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|Nov 23, 1999
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|Dec 22, 1997
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|Dec 22, 1997
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|John C. Allen
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|Allen; John C.
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|BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
|Patent Citations (11), Referenced by (15), Classifications (8), Legal Events (3)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
A variety of lights and light fixturing occupy a typical stage, photographic session, and video set. The basic lights in such settings have very distinctive purposes:
(1) the "key" light functions to illuminate the subject person;
(2) the "fill" light functions to soften shadows created by the key light;
(3) the "background" light functions to color or to create patterns on the background without illuminating the subject person; and
(4) the "back" light functions to illuminate the back of the subject person's hair and shoulders to distinguish the person from the background.
Accessories for such lights include "gels, "diffusions," and "patterns". Gels are thin plastic semi-rigid films that are placed in front of the back lighting source to create artistic effects or to modify the color temperature of the light source. By way of example, a blue gel might be used over a video light to compensate for blue spectra emitted from fluorescent lamps.
A diffusion, which might be constructed like a gel, is used in front of a light source to soften light intensity and to diffuse background shadows. One exemplary diffusion is a tissue-like material that is placed over the desired lamp to scatter and diffuse light in many directions. "Patterns" are sometimes classified as diffusions and generally include designer patterns which permit projection of a selected pattern onto the background to project scenery and/or to create atmosphere. By way of example, an exemplary pattern is an etched pattern of tree leaves which can be projected and/or diffused onto the background.
A photographer typically carries an array of diffusions, gels and patterns for a given setting. Diffusions, gels and patterns are commonly mounted to the light source with clothes pins directly coupled to the light fixture of the source. To create a different lighting effect, the photographer mounts a new gel, diffusion or pattern with the light to create the desired effect.
It is generally a time-consuming task to mount gels, diffusions and patterns within a given photographic, video or stage setting. New gels, diffusions and/or patterns must be mounted relative to the light so that the source light aligns through the element and toward the desired lighting point. Patterns, in addition, must be spaced from the source at a selected distance, much like "focussing", to create the desired artistic effect on the target (e.g., the background). The combination of mounting, aligning and focussing diffusions, gels and patterns relative to desired lighting creates certain operational difficulties which slow the production process.
It is, accordingly, an object of the invention to provide flexible lighting apparatus which increases the ease of replacing gels, diffusions and patterns within a photographic, stage and video setting.
Another object of the invention is to provide apparatus which provides for both alignment and focussing of gels, diffusions and patterns relative to a lighting source.
Still another object of the invention is to provide apparatus and methods for semi-automated selection, alignment and/or focus of one or more gels, diffusions and/or patterns from an array of gels, diffusions and/or patterns.
These and other objects will become apparent in the description which follows.
The invention is particularly suited for operation as, or with, a background light. However, in certain aspects, the invention provides a light source and fixturing that are suitable for use as, or replacement to, any of the prior art lights discussed above. In another aspect, the invention provides adaptive fixturing and associated mechanics to mount to existing prior art lights so as to augment such lights with the features of the invention, including flexibility in selecting and utilizing gels, diffusions and/or patterns.
As used herein, "dial" and "disc" are used interchangeably to denote a multi-aperture disc that provides for mounting of a plurality of gels, diffusions and/or patterns.
The invention provides, in one aspect, a light dial which brings flexibility, control and creativity to stage, photographic and/or video lights. The light dial includes a disc and a mounting frame. The mounting frame is designed to couple to existing light fixturing. By way of example, the Omni light by Lowell� is one common back light used in video productions. The Omni light includes a lamp and light fixturing to support the lamp. In accord with the invention, the mounting frame in this example is sized so as to permit mounting onto the Omni light fixturing.
The dial is divided into sections, typically disc quadrants, within which gels, diffusions and/or patterns are mounted. In this aspect, the dial mounts onto the mounting frame such that the associated lamp projects light through one of the sections to create the desired effect. A user merely rotates the dial relative to the frame to change the gel, diffusion and/or pattern.
In another aspect, the apparatus of the invention includes a rod that couples to the mounting frame. Specifically, the dial mounts onto the rod such that, again, the lamp projects light through one of the sections to create the desired effect. To change the size of a displayed pattern, i.e., to adjust focus, the user moves the disc along the rod to adjust the distance between the dial and the lamp. Preferably, in another aspect, the rod slides onto the mounting frame through a hole in the frame. Focussing in this aspect can thus be accomplished by axially adjusting the rod through the hole, or by axially adjusting the dial on the rod, or both.
In still another aspect, a dial is mounted with an array of gels to provide the user with an array of colors, or grades of the same color, by rotating the dial. In another aspect, a dial is mounted with an array of diffusions such that each section provides a different diffusion (or a different grade of a diffusion material). The user in this aspect can thus select and easily implement a desired diffusion by rotating the dial to the correct section. In still another aspect, a dial is mounted with an array of patterns such that each section has a unique pattern. Accordingly, a user can mount a gel dial and easily select one of an array of gels. By mounting a pattern dial, the user can select one of an array of patterns. A diffusion dial, similarly, provides the user with an array of diffusions. The user simply replaces one dial for another when switching between gels, diffusion, and patterns, for example.
In another aspect of the invention, the dial is mounted with one or more gels, one or more diffusions, and/or one or more patterns to give increased flexibility within a single dial.
In still another aspect, the invention provides a light suitable for stage, photographic and/or video lighting. By way of example, the light can be a fill light, a key light, a background light, or a back light. In one aspect, the light includes a source lamp, fixturing to house and support the lamp, and a dial (such as described above) that mounts to the fixturing. The dial rotates at a point on the fixturing such that one section of the disc (with a gel, diffusion of pattern therein) is placed in front of the beam generated by the lamp, creating the desired effect. Alternatively, the fixturing can include a rod attachment (such as a mounting hole) so that a rod such as discussed above can be coupled to the fixturing. The disc is thereafter mounted to a rod for rotation and focussing purposes.
In another aspect, the invention provides apparatus for modifying light illuminating from a video/film or photographic production light system of the type that includes a lamp and fixturing to form a light beam along a substantially fixed direction relative to the fixturing. The apparatus includes a mounting frame for attachment to the fixturing in a substantially rigid manner, a rod connected to the frame, and a disc having a plurality of light modifying sections. In this aspect, the disc is constructed and arranged to rotate about the rod and within the beam such that the beam passes through any one of the sections selectively. Each section has an optical element therein, if desired, that modifies the beam and, thereby, the light emitted by the lamp.
In one aspect, the optical element is a gel; and in another aspect, the optical element is a diffusion. In still another aspect, the element is a pattern.
In another aspect, the optical element is a diffracting aperture; while in another aspect, the optical element is a shadow pattern. The diffracting aperture generally creates a diffraction pattern on the background; and the shadow pattern generally creates a similar pattern on the background. By way of example, one diffraction aperture is a slit; and the diffraction pattern is represented by the Fraunhofer pattern created on the background and generally perpendicular to the slit (the diffracting pattern becoming more pronounced with sources that emit in a smaller waveband, such as quasi-monochromatic sources). Similarly, one exemplary pattern is a star shape that appears as a star shape on the background, the size and clarity of which is adjusted by moving the disc axially along the rod (i.e., focussing).
