviewed 100 resumes and selected 50
* Reviewed a few dozen coding samples
* Phone interviewed a few dozen applicants
* Selected 10 applicants
* Performed a second phone interview for 10 applicants, along with your manager
* Made the final two selections
That seems like an enormous among of effort overall. How much time would you say you spent in the entire process? How would you justify this expenditure? I can't see any company I've worked at looking favorably at going to such lengths for an intern hire.
Also, it sounds like you didn't actually meet the candidates in-person until they were actually hired, is that correct?
As someone who has hired interns, programmers, and designers, I'd say that it's very common to put the same effort into hiring interns as you would anyone else. Eventually, you hope that those interns will turn into super-productive, full-time employees.
It's just smart business.
We did not look at it as "intern positions". We were looking to get two top notch people for a really cool project where failure is not an option. What Antonio did was absolutely awesome and worth every minute he spent on it. I should know because I am the one who authorized it.
As Leon explained, these are high profile intern positions. But even if they were not, unless your company has money to throw away, it would be anti-economical to cut time/energy and money devoted to hire interns. Why? A short story from my experience: http://thinkingbox.wordpress.com/2010/09/26/dont-cut-timeenergymoney-invested-in-hiring/
Great article Antonio!
I would also like to mention that many of the students referred to Antonio came to know about these two positions because of the DB2 on Campus program.
More information about the students and the DB2 on Campus program can be found in these two links:
Raul (Antonio's colleague at IBM).
Antonio, your approach also works for experienced people as well, and yes, you will spend a lot of time finding good people. I note the significant lack of HR involvment in the selection process, which is generally a Good Thing. I have yet to master the art of the technical phone interview, but I won't be doing any more real time Google searches. 8>) Thanks for sharing.
I'm currently in the process of searching for a co-op or internship in an unrelated field, engineering. This article gave me valuable insight on what some employers really see when they read your resume. Even though all the programming lingo was beyond me, my resume will most definitely be modified after reading this. Thanks!
wow, inters have a hard life… what do you have to do to get a permie role?
"Some candidates, taking advantage of the long distance telephone interview, tried to Google their answers "
I'm curious, why did you consider this a problem? I mean, presumably, when they run into something at work that they don't know they'll use Google to figure it out. Unless you don't allow them internet access during work hours or something?
Now, maybe it would be better if the candidate said something like: "I'm not sure about that one, let me Google it…" well, maybe that would be more honest. If I were the interviewer I'd probably give the candidate points for this.
Just out of curiosity but did you not have any American candidates make it to the top 10?
It seems like there would be innumerable candidates in the country qualified for these jobs and with record unemployment, particularly for 20 somethings it seems irresponsible to higher abroad.
Nice Palmeiras shirt! 😀
So true, We do a simple "make a google map/database app". I'm amazed at how many people screw it up and seemingly dont take it seriously when its for a job? im mean how would they treat clients then?
It's a little different when applying for internships. However, as an experienced engineer, if someone asks me to do FREE work for them, even under the pretext of being some sort of interview qualification, that's a red flag and I'm running away as fast as I can. Even if the request comes from a large company that's obviously not trying to extract free labor, it says the company doesn't value my time now, and almost certainly won't if/when I become an employee.
If "people" don't take your demands seriously, you might re-examine your expectations through the eyes of your applicants, and see if those expectations are reasonable.
All of the above notwithstanding, I don't know anybody who only applied for one job. If each application generated a two or three hour project in addition to the time already required to fine-tune the resume, (maybe) create a cover letter, then research the company, group, and hiring manager, the time required balloons beyond anything feasible.
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How much does GPA play into your selection process? I'm heading to a career fair tomorrow with a 2.47 and I'm nervous. Twice at my university's Spring career fair my resume was handed back because I didn't have a 3.0.
How do I get recruiters to look past the low GPA and notice a strong background of technical and leadership experiences?
(IBM is one of the many companies that will be there. :-P)
As someone who does a lot of interviewing, I have great appreciation for the difficulty of selecting a set of questions that will really get a good read on the quality of a candidate. The process described here was impressive in its depth and balance — thanks, Antonio, for sharing about it.
While it's easy to go overboard on theory questions — and I prefer to ground them in a real-world problem when possible — I don't think it's unreasonable to throw in a few, like they did here, especially if the candidate claims to have some sort of CS background.
I've been out of school a long time, too, and I was rusty on this sort of stuff the last time I was job hunting, so…. I hit the books for several weeks to make sure I was ready! Unless you're just stunningly brilliant, you have to work at standing out in a pool of talented candidates. I'm always amazed when candidates show up for an important day of interviews completely unprepared!
Besides, while it's always fun to complain that 90% of what you learn in school or from CS books is useless, it's one of those things where it's hard to say which 90% is going to be a waste. You never know when a vague memory of algorithm X may give you an aha! moment solving a practical problem. So, for many kinds software work, a candidate with a decent, verifiable background in CS really does have some real-world edge.
I agree.
I have been out of school for well beyond ten years. I have studied in-depth before all interviews.
I study more and more as the years go by – because I know more and more topics and areas as the years go by. Sometimes I re-read material "just because" and it's amazing what you can learn after deep real-world experience gives you something to tie certain pieces of material to in your mind. Many aha! moments – for sure.
You must do everything reasonably possible that would positively separate yourself from other candidates. If you're not doing that – then you're likely not going to be offered the job.
I have been offered every single job that I've ever interviewed for. I'm absolutely certain that studying has been a factor in my interview success.
This is what has been freaking me out about the CS field recently. I've been on a couple of these 'technical' interviews with coding assignments. This is for an internship! An internship! Why is it so damn competitive.
First, it's a global selection process, second its 100 resumes narrowed down to 50, third, they only take 2 candidates! Even the poor kid that did all three questions didn't get selected. I hate this type of competition… it's too much!
You don't know what a red black tree is (I leaned that in AP CS in high school
Your AP CS class was either extremely superficial or taken by geniuses. Btw, I don't remember seeing red-black trees in CS GRE examination which should be [quite] a bit higher level than AP CS.
In short, I think you are wrong: not knowing what red-black tree is does not mean much: the data structure is pretty specialized and not that commonly used.
I agree with your point regarding svn/git…
Considering that the internship was for working on a database engine (DB2), the question about Red-Black Tree was appropriate. For students/new grads.
A couple of years back, when I was working in Developer Relations at Apple, I was one of the people who reviewed applications for student attendees to our annual Developer Conference.
I can certainly relate to your description of the enormous number of applicants and the difficulty of choosing among them. Just about every one I saw really deserved to be there.
Good article.
Have a look at
It points in the same direction.
Good article…and I understand about weeding out those reading definitions off of google searches. That is just silly on the canidates part.
But for the rest of the "google guy" issue. IMHO: I'd rather have a guy who can search up a code snippit in 1 minute than a guy who spends a week looking for it in a book or worse, a week looking at his screen.
The "google guy" will get more done.
i am also involved in hiring new staff and interns. it is very tough, because you would like to be fair, and also the risk of losing out on a potential superstar. fortunately i dont have to go through hundreds of applications. for applicants, we have 3 simple rules:
1. must be in pairs from the same university (ideally, we would like to hire in pairs as peer support is something very important for someone who have just started work).
2. cgpa of at least 3.0 (this is for malaysia where the education system is not of the same standard as other countries). most importantly it is an indicator that the person is disciplined enough to complete his assignments and has good time management skills. the hardest employees are those who have poor time management and no respect for datelines).
3. must be an active member of a developer community (this is a must for getting a good developer as it reflects social skills, identifying problems and having a try at solving them. with the internet and open source projects, there really is no excuse for a budding developer not to get involved. even postings in this site would count).
for potential staff, there is an added rule.
4. during the interview, the applicant must bring along a software project that he has done (or even involved in) and talk about his project. it is very important to be able to talk and understand attitudes.
Does IBM regard these interns as the future "stars of the company" or essentially as being on the same ability level as their full time employees?
For the phone interview, you should make it clear that the applicant should not Google answers and your questions should reflect this.
You are asking a student that is used to giving answers the best they can from resource materials.
There is a big difference asking :
"What is a red-black tree"? and "Do you know what a red-black tree is"?
The first question invites Googling (unless specifically forbade), the second does not.
On a phone interview I never ask a question that can be Googled, there is no point.
I disagree with almost everything you said – because it's absolutely fabricated.
Everyone knows that an interview is a test – and there's no such thing as "inviting cheating on a test by asking questions that are capable of being researched".
Unless a test is specifically referred to as "open book" – then reviewing material is understood to be forbidded.
I agree that it's important to ask questions that show understanding (eg. "cannot be Googled")
– However, I am seeing much value in asking questions that can be Googled – in order to see which candidates are willing to cheat.
I take it that the opportunity you provide is way better than the jobs that are typically available?
I only ask because you talked about having lots of excellent candidates from whom to choose; and there are so many blogs from people complaining about their difficulty finding experienced candidates who are even reasonably competent. (Maybe the solution for them is not to require prior expertise in all twelve of the tools, languages and APIs that their team is using.)
I'm surprised that nobody picked up on this fact: 2 more programming positions went to non-US citizens.
