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Death by Candlelight
Can't exactly pin down where I got this idea from originally, whether it was a movie or book or what. The gist of it was, a demon enters a small boy in order to possess him and cause mischief/blood and whatnot. Only the kid is a complete sociopath, and the demon enters his mind only to discover that there's nothing there for him to work with, so he just gets trapped. Intriguing, is it not? Here's my take – enjoy!
Death by Candlelight
By Ben Pienaar
She wasn't what he expected – she was far too young. The way he'd heard it she was one of the world's top forensic psychologists. Novels written, theses published, PHDs all over the place, and you didn't get to do that unless you were at least forty. This woman was mid twenties, maybe. Wearing red and a smile like she didn't know what she was here for.
'You're miss Jenkins?' he was unable to keep the scepticism out of his voice, but it didn't seem to faze her.
'Call me Joan. You must be Pat McBain.' She shook his hand hard, like a man, and fixed him with a solid stare.
'Okay, Miss – Joan I mean, right this way then.'
Soon they were a level down and navigating the hallways and cells that made up Werton Maximum Security Penitentiary.
'Now I know you've done your research, uh, Joan, but you should know that reading about Rod Hytes is very different to meeting him. Very different. I mean this is a man who – '
'Is the absolute personification of evil, who can look right into my soul and show me my worst nightmare, and has completely terrified and or baffled the previous psychologists who came to interview him?'
For a moment, McBain was speechless. Usually he could keep up his stories for a good ten minutes while he took her the long route around to the isolation cells, slowly and expertly building the legend behind Rod Hytes until she was trembling in her shoes.
'Uh. Well yes. I guess that's the gist of it.' He decided to take the short route, and a few minutes later they were moving through solitary confinement. Rod was not here, because he had shown such an aptitude for escape, craft and sheer violence that they'd been forced to create another cell at the far end, which had a constant guard set at the first door.
'Okay, so we've been through the usual safety stuff. I think you'll be fine, personally, but just in case,' he handed her a small panic button. 'Press this if you get worried, you'll have an army in there with you before you can blink.'
She took it and dropped it almost casually into her pocket. They were right outside the door now, the guard standing a few feet away and staring determinedly at nothing. The whole place smelled like a mouldy gutter, but she was glad none of the prisoners could see out and leer at her, though McBain was doing plenty of that all by himself.
Something passed over her face that looked like horror and McBain almost stepped back in surprise.
'You alright, Miss Jenkins? You look a little pale'
'What… Um, what has he done before?' she asked awkwardly. An odd question, but incidentally it was just the one he wanted. He smiled and reached into his pocket, feeling for the little square Polaroid.
'Well, there's only been one incident that I don't think you would have heard about since they kept it on the down low, sort of, but one time Rodney got out of his chains and got hold of his interviewer. The guard inside moved forward to stop him, but he's a quick bastard. Took both of them out. It was a while before two guys went to check in on them, and he almost got them, too, but luckily backup was nearby. I was working then, took this picture with my phone just a few minutes after he got dragged out of there.'
He drew the picture out, but she put a hand on it and looked away. 'Please don't. There's no need.'
'Let me guess, already seen it, huh?'
She made no reply and he slipped it back into his pocket. 'So you're really a psychic, huh?'
'Not the way you think of it,' she said, as colour slowly returned to her face. 'Otherwise, why would I ask a question if I could just look into your mind and read the answer?'
He hadn't thought of that, but he raised his eyebrows and said, 'well?'
'I only get flashes of relevant things. I get the gist of it, the essence. People's thoughts are messy and cryptic. Mostly when I read you I can only see my own cleavage and the fond memories of that excellent sub sandwich you had for lunch.'
His mouth fell open.
'At any rate, that picture certainly stuck out and I wanted to know about it. You wanted to shake me, Mr. Mcbain, and you have, so let's go on shall we?'
After that, there weren't any hold ups, and as McBain ushered her into the next room, Rodney Hytes was chained to the table, awaiting her. Mcbain closed the door and she sensed his relief immediately.
Rod looked average, in every respect, which was largely why he'd gotten away with so much before someone had twigged that something was wrong. He was five ten, black hair and brown eyes, medium build, normal looking Caucasian. Asked for a description, any witness would likely as not reply: 'Uh, I dunno, really. Average? Normal? You know, just your normal every day guy. Nothing special.'
He smiled when she sat down, and it was a warm, genuine smile, but with nothing at all behind it. She didn't look into him just yet. That was her rule.
'Hello, Rod, My name is Joan,' she said.
'Nice to meet you, Joan. I'd offer my hand, but both of them are manacled to the table.'
'That's alright. Now I'm afraid I'll have to start with the usual questions, which you've probably answered a hundred times before, but we'll get to the interesting things soon, I promise.'
This was not reading, quite, but just a kind of intuition she had which told her what to say to which people. It was a sense of character she'd been born with, and one she used well.
'That's fine. How about I get you started?'
She raised her eyebrows.
'My first kill was a cat at the age of five. My first real kill was my best friend, Zane, when I was ten; I slit his throat with a steak knife. I kill humans because they're the best challenge, the most fun, and yes, even though I've been caught now, I still think that forty years of killing was worth it. No, I don't regret anything, and I do see myself as a monster, though I feel no shame about that.
'If I could change anything, it would be the day I got caught. I should have bitten Detective Gerald's throat out just to get my last kill in before I got locked up. Let's see now…' He paused, tapping his fingers on the table and watching her through slit eyelids. 'What was my favourite kind of killing? Death by candlelight. Agonizing, that one, very interesting but difficult to pull off. You have to be patient. Do I believe I am a god? No. Does that about cover it?'
She looked down at her short list of beginner questions. Why do you kill human beings? Do you regret anything? Are you a God? Etc. He'd effectively answered every one of them in the exact order she'd planned to ask them. She looked up at him, and he only grinned back, his hands firmly resting on the table.
'Are you like me?' she asked.
He shrugged. 'I don't know. Maybe. I often hear I'm very similar in some ways to people.'
'But you know what I mean. You know, don't you?'
'I thought you were a psychic, Joan Jenkins. Why don't you just open your mind to mine and look for your answers that way?'
'You've just eliminated the need.'
'Have I? I think if anything I've increased it. What would it be like to look into the mind of someone just like you? You thought you were unique, until you heard about me, and I thought I was until I heard about you. I'm already in yours, all you have to do is come into mine.'
She took her phone from her pocket and pressed a button before laying it down on the table in front of her. She usually trusted her memory enough not to need any recordings, but in this case she found herself wishing she'd turned it on earlier. She didn't want to miss a thing.
'Mr. Hytes has just given me reason to believe that he has a talent not unlike my own,' she said, continuing to hold his blank gaze. 'He has also invited me to read him.'
'And refuses to answer any further questions unless she does,' he added. There was a small smile playing on his lips.
She scowled, but made no reply other than to rap her fingers thoughtfully on the table and look at him. She had been reading people's minds since she was ten years old. Some people she could slip in and of like a comfortable pair of slippers, and stroll down the hallways of their minds at her leisure. Others were like puzzles or labyrinths, or just hurricanes of chaos and mess. These she could read just fine after a fashion, too, and enjoyed the challenge.
