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Collision of Worlds
The Immortal Saga
Immortal III: Stealer of Souls Audio Book
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A Steamfunk tale
by Valjeanne Jeffers
Copyright Valjeanne Jeffers 2013,
Other titles by Valjeanne Jeffers
Immortal II: The Time of Legend
Immortal III: Stealer of Souls
Immortal IV: Collision of Worlds
The Switch II: Clockwork (includes Books I and II)
Grandmere's Secret
Colony: A Space Opera
Mona Livelong Paranormal Detective
Colony: Ascension
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On the island of Saint-Domingue, in the dead of night, thousands of slaves crept silently along the path through the trees and wiry brush to Bois Caïman. In the clearing the Houngan Dutty Boukman, a huge, self-educated slave with a fierce countenance, and Mambo Cecile Fatiman, a mulatto slave woman, waited to led them in ceremony. They petitioned the Loa for protection, for deliverance from slavery's lash—calling upon the darkest spirits of their Ancestors to help them in their battle.
They prayed for freedom.
"Bon Dje nou an ki si bon, ki si jis, li ordone vanjans!" Dutty shouted. "Se li kap kondui branou pou nou ranpote la viktwa! Se li kap ba nou asistans. . .! Koute vwa la libète kap chante lan kè nou!"
"Our God, who is so good, so just, He orders us to revenge our wrongs! It's He who will direct our arms and bring us the victory! It's He who will assist us. . .! Listen to the voice for liberty that sings in all our hearts!"
There was a clap of thunder. . . lightning flashed in the dark sky. A swirling rush of wind stirred the trees.
Cecile's green eyes rolled back in her head. Enraptured she began to dance wildly. She'd been possessed by the Erzulie Seven Kout Kouto—the most deadly embodiment of the Loa, Erzulie Dantor. She sang and the slaves—beating upon the drums in rage—sang with her:
"Seven kout kouto, seven kout ponya
Prete mwen ganmèl lan pou mwen al vomi san
San mwen ape koule!"
"Seven stabbings of knives, seven stabbings of daggers
Lend me the ganmèl, so I can vomit blood
My blood is running!"
Seven days later Dutty led his people in revolt against their slave masters. . .burning plantations to the ground. For this rebellion, he was captured and beheaded by the French; his head was publicly displayed with a placard reading: "Boukman, Chef des Revolutions des Escalves," Boukman, Chief of the Slaves Revolution. The French thought killing Dutty Boukman would frighten the Black slaves— thus halting the tide of revolution.
But the fires of liberation Dutty and Cecile ignited were not the first, nor would they be the last.
Monique, a tall, young woman with chocolate-colored skin, a long face, and slender build, made her way through the tall brass structures of Saint-Domingue, past red flowering Hibiscus blooms toward the fields. She was dressed in a wrapped skirt and bustier, her braided hair coiled in twisted beads atop her head. She wore a brass-handled musket on a holster about her waist. A grip of interwoven cloth and metal, encased her fingers and entire arm up to her shoulder to minify kickback from her pistol. She carried a water flask in one hand and her breakfast of a partially-eaten boiled plantain in the other.
She stopped at a well on the outskirts of her township. Monique finished the last of the plantain in one bite, and dropped the peel in the cloth trash-bag beside the well: a conveyer belt made of cloth and woven wire. Half the belt lay above the soil; the rest, on her left and right, was buried underground. Monique knelt before the clunky machinery attached to two metal legs above the conveyor belt. She turned the crank, the belt jerked and scuttled forward: carrying copper vases full of water, screwed to caps on its underside.
Monique twisted one of the vases off, filled her flask and turned it up her full lips: drinking deeply. She poured more water into the flask, and reattached the water vase back onto the belt. Refreshed and ready, the young woman made her way to the field on the edge of town. There she found thousands of men and women, aged sixteen to sixty, preparing for tomorrow.
When they would go to war with France.
After Dutty's rebellion, General Toussaint L'Ouverture had led a revolution from the island of Saint-Domingue—allying himself with Napoleon to end bondage in his homeland. Now, ten years later, the mad French emperor had made a clandestine deal with plantation owners to enslave them once more.
Napoleon had promised Toussaint and the island of Saint-Domingue that bondage was forever ended on their island. But, he secretly supported the white planters' greed—their greed for wealth earned on the backs and from the blood of slaves. He sympathized with their loss of financial gain from the cane, coffee and cocoa plantations.
So the Emperor betrayed his promise. He didn't care that slaves were treated worse than dogs, that they were not paid for their back-breaking labor, that the lash and torture was used to keep them submissive.
Napoleon would attack at dawn. They would be waiting for him. . .beside their brass cabins, in the tall grass and in the fields.
Monique merged with the crowd of warriors on the field, wearing embroidered grips like hers on their shoulders. "Bonjour. . ." she greeted them and a volley of salutations greeted her in return. She saw women, who had fought under Toussaint, moving through their ranks, offering tutelage and support. These women were among his most trusted generals and would fight alongside him, helping him lead the Saint-Domingue warriors to victory.
She pulled her musket from its sheath and began practicing with them: aiming the revolving muskets with brass grips. She aimed and fired at a clay target blowing the figurine to bits. The muskets had three barrels that rotated and fired. Other warriors were practicing with copper-bayoneted rifles that fired bullets and, if the solider run out of ammunition, the bayonet as well.
There were also those perfecting their use of the whirling-bird machetes: a brass and copper rendition of the Black-capped Petrel bird. These men and women wore gloves made of heavy cloth, interwoven with pounded-brass to protect their fingers, as well as top hats with scopes to enhance their sight and track their birds' flight. Directions were dialed on the Petrel bird's belly. Once aimed and fired the whirling-bird flew to the target, and transformed into a deadly machete.
During the first war, President Toussaint had contacted the Black American scientist Benjamin Banneker to help him in his fight against Napoleon. All of the weapons were Banneker's ingenious inventions.
The airships too were of Banneker's wondrous design— and powered by both science and sorcery. The ships were cylinder shaped and overlaid with a metal filigreed. A propeller at the stern had a crank that would be turned by human hands. Carved flaps on the port and starboard sides enhanced their buoyancy, as did the steam-filled cigar shaped balloon above it.
Monique paused in her drill for a moment, gazing at the ships. She'd always found an excuse to be near them. She would scrub the port and starboard or, if she was denied this pleasure, pick vegetables in their shadow. Once Monique had crept up a ladder onto the deck to peek through one of the round windows at the ships interior. She still remembered the gleaming buttons and stern.
This treat had earned her a switching from her mother, Isabelle. Women were strictly forbidden from operating ships or gazing at their interiors. The village elders had reasoned, and rightly so, that if women engaged in these activities it might led to dissatisfaction with their own lives.
Women were expected to work the fields with men, and to fight alongside them in the battlefield. This was as it should be.
But the bulk of the domestic responsibilities also fell on female shoulders; such as caring for children, cooking and housekeeping. Monique had no children of her own, although she was twenty and one years. Still she was required to help other women care for their young, in provision for the coming day when she would become a mother herself.
The day she whipped Monique, Isabelle told her daughter she had plans for her which didn't include piloting an airship. "We worked hard enough when we was slaves, n'est-ce pas? We, women had it the worst!" Isabelle spat. "The white slavers took our children— took us if they had a mind too. They'd rape us right in front of our men. Just for sport. My man, your father, he was killed by slavers."
"Now, we free to be women. We free to care for our own children. Our own men." She cupped Monique's chin in her small hand. "That's what I want for you, cherie mwen. A husband. Children." Her eyes hardened suddenly. "And if I ever see you look a woman the wrong way— if I ever see that—I'll cut your eyes out myself."
Monique couldn't say for sure what had prompted her mother's threat. But she suspected it was because she'd never shown any interest in men. Isabelle was no fool.
She tore her eyes away from the airships and pulled her weapon from her holster. She took aim at her target, a clay figurine. All at once, elation and longing swirling about in her bosom. She looked forward to the dawn, looked forward to hiding in wait for the French—surprising them, when they thought the island would be sleeping.
And what comes, what must come, afterward. I must have her.
The young woman's eyes found her lover, Simone, standing only a yard away—Simone with her dark skin, wide laughing mouth, large eyes, small breasts and rounded hips; Simone who could dance better and shoot better than anyone she knew: male or female.
Simone felt her lover's gaze travel down her body and looked over her shoulder. Their eyes met and Monique found it suddenly hard to breathe. Desire like molten honey flowed from her breasts to her pelvis. She tore her brown eyes away, lest the love that burned within them be revealed to her fellow warriors.
The people made their way to the Hounfour. They had spent days in preparation for the ceremony, when they would petition the Lwa once more for victory over the slave masters.
Monique had scrubbed her body clean and wore a head wrap and skirt. The young woman thought of her offering: rose perfume bought with her last money and the sweet potato cakes she'd baked to petition Loa Erzulie Freda.
But will it be enough? Will she answer my prayers?
She watched the Houngan trace the crossroad in the air, the crossroad where all spiritual energy met. This, she knew was in preparation for the Loa, Papa Legba's, entrance. Everyone had already laid their offerings on the altar. . . rum, tobacco, perfumes, machetes. . . Monique's offering of among them.
Songs were sung first in French; then a litany was sung in African and Creole. Behind her, young women holding candles danced. Along the walls men beat the drums with brass sticks.
The dance began.
A young man twisted into their midst. . . his face and contortions enraptured, his eyes rolling back in his head. The drums accentuated his movements as he skillfully spun with leaps and pirouette. He shuddered and dropped to his knees. . . his torso shaking back and forth in rhythm to the drums.
He rose slowly and they offered him his cane, straw hat and pipe. For he was now being ridden by Papa Legba: the honored one who is called before all others and is always the last to leave.
Papa Legba, the one who stands at the crossroads of life and death.
Minutes later, another older man gyrated violently in their midst: his face both enraptured and angry. He snatched the machete from the altar and began thrusting it in the air in quick, short jabs. The acolytes stepped back to give him room, rejoicing in their hearts, for they knew that Papa Ogun—a Loa of war— was now among them.
