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Tuesday, August 30, 2011

BIG Middle Grade News!

First of all, I am wicked wicked sorry that I haven't put up the next round of the cover contest yet. It IS happening, I swear.

But first I have TWO very exciting things to tell you!

The first is that I've received the final(ish, oh publishing) cover for ZOMBIE TAG, and I am so psyched to show you guys.

Isn't it AWESOME? I love the excerpt they chose for the back, and I think my favorite part is either the spatula over the barcode or Graham's zombie face on the spine.

The SECOND piece of big news is that I just got the go-ahead for my second MG book! It's right now called MARCO IMPOSSIBLE, and it'll be out early 2013. It's about two best friends, Stephen and Marco, who go on a go-for-broke heist to break into the high school prom and get Marco onstage to steal (hence the heist) the heart of Benji, the British exchange student and bass player of the prom band. (Yes, yes, YES, gay main character, and could I BE any more excited about that? OH I THINK NOT.) If you follow me on twitter, you'll know this as #veryscaryMG; not because it is scary, but because it was scary for me to write. Because I had to plot a freaking heist I mean come on.

The best part of getting good news is when I can tell you guys, so thanks so much for reading and hanging with me. Yay!!

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Teaser Tuesday!

Don't forget to vote in that really exciting cover contest, but yesterday I promised a teaser and now, in honor of finishing the 2nd draft of the #sparklyfairyprostitute book (confetti!) I think it's time for an excerpt from said book.

Roughly two-thirds of this book are in the present timeline, and the last third is in the past. This is from that last third.

It was amazing how quickly things became normal. Beckan and Josha shared a room, officially, and they tended house while Cricket and Scrap went out and came home with enough food to get them through the day, or fabric for a new shirt for Beckan, or pills for Josha's cold. They got used to chasing the mice around, staying up late singing folk songs their fathers taught them, comparing imperceptible battle scars and finding the bits of them that looked like the other species they all were. Because they were comfortable with that, when it was just the four of them. They could talk about how they were not all fairy. They could talk about anything.

They were just so close and all so crazy about each other, so quickly. Beckan had a space on Cricket's shoulder that she told Josha was only for her, and she would rest her head there when she was tired and kiss it over and over when she wasn't. She had a favorite place on the floor to stretch out with Josha and take a nap. And Scrap. Scrap was giggles through the walls, secret smiles, notes passed back and forth, but they were slow, they were childish about it, they never stepped over any kind of line. For some reason, it felt important to them both that they be careful. Because they would look at Cricket and Josha and see how crazy they were for each other and wake up gasping hard in bed, freezing cold, thinking about how dangerous it was to love someone that much during a war.

Anyway. They had plenty of time.

Gradually, around the time Josha started spending more nights in Cricket's room than Beckan's, they began to live their lives in new pairs. Josha and Beckan were still, in their way, ridiculously in love, but they spent less and less time together as Cricket and Josha threw themselves into shared sweatshirts and last-bite-of-ice cream kisses, and Beckan and Scrap lived like their parents, teasing each other for sleepwalking and flat gnome noses, curling up together with a book after the kids were in bed.

It obviously wasn't long before Beckan knew what Scrap and Cricket did for their living; Cricket had told Josha within days—the kind of indiscretion Cricket grew and died with—and Scrap never made much of an effort to hide it, coming home with half his glitter rubbed off, sometimes drugged and giggly, always in the mood for a kiss on the cheek and a bit of babying before he was sent off to bed. They never talked about it; Beckan washed bloodstains out of his underwear and rubbed his shoulders when he looked tense, and Josha sulked for an hour each of the three days Cricket accompanied Scrap to the mines. “I don't make as much as Scrap does,” Cricket said once to Beckan, explaining his part-time work. “He's the best little whore in Ferrum.”

Scrap scrambled onto Cricket's back and started smacking him on the head with both hands and wouldn't get down, no matter how much Cricket bucked and ran back-first into the wall, and Josha and Beckan laughed and laughed.

There was so much laughing.

A few weeks into the war, the tightropers invaded the mines and took the women captive, and business boomed for Cricket and Scrap. The men had been wanting before, surrounded by women who dreamed about fairy boys and fairy babies instead of another generation in the mines, but now they needed Cricket and Scrap more than ever, and the boys were happy to oblige. During that initial surge, when sex was valuable and food wasn't, quite, they ate and drank like kings.

And somehow, in the war, Scrap came alive. While Josha and Cricket nervously discussed weapons and production, Scrap tried three-ingredient recipes with whatever three ingredients they had left and made Beckan guess what he was trying to make. He invented card games called Treeman and Souffle and lied when he said he would let Beckan win. He once lay half-naked on the kitchen floor and laughed hysterically while the other tree rubbed him as hard as they could to get glitter off him, and he kicked and screamed and alternated between begging them to stop and pulling them on top of him, one by one, and tackling them into a hug.

And one night he and Cricket came home too late and empty-handed for the fourth night in a row and sat in the kitchen and cried, their fingers laced together, and Josha and Beckan sat with them and eventually there was no way to avoid the fact that two prostitutes were no longer enough, in a time when the gnomes were clinging to each bit of meat like it was made of gold, and licking their teeth and smacking their lips whenever Cricket and Scrap came down, to secure food for four mouths.

