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NOTRUC – Notations on Theories of Radical Urban Change
The NOTRUC project combines theoretical discussions and in-depth case studies. Theoretically the project is inspired by literature on postcolonial and global South urbanism, urban political ecology and political theory.Read More
NOTRUC — Notations on Theories of Radical Urban Change: Thinking Emancipatory Politics from the Urban South
The task is urgent and profound: How to make sense of rapid urbanization across Africa and the global South, while (re)turning to explicitly thinking about emancipatory politics? What does the political mean in these contexts? What constitutes properly democratic practices of equality and freedom? What methods and types of collaborations (also beyond academia) would it require to articulate emancipatory theories in-and-through global South urbanism?
The NOTRUC project combines theoretical discussions and in-depth case studies. Theoretically we are inspired by three literatures in particular.
(1) We depart firstly from literature on postcolonial and global South urbanism (Parnell and Oldfield 2014; Parnell and Pieterse 2014; Robinson 2013; Roy 2009) that has argued for re-thinking cities, urban change and what radical change could mean. What is in question here is the 'location' from where we think change and politics (Ernstson, Lawhon, and Duminy 2014; Benson 2009) and what silent assumptions does the 'baggage' of critical theory brings that we need to re-think through the realities of global South urbanism (Lawhon, Silver, Ernstson, and Pierce 2016; Benson 2015).
(2) We pair this literature secondly with readings in urban political ecology (UPE), which aims to politicize the materiality of cities and their ecologies (Heynen 2013; Heynen, Kaika, and Swyngedouw 2006; Swyngedouw 1996). The materiality and ecology of the city, its buildings, transport networks, green spaces etc. is part of a broader apparatus of power that permeates and undermines the 'nature' vs. 'cultural' divide. Here we take special interests in efforts of "provinicializing" UPE (Lawhon, Ernstson, and Silver 2014) through global South urbanism and to foreground everyday practices without loosing sight of wider geographies (Myers 2005; Ranganathan 2015).
(3) We thirdly pair this with seminars and readings of political theory. This stretches from radical democratic theory by Rancière on the 'rupturing the distribution of the sensible' (Rancière 2010; Purcell 2014), Swyngedouw's (2011) intervention in UPE on reclaiming egalitarian (urban) spaces, to theories of political agency based on work in global South cities, including Holston (2009) on 'insurgent citizenship' and Bayat (1997, 2013) on 'quiet encroachment' of the poor—and Benson and Meyer (2015) on 'reluctantly loud'.
Generally and theoretically, the project follows the call from 'global south urbanism' whereabouts the new social, spatial and material forms and organisations of cities of the South, and their historical imaginations, are used as an epistemic platform from where to 'speak back' to urban theory. This is part of a wider global urbanism (McFarlane and Robinson 2012) that whilst departing from postcolonial and decoloniality theory, also argues that everyday practices (from getting food, provide for sewage, electricity and water, to get to work, or caring for children and elders) and the re-configuration of political agency that we witness in the 'cities of the South' can inform a much wider body of theory and practice, including those of the 'cities of the North'. Indeed, "the South" is not viewed as a geographical container, but a relational epistemological position from which it is politically and theoretically important to be situated in, and speak from, in order to contribute to the re-invention of political theory and political practice that can contest, produce and sustain equal and democratic cities and urban ecologies.
Case studies
In parallel we are developing empirical case studies. These include:
(1) The (in)visible politics of everyday urbanism: Studies of Delft, Cape Town (by Dr. Suraya Scheba, ACC and EGS at UCT) . This study aims to understand how urbanity in Delft emerges as process and practice. through an exploration of the intersections between everyday practices, political action, and intentional planning. Influenced by Asaf Bayat's work on the 'quiet encroachment of the ordinary', the study firstly traces the everyday practices through which lives are stitched together. Secondly, inspired by a relational Marxian reading of urbanism, the study examines how these practices interact with various actors, structural dimensions, historical planning, and the ongoing place of formalised regulation/governance within Delft.
(2) Re-inventing political agency: Socioecological mobilisation from Cape Town to Kampala (by Dr. Henrik Ernstson). Across urban Africa, new practices of contesting urban environments and organizing collective action have developed that questions established ways of distributing expertise and 'who is in the know' of the city. This includes clearly voiced contestations, but also more subtle but equally antagonistic ways of questioning established expertise.
This project draws upon previous work in Cape Town (an ethnography of 'ways of knowing' and the CIVNET study) and a new project on heterogenous infrastructures of sanitation and waste in Kampala, Uganda. Across these sites, the project analyzes how situated practices and more-than-human collectivities embedded in everday practices stabilizes new locations from where environmental politics is articulated. The performativity of this politics is interpreted by reading 'new' political theory from Holston, Pieterese and Bayat (based on realities of the global South) with and against those of Ranciére, Badiou and others (of contemporary Europe; and Swyngedouw's political ecological interpretation of them).
(3) Histories of the Present: A longitudinal and critical historical study of organized resistance to forced removals and its relationship to ongoing mobilizations for space and public services in Cape Town (by Dr. Koni Benson, ACC and Department of Historical Studies). This project focuses on histories of struggles, but also struggles over how to write and tell "history". It focuses on coproducing life histories of political struggles of collective resistance against displacement and for access to land and public services (such as land, water, and education) in South Africa's past and present. The project engages four literatures that challenges dominant narratives of apartheid struggles and ongoing urban development controversies.
First, historiography on women and gender under segregation and apartheid (on race, gender, influx control, urban migration experiences, political violence, and resistance) and 'new' histories of the 1980s and unresolved questions of the (ongoing) reform period beyond 1994.
Second, scholarship on contemporary urban crisis and displacement, looking at the reproduction of privilege, socioeconomic conditions of townships/informal settlements, international "slum" literature, and new movements that have emerged in response.
Third, literature on the role of power, violence, position, silence, voice, and memory in constructing history, including literature that suggests alternative approaches to re-reading and re-framing the past.
Fourth, it draws on new methods of historical research that can coproduce knowledge through collaborative research that challenges methods, products, and pedagogies of engaging histories of the present. This includes working with feminist collaborative research methodologies and popular education approaches to challenge ideas of expert authority, reciprocity, and power in the production and consumption of historical studies, and for grappling with larger questions of representation, positionality, and the decolonization of (urban studies in) South Africa.
Seminars and book projects
The project contributes with a sustained theoretical discussion at ACC and beyond through organizing seminars and meetings, including:
– An annual seminar series on "Democratic Practices of Unequal Geographies" that started in 2015 and is organized by Henrik Ernstson and Andrés Henao Castro.
– Workshops, one organized in 2014 on "Radical Incrementalism and Theories of Emancipatory Change" (by Henrik Ernstson, Jonathan Silver, Edgar Pieterse).
– The book project "Interrupting the Anthropo-Obscene: Emancipatory Theory through Unenven Planetary Urbanization", edited by Henrik Ernstson and Erik Swyngedouw and with contributions from scholars from urban political ecology, urban studies, and political theory, including Roger Keil, Maria Kaika, Nik Heynen, Marco Armiero, Richard Walker, Jason Moore, Jonathan Silver, Malini Ranganathan, Sapana Doshi, Garth Myers, Edgar Pieterse, Jodi Dean, Andrés Henao Castro and Andy Merrifield.
