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House passes short-term debt limit deal
The Republican-led House today passed a bill to "suspend" the nation's debt limit until May, which if passed by the Senate and signed into law, would stave off for a few months the risk of letting the U.S. government default on its loans.
The GOP-crafted legislation also requires both chambers of Congress to either pass a budget or have their salary withheld -- a move that Republicans say puts the nation on a path toward fiscal responsibility and positions them better for the looming fiscal fights. House Democrats, meanwhile, grumbled that the short-term bill amounts to political gimmickry that keeps Washington in crisis mode. Still, some Democrats argued the GOP bill reveals that Republicans are at a disadvantage in the debate over the debt limit.
The "No budget, no pay" bill passed 285 to 144, with most Democrats voting against it.
"The premise here is pretty simple," House Speaker John Boehner said on the House floor. "It says there should be no long-term increase in the debt limit until there's a long term plan to deal with the fiscal crisis that faces our country. Every hardworking taxpayer in America knows that they have to do a budget. Every hardworking taxpayer understands that you can't continue to spend money that you don't have."
Senate Democrats said they will pass the bill as it stands because they were planning to draft a budget anyway, adding that the bill sets the precedent of taking the debt ceiling out of negotiations over government spending.
"Gambling with default was never a sound plan for Republicans," Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said today. "The president stared down Republicans, [and] they blinked because they realized they didn't have the leverage they thought they would."
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The U.S. Treasury has already hit its $16.4 trillion borrowing limit, but the department has been able to extend its borrowing authority through various accounting tricks. However, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has informed Congress that the department should exhaust that authority by mid-February or March. If Congress fails to raise the limit by then, the government risks defaulting on its loans, which could have catastrophic economic consequences.
The White House has said that while the "No budget, no pay" bill is far from ideal, President Obama will sign it into law should both chambers pass it, in order to lift the immediate threat of default.
Initially, Republicans wanted dollar-for-dollar spending cuts to match the debt limit increase. President Obama has said he's willing to discuss more spending cuts in separate talks, but that he will not negotiate over raising the debt limit. So, at a House Republican retreat earlier this month, the GOP crafted this plan to avoid the ugly fight over the debt limit that Congress waged in the summer of 2011, to the detriment of the economy and Congress' approval ratings.
By "suspending" the debt limit until May 19, some conservatives have made the case that Republicans have put themselves in a better position for upcoming fiscal fights -- they'll be able to demand spending cuts during debates over the so-called "sequester" and the federal budget (both of which must be addressed by March) while the threat of default hangs on the horizon.
House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., insisted on the House floor today that Washington has to significantly curtail its spending.
"We know with certainty that a debt crisis is coming to America," he said. "This is not a question of if, it is a question of when."
Democrats like Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Mass., said the "No budget, no pay" bill amounted to a "gimmick," for various reasons. For one thing, while it requires both the House and the Senate to pass their own budgets, it doesn't demand that those budgets be passed into law.
"I have no doubt [Republicans] have the votes to ram whatever [budget] they want through the House of Representatives," McGovern said on the House floor. "This is not a solution, what this is is more political gamesmanship... You pass something in the House, it may never be reconcilable with the Senate."
House Democrats also complained that the bill prolonged the debate over the debt limit rather than solving it.
"The good news is that our Republican colleagues finally realized that America should pay its bills and dropped their condition that that be matched by cuts," Rep. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., said in a news conference. "The bad news is they've decided that America only needs to pay its bills for three more months."


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interest are the City Departmental Annual Reports with the imprint of
the City Printing Department and the Union Bug Label. It may require
an action of the City Councilors to get the 100 or so Boston City
Council staff moving and develop historic preservation of the
Library/Archives of Boston City Council. Also the plain English
stenographic records of the Public Meetings of Boston City Council
aren't being preserved for history. The stenographic records are a
different format than the archive of video. The stenographic records
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After calling a lay day for the Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) World Qualifying Series (WQS) 6-Star PRIME O'Neill Cold Water Classic California yesterday, today's action saw Steamer Lane come alive to deliver a pumping four-to-six foot (1.5 metre) swell while the event's top seeds displayed an amazing performance of progressive surfing for the local Santa Cruz crowd.
The event's ASP 6-Star PRIME status has attracted the finest pedigree of global surfing talent in search of the valuable ratings points on offer for the 2010 ASP World Tour.
Sebastian Zietz (Kilauea, HI), 21, relied on his unbelievable above-the-lip approach to surfing to secure the day's highest scores of a near perfect 9.77 out of 10 with three critical fins-free turns on a cranking righthander. The Hawaiian added an additional top score allowing him to clinch the event's highest heat total of a near-perfect 18.74 out of 20 after a seesaw battle with Australian talent Yadin Nicol (Margaret River, AUS), 23.
"The waves were going off and it's that in-between-tide where it's not really kelpy yet," Zietz said. "All of the guys were ripping and pretty intimidating early on. I got that first one where I kind of fell on my first turn and somehow made it happen and found my feet at the end."
Zietz had a slow start to his Round of 48 heat, but was able to out-position fellow Hawaiian Granger Larsen (Lahaina, HI), 19, to find the waves needed to surpass Nicol to take out the heat win while advancing through to the Round of 24.
"I was kind of getting a little sneaky on Granger (Larsen) on a couple," Zietz said. "It was tough because it looked like they were going to break on the outside, but they would fade out and wall up perfect throughout the inside. I was lucky to get those ones right under him."
Nicol, who secured the event's second-highest heat total of 17.73, nearly claimed the heat win, but advanced in second behind Zietz in a wave-for-wave tradeoff in the battle of the regular-footers in the stacked 25 minute matchup.
"I really only caught two waves that were good ones and made the most of them," Nicol said. "Seabass (Sebastian Zietz) had some good ones and Granger (Larsen) had some good ones. It was really fun to get through it."
Although Nicol finished in second, he was excited to be a part of the progressive surfing movement unfolding at Steamer Lane in today's ideal conditions.
"It pushes your level out there when everyone's surfing that well," Nicol said. "You really want to just get the best waves and when the waves are good like that you can open up a little bit more and have a bit more fun with it."
Shaun Ward (Huntington Beach, CA), claimed an impressive heat victory when he usurped a list of iconic surfers including Jordy Smith (Durban, ZAF), 21, who advanced in second, Pipeline prodigy John John Florence (North Shore, HI), 16, and legendary three-time ASP World Champion and event wildcard Tom Curren (Santa Barbara, CA), 45, in the quality Steamer Lane surf.
"It's funny because everyone's been talking about that heat," Ward said. "Jordy (Smith) is one of the best surfers in the world, hands down, and Tom (Curren) is one of the best surfers of all time, and John John (Florence) is kind of the prodigy, and I was kind of the underdog, but I like it."