“Teach me,” Beckan said, and most of her was excited, most of her had been waiting, most of her wanted to feel everything that Scrap had ever felt, because that was where she was then. “I'll go.”

Sunday, August 14, 2011

Yes, we have a new look! We so pretty.

So you remember that ridiculously awesome, ridiculously high-stakes contest I had?

The turnout was seriously beyond my wildest dreams. I was worried I wouldn't get ANY entries. Instead I got twenty-seven incredible submissions, and I love them to tiny pieces.

Because of the ridiculous prize I'm giving away to the winner, it is of the utmost importance that I choose the very, very best. Which means I can't rely on my taste alone! I need you to help me.

I've chosen my top 10 favorite covers. You will see them momentarily (or now if you are impatient and scroll down, but don't because I'm about to give you IMPORTANT INFORMATION). You can vote for one of those. The top 3 with the most votes will go onto the next round, one week from today, where the ULTIMATE WINNER will be chosen!

BUT WAIT. What if you look at them and say "hannah wtf you didn't choose THE BEST ONE"??

Well. After the poll (where you vote for ONE of the top ten covers) you will see a link to a slideshow of ALL of the covers. They're all labeled with "Contest Entry #14" or whatever. Each of those that was not chosen for the top 10 will have a spot on the second poll! That is the FAN FAVORITE poll. And whichever one of THOSE gets the most votes will also move on to the next round, to make a top 4! See? You can fix my mistakes!

You may only vote once, but PLEASE campaign as hard as you possibly can for your favorite cover whether in the comments here, on twitter, your own blog, facebook, wherever. And thank you so, so much for voting (and for entering, if you did!)

A quick recap:

--Below are my ten favorites of the covers I was sent. They're in random order. Most of them you can click to make them bigger, some were subbed to me kinda small.
--You can vote ONCE on ONE COVER.
--Below THAT poll is a link to a slideshow of ALL THE ENTRIES.
--Below THAT link is a poll with each of the entries that was not chosen.
--You can vote ONCE for ONE OF THOSE COVERS.

And here we go!

2) (No, I am not really a NYT Bestselling author, but if the cover fits...) >

Photo by badjonni and used under the Creative Commons: http://www.flickr.com/photos/badjonni/5389624442/

Here is a link to the slideshow of ALL the covers (including the top 10). The poll below is for all the covers that were NOT chosen in the top 10. If it was in the top 10, it will not appear on this poll (notice there's no option for "Cover Contest #1" on this poll, because that one was chosen for the top 10). Please don't get the numbers in the slideshow confused with the numbered entries above! Just look underneath each picture in the slideshow for its number and use that.


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In the hustle and bustle of these days we are often shifted from our energy shaft – and cease to act like our true selves. But what can we do?
Here are suggestions of activities and places that, according to Astrological Symbolism, help each person recuperate energy and the state of wellbeing. Laymen know about the Sun´s position in their Natal Chart, which they usually call “my Star Sign”.
If besides the Sun, one also has the position of the Moon, Mercury, Venus and the ascendant in the same sign, the descriptions about one’s solar sign will fit like a glove. Consequently, there will be great identification with the suggestions below. In case this does not happen, my suggestion is to read all the other eleven descriptions. One will probably find out the ascendant sign or another one that is strongly represented in one’s Natal Chart.

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Arians are the bravest, the most audacious and the most competitive when compared to all other signs of the Zodiac. It is part of their nature to always try to be the hero, the champion or number 1. This is the reason why people born under this sign return to their true essence when they are defending an ideal, are in a leadership position, or are practicing or watching sports, especially Formula 1 car races. Watching an action movie, full of risky and dangerous situations such as “Indiana Jones”, makes them re-kindle with their heroic nature. The best thing for a native of this sign is to release a powerful cry while practicing martial arts, or to show all of his strength and courage in daring sports.

Taureans really appreciate good food. This is a sublime moment for this sign, which is highly connected to worldly pleasures, such as a long and relaxing massage. Every moment should be long-lasting for Taurus and to be appreciated with no haste. Dinner, a kiss, a pipe or a cuddle, Taureans are extremely sensual and know how to value what is beautiful. As they are extremely careful and concerned about safety, they look after all their possessions, especially their finances. Looking at, picking up and counting money, helps to reassure them that they have enough to live well, and gives them a sense of tranquility. Touching the soil also makes them reconnect to their essence, maybe through clay, molding statues of the human body, or hugging the trunk of a beautiful tree. It is a sign that deeply enjoys muscular tonus. That is why working out is always welcome to them.

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bem estar gemeos

And what makes Geminians feel fine? Lots of conversation! The subject does not matter, as long as there is an exchange of ideas. Sometimes Geminians even talk out loud, by themselves. And if alone, why not turn on the radio?
People born under this sign also love to take strolls, whether walking, cycling or driving. Everything is valid! Weekends spent nearby will renovate them for the upcoming week. A great pleasure for the curious and knowledgeable Geminian, is to find a newspaper stand or a bookstore to update himself on the latest news, browse all the covers of newspapers and magazines and purchase what truly interests him.
Since this sign governs the lungs, respiratory exercises will help to renovate his energy shaft.

