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Of all the charts we've seen surrounding the so-called Fiscal Cliff, this might be the scariest one we've seen. It's from a Citi survey of clients taken a couple weeks ago.
It's not even close. The belief that all of the spending cuts and tax hikes will get pushed off is overwhelmingly what investors expect to happen.
The best reason to be optimistic is that recent history shows us that in the end, Congress staves off disaster. Certainly the debt ceiling negotiations last summer, even though they went to the brink, showed that the two parties can come together and avoid a catastrophe.
But this is not the debt ceiling all over again, in part because failure to reach an agreement would not be a catastrophe. It would just be really bad. And the lack of Mutually Assured Destruction means an agreement is not a sure thing.
In his weekend US Macro Dashboard note, Morgan Stanley's chief economist Vincent Reinhart suggests that the odds of a deal not getting struck have grown since Paul Ryan was picked.
Contesting the election on big fiscal principles, however, also raises the chance of a punishing 2013 outcome. Individual election victors will rightly view themselves as having a clear mandate from voters who had been given a clear choice. But what happens if, in the aggregate, voters opt for a divided government? If the control of the White House and the Congress continues to be split, it might be even harder to compromise next year, even compared to this year's polarized results.
Ryan aside, investors may also be underestimating the degree to which Democrats would be fine with the country completely flying off the fiscal cliff.
Remember, one half of it is the Bush tax cuts (the Bush tax cuts which Democrats have no allegiance to) and spending cuts that hit defense, but don't hit entitlements.
So not only does the fiscal cliff not have the Mutually Assured Destruction angle (because unlike with the debt ceiling fight, the Full Faith and Credit of the Republic probably isn't at risk), it's not even clear that one party would be particularly bothered by a complete sail off (especially if that party were out of The White House come November).


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During the September 20 bargaining session, the Rutgers University administration team again failed to engage in serious negotiations. They did nothing to change significantly our previous assessment that the RU administration team is a set of highly-paid administrators with their well-compensated attorney paid to sit across the table from their full-time non-tenure track faculty employees and maintain that, by design, the administration wants to continue thinking of them as a disposable and inexpensive labor pool, in spite of the fact that President Barchi stated on July 11, 2013 at a meeting of the Board of Governors that NTT faculty are not "throw-aways" and should have their working conditions improved.
The AAUP-AFT NTT bargaining team and our members continue to press the RU administration to invest money in the core missions of the university – teaching and research. We are drawing attention to gaping holes in the policies and practices that govern the evaluation, reappointment, and promotion of non-tenure track, full-time faculty at Rutgers University and, in addition, we must not forget the matter of pay.
Establish consistent procedures:
Proper evaluation, reappointment and promotion require standard practices, such as setting triggers for eligibility for promotion and creating a method for reappointment. These standards do not exist at Rutgers. Our proposals establish them
Need to promote job security:
You can teach for decades at Rutgers as a non-renewable faculty member, without the right to advance notice of termination and without being evaluated. Non-renewables never acquire any seniority because if they work beyond their initial appointment, they are, by definition, not renewed. Sometimes it is the person who is non-renewable, sometimes it is the position the person (temporarily) fills that is non-renewable, and in the confusion the employer oversteps fair employment practices.
Rutgers NTT minimum salaries are low compared with other New Jersey higher education institutions:
We know that 15% of all full-time NTT faculty working at Rutgers earn less than $45,000 per year. Rutgers University hires full-time faculty to instruct undergraduates at minimum salaries that are about the lowest in the State of New Jersey for comparable work. Instructors at the county colleges earn significantly more, as do most high school teachers around the state. In Middlesex County, for example, hundreds of research assistants, research associates, and instructors employed full-time at Rutgers earn less than the area's living wage. There are full-time NTT faculty at Rutgers who qualify for public assistance – food stamps or housing subsidies – that is, if they are citizens or hold a green card.
Show your solidarity for bargaining in good faith: Sign the Petition in Support of Non-Tenure Track faculty


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Whoever came up with the saying "First year, they scare you to death; Second year, they work you to death; Third year, they bore you to death" obviously wasn't on the Editorial Board of the Law Review. Even though I am only taking eight credits this semester, I've been unbelievably swamped. I can't believe I haven't posted since early February. Yikes!
Whoever Came Up With . . .
May 7, 2012
Kudos to Bowen Administration
February 2, 2012
I realize I haven't posted much since finals began last semester. Perhaps this is because I found the finals much more difficult than I anticipated. But I'm here now . . . so quit your complaining. GOSH!
I was inspired to write this blog post to give a big kudos to the UALR William H. Bowen School of Law administration for publishing employment data from the Class of 2010. With more and more law schools being sued because of employment data, this was probably a wise decision. Of course, as mentioned on Bowen's Employment Data page, this information has been posted on Symplicity, which means that students have had access to this information for quite some time even if they didn't realize it.
My one complaint about this data is that it is from the 2010 class and there is no information about when it was collected. For all we know this data was collected yesterday and represents the employment data for folks who graduated twenty-one months ago. I would like to think that 100% of law school graduates are able to find employment of some sort in twenty-one months. However, my suspicion is that this data was collected some time ago.
In any event, I sing Kudos to the administration for making this information so publicly available and easy to understand.
Dear Help Me God
December 7, 2011
Dear Help Me God! T-minus 55 minutes until the start of my first exam of the semester: Conflict of Laws. This one may be the end up me. I haven't been this scared of an exam since first semester of 1L. If anyone has an extra time machine just gathering dust in the garage, now would be the time to loan it to me so I can go back and not enroll in this one.
Here goes nothing!
Best. Email. Ever.
November 30, 2011
In one of my classes today, the professor suddenly asked everyone in the class to pull out a sheet of paper and write their name at the top of the paper. The professor then had us write the holding of a specific case that was in our reading. We only had about forty-five seconds to write our answer and turn it in.
About twenty minutes ago, that professor sent the following email to everyone in the class:
The class stats show that
- 17 students admitted that they did not read [the case].
- 9 students said that they read, but did not remember, [the case].
- 5 students attempted to answer the question, but none did so correctly.
- 3 students responded "?"It will be difficult to fit these figures into the mandatory grading curve, primarily because I am not exactly sure whether it is better to be wrong, suffer memory collapse, or admit dereliction. Also, I am not certain what grade should be assigned to "?"[professor's name], apparently not your teacher
Best. Email. Ever.
In our defense, today is the last time this class will meet before the final. Heck, it wasn't even held on the normal day. I realize that this doesn't excuse our lack of preparedness, but… well… just… but. *shrugs*
Guerrilla Tactic Time!
November 30, 2011
Okay… STOP! If you are a law student and have not at least skimmed Guerrilla Tactics For Getting The Legal Job Of Your Dreams by Kimm Alayne Walton, J.D., then you are doing something wrong.
Before the Thanksgiving break last week, I made an unannounced visit to Career Services. To date, I have always been satisfied by the services offered by the William H. Bowen School of Law Career Services. Personally, I think a many more people would be satisfied with their services if they didn't expect CS to actually find a job for them. CS is there to help YOU find a job.
