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Why read bad news when you can read the good stuff first? The flowers on the balcony are beautiful this morning. The sky is blue and it is not too hot yet. A gentle breeze blows and all is right with this little speck of the world because we feel healthy and comfortable knowing that healthcare is affordable and just around the corner when we need it. Aren't you glad that both parties are discussing the little kids and mom stuck in Texas at the border? It is heartening to see that the Senate wants to increase aid to Central America to begin to address the core problem. They need jobs and an improved economy down there. And, with all of that talk about Hillary Clinton and Benghazi, President Obama announced that the good guys have nabbed one of the bad guys. That is all good news.
List of good news
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1. Americans are satisfied with the healthcare system.
2. Senate chops aid to Egypt and shifts resources to Central America
3. Special Operations captured Ahmed Abu Khattala, the suspected Benghazi ringleader.
1. Americans are satisfied with the healthcare system.
"Most Americans Remain Satisfied With Healthcare System
Little change in satisfaction since mid-March
by Frank Newport
PRINCETON, NJ -- Sixty-six percent of Americans in the first half of June are satisfied with the way the healthcare system is working for them, in line with attitudes since mid-March. Gallup's seven-day rolling average on this measure shows confidence during that time has varied only slightly, increasing to 70% in mid-April, just after the enrollment period ended for purchasing insurance under the provisions of the Affordable Care Act. That modest increase was short-lived; satisfaction has averaged about 65% since mid-May."
2. Senate chops aid to Egypt and shifts resources to Central America
After harping about the backup of illegal women and children at the border in Texas, the Senate is making more foreign aid available to Central America by punishing Egypt for misbehavior and shifting the aid budget. That just shows that some Senators are beginning to understand the Central American immigration problem.
"Senate chops aid to Egypt
'We expect them to move forward toward democracy,' Graham says. | AP Photo
By DAVID ROGERS | 6/17/14 6:18 PM EDT Updated: 6/17/14 11:16 PM EDT
U.S. aid to Egypt would be cut by $400 million under a Senate foreign aid bill, which shifts at least $100 million toward Central America to try to address the violent crime and economic ills that have been driving the wave of child migrants crossing the southwest border into Texas.
The $48.3 billion Senate measure, introduced Tuesday, is significantly more aggressive than the House thus far on the Egypt question, and the proposed cut amounts to a 26 percent reduction when compared with current funding."
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2014/06/senate-chops-aid-to-egypt-107965.html#ixzz34zB6iLgG
3. Special Operations captured Ahmed Abu Khattala, the suspected Benghazi ringleader.
He is being kept in a secure location, and John Boehner applauds and approves the capture. Now, steps must be taken to prosecute him. Will he go to Gitmo, or will he land in the US court system for prosecution?
"US special forces nab suspected Benghazi ringleader in secret raid
U.S. special forces have captured a suspected ringleader of the 2012 Benghazi attacks in a secret raid Sunday in Libya.
The capture marks the first time the U.S. has apprehended a suspect in the terror attack that killed Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans, and would deliver a significant national security victory for the White House.
Ahmed Abu Khattala was taken into custody by U.S. troops after a military operation near Benghazi, according to the Pentagon."

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The Michigan Supreme Court will hear a case that could have a profound impact on the application of the state's 2008 medical marijuana law. The three-year-old case, Ter Beek V. City of Wyoming, will decide whether or not an individual city in a state with legal medical cannabis can ban pot based on it being illegal federally.
In 2010 the western Michigan city of Wyoming outlawed distribution of medicinal cannabis by anyone other than a licensed pharmacist, which prompted attorney and pot patient John Ter Beek to file a lawsuit that November. Ter Beek argued the Wyoming ordinance violated the Michigan Medical Marihuana Act (MMMA) that was passed by 63 percent of voters statewide, and by 59 percent of Wyoming voters, in 2008.
In 2011, Judge Dennis Leiber ruled that the federal Controlled Substances Act (CSA) prohibiting pot superseded state law. However, in 2012 the Michigan Court of Appeals overturned Leiber's decision, deciding that the CSA didn't "preempt the MMMA's grant of immunity as found in (the Medical Marijuana Act) because it is well established that Congress cannot require the states to enforce federal law."
Now the case goes to the Michigan Supreme Court, which must determine if state law is trumped by the CSA and whether the Wyoming medical pot ban violates the state's medical pot law. The Court must issue its decision by July 31, 2014.


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It always pays to be on the lookout for affordable alternatives to expensive items. Snatch up a few of these gorgeous Cleo Glass Lamps ($59, on sale) before they're gone. The mercury glass base is done up in a metallic finish, giving it the appearance of much more expensive copper. You can trade out the black shade if you want to, but we like the way it softens the light and creates the perfect bedside ambiance.
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|Keep America Fishing is asking fisherman to urge their Senators to vote YES for this historic package of fishing legislation.
In the next few days, your U.S. Senators are expected to vote on the most comprehensive package of sportsmen's legislation in recent years. Introduced on September 10, 2012, the Sportsmen's Act of 2012 (S. 3525) includes 15 bills that will benefit the sportfishing community, as well as recreational shooters and hunters.
This historic legislation provides for increased access, habitat conservation and improved fish and wildlife management. As an angler this is the most important legislative action you can take all year. With a possible vote within days it is crucial you send a message to your Senator today.
Individual provisions included in this bill that are important to the sportfishing community are: The Hunting, Fishing and Recreational Shooting Protection Act, the National Fish Habitat Conservation Act, and Making Public Land Public Act.From improving habitat conservation to increasing public access to protecting the use of traditional fishing tackle, this bill would have monumental impacts on anglers and hunters and maintain our conservation heritage. Please voice your support now for this monumental bill!


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I have a brand new wall, taped and sanded smooth, ready to paint. What should I do next, prime it first and then nail the baseboard? Or the baseboard first, then prime?
I noticed that professionals working in my building install baseboards first, then caulk the gap and prime and paint the wall, then paint the baseboards.


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My website was hacked on Friday, and although everything was backed up and restored, I lost some of your comments.
If you've recently commented on the last two blog entries, please feel free to post your comments again.
I didn't want anyone to think I didn't like what was said, because they were all very cool and thoughtful comments.
Sorry about the hassle, and thanks for reading and posting here.


