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LA GRANDE-MOTTE, France -- If age is Lance Armstrong's enemy, then experience is his friend.
With a savvy sense of the pack and a touch of luck, the 37-year-old Texan surprised some of the younger Tour de France contenders Monday to move within striking distance of the yellow jersey.
He made up for what his legs lack in power with road smarts during the breezy third stage along the Mediterranean, rising from 10th to third place.
Armstrong hitched a ride with a breakaway group led by old sidekick George Hincapie's Team Columbia. Mark Cavendish, a Columbia rider from Britain, won the stage for the second straight day.
Race leader Fabian Cancellara of Switzerland kept the yellow jersey for a third day in a row. The Swiss rider with Saxo Bank extended his lead and is ahead of Columbia rider Tony Martin of Germany by 33 seconds and Armstrong by 40.
Most of the favorites were trapped by the wind during the 122-mile ride from Marseille to La Grande-Motte. Sensing the gusts were playing havoc ahead of a turn with about 18 miles to go, Armstrong simply stayed in front, outfoxing riders like Alberto Contador of Spain, the 2007 Tour winner and favorite this year.
"Good positioning, experience, a little bit of luck," Armstrong said. "Just before that corner I was 20 guys back and I decided just that idea to move up enough to be on their wheel. And there it went."
"Whenever you see a team lined up at the front like that, you have to pay attention," he added. "You know what the wind's doing, and you see that a turn's coming up, so it doesn't take a rocket scientist to know that you have to go to the front."
But Contador didn't. Nor did Levi Leipheimer of the United States or Cadel Evans of Australia or 2008 Tour champion Carlos Sastre of Spain. All lost 41 seconds to Cavendish, Armstrong and Cancellara.
Contador dropped from second to fourth overall, 59 seconds behind Cancellara. Leipheimer, Armstrong's Astana teammate, slipped from sixth to 10th, and is 1:11 back.
"I was moving up with a teammate and we ended up in no man's land," Contador said. "I'm not going to evaluate the team strategy because everyone will draw their own conclusions anyway. In any case, the Tour won't be decided by what happened today."
Armstrong, a seven-time champion coming out of retirement, agrees.
"Gained valuable time but most likely minor in scheme of 3 weeks," he wrote on his Twitter account. The race finishes July 26 in Paris. "Onward."
Armstrong said it was "not my objective" to gain ground on Contador, insisting he was "just trying to stay up front and out of trouble."
But he may have delivered a psychological blow in this stage, leaving rivals to wonder what other opportunistic strikes await. In any case, now they have to catch him.
Tuesday's stage is a 24-mile team time trial that starts and finishes in Montpellier. Astana will have an edge by riding last and seeing how riders fare. The teams set off at seven-minute intervals in a race against the clock.
If Astana wins with enough of a gap on Cancellara's and Martin's teams, Armstrong could take the yellow jersey. Is it within reach?
"Never say never," Armstrong said.
His performance also fanned questions about who deserves the role of Astana team leader. Manager Johan Bruyneel, who coached Armstrong during his record run of victories, has said it is Contador.
"I have tried to stay out a little bit of the debate about who is the leader?" Armstrong said. "I have won the Tour seven times, so I think I deserve a bit of credit."
Armstrong started the stage by playing catch-up. Stalled by of interviewers and autograph seekers, he was so late to the start he didn't check in at the registration table. All riders are required to sign in before every stage. Tour competition director Jean-Francois Pescheux said Armstrong would receive the standard fine of 100 Swiss francs ($92).
Pescheux also criticized Armstrong for not making himself more available to fans.
"We simply asked his team to have a respectful attitude toward the public," he said. "They want to see the team, they have been here since 7 a.m. and they don't see him."
Armstrong's comeback to cycling's premier race after 3½ years of retirement has sparked considerable interest. Big crowds surround the bus to catch a glimpse of him.
"It's not that we don't respect the public. ... We always try to sign in as late as possible because it's impossible for the riders to come back to the bus [before the stage] and there are too many people around Lance and Contador," Astana team spokesman Philippe Maertens said.
Among those visiting the cycling star Monday in Marseille was actor Ben Stiller. Armstrong had a brief role in Stiller's hit comedy "Dodgeball."
"I'm a big Lance fan," Stiller said. "It's my first time on the Tour. It's the real deal here. I'm very excited."
Riders set off at a snail's pace in the heat and wind. The average pace for the first three hours was less than 22 mph. Cavendish, with his sixth Tour stage win, finished in 5 hours, 1 minute, 24 seconds.
"It was brilliant," Cavendish said. "We were the only sprint team that wanted to ride today."


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As a business travel hotel, Renaissance has a very particular set of guests. Because they often have odd hours left over to enjoy the city, we employ a specialized concierge called a Navigator to help travelers make the most of their time in the city during their stay.
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How to finish the work
Tie a slip knot on the wrong side of the needle work to secure the stitch in place and cut the end of the ribbon. It can also be done by securing the ribbon to the main fabric by very small stitches of matching thread.I prefer the second method.In this ribbon will not fray.
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Ribbon embroidery -Ribbon stitch or Japanese stitch
This stitch is also called Japanese stitch. Bring the needle from the back of the fabric to the front at A. Pull the ribbon in the direction where the tip of the stitch will be. Hold the ribbon flat on the fabric the direction of the petal. Move the needle under the ribbon to make the ribbon puff up a little and not flat. Hold the ribbon in place with your thumb. Pierce the ribbon in the center of the ribbon at B.Pull the needle and ribbon to the back of the fabric slowly . Ribbon curls itself slightly at B.
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Ribbon embroidery -How to knot the end
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Ribbon embroidery -Threading the needle
Threading the ribbon. Ribbon is locked to the needle by using locking stitch so that needle will not slip while stitching. Thread one end of the ribbon through the eye and again insert the needle into the ribbon1/2 "from the end that was just threaded through. Pull on the opposite end of the ribbon to lock the ribbon onto the needle. This is called a lock stitch
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Ribbon embroidery tutorial
Ribbon embroidery is an ancient and beautiful craft. Ribbon embroidery is basically done using ribbon Silk ribbon is available in a wide variety of widths, Most commonly used in embroidery are: 2mm, 4mm and 7mm. 2mm is used for French knots, small leaves , buds, and daisies; 4mm is used for flowers and leaves and 7mm for gathered flowers, petals of open-faced flowers and large leaves.Chenille needle used in ribbon embroidery which has got sharp point and large eye. Sharp point helps to pierce through the fabric and ribbon easily .Large eye helps ribbon to pass through it without crumpling. The size of the ribbon determines the size of the needle:
2mm - needle size 22 or 24
4mm - needle size 20 or 22
7mm - needle size 18.
Usually ribbon embroidery is done on silk fabric.Loosely woven fabric is suitable for this embroidery .Tightly woven material is not suitable. It can be worked on sweaters. While working on sweaters tapestry needle should be usedThreading the needle and knotting the end of the ribbon is different from crewel embroidery.
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Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Ribbon embroidery" Circle of flowers"
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Zardosi work
I did zardosi work for my my daughter's dress.It is a simple design.I have used wiped running stitch and lazy-daisy stitch.