Nat Young (Santa Cruz, CA), 18, looked hungry to win the Oakley Pro Junior ASP North America Championships when he won a stacked Quarterfinals heat at his homebreak of Steamer Lane today. The goofy-footer topped current ASP North America Pro Junior Series ratings leader Dillon Perillo (Malibu, CA), 19, who advanced in second, young prodigy Kolohe Andino (San Clemente, CA), 15, and defending ASP North America Pro Junior Series Champion Cory Arrambide (Ventura, CA), 19.
"I'd love to win this contest," Young said. "I'm pretty bummed about what happened earlier this week. I tried my hardest, but I'd like to come back to win the Junior."
Young capitalized on his local knowledge of Steamer Lane today and crushed the increasing swell on his backhand to take out the critical heat win.
"I try to catch the ones that I know are good that I'd want to ride if I were free-surfing," Young said. "Right now, it's against the cliff, that's where everybody is and there are some fun ones."
O'Neill Cold Water Classic California Round of 48 Results:
Heat 1: Joel Centeio (HAW) 17.26, Adriano de Souza (BRA) 13.50, James Taipan Wood (AUS) 9.04, David Richards (ZAF) 5.40
Heat 2: Alejo Muniz (BRA) 12.46, Kiron Jabour (HAW) 12.13, Masatoshi Ohno (JPN) 10.26, Blake Wilson (AUS) 9.90
Heat 3: Sebastien Zietz (HAW) 18.74, Yadin Nicol (AUS) 17.73, Granger Larsen (HAW) 14.10, Kyle Knox (USA) 12.83
Heat 4: Nathan Yeomans (USA) 12.26, Marcio Farney (BRA) 10.06, Nathaniel Curran (USA) 9.70, Micah Byrne (USA) 9.60
Heat 5: Rudy Palmboom (ZAF) 12.83, Cory Lopez (USA) 11.04, Dion Atkinson (AUS) 9.17, Christophe Allary (REU) 8.97
Heat 6: Andre Silva (BRA) 12.94, Shaun Gossmann (AUS) 12.64, Jarrad Sullivan (AUS) 11.63, Darrell Goodrum (USA) 8.00
Heat 7: Jay Thompson (AUS) 12.83, Lincoln Taylor (AUS) 12.77, Stuart Kennedy (AUS) 11.94, Tim Reyes (USA) 7.00
Heat 8: Heath Joske (AUS) 13.30, Damien Fahrenfort (ZAF) 12.70, Brian Toth (PRI) 11.16, Mason Ho (HAW) 10.33
O'Neill Cold Water Classic California Round of 96 Results:
Heat 16: Mason Ho (HAW) 16.00, Lincoln Taylor (AUS) 10.66, Dusty Payne (HAW) 9.54, Dylan Southworth (MEX) 5.66
Heat 17: Torrey Meister (HAW) 15.67, Adam Melling (AUS) 13.06, Jack Perry (AUS) 9.70, Tonino Benson (HAW) 7.10
Heat 18: Adam Robertson (AUS) 13.23, Jarrad Howse (AUS) 10.56, Chris Waring (USA) 8.25, Anthony Petruso (USA) 7.93
Heat 19: Mark Mathews (AUS) 12.73, Jesse Heilman (USA) 9.17, Wiggoly Dantas (BRA) 8.67, Gavin Gillette (HAW) 8.27
Heat 20: Dylan Graves (PRI) 13.17, Brett Simpson (USA) 12.60, Brad Ettinger (USA) 9.24, Izuki Tanaka (JPN) 3.90
Heat 21: Austin Ware (USA) 11.67, Thiago Camarao (BRA) 10.63, T.J. Barron (HAW) 9.33, Sean Holmes (ZAF) 8.40
Heat 22: Kieran Horn (USA) 13.27, Luke Munro (AUS) 12.27, Alex Gray (USA) 10.57, Eric Geiselman (USA) 5.97
Heat 23: Jean Da Silva (BRA) 11.60, Neco Padaratz (BRA) 9.87, Blake Jones (USA) 7.70, Jason Miller (USA) 5.17
Heat 24: Shaun Ward (USA) 15.77, Jordy Smith (ZAF) 15.57, John John Florence (HAW) 9.93, Tom Curren (USA) 9.40
Oakley Pro Junior Quarterfinals Results:
QF 1: Conner Coffin (USA) 14.20, Tonino Benson (HAW) 11.83, Alejo Muniz (BRA) 7.70, Andrew Doheny (USA) 4.17
QF 2: Luke Davis (USA) 15.20, Cody Thompson (USA) 12.90, Fisher Heverly (USA) 11.60, Matt Meola (HAW) 5.93
QF 3: Dylan Goodale (HAW) 13.60, Michael Dunphy (USA) 10.53, Evan Geiselman (USA) 9.94, Evan Thompson (USA) 5.67
QF 4: Nat Young (USA) 15.57, Dillon Perillo (USA) 13.57, Kolohe Andino (USA) 12.23, Cory Arrambide (USA) 5.60


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Scale-out NAS poised for growth
The compelling economic benefits of deploying scale-out NAS have the technology increasing its footprint in the general storage space.
The compelling economic benefits of deploying scale-out NAS have the technology increasing its footprint in the general storage space.
Unstructured data will make up 80% of the information in the corporate data center by 2012. Much of that will continue to be the type of file data IT managers have dealt with for years -- home directories and file shares -- but new file storage requirements are also growing in importance and impact. The massive amount of rich file data generated by audio, video and rich graphics, combined with Web 2.0 applications, is creating demand for innovative file storage products that can economically scale bandwidth and performance to heretofore unheard of capacities. Scale-out NAS refers to systems designed from the ground up for economically dynamic scale and support of extremely high-bandwidth applications. Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) defines scale-out NAS as systems that can be independently scaled in multiple directions -- processor, bandwidth or capacity -- and managed as a single system in a global namespace. Scale-out NAS has seen early adoption in media and entertainment, as well as in high-performance computing (HPC), but the combination of out-of-control file data growth and richer file formats is bringing the requirement for scale-out systems squarely into the data centers of corporate America.
Scale-out NAS architectures have a number of cost advantages over scale-up products.
Low entry cost. The entry cost for scale-out systems varies depending on the minimum configurations supported. Most systems start as small as two nodes and scale out from there. With clustered scale-out systems, you can add resources as needed.
Just-in-time scalability. Because of their modular nature, there's no need to buy (and power or cool) frames, power supplies and mostly empty cabinets in advance of storage capacity. Capacity and/or performance can be added as needed.
Riding the commodity curve. Because users don't need to buy frames, processors or disks far ahead of time, they can typically get better pricing as Intel processors and disk prices decline in cost over time.
