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Sept. 28, 2015
- Xi and Obama agree; October's top 5 astro-events; Emissions scandal at Volkswagen.
Oct. 5, 2015
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Oct. 12, 2015
- Paul Ryan, next House speaker? Bernie Sanders rectified; Matt Damon as The Martian.
Oct. 19, 2015
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Oct. 26, 2015
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Nov. 2, 2015
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Nov. 9, 2015
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Nov. 16, 2015
- European Union in Crisis; Donald Trump's Iowa speech; Emma Thompson
Nov. 23, 2015
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Nov. 30, 2015
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Jan.11, 2016
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Jan. 18, 2016
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Jan. 25, 2016
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March 21, 2016
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March 28, 2016
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April 4, 2016
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April 11, 2016
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April 25, 2016
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May 2, 2016
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May 9, 2016
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re: Election Day chaos
- Maybe someone pointed this out to you already but if no candidate receives 270 electoral votes, the House of Representatives chooses the winner. I suppose someone could challenge that but they would likely lose since the law is quite clear.
I wrote about this on
February 29
relating to the 12th amendment, which is where this directive comes from. But note how litigious Trump is, and that there's likely to be some counting irregularities, as there were in the 2000 election that was decided by the Supreme Court in Bush's favor.
re: Trump
- Was chatting with my astrologer recently, and I was told that there's a very high probability (astrologically speaking) that there will be an assassination attempt on Trump on or about Aug. 11. What's your take on this?
Extremely unlikely. I see no astrological evidence for such an irresponsible claim.
re: Sanders
- I never miss your column and find it very insightful. Regarding this wild election year, do you see any possibility of Bernie Sanders running as an Independent if HC gets the Democratic nomination? Most of her primary wins have been razor thin, and there is a lot of dissatisfaction among the Dems as well as the Republicans with the status quo. After all, he was an Independent for many years in Congress. I would love to hear your opinion.
No, I don't think he will run as a third party candidate. He's content to get his message out and influence Hillary's stance on numerous issues.
re: Nancy Reagan
- I haven't heard much lately about the 20-year USA presidential death cycle, the pattern of USA Presidents elected in "zero" years (1840-1960) dying while in office, perhaps linked to Jupiter-Saturn conjunctions. It seems that Ronald Reagan narrowly avoided it during his terms in office (did astrological knowledge make a difference?).
During the most vulnerable window after George W. Bush's election in 2000, W did not repeat the pattern, but Ronald Reagan did die during this time, which I thought was interesting.
Keep up the fine work.
Joan Quigley was hired after the assassination attempt, and she claims in her book that she protected him from appearing in pubic on dangerous days. Other astrologers have noted that Reagan was elected when the SA-JU conjunction was in Libra, so the Great Mutation process from Earth to Air signs began then, theoretically ending this curse.
In my view, I see Mars in the 8th house of death in the Scorpio Rising chart as a potential indicator for the death of a president in office, so it's still an ongoing possibility.
re: Trump/Mussolini parallels
- Having spent quite a bit of time with my Italian in-laws and their friends in northern Italy I will add a different view. Americans have always looked upon Mussolini only as an evil dictator. Most Italians view him quite differently. While they agree he got Italy involved in WW ll In a bad way they view him as the man who built the infrastructure of their country. Before Mussolini they had no nationwide roads. Roads stopped at the edges of the old city states..
He built the railroads and bridges uniting the country too. The big railway stations we see. Rome, Florence and Milano were all constructed under his leadership. They also felt proud of their nation when he successfully invaded Ethiopia. The parallels with "Make America Great Again" are interesting. Trump frequently talks about repairing our infrastructure, particularly the airports, and making Americans proud of their country again. I think you've nailed it. Of course, I do believe in reincarnation.
Mussolini was executed on April 28, 1945. Trump was born less than one year later.
re: Prince -
If you haven't thought to do it, can you do a little tribute to Prince for Monday's column? Love him, would love to know more about his chart.
re: U.S. Gemini Rising chart
- It would seem that this coming New Moon of June 5th~6th (along with its mid-degrees Mutable Grand Cross) might be telling then, whether or not the 9* Gemini Asc. chart may be the true chart.
And how will it do that? Perhaps you could make a forecast that will be unique to Gemini Rising and not apparent in Scorpio Rising or other US charts. If you say what will happen ahead of time, your chart makes sense. After there fact is not persuasive.
For example, I recently forecast workers strikes when T Uranus entered the US 6th house and conjoined Chiron while opposing Juno. The 6th house is associated with work, and Uranus brings strikes. Last week's strike by Verizon workers was the largest in five years. It's a straightforward interpretation using basic astrology principles. And it only works when Scorpio is Rising. Making accurate forecasts says more about a chart than any backward or retro look.
Of course you realize that the Gemini Rising chart was created by renowned astrologer Luke Broughton in 1861 based on the fact that it was a revolution, and the practice of the time was to put the planet associated with revolution on the Ascendant. In 1861, Uranus was known but not in 1776.
re: Tesla -
I have been a fan of your blog; read every very Early Monday morning religiously. Would you kindly comment on Tesla motors; it hardly produces a couple of cars but wallstreet treats them like king while Ford, which produces millions of cars, sells for $15/share. why??
re: Mars retrograde
- You mention in your March 28th piece that stationary Mars opposes the U.S. Uranus. I would have noted that it is exact to the minute of arc! I consider exactitude to be important in predictive work.
re: Election Day chaos
- About placements on Nov 8: you would know but let me repeat. Neptune in its own sign on South node (let go of the past or confusion about past) and North node sign Virgo ruler Mercury at 23 Scorpio, dispositors Mars and Pluto. Mars last degree of Capricorn and Pluto 15 Capricorn connecting to Aries Point.
In my opinion, the real agenda is a new constitution and electoral system. Neptune South Node – can help dissolve attachment to past forms. North node Virgo, get to work on the details of new systems. Centralised power is alright if add in the necessary checks and balances.
re: Trump
- I really enjoyed--if that's the right word--the May 2nd issue. The Lilith in Astro*Carto*Graphy for Trump is particularly unsettling. You may want to emphasize in future NewsScopes that in many ways the President's chart becomes the US chart during his/her term of office. Also, thanks for your piece on Audra McDonald, she is a wonderfully talented singer and actor who is far too under appreciated.
re: Clinton
- If memory serves, Geo. W. Bush's Saturn was on his 1st house cusp, headed south, when he ran the second time and won. Of course, his second term is memorable for a host of bad reasons. Campaigns are battles. Governing is a war. It's possible Hillary wins the battle but struggles with the war, yes?
Could be! Technically, transiting Saturn was in Bush's 12th house during the 2004 election and didn't reach his Ascendant until September 2005. But yes, it was downhill from there.
re: ACG maps
- I'm a regular reader of your column, and having a question for you is an opportunity to say "thanks". My question concerns Lilith (whether oscillating or mean) and Astro*Carto*Graphy* maps. I've been consulting astrodienst's A*C*G* map service for years, but I've never seen an option to add bodies beyond the normal range of bodies and the north node, such as asteroids or Lilith. I'd really like to run a map for myself with Lilith (or the Liliths) included; possibly also to include the "big four" Goddess asteroids. What software or service did you use to obtain Donald Trump's Lilith lines?
