Kaya project is the musical incarnation of seb and natasha taylor.  based in the uk, the duo has achieved a name of world renown via their first three albums ‘walking through‘ (2004), ‘elixir‘ (2005) and ‘…& so it goes‘ (2008) – all released on interchill.  their 4th. album, ‘desert phase‘, will be available in the spring of 2010.

a skilled musician, seb plays guitar and other  instruments on many of the kaya project tracks as well as adeptly handling the programming and production. natasha contributes vocals, keyboard and flute throughout the compositions. over the years they have performed kaya project live sets at events in japan, canada, the us and australia. in  recent years seb has been busy working on music for television, including the award winning bbc natural world documentary ‘buddha, bees & the giant hornet queen’, as well as composing original music for various commercials.

seb has also been concentrating on his breakbeat project ‘digitalis’ with recent releases on ministry of sound, sinister recordings and sound of habib. his various electronic music projects have previously had bbc radio one airplay from the likes of annie nightingale, john peel, danny rampling, pathaan and brandon block. also  released in 2008 is the long awaited hibernation album (on the israeli label aleph zero records). hibernation delves into more experimental electronic territory as has been heard on compilations from interchill (arcana, bliminal), new land music (max chillroom) and aleph zero (midnight soul dive).

previous kaya project tracks have been heard on tv shows such as showtime’s ’sleeper cell’, & numerous compilations including claude challe’s renowned ‘buddha bar’ series. angel tears tracks (another of seb’s many projects) have been heard on shows such as hbo’s sex & the city, the west wing & many others.

Website : www.kayaproject.com

Label : www.interchill.com

Releases :

Lucid Dreams Spécial Kaya Project (2004) [Download Here]

Walking Through (2004) [Buy Here]

Elixir (2005) [Buy & Download Here]

And So It Goes (2008) [Buy & Download Here]

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Free a lancé les jeux sur la FreeBox HD. Il y avait déjà des possibilités de jeux à travers les télésites, mais cette fois un environnement dédié à cette activité est disponible, avec les facilités que cela sous-entend.

Dans ce billet, je vais vous présenter mon parcours du combattant pour l’installation d’Elixir et d’EFL sous Ubuntu 9.04.

Le SDK : JavaScript, Elixir et EFL

Avant d’aller plus loin, il est important de bien comprendre l’environnement dans lequel on arrive.

Tout d’abord, le langage de développement retenu par Free est le JavaScript. Et comme le JavaScript est un langage interprété, il faut un interpréteur ! Et c’est SpiderMonkey qui s’y colle, l’interpréteur JavaScript de Firefox.

Le JavaScript seul ne peut pas faire grand chose, à l’instar de n’importe quel autre langage. Dans un navigateur il a habituellement accès au DOM, ce qui lui permet d’interagir avec le contenu des pages web.

Dans la FreeBox, le code JavaScript que vous pourrez écrire ne s’exécute pas dans un navigateur. Pour pouvoir interagir avec l’affichage et la télécommande, les EFL viennent à la rescousse.

EFL ? En plus long, les Enlightenment Foundation Libraries. Il s’agit d’un ensemble de bibliothèques conçues à l’origine pour le gestionnaire de fenêtres Enlightenment. Dans la FreeBox, exit Enlightement, ne restent que les EFL.

Ces bibliothèques ne connaissant pas nativement SpiderMonkey, et réciproquement, il fallait une couche supplémentaire pour les faire communiquer : Elixir.

Le schéma suivant résument l’ensemble :

De façon non exhaustive, les EFL comptent :

• eet : une bibliothèque qui permet, entre autres, la création et la gestion de fichiers ressource (avec les fichiers .edj),
• evas : un gestionnaire de canevas (un équivalent Cairo),
• edje : un gestionnaire d’interface (un équivalent Glade).

Comment développer des jeux pour la FreeBox ?

Tout ce qui a été présenté à la section précédente est déjà installé sur votre FreeBox HD si vous avez un Firmware 1.6.1 ou supérieur.

Le développement de jeux et d’applications nécessitant des outils différents de la plateforme cible, il vous faut maintenant un environnement de développement sur votre machine.

Je suis sous Ubuntu 9.04 64 bits (pas encore fait le saut pour la 9.10).

Il me faut donc installer :

• SpiderMonkey,
• EFL,
• Elixir,
• edje_viewer.

Et c’est là que ça commence à devenir marrant

Ma procédure d’installation diffère quelque peu de la procédure officielle.

Installation de tout le schmurtz

Pré-requis

Installer gperf, libnspr4-dev, automake, svn et wget :

sudo apt-get install gperf automake svn wget libnspr4-dev

Notes :

• Les utilitaires svn et wget sont uniquement utilisés pour récupérer les fichiers nécessaires à l’installation du SDK. Ils pourront être désinstallés après l’installation d’Elixir.
• Libnspr4-dev est nécessaire pour la compilation de SpiderMonkey.
• Automake permet le lancement des scripts autogen.sh, nécessaires dans le cas de sources récupérés par svn (suite au commentaire de Strofe).

Récupération des sources

Créez-vous un répertoire elixir dans lequel vous exécuterez tout ce qui suit.

Récupérez les sources avec les lignes de commande suivantes :

mkdir elixir
cd elixir
wget http://elixir.freebox.fr/elixir/elixir-0.1.24.tar.bz2
tar xjvf elixir-0.1.24.tar.bz2
wget http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/js/js-1.8.0-rc1.tar.gz
tar xzvf js-1.8.0-rc1.tar.gz
svn co http://svn.enlightenment.org/svn/e/trunk/eina eina-svn
svn co http://svn.enlightenment.org/svn/e/trunk/eet eet-svn
svn co http://svn.enlightenment.org/svn/e/trunk/evas evas-svn
svn co http://svn.enlightenment.org/svn/e/trunk/ecore ecore-svn
svn co http://svn.enlightenment.org/svn/e/trunk/efreet efreet-svn
svn co http://svn.enlightenment.org/svn/e/trunk/embryo embryo-svn
svn co http://svn.enlightenment.org/svn/e/trunk/edje edje-svn
svn co http://svn.enlightenment.org/svn/e/trunk/e_dbus e_dbus-svn
wget http://download.enlightenment.org/snapshots/2009-07-29/elementary-0.5.1.0.tar.bz2
tar xjvf elementary-0.5.1.0.tar.bz2
svn co http://svn.enlightenment.org/svn/e/trunk/edje_viewer/ edje_viewer
wget http://freebox-elixir.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/exemples/ecore_evas/Simple.js

Notes :

• Suite à la judicieuse remarque de Superna en commentaire, vous pouvez remplacer les “svn co” par des “svn export” pour gagner en espace disque et en vitesse de téléchargement.
• Au moment où j’écris ces lignes, il existe apparemment une version 0.1.25 d’Elixir mais ce n’est pas celle qui est indiquée sur le site http://elixir.freebox.fr/
• On compile SpiderMonkey plutôt que d’installer les paquetages libmozjs-dev et libmozjs0d disponibles sous Ubuntu 9.04 car ces derniers ne définissent pas la constante JSVERSION_1_8 nécessaire à Elixir (ils s’arrêtent à JSVERSION_1_7).
• Le fait de récupérer les sources des EFL par svn plutôt qu’en allant sur http://download.enlightenment.org/snapshots/LATEST/ comme recommandé sur http://elixir.freebox.fr/ permet d’avoir une version à jour de evas. En suivant la procédure officielle, j’obtenais les messages suivants lors de la compilation d’Elixir :
  

  evas-const-binding.c:113: erreur: ‘EVAS_HINT_EXPAND’ undeclared here (not in a function)
  evas-const-binding.c:114: erreur: ‘EVAS_HINT_FILL’ undeclared here (not in a function)

• Les deux dernières lignes permettent de télécharger elementary et edje_viewer afin de compiler ce dernier. Il n’est pas indispensable mais est bien pratique pour voir graphiquement ce que contient un fichier .edj.
• Simple.js est un script qui permettra de vérifier le bon déroulement de la compilation et de l’installation d’Elixir.
• À la fin de l’exécution de ces lignes, tous les fichiers nécessaires ont été récupérés et décompressés dans le répertoire elixir.

Compilation et installation des EFL

Pour compiler les EFL, c’est un peu rébarbatif, il faut aller dans chacun des répertoires suivants :

• eina-svn,
• eet-svn,
• evas-svn,
• ecore-svn,
• efreet-svn,
• embryo-svn,
• edje-svn,
• e_dbus-svn.

Dans chacun de ces répertoire, il faut répéter les commandes suivantes :

sh autogen.sh
make -j4
sudo make install

Notes :

• On utilise “sh autogen.sh” plutôt que “sh configure” car il s’agit de versions svn qui ont besoin de générer le fichier configure. Autogen.sh fait les deux : création et exécution du fichier configure.
• L’option -j4 permet d’utiliser quatre cœurs pour accélérer la compilation. Si vous avez un processeur dual core, utilisez -j2.

Une fois les EFL compilées et installées, exécutez la commande suivante :

sudo ldconfig

Compilation et installation de SpiderMonkey

De retour dans le répertoire elixir, placez-vous maintenant dans le répertoire js/src.

make JS_THREADSAFE=1 JS_DIST=/usr -f Makefile.ref
sudo su
mkdir /usr/include/smjs
cp *.h /usr/include/smjs
cp *.tbl /usr/include/smjs
cp Linux_All_DBG.OBJ/libjs.so /usr/lib/libsmjs.so
cp Linux_All_DBG.OBJ/jsautocfg.h /usr/include/smjs/jsautocfg.h
exit

Note :

• Il s’agit de la procédure d’installation de SpiderMonkey telle que présentée dans la procédure officielle.

Une fois SpiderMonkey compilé et installé, exécutez la commande suivante :

sudo ldconfig

Compilation et installation d’Elixir

C’est au tour d’Elixir !

Avant de lancer la compilation, il va falloir modifier une ligne dans les sources d’Elixir. La version des EFL doit être un brin trop récente pour la version 0.1.24 d’Elixir. Si vous ne faîtes pas la modification, vous aurez droit aux lignes suivantes :

ecore_module.c: In function ‘elixir_ecore_thread_run’:
ecore_module.c:908: erreur: too few arguments to function ‘ecore_thread_run’

Placez-vous dans le sous-répertoire elixir-0.1.24 du répertoire elixir.

Éditez la ligne 908 du fichier src/modules/bindings/ecore/ecore_module.c. Elle ressembler à ceci :

result = ecore_thread_run(_elixir_func_heavy, _elixir_func_end, new);

Il faut la transformer en ceci :

result = ecore_thread_run(_elixir_func_heavy, _elixir_func_end, new,NULL);

Une fois la modification faite, compilez comme suit :

sh configure
make -j4
sudo make install

Une fois Elixir compilé  et installé, exécutez la commande suivante :

sudo ldconfig

Premier test

De retour dans le répertoire elixir, tapez la ligne suivante :

elixir Simple.js

Si tout s’est bien passé, vous devriez voir un rectangle se balader dans une fenêtre.