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Ansley Carol Heinsoln. Deferred adjudication. Theft. Defendant received five years probation, $500 fine and costs.
Cecil Cledell Rich. Deferred adjudication. Burglary. Defendant received seven years probation, $600 fine and costs.
Ernest Flores Diaz Jr. Judgment. Evading arrest. Punishment assessed three years adult probation, $300 fine and costs.
181st District
Randall Stambaugh. Deferred adjudication. Assault/attempted murder. Punishment assessed seven years probation, $1,000 fine and costs.
Rudy Moreno. Judgment on two charges of drug possession. Punishment assessed nine months in state jail and costs on first charge, three years in Texas Department of Criminal Justice Insitutional Division and costs on second charge
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Jessica Starr Hazelwood. Deferred adjudication. Auto theft. Defendant received four years probation and costs.
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Shelley Lynette Blankenship. Deferred adjudication on two charges of tampering with goverment records/license to harm/defraud and one charge of forgery of financial instruments. Defendant received 10 years probation and costs on each charge.
Becky Lynn Haney. Judgment. Drug possession. Punishment assessed 18 months in state jail and costs.
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Gary Kruszewski, 65, passed away suddenly and went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, May 9, 2013. He was born August 31, 1947, in Cleveland, to the late Al and Pearl (nee DeMarco) Kruszewski.
Gary retired as an iron and sheet metal worker and was a member of Local 33.
Gary, devoted husband and father, is survived by his loving wife of 45 years, Paulette (nee Keco) Kruszewski; his loving children, Damon (Amanda) Kruszewski, Mandy (Scott) McCready and Sarah (Jim) Santee; his dear grandchildren, Derek Kruszewski, Declan and Gabriel McCready, and Ashlie and Megan Santee; and his sisters, Sandra Beckman and Sharon Kruszewski.
A celebration of his life will be held 7 P.M., Tuesday, May 14, 2013, at Waite & Son Funeral Home, 765 N. Court St., Medina 44256. The family will receive friends from 4 until 7 P.M., on Tuesday, at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests contributions to the American Heart Assoc. 1689 E. 115th St. Cleveland, OH 44106.
Online condolences may be made at www.waitefuneralhome.com


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The first thing that strikes visitors to Cabrini College is the beauty. Cabrini sits beneath a cathedral of trees on 112 acres of rich, lush, urban-forest habitat that creates a welcoming environment for learning.
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Nutrition Facts 2.0
Improving the Next Generation of
Nutrition Facts Labels
On February 26, 2014, Experts from consumer groups, industry, and the designer of the original Nutrition Facts label discussed how the label might be revised to help Americans select healthier diets. The discussion was hosted by the Center for Science in the Public Interest, the nonprofit nutrition and food safety advocacy group that lobbied for passage of the law requiring Nutrition Facts on packaged foods.
The Food and Drug Administration recently published its own proposed revisions to Nutrition Facts labels. Required by the 1990 Nutrition Labeling and Education Act, the labels have only had one previous major change since their adoption—a line for trans fat added in 2006.
- Allison Aubrey, National Public Radio, moderator
- Michael F. Jacobson, CSPI Executive Director
- Jane Andrews, Corporate Nutrition Manager, Wegmans Food Market
- Darren Seifer, Food & Beverage Industry Analyst, The NPD Group
- Burkey Belser, Principal, Greenfield-Belser (Download PowerPoint)
- Chef Gregory Silverman, Director of National Partnerships, Share our Strength


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Otherness: Essays and Studies
About the journal:
This peer reviewed online journal was inspired by the immense research productivity of recent collaborative projects undertaken by members of the Centre for Studies in Otherness. These have included conferences, seminars, special edition journal issues and a hard copy edited essay collection published in 2011.
Via 'Otherness: Essays & Studies', we seek to publish research articles from and across different academic disciplines that examine, in as many ways as possible, the concepts of otherness and alterity. As such, we now offer an outlet for the dissemination of such research into otherness and aim to provide an open and active forum for academic discussion. We particularly appreciate dynamic cross-disciplinary study. We envisage that forthcoming issues of the journal will relate to topics within the context of Otherness studies and members and colleagues of the Centre are welcome to propose research ideas and themes for more focused studies.
Please keep an eye out on this website for upcoming calls for papers. For further information on the journal, please contact the editors at email@example.com.
See the members of the Editorial Board here
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Journal Issue: Otherness: Essays and Studies 4.2
The Centre for Studies in Otherness presents the journal issue Otherness: Essays and Studies 4.2 - Living Literary Others, Spring 2014, edited by Susan Yi Sencindiver
We can never escape ourselves; we can never know the other and perceive their universe from their point of view – except, according to Proust, through art. Through the imaginative power of literature, we can encounter the thoughts and emotions of another. Through the immersive nature of absorbed reading, we can put ourselves into the place of an other, whose environing and inner realities are capable of being experienced with a keen liveliness and palpable presence. And through the sensitive critical inquiry of narratives explored through the other's eyes, as presented by the collection of articles in this issue, we may heed to the ways in which such seeing, sensing, and vividly living the lunar landscapes of literary others enhance an empathetic understanding of otherness.
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In Mid-September the March Sugar (SBH13) futures contract showed a sign of strength when it threatened to breakout over the September 19 top at 20.98. The move only took the market to 21.00 where it failed to run stops or attract any fresh buying. A downtrending Gann angle at 20.98 also provided solid resistance.
The inability to breakout to the upside turned control back over to the bears that proceeded to drive the market back to 19.65. This move proved to be a successful test of the September 6 bottom at 19.48 as it triggered a rebound rally that eventually crossed over to the bullish side of the downtrending Gann angle.
With a double-bottom developing and March Sugar crossing to the bullish side of the angle, traders should look for a possible breakout to the upside through the last main top at 21.00. A trade through this level will not only confirm the double-bottom at 19.48 and 19.65, but it will also change the main trend to up on the daily chart.
Based on the main range of 24.10 to 19.48, the first objective is the retracement zone at 21.79 to 22.33. Analyzing the double-bottom chart pattern, the objective is much higher. Taking the distance between 19.48 and 21.00 and adding it to 21.00 yields a target price of 22.52.
Because of the clear path to the first objective once the top is taken out, traders could be looking at a fast payoff since there is nothing in the way to stop the rally.
The weekly chart shows that March Sugar found support after completing a 50% retracement of the contract range of 14.70 to 25.39. This price was 20.03. The market stopped going down at 19.48, slightly above the Fibonacci price level at 18.77. A test of this retracement area also put sugar in a value-zone.
The daily chart pattern suggests that accumulation is taking place. This ties in nicely with the fundamental assessment that global supplies are beginning to tighten. Shrewd traders may have noticed the large delivery of sugar on Friday when the October contract went off the board. More than 11,000 contracts of sugar were delivered. Speculators then concluded that Brazil may be having trouble with supply.
Seasonal rains may wreak havoc on the harvest. This will become an issue since unseasonable rains in May and June delayed the harvest at that time. Traders are concerned that Brazil will have a shortfall since much of the early delay was never recovered.


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The Eclat Gong drive-side hub guard is designed to protect the hub, spokes, and driver from damage caused by grinds. Machined from 7075-T6 aluminum with a knurled end to prevent slip and an integrated rubber dust cover that replaces the factory hardware.
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Is it possible to switch to running Linux from RAM or RAM disk after starting starting initially from disk?
eg. You need to make an image of your hard disk, FTP it to a remote location, some time later you want the image back, so you start the system from disk as usual, restore the image you FTP'd from the remote location back into place.
More like a CloneZilla backup and restore, without booting the server from CD or USB disk, but starting from the normal hard disk?
Notes on environment I should have mentioned it earlier. It is a remotely hosted VM where I cannot boot into a recovery console mode or do a netinstall. It will always boot onto the same disk. Which means that if there is some serious corruption I can't repair it offline, which is why being able to ftp a previously saved backup into place is so important


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Cincinnati's west side has seen its share of immigrants—and many of them brought with them New Year's traditions, often involving guests, noise, and food. For example, those of Irish descent often make sure that the first person across the threshold in the new year is a dark-haired man, to bring good luck in the coming year. They also sometimes put buttered bread on the doorstep to keep away hunger for the whole year.
The Greeks who came to Cincinnati often opened restaurants, so it's no surprise that a Greek tradition involves food—though not the kind you'll find at the local chili parlor. Instead, you may find a neighbor of Greek extraction smashing a pomegranate against the front door for a happy new year.
There are a lot of folks who claim Germany as their homeland around here, too, and you may find some of them touching the ashes in their fireplaces on New Year's Eve, for luck. And, if they happen to see a chimney sweep, well, "a sweep is as lucky as lucky can be," as Mary Poppins would say.
Many New Year's traditions center around food: those German Americans eat sauerkraut, or cabbage balls, or some kind of pork for luck in the coming year. The Scots for some reason eat oatmeal stuffed in a sheep's stomach, known as haggis, and if you can stomach that, the rest of the year will be an improvement on the first meal, that's for sure. Southerners are prone to eat black-eyed peas (because they are supposed to look like coins) and cooked greens (because they are the color of money) to ensure prosperity for the year.
In Ecuador, people burn a scarecrow at midnight to banish the bad business of the old year and so they are ready to start fresh. Other Latin American traditions include eating lentils (again, because they look like small coins) and wearing all-white clothing on New Year's Eve. If you hope to travel in the new year, walk around the outside of your house carrying a suitcase; for general good luck, sweep the floors in the house, or throw water out the window.
Many countries' traditions include making noise, supposedly to ward off evil spirits, either from the past year or those that turn up at the transition between the old and new year. People bang pots and pans, set off fireworks, and even fire shotguns into the air at midnight. Whether these precautions keep away bad luck or not, it seems like a universal tendency to want to make a lot of noise at the stroke of midnight. Whatever your traditions, on Cincinnati's west side and around the world, Happy New Year!


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Stochastic economic dynamics. Edited by: Jensen, B S; Palokangas, T (2007). Frederiksberg: Copenhagen Business School Press.
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This book analyzes stochastic dynamic systems across a broad spectrum of economics and finance. The major unifying theme is the coherent and rigorous treatment of uncertainty and its implications for describing stochastic processes by the stochastic differential equations of the fundamental models in various fields. Pertinent subjects are interrelated, juxtaposed, and examined for consistency in theoretical and empirical contexts.
The volume consists of three parts: Developments in Stochastic Dynamics; Stochastic Dynamics in Basic Economic Growth Models; Intertemporal Optimization in Consumption, Finance, and Growth. Key topics include: fractional Brownian motion in finance; moment evolution of Gaussian and geometric Wiener diffusions; stochastic kinematics and stochastic mechanics; stochastic growth in continuous time; time delays and Hopf bifurcation; consumption and investment strategies; differential systems in finance and life insurance; uncertainty of technological innovations; investment and employment cycles; stochastic control theory and risk aversion.
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About Us
Wholesale Food Outlet has locations in Forest Park and Calhoun, Georgia. Both Locations have been in Business many years, but under different owners, the present ownership took the stores over in 2005. The present Ownership is Retail Marketing Corporation which is a Kentucky Corporation and is owned by two families that have been in the Grocery business since 1922. They presently own six Grocery Stores with 2 under the WFO banner, and four with conventional Grocery pricing. While RMC has owned the Stores; much improvements has taken place, both Stores have been remodeled, front end systems updated, also many other enhancements have been added to make our customers shopping experience the best possible each time they shop. Our goal is to meet our Customers shopping needs while saving them as much as possible on their total food bill. When you think of Wholesale Food Outlet think of Customer satisfaction and Savings.
Wholesale Food Outlet, Your friendly neighborhood supermarket in Calhoun, Georgia, is always ready to serve you with a Full Service Deli, Farm Fresh Produce and absolutely the best Meat Market in town. We are conveniently located in the Kmart shopping center on W.C. Bryant Pkwy. Please visit us regularly to take advantage of our Super Low prices and in store specials, as well as our fantastic advertised items. We accept Debit & Credit cards, Cash, W.I.C., MFG Coupons, Food Stamps and Checks for the amount of purchase.
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Satyananda Yoga Center
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
In 1956, Swami Sivananda called Swami Satyananda and said "Rishikesh is too small for you. You have to go out into
the world and bring the message of yoga from door to door and shore to shore." Swami satyananda said to Swami Sivananda,
"You are giving me this order but I have no background in yoga." Swami Sivananda siad, " I will teach you."
In fifteen minutes Swami Siviananda gave shaktipath to Swami Satyananda into the yoga tradition and culture." Only a
capable guru can transmit knowledge to a capable disciple through shaktipath. Only the wire with the capacity to carry the
highest electrical current without burning or fusing can be the recipient of high voltage.
A modern rishi
with the grace and the shaktipath of Swami Sivananda, Swami Satyananda started the development of yoga. His contributions
in the field of yoga are manifold. He systematized pranayama as vitalizing, tranquillizing and balancing practices. Previously,
pranayama was taboo. Pople only knew about nadi shodhana which in traditional language was called anuloma viloma, inhalation
and exhalation. He created a system to the practices of asanas, where on starts with pawanmuktasana, not with the headstand,
and prepares the body to allow the vital energies to flow. He classified the techiques of pratyahara and developed the techniques
of yoga nidra, antar mouna and ajapa japa. Swami Satyananda has redefined the yoga we know today, and history will consider
him as a modern rishi of a greater calibre than Patanjali. Patanjali wrote only one thesis on raja yoga; Swatmarama wrote
only one book on hatha yoga. Swami Satyananda was successful in presenting the whole system and tradition of yoga in a practical
understandable, modern and scientific manner.
YOGA magazine of Bihar School of Yoga March 2011, Year 10, issue
3. Sivananda Math, Ganga Darshan, Munger, Bihar, India.


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Cathedral Square
Welcome artists, volunteers and visitors! Cathedral Square provides a unique, inviting and thoughtful viewing environment. Located just a few blocks from the city center in the Heartside Neighborhood of Grand Rapids and anchored by the 140-year old Cathedral of Saint Andrew, Cathedral Square is an 11.5 acre area in which exhibit space is available both indoors (main gallery) and out. The indoor space on the second floor of Cathedral Square Center is easily transformed from meeting space to art gallery. Floor-to-ceiling windows allow for an infusion of natural light and the open floor plan gives visitors the opportunity to view art at their own pace. For the 2015 ArtPrize season, we are offering school tours that are not associated with ArtPrize Education Days on September 24, 25 and 28, as well as October 2, 6, and 9.
- Free public bathrooms: Yes
- Free public parking: Yes
- Handicap accessible: Yes
Artist & Connection Information
We are interested in artists whose works convey a sense of heart and mind in art that celebrates community, nature and consciousness.


