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|This Argentina outfitter is proud of personally training a cooking staff, hunting guides, pick up boys and housekeepers to serve you. From the moment they pick you up at the airport, they do their best to make your trip to Argentina a safe, incredible and unforgettable experience.
|Argentina Stag Hunt
|They offer complete packages for big game and bird hunts. They meet your international flight and work the logistics of each visit to provide a convenient and smooth overall experience with great hunts, comfortable lodging, excellent food and wines, friendly staff and professional guides.
|Australian Stag Adventure
|Allow this outfitter to take you on a great Australian hunting adventure. This hunt is a unique experience that gives you a taste of Australia with the privacy of your own island. Located off the coast of the mainland, Marble Island hosts some of the best free range stag hunting. When not hunting enjoy whale watching, shore fishing or the beautiul sunrises and sunsets. Hunters will have access to the kitchen and laundry facilities. This is a great place for a family vacation that includes a stag hunt.
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|New Zealand is renown as a hunter's paradise. The South Island of New Zealand is home to some of the most prized trophies hunted around the world. Species available on the South Island include, the Himalayan bull tahr, alpine chamois, red stag, fallow buck, whitetail deer, elk-wapiti, wild boar, and Arapawa ram. Safaris for sika, rusa, and sambar deer are conducted on the North Island. This outfitter will provide you with hunts on concession land and on private Game Estate Safaris. Access in to the Southern Alps for Tahr and Chamois is by 4x4 or helicopter.
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|This outfitter is set in New Zealand's spectacular, remote Whanganui River Valley. Surrounded by 250,000 acres of lush forest and breathtaking views of the Ruapehu volcano, they provide the free range hunt of a lifetime. Spend your day hunting big red stags, sika, fallow, Arapawa sheep, goats and/or boar. By night you will enjoy gourmet meals, New Zealand wines, and superb lodge accommodations surrounded by this amazing natural setting. Their clients currently hold 4 SCI#1 trophies and have taken over 500 Gold Medal stags. Non-hunting companions are welcome. They will receive personalised attention and can enjoy everything from gold medal sight-seeing, to shopping, and river boat trips. Family owned and operated for five generations.


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For years I fought the fact that I had any natural body in my hair by blowdrying and flat ironing it to smithereens. This worked great as long as my hair did not come near moisture of any kind (humidity was my worst enemy). Then I had a Jettie and decided if there was ever a time to embrace air-dried hair now would be it.
My hair is too curly to be wavy and too wavy to be curly – it's curl-wavey. Mistreated and without product however it is a hot mess. I am still learning which products, how much to use and when to apply. But all in all I have found a new appreciation for the natural body in my hair. This is a good thing considering Jettie has been blessed with some curls herself (but hers are far better than mine).
Below is a roundup of my most used products. (I do not diffuse my hair only because I prefer to air dry – use a diffuser if you need to dry fast.) Admittedly I still curl a few pieces around my face before my hair is ready, but these products leave me with the most "natural" head of curl-wavey hair I have ever been brave enough to rock.
1Paul Mitchell Curl Twirl Around was given to me a few years ago by a friend and I absolutely loved it. Makes curls smooth and the softness lasts all day. Only downfall is it emptied fast but all in all well worth the price./2Garnier Fructis Style Curl Sculpting Cream-Gel is our go-to for Jettie's curls. At less than $4 a bottle you can't go wrong with using this on a little one. Apply to damp hair after a bath or spray hair with a little warm water and scrunch a pea size amount into it for a curl boost./3Sexy Hair Curly Sexy Hair Curling Creme is very similar to the Paul Mitchell product (I use this one more only because I seem to get my hands on it more often). I find this creme tames my curls without weighing them down. The first thing that goes in my hair after a wash./4John Frieda Frizz Ease Dream Curls Curl-Perfecting Spray is a wonderful in between washes product that I use on both me and Jettie. Curls can become dull and flat a day after a wash. This spray puts the spring back in their step./5Wide-Toothed Comb for detangling in the tub. You do not want to mess with curls much outside of the shower. Combing and brushing suck the life out of them and leaving you with a head of fuzz. Use a wide-tooth comb after the conditioner is set but before you rinse it out./6100% White Cotton T-shirt – yes, that's a t-shirt and you need one of these bad boys for drying those curls. After a wash take the thickest white 100% cotton t-shirt you can find and dab those curls dry. I don't know why it works but it does.
What product(s) do you love to use on you and your child's natural curls? Please share!

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The first antiseptic mouthwash with fluoride.Twice daily use of Fluoride LISTERINE helps prevent cavities and gingivitis.Helps re-mineralize tooth enamel.Helps reverse the tooth decay process at the earliest stage before it can become a cavity.Kills the germs that cause gingivitis, plaque and bad breath.Helps keep teeth clean and gums healthy.For adults and children 12 years and older.IngredientsMedicinal
The only mouthwash we buy. Our dentist recommends fluoride and it is one of the few brands that has fluoride. Also works well to shorten a cold by gargling with this.
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VANCOUVER, Wash.—The Port of Vancouver USA welcomed Jeff Estuesta as Director of Finance and Accounting on August 1, 2012. His responsibilities include developing and implementing financial policies, short and long range planning, and assessing impacts on the port's overall financial position. Jeff also analyzes business operations and supervises the accounting staff.
Prior to joining the port, Jeff was a financial consultant for various local and international companies. He also spent six years as the Chief Executive Officer & Chief Finance Officer for Kentrox, Inc., a worldwide provider of intelligent site management solutions for computer networks.
Jeff has more than 22 years of experience as a financial manager, and has been employed with companies such as Gage Industries, Cray Research/Sun Microsystems, and Tektronix, among others.
"Jeff brings a wealth of talent and experience to what is already a strong port leadership team, "said Todd Coleman, the port's executive director. "There's a tremendous amount of activity currently underway at the port, and Jeff's background and understanding of today's complex financial world will help us continue our efforts to deliver substantial economic benefit to our community through marine and industrial development."
Born and raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Jeff received his Bachelor of Science degree in Managerial Finance from St. Cloud University in St. Cloud, Minnesota.
He is a member of Financial Executives Networking Group (FENG) and lives in the Portland area where he enjoys participating in outdoor activities such as hiking and fishing.
The Port of Vancouver USA is celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2012. It is one of the major ports on the Pacific Coast, and its competitive strengths include available land, versatile cargo handling capabilities, vast transportation networks, a dependable labor force and an exceptional level of service to its customers and community. For more information, please visit us at www.portvanusa.com.


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How to Develop your "Elevator Speech"
Jim Hasse
An important part of career success today is based on reputation building. A good on-the-job track record of course helps, but even without a lot of work experience you can build your personal reputation through an engaging self-presentation.
An engaging self- presentation includes these two essential tools:
1. Context for your resume
2. Your 15-second "elevator speech"
An appropriate quotation or anecdote can become the right cap for your resume if it:
• Gives context to the key result areas in your resume, perhaps by using a metaphor.
• Presents a compelling concept because it speaks to an unmet need within the business community.
• Is contemporary because it offers problem-solving possibilities, which have proven to be attainable and practical.
Framing your resume with a quotation or anecdote, which speaks to your personal values, your personal mission and your career goal, can also help you develop your 15-second "elevator story." Picture yourself on a short elevator ride. The curious person next to you noticing your disability, flatly asks that typically American question: "What do you do?" You need a quick response before that person -- potentially an important contact or even a prospective employer -- gets off the elevator at the next stop.
What do you say? You need to describe the career side of your life in a statement that is:
• Short: taking no more than 15 seconds.
• Simple: involving no more than 15 easy words that naturally roll off your tongue.
• Forceful: creating an instantaneous impression that you are solution-oriented.
Below I show how I developed these two tools for my own career marketing campaign.
