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Prompt: Giving in vs. giving up.
Ryan stood up.
I stared at Maggie. "You started this."
Ryan started slowly. "There comes a time in all our lives when giving in seems a valid option. The right option. But that, that my friends is giving up. We cannot allow this."
"They're really quite different," Maggie started to try and make amends.
I narrowed my eyes at her. "Oh no. You've gotten him going."
"But the point of the fact is that giving in to Montezuma's demands is giving up, and we as a steadfast group of –"
I pointed at him, my eyes boring into Maggie. "You did this. It won't end. It won't ever end."
Antony quickly plugged his ears. Ryan continued to drone on.
I stared unblinkingly into Maggie's soul. She began to tremble.
"….a noble quest…."
C2EB began to whine.
"Never give in…."
Tony strode over and slapped Ryan across the back of the head. Ryan promptly shut up, settling into a sulk.
"Thank goodness," Tony said. "He was about to kill me with all the hope and inspiration." We fell into an uneasy silence.
"Giving in to his demands is not giving up," Maggie said after a moment. "I have a plan."
Prompt: Feeling inadequate over something seemingly trivial. (Not going to be used, but fun!)
I slowly lowered my head so that it rested in my hand. "Let me get this straight. You feel inadequate because of Tony."
"Well, yes," Ryan said. "I can't help it."
"You're telling me that a dark prince of the UnSeelie Court who can fly, is an expert swordsman, and can burst into a pillar of flame whenever he so chooses, is jealous of a dog-man."
"Fox," Antony said, tongue sticking out between his sharp, white teeth.
"Shut up, or it's the muzzle for you," I warned. I looked at Ryan. "Why?"
"His fur is redder than mine."
Oh bother.
"Your Characters are Stuck on A Bus"
We were stuck. Traffic was idling along. We'd moved about twenty feet in the past five minutes. The others were growing impatient.
"What a lovely country this is,"Antony said mildly.
"Yes. Quite," Maggie said darkly. "There's nothing like being on an urgent mission and being stuck on public transport."
"But we're inGreece!" I reminded her cheerfully. "That has to count for something. Just think of it like the driver is showing us the sights."
"If the driver was pulling the bus."
I turned away from her. Ryan shot me a quick smile and squeezed my hand. "I think that man across from us is part gargoyle," he said conspiratorially.
The gargoyle in question glowered at him.
I sighed. "What have I said about using your social filter?" Honestly. I'm surrounded by idiots.
Most writers dream of becoming successful writers. While there are multiple and interpersonal definitions of successful, for the sake of this post I'm going to define successful writing as writing as a career - meaning that you are able to make your living, or most of your living, off of your writing. Why wouldn't we want to? Many of us are extremely talented. However, while our imaginations are endless, the issue with publishing is that our choices are limited. I understand that not everyone wants to write commercial fiction. If you do, good for you. If you don't, good for you. While some of us want to write something that is undefinable, crosses multiple genre boundaries and be completely different from everything else on the market, writing with those qualities is sometimes very hard to sell. It's a brutal truth, but a truth.
1. Pick a Genre or Sub-genre
The one issue I have found with other people showing me their writing is that, while their writing might be beautiful and unique, it does not fall into a specific genre or subgenre and would therefore make it hard to sell. One of the things I see on editor/publisher blogs is them lamenting the fact that many of their submissions don't follow their guidelines, specifically that of genres and conventions. While your writing may be fantastic, it also needs to be explained and appeal to a certain audiences, and when it is in that specified genre, it needs to have certain writing conventions that make it appeal to the audience.
Established genres are popular for a reason. Not only do they appeal because they are familiar, but because the elements in them are ones that people enjoy. This differs for every single genre - each one has elements that are directed at a certain audience. And this audience is made up of your possible readers. While it's alright to cross a few boundaries (Romantic Comedy/Sci-Fi Thriller/Fantasy Mystery), it does not strengthen your market when you cross all those boundaries in order to expand your audience. First off, it'll be hard to market. The definitions that make up a genre and the conventions that follow them are ones that are key to marketing. Narrowing your view will help you appeal to a specific market. Try writing a marketing plan revolving around a sci-fi thriller (The book can have aspects of romance/drama/comedy, but it primarily that). Now try writing it for a baseball themed space bonanza with two hilarious protagonists in love via political commentary, with all of those trying to struggle to be in front. It's a little harder. What bookshelf is a seller going to put it on?
2. Once You've Decided on Your Particular Genre, What are It's Conventions?
Wikipedia tells us that "A convention is a set of agreed, stipulated or generally accepted standards, norms, social norms or criteria, often taking the form of a custom." Writing is filled with these conventions, and they are constantly changing. Genre is filled to the brim with conventions. GENRE IS BASED AROUND THESE CONVENTIONS PEOPLE. THEY'RE KIND OF IMPORTANT. Conventions helps dictate what goes into a story or a book. Yup, these are even more limiting, Popular fiction and commercial fiction, while evolving, is filled with conventions. These conventions are what makes these books popular. Sometimes these conventions suck, and we, as writers, have to suck it up.
For example, my novel TEMPERED BY FIRE is a young adult novel (no, this is not a shameless plug. It's a good example. And a shameless plug. But not really.). Its sub-genres are urban fantasy and comedy. Right off the bat, I have set guidelines for my content. It's YA, fantasy, and comedy. Comedy is pretty broad, and essentially just means that I have to be funny. But when I look at other extremely popular YA novels write now, you can immediately see that conventions that make it popular and lumps all the books in together. Here are a few conventions in popular YA.
Do any of these seem familiar? It's because they are conventions that are currently extremely popular in YA fiction. If you are hoping to have an book in this current market that flies of the shelves, you better have some/all of those elements present.
You totally should. I totally believe that sometimes these conventions are total balls. But the problem is, they sell books. So how do you make this different?
3. Follow those Conventions, but Stab Them in The Eyes with a Butter Knife.
You can work around these. The goal is to make your book similar enough to sell, but different enough that it provides a breath of fresh air and stands out from the crowd. Conventions are easy to manipulate in any genre. You can add in the new while still following those set formulas.
For example, genre conventions in Tempered by Fire (I'm not saying my book is awesome. I'm really not. I have mixed feelings about it. I'm just showing how when I was fed up with YA conventions, I twisted them to my own benefit).
The Trio - I have the standard trio. However, my characters aren't mature adults or in love with each other. One of them is strictly a friend, with none of this open-ended possible relationships. One of them is cynical and prone to tantrums, one is like, the sweetest thing ever, and the third is just, well, a five year old boy in a seventeen year old body. Characters that follow conventions but are still different are important to creating a work of commercial fiction that stands out.
Mythical Beings - There are traditional Irish fairies, dragons, magical beasts, sabre-toothed monsters, etc, so it fits in perfectly.
Angsty Romance - There is angsty romance, but the romances in the book flawed. No love is truly perfect. It's stormy, imperfect, and sometimes denied, but it is love nonetheless.
The Girl is Special - And sarcastic. My God, is she sarcastic. And cynical and silly and like that one friend you have that can always make you shoot milk out of your nose and say "you're so weird." Like most YA heroines, she doesn't really want the Sight, but she just sighs and gets on with it.