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First Along the River
ISBN13:by Kline, Benjamin
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First Along the River provides students with a balanced, historical perspective on the history of the environmental movement in relation to major social and political events in U.S. history, from the pre-colonial era to the present. The book highlights important people and events, places critical concepts in context, and shows the impact of government, industry, and population on the American landscape. Comprehensive yet brief, First Along the River discusses the religious and philosophical beliefs that shaped Americans' relationship to the environment, traces the origins and development of government regulations that impact Americans' use of natural resources, and shows why popular environmental groups were founded and how they changed over time. The fourth edition includes up-to-date coverage of the environmental movement and developments since 2000, including the second term of George W. Bush and the administration of Barack Obama.
Author Biography
Benjamin Kline is professor in both the social science and intercultural studies divisions at De Anza College.
Table of Contents
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|p. xi
|p. 1
|Philosophical Foundations
|p. 5
|Biblical Justification for Dominating Nature
|p. 5
|Seeking New Land
|p. 8
|Rational Nature of the World
|p. 10
|Social and Political Thought in the Eighteenth Century
|p. 13
|p. 15
|The 1400s through the 1700s: Inhabiting a New Land
|p. 17
|Native Americans as Prototypical Environmentalists
|p. 18
|Early Colonial Environmental Attitudes
|p. 21
|p. 26
|The Early 1800s: Destroying the Frontier
|p. 29
|Manifest Destiny
|p. 30
|Domesticating the Wilderness
|p. 32
|Final Conquest of the West
|p. 35
|Renewed Interest in Nature
|p. 38
|p. 41
|The Late 1880s: Building an Industrial Nation
|p. 43
|Population Growth and Consumerism
|p. 43
|Devastating the Land
|p. 47
|Overconsumption of Natural Resources
|p. 48
|Voices for Nature
|p. 52
|p. 56
|The 1900s through the 1930s: Beginnings of the Conservation Movement
|p. 59
|Conservation during the Progressive Era
|p. 60
|Environmental Decay during the Roaring Twenties
|p. 68
|Conservation Policies under Roosevelt's New Deal
|p. 72
|p. 76
|The 1940s through the 1960s: Prelude to the Green Decade
|p. 79
|Environmental Costs of Scientific Progress in the 1940s
|p. 80
|The Conservative 1950s
|p. 81
|Emerging Voices in the 1960s
|p. 82
|The Environmental Movement Begins to Mobilize
|p. 87
|p. 91
|The 1970s: The Conservation Movement Matures
|p. 95
|Mainstream and Alternative Environmental Groups
|p. 96
|New Environmental Legislation
|p. 103
|Jimmy Carter and the Envirocrats
|p. 107
|p. 111
|The 1980s: A Conservative Backlash
|p. 113
|Ronald Reagan's Environmental Deregulation
|p. 114
|George Bush as the Environmental President
|p. 117
|Employment versus the Environment
|p. 120
|Environmental Groups Actions and Reactions
|p. 121
|International Environmental Concern
|p. 123
|p. 126
|The Early 1990s: Government Retrenchment and Public Apathy
|p. 129
|Environmental Optimism under Bill Clinton
|p. 129
|A Growing Countermovement
|p. 131
|A Green Revival
|p. 133
|A Conservative Resurgence
|p. 138
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|The Late 1990s: The Institutionalization of the Environmental Movement
|p. 147
|Clinton's Moderate Environmental Approach
|p. 148
|Growing Public Concern
|p. 152
|New Activism
|p. 156
|Congressional Action and Inaction
|p. 159
|The Global Future of the Environmental Movement
|p. 164
|p. 167
|The Environmental Movement in the Post 9/11 World: 2000-2010
|p. 171
|George W. Bush
|p. 171
|Bush and Changing Regulations
|p. 174
|The Debate and the Gamble
|p. 176
|Barack Obama: The Presidency of 'Change'
|p. 177
|The Environment and the Presidential Election of 2008
|p. 178
|Obama and the Environment
|p. 179
|p. 180
|Pros and Cons
|p. 183
|p. 184
|The BP Oil Spill Disaster
|p. 186
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|p. 195
|Bibliography and Suggested Readings
|p. 209
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Just when we thought it couldn't get any better, the Cottonwood Art Festival did just that. Last week's juried collection of creative media included fresh looks, new artists and innovative media not seen previously at the semi-annual event.
Visitors to the event were not deterred by uneven weather that brought drizzling rain and cool temperatures. They were richly rewarded for their tenacity.
Artists exhibited creative talent in 14 categories: 2D Mixed Media, 3D Mixed Media, Ceramics, Digital, Drawings/Pastels, Fiber, Glass, Jewelry, Leather, Metalwork, Painting, Photography, Sculpture and Wood.
Whether visitors were art collectors, admiring aficionados or interior decorators and designers, they were sure to find just the piece to fill that empty wall or niche.
"As a decorator, I often have clients looking for art work that is specific to their home in terms of size, subject matter, and colors. I went to the art show to meet artists and view their work so I will have resources to draw from for current and future projects," says Eva Hines, interior decorator/owner, Decorating Den Interiors.
The broad scope of art illustrating international influences particularly struck Hines.
"The art show was also a great place to find art that is specific to a certain culture. People are very interested in honoring and preserving their culture."
Artists in attendance came from throughout the United States bringing a wealth of imaginative concepts.
"In general I found the art show to be very inspiring in terms of getting my own creative juices flowing. It reminded me what can happen when you think out of the box," says Hines.
Not an art enthusiast? The event also offered live entertainment by local bands, a courtyard with restaurant seating, food trucks, adult beverages and a children's area. The next Cottonwood Art Festival will be held in early May 2014