In one aspect, the disc includes a slot for mounting the disc onto the rod. The slot extends radially from a center of the disc such that a user can slide the disc onto the rod for rotation about the disc center. Preferably, a spring-loaded latch is connected with the disc in this aspect such that a user can selectively engage and disengage the rod at the center.
In another aspect, the disc includes one or more clips to hold at least one optical element in a substantially fixed position relative to at least one section. Preferably, the disc has four sections arranged as ninety degree pie quadrants.
In a preferred aspect of the invention, means are included for engaging and selectively disengaging the disc along the rod, wherein a user can move the element parallel to the beam to change focused characteristics of the background light.
Useful background for the invention may be found with reference to the following patents, each of which is incorporated herein by reference: U.S. Pat. No. 5,113,332; U.S. Pat. No. 4,891,738; U.S. Pat. No. 3,080,474; U.S. Pat. No. 4,893,225; U.S. Pat. No. 5,416,681; and U.S. Pat. No. 5,513,083.
The invention is next described further in connection with preferred embodiments, and it will become apparent that various additions, subtractions, and modifications can be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the scope of the invention.
A more complete understanding of the invention may be obtained by reference to the drawings, in which:
FIG. 1 illustrates typical lighting sources and positions for a video production;
FIG. 2 shows a front view of a prior art light suitable for use in stage, photographic and video sessions;
FIG. 3 shows a front view of a light constructed according to the invention and suitable for replacing the light of FIG. 2;
FIG. 4 shows an operational front view of a light with a rotating disc mounted therewith, in accord with the invention;
FIG. 4A shows a side view of the light and disc of FIG. 4;
FIG. 5 shows a front view of a mounting frame constructed according to the invention;
FIG. 5A shows a side view of the frame of FIG. 5;
FIG. 6 shows a front view of a light dial constructed according to the invention;
FIG. 7 shows an alternative disc constructed according to the invention; and
FIGS. 8 and 8A illustrate one lighting system of the invention to focus patterns selectively.
FIG. 1 illustrates various lighting sources for a typical video production of a subject person 10. A camera 12 is positioned to view the person along a film-capture axis 14. The key light 16 is positioned adjacent to the camera 12 to illuminate the subject person 10; while the fill light 18 softens the shadows 16a (and/or other shadows on the subject person 10) created by the key light 16. The background light 20 is positioned to illuminate a bland, e.g., white, background 22 so as to project artistic patterns or colors onto the background 22. The back light 24 is positioned to highlight the subject person's hair 10a and shoulders 10b so as to distinguish the subject person 10 from the background 22 as viewed through the camera 12.
The invention described herein is most suitable for application with the background light 20 of FIG. 1. However, the invention is readily used with or as the other lights 16, 18 and 24.
FIG. 2 shows an exemplary prior art light 30, including: a lamp 32 to emit light 32a, a reflector 34 to help project the light 32a in a particular direction, light fixturing 36 to house the lamp 32, and housing notches 38 for barn door attachments, as known in the art. Typically, the light 30 is attached to a pivoting handle 40 connected to the fixturing 36 so that a user can control the back light 30. A flood/spot adjust knob 42 controls light divergence emitted from the lamp 32 The back light 30 typically mounts to a light stand 44 such that the back light can be pivoted about a pivot point 46.
In one embodiment of the invention, the fixturing 36 of FIG. 2 is modified so as to provide a rotation point 50, such as shown in FIG. 3. The rotation point 50 represents either a hole within the fixture 36', so that a rod (as described herein) can extend therethrough; or a small post or axel. In either case, a disc mounts onto the rod or axle so as to rotate selective light modifying sections (gels, diffusions and/or patterns) in front of the lamp 32'.
FIG. 4 shows a front view of a light 60 constructed according to the invention. The light 60 includes a disc 62 that is mounted with light fixturing 60a to rotate about a rotation point 64. The disc 62 is shown in one preferred embodiment with four ninety degree pie aperture sections 66. Within each aperture section 66, a gel, diffusion or pattern 66a is secured to the disc 62 via clip elements 67 so that the lamp 60b (FIG. 4A) projects through one of the sections 66, thereby modifying the light characteristics emitted by the lamp 60b according to the selected gel, diffusion or pattern. In operation, therefore, a user rotates the disc 62 in a direction 68 to change the gel, diffusion or pattern, selectively.
FIG. 4A shows a side view of the light 60 of FIG. 4. As illustrated, the disc 62 mounts to an axle or post 64 for rotation thereon. Light 71 emitted from the lamp 60b is modified by the gel, diffusion or pattern within the section 66 that is aligned in front of the lamp 60b.
For after-market applications, the invention includes a mounting frame which mounts, for example, onto the fixturing 36 of FIG. 2. FIG. 5 illustrates, in a front view, one such mounting frame 90. FIG. 5A shows a side view of the frame 90; and additionally shows a rod 92 extending through the frame 90. As shown, the frame 90 includes a hole 94 that provides passage for the rod 92 (FIG. 5A). To attach the frame 90 to light fixturing, the frame 90 is opened at one side 90a. Specifically, a hinge 96 connects the side 90a to a side 90b of the frame 90; and a latch 98 connects the side 90a to, and alternatively releases the side 90a from, one side 90c of the frame 90.
In operation, the frame 90 mounts over the existing light fixturing, e.g., the fixturing 36 of FIG. 2, and the latch 98 securely locks the frame 90 in place and onto the fixturing. The hole 94 is spaced from the center 100 of the frame 90 (which is also, generally, the location of the lamp, e.g., the lamp 32 of FIG. 2) so that the disc (e.g., the disc 62 of FIG. 4) rotates about the rod 92 and a disc section substantially covers the lamp to modify light emitted from the lamp according to the gel, diffusion or pattern within the section.
FIG. 6 illustrates one light dial 120 constructed according to the invention. The dial 120 has four sections 122 for placement of selected gels, diffusions and/or patterns, which are held onto the dial 120 by clips 124. The dial 120 mounts to a frame (e.g., the frame 90 of FIG. 5) or to back light fixturing (e.g., the fixturing 36' of FIG. 3) so as to rotate one of the sections 122 in front of the beam generated by the back light. The dial 120 rotates about a rotation point 125, which is generally occupied by a rod, such as the rod 92 of FIG. 5A, or by a post, such as the post 64 of FIG. 4A mounted directly to the fixturing 60a.
Placement of the dial 120 over the rod is facilitated by a mounting slot 126. The slot 126 removes the necessity of aligning the mounting hole 125 directly on the end of the rod. Rather, with the slot 126, a user can simply slide the dial 120 onto the rod. A finger-operated latching mechanism 128 (known to those skilled in the art) releases and alternatively closes a spring latch 130 about the rotation point 125, thereby releasing and alternatively securing the dial 120 relative to the rod.
FIG. 7 illustrates another dial 150 constructed according to the invention. The dial 150 operates like the dial 120 of FIG. 6; except that different patterns 154 occupy any given section 152 of the dial 150.
Those skilled in the art should appreciate that the four sections 122 of FIG. 6, and the four sections 152 of FIG. 7, are shown for illustrative purposes only; and that more or fewer sections 122 can be implemented within a single dial as desired.
