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As a Pleasure Professional, a Tantra Goddess, and last but not least, the Queen, I accept the invitation to continue this marvelous erotic adventure, at least in my imagination! In this scenario, my actions have very little to do with my nice girl and much more with my wanton animal self, albeit with a good head on her shoulders.
So many of you you cheered me on wishing I had just "gone for it," and my sweetheart and I chuckled at the possibility! After fourteen years with the same fantastic man, the ejaculatory relief of the moving guys in my temple of sacred love would not exactly have filled my cups. My pussy, yes, perhaps… but not my Yoni, my chalice of divine intervention with God. Oh, without a doubt, it would have been an adventure into lusty passion on a hot summer day alone in the house… but with my background, this erotic adventure would have gone something like this:
"Hey guys…." (hmmmm….. not quite….. what would that sound like if I was in my power?)
"Men, what Ma'am wants is what Ma'am gets. Steve, reach into that drawer for that tube of lube. How close and how slow can we go? Pass those lovely lips my way, men of steel. Breathe hot into my ear and neck ever so slowly over my luscious breasts. Steve, I want you first, then Quinn… then Mike…. S L O W E R darlings…. until we run out of time and you have to return another day." Panting hard now, the scent of man and sweat ignites my animal self…
Shit… who has condoms? Not me… never need 'em! Where's that lube?
Guys in a hurry never think about a woman needing more WET than they can provide. Damn… lost in the chaos, that lube was too far away. "Hey guys, just keep your blue jeans on and hold me tight, as if you love me more than life itself and you never wanna let me go."
Right! I am a Tantra Yoga teacher… I know things! I know the difference between my human animal and my divine feminine. I know that sharing about an afternoon's adventure like that with my darling over wine and grilled swordfish and vegies would not make his day. I know that hot relief is like eating at In 'n Out…(pardon the pun) and is instant gratification (hey, you want fries with that?). And I want you to know that I am having more satisfaction writing about the possibilities than if I were writing about hot sex on a hot day.
Sometimes I lament my graduation into consciousness as it relates to my own sexuality. You can still have it any way you want… there are no rules, only your own truth in each and every moment. I love it all.
Sometimes I want my lover In 'n Out, and sometimes I want a slow dance that lasts a lifetime. That is how I view the gift of playing with energy as it is called for in the moment. It's all Tantric! It's all Divine! Tantra is, after all, the yoga of everything.
The recent teaching week at Esalen Institute for fifteen couples of all ages and stages held the same gratification as it always has. One of the couples called Charles and I the Sexual Bodhisattvas of Love. Now that is a testimonial I am proud to bear!
Now that I'm settled in my new home and The Movers are long gone, I've launched my private practice once again. Individual sessions via Skype or in person (in Genoa, NV) are available and I'm now offering a 3-Day Divinely Feminine Experience scheduled at your convenience!
In harmony with the Seasons,
Soft eyes matched hard muscle. I trembled and nearly fainted as shockingly erotic movies immediately played across my mind. "Do for me? Well, yes, now that you mention it… see that dresser over there? It needs to go on that wall rather than this one." Oh, Goddess help me, I could just lay back on the damn dresser… the bed is too obvious, isn't it?
I loved these guys. I loved how they effortlessly hauled, dollied and carried thousands of pounds… tons actually, of my stuff the previous day… a move down three flights of stone steps from my Lake Tahoe home that took eight hours before they showed up in two huge vans at my new house in Genoa—Nevada's oldest town in which Nevada's oldest Thirst Parlor is the number one tourist attraction. In that one long day we bonded in partnership-of-the-impossible. No time for lunch… no time for dinner… just finish the job and head home with empty vans.
Back to these three men at the foot of my bed… or perhaps I should say to the movies in my head that weakened the very fabric of my seventy years of evolution into a Conscious Lover. For every woman my age I want to assure you we are still capable of prolonged fantasies of sex with young bucks who make a living on their testosterone. I was wet with desire, yet my 'nice girl' would have no part of their offer.
"Oh, no thanks," I squeaked in near-breathless observation of my promiscuous thoughts. They were, after all, the Moving Men. As they followed me back down the carpeted stairs, we hugged good-bye, lingering in the embraces that were filled with the promise of tender passion.
Often unrequited love is the only option. The whole scene was reminiscent of youthful times gone by when I would have jumped their bones—or is that boners? It was a warm reminder of my ALIVE female animal who lives in the deepest recesses of my goddess lover-woman.
Could it be that the Wild West of Northern Nevada has woken up Belle Starr… Divine Madame of the Thirst Parlor and Pleasure Professional? What do you think? Please share in the comments section below.
Your divine side-kick and friend,
So what does this all mean? As a culture, we are expanding and awakening to more of our potential. This excites me, as I love my unknown potential also. Though daily life still has demands that are filled with details, I look upward toward the greater Yoniverse for guidance, understanding, and my role in the unfolding of a life meant for living.
Is your role in this expansive weaving clear to you? The women and men who practice loving themselves as an art form are the ones who appear to live more and more in alignment with the wave… of joy, fulfillment, and purpose. Loving yourself is not narcissism, but a positive statement that you are special and worthwhile. Many say it is easier to love others than to love oneself. We have been taught that "selfish" is self-centered and therefore not in alignment with the outdated rule that "it is better to give than to receive."
Balance is the reward when that which goes out also returns; and when that which returns goes out again, just as the waves roll in and back out as I gaze at the shore of the great Sea. It is with sincere gratitude that I write you from my own Source after you have endured so many emails this year announcing this or that telesummit or retreat. Thank you for staying with me as I experimented with being part of so many community events this year!
I will be moving soon to another wonderful house in Genoa, Nevada, the oldest settlement in the state of Nevada, only 25 minutes from Lake Tahoe. For the next few weeks, I will be swamped in boxes and bubble wrap, remembering to read my writings about taking care of myself. My hair appointment is made and my massage appointment is on the calendar, so please stay tuned to how well I love myself during a time of stress!