– For updates, see ACC's calendar or the website, www.situatedecologies.net
NOTRUC is funded from Dr. Henrik Ernstson's funds from KTH.
Research Team
Principal Investigator: Dr. Henrik Ernstson (ACC, UCT and KTH Royal Institute of Technology)
Principal Investigator: Professor Edgar Pieterse (ACC, UCT)
Postdoc/Co-I: Dr. Suraya Scheba (ACC and EGS, UCT)
Postdoc/Co-I: Dr. Koni Benson (ACC and Department of Historical Studies, UCT)
Project time: 2016, 2017, 2018
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———. 2013. Life as Politics: How Oridinary People Change the Middle East. Stanford: Stanford University Press.
Benson, Koni. 2009. "Collaborative Research in Conversation," Feminist Africa, 13: 107-117.
———. 2015. "A 'Political War of Words and Bullets:' Defining and Defying Sides of Struggle for Housing in Crossroads, South Africa" Journal of Southern African Studies 41(2): 367-387.
———. (2016, forthcoming) "300 Years of Shackdwelling and Women's Organized Resistance in Cape Town" In Richard Pithouse and Gary Minkley (eds.) Out of Order: Popular Mobilisation in Contemporary South Africa. Fort Hare University Press.
Benson, Koni and Faeza Meyer (2015) "Reluctantly Loud: Intervening in the Politics of a Land Occupation" In: E. Pieterse and Edjabe (eds.) African Cities Reader III: Land, Property, and Value. Cape Town: African Center for Cities and Chimurenga Magazine.
Ernstson, Henrik, Mary Lawhon, and James Duminy. 2014. "Conceptual Vectors of African Urbanism: 'Engaged Theory-Making' and 'Platforms of Engagement.'" Regional Studies 48 (9): 1563–77.
Heynen, N. 2013. "Urban Political Ecology I: The Urban Century." Progress in Human Geography 38 (4):
Heynen, Nikolas C, Maria Kaika, and Erik Swyngedouw. 2006. "In the Nature of Cities: Urban Political Ecology and the Politics of Urban Metabolism." Edited by Gary Bridge and Sophie Watson. Questioning Cities. London and New York: Routledge.
Holston, James. 2009. Insurgent Citizenship: Disjunctions of Democracy and Modernity in Brazil. In-Formation Series. Princeton Unviersity Press.
Lawhon, Mary, Henrik Ernstson, and Jonathan D Silver. 2014. "Provincializing Urban Political Ecology: Towards a Situated UPE through African Urbanism." Antipode 46 (2): 497–516.
Lawhon, Mary, Jonathan D Silver, Joe Pierce, and Henrik Ernstson. 2016. "Unlearning [un]located Ideas in the Provincialization of Urban Theory." Regional Studies.
McFarlane, Colin, and Jennifer Robinson. 2012. "Introduction—Experiments in Comparative Urbanism" 44 (0): 765–73.
Myers, Garth. 2005. Disposable Cities: Garbage, Governance and Sustainable Development in Urban Africa. Hampshire & Burlington: Ashgate.
Parnell, Susan, and Sophie Oldfield. 2014. The Routledge Handbook on Cities of the Global South. Edited by Susan Parnell and Sophie Oldfield. London and New York: Routledge.
Parnell, Susan, and Edgar Pieterse, eds. 2014. Africa's Urban Revolution. London: Zed Books.
Purcell, Mark. 2014. "Rancière and Revolution." Space and Polity 18 (2): 168–81. doi:10.1080/13562576.2014.911591.
Rancière, Jacques. 2010. Dissensus: On Politics and Aesthetics. London & New York: Bloomsbury.
Ranganathan, Malini. 2015. "Storm Drains as Assemblages: The Political Ecology of Flood Risk in Post-Colonial Bangalore." Antipode 00 (0): n/a – n/a. doi:10.1111/anti.12149.
Robinson, Jennifer. 2013. "The Urban Now : Theorising Cities beyond the New," 1–19.
Roy, Ananya. 2009. "The 21st-Century Metropolis: New Geographies of Theory." Regional Studies 43 (6): 819–30.
Swyngedouw, Erik. 1996. "The City as a Hybrid: On Nature, Society and Cyborg Urbanization." Capitalism Nature Socialism 7 (2): 65–80.
———. 2011. "Interrogating Post-Democratization: Reclaiming Egalitarian Political Spaces." Political Geography 30 (7): 370–80.
Henrik Ernstson, Suraya Scheba October 4, 2017
ACC NOTRUC Seminar Series: Thinking Emancipatory Change through In-depth Urban Case Studies
Cities are highly unequal places where histories of oppression is etched into the very machinery that makes them tick. This includes policies and regulations around who can trade and where, the use of police or anti-eviction forces as an integral part of urban planning, and how large-scale infrastructure projects can re-shape wider ecological dynamics to […]
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By Eve Soliman
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On Monday, March 23rd the leaders of Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan signed a preliminary agreement approving Ethiopia's hydroelectric project and provide the framework principles for building the dam that would impact the entire region. The construction of Ethiopia's Grand Renaissance Dam is projected to be completed in 2017 and will cost $4.2 billion dollars.
The dam is designed to generate 6,000 megawatts of clean and sustainable energy for the region and advance Ethiopia's development. At 1,780 meters wide and 145 meters tall, it will be the largest dam on the African continent. The project is of concern to Egypt because of their almost exclusive reliance on the Nile River for drinking water, and agriculture. Although, Egyptian President Sisi signed the agreement it was not without voicing his concern about Egypt being a dry country that relies on its share of the water from the river. Egypt received only 55 mm of rainfall last year, compared to Ethiopia's 848 mm of rainfall and Sudan's 250 mm.
The declaration of principles agreement is designed to peacefully resolve any future disputes about the use of the Nile's waters and govern how Ethiopia, Egypt, and Sudan will work together to create a solution for sharing and using the water. This accord will replace the previous rights given to Egypt by the 1929 Nile Waters Agreement and the 1959 agreement, which granted Egypt the power to veto any project involving the Nile River by upstream countries. It gave Egypt and Sudan primary rights to the Nile River's annual flow of 84 billion cubic meters of water; the water was split between the two countries and gave 55.5 billion cubic meters to Egypt and 18.5 billion cubic meters to Sudan. In 2013, the Ethiopian Parliament ratified a treaty that would annul Egypt's veto power in Nile River projects granted from the 1929 agreement.
Ethiopian Prime Minister Halemariam reassured President Sisi that the dam would not harm downstream countries and that once the construction of the dam is complete, the flow of water from the Nile would return to normal. Despite Prime Minister Halemariam's assurances, Egypt remains worried that the amount of water it receives from the Nile could be reduced during the time it takes to complete and fill the dam.
The Nile River serves as a point of connection between the 11 diverse Northeast African countries that share its resources. The management and use of the regions' "source of life" has been historically disputed and a source of conflict for the Nile Basin countries. In 2011, Ethiopia announced its plan to build the dam and started diverting the Blue Nile without the approval of downstream countries, but was supported by five Nile Basin countries, which included Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya and Burundi.
This agreement is not the only initiative in the works to foster peace in the region. In 2011, Egyptian American ethnomusicologist, Mina Girgis and Ethiopian American singer, Meklit Hadero founded the Nile River Project as a way to reconcile the growing conflict caused by the Nile River countries' geopolitical issues and cultural barriers.
