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The Together Housing Group has raised £250 million through the issue of a 30-year own-name public issue bond at a tightly priced coupon rate of 4.5% as it looks to deliver its ambitious social housing regeneration and property development plans in the North of England.
The 35,000-home Group, consisting of six partners from across Lancashire and Yorkshire, issued the bond in the capital markets on Thursday.
The issue was received with great enthusiasm by potential investors, and within one hour of opening, the order book stood at over £1billion.
Based on a first day issue of £200 million, this meant the bond was five times oversubscribed. The coupon rate of 4.5% is significantly better than other recent bond issues in the social housing sector, and is testament to the financial strength of the Group.
The Group issued the bond on the back of a highly prized AA3 rating by the ratings agency Moody's, a proof that the business has laid down some very secure foundations in its short existence.
Victor Flynn, Group Director of Corporate Funding, said: "The bond issue will provide us with funding to build new homes, to take advantage of new opportunities, and to grow and develop our business in many new and exciting ways.
"Within an hour of the launch, we had over £1billion on the order book, and that helped us tighten the margins, and showed the confidence our investors have in an organisation that is still less than two years old.
"It shows we're making a huge mark in the social housing sector, and the Together Bond will stand us in good stead for the future."
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Deaths from prostate cancer could soar unless urgent action is taken
Prostate Cancer UK have warned that deaths from prostate cancer could soar by 30% unless urgent action is taken to tackle late diagnosis and poor treatment. These factors are contributing to high mortality rates, currently at 10,900 per year in Britain. Both the charity and many medical professionals predict with an ageing population by 2026, this figure will rise to at least 14,500. Last week the national charity launched a 10 year plan to improve how prostate cancer is identified and treated. First on the agenda is to introduce a reliable and accurate test for detecting prostate cancer. Currently the screening process involves men under-going a Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) blood test which is then followed up by…
Challenging run for men's cancer research
Men Matter supporter Annette Heyes is set to complete a challenging run for men's cancer research. Determined Annette taking part in the SF10 Race, a 10 mile route which re-creates the CFT (Combat Fitness Test) across the North Wales countryside. The CFT is a test which all soldiers have to undertake once a year in their service as evidence they are fit and able enough to cover ground whilst fully laden with all their kit required to eat, sleep and fight. A self-confessed running novice, Annette is looking forward to putting herself to the test in support of her brother-in-law who was treated for and over came testicular cancer. Following a successful 5k run in the…
National Prostate Cancer Screening for the UK
Kevin Vardy has terminal prostate cancer. In his words, it needn't be terminal. It could have easily been prevented. Over 40,000 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer every year and 11,000 will die from it. Kevin believes the fact there is no national screening for men's health, be it testicular cancer or prostate cancer, is to blame. As a result he has started a petition and in just a few weeks has amassed over 50,000 signatures! You can view the petition and read more about Kevin's story by following the link below. A lot of people who have signed the petition also included their comments. Stories of men asking their GP for a PSA test but being…
A lasting legacy in the name of research for male cancer
It was with deep sadness that our Men Matter Administrator announced that one of the fund's biggest and loyal supporters – her father Eric Collins – lost his fight with prostate cancer and passed away in October 2014. However, the family are very proud to report of an everlasting legacy to Eric by way of the donations received at his funeral and with the help of Men Matter. At the request of Professor Noel Clarke and Dr Mick Brown, Research Fellow (Genito Urinary Cancer Research Group – Institute of Cancer Services) at The Paterson Institute, the family purchased two hard drives, each with 12TB (terabytse) of storage to aid research for male cancer. These vital…
'Formula Fun' Cycling Event for Prostate Cancer
A sponsored cycle ride at Three Sisters Race Circuit in Wigan raised funds for our charity last week. The 'Formula Fun' family cycling event took place on Monday 15th June following an arrangement between Wigan Rotary Club and organisers, Wigan Council and Wigan Leisure & Culture Trust. The event now in its fifth year helps Wigan Rotary Club raise money for prostate cancer research. The free family friendly event opened up the mile long circuit at Three Sisters to cyclists of all ages and abilities with the unique opportunity of cycling around the track. There were plenty of other activities going on for the whole family to enjoy. All the money raised will be donated Men…
Geoff Scargill, Men Matter's biggest male cancer fundraiser
We've told you about the Scargill family on many occasions. They are without doubt our biggest and most dedicated fundraisers. And with good reason. Not one, but two of the family have overcome a male cancer, on more than one occasion. The whole family feels the need to re-pay the work, care and treatment their boys received by Professor Noel Clarke and the team at The Christie hospital in Manchester where they were treated. It's for this reason that the family, immediate and wider, dedicate a lot of time and effort into fundraising for us. Read more about the family's past activities here. Championing the whole effort is Geoff Scargill. Geoff decided he wanted to give…
Building male cancer awareness in the Construction industry
Our biggest challenge as a men's health organisation is raising male cancer awareness.
Golf day raises a tonne for male cancer research
Golf day for male cancer research – The kind folk at Co-operative Funeralcare in Macclesfield have raised more than £1,600 for Men Matter.
£10,000 boost for male cancer fund
We have handed over a cheque for £10,000 to leading cancer research and treatment centre, the Christie hospital.
Surviving Cancer: our boys on ITV special
Peter Scargill and Chris Cyprus have been featured on an ITV Granada special about surviving cancer.

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Life at UB: Student Blogs
Find out what UB is really like from our student bloggers. Bright, fun, and ambitious, their unique perspectives will give you an honest, ground-level view of what makes UB such an exciting place to live and learn. Posts from the student blogs are also available via RSS Feeds.
Admissions Bloggers
- Alyssa's Blog
- Junior
- Last Post: And now, a UB graduate
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Academies Bloggers
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- Last Post: Shrek the Musical
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Pinnacle Financial Group7825 Washington Avenue S Ste 310 Minneapolis, Minnesota U.S.A.
Pinnacle Financial Group I thought it was legit credit card company collection agency, but from the information I have discovered is that I was ripped off. Minneapolis Minnesota
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Did you demand debt validation? Did you do anything to dispute this collection attempt or did you just assume it was valid?
This is consumer advocate website that specializes in debt collectors. They have a list of the worst FDCPA violators and there is a Pinnacle Finance listed here.
Collection Agencies do not want you to know about this website, because it exposes all the illegal tricks they use to get money you probably did not owe to begin with.
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Briar Elise Jensen - July 22, 2009
To Allen and Karla Jensen of Gothenburg, on Sunday, July 12, 2009, at Gothenburg Memorial Hospital, a daughter, Briar Elise, weighing nine pounds, three ounces. She was welcomed home by brothers, Archer and Grant, and a sister, Savannah.
Paternal grandparent is Gale Jensen of Gothenburg. Maternal grandparents are Lyle and Carol Gronewold, also of Gothenburg.
Great-grandparent is Art Jensen of Grand Island.