Like any house (or labyrinth), how far you went inside depended on what you saw and how easily you could extricate yourself. Looking too long in a messy or insane mind could leave her feeling dizzy and disoriented for an hour afterwards, and it was for that reason she spent most of her time reading only surface thoughts, peering through the front door as she had a minute ago with McBain.
With serial killers, that didn't work so well. Their surface thoughts were just as deceptive as their fake smiles and mannerisms. If you wanted some real insight you had to dive right in, swim to the deep end and sift through whatever you found drifting at the bottom. And this was the Rodney Hytes. She decided to take it slow.
She leaned forward, got comfortable, and met his clear green eyes. The surface thoughts were there, and as she went through them she was unnerved to find that most of them were to do with her own thoughts. He was reading her mind, and not just a little, either: these were some of her childhood memories.
She forced herself to ignore it. She was here to read him, after all. What did she care if he saw her whole intimate life? It was a nasty feeling – sickening, even, but in the end it didn't matter. She dipped her feet a little deeper into the pool of his mind and then recoiled, as if from physical cold.
He chuckled at the look on her face. 'Don't be afraid, dear. I know I'm a bad man, and I've done some nasty things, but you've surely seen worse.'
She had at that, but that didn't stop her from putting a hand over her mouth when she began to look into his memories. They were all there near the front of his mind, laid out for her in a neat and clear collage. That kind of clarity could only mean one thing – he thought of these memories often, and fondly.
After five minutes she didn't know if she could take any more, but she went on because she had to, because she was so damned fascinated. Each memory came with a plethora of sounds and smells and visceral feelings. Not emotions as such, but the quick beat of a heart, the hunger for blood and the lust for pain, just as simple and infinitely crueller than the instincts of an animal.
His favourite, she found, was indeed death by candlelight. She knew this not from the numbers of memories she saw of it but what she felt when she went into them. Each scream and crackle of skin had brought him something, not enough to be called pleasure, but satisfaction. Each death had lasted many hours and he'd drunk them in with endless thirst. She was revolted at herself, now, because by witnessing these memories she was also sharing them with him, experiencing them for herself almost as surely as if she'd been standing in the room with him all those years ago.
And they went on, and on, and on. He'd done more than he was convicted for, far more, and before long she was lost in his mind, wandering in horror and mounting dread. This, she thought, was still not the bottom – this was barely a foot under the surface, and it was a mind that ran very deep indeed.
She went deeper, and found him trying to resist her. This was it, she thought – this was where the real learning happened. She'd get another book or three out of this man alone, that was for sure. He'd been far into her mind, too, but he'd grown bored there, and now he was panicking, trying to pull her out.
In the room, both of them were tensed, sweating, their eyes watering. His hands strained against the chains while hers were clenched in fists. Both of them stared into each other's eyes and minds, oblivious to reality.
She pushed him and felt him give way and then yield completely, as if his consciousness was disappearing.
She went deeper.
Beneath those memories were others, and then others beneath them, boring or inconsequential ones that he'd forgotten. She reached the last of these and pushed it aside like a curtain that opened on a dark room.
She went on, searching the emptiness for something he'd tried to hide, but there was nothing. Beyond those memories and base feelings, now far behind her, there was nothing but black. She found herself falling, and this was a physical sensation, so much so that the Joan sitting in the cell lurched forward and made a choking sound, her blind eyes widening.
She needed purchase, something to hold on to, but all of a sudden there was nothing there. He was completely empty inside, and how could you find your way out of an empty house if it was infinite? It was an infinite house without doors or windows or floors, and she was lost.
She blinked and forced herself to breathe again. The room came swimming back into focus. She looked up at Rodney and was pleased to see that she'd wiped the smile off his face. He was sitting back in his chair with an unfocused gaze and sweat on his brow.
She turned off the recorder on the phone and put it in her pocket. It had been pretty useless in the end, since they hadn't been saying anything. (So she thought, but when she played it back again later she heard his voice whispering get out, get out over and over and her own repeating the phrase help me).
She stood up and he seemed to shake himself awake at the sound of the chair scraping back. He looked ill. 'What did you do to me?' I feel bad. What did you do with my mind?'
She shrugged. 'I don't know. Bye now.'
She knocked on the door and McBain opened it almost immediately. He showed no surprise at her expression, but when he saw the state of Hytes he couldn't help but stare. The murderer was twisting in his seat, only semi conscious and muttering things under his breath.
'Jesus, what did you do to him?'
'What do you care? He's a murderer.' She pushed passed him, and was on the point of leaving when one of the guards outside the door reached forward and held her back. 'I'm sorry ma'am but protocol insists that Mr. McBain escort you out of here. In the event of a riot or other altercation it is best to have at least one prison staff member with you at all times.'
She glared at him but it was easy to see he meant what he said, and was prepared to enforce the law however he had to. She rolled her eyes and waited.
McBain had gone straight into the room, and now he began to call for the prison doctors in a shaky voice. The guard who had grabbed her arm turned quickly and pressed a red panic button on the wall. In the meantime, Rodney was growing more and more restless. He fought his chains, and uttered pitiful moans. 'Oh, God, oh, God, what have I done?'
It grated in her ears. By the time the two nurses and four extra guards arrived, his voice had risen to a fever pitch and he was thrashing about in a violent seizure. McBain's efforts to calm him had ceased – he simply stood in one corner and stared.
Joan tapped her feet while the nurses argued with the guards about whether they should untie him or not. The nurses won out and there was the sound of clinking as McBain unlocked the chains.
Although all four guards had been holding on to different parts of Rodney's body to keep him from escaping, it was barely a second before two of them lost their grip on him, one was struggling with his left arm and the other had him in a crude headlock.
It was not enough. Rodney Hytes lifted his right wrist up to his face and bit it. Surprised, the guard pulled back on his neck and the motion liberated a large chunk of flesh and opened the artery. Spraying blood, he kicked off the table and the three of them rolled onto the floor, while the remaining two guards waited for their chance to strike with their batons.
No one was quite sure later whether Rodney's arm had just been slippery with sweat or whether the guard had loosened his hold as they crashed to the ground. Whatever it was, he managed to head butt the man behind him into semi unconsciousness, slip his left hand inside the headlock, and tear out his own throat.
In the brief but sickening ruckus that followed, both of the guards outside had rushed in to help, though by that time there was nothing left they could do except gawk. It was a messy death, and even the nurses, seasoned veterans both, where white in the face. It was several minutes before McBain stepped out of the cell and realised that Miss Jenkins was nowhere to be seen. Fled in terror, he believed – and who could blame her?
Joan drove to the park near her house, more out of habit than anything, and found her usual bench. She sat down and stared at the lake, thinking. Anyone who knew her well would have found this behaviour extremely odd, because Joan only ever sat on that bench to write, and when she was deep in thought usually her face was animated with a hundred conflicted expressions.
She wondered at herself, because she felt so calm, yet the Joan of an hour or so ago would have been barely able to contain herself after seeing a thing like that. But why? It's only a bit of blood, and he was a murderer anyway. Nevertheless, she knew it was true. Perhaps she was in shock?
