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to giovanna cenamimother goddess,to giovanna cenami3 years ago in Free Verse More Like This
your whole deep greens
& your pale yellow slivers of sun
& then the blue sky sleeves
with your open fertile hands blossoming
out of them, small & serene.
your gaze a red innocence, heavy with curiousity
& need.
the white
white veil
won't dare
touch your
cheek bones.
it graces your glowing forehead, forgotten entirely
after the shock of love in your glance.
you know this man's
profound black browns, his steady eye
the flickering immodest uncaring of calculation
hung over his lids, over the hazy grey
of city sky, this hard bent man stooped
with briefcase in hand, thickly
cloaked, thin lipped, top hatted.
you the warm unnamed bride & he
the sharp nosed Man
you the pleasant & powerful, indulgent
of his every little
lovely evil,
the eternal forgiveness in the curve
of your lips, the unspoken
colour of power. you the patient
the unending source.
Kayaking at 7am on Blackridgeraindrops crackKayaking at 7am on Blackridge2 years ago in Free Verse More Like This
the glass of the lake
startling silver
and scarlet fish
gone in a blink
against the sediment
and grasping
the sweep
of my paddle
cleaves ripples
against the
mermaid green
enticing richness
as the restless-dog
wind bit
the heels of the storm
and the sun
shouldered past
the lake
like the sky
HeartbeatI've twisted my skinHeartbeat1 year ago in Free Verse More Like This
Like clay, to match
Her preferences
'cause I can't lie and say
"I don't want to fuck you."
Lately, every night
I've been feeling
A different heatbeat.
But her heart beats with
A different rhythm
Every time she opens herself up.
And every time she's around
It's like light kissing my eyes.
And I realize that,
Even with a pounding headache
And bottles, now only filled with
Sorrow lying by the bedroom floor,
I want to make breakfast together,
I want to mark down days on the
Calendar, I want to…nevermind.
It was probably just the shitty wine.
Academic InterestYou're all grace and intellect, lazily standing off to the side of the podium, one hand in a pocket, disinterest visible. Years of bored students have worn down your enthusiasm. No one even knows your name anymore; everyone just calls you Professor. But I'd like to learn your name, your first name, and write it down in my notebook next to mine – I want to write a paper with you, Professor. I want to impress you, bring a little spark back to your eyes, and maybe then you'll know my questions are serious interludes born from curiosity.Academic Interest1 year ago in Flash Fiction & Vignettes More Like This
You run your hands through your hair. It really completes the absent-minded-professor look, but there's nothing absent-minded about you; tired, yes, in need of coffee, but not lost in your own world, so distracted by love of history that nothing else gets through. Yet, my raised arm brings nothing but a feigned half-smile, like you're only humoring me.
I want to slam my assignment down on your desk and read it to you mys
And There Was Lighti.And There Was Light1 year ago in Free Verse More Like This
He was seventeen when he died.
I never went to the funeral
but I walked past it the day of
the service. His mother
was in the backseat of a blue Dodge,
door open, head in her hands.
"My baby," she kept repeating.
"My baby." It would go from sobbing, to
screaming, to a soft whisper that
I could only hear being carried
on the wind.
It was a Wednesday afternoon that they found
his old red pickup truck parked
out front of Slim's, two beer bottles in
the back and the windows cracked to let the stale
air out.
I heard that his dad told the police he was
gonna take that old truck and fix it up, because
he had promised his son before—
because it's always in the before—
he died.
And in the after, his mother never had dry eyes
and I'm pretty sure my mom told me
that she saw his dad at the bar every night,
drinking his sorrows down because some people can't
handle the stress.
Some people can't figure out why their son would
kill himself.
"Some men just want to w
For my DadI was waiting for youFor my Dad1 year ago in Free Verse More Like This
but you never came.
Story of my life.
I built a fort of blankets
and slept beneath the muted
light through my floral
print comforter,
because I needed comfort then.
The phone didn't ring,
and there was no knock at the door,
or a letter in the mail box,
or a box of bandages.
Did you know that every few minutes
I looked out the window?
Sometimes I wished you died so
I could forgive you for not
coming back.
stolen suicideshe inhaled your love-stolen suicide2 years ago in Free Verse More Like This
not because she loved you back,
but because you
were the only thing that didn't plague her-
the only human who didn't stain her bones.
and she recycled the poetry you used
to take her breath away
because she was never whole enough
to spit her own thoughts
and to breathe by her own words.
you told her that no human could be heartless
and she accused you of lying-
explaining that she's seen empty chest cavities
and she's seen blood sit still
but she's never seen death.
and one day she made you so angry
so fucking angry
because she wrote a letter
saying goodbye to her life
and she had stolen your words
but not given you any of the credit.
Hansel and GretelWhat kind of motherHansel and Gretel1 year ago in Free Verse More Like This
sends her children out
without their shoes or coats -
nothing but a trail of crumbs
to find their way back home?
They all find their way here.
Maybe it is the scent of holidays
freshly baked inside my kitchen
or the sight of spice drops
glistering in the rampant dusk.
The children like my house -
my rich ginger carpets
so easy to get lost in
and the pink pillows
puffed and glossy with promises.
They do not notice me watching,
how my fingers slip around their wrists
to measure their meager lives
or how I can smell when
they last ate their supper.
They only smile at me
and beg for more chocolate
in greedy little voices
and ask if they can see
what's baking in my oven now.
Butterfly SundaeMr. Dipple runs the ice cream shop a few blocks from the school. I like going there because the words and flavors mash up in weird ways. The word strawberry tastes like peaches; chocolate is cashews; pistachio is vanilla, and vanilla is oddly floral. It's like getting a double scoop for the price of a single.Butterfly Sundae1 year ago in Flash Fiction & Vignettes More Like This
Mr. Dipple tastes like butterscotch. I like that, because butterscotch is the same color as his mustache and the stripes underneath his apron. He's Oliver's grandfather, so that's where he took me. Out, I mean. Like, not really a date, but kind of a date, you know? No hand holding or anything, but he did open the door for me and that's kinda embarrassing but kinda really sweet too.
He asked his grandfather to whip us up a sundae; I didn't realize until it got to the table that it was one to share and that's also kinda embarrassing but really sweet in every way possible. Vanilla ice cream, chunks of brownie, whipped cream, and what I knew t
MyselfI don't knowMyself1 year ago in Free Verse More Like This
Who I am
But I do know
That I like
Being myself
And I wouldn't want
To be anyone else
Gensouある物はGensou2 years ago in Haiku & Eastern More Like This
Aru mono wa
Mae kara miru to
Ushiro kara mite
Isshou oboe
Certain things
When one looks at them from the front
Look from behind
A lifetime memory
The Boiler's GardenLately, I've been growing treesThe Boiler's Garden1 year ago in Free Verse More Like This
Without feeding them water
Instead, I've been cutting away
Inadequacies – cutting down leaves.
I let them live in old boiler room;
Made a fire and let it breath.
If these plants could synthesize photos,
They would recite these horrors themselves.
They've grow taller than they ever could,
But they're still coming out crooked.
A Hundred WaysHappiness, a hundred ways:A Hundred Ways3 years ago in Free Verse More Like This
unobtainable me and irrepressible you
slumped over sand. We draw the
briny scent of sea into our nostrils,
lungs expanding with light.
You and your limpid eyes so dark that
crabs could scuttle into them for shade,
smile lopsided from the time you stumbled
down the stairs, a flightless bird
and knocked out two front teeth. (You were
still laughing when we drove to the emergency room
as if there were rainbows lurking in the pain that
made your vision hazy, as if the rain was already
long gone.)
What a beautiful day. The tide's coming in
frantic and furious like it's two hours late instead
of right on time. You say let's go looking
for Atlantis and so we let the raging water carry
us - our pale soft bodies - our throbbing hearts -
away; you hold my hand as we are swept under
not knowing if we will resurface
soon or ever,
not caring.
hallmark of homeI live in a temperate rainforest biome, where it ishallmark of home4 years ago in Free Verse More Like This
too damp for romance too green for the best kind
of desecration you and I will never engage in,
give to give,
but last night was a cold deserta white fawn
a cheesecake moon
and I wanted so much to find you for more, was
afraid of stepping out, of lacking luck enough to
encounter that dreaded hallmark of home: acid
rain, as it falls and shines and kills
this heaven-heat.
the seasons found their voicesthe springtime childthe seasons found their voices5 months ago in Free Verse More Like This
sits in snowbanks and wonders when
the sun will shine through
clouds, heavy, leaden;
she sings to primroses tainted white
and watches the world grow in
the summer child sits among branches
of the budded apple tree and sings
to bluebirds come to rest
betwixt the twigs. he watches bright skies
turn to dusk and dreams of shooting stars like
god's campfire left
the autumn child sits alongside
rivers, chattering like
children left to play; she sings
to skies hung heavy with frightening frigidity
and wonders why the dead things
always fall.
the winter child breaks his breath
on ice frozen twice over; he sings to the silence
left behind at world's end
and knows when white skies fade to gray, to blue,
the world will begin
NostalgiaI use to recite the alphabet every day.Nostalgia1 year ago in Free Verse More Like This
I would start at A, but always stop at U,
Then look out at the porch and
Paint her portraits of herself
Made out of words. Colors always ended up
Outside the lines and shapes blurred with tears.
But it never mattered.
These paintings became a gallery
Documenting life in a chronological
Fashion, so when I look back, I could playback
These moments of innocence like movies.
I still find myself reciting the alphabet,
But I've moved on to V.
I started coloring inside the lines.
I can see vividly now…. I can see
Vividly now.
Coin 38the sky was a flat metalCoin 383 years ago in Free Verse More Like This
he could smell the dusky
smell of a coat discarded,
damp and full of dust,
on a bench as he passed.
and, even now, as
the wind pulled the hands
of his scarf around
in frantic circles
he thought of the quick flick
of her hand as she tossed
a cigarette, half-burned and
orange with inward fire
onto the sidewalk
Dishwasherafternoon light flickersDishwasher2 years ago in Free Verse More Like This
through the curtains
like a moth
her fingers brush
the lined edge
of a plate
as the sink fills
with water
the sound of paper, displaced
shifts behind her
she counts
the careful steps
the cat takes
across the table
outside the roses
trace their shadows
across the lawn
Human Flesh and Blood.Human7 months ago in Free Verse More Like This
Rhythmic Heart.
Emotions that
Tear her apart.
She's human.
Only human.
Colorful imagination
Soaked in the
Cynical thoughts
Of the past.
He's human.
Only human.
Scarred wrists
That are healing
Little by little
With the help of love.
She's human.
Only human.
Lanky stature
That he cannot control.
High-pitched voice,
That people misunderstand.
He's human.
Only human.
Mesmerizing smiles
That wer
MedsThey're supposedMeds1 year ago in Free Verse More Like This
To make me better
To solve my problems
But they're nothing but drugs
Drugs to control me
To keep me docile
They only make me
Numb and tired
They make my life
Dull and boring
A chemically induced illusion
That doesn't solve a thing
You, Me, and the FirefliesThere's a stable that holds consistency and horsesYou, Me, and the Fireflies6 years ago in Open More Like This
and men who don't know the difference.
There are fireflies- nature's dusk, flashlights,
and men who put them in jars.
Like how they think every person is a star.
We are not stars. We are people.
Do not mistake us for being brighter than we are.
Don't put light on our faces and say "look how bright she shines!"
Shining does not make a creature divine.
We are made in the image of who?
So why do we personify the things we are not.
Stars get names.
Babies get names.
Take the sky for what she is, and she will take you for what you are.
How would the world be if winter storms said,
"I want to be more like a person"?
and entered all the living rooms and passenger seats and tucked itself into our beds.
Horses don't want to be dolphins.
We always want what we are not,
until our mouths are foaming froth.
Fireflies, in stormy weather
do not know how to flock together.
The connotation in the word 'you'
is the severest case of deja-vu.
Think and br
indulgencei will peel away every individual shade of colourindulgence2 years ago in Free Verse More Like This
in this seven-thirty pm sky
like stickers on empty beer bottles in the space
between your ankles
i will drink down this crescent moon cocktail
and get tipsy on night air,
clinging to my skin and summer
will run through my veins
(quick-stepped, hurrying
but i don't want winter to come)
and sometimes i'll look down and realise
that my fingers are still sticky with sunsets
but i never want to be clean,
not ever again.
Girl Leaving a Barthe wind picked paceGirl Leaving a Bar2 years ago in Free Verse More Like This
she could feel the sound
of the music, very
distant now
he was telling her
about his sister
fingers sliding
through her hair
like water
saying, "You remind me,"
"You remind me."
it was too early
for spring
bare branches
stir with a sudden
turn of crooked fingers
as a car passes,
shedding light
on broken glass
last night she dreamed
of lions
Where I'm FromI am from Tolkien and George LucasWhere I'm From1 year ago in Free Verse More Like This
Shark Week and Harry Potter.
I am from lost pages in dusty books
Hidden on long forgotten shelves.
I am from green rolling hills
As far as the eye can see
Reverberating with the noise of insects
So loud you can hardly think
The sheep as countless as the stars.
I am from the ocean swells that stir up crabs
Who scuttle frantically back under the sand
Lest the gulls find them.
I am from tall trees that warp the mind
Back to a time when those fairy tales
We were told as children were real.
I am from the Brown Clan, Ferguson and Somerville
From thistle and wyrm slayer.
I am from strong hands that worked and moulded soil and steel
Built paper mills and submarines.
I am from wind watcher and readers of the sky,
Thinkers, doers, movers, makers, builders.
I am from those who make themselves
Leaving plans for others to follow or improve upon
Each individual stands like a wall
Tall and impassible for those who wish to change us
And an open field full of li
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|Frame: Metal
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|Padding: No
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|Leg Caps: Yes
|Hardware Finish: Steel
|Primary Material: Steel
|Number of Items Included: 1
|Outdoor Use: Yes
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|Country of Manufacture: China
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Republished spam is still spam....
However, I also remain suspicious of any "system" that purports to give an edge to an investor.
My inbox gets hit repeatedly with people who know how to beat the market. Further, short selling and other mechanisms that allow one to bet on the detriment to stocks is foolish and destructive.
Why would it be foolish or destructive unless you don't know what the **** you are doing in investments in the first place. There seem to be a lot of your type about these days and you're all whining for a bailout of some sort.
There are lots of so called "systems", as you put it, some of which actually work. Take Warren Buffet's "system"; he is a disciple of Benjamin Graham's system, and for that matter so am I. I don't try to sell anyone anything about investing but if you're too blind or ignorant to read and learn to see that, then I pity you. I have other "systems" which I am also using but I do not advise them for anyone else to try, even though they are working quite nicely, for myself, at the moment. The markets are what the markets are and fools and their money will be, and are, soon parted. Bitter about having lost some; are you???
This is pretty much similar to the system I've been playing since May and I've been making out very, very nicely. I was thinking about writing about my technique for the current situation (in fact almost any market situation). It's quite conservative and doesn't have a thing to do with short selling and why you seem to think it does, is beyond me. Short selling is another technique, altogether, which the smartest reserve for only a very small percentage of their portfolio; to do otherwise would be foolish to the point of insanity. I do short a commodity or stock occasionally, but with the full realization it's a gamble, (a very carefully calculated gamble) but as I said, I only do so after a lot of my own personal research and analysis; I do not advocate short selling for amateurs. Maybe you don't like some of my advice or posts on the current mess the economy is in but some others do. So, unless you have something intelligent and constructive to add or contribute, IMHO you should STFU. You're showing your ignorance on something you seem to know little or nothing about.
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But I'm sure learning a lot more about you, from you.
So, when I disagree with you I'm not being intelligent or constructive? I should STFU? I'm one of the guys looking for a bailout? Bitter about losing money???
I'm as big a free market guy as there is. I also said, short selling "and other mechanisms". Clearly, sir, you're not paying attention.
Listen, my first response link is a story about how the writer of your posting is selling his system. It was a marketing teaser, an advertisement to sell a system.
You saw fit to cut/paste and endorse this system as it was similar to techniques you already use and indicate have been successful for you. Big sweat investment in the idea, big guy!
Funny. You seem to be more inclined to attack people who disagree with you and who don't like to see spam trotted out in this forum than you are to articulating this system you use.
You only care enough to cut and paste for your ideas, but you'll take the time to type out a nasty vitriolic (and false) response to someone else's response. Methinks you protest too much.
BTW Warren Buffet is da MAN!!!
and had done a modicum of reading you might have realized that I had eliminated most, if not all, of the authors commercial shilling of his news letter. There are a few things I subscribe to, mostly background news on companies, the Financial Times, The Ivestors Business Daily and a few others, but, as I say, for background, not advice. In several instances my brokers have taken it upon themselves to provide me with several of these news letters gratis, but by my perverse type of investment thinking, I've always wondered why, if the advice was so good, why the writers weren't already rich and thus would have no need to to pen and flog their ideas.
Buffet is a great investor but you might find it more important and illuminating to study the strategies of the men whose stategies he chose to study and helped make him the success he is. If you think Buffet is da MAN as you so crudely express it, then you will have harnessed some of his ideas and should have at least 10 FULL shares of Berkshire Hathway in your portfolio, that you personally have earned through following his advice. If thay doesn't impress you check out the share price; they're down right now.
1. You're apparantly a doom and gloomer.
2. You always cut and paste articles, but never share your own thoughts.
if you were as deficient as I am in keyboard skills, that's the route you would choose when you found a well written article that coincided with your own thoughts and opinions.
I hesitate to share my thoughts on investment strategies,directly because much of what I do is most definitely not for everyone and I don't want to feel responsible for anyone losing money. However, that being said, the current mortgage crisis reminds me a lot about the S&L scandal back in the late eighties. That was one of the things that really lifted me up. I was buying realestate in Florida, Texas and various other places for mere pennies on the dollar. There is or was a rule that banks are not permitted to own realestate and at one point I was bidding on a golf course in South Carolina. I didn't get it but only because I was outbid by someone else. Did get a strip mall in that area though. I haven't really had time to look into this yet but something tells me, that if similar conditions don't apply yet, they will and the opportunities for investment should be even greater this time around because of the size and breadth if this financial debacle. It's worldwide but then so will be the opportunities Stay tuned, when I get a chance I'll PM you what I decide. I don't know if you're still in CO but I may have to be in Boulder, on business, in the not too distant future and was thinking of tying that in with some skiing in Vail or Aspen. Maybe we could get together.
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.....some of us are interested in your opinion.
As I said, I'm curious about the similarities between the current mortgage foreclosure situation as compared to the S&L foreclosure mess of the late eighties. This morning I received a couple of spams from some outfit called Zitabid offering to accept bids on foreclosures. My antennae for easy profits are starting to twitch. I wouldn't bid on anything sight unseen, never mind over the net, but I'm experiencing a sort of Pavlovian response regarding this, so I'll be starting to look into this asap, probably starting tomorrow.
I'll probably get more of this type of spam, but not to worry. I buy nothing without doing my research and due diligence, but my gut is telling me, that like the S&L fiasco, there's money to be made here, lots of it.
I did extremely well during the S&L business, and with that experience behind me, it should help with this situation. I expect there will be some differences but they should be minor in nature. The strategy during the S&L was based upon assumable mortgages but I suspect this time around, more cash will be required. We'll just have to see how all this is going to play out. I'll be checking out the situation in and around New England and perhaps out in Colorado and Nevada, near our other branches, although from what I hear, the foreclosure situation in Nevada at present, is insanely glutted at the moment. CO??? Who knows?? I haven't been there since July and when I was, I was working under time pressure and wasn't thinking anything about local realestate conditions.
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My time as Social Artist in Residence at the Centre for Creative Collaboration is helping consolidate stuff that I've been learning throughout my career. I want to share some of this by running some workshops around the question:
"How do I use social art, social media and social tools to improve my organisation's engagement with its customers or other stakeholders?" (btw that's whether your organisation is just you or hundreds of other people too)
I'm going to run some 1-day workshops to help you explore where you might start; how you can make use of things that you already have; how you know who else to get involved; and how you keep going once you've got started.
We will get there the same way that the Tuttle consulting group has been working things through with our consulting client, Counterpoint. We'll use the tried and trusted Tuttle approach of playing around with ideas, talking lots, trying out tools and ideas and generally making it up as we go along.
Many people don't go near social tools because they're afraid of getting things wrong or looking stupid. So I'm placing this workshop in a context that values getting things wrong, where everyone will probably look a little bit stupid, where we will value each other's silly childish scribbles and say "This is great! Carry on! You have to start somewhere. Well done! Well done for having a go."
