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Things our [homo]sexuality tells us about the nature of God and the Universe
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YOU OWN TRUE MYTH: What I Learned
from Joseph Campbell
Toby Johnson's Books on Gay Men's Spiritualities:
Gay Perspective
Things Our [Homo]sexuality
Tells Us about the
Nature of God and
the Universe
Gay Perspective is available as an audiobook narrated by Matthew Whitfield. Click here
Gay Spirituality
Gay Identity and the Transformation of
Human Consciousness
Gay Spirituality is now available as an audiobook, beautifully narrated by John Sipple. Click here
Charmed Lives: Gay Spirit in Storytelling
edited by
Toby Johnson
& Steve Berman
Secret Matter
Lammy Award Winner for Gay Science Fiction. Updated for the 21st century.
Getting Life in Perspective
A Fantastical Romance
Getting Life in Perspective is available as an audiobook narrated by Alex Beckham. Click here
The Fourth Quill
originally published as PLAGUE
Two Spirits: A Story of Life with the Navajo
with Walter L. Williams
Two Spirits is available as an audiobook narrated by Arthur Raymond. Click here
Finding Your Own True Myth: What I Learned from Joseph Campbell
The Myth of the Great Secret III
In Search of God in the Sexual Underworld
The Myth of the Great Secret: An Appreciation of Joseph Campbell.
This was the second edition of this book.
Books on Gay Spirituality:
White Crane Gay Spirituality Series
Articles and Excerpts:
About Liberty Books, the Lesbian/Gay Bookstore for Austin, 1986-1996
A Bifurcation of Gay Spirituality
The Scriptural Basis for Same Sex Marriage
Gay Consciousness
Read an eBook while you're self-isolating.Pleasure as a Spiritual Path
All of Toby's ebooks are 60% off
at smashwords.com
Toby Johnson's novels The Fourth Quill and Getting Life in Perspective both deal with "the question of evil" and the spiritual consequences of pandemics.
Read an Article on this website:
Drawing a Long Straw: Ketamine and Psychedelic Vision
"Monastic Homosexuality" offers a model of gay consciousness.
How Gay Men Get Reincarnated
Why "Gay Spirituality" is different from gay people being religious
Merging Religion and Sex
Common Experiences Unique to Gay Men
Toby's historical account of the development of some of the famous gay identifier terms
Wouldn't You Like to Be a Uranian?
Advice to Future Gay Historians
——To order books from the author (autographed) or find links to gay booksellers
To order books from amazon.com
". . . a writer with a positive vision and a wonderful attitude" --Rich Grzesiak, Philadelphia Gay News
"There is a fresh naivete in [Toby Johnson's] style that rings pleasantly in the ear, like the memory of a 'boy's book' enthusiastically devoured at age 12. Against the sour punk of so much of today's gay male fiction, Getting Life in Perspective is a treat." --Marvin Shaw, Lambda Book Report
Here's a wonderful quote from Joseph Campbell that explains it all:
objective is to be born from the womb of
myth, not
remain in it, and the one who has attained to this"second birth"is
truly the"twice born," freed from the pedagogical devices of society,
the lures and threats of myth, the local mores, the usual hopes of
benefits and rewards.
Flight of the Wild Gander, p. 38
Toby's latest book is titled
Finding Your Own True Myth: What I Learned from Joseph Campbell: The Myth of the Great Secret III.
Here's a page about the book.
Toby was interviewed by Suzy Shelor for the podcast Plutopia. Here's a link to their conversation with podcast founder Jon Lebkowsky and Scoop Sweeny.
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Toby Johnson, PhD is author of nine books: three non-fiction books that apply the wisdom of his teacher and "wise old man," Joseph Campbell to modern-day social and religious problems, four gay genre novels that dramatize spiritual issues at the heart of gay identity, and two books on gay men's spiritualities and the mystical experience of homosexuality and editor of a collection of "myths" of gay men's consciousness.
SPIRITUALITY: Gay Identity and the Transformation of
Human Consciousness won a Lambda Literary Award in 2000.
His GAY
PERSPECTIVE: Things Our [Homo]sexuality Tells Us about the Nature
of God and the Universe was nominated for a Lammy in 2003. They
YOUR OWN TRUE MYTH: What I Learned from Joseph Campbell: The Myth
of the Great Secret III tells the story of Johnson's learning the
real nature of religion and myth and discovering the spiritual
qualities of gay male consciousness.


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Calvin S. Goldman, Q.C. at the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development's Global Forum on Competition
|Competition, Antitrust and Foreign Investment
OECD Conference Centre
2, rue André Pascal
75016 Paris, France
Thursday, December 1, 2016
Session III, 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm Independence of Competition Authorities - From Designs to Practices
Speaker: Calvin S. Goldman, Q.C.
Cal led the Business and Industry Advisory Committee to the OECD (BIAC) presentation at the roundtable discussion on the independence of competition authorities.
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So lets start by the myths of pregnancy "Oh this is your third baby, your labour will be quicker!" well this was a lie! Each pregnancy and labour is different. With my other two I had hospital births, I like the idea of knowing if anything were to happen unexpectedly doctors are there. With this pregnancy I planned a hospital birth but at 34 weeks I changed my mind and requested a home birth. I researched hypno-birthing and lotus birth and wanted to give them a try.
Going through labour twice before I know what to expect, I know what it feels like to be in labour and what contractions feel like. When I got to 39 weeks I was so ready to have him, I had been off work for 1 week and was bored, I wanted to have my newborn so I could change his nappy and breastfeed. I think I built up a lot of anxiety and tension in my head because I love to plan and had this whole fantasy of how my labour was going to be.
In my head I expected to start having contractions, I was going to go in the bath with candles and relax, I was going to go on on my birthing ball and listen to relaxing music and reggae. It would then be time for me to push, I would get on all fours or stand and my partner would deliver the baby. I would then let the umbilical cord stay attached to baby until it stopped pulsing. I would then be able to chill at home and feel so relaxed.
Well that didn't happen, instead it happened like this……
I woke up about 2am and felt contractions, they wasn't that strong but it was enough to wake me up. I decided that I need to be well rested especially if this was the real thing so I tried to get more sleep. At 4am again I was woken up and decided that there was no point in trying to sleep. I got up and set up my front room for labour. I had already blown up the blow up mattress. I lit some candles, began bouncing on the ball I put on my headphones and started listening to relaxing music. I rang my midwife at 5am and she made her way. When I was examined I was 4cm diluted. I continued labouring, bouncing on the ball, listening to reggae, walking around the house.
At 12pm I had an ice pole- this particular ice pole I ate every night when I was pregnant. As soon as I tasted it, there was a POP and I felt a huge gush. I said OMG! I didn't even know what happened then my waters broke- You know how you see it in the movies. I was so shocked because my waters didn't break like that with the boys. I was amazed at how much water I had because I thought I was mainly baby, every time I moved more of my waters kept coming out.
I was in so many positions during labour, I swear I changed position every 5 minutes, I was quite set on having baby on all fours or standing because the gravity would help bring him down but it was just not comfortable. We noticed that baby had pooed in me but because it was light it wasn't a worry, baby's heartbeat was fine and he was enjoying being in there a bit too much.
Fast forward to about 3.30 the pushing stage, by this point I was in so much pain I asked for some pain relief, I told myself I can't do this. I was done! I was tired and was so over it. I could not believe I had been in labour for almost 12 hours. The midwife listened to baby and his heart rate started to drop, at 3.55 she let me know that she is ringing an ambulance because baby is distressed. At this point my body was telling me to lay down, I was now comfortable and this was the position I needed to be in, there goes my idea of being on all fours. My mum and partner were both by my side, my mum really helped me know how long to push for and my partner continued to praise me for doing an amazing job. The midwives held my legs and also gave me lots of encouragement. My mum said his head his there now and made me feel it, this made me realise how close I was to the finish line, the last few pushes and he was out at 4.15.
When he came out he didn't cry, his head was flat and he did not look like any of my children, he was floppy and grey. The time the midwife called the ambulance was perfect because as soon as he was out they were waiting to resuscitate him. They had already called the hospital to admit him. My partner went with him, blue light ambulance to the hospital. The other ambulance waited for me because we had to wait for the placenta to come out. At this point I wasn't scared or worried, I think it was all very quick and my adrenaline was still buzzing. Oh yeah so there goes my lotus birth too but of course my main priority was making sure baby was well.
It was noted that baby was brow presentation at birth, this means that instead of the baby coming down the birth canal face- down with the back of the head facing the mothers belly and chin tucked in against the chest so the smallest position of the head passes through the birth canal. In a brow presentation the baby does not tuck its chin against its head, it leaves them facing up as the head and neck is extended backwards. Due to this position there is less space for their head to pass through the canal.
He was admitted into NICU 25 minutes after he was born which I think is pretty awesome, I can only thank the midwives and paramedics for this, you know when they say every minute is crucial. He went through a process of cooling which is protocol for children who are born with a lack of oxygen. The body is cooled to 33 degrees for 72 hours to help prevent brain injury. It is then slowly re warmed. I was finally able to see him after 4 hours. I started to hand express callosum so that he could get my breast milk. He made great progress and after the 3rd day I was finally able to have some skin to skin. He latched on my breast easily on day 4 and was discharged to special care. After monitoring how he digests his feeds etc he was then discharged to post natal ward. The doctors and consultants were impressed with his progress. After observing his heart rate on post natal we were finally allowed to go home on day 7!!
Having a child in NICU is not new to me because Micaiah was in special care for 3 days. It is important to get rest, eat properly, keep hydrated and look after yourself but as a mum who already been through it again I found it difficult. I would literally sit by his incubator from the moment I woke up till about 1am. I just about ate and tried to keep hydrated because I started getting headaches and hallucinating. You just want to be there to see them blink or yawn. You want to make sure they are OK.
Now baby is doing really well, gaining weight, sleeping well, eating, lots of poos, peeing all over the place, trying to roll and move himself everywhere. I still am quite cautious and worry at every little thing but I am getting better. Once I left hospital I felt better, I think because I didn't have any pain relief and was aware of everything that happened my body was running on adrenaline. I don't regret having a home birth. I loved every minute of it, the midwifes were amazing. Despite the position of baby which made him get stuck and having to be admitted into hospital, this was something that could not be detected while in labour. I feel like if I had a hospital birth it would have been heavily medically intervened which is something that I would not want.
This was my longest and most dramatic labour to date but I did it, with no pain relief, no stitches and for that I am proud. Currently myself and baby are doing really well and for that I am grateful. I hope you enjoyed this blog. How was your labour? Had you heard of brow presentation before this? Have you experienced NICU? Let me know in the comments xxx


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The rising expectations of today's total knee replacement patients have spurred the pursuit of improvements in design, delivery and execution. A recent technological focus is patient-specific positioning guides.


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Glamrock Clothing – Wearing Vintage Fashion Today
Wearing Vintage Fashion Today
Glamrock Clothing is a dutch online store that specializes in vintage-inspired fashion. Its clothes are modeled after genuine retro clothing from the '40s and '50s.
A major problem with real vintage clothing is sizing. It is common for a woman to find the perfect vintage dress in a secondhand shop, only to find that it cannot be worn until it has undergone expensive alterations. The fabric may also be torn or threadbare. Glamrock guarantees good fits and high-quality fabrics.
Another major perk of shopping at Glamrock Clothing is that all of its offerings embody the contemporary image of retro clothes. Many of the items in secondhand shops that date back to the 1940s do not look like the kicky rockabilly dresses that young women want when they visit these stores. It can be difficult to find genuine pin up clothing that is still in good condition in vintage shops. This is where Glamrock steps in. It eliminates the hassle and frustration of having to scour multiple physical stores just to find one or two passable items. Every item in Glamrock's stock makes a statement.
Rockabilly dresses are favorites among vintage lovers because they flatter all body types. The Belle Halter Dress is a great starting point for young women who new to retro fashions. Its knee-length skirt flares out from the natural waist. The sassy cherry print is a cute, punk touch. The Lana dress is a classic A-line dress in royal blue. It has a buttoned bodice that rises to a v-neck, which is a fun twist on 1950s house dresses. Part of the fun of embracing vintage is playing with stereotypes. Reclaiming the styles that used to signify unenlightened women makes a very powerful statement, especially if the look is deconstructed with goth or punk details.
Pencil skirts are retro wardrobe staples. Any kind of top can be tucked into a high-waisted pencil skirt to create a curvy pin up silhouette. Glamrock devotes an entire section of its shop to skirts like these. The Bettie Page Jumper Pencil pays homage to the pin up icon with suspender straps and a waist as high and snug as a corset.
Glamrock Clothing also offers vintage-inspired lingerie, hairstyling products, stockings, shoes and swimsuits. There is no need to shop at any other retro store; Glamrock has all of the bases covered.
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Very Cherry
Very Cherry
Specializing in vintage pin-up and rockabilly style clothing, Very Cherry is a Dutch online boutique that offers several unique, yet classic fashions.
The designs available remain true to the classic era of fashion while incorporating modern brands and materials into the patterns. Very Cherry has offered its designer clothing for several years worldwide from its Rotterdam location.
Overall, the site is very easy to use. Every brand the online store carries is located on the left hand side in an organized column. While the site may be difficult to read in English, Very Cherry offers many recognizable labels that have the same names in Dutch and English. Pinup Couture, Heartbreaker, Fever London, Stop Staring and other high-end brands are displayed when "Zoek op merk" is clicked. The site can also be organized by type of clothing, such as tops, dresses, and accessories by clicking "Zoek op categorie." Images are also clear and accurate, making it easier to shop.
Very Cherry also offers its own line of pin-up style clothing for women, Very Cherry Clothing. The label copies many of the classic designs while adding unique flair. Because the prices of vintage style clothing can be high, Very Cherry Clothing offers their designs at a slightly lower cost, enabling women to get a great look for less money. Most of the Very Cherry Clothing designs are available for about 100 Euros or less. Styles are true to retro fashion and expand on simple ideas, such as the classic rockabilly polka dot dress.
The online boutique also has several bags, shoes, accessories, and children's clothing to choose from. This makes coordinating the outfit easy, making Very Cherry a one-stop place to shop for pin-up styles. Many of the children's styles available are similar to the adult styles available, giving children the opportunity to have a sophisticated look or coordinate with their parents.
The site is very easy to order from in English. Very Cherry accepts Paypal and many major credit cards. Shipping from overseas is also fairly priced based on the amount purchased. Tutorials on how to make purchases in English are also available on the website and provide more detailed instructions.
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Visiting the online store of TopVintage.nl is a little like stepping into a catalog straight out of the 1950s.
All Pictures with friendly permission by Topvintage
The Dutch-based online shop has exceptionally high quality reproductions of items that were popular in the 1950s era all the way to the 1990s, particularly fitting the styles of retro, pin up and rockabilly looks. There is also a selection of genuine vintage passed down over the years, chosen with care and extreme attention to quality and detail.
Trendy brands and labels that hold a leading spot in retro, pin up and rockabilly looks are found in a wide variety of styles throughout the store. Bettie Page Clothing, Heartbreaker Fashion, Collectif and Stop Staring Clothing are just some of the brands you'll find at TopVintage.nl. You'll find endless varieties of lingerie, petticoats, retro swimwear, sky-high stilettos, purses and bags, jewelry, accessories and more, imported from all around the world for the finest selection in pin up fashion.
You'll find all sorts of styles in TopVintage.nl whether you're looking for a sassy sundress covered in polka dots, classic military-inspired casual wear and uniforms, sexy petticoats to wear with a rockabilly dress or burlesque outfit, or anything else to satisfy your craving for true vintage and pin up fashion. They ship all around the world an offer styles in a variety of sizes at affordable prices, so it's highly likely you'll find an affordable piece of clothing that's perfect for your wardrobe.
If you're a bargain hunter, be sure to check out the sale and clearance items available at TopVintage.nl. You'll find pieces that are soon to be discontinued and difficult to find anywhere else, all at affordable prices. If you find something you love in the sale section, be sure to snatch it up right away!
The lingerie section at TopVintage.nl hosts a variety of sweet, hot and sexy pieces such as frilly stockings, babydoll tanks and nighties, ruffled briefs, and more, the perfect variety whether you're looking for something sweet and innocent or bold, daring and sexy.
The shoe section offers something for everyone, whether you're on the hunt for the perfect set of high heels or a well-crafted pair of winter boots. You'll find basic as well as incredibly unique styles that can be paired with all sorts of pin up and rockabilly looks.TopVintage.nl is perfect for all your vintage and pin up needs!
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Tabor, South Bohemia, Feb 12 (CTK) – A Czech court Friday acquitted a 53-year-old cannabis grower of drug production though not on the basis of her argument that she grew cannabis as a medicine to heal her asthma and arthritis.
In 2008 the court imposed a two-month suspended sentence with one-year probation on the woman, translator Libuse Bryndova, but the appeal court cancelled the verdict over serious mistakes and ordered that the case be discussed again.
The court did not try Bryndova for production of cannabis ointments but for inhaling cannabis dust by which the plaintiff said she misused the drug for toxicomania.
Bryndova said the inhalations softened her troubles with asthma.
Some experts say smoking marijuana can have healing effects.
Nevertheless, expert Miloslav Krsiak, who appeared in the court Friday, said there exists no reliable scientific evidence proving cannabis' healing effect on asthma.
The judge, who acquitted Bryndova, did not take the argument about cannabis as a kind of medicine into account.
Bryndova was acquitted mainly owing to the new Penal Code that permits the growers to grow five cannabis plants at the most.
Bryndova used most of her cannabis to produce ointments, which is not unlawful, and inhaled dust of only 2.6 plants.
In addition, cannabis is a narcotic substance, therefore its growing cannot be qualified as drug production.
The police launched the prosecution of Bryndova after she appeared as a cannabis grower in a television programme. In 2006-2007 she grew at least 29 cannabis plants on her plot in south Bohemia.


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Emile Hirsch is set to inhabit the skin of a comedy legend.
The "Into the Wild" star has been cast as late comedian John Belushi in a forthcoming biopic written and to be directed by Steve Conrad ("The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"). The film will chart the rise to fame of the "Blues Brothers" star, who got his big break as a key player on "Saturday Night Live" in the 1970s, before his untimely death at the age of 33.
Production on the film, which is being executive-produced by Belushi's "SNL" co-star Dan Aykroyd, is set to begin next spring in New York.
Hirsch most recently starred in David Gordon Green's "Prince Avalanche" opposite Paul Rudd. Coming up he's got the History Channel/A&E/Lifetime miniseries "Bonnie and Clyde" and the big-screen war film "Lone Survivor" co-starring Mark Wahlberg, Ben Foster and Eric Bana.
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Have you ever said, "I wish God would just show me my future, so I know what to expect and how to plan"? I have said these exact words. Looking back over the last five years, I now understand the wisdom of why God didn't provide me with the 30,000 foot view for The Covering House. It would have paralyzed me from acting.
As 2014 comes to a close, I want to open my heart up to you and share with you some of our challenges, successes, and initiatives for 2015.
Five years ago when my husband Greg and I founded The Covering House, I had no idea what to expect. I sat on my couch watching a documentary on sex trafficking of girls in the United States and knew I had to do something to fight this. At the age of 47, I didn't want to make a name for myself or create the biggest organization, I just wanted to make a difference in my little corner of the world.
I didn't need to know everything, I just needed to find people who knew what I didn't know. I shared the need and the passion to help girls and so many people with vastly different backgrounds and skill sets stepped up to help.
While I have sat on nonprofit board of directors before, launching an organization of this magnitude was a greater challenge than I anticipated. I was naïve in many ways about all that it took to open a Long Term Therapeutic Home. Let me share some of our challenges.
- "No Problem Here". People at first didn't think this was a problem in our area. I took a meeting with anyone who would listen to me about this issue. Persistence paid off. We now know that St. Louis is in the top 20 cities in the country for trafficking.
- "NIMBY" (Not In My Back Yard). Everyone thought having a home for the girls would be wonderful, somewhere else. Yet again we kept our heads down and pushed forward and we were blessed with a beautiful home, owned by gracious landlords, and only have to pay $1.00 a year.
- Meeting all the State Licensing Standards. This entailed reading a large green book to make sure we didn't miss anything when hiring, training, setting up the residence etc. I am a bit of a Nervous Nellie so I read it 4 times.
- Zoning and Fire Codes. This proved to be the greatest of challenge because state and local requirements are different yet we had to meet both. Let's just say I know more about zoning laws and fire codes than I ever really wanted to know. I am also thankful to those who understand these codes and were willing to help us along the way.
- Turning Girls Away. Let me explain. Currently, The Covering House has only 5 beds. We have designated 2 of those beds for private placement. Private placement is when either a parent, the courts, or a juvenile officer refers to us. The good news about private placement is that these young girls will have a greater chance of success because they have not experienced institutionalization, and we can receive them quickly which means less chance of re-victimization. The challenge for The Covering House is that we now have to absorb all the costs for any girl that is placed with us outside of State custody.
A Few of The Covering House Successes
(Both In-Client and Out-Client Services)
- Opened our first Long Term Therapeutic Home
- Provided services to 15 clients taking our total to 33
- Provided 32 hours of Music Therapy
- Provided 456 hours of Individual Counseling
- Dedicated 108 hours to Court Advocacy for the girls
- Provided training to over 70 Foster Care Families
- Provided training to 900 St. Louis City Law Enforcement Officers
- Provided Community Education to 2,702 people
- Recruited 91 new volunteers to take our volunteer team to 150 people
- Became 1 of 15 agencies in the State of Missouri to receive the Champion for Children Tax Credits
2015 Initiatives
- Partnership with Horace Mann Elementary for developing a Prevention Program for 4th- 6th graders (ages 9-12 years old). This is per the request from the principal of the school since they have had 4 girls already victims of sex trafficking.
- Partnership with Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital to establish best practices, train medical staff, and develop a Covering House medical home. We have already started the process.
- Development of a Foster Care Program in order to help a greater number of girls.
- Open an Emergency Crisis Home that will house girls for 72 hours to 30 days until assessment of needs can be conducted and best placement determined. (This will help keep law enforcement from taking girls to detention centers due to lack of resources)
Through this journey I have shed many tears, prayed earnestly for wisdom, and celebrated achievements. The Covering House team is incredible. Day in and day out they go above and beyond to insure that The Covering House moves forward to help girls. We are tired yet energized at the same time. We consider it an honor to serve these girls no matter how difficult.
The Covering House has come far in the past 5 years. The estimated 300,000 child victims in the United States are no longer a statistic to us, they have faces and hearts. They have fears and dreams. They giggle with the carefree innocence that every child should experience, yet they have to work through the very real trafficking trauma that NO child should experience.
We have set a goal of $120,000 for the month of December. We are so very close to reaching it. As the year closes, would you consider partnering with us financially so we can increase our services to other girls and the community? If you are interested in helping us reach our December goal, please click here.
Thank you in advance for your support. We truly could not help these girls without you.
Happy New Year.
Deidre Lhamon
Founder & Executive Direcctor


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I don't support the troops, America, and neither do you. I am tired of the ruse we are playing on these brave citizens in our armed forces. And guess what -- a lot of these soldiers and sailors and airmen and Marines see right through the bull**** of those words, "I support the troops!," spoken by Americans with such false sincerity -- false because our actions don't match our words. These young men and women sign up to risk their very lives to protect us -- and this is what they get in return:
1. They get sent off to wars that have NOTHING to do with defending America or saving our lives. They are used as pawns so that the military-industrial complex can make billions of dollars and the rich here can expand their empire. By "supporting the troops," that means I'm supposed to shut up, don't ask questions, do nothing to stop the madness, and sit by and watch thousands of them die? Well, I've done an awful lot to try and end this. But the only way you can honestly say you support the troops is to work night and day to get them out of these hell holes they've been sent to. And what have I done this week to bring the troops home? Nothing. So if I say "I support the troops," don't believe me -- I clearly don't support the troops because I've got more important things to do today, like return an iPhone that doesn't work and take my car in for a tune up.
2. While the troops we claim to "support" are serving their country, bankers who say they too "support the troops," foreclose on the actual homes of these soldiers and evict their families while they are overseas! Have I gone and stood in front of the sheriff's deputy as he is throwing a military family out of their home? No. And there's your proof that I don't "support the troops," because if I did, I would organize mass sit-ins to block the doors of these homes. Instead, I'm having Chilean sea bass tonight.
3. How many of you who say you "support the troops" have visited a VA hospital to bring aid and comfort...


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Definitions for "Lesson"
A reading from the scriptures, usually done by a layperson. Episcopal liturgy customarily includes readings from the Old Testament, the New Testament, and the Gospels.
A selection of scripture that serves as a reading for a church service. It is also known as a lection or a reading.
Also the Epistle; any reading from the Bible except the Gospels or Psalms; usually read on the opposite side of the church from where the Gospel is read; in older practice the Lesson was read from the "Epistle Side"--the right side facing the altar, while the Gospel was read from the "Gospel Side"--the left side facing the altar. Current practice in many Episcopal churches does not conform to this older pattern; The first reading from scripture at the Eucharist; also, the scripture readings at the Daily Offices or at other liturgies.
Anything read or recited to a teacher by a pupil or learner; something, as a portion of a book, assigned to a pupil to be studied or learned at one time.
That which is learned or taught by an express effort; instruction derived from precept, experience, observation, or deduction; a precept; a doctrine; as, to take or give a lesson in drawing.
A portion of Scripture read in divine service for instruction; as, here endeth the first lesson.
Keywords: reproof, rebuke, warning, lecture, punishment
A severe lecture; reproof; rebuke; warning.
punishment intended as a warning to others; "they decided to make an example of him"
a miracle which God offers to me, in place of thoughts I made that hurt me
a parcel or chunk of information that you wish to package into an easily accessible and controllable unit
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IoT firm's latest truck cameras use computer vision/ object recognition to interpret road scenes, detect rolling stops, read speed limits and identify dangerous driving behaviors such as distraction or tailgating.
Fleets and trucking operations interested in advanced driver assistance systems, or ADAS, to improve safety but looking for a lower-cost, "lighter" option have a new product to consider. Samsara's latest commercial dashcam unveiled Monday and shipping this month builds in stronger AI capabilities and hardware upgrades to recognize and alert drivers of things like speed limits and pedestrians or vehicles ahead in dangerous proximity-even in real time.
The key was to move more AI recognition and processing to the camera itself rather than having to process video in the cloud. "By leveraging AI technology, we're able to move the heavy lifting associated with analytical analysis from the cloud into the camera, which opens the door for those real-time notifications," a company spokesperson said.
"The camera can read the road," she added, "which is how you are able to get alerts of activity independent of a harsh event."
The system does not include any semi-autonomous driving functionality like ADAS systems do, such as automatic emergency braking. But the Samsara system's advanced object recognition and real-time alerts can now offer many similar warnings and watch for safety coaching opportunities as ADAS systems do, only there's no automatic/ takeover functionality. (At least not yet.)
"Our vision is to apply cutting-edge technology to deliver major benefits at a price point that is affordable and accessible to fleets of all sizes," the spokesperson told Fleet Owner. "If more fleets can take advantage of this technology, it'll make the roads safer for everyone."
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-A rugged design built to withstand extreme temperatures.
-A powerful, AI-optimized "brain" with CPU, graphics processor and memory in the Samsara hardware itself. The system auto-uploads video scenes to the cloud and stores 40 hours of driving footage for on-demand access.
-Advanced camera recognition technology that can identify pedestrians, vehicles, road signs and more as the system monitors for immediate risk situations as well as noteworthy events to report back later.
-Scalable additional functionality available from Samsara's broadening connected fleet/ asset management platform.
The camera system's hardware has been upgraded and now offers HD 1080p video, HDR, infrared LED for low-light recording and night vision, and a better built-in speaker for louder/ clearer in-cab alerts (often especially important in loud trucks). In-cab notifications can be turned on or off, depending on customer need/ preference, and this latest camera also adds a 1300mAH battery for backup power.
Samsara has told Fleet Owner that it views machine learning and artificial intelligence as an important part of the value proposition it can offer fleets and trucking operations. Combined with more powerful hardware and processing built in, the new video system "gives customers of all sizes the tools to enhance fleet safety and reduce accident-related costs," the company stated in a release.
Fleets using its technology platform, which includes tools for driver safety, fleet management and compliance, have seen "marked improvements in both severity and volume of accidents, reducing overall costs by as much as half." That's a bold claim the company points to, for example, in the results one beverage and ice cream distributor in the Northeast saw using Samsara's video systems and platform. The fleet logged a 40-50% reduction in accidents and 60% reduction in overall related costs. Samsara explained that its software "distills countless hours of video footage into the most critical events, preventing drivers or fleet managers from being burdened by data overload," as other video systems do, but the Samsara system is incorporating more real-time processing and alerts.
"With real-time processing, Samsara can proactively alert drivers in the cab and provide fleet managers with instant, actionable information to better coach their drivers," the company said. And again, Samsara is openly touting an affordable price point for the system.
"We've applied cutting-edge AI developments to the challenge of improving fleet safety while still keeping the tech accessible," contended Saleh Elhattab, safety product group manager at Samsara, regarding the new video system.
The IoT and fleet systems maker also noted it's got coming enhancements planned for the system. "The new cameras are part of Samsara's broader investments in artificial intelligence," the company stated, adding that it plans "to develop additional AI-driven features [that] will be released to customers as over-the-air software upgrades at no additional cost."


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When Victor Collins was murdered, sometime between the hours of 1 and 3 AM, it is believed to have happened in the home of one James Andrew Bates, of Bentonville, Arkansas. Police have arrested Bates for the murder, and are actively looking to put together a criminal case, and there's believed to be only one […]Read »
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Electoral College Chooses Trump; Clinton Loses VotesPosted 12/19/2016 6:44 pm by Ron Hogan
The story of this election has been the divided country we live in. Just because the election has been decided that doesn't mean that the election story is over. Oh no. The United States uses something called the Electoral College, which basically means that every state is worth a certain number of electoral college votes. […]Read »
Synthetic Pot Leads To Brooklyn "Zombie Outbreak"Posted 12/16/2016 6:21 pm by Ron Hogan
Synthetic marijuana is nothing to sneeze at. In fact, it's nothing to even try smoking, either, because it's dangerous, dangerous stuff. A street corner in Brooklyn, where Bushwick meets Bedford-Stuyvesant, has become known as "zombie corner" because of the massive amount of K2 addicts gathering there. During one weekend day, 33 people passed out in […]Read »
One Billion Yahoo Accounts HackedPosted 12/14/2016 6:31 pm by Ron Hogan
It wasn't all that long ago that Yahoo suffered the largest single hacking attack on record. At that time, 500 million user accounts were compromised. Turns out, that's just the tip of the iceberg for the flailing online giant. Yahoo announced today that one billion Yahoo accounts have been compromised. No, not one billion total; […]Read »
Man Spends Stolen $1 Million On Game Of WarPosted 12/12/2016 6:40 pm by Ron Hogan
People spend a lot of money on games on their phone. Even a free game like Pokemon Go can rack up hundreds of dollars in fees if you decide to become a pay to win player (which is what most game companies are counting on) For example, the biggest money-making game of the last two […]Read »
Tour NYC's Christmas Lights Via GooglePosted 12/07/2016 7:53 pm by Ron Hogan
For over 150 years, New York City has ushered in the holiday season with a uniquely New York tradition. Every big retailer in New York's iconic Fifth Avenue does window displays. Basically, the front window of Macy's or Saks becomes a mini holiday panorama, and as you walk down the street, every store tries to […]Read »


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Brand new and sealed retired set. In original outer box from Lego. Inside set should be in mint condition! All proceeds go to charity. The item "LEGO Star Wars Death Star 2008 (10188) BRAND NEW FOR CHARITY" is in sale since Tuesday, June 12, 2018. This item is in the category "Toys & Hobbies\Building Toys\LEGO\LEGO Complete Sets & Packs". The seller is "msabapat" and is located in Plainsboro, New Jersey. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, China, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, South africa, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi arabia, Ukraine, United arab emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Malaysia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa rica, Panama, Trinidad and tobago, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Antigua and barbuda, Aruba, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Saint kitts and nevis, Saint lucia, Montserrat, Turks and caicos islands, Barbados, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Brunei darussalam, Bolivia, Ecuador, Egypt, French guiana, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Cayman islands, Liechtenstein, Sri lanka, Luxembourg, Monaco, Macao, Martinique, Maldives, Nicaragua, Oman, Peru, Pakistan, Paraguay, Reunion.
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Surgery with anaesthetics: mergers and acquisitions taxation
Published on 01 Jun 15 by "THE TAX SPECIALIST" JOURNAL ARTICLE
Prior to the late 1990s, there were no specific provisions giving relief from significant tax exposures that arose when implementing corporate restructures. Since that time, the introduction of scrip-for-scrip relief (1999), the tax consolidation regime (2002) and demerger relief (2002) have without doubt facilitated numerous corporate restructures and takeovers that could not otherwise have been implemented.
This article focuses on some of the more important problem areas and anomalies that exist in the application of the scrip-for-scrip, demerger and consolidation provisions in the context of takeovers and corporate restructures. In addition, reference is made to some issues associated with distributions that may relate to a takeover or restructure. The article primarily focuses on restructures involving corporate entities, and does not seek to address issues that can arise in relation to transactions involving trusts or trust structures.
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Kenneth Spence CTA-LifeKen is a Special Counsel in the Melbourne office of Greenwoods & Herbert Smith Freehills. He has been closely involved for many years in advising Australian and foreign-owned listed companies on M&A transactions and has been extensively involved with both clients and tax professional bodies in relation to all aspects of the tax consolidation regime. Ken is a past President of The Tax Institute. - Current at 23 August 2016
Edward Consett ATIEdward Consett, ATI, is a Director in the Melbourne office of EY. He advises on the tax issues for medium to large-scale infrastructure transactions,including privatisations, PPP, renewable energy and secondary market transactions. Edward is a Member of Chartered Accountants Australia & New Zealand, a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria and a lecturer at the University of Melbourne. - Current at 05 May 2018
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Q: Gov. Hickenlooper, you disagree? You've said that you're open to keeping some servicemembers in Afghanistan beyond your first term.
HICKENLOOPER: I look at it as a humanitarian issue. If we completely pull our troops out of there, you're going to see a humanitarian disaster. We have troops in over 400 different locations around the world. Most of them are small, they're peacekeeping, they're not greatly at risk. We're going to have to be in Afghanistan. Look at the progress that has happened in that country. We're going to turn our backs and walk away from people that have risked their lives to help us and build a different future for Afghanistan and that part of the world?
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Happy 2019! It's hard to believe that the holidays are over, but honestly…I am kind of relieved. It's nice to have the Christmas tree down and my house back in (sort of) order. With the New Year upon us, everyone is setting their goals for 2019. I'm not a huge resolution person, I do have goals – but I usually set them throughout the year. One of my recent goals is to cook at home more often. Life gets busy, and I get it…it's easy to grab takeout. In an effort to save money and pay off our home early, we are cutting costs where we can – including eating out! These Crockpot Creamy Buffalo Ranch Chicken Sliders are a delicious weeknight meal, throw the ingredients in the crockpot and you are ready to go!
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Did you see the Eurovision Song Contest last night? Do US readers have it broadcast in the US, you not being Europe?
Anyway it was won by Finnish heavy Metal schlock/rock band Lordi with their song Hard Rock Hallelujah. Anything with the chorus Bring on the Arockalypse had my vote. The band caused controvesy with their Hammer House of Horror makeup and were accused of satanism. Which when you look at the words of the song is quite the reverse. The song urges all creatures to turn from sin and follow the angels out of hell. A sort of All creatures that on earth do dwell, sing to the Lord with Cheerful Voice, with flashbombs, power chords and an axe.
The voting was the usual happy neighbours fiesta. All the Baltic states voted for each other as did the Balkans. The UK entry was even worse than usual, a teenage rap with a chorus of St Trinians schoolgirls with mockney acents.
The Armenian song was not particularly memorable but got a good vote and it is good to see Armenia take a place on the European stage (I do mean the wider stage here) So far as the neighbourly voting is concerned they got a good reaction for Israel.
The Russian singer danced on his piano while les Sylphides floated around him. The Germans attempted Country and Western. Croatia's entry was barking mad. Called in translation "My High Heel" it featured lines which translated as "tick tock, it's half past two, your godfather was the devil, the grass is not sprouting, oy oy oy, hi, hi, hi! (in the original Croatian oj oj oj )
The Turkish entry and the Turkish presenter in Ankara both wore outfits that would get them stoned when they leave the studio. Nana Mouskouri announced the start of the voting then there was a celebration of 4000 years of Greek music, from Aristophanes and The Birds to Bazouki, while votes were counted.
And Terry Wogan was as hilarious as ever giving the UK commentary. All we need next year is a good song and a good singer. And look there goes a flying pig.


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Someone, back when I was in college, insisted I was expressive compared to an Autistic 10-year-old she knew: Yeah, but you're different, you're expressive. This post could go in a few different directions that I'd like to list because there were so many issues I (still) have with that statement:
- that's it's okay to not be a wordsmith out loud or at all;
- that comparing two people with an age difference of ten years – or comparing Autistic people to each other at all like that – isn't useful;
- that expressiveness doesn't just come with words, so stop discounting people who don't do them out loud well or at all;
- my personal experience with the concept of expressiveness, movement, speech, and trying to go fast to keep up.
I chose the last one.
I may think in words, not pictures or concepts – but getting the worded thoughts to speech is another task entirely. Spontaneous conversation is hard. There's this thing I do, which is simultaneously talk really fast, and not say half of what I wanted or meant to say. The speed at which conversations go doesn't always give me the time to say the appropriate thing, so I spit out then closest thing in my head to what I mean. Sometimes it's the wrong thing or makes no sense.
I don't use spoken echolalia from pop culture and people around me so much as I use the same format for sentences over and over again, slipping in different words – or I stumble through words, speaking quickly but not always coherently.
I move in the same way I talk: scuffing and stumbling on stray objects. I can't always find my body in space; I can't always figure out object proximity because of visual processing and go crashing into it. I can't cut food or tie shoelaces effectively, and learning how to do needlework was a short-lived venture. My feet drag the ground when I walk or I put my feet down with unnecessary force; there isn't an in-between. Door frames are my enemy.
Or: I rock to other people's rocking, flap to other people's flapping, turn to look in the same direction as anyone I'm with – I'm echopraxic and copy movements. Or I don't remember how to move at all. If I move, it's fast, though – and it takes a lot of work.
I am tired of trying to move fast in conversations with non-autistic people (and sometimes other autistic folks). I am tired of the fast pace of movement I set for myself, lest I fall behind non-autistic standards. I am tired that the ways I communicate and move don't seem to be enough for a lot of people.
Or, if you flip that coin, I am tired of the way people dismiss the struggle to move fast and the struggle to sound like I know what I'm talking about and call me expressive.
I want to learn to stop going so fast. I want to learn that it's okay for me to take long pauses, stimming idly as I let the words form and coalesce into sentences.
I don't want to hear that I'm expressive.
I want to learn that it's okay to never be able coordinate my movements when I turn toward a door frame, resulting in the inevitable collision. I want to learn that I can focus on my movements, unapologetically Autistic in the ways my hands move, slowing to let myself tap invisible pianos and move my hands back and forth to the music.
I want people to learn to value diversity in communication and movement. I want people to make the effort to understand me, as I make the effort to understand them. I want people to learn that the ways I speak and move are, now and always, acceptable and valid.


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Woops, doing another one with nanoloop + sfxr, gotta get these in.
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Every step I have taken so far has been towards the Occident, ever since I won a scholarship to continue my studies in France. I wept for joy when I learnt the news, because I had finally been offered an opportunity to see the outside world. I was determined to make a difference abroad and make my country proud of its people. I even took to picturing myself receiving a Nobel prize!
Now, after all these years, I have come to terms with what I will achieve in life in view of what I have achieved so far and think it's time I returned back home. I want to leave the work of tiptoeing carefully across a white hall filled with sterilized equipment and glassware with highly reactive substances behind in the lab and try spending some time in the country that conceived me, nurtured me and equipped me for what the future might have had in store for me.
Hence, I book flights for me and my whole family. The day before our departure, my son Omar comes running to me while I am lounging on a rocking chair reading the papers to ask me:
"Daddy, I can't believe I am actually getting to see my homeland for the very first time! What should I pack for such an occasion?"
