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Title: Counterpoint (Song of the Fallen, Book 1)
Series: Song of the Fallen, #1
Author: Rachel Haimowitz
Narrator: Craig Beck
Publisher: Riptide
Cover Artist: Simoné
Story Rating: 4.5 of 5 Stars
Narration Rating: 4.5 of 5 Stars
Overall Rating: 4.5 of 5 Stars
Release Date: 09/07/2016
Length: 11 hours 55 minutes
Genre: Fantasy, Gay Romance
It is the twilight of mankind. Depleted by generations of war with a dark race, the human kingdoms and their ancient alliance stand on the brink of extinction. The outlands are soaked with the blood of the fallen. The midlands are rotting with decadence and despair.
Elfkind, estranged by past crimes, watches and waits for nature to run its course.
And then the two collide.
Ayden's life has long been guided by two emotions: love for his sister, and hatred of all things human. When he's captured in battle, he must for his sister's sake swallow his pride and endure slavery in the service of a human prince, Freyrik Farr.
Freyrik's always known elves to be beautiful and dangerous, but never has one affected him as deeply as Ayden. Can his life of service to his people leave room for this attraction? Dancing on a dagger's edge between duty and high treason, Freyrik discovers that some choices can change a life, and some an entire world.
Between prejudice, politics, pride, and survival, Ayden and Freyrik must carve a new path, no matter how daunting. For nothing less than the fate of both their peoples rests on the power of their perseverance and their love.
Note: This edition is a re-release of the same novel first published in 2010 by Guiltless Pleasure Publishing.
This title is #1 of the Song of the Fallen series.
"Warning, this title contains the following sensitive themes: explicit violence"
Story Review:
Although I am not a huge fantasy fan, this particular blurb piqued my interest. As I was drawn into the story, it proved to be a good choice for an audiobook and a review. With its delightful language, creative world-building, and strong characters, Counterpoint has turned out to be one of my favorites this year.
Rachel Haimowitz weaves a richly detailed tapestry in this story of an elf and a human prince who find eventual common ground in a world rife with struggle, condemnation, and prejudice. Though enemies, they forge a tentative relationship amidst the difficulties of war and political intrigue. Ms. Haimowitz creates a beautifully crafted tale through skillful word-smithing and character development. The reader is plunged into the war-torn land that Freyrik and Ayden inhabit on the first page and then is taken along for a ride filled with feral beasts, untrustworthy courtesans, elf magic, and an epic struggle over pre-conceived notions that all prove to be overwhelming obstacles to the tenuous hold these men two have on one another.
Both main characters are fleshed out, solid personalities. There is much to like here as they each have their own set of values, integrity, and smarts. Although Ayden is a slave, and Freyrik certainly wants him in a carnal way, the relationship remains one of trust and rocky friendship as a slow burn continues to grow. The trust is slowly earned, and as respect for one another builds, so does the relationship. I enjoyed watching these two dance around each other, bantering back and forth, and learning from each other as they work together to find a way to save humankind.
There are strong political and social messages woven within the romance, yet it never seems to overpower the story or weigh the plot down. Additionally, the characters surrounding Freyrick and Ayden are three-dimensional, interesting, and well-integrated within the storyline. If there were one thing I would caution the reader about, it would be that this book is most certainly Book One. Counterpoint ends abruptly on an enormous cliff-hanger, with plot and relationship resolutions left swinging in the breeze.
Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed this audiobook and am hoping to get some time soon to read the second installment in the Song of the Fallen series. I highly recommend it to fans of fantasy and/or gay romance.
Narration Review:
Craig Beck has a rich, beautiful voice with a lovely British accent. His tone is like melted chocolate, and I thought he did a wonderful job bringing Counterpoint to life. Although his characterization of Freyrik felt heavy-handed at times, he performed the story very well, overall. I look forward to listening to more of his narrations.
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With seven days before the scheduled grand opening, prospective local customers of S&R Cagayan de Oro are lining up to get their Membership Cards.
S&R Cagayan de Oro located along Kauswagan Highway is set to open July 28 at 10:00am. Only members are allowed to shop inside the warehouse store for a wide variety of US-made high quality merchandise. Just bring any 2 valid IDs and fill-up the form given by the staff and pay the Membership Fee (P700 for Gold Member) and P400 for Extension Card holder. Your photo will taken onsite. you'll receive your card in a few minutes. The Membership counter is right beside the main entrance. By the way, each member is allowed to bring three guests inside to shop.
Once you get your card, you'll also be given a booklet of value coupons worth P65,000. These value coupons contain discount tabs for certain merchandise to be availed in selected months as indicated in the coupon.
First thing you'll notice is the array of tables at the right side where the famed New York style pizza are sold.
The products and shelves are already in place.
Meanwhile, the parking area can accommodate 300 vehicles. As in previous store openings in the city, expect traffic and high inflow of customers…so be early.
Some minor works are still being undertaken at the main gate.
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How 'bout a date with a war hero?
The Southern Colorado Better Business Bureau has issued a warning that scammers on dating websites are pretending to be soldiers, even using photos of dead soldiers, so they can get money from women.
According to the U.S. Army Criminal Investigative Command, these scammers are using real military photos to create fake profiles, and they have received hundreds of complaints in the last year about the scam. Some scammers have even used photos of military members that have passed away.
The Command reports that con artists build relationships with women and then start asking for money for things like Internet use, phones, leave papers, money to enable them to come visit the victim, etc. Once the women send the money, they never hear from the "man" again.
"To play on someone's emotions and respect for the military is extremely appalling," said Carol Odell, CEO of the Southern Colorado BBB. "Online dating is popular. Scam artists know that. So, be cautious when using this service. Don't be too trusting."
Many of these e-mails have been traced back to cyber-cafes in Africa, making it difficult to track down the individuals operating the scams. Dating services have seen this scam on their radar, so be careful when on such websites and never, ever send money to someone you've never met, the BBB advises.
If you feel you may been a victim of such a scam, report it to the Internet Crime Complaint Center at ic3.gov or 800/251-3221, and the Federal Trade Commission at ftc.gov or 877/438-4338.


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Eric Carle has a website, with a lot of good information including links, resources, ideas, etc. (www.eric-carle.com) One of the things I like to show the kids is how he creates the artwork (found under photo and video gallery on his site) for his books by cutting apart and putting together tissue paper collages. (this will actually make sense if you have seen the video/slideshow)
I also tell the kids that another way to achieve similar effects is by finger-painting, and we look through several of the inside covers of his pages to see what looks like finger-painting.
Then... we get to the fun stuff! FINGER-PAINTING! One of my literacy centers is the art center, as I found it is MUCH easier to have 2-4 kids do a messy/fun project at a time than a whole classroom. Anyways, the trick to make this work, is to only let the kids use 1-2 colors each day, and paint/cover the entire (or close to entire) paper. When I gave them too many colors of paint, everything turned out brown :( . This way, when we are ready for step two, they kids have different color painted paper to choose from.
The next week, I cut up the larger already finger-painted into fourths and put them at the art center.
Below are 4 different papers, already cut into fourths. You can see I let the kids use more than one color, but only one or two so there was a predominant color over all.
Finally, students are to cut the finger-painted paper and make it into a picture, much like Eric Carle does with his tissue paper. They are not allowed to draw anything on their picture, it must only be pieces they collaged together. (If they want to draw lines on the painted paper to help them cut, that's OK with me). Below are a couple of the finished results. I am amazed at how good these turn out every year!