À partir de là, vous disposez d’un environnement complet pour créer vos jeux pour la FreeBox.

Compilation et installation de edje_viewer

On va tout d’abord installer la bibliothèque elementary. Placez-vous dans le sous-répertoire elementary-0.5.1.0 et lancez la compilation :

sh autogen.sh
make -j4
sudo make install

De retour dans le répertoire elixir, placez-vous dans le sous-répertoire edje_viewer et lancez la compilation :

sh autogen.sh
make -j4
sudo make install

Une fois elementary et edje_viewer compilés  et installés, exécutez la commande suivante :

sudo ldconfig

Et après tout ça ?

Récupérez les exemples, tutoriels et jeux

Pour vous faire la main, vous pouvez rapatrier les exemples, les tutoriels ainsi que les jeux livrés en standard. Pour cela, replacez-vous dans le répertoire elixir et tapez la ligne :

svn checkout http://freebox-elixir.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ freebox-elixir

Résumé des commandes

Pour résumer, vous disposez désormais des commandes suivantes :

• elixir : permet d’exécuter votre code JavaScript (ex. : elixir Simple.js),
• edje_cc : pour compiler des fichiers .edc en fichiers .edj (edje_decc fait le contraire),
• eet : pour ajouter, supprimer des ressources des fichiers .edj (en partenariat avec elixir-compile),
• edje_viewer : pour voir graphiquement les ressources des fichiers .edj.

Tester ses programmes sur la FreeBox

Pour tester vos réalisations directement sur la FreeBox, il suffit de les placer dans le répertoire “Jeux” sur le disque dur de la FreeBox (par ftp sur hd1.freebox.fr, utilisateur freebox).

Si vous copiez Simple.js de cette façon, vous pourrez l’exécuter directement.

Pour les jeux livrés en standard, c’est plus sioux. Tous les fichiers ne sont pas nécessaires puisque le fichier .edj en intègre déjà une bonne partie.

Par exemple, pour le démineur, copiez les fichiers suivants dans un sous-répertoire demineur du répertoire Jeux sur le disque dur de la FreeBox :

• demineur_bomb.wav,
• Demineur.edj,
• Demineur.ogg,
• edje-helper.edj,
• freebox-mouse.png,
• high_score.wav,
• Scores.db.

Références

http://wiki.enlightenment.org/index.php/E17_User_Guide/Installing_from_Source_Repository

Installation d’Enlightenment 17 à partir des sources svn.

http://elixir.freebox.fr/?section=documentation

Procédure officielle d’installation d’Elixir

https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Building_only_SpiderMonkey

Procédure d’installation officielle de SpiderMonkey

http://code.google.com/p/freebox-elixir/wiki/InstallerElixir

Discussion à propos de l’installation d’Elixir sur Google Code

http://svn.enlightenment.org/svn/e/trunk/

Versions svn des bibliothèques nécessaires à la compilation d’Enlightenment

http://download.enlightenment.org/snapshots/LATEST/

Les dernières versions officielles des EFL.

Salads in Space will be performing @ Elixir w/ Veil.

Saturday, November 28, 2009

8pm.  Free!

http://www.elixircafebar.com/

Earlier this week I wrote about fear and a common story that often gives it juice: The Orphan story.

If this is your first time here and you’re in a rush (gearing up for Thanksgiving and all), you don’t need to go back and read my last piece. Nope, you can think about the story another way: The Scarcity story.

You’re probably familiar with the scarcity story. It’s located in the part of the psyche that tells us, “I’m scared, it might not work out, it could be the wrong choice, I could fail, I don’t know what it will be like, I won’t like it.”

Now, having these thoughts is not a recipe for disaster. Actually they’re quite normal. But if they keep you stuck and paralyzed and unable to move forward, well, then the story has got you by the neck. And you’re self-orphaning. Which means it’s high time to consider this question:

HOW CAN I STOP COOPERATING WITH THE STORY?

Today I’m bringing you a grab bag of strategies to do just that. And since I’m no stranger myself to the fear story, I can tell you I’ve practiced all of these at one time or another. And I’ve seen them work for others too.

Also, I deliberately chose the number thirteen, since it has a reputation for striking fear into our hearts. I don’t buy that, though, and this is my small way to stop cooperating with the story today and change its meaning.

1. Create a healing circle with others whom you trust, a place where everyone can feel safe sharing their stories and giving support.
2. Design and carry out a ritual that transforms the story. It could be as simple as lighting a candle each day, pondering the story for a few minutes, then blowing out the candle while imagining the fear dispersing through the air. It could be as complicated as finding an object that represents the scarcity story for you, then burying it. By doing so you signify that you have moved into another stage of life where this story has less pull for you.
3. Bring compassion to the story itself. Recognize that although it hinders you, it does have a positive intent: to keep you safe.
4. Draw, paint, or collage the story. Find some way to create an image of it.
5. When you have the image, start a dialogue with it. Welcome it and speak to it as if it is another person. Tell it what you see there. Quietly listen to anything it has to say back to you. Ask it what understanding it needs from you. You may be surprised to hear that it has a desire to be in partnership rather than in conflict with you.
6. Explore further dialogues with it through Active Imagination. A great way to learn it: Inner Work, by Robert Johnson.
7. Ask for guidance from the rest of your inner cast of characters. Do you have a powerful magician who wants to name the fear as something else? Perhaps you have an adventurous seeker who wants to use the fear to start a journey into the unknown? What about a savvy ruler who knows how to manage, and can bring in some discipline and control? Or a wise sage who can step back and be very objective about the fear? And of course, there’s always the fun loving jester who knows that the story can’t help but transform when you bring in play, joy, humor, and life lived in the moment.
8. Read a book that will bring your inner cast of characters to life. A good place to start: Awakening the Heroes Within, by Carol Pearson.
9. Practice centering activities, such as meditation, yoga, guided imagery, etc.
10. Let nature in. Every day bring it into your home, a handful of fallen leaves, a rock, a stick, a flower. Notice what looking at it does to the fear story.
11. Walk out into the world. Be among others. Participate.
12. Get a helium balloon. Write on it: scarcity story, fear, whatever you like. Tell it you want it to see more of the world. Gently let it go and watch it float away.
13. TAKE A RISK. This is my favorite on the list. Sometimes we confuse fear with risk. But they’re not the same thing. Fear is an emotion; risk is an action. So take a risk and take a step toward your fear.

Some of the wisest words I’ve read on this topic come from author James Hollis:

Daily confrontation with these gremlins of fear and lethargy obliges us to choose between anxiety and depression…This archetypal drama is renewed ever day, in every generation, in every institution, and in every decisive moment of personal life. Faced with such a choice, choose anxiety and ambiguity, for they are developmental always, while depression is regressive. Anxiety is an elixir, and depression a sedative. The former keeps us on the edge of our life, the latter in the sleep of childhood.

Ah, anxiety is an elixir that keeps us on the edge of life! That keeps us moving forward.

And the depression he talks about? He doesn’t mean clinical or biological depression. Rather, he’s talking about existential depression, the depression that comes with scarcity thinking and self-orphaning.

So go ahead, choose anxiety and fear. At first the elixir may be hard to swallow, but the resulting transformation will be nothing short of magical.

What do you think?

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WHY NOT START NOW?

Hello Everyone.

I have to be honest and say that Thursday is not my favorite day of the week.

It’s filled with long hours at work, stressful project deadlines and restlessness for the weekend.

Well, Let’s dream of the weekend together to get over the day.

Planning on going out for the weekend or just staying in and having a sexy fun time at home?

Whatever your plans are, MAKE IT SEXY with ELIXIR fashions.

MEN… Here’s a tip: Yes, We too can get sexy and naughty. Don’t be afraid to spice up your wardrobe to impress that special someone. Jeans and a shirt? BORING. Try latex and leather. Trust me. It will boost up your errrr love life. =)

So… Here is my short and sexy offering for Thursday.

I am wearing Elixir’s MENS LATEX KINI in black. It features color matched latex, neoprene straps, and ring-bound front. There is a shine to the latex that makes you want to feel the rich texture/material. The straps and metal adds details that is sure to get rid of your good boy image. It is a sure fire way to sizzle the weekend.

PSSSST…Friday is only a day away. =)

FASHION:
UNDERWEAR: Elixir’s MENS LATEX KINI in black
SKIN: The Abyss

ELIXIR: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Nelson%20Bay/202/45/45

CONFESSIONS:Today, I was assigned to post a fashion style blog from my closet at this very popular agency website. Now, I’m a pretty versatile model and if you take a peek at my closet, You will see a variety of clothing from mild to wild. I looked at the website and it is very beautifully done but I find that it’s missing to promote sexy men’s fashion. I know it’s hard to believe but some men like me do like to wear provocative sexy clothing (or lack thereof) when a special occasion arise. Well, This was my contribution. I wanted to do something different and maybe infused a little sex appeal. That is why I chose ELIXIR FASHION. ELIXIR is HOT and UNABASHED about their provocative clothing and designs. It oozes sex appeal and as a Model, that is what I presented.

IS IT TOO SEXY?
The answer to this question is very subjective and I respect everyone’s point of view.
I should be honored that my blog was removed from the site because it was considered “too sexy”.
Honestly, I was a little “bummed” because I was super excited to finally blog for them.
I respect their decision and they have every right to do as they see fit.
I guess I was just wishing to have a little more freedom since they had asked to present what’s in my closet.
Besides, SEX sells even in Second Life. A lot of designers sell their clothing through sexy advertisement and premise.

Hello Everyone.

I have to be honest and say that Thursday is not my favorite day of the week.

It’s filled with long hours at work, stressful project deadlines  and restlessness for the weekend.

Well, Let’s dream of the weekend together to get over the day.

Planning on going out for the weekend or just staying in and having a sexy fun time at home?

Whatever your plans are, MAKE IT SEXY with ELIXIR fashions.

MEN… Here’s a tip: Yes, We too can get sexy and naughty. Don’t be afraid to spice up your wardrobe to impress that special someone. Jeans and a shirt? BORING. Try latex and leather. Trust me. It will boost up your errrr love life. =)

So… Here is my short and sexy offering for Thursday.

I am wearing Elixir’s MENS LATEX KINI in black. It features color matched latex, neoprene straps, and ring-bound front. There is a shine to the latex that makes you want to feel the rich texture/material. The straps and metal adds details that is sure to get rid of your good boy image. It is a sure fire way to sizzle the weekend.

PSSSST…Friday is only a day away. =)

Underwear: Elixir’s MENS LATEX KINI in black

ELIXIR: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Nelson%20Bay/202/45/45

Hello Everyone.

I have to be honest and say that Thursday is not my favorite day of the week.

It’s filled with long hours at work, stressful project deadlines  and restlessness for the weekend.

Well, Let’s dream of the weekend together to get over the day.

Planning on going out for the weekend or just staying in and having a sexy fun time at home?

Whatever your plans are, MAKE IT SEXY with ELIXIR fashions.

MEN… Here’s a tip: Yes, We too can get sexy and naughty. Don’t be afraid to spice up your wardrobe to impress that special someone. Jeans and a shirt? BORING. Try latex and leather. Trust me. It will boost up your errrr love life. =)

So… Here is my short and sexy offering for Thursday.

I am wearing Elixir’s MENS LATEX KINI in black. It features color matched latex, neoprene straps, and ring-bound front. There is a shine to the latex that makes you want to feel the rich texture/material. The straps and metal adds details that is sure to get rid of your good boy image. It is a sure fire way to sizzle the weekend.

PSSSST…Friday is only a day away. =)

Underwear: Elixir’s MENS LATEX KINI in black

ELIXIR: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Nelson%20Bay/202/45/45

© abc-studios

Staffel 1; Episode 6 – Zaubertrank

Richard, Kahlan und Zedd werden das Opfer eines Pferdediebes. Um den Dieb ausfindig zu machen, begeben sie sich in die Stadt Drundril. Dort angekommen müssen sie jedoch  feststellen, dass die Stadt in der Hand von Magie-Händlern ist. Die Bewohner sind von der Magie derart eingenommen, dass sie für die Zauberelixiere sogar ihr letztes Hemd verkaufen …

Darsteller: Craig Horner (Richard Cypher), Bridget Regan (Kahlan Amnell), Bruce Spence (Zeddicus Z’ul Zorander), Craig Parker (Darken Rahl), u.v.a.

Englischer Originaltitel: Elixir
Amerikanische Erstausstrahlung: 29.11.2008
Deutsche Erstausstrahlung: 15.11.2009

Gérer ses émotions

“Quel est le plus grand cadeau que tu aimerais faire à une personne?” demanda un jour un moine au Bouddha.”Le don d’absence de peur”, répondit le Bouddha. La peur a une telle importance dans l’existence humaine que le zen fait du travail sur cette émotion une pratique à part entière. En attendant, pour vous aider à surmonter les peurs quotidiennes, latentes, parfois irraisonnées, ,’hésitez pas à avoir recours aux élixirs floraux – les fameuses “fleurs de Bach”. Pour les peurs, l’élixir de muscade (mimulus) et l’élixir de tremble (aspen) seront un bon soutien.

I’ve tried to find the magic love potion from one of these bottles but I never found it. At least they are my antidotes that heal my heart.

Book of the day- Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind 

Having arrived home in the small hours of Monday 21st, i returned to work the same day and one of the first things i did was to contact Mistress Ana and let Her know that i had returned home.  i was absolutely delighted when She told me that She wished to see me today.  i rose early and as soon as my wife had left for work, i set about shaving my body and giving myself a good enema, four in fact, wanting to be as presentable and clean as possible both inside and out.  When i arrived at Mistress’ house, i was surprised to see another car parked where i normally park.  i pulled alongside it with some trepidation, wondering if perhaps Mistress had invited a friend or friends over for me to serve also.  She has indicated that this will happen sooner or later and while i am happy to oblige, it is always a little unnerving when serving others who are unknown, wanting to do Mistress’ bidding as well as possible but not knowing how demanding will Her friends be.

However, i need not have worried because as i came around to the front of the house, i found another man, slave, weeding Her front garden.  i was not sure whether or not to acknowledge him and just said good morning as i rang the doorbell.  Mistress opened the door immediately and i stepped inside where i discovered that She had taken on this new garden slave.  Mistress also told me that She was pleased with the work that i had done while She had been away both in the garden and in the house and that Her son had given Her good reports of my efforts.  However, Mistress quite rightly divined that i must have misbehaved in Her absence, especially without the CB-2000 chastity device in place, and so would need to be punished.  It was true that i had succumbed to temptation and had reached an orgasm but not entirely intentional (see entry for August 24st).  While in Brazil and Peru, i had not so much as thought about masturbating, i had been too preoccupied with cramming as much work into such a short trip.

But punished i had to be and Mistress quickly had me naked and humbled with my legs cuffed to Her leg spreader and gave me a sound beating on both my ass and the tops of my thighs but, was careful not to beat me too heavily for fear of leaving marks visible to my wife.  i am very lucky to belong to Her for She exercises discipline over me in a considerate way.  While the punishment obviously hurt, it felt good to be entirely at Her mercy and to know that i am Hers.  Having beaten me, Mistress then had me worship Her so as to taste what i had been missing and to give me a reminder of the nectar that i will miss while i am away in China.  And it was just a taste.  Mistress knew i wanted to worship Her longer but did not allow it and left me thirsting for more of Her elixir.

Afterward, Mistress presented me with a beautiful matching shocking pink lace bra and boy-leg panties.  They are adorable and i could not get into them quickly enough.  As i said above, i am so very lucky to belong to such a considerate Domme.  i finished dressing by slipping into my maid’s outfit with white stockings and black patent heels.  Mistress loves the look, i am glad to say.  We then had coffee as Mistress took me through to Her office and showed me pictures taken on Her holiday in Europe.  It was fascinating to see Her with Her Romanian relatives and enjoying all sorts of activities with Her daughter and husband.  There were many pictures to go through and we chatted a lot about the different people in the pictures but especially about Her daughter who is very beautiful and has the most magnificent wardrobe purchased from stores in Dubai.  Mistress had returned with beautiful shoes from a designer that She had learned of through this blog.

Mistress’ husband, youngest son and daughter all know about me and Mistress has made it plain to me that She hopes one day to have me serve Her husband, also She had indicated that while She was away, should i have encountered Her son, he would not necessarily bother me but might ask me to service him orally in which case it was up to me.  Today, Mistress also confided in me that She was planning to have a day when She would have me with Her to serve a number of Her friends, both female and male, all Dom(me)s of course.  i have to say that whereas i would not go looking necessarily to orally serve others than Mistress and other males in particular, my nature is submissive and my need is to serve and provided this is required by Mistress, i will of course do so.  i have given myself to Her and i trust Her implicitly and know that She would not wish me to do anything with anyone that might be risky to my own well being.  Her demands of me might seem to others to be humiliating or perverted but to me they are not, they are requests of me to demonstrate my love for Her, my desire to please Her and my absolute obedience to Her and i see all such demands that She makes of me as being opportunities for me to demonstrate my complete trust in Her, my adoration of Her and acceptance of Her authority over me, something that deep inside i know i need to have.  When i think of the years that have passed when i knew i was submissive, knew i needed to serve a dominant lady and could find no one, and see also the number of submissive males and would be slaves who scour the internet trying to find someone to take them, i realise just how very fortunate i am to have met Mistress Ana and to have been taken into Her charge.  i adore Her and love every minute i spend serving Her whether in person or doing Her bidding in Her absence.  Even this blog is a service to Her and i feel bad whenever i fall behind in writing it.

We had lunch together and chatted a little more about Her plans for me, Her other slave, Paul and the new garden slave before i had to leave.  Disappointed that time flew by so quickly, i left knowing that while i remained free of the chastity device for the period of my forthcoming vacation in China with my wife, i would be putting the device on again as soon as i returned.  Strangely, i want to wear it and feel almost naked without it.  It is a constant reminder to me that i am Her possession and am not at liberty to do as i please.  Something for which i am grateful and for which i do not trust myself without it.

Suntem fii ai placerii… senzatii manipulate de Zeul Erotic ce actioneaza vehement in detrimentul Zeului Spirit si Zeitei Deagostei. Astazi, iubirea s-a metamorfozat intr-o Afrodita perfida si obscena. Acum, putem focaliza in propriul univers, o sfera perfectibila estetic, insa denaturata in proportie de 70%,  aflata intr-un lent proces de dezagregare.

Suntem niste piese de sah: pionii fiind reprezentati de mintile ilustre, CONSTANTE, turele de guvernatorii ahtiati dupa vile si automobile, care fura statul cordial prin strategii personalizate, nebunii fiind josnicii care fura materia, idioti de altfel,  nefiind informati de la Zeul Inteligentei cu privire la arhicunoscutul proverb:” Dupa fapta, asa rasplata!”, devenind captivi in cercurile vicioase intre gratiile penitenciarelor, Caii sunt dezorganizatii, fara tinte certe sau repere in propria lor existenta. Mi-as dori sa fiu Regina coordonata de Zeul Ratiunii Inimii. De ce acest intreg unitar al celor doi zei? Deoarece inima detine ratiuni pe care nici mintea nu le cunoaste!

Suntem actorii propriei noastre piese teatrale. Jocul este cursul nostru existential. Jucati, radeti, alergati, bucurati-va, rugati-va, plangeti, strigati, calatoriti, invatati! Invatati dragii mei. Gustati fiecare litera din cartea intelepciunii pe care viata ne-o ofera cu o asa grandioasa doza de generozitate ! Zambiti tuturor. Acesta este elixirul omenirii.

Por Richard Morita

O apelo da indústria farmacêutica em vender seus produtos através de excelentes campanhas publicitária faz com que os consumidores fiquem na dúvida de qual solução de enxague bucal é mais eficiente para ser utilizado durante a higienização bucal.

Eu particularmente não utilizo com frequência nenhum produto específico, apenas aqueles que eu ganho das promotoras das empresas que visitam meu consultório ou em congressos de odontologia.

Cientificamente está comprovado que o sucesso da higiene oral está relacionado a uma escovação dentária completa com complementação do uso correto do fio dental.  Aliado a isso recomendamos a profilaxia dentária (limpeza profissional) para remoção de tártaro e placa bacteriana pelo menos a cada 6 meses no consultório odontológico.

Pacientes com gengivite ou problemas periodontais (gengiva e osso ao redor do dente inflamados e acúmulo de tártaro) devem ser tratados no consultório e receber concomitantemente instruções quando a correta higienização bucal com complementação de uma solução para bochecho específico para esses casos e/ou uso de um creme dental especial também.

Os duas doenças de maior prevalência  na odontologia brasileira são a doença cárie e a doença periodontal e o principal responsável é o acúmulo de placa bacteriana ao redor dos dentes. Essa placa bacteriana pode calcificar com o auxílio de uma saliva rica em sais minerais originando o tártaro (cálculo dental) ou pode sofre ações das bactérias e de alimentos (carboidratos) dando origem a doença cárie ou desgastes no esmalte dos dentes.

Portando, recomendo uma constante visita de retorno ao cirurgião dentista, aliado a uma correta higienização oral com escova de cerdas super macias e fio dental, caso voce tenha dúvida na maneira correta de escovar os dentes não tenha vergonha de pedir uma orientação com o profissional de sua confiança, seu sorriso agradece.  Os bochechos tradicionais só terão efeito por um curto período de tempo e psicologicamente através da sensação de “hálito puro”.  Se for utiliza-los dê preferência àqueles sem álcool.

Por fim de faço um alerta,  prezado leitor:  nunca utilize receitas caseiras como água oxigenada para fazer bochecho, somente faça isso com orientação do profissional, em casos específicos e por curtíssimo período de tempo, 0 peróxido de hidrogênio nele contido é prejudicial aos tecidos ao redor do dente e pode causar reabsorção da raiz dentária.

FOREVER YOUNG

Zest for Living and Passion for Learning

By

VIKRAM KARVE

There are a number of retired senior citizens in the colony where I live in Pune. Yes, there are still large numbers of pensioners living all over Pune though Pune is no longer a pensioners’ paradise.

I have noticed one intriguing thing. Though most are of the same chronological age, some are “young” and some are “old”.

Further observation reveals the formula for remaining young: Zest for Living and Passion for Learning is the best anti-ageing recipe that keeps you young forever.

Look around you and you will see what I mean. There are many oldie-goldies who are living life to the fullest and always eager to learn new things and there are also others who have no “juice” left in them as they have lost the spirit to enjoy learning with enthusiasm and relish the pleasures of life to their utmost.

I know a “young” senior citizen who, after retirement, started learning classical music from the scratch, enjoyed studying for 10 years till he completed his sangeet alankar, living life to the fullest in epicurean style – good food, music, concerts, plays, movies, travel, picnics, swimming, trekking, playing with his dogs, social work, you name it – he did it; and with the advent of internet he is enjoying moments exploring the mysteries of the web, learning new things and latest technologies, actively blogging with passionate fervour, and with gusto  doing all sorts of learning activites, creative writing, surfing, social networking, making virtual friends, teaching music – for him variety is the spice of life.

He lives a delightfully active life, loves the company of youngsters and has the enthusiasm and energy of a child – and though in his late seventies he is “younger” than even those chronologically many years his junior and it is his zest for life and passion for knowledge that keeps him healthy, happy and youthful.

Remember you are as old as you feel, not as old as you look, or as old as you chronologically are. It is in your hands to forever remain a “young” senior citizen.

I will end this piece with a quote from Mahatma Gandhi:

Live as if you are going to die tomorrow

Learn as if you are going to live forever.

It is breathtakingly simple to remain young forever, Dear Reader. It is all in the mind. Forget your chronological age. Spend time in the company of young happy people rather than old fogies. Get a pet dog and enjoy playing with your dog. Rediscover your childlike enthusiasm. Stop reminiscing about the “good old days” and start living it up every day doing whatever you like with zest and passion to learn new things like blogging, exploring the internet, the mysteries of information technology and nurture your creative interests, hobbies.

All you’ve got to do is to have a zest for living and passion for learning.

First thing in the morning, the moment you get up, recite your new art of living motto: “Live as if you are going to die tomorrow, learn as if you are going to live forever!”

All the Best!

VIKRAM KARVE

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The Mystery Plant growing in Zone 9 of my garden is, officially, burdock. (Thank you, Balsam!) And the timing couldn’t be better — since it’s a good idea that I harvest it sooner rather than later. Here’s what I know, now, about burdock:

• It’s a biennial, so it will grow this year and next and then go to seed for good.
• The first year, burdock grows in a large-leaf cluster, low to the ground; the second year, it grows tall (up to nine feet), sending up a central flower stem in the Spring.
• The flowers are a glorious purple that look thistle-like, and they are followed by brown burrs (that grab onto clothing, transporting seeds to wherever our socks, pants or sweaters travel).
• The large, deep taproot, which can be quite a task to unearth, is edible — with a taste and texture similar to artichoke hearts. (Save the leaves for the goats.)
• The root is not only good for eating, but it is also powerful medicine — it stimulates the liver, kidneys and lymphatics, so it is an excellent detox agent. It is also very good for the skin (acne, eczema, etc.).
• To cook the root, scrub (don’t peel) the root, slice it into paper-thin sections, and boil the root slivers for 20 minutes. Or, slice a two-inch chunk of the root into smaller bits, simmer in six cups of water, and steep the “tea” (adding more water and re-boiling as necessary until the “tea” is no longer blue).

If I wait until next year to harvest the burdock, I must make sure to do so in the early Spring, before the central flower stalk sprouts — otherwise, the taproot will be woody and inedible. Waiting also means that I’ll risk burdock consuming the entirety of Zone 9, and by now I think it’s clear how I feel about boundaries! I’m loving how this burdock looks in its one square, but I would like to maintain the garden’s diversity. So, digging up the burdock root this Fall will be my way of stating a clear boundary. (Also, my mom’s winter-time eczema is coming on strong, and brewing her a cup of Annie’s Homegrown Burdock Elixir makes more sense now than it will in six months’ time.)