Anyways… during my visit with CS, the Assistant Dean recommended that I read Guerrilla Tactics. I was able to check out the nearly 1400-page book for a few days. Technically, I
think know I was supposed to turn it back in on Monday, but I still have it. (Don't worry, I'll turn it in today.) Due to the holiday, I didn't get to read as much of it as I wanted, so I went ahead and bought a used copy from Amazon. This will give me a (hopefully) fresh copy that I can highlight, tab, and markup to my hearts desire.
My only regret is not finding this book earlier. This would be the perfect reading for a 1L during the Christmas break. Still, I think this (hand)book will prove well worth the $30 investment. So, go get yourself a copy!
Narrowing It Down
November 11, 2011
I updated my Metablog #2 post with new information regarding the *rumors* I've heard about salaries for new attorneys in Little Rock, Arkansas.
With that out of the way, this post is an update to my October 28, 2011, post titled Decisions, Decisions. In that post, I listed the Spring 2012 courses I was considering. Those courses were the following: Litigation Clinic, Mediation Clinic, Externship, Sales Transactions, Law and Economics, Arkansas Criminal Trial Practice, Law Practice Management, Jurisprudence, and Law & Psychiatry.
By not submitting a timely application for clinics, I have ruled out Litigation Clinic and Mediation Clinic. As much as I liked the idea of not having any normal courses, the courses that are being offered are too tempting to pass up.
I did decide to apply for externships and I am quite confident that I'll be given one. I interviewed with the head of externships on campus and all went well. Not necessarily in this order, I applied for a few judicial externships, and an externship in a mayor's office, a city attorney's office, the Federal Public Defenders office & the Arkansas Public Defender Commission. I should know soon which, if any, position I will get.
I also found more information about two courses: Arkansas Criminal Trial Practice & Law Practice Management. The following is a description of those classes:
Arkansas Trial Practice Management (Written in the first person by the professor teaching the course.)
ArCrTrPr is a problems based course that will incorporate some skills training this spring. The problems include facts and directed readings (statutes, procedural rules, evidentiary rules and cases) that provide the basis for class discussions. Students are paired as prosecutors and defense counsel for each problem and the discussion typically begins when I ask the prosecutors what charges they intend to bring based on the facts. I may also ask for a theory of the case supporting the charges they will bring. Then I usually turn to the defense counsel and ask what options they have in terms of statutory affirmative defenses and defenses and non-statutory theories of defense based on the facts. I then will ask the prosecutors who they will call as witnesses and in what sequence to prove their case. Defense counsel are then likely going to be asked what pre-trial motions they expect to follow. If the defense will move to suppress evidence, I will inquire as to the theory for suppression, then ask the prosecution how they will respond. This continues in a back and forth exchange until I suggest the court's ruling and ask how this will impact the party losing on the motion.
All of this is to say that you have to prepare for each class and prepare with your assigned partner. Students will not be permitted to use laptops in this class and will only be allowed four absences. A student who is absent when they are scheduled to discuss a problem must provide a medical or family emergency excuse since their absence will leave the partner assigned for the problem without benefit of help in responding to my questioning.
I anticipate that [another professor] and I will integrate skills training and some practical observation in the course. For instance, I think I would like to have students observe a guilty plea proceeding conducted by a judge and practitioners so that you will know what occurs during a guilty plea. I expect that we will conduct jury selection exercises that will require each student to voir dire other members of the class on a discrete set of facts. If this works, we may develop some motions practice exercises to get you before the Bench and in front of the class.
Law Practice Management
Involves the creation of a simulated law office. The students will confront issues of corporate structure; staff management; accounting; budgeting; billing; advertising; client relations; case management; conflicts of interest; confidentiality; time management and other issues. The grade will be based on class presentations, class participation, and written proposals.
This is our most recent description of the class. It is a 2 hour class. It is open to students who will graduate in May or December. There is a day section and an evening section. Students will have to register for the section in their division.
Currently, it looks like I'm going to take both of these courses and an externship. Combined with my one credit of law review work, this will be enough credits to graduate. If you ask me, and I realize that you haven't, this looks like a nice light load for my final semester of law school. Hopefully, this light load will allow me to focus more of my energy into ensuring that the symposium goes smoothly.
Applying for law school?
October 30, 2011
If you will be applying for law school—either at UALR's William H. Bowen School of Law or somewhere else—you should be aware that law school admissions folks around the nation are using the internet to research applicants. For more information take a look at this ABA article.


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This is a very good speech by Janet Yellen, the vice chair of the Federal Reserve.
Yellen's core question is simple: "deeper recessions are usually followed by stronger-than-average recoveries." But "this recovery has been significantly weaker than past experience would have predicted." Why?
As all great orators do, Yellen begins with a chart. "The dashed line in exhibit 1 shows how real GDP would have been expected to increase in this recovery, based on the experience of the United States and other advanced economies and given the depth and duration of the Great Recession," she says.
Yellen's innovation in this speech is that rather than focusing on what's holding this recovery back, she focuses on the forces that have driven past recoveries -- the "tailwinds," as she calls them -- that have been absent from this one.
Tailwind #1: Fiscal policy. "History shows that fiscal policy often helps to support an economic recovery," Yellen says. But that's not been the case in this recovery. "In the year following the end of the recession, discretionary fiscal policy at the federal, state, and local levels boosted growth at roughly the same pace as in past recoveries, as exhibit 3 indicates. But instead of contributing to growth thereafter, discretionary fiscal policy this time has actually acted to restrain the recovery."
Tailwind #2: Housing. "Before the Great Recession, housing investment added an average of 1/2 percentage point to real GDP growth in the two years after each of the previous four recessions, considerably more than its contribution to growth at other times. During this recovery, in contrast, residential investment, on net, has contributed very little to growth since the recession ended."
Tailwind #3: Faith. "Another important tailwind in most economic recoveries is one that tends to be taken for granted--the faith most of us have, based on history and personal experience, that recessions are temporary and that the economy will soon get back to normal," says Yellen. "Even during recessions, households' expectations for income growth tend to be reasonably stable, which provides support for overall spending. In the most recent recession, however, surveys suggest that consumers sharply revised down their prospects for future income growth and have only partially adjusted up their expectations since then."
Yellen has been among the members of the Fed pushing the central bank to do more to alleviate unemployment. And so she ends her speech by defending her underlying view that "a broad-based cyclical shortage of demand is the main cause of today's elevated unemployment rate," which means the Federal Reserve can help.
In recent months, however, Yellen and her allies have won. The Fed is doing more to fight unemployment. It's doing about as much as Yellen has asked it to do, in fact. But it's not been nearly enough. And so the glaring omission in Yellen's speech is what she believes would be enough. My guess is that Yellens' view is that the Fed has done all it can do to keep interest rates low. What's needed now is for Congress to step up and take advantage of those low interest rates.