FIGS. 8 and 8A illustrate pattern focussing, in according to the invention. Specifically, FIG. 8 shows a front view of a light dial 100 constructed according to the invention. An exemplary pattern 104 is mounted within one quadrant 102 of the dial 100 for projection onto a scene 106 (FIG. 8A). The "scene" 106 is shown for illustrative purposes; and can for example represent a background wall or a target object, e.g., a subject person.
FIG. 8A shows a side view of the dial 100; and additionally illustrates the dial 100 mounted onto a rod 110. The rod 110 is mounted through light fixturing 112 which supports and houses the lamp 114. The lamp 114 emits light 120 that illuminates the scene 106. The pattern 104 is rotated (e.g., in a direction 128) to the appropriate position by the user such that light 120 passes through the pattern 104 to create a corresponding shadow pattern 130 on the scene 106.
FIG. 8A illustrates two positions "A" and "B" of the dial 100 on the rod 110. A user selects such positions by axially displacing the dial 100 along the rod. For this purpose, the rod 110 is fairly long; and thus the mounting of the dial 100 is facilitated by the mounting slot 116, such as discussed above, whereby a user can simply slide the dial 100 onto the rod 110 at any location on the rod 110. The dial 100 is closer to the lamp 114 at position "A" as compared to "B". As such, shadow pattern 130A formed by the light 120 when passing through the pattern 104 at position "A" is larger than the shadow pattern 130B created by light 120 passing through the pattern 104 at position "B". In accord with the invention, a user thus slides the dial 100 to the position which creates the desired size and effect on the scene 106.
The invention thus attains the objects set forth above, among those apparent from preceding description. Since certain changes may be made in the above apparatus and methods without departing from the scope of the invention, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawing be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.
It is also to be understood that the following claims are to cover all generic and specific features of the invention described herein, and all statements of the scope of the invention which, as a matter of language, might be said to fall there between.
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Potent Pleasures (Pleasures Trilogy Series #1)by Eloisa James
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Eloisa James breathes new life into one of the most popular fiction genres with her highly original debut novel Potent Pleasures, a charming, vividly peopled Regency romance. With an uncanny wit and an eye for the whimsical, she unravels a complex--and often hilarious--chain of events inadvertently set in motion by a young woman's first taste of forbidden pleasure.
About to make her debut in London society, Charlotte Calverstill, beneath the lavish gowns and manners of a well-brought-up young lady, yearns for a taste of freedom. Pushing propriety aside, one evening she sneaks out with a friend to attend a masked ball, and there meets a devastatingly handsome stranger who relieves her--not against her wishes--of her virtue, then vanishes.
Years later, when they meet again, the rogue does not remember Charlotte. But she certainly remembers him; she has since learned not only his identity, but also a titillating piece of gossip about him that is sure to set society abuzz. The intricate web that a now-wiser Charlotte weaves to exact her due ensures justice for some and great merriment for all.
Taking the Regency historical to fresh new places, with artful smoothness and irrepressible humor, Eloisa James delivers a winsome tale of first love and life's unexpected surprises.
BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Eloisa James's Paris in Love.
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"Unexpected twists...surprises all around."
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"A fine debut...brings to mind the best of Amanda Quick and Judith McNaught."
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Kent, England
April 1798
Charlotte was one week short of seventeen when her life changed, falling into two halves like a shiny child's ball: before and after. In the time before, Charlotte was staying with Julia Brentorton, her dearest friend from school. Julia and she survived boarding school together: the dreary grind of everyday Latin instruction, music instruction, dance instruction, art class, etiquette with the school mistress, Lady Sipperstein. Etiquette was really the only unpleasant class.
"Julia!" Lady Sipperstein would hiss, suddenly appearing behind her left shoulder. "Cross your legs at the ankle when you sit in a low sofa."
"Walk up the stairs again, Charlotte, and do not sway your hips this time! You are wiggling in an inappropriate fashion."
Lady Sipperstein was a terrifying woman with a bosom thatextended forward like the prow of a ship. She knew to a hair how low one must bow to a duchess as opposed to a king, and she drilled her students as if they would do so every day.
She was full of maxims: "One dismisses a servant as if he were a young child: with firmness, brevity, and uninterest. . . . The appropriate gifts for the sick depend on where they live: If they live on your estate, instruct the cook to make bone-marrow jelly and bring it yourself, with fruit; if they live in the village, instruct the servants to deliver an uncooked chicken instead. And of course be sure to ascertain that any illness is not contagious before you enter a house: While it is important to show feeling, one must not be foolish."
Etiquette was an hour of unnerving questions. "Julia! If a footman enters the breakfast room with an obviously swollen jaw, what is the appropriate response?"
"Send him home?" Julia would suggest tentatively.
"No! Information first. Is the swelling the result of a distressed tooth or an improper brawl the night before? If he has been brawling, dismiss him. If not? Julia?"
"Ah, send him to a doctor?" Julia stammered.
"Incorrect. Inform the butler that he should be put on duties that will keep him out of public view. There is no point in mollycoddling servants."
For Charlotte, art class was the focus of the day. She was happiest in the white square room furnished only with twelve easels. They painted the same groupings over and over: two oranges, one lemon; two peaches, one pear. Charlotte didn't mind.
Julia did. "A pumpkin today!" she would chortle, mimicking Miss Frollip's excited tone when she introduced the latest still life.
For Julia, there was dance class--and that not because of dance, but because of Mr. Luskie. He was a rather hairy man, a family man: robust, friendly, not a bit of danger with the girls, the teachers all agreed. But Julia thought his whiskers were dashing, and she read messages in the gentle pressure of his hand as he directed her through the steps of a quadrille. "I adore him," she whispered to Charlotte at night.
Charlotte would wrinkle her nose: "I don't know, Julia, he's rather . . . well, he's not . . . " It was hard to put into words. He was common; but how not to insult Julia? She thought a bit uneasily of Julia's passionate vows of love: She wouldn't do anything, would she? Of course, Mr. Luskie wouldn't . . . but Julia was so beautiful. She was like a peach, Charlotte thought: golden and sweet-smelling and soft-looking. Would Mr. Luskie?
One of Charlotte's governesses had been stridently opinionated about men: "They want one thing, Lady Charlotte!" she would say. "One thing, and don't you forget it and get yourself ruined, now!" Charlotte would nod, wondering what the one thing was.
So she would whisper back, "I don't think he's so handsome, Julia: Did you see that he has red veins in his cheeks?"
"No!" said Julia. "He doesn't!"
"Yes, he does," said Charlotte.
"How do you notice so much?" Julia said crossly.
Finally school drew to a close, and one by one the girls were taken off by titled relatives, or simply by maids: taken off to be fitted and prinked and "tarted up," Julia said, for their debuts. It was time to start a process that would end in settlements and dowries, balls and weddings.
As the daughter of a duke, Charlotte was regarded enviously. Her debut would be magnificent. Her elder sister Violetta had made her bow to society in a ballroom draped from top to bottom with white lilies.