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This focus group unites all activities on device and system modeling within the CRC 1261. All projects of project area A and projects B1, B2 and B3 participate in this focus group. All these projects include the modeling of particular aspects, e.g. material and domain modeling, modeling of non-linear effects, simulation of mechanical and electromagnetic characteristics, simulation of signal strengths and noise contributions as a function of frequency, and models for digital signal processing as well as for solving the inverse problem. A wide selection of simulation methods is employed within the CRC 1261, ranging from self-implemented equation-based models to numerical techniques (in particular the finite-element method, FEM) to iterative methods combining different software tools. Within the focus group, simulation approaches and algorithms will be compared, exchanged and combined. The validity of specific assumptions will be discussed and parameter ranges of particular interest will be identified. A particular focus is on the transfer of models and simulation results to other projects. This is in the form of software or tables of results. Complex algorithms are reduced to simpler models for specific ranges of values. Order reduction techniques are employed to provide modeling results to the projects on the next level of complexity. The joint work within the focus group F1 guarantees the coherent evaluation of approaches within the broad topic of the CRC. It is expected to gain a detailed knowledge of the behavior of the ME sensor systems by joining forces.


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If you've been building relational database models as long as I have, you'll start into CA ERwin Data Modeler by selecting File | New and, in the dialog box, select Logical model. Others may go to the Logical/Physical model, which requires that you specify your target database engine and prevents you from doing things not supported by that database engine.
Once you do, you get an editor window to draw your diagram in and a default set of nodes in the Model Explorer on the left-hand side of the editor window. Some of those node names won't be familiar to you unless you've got some grounding in relational database theory -- how many developers, for instance, know that every column has a domain that is the list of valid values for the column? ERwin does, and it populates the Domain node in the Model Explorer with some default domains (e.g. string, number). But it's going to require some study on the part of the data modeler to exploit this powerful feature by defining custom domains that represent their organization's business rules.
ERwin gives you a choice between two notations: IDEF1X or James Martin's Information Engineering (IE). I've used IE for years so that's not a problem for me. But if you're an adherent to Chen or Bachman, then you'll have to make the minor mental adjustments to moving over to one of the supported notations.
You might expect to start creating your model by dragging an Entity (the "E" in "ERwin") icon onto the editor window from a toolbox. However, ERwin expects you to first add entities to the Entity node in the Model Explorer. Once you've added an entity to the model, an Entity icon does appear in the diagram in the editor window (and always in the same place: you'll need to drag your icons somewhere else or they'll just stack up on top of each other). To my mind, this is the right way to do it and reflects, I think, a serious attitude towards the fundamentals of data modeling.
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Study in marketing covers such areas as consumer behavior, marketing channels, marketing research, international marketing, retailing, professional selling, sales management, services marketing, business marketing, sports marketing, electronic marketing, and marketing management. This background provides individuals with excellent opportunities for rapid advancement in professional marketing positions in organizations. Dual degree and dual major programs combining marketing with other fields may be arranged by consulting the Department of Marketing.
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"If one knows precisely where to inquire, one hears you provide favors to a select few ladies in exchange for the next thing to coin."
William Longstreet—the Fourth Viscount Longstreet, no less—delivered this observation without so much as a quaver to his voice. His veined hands were rock steady, and his tone cordial as he held his glass out to his host. "Just a touch more, perhaps? The wind is bitter, even for November."
And Darius Lindsey, veteran of more unnerving moments, stiff beatings, and bad luck than any earl's younger son ought to have endured, took his guest's glass to the sideboard and filled it with another finger of cognac—a scant finger.
Lord Longstreet was known as a shrewd politician, capable of quietly negotiating compromises between embattled factions in the Lords. He'd sent around a note asking to make a call privately, after dark, and Darius had accepted out of curiosity.
A curiosity he was apparently going to regret at length.
Darius crossed his arms and leaned back against the sideboard. "You're repeating rumor, my lord, and slanderous rumor at that. Just what did you come here to say?"
"Blunt." Lord Longstreet's faded brown eyes gleamed with humor. "Suppose you've learned to be, and that's all to the good. Excellent libation, by the way, and I notice you aren't keeping up, young man." Longstreet raised his glass with gentlemanly bonhomie, while Darius wanted to smash his drink against the hearthstones—not that he had the coin for even such a small extravagance of temper.
"You needn't confirm or deny these rumors," Lord Longstreet went on, shifting a bit in a chair more sturdy and comfortable than elegant. "I have no intention of recalling the information or where I came by it once I leave you tonight."
"Gracious of you, when you're repeating the kind of insinuations that can get a man called out."
"Involving as they do, the honor of several ladies," Longstreet rejoined. "If one can call them that."
Darius didn't rise to the bait. Tonight was not a night when he was expected elsewhere in the wee hours—thank a merciful God—and in deference to his guest's age, Darius had for once built up the fire to the point where his quarters were cozy. This also resulted in more illumination cast on threadbare carpet, scarred furniture, and a water stain high up on the outside wall.
"Ah, good." Longstreet's amusement was in evidence again. "You don't rile, and you neither gossip nor disparage the women. This comports with your reputation as well."
Darius set his drink aside while foreboding and distaste—for himself, his guest, and this topic—roiled in his gut. "While I am pleased to have your approval for mere gentlemanly reticence, I must ask again if you troubled making my acquaintance only to banter gossip. You are an important man, both politically and socially, while I am the proverbial impoverished second son, making my way as best I can. What errand brings you to my doorstep, my lord?"
Longstreet nodded, as if acknowledging that opening arguments were over. "Lady Longstreet—"
"No." Darius paced off to the door, wanting to pitch the old man onto the stairs.
"I beg your pardon?"
"I will not be procured for your wife's entertainment," Darius said, "or for yours, or yours and hers. Finish your drink if you must, and I'll show you out."
"I would far rather you heard me out. Had I any other alternative, Lindsey, believe me I would be pursuing it."
Darius turned his back to his guest and resisted the urge to slam his fist into the wall. "Despite what you've heard, my lord, there are limits…"
"You don't swive them," Longstreet said briskly, as if conceding an otherwise unimpressive mount had good quarters and a sane eye. "You won't, in fact. Which is why you find me here, because any other man—any other young man with a need for coin and the ingenuity to go on as you have—would have taken what was offered and considered it his revenge on the feckless women throwing their money at him."
Darius turned a granite stare on his guest, even knowing the man had the ear of the regent. "I find this conversation exceedingly tedious."
Longstreet met that stare. "Lindsey, do sit down. Please. I am older than your braying ass of a father, and this is difficult enough without your wounded pride added to the general awkwardness."
"Did she put you up to this?" Darius took the other chair—the one that rocked slightly, though it wasn't supposed to—and didn't touch his drink.
"She would never do such a thing. Vivian is a lady in every sense of the word."
"Though you are procuring for her." Darius said it flatly, as nastily as he could, for this scheme Lord Longstreet was about to propose, it purely, rottenly stank. For all involved.
"I have my reasons, and Vivian understands them."
For the first time, Longstreet's patrician features showed a flicker of sentiment. Whatever the man's motivations, there was nothing prurient about them, and his lordship was very determined on his goal.
"As best I recall, you have two sons, my lord. What need have you of a… gallant for your wife?"
Gallant. A euphemism that loomed larger than the stain behind his lordship's head.