Higher utilization rates. Better utilization means deferred purchases of new capacity. Because all of the NAS heads in scale-out systems can address the entire pool of usable capacity in the cluster, there's no capacity locked away behind underutilized NAS heads.
Reduced change management planning cycles. When one file is multiple terabytes in size, conventional three- or six-month change management planning cycles are no longer effective. Requirements are unpredictable and time to provision is more important than ever. The modular and easily scalable characteristics of scale-out NAS allow for extremely fast provisioning.
Non-disruptive technology refresh. In a clustered NAS architecture, everything is redundant -- data paths, NAS heads and the data itself. Several scale-out vendors provide both forward and backward compatibility with new versions of hardware, firmware and software, so new versions can co-exist in the same system as older versions. There are also several scale-out vendors that provide non-disruptive file migration between nodes. The combination provides users with the ability to do rolling upgrades, plugging new nodes into the system and unplugging nodes when they need to be retired.
Ability to scale capacity without scaling headcount. Essentially, it should be just as easy to manage a clustered storage system with 100 nodes as it is to manage one with two nodes. Scale-out NAS systems enable this through a global namespace. In layman's terms, a global namespace is a virtual representation of a group of physical file systems. It sits between clients and the assorted file servers in a given environment, and adds a layer of abstraction that divorces what the client sees as mount points from the physical server mount points. It's the "secret sauce" that enables a single point of management and non-disruptive data migration.
Automated, policy-based management. Removing the need for human intervention in low-level storage management functions is another way that scale-out NAS reduces management cost. Most systems are plug-and-play -- add a storage or processor node, and the system self-discovers and expands the file system, and then incorporates it into load-balancing algorithms on the fly. There's typically no disruption of service and no requirement to plan data layouts, create LUNS or migrate data.
Based on the compelling economic benefits of deploying scale-out NAS products, it's no surprise that recent ESG research indicates scale-out NAS is increasing its footprint in the general storage space. A recent survey of more than 500 IT managers in North America and Western Europe found that 11% of those surveyed indicate they use scale-out NAS systems today, and 38% plan to deploy it within the next 12 months. Another 37% are actively investigating the technology. Forty-two percent of the IT managers surveyed say they're looking at scale-out options because of management efficiencies. The bottom line: Scale-out products offer economics that just plain work when it comes to managing vast amounts of file data.
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The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating a plane crash Monday that left one man dead and another injured.
Ultralight plane pilot Jay Russell Davis, 49, of Bemidji was pronounced dead at the scene.
The crash, reported at 7:17 p.m., occurred at the Moberg Seaplane Air Base, a grass landing strip west of Bemidji off 15th Street NW in Grant Valley Township.
In a news release, Beltrami County Sheriff Phil Hodapp said witnesses reported the plane was banking through a turn -- apparently preparing to land at the grass strip -- when the wing struck the ground, causing the plane to crash.
This aircraft is described as a "tricycle-style" plane with seating for the pilot and one passenger position behind the pilot.
Davis and his passenger, 56-year-old, Paul Jerome Wannarka of Bemidji, were strapped into their seats at the time of the crash.
Wannarka initially was transported by Bemidji Ambulance to Sanford Bemidji Medical Center for his injuries. He was then airlifted to a Fargo, N.D., hospital.
Witnesses told sheriff's officials that Davis was an experienced ultralight pilot.
"He had taken up several people, he was just returning" from a flight, Hodapp said today.
The news release said Davis had piloted at least three uneventful flights Monday night before the crash.
Officials from the Bemidji Police Department, Minnesota State Patrol, Bemidji Fire Department, and Beltrami County First Responders also responded to the crash.
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EXCLUSIVE: Mr Monkey can exclusively reveal that South Shield's beleaguered town centre is about to receive a welcome boost.
Newcastle United's owner Mike Ashley, is set to open a branch of Sports Direct in South Shields.
The news comes at a time when Mr Ashley, the under-fire Newcastle United owner is expanding his business portfolio in an effort to establish his dominance over rival sportswear retailer JJB Sports.
Mr Monkey can confirm that Sports Direct has acquired the former Woolworths site on King Street and is set to open it's doors to the public in June.
This chimp can also confirm that Sports Direct decision to open a store in South Shields has nothing to do with the council, the council leader or South Tyneside Means Business – just in case the council's Office of Propaganda were thinking of claiming the credit!
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1. Be still, my soul: The Lord is on thy side;With patience bear thy cross of grief or pain.Leave to thy God to order and provide;In ev'ry change he faithful will remain.Be still, my soul: Thy best, thy heav'nly FriendThru thorny ways leads to a joyful end.
2. Be still, my soul: Thy God doth undertakeTo guide the future as he has the past.Thy hope, thy confidence let nothing shake;All now mysterious shall be bright at last.Be still, my soul: The waves and winds still knowHis voice who ruled them while he dwelt below.
3. Be still, my soul: The hour is hast'ning onWhen we shall be forever with the Lord,When disappointment, grief, and fear are gone,Sorrow forgot, love's purest joys restored.Be still, my soul: When change and tears are past,All safe and blessed we shall meet at last.
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Thousands of people across the country gathered Sunday to remember and celebrate the lives of friends and family who have battled pancreatic cancer.
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More than 45,000 people will be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2013.
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"We're up a different type of fight because we don't necessarily have the survivors that some of these other cancers have to advocate for it," Quinn said. "It's really up to the family members and friends to step up and do the awareness that it needs."
Community members will hold purple glow sticks at Sunday's vigil.
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Reader reviews are coming in to Aphrodite's Apple's website for Blood of the Dark Moon:
I've placed a reviews page up on my website. To read more reviews by both readers and reviewers about Blood of the Dark Moon or any of my other works, go here:
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Thursday, January 31, 2008
Reader reviews for Blood of the Dark Moon are coming in!
Reader reviews are coming in to Aphrodite's Apple's website for Blood of the Dark Moon:
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Update on short story, plus paganism and the occult in fiction
Happily, the edits to my short story for the GLB anthology have gone off to the main editor. Yay! I should be hearing official word at some point on the whens/ifs of my story going out, and it's looking pretty good. I really want to treat everyone to lesbian vampire erotica, and the Babalon ref I suspect may be a draw as well.
I haven't seen an awful lot of references to Thelema in fiction with the exception of writers like Piers Anthony and Alan Moore. There's one other I recall, but it's all any association being bad, evil, et cetera. Sometimes I wonder if people just don't bother doing research before using a wide brush. When I talked with my reviewer, one comment he made about my book was that it was a great book written by someone who obviously was either genuinely involved in paganism and the Mysteries or by someone who did a LOT of research--and most people who attempt writing such a book wind up going Hollywood. One thing I had tried to do in my book was place real elements within a fantasy setting. People write about Christians, doctors, lawyers, and all sorts of REAL things within fantasy novel. Why should the realms of pagan religions, witchcraft, and Western Mystery trads in general be any different? In any event, I didn't want to write the next "Charmed" for magicians, and I'm glad to hear that those who have read my book thought I succeeded in avoiding just that.