The French dogs will fail! We will not return to chains, non!
The Lwa spoke in a growling, rumbling voice: "Gren mwe fret!" My testicles are cold! The ancient demand for rum.
The Houngan snatched rum from the altar, poured it on to the ground and struck a match to it. . . they watched in awe as Ogun washed his hands in the fire without his flesh being burned. More Lwa flew among them possessing their favored. . . riding their human horses.
Moments later, Monique felt her coming. All anxiety and worry vanished. A cool breeze pervaded her spirit. . . For Erzulie was not only a fierce and warlike Loa, but one of love.
All love—not just that of a man and woman, n'est-ce pas? Monique's eyes rolled back in her head. As Erzulie Dantor possessed her, she wept and danced. . .
Monique fired: hitting a French soldier in the head. Next to her, a warrior dialed and aimed his whirling-bird. The mechanical bird flew straight at a Frenchman chopping and hacking at the doomed man's arms. . . Every able-bodied man and woman on the island was here—fighting on the field. Those that couldn't fight were behind the battlements pouring metal into bullet molds.
Napoleon's forces outnumbered them and the emperor had brought his own airships: huge, cigar shaped vessels, with sails billowing on the port and starboard, and conical balloons above them.
Monique risked a glance at the Mambo, Cecile Fatiman, standing before Saint-Domingue airships, chanting. Bullets whistled past the Mambo's head but she paid them no mind.
Thunder rumbled, the balloons filled with air and the ships rose, their curling flaps creating wind, the airships' propellers twisting the red and yellow Hibiscus blossoms beside them. Sailors at the airships' helm steered them to attack—firing upon the French with triple brass muskets. Other men, wearing goggles and vests, fired with rifles from the stern, their muscles glinting in the sun.
Cecile watched calmly as the larger French ships laid siege to the Saint-Domingue vessels with cannons. In the air, as on the ground, the Black warriors were heavily outnumbered. Now the Voudon priestess spoke her final mantra. . . Amber shadows rose from inside the hull of ships twisted free—the vengeful ghosts of slaves, mutilated and tortured to death. The spirits flew toward the French transforming into four-armed bat-like creatures. They covered their enemies biting and clawing, attached themselves to the enemies' hull pulling the crafts apart, as the men screamed. . .
On the ground, scores of French soldiers lay dead or dying. Napoleon's forces fell back retreating before bellowing, Black warriors.
The ancestors are with us!
The celebration that night was unlike any before. General Toussaint L'Ouverture declared their country the free Republic of Haiti!
Amid the screaming and shouts of victory, Monique caught Simone's eye in the crowd. A slow smile lit her face and Monique nodded. The two women slipped away to a waterfall beneath the rocks: the sanctuary where they had first declared their love.
"Ou fè m fou pou ou," You make me crazy for you, Monique whispered.
"Ou se lanmou kè m," You are the love of my heart, came Simone's breathless reply.
They shared a kiss, coming together in tender, hot embrace. . . their touch like butterflies, as they undressed one another and sank to the wet rocks in a symmetry of desire and surrender. An hour later they curled up together and slept.
Simone was screaming. The sound thrust Monique into awareness. Someone was shouting: "Demeplè! Unnatural!"
The women were being beaten and kicked. A blow to Monique's head knocked her unconscious.
The next few weeks were a nightmare. Monique and Simone were beaten again and confined to separate cages at the edge of town beneath the rocks, while the town elders debated her fate. Many said they should be killed. But finally an agreement was reached.
The women would be imprisoned for six weeks. Simone was shipped away to relatives living on a remote part of the Island to serve out her sentence. They would never see other again.
Monique watched the airships ready for take-off through the bars of her cage, hanging beneath the cliff. She still bore a black eye—the latest bruise from her mother. Only this time she'd fought back: punching and scratching. She'd done no more than was needed to fend Isabelle off and stop her beating. Still, two more weeks were added to her sentence.
Longing pierced her soul, as she gazed at the puffs of steam streaming from the ships on their way to patrol, and the wooden wings flapping. Suddenly, the first one was airborne—flying past the slender rocks that separated the triangular stacks of boulders at the edge of her village. The sound of palms on drum-skins beat in refrain to the ships' wings, as if the drums were were the reason they could fly.
One. . . two. . . three and now they soared into the distance. Monique stared at them until they were lost to her gaze. She gripped the bars of the cage. Suspending prisoners outside during the day, and letting them return home at night, was supposed to be a kinder punishment than perpetually confining captives indoors.
I'm still a prisoner. Being outside just makes it worse.
The rumbling of her belly and the shaking of her cage let her know it was time to eat. In the next moment, two women hoisted her cage up from under the rock and shifted it to the ground. Their narrowed eyes and pursed lips revealed what they thought of her.
The strange one who lusts for the flesh of her sisters. The bad daughter who beats her own mother.
One of the women reached into the folds of her dress and produced a skeleton key. A few moments later her dearest friend, Angelique, sauntered over. She was a plump young woman, with her skin the color of ripe bananas and a thick head of hair. She carried a basket and there was a blanket under her arm. The delectable smell of diri kole ak pwa, brown rice with red kidney beans topped off with red snapper, tomatoes and onions, drifted toward her.
She smiled, her teeth flashing against her cafe au lait skin. "Let's find somewhere nice to eat."
Angelique was a mulatto Affranchis: a wealthy descendent of the union between slave owner and slaves. Birth determined the Affranchis social position, and intermarriage between them solidified this caste solidarity. Some of them had even owned slaves, before General Toussaint had emancipated all living in Saint-Domingue.
Angelique knew how the ships were put together, what made them tick and she could fly. So she said. She and Monique's mutual interest in airships had brought them together and they'd quickly become friends—in spite of their dissimilar backgrounds. How she'd come by her knowledge of airships was mystery. But she'd shared all she knew with Monique and swore her to secrecy.
She was also in love with John, the dark-skinned son of former slaves. Because of his social status Angelique's parents, who followed the old ways of class solidarity, had forbade any courtship between their daughter and John. Tradition meant she must obey her parents' wishes or suffer the same fate as Monique.
"But I'm going to marry him anyway," she'd whispered. "See if I don't."
Monique secretly thought Angelique made half of her stories up, although she never said so. Still, she tells pretty tales, non?
Monique followed her past the cottages to a meadow, took the blanket from her friend and spread it on the grass. "If you don't stop being so nice to me, they're going to get someone else to bring me lunch."
The young women sat down, unpacked the food and began to eat. "I bet you wish now you'd just taken the punch instead of fighting back, eh?" Angelique said, her sympathetic eyes belying the coldness of her words. "Next time will be probably worst you know. Isabelle has always been ill-tempered. She's so angry with you. She had her heart set on grandchildren."
Monique frowned. "I can't help the way I am. Just like you can't help loving John. . . Your parents will never let you marry him. They're going to pick out a man for you."
Her best friend grinned slyly. "So they believe."
Angelique bit into a piece of fish and didn't answer. For awhile they ate in silence.
"Do you miss Simone much?"
Monique's eyes filled with tears. "Wi. . . It is an ache."
"So you love her?"
"What is it like. . . loving a woman?" Although they'd been best friends for years, they never discussed this.
Monique shrugged. "Like your love for John, I suppose. For me, it is as natural as breathing."
"Well, perhaps after tonight you will met another woman and fall in love."
"Loving someone, whether man or woman, is not like picking vases from the well. If one is empty, you just pick another one, n'est-ce pas? Love is not like that. . . What makes tonight so different?"
"Stay awake and find out."
Monique shook her head. "I can't go fishing. I need my sleep."
"Who said anything about fishing? You must pack a bag and stay awake."
"Poukisa wap fè sa? What are you up to?"
Angelique laughed like a child but would say no more.
Monique gazed at her friend with exasperation and affection on her brown face. "Why do I always listen to you?"
"Because I'm your best friend! Who else would you listen to?"
At that moment, two women plopped on the grass to their right, close enough to hear what the friends were saying. They fell silent and finished eating.
Monique sat in bed beside her window, trying to keep her eyes open. Tomorrow during the chilly dawn, her jailers would drag her out of bed to put her in the cage. Yet instead of sleeping, one of her few refuges, she sat waiting. For what?
Just when she'd resolve to wrap up in a blanket and surrender to sleep, a soft cooing sound echoed outside her window. She knew the sound well. It was she and Angelique's code signal, for whenever they decided to sneak away.
"Grab your bag and climb out!" Angelique hissed. "Do it! And hurry up!"
Monique snatched up her cloth bag and climbed out of the window. "Now what?"
Her wild-eyed friend grinned. "Now we fly!" Grabbing Monique's hand before she could protest, she half-dragged, half-led her to the forest beyond her hut.
"Have gone insane?"
"Shh!" Angelique cautioned her again.
Through the forest hidden under the brush was an airship. The green balloon over it added to the camouflage. It was crudely built without the intricate carvings of Haitian ships, but looked to be in working order.
"But how?"
John's mahogany face appeared at starboard side and waved them up.
"We can't do this!" Monique protested. "If they catch us they'll kill us!"
"Do you want to spend the rest of your life in a cage?" Angelique shot back. "Come on!" She clamored up the ladder with her friend at her heels.
"We can't fly this thing!" Monique protested, all the while clambering the ladder onto the deck.
"Yes we can," John said proudly. "I built her and Angelique can fly as well as I can!" So she was telling the truth!
"I'm a ship captain! But I can't marry the woman I love, because I have no money—and the color of my skin!" All the while he and Angelique were hoisting the sails.
Monique followed them inside to the helm; burning with excitement in spite of herself. She never actually walked inside an airship. In the center of the deck, was concentric hatch directly below the gathered edges of the balloon. Angelique opened the hatch to reveal a box of copper and brass, and another hole in its center, and depressions on either side.
She pumped the depressions and steam flowed from the box filling the balloon, while Monique and John began turning the cranks on the propellers and flaps. The ship began to rise, and Monique thought her heart would burst with joy.
