Brenda Perlin Author of the book Home Wrecker joins Dianna Bellerose and Rachel for this emotional Show. We cover the whole enchilada when it comes to infidelity, divorce and love. Join us as we discuss Hearbreaks and Lessons L earned.
Brenda is an independent adult contemporary fiction author. She evokes emotional responses in her readers by using a provocatively unique writing style. Her latest book, Home Wrecker, captures the soul-wrenching conflicts of a personal struggle for emotional fulfillment.
Saturday, August 31, 2013
Modern day Robin Hoods rob Spanish supermarket
A Spanish labour union has stolen trollies full of shopping from a supermarket in Seville to hand out to the poor.
The Wizard of Notts Recommends - Fine dining in Nottinghamshire - Harts Restaurant
The Wizard will be stirring the cauldron at Harts Restaurant in Robin Hood Country this evening.
Hart’s is a busy 80 seater restaurant which has for some eleven years claimed the title of Nottingham’s most succesful up-market eatery. Hart’s aims to provide a thoroughly professional blend of skilled service and modern British cooking in a stylish and comfortable interior. General Manager, Sally Martin, leads the front of house team.
The wine list was compiled by Tim Hart and includes a wide range of interesting bottles from small producers in the price bracket £15 – £30. Dan Burridge’s cooking could be described as “Modern British”. His aim is to use top quality ingredients, often locally sourced in simple striking combinations.
A complete refurbishment, masterminded by Stefa Hart in January 2006, provided more intimate seating options in comfortable booths.
Parking at Hart’s Restaurant
We are pleased to offer guests, dining in Hart’s Restaurant or The Park Bar, Hart’s Hotel discounted parking at the NCP Mount Street Car Park. Just £2.70 for up to 3 hours (subject to availability) Simply ask a member of staff for your discount ticket.
Restaurant
The wine list was compiled by Tim Hart and includes a wide range of interesting bottles from small producers in the price bracket £15 – £30. Dan Burridge’s cooking could be described as “Modern British”. His aim is to use top quality ingredients, often locally sourced in simple striking combinations.
A complete refurbishment, masterminded by Stefa Hart in January 2006, provided more intimate seating options in comfortable booths.
Parking at Hart’s Restaurant
We are pleased to offer guests, dining in Hart’s Restaurant or The Park Bar, Hart’s Hotel discounted parking at the NCP Mount Street Car Park. Just £2.70 for up to 3 hours (subject to availability) Simply ask a member of staff for your discount ticket.
The Wizard of Notts Recommends: GAME DAY Notts Co v Rotherham
Oh when the Notts go marching in .... ( v Rotherham Utd)
Luke Rodgers for Notts County v Rotherham
History Trivia - Pope Paul II excommunicates England's King Henry VIII.
August 31
12 Caligula, Emperor of Rome 37-41, was born. He was noted for his insanity and cruelty.
161 Commodus, Emperor of Rome 180-192 was born.
651 St. Aidan died. A monk at Iona, Scotland, Aidan became the first bishop of Lindisfarne.
1056 Byzantine Empress Theodora became ill and died suddenly a few days later without children to succeed the throne, thus ending the Macedonian dynasty.
1314 King Håkon V Magnusson moved the capital of Norway from Bergen to Oslo.
1422 King Henry V of England died of dysentery while in France.
1422 Henry VI became King of England at the age of 9 months.
1535 Pope Paul II deposed and excommunicated King Henry VIII.
12 Caligula, Emperor of Rome 37-41, was born. He was noted for his insanity and cruelty.
161 Commodus, Emperor of Rome 180-192 was born.
651 St. Aidan died. A monk at Iona, Scotland, Aidan became the first bishop of Lindisfarne.
1056 Byzantine Empress Theodora became ill and died suddenly a few days later without children to succeed the throne, thus ending the Macedonian dynasty.
