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The Sixties are still very much alive and kicking in Los Angeles. If you know where to look, that is. Laurel Canyon is often written about as the place that gave the world Crosby, Stills and Nash – which is obviously why a lot of people hate it – the place that inspired Joni Mitchell's "Ladies of the Canyon", Danny Sugerman's Wonderland Avenue and the neighbourhood of benign bad behaviour. Everyone from Clara Bow and Christina Applegate to Frank Zappa and Marilyn Manson has lived there, and it retains a genuine local feel – an almost implausible ambition in LA. The area has also had its fair share of dark moments, not least the Wonderland murders in 1981, when four people were bludgeoned to death.
Despite being the subject of standard-issue gentrification, the Canyon has kept the funky, rainbow-coloured charm of the Love Generation, something that is most apparent when visiting the Canyon Country Store, the neighbourhood social hub. Wedged along the twisting Laurel Canyon Boulevard in the Santa Monica Mountains, this is the place mentioned in Jim Morrison's "Love Street" ("I see you live on Love Street/ There's this store where the creatures meet..."), the wooden-floored grocery shop/deli/liquor store/café that is still the place to go for Canyon dwellers with the munchies, or for those after an espresso having spent all night partying in the Valley. Here they'll find Dandy Don's ice-cream, Dave's Kombucha (fermented tea), bespoke sandwiches, hearts of palm salads, and the almost-but-not-quite-legendary decaf almond milk latte.
The Country Store is also the site of the annual Photo Day each October, where the residents of the Canyon all come together to have a group picture taken. The tradition dates back to the late Eighties, a celebration of the sort of community spirit you don't find anywhere else in LA.
Over the hill, the temporal nature of Hollywood is in full effect. Here, in the village of bougainvillea and watery melodies, time stands still. And if you want to wear your bell-bottoms and feathers, don't think twice, it's all right.
Dylan Jones is the editor of 'GQ'


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How much do 75G + tanks cost? I just gave my brother most of my fish, simply because they were to big for there tank. I really wanna get a much larger thank so i can get them all back. Does anyone know how much you would spend on a 75g, 90g and 100g tank. Ive seen the ones at the stores going for 1K+ and that's way out there. I'm really hoping you can find them for less help???? |
IMO, the equipment and stand are always a lot more expensive than the actual tank. I've seen some really sweet deals on CL over the past few weeks. Good luck. |
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Former New Orleans Cops Sentenced For Cover Up of Bridge Shooting During Hurricane Katrina
Former New Orleans Cops Sentenced For Cover Up of Bridge Shooting During Hurricane Katrina
Its a shame that this is getting resolved now. Its been nearly 7 years and the police officers involved in the shooting and cover up of the shooting are finally being brought to justice in this situation.
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Five former New Orleans police officers were sentenced Wednesday to prison terms ranging from six to 65 years for their roles in deadly shootings of unarmed residents on a bridge after Hurricane Katrina.
Kenneth Bowen, Robert Gisevius, Anthony Villavaso and Robert Faulcon were convicted of firearms charges in the shootings.Retired Sgt. Arthur "Archie" Kaufman, who was assigned to investigate the shootings, was convicted of helping orchestrate the cover-up.
Faulcon received the stiffest sentence of 65 years. Bowen and Gisevius each got 40 years while Villavaso was sentenced to 38 years. Kaufman received the lightest sentence at six years.
A federal jury convicted the officers in August 2011 of civil rights violations in the shootings on the Danziger Bridge and the cover-up.
Police shot six people, killing two, less than a week after the storm's landfall on Aug. 29, 2005. To make the shootings appear justified, officers conspired to plant a gun, fabricate witnesses and falsify reports.
The case became the centerpiece of the Justice Department's push to clean up the troubled New Orleans Police Department.
U.S. District Kurt Engelhardt heard hours of testimony earlier in the day from prosecutors, defense attorneys, relatives of shooting victims and the officers.
Its pretty horrible how the real ugliness came out of so many people during this horrific ordeal that still haunts so many people today. Hopefully, the families of the victims have some closure and resolve from the sentencing.


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For the third time since last monthâs election, a high-ranking Menifee official has stepped down from his post.
Don Allison, the city engineer and director of public works, unexpectedly quit Monday, Dec. 17, to âpursue other opportunities,â according to Rob Johnson, the interim city manager.
Allison is the third official to resign since last month. Bill Rawlings, the city manager, stepped down Nov. 20 and was replaced by Johnson, formerly a senior manager for Menifee. Joe Fletcher, the city attorney, resigned Dec. 10 and was replaced by Julie Biggs, a newcomer to the staff.
Allison will be replaced by men already working for the city: Jim Howell and Habib Motlagh. Howell, the assistant public works director, will be acting as the director of public works, and Motlaugh, a contractor with Tri-Lakes Consulting who worked for the cityâs engineering department, will carry the title of acting city engineer, according to Kathy Bennett, city clerk.
The resignation came as a shock, and the reasons for it are a mystery, said Councilman John Denver. âWe donât have a clue (why he quit). âWe have no information,â he said.
Allison did a good job running a badly understaffed department, which sometimes caught criticism by developers for sluggish performance, Denver said. âOur engineering department was overloaded,â he said. â(It) had a history of being slow.â
Howell started working for the city late last year as an assistant to Allison in an attempt to lighten his workload. The amount the city will be paying him and Motlagh will remain the same despite taking on the new role, Bennett said.
Unlike the city manager, Allison received no severance package because he was not a contract employee, according to Bennett. He started working for the city in late 2009.
Having Motlagh take the reins may benefit the city because he brings with him the staff of his company which can handle a bigger workload, Denver said. âWeâre going to be more effective just because weâll have enough staff,â he said.
The city is going to start open recruitment for the positions âat some point in the future,â according to the interim city manager.


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C. J. Hopkins is an award-winning playwright, political satirist and author of miscellaneous other works. His early plays and experimental stage-texts were produced during the 1990s in New York, where he was awarded a 1994 Drama League of New York Developing Artist fellowship and a 1995 Mabou Mines Resident Artist/Jerome Foundation fellowship. Since 2001, his plays have been commissioned, produced and have toured internationally, playing theatres and festivals including Riverside Studios (London), 59E59 Theaters (New York), Belvoir St. Theatre (Sydney), Traverse Theatre (Edinburgh), the Du Maurier World Stage Festival (Toronto), Needtheater (Los Angeles), 7 Stages (Atlanta), English Theater Berlin, the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Adelaide Fringe, Brighton Festival and the Noorderzon Festival (the Netherlands), among many others. His playwriting awards include the 2002 First of the Scotsman Fringe Firsts (Horse Country), the 2004 Best of the Adelaide Fringe award (Horse Country), and a 2005 Scotsman Fringe First (screwmachine/eyecandy). His plays are published by Bloomsbury Publishing/Methuen Drama (UK) and Broadway Play Publishing, Inc. (US). His political satire and commentary has appeared on NPR Berlin, in CounterPunch, ColdType, ZeroHedge, The Unz Review, The Greanville Post, among other publications, and has been translated into Italian, French, Portuguese and German. Click on the book covers below, or visit the Amazon corporation to purchase his published plays.