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Police say Powell's child porn animation images were not a crime
SALT LAKE CITY — Animated child pornography images found on Josh Powell's computer were controversial enough to provoke more questions in the child custody case involving his two boys. But they did not rise to the level of a criminal offense.
Although the images resembled people — in a fashion — they obviously were not real, according to Washington police. That is key in determining whether images are in violation of state and federal child pornography laws.
If depicted images are so "indistinguishable" that an ordinary person would conclude they are the real thing — those images are not protected speech and prosecution can occur. It is an area of law that is evolving as law enforcement tries to keep up with technology.
The animation on Powell's computer shows a family with children about ages 7 and 8, but the characters were not meant to look like real people, Pierce County Sheriff's Detective Sgt. Ed Troyer said. "It depicts pornographic acts, it's incest in nature."
Some visual depictions of sex acts with minors remain constitutionally protected and are likely to stay that way well into the future, experts in First Amendment law said.
"It is not the fact that the stuff is disgusting that allows you to say that you can't even have it," said Andrew McCullough, a Salt Lake attorney who specializes in defending free expression and speech under the First Amendment.
McCullough said the existence of such images, while not illegal, would certainly be up for consideration of a child's safety and well-being in a civil custody case.
"Anything that a person does to indicate they are off balance is fair fodder for an investigation regarding child custody," McCullough said. But a cartoon with no obvious victim does not "hurt" a child, in and of itself, he said.
"What you are really trying to do there is criminalize an idea. We do not arrest people for ideas in the United States."
A 2002 ruling in the U.S. Supreme Court case, Ashcroft v. Free Speech Coalition, was alternately seen as extending protections to the motion picture and entertainment industry while creating a window of opportunity for child porn purveyors.
The Ashcroft case refuted the notion that viewing a 14-year-old girl engaging in a sex act is viewing child porn if the actress is actually a woman of 19. Without the Ashcroft ruling, attorney Louie Sirkin said, films such as American Beauty or Fast Times at Ridgemont High could have been classified as "child porn," because of the depictions.
"If it is not a real child, regardless of what role is being played, it does not violate any child porn law."
Sirkin, the victor in the fight to protect the entertainment industry against legal assault, said the case protected artistic expression through simulations.
"I can simulate a murder in a movie and no matter how realistic I can make it look, it is not a murder," he told the Deseret News. "You can call it anything you want, but it is not a murder. You cannot make a daffodil a rose."
The Ashcroft ruling solidified case law that said unless there is an actual "victim" of child porn — which is not the case in cartoons or is questionable in virtual pornography — there is no crime.
Congress struck back the next year with the PROTECT Act, which said if the depicted images are so "indistinguishable" that an ordinary person would conclude they are the real thing — those images are not protected. Exceptions include drawings, cartoons and sculptures.
For Paul Amann, the prosecutor assigned to the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, the PROTECT ACT has made the law clear regarding the prosecution of child pornography.
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"My father worked in finance....I decided I wanted to be a business major since I was a child...I have taken different business classes....I figured out that I am interested in finance among all the other business majors." Learn more about Sunny Wang »
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Drier conditions are in store for the Clarksville area this week as a cold front has pushed through the area. There is a risk for a shower or thunderstorm this morning as the front pushes though, but the skies should clear by the evening. Temperatures will also remain cool for today as highs will be in the lower eighties with lower humidity levels. The dry conditions will continue for the day on Wednesday with temperatures remaining in the lower eighties with dry conditions. Heading into the end of the workweek and into the weekend, the temperatures are expected to rise into the upper eighties for Thursday and Friday and near ninety for Saturday and Sunday. The humidity will also begin to increase into the weekend as a southwest flow begins to develop over the area. The next risk for precipitation for the Clarksville area will be Sunday into Monday as the next system moves into the region bringing isolated showers and thunderstorms. With any showers or thunderstorms that develop over the region, the main risk associated with them will be the heavy rain.
Here is the Clarksville area forecast:
Tuesday: A mix of sun and clouds with a risk for a shower or thunderstorms in the morning. Chance of precipitation 20%. High: 82
Tuesday night: Mostly clear. Low: 58
Wednesday: Mostly sunny. High: 82
Wednesday night: Mostly clear. Low: 59
Thursday: A mix of sun and clouds. High: Upper 80s Low: Lower 60s
Friday: Partly cloudy. High: Upper 80s Low: Middle 60s
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The California Learning Resource Network (CLRN), a state-funded technology service administered by the Stanislaus County Office of Education, requests district and direct-funded charter participation in the California eLearning Census. Working in partnership with the Evergreen Education Group, primary author of the California eLearning Framework, census data will be shared with the California Department of Education and published in Evergreen's October 2012 Keeping Pace, a national eLearning census and report of eLearning trends.
In brief, CLRN is asking all California school districts and direct-funded charters to count the number of students who are taking all their courses online away from school as well as those who are learning online, part-time or full-time at a school campus. The question set, which is intentionally brief so as to not impose, may be accessed through the link above. Districts not currently implementing online learning, or that are in the planning stages to deploy online learning, only need to complete questions 1-7.
Working with CLRN to notify districts are local CTAP regions, which normally provide technology professional development and technology plan assistance to districts. Districts may also fax the survey back to CLRN using the number on the questionnaire or enter it online at elearningcensus.net. The deadline to complete the survey is May 1st.
We've all see online learning's dramatic growth the past few years as an increasing number of districts embrace it to meet their students' needs. Collecting and reporting this growth in California is one way to demonstrate how quickly districts are adopting it as well as pointing out the assistance our county offices can provide to our partner districts. CLRN will share survey results with county offices and CTAP regions after the survey closes on May 1st.


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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — John Ross is the next president and chief executive officer of Mission Linen Supply, effective immediately, the company has announced. Ross replaces Karl Willig, who retired from the post but remains executive vice chairman of Mission's board of directors.
Ross, who joined the company in December, was leading Mission Linen's operating plants and branches throughout the West as vice president of operations prior to the promotion.
"I am excited about this opportunity and look forward to working with the Mission team to strengthen and grow our company while continuing to provide outstanding products and services to our customers," says Ross, who also joined the company's board of directors.
Ross graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and served for five years as a commissioned officer in the Army. After completing his service, he earned an MBA degree from the University of California at Irvine. He worked for Cintas Corp. and Swisher Hygiene before joining Mission Linen.
"John is as close to a perfect fit for leading Mission Linen as one could hope to find," says Willig. "His education, training and work experience have prepared him to lead this company aggressively into the future."
Mission Linen Supply manages more than 40 plants and employs 2,500 people in California, Arizona, Texas, New Mexico and Oregon.


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In a column in last Sunday's local fish wrapper, a Nashville pastor says that atheists and agnostics are avoiding some basic, existential questions.
"The atheism of the current day is not dealing with the great questions of life and death honestly and forthrightly," writes Kevin Shrum, head philosophizer at Inglewood Baptist Church, "rather, the new atheism seems to be yearning for a freedom from any temporal or eternal explanation, restraint or accountability." If you can make sense of that last part you're a better man than I am, but what the writer is obviously and brazenly saying is that atheists have their heads in the sand.
The reverend Shrum may be disappointed to learn that non-believers and skeptics are as likely to grapple with the eternal questions as religious people are; they just don't assume that God is the answer or "explanation." Which is the more honest and forthright stance, one might ask: To say "I don't know the answer," or to say "I don't know the answer, but it must be God."?
Shrum trots out that old warhorse, C. S. Lewis, who insisted that because we have a yearning for something bigger and grander than ourselves, that something must be God, and it must exist. Lewis built the edifice of his Christianity on unproven premises and circular reasoning ("God must exist because we feel it to be so, and because God exists, that is why we feel the way we do), and Pastor Shrum likewise is fond of begging the burning question:
Is there a God? And since there is, what is His nature?
Where do I come from? And since I was created in the image of God, what is my purpose?
Why do we care for one another? And since God made us to, how should we act?
What happens when a person dies? And since we all end up in Heaven or Hell, what do we do to gain one and avoid the other?
"Christians do not argue that atheists do not love or care. They do so in great degree," Shrum magnanimously allows. "The question is why do they love, care, have a sense of justice, feel moral outrage, and have a sense of right and wrong?" We all know the ready-made answer: It's because of God.
It's startling, and a little laughable and a little pathetic, to hear a devout Christian congratulating himself on his curiosity. Only in the mind of the truly religious can the Big Questions turn out to have such small answers.