Indeed, Congress could help put all three tailwinds back into play. They control fiscal policy, and so they could take advantage of the low interest rates to, say, rebuild the nation's infrastructure or pass a massive tax cut, or both. They have broad power over the housing market, and so they could pass legislation -- like that proposed by Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) -- to make it easier for homeowners to take advantage of low interest rates and refinance.
And while the nation's grim mood isn't entirely Congress's fault, the gridlock, doomsaying and brinkmanship that has come to define Washington in recent years certainly isn't making Americans more confident in the future.


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Traditional Chinese Medicine, commonly referred to as TCM, is a holistic health care method dating back 2 500 years. The practitioners of this ancient form of treatment view the entire body as an intricate arrangement of interconnected parts (known as Qi), rather than separate organs and systems.
A TCM practitioner will take into account all aspects of the patient's life, rather than just diagnose the obvious symptoms present.
The concept of Qi
Traditional Chinese Medicine focuses on maintaining the balance of Qi (pronounced "chee") in the body. Qi is the "circulating life force" present in every person's body.
When you are overworked, stressed and run down, the flow of energy in your body is disrupted, consequently opening you up to illnesses and making your body fragile and fatigued.
Westerners regard stress and a busy schedule as signs of being hard working, ambitious and diligent. In Eastern medicine practices however, this is not a good thing at all. According to TCM, making little or no time to recoup and reflect, disrupts the proper hormonal balance within you.
TCM practices aim to restore the balance of Qi, the life force, or energy, flowing through your body. This is done by using various natural remedies and techniques including:
- acupuncture,
- cupping therapy,
- herbal medicine,
- tai chi,
- nutrition, and
- exercise.
Yin and Yang
An important concept of TCM is yin and yang, which are opposing yet complementary energies. One of the primary goals of TCM is to restore the balance of energy between yin and yang in the body, because when one is more dominant than the other, your health suffers.
The familiar black and white yin yang symbol embodies the idea of all the earth's opposing forces. These include winter and summer, energy and rest, hot and cold, male and female, and so on. "Yin" literally means shady side and "Yang" sunny side.
Treatments and remedies used in Traditional Chinese Medicine.
During acupuncture the practitioner inserts thin, sterile needles into specific points on the skin along energy "channels" or meridians. The needles are then stimulated by hand or electrically, to restore the body's natural energy flow of Qi.
Acupuncture is used to treat:
- chronic pain and headaches,
- depression,
- anxiety and insomnia,
- improve fertility
- help ease morning sickness.
Furthermore, acupuncture can also help to prevent cognitive decline in patients suffering from degenerative diseases, such as Parkinson's.
Cupping therapy
Cupping is when a series of cups are placed on the patient's back. The cups are then carefully heated with fire, hot oil or hot water and sealed off. As they cool, the vacuum which is created dulls pain, draws out toxins from the body, increases blood flow and breaks up deep scar tissue.
Cupping therapy is similar to acupuncture and can treat:
- muscle aches and stiffness,
- arthritis,
- blood conditions like anemia and hemophilia,
- high blood pressure,
- tension,
- anxiety, and
- depression.
Herbal medicines
Trained herbalists use a wide variety of herbs, minerals, tinctures, teas and natural extracts to treat ailments and help restore the body to homeostasis (balance) and Qi. The herbalist will aim to correct the dysfunction of organs and unhealthy body patterns.
Common ingredients used in Chinese herbal medicine include Gingko Biloba, astragalus root, reishi mushrooms, goji berries and ginseng to name a few.
In consultation with the herbalist various herbs or ingredients will be prescribed to treat anything from colds and flu, breathing difficulty, fatigue and allergies to infertility and even recovering cancer patients.
Tai chi
Often represented by the black and white Yin Yang symbol, tai chi is a mind-body exercise using controlled breathing, martial arts principles, Eastern philosophies and Chinese medicine.
Harvard researchers have said that practicing tai chi regularly for as little as 12 weeks can help you to achieve a "healthy body, strong heart and sharp mind."
The exercises are slow and gentle and are perfect for the elderly as it has anti-aging benefits as well. The Official Publication of The State Medical Society of Wisconsin reported that "Tai chi is an exercise form effective for seniors. It is a relatively low-tech approach to preventing disability and maintaining physical performance in older adults."
According to TCM, certain flavors are drawn to particular organ systems, these are explained below:
- sourness gets drawn to the liver and gallbladder,
- bitter to the small intestine and heart,
- salty to the bladder and kidneys,
- spicy to the lungs and large intestine, and
- sweet to the stomach and spleen.
Yin and Yang play an important role in Chinese nutrition. Vegetables tend to be yin in energy and meats are yang.
You can balance your nutrition by consuming yin food in the summer (the most yang time of the year), and yang foods in the winter (the most yin time of the year).
How is Traditional Chinese Medicine Beneficial?
- Reduces inflammation and may offer increased protection against cancer
- Aids fertility and balancing of the hormones
- Preserves muscle strength, balance and flexibility
- Can help to reduce chronic pain and headaches
- Improves liver health
- Cognitive health protection
- It aids in lowering the body's stress response
Since there are almost no negative side effects when using TCM, it is worth your while to give some of the remedies a try.


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New blog can be found Wordpress: The Flint Hatchet. I will not be updating this journal any more but will leave it up for future reference / backup / whatever.
Thanks, and please update bookmarks.
'We build stories in our heads', writes Gaiman. 'We take words, and we give them power, and we look out through other eyes, and we see, and experience, what they see. I wonder, Are fictions safe places? And then I ask myself, Should they be safe places?'
So simple yet so profund. Are works of fiction safe - and should they be?
I am going to take the side of "no," works of fiction are not obligated to be safe places for the reader. At the same time, the author is under no obligation to challenge the reader. But wait, how can that dichotomy be? Well, let me try to expain.
In my experience, the best lessons in life come not from the classroom or the laboratory, but from the world. Someone can be told about love, terror, despair, joy, and triumph. Someone can have their assertions and biases challenged in an academic setting. Someone can watch a slideshow the best way to drive a car. None of those are as effective as actually driving. Or interacting with someone that knocks their preconceived notions off a pedestal. Or loving, fearing, despairing, being overjoyed, or winning over an obstacle.
And I think that is what succesful stories do. They draw the reader inside and tap into those deep emotions seated in the back of our lizard brains. We experience the wins and losses of the protagonist. We anguish alongside them at their heartbreaks, and feel that delightful schadenfreude at their revenges.
But here's the thing: change is hard. Change is scary. We're creatures of habit. We resist change. At some level, if we knew before reading a book or watching a movie that we'd experience such intense emotions, on some level we shy away. It's a danger to our states of mind and we do move away from danger. But fiction should be allowed to challenge us, to make us look inward, make us reflect and feel. After all, it is only through change that we grow.