"Aldous died at Waterloo, and his older brother lost his life on the field of honor this fall." Longstreet ran a hand through thinning sandy-gray hair, then stared at his drink.
"I'm sorry."
"God, man, so am I," Longstreet replied, shifting his gaze to stare at the cheery blaze Darius really could not afford. "We put it about that Algernon eloped to the Continent, but he lies in the family plot at Longchamps. Some creative tale will be woven when the other fellow's family has recovered a bit, for each of the young fools managed to kill his opponent."
Darius pushed aside pity—burying two sons merited pity—and focused on practicalities, something he was good at. "So you seek somebody not only to bed your lady, but also to get her with child? If so, then I am assuredly not your man."
"That would be part of the bargain." Longstreet's voice did not betray a hint of shame about this proposition. "Hear my reasons before you make an old man face that bitter wind."
A lady's honor was to be compromised, but an old man was to be spared the nippy weather. This was what Darius's life had come to.
"Make your words count, my lord. While I am sensible of the dilemma you face, surely there must be cousins or nephews somewhere who can solve the problem by inheritance and spare your lady this unseemly contrivance you contemplate."
"There are none. If I die without legitimate male issue, then the entire estate reverts to the Crown."
Spare me from titled old men and their petty conceits. "This has happened in many a family, and you will be dead, so what does it matter to you?"
Longstreet shifted again in his chair, though Darius suspected that was a seasoned parliamentarian's delaying tactic.
"Were it simply a question of my needs, young man, you'd be absolutely right. However, upon close examination, I find the Crown could make a credible argument that there is virtually no personal estate. My wealth is significant, but the Crown's lawyers will twist matters such that none of that wealth is personal, but rather, all attached to the title. The regent would get everything, and Vivian would be literally a charity case."
"Your wife has no dower portion?"
"None worth the name. I am pained on her behalf to be so honest, but ours was not a romantic match. She needed marrying rather desperately, and I could not abide to see her taken advantage of by those who prey on women in such circumstances. I suppose I needed a bit of marrying too."
Darius sipped his drink, angling for time to absorb his guest's words. Usually, a woman desperately in need of marrying had conceived a child desperately in need of legitimacy. Lady Longstreet's difficulty was the absence of children.
"I cannot agree to anything without knowing all the facts, Lord Longstreet."
His lordship ran a bony finger around the rim of his glass. "Fair enough. Her stepfather would have sold her to any grasping cit with the coin," the older man said wearily. "Vivian deserved better than that. She was my first wife's devoted companion for the duration of Muriel's illness. Vivian and I became friends, of a sort, and when Muriel died, there was Vivian's stepfather, ready to snatch her back and auction her off."
"And she wasn't of age, that she couldn't avoid such a fate?" Darius frowned, because this sounded all too much like his sister Leah's circumstances, though the Earl of Wilton himself was the one intent on procuring for his older daughter.
"She was not quite twenty-one, so she was not of age in the sense you mean. Then too, Vivian lacks the… animal cunning to thwart her stepfather's schemes. She'd kill a man outright, but never by stabbing him in the back. And as you well know, a woman's lot in life leaves her little enough discretion regarding her choice of mate, particularly a woman raised in Polite Society."
Apparently Lord Longstreet was familiar with Leah's circumstances too, which notion brought no comfort. "So you've convinced Lady Longstreet to secure her future by disporting with me," Darius concluded. "How flattering."
Longstreet set his drink down with a thump, the first spark of temper he'd exhibited in a quarter hour of fencing. "You should be flattered, by God. Vivian chose you from a set of candidates I selected for her. There were precious few left on the list once I started discreet inquiries, but you were the one she chose."
"Am I to know why?"
"You can ask her," Longstreet replied, showing the guile of a seasoned politician. "She's a damsel in distress, Lindsey, and you have it in your power to provide her a lifetime of security and to preserve a fine old title from the maw of the regent's bottomless appetite."
Darius felt relief as insight struck. "That's what this is about, isn't it? You don't favor Prinny's politics or priorities, and you're loathe to see centuries of Longstreet wealth poured onto his side of the scales."
Lord Longstreet's brow knitted. "I wouldn't like that outcome, no."
"And even less would you like it known you'd schemed with your wife to avoid it by consorting with the likes of me."
"Shrewd." Longstreet blew out a breath. "You must see that as much as you desire my discretion, I need yours. I've worked for nigh fifty years for the good of the realm, Lindsey, and between the lunatic Americans, the equally mad King, and the greedy, mad Corsican, it hasn't been an easy fifty years. If word gets out I sent my wife off to some impoverished younger son, like a mare to the breeding shed, then nobody will recall the votes I won, the bills I drafted, the riots I prevented. I will simply be a greedy, unpatriotic old fool."
Darius reluctantly, and silently, admitted that Lord Longstreet's reasoning made a peculiar sort of sense. "You don't mind the old fool part, but the unpatriotic hurts abominably. Again, my lord, I do sympathize, or I would if the nation's fate interested me half as much as my own, but I cannot help you."
"You haven't heard the entirety of my proposal, young man." Longstreet held out his glass for a refresher, buying himself a few more minutes. Darius understood the ploy and allowed it only because of the pile of unpaid bills silently mocking him from the corner of his desk.
And the other pile in the drawer, aging not half so well as William Longstreet had.
"I'm listening," Darius said, foregoing any further drink for himself. "For the present."
Longstreet shoved to his feet in a succession of creaky moves: scoot, brace, push, totter, balance, then pace. "First, you and Vivian must spend enough time together that there is a reasonable likelihood of a child. Second, I'd like you sufficiently invested in the child's life that you will not, for any amount of money, divulge the facts of his or her paternity."
"If I may," Darius interrupted. "The chances are even any child born would be female, in which case your impoverished viscountess is left to support not only herself, but a girl child, which can be an expensive proposition."
Longstreet's gaze turned crafty as he propped himself against the mantel. "That would be the usual case, except my title is very old, and only in my great-grandfather's day was it elevated from a barony to a viscountcy. Nobody has looked at the letters patent in a century, save myself, and while the viscountcy carries a male entail, the barony can be preserved through the female line."
"You're sure?"
"It's that old. When the Black Death came through, there was pressure on the monarchy to liberalize its patents, as tremendous wealth was reverting when family after family lost its male line. Mine is one of the few surviving more liberally drafted letters, and thus the barony—and the estate wealth—will be preserved regardless of the gender of the child."
This scheme was madness—thoroughly researched, carefully considered, potentially lucrative madness. "The barony will survive if there is a child. If I agree to your terms."
"Stop putting that bottle up, young man. Having heard this much, I think there are terms you'll agree to, do we apply ourselves to their negotiation in good faith."
"Good faith? You're attempting to cheat the Crown, procure the intimate services of a worthless bounder for your lady wife, perpetrate a fraud on your patrimony, and you speak of good faith?"
"You're young." Lord Longstreet resumed his seat in another succession of creaks and totters, this time popping a knee joint as well. "You can afford your ideals. Imagine what might befall your family were your father to lose the Wilton title, his lands, his wealth—how might your sisters go on, if not in some version of the oldest and least-respected profession?"
Darius leveled a look at him such that Lord Longstreet flushed and glanced away.
