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<title><![CDATA[Historical fiction, Medieval-Sword of Eibhlin]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 23:51:28 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jack Sorenson</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Friday, July 11, 2008

A Medieval Sword Fighting Romance: A Tale of Love Not Lost



When I was a ki]]></description>
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<p>When I was a kid I used to go to the <a href="http://www.coloradorenaissance.com/">Colorado Renaissance Festival</a> outside of Larkspur. Set in the beautiful pine forests of the Colorado Rocky Mountains, this festival features a cast of hundreds of authentically costumed merrymakers living and working throughout the “village.” With performances continually taking place upon the festival’s seven stages, the illusion of a rollicking Medieval festival day is created. One of my favorite parts of the festival was the sword fights – knights would battle bandits as the audience watched with amazement at the swordsmanship and athletic daring. At the festival they sell small wooden swords that you can take home and practice with – envisioning yourself fighting off the King’s enemies with skill and bravery. I guess because of these early experiences I’ve always had a fascination for this period in time, and especially about the swordsmanship that required to survive. The recent book by Jack Sorenson took me back to these early days and let me re-imagine</p>
<p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&#38;location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FSword-Eibhlin-Tale-Love-Lost%2Fdp%2F0615202748%3Fie%3DUTF8%26s%3Dbooks%26qid%3D1215782512%26sr%3D8-1&#38;tag=thebauinsandp-20&#38;linkCode=ur2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=9325">Sword of Eibhlin</a><img style="border:medium none!important;margin:0!important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebauinsandp-20&#38;l=ur2&#38;o=1" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" />is the story of two master swordsmen, although in this case one is a woman. Edwin and Eibhlin grow up in the countryside of medieval England, learning all of the tricks and techniques involved in being an expert swordsman. One day, however, a marauding group of bandits come and pillage the village. Edwin and Eibhlin attempt to protect the people against these men, but are overwhelmed by their sheer number. Captured, they are carried across the landscape until they no longer recognize the countryside.<br />
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At the mercy of these evil men, they are forced to partake in their ways as they move from village to village looting and stealing. Soon, however, they are able to escape, but only at the cost of their lives – or so they both think.</p>
<p>I never like to give away the twists and turns of a book; that is half the fun of reading. What I will say is that although you most likely have read a number of medieval fiction books (and watched their Hollywood adaptations), the story found in <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&#38;location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FSword-Eibhlin-Tale-Love-Lost%2Fdp%2F0615202748%3Fie%3DUTF8%26s%3Dbooks%26qid%3D1215782512%26sr%3D8-1&#38;tag=thebauinsandp-20&#38;linkCode=ur2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=9325">Sword of Eibhlin</a><img style="border:medium none!important;margin:0!important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebauinsandp-20&#38;l=ur2&#38;o=1" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" />is unique. Filled with the usual sword fights, bandits, lost romances, and tales of blacksmithing and armor, the underlying story is what carried me through this book. Is Edwin dead? Is Eibhlin? Will they ever free themselves from their past and the bandits who chase them? Will they ever see each other again? And will their love finally be fulfilled?</p>
<p>If you are looking for an adventure novel to read, then <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&#38;location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FSword-Eibhlin-Tale-Love-Lost%2Fdp%2F0615202748%3Fie%3DUTF8%26s%3Dbooks%26qid%3D1215782512%26sr%3D8-1&#38;tag=thebauinsandp-20&#38;linkCode=ur2&#38;camp=1789&#38;creative=9325">Sword of Eibhlin</a><img style="border:medium none!important;margin:0!important;" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thebauinsandp-20&#38;l=ur2&#38;o=1" border="0" alt="" width="1" height="1" />may just fit the bill. Well written, filled with emotion and drama, the book is a great way to spend several afternoons. To complete the experience, I’d suggest reading it under a tree or against a rock in a meadow… maybe you too will be carried off to an ancient time and place.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[A Thorough Job]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 04:13:55 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Mistletoe</dc:creator>
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Sometimes when I have time to be alone with my thoughts&#8211;against all my best intentions&#8211;]]></description>
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<p>Sometimes when I have time to be alone with my thoughts--against all my best intentions--I sit in my favorite tree and watch the changing leaves, and I let my thoughts wander.</p>
<p>Of course lately they wander South Somewhere.  I whisper his name, his True Name, and I ask him to tell me how he is, where he is, anything.  Today I felt a sudden sting of pain in my ribs, which made me nearly fall out of the tree.</p>
<p>"Please," I try to say to him.  "Please, tell me what's going on."  I never know if he can hear me or when he can.  I can never see a thing.  I don't know if he's still blindfolded or if he just is refusing to let me look.  I don't always know what's from him or what's my own imagination.  Some cold, musty cell somewhere; exhausted, in pain, and still fighting to keep it from me.  He thinks he's protecting me by doing this, I know.  Doesn't he understand that I'd rather bear the pain with him than not know what he's enduring?  Than to have him hide from me?  Doesn't he trust me?</p>
<p>That doesn't even make sense for me to say.  But for ten years, at very least, I've had the dreams.  I've had him whisper to me that he's coming, that there's hope...and now he's so silent all the time.</p>
<p>His captors are doing their job well; they're succeeding in torturing me.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Oldest Western knitting image]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 14:46:33 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Most representations of knitting in art have been produced from the 18th century on. This painting, ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Most representations of knitting in art have been produced from the 18th century on. This painting, by Meister Bertram von Minden, Germany, was done near the end of the 14th century. Titled "The Madonna Knitting Christ's Seamless Garment", it represents the Virgin Mary making a tunic in the round, using 4 needles. The tradition of the seamless garment describes a scene at the crucifixion, when  the Roman soldiers  cast lots  to win possession of it, not wishing to tear  up such a valuable</p>
<p><a href="http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w282/Katknitter/blogs/meisterbertramvonmindenmadonnaknitt.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w282/Katknitter/blogs/th_meisterbertramvonmindenmadonnaknitt.jpg" alt="" width="125" height="153" align="right" /></a> item of clothing. Two churches, the cathedral at Trier and the parish church of Argenteuil,  claim to have possession of  the actual garment. Trier claims that it was brought to them by the Empress Saint Helena, who also is supposed to have found the True Cross. The French believe that theirs was brought there by Charlemagne, the Holy Roman Emperor. Both claims date from the 1100's.</p>