Context for your Resume
My one-fold resume (a 17-by-11 sheet of very light gray cover stock) included this statement of my functional experience on the second page:
Positioned organization to take advantage of dairy industry restructuring.
• Developed, monitored growth strategy based on benchmark research
• Promoted organization as first choice among dairy farmers
• Created complete corporate marketing program
• Planned communication strategy for 15 mergers and acquisitions
Aligned 3,000 new dairy farmers, 300 new employees, 80 new truckers and 40 new customers with organization's vision, values and direction.
Established volunteer program to promote involvement and train leaders.
• Identified need for young farmer program
• Developed statement of purpose, bylaws and structure
• Created recruitment tools for attracting new volunteers
• Sponsored local, regional, national training conferences
• Organized recognition program for volunteers
Doubled young farmer program involvement and increased young farmer representation on board of directors by 600 percent in 15 years.
• Directed strategic planning and visioning process for senior management.
• Researched how "excellent" companies carried out the process
• Demonstrated the need to senior management for strategic planning
• Provided the training needed
• Developed steps to follow in carrying out the planning process
Refocused senior management's framework for decision making and communicated management's new vision to key stakeholder groups.
Provided senior management with the tools needed to "walk the talk."
• Studied contemporary approaches to communication research
• Gained approval for a comprehensive communication assessment
• Selected state-of-art research methods
• Administered the six-month assessment
Developed new communication vision, mission and guidelines (which drove improvements in employee training, management style, performance appraisals, promotion policies and employee benefits).
"Gaining Alignment" became the "hinge" for putting the pieces of my resume together. But, I had to find some short method for explaining what Gaining Alignment meant for me -- and why it was important for the business community. I decided to tap this quotation from futurist John Naisbitt, a business guru at that time.
"When you identify with your company's purpose,
when you experience ownership in a shared vision,
you find yourself doing your life's work
instead of just doing time."
John Naisbitt
Futurist, Author
I then wrote a brief explanation about why this quotation explained who I was and why it was relevant to an important need within the business community. Here is that explanation, which I placed on the front page of my four-page, single-fold resume.
I develop communities of people -- people who work effectively together
in using their individual skills to create a master plan
and then move it from the drawing board to on-site completion.
I help organizations gain that alignment among people by:
• Defining the master plan's direction
• Drawing an image of what is being built
• Diagramming the corporate landscape
• Designing an integrated management system
• Drafting a strategic communications plan
I use these tools as an accredited member of International Association of Business Communicators to forge links between people -- links that meet their emotional, mental, physical and spiritual needs -- so they willingly align themselves behind and dedicate themselves to important projects.
My 15-second "Elevator Speech"
But telling my story on paper or electronically was not enough. A self-engaging presentation also meant I had to be prepared to give my 15-second "elevator speech" at the drop of a hat. I decided to use this pitch:
"I'm a business communicator.
I help people work together within a corporate environment."
Refining a 15-second "elevator speech" that works -- and delivering it effectively -- in a second's notice was not easy for me, especially because I speak with some difficulty due to cerebral palsy. So I took the Dale Carnegie course, "Effective Speaking and Human Relations," which helped me become comfortable with just "being myself" in front of people. I also practiced a lot all by myself in front of a mirror to gain my sense of "presence" -- what my Dale Carnegie instructor liked to call "being crisp."
My 15-second elevator speech comes in handy in all kinds of situations when I'm asked, "What do you do?"
My statement often leads to a question as a reply: "How do you do that?"
My standard response: "I use strategic communication research to discover what people need and explore how they can meet that mutual need by working together. That's what corporate communications is all about."
Remember, you never know who you'll meet in an elevator. That person just may turn out to be your next employer.
Copyright © 2015. Hasse Communication Counseling, LLC. All rights reserved.
Author Bio:
Jim Hasse (www.jimhasse.com), Global Career Development Facilitator, has compiled and edited the recommendations of HR experts and the personal observations of both jobseekers and hiring managers into Perfectly Able: How to Attract and Hire Talented People with Disabilities (www.perfectlyable.com/), a comprehensive disability recruitment guidebook for hiring managers published by AMACOM (September 2010), the publishing arm of the American Management Association. He's the founder of www.cerebral-palsy-career-builders.com, a comprehensive career coaching guide for parents of youngsters with cerebral palsy, and owner of Hasse Communication Counseling, LLC, which develops win-win direct mail fundraisers for champions of disability employment.
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What makes a Nintendo Wii even better? A Wii that looks like the classic NES console!
Video after the jump.
This project was a labor of love and took some hours to gut our original Nintendo so that the Wii fit nicely inside. This required lots of dremel tool action. Wired in some fun LEDs, used some Gamecube extention cables to access the ports, threw in a large Gamecube memory card, and waalah, the Wiitendo is born!
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The Djinn were beings, who were created from smokeless flame, and as such, are alleged to be extremely hot tempered. They are impulsive, intense, and very focused on their task at hand. At one point, they were the preferred species of God/Allah. As explained below by "Hana", they were a vast and expansive race of beings. They engaged in much of the same function that we do: they had a purpose ("job"), they had families, they had communities and clans, and they had rulers ("kings"). One of these Djinn, named Iblis, forms a direct parallel to the Judeo-Christian Character of Haylel (הילל), otherwise known as Lucifer, or the Greek Phosphoros. The one main difference is that he was never an Angel. He was however, the most powerful of all of the Djinn, and he was even granted access to walk amongst Heaven "with the angels", and he was also the only Djinn allowed to do this.
When God/Allah created man, Adam, he commanded all his angels and all of the Djinn to bow and kneel before this creation, and to love him. And at first, all did – except for Iblis, much like the story of Lucifer.
It is We who created you and gave you shape; then We bade the angels prostrate to Adam, and they prostrate; not so Iblis;
He refused to be of those who prostrate.
(Allah) said: "What prevented thee from prostrating when I commanded thee?"
(Iblis) said: "I am better than he: Thou didst create me from fire, and him from clay."
(Allah) said: "Get thee down from this: it is not for thee to be arrogant here: get out, for thou art of the meanest (of creatures).
Be thou among those who have respite."
(Iblis) said: "Because thou hast thrown me out of the way, lo! I will lie in wait for them on thy straight way: Then I will assault them from before them and behind them, from their right and their left. Nor wilt thou find, in most of them, gratitude (for thy mercies)."
(Allah) said: "Get out from this, degraced and expelled. If any of them follow thee, Hell will I fill with you all."
So as you can see, Iblis, once again prideful and arrogant, rebelled against the desires of God/Allah, and was forever cast out of Heaven, but also given the opportunity to terrorize mankind as a test to see who was loyal to the holy ways of the Lord, and who would stray.
Now, on top of that, there are other correlations between the demonic, as well as the Djinn, and Angels. While in my opinion, encountering ANY angel would be a terrifying experience due to their dual-existence being some of the holiest of creatures but always having one wing dipped in blood to enforce the wrath and vengeance of God/Allah as well, I could imagine that encountering one of these Djinn, being bitter envious of mankind in general would be quite a horrifying experience.
There are different "classes" of the Djinn, with each one having unique identifying traits. Some of the notes I have taken would explain these, so I'll just simply dive into it and explain what those classes are: to "simplify" the information, I will not be referring to them in their native language, I will be using the "western" definitions here.
The classes of the djinn or divided amongst many, the first and weakest being that of the green djinn. They are the youngest of them all, and are not actually green, that is just how they're classified in levels of rank and power. They can do many things such as manipulate the physical universe, but they are all different. It would be the equivalent of the youngest, and the most naïve. They can be playful, vengeful, sometimes kind, and most of the time cruel. As with people, they have different areas of expertise and talent. Some are better at different areas of skill such as the sciences, math engineering, art and other things.