"So you beat your sisters to it," he surmised. "Your father isn't just a braying ass, Lindsey, he's a disgrace to his kind."
"And yet it's his line you'll be grafting onto your own—if I agree."
It took two hours, the rest of the cognac, and very likely some of the toughest negotiating Lord Longstreet had seen in half a century, but in the end, Darius agreed.
"William will not be joining us."
In addition to lustrous dark hair done up in a prim coronet, Lady Vivian Longstreet had a low voice, a contralto, laced with controlled tension.
"I beg your pardon?" Darius succeeded in keeping the irritation from his tone, but only just. This civilized dinner a trois had been one of Lord Longstreet's terms, and Darius had grudgingly acceded to the older man's desire to see his wife politely introduced to her… what? Darius couldn't bring himself to apply the word lover. Stud was too vulgar, if accurate, though worse terms came to mind.
"William is under the weather," Lady Longstreet said. "May I take your coat? The servants have been dismissed for the evening, and yes, I truly mean he's feeling poorly. William is capable of diplomatic illnesses, but I'm sure if he told you he would be here, he meant to keep his word. It's just…"
"Yes?" Darius turned slightly, so she could lift his coat from his shoulders, her touch conveying hesitance, even timidity, as she did.
She smiled slightly and hoisted his coat to a hook in the alcove. "I don't mean to babble. William is much involved in the Lords, and it tires him. I assured him we'd manage, but if you'd rather reschedule this encounter, we can."
Begin as you intend to go on.
"We'll manage." Darius offered his arm, noting with disinterest—professional disinterest—that Lady Longstreet was quite pretty. He'd put her age at around five-and-twenty, the same as his sister Leah. Her smile was polite, and her countenance was serene.
That serenity brought lovely features into submission—a perfectly straight nose, slanting dark eyes, full lips, and classic cheekbones—when a more animated expression might have rendered the same face arresting.
She was hiding her beauty, maybe even from herself.
He laid his hand over hers where it rested on his sleeve. "My business with Lord Longstreet has been concluded, my lady, leaving only my dealings with you before you can be shut of me."
"And you'll be relieved when that's the case?" She was barely, barely tolerating his touch, for all her calm expression.
Could he be intimate with a woman who disdained to touch even his sleeve? "Now how will I answer that?" He glanced down at her as they made their progress through the house, not sure if he was irritated with her or for her. "If I say yes, I'll be relieved to complete my obligations with you, you'll be insulted. If I say no, you'll think I relish a bargain I, in truth, regret."
She turned velvety brown eyes to him, her expression curious. "Why?"
Lady Longstreet was brave—martyrs were supposed to be brave—and despite the circumstances, she truly was a lady. The realization made Darius pause, and not happily. He was most comfortable when the women with whom he consorted intimately shared with him a kind of mutual resentment and scorn. They used him, he used them, and each could look down on the other's neediness and pretend the other party was the more venal, the more vulnerable. Lady Longstreet would not fit the same mold.
Perhaps she wasn't of any mold.
He resumed the thread of their discussion. "Why what?"
"Why do you regret this bargain? I regret that it can't be William's child I bear, but it will still be the child William gave me, in a sense. I can live with that."
"You're very sensible," Darius said as they entered a small dining room. The hearth at one end was blazing, bringing blessed relief from the unheated corridor. The table had been set à la française, with the various dishes covered and waiting over warming lights.
"William is the sensible one," Lady Longstreet said. "Practical to a fault, his wife used to say."
"You're his wife."
"I meant his first wife," Lady Longstreet corrected herself without a flicker of irritation. "The woman he was married to for thirty-some years, the woman who bore him two sons. Shall we be seated?"
The table was positioned near the hearth, their two places set at right angles to each other so it couldn't be said there was a head or a foot to the table. William's absence allowed that, and Darius had to wonder how honest the older man was with his composed young wife.
Darius seated her and gestured to the wine breathing in the center of the table. "Shall I pour?" The question seemed absurd, and yet, with such a woman, what else was there to do but continue the pretense of civility?
"I hope you like it." Lady Longstreet's smile was gracious. "We often entertain diplomats, and there is universal accord that a hostess gift must be either wine from one's own country or sweets. The sweets are invariably consumed while the company is present, though we've acquired an interesting cellar."
Darius peered at the label. "German?"
"We're working our way across the Continent," his hostess replied. "Tell me, have you traveled much?"
The meal was… odd, because Darius of late spent little time around women whom he wasn't obligated to deal with. He loved his two sisters, but they still put demands on him. And the other women… They put demands on him as well, demands he was compensated for meeting but would as soon forget.
Dinner with Vivian Longstreet had nothing of overt obligation about it, but rather, was a pleasant encounter with a woman whose mannerliness was such that she could draw him out in conversation, ply him with excellent food and good wine, and make him forget for a time why it was their lives were briefly entangling.
Her ladyship eyed the remains of the fruit and cheese nearly an hour later. "I wasn't sure quite what we were supposed to do with each other this evening, but William insisted that ours is a civilized bargain for civilized ends, and we should begin it on a civil note."
"I'm not sure I'd agree with him." Darius sliced her off another bite of cheese and put it on her plate. He'd never realized how intimate sharing a meal could be and wasn't sure he liked the revelation. She'd be sharing a damned month of meals with him if they kept their bargain.
"You agreed to this." Lady Longstreet's hand waved over the table. "Hasn't there been benefit to you in sharing this meal?"
He'd eaten every bite offered to him, though he sensed she wasn't alluding to that. "Some. I'm not as hungry, and I've made the acquaintance of three very respectable German wines." To his own ears, he sounded a tad… churlish, though not petulant.
"One vintage was Rhenish. Aren't you also a little less uncomfortable with what lies ahead of us, Mr. Lindsey?"
"Are you?" Her answer mattered, when it should not. The bills stacking up apace on Darius's escritoire had to be what mattered most.
She lifted the slice of cheese, eyed it, and set it back on her plate. "I see what you mean, about giving answers that can be either flattering or honest. I've said I will do this for William—he posited this eventuality as a condition of his proposal, though at the time both of his sons yet lived. I will honor my word to him, but it is… odd."
"Yes. Odd."
"Not as odd as we think." Her smile was fleeting, impish, and entirely unexpected. Not her gracious-hostess smile, it was devilish, full of mischief.
"What does that mean?"
"Lord Longstreet is fairly certain he himself was a cuckoo in his papa's nest, by design. He calls himself a judicious outcross."
Darius grimaced to think what his own father might have made of such a notion. "By design?"
"The Longstreet line has not been blessed with a great lot of male progeny." Lady Longstreet popped the cheese into her mouth. "It helps me to know other ladies in the family have been called upon to serve as I have."
Darius watched her chew. "And the late Lady Longstreet would not object to this scheme?"
The present Lady Longstreet blinked. "I was Lady Muriel Longstreet's companion in her final years, and yes, she would approve. One is to hedge one's husband's bets, or so she said. I think forty years ago marriage was a more pragmatic undertaking. She and William loved each other, and they were most assuredly best friends by the time Lady Muriel died."
"If you say so, but I cannot imagine…"
"Neither can I." Lady Longstreet's tone was a little forlorn. "And in a just a few weeks' time, I won't have to imagine it, because I will be on your doorstep, bag and baggage. Oh, dear."