<p>Most probably, Christ's clothing was woven, not knitted. But it's a lovely painting and a lovely thought.</p>
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<title><![CDATA["La coscienza del montone"]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:14:58 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>ermes</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Dopo il marito, la moglie. La famiglia Alberoni rende immenso servigio alla sezione Medieval di Abeo]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dopo il <a href="http://abeonaforum.wordpress.com/2008/08/11/o-tempora-o-mores/" target="_blank">marito</a>, la <a href="http://www.rosaalberoni.it/" target="_blank">moglie</a>. La famiglia Alberoni rende immenso servigio alla sezione <em>Medieval</em> di Abeona. E' proprio il caso di dire che Dio li fa e poi ce li appioppia...</p>
<p>P.S.: ovviamente chiediamo scusa a Dio... P.P.S.: resta una domanda: "Perché tirare in ballo la <a href="http://abeonaforum.wordpress.com/2007/04/18/ipse-dixit-e-buonanotte-ai-suonatori/" target="_blank">scimmia</a>, povera creatura incolpevole?"</p>
<blockquote><p><a href="http://abeonaforum.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/rosa-alberoni.gif"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1561" title="rosa-alberoni" src="http://abeonaforum.wordpress.com/files/2008/10/rosa-alberoni.gif" alt="" width="130" height="124" /></a><strong><a href="http://www.zenit.org/article-15579?l=italian" target="_blank"></a></strong></p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.zenit.org/article-15579?l=italian" target="_blank">Quando la darwinolatria diventa intollerante<br />
</a></strong>Per Rosa Alberoni la bellezza artistica conduce al Creatore</p>
<p>di Antonio Gaspari</p>
<p><em>ROMA, martedì, 30 settembre 2008 (<a href="http://www.zenit.org/" target="_blank">ZENIT.org</a>) - In Europa e in Italia si sta riaccendendo il dibattito su Darwin, la teoria evoluzionistica e l’esistenza di un Creatore. La questione sembra uscire fuori dai binari del rapporto tra fede e scienza, con evidenti esagerazioni polemiche </em><em>e ideologiche.</em></p>
<p><em>In questo contesto, il Pontefice Benedetto XVI ha spiegato le sue argomentazioni nel volume “Creazione ed Evoluzione” (Edizione Devoniane 2007) in cui vengono riportate le relazioni svolte in un incontro a Castel Gandolfo nel 2006. Inoltre il Pontificio Consiglio della Cultura ha annunciato un convegno internazionale sul tema per il marzo 2009.</em></p>
<p><em>Per cercare di comprendere quali siano i veri termini del dibattito, ZENIT ha intervistato Rosa Alberoni, la professoressa e scrittrice che sul tema ha pubblicato “Il Dio di Michelangelo e la barba di Darwin” (Rizzoli, 2007).</em></p>
<p><!--more--><strong>Secondo uno studio dell’Università del Southhampton (riportato dal Daily Telegraph del 20 settembre) il 36% degli insegnanti di Scienze in Gran Bretagna è convinto che Dio abbia un ruolo nella creazione dell’uomo. Sempre secondo il sondaggio il 28% degli insegnanti pensa anche che gli studenti dovrebbero essere incoraggiati a scuola a dibattere della creazione insieme alle teorie evoluzionistiche. Lei che ne pensa?</strong></p>
<p>Rosa Alberoni: Penso che l’iniziativa sia lodevole. Tuttavia mi sembrano dei calciatori messi in panchina, che timidamente chiedono al Mister di entrare sul campo di gioco. E questo perché la maggioranza dell’élite ha accettato l’egemonia del messaggio del profeta Darwin. Gli atleti intimiditi e la gente comune, soprattutto i genitori, dovrebbero chiedere con forza: perché mescolate il sacro con il profano? Perché una teoria viene parificata alla realtà? La Creazione non è una teoria, è una realtà forgiata da una mano potente, una realtà certificata da tutto il creato, che è misterioso e sconfinata, e controfirmata dalla venuta di Cristo, che l’ha consacrata con la sua Parola. Quindi la Creazione non è oggetto di discussione, né di opinione, ma di acclamazione. Per confutare la teoria darwinista basta il buon senso: nessuna teoria è capace di creare il cielo e la terra, e tanto meno quel mistero che è l’essere umano, capace di conoscere passo dopo passo i piccoli segreti del creato, non la potenza di Dio, non il suo piano, non il suo pensiero come sostiene Einstein.</p>
<p><strong>Facendosi interprete dei desideri dei suoi studenti, il direttore del dipartimento educativo della Royal Society, il biologo Michael Reiss, ha dichiarato che la Creazione deve essere trattata a scuola tanto quanto l'evoluzionismo. Per questa sua dichiarazione Reiss ha subito incresciosi attacchi e richieste di dimissioni. Non le sembra oscurantista il divieto di discutere di teorie diverse da quelle evoluzioniste?</strong></p>
<p>Rosa Alberoni: Più che oscurantista il divieto è tracotante. Semmai la domanda che bisogna porsi è un’altra: perché la civiltà ebraico-cristiana ha permesso che una teoria s’installasse nelle scuole e sui media come realtà? Perché tale appare ai nostri figli: viene loro insegnato sin dall’asilo che l’uomo proviene dalla scimmia, con tutti i disegni che indicano con cura meticolosa come la scimmia camminando nel tempo perda il pelo, si alzi in piedi e diventi uomo. Quando arriva Natale, ai bambini l’evento centrale della cristianità si presenta come una delle tante favole. Tanto è vero che aspettano Babbo natale con sacco di doni, e Gesù appare loro come uno dei figli degli ambientalisti, fatto nascere apposta in una capanna, perché là dove vivono il bue e l’asinello l’aria non è inquinata. Ora tornare indietro nella storia per mettere insieme i cocci è arduo. Solo una decisione drastica, presa da tutti i Governi delle Nazioni appartenenti alla civiltà cristiana, potrebbe ristabilire la verità: decretare che la teoria darwinista venga collocata accanto a tutte le altre teorie dell’evoluzione – Lamark, Bergson, Comte, ecc. – e diventi materia di interesse per gli studenti universitari.</p>
<p><strong>Recentemente negli Stati Uniti un ricercatore è stato licenziato perché credeva nella Creazione. In Svezia il Ministro dell’Educazione ha vietato che si parli a scuola di teorie diverse da quelle evoluzioniste e il Consiglio d’Europa ha votato una risoluzione in cui sostiene che “il creazionismo può diventare una minaccia ai diritti umani”. Perché secondo lei, ci sono tante critiche nei confronti delle teorie che non si accontentano di tesi riduzioniste e che riconoscono un Creatore?</strong></p>
<p>Rosa Alberoni: Primo: il Consiglio d’Europa ha perso il senno, perché una tale decisione sottoscrive il degrado morale dell’Europa. Secondo: perché Dio è ingombrate per gli atei militanti, che fomentano la dittatura dell’individualismo. E’ ingombrante perché chiama in causa la coscienza morale di ognuno, perché i valori che scaturiscono dalla parola di Dio tutelano la dignità della persona, creano la civiltà, incitano a frenare gli impulsi distruttori di chiunque, quegli impulsi provenienti da Satana che lotta per ingrandire il suo regno di anime dannate. Gli atei militanti pretendono di vivere ed agire come gli animali: fare ogni giorno quello che più gli piace. Vale a dire: abortire come e quando si vuole; matrimoni fra uomini e fra donne; adozione dei bambini da parte di chiunque; calpestare i deboli nella lotta per il potere, per l’egemonia, o semplicemente per poter dire: io valgo più di te, perché sono più forte, quindi taci e obbedisci. E agli scientisti di poter clonare chiunque, incrociare l’uomo con l’animale, usare l’essere umano come cavia, fare esperimenti a tutto campo senza limiti, usando come criterio la coscienza del montone.</p>