Then one might ask the question, "Should fiction be obligated to challenge the reader? Should fiction always be an unsafe place?" Well, no. That is entirely in the hands of the author. For all the intensity and haunting imagery felt by the reader, it is felt by the writer first. A quote about peering into the abyss seems appropriate here. I've written some pretty dark and disturbing stuff, to the point where even good friends and family members have asked, "What is wrong with you?" (Good question, guys.) So, if on the chance I want to write something cliched and traditional, where not only will I not make the reader unsafe, I will not make it unsafe for myself, why can I not do that? Can I tell a story where there is no great moral imperitive or raging torrent of emotional energy? Yes, it might make the story a little - for lack of a better word - boring. Maybe. But is that my right as the author?
I like to read stories that challenge my assumptions, as long as I don't feel lectured. I also like reading something predictable and safe. And I should be able to. It's comfort food for the mind and sometimes, you just have to do something kind for yourself. Otherwise, why do anything?
So anyway, rambling thoughts for early on a Wednesday morning. As always, comments, dissenting thoughts, and insults are always welcome.
YOU CAN'T STOP IT. People will speak up, no matter what you do. If that means depicting the prophet Muhammed covered in mayonnaise while shaking hands with Batman, then it's going to happen. Attack or kill them, more will take their place - and while our society is tolerant of your differences, it is not eternally so. All you do with your violent acts is invite it back tenfold on yourself and everything you care about. So don't go away mad. Just go away.
Anyway, I went almost two weeks into this year without even setting any goals for myself. The slacking never ceases.
So here's what I want to get done this year:
1) Get PIlgrimage to Skara published. Number one goal, come hell or high water. Even if I have to do it on my own.
2) Finish Princess of the North and get the next book in the series started.
3) Make three short story sales.
Yeah, I am kind of setting myself a low bar. Trouble is, I have some other non-writing goals in life this year and we all know, there is only so much time in the week.
So we'll see.
Have you ever experienced that moment of trepidation, when a new fragment of information enters your perception, an you realize that no matter how excellent you thought you were doing, you are, in reality, fucking up quite badly?
(Muse: Could you have worked any more commas in there?)
Maybe. Don't bother me.
I spent the better part of this morning reflecting on what I accomplished this year, writing-wise. Not much, it seems. Sure, I retired from the only career I'd had for twenty years, moved 1200 miles, dealt with a house burning down and a death in the family but that is just making excuses. I didn't get as much done as I wanted. Let's see:
- I wrote (I think) five short stories this year. One was selected on Fantasy-Writers.org as the top entry in their monthly contest (October), and three others were well-received even though they did not win during their respective months. Not bad but my volume needs to be higher.
- I submitted eighteen times. With that, came one acceptance. That's around 5% success rate. It's better than zero, but still .... ouch.
- I put between 10 and 20K words into Princess of the North. The story is shaping up nicely and I think will be a good lead-in for the series. Still, if I am not going to write short stories, I need to get a move on with this.
- I blogged a little but not as much as I could have.
Lastly, I had my agent queries, the subject of which ties back to my opening statement. I submitted seventeen queries to agents for Pilgrimage to Skara in 2014, from 1 Mar to the end of October. Fourteen were rejections, with three still pending. Of those fourteen, the last four are assumed rejections due to non-responses.
But here's the problem. Like any diligent writer, I toyed with my query letter again and again. I mean, I went through countless iterations. I scaled it down. I added stuff back in. I wrote a lenghty bio and took it back out. I adopted a playful tone then striaghtened up. Round and round and round, back and forth and back again. Finally, after torturing that short letter until I thought my typing fingers would revolt, I thought I had it right. I ran with it.
Well, the more I read, the more I realize I may not have gotten any of it correct, past spelling my name right. I spent some time this morning reading Chuck Sambuchino's series over on Writer's Digest, on successful query letters. Oy. I think I was way off the mark. I want to be more bothered by the advice given, as a lot of what I see the agents highlighting as "success" points are things that either wouldn't have impacted me as a reader either way, or items I would have looked at as negatives. (I wanted to give examples but I don't want to call out specific authors or agents from the site. Maybe if I can think of a generic example....)
(Muse: Well, maybe that's why they are agents and you aren't.)
No doubt. Besides, it would be the height of arrogance to discard the advice given in good faith by the agents. After all, they are saying what influences them and makes them key in on a particular submission. While I may not understand or agree with these choices, that's besides the point. If I want them to represent my work, the least I can do is pay attention to what they are telling me. An obvious point, but someone as obtuse as me sometimes takes a while to get it.
Even with all that, this is a crushing realization, which leads to further self-questioning. Of those fourteen agents I queried, how many might have been enthralled by my novel if I could have gotten them past that simple letter? That question will probably haunt me for a long time, and I am sure I am only joining a host of writers with the same self-doubts. If nothing else, this musing merely confirms to me that I have mountains to climb as a writer. I can use the humbling.
The good news is that tomorrow starts a new year and the symbolic opportunity for a fresh start. So ... this first week of the new year, I'll upload my plan and goals for 2015.
Recently, I made a submission and for the first time I can recall seeing, the submisson guidelines explicitly called for the submission to only have a single space between sentences. There was a blurb in the guidelines about the two-space paradigm being put in the grave, and then the guidelines move on to other issues.
But that got me thinking.
As I write this entry this morning, almost every writing article or grammar guide I can find on the subject says that single-spacing is the way to go. Most of the articles I can find on the subject have a light condesending touch to them (such as this article from Writer's Digest, which says, "Sorry two-spaces, it's time to make the switch.") As if the information is something that is so obvious it can be seen from space.
(Muse: I see what you did there.)
Some of the argument comes down to improvements in tyopgraphy. I concur that with realistically-spaced fonts (pretty much all of them these days) replacing old-style typewriter fonts (like Courier), where each letter took the same amount of room in a line, make the two-spacing less of a necessity than it used to be. That is a more compelling argument than any other. Some of the arguments also seem to come down to aesthetics or time-saving, in the effort of reducing keystrokes.
Let me go ahead and say this: to any writers or typers out there that are still engaged in the double-spacing habit, I fully recommend that you break the habit and get used to one space. It will make your lives easier when dealing with the rest of the publishing world. If nothing else, make friends with the Find & Replace commands (CTL-H in Word) and replace your double-taps with single spaces before you submit. (Example on how to do so found here.)
But now I say precisely why I am not going to do that.
First of all, I find the aesthetics argument unconvincing. I have been to museums of modern art and witnessed what has been labeled "fine art." This is stuff I would have labeled as offenses against nature. Modern home decor is, to my eyes, bland, unappealing, and soulless. Not interested in sterile living; my cozy country decor is much more comfortable. Facial piercings have wide appeal but I am not interested in seeing them or having my own. Aesthetics are a purely personal decision. So who the heck are they to tell me what's visually appealing and what isn't? I can read single-spaced text well enough but I find it cramped and jumbled, especially in a small font. Two spaces feels more regimented and natural to me. The "rightness" of this is based on the opinion of people and as I have said many times, people can and usually do fail. They are wrong. They are arrogant about the rightness of their beliefs. Millions of people watch reality televsion. Does its popularity make it "right" and "good" Trends come and go; what is proper today is passe tomorrow and the rules, like most fad rules, are capricious and unpredictable. So I am bucking the "popular" trend and going with what is comfortable and appealing to my eyes.