"Go ask your mother," I reply with a beaming smile.
After a while, my wife, Marwa, comes to announce that she has finished packing for all of us. She sits down next to me and grants me, after all the grouching she has done about my decision, that she has been looking forward to the trip as well.
"But weren't you a proud Moroccan?" I tease her.
"Well, Egypt's culture and traditions are more related to those of my own country than to those here, so I guess it is good enough a destination for the time being."
"I was just kidding. Let's go to bed, we have to wake up early tomorrow."
In bed, I close my eyes and before falling asleep, memories of my journeys across the Arab World come flooding back, memories of the Luxor Temples and the Giza Pyramids, which have triumphantly defied the cruel passage of time; of the city of Latakia and the Golan Heights, with its lush green valleys engulfed by ice-capped mountains, on whose slopes forests stretch; of Baghdad, which has played an important role in history ever since it belonged to the Akkadian Empire; of Mecca, the Prophet's hometown; of the cosmopolitan and multi-confessional metropolis of Jerusalem; of Petra, Jordan's desert flower; and of Alexandria, the jewel in the crown of the Mediterranean coastline.
The next morning, we rise early and head to the airport. Chills run down my back when, already aboard the plane, I spot a scary-looking bearded man. But then I sit down and let my mind take me back to the place I left behind so many years ago. Suddenly, my boy tells me he loves me. I tell him that I also love him and pat his head.
Moments later, an explosion in the back of the plane catapults me into the skies. Still attached to my seat, I find myself plummeting to the ground rapidly.
"Why did the Arab terrorist blow up the plane?" I ask myself. "Why would he want to drag the reputation of his kin through the mud? How can he not see the damage he inflicts on future generations? Why does he not allow the Western world to discover Egypt's beauty? Why did he kill me and my family, seeing that we are also Arabs? What a faithless schmuck!"
In my last seconds of life, I give up hope of at least landing in my country. I wish I could have done more for it and the image it projects to the West. Then, I enter Paradise and confirm it: it looks just like Egypt.
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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7373034032597366737.post8728173498760800924..comments2020-10-13T09:46:30.019-07:00Comments on Musicology Now: Earth firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7373034032597366737.post-83327232544418713242018-05-09T11:40:00.541-07:002018-05-09T11:40:00.541-07:00It was a very good post indeed. I thoroughly enjoy...It was a very good post indeed. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it in my lunch time. Will surely come and visit this blog more often. Thanks for sharing. Musically 2018
Anonymoushttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7373034032597366737.post-33353107906084509472017-07-14T15:49:32.351-07:002017-07-14T15:49:32.351-07:00Although Voyager 1 has left the solar system, I do...Although Voyager 1 has left the solar system, I doubt it is headed "for galaxies far, far away." More likely it will eventually be captured by the gravity a relatively close star system in our own galaxy, and find some orbit there. But that is a trivial criticism of this interesting article on the fate of NASA's Golden Record.

The authors assert that the Golden Record provokes "important questions about the reach of musicology. It asks us to consider our work in its capacity to communicate across the barriers of languages, cultures—indeed across whole worlds and planets—and to examine the very basis and purpose of our work. If we set the most ambitious goals, communicating across species, across exoplanetary systems, and renegotiate the very foundational terms with which we operate, perhaps the rest of our work will seem less daunting as a consequence."

My response is that although that is an interesting reflection, it will likely appeal mostly to professional academics and corporatist billionaires and their politicians, who seem comfortable and even enthusiastic about moving the world towards a global culture, which has all kinds of implications for governance and economics being taken far beyond the scales that can be rooted in community or any functional democratic institutions. No doubt there are issues (such as environmental and humanitarian crises) that require international cooperation, but the well-intentioned "we are the world" liberal-globalist mindset also functions to undermine local communities and local control, local and national traditions and identities that give meaning to the lives of the vast majority of ordinary people who do not benefit from the corporate globalization and global governance that are ideologically supported by the cultural left's globalist mentality that sees national identity and western tradition as myopic and old-fashioned.

Is music a universal language? Can it convey emotional and spiritual messages across differences of language and culture? No doubt it can, and does for those who are secure enough in their economic and social position to embrace globalization. But again, for most ordinary people who find their employment and economic security eroding as industries and governance are moved offshore and to increasingly remote and insulated elite institutions, we prefer to fiddle while Rome burns, meaning we take comfort in the music that is familiar to us and makes reference to our history and traditions and gives us a sense of stable community, which must have local roots.Will Wilkinhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7373034032597366737.post-8290303772109615092017-07-14T15:48:37.451-07:002017-07-14T15:48:37.451-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Will Wilkinhttps://email@example.com


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Bausch strikes another blow against sloppy, maudlin sentimentality with this slim gathering of three razor-sharp novellas. Straightforward but deeply affecting, his work, as usual, adds up to much more than the sum of its parts, with bright glimmers of hope visible through the fog of loss and misunderstanding. In "Requisite Kindness," the volume's only new novella, a man who has "never felt any ease in the society of his own house" grapples with the repercussions of his whiskey-and-women past while keeping a solitary, snowed-in vigil at his dying mother's bedside. The strongest of the three is "Rare & Endangered Species," a dispiriting study of the myriad ways that "it feels like starvation to be intimate with someone you can't really reach," about the inexplicable suicide of a seemingly unflappable grandmother-to-be. "Spirits" traces a college professor's meltdown as he sits out a late-summer Virginia heat wave with a serial adulterer and a serial killer's ex-wife for companionship. Every action and conversation in these compact novellas is like a shaft of light refracted through a prism: Bausch is constantly turning and refocusing, closing in on the blinding-white clarity of each story's conclusion. Agent, Harriet Wasserman . (July 8)
Forecast: Following on the heels of a big collection of Bausch's short fiction ( The Stories of Richard Bausch, 2003), this may be met with reader (and reviewer) fatigue, but it will reward the faithful.
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