There was a time when IBM searched colleges in the USA for candidates for interships back in the early 1980's.
It's a sad state of affaires now, and I won't be buyng IBM for a long, long time now!
Re above: Why would a company based in Canada be obliged to hire US citizens?
One reason would be that I'm an American…
I really wish I could figure out how to get 100 even slightly decent resumes for paid internships. In my area I can hardly find 5 or 6!
What area?
A lot of IT companies in the US still take for granted the ability to attract and hire the best talent from the world engineering pool. I wonder if this can be sustained. After the economic turmoil and persistent high unemployment in the US, the visas have become harder to get and the salaries have not kept up with the pace of inflation.
Congratulations Henrique and Marius, celebrate for now but don't lose sight of coming back home or to other countries. Opportunities outside the US are abundant and the american dream is sometimes just that, a dream inherited from previous generations that lived beyond their means.
I found the article very enjoyable and very interesting.
I have to admit I had to google Red-Black Tree to move beyond the assumption it was a binary design process. (Yeah, I be that ancient!)
Having done tech interviews (Mainframe primarily), I can say without a doubt that every one is challenging and fun! From the interviewee that was writing down all the questions and answers to a 20 minutee discussion on creating a temp storage queue (and was still wrong).
IBM'ers are not the white shirt gray suit automatons you might envision. Worked on two IBM projects years ago where the only suit in the place was our manager's. The IBM liason had an intense love of hawaiian shirts and we saw them all!
I envy those two and what they will learn and do and see during their time at IBM.
A very very good article about interviews and processes and people.
I'm curious…What's the average age of programmers on you team. How old is the oldest. I'm seeing more and more counselors not recommending engineering because the careers are shorter than those of professional hockey players.
Keep in mind I'm not a professional programmer…
It's interesting to see what made a candidate stand out for you. On the surface, the desire for "extracurriculars" and more theoretical knowledge seems strange, but it only makes sense in context.
1) Extracurriculars like open-source development and social media involvement really help indicate passion for a subject. At the end of the day, you want someone who's really self-motivated as opposed to someone who just wants his paycheck.
As someone who primarily uses programming as a means to an end, I can definitely say I would not code just for fun. I have to have a goal: solve a PDE numerically for example. On the other hand, my roommate (who is a CS major and definitely loves programming) will just code for coding's sake. He has his own shuffle program for music that he made just for the hell of it.
2) I'm not sure on this, but more theoretical questions may actually be directly applicable for a company like IBM. There may be more of a research emphasis there than at a company that primarily does software development.
Consider those who program at work and again in their free time because of their passion for programming. I wonder whether such employees are going to write their own versions of tools that are already freely available instead of, say, writing documentation or clarifying requirements with the user — because programming is more fun.
I often _study_ programming during my spare time (because I cannot do that at work but need to keep up and improve) — but I don't _do_ yet more programming after work.
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Excellent article! Thank you for the presenting it. You've done a great job making me pause to sort through a lot of my own thoughts and opinions about the interview process.
I'm about to start interviewing for my replacement. I'm a one-man operation stuck in the classic "guru" position for a small company. There is no "team". I report to the VP of Operations. The company has always been satisfied with handing everything to me to "just get it done" so I'm a jack of all trades but master of none – network and server administration, Exchange and database admin, PCI/VISA/MC/AMEX certification, programmer for VB (all versions), TSQL, command line scripts, and a full-blown automation engineer. My "robots" do the work of 5 FTEs.
I wouldn't survive any interview process with a large company since deep specialization in a particular field is always required. Red-Black tree? I have a lot of them in my production code, but didn't know the name of it until I Googled it after reading your article. Facebook and Twitter? Sorry, I'm working to keep the company cash flowing instead of talking about it. Attend a conference? Let alone present? That's taking time away from my family. I'm passionate about my work, but I can't be public with it.
I know you're nodding and saying "you shouldn't have let the company do that to you." You're right. I ended up in a great big pile of should. That's part of the motivation to move on and hire someone to take over for me. The greater reality was the paycheck – not for greed's sake but for covering the mortgage and feeding the kids. I'm good at what I do (accounting for Dunning-Kruger) but I will never fit a corporate profile of any IT position after being 15 years in small companies.
I admire IBM. Great hardware and software products. Leading innovation. I fondly remember managing AS/400s, writing code on them, and maintaining the databases. They NEVER went down and I miss that in Wintel these days. But, IBM would never look twice at me for a corporate position. I'd be in the bottom 50 for "we need a round peg in this hole and this guy is a dodecahedron." My options in the job search are limited to other small companies that need gurus. On the other side of the same coin, the person I interview has to have a lot more breadth than depth. The interview I have will be face-to-face, listening to pitch and tone and watching eye movement, and a lot of reading between the lines over war stories like "how would you handle a power outage in the server room?", "the CEO needs a report to join 5 tables of data by 3PM, or we lose the customer" and "the IPS device just stopped an attack from a Chechnyian IP address, do we need to permanently ban it at the firewall?" Not exactly "can you explain the 7 layers of the OSI?"
And we have to hire by the end of October.
If someone has advice on how to transition to one of those cushy "take a break to play ping-pong" jobs, please let me know!
You couldn't find any suitable candidates to hire in Canada? So, do you think the issue is that they just didn't apply?
Hey Antonio,
Great article 🙂 You seem to be doing well for yourself, congrats.
My own experience, which isn't dissimilar to yours, and some of the details you've mentioned in your hiring process, and some of the comments here, make me think that we really should have proper and popular Computer Engineering programs. Computer Science should be more academic.
It's clear that most candidates and most companies … heck, most anybody in the industry, want/need people with more practical experience. I'm routinely stupefied at the number of people who aren't even aware of revision control. These folk are clearly in it for the degree and the salary that follows, not for the passion of it. With a proper Computer Engineering program, they'd be FAR more useful and happy out of the gate.
Computer Science could then focus on the more hard-core stuff, as I feel it should. (Seems that most of the candidates produced today are neither good at the practical since they lack practice, and don't care about the hard-core stuff.)
I wonder, has anybody ever interviewed anybody from a college-level program? A 2- or 3-year type thing that focused on the practical? Results? (On the Ops side of thing those candidates are usually worse than useless 🙂
Re: all of this discussion about knowing the terms, googling, and being able to answer the questions posed in the interview: I think that some people are missing the context.
Reynold: Antonio was interviewing students who should have been studying things like algorithms and programming concepts, language semantics, etc. People who are working as a professional developer know what they need to know to get their job done and done well. Is it reasonable to expect an academic to know the academic details? I think so. Is it reasonable to expect, say, a newspaper editor to have great grammar? I think so. Is it reasonable for a professional cook to know how to grow vegetables? It'd be great, but I don't think that the cook gives a rat's ass about the mixture of grains that have to be force fed different geese to obtain the best fois gras. Nor do I expect the farmer who knows that to be familiar with 12 different ways of preparing the fois gras. I do expect the farmer, and any health inspectors, to be aware of health regulations but I don't think that the cook or the general public to care – even if they can google it.
Similarly, I don't expect, say, someone who specializes in buffer cache management to be familiar with the Java Swing API's or a fast line-drawing algorithm. If the developer recently took a graphics course then I guess it's reasonable for them to know the line drawing algorithm.
Maybe that's something that you should consider in the future, Reynold – the context to see if it is reasonable to expect someone to know that information (or to possess some particular skill).
In the future, maybe I'll consult you if I need to write a grant proposal (i.e. beg for money). If I need some C coding done, I'll ask someone else.
Thanks for the message, Bill. When I wrote the comment, I didn't think that it would come down this way. After reading it again, I do realize how bad it was. I've asked Antonio to take down the comment.
I'd like to apologize (to everyone) for the remark I made.
I also appreciate you putting it down in the nicest way possible by saying "If I need some C coding done, I'll ask someone else.". I can learn a lot from you.
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November and December are always a crazy time of year for our family. In addition to preparing for and celebrating Thanksgiving and Christmas we celebrate my kids' birthdays. We had a joint boy-girl birthday party over the weekend to celebrate my daughter turning 3 and my son turning 5 in a couple weeks. It's a lot to manage in a regular year, but while growing a baby – and belly to match – it's a whole new level of exhaustion.
My "plan" to prepare for baby – and I'm using the word "plan" very loosely – has been to worry about it after the holiday madness subsides. So, after the New Year I'll focus on figuring out where baby will sleep, where we'll put its clothes (and blankets and loads of baby stuff and gear) and, you know, all those basic things that might be good to know before baby actually arrives. But one thing I think I can no longer put off is thinking about how to prepare my kids for the baby.
My son was only 23 months when my daughter was born, so even though he's done this whole "big sibling" thing before it's a whole new ball game this time around. He's old enough to know what's going on and, on some level, he will certainly understand how a baby will change our family. And my daughter? Well, she's just crazy and stubborn and opinionated and I know the baby's arrival will be very difficult on her whether she verbalizes it or not.
There's so much to think about in terms of preparing the kids. My husband wants to get them more independent so they're less reliant on me and more helpful around the house (like getting themselves dressed and picking up their
infant choking hazards toys). I'm more concerned with the emotional aspect and making sure they still feel loved and secure after baby is here when our house will likely be in some form of chaos.
What are your tips for preparing kids to be a big sibling? Books, conversation starters, charts, toys? Let me hear it! I need all the advice I can get.