Second, all of the articles I read provided themselves an escape hatch by saying that two spaces is acceptable for those uniformly-space fonts, like Courier. Standard Manuscript Format (SMF, also known as Shunn format in many spec-fiction circles) is still considered the standard for formatting submission to many magazines, including a good portion of the professional market. Well, guess what? Shunn format recommends submissions be in Times New Roman .... or COURIER! In other words, one of the two acceptable fonts for a sizeable chunk of the market is of that dreaded type that needs a double-spacing. Granted, many markets that take online submissions are moving away from rigid formating guidelines. It's pretty easy to reformat a lot of packages and if they are having trouble, mags can always send it back to the author and ask for formatting changes. Even so, pretty telling that the standard for submissions retains the old way of doing business.
But that brings me to my third point. If an editor really likes a story, how hard is it to do the copy-n-replace I mentioned above? It isn't.
(Muse: But what if-)
Yes, it is possible that the editor may not elect to read through the story because of a double-spacing format. That is the risk one takes by persisting with the old ways, which is why I recommended above that nobody do that. I think a writer wants to be in the business of minimizing risk and giving their story every possible break. At the same time, if editors are really hard over on this, it will be in their submission guidelines. I think when you start trying to second-guess an editor's intentions, you don't improve your odds. For every time you guess right, you also put yourself out of the running. So it is best to follow the guidelines explicitly. If it says SMF or Shunn format, then the editor gets my double-spaced Courier submission.
Last - and this is more of a meta-argument than a direct rebuke to the single-space mafia - what is the point of communication, really? Is it to be beholden to a set of rules? Or is to beam a message the recipient? Now, I agree, we do need a some uniformity to prevent the Balkanization of the language (where every sub group splinters their dialect away further and further until they no longer resemble the original or each other). But where is that line? Language is constantly evolving with society. "Email" did not exist as a an acceptable word thirty years ago. "Automobile" did not 130 years ago. Saying the two-space rule is right and that's final is as ridiculous as the rule about the salad fork being on the left. As far as concrete tangible effects on the world, what the hell difference does it make? Seriously? The text is still readable. You can argue that people used to double-space can be trained to read single-space easier. Well, the inverse works too, so I find few convincing reasons to abandon the double-space, short of an editor's guidelines. Besides, the way the semi-sneering attitude taken by many who hold this position ruffles my feathers to no end, as if it's a moral imperitive on the order of "Thou shalt not kill." One person quoted in the Slate article above referred to double-spacers as "amateur typists." (I had a vision of this woman in black cocktail dress, gently swirling a glass of wine as she circled her debutante ball and sneered about poor people in her nasal Martha's Vineyard voice.) Holier-than-thou folks, inside writing cicrles or out, make my fingers curl into fists. If they are for something, I automatically lean the other way.
Anyway, those are my rambling thoughts. Feel free to pipe in and disagree. I the meantime, I am sticking with my two spaces. Where necessary, I will change my format to one. As for the rest? Oft-quoted philosopher Henry David Thoreau exhorted his readers to seek justice and rebuke the government as a matter of conscience but to also be prepared for the consequences of doing so. I might cost myself a sale with my intransigence.
But it is my position and I wil stand with it as long as I can.
(Muse: You would have bought yourself less trouble arguing about the Oxford comma.)
Maybe next time.
Everyday Fiction is one of those sites we ought to all be signed up for. Like Daily Science Fiction, Everday Fiction will put a flash story in your inbox each day of the week, and their stories cut across all genres. Check it out, most especially on Saturday, please.
"Home" is a story I shopped for a long while and went through five versions before one found its way to a buyer. As always, feedback is welcome.
But I did stumble across this site: Hero Complex Gallery. They have a lot of prints of cool artwork, which are rife with pop-culture references. I put it in my favorites, just in case I decide to resurrect the fantasy art project. It's not all fantasy per se, but still, some neat stuff.
Check it out.
So you can imagine my considerable delight when I read this headline on Tor.com today:
Starz Reunites Bruce Campbell and Sam Raimi for Ash vs. Evil Dead TV Series
It makes me want to run out in the yard, hoist a shotgun, and yell, "This is my BOOMSTICK!"
The show is set for a 10-episode production to start airing in 2015. Color me excited.
- Regardless of some rumors to the contrary, I am still writing and still working on projects. The other day, I spun out 2500 words on Princess of the North in just a few hours, and really without much trouble. That just makes me want to work on it a little more. I also wrote a 1400 words story on a mother waiting for some terrible news about her child and her mind goes into really dark places. This has been a theme the last few years with me: writing some really dark stuff involving parents and their children. Guess it's just a phase.
- I still have Pilgrimage out with agents for query. I have not given up - not even close - but so far, I have still have gotten nothing back but form rejections and non-responses. I am going to give it a bit longer.
- This has been an up and down year for short story rejections. On the one hand, with the major life events (house fire, leaving the military, etc.) I have still gotten 16 submissions out, with the first one not going out until 31 May. So far, I haven't sold one. This is a little disconcerting; since I started submitting my work way back in 2007, I was able to sell at least one piece a year, even if just for a pittance. I might be breaking that trend this year. Ouch.
- It is sometimes amazing just how much time one can spend in front of a computer. I recently took a hiatus from a message board (unrelated to writing) that I frequented. I suddenly have a lot more time on my hands, to do other things. As I said, amazing.
- Have you been watching this season of The Walking Dead? Just when I thought that show could not get any more grim, they found a way ....
Not a terrible much of an update. I'll find something interesting to say next time.
I wonder what authors are thinking when I see things like this. The instinct to defend oneself from biting words is natural but the reality is this: if you work in any kind of artistic or entertainment industry, there is going to be someone who does not like your work. Always. Even the consensus best works of all time have their detractors. And the way the western world is structured, legally, if they don't like it, those detractors are allowed to say so. Loudly. Profanely. In the most scathing and insulting manner they can. And there is absolutley nothing you can do about it.
As I see it, an author has three options when they chance on bad reivews of their work:
1) engage with the reviewer and either a) get in a pissing contest, where they will always look like a loser (the saying about wrestling a pig in mud comes to mind) or b) try to respond nicely which - while okay - is probably giving the reviewer exactly what they want: fuel to keep slinging poo.
2) Let it chew you up and obssess on it until you curl into the fetal position on the floor, mumbling the reviewer's name over and over.
3) Or develop a thick skin and get back to work.
In just the last few months, there have been some big hacking scandals, where dozens of celebrities (mostly actresses) have had nude photos of themselves released. While I am sure that is upsetting and feels violative to them, I have not heard a single one say they were going to stop acting because of it. They nut up and soldier on. If I can't do the same when someone basically says my work sucks and so do I (which has happened) then I need to hand in my author card.
If you read a bad review of your work, my recommendation is:
- Defer the hurt. Ignore it.
- Look to see if there is any truth in what they wrote. This is the hardest but most crucial part for a writer - that is, self-honesty. If someone says only a fat moron would write a plot this trite with all these Oprah-sized holes, ask yourself: is it trite? Are there holes?