Cancer´s greatest pleasure is to be reunited with his family during a Sunday lunch, remembering stories from the past, and when possible, browsing through the family photo album. Regardless of age, sitting on “mommy´s” lap to feel cherished and protected, also makes them feel good. Staying at home and watching a movie under the duvet is a delight for the natives of this sign. If possible, every Cancerian should have access to a bathtub or a swimming pool because in these places they may experience the sensation of being back into the womb, which makes them feel extremely sheltered.
Another source of joy for Cancerians are antique shops and museums, or even, to visit the homeland of a predecessor.

bem estar cancer

If there is someone who must always be centered, this person is definitely a Leo. Chiropractic massages are a good way to relocate the spine back into place. Leos must know who they are and must be conscious of their identity. Psychoanalysis and reflective moments are very useful in this process. Since the natives of this sign are connected to the Sun, sunbathing is a reinvigorating activity. Distinction and prestige are also a big part of their necessities. This is why most Leos like to act in plays and participate in fashion shows or concerts. This can also be experienced at a shopping mall, during a shopping spree, admiring a jewelry store, wearing fancy clothes, always with a perfect hair-do.
The latter item, the hair, is fundamental. When Leos are down, a makeover in their “mane”, like a haircut, moisturizing treatment, perm and others, can bring them back to life!

To Virgoans, there is nothing more pleasurable than admiring the home shed where all tools are organized by size and shape. They also enjoy looking at a closet full of compartments, perfectly organized and clean. It´s as if their glance could organize their interior, even if rather messy. Going to a street market and admiring the sights of jute bags filled with herbs and different spices, also please them. Virgoans enjoy what is natural, handcrafted, organic and what enhances their health. Taking baths with salts and herbs, vacationing near thermal spring areas, are always welcome. Producing tapestry manually or dancing to very rhythmic music makes them relax and brings them back to new.

bem estar virgem
bem estar libra

Libras are enchanted for what is beautiful and refined. That is why they love strolling through well-groomed parks , visiting art exhibitions, watching ballet or ice-skating. When at home, their delight is to rest on a hammock, to read a nice novel and to be pampered by their spouse to the mellow sound of classical music. Other people’s company is very good for the natives of this sign.
The great diplomat of the Zodiac loves to receive visitors, and entertains them gracefully and harmoniously in a beautiful ambience full of flowers.

Natives of this sign always tend to go deep. They take no interest in the superficial. Scorpios like to dive, literally, and to explore caves. They are born psychologists, who always find the central issue. Moreover, they love to analyze and to read tarot cards to better understand themselves. Reiki and Rolfing Therapy is highly indicated. In the subject of sex, their pleasure comes through the fusion of both bodies. Solving mysteries and puzzles is entertainment to this sign, which also loves to watch thrillers or detective movies. Using a combination of strategy and body consciousness, this is the best Golf player of the Zodiac.

bem estar escorpiao
bem estar sagitario

Sagittarians love to travel and to expand their horizons: this is life to a person born under this sign! That is why their suitcases are always ready for the next trip, and their houses are filled with books from all they have learned.
Indispensable to the native of this sign is to have a game of darts hanging in a room where, through the game, he can reconnect to his targets, his goals. Fireworks also make Sagittarians extremely happy. Movies about law and courts are in their “favorites” list because this sign is always in search of the truth. Faith will never lack to Sagittarians, and visits to places of worship are very dear to them. Horse farms are considered fascinating because Sagittarius is half horse, half man.

Where does a Capricorn feel well? On top of the world! This is why they should travel to mountains high above, and live somewhere closer to the sky like the last floor of a building. Stones are another passion that people born under this sign share, for they are long-lasting. They can spend a long time inside a store that sells precious stones. Regarding time, clocks and watches exercise great fascination in them. Both reassure them that everything in life has its time. Behind this formal and apparently serious citizen, is the best comedian of the Zodiac, completely in love with computer and card games, such as Bridge.

bem estar capricornio
bem estar aquario

Freedom is all Aquarians need. This sensation can be lived externally by flying on a plane, on an air-balloon, skydiving or skiing. Visiting an exhibition of new and innovative inventions, which were created to better our life, also fascinates them.
Likewise, they enjoy participating in a group activity, or building a mosaic patchwork where the combination of little pieces form the bigger picture. Watching a movie about people who had the courage to change the world or about people´s rights reconnects them to their essence and helps them find their axis.
Fraternity: people born under this sign love to participate in clubs and meet their friends.

Tune out of our day-to-day routine and being able to dream and fantasize with other plans, this Pisceans can do easily through music, going to the movies, or sleeping. All three activities that the ones born under this sign love. Contact with the spiritual world also happens when gardening or painting a masterpiece. An outdoor concert or a stroll near the sea, are sources of happiness to this sign, a place where they can come together with nature in perfect harmony.