What I used to make my book different is I took all of these genre conventions and stuck them into a COMEDY. There aren't really a lot of YA comedy fantasies out there. (Shout out to Terry Pratchett!). While this has yet to be seen if it'll ever hit bookstore or whether or not it will ever be successful, this manipulation of genre conventions has proven to be successful in the past. Just look at books such as The Hunger Games, Harry Potter, Tolkein, etc.
Knowing where your book stands in relation to everything else on the market and knowing what makes it different and what makes it stands out is incredibly important. Whether you're going the traditional route or plan to self-publish, being able to lump your books in with others and know why your book is special is crucial to marketing and target audiences. You are writing for your audience. You are writing for you readers. You are writing for a living. Keeping these things in mind is very important for commercial literature.
Now go kick some ass.
Happy Writing!
(Enter Usual Disclaimer about just blundering through life, this is my opinion, etc. etc, we're all different and have different opinions, this is just mine.)
'Take a character you're working on and have them fight a monster. What kind of monster is it? How do they win?
My beloved Morgan sent me this as a prompt to help me get in the mood for continuing to write the sequel of my novel TEMPERED BY FIRE. Here's a new character. Does it count if he's the monster? And tumblr formatted it weird. Huh.
The box began to wriggle. We stared at it.
"I'll open it!" Ryan said eagerly.
Maggie stared at him, and then at me. "We receive a strange box from a group of moody mythological beings, and he's excited to open it? Does he even have an off button?"
"He does, but it's on the back of his head and you have to trigger it with a baseball bat." Even then, you'd have to hit really hard. Believe me, I'd tried.
Ryan ignored me, and went to open the box. He went still.
"We have an issue," Ryan said, turning around to face us.
"I already regret having to ask for clarification," I muttered. My life was just one strange issue following another. "Please tell me it isn't a severed head. I can't handle a severed head right now."
He quietly reached into the box, and with disdain picked up whatever it is, before turning dramatically around and shoving it in my face. I screamed.
The puppy licked my nose, and both my cheeks.
"They gave us a three headed puppy," Ryan said flatly.
Two of the heads cocked their ears, and the third one choked on something before it grinned at me. My heart melted. He was just as gross as I was.
Ryan gingerly put the dog on the ground. The size of a jack-russell terrier, it was jet black with smooth fur. Its legs were a little longish, and it had a deep, wide chest and a scruffy little tail. It looks like a regular tiny mutt, if not for the three heads.
"He's so cute," Maggie cooed.
"Why would they send us a three headed mongrel?" Tony asked.
The little monster looked up at me and wagged his tail. He was pretty cute.
Maggie reached into the box and pulled out a note. "It says his name is C2EB. Pronounced "Seb"."
I vainly tried to rub all three heads at once. "What does that mean?"
"Cerberus 2: Electric Boogaloo." Clever.
"They did not just saddle us with a hellhound. A tiny, malformed hellhound," Ryan said. "We have to get rid of it."
"You just can't re-gift a hellhound," Tony said. C2EB attempted to viciously defeat my foot. I liked his spunk.
"We can't bring him with us. He'll slow us down."
Maggie unfurled another piece of paper. "Here's his pedigree. He is one hundred percent hellhound."
"He's roughly the size of a loaf of bread," Ryan argued.
"Which makes him convenient for travel," I argued. "We can't just leave a puppy here."
"And if the furies wanted us to have him, there must be a good reason for it," Tony interjected.
"Probably because he's a runt." How on earth could he be immune to the charms of a three headed puppy? It was like a regular puppy, but three times the fun.
"Yes, but now he's our runt." I continued to pet him.
Ryan sighed. "You want to keep him."
"Yes. Yes I do." Two of the heads were arguing over a stick. The puppy promptly fell over. Ryan scowled. I glared at him, daring to deny me. He didn't look away. I tried a new tactic.
"Hailey, if you're trying to simper, please stop. It hurts to look at," Maggie said. So much for that.
"Fine, you can keep him. But he better not slow us down," Ryan said, storming off. C2EB followed him for a few steps, then cocked a leg and sent a steady stream of sulphurous urine after him. Maggie burst into laughter.
C2EB attached himself to my leg and looked up at me. I looked down at him affectionately.
"That'll do pig. That'll do."
Someone's going to get angry at my take, I just know it.
"I was dismissed by one gentleman as an "entrepreneurial amateur." Another told me flat out that he was planning on buying my book until he found out I published it myself, but that he NEVER reads anything by a self-published author. His faulty reasoning told him that the only sort of person who self-publishes is the the kind of person who has been rejected by every publisher in town and, as a vendetta against readers, publishers, and decency, puts the inferior material out themselves. They don't seem capable of comprehending the fact that there are thousands of reasons to self-publish and all of them are completely valid." -http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bryan-young/combatting-the-stigma-of-_b_890000.html
I have two notes to make on this quote from Bryan Young of the Huffington Post. One, the idea that self-publishers are entrepreneurial amateurs. We are actually entrepreneurs. We are essentially running our own business, or starting up one. We are in charge of every aspect of our book, from writing it, to editing it, to formatting it, to marketing it. Our success essentially rests on our shoulders. I think people tend to forget that we're taking everything into our own hands. I know that I'm an amateur, yes, without a doubt. And I did submit to some agencies, but was told in a lovely letter that I was too young and too new to take on. So I went into self publishing. As well, the idea that we are inferior and that our material is inferior is one that I also find common among readers. Even if we choose to self publish, we still did it. We still wrote a book, and poured our sweat and blood into it. Even if someone chooses to not publish their work, they still did it. And that's what should count.
I would jump at the chance to get picked up by a publishing house, I'm not ashamed to admit that. But whether or do or I don't, that shouldn't take away from what we as a group have done now.
"I believe part of the reason is because self-publishing is so easy nowadays that just about anybody can do it and the quality of some self-published books is poor. Some naive first-time authors think they can do it all. Some newbies think that they are great writers and don't "need" an editor. Novice authors often think they can design their own cover without any sort of advice from a visual designer. I have seen more than a few self-published books in my capacity as reviewer for Catholic Fiction.net in which the quality of writing was so bad I won't even review it." -Ellen Gable, http://ellengable.wordpress.com/2012/03/12/the-stigma-of-self-publishing/
Self publishing is easy. And there are always going to be bad writers that choose to self publish. There are going to be people who are only in it to try to make a profit. I take self publishing with a grain of salt. I think you have to, really. Self-published authors on the whole make very little money.I know with my book, I'm not going to making that much money, even if by God's Graces I sell a lot of them. But the point want to make about self-publishing from this quote is that the quality of SOME self-published books are poor. Not all of them. Is my book poor quality? I can't say, I really can't. I do hate it (if you read something 200 times, you'd hate it too!), but I don't think it's horrible. I have read some self-published authors that are horrible, and some that are beautifully written. That being said, I've also read both from traditional publishers. The moral is to not judge a whole community based on one or several individuals - the same thing that we try to do in real life should also be applied in the self-publishing world. Judge an individual, not a community.
I am a writer now.
Not tomorrow, not the day after, not next week, not next month, not next year. Not when I've finished school, not when I've gotten a publishing deal, not when I have an established career. I will be a writer then, too, but I am still a writer now.