I’ll confer with my garden Deva tomorrow morning, but I’m betting that I spend part of this Columbus Day weekend in my garden clogs, with a shovel in my hands, digging a couple of feet into the ground to find the tip of that wonderful burdock taproot. And, I might just whip up a batch of Turkish-Style Burdock Root in celebration (thank you, Wildman Steve Brill!).

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Sources: 1) www.wildmanstevebrill.com/Plants.Folder/Burdock.html; 2) www.normanallan.com/Med/herbs/burdock.htm; 3) www.herbalremediesinfo.com/Burdock.html

3 medium sized beets

4 small golden delicious apples

2-3 stalks of celery

fresh ginger root to taste

Clean and juice all of the ingredients and stir.  You can feel the healthiness invade your body and blood!

Learn about the power of beets here:  http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=49

I swear this tastes great – sweet and it just tastes like liquid health!  I find it gives me energy after even the toughest workouts!

Photo:  What you see may not be real – Chen Wenling

As summer gives way to autumn, it’s only right to kick things off with Scanuppia, a track from latest album of recordings by Chris Watson. Here he records natural sounds in the Alpine region of Italy.  The results are very much of the forehead-raising variety, quite a surprise at what can be recorded in temperatures of -25 degrees. Great samples too! It sits well with my new find of the week,  James Blake / Air & Lack Thereof.  A seemingly gospel sample, ‘Calling heaven and hell’ sitting on a bed  of  electronic buzzes flying through the air, a whiplash snare, an inviting melody and bass.  Also on the bass tip this week is RDS, ‘Forward Youth’.  RSD is Rob Smith of Smith and Mighty fame, so you know it’s legit.

My rewind champions of the last couple of weeks, Obba Supa, recorded a Gilles Peterson radio session featuring music from Floating Points, and with seeing the name several times I had to check to see wha’ g’wan.  A day later in the inbox from the promo kings, All Young Kings, was the new ‘Vacuum’ ep from Floating Points, so I am sharing this with the listeners.  Hammond organ, skip hop beats,  jazz brushes, techno sensibilities  in one package.  Also more Obba of course.

Techno.  I love the original Detroit stuff like Mayday, Kevin Saunderson, moving onto Stacey Pullen, the European hijacking of Techno was natural to a degree, but on the whole, naff for my ears, and when somebody me says ‘Techno’ I get all weird.  Maybe because they generally mean that Euro shite.  Anyway, back to the goodness, Underground Resistance, well, I have to give them props 100%, even if I don’t like the majority of their tunes, I’ll buy ‘em just to support them for their political stance.  I heard Codebreaker, and it was immediately in the crate.  Beeps, seeping gases, 909s, shakers percussion and gorgeous pads got me good.

Everytime, well, to be honest, three of the four times, that I’ve played Mulatu Astatke’s ‘Ebo Lala’ at my Txola sessions somebody has moved their lips in a way that makes me think they are saying “What is this?”  The thing with dj’ing with mp3s, is you can’t show them the cover.  Luckily I’m an old skool fucker, so I have the vinyl that I can show the cover while cueing up the next slab with my other hand (talented eh?)

Next Txola session is this Friday, entonces para ellos aqui en el norte de la isla o cerca, venga!  Did I tell you that Txola was listed in the El Pias newspaper as one of the best 50 clubs/bars in ‘Spain’?  If I didn’t, I just did.

Over to you.

Ear Conditioning – The left side of the brain

• Chris Watson – Scanuppia (Sound Threshold)
• Elixir – Trapdoor to another world (Quartermass)
• James Blake – Air & lack thereof (Hemlock)
• Fandango, Duende y Taraf – Title Unknown
• Mulatu Astatke – Ebo Lala (Soundway)
• Bebel Du Guetto – Beijo na Boca
• Bulat Project – Title unknown
• Onra – Last Tango in Saigon
• Obba Supa – 2am but not (Project Moon Circle)
• Guilty Jackson – Coroners Music (Stones Throw)
• Dorian Concepts – Fort Teen (Kindred Spirits)
• Underground Resistance – Codebreaker (UR)
• RSD – Forward Youth (Punch Drunk)
• Floating Points – Argonaut (Eglo)
• Chris Watson – Cima Verde (Sound Threshold)

As usual, this weeks edition of Ear Conditioning is available at the following locations:

Tonight / esta noche (Tuesday / martes) 22h00 Sunhole (Repeated weekdays mornings at 11h00)

Thursday / jueves 23h00 Planet Radio

Schlucken oder spucken?

Schlucken!!! Denn laut Tobias Eisenberg und Frank Madeo macht Spema jung, sie entdeckten nämlich, dass Sperminid das Leben verlängert und jung macht. Also meine Damen und Herren bald werden die Samenbanken nicht mehr für Babies machen verwendet sondern als Schönheitskur für alle die jung bleiben wollen.
Wir wissen ja bereits, dass Sperma Salz und Protein enthaltet also warum auch nicht noch einen Jungmacher? Bald gibt es Spermacreme für die Falten =D wetten?
Wenn sich diese Studie zu 100% bestätigt werden alle Männer auf der Welt diesen Satz sagen:
“Schatz ich habs dir doch gesagt, es ist gesund”
Aber Gott sei Dank befindet sich die Wundersubstanz auch noch in vielen anderen Obst und Gemüse Sorten nur nicht so konzentriert. Grapefruit hat anscheinend einen höheren Gehalt als andere Früchte, also Ladies ran an die Grabefruit oder halt an DIE Grapefruits ;P je nach dem was man vorzieht.

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