<p>E’ la menzogna seminata dai darwinisti che minaccia i diritti dell’essere umano a considerarsi tale, cioè diverso dagli animali sia fisicamente che ontologicamente. I popoli devono capire per potersi ribellare, rigettare l’inganno e pretendere la verità dagli scienziati che operano da scienziati non da imbroglioni. Agli scientisti, ai forgiatori di menzogne in realtà non gliene importa nulla della provenienza dell’uomo, la scimmia è un grimaldello per ottenere la libertà di manovra, gli interessa il potere aribitrario, il denaro. Ma sanno che per ottenere carta bianca devono sbarazzarsi di Dio, annientare la coscienza morale dell’uomo, ridurlo ad un robot da manovrare a piacimento.</p>
<p><strong>Nel libro “Il Dio di Michelangelo e la barba di Darwin” lei sostiene che la teoria evoluzionista è diventata “darwinolatria”, e che è molto dannosa per i nostri figli. Ci spiega perché?</strong></p>
<p>Rosa Alberoni: Perchè polverizza i valori della civiltà ebraico-cristiana. Perché è diventata l’ideologia che ha sostituito il marxismo. Non si parla più di Marx, è sparito dal linguaggio e dagli scritti, ma al suo posto hanno messo Darwin, il DNA. Questo ci indica che il comunismo portava in grembo la scimmia. Smaterializzatosi il comunismo, è apparso l’animale peloso e il suo profeta: Darwin il possessore della verità autentica. Mentre Abramo, Mosè, i profeti, la Madonna, i Santi, Cristo Gesù, tutti bugiardi! Tutti imbroglioni! La darwinolatria è nefasta, proprio come lo è stato il comunismo, perché giorno per giorno manipola le menti dei giovani dandogli le immagini e il linguaggio, che si riferiscono alla pura corporalità profana. I detentori dei media, i darwinisti o darwinolatri, non negano apertamente i valori cardini della nostra civiltà, ma li svuotano di significato. Per esempio: non hanno (ancora) il coraggio di affermare apertamente che il non uccidere, il non rubare, non dichiarare il falso, non commettere atti impuri, come lo stupro e la pedofilia, il rifuggire i vizi, l’onorare Dio, i genitori e le autorità sono valori eterni voluti dalla saggezza umana e da Dio. Non dicono: abbandona i valori della tradizione ebraico-cristiana e segui i nostri, che calzano meglio al tuo essere moderno. Ma dicono: segui la tua idea, il tuo volere, i tuoi desideri, sii libero di scegliere, di agire come vuoi, e di crearti i valori quando ti pare. In sostanza, se sei intelligente, segui il tuo volere individuale, segui il tuo Io e le sue voglie, come l’ha definito Benedetto XVI. E’ questo che viene in modo subliminale suggerito nelle scuole, sui media. A scuola il bambino non va per imparare, ma per divertirsi, per esprimere i suoi desideri, e l’insegnante non deve insegnare ma porsi in ascolto dell’alunno. E’ l’insegnate che deve imparare dall’alunno, e i genitori, complici di tale ideologia, incitano i figli dicendo: fai di testa tua. Cioè fai quello che ti pare. Ed essi lo fanno, tranne poi lamentarsi del caos morale e sociale in cui viviamo.</p>
<p><strong>Lei parla anche della bellezza del Dio di Michelangelo. Può dirci quale concetto intende comunicare?</strong></p>
<p>Rosa Alberoni: Michelangelo ci indica che Dio è il forgiatore di tutto il creato, e lo forgia con sapienza, armonia e bellezza impareggiabili ed irripetibili. All’uomo che ha nominato suo aiutante e custode della terra, non resta che conoscere, e cercare di imitarlo nel creare bellezza ed acquisire saggezza. Ci dice anche che Dio ha un piano per il Suo creato e per rassicurarci che non ci ha abbandonati, nonostante le nostre brutture, egli ci ha inviato i profeti, i Santi e infine, visto che eravamo sordi e ciechi, si è fatto uomo, Cristo, per rivelarci in modo inequivocabile che il Padre nostro esiste ed è nei cieli, ci ama di un amore smisurato, e ci ha indicato la via per tornare a casa. Ma per dirci anche che la vita ha senso, ha un valore unico ed inestimabile. Sta a noi saper usare il libero arbitrio che ci ha donato sin dal principio, sta a noi scegliere se ascoltare la Sua Parola e salvarci, o seguire la sonata di Satana e dei suoi seguaci e perderci.</p>
<p>Osservando la Cappella Sistina e il messaggio chiaro ed inequivocabile di Michelangelo, viene da domandarsi: perché siamo arrivati a tanto? Perché tirare in ballo la scimmia, povera creatura incolpevole? Perché dovremmo barattare la vita fatta di solo polvere con la bellezza della creazione e la certezza della vita eterna? La risposta non ha scampo: o siamo diventati più ottusi della scimmia oppure Satana sta facendo un buon lavoro. E quindi nella nostre orecchie rimbomba la domanda inquietante di Cristo: “Quando il Figlio dell’uomo tornerà, troverà ancora la fede sulla terra?”.</p></blockquote>
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<title><![CDATA[The Historical Boutique]]></title>
<link>http://gracealamode.wordpress.com/2008/10/11/the-historical-boutique/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Grace</dc:creator>
<guid>http://gracealamode.ro.wordpress.com/2008/10/11/the-historical-boutique/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I have a new shop from Grace a la Mode, &#8220;The Historical Boutique Collection&#8221;. I make vin]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have a new shop from Grace a la Mode, "The Historical Boutique Collection". I make vintage and historical clothing for custom fit, or pre-sewn.</p>
<p>They range from: Medieval Era, Renaissance Era, 18th Century and Colonial, Regency, Victorian Era, Edwardian Era, Turn of the Century, Titanic and Teens Era, 1910s-1950s.</p>
<p>If you are interested, please see the main shop site: <a href="http://homeschoolblogger.com/theboutique">The Boutique Collection</a> for examples of my sewing work. I can also fix garments that need hemming, patching...etc. I try my best to use notions that were used in the time period, but I can not make the garments exactly historically accurate because of the way they were formed. I will make my garments to fit the natural body form rather than a tight corset.</p>
<p>Hope you stop by!</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Great RPG game in flash]]></title>
<link>http://flashgame1.wordpress.com/?p=18</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:33:07 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>spel</dc:creator>
<guid>http://flashgame1.ro.wordpress.com/2008/10/10/great-rpg-game-in-flash/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Tales Worth Arena: Death Watch is a very good RPG game in which you will guide a hero from pure begi]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.hippoarcade.com/playgame/3158/talesworth-arena-death-watch.html">Tales Worth Arena: Death Watch</a> is a very good RPG game in which you will guide a hero from pure beginner to a master level. When the game starts we have three different classes to choose from, Psionic, Juggernaut, or Engineer. All three classes have their different abilities and strengths. When the game starts then it's a good idea to train so you get some abilities that you then must make use of the stadium when to meeting an opponent. In the fighting, it is then to use the talents that have been trained to be able to damage opponents while the case to defend itself successfully. There are also various magical objects that give holders a little extra advantage in the fight. Win the fight to get a little gold and experience, which makes it possible to learn more skills or deal reached in the city shop. There are also different quest that you can take adventure into. One of the best flash games of the RPG in a long time.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Just when you think you've made ends meet, they move the damn ends!]]></title>
