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Please welcome to my blog today on her latest blog tour, the talented Gail Z. Martin.
by Gail Z. Martin
When I was a kid, I picked my breakfast cereal by the toy surprise in the bottom of the bag. That hidden treasure mattered to me a whole lot more than the flavor of the corn flakes.
So I find it interesting that in fiction, readers are discovering the allure of a new type of 'serial'–serialized fiction. Of course, serials aren't new. Charles Dickens made his living writing for magazines, stretching his stories out in installments for a breathless reading public. Magazines in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries ran a lot of serialized fiction, with readers awaiting the next installment in the forthcoming issue. And for a while, 'penny dreadful' writers cranked out lurid pulp fiction at a brisk rate, much like episodic TV does nowadays. Back in the day, radio shows also serialized stories, so that listeners would 'tune in again next week' for the next thrilling segment.
With the demise of many magazines, it took the internet and digital publishing to breathe new life into serialized fiction. Podcasters were quick to embrace the idea, with folks like Scott Sigler and JC Hutchins doing very well with the concept, and others like Christiana Ellis, Tee Morris, Rich Sigfrit and PG Holyfield bringing back the dramatic multi-actor radio drama format for serialized stories.
I took the leap into doing serialized novels with my Jonmarc Vahanian Adventures ebook short stories and novellas a few years ago. The series focuses on the backstory for a favorite character in my Chronicles of the Necromancer/Fallen Kings series, someone with a dark past whom readers wanted to know more about. I began writing sequential short stories that will add up, eventually, to three full novels about Jonmarc.
The Shadowed Path, my new book from Solaris Books, is a collection of the first ten of those short stories (plus an exclusive eleventh story) that comprise the first third of Jonmarc's story. Taken together, they form a novel with a full story arc. I've had a lot of fun writing the stories, and having the chance to share Jonmarc's background, since he's a favorite of mine, too. There are eight additional stories available in ebook beyond those collected in The Shadowed Path, with three more novellas coming later this year.
Serializing a story requires a slightly different approach from writing a regular novel, because each individual 'episode' has to have its own internal arc to a greater degree than do chapters in a book. The stories need to be able to stand on their own, but also link together to build a greater whole. It's an interesting writing challenge, and I've been enjoying working with it.
Readers and authors get some wins with a serialized story that are also different from a regular novel, or stand-alone short fiction. Readers don't have to wait as long for the story to unfold, but still have the anticipation of the upcoming installment, which is familiar to people who watch episodic TV. For those who prefer to binge read like they binge watch, the sequential short stories will eventually be collected into a larger, cohesive whole.
For the author, it's nice to get feedback throughout the process instead of only at the conclusion of a full novel. Bringing out episodic work on a regular basis maintains a relationship and an ongoing connection with readers, preserving that link between books. And it's a great way for authors who may have contractual obstacles that restrict bringing out new 'novels' (due to publisher right of first refusal, etc.) to be able to still create larger, cohesive works. Personally, I'm a fan of bringing out additional, sequential stories that tie into my novels because there are a lot of smaller adventures I enjoy sharing with readers that involve the characters and setting and which happen outside the full novels and which introduce secondary characters or expand on the world building.
My Deadly Curiosities Adventures short stories expand on the novels in my dark urban fantasy series with additional episodes featuring more cursed and haunted objects and supernatural threats. Readers get a chance to know the main and secondary characters better and spend more time in the modern-day Charleston, SC atmosphere. The first 10 of those stories with Cassidy, Teag and Sorren, are collected for the first time ever in Trifles and Folly, currently part of the Modern Magic ebook boxed set with 12 full-length books by 13 bestselling dark fantasy authors, just $1.99, only on Kindle for a limited time.
The Storm and Fury Adventures continue the Steampunk world of Iron & Blood, with Department of Supernatural Investigation agents Mitch Storm and Jacob Drangosavich fighting clockwork monsters and supernatural evil in 1898 alternate history Pittsburgh. And my Blaine McFadden Adventures will eventually provide six sequential, serialized novellas that fill a six-year gap in my novel Ice Forged. Three of those novellas are currently available, either individually or collected in King's Convicts.
For me, the prize in the serial is the chance to tell more stories, explore more adventures, and keep readers on the edge of their seats, waiting for the next installment. So dig in!