It was only Charlotte who didn't care much. She longed, if the truth be told, to stay in the white square room and paint another apple, or (if the market was particularly exciting that week) even a persimmon. She was good, really good, she knew she was, and Miss Frollip knew she was, but that was the end of it.
She had to debut; Julia had to debut; there would be little time for persimmons.
So when her mother picked her up at Lady Chatterton's School for Girls, Charlotte felt resigned, but not excited. Her mother arrived in full armor, in Charlotte's private opinion: in the ducal coach with four footmen behind, all in livery! The duchess was shy and quailed at the thought of an interview with the formidable Lady Sipperstein. Poor Mama, Charlotte thought. She must have been in a terrible tizzy.
Finally Charlotte and her mother were regally dismissed by Lady Sipperstein and escaped in the coach. The duchess grinned in a most unduchesslike fashion, leaned back against the satin cushions, and said, "Thank goodness, you're finished, Charlotte! I never have to see Lady Sipperstein again! We can be comfortable. How did the last picture go, darling--oranges, wasn't it?" For Charlotte's mama was a devoted parent, who lovingly kept track of her children's latest exploits, even if in Charlotte's case that had simply turned into a long progression of watercolor fruits.
"All right, Mama," Charlotte said. "I'll show you when we get home." Charlotte frowned a bit. Her mama treated all her work the same: with reverence, delight, and a noncritical eye.
"Good," said Adelaide comfortably. "I shall send it off immediately to Saxony. We're doing quite well on that hallway, dearest. Why, two or three more and the walls will be full!"
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Eloisa James is a professor of English literature who lives with her family in St. Louis, Missouri. This is her first novel.
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I could get past the historical inaccuracies if the hero hadn't been so emotionally and verbally abusive. That isn't love and I don't care what kind of past a man has that gives him an excuse in his mind for that kind of behavior. He obviously didn't like or respect women in general. Then he leaves his very young daughter, who has such extreme separation anxiety that he won't leave her for one waking moment, and heads to Scotland without even telling her goodbye. What a great dad. But all of this behavior is okay because he feels really bad about it afterward. Typical abuser mentality which is only reinforced by his doormat of a wife who keeps instantly forgiving him for his abuse. This is not a romance, it is a sad cautionary tale on dysfunctional relationships. Ms. James has written many books that I do like but this is not one of them.
While this was an enjoyable read, there was far too much in the way of easily-avoidable misunderstandings and contrivances to warrant anything about two stars, in my opinion.
I thought the book was too long. I'm actually a very big fan of longer books, especially Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series. But the problem with this book is that too much time is spent on periphery characters who don't matter. The first few pages are spent describing Charlotte's friend Julia, which would be fine if she were more integral to the story. But she's just the catalyst that allows Charlotte and Alex to meet. Also, the beginning is just a bit hard to get into. Charlotte was so restless and all she cared about was painting her fruit. It was only when she knew her life needed a change that the book started to really pick up. The sparks between Alex and Charlotte were so amazing. It was such an intensely dramatic story. It wasn't as romantic as I would have liked because Alex had such a terrible distrust of women. Some of the things he said to Charlotte were awful. But he was a really tormented soul. Charlotte may have forgiven him a bit too easily but that's the nature of love. And he does feel intensely guilty once he knows he was wrong about her.
I really like some of Eloisa James' other works, but I couldn't get into this one. It started out strong, but I found myself unable to like or care about Charlotte or Alex. Their relationship was too contrived, too unbelievable. Disappointing.
I gave this two stars, not one, because I thought the writing was excellent. I couldn't give it any more than that because the hero was repellant--vile outbursts of verbal abuse, always willing, even eager, to believe the worst of the heroine--and she just kept coming back for more.
Wonderful story! Only downfall was that Charlotte's quick forgiveness, not once but twice, is a bit unbelievable. I still loved the book! Eloisa James is an incredible author!
Potent Pleasures is a great read!!!!! A page turner, romance, sensual, funny, characters are great!!!!!!!!
This was a definite page-turner, but the hero, Alexander Foakes, whom I tried to like,was just so mean. Charlotte was clearly terrified of him, as any woman would have been. Charlotte, however, was lovely.
AudioBook Review: Stars: Overall: 3 Narration: 2 Story: 4 I'm a huge fan of Eloisa James, and had read this title when it was first released in 2009. A bit of a mashed-up premise in this Regency era romance, with plenty of drama, angst, secondary characters to enjoy and some frequent head-hopping, it is not a difficult story to follow, but does require attention. Charlotte is the heroine, we meet her at 17 during a very successful debut season. A masquerade ball is the highlight of the young season, and Charlotte is busily making an impression, and some questionable choices. Alexander and Patrick are twins, fast gaining the reputation as hellions and pranksters. After the masquerade ball, their father, Earl of Sheffield and Downs ships the boys off for some growing up time. But Alexander can't forget the young woman he shared a passionate encounter with, even going to great lengths to imagine her visage beneath the never-removed domino. Fast forward five years and Alexander has returned, young daughter in tow. Reeling from his wife's faithless behaviors, he's only searching for a new mother for his child, and does not recognize the young woman with short dark curls and a bevy of suitors as the one he shared his evening with long ago. Rumors of his life in Italy and the supposed reason for the annulment of his marriage are keeping mamas of the tonne from pouncing on this very eligible man. Charlotte starts strong and determined, but has a streak of too ready to accept bad behavior and allow others to steer her in odd directions without reason. Patrick, Alex's brother is little more than a manipulator, and only rivals Alex in loathsome behaviors. Neither of these men is particularly compelling, even after they realize their behavior is horrid. Other secondary characters are amusing and compelling, and we are introduced to several that will feature in other installments of the story. Rather typically Regency in feel, this is a bit more overt in the manipulations and social hypocrisy than say, Austen, but carries the conventions, restricted potential for women and the overt chauvinism of the men. Narration in this story is provided by Susan Duerden. I've got a mix of good and bad in this: she is the narrative voice for several of my favorite historic romance authors, and I've heard great things about her work. But, I think the combination of multiple points of view and a rather strained/exaggerated half-whisper, half-growl breathy delivery of the male character's voices was off-putting at best, distracting and comical at worst. While the voices for each character were distinct and easy to differentiate, there was a loss in emotional content and oomph that I had hoped for, that was easier to infer from the written text. Production for the audio is from Blackstone Audio and the volume is well-modulated with no apparent breaks for edits or splicing. Normal speed narration is paced steadily, while increasing to 1.5 (my normal listening speed) didn't feel rushed. While it wasn't my favorite of this author's books, or my favorite narrative performance, it was a nice chance to get back into a series that I have been meaning to revisit. I received an AudioBook copy of the title from the publisher via AudioBook Jukebox. I was not compensated for this review: all conclusions are my own responsibility.
A masked ball,a young woman,alcohol,and a masked gentleman. Perfect ingredients for love. Just takes a while... All 3 books in the series are FABULOUS!!!