He smiled, mostly because the double meaning was embarrassing her. "I'll be the baggage, if you'd rather."
"We'll get through this, won't we, Mr. Lindsey?" Now her tone was hopeful, and in her brown eyes, he saw she wasn't at all as poised and certain as she'd have him believe. Maybe it was the German wine or the realization that they were indeed to be intimate when next they met or the quiet all around them, but as he held her gaze, Lady Longstreet's trepidation peeked out at him.
She was anxious as hell, bloody scared to death.
"We'll manage," he said. "It is ever a failing of mine to take things too seriously, and in this case, you mustn't allow it of me."
She nodded solemnly. "Nor you of me. I think you have the right of it."
Darius held out his hand to her, palm up. She glanced down at his bare fingers in consternation then tentatively put her own hand over his. He brought her knuckles to his lips, planted a kiss there, then drew her to her feet.
"We've put off the more delicate subjects," he said as he led her over to the fire. There was a tea service waiting there, a kettle on a swing over the hearth, and two cozy chairs catching some of the fire's heat.
She took a seat, all grace and composure, though his observation had made her eyes widen. "Isn't a month long enough to sort through those?"
He considered what he wanted to ask her—regarding her intimate preferences, toys, games, fantasies—and then realized her elderly husband was likely asleep on the next floor up, and really, the discussion could wait.
"We can talk more later. If there is a later. You need to know I won't hold you to this bargain."
"What does that mean?" She motioned him into a seat and prepared the tea, her grace as soothing as the warmth of the hearth. "I'm to be your guest in Kent for a few weeks, but you'd take William's coin and deceive the man?" She wrinkled her nose. "I won't lie to my husband just for your gain, Mr. Lindsey. If I'm that unappealing, you need only…"
He leaned forward, placed a single finger to her lips, and shook his head.
"You appeal." He could say that sincerely, which wasn't necessarily a good thing. "You'd appeal to any man with red blood in his veins, but I'm suggesting a lady can change her mind."
"Change her… Oh." She looked intrigued then resigned. "Not this lady." She added cream and sugar to his tea and passed it to him. "I've given my word, and if you change your mind, I'll simply have William contact the next possibility on the list."
"Who might that be?"
The name had him raising his eyebrows, because the man was a fortune-hunting bounder with no decorum when in his cups, which was nightly. "And if he won't serve?"
"Is this necessary?"
"Then we're prepared to ask another, and another, because William is intent on his plans, and there is no force of nature equal to William Longstreet when he is determined on his goals."
Or Lady Longstreet, her tone implied, when she was determined on William's goals.
"Then I will see you in Kent around the tenth of December." Which was soon. Very soon. "I'm not sure if you should be insulted or reassured, but at least part of me will be looking forward to it."
She sipped her tea delicately. "Part of you?"
"A man doesn't seek to earn his coin in such a fashion, Lady Longstreet." Darius rose rather than belabor what ought to be obvious. "Were I to say all of me looked forward to seeing you at my farm in Kent, then I'd be admitting I've not even a scintilla of gentlemanly honor left, wouldn't I?"
She kept her seat, for which he accorded her tactical points. "Perhaps you would, but we weren't going to be overly serious about this, were we? And in that regard, don't you think you could call me Vivian?"
He reached down and traced his finger over the curve of her jaw, a slow, lingering touch he'd been imagining since he'd taken her hand in his at the table. Her skin was as soft as it looked, as smooth and pleasing to the touch as her soft daffodil scent was to the nose or her perfectly configured features were to the eye. And her hair would be…
"Vivian suits you," he said. "Vivid, alive, vital. I will see you in a few weeks, but you have my direction should you change your mind."
"I won't change my mind," she said, setting her tea aside and getting to her feet. "I will lose my nerve and fret and dread and argue with William, but I won't change my mind."
"Taking it seriously already, Vivian?"
She went still at the sound of her name, and he could see in her expression genuine misgiving threatened her calm. A damsel in distress, indeed.
"A kiss for luck," he suggested, bending his head to brush his lips across hers. He'd surprised her—and himself—when their entire evening had been politely correct, without flirtation or overtures of any kind. And he hadn't meant this as an overture but rather as a reassurance. He was just a man, she was just a woman, and it would be… just sex.
Except it wasn't just a kiss. She went up on her toes and slipped a hand through his hair, around the back of his head. She wasn't as tall as she seemed, he realized when she tucked herself closer and brought her mouth back to his. She used the same slow, brushing approach he'd just shown her, but she lingered as their mouths joined, then sighed a little into his mouth.
Her body sighed too, sinking against him enough that he could feel her curves and planes and softness. He resisted the urge to hold her, to do more than let her press her mouth to his as if she couldn't puzzle out what came next.
When she stayed just there, poised between ending the kiss and seeking more from it, he took the initiative from her and turned his face slightly away, so he could inhale the fragrance of her hair even as his arms came around her.
"It's so odd," she said, leaning into him. "I'm cheating on William, you're poaching on another man's preserves, but we're… not."
He tried to focus on her words, not on the soft, trusting abundance of her resting in his embrace. She sounded as bewildered as he felt, for her words were true.
He was crassly bought and paid for, a stud to service a highbred filly, a cicisbeo in the most vulgar, unflattering sense. A dancing bear of a sort, exploiting his own lusty nature for the simple expedient of coin.
But that kiss… it had been neither expedient nor crass nor vulgar.
He withdrew from her embrace, bowed punctiliously, and met her eyes, putting as much distance into his gaze as he could.
"Until I see you in Kent." He left her standing there in her cozy little dining parlor, her index finger brushing at her lips, her eyes troubled.
She clearly sensed possibilities too, and in his gut, Darius knew he should bow out of the agreement. What should have been tawdry, or at best flirtatious, had been lovely, and no amount of sophisticated humor, good luck, or pragmatism was going to get them through this without somebody getting badly hurt.
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Everyday Meditation/
For many people, the idea of meditation summons up images of robed nuns and monks sitting silently in exotic temples, far from the hectic activity of the daily world. But in reality, it is a practice accessible to anyone, anywhere. You don't need to go to an expensive retreat or find a guru. Any quiet place will do, perhaps in your own living room or a favorite place in nature. Research being done at major universities, including UCLA, shows that meditation can help "rewire" the brain, help a person be more focused, and strengthen resistance to stress
Famous Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh (pronounced: tik nat han) wrote: "Sitting meditation is like returning home to give full attention to and care for our self . . . Sitting meditation is very healing. We realize we can just be with whatever is within us—our pain, anger, and irritation, or our joy, love, and peace. We are with whatever is there without being carried away by it. Let it come, let it stay, then let it go. No need to push, to oppress, or to pretend our thoughts are not there. Observe the thoughts and images of our mind with an accepting and loving eye. We are free to be still and calm despite the storms that might arise in us."
The simplest form of meditation is to follow your breath. It is recommended to sit cross-legged on a firm cushion on the floor, or sit upright in a straight-back chair, not leaning against the back. Imagine there is a string attached to the top of your head, gently pulling upward to align your neck and spine as straight as possible without being uncomfortable. Let your chin drop a little so your neck is straight. You can close your eyes, or lower your eyelids a bit to help ignore distractions. You can focus on a candle flame or a calming object if you wish, but it isn't required.