May the rest of your summer wash you in warmth and play.
I always love hearing from you in the comments!
In gratitude,
I had the opportunity to experience an entry-level OM in the form of 15 minute receiving session from a perfect stranger who was recommended by a friend. I felt relaxed and safe, and what I received was a very honorable and delicately offered massage to the upper left quadrant of my clitoris after the hood had been softly rolled back.
This being my first OM, obviously I was a novice. I was instructed to simply lay back, close my eyes, and allow something or nothing to happen. I was not to reach out and touch the man who gave to me, or to try to become aroused… or not. He told me after looking at his watch when the 13-minute mark had been reached, and that we had 2 more minutes before completion of the session. That was the extent of our conversation. I felt open, relaxed, and rested as he wiped the lube from my yoni. I put my panties and skirt back on as he straightened up the sheet and folded the towel, putting his things away in his pack. We embraced and I walked him to the front door and we said farewell… "It was lovely to meet you!"
Astonished? I was! I am told this is such a popular practice that thousands of people are "OMing." At lunch hour, before dinner, or anytime one can arrange for a 15 minute OMing session. The rules of OMing are that the man must travel to the woman's address, he must not charge her for his time, and he must ideally enjoy and receive as much as she does.
I welcomed the opportunity to share my mastery of Sacred Spot Massage and Sexual Awakening and Healing (AH) to the One Taste Orgasmic Mastery students. What I noticed among some of the students at One Taste was that they have their One God (OMing) and were not so open to my offering of sacred spot massage practice with its requirements of eyes open, making sounds, and deep breathing; or to learning the healing modalities of internal massage for both men and women as a Tantric practice. Many others waited in line to thank me as we ended the class, tears obviously streaming down the cheeks of grateful students.
I love the opportunity to weave knowledge and share it with eager minds and hearts. As I walked away feeling an uneasy sensation in my belly, I began to look back in history at the never-ending religious wars–the "my God is better than your God" way of reaching for the same Light. In this case, a similar desire for pleasure and awakening.
I am aware that Tantra is tribal. Tantra is a Yoga that is several thousand years old, a study and practice that has surfaced in modern times as a result of the sexual revolution of the 1960's. It is a guide for lovers of love. It has many tastes and many gods (as the Hindu pantheon has many gods and goddesses). And yet, I admit to how simple those 15 minutes were, alone with a stranger I chose to trust with a very intimate part of me. Is it only in America that we are too busy to make love an art form?
I wonder… and I love you!
Please let me know your thoughts in the comments section below.
One only reaches a state of meditation for brief periods, if at all, as the mind will want you to notice that you aren't thinking and then alas, now you are thinking again! But practice makes perfect. Meditation is an inner seeing and sex is enhanced by intimacy (in-to-me-see). Tantric sex includes meditating with the beloved knowing that the act of sex brings you closer to the God or divine in one another. On the other hand, casual sex is simply a meditation on the genitals, with orgasm as the goal, aka "Fast-food Sex."
I recommend beginning with a solo practice, whether you are in a relationship or not. Once you have created luscious habit of self loving sensual/sexual meditation, you'll have much more juice to bring to your relationship!
How do you make time for sexual meditation and/or pleasure? Put it on your calendar, your iPhone, your computer with regular alerts! Create a daily 5-10 minute practice during the week and a 1/2 hour practice on the weekend.
Set the stage: create or weave a special cocoon with your vivid imagination. If at all possible, a candle-lit bath or 'pleasure nest' just for YOU with your favorite music, scent, lighting, fabrics, mirrors, art. Look at yourself in a mirror while you relax and SEE the transformation of the busy you into the pleasure
goddess that you are. Anoint yourself with oil… massage your own breasts (not just your nipples) but give yourself a sensual breast massage just for the pure "health" of it. Massage your inner thighs and especially any area (belly?) that you think is too fat, or too flat, or too something. If you don't love yourself, who will? YOU are your own most intimate partner. Practice loving yourself and your self will love you better!!
Bringing Sensual/Sexual Meditation to a Partnership
During sex, meditate on your partner (what! look at them? Yes!) Eyes-open enhances intimacy. Let your eyes say what your words want to say (slower darling or take me, beloved or you're mine, sweetheart or I adore you, honey. Your eyes are powerful tools to enhance sexual pleasure. Capture your mind and make it work for you!
If eyes are closed during sex, meditate on your own breath. Meditate on the scent of your partner. If his or her eyes are closed, open yours! Surprise them by being present even if they seem to be in their own world, the world of pleasure! Use your inner vision to follow your breath… up the spine and down again.
Or, use your internal vision to feel your breath coming into your nostrils… and out again… in an endless wave of coming in and going out. Like the lapping of the sea upon the shore, it relaxes the brain from all its busyness and turmoil.
Feminine Libido Enhancer
While sitting at your desk or meditating on your mat, spend 5-10 minutes meditating on internal muscle exercises as outlined below. These are not kegels, but secrets from the ancient Eastern practices of Tantra and Taoism. Ask your brain to follow your breath and the parts of your body that you are feeling. Take a break from working while at your desk even if your eyes are open… you can use internal gazing or no focus with eyes open.
This practice brings more blood flow to your sexual center, arousing your life force, and distributing it upward with breath toward your brain. It also prepares your sexual organs inside and out to engorge, wake up, and feel their aliveness
1. INHALE deeply and hold breath.
2. While holding, SQUEEZE your internal muscles … tighter… tighter… tighter.
3. EXHALE and relax these muscles completely … until you feel a pool of energy beneath you.
REPEAT 2 more times… squeezing as you hold the breath… relaxing as you exhale.