<link>http://mistletoeethaniel.wordpress.com/?p=285</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 04:23:58 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Mistletoe</dc:creator>
<guid>http://mistletoeethaniel.ro.wordpress.com/2008/10/10/just-when-you-think-youve-made-ends-meet-they-move-the-damn-ends/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Ugh, we&#8217;re in for a rough autumn.  Some of the Royal tax collectors say that Archimides owes a]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ugh, we're in for a rough autumn.  Some of the Royal tax collectors say that Archimides owes a sizeable portion of tax from a couple years ago.  We both think it's untrue but what can one do against the Crown?  So we reluctantly sent most of our savings their way, just to get them off our backs.</p>
<p>I solemnly cleared away the smith equipment and put it into storage--tears stinging my eyes all the while as I did--to put the space up for rent.  We need to sublet, to recoup some of the losses we've had, to assure we'll be all right this winter.  Well, I mean, one way or another we'll be all right, if it means getting a smaller place and closing the shop; but to get through this winter and still have a source of income, we need, well, more income.  So, next door to Living the Dream sits a 63 sq. meter shopfront with a studio room upstairs.  I'll rent it to almost anyone.</p>
<p>Almost.</p>
<p>Meanwhile I await word from Piggy or from my satyr.</p>
<p>A rough autumn indeed.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Armor:  Angel of Death]]></title>
<link>http://delenapaine.wordpress.com/?p=9</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 22:28:51 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>delenapaine</dc:creator>
<guid>http://delenapaine.ro.wordpress.com/2008/10/09/armor-angel-of-death/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Angel of Death
An etherial costume made for those who wish to glow with the aura of an &#8220;angel]]></description>
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<p>An etherial costume made for those who wish to glow with the aura of an "angel" of death. Gorgeous prim costume includes everything shown.</p>
<p>AlleyCat Studios - Quality IS Affordable</p>
<p>What is included:<br />
Scythe with sexy pose<br />
Etherial Glow White Hair<br />
Left and Right Shoulder<br />
Etherial Aura Chest Piece<br />
Left and Right Gauntlet<br />
Etherial Skirt<br />
White Aura Left and Right Boot<br />
Etherial Cloak</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Tiny Cavaliers Rule!]]></title>
<link>http://iheartslcom.wordpress.com/?p=6958</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:16:38 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>chigadee</dc:creator>
<guid>http://iheartsl.com/2008/10/09/tiny-cavaliers-rule/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[He looks sooooooo adorable in this Cavalier Hat from Couture Chapeau. Can you imagine how hot your g]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>He looks sooooooo adorable in this Cavalier Hat from Couture Chapeau. Can you imagine how hot your guy would look!</p>
<p><a href="http://iheartslcom.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/cavalier-tiny.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-6959" title="Tiny Cavalier" src="http://iheartslcom.wordpress.com/files/2008/10/cavalier-tiny.jpg" alt="" width="512" height="512" /></a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Brisingr]]></title>
<link>http://nigelv.wordpress.com/?p=35</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 12:29:40 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>nigelv</dc:creator>
<guid>http://nigelv.ro.wordpress.com/2008/10/09/brisingr/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Brisingr by Christopher Paolini
This is the third book in the Inheritance Series, which is summarize]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Brisingr </strong>by Christopher Paolini</p>
<p>This is the third book in the Inheritance Series, which is summarized in a different article. Eragon, a Dragon Rider, and Saphira, his dragon, have won several battles against the Empire and now have to fulfill the seven promises they made to the Varden, the Dwarves, and the Elves. First, Eragon has to fulfill his promise to his cousin Roran, which is to save Katrina, Roran's future wife, from the monstorous Ra'zac.</p>
<p>If I were to be friends with one person in this book, it would be Oromis, Eragon's mentor. He is very powerful and wise, but I would not want to be on his bad side.</p>
<p>This book was fairly easy, but I would not recommend it to just anyone. I would recommend it to anyone who was interested in fantasy, dragons, and war, or just a good read. This series has notably long books, and I would not recommend it to someone who can't handle books over 100 pages.</p>
<p>No. of Pages: 763</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Well Tale]]></title>
<link>http://shadowcliff.wordpress.com/?p=585</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 09:13:44 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>shadowshift</dc:creator>
<guid>http://shadohawk.ro.wordpress.com/2008/10/09/well-tale-2/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[on seldom harvest full moon nights
when bold spirits wander free
from the dark depths it rises slowl]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><em>on seldom harvest full moon nights<br />
when bold spirits wander free<br />
from the dark depths it rises slowly<br />
it rises to seek for she</em></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><em>that part of him still tethered to a dismal earthly home<br />
a tomb of murk and slime, from which it now would roam<br />
and so it gropes toward the waxen moon<br />
slithering as it climbs<br />
the cobbled catacomb it's cruel abode<br />
these score and nine</em></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><em>for twas into the mouth of this crypt peered he<br />
led there so blithe, gay and giddily<br />
by the daintiest of all dainty   hands<br />
"her eyes they shone....all full of care”<br />
hands immaculate, pale and slender<br />
"her neck so....passing fair”<br />
yet more tender still the lovely mouth beseemed<br />
which begged of him to please, please lean<br />
aye, twas something she had dropped while drifting in a spell<br />
“When just then came a gust,” said she.  He took her hand to quell.<br />
“to carry my finest scarf whoosh! dancing into the well<br />
and now it hangs just below the ledge.”  “How far below, ma'amselle?”<br />
“Beyond my own reach which yours however doth by far excel.”</em></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><em>so...trusting ears heard her lovely lips, so soft and tender, tell<br />
and now he leaned far over the top, a gallant carefree swell<br />
And so far did he lean that his feet left the ground, legs dangling as she held<br />
as he gazed down into the deep dark hole before he suddenly fell<br />
calmly   pushed   by she</em></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><em>on seldom harvest full moon nights<br />
when bold spirits wander free<br />
from the dark depths it rises, slowly<br />
it rises to seek for she</em></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;">copyright 2007 michaeljamesprue</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Well Tale]]></title>
<link>http://shadowcliff.wordpress.com/?p=585</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 09:13:44 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>shadowshift</dc:creator>
<guid>http://shadowcliff.ro.wordpress.com/2008/10/09/well-tale-2/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[on seldom harvest full moon nights
when bold spirits wander free