Next, breathe slowly and naturally through your nose. Focus on the sound, and on the feeling of air moving in and out of your nostrils. Now imagine that your windpipe goes all the way down to your belly, and there's a balloon at the end of it you are trying to inflate with your gentle breathing. This is called belly breathing and is quite simple and beneficial once you get the hang of it. You can place a hand over your navel and feel if your belly is going in and out with your breath. Most people breathe into their chest, and that can hold tension. Once you master belly breathing, you may breathe like that all the time.
So, there you are, on your cushion, aware of your breath in your nostrils and the rise and fall ofyour belly. Next be aware of any tension in your body; for example, your shoulders. Imagine that you are directing your healing breath to those muscles, letting them grow relaxed and soft. You will probably feel them drop a little. Congratulations, you are meditating! From here you just sit quietly with your breathing—in, out, in out . . . Distracting thoughts will come, I promise you, and it's very natural. At this early stage of learning, you can just think, "Hello, thought. Good bye," let it go, and return your focus to your breathing. There are a number of things you can do to help you focus. The first is to visualize still water or a cloudless sky. Relax your mind and stay with the image. You can also use a brief two-word verbal cue—some people might call it a mantra. For example, you could think "peace" on the in-breath and "love" on the out-breath. I like "Here. Now."
Emotions may arise, or perhaps you are meditating to deal with a strong emotion or painful situation. I'll use anger as an example. As you maintain your posture and breathing, you can greet the emotion: "Hello, Anger. I know you're there," let it go, and keep breathing. You can also devote a whole session to being with an emotion if you need to. Rather than pushing it away, you allow it to flow through you. Thich Nhat Hanh teaches a method in which you imagine the strong emotion as a baby wrapped in a blanket. You cradle it in your arms and think, "I see you, my Anger. What do you need from me?" Very often this will start a train of insight that helps you process that emotion or come up with a plan to resolve things with the person or situation that made you angry. You can do this with positive emotions, as well.
Learning to meditate is like beginning to exercise; go slow and build up. Be gentle with yourself and don't judge your progress. Try setting a timer for 10 minutes and see how you do. If it's too long, shorten the time next time; if it's not long enough, sit as long as you like! But try to set aside time each day to meditate and build up the habit. There are a number of meditation timers that have soft chimes, rather than a harsh ding or buzz. (I use an inexpensive app on my iPhone called Peace Alarm Clock which I like very much.)
Wishing you peace and insight,


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GROWING PAINS: MOVING FROM AN ENTREPRENEURIAL TO A PROFESSIONAL STRUCTURE Alicia Mellish
The descriptor 'entrepreneur' conjures up images of a dynamic individual, driven, ambitious, creative...perhaps a little maverick. Working with an entrepreneur and within an entrepreneurial structure can feel exciting and may be particularly attractive to today's graduating work force – a millennial population that has torn up the rulebook on professional progression and the traditional career path. However, in order to grow a business with entrepreneurial roots, it is necessary to develop the established structure, moving focus and pressure away from the founding individual, in order to empower the team and ultimately realise the business's true long term potential.
You'll learn:
• To identify key areas of pressure and anxiety build-up within the agency
• How to lessen team dependency through delegated decision making and shift to a professional structure
• That the operational clarity delivered through a professional structure need not be to the detriment of creativity associated with entrepreneurialism
Underlying anxiety identified within the PR industry
When broken down, the skillset required of the consummate PR professional goes beyond tangible capabilities, such as release writing, client reporting or event management. It even goes beyond the less tangible requirements of the capacity for creative thought and far-reaching network development.
I believe a truly talented PR has an innate ability to instil total confidence in their client - nurturing and developing that client's trust in their counsel and dependency on their services - whilst maintaining a professional and detached position, which keeps one eye on agency profit and the other on further opportunities for business.
However, walking the fine line between satisfying both agency and client needs can, in fact, be the source of great anxiety for agency teams. Often, while people might be aware of feeling anxious, the source of the anxiety is not explored and therefore a solution cannot be found. This is particularly true of businesses built on an entrepreneurial structure and if left unaddressed can start to have a detrimental affect on the day-to-day working and operations of the agency.
The solution? A move towards a more professional structure – one which incorporates a distinct delegated decision making framework that will empower its agency members and shift team dialogue, taking everyday interactions from the personal to the professional.
The entrepreneurial structure examined
There is a universal defining element that identifies an entrepreneurial structure regardless of industry or sector - an acute dependence on a single individual (or 'leader') at the top of the working hierarchy.
Such a dependency can distract an entire agency away from the professional task at hand and towards a focus on the personal:
Whilst initially, one person making all decisions can make an agency nimble, reactive, as well as proactive and fast moving, in time, should business growth be the objective, the leader will be unable to continue addressing / tackling the volume of decisions required of him/her. Unfortunately, the existing team (used to working within an entrepreneurial structure) is unlikely to be equipped to engage in the decision making process required of them, having not previously been granted the freedom to make such judgements for themselves.
The team's reluctance to take control, driven by anxiety around making mistakes, can be seen by the leader as a shirking of responsibility and a reluctance to assume accountability.
The leader, far from reassured by the team's efforts, may feel it necessary to take back control, which in turn keeps the team in a dependent state. This dependent state will feel less anxiety provoking to the team and they will lean towards the more comfortable position of operating within the boundaries of the known, rather than unknown, structure.
The potential for sustainable business growth at this point becomes virtually impossible.
With dependency comes familiarity. Whilst a friendly working environment can be productive and comfortable to work within, it is more important when it comes to discussing client work and related tasks that professionalism be maintained. The danger within an entrepreneurial structure, where personalities (most notably the leader) are inherently the focus of the staff hierarchy, feedback to the team can risk feeling personal rather than professional. Agency line managers may struggle to find a way to clearly communicate their expectations of an individual's output, leaving little against which to judge performance.
Over time, the development of the team, key to the development of the business, can become a struggle as individuals continue to be held in a dependent state, where they are unclear on performance expectations and their own career progression. The team, regardless of their talent and capability, will eventually lose motivation.
Moving towards a professional structure
The key to addressing this dependent state and a demotivated team, is to shift the agency towards a professional structure.
This shift requires the entrepreneur to take a bold step towards implementing a delegated decision making framework for the entire team (from the most junior to the most senior team players). All decisions delegated should be grade appropriate and clearly communicated to the agency overall, but then decided on within account teams on a project-by-project basis.
The relinquishing of control and the responsibility of new found autonomy will be anxiety provoking for the leader and the team respectively. But, just as with the inherent anxiety felt when working in PR, it is important for this to be identified and acknowledged. It should be made clear to the team that allowances will be made for mistakes and that this is an acceptable part of the agency's development as a whole.
If the leader is fully committed to and supportive of the transition, they will start to see the team assume a greater level of accountability around their work and in turn apply increased consideration and thought moving forwards. The team will slowly move towards a place of empowerment and the intense pressure, previously felt by the leader, will dissipate.
The tools to maintaining a professional structure
Physically documented framework
Just as a good agency has detailed job specifications available for existing and prospective employees to refer to, for the delegated decision making framework to be effective, it is necessary to have clear guidelines available for the team to go back to.