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Image Credits:; Taurus; Gemini; Cancer ; Leo; Virgo:; Libra; Scorpio:; Sagittarius:; Capricorn; Aquarius Summer Facebook Covers; Pisces

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Monday, January 30, 2012

Agneepath - Poem by Harivansh Rai Bachchan

Any poem that can kindle a fire in the hearts of millions over several decades has to be considered an epic. It has also inspired two massive Bollywood productions, but that is a lesser achievement for a poem that is so simple in its concept and yet so great in its scope. It can be applied to any situation where one's soul goes through a trial by fire. One can only marvel at the genius of the great Harivansh Rai Bachchan for composing this epic, inspirational poem.

Vriksh hon bhale khade,
Hon bade, hon ghane,
Ek Patra chhah bhi,
Maang mat, Maang mat, Maang mat.
Agneepath! Agneepath! Agneepath!

Tu na jhukega kabhi,
Tu na mudega kabhi,
Tu na thamega kabhi,
Kar shapath, Kar shapath, Kar shapath.
Agneepath! Agneepath! Agneepath!

Ye Mahaan Drushya Hai,
Chal Raha Manushya Hai,
Ashru, Shwed, Rakta Se,
Lathpath, Lathpath, Lathpath.
Agneepath! Agneepath! Agneepath!

- Harivansh Rai Bachchan

Thursday, January 26, 2012

Agneepath - Movie Review - Bollywood at its Best

If you are a fan of classic Bollywood masala fare, then Agneepath is a must watch! It's been a really long time since I saw a proper Bollywood blockbuster and watching Agneepath was an awesome experience. It felt so good, watching a movie in a packed theater, with the audience stunned into silence at times, breaking into applause and collectively gasping and hooting during some knockout scenes.

If you've followed the media hype or watched the original Agneepath, you would know that the story is an out and out revenge drama. So I won't bother getting into the story.

First let's get done with the comparisons to the old movie. I felt that the original movie was a very flawed movie. The scenes between Amitabh and Danny were brilliant and the rest of the movie fell flat. It was almost as though the director had thought through the Kaancha vs Vijay sequences very thoroughly and did not care too much about the rest of the movie. Story wise, the original had more than enough masala to become a blockbuster, but unfortunately it did not come through. Despite that, it is remembered for one of Amitabh's defining performances and as one of the few movies where Danny Denzongpa got his due as the stalwart that he is.

The new Agneepath is, well, a new Agneepath. It is not a scene by scene recreation, it is a very different movie. What it does very well, is use the basic plot of the original - the story of the wronged Vijay Dinanath Chauhan, who is driven into a world of crime because of the pure evil of Kaancha. But that is where the similarity ends. Some of the characters from the old movie have been discarded and rightly so. The one's that have been retained, have been shaped in such a way that one simply can not compare them to the original movie characters. They are completely new avatars and brilliant ones at that. And there are a few new characters added to the script.

Kaancha, played by Sanjay Dutt at his menacing best, is one of the greatest on-screen villains in terms of screen presence. The movie director, Karan Malhotra has used Sanjay Dutt's immense physical stature to add to the power of the character. The carefully constructed evil look, adds value to the role and Sanjay Dutt brings on his most devilish smirk onto the big screen in a role that you can clearly see, he enjoyed performing.

Rauf Laala, is a depraved villain; played with delightful intensity by Rishi Kapoor. This one is a maverick, casting masterstroke and adds an insane amount of value to the movie. You can see how much fun Rishi Kapoor has had playing this character, especially during the celebration song that is picturized on him. One would never have imagined Rishi Kapoor playing the kind of character he plays in the movie and mouthing some of the most filthy dialogues any villain can ever say on screen (in terms of concepts). Hats off to the man, for getting into the skin of the character and surprising us yet again, even after spending four decades in the industry.

Vijay Dinanath Chauhan. From the trailers it seemed to me that Hrithik Roshan would underplay the character to avoid comparisons with Amitabh Bachchan. I even feared that his role would end up being overshadowed by the two villains. But... Hrithik Roshan delivers yet another knockout performance, elevating his acting in the most crucial scenes. His rendition of the legendary line 'Pura naam, Vijay Dinanath Chauhan, baap ka naam, Dinanath Chauhan, Gaon Mandwa' is the high point of the movie and showcases how Hrithik and the director choose to redefine the character while retaining some of the trademarks. That one scene, first stunned the theater audience and then got them clapping. Pure brilliance.

The movie is three hours long but does not seem to drag on at any stage. The action sequences are powerful. Not because there are too many explosions happening, shot from different camera angles or any other technical breakthroughs in filming. The action scenes work because of the points where they come into the story. The battle between Vijay and Rauf Laala, takes place against a backdrop that completely drives you to root for Vijay and hate Rauf Laala. You want him to beat the hell out of the perverse villain.

The climactic battle between Kaancha and Vijay. Well, lets just say hats off to the action director Abbas Ali Moghul. Everyone in the theater knew that the movie would end with the face off between the two super stars. The entire movie is just a build-up to the climax fight and expectations are sky high and the movie delivers. The set pieces make for an awesome visual experience. The art direction for Kaancha's haveli is top notch and at the very end of the movie, when Hrithik delivers the Agneepath poetry, everyone in the theater was awestruck. Hrithik's performance exceeded everyone's expectations.