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Android has taken another step to cement its place behind Java in the world of repeatedly-vulnerable software, with German group Curesec discovering that an attacker can get past users' PINs to unlock the phone. In fact, the Curesec post states, the …
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ArchBeat Link-o-Rama for 12/09/2011
By Bob Rhubart-Oracle on Dec 09, 2011
- How capacity management changes in the cloud | David Linthicum
Resources have different availability and costs in the cloud, and the models don't yet reflect that variation.
- Exalogic: The Optimal Platform for Oracle ATG Web Commerce | Michael Hylton
Increasing conversion rates in an ever-more competitive e-commerce environment is critical to ensuring success in a fragmented and global e-commerce landscape.
- Webcast: Zero-Downtime Migration to Oracle Exadata Using Oracle GoldenGate: A Customer Case Study Thurs., December 15, 2011 10:00am PT / 1:00pm ET. Speakers: Speakers: Alok Pareek (Vice President, Product Management/Development, Oracle Data Integration) and John F. Martin (CEO of Emerging Markets and CTO, IQNavigator).
- Automating Remote Deployment to Oracle WebLogic from Hudson | Duncan Mills
"Rather than using the deploy step in a Hudson FreeStyle project, we need to add a normal build step at the end of the chain to handle the WebLogic deployment," says Mills. "Now as it happens, this is pretty easy to do."
- New Oracle Solaris 11 Launch Videos: Engineering and Customer Panels | Larry Wake
Larry Wake shares links to three videos from the Oracle Solaris 11 launch: the executive keynote, an engineer panel, and a customer panel.
- Wednesday Wizardry | Ronald van Luttikhuizen
Oracle ACE Director Ronald van Luttikhuizen explores the similarities between real-world enterprise SOA development and doing a live demonstration of enterprise SOA development in front of an audience at UKOUG.
- Oracle WebLogic 12c; SOA Made Simple; Architects Putting on the Ritz in AZ
This week on the OTN Architect Home Page.
- Neat pro-tip for getting the ECID in BPEL
"Are you writing a BPEL process and want to get the ECID for the process instance for some reason? Maybe you're building a homebrew tracking mechanism or something. Maybe you want to write it to the database for later reference."
- We all now work for software companies: The lines just keep blurring | Joe McKendrick
"What's really happening is not that IT is dissolving," says McKendrick, "it's that the entire enterprise is becoming IT."
- Introduction to Cloud Security Architecture from a Cloud Consumer's Perspective | Subra Kumaraswamy
Security concerns are the number one barrier to cloud services adoption. How do we evaluate a vendor's solution? What is an optimal security architecture? What are consumer versus provider responsibilities? What are industry standard patterns in this regard? This article by Subra Kumaraswamy answers some of these questions.
- Trust is good, Control is better - Software Architecture Assessment | Michael Stal
Testing is an important means to obtain information about implementations. Likewise, code reviews help to keep the code quality high. What is very common for code, gets sometimes neglected for software architecture. But how can a project team test the architecture itself?


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A common mistake that many women make when preparing for a job interview is not dressing appropriately. Wearing the wrong accessories and clothing can eliminate you from the rosters of an employer before you even open your mouth.
In interviews, first impressions can sometimes make or break you. Wearing blue jeans and open toe shoes to an interview sends the message that you aren't aware of how to dress for the professional climate. Most companies employ a dress code based on their clientele. If you are working in retail, more often than not, the dress code will be business casual to match that of most customers.
Business casual can include khakis or black pants, closed toe and closed heel shoes, plain shirts or blouses, and conventional haircuts. There are often stipulations made about visible tattoos and piercings as well. When interviewing at a retail establishment, it is a good idea to get a feel for what the employees are wearing before you go into your interview. If they are wearing khakis and a button up shirt, it should be appropriate for you as well. Make sure your nails are clean and plain; your hair is nicely groomed, and you are wearing minimal accessories.
Interviews at corporations or larger businesses often require more effort for the candidate in regards to dress. You should wear black, grey, brown, or any neutral color. A business suit is always appropriate, but in the absence of one, you can pair a nice pair of trousers with a fitted blazer. Again, accessories should be kept at a minimum. It is a rule of thumb to keep your jewelry understated with pieces such as a simple necklace, a ring, and stud earrings. Shoes should be easy to walk in and clean. The rule is the same as in the retail interview. Closed toe and closed heel simple shoes are the way to go.
In addition to simple accessories and dress, makeup should be done in neutral colors and be kept simple for both types of interviews. The brighter your makeup, the more it draws attention from what you are saying in the interview. Low key lips and cheeks will keep all of the focus on you and your resume.
With these simple guidelines, any job candidate should have no problem in making it to the second interview.
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Get the Money You Need With Louisiana Car Title Loans
If you have poor credit and can not obtain a loan because you have been rejected, you are not alone. Individuals all over the country are straining with financial issues and are finding it more and more difficult to take out a loan with banks. If this sounds like your dilemma, you can benefit from bad credit loans. Bad credit loans are there to help you in getting the cash you desire when banks and other companies tell you, "No." When you receive a bad credit loan or a car title loan, you use your car's title as collateral in exchange for the money you desire. That way, your credit history doesn't factor at all.
When you take out a bad credit loan or a car title loan with Louisiana Car Title Loans you should understand that we are here to help you. That is why we have the most helpful and most knowledgeable customer service personnel in the industry. They're available to you 24 hours a day, seven days a week to help you with any of your bad credit or car title loan questions. They can even help you in establishing a customized payment schedule once you obtain your loan money. We know that financial problems are tedious and difficult. We strive to provide you with a service that is both simple and helpful. Take a couple minutes out of your time and complete the online application here on our website. You may be astonished in finding out how much loan money you can obtain.