The project utilizes music and educational programs to facilitate cross-cultural dialogues aimed at advancing understanding of the Nile's ecosystem, solutions to the Nile Basin's challenges, and promote a united regional identity. The music collaboration program consists of artists from the 11 Nile Basin countries and promotes music that blends the diverse instruments, languages and cultures from the region. The Nile River Project's band performs in Africa, as well as internationally and hosts Nile gatherings that promotes regional connections and demonstrates the reality of cooperation across borders.
Girgis said, "For many projects, music is the end result. But for us, it is just the beginning," when describing the Nile River Project's music program. The Arab American-led initiative aims to, "create a driving force that will change the way Nile Citizens relate to each other and their shared ecosystem." The Nile River Project blurs transnational borders to foster civic involvement from the diverse cultures that share the lifeline of the Nile River.
This project, paired with the agreement between Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia on fair usage of the Nile's waters gives way for a promising future of cooperation, development and peace between the Nile River countries.

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Spinach And Cheese RollupsFrom dariana 13 years ago
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- For sauce, heat oil in a medium saucepan. Cook onion and garlic in hot oil until onion is tender, stirring occasionally. Carefully stir in undrained tomatoes, tomato paste, basil, sugar, salt, and pepper. Bring to boiling; reduce heat. Simmer, uncovered, about 5 minutes or until sauce is desired consistency, stirring occasionally.
- Meanwhile, cook pasta according to package directions; drain. Rinse with cold water; drain well.
- For filling, drain thawed spinach well, pressing out excess liquid. In a medium bowl stir together ricotta cheese, mozzarella cheese, Parmesan cheese, and basil. Add spinach and egg white, stirring to combine.
- Preheat oven to 350 degree F. To assemble, evenly spread about 1/4 cup filling on each noodle. Roll up from one end. Place two rolls, seam side down, into each of four individual casseroles. Top each serving with sauce. Bake casseroles, covered, for 25 minutes or until heated through.
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First of all, I just purchased Dave's gift last night, and I am so excited to give it to him! I really tried to think out of the box for him, since he is not a jewelry wearer or anything like that. I can't wait to give it to him, and to show you guys!
I am really truly feeling like a bride this month. I can't say thank you enough to my wonderful friends and family for all of the celebrating we have been doing lately. You can see in the photo below that celebrating agrees with me :)
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My bridal shower in New York was a combination of both families. I only had a limited amount of time that I was in town, so we decided the more, the merrier! We had about 50 people total, and let me tell you, that room was full of love. I hadn't seen a lot of my relatives in a LONG time. Some in about two years. Seeing everyone's faces, and hearing about their excitement for the upcoming wedding was so special.
My mom, Dave's mom, and my bridal party did an amazing job creating a shower that was so me. The theme was Brunch and Bubbly, and the main focus was the mimosa bar! Everything was decorated in lavender and gold, and looked absolutely beautiful.
The shower was held at Arts & Vintage in East Rochester, and it was perfect. It was decorated so nicely, and we were also able to change anything we wanted as long as we put it back in the end.
For favors, the girls gave mini champagne bottles out for a favor, which I thought was the cutest. I think a lot of the guests liked it too :)
For decor, there were lots of flowers, and then gold frames on the table. My bridesmaid Meghan asked Dave to write down 20 reasons why he loves me, and they put those in the frames. His reasons were adorable, and I loved that people got to read a little about us as a couple.
My mom came up with the idea to have a little "meet the bridesmaids" area, where people could read about the girls, and why they are so special to me. I wrote up a few sentences about each of them, which we framed with their photos.
The main attraction at the shower was the mimosa bar. My mom and Patty decided to do this, and it was delicious, and the cutest thing ever. They served four different kinds of juice, with two kinds of champagne, and then had berries and fruit to mix in if you want. My mom bought the glasses on Webstaurant Store, and we ended up selling them on a wedding swap Facebook group after. I think the glasses were a very classy touch.
Everyone was so kind, and their cards made me tear up. My mom's gift to me was my absolute favorite, but I can't show you yet. It is my something blue.
After the shower, we went out for cocktails and tapas downtown, and I was surprised at how much of my family came! After that we went to a beach bar, where we drank, danced, and ate Garbage Plates (you should google that. They are delicious.) Thank you to all who made this wonderful day possible!


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A recipe for homemade Mexican Pizzas: Taco Bell Style. Just like the original only better because they are homemade!
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Mexican Pizzas from Taco Bell were always one of my favorite things to eat when I was younger. I always felt pretty special eating one from it's own little box. When I was grocery shopping recently, I found some cute little Street Taco tortillas from Mission. I immediately knew that I wanted to use them to make my own Taco Bell Mexican Pizzas. They ended up being the perfect size for my kiddos and were super easy to make! Definitely a crowd pleaser at my house.
Ingredients for Mexican Pizzas
-Tomato Sauce
-Ground Beef
-Taco Seasoning
-Tomato Sauce
-Chili Powder
-Garlic Powder
-Refried Beans
-Shredded Cheese
-Black Olives
-Green Onions
Helpful Kitchen Tools
-Electric Frying Pan
-Baking Sheet
How to Make Mexican Pizzas
The first thing you'll want to do is preheat your oven to 400 degrees. Spray a frying pan with cooking spray and "fry" the tortillas over medium-high heat, flipping them over so that they don't burn. You'll want to get them nice and crispy.
Brown your meat, beef, turkey or chicken. Add the tomato sauce and spices and set it aside. While the meat is cooking, you can prepare the enchilada sauce. The sauce is actually super easy. Pour the can of tomato sauce in a bowl, add the spices and mix.
Then you're ready to begin layering your mini Mexican pizzas. Start with one crispy tortilla. Place a scoop. probably 2-3 tablespoons, of refried beans on the tortilla and spread it around. Next place 2-3 tablespoons of the meat mixture. I like to sprinkle a little bit of cheese on top of the meat to hold things together.
Place another tortilla on top of the cheese and spread on some enchilada sauce. Now its time for the toppings. Taco Bell Pizzas are topped with cheese, chopped tomatoes, black olives and green onions. But you can top yours with whatever your family likes. Not everyone in my family likes black olives (ahem…my husband) so I leave them off of his. Do what makes you happy, is what i say.
Top your Mexican pizzas with your favorite toppings and place them in the oven for 8-10 minutes until the cheese is melted. Remove from the oven and let them sit for a minute or two before serving. The great thing about the mini size of these pizzas is that they are small enough to pick up and eat with your hands! My kids like me to use a pizza cutter and slice them into fourths. That way they have cute little pizza slices.
Serve them with a side salad and top them with some Homemade Restaurant Style Salsa and you will have a delicious, filling meal for you and your family. Finish up with some Homemade Disney Churros for dessert! Yum! Make sure you Pin this recipe for later.
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- 1 pound Ground Beef or ground turkey or chicken
- 1 8 ounce can Tomato Sauce
- 1 package Taco Seasoning
- 1 8 ounce can Tomato Sauce
- 1 tbsp Chili Powder
- 1/2 tsp Garlic Powder
- 1/2 tsp Cumin
- 1/4 tsp Salt
- 1/4 tsp Oregano
- 1 package Mission Street Taco Tortillas or other small tortillas
- 1 can Refried Beans
- 2 cups Cheese Shredded, Monterey Jack or Cheddar
- Toppings tomatoes, olives, green onions, sour cream, guacamole, cilantro, salsa, etc.