4. Now inhale deeply, hold breath while pulsing the muscles (squeeze-relax-squeeze-relax-squeeze-relax).
5. EXHALE slowly while relaxing your muscles. When all the breath is out, begin your next sequence.
6. INHALE slowly and pulse (squeeze-relax-squeeze-relax-squeeze-relax)
7. EXHALE deeply while relaxing all tension in the muscles
REPEAT 2 more times and let go of all technique
8. MEDITATE on the energy you have cultivated that you are now "sitting on!"
While meditating on the energy, a woman might repeat to herself:
I am a goddess of pleasure
All acts of love are my rituals
I live in a perpetual state of orgasmic bliss
This is my birthright
Meditating your way to Bigger Orgasmic Pleasure
during Clitoral Orgasm
Meditate on breathing into and from your aroused clitoris. Use your inner imagery to imagine it growing taller than Empire State Building! If with a partner, imagine it growing through the upper palate of your partner's mouth and into his brain (now you are penetrating his brain into a heightened state of consciousness!).
Rather than tightening your legs and shortening your breath, relax your pelvis, deepen your breathing while sounding Ahhhhhh on the exhale. LOUDER… LOUDER (into a pillow if need be, but LOUDER!)
State clearly… I'M COMING!! After exhaling fully, take in another deep breath, sipping your pleasure as if through a straw right up into your brain. See it lighting up like Fifth Avenue at Christmas.
Let me know how you like these techniques by commenting below.]]>
She is known as "Lady in Red"… or "My Queen"… or "My Lady," because you bow to her as your way-shower and your guide. She's however spritely or divinely you envision HER.
SHE is your best girlfriend… your closest confidant… your observer and your advisor. She sits on your shoulder or she resides in the temple of your own heart… or both.
Our Divine Femininity is our planet's savior! Is she Magdalene? The child of Magdalene and Jesus is love itself!
If you choose to marry your soul, you must find the Vows that enable you to speak 'Goddess,' not English.
You may choose to use my own Vows in Sacred Marriage to my Soul to guide you:
I VOW THAT … It is time… it's time… to listen to you, Beloved.
It is time… it's time… to follow the truth as you speak it to me.
It is time… to Embody the Feminine divine… as me!
It is time… to follow faithfully YOU, my Lady, who dwells as my soul.
It is time… to follow my commitment to dance with your flames, however hot they may be.
I am bathed in your love… I am warm and safe and protected.
I vow to risk ALL in service to you, holy Magdalene of all that you can be.
And then SHE whispers to me from my deepest yoni soul's voice:
"TEACH AS ME… your feminine soul.
I lick you into full awareness.
My tongue drips nectar upon your lips.
Touch tongues with me and ignite the glory of Goddess Divine.
Translate the feminine divine soul
for your friends, family and students.
Practice the howl of Ahhhhhhhh!!!
… igniting the sleeping soul of every woman's wisdom.
SUCK my truth between pursed lips.
DRINK my sweet milk into every cell of your being.
YOU are wet with my love… my never-ending devotion
I hereby declare these vows through the light of the Full Moon, in whom dwells Mother Goddess who will never desert me.
Yours in eternal devotion…
Glammie of the Tribe
Caroline Muir
Queen of All Things
Click… click… click-click-click… the high speed Nikon seemed to have a mind of its own. The woman behind the power has her own power… and a pretty big mind of her own!
"Time for new photos," says I. What to wear? How's my hair? You don't know who I am in my new decade, the 8th one when you get past 70. "Wendy," I request, "capture me in my ecstasy… as I am. Blow my mind right off… surprise the me who tries to stay in control… shove me outside my limits and dare me to let go for the camera. No posed studio portraits, please."
And so we did… in San Francisco, Golden Gate Park, The DeYoung Museum, the Botanical Gardens… a perfect day. As if I were carried by rickshaw through the gardens of Heaven, the photographer and our make-up artiste escorted me into the unknown. I surrendered… fully… and that is why it worked… in a very orgasmic and organic sort of way.
I wish I could do this more often. My confrontation with my aging vanished with each "click" of the Nikon. Believing that I was being seen by the "Beholder" and not by the lame and shallow critic in me was a healing of the highest magnitude. WOMAN (and I am one) spends way too much time confined within the walls of self-doubt. My career as an author and an educator of the Tantric Arts has opened the door of that room and invited me to soar. And that includes my willingness to surrender to the huge power that is WOMAN… in her sexual/sensual in-to-me-see for the world to witness.
When one of my dearest girlfriends suggested doing this photo-shoot herself to capture her unique 'brand' as a psychotherapist, the aperture in me clicked "Yes"! I treasure how women are my guides into bigger and bigger places within myself, just as I treasure how the men in my life have urged me over and over into bigger adventure, something I have always craved. Show me! is the mantra for people from Missouri where I grew up.
I have been playing out Queen for a Day all of my life. Now my passion and purpose is Embody Your Ecstasy® as the Divine Feminine Awakens through my offerings. Join me!
Please share your comments below.
All my love… always, Queen for a Day
Priest and philosopher Pierre Teilhard de Chardin was on to something. If his words seem startling, it's because we don't usually think of love as a force of nature. But indeed it is! Love is one of the most powerful forces in the world. Some mystics say there are only two forces at work: love and fear… light and dark… the beginning and the end.
Sex is an expression of love, as taught historically in ancient India by the Tantric cultures. Yet, it must be sex practiced as an art form, as an offering to the Divine; as a yoga where union of male and female energies are expressed in human form, integrated with the holy and the sacred. Passion is our birthright while pleasure is a close companion of passion. What inhibits some is the fear of the power of passion. There is passion in sex, just as there is passion for life, for success, for money, for our children… for everything that sings of aliveness.