In the meantime, I has chai. This is good.
Love & Magic,
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Monday, January 28, 2008
I'm chatting tonight with Midnight Seduction Authors at 8pm EST!
Tonight some of the Midnight Seductions Authors will be at Night Owl Romance for a live chat. Drop by and chat with us.!
We will be doing book give aways and Night Owl also gives away prizes. Tonight Adriana Kraft will offer a copy of The Merry Widow and Tess MacKall wiill give away a copy of Gabriel's Horn. Mary Suzanne is offering a copy of Guardian Angel and Cassandra Gold is giving away Double or Nothing.
8pm EST...5pm Pacific Time
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Blood of the Dark Moon #5 for Best Horror in the P&E Polls!
You can see the voting results here:
I just wanted to thank those of you who voted. :) For my first novel, this is pretty damned spectacular!
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Saturday, January 26, 2008
The book signing party!
On the whole, a very successful event. Despite the conflict with a major goth club night that evening, about twenty people showed up.
The first--and earliest--to arrive was none other than Mike Gleason, who had reviewed my book and wanted the chance to meet me! I was pretty psyched, not to mention flattered. Very nice guy. We babbled for a while on trad paganism and cats and I've decided quite naturally that he's good people.
A bunch of other people arrived, some of whom I knew from meeting them at other places, some who were good friends of mine, and others whom I had never before met but wanted to check out my book. We all had a great time, and a LOT of wine was consumed. I was greatly amused to find that much of the soda I purchased was barely touched, but I think about 7-8 wine bottles went buh-bye. In fact, someone had to go out and buy more wine! LOL LOL
It was a lot of fun, and something I'd definitely do again.
And as suspected (and secretly hoped) I have some books leftover from the event, so I will be attending other parties with them and I suspect will make a few sales. Just call me Your Local Vampire Smut Vendor.
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Erotic excerpt from BotDM wins Friday's selection at Dark Diva Reviews!
One of my erotic excerpts from Blood of the Dark Moon posted on Friday to Dark Diva Reviews was the winner for the day!
The blog entry--including the excerpt--is here:
Note: NSFW!
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Thursday, January 24, 2008
Book signing party TOMORROW for Blood of the Dark Moon novel!
Come meet me in Salem for my book signing! Here are the details:
Jan 25, 2008 8pm
175 Essex St, Salem MA
(between Samantha's and Goddess Treasure Chest)
The first fifty people who show can buy an autographed copy of my ebook, Blood of the Dark Moon, on CD. CDs are $7.99 each and I accept cash or check made out to Adrianne Brennan. There will also be prizes to win, more goodies to buy, plus some cool freebies! Every person who buys a CD is automatically entered to win either a beautiful handmade metal amethyst-beaded bookmark or a pair of handmade silver and amethyst earrings! Please support your local pagan authors and craftsmen by attending this event.
Blood of the Dark Moon is a modern sensual vampire novel written about romance and erotica among magicians, secret societies, paganism and mythology, and features quotes from Liber AL (The Book of the Law) as well as references to the Golden Dawn. For more information on this book, visit this url: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/botdm.html
There will be drinks and refreshments--feel free to bring some of your own as well!
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Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Two more days until the Book Signing Party in Salem!!
Stop by and meet Adrianne Brennan, author of Blood of the Dark Moon, the first in the Dark Moon series! You'll get to purchase a CD of her book plus get it autographed!
175 Essex St
Salem, MA
(between Samantha's and Goddess Treasure Chest)
CDs are $7.99 each. Cash or check made out to Adrianne Brennan accepted. There will also be various other goodies both free and for sale.
Drinks and refreshments will be provided!
More info about Blood of the Dark Moon can be found here: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/botdm.html.
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Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Aphrodite's Apples now has a feature where you can write reviews for their titles. If you've read Blood of the Dark Moon and would like to recommend it to others or just have feedback on it in general, then I would encourage you to please take advantage of this feature:
You'll find a link for creating a review on the righthand side of the page. To any who participate, thanks in advance! Your support/feedback/comments are always welcome. :)
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Monday, January 21, 2008
On the arts and fandom
Over the weekend, I had a conversation with a few friends on the topic of the arts and fandom related to said arts. It's no secret that some authors out there have a hatred of fan fiction and want complete control over their created charactres. On the other hand, some feel that fan fiction is a fantastic avenue for not just promotion of their original works, but a great way for people to potentially break into the writing scene by writing about the characters from the novels, movies, and television writers whom they love.
I'm in the latter category. It is my feeling that people should, can, and will write fan fiction based upon already created characters in their favorite fandoms. As long as they are not claiming those characters are original and are giving credit to the original movie, television show, or novel writer, I frankly don't see the problem.
Personally, I'm a huge advocate of fan fiction and fandom. I feel that it's a wonderful way for many to connect with the stories and characters whom they love and fulfill their creative outlet. I also see it as a harmless way to promote the arts as well as the original work.
If I ever stumble across fan fiction based on my writing, I'd be sincerely flattered--and I'd want to encourage the person to continue writing. Some fan fiction writers find themselves writing original fiction and getting published, and the more arts promotion there can ever be, I say the better!
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More information on book signings/parties on my website! Please read.
I have two book signings coming up, one in Salem, MA on 1/25 at 8pm and another in Arlington, MA on 2/23 at 8pm.
Please view my website for more detail on these book signings/sales and parties here:
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Book signing party of Blood of the Dark Moon in Salem, MA on 1/25 8pm!
Stop by and meet Adrianne Brennan, author of Blood of the Dark Moon, the first in the Dark Moon series! You'll get to purchase a CD of her book plus get it autographed!
175 Essex St
Salem, MA
(between Samantha's and Goddess Treasure Chest)
Drinks and refreshments will be provided!
More info about Blood of the Dark Moon can be found here: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/botdm.html.
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Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Ebooks, epublishing, and the erotic romance industry in general
Someone on an emailing list asked a few really good questions:
1) What are the pros and cons of ebooks over print?
2) Have you ever been dismissed by potential readers for being in ebook format versus print?
3) Have you ever been dismissed for writing romance as opposed to "more serious" fiction?
I'm going to tackle these one by one because I run into this often--the first two even more than the third.
1) The pros are easy to identify--having portable books in a way that doesn't take up a HUGE amount of storage space is very beneficial to people who travel often and are always on the go. I can read a 200 page book in 30-45 minutes easily, and when I get on a plane for more than 2-3 hours I may not necessarily just want to watch the Sci Fi channel. Having a bunch of books in a small, handheld device is AWESOME for this purpose.
Also, there's the opportunity of lunch hour reading. I can sit down and read a book on my laptop or on my desktop at work. No one has to know what I'm reading and less of a chance people will come over and start talking to me with the usual questions: "Oh, you're reading a book! What are you reading? What's it about?" I remember bringing Crowley's Book 4--the HUGE blue doorstop edition--with me to entertain myself as I sat around for jury duty, and got repeatedly asked, "Oh, are you reading Harry Potter? What are you reading?" While this can be amusing, it can also be annoying--or potentially hazardous in the workplace as you attempt to wave them away without giving away what it is that you are reading. So if you want to read occult, romance, and/or erotica books without your fellow employees in your cube wondering what you're reading during your lunch hour...ebooks are definitely the way to go.
The cons can be summed up in one word: tradition. People are constantly telling me how much they prefer print because they "like the feel of a book in their hands," and asking me when my ebook will be available on Amazon.com, B&N, Borders...you name it. This typically means that people will sometimes refuse to buy it on the grounds that a) prefer print, b) don't have the technology to read an ebook, or worse yet, c) being an ebook is somehow "less" than being in print.
Which brings me to #2:
2) Yes, there is the idea that somehow ebooks aren't "real", that the standards for them are far less than print and therefore are more likely to suck, and people who prefer the traditional methods tend to avoid purchasing your book. The one reviewer I've had comment on Blood of the Dark Moon so far even admits this: he hates ebooks, and it even prevented him from reviewing my book for a good month before he had the chance to take a look at it. Once he did so, however, he was disappointed that he didn't read it sooner!
Convincing people to take a chance on an ebook is much like that example--people will take their time, hem and haw, and will eventually sit down and read it to discover that wow, good books CAN come in ebook format! But this takes time, and sometimes it's just a matter of the technology--not everyone is comfortable with having a smartphone, PDA, computer, and/or handheld ebook reader. I am a geek by hobby and profession and having access to many of the above mentioned items makes reading ebooks for me easy, fun, and rather convenient. This is, however, not the case for everyone.
3) I have found that writing romance isn't as much of a problem as writing erotic romance. I am completely unable to tell my family what I write about. I not only write about explicit sex, I write about explicit kinky sex between vampires involving bondage, blood play, knife play--you name it. This is NOT up everyone's alley, and while I did my best to tred the line between being titillating while not detracting from the plot, there will be some who will be put off by that.
Mainstream romance, such as Gone with the Wind, does fine, and even your grandmother can read it. A lot of modern romance can get into the bedroom wayyy more often, and I think it's the combination of modern pulp romance and its formulaic plot plus graphic sex that is often looked upon as "selling out." A lot of people don't realize that "smart smut" exists. And some authors start out in smart smut and DO eventually sell out to nearly hardcore pr0n because it sells. It keeps them on the bestseller lists and the lack of plot doesn't necessarily discourage everyone from reading; they'll keep buying the books for the sex.
In short, sex sells, and people know that. No one is blind to this. And sex will continue to sell even if the books aren't all that good.
I find myself giving disclaimers and near apologies more for the erotica than the romance or even ebook than anything else. I never know who can handle the contents of my book and who can't, and who is expecting nothing more scandalous than "he entered her love-box with great joy" will raise a hairy eyebrow at a few of the scenes in my book--and my book is really not what I would call terribly edgy, either!
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More info about my book signing/sale at the 7th Annual NEDSWB on 2/23!
7th Annual Darkside Walkers Ball
When: 2/23/08 8pm-12am
Where:370 Mass Ave, Arlington, Ma 02474 (Arlington American Legion)
Who:Featuring various vendors and:
DJ Vudu
DJ Krztov
DJ Pet
DJ xTIMMYxCOREx
and a performance by: Seppuku
There will also be an after hours party from 12am til whenever for
ball attendees. Location will be announced at ball.
$10.00 cover 21+
I'll be there for the duration of the event at my own table. Please stop by and get your own copy of my book on CD! I'll even autograph it for you if you like. :)
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Writing as a dream job
Yahoo has an article on "glamour jobs" and how to get them. The last one caught my eye:
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In what seems to be a recurring theme in Salmansohn's success story, her career jump-started when she got an unexpected lift. "I was working at MTV doing freelance writing for the filmettes that go on between videos," explains Salmansohn, who counts Jon Stewart, Madonna, Jay Leno, and Vanity Fair editor-in-chief Graydon Carter among her fan base. "This guy I barely knew got on the elevator with me, and he said, 'What's new?' and I said, 'I just finished my first novel.'" By the time Salmansohn arrived on the first floor, she had scored a book agent's name and number. "I always joke that if MTV had its offices on the third floor instead of the 24th, I might never have gotten a book deal."
It's funny, but a lot of us who have gotten published seem to have just sorta "fallen into it". A lot of people dismiss it as being in the right place at the right time, but I really think it's about people. Do you talk about your writing with others? Do others know that you're working on a novel, short story--or have one finished?
I think a lot of us--especially those of us who write romance, erotica and romantic erotica--are too shy to talk about it to others. I was open enough to discuss it at a party and got great tips from someone who just happened to work with Neil Gaimon. In short, you never know who you're going to run into and who you're going to meet, and even if they can't get you a gig like in the above example, they may know people who know people or have otherwise great advice for you that will eventually lead you to getting your first novel out there.
Also, I have to add--which this article of course doesn't get into--it's also where you're writing at present. A portion of the AA staff, self included, met each other while writing Star Wars fanfic! I love being able to say the following: "I owe my being a published writer to Vader pr0n."
The article also gives the following advice:
"Create a career pickup line," she says. "Know what you can say in 30 seconds to sell yourself quickly. It's all based on what your unique selling point is."
Useful to know--especially if you might accidently meet book agents and/or publishers on the Net or in elevators.
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Monday, January 14, 2008
Last day to vote in P&E Poll--thanks to those who have!!
Today's the last day to vote in the Preditors and Editors Poll!
Thanks to those who have voted. Your support means a GREAT deal to me! I can't believe I'm even #5 in the tallies for Best Horror Ebook with all of those other fantastic ebooks I'm up against!
For those who haven't yet voted... you have until tonight to do so!
Love and magic,
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Saturday, January 12, 2008
Only two days left to vote in the Preditors and Editors Polls!
I'm up for a number of nominations, including Best Horror Ebook of 2007:
If you have a chance, please cast a vote for me before the polls end!
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Thursday, January 10, 2008
Book signing/sale at the 7th Annual NEDSW Ball in Arlington, MA!
If you miss me for my first book signing (or just want to see me again), I'm signed up for another event!
7th Annual New England Dark Side Walkers Ball
The Arlington American Legion
370 Massachusetts Avenue
Arlington, MA
Saturday night, Feb. 23rd
8 pm - 12 mid
Mark your calendars!!
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Wednesday, January 09, 2008
Blood of the Dark Moon up for Best Horror Ebook of 2007!
I realize that it's too early to be looking at tallies, but omgs, I'm #8 so far!!
Here's where to vote for Blood of the Dark Moon:
I have no idea if I have a shot or not at winning, but I'm just so thrilled that so many have sought fit to support me, my book, and Aphrodite's Apples in that category. Thanks guys!! :D :D
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Tuesday, January 08, 2008
Blood of the Dark Moon is up for an award!
My book is up for an award for best in horror! Vote for me:
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Jay Shafer has been building and inhabiting tiny houses since 1997. His first tiny house was a mere 89 square feet, and once he realized that he could still live pretty comfortably in a such a small space, he was hooked. Since then he's started the Tumbleweed Tiny House Company, which builds and sells small houses.
Shafer, a contrarian by nature, said he got the idea to start building and living in tiny houses when he discovered that many states have laws prohibiting diminutive dwellings. These laws, which are often meant to discourage vagrants from inhabiting tool sheds or prohibit unscrupulous landlords from renting out broom closets, are overly broad, Shafer said, and constitute a form of forced consumption.
Starting at $40,000, a Tumbleweed house isn't exactly a bargain, but it is considerably cheaper than its full-sized counterparts. The company also sells the plans for mini-houses at a far cheaper rate, so DIYers who want to get in on minimalist living can build their own tiny houses.
More recently, Shafer has settled down to start a family and is now living in a relatively palatial 500-square-foot house in northern California. He still maintains a 100-square-foot tiny home on the property, he said, and prefers those condensed confines.
What inspired you to start building and living in tiny homes?
You know, when I first started I was just not attracted to the idea of having 30 years to pay off a mortgage.
To be honest when I found out that there are laws prohibiting small houses — the occupation of small houses — that really got me into the idea. Because what they are saying is that living small is an illegal action.
What sort of impact do you think you've had on people over the years?
The word has gotten out that bigger is not necessarily better and I'm really happy to have been a part of that.
What are some of the most unique uses you've seen for some of the tiny homes that you've built or sold plans for?
Well I've had some very interesting requests. I've had people ask for tiny houses to be used as part of a brothel. It never went through, but that was the request. We've had requests for tiny houses that have bulletproof windows with turrets on top. The range of uses seems to be unlimited.
But more than that we get three primary requests, which are for vacation cottages, and more typically than that, for a backyard extension to existing homes — a bedroom or a studio — and finally people living in them full time.
As you've gotten more experience both living in and designing tiny homes over the years, what have you learned and how have your designs changed?
Actually it evolves a lot. Just when you think you have a perfect design that's very efficient you start seeing a lot of wasted space, not that there can be a lot of wasted space in 100 square feet to begin with. My first house was fairly efficient, but in building that 100-square-foot house on wheels I've redesigned it a couple of times. And at this point, once again I'm at the stage where I can't imagine how I can eke any more functional space out of it.
I've focused on making use of all the vertical space, so there's a lot of floor-to-ceiling shelves and a sleeping loft. A lot of it has to do with feeling out what feels comfortable for the average person. I think I've whittled it down to where I wouldn't want to go too much smaller with the bathtub I've designed and the kitchen design; they are just very minimal structures now.
What tips or tricks can you offer people who choose to live in a tiny home, or people who have to live in a cramped space?
I would recommend that people shoot for being very organized. Rooms that are organized just feel bigger; they feel more spacious.
Almost every article I've seen — and sometimes I'm guilty of this too — when writing about how to design a small space, everybody talks about how to make it feel bigger and that's not really the point. The point is to make it feel less cramped.
When making the change to a tiny home, what was the biggest sacrifice?
I was living in the back of my truck for a while and living in an Airstream Trailer for a while. In those cases, initially, in the truck for example, I'd gotten down to just a bed and some storage and that's really all I needed to survive.
I missed having a laptop when I was living that way. And I also missed having a sink in the back of the truck. A good way to assess what you're gonna miss is to just go camping for a week.
Who are your design heroes? Who inspires you?
I really like Ross Chapin; he designs pocket neighborhoods. I'm influenced by vernacular architecture. I like houses built by common people, for common people.
For my own taste, I'm not a big Frank Gehry fan. In my eyes, it's kinda show-offy.
You've recently moved from a very tiny house to a slightly larger, but still tiny house. Can you talk about the size change and how that's affected your life?
A lot of people asked me when I was living in my tiny house for over a decade, "What would you do if you had a family?" If I had it my way, we'd have three tiny houses of about 120 square feet. But [my wife] didn't want to live in a 120-square-foot house. We have my tiny house right next to the 500 square footer, which is the cheapest house we could find and happened to be about the right size for our needs.
I still kind of refer to the house as "her house" or "the bunk house," because truth be told a lot of my reasons for moving into a small space is because I can't handle a lot of responsibility. So I still take care of my tiny house and help out with the house, because I do sleep over there and eat over there.
What sort of projects have you been up to lately? I understand you went to Occupy Wall Street a few weeks ago. Can you tell me a little about that and what other projects you've been up to?
Occupy Wall Street for us was kind of a disaster because the guy who was supposed to [haul] the house down did not. I showed up at JFK Airport in New York and found out that the night before he had decided not to [haul] the house down. So Occupy Wall Street didn't really happen.
But because I think it's a great platform for this entire subject of overconsumption, we're going to do an Occupy Tiny House at my property with my tiny house. That's going to happen the second Saturday in January.
How can people get involved with Tumbleweed Homes?
The movement is so broad now. When we first started doing this stuff there weren't many references. You'd Google "small house" and you wouldn't come up with much. Now there's all these small-house companies.
I think the best way to help — and it seems kind of selfish — [is] just think about your own needs, meet them, but don't exceed them.
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The aim of conducting Global Assessments (GAs) of national statistical systems in South East European (SEE) and Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (EECCA) countries is to provide an in-depth and comprehensive analysis of the institutional, organizational and technical capacity of the countries to produce official statistics that comply with international and European guidelines and recommendations, including the United Nations Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics (FPs) and the European Statistics Code of Practice (CoP).
GAs do not focus exclusively on the national statistical offices/committees but encompass all major producers of statistics (e.g. Ministries of Finance and National Banks). Thus, GAs are a unique opportunity for governments, national authorities, users and other national and international stakeholders to obtain a comprehensive picture of the overall state of development of statistical systems.
GA reports provide detailed recommendations for the sustainable development of national statistical systems that, ideally, are incorporated into statistical capacity-building programmes and strategies (e.g. Master Plans or National Strategies for the Development of Statistics). These strategies are then made operational through annual statistical programmes of work and implemented by the beneficiary countries, with the support of the international community.
GA reports by country are listed below:
- Georgia (2019) (English)
- Armenia (Peer Review – 2018) (English)
- Moldova (2018) (English)
- Uzbekistan (Joint Overview – 2018) (English)
- Kazakhstan (2017) (English) (Russian)
- Azerbaijan (2017) (English)
- Ukraine (2017) (English)
- Mongolia (2014) (English)
- Belarus (2013) (English) (Russian)
- Georgia (2013) (English)
- Moldova (2013) (English)
- Tajikistan (2013) (English) (Russian)
- Ukraine (2012) (English) (Russian)
- Kyrgyzstan (2011) (English) (Russian)
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We are delighted to announce that micro:bit SLUG are celebrating their first anniversary!
Based in Sri Lanka, SLUG is a fast-growing group of volunteers from professional organisations and universities whose shared mission is to use the micro:bit as an educational tool to educate and to empower every child in the country.
In the last 12 months they've achieved some remarkable things: as well as recruiting more than 300 volunteers, and becoming the country's official micro:bit community group, they've also…
- Reached over 3000 students and trained more than 50 teachers
- Held over 100 awareness sessions, as well as micro:bit Discovery Days in 25 districts
- Distributed more than 200 micro:bits, cost-free
- Created 'Start Your micro:bit Adventure', a series of YouTube tutorials
- Produced a special video series on the micro:bit, in conjunction with Nenasa TV channel and the Ministry of Education
- Published micro:bit Quick Start Guides in Sinhala and Tamil for distribution to over 100 teachers
- Translated Microsoft MakeCode – as well as the micro:bit website! – to Sinhala and Tamil
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A bright and ongoing success story in the Pagan community has been the utilization of crowd-funding sites like IndieGoGo and Kickstarter to collectively raise funds for important projects. Starhawk raised over $75,000 dollars to help fund a pitch-reel in order get a feature film based on her book "The Fifth Sacred Thing" made. Peter Dybing helped raise $30,000 dollars for Doctors Without Borders in the wake of the 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami. Pagan singer-songwriter SJ Tucker was amazed when a Kickstarter campaign for Tricky Pixie's European tour more than doubled their initial goal in a matter of hours (and kept on growing). In addition, several smaller initiatives have managed to collectively raise thousands for Pagan projects: The readers of The Wild Hunt funded the proposed budget of this site for a year, Chicago-based Pagan/magical performance troupe Terra Mysterium raised funds for their new show "The Alembic,"and the Goddess community funded a documentary film in honor of Merlin Stone.
Crowdfunding sites allow an easy mechanism for fundraising in communities that may have social networks and organizations, but not the robust money-raising infrastructure of already-established mainstream institutions. This is a place modern Paganism is in today, and more and more of us are turning to these sites as a solution to our "money problem." There are hundreds of thousands of Pagans out there, millions around the world, and they desire to see our projects and initiatives advance just as much as any other faith community. So here are some Pagan Fundraising Initiatives that you might want to contribute to.
The Ancient Egyptian Daybook: Egyptologist Tamara Siuda, author of "The Ancient Egyptian Prayerbook," has been involved with the Pagan community for years in a number of different roles. She's probably best known as a pivotal figure in Kemetic Orthodoxy, and more recently, as a mambo in Haitian Vodou. When she announced that she was fundraising to produce an Ancient Egyptian Daybook through Kickstarter so that interested individuals could keep track of all those wonderful ancient Egyptian holidays, she quickly surpassed her initial goal of $3000, and is quickly creeping up on $9000.
My name is Tamara Siuda. I'm an Egyptologist. (Yes, I've even played one on TV.) I've been translating hieroglyphs, teaching, and writing about ancient Egyptians for two decades. A few years ago, I published The Ancient Egyptian Prayerbook. It includes translations of prayers, hymns, and magical incantations from Egypt's pharaonic times. It also includes a very basic ancient calendar, because there wasn't room for all my research. I'd like to give that calendar some more attention. With your help, I can publish The Ancient Egyptian Daybook. This Daybook will include all my research into ancient Egypt's calendar. It will also include an optional blank perpetual calendar in a journal or planner format, so you can keep track of these holidays today, if you want!
With a little over a week left, she's making plans for 10K, 20K, and 40K "stretch" goals, with various incentives. So if you want to jump on this project before the fundraising window closes, now's the time. Wild Hunt columnist Stacey Lawless will be writing more about this fundraiser in her next column, which will also touch on her PantheaCon experiences. I think Pagans looking at how to do a successful crowdfunding initiative should study all the things that Tamara Siuda did right.
Commemorative Blue Plaque For Doreen Valiente: Doreen Valiente is rightly called the "mother of modern Witchcraft" by many, and her writings have had a huge shaping influence on religious Witchcraft as a whole. The Centre For Pagan Studies is currently raising funds to place the first in a series of commemorative blue plaques to honor Valiente and other key figures in modern Pagan history.
"The first Blue Plaque is the Doreen Valiente Plaque. We have been working on this for a number of years with Brighton and Hove City Council and we are pleased to announce that Doreen's Plaque will be going on the wall at the apartments where she lived for 30 years and the location where she did most of her seminal writing. The event will take place on the Summer solstice this year – i.e. 21st June 2013. We are having to pay for the commemorative plaque ourselves so we need your help to raise 1200 pounds. This is to cover 750 pounds manufacturing cost and the remainder is for the installation. Time is short so please donate to this great cause. This will be a number of firsts. The plaque as afar as we can find out will be the first council apartment block. It certainly will be the first plaque that celebrates the life of one of our own. There are plaques commemorating the wrong doings, but this is the first to honor a witch."
You can donate towards the cause, here. Future planned plaques include one for Gerald Gardner in 2014, and one for Alex Sanders in 2015.
In Other Pagan Fundraising Initiatives News:
- PNC-Minnesota reports that Nordic roots performer and Völva Kari Tauring successfully raised $7000 to produce her new CD, Nykken & Bear. Says Tauring: "This seems like so much to ask, for people to just donate money to me. I went ahead and did it and it just blossomed like crazy." Congratulations!
- The Temple of Witchcraft campaign to raise funds for the improvement of their new temple headquarters continues apace, having reached the halfway mark with 50 days to go. They are pushing for an ambitious $68,000 and have already raised nearly $40,000. Temple co-founder Christopher Penczak says: "You might ask, why a parking lot and why now? The answer is: No Parking Lot, No Temple. The Temple of Witchcraft bought a building to hold rituals and classes in our New Hampshire location. But we can't use it for its intended purpose until we build a parking lot to comply with town codes. And we can't do that until we raise $68,000 dollars. We're still keeping the former site open. That costs, too."
- It's March, and that means Cherry Hill Seminary's annual Hypatia Day fundraiser is starting soon. The concept is simple: host a viewing party of the movie "Agora" between March 15th and May 1st 2013 and solicit donations for the Pagan seminary. Prizes are awarded for best attended and most money raised.
- Pagan Living TV, a non-profit media organization that seeks to create a world "where Pagan spirituality and philosophy is an influential voice in mainstream culture," has launched an IndieGoGo campaign ongoing for their weekly video news program "The Pagan Voice." So far they have raised $1,000 of their $33,500 goal, with 20 days left in the campaign. Here's their most recent show from February 15th if you want to see their work.
Those are the highlighted campaigns for this edition. Please send me word of your crowdfunding campaigns, and I may spotlight them on a future edition of this ongoing feature. Let's all work together to promote important projects within our community, and destroy the notion that we can't or won't fund projects that are important to us. If you can't donate, the best way to help is to share these campaigns to your social networks, exposing them to as many people as possible. Thanks for reading, and thank you for supporting Pagan community!


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Families driving the Hume Highway between Sydney and Melbourne will start to share the road with B-triple trucks - the O'Farrell government is preparing for a trial of the 35-metre road giants.
As well, amid a raft of proposals to make it easier to move freight across NSW, the trucking industry is pushing to allow B-triples on the Pacific Highway between Sydney and Brisbane, but at this stage the government is resisting.
But the government is considering clearing some major Sydney streets of parking to make it easier for trucks. These include King Georges Road in the city's south-west and Botany Road in the inner south.
Stripping Botany Road of parking would be fiercely resisted because it has a large residential population.
''I hope that isn't going to happen,'' said businesswoman Frederic Caillon, who owns Croquembouche Patisserie on Botany Road with her husband. ''That would be dreadful, that would be really bad.''
The trial of B-triples on the Hume Highway is set to start once a bypass at Holbrook, about halfway between Sydney and Melbourne, is finished in the middle of next year and other works, such as larger truck stops, are built.
According to the trucking industry and the government, the advantage of B-triple trucks, which comprise three semi-trailers behind the truck's prime mover or cab, is they carry more goods than standard semi-trailers or B-doubles.
This means potentially fewer trucks on the road with B-triples, which are more than seven times the length of a Holden Commodore.
''There are enormous advantages for allowing these vehicles on the Hume once the Holbrook bypass is complete,'' the communications manager of the Australian Trucking Association, Bill McKinley, said.
B-triples tended to be newer than smaller vehicles, and were fitted with safety features such as a blind spot radar. ''We have an excellent understanding of how they handle,'' Mr McKinley said. ''The safety and productivity case for bringing them in is compelling.''
The NSW manager at the Australian Trucking Association, Jodie Broadbent, said the industry had started discussions with Roads and Maritime Services about a trial of B-triples on the Pacific Highway.
They were ''still very early stages, it could be two or three years before we get anywhere near to doing anything like that''.
A spokeswoman for the Roads Minister, Duncan Gay, said the government was looking at a trial only on the Hume Highway, not on city streets or on the Pacific Highway.
She said it was unlikely a trial could begin next year.
''Allowing [high-productivity vehicles] on the Hume Highway between Sydney and Melbourne could cut the number of freight trucks needed to service the growing road freight task,'' she said.
''On initial estimates, this could result in almost a million fewer B-double-equivalent trips over a 30-year period.''
The government's draft freight strategy also revealed it was considering reviewing parking in major roads used by a lot of trucks.
''For example, arterial roads, including sections of King Georges Road and Botany Road, often allow parking,'' the strategy said. ''This not only eliminates the use of the kerbside lane, but also slows traffic in the adjacent lane.''
Mr Gay's spokeswoman would not say if other roads were also open for review, with a final strategy to be released next year.
Labor's roads spokesman, Ryan Park, said he was not concerned about a B-triple trial on the Hume Highway, but would be worried about where they were allowed to go in Sydney. ''They're obviously not suitable for suburban roads.''
The Greens transport spokeswoman, Cate Faehrmann, said the trial would lead to bigger crashes.
Jacob Saulwick is City Editor at The Sydney Morning Herald.


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KF 18 is reaching The Field…
….so first of all I would like to extend a huge welcome to all the lovely people at KosInvest – based in Pristina, Kosovo. KosInvest is one of Kiva's newest field partners, and everyone here has certainly made me feel immensely welcome from the moment I touched down!
I'm going to take this "blogotunity" to introduce you to a tiny, landlocked state in the Balkans and explain how Kiva is getting involved here for the first time.
Having emerged from the shadow of a war that divided ethnic communities in the Balkans just over a decade ago, Kosovo has the lowest per capita income in Europe (approximately $3000 annually). Kosovo also considers itself to be the baby of Europe – having declared independence as recently as 2008, though this has not been formally recognised by a large number of states, including neighbour Serbia.
Despite this, Pristina is still a bustling hub of activity and the crossroads of many cultures.
Travelling south from Pristina, you'll reach the Macedonian capital Skopje in under two hours. Travel east and you'll be in Bulgaria in around three, whereas the same travel time to the west will leave you in Albania. An hour or so to the north lies Serbia, to the northwest Montenegro.
Yet despite its diminutive size, one of Kosovo's most fascinating features is that it remains the home of an entrancing – and often bewildering – number of ethnic communities.
Kosovar Albanians make up the majority of the population, but Kosovo is also home to sizeable minorities of Serbs, Roma (Romani gypsies), Bosniaks (from Bosnia), Gorani (from the Gora region on the Albanian border), Turks, Ashkali and Balkan Egyptians (distinct gypsy groups who trace their origins from Persia and Egypt respectively). Confused yet? Because I certainly am!
Yet this is where KosInvest is doing some of its most amazing work. Uniquely in the area, they are in the vanguard of initiatives to reach all these different communities through microfinance.
KosInvest also focusses on rural communities, who are particularly vulnerable to higher levels of poverty and unemployment. And with Kiva funding KosInvest will be able to reach a increasing numbers of economically active but low-income ethnic groups. And I am fortunate enough to be witnessing this grass roots empowerment in action, as the first posts made by KosInvest went live less than a month ago.
Because of this, I am honoured to extend a huge Kiva welcome to KosInvest!!
Alice Reeves is a Kiva Fellow, working in Kosovo and Albania this summer with new Kiva partners Kosinvest and VisionFund Albania. Find out how you can become a Kiva Fellow or just more information on kiva and microfinance in general on kiva.org.