I used the Solar Maps function in SolarFire to generate those maps. You can also get Lilith and the asteroids on ACG maps using Halloran's AstrolDeluxe software.
re: Trump
- What software program told you that Lilith is angular on Donald Trump's IC when his chart is relocated to California?
My apologies, I made an error on this. What I was looking at was Trump's progressed A*C*G* map, and on this one the progressed Lilith-IC runs just off the coast of California. I blame Mercury retrograde for this error.
NewsScope for May 23, 2016
By Michael Wolfstar
Hillary v. Trump
Several readers have asked which candidate I see as winning on Election Day, November 8. After looking long and hard at the various factors, I don't see one or the other becoming an obvious victor. The indicators are evenly split between Hillary and Trump, and we still have some unknown factors that may dramatically change the race, including Bernie Sanders' ongoing campaign.
To win the American people over, a candidate must have a strong connection with the U.S. Moon at 25º Aquarius. Hillary's Uranus at 25º Gemini fits the bill, as does Trump's Venus at 25º Cancer. Each of these planets describes where the candidate has exceptional influence over public opinion. For Hillary, Uranus describes her drive for equal rights. Trump's Venus suggests his vast wealth, his economic plans, and his view on women in general.
re: Brazil -
Sorry, but Nicholas Campion is right! A lot of Brazilian astrologers don´t even know secondary progressions. It´s incredible, but they work only with natal charts and transits! Accuracy, precision, systematization are not the strong points of Brazilian astrologers. They create a lot of fantasies that they call "interpretations", with no connection with professional practices. And, I don´t guess why, they created a fallacious notion that Brazilian ascendant is in Aquarius! Brazilian mentality and inclinations have nothing to do with Aquarius and all to do with Pisces! This is the carnival paradise! After the carnival, it´s the end of the world, but no problem…Let´s wait for the next year carnival party! Do you follow me? Also, another point, I don´t see any reason to use LMT. Why not BZT +3?
Unfortunately, most "astrologers" are not using progressions yet. One doesn't have to be from Brazil to miss out on this valuable technique. To clarify Campion's position, independence was proclained somewhere between 4 and 5 pm LMT. He personally doesn't advocate 4:47 pm but states that many Brazilian astrologers do.
I'm sticking with 4:20 pm. Last week I was researching Petrobras to do a piece on it. President Vargas signed the act that created Petrobras on October 3, 1953 when transiting Pluto was at 24º Leo, precisely opposite the 4:20 pm Aquarius Ascendant. No such connection is evident with the 4:47 pm time.
As for the fantasy-oriented carnival, does not Neptune conjunct Brazil's ruling planet (Uranus) convey this? About LMT, time zones were established in 1884, so any time used before then had no systematic reference point except what the local clocks indicated.
re: Brazil
- The progressed Sun+Mars on natal Pluto is a powerful combination never seen before. It seems that a transformation of the Brazil State is coming, or even a military action (due to Mars).
In the 80s there was much discussion about Brazil's Ascendent between astrologers. Through rectification the Aquarius rising became more habitual, though some still prefer the Pisces rising one. The Fixed signs are important when one studies historical events, especially 20º-24º Scorpio. The Discovery of Brazil chart in 1500 and Republic Proclamation in 1889 have important points in those signs and degrees.
Every time Saturn enters Scorpio there's some sort of political crisis in the country. In June 2013 we had massive protests in the streets (something unusual for Brazilians). Since then the country has been in turmoil, and every day the situation just worsens.
Most Brazilian astrologers use a Scorpio MC due to several military coups in Brazil's history and 2 deaths of presidents (one of them killed himself while in office). The most popular times are between 16:08 and 16:20, with Aquarius ascending.
On Election Day, Hillary's progressed Part of Fortune sextiles her elevated Saturn.
Trump's progressed Part of Fortune squares his 10th house Uranus on September 29, not necessarily a bad thing, since Uranus is trine Jupiter natally. By early November, his progressed Fortuna is within 5º of trining his Midheaven.
The belligerent tone of the campaign is defined by the Uranus-Eris conjunction in Aries, which inspires voters to shake up Washington politics. Trump's martial influences have already been well documented, while Hillary's Mars is similarly being fired up. Transiting Saturn is trine her Mars-Pluto, while transiting Uranus is forming a trioctile (135º) to her progressed Mars near her Midheaven. Both candidates have Mars in Leo which, historically, American voters have overwhelmingly favored.
Come Election Day, any third party candidate could block Hillary or Trump from receiving the necessary 270 electoral votes. In the U.S. Scorpio Rising horoscope, several factors hint at an uncertain result. Among these is the progressed Moon and Uranus forming an exact opposition, which implies an unexpected development or chaotic state of affairs. Also, the progressed Midheaven is exactly opposite natal Saturn, perhaps putting a challenge on the institutions to resolve the outcome.
The Astrology of Flight MS804
Egypt's aviation minister said that Flight MS804's sudden disappearance was more likely caused by a terrorist attack than technical failure, while French and other international officials investigating the tragedy have been more cautious. An astrological investigation may begin with the flight's departure from Paris at 11:09 pm. Radar contact was lost at 2:39 am just as the plane was entering Egyptian airspace.
The horoscope for MS804's departure features a terrorist attack signature: Pluto in the 1st house is precisely squaring the Midheaven, with Mars in the 12th house of hidden enemies at their midpoint. In other words, Mars is octile (45º) the Midheaven on one side and octile Pluto on the other, creating a dynamic configuration involving the plane's fate (Midheaven) with the explosive combination of Mars and Pluto.
The Part of Fortune in this chart conjoins retrograde Mercury. For a terrorist, the Part of Fortune may represent an explosive device, which is concealed by a youth (Mercury). Its successful explosion was facilitated by Fortuna's trine to Jupiter and Pluto. At 2:39 am when radar contact was lost, the Part of Fortune had advanced to 17º Cancer where it opposed Pluto and squared the departure chart's Midheaven.
ISIS* seems the likely perpetrator: the Uranus-Eris conjunction is nearly exact and in this chart was recently activated by the transiting Moon in Libra. This suggests that the explosive device was set up prior to MS804's stop in Paris. Flight data reports that the plane had previously made stops in Tunis and the Eritrean capital of Asmara. ISIS's progressed Mars is now at 23º Aries, right where the Uranus-Eris conjunction is taking place.
* ISIS was last profiled
Mars, Only 46 Million Miles Away
This week's celebrity profile is on Mars, which has made numerous appearances in the media due to its closest approach to Earth since November 2005. According to mainstream reports, the Sun and Mars are in opposition, which is when the red planet appears unusually large and bright due to its proximity to Earth. NASA tells us that Mars will be at its closest on May 30.
The next few weeks offer the best time to locate Mars in the night sky. Since Mars and the Sun are in opposition, Mars will be visible on the eastern horizon right after the Sun sets in the west. Over the course of the night, Mars rises toward the Midheaven and then sets in the west by sun-up. This week, Mars is near the Full Moon and Saturn, while Jupiter is the most elevated planet just after dark.
Astrologically, Mars is in early Sagittarius until May 27 when it re-enters Scorpio. Mars retrograde in wandering Sagittarius tends to promote a restless spirit and scattered energies – and of course – concerns about international travel. Venus enters Gemini on Tuesday, the 24th which is also when it opposes Mars. Venus opposite Mars can be defined as the battle of the sexes, and is most aptly portrayed by Hillary and Trump on the campaign trail.
Though astronomers don't make a big deal of the fact that Mars is retrograde, astrologers often warn about its negative influence, which can include processing repressed anger, not finishing what you start, being impatient, and using passive aggression. Mars retrograde phases have a positive side, which includes becoming more aware of anger in order to channel it with clarity. Negotiation skills sharpen when Mars is retrograde.


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InTheChat Awarded Most Innovative Customer Service Initiative at the Eggies
The Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas is home to the Eggies, an annual awards gala where Newegg recognizes outstanding contributions from the company's valued partners, vendors and customers. Now in its 13th year, the 2017 Eggie Awards gala was celebrated at Caesars Palace and featured host Thomas Middleditch, star of the TV series Silicon Valley. InTheChat was delighted to receive an Eggie for The Most Innovative Customer Service Initiative—the first Eggie award to have been granted within Newegg's customer service category.
Most Innovative Customer Service Initiative
Why the Eggie? In the spring of 2016, InTheChat enabled Newegg to integrate with Facebook Messenger, becoming one of the first retailers to offer customer service over this channel. Praising Newegg's bold attitude toward harnessing new technologies, InTheChat CEO John Huehn commented, "Leadership in Customer Experience takes courage and InTheChat is humbled that Newegg chose us to help them provide cutting-edge customer engagement."
Leadership in Customer Experience takes courage and InTheChat is humbled that Newegg chose us to help them provide cutting-edge customer engagement. -John Huehn, InTheChat CEO
The e-retailer's courage has paid off: Newegg's customer engagements over Messenger continue to grow substantially, nearly doubling in volume within a two-month period.
Benefits for Newegg
What does this mean for Newegg? Highly-efficient communications. In fact, Newegg's agents devoted on average just over two minutes to handling each conversation over Messenger—a fraction of the time spent by agents over the phone (Figure 1). This means that Newegg can assist more customers at a faster rate.
Benefits for Newegg's Customers
More importantly, what does this mean for Newegg's customers? It means more and more are benefitting from the convenience offered by digital channels, such as Facebook Messenger. The response has been positive, and customers have expressed their delight with the new channel by telling agents things like "please send my compliments to your manager for using Messenger…You've made my life easier." Compared to the traditional experience where receiving customer support involves being tethered to a phone, digital communications release customers, allowing them to continue with their lives while receiving service on the go.
Seizing the Egg
For consumers, customer experience has become a key factor in determining their brand of choice. Recognizing this shift in consumer behaviour, Newegg has been quick to maintain their leading-edge status in customer experience by opening communications over social media, 2-way text messaging, chat, and Messenger. An egg today is better than a hen tomorrow; and Newegg takes this maxim to heart, opting to seize new opportunities for their customers as an industry leader. After all, tomorrow may be too late…
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Today I have a sick baby hanging out with me as I go about my day. Mr Hippo in hand, dummy firmly in mouth and head gently resting on her Mamma's back. Her nose is full of snot and she sounds ever so slightly like a Pug dog as she sniffs and snuffles her way through slumber. And while I am so happy to know that just being with me is enough to make her feel a bit better, this was not what I had planned for today. Nor this week, for that matter. Oh no! This week was about getting the car fixed, buying safety gear for our soon-to-be second vehicle (a putt-putt motorbike), storing up breastmilk in carefully labelled bottles and orientating Emilia into childcare. This week was supposed to be about getting everything ready for me to go back to work.
I do not feel great about going back to work. It is necessary and I know once I am there I will enjoy oiling the intellectual cogs in my brain and using skills that I had previously worked so hard to acquire. Mattthias will start looking after Emilia one day a week, which I think they will both love (no pesky Mamma poking her head in wondering if everything is okay) and eventually Emilia will love childcare. Over all her toys and the games that we play at home, her most favourite thing in the world is visiting people. No matter where we go if there's someone about she'll lean in towards them and give them a big gummy smile. She will love the opportunity of playing with other kids at childcare. And she will still hang out with Mamma or Papa four days a week. It will be okay. It might even be great. But right now it all seems too much. Right now she's nestled on my back sleeping and there's no where else I'd rather her be.


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Closely-held Spartan Bioscience has launched the world's smallest commercial molecular diagnostic device, the Spartan Cube, and announced its first assay applications.
They are Strep A, Apolipoprotein E, a genetic mutation that increases the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease, and Legionella, a group of bacteria that can colonize water systems such as cooling towers and heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems.
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Mr. McGee, don't make me angry. You wouldn't like me when I'm angry." —David Banner
When you call the dad of your child's schoolmate to find out if his kid is coming to your kid's birthday party this coming Friday—since he didn't RSVP, and your child has begged and begged for her friend to be there, and instead of letting it die like it should, like you'd planned to let it, you follow up, because you want your daughter to have The Best Birthday Ever—when that dad says, yes, his daughter will be at the party, and then adds, "You need to call me on Thursday night to remind me," take notice. This is foreshadowing.
This is the dad, after all, who spent an entire school year using you by pulling up in his black Mercedes and expecting you to walk his kid the rest of the way to school; by calling to ask that you pay his field-trip fee because he'd forgotten to pay it and was "too tired to drive back to campus"; by asking you to watch his child moments before his on-the-calendar-for-months parent/teacher conference, which you do, only to find out later that he was a no-show. He is unreliable and predictable all at once.
You need to call me on Thursday night to remind me.
Bullshit. You wish you hadn't called and know you should retract that invitation right then and there. But you feel sorry for his kid, so you decline to be his secretary. "See you Friday," you say.
OK, OK. Here's where I have to admit that I didn't make this call just for Ruby. I am not that altruistic. I can, and frequently do, say no to my child. Like when she wants a fourth sugary topping on her three heaping flavors of fro-yo. "Oh, you have got to be kidding me," I say, pointing out that she already has Jimmies, white chocolate chips and mini peanut-butter cups. I draw the line at gummy bears.
But where, oh where, to draw the line in this abusive relationship?
I needed to know how much it would take before I would burn down the house and walk away forever. I needed to see if Mr. McGee (not his real name) could actually be a responsible adult and drop his kid at the house at 11:30 a.m. on party day. And so: The call.
Friday morning found me Swiffering my floors and waiting for the Scrubbing Bubbles to do their bathroom-cleaning magic while Ruby and my best friend's daughter played in the backyard. I was prepping for the onslaught of 11 6-year-old girls, who would show up to trash the place and clog the toilet with absurdly large, scientifically improbable kid poo, when Ruby passed through the living room.
"Faith?!?" she said, looking out our picture window.
I looked up from the pile of dog hair swirling at my ankles, and there was McGee's daughter standing on our front porch. Alone. Nothing but sunshine and the empty street behind her. It was 10:20 a.m.
My heart began to beat faster; my skin was hot; I could barely see. I was—as I'd learned days earlier in a parenting workshop led by the esteemed Mary Sheedy Kurchinka—entering the "red zone." This is fight-or-flight stuff, the physiological response to which can include elimination. Parents, if your kid suddenly stops in the produce aisle at Henry's and pees for no reason, you can be assured she is no longer in the "green zone." Fortunately, I didn't wet my pants.
Instead, I met Faith on the porch and calmly asked where her father was. "He had to go to work," she said. I stood speechless for a few seconds, looking up and down the street as if I could will her father back with my gaze. I wondered if he'd just pushed the child out of his car as he rolled by, talking, as he always is, on his cell phone.
Just as Faith stepped over the threshold to our home, McGee tried to drive his fancy car past my house very fast, without stopping. He'd made a U-turn at the end of the block.
"MGGEE!" I yelled at him. He stopped his car and smiled at me, as if to say, Oh, hey! Funny running into you here! And that's when it happened. My clothes may have remained intact, but no question: I became The Incredible Hulk. And a little bit Owen Meany.
"IT! IS! TEN-TWENTY!" I shouted, pointing to the spot on my wrist where a watch would be if I wore one. "YOU'RE MORE THAN AN HOUR EARLY! THAT IS NOT OK, MCGEE! THAT IS NOT OK!"
"I'm sorry," he squeaked. "I have to go to work."
Then, in slow motion, I picked up one of the chairs on our front porch and broke it over my knee, tossing the splintered legs and shredded rattan onto the walkway in front of me.
You know, our public school system could be flush with money, and that money could be well managed and effectively allocated, and teachers could be revered instead of vilified, and the glut of tests—forced upon America's kids like Betty Draper forces Sally to eat her Thanksgiving dinner—could be done away with. And yet, the insurmountable problem of sorry-ass parents will remain like radioactive fallout choking the life out of the rest of us.
This was my thought as I turned to walk back inside but was stopped by three catatonic little girls with six very wide eyeballs. Blinking. Blinking. Blinking.
"Well," I shrugged, as I recalibrated in the green zone. "At least I didn't swear."
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Banks Can Transform Customer Experience Through AI, Accenture Surveyby Sidharth Shekhar March 29, 2017 0 comments
In the next stage of artificial intelligence adoption, banks will use AI to help understand the intentions and emotions of customers and enable better interactions, according to a new report from Accenture.
The report, Accenture Banking Technology Vision 2017, draws on the analysis of an advisory board of more than two dozen individuals, interviews with technology luminaries and industry experts, and results of a survey of more than 600 bankers.
According to the report, more than three-quarters (78 percent) of bankers globally and 87 percent in India believe that AI will enable simpler user interfaces that will help banks create a more human-like customer experience. In addition, four out of five global respondents (79) percent and almost nine out of ten (87 percent) of bankers in India believe that AI will revolutionize the way banks gather information and interact with customers, and three-quarters (76 percent globally) and 83 percent in India believe that within three years, banks will deploy AI as their primary method for interacting with customers.
Indian banks are embracing digital solutions for interacting with customers; the next step is implementing the enabling power of artificial intelligence (AI), such as identifying consumer preferences and then reacting with insight and emotional intelligence," says Piyush Singh, managing director and head of Accenture Financial Services group in India "In addition to gaining insights, banks could transform customer experience and improve operational efficiency. However, the challenge will be how quickly banks can implement these new technologies as banks continue to face legacy issues with their existing IT setup. This would require a C-suite-led impetus to embrace new technologies."
The theme of this year's report, "Technology for People," is a call to action for bank executives to design technology to help align their products and services with what consumers want in near real-time. In traditional banks, basic transactions continue to migrate from physical to digital channels, leading to major changes as banks redesign their branch networks and enhance their digital footprint. Four out of five bankers surveyed (80 percent) globally, as well as India, expect AI to accelerate technology adoption throughout the organisation, providing their employees with the tools and resources to better serve consumers.
As with previous Technology Vision reports, Technology Vision 2017 is structured around key trends informed by the research. The five trends identified in Technology Vision 2017 are: "AI Is the New UI (Experience Above All)," "Ecosystem Power Plays (Beyond Platforms)," "Workforce Marketplace (Invent Your Future)," "Design for Humans (Inspire New Behaviors)" and "The Unchartered (Invent New Industries, Set New Standards)."
The "Design for Humans" trend indicates that the key to increasing the quality of customer experience lies in the ability to adapt to unique customer behaviours. The report finds that while the human contact is diminishing in terms of volume, the quality and importance of human touch points will increase. For instance, one-third (34 percent) of the bankers surveyed globally and almost similar number in India (33 percent) said they plan to use a detailed understanding of human behaviour to guide new customer experiences. And while nearly nine in 10 bankers (89 percent) said they believe that their customers are satisfied with their bank's use of personalization, two-thirds (67 percent) globally and in India claim they struggle to understand their customers' needs and goals.
As reported in the "Ecosystem Power Plays" trend, banks are increasingly integrating their core functions with digital ecosystem platforms in an effort to manage more broad-based consumer relationships. Nearly all bankers surveyed (98 percent) said they believe that it is 'somewhat' or 'very' critical to adopt a platform-based business model and engage in ecosystems with digital partners, with one-quarter (25 percent) of global respondents and 40 percent of India respondents saying their organizations are already taking aggressive steps to participate in ecosystems.
Many banks are already giving authorised third-parties access to account data and aggregated card profiles to benefit customers. Banks recognise that it is critical to participate in these ecosystems, but it comes at a cost. Three-quarters (76 percent) of respondents globally and four out of five (80 percent) in India said that participating in these ecosystems would require giving up control in favor of an overall better outcome — such as speed, agility and access to new customers — and that same number believe that chosen partners and ecosystems will help determine their bank's competitive advantage moving forward.


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New Taylorsville theater opens to rave reviews
May 18, 2017 02:27PM
● By Carl Fauver
Utah's newest movie theater, in Taylorsville, is state of the art. (Carl Fauver/City Journals)
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ButtKicker technology has arrived in Taylorsville—just part of what makes the city's newest business one of the most advanced and state-of-the-art in the world.
"This new theater is one of the two most technologically advanced cinemas in America," said S Squared Development Principal Bill Stone, as he welcomed community leaders and media members to the grand opening of the Regal Crossroads 14 & RPX cinema, at 5516 South Redwood Road (west of Harmons).
RPX stands for "Regal Premier Experience." And that's where the ButtKicker comes into the picture.
"It's a subwoofer, an audio speaker, implanted in the chairs of our RPX theater," said Regal National Marketing Manager Rachel Lueras. "The bass speaker vibrates the seats, creating a unique special effect."
Just one of the new 14 theaters in the Regal Cinema is equipped with the technology, and you'll pay a premium rate for it. But theater operators say the 4D experience is worth the added cost.
After offering three days of discounted movies (raising some $33,000 for area charities), the new Regal Cinemas opened for "real" business over St. Patrick's Day weekend, starting first with a news conference.
"I am overjoyed with this facility," said Taylorsville Mayor Larry Johnson. "It's been under construction for more than a year, and I've watched it every step of the way. All of the surrounding businesses are also thrilled to have the theater open and are renewing their leases."
The new theater is the first for the Regal Entertainment Group here in Utah. The cinema chain now operates 576 theaters in 43 states, the District of Columbia and some U.S. territories.
"We chose this location because it is near the busiest intersection in all of Utah (Redwood Road and 5400 South)," Stone added. "Taylorsville City has been extremely fair to work with, and we are confident this will be a great addition to the city and the entire Salt Lake Valley."