from the dark depths it rises slowl]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><em>on seldom harvest full moon nights<br />
when bold spirits wander free<br />
from the dark depths it rises slowly<br />
it rises to seek for she</em></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><em>that part of him still tethered to a dismal earthly home<br />
a tomb of murk and slime, from which it now would roam<br />
and so it gropes toward the waxen moon<br />
slithering as it climbs<br />
the cobbled catacomb it's cruel abode<br />
these score and nine</em></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><em>for twas into the mouth of this crypt peered he<br />
led there so blithe, gay and giddily<br />
by the daintiest of all dainty   hands<br />
"her eyes they shone....all full of care”<br />
hands immaculate, pale and slender<br />
"her neck so....passing fair”<br />
yet more tender still the lovely mouth beseemed<br />
which begged of him to please, please lean<br />
aye, twas something she had dropped while drifting in a spell<br />
“When just then came a gust,” said she.  He took her hand to quell.<br />
“to carry my finest scarf whoosh! dancing into the well<br />
and now it hangs just below the ledge.”  “How far below, ma'amselle?”<br />
“Beyond my own reach which yours however doth by far excel.”</em></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><em>so...trusting ears heard her lovely lips, so soft and tender, tell<br />
and now he leaned far over the top, a gallant carefree swell<br />
And so far did he lean that his feet left the ground, legs dangling as she held<br />
as he gazed down into the deep dark hole before he suddenly fell<br />
calmly   pushed   by she</em></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><em>on seldom harvest full moon nights<br />
when bold spirits wander free<br />
from the dark depths it rises, slowly<br />
it rises to seek for she</em></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;">copyright 2007 michaeljamesprue</p>
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<title><![CDATA["In Italia queste cose non si sono mai viste..."]]></title>
<link>http://abeonaforum.wordpress.com/?p=1592</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 07:38:23 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>ermes</dc:creator>
<guid>http://abeonaforum.ro.wordpress.com/2008/10/09/in-italia-queste-cose-non-si-sono-mai-viste/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Per comprendere la crisi del sistema finanziario internazionale che sembra incomprensibile ai più, ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Per comprendere la crisi del sistema finanziario internazionale che sembra incomprensibile ai più, la parola ad un acuto e molto romano osservatore dell'Osservatore romano. Riporto alcuni passi di un'<a href="http://newrassegna.camera.it/chiosco_new/pagweb/immagineFrame.asp?comeFrom=search&#38;currentArticle=JGJ0M" target="_blank">intervista</a> concessa dal professor <a href="http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ettore_Gotti_Tedeschi" target="_blank">Ettore Gotti Tedeschi</a> a Repubblica, appena due giorni fa. A suo avviso, il nostro Paese è al riparo da ogni burrasca: scopriamo perché...</p>
<blockquote><p><a href="http://www.cattolici-liberali.com/tocquevilleacton/comitatoindirizzo.htm" target="_blank"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1593" title="gotti-tedeschi" src="http://abeonaforum.wordpress.com/files/2008/10/gotti-tedeschi.jpg" alt="" width="135" height="104" /></a><em>«Non esiste l'etica oggettiva di un sistema, solo quella dell'individuo. Poi errori se ne possono fare: le società quotate inseguono troppo gli utili nel breve termine, e spesso i loro manager usano strumenti leciti in modo un po' avventato. Comunque a me pare che in Italia i banchieri siano in grandissima parte seri, trasparenti e dotati di visione etica. Forse è legato al fatto che quasi tutti hanno radici cattoliche [...]</em></p>
<p><em>«Nel mondo anglosassone vige l'etica protestante, più avventurosa di quella cattolica. Per i protestanti vale la fede senza opere, non si è obbligati a mostrare la fede nel vissuto. "Pecca finché vuoi poi pentiti fortemente", diceva Lutero. Negli Usa i banchieri hanno peccato molto, ora ripara lo Stato con un piano da 700 miliardi. In Italia queste cose non si sono mai viste, almeno in banca».</em></p></blockquote>
<p><!--more--><em>A latere</em>, sia concesso ribadire che «Il Papa come sempre si rivolge alla coscienza e parla in modo soprannaturale...», un po' come l'oracolo di Delfi, un po' come Clark Kent dopo aver indossato la tuta magica..</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Postkoloniales Mittelalter]]></title>
<link>http://netzgeschichte.wordpress.com/2008/10/08/postkoloniales-mittelalter/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 20:25:46 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Max</dc:creator>
<guid>http://netzgeschichte.ro.wordpress.com/2008/10/08/postkoloniales-mittelalter/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Ich lese zur Zeit einen Sammelband zu postkolonialen Zugriffen auf mittelalterliche Geschichte. Dari]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ich lese zur Zeit einen Sammelband zu postkolonialen Zugriffen auf mittelalterliche Geschichte. Darin ist auch ein Aufsatz, der sich mit der Verwendung von Spolien im postkolonialen England, will sagen poströmischen, auseinandersetzt. Nicholas Howe beschreibt wie Spolien aus dem Hadrianwall in die Kirchen der jungen Angelsächsischen Kirche eingebracht wurden. Er beschreibt sie als Überbleibsel kolonialer Herrschaft an der Grenze, hier am Wall ganz besonders, des Reiches. Dieses wird, im Gegensatz zu modernen postkolonialen Gesellschaften (diese häufig begegnende Grundidee postkolonialer Texte hinterfragt er gleichzeitig) nicht ausschließlich negativ gedacht. <img style="width:180px;height:228px;" alt="Beda Venerabilis" hspace="5" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Beda_Venerabilis.jpg/180px-Beda_Venerabilis.jpg" align="right" vspace="5" border="0" />Er verweist zum Beispiel auf Beda, der die Riesen der alten Zeit, die mit Stein bauten ... rühmt. Zugleich verknüpft sich das Erbe des antiken Reiches mit dem jungen Christentum, dass in seiner expansiven Strategie, die Führung der bekannten Welt zum Heil, die Idee des römischen Imperiums und dessen Hauptstadt annimmt.<br />
Die Benutzung von Spolien transportiert diese gedankliche Auseinandersetzung in die materielle Ebene. Er beschreibt eine angelsächsische Kirche, die quasi um eine Spolie herum gebaut wurde und das Erbe der römischen Welt im Schoß der Kirche gleichsam im Stein bewahrt und einschreibt.</p>
<p>(Howe, Nicholas, Anglo-Saxon England and the postcolonial void, in: Postcolonial Approaches to the European Middle Ages, hg. v. Kabir, Ananya - Williams, Deanne, S. 25-48)</p>
<p>
<img style="width:120px;height:103px;" alt="Ecclisia und Synagoga" hspace="5" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Ecclesia_et_synagoga.jpg/120px-Ecclesia_et_synagoga.jpg" align="right" vspace="5" border="0" />Ein Gedanke der mir hierbei kam, ist die Verwendung jüdischer Spolien in kirchlichen Bauten im Hoch/Spätmittelalter. Ich kann mir gut vorstellen dass im Stein antijuadaistische (und hier geht es konkret um die Überwindung von Synagoga durch Ecclesia) Programme und Symbolsprache festgehalten wurden. Zum einen steht die Kirche auf dem Erbe des alten Testaments zum anderen sind sie mit Füßen zu treten.</p>
<p>Gibt es hier zu Arbeiten?</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Mysticfair]]></title>
<link>http://anneliez.wordpress.com/?p=261</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:06:40 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>anneliez</dc:creator>