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Purple Prose Parody Contest
Congratulations to Cheryl Sneed and Sherry Thomas. Out of 15 entries in this year's PPP Contest, they tied to win. Both received AAR Bookbags signed by authors who attended RWA's national conference in Denver. You can read analysis of the contest, along with reader comments, in the July 15th At the Back Fence. For access to the entries themselves, click here.
Entries for this year's contest were limited to 1,500 words - a word limit slightly longer than last year's limit of 1,200 words. When this contest first began in 1997, all the parodies were of love scenes. We've expanded that concept over the years to keep things fresh and encourage the parody of other romance novel scenes, including: epilogues; Regency Romance ball scenes; the first meeting in a "love at first sight" romance; the Big Mis; the Big Secret; the "morning after" scene; the prologue of a romantic suspense novel; a skanky sex scene between villains; or a draft proposal of a category romance publisher featuring things such as secret babies, cowboys, virgins, amnesiacs, virginal sex therapists, etc. We also encourage homages to favorite romance authors as well as the "merge-matic" concept we some years ago. We still haven't received a parody entitled Whitney, My Savage Love, but we can always hope!
Purple Prose as written by Cheryl S as an homage to Stephanie Laurens:
Aloysius Fitz-Cynster, known far and wide as "Imp" (Damn his third cousin four times removed Devil and his first cousins for taking all the good demonic names anyway!) prowled around the fringes of the ballroom like an ocelot.
He knew she was here. Knew he could smell her. Knew he would find her. Knew he would have her.
Knew he was getting hard. Knew he'd better find her quickly before he embarrassed himself.
There she was. Hectate Higston-Houghton. Spinster. Bluestocking. Itch under his skin. Burr under his saddle.
Their eyes met. Hers wide. Startled. His predatory. Focused.
He quickly closed the gap between them as she turned to avoid him. Too late. He grabbed her wrist in his implacable grip and purred, "We have unfinished business."
She tossed her head. "Humph! We have no business. Release me."
Hiding their entwined hands in the folds of her gown, he brought them to his crotch. Her eyes widened even as they took on a lambent hue as she outlined his erection with her fingers.
Imp sucked in a quick breath. "Oh yes, we have unfinished business, and you're going to help me finish."
He resumed his ocelot-like stride, pulling her in his wake. She heard him mutter, "Where's the conservatory? There's always a conservatory. Ah!"
He pulled her into the darkened, humid room, latching the door behind him.
Hectate sputtered. "What is the meaning of this? I told you I would not marry you and I meant it. What part of 'No' do you not understand?"
"I am a Fitz-Cynster. We never take no for an answer. Especially when that bitch Fate decrees we marry. Especially when I've already had you. Had your tongue in my mouth. Had your breasts in my hands. Had your hands on my flesh. Had your innocence for my own."
As he spoke, Hectate felt her body react. Felt her flesh quiver. Felt her nipples ruche. Felt her most secret place become moist with wanting.
"No!" she hissed. "I will never marry you!"
Imp growled as he picked her up in his arms and resumed his ocelot prowl through the conservatory, eyes examining his surroundings.
Fountain? Been done. Swing? No. Bench? Too easy. Cactus-filled planter? Ah yes! Now there's a challenge worthy of a Fitz-Cynster!
As he made his way to the planter Hectate tried to twist out of his arms. Imp stilled her with a kiss.
A kiss that overpowered her. A kiss that silenced her protests. A kiss that gentled as he explored his mouth with his tongue. Ran it over her teeth. Nipped at her lips. Delved back in to stroke the roof of her mouth. Coaxed a response from her as she gasped and began to suck on his tongue.
Arriving at the planter, Imp gingerly sat on the rim, still devouring her with his mouth. A cactus spine invaded his breeches. He inhaled sharply. Moved a bit to the left. Never broke the kiss.
He held her in his lap. Her arms wrapped around his neck. He moved his mouth down the white column of her throat, sucked at the hollow at the base while his hands undid the buttons at her back. He pulled down the shoulders of her gown, exposing her divine breasts, nipples already ruched and waiting for his mouth.
He kissed a path from her neck to her breast, murmuring against her skin "Marry me."
"No!" The word ended on a groan as his mouth closed over her nipple. Tongue laving. Teeth nipping. Fingers stealing under dress. Moving up her leg. Stroking the inside of her thigh. Teasing the curly hairs at the apex. Dipping inside to stroke.
"Marry me!"
"Humph!" she said on a gasp.
Suddenly he shifted her. Moved her so her delectable derriere was nestled against his pulsating rod. He quickly flipped the back of her gown up, adjusted her legs to straddle his as he released his throbbing desire. It reared up between her legs. Nestled against her wetness.
She tightened her thighs around his staff. She nearly swooned from the pleasure. From her need for him. From the scent of their arousal in the air. She gave a half-hearted "Humph!" as she guided the tip of him into her portal.
Imp caressed the twin globes of her derriere, gripped her hips and thrust up as he pulled her down, impaling her with his erection.
"Marry me!" he ground out.
"No!" she whimpered as he set an excruciatingly slow tempo. His hands moved up to capture her breasts and he kneaded them in time to his thrusts.
"Marry me and we can do this all the time," he coaxed as his lips nuzzled her nape.
"But, we do this all the time now," she got out on a ragged breath. "Why get married?"
"Do not argue with Fate. I will have you for my wife!" His voice was raw. His breath labored.
He moved one hand down under her skirt to where they were joined. He caressed the center of her pleasure. Circled it. Stroked it. Pinched it. Soothed it. Pulled it. Pressed it.
She burst into flames. Her keening cries filling the room. He gave one more savage thrust and joined her in oblivious bliss.
"Marry me," he rasped.
"No," she sighed.
He quickly put their clothing to rights, extracted the cactus spine from his buttock and led her to the door.
"The Featherstonaugh ball tomorrow night?" he asked.
"I don't think they have a conservatory," she mused. "But I do believe there is a gazebo."
Gazebo, he thought. Hmmm….
"I'll see you there, and this time you will say yes!"
"Humph!" she said, tossing her head and she strode past him and back into the ballroom.
Purple Prose as written by Blythe Barnhill as an homage to Mary Jo Putney, Jo Beverley, and Stephanie Laurens:
by Mary-Beverly Lauren
"Darling," Samantha purred, "I am just so blissfully happy. I never dreamed that a poor governess like myself would marry a handsome, brooding earl and provide him with twin boys, all within a year." She nestled further into the covers and stroked her beloved husband, Rex, on his hindquarters.
"Ah, I'm not brooding anymore, love. I've finally realized that my evil first wife didn't typify all women, and I've even managed to forget all those men who died under my command during the Peninsular War. And to think all I needed was great sex. Who knew?"
"Now darling, don't forget our long conversations and our stimulating chess games. It's not all sex. And we can look forward to a lifetime of blissful happiness in each other's arms. There's only one problem - the readers. I just feel so sorry for them."
"What do you mean?"
"Well," Samantha explained, "Here we sit in spectacular connubial bliss, and after they heard our long and exciting love story they don't really get to enjoy it, or even see us again. How will they know that we still love each other when we're fifty and have ten strapping boys?"
Rex chuckled. "Samantha, I thought you knew! They'll see us again and again. And again and again. Always blissfully happy, always expecting another child. Haven't you noticed my six friends? The author still has six more books to write, and we'll appear in all of them. Your job is to give future heroines advice about how to get a confirmed rake to commit, and my job is to listen while my friends get drunk off their butts at Whites because they can't face the fact they're falling in love. We also get to show up at the nick of time when they couple du jour is in danger. It'll be fun!"
"But Rex! Isn't that dangerous?"
"Only if the author is Marsha Canham. Our authors just trot us out for show. No one seriously believes anyone good will get hurt."
"Oh, I think I get it. You and your friends will come in and save the day while the evil villain is taking the time to explain his plot and reasons for wanting to kill the couple! That's what happened with us. I have to admit I was wondering why seven muscular men were needed to stop one effeminate villain."
Rex gave Samantha's rear end a little pat. "Well, that's how the reader gets to know all the Hounds and get excited about hearing all of their stories."
"Oh, didn't I tell you, love? My friends and I all met at Harrow. We were all rich noblemen who felt sorry for ourselves for some reason, so we formed a tight-knit group and bonded for life. We called ourselves the Harrowing Hounds of Hell. I would die for any of them, but I'm sure it won't come to that."
Rex barked playfully. "That's because our names all sound like dogs, sweeting. There's me, Rex, of course, and Benjamin "Benji," Earl of Arfington, Wolf St. Bernard, Skip (Sir Fido), and Phillip "Spot" Dalmashon."
"But what about your other friend Michael? The one who is so urbane and conniving? I can't wait to meet the woman who can teach him some new tricks."
"Oh, Michael is the Duke of Ruffgar. Everyone is waiting for Ruffgar."