It's not just those scenes, right through the movie, especially in the short emotional sequences between Vijay and his mother or the scenes with his sister, Hrithik expresses the pain of his character wonderfully and increases the empathy the audience feels for Vijay.

This movie will surely go onto become a colossal box office success, it may also win Hrithik, Sanjay Dutt and Rishi Kapoor awards for Best Actor, Best Villain and Best Supporting Actor at next year's Filmfare awards. The director deserves a lot of applause and credit for delivering the quintessential Bollywood blockbuster to the audiences after a long time. Agneepath... Agneepath... Agneepath!

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Those Three Words...

Those three words... aah, the passion they convey. Every man dreams of hearing those words from his lover. The sentiment, the raw innocence and honesty in them. The ecstasy and thrill of hearing those words. There is no other equivalent. No other feeling comes close to hearing those three words escape the lips of your lover... fuck me harder!

Monday, January 23, 2012

At a wedding

There are different kinds of weddings -

Friend Weddings

Family Weddings

Then of course there's Your Own Wedding; but at that time you're torn between fake-smiling at random guests, listening to and following instructions given by every old aunty and the pundit, along with fantasizing about the suhaag raat when there's time for that.

Friend Weddings - can be fun if you've got a good collection of other friends to hang out with. You don't really get to spend anytime with your actual friend whose getting married, because his/her mind will be occupied with what was written in the previous paragraph.

The most fun I have had at a 'Friend Wedding' has been while sitting around with other friends, making fun of all the relatives at the wedding.

Another thing I noticed is that, all families are the same.

There's always a talkative, know-it-all uncle/aunty who keeps pestering the bride's/groom's parents, who have to tolerate them for social reasons.

There's always at least one really, insanely hot chick who struts around in a shiny green/blue dress.

There's always this moment at the end of the reception where the bride/groom are surrounded with friends who crack the non-veg, suhaag raat based jokes. I think the only reason that friends are invited to weddings is for this brief period of laughter that they contribute to the couple's life.

Family Weddings -

There's always someone who has a complaint about the food.

There's always some relative who you've never seen before but claims to have seen you when you were two feet tall (a measure that is also referred to as 'jab tu itna saa thaa')

There's always some relative who wants to know your entire resume. This type can be easily detected by looking out for people who ask the following question - 'toh aaj kal kya kar rahe ho?'

You will always hear the phrase 'arrey tum kitne badey ho gaye ho', even if you've stopped growing a decade ago. That phrase is damn irritating, especially if you are a short person. You always wonder if there's a tinge of sarcasm involved.

If you're tall, then the phrase changes a little to 'arrey tum toh badey hotey jaa rahey ho'

On a related but slightly random note. Imagine the scene if Pamela Anderson were Indian. At a wedding, if she's told 'arrey tum toh aur badi hoti jaa rahi ho'!

Back to the post...

There's always this gang of old aunties singing, who sound like a cross between Anu Malik and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, both, on dope.

The songs sung during these occasions are the one's pulled out of the playlist used by All India Radio's Bhoole Bisre Geet. If you were born post-independence, there's a high chance you will not remember any of them.

You will lose count of how many feet you have touched.

There will once again be a very hot chic at the wedding. But here's the main difference between a Friend Wedding and a Family Wedding. At a Friend Wedding, you are free to shamelessly ogle at women, but at a Family Wedding, it is not so safe, because there is a high chance that the said female may turn out to be a very distant cousin. Which is kinda scary!

Let me end this pointless post with a crass joke:

Q - Why do all the guests have a weird smile on their face when greeting the bride/groom at a wedding?
A - Coz they know you're gonna get fucked soon!

See you at the next wedding!

Saturday, January 14, 2012

Cinema Paradiso - Movie Review

I have never seen a movie as honest and powerful in its emotions as Cinema Paradiso!

The story is so simple and yet complex, that it's impossible to explain.

Cinema Paradiso tells the story of a man called Salvatore Di Vita a.k.a. Toto and his deep friendship with the city's movie hall projectionist Alfredo!

The movie is set in the post World War II era - Toto is a bright, mischievous young kid who lives with his mother and sister. He knows that his father is dead even though his mother clings on to the hope that her husband would return someday. In such a situation, Alfredo becomes a father figure for Toto as their friendship deepens with time.

Alfredo realizes that Toto is a very intelligent kid and could do greater things in his life than become a projectionist in a small town. All through Toto's developing years, Alfredo tries to encourage Toto to ensure that he does not get satisfied with a simple small town life. Alfredo's sentiment is best portrayed by the following quote he says to Toto:

"I don't want to hear you talk anymore. I want to hear talk about you..."

The movie also showcases one of the best ever portrayals of cinematic romance when Toto falls in love with a girl in his town, named Elena. Even today, the scenes will touch your heart and remind you of your first love.

The last twenty minutes of the movie are a study in how silence can sometimes be the best dialogue in a film.