<guid>http://anneliez.ro.wordpress.com/2008/10/08/mysticfair/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Vorige zaterdag zijn we naar de Mysticfair in Het Land van Ooit geweest. Omdat het de hele week koud]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Vorige zaterdag zijn we naar de <a href="http://www.mysticfair.nl/">Mysticfair</a> in <a href="http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Het_Land_van_Ooit_(Drunen)" target="_blank">Het Land van Ooit</a> geweest. Omdat het de hele week koud en slecht weer was, hadden we afgewacht tot vrijdagavond om de knoop door te hakken of we zouden gaan of niet. Zaterdag bleek de beste dag van de week te zijn en beloofde koud maar droog te worden.</p>
<p>Zaterdagvoormiddag vertrokken we dus richting Nederland voor een dagje vol fantasy- en paganstuff. Het Land van Ooit is vorig jaar failliet verklaard, waardoor ik eigenlijk ook wel benieuwd was naar wat er van het vroegere park gekomen was.<br />
Toen we aan het park aankwamen, viel het ons op dat er nergens parking te bespeuren was. Vreemd voor een locatie waar een pretpark geweest is... Even polsen bij een medewerkster van het event leverde het antwoord dat het verboden was gebruik te maken van de parking. De organisatie vond het erg vervelend en de bezoekers moesten dan maar een plekje in de buurt zoeken.</p>
<p>Door het slechte weer was het niet zo druk op de Mysticfair. Er stonden leuke kraampjes, maar het grote grasveld wat het hart van het event moest worden, lag er erg drassig bij. Gelukkig was de grond voor het podium droog, want we waren van plan enkele optredens mee te pikken en hadden niet veel zin om in de modder te staan...</p>
<p><a href="http://www.omnia-neocelt.com/" target="_blank">Omnia</a> zou om 14u de spits afbijten. Omnia was present, maar er waren problemen met de opzet en het geluid, waardoor we eerst konden lachen met de grappige conversaties en toestanden tussen podium en geluidsmensen.<br />
Het optreden van Omnia was erg leuk. Zanger Steve praat muziek en songs vlot aan elkaar, de muziek is goed en het is leuk om hen om het podium bezig te zien. Na afloop van het concert hebben we meteen een paar cd's van hen gekocht. Omnia is een populaire groep in het genre en is vaak terug te vinden op de muzikale affiche van fantasy, gothic en medieval events. Toch zijn de bandleden zo spontaan om na het optreden handtekeningen uit te delen en op de foto te gaan met fans, waardoor Vee en ik nu elk een door de volledige band gesigneerde cd in ons bezit hebben.</p>
<p>Na het optreden van Omnia hebben we nog een beetje rondgeslenterd op het terrein voordat we naar het optreden van de <a href="http://www.mediaevalbaebes.com/" target="_blank">Mediaeval Baebes</a> zouden gaan kijken. We waren ondertussen echter zo bevroren van de kou, waardoor het idee om in een warme auto richting huis te zitten, de bovenhand haalde en we toch maar vertrokken zijn.</p>
<p>Mysticfair was een leuk initiatief, maar had erg te lijden onder het slechte weer en andere onvoorziene omstandigheden. Hopelijk hebben ze volgend jaar meer geluk, want ik vond het wel jammer voor de organisatie.</p>
<p>Het slechte weer zorgde er voor dat er zo goed als geen spectaculaire outfits van bezoekers te zien waren. Het optreden van Omnia heeft daarentegen wel voor leuke foto's gezorgd. Zie <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/anneliez/sets/72157607854668960/" target="_blank">Flickr</a> voor de hele fotoreeks van zaterdag!</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Liez op een soldaat uit Napoleons leger</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a title="Mysticfair 2008 by Anneliez, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/anneliez/2925358614/"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3295/2925358614_38b82aebd1.jpg" alt="Mysticfair 2008" width="375" height="500" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Heks en Vee</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a title="Mysticfair 2008 by Anneliez, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/anneliez/2924508143/"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3225/2924508143_6ceffcf9bd.jpg" alt="Mysticfair 2008" width="375" height="500" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Stijn past een hoge hoed</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a title="Mysticfair 2008 by Anneliez, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/anneliez/2925366014/"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3222/2925366014_cb7daf63d3.jpg" alt="Mysticfair 2008" width="375" height="500" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Jenny met bodhran</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a title="Mysticfair 2008 by Anneliez, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/anneliez/2925368344/"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3071/2925368344_7871386939.jpg" alt="Mysticfair 2008" width="375" height="500" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Luka met slideridoo</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a title="Mysticfair 2008 by Anneliez, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/anneliez/2924516855/"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3002/2924516855_2e87b40705.jpg" alt="Mysticfair 2008" width="375" height="500" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Zanger Steve</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a title="Mysticfair 2008 by Anneliez, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/anneliez/2925370558/"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3055/2925370558_1dc8b65938.jpg" alt="Mysticfair 2008" width="500" height="375" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Jenny met harp</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a title="Mysticfair 2008 by Anneliez, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/anneliez/2925373576/"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3270/2925373576_fd036486d4.jpg" alt="Mysticfair 2008" width="500" height="375" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Ik denk dat dit hun jongste toeschouwer was :-)</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a title="Mysticfair 2008 by Anneliez, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/anneliez/2925368852/"><img class="aligncenter" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3078/2925368852_a7981804a9.jpg" alt="Mysticfair 2008" width="375" height="500" /></a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Goals for 2100:  Loyalty to Fashion Heritage]]></title>
<link>http://raywoodcock.wordpress.com/?p=121</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 12:55:12 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The accepted idea, from time immemorial, seems to have been that you should not dress like you want ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The accepted idea, from time immemorial, seems to have been that you should not dress like you want to dress; you should dress like everyone else wants you to dress.  So if, for example, you were raised in a time and place where it was normal to wear a double-breasted suit or a rope tie, you should not do that anymore if you find yourself in another time or place -- not, that is, unless you are trying to make some kind of statement, and you are comfortable with people staring at you.  Instead, you should dress like everyone else dresses.  Likewise with the way you cut your hair and even the words you use to express yourself.</p>
<p>It could be more interesting, possibly less expensive, and, for many, easier and more gratifying to be able to dress as you see fit.  So if, for example, you think hippie beads, a long beard, and a tie-dyed T-shirt really express who you are, or if you think you look your best with a beehive hairdo, it should be OK for you to adopt that look until you're ready for something else.</p>
<p>An insistence upon uniformity of appearance rewards those who do the best job of copying other people, and punishes those who see or think creatively.  Some people do medieval or Renaissance re-enactments, or they study Latin, and in those specialized context it may be OK for them to use words or wear clothing from the period; but maybe they would sometimes like to bring a bit of that into their daily lives.  Our world would be richer if we were more freely exposed to clothing -- and, for that matter, ideas -- from other present and past (and imagined future) cultures that more accurately reflect how we think or feel on a given day.</p>
<p>One way of phrasing this goal is to point out that, as we have become more tolerant of differences among people, we have removed ways of making them feel bad, and have instead improved their chances of feeling accepted for who they are.  It turns out that who they are is much more complex and interesting than previous generations realized.  They are apt to be happier and more productive, and less likely to fall into depression, sabotage other people's relationships or careers, or shoot up the Post Office, if we accept them regardless of body size or shape, color of skin, and so forth.  This proposal merely takes that realization into the realm of fashion and style.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[La crème de la crème]]></title>
<link>http://abeonaforum.wordpress.com/?p=1580</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 09:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>ermes</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Cioè a dire, l&#8217;orgoglio del Paese&#8230; Il tema del rispetto dei diritti umani come sanciti ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Cioè a dire, l'orgoglio del Paese... Il tema del rispetto dei diritti umani come sanciti in innumerevoli documenti internazionali e, sia detto </em>en passant<em>, anche dalla nostra Costituzione? Semplicemente non pervenuto.</em></p>
<blockquote><p><a href="http://abeonaforum.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/gheddafi-berlusconi-fucile.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-1581" title="gheddafi-berlusconi-fucile" src="http://abeonaforum.wordpress.com/files/2008/10/gheddafi-berlusconi-fucile.jpg" alt="" width="135" height="99" /></a><a href="http://www.corriere.it/esteri/08_ottobre_08/gheddafi_amici_italiani_cf7b0b3e-9501-11dd-a444-00144f02aabc.shtml" target="_blank"><strong>Andreotti, Dini, Latorre, Pisanu. Tutti nel deserto da Gheddafi</strong></a></p>
<p>Tripoli, festa e onorificenze. Tra i premiati Sgarbi e Valentino Parlato<br />
Cerimonia per onorare gli «amici italiani». «Finalmente le scuse per tanti soprusi»</p>
<p>Corriere della Sera, 08.10.08, articolo dell'inviato Francesco Battistini</p>
<p><strong>TRIPOLI</strong> — «Lunga vita al nostro leader», e l'occhio di Lamberto Dini già si appanna. «Gheddafi è come il Nilo che sale al mare» e Beppe Pisanu ha un sussulto. «Tutto il mondo guarda a lui», e anche Vittorio Sgarbi si appanna un po'. Tre ore di cerimonia. Con la prima fila delle autorità italiane che si muove, si scuote, si danna. Un uomo solo ascolta tutto in cuffia. Non gira uno sguardo. Non perde un nome. Giulio Andreotti. Quando viene chiamato sul palco del Palazzo dei Congressi, è rapido come un laureando: cinque scalini saliti in scioltezza, altri tre, l'abbraccio, un diploma e giù per la gobba cala una fascia verde. La medaglia di benemerito della Jamahiriya. Nell'eternità dei deserti, lui che ha passato la sua eternità a lavare la faccia sporca del Colonnello, anche quando gli americani lo chiamavano il cane pazzo, lui, la volpe, a garantire: bella soddisfazione! «Non guardiamo al passato, quel che conta adesso è il futuro», dice il quasi novantenne.</p>
<p><!--more--><strong>Tripoli bel suol d'onori.</strong> Il Giorno dell'Odio antitaliano è ora il Giorno della Lealtà, nel personalissimo calendario gheddafiano, e c'è un aereo intero a presentarsi cappello in mano su quella che fu la nostra Tripolitania e oggi è trippa per tutti. L'accordo di Berlusconi del 30 agosto, quello che chiude 40 anni di controversie, apre un bel po' d'affari. E allora è meglio una bella pietra su tante liti. L'elenco dei premiati è lungo e trasversale, in cima la triade degli ex Dc che la Libia considera più amici: «Gheddafi è l'unico leader democristiano del mondo arabo — dice Sgarbi —, per questo si intendono alla perfezione». E aggiunge: «Colonnello, lei è come Berlusconi e Bossi, proprio come loro ». Gheddafi ride, gli altri un po' meno. Non manca — quasi — nessuno di mezzo secolo di amicizie: i politici venuti fin qui, da Guido Folloni al critico d'arte oggi sindaco di Salemi (che dieci anni fa violò con Niki Grauso e due Cessna l'embargo aereo), ma anche gli assenti Massimo D'Alema (a rappresentarlo Nicola Latorre) e Romano Prodi, l'ex direttore del manifesto Valentino Parlato (che visse in Libia fino ai vent'anni e finché non fu cacciato dagli inglesi, «pericoloso comunista»), Angelo Del Boca... Una fascia verde per ciascuno, con una costante di tutte le motivazioni: «È stata una grande vittoria per il popolo libico, finalmente l'Italia ha chiesto scusa di tanti martirii e soprusi».</p>
<p><strong>Scuse.</strong> I gheddafiani le esigono ad ogni frase. Più sfumati i nostri, che preferiscono ricordare l'importanza del momento. «Il senso di questa giornata è la distensione — dice Andreotti —, la politica estera non si fa con un partito e con un leader. Si fa con un intero popolo». E come una volta diceva che «la pace è meglio farla con i vicini di casa», ora ritiene che «è meglio andare d'accordo con chi ci è vicino, non con chi ci è lontano». L'incontro con Gheddafi è a sera, nell'attesa del deserto: Andreotti, Dini, Pisanu, di verde fasciati, sul divano, Sgarbi accovacciato alla bell'e meglio sul bracciolo. «La vedo bene in salute!», si illumina il Colonnello di fronte al divo Giulio. «Grazie, anch'io ho un ricordo positivo di lei», la risposta.</p>
<p><strong>La missione è chiara:</strong> caro Gheddafi, saremmo lieti di averla ospite in Italia. Una visita che era in programma, ai tempi di Sarkozy, e saltò proprio per questa faccenda delle scuse... L'aggancio è fatto, il Colonnello ci sta. E a rovinare le cose non basta la trovata finale di Sgarbi, che illustra a Gheddafi le meraviglie di un'intesa con la siciliana Salemi e propone di rispondere a Bossi annettendo la Trinacria alla Libia intera. Le scuse ormai sono fatte. Adesso, avanti con gli affari. Si comincia dai gadget: quando la delegazione sbarca a Roma, ed è notte, ci sono chili di pesce fresco e quintalate di datteri per tutti. Gentile omaggio del nuovo amico.</p></blockquote>
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<title><![CDATA[A Chill from the South (Satyr Part 7)]]></title>
<link>http://mistletoeethaniel.wordpress.com/?p=280</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 23:44:33 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Mistletoe</dc:creator>
<guid>http://mistletoeethaniel.ro.wordpress.com/2008/10/07/a-chill-from-the-south-satyr-part-7/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Part One|Part Two|Part Three|Part Four|Part Five|Part Six

I&#8217;m sitting in the empty smithy sta]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://mistletoeethaniel.wordpress.com/2008/07/03/the-satyr-with-the-swishing-tail-part-one/">Part One</a>&#124;<a href="http://mistletoeethaniel.wordpress.com/2008/07/05/the-satyr-with-the-swishing-tail-part-2/">Part Two</a>&#124;<a href="http://mistletoeethaniel.wordpress.com/2008/07/14/the-satyr-with-the-swishing-tail-part-3/">Part Three</a>&#124;<a href="http://mistletoeethaniel.wordpress.com/2008/08/01/the-satyr-with-the-swishing-tail-part-4/">Part Four</a>&#124;<a href="http://mistletoeethaniel.wordpress.com/2008/09/03/the-satyr-with-the-swishing-tail-part-5/">Part Five</a>&#124;<a href="http://mistletoeethaniel.wordpress.com/2008/10/03/the-moon-is-waningsatyr-part-6/">Part Six</a></p>