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After a big long hassle, I'm connected to the world again...yay? Due to reasons I won't elaborate on here - suffice to stay, personnel issues, I am also out of my middle school now. That's the middle school with Time Bomb diabetic, as well as Sticky Fingers, and while I should be thrilled with this change, I'm not entirely. It's not a good feeling to be out of a school on these circumstances, and word spreads like wildfire around the district. I know I'm in the right, and when I was introduced to my new school and why I'm going to be there now, the police officer stationed there said sarcastically, "How surprising..."
Anyway, moving on, yes! There's a police officer at my new school! Without getting too detailed, this new school of mine hosts 5th-8th graders that are hopefully destined for something great. The students wear uniforms, address me as "Ma'am," there's a police officer that has an office there, oh, the list goes on! It's a world away from my two other schools, and a universe away from the middle school I leave behind. So, while the circumstances of the change aren't ideal, it's a change that could certainly be worse.
Happy Friday, and cheers to another three day weekend!


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_Vegetarian Dishes
Yes, at Paisano's, we understand that more and more people are becoming health conscious and are making the necessary changes in their diet; which is why we have introduced more vegetarian/vegan dishes to our menu. We use thick eggplants and mushrooms as some of the ingredients in our veggie sandwiches because these vegetables are filling enough and will replace conventional meat ingredients. We got rid of the deep fat frier eons ago. We prefer to bake the eggplants prior to placing them in the sandwiches. We also include the finest cheeses, the freshest red peppers and lettuce in a lot of the veggie dishes we serve. Our veggie sandwich dressing includes balsamic vinegar or vegan mayo; these are healthier options for vegetarian dishes than heavy cream based salad dressing.
Veggie Sandwich
Everyone loves our Veggie Sandwhich it is perfect for those who are on a diet and still want to indulge themselves and not feel guilty afterwards; or for those who simply want to maintain a healthier lifestyle. The veggie sandwiches served at Paisano's offer loads of nutrition in a nice compact package. We pay great attention to making these nutritious and
delicious sandwiches. Our veggie sandwiches are made using only quality lettuce, cheese, tomato, onions, vegan mayo and other ingredients. We understand that a veggie sandwich made correctly will provide a healthy and filling option to meat. We have employed the best veggie food preparation technique to ensure that all the goodness (nutritional value) in our veggie sandwiches is not lost.
Eggplant Parmesan Sandwich
The eggplant parmesan sandwich is great change of pace sandwich. How anything this delicious can also be a healthy choice is amazing! Our eggplant is baked crisp, never fried and is topped with melted cheese and marinara sauce. Yummy!
Veggie Pizza
Who said you had to give up pizza once you go vegetarian?! Pizza is a dish enjoyed by all young and old. Our veggie pizza is one that everyone will enjoy greatly…guaranteed! We have a variation of veggie pizzas that will delight even the most sensitive palate. If you are a new vegetarian, after eating our veggie pizza, you will not miss meat so badly. Our veggie pizzas is smothered in homemade pizza sauce and topped with a variety of quality ingredients such as olives, bell peppers, mushrooms, onions, artichoke hearts, garlic, mozzarella cheese and so much more! With our veggie pizza, you can eat smart; health smart!
Gourmet Veggie Pizza
Our Gourmet Veggie Pizza is made using the ONLY the highest quality ingredients and topped with our very own special sauce! This pizza is available in every size we sell. The gourmet veggie pizza scores major points with young as well as the old pizza lovers because it is filled/topped with caramelized onions, sauteed mushrooms, roasted red bell peppers, artichoke hearts, greek olives, and garlic. If you've never tried the Gourmet Veggie Pizza, then you don't know what you're missing!
Margarita Pizza
Margarita pizza is a traditional Italian dish prepared in honor of Margarita (also spelled Margherita) of Savoy in 1889. It is impossible not to enjoy this pizza! The margarita pizza is made with sliced mozzarella, tomato, extra virgin olive oil, and basil. This pizza is not only special because it was created to honor a queen; it also looks like the colors of the Italian flag when it comes out of the oven. This is a truely authentic Italian pizza.
Spinach Pinwheel Lasagna
Who said healthy food must taste yucky?! Vegetarians who are searching for a nice healthy meal that not only looks good, but tastes good will enjoy the spinach pinwheel lasagna. This dish is also perfect for health conscious individuals with a fussy palate. The spinach pinwheel lasagna is not only delicious but also nutritious. We only use the finest lasagna noodles, olive oil, roasted red bell peppers, garlic, cheese, parmesan, and other top quality ingredients. Like Popeye the Sailor man, you will be getting your fix of spinach and loving every single minute!
Gnocchi is a perfect alternative for those who want to try something else aside from pasta and risotto. Gnocchi can be enjoyed with a variety of sauces. Gnocchi was even mentioned in the popular television show, Desperate Housewives, (season 6) when one of the prominent characters, Bree Van De Camp, deceived her Italian neighbour, Angie Boleyn to part with her (Angie's) grandma Bombelli's family recipe for gnocchi! At Paisano's, our gnocchi is made using the finest potatoes and premium quality flour.
Eggplant Parmesan with Angel Hair Pasta
Eggplant parmesan with angel hair pasta is a dish that is both tasty and nutritious. This dish is served with our special marinara sauce, freshly grated mozzarella, and parmesan cheese. You can also enjoy this vegetarian treat with our mixed green salad. Vegetarians who want a meal that is both healthy and filling will not be able to resist our eggplant parmesan with angel hair pasta.
Fresh Zucchini Pomorodo
* This item is not on our menu, but can often be found on our special board. If you don't see it just ask our chef. We'll do his best to make it for you. You will love the combination of rich spicy flavors of our fresh Zucchini Pomorodo! This dish is prepared using high quality red pepper, onions, peas, tomato sauce, garlic, veggie broth, and of course, zucchini. You can enjoy it as a main dish or over pasta. Even if you are not a vegan or vegetarian, this is also an ideal way to get more vegetables into your diet without screaming "ewww gross" each time you think of eating brussel sprouts!
Cheese Ravioli
Cheese Ravioli is a tasty treat for any vegetarian! Vegans will love this dish filled with quality ricotta cheese, parsley, garlic, Alfredo cream sauce, basil, marinara sauce and lots more! If you are not sure what to order when you are thinking of what to have for lunch, you can never go wrong when you place an order for our tasty Cheese Ravioli!
Vegetarian Appetizers
Vegetarians can start their meal time with one of our many different appetizers, prepared specifically to suit the taste buds of young and mature vegetarians.