It is been said that the green djinn only enter our world because they are curious about us. It is like a temporary vacation, from their world. One of the more common Islamic beliefs is that they live in holes.
One of the worst things that a person can do is to somehow find a way to offend this hole. That means any littering, disturbance, urination, or any other type of offensive activity that involves this hole could eventually wind up leaving a person to severe emotional, spiritual, and physical woes at the hands of the djinn. It is also said that these holes, which these djinn live in, eventually lead into an entire subterranean network otherwise known as the djinn world. Others believe something similar, such as these holes are simply entrances to portals which will lead us into the world of the djinn. As stated in The Vengeful Djinn, by Rosemary Ellen Guiley and Philip Imbrogno, ISBN 978-0-7387-2171-2, it is believed that just to enter into one of these portals will bring you into a different plane of existence. A different dimension in which the djinn are allegedly the masters in control.
Throughout history, these entities have taken on many different shapes and forms. Some of those shapes all depended on what type of mood this entity was in at the time that it chose to materialize. The shapes include: dogs, elves, a fairie, and even in some instances, they were known to take on the shape and form of an angelic entity.
Then, there is the next class up ladder, the blue djinn. They are also called the marid, but despite their jump in class, there are not very many of them. Surprisingly, they are considered by many to be the most powerful of all of the djinn. They are known for being extremely reclusive, and if given the choice, they would rarely if ever interact with the human race. It is said in Islamic beliefs and folklore, that the blue djinn, As heinous as they are, are responsible for saving the entire race of the djinn in a battle between all of them and the red djinn. For those of you who do not know, the red djinn are a different class of entity, and we will talk about them soon. Just for inclusion in this section of the article, the red djinn are worshipers of the Islamic equivalent to the Roman Catholic devil, Iblis.
In terms of strength and power, it is said that the blue djinn are the oldest and most powerful of them all, with their strength lying on a scale just that below the strength and power of an angelic being.
It is also said that the blue djinn were involved in a war. A war against heaven. According to the Islamic religion, when Allah ordered them to leave the physical world because they had to submit it to Adam, the blue djinn resisted and put up arms. They decided that they were going to literally launch a war against the Angels, and fight for their right to stay within this physical world. In the end, it is said that this war lasted a millennium, and the Angels eventually overtook the blue djinn. Not all of them agreed to go quietly, however, and many of the blue djinn chose to stay in our world, with their clans.
As time goes on, the blue djinn sit and wait, quiet, and calculating, and as they get stronger, their only purpose it is believed is so that they can use that strength and engage in a second war with the Angels so that they can fight to regain and retain their ability to live in our world.
The red entities seemingly have only one reason to exist: to bring forth the destruction and the downfall of humankind. In Islamic folklore and belief, these entities would be the closest thing to the Roman Catholic and Judeo-Christian demons. They have abandoned all previous ties to their leaders, their families, their clans, and their God, in order to follow Iblis. They are most commonly described as being either the voice of reason, or the voice of destruction. As a matter of fact, a very common depiction of this particular breed of entity, is the popular notion of having one demon sit on your shoulder, and one angel sit on your other shoulder, and throughout your life, at every action, one or the other of them will whisper in your ear and sway you to make a decision of either good, or bad.
It is also believed that these entities, being the closest to the demonic, throughout history have been confused with such. The issue is, they are known for appearing in the form of reptilian-like creatures, and because they have no allegiances to anyone or anything other than that of pure evil, they are also allegedly responsible for many things such as possession, physical illness and some severe/intense hauntings.
Not much is known about these reclusive entities, but in one mention, it has been said that they are the leaders and the rulers of the blue djinn. They are also known to rule over other large clans and it may in fact be possible that they are kings or in the least, a ruling class of entity over others. As I said, not much is known about this particular entity. It may be so simple that there is only one black djinn, and that he is the ruler of them all. This is not as far-fetched as you would think. However, not much is known so it cannot be proven one way or the other.
There is one very, very famous legend, known as the Testament of Solomon. In this testament, at the side of King Solomon, there was a black djinn. King Solomon had complete control over this entity, and whenever a green or a blue djinn defied their orders, it was the black djinn's responsibility to punish these entities. In any event, regardless of who or where these legends came from, you can view the Testament of King Solomon here.
The other thing that is note worthy, is that at the current time, with what little is known about these particular entities, it seems that no matter what their status is, they are very important amongst the food chain in the djinn world. They are in positions of power, and it is power that has been gained by the rule of an iron fist. This is not something that they are elected to, this is something that they seem to have deserved, possibly by birthright, possibly by the natural selection. Unfortunately, we just don't know.
There are different types of classes as we mentioned above and as you can tell from the writing of this article, not much is known about very many of them, but the least known of all of them is the yellow class of djinn. Quite honestly, there is nothing that I can tell you about them. The issue is, is that they are reclusive not only from humankind, but from their own kind as well. They seem to be the hermits and the recluses of their species.
There is no denying that these entities seem to have an uncanny similarity to the demons of other religions. They share too many of the same traits to be ignored, or to be simply discarded. While the fact remains that the djinn are not the same entities as demons, their trickster nature allows them to portray themselves as demons by simply mimicking them perfectly. Since the Djinn were never angels, they could never properly be referred to as demons. Many people will generally refer to them as "demons" to avoid taking the time to properly explain what and who they are.
Passages from: https://diabolicalconfusions.wordpress.com/2013/05/27/discovering-the-demons-of-islam-a-crash-course-in-understanding-the-djinn-from-multiple-perspectives/


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The scholastically carefree days of summer can serve to provide students with a needed break from school, but can also hurt them come fall. Summer learning is paramount to helping your student perform better in the upcoming school year.
Here are a few tips for parents looking to make the most out of summer learning:
1. Design a flexible learning schedule that can be broken down into smaller intervals, such as 20-minute segments three times a day or 30-minute sessions twice a day – do what works best for your child!
2. Subjects that are consistently difficult for your child should be given the most time. Key learning concepts in a specific subject area can generally be found online or in workbooks from a teacher-supply store. Pre-learning key concepts can make the upcoming fall classes easier to understand and enable the student to perform better in the class.
3. Mathematical subjects consist of concepts that build upon themselves throughout the school year. Therefore, students should review and practice three or four math problems and procedures each day.
4. Review and look at upcoming vocabulary terms – and not just for English class! Students will be able to better understand class lectures in math, science, and other classes when they know the terms incorporated in the lessons. Use flash cards to play learning quiz games with family or friends and include everyone.
5. Literacy and reading comprehension skills can be improved in students who read a minimum of two classical literature books over vacation. Reading aloud daily to a parent, sibling or friend can additionally help improve a student's reading fluency skills at a steady rate.
6. Students who need a boost in their reading comprehension skills can benefit from jotting down a few key words or phrases on a piece of notebook paper as each paragraph is read.
7. Have your student construct creative-writing paragraphs about a topic they like to help improve her writing skills. Then have her reread for clarification, grammar and spelling errors.
Contact the writer: Barbara Dianis, M.A. Ed., is an education expert and author of the new book "Grade Transformer for the Modern Student: Early High School Edition."


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Second of June has Louis Quatorze back on A-list
LEXINGTON, Ky. - Second of June confirmed his superiority over Silver Wagon, last year's Hopeful Stakes winner, with an emphatic victory in the Jan. 17 Holy Bull Stakes at Gulfstream Park. They have met twice, with Second of June winning each time, the second even more impressively than the first.
Because he has a name that repeats his date of birth, Second of June is widely known as the youngest classic hope from this year's crop of 3-year-olds, and he may be the youngest colt in decades with a serious following for the classics.
Even Northern Dancer, who won the Kentucky Derby and Preakness in 1964, was a May foal and older than Second of June.
