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I want to thank the members of the committee: Tony Brazel (Arizona State University), Jim Coakley (Oregon State University), Walt Robinson (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), Bob Talbot (University of New Hampshire), and Sepi Yalda (Millersville University of Pennsylvania).
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Mar. 2, 2007 - FRISCO - With strong winds and back-to-back games Thursday in the opening round of the Frisco ISD softball tournament, the Sulphur Springs Lady Cats left day one with a split against Plano and Frisco.
The Lady Cats opened up Game 1 with a 6-3 victory over Plano, then lost the nightcap, 7-1, to the host team Frisco Lady Raccoons.
"I guess I felt like the first game we were more aggressive offensively. About the second inning, I had to tell them that we are here to play and start swinging the bats," said SSHS coach David Carrillo.
"In the second game, we were more selective with what we wanted to do and were thinking to much. We faced a team that we feel like will make us better."
SSHS is now 5-8 on the year and is scheduled to face Lewisville at 2 p.m. and R.L. Turner at 4 p.m. today.
"We hope to get better and get two out of this one today," the coach said. "Our goal is to get into one of those bracket games Saturday."
Game 1
Lady Cats 6, Plano 3
The Lady Cats found ways to score in all but one inning against the Plano Lady Wildcats as Krista McMahan led the way going 2-for-2 with two doubles and an RBI.
"Krista did an awesome job during the first game. She is a sophomore and has a great future ahead of her," he said. "I have two catchers in Maurie Lewis and her that are battling for catcher since Jordan is hurt and they are doing a great job."
McMahan broke open a 1-1 tie in the bottom of the second inning with a shot to left field, scoring Jenna Davis, who opened the inning with a walk. On the next at-bat, Kelsey Evans drove in McMahan to give SSHS a 3-1 lead.
But that lead was short lived.
In the top of the third inning, Plano came back with two runs off starter Marci Womack - who went six innings and gave up three runs, two earned, four hits, three walks and one strikeout - as Danielle Vaji reached on an error, followed by a fielder's choice to Beth Bownds, she reached second on a passed ball and then went to third on a groundout. Stevie Pierce then drove in Bownds with a triple and courtesy runner Rachel Townsend scored on an error for the 3-3 tie.
SSHS came back with a run of their own in the bottom of the inning on back-to-back singles by Amanda McGowin and Katie Dodd before Davis smacked an RBI single driving in McGowin for the 4-3 lead.
The Lady Cats got two more insurance runs in the bottom of the fifth inning as McGowin opened with a double, followed by a RBI single from Dodd and then Davis rapped a double scoring Dodd for the 6-3 finale.
Dodd went 3-for-3 for the Lady Cats with one run and two RBI, McGowin went 2-for-2 with three runs scored and Davis went 2-for-2 with three RBI and one run scored.
Game 2
Frisco 7, Lady Cats 1
Against Frisco, the Lady Raccoons blew up a 1-1 tie with a six run fifth inning as 10 batters came up against starter Taylor Clifton, who went six innings giving up seven runs on 11 hits - five of those runs earned for the Lady Cats.
"I thought Taylor pitched an awesome game going into that inning and they were able to put the ball into play," Carrillo said. "I thought Taylor threw a pretty good game and she is somebody that I am looking forward to having for the next four years."
Frisco opened up the game with an RBI from Jamie Wiedert after Natalie Villareal opened up the game with a triple off Clifton for the early 1-0 lead.
The Lady Cats only had two innings were they had more than three batters up in an inning against Weidert as Dodd opened with a single before Weidert sat down Crawford with a groundout and struck out Davis and Clifton to end the second inning.
During the sixth inning, the Lady Raccoons opened the inning with a single by Amanda Moen, followed by Villareal's second triple of the game scoring Moen and then Brittany Dean smacked an RBI triple for the 3-0 lead. Weidert then drove in Dean with a single, Kristen Rigsbee put two runners on with a single and then Karrie Karr and Jackie Victoriano hit into fielder's choices, Amanda Cave was then hit by a pitch, before Karr and Victoriano scored on an error. Cave then ended the scoring on an error for the 6-0 lead.
In the bottom of the sixth, Mac Morgan drove in Kelsey Evans with a single to deep right center field for the 6-1 deficit.
Morgan, McGowin and Dodd went 1-for-3 for the Lady Cats in the game.
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Daily temperatures range between 26 and 38 degrees Centigrade. At night, the temperature can drop to as low as 18 degrees in the "winter". The winter, or cool period, is from October to February. The "summer" is April to May. The hottest months of the year are March and April.
The Philippines is part of the typhoon belt, a belt between 10 and 40 degrees North latitude where typhoons are common. The Philippines is visited yearly by approximately 22 typhoons. Typhoons are very strong storms with wind velocities of two to three hundred kilometers per hour. Cebu is situated on 10 degrees North, which means the southern edge of typhoon belt. Typhoons therefore hit the island only very seldom, statistically once in every forty years. The last strong typhoon that hit the island was typhoon "Ruping" in November 1991. This typhoon hit the island with winds of 325 kilometers per hour. Damage was extensive, but loss of life was limited. The typhoon season is from May to December.
Rainfall on the island can occur in every month, but the wettest months are October, November and December. Annual rainfall is approximately 1.5 meters. Due to the steep, deforested, mountains on average 60 percent of the rainwater runs off fast to the sea. The remaining 40 percent partly evaporates partly seeps through to the island's underground water aquifer. The relatively small part that finally reaches the aquifer, means that care is necessary in using this underground water supply. Unlimited pumping can ultimately lead to sea water intrusion into the aquifer, rendering it useless for drinking.
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I completely forgot about the mess hall incident during basic training. I was pulled from the line and put on the serving line. I don't know if it was the smell of the food (SOS perhaps?) or what, but I soon passed out and was taken outside to revive. But it was not nearly as severe as what you describe. I was only out for maybe a minute.
The only other time in my life I've ever passed out was in Vietnam, but that had nothing to do with the smell of army food. Some of the guys needed me to play basketball to make an even number of players on each team. I was feeling bad that day too, but the pharmacist (I was a medic) very helpfully supplied me with something to make me feel well enough to play. After a few minutes I was feeling faint, so I sat down and put my head between my legs, then went crashing face first into the concrete.
I've only passed out twice since (other than from concussions) once was the day after my Grandmother passed (I had taken care of her), I was at a Highland festival that my daughter and I were competing in. when they did a lament and read off the names of those deceased in the last year, my legs just buckled and I was gone... the second was an end of year ski school party, someone passed some BC Bud, I was in a f*ck it sort of mood so indulged. I didn't quite pass oout, I remained upright, and the house very slowly spun 90 degrees and I took a peaceful little sojourn elsewhere
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Gremlins (1984)
Kate: Now I have another reason to hate Christmas.