Taco Meat
Homemade Enchilada Sauce
Mini Mexican Pizzas
- Brown the taco meat over medium high heat. Add the tomato sauce and taco seasoning. Set aside.
- Place the tomato sauce in a bowl. Add the spices and stir to mix.
- Spray a frying pan with cooking spray. Heat the pan over medium high heat and add one tortilla at a time. Cook for 2-3 minutes and flip over. Cook until the tortilla is crispy. Remove from the pan and cool. Repeat with remaining tortillas.
- Place six tortillas on a baking sheet. Layer with 2-3 tablespoons of refried beans, 2-3 tablespoons of taco meat and about 1 tablespoon of cheese. Place another tortilla on top. Place 1-2 tablespoons of sauce on each tortilla. Top with cheese and your desired toppings.
- Place them in the oven for 8-10 minutes until the cheese has melted.
- Remove from the oven and let sit for about 5 minutes. Serve and enjoy!


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Lady Viola Preston can relieve a gentleman of the studs at his wrists without his being any the wiser and pick any lock devised by man in less than a minute. But she's careful to wear gloves when she steals jewels. Because when Viola touches a gemstone with her bare skin, it "speaks" to her, sending disturbing visions—visions almost as unsettling as the sight of the cool-eyed stranger who catches her red handed.
Now Viola will only be stealing at Greydon Quinn's behest. And even more daunting than the violent history of the red diamond he's after is the prospect of a night in the devastatingly handsome lieutenant's arms. Touch has always been Viola's weakness, and the full body-to-body contact Quinn has in mind is about to shatter her defenses and set her senses reeling.
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Touch of a Thief
By MIA MARLOWE
BRAVA BOOKSCopyright © 2011 Diana Groe
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Chapter OneNovember 1856 Amjerat, a principality of India
On any given day, someone writhed in exquisite pleasure at the home of the most sought after courtesan in Amjerat. Unfortunately for Captain Greydon Quinn, on this day it wasn't him.
"Very good, Quinn-sahib," Padmaa cooed as he lowered his mouth to her neck. She smelled of jasmine and musk and warm, roused woman. "You are fast becoming a master of the teachings of Vatsyayana."
He was fast becoming too much for his trousers, but the exercise was about giving bliss to the woman, so only Padmaa was gloriously naked. When Quinn set out to learn the ancient pleasuring techniques from an obscure Sanskrit text called Kama Sutra, he realized there would be times during his sensual odyssey when sacrifice was required.
This was one of those times.
His groin ached in unrelenting need, but he concentrated on Padmaa's hitched breathing and on every shivering muscle beneath her golden brown skin.
"You are the best student I have ever taught," she said, her tone breathless. She took one of his hands and guided it over her belly to the soft, sweet delights between her legs.
By some oriental magic, Padmaa always removed all the small hairs on her body, even the ones covering her sex. Quinn found her smooth pudenda exotically erotic.
"Many of your countrymen come to me for training in the sensual arts, but so few complete the lessons." She made a soft purring sound and tilted her pelvis into his questing fingers. "Why do you think that is so?"
The way his body throbbed for release, Quinn was having difficulty thinking much of anything.
"Attend, Quinn-sahib," she said, when his fingertip slipped away from the spot Padmaa called her "little pearl." "You can do two things at once."
He drew a deep cleansing breath and resumed his intimate caress. Padmaa gave a soft moan of approval.
"I think it's a matter of time that keeps them from completing the training," he said through clenched teeth as he struggled with control. Her skin flushed hotly, sending a message of desire straight to his groin. It was all he could do not to yank down his trousers and bury himself in her soft wetness.
"Do we not all have the same length days, the same ... heartbeats while we ... live?"
Quinn was encouraged that Padmaa, an expert in the sensual arts, seemed to struggle with control as well.
"Yes, but we Englishmen divide our days up into nice, practical little hours and minutes." When Quinn first arrived in India, he'd railed at the Asiatic disregard for punctuality. Since then he'd realized there were times when the eternal now could not be regimented into a Western schedule.
"No, I think it is because most Englishmen seek only their own satisfaction, not ways to please ... their ... women ... oh!" Her dark eyes rolled back into her head and her body stiffened in preparation for release.
As she came in shimmering waves, Quinn glowed with reflected pleasure. It made a man achingly alive to bring a woman to such a peak.
He was sure she'd demonstrate her gratitude by returning the favor just as soon as she stopped convulsing.
There was a soft rap on the door. Quinn cursed under his breath. Padmaa rose shakily from their bed of cushions and wrapped a length of silk around her body. "Come."
"That was my plan," Quinn muttered. Pleasing a woman was all well and good, but a man had needs too.
It was Sanjay at the door, so Quinn rose to his feet.
"A thousand pardons, my friend." No one would suspect the man in threadbare leggings and tunic was the Crown Prince of Amjerat. Quinn had accompanied him on several incognito adventures when he evaded his guards and slipped out of the palace, but it was the first time he had interrupted Quinn's visit to Padmaa. "There is trouble at the temple."
"What kind of trouble?"
"A Thugee band entered the outer court," Sanjay said. "Already they have killed one of the priests."
Not all devotees of the destroyer goddess Kali practiced ritual murder, but Quinn had heard a group of Thugee were traveling south on the Grand Trunk Road, leaving offerings to their goddess along the way. He usually practiced tolerance when it came to the beliefs of others, but garroted corpses left a particularly unsavory trail of breadcrumbs. Each kill was considered an act of puja, a veneration of Kali.
The British had attempted to quash the cult, but obviously some persisted. Now that this new band had reached Amjerat, Quinn could act against them.
He kissed Padmaa's cheek. "My apologies. I must go."
"Then your training is complete." Her musical voice was tinged with regret. "To give bliss without thought of receiving is the goal of the enlightened soul."
"I'm not all that enlightened." Quinn growled in frustration as he shoved his Beaumont-Adams revolver into his belt. "Believe me, I bloody well thought about it."
At a brisk trot, Quinn followed the prince into the sultry night and down a narrow alley toward the imposing temple in the center of Amjerat's capital. They approached the temple's side door in case the Thugs had posted a guard out front.
"What do they want in the temple?" Quinn whispered as he and Sanjay drew near. Most victims of thuggery were caught stumbling home from the local opium den, too wrapped in their lotus-eating haze to put up much of a fight.
"I fear it is Baaghh kaa kkhuun."
"Blood of the Tiger?" Quinn translated for himself as he ran toward the small side door.
Sanjay followed. "Oh, yes. It is the red diamond that makes up the eye in our Shiva. It is said to contain immense power. In the wrong hands, the energy of Baaghh kaa kkhuun turns to evil."
"Then let's make sure it stays in the right hands, shall we?" Quinn drew his revolver, wishing he'd reloaded after target practice that afternoon. He'd been in too much of a hurry to get to Padmaa. He had only four shots instead of the usual twelve.
Quinn kicked open the door and bellowed at the gang to stop. When one was outnumbered, a bit of bravado rarely went amiss.
But it only served to put the gang on alert. Quinn counted ten of them. The Thug perched on two of the four arms of the massive statue at the far end of the temple tossed them a glance and continued prying the eye of the god out with a wicked-looking dagger.