- Pick up a pen and get back to writing,
- If you still hurt, get a punching bag or go for a hike.
And as Wendig says, the last thing you should do is respond, unless you are absolutely in control of yourself.
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Is the carafe to your coffee maker starting to look a little gross? With the narrow opening of this particular coffee pot it is pretty difficult to get really clean (we have the same Cuisinart carafe as pictured). I've tried to clean ours with a bottle brush but it never got everything out and eventually we were left with some pretty disgusting looking sludge on the bottom. I was beginning to wonder if I would have to buy a new one to the tune of almost $50 . Before resorting to that, here's what I did:
- Pour some Cascade powder dishwasher detergent in the bottom of the carafe, probably about 2 tbsp for a 10 cup carafe (we used Cascade Complete but any powdered dish detergent may work)
- Fill the carafe with boiling water and let it soak overnight
That's it! The Cascade bubbled up into a fizz when the water was added and a bunch of gunk immediately floated to the top (eew). Much simpler and less expensive than buying a new carafe.
* I don't know if this method would also work on a glass carafe, but I don't see why it wouldn't


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Sometimes the simplest drills are the most valuable. That's never more true for the Defender when we consider the Plus 1 Rule (always one more threat, one more weapon, etc.).
That Plus 1 Rule leads to multiple targets and the transitions between them. In a previous drill, we worked Line of Sight with a lot of speed. Today, we're going to work the Outside 45 Degrees.
Remember that each of our Transitions are based upon what we see. In Line of Sight, both targets are clearly in your field of view. Inside 45 Degrees, only one target is clear and the other is at the edge of your field of view. With Outside 45 Degrees, only one target is in your field of view. The other is entirely outside of your vision.
This means that in an Outside 45 Degree Transition I must be cognizant of two factors, Identifying the threat/target and retaining the firearm through the transition. Check it out.


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let us grow mint
Since we opened in June of 2013, I have spoken with countless neighbors and once-neighbors about the way our neighborhood used to be. They have confirmed what I thought was true-and what made the opposition we faced so disappointing- that EVERYONE had a garden... as recently as the 1950's. And people had chickens. Right here, in our neighborhood.
Yesterday, a new customer shared such a memory-but she added something special that moved me greatly.
She told me about growing up in the neighborhood with her English mother's "handkerchief garden" on a street with an older Italian gentleman who had a huge garden. He would sit in front of his garden-at the edge of his tomatoes and herbs and greens-and when the neighborhood children walked by he would pluck a sprig of mint and give it to them-and the girls would tuck the mint behind their ears. My customer's face brightened at the telling of this story, and i think we both shared in that intimate story-the pride of the garden, the colors of its plants, the kindness of the gardener's gesture and, of course, the scent of the mint.
As an archaeologist, I often imagine these intimate stories when I see an untended peach tree in a back yard, or puzzle over an interior fenced space with no apparent purpose or catch a glimpse of a grape arbor that now serves as a car port. I often wonder how many of our now requisite driveways seal in evidence of how we used to live?
You see, as one so precisely trained to notice the smallest traces over the largest declarations, I remain drawn to that which is the least obvious, to faint traces over bold evidence. I like our neighborhood's buildings-albeit admiring most of all the workmanship and skill they demanded of those who built them-but I love-love deeply-the spaces between-the places where gardens once bloomed and produced, where laundry was hung, where children played.
And I treasure even more the new stories we are growing anew in those re-discovered spaces of the in between.
Spring is coming, let us grow mint again!


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A 22-year-old woman was changing in a New Jersey clothing store's dressing room on Thursday when she made a horrifying discovery, according to police.
There was a man snapping pictures of the woman on his cell phone as the woman changed clothes at the shop in Edison, New Jersey. And when the woman confronted the man, she found out he wasn't just anyone. The man told her he was a law enforcement officer, according to Middlesex County prosecutors.
That's when the woman called 911.
Danuel S. Brown, a 30-year-old special agent in the FBI's New York field office, was arrested on charges of fourth-degree invasion of privacy, prosecutors said. Brown is a resident of Piscataway, a New Jersey town near Edison.
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Guernica author Bianca Lakoslejac will be signing her books at Chapters/Indigo at Runnymede, 2225 Bloor Street West, Toronto, on Sunday, May 12, from 12:00 to 4:00 pm. Bianca will be signing copies of her novel, Summer of the Dancing Bear (Guernica 2012) and Bridge in the Rain (Guernica 2010).
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If over a period of time the short run average cost becomes lower due to a number of reasons, a firm gains benefits through this expansion. These benefits of producing on a larger scale are called economies of scale.
There are internal and external economies of scale. Internal EoS's happen due to decisions made within a firm, and External EoS's happen due to reasons which are not dependant on a firm's actions.
Technical EoS's are internal, they are achieved by improving the technology or increasing capacity. They usually result in LRAC.
Purchasing EoS's are achieved when a firm bulk buys something - a purchase of materials or capital in big quantitites usually gives an opportunity to have a discount, so average variable cost will fall.
Managerial EoS's are due to specialisation of the employees. It's easier to employ a multi-task manager, but it will be more efficient if there is at least one manager in different departments such as finance, human resources, marketing etc. Obviously, this type of EoS is also internal.
Now, about external economies of scale. They are available when the whole industry grows.
Transport and communication links improve, for instance, building of new roads and motorways, which make it easier to get from A to B. Maybe improvement of quality of roads will reduce sunk costs which arise from damages of vechicals on bad roads.
Training and education. For instance, more unis offer courses closely tighted with the transport industry, so more specialists join the industry, so labour supply increases and firms are able to employ specialists in exchange for lower wages, because there will be a competition among the potential job holders. Or the government might provide some support for people going to transport industry by offering special trainin courses etc.
Grow of other industries, which are connected with the industry. Maybe suppliers of the materials extend and have a branch near the firm hence lower material costs. It enables to find a high-quality supplier for a cheaper price.


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This 80's TV show features Col. John "Hannibal" Smith and his A-Team who were framed for robbing the Bank of Hanoi at the end of a tour in Viet Nam. They were sent to a US military prison from which they escaped, and became vigilantes for hire.
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George Peppard - Col. John "Hannibal" Smith
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Boot Camp...
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The question..."So boot camp isn't yoga?"
The answer..."Nope, but it'll make your yoga practice stronger, deeper and more meaningful."
Part I:
As a studio owner I am questioned constantly by students about the decisions we (Katy and I) make regarding our yoga business. Why don't we have classes at times that seem more logical to them? Why do we have more of this class instead of that one on the schedule? Why would we consider offering a class that isn't yoga? The list is endless.
Here is my short answer..."everything is yoga."
'Logical' to another person conflicts with your ideas? How you consider that = yoga.
The studio schedule doesn't make sense to you or fit your needs? How you handle that = yoga.
Classes being offered that aren't yoga at the yoga studio? What you do with that = yoga.