Everywhere I go, people notice something unique about me. I can finally admit this, having turned away many times from their recognition. Owning who I am… owning who you are… is Grace. It is a message to creation that you are paying attention. Vitality is a sister to aliveness. How do you rate your vitality? Does it accompany you throughout your day? What do you do about your vitality when it wanes? Rest? Push through? Drink more coffee?
In fact, much of your vitality is fueled by your sexual energy. That does not mean you need to have sex in order to be vital. In fact, sex often robs us of vitality if sex is something that is endured or done for the benefit of someone else. Education and rewiring of our thought forms about sex and sexual energy is essential in order to tap into the vitality and aliveness that sexual loving can offer.
Need a boost in your vitality, your aliveness, your passion? Bali is calling you! Come ride the biggest wave in history with me and bring your enchanted surfboards and magic carpets! Gals, we are rewriting Herstory with our persuasion and power to love with abandon. Wo[Man] creates Fire for the second time in history!]]>
Incense fills the air in my home as I await the new clients coming in an hour. The curt and brief email indicated 'my husband and me' would like to see you. Arrangements were made and the time was set for Saturday morning.
I gazed at two faces I had never seen, but whose names I had become familiar with through emails and the phone calls that Shanti and I exchanged, discussing the details of their visit. She has been with her husband (the marriage arranged in India) for 22 years, and their two teen-age children asked curiously, "Where are you going, Mama?"
The faces gazing at me as I opened the front door were classic to the Indian culture… big almond eyes, beautiful smiles, small stature, well dressed, eager and open. I welcomed them into my office, where we sat on fuchsia silk cushions to discuss the upcoming session, bowing easily in Namaste, as is their custom (and mine also, by the way).
Shanti expressed in her lovely, accented voice that she has always 'known' about Tantra Yoga, but never felt she had found the right teacher … not in her native India, nor in the U.S. where they had lived for thirty years.
"I have combed the internet looking for Tantra teachers, but when I Googled and found Divine Feminine Awakening, Caroline, I knew immediately that my teacher would be you." It always amazes me how women, especially, know from their feeling-place what or who is next. Her search was for an initiation into and with Divine Mother, and I was close enough to her vision that she chose me to bring this union to her.
Shanti has never been with anyone except for her family and her husband, a gentle, intelligent and lovely man. He stood close by her as I left the room for her to undress and put on one of my silk ceremonial robes. When I returned she was under the sheets on my warm and cozy massage table. All I could see were huge deep eyes, full beautiful lips, and a head flowing with dark silky hair. Her eyes looked up at me in anticipation of this … her long-awaited Initiation into the sisterhood of the divine feminine.
I gazed long and easily with Shanti, my hands softly resting on her heart and belly through the covers that protected her privacy. I moved my upper hand to her brow center, and guided her into her breath, her chakra centers, the sounds of OM and AH, all familiar to her from the Indian culture. Her beloved stood respectfully apart, yet near. Instinct told me to explain that I would now join her on the table and drape her legs over my lap so that my hands could contact her pubic mound and her heart. She trembled slightly, though her eyes told me she was ready to step through her fear and into the enlightened space of having arrived at her desired destination.
In the fullness of time and with her permission, I slowly entered her and rested my fingers softly onto her sacred spot. Almost immediately she went into process as her lovely face drew up into the pre-tears that would soon fall from her eyes. Many moments passed as she recalled, felt, and accessed what she had longed for her whole life. She wailed "my sisters in India all need this so badly … they are all subservient and afraid to stand tall in their power."
"Blessings to you Shanti and to all of your sisters in India. The old ways are dying and the power of your passion is here to stay!" I exclaimed. She nodded but could not speak, and through our gaze I felt the transmission to all women who have been kept small because their culture said "This is how it is!"
I gazed over at her beloved, and his teary eyes gazed back at me as he nodded his support for his wife. We later moved back to sit again on our silk cushions and joined hands. Silence is natural to those who meditate and we lowered our eyes for a long period of integration.
As we bowed in Namaste, Shanti asked if they could stop by on Sunday before driving home so that "…you would please bless our children, Caroline." "Of course, Shanti, that would be my pleasure"… and it surely was.
Reflecting on the session in the altered state that followed, I realized that the magic of this experience was that a blue-eyed Kansas girl was the messenger of the essence of Tantra Yoga to these beautiful Indian people, a gift to so many of us from their culture.
Om Shanti… Shanti… Shanti…
I welcome your comments below … how do you feel after reading this true story?]]>
The Divine works in ways I will never understand, but the following true account made me a believer forevermore.
The plush carpeting in my home stopped at the entry to the dining room where the floor had been redone and covered with cream marble tiles that my friends acquired in a "great deal" and shipped to Maui from Bali. It created a kitchen and dining room floor one could nearly see herself in as the stone was polished to a clear shine.
During an event in my home, the forty-two inch round glass coffee table was moved out of the living room and placed safely between the dining table and the sliding glass doors that had a great view of the Pacific Ocean.
The carved wooden sea horses that supported the glass top were perched in their familiar grouping along with couches and chairs that lined the perimeter of the grand living room, minus their glass top.
After the event ended, my friends offered to move the furniture back and I tiredly commented, "Let's do it in the morning!" Off they went in the tropical night air while I felt the delicious emptiness of the house once the thirty-eight guests happily strolled or drove home from the lovely Puja ceremony. Slipping into a soft cotton night-gown, I strolled through the dining room to close the sliding glass doors from the ever-present trade winds, feeling the cool marble under foot. Somehow, I lost my balance and fell backwards, unable to stop my descent directly down into the center of the low glass table.
The crash of breaking glass resounded throughout the night. I found myself tightly nestled within shards of sharply pointed glass, instantly realizing that any move on my part to escape any deep and dangerous cuts meant that I must freeze into stillness. And so I did. Gazing around at the impossible situation I found myself in, I yelled many "Help" cries into the silent night. Soon I realized that I was trapped in what appeared to be crystals of lethal beauty.