From June 21-June 30 I'll be doing my annual Hawthorn Moon Sneak Peek Event blog tour, and I hope readers will stop over to my website, find out what all is going on and where to find the posts, giveaways, contests and fun events. And of course, please look for The Shadowed Path at your favorite bookseller!
The Hawthorn Moon Sneak Peek Event includes book giveaways, free excerpts, all-new guest blog posts and author Q&A on 22 awesome partner sites around the globe. I'll also be hosting many of my Modern Magic co-authors guest posting on my DisquietingVisions.com blog during the tour. For a full list of where to go to get the goodies, visit www.AscendantKingdoms.com.
An Excerpt from Raider's Curse, part of The Shadowed Path:
Jonmarc took off running. At fifteen, he was tall, just a bit over six feet. Years of working
alongside his father in the forge had given him a strong back and muscular arms. A mop of
chestnut-brown hair hung in his brown eyes, and he pushed it out of the way as he ran.
A worn path led to the open shed that was his father's forge. Jonmarc could hear the steady
pounding of his father's hammer on the anvil. The sound echoed from the hills, steady as a
heartbeat. He skidded to a stop just outside the doors.
Anselm Vahanian swung a heavy hammer in his right hand while his gloved left hand turned
the piece of metal on the anvil. Sparks flew around him, landing on the long sleeves of his rough-
woven shirt, his gloves, and his leather apron. The forge smelled of coal, iron, and sweat. To one
side lay two swords Anselm had completed for a client in the village. On a table lay a variety of
farm tools—iron pots and pans, and hoops for the cooper's barrels. Jonmarc had helped to forge
several of the pieces, though he longed to work on swords, like his father.
"Mother said to tell you to wash up for dinner," Jonmarc shouted above the clanging.
Anselm stopped and looked at him. "I'll eat supper later. You know I can't stop in the middle
of something when the iron is hot."
Jonmarc nodded. "I know. I'll tell her to put a plate aside for you." He paused, and Anselm
looked at him quizzically, waiting for the unspoken question.
"Have you talked to any of the fishermen lately?" Jonmarc tried to make the question sound
off-handed, but Anselm frowned as if he caught the undercurrent of concern.
"You mean the talk about raiders," Anselm replied, and struck the iron he was working.
"Do you think it's more than just talk?"
Anselm didn't answer until he put the iron bar back into the furnace to heat up. He was
Jonmarc's height, with a head of wiry dark hair and brown eyes that glinted with intelligence. A
lifetime in the forge had given him broad shoulders and a powerful physique. His profession also
showed in the small white burns that marked his hands and arms, scars too numerous to count.
Jonmarc had gained a few of those burn scars too, but not nearly as many as his father. Not yet.
"Maybe," Anselm replied. "The real people to talk to are the traders. Their ships go up and
down the Northern Sea coast, stopping at all the villages. I always get news when I trade iron
with them."
"Have you heard anything?"
Anselm turned the iron rod in the furnace. "Some. One of the villages on the other side of the
bay burned. Everyone was gone when the traders came. No way to know why or how. Eiderford,
down the coast, did have a run-in with raiders a few months ago." He eyed the iron, and turned it
one more time.
"So there are raiders," Jonmarc replied.
Anselm shrugged. "There are always raiders. But there's less to attract them here in
Lunsbetter than in Eiderford. We're not a proper city, and we're as like to barter as deal in coin,
so there's less to steal."
Unless they want food, livestock, or women, Jonmarc thought. And there are enough people
who trade with the ships that there's probably more coin here than anyone wants to admit.
"There's a garrison of the king's soldiers beyond Ebbetshire," Jonmarc replied. "Can't they
stop the raiders?"
Anselm shrugged. "They can't guard every village along the coast," he said. "And they'd
have to know for certain when a raid was planned." He shook his head. "No, we're on our own."
He paused.
"Don't worry yourself about it," Anselm said, drawing the rod out of the furnace and placing
it on the anvil. "We've doubled the patrols, and the fishermen are on alert." He grinned. "And
tomorrow, those swords are going down to the constable and the sheriff. We'll be fine. Pump the
bellows for me. The fire's grown cold."