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Today, I bleached my hair. Not only did it fry, it also has a very noticeable green tint and because of the damage, I can't dye it again for a while. Now I keep getting asked "Why so serious?" by my friends. FML
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Today, I was at my girlfriends house. After having sex, we went downstairs to where the rest of the family was. At this point I did not realise that I had a used condom stuck to my foot. The family did. FML
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Today, I came home, turned on my laptop, and turned the TV on mute so I could check my email. My mom came home an hour later, took a look at me on the couch, then the TV, and asked what on earth I was watching. I looked up from my laptop and realized it was porn. FML
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Today, a friend asked me to come with her to the art building at school, so I could pose in the stance of a figure she was drawing for her exam. I obliged and sat for the pose. When the art teacher walked by she looked at me, then at the sketch, pointed to the legs and said, "make them fatter". FML
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Today, I found out that my Mum has spent the money she's been saving for my wedding on moving house. She called saving for a wedding for me a 'pointless cause' as it's probably never going to happen now. I'm only 22. FML
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Franken's new bestseller, Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them (E.P. Dutton), sets out to challenge the popular idea that there is a liberal bias in the media. Franken is adept at pulling apart the rhetoric of pundits like Ann Coulter and Bill O'Reilly, exposing how they mangle statistics and maul opponents. His method is simple: After gathering facts to counter each lie, he attempts to confront each journalist. His savaging of Bill O'Reilly is especially successful.
No big surprise, huh? The talking heads of the extreme right are easy targets, as Franken himself admits: "Going after Ann Coulter is like shooting fish in a barrel."
Despite his swagger, Franken has limitations. He muddies the issue of Republicanism and race by questioning Southerners' right to call anyone a traitor: "You know who were the worst traitors in the history of our country? The Confederates. They took up arms against soldiers wearing the uniform of the United States of America ... So they could whip and torture black people?"
Franken spoils some winnable arguments because he cannot resist making sophomoric cracks. After watching Rich Lowry, the editor of the National Review, talk on national TV about how the Democrats have "feminized" American politics, Franken challenges him to a fight.
Here, Franken veers away from comic political commentary and uses humor to undermine fair discussion. Not only does he fail to refute Lowry's point, but he misses an opportunity to explore how the Republicans themselves use soft, Oprah-style language to sugarcoat harsh policies.
Straddling the line between politics and comedy gives Franken the perfect escape clause. He can take the intellectual high ground when he has a point, but when he doesn't ... well, he can always make a joke.
Franken's book is funny. Most disappointingly so when he confesses that he believed the biggest lie of 2003: George Bush's claim that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction.


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Formerly regarded as technical gimmicks, open source programs have meanwhile become firmly established with companies and public institutions and provide an effective alternative to conventional software products. The trend towards open source systems will be very much in evidence at CeBIT 2009. For this reason, a dedicated area has been created in Hall 6.
The grand opening of the exhibition will take place on March 2, with California's Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger holding the keynote. The reason for his visit to Germany: California is the first state to be the official partner of CeBIT, the world's largest trade fair for digital business solutions and information and communications technology (ICT).
On March 3, the gates will be opened to the public, and among enterprises and organizations from all over the world there will be free projects showing their work as well. Free software, with Linux being its most prominent example, thrives above all through the work of thousands of dedicated volunteer developers. Many times these projects lack an opportunity to tout their wares in the framework of a trade show.
Following a "Call for Projects" in 2008, an international jury has selected 15 international, non-commercial projects to present their work at the CeBIT Open Source Project Lounge in hall 6. Meet them in Hannover, and here, on Linux Magazine's website.
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Expanding on his New York Times Magazine article, Sheff chronicles his son's downward spiral into addiction and the impact on him and his family. A bright, capable teenager, Nic began trying mind- and mood-altering substances when he was 17. In months, use became abuse, then abuse became addiction. By the time Sheff knew of his son's condition, Nic was strung out on meth, the highly potent stimulant. While his son struggles to get clean, his second wife and two younger children are pulled helplessly into the drama. Sheff, as the parent of an addict, cycles through denial and acceptance and resistance. The author was already a journalist of considerable standing when this painful story began to unfold, and his impulse for detail serves him personally as well as professionally: there are hard, solid facts about meth and the kinds of havoc it wreaks on individuals, families and communities both urban and rural. His journey is long and harrowing, but Sheff does not spare himself or anyone else from keen professional scrutiny any more than he was himself spared the pains—and joys—of watching a loved one struggling with addiction and recovery. Real recovery creates—and can itself be—its own reward; this is an honest, hopeful book, coming at a propitious moment in the meth epidemic.
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Presence is important. The power of your divine existence lies in the power of now. If you want to live your dreams and see your vision to fruition, the unique frequency of YOU is crucial.
I want to offer you my daily meditation to keep the expansion of yourself alive, so that you can live your life from your soul and your brightest light.
This meditation is a 2-minute instant recharger. You can do it everywhere and anytime: in your car, under the shower, before or after yoga. Your soul is omnipresent, and you can help anchor her where she lives.
So letŌĆÖs do it together, right now.
Standing preferred. Stand for yourself.
Breathe in and out. Do not force or change it.
Feel the energy of light streaming through your whole body.
Aliveness fills every cell of you.
Let your soul-light shine from every cell in your body.
Your Presence
Now feel your aura in front of you.
Anchor a light marker to feel your space in front of you.
Fill it with soul presence. This is not about expansion; itŌĆÖs about compression of your existing energy. Sense your light vibrating.
ŌĆ£My soul presence is before me.ŌĆØ
This is your future. This is where you are going.
Next feel your aura behind you.
Anchor a light marker to feel your space behind you.
Fill it with soul presence. It may be unfamiliar, but feel how good it is back yourself up with the love of your soul presence. Your light is vibrating. Lean into your soul-light.
ŌĆ£My soul presence is behind me.ŌĆØ
This is your past. This is where you come from.
Next feel your aura to the left of you.
Anchor a light marker to feel your space on your left side.
Fill it with soul presence.
ŌĆ£My soul presence is on my left side.ŌĆØ
And feel your aura to the right of you.
Anchor a light marker to feel your space on your right side.
Fill it with soul presence.
ŌĆ£My soul presence is on my right side.ŌĆØ
You stand balanced for who you are.
This is the moment to expand above your head.
Anchor your space in the freedom of heaven, the universe, God.
Fill it with soul presence. Feel protected and guided.
This is where your soul comes from.
ŌĆ£My soul presence is rooted in heaven.ŌĆØ
Ground your soul down into the earth.
Anchor your space in safe streams of earth, the creation, the fruitful mother.
Fill it with soul presence. Feel desired and loved.
ŌĆ£My soul presence is grounded in the earth.ŌĆØ
You are home.
Your heart pulsates.
You are here, now.
Walk with the presence.
Check in a couple of times a day.
Strengthen your frequency.
We all want you.
You are the love of your soul.
This is our prophecy.
I will meet you here.
So simple and easy.
Redefine your feminine leadership.
Universes of possibility.ŌĆ©
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Your time has come to rise
as a feminine leader.
From June 7th to 11th we are gathering an exclusive group of visionary women to open a sacred symposium of new feminine power. Together we articulate and co-create feminine leadership. We seed our own permaculture to synergize money and real embodied spiritualty.
Are you a leader with a new idea, a souldream, a mother, a boss, an entrepreneur, female, male or divine? We need you.
my INVITATION is for you.
: Get initiated into Shakti powers of this Universe and learn how to bring them into your leadership: Durga, Lakshmi, Kali in rituals for daily life.