Because writing is my passion. Because I do it as often as I can. Because writing is part of who I am.
I am a writer now.
But seriously, my boyfriend doesn't realize that you have to kill someone off in a young adult book to make it work.
If I don't kill someone, the story will never finish.
It's my virgin sacrifice to the writing gods.
It has to be done.
It has to be.
As most of you know I've finished writing one novel and am working on my the next book in the series. While my first one still has some polishing up to do, the reviews have been so good that a friend of a friend who is an editor is going to polish it up for me. In the mean-time, between working two jobs and marketing and trying to get the first one off of the ground, I'm trying to write the second book, TRIAL BY FIRE. Here are some of the issues I'm facing.
This one is huge. I spend all my time to put money away or spend it on important things like food, rent, and bus tokens/passes that when it comes right down to it, I'm too tired and don't want to write. I put it off. While sometimes this is necessary (I am, unfortunately, not an android, and need to sleep sometimes), it's hard to fall out of this habit.
Trial by Fire has been story boarded, researched, and had character biographies written. All the voices are figured out, the plot is decided (though without a doubt it is constantly evolving, especially towards the end), and even some of the jokes/witty lines are written down. However, this seems to take a lot of the excitement of it out for me. When I get down to it, I'm really grateful that I have a storyline and that I've planned a lot of it out, because then I can shape it and evolve it past what I had, but sometimes knowing that you already have it makes it that much harder to sit down and do it. If I know it, why can't my computer already know it?
This doesn't really work if you're not writing a comedy, though I think it can apply to almost any genre as well. If I'm in a bad or cranky mood, it's hard to make a scene funny. For sadness, anger, action, or romance scenes, it's not hard to get into that mindset, especially if I already have a constructed playlist. Music influences my mood way too much, so it's easy to get into moods to write those scenes with as much emotion as possible. However, it's extremely hard to get into a funny mood, one where you're brimming with small observations or sarcasm or wit. Listening to comedians doesn't really help. Sometimes I can write without feeling funny, but by my nature I'm kind of quiet. It's hard to slip into the sarcastic mind of my protagonist and see things as she sees things and respond as she would respond. Getting into that mood and that mindset is probably the biggest problems I face when trying to write Trial by Fire.
1. Reward System - If I finish this chapter, I'll give myself a cookie. However, I usually end up getting frustrated and just getting the damn cookie anyways, because I'm an adult and who am I to restrict access to my own fucking cookies?!
2. Pep Talk - Now, I can't pep talk myself up at all, so I get my sister or boyfriend to do it. Usually then I'm ready to sit down and write. Having a set of your own personal cheerleaders does a world of good.
3. READING - Reading is probably the biggest thing that helps me to sit down and write. Sometimes, to help me get into the mood, I'll read other sarcastic or funny novels. Sometimes I'll read love stories, or sometimes I'll read thrillers or crime. The whole point is that I'm doing the other key part of writing. Reading gets your mind going, your imagination flowing and your writing gears cranking. Intertextuality comes into play. Reading for an hour before I write always does wonders, since after finishing a good story, I'm compelled to work hard and finish my own.


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Day 01 :
Vaishnodevi Yatra - The shrine of Mata Vaishno Devi is one of the most visited pilgrim sites in India. Situated at a height of 5,300 ft., the site is located inside a cave in a hill. amidst the folds of the Trikuta Bhagwati hill at a height of 5,300 ft., in the state of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K). This cave temple is at a distance of 61 kms from Jammu and the last 13 kms of the way have to be negotiated on foot by the yatris, as the devotees are called. Once at the entrance to the cave, the path turns into a narrow tunnel with a cold stream named the Charan Ganga running through it. Vaishnodevi Yatra Packages The pilgrim has to wade through this to reach the sanctum sanctorum. The holy cave shrine of Vaishno Devi is nestled in a beautiful recess of the Trikuta Mountains forming a part of the lower Himalayas. It is located 61 km north of Jammu at a height of 5,200 feet above the sea level in the state of Jammu and Kashmir.
Mata Vaishno Devi Informations :
The Significence :
The holy Shrine of Mata Vaishno Devi Ji is unique as it contains the holiest of holy Pindis manifesting Mata in her three forms which are Maha Kali, Maha Lakshmi and Maha Saraswati. Each of these forms represent particular attributes.
Maha Kali represents Tam Guna : Tam stands for darkness or unholiness. In her attribute of Maha Kali, Mata is constantly endeavoring to vanquish the forces of darkness. She blesses her devotees by giving them strength to never lose heart and constantly battle the forces of darkness till they prevail upon them. Maha Lakshmi represents Raj Guna : Raj stands for sustenance, prosperity and well being. In her attribute of Maha Lakshmi Vaishno Mata blesses her devotees with wealth and prosperity and thus makes their life more comfortable and happy.
Maha Saraswati represents Satva Guna : Satva stands for purity and goodness. In her attribute of Maha Saraswati, Mata blesses her devotees with pure thoughts and a high intellect. This enables them to distinguish between the good and the bad, between righteousness and unrighteousness and helps them to adopt the correct path in life.
A combination of these three attributes in a single Shakti is known as Vaishnodevi Yatra Tour Packages and this unique combination is what makes her revered all over the world. Each person on earth contains the attributes of Tam Guna, Raj Guna and Satva Guna in some degree or the other. His or her behavior is therefore, conditioned by the attribute that is predominant. However, to lead a full and meaningful life a balance has to be struck amongst the three. This balance is extremely difficult to achieve. It needs divine blessings. It is only at Ma Vaishno Devi Ji that such blessings are possible simultaneously from a single source of Shakti . This is what makes the holy Shrine of Mata Vaishno Devi Ji unique in the world.
The Yatra :
The Yatra begins at Katra and pilgrims have to cover 13 km of terrain on foot to reach the Darbar. One kilometer away from Katra, is Banganga, place where Mata quenched her thirst and at 6 km further down, is the holy cave at Adhkawari.The entire 13 km route is quite wide and tiled. Besides, the whole path is lit up every night by powerful sodium vapour lamps. The whole route is swept and cleaned from time to time throughout the day. Yatris are requested to keep the path clean.
Shelter cum sheds and shelter cum cafeterias are setup throughout the route. Pure vegetarian food is available at these outlets. Price charts are exhibited at all these outlets prominently. Drinking water has been made available all along the route, with water coolers and storage facilities.
Public utilities with automatic flushing systems along the track and at the Bhawan. After 6 km. of trekking, you would reach Adhkawari, the holy cave where Mata meditated for nine months. Do visit the cave. After 9.5 km., you would reach Sanji Chhat where you can rest for sometime. Accommodation is also available at this place. Bhawan is just 3.5 km. away.
The Darshan :
At the entrance to the cave is a place called Bhavan where the worshipper buys prasad (offering to the God, a little of which is returned to the devotee for distribution amongst his near and dear ones) and other offerings. Here the Yatri is issued a token number on showing the Yatra ticket. The group no. and the time for the Yatri's turn is mentioned on the token.
At Bhavan there are cloakrooms, lockers for your belongings and change rooms. It is customary to bathe and change clothes before joining the queue for the darshan. Amidst the continuous chanting of Jai Mata Di, pilgrims wait patiently for their turn after depositing their coconut at the entrance for which they are given tokens. Each one has to enter the cave alone as the tunnel to the shrine is very narrow and has to be negotiated with care. Once inside it widens out to provide darshan of the goddess. The return is via a different route that takes the devotee to the shrine of Bhairon and then back to Katra.
The Cave :
The total length of the holy Cave is about ninety eight feet. Here you can see symbols of a large number of Gods and Goddesses of the Hindu pantheon. At the mouth of the original tunnel to the holy Cave on the left hand side of the rock face you can see the symbol of Vakra Tunda Ganesha. Adjacent to the symbol of Lord Ganesha you can see the symbols of Surya Dev and Chandra Dev. When you crawl into the holy Cave through the natural tunnel you cross over the Dhadh of Bhairo Nath who was beheaded by the Goddess at the entry point to the holy Cave. The Dhadh is fourteen feet long. After this you come across the symbol of Lord Hanuman who was also called Launkra Beer.
Beyond the Launkra Beer point you have to wade your way through water Twenty three feet beyond Launkra Beer, on the left upper hand side, the roof of the cave flares out and the weight of this over hang appears to the resting on the innumerable heads of Shesh Nag. Immediately below Shesh Nag there is the Havan Kund of Mata. Adjacent to the symbols of Shankh, Chakra, Gada and Padam. Higher up, almost touching the ceiling of the cave are the symbols of the five Pandavas, the Sapt Rishi, the Than of the divine cow, Kamdhenu, Brahma, Vishnu, Shiv and Parvati.
Three feet further ahead, on an elevation some what lower than Shiv and Parvati, is the Khamba that was gripped by the legendary worshipper Prahalad. Diagonally below this, at the water level you can see the Yantra with innumerable mystical signs and symbols inscribed on it. Twenty two feet beyond this point, the Sher Ka Panja symbolising the lion, which is the mount of Mata Vaishno Devi Ji is located.
The distance from the entry point to the Sher Ka Panja is fifty nine feet.. Six feet further ahead, on the left hand side, are the symbols of Shankar and Gouri. Thirteen feet beyond the symbols of Shankar and Gouri the holiest of the holy Pindies of "Mata Maha Kali Ji'', "Mata Maha Lakshmi Vaishno Devi Ji'' and "Mata Maha Saraswati Ji'' appear. To the right of the holy Pindies on the upper side we can once again identify the symbols of Ganesh, Surya Dev, Chandra Dev and Goddess Annapurna. Slightly behind the holy Pindies, on the right hand side you can see the symbol of the seated Sinh Raj. A little ahead of this you can make out the full hand of the Goddess raised in the Vard Hast mode, granting boons to the world. Immediately opposite the Holy Pindies is the natural symbol of Lord Pashupati Nath.
Water(Charan Ganga) gushes out of the base of the holy Pindies and flows out of the holy Cave. Charan Ganga is collected in small containers by the devotees and is taken home. It is also channelised to the bathing ghat and the devotees can take a bath in this water before they join the queue for Darshan of the holy Pindies.
The Pindis :
The cave at the Trikuta mountain is indeed a unique cave as it is in this cave that Shakti in her incarnation of Vaishavi resides in a petrified rock form and it is only here that she is manifested in her 3 forms Maha Kali , Maha Lakhsmi and Maha Saraswati The holiest of the holy Pindies of "Mata Maha Kali Ji", "Mata Maha Lakshmi Vaishno Devi Ji" and "Mata Maha Saraswati Ji which are the ultimate destination for pilgrims are located at a distance of 91 feet inside the cave .In the surroundings symbols of 'Surya', 'Chander', 'Sinh Raj', 'Pashupatinath', 'Shiva' and 'Dhrupad Ji' are quite prominent.
A stream of water gushes out of the base of the holy Pindies which is commonly known as 'Charanganga'. After flowing through the cave this Charanganga is chennalised to 'Bathing Ghat' at Bhavan where the devotees take their bath before proceeding for Darshans of the deity. As a mark of reverence the devotees also carry this 'Charanjal' in small containers to their homes.
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In an economy that relies so heavily on oil, rising prices at the pump affect everybody -– workers, farmers, truck drivers, restaurant owners, students who are lucky enough to have a car. (Laughter.) Businesses see rising prices at the pump hurt their bottom line. Families feel the pinch when they fill up their tank. And for Americans that are already struggling to get by, a hike in gas prices really makes their lives that much harder. It hurts. —-Barack Obama, March 30, 2011. Georgetown University
Yes, Mr. Obama. We do rely heavily on oil. We have billions of barrels of it right in this country. If only you would allow us to get it out of the ground. And yes, you did announce today you want to cut our oil dependency by 1/3 yet your de facto drill moratorium is making this impossible. However you haven't ruled out buying from Mexico, Canada or Brazil. How about putting Americans in the oil industry back to work first? Yet you've only issued a handful of deep-water drill permits since the BP blowout last April. IER has this analysis of Obama's speech today, one salient comment from their website:
"The Obama anti-energy agenda has decreased expected production in the Gulf of Mexico by 360,000 barrels of oil per day. By withholding the necessary permits to produce energy in Alaska, the Trans Alaska Pipeline System is only filled at one third of its capacity. The Outer Continental Shelf holds at least 80 billion barrels of oil— four times as much as the 'two percent' the President says we have – but the Obama Administration either refuses to offer those resources for lease or refuses to grant permits to explore for and produce these resources."
So let me be perfectly clear, a "handful" of permits ain't gonna cut it. Let's take a look at what it actually takes to get it out of the ground. You need a lease. You need a permit, an air permit and also a safety permit, and yep those are hard to come-by these days thanks to your work with BOEMRE (Bureau of Ocean, Energy, Management, Regulation and Enforcement). Hey Mr. Obama, I've written about BOEMRE so many times thanks to you, I even know by heart what the acronym stands for. From the Institute for Energy Research they provide this handy-dandy diagram:
So it takes round-about 60 leases to start out. Just because you get a lease doesn't guarantee an oil find. And just like chances are slim-to-none if your neighbor wins the lottery jackpot he probably ain't gonna share his wealth with you, it's slim-to-none chances the neighboring oil field who hits the gusher probably ain't gonna share it with his neighbor either. So these oil and natural gas companies are taking huge risks at their own expense just for exploration.
And yet Mr. Obama. You go on to say this:
Other countries are now exporting technology we pioneered and they're going after the jobs that come with it because they know that the countries that lead the 21st century clean energy economy will be the countries that lead the 21st century global economy.
We know this failed in Europe. Don't you know Mr. Obama that "green jobs are the fruit of the poison tree"? It failed in Spain. It failed in Britain. T. Boone Pickens' windmills failed in that huge ice storm in Texas last January. Are we supposed to fill our gas tanks using the wind of Alec Baldwin's mouth? Doc Hastings (R-WA) Chair of the House Natural Resources Committee weighed in on Obama's speech:
While the President and I share the same goal, we have very different ways of getting there. The President wants to decrease imports by telling Americans to use less and to pay more. Republicans want to decrease imports by increasing U.S. production – while simultaneously creating American jobs, raising revenue to help pay down the national debt, lowering energy costs and increasing our energy independence. I hope the President would be willing to work with Congress in achieving his goal to cut imports by unlocking our American energy resources [emphasis mine].
