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The Marathi novel, Pavankhind, is centered on a particular event related to the life of Shivaji.
Summary Of The Book
The literature of any region always abounds in tales of heroism and valour, especially of kings and those in the service of the royalty. In Maratha history and literature, the empire created by Shivaji, and Shivaji himself, are the central topics of many legendary tales.
This book focuses on an event in Shivaji's life. But the hero of this tiny novel is not the great Maratha ruler himself, but one of his trusted lieutenants, Baji Prabhu Deshpande. Shivaji was surrounded by many loyal companions like Tanaji, Netaji, Baji, and Yesaji.
Shivaji, to realize his dreams of establishing a Hindu kingdom in his motherland, had to take on many enemies, like the Mughals and Adil Shah of Bijapur. At the time the events of this story take place, Siddi Jauhar, one of Bijapur's military commanders, laid siege to the fort of Panhala to take it back from Shivaji.
But Shivaji and his Maratha forces offered stiff resistance, even when the British artillery came to the aid of Siddi Jauhar. However, essential supplies ran out due to the prolonged siege, and Shivaji and his forces were in a predicament. They had to abandon the fort and escape capture by enemy forces.
Baji Prabhu Deshpande, along with another trusted companion of Shivaji, managed to draw the attention of the enemy forces as Shivaji escaped.
But, in the ensuing battle, Baji lost his life. However, he fended of the enemies, despite being critically wounded and kept fighting till he heard the signal that announced that Shivaji was safe.
This book elaborates this story, celebrating the heroism and loyalty of Baji Prabhu Deshpande, one of the bravest figures of Maratha history.
About Ranjeet Desai
Ranjeet Desai was a celebrated Marathi novelist and playwright.
Other books by Ranjeet Desai include Roop Mahal, Madhumati, Kanchan Mrug, Shriman Yogi, Raja Ravi Varma, Rangalya Ratri Ashya, and Sangoli Rayana.
He wrote numerous short stories, plays and novels.
Ranjeet Desai was born in Kolhapur, Maharashtra, in 1928. His works are still extremely popular among the Marathi people. He received several awards for his plays and other works including the Maharashtra Rajya Award, the Hari Narayan Apte Award, and the Maharashtra Gaurav Puraskar.
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Ranjeet Desai had put words very well. Nice to read it. I read it and had enjoyed reading it. It feels like you are actually visualizing that shiv kalin period. I must recomend this book. Words that has been used in the book are very down to earth.
the best book on the warrior Bajiprabhu Deshpande....
Marathi asmita and Marathi Bana...
EKa Senani chi katha jyane aaplya Raja sathi Deshasathi Pran
panala lavun Ghodkhindichi pavan khind keli......
pustak chaan lihile ahe... as usual pustakachi bhasha jabardast ahe pan pramanik pane sangitake tar actual Pavankhind ladhai var agdi thodech lihile ahe... I guess fakta 10 - 12 pages ( out of 200 )....baki sagle ikadche tikdche ahe.... ani ladhai kay ghadle hey farse vegale kahi sangitale Nahi... anyways nice to read if you have a lot of time and patience...
This book is about the heroics of one of the many warriors who fought for the country. It is a beautiful narrative where you visualize and relate to the timeline, why and what happened on the night of the battle in the famous Pawankhind, where two brothers laid down their lives to save their motherland and to save the King... !!
Ranjeet Desai has made the scene lively, as if you are watching the battle from the battlefield... !!


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25 September 2009
- On 25 September, ANZ announced it had reached agreement with ING Group's to acquire ING's 51% shareholdings in the ANZ-ING wealth management and life insurance joint ventures in Australia and New Zealand for $1,760 million.
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March 23rd, 20137:02 pm
A very sweet (in all the right ways) and informative documentary on the ubiquitous song, that comes full circle with a powerful recall of the spiritual foundation of the song. Wonderful clips and family histories. Well done. (unlike the NYT reviewer I did not find the narration grating or cutesy; it set just the right tone) When I got home I sifted through my iTunes to discover I already owned 4 recordings of it, including Dick Dale's and Irving Fields'. I promptly added Celia Cruz's as featured in the film.
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Summer of 2010, on the patio enjoying a BBQ buffet at Kabul's finest hotel, the three-piece instrumental band played Hava Nagila three times. For the sake of their personal safety, I'm hoping the band members (and the Taliban) do not know the origins of the tune they played often and well. I also hope one day the song will be played in Afghanistan knowingly and without fear.
— Jeffrey Itell, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
March 3rd, 201312:41 pm
I saw this movie at the Jewish Film Festival in Philly last year. The movie is very appealing, delightful, and actually informing. If you grew up with the Hava Nagila anthem, then the movie will get right into your bones. Smiling and Stomping all the way.
Worth seeing and entertaining!
— DB, Philly
March 3rd, 201312:41 pm
This film is an utter delight. It will transport you through the complicated process of Jewish assimilation, with its inherent conflict, and leave you feeling like it's all going to be OK. it's a brilliant piece of filmmaking that blends culture, history, musicology and plenty of laughter. Bravo!
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March 1st, 20135:34 pm
enjoyed it enormously -- combines serious historical research with references to the popular culture, and makes connections with the Jewish story (and the immigrant story) worldwide
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March 1st, 20135:34 pm
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Here's how RW members rated this race (39 votes).
In short: challenge by name, challenge by nature... but what fun I had!!!In full: Not to be put off by the naff weather and the thought of mud and fields, the castle start line is nothing compared to what lies ahead.. As an October run I was expecting some kind of weather and I was not too surprised when we had rain, lots of it. This made the views slightly less picture postcard but there were still some surprises along the way. My first 26 mile challenge and I loved every minute. A super run even in bad weather and muddy fields. Maybe I would have liked too see different shirt colours for the differing distances, I was really proud to finish this one and I will wear it with pride... Thanks to all involved, a job well done.Date of review: October 31, 2013
In short: The wet weather certainly added some spice to this years challenge. Well done to all those who made the start line. It was bleak, but well worth the effort for the views alone. In full: This was my first attempt at the distance, and well worth the effort. All those weeks of hard fought training miles couldn't have prepared me for the conditions under foot on the day, but I wouldn't have had it any other way. Some of the terrain was challenging for a novice trail runner. This was mainly down to the weather before and during the event. The trail crosses various farms en route, and many of the fields were freshly ploughed. Damn, that mud was sticky. I now know what it must be like to run in diving boots.A big thanks to the organisers, and all those who turned out on the day to help - always with a smile. It must have been tough in that weather to stand there for hours at a time waiting for us runners and walkers to pass through the checkpoints. The signage and marshalling made the course easy to navigate. Maybe book the sunshine a bit earlier next time though eh? ;-)Date of review: October 31, 2013
Date of review: October 19, 2013
In short: Improvement neededIn full: I did the half version (13.1). This race has great potential. Firstly the gripes I know this was a trail race but I think one of the fields had been freshly ploughed, nice farmer! (this may require more interaction with farmers). Secondly there were not enough marshalls by half at one point having lost sight of the people in front of me a spectator had to give me directions and I'm not the only one, less marshalls at water stations and more on the course would be better. Thirdly the cost of the coach was a bit excessive £4 for a 10 minute journey. On the plus side I got a medal, technical t-shirt and certifecate. The water supplied was in bottles a real bonus. Good bag drop and friendly people. One question why the concillor who was oblivious that some people were running the course.A race with great potential which could be reached with the help of local running clubs. Date of review: October 26, 2012
In short: Once again a great eventIn full: Another lovely run. I did the half this year (13.3 by Garmin!), and it was a really nice route, well signposted and marshalled. This event has a lovely friendly atmosphere, and isn't race just a "challenge", which I think makes everyone a bit more relaxed. A lovely morningDate of review: October 18, 2012
In short: Very enjoyable race but not easy,great value and lovely scenery.In full: Did the full 26 miles from Lincoln to Sleaford.Really enjoyable but its made me ache in a few places!A few difficult bits under foot and styles/railway lines /foot bridges to deal with.Great value for a 26 mile race and thought the technical t-shirt and medal were good prizes.Generally really well organised apart from one place where I took a wrong turn,and I was't the only one.Even when I found the right turn it wasn't obvious.Probably needed a marshal here.Date of review: October 16, 2012
In short: Tougher than I thought! In full: I did the 13 mile option from Metheringham. Lovely route but the going got tough when we hit the ploughed fields, and by the time we got to the riverbank it was a case of hanging in and trying to run more than I walked. I did say never again, but a long hot bath later I'm trying to work out how feasible the full course would be...Date of review: October 15, 2012
In short: Lovely low key event, Superb Organisation, Great Marshalls and competitors alikeIn full: Did this event in 2009 and it became one of my all time favorites for it's low key relaxed atmosphere. charming scenery and superb organisation. I'm Glad to say that it has managed to improve. Had a lovely day, it's a great run, the marshals where abundant and friendly and to add coach transport to the start, a technical tee shirt, medal and certificate make is superb value. Loved it!Date of review: October 15, 2012
In short: An excellent eventIn full: This was my first time running this course and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I did the 13 miles run starting from Metheringham. It was very well organised with friendly marshals. The course was mainly off-road, not too muddy but a few slippy bits to keep you on your toes. Lovely route across country taking in some nice villages. The sunny weather helped too. Will do it again. Nice T-shirt and medal at the end.Date of review: October 14, 2012
In short: Nice, something a bit differentIn full: Well organised, water in bottles at checkpoints this year. Nice mix of paths and trail like footpaths. I wore trail shoes which helped off road but the weather was kind again this year so not excessively muddy. The various local groups (scouts, cadets etc) who helped with the marshalling were very supportive of the runners.I'd prefer a t-shirt to a medal but thats my personal opinion.Date of review: October 18, 2011
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By Ron SavageFox 2 NewsSOUTHFIELD, Mich. (WJBK) -- It's a dangerous buzz hidden inside a place many parents might not suspect. One mother was shocked to learn about it after her young daughter was rushed to the hospital.Leanne Arndt's five-year-old daughter was dizzy at school and vomited. Mom raced to school. Westland Fire and EMS said they were rushing her to Mott Children's Hospital in Ann Arbor."Once the blood tests came back that her ethanol levels were so high that they had never seen anything like that before they said, even in somebody who was severely intoxicated," Arndt explained.The girl was intoxicated, but how? Everyone was stumped."My mother was there, and my mother said, 'I bet you it's the hand sanitizer because they have a fascination with the smell.' I said, 'Oh my gosh, mom, you're probably right.' So when my daughter came to, I was able to talk to her about it, and she told me that she tried tasting several different flavors and the strawberry chocolate was her favorite," said Arndt."They told me that if the EMS did not run the IVs in her that I could have been burying my daughter."They do smell good, but these hand sanitizers are not to be taken internally."They were telling me that a one ounce ingestion of it can intoxicate an adult, and it's about a 140 proof ethanol liquor," Arndt said. "That's exactly what they compared it to is moonshine."P.D. Graham Elementary School administration warned parents in an email about the sweet smelling hand sanitizers.Meanwhile, how is our little five-year-old doing?"She's doing really well," said Arndt. "Once it got out of her system, probably about six or seven hours later she was fine. She was a little drowsy, but other than that, she's been perfectly okay. We don't know the long-term effects is what I'm kind of more concerned about."
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Rental housing units in Boston must be inspected to make sure they are in compliance with the Massachusetts State Sanitary Code when they are being re-rented to a new tenant. A tenant may contact the Inspectional Services Department to obtain a copy or to verify that the inspection has been done.
When a rental unit is vacated, the landlord is required by law to contact the Inspectional Services Department (ISD), or hire his own Authorized Inspector who has completed the ISD certificate program and has been issued a certificate of completion, to inspect the unit to ensure that it meets the standards of the State Sanitary Code. If an Authorized Inspector is used rather than one from ISD, the inspector must sign and file a sworn statement certifying that the unit is in compliance with the State Sanitary Code. If a landlord is having the apartment inspected by ISD, he must request an inspection within 45 calendar days of a new occupancy of a unit. (The inspection does not have to take place within the 45 days). If the landlord is instead having the apartment inspected by an Authorized Inspector, the landlord has 60 calendar days from the new occupancy of a unit to file with ISD a sworn statement and inspection form completed by the Authorized Inspector. This requirement does not apply to:
Units that have been comprehensively inspected by ISD within the preceding 12 months if such inspections have resulted in no notices of violation to the owner
Apartments inspected, approved and leased through the Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher Program
Federal, State or City owned or managed apartments
Buildings containing from one to six units, if one is occupied by the owner
Licensed rooming houses, hotels or motels
The fee for the inspection by ISD is $50 per unit for buildings containing up to three units, and $75 per unit for all others. The filing fee for submitting a sworn statement by an Authorized Inspector is $25 per unit. (This filing fee is in addition to the landlord's cost of hiring an Authorized Inspector to do the work.) After the landlord has made such payment, he may in turn charge tenants for up to 50% of the inspection fee or the filing fee paid to the city, with the charge spread equally over 12 months.
Under certain circumstances landlords may apply to ISD for an extension of time to comply with the ordinance, or for a 5-year exemption from its requirements.
Additional Information on Rental Inspections
A landlord's failure to comply with provisions of this ordinance is punishable by a fine of $300 per month for every month that this condition continues to exist.17
17. City of Boston Code, Section 9-1.3


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Sounds awful.
And I believe the three scenes will be for the Mac (as in the first Macintosh), the second for NeXT, and the third will be for the iPod.
It doesn't sound unique. Slumdog Millionaire was told over a game show, and Forrest Gump happened almost completely at a bus stop.
I thought it would be something different then this. I guess it's better than nothing....hopefully.
Am I the only one that thinks this could be a pretty cool way to do it? I'm looking forward to learning more.


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Pronunciation: /prēˈtərm /
Born or occurring after a pregnancy significantly shorter than normal, especially after no more than 37 weeks of pregnancy: babies born during preterm labor
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Click for larger view Geoff Lawton's latest video is one of my favourite films on his site — mainly because it reminds me of a quote I read as a kid and never forgot: "A garden without water is like a meal without wine." In a well stocked pond, you can grab a fish anytime… Read more »
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Ben Falk's Cold Climate Permaculture Farm in Vermont A lot of people wonder if they can apply Permaculture design to their farm if they live in a cold climate. When Geoff Lawton visited Ben Falk's farm in Vermont earlier this year, he saw the fruit of good permaculture design when applied with skillful observation. The… Read more »
Keyline Design as an Organizing Pattern for Permaculture Design, Part 2 (Sweden)
This is part 2 of a series of 5 articles looking at design considerations for our Cold Climate Permaculture site using the Keyline Scale of Permanence as a organizing framework, as well as an informative read for anyone interested. The aesthetic curves of the Keyline layout at ridgedale PERMACULTURE The previous article introduced some basic… Read more »
Aquaponics on the Cheap!
You don't have to be loaded to get started with a really simple aquaponics setup! As a variation on the system shown in the video, you can (in a warm enough region/time of year) place the system outdoors on a hillside where each grow pipe set loops back and forth over greater distances or more… Read more »
Aquaponics and Sunlight
by Frank Gapinski, Ecofilms Stress is a big killer of fish. This barramundi grown in aquaponics has a fine slime coating preventing bacterial infections. Recently a friend was telling me how difficult it was to grow strawberries in his aquaponics system. He didn't have any success in growing them and was wondering if he was… Read more »
Water Retention Landscape Techniques for Farm and Garden
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Advanced Cell Grazing – Permaculture Livestock Systems at Zaytuna Farm
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Schneider, whose career has included acting in the movies "Tombstone" and "Ghost World" and writing Tom & Jerry cartoons, will appear at a fund-raiser for three local organizations. "An Evening with Charles Schneider: DeMoulin Goats, Hollywood Tales and Some Sleight of Hand" will be held Friday October 15 at Cunetto's Restaurant in Greenville. Proceeds from this unique program benefit the Bond County Historical Society, Greenville Public Library, and DeMoulin Museum.
Catalog No. 439 is a new paperback book about DeMoulin Bros. & Co. that was released by Fantagraphics. The DeMoulin company was founded in 1892 as a manufacturer of lodge regalia and initiation devices. Catalogs featuring these gadgets are highly sought by collectors. The new book, "Catalog No. 439," is a reprint of the most famous of these catalogs. Originally issued in 1930, Catalog 439 featured such gimmicks as the trick chair, lung tester and traitor's judgment stand. All of which were used in initiation rites by fraternal lodges of the day. Schneider visited Greenville in January for research at the DeMoulin factory and the DeMoulin Museum.
During the dinner program, Schneider will talk about his career in Hollywood and explain how he became involved in the reprint of Catalog 439. The evening will include a few magic tricks and other surprises. Tickets are $20 each and include the meal and Schneider's presentation. They can be purchased through October 8 at Watson's Drug Store, the First National Bank in Greenville, the Greenville Public Library and the DeMoulin Museum. Schneider will also be signing copies of the new book which retails for $22.99. Copies may be purchased that night. Those unable to attend on Friday night may also have their books signed on Saturday October 16 from 10 until Noon at the DeMoulin Museum. For more information, call (618) 664-4115.
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From Harlan Ellison's website:
Due to the (uh)(ahem) inordinately "strained" relations passim one of his publishers and me, I never got a chance to tell the astonishingly wonderful artist/caricaturist Drew Friedman that I am, and was from the beginning of his career, a cockeyed fan of his merciless honesty. He once did a caricature of me and I always wanted to tell him that I considered it a memento mori of exquisite meanness. His is absolutely imperial iconography, and next to his hilarious portrait of my friend Patton Oswalt, his two books of Old Jewish Comedians are so dear to me, that I had them Lucite-boxed. I mention this now, in hopes someone will impart yet another Old Jew's admiration, because I have just now finished gasping, giggling, guffawing and geshrying over his latest collection of portraits.
Being a bit of a bohkun myself, it has been delightful to watch Drew Friedman chase Hogarth, Kley, Nast and them guys over the hill. He is to fine art what Guernica was to human observation.
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St. Paul police met with the currant vicar general and lawyers for the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis on Wednesday, but the meeting was not open the public or members of the media.
The location and length of the meeting were not disclosed, but Fox 9 News confirmed it wrapped up at about 4 p.m. and the recent allegations against the archbishop were not the only ones discussed.
Archbishop John Nienstedt has voluntarily stepped aside from all public ministry during the investigation of an allegation that he inappropriately touched a boy on the buttocks during a 2009 confirmation ceremony.
Nienstedt called the allegation "absolutely and entirely false,"and the archdiocese said they "stand ready to cooperate fully with the St. Paul police."
The president of the Catholic League, based out of New York, told Fox 9 News he is outraged by the accusations and is calling for the accuser and anyone who knows him to come forward.
"I've been doing this job for over 20 years, and I know there are some priests who are guilty of abuse," Bill Donohue said. "I've never defended someone who is guilty. I want the book thrown at them, but I've also seen a lot of priests who have been framed and while I can't say for certain what is going on with this one, it doesn't pass the smell test."
Donohue has been critical of the way the Catholic church is handling allegations of sex abuse overall, and the outrage in Donohue's voice could be heard as he went on about the allegations Nienstedt faces.
"I was a young boy myself, and if somebody had violated me one way or the other, it wouldn't take me 4 years to make a complaint. It would take me about 4 seconds," Donohue said. "That itself is spurious. Then, you say you have a group photo? Let's throw out the idea he happens to be an archbishop. What kind of a moron -- if you are going to molest someone, would anybody do something like this in public when the cameras are rolling? It just doesn't make any sense at all."
During a Tuesday press conference, St. Paul Police Chief Tom Smith aired his frustrations with claims made by the archdiocese that church officials have been fully cooperative.
"I want to let the public know one thing," Smith said. "Let me be very clear on this. We have -- through written and verbal requests -- made clear our desire to speak to individuals connected with the archdiocese, and we've been told, 'No.'"
Smith specifically mentioned the difficulty investigators have had contacting former Vicar General Kevin McDonough because repeated requests to speak with him have been denied by his attorney.
After Wednesday's meeting, St. Paul police said some questions were answered, and plans have been made for future discussions in the near future to get answers to other questions that remain.
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Quotations about Insects
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If you want to live and thrive, let the spider run alive. ~American Quaker Saying
Nothing seems to please a fly so much as to be taken for a currant; and if it can be baked in a cake and palmed off on the unwary, it dies happy. ~Mark Twain
We hope that, when the insects take over the world, they will remember with gratitude how we took them along on all our picnics. ~Bill Vaughan
When the bee comes to your house, let her have beer; you may want to visit the bee's house some day. ~Congo Proverb
The spider's touch, how exquisitely fine!
Feels at each thread, and lives along the line.
~Alexander Pope
Why didn't Noah swat those two mosquitoes? ~Author Unknown
Cockroaches really put my "all creatures great and small" creed to the test. ~Terri Guillemets
Some primal termite knocked on wood;
and tasted it, and found it good.
That is why your Cousin May
fell through the parlor floor today.
~Ogden Nash
The mosquito is the state bird of New Jersey. ~Andy Warhol
Hurt no living thing:
Ladybird, nor butterfly,
Nor moth with dusty wing.
~Christina Georgina Rossetti
Teaching a child not to step on a caterpillar is as valuable to the child as it is to the caterpillar. ~Bradley Millar
What do you suppose?
A bee sat on my nose.
Then what do you think?
He gave me a wink
And said, "I beg your pardon,
I thought you were the garden."
~English Rhyme
Take time to smell the roses and eventually you'll inhale a bee. ~Author Unknown
God in His wisdom made the fly
And then forgot to tell us why.
~Ogden Nash, "The Fly"
Opening a window to let out a fly and ending up with thirty midges, three wasps, two bees and an owl. ~Rob Temple, @SoVeryBritish (Very British Problems: Making Life Awkward for Ourselves, One Rainy Day at a Time, 2013)
Though snails are exceedingly slow,
There is one thing I'd like to know.
If I out run 'em round the yard,
How come they beat me to the chard?
~Allen Klein
If you think you are too small to be effective, you have never been in bed with a mosquito. ~Betty Reese
Large flocks of butterflies, all kinds of happy insects, seem to be in a perfect fever of joy and sportive gladness. ~John Muir, 1867 October 9th, A Thousand-Mile Walk To the Gulf
I never could have thought of it,
To have a little bug all lit
And made to go on wings.
~Elizabeth Madox Roberts, "Firefly"
Clouds of insects danced and buzzed in the golden autumn light, and the air was full of the piping of the song-birds. Long glinting dragon-flies shot across the path, or hung tremulous with gauzy wings and gleaming bodies. ~Arthur Conan Doyle, The White Company
And a cloud of enraptured, sporting, buzzing little creatures of silk-dust swept or hovered over the undulating picture. ~Jean Paul Friedrich Richter, Hesperus, or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days: A Biography, translated from German by Charles T. Brooks, 1865
How doth the little busy bee
Improve each shining hour,
And gather honey all the day
From every opening flower!
~Isaac Watts, "Divine Songs"
The pedigree of honey does not concern the bee, a clover, anytime, to him, is aristocracy. ~Emily Dickinson
Deep in the sun-searched growths the dragonfly
Hangs like a blue thread loosened from the sky.
~Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Silent Noon
We are closer to the ants than to butterflies. Very few people can endure much leisure. ~Gerald Brenan
And what's a buterfly? At best,
He's but a ceterpillar, drest.
~John Grey
Aerodynamically the bumble bee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn't know it, so it goes on flying anyway. ~Mary Kay Ash
House, n. A hollow edifice erected for the habitation of man, rat, mouse, beetle, cockroach, fly, mosquito, flea, bacillus, and microbe. ~Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary
We starve the rats, creosote the ticks, swat the flies, step on the cockroaches and poison the scales. Yet when these pests appear in human form we go paralytic. ~Martin H. Fischer
Two-legged creatures we are supposed to love as we love ourselves. The four-legged, also, can come to seem pretty important. But six legs are too many from the human standpoint. ~Joseph W. Krutch
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PHP Couchbase/ext 1.0 Connecting to Multiple Servers in case of Failure
I am trying to implement a php couchbase/ext 1.0 connection similar to what is described here (and pasted in the code block below): http://www.couchbase.com/wiki/display/couchbase/Couchbase+PHP+Client+Lib...
However, I am having trouble programmatic determining if the new Couchbase object is connected. $cb comes back as an instance of Couchbase regardless if it connected to the server or not. The only differences I see when a connection fails (E.g. server1:8091 is down) I get a PHP warning that the connection failed ( Warning: Couchbase::__construct(): Failed to connect libcouchbase to server ) and the resource handle ( _handle:Couchbase:private ) is empty. I do not know what or how to accurately check for or catch the connection error.
I have read that the addServer method may be added and/or the connection method may be updated in version 1.1 but I am not ready to use etx 1.1 at this time.
Thank you for taking the time to offer any advice.
$servers = array("http://server1:8091", "http://server2:8091"); do { if(empty($servers)) { echo "no suitable server found"; // throw } $server = array_pop($servers); $cb = new Couchbase($server); } while(!$cb); // $cb is now usable.
Hm, the trick must be in the while then. I think that was authored under the assumption that the $cb would evaluate to false if it was not connected. Let me get the author of that snippet to chime in.
We hope to have a new constructor option in the 1.0.x release timeframe as well too.
sorry for the confusion, I got the semantics for `new Couchbase()` wrong. To be able to loop through servers to find a healthy one with 1.0, you will need to use the procedural API:
function my_couchbase_connect($servers) {
do {
if(empty($servers)) {
echo "no suitable server found";
return false;
// throw
$server = array_pop($servers);
$cb = couchbase_connect($server);
} while(!$cb);
return $cb;
$servers = array("server1:8091", "server2:8091");
$cb = my_couchbase_connect($servers);
I'll make sure to make this possible using the OO API as well.
Thank you for the reply!
The connection while loop is now working with the procedural API. However, I need to update my app to manage the resource number. Do you know if there is any procedural documentation (E.g. couchbase_set, couchbase_get ) outside of what is available on github ( https://github.com/couchbaselabs/php-ext-couchbase/blob/master/couchbase.c )?
Any idea when the OO API maybe updated, couple days, few months?
Thank you again for the assistance.
On documentation, did you see http://www.couchbase.com/docs/couchbase-sdk-php-1.0/index.html ?
Also, it will probably be more in weeks/months for the OO API.
Thank you for the estimated time for the OO API update, I appreciate that.
In regards to the documentation, I have seen that manual. I am interested in something related to the procedural API. E.g. couchbase_connect(), couchbase_set(), couchbase_get(). I understand it may not be available at this time but any recommendation into the source or where else to look is appreciated.
I have an additional technical question, is it possible to pass a handle/resource to the Couchbase object? E.g. start a connection using couchbase_connect and passing its result to new Couchbase ?
Thank you again for your time,
Hi Jonny,
the procedural and OO APIs are mirrored, so couchbase_set() == Couchbase::set(), couchbase_get() == Couchbase::set() etc. the documentation and semantics are exactly the same, the only difference is that for the procedural API, the first argument to the functions is a valid Couchbase handle that you get from couchbase_connect() and for the OO API, you need an instance of the class Couchbase that you get with new Couchbase().
The API mirrors ext/memcached which is documented at http://php.net/memcached with the difference documented at http://www.couchbase.com/docs/couchbase-sdk-php-1.0/migrate-to-couchbase...
For the other question, you can't pass a couchbase_connect() handle to new Couchbase. We're not there yet, but the plan is that you can do everything with both APIs and you just pick based on the style you prefer.
I hope that helps :)
Thank you very much Jan,
This will absolutely help me get going.


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Whether or not our mothers like to admit it, Remy and I wouldn't be here today if it wasn't for them. While I know Remy's taste in horror was in fact influence by his mother, I can tell you my horror obsession has nothing to do with my innocent, Wii-Dance playing sweetheart of a mama. She can count the number of times she's been drunk on one hand, was a total self-admitted goody two-shoes growing up, is almost a legal midget (off by a few inches), loves terrible romantic comedies, and yet she's responsible for this foul-mouthed, whisky slugging, horror movie marathon machine of a son who loves writing about the most f*cking insane shit he can find. My Dad will tell you it's because my Grandmother got me interested in the dark arts while babysitting me when I was a wee-little Nato (he loves telling cheesy jokes about my Grandma being a witch), but in all honesty, I don't have the slightest clue where my love for all things horror came from.
With that said, no one encourages my writing like she does. She may not approve of the topics I mostly write about, but on the off-chance I review a film like The Place Beyond The Pines, she always tells me what she agrees and doesn't agree with right after she sees the film herself. Sure, you can say "Oh, she's your Mom, what else is she going to tell you?" Doesn't matter, the fact that she still even attempts to read some of my horror reviews kicks so much ass and makes me appreciate how much she tries, so it'd be a crime not to honor her for Mother's Day.
Of course, Remy and I decided to honor the women who thrust us into this strange, messed up planet we live on by recalling some of our favorite horror films our mothers would disapprove of almost instantaneously if given the chance. Don't worry Mom, I'm fine, I promise! *Puts The Poughkeepsie Tapes in his Blu Ray player*Next
Remy – A Serbian Film
While I am not here to extol the virtues of this film (because outside of bragging rights that you made it through it, there are none), I can openly say that if there was one movie in existence that if my Mom walked in on me watching would make her disown me on the spot, it would be A Serbian Film. This movie is about an ex-porn star who gets called in to do one last movie, and finds out, a little too late, that it is snuff of the most extreme kind. This flick is SO offensive, that even horror fans like me, who are depraved and love the sickest of the sick, find NOTHING good to say about it. Well, the cinematography is quite striking, but for an actual film, it is simply a sloppy crash course in the shocking. From eye sockets being hate-f*cked to newborn babies being raped, A Serbian Film is the last film you watch before you kill yourself.
I would honestly prefer my Mom walk in on me watching sloppy, hairy, 70s porn than watching this movie.
Nato – Tokyo Gore Police
When thinking of all the horror films that have scarred my mother for life just by catching glimpses as she passes through the basement in route to the laundry room, Tokyo Gore Police stands out in my mind first and foremost. Why? Because it involves scenes in which young schoolchildren gleefully cut themselves with special razors, a vagina stretched into a leathery chair sprays piss all over an audience, a man has a tremendous penis gun that shoots, and of course a female bar owner is shown being drawn and quartered. This is all on top of the tremendous amount of gore already included in a film full of decapitations, limb removals, blood, blood, and more blood.
It's not only the copious amounts of gore that throw my mother into a tizzy though, she became used to that, but also the sadistic fun that Japanese extremism films show. There's no seriousness or realism paid to death, and in most cases these films tend to sexualize violence and death in a way that makes most genre directors look like they should be institutionalized. In the battle of psychology versus visuals, sometimes the motives seem much more repulsive.
Either way, Tokyo Gore Police is nothing you should let your sweet, innocent mother witness – which means it's one hell of an awesome ride!Previous Next
Remy – Mother's Day (2010)
While I know this movie was nothing particularly remarkable, I think the idea of children killing for their Mother would be beyond unfathomable to my Ma. In this film, the Mother manipulates, picking favorites and making her children prove themselves in the most brutal fashion to win her love, and I think my own Mom could sit through almost any horror movie with the idea she could laugh it off, but the idea of sons killing FOR their Mother would be something my Mom would never get over. Mother's Day may be typical slasher fare to all of us, but not so much to old-school Moms, who are super sweet for the most part.
The irony is that the movie is not that remarkable, but this list is not about remarkable movies. It is movies our Moms would NEVER approve of, and this one wins just for having Mother in the title.
Nato – Deadgirl
Thankfully I was able to watch Marcel Sarmiento's Deadgirl in the comfort of an empty house, because if my Mom caught a glimpse of some of the more twisted scenes, there's no doubt she would have been appalled at my horror obsession. Sure, even the safest horror movies with minimal gore and laughable plotlines make her uncomfortable, but Deadgirl brings the term "sick and perverse" to entirely new levels.
What we have here is a story bout two high school teens (Noah Segan and Shiloh Fernandez) who stumble upon a female body locked away in an abandoned mental asylum, and the choice they are faced with. Do they let the naked, battered, dirty woman go free – or do they keep her as a personal, realistic sex doll. Any mother would of course assume their child knows better and would let the woman go, but that's where Deadgirl instilled the dark realization that some sons would gladly take the road less traveled, as the rape-focused choice is exactly where our story goes.
Now there's a ton more to Trent Haaga's script than just a defenseless woman being raped relentlessly by horny teenagers. It turns out she's undead, has a vicious mean streak, and can infect you like a disease – but that's not what would disturb my mom. Well, OK, that's not true, but let me rephrase that as that's not what would disturb my Mom THE MOST. Much worse is the notion that when faced with a moral choice that shouldn't even have to be a decision, one boy turned into a sexual deviant with no care for human life.