She thought the truth was that Rodney had affected her mind, somehow. That morning, she'd been nervous about the speech she was scheduled to give later that night at her book signing, but now, no matter how she thought of it she found she didn't care enough about it to be nervous.
My feelings are gone, she thought, without the slightest sense of loss or grief. I have to be careful, or…
Or I'll do something evil, is what she meant to think, but the thought ended up finishing itself with or I'll get caught. That thought – that she was free to do something which could warrant getting caught – sent a chill up her spine. Did that count as an emotion, she wondered? It was hard to remember how they really felt; it was like trying to remember being hungry when you were full to bursting.
She tested herself by thinking about murdering her mother, who she had loved dearly two hours ago. She searched herself, but she might as well have been thinking about putting the rubbish out. Then she thought about how exactly it might be done – what kind of reaction she might get – and that spine tingling chill happened again.
It brought to mind the images and memories she'd seen in Rodney's mind, only this time they did not bring a sick feeling to the pit of her stomach. While the rest of her thoughts and memories were grey, these shone colours in high definition. And they gave her so many ideas!
Before she got into any of that, though, she'd have to try a few tests, dip her toes a little, practice not getting caught. It would be hard to restrain herself at first, but she was a disciplined woman.
Death by candlelight. That's the best one, he said. She made a mental note to try it when she got the chance.
A little while later, Joan got back into her car and drove away, no longer feeling quite so disenchanted with the world. There was good in it, after all.


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Ratings: 167
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pDev: 8.72%
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Russian River Brewing Company
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look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Consumed at the brewery. Reviewed from notes.
A: Served a slightly hazy citrus-amber with a thin white collar of a head.
S: Sweet tart fruits, cranberries, currents and prunes. This has a fruit juice sweetness to it along with some vinous white grapes and a touch of citrus. Very delicious smelling.
T: Follows the nose with flavors of cranberries, plums, citrus and other fruits. The finish is full of sweet apricots and sweaty sock funk. The aftertaste has some citrus sourness to it and just a touch of lemon. As it warms more of the cheesey sock funk comes through.
M: Exceptionally clean mouthfeel, very refreshing with a manageable amount of sourness.
D: This one probably falls just after Temptation in the RRiver sourness scale. I really really hope they bottle it because I think this would do wonders with a little bit of age on it. One of the more uniquely flavored sours I've had. Well done!
Serving type: on-tap
02-06-2011 22:14:21 |
More by scottfrie
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Oh, my, goodness... If Vinnie doesn't add this as a regular bottled sour, I will forever miss the day I had Compunction on tap.
Pours a hazy golden color. I can smell the tart citrusy smell before the bartender even sets it down. I'm not sure if that's making the beer look greenish or if this beer has a slight lemon-limy tinge to it. Anyways, it looks pretty.
This has, by far, my favorite aroma of any of the RR sours I've had so far. Lemon and grapefruit and some other weird citrusy fruits are exploding in my nose. I am so ridiculously amped to taste this that I have to literally take a few breaths and calm myself before I can have a sip.
Hallelujah! This monster tastes like someone melted a lemon and a grapefruit warhead and threw them in my face. It's delicious. I have found my new favorite sour, sorry Supplication.
Serving type: on-tap
02-06-2011 13:14:50 |
More by Estocker
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
On tap poured into a goblet. Beer is a light yellow, straw collored and mostly clear with a thin off white soapy head off tap. No carbonation visible through the glass.
Nose is wet hay, sour lemon, astringency from what I believe are the pluot (or plucots) skins. Nice pungent aroma for not too much head.
Taking a sip, the sour lemon and astringency is upfront, mellowing a bit into stone fruit sweetness on the finish. Medium length finish from the sweetness and a bit of tartness and fruit peel. Funky earthiness develops as the beer warms closer to room temperature as well,
Light bodied with a decent amount of carbonation but I would have preferred a bit more bubbly on the tongue. Very easy to drink, and I think this would be great to sit outside with this on a warm day like today.
Serving type: on-tap
02-06-2011 00:45:15 |
More by nataku00
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
On tap at O'Briens
A: Slightly hazy light brown and orange in color. Some small patches of white foam on the surface, but not much of a head.
S: Definitely smells like a sour. I picked up some cherry, lemon, brett and apricot along with a little bit of honey.
T: Sharp sour bite right away and then a nice apricot sweetness, with a little malt and carbonation that numbs the sourness a bit. A little lemon on the finish. This beer is definitely a sour, but not overwhelmingly so. Well balanced and definitely lighter than most of the other "tion" beers.
Serving type: on-tap
02-04-2011 01:06:42 |
More by notchucknorris
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
On tap at the brewpub today...
The beer pours a fairly light gold color with great head retention and considerable lacing. The nose is just wild and shows considerable brett influence, with sour funk, vinegar and barnyard aromas, but with considerable underlying plum and cherry as well. The flavor profile generally replicates the nose in this complex, wild ale, and I have to say the interplay of flavors in this beer is just amazing. Along with the noted aroma profile, there's also something of a fresca/sprite flavor, with a hint of hoppy bitterness in the finish. Mouthfeel is medium bodied to light, and despite all the flavor and impressively long finish, you can tell the alcohol is fairly low in this one. Also, I'm just loving the sweet tart on tart finish in this well crafted beer. Anyway, drinkability is otherwise pretty good, with the alcohol barely more than an afterthought. The sour funk is a bit much for someone like me, but even a confirmed sour hater like myself can tell this is one very fine, well made, easy to appreciate beer.
Serving type: on-tap
01-31-2011 04:39:56 |
More by johnmichaelsen
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
On-tap at O'Brien's, San Diego.
Pours a hazy light straw/gold color with a light white head. Mild sour aroma with a hint of vanilla and wheat. Light bodied with medium carbonation and easy to drink (low ABV too). Tastes of cherry, wheat, and some light yeast. Good, but not particularly compelling to me.
Serving type: on-tap
01-30-2011 23:06:59 |
More by mithrascruor
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
On tap at O'Brien's ConsumpTION night. Pours pellucid straw golden with a foamy white cap.
S: Aroma is not unlike Temptation, but with subtle pluot notes. I've never had a pluot, but it smells as I'd expect, which is a mixture of apricot and plum, but more apricot than plum. A little lemon is in there along with oak. Barnyard notes are subtle, and there's a firm lactic presence.
T: Flavor displays a moderate lactic sourness which accompanies notes of apricot, plum, and lemon. Fruit isn't very strong. There's a noticeable buttery oak character. Sourness is pretty clean. No real acidity.
M: Upper light in body. Moderate carbonation. Smooth mouthfeel.
Overall: I recall liking the first batch a lot more, but that was a long time ago so it's hard to be sure. Pretty good, not great. Kinda simple and could use more acidity.
Serving type: on-tap
01-30-2011 03:45:32 |
More by HopHead84
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
2009 rate.
On tap at Monk's Cafe. Let me preface this by stating that I've eaten a pluot, and I didn't care for it. I didn't get a ton of pluot influence in this beer. It poured a really clear light amber, which makes me think perhaps this would be better from closer to the bottom of the keg. Compared with the Supplication, this was was lighter in body, more sour, a little less bretty, and kind of chewier. Of course tight, refined, non-acidic, all huge positives which always make Russian River a winner in this style. It might be asking too much of the beer for it to carry a stronger pluot influence, but from what I remember that was a dull, boring fruit. Nevertheless, a nicely made, refreshing brew, kind of interesting, but I'd like to see more residual sweetness from the fruit.