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I'm sitting in the empty smithy stall, warming myself from the bitter winds outside by the red embers in the forge.  I keep asking myself the same question over and over again, as though some answer could be had.  But there is no answer to "why".</p>
<p>I first had the vision just before sunset, yesterday.  It was brisk and confusing, like an uninvited thought; I doubted how real it was.  He showed me the memory: the shout of the lookout from the crow's nest, him running up above deck, the distant glance of a small ship with red sails--its colors too far to be seen--the roar of cannon fire, the panic of the passengers mingled with the shouts of the crew, a loud crash, and darkness.</p>
<p>An hour later, maybe more, I heard him whisper into my thoughts: "I'm alive."  Bound, blindfolded, injured, but alive.  He's shutting himself off to me, I can feel it in my thoughts and my daydreams.  He probably doesn't want me to know how much he's suffering.  Trying to protect me.</p>
<p>I couldn't sit idly by and do nothing, but I'm tied here by my business and my responsibilities.  And what good can one hundred thirty pounds of elf do against an unknown enemy?  If I were bigger, stronger, perhaps...that was when it hit me.</p>
<p>When I first made the acquaintance of the little blue dragon and arranged to hire her to watch my surplus wealth, she picked the name "Piggybank" for herself.  She's now a juvenile, and lives under the docks near the abbey.  And I knew today she would be along for a visit, since it was payday.</p>
<p>She didn't disappoint; I felt the rush of wind from her blue wings as she touched down just outside the shop.  As she enjoyed the large salmon I'd caught for her, I told her of the situation.  She enthusiastically volunteered before I even had to ask her.</p>
<p>And so, she's headed south.  That's all we know of where to look.  And I'm waiting.  And it's cold, and so very vast, outside.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[SVBWAY TO SALLY]]></title>
<link>http://toneglobal.wordpress.com/?p=1684</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 23:19:41 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>ellegua</dc:creator>
<guid>http://toneglobal.ro.wordpress.com/2008/10/07/svbway-to-sally/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[SVBWAY TO SALLY
«MCMXCV/Foppt den dämon! - deluxe edition»
Digipack 2CD
Nuclear Blast
Reedição ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="size-full wp-image-1683 alignleft" style="border:1px solid black;margin:5px;" title="svbwaytosally_mcmxcv" src="http://toneglobal.wordpress.com/files/2008/10/svbwaytosally_mcmxcv.jpg" alt="" width="165" height="165" /><strong>SVBWAY TO SALLY<br />
«MCMXCV/Foppt den dämon! - deluxe edition»<br />
Digipack 2CD<br />
</strong><em>Nuclear Blast<br />
</em>Reedição dos discos de 1995 e 1996 daquela que é hoje considerada uma das melhores bandas alemãs de rock/folk medieval com instrumentos eléctricos e acústicos como flautas, gaitas, etc. Essencial para fãs de grupos como In Extremo ou Corvus Corax. Edição de luxo em digipack duplo.<br />
<strong><em>€ 15,40 </em></strong><a href="http://www.myspace.com/subwaytosally" target="_blank">Myspace</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Medieval Art: September in Les Tres Riches Heures]]></title>
<link>http://yourehistory.wordpress.com/?p=984</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:11:59 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>katknit</dc:creator>
<guid>http://yourehistory.ro.wordpress.com/2008/10/06/september-in-les-tres-riches-heures/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The page for September in this book of hours represents the grape harvest at the foot of the Châtea]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The page for September in this book of hours represents the grape harvest at the foot of the Château de Saumur, which is special to me because I had the opportunity to visit it a few years back. It is a truly memorable sight, rising above the Loire at the edge of town. The chateau was owned by a nephew of the Duc de Berry, Duc Louis II d'Anjou, who had completed its construction at the end of the fourteenth century. It appears here in all its fresh newness: chimneys, pinnacles and weather vanes crowned with golden fleurs-de-lys reach to the sky.</p>
<p>Although the crowning crenellations have disappeared, and is easily recognizable in this miniature by the buttressed towers, battlements, glacis, and general arrangement of the buildings. To the left is a belfry that might belong to the church of Saint-Pierre; next is a monumental chimney with secondary stacks undoubtedly belonging to the castle kitchen; and last, a drawbridge entrance from which a horse walks while a woman with a basket on her head approaches.</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter" src="http://www.christusrex.org/www2/berry/DB-f9v.jpg" alt="" width="423" height="583" /></p>
<p>In the foreground, the harvest of the grapes is taking place in the vinyard.  Aproned women and young men pick the purple-colored clusters of  and fill baskets to be loaded into hampers hanging from the mules or into vats on the wagons.</p>
<p>In the tympanum, Virgo and Libra dominate the night sky, and Phoebus, as usual, drives the chariot of the sun.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[October 5th - Court Jester]]></title>
<link>http://emagedphotography.wordpress.com/?p=1285</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 16:41:14 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>emagedphotography</dc:creator>
<guid>http://emagedphotography.ro.wordpress.com/2008/10/05/october-5th-court-jester/</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[Changes are the one constant...]]></title>
<link>http://mistletoeethaniel.wordpress.com/?p=273</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 14:26:09 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Mistletoe</dc:creator>
<guid>http://mistletoeethaniel.ro.wordpress.com/2008/10/05/changes-are-the-one-constant/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Some good people are moving out of Northfarthing.  It sort of baffles me how such a beautiful, peace]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Some good people are moving out of Northfarthing.  It sort of baffles me how such a beautiful, peaceful, and interesting place can have so many vacancies.  And we're good people.  We're not perfect but we're good.  One could not ask for a better landlord than DonPaul.  He's there when you need him, not when you don't.  He's flexible to negotiations and charges no more than $4/prim for rent (and that's when you have a place that's already all built and furnished).  And he is a true friend.  So, guys, really, if you want to move to a lovely medieval setting where slavery is outlawed and RPing is an option rather than a necessity, really, talk to me or search up Northfarthing.  We don't bite, honestly.  Unless you're a griefer.  Then it's chomp chomp.  We have everything available from a cottage to a castle to your own parcel of land.</p>
<p>In other news, I got my friend Shea all garbed up yesterday.  I mean, I like the polo shirt and jeans and all, but he looks so good in medieval garb that it makes me wonder why I didn't drag him into my shop sooner.  I made him look knightly for under $150L and I can for you too.</p>
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