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A portal that caters to consumers within a particular industry (sometimes called a "vertical industry"). Vertical portals, also called "vortals," use Internet technology to offer the same kind of personalization tools that portals do. Another kind of vortal caters solely to other businesses rather than to an industry's consumers. The B2C portal gave the B2B industry a model to work from, and now, most business-to-business sites bill themselves as portals. We like to define business-to-business sites as vertical portals because they deliver content and services focused on their particular niche. The term "portal" is getting muddied because although many sites call themselves portals they are, in fact, simply Web sites that use cookie and/or personalization technology (see: personalize).
The two essential components of a vertical portal are that it uses this kind of technology and caters to a specific industry. The two essential components of a regular portal are that it uses this kind of technology and provides a variety of news, media, and services.
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While Greek Yogurt is a breakfast staple, it can be used in many other ways, too! I actually use it in place of sour cream in recipes like Stroganoff since I absolutely hate, hate, HATE sour cream. It works out very well!
I also love making sauces and marinades using Greek Yogurt. This works especially well when I make Indian or Middle Eastern dishes. Greek Yogurt is super versatile, and can definitely be enjoyed during every meal.
Recently, I received a copy of The Greek Yogurt Cookbook by Lauren Kelly, CN. This great book offers 125 different, inventive ways to incorporate this superfood into your diet. Here's more info about the book :
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We tried out several of the recipes in this book. My absolute favorite has to be the Creamy Macaroni and Cheese with Bacon. Yum! There are tons of great recipes for everything from breakfast foods and smoothies, to savory entrees and side dishes. Oh, can't forget about dessert, too!
We're very pleased with this cookbook. The recipes are fantastic, and are definitely restaurant quality without being unhealthy. The only thing I would change about this cookbook? I would definitely add some more pictures of the finished recipes. There are only a few color photos, and they're all located in the middle of the cookbook. I am a very visual person, and I like to know how my food is supposed to look. Regardless, I think this cookbook is an absolute must have!
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Takeaway: Extreme dovishness from our central planning overlords won't end well.
Hedgeye CEO Keith McCullough discusses the move into Quadrant 4 of Hedgeye's proprietary Growth/Inflation/Policy (GIP) model and what it means for the markets in this excerpt from today's Morning Macro Call for institutional subscribers. Quadrant 4 is where both growth and inflation slow.
Takeaway: Labor weakens a bit, on the margin.
Converging Toward Zero
After a very strong print last week, the labor data took a small step back this week with the rate of change slowing on both a 1-week and 4-week rolling basis. As we've stated often, it's important to remember that initial jobless claims reach a frictional level that they're unlikely to drop much below. This is not dissimilar from the unemployment hitting its frictional bottom at around 4%, i.e. "full employment". As such, as the level of initial claims approach that frictional bottom (~300k), one should expect the rate of change to converge toward zero. The question is, is there a conspicuous trend-line deviation in that rate of change?
With that being said, the data had recently been running at a fairly steady rate of ~10% improvement year-over-year. That is to say, claims are lower by 10% this year vs. last. This week saw claims better by around 6.5%, which is a deceleration vs the recent trend, but not out of line with the converging trend towards zero.
Bottom line: labor's still improving, but at a slowing rate.
The Data
Prior to revision, initial jobless claims rose 13k to 293k from 280k WoW, as the prior week's number was revised up by 1k to 281k.
The headline (unrevised) number shows claims were higher by 12k WoW. Meanwhile, the 4-week rolling average of seasonally-adjusted claims fell -1.25k WoW to 298.5k.
The 4-week rolling average of NSA claims, which we consider a more accurate representation of the underlying labor market trend, was -6.0% lower YoY, which is a sequential deterioration versus the previous week's YoY change of -7.3%
Yield Spreads
The 2-10 spread rose 8 basis points WoW to 205 bps. 3Q14TD, the 2-10 spread is averaging 199 bps, which is lower by -21 bps relative to 2Q14.
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Independent Financial Research Firm Raises Money for Bridgeport Caribe Youth Leaders (BCYL)
STAMFORD, Conn – September 25, 2014 – Hedgeye Risk Management, today announced that it has raised over $56,000 to support Bridgeport Caribe Youth Leaders (BCYL) a 501(c)(3) youth organization in Bridgeport, CT committed to engaging young people in athletic, educational and community programs. The money was raised via Hedgeye Cares 1st Annual Charity Golf Challenge, which was held September 16th at the Great River Golf Course in Milford, CT.
In its inaugural year, the Hedgeye tournament attracted 91 golfers. It included a full day of lunch, golf, dinner and a silent auction later in the evening. The Lincoln Motor Company was the event's Platinum Sponsor and offered participants test drives in their newest models. Other major Sponsors included Bloomberg, Salesforce, MBIA Foundation and Firefly Space Systems.
"I am deeply grateful to [Hedgeye CEO] Keith McCullough and the entire Hedgeye Cares team for their generous support to the Bridgeport Caribe Youth Leaders. Their contribution will help us to continue to provide Bridgeport youth; the environment, resources and inspiration that foster leadership skills and values. I admire Hedgeye's commitment to the community and BCYL and look forward to a long lasting relationship together," said BCYL President John Torres.
Some of the silent auction items donated included a Martha's Vineyard vacation, a signed jersey and hockey stick from New York Ranger forward Martin St. Louis and a round of golf at the exclusive Sebonack Golf Club in Southhampton.
"We've been enormously blessed and are just trying to give a little something back to our community here in Connecticut. John Torres and his team at Caribe are working tirelessly to give kids in Bridgeport the tools they need to become tomorrow's leaders and success stories," said Hedgeye CEO Keith McCullough.
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Takeaway: Farah joins Tory Burch. Genius move as it preps to go public – but what a big black eye to Ralph Lauren – the person and the brand.
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FINL - Earnings Call: 8:30:am
RL - Roger Farah Joins Tory Burch as Co-CEO
"Roger Farah didn't wait long to make his next move. After stepping down as vice chairman at Ralph Lauren Corp. in May, Farah planned to take the summer off and think about new opportunities in the fall. On Wednesday, he made good on that promise — the second full day of fall."
"Farah, 61, has been named co-chief executive officer of Tory Burch, the privately held sportswear and accessories company, a new post. He was also appointed to the company's board and took an equity stake in the business. He will report to Tory Burch, who is chairman and co-ceo."