The movie ends with a very moving sequence that is brilliantly enacted by Jacques Perrin, who plays the older version of Toto. But frankly speaking, the acting in the movie right through is brilliant. Phillipe Noiret as Alfredo is spectacular, while Salvatore Cascio, who plays the child version of Toto is fantastic. Marco Leonardi who plays the adolescent version of Toto and Agnese Nano who plays Elena, the girl who steals Toto's heart - do a brilliant job of establishing their special bond as lovers despite very simple sequences. Their romance is the definition of the term on-screen-chemistry.

Hats off to writer-director, Giuseppe Tornatore, who, a decade later gave us the wonderful movie - Malena. And word of praise for a perfect background score which carries the last 20 minutes of the movie by the legendary Ennio Morricone.

The movie won the Oscar in 1989 for Best Foreign Language Film, once you watch the movie, you will know why!


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HOMEBREW Digest #3111 Mon 16 August 1999

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  Re: Is it Malty, or is it Oxydized? AND Fault Line Brew Pub (Jeremy Bergsman)
  Dry Yeast... ("Rob Moline")
  Re: Pumps ("Stephen Alexander")
  Re Pumping - I did - now I don't (RobertJ)
  The Zone Beer Diet (Martin A. Gulaian)
  Making beer / wasting water (Kevin or Darla Elsken)
  DWI (Dave Burley)
  Wringing Water/ol' Bottlecaps (Nancy George)
  Overnight acid rests? (Teutonic Brewer)
  Colorful sugar Test, Zone Diet, (Dave Burley)
  Great immersion chiller improvement idea ("Frederick L. Pauly")
  Water Re-cycling (Steve Lacey)
  Re: Scotch Ales (Rod Prather)
  Brave New Brewery - question  #1 ("Stephen Alexander")
  Cylindro conical fermenters ("Richard Hooper")
  1/4 keg for kettle? (darrell.leavitt)
  Steve's On To Something ("Phil and Jill Yates")
  Making yeast starters in microwave ("C.D. Pritchard")
  Sight Glass for Gott ("Mark Vernon")
  A question or two for the "long-time" brewers (larry land)