Billy Peltzer: What are you talking about?
Kate: The worst thing that ever happened to me was on Christmas. Oh, God. It was so horrible. It was Christmas Eve. I was 9 years old. Me and Mom were decorating the tree, waiting for Dad to come home from work. A couple hours went by. Dad wasn't home. So Mom called the office. No answer. Christmas Day came and went, and still nothing. So the police began a search. Four or five days went by. Neither one of us could eat or sleep. Everything was falling apart. It was snowing outside. The house was freezing, so I went to try to light up the fire. That's when I noticed the smell. The firemen came and broke through the chimney top. And me and Mom were expecting them to pull out a dead cat or a bird. And instead they pulled out my father. He was dressed in a Santa Claus suit. He'd been climbing down the chimney... his arms loaded with presents. He was gonna surprise us. He slipped and broke his neck. He died instantly. And that's how I found out there was no Santa Claus.
Randall Peltzer: Well, that's the story. So if your air conditioner goes on the fritz or your washing machine blows up or your video recorder conks out; before you call the repairman turn on all the lights, check all the closets and cupboards, look under all the beds, 'cause you never can tell there just might be a gremlin in your house.
[at start of film, Mr. Peltzer is willing to pay $200 for Mogwai]
Grandfather: I'm sorry. Mogwai not for sale.
Randall Peltzer: Why not? You said everything in your grandfather's store was for sale.
Grandfather: With Mogwai, comes much responsibility. I cannot sell him at any price.
[at end of film after tons of mayhem errupted and is being shown on the news]
Grandfather: I warned you. With mogwai comes much responsibility. But you didn't listen.
[gestures at television]
Grandfather: And you see what happens.
Randall Peltzer: I'm sorry. I didn't mean it...
Grandfather: You do with mogwai what your society... has done with all of nature's gifts. You do not understand.
[entire Peltzer family is speechless with guilt]
Grandfather: You are not ready.
Chinese Boy: Look Mister, there are some rules that you've got to follow.
Billy Peltzer: Yeah, what kind of rules?
Chinese Boy: First of all, keep him out of the light, he hates bright light, especially sunlight, it'll kill him. Second, don't give him any water, not even to drink. But the most important rule, the rule you can never forget, no matter how much he cries, no matter how much he begs, never feed him after midnight.
Kate: You say you hate Washington's Birthday or Thanksgiving and nobody cares, but you say you hate Christmas and people treat you like you're a leper.
Deputy Brent: Let me drive.
Sheriff Frank: No, you're drunk.
Deputy Brent: You always get to drive.
Sheriff Frank: That's cause I'm the sheriff, asshole.
Sheriff Frank: Tell me something, Billy. How come a cute little guy like this can turn into a thousand ugly monsters?
Billy Peltzer: Well, you see, this is before it enters the pupal stage.
Deputy Brent: The pupal stage?
Billy Peltzer: Yeah, right. Plus it multiplies with water.
Deputy Brent: Aw, Christ.
Sheriff Frank: Brent give the kid some water.
Billy Peltzer: I wouldn't do that, Sheriff.
Grandfather: He has something he wants to say to you.
Billy Peltzer: You mean you can understand what he says when he speaks?
Grandfather: To understand, one has only to listen.
Gizmo: Bye Billy.
Stripe: Gizmo Caca.
Kate: What're they doing?
Billy Peltzer: They're watching Snow White. And they love it.
[repeated line]
Gizmo: Bright light. Bright light.
Stripe: Water... Gun.
Mr. Corben: What is that dog doing in here?
Gerald: Peltzer, this is a bank, not a pet-store.
Mr. Corben: Very good, Gerald.
Gerald: Thank you, Mr. Corben.
Gizmo: Uh oh.
Billy Peltzer: Cover your mouth. Don't breathe any gas.
Pete: One, two, three, four, five new ones. NOW can I have one?
Billy Peltzer: I don't know, Pete.
Pete: Hey, look! That one's got a cute little stripe on its head. Hey, cutie.
[Pete attempts to pet the baby mogwai, who, in response, snarls and attempts to bite Pete]
Murry Futterman, Billy's neighbor: Goddamn foreign cars.
Kate: Will you sign this petition? They're trying to close Dorie's Tavern.
Billy Peltzer: Sure. That's where my dad proposed to my mom, you know.
Kate: That's where everyone's dad proposed to their mom.
[Concession Stand at Movie Theater, Stripe pears his head inside the empty popcorn bin, sniffing around]
Stripe: Yum?
[looks across the street and sees the candy store]
Stripe: AH. Yum. Yum.
Murry Futterman, Billy's neighbor: Goddamn foreign TV. I told ya we should've got a Zenith.
Ruby Deagle: I want your dog.
Billy Peltzer: Barney?
Ruby Deagle: Give him to me. I'll take him to the kennel, they'll put him to sleep. It will be quick and painless compared to what I would do to him.
Billy Peltzer: What could you do?
Ruby Deagle: I'll catch the beast myself. He'll get what he deserves, a slow painful death.Maybe I'll put him in my spin-drier on high heat.
Mr. Anderson: That would do it all right!
[Barney then jumps from the bank counter and smashes Mrs Deagle's snowman head and starts barking at her]
Ruby Deagle: Mrs Harris, what are you trying to tell me?
Mrs. Joe Harris: I'm afraid none of us can pay for two weeks. Couldn't you just get Mr.Corben to just give us a little more time?
Ruby Deagle: Mrs Harris, the bank and I have the same purpose in life - to make money. Not to support a lot of... deadbeats!
Mrs. Joe Harris: Mrs Deagle! It's Christmas!
Ruby Deagle: Well, now you know what to ask Santa for, don't you?
Murry Futterman, Billy's neighbor: [drunk, looking inside his car] Gremlins...
Murry Futterman, Billy's neighbor: [turning to Billy and Kate] You got-you gotta watch out for them forgeiners cuz they plant gremlins in their machinery.
[he climbs inside the car]
Murry Futterman, Billy's neighbor: It's the same gremlins that brought down our planes in the big one.
Kate: [laughing] The big one...
Murry Futterman, Billy's neighbor: [turning round] that's right! World war two.
[he puts his hand to his head]
Murry Futterman, Billy's neighbor: Good old WWII.
Murry Futterman, Billy's neighbor: [Murray tries to start his car] Y'know their still shippin them over here. They put em in cars, they put em in yer tv. They put em in stereos and those little radios you stick in your ears. They even put em in watches, they have teeny gremlins for our watches!
Billy Peltzer: They're Inside.
Kate: All Of Them?
Lynn Peltzer: Get Out Of My Kitchen!
Lynn Peltzer: [shocked to see eggs in Billy's basement] What are they?
Billy Peltzer: They're the Mogwai... I guess.
Lynn Peltzer: Did you give them water?