Taylorsville Economic Development Director (and Republican State Senator) Wayne Harper also spoke briefly at the news conference. "So much work has gone into this project for more than a year," he said. "It's fun to finally be able to celebrate the accomplishment. This theater offers new economic life to this area."
The 14 Regal Cinema auditoriums range in size from 63 to 244 seats, each an oversized recliner. The aisles are wide enough that patrons can get out of their row even when chairs in front of them are fully reclined.
The theater also features an enhanced concession menu.
"We're set up to combine the dinner and movie experience into one location," Lueras said. "In addition to the normal popcorn and candy offerings, we also have hamburgers, salads and full meals."
Moviegoers can also take advantage of the self-serve yogurt and soft drink bars.
Partnering with S Squared Development and Regal Entertainment Group on the project is TriGate Capitol. Senior Vice President John Mearns said his company purchased the area where the theater is located about two-and-a-half years ago.
"Except for the land Harmons occupies, TriGate owns everything on this side of Redwood Road, south to I-215," Mearns said.
That includes the Shopko building and about 50 other businesses.
"Now that this theater is completed, our next highest priority is finding a tenant for the 40,000-square-foot Sports Authority building," he added.
Overall, TriGate officials say there are about a dozen unoccupied business spaces in the complex. But they are confident the new Regal Crossroads 14 & RPX cinema will make those locations much easier to lease.
Movie ticket prices at the new theater range from $6.75 for senior citizens and $7.25 for matinees to $11.93 for the premium ButtKicker experience.
"There's no particular reason why Regal has not been in the Utah market before," Lueras said. "And now that we are here, the company is continuing to evaluate other opportunities for additional theaters in the state."


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ReStore ReUse Tips: Doors
As many of you may know the best way to recycle is to reuse! Reuseing objects not only saves the need of consuming something new, it also extends the life of whatever you choose to reuse. In this case we are focusing on an item the Habitat ReStore continually has a large stock of, doors in all shapes and sizes. Here are 5 clever ideas on how to reuse a door without putting it in a doorway.
Table – This is one of the most common ways to reuse a door. There are many simple plans out there on how to make a table base. Or you can cut the door into sections and make a box to serve as an end/coffee table.
Headboard – This one may be the easiest, all you have to do is stand them up and attach your bed frame to them. If you want to be a little more ambitious you can add crown molding around the sides.
Floor Mirror – Many doors have a center section you can either pop or cut out. Simply order a mirror to the specific size and install.
Folding Divider – Small closet doors can be hinged together to form a divider to separate large spaces.
Coat Rack – Attach a few hook and away you go. If you would like to add a bench at the bottom for storage that can be easily done as well!
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Why is there sometimes no frost on cold mornings?
Wind speed plays a major role in frost development. When the winds are calm (or very light) and temperatures are cold enough, frost is likely. Clear skies also contribute to frost development. Note that air temperatures don't have to be at or below freezing for frost development. The surface temperature of your vehicle may be much lower than the air temperature. Humidity levels also play a role. The bottom line is that even though it may be very cold in the morning, strong winds will prevent frost from developing


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Rex Murphy: On big things and small, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton seem more alike each day. Related: Are Trump And Obama Really That Different?
2015 Flashback: State Claimed No 'Big Suitcase Full of Cash' in Iran Deal. And they were correct: It was pallets full of cash. Pallets.
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Book 4 of The Amoveo Legend
Praise for Untouched:
"Red-hot love scenes punctuate a well-plotted suspense story that will keep readers tu...
Book 4 of The Amoveo Legend
Praise for Untouched:
"Red-hot love scenes punctuate a well-plotted suspense story that will keep readers turning pages as fast as they can."—Publishers Weekly, Starred Review
She's Far From Human...
With her secret race of shapeshifteres embroiled in civil war, all Marianna Coltari wants is to stay far from controversy. Even so, when her overprotective brother insists on hiring his human friend Pete as her bodyguard, Marianna is furious.
Does She Dare to Love One?
Like most retired cops, Pete Castro resents his new job as a bodyguard. It's even worse because he'll be babysitting a party girl like Marianna. But that's before he meets her for the first time and discovers his instincts on red alert. Would he kill to protect her?
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Chapter 1
White light pulsed and flickered through the club in time with the gritty dance music. The crowd of writhing bodies throbbed with the unmistakable energy of lust as they cla...
Chapter 1
White light pulsed and flickered through the club in time with the gritty dance music. The crowd of writhing bodies throbbed with the unmistakable energy of lust as they clamored for a connection—any connection. Hands wandered, looks were cast, and figures melded together, almost becoming one.
Maybe living like a human wouldn't be that bad.
Marianna leaned back in the horseshoe-shaped VIP booth and watched the humans as they danced. The scene before her flickered rapidly between darkness to blinding, artificial light as the strobes flared. She observed couples as they disappeared into the crowd, losing themselves in the music, the sex in the air, and in the moment.
No conversations. Eyes closed.
No past. Bodies touching.
No future. Hips swaying.
No consequences.
Just now.
She sipped her champagne and crossed her bare legs as she witnessed the mating rituals that they participated in with relentless energy. They spent their lives looking for someone to ease the loneliness, with no idea who or what they were looking for. No predestined mate. No clan. No telepathy. No shapeshifting. No powers of visualization. Aging and eventually dying.
On second thought, living like a human was going to suck.
Marianna shuddered and took a swig of her champagne. As a pure-blooded Amoveo female from the Bear Clan, she should have found her mate by now, or he should've found her, but he hadn't. Having past her thirtieth birthday, she could already feel her Amoveo abilities waning, and if she didn't find her mate soon, they would disappear altogether, and she would have to live, for all intents and purposes, as a human.
Mateless. Powerless. Alone.
Yup, she thought, sighing heavily, it was going to suck.
The bass beat vibrated the tabletop beneath her fingers. Hayden sat next to her with his arm draped behind her, wearing his usual air of irritating arrogance. She wanted to tell him where he could stick it, but instead, opted for ignoring him as much as possible.
He hated this place—most Amoveo did because it was owned and operated by vampires—but of course, that's exactly why she came here. Up until tonight, hanging out at The Coven had been a surefire way to keep Hayden and the rest of the Amoveo out of her hair. Apparently, his desire to try and get her to mate with him overrode his innate disgust of vampires.
"I have to admit, Hayden," she said over the music. "I'm more than a little surprised that you came to The Coven tonight."
Marianna glanced at him over the rim of her glass and offered him a tight smile. She could still connect with any Amoveo telepathically, but didn't necessarily want to. She didn't care for being next to him in the booth, so the last thing she wanted to do was invite him into her head.
"You practically live here now." He drained the rest of his scotch. "Although I can't fathom why."
He didn't look at her, but leveled his dark eyes at the humans who passed by their table. Marianna noticed how hard and unforgiving his features were. Hatred and contempt oozed off him like bad cologne and stuck in her throat. She knew most women found him handsome, but she thought he was far too much of an asshole to be attractive.
Hayden was a self-entitled tool who rode his father's coattails with obnoxious ease and made no secret that he wanted her for himself. He wasn't her predestined mate, and he knew it as well as she did, but that didn't stop him from trying. Unfortunately.
"Olivia is my friend, Hayden. If I'm going to go clubbing in the city, then I may as well go someplace where I'm friends with the owner." She narrowed her eyes and struggled to keep her voice even. She didn't want to fight with him. She just wanted him to go away. "I like sitting at the VIP booth and doing a bit of people-watching."