"Here we go!" John shouted. The ships wings flapped, the propeller whirled, tearing and blowing the foliage and lifted from the ground.
The airship sputtered forward. "Give her more steam and turn the propellers faster!" The women grunted turning the propeller faster. "Angelique trade places with me!" Angelique took the helm, as he and Monique turned the propellers. The airship picked up speed.
The mulatto woman grinned. "My parents thought they could marry me off to an old man. Won't they be surprised?"
"Where will we go?" Monique asked.
"There's an island across the ocean, Santo Domingo," said John. "Haiti's armies freed the slaves there too."
The glory of a parvenu life thrust upon her was slowly taking hold. She was free—free of her mother. Free of a lifetime of cages. Free to love who she chose. The Loa Erzulie had answered her prayers after all!
But Simone was still lost to her. A weight of sadness pressed against the walls of her new-found liberation. And there were other doubts as well. "What if they don't want us there? How do we know it will be any better—?"
A shadow crept from the helm, jerking Monique away from her objections—amber-colored ghosts that instantly became creatures with the head of a bat and four arms.
"It's Madam Cecile's sorcery!" John shouted. "We must have been spotted!"
More shades reared up at them, claws ready. They paused, clearly confused. The three friends were most certainly not French soldiers. The ghosts turned away and attacked the airship dash in earnest— ripping and tearing.
Another one zoomed over their heads and struck the helm and it exploded in flames. They screamed—trying to fight the creatures off and fly the ship at the same time. They began losing altitude. The ship was sinking.
Below them, a thick, wavering mist blocked their path. The friends eyes were drawn to it. . . they could see images dancing within the fog. . . dancing to the beat of drums that suddenly echoed in the night about them. A cooling breeze wafted toward them . . . One image came into focus. . .
The Loa, Erzulie.
Their terror vanished.
Without another thought they flew into the fog.
And out the other side.
The flames snuffed out and the turbulence of the airship dissipated out as they flew out of the nosedive. "Let's land there!" Monique shouted, pointing to the beach below. As the three friends coasted into a smooth descent, their eyes widened. They recognized the Haitian shoreline.
"We never left home!" John exclaimed.
"Wait a minute," Angelique said slowly. "When we left Haiti it was midnight. Look at the sky!" A bright noonday sun beamed downed on them.
They stared at the turquoise blue waters, as if the ocean held answers. "This cannot be," John breathed. "Have we traveled backwards in time?"
"Non, c'est impossible. . ." Monique breathed. "The only thing we can do is start walking. Maybe when we find town we'll find our answers."
They covered the airship with seaweed and debris as best as they could. After their strange trip they were a little afraid of it. But the friends still thought it best to protect it in case they needed to escape.
When they reached town they discovered they'd left Haiti only to return. But to an alien Republic.
They didn't recognize the township. What was even more incredible was that in this Haiti, the revolution had taken place a month ago. No one knew them here. So they gave a vague descriptions of a small hamlet they'd traveled from; and no one they meet seemed to care much. Monique found a job cooking for a rich, elderly woman named Michelle. John and Angelique took a job working in the sugar fields she owned.
Later, Monique questioned her employer about the customs of her "new home" and found out that class discrimination did not exist in Haiti—informal or otherwise. There were no restrictions upon homosexuality either. Michelle was incredulous that any Republic would have such rules. "We were once slaves, n'est-ce pas? Why would we oppress one another?" The older woman sucked her teeth, and shook her head. "That must truly be a terrible place you came from. No wonder you ran away."
Monique pressed her lips together and said no more. It was my home and I loved it dearly. Now Haiti is here, yet lost to me. Perhaps forever. . .I wonder what unpleasant truths this new world holds?
"We're going to stay, Monique," said Angelique. "John and I can be together here."
"What about your mama and papa?"
Angelique looked away. "I love them and wish them happiness. But I love John more. Perhaps one day I'll look for them." She shrugged. "Perhaps not."
"Both my parents are dead," the young man added. "Angelique is all the family I have now."
The three were sharing a meal in the tiny house she and John had rented together. The couple had married the same week they'd landed.
"You should stay too," Angelique suggested.
Monique had saved a little coin and was determined to search the island until she found Simone. "No, I have to find her. I have to know if she's happy."
"What will you do, cherie, if you meet her and she is happy. . . with you," asked John. "We still know so little about this strange world, n'est-ce pas?"
Monique smiled. "We will become the best of friends—the three of us. I will wish her well."
"And I will be back."
She left the next morning to find her destiny. In the days to come, some happy, others melancholy, she thought often of the airship they'd left behind on the beach. . .
And whatever became of it.
Posted on September 30, 2018 March 20, 2019
Scierogenous II … In print!
Scierogenous II: An Anthology of Erotic Science Fiction and Fantasy is now in both print and eBook!
The Scierogenous II Anthology has landed with a collection just for readers with a taste for erotic science fiction and fantasy. Catch a virus with a delicious effect on its unsuspecting crew … Meet cyborgs who mesh with willing hosts … travel alongside a werewolf and vampire with a taste for blood … and each other. These and other sensuously twisted tales are waiting for readers in Scierogenous II. Take the journey; it will blow your funky circuits.
Contributing Authors: Sumiko Saulson, Cranston Burney, James Goodridge, Penelope Flynn, William Landis, Laura Elena Cáceres, Quinton Veal and Valjeanne Jeffers
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Scierogenous II: Spotlight on Valjeanne Jeffers
(from The Switch II: Clockwork)
Z100 had been a key player in the war that unseated the first rulers, catapulting her to the top class. Because of her role in the coup d'état she, and a handful of other female spies, were immune to these laws.
But if she were to marry this would change. Even taking a lover was risky. She'd heard of wealthy women drugged by men they were sleeping with, waking up to find themselves married. And penniless. The overthrow of the old regime had created a class of ultra-wealthy Tyroleans. The rest became under dwellers —those who lived under the city and earned only enough for food, shelter and oxygen; like her housekeeper Simone2.
Because Z had helped to overthrow the old world, because she worked as a spy to make sure nothing changed, she was hated. She had enemies everywhere—men and women who'd cheerfully murder her to bring down the society she'd helped create.
Z100 sauntered over to her futon, sat down and pushed a button on the underside of the end table next to the couch. The top of the table flipped over, revealing the keyboard hidden underneath. She twirled the dial of her wristband to release a disc and slid it into the front of the keyboard. Z100 tapped the play key. A holograph of a thirtyish black man appeared.
This was H36 a lawyer suspected of being sympathetic to the rebels. As she looked on, the man stepped from behind his desk to meet with a client. She sighed. God, he's boring… She forced herself to watch for another twenty minutes. He's clean.
Z reached over and pushed the next button on her keyboard. The image vanished and another holograph took its place: this one of an older white man. Like the target before him, T40 was dressed in tunic and slacks. But he wasn't alone.
Z's lips curled up in a tiny smile. This ought to be good.
She pushed pause, got up and went into the kitchen, detouring around her android butler to pour a glass of wine, then made herself comfortable on the futon once more. As she looked on, the target unzipped his jumpsuit and pushed them down. His blond companion sauntered over to his desk, and slipped off her pants. She straddled him, curling an arm about his neck. With her other hand she unzipped her tunic to bare her plump breasts. Moans of pleasure filled Z100's apartment
Valjeanne Jeffers is a Spelman College graduate, a member of the Carolina African American Writers' Collective, the author of nine books, including her Immortal and Mona Livelong: Paranormal Detective series, and co-editor of Scierogenous I and II. She has been published in numerous anthologies including: Steamfunk!;The Ringing Ear; Griots: A Sword and Soul Anthology; Liberated Muse I: How I Freed My Soul; Say it Loud; Drumvoices Revue; Possibilities and, most recently, Luminescent Threads: Connections to Octavia Butler (winner of the Locus Award and nominated for Hugo Award); Fitting In; Sycorax's Daughters (nominated for the Bram Stoker Award) and Black Magic Women. Visit her at: http://www.vjeffersandqveal.com
Scierogenous II: An Anthology of Erotic Science and Fantasy edited by Valjeanne Jeffers and Quinton Veal. Contributing authors: Quinton Veal. Sumiko Saulson. Cranston Burney. James Goodridge. Penelope Flynn. William Landis. Laura Elena Cáceres. Valjeanne Jeffers. Copyright 2018 by Valjeanne Jeffers and Quinton Veal, all rights reserved.
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Scierogenous II: Spotlight on Quinton Veal
Cosmic Storm
(From Cosmic Storm)
Quinton Veal
Our Bloodline Has Returned
Queen your essence, the frequency of your electrical powers
charges me up when it's the perfect moment to intercourse the
canal to your inner core—to the path that leads to your very soul
Heavenly stars begin to fall— even the moon turns blood red
Cosmic powers from the gods are descending down upon us
Can you hear the ringing sounds— can you feel the pressure
closing up your ears …?
Quinton Veal is a native of East Saint Louis, Illinois, an artist, writer of erotica, the author of six books, including his most recent book, Cosmic Storm (in press) and co-editor of Scierogenous I and II. His art has also been featured in the O.T.H.E.R. S.C.I. F.I. Magazine, and Genesis Science Fiction Magazine Summer Issue 2012, and his poetry has been published in Poetic Gumbo, I Want My Poetry To . . . Volume II, and Hurricane Katrina Couldn't Break Us. His digital portrait, Queen in Tears, also appears on the cover of the 2014 Fall edition of Reflections Literary and Art Magazine. Visit Quinton at http://www.vjeffersandqveal.com
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Scierogenous II: Spotlight on Laura Cáceres
The Path to Midnight
Laura Elena Cáceres
"You're late."
"You didn't tell me I had to be on time."
"It's clear in my profile. I hate unpunctuality."
"It's eleven thirty-five, you silly."
"Don't talk to me like that."
"Anyway, you waited for five minutes."
As he watched the young man condescend to him, he got mad.
"Can I…? There…? A hug…?"
He rejected the advance. The nocturnal cold didn't help to break the awkward moment. "And here we are …"
The young man hugged him without asking. And this time, there was no rejection. He began to kiss the lobe of his ear and rub his face and cheeks. At first, he didn't reciprocate, then he gently kissed his neck.
He pushed the young man away and moved two steps back; yet he was still watching him. "I'm uncertain of who you are."