Now was the time to go deep inside. My panicked heavy breathing would do me no good. No one was near and no one would hear my cries. I closed my eyes. I spoke with God/Goddess and handed my situation over to All- That-Is. Years of meditation practice served me well, as I was able to empty my mind of the helpless fear that could have consumed me and for some moments… did.
It seemed as though I slept, so deep was my stillness. I definitely went unconscious and left my body in its trapped ocean of terminal beauty.
And then what happened, you may ask?
Perhaps a full hour passed. My next conscious moment was finding myself standing upright on the carpeted floor, a good six feet from my glass cocoon. I felt my skin, looked around at the darkened house, listened carefully for the sound of my breathing, wiggled my toes into the plush cream beneath my feet, and looked over my shoulder at where I had been in utter disbelief. At that moment, however… I believed.
A 'miracle' such as this humbled me to my knees. I couldn't move once again, though now I was surrounded only by the soft night air. I decided to tuck this story deep within me so as not to deflate the feeling that a miracle of sorts had just saved my life.
Slowly, I stood upright and very deliberately walked to the other sliding glass doors, closing them against the cool nightly trades. Humbly gliding toward my bed, I slid between my sheets and lay my head upon my pillow, as if I were an angel resting from the days' tasks, tired yet wired. I eventually drifted into slumber, knowing that I would never be quite the same again. Perhaps miracles happen every day, but this was an evening of great magnitude for me. I was saved… I was still needed… I was loved. My connection to the Divine was and always will be… a Miracle.]]>


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Sometimes its good to have a backup girlfriend too...
Sometimes its good to have a backup girlfriend too...
never is...never is
Try some spray such as KROLL or PB Blaster. Spray it on and let it set for about 20 minutes. Try the screws then. WD-40 is a lubricant...not a penetrant.
did try some blaster also, same results
Got mine out w/a kit I bought @ Lowes specifically for removing stripped or stuck screws. You have to carefully drill out the screw a bit with the bit provided then use another bit in the kit (reverse threaded) and it should come out, but you will need a new Mod. screw. It worked very good, but you do have to be VERY carefull not to bore out the hole it the com. As far as I could tell, I didn't come close to the actual cam hole. Good luck. Oh, kit was about $20.00
I've had trouble with cam module screws sticking too. I thought it had something to do with using dissimilar metals - steel screws in aluminum holes. I had some stick almost to the point I wasn't sure they would release and just as I was about to give up they would snap loose. This would always produce a brief metallic odor kind of like what you smell when welding. I just thought that was normal. Another thing - I've always just given them a slightly snug final torque so it's not like I've been cranking down hard.
I recently decided to replace the OEM screws with stainless steel screws for a different reason. Last fall I hunted in rainy weather quite a bit and didn't wipe down my bow as often as needed to prevent rust. Consequently several black steel screws started rusting, including the cam screws. When I was taking the old screws out for the last time one screw just wouldn't break loose. I too tried WD-40 and put some serious twist in a Sears allen wrench. It finally busted loose after several attempts over several days.
So, is this something to be concerned about? Should I contact Martin to see about getting the cams and modules replaced? Would this, along with cam lean at full draw, be justification for replacing the cams, modules, limbs and limb cups like Barry did recently?
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When pseudo-scientists can't back-up their assertions about the safety and / or effectiveness of drugs and vaccines, their answer has always been to launch personal attacks on their opponents. These tactics are no longer working. Even those who support Western medicine are sickened by their lack of science and abusive tactics. Their days are numbered – society is waking up. And it isn't before time either.
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yes the big pharma drugs do nothing to cure disease. They cause mayhem in the body with side effects that really the true effects with zero side effects. Destroying lives with synthetic hormones and vaccines that kill babies. Bioweapons is what vaccines are…and the parents of the dead babies I interviewed witnessed the effects of vaccines on their babies before they actually died from vaccines. Anyone who attacks me for saying this is heading for disaster themselves.


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Alta California Territory (Upper California) was a 19th-century federal territory formed under the Mexican Constitution of 1824. Its boundaries corresponded with those of the preceding Spanish colonial Alta California Province. It included territory in the present day U.S. states of California and Arizona, and in parts of Nevada and Utah.
Mexico declared independence from Spain in 1822, upon conclusion of the decade-long Mexican War of Independence. Spain did not acknowledge its independence until 1836. With the establishment of a republican government in 1823, Alta California, like many northern territories, was not recognized as one of the constituent States of Mexico because of its small population. The 1824 Constitution of Mexico refers to Alta California as a "territory".
The capital of Alta California Territory was Monterey. After a revolt led by Juan Bautista Alvarado in 1836, the territory was transformed into a Department, which granted it more autonomy.
Alta California, and much more of the present Southwestern United States, was ceded to the United States by Mexico in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo of 1848, the peace treaty that concluded the Mexican–American War.
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Call Rogers Cable Tech Support 1-888-764-3771Report your problem using Master Ticket PT00063763Ask to speak to a supervisor or manager to get someone who may have at least heard of the problem and can action it. (HSUD problem in 2010-2011 took 6 months for any change! Fix was leaving drive on 24/7.)If they transfer you to Customer service, tell them the master ticket number again and ask to talk to a manager. You can ask for a rebate but they won't give you one until the problem is fixed. Someone will call within a few days and possibly give you a ticket number or even start the ball rolling to get it fixed. Ever the optimist. --Computing 46 years and still get annoyed at tech problems.
So on top of this hard drive spinning up/down issue, I've also noticed that now when deleting shows, you have to go back to the beginning of your show list each time, whereas you used to be able to delete a show and then go to the next show that was on your list.I know I'm not explaining this very well, but if you have to delete multiple shows that are on the same day, for example two shows from Tuesday and you're performing this task on a Friday, you used to delete the one show on Tuesday and when you go to delete the second show from Tuesday it kept your spot on Tuesday, but now it goes back to Friday each time.This is just another one of those annoyances that Rogers specializes in.