These should detail more than just payment approval limits and include tasks such as: at what level a press release can be signed off or what supplier should be used, through to the agreement of a scope of client work within a specified budget.
These specifications act as a guideline to setting up the roles and responsibilities on individual client projects and immediately set clear expectations of what is required of a team member. Creating a document template, where all decisions and responsibilities are laid out in black and white, will deliver clarity for all involved.
Should a decision not be made by an individual, it is understood that this will be noted and professional feedback will be expected. This clarity of expectation (and a move away from the personal) will lead to a less anxious dynamic between team members.
A professional structure working for the agency as a whole
Embedding a new way of working takes time and effort and it is vital that allowances are made for teething problems along the way. But, once established, the path will be clear for sustainable business growth.
• Not only will the leadership team be freed up to focus on longer term business development, but the wider team will feel a greater sense of empowerment and, as a consequence, commitment to the agency.
• Clarity of expectation will allow line managers to feedback on work, safe in the knowledge it will be received in a professional rather than personal way.
• The team will feel confident in their career progression and valued by the business, with the framework of output expectation and decision making a benchmarking tool that individuals (across all grades) can use to clearly demonstrate their professional progression. This in turn cannot be ignored by the senior team.
Of course, it is important not to rubbish the entrepreneurial structure from which a professional one develops. It is, after all, the crucial driver that delivers a business to this stage. But the key is knowing when to embrace the next stage of your agency's life cycle!
Alicia Mellish is founder and MD of Stir PR. Starting out as one person with a laptop, the last six years has seen Stir grow and develop to a successful mid-sized agency with a client list of impressive food, drink and lifestyle brands. Today, Stir is part of Captivate, a group of multi discipline marketing agencies that value connected thinking combined with specialist execution. When not working, Alicia can be found sailing the high seas or seeking out, photographing (or buying) quirky interior design and furniture.
Twitter: @StirPRLondon
Online: www.stirpublicrelations.com


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December 28, 2009, 7:04 am
More than ten years ago, I helped Linux's adoption along by proving out that Linux and Samba actually worked faster than the then-dominant Windows NT operating system. Today, as we bid adieu to the 'noughts', everyone uses Linux in devices from DVRs (digital video recorders) and smartphones, to the Internet, where everything from search engines such as Google to the social networks like Facebook and Twitter to vital business networks like the world's stock markets rely on Linux. Only the desktop remains unconquered, and who knows? Between Linux-powered netbooks and Google's Chrome OS, by 2019 perhaps even that will have changed. After all, who would have thought in 1999 that Linux would have quietly become so prevalent throughout computing?


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Yesterday I styled Nana Ghana and Gregory Rogove in the latest jewelry collection "Elevators" by All For The Mountain. Amanda Charchian photographed this cosmic voyage while Bethany McCarty created interstellar make-up. It was such an honor to work with a dream team of visionaries! Looking forward to sharing more from this shoot soon!
Nana & I traveling the astral plane
Behind the scene photographs taken by AFTM, Amanda Charchian, Bethany McCarty, and myself.


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Tribe, John (2005) Punishment without crime: an examination of the treatment of debtors and the use of punishment in English insolvency law during the 17th century. In: The Society of Legal Scholars (SLS) Annual Conference 2005; 6-9 Sep 2005, Glasgow, U.K.. (Unpublished)Full text not available from this archive.
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Audacious Melbourne
Melbourne Spoken Word is "a website and arts organisation with the goal of supporting spoken word and poetic performers and events around Melbourne, Australia, especially the live spoken word and poetry scene."
Benjamin Solah has poured immense energy into this project over the past three years, aiming to collect together all the many and varied goings-on in this city in performance poetry and spoken word, as well as lift the visibility of our local wordsmiths. Melbourne has had a vibrant scene of performance storytelling for decades, yet to some degree the scene remains on the same level of amplification, just under the reach of the radar. Many, many small open mic nights and regular poetry nights, slams and gatherings (check the listings at this link). Recently, and encouragingly, many more extensions of the traditional poetry nights to include storytellers from all walks of life, all cultures, all forms.
I would still like to see more poets reading and recording in their own languages, more publications willing to represent the many different cultures that increasingly make up this city, and this country. I would still like to see more experimentation within and between poets, musicians, producers, and more inclusion among all of the many forms of the spoken word and storytelling – from hip hop to ensemble (spoken word is more than monologue). I would still like to see more artists here take the plunge and release more experimental, collaborative work out into the wider world. It confuses me when I see the quality of albums coming out of Canada, and the quality of many performers on Australian stages, and the accessibility today to recording technology, and yet the essential lack of albums to review in these pages.*
*...and here's where I say, that, despite my own words, there are new local album reviews coming this week, and a completely Australia-focused La Danza Poetica podcast coming this weekend, which is exciting!
The way to achieve more visibility and more documentation must be through more adventurous and creative collaboration, both in the areas of live performance collaborations and recorded, published media. The way must also be through the willingness of people like Benjamin to pour their heart and soul into something risky, like starting a new audio journal.
Audacious is nicely named because here in Australia the notion of spoken word recordings as salable products still seems to be somewhat pie-in-the-sky. And in Australia, to start a new regular journal (whether print or audio) is an audacious move. Audacious now joins Going Down Swingingas the only publications to be regularly compiling new local spoken word. If Audacious is, as it seems to be, about chronicling the current live scene in this city as much as the recording poets, then it is a fantastic compliment to the more production-focused international collections of GDS. A very valuable publication for especially younger poets.
Like any compilation, it's a subjective thing, as to which tracks grab you. For me, it's the poets that use the fourth dimension of atmosphere to tell their stories. By that I don't mean actual beats or music or sound effects – a thin backing track of beats can actually suck the life from a story – I mean rather that a storyteller can use their own voice, breath, or the pauses between, to build an atmosphere of rhythm or melody. And then the most subtle of musical atmospheres can be most powerful. Essentially I think that it is when the storyteller is focused on telling the story, rather than giving a performance, that we cannot do anything but listen. Kylie Supski's For "Them" "There" and Jacky T's Landmark stand out for this reason. Fury's measured delivery is very satisfying storytelling, as is Amanda Anastasi's.
This is a collection made up of both live and produced pieces, so variance in audio quality is to be expected, and is mostly controlled well. At one point, during Amanda Anastasi's poem The Initiation, some over-zealous noise reduction and gating is at first distracting, then unexpectedly produces a nice effect of a passing 'ghost-tram' ... There's magic in the imprecise, and it doesn't have to be perfect – the point is that now this moment in place and time is out there, and deserves all our support.
You can buy the issue, or subscribe to ongoing issues of Audacious here.


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Assassins' Rage
"Citizens of Paris, beware..."
Tuesday, 14th July 1789. Anne Cartier observes a mob storming the Bastille, the royal fortress in the heart of Paris. The city revolts and the king's authority vanishes. His adversary the Duc d'Orleans exploits the chaos. When several royal officers are assassinated, the Marquis de Lafayette and Mayor Bailly call upon Anne's husband, Colonel Paul de Saint-Martin, to investigate. Then a mob lynches a troublesome baker. The Abbé de l'Épée, teacher of the deaf, asks Anne to look into the incident. Who prompted the mob? Who profited by the murder? What can be done for the baker's deaf widow and son? More violence ensues, and on a dark night an assassin shoots a lieutenant of the Highway Patrol in the back. The victim was riding Saint-Martin's white horse. Who was the intended target? Anne and Paul find several suspect for these murders - and evidence of a mastermind, a hidden hand...