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Takeaway: This is a major surprise. If you didn't know that Tory Burch planned to go public, well now you know. Putting Roger Farah in the co-CEO role alongside Tory is genius. Tory's brand is clearly at the size where the eccentric/visionary founder can no longer rely on design and merchandising to take the company to the next level. But there is nobody in retail that has a more defined track record in doing this than Roger Farah (even though he was a bust in prior jobs at Foot Locker and Federated). Having Roger on board is easily good for 5-10 multiple points when it goes public. The bankers must be salivating. In fact, the bankers probably made this happen. We'd expect a deal in 12-18 months' time. This is actually good for the space, we think. Coach is caput. Kors is losing its luster. And despite the fact that Kate's fundamentals are stellar, investors are scrutinizing every little word management utters. Having another public brand in Luxury might actually turn this into a real 'space' again. But one thing that is undeniable is that this is a colossal black eye for Ralph Lauren. Roger earned over $100mm in a decade and a half at Ralph Lauren, and then went 'part time' in November 2013. We never really heard of a 'part time' COO -- and that lasted all of six months until Roger officially retired. RL's explanation was that 'he wants to spend more time with his family.' Either he's tired of his family...or he saw this opportunity coming down the pike all along.
Former Apple retail chief Ron Johnson to launch gadget delivery service, report says
"According to a report on Tuesday, former Apple SVP of Retail Ron Johnson is looking to open an on-demand delivery service for electronic devices, a sector currently being explored by the likes of Amazon, Google and others."
Takeaway: The funny thing here is that the reporter is referring to RonJon as the former SVP of Apple Retail. In fairness, it's written from an Apple perspective. But how quickly people forget his wrath of value destruction at JC Penney.
KSS - Kohl's Pulls Men's Parka After Humane Society Probe
"In response to an investigation led by The Humane Society of the United States Kohl's has stopped selling a men's R&O parka with fur trim that was being marketed as faux fur."
"Kohl's said 'No such authorization was given here. Once aware that the product was made with real fur, Kohl's immediately removed the product from our website.'"
Takeaway: Nothing to make a big deal about unless you are a red paint thrower. Just another whoops for the quality control team. This is the 2nd time in 2 years that the company peddled mislabeled fur products on its site. The fine for this type of offense = $16,000, that is if someone wants to go to the trouble of bringing a civil suit to court. All in, this is pretty much a non-event.
HBC - Saks Fifth Avenue Heads Downtown
"Hudson's Bay expects to open a 85,000-square-foot Saks Fifth Avenue store at Brookfield Place in spring 2016 and a 55,000-square-foot Saks Fifth Avenue Off Fifth discount outlet in fall 2017 at One Liberty Plaza."
Caroline Brown Said Headed to Donna Karan
"Sources indicated Wednesday that Caroline Brown's new job will be as chief executive officer of Donna Karan International, succeeding Mark Weber. WWD reported Wednesday that Brown was stepping down as president at Carolina Herrera at the end of the year to take on a new job, which could not immediately be learned."
AMZN - DHL Beats Amazon, Google to First Planned Drone Delivery
"Deutsche Post AG, Europe's largest postal service, is about to begin deliveries of medication and other urgent goods to the island of Juist using unmanned helicopters after securing approval from state and federal transport ministries and air traffic control authorities to operate in a restricted flight area. The vehicles, called parcelcopters, will operate from tomorrow, weather permitting, and fly for four to six weeks in the pilot project, the Bonn-based company said yesterday."
HAS, DIS, MAT - Hasbro Swipes Disney's 'Frozen,' Princess Licenses
"In a major coup, the company known for Transformers and G.I. Joe announced yesterday that it secured the doll license starting in 2016 for two juggernauts of the girls toy aisle with Walt Disney Co.'s "Frozen" and Princess brands. Even better for Hasbro is that it's taking the rights to make Elsa and Cinderella figurines from larger rival, Mattel Inc."
AMZN - Amazon's Twitter E-Commerce Integration Now Adds To Your Wish List With An #AmazonWishList Tweet
"Amazon expanded its Twitter e-commerce integration today, giving users the ability to add to Amazon wish lists using the hashtag #AmazonWishList in a reply to a tweet."
"In May Amazon launched a variant of this feature that enabled customers to drop items they discovered on Twitter into their shopping carts — using #AmazonCart in replies."
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Lego, the ultimate petrochemical toy, is enjoying unprecedented success and this week recorded a two-thirds rise in pre-tax profits worldwide and a 35% jump in
Now the popular coloured plastic toy is being hailed as the cure for every country's housing shortage, in an article in the Times today.
"Lego's techies could dream up a sustainable brick and create homes more durable and pleasing to the eye than the flimsy, low-grade hutches that pass for houses on many new developments. The housing crisis would be addressed, the dole queue shortened and across the land families could spend their weekends helping friends to build their homes, like mass Amish barn-raisings …
Few could have imagined in 1932, when the Danish carpenter Ole Kirk Christiansen founded Lego (from the Danish leg godt, meaning "play well"), that in its eighth decade the company would be such a behemoth in the world toy market. Lego is sold in 130 countries and used by an estimated 400 million people. Some 17 billion Lego bricks, with their ingenious studs-and-tubes design, are made each year."


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With few technical observation of this blog, i have noticed some traffic landing up here by searching "How to pray Shirdi Sai Baba" I was at first reluctant to write anything on this topic which can be inferred upon as a very casual topic, but a thorough thought makes one realize its importance. I also had a same feeling.
Disclaimer : Whatever i would be writing is an inspiration of Sai Baba firstly. The ways prescribed here are not at all written or advised in any book of Sai Baba by any author nor it has been copied/translated through. All the points collected and noted are generally followed practices which i have seen my parents doing, observed from few Sai Baba devotees and most of all taken hints from Sacred Text - Shri Sai Satcharitra. It is reader's/devotee's discretion to follow them or not. It has not been written to confuse, mislead or misguide anyone nor i would like to claim any authority over this and ask anyone to follow only this method. Reader/devotee can add any of the points below to his/her present way of worship whether belonging to any caste or religion.
Shirdi Sai Baba's worship can be done from two standpoints - Physical worship and Spiritual Worship. We will be discussing both the methods at length here.
Let us first remember few lines from Sacred Text - Shri Sai Satcharitra Chapter 11, "There are two aspects of God or Brahman : (1) the Unmanifested (Nirgun) and (2) the Manifested (Sagun). The Nirgun is formless, while the Sagun is with form, though both denote the same Brahman. Some prefer to worship the former, some the latter. As stated in the Gita (chapter XII) the worship of the latter is easy and preferable. As man has got a form (body, senses, etc.), it is natural and easy for him to worship the God with form. Our love and devotion do not develop unless we worship Sagun Brahman for a certain period of time, and as we advance; it leads us to the worship (meditation) of Nirgun Brahman. So let us start with Sagun (Physical) worship".Beyond all this, let me share some of my views. No necessity has been felt to me till today to pray to Sai Baba in any formal means. Baba has never tied us in clutches of formal worship. In fact He wanted to away from all this. But to please His devotees, He allowed them to worship in any way they wished to. Thus there are no hard and fast rules in any worship of Sai Baba and we can worship, pray as we please.