Here are other discussions on the HSUD problem. #1 has a list of all the "improvements" in September's update:1. New SARA Firmware 18.104.22.168 Discussions (SA8300HD) Summary in Post 1»www.digitalhome.ca/forum/showthr···t=1563922. SA Explorer 8300HD Repair? (HSUD)»www.digitalhome.ca/forum/showthr···t=156740I hear my cable 8300 HD turning on and off by itself during various parts of the day»communityforums.rogers.com/t5/fo···ht/false
Something must be reading or writing to the hard drive every few minutes which causes it to spin back up. This could be the PVR scheduler checking the recording database, or something syncing it's state with a database on the drive.
I posted a summary of what I've learned over the last 2 weeks in the hopes others can spread the word and get Rogers' attention:»communityforums.rogers.com/t5/fo···41#M6641I included Pritcc's post Sep. 30, 2012 in the Rogers forum:".. submitted a complaint to the CRTC about the PVR problem: This is your reference number: 592676"»communityforums.rogers.com/t5/fo···97#M6597--Computing 46 years and still get stumped by tech problems.
I just submitted a complaint to the CRTC about the PVR problem....
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For what it is worth, this was just posted on the Rogers Facebook page."Hi, Cisco has been engaged and is working on a fix. Thanks for your patience! @RogersNicolas"
Hi folks, Chris here from the Rogers social media team.Thank you for bringing this to our attention. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. We are actively working with our vendor on a solution.I will share any new info I can provide as it crosses my desk here in this thread.
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Hi folks, Chris here from the Rogers social media team.Thank you for bringing this to our attention. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. We are actively working with our vendor on a solution.I will share any new info I can provide as it crosses my desk here in this thread.
I will share any new info I can provide as it crosses my desk here in this thread.
I don't see any post by Rogers on Facebook - can you give a URL please?
I don't see any post by Rogers on Facebook - can you give a URL please?
Hi folks, Chris here from the Rogers social media team ... I will share any new info I can provide as it crosses my desk here in this thread.
Agreed pmd. It is nice to hear a reply and hopefully, more to come in the future!
Hooter, your URL on facebook has disappeared! Hmm.
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I am not sure if this is related to the September SARA update on the 8300 PVR boxes which has caused numerous issues, but we have noticed another issue in the past 24 hours. While watching "live" TV, we are now experiencing 2-3 second pauses (previously this only occurred while watching a recorded show) and on occasion, the picture simply freezes. The only solution is to change channels and then switch back again. Or could this be the result of the hard drive being destroyed because of the constant spinning up and down caused by the update?
Could be the hard drive, could be another Firmware issue, maybe it's a broadcast signal feed issue, could be just about anything.Unfortunately the underlying problem continues to be the same on all fronts. Rogers continued use of 10 cent 3rd rate garbage hardware.We got a rover on Mars, unmanned commercial resupply to the space station, remote controlled drone aircraft and yet Rogers is still using low grade technology and unreliable poor quality equipment to deliver broadband services.Post after post after post of Rogers equipment failure issues here and elsewhere.We can analyse/rationalize the issues till hell freezes over but when all is said and done the problem boils down to Rogers complete and utter failure to provide quality service and hardware in return for your hard earned consumer dollars.Garbage in...garbage out. Another law of nature.
I am not sure if this is related to the September SARA update on the 8300 PVR boxes which has caused numerous issues, but we have noticed another issue in the past 24 hours. While watching "live" TV, we are now experiencing 2-3 second pauses (previously this only occurred while watching a recorded show) and on occasion, the picture simply freezes
With me it is both the audio and the video. I was told on another forum that the solution is the same as when you are watching a recorded program and it pauses because the hard drive is spinning down. You need to set a background recording which will prevent HSUD. Keep in mind it is not a fix, but a temporary solution until Rogers gets their act together!
......but a temporary solution until Rogers gets their act together!
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After 4 or 5 calls to tech support, I got bumped up to Customer Service, who finally promised me "management" would phone me after I complained that their "firmware" is being pushed to my equipment, which I cannot block, resulting in problems which prevent me from using my 2 PVRs as I unplug them when not in use (rather than keeping them on 24/7 and recording music at night to prevent standby).The call from "management" finally connected a week later and I was offered a 1-month rebate - about $80. Very fair IMO. I told them I'd rather have a fix but accepted the rebate. I will start the process again if it's not fixed in another month.--Computing 46 years and still get stumped by tech problems.
In 2010 when the firmware update to the 8300HD started the hard drive cycling on and off every few minutes and after a number of calls to Rogers, I finally told them "As far as I was concerned they were damaging my purchased PVR and that I was going to unplug them until they fixed the problem and I expected a free rental". The CSR said that sounded reasonable to him and made a call to Customer Relations (I think) and I picked the rental up later that day. Months later after another update left the drives spinning 24/7 (an acceptable fix), I went to return the rental and was told it was free for a year, so might was well keep it. When the year was up (early 2012), I tried to return it and was told I could keep it for another year (long time good customer promotion). I'm glad I did. Since my purchased PVR is really a spare, I've unplugged it again.
Thanks for all who posted here, it has influenced my decision to NOT purchase/Rent the Rogers Nexbox PVR device at this time... My LG LRH-780 is not dead yet (getting there though), just need a new Digital Cable box... will wait for the bug fixes.
Hey, Rogers_Chris, how about an update?
He has no updates. I posted on Facebook today and this is what I got from Chris.When we have more information we'll be sharing it. @Rogers_ChrisAND THIS!Of course we've checked with Cisco and we have no updates to share at the moment. I'd tell you more but we don't have anything to tell! Sorry. @Rogers_ChrisIt is getting ridiculous, but Rogers is being no help at all! I wonder if they even care!
It is getting ridiculous, but Rogers is being no help at all! I wonder if they even care!
Using Occam's razor a little here ... "Don't attribute to malice that which can be explained by pure incompetence"
We're working with our vendor on a solution. We'll have more information to share as it becomes available.
I think you'll find the lack of confidence Rogers_Chris, is because it took many months to sort out the last time, and then bam, it's like deja vu all over again.


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Today, more and more marketers and agencies are turning to ad networks. Prices tend to be lower than buying advertising directly from publishers and the networks boast a vast online footprint. Starting to experiment with and choose your network(s) can be overwhelming. Here, our experts offer tips on how to make smart choices when it comes to online ads.
Webserts — banner ads placed in confirmation e-mails sent after an e-commerce purchase — have grown in popularity as e-commerce expands and list brokers look for new sources of income. Experts share their "Dos and Don'ts" for marketers looking for opportunities in this emerging channel.
Many multichannel merchants are compelled to cut catalog circulation because of the current economic picture. Some retailers, however, are doing so in the name of "mailing smarter." The goal is for sales to drop at only a fraction of circulation cuts. Multichannel merchants such as Williams-Sonoma and J. Crew reported double-digit reductions to circulations in the first half of this year simultaneous with better-than-expected profits. However, one retailer, Chico's, has expressed remorse recently over making cuts it later realized may have been too dramatic. Here, Kevin Hillstrom, president of MineThatData; Rod Ford, CEO of CognitiveData; and Holly Wasas, account manager for brokerage at Direct Media Millard, weigh in on how to cut back wisely.
InfoUSA Database Licensing, a division of InfoGroup, provides proprietary database services for value-added resellers. The company has recently announced content partnerships and expanded alliances with search companies such as Bing and V-Enable. DMNews chats with Jim DeRouchey, president of InfoUSA Database Licensing, about the challenges of local search and the company's strategy to meet that challenge, as well as its future plans.
The Weather Channel is one of the most trafficked content sites on mobile phones, with more than 12.5 million unique users visiting the site every month and about 6 million iPhone applications in use. According to AdRelevance, the Weather Channel's mobile WAP site is in the top 10 for mobile Web traffic. DMNews chats with Cameron Clayton, VP of mobile at The Weather Channel about the cable channel's mobile strategy and its plans for the future.
DMNews spoke with Tom Day, SVP of Intelligent Mail and Address Quality at the US Postal Service, about the basics of the Intelligent Mail barcode (IMB).
Online fundraising offers nonprofits the opportunity to reach new audiences while building stronger relationships with existing constituents who are spending more time on the Internet. For organizations used to communicating via direct mail and telemarketing, embarking on a digital strategy presents a unique set of challenges and opportunities. Here, Pamela Barden, VP and group director, Russ Reid; Debbi Barber, president, Grizzard Communications Group; Vinay Bhagat, chief strategy officer, Convio; and Angie C. Moore, SVP and GM, fundraising services group at Merkle offer their Dos and Don'ts when it comes to online fundraising.
DMNews chats with The Benefit Companies and its CRM provider Sage Software about CRM. On the line is Larry Ritter, SVP of global product management and product marketing, Sage; Bill Sells, manager of IT, The Benefit Companies; and Justin Andaloro, marketing manager, The Benefit Companies.
Because social media is designed primarily for networking with friends and peers, it is a delicate space to convey marketing messages. Like any social event, marketers should learn a certain kind of etiquette when entering this realm. Collin Douma, VP of social media, Proximity Canada; Paul Dunay, global managing director of services marketing for Avaya; Jeff Hilimire, managing director at Engauge Digital; and Aaron Shapiro, Partner at interactive agency HUGE, offer their Do's and Don'ts when it comes to social media marketing.
Leon Henry's Gail Henry, EVP and GM, discusses where the insert media channel stands today, touching on popular misconceptions, unknown benefits and the evolving "websert" channel.
With too few dollars in the ever-shrinking b-to-b marketing budget, marketers are hard-pressed to quickly generate qualified, sales-ready leads. M. H. (Mac) McIntosh, president and principal consultant of Mac McIntosh Inc., suggests eight tips for making the most of a minimal budget.
Industry expert Julian Baim, chief research officer of print rating service MRI describes the evolution of circulation and audience measurement.
You've paid for the click and now you need to make the most of it. We asked three experts to share their secrets on how to design the best landing page so that every pay-per-click lead from a search engine turns into a buyer.
A solid e-mail database is the cornerstone for any successful e-mail campaign. David Eldridge, CEO of Alterian, and Blake Groves, online marketing consultant for Convio, share their top Dos and Don'ts for building the most valuable e-mail database.
Beginning in late November 2009, mailers will be required to switch to full-service Intelligent Mail barcode (IMB) to qualify for greater U.S. Postal Service discounts. IMB offers a dynamic alternative to the extremely limited POSTNET barcode. As you prepare to make the switch to IMB, here are five tips to make sure you take advantage of IMB's benefits.
With the new credit card bill potentially making plastic an option for fewer people — including those under age 21 and those without good credit — e-commerce retailers are offering more alternative payment methods, which are becoming more and more attractive when shopping online. So what should marketers keep in mind when it comes to choosing and promoting alternative payment methods? Bala Janakiraman, principal product manager, Litle & Co., shares his top tips.
As data collection becomes increasingly complex, sophisticated and essential for marketers, protecting the security of those databases is more important than ever. We asked several top experts to offer their best tips for how marketers can make sure their data stays safe.
Social media is a hot, ongoing buzzword among marketers. But just good social marketing goes beyond just having a Facebook page. How can you be sure to take advantage of these tactics and integrate it with the rest of your marketing efforts? Six experts share their top tips.