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---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 23:55:56 -0700 From: Jeremy Bergsman <jeremybb at leland.Stanford.EDU> Subject: Re: Is it Malty, or is it Oxydized? AND Fault Line Brew Pub "Alan McKay" <amckay at nortelnetworks.com> impugns various peninsula brewpubs. Here's what I know: Gordon Biersch started in Palo Alto and now has brewpubs in San Jose, San Francisco, and others farther away (Hawaii, Pasadena?). They also have a ~2 year old large micro in San Jose which I believe supplies all their tap accounts and certainly all their bottling. I used to find them first rate for German styles, but less so these days: the micro beers are blander and the PA brewpub has trouble with diacetyl and according to a very recent report from a friend, 2,3 pentanedione. You most likely had the dunkel based on your description. Faultline is IMO the best brewpub on the peninsula although I am certainly not friends with the brewer (and am friends with another brewer--hope he doesn't read this! His is the second best! Really!). I like them because they usually have a large variety (>7); their hefeweizen uses the real yeast, it's not just a cloudy wheat beer; they almost always have a credible Belgian style attempt; and they cycle their way through most beer styles (like most places they have a few regular beers and a few that change). Sometimes they miss the mark style-wise but usually they are pretty good. I have only ever had one beer with a significant technical problem there and that was when the place was just getting going. I have had their Alt once about 9 months ago IIRC and I thought it was excellent--malty, very bitter, and a very nice, fairly strong hop flavor much like my FWH alt (OK, Al, there's your queue). Faultline also has a place in Walnut Creek. As for your flavor problems, I can't imagine you got an oxidized beer from either place unless the GB was in a bottle. I would also guess that your beer that sat in the fermenter for 8 months would suffer more from autolysis than oxidation unless you had a lot of HSA or the airlock dried out, although who knows? Try an old imported dunkel to see how these taste oxidized. Both of these commercial beers are supposed to be farily malty with a Munich malt character. What kind of beer sat in your fermenter for 8 months? - -- Jeremy Bergsman jeremybb at leland.stanford.edu http://www.stanford.edu/~jeremybb Return to table of contents
Date: Sat, 14 Aug 1999 02:41:37 -0500 From: "Rob Moline" <brewer at isunet.net> Subject: Dry Yeast... Dry Yeast Dave Lamotte, the Newcastle Brewer, asks about yeast....and his questions are being reviewed by greater minds than mine, though Roger Ayotte offers what sounds like sage advice on the subject. I'll let you know if I hear differently, though suspect that what I might hear will be building on Roger's assertions. Yeast, like momilies, can't live forever... >From: AKGOURMET at aol.com >Did I hear(read) Rob say that its preferable to store dry yeast frozen? >Freezing won't kill it? I assume it's not a good idea to put frozen yeast >into 105f. water to rehydrate. Any idea what an acceptable warming rate is? As a matter of fact, a gentleman by the name of Admiral Byrd took some Fleischman's yeast with him on his Antarctic journeys. It seems like folks on every continent do live by bread, though perhaps, not bread alone. Some ....(drum roll please)......50 years later...a camp of his was 'discovered', and certain articles and properties were recovered..... Dr. George Clayton Cone, who had for decades worked for Fleischman's....successfully revived, and utilized yeast from that 50 year 'lag-time.' Yes, freeze it, if you wish. What I read into your post is the question of 'thermal shock,' as it usually relates to dropping the temp on an active ferment. This relates to dropping the temp on a lager ferment in stages, since any drop of temp on an ale ferment is usually a 'crash' drop to spur flocc, or to arrest attenuation..... or a 'maintenance-control' incremental correction to counteract heat generated by fermentation. By all means, rehydrate at 105 ..you will be perfectly in the desired range for rehydration. Attemperation, post rehydration, is the first step of acclimation of the newly rehydrated yeast to both temp, and sugar content of wort. And step dropping lagers to acclimate them to reduced temps is another method of negating 'temp-shock.' Post re-hydration is where one should be conscious of the 'shock.' But it has no bearing on the fact that dry yeast is quite hardy, whilst dry, and stored properly. The Admiral's yeast is definitive on this question...no? Agian, if I hear differently on this topic, I shall report on my learning curve. Cheers! Rob Moline Lallemand jethro at isunet.net brewer at isunet.net Return to table of contents
Date: Sat, 14 Aug 1999 09:42:26 -0400 From: "Stephen Alexander" <steve-alexander at worldnet.att.net> Subject: Re: Pumps Kirk writes ... >...but I certainly wouldn't expect turbulent flow using a peristaltic pump, You should. Turbulent flow in a tube is a Reynolds Number RN >2200 where RN = rho * vbar * Diam / nu For 20P maltose solution at 20C, 1/4"ID, 1gal/min the RN is about 5500. The RN will be even higher at higher temps (lower viscosity). The RN will be proportional to the flow rate. For a given flow rate, increasing the tubing diameter causes a proportional decrease in RN. Unless you are willing to live with less than about 0.4 gal/min at 1/4"ID, or find a peristaltic pump to handle >1/2" ID tubing, you will have turbulent flow. >It certainly LOOKS laminar based on visual >observation of small particles at or near the tubing wall (5/8" ID). Critical flow for 5/8" ID is in the neighborhood of 1.3gal/min very roughly, but of course most peristaltic pumps cannot handle such diameter tubing. Perhaps more interesting is that Kunze points to beta-glucans deformation, and resulting difficult lautering as a result of shear forces ! Any of you RIMSers see this ? -S Return to table of contents
Date: Sat, 14 Aug 1999 09:53:05 -0400 From: RobertJ <pbsys at pbsbeer.com> Subject: Re Pumping - I did - now I don't From: Demonick <demonick at zgi.com> A few years ago I decided that pumping wort/beer around my "brewery" (laundry room) would be efficient and easier than siphoning. So I picked up a little magnetic drive hot liquid pump from McMaster, and medical grade quick disconnects and lots of tubing. I used it to pump hot wort from the kettle through the CFC and into the carboy. I used it to pump green beer from the primary to the secondary. And, I used it to pump from the secondary into the keg. I used it on about 10 or 12 5 gallon batches. I experienced a number of problems and annoyances. First, the little pump was not self-priming. It had to be filled with liquid before it would pump. Second, the pump cavitated like crazy, particularly with green beer with CO2 in solution. The CO2 comes out of solution and causes all sorts of gurgling and serious cavitation, Third, it was more stuff to sanitize and clean, more tubing, more hardware, it was just more stuff to deal with, more stuff to worry about. Finally I realized that the pump wasn't making anything easier, in fact it was making brewer harder. I would agree with your conclusion and would not use it as yuou did, but I think you were using the pump for the wrong applications. A mag drive pump has a place in brewing beer. Usually to move hot wort or water prior to the boil where you will not experience any of the above problems if your breweery is set-up correctly. Bob Precision Brewing Systems URL http://www.pbsbeer.com Manufacturer of 3 Vessel Brew Systems, HERMS, SS Brew Kettles, SS hopback and the MAXIchiller Return to table of contents