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People who:
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The day will take the form of a field trip in which we go out together, explore a space and use social tools to capture and reflect on the experience. The group will decide for itself exactly which space will be visited, but the idea is to have a day out and about so the menu includes museums, galleries, woods, ponds, rivers as well as more urban landscapes.
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I'm pricing the days at a specially discounted £75+VAT per person for these first ones. You will need to bring your own packed lunch, at least one portable device capable of connecting to the internet, a fully-charged oyster card and a kagoul in case of inclement weather.
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Le Moulin de Corp
Doesn't matter where you go in Gorges du Tarn, you're apt to come across something worthy of taking your camera out of its bag.
Whilst driving along the Gorge de Dourbie I saw this bridge and thought it one of the most photogenic I'd ever seen. Somewhat surprisingly, the bridge and the two houses had a name, Le Moulin de Corp.
To access the bridge you have to go through someone's backyard though apparently it's a public right of way as there are signs there. The owners of the house on the river must, at times, find it hard to put up with the public traipsing through their backyard.
Anyhow, I actually saw the owner and made sure it was okay.
When I reached the bridge I was fascinated as to how you could have a river literally running on the foundations of your house. It wasn't a place I'd like to live in should there be floods imminent.
However, at other times the soothing rush of water would be wonderful I imagine. The Dourbie was flowing quite well when we were there and made for a fascinating stop.
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Some things to see in Meyrueis
These are some of the buildings you'll see in and around Meyrueis. Much of the architecture is relatively modern (19th century) with a sprinkling of mediaeval stuff here and there, particularly the bridges.
As I said in the opening, it's a good place to base yourself if you want to explore the Gorges du Tarn.
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La Couvertoirade
This village was originally conceived by the Knights Templar in the 12th century but, when they fell out of favour in the 14th century with King Phillip (he owed them money) the Knights Hospitaller (Knights of St. John) took over in 1312 and included the walls and church we see today.
It's a little out of the way but the tourists flock there nonetheless, partly because it's worthwhile seeing and partly because the buses can get there.
We were also lucky enough to see the sheep get herded through the adjacent village while we were there, just after I took the picture of them.
You can walk the ramparts when you get in there but it costs. I can say that you do get the best views from up there though.
Most houses are equipped with an exterior staircase, allowing access to balconies and upstairs living quarters.
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This is one of France's prettiest villages and I regret not taking a picture of the sign explaining the tower when I was there because I can't find any information on the internet.
Still, my brief walk around the village was enjoyable and the views from beside the tower are exceptional. Then again, any views in the gorge can be thus labelled!
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Meyrueis - a brief history
After the Roman domination, which saw the foundation of Meyrueis and the installation of potters in Rozier, the Francs, the Visigoths and then Saracens disputed the area. As of the Early middle ages some powerful families, the Old one of Anduze with Meyrueis in Rozier, cut great strongholds.
In parallel the Benedictines, installed in the valleys reflecting the value of the soil by important clearings. Thus were born the majority from the villages of Causses.
With the demographic rise of XIIe century and the technological developments, the country entered the commercial era. The merchants took steps in the community of Meyrueis, obtaining the introduction of active fairs and especially a broad municipal autonomy.
Consequently, the chief town acts as small capital of the area. However, the administrative and religious barriers, inherited from antiquity continued, throughout the Old Mode to quarter the canton between the provinces of Gévaudan and Languedoc and the dioceses of Mende and Nimes.
The 100 year old War, the Great Plague, then the Wars of religion in XVI and XVII centuries continued the processions of misfortunes. The processions remains were marked by an economic development, based on agriculture, but also the trade and the textile (wool, cotton-spinning and silk) and by religious persecutions in the Cevennes part of the country.
The Revolution officially reunified the canton by integrating it into the new department of Lozere. The Causses survived during this period of the difficult times because the population had remained faithful to the King and the Church.
The XIX century was the era of industrial prosperity for Meyrueis (Hat industries, spinning mills, nail factories, mines…) then decline. From 1850, the canton periodically saw decreases in its population and étioler its activities. Tourism took over partly from 1890.
The War of 1914-18 made cuts among the male population which worsened of as the war was prolonged.
World War II also knew tragic hours with the combat of the Parade (May 44). In the last decades, great progress of equipment was made: roads, water conveyance on Causses and the agricultural profession, in spite of the difficulties knew to follow the evolution.
It is thus a little populated country, alive under rather harsh conditions but dynamic and full of hope in the 3rd millenium.
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Causse Noir
Causses simply means "high places" and there are a lot of them above the gorges that most people come to see. This is the land that the rivers cut through but there are villages up there, though they are small and of relatively recent origin.
For me, they are hauntingly attractive places. During the winter it must be absolutely freezing up there but it was simply cold during the times I spent up there. Also up here are crosses that you come across from time to time.
The Causse Noir (Black Causse) is located in Aveyron department of France in the Massif Central area (Central Range). From 1996 it was included in the Grands Causses Regional Park to preserve both natural resourses and ancient heritage of the land. The Causse Noir is fully encircled by cliffs overhanging the Gorges de la Jonte, Dourbie and Trevezel. The Causse Noir is well know for Montpellier-le-Vieux, a natural area of chaotic jagged rocks full of fanciful formation caused by water erosion over the Limestone plateau. Also, many great caves as the famous "Grotte de Dargilan" occurs in the area.