1. Physical worship :
Physical worship contains vast range of procedures which vary from person to person and is not limited to anyone's discretion, intellect or thinking.
(a) Lighting Lamps :
Lighting lamp can be considered as living image of God. It makes one feel presence of God or Guru. The flame of lamp is its proof. Lightning lamp in morning and evening is sufficient. If at all it is not possible to light lamp in evening you can opt for morning only. Alongwith lighting lamps, one can prefer to light incense sticks or dhoop sticks too. Dhoop stick can be avoided if one wishes.
According to Sacred Text - Shri Sai Satcharitra Chapter 4 "It is believed, that he who burns incense there, on Thursday and Friday evenings will, by God's grace, be happy".So if Dhoop sticks are lighted on Thursday and Friday evenings it may please Sai Baba.
(b) Doing Abhishek (Holy Bath) and Applying Sandalwood Paste :
In Sacred Text - Shri Sai Satcharitra Chapter 28 we have read about Megha's worship to Baba on Makar Sankranti day by giving bath of Ganges water.This can be followed even today. Sai Baba can be worshiped in the form of His Idol. We can devotedly do Abhishek to Baba's Idol and with plain water and then with rose water (gulab-jal) which is readily available.
Again referring to Sacred Text - Shri Sai Satcharitra Chapter 11, we know Mhalsapati used to apply sandalwood paste on Sai Baba's neck. Dr. Pandit applied the paste of Baba's forehead which was an exceptional case.We can apply sandalwood paste to Baba's idol and that can be considered as our worship.
(c) Chanting Arti :
The original arti composed by Sai devotee Madhav Adkar can be recited. Along with it Ghalin Lontangan hymn can also be recited. Devotees who do not know marathi arti can learn if they wish by listening the audio. If this is not possible any Sai Baba arti can be chanted provided it is done with pure hearted devotion.
(d) Offering flowers and perfumes :
Flowers and fragrance were dear to Baba. Baba with His own toil and efforts made a beautiful garden in Lendibaug. This garden now adorns present Samadhi Mandir premises. Roses are found in plenty in Shirdi. In a way we can think that Baba likes roses. So roses can be offered to Baba as a part of pooja. Jasmine and Bakkal flowers are also dear to Baba.
Chapter 42 of Sacred Text - Sai Satcharitra states, "When Baba attained Mahasamadhi, He appeared in dream of Dasganu and said, "The Masjid collapsed, all the oilmen and grocers of Shirdi teased me a lot, so I leave the place. I therefore came to inform you here, please go there quickly and cover me with 'Bakkal' flowers."In Samadhi Mandir, perfumes are used for Abhishek of Baba's Idol. So perfumes can be used by us too and its fragrance can be of rose, jasmine or bakkal flowers. Also incense sticks and dhoop sticks can be used of the same fragrance.
(e) Offering Naivedhya/Food you eat :
Again i am reminded of an incident from Sacred Text - Shri Sai Satcharitra Chapter 24. Baba made Hemadpant a medium of wit and humour but imparted a very meaningful message to us. He advised us that, before the senses, mind and intellect enjoy their objects, first He should be remembered, and if this be done, it is in a way by making an offering to Him.Bearing this advice in mind we should offer food to Baba before eating let it be anything. It is not necessary that you serve Him with only two time meals as naivedhya, but anything can be offered provided it is offered with love and devotion, then it is sure to be accepted. One refer to Sai Satcharitra if he wishes to find out favourite food of Sai Baba.
(f) Listening Sai Baba Bhajans :
Numerous bhajans are written in praise of Sai Baba and many singers have sung them. So listening bhajans can be a part of your worship which does not have any limits. Baba bore love for singing and dancing. In
Sacred Text - Shri Sai Satcharitra Chapter 5, it is stated that before Sai Baba came to live in this Masjid, He lived for a long time in a place Takia, where with Ghunghru (small bells) on His legs, Sai Baba danced beautifully sang with tender love.Listening bhajans also can away you and help to get more close to Baba. A very huge collection of bhajans can be found on bhajans blog for free downloading.
(g) Feeding Poor and Helpless :
Last but the most important point which can be considered as a part of our worship is to feed poor and helpless. Sai Baba Himself set this example on us by preparing food for villagers of Shirdi with His own hands in earthen pots. We must also try to feed poor and helpless taking it be foremost teaching of Baba and making it our duty to follow it.
(2) Spiritual Worship :
The first step in spiritual worship constitutes a very simple practice of remembering Baba every moment. It is not at all sufficient to remember Baba only at the time of physical worship. Real worship necessarily lies in the fast of remembering Baba 24x7.
General tendency is that we remember and pray to Baba wholeheartedly when we are surrounded by adversity and in happy days our prostration becomes mere formality. So necessarily, it follows that spiritual endeavor can be attained by constantly taking name of Baba, even in waking and sleeping states.
Sacred Text - Shri Sai Satcharitra Chapter 5 lines can be remembered here, "I am the Inner Ruler of all and seated in their hearts. I envelope all the creatures, the movable and immovable world". Also in Sacred Text - Shri Sai Satcharitra Chapter 10 it is quoted, "He told them to leave off all cleverness and always remember 'Sai' 'Sai'. If you did that all your shackles would be removed and you would be free".Now let us move on very interesting way of worship as suggested by Hemadpant, "Let us, he says, use hot water in the form of tears of joy to wash the Sad-guru's feet, let us besmear His body with sandal-paste of pure love, let us cover His body with the cloth of true faith, let us offer eight lotuses in the form of our eight Sattwik emotions and fruit in the form of our concentrated mind; let us apply to His head bukka (black-powder) in the form of devotion and tie the waistband of Bhakti and place our head on his toes." This method can be followed in order to get closer to formless form of Sai Baba.
More than this we can always talk to Baba, share everything with Him and express our feelings. This is very easy to take into practice. If this is constantly practiced a feeling of love bonding will arise in us and it would be easy for us to remember Him 24x7.
Another method which can be followed for spiritual worship of Baba is meditation. Various meditation techniques are found on internet and that can be practiced as per convenience.
Again let us peep in few other teachings of Sacred Text - Sai Satcharitra Chapter 48 given by Baba to Mr. Sapatnekar, "One Namaskar offered with love and humility is enough. Now another instance can be referred from Sacred Text - Sai Satcharitra Chapter 45, Kakasaheb Dixit has doubt about his devotion towards Sai Baba when there was a comparison of discourse of the nine Nathas on Bhakti or devotion. Baba removed his doubt by appearing in vision to Anandrao Pakhade explaining the characteristic of devotion and showing that, the devotion, in the form of bowing down to or worshiping of Guru's feet is sufficient.Thus only one Namashkar and bowing down is a very simple means of worshiping Sai Baba spiritually.
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Some 850 million people go to bed hungry. If the right decisions are made now, we can feed the world and address inequality.