"Me too. Does it matter?"
"This was a bad idea. I should have left five minutes ago."
"But you waited."
"Stop saying that!"
He watched how the young man's face changed to the expression of someone in a hurry, the eyes moving around everywhere, at all directions, to the clock station, the lights from cars outside, to lampposts with led lights, and ancient lamps.
"You knew what you were coming for; you insisted a lot on that."
"And on the punctuality."
"You know this city is a chaos," he protested.
"Not today; it's quiet …"
Laura Elena Cáceres was born in 1985 in the Federal District (now Mexico City) lived most of her life in Reynosa, and in her her twenties she decided to travel around the country selling small copies of her stories. She's travelled to places like Guadalajara, Mexico, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas, her creative paradise. She has worked as waitress, teacher and cashier, but at the same time her passion for writing has always followed her. She likes to read, and daydreams a lot to find a relationship with the world, and tender things.
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Scierogenous II: Spotlight on William Landis
Blind date with Ma'at
William Landis
It happened very easy, though she was a smart
accomplished college girl, a senior at Harris-Stowe.
A sophisticated lady I took her to an art museum
The halls were pretty empty it was after 7 pm.
Walking past a Botero she had something to tell
She wasn't truly normal, she was born with a veil
She had visions—all the works of art had a tale
She paused and said not all of them end very well
She'd go off in a gaze and get lost in a trance
When she came from it, I said that I wanted a glance
We walked around a corner there was a gold sarcophagus
Suddenly we locked lips she pushed my back to an obelisk
Beside a hieroglyph of Thoth she wanted to show me the truth
Beneath the eye of Horus she knew just what to do …
William Landis is an agriculture extension agent, national guard soldier who writes science fiction, and horror poetry in his spare time. He has been previously published in Scifaikuest, Tales of the Talisman, Scryptic, Star*line, Bloodbond, Niteblade, and the Dwarf Star Anthology. He is a graduate of North Carolina A&T State University.
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Peter Dobson (The Frighteners) and Louis Mandylor (My Big Fat Greek Wedding) star in a Bobby Barbacioru film, out December 6 on VOD.
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Since reading BT, something which struck me as odd was the complete lack of gifted vampires, with the exception of Fred. I'd like to request a thread discussing why Steph might have pulled back on the power-playing, so to speak. It seems odd that nearly every vampire coven we'd read about before has a mess of talented vampires, but one as large as Victoria's only had the one. Perhaps it was simply because most of the newborns were "dregs"...? I really want to discuss this.
Also, this thread could discuss the raised issue of gifts in general; from the Twilight Series, I'd always gotten the impression that each vampire had a gift of sorts, a trait that was amplified during the transformation, even if it wasn"t something cool like shooting lightening, ie Rose's beauty. But Steph pretty much pulled the rug out from my feet on that one as none of the twenty-something vampires (again, excluding Fred) appeared to notice any special gifts or enhanced traits.
My thinking on the lack of gifts was that, to Bree, none of the other newborns mattered. SM did the same thing in the Saga- since its written from one person's perspective, you only see one side of the sotry, and she focuses almost exclusively on that. We only see what Bree wants us to see, what she's thinking about, what is important to her. And, as a newborn, the only important thing was her survival. The other newborns were only minor obstacles to her survival, and she only concentrated on them when they got too near her or she was forced to interact with them. She may not have considered normal gifts, the small talents that were brought up with the change, since only the "big" gifts (like Raoul gift, or, more obviously, Fred) were emphasized by Riley. The smaller natural talents enhanced by the change were probably overlooked as being unhelpful to fighting, therefore, Bree wouldn't have thought of them. On her own, perhaps. Maybe if she had noticed a talent of her own that had been enhanced, it would have been spoken of, but she didn't really get the time to think about it, did she?
Hmmm. An interesting take on it. But I would think that since Bree appears to be one of the few newborns who is using her brain, she would be analyzing the others as they are threats to her survival. That was how she noticed Fred's ability to repel others, even without knowing he was "special". And she noted vaguely Raoul's ability to get others (albeit, stupid others) to follow him. This shows a sense of critical thinking that Steph has shown Bree is capable of while the others are not. It could perhaps be a gift of her own that went unnoticed.
Still, I'm more curious as to the why for the lack of gifted newborns. Is Steph implying that gifts are not only rare, but manifest only in the case of exceptional vampires? Fred was perhaps the only vampire who was conscious to Riley's lies enough that he could break free from the coven without needing the support of another. This put him in a league of his own - is that why he displayed a power? Or was his suspicion of Riley because he was alienated from the other?
I guess because I lurk around fanfics in which every carrie has a million different gifts I find it heard to believe that the Cullens' house is home to so many talented vampires while Vicky can only create one by pure luck. The needle in a haystack theory just doesn't satisfy me.
I think the main reason for the lack of powers in the newborn army is simplicity.
First, it would be easier to write about a group of vamps that had little to no special powers. Having a power marks you as special, as Riley put it to them, and take a look at how much space we have in the novella devoted to Fred.
Second, it would make the victory of the Cullens and the Pack much more plausible. Picture if you will Fred being present at the battle- his ability alone could have been disruptive enough to cause some damage to our protagonists. It's more clear-cut a victory if you imagine that the newborns had nothing but newborn strength on their side, not to mention less complex a scenario if you don't have to figure out whether Power A beats Power B.
ringswraith wrote: It's more clear-cut a victory if you imagine that the newborns had nothing but newborn strength on their side, not to mention less complex a scenario if you don't have to figure out whether Power A beats Power B.
I'd really hate to think that Steph cut corners just for simplicity's sake; I give her too much credit to think that. She's always come off as an author who thinks through every detail of her story and sticks to the rules she creates. Whether it means keeping the veggie vamps to a scarcity or keeping everyone in character, she sticks to what is true to the world of Twilight. So I have to think there is a more meaningful answer to the lack of gifted vampires then Steph simply wanting to make thinks easier for herself/the Cullens.
Continuing with this thought, Steph must have had a certain reason for making Fred unique among the newborns and I stick by my belief that it was intentional, not merely convenient.
misspikaboo wrote: I'd really hate to think that Steph cut corners just for simplicity's sake; I give her too much credit to think that. She's always come off as an author who thinks through every detail of her story and sticks to the rules she creates.
I'm going to sound like a donkey's behind for this, but I would have to say that this is not the case.
One just has to look at any of the Explorations threads, or the Science thread, to see that this is not the case.
And I myself have said that she in fact does not stick to the rules she creates. Case in point: Bella Swan Cullen.
ringswraith wrote: And I myself have said that she in fact does not stick to the rules she creates. Case in point: Bella Swan Cullen.
Well, I guess I have to give you that one.
Maybe it was just wishful thinking, but I thought there would be some ground-shaking, earth-shattering reason behind the untalented newborns. I shall keep my faith a little longer, hoping someone else may have put too much thought into this topic, as I have.
I am surprised there isn't more discussion about this crucial topic as I find it an intriguing discussion piece.
Why Steph might have pulled back on the power-playing, so to speak. It seems odd that nearly every vampire coven we'd read about before has a mess of talented vampires, but one as large as Victoria's only had the one. Perhaps it was simply because most of the newborns were "dregs"...?
For this specific subject, being a personal writer for my and close friends and family entertainment purposes, have written and role-played several Vampire based stories of all types find that having Vampires or other supernatural beings all have gifts can make details, descriptions, and compatibility really hard to create and layout into a story format. Steph wrote the novella after Eclipse, therefore she already had a very small layout of the newborn army and its outcome she couldn't ignore because it was already written. And since novellas are usually short (I haven't seen very many, but from what I have they are less then 300 pages long) details had to be brief.
Although having everyone with a gift can make things more interesting, it makes it overwhelming for the writer as well. You have to come up with the gifts, how they work, and how to describe them, then remember them all. It is a headache. Limiting the number of gifted vampires like Steph did in the novella makes sense to me, it was based on one newborns perspective. I think Bree herself had the gift of being able to repel or ignore other gifts to a certain extent only because she was the only person able to bare Freds repulsive gift and Raoul's persuasive leadership skills to a certain extent. Whether Fred let her near him is vaguely mentioned to disregard this theory.
Also, all the newborns were under a year old, in the frenzy stage. All they wanted was blood, blood, blood, so there could've been more newborns with gifts, they just couldn't realize them or figure them out because they were preoccupied with more important things in mind to them. If I write something about a young Vampire with a gift, I don't like them to realize the gift right away, it makes the story be able to go longer with the progression period of figuring out the gift, then learning how to use it, then learning when to use it.
I disagree with regards to Bree's having any special ability at all. They did mention that Raoul's power only worked on certain people, and Fred did let her near him consciously- she mentions the effort it took for her not to feel like retching whenever she tried to get near him. Lastly, if she had some kind of resistive ability, one would reasonably expect Jane, Edward, or Jasper to have noticed this during the conversation in the field.
As to everything else, I did mention that the main reason for the lack of powers here is simplicity (my opinion), so I agree with you on that.
Ah, I looked back at the book and did notice she mentioned it being difficult for her. I read the internet version of it the first time so details are a little off for me. Thank you for that point, ringswraith.