Anselm stood in front of a large open furnace filled with glowing coals. Jonmarc pumped the
bellows that were attached to the back of the furnace, and the coals flared brighter, flames licking
across their surface. Anselm lifted his hammer to strike the iron. "Now get back up to the house.
Your mother's waiting. Just save some for me."
"I'll make sure of it," Jonmarc replied. The clatter of the hammer drowned out anything else
he might have asked. He stepped out into the cool night, and started back up the path to the
house. His stomach rumbled and he fancied that he could smell the stew. But the worry he felt
when he went to the forge had not lifted; if anything, his father's comments increased Jonmarc's
concern than the warnings about raiders were not mere tales.
If father says the men are keeping their eye out for trouble, then that's the end of it, he
thought. Naught I can do. But he remembered his comment to Neil about keeping the axe
sharpened, and on the way back to the house, he detoured into the barn. Thanks to his father's
craft, they were well-stocked with farm implements.
He walked over to the space his father used to butcher meat. Butchering wasn't a pleasant
job, but it was necessary, and a task with which Jonmarc was well acquainted. He had learned
the craft from his father, practiced enough that it no longer made him lose his dinner to be awash
in blood and entrails. His father had taught him to strike swiftly and cleanly, to block out the
death cries of the terrified livestock, to go to a cold place inside himself until the job was done.
He had even learned a few tricks of the trade, like how to hamstring a panicked animal that was
likely to kick or buck. But nothing about how to fight men.
On the wall hung an impressive variety of knives. He selected a large butcher knife with a
wicked blade as well as a smaller boning knife, and made his way around to the back door,
hiding the knives among his mother's herbs before going in for supper. Tonight, when everyone
was in bed, he would come back for them—one for him, and one for Neil. Just in case the men
were wrong.
If you want to see more stories about Jonmarc Vahanian, check out The Chronicles of the
Necromancer series and The Fallen Kings Cycle books, as well as the Jonmarc Vahanian
Adventures on ebook.
©2016 Gail Z. Martin all rights reserved. No duplication or reprint without written permission.
About the Author
Gail Z. Martin is the author of The Shadowed Path (Solaris Books), Vendetta: A Deadly Curiosities Novel in her urban fantasy series set in Charleston, SC (Solaris Books); Shadow and Flame the fourth and final book in the Ascendant Kingdoms Saga (Orbit Books); and Iron and Blood a new Steampunk series (Solaris Books) co-authored with Larry N. Martin.
She is also author of Ice Forged, Reign of Ash and War of Shadows in The Ascendant Kingdoms Saga, The Chronicles of The Necromancer series (The Summoner, The Blood King, Dark Haven, Dark Lady's Chosen); The Fallen Kings Cycle (The Sworn, The Dread) and the urban fantasy novel Deadly Curiosities. Gail writes three ebook series: The Jonmarc Vahanian Adventures, The Deadly Curiosities Adventures and The Blaine McFadden Adventures. The Storm and Fury Adventures, steampunk stories set in the Iron & Blood world, are co-authored with Larry N. Martin.
Her work has appeared in over 30 US/UK anthologies. Newest anthologies include: Robots, The Big Bad 2, Athena's Daughters, Heroes, Space, Contact Light, With Great Power, The Weird Wild West, The Side of Good/The Side of Evil, Alien Artifacts, Cinched: Imagination Unbound, Realms of Imagination, Gaslight and Grimm, Baker Street Irregulars, Clockwork Universe: Steampunk vs. Aliens.
Find her at www.AscendantKingdoms.com, on Twitter @GailZMartin, on Facebook.com/WinterKingdoms, at DisquietingVisions.com blog and GhostInTheMachinePodcast.com, on Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/GailZMartin and free excerpts on Wattpad http://wattpad.com/GailZMartin


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Check it out, baby: more stuff in my shop. A few sets of jelly-bean-scented jelly bean bags, done up all tidy in an appliqued draw-string bag, and some new Cute as a Button barrette sets (made with all vintage buttons). Have a look--but, really, only if you care.
Monday, March 12, 2012
7 comments:
- nandita said...
too cute ...!
- March 12, 2012 at 5:57 PM
- Lakeside Sewing said...
love the jelly bean bags!!!! how cute!
- March 12, 2012 at 8:40 PM
- All Hand-Made Crafts said...
i love the hair clips...so pretty
- March 13, 2012 at 1:44 AM
- Richelle Nicole said...
These are awesome!! I adore those little bean bags!
Rinni @ Rinni'sPlayground - March 15, 2012 at 9:12 AM
- olga inoue said...
jelly beans
are so good,
and crayons i found in your shop)
hello, - March 15, 2012 at 4:08 PM
- CJG said...
Hah! Jelly bean bags! Love them!
- March 15, 2012 at 5:14 PM
- Holly said...
yeah, those jelly bean bags are one of favorites. They we so simple to make and so sweet--and then the scented rice inside makes them extra special.
- March 22, 2012 at 7:20 AM
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Beyond the stream they call the Rio Grande here, the women gather in a circle around the pine-shaded, packed dirt courtyard outside of Ernestina's house. They are learning how to weave with another sort of material, not the usual hand-spun wool that is traditional for Teotitlan del Valle, the famed rug weaving village. They are using brightly colored plastic strips.
This is palma plastica (plastic palm) says maestra Norma, who came from San Baltazar Guelavila, to teach. This is the new-age derivative of the traditional palm used for centuries by most villagers in this valley to make petate sleeping mats, food and storage containers. The craft is slowly disappearing and few Oaxaca weavers now produce this traditional folk art. See: Decline of a Craft: Basketmaking in San Juan Guelavia, Oaxaca.
The plastic strips will become handbags, coin purses, and placements that can be sold to tourists in the local morning market. Another source of much needed income for women to have their own money, whether they are married or not. This week's lesson is an experiment in economic development — how to make a small business.
Ernestina organized the multigenerational five-day event and invited friends and relatives to participate. The abuelas — grandmothers — are joined by daughters and granddaughters, nieces and cousins. There is a baby tended to by a grandmother while mom learns.
As I walked by Ernestina's house, I noticed this unusual colorful activity and waved. She invited me to come in to see what they were doing and asked if I would return with my camera to take photos. Of course, I did!
Norma's town San Baltazar Guelavila, is known for it's hand-woven baskets and is also an artisanal mescal-producing center. It is in the mountains beyond Santiago Matatlan off the Carretera Internacional 190, otherwise known as the Panamerican Highway, which runs from Alaska through Oaxaca to the tip of South America.
An experienced lifelong basket weaver, Norma told me she can weave three to five baskets a day. She has fast fingers. The beginners were happy to make even three baskets in five days. The baskets will sell for between 100 and 150 pesos each. That's $7.50 to $12 USD. The average working wage in Oaxaca is 100 pesos a day, so the women are happy if they can produce and steadily sell one basket a day!
Ernestina hopes so. But, of course, that depends on tourists visiting Teotitlan del Valle, and most come via tour buses and not as independent travelers. They may stop at a pre-determined rug weaving gallery and then go on to San Pablo Villa de Mitla to see the archeological site or continue on to Santiago Matatlan for a mezcal tasting. They will miss the 9:00-11:00 a.m. daily morning market, which is at the heart of this 6,000 person community. And, miss the opportunity to buy one of these colorful, handmade totes.
People here love intense color. The natural materials are giving way to synthetics because of cost and convenience and personal taste. Yet, as I pulled up a chair around the circle and sat a while, I was reminded of my own knitting circle back home in North Carolina and the comfort of good friends. And, the revival of a traditional craft that can make the difference in women's and children's lives here.


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Trouble comes in threes for Shane Cleary, a former police officer and now, a PI.
Arson. A Missing Person. A cold case.
Two of his clients whom he shouldn't trust, he does, and the third, whom he should, he can't.
Shane is up against crooked cops, a notorious slumlord and a mafia boss who want what they want, and then there's the good guys who may or may not be what they seem.
Praise for Symphony Road:
"The second installment in this noir series takes us on a gritty journey through mid-seventies Boston, warts and all, and presents Shane Cleary with a complex arson case that proves to be much more than our PI expected. Peppered with the right mix of period detail and sharp, spare prose, Valjan proves he's the real deal." - Edwin Hill, Edgar finalist and author of Watch Her
"Ostracized former cop turned PI Shane Cleary navigates the mean streets of Boston's seedy underbelly in Symphony Road. A brilliant follow up to Dirty Old Town, Valjan's literary flair and dark humor are on full display." - Bruce Robert Coffin, award-winning author of the Detective Byron Mysteries
"A private eye mystery steeped in atmosphere and attitude." - Richie Narvaez, author of Noiryorican
Book Details:
Title: Symphony Road
Author: Gabriel Valjan
Genre: crime fiction, procedural, noir, historical fiction
Series: Shane Cleary Mystery, book 2
Published by: Level Best Books (January 15, 2021)
Print length: 232 pages
1. Where is your cell phone? Charging.
2. Your hair? Covid-19.
3. Your workplace? Home.
4. Your other half? Sleeping.
5. What makes you happy? Munchkin.
6. What makes you crazy? Excuses.
7. Your favorite food? Tenderloin.
8. Your favorite beverage? Cawfee.
9. Fear? Blindness.
10. Favorite shoes? Slippers.
11. Favorite way to relax? Comedies.
12. Your mood? Placid.
13. Your home away from home? Library.
14. Where were you last night? Home.
15. Something that you aren't? Pretentious.
16. Something from your bucket list? Serenity.
17. Wish list item? Loft.
18. Where did you grow up? New Jersey.
19. Last thing you did? Typed.
20. What are wearing now? PJs.
I went to cross the street when the wheels of a black Cadillac sped up and bristled over tempered glass from a recent smash-and-grab. The brake lights pulsed red, and a thick door opened. A big hulk stepped out, and the car wobbled. The man reached into his pocket. I thought this was it. My obituary was in tomorrow's paper, written in past tense and in the smallest and dullest typeface, Helvetica, because nothing else said boring better.
Click. Click. "I can never get this fucking thing to light."
It was Tony Two-Times, Mr. B's no-neck side man. His nickname came from his habit of clicking his lighter twice. "Mr. B wants a word."
"Allow me." I grabbed the Bic. The orange flame jumped on my first try and roasted the end of his Marlboro Red. "You really oughta quit."
"Thanks for the health advice. Get in."
Tony nudged me into the backseat. I became the meat in the sandwich between him and Mr. B. There was no need for introductions. The chauffeur was nothing more than a back of a head and a pair of hands on the wheel. The car moved and Mr. B contemplated the night life outside the window.
"I heard you're on your way to the police station to help your friend."
"News travels fast on Thursday night. Did Bill tell you before or after he called me?"
"I'm here on another matter."
The cloud of smoke made me cough. Tony Two-Times was halfway to the filter. The chauffeur cracked the window a smidge for ventilation. As I expected, the radio played Sinatra and there were plans for a detour. A string of red and green lights stared back at us through a clean windshield.
"A kid I know is missing," Mr. B said.
"Kids go missing all the time."
"This kid is special."
"Has a Missing Persons Report been filed?"
The look from Mr. B prompted regret. "We do things my way. Understood?"
We stopped at a light. A long-legged working girl with a chinchilla wrap crossed the street. She approached the car to recite the menu and her prices, but one look at us and she kept walking.
"Is this kid one of your own?"
The old man's hand strummed leather. The missing pinky unnerved me. I've seen my share of trauma in Vietnam: shattered bones, intestines hanging out of a man, but missing parts made me queasy. The car moved and Mr. B continued the narrative.
"Kid's a real pain in my ass, which is what you'd expect from a teenager, but he's not in the rackets, if that's what you're wondering. This should be easy money for you."
Money never came easy. As soon as it was in my hand, it went to the landlady, or the vet, or the utilities, or inside the refrigerator. I'd allow Mr. B his slow revelation of facts. Mr. B mentioned the kid's gender when he said "he's not in the rackets." This detail had already made the case easier for me. A boy was stupider, easier to find and catch. Finding a teenage girl, that took something special, like pulling the wings off of an angel.
"He's a good kid. No troubles with the law, good in school, excellent grades and all, but his mother seems to think he needed to work off some of that rebellious energy kids get. You know how it is."
I didn't. The last of my teen years were spent in rice paddies, in a hundred-seventeen-degree weather—and that was before summer—trying to distinguish friendlies from enemies in a jungle on the other side of the planet. And then there were the firefights, screams, and all the dead bodies.
"Does this kid have a girlfriend?" I asked.
Mr. B said nothing.
"A boyfriend then?" That question made Mr. B twist his head and Tony Two-Times elbowed me hard. "I've got to ask. Kids these days. You know, drugs, sex, and rock' n roll."
"The kid isn't like your friend Bill, Mr. Cleary."
The mister before Cleary was a first. The ribs ached. I caught a flash of the driver's eyes in the rearview mirror. Mr. B conveyed specifics such as height and weight, build, the last known place the kid was seen, the usual hangouts and habits. This kid was All-American, too vanilla, and Mr. B had to know it. Still, this kid was vestal purity compared to Mr. B, who had run gin during Prohibition, killed his first man during the Depression, and became a made-man before Leave It to Beaver aired its first episode on television.
The car came to a stop. The driver put an emphasis on the brakes. We sat in silence. The locks shot up. Not quite the sound of a bolt-action rifle, but close. Mr. B extended his hand for a handshake. I took it. No choice there. This was B's way of saying his word was his bond and whatever I discovered during the course of my investigation stayed between us, the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost.
"I've got to ask," I said.
"I'll pay you whatever you want."
"It's not that," I said, feeling Tony Two-Times' breath on the back of my neck. "Did you hire Jimmy C to do a job lately?"
"I did not."
"And Bill called me, just like that?" I knew better than to snap my fingers. Tony would grab my hand and crush my knuckles like a bag of peanuts. A massive paw on the shoulder told me it was time to vacate the premises, but then Mr. B did the tailor's touch, a light hand to my elbow. "Jimmy is queer like your friend, right?"
"What has that got to do with anything?"
"When it comes to friends, you forgive certain habits, like I allow this idiot over here to smoke those stupid cigarettes. Capisci?"
"Yeah, I understand."
"Good. Now, screw off."
I climbed over Tony Two-Times to leave the car. Door handle in my grip, I leaned forward to ask one last thing, "You know about Jimmy's predicament?"
"Ironic, isn't it?" Mr. B said.
"What is?"
"I know everything in this town, except where my grandnephew is. Now, shut the door."
The door clapped shut. I heard bolts hammer down and lock. There was a brief sight of silhouettes behind glass before the car left the curb. I had two cases before breakfast, one in front of me, and the other one, behind me in the precinct house. There was no need for me to turn around. No need either, to read the sign overhead.
The limestone building loomed large in my memory. Two lanterns glowed and the entrance, double doors of polished brass, were as tall and heavy as I remembered them. It was late March and I wasn't Caesar but it sure as hell felt like the Ides of March as I walked up those marble steps.
Excerpt from Symphony Road by Gabriel Valjan. Copyright 2021 by Gabriel Valjan. Reproduced with permission from Gabriel Valjan. All rights reserved.
Gabriel Valjan lives in Boston's South End. He is the author of the Roma Series and Company Files (Winter Goose Publishing) and the Shane Cleary Series (Level Best Books). His second Company Files novel, The Naming Game, was a finalist for the Agatha Award for Best Historical Mystery and the Anthony Award for Best Paperback Original in 2020. Gabriel is a member of the Historical Novel Society, International Thriller Writer (ITW), and Sisters in Crime.
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So let's rededicate ourselves to a new kind of politics – a politics of conscience. I will cut taxes – cut taxes – for 95% of all working families. More recently, tension has been fed by colonialism that denied rights and opportunities to many Muslims, and a Cold War in which Muslim-majority countries were too often treated as proxies without regard to their own aspirations. Some are eager to stoke the flames of division, and to stand in the way of progress.
Back home, my grandmother raised their baby and went to work on a bomber assembly line. This time we want to reject the cynicism that tells us that these kids can't learn; that those kids who don't look like us are somebody else's problem. And today, whenever I find myself feeling doubtful or cynical about this possibility, what gives me the most hope is the next generation – the young people whose attitudes and beliefs and openness to change have already made history in this election. Perhaps somebody told her along the way that the source of her mother's problems were blacks who were on welfare and too lazy to work, or Hispanics who were coming into the country illegally. No single nation should pick and choose which nations hold nuclear weapons.
John Kerry believes in an America where hard work is rewarded; so instead of offering tax breaks to companies shipping jobs overseas, he offers them to companies creating jobs here at home. This country is more decent than one where a woman in Ohio, on the brink of retirement, finds herself one illness away from disaster after a lifetime of hard work. I have come here to seek a new beginning between the United States and Muslims around the world; one based upon mutual interest and mutual respect; and one based upon the truth that America and Islam are not exclusive, and need not be in competition.