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Kristi was raised in a loving home, but questions about why her father left the family caused her to feel empty. Lonely and confused, 14-year-old Kristi turned to drugs and alcohol to fill that void. Over the next 15 years, Kristi's drug use increased and led her to a cocaine addiction that would prove nearly impossible
to overcome. Kristi spent time in and out of jail, repeatedly entering treatment programs but quickly falling back into addiction. She found herself
miserable and broken. "My addiction had taken everything except my life," she says. "My home and children, material things, my self-worth… it took me into the streets, and it was just a very broken, dark time." Kristi was living on the streets and under bridges when she finally got tired o
f fighting. "I woke up and I said, 'God, I'm tired. I don't want to live like this anymore,' and I asked Him to help me get to KARM." She arrived at Serenity, KARM's residential recovery program for women, overcome by shame, and was quickly welcomed with love. "What's so amazing to me is these people that God placed in my life were so loving and encouraging," she says.
With God's help, Kristi has found the path to recovery. "It's just amazing. Sometimes it's overwhelming, just the joy and peace I have. I know the void in my life can only be filled with God, and it's just so amazing, the relationship I have with Him now." Kristi's relationships with her mother and her children have also been restored, and she's full of hope for the future. "Without KARM I probably wouldn't even be alive, but now I have peace! I no longer carry those burdens. They've all been lifted, and I give God all the glory for it."
Read more about Kristi and other stories of restoration in KARM's March newsletter here…


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A reader wonders:
When reviewing a manuscript submitted to a journal, is there any good way to recommend to an author that they add a citation of your own work?
This issue is wrapped up with that of reviewer anonymity, so there are a couple of sub-questions here:
- If you are concerned about anonymity but you really really think your paper(s) should be cited, can you disguise your suggestion (to the author, but not the editor) as being from a disinterested and totally objective observer?
- Even if you don't care about being anonymous, how do you suggest that your paper be cited and not come off as a self-promoting citation-monger (assuming you even care what people think)?
To get the discussion rolling, I have encountered the following cite-me situations just in the past couple of months:
1. I was reviewing a paper that used what I thought was an unnecessarily convoluted approach to a particular topic. What they did was OK.. but if they had used my elegant method (the topic of a paper published in the last few years), the paper would be better.
In this case, I decided not to suggest that they use (and cite!) my work. What they did was not a major flaw of the paper, and I considered the issue in question to be more one of style and clarity. Of course, style and particularly clarity are important for papers, but the problem was not so grave in this case that I felt compelled to suggest that they cite my paper. I mentioned only that Method A was unnecessarily complex (with some brief elaboration of why), but left it to the authors (and editor) to agree or disagree with that, and find a different method if they chose (mine or someone else's).
2. In my role as editor of another journal, I was handling a manuscript on a topic on which there are very few published articles, but one of those few published articles happens to be from my research group. The manuscript under review did not cite our paper, and in fact didn't even cite any of the other recent papers on this topic, but instead cited only some 20+ year old, tangentially-related studies. Hooray for not forgetting about old papers, but why ignore highly relevant work published in the last 5 years?
Even trickier than making a cite-me comment in a review is making this comment as an editor. Reviewers suggest; editors decide, so we have to be very careful. I think if the author had cited some of the other recent studies but just not our paper, I would have let it go and merely been a bit puzzled as to why an obvious and relevant paper was not cited. As it was, I thought the lack of any citations of the most relevant literature severely undermined the paper, particularly in the introduction and discussion. Without being too heavy-handed (I think/hope), I suggested that the author consider the literature on Topic X a bit more broadly, and gave a few more specific suggestions of topics (but not particular papers) to consider. Even a brief search on a few keywords will lead to my paper and a few others.
3. Also in my role as editor, I handled two recent manuscripts in which two different reviewers took two different approaches to stating that it would be appropriate for an author to cite their papers. Both reviewers were not shy about making their identities known -- in fact, they each considered it central to having their review comments taken seriously by the authors.
One reviewer was very emphatic that the manuscript under review was fatally flawed without citation of his published work. I agreed that it was surprising that his work was not cited, and that the paper would be better for the citations (and the accompanying contextual discussion), but I think "fatal flaw" was an exaggeration. Unfortunately, "fatal flaw" did apply to the data/methods, a situation perhaps indirectly related to the incompleteness of the citations.
The other reviewer very politely and tentatively and circuitously said that although he hated to suggest that his own work be cited, the authors might want to take a look at his 2006 paper and an earlier paper, and they would then see that their statement that no one had ever before proposed Idea Z or used Method Y to do X was in fact not correct. Again, I agreed with the reviewer that a more correct and complete citation of the literature, including these specific papers by the reviewer, was appropriate.
In fact, in most cases that I have seen as editor, I have agreed with the cite-me comments of reviewers. From what I have seen, it is rare for a cite-me review comment to be frivolous and obviously craven. I am sure it happens, but I think it may be more common for there to be other citation lapses, such as:
- authors who cite their own work heavily and perhaps not very relevantly;
- mis-citation of papers (example);
- non-citation of relevant papers (another example).
So now we are back to the original question. If I think that citation of a not-yet-cited paper of mine is useful to the paper under review, I won't stress out (too much) about appearing like a jerk and will politely mention the paper(s) that seem relevant and explain my reasoning. If I care about staying anonymous in the review, I may not bother to mention the missing citation, or -- if I feel strongly about it -- I could mention it only to the editor.
Of course the whole reason why we are discussing what might seem like a trivial issue is the increasing reliance on citation numbers as a measure of scholarly "quality". Numbers like the h-index now regularly appear in tenure and promotion files and letters of recommendation. If a paper that could/should be cited (but is not) in a paper under review is one with citation numbers just below the cut-off for your h-index, it can set off an internal struggle of the sort mentioned in the original question.
If you have asked yourself this same question whilst reviewing a manuscript, what did you do?


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Pope Francis told a group of Jesuits during his visit to Dublin last month that elitism and clericalism in the Church are a cause of the abuse scandals in places such as the United States and Ireland.
There is something I have understood with great clarity, he said. This drama of abuse, especially when it is widespread and gives great scandal think of Chile, here in Ireland or in the United States has behind it a Church that is elitist and clericalist, an inability to be near to the people of God.
During his visit to Ireland last month, Pope Francis continued his tradition of stopping to meet with local Jesuits during a papal trip. The Aug. 25 meeting was closed to media, but the popes remarks were published by the Jesuit-run journal La Civilta Cattolica Sept. 13.
Speaking to a group of 63 Jesuits, mostly from Ireland, the pope said, Elitism, clericalism fosters every form of abuse. He asked for their help in putting an end to abuse, explaining that he meant more than to simply turn the page.
Seek out a cure, reparation, all that is necessary to heal the wounds and give life back to so many people, he said.
Francis went on to say that he believes sexual abuse is not the first [abuse], but that the first abuse is of power and conscience. I ask you to help with this. Courage! Be courageous!
Asked about concrete actions they could take against abuse, he said, we have to denounce the cases we know about and reiterated that sexual abuse is the consequence of abuse of power and of conscience.
Equating authoritarianism and clericalism, he asked, who among us does not know an authoritarian bishop? Forever in the Church there have been authoritarian bishops and religious superiors.