Samantha rose from bed and put on her wrapper. "Well, I guess this explains why all of you have little black ears sewn onto the back of your capes. But don't you think it's a little silly for grown men to have a club with a name like that?"
Rex glanced at Samantha, his confusion evident in his eyes. "Well honey, you have to join a club like that when you go to school. If you aren't a Rogue or a Fallen Angel or part of the Bar Cynster, then you'd better be a Harrowing Hound, Flying Baboon, or Cock of the Walk. Otherwise you'll get your butt kicked by the T-Birds, Panthers, or Slithering Serpents of Perdition. I'm surprised you didn't have clubs like this at Miss Sally's School for Attractive Governesses."
Smiling fondly, Samantha stroked Rex's head. "It must be a guy thing, darling. I guess I can live with it. I do have one suggestion, though." Samantha blushed prettily, whispered into Rex's ear, and climbed back into their imposing bed.
Rex growled as he arose from the bed. His splendidly naked form was already in a state of rampant arousal. His black-eared cloak was right where he had left it, and he grinned with a canine leer as he put the hood over his head. He let out a "Rrrruff!" - and pounced on the bed.
Purple Prose as written by Rachel Potter as an homage to Laurell K Hamilton:
The phone rang. I raised my battered head off the pillow and squinted at the clock. 8 PM. Damn. I was late. The ringing continued. I picked up my cell phone. "Annika Black here," I said, my voice still rough from all the screaming I'd done the night before. I cleared my throat.
"Annika, where are you? We were supposed to meet at sundown." It was Jean-Fraude, my sometime vampire lover and one-third of our triumverate of power. He sounded annoyed, and that was strange. Usually his voice was slow and husky, as if he were perpetually on the verge of orgasm.
"Still at home," I said. "I'm leaving now, though. Give me a half hour."
"Good," he said. "We have a problem, and we need to talk about it."
"I'll be there," I said and hung up.
I staggered to the bathroom. I'd been beaten to a pulp last night in a confrontation with a group of local poltergeists. They were damn hard to fight, refusing to take a form as they did. But once I told them I had a gun and was serious about using it, they backed right down. Well, that and also because I'd forced their leader into submission with a bit of supernatural foreplay. Men: they were all the same. It didn't matter what species they were: human, vampire, werewolf, weregiraffe, selkie, fruit fly. Give them a little sex, and they forgot to complain about anything else.
In the shower I glanced down at myself and winced. The whole lower part of my body was black and blue, three toes were half-severed, my abdomen had been eviscerated, and part of my small intestine was sticking out. I pushed that back in with my thumb and washed my hair. Sure, it all hurt, but it wouldn't last long. These days I was a fast healer.
Driving over to Jean-Fraude's newest business, the health spa for the undead, Sexual Healing, I wondered what he wanted. He'd been harping on me to meet with him for months, but I'd resisted. I knew we couldn't be in the same room without him trying to jump me, and so I'd avoided him to give us both some space. But there had been something urgent in his call yesterday that made my resolve weaken. Something was up. It was probably the werebunnies again. They always had their cottontails in a knot about something, and they were fractious; there was always infighting in the warrens when they weren't busy humping each other to the point of exhaustion.
As soon as Jean-Fraude opened the door, I knew something was wrong. He'd answered the door himself, and he wasn't wearing his customary sexy, peek-a-boo clothing. Instead he had on a pair of newish 501's and a lime green oxford button-down shirt. He was wearing Birkenstocks, and, as he led the way to his study, they clop-clopped against the soles of his feet. An ominous sound. He opened the study door and gestured for me to sit down in one of the wing chairs by the fireplace. As I settled into one, I froze. Seated across from me was Dick, my sometime lover and the final third of our triumverate. I hadn't seen him for months either. He wanted me, wanted me to the point of madness, but we were over, and there was no point in torturing him with that knowledge, so for that reason I'd avoided him. That and the fact that he was kind of whiny sometimes.
Jean-Fraude sat down and faced me with a very serious look on his face. "Annika," he said. "We need to talk."
"If it's about the werebunnies," I said, "I think I can handle them-"
"It's not about the werebunnies," Dick said.
I raised my eyebrow at him. It was obvious that he wasn't over me yet. Our breakup had been ugly. He'd shapeshifted on top of me during sex-which was freaky enough in itself-but added to that, the resulting differences in his chemical makeup had given me a nasty yeast infection. I'd decided I really didn't need any more of that, thank you very much. There were plenty of werefish in the sea.
"It's about you," Jean-Fraude said.
"Yes, you. Both Dick and I feel, and, ah, this is hard to say...We feel that it's time you got yourself some help."
I had no idea what he was getting at. "Help? I don't need help. Now that the marks are married, I'm invincible. I mean, we're invincible. Why would I need help?"
Jean-Fraude just shook his head and looked at Dick, "See what I mean?" he asked. Dick nodded. "Annika," he said. "We don't mean help with werebunnies, or fairies or demented trolls. We mean personal help." He looked at me meaningfully.
"We think you should see a therapist," Jean-Fraude said.
"A therapist?" I shrieked, and all of my previous unease came back to me. What was going on here? What was wrong with Jean-Fraude? Why did he look and act so strange? I pulled out my gun and leapt from the chair. "What's gotten into you?" I stared at him hard. "The real Jean-Fraude would never talk to me that way. Has this got something to do with the poltergeists? Have they possessed you?"
Jean-Fraude put up both of his hands. "Calm down, Annika, and put away the gun. There's nothing wrong with me. Everything's fine. I've been doing a little self-examination, in fact."
"Self-examination? Jean-Fraude, you're a vampire."
"So what. Vampires can't be screwed up? Look, Annika, I loathed myself for hundreds of years, hating the beast that I was. You don't know even 1/257th of all the things that I've done in my lifetime of death. But now that's all over. I've been seeing a therapist, and Dr. Kevorkian has helped me to see that that kind of thinking can only lead to poor self-esteem. Furthermore, I've become aware that my sexual behavior patterns aren't simply the result of normal vampire hormones, or even the so-called ardeur I've always blamed it on. No, my screwing everything in sight was sexual addiction, pure and simple." He smiled ironically, "Or, rather, impure and very complicated." He stood and put a hand on my arm. "We think you might also benefit from a little psychological analysis."
"Recognition is the first step to recovery," Dick said, eyeing the gun.
I began backing away from the pair of them. "You think I don't understand myself? You think I don't understand what I've become? I know it's been fast, this change from fairly ordinary human being to supernatural omnipotent goddess-just 10 books-but I think I've handled it pretty well."
"That's just it, Annika, you're not omnipotent. It's all in your head," Jean-Fraude said softly.
"In my head? You mean to tell me that all of this...the vampires, the werewolves, the werechickens...all of it, I've made it up? That none of you are real?"
"Oh, we're real," Dick said. "I'm sure as hell a werewolf, and Jean-Fraude here's a blood sucker, all right, it's you who..."
"Who what?"
"Who've imagined it all," Dick finished lamely. "All this ranting and raving you've been doing about the marks and the merging of power and the "triumverate." I don't know where you're getting it from, but it's just not true."
"It's not true? What do you mean it's not true? I'm a necromancer extraordinaire!"
"Yeah, yeah," Dick said. "A necromancer. What is a necromancer anyway? Heck if we know. Annika, you've got to get a grip on yourself. You're delusional."
Jean-Fraude nodded urgently. "Please listen to us. This's very important. I want to make sure you get the help you need before I leave town."
My jaw dropped in astonishment despite my anger. "You're leaving? But, Jean-Fraude, you're the vampire master of the city!"
"I know it," he said. "I'm tired of it. One evening, after a particularly grueling therapy session, I woke up and thought, 'I've got plenty of money and plenty of time. I don't even need that much blood any more. Why am I still here dealing with all this petty infighting and monster politics? Fuck it. I don't need this kind of stress.' So I got this book from the library." He held up a paperback entitled Voluntary Simplicity: Is It for You?. "I've decided to scale way back. I'm going to hang where there aren't so many crazies for a while. Maybe Alaska."
I just stared at him. The room felt like it was closing in on me.
"Annika," Jean-Fraude said softly, "there are medications available that can help you. We think you should listen to us because we both care about you and no one else will tell you the truth. You need to face it: you're just an ordinary human being. Feisty, yes. Supernatural, no."
But I was no longer listening. All this time the two of them had been lying to me. They didn't believe in me. They were trying to undermine my powers! There were others who did believe in me, who did want me. Tom and Frank and Bob and the other werewolves and the wereleopards and...
I turned on my heel and left the room without saying another word.