: Tell us about your life dream and present your visionary work.
Meet other visionary leaders.
: Receive inspiration for your personal wholeness and wellness in the 100% organic Nature Spa and cooking classes. We care for you, lavishly.
: We will reframe patterns of leadership in sacred conversations.
I will guide you through these days. I offer my sacred communication to the world of spirits to ferry answers about new patterns of time and soul presence.
We begin our experience together online, when you will receive a sacred journey workbook and it will continue 14 days after you leave to integrate your new leadership into your life.
This program is yours.
The cost: 3000 Euros
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Bring your best friend
We think BFF-ship is divine. We invite you to dive into feminine leadership with her by your side. You know who we mean: she who is there when you cry, when you are lost and when you triumph. We believe women friends must raise each other up, and in honor of that we offer a twin set.
4.500 Euro for both of you. ThatŌĆÖs 2250 Euro apiece, a 750 Euro discount.
This offer is open through May 1st.
Read here about the creative, the inspirational, and the sensual experience thatŌĆÖs waiting for you.
To sweeten the pot, I will offer you personalized spiritual readings that inform your leadership style and awareness. (All readings are completely optional, only if you wish.)
IŌĆÖm offering a reading to identify and describeŌĆ"
Who are your power animals?
: For your leadership
: For your wisdom
: For your feminine power
Which 3 past incarnations most influence your leadership today?
What Goddess accompanies you in your current life situation? How can you contact her more deeply to lead?
The feminine leader initiated:
timely and crucial.
We must do better. Our world is masculine-dominated in terms of money, leadership, the steep gaps between rich and poor, between the sustainable and destructive. No longer can we rely on safety nets to catch us. The crisis of the world is everywhere, but it opens fields of possibilities.
What is the missing link to turn this world around?
The feminine voice of leadership. She has not yet evolved in her power to create change. ThatŌĆÖs where we come in, together.
What can you expect?
This is where spiritual leaders and business mavens gather to give birth to new visions of feminine leadership. We ignite a sacred communication about nurturing the baby roots of empowerment. Together. We want to spark impactful change, not by fighting the status quo but by building parallel worlds.
You want to reconnect with yourself and the right people?
You want more spirituality and creativity for your soul?
: Is it mine?
: Is it my time?
Yes. We are so looking forward to seeing you.
For more information and for booking your place please click here.
When I started to wonder about the visibility of what we think and feel, I began to see – but mostly smell – myself and others (this is sometimes how I perceive energies). Though invisible to most, I saw thoughts coming out like bubbles from the solar plexus, or cloudy blue impregnable castles around the front chakra, or golden peaceful streams of Buddha-like emanations.
I became curious and playful.
What ifŌĆ"
What if I start to follow my thoughts and spy on what they look like?
Thoughts can be golden honey running down your body like an orgasm.
Thoughts can be sharp knives, cutting and puncturing.
Thoughts can go retrograde and push us around like thunderbirds.
Or thoughts can pull down energies till everything just sucks.
What we think has sound; the waves reach beyond distance.
What we think is perfumed with soul. The scent of thoughts can be like fresh heaven, fertile earth or the stink of disconnection.
What we think colors our orientation.
What we think creates thought-fabrics with patterns and shapes, like a second skin in our astral aura ornamented with personal tattoos. These are powerful symbols.
Thoughts are powerful vibrations we send out into this world.
What ifŌĆ"
What if we use thoughts as potions?
We send thoughts out into the world like an armed dragon, riding upon the waves of chaos and through color explosions amid the greyish collective clouds of sad energies.
How to turn your thoughts into beautiful blossoms.
Make potions for a better life.
Find yourself in a delirium of soul-awakening scents, pulling them down. Let their color orient your life. Sniff around for the fragrance of the way you want your thoughts to make you feel.
for the
What is the perfume and the color? Dive into the fairyland of hibiscus summer nights, heavy oriental Indian summer evenings, fresh drizzling grassland and ask the kingdom of beyond for a Remedy that make you feel good, successful, abundant.
Feel around for the sensuously pervasive experience of conjuring up the burning, earthy, airy and liquid thoughts leading to a great creation. Choose thoughts that roll with your desired state for goal setting.
Start the movement with me.
My money thoughts smell like pollen tickling my nose, freshly fallen from the fragranced sari of Lakshmi.
My money thoughts smell like roses and amber. Breathe in, break the barriers. Go free.
My spiritual thoughts smell like premium red Bordeaux wine, filled with red obsession.
My perseverance thoughts smell like pineapple and cinnamon: warm, exotic and exquisite.
My spiritual normcore (normal + hardcore) thoughts smell like woods, roots, rinds and fresh pine needles. My toes sink into the texture.
My enlightening thoughts smell like uplifting citrus and euphoric clary sage.
My loving thoughts smell like a clove + cinnamon + cardamom orgasm on my palate.
My paradoxical thoughts smell like crystallized water, clearing my brain.
My contradictory thoughts smell like geranium. I want to be seduced.
ŌĆ£A gourmet mind protects from the poison of dark thoughts.ŌĆØ
Now tell me, beloved.
: I want my thoughts to feel likeŌĆ"
I must say I am indignant. Now that the New Age community has learned all the spiritual vocabulary, some people think they can throw it around carelessly.
So tweets like:
ŌĆ£May Karma take care of it,ŌĆØ shock me. Really.
ŌĆ£Karma is a bitch. She might kick you in the ass instead.ŌĆØ
Name-calling or blaming the Gods of the law of Karma is the worst thing to do: youŌĆÖre opening a new threat with Karma. It will immediately ŌĆ£fire back.ŌĆØ Moreover, you need to consider if perhaps your own Karma plan is activated. AndŌĆ"
: Ask deeper
Why is this my life?
How did I attract this?
Why did I create it?
You made the call first.
Everything in your life is made by you.
You created it on a level you may have forgotten. Our obliviousness is a blessing and curse.
We are not powerless victims; we are powerful creators of our destiny.
Which we can change in one instant with the right enlightening insight.
One slip into the ocean of the divine is enough to dissolve burdens of our souls.
Look, Karma is the law of reaction.
What we seed, we will harvest.
Once in India I was told a story that made the Law of Karma so transparent for me:
In Tibet they say, ŌĆ£If you walk by a beggar and look at him with pity you risk being a beggar in your next life.ŌĆØ
What is the teaching?
First: Karma is not a punishment.
Karma is the glue that holds the universe together. It creates gravity that holds us on earth and makes sure the sun rises each and every day.
Second: What we think is what we create.
So our thoughts are seeds.
A good dharma is to just follow all your thoughts through the day and ask yourself: Where will you lead me?
Third: Most do not remember their former lives, and they do not understand their implications for today.
We all have a story older than this life.
ŌĆ£There is no saint without a past. There is no sinner without a future.ŌĆ£ – Babaji
So I wonder,
before we curse others with subtle judgment or even cursing KarmaŌĆ"
ŌĆ" we should remember
In the end it is all about how much we are willing to love.
In the end it is all about how much we are willing to grant generosity.
In the end it is all about how much we are in the bliss of gratitude.