He emphasized that to be sent on mission decisively and with authority can be confused with authoritarianism, but they are two different things and need to be separated.
During the brief meeting, the pope also referenced an encounter he had immediately beforehand with eight survivors of sexual abuse, at which he also heard about the cases of Irish mother and baby homes. He said these cases particularly touched his heart.
I really was unable to believe the stories that I have seen well documented, he said. I heard them now in the other room and was deeply upset. This is a special mission for you: clean this up, change consciences, do not be afraid to call things by their name.
He also told the members of the Society of Jesus that "we need to work so that the freshness of the Gospel and its joy are understood."
"Jesus came to bring joy, not moral casuistry. To bring openness, mercy. Jesus loved sinners. But now I am preaching I didnt intend to! Jesus loved sinners he loved them! He had a strong dislike of the corrupt! The Gospel of Matthew in chapter 23 is an example of what Jesus says to the corrupt."
He commended a confessor who, he says, makes confession "an encounter with Jesus Christ, not a torture room or a psychiatrists couch."
"We need to be the reflection of merciful Jesus," the pope stated.
"And what did Jesus ask of the adulteress? 'How many times and who with?' No! He simply said, 'Go and sin no more.' The joy of the Gospel is the mercy of Jesus, indeed, the tenderness of Jesus. And Jesus liked the crowd, the simple, ordinary people. The poor are at the heart of the Gospel. The poor follow Jesus to be healed, to be fed."


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Steve King Goes All the Way White Supremacist
Republican Rep. Steve King has had a long history of borderline racist statements. But this weekend he crossed that border for good, with a tweet that openly endorsed white nationalism.
And "white nationalism" is just another term for "white supremacism," no matter how they try to deny it.
Hundreds of Islamists shouting "Allahu Akbar" in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Wilders is right for over 10 years. #turkijerel pic.twitter.com/dV2SjXg23r
— Voice of Europe (@V_of_Europe) March 12, 2017
Wilders understands that culture and demographics are our destiny. We can't restore our civilization with somebody else's babies. https://t.co/4nxLipafWO
— Steve King (@SteveKingIA) March 12, 2017
King is talking about anti-Muslim Dutch demagogue Geert Wilders, who's also riding high right now on the far right nationalist movement, and who has called for the Koran to be banned and all Muslim immigration to be ended. In other words, very similar policy ideas to our current president and his advisers.
Steve King's comment was recognized for what it is by the vile Daily Stormer website, where they wrote:
Steve King is basically an open white nationalist at this point.
King, of course, is not backing down or withdrawing his blatantly racist comment; he went on CNN earlier today and stood by every word.
Rep. Steve King stood by his explicitly white nationalist comments on CNN today pic.twitter.com/wTYdsGOP7z
— SPLC (@splcenter) March 13, 2017
Dear @SteveKingIA: You know what makes America great? You get to make obscene comments and I get to call you a stark, raving racist. https://t.co/bnpApSaZnF
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) March 13, 2017
Welcome to the Trump era, America, where the bad old days are roaring back into style with a vengeance.


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The epic true story of an ambitious explorer came from a New Yorker magazine article that became a book written by David Grann. James Gray wrote the screenplay and directed the film that tells the story of Percy Fawcett (Charlie Hunnam). Percy is introduced languishing with a bad legacy of his father and an unrecognized military rank of Major though he shows exception at hunting shooting a large deer in Cork, Ireland. He is transferred to the Royal Geographical Society and given an opportunity to redeem his father's troubled legacy by traveling to the Amazon.
His wife Nina (Sienna Miller) is not happy about his extended absence but agrees to raise their two sons without him. On his first trip out, he is accompanied by Henry Costin (Robert Pattinson) and commissioned to map the river to help prevent conflict between Brazil and Bogota. He witnesses the slave trade of the natives and the disrespect societies have for these isolated civilizations. The trip up the river is deadly for many of his crew but Fawcett and Costin make it to the source with the help of a native who escapes. Percy finds pottery and becomes convinced there is a lost city, which he names Zed.
Percy returns to England with his discovery and impresses an explorer of the Arctic James Murray (Angus Macfadyen). He decides to return with Costin, another explorer from his first trip Arthur Manley (Edward Ashley), and Murray. Percy engages with the natives and their culture, impressed by their agriculture. Murray is upset and becomes ill, stealing their food, and forcing them to turn back. Murray is sent off on his own and Percy believes he is dead but when they return to England, Murray accuses them of desertion. Upset, Percy abandons the Royal Geographical Society and is drafted to fight in World War I. He teams up with Costin and Manley but is hit with chlorine gas and blinded.
His grown son Jack (Tom Holland) becomes enthralled with Amazon as well and encourages his father to take one more trip. Nina has reservations but lets her son and husband venture out with support from newspapers and the forgiveness of the Royal Geographical Society. Percy and Jack set out with high hopes but encounter warring tribes and find themselves captured. The true story does not know what happens to Percy Fawcett so they hint that he was drugged by the tribe and possibly still lived with them.
The film is pretty slow and the adventures stress more the difficulty of keeping rations and communicating with the natives. The story is certainly interesting and worth a watch to learn about this ambitious explorer. Hunnam doesn't deliver the most impressive performance but seems to be improving since his motorcycle drama days. The film had potential to be really entertaining as the life of Fawcett contains a lot of action but the movie comes up short on any action.


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Donald Duncan is a familiar kind of man, his face lined and weathered, his husky voice flavored by a regional American accent. His eyes are thoughtful as he tells a familiar American story, of how he dreamed of being a war hero, until the brutality he witnessed in Vietnam destroyed the convictions that made him willing to fight and die.
"Everything I grew up with," the former Green Beret begins haltingly, as if he still can't believe it. "This is just not the way you treat human beings."
Anyone waging war with American troops might want to listen carefully to the largely untold story of David Zeiger's new documentary, "Sir! No Sir!," of how some of the most dedicated troops became some of the most damaging supporters of the movement to end the war in Vietnam. The documentary, which examines a small piece of the complex puzzle that was Vietnam, is in competition during the Los Angeles Film Festival, with screenings on Saturday and Sunday.
The doubts of men like Duncan would eventually evolve into outright rebellion, with active-duty American troops refusing Vietnam duty, inciting stockade riots, joining off-base protests and going AWOL. In Vietnam, the film links this opposition to the hundreds of battlefield shootings by American troops of their own commanders in a notorious practice that became known as "fragging."


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Holiday Home In Briesen
House with 2 bedrooms and 1 bathroom in Briesen, Germany
From £835 per week
House to rent in Briesen, Germany
You will stay very close to the tropics.