Yes Chairman Hastings. You say it very well, in a nutshell.
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For the acute and chronic treatment of patients with an inborn error of metabolism which results in secondary carnitine deficiency.
For the prevention and treatment of carnitine deficiency in patients with end stage renal disease who are undergoing dialysis. (US Patent Nos. 6,335,369; 6,429,230; 6,696,493)
A prospective double-blind, randomized clinical trial of levocarnitine to treat autism spectrum disorders. [2011.06]CONCLUSIONS: L-carnitine therapy (50 mg/kilogram-bodyweight/day) administered for 3-months significantly improved several clinical measurements of ASD severity, but subsequent studies are recommended.
A prospective double-blind, randomized clinical trial of levocarnitine to treat autism spectrum disorders. [2011]CONCLUSIONS: L-carnitine therapy (50 mg/kilogram-bodyweight/day) administered for
Levocarnitine administration in elderly subjects with rapid muscle fatigue: effect on body composition, lipid profile and fatigue. [2003]CONCLUSION: Administration of levocarnitine to healthy elderly subjects resulted in a reduction of total fat mass, an increase of total muscle mass, and appeared to exert a favourable effect on fatigue and serum lipids.
Double-blind parallel design pilot study of acetyl levocarnitine in patients with Alzheimer's disease. [1992.11]Acetyl levocarnitine hydrochloride has been reported to retard dementia in patients with Alzheimer's disease. In a double-blind, parallel design, placebo-controlled pilot study of 30 mild to moderately demented patients with probable Alzheimer's disease, tests of memory, attention, language, visuospatial, and constructional abilities were administered, and the level of acetyl levocarnitine was measured in the cerebrospinal fluid...
Evaluation of Cilostazol in Combination With L-Carnitine [Recruiting] The purpose of this study is to see how safe and effective L carnitine taken with cilostazol is compared to placebo taken with cilostazol for people with intermittent claudication. A second purpose of the study is to see if L-carnitine is absorbed into the blood stream.
Effect of Early L-Carnitine Supplementation on Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in Very Preterm Infants [Recruiting] Preterm infants are vulnerable to brain injury, nutritional deficiencies and poor early growth which places them at increased risk for developmental problems later in life. The micronutrient carnitine, which is present in breast milk and stored in the fetus late in pregnancy, has been shown to protect against brain injury in animal studies. Without supplementation, almost all preterm infants develop carnitine deficiency soon after birth. Thus it is important to determine if carnitine supplementation protects against brain injury and improves developmental outcomes in these vulnerable preterm infants. We hypothesize that preterm infants supplemented early with L-carnitine while receiving parenteral nutrition will not develop carnitine deficiency and will have improved growth in the first two weeks of life and higher scores on developmental tests when compared to control infants who did not receive carnitine.
Ability of L-carnitine to Prevent Heart Damage in Breast Cancer Patients Receiving Anthracycline Chemotherapy [Recruiting] Breast cancer is very common and afflicts 1 in 9 North American women. The treatment of breast cancer often requires the use of chemotherapy including "anthracyclines". Anthracyclines can damage the heart resulting in heart failure and even death. Clinicians and researchers are continually seeking methods that will reduce the toxic effects of anthracycline treatment.
L-carnitine is a substance that is produced naturally in the body and is required for normal heart function. Animal studies have suggested that L-carnitine protects the heart from the effects of anthracyclines, however this has not been verified in humans.
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Early Administration of L-Carnitine in Hemodialysis Patients [Recruiting] Hemodialysis is a cause of carnitine deficiency. The deficiency of carnitine induces an anemia by an increase fragility of the red blood cells, a muscular fatigue and a cardiac dysfunction. We proposed to evaluate the benefit of an early administration of L-carnitine in hemodialysis patients. The patients should be included in the first month after the start of chronic hemodialysis, randomized to receive L-carnitine or placebo and should be followed-up during one year.
Valproate and Levocarnitine in Children With Spinal Muscular Atrophy [Not yet recruiting] Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), an autosomal recessive disorder, is characterized by muscle weakness due to degeneration of anterior horn cells in the spinal cord and brain stem nuclei. It has a variable incidence of 1 in 6700 to 1 in 25000 live births and prevalence of 0. 12 to 25 per 10,000 populations in different geographic areas and genetic constitution. A homozygous deletion/mutation involving exon 7 in SMN1 (survival motor neuron 1) is present in around 95% of the cases, resulting in the biochemical deficiency of the SMN protein. A genomic duplication at the same locus produces nearly identical SMN2 (survival motor neuron 2) that differs from SMN1 by a nucleotide substitution that promotes exon 7 exclusion thus giving rise to only a fraction of the full length protein. Phenotypic variation in SMA correlates with the number of SMN2 gene copies and the level of SMN protein in cells.
Several hypotheses including defective inhibition of apoptosis, glutamate excitotoxicity and lack of a neurotrophic factor(s) in nerve or muscle have been speculated in the pathogenesis of SMA.
Valproic acid (VPA), a histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor, directly increases SMN expression in SMA patient-derived cell lines in vitro. Till date 3 open label trials and 1 placebo controlled RCT of VPA in human subjects have been published, all indicating a possible benefit in strength and/or motor function. Till date there is no effective therapy for SMA. Therapy is mainly supportive and palliative which can prolong lifespan and prevent complications to some extent without actually curing the disease.
Children with SMA may have a reduced capacity to synthesis carnitine consequent to significantly diminished skeletal muscle mass. VPA independently inhibits carnitine transport and its metabolites deplete carnitine levels by binding to them. So along with valproate these patients should be supplemented with carnitine.
With this background the investigators have planned a double blind randomized placebo controlled trial of Valproate and levocarnitine in 60 children (30 each in intervention and control arm) with Spinal Muscular Atrophy aged 2-15 years over a 2 year period with one baseline and four follow up visits. The study will be conducted in the Department of Pediatrics, AIIMS at the Myopathy clinic.