In this period we are embryonic. Cocooning our souls in warming spheres. ŌĆ£Let me know you,ŌĆØ the secret whispers. We have a feeling of breaking apart. But we are falling into completion.
9 months from now.
The greening of society, the promising new world, our rebirth into light is to come. Like expectant parents, we now modify our lives and the world. We should now select our worn-out dreams and offer them to the seas of forgiveness. We should hold steady the images of dreams still unfulfilled for a coming green wash of visual correction. And the dreams still to come are spots of light that have an umbilical cord. Encapsulated, loved.
Three days ago I broke apart. My sciatic nerve flushed the pain into my head and my bones. Three sleepless nights and deeper questions.
I know we are all phoenixes. We are made of fire and we burn into ashes and rise into our sacred inner landscapes. My nesting instinct must trust itself even more. When I try to sleep my body whispers: ŌĆ£I will not hurt you anymore. I am giving birth to a new femininity.ŌĆØ
A 9-month pregnancy of our world and us.
We will correct our society. We will transform and rise. Layer by layer.
Like caterpillars
We cocoon
We must dissolve and nearly destroy ourselves.
We will raise our light for this world to come.
Shining iridescent
Sensorial embodiesŌĆÖ imagination.
ItŌĆÖs marked. From now.
This week
ŌĆ£Non-healed wants finally can be allowed to heal.
It may now heal without breaking first.
If we do resist healing now, it must break to heal afterwards.ŌĆØ Agni
Let us be gentle with each other. Our wings are still soft and vulnerable.
Feel deep enough
ŌĆ£We have the courage to face the reality of time
and allow us to feel deeply enough
that it transforms our future.ŌĆØ Chris Jordan
In my world, and according to my cosmic understanding and living, there is no waste. To each question, problem or search, there is one solution, answer or remedy. It fits like the right top on the pot and the correct screw into its winding.
You are looking for an A to a burning Q?
You need to optimize your spiritual search machine.
You need to spirit Google.
The secret is the filter
you use to tap into the right level.
Ask yourself first:
: Can I solve it within myself? Level A
: Is the solution in the spiritual world? Level B
: Is another person the keeper of my answer? Level C
: Is mother earth the voice of my search? Level D
: Does nature hold my solution? Level E
Trust your sacred heartbeat: it drums when you hit the Jackpot.
And mark with an OM where applicable following your inner trust of knowing.
If your answer is on Level A:
You will find your solution within.
You need to go deeper; ask which chakra level provides the answer.
Dive inside into the corresponding chakra landscape, and receive. Send your Q out into the color and set it free to flow back to you.
(You do not know what chakras are? I can help. Leave a note below.)
If your answer is on Level B:
You will find your grace in your prayer.
Pray for a soulful insight.
For advanced spiritual questioners:
Identify which spiritual experts are your team:
God, Archangels or Angels, Ascended Masters, Fairies and Devas.
They are all connected, so if you hit the wrong mailbox they will lovingly forward your request to the mavens of what you need to know.
For example
One of my Fengshui Clients prayed to Archangel Michael. One day while watching TV I had a clear image that her house was charged with divorce energy of separation. I hesitated to write her; she is a celebrity. I did it anyway. She answered immediately and asked me to help her. As Archangel Michael got the demand on his desk, he knew I was the expert in this field and I would notice and respond to his request.
If your answer is on Level C:
Ask yourself, who is the expert who can help me find the right answer?
Get help. Pay for value exchange and honor how much the time and money your consultant and expert saved you.
If your answer is on Level D:
Lay yourself down on the soil of our Mother in nature, full body extended. Breathe with her. Let her warm energy weave into your body. Let her heart drum pulse your cells. Fill her with your love and grace and make your request, devoted and respectfully. Then do not be surprised how quickly she responds. Most humans keep her under serious underemployment.
If your answer is on Level E:
Fairies, Devas and nature are full of spirits. They helped manifest plant empires and minerals full of remedies. You were advised to address them? Dare to do it, and give them their due respect. Ask what they want from you. (They love presents and often ask me for black tea and rose petals. A friend of mine is always asked for sugar.) Ask where they want it, where the vortex is. Then ask for your solution. It may come in the form of a plant petal, a healing crystal or energies streaming towards you holding your A. ItŌĆÖs worth trying, my best advice comes from this world of magic.
So now go. Pose your Q.
Mark your level. Let it go. Receive fully.
And then come back and share your results in the comments below.
Wild love forever
Beyond all she does,
all she desires,
all she hopes,
she wants to express herself.
If she is stopped, she dies.
Each attempt to master her fails.
If she will not be found, she skids.
Rescued by design
The luxury of her soul
We can continue tirelessly along with all the names of she who made history.
She was called to her vocation, came as a creator of life.
She puts in all her concentration, all her soul, all her life.
After all this is the answer:
she puts in her endless time
for a rendezvous with her dream.
We wish her a year of highest creation.
Because creating her dream is as noble as founding a religion.
Dare your success.
Let your dreams rise from the dead.
To places where we are fully nourished.
Let's dream.
Express yourself,
and embellish your pages.
(Walking the initiation path in shopping malls and ashrams, with champagne and feminism.)
My letter to this world.
ŌĆ" remember
your life began within a woman. We all were nestled in the womb. Life is always within a Mother. But women are more than mothers: wives, companions, sisters, friends, bitches, witches, princesses, fairies, mothers of culture and wonderful girls, creative fire priestesses, artists, girl warriors, marvels, igniters, women on fire, crones, goddesses and angels (feel encouraged to add your fantasy here, and dare to live it). Each woman is one of a kind!
Dear you, visions of a worldwide revolution make me write and teach. I craft with my fingers and hopes, faithfully offering a space for the future I want to belong to; meanwhile bees make a rural exodus and masses of people protest denial.
My prayer is clear. I raise a fierce feminine voice in a world that is ignorant of creation, in which we witness ruthless exploitation of nature, religious wars and politics without ethics. I want to start a new conversation of leadership. I will contribute my sacred voice; it lives inborn and is each womanŌĆÖs birthright.
I do not want to change the world, but I must admit I like the end of the road. To find a way out of the crises we must nurture new ideas and make new moves.
Women today have a mission.
So do men, but our world lives in an old pattern of male domination. The feminine has been forgotten and role models of feminine leadership are now needed to take their seats in writing a new history of humanity together with men. Women have strong values and we need to use them to balance the end of the road of unnatural economics, politics and society.
The gospel of feminine leadership
Visions for the future.
10 years ago I spoke at big womenŌĆÖs conferences about my future vision, the rebirth of entrepreneurial women breaking the glass ceiling. Creating new space kills the status quo; the one who fights against the establishment is a single representative of the vast other side.
And today all over the world women create their own businesses; even secretaries have reinvented themselves as virtual assistants. The trend: Be your own boss, and create success on your own terms. Even more: Soulgoals for what we want most.
When I travel the word I know, women have different conditions in different countries, but whatever the circumstances are, women rise for freedom.
The feminine awakens and with her an energy-shifting change takes place that will shift our horizons in every part of life. ŌĆ£Beauty is the mother of all. For the sisterhood of GodŌĆÖs wild sisters.ŌĆØ
Add the sacred feminine
The female sources rise to cooperate with the masculine.