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House overview - owner's description
You will stay very close to the tropics! This high-quality home is situated in a holiday village of Tropical Islands and is located right next to Europe's largest tropical indoor swimming pool: from your private terrace you can admire the spectacular hall. Admission to this indoor pool is already included in the price! It is possible to check in any time of the year and you are welcome for a weekend getaway also because the minimum stay in a holiday village is only two nights! The tropical swimming pool can easily be reached in just 10 minutes by walking from your cottage: the 600 square metres large property is surrounded by nature and offers plenty of privacy. The hotel also features a barbecue and garden furniture, so you can try out your barbecue skills or you can simply sunbathe and relax without any disturbances. You will be inspired by the applications and infusions at the exotic tropical sauna and bath complex and can organise your own private wellness programme in the private sauna that is available in the holiday home! Real sandy beaches, tropical rainforest, exotic spa paradise and spectacular gala shows are waiting for you. The resort is immediately adjacent to the idyllic Spreewald and is surrounded by unspoilt nature. The place promises cycling or paddling trips, trips to lakes or boat trips on the Spree and a lot of variety are offered for a longer stay! Berlin, one of the most exciting cities in Europe, can be reached in just one hour by train. - Identical houses: DTI606, 613, 615, 616, 620, 621, 623-626, 628, 630, 632-634, 637, 641, 646, 649, 652. For other building types please see DTI607-652.Few pictures are actual structural representation of the house; the colour of the interiors and the house may vary.- Daily arrival and departure is possible all year round!- Short breaks available, minimum 2 nights onwards! Prices depend on the day of arrival and duration of stay:- Abbreviations: O = Overnight, WP = Week price.- 2 O– Check in Saturday: 40% of WP; Check in Sunday-Thursday: 30% of WP; Check in Friday: 45% of the WP.- 3 O–Check inSaturday: 47% of WP; Check in Sunday-Wednesday: 45% of WP; Check in Thursday / Friday: 55% of WP.- 4 O–Check in Saturday-Wednesday: 60% of WP; Check in Thursday /Friday: 65% of WP.- 5 O- Check in Saturday-Friday: 75% of WP
Clickstay description
This beautiful modern house is made from wood and was recently built in 2010. The agent has rated it as a five star property so it is one of their best houses - tastefully furnished and fully equipped. It is also great value for money. The houseIt is located in Briesen. It is set in a good location: there is a restaurant only 150 metres away.
You can also park on-site at no extra charge. The house is well equipped: it has a refrigerator, washing machine and dishwasher. The property has a sauna; it also has a barbecue and some garden furniture outside.
The owner has listed some nearby activities and attractions including:
- A golf course.
- A thermal bath.
- A marked trail more than 10km long.
This house does not have any reviews but the agent has 140 reviews for their other properties.
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Outside this house in Briesen, GermanyThis house has a barbecue.
Prices and availability
Updated 22 January 2019
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Changeover days and minimum stays
- 22 January 2019 - 10 January 2020: the minimum stay is 2 nights.
Consumption (e.g. gas, electricity) to be paid on site
Throughout 2019: paid locally
Final cleaning
Throughout 2019: £58.00 per booking, paid locally
Throughout 2019: £134.00 per booking, paid with booking
Bed linen (including towels)
Throughout 2019: €10.00 per person per booking, paid locally
About this house
- Bedroom
- Kitchen
- Living room
- Bathroom
- Terrace
- Balcony
- Swimming pool
- Sauna
- Whirlpool
- Fitness
- Front door
- Carport
- Activity room
- Staircase
- North
- Basement
- Ground floor
- 1st floor
- 2nd floor
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- Agent quality rating: five stars
- Year built: 2010
- Holiday home (internal area 64 m2)
- House constructed from wood
- Pets allowed (up to 2)
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- A sauna
- Free entrance to waterpark
- Satellite
- Hi-Fi system/CD player
- 1 DVD player
- Free wi-fi unlimited usage
- Air conditioning cold / hot
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This house has 2 bedrooms:
- Bedroom no. 1: 2 single beds
- Bedroom no. 2: 1 double bed
Please note: the bedrooms numbers are marked on the floor plan above.
- Bathroom no. 1: shower, toilet with hot and cold water
- Living room
- Kitchen
- Hall
- Kitchen: hot and cold water
- Electric cooker (4 hobs)
- Refrigerator
- Cooker hood
- Freezer box
- Coffee machine
- Washing machine
- Dishwasher
- Vacuum cleaner
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- Well insulated for all year round protection
- Natural gas
- Underfloor heating - bathroom
- Woodburning stove
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- Terrace or similar
- Natural site (external area 600 m2)
- Open site
- Some garden furniture outside
- Parking on the site (space for 1 car)
- A barbecue
- Marked trail more than 10km long
- Marked cycling trail more than 10km long
- Fitness centre
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Frequently asked questions
When do I receive directions to the house and key collection information?
Directions and details on how to collect the keys will be emailed to you after you have paid for the booking in full. You will receive full details about your booking including directions to the property and a booking voucher that you need to hand over to the property manager when you receive the keys. In some instances you may need to collect the keys from the property manager's office or some other location which is not the actual property you have booked to stay in. Please note that the agent provides us with the GPS co-ordinates in the travel directions and we communicate these to you; you should contact the property manager if these are unclear.
Bed sizes / bedrooms
The exact dimensions will vary from property to property but the agent has specified that bed sizes are as follows:
- A single bed is typically 70cm to 85 cm wide and 180cm to 190cm deep.
- A double bed is typically 140cm to 180cm wide and 180cm to 190cm deep.
- A "grand lit" is a European double bed, suitable for couples, and can be smaller than the usual UK or American doubles. It is typically 130cm wide but in some instances may be wider; it is approximately 180cm to 190cm deep.
A bunk bed is two single beds, one on top of another. Some properties also have pull-out beds, sofa beds and/or bed chairs; in a few properties the bed can be low in a wooden frame on the floor. The beds often have terry cloth sheet mattress protectors to protect the mattresses; please use them with the bed linen.
Some properties may have a loft as a bedroom: this is usually an open room at the top of the house with sloping walls and mattresses on a low bed or on the floor itself. You need to climb a ladder to reach this room. Lofts are very popular with children but may not be suitable for adults or elderly guests.
If a property has an annexe then it will typically be a building attached to the main property or a small self-contained building. Annexes often have no central heating.
Please note that bedrooms in holiday rentals are usually not that large; you should refer to the floor plan to get a sense of size.
Quality rating
Quality rating: five stars. This is the agent's highest rating and this property should be tastefully furnished and full equipped.
What are the consumption costs for electricity, gas, water etc.?
You will need to pay for the energy and water you use during your stay of which electricity is usually the most significant cost. Charges can be based on a fixed per day rate or by the amount of energy used (e.g. kilowatt hours for electricity). We can't give you a definite figure but as a rough guide you should expect to pay €10 per day for a two bedroom apartment and €20 per day for a 4 bedroom house in the summer months. Please note: air-conditioning is the biggest factor in any bill; if you leave it on all day and open the windows to let in some warm air when the room gets too cold then your electricity bill will soar. Again these cost estimates are a crude rule of thumb and are for guidance only.
Your local agent will advise you of the extra consumption costs when you arrive; these can include electricity, water, heating, gas, telephone calls, internet usage and any tourist taxes where applicable.
Do I need to do anything to arrange any pre-booked optional extras?
If you select any optional extras as part of your booking then you will need to confirm details with the local property manager after the booking has been fully paid. You will receive the property manager's contact details (phone number and/or email address) after you have paid for the booking and you should contact him or her to confirm details. If you cannot get hold of the property manager then please contact the Clickstay support team for further assistance.
Please note: you do not need to contact the property manager about any compulsory extras such as final cleaning (i.e. cleaning upon departure).
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This house is managed by Novasol, an established travel agent that was founded over 40 years ago. We've been working with them since December 2016 and have had 424 bookings with them.
Past bookings: 424 bookings
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We are a property management company based in Copenhagen, Denmark. We offer self-catering properties throughout Europe including beautiful holiday homes near the sea, rustic country cottages in stunning surroundings, villas with private pools and many apartments close to a number of European cities.