Billy Peltzer: No.
Lynn Peltzer: Did you feed them after midnight?
Billy Peltzer: Well, I gave them some chicken
[realises about his clock]
Billy Peltzer: No, wait, I made sure
[goes over to his clock and founds out that his clock has been ripped off it's cords]
Billy Peltzer: Mom, what's going on here?
Gerald: If it isn't Captain Clip-On. Guess who almost signed for unemployment today?
Billy Peltzer: I give up.
Gerald: You... But Mr. Corben had second thoughts. He gets so sentimental around the holidays.
Billy Peltzer: Imagine that.
Gerald: If it was up to me, I would have fired you in a second.
Billy Peltzer: Well, a merry Christmas to you too.
[repeated line]
Randall Peltzer: Rand Peltzer, Fantastic ideas for a Fantastic World, I make the illogical logical.
Gizmo: [to Billy's Dog] Bye-bye, Woof Woof.
Billy Peltzer: It's the creatures!
Sheriff Frank: [angered] Ah, the creatures.
Billy Peltzer: The creatures are making it look like an accident!
[menacing Billy with a crossbow]
Stripe: Bye, bye.
Mr. Jones: [seeing a picture of Ruby Deagle Billy had drawn] The old bat never looked better.
Mr. Jones: It's great. You're doing fine.
Kate: What are they, Billy?
Billy Peltzer: They're gremlins, Kate, just like Mr. Futterman said.
Grandfather: [leaving with Gizmo, to Billy] Perhaps some day, you will be ready. Until then, Mogwai waits.
Robbie the Robot: Sorry miss I was giving myself an oil job
Robbie the Robot: This question is totally without meaning.
Robbie the Robot: Pardon me sir, stuff?
Robbie the Robot: Thick and Heavy?
Robbie the Robot: Would sixty gallons be sufficient?
Robbie the Robot: I rarely use it myself sir. It promotes rust.
Stripe: [watching another gremlin strangle Mrs. Peltzer with Christmas tree lights] Oh neat!


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One theory about why Microsoft lent $2 billion as part of a deal to take Dell private is that Microsoft plans to use its newfound influence with the company to stop Dell from further building Linux hardware. Is that really the case, or just a conspiracy theory?
Computerworld reports that according to analysts, Microsoft lent the $2 billion in order to:
"...influence hardware designs in a post-PC world while protecting itself from the growing influence of Linux-based operating systems in mobile devices and servers...It may also be an attempt to secure the partnership and to stop the PC maker from looking toward alternative operating systems like Linux."
Al Hilwa, program director at IDC, told Computerworld that the investment will help make sure that Dell doesn't move too heavily towards building Linux-based hardware using operating systems as Chrome or Android.
There's likely some truth to that, although not nearly as much as some people will have you believe. One reason is that it's likely that the new Dell will be moving away from a reliance on selling PCs, and more towards selling services and consulting. Selling PCs is a cut-throat business, with razor-thin margins; selling services and consulting is far more lucrative. That's almost certainly the direction Dell will be heading, although it will likely still build hardware.
That means that Dell won't be putting much emphasis into building notebooks, and so Chrome will be largely irrelevant to the company. Linux on the desktop simply doesn't have a bright future, even though its adherents have been claiming for years that it will eventually pass Windows.
I don't expect Dell to enter the smartphone business big-time either. That's another cut-throat business with plenty of big, dominant players. So Android is largely irrelevant as well.
Where Linux matters is in servers, and that's where Microsoft will try to influence Dell. Microsoft's server and tools group has become a mainstay of the company. Increasingly, Microsoft is an enterprise-focused company, and that's where its growth will be. Last year, for example, the server and tools group had $18.7 billion in income, up from $16.7 billion the year before. That's where Linux is a dangerous competitor.
Dell's server and networking division had $8.3 billion in sales last year, according to Yahoo Finance. Dell sells Windows-based servers as well as Linux-based servers. If Microsoft will use its loan as leverage to try and get Dell to move away from Linux, here's where it will use it.
But if the new Dell is going to thrive, it can't abandon Linux. Being a services and consulting company means offering customers the best solutions possible, regardless of the underlying technology. Microsoft's loan of $2 billion is only a relatively small portion of the entire $24.4 billion Dell buyout, so Dell isn't entirely beholden to Microsoft. And Microsoft didn't even take an equity position as part of the deal.
So yes, I'm sure that a small portion of Microsoft's motivation for investing $2 billion was to try and fend off Linux some. But it was a small portion only, and not the primary motivating factor.


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On 6 December, a plenary session of the Cour de cassation ruled that surety
agreements designed to ensure the payment of rent should be directly
assigned to the new owner of real estate, except where the guarantor had provided
On 23 November 2004, the Cour de cassation rendered four decisions
relating to the legal nature of life insurance contracts. The
court indicated that unlike capitalisation operations and unless premiums were
obviously exaggerated, the core element of life insurance contracts was the
existence of a hazard to human life.
On 17 December 2003, the Commercial Section of the Cour de cassation held that
a creditor could not be liable for accepting as a guarantor someone whose means
were disproportionately lower than the amount she/he was committing herself/himself
to pay in lieu of the debtor. The principle had already been stated in the Nahoum
case rendered on 8 October 2002 (D. 2003, 414). The protective approach favoured
by the same section in 1997 (Macron case, 17 June 1997, Bull. civ.
IV, no. 188) – where a Bank was on the contrary made to pay damages to
a guarantor whose security commitment highly exceeded his means – has
now therefore clearly been overruled. But the Cour de cassation specifies in
this case that the new position does not extend to the guarantor's spouse,
who may therefore sue for damages. One must also note that if the new 1st August
2003 Act had been applicable to the facts, the creditor's right to claim
performance from the guarantor would have been altogether forfeited.
The Civil Second Section of the Cour de cassation confirmed the limits
set out to judicial review of excessive lawyers' fees (18.9.2003). In
1998, the Cour de cassation had held that judges may reduce fees that appear
disproportionately high. The Court now limited this solution to cases where
fees were agreed upon before any work was carried out. If the agreement
relating to fees was reached after the performance of the legal services,
it has to be enforced however high the fees may be.
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Ben from Columbus asks:
Why does Microsoft constantly synchronize folders in Outlook?
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Many of us love to use templates when we work.
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The other day we looked at a few quick ways to alter the toolbars found in the OpenOffice Suite of programs.
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Since we regularly discuss OpenOffice and why you might want to use it, today I thought that it might be a good idea to go over what comes with your free OpenOffice download.
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The Windows 7 Action Center is responsible for letting you know what's going on behind the scenes, but it can get a little invasive at times. I mean, how much work is one expected to get done if there are little windows constantly popping up in the corner to let you know about various security and maintenance happenings?