Save the Children is to be applauded for reminding us all of one of the most extraordinary and humiliating aspects of living in the modern world: child hunger. Drawing a parallel with the fight to abolish slavery, the Ghanaian philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah recently asked what future generations will condemn us for. One sure candidate is the needless human carnage wrought by hunger. Some 850 million people (one in eight of the world's population) go to bed hungry every night. Many of them are children, for whom early hunger leaves a lifelong legacy of cognitive and physical impairment. The human and economic waste is horrifying.
Such hunger is not due to a shortage of food – globally there is enough to go round and if (a big if) we make the right decisions now, we can continue to feed the world despite population growth and climate change. By some estimates, stopping the waste of food after harvest due to poor storage or transport infrastructure, and then in our own kitchens, could free up half of all food grown. The number of overweight and obese people in the world, suffering their own health problems, including a sharp rise in heart disease and diabetes, is roughly equal to the number of hungry people. That highlights one of the underlying causes of hunger – extreme levels of inequality, both within and between countries.
Ending hunger is entirely feasible (indeed, once achieved, the only question will be why it took us so long). It requires action at several different levels. At a national level, progressive governments in Brazil and Ghana have shown how to cut hunger sharply, through cash transfers to poor people, raising the minimum wage and investing in smallholder farmers (especially women), who both produce food, and are some of the poorest and hungriest people in the Alice in Wonderland world of a brutally unfair farming system.
That focus on national decisions and national politics highlights how fast the world is changing. In many cases, aid is no longer the main story – countries like India, growing at 8% a year and with a mushrooming middle class, need to take responsibility for their hungry masses, introducing proper taxation and effective social services to end hunger and malnutrition. Oxfam is working with people's organisations within the country to bring that about. Elsewhere, though, international food aid remains essential, but should be improved, for example by ending the waste and delay of transporting food thousands of miles from donor countries and giving cash instead.
Beyond supporting aid for food and agricultural investment, what else can we in the well-fed countries do? Start by putting our own house in order. The rich countries are part of both the solution and the problem. Europe and America's push to reduce their dependence on imported oil and gas has led them to introduce targets and subsidies for biofuels, but these compete directly with food production, forcing up prices for poor people. Rich country greenhouse gas emissions are driving climate change at a pace that outstrips even the most pessimistic projections of the climate modellers, and there are few signs of governments agreeing (still less achieving) the kinds of reductions needed to avoid catastrophic temperature rises that will particularly harm tropical agriculture. We urgently need an international effort to find a way to feed the planet's growing population without destroying its ecosystems, yet current investments are feeble.
Hunger is both a cause and a symptom of poverty. Damaged bodies and brains are a moral scandal and a tragic waste of economic potential. That hunger exists at all shows the urgency of redistributing income and assets to achieve a fairer world. Providing the additional calories needed by the 13% of the world's population facing hunger would require just 1% of the current global food supply. That that redistribution has not already taken place is truly something to be ashamed of.
Duncan Green is the author of From Poverty to Power and has been Oxfam GB's head of research since November 2004
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Thursday, January 5, 2012
Happy Birthday Joey and Benny
Happy birthday to my baby brother, Joe! I hope you have a food birthday. We got to celebrate with Joe when we visited for the holidays. We made him this cake! We made a cute squirrel in top with a cookie cutter and minty green colored sugar. I would also like to wish Raoul's dad a happy birthday, too. His birthday was yesterday. Happy birthday, Benny!
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Clockwork Phoenix, volume 3, edited by Mike Allen
Posted by: Redhead on: August 13, 2012
Clockwork Phoenix (anthology) Volume 3, edited by Mike Allen
published in 2010
where I got it: gift from a friend (and she got it autographed for me!!)
This is Mike Allen's third volume of beautiful and strange short fiction. In previous volumes, he showcased new works by authors such as Mary Robinette Kowal, Saladin Ahmed, Catherynne M. Valente, and Tanith Lee. And volume three continues in this vein, offering an intriguing collection of short fiction by well known authors such as John C. Wright, Cat Rambo, Gemma Files and Marie Brennan, along with works by lesser known folks that I am thrilled to have gotten to know a little better. The theme to these anthologies is "tales of beauty and strangeness", and Allen has certainly chosen works that match that description. Thanks to a successful Kickstarter campaign, we can look forward to a fourth volume of beauty and strangeness, the surreal and the fantastic.
Anthologies tend to run hot and cold for me. It's like buying an album (did I just date myself?). You buy the album for one song, and hope the rest of it doesn't suck. I'm the same way with anthologies. Out of the fifteen short stories, maybe 3 of them were just okay for me. And the rest? The rest were pure winners.
In no particular order, here are my thoughts on a handful of my favorite short stories in the collection:
Murder in Metachronopolis, by John C. Wright – one of the longer works, and purposely presented in an unusual way. Jake Frontino has been brought to the city outside of time, Metachronopolis, the city of the Masters of Time, to work for them as a Private Investigator. They've sent him through time on missions to stop terrible things before they happen – to kill the mothers of dictators, to foil marriages and stop meetings from taking place. The Masters of Time supposedly have no enemies, but Jake has met those enemies, been party to their plans for a coup. The story is written in numbered portions, so the reader immediately knows we are not getting the story in chronological order, we are not getting "the truth" in the right order. And you know what I did the moment I finished this story? I read it again, flipping the pages back and forth so that with the help of the section numbers I could read it in chronological order, in the order that things happened to Jake. And it was a completely different story. I love it when that happens, when I can experience the same story in a completely new light.
The Gospel of Nachash by Marie Brennan – This is a retelling of the story of the Garden of Eden. I'm a sucker for any kind of old testament mythology, so this tale was right up my alley. Among its other twists, is the story of the Expulsion is told from the serpent's point of view. The serpent, Nachash, was also a creation of God, was also in the garden for a specific reason. Nachash and God's Daughter watch Adam and Chava's lives after the garden, and they witness the birth of Chava's two sons. How will this tiny mortal family populate the earth, with no other women? God's Daughter has a plan, and Nachash is at the center of it. But that's not the twist, oh no, Brennan's got an ever better trick up her sleeve.
Dragons of America, by S.J. Hirons – Taking place in an unknown foriegn country where dragons nest and breed, the residents are understandably frustrated by the American military coming in and claiming the dragon nesting areas. For love of a woman, young Anselm is determined to steal a dragon egg. Anselm's father was obsessed with the dragons, filling notebooks upon notebooks with maps and drawings and notes about the dragons, their names, their courting rituals, everything Anselm needs to safely get close to their nesting caves. However, there are things in those notebooks that can't possibly be true, such as names and places and histories that make absolutely no sense. This powerful story defied my expectations and was a shining example of the works I had yet to read.