Northern Dancer is also the paternal great-grandsire of Second of June, who is a son of Preakness winner Louis Quatorze.
In fact, Second of June has close ties to the Maryland classic. Northern Dancer and Louis Quatorze have each won the race, and Second of June's paternal grandsire, Sovereign Dancer, sired another winner of the classic, old Bunny Ears himself, Gate Dancer.
Nowadays, the most distinctive connection between Second of June and Maryland, however, is that Louis Quatorze was moved there late last year and will begin to cover mares in Maryland for the 2004 breeding season.
After beginning his career in Kentucky at Ashford Stud, Louis Quatorze, an 11-year-old stallion, was sold late last year and now stands at Allen and Audrey Murray's Murmur Farm near Darlington, Md.
"We bought the horse at the end of October last year, and he arrived at Murmur on Nov. 1," Audrey Murray said. "We loved his race record and pedigree, and when we went to see him, he really impressed us. He is a striking horse with good size, standing about 16.2, and plenty of quality."
Acquiring a winner of Maryland's most famous race was an astute move, but there were other considerations.
"He also had about 400 unraced foals coming along, and we felt that he had a very good chance to produce another important racehorse," said Murray.
The first important racer for Louis Quatorze was Repent, who won the Grade 2 Louisiana Derby and was even better known for finishing second in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile at 2 and the Travers at 3 after a long layoff. The layoff followed his defeat in the Illinois Derby by a then relatively unknown colt named War Emblem.
War Emblem has even greater significance for Murmur Farm, because at the end of the year before he won the Kentucky Derby and Preakness, the Murrays had purchased War Emblem's sire, Our Emblem, and taken him to Maryland.
Now they've done it again.
After buying Louis Quatorze, the new owners "syndicated him fully in three weeks for $15,000 a share," Murray said. "We sold 30 shares and kept 10 for ourselves, and six breeding rights for the farm."
With the success of Second of June, Murray said "a few people have called, trying to buy shares, but we aren't selling any more."
As a classic winner with more than $2 million in earnings on the track and with a hot young colt bound for the classic trail, Louis Quatorze has become a very lively commodity among Maryland breeders.
"We've got about 60 mares booked to him at this point, and he's a very fertile horse who should be able to handle 90 or so," said Murray.
That is good news for shareholders. Louis Quatorze stands for $6,000 live foal, and although each share yields only one season annually, income from the other seasons sold goes into a pool divided among the shareholders.
In their previous experience with Our Emblem, Murray said that, due to War Emblem coming to prominence later in the year, "we had the highest demand for seasons in April and May, more than half-way through the breeding season. This time it will be easier to arrange matings and bookings."
Our Emblem stood at Murmur for only one season before his resale to stand at Taylor Made Farm in Kentucky. Although the foals Murmur bred were all colts, Murray said "we retained a breeding right in the horse and have some opportunity to get some fillies by him."
And as with Our Emblem, there may be pressure to sell Louis Quatorze, especially if Second of June continues to win this spring. But Murray said, "We need a good horse in Maryland, and we really like this one. I don't think we would sell him."


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So every day and multiple times a day I tell my beautiful shih tzu that he is going to be the best big brother ever! I tell him that even though I'm sure he'll be a tattle tale he'll still be the bestest big brother. ( I know! I have screws loose
)... I rub him and pet him and love him all up and tell him he will still be the number one furbaby ever, and that he can still sleep with mama and papa cause little baby will be in their own bassinet next to mama.
So today when we get home from church as usual he is sooo excited that we're home and I do my usual loving him up and give him the best big brother speech, and so DH aka 'PAPA' tells pup that yes he will be the bestest and he's pretty sure this is 'Mama's' month!
I sure hope so cause I think DH will be veeeerrry disappointed!
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I've been working on this one for the past 2 weeks for Mark Richards who thinks I'm good enough to get paid for doing it (yay me..!) The Void! is the blue guy in the middle and is Mark's own creation and character. Mark also teaches at Lismore TAFE in NSW Australia.
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By Team Titleist On September 26, 2011
The second Titleist Brand Ambassador Bill Haas saw he could get a
club on the ball, he was already pulling one of his Titleist Vokey
Design Spin Milled wedges from the bag.
His Pro V1x sat on edge of the water, two-thirds above the mucky surface and five feet below the elevated green.
Both the Tour Championship and FedEx Cup Playoffs titles were on the line.
Faced with perhaps the most difficult up-and-down of the 2011 PGA Tour
season, there was only one thing on Bill's mind: "Play it like a bunker
"If there's a little bit of water, if you don't mind getting your feet dirty, then (just) blast it out of there," Bill said.
Without hesitation, Haas propelled the wedge into the water behind his
Pro V1x and watched the golf ball pop into the air, land 3 feet past the hole, and
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Bill's wedge of choice to pull of this heroic shot: His Vokey Design Spin Milled 60º•E (E-grind), bent to 59º with 7º of bounce.
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face and still have enough bounce to play it like a bunker shot. The
grooves of the wedge along with a descending blow allowed him to spin the
ball, even out of the shallow water.
"It was an amazing shot, one of
the best I've seen in all my years of watching Tour players."
Check out Bill's historic shot in the video below.
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September 29, 2011 at 10:03am
That shot was just unreal!
September 28, 2011 at 11:22pm
Incredible shot. Considering that I have a 60 degree Vokey wedge in my bag, I know what I am hitting next time I am in the water.. :-)
September 28, 2011 at 11:00am
I'm not surprised at all. No other wedge or ball gives you that kind of confidence around the green. i've never hit one out of the water, but evertime I pull my Vokey wedges I know my pro v1 will spin and check up just like I want it to. My golfing partners act all impressed and ask how I do it. I just look in their bag and at their golf ball and say I can't show you how to do it with those wedges and that golf ball.
September 28, 2011 at 9:54am
Putting,putting,putting and a great H2O shot!!
September 27, 2011 at 11:47pm
What a great shot. Great equipment!
September 27, 2011 at 7:43pm
Love to see proud papa smiling!! Congrats!
September 27, 2011 at 7:26pm
this awesome shot made under the pressure of the 11million plus dollars on the line was great fun to watch .... very happy for a really good son of another reaaly good guy on the tour. i've been around long enough to have watched your uncle Bob Goalby play and i'm sure he also had a big smile on his face.
you've now proved that you can handle the pressue of winning so go out and get some majors and minors ..... good luck Bill Haas
September 27, 2011 at 7:20pm
That kid was 'great' The shot was 'great', my next set of wedges will be 'Vokey's'.
September 27, 2011 at 5:59pm
The pressure he was under had to be tremendous. His determination and skill were hansomely rewarded over 11 million times.
September 27, 2011 at 5:53pm
One of the most clutch shots I have ever seen, especially considering what was on the line.
Great shot, great player, great club, great ball. Way to go Bill!!!
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… Screw the disclaimer, I'm moving on to the story.
Chapter 6: A Narrow Escape
Spade awakened being dragged through the undergrowth of the jungle. Mosquitoes buzzed around his head, but when he stuck his hand up to swat at them, his energy shield glowed yellow. Bullets, duh.
'Brilliant job Spade, you managed to wreck in a deserted jungle and get knocked out through the best set of armor that government tax money can buy. Now…'
Spade looked up at the arms which held him roughly by the shoulders. One gauntlet was cyan, the other black. 'Weird colors for MJOLNIR...' Spade thought to himself as he looked around farther. The wreckage of the Pelican was swallowed by the jungle. Muzzle flashes were all around. Succumbing to his exhaustion, Spade lapsed into unconsciousness again.