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On the western edge of the Cevennes National Park at the junction of the Dourbie and Trevezel rivers stands Cantobre, built on the site of a 12th century Castle. The generally south-facing village is situated some 580 meters above sea level, which gives it clear hot sunny days with cooler pleasant evenings.
The castle was destroyed during the religious wars of the 17th century and the present village has evolved over the centuries as a home for the peasants who worked the terraced hillsides and in the local small mines. The village suffered in the middle of the last century from de-population brought about by the end of mining and the general movement from countryside to town.
In the second half of the last century water, telephones and reliable electricity were brought to the village and over the past 30 years the village has again blossomed with the 25 houses of the village being steadily rebuilt, renovated and modernized. The whole village still retains its ancient aspect, which is tightly controlled by the 'Batiments de France'.
The village skyline is dominated by its 12th Century village church, and the weird rock formations. The village remains a working community with the village gardens spilling down the hillside below the village towards the Dourbie River.
The village has no shops, however, several visiting tradesmen who supply its daily needs serve the village. The local small town, Nant, is only a 10-minute drive away and is amply served with shops, bars and restaurants. The nearest large town, Millau, is 25 Km away through the Gorges of the Dourbie and has all the facilities you would expect from a town dedicated to the tourist.
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Roquedols chateau
In the scheme of French chateaux, Roquedols is well down on the list but, it's where it is that makes it a little unique.
Set in woodland at one end of Meyrueis it's a little treat for those who venture alongside the stream that's beside the Rue du Barriere. You simply follow it upstream until you get to the chateau.
From what I can ascertain, it's currently owned by the forestry people who, understandably I guess, don't have much interest in maintaining it which is a shame because the exterior is better preserved that all the chateaux I have visited so far in France.
It takes about 20 easy minutes to walk there or you can drive your car to about 300 metres from the grounds.
The small garden with trimmed hedges featured makes a pleasant sight as well.
It dates from the 15th and 16th centuries, but, in all probability, there was an earlier building on the site.
In 1715 the castle passed to the Smith family of Bossuges. In the nineteenth century, Baron Roquedols made a brilliant career in local politics. On the termination of the last representative of the lineage of Pages, in 1885, the barony was sold to Breuil, Dayre and Jouve. The castle was then later repaired by Dol, an industrialist family from Marseille . The area was then over-harvested by the three partners whose business wasn't going all that well.
After this the land was sold to Mr. Dol (1893). At his death, Roquedols returned to his grand-son, Gabriel Joseph-Auguste-Dol. In 1933, Gabriel Dol entered into an agreement with two timber merchants, gentlemen and Joubert Fabre, allowing them to exploit the surrounding woods for twenty-five years for use ultimately as charcoal, except for the trees around the castle. The following year, the service of Water and Forests (now NFB ) in turn received an offer to buy the manor (1934). In 1937, a decree classified 269 hectares of forest area around Roquedols under protection, then, in 1938, the deed was passed.
In 2006 it was closed to the public due to reasons of public safety with the electricity and such which, in my opinion, is a great shame.
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Abime de Bramabiau
Getting inside costs you money, though I should mention here that it's linked to other sites and you can get a discount if you have visited another of them.
The following is from my notes at the time: "So we moved around to Abime de Bramabiau, the place we'd visited days earlier that had the electricity fail. Rosemarie was crook so I went alone, actually with a dozen other tourists and guide, into the 2 star ranked attraction. Personally, I think Michelin have got it wrong. This place is a stunner.
The Bonheur (good time) river flows in at one end before it disappears and emerges as the Bramabiau (ox that roars). To be honest, I've never heard an ox roar but I'm certain it sounds nothing like the noise I was hearing. The fresh from all the rains echoed through the narrow cave and tingled the senses, especially when you gazed 70 metres upwards to the roof of the crevice.
In other parts it defies belief that the roof isn't about to fall in at any moment; massive rocks are jammed in sediment that seems certain to crumble and the whole lot fall on your head. In another spot there's a massive tree stump that came through in a flood (they have about one a decade) and ripped all the wiring out; in another there's dinosaur footprints in the ceiling; in another a large waterfall formation of limestone; elsewhere there's water dripping through numerous cracks (they advise you to take an umbrella or raincoat.
For me, this was caving in the raw, and I loved it!" So there you have it.
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Abime de Bramabiau
There are a couple of aspects to Abime de Bramabiau; first there's the history, then the walk down, then the actual tour inside. The first two don't cost you money.
These pictures reflect the trip down. It's a 10 minute walk if you take it slowly and you descend through a pretty forest to the Bramabiau river then walk upstream to where you wait for your tour guide.
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Views from Dargilan
As mentioned in the previous tip, the view alone is worth a look, here are some samples. The town you see is Meyrueis and the valley is the Gorge Jonte.
In the third picture, notice the ruins below the cliff face - extraordinary.
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Dargilan grotto
This is one of the better cave systems I have visited, rated 2 stars by the Michelin guide, though their literature and material claim it's a 3 star venue. It's situated on a hill that overlooks Meyrueis and is worth the short drive for the wonderful views alone.
It's the largest cave system in the Causses and Cevenne region and has some excellent formations.
"So come and see Dargilan even if you know the prettiest caves in Europe" E. A. Martel, founder of French caving remarked over a century ago. A bust of him is situated not far from the entrance to the cave.
The 20 metre tall stalagmite is often seen and featured in material about the caves but my favourite, shown in the first picture, is the so-called frozen waterfall.
The so called pink colour is more an off brown, so don't go expecting rose colours to be spouting everywhere because you'll be disappointed.
The differing colours are caused by, you won't be surprised to know, different minerals coming out of the surrounding rocks.
There are quite a few steps and it's not wheelchair friendly.
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We see them in zoos, we see them in circuses, so we think they're doing all right," said Sharon Guynup, a writer who co-authored the book Tigers Forever: Saving the World's Most Endangered Big Cat with National Geographic photographer Steve Winter.To mark International Tiger Day—which is held annually on July 29—National Geographic spotlights Asia's largest cat species and the conservation challenges that it faces.In this photo, a tiger is carried by Burmese villagers in 1922 after it was killed following an attack on their village.—Katie Langin Photograph by Dr. Joseph F. Rock, National Geographic Creative Circus Tricks Tiger-taming acts have been a favorite at circus events since the 18th century. Photograph by H.A. Atwell, National Geographic Creative. Hunting by Elephant Bengal tigers were hunted in the thousands by the Indian and British elite until tiger hunting was banned in India in 1971. The hunters rode through the countryside on elephants in pursuit of tigers, which were often baited and drugged by servants in advance of the hunt. (See "A Concise History of Tiger Hunting in India.") Photograph by Michael Nichols, National Geographic Creative. Population Dwindling Tigers once prowled across huge swaths of Asia, from Turkey to Russia to Indonesia. Today the species is found in only 7 percent of its historic range, and the number of individuals in the wild has dwindled to around 3,200. Those numbers become more alarming when you consider that those 3,200 individuals are spread out across 13 countries and include six unique subspecies (Bengal tiger, Indochinese tiger, Malayan tiger, Siberian tiger, South China tiger, Sumatran tiger). "When you do the math, [the numbers become] much smaller," noted Guynup. Photograph by Michael Nichols, National Geographic Creative. Some Tigers Lost Forever Bengal tigers—like this one—are found in the jungles and mangrove swamps of India, Nepal, Bhutan, and Bangladesh. This subspecies is the most numerous, making up half of all the tigers found in the wild.Bengal tiger populations have plummeted, but the subspecies has fared better than some of the others. Three subspecies have gone extinct in the past century, as tigers have disappeared from the islands of Java and Bali and in the area around the Caspian Sea. Photograph by Michael Nichols, National Geographic Creative. Ongoing Threats The main threats to tiger populations stem from habitat loss, poaching, and competition with humans for food. The International Union for Conservation of Nature has the tiger classified as endangered on its Red List of Threatened Species, in part because of the dire statistic that tiger numbers have declined by 50 percent in the past 30 years. (Watch this video on tiger conservation.) Photograph by Steve Winter, National Geographic Creative Tiger Tourists Many tourists flock to parks—such as Ranthambore National Park in India—in hopes of catching a glimpse of a tiger. Winter said that "tourism is very important for tiger conservation because, besides the funds that hopefully come to the park, [the guides] act as monitors for the animals. If [the tigers] disappear, someone will notice." (Watch this video about tiger tourism.) Photograph by Steve Winter, National Geographic Creative Camera Trapping Winter has captured amazing images of tigers by setting camera traps, which—he said—give tigers "an opportunity to live their normal lives. During that life they can trip the [camera] beam and take their own photograph." He also noted that it's not easy, as "you have to understand the animal's movements and their behavior to be able to set up a good camera trap." One of Winter's camera traps captured this image of 14-month-old tiger cubs at a water hole in India. Photograph by Steve Winter, National Geographic Creative Poaching Problem These poachers were caught trying to sell a tiger skin in Chandrapur, India. In most cases, the people who actually kill the tigers don't reap a huge profit; the rewards go to international wildlife traffickers who sell tiger parts on the black market for sizeable sums of money."Almost all of the poached tigers are going to China," said Guynup. "The big demand now is for skins and for bones for tiger bone wine, and they are being consumed by the highest level of society. These are the Donald Trumps of China. It's almost overwhelmingly a way to display one's wealth, like a Rolex watch." Photograph by Steve Winter, National Geographic Creative Snared Cub Snares are one of the top causes of tiger deaths. This tiger cub was caught in a wire snare for four days before it was found and brought to an animal hospital in India, where its leg was amputated."People set up snares to capture small animals for food for their families, but a tiger cub can fit into a small snare," said Winter. "Snares are indiscriminate; they'll catch anything that falls into them. When tiger cubs get caught in these snares, they'll commonly end up dead."This particular tiger was luckier than most ensnared cubs: It was sent to a zoo in Jakarta, Indonesia. Photograph by Steve Winter, National Geographic Problem With Zoos A tiger is fed by tourists at a zoo in Guilin, China. More tigers can be found in zoos than can be found in the wild, which isn't much help for tiger conservation."A captive tiger has never been successfully reintroduced to the wild," said Guynup. "If a tiger has ever been around people, then they're going to be around people. Tigers and people can't live on top of one another. So if they have familiarity with people, that's a