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Canadian muscian and SCA member Heather Dale (Marian of Heatherdale) is seeking help from fellow musicians who post their music of YouTube. A video, (ironically posted on YouTube), sums up the situation. 20 Reasons to buy an SCA Membership & Renew if you Play
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Duchess Katerina O'Callaghan of the Kingdom of Atenveldt offers 20 reasons those who play in the SCA should purchase a membership. Vivant to Barons Giles and Giuseppe
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Should entrants in Royal Lists be allowed to fight for a consort of the same gender? Going to the heart of one of the most visible and celebrated institutions in the Society, this question has proved to be a matter of great moment for members of the Society's governing body, as well as for the membership at large. Same-Gender Consorts: Proposed Corpora Change
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Ariel de Courtenay, from the Inspirational Equality consortium, offers her analysis of the Board's recent proposal for a change in Corpora related to same-gender couple in Royal Lists. First Same-Gender Couple to Ascend Baronial Thrones in Caid
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Baron Ursul and Baroness Colette of Caid's Barony of Gyldenholt have made SCA history by inviting a same-gender couple to become their heirs (posted with kind permission of the author, Mistress Caitlin Christiana Wintour). A Challenge to all Houses in the Known World
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Ariel de Courtenay, one of the founders of the Inspirational Equality advocacy group, offers an opinion on what about An Tir's culture may have caused this movement to originate in that particular kingdom. Diana Listmaker offers her opinion on same gender couples competing in Crown Tournaments
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The first tournament that led to the founding of the Society for Creative Anachronism was organized by Diana L. Paxson, known in the Society as Diana Listmaker, in her backyard in Berkeley. From the perspective of one who was there at the start, and remembers the original goals of the organization, she has written an opinion letter and has kindly allowed SCAtoday.net to share it with our readers. You asked!--Part II: Nuts and Bolts. Implementation answers from Inspirational Equality
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The Inspirational Equality Advocacy group answers frequently asked questions about the implications and implementation of allowing same-gender couples in Royal Lists (part II of II). You asked! Answers to the top 15 FAQs from Inspirational Equality
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The Inspirational Equality advocacy group provides answers to some of the most common questions it has received about the proposed amendment to corpora to allow same-gender couples in Royal lists. Same-Gender Couples March in An Tir List Processional
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At Crown Tourney on Saturday, September 4, 2011, An Tirians once again took to the list field to fight for the cause of Inspirational Equality -- the right of all couples, regardless of gender, to enter Royal Lists in the SCA.
Same-gender couples welcomed to An Tir Champions Tourney Lists
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Sunday morning, under an unseasonal July drizzle that brought mist rising from the hills, Viscount Sir William MacBrennan, inspired by Maestro Eduardo Francesco Maria Lucrezia and Mistress Ariel de Courtenay, fighting for her lady Sarah Patrick Stewart, Defender of the West, proudly entered the Champions list of An Tir.
Inspirational Equality -- An Tirians begin a movement to support same sex couples in Crown
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A group of SCA folk in An Tir, led by Ariel de Courtenay and Master Eduardo Francesco Maria Lucrezia, are petitioning their Crown and the Board of Directors to allow same-sex couples to enter Crown Tournaments as contender and consort.
What the Romans (and Greeks) can do for us
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Latin teacher and blogger Denis Ambrose, Jr. is often asked to justify his existence to people who think "high school is nothing more than preparation for college, and college is nothing more than job training." He has compiled a list of five pragmatic reasons to study classics. Can Botticelli make you high?
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Novelist Jennifer Hudson Taylor has created a new Carolina Scots-Irish blog and is seeking content from guest contributors.
Neal Stephenson on Rapier vs. Katana...
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Neal Stephenson reconsiders a storyline from his novel "The Confusion" in light of his recent experiences with rapier [and dagger].
Stonehenge should keep its secrets, opines essay
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The recent discovery of graves at Stonehenge has led to a frenzy of speculation and proposed activity regarding the origins of the site. One commentator feels that the ancient structure should keep its secrets.
The Curmudgeon's Tale
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Viscount Galen of Bristol's blog
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Personal blog by Viscount Galen of Bristol of the Middle Kingdom, formerly of Ansteorra, Drachenwald, and Meridies.
"50 key dates of world history" sparks discussion
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What are the 50 key historic events in world history? Historian Richard Overy, editor of The Times Complete History of the World, thinks he knows.
Bloggers compared to the printing press
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In the blog Cabinet of Wonders, Heather McDougal compares the free discussion of bloggers to the dissemination of information after the creation of the printing press.
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Understanding of "distant past" key to modern civilization
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Staging Wagner's 'Tristan and Isolde'
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Gulf Wars: A 'Review' by a first time attendee
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Siegfried Sebastian Faust, a first-time attendee at Gulf Wars XVI, has posted a review of the event on the Atlantia list, touching especially on how the war compares to Pennsic.
"The populace hath done spoken!"
Submitted by Justin on Thu, 2007-02-01 08:45
Inspired by Asrune's post on a Celtic music forum, Lady Fionnghuala na Lamh-Bann, of the East Kingdom, set out to find "the most overplayed/ oversung songs that you hear CONSTANTLY around the SCA campfires", and surveyed the populace at large to find out which songs made the most people cringe in horror.
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Welcome to Shelburne Orchards! Our 80 acres of apple trees are located on the shores of gorgeous Lake Champlain in Shelburne, Vermont. The orchard has been in my family since the 1950′s and I have been overseeing the place for over 30 years.
We grow apples, peaches, Marsette grapes, pumpkins, and sour cherries here. The orchard also produces cider, non-alcoholic Ginger Jack, world-famous cider donuts, cider vinegar, and we've started distilling apple brandy. Thanks so much for supporting farmers!
Nick Cowles, Proprietor
October 22, 2012
Thanks so much to everyone who made this a wonderful year at the orchard! The season's winding down and our last day open will be THIS Friday, October 26. We're open until then each day from 9:00-6:00. We have "drops" on the ground and many goodies still available at our Cider House Farm Market. Thanks again for supporting farmers.
October 2, 2012
We'll have McIntosh, Honey Crisp, Empire, Golden Delicious, and Red Delicious for Pick Your Own through the weekend, so we'd love to have you come on down to the orchard! Don't be afraid of a few raindrops…
September 28, 2012
It's time for Pick Your Own Honey Crisps at $2/lb! We'll be open from 9:00-6:00 tomorrow (Saturday, Sept. 29) so please stop by and pick some of your favs. We'll have some other varieties, too: McIntosh, Fuji, and Red Delicious for $1/lb.
And if you'd like to pick some extra apples and purchase them, we'd love to donate them to the Vermont Foodbank. We've got a goal of 600 pounds so please help us meet the goal! Thanks so much.
September 24, 2012
We have Macs, Cortland, and Fuji for Pick Your Own this week. And BIG news: We'll have Honey Crisps to pick this coming Saturday. Other events this year include Senior Days on Thursday and Friday, October 11 & 12, when seniors can pick apples for $8/bushel. And on Saturday, October 13, we'll celebrate the apple again with Truckload & Carboy & Ginger Jack Saturday. Please check our "Events" page for more info.
Don't wait to head to your local orchard—the season's short!
September 23, 2012
Congratulations to today's Pie Fest winners! Lisa Patnode of Winooski won BOTH "Best Appearance" and First Prize, Rachel Winer was awarded with "Best Filling", and Andy Montroll won "Best Crust". It's Lisa's second win over the years for First Place. Special thanks to Judges Gesine Bullock-Prado, Sally Pollak, and Jennifer Smith; volunteers Patricia Fontaine, Kate Maloney, Alicia Taylor, and Todd Taylor; Hokum Bros for the delightful entertainment; orchard workers galore; Pie Fest entrants; and everyone who participated in the Cider House Run.
September 20, 2012
Right now, we have Macs, Cortlands, and Fuji for Pick Your Own apples. C'mon down in this sunny weather!
September 17, 2012
For the start of this week, we've got McIntosh and Cortlands available for Pick Your Own as well as pumpkins in the Pumpkin Patch. We also have apple cider and our world-famous cider doughnuts at the store among all of the other goodies there.