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Pavan, How large are the rows in HBase? 22 million rows is not very much but you mentioned "huge strings". Can you tell which part of the processing is the limiting factor (read from HBase, mapper output, reducers)? John From: Pavan Sudheendra [mailto:email@example.com] Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2013 2:17 AM To: email@example.com Subject: Re: How to best decide mapper output/reducer input for a huge string? No, I don't have a combiner in place. Is it necessary? How do I make my map output compressed? Yes, the Tables in HBase are compressed. Although, there's no real bottleneck, the time it takes to process the entire table is huge. I have to constantly check if i can optimize it somehow.. Oh okay.. I'll implement a Custom Writable.. Apart from that, do you see any thing wrong with my design? Does it require any kind of re-work? Thank you so much for helping.. On Sat, Sep 21, 2013 at 1:06 PM, Pradeep Gollakota <firstname.lastname@example.com<mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com>> wrote: One thing that comes to mind is that your keys are Strings which are highly inefficient. You might get a lot better performance if you write a custom writable for your Key object using the appropriate data types. For example, use a long (LongWritable) for timestamps. This should make (de)serialization a lot faster. If HouseHoldId is an integer, your speed of comparisons for sorting will also go up. Ensure that your map output's are being compressed. Are your tables in HBase compressed? Do you have a combiner? Have you been able to profile your code to see where the bottlenecks are? On Sat, Sep 21, 2013 at 12:04 AM, Pavan Sudheendra <email@example.com<mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com>> wrote: Hi Pradeep, Yes.. Basically i'm only writing the key part as the map output.. The V of <K,V> is not of much use to me.. But i'm hoping to change that if it leads to faster execution.. I'm kind of a newbie so looking to make the map/reduce job run a lot faster.. Also, yes. It gets sorted by the HouseHoldID which is what i needed.. But seems if i write a map output for each and every row of a 19 m row HBase table, its taking nearly a day to complete.. (21 mappers and 21 reducers) I have looked at both Pig/Hive to do the job but i'm supposed to do this via a MR job.. So, cannot use either of that.. Do you recommend me to try something if i have the data in that format? On Sat, Sep 21, 2013 at 12:26 PM, Pradeep Gollakota <firstname.lastname@example.com<mailto:email@example.com>> wrote: I'm sorry but I don't understand your question. Is the output of the mapper you're describing the key portion? If it is the key, then your data should already be sorted by HouseHoldId since it occurs first in your key. The SortComparator will tell Hadoop how to sort your data. So you use this if you have a need for a non lexical sort order. The GroupingComparator will tell Hadoop how to group your data for the reducer. All KV-pairs from the same group will be given to the same Reducer. If your reduce computation needs all the KV-pairs for the same HouseHoldId, then you will need to write a GroupingComparator. Also, have you considered using a higher level abstraction on Hadoop such as Pig, Hive, Cascading, etc.? The sorting/grouping type of tasks are a LOT easier to write in these languages. Hope this helps! - Pradeep On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 11:32 PM, Pavan Sudheendra <firstname.lastname@example.com<mailto:email@example.com>> wrote: I need to improve my MR jobs which uses HBase as source as well as sink.. Basically, i'm reading data from 3 HBase Tables in the mapper, writing them out as one huge string for the reducer to do some computation and dump into a HBase Table.. Table1 ~ 19 million rows. Table2 ~ 2 million rows. Table3 ~ 900,000 rows. The output of the mapper is something like this : HouseHoldId contentID name duration genre type channelId personId televisionID timestamp I'm interested in sorting it on the basis of the HouseHoldID value so i'm using this technique. I'm not interested in the V part of pair so i'm kind of ignoring it. My mapper class is defined as follows: public static class AnalyzeMapper extends TableMapper<Text, IntWritable> { } For my MR job to be completed, it takes 22 hours to complete which is not desirable at all. I'm supposed to optimize this somehow to run a lot faster somehow.. scan.setCaching(750); scan.setCacheBlocks(false); TableMapReduceUtil.initTableMapperJob ( Table1, // input HBase table name scan, AnalyzeMapper.class, // mapper Text.class, // mapper output key IntWritable.class, // mapper output value job); TableMapReduceUtil.initTableReducerJob( OutputTable, // output table AnalyzeReducerTable.class, // reducer class job); job.setNumReduceTasks(RegionCount); My HBase Table1 has 21 regions so 21 mappers are spawned. We are running a 8 node cloudera cluster. Should i use a custom SortComparator or a Group Comparator? -- Regards- Pavan -- Regards- Pavan -- Regards- Pavan
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Parts of the wreckage of an Air France plane found in the Atlantic at the weekend contain the bodies of some of the passengers who died when the aircraft crashed off Brazil in 2009, the French government said on Monday.
Air France flight 447, an Airbus 330-203 plane, plunged into the ocean en route from Rio to Paris, killing all 228 passengers and crew on board and a long search has so far failed to find flight recorders that could give clues to the cause of the accident.
The latest search, the fourth since the crash, is being carried out using a salvage vessel equipped with unmanned submarines. An initial underwater search had also found parts of wreckage and bodies.
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France's BEA accident investigation authority said on Sunday it had found a large part of the plane's wreckage including the engine and parts of the fuselage, and Environment Minister Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet said on Monday there were human remains inside.
"We have more than just traces, we have bodies... Identification is possible," she told France Inter radio.
Transport Minister Thierry Mariani said victims' families would be informed of the findings at a meeting at the end of the week and no further details would be made public before then.
"It's true that bodies have been seen, but given the sensitive nature of the subject we prefer to keep certain details for the families," he told France Info radio.
The discovery of the chunks of the Air France wreckage in a vast search radius of some 10,000 square kilometres, has raised hopes that the aircraft's flight recorders, or black boxes, might now be found.
The aircraft vanished after hitting stormy weather over the Atlantic a few hours into the flight. Speculation about what caused the accident has focused on the possible icing up of the aircraft's speed sensors, which seemed to give inconsistent readings before communication was lost.
The Associated Press reports that rearchers are carrying out a fourth effort to find remains of the plane — and especially its flight recorders, in hopes of determining the cause of the crash.
Finding the cause took on new importance last month when a French judge filed preliminary manslaughter charges against Air France and the plane's manufacturer, Airbus. Experts say without the flight data and voice recorders, authorities will not likely determine what was at fault.
Air France and Airbus are financing the estimated $12.5 million cost of the new search. About $28 million has already been spent on the three previous searches for the jet's wreckage.
The team involved in this weekend's discovery was led by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, or WHOI, based in Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
The search is being targeted in area of about 3,900 square miles (10,000 square kilometers), several hundred miles off Brazil's northeastern coast, and could last until July.
Searchers are using up to three autonomous underwater search vehicles, each of which can stay underwater for up to 20 hours while using sonar to scan a mountainous area known as the Mid-Ocean Ridge. Researchers download the data, and a vehicle with a high resolution camera is sent to check out an area if scientists see evidence of debris.


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Bonnie Wright & Jacob Artist - Elton John Oscars Party 2013
Bonnie Wright and Jacob Artist meet up on the red carpet at the 2013 Elton John AIDS Foundation Academy Awards Viewing Party held at the Pacific Design Center on Sunday (February 24) in West Hollywood, Calif.