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Q: Angular Material : chips md-autocomplete never hide suggestions menu I want to have an input with autocomplete suggestions in a chrome extension. I face a very weird issue.
Once I get the focus on my input, the suggestions menu is opened well with good values but then if I focus anywhere else, the suggestion menu never hide, I still can see an empty suggestion menu opened under my first input. It just never hides himself.
All the other functionalities are working well.
I tried this without effect : Angular Material: md-autocomplete - how to hide md-autocomplete-suggestions on Enter event?
Here's my html :
<md-chips ng-model="ctrl.newTags"
          md-autocomplete-snap
          md-transform-chip="ctrl.newVeg($chip)"
          md-require-match="false">
    <md-autocomplete id="Auto"
                     md-selected-item="ctrl.selectedItem"
                     md-search-text="ctrl.searchText"
                     md-items="item in ctrl.querySearch(ctrl.searchText)"
                     md-item-text="item.name"
                     placeholder="Enter a tag">
        {{item.value}}
    </md-autocomplete>
    <md-chip-template>

            {{$chip.value}}

    </md-chip-template>
</md-chips>

And my JS code :
self.newVeg = function(tag) {
    if (angular.isObject(tag)) {
        return tag.value;
    } else if (angular.isString(tag)) {
        return tag;
    }
};
self.querySearch = function(search) {
    search = search || "";
    return self.existingTags.filter(function(vO) {
        return !search || vO.value.toLowerCase().indexOf(search.toLowerCase()) >= 0 ;
    });
};

I'm asking myself if it doesn't work because of the fact it's in a chrome extension but it looks too simple...
The picture of my problem just to be clear :

Thanks if anyone knows why or get the same mistake !
Matt.

A: I had the same problem using angular-material in a chrome extension. Adding this to my css fixed it:
.ng-hide {
display: none;
}

Incidentally, I also had issues with the ng-show directive not working in my chrome extension, and adding this css class appeared to solve those issues as well.

A: Problem solved with the new version of angular material.