Tomorrow is Saint Valentine's Day by Tori Truslow – The kind of story I'd expect to see in a collection of epically strange stuff edited by Jeff Vandermeer, and I mean that as the highest possible compliment. This almost Jules Verne-esque peice is a wondrous and strange tale about a trip to the Moon on an Ice Train. The premise is so off the wall that you can't help but smile and think of the black and white films of old, when going to outer space seemed as simple as finding a fast enough train. in this version, the moon is where the mer-people live when they are not in their oceanic form. The story is written as a portion of a biography of one of the naturalists who survived a train crash on the moon, one Elijah Wynn. He spends time with a Merfolk family and over the course of many years falls in love with a mer-woman. the "author" of the Wynn biography is trying to understand, through surviving letters and poetry and other correspondences, what exactly happened to Wynn. Was he able to live happily ever after with his Mer-woman? Did the environment of the Moon finally get to his brain, causing mass hallucinations?
Braiding the Ghosts, by C.S.E. Cooney – When young Nin's mother dies, she is sent to live with her grandmother Reshka, who is a witch, of sorts. Reshka has bound dozens of ghosts to her person, and forces the silent ghosts to keep up with the housework in her crumbling home. Sometimes the ghosts are stupid, sometimes they are forgetful, and sometimes they are spiteful. When the ghosts make mistakes, Reshka knows exactly how to punish them into submission. These things and more, will she teach her granddaughter. Nin shows interest and talent in the art of binding ghosts, but it will take much more practice before she can handle the pain and the commitment of it. An equal mix of tragedy, romanticism and hope, I did not want this story to end, and when I did reach the final paragraph I found myself craving the next chapter in Nin's life.
The Clockwork Phoenix website offers free samples of The Gospel of Nachash, Braiding the Ghosts, and three other short stories in the collection, along with information about earlier volumes and the upcoming Kickstarter funded Volume 4. If you enjoy exploring short fiction of authors known and new, this is a series you should keep your eye out for. Mike Allen has an eye for gems, and it's nice to know some anthologies aren't like buying an album.
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1 | Grace
August 13, 2012 at 9:23 am
I've only recently started getting into anthologies, but this one looks like a winner.
August 13, 2012 at 9:29 pm
I used to have the toughest time finding good anthologies, but I've been getting really lucky lately. There's a whole series of these, so you can look for certain authors you like, which is really cool.
August 14, 2012 at 10:58 am
I've been having really good luck with it as well. I'm reading one now about singularity, and I'm a fan. Then again, I don't know that I could dislike an anthology about the Robot Apocalypse. 😛
2 | Carl V.
August 13, 2012 at 10:11 am
I love it when an anthology surprises and has that many winners! And very cool that you got an autographed copy, I'm thrilled for you!
August 13, 2012 at 9:36 pm
Now that I've figured out how to actually read an anthology (hey,you don't have to read it starting at page one! you can read the stories in any order you want! who'da thunk it?), I'm enjoying them a ton more.
my new thing is having authors (and now editors!) signing anthologies. hope no authors are offended by that?
3 | Donna Royston
August 13, 2012 at 11:54 am
I've read the first two books, and this is a high-quality series of anthologies. I need to get this latest one because there are a couple stories I particularly want to read. Thanks for this review, which serves as a reminder to me!
August 13, 2012 at 9:35 pm
which were your favorite stories from the earlier volumes? I see there are some Valente's, and i just adore her!!
Donna Royston
August 15, 2012 at 11:17 am
My mistake, I was thinking of Mike Allen's previous anthologies, the Mythic series. One of my favorites from those volumes was by Ekaterina Sedia, "Simargl and the Rowan Tree." That was a delightful read, I thought.
I've read "In the Night Garden" and "The Grass-Cutting Sword," but I haven't read the last few books by Valente. I'm currently in the process of reading "Silently and Very Fast," though. What I have read by her has impressed me, but I haven't found anything that I really love. Her skill with words is astonishing, isn't it?
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September 7, 2014 at 9:24 pm
I just happened to jump back here for chance reasons (clicking on one of your tags), but just wanted to say that you picked the two stories that I liked best in the anthology: Braiding the Ghosts and Murder in Metachronopolis. High fives!
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Iraqveteran8888 demonstrates homemade wax slugs in the below video. To make these slugs you just buy some #8 target shot shells, remove the shot, mix the shot with wax and then pour back into the shotshell. They seem to hit accurate and hard.
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Wow, that is badass. Any special cleanup procedures after running wax through your shotgun? I'd be curious to see what these do to ballistic gelatin.
On the second video, you'll see that the barrel was clean…not dirty at all.
Wax slugs? Those are breaching shells.
I've heard of those, and the "cut shell" technique. Just have to maybe disagree a little about effectiveness. Unless I just wasn't paying enough attention, he wasn't 100% clear on whether he considers these adequate for hunting, self-defense, or both.
I'll say up front, this guy obviously knows EXACTLY what he's doing, how these things work, and precisely what they do on target. Impact, maybe 2-3″ penetration, then the "slug" breaks up, creating a fist-sized wound about 6-8″ deep. Definitely lethal.
But I'm one of those weirdos who just has to insist on 12″ to 18″ penetration, ideally 13″ to 15″, for defensive ammo. A good slug or buckshot will make a hole ALMOST as wide, but twice as deep. A GREAT slug or buckshot load will make a WIDER hole than the wax slug, and still penetrate twice as deep.
Yes, a wax slug will leave a guy trying to hold his guts in. WHICH guts he's trying to hold in, determine how long he has to do so. Thus, deeper penetrating ammo is better. Humans are much less uniform than jello, buckets of water, watermelons, etc. Defensive ammo should be adequate for something like a "realistic worst-case" scenario. Let's say a very large, strong, but also fat guy, who's high on drugs. If he's muscular and fat enough, a wax slug would inflict an extremely severe flesh wound, but might take several minutes to actually have much effect, depending on the drugs.
Wax slugs and cut shells, I'd really hesitate to use on anything larger than a coyote, unless I could get close enough to put the shot exactly where I want. Of course, that's a luxury you do have with hunting, but not in self defense.
For defense, I'd go with the "drywall screw through a fishing sinker attaching it to a wad" slug, that he demonstrates in another video. Dirt cheap, perfectly adequate for short range. Just a little less accurate and lower velocity than a commercial slug, and you can only single-feed them. If I for some reason had no access to standard antipersonnel ammo, those would absolutely be my first choice for home defense or whatever.
Anyway though, like I said, I missed if he was saying the wax slugs are good for hunting, or defense, or both. That's what determines if I'm disagreeing, or just rambling.
Now what about one of these wax slugs with buckshot?
I wouldn't take these over factory slugs, but they would be quite useful in a survival situation if you had only birdshot and needed a more effective way to hunt large game and/or for self defense.
Looks like a budget way of making close range turkey hunting ammo. Its also bio degradable.
My father told me that British gamekeepers and country boys were recommended to make some birdshot held with wax rounds in case of a German invasion.
It does seem like a simple emergency method to reach out there.
I believe he has another video where he briefly discusses the cleanup issues.
This is a cool project but what, if any, benefit do wax slugs have over a solid lead slug?