1314 King Håkon V Magnusson moved the capital of Norway from Bergen to Oslo.
1422 King Henry V of England died of dysentery while in France.
1422 Henry VI became King of England at the age of 9 months.
1535 Pope Paul II deposed and excommunicated King Henry VIII.
Friday, August 30, 2013
News from down under - discover The Man of My Dreams series by author Gladys Quintal
The Man of My Dreams (Book 1 in The Dream Series) is free on Amazon, iTunes, Kobo, Nook, Smashwords and Allromance.
http://www.amazon.com/Man-Dreams-Dream-ebook/dp/B005P2DQJ0
Ever since the death of her parents at the age of 17, Cassie has been dreaming about a dark haired man. He always comes to her in times of trouble to comfort her and help her through the toughest of days. But now after the devastating break up with her boyfriend, Cassie struggles with separating reality from her dreams.
During a trip to her family beach house, her dream man becomes her lover and Cassie finds herself longing for this man to be in her life. But trying to find out the truth about him leaves her questioning her very existence and sanity.
She is convinced her dream man is real and connected to a string of macabre murders over the last 20 years. Fearing for her life, Cassie prays she is right about him and that he can save her before it is too late.
Note from author: WARNING : This book mentions an episode of sexual abuse.
The sequels: Be Careful What You Wish For (Book 2 in The Dream Series) and The Chosen One (Book 3 in The Dream Series) are both now only 99cents at Amazon.
http://www.amazon.com/Careful-What-Dream-Series-ebook/dp/B0071IJ9NS
Alexi is a Vampire trying to live a human existence, he even has a human wife. The Vampire secret is paramount and cohabiting with humans - unless you intend on turning them, just isn't done. Can Alexi protect his beloved Cassandra from the would-be enforcers of this law or will he lose her forever?
http://www.amazon.com/The-Chosen-Dream-Series-ebook/dp/B0088HTK8K
Trying to exist undetected in a human world, with a human family is hard enough when you are a Vampire - but finding out your son is also the fabled Chosen One, makes things even more difficult.
Will Alexi's love be enough to protect his precious child from the powers that be and prevent fate from dealing him yet another cruel blow? Or is he condemned to live out eternity alone......
Behind the Scenes - The Briton and the Dane Trilogy - the Abbey at St Gall
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| Realizing Conceptualizations of the St. Gall Plan |
| Karl Lasius, 1876 | |
| Ernst Fiechter-Zollikofer, 1936 | |
| Karl Gruber, 1937 | |
| Alan Sorell, 1965 | |
| Walter Horn, 1965 | |
| Historical Association of the Canton St. Gall, 1877 | |
| Walter Horn and Ernest Born, 1979 | |
| Hans Gelbhaar, 1991 | |
| Walter Studer, 1996 | |
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Several scholars have created a two-dimensional rendering of their conceptualization of a monastery that might have been built from the Plan.
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Shown first in: J. Rudolf Rahn, Geschichte der bildenden Künste in der Schweiz, Zürich 1876, 87 - 98.
Reproduced in: Walter Horn and Ernest Born, The Plan of St. Gall. | |
Shown in: Ernst Fiechter-Zollikofer, Etwas vom St. Galler Klosterplan aus der Zeit um 820
Reproduced in: Walter Horn and Ernest Born, The Plan of St. Gall. | |
Shown in: Karl Gruber, Die Gestalt der Deutschen Stadt
Reproduced in: Walter Horn and Ernest Born, The Plan of St. Gall | |
Shown in: David Talbot Rice (Ed.), The Dark Ages, The Making of European Civilization, London 1965
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Some scholars realized their conceptualizations in three-dimensional models. We provide QucikTime Virtual Reality displays of four of the five known models. The links "base resolutions" or "high resolution" below create a new browser window with the Quicktime plugin. Each must load a QuickTime panorama of the given physical model and may take sevearl seconds to load. The size of the file to be downloaded is indicated on "mouse over". The panoramas initialize with a "plan view" of the model, then as you drag (select and hold) the cursor right or left across the scene the view will rotate the model. The QTVR models are courtesy of Michael and Barry Gross.
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Image of model first shown in Aachen as part of the 1965 exhibition, „Karl der Große, Werk und Wirkung“.
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Rachel Love interviews Brenda Perlin, author of Home Wrecker - scandalous content
The Rachel Love Show
August 29, 2013 by Rachel Love
Ngaire Elder: The Dixie Queen and Her Southern Knights
Ngaire Elder: The Dixie Queen and Her Southern Knights: K-Trina Meador was born in Jacksonville, Florida and raised in Texas since she was four years old, K-Trina, is the youngest of five childre...
The Phil Naessens Show 8-30-2013 The Run and Gun Memphis Grizzlies?
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Today’s Phil Naessens Show includes True Blue LA Managing Editor Eric Stephen stops by to talk Yasiel Puig and the September LA Dodgers schedule, Grizzly Bear Blues Managing Editor Kevin Lipe shares his thoughts about the Memphis Grizzlies desire to play a more uptempo offense and Athletics Nation Lead Writer Alex Hall discusses the recent Oakland Athletics road trip and the September schedule plus much more!
Today’s Phil Naessens Show includes True Blue LA Managing Editor Eric Stephen stops by to talk Yasiel Puig and the September LA Dodgers schedule, Grizzly Bear Blues Managing Editor Kevin Lipe shares his thoughts about the Memphis Grizzlies desire to play a more uptempo offense and Athletics Nation Lead Writer Alex Hall discusses the recent Oakland Athletics road trip and the September schedule plus much more!
History Trivia - England's Henry VIII gives up territorial claims on France
August
30
1181 Pope Alexander III died. He is noted in history for laying the foundation stone for the Notre Dame de Paris.
1525 Treaty of the More signed between Henry VIII of England and Francis I of France. England agreed to give up some territorial claims on France. In return, France was to pay a pension and was to prevent the Duke of Albany from returning to Scotland.
1181 Pope Alexander III died. He is noted in history for laying the foundation stone for the Notre Dame de Paris.
1525 Treaty of the More signed between Henry VIII of England and Francis I of France. England agreed to give up some territorial claims on France. In return, France was to pay a pension and was to prevent the Duke of Albany from returning to Scotland.
Thursday, August 29, 2013
Scary Stuff - The Ritual by Mark Barry - nightmares abound!
WARNING - NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART
An excerpt from The Ritual - read if you dare!
As he ran past the
access gate near the Haven Road, he heard something in a bush skirting the
entrance. The bush itself was only halfway as tall as the three bar gate next to
it, one of those gates showjumpers vault over at Hickstead.
Against his better
judgement, he stopped running. There was something in the bush. The rustling of
the leaves and the branches was too frenetic for the occupant to be a vole or a
rat. His best guess was that a dog had found himself enclosed, or snagged. A
medium-sized dog. A Collie, or an Airedale. The plant shuddered incessantly
.
Clement took a step
closer. Then heard it. A growl. A
harsh snarl. Coming from inside the plant. There was an entrance underneath the
bush, at ground level, a two foot arch, which could have been man made. That was
how the thing inside got caught.
Clement crouched. The
whole was dark though, as black as coal, and Clement couldn't see
clearly. He pondered, and then,
he felt a shiver up his spine that was nothing to do with the falling
temperature or the depressurised chill of the perspiration between his lycra top
and his skin. He knew, as a runner, that this was fatal. You keep running, keep
the internal temperature high. But it didn't bother him. Because Clement St Anger did not
like the way that guttural snarl sounded at all.
A keen naturalist – near
famous, certainly in the area, a published expert on the wildlife of Wheatley
Fields. A passionate environmentalist who contributed to the Woodlands Trust,
and a keen animal lover, if a dog was trapped in there, an injured dog or a
young pup, he would automatically help. It was in him. Clement aided.
He assisted. He could never walk away from someone (or something) in
pain.
Half of him wanted to
bend down and look underneath the trembling shrub. He could crouch down into the
maw, get his head inside, and scan about. Whatever was buried underneath, to
free it, he realised that he would probably have to crawl about inside. The
ground was dry - the legacy of an everlasting English drought - and he was
wearing thin black running leggings: He’d be okay as long as it wasn't necessary
to ease his whole body in, in the face of those harsh and penetrating thorns. It
was something that half of him would be prepared to do.
The other half of him,
simply wanted to run away. Get as far away from that bush as possible. And this
side was winning. The growling continued and it seemed to him as if it was
about to emerge. It was getting louder.
Clement St Anger, if you
asked him, could tell you what genus the bush was, and he could identify the
type of trees that surrounded it but he couldn’t tell you which local animal
growled like that.
As far as he knew, it
didn't exist round here. He couldn’t even make a guess. One thing was for sure.
It wasn’t a dog.
He stood there fixed to
the spot, in the developing gloom, the darkening fog, the teeth of the chill
wind, which seemed to have got worse since the incident at the half way house.
Watching the bush. Deciding.
Shall I
Shan't
I
When he saw the bush
begin to shake even more, the thing within it, frantic and maddened, the
scaredy-cat half of him won hands down.
Clement ran.
As he ran down the
trail, as fast as he ever had done, he could sense something following him.
He turned round, but
couldn’t see anything and he ran and turned, ran and turned, but still, the
evidence of his eyes was contrary to the evidence of his senses. He visualised
the animal from inside the bush, bounding behind him, panting. He could feel its
hunger. He could sense its urgency. He could feel it. He turned one more time.
He thought he could see the bushes all along the right hand side begin to bend,
as if in a storm, a cyclone. The branches bent and the evergreen leaves shook
frenetically, madly. That sight made him run faster, as fast as he’d run for a
decade or so, and he had to suppress the urge to scream for help…
Amazon UK
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The Phil Naessens Show 8-29-2013 What’s Going on with Lamar Odom
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On today’s Phil Naessens Show Pounding the Rock Managing Editor J.R. Wilco joins us to discuss Josh Childress and James Johnson in town for tryouts and how exactly FA signing Marco Belinelli will fit in with the Spurs, Clips Nation Managing Editor Steve Perrin calls in to discuss the Antwan Jamison signing and what’s going on with former Clipper Lamar Odom and Welcome to Loud City Managing Editor J.A. Sherman joins us to answer listeners questions about Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook, Coach Scott Brooks and much more!
On today’s Phil Naessens Show Pounding the Rock Managing Editor J.R. Wilco joins us to discuss Josh Childress and James Johnson in town for tryouts and how exactly FA signing Marco Belinelli will fit in with the Spurs, Clips Nation Managing Editor Steve Perrin calls in to discuss the Antwan Jamison signing and what’s going on with former Clipper Lamar Odom and Welcome to Loud City Managing Editor J.A. Sherman joins us to answer listeners questions about Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook, Coach Scott Brooks and much more!
History Trivia - The Treaty of Picquigny ends war between France and England
August 29
28 John the Baptist was beheaded by Herod at the request of his stepdaughter Salome.
70 The Temple of Jerusalem burned after a nine-month Roman siege.
284 General Gaius Aurelius V Diocletianus Jovius became Emperor of Rome.
1350 Battle of Winchelsea (Les Espagnols sur Mer): The English naval fleet under King Edward III defeated a Castilian fleet of 40 ships. Between 14 and 26 Castilian ships were captured, and some were sunk, while 2 English vessels were sunk and many suffered heavy losses.
1387 King Henry V of England was born.
1475 The Treaty of Picquigny ended a brief war between France and England. Louis XI of France paid Edward IV of England to return to England and not take up arms to pursue his claim to the French throne. Edward's brother Richard, Duke of Gloucester (later Richard III), opposed the treaty and refused the pension Louis offered.
28 John the Baptist was beheaded by Herod at the request of his stepdaughter Salome.
70 The Temple of Jerusalem burned after a nine-month Roman siege.
284 General Gaius Aurelius V Diocletianus Jovius became Emperor of Rome.
1350 Battle of Winchelsea (Les Espagnols sur Mer): The English naval fleet under King Edward III defeated a Castilian fleet of 40 ships. Between 14 and 26 Castilian ships were captured, and some were sunk, while 2 English vessels were sunk and many suffered heavy losses.
1387 King Henry V of England was born.
1475 The Treaty of Picquigny ended a brief war between France and England. Louis XI of France paid Edward IV of England to return to England and not take up arms to pursue his claim to the French throne. Edward's brother Richard, Duke of Gloucester (later Richard III), opposed the treaty and refused the pension Louis offered.
M. C. Arvanitis, writer / WORDS TOGETHER MAKE TALES: Mid-grade and teen books about Elves, Pandas, Merm...
M. C. Arvanitis, writer / WORDS TOGETHER MAKE TALES: Mid-grade and teen books about Elves, Pandas, Merm...: Forbidden Wings, A Mermaid's Story and The Legend of ELPanda Paws are Fables for Mid Grade readers. They are available not o...
Wednesday, August 28, 2013
The Wizard of Notts Recommends: Robin Hood was from Nottingham NOT Sheffield! And Friar Tuck was NOT fat!
Ten facts about Robin Hood you might never get to know without The Wizard's
help.
Major Oak, Sherwood Forest
10) Robin Hood was a Notts County
supporter, as was Little John, the good Friar, Maid Marian and some of the other
lesser known outlaws. Will Scarlett was a Forest fan, as the name - an ironic
nickname - suggests.
1) Robin Hood was real and he lived with
his mob of communist outlaws in a big tree called The Major Oak. It still
exists. I enclose a photo. Like Stonehenge, it is fenced off from the public and
it is approximately 1500 years old.
Major Oak, Sherwood Forest
2) Burghers from Sheffield continually
try to claim Robin Hood as their own, but Robin Hood is from Nottingham. Proof?
The Major Oak - his house - is in Sherwood Forest, NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, not
Yorkshire. Decuctive reasoning at its finest.
3) Friar Tuck, as befitting a monk, was
skinnier than Kate Moss after a month on the Ryvita. Maid Marian could make an
acorn, two dot leaves and a bag of grasshoppers into a feast for ten outlaws.
Little John played the lute.
4) Other countries have Robin Hood
legends, including Spain, Norway, Germany, Chile, Vietnam and New Zealand. There
is a Welsh Robin Hood called Owen Hood, from just outside Llandudno, but really,
there was only one Robin Hood and he was real and from Nottinghamshire.
5) Carl Jung once described Robin Hood as
an emergent symbol of the cllective unconscious. Freud disagreed with him, as he
did about most things.
6) Nottingham was once known as
Snotingham after a Dane called Snot. It was changed some years ago because the
name is a bit like bogeys.
7) There is still a Sheriff of
Nottingham. Her name is Merlita Jones.
Sheriff of Nottingham, Merlita Jones
8).Boadicea defeated the Roman sixth
legion just outside Sherwood Forest in AD6. At that time, the whole of the
centre of the country was covered in trees. Henry VIII chopped most of them down
for his navy some three hundred years after the death of Robin Hood.
9) Here is a photograph of Robin Hood
just outside the walls of Nottingham Castle. Further proof he was a real bloke
and not just a myth, like.
More information can be found at robinhoodthemanthemyththelegend.com
Amazon Review: The Adventures of Cecilia Spark - the Brimstone Forest by Ngaire Elder
Amazon Review: Cecilia Spark is a young girl who wakes up in the morning, has breakfast and
then goes out bug hunting in the garden with unexpected results! She's captured
by a witch, finds a new friend in Soldier the mouse, ends up in Dragon's Den and
meets a Thingmabob and many other amazing characters. This story is entertaining
from start to finish and I and my young nephew (7) loved every bit of it. The
book is well written and beautifully illustrated and I'd certainly recommend it
to mothers and children - I know I'll certainly be buying the second book so I
can keep up to date with Cecilia's adventures.
By
Kate Tenbeth "Kate" (Essex)
History Trivia - St. Augustine dead at 75
August
28
430 Saint Augustine, the great Christian theologian, died at age 75.
476 the western Roman Empire founded by Augustus in 27 BC ended at Ravenna, where Emperor Romulus Augustulus was deposed by the barbarian leader Odoacer (Germanic chieftain). 4
89 Theodoric, king of the Ostrogoths defeated Odoacer at the Battle of Isonzo, forcing his way into Italy.
1189 Third Crusade: the Crusaders began the Siege of Acre under Guy of Lusignan.
1296 After the Scots were defeated at the Battle of Dunbar, Edward I had the Scottish land owners, churchmen and burgesses swear their allegiance by signing the The Ragman Rolls.
430 Saint Augustine, the great Christian theologian, died at age 75.
476 the western Roman Empire founded by Augustus in 27 BC ended at Ravenna, where Emperor Romulus Augustulus was deposed by the barbarian leader Odoacer (Germanic chieftain). 4
89 Theodoric, king of the Ostrogoths defeated Odoacer at the Battle of Isonzo, forcing his way into Italy.
1189 Third Crusade: the Crusaders began the Siege of Acre under Guy of Lusignan.
1296 After the Scots were defeated at the Battle of Dunbar, Edward I had the Scottish land owners, churchmen and burgesses swear their allegiance by signing the The Ragman Rolls.
The Phil Naessens Show 8-28-2013 The Matt Harvey Era has Ended…..For Now!
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Matt Harvey is out for the season and possibly will miss the 2014 season as well and Marlon Byrd and John Buck have been traded to the Pirates plus Phil sends a shout out to a Mets fan he met in Corfu. Phil is joined for all this and more by Blogging Mets Mark Berman on today’s Phil Naessens Show!
Matt Harvey is out for the season and possibly will miss the 2014 season as well and Marlon Byrd and John Buck have been traded to the Pirates plus Phil sends a shout out to a Mets fan he met in Corfu. Phil is joined for all this and more by Blogging Mets Mark Berman on today’s Phil Naessens Show!
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
The Wizard of Notts Recommends: Notts County - giant slayers (nearly!)
Notts County last night defied the odds in a titanic battle against top quality
Premier League opposition Liverpool FC, who let down odds on backers at 1/8. The
plucky Magpies looked down and out but suddenly began to show the form that
everyone knew they were capable of before a goalkeeping error ended the dream in
the first period of extra time. We're all proud of you, Notts County!
The Wizard's Cauldron: Forgetting Sarah Wallace
The Wizard's Cauldron: Forgetting Sarah Wallace: In the third of (what will come to be known as the Matt Posner interviews), sci-fi fantasist and humanist writer, Sarah Wallace , talks t...
The Phil Naessens Show 8-27-2013 Sam’s Place
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Rotowire Fantasy Baseball Expert Nick Falk stops by to give advice and tips to Fantasy Baseball Owners heading to next weeks playoffs, Author Bob Mustin calls in to tell us about Sam’s Place, the pool hall that is the subject of his latest book and The Dream Shake Lead Writer Brandon Davis updates us on the Houston Rockets plus much more on today’s Phil Naessens Show
Rotowire Fantasy Baseball Expert Nick Falk stops by to give advice and tips to Fantasy Baseball Owners heading to next weeks playoffs, Author Bob Mustin calls in to tell us about Sam’s Place, the pool hall that is the subject of his latest book and The Dream Shake Lead Writer Brandon Davis updates us on the Houston Rockets plus much more on today’s Phil Naessens Show
History Trivia - Danes crushed by the Catholic League in Germany
550 BC Confucius, famous wise man of China is believed to have been born around this date.
479 BC Greco-Persian Wars: Persian forces led by Mardonius were routed by Pausanias, the Spartan commander of the Greek army in the Battle of Plataea.
410 The sacking of Rome by the Visigoths ended after three days.
1172 Henry the Young King and Margaret of France were crowned as junior king and queen of England.
1626 The Danes were crushed by the Catholic League in Germany, marking the end of Danish intervention in European wars.
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