This Sunday, Sept. 23, we'll have the Pie Fest and Cider House Run. Please check our "Events" page for more info. You can run, or eat pie, or both!
September 14, 2012
We'll be at both the Burlington and Shelburne Farmers Markets tomorrow. And we'll have a booth at the Harvest Festival at Shelburne Farms with apples, cider, caramel apples, Re-Fresh Mint drink and, of course, our world-famous cider doughnuts!
If you come on out to the orchard, we'll have McIntosh, Gala, and Cortlands for Pick Your Own. We pressed our first cider for the year on Thursday. And the Pumpkin Patch is open, too. If you are able, please pick a few extra apples, purchase them, and we'll hand them along to the Foodbank from you to help out our hungry neighbors. We're trying to donate 600 pounds this year! Thank you so much. — Megan
September 10, 2012
The season seems to be ahead a bit this year, so please don't wait if you'd like to come and pick apples! I'll keep you up-to-date via our website and Facebook as to what apple varieties are available when.
Right now, we're picking McIntosh and Gala apple varieties. This Thursday, we'll start pressing cider for the season. We'll be at the Shelburne Farms Harvest Festival this Saturday with our world-famous cider doughnuts and caramel apples.
Over 5,000 people enjoyed the 11th Annual Small Farms Food Fest yesterday here at the orchard! The day sparkled, people smiled, and fun was had by all. We'd like to thank all of the bands: After the Rodeo, Cartwheels, Starline Rhythm Boys, Gordon Stone Band, Western Roads, and Twist of the Wrist. Almost 30 farmers and food producers prepared delicious food and had the chance to meet their customers and vice versa. Volunteers and orchard workers provided tractor hayrides, facepainting, apple prints, and ropemaking; directed traffic; and helped out in a thousand other ways. Thanks to donations, we collected 130 pounds for the Food Shelf. The entire day was a reminder about how special a corner of the world Vermont continues to be.
On Sunday, September 23, please join us here at the 11th Annual Pie Fest and Cider House Run (see the "Events" page for more detailed info). All of the 30 entries have been filled—each baker hoping to walk away with both bragging rights and the $200 First Place prize.
Thanks for supporting the folks who grow the food you eat!
11th Annual Small Farms Food Fest
Sunday, September 9 — 11:00-5:00
FREE under 12 & over 65. Otherwise, $5.00 and farmers may charge for their specially prepared dishes.
This year's small farms and food producers include: Adam's Berry Farm, Ariel's Honey Infusions, Bella Farm, Boston Post Dairy, Gadabout Farm, Huntington River Vineyard, Island Homemade Ice Cream, Lincoln Peak Vineyard, Maple Wind Farm, Meeting Place Pastures, NOFA (Northeast Organic Farming Association), Red Maple Granola, Rockville Market Farm, Scratch N' Earth, Shelburne Farms & O Bread, Shelburne Orchards, Shelburne Vineyard, Sonia's Salsa, Stony Loam Farm, Stony Pond Farm, Taylor Farm, Urban Moonshine, Vermont Coffee Company, Vermont Pickle Company, and Vermont Soy. The musical line-up includes: 11:00-Starline Rhythm Boys, 12:00-Cartwheels, 1:00-After the Rodeo, 2:00-Western Roads, 3:00-Gordon Stone Band, and 4:00-Twist of the Wrist.
The festival showcases special foods, live local music, tractor hayrides, pick your own apples, ropemaking demonstrations, a haybale maze for the kids, facepainting, Tractor Petting Zoo, picnic table raffle, hulahoopers, and other family-friendly activities. Co-sponsored with Big Heavy World and The Radiator (105.9 FM).
Donations of nonperishable foods will be collected for local food shelves as well. Suggested items include tuna, peanut butter, soup, cereal, canned fruits and vegetables, and canned meat. Thank you!
September 2, 2012
Peaches are all gone for this year. This week, there will be Gala and Macs for apples. Come on by and pick some. Thanks so much for supporting farmers!
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Kaizer Chiefs coach Stuart Baxter expects his side to approach Tuesday's clash with Mamelodi Sundowns as if the first-half of the season never happened.
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South Africa's top flight has been on hold since the end of December, but following the conclusion of the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations on Sunday, the focus now returns to the Premiership.
Amakhosi enter the tie at the top of the standings, although they only hold a one-point lead over second-placed Orlando Pirates, who host SuperSport United on Wednesday.
Barker's men were in impressive form before the break, unlike their midweek opponents, who only just climbed out of the relegation zone before the festive intermission.
"The game against Sundowns is going to be difficult," Barker told the media on Monday ahead of Chiefs' trip to Loftus Stadium. "To us it's all about the next game, what happened in the past has got little influence in the upcoming encounter.
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Track & Field/Cross Country Inducted in 2008 Marie was an outstanding track and cross country athlete at UVU from 1998 to 200. She was the NJCAA National Champion in the 10,000 meter run in 2000 and earned All-America honors. She also won the Region Championship in the 10,000 meters. In cross country she finished fourth in the nation in both the 1998 and 1999 seasons, earning All-America honors both years. She led UVU to a 2nd-place team finish at nationals in 1998 and a 3rd-place finish in 1999. She also earned All-Region Cross Country honors both years, and was named UVU's cross country MVP her freshman and sophomore years. She was also named the school's Female Athlete of the Year for the 1999-2000 season. Marie was also an outstanding student. She earned an associate's degree at UVU, garnering NJCAA Academic All-America honors in 1999 and 2000. She also served as the UVU Student Athlete Council chairperson. Before coming to UVU, Marie lettered four years in cross country and track at Orem High School She was selected team MVP and Runner of the Year for the 1996-97 season. She was named All-Region three years in cross country and twice in track and was an All-State selection in cross country three times. After leaving UVU, Marie ran track and cross country for nearby Brigham Young University. She earned a bachelor's degree in recreation management and youth leadership at BYU and completed a special education licensure program as well. Marie took a job as the assistant track and cross country coach at Orem High school in 2001. In 2004 she became the head coach at Orem. She led her women's track team to two State Championship titles and two Region titles. In cross country her teams won two Region titles and finished second in the state twice. Along with her coaching duties, Marie also taught the severe unit of special education at Orem High and spent a year as the student council advisor. She was also a home/hospital teacher for Alpine School District for severely disabled twin girls. Glahn left the coaching ranks in 2008. She taught special education seminary for the LDS Church at Orem High School. In 2003 she married Peter Glahn. Peter is a Principle at Mountain View High in Orem. Marie was born in Provo, Utah., the daughter of Richard and Connie Hodson. |
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My 13-year-old gelding is very gentle and has always been great with other horses. I recently got a 7-year-old gelding, also very sweetbut my 13-year-old is chasing and biting him all the time. They have been together for five weeks, and it is just as bad now as it was in the beginning. My 7-year-old is afraid of the older horse, so I have separated them. Can you please give me some advice to stop the biting?
Anita, assuming the bites do not cause injury, the behavior you have observed is fairly common. Geldings often compete for resources such as food, water and attention. The fear your 7-year-old is displaying may just be a normal social response to the "top dog" in the herd.