Serving type: on-tap
01-27-2011 01:54:19 |
More by JAXSON
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 5
-foggy, yet clear gold color. pours with a fluffy white head
-the sour lemon jumps out first, then the pluot rolls in. some banana and a bit of malt which is nice
-good tartness up front, then the fruits roll in - pluots, lemon in the back, the farmhouse taste finishes the in the aftertaste. some actual bitterness to it which is nice as well
-very dry with some tannin mouth as well
-wow this stuff is good. amazingly drinkable. i also like that it still has a lot of actual "beerness" to it. you still get maltiness and bitterness to it behind the wild ale forefront. have been back on a couple more occasions and couldnt pass this one up
Serving type: on-tap
12-30-2010 05:21:14 |
More by juhl31
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Had this on draft last week at Russian River Brewing Co. listed on their board as "Blonde Ale with Pluots (Apricot/Plum hybrid) aged in Chardonnay barrels . 5.80% ABV / 1.048 O.G / 25 BUs" for $4 -poured into a tulip glass.
A: Pours a slightly hazy blonde/apricot hue with a decent head that dissipates quickly leaving a ton of lacing in its tracks.
S: Smells like the forest - piney woody and earthy (from the chard barrels no doubt), some funk and fermented fruit.
T: Wow - this one's unique! Fresh cut lumber - sweet resinous earthy pine up front big time (from the barrels, not from the hop), some sour funk that mixes very well with the woody aspects, there's some peppery citrus in the mix as well, and right when you think the pluots were a waste of time, they come through strong at the end and linger in the aftertaste. Tastes like Nor-Cal for sure!
M: Light/medium-bodied, crisp, well carbonated lending the the dryness, extremely refreshing leaving a lingering lactic bitterness that is nice.
D: Extremely easy to drink. If you don't like the flavor of wood in your ale, you won't be diggin this one and may get sick of the dry oaky presence like my buddy did with his. I absolutely love it though and could session these no problem.
Serving type: on-tap
12-21-2010 18:48:35 |
More by DeanMoriarty
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 3.5
No link because I'm at the brewery dudes...pours a hazy amber, middling carbonation, and the bubbles are tiny! Champagne like...tiny wisp of head adorns this, like melted marshmallows that are just starting to cool...nice so far...only 6% ABV, I'm surprised...nose is dominated by sour peach...and tart cherry...very typical for their sours, but peachier....not much else in there but it's crisp and robust...flavor is mostly brett sourness and a lot of that peach from the nose....apparently they used pluots in this brew, and I'm getting that now that I think about it...the carbonation is super crazy on the tongue...like a Black Metal blast beating...it's all over the place. Did I mention I'm going to see Steve Smyth, Lance Skitzo abd all the rest as Sweet Leaf tonight?? Well I am...in any event..this beer is a subtler version of their various sours...I like...
What I like most: the subdued brett profile and beautiful color.
What I like least: the price at $6.75/glass and lower ABV
Verdict: fans of sours must try it...nuanced and excellent...
Serving type: on-tap
12-18-2010 23:13:39 |
More by SolomonGrundy
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
On tap at the brewery on 12/5/2010.
The color was a pale amber with a decent off white head.
The aromas are pretty full of citrus along with strong ripe apricot. There is a fairly strong hay funky smell going on that really rounds the aromas.
The taste is amazing. This is a sour, not mouth puckering, lemonny mouth drying sour, but more of a green grape, lemonade sour with slight hay aftertaste. The fruits really come through toward the end evening out the initial sour.
Moderate carbonation in the mouth.
More drinkable than Consecration. A nice smooth easy going sour. Will have more of this really good beer.
Serving type: on-tap
12-15-2010 05:31:38 |
More by Ynot2
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
On tap at the brewpub. From notes.
A: Pours an apricot body with some haziness to it. It's lighter than the Temptation I was double-fisting. The head is off-white, with good retention and some register marks down the glass.
S: Plum and apricot, yup yup yup. I've never had a pluot but I think I've figured out where the name comes from. It's oaky in the nose, with a contribution of (surprisingly) grapefruit. Lactic sourness, mineral notes, and a small barnyard note.
T: If you're looking for a fruit bomb, look elsewhere. It's fruity, but nicely integrated with other flavors to let everything have a say in the final product. Plums, apricots, grapefruit. It's quite bretty, moreso than the Temptation I ordered at the end of the glass. I pick up leather, hay, barnyard. The also brett seems to contribute a strong mineral note to the beer; I had this same complaint about Sanctification and I'm raising it again here. This is a good beer, but I just don't like the mineral finish. There is also a light, buttery oak presence in the finish. If this was wine-barrel aged, I'm not picking it up.
M: Carbonation is light-medium, but with the dry body it still seems pretty spritzy. As I mentioned above, the aftertaste is a bit of a turnoff. It wasn't harsh enough that I didn't want to drink it, but I was conscious of it during every sip.
D: It's good, and I'd certainly have it again, but I'm lukewarm about it in general. I enjoyed Temptation, Consecration, and Supplication more.
Serving type: on-tap
12-13-2010 05:24:10 |
More by Arbitrator
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Before I get to my review, this beer was the first Russian River beer as well as the first American Wild Ale I'd ever had. That was at Dark Lord Day 2008, where my reaction was "Man, that's sour" and I went back to drinking more imperial stout. Since then, I've had a fair number of RR beers and AWAs, and I'm curious to see what I think. Thanks, C-dogg.
Pouring a brilliantly clear light amber with a dense, frothy, off-white head, this beer looks pretty excellent. Some lacing is present as well.
The nose is absolutely fantastic. Clearly, Relative Brewing needs to work on how they fill growlers, 'cos this smells rather incredible. The RR pale sour base is immediately noticeable, with a moderate Temptation-like character with grass, hay and a moderate lactic character. There isn't much barrel character, at least not a wine barrel character. And then there's the fruit. Beautifully expressed, in some ways this reminds me of fresh Fou'foune. Having had a chance to travel through CA farm country earlier this Fall and sample 4-5 different varieties of pluots, this beer brings back memories. Fruity light plums, apricots, a mild floral character, this is pretty close to perfect. A touch of acetone (just a hair) rounds out the nose, and this is one of the few beers where I like it. Brett and funk character are mostly hay-like and part of me wonders if the mild floral character is a blend of both a tropical Brett character and the pluot.
The palate opens rather bracingly sour, surprisingly so, and more than I was expecting. Very clean with a blend of lemon and lactic acids, there's a moderate Bretty leather, dry and mildly musty. This leather character is rather surprising, given the rather pale base beer, but that's Brett for you. A touch of fruity pineapple is also present, along with a nice light-plum fruitiness in the mid-palate. Light in body with moderate carbonation, this beer finishes dry and a sour with a moderate acidic character. Acetone and acetic acids are really low here, and that's not surprising given Vinnie's history brewing sours. The fruit character isn't as strong as I was hoping, but it was still rather excellent, reminding me of a Fou'foune at 2-3 years. Again, that moderate leather character lingers on the finish, working quite well with the fruitiness, a combination that is unique. Some tannins are present too. Just a little slick on the finish as well. While the acidity is high, I can see myself going through a quart of this. Excellent stuff.
Ultimately, I ask myself - how does this compare to the other RR sours? I'd say that while it isn't as good as the better batches of Beatification, Temptation, Supplication or Consecration, it is still fantastic right out of the gate. In that regard, it beats out Temptation, which needs a few months to come into its own. I hope to god Vinnie bottles this, as it is something I'd love to try again.
Serving type: growler
12-08-2010 03:56:03 |
More by DefenCorps
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
Thanks to Relative Brewing for securing this nectar for this tasting. Served in a mini-snifter.
Pours a slightly-hazy apricot color with a half-finger of head. Aroma brings some really nice notes of grapefruit juice along with the zest of a Ruby Red. There is a slight sour character in the nose, though not all that much comes through. A find a bit of purple plum in there, but that character seems a bit muted.
The flavor melds the citrus peel character with some plum and red grapes. A good level of pucker factor hits here, though not nearly as much as is generally the case with Russian River. All together, the taste is definitely more integrated and complex than the nose, but doesn't really take it to the next level. `The finish is fairly dry and is probably the best component of this beer, although at the same time it does drink quite well and is certainly more quaffable than a few of their other wilds.
Serving type: growler
12-07-2010 11:37:12 |
More by Thorpe429
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
A: The pour significantly darker than its Sanctification counterpart. I had a pour of Sanctification prior to this pour of Compunction.
S: The nose starts off with lots of tannins from the oak and pluots. Significant amounts of sour fruit smell gets the salvation glands kicked in to high gear for what is coming.
T: Smooth for a sour beer - perhaps a bit too smooth. Lots of dry oak notes along with pluot/sour fruit notes. A mild acidity and less bitterness than San.
M: The body is medium with a moderate to high carbonation and a very crisp finish. Think green apple bite.
D: I will be back for more as I was very impressed. Watching the Chargers/Raiders game at the brewery left a sour taste in my mouth... but I think this beer was sourer.
Serving type: on-tap
12-07-2010 00:19:53 |
More by DJButters
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 3.5
Thanks to Alex for sharing this...A peachy color, decent carbonation considering the circumstances...The aroma is a very acidic grapefruit juice with typical Russian River oaky undertones. Pretty balanced...The taste represents more of the oak than I would like, loses a lot of the citrus and acidity. The citrus isn't really defineable to me, grapefruit like, but I guess that's the unfamiliarity with a plout..The feel reminds of a dry white wine.
Another decent RR sour but nothing significantly different than other beers.
Serving type: on-tap
12-07-2010 00:04:35 |
More by jrallen34
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
On-tap at Toronado. 2010 vintage served in a flute.
A - Pours with a quarter-finger of foam that quickly settles to a thin ring of bubbles. The body is a hazed golden orange color.
S - Grape skins, sour plum, white wine, acetic acid, oak. As it warms more sweetness emerges in the form of brett clausenii and graham cracker malt.
T - If you haven't had pluots this will evoke sour grapes and plums complete with skin. In the periphery there is some buttery oak. The finish is heavy in vinous sourness and tannins from both fruits and oak.
M - Some light carbonation tingle, medium body, and a very dry finish. I suspect the added zest on-tap would liven this up a bit, but it was still quite acceptable.
D - Unsurprisingly this is a very good beer, but I'm not certain it's better than Russian River's regular sour lineup. Still, I could crush a few glasses of this one.
Serving type: on-tap
12-06-2010 05:50:55 |
More by MasterSki
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
I was surprised this came to OH, Relative Brewing rocks.
Clear and light gold colored with just a ring + film for head. Still adequate carbonation, even out of the growler, but no real foam on top.
Nice fruit aromas, light tropical fruits like mango and tangerine, and apparently pluot which I've never heard of before. The internet tells me that it's a hybrid of plum and apricot, so there's your tropical fruits I guess. Funky aromas as well of course.
Nice wild flavors, not over the top tart but more widely approachable, and the fruit integrates nicely. Based on this experience I think I like pluots.
Good mouthfeel given the potential growler deterioration of carb. My small pour dissapeared in no time, extremely glad to have tried it.
Serving type: growler
12-05-2010 15:23:01 |
More by TurdFurgison
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Thanks goes to Relative Brewing for getting this for us from Russian River. Glad you guys have a great relationship and was able to score this.
A - Pours a yellow/orange color with some very large bubbles around the edge of the glass. No real lacing or retention to speak of, just the beer.
S - Oranges, tangerines, grapefruit, sour/tart, lacto funkyness. I like the fruity notes and funk. Very nice.
T - Same fruity funk as the nose, Chard-esk grape notes, oak/barrel.
M - Light, semi-dry finish, no carbonation.
D - Another great wild from RR, what else do you expect? I would really like to try this at the source. I'm going to adjust the A and M because this is coming out of a growler.
Serving type: growler
12-04-2010 21:59:07 |
More by Sean9689
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Thanks to Relative Brewing for hooking us up with this for my Bachelor Weekend tasting. Best of luck on future collaborations.
A - Golden colored beer with minimal head (we'll blame that on the fact it was growlered). Fairly clear with bubbles up to the top.
S - Fruity smell that I cannot place, this must be the pluot influence on this beer. The barrel aging is pretty subtle, with some oak, and a sweet tartness.
T - Fruity, hint of oranges, grape skins, the taste of sour plums is present, I need to try one of these pluots sometime, as their effect on this beer is nice. Tart with some barrel influence.
M - Crisp, light, if the carbonation was a little more present I imagine this would be quite effervescent.
D - Not highly drinkable given the low ABV, but a really good beer that people should try if they have the opportunity.
Serving type: growler
12-04-2010 21:56:59 |
More by AgentZero
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Huge thanks to alfrantzell for hooking up a "special growler" of this new tick.
Mostly clear deep amber in color with a lasting bubbly white head. Really looks excellent for the style.
Nice plum aroma along with a very Russian River like yeast aroma. Funky and musty with Brett and lacto evident.
The flavor is excellent, like most other Russian River sours. Big plum and pluot flavors, slight sweet malt notes (although the sweetness is minimal). Excellent tart and funky finish.
Really nice acidic tingling on the palate with a good level of carbonation. Medium bodied and very dry.
Overall, another really awesome sour from Russian River. Never surprising but always enjoyable.
Serving type: growler
12-02-2010 18:50:41 |
More by nickd717
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
On-tap at Russian River
A: The pour is a hazy golden orange color with a finger's worth of white head and some spotty lacing.
S: The nose starts off with lots of tannins from the oak and pluots. A nice lactic acidity provides some lemony tartness, along with pluots in terms of the fruit. Wet oak and grass give the requisite funkiness.
T: Very, very earthy and tannic. Lots of dry oak notes along with pluot skins. A slight fruity character from the pluots as well a fairly mild lactic acidity. There's a bit of a chalky dryness and astringency, too.
M: The body is medium with a moderate to high carbonation and a very dry finish.
D: After how much this beer was talked up, I tried to be realistic going into it and I think I was. This was indeed a very good beer, but so are pretty much all of Russian River's beers.
Serving type: on-tap
11-27-2010 06:43:07 |
More by womencantsail
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
On tap at the brewpub. Compunction has a bright peach flesh colored body. A slim head tops the beer, but doesn't last long. The body has a slight reddish-purple tint.
The nose is dry and dusty, white wine-like with a pluot character that grows stronger as the beer warms. Brett is prominent, lending a musty funk and juicy pineapple.
Sharply sour and acidic on the palate, the pluots come through nicely, quite plum-like to me. Lactic acidity and tannins are pretty strong. It's quite vinous too, especially in the finish, and there's a big leathery, fruity brett character.
I've been wanting to try this beer for a long time, and it didn't disappoint.
Serving type: on-tap
11-26-2010 04:30:36 |
More by largadeer
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
This was the first sour I ever had and it took some getting used to but I did enjoy this one. I had no idea what I was getting into on this one. Had this on Dark Lord Day and waited on the review until I had a few more of the style under my belt.
A- Pours a golden orangeish color. Reminded me of grapefruit juice in appearance.
S- Super sour and tart. Some fruits in there as well.
T- Quite a bit of fruity flavours and very sour. Probably the most sour thing I've ever drank or ate.
M- Lighter to medium in body and higher on carbonation.
D- Very interesting. I drank the whole glass and still getting used to the style but its growing on me for sure.
Serving type: on-tap
02-09-2009 22:38:32 |
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good spot for dress shopping in Melbourne's north?
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#1Posted 26 November 2012 - 06:21 PM
I will have a 4yo with me, and I need to find something for a Christmas party friday night and I don't have a lot of time to do it in. Turns out this past year has been good to me and my a*se and boobs have both expanded, nothing dressy fits!
The occasion is pretty dressy, ideally I'd like to spend $50 (planning on losing the weight) but will go up to $100 if I have to. I will have between 9.30am and 12 to find said dress, and the starting point (school drop off) is Sydney Road Fawkner. Where should I go? (and I check out Target online but nothing grabbed me) #2Posted 26 November 2012 - 06:27 PM
Is there a Westfield out that way? I am vague about distances but I am sure there is a DFO out near the airport which might not be that far
edited to say that the DFO is about 20 mins from where you are http://www.dfo.com.au/Essendon/Getting-Here/ Edited by Lyra, 26 November 2012 - 06:29 PM. #3Posted 26 November 2012 - 06:27 PM
Not sure what size you are, but there is a TS 14+ factory outlet in Sydney Rd Fawkner, just before the Ring Rd and next to Fawkner Bingo.
Otherwise, you could try Northland shopping centre or take a wander down the Sydney Rd shops in Coburg and or Brunswick (although that may be a bit harder with a little one with you) #4Posted 26 November 2012 - 06:32 PM
I would go to DFO in Essendon.
I was there last week and every shop is having a sale. You've also got a heap of shops under one roof if you're strapped for time. #5Posted 26 November 2012 - 06:38 PM
Didn't even think of DFO. Thanks
#6Posted 26 November 2012 - 06:41 PM
I was going to suggest Sydney Road in Brunswick, but with your budget and a toddler I'd second PP's suggestion of DFO in Essendon. Good luck!
#7Posted 26 November 2012 - 06:58 PM
I've been wanting to check out Sydney Road (also High St Northcote - but that's too far I think), but I'm after that guarentee of getting something.
#8Posted 26 November 2012 - 06:58 PM
Bridge Rd Richmond would be worth a look. About 15mins drive from there
#9Posted 26 November 2012 - 08:02 PM QUOTE (Duffy29 @ 26/11/2012, 07:58 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I've been wanting to check out Sydney Road (also High St Northcote - but that's too far I think), but I'm after that guarentee of getting something. if you are wanting the guarantee of getting something then I would definitely head to the DFO. Another thought is to zip round the ring road into Docklands. That place is dead and retailers are desperate to get people in there so you might be lucky and get a bargain QUOTE (Life is a little crazy @ 26/11/2012, 07:58 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Bridge Rd Richmond would be worth a look. About 15mins drive from there really? I thought Richmond was further away than that. But it might be worth a go too as there is a cluster of shops there. I would avoid it though because parking might be more of an issue with a child in tow #10Posted 26 November 2012 - 08:07 PM QUOTE (Duffy29 @ 26/11/2012, 07:58 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I've been wanting to check out Sydney Road (also High St Northcote - but that's too far I think), but I'm after that guarentee of getting something. High St Northcote has some great dresses but you'd be looking at between $100 and $200 at least- won't find anything for $50 - same with the boutiques on Sydney rd Brunswick. I'd go DFO - there's a huge range. And Richmond from Fawkner would take at least 40 minutes I reckon! #11Posted 26 November 2012 - 08:40 PM
If you're happy to head Essendon way, further past the DFO up the Tulla Fwy there is a Westfield at Airport West. Standard sort of stuff there but there is a Harris Scarfe, Katies, Rockmans, KMart and some other women's fashion stores within a stone's throw of each other in there.
#12Posted 30 November 2012 - 05:26 PM
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Thats what im doing... Vista and Ubuntu right now... kinda want to try different Linux's but i dont know which one. Also, i heard that you can zip files in Linux like you do in Mac OS X to put them on a Repo... is that true?
I installed Fedora Core 9 and it was a great experience. Although a bit too technical so I switched back to XP.
Do you see the word open source? Also, if it was open source, why wouldn't it be free? The source is available for anyone to compile. Open source was a principle designed for everyone to have and play with
I use Debian, Apache, Backtrack (for pent testing) and have recently been messing with ubuntu - All on my VMware station lol
I use Backtrack too! For Penetration testing.... Yeah... Lets call it that... And on VMWare Fusion on my Mac Loving it to deathness.
Open Source does not always mean free, or for everyone. There are some tricky companies that say 'You buy our product, we'll give you the source', so indeed, we are still open source! Which I believe, is a bunch of hunk, but is still true in a way. :| In your statement, you said 'FREE', which is a bit cabalistic because free is different from open source. My friend, we could talk for days about this.
Read what I said, did you not notice the parenthesis? It said, (in most cases) FREE. That means that MOST Linux distros are free. Not All


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The occupants told fire officials a pan of grease caught on fire after one of them used the eye to light a cigarette and forgot to turn it off
The Moultrie Observer reports that 31-year-old Latoya Griffin, 24-year-old Kenneth Green, and 57-year-old Patricia Griffin, all of 426 First Ave. N.W., received moderate burns on their feet and arms. A hospital spokesperson said all three were treated for their injuries and released Sunday.
The Moultrie Fire Department was called to the house at 9:27 a.m. Sunday. Upon arrival, firefighters saw light smoke coming from the house and determined it was a stove fire upon entering.
The occupants told fire officials a pan of grease caught on fire after one of them used the eye to light a cigarette and forgot to turn it off. They were alerted to the fire by a smoke detector which was installed by the Moultrie Fire Department.
The occupants stated they attempted to extinguish the fire using water and kitchen towels. All three reported suffering burns to the feet and hands and were taken to Colquitt Regional by Colquitt County EMS.
The fire caused damage to the kitchen curtains and the kitchen floor and caused mild smoke damage to the kitchen and light smoke damage throughout the house.
Moultrie Fire Department Fire Marshall Capt. Lavon Cooper said this was the second time since November that residents have been injured trying to extinguish a fire themselves. He encourages everyone to escape a house immediately and to call 911 if and when a fire takes place. Let the firemen do their job, he said.
"Do not try to extinguish a fire yourself unless you've had the proper training," Cooper said.
The smoke detector in use is the 27th confirmed save of residents since the fire department began the smoke detector program in February 2002, Cooper said. The program, started from a grant from the Georgia Division of Public Safety, has helped to save the lives of 71 people and helped to limit the size and damage of house fires.


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The Kiecas are in two worlds.In an event too large to be contained at the Cedaredge Library, the Friends of the Library moved their monthly meeting to the Stolte Shed at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 14. The Friends of the Library typically meet on the second Thursday of the month at 2 p.m. at the library, but, due to an overwhelming response, they chose to move the time and location.
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Angelic Bodies Are Light Organized in Seven Rays
Angelic bodies are made of light and organized in seven ray groups. Can you imagine that for a moment?
When thinking of Angels you likely think of beings flying around with large wings. However, they really do not nor need wings for flying. It is their intention or rather the intention in the Mind of God, the Great Architect that moves them. Wings are a beautiful image that was developed by artists to explain the ability to move freely in space. One of my teachers, Torkom Saraydarian, who was a clairvoyant with the ability to see them, said that Angels do have large energy centers extending out from their "shoulder area". These huge spheres of energy might appear like wings. In truth Angels don't have shoulders either because they are formless. So, the wing image is more of an energy field which some ancient Biblical mystics perceived as wings. It is easier for us to grasp what we know. Everyone has seen birds flying about, so this image is understandable to us regards flight.
Try imagining Angels as seven streams of light just like rays emanating from God/Enlightened Mind. Each type of Angelic group is aligned with one of seven rays which correspond to types of positive activity and pure divine qualities.
When you take a prism out into the Sun light you find that the one white, clear light is divided into seven colors. Each color is a special vibration. Each color is one of seven rays with the greater light. Light rays are the substance of Angelic bodies! Imagine that for a moment.
These seven groups have seven areas of activity which correspond to human activity as well.
Here are the seven ray angelic groups:
1. Ray of Power. This corresponds to Will Energy, the Fiery Will of God, or in mystical terms Source, or the Father's Home, the very heart of God. In the human kingdom this relates to government, esoteric work, military activity and working with the mass consciousness.
2. Ray of Love Wisdom. This corresponds to the Heart Energy of God, the Love and Compassion energy, and Christ and His Army of Servers. The energy expressed here relates to education, understanding the laws of human behavior, psychology, teaching enlightening ideas and the science of expanding the consciousness of human beings. Their purpose is to raise human beings up so that we graduate from life more refined, more soulful and virtuous.
3. Ray of Intelligence and Light. This corresponds to all aspects of Wisdom of God, or Enlightened Mind. The energy expresses through human being involved with philosophy, communication, in some forms of law, money and networking ideas with the vision of the Mind of God. This group of Angels works to build the network for Enlightened Society so that the Kingdom of God on Earth can be restored.
4. Ray of Harmony, Arts and Mediation. This corresponds to all aspects of expression of beauty, building bridges between the other six groups and humanity. These Angels are the group that inspire the worlds great arts, architecture and monuments. They are called the Beautiful Ones.
5. Ray of Science and Revelation of the Laws of Nature. This corresponds to the sciences, technology, medicine and development of energy systems. These Angels work closely with healers and technologists to develop new systems to help humanity progress. They also have facilitated breakthroughs in medical and energy medicine.
6. Ray of Devotion and Humanitarian work. This corresponds to religious activity, temples, churches, humanitarian aid, philanthropy for the greater good, healing of the emotional and psyche in some areas. These Angels can be found widely around temples and holy places. Their work will be shifting widely in the coming two hundred years as religion changes into a new way of worshiping the divine.
7. Ray of Organization and Ceremony. This corresponds to the work of money, finance, transportation, distribution and energy. These Angels are busy with facilitation a new era and are very close to humanity. They will be seen as human beings become more clairvoyant during the coming centuries.
Each of these seven groups has distinct types of activity based on their vibration and area of expertise. These seven Angelic groups are highly skilled. Their direction comes from the vision in the mind of the Great Architect we call God. Some use others names, but the Presence or Great Being whose vision we are responding to has only the happiness of the planet in mind.
These teachings are based on the writings of The Tibetan Master and my teacher Torkom Saraydarian. I appreciate their guidance.


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MSF is responding to an alarming increase in cases of dengue fever in Honduras.
"This is the first reported epidemic of dengue fever in Cape Verde and it is huge," said Dr. Iza Ciglenecki, MSF's emergency coordinator in Cape Verde. "With globalization, dengue fever is appearing in places where it has previously been unknown. It is the most rapidly spreading mosquito-borne disease in the world."
There has been a significant decrease in hospital admissions for dengue at Takeo Provincial Hospital in southeast Cambodia, where MSF is providing support along with the ministry of health. An epidemic of the potentially fatal infectious disease affected 15,000 people in the first half of July alone. The drop in admissions is promising, but staff remain vigilant.
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Michael Laudrup: Is hoping to continue his fine start as Swansea boss with a win over Everton at the Liberty Stadium
Swansea City could go top of the table - for a few hours at least - with a win over Everton at the Liberty Stadium on Saturday lunchtime.
The Swans made a flying start to life under new boss Michael Laudrup, winning two and drawing one of their first three games, including a thumping 5-0 opening day win over QPR at Loftus Road.
They saw their wings clipped somewhat following a 2-0 defeat at Aston Villa last weekend but will be confident of bouncing back at the Liberty Stadium, where they are unbeaten in their last five games stretching back to the start of April.
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.Remote Record..With Chelsea not playing until later in the day on Saturday, the Welsh outfit can even go top of the pile with a win over David Moyes' Toffees.
However, they have yet to beat Everton in any of their previous 15 league and cup meetings, with the Merseysiders winning both encounters last season without conceding a goal.
Everton could also draw level with Chelsea at the summit with a win, although their inferior goal difference means only a thumping victory would see them leapfrog the Londoners.
Moyes' side are notoriously slow starters but appear to have reversed that trend this year, with two wins and a draw from their first four games.
Indeed, their defeat at West Brom at the start of the month was their first loss in 12 Premier League games stretching back to last March.
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Swansea defender Ashley Williams faces a race against time to recover from an ankle injury.
His absence would be a blow as the Swans are already without the suspended Chico Flores and injured trio of Kyle Bartley, Garry Monk and Neil Taylor.
Everton will be without striker Nikica Jelavic, who bruised his knee and shin in a collision during Monday's match against Newcastle.
Darron Gibson misses out with a thigh injury, and Tony Hibbert is a doubt
Phil Neville is available despite having to come off towards the end of Wednesday night's Capital One Cup second-round victory over Leyton Orient with a hamstring problem, as is defender Tony Hibbert, who has missed the last two games with a neck injury.
Swansea have never beaten Everton, losing 11 and drawing four of their 15 previous meetings in all competitions.
Everton have scored at least twice in all seven league visits to Swansea.
The Swans failed to score in either of last season's meetings with the Toffees.
The Swans are unbeaten in their last five Premier League home games.
Only Manchester United and Fulham have scored as many goals (10) as Swansea in the Premier League so far this season.
Victory for Swansea would give them 10 points - their best return from the first five games of a top-flight campaign.
Michu is looking to score in his third consecutive home game for the club.
David Moyes's side have lost just one of their last 13 Premier League matches (W7, D5).
Leighton Baines has scored 10 Premier League goals since August 2010, more than any other defender in the division during that period.
The Toffees sit seventh in the Premier League with seven points - mirroring their position and points return after four games last season.
Everton need two goals to reach 7,000 in league football.
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Xavier Becerra will be the next U.S. Trade Representative. Is this a good pick for free traders?
1) America's free trade system "is not only broken but it is broken completely," Becerra said back in 2006 when he argued against the Oman Free Trade Agreement.
2) Says he regrets his vote against NAFTA. Opposed CAFTA but voted for the Peru FTA. Voted to admit China to the WTO. Has a 39 percent rating from the Cato Institute on free trade. Voted against withdrawing from the WTO.
3) Listen to this Daily Kos poster: "If Becerra accepts than it should be a hallelujah moment for progressives and advocates of fair trade. For starters, Becerra is a member of Sen. Bernie Sanders Progressive Caucus, which has long pushed congresses for fairer trade deals.
Me: More to come, but at this point it looks like Becerra is in the Democratic mainstream that has turned its back on the Clinton-era free trade policies. But more to come ...
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His efforts to win a pardon for cocaine kingpin Carlos Vignalai and his screamingly unethical robo-calls his campaign engineered during his run for Los Angeles Mayor aside..
Free tarde invariably does more good than ahrm lowering rices for goods and creating new jobs
A year after the market crash crash of 1929 Congress passed the Smoot_Hawley Tariif Act rasing US tariffs dramitically, what ahppened? It fueled a global meltdown
Based on all data, the US as a country has beedn more benefited than the rest of the countries that has signed off Free Trade Agreements.
Not that sure why people are still against these treaties.
The problem is that many companies want to continue in industries that are cheaper in other places and at the end making things in the US won't help it's own people with high end prices from local manufacturing.
The US needs to lear to diversify its industry and compete in industries like Solar Energy and other that will bring or improve a better trade balance with other countries.


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They got their rings before the game, then a challenge as it was winding down.
The Miami Heat responded to both.
Shane Battier went 4-for-4 from three-point range, including a critical basket from the right corner with 1:33 remaining, and the Heat, who wasted most of a 25-point lead, held off Derrick Rose and the Chicago Bulls 107-95 on Tuesday night in the season opener for both teams.
"You never know what to expect when you're trying to keep the main thing the main thing, and that's the game," Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. "But you can't deny the emotions and what a special moment it was for everybody in the organization because we know how difficult that was and how harrowing that was last season. So it was great to actually get the win after that to cap off a very good night for the Miami Heat."
LeBron James had 17 points, eight assists and six rebounds for the Heat, who got their 2013 championship rings and raised the franchise's third banner in a pregame ceremony. The Heat trailed 9-2 early, then outscored Chicago 52-24 over the remainder of the first half.
Rose finished with 12 points in 34 minutes in his first game since a serious knee injury in April 2012. Carlos Boozer had 31 points and seven rebounds for Chicago, which got within eight points in the final minutes.
But Battier's right-corner three - a staple for the Heat - snuffed the comeback, and Miami wasn't in trouble again.
"We're not trying to (just) pull close. There were a lot of corrections that we have to make," Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau said. "It always comes back to the same thing - our defense and our rebounding. And if we could have taken better care of the ball early on, we would have been in position to win down the stretch."
Chris Bosh scored 16 points, Battier finished with 14, and Dwyane Wade and Mario Chalmers each had 13 for Miami, which had seven players in double figures. Ray Allen and Norris Cole each scored 11.
Rose shot 4-for-15 for the Bulls.
"I think we had a lot to do with it," Allen said.
Said Rose: "If anything, I'm disappointed in the loss. My performance, I can easily change that by making shots and keep down the turnovers."
Rose's start was promising early, with two drives for impressive scores. The Bulls led 15-10 when Rose checked out for the first time with 3:36 left in the opening quarter.
When he returned, the lead was gone for good. The Heat outscored the Bulls 13-3 in Rose's first stint on the bench, turning the five-point Chicago lead into a five-point deficit, and by then the Heat were off and running.
Over a four-minute stretch of the second quarter, everything changed.
Cole started a run that turned what was a tight game into a romp. He faked out Rose on the dribble, causing the Bulls' guard to tumble over, and the Heat reserve connected on an 18-foot jumper that sent the players on the Miami bench leaping from their seats.
That began a 17-0 run. The Bulls missed nine straight shots, Rose getting blocked by Bosh on one, and the Heat went to work. Miami shot 7-for-10 during the burst, which was capped by a driving layup by James with 4:23 left in the half, and suddenly the Heat led 41-20.
Lakers 116, Clippers 113:
Xavier Henry scored a career-high 22 points, Jordan Farmar added 16, and five Lakers reserves surged past the Clippers in the fourth quarter. ... With Kobe Bryant watching in street clothes behind Pau Gasol and Steve Nash on the Lakers' bench, Jodie Meeks scored nine of his 13 points in the fourth quarter as the Lakers stunned their Staples Center rivals in Clippers coach Doc Rivers' debut. ... The Lakers did it down the stretch with a lineup made up entirely of backups - including three who weren't on the team last season. Henry scored 12 points in the fourth quarter while leading a decisive 28-8 run. ... Blake Griffin scored 19 points, and Chris Paul had 15 points and 11 assists for the Clippers. DeAndre Jordan had 17 points and 11 rebounds. ... Gasol had 15 points and 13 rebounds in 24 minutes. ... Nash, 39, who has been bothered by ankle and neck injuries, played 21 minutes and made only 1 of 3 shots, a three-pointer that he banked in.
Pacers 97, Magic 87:
Paul George scored 24 points, and Roy Hibbert added 16 rebounds and seven blocks, leading Indiana past visiting Orlando. ... George's buzzer-beating three-pointer at the end of the third quarter gave Indiana a 69-64 lead and sparked a decisive 17-4 run to open the fourth. ... Hibbert nearly matched his career high for rebounds (17) in the first half. He had eight points but left the game midway through the fourth quarter after injuring his knee in a spill underneath his own basket. Team officials said that the injury was not serious and that he could have returned. ... Victor Oladipo, the ex- Indiana University star and No. 2 overall draft pick, had 12 points and three turnovers for the Magic.
Mavs' GM resigns:
Gersson Rosas has resigned as general manager of the Dallas Mavericks just three months into his new job. ... Rosas said the position "was not the best fit for me at this point in my career." He said the decision was made "solely by me" and that owner Mark Cuban tried to change his mind. ... Rosas had filled a position that had been vacant since former coach and GM Don Nelson left the franchise eight years ago.


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