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Monday, July 22, 2013
I can't remember the last time I consciously thought, "I'll wear this because [name of some dude] will like it." But last night, I did. You see, my designing friend Zang Toi is always trying to get me into shorter skirts and dresses. Whenever I go to his showroom and try on something short, he hikes the hemline four inches higher and says, "Let's do it here!" Then I lower it three inches and say, "No higher than this!" Occasionally, I cave in, like with the skirt in this photo.
If Zang was the run-of-the-mill type of guy demanding that my clothes be shorter and tighter, I'd be offended. But Zang practices what he preaches. Back in the day, he used to wear hot pants, but now his wardrobe staple is the mini-kilt. Generally, his skirts are shorter than mine, so how can I be mad? That's why, for dinner at the Carlyle Hotel last night, I decided to make him happy by wearing something on the shorter side. I was pleased to see he had on a summer kilt. He has great legs, doesn't he?
There was some interesting video art on the outside of the Gagosian Gallery across the street from the Carlyle.
That's some unusually helpful art. It reminded me that I need to make a dentist appointment!
Here's a solo outfit photo.
What Wendy Wore
Dress: Versace (2011)
Shoes: Prada (2011)
Purse: Prada (2007)
Lip color: YSL Rouge Volupte in Rose Culte
I'm going to visit Zang's new showroom this week and I might wear shorts for the occasion. I know, I know. I spoil him!
NOTE: I've linked this to the Visible Monday post at Not Dead Yet Style. Click here to see all the other visible wimmins.
22 Responses to "What Wendy Wore: Dressing to Please a Man, Part I"
I got an admission to Zang Toi's show in NY (MBFW). LOVE his designs.
I think I like that kilt action. You both have beautiful gams. I thought Betty Grable when I saw the first picture. Get them insured right away! 🙂
Zang Toi is truly a cool dude. He needs to come to Vancouver as an inspiration for more men here. And no wonder he tells you to hike your skirts and dresses – gorgeous gams.
You and Zang both have gorgeous gams! Hurray for men who express themselves through clothes!
If Zang goes to Vancouver, I also would like to know, thanks! 🙂
Oooh— you two are looking hot! And you shouldn't fight him on short skirts- you look fantastic!!!!
Zang's pins are good, but yours are better! I am sure he would agree. Really like his kilt action.
Well with great gams like that it's a wonder you don't want shorter skirts too. You look amazing!
Strange art exhibit. It's funny how something so mundane can be sexualized.
You've got legs that rock for days, dammmmn woman. I love that dress on you- fresh and original and cool looking.
I love the versace dress!
wow, two sets of fab gams! Gorgeous summer dress you've got there – thanks for posting to Vis Monday.
He's so right, and has the eye! Love a man in a kilty thing, but would hate it if his legs were better than mine in the photo. No worries … yours are best and he is quite correct. Wear it all short, or whenever you choose. What a lovely feeling that must be.
Seriously inpressed!
My anti spam word was BE WILDER and I agree you should be wilder- wear shorter skirts they look amazing on you, they are a perfect length on you, your pins are perfection! x


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New York Post Now Publishing Reader Fan Fiction About Spitzer, Weiner
"Scoop, if true."
A column today by Michael Goodwin just puts it out there, sans evidence or reporting or anything, really: "Reader Don Reed has a scoop, if true. 'People are going nuts trying to smoke out the identity of Eliot Spitzer's clandestine girlfriend,' he writes. 'I think it's Huma.'" Well, if Reader Don thinks it ... it might be true! In which case, boom, exclusive.


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Actress Gabrielle Union has already had quite a year. Not only is she starring in BET's new drama series "Being Mary Jane", she was recently engaged to NBA star Dwayne Wade. Although her pending wedding nuptials are making her smile, the premiere of her new television series is also creating a huge smile for Union. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly published on Jan. 6, the actress talked about her new role and also how she got the role.
Union has appeared in many movies and television shows in her career. But "Being Mary Jane" may just be that breakout role for the talented actress. She gets to play a very complicated woman. As an Atlanta news anchor, Union's character struggles with romance, her career and family. It's a role that has Gabrielle Union excited.
"I've shot a lot of stinkers, and you're just like, 'Eh,' but this one, every day I was like, 'This is so good', it's authentic and it's brutally honest. You'll see characters that within an episode you may love, you may hate, you may cry with."
Sounds like the kind of show that would draw anyone in. The role also comes as a second chance for Union who was initially up for the role of Olivia Pope in the hit series "Scandal". Although she eventually lost out on the role to Kerry Washington, just auditioning made her realize the type of material she could do. So when the role of Mary Jane was presented to her, it was a no brainer.
She tells EW about what attracted her to the character:
"She's not a caricature. That was the first thing. I wanna see people who I know reflected accurately and authentically on screen. The thing about her is she doesn't get it right – she doesn't even get it right like 50% of the time which is life! Most people are jerks on Tuesdays and then Wednesdays they can be saints. That's the reality of human nature but it's very rarely reflected accurately on screen."
In a show that does have some suggestive sex scenes, Union goes on to talk about doing sex scenes, including a masturbating scene, as well as her comfort with doing such scenes. It all just added to the complication of her character who only adds more complication with an affair with a married man.
Gabrielle Union is pretty excited about the show, but will it draw in the same viewers that have made "Scandal" a success? Only time will tell.
"Being Mary Jane" premieres on BET Tuesday, January 7 at 10 p.m.


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After about a 45-minute delay in the airlock due to a depressurization pump power problem, Tanner and Piper began the spacewalk at 5 a.m. CDT. They completed the excursion at 11:42 a.m. CDT.
In addition to their work with the radiator, Tanner and Piper also replaced an S-Band radio antenna. The antenna, which provides backup communication between the space station and the ground, will be needed during the next mission. That flight, set for December, will require a complicated power down of the station to bring the new power systems on line.
They finished a couple of tasks that will reduce the workload for future spacewalkers, including installing insulation for another communications antenna. Tanner took photos of the shuttle's wings using an infrared camera to test the camera's ability to detect damage.
The STS-115 crew - Commander Brent Jett, Pilot Chris Ferguson and Mission Specialists Dan Burbank, Tanner, Piper and Steve MacLean - is in its fourth day of joint operations with the station crew.
The astronauts will get time off for part of the day tomorrow before transferring the last of the cargo between the shuttle and the space station. Atlantis will undock from the station at 7:50 a.m. CDT Sunday, circling the orbiting complex once as it departs.


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The 20th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards took place on Jan. 18, 2014, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. Here is what these Screen Actors Guild Award winners said backstage in the Screen Actors Guild Awards press room.
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
To the ladies, which designers are you wearing? And what do you owe to your mothers for beauty?
Amy Adams: I'm wearing Antonio Berardi. And my mom was always really funky, and she told me that I always liked feminine things, so I always try to be a little bit more like my mom and a little bit less like myself.
Amy, you've mentioned your daughter in some of your acceptance speeches. Does she get to play with any of your awards?
Adams: Oh, she's going to like this [SAG Award] a lot. There's a particular aspect of this she's going to find fascinating. [She points to the naked statue's anatomy.] I'll let her see it, but yeah.
Mr. De Niro, were you ever in an audience when people saw your surprise cameo in "American Hustle"? And did you have as much fun doing the movie as it looked like you did?
De Niro: I had a lot of fun doing it. It was a lot of work, because I had to speak Arabic, and it's not my first language. But it was fun. I had a good time doing it.
In "American Hustle," there's a lot of moral ambiguity mixed with drama and humor, which is rare for a major studio film. How was it doing that kind of unpredictable movie with complex characters?
Adams: David [O. Russell] writes characters that are real and have such moral conflict. But at the same time, because it's through the eyes of David O. Russell, it creates this very human comedy and this human dramedy that you see in "American Hustle," in "The Fighter" and in "Silver Linings Playbook." It's a lot of fun to play. It creates complex and interesting characters, and we're really grateful to David for doing so.
Jennifer, you've become a fashion icon. What kind of pressure do you feel when you have to decide what to wear at events like this?
Jennifer Lawrence: I would not consider myself a fashion icon, and that kind of pressure makes me very nervous. [My dress is by] Dior, and they make amazing dresses, so they really make the decisions a lot easier. So really, I owe it to Dior, the fact that you would say nice things about my clothes.
For those of you who worked together on "Silver Linings Playbook," can you compare and contrast the experience of working on that movie with "American Hustle"?
Lawrence: It really felt like one seamless — where's Bradley f*cking Cooper? — movie. Once you work with David, and you understand how he works, you fall in line with that, and you fall in love with it, as I did. And then you go and do "American Hustle." He doesn't change. It's always going to be the same thing.
For more info: Screen Actors Guild Awards website


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Hanna is Named a CoSIDA Academic All-American
Sioux Falls junior wide receiver Carrington Hanna was named to the 2012 Capital One Academic All-America® NCAA Division II Football Second Team, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
A pre-medicine major who boasts a 3.42 G.P.A., Hanna was tops in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference in both receptions (69, 6.27 per game) and yards per catch (13.0). He stood second on the team with 10 touchdown catches, which included a career-long 61-yard score in USF's win against MSU-Moorhead. In that same contest, the former high school quarterback also showed off his arm with a 39-yard touchdown pass.
Hanna tallied 898 receiving yards and 919 all-purpose yards in 11 games this season. He was named to the All-NSIC second team last month.
Hanna becomes the first USF football player to be selected to the Academic All-America® Team by CoSIDA.