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General director, producer
In 1993 after graduating from college of music founded the first touring agency "EMPIRE OF STARS" in Saratov city. The agency was engaged in renting popular singers and artists of conversational genre to perform in Volga Russian cities.
In 2001 moves the headquarters to Moscow city and occupies the post of producer in "RU-CONCERT" company. In 2002 he established Moscow drama theatre "EMPIRE OF STARS" whose performances were at various theater venues in Moscow theaters and were actively touring in Russian Federation. From 2005 he is the first publisher and chief editor of a glossy magazine "Our theater. About favorite artists on stage and in life".
In march 2006 entered into the encyclopedia " who is who in Russia" as the most successful Russian theater producer. He created over 10 theater projects with participation of Alexander Abdulov, Andrey Panin, Lyubov Polishchuk, Irina Alferova, Emmanuel Vitorgan, Igor Ugolnikov, Vladimir Eremin, Alyona Bondarchuk, Igor Petrenko, Yekaterina Klimova, Lyubov Tolalina, Alexander Nosik and many other stars of Russian theater and cinema. 4 of November 2008 the theater showed its 1000th performance and suspended its activity due to rebranding. In 2009 returned to "RU-CONCERT" company on the post of general director.
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Event manager career began in 2001 in position of the employee in special activities department of " PUBLIC TOTEM" company. Worked with companies such as San Interbru, PepsiCo, Procter and Gamble, etc.
After graduation in 2003 from Russian State University of service- Faculty of management works as a manager in Mobile Marketing Agency"(M-Marketing).
From 2006 to 2008 worked as an art-director at "Cosmos" casino.
Since 2007 collaborates with "IFC JamilCo" and " STROYGAZCONSULTING" companies in PR, marketing and advertising.
In 2008 comes to "RU-CONCERT" company and creates an event agency and Internet portal ZakazArtistov.ru
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A corresponding member of the AIA (International Academy of Information)
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Q: JQuery checkbox state is updated differently between group click() and $.each(obj.click()) The code below doesn't work in the same behavior. The sequence of click event and calling foo() is different. I want to know why they behave different sequence between call click() and iterate the objects before call click() on each.
<script type="text/javascript">

      function foo(obj){
        alert(obj.id+" ->"+obj.checked);
      }

      function clickAll(val){
        if (val) {
          $(":checkbox").click();
        } else {
          $(":checkbox").each(function(i,obj){
              obj.click();
              });
        }
      }
    </script>
  </head>
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<input type="checkbox" id="check1" onclick="foo(this)" /> a
<input type="checkbox" id="check2" onclick="foo(this)" /> b
<input type="checkbox" id="check3" onclick="foo(this)" /> c
<input type="button" onclick="clickAll(true)" value="click all" />
<input type="button" onclick="clickAll(false)" value="click all each" />
</body>

A: Instead of…
$(":checkbox").each(function(i,obj){
 obj.click();
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Try:
$(':checkbox').each(function() {
 $(this).click();
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A: $(":checkbox").each(function(i,obj){ // i is an index and obj is a dom element object...
    //obj.click();  not a jQuery Object that is why it's not working as expected
    $(obj).click(); // do this instead..
});


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It is quite common to find lice in daycare centres, pre-schools and schools. Head Lice checks will be organized periodically by a group of parents / guardians. Helpers always welcome!
If lice or nits are found in your child's hair, a letter will be sent home from the school office. This letter will outline procedures for treatment, which need to be followed before the child returns to class.
Without disclosing your child's name, parents/guardians of the other children in the class will be advised to check their children's hair and scalp for the possibility of head lice.


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// THIS CODE IS PROVIDED *AS IS* WITHOUT WARRANTY OF
// ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING ANY
// IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
// PURPOSE, MERCHANTABILITY, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT.
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#include "pch.h"
#include "SecondaryAppWindowPage.h"
#include "SecondaryAppWindowPage.g.cpp"

using namespace winrt;
using namespace Windows::Foundation;
using namespace Windows::UI::Xaml;

namespace winrt::SDKTemplate::implementation
{
    SecondaryAppWindowPage::SecondaryAppWindowPage()
    {
        InitializeComponent();
    }
}

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For all those worried about the impact the Snoopers Charter will have on their online privacy, there is another glimmer of hope. Because the European Court of Justice (ECJ), the EUs highest court, has ruled that the bulk harvesting of electronic communications data is illegal, and in doing so have essentially declared the law illegal before it even official makes it onto the statute books.
The case in question was originally brought by Conservative MP David Davis (who withdrew his name when he was appointed Brexit Secretary) and the deputy leader of the Labour Party, Tom Watson, along with a whole raft of campaign groups including Liberty, the Law Society, the Open Rights Group and Privacy International.
It related to a piece of 2014 legislation, the Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act (DRIPA), which was the law used by the Government to justify their bulk data collections.
In the High Court in London, Davis and Watson argued that DRIPA was illegal and won their case. The Government appealed and the appeal Judges in London referred it to the ECJ.
The ECJ ruling fell firmly on the side of the privacy advocates. They concluded that the "general and indiscriminate retention" of electronic communications data is illegal and added that it is possible to use such data to draw "very precise conclusions" about the people it relates to.
But as both Jim Killock and Martha Spurrier have alluded to, this ruling does not automatically kill off the Investigatory Powers Act. The ruling refers not to that new law, but the one it superseded, DRIPA. That detail gives the Government some breathing room.
And this case is not yet done and dusted either. It will not go back to Court of Appeal in London for a final ruling to be made, and while it is unthinkable that they would go against the ECJ ruling, there is a little scope for how they interpret it into British law.
It is clear that they will not be giving up without a fight in this case and will no doubt fight tooth and nail for the Investigatory Powers Act too.
It seems impossible for the Government to keep the powers in place forever given the clarity of the ECJ ruling, but stalling might be sufficient for them. Legal challenges now seem inevitable, but with Brexit now in the offing, the authority of the ECJ over the UK is likely to end in the next couple of years.
So, Brexit might be the Government's best hope of retaining their intrusive and overbearing surveillance regime. The irony that Brexit is being spearheaded by none other than David Davis will not have been lost on many observers.
For regular users, their long-term online privacy position in the UK is far from clear. But in the short-term, the Investigatory Powers Act will come into force at the end of this month, so if they want to protect their data from automatic logging by their ISPs, they need to be looking to sign up for a reputable VPN like IPVanish and ExpressVPN sooner rather than later.
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Charities and nonprofits love to receive donations, but many face challenges when they get noncash contributions, or "gifts in kind." In-kind donations are not as easy to record as cash and issues with fair value typically come into play. Donors may not be able to give in the form of cash but are more than willing to contribute gifts, such as furniture or supplies, or contribute a service. There are numerous types of noncash contributions a nonprofit can receive that require special record keeping. Nonprofits should keep these tips in mind to stay compliant with generally accepted accounting principles.
The most challenging aspect of donated goods is determining an appropriate value. While a "quoted price" is preferable, an active market may not exist for many items to find a price. In such case, observable public information on identical or similar assets should be used. Websites such as eBay can be used for general goods or Kelley Blue Book for vehicles. If a value cannot be determined from an active or observable market, the fair value as determined by the donor can be used as a last resort.
Long-lived assets such as a vehicle or piece of equipment should be recorded at fair value and depreciated over its useful life. You should also be aware of any donor-imposed restrictions on the purpose or timing, as a temporarily restricted contribution may be necessary.
Nonprofits may receive the use of a building or a discounted price on rent or utilities. In this situation, the value of the benefits received should be measured at fair value at the time of the contribution. If the asset is long-lived, the amount should not exceed the fair value and be amortized over the subsequent years.
If your organization receives items to be used as inventory for an auction, fair value should be used for the contribution. If the goods are sold for more or less than the recorded value, the difference should be recognized as an adjusting contribution. In cases where fair value cannot be determined, nonprofits can simply wait until they receive proceeds to record a prior inventory value.
The services creates or enhances nonfinancial assets, such as a building.
The service requires specialized skills, such as construction or accounting services, is provided by individuals possessing those skills, and would ordinarily need to be purchased if it had not been donated.
Contributed goods and services should be disclosed in the financial statements. The notes typically identify the nature of goods or services received, the fair value amount recognized as contributions, and how the gifts were used.
All nonprofits should have procedures in place for receiving various types of gifts. Each type of gift is accounted for differently and it is important to avoid the common mistakes. Large or unique donations should also always be evaluated before being accepted. If a gift is more harmful than helpful, or doesn't support the nonprofit's mission, it may be better to decline this gift. These are all things to consider ahead of time.