The feminine knows how to create with invincible power.
Transformation is past. Today we expand with evolution.
The goddess always has a niche to resurrect.
You are the world revolution.
Knitwork with the stream of creation.
Criss-cross the unbelievable.
Holy stream of light bumping your heartbeat
loudly to awaken universes.
You are the animating,
feeding power of life, the supreme light
in every being in every thing in every human.
We call you universe,
we call you Shakti,
we call you GreatMother.
The temple is your expression of completed contemplation.
Your sacred pattern weaves.
In your stream I have my place, my name.
You are unchangeable. Mandala.
Let me touch your texture with my fingertips.
Changeable quintessential.
Each moment was just born.
My mission is to bestow upon myself fulfillment.
I set my right intentions.
There will be stumbling blocks on my way.
Keep me alert.
Pave my way.
How my Mum inspired and changed my life forever.
I was 16 and my heart was broken. (It had to be cracked open in order to receive the initiation of life.) My Mum said, ŌĆ£When this boy leaves it is because someone far better for you is coming. This is life; anyone who does not match with your highest aim has to move on in order to find his own life and his right resonances. He opens the space for the right people to come in and surround you, to love you. God always wants the best for you and everyone. When something does not work out, it is because he has a better plan provided for you.ŌĆØ
Courage, not compromise, brings the smile of GodŌĆÖs approval.
– Thomas S. Monson
My Mum was right.
When I trust my life more than my pain and disappointment, things evolve most beautifully
: the man I love, the people I work with, the team I create with.
I must admit I have a childish heart. When people set me up or betray me, my heart is like a little puppy. My puppy heart swallows hard and I remember what Mum said. Head up and go.
And still: each and every time I begin by compromising for less than I truly require, I end up in dead ends. ItŌĆÖs like God pokes me with a soft finger saying: You are igniting another line of complications. And so it was when I refused to listen, creating a chain of complication to create more complications, on and on.
Because we only know what we know
itŌĆÖs about listening to our soul
and what we want to improve.
We have been taught to live in positions of scarcity that obfuscate our thoughts, all in order to fit in. We swim in a sea of conformity builders, and we fear being alone. So we bow to a minor art.
Never compromise your culture.
If we want to create a contemporary cultural revolution, a common sacred energy flow for all people, we have to make strong decisions, all the while asking for our heartŌĆÖs weigh-in and always with the aim of making our lives more happy.
: What do I really want to create?
: How do I want it?
: What do I love?
: How do I love it?
We must decide to fertilize our real relationships, our state of grace, and our cultures of quality ŌĆō and not to compromise them.
First: Always stand for your own. Be joy.
So when we do flirt with compromises? We settle for less when we are afraid to stand for our own.
Instead, create your own festivals of life and bazaars of freedom; build new agreements and sacred structures that support you to be free, to be creation, essential innovation.
You will create a sustainable and profitable world only when you stand on your own sacred ground. There you have magic to give and to make ŌĆ" more magic.
Second: Always provide the sacred space
for others to find their path of true joy.
Networked webs of ideas and thoughts will never match the freedom provided by the clarity of the universal flow. And we are always free to step out when we cannot feel our clarity, our truth, or ourselves anymore.
Our heart needs to be cracked a million times until itŌĆÖs totally free.
So we will leave our partners who cannot see us anymore. We will be betrayed and left alone. We will be disappointed, saddened and set up.
But we must grant their freedom and pray with love for the others to return to their sacred heart, to place where they feel their essence again and can heal.
We are responsible for each otherŌĆÖs highest aim.
I set them free.
My puppy heart sighs.
I listen to him.
ŌĆ£You will never be alone. Give up all worlds you do not belong to. Return to freedom.
I have a better plan for youŌĆ"ŌĆØ
A circle to break your heaven free
Sitting here thinking about 2014, I know something for sure.
Something is created around us.
ItŌĆÖs bigger and more beautiful than weŌĆÖve ever imagined.
I want more heaven in life in 2014.
Stay open.
Do not try to put what was created in heaven into shapes and words prematurely.
It will not express the visions dreamt in awe.
We want to feel ourselves totally free and holy.
We want to feel ourselves. Naked. Full.
While I was in Taiwan the question most frequently asked of me was: What heaven do I come from? And I started to realize that in order to access and resonate with our desire to feel our heaven, we have to first create a circle of healing.
My approach to reaching the beauty created for us:
IŌĆÖve decided to follow a circle of healing this year, and I walk upon a 5-step mandala to break my heaven free. The steps are in specific order to raise the inner bar, and to ritualize the process when needed.
What will I do to feel my heaven deeply?
Step one: Breakout space
: Letting go. Shake off all that is not me.
Step two: Shape and shift
: Laughter. Affix a halo to my belly laugh.
Step three: Go for the gold
: Consciously choose quiet times. Build refuges for the other side of my soul; the free and holy introvert holds still and chats with God.
Step four: Fresh start
: Rise above the problems. Foster the balance between male and female, challenge the courage and pain. There is so much great and good stuff happening in this world.
Step five: Dearly loved
: Feel safe. Know I am deeply desired, always.
May 2014 be heaven on Earth for you.
Hopefully we meet somewhere we have never been.
Thanks to my friend Mara Eickermann. You inspired me to write this.


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This presentation will provide a general overview of the data center trends and the ecosystem that comprises of "hyperscale DC", "MTDC", and "enterprise DC".
This week on White Space, we look at the safest data center locations in the world, as rated by real estate management firm Cushman & Wakefield. It will come as no surprise that Iceland comes out on top, while the US and the UK have barely made the top 10. French data center specialist Data4 is promoting Paris as a global technology hub, where it is planning to invest at least €100 million. Another French data center owned by Webaxys is repurposing old Nissan Leaf car batteries in partnership with Eaton. Brexit update: We've also heard industry body TechUK outline an optimistic vision of Britain outside the EU – as long as the country remains within the single market and subscribes to the principles of the General Data Protection Regulation.
The data center industry is experiencing explosive growth. The expansion of online users and increased transactions will result in the online population to reach 50% of the world's projected population, moving from 2.3 billion in 2012 to an expected 3.6 billion people by 2017. This growth is requiring data centers to address the carbon impact of their business and to integrate more renewable resources into their projects. Join First Solar to learn: -Why major C&I companies are looking to utility-scale solar as a viable addition to their energy sourcing portfolios. -How cost-effective utility-scale solar options can support datacenters in securing renewable supply. -Case study of how a major data center player implemented solar into their portfolio
John has worked in the Telecommunications and Information Transport Systems (ITS) industry for over 35 years, beginning his career at the London Stock Exchange as a BT telecommunication technician. Believing there was a general lack of quality in the ITS industry, John was driven to "professionalize" the ITS industry – starting with a professional diploma programme for the Telecommunications Managers Association – which led to him becoming the first BICSI RCDD in the UK and soon after, a BICSI Master Instructor teaching RCDD and Technician programmes. Find out more about John and upcoming sessions here https://www.dc-professional.com/people/284/
In this episode of White Space, we look back at the news of the week with a special guest Adrian Barker, general manager for EMEA at RF Code and specialist in sensors and data.


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