"Your friend? She's a vampire," he said with contempt. "Vampires are dirty, disgusting creatures. They drink the blood of humans, which makes them no better than humans. In fact, it makes them worse and puts them far below us on the evolutionary chain. If it weren't for you, I would never step foot in a place like this."
At that moment, a young human girl with dark, heavy eye makeup sauntered by the table and gave Hayden what was surely her most seductive look. Clad in a tiny black dress, fishnets, and several tattoos, she looked like a regular here at The Coven. She ran one hand through her long dark hair and winked at Hayden as she swayed to the music.
Hayden promptly looked away and inched closer to Marianna. The girl shot him a dirty look and turned her attentions to another clubgoer who had almost as many tattoos as she did. Moments later, they were absorbed into the dancing mob.
"As for your people-watching," he sneered, "I could do without it. I may as well be at a farm watching pigs wallow in mud."
Your friend looks a tad uncomfortable. Olivia's voice touched her mind gently, and Marianna suppressed a grin. She scanned the club and found Olivia behind the bar with her two bartenders—both vamps. Her bright red hair made her easy to spot in the sea of black. Olivia was the owner of the club, the head of this all-female vampire coven, and one of Marianna's best friends.
He's not my friend, and you know it, but I'm thrilled that he's squirming, Marianna thought back with a smirk. You have to come over here soon. It will annoy him and hopefully get him to leave.
He's not bad looking, but you obviously loathe him, and you already told me he's not your mate, so why even bother? Olivia continued to make drinks and tend customers without missing a beat. Tell him to fuck off.
Let's just say it's politics. She gripped her champagne flute and gave a slanted glance toward Hayden. I have no interest in picking sides in this stupid civil war that my people started. However, I'm getting tired of playing nice. Now be a good friend. Get your ass over here, and flash him your fangs.
Olivia's laughter jingled along her mind. Now, come on. If any of my human customers got wind of my wiles, we'd have a serious problem on our hands. I don't feel like fending off silver, crosses, garlic, and wooden stakes—that's so last millennium.
I thought that garlic couldn't hurt vampires?
It can't, but Hollywood keeps perpetuating the myth. I really don't care for garlic, and it takes forever to get rid of the stench. She threw a wink from behind the bar. I'll be over in a second.
Another song erupted loudly, and the startled look on Hayden's face made Marianna want to bust out laughing. If he insisted on chasing her, then she was going to make it as uncomfortable for him as possible.
"I love this freaking song!" Marianna raised her arms in the air. "I think it's just about time to dance."
"I don't think so." He grabbed her arm and yanked her toward him, preventing her from leaving. "Aren't you almost finished with your champagne?" He shouted over the music and looked at his watch for the tenth time in as many minutes.
"Oh dear, I hope you're not leaving yet." Olivia's voice cut into their conversation, and Marianna smothered a giggle when she saw the look of surprise flicker briefly over Hayden's face.
"Hey, Olivia," Marianna said with a big smile as she tugged her arm free of Hayden's grasp. "The club is packed tonight, so thanks again for hooking me up with the VIP booth. I would tell you that you don't always have to give me VIP status, but I'd be lying. However, as much as I adore it, I don't want to wear out my welcome."
"Anything for you, Marianna. You know that," she replied without taking her emerald green eyes off of Hayden. Olivia folded her arms over her chest, and her lips lifted at the corners. "I don't believe I've had the pleasure."
"Hayden," he bit out. He kept a neutral expression on his face, but his energy signature—the spiritual fingerprint that all Amoveo had—pulsed with nerves and fear in the air around her.
Holy shit. Marianna arched one eyebrow and touched her mind to Olivia's. I think he's afraid of you.
Marianna had expected him to be uncomfortable. To climb up on his high-horse of superiority and look down his nose at Olivia, but never, in a million years, did she think he was afraid of vampires.
Slap my ass, and call me Sally. A smile spread across Olivia's face. This is going to be more fun than I'd hoped.
I thought you didn't want to do anything to draw attention to yourself. Marianna rubbed her thumb along the edge of the champagne flute as she surveyed the humans who brushed by the table. Clad in her Armani suit, Olivia may as well have been wearing a sign that said, "I own this place and could buy you free drinks if I wanted to."
Don't worry. I'm just going to see how easily his buttons are pushed. Her voice dropped low as it wafted along Marianna's mind. Besides, I don't like the way he put his hands on you. This guy isn't just a dick; he's violent. I can see it in him as clearly as I can see his hideous taste in clothing. No man—Amoveo or otherwise—should be caught dead wearing a T-shirt like that. He looks like a Jersey Shore reject.
Marianna almost spit out her mouthful of champagne on the last comment.
"Where the hell is the waitress?" Hayden flicked his cold gaze back to Olivia and slid his glass across the table. "I need another Scotch."
In a blur of inhuman speed, Olivia leaned on the table with both hands and got right in Hayden's face. "I'm sorry," she said innocently. "I couldn't hear you over the music. What did you say?"
They all knew that was bullshit. Olivia's hearing was better than any Amoveo's. Members of the Fox Clan had extremely acute hearing—the best of all ten clans—but not better than a vampire. She was just messing with Hayden, and he knew it.
"A Scotch," he seethed. "On the rocks."
"Are you sure you wouldn't like something with a little more bite?" Olivia's green eyes flicked down to Hayden's throat, which worked as he swallowed. "Our signature drink is very popular." Her grin broadened. "The Bloody Mary."
Hayden's lip curled in disgust, and sweat broke out on his brow. "Scotch."
"Of course." Olivia sighed and pushed herself off the table, while keeping her attention on Hayden. "I suppose there's no accounting for taste, but who am I to argue with the customer?" She flashed her fangs so quickly that Marianna almost missed it. However, based on Hayden's pasty complexion, he didn't. "I'll be right back," she said with a wink.
Hayden's energy signature calmed down as Olivia increased the distance between them and went behind the bar to collect his drink. Marianna studied him more closely and scolded herself for not seeing it before. She wondered how many other shifters were afraid of vampires like Hayden was. It made sense. Most prejudice was rooted in fear, wasn't it?
"It's time to go, Marianna." Hayden threw a wad of cash on the table. "This place is making me sick to my stomach."
"You're welcome to leave anytime you like, but I'm not going anywhere." He tried telepathy again, but she held up a mental barrier to prevent it and was certain that bothered him more than the ear-shattering music. "Besides, Olivia will be back soon with your Scotch."
"I ordered another just to get her the hell away from me. I can't abide the stench of vampires." He looked at his watch again, and she suppressed a smirk. Vampires didn't smell bad. Maybe he was smelling his own fear? "It's well after midnight, and we still haven't discussed the subject at hand."
"There's nothing left to discuss." She sighed without looking at him. "You aren't my mate, and I'm not yours, so I don't know what else there is to talk about."
"Marianna," he growled. "This isn't just about us."
She let out a short laugh and shook her head. "There is no us."