problem."Unfortunately, this means that "it doesn't matter how many captive tigers there are, they are lost to the wild." Photograph by Mark Leong, National Geographic Creative Intimate Moment Winter did not use a camera trap to capture this intimate moment between a tiger mom and her cub; instead he was there in person, armed with a long-lens camera and an elephant to perch on.Guynup noted that tigers can reproduce very quickly. "A female can birth an average of 14 cubs in her lifetime, and depending on the circumstances, about half of [them] can survive. If they're given the proper protection they can rebound." Photograph by Steve Winter, National Geographic Creative Future Prospects Guynup believes that, in the face of myriad threats, there is still time to save Asia's most iconic cat species.It is "important to emphasize that there is a reinvigorated attention to tiger protection and the illegal wildlife trade," she said."There is still hope for tigers, but time is running out. There are almost no tigers left. These animals could disappear in our lifetimes."As a final note, she added: "Can you imagine a world without tigers?"To learn more about what you can do to help tigers and other big cats, click here for information on National Geographic's Big Cats Initiative.Follow Katie Langin on Twitter. Photograph by Steve Winter, National Geographic Creative Related Stories Watch: Tiger Numbers Growing in Russia—But Will It Last? Is Captive Lion Hunting Really Helping to Save the Species? Pictures: 8 Amazing Animals at Risk From Wildlife Crimes


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"Recovering in the Tao" teaches us how to restore the natural balance and harmony to our lives. Once we begin this process, our relationships will become healthier, our compulsiveness will begin to diminish, and our serenity will grow. "Recovering in the Tao" combines ancient Taoist wisdom with modern-day recovery principles. Its simple truths and everyday language will resonate in the hearts and minds of all recovering people and gently guide them on their journey to wholeness.
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Michigan author, Eric D Greene, has combined the ancient Chinese philosophy of Taoism with the philosophy espoused in 12-Step Programs to create a book sure to be useful for those in recovery programs, but also insightful for those who are not. There is much simple wisdom in this small volume that we can all relate to in our lives. The connection of the wisdom of Tao to healing and recovery makes sense.
Greene has �studied and practiced Taoism for more than 25 years.� Tao, a Chinese philosophy founded by LaoTzu in the 6th century BC, guides its followers to a �state of harmony, serenity and wholeness.� Tao is often translated as �the Way� or �the Path,� suggesting that it is more a state of being than an intellectual idea. Its most famous symbol is the �ying/yang� which in itself demonstrates balance, harmony and wholeness.
When Greene began attending 12-Step meetings in 1992, he saw connections between the way of Tao and the Recovery movement, which similarly aids participants to balance their lives. For example, the Serenity Prayer is a key component in those programs. Thus Greene began to weave the two philosophies together, first for himself and then in this book so that it might serve others.
What I noticed immediately about this book is that nearly every reader will relate to its content in some way. One does not need to be in recovery to appreciate its insights. We all experience various degrees and levels of disharmony and dysfunction during our lives. It is always helpful to discover how we might bring greater balance and serenity to our everyday paths.
Greene organizes his book into five sections. In part One, �The Origin of Disharmony,� he explains the various ways that dysfunctional behaviors, psychological wounds and issues are passed down from generation to generation. Each point is covered in two to three paragraphs on a single page, always concluding with positive encouragement and some small gem of Taoist wisdom. One big insight relates to how low self esteem can lead to all sorts of bad personal choices and even addictions. Greene�s concise organization makes his book easy to read and understand.
Part Two, �Trying to Fill the Void� deals with a broad spectrum of addictions. We learn of many more kinds of addictions than those we are all most aware of and we also learn that addictions involve control issues in various ways. We are reminded that we live in an addictive society. And we begin to see that many human behaviors, largely harmless in moderation, approach addiction when we become obsessive or compulsive about them. Greene gets us to look at all kinds of addictions, from alcoholism and drug addiction, to fantasy, eating, thinking, religion, gangs, power, wealth, computer-games playing, television watching, workout addiction, anorexia and more. He truly gets his readers to self-examine, but again with each page, he brings us back to �the Way,� with an appropriate statement of Tao wisdom.
Part Three deals with �Harmonizing Our Relationships.� Greene notes how we enter adulthood often stuck in our childhood roles and dysfunctional adolescent experiences. He encourages us to �let go of our old, familiar roles.� He discusses problems we have relating to workplace roles, using each other, addictive relationships, people pleasing and authority figures. As before, each brief discussion ends with positive encouragement and Tao wisdom.
Part Four is �Learning to Go with the Flow.� Here readers will find advice related to similar insights in many other current self-help works, such as to work on being aware of imbalances, to work through the pain of life, to find the �middle Way� to self-empowerment, to substitute healthy activities for old self-destructive habits and to �let go� of what isn�t healthy or self-sustaining. It is always worthwhile to be reminded of these things. Greene reminds readers that �growth is slow, but steady.�
In his concluding pages, Greene in Part Five discusses �Living the Tao.� The Tao, as we noted previously, is a �way,� a �being-ness.� Here the author notes all the benefits a person can gain by practicing the Tao, living the Tao. This final section is especially insightful and appropriate for all readers.
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