Part II:
I signed up and paid for Boot Camp at the studio as I do every workshop, clinic and program that I possibly can. I do this for the simple reason that I love learning new things. I am curious about new ways to explore and understand myself better. The more I am asked to examine my knee-jerk reaction to challenges in my body, mind and spirit, the more thoughtful I become about how I move through my life.
Boot Camp is the latest of these experiences. We push ourselves to work every inch of our bodies, we support one another, we turn inward to see what's there, we breathe. It's not yoga? Consider this...
Commitment : I mindfully choose to wake up at 4:45am for this every morning.
Perseverance: I have to push myself way beyond my perceived boundaries to meet this physical challenge.
Humility: I have to keep it real and see my strengths and, more visibly, my weaknesses...and smile still.
These are the qualities that I strive to find on my mat. I love that fact that I can strive to find them when I fold the laundry, mop the floor, take care of my family, do tedious paper work, and yes, when I wear my running shoes.
Thank you Aaron, for showing me yet another way to live my practice! Awesome class this morning...still feeling "the effects" :-)
7/30/2012 07:05:21 pm
Today yoga is a thoroughly globalized phenomenon.Yoga places great emphasis on making the breathing deep, rhythmic and effective....
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text: Zimbabwe's Bottom Feeders by Kevin Thomas My two clients; a father and son from the UK had arrived in Bulawayo on the Saturday 25 June 2011 midday flight from Johannesburg. Jamie and Josh Cox had flown direct from Heathrow and were understandably feeling a bit jaded so after checking them into the Bulawayo Club I left them to rest, telling them I'd meet them at about 1800hrs and take them to the Cattleman restaurant for dinner. This I did and by 2000hrs they were back in their room at the club, and by 2030hrs I was also in bed at Rich and Liz Aylwards home in the Burnside suburb, my intention was to get an early Sunday morning start for the Bubye Valley Conservancy. Because I'm always paranoid about my vehicle security, prior to going into the house I'd checked the main steel electric entrance gate to the yard was closed, checked my Toyota Landcruiser alarm system was on and then locked my vehicle doors. On Sunday morning 26 June I woke up at about 0500hrs, showered, shaved, and then sorted my rifles and other gear out before making a cup of coffee and going out into the yard to start my truck and leave it idling to warm the engine up in the cold winter dawn. I'd told Jamie and Josh to expect me at around about 0630hrs. Imagine my immediate reaction when I got to the car park and found my vehicle was no longer there. Initially I guess I went into a form of dumbstruck shock mode, probably because of sheer disbelief and nothing else. My first reaction was to stumble past Richard Aylwards collection of old Land Rovers thinking I may have parked elsewhere yet knowing I hadn't. Then the rage kicked in, a frustrated impotent rage because what can you do? Still in shock I managed to awaken the Aylwards and as Rich and I checked the yard the scenario of what had obviously taken place in the dark began to become clearer. Approximately four scumbags had removed the electric gate – a solid steel gate fabricated from iron sheeting – entered the yard, deactivated the alarm on my Landcruiser – got into it and then pushed it 30m out into Burnside Road and made off. Zimbabwe is without doubt the hub of Southern Africa for the theft of Toyota Landcruisers, the Model 70 series pick up and preferably late model diesels are the main attractants. The syndicates involved in the specialised theft of Landcruisers are highly sophisticated, skilled and ruthless. Every PH colleague of mine in Zimbabwe has at one time or other had a Toyota Landcruiser stolen, and none have been recovered, nor seemingly has anyone ever been arrested for the crime. In the very few cases of a vehicle being found six months or so down the line and an arrest made, I believe the perpetrators were amateur wannabes and not linked to the organised syndicates. From what I have been able to glean in my ongoing quest to try and come to terms with my loss, it seems that the Congo and further north in Africa are no longer the end destination for these stolen vehicles, Mozambique is the prime destination and for Landcruisers stolen in Bulawayo, Sango border in the south east of the country, where South Africa, Zimbabwe and Mozambique all meet, is the exit conduit. It is only a six-hour drive from Bulawayo. Before the theft of my vehicle I'd just spent the previous 22 days hunting two back to back buffalo and general plains game safaris on Zimbabwe's Bubye Valley Conservancy – a prime hunting area if ever. My first client was the eldest brother of a Croatian family group; Ivica was a great safari companion and took some good trophies. His brother and father hunted with PHs Paul Zorn and Ade Langley, obviously with them being Eastern European there was a language barrier of sorts, certainly not too much of a limitation. Sport hunters worldwide have a way of communicating, and of an evening in the tranquil setting of Samanyanga camp, the Katavic family played a traditional and popular Croatian card game called Bella while we PHs watched, and enjoyed a few cocktails while talking a lot of hogwash – quite simply because we'd all gone to the same senior school, Umtali Boys High in a country once called Rhodesia – I was the elder of our group having left school in 1967 at age 16 just prior to Paul and Ade arriving. It was a long time back and talking 'catch up' on the intervening years, all forty-four of them, was fun. At the end of the safari the Katavic family departed satisfied, we three PHs seeing them off from the Bulawayo airport, and after they'd gone Paul and Ade too, went their separate ways because they had a gap before their next inbound clients. Ade Langley is a keen and dedicated falconer so was keen to get home to his falcons and English pointers. For my part, I remained in the airport terminal – if one can call the Bulawayo airport a terminal, shabby prefabricated building is probably a lot more apt description. My reason quite simply was because the plane taking the Katavic family out had also brought in the Espinosa father and son ex Madrid, Spain, via Johannesburg. They were on a 2:1 buffalo and general plains game hunt and Mazunga Safaris had contracted me to guide them. Departing Bulawayo fairly late afternoon because of a slow exit from arrivals, we made good time and by late afternoon we had arrived at Dyer's camp on the Bubye Valley Conservancy, where we found PH Brent Hein and his jovial Danish clients enjoying their final evening in camp. Frank Reynolds who runs a reliable shuttle bus service between Bulawayo and various safari camps was also there, he'd been contracted to convey the Danes back to Bulawayo. Allowing Brent to break away early the following morning and head back home to Mazowe Valley north of Harare – he'd been guiding back to back safaris for close on sixty days. Sitting round the campfire that evening, the Danes had some exciting stories to tell – helped along a bit by the amber liquid they'd been consuming. One story was of a close encounter with an angry lioness in a riverbed who'd aggressively charged them, expressing her displeasure at their close proximity, understandably so I guess because she had newborn fluffy cubs with her, waddling, and still wearing spots. The Bubye Valley Conservancy is known for close black rhino and lion encounters, Ivica the Croatian and I had already had one or two incidents with both species on my earlier safari. Getting back to my stolen vehicle, this nightmare scenario for a one-man freelance/contract PH spells disaster. In the African safari world of today big safari operators only employ contract PHs who have their own reliable vehicle. Thus far of all vehicles on the market in Africa, the hardy Toyota Landcruiser pickup has become the proven workhorse and is most certainly without peer. Fitted out with accessories by way of bull bars, safari rails, spare wheel cradles, high seat, winches, snorkel, long range fuel tanks, GPS, VHF radio, tool lockers, roof racks and many other customised gizmos dependent on the whims or eccentricity of the PH, a safari rig is an expensive and valuable asset. The scumbags of Africa know this and being the bottom feeders that they are prey on vehicles that others have worked hard to own. My Toyota Landcruiser was a 2005 model and it was kept in pristine condition with every service done at the required mileage, and always at the dealership where I'd bought it. It took me two years working on a security contract with the US DOD in Iraq before I could afford to buy the rig for cash, and drive it off the showroom floor – a first for me in my entire life. At the time of it being stolen it only had 137,000km on the clock and in Toyota Landcruiser terms was still new. Stolen with it were all the accessories and my collection of tools, Hi-lift jack, spare wheels, skinning knives, spare tubes and many other sundry items, fortunately not my rifles or cameras. For sentimental value only, a small woollen camel I'd bought at a Baghdad souk hung from the rear view mirror – a reminder that Saddam's oil money had helped finance my hunting truck. Many have said that a vehicle is only 'tin & plastic' and can be easily replaced, I won't argue with that, however to us, the small fraternity of freelance contract professional hunters who rely on a single vehicle to conduct our classical safaris in some of Africa's most remote regions, our vehicles are more than tin and plastic. They are an extension of our individual personalities; they are as sentimentally valuable as our favourite rifle, hunting jacket or fishing rod, we often stand in safari camp car parks and lovingly discuss them, opening the hood and admiring engines. They are our comfort zone during long hours of lonely travel to far off safari venues before the season, or a safari commences. Quite simply they are 'us'. Replacing my stolen Landcruiser now in 2011 with all of the accessories would be in the region of R500, 000 – I simply don't have it, even if a reluctant insurance company gives me a token pay out. While on the subject I could write an entire article about insurance companies – to me they fall into the same category as the sleaze bags who stole my vehicle, blood sucking leeches or vampires would be an apt description. Despite my anger and frustration in the aftermath of my vehicle loss, I had to stay focused because I had Jamie and Josh on the threshold of their long dreamt of buffalo and plains game safari. Rich Aylward kindly collected them from the Bulawayo Club and brought them to the house, while I sat at a table giving an indifferent bunch of policemen and detectives a statement. It soon became patently clear that it was probably an inside job; the duty security guard at the adjacent gate disappeared at 1800hrs on Saturday and only reappeared at 0600hrs on Sunday. This fact though, didn't even interest the cops, again, and quite simply because the Mugabe regime ethos has it that stealing from a white man is fine (having started with the 2000 land grab and ongoing), and not even considered a crime, this mindset has permeated most sectors of the civil service and society, a case of "If it belongs to whitey take it because it is really yours and not his". After the cops had left, Rich Aylward again came to my rescue and using his Landcruiser conveyed my clients, the trackers, me and all our gear to the Bubye Valley Conservancy. I sat with the trackers atop the gear in the back of the rig for the 4-hour journey to the BVC, where Blondie Leatham the conservator kindly loaned me a BVC vehicle to complete the safari, which although I struggled to stay focused was a success, Jamie rolling a good buffalo on the second day. In the interim Brenda my wife readied herself for the long 2000km (one way) drive to rescue me post safari. Flying wasn't an option given all of my gear and guns in soft bags. On the penultimate day of the safari I awaited her alongside the road 100km north of Beit Bridge border post. She then spent the night in camp with us and next day, using our microbus we took Jamie and Josh to Bulawayo, before we too, headed back to the Eastern Cape two days later. In summary and hopefully this will be of help to 4x4 owners entering Zimbabwe, my own belief is that the monitoring of a late model Toyota Landcruiser begins at your Port of Entry, particularly Beit Bridge, it is without doubt the most corrupt border post in Southern Africa. My advice is: 1) Don't ever put the correct address of where you intend staying in Zimbabwe on the TIP (Temporary Import Permit), use a false one culled off a map of whatever town you're staying in. Those involved in this theft of Toyota Land cruisers include customs officials, police and army personnel. A colleague of mine chased his stolen Landcruiser all the way onto an army base but was stopped from entering the base – he never got his vehicle back. 2) Ensure you never leave your vehicle unattended if you're shopping or sight seeing. 3) Don't stop alongside any roads within Zimbabwe between towns and cities. 4) Keep a close eye on who is lingering outside the yard of where you're staying, or in the car park, or sitting on a curb opposite any premises you might be staying at. This form of monitoring an individual's movement to and from is called 'dicking' in British Army parlance, and I became well used to it in Iraq when driving off of bases. I saw it happening to me opposite the gate to the Aylward's home and remarked on it to Rich yet failed to act – it cost me my vehicle. What happened was that 3 days before the theft of my vehicle four goons started sitting on the curb across the road from, and opposite the security gate. Each time I drove out the gate they were watching me with the palms of their hands covering their faces, and with their fingers widespread (trying to avoid recognition). On one occasion I actually pointed at them and remarked to Rich, "Those bastards want to steal my vehicle" – failing to react to my gut feel cost me big time. Tomorrow I once more depart my home for the long drive back to Zimbabwe, however, this time I'm basically hitch hiking because I'm getting a lift with a friend, Carl Malcomess and we're driving to Chete Safari Area on Lake Kariba's central basin to conduct a 28-day safari. I'll be using Carl's Nissan Patrol, also a 4x4 and a good one; however for a freelance contract PH it isn't how it's meant to be. Hopefully this story will help other 4x4 owners intent on visiting Zimbabwe to not lose their vehicles to theft, a growing industry in a country that is in political limbo.


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Genesis 2:8 – Now the Lord had planted a garden in the east, in Eden; and there He put the man He had formed.
It was God's design that man should live in the perfection of a garden which He had planted. The Garden of Eden was perfect in all its dimensions including size, acoustics, food, water from the rivers which flew through it and was the most secure place. Man was made its custodian, worker and benefactor. But man committed the sin of disobedience and lost the blessings and enjoyment of the Garden of Eden. Even then God didn't forsake him forever. God gave him the opportunity to enter into the spiritual garden in heaven through the sacrifice of the Lamb of God, to dwell in His presence to enjoy all the spiritual blessings. In the new heavenly garden of God, man regained all that he lost in the Garden of Eden. Man finds the green pastures and the cool waters of God where he could dwell in perfect peace and rest in His presence. Man is not to eat the fruit of his labor anymore, but all the blessings kept for him by God because of His mercy, love and grace. But it is imperative that man appropriates all these heavenly blessings by faith and enjoy it. Man thus has the privilege to enjoy God's best to the brim. Only those who enter through Jesus will ever reach the heavenly garden of perfect spiritual blessings. The blessings are available to them by faith only. It gives them confident living with full trust in God and His promises. Unfortunately a lot of people lose track of the extent of the richness of these blessings because their eyes become dim as they gaze at the seemingly attractive mirages of the Vanity Fair. Today we have the privilege to enter the dwelling place of our Lord to appropriate and enjoy all His resources to meet all our emotional, physical, social and spiritual needs.
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