I believe that on impact, the slug would penetrate flesh, then disintegrate, casting off and scattering shot inside the target, increasing cavitation. (Needless to say that this would also be a nightmare for any medical personnel attempting to remove the shot…)
Someone should show Y-Man how to do this. Have you heard from Y-Man lately Steve?
That's what I was just thinking. Last blog post I remember was slug testing.
Well the story goes that in ye olde days in Sicily, arguments were sometimes ended with a Lurpa, which was a double barrel shot gun with a cut down barrels and stock for purposes of concealment. For loads they would uncrimp a bird shot round and dribble candle wax into it then recrimp. It was for close range use and a gut shot would often be a through and through. The exit wound being rather large. Slugs weren't that readily available and weren't that necessary for the application.
As stated this is a lost art video, it is about making do and improvements on thing people don't do anymore. If you need slug round and don't have the casting equipment, the reloading equipment, the money,or the access for a commercial round, with the repackaged wax slugs shown in this video I don't think you have to worry about under penetration on large game. It would be interesting to see a ballistic channel through gun gelatin, but only that, interesting.-
Lupara, not a Lurpa. Italian is much too beautiful a language to produce a word like "lurpa". Sounds like a disease.
I imagine the wax lets you shoot these through a fully choked barrel fairly easily without tearing the slug (or the barrel) apart.
It looked to me that there was a coating of wax in the barrel. My 12 gauge barrels only look that nice with a fresh coating of gun oil in them. But I seriously doubt that a lil bit of wax on the inside of your smoothbore is going to be any problem at all. If anything it adds a lil corrosion resistance. But it most likely will come right off if you use a boresnake or really clean the barrel well.
And I love this idea!!! It essentially is just a way to turn cheap target loads into slugs. Granted these wax slugs are crap compared to any real slugs. But on the other hand I'm thinking about doing this then using these just for practice loads or poping milk jugs on the range with friends. Essentially plinking with slugs! 😀
Bees wax works better…. as it flys it flattens a bit
I would love to see slow-mo shots in flight and on impact of these things.
Joseph Menz
Check out TEOFLEDERMAUS's youtube channel. He has a whole play list of wax slug slow-mo stuff. He has another playlist of some pretty crazy stuff like silly putty and wood darts.
Might be a 'safer' load for home defense, I'd think the birdshot 'slug' would be less likely to penetrate walls in case of a miss, and definitely would not over penetrate after a 'hit'!
Uhm, BTW, why not just reload an empty shell with this and use a standard crimp? Should feed like normal then.
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Just don't run them through a barrel with any choke.
Y-man here! I'm alive and kicking… I saw this and it is impressive! Like Barry L said: exception 3 hits 6″ group at 100 yards: more realistic for same size group: 6″ at 40 to 50 yards. My groups have always been at a max 40 yards, but I once hit 10″ targets repeatedly at 70 yards.
I also tried something similar with hot-glue dribbled into paper tubes filled with shot, then inserted into shotshell and re-crimped. Never fired any though. Maybe I should.
I have been working on round ball slugs recently, and I think I'm getting there: just no chance to do any real testing: elections just ended here in Nigeria, there's still so much security tension here, and recently, a gang of brigands in the north have claimed to be "Islamic terrorists", mostly dismissed, but have carried out some suicide bombings (Google: UN building Abuja, Boko Haram bombing.)So no ammo available, too much tension to go shooting (Ranges closed) but I will have a video and guest post out soon.
Glad to hear from you! Be good to see your next post. Stay safe… and good luck with the ammo work!
Steve Brooks
My family has had a tradition of scoring 12 gauge birdshot shells about 3/4″ from the end so they fire as a slug. These wax slugs remind me a lot of that.
Very similar in concept to a cut shell. Except that you're not raising the pressure by forcing the hull down the barrel too. They both will behave like breaching load on impact.
I am extremely doubtful the wax leaves behind any residue inside the barrel. Odds are any wax that is scraped off the projectile is instantly vaporized by the burning propellant gases and exhausted out the muzzle.
If wax buildup truly was an issue the first place to look would be on the exterior of the muzzle. Vaporized wax might condense into a solid deposit on the muzzle surface. If you see any wax there, then you might begin to worry about wax on the bore surface.
Agreed. My Old Man also told me about this modification to standard shotgun cartridges when Britain was alone in 1940-1. The purpose was to produce a short-range slug out of everyday birdshot cartridges. -
Just gotta love these Videos! =D
Interesting video.
I wonder if you could use a cigar cutter for removing the ring and possibly a funnel for filling the shells.
are you raising pressure by the weight of wax?
No you are not by adding wax you usually wind up replacing shot making the slug weigh less than an ounce usually actually reducing pressure.
Jack Kardic
I made about 30 of these and I've been very impressed. My main shotgun is a Mossberg 835 with 28″ barrel and I was getting 6-8″ groups at 60m with a modified choke. As far as penetration, I haven't done a gel or clay test, but did simulate a fairly sturdy wall. I had 5/8″ plywood and six inches behind that I placed 1″ particle board, and six inches past that was 5/8″ drywall. Quarter sized hole in the plywood with a lot of spalling, more than I've seen with most rifles. The particle board had a fairly even 6″ hole through it, and the drywall was thoroughly embedded with fragments of both other walls and birdshot. There was no noticeable wax buildup after 32 shells. The base shell was the cheap Federal multi-purpose loads from Wal-Mart.
I made some of these this past weekend using 7 1/2shot 2 2/4″ heavy target loads and 1 1/4oz shot 3″ waterfowl loads. Trying a variety of mixes with the shot I found a mix of the large and small shot in the 2 3/4″ shell to work the best far as penetration and damage. We where shooting them at an old computer with a wooden 2X4 wall with a 1/8″steel plate on it behind it. the shots ripped through the computer and did massive damage to the steel plate and wall behind it.
watch more wax slug videos on youtube, they dont foul out your gun, no wax residue, the reason for them is to take a 5.00 box of light bird shot and make a devastating slug out of them for cheap, you can get crayons free at any restaurant when you have children, that is all you need, buy on youtube uses a lamp to melt the crayons, it is a very inexpensive way to make a devastating round.
Has anyone figured out a way of making these so that they can be cycled rather than just a single shot round? there has to be another method or something. i love this idea but i want to be able to fill the whole magazine. i cycle some that i made through my pardner 20 gauge and i didnt have a problem. a little bit of loose wax. how much of a risk am i running doing that?
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Spring of 2011 has vanished. No magic in my books could have done it so effectively. I have been immersed in The Daemon Prism, the third and last novel of the Collegia Magica, emerging every once in a while to attend a conference or convention. When at the computer, I've been working on the book. Two weeks ago now, I sent a first, very rough version to my editor. Whee! The freedom of having the story on the page is huge. Now I can start revising and make it a real story. But for a few days I've had to play catch-up: family, house,yard, plus one of teh most fun conventions I've ever done - MisCon, a regional sf/fantasy convention in beautiful Missoula, Montana. This is no podunk con - I blazed a trail for one George R.R. Something-other who will be the Writer Guest of Honor next year. (More about MisCon in another post.)
Now I've had a little vacation, it's time to get back to revising The Daemon Prism, as well as catching up on the blog, updating the website, and other tasks that feel by the wayside. Here is a teaser for what I've been working on. (Warning: possible spoiler if you've not read The Soul Mirror.)
Thou'rt Fallen, Dante. Born in frost-cold blood; suckled on pain. Thy repentance was ever a lie…
Dante the necromancer is the most reviled man in Sabria, indicted by the King, the Temple, and the Camarilla Magica for crimes against the living and the dead. Yet no judgment could be worse than his enemies' cruel vengeance that left him crippled in body and mind. Dante seeks to salve pain and bitterness with a magical puzzle - a desperate soldier's dream of an imprisoned enchantress and a faceted glass that can fill one's uttermost desires.
But the dream is a seductive trap that can drive a man to murder. Its tendrils have ensnared Dante's own past and his one-time partners, threatening to unleash the very cataclysm he fears. Aided by the unlikeliest of allies, the mage embarks on a journey into madness, slavery, ancient magic, and sacred legends, only to discover the appalling truth of his own role in divine mystery…
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- Antiquarian said...
No! Not enough! *shakes with withdrawal* Need a bigger fix.
Thanks for the teaser. - June 5, 2011 at 9:01 AM
- Rabia said...
It sounds FANTASTIC.
I can hardly wait to read it. :D - June 5, 2011 at 1:08 PM
- Lady Kailen said...
I want more! It sounds SO good, but no matter how many times I double-check my calendar, it insists there's still 7 months to go until release. Really not fair ... I'm going to have to give the first two another reread (like Antiquarian, I need my fix!)
- June 6, 2011 at 6:49 AM
- Stacy said...
Oh so happy to have something to look forward to. Thanks Carol for creating such a lovely diversion from reality.
- June 6, 2011 at 3:46 PM
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Hi Carol! I'm glad you enjoyed your time at MISCON - I certainly enjoyed attending your panels and reading. I hope you'll come back and visit us in Missoula again sometime! I'm nearly finished reading Breath and Bone and just loving it. Valen is such a fun character!
I skipped the spoiler in this post because I haven't read any of the Collegia Magica books yet, but they're next on my list. I just had to start with Valen after listening to you talk about how you created him on the character creation panel. :)
Happy Writing! - June 15, 2011 at 10:17 AM
- carolwriter said...
I loved MisCon and will definitely be back. If not next year, then definitely in 2013. Glad you're enjoying Valen.
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I love the cover art on your books, it's gorgeous! The teaser is great too, I'll have to be on the lookout for your stuff.
Your profile blurb amused me, I'm sort of in the same boat, except the major was Biology. Then the fantasy genre kidnapped me. At least it's a kind captor, huh? - September 13, 2011 at 8:55 PM
- carolwriter said...
Don't know that I would call writing of any kind a "kind captor"!! It has pretty much eaten up all the other things I used to do - gardening, needlework, music, etc. etc. Even the day job. But yes, I do love it. I think fantasy is the most delightful of all genres to write - though it does get tough along the way.
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Please don't laugh... I run glxinfo as root (instead of running it as a user) so that's why i get the message 'unable to open display'.... :/ Sorry... Everything is ok ! Thanks ###################### Hi all, I installed the xorg radeonhd driver on my Debian Sid for an ATI X1950 PRO. And when I do glxinfo , I get this : No protocol specified Error: unable to open display :0.0 So I think dri is not enabled. But, as you will see, in my Xorg.0.log, there is Direct rendering enabled... So I don't know. Maybe I did something wrong. I got no (EE) in my Xorg.0.log I made a list of all the infos that I think it can be usefull for you to help me. But tell me if you need other infos (maybe strace glxinfo). Code:
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Eastern-bloc Europe, 1956.Ferenc Kolyeszar, homicide detective, is finding his life increasingly frustrating.His career as a published author appears to be at a standstill, his job is acquiring a political dimension that is making him uncomfortable, and his wife is cheating on him with a colleague.
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Rights and Responsibilities, perhaps?
When my quad started out, we had rules. I'm sure every new Polyamorous relationship does. Or maybe not.
But after awhile aren't the rules annoyingly restrictive? Making individual relationships seem less than authentic? Like you two can't really be yourselves without upsetting their significant other?
I like Mono's idea of thinking of some rules as criteria instead-- it's neat, Mon, hadn't occurred to me... What I use when I'm thinking about poly stuff is actually a pair of concepts: rights and responsibilities. For example, I have the right to be reasonably confident that I will not get an STD from my playmates or partners, which means that they have the responsibility to practice safer sex-- and because they have the same right, I also have that responsibility. (Rights and responsibilities tend to be opposite sides of the same coin, in my experience.)
It is true that many new to poly want firm, potentially restrictive rules as they dip their toes in. It's also true that members of long-standing relationships (mono or poly) often have very firm rights and responsibilities.
In my constellation of relationships, if a rule is bothering me, I try to think about what right is being protected (and whose it is), and how that fits in with the responsibilities that seem problematic to me. That framework tends to put me in a more mature place for talking about the situation.
@Marco: If you feel like you can't be yourself, it's definitely re-evaluation time. I'd say you have the right to be yourself, and everyone involved with you (yourself included) has the responsibility to make that feasible. If I were in your shoes, I'd talk with everyone in the quad about how they're feeling when pet names are said-- Maybe it's just one specific one that's setting of hackles, or that everyone goes by the same name. I know I'm in a really permissive relationship with one of my primaries, and I still feel edgy and defensive every time he uses my pet name to address ANYONE else, even the cats!
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Wow...great job promoting this event!

This is the first I have heard of it.
Man, Cherry Icee is the best...
I got to check this out last year on the streets. I'll be going for sure this year. Guess they got smart and decided to charge people this year.
Man if I lived closer I would totally be there for this event.
I didn't even see any wakeboarding sponsors on there. I mean I like a little Sparks in the mornings with my breakfast but that is about it. Snow is cool too though. I just don't like being cold
how can i ride with the guys in that demo
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Johnny contact Josh Smith @ norcalwakeboardcamp.com
he's the one setting up the rail demo
Everyone should take a good look at Brians profile pic.
They are introducing ICER wake ski's. Josh Smith and the boys over at NorCal wakeboard camp have been tearing it up on them at the Delta.

It is going to be a lot bigger than last year. Tony Hawk, Jonny Mosely, and Todd Richards announcing, big names and big parties.
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In three short hours of driving, we arrived where grass is green, wildflowers and wisteria are in bloom, and college girls work on their tans in bikinis while watching their boyfriends play soccer. Almost forgotten phrases like "pass the sunscreen" and "I should have brought shorts along" were uttered disbelievingly while we soaked up Vitamin D and flaunted winter-white skin.
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It doesn't get much better than happy dogs and winning a soccer game!
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