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Privileged Users, like Network Administrators, System Administrators, and Database Administrators all have unrestricted access to all the critical servers, applications, and databases in an enterprise. They have the powers to create or remove user profiles and manage user privileges. Their job function is critical for the business continuity of the organization and necessitates such unfettered access and supreme privileges.
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After the down slide of US economy, there is lull now. Even the noted economist are not sure which way it will turn. Even in the uncertain economic times, the IT security cannot be compromised. It is a good sign that the companies are considering the IT/data security far too important.
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This is evidently clear from the results of the recent Gartner survey on budget allocation towards security software and services. Definitely there will be an increase. It is around 4%. Even though there is an increase in budget, the increase is limited. But during the tough times, you do not have the luxury of big budget. The limited budget, the companies can set aside, ne…


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First and foremost, the PPP poll found that the majority of Alabama Republican voters are Crimson Tide fans, with 58 percent identifying as Alabama fans to 28 percent who are Auburn fans.
Among Alabama fans, Mitt Romney is a narrow favorite over Newt Gingrich, with Romney getting the nod from 32 percent of Tide fans while Gingrich is close behind with 31 percent. Rick Santorum is third among Tide fans, with 27 percent.
Auburn fans, perhaps unsurprisingly, rank their Republican candidates in the exact opposite order. Santorum is the preferred candidate for 35 percent of people self-identifying as Republican Tiger fans, with Gingrich favored by 30 percent of the vote and Romney coming in third, at 26 percent.


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Commanders from a spectrum of IDF forces convened for a special joint training exercise in order to get to know the elements that they fight alongside
Commanders from a range of different IDF corps met last week in the Northern Command's Baram Division to conduct a unique joint exercise in which they learned the procedures for operating the different unit's firepower capabilities. Commanders from the Infantry Corps, Armored Corps, Artillery Corps, Combat Intelligence Corps and the Israel Air Force convened for the exercise to deepen their knowledge about the forces that they fight alongside and improve each unit's combat capabilities.
"If you receive an iPhone without knowing how to operate it properly, you will not use most of its capabilities. The same thing goes for ground forces – when you fight alongside artillery and tanks without knowing their capabilities, and how to operate them, you will not utilize your full strength," explained Lt. Col. Ben Weisman, commander of the Artillery Corps' Dragon Brigade, who participated in the unique exercise.
The commanders became familiar with other units' capabilities in order to broaden the forces' general operational knowledge base and widen the scope for cooperation.
"The uniqueness of the day was that all the commanders – from the squad commander to the brigade commander – learned about the capabilities of artillery, combat intelligence and tanks, even if they don't work with them on an ongoing basis," Lt. Col. Weisman added.
The advantages of cooperative training at this level become apparent on the field where the forces that participated in the exercise regularly cooperate in routine security activity along the Israel-Lebanon border. Deepening the understanding of each other's capabilities and operational procedures naturally strengthens the connection between the forces and improves their cooperative abilities.
Lt. Col. Weisman summarized the exercise by saying that it "was an excellent cooperative effort between the different fighting elements. The moment that we managed to transfer the messages from one to the other, we improved the forces' professionalism, which will also be expressed in real time [scenarios]."


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Gate Of Timehttps://www.smartsound.com/artist/images/ASFB03_200.jpgSingle7100025-ST$ 39.957100025-EX$ 59.957100025-W$ 149.95Production Types: Animation, Cinematic, Commercials, Documentary, Indie Film, Film Trailer, Action-Drama, Corporate Communications Genre: Processional, Orchestral Emotions: Energetic, Exciting, Mysterious, Uplifting, Inspirational, Atmospheric, Bold, Confident, Dramatic, Ethereal, Heroic, Hypnotic, Incessant, Intense, Motivating, Mystical, Panoramic, Pensive, Pulsating, Hopeful, Fantasy, Poignant Instrument: Studio Orchestra, Celeste, Guitar (Acoustic), Oboe, Percussion, Piano, Strings, Instrumental, Guitar
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Take Them DownPulsating electronics underpin an intense groove driven by low-mid crunch-guitar that somehow manages to keep building in intensity throughout.https://www.smartsound.com/artist/images/ASMM01_200.jpgSingle70710-ST$ 39.9570710-EX$ 59.9570710-W$ 149.95Production Types: Cinematic, Film Trailer, Video Games, Epic, Action-Drama Genre: Futuristic, Orchestral, Heavy Metal, Rockin, Electronica, Dubstep Emotions: Bold, Competitive, Extreme, Fierce, Heroic, Intense, Powerful, Tense, Action Instrument: Electronic, Orchestra, Studio Orchestra, Strings, Synthesizer, Instrumental
Take Them Down from the album Massive Edge Orchestral
CybersharkClassic trailer music brought far into the future with intense electronic sounds, a hip-hop beat and a stick-to-your-ribs melody. Tireless strings throughout create a hypnotic anchor underneath the chaotic electronic layerings.https://www.smartsound.com/artist/images/ASMM01_200.jpgSingle70701-ST$ 39.9570701-EX$ 59.9570701-W$ 149.95Production Types: Cinematic, Film Trailer, Video Games, Epic, Action-Drama Genre: Futuristic, Orchestral, Electronica, Dubstep Emotions: Extreme, Fierce, Heroic, Intense, Action Instrument: Electronic, Orchestra, Studio Orchestra, Strings, Synthesizer, Instrumental
Cybershark from the album Massive Edge Orchestral
Chase Your DreamsThis uplifting tune expresses joyous occasions and closure to a big-screen adventure.https://www.smartsound.com/filmscore/images/FSCSG01_200.jpgSingle68504-ST$ 39.9568504-EX$ 59.9568504-W$ 149.95Production Types: TV/ Film Drama, Commercials, Corporate, Action-Drama Genre: Orchestral Emotions: Driving, Energetic, Exciting, Positive, Uplifting, Cheerful, Motivating, Powerful, Pulsating, Drama, Hopeful, Upbeat Instrument: Orchestra, Instrumental
Utopian JourneyThis somber yet pensive track will put you in a mystical place. Great for fantasy/mystery plots and adventurous stories.https://www.smartsound.com/strata/images/STRATBS_200.jpgSingle68610-ST$ 39.9568610-EX$ 59.9568610-W$ 149.95Production Types: Cinematic, Film Trailer, Video Games, Epic, Action-Drama Genre: Romantic, Orchestral, Noir Emotions: Dramatic, Fierce, Heroic, Hypnotic, Incessant, Mystical, Pensive, Reflective, Serious, Somber, Emotional Instrument: Orchestra, Instrumental
Utopian Journey from the album Beauty & Strength
Equilibriumhttps://www.smartsound.com/artist/images/ASFB03_200.jpgSingle7100027-ST$ 39.957100027-EX$ 59.957100027-W$ 149.95Production Types: Cinematic, Commercials, Indie Film, Film Trailer, Horror, Action-Drama, Tribute/Memorial Genre: Elegant, Nostalgic, Orchestral Emotions: Mysterious, Positive, Inspirational, Atmospheric, Delicate, Dramatic, Ethereal, Gentle, Haunting, Heartwarming, Hypnotic, Incessant, Inspiring, Majestic, Melancholy, Mystical, Panoramic, Sad, Serene, Somber, Tender, Touching, Ambient, Mellow, Emotional, Magical, Dark, Tormented Instrument: Orchestra, Studio Orchestra, Flute, Oboe, Piano, Strings, Violin, Violoncello, Acoustic, Instrumental
Equilibrium from the album Magical Moments
Next Step To SuccessAn emotionally positive and ever-building score that compliments trailers, or as an epilogue at the end of a film.https://www.smartsound.com/filmscore/images/FSAPF05_200.jpgSingle67905-ST$ 39.9567905-EX$ 59.9567905-W$ 149.95Production Types: TV/ Film Drama, Sports, Film Trailer, Action-Drama Genre: Orchestral, Pop Rock Emotions: Driving, Energetic, Exciting, Bold, Fierce, Motivating, Powerful, Striving, Drama, Hopeful Instrument: Orchestra, Organ, Piano, Strings, Instrumental
InvasionA forceful orchestral march into the heart of the battle. A great track to accompany major scenes of epic conflict.https://www.smartsound.com/filmscore/images/FSAPF01_200.jpgSingle63407-ST$ 39.9563407-EX$ 59.9563407-W$ 149.95Production Types: Cinematic, Film Trailer, Video Games, Epic, Action-Drama Genre: Orchestral Emotions: Driving, Bold, Competitive, Dramatic, Intense, Powerful, Action, Drama, Heavy Instrument: Orchestra, Acoustic, Choir, Instrumental
Invasion from the album Amotz Plessner & Friends Vol 1 - Epic Drama
Blue SquadronA pulsing and dramatic tale unfolds in this background selection. Studio string section adds to the depth.https://www.smartsound.com/strata/images/BS35FC_200.jpgSingle58901-ST$ 39.9558901-EX$ 59.9558901-W$ 149.95Production Types: TV/ Film Drama, Suspense, Action-Drama, Background Genre: Specialty Emotions: Driving, Energetic, Competitive, Pulsating, Striving, Suspenseful, Drama Instrument: Instrumental
Blue Squadron from the album Final Countdown
Requiem For Your SoulA building ballad featuring piano and choir, backed by live orchestra. Inspirational and moving.https://www.smartsound.com/strata/images/STRATIB_200.jpgSingle67607-ST$ 39.9567607-EX$ 59.9567607-W$ 149.95
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Indians believe that between the real and the divine worlds, there is a mid-level world of mythology. Here, mythical heroes and heroines play out stories of love, valour, courage and righteousness as well as revenge, hatred and mindless cruelty. Five women from the epics – Ramayana and Mahabharata – have played such crucial roles in our tradition, that every Indian woman, even in this tech-savvy age, continues to be influenced by their life-graphs…With the International Women's Day on March 8 2008 coming soon, it is time to remember the Panchakanyas and see how Indian women relate to them even today!
Are you an 'earth' woman? Do you feel an affinity to the element of 'fire' because of your passionate and temperamental nature? Do you flow serenely through life like 'water'? Is your spirit free and elusive like the 'wind'? Or do you dream of being light as air and vast like 'space'? As an Indian woman, it is likely that you have a little of all these elements in you and that you combine all qualities of the five elements. If this is so, you should not be surprised, for all Indian women carry the legacy of their icons, the most celebrated Panchkanyas of mythology.
As inheritors of the Panchkanya concept for centuries, Indian women are unique, to say the least. Like their icons, they have dual personalities. They are bound by the strictest norms of society on the one hand; yet on the other hand, they are left free to prolifically use the chinks in the armour of social and traditional laws made by a staunchly male-oriented pecking order. Within the scope of social boundaries, they can still express their personalities and design their own life-graphs. The female icons set up by Indian tradition for women to follow therefore are admirable and confusing at the same time. Among the feminine icons of Indian tradition, five epic characters stand out prominently. These are Sita, the heroine of the Ramayana and the wife of King Ram of Ayodhya; Draupadi, the heroine of the Mahabharata and the wife of the five Pandava princes; Mandodari, the wife of Ravana, King of Lanka; Ahliya, the wife of the Sage Gautama and Tara, the wife of Bali, the tyrant monkey king who usurped the kingdom of Kishkindha. Each of these women is described as extraordinarily beautiful and virtuous. As a matter of fact, tradition says that their character was so strong, that no calamity could diminish their spiritual power or their worshipful places in the hearts of generations of people the world over. In fact, the five women have such a powerful hold over the hearts of millions of Indians that they are called the Panchkanyas (five women) whose very names ensure salvation and freedom from all evil. It is not uncommon for devout Hindus to recite their names each morning in a Sanskrit Shloka to remind them of the power they symbolised because of their purity of character and spiritual strength.Yet another interesting aspect of their life-graphs is that all of them are legendary beauties in their own right. Their lustre and beauty caused kings, sages and sometimes even minor gods to kidnap them or covet them. Both the epics describe gigantic wars fought because the beauty of Sita and Draupadi, made evil men like Ravana and Duryodhana lust after them. It is perhaps fitting therefore, that considering their beauty, character and personality, Indian tradition links each one of them to an element. In an uncanny way, the life-graph of each of these women is somehow replicated in the lives of millions of Indian women even today. Whatever suffering and traumas each of them went through during their lives, are repeated ad nauseum in the lives of millions of Indian women. It is clear that Indian society, at its deepest core, still thinks that man is born to rule and woman to be ruled!Janaka, the King of Mithila, as is well known, found Sita while his fields were being ploughed. She is the wonderful daughter of the earth, stable, forgiving, patient and pure. The story of her kidnapping by Ravana and her suffering at the hands of the people of Ayodhya is read every day in millions of homes. It continues to inspire devotion and compassion among all women. Briefly, Sita, the Princess of Mithila, was married to Ram, the Prince of Ayodhya. Soon after, she chose to follow her young husband into the forest, when he was banished for fourteen years by his stepmother. Ravana kidnapped her during this forest sojourn. A bloody war followed across the sea and she returned to Ayodhya with Rama for his coronation. Alas, because of the suspicions of his subjects about her purity, Ram banished the pregnant Sita once again to the forests on the banks of the Ganga. Here, she lived in the Ashram of Sage Valmiki, the author of the Ramayana, where she bore her twin sons Luv and Kush. When she was finally re-united with Ram, she chose rather to return to her mother, the earth, than go back with her husband as his empress. In this last defiant gesture, she showed her inner strength and rejected the continued injustice she had suffered all her life. Yet, Indian men are quick to say that she asked for all the suffering she was subjected to because she did not stay within the Lakshman Rekha drawn for her protection by Lakshmana, her devoted brother-in-law. She, they say, was punished by fate for overstepping the authority of the men who were her familial lords. Today's women are similarly expected to observe the unseen but clearly delineated Line of Control drawn for them by the men in her life. Her career, her social activities and her behaviour must be governed by strong male-designated social and familial rules. If she disobeys these rules, trauma and abandonment become her certain fate.Draupadi was the copper-toned beauty born of fire. Fiery, gorgeous and strong-willed, Draupadi was born out of her father's prayer for revenge against his enemies. She personified this quality throughout her life. Her burning passion for revenge against the Kauravas, who disrobed her in a full assembly in the presence of her five husbands, caused the epic war between the Kauravas and the Pandavas in Kurukshetra. Draupadi's oath that she would tie her long tresses only with bloodstained hands is symbolic of her personality. Her anguish at being disrobed and humiliated in the Kaurava court led to her curse that a country where women are reduced to such ignominy, would never prosper. Even today, many Indians believe that women's anguish and their cries against monumental injustice have left India with centuries of suffering, slavery and bloody conflicts. Draupadi's anguish and anger are a commonly used theme in many dance ballets, music renditions and poetic compositions in all Indian languages. Famous research scholars like Dr. Ananda Coomaraswamy and Dr. Irawati Karve, who believe that gentleness and vengeful anger are just two sides of Indian womanhood, have juxtaposed her character with that of Sita. Here too, orthodox Indians and researchers believe that Draupadi asked for the humiliation piled upon her because she not only rejected Duryodhana as a suitor but ridiculed him by calling him "the blind son of a blind father". Most Indian women would agree that like this passionate heroine of the Mahabharat, millions of women are publicly humiliated and even raped as a punishment for challenging the male will or for 'talking back' at a man. Many men are known to use violence against wives merely because they 'back-answer' them! Mandodari, the wife of Ravana, is associated with the element of water, turbulent on the surface yet deep and silent in her spiritual quest. The beautiful Mandodari tolerated the misdeeds of Ravana till his death. Ravana, it is said, abused numerous women and kidnapped Vedavati, daughter of a sage, whom he wooed with vigour till she, in disgust killed herself, saying that she would be reborn as Sita, who would be the cause of his annihilation. Mandodari was a woman of character, virtue and relentless faith and tried her best to make Ravana mend his ways, though she was unsuccessful in the end. Mandodari's fate is shared by millions of women today. A staunchly male-oriented society overlooks the affairs and illicit liaisons of a husband and expects the wife to love and honour him despite his misdemeanors.Ahilya is the beautiful wife of a Sage Gautama, whom Indra, the chief of the gods, coveted. He cheated her by assuming the persona of her husband and seduced her. Angry beyond reason, Gautama cursed her and turned her into a rock. Upon hearing the truth, he pronounced the Rama, during his banishment in the forest, would touch her with his sacred feet and would bring her back to life. Ahilya, admired by women for her forbearance and ethereal nature is likened to the freshness and active nature of the wind. Though Ahilya's seduction was a fraud, she suffered for by being turned into a stone. This story too, applies to modern Indian women. Whoever, falters or is offended in the family – husband or children – she is held accountable and bears the brunt of the misdeeds.Tara, wife of the monkey king Bali, was also a woman of great virtue. Bali was a tyrant who usurped his brother Sugriva's kingdom and abducted his wife Ruma. He died a valiant death at the hands of Rama and left Tara to live piously for the rest of her life. Tara is associated with space and has the quality of intelligence, compassion and large-heartedness. There are two other Taras in mythology: Taramati, the wife of king Harishchandra and Tara or Rohini, the consort of the Moon god and mother of the planet Mercury or Budha. The theme of Panchkanyas may include any of these three women, all equally lustrous and virtuous. All the three Taras show that women were considered the 'property' of men in India for millenniums. They were kidnapped, punished, abandoned, left to live miserable lives as widows and even sold as slaves by powerful men. Things are not much different today. Women suffer the same humiliations even in modern India..In spite of this, the Panchkanya theme has inspired Indian women for ages. They believe that even today, they have great affinity to each elemental woman by the way they look, feel or react to the world around them. Most Indian women believe that they tolerate and accept the worst kind of injustice like Sita and remain steadfast in their duty and devotion to their husbands and families. Yet, surprisingly, like Draupadi, they also hide storms of anguish, anger and revenge in their hearts. They believe that the curse of a virtuous, strong woman can ruin the most powerful of men. Like Mandodari, they live a life of duality, with the turbulence of varied experiences on the surface and a deep, silent core in their souls, where wisdom originates. Like Mandodari, they have an inherent gift of distinguishing between right and wrong. In a crisis, they know how to insist on doing what they consider right. Like Ahliya, they have a dormant power buried deep down in their psyches. They have the strength to move like the wind and the compassion to forgive wrongs done to them. Like Tara, they seek a special lustre of their own. They seek a sacred place - which is their right - in the vastness of space. From this niche, they spread their compassion and tenderness. It is for every woman to study the life-graphs and personalities of the Panchkanyas and decide which element they empathise with. However, in truth, every Indian woman has shades all the Panchkanyas within her soul!
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Very Well Described.......I also do agree with the story. However, I treat this mythological Stories, as an ornamented and decorated one over the base structure of story. Further to this, I also treat this as a part of our development of Bharatiya Sobhyata. These stories may be considered as the living style of the then people of Bharat, which has undergone many cganges over a period of time in a gradual way and the continuity of the development. This should not be considered as a criticism, but as the condition of the society was governed.
Well, Keeping this in view, I like to submit the following as per Vedic Literature :
1)Ahalya : Both Indra and Ahalya was in love during the apprentice of Indra, at the Ashram of her father. Sage shifted her to another place, when he sensed about the affairs. Later on Ahalya was married to Sage Goutama, and Indra became the King. Indra was looking for her, and got an opportunity to meet her, when Sage was not in the home, and both were happy. Thereafter it was Ahalya who directed Devraj Indra to leave the place as the time is nearing for the sage to come.
On return, Sage came to know the entire episode and since Ahalya was found guilty ,he punished her and was kept in isolation for a certain period.
2) Tara the wife of Devguru Brihaspati... She was extremely beautiful, and Brihaspati was mad for her. However, she eloped with Chandra dev,........ and returned to Bhihaspati (as per agreement made by Sukracharya)after delivering a child of Chandra Dev. The Child was became famous as "Lord Budha", the Lord of Intelligence, due to his intelligency.
3) Tara, the wife of King Bali/Vali..... After the death of King Bali, She married her brother in Law Sugreeva, who became the King after Bali and lived happily with him. However, Bali`s Son Angada always used to hate Sugreeva.
4) Mondadori, the wife of Ravana... She also married her own brother in law after the death of Ravana, and lived happily.
5) Kunti (not Draupadi).. The wife of Pandu and mother of Karna, Yudhisthir, Bheema and Arjuna. All these four children were produced by Kunti with four different people. She did not go for futher children, as if she goes to 5th male, she would be termed as Prostitute.
However, all these women were of great beauty, intelligence and yielded enough power in such a manner, it becomes impossible for the then intelligentsia (the great Hrishis) to ignore them and had glorified them by justifying their action in various ways. The same can be noticed even to day. ..
Thank You.
Fiery feminism, but little else of value other than some detailing of the `panchkanya` concepts. A bit over the top & polemical, with all due respect to the illustrious author, and agreeing in many respects with her & sympathizing with women`s position on many issues.
It may have been a good idea to compare with other civilizations` treatment of their women. Lacking that, this piece is an easy piece of fodder for those who want to denigrate Hindu society, and those people are many....
very nice artical
very good explanation


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Clearly I was wrong yesterday when I said I was all done with Tillandsia photos for my Tillandsia Weekend of Tillandsia photos all weekend long.
I have one more Airplant to share.
A Tillandsia Wreath made all out of Tillandsia ionanthas and a couple miscellaneous others too. We didn't make it. I saw it and took a picture, just like you would have if you had seen it. If you had been at the Tropical Plant Show in Florida last week. But you weren't and I was so I got the picture to share with you here now.
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It's been said countless times before but it bears repeating: final scores in NFL preseason games mean nothing. While the Tennessee Titans scored the final 21 points to edge the Atlanta Falcons 24-17 Saturday night, the Falcons starters were in fine form.
Typically the third preseason game is when the starters get a lot of playing time, at least in the first half. Atlanta started off the game well as Matt Ryan completed 18 of his 23 passing attempts for 224 yards and two touchdown passes. The first Falcons touchdown came at the end of an 11-play, 79-yard drive in which return specialist Devin Hester scored on a 31-yard pass. Hester finished the game with four receptions for 56 yards.
Last season, Hester didn't record a single reception with the Bears, but Atlanta plans on using the speedy Hester in some of their three-and four-receiver sets. With the retirement of Tony Gonzalez last season, it makes sense to have another sure-handed man on the field for the Falcons. Matt Ryan definitely thinks so. "I think it's going to be a nice package for him, putting all four of those guys on the field at the same time," Ryan said after the game.
Atlanta's other touchdown came by way of Julio Jones. Early in the second quarter, Jones caught a short pass, broke a tackle, spun away from two additional defenders and hit the afterburners for a 52-yard TD reception . With Jones missing most of last season after suffering a broken right foot, this should give hope to Atlanta fans that Jones is ready for the start of this year's NFL season.
With one more preseason game before the regular season starts, expect the Falcons to have their reserves play the majority of the game, as the final preseason game decides who makes the 53-man roster. Atlanta will travel to Jacksonville to take on the Jaguars Thursday night. Kickoff is scheduled for 6pm ET.


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Melanie is the last child planned for Aaron Powell and Jessica Escobedo. She was born on the 10th of December at a Houston hospital in excellent health. When Melanie was 2 days old she was brought to the wrong mother for breastfeeding by staff at Oak Bend Medical Center.
Escobedo stated, "when they brought my baby back in for feeding time the nurse brought in the wrong baby."
Jessica said that the family name band on the baby she was given didn't match her own. She immediately wanted to know where her daughter Melanie was.
Jessica made a statement saying, "I asked the nurse where was she and they actually took my baby to another mother she was over there for like two hours and the other mother actually breast fed and didn't notice that she had the wrong baby."
Aaron Powell says, "She means the world to me and it was my third child and I was excited to have my last kid but for something like that to happen it messed my head up."
The family is demanding answers for a mix up like this when the names are clearly marked alongside room numbers on the newborn's bands.
Fuentes released a statement saying, "I felt a mistake that big the hospital should've asked my daughter what do you want to happen at this point and it didn't happen like that." Thibodeaux also said, "There is no question it should not happen because the bands are very specific to the babies and we should never get the babies mixed up but as you know it does happen."
It happens?
Thankfully the mother that mistakenly breastfed Melanie came back disease free after having to undergo tests stemming from the hospitals careless mistake.
Melanie's parents are just thankful that she is ok, and they are prayerful that this wont happen to anyone else in the future. The mistake was completely avoidable and due to nothing more than carelessness.


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Three men inside Arizona football have made some of the most serious progress the program has seen in its two-year effort at closing the gap in the Pacific-10 Conference and taking the Wildcats to high levels of play -- head coach Mike Stoops, offensive coordinator Mike Canales and defensive coordinator Mark Stoops.
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Not that they weren't connected with high-level play, nor languishing at dead ends three years ago. Mike Stoops was coordinating a nation-best defense at national champion Oklahoma. Canales, an experienced coordinator, was coaching New York Jets receivers. Mark Stoops was leading Miami Hurricane defensive backs to nation-leading passing defenses.
None of them knew the Pac-10 up close and personal.
After two years, they now do. Stoops' growth as a head coach, and the program's commensurate change, has been remarkable. Canales and the younger Stoops now have not only the appropriate charts and films, but the insiders' knowledge of what to expect in league play -- a schedule that has included national champions and Top 20 clubs.
Stoops opened his first months on the job with an expectation to win, based on his successes at Oklahoma and Kansas State, then gained more humility during his first season. The first year the Cats were competitive. Last year, more so. Now that players are doing the right things the Stoops way, growth and improvement is exponential.
The 'Stoops way' is a function of off-the-field citizenship and scholarship, in-the-weightroom accountability and on-the-practice-field focus on business. For the first time in his tenure, to a man, the roster is peopled by those who believe. This chemistry gives Arizona a dose of impetus like no other factor.
The 2006 Cats are a bowl team. The players believe it. The coaching staff believes it. No one else's opinion really matters. It's a swell mindset for a program that hasn't seen a December practice since eventual All-Pro cornerback Chris McAlister covered one side of the field all by himself in 1998. It's not as if it's a do-or-die proposition; it's the next logical step for a vastly improved program. Some in the media have tired of invoking the numerous UA losses by touchdowns or less, but a centralized understanding of how that came about has been gained by the squad, and it's ready to move on.
The Willie factor cannot be underemphasized. That's Willie Tuitama, sophomore quarterback. His emergence late in 2005 caused the team to coalesce on all fronts like no other influence. The unassumable, modest player has immodest skills and talent, and a leadship value to Arizona football that belies his early career status. Although a program replete with many national and all-league defensive heroes since joining the Pac-10 in 1978, Arizona has not had a first-team all-conference quarterback. It believes it has one sometime in the next three years.
What sticks in Stoops' craw? Failure to live up to self-image, is one: "The way the kids play says a lot about who we are. To me, we played the worst game in Arizona football history against Washington (last year), the week after we played our best game (UCLA). I don't ever want to take anything away from Washington -- they physically beat us up and down the field -- but that's something that still lingers with me. That game probably bothers me more than any game since we've been here. I don't like the way we presented ourselves on the field. That is not who we are. That's the only time I can really say we did not present ourselves the way we're capable of doing."
Arizona returns eight starters on offense and nine on defense. It's to be a team with experience. It's a team with a returning secondary with 16 career interceptions, 11 by junior cornerbacks. The offensive line will be solid and deep. Receivers and tight ends will be plentfiul for a quarterback with all the throws. Linebackers, all guys with at least another year to go after 2006, could become the hallmark of the defense. The kicker has a leg and ice-water composure. The coaching staff is as good as you'll find.
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Eric Monacelli has announced the launch plans for the upcoming PS4 port of "The Last of Us." According to a report from the Playstation Blog on June 10, Naughty Dog's community strategist first revealed that "The Last of Us Remastered" release date will be on July 29, 2014. The company previously promised that the software product is going to come out in the summer season. It looks like the development team is going to be able to hit that particular launch window.
Eric Monacelli also revealed the DLC upgrade plans for the next-generation version. He confirmed that players will be able to transfer all downloadable items purchased from "The Last of Us" to "The Last of Us Remastered." The company previously confirmed that the major DLC packs are already included in the PS4 port. You can find an image representing upcoming game near the top of this article (courtesy of Naughty Dog Twitter page).
"The Last of Us Remastered" is coming out a little over 13 months since the launch of "The Last of Us," which was released for the PS3 on June 14 of last year. The original iteration ended up being a massive success as it won numerous "Game of the Year" awards while selling six million units worldwide so far. On the other hand, it came out on only one platform at the end of last generation. As a result, some players may not have gotten the chance to experience the third-person shooting survival-horror game.
"The Last of Us Remastered" is going to be enhanced from the original game as it features a better native resolution, frame rate and lighting effects along with some tweaks to the gameplay. In addition to the aforesaid DLC, the port also comes with commentary for the cut scenes. The port should be one of the biggest releases for the PS4 later this year along with other games such as "Assassin's Creed Unity," "Call of Duty Advanced Warfare," "Destiny" and "Drive Club."
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Woodruff advances to men's javelin finals at U.S. Olympic Trials
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Woodruff finishes 19th in the javelin at NCAA Outdoor Championships
Senior leaves Long Beach State as school and conference record holder
Graves-Johnson, Woodruff travel to Iowa for NCAA Outdoor Championships
49ers will compete on Thursday and Friday at Drake Stadium
49ers wrap up action at NCAA West Preliminary Rounds
LBSU will send two athletes to NCAA Championships, June 6-9
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The new plant is expected to be set up by the beginning of 2012. Siemens will take up engineering, manufacturing and commissioning of the new plant.
The aluminium rods produced in the new facility will primarily be for the conductor market. As part of the contract, Seimens will provide rods measuring 9.5 mm, 12 mm and 15 mm in diameter from 11 stands that will run 15 t in an hour. The company will also provide a dual reel coiler and an entry shear and table. It will also provide coiler equipment for a Southwire SCR AL 7000 rolling mill. The copper rod system that Southwire has presently, was also provided by Seimens VAI Technologies.
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Bound To Please
Hope Tarr
2008, Series Romance (1450s [Medieval] Scotland)
Harl Blaze [Historicals] #407, $4.99, 217 pages, Amazon ASIN 0373794118
The first historical in the Harlequin Blaze line is certainly an historical-set book that meets series romance requirements of telling a streamlined story in a streamlined space. If it doesnt break new storytelling ground, Bound To Please is a fun read crafted by an author who knows what shes doing.
In 1450 Scotland, 15-year old Brianna, only daughter of a Laird, meets Ewan, the younger twin son of a rival Laird and, after an acquaintance of only minutes, the two vow to marry later. Flash forward 10 years and Brianna is a widow who blames Ewans older brother for the murder of her husband and her subsequent miscarriage. She vows to even the score by kidnapping Ewan and forcing him to get her pregnant, at which point she will release him.
Ewan, quite understandably, is pissed. He blames Brianna for not following through on their betrothal. Not to even mention the fact that he spends the majority of the book chained to Briannas bed forced to perform stud service.
Now, I certainly had some logic problems. In the first place, Brianna was already betrothed by the time she met Ewan and, considering the fact that they didnt get to know each other before jumping the engagement gun, Ewans sense of deep-seated betrayal just didnt ring true. The author also introduces further plot complications and outside characters that are really too much to cover in just 217 pages.
Still, when the story is confined to Brianna and Ewan and the chains and the bed, this one is certainly an entertaining read well suited for a summer afternoon. But then again, there is that whole been-there-done-that aspect to the plot to take into consideration. You've probably read this one already. More than once, as a matter of fact.
Hope Tarr is a talented author of historical romance and one of the better series writers out there, too. If Bound To Please didnt wow me, it did keep me interested for a few hours. Hey, it is what it is and, on the whole, that aint bad.
-- Sandy Coleman