The hypothetical heartbreak of finding out your son committed such an unforgivably despicable act creates the true horror for a mother if she were to watch Deadgirl.Previous Next
Remy – Baise Moi
You know there had to be at least ONE rape revenge movie on this list, and though I almost went with The Woman (which is one of my fave horror films of all time), that is not a rape revenge movie, though that may be an element to the story. No, Baise Moi is as extreme as this sub-genre can get, and took the movie one step further by casting porn stars as the leads, so the rape scenes have actual intercourse. So, in essence, the rape scenes you see are absolutely, disgustingly, real. All you need to know I have already told you in two words: rape revenge. Add to that the sloppy camera work paired with the unflinching violence, and Basie Moi is a movie that you don't even have in the same HOUSE as your Mother – just out of respect.
Truthfully, don't see this movie unless you want to swallow your own vomit multiple times.
Nato – Maniac (2013)
Yup, I don't think my Mom would be too thrilled to find out one of my favorite horror movies of 2013 so far is about a murderous stalker (Frank, played by Elijah Wood) who targets young, attractive girls, hunts them down, brutally kills them, scalps them, and then staples these real-life wigs to mannequins which he treats as real women. Not only that, but Frank's womanizing ways were only brought on because of a neglectful, abusive, whoreish mother who traumatized him for life – the opposite of what Mother's Day celebrates.
Franck Khalfoun's 2013 Maniac remake surpasses William Lustig's 1980s original in every department if you're asking me, be it stomach-churningly brutal kills or Elijah Wood's psychotically beautiful performance, but there's absolutely NOTHING for a mother to love here.
Again, if we look past the visible gross-outs, scalpings, sliced ACLs, and choked out hotties, there's nothing worse for a mother than seeing another one fail miserably – and then be forced to watch the after effects. Imagine the life poor little Frank could have led had his mother not turned him into a deranged womanizer struggling to find love, as a mother's heart has to break as Frank flashes back to moments of being banished to a closet while his drugged up mommy fucks the dirtiest sleazeballs she can find at the local club.Previous Next
Remy – Imprint
Imprint can now be ordered as a movie, but originally it was an episode of Showtime's Masters of Horror series, directed by the brilliant (and fucked up) Takashi Miike. This episode was SO messed up, they banned it from airing. NO, really – a cable channel banned it from airing. It is basically an hour of the worst torture porn you have ever seen, all done by an old woman on a young prostitute. You know those movies that seem to revel in cruelty, and are actually hard to watch for that reason? Yes, this is one of those. There are lingering scenes of true brutality that even some horror fans can never get over, let alone our Moms. If my Mom watched any of Imprint, I feel her eyes would gray over and she would go blind.
Yeah, it is THAT messed up.
Nato – Black Christmas (1974)
Ah, the Christmas season. All the stockings are hung by the chimney with care, the aroma of freshly baked Christmas cookies fills the air, presents are being wrapped, and holiday movies can finally be watched with relevance once again. You've got your How The Grinch Stole Christmas, A Christmas Story, Frosty The Snowman – but if you really want to terrify your family come the next family Christmas movie marathon, all you have to do is sneak Black Christmas into the DVD player when no one is watching.
Not only will your mother shriek at the absolute horror being brought to such a joyous family holiday, but she won't know how to react when heads start rolling and the heavy breathing begins. Going along with the rest of my picks, Mom definitely won't approve of some seriously bone-chilling kills that seem all too real, but she'll be more off-put by our killer's randomly vulgar phone calls that make you wince every time the phone rings. You know he's on the other end, you know he's evil, and you know he's got a whole script of perverse lines and obscenities cued up and ready to burn our ears off.
If you want your mother to respect you during the holiday season, I'd say stick to sharing figgy pudding with her and leave Black Christmas as a little late-night treat for yourself while you anxiously await jolly old Saint Nick.
Alright disciples, do you agree with our list? Did we miss any depraved horror stand-outs so vile your mother would disown your for watching them?
*A special thanks to Remy for stepping in to guest write! Feel free to follow either of us on Twitter for even more insanity and updates:
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One of the real benefits of operating a digital business is simply how much data we can glean about our site visitors and customers. Modern visitor tracking services like Google Analytics give us unprecedented visibility as to the activity our visitors take but diving head-first into this data can be an intimidating prospect.
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Community Gardens have been sprouting up around the Bay Area. Today residents in Sulphur Springs celebrated the completion of their first community garden in their neighborhood. Volunteers including Eden Project, Hillsborough Community College's Phi Theta Kappa organization, YMCA and Harvest in the Hood all contributed to this project. Volunteers planted Lettuce, okra, squash and other vegetables.
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