"You still haven't declared your allegiance to the Purists," he said, ignoring her last comment. "My father is losing patience. You are a high-ranking member of the Bear Clan and served on the Council before it dissolved. I don't understand what the holdup is." He waved at Susie, the only human waitress at the club, but she failed to see it, which increased his level of aggravation. "Since you're obviously not siding with your brother and the rest of those human-loving traitors—"
"Don't," she ground out. Marianna leveled a deadly glare at him. The space suddenly felt too small, and if she didn't get control over her emotions, she was going to shift into her Kodiak bear form and tear off his head off right there in the middle of the club. "Don't you dare say a bad word about Dante. He is not a traitor, and you can tell your father that I said as much." Her dark eyes narrowed. "We may be part of the same clan, Hayden, but that doesn't mean much these days, now does it?"
"Really?" Hayden let out a harsh laugh. "Your brother is mated to a half-breed freak. He and the others like him are breeding human weakness into our race." He grabbed her upper arm, pulled her close, and growled into her ear. "Your father knew this and tried to wipe them out. He's dead because of the hybrids and the other Amoveo who have the nerve to call themselves Loyalists. How can you consider soiling the Coltari name any further?"
"Stop it." Marianna squeezed her eyes shut and flinched as his fingers dug into her bicep. He was as strong as he looked. She struggled to keep from letting him know how much he was hurting her. Causing her pain would only get him off. His Scotch-tainted breath puffed along her cheek and made her want to puke. "Get your hands off me," she hissed.
"Is there a problem?" Pete's voice washed over her, providing instant relief.
Marianna opened her eyes to find him standing at their table with a lethal stare locked on Hayden. His intense eyes, the ones that made her stomach flutter every time she looked into them, were fixed on Hayden, and he looked ready to pounce. His broad-shouldered frame cut an imposing figure and towered over them with surprising authority, especially since he was only a human.
Even if he weren't dressed in that dark gray suit, he still would've stuck out like a sore thumb at the nightclub. Pete Castro was strikingly handsome in a wholesome, Midwestern way and lacked the piercings and tattoos that covered most of the patrons. At the moment, he looked just like a cop, which wasn't all that surprising, because up until a couple of years ago, that's exactly what he had been.
"Ms. Coltari?" His lips barely moved, and if it weren't for her acute hearing, she wouldn't have heard him above the pulsing music. His eyes didn't move from Hayden's face. "I think it's time to leave."
"We'll leave whenever Marianna wants to," Hayden bit out as he met Pete's stony stare. He released Marianna from his grip and slipped his arm over her shoulders with unwarranted possessiveness. "Now, why don't you be a good boy, and go back and wait in the car like you're supposed to. You're her chauffeur, so run along, and she'll let you know when we're ready to go." He leaned back in the booth, picked up his empty glass, and waved it at Pete. "I requested another Scotch, but that woman seems to have gotten lost. Find out where my drink is on your way out, would you?"
"I'm fine, Pete." Marianna mustered up a smile, but Pete continued to stare down Hayden. She rubbed her arm as she glanced back and forth between the two men. Pete didn't flinch, but his energy waves, which were remarkably thick for a human, fluttered violently around them. He was one hundred percent tuned into Hayden. One of the girls at the club could've run past him stark naked, and the guy wouldn't have flinched.
"I think we should go." He turned those piercing blue eyes on her, and her stomach did that odd fluttery thing again. He must've sensed her apprehension because his features softened, and his energy waves shifted subtly. "I'm ready to take you home whenever you've had enough." He glanced at the empty champagne bottle on the table and then back at her.
The fluttering in her stomach was swiftly replaced by a knot of anger as he gave her a scolding look. What the hell? Yet another man who felt he had the right to judge her, tell her what to do, and monitor her choices? Apparently, Amoveo men hadn't cornered the market on being bossy and butting their noses into what doesn't concern them. Pete may be human, but he could be as alpha male and overbearing as all of the men in her clan put together.
She wondered whether he'd be this bold if he knew she could shapeshift into a bear and tear him a new one. She smirked. He was just a human, and if he knew what she was, he'd probably piss his pants.
"Really?" Marianna's eyes narrowed. She placed the champagne flute on the table and held his gaze as she slid to the edge of her seat. She smiled as she noticed his attention instantly went to her bare legs and admittedly short hemline. "Well, I'll be the judge of that—not you. My brother hired you to be my driver… not my babysitter."
"Yeah?" he scoffed harshly. "You could've fooled me."
She rose slowly from the table and stood to meet his challenging gaze. She kept her eyes fixed firmly on his as she moved her body close, but he remained motionless. In her stilettos, she was just a few inches shorter than he was, and she noted that his heart beat faster as she closed the distance between them.
Her intent was to intimidate him and unnerve him, but something far more surprising happened.
Heat wafted from his muscular body and flowed over her erotically, which sent her heightened senses into overdrive. She took a deep breath to steady herself, but the instant his distinctly male scent filled her head—it had the exact opposite effect. Her eyes tingled, and she struggled to keep them from shifting into those of her Bear Clan. It was common for an Amoveo's eyes to shift into the eyes of their clan animal during moments of extreme emotion. Like lust. Red-hot, fuck-me-blind kind of lust.
Right now, Marianna was more turned on than she had ever been before. It was as though he was tuned directly into her energy, her soul, and her body. Suddenly and inexplicably, she was connected to this man—this human—more than she had been to any other creature she'd encountered.
For a second, she forgot where she was—where they were—and she had the ridiculous urge to kiss him. Forget that Hayden was sitting right next to them and would flip his lid—nothing mattered but the man standing in front of her and how he made her feel.
Her eyes wandered over the hard planes and angles of his face, his strong jawline with late-night stubble, the high cheekbones, and strong dark brows that framed those ice-blue eyes flawlessly. It seemed for a moment as if they were the only two people in the entire place.
All she could see was him.
Her body moved to the music, subtly at first, and willed her toward him almost imperceptibly. She inched nearer, until their lips were just a breath apart… and then she heard him.
What in the hell is this woman doing to me?
Marianna blinked, breaking the spell as the rest of the club and the crowd came roaring into focus. She stepped back as if he'd slapped her—and in a way he had. She'd heard his voice in her mind, which made absolutely no sense. Not only had she been actively shielding her mind to keep Hayden out of it—but Pete was human, and there was no way she should've heard him like that.
"I—I want to dance." Her confused eyes searched his equally befuddled ones as she backed away toward the dancing mob. "This is a nightclub after all," she shouted. Marianna strutted into the writhing crowd, hoping that neither Pete nor Hayden was aware of how rattled she was.
She threw her hands up and swayed to the beat amid the sea of bodies, but kept her sights fixed on Pete. A handsome, young human male sidled up behind her and began to bump and grind to the pulsating tune. Marianna danced with him as though she didn't have a care in the world, a facade she prayed that both Hayden and Pete would buy.
Pete glowered from his spot by the table as she dirty-danced with the stranger. Then he said something to Hayden, and he stalked out. Marianna watched him go and wondered if he even knew what he'd done. She'd heard his deep, gravelly voice in her mind, and he'd touched her in a way that only one person on the planet could… her mate.