Quinn raised his pistol and dropped four Thugs as they ran toward him and the prince, their long, curved swords glittering. He considered trying for the one clinging to Shiva, but the other four were closer. Besides, Prince Sanjay would take it badly if Quinn accidently put a bullet through his god.
As it was, he and the prince stood back to back, slicing away with their swords, fighting off the rest of the masked gang. Blades arcing, Quinn and Sanjay turned in concert, a stylized dance of death. None who came within their reach escaped without being cut.
It never failed to astound Quinn how battle heightened a man's senses. He noted a hairy mole dividing the eyebrow of one of his attackers, the pungent smell of fenugreek and curry emanating from their flowing robes, and the strident scream when his blade opened a vein and a fountain of red spurted into the air.
He and his friend were both expert swordsmen, but if either of them went down, they were both dead.
The thugee defacing the god suddenly screeched out a high ululation. At the sound, the remaining band turned and ran after the man who had the red diamond clutched in a square of black silk.
Quinn and Sanjay gave chase, but soon lost them in the tangled rabbit warrens of the bazaar. Baaghh kaa kkhuun disappeared like a gob of spit into the Ganges. The red diamond left no trace as it descended into the rotting heart of Amjerat's underworld.
March 1857 London
This is positively, absolutely the last time, Lady Viola Preston promised herself as she squeezed through the ground floor window of the posh London town house.
Viola had contemplated Lady Henson's new emerald necklace over the soup course at Lieutenant Quinn's dinner party, but then the lieutenant let slip that he'd brought back a couple handfuls of uncut stones from India. A newly returned nabob shouldn't flaunt the details of his wealth if he didn't wish to be relieved of it.
Viola's fence would have to chop up Lady Henson's necklace and even then, the gems were large and of a uniquely deep color. They might be recognized. Uncut stones—one of them big as a peach pit, if the lieutenant were to be believed—were nigh untraceable. Viola would get full value for them.
And then she'd stop.
Only once more, Viola vowed silently. Though, like the Shakespearean heroine for whom she was named, she'd miss wearing men's trousers from time to time. They were ever so much more comfortable than a corset and hoops.
From somewhere deep in the elegant town house came a low creak. Viola held her breath. The longcase clock in the main hall ticked. When she heard nothing else, she realized it was only the sigh of an older home squatting down on its foundation for the night.
The room she'd broken into held the stale scents of cigar smoke and brandy from the dinner party of the previous evening. But there were no fresh smells. Perhaps Lieutenant Quinn had taken Lord Montjoy up on his offer to introduce Quinn at Montjoy's club that evening.
Probably visiting a brothel instead. No matter. The house was empty. Why made no difference at all.
She cat footed up the main stairs, on the watch for the help. The lieutenant hadn't fully staffed his home yet, but had brought a native servant back with him from India. During the dinner party, Viola had noticed the turbaned fellow in the shadows, directing the borrowed footmen and giving quiet commands to the temporary serving girls.
The Indian servant would most likely be in residence.
So long as I steer clear of the kitchen or the garret, I'll be fine, Viola told herself. She knew the stones would be in Lieutenant Quinn's chamber.
Her fence had a friend in the brick mason's guild who, for a pretty price, happily revealed the location of the ton's secret stashes. Town houses on that fashionable London street were all equipped with identical wall safes in the master's chamber. The newfangled tumbler lock would open without protest under Viola's deft touch.
She had a gift. Two, actually, but she didn't enjoy the other one half so much.
Slowly, she opened the bedchamber door. Good. It had been oiled recently. She heard only the faint scrape of hinges.
The heavy damask curtains were drawn, so Viola stood still, waiting for her eyes to adjust to the deeper darkness. There! A landscape in a gilt frame on the south wall marked the location of the safe.
Viola padded across the room and inched the painting's hanging wires along the picture rail, careful not to let the hooks near the ceiling slide off. She'd have the devil's own time reattaching them if they did. With any luck at all, she'd slide the painting right back and it might be days before Lieutenant Quinn discovered the stones were missing. After moving the frame over about a foot, she found the safe right where Willie's friend had said it would be.
Viola put her ear to the lock and closed her eyes, the better to concentrate. When she heard a click or felt a slight hitch beneath her touch she knew she'd discovered part of the combination. After only a few tries and errors, the final tumbler fell into place and Viola opened the safe.
The dark void was empty. She reached in to trace the edges of the iron box with her fingertips.
"Looking for something?" A masculine voice rumbled from a shadowy corner.
Blast! Viola bolted for the door, but it slammed shut. The Indian servant stepped from his place of concealment behind it.
"Please do not make to flee or I am sorry to say I shall have to shoot you." The Hindu's melodious accent belied his serious threat.
Viola ran toward the window, hoping it was open behind the curtain. And that there was a friendly bush below to break her fall.
Lieutenant Quinn grabbed her before she reached it, crushing her spine to his chest. His large hand splayed over one of her unbound breasts.
"Bloody hell! It's a woman. Turn up the gas lamp, Sanjay."
The yellow light of the wall sconce flooded the room. Viola blinked against the sudden brightness, then stomped down on her captor's instep as hard as she could.
Quinn grunted, but didn't release his hold. He whipped her around to face him, his brows shooting up in surprise when he recognized her. "Lady Viola, you can't be the Mayfair Jewel Thief."
"Of course, I can." She might be a thief, but she was no liar. "I'd appreciate it, sir, if you'd remove your hands from my person."
"I bet you would." The lieutenant's mouth turned down in a grim frown and he kept his grip on her upper arms.
His Indian servant didn't lower the revolver's muzzle one jot. "Did I not tell you, sahib? When she looked at the countess's emeralds, her eyes glowed green." The servant no longer wore his turban, his coal-black hair falling in ropy strands past his shoulders. "She is a devil, this one."
"Perhaps." Quinn lifted one of his dark brows. "But if that's the case, my old vicar was right. The devil does know how to assume pleasing shapes."
That was a backhanded compliment if Viola ever heard one. She hadn't considered Lieutenant Quinn closely during the dinner party. She had little time for men and the trouble they brought a woman. Once burned and all that. She'd been intent on Lady Henson's emeralds. Now she studied him with the same assessing gaze he shot at her.
Quinn's even features were classically handsome. His unlined mouth and white teeth made Viola realize suddenly that he was younger than she'd first estimated. She doubted he'd seen thirty-five winters. His fair English skin had been bronzed by fierce Indian summers and lashed by its weeping monsoons. His stint in India had rewarded him with riches, but the subcontinent had demanded its price.
His storm-gray eyes were all the more striking because of his deeply tanned skin. They seemed to look right through her and see her for the fraud she was—a thief with pretensions of being a lady.
Quinn glanced at his servant. "Looks like I owe you a hundred rupees." He shook his head. "My money was on Viscount Fenway. He's been a cad ever since we were at Eton together. I thought he'd graduated from cheating on exams to lifting jewels." He released her arms and took Viola's hand, making a slight obeisance over it. "My apologies for doubting you, milady. It appears you are the light-fingered wretch we hoped to catch this evening."
"There's no reason for rude names." She snatched her hand away. Perhaps if she kept him talking, she might sidle over to the door and escape. It would be his word against hers and no one who hadn't seen her unlock a safe would believe her capable of it. "A liar has very few stones to throw. Didn't you say you'd join Lord Montjoy at his club this night?"
"Yes, I did, but standing up a friend at his club and relieving a man of his jewels are not sins of the same magnitude, are they?"
"Relieving a man of his jewels." She shot a wicked glare at him. "Now there's a thought."
Viola wished she could call the words back as soon as they left her lips. Her association with Willie had exposed her to so many overheard vulgarities while she waited for his shop to clear long enough for them to conduct their business. It was coarsening her sensibilities. No lady would ever think such a thing, much less say it.
Quinn snorted. "You'll pardon me if I don't quake in my boots"—his grin faded—"but I didn't lie. I spread misinformation. A time-honored tactic used with good reason."
"I suppose you think I couldn't possibly have a good reason for my actions." She took a nonchalant step or two toward the door.
Broad of shoulder and narrow of hip, Quinn matched her movement with the sinuous grace of a great cat. If she had to flirt her way out of this predicament, it wouldn't be the most onerous task she'd ever undertaken. But she'd only go so far. If she'd been willing to sell herself in the first place, she wouldn't have had to resort to theft. "I suppose you mean to denounce me and see me ruined."
"I greatly fear I'm too late to be the instrument of your ruin, milady."
Viola brought her hand up sharply to slap him, but he caught her arm in mid-swing and held it motionless. His intense gaze froze the rest of her. There was a thin scar running through one of his eyebrows toward the side part in his sable hair. Lieutenant Quinn might be rakishly handsome, but he was also a man of action. Dangerous. Among the men of the ton, he'd stand out as feral in the midst of domesticated stock.
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In 1856 Lady Viola Preston turns to stealing to keep her family from falling into financial ruin. She is terrific at opening any lock, her income maker is robbing jewelry. However, her problem with taking jewels is that when she touches a gem with her hands, she sees visions. Thus she uses gloves. In India, a felon takes a priceless red diamond from a temple. Fearing the violent repercussion when the theft becomes known by the local populace, Captain Greydon Quinn seeks the gem to bring it back to its rightful place. He needs a thief to catch a thief so he keeps a diligent eye out for a certain cat burglar. His surveillance works as he catches Viola and blackmails her into retrieving the purloined jewel from a deliveryman. Their trek takes them onto the continent and back to London as the clues prove false, but their attraction proves true. This entertaining Victorian romantic suspense grips the reader even before the lead couple meets, but takes off once they do. The story line is fast-paced as the action moves from India to Europe, but it is the characters who make the plot exciting fun as the thief steals the line officer's heart while they hunt the stolen diamond. Harriet Klausner
Touch of a Thief is an erotic romance with layers of suspense and paranormal in an international setting during 1857. It has three main characters without being about a love triangle. The romantic couple, Viola and Quinn. And Sanjay, whose story leads up the premise. Every one of them experienced a loss that marked their destinies. All of them know injustice, abuse and deceit. Being wronged by the successions laws of the time. Lady Viola Preston loses everything when her father dies without a male heir, hence his title and possessions go to an uncaring relative. And she is forced to steal in order to support her mother, her sister and her niece. Viola becomes the Mayfair Jewel Thief. Lieutenant Greydon Quinn is a British noble returning home after serving in India. He also carries a painful secret akin to being the heir of an aristocrat. A worse fate has befallen Prince Sanjay of Amjerat, who has lost his princedom under the British rule in India, because he is an adopted son to the late prince. The loss of his principality coincides with the stealing of a rare and malefic red diamond from the temple of Shiva. The diamond must be returned to the temple where its evil powers are bridled, or the outraged people of Amjerat will be in uprising against the British authorities costing the lives of innocents. When Quinn and Sanjay learn that the red diamond is going to be added to the English Queen's royal collection, they follow its trail of sorrow and death, intending to bring it back where it belongs. When Lieutenant Quinn returns to England, Sanjay accompanies him posing as his Indian servant. They set a trap to catch the Mayfair Jewel Thief with the purpose of blackmailing the burglar into stealing the red diamond for them. Surprised when he discovers that Viola is the infamous thief, Quinn coerces her into helping to retrieve the evil gem in exchange for her freedom and half of his personal jewels. Quinn needs Viola's abilities to open a safe, and other related skills of her profession, but he ignores her biggest gift of all, Viola channels gems's chronicles into voices and sometimes disturbing visions. Which is a blessing and a dangerous gift that threatens her sanity and health. This paranormal element in the plot is one of Touch of a Thief's strongest original appeals. At one point in the story, Viola demands to know more of Quinn other than his body. He refuses to reveal anything personal. In her quest for the truth, she touches one of his rings, the gem reveals a grievous secret from his past. I nearly cried reading those pages. Although, the heartbreaking event will be the catalyst that unites their souls. The sexual attraction between Viola and Quinn leaps out of the pages, their sensuality and their camaraderie gifted us with a wonderful romance. The only part I didn't enjoy was the use of Sanskrit words for genitalia during some of the love scenes. This is a personal peeve of mine, but it doesn't take from the story as a whole. I love historical romance books, and I've read many this year. Sadly, due to lack of time, I can only write reviews for those which I like the most. Touch of a Thief is one of the best historical romances I've read in years. It has everything I enjoy in a book - a great history setting, romance, suspense, drama, wittiness, eroticism, friendship and adventure. I highly recommend it.
Fun, fun, fun!! When a Lady down on her luck gets caught up with working with a handsome, sexy man - watch the sparks fly! No simpering virgins here, what you get is a women you can identify with (and a man you want to get naked with!) Can't wait for her next book...
TOUCH OF A THIEF by Mia Marlowe is an exciting historical romance set in 1856 India and 1857 London,England.When an accomplished,beautiful,talented,sexy jewel thief meets the handsome,talented,sexy lieutenant only sparks and steamy nights can come in the future. Lady Viola, is not only sexy,beautiful,and alluring but is also an accomplished jewel thief of the ton.She became a jewel thief to protect her family,after her father left the bulk of his estate to his nephew,upon his death,thinking her nephew would take care of his family.Will that didn't happen,he throw them to the wolves to defend for themselves.So Viola took to stealing from the ton.Greydon (Quinn),a lieutenant,thinks of India as his adopted country,handsome,sexy,talented in many ways,and is out to catch the notorious jewel thief.When he catches her he is amazed it is a women no less.But than strikes a deal with her,if she will help him steal the "red diamond",he will release her and not turn her in to the authorities.The "red diamond" is a daunting,dangerous,diamond with a history of violence and was stolen from India's temple of Shiva.Little does Quinn know that Viola has a special talent,gemstones "speaks" to her.They often show her their past through visions,humming,and the "red diamond" has a sensuous aspect that effects her.It also does violence to anyone who touches it with their bare hands.A violent death will occur.With a strong,intriguing hero and a heroine as an alluring thief it is no wonder this story has hot,steamy sex scenes and is full of adventure,danger,lust,romance,and love.As Viola and Quinn tramps across India,France,and England under the farce of a newlywed couple they also build a bond that is not only about sensual gratification but also about love,trustand justice.This is a fast paced,action packed,adventure with steamy sex scenes,a plot that is intriguing,and exciting as the jewel thief steals the lieutenant's heart and they hunt the stolen "red diamond" to return it back to it's rightful owner,the temple of Shiva in India.f you enjoy adventure,historical romance at it's best,danger,a little paranormal,and a lot of love than this is a story for you.It wll keep you on the edge of your seat from the first page to the last.This is a compelling story of not only love between two people but also a love for another country and trying to do the right thing by that country and it's people.I would highly recommend this story you will not be sorry you did.BEWARE it has hot,steamy,sexual scenes.This book was received for the purpose of review from the publisher and details can be found at Brava Kensington and details can be found at My Book Addiction Reviews.
I happened across this e-book by accident and after reading the first couple of pages I should have achieved this and moved on. Honestly, the writing style is decent and the plot is fresh but when they start turning on the continuous bedroom smut antics (with one scene and description getting more filthy than the last), I then say goodbye and start to skim to get back to the actual story (which leaves very little reading left). It is very frustrating that with such a promising writing style and plot all can be so tainted by cheap gimmicks. For some reason every historical fiction book being placed on the market these days has to include some kind of filthy shocking scene that must top the last disgusting passage you've just cringed through. I understand the audience Ms. Marlowe was trying to reach, but unfortunately I do not fall into that audience.
Touch of a Thief by Mia Marlow is a wonderful romp of a book. The story line keeps you guessing as to how the author is going to manage to bring it to a happy ending, and she does so beautifully. The sex scenes sizzle with originality and heat, and the characters are a delight to get to know. I highly recommend this book for anyone who wants to enjoy a sexy, light-hearted historical romance.
I won an ARC of this book in a blog contest. It's a very exciting romantic adventure. The hero is a perfect very sexy gentleman; the heroine is an alluring, accomplished, aristocratic jewelry thief. The story is set in India, England & France, on land and at sea. Naturally, there are many twists and turns... lots of erotic sex... I's well worth reading... You won't want to put it down until you are finished. Pick it up!


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Anne took Daniel by car to Port Macquarie. In all my experience of travelling the east coastal waters, I have always found the roughest seas to be between Sydney and the Gold Coast, and upon leaving Broken Bay my worst nightmare but with the weather reports being completely different to what we were experiencing. We were getting up to two metres of ground swell and my crewman getting seasick made it an uncomfortable trip. I was glad not to have Daniel and Anne on board.
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Port Macquarie is one of my favourite spots because of the closeness of the central business district. We spent two weeks there and were able to travel by road and visit all the towns that we missed by boat. This was the purpose of having our own car, so we could travel up and down the coast visiting towns that we couldnt visit by water. As we arrived at each port, Id go ashore and catch the train back to the previous port and drive the car to where we were moored so we could explore each town by road along the way.Moving north, we stayed in Coffs Harbour for three weeks and, on March 22 put in 1,007 litres of fuel before heading further north to Yamba at the mouth of the Clarence River.
Another wonderful catch for dinner. Caught out on the reef
The first boating problem struck between Yamba and the Gold Coast when one the raw water hoses split. Travelling at 10 knots with one engine for four hours, the journey to the Gold Coast took a long nine hours.We spent one week at Manly in Brisbane before cruising to Mooloolaba.At 5am on May 6, we set off on the next leg to Tin Can Bay at the beginning of the Great Sandy Straits, inside the worlds largest sand island, Fraser Island.
On this trip, we met with 35 Riviera owners, enjoying their annual Fraser Island Experience event. We planned to reach Wide Bay Bar at high tide and with an entourage of other Rivieras, we thought thered be no problems. However, two hours into the trip, I could smell diesel in the engine room...
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by Kym Kuhn
Kim Kuhn aboard Loafing with husband Falko and their dogs Inka and Zak
There are stories, and then there are extraordinary events. This is about an extraordinary event, even in today's world these can happen, especially with the help of the internet.
To start, I must go back several years to the day my husband came home from work and said: "Let's sell everything and buy a boat." Well, we were always going to buy a boat. But sell my new house and our business? We had only just finished building the house, and what about all the lovely furniture, especially the pieces from Beijing.
I didn't mind about the business; we had been doing that for 10 years and working hard. It was time to enjoy life. The whole sea change took us 21 months from beginning to end. Inevitably, i became detached from the furniture and realised that, by your possessions you become possessed.
By the time we left Noosa to pick up our Riviera on the Gold Coast, I couldn't get there fast enough. And so the new life began, different ways of doing things, living the life of a nomad.
My husband is a seasoned sailor but this was my first boat and the first couple of passages were a bit scary, especially the leg from Mooloolaba made on New Year's morning north to Fraser Island.
As we learned new skills for our boating life, my eldest daughter suggested that I should start researching our family history. I thought about it, but filed it away in the back of my mind for later.
Slowly we made our way north, reached Townsville and somehow got stuck in paradise. It was here I met Lyndall, who lived on a boat called Illywhacker. She was doing family research: Genealogy. She encouraged me to start my own family history.
Well, it had been in the back of my mind for a while and, in the back of my living memory, there was a lot of information about grandparents and family in England where I grew up. I dabbled for a while then got a new computer with a great family tree program, and I started getting serious.
I even joined what I was pleased to call the "Hysterical Society", really the historical society! One of the ladies at the society suggested that I join Genes Reunited, a Web-based UK program designed to link families with common ancestries.
You enter your basic family tree and they notify you of contacts, then you contact the person via email. So I joined. Then I forgot all about it, probably because I slipped over, knocked myself unconscious and was in hospital for five days. The next time I looked at my computer, I had some matches.
One was of particular interest to me because it said, and I quote: "Looking for information on a Peter MacLean born in Islington 1874." Peter MacLean was my grandfather. I emailed back: "I have a Peter MacLean, and his father Peter Snr. was a bootmaker." I added a postscript: "I live in Australia."
I received a reply the very next day saying: "Well it seems we have relatives in common, and I also live in Australia! Peter married, and had a daughter, Elsie Lillian, born December 1909. Is she your mother? Please email me. Regards Alison."
I was able to answer her question; indeed Elsie Lillian was my mother." This was getting exciting.
Alison Ferry shares a joke with Kym
You have no idea how hooked you can get on family history. I replied and again threw in a postscript: "I live in Townsville."
The very next day I had another email: "Kym, I don't believe this, I live in Townsville too!!! Please phone me." I rushed to my phone. My mouth was dry as Alison's husband answered...
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Milan, Italy, March 6th, 2012 - Accent, a world-leading Smart Grid semiconductor supplier of communications and metering technologies, announced the availability of three development kits for its ASMgrid2 standard product family. The three platforms showcase Accent's one and two chip complete Smart Meter solutions, enabling unprecedented functionality and bill-of-material savings. Each kit includes a rich software suite, reference application examples, expandable hardware boards, and industry-standard tool chain support for plug-and-play operation. Communication standards supported include ZigBee® PRO, IEEE 802.15.4g, G3, PRIME, and IEEE P1901.2. The kits include a rich test environment which with the ASMgrid2 software libraries will speed a developer's application certifications. For breakthrough energy measurement capability, Accent's AEMET offers the industry's widest dynamic range (10,000:1) available and superior accuracy for IEC and ANSI Class 0.2 meters.
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But, lmao stop being butthurt because you got kicked from your own behaviour, child.
Also, seems like everyone else in the project has a much more capable mental understanding than you do. It's OK though, it's not your fault that you lack the mental intelligence to understand situations that you're not in... not that all of us didn't know that already. And stop tagging me; shit goes to my email and it only delays me more in everything else. Your existence gives me aneurysms over how much hope I have to lose in the intelligence of humanity. Then again, that's probably my fault for being stubborn in thinking that everyone on here probably has a tiny bit of common sense and sensibility so I'll have to apologize for that.
Either way, I'm out lol, just kys man. Your life's so miserable you can't even let CL go.
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Feel free to PM me (no guarantee I'll get to it anytime this month) if you have any questions and so on.
Objectively the better ones. You can probably ask anyone on the site which ones are better, lel.
Also anime doesn't slow down my work pace since I know how to listen to moonspeak, unlike you plebs that have to read subs.
And I'm on the bus to school you dimwit. Transit takes 2 hours each way. I'm losing the extra sleep I could have gotten on here instead.
Reading comprehension 101: I'm saying CL projects with me on staff generally have higher quality than without. Objectively. While I do other stuff on the side for the actual youtube singers on the side, it's all during summer breaks. You know, the time where I have time.
Also, no, I haven't had a good 5 hours of free time for myself. Most of my "free time" consists of me watching anime while, unsurprisingly, DOING HOMEWORK.
I mean, feel free to drop out if you want. In fact, here, I'll remove you two if that takes the salt pole out of your asses.
Fun fact: I'm home approximately two hours everyday before going to sleep and these two hours are dedicated to planning either for my tutoring job or writing essays and studying for school. I know, amazing right? School taking up so much time- who would have thought that I actually have a busy life outside of weeb,
Another Fun fact: Two jobs and full-time school.
Even more fun facts: I actually dish out better quality things in comparison to the rest of the stuff we (CL) do for projects that doesn't have me on staff, which consequently means I'm willing to waste hours on the lag that comes with editing videos on After Effects with a 2GB RAM laptop, and spending hours tuning all you shits so that the chorus is even relatively on tune.
Of course, it would have probably been done a lot faster if I actually held auditions for this and cut everyone that can't be on-tune - which I didn't for the sake of being inclusive.
Again, it'll be worked on and dished out after my exams if you guys didn't spend the time to read the previous post.
Yeah, I severely fucked up on guesstimating my school and workload (i.e., I am pretty much only home to sleep at this point) so, y'all are gonna have to probably wait until my exams are done, considering I have a paper due almost Every. Fucking. Week.
I'll get it up as soon as I can but I am suffering ABSOLUTE DEATH from school/work/official projects
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Hope you all had a great weekend. Today I wanted to write a product review on these super cute eye masks I got from Goia Boutique.
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Please help me make the taskbar icon smaller
and I am trying to make Windows XP look like a mac
There is no product. Type: Windows taskbar
Windows 7 only can make the taskbar icon smaller?
Please help
Just XP help.
Please post a video or a picture (Steps)
You could toggle full screen display mode on by pressing F11 - no Taskbar at all.
Nope -- Not fullscreen problems
Taskbar problems.
Read the problem,please.
You can make some changes if you right click on the Start button, then click Properties, not sure if what you're looking for is there.
You are not sure!?
Here is the reason:
This computer is old and it is Windows XP
And I'm trying to make it like mac
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Great answers,but this is not what I'm looking for. Good luck! :-)
"You are not sure!?"
Yeah, I'm not sure. You want the start button, taskbar & systray icons smaller? Maybe you have the screen resolution too low? Maybe you have the DPI setting too high? I really have no idea what you're shooting for. I don't use Macs. I have no idea what a Mac desktop screen looks like or what your are trying to do to XP to make it look that way. Maybe a better question is WHY?
Try line #97:
"This computer is old and it is Windows XP"
What does the age of computer have to do with anything?
Linux787, Right click your Taskbar and unlock it. Now just to the right of your Start button you'll see 2 perforated verticle lines, move your cursor just to the right of those verticle lines right click and choose View>Small Icons.
I've never seen the large icons enabled by default?
Your idea is good,but I don't understand.
please upload an image then give it to me.
Please listen,mickliq,my computer donsen't mean screen resolution too low or the DPI setting too high.
I just wanted to make it smaller.
If the problem does not sloved,then we should use Windows 7.
Linux787, Look at the unlocked taskbar picture at the link below and you'll see the double perforated verticle lines to the right of the Start button and to the left of the Quick Launch area of the Taskbar.
Assuming your taskbar is already set for small icons you could try this:
Right click desktop > Properties > Appearance > Advanced button.
In the Item box select Caption Buttons. If you reduce the size figure it will reduce the size of both the Taskbar and the Active Title Bar (they are linked). As a by-product the size of the icons in the taskbar will reduce too.
If we are not giving you the right answers it is either because it is not possible or your requirement needs explaining more clearly.
We all live on a ball.
"Please listen,mickliq,my computer donsen't mean screen resolution too low or the DPI setting too high.
I just wanted to make it smaller."
I can't listen, I can only read. Maybe if you would explain a little more clearly I wouldn't have to guess. So you have the screen resolution set at the native resolution for your monitor & the DPI setting is normal? All you had to do was say so.
Here are some options that can be performed with the XP taskbar, are ANY of them what you're asking about?
If not, simply follow the instructions supplied by Tufenuf in response # 6. Surely someone as capable as yourself can follow those instructions. I was able to do it with no problem whatsoever & I'm not nearly as smart as you.
Maybe this will explain in a way you can understand:
It's done in Vista the exact same way:
I don't mean the icon smaller!
I mean the running icon smaller.
Now,get it?
Linux787, Those are called Taskbar buttons not icons.
Decrease the size of the Taskbar Buttons - line 97:
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OK, I get it. Nobody can understand what you are saying, so this means there is something wrong with everybody else. Have you stopped to consider that as you are the common factor then you might not be explaining yourself properly?
You "now" say:
"I don't mean the icon smaller"
In your original post, title, and elsewhere it says:
"make the taskbar icon smaller"
Now, you read that lot and see if it makes sense.
So lets have another guess at what you mean. Could it be the "width" of blocks on the taskbar when a program is running or minimised (taskbar buttons) - the ones containing both a taskbar icon and some text? Or is it something else?
I appreciate that words can be difficult but that is the only thing we can go on. We have no way of knowing what you are thinking.
Sorry, I was typing this before the response above came in. I hope we now know what you really meant and that you have the fix in #14.
We all live on a ball.
No one listen to me!
Line #97 isn't finding what I need!
Please look at the top what I said!
Obviously nobody has a clue what you are talking about. You need to explain "properly and fully". That's how it works on a forum because we cannot see your screen or read your mind. It's pointless just sending us back again to what we clearly have not been able to understand or interpret.
If English is not your native language then it would be best to get assistance.
We all live on a ball.
Oh, now I almost get it.
But one more: In Line #97 what do I choce?
Linux787, My Reply #14 shows exactly what to choose on line 97.
Thanks,but when I restart my computer it just slow down when windows boots up!
But stall good!
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If you pop back, what was the fix, post #14?
We all live on the same ball.
The post #14?
It is in line #94 in the site.
Everyone stop answering quisions any more
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"It is in line #94 in the site."
That should probably be
Yes, the fix was in #14, line 97 on the site.
(94 ain't the one)
The reason Derek asked is this Topic was useless until you had confirmed what you what you wanted to do.


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