He reawakened a few hours later in a crude encampment, namely several felled trees assembled into a lean-to and a small, smoke-less fire. His helmet was off, and fresh air flooded his lungs. The humidity struck him immediately; even in late evening the humidity was unrelenting. Stubbornly, the SPARTAN pushed himself into a sitting position and leaned against the lean-to.
Footsteps crunched nearby. Groping for a firearm, Spade found a gun with an articulated barrel and shouldered it, looking down the grey barrel, along the finger-like silencer, held his breath and squeezed the crook where the gun bent- nothing fired.
"… Ouch." Spade turned his head and looked down the stock of the "articulated gun" to find he had attempted to use Tex's arm as a gun. Suddenly nervous about his safety, Spade put Tex's still-attached arm on the ground where it was before. The crashing undergrowth revealed Sarge, dragging what looked like a massive cat. Behind him was a triumphant looking Grif, and further behind was Simmons.
"Brought you ladies a present." Sarge said, putting the cat down on a bed of palm fronds. From somewhere across the camp, Church turned and asked the Reds, "What the hell is that thing?"
"It's one o'them rare South African Spotless Leopards." Sarge said triumphantly. Grif slapped his forehead. "My God, Sarge, how many times to I have to tell you it's a puma?"
"I told you to stop making up animals when we were at Blood Gulch, bait boy!"
"Bait boy?" Grif said, half curious and half nervous.
"That's right. After today's little hunting venture, I saw how this spotless leopard took after you from the undergrowth and decided to give you a promotion!"
"Actually, Sarge," Donut said from another place in the camp, barely visible because of his pink LEDs, "Grif is right. It is a puma."
"What the hell?" Sarge whined.
"Yeah." Spade said from the lean-to he was currently sitting under. "P. concolor, a member of the Felidae family, native to Central and Southern America, and the west coast of North America. Normally referred to as a 'cougar'. You're of a southern American persuasion, Sarge, you've probably seen one whether you want to admit it or not."
"Just shut up and get ready fer dinner." Sarge growled. Not tempted to argue, Spade waited for the puma to cook over the fire. It would be several hours until it did, so he decided to take his sweet time.
He ended up drifting off after about an hour.
After a good few hours of sleep, 154 woke up energized and ready to eat. Lo and behold, when he woke up the puma was ready to consume.
"It's about time," Simmons said. "We thought you'd never wake up on your own."
"What do you mean?" 154 asked, standing up slowly.
"What I mean is that you've been out for a good ten hours. We left some meat for you, but Sarge thinks it's time to be moving on."
"Why? Think we've been in one place too long and whatever was after us at the Pelican wreck is getting closer?"
"No, Grif's still asleep and if we leave fast enough we can ditch him here."
"Too late." Grif chimed in from his lean-to. The orange SPARTAN rolled off of the crude grass pad he was laying on and slowly moved into a crouch. "So, where are we headed?" He chimed in.
"My guess is about a six mile hike through the woods to the nearest clearing. I'll put up an emergency beacon and ping one of our frigates." Spade grimaced. "And then we wait."
Grif groaned aloud, turning over in his sleep. "Great, more walking."
Within two hours, the camp had been cleared and everyone was on the move away from the area, hoping they wouldn't be spotted by some hidden scout- with the Covenant Remnants still swarming through the jungle, combined with what were probably O'Malley's sentries, anything was possible.
So, crouched low to the ground and sprinting as fast as his legs would carry him, Spade crashed through the undergrowth, having abandoned any semblance of stealth or camouflage in exchange for every last ounce of speed he could coax out of his body, with the Reds and Blues hot on his heels. Not once did they bother to look back, until the twilight hours when brilliant spires of orange and gold were cast across the purple night-time sky gave way to unforgiving black sky.
The assorted soldiers arrived in a clearing barely large enough to accommodate a Pelican, with waist-high grass and bamboo ringing a large clearing where the grass was pushed down by some unseen force. Spade held up his hand and took a small silver ball from one of the pouches on his equipment belt and tossed it into the center of the clearing where it emitted a single, high-pitched whine which held for a good thirty seconds before the jungle was quiet again.
"What was that?" Grif whispered harshly, but Sarge pushed his head back and forced Grif onto his rear before crouching at the edge of the clearing.
Spade sighed. "I really wish you'd stop doing that, Sergeant. Regardless… That was the signal beacon. The nearest frigate, Guardian of Twilight, is a good hour away from the area, and all the other Pelicans are out. We'll have a Pelican here before sunrise."
"Great," Grif sighed as he laid back on the ground. "Someone wake me up when the ship lands." Immediately after Grif said 'lands', a rocket whizzed overhead and landed in the middle of the clearing. Spade dove back out of instinct even though he was well out of range of the rocket.
"What the hell was that?" Spade looked up to see a set of blinking red lights just above the tree-line.
"Shit, Hornet! Everyone get your heads down, now!" Spade shouted as a long burst of 7.62mm rounds plowed the ground in front of the group.
"Everyone turn off the LEDs on your armor and head back away from the clearing, I'll handle it." Spade ran into the clearing, firing his BR as the Reds and Blues… Didn't move an inch.
Spade opened fire on the Hornet, which descended as if accepting the challenge. Spade leapt forward as the Hornet opened fire, raking the center of the clearing with its chainguns as the surprisingly agile SPARTAN leapt forward and latched onto one of the landing skids. Spade pulled himself up onto the skid as the Hornet began shake-off maneuvers, attempting to throw the SPARTAN off before he could get a grip anywhere on the fuselage. Spade withdrew his Battle Rifle from his back and fired a few shots one-handed into the craft's exhaust, watching as the magazine's few incendiary rounds forced the left engine to explode, sending the Hornet into a desperate spiral over the jungle. Spade, keeping one desperate eye on the clearing as the aircraft moved further and further away from it, finally timed his jump and hurled himself bodily away from the stricken vessel before landing, face down, in the middle of the clearing- and on top of the shattered beacon.
"SPARTAN-154, we have lost your beacon's signal. What happened?" A voice (presumably the Pelican pilot) filled 154's helmet as his head spun drunkenly about.
Spade shook his head as he slowly moved into a sitting position and shook his head. "We were attacked by an unmarked Hornet which took out the beacon… Can you triangulate my position using the signal from my armor?" Seeing a few rainbow-colored heads peek up from the undergrowth, Spade signaled them over.
There was a moment's pause before the Pelican radioed, "Affirmative, we have your signal. On our way now."
Spade sighed. The surprisingly long mission had taken its toll on him, and it was time for a nap.


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I understand there is good, bad and ugly in every group. However, I truly dislike how many people choose to describe certain groups of people as bad, less than or threats. For instance, my real life experiences with Latinos have all been positive. I have found every last one of those I've had the pleasure to be around to be hard working, respectful and friendly, often doing jobs that no American, even those who are broke, homeless or desperate for money would ever do, which brings me to the flat out lie that they are "taking jobs" from Americans. Don't even get me started on that one. :)
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Headroom is defined as the safe area beyond the SOL (standard operating level) point. With a SOL of -20dB, (which is typically the standard in North America) this leaves another 20dB for headroom. European countries tend to allow for -18dB of headroom.
Analog audio systems often use an analog meter, such as the one shown here. With analog systems a maximum level of 0dB is considered the standard.
With digital signals, however, a digital meter, such as the one shown on the right, or a PPM meter (to be discussed below), are used. In the case of the digital meter on the right, when the signal touches the red area, we're entered the "headroom area."
If a digital signal, were to go to the very top of the scale, clipping would occur. Unlike analog audio, where exceeding the maximum level (generally 0dB) will result in signal distortion, in digital audio you might not notice mild clipping (the elimination of occasional audio peaks).
Actually, an occasional full-scale digital sample (to the top of the red range above) is considered inevitable; but, a regular string of "top of the scale" occurrences means that the digital audio levels are too high, and you are losing audio information.