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Mayweather vs Canelo: Validation Or A New Start For Boxing
Mayweather and Alvarez face off
By Mike Soltesz: Floyd Mayweather is considered by most to be the best pound for pound fighter in the world. His resume is a who's who in the sport of boxing. Oscar De La Hoya, Diego Corrales, Ricky Hatton and Miguel Cotto are just some of the victims who have crossed paths with Mayweather and lost. His pristine record is littered with legends, champions and some mediocre fighters. Manny Pacquiao aside, he has fought almost everybody in his era. If there is one criticism of him, it is that many of Mayweather's best victories came when these fighters were past their primes. Shane Mosley is an example, although many would argue his viability at the time because of his win over Antonio Margarito. Mayweather needs a fighter who is bigger than him to finally shut his critics up once and for all. Canelo Alvarez is that fighter and arguably the most dangerous opponent of Mayweather's career.
Canelo Alvarez burst onto the scene in 2011 when he won the vacant WBC light. Middleweight Title against Matthew Hatton. He has defended his title six times. The victory that legitimized him to the public is his 12 round decision over former champion, Austin Trout. Trout is a slick southpaw boxer who can outbox most boxers at his weight. Alvarez is not your typical boxer. He won the fight convincingly and made himself a viable opponent for Mayweather. After the usual shenanigans that come with negotiating big fights, Mayweather versus Alvarez will finally happen on September 14, 2013.
Genius is a word that is frequently thrown out to describe too many athletes. Mayweather is a boxing genius. He possesses incredible hand and foot speed. While he lacks one shot power, he is a sharp enough puncher to keep opponents from rushing in. His ability to duck and slip punches with shoulder rolls and angle changes is dazzling. Ability to control the tempo is an asset for him and ties into his ring generalship. Typically, he doesn't throw a lot of punches. However, Mayweather is extremely accurate with those punches. Opponents play right into his hands by not throwing enough punches to make Floyd work. A good mix of head and body punches keeps opponents befuddled and off balance. The left jab especially to the body has been an effective weapon of his for years. That is when he actually uses it. If there is one criticism of Mayweather, it is that he tends to stay on the ropes and leaves himself open for punches. Only Cotto was able to remotely exploit that. What you have is as close to a perfect fighter as there is right now. Alvarez has certain advantages that can give Mayweather problems.
Alvarez is a smart and aggressive boxer-puncher. He has huge power in both hands. The punch that Alvarez uses the best is his left hook, especially to the body. At 23 years of age, Alvarez is getting better with every fight. Size is an effective weapon for Alvarez and he knows how to use it against smaller opponents. The Trout fight showed that Alvarez has drastically improved his boxing skills Punches are landing with more accuracy, a sign of an improving fighter. Alvarez showed in the fight that he has much better footwork so that he can trap slicker boxers on the ropes. His one Achilles' heel is that he tends to be excessively patient at times when he fights. There were too many times in the Trout fight where he didn't throw any punches when he should have been fighting at a much faster pace. This could be the key to a potential victory against Mayweather.
As I look at these two fighters, the game plans for each should be obvious. Mayweather is much faster and needs to use his boxing skills to keep Alvarez off balance and away from him. Alvarez has to throw more punches for a few reasons. He needs to put Mayweather on the ropes and put as much pressure on him as possible. Mayweather hasn't really been hit with body punches and Alvarez has to do that in order to take the older fighter's legs away. Alvarez has to keep up a fast pace because if he tries to outbox Mayweather, he will be beat to the punch and get down on points. He can't outthink Mayweather, he has to outfight him. Conditioning will of course be a huge factor. Even at 23, Alvarez has shown signs of being tired late in fights. Mayweather spars five minute rounds constantly and is always in prime physical condition. He starts slowly and once he figures his opponent out, Mayweather ratchets up the pressure. Slow and subtle adjustments are what enable Mayweather to gradually take over fights. Alvarez can't get discouraged at anytime or it will be over for him. This mental war is going to be Alvarez's biggest challenge. Is he going to be intimidated by the gravity of the moment? Or can he rise to the occasion? Will he get discouraged if he behind on points? These are just some the questions that he has never dealt with in his young career. The respective training teams are going to be key factor in this fight.
Mayweather is now being trained by his father, Floyd Mayweather Sr. Mayweather Sr. has made Junior more defensive and it payed off big time. Mayweather Jr. looked as good against Robert Guerrero as he did when he beat Diego Corrales back in 2001. He boxed on his toes more and used his jab regularly. Roger Mayweather had Junior fight flat-footed more and he looked more vulnerable. It was a wise change at this point in his career. Alvarez is trained by Jose Reynoso. He used to train former world champion Oscar Larios. Canelo has improved with each fight under Reynoso so he is a solid trainer. He doesn't have the pedigree of Mayweather Sr. but he is still accomplished and will no doubt have his fighter ready. Mayweather has the advantage in theory, but both corners are very good.
This fight is very hard to call. Mayweather has been dominant for so long. Canelo wants to be the best. What will determine the victor? Truth is we won't know until the bell rings. Fighters can get old at any time and Mayweather is at the age where he may be prone to getting old. He showed signs of it prior to the Guerrero fight. Alvarez needs to show that he is talented enough to keep up with Floyd. The head says Mayweather wins this decisively. He is too fast and talented against a slower, inexperienced opponent. The heart says that Canelo has the right blend of youth and desire to overcome his disadvantages and outfight Mayweather. We'll just have to wait and see what happens when these two warriors collide on September 14.
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Video Game Studies
Selected resources designed to assist in researching the interdisciplinary field of computer and video game studies.
Studying Games at U-M
Diverse Games
Game Preservation
About Serious Games
Broadly defined, "a serious game or applied game is a game designed for a primary purpose other than pure entertainment. The "serious" adjective is generally prepended to refer to video games used by industries like defense, education, scientific exploration, health care, emergency management, city planning, engineering, and politics. The idea shares aspects with simulation generally, including flight simulation and medical simulation, but explicitly emphasizes the added pedagogical value of fun and competition."
Curated Lists of Serious Games
Extra Credits EDU - Steam Group
"Games suitable for aiding and enhancing learning in various educational settings. All recommendations are categorized by suggested subjects, minimum play length, and recommended teacher gaming experience "
Games with a Purpose - Game List
Games with Purpose was created to showcase the best games that do more than just entertain.
Health Games Research Database
Advancing effectiveness of interactive games for health.
Science Game Center
The goal of the Science Game Center is to demonstrate to teachers, scientists, museums, and parents the myriad ways games can be used to improve education in math and science.
Serious Play Conference - Award List
Click on their "Awards" section to explore their most recent award-winning serious games.
Serious Games and Education
If educating people through the use of games interests you, this list of projects might give you ideas for your own projects:
BiblioBouts Project
The BiblioBouts Project was a 3-year project (October 1, 2008 to September 30, 2011), to support the design, development, testing, and evaluation of a computer game to teach incoming undergraduate students information literacy skills and concepts.
Disaster Hero
A game released in 2011 that teaches how to deal with natural disasters or emergencies.
The Education Arcade
The Education Arcade explores games that promote learning through authentic and engaging play...
TEA's research and development projects focus both on the learning that naturally occurs in popular commercial games, and on the design of games that more vigorously address the educational needs of players.
Learning via Gaming: An Immersive Environment for Teaching Kids Handwriting
Prof. Maxim of U-M Dearborn wrote a report detailing his project to create a computer game that helps children learn handwriting.
A game for the University of Huddlesfield in the U.K. meant to inspire library patrons to become more actively involved at the library by winning game badges, points, etc.
Serious Games and Health
If games in health studies interests you, this list of projects might give you ideas for your own projects:
Educational video game for juvenile diabetes
Packy & Marlon, an interactive adventure video game that uses experiential learning to improve self-management of diabetic children and adolescents, was evaluated in a six-month controlled trial...
FoldIt Project
Online gamers have used a game called FoldIt to help decipher "the structure of an enzyme of an AIDS-like virus," helping scientists to develop "new insights for the design of antiretroviral drugs."
Gaming for the Greater Good class (U-M)
Games created in this U-M engineering course are developed into the therapy and assessment laboratories at C.S. Mott Children's Hospital.
The Incredible Adventures of the Amazing Food Detective
Kaiser Permanente has released a game that focuses on teaching children how to fight obesity.
The Magi and the Sleeping Star
This Kickstarter video game project was a combination RPG and health education game that teaches people how to deal with diabetes and blood sugar.
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Assessment and Treatment (PTSD)
The Virtual Reality (VR) Assessment and Treatment of Combat-Related Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) project develops immersive virtual environment applications for the treatment of Iraq War veterans diagnosed with PTSD.