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After dancing 3 days in Amsterdam my body was tired, seriously tired, though my head was going full force. I got in the car to drive to south Sweden, thinking it would be like 7 hours or so…The GPS told me 12 hours! Since I had planned to arrive in the evening I decided to make the whole route in one go. After a few hours I hit the border to Germany and there stood two forlorn young men with backpacks, hitchhiking. I picked them up, overjoyed for some company and they rode with me for 4 hours, bless them boys for their excellent company. This is their story:
They are 2 Spanish brothers, 30 and 23 years old from Madrid where they have always lived. For some time they had felt uncomfortable there, the city is aggressive and they felt they were looking for something they couldn't find there. Early this year they decided to leave. They collected their salaries, quit their jobs, kissed their parents goodbye and started their road-trip to Finland…Hitchhiking, that is. They told me how difficult it was to leave Madrid, no matter how much they wanted to go, things kept happening that kept them there so they decided first to go to Santiago de Compostela.
They had no real reason for leaving, they couldn't tell me why this came so strongly to them, they just knew they had to go. When they arrived in Santiago de Compostela the skies were heavily clouded and the air was cold. They wanted to start their journey with a cleansing but it was so cold. At this point they asked the heavens to give them a window of sunshine so they could wash themselves in the sea and dry in the sun. At once a hole opened in the clouds and let the sunlight stream down on them for exactly as long as it took to cleanse and dry. At that moment they realized that they were doing a spiritual life-journey.
When I met them they had been on the road for 2 months. They had had no money for at least a month. They had met people and gone places they could only have dreamed of, working here and there for a meal and a bed. Everything they needed somehow materialized. One story went like this: They had found themselves in the middle of nowhere, but there was a bus going to a town. The fare of the bus was exactly what they had and the question was; "Do we take the bus for our last money or do we hope for a ride and keep the money for food?" They decided on the bus. Once in town, they stepped of the bus and there, on the pavement at their feet, was a €50 bill. This kind of thing occured all the time and no matter how bad things looked, something always happened to fix it.
The Spanish Brothers started their journey with no preparations, no real money, some maps and a feeling of urgency to JUST DO IT! I am deeply touched by these boys with their courage, trust and belief. I don't know how long it will take them to reach Finland, or if they even will. It doesn't matter because these boys have learned the greatest gift of all: Trust.
So did the car hold up for the entire trip (4 000 km)? No, she made it all the way till the return trip though. In Denmark she had a small breakdown in the middle of nowhere, the engine-belt (?) broke. As it was early in the day, things went really smoothly. I called my automobile club and they sent a tow truck that took us to a garage within an hour. I LOVE automobile club!!! The guys in the garage needed some time to find the right belt and 4 hours after the breakdown we were back on the road again. Much was due to the fact that I have a very simple mechanic car which is easy to fix anywhere and not expensive. So as usual; even when I am unlucky, I am lucky 🙂


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ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has directed officials concerned to minimise electricity and gas loadshedding and take strict legal action against power pilferers.
He issued these directions while chairing a meeting here at PM House on Wednesday, after receiving a briefing on overall electricity and gas network and distribution in the country. He was also apprised about electricity loadshedding schedule planned for the next four months.
The meeting was attended by Finance Minister Ishaq Dar, Petroleum Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbassi, Information Minister Pervaiz Rasheed, Minister of State for Water and Power Abid Sher Ali and other senior government officials.
The prime minister said, "Leakage from the system is unacceptable and measures on war footing should be taken to plug these loopholes." He said the government has made stringent laws against electricity and gas theft to curb this menace.
During the briefing on electricity theft, PM was apprised that smart meters at 11 KV grids have been installed. The PM directed that electricity dues should be recovered on priority basis and a report in this regard be presented in a week. He also directed that action should be taken against heads of distribution companies who are falling short on performance.
PM Nawaz was apprised that country has a total gas network of 146,628 Km with 7,005,417 consumers. Out of the 2,715 mmcfd gas in the year 2012-13, 764 mmcfd was supplied to domestic consumers, 112 mmcfd to commercial consumers, 320 mmcfd to power sector, 89 mmcfd to fertiliser sector, 463 mmcfd to industry/captive sector, 274 mmcfd to CNG sector while 375 mmcfd went un-accounted. In addition 1,021 mmcfd was for dedicated power and fertiliser plants.
The PM was further apprised that un-accounted for gas (UFG) is calculated as the difference between total volumes purchased and sold to consumers by gas utility companies during a given fiscal year. It was informed that 30-40% of the total UFG is from leakages and same percentage from theft while 20-25 % occurs due to meter errors. In the year 2012-13, Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Ltd (SNGPL) network had UFG of 210 mmcfd (12%) whereas Sui Southern Gas Company Ltd (SSGC) had 115 mmcfd (10%) of UFG in its network.
The prime minister was also apprised that various short-term measures such as theft control, pressure profiling, leak rectification and replacement of defective meters have been taken to control UFG. In addition, medium and long-term measures including segmentation of distribution network, pipeline rehabilitation, improvement of measurement accuracy and cathodic protection of steel network were being adopted.
The meeting was informed that some other measures include installation of Cyber door locks on meters of industrial and CNG consumers, connecting bulk & CNG customers through dedicated metered lines for monitoring and installation of bulk meters in no-go areas to quantify gas theft by non-customers. Discussions were also held on Gas (Theft Control & Recovery) Ordinance, which is used as law against gas theft.


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Tuesday, June 05, 2018
Happy Birthday to Financial Guru & Author, Suze Orman
Suze Orman was born today, June 5, in 1951. She is an American author, financial advisor, motivational speaker, and television host. She earned a degree in social work then worked as a financial advisor for Merrill Lynch. In 1983, she became a vice president of retail customer investments at Prudential Bache Securities. In 1987, she founded the Suze Orman Financial Group. In 2002, her program The Suze Orman Show began airing on CNBC. In 2006, she won a Gracie Award for Outstanding Program Host. She has written several books on the topic of personal finance.
Orman was born in Chicago. She attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and received a B.A. in 1976. In 2009, Orman received an honorary doctorate of humane letters from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. After finishing school, Orman moved to Berkeley, California, where she worked as a waitress. In 1980, she borrowed $52,000 from friends and wellwishers to open a restaurant.
Still an investment novice, she invested that money through a representative at Merrill Lynch, who promptly lost her entire investment in trading options. Later, Orman trained as an account executive for Merrill Lynch, where she learned that the type of investment her broker had put her in was not suitable for her needs, as option trading is considered a high-risk but high-reward investment suitable only for high net worth individuals. It was explained to her that because her broker was the highest producing representative in the office, his actions went unchecked. While still employed at the firm, she successfully sued Merrill Lynch for a prior investment loss of $50,000. After completing her training with Merrill Lynch, she remained at the firm until 1983, when she left to become a vice president of investments at Prudential Bache Securities.
Orman published three books between 1997-99: The 9 Steps to Financial Freedom (1997), You Earned it Don't Lose it (1999), and The Courage to be Rich(1999). Other books by Orman include: The Road to Wealth (2001) and The Laws of Money, The Lessons of Life (2003).
The Suze Orman Show began airing on CNBC in 2002. In February 2008, Orman gave away copies of her book Women and Money for free following an appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show, generating almost two million downloads.
Orman writes a financial advice column for O, The Oprah Magazine. She is the former author of Yahoo!'s "Money Matters" and has written for the Costco Connection Magazine. She contributes to The Philadelphia Inquirer, Lowes MoneyWorks, and Your Business at Home Magazine.
In February 2007, Orman stated that she is a lesbian. Orman has been married to Kathy Travis (with Orman at right) since 2010.
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