They cheered on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial when Dr. At various stages in the campaign, some commentators have deemed me either "too black" or "not black enough." We saw racial tensions bubble to the surface during the week before the South Carolina primary. As a student of history, I also know civilization's debt to Islam. government has gone to court to protect the right of women and girls to wear the hijab, and to punish those who would deny it. That is why we plan to invest $1.5 billion each year over the next five years to partner with Pakistanis to build schools and hospitals, roads and businesses, and hundreds of millions to help those who have been displaced.
Anyway, Ashley finishes her story and then goes around the room and asks everyone else why they're supporting the campaign. Progress in the daily lives of the Palestinian people must be part of a road to peace, and Israel must take concrete steps to enable such progress.
Thank you, God Bless you, and God Bless the United States of America.


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Docs Home → Develop Applications → MongoDB Manual
Model Data to Support Keyword Search
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Keyword search is not the same as text search or full text search, and does not provide stemming or other text-processing features. See the Limitations of Keyword Indexes section for more information.
In 2.4, MongoDB provides a text search feature. See Text Indexes for more information.
If your application needs to perform queries on the content of a field
that holds text you can perform exact matches on the text or use
to use regular expression pattern matches. However,
for many operations on text, these methods do not satisfy application
This pattern describes one method for supporting keyword search using MongoDB to support application search functionality, that uses keywords stored in an array in the same document as the text field. Combined with a multi-key index, this pattern can support application's keyword search operations.
To add structures to your document to support keyword-based queries, create an array field in your documents and add the keywords as strings in the array. You can then create a multi-key index on the array and create queries that select values from the array.
Given a collection of library volumes that you want to provide
topic-based search. For each volume, you add the array topics
and you add as many keywords as needed for a given volume.
For the Moby-Dick
volume you might have the following document:
{ title : "Moby-Dick" , author : "Herman Melville" , published : 1851 , ISBN : 0451526996 , topics : [ "whaling" , "allegory" , "revenge" , "American" , "novel" , "nautical" , "voyage" , "Cape Cod" ] }
You then create a multi-key index on the topics
db.volumes.createIndex( { topics: 1 } )
The multi-key index creates separate index entries for each keyword in
the topics
array. For example the index contains one entry for
and another for allegory
You then query based on the keywords. For example:
db.volumes.findOne( { topics : "voyage" }, { title: 1 } )
An array with a large number of elements, such as one with several hundreds or thousands of keywords will incur greater indexing costs on insertion.
Limitations of Keyword Indexes
MongoDB can support keyword searches using specific data models and multi-key indexes; however, these keyword indexes are not sufficient or comparable to full-text products in the following respects:
Stemming. Keyword queries in MongoDB can not parse keywords for root or related words.
Synonyms. Keyword-based search features must provide support for synonym or related queries in the application layer.
Ranking. The keyword look ups described in this document do not provide a way to weight results.
Asynchronous Indexing. MongoDB builds indexes synchronously, which means that the indexes used for keyword indexes are always current and can operate in real-time. However, asynchronous bulk indexes may be more efficient for some kinds of content and workloads.


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By now, I'm sure the last flea on the back of every programmer's dog knows that if you want an answer to a coding question, you can ask on StackOverflow. And yet a great number of people who read this site prefer to write with their regex problems.
I spend many days building web pages with the aim of providing quality information for free. Sadly, where I live there are only 32 hours in a day, and on the topic of regex this site is the extent of the work I am able to do for free. So here's the deal.
Hire Rex... Pay what you like!
If for one reason or another you don't want to ask your question on StackOverflow, I have occasionally been providing a simple regex "consulting" service.
The payment system is frighteningly simple: you pay what you like… as long as it's reasonable. By reasonable, I mean that I am sensitive to the fact that we all have different situations. If you're out of a job, I realize you may not be able to afford a lot, and I'd still like to help you. If you are employed in a well-paying job, then you are probably able to pay me programmers' rates, which is really welcome because in between my many non-profit projects I do like to eat every once in a while.
I also realize that "reasonable" depends on how generous you feel. Hopefully, between the tight wads and the generous hearts, it all balances out and everyone is happy. Actual cheats get devoured by my baby Rexes.
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Cycling is among the cleanest and most energy efficient types of transportation and the number of individuals selecting to cycle continues to develop yearly. Bicyclist: One who rides a bicycle. It has pre-deliberate routes so that you can ride in your area, and a function where you may map the place you've ridden, log the miles you have travelled, and rank your self in opposition to different riders. Bunny hop – A bicycle trick during which you utilize your arms and legs to jump and carry the bike off the ground to avoid an obstacle or hop onto a curb.
For the skilled riders, now we have created eight superior cycle routes to get your blood pumping. Transport for London has an interactive cycle journey planner and free native cycling maps. The North York Moors is a improbable location for cycling, whether or not you're a family bicycle owner or a world-class mountain biker. Recumbent bicycles are designed on completely different ergonomic principles and get rid of stress from the saddle and handlebars, because of the relaxed using position.
We're at the moment trialling cycle parking racks in the form of vehicles, referred to as 'Car Bike Ports' that are capable of take ten bicycles in a single automotive parking area. Journey throughout the UK, Ireland, Europe and the Mediterranean -you will cover extra distance travelling on two wheels than you'd on foot, leaving extra time to reach those touchpoints and absorb more of the ambiance, proper from your saddle.
However, there are completely different opinions on the function of varied varieties of cycling infrastructure in constructing bicycle-pleasant cities and roads. The location features a national leisure cycling calendar, which lists everything from charity events to multi-day challenges, in addition to advice on training, maintenance, and enhancing fitness.
Fixie (or fastened gear) – A single-speed bike, often with no brakes, that may't freewheel (or coast). Coaches use FTP in the identical manner — to measure progress and to personalize particular training intensities — whether working with Workforce Sky riders or age-group amateurs. Bikes are modified for time trial races, utilizing aero bars Up to now decade, mountain bike racing has additionally reached worldwide popularity and is even an Olympic sport.


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Rambam - Sefer HaMitzvos As Divided for The Daily Learning Schedule Negative Mitzvot 173, 175, 176, 177, 178 |
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Negative Mitzvah 173: It is forbidden to eat non-kosher fish
Leviticus 11:11 And they shall be a detestable thing to you, you shall not eat their meat"The Torah gives us two signs to look for in fish (See Positive Mitzvah 152), in order to determine if the fish is kosher.
They must have fins and scales. Any fish which does not have both these signs (even if it does have one of them) is not considered kosher.
Negative Mitzvah 175: It is forbidden to eat any flying insects
Deuteronomy 14:19 "And every creeping thing that flies is unclean to you: they shall not be eaten"Most flying insects such as flies, bees, and hornets are not kosher and we are forbidden to eat them. In regard to locusts and grasshoppers, the Torah gives specific signs which we must look for, (see Positive Mitzvah 151). If they have these signs - we may eat them.
Negative Mitzvah 176: It is forbidden to eat any land insects.
Leviticus 11:41 "And every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth is a detestable thing; it shall not be eaten"We are forbidden to eat insects that breed on the land. For example; worms, roaches, or ants.
Negative Mitzvah 177: It is forbidden to eat any insects that live
in decaying or molding objectsLeviticus 11:44 Neither shall you defile yourselves (by eating) any manner of creatures that creep upon the earth"
This Negative Mitzvah additionally warns us that any insect which lives in decaying or molding matter, is forbidden, even if the insect leaves and lives elsewhere.
Negative Mitzvah 178: It is forbidden to eat insects that developed inside fruit or seeds
Leviticus 11:42 "Among all creeping things that creep upon the earth, you shall not eat them for they are an abomination"This Negative Mitzvah cautions us not to eat those insects that have developed inside a seed or a fruit, even after they have emerged from the seed or fruit or if we find them in our food.
Everyone has his share of "not good". It's impossible that a physical being should be void of faults. The point is not to flee or hide from them. Nor is it to resign yourself to it all. It is to face up to the fact that they are there, and to systematically chase them away.Recognizing who you are and gradually cleaning up your act -- it may look ugly, but it is a divine path.
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If you are the first time to check our cosplay blog, you will notice today we've upload a new banner in our blog.
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