Serious Games and Military Training
If using games to augment military training interests you, this list of projects might give you ideas for your own projects:
Cubic Corporation
The Cubic Corporation provides virtual combat training and scenarios through the use of games.
Institute for Creative Technologies
The military has funded an institute whose goal is to create engaging, memorable and effective interactive media that are revolutionizing learning in the fields of training, education and beyond...
Several projects are highlighted at the linked website.
Other Game Projects
Planet Hunters
This game aims to enlist the help of gamers to identify potentially new planets by scanning through Keplar Public Archive data.
Gamesandlearning.org is a news and information service aimed at increasing the amount of information available for those interested in developing and funding new educational games for children and young adults.
On Serious Games
On Serious Games was created by a enthusiastic group of video games fanatics completely convinced that there is more than just entertainment to offer in this industry.
Serious Play Conference
The Serious Play Conference is a leadership conference for professionals who embrace the idea that games can revolutionize learning.
MIT Education Arcade: Games for Learning Project
We work with educators to make sure our games tie into their math and science curriculums. The games we develop can be played on computers or mobile devices, and are used both inside and outside the classroom.
Serious Game Materials in Library Catalog Search
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The Music of Star Trek: Voyager.
The music for the later Star Trek series has been described by some as 'wallpaper' music, or music that is just there as filler, without substance. While it may be challenging to come up with new music after having scored 183 episodes (Jay Chattaway) or 256 episodes (Dennis McCarthy), there were still plenty of opportunities for the composers to stretch their legs and compose some truly brilliant music, even in the third Star Trek spin off series.
In this episode of Melodic Treks, host Brandon-Shea Mutala takes a look at the new 4-Disc Star Trek: Voyager soundtrack release from La La Land Records. He focuses on the music from the episodes that truly had a shining score which were composed by three different composers.
Five Favorites with Zach Moore. We talk about Zach's five favorite tracks from the score to Star Trek III: The Search For Spock, composed by James Horner. We also discuss why this is his favorite Trek film, and, as always, we have a few tangents along the way.
Charles-Henri Avelange Interview. We interview composer Charles-Henri Avelange and discuss growing up in a castle, writing a score in five hours, composing theme songs, the status of film scoring, his passion project of creating the Star trek: Voyager theme song on the now discontinued minimoog voyager synthesizer.
The Musical Era of "Far Beyond the Stars." We are joined by Andy Farber to discuss the music of the early 1950's, which was the era of the acclaimed Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Far Beyond the Stars." We talk about different styles of music, artists that Benny Russel name drops in the episode, the charts, source music, and the score.
When the Train Stops. We are joined by James Kerwin, Mike Avenaim, and Rekha Sharma to discuss the score to the short film When the Train Stops. They talk about the sarangi, what they feel this instrument represents, recording sessions, teachers and father figures, and some of the challenges in distribution of a short film.
"Code of Honor." I am joined by trombonist Lance Laster to discuss the episode and the music of the first season Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Code of Honor."
Melodic Treks 94: Do I Have the Job?
Cliff Eidelman Interview. We are joined by Cliff Eidelman to discuss his career as a composer. We talk about his new works that were inspired by art, working with the Londonand Munich Symphony Orchestras, his vocal album, and getting the job as the composer for Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.
Nicholas Meyer Interview. We are joined by Nicholas Meyer, writer and director of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, to talk about film composing from a director's perspective. We talk about temp scores, favorite scores, Bernard Herrmann, and we also discuss his friendship with James Horner.
"11001001" with Brian McVickar. We are joined by Brian McVickar, host of A Score to Settle, to discuss the music of the first season Next Generation episode "11001001."
James Horner's Clear and Present Danger. We are joined by film score expert John Takis to discuss James Horner's score to the 1994 film Clear and Present Danger.
Melodic Treks 90: Noticing it For the First Time.
Star Trek Beyond at the Albert Hall. We are joined by Tony Robinson, host of Continuing Mission, to discuss the showing of the film Star Trek Beyond at the Royal Albert Hall, with the score provided by a live symphony .
Dennis McCarthy Interview. Brandon-Shea Mutala has an in depth discussion with Dennis McCarthy, the person who has composed the most Star Trek episodes and films. We talk about getting into the business, working with Kevin Kiner, as well as his extensive career composing for Star Trek.
Remembering Harlan Ellison's "The City on the Edge of Forever." We take a look at the score to the episode that many fans consider to be the best episode of the original Star Trek.
Jeff Russo Interview. We talk to the two-time Grammy Award nominee and Emmy Award-winning composer about his work on the first season of Star Trek: Discovery and the progression of his music career.
Restarting the music. A temporal intervention by associate producer Tony Robinson stops Brandon Shea-Mutala from ending Melodic Treks in November 2017.
Jefferson Russo and Erich Kunzel. Your hosts discuss several projects in the career of Jefferson Russo, the new composer for Star Trek: Discovery.
The Music of Star Trek: Voyager. We take a look at the new 4-Disc Star Trek: Voyager soundtrack release from La La Land Records.
In this episode of Melodic Treks, host Brandon-Shea Mutala interviews Matthew Hightshoe about his upcoming documentary. We talk also talk about the quipment he uses to conduct the interviews, crowdfunding, favorite composers, and his process of pre-interviewing guests.
The Songs of Leonard Nimoy. In this episode of Melodic Treks, host Brandon-Shea Mutala is joined by Tony Robinson to talk about the singing career of Leonard Nimoy and weather or not the record labels were taking advantage of the Spock character when they released the first album.
The Hunt for Red October with Lukas Kendall. In this episode of Melodic Treks, host Brandon-Shea Mutala is joined by film music historian Lukas Kendall to discuss the score for the film The Hunt for Red October. We also talk about Poledouris' career, why soundtracks used to be so short, the meaning of a "cult film," and how the budget for the scoring of the film was truncated during production and how that affected the score.
Melodic Treks 80: Is He?
Main Titles With Mike Schindler. In this episode of Melodic Treks, we find out what Mike Schindler's three favorite Star Trek Main Title cues are.
The Fantastic Voyage score with Brandi Jackola. In this episode of Melodic Treks, host Brandon-Shea Mutala is joined by Brandi Jackola to discuss two scores by Leonard Rosenman.
The Patriot Games score with John Takis. In this episode of Melodic Treks, host Brandon-Shea Mutala is joined by film score specialist John Takis to discuss the score for Patriot Games and how it would influence Horner's work. We also discuss Horner's ability to write extended tracks, synth elements in scores, and fully synthesized scores for films.
Star Trek Source Music. In this episode of Melodic Treks, Host Brandon-Shea Mutala is joined by Tony Robinson, host of Continuing Mission, to discuss five instances of source music in the Star Trek films, as well as the song created for the end titles of Star Trek Beyond, "Sledgehammer" by Rihanna.
Escape from the Planet of the Apes With John Jackson Miller.
In this episode of Melodic Treks, host Brandon-Shea Mutala is joined by Apes fan Nicolas Anastassiou to talk with author John Jackson Miller about his new short story, "Murderer's Row," which is his contribution to the anthology Tales from the Forbidden Zone.
"Yeoman on the Bridge" With Leslie Hudson. In this episode of Melodic Treks, host Brandon-Shea Mutala is joined by singer/songwriter Leslie Hudson, to discuss her new album of Star Trek inspired songs called "Yeoman on the Bridge."
Melodic Treks 74: Giant General Mills Bugle in Space!
"The Doomsday Machine" With Dan Davidson and Andy Farber. In this episode of Melodic Treks, host Brandon-Shea Mutala is joined by Trek Geeks co-host Dan Davidson and Star Trek: Continues composer Andy Farber to discuss the music of "The Doomsday Machine."
La La Land Record's 50th Anniversary Collection. In this episode of Melodic Treks, host Brandon-Shea Mutala is joined by Neil S. Bulk, Associate Producer for La La Land Record's Star Trek 50th Anniversary Collection to discuss how new masters of the music were discovered, fixing previous errors, responding to fan criticism, and creating a music selection from stems.
"Dust" and "The Invaders" with Tom Elliot. In this episode of Melodic Treks, host Brandon-Shea Mutala is joined by Tom Elliot, host of The Twilight Zone Podcast, to discuss Goldsmith's contributions to two classic episodes from the second season of that show.
Nicholas Pike Interview. In this episode of Melodic Treks, Brandon-Shea Mutala is joined by Nicholas Pike, composer of the documentary For the Love of Spock to discuss the music for the film.
Family Guy and "The Offspring" with John Takis. In this episode of Melodic Treks, host Brandon-Shea Mutala and John Takis dive into the music from Family Guy composed by Ron Jones as well as Takis' favorite score by Jones, "The Offspring."


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1.What are your musical influences?
3.How long have you played?
4. Fanfare for the common man.
up, get in the zone, or simply groove.
I'd say that Anoushka is my influence, way above her father Ravi.
How did you get into the tam-tam good sir?
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import com.diozero.api.RuntimeIOException;

/**
 * RTK MCB Robot. Generic robot controller with pre-configured GPIO connections.
 */
public class RyanteckDualMotor extends DualMotor {
	public RyanteckDualMotor() throws RuntimeIOException {
		super(new PwmMotor(17, 18), new PwmMotor(22, 23));
	}
}