The rise of social media is creating an exciting inbound marketing channel that serves as an excellent complement to outbound email marketing efforts. Marketers who allocate the time and resources to integrate programs can realize synergies - driving incremental revenue while creating positive customer experiences. Here are five tips to help you integrate social media with your e-mail programs and ensure you're getting the most out of them.
Twitter is everywhere and chock-full of consumers - so more and more marketers want to get on the Tweeting bandwagon. But how can you be sure you're making the most of your microblogging efforts? Four experts share their top tips
Local search offers all the accountability and potential for delivering high ROI that make SEM such an attractive channel for marketers, and can help businesses geo-target as well. OrangeSoda co-founder Derek Miner and Gregg Stewart, SVP, TMP Directional Marketing, offer tips on how to become local search-savvy without letting dollars fly out the door.
David Zemke, director of product marketing at mobile game publisher GLU, and Brennan Hayden, VP at interactive agency WDA, discuss the strategy behind GLU's "The Price is Right" mobile game campaign.
Four experts serve up their best tips for getting readers to share your e-mails
Copywriter Dean Rieck explains why an online business should not limit its marketing initiatives to online-only and how an online business can reap the benefits of a direct mail campaign.
Matt Greitzer discusses his inspirations, search marketing's appeal, and how karaoke can bring a team together.
There are lots of choices when it comes to implementing insert media programs, especially as more marketers choose this channel for its affordable yet high-exposure options. Two insert media experts share their thoughts on what you should and shouldn't do if you want to see success with inserts.
As budget-conscious consumers continue to do more price-comparison shopping online, it's more important than ever to make sure customers can find you online when they search, as well as make sure they see the results you want. Five search experts offer ways to improve your SEO.
So, you've spent a lot of time and resources building a killer Web site; one that you know is attracting a lot of visitors every day. But there is just one problem: you have no idea who is coming to your site and clicking around. The Web is a great tool for casting a wide net and reaching millions of potential customers, and with a few simple tweaks to your site, you can take the anonymity out of the equation.
The pizza power-player discusses his transition from agency exec to client marketer and the best parts of the job -- besides free toppings
Mark Levien, executive director of digital at Fox Home entertainment, and Dea Lawrence, PointRoll's West Coast VP, joined DMNews for a conference call to discuss the strategy behind the campaign and how the companies worked together to reach consumers.
Everyday, more consumers are purchasing Internet-enabled handsets, so having your brand available on the mobile Web has become essential. So how can you optimize your presence in this quickly emerging channel? Five experts offer tips on how to beef up your mobile Web offering.
Smart direct mailers should always look for ways to cut costs. But in today's economic climate, cutting costs is a must. Paper, postage, and printing are all on the rise. Prospects have become more choosy about responding to offers. And marketing departments are being asked to tighten their belts and stretch their dollars.
Social media marketing fully emerged in 2008 as a "buzz" channel in marketing. Marketers have worked tirelessly to find the best ways to reach consumers while they interact with each other on myriad social networks, blogs and other online forums.
Alexandra von Plato, EVP and chief creative officer at Digitas Health, discusses her career path and the day-to-day intricacies of her job
DMNews asked five top agency executives what they wish marketers knew about working with a direct or digital agency - that they typically don't.
In an effort to cut costs, your CMO has reduced pay-per-click (PPC) marketing budgets (despite it getting the best ROI of any tactic), yet still expects to maintain sales levels. What's a savvy online marketer to do?
Growing your databases and driving sales means generating enough leads. So how can you make more of those essential connections? Five experts offer tips on how to beef up your lead-generating efforts.
As budgets for mailers, marketers and consumers tighten, there is a growing need to provide targeted value to consumers and cut down on campaign overhead such as postal expenses. List experts Roy Schwedelson, CEO of Worldata, and Mark Traverso, VP of sales, new business development and e-commerce at Lighthouse List Co., advise marketers on how to navigate uncertain times successfully without sacrificing consumer engagement.
Because search marketing's greatest strengths are accountability and measurability, experts warn that search efforts should not be among the casualties left lying on the cutting room floor after marketers crunch their budgets during these trying times.
While times are tight for marketers and consumers alike, now is as good a time as ever to use e-mail marketing. E-mail is cheap, measurable and affords marketers the ability to test, target and measure in ways that more traditional channels such as direct mail and print cannot. Companies looking to weather these tough times should take advantage of the channel and refine their e-mail programs.
With ever-tightening marketing budgets and an official recession, marketers must explore creative ways to promote their brands cost-effectively. While many companies consider e-mail or digital marketing as a cheaper way to reach consumers, experts say they shouldn't eschew traditional direct marketing at its expense.
As we count down the days until 2009, digital marketers are already making their trend predictions. Executive editor Sharon Goldman chats with Adam Turinas, EVP of client development at agency Organic, about his thoughts on interactive marketing for the coming year.
Lead generation has always been an important sales tool for those who sell products that are expensive or hard to explain. It's a great way to identify who is really interested in your products and services, help your sales people work productively and improve your marketing ROI.
Social media such as online communities, blogs, video and widgets are redefining how internet users engage the interactive world and, as a result, how marketers must approach multichannel campaigns.
In e-mail marketing, reputation is everything. Users are able to make a decision about your e-mail without even opening it — if they don't like what they see in the "Subject" or "From" lines, the delete key is never far away. Marketers also must contend with the negative connotation of "spam" — consumers apply the term to any unwanted e-mails, even if they are legitimate marketing messages to which recipients have opted in. To top it off, ISPs — always looking to streamline their networks and respond to customers' frustrations — create their own barriers. Our experts examine the ways in which e-mail marketers can manage their reputation.
The issue on the mind of most retailers today is, "How can I grab hold of higher sales and consumer satisfaction during this holiday season?" The malls are becoming less crowded, disposable incomes are dwindling, and most frighteningly, people are losing their jobs at an alarming rate.
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