Different types of meters respond differently to audio peaks. In the case of the standard VU meter shown above, the needle tends to swing past peaks because of inertia. At the same time, the needle will not quickly respond to short bursts of audio. Thus, this type of meter tends to average out audio levels..
Because of the limited headroom with digital audio signals, a peak program meter (PPM) or the previously discussed digital meter is preferred over a meter than tends to average out levels. On the outside, a PPM looks like the animated meter above. Even so, it is designed to much more accurately track short bursts of loud audio (the peaks), which can result in clipping with digital systems.
Before you can really get serious about maintaining correct audio levels throughout a production facility, you must see that the audio meters in all equipment are accurately calibrated to a standard audio reference level.
Although, facilities can adopt their own in-house standards, typically, a 1,000Hz audio tone should register 0dB on analog equipment and -20dB on digital equipment. Thus, the appropriate headroom is maintained in each case.
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The San Diego Museum Council is bringing back by popular demand an amazing program for families. Based on its huge success in the first four years, Kids Free in October, is back for a fifth year. Inviting families to enjoy free kids' admission to more than 30 museums across San Diego County with an adult ticket purchase.
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- The coupon allows up to TWO CHILDREN 12 and UNDER to get in FREE with one paid adult.
- The ticket does not apply to special events, special exhibits or field trips.
- Can not combine with any other promo/discount/coupon/offer.
- Valid during the month of October only 10/1/14 – 10/31/14.
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To take advantage of the offer, download the free coupon from the website for each museum you wish to visit in October.
Visit the Birch Aquarium in La Jolla and see the living tide pools. The U.S.S. Midway is a fun floating museum that children love! One of the most popular in San Diego is the Ruben H. Fleet Science Center in Balboa Park and it too is free for children during the month of October. For the full list of museums participating in Kids Free in October click here.
Kids are also free to the San Diego Zoo & Safari park during October for more information read our post about it here.
* The coupon allows up to two children 12 and under to get in FREE with one full-price paid adult. Children must be accompanied by the adult during the visit. This coupon cannot be used for specially ticketed events, Maker Faire San Diego, special exhibitions/exhibits, field trips or group visits. Coupon cannot be combined with any other offer or discount. No cash value. Coupon is valid October 1-31, 2016.


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September 4th - We got up and checked out of the camp by 10am, we parked up in the car park for a bit and got showered making the most of the facilities there and had our breakfast in the van. We then drove and parked up in the town by the lake. We decided to get on the Skyline Gondola today so caught the cable car that took us up the mountain. We decided we would try the luge ride at the top as well so bought a combo ticket for the cable car and then 3 luge rides at the top. At the top we looked out across Queenstown from the viewing platforms and got some good pics and then walked up to the entry to the luge rides. We picked up a helmet each and then caught a seperate lift up to the start of the tracks.
September 5th - We drove back in to Queenstown in the morning and checked back into the same campsite we had used before for this night as we were going out drinking so needed to be near the town.
September 6th - We were again checked out at 10am and left Queenstown for the hour and a half drive to Wanaka stopping on the way to buy some local fruit which this area is known for.
September 7th - We slept in a bit until about 10.30am and Neil spoke to Dan and Ross on his mobile as they were out back home on saturday night. We drove back in to the town and went swimming at midday. We swam for about an hour and then had a shower. We then drove back to the information centre and Emma booked her shuttle bus tro the ski fields for the next day, Neil decided against going skiing in case of his knee.
September 8th - Emma woke up at 7.30am to have a shower in the campervan for the first time. She then woke up Neil to take her to the bus stop for her shuttle at 8.45am to Cardrona ski fields. Emma was very excited! The shuttle took about 40 minutes and when she got there she went straight to the reception to buy her beginners lesson and day pass which was NZ$95. She then went to get her skis, boots and poles before meeting her group for the first lesson. There was about 30 people which were then split into 3 groups. Luckily the group that Emma was in had nice friendly people in it, which was 3 couples and a family of 3.
September 9th - We got up and had our showers before leaving to go to Franz Joseph. The drive took about about 5 hours through some amazing scenery. When we got there it was chucking it down but we still booked our Franz Joseph 1/2 day glacier tour for the next day.
September 10th - Emma got up first to have a run around the lake where the camping spot was. She then had a shower in the van and we both had brunch as it was quite late and we had to eat before our glacier walk.
September 11th - We got up this morning and drove to Christchurch which took about 6.5 hours. The drive was the best yet for scenery as we went through forests, by lakes, round snow capped mountains and through lots of fields full of sheep, cows, venison and lots more. We were glad as initially we were going to drive through the night last night which would have meant we would have missed it all. When we got to Christchurch we went to the supermarket and then checked into a site for the night. After showers we walked to the nearest pub which was packed and had a few drinks before going back to the campervan to sleep.
September 12th - We got up this morning and went swimming at the local swimming pool.
September 13th - We got up early and left the site at 9am and managed to get away with another free night! We drove for about 45 minutes before arriving at Hamner Springs. This is a complexx recommended by all the travel guides and the place with really nice. We were virtually the first people in there and were in the water by 10 past 10.
September 14th - We were up quite early and went for a walk along the beach with Ben, Fiona and his friend and his two kids. We then left them and just chilled out on the beach on our own for an hour or so before heading back to theirs. Ben's a keen surfer and had said he would take us in to try it out, Emma didn't fancy it and wanted to wait for Australia but Neil hired a wetsuit from the local shop, borrowed a board and other clothing from Ben and was soon in the waves. After a very quick lesson Neil was absolutely loving it and spent about an hour and a half trying to surf! He was pleased that he manged to stand up once (and fall off very very quickly) but really enjoyed it and felt really good about carrying it on in warmer waters in Australia! We then went back to Ben's house for a cup of tea before saying our good-byes and driving into Christchurch.
September 15th - We got up early and Emma went for a swim while Neil packed his stuff in the campervan and then we drove to take it back. Luckily it didn't take long to take it back and for them to check the van over (no problems) and we then got a bus back to the city centre to catch our 2.30pm bus to Picton. The bus was small and quite cramped and took 5 hours to get to Picton, we were glad when we got there! We got dropped off at our hostel which was really near the ferry terminal for our 8am ferry in the morning. After checking in we made our tea and watched a movie, it was strange being back in hostels again after spending over 3 weeks in a camper.
September 16th - We got up to catch our 8am ferry to Wellington which took 3.5 hours. Once we got to Wellington we walked to our hostel which is where we stayed last time we were in Wellington, and dropped our bags off before having a wander round the city and then going for a swim in the local leisure centre. We then went back to our hostel to have our free meal for our tea in the hostel bar and had a few drinks there too. We had quite an early night as we had to be up quite early again.
September 17th - We caught our 8am bus to Auckland which took 12 hours. The journey didn't seem too bad as we're used to long bus journies now and there were lots of stops as well. We got to Auckland at 8pm, Neil picked up his birthday cards from the restaurant where we got treated to and then we rushed to our hostel to get ready as we were meeting Paul and his fiancee at 8.30pm at a mexican restaurant. We made it and they were late! We then had a lovely meal with them and realised we will probably never see them again which was strange. After the meal we went back to our hostel to go to bed.


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"The beauty of Brave New World by Aldus Huxley shows us that a dystopia can be packaged as a utopia" – S.G. Senan
I recently reviewed Senan Gil Senan's excellent dystopian thriller, Beyond the Pale, and subsequently asked whether he would be open to sharing the concepts behind his book. This interview is the result, and I believe that you will find it as fascinating as did I.
One of the surprises that awaited me in Senan's responses was the fact that his perceptive and subtle depictions of the American southwest were based solely on his explorations on the Internet and other sources, so without further adieu, here here is a behind the scenes glimpse into what informed and motivated Senan Gil Senan's creation of the world he conceived and portrayed in his debut novel.