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Read More about Valerie Wilson Wesley
Valerie Wilson Wesley wrote her first mystery,
When Death Comes Stealing, in 1994. The book introduced readers to Tamara Hayle,
a wise and witty African American single mom and ex-cop, who makes her living as
a private investigator in Newark, New Jersey. When Death Comes Stealing was
nominated for the Shamus Award by the Private Eye Writers of America as Best
First Private Eye Novel. Tamara has since appeared in several other mysteries. See a list below.
Of Blood and Sorrow: A Tamara Hayle Mystery
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Hardcover: 240 pages
Publisher: One World/Ballantine (January 29, 2008)
Language: English
Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.4 x 1.3 inches
Valerie Wilson Wesley's private investigator, Tamara Hayle, whom the
Houston Chronicle calls "smart, sexy, tough but tender," has earned
enthusiastic acclaim from reviewers and readers alike. Now Newark, New
Jersey's savviest detective confronts the one case she never saw
coming–and discovers how ties that bind can easily become a noose.
Tamara Hayle can't believe that her life is this good. New York's most
powerful businessman wants her to work for him, her new lover seems
caring and supportive, and her son, Jamal, is thriving. But as Tamara
sardonically observes, "When things stir that easy, there's always
something lumpy at the bottom of the pot."
Enter Lilah Love, an old acquaintance who begs Tamara to find her
missing child. Tamara, however, is wary of Lilah, who attracts mayhem
and murder like an alley cat attracts fleas. Next up is Basil Dupre,
Tamara's outlaw ex-lover, who always brings passion–and chaos–when he
strolls into Tamara's life. Suddenly Tamara's safe world isn't so
secure, especially when Jamal witnesses a brutal murder and becomes the
prime suspect.
As the body count rises, Tamara and Jamal will follow a long-forgotten
secret into a terrifying confrontation with love gone bad, trust turned
lethal, and a past hungry to claim more lives.
in the Dark: A Tamara Hayle Mystery
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Format: Hardcover, 240pp
Pub. Date: September 28, 2004
Publisher: One World
Valerie Wilson Wesley's Tamara Hayle mystery series featuring Newark, New
Jersey's number one private investigator are loved for their smart, sexy
protagonist who 'has a way with a wisecrack that is positively lethal'
(Washington Post). Now in Dying in the Dark, Hayle is entrenched in a sinister
investigation that will demand her best detective work yet.
Tamara Hayle's past has come back to haunt her'literally. She's been plagued by
terrifying dreams about Celia Jones, an old friend whose walk on the wild side
led her to a horrible death. Celia's teenage son, Cecil, begs Tamara to find his
mother's killer . . . only to end up dead himself, stabbed through the heart.
The search for Celia and her son's killer pulls Tamara deep into her friend's
troubled love life, where everyone adored her but somebody held a murderous
grudge. There's her bullying thug of an ex-husband; a handsome ex-lover who woos
Tamara with charm and lies; and an angry, jealous woman who claims that Celia
broke her heart. And those were just the obvious people with axes to grind.
Despite her better judgment and the admonitions of the police department, Tamara
refuses to back away from the mystery surrounding her old friend's death and the
tragedy that met her son. All clues lead to the past Tamara shared with Celia
Jones, and Tamara fears that that past will threaten her own son. But she
uncovers more than she bargained for'and unearths secrets someone would kill to
keep in the shadows.
When Death Comes Stealing
(A Tamara Hayle Mystery)
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Author: Valerie Wilson Wesley
Publisher: Avon Books
Date Published: June 1995
Format: Mass Market Paperbound
First in the series
Former policewoman Tamara Hayle is a single mother trying
to raise her son while carving out a new career as a private investigator in the urban
jungle. Her ex-husband shows up in serious trouble--someone is killing his sons,
one-by-one. The police believe the deaths are accidental. With her own son's life in
jeopardy, Tamara investigates before the killer strikes again.
Devil's Gonna Get Him (A
Tamara Hayle Mystery)
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Author: Valerie Wilson Wesley
Publisher: Avon Books
Date Published: May 1996
Format: Mass Market Paperbound
Tamara Hayle's sleuthing skills are put to the ultimate
test when her newest, very well-heeled client turns up dead only hours after he hires her.
Lincoln Storey, one of the richest, rudest black men in the state of New Jersey, is
Tamara's latest client - until he drops dead at his own ritzy fund-raiser the very night
he's put Tamara on retainer. When Wyvetta Green's baby sister is charged with the crime,
Wyvetta hires Tamara, her friend and upstairs neighbor, to find out who really did it. The
problem is that everyone, including baby sister, had a motive, from Storey's not-so-loving
wife, to his two jealous mistresses, to his angry stepdaughter, to his resentful partner,
to Tamara's ambitious ex-lover - each of whom is better off with Lincoln Storey dead.
Where Evil Sleeps (A
Tamara Hayle Mystery)
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Author: Valerie Wilson Wesley
Publisher: Avon Books
Date Published: May 1997
Format: Mass Market Paperbound
Tamara Hayle is after some much-needed R&R down in
sunny Kingston, Jamaica, when she is befriended by a chatty fellow tourist from Jersey.
Against her better judgment, Tamara joins her new friend, Lilah Love and Lilah's two male
traveling companions for a night on the town; the result is murder. Tamara suspects Lilah,
although that lead eventually turns very cold. More murder, mayhem, and a tryst with a man
from her past all put Tamara in the path of a killer, until she finally finds the spot
where evil sleeps.
No Hiding Place (A Tamara
Hayle Mystery)
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Author: Valerie Wilson Wesley
Publisher: Avon Books
Date Published: August 1998
Format: Mass Market Paperbound
When Newark hoodlum Shawn Raymond is killed, his mother,
Bessie, hard-earned money in hand, begs Tamara to look into the unsolved murder. According
to Bessie, the cops just didn't give a damn, but Tamara is enough of a realist to know the
sad truth that gangsters usually end up getting what they deserve. Yet she can also
remember a time when Shawn Raymond was an innocent boy, loved and mentored by her dead
brother, Johnny. She knows that the void left by Johnny's suicide may have contributed to
the bad choices Shawn made. Tied to the Raymonds by grief and memory, Tamara finally
agrees to take Shawn Raymond's case. But Tamara finds that the path to the killer leads
not only through the city's mean streets and threatened middle class but into her personal
life as well, in a terrible, shattering way. More blood will be spilled before Tamara
learns her bitter lesson that when it comes to murder and the evil in people's hearts,
there truly is no hiding place.
Easier to Kill
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Author: Valerie Wilson Wesley
Publisher: Avon Books
Date Published: July 1999
Format: Mass Market Paperbound
The fifth novel in the series
Hardcover, 208pp.
Publisher: The Putnam Publishing Group
Pub. Date: June 2000
Tamara Hayle goes undercover in the casinos of
Atlantic City to track a runaway teen in this gripping new mystery.