Try increasing the available resources for both horses (several hay piles, two water sources, etc.) so that there are ample opportunities for the 7-year-old as well as the 13-year-old. If possible, place a visual barriera run-in shed or round bale would do the trickin the pasture so that the 7-year-old can get out of the visual range of the 13-year-old. They should be able to clarify their roles with a few consistent weeks of interaction.
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With the Winter Meetings picking up heat, rumors are coming in by the minute.
-Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports continues to be a primary source here, as the Tampa Bay Rays are apparently heavily in on Roy Halladay. Yes. Not the Yankees. Not the Red Sox. The Rays. The teams is willing to offer highly regarded prospect Wade Davis and OF B.J. Upton.
-Some may recall that the team was in on Halladay at the deadline last year, but could not pull off a deal.
-In addition, Ken stands by his report that Edwin Jackson is near being dealt, possibly to the Mariners or Diamondbacks. If this is the case, the Mariners will have added two substantial players to their lineup in the past week, as they inked Chone Figgins a few days back.
-MLB Trade Rumors says that the Yanks and Mets are talking about Kelvim Escobar, whom the former are fairly familiar with. Escobar played in the AL East as a member of the Toronto Blue Jays a several years ago.
-The Brewers are prepared to make an offer to Randy Wolf. The lefty has spent the past few seasons with the Dodgers, and is considered one of the better pitchers on the market this off-season. No details on the contract offer at this point.
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MILWAUKEE — There's a 15-year-old Florida girl who didn't really know much about Charlie Sheen before this week — but does now.
The actor wired $10,000 to Teagan Marti and her family on Thursday for a therapy dog to help in her rehabilitation from injuries sustained when she plummeted 100 feet from a Wisconsin amusement park ride in 2010.
"I think he's a very kind person for helping me and my family and very generous," Teagan Marti said by phone Thursday from her home in Parkland, Fla.
Teagan Marti suffered brain, spine, pelvis and internal injuries in July 2010 when nets and air bags that were supposed to catch riders on a free-fall ride were not raised. She had convinced her family to make the trip from Florida to Extreme World in Wisconsin Dells after seeing the amusement park's Terminal Velocity ride on the Travel Channel.
She was hospitalized in Wisconsin and Florida for three months. She initially had no use of her arms or legs but through physical therapy is able to walk again with a walker.
Teagan Marti's mother, Julie Marti, said they are financially in trouble from the medical bills and her recent divorce. Their house is being foreclosed upon and insurance isn't covering physical therapy anymore, she said. She had no idea how they would pay for the English Golden Retriever puppy.
"I'm in such disbelief," Julie Marti said. "I was crying. ... What a guy. What a guy."
The dog is being trained in Fond du Lac to turn on lights, pick up objects and be the teen's constant companion.
Lucia Wilgus, of Eau Claire, became friends with the Martis after hearing of the accident and has spearheaded fundraising and helped find the dog and arrange training.
She sent a letter this week to Sheen through Sheen's godfather, who is a Wilgus family friend and Benedictine brother in the Benet Lake, Wis. She estimated the training and related costs would be around $6,000. Continued...
Sheen said he decided to give more for extra costs. The request had a "personal vibe" since it came through his godfather, and "if there's a need for more I told them to call me," he said.
"I like to pay it forward," Sheen said Thursday in a phone interview from Los Angeles. "People come into your orbit for a reason. You don't always know what that is ahead of time, but if I ignore these requests then I don't have any opportunity to see where these things lead us, or lead me."
He said he doesn't like to publicize most of his donations, but wanted to talk about this one to inspire others to donate.
Teagan Marti gets the dog on her birthday in September but hasn't made up her mind on a name.
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Updated: January 4, 2011
Relay For Life is a community-based, volunteer-driven event where community members unite to celebrate cancer survivors, remember lost loved ones and fight back against a disease that affects so many.
Funds raised from Relay For Life support the American Cancer Society�s mission to create a world with more birthdays by helping people stay well, by helping them get well, by finding cures and fighting back.
To register your team for Relay For Life of Houston County, visit www.relayforlife.org/houstonal<http://www.relayforlife.org/houstonal> and join us at the Team Captain meeting January 13, 2011. The meeting will be held at Calvary Baptist Church, room 302 at 6:30 pm.
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The Altrusa Club of Dothan will be sponsoring the 29th annual Houston County pageants on Saturday, February 19, 2011 at the Dothan Civic Center.
Divisions are Future Little Miss (ages 4-6), Little Miss (1st grade), Young Junior Miss (ages 7-9), Junior Miss (ages 10-12), Teen Miss (ages 13-16), and Miss (ages 17-21). Future Little Miss, Little Miss and Young Junior Miss will be at 2:00p.m.
Junior Miss, Teen Miss and Miss will be at 6:00 p.m. Miss and Little Miss Houston County will participate in the National Peanut Festival pageants in October 2011. All queens will participate in community service projects throughout their reign.
For more information, visit www.houstoncountypageants.com, or call 714-2841 or 714-2917. Applications are available online and at local pageant and formalwear shops. Deadline is January 29, 2011.
DCCAH Photography Show
The Dale County Council of Arts and Humanities (DCCAH) is issuing a second call for entries for the upcoming 2011 Photography Show, "MOMENTS IN TIME", sponsored by Charter Communications. The competition is open to all photographers, 18 years of age or older, casual, amateur and professional. Entry fee is $30.00 for non-members and $25.00 for members of the DCCAH. The photography show will open at the Dowling Museum-Ann Rudd Art Center, Ozark, Alabama, February 5, 2011, and will close March 5, 2011. An opening reception will be held on February 5, 2011, 6-8 pm.
There are three categories: "Story Series" category- show a story in a series of 2-3 photographs, the series is considered one entry; General Category- which can consist of landscapes, still life, generic photos; and Digital Manipulation category-these photographs may be manipulated, merged, or altered without limitation. For the Story Series and General categories, photographs should not be altered beyond standard optimization, such as cropping, removal of red eye, removal of dust and scratches, corrections to color, brightness, contrast, etc. Three entries will be allowed per photographer.
All photographs must have been taken within the past three years, no exceptions. The "Story Series" category photographs can be framed and matted together or can be individually framed and will be considered as one entry. NO photographs should be smaller than 5" x 7" (image size), nor larger than 36 inches in any dimension. "Story Series" entries should depict or portray a happening, a progression of event(s), emotion, or other 'story line'. Entries in ALL categories will be judged on visual impact, composition, technique and creativity.
All photographs must be framed with wire hanger, ready to hang, no saw tooth hangers allowed, NO exceptions . Entries will be accepted on Saturday, January 29, 2011, 1-4 pm. Entry forms , with entry fee amount, labeling and other vital information , may be picked up at the Dowling Museum-Ann Rudd Art Center, located on the Square in downtown Ozark, or the entry form may be downloaded from the DCCAH website: www.ruddartcenter.org<http://www.ruddartcenter.org>. An entry form can be mailed to any person requesting one. Call Denise Reyes @ 334-618-3006 or Helen T. Andrews @ 334-774-2944 for more information.
This show is made possible through the generous support of our sponsor, CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS. Cash prizes will be awarded in each category.
The DCCAH will receive a 20% commission on any sales. The DCCAH is a non-profit organization.