Q: Your latest work, Beyond the Pale, is a dystopian thriller. What appeals to you about this genre?
A: Dystopia is not a well known word in the United Kingdom; I have had to explain its meaning to many people. Although imaginary in concept, it is usually associated with the oppression of the citizens of a state. Dystopian principles exist in our modern society, as they always have done throughout every known civilization. They are usually associated with the abuse of control in order to achieve order. There is a spectrum of control which runs from disorder and anarchy, through to the excesses or Orwellian control of 1984. We want to be there somewhere in the middle, protected against anarchy, and undisturbed by excessive control. However authoritarian control is too damn convenient and comfortable for any government and dystopia becomes a natural leaning and curse of society.
For a writer it tends to be an efficient tool as a back drop for a plot, in order to introduce intrigue, and point out that which needs to be changed.
Q: At the same time, as books of this type go, Beyond the Pale is not particularly dark in its presentation of life inside the Citadels. Ideal, no, but as compared to (say) modern American society, one might conclude it's an improvement rather than a descent into an Orwellian hell. The major contrasts seem to be drawn between the antiseptic life lived within the cities and the consciously spiritual existence of the outlanders living off the land. Did you feel any temptation (or obligation) to make civilized life seem more oppressed in order to conform to reader expectations?
A: We see extreme dystopian regimes as an anathema. Whether they are overt dictatorships of banana republics, or extremely orchestrated like those of the Nazi Gestapo, or the Stasi state police of communist East Germany; we see them as something to be torn down as in 1984 and V for vendetta.
Since the dawn of the internet, and particularly since the turn of the century, control has become more covert. It is subtle and very much in the background. The automated processes of gathering and analysing personal data seem less intrusive, than the oppressive information collating of the Gestapo and the Stasi.
Josef Goebel's cherished practice of inventing an enemy within, and an enemy without (also exemplified in 1984), is now enacted in a much more subtle way. We now fight spooks abroad, and hunt ghosts at home. Not many of us have a problem with Homeland security apparatus using and accessing our technology and data to hunt down jihadists, drug cartels, and paedophiles. That is until we fall on the wrong side of the fence as individuals we pursue changes and liberty. Then the modern technological apparatus can expunge or discredit our whole identity, and we become the enemy of the state.
The herd instinct prevails, and everybody turns the other way when the system identifies an enemy of the state. We all want to retain our cherished place in the middle of the herd. We want normal, and shun the extremists. This is Freudian psychology cleverly adapted to make us police ourselves. We help build and maintain our own dystopias, and they can often be quite comfortable places as long as we behave.
The beauty of Brave New World by Aldus Huxley shows us that a dystopia can be packaged as a utopia. This is where we are bound by civic responsibility, ambition is allowed but curtailed, and entertainment is provided and controlled. People are conditioned to the loss of their individual rights in favour of the good of society.
Is this a bad dystopia? Well the answer is not clear cut. It creates an ordered polite society, but does not allow the individual the liberty to pursue their own path to happiness.
This is the elitist pyramidical society represented in Beyond the Pale, where the people are content, but perhaps misled.
Q: Your book is vividly and convincingly set in the American Southwest. I see from your page that you live in London. Were your depictions based on first-hand exposure to the Four Corners area, or did you absorb all that local color from on line sources?
A: Online, I am afraid. I would really love to visit this area, but finances say no! Thanks to the many Americans who have uploaded their dashboard camera footage to YouTube, as they drove through the countryside of Colorado, I was able to piece together a feel for the land. Google Maps and Google earth were equally helpful. Then of course, the second hand observations from a friend from Seattle who visited the Mesa Verde cave dwellings in Colorado helped influence my description of Avana in the book.
Q: You write very sensitively and perceptively about Native American culture; I was particularly struck by the fact that you were aware that many Native American cultures from the Southwest are quite comfortable spending time with people without speaking (which would feel odd and perhaps uncomfortable to many Caucasians). How did you acquire that level of familiarity with Hopi culture?
A: The story of Beyond the Pale could have been set in any location really. However the outlanders needed to be based on a resilient culture that had inherent links with the land. I considered different aboriginal cultures throughout the world, but felt that the Hopi, the Navajo, and the Ute were the best suited. The communities of outlanders that live beyond the pale had to be of mixed ethnicity and cultural background. The Hopi have a tradition of open receptivity to others, and particularly to non native cultures. I heard about how the Hopi had welcomed and helped to integrate urban exiles since the late 1960s. I also found the origin myths & legends of the Hopi and related Navajo tribes quite fascinating.
The Citadels had to be built atop known underground bases to avail of their underground tunnel connections. So in the south west I considered Phoenix, Los Alamos-Albuquerque, and Denver International Airport.
When I chose Denver, I realised that this was the territory of the Lakota Sioux and Ute tribes. For me the Ute were preferential candidates, because of their connections to the Ute pass which was the only natural pass through to the four corners area.
So I realised that the outlander community of Avana had to be hidden somewhere within the Ute pass, and share a mixed culture. I had to imagine what this mixed culture might entail, and the best way of doing this was to empathise with the different tribal cultures, and imagine how they might meld together. Once you have researched the history and beliefs, environment, and mythology & lore of a different culture, the best way to empathise with them is to listen to the way they talk and communicate. Fortunately I was able to find speech recordings online, and empathising helped me fill in the gaps. As Martin Luther King said, "to understand me, you must walk a mile in my shoes."
I looked into some of the existing 'new age communities' which have developed in the Four Corners area. Their new age beliefs were a gestalt mixture of eastern beliefs, Judaic Christianity, and kabala. I thought the human chakra system of the bodies energy points, not only coincided with the Sephirot of the Hebrew Kabala, but was common understanding to Buddhists, Hindus, as well as New age practitioners. So I looked for overlapping similarities from the Native American animistic religious beliefs, and I found many similarities. Therefore the religious nature of these communities has developed along spiritual lines of consensus between these shared beliefs. Why? Because I feel that when a community is cut off from the rest of society, and has no access to international mainstream entertainment and muses such as television and music, then it usually develops a strong spiritual identity of its own, and its members usually adapt and rein in their personal beliefs to suit the consensus view of the community.
Q: In my review, I drew a variety of parallels to Aldous Huxley's Brave New World. Was that classic portrayal of a soulless, controlled society a conscious (or unconscious) influence on you as you wrote Beyond the Pale?
A: Brave New World was a prescient piece of literature. Much of what Aldous Huxley envisaged in the 1960s has become reality in our present time. I read that book thirty years ago, and thought it profound then. So the answer is Yes; that book was a strong unconscious influence on me as I wrote Beyond the Pale.
Now that I have just revisited Brave New World, I can see there are more than a few similarities. The segregated five class system of Huxley's world, to which people are conditioned from birth, and the premise that knowledge and power is only granted conditionally to the limitations of your caste. Although I don't consciously remember reading that, I can see the similarity to the separation of classes in Beyond the Pale. The difference being that Citadel law restricts the means of all conception to fertilization clinics, where the rich are allowed to pay for genetic manipulation of their unborn children's intelligence and physical attributes. Thus ensuring that these children surpass the abilities of the children of poorer parents; Thus they can gain entry into a professional caste system at early teenage, which will guarantee them employment, social status, and equivalent remuneration and lifestyle throughout their life.
I envisaged this 'glass ceiling' class system, based on how I perceive the natural progression of the genetic advancements that transhumanism is currently on the threshold of delivering.
I envisaged an atheistic society such as Orwell's 1984, but replaced the constructed Huxley religion of 'Fordism,' with an opium for the lower tiers of the pyramidical structure of society in Beyond the Pale. This opiate is a culture of recreational sex, fuelled by an open burgeoning sex industry, recreational drugs which are sensory rather than mental stimulants, and gambling and betting. When I look at modern society, I see many people seek escapism into these worlds to dull the angst of living and over working. I understand how these vices dull the mind, and dampen a person's spirituality.