The 22-year-old Harry Potter actress and the 20-year-old Glee actor both attended parties on Oscars night for the first time!
"1st time in LA for the Oscars…. these three letters aren't even enough but – wow!" Bonnie tweeted.
Jenna Elfman (with husband Bodhi Elfman) and Nia Vardalos (with husband Ian Gomez) were also in attendance at the party.
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Tokyo 2020 designer hits out at Olympic logo plagiarism claims
Kenjiro Sano, who designed the 2020 Games logo, has rebuffed claims that he copied the logo for a Belgian theatre.
The Japanese designer who created the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic logos has hit out at claims he plagiarised the design, saying there is "absolutely no truth" to the suggestions.
Kenjiro Sano, founder of consultancy MR_DESIGN, held a news conference in Tokyo this week to address claims made by Belgian designer Olivier Debie that the Tokyo logo is too similar to an identity he created for Theatre de Liege in 2011.
Debie had apparently sent a letter to the Tokyo Olympic organisers demanding a response to his allegations.
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— Olivier Debie (@OliDebie) July 28, 2015
According to Reuters, Sano strenuously denied the claims, saying: "Of course I didn't take that [logo] as an example, there is absolutely nothing to that talk."
He told the press conference: "I take a lot of time with every design, nurturing them like children. So for this kind of talk to emerge is really unfortunate and kind of sad.
"If you're creative, you never start from zero and are influenced by a lot of things just through daily life. But it's also a point of pride that as somebody creative, you would never plagiarise."
In a statement, the Games organisers say: "In developing the emblems, Tokyo 2020 went through a regular verification procedure and chose the logo after a long, comprehensive and transparent process.
"Prior to the announcement of the emblem, the IOC and Tokyo 2020 conducted extensive research on trademark protections internationally. We did not identify any particular issues through the thorough process and then became confident about releasing the emblem."
The Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic identities were revealed on 24 July and are both made of elements that represent "the power of unity", according to the Games' Organising Committee.
Both are made up of four elements – a black column, a red circle and gold and silver curves. The identities are based on the use of negative space and are designed as the reverse of each other.
The organisers say the "T" shape of the Olympic logo stands for Tokyo, Tomorrow and Team, while the Paralympic logo is inspired by = the universal sign of equality.
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It's that time of year to vote for the females that have carried their many weapons with care, have taken out more bad guys than you can count on both hands and have shown the world that women are not to be messed with!
It's also a chance to acknowledge that heroines don't have to be simpering, weak or girly - they can have iron backbones and save the day better than any man can ;)
Voting will be open 31 May - 31 July. There will be 7 Rounds:
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- Round 2 - top 10 move to Round 3
- Round 3 - top 6 move to Round 5
- *Round 4/Gatecrashers* - top 6 move to Round 5
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Axiom of a 'girl friend'
By Nirendra Dev
A Short Story
Note: Nirendra Narayan Dev (nirendev1 [at] gmail [dot] com), an
acclaimed political journalist, is a special correspondent of The
Statesman, New Delhi and author of the books Ayodhya : Battle For Peace, The Talking Guns North East India and Godhra A Journey To Mayhem. Nirendra
was born and brought up in India's northeast and his father served with
paramilitary force Assam Rifles. His blog is at bestofindiarestofindia.blogspot.com.
We have previously had an opportunity of talking to the author and have posted the audio recording of the interview.
WBRi has the pleasure of publishing a series of short stories
by Nirendra. Search with keywords "Nirendra Dev" to read his prior
stories and articles on Washington Bangla Radio.
I have returned to the lawns of India Gate – all alone after a long time. Many years back I used to be here, yes—alone, and almost regularly. A melee of memories, old and new, come flooding in. Nothing much seemed to have changed here all these years. The evening hours especially on weekends would get over-crowded. The volume of the incoming crowd into these lush green lawns intrigued me always.
Those were compulsive years. I was in this city struggling. Well, I had come to the city, the national capital, to struggle. So to be alone was not unusual. For me, New Delhi exploded with activity. At a leading news organisation of the country, I had enough reasons to keep myself busy. I was with a mission. Therefore, I was in some kind of hurry also. But to pass off dull off-days I used to walk into these lawns.
Sitting on the grassy cushion, I would stare up blink at the sky above – often counting the distant stars, enjoy the breeze in summer and go back home after enjoying ice cream – but not so regularly. I was concerned about my pocket always. Heart in heart, I practiced to be a miser though I never wanted this to be told or known to anybody.
But in any case, I was conscious I had a steady and secured job. But I also knew, I had miles to go. Many things to do, many stories to break and good money to make. Only then may be I can think of wedlock and settle down.
My days and nights in Delhi notwithstanding the work pressure and the summer of Delhi, the urban violence and very disturbing law and order situation in the parts of the city I lived were far better than the violence and genocide generated by Ak-47, artillery, machine guns and planting of bombs in northeast hills. My backyards in insurgency-hit northeast India were often very scaring. Nagas were attacking the Kukis, the Khasis were attacking Nepalis, the Assamese were now targeting Biharis after their decade long tensed relationship with Bengalis. I was being escapist. But, yes, I was also being pragmatic. Bravado would not justify suicide or to stay back in that region braving a consistent tension.
I knew, I was coward too. Both the northeast violence and the hate campaign of the political class especially kept me worried. But I also had lacked the vital courage in my personal life. I had many friends in the northeast – both boys and girls. Some of them had really anchored my life. I had a few girl friends too. Some of them I did admire. A few of them, I did not appreciate much. But they were still friends or at least known to me or acquaintances. But I never gathered enough courage to court anyone for the kill.
Pushpa was one girl I did not admire much. Contrast to that I had great admiration for Snehlata. I admired her for many things. Her physique. Her mental set up, intellect. And so on. I used to admire her rosy cheeks those used to redden further when she felt excited about a movie or the chicken noodles we had in a choosy cushy restaurant. In my admiration, I used to turn poet at times. I used to even quiz her affectionately, why black mole goes so well in her fair face? Why this black Kajal goes so well on your eyes? She would smile mischievously; often making me feel that she is giving me some kind of mixed signals. These questions would be, however, never answered properly. But, I was her fan in more ways than one. Staying away from Snehlata, from a safe distance, I had admired her creamy white feet and delicately well built arms. I also thought she had a good heart with affection for contemporaries and younger ones and respect for elders. What more would one expect from a girl? Even after so many years, about 11 when I saw her last, and 12 years six months since her marriage, I could get lost in a web of thoughts about Snehlata. My mind could manage without rest, it seemed.
Unwittingly, staring the brown majestic India Gate with a facelift as the lights were switched on, I was still wondering that Snehlata would probably get fascinated by same old books, dresses and food and even thoughts, we shared in common. "You and your idealism….. often I think, you are misguiding me a lot with those lofty talks," she would often tell me.
I must have been weaving stories in my head trying to recollect the past and try to place them in present. Future obviously looked more curios when a little boy came running and almost silently stood behind me - eager to pick up his ball that had rolled near the spot I was sitting lazily.
The five-year-old Tomboyish look lad was charming enough. Having nothing much left in my personal life, after I got divorced, the smiling charm intrigued me. My gaze kept chasing him till he ran back holding his ball close to the chest. He ran to his parents. It was twilight hours in not so unfamiliar place, yet full of strangers.
The initial phases of light on the skies danced on the distant Raisina Hill, the majestic Rashtrapati Bhavan and the equally historic other towering buildings in the Lutyen's City.
It is true, often things before your own eyes seems so unreliable. I was stunned as the boy walked into floppily to his mother's arms. I gazed. I continued to gaze at the young boy's mother. Yes, she is Pushpa. My eyes were full of wonder. On the other side, Pushpa too was stunned and was probably trying to recollect my name or some old anecdotes.
On my part, I knew it was Pushpa. We were friends at least for 4-5 years. I was obviously happy that she has done well. Got married and had a child.
I walked fast towards them. Pushpa was perhaps more excited than me. She was laughing, screaming and crying in joy. She recollected our past days, introduced me to her husband. Probably never knowing that I did not like her much especially in comparison to Snehlata. Her husband appeared a sober looking gentleman. Frankly, I was so overwhelmed that I did not know what I should say. I was not sure, what was I doing. We spoke for an hour, chatted, shared ice cream and occasionally, I had to exchange notes with her husband as Pushpa had to run like any affectionate mother running after her errand yet lovely kid. Even while talking to her husband, from a distant, I could presume my eyes would rise and fall on Pushpa like a tide….. In contrast to my opinion in the past, today I found her livelier. I was feeling both - nervous and shy. At one point, I asked her about Snehlata, having known that they were good friends and presumed – both must be in touch with each other.
"Yes, I have her contact number, she is also in Noida," Pushpa replied. Before I could say anything, she added, rather very quickly, "you can take my number too…. But don't tell Snehlata I gave you her number".
I could not understand, why of all the people Snehlata, the person I admired so much and who was my best friend for quite a few years starting from pre-graduation days could mind for getting her number.
But soon I realized my folly about many things in life. Having wings is one thing, but being able to fly is another, I had read somewhere. Being a friend or knowing someone, intimately as you thought is one thing, but facing the reality after so many years is another. When during the next weekend, I had called Snehlata – honestly unmindful of Pushpa's veiled cautioning, I knew the enthusiasm was not much on the other side. In contrast, I could measure; Pushpa was more excited about the chance meeting. Still braving the hesitation I landed up at Snehlata's place the next Sunday almost as an uninvited guest. Memories of early youth-hood spun before my eyes. I was ready to swallow the insult. It was I, who had taught her playing chess. It was she who used to beat me hollow in words-puzzle and still I used to seek pleasure in those defeats.
But I was for a bigger shock. My best friend for years has really changed, I thought. Or she was like this only, 'self-seeking'. --- But in my madness for admiration for everything she spoke and did; I never understood those days. But now, since I am also over 40, I knew she cannot be the person I could even like - forget admiring. I was proved an ass in judging human being – especially the women. "As far as I know about girls….," I had often prided oneself but all had come a cropper. At her place, I realized that the self-seeking philosophy of my 'best friend' has reduced her to a level I could not fathom about. I was not being a sentimental. But in the past I could never comprehend Snehlata abusing and using scornful language for her aging in-laws. FOR PUSHPA, I HAD ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT SHE WOULD BE A WED-LOCK DISASTER. But it was Snehlata, in front of me, she shoed her in-laws away to the adjoining servant room and screamed: "Didn't I tell you oldies, never to come out when my friends are around. Die in that stinking room". I did not understand what was going on. Snehlata, I had thought once would not even scold a defying servant like this. But she was unrepentant. She volunteered to clarify to me saying, : "This is why I don't like my friends come into this house. They are my in-laws. Both have become just liability in simple words. Real burden for the earth". She was fuming.
Is this my friend? Is this the girl whom I admired so much? Is this the girl, I thought was worth emulating?
I felt annoyed and irritated. I tried to gaze towards the two aging couples as they almost limped back in their fragile limbs – holding each other helplessly - towards that servant room in the spacious flat of Snehlata. The old man stood in silence momentarily – may be willing to tell me his version of the story… but helplessly in his moist eyes only gave a bewildered look, something evident probably I could understand.
Slowly, I decided to move out of this place. To my surprise, Snehlata remained aloof and almost sanctioned by departure. On the contrary, she reminded me that she kept busy schedules these days. As Snehlata's truth came to light, I was trying to come to terms with the shocker. I tried to picture Pushpa in contrast. How much I probably admired Snehlata and disliked Pushpa? But my lesson was not yet over. Till about a fortnight later, I got a call from Pushpa inviting me for a weekend lunch. Here, was a virtuous woman, a good wife and a caring daughter-in-law. Yet, she did not complain about her life, small flat or even demanding in-laws. Pushpa said achievements and failure don't count. It is also no use pondering over properties and jewellery. For a woman, she told me, her family is the kingdom. And she said, everything she did throughout the day, her only intention is to please God and thus her prayer was, 'Oh God, protect my kingdom'. She was smiling yet again. I asked her about her old boy friend Kamlesh.
"As a gal, I don't deny I had fallen in love. But past is only a sweet dream, the reality is today. Today, I am married to my husband. He is my 'harta karta vidhata', the doer, as the 'shastras' and 'slokas' would have said."
I was being childish as I whispered almost to know, whether she was 'Happy' and added in her ears, "I am not happy after having divorced my wife". Pushpa screamed out and the broke into a peel of laughter. "Whether I am happy or not, if you are asking about my small flat and a joint family around, it is not decided by my material achievements,,, ornaments something lie shut in a bank locker or whether I had my son admitted in a popular Lutyen's city school". She stared at me straight as she said those words. And then added, wryly, "It is in my husband's smile. It is in my mother-in-law's concerns whether you as my guest had you lunch properly". I felt shy.
Having been on the wrong side in judging Pushpa, I felt the guilt. Eyes lowered and my heart pounding, I was speechless. Helpless. I smiled back and slowly walked on.


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It's a hot June morning in a small Midwestern town when fifteen-year-old Shawn Spencer arrives at the church for his best friend Tanner's funeral. Though his drowning was officially ruled an accident, Tanner's sister Jenny swears she saw something rise up from the Carthage Lake to pull the struggling teenager beneath the surface.
Shawn doesn't believe in monsters… but he will…
The real threat, however, lies in the man behind the monster, a mysterious old man who has vowed to settle an old grudge and regain something that was stolen from him decades earlier. To survive the dark days and nights ahead, Shawn must not only decipher what the man is after, he must move past his own grief, fears, and insecurities, and learn to trust in Jenny, the disgraced town sheriff, and, most importantly, in himself.
The Small Things trilogy spans forty years and three generations in a tale of murder, betrayal, corruption, sacrifice, love, redemption, faith and magic that culminates in a showdown that will pit the very forces of heaven and hell against Shawn and his family in a battle for the future of mankind and the world itself.
Joe was born in Carthage, Illinois, and currently lives in Rogers, Arkansas with his artist wife Andee, their son Fletcher, and their cats Lucky, Milo, and Camptown. Joe is a freelance writer and a substitute teacher at Benton County School of the Arts. In addition to writing, he enjoys purchasing (and occasionally watching) copious amounts of Blu-Ray discs, listening to music, playing video games, and collecting Mego action figures from the 1970s. Small Things is his first novel. Threads, the sequel to Small Things and the second book in the trilogy, will be published sometime in late 2013. He's currently writing three more unrelated novels: Memories of a Ghost, Leap Year, and a novel that remains untitled. Publication dates to be determined.
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Cubot (Macintosh)
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DescriptionCubot is a 3D puzzle game about moving colour cubes to a location with the same colour. The game consists of ten episodes with eight levels each, unlocked gradually. The game has a minimalist visual design and levels are set on floating platforms, divided into tiles, with free rotation and zoom. The cubes can be moved in any of four directions when a tile is available. In most levels however you control several cubes simultaneously. Cubes can be stacked on top of each other through platforms at different heights. Blocking paths is also used to get cubes in the right position. To finish a level all cubes need to be on the tile with their colour.
Initially only one or more blue cubes are controlled, but every episode adds a new gameplay mechanic. For instance, red cubes move two tiles at once and green cubes move in the opposite direction. There are also columns that are lowered or raised when a cube is put on a tile with a button (with the same colour), teleporters and colour swappers. With each completed puzzle Cubots are earned, a currency that can be used to skip a puzzle when you are stuck. A solution requires 8 Cubots and the game then performs the correct moves.
The Android version is offered as a commercial premium version or a free version with advertisements and in-app purchases.
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Sharks Stumble in San Antonio on Saturday, 34-30
Sunday May 12, 2013
Jacksonville suffers first road loss despite impressive defensive effort
SAN ANTONIO, TX – Despite a dominant defensive effort that included four turnovers and five sacks, the Jacksonville Sharks (6-2) were unable to execute in the game's final minute, falling to the San Antonio Talons (3-4), 34-30, at the Alamodome on Saturday night.
The loss is the Sharks' second straight defeat, as the team was unable to regain a two-game lead over the Tampa Bay Storm in the South Division. Jacksonville had a chance to win the game in the final seconds. After moving the ball into Talon territory and managing the clock, the Sharks had a second down at the San Antonio 10-yard line with eight seconds left.
Quarterback Bernard Morris dropped back and looked for Jeron Harvey, but the pass deflected off the rebound net and fell out of bounds. Initially, it was ruled that time had expired, but video review put two seconds back on the clock and gave the Sharks a final play. But Jacksonville was not able to take advantage of this second opportunity, as Morris again looked for Harvey but his pass sailed out of bounds to end the game.
Stepping back a few possessions, Jacksonville had a 27-14 lead heading into the final seconds of the third quarter. But on the final play of the third, Talon quarterback Nick Hill hooked up with receiver D.J. Stephens for a 14-yard touchdown to pull the Talons within one score. Though Marco Capozzoli answered with a field goal on the Sharks' next drive, making the score 30-20, Hill and Stephens connected again on the ensuing possession to close the gap to three. The Sharks could not respond with a score to extend the lead, however, as three straight incompletions led to a long field goal attempt that gave the Talons good field position.
On the ensuing Talon drive, Matt Marcorelle's second sack of the night forced San Antonio into a third and 17 from the Sharks' 20-yard line. But back-to-back defensive penalties gave the Talons a pair of automatic first downs, and Xavier Lee finished the job with a one-yard touchdown run for what proved to be the game's final score.
Ultimately, Saturday's game proved to be a contest between two teams that were unable to find a consistent offensive rhythm. In the middle of the game, San Antonio went nearly two full quarters without scoring thanks to a dominant stretch from the Sharks' defense. Jerry Turner sacked Hill twice on the Talons' first possession of the second half, allowing Turner to reclaim the League lead with seven sacks this season. Earlier, Terrance Smith and Tracy Belton each pulled in interceptions for the Sharks, while Aaron Robbins and Justin Parrish split a sack to go along with the two recorded by both Turner and Marcorelle. Robbins also recovered a fumble on Marcorelle's first sack of the night.
But despite the momentum generated by the defense, Morris and the Sharks' offense were not able to produce on a consistent basis. The Sharks did not score until their third possession of the game, as Talon Jack linebacker Jamar Ransom intercepted Morris on the opening drive, and the Talons forced a four-and-out the next time the Sharks had the ball. Jacksonville did find a rhythm late in the first quarter and into the second. Filling in at fullback in place of Rendrick Taylor, Parrish and Marcorelle each scored a rushing touchdown, while Morris found Harvey from five yards out to give the Sharks a 20-14 lead with 5:14 left in the first half.
In the third quarter, Morris sprinted to the end zone on a 16-yard scramble to put the Sharks ahead, 27-14. But from there, the tide turned as San Antonio scored 20 of the game's final 23 points.
For the game, Morris completed 22 of his 37 passes for 219 yards, one touchdown and two interceptions. He also led the Sharks with 28 rushing yards on his four carries. Jeff Hughley led the Jacksonville receiving corps with nine catches for 105 yards, while Harvey totaled 60 yards and a touchdown on his six grabs. Markee White added six receptions of his own for 50 yards, but was held out of the end zone for the first time this season.
Going up against a Talon pass rush that entered the weekend second in the league in sacks, the Shark offensive line did not allow a sack on Saturday. Notably, Thomas Claiborne saw his first action of the season, handling most of the pass-protection duties at fullback before giving way to Parrish and Marcorelle in rushing situations.
On defense, Jamaal Fudge led the Sharks with seven total tackles (two solo), while Smith added six (four solo). Marcorelle, Turner, Parrish and Robbins each logged two tackles for loss, while Micheaux Robinson notched the team's only pass breakup.
For San Antonio, Hill finished 23-of-35 for 264 yards and four touchdowns against two picks. Stephens led all players with 128 yards and three touchdowns on his nine catches. Lee caught eight passes for 89 yards and a score, while former Shark Jomo Wilson chipped in with six grabs for 47 yards. Ransom collected each of the Talons' two interceptions, while Andre Jones led all players with 7.5 total tackles (six solo) and added three pass breakups.
The Sharks will look to snap this two-game skid when the team returns to Sea Best Field next weekend, hosting the San Jose SaberCats on Saturday, May 18. Kickoff is set for 7:00 p.m., and as part of Military Appreciation Night, all active and retired military personnel and their families are eligible for Buy One, Get One Free tickets with the presentation of a valid military ID at the arena box office.
Score By Quarters
Team 1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q Total
Jacksonville 6 14 7 3 30
San Antonio 14 0 6 14 34
About the Jacksonville Sharks
The Jacksonville Sharks are members of the Arena Football League (AFL). The ArenaBowl XXIV and back-to-back-to-back South Division Champions are presented by Sea Best Seafood and play all home games on Sea Best Field at the Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena. Season Tickets for the 2013 season are now available, two tickets as low as $137. To reserve your season tickets or for more information, please call (904) 621-0700. Follow the Sharks on facebook at facebook.com/jaxsharks and on Twitter @jaxsharks, as well as the Attack Dance Team at facebook.com/sharkattackdance and Chum at facebook.com/chumsharks.


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Pink Floral Burst Photo Cards
Photo Cards
Item# 24274
These summery announcements are great for any May graduation! They feature a bright background with a pink floral pattern. Information is showcased in a three colored block with deco yellow, pink and tangerine text fields. Room on the right side for a photo of your guest of honor.
Card Size: 5.00" x 7.00" (as shown image)
Paper thickness: 110 lb. premium quality 100% post-consumer recycled paper matte feel white finish card stock. FSC Certified eco-friendly paper, made in USA.
You have the chance to review digital E-Proof image of your text, in your choosen font, laid out on your selected card for your approval prior to submitting your order.
Digital printing press delivers high resolution digital images that rivals the 4 color offset printing press that is used on traditional mass-produced stationery.
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