About the Mystery
Assassins' Rage (Severn House, 2008) is the seventh in the Anne Cartier series.
"Another sparkling historical mystery in this popular series... As always, O'Brien has meticulously researched the setting and events at the time of his story and has turned a simple murder mystery into a gripping historical read, rife with far-reaching context."
Booklist, May 1, 2008
"Readers familiar with the period will appreciate the skill with which the author blends his heroes' fictional investigation with fact... As usual, O'Brien portrays major characters as complex people and sketches minor ones with a sure hand."
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The Chorale is governed by a Board of Directors, elected annually by the members of the Chorale. The Board meets once a month to make decisions about concerts, singing requests, and the budget.
Our Professional Staff consists of an Artistic Director, an Assistant Director, and an Accompanist. The Artistic Director plans all the concert programs, conducts rehearsals and concerts, and sets a vision for the artistic development of the Chorale. The Assistant Director is usually a student who gains real-life experience by participating in all the Chorale activities and conducting one of the concert pieces. The Accompanist performs magic, making the piano sound like a full orchestra, so we are prepared for concerts!


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GRAND FALLS-WINDSOR, N.L. – The second annual Grand Falls-Windsor Civic Awards Gala is in the books.
"What strikes people about our awards is how professional it's been," said Grand Falls-Windsor Mayor Barry Manuel. "How much work went into putting off the event, right down to having the scripts ready for the presenters, the little skits being done. Videos that coincide with awards presentations, everything was planned to a tee."
Citizens and organizations from around Grand Falls-Windsor were recognized at the gala. Each of the 12 categories were represented by five nominees based on the qualifications of submitted applications. Outside of the award presentations, the audience was treated to a variety of live performances. The Exploits Extreme Cheerleaders, Grand Falls-Windsor Concert Band, Exploits Drummers and women's choir Cantus Silva all took to the stage during the evening.
"Generally, we just know there's a lot of good people in the community," Manuel said. "A lot of people who excel in different areas."
Manuel noted that the nominees and winners don't do what they do for the recognition, but said it's the community's job to make sure those people are being recognized.
"It's a time to celebrate all the great things that they do, that makes our community what it is," he said.
The mayor said the level of talent in Grand Falls-Windsor has always been exceptional.
"We've got people who are really world class musicians," Manuel said. "People who can do things that are on par with professionals in their field, it's great to see and we're very proud of that."
Manuel said the awards gala was not only a celebration of the people awarded, but a celebration of the community as well.
"To have these groups a part of the show, you're bring more people into it and it broadens the ability to celebrate the community as a whole," he said of the performers.
Manuel mentioned the staff and volunteers, particularly Grand Falls-Windsor leisure services officer Sarah McIntosh and volunteer Holly Dwyer, and said without them the show wouldn't have been a success.
"I thought last night went very well," Dwyer said the morning after the gala. "I think everyone enjoyed it, we had a lot of positive feedback. I think it's important to recognize citizens in Grand Falls-Windsor for their positive contributions."
Grand Falls-Windsor town council, in a media release, wished to thank all of nominees and encouraged the community to keep in mind worthy candidates for the 2019 Civic Awards.
Grand Falls-Windsor Civic Award winners
Special Olympic Athlete of the Year: Joshua Gardner
The Beverley Anne Butler Heritage Award: Anne Warr
Female Athlete of the Year: Hailey Budgell
Male Athlete of the Year: Aaron Stacey
Musician of the Year: Michael Race
Business of the Year: Horwood's Home Care
Arts & Culture Award: Art Ex Festival Corporation
Team of the Year: Exploits Valley Cheerleading Team
Volunteer of the Year: Dave Byrne
Youth of the Year: Steven Drake
Citizen of the Year: Allan Bradley
Organization of the Year: Grand Falls-Windsor Community Kitchen
Mayor's Awards presented to: Billy Ballard, Joe Tremblett Sr., Dave Grimes, Ken Hoefling, Paul Lewis, Bernard Hoffe, Gary Bowers, Gerald Foss, JoAnne Maeck, Mya Healey and Lily Healey


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By Kaitlin Fuelling, '13
Tomorrow, the Bronco's men's soccer team will play their first match this year against the University of San Francisco. Mark Daus (MD), a freshman from Plano, Texas, has had some experience with tough match-ups, as well as success. In 2009, he led his team to a 23-1 record and anchored a strong defense that allowed only three goals during the 2010 regular season.
SantaClaraBroncos.com (SCU) took some time to talk with Daus about his experience and the upcoming season.
SCU: As you begin your first season
here at Santa Clara University, what do you see as the benefits as
well as challenges as a student-athlete?
MD: Coming into a completely different environment than what I was use to back home I knew I would have to make a huge transformation in my life. I believe being an athlete at such a prestigious university in academics and athletics will give me many opportunities for life after college. Being in the heart of the Silicon Valley allows me the chance to establish many connections to the companies out here if I choose that route. However with the great tradition and history the sport programs have here, I give myself the opportunity to play sports after college as well. Unfortunately these benefits don't come for free. I will have to learn to manage my time to get my studies in order as well as making sure I am able to perform at the highest ability on the field.
SCU: Are there any individuals on or outside your team that you find inspirational or look up to?
MD: If it wasn't for my two sisters I don't know where I would be right now. I try to live my life the way they do. I go to them with every major or minor problem I am facing day in and day out. With both of them playing soccer at Penn State, it allows me to use them as a resource for time management, soccer and all-around life.
SCU: How did you begin playing soccer? Were you always an avid defender/midfielder? Do you have a preference in positions?
MD: I began playing soccer at 4 years old. Whenever my sisters had games I would always bring my own soccer ball and be playing by myself on the field next to theirs. I guess it was sort of in the blood. Until I turned 12 years old I was scoring the goals, not stopping the goals. My coach decided that we didn't have any defenders so he just threw me back there and I guess he saw something special and ever since I have been a defender. I don't really care where they put me but one quote has always stuck with me being a defender, "Forwards sell the tickets but defense wins the championships." So I would have to say defender may be my choice.
SCU: Were there any particular events or tournaments that were memorable?
MD: Winning National Championship when I was 16 with the Dallas Texans. Also, being crowned both Texas state and National Champions last year for high school at Dallas Jesuit.
SCU: What do you believe allowed you to become the player you are today? Do you have any goals for your first season?
MD: I believe my club coaches have made me the player I am today. Hassan Nazzari really pushed me in ways that I didn't think were necessary, but it turned out he knew exactly what he was saying. He has changed me from being a person who plays soccer into a soccer player. My goals for the year are to adapt to the new system, win the WCC and from there make a strong run in the tournament and see where it takes us.
SCU: Do you have any pre-game superstitions? What is your pre-game regime?
MD: I always have to listen to country music before the game. Some people like jumping around with rock and rap to psych themselves up, but I like to keep a calm stature and take in some Texas country.