Hailed as one of the best ethnic and female sleuthing mystery series, Valerie
Wilson Wesley's Tamara Hayle novels are consistent standouts. "She keeps
peeling back layers and layers with a skill and determination that recall Ross
MacDonald," says Kirkus Reviews. Now, in her sixth Hayle mystery,
Wesley mines the intersection of African-American rich and poor caught in the
crossroads of Atlantic City.
Darnella Desmond, stepdaughter to wealthy Foster Desmond, leaves her plush home
for the wilds of Atlantic City, eschewing all contact with her family. When
Darnella's last-known roommate is murdered, apparently by a serial killer
stalking Atlantic City's vulnerable runaway population, Darnella's mother hires
Tamara Hayle to track her daughter down.
As her investigation brings her closer to Darnella, Tamara discovers that at the
heart of the young woman's disappearance lie two generations' worth of familial
perversity--and a legacy of betrayal that threatens to undo the Desmond family.
Rich in the vices and delights of Atlantic City, freighted with characters whose
passions too often lead to murder, The Devil Riding finds Valerie Wilson
Wesley at her tempting best.


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Weathered pagodas and stretching times
The word for weather in Russian is погода (pogoda) [pɐˈɡodə], which sounds more or less like pagoda in English. The English word pagoda, which refers to an Asian religious building, especially a multistory Buddhist tower, comes from Portuguese pagode, which comes via Tamil from the Sanskrit भगवती (Bhagavatī, name of a goddess) or भागवत (Bhāgavata, […]
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Knowledge and seeing
I discovered today that there is a connection between the Gaelic word for knowledge, information, news – fios in Irish and Scottish Gaelic, fys in Manx – and the English words video and wit. Their roots can all be traced back to the Proto-Indo-European root woid-/wid- (to see/to know), which, according to the OED, is […]
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Water lilies, nymphs and blue lotuses
There was talk of ponds and water lilies last night at the French conversation group and I discovered that one French word for water lily is nymphéa [nɛ̃.fe.a], which comes from nymphaea the Latin name for this genus of plants. The Latin word comes from the Ancient Greek word νύμφη (nymphe), which means girl, and […]
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The Nagari Alphabet
Today we have a guest post by Marcis Gasuns. The Nāgarī (lit. 'of the city') or Devanāgarī ('divine Nagari') alphabet descended from the Brahmi script sometime around the 11th century AD. It was originally developed to write Sanksrit but was later adapted to write many other languages. The origin and meaning of devanāgarī (also written […]
Devanagari Ligatures in Sanskrit Fonts
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The national wildlife charity, which manages 1750 acres of land in the flood-affected area, has been involved in an advisory role in the plan's development.
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I have always hated my double chin and have been thinking about lipo for quite some time. Aqualipo sounded like a good choice as it is supposed to have a quicker recovery time. I had my procedure yesterday late afternoon. There was almost no pain involved (just a bit of pain when the doctor went along the right jawline). The procedure took less than one hour from start to finish. There was... READ MORE
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I bought a Groupon for a microdermabrasion and photofacial for 150 dollars. The micro came on the first visit. I enjoyed the "facial" part. The micro part felt like you were being licked by a cat. My skin felt great right after the treatment. Over the course of several days, I noticed my skin was drier than usual, but I just kept puring on the lotion. The pores on my nose were... READ MORE
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I would give it a shot. However, my car isn't here right now.
For those that would like to try it, I found this from Google search. Seems like you need to use Test 19 to unlock the tests, then enter into Test 20 and then change the correction factor.
From what I understand, it is correction factor based. So, X.XX (One . Tenths Hundredths). Similar to that of a dyno.
So go fill up your gas tanks at the gas station. Reset the OBC's MPG readout on the instrument cluster and the odometer mileage. Drive around the way you usually do until you have consumed about 50-75% of your gas tank. Go back to the gas station and refill your gas tank. Then it is a two step process.
1) Read out what the OBC says the MPG is.
2) Manually calculate what your MPG from the odometer mileage divide by the amount of gas you put in your car.
You will find that the MPG you calculate will be lower than what the OBC says. I am assuming that the correction factor is percentage based.
Correction Factor = 1 - [(OBC Readout - Calculated MPG)/Calculated MPG]
Can anyone confirm this hypothesis? My car isn't with me at the current moment. Thanks.
I will give it a try..
470km = 55 Liters of RON 98 gas
100km distance comes to 11.70 Liters (Real measurements)
My OBC shows: 9.7 L/100
Therefore my correction factor should be 1 - [(9.7-11.7)/11.7] = 1.17
Done in US friendly units:
1 liters = 0.264172052 US gallons
Therefore: 11.70L = 3 US Gallons / 62.5 miles
Comes to 20.8mpg average (aggressive driving + ac always on)
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By Byron Acohido, USA TODAY
SEATTLE Internet giant Amazon on Thursday threw down a gauntlet at Apple by launching Amazon Unbox, its long-anticipated movie-download service. Apple has scheduled a news conference for Tuesday at which it is widely expected to answer by expanding its popular iTunes digital store to include a similar service.
Paid movie downloads have been available for years. Whether either tech titan can break consumers' preference for renting or buying DVD movies remains to be seen. "Our goal is to offer consumers great choice," says Bill Carr, Amazon's vice president of digital media. Amazon's 59 million active customers can now order DVD movies shipped to their door or "choose unboxed movies and download directly to their PC," he says.
Amazon will pitch Unbox on its popular IMDb movie trivia website. It will make available TV programs and movies from 30 Hollywood studios. Movie rentals will run $3 to $4; purchases $8 to $15. TV programs will run $2 per episode. "It's a natural way to keep loyal customers coming back," says retail industry analyst Dan Geiman of McAdams Wright Ragen.
However, customers must play the movie on a Windows PC or on one of a handful of Windows Media- compatible portable players, which have not caught on as hot sellers. Notably, the downloaded movies cannot be burned onto blank DVDs for playback on generic DVD players, used in home entertainment systems, or on portable DVD players popular with air travelers. Nor will the content be playable on Apple's iconic iPod portable digital player.
"It's a PC-only experience," says JupiterResearch analyst Michael Gartenberg. "There's no way to burn content to a DVD for playback. Without a really interesting device to use this with besides the PC, it's going to be a challenge for them."
Apple has said it will make a major announcement Tuesday about its iTunes store, which dominates paid music downloads for the iPod and already offers paid downloads of popular TV programs. Adding movies would meet a pent-up demand from loyal iPod users, says Gene Munster, an analyst at Piper Jaffray.
Apple could trump Amazon's alliance with Microsoft if it allows consumers to burn movies downloaded via its iTunes store onto blank DVDs, Munster says. Consumers could play back the content on their iPod, or, by making a DVD copy, virtually anywhere else.
"This could be the biggest event in consumer media since Napster," Munster says. "Burning is critical. Burning opens up the market."
Apple declined to comment on its plans.
Benjamin Feingold, president for digital distribution at Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, says movie studios view downloads as a promising new way to reach consumers with archived content.
"We're planting seeds to have our products distributed into the home," Feingold says.


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In fact, they've already got more than a mouthful.
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School Board President Joe Buck has said he's expecting a $16 million budget deficit for the 2012-2013 school year. So if board members want to add programs that cost money, they're going to have to find places where they can subtract.
That said, this week's proposal from school board member Dionne Hoskins to convert Myers Middle School to a specialty school that's focused on science, technology, engineering and math sounds like an excellent one.
It's common knowledge that many students struggle with these subjects in high school. With better preparation in grades six through eight, they should be ready when they become freshmen, especially if they want to take the rigorous International Baccalaureate classes that can help them get a leg up on college admission.
But the problem is funding.
This new program has a one-time, start-up cost of $400,000. While that amount may be small potatoes compared to the school system's total budget of $452 million, the school system's cupboard has no leftover revenue. A few weeks ago, school officials were even talking about selling Rice Krispie Treats to students to help cover a $374,000 shortfall in the district's lunch program.
If the board seriously wants to add this program at Myers, then board members must seriously look at where the district spends its money and then assign priorities. Some questions seem easy. Others are more difficult.
Take school lunches. Otis Brock, the district's operating chief, said 17 schools have too many school employees based on the number of lunches those schools serve. If that's the case, then those positions should be eliminated. Put that money toward the Myers specialty school. The school district has far more important tasks than paying people not to serve food.
More challenging is determining which academic programs deserve funding. The board, to its credit, is supporting the "Passport to Excellence" program that Superintendent Thomas Lockamy developed. That effort is working.
Now to Ms. Hoskins' proposal. Should the board scrape together the money to start a specialty program for middle schoolers? Or are other needs more pressing?
Take vocational training. Many elected leaders, including Savannah Mayor Edna Jackson, have been clamoring for more job training in high school to help reduce the number of unemployed young people on the streets. The school system already provides some career-type training at Woodville-Tompkins High School. But it's limited. It has only 125 slots for students — and every single one is taken. In fact, there are 350 students on the waiting list for Woodville-Tompkins.
When you consider that Woodville-Tompkins grads enter the local job market right out of school, an argument can be made that expanding vocational-technical training represents a public investment with a fairly quick payback.
There may be other programs that merit discussion, too.
It's encouraging to see board members suggest worthy ideas to improve academic performance of the 36,000 students who report for classes every day. But there's one rule the school board can't break — it must live within its budget. It must match dollars with sense.


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Jeremy Kreiling, 25, of Hershey was jailed Thursday for an alleged sexual assault that happened three years ago.
The girl told investigators she was allowed to drink alcohol while she was at the house, and Kreiling, 23-years-old at the time, waited until his wife and children were asleep. She said Kreiling eventually stopped when he heard noises in the house.
She was 13-years-old then and is now 15, the sheriff's statement said.
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In court Friday, Kreiling appeared humble and expressed remorse for the trouble. He said he is a ranch hand and he asked for a court-appointed attorney, but said it might be difficult to find one locally because of conflicts of interest from a similar case involving a friend of the girl.
Deputy Lincoln County Attorney Austin Leighty asked for a $500,000 bond, citing the age of the alleged victim. Lincoln County Judge Michael Piccolo agreed. Piccolo told Kreiling it was a high bond, but he could discuss bond at a later hearing after his defense attorney is appointed.
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Countdown Interview with Matthew Cook
By Jason Sanford Oct 8, 2007, 11:37 GMT
Matthew Cook is the author of Blood Magic, a debut fantasy novel about a young necromancer named Kirin who battles to save her world against invading monsters even as her own people revile her for the use of black magic. For a review of Blood Magic, go here.
10) The other day someone asked me to define the difference between the fantasy and horror genres. I fell back on quoting Nancy Lebovitz, who said fantasy is where the unknown is to be loved for its strangeness, while in horror the unknown is to be feared. Does either definition apply to your book? Also, how would you define these two genres?
MC: Interesting definition, but I'm not sure that I agree with it. Maybe it's because I've always been fascinated with the concept of duality, whether it be in the Chinese concept of positive and negative furies or the tension between the Seelie and Unseelie courts of the fae, or maybe it's my Catholic upbringing with it's baggage of the eternal struggle between capital-E Evil and big-G Good, but I think that the unknown can contain elements that are both wondrous and frightening all in the same moment.
If you read the old fairy tales--not the sanitized versions that we've demoted to children's bedtime stories, but rather the older, cautionary stories that they were based on--you'll find them chock full of characters that are all at once good and bad, helpful and mischievous, light and dark. In those stories, honor is an imperative while at the same time any bargain made with the Fair Folk can (and generally must be) read with a careful eye towards trickery.
I also am a little concerned that many people seem to want to shoehorn me into the horror category simply because the main character in my story can raise the dead. I mean, yes, zombies and necromancers and all of that are indeed often-used character types in certain kinds of "horrific fantasy" (if that's even a term--if not, now it is), but usually the person doing the reanimating is the bad guy, not the protagonist. Not to get too deeply into it and spoil the plot for any potential readers out there, but none of the aspects of Kirin's dark powers are ever presented for
simple shock value and there is very little "splatter factor" anywhere in the story, so I worry that someone finding my book and thinking that it's a "horror" book may be disappointed.
I guess that in the end, I see very little difference between "horror" and "fantasy", and I actually think that for a fantasy to be successful (for me, anyway), it must contain both the "lovely strangeness" you mentioned, but also the darker flip-side of that bright, shining coin. I know that in my own fiction that duality appears quite often, to the point that it really is a theme that underlies everything I do.
9) As you mentioned, Blood Magic is not a horror story. However, your novel does wonderfully combine horror and fantasy elements, particularly in your extremely personal view of the main character's descent through pain and loss. Despite this, Kirin never becomes a victim of circumstances. What makes some characters--and, indeed, some real people--emerge even stronger from horrific events when other people around them are broken and destroyed?
MC: First of all, thanks very much for saying so. As to what makes a person able to endure that sort of loss, I honestly can't say, because I think it's different for every person. I mean, I've had to endure the loss of people special to me, we all have, and when that happens you just have to keep going forward. Some find the strength to do so in their friends or family. Others in some sort of higher calling or power. Some even throw themselves into work or other distractions--the list is as varied as people themselves.
If, however, you mean what makes Kirin keep going, that's another story, because that's one person whose head I can get inside of. In her case, Kirin is a twin, the shy one who keeps to herself while her more vivacious sibling is the one that's always in the limelight. Kirin marries a man not because she loves him, but because her sister has fallen in love with a scoundrel named Marcus Allaire, and refuses to be wed alone.
Marcus turns out to be really bad news and when Kirin finds that he's killed her sister in a drunken argument, she takes revenge on Marcus before fleeing her town and her old life. She hides in the home of Edena, her mentor, who is a wise woman, healer and (we learn later), a necromancer. Since Kirin believes that she cannot have children of her own, she uses her powers to call back the spirits of the dead to create zombie-like "sweetlings," which she looks on as her own beloved offspring. She also learns the power of blood magic from the old woman, a vampire-like control of a victim's blood that even Edena seems afraid of. Kirin tries to make a new life for herself, but her past and an invasion by an inhuman, subterranean race called the Mor play havoc with her plans. Kirin is forced to use her dark power in defense of others, something that will have serious repercussions down the line.
It is this tension between Kirin's desperate unhappiness, her inherent goodness in the face of her "evil" powers, and her iron will to live that provides the most interesting facets of the character's personality to me, and I was constantly surprised at the actions the character would take while writing out a scene and plotting the novel's course.
8) To me, Kirin is very much an anti-heroine through her embraces of forbidden forms of magic and her refusal to be bound by the wrong-headed morality of her world. Why do so many readers relate to anti-heroes? And in the end, can you really call someone an anti-hero when events dictate that her choices may be morally correct?
MC: Blood Magic arose from a simple question: What could possibly motivate someone to want to be a necromancer? I mean, it's one of the core taboos: "Thou shalt not fool about with dead bodies." Most normal people can't even look at a dead squirrel, let alone touch one, without shuddering, so what could possible motivate a person to actually want to work with death so intimately?
I was pondering this question one day and came up with the core of the character that would become Kirin. Kirin is a woman who sees the reanimation of the dead as her only chance to create something outside of herself, and looks at her "sweetlings" as her loving children. Of course, with a setup like that the obvious question follows: "What does a person like that do when they find that they can have children?" Disturbing, I know.
But does that make Kirin an "anti-hero?" Well, she not only breaks the death taboo, but she's also a murderess by any legal definition of the word, so that label could apply to her, I suppose. However, throughout the novel as well as the sequel, I try to stick close to the idea that Kirin is not a homicidal maniac, but rather a deeply confused and wounded woman who does what she feels is right, even when that action is savage and, yes, brutal. Her powers of necromancy and blood magic dehumanize her every time she has to draw on them, a fact she's painfully aware of.
I was talking to someone at a convention recently who had just read the book, and they said (and I'm paraphrasing here, so if I mangle the exact wording, please forgive me) that what appealed to them about Kirin was that she's a woman who accepted magic powers not to fight for 'good' but in order to escape from evil. In order to survive, she has to distort the normal; to warp the acceptable. That's very true, and because of this, I see her as being very different than a "traditional" anti-hero like, say Michael Moorcock's Elric, because what she does is never motivated by malice or cruelty. I'll leave it to the reader to decide if, in the end, Kirin is a sympathetic character or not, despite her many flaws.
7) One reviewer said that Blood Magic is reminiscent of Lois McMaster Bujold's award-winning Chalion series. Did that series influence your novel? What other works influenced your novel?
MC: As much as it shames me to admit it, I've never read the Chalion series, but it's extremely flattering to be compared to such an excellent and well-respected author.
As a reader, I love the work of Stephen King and Joyce Carol Oates, as well as Neil Gaiman and Simon Green (the author of the excellent Nightside series). Nobody writes better dialogue for my money than Brian Michael Bendis. And I'm a huge fan of urban fantasy authors like Emma Bull, Terri Windling, Charles de Lint and Holly Black. I also like detective stories, particularly the 'hard boiled' variety. Recently, I've been reading quite a few of James Swain's Tony Valentine novels. They're certainly not for everyone, and they're sometimes almost overwhelmingly grim, but I love the
way that Swain as a writer deals with back-story and exposition. Plus the world of casino gambling and cheating is simply fascinating--before reading Swain's books I had no idea how rampant it is, and how clever the crooks can be. I like smart bad guys and tarnished heroes, what can I say?
6) It sometimes seems that every other fantasy novel on today's market involves a Lord of the Rings style epic quest or Harry Potter-esque characters inhabiting a hidden world. Do you think there is a glut of generic fantasies on the market? If so, where do you see this trend going?
MC: I think that the "hidden world" element that you mention is popular because we, as modern human beings, have a yearning for a bit more mystery in our lives.
Think about it: we inhabit an ever-shrinking world where the answer to any question, no matter how esoteric or obscure, is no more than a Wikipedia article or Google search away. No wonder people are drawn to the fantasy of a world where things are a bit more mysterious and grand than the everyday reality they inhabit. The sad part is that people have taken so much of the wonder of our everyday situation for granted. For example: when I was a kid, the idea of a phone that would let you access a global information network, or the ability to have parts of your body repaired with artificial replacements, was pretty much the stuff of Sci-Fi. Now, you can buy a disposable web-enabled cell phone at a gas station for $25 or get your joints repaired with surgical steel and plastic replacements.
As for trilogies and epic quests, I can't slam them because the book I took a break from to write Blood Magic was (and is) an urban fantasy trilogy set in Chicago. Well, ok, to be honest, the book, much like the Lord of the Rings, began as a massive single volume, and somewhere around 200,000 words or so, I realized that no publisher in their right mind was going to even glance at such a huge manuscript from an untried author. So I began to chop it into three pieces, planning to make it into a trilogy. I took a break from that manuscript, and started the story that would become Blood Magic to "clear my mental palette" before that edit, and Kirin's story ended up selling first. Go figure.
5) Let's talk about that unfinished novel. According to your biography, you began it four years ago during a "bout of desperate optimism." Any sign that your desperate optimism will return and the series completed? Has the publication of Blood Magic caused any interest from publishers in your earlier series?
MC: So far no, but I've not shown it to anyone yet, so that's not surprising. One of the things you hear over and over as a first-time novelist is "never show your manuscript to an editor unless it's complete," just in case they get excited about it and want to see the entire thing. In the case of my urban fantasy, I knew I was a long way from being finished even when I decided that I needed to turn it into a trilogy, and from there, I got derailed by the Blood Magic story, so no editor has ever seen it.
But I do plan to return to it very soon. I have a great "alpha reader" named Jen whom I send all my stuff to before anyone else sees it. She has read the entire manuscript and threatened me with severe bodily injury if I don't get back to that project soon, so . . .
I plan to attend the World Fantasy convention in November and hopefully pitch the project to some editors there. Many working pros I've been talking to lately are also telling me that I've reached the point where I really should be actively seeking a good literary agent as well. Know any? If so, send them my way . . .
4) Kirin pays an awful price for using her magic to save herself and others. Why is literature full of examples of the high price people must pay to gain power? Is this truly an accurate view of what happens when one attains power--the old saw that "power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely"--or has this view of power become dated in our decentralized, interconnected world?
MC: I don't know if it's accurate, but it's certainly more dramatic, so I suspect that's why lots of stories are about "defeating the Ultimate Evil" and whatnot. Drama is good, no doubt about it, but too much can get a bit predictable after a while. Take Buffy the Vampire Slayer for example . . . every season ends in some apocalypse or another being averted. Hell, that girl can't even die right.
In Kirin's case, however, I think the phenomenon you describe doesn't completely apply. When Kirin first manifests her blood magic and kills Marcus, that's a conscious decision on her part, not some arbitrary price that the power itself requires her to pay. She actually screams at herself that what she is about to do is wrong, wrong, wrong, and that taking a life, even one as wretched as Marcus's, will lead to something fundamental dying inside of her. In the end, she decides that avenging her sister's death is the more important thing, and it's only then that her own choices allow the blood magic to manifest, turning the whites of her eyes black and forever branding her.
So I suppose that she does pay quite a price for her power, but she doesn't realize it until it's too late. The most terrible price that she ends up paying comes at the book's climax, of course, but again I'll not spoil that for anyone.
3) The Mor, a six-legged armored race who dwell underground, are the constant danger in Kirin's world. Their claws can crush armor; their superheated swords can boil blood. Do you think humans will ever lose their fear of creatures which emerge from dark places, or is this a fear that's too deeply rooted in human culture to ever disappear?
MC: Well, not to immasculate my own monsters, but I think that we as humans are capable of such cruelty that it makes any "boogey man" pale by comparison. We should always fear that which can corrupt and destroy us, and I'd argue that we have a biological imperative to do so. After all, fear sharpens the senses and keeps you alive in high-stress situations.
That said, my biggest fear when writing the Mor was that by showing the monster right up front, rather than keep them lurking in the shadows for half the book, would fail to live up to my readers' mental image of what such a creature would be like. The worst thing that could happen is that they end up being stereotypical or, worse, boring. Of course, the Mor's true motives and drives are largely unknown, even to those that spend a great deal of time and effort to understand them, so I guess I do play some games with the reader where the Mor are concerned, but, trust me, all
will eventually be revealed in the end. Not in Book 1, I'm afraid, but . . . eventually.
2) When describing the process of creating a novel, you've been very frank about how novels aren't written in a vacuum--how most authors rely on others to both critique their writings and help their stories reach publication. If this is true, why do you believe the myth of the lone writer, creating his or her masterpiece in blessed isolation, is so ingrained in the popular imagination?
MC: Honestly, I have no idea because nobody I know works this way outside of Hollywood screenplays. Of course, in Hollywood, "regular people" working at Wal-Mart are portrayed by the likes of Jennifer Anniston and Jessica Simpson, so you might have part of your answer right there.
Maybe there are true geniuses out there in the field that can write a complete novel, edit it, re-write it, re-edit it, etc., etc., all on their own, but I'm certainly not one of them. I've heard it said (I think in Stephen King's book On Writing, but I might be mistaken) that the author himself/herself is often the book's worst enemy--when the little voice kicks in with stuff like "Is anyone going to care about this story? Do I care? Should I just stop kidding myself and give this up?" then having a group to back you up, one that is honest and up-front in their criticisms and praise (when it's
appropriate) can really save the day.
But to make a crit group work, I think you really do have to already be working and writing every day. I hate to say it, but I've never seen it work when an author joins a group just to try and guilt trip themselves into writing. Critique groups should come after the writer has established good work habits. Writing every day is really, really hard, believe me, I know. In my case, I didn't start working regularly until the pain of not writing grew intolerably worse than the pain of getting up an hour and a half early every morning before work to sit at my keyboard. After I'd been doing that for
about six months, and I knew I had established a good work ethic, I then went looking for a group.
The writer's group that I participate in, Writeshop, is made up of about six other authors, some published, others still struggling to break in with a publisher, and every month we submit a chapter or two of our current project for critiquing. The process can get a little heated, I'm not going to lie, and I certainly wouldn't recommend taking such a step to any author that's not ready to hear frank and direct criticism of their work, but for a writer that has reached that point, feedback of this nature is, I believe, absolutely priceless. I can honestly say that I wouldn't be a tenth as good a writer as I am now without the help of my Writeshop peers. I still have a long way to go, and I hope to continue to lean on them and offer up my own critiques for many years to come.
1) Blood Magic is the first part of a three book trilogy, with book two's publication planned for mid 2008. Can you give us a hint on what Kirin's up to in the next book?
MC: First off, let me say up front that Juno Books (my publisher) has already agreed to purchase Book 2, but have not set anything in stone for Book 3 yet. So, hopefully both books will sell well enough and generate enough buzz that it will leave them no other choice than to make me an offer for the concluding chapter. I think I've been extremely fortunate to partner with Juno and my editor, Paula Guran, at this crucial phase in my proto-author's career.
Moving on to a quick overview of Book 2: After the events in Blood Magic, Kirin and Lia travel to the Imperial City. Lia wants to join her father in the defense of the Armitage, the miles-long shield wall that protects the City and the lowlands to the south from the Mor. Kirin, however, wants nothing more than to come to grips with her enemy. She has sworn that she will never use her powers of blood magic or necromancy ever again, and all she has left is Lia's companionship and her desire to extract revenge from the Mor.
While traveling to the Imperial City, Kirin accidentally discovers a facet of the blood magic that she didn't know it possessed: she can use it, with great concentration and effort, to actually heal rather than harm. Of course, she still loathes the magic (for the reasons why, you'll just have to read Book 1, sorry), but this does open up the possibility for her that she might be able to somehow harness that power one day, should she ever change her mind about it.
Lia is in her element in the Imperial City and returns to her privileged life while Kirin becomes a soldier, helping to defend the Armitage from the Mor. The City that shelters behind the huge wall seems blissfully unaware of the peril they are in, and celebrate nightly with lavish revels while men and women die to defend them.
As Lia settles deeper into her old life, a gulf begins to open up between the two women. Kirin does not want to be in the City and has only traveled there to fight, while Lia is happy to be home where she feels that she belongs. This conflict is made worse when Kirin is out walking one evening and spies what looks like a sweetling--one not of her making. Naturally, she's curious, and seeks out the other necromancer. This event begins to draw her back into the darkness that she had sworn she would never use again.
Readers can expect plenty of action with the Mor and the sweetlings as the story progresses. I feel very proud of the book's climax, which I'm working on even as we speak, and I'm looking forward to getting the completed manuscript to my editor in November. If all goes well, the book should be out in July of 2008, and I hope people enjoy reading the story as much as I've enjoyed writing it.
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