This to me is the definition of soulless automatons which the spiritually minded outlanders refer to as the inhabitants of the citadels.
It is not by accident, that the vast majority of the Native American populace living within the citadels form the lower parts of the social castes and hence their spirituality is dampened on purpose. The sequel will explain the reasons for this in more detail.
Q: You include several quotes before and after the text of your book, and allude to one of them on your Amazon Author Page. Can you tell us a bit about them, and about what led you to build upon them to develop the concept and execution of your book?
A: The Hopi only have an oral tradition in which their knowledge, myths, lore, and traditions are passed inter generationally. Frank Waters who lived among them in the 1970s, interviewed tribal elders concerning this accumulated knowledge and with their blessing wrote it down. The link to his 1978 book is below.
I took two quotes from this book but there were many others which I could also have used.
"Only those who return to the values of the old ways will be able to find peace of mind. For in the Earth we shall find relief from the madness that will be all around us. It will be a very hard time for women with children for they will be shunned, and many of the children in these times will be unnatural. Some being from the Stars, some from past worlds, some will even be created by man in an unnatural manner and will be soulless. Many of people in this time will be empty in Spirit they will have Sampacu. No life force in their eyes," The Book of the Hopi
This quote is from an age old future premonition of our world in the final days of the 4th world age. According to most Native Americans from both the north and south continents, this is our current age which is approaching its renewal into the 5th world age. The timescale for this prediction is non specific, and hence unknown.
This quote talks about a world generation that has fallen out of sync with the natural world. Because of this division between man and the earth, the animistic link between the planet's soul and our own has been broken.
The Hopi believe that the Creator [great Manitou] gave them a special responsibility and task to discharge for the benefit of a future generation which will be the last one of the 4th world. This is exemplified in this further quote:
"Before the Great Spirit hid himself again, he placed before the leaders of the four different racial groups four different colors and sizes of corn; each was to choose which would be their food in this world. The Hopi waited until last and picked the smallest ear of corn. At this, the Great Spirit said:
'It is well done. You have obtained the real corn, for all the others are imitations in which are hidden seeds of different plants. You have shown me your intelligence; for this reason I will place in your hands these sacred stone tablets, Tiponi, symbol of power and authority over all land and life to guard, protect, and hold in trust for me until I shall return to you in a later day, for I am the First and I am the Last.'" Hopi myth.
Therefore this is the reason why the Hopi have always extended a willingness to help and guide people from other communities who wish to join or commune with their own. The creator later explains that it will be their responsibility to protect the human gene, and the human spiritual link to the earth, in the final times when all others have become altered and corrupted. They believe that the seed is within their genes, and surprisingly, recent genetic studies included their people amongst certain native populations who have unique DNA.
[not bene: In the story, this is the back ground reason to why the main character exhibits different inherent abilities which appear to be in further evolved at this time.]
Another quote in the book is from Zbigniew Brzezinski, the former US National Security Adviser to Jimmy Carter, and current ambassador to Sweden. In this quote from a prescient book which he wrote in 1970, called 'Between Two Ages', he envisaged a future society in which technology would be used to control the masses. He envisaged that the accumulated collation of personal data would be used to develop a mesh that would allow no secrets to be withheld from the controlling elite, and would be used as a leash against each and all citizens.
There was another quote which I failed to find but which I alluded to which obviously heavily influenced me many, many years ago, and this was in an out of print book containing the dream interpretations of the American seer Edgar Cayce (known as the sleeping prophet)
He stated that he had seen the world at an unknown future date where dramatic earth changes had occurred which had caused inundations of the sea across the planet. He said that many coastal cities had been deserted and new walled citadels had been built to protect the remaining populations. He said that order and control was strongly implemented in these citadels and that freedoms were very much curtailed including the freedoms to live outside of these walled cities. Despite this, he said that he saw many smaller communities who chose to live outside to be free from control, but that their lifestyle was austere.
This in a nutshell is the story of the community of Avana, and the walled citadel of New Denver and the other 249 citadels across the globe. However, this is purely from a 25 year old memory from a book which I have hunted for ever since but not been able to find.
Q: How would you summarize the message, or ethos, that you were trying to portray in your book about life, human relationships, nature, spiritualism and society?
A: I do believe that all these aspects are related but cannot go into depth here because if I do, I will provide a major spoiler for the sequel to Beyond the Pale. All I can say is that I can perceive an underlying reason why society is structured the way it is. This sounds pretentious on my part, and I apologise for that. However, for most of my life I have been able to understand society, history, and human psychology from a holistic perspective. This is similar to the way in which a dyslexic mind such as Einstein's, was able to only understand concepts, if he did not break the larger issues into components, but saw them as wholly inter-related.
I think humanity has 'lost sight of the wood for the trees'. That we are conditioned to be preoccupied with work, fuelled by necessity of ambition and greed, and are intrinsically lost unhappy souls. I believe that under the hood of the physical body is a complex electrical-magnetic ethereal body powered by photon energy which is emitted by every living cell in our body. This energy which the Chinese call 'Chi' is meant to flow in a specific path throughout the body. The traffic controller is our emotions, and there are seven main ports (or chakras) which this energy flows through. For the same reason that lightening must ground its electrical charge into the earth, I believe as many others do that our universe is awash with cosmic photon energy which must ground itself into the energy port at the crown of our head, and that this must pass down a double helix path of 33 route ways until it can connect to the ground. There it meets and merges with this planet's own immense store of energy.
Because our life styles are so artificial and removed from nature, the flow through the seven major ports or chakras is disturbed and broken. Thus we lose our inherent and natural spiritual understanding, which in turn corrupts and breaks our emotions.
Then when our emotions are out of kilter, our thinking follows down that path and physical problems follow as an inevitable result.
On a darker level, each chakra energy port has a distinct purpose. Thus when we live a lifestyle that is unbalanced, this also causes a break down in the natural flow and system. For instance, some of us can live too much in the head, and lack grounding. Many people are overly influenced by their base needs. They suffer addictive personalities to food, comfort; while others are imbalanced by the over saturation of the base energies of sex and aggression.
Q: The last few chapters of the book clearly lay out the premise and promise of a sequel. Do you have that reality of that book fully fleshed out in your mind, or just the overall concept of it?
A: Yes the sequel is only at concept stage, but that concept is growing more detailed. It will follow the same pattern as this book, which is that the conceptual ideas will all get researched, until a background picture is complete. Then the story gets written in full in a bullet point draft, similar to the ones which literary agents request so as to understand the flow of a story/book. Then the first draft gets written. You know the score from there.
Q: When might we expect to be able to read it?
A: Hopefully written and published by June 2015
Q: What would you have liked to have achieved with this story?
A: Most ambitious: A film with Will Smith cast as Nathan Carlson
Less ambitious: The opportunity to visit Colorado and in particular, those places which I wrote about.
Realistic: For readers to reconsider how the transhumanist revolution that is slowly unfolding around us might affect different aspects of our lives.
Legacy: For a fuller study to be made into whether the kissing camels at the Garden of the Gods are in fact ancient carvings of a griffin/thunderbird and a basilisk lizard, and for further studies into the ancient usage and purpose of Spaulding's Cavern directly below them.
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Beyond the Pale is available in eBook form at Amazon and other on-line outlets. The following links should be of interest:
Beyond the Pale blog: http://senangilsenan.wordpress.com/
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00O39BCNS
Smashwords: www.smashwords.com/books/view/496039
Essays blog: http://sieveoftruth.wordpress.com/
Facebook scapbook: facebook.com/sieveoftruth