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is still considering whether or not it wants to purchase the Lockheed
Martin F-35 Lightning II (also known as the Joint Strike Fighter)
aircraft, as Defense Minister Ehud Barak and other Israeli government
officials discuss the expensive investment.Previous approval
granted Israel the right to purchase 75 JSFs, but Israel initially
only wants just 20 aircraft. The country expects to pay more
than $140 million for each F-35, and it's unknown if Israel will be
able to install all of its own equipment into the
aircraft.Previously, the U.S. government said it would remove
some of its own hardware and offer an alternative or allow the
purchasing nation to make slight alternations. Continued
negotiations take place, but it's likely Israel will fulfill the rest
of its order after the first 20 aircraft are accepted."We
work according to the assumption that other countries
will receive the jet, and that is why we need to be the first,"
an IDF officer recently disclosed. "The JSF not only
provides unbelievable capabilities, but will also assist Israel in
boosting its deterrence."After agreed upon configurations,
Israel will begin to receive its new aircraft by the end of 2015,
with future orders expected to arrive shortly after. Although
there are some early contract problems, Israel and the United States
are expected to come to a fair agreement as quickly as
possible.Lockheed Martin has been given approval to sell the
aircraft to select countries, but cannot offer certain electronics
and hardware aboard the aircraft.The Australian military is
interested in purchasing up to 100 JSF, but want to see additional
testing information before purchasing the costly aircraft. If
an agreement with Lockheed cannot be finalized, it's possible
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quote: Obviously we spent money on many things over 8 years, none of which had to be tax cuts in order to spend 2.3 trillion dollars that we didn't have.
quote: I owe 3 lollipops I've already eaten to Ron. Jimmy owes me 2 lollipops, but Jimmy is such a great friend I tell him to forget about it. Then I borrow 5 lollipops from Tom so I can give Ron his 3 lollipops and eat the other 2.
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quote: and our Presidents come up with a budget every year that outlines that spending in great detail versus the Congress that comes up with a very broad budget each year after the President submits his.
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quote: and yet that is what you continue to needlessly rail on.
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With one swing of the bat, the Grand Valley State University baseball team made a resounding statement that led to an outright conference championship.APR 19
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Kaitlyn Wolters and the Grand Valley State volleyball team found a way to bring their recent momentum and home-court advantage to the NCAA Division II quarterfinals.APR 19
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In less than 10 seconds, the Grand Valley State women's cross country team cemented its standing as an NCAA Division II dynasty.APR 19
Dance team leaves Daytona with trophy
Determination paid dividends for the Laker Dance Team during its trip to Daytona, Fla.APR 15
QB Williams crisp in GVSU spring game
Hopes are high for the flowing-haired frontrunner at quarterback. Fans saw why on Saturday.APR 15
GVSU strands 35 runners in four-game split
To Grand Valley State skipper Jamie Detillion, one stat stands out from the weekend series at Wayne State: LOB.APR 5
GVSU lacrosse club shines in 4-0 weekend
With a two-goal lead in the second half of an increasingly physical game against Marquette University, Grand Valley State women's club lacrosse coach Dan Teskey needed to kill three birds with one stone.APR 1
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When Grand Valley State pitcher Tim Tarter left the dugout to celebrate a seemingly routine victory with his teammates, he wasn't expecting a Gatorade shower.APR 1
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For starting pitcher Zach Anderson, it takes a well-worked routine to endure the elements of northern baseball.MAR 31
Zak, Lakers split four-game series at ODU
Grand Valley State second baseman Kevin Zak came into the series at Ohio Dominican with a .500 batting average and a plan: keep it simple at the plate and wait for the right pitch.MAR 23
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Complaint Review: ANDERSON FIN NETWORK BLOOM
ANDERSON FIN NETWORK BLOOM404 Brock Dr Bloomington, Illinois United States of America
ANDERSON FIN NETWORK BLOOM showing a revolving debt on my credit report for $1930 which i do not owe, don't even know where it came from Bloomington, Illinois
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I was trying to apply for student loans because I am needing help and keep getting denied for them. I decided to look to see what was on my credit and was stunned to see this revolving debt from this company for something I never owned or had. I instantly decided to look them up to see what this company was and sure enough, it's a rip off. This is ridiculous and hopefully we can all band together and find a way to get this company back.
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Lynda Carter starred as the superhero Wonder Woman, which premiered with a special pilot on November 7th, 1975.
Another member of DC Universe will be popping up in the next Superman-Batman movie, Wonder Woman.
Wednesday on the "Man of Steel" Facebook page, director Zach Snyder announced that Israeli actress Gal Gadot will play the heroine also known as Diana Prince.
Gadot is known from her role in the "Fast and Furious" films.
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Book your room at Crescent Lodge and Country Inn - Adults Only
Get an overview of this hotel3-star inn with free breakfast and restaurant
Situated in the mountains, this inn is within 6 mi (10 km) of Mount Pocono, Alpine Mountain, and Buck Hill Golf Club. Camelback Ski Area and The Crossings Premium Outlets are also within 12 mi (20 km).
Property Features
Along with a restaurant, this smoke-free inn has a bar/lounge and a seasonal outdoor pool. Free continental breakfast, free WiFi in public areas, and free self parking are also provided. Additionally, concierge services, tour/ticket assistance, and wedding services are onsite.
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The inn offers a restaurant. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. A complimentary breakfast is offered each morning. High-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary.
Event facilities measure 2000 square feet (180 square meters). This Cresco inn also offers a seasonal outdoor pool, tour/ticket assistance, and gift shops/newsstands. Onsite self parking is complimentary.
Crescent Lodge and Country Inn - Adults Only is a smoke-free property.
- Bar/lounge
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- Conference space size (feet) - 2000
- Conference space size (meters) - 180
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- Free breakfast
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- Number of floors - 2
- Number of meeting rooms - 2
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- Total number of rooms - 30
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A complimentary continental breakfast is served each morning between 8 AM and 11 AM.
The Starting Post - This cocktail bar serves dinner and light fare. Open select days.
Crecent Lodge Restaurant - Overlooking the garden, this restaurant specializes in American cuisine and serves dinner only. Open select days.
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Check-in time starts at 2 PM
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Going, Going, Gone: The Gentle Slide to Extinction of the Vermilion Flycatcher in Galapagos
Godfrey Merlen and the Galapagos National Park Directorate
In Progress
The Vermilion Flycatcher, Pyrocephalus rubinus, is a widely distributed New World species of the Tyrannidae family of birds. It is possible that there are at least 12 forms. IUCN describes the species status as "Least concern," a categorization that is echoed by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Birdlife, and the Charles Darwin Foundation.
Nevertheless, there is strong reason to believe that all populations of this species do not fall into the "Least Concern" category, with some populations now extinct or on the verge of extinction–and other populations are now declining. This group of declining populations is scattered among separate islands of the Galapagos Archipelago.
Researchers are currently reviewing the species' taxonomic status. Some scientists believe that the populations are separate species, based on morphology and skeletal examinations, which would suggest evolutionary processes at work. This project will explore available historic data, especially through the records of dedicated collecting trips, to demonstrate that the species was abundant just a short time ago. It will demonstrate that the declining populations are on inhabited islands, and it will validate that the declines have occurred very rapidly and is a pattern being followed by other bird populations.
Scientists will encourage a strong response by the management and scientific community to address the decline of this species and many others.
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Golds Gym16211 Clay Rd. Houston, TX 77084 Houston, Texas United States of America
Golds Gym Keep charging after you cancel membership Houston, Texas
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I should not have to pay for a cancelled membership. And asked for a refund of the $10 monthly fee for 2 months that they charged without my permission. ABC Financial calls 6-8 times a day to collect the $10 monthly fee and a $19.95 fee. They will not listen to you. I have spoken to ABC Finacial a couple of times. In the conversation to them today I told them to stop the harrasment and to refund the $10 monthly fee for 2 months and a $19.95 for unauthorized charges fee for 2 months, Need to receive it by Monday.
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ok heres the facts on transfer spending
Kolo Toure only cost us £250k. Yet many would put him on a par with Ferdinand, in terms of ability. What does that tell you?Sort: Newest | Oldest | Most Replied Expand all replies
It tells me that you can pick up good players for very little money, as we have done in the past with Hyypia and Agger - Carragher cost us nothing too.
The point I'm making is that if ManUre or Chelski want to get a very good, experienced player for a particular position, tey get them, regardless of the cost - the rest of us have to scout for hidden gems, or get lucky.
Don't forget that Wenger has had a long time to get his scouting set-up as he wants it, and has also made lots of expensive mistakes along the way, and also signed loads of young players that failed.
By the way, who in the Arsenal team came tthrough from their youth team? Did that lad who scored at the weekend come through?
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You mean Nicholas Bendtner? He was a product of the youth system at FC Copenhagen I believe.
Sadly the only players in the team on Sunday, who were products of the youth system were Justin Hoyte, Henri Lansbury & Mark Randall. All of which are English, and two are from London.
However, Some of our 'Old' youth system players are doing well elsewhere. David Bentley, Sebastian Larsson, Fabrice Muamba & Matthew Connolly.
Jeffers (£8m), Wiltord (£13m), Cygan, Stepanovs, Wreh, Diawara, Obinna, Danilevicious, Luzhny, Volz, Van Bronkhurst, Boa Morte, Richard Wright (6m), Reyes (£12m).
Wengers record for buying good young players really is great, isn't it?
The fact remains that Wenger and Benitez need to buy young players for muc less than the 'big spending two'.
If you sign 3-4 players for £2m-£8m each, and get 2 diamonds you've done well.
Reina, Agger, Arbeloa & Alonso are excellent young players, Babel and Lucas Leiva look like great signings, and if Benitez bets his way, Mascherano will be a great signing.
Sissoko will be sold on at a profit, and many of Benitez's 'failures' have been sold on at break-even or a profit - Gonzales (break-even), Bellamy (profit), Paletta (break-even), Barragan (profit).
Josemi (£2m) was a failure, but he was swapped for Kromkamp (another failure) who was sold for £2.5m - the proceeds were used to sign Arbeloa who is excellent.
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Sylvain Wiltord was a top professional. In 175 games he scored 49 goals, which wasn't bad considering TH14 was our main man at the time.
He only left when he reached that magical age of 30. But even then, he went on to win honours with Lyon.
Reyes was probably our biggest dissapointment. Not because he wasn't talented, but because he never fitted into the EPL way of life. No-one could know if that would be the case.
Gio was kept out of the first eleven at Arsenal but went on to become a regular at Barcelona. I don't see how he could be seen as a bad buy.
Some of the others weren't big buys, but still had credible careers. I do agree that AW doesn't have a great record of signing 'Big' stars for 'Big' money.
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USA Universal Subscription Agency I ordered a magazine on Friday evening, decided to cancel the transaction Saturday well within the three business days the require and still haven't gotten my money back. They deposited my check and now I've bounced my rent check! Ripoff Las Vegas Nevada
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US Crediti Management, World Debt Solutions We have been scammed and screwed by U.S. Credit Management company from Irving Texas
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Since then two credit card banks have filed a lawsuit in Civil Court against us. The last contact I had with US Credit Management in June 2005. I told them about the suits. We were told not to worry about it because the only thing that would happen is that they would put a lein on our house and in another year and a half the debt would be paid and the lein lifted. Now after eight-teen months of paying $365.00 per month, the only debt that was resolved for $2000.00 was the Discover Card bill, in December 2005. Then in the beginning of February of this year US Credit Management sent us a letter that they are no longer operating and terminated the contract. They never made any payments to any other credit card debts. I don't know what they did with the rest of the money, it was close to $5000.00.
Because they terminated the contract they should have return the money as they are not entitled to any fees they may claim. Please see what you can do to help, as I am considering Bankruptcy at this point, because we cannot pay these debts.
P.S. They won't answer their phones we send them a registered letter but have had no response from them.
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Scuba diving in Beirut? I know it's not like the Red sea but for me (who have done most of my dives in the Red Sea) this was a new experience.
I dived with the NISD (National Institute for Scuba Diving) located in the Rivera Hotel (where you can also spent a day by the pool).
During the two dives I did we didn't see so many things, a moray and some fishes. But we made a nice drift dive. Sometimes you see sharks.
Equipment: You can rent the equipment at the diving centre. One dive with full equipment is 30 dollars.
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St.George Hotel is a newly renovated Hotel in Beirut,it was the elite back in 70`s.It was distroyed in the civil war,but now it is renovated,it has Beirut`s boats and yachts marina.
Equipment: Swim suites,sun screen lotion and a pair of shorts;-)
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St Gearge Yacht club - has a marina , nice swimmingpool, jet skis, restaurants and grass on witch to strech out.
Beirut golf club in bir hassan has an 18 hole course, tennis and squash court, swimming pool, and billiard tables.
you need to be a meber to play here but if lucky you might be allowed in if not a member.
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Sundays afford a special opprtunity to those who appreciate the best in horse racing. Beirut's race track run pure bred Arabians. Fans of this sport can change their dollars, sterlings, etc... on the spot to place bets.
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The Golf Club of Lebanon is the successor by merger to the Beirut Sporting Club which was established in Beirut by Foreign residents from the US. The Club is a non-profit organization of Public nature.Membership in the Club so far is around 800 of different categories Family including Dependent Children, Men Single, Ladies Single, Overseas (For those originally full members). Yearly Club guests for nonresidents only; foreign visitors to Lebanon are accepted without sponsor paying entrance and sports fee. Currently there are many Tournaments in the Year for Competitions sponsored by various Organizations as well as the Club; this is beside our Monthly Golf Medal for Men and Ladies and the Golf Championship for the Club. An average of 75-100 participants are recorded.We have currently six Tennis courts all from soft clay. We are studying the possibility to convert one of them to an all weather. The most important function for improvement is the standard of service and expansion of facilities.The Golf course at its present location was originally inaugurated in October of 1965 as a 9 hole course grassed and treed from scratch on government property. In 1973 a further piece of property was acquired and enlarging the course to 18 holes. These were formally inaugurated in 1985.On the Course, we use permuda mixed with rye and zoizia japonica on the greens. The total area covered by the course is approximately 300,000 Square Meters. There are 3 artesian wells feeding the first 9 holes and 3 feeding the new 9. Irrigation is entirely underground by manual sprinklers. The water is slightly saline but well within limits.On the Golf Course we have 50 employees and a backup of daily employees approximately 25 during the summer period; other employees are of course available for the Tennis, Squash, Changing room as well as Administration and Stores totalling approximately 25.
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NeMLA 2016 -- Comment dit-on "queer" en français? Queer Theory in French
47th Annual Convention of the Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA)
Hartford, Connecticut, USA
17 March - 20 March 2016
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47th Annual Convention of the Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA)
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17 March - 20 March 2016
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Sept. 30, 2015
While we often discuss the codes of American film acting in terms of production and star image, this panel considers the sociohistorical contexts.
How is cinematic acting in conversation with other American discourses of, for example, politics, psychology, medicine, commercialism, nationalism, counterculture, race, or gender identity? How can we understand the culture that produces and consumes different variations of performance – from the expressiveness of the silents to the standardizations of Classic Hollywood to the emotionality of the Method to the spectacular bodies of the Blockbuster Era? What do such distinctive styles tell us about film acting as a cultural phenomenon?
Keynote Speakers:
Prof. Carol Dyhouse (University of Sussex)
Prof. Rosalind Gill (City University London)
We are working on an edited collection about working-class literature(s) from a global and comparative perspective, and would like to invite scholars to contribute with text on working-class literatures from various countries/regions.
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Theme: Memory
Venue: Southern Regional College, Newry, Northern Ireland
Date: 13th- 14th November 2015
The School of Academic Studies and Applied Science at Southern Regional College calls for papers for a two day interdisciplinary conference on Memory.
Key note speakers: Prof. Nigel Fabb, University of Strathclyde
In its five hundred years of reception, responses to John Lydgate's poetry have varied between extremes. Early regard for Lydgate appears in such places as Stephen Hawes' Pastime of Pleasure, where the monk is canonized alongside Chaucer and Gower and at greater length than either of the other poets. By contrast, Joseph Ritson describes Lydgate in 1802 as a "voluminous, prosaick, and driveling monk." This comment has formed a flashpoint in Lydgate studies for both those who would dismiss and those who would defend this poet. Renoir, Schirmer, Pearsall, and Patterson provide a wide-ranging sampling of these perspectives.
While historicist approaches to Lydgate have played a large role in the poet's now decades-old critical recuperation, all along this recuperation has also been alert to the formal dimensions of his work and to some of the many ways these dimensions represent innovations. Studies by, for example, Maura Nolan and Claire Sponsler have fruitfully combined historical inquiry with explorations of the ramifications of form. With many in the field of literary study seeking, in a variety of ways, to return considerations of form to the center court of the field's endeavors, it is an apt moment to extend, complicate, and/or critique accounts of Lydgate as a formal innovator.
Deadline: 8 November 2015
Panel: Fanfiction In Medieval Studies
Conference: 51st International Congress in Medieval Studies, Kalamazoo, Michigan (May 12-15, 2016)
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If measured by their impact on French and English novelists, Russian authors surely take pride of place among the writers of the world. Adapting Fyodor Dostoevsky's famous quote "We have all come out of Gogol's 'Overcoat'", it would hardly be an exaggeration to say that some of the most notable French and English authors are deeply indebted to Russian literature. From the late 19th century in particular, Russian literature has heavily influenced a plethora of French and English novelists in a variety of ways.
Ever since Massumi posited the autonomy of affect and Sedgwick called for us to pay more attention to the felt "texture" of experience, there has been a surge of interest across the humanities and social sciences in how we are affected by and affect our environments. Affect theorists share an interest in the contingencies of being and in a model of becoming, offering an ontology that accounts for the complexities of lived experience and that promises a space for freedom resistant to the prisonhouse of discourse, to normative ideology, to state thinking.
Languagetalks 2016: Graduate Conference at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
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Crisis: Imaginations and Representations of an Oft-Quoted Notion
Five days after 9/11, Republican Party activist James Pinkerton proclaimed that 'the World Trade Center has been destroyed, but this has also been a crushing defeat for irony, cynicism and hipness. Here in New York, the city that gave the world Seinfeld, Sex and the City and Studio 54, the victors now are sincerity, patriotism and earnestness' (Newsday, September 16th, 2001). Has Pinkerton's claim come true? If traditional values like sincerity, patriotism and earnestness are ascendant, what space is left for texts that risk to contest or query the status-quo? Should we abhor risk as the cause of the financial crash, or pine for risky artistic practices that might instigate change? Do we need the texts we study to be risky?
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PLA and Associates Penny S. Pierzina gave the worst apprasial on our home ever not to mention we had a previous apprasial one year before for twice as much. She cut our homes value down by almost $100,000. She is rude, unprofessional, do Littleton, Colorado
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The appraisal company listed our house at $208,000 but told us that if the kitchen and flooring had been complete that it would have listed at 235,000 easily. We were only looking for an equity loan but found out our loan would not be granted since there was construction being done in our house.
As far as PLA and Associates are concerned, and the Manager Penny S. Pierzina, I believe this representation of an appraisal company is the worst I have ever had the dissatisfaction of dealing with as well as her professionalism in
representing EverBank, not to mention the VA. We spent our hard earned money to get a good representation of our homes worth and what we received was the opposite. I called Penny S. Pierzina six times from the moment she left the
house, to ask if she got the new roof and solar panels that I had forgot to mention as well as give her my email to email the appraisal. I left a message six times and every time even with her coworkers and I received no return call, no email
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Over the next two weeks I had called and left messages and later I received our appraisal in the mail not sent by PLA or Penny but from our bank lender EverBank, listing our property at $169,000. I couldnt believe what I was seeing so I
called Penny again and again to add another six times and I had to leave a voice message once again. The next day I thought I would call you and find out what I could do and decided to give Penny one last chance. To my amazement someone
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informed her that those compatibles were wooden homes and the more North she went the least the houses were sold for. I also mentioned that when she was here I had informed her that there were not that many homes in our area that were
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When Penny was here she mentioned that she would have to take pictures of all the rooms. I told her that we were in the process of moving our kids rooms and office to other rooms. Penny assured me that everything would be fine. So I told her that when our house came back with the appraisal our house looked horrible with all the pictures and with the moving around. Penny told me well pictures dont lie. I couldnt believe what I was hearing and then she informed me that if I had a problem with the appraisal that there was a process I would have to go through. I then told Penny that had she done her
job correctly I wouldnt have to pay her and then do it myself. After which she said this conversation was over and hung up.
This is the worst company and the worst manager I have had to pay for to do anything for me
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Not to mention how many times I had called her. This is just total and absolute disrespect by
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Now Penny is stating that our house is worth $169,000 with 2,533 square feet and a two car garage. It doesnt take a genius to figure out she did not do her job, with numerous un-responded emails and no return phone calls I believe we were taken
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I would appreciate it if you removed her and her company from your list of appraisers as well as from representing the VA.
I am further posting her company to the BBB and ripoffs.com to let others know what we had to deal with and her incompetence as an appraiser.
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Farewell to a Friend
There comes a time in every generation when the light of youth flickers out, when some tragic accident unearths buried anxieties about the senselessness of death and the brutality of living. It's as if suddenly, an entire generation's optimism is deflated, and all that is left is the limp reality of growing old. The news that John F. Kennedy Jr., Carolyn Bessette Kennedy and Lauren Bessette are missing at sea and presumed dead has struck such a crippling blow for my generation.


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Almost Takenby Isabel Mere
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Ava Fychon won't rest until she finds her family. A month has passed since she and her young brother and sister were taken from their farm in Wales and then separated in London. Flinging herself into the River Thames to escape her kidnappers, however, isn't her best idea to date. Not when it results in being dumped on the doorstep of the man who
A desperate woman.
Ava Fychon won't rest until she finds her family. A month has passed since she and her young brother and sister were taken from their farm in Wales and then separated in London. Flinging herself into the River Thames to escape her kidnappers, however, isn't her best idea to date. Not when it results in being dumped on the doorstep of the man who can send her to prison.
A life forever changed.
The instant he sees the drenched girl dripping water on his carpet, Deran Morissey, Earl of Atherton, knows his life will change-and not for the better. Her story of abduction is too absurd to be believed. He offers to help find her family, certain that will put an end to her ruse. That was his first blunder, for he soon learns Miss Ava Fychon will go to great lengths and distances-either on foot or stolen horse-to reclaim her kin.
An impossible love.
Their search leads them to each other's heart and to a love that cannot be realized. What can a person do when they want someone they can never have?
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Mairwen. Dear sweet Mairwen, asking for her. I'm sorry, little one. I tried, please believe me. You think I have abandoned you, but I have not.
Water on her face shocked her enough to gasp. It filled her mouth, clogged her nose. She gasped for air, some relief, some hope.
Ava's eyes flew open, arms whipped in the air. But there was no water, only air so golden it had to be the sunrise.
She stiffened, and quickly closed her eyes again, the dream skittering away as she struggled to assess her surroundings. The smell struck her first. The clothing she'd paddled around the Thames in seemed heavier than before. The tall, angry man, whose home she'd been dragged to, had sent her to the authorities. Yes. Of course. I am in prison.
Ava pulled in a resigned breath. I will endure it. I will get out, I have done so before, I will...
Another scent reached her. Firewood. And the crackling? She'd never been in jail before, but doubted prisoners had the luxury of fireplaces. But the sound...
"You are awake, then."
The guard. He'd come for her. She sat on a hard chair, the heaviness laying on her was a wrap. Wool. Warm. She recalled when she'd thrashed awake her arms were bare. Dear heavens. She'd been stripped naked in prison. She wanted to ask about her situation, but the pain in her throat stopped her. With shaky fingertips she touched her neck.
"I would appreciate an explanation for your behavior and the accusations made against you."
Ava turned toward the voice. The man who'd come crashing down the stairs. He filled the expanse of a wide chair, flickers of light splashing across one sideof his face. Dark hair, dark eyes? Impossible to tell in the obscured light. But the unfavorable expression on his brow wasn't difficult to see or judge.
She wasn't in prison, but with the man who would put her there.
Unable to determine what clothing she was or wasn't wearing, she carefully kept the wrap close to her body. She sat up slowly. Her head whirled, stomach lurched. If she could only be rid of this atrocious smell.
The man didn't move. He might have been a statue lounging in the chair, one leg hung over the other, near enough to show a glint of firelight on polished boots. He wore light colored breeches and a white shirt buttoned to the throat.
Despite the casualness of his dress he looked commanding. Ava swallowed carefully and opened her mouth to speak, but couldn't utter a word. Her mouth snapped shut, she pointed to her throat and shook her head.
"What? You cannot speak? Or will not?"
She frowned, made a slashing gesture with one hand.
"Cannot speak."
She nodded.
"A temporary condition. From the..." He stopped, looked into the fire. Ava saw a pulse at his jawbone. He was angry with her.
Ie--yes-- she could hear the slam of the prison door.
He spoke to the flames. "Mrs. Larue, my housekeeper, removed your garments. A bath is being prepared in the kitchen. This would have been done sooner had you been conscious. Nearly drowning once today was enough. Only Mrs. Larue will attend you as the hour is late and my staff have been inconvenienced enough. After your bath you will be brought back here to answer my questions. Is that understood?"
Shocked by a man, a perfect stranger, speaking to her about her attire and bathing, she was fairly certain it was bad-mannered. But, under the circumstances...
Ava nodded, but he hadn't been looking in her direction. He did so now.
"I asked if my directives were understood?"
She nodded hesitantly.
He regarded her with neither anger nor interest.
"What is your name? Or is that not something you can voice either?"
She shook her head quickly, raised both hands and with an index finger, drew the letters of her name across the palm of the other hand.
The thin, older man who'd opened the door strode several feet ahead of her. Ava hurried after him, tripping over the heavy blanket. She had no time to take in her surroundings and was glaringly aware of her immodest state amidst the sedate fineness of this household. The room she'd been in was larger than any she'd ever seen, with abundant bookcases and dark, imposing furnishings. Her bare feet sunk into soft carpet and cool, polished woods, not the rough planking she was accustomed.
In the kitchen she was delivered to a pointed faced woman with graying hair. She stood alongside a tub in front of a broad stove, a cloth draped over an arm, a bar of soap in one large hand.
The woman's mouth curled in derision, cold blue eyes hardened with annoyance.
"Don't just stand there, missy." Her voice was as pointed as the rest of her. "The master says you're to have a good scrubbing while he decides what to do with you." She signaled to the blanket. "Get to it. I've other duties to tend to besides you."
Despite her vulnerable position, Ava felt a rush of anger. She'd survived enough hate in the past month to last three lifetimes. It hadn't been her choice to be brought here, wherever here was. She'd done nothing to warrant this woman's disdain.
Ava hiked her chin and released the warm wrap. The housekeeper gave her another disapproving look and ordered her to take off the chemise. Ava expected her to turn, but she didn't.
"You do it, or I do," the woman said impatiently. "Makes no never mind to me. Don't think I won't tear it off your hide myself, and lord help you if I do. If there's anyone who needs a good thrashing, it would be you, girlie."
How dare you talk to me like that! Ava's eyes broadcast as she ripped the soiled chemise over her head. Determined to conceal her embarrassment from standing naked before another woman, she stalked to the tub, stepped in and gasped.
"Sit. The scalding'll do you good."
Ava lowered cautiously, the heat prickling her skin. But the pleasure of the warmth nearly melted her. Hot water. Hot, clean water. She longed to soak up the luxury, let the comforting heat seep into her bones and drench her muscles. But Mrs. Larue had other ideas.
"Close your mouth, missy." A bucketful of tepid water streamed over her head. She sputtered in shock. Her hair was tugged aside and the brush set to her back. Ava gripped the edge of the tub, readying herself for the pain to follow. She heard the woman suck in a sharp breath. Ava waited for questions, but none came. Grateful, she shut her eyes and mind to the inevitable pain of the brush's harshness and Mrs. Larue's certain admonishments, but neither came. The brush clattered to the floor and a soft cloth replaced it. Ava succumbed to the rough washing. When her back, shoulders and arms had been scrubbed, Mrs. Larue shoved the soap in Ava's hands.
"On your feet. I've not washed a woman's privates and not intending to start now."
The humiliation Ava first felt returned. Keeping her back to the housekeeper, she washed quickly, wishing the soap had a scent to it. But clean was clean, unlike the water she stood in which was the color of strong tea and stank of the river.
A towel was thrust at her.
"Out. There's the hair to do yet."
Ava wondered if the woman was always this shrewish. She obeyed the order to kneel at the tub. Head bowed, another bucket of water was poured.
Mrs. Larue tsked and mumbled under her breath as she grated the soap through the thick strands of hair.
"Won't be clean enough with it dipping in the bath water. Ought to take scissors to it."
Ava jerked her head up, eyes wild. She shook her head violently, sending a shower of water across the room.
"Have a care, girlie. 'T'aint me who needs the bath." She shoved Ava's head back down. "No one here will harm you."
When finished, Ava was given a dressing gown. A much taller woman obviously wore this. A Mrs." Mistress? Mrs. Larue informed her there was no comb or brush about.
Strict instructions to sit and not leave the kitchen were given as Mrs. Larue tidied the room.
"Bickford will take you to his lordship." She departed.
Ava sat on the stool, shivering. The dressing gown was comfortable, but offered no warmth. Mrs. Larue had taken the blanket. Probably to be burned. The heat from the stove was nice.
The anxiety the bath had eased was short lived when recalling Mrs. Larue's last words. His lordship? God help me, I am in the wrong with a man of the Aristocracy. Had the men who brought her here used a title when they spoke to him? Ie, they had. The pounding in her skull grew again. He believed her a thief and would insist she hang for a crime she didn't commit and couldn't disprove.
This was the most dire circumstance to date. Would all she'd been through for her family end here? By her death over a false charge? It could not!
Ava leapt up, her mind grasping at any proposal for escape. But how far could she get? No clothes, no money, no means of travel. Where would she go?
She paced, devising another plan. She'd return to where her search started, but keep better watch this time. Clothes could be found, money earned, travel paid for. Determination would be her constant companion.
Another door was at the farthest wall. Did it lead outside? She sped across the room, stopped and listened for sounds. Nothing. Holding her breath, she turned the knob and nearly screamed when it creaked. With her heart pulsing in her ears, she turned the knob again. It didn't move. Locked! A strangled cry bubbled out. She looked around frantically.
There must be a key nearby, where...
A cough froze her in place. "This way, miss."
She spun to face the houseman, butler, whatever he was called. His face remained as expressionless and inviting as a wall of briars.
The straight-back chair was gone. She didn't dare sit on the settee or formal chairs. Everything about the room intimidated her. Even the stone fireplace, but its warmth beckoned her. She knelt in front of it, pushed the sleeves of the dressing gown up and raised her palms to the low flames. The heat was sedative, breathing through her fingers, caressing her face, kissing her shoulders and neck, stroking her hair. She closed her eyes and smiled for the first time in a long while. Welcoming the comfort, she leaned against the chair facing the hearth, and laid her cheek on the padded seat. Delicious heat. She'd been cold for so long.
Deran closed the door forcefully to gain her attention, and crossed to the chair opposite the one she propped against. He sat, prepared to begin his questioning, but one look at her stopped and firmly rooted him. Damp coils of matted hair draped down her back. Some strands had dried, their dark golds enhanced by the firelight. Her eyes were closed, mouth slightly open. Her profile was delicate, but even in repose the jaw reflected a strong will. She appeared no more than sixteen or seventeen, and seemed comfortable curled up asleep on the floor like a contented kitten.
Deran didn't want her to intrigue him, didn't want the entanglements of a mysterious thief, or stowaway, whatever the case. Yet despite his efforts, curiosity and concern crept in. Who was looking for her? The answer to that behind this mystery. Mrs. Larue informed him, in her typical censorious manner, she'd discovered markings on the girl's back and intimated at others lower on her body. If the girl had been abused at the hands of her employer, that could explain her reason for fleeing. Whom she'd flown from was what concerned Deran.
Discreet inquiries could be made. Among the ton, rumors flourished as unhealthily as plagues. Deran had no use for rumors or those who propagated them, but their information could occasionally be useful. Already he'd set plans in motion.
If she were employed by a peer, she'd likely not be welcomed back. If taken back, mistreatment would continue, if not worsen. Deran knew some of his peers had a vile bent toward manipulative submission. Young, female servants were often targets.
If this were the case with his little thief, then returning her to her employer would be an unpleasant task. If mistreatment was at the hands of a member of her family, the matter was entirely out of his hands.
Deran studied the sleeping form. A difficult consequence for her to face, but not one he could alter. Until he had more information to make a just decision, he had to decide what to do with her. She couldn't stay here. What the world said about his personal improprieties mattered little, but he couldn't sully his family's reputation.
She shivered in her sleep and an arm jolted forward causing the robe to slide off the shoulder furthest from him. Deran stared at the strip of creamy skin. The slight fullness of one breast was dangerously and captivatingly exposed.
And unsuitable for him to gape at like an untried schoolboy. Deran adjusted his position, suddenly aware of an unforgivable tautness in his lower body. A revolting reaction to have toward a child. He wasn't a man of advanced years--hell, he was but thirty-three, far from his prime, but even so.
He had to wake her and begin the process of determining her future.
Deran touched her shoulder. So small. Rage jolted him at the thought of her at the mercy of cruelty. A minute alone with whoever had harmed her would be very satisfying. He lightly squeezed her shoulder when she didn't respond to his touch.
Ava jerked awake and faced the man who would send her to prison. He sat opposite her, bent forward with forearms resting on large thighs, broad hands clasped between his knees, looking stern. Dread burrowed into her stomach.
Determined not to cower, but act as dignified as possible, she brushed a strip of hair from her face. She winced when she scraped a large knot on her temple made more sore from the vigorous hair washing. She then noticed the robe was doing a poor job of covering her. She quickly snatched it back onto her shoulder, and wrapped her arms tightly in front of her.
"Perhaps the chair would be more useful if you sat in it. Then I wouldn't have to look down at you and appear as menacing as you are making me out to be."
Ava started to open her mouth to dispute her opinion of him. He did appear menacing, but she couldn't say anything if she wanted to.
She moved onto the chair, self-conscious in his presence in a dressing gown, albeit cleaner than before. Not clean enough for someone so above her and so...
Ava blinked rapidly. She saw him clearly now and what she saw made her stomach flip. He was handsome. No, magnificent. Deep brown eyes, long, dark brown waves of hair casually framing a strong face, and lips, pretty ones for a man, pressed together tighter than a disapproving priest. He'd be even more handsome if he'd stop scowling.
"Tomorrow my sister will bring you clothes. I do not have anything suitable for you and obviously you've had to relinquish what little you had." A movement Ava supposed was a smile lifted his mouth. "Which brings me to the subject of how you arrived at my doorstep." He sat back, once again the casual observer, crossing a long leg over the other, hands resting at his waist. He tipped his head expectantly.
Where to start? How much dare she tell him?
She asked a question not even she could hear. He leaned closer.
"Again, please."
She repeated it, the effort like needles in her throat. His face tightened in impatience.
"We cannot converse this way. Is there not--"
Ava waved her hands and drew on her palm.
"Who am I?"
She nodded rapidly.
"I am Lord Atherton."
Eyebrows arched up. "Lord?" she mouthed. He nodded. She drew her name on her palm, and then pointed to him.
"Ava. Yes, I know."
She shook her head, clearly frustrated. She drew her name again, slower this time, pointed to herself, then leaned forward and poked him in the chest.
"Deran. Deran Morissey, Earl of Atherton. But you must address me as Lord Atherton. Or Sir. Never by my given name. While we're on the subject of names, what is your surname?" She frowned and shook her head in confusion. "Family name? What is your father's name?"
The animation drained from her face. Her eyes searched his. How much could he discover if she told him? Was he asking out of politeness or because he'd use the knowledge against her? Perhaps he played a role in all she'd endured. It had been his ship, after all. He may have been the one who'd sent them after her.
This was foreign to Deran, this extended period of quiet from a female. He had much experience with female companionship, and knew none who could be so motionless and hold their tongues still as long as this one could. And none would dare refuse to answer his questions. He felt both admiration and annoyance. Annoyance won out.
"Your full name. If you please, miss," he added heatedly.
Color returned to her cheeks and her green eyes blazed. She leapt from the chair. Assuming she intended to bolt, Deran reached for her as she swung by. She glared at him, pointed at the desk behind him and pantomimed writing.
Deran looked over his shoulder and saw she pointed to paper and a quill pen.
He turned back, surprised.
"You can write?"
She thrust a hand on one hip and actually rolled her eyes to let him know he'd insulted her.
"My humble apologies, Miss Ava. By all means." He turned his chair so she could sit at the desk. "Please sit. Communication by written word would be far less painful."
Ava patted her neck and tapped a foot impatiently. Deran had to smile. Despite her muteness, she effectively expressed annoyance and he had no difficulty interpreting it. "Yes, especially for you."
She scribbled furiously. He sat across from her and observed. Concentration lined her smooth face, a hand swatted back hair that kept slipping forward, the rate of the pen changed with quick nods and headshakes. At one point she looked up, her eyes like arrow points. He felt hate pour out of her, felt it scorch his face, as though accusing him of something. He nearly ripped the pages she'd filled in his impatience for answers.
Some thought brought tears to those beguiling green eyes. Deran moved to offer his handkerchief, but her hand dropped and the pen rolled away. She shoved the papers at him and stood.
"We are far from done."
She ignored him and made her way to the drinks table across the room. She plucked up a glass and turned back to Deran with a bottle in hand, her face questioning.
"Are you asking my permission to pour yourself a drink?"
She nodded.
"You may not." Deran was at her side removing the bottle before she poured anyway.
She tugged at his sleeve and whispered, "Please. I am thirsty."
Deran looked down at the hand crushing his shirt. "This is not water. Tea or lemonade is all you will be allowed at this hour. Or ever, while you are in my home. You are not old enough for anything else."
She stomped a foot and flashed her fingers.
He looked at the angry hands.
"I am to believe you are twenty-three years of age? You are not. Even if you were, you will not have anything but what I have said. Since I sent the rest of the household to bed, we must get your precious drink."
He was graced with another roll of the eyes. Twenty-three indeed.
He retrieved her writings and held the door open. "Shall we?"
The dressing gown swirled wide around bare legs, which Deran pretended not to notice, as she spun past him into the hall. Not knowing where to go from there, she waited for him as patiently as a mare with an ill-fitting bit in her mouth.
Following, she was again aware of the elegance of his home. No, it's Lord this, Lord that, my lord and sir. Her mother had insisted she learn the proper way to address nobility and royalty, even though she'd never use what she learned.
She also knew lordly people did not retrieve water for themselves or houseguests, especially ones they intended to send to the clink.
He poured two glasses of lemonade and surprised her when he set them on the long wooden table in the center of the kitchen and pulled a chair out for her. Turning up the flame of the oil lamp, he waited for her to sit before claiming his own chair.
It occurred to him he hadn't been in the kitchen for a long while, years, in fact. All his meals were served to him. Deran took in the clean counters and stove, the numerous cast-iron pots and kettles hanging from large hooks and baskets filled with potatoes and onions. Shadowy light drifted over glass-paned cupboards. Even in the darkness it was a warm, inviting room.
Ava took a long, slow swallow keeping her eyes on him before setting it down. She pressed both hands to her heart and dipped her head slightly.
"You are welcome. Much better for you than the other."
She grinned, creating a tiny indentation at the lower edge of one cheek.
Nineteen if a day, Deran mused.
He began reading what she'd written. Ava toyed with her drink. When he was finished he'd make plans to have her carted away. She'd not revealed everything. That would be far too risky, but she'd written enough for him to think badly of her. She'd be as deceitful as necessary to gain her freedom. Her family was dependent on her and she was no good to them here. Or in jail.
His face revealed nothing as he read. It was difficult to watch him read about her misfortunes, her stupid mistakes, how she'd trusted and been proved a fool. That last she hadn't written, but he would surmise.
A copper bowl filled with apples sat at the end of the table. Ava wanted to ask for one, but his lordship was still reading.
Her eyes darted to the bowl, her stomach speaking loudly at the sight of the fruit. She couldn't remember when she'd last eaten. Not today and not yesterday, that much she knew. Her stomach thundered again.
Deran had met all levels of humanity since assuming his father's shipping business six years ago. Honest traders, treacherous ones, the avaricious, ignorant and the gullible. And there had been stowaways. But none with the story this one spun, one too preposterous to believe.
Deran set the papers down and slid the bowl of apples between them.
"Take one. I can hear your hunger from here."
Ava blushed and chose the shiniest green one on top. She bit in, the crunch shattering the silence. Deran sat back, pulled a page from the pile.
"Let us begin, Miss Ava Fychon."
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Deren Morrissey, Earl of Atherton expected many things one cold and stormy night but the appearance of a wet, angry woman was not one of them. But this night he had Miss Ava Frychon dripping the nasty water from the Thames all over his carpet and neither of them was happy about it. Ava had been running from the black market of human trade that had stolen her and her siblings away from their home in Wales and had found themselves being transported into a life of misery and cruelty. Freedom was imperative because Ava had been separated from her brother and sister and jumping into the river to freedom was made in earnest. She thought her salvation was on the ship she was able to swim to but that freedom was short lived when she was discovered by the crew and taken to Deren who for Ava unfortunately owned the ship she landed on. Deren did not like trespassers but for some reason felt the need to help this woman who was proving to be nothing was a test to his patience yet a tug at his heart. He now wanted answers about her presence on his ship and in his home but it took Ava days to find her voice and recover from the wounds left by the whip that was used upon her by the slave traders. But she does recover her voice and in the process loses her heart to this scowling man that she cannot spend enough time with but continually plots to run away from. Even after it is revealed that the darkness of the black market runs through not only the upper crust of London society but Deren's family as well both these troubled souls are drawn to each other. There is nothing can keep them apart even though so many trials, tribulations and meddlesome outsiders try. While Ava and Deren search for her siblings they both try to find a way to heal themselves from the emotional wounds they carry and let go with a love that is felt deep down in their hearts. Will they be able to free themselves from their emotional imprisonment - time heals all wounds but is there time enough to solve all these issues. This book is a tender story between two amazing characters with more than enough baggage to weigh them down but it does not. The back story of the black market slave trade is told with an emotional education to the reader which is a necessity to the storyline but in no way a distraction to all that is going on. You feel the terror Ava has experienced but know that she still has the capacity to love and be loved which after all she has been through is amazing enough.
It was obvious the girl was lying. When she was brought to him, she was wet and smelled of the stench of the River Thames. Abuse had left marks on her neck and back. Her story sounded preposterous. Deran was drawn to her. He wanted to protect her. Petite Ava Fychon was a fighter. She was determined to find her brother and sister even at the risk of her own life. Almost Taken is a delightful love story. The plot moves along quickly, easily holding the reader¿s interest. Romance slowly builds between Ava and Deran . Reading one of Isobel Mere¿s books is like stepping back in time. Almost Taken reminds me of one of my favorite musicals, ¿My Fair Lady.¿ She manages to successfully build a story while maintaining historical authenticity. Mere is a talented author. Fans of romance will not want to miss Almost Taken.
Isabel Mere writes a solid, well researched, wonderful tale in Almost Taken. The story is a page turner even without the romance, but it¿s the romance I remember best. The characters are so well written, I¿d have enjoyed a novel based only on their conversations, interactions and private thoughts. *** Ava Fychon, along with her younger sister and brother are taken from their home in Wales, and sold. Yes, sold. In London. In 1825. Ava escapes her captors, vowing to find her siblings and return with them back to Wales. Plucked from the Thames, she¿s brought to the home of Deran Morissey, Earl of Atherton. Informed she¿s a thief, Atherton hesitates in sending for the constable, deciding to hear her story before he acts. He initially disbelieves her, but comes to find she¿s telling the truth. To his disgust he learns about the very profitable selling of children to work in mills and other unsavory places. *** The search begins for her sister and brother, the attraction grows between Ava and Deran. Unfortunately, both know there can never be a relationship between them, certainly not a marriage he¿s an earl, she¿s the daughter of a Welsh miner. While maintaining historical accuracy, the author brings the story to a satisfying closure. I do hope there is a sequel to this wonderful book. A very talented writer. This book is a keeper, one I¿ll read over and over.


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October 27th, 2010 (10:19 AM). Edited June 11th, 2011 by knizz.
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02037078 is a structure that controls the movement of, and only of, the player. However it can be associated to any NPC on screen.
The first two bits (0x03) of 02037078+0 determine the speed. 1 is normal. 2 is bike speed. 3 gives you a bike and changes itself to 2.
No matter what you write to 02037078+1 it is set to 0 again. If the value was 2 before the reset you get a bike. If you change the bike-byte the NPC turns into the hero.
02037078+2 and 02037078+3 behave like this:
0 0 Nothing pressed
0 0 Nothing pressed
1 1 Pressed forward
2 1 Pressed forward
2 1 Pressed forward
2 1 Pressed forward
0 0 Nothing pressed
2 1 Pressed forward
2 1 Pressed forward
0 0 Nothing pressed
0 0 Nothing pressed
1 1 Pressed forward
2 1 Pressed forward
2 1 Pressed forward
I don't know about 02037078+4.
02037078+5 sets the npc-id that is controlled by the keypad. (I wonder which numbers the npcs from connected maps have)
02037078+6 locks all movement when set to 1
More info about the NPCs is stored at 02036E38 in 16 0x24-byte long structures (Does that mean that there can't be more than 16 npcs in the overworld at the same time?!)
0x00 bits 7 and 6 are set when this npc is talking
0x01-0x0A unknown
0x0B height
0x0C-0x0F unknown
0x10 from (coords)
0x14 to (coords)
0x18 unknown
0x19 direction (in which the character actually looks)
0x1A unknown
0x1C direction (set when talked to but not always copied to 0x19)
0x1E unknown
0x20 direction (set after talk)
0x21-0x23 unknown
coordinates are saved as two halfwords (x and y)
The code for moving uses a table to convert the direction to relative coordinates.
Table: 083A64C8
Function that uses the table above: 08063A20
Function that uses the function above to move npcs: 0805C4F4
Note that the table contains 9 and not 5 directions. Yes. Game Freak planned to have diagonally moving npcs.
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Despite the 1-0 defeat by Hibernian at Easter Road on Saturday, which ended a six-match winning run, Neil Lennon's men remain six points ahead of Inverness and with a game in hand.
The Celtic manager's demeanour in the post-match press conference appeared to be of a man who, in the knowledge that traditional rivals Rangers are playing in the Irn-Bru Third Division this season, believes his side are in little danger of losing their SPL crown, a belief shared by almost everyone in Scottish football.
However, ahead of the visit of Motherwell, Parkhead skipper Brown refused to agree.
"The league is far from over," he said. "It is definitely not done and dusted. It was shown against Hibs that it is hard no matter where you play, home or away.
"It's been difficult for us recently but we have to kick on with our home form and get back to winning ways. We have to keep going.
"We are a few points clear and we have a game in hand as well so that is going to help us, but it is going to be tough against Motherwell.
"They have got some good young players, they started off the season well and then had a little dip but they seem to be going really well again.
"So it's going to be a tough game, it is going to be hard but hopefully there will be a big crowd and we get back to winning ways."
The visit of the Steelmen will be the last SPL game Celtic will play before the winter break which Brown believes will be beneficial to the squad.
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Wonderful and very expressive composition.! Greatings from Italy Skyhunter and if you want tell me what you think about Garden of the Disapeared and if you have another litle minute give mi your opinion about Light and Shadow
Wonderful Picture. Many greetings from Germany
Vaya que buena foto, excelente toma!
Marvellous!. ch.
phantastic !!! !!! LIKE Best greetings from Austria a.beyer
Photo taken in Bolivar, San José, Costa Rica