Date: Sat, 14 Aug 1999 10:22:13 -0400 (EDT) From: mag6 at po.CWRU.Edu (Martin A. Gulaian) Subject: The Zone Beer Diet Brian Dixon says: [zone diet snip] > >In any case, the beer drinkers in the crowd might want to know that the beer >belly effect can be reduced! For reasons of hormone control, specifically >the glucagon/insulin axis, Dr. Sears recommends eating and snacking with >particular ratios of the macronutrients (protein, carbohydrate, fat). It >works. The ratio is for each 7 grams of protein, eat 9 grams of >carbohydrate and 1.5 to 3 grams of fat. In calories, each meal and snack >should be 30% protein, 40% carbohydrate, and 30% fat. Any higher in the >carbs and you increase your insulin response, which in turn reduces blood >sugar by moving sugars into fat store and locks up fat store so that you >can't utilize it. Since maltose has a glycemic index even higher than pure >sucrose, beer is an especially effective way to mess up your insulin >response and to gain (and keep) fat ... hence the beer belly. I'm 43 lbs >(out of 58 that I needed to lose) into proving that Dr. Sears is right. If >you are interested, check out http://www.zoneperfect.com. > Of course there's no maltose to speak of in beer once you ferment it. The calories are mostly from alcohol and it takes a long liver torturing route for it ever to show up as blood glucose... - --- My diet is probably something like 10% protein, 10% fat, 80% carbohydrates (I live on meals like a big plate of pasta and veggies and a big glass of skim milk... or beer) and a quick pinch test on my "beer belly" measures 3.5mm this morning. Your sense of how much of a fraud Dr Sears is may vary, but mine is pretty high. - -- Marty Gulaian - Cleveland, Ohio Return to table of contents
Date: Sat, 14 Aug 1999 10:29:33 -0400 From: Kevin or Darla Elsken <kelsken at adelphia.net> Subject: Making beer / wasting water In HBD #3110, Jim Clayton makes several suggestions for using waste water from brewing for other uses... While I don't consider myself a tree hugging environmentalist, I have always been a bit dismayed at the amount of water that one can 'waste' in brewing beer. I try to reduce this waste by recycling sanitizing solution. I keep my carboys (6.5 gal, 5 gal, 3 gal) filled with a bleach sanitizing solution. On brew day, I transfer the contents of the large carboy to my plastic fermenting bucket. Based on the age of the sanitizer, and / or the smell from the sanitizing solution, I add additional bleach. I then use this water to sanitize spoons, airlocks, racking canes, etc. that will be used during the brew day. When the brew is ready for the primary I transfer the sanitizing solution back to the carboy. This also gives a good flush to the racking cane and hose. When the brew is ready for the secondary, I transfer the sanitizer to my 33 qt enamelware pot, then move the brew to the carboy. I usually put the sanitizer back into the plastic fermenter while the beer is in the secondary. This water can then be used to sanitize the bottling bucket. And it finally ends up back in the carboy. All in all, it is a lot of transferring, but to me it is worth it... Which brings me to questions #1 : If the sanitizing solution (bleach in water) is stored in the carboy under an airlock, how long will it remain a sanitizing solution? I imagine that chlorine cannot evaporate, but after 2 or 3 months it does not smell as strong as it does when I first put it away. So I usually add more bleach to be sure. The other portion of the brewing process that wastes excessive water is the wort cooling with an immersion chiller. I know that one can add a pump to recirculate the cooling water, but I would be curious to hear from anyone about how they setup up their system. In particular, in the initial cooling the water picks up tremendous heat from the wort. How do you effectively cool the water? I know ice can be used, but I would imagine that it would take alot of ice. Thanks for any info. Kevin Elsken Little Boy Brewery Return to table of contents
Date: Sat, 14 Aug 1999 10:49:00 -0400 From: Dave Burley <Dave_Burley at compuserve.com> Subject: DWI Brewsters: One night a police officer was staking out a particularly rowdy bar, for possible violations of the driving-under-the-influence laws. At closing time, he saw a guy stumble out of the bar, trip on the curb And try his keys on five different cars before he found his. Then he sat in the front seat fumbling around with his keys for several minutes. The man was so drunk that everyone else left the bar and drove off before he had even put the keys in the ignition. Finally, he started his engine and began to pull away. Chuckling at the pathetic driver, the police officer stopped him, read him his rights and administered the Breathalyzer test. The results showed a reading of 0.0. The puzzled officer demanded to know how this could be. The driver replied, "Tonight I'm the designated decoy " Keep on Brewin' Dave Burley Return to table of contents
Date: Sat, 14 Aug 1999 11:28:01 -0400 From: Nancy George <homsweet at voicenet.com> Subject: Wringing Water/ol' Bottlecaps Jim asks for ways to get every last possible drop of water used in a responsible manner. We've used the 'attach the outline of the chiller to the soaker hose in the garden' method for a while. Just put extension hose and connectors where needed. This way the garden gets a good watering at least once a week.... On Chuck's finding old bottlecaps, cork & foil lined. Cork deteriorates over the years and hasn't been used for cap linings in quite some time. Sanitizing them would probably cause the cork to fall apart. They have much more value as breweriana. Nancy As for brewing in the rain-Friday night would have been pretty good... Return to table of contents
Date: Sat, 14 Aug 1999 13:10:21 -0600 From: Teutonic Brewer <claassen at swcp.com> Subject: Overnight acid rests? Hi All, In the aftermath of my posting my sour mashing techniques, Stephen Alexander noted in HBD #3101: >As long as everyone is breaking out those dictionaries - note the difference >between a (bacterial) acid rest and a sourmash. I've always made a concentrated sour mash. OTOH, has anyone out there doughed in at ground water temperature or at the traditional "acid rest" temperature around 38C and allowed the mash to sit overnight or until the pH drops? I reckon that the bacteria would chew on the limited amount of sugars in the malt and slowly acidify the mash. Any experience would be appreciated. Maybe there's an experiment begging to be performed here.... TIA! Prost! Paul Claassen (Teutonic Brewer) Albuquerque, Chile Republic of New Mexico Return to table of contents
Date: Sat, 14 Aug 1999 15:16:45 -0400 From: Dave Burley <Dave_Burley at compuserve.com> Subject: Colorful sugar Test, Zone Diet, Brewsters: Matt Comstock and I saw the same article in C&ENews regarding a sugar complexing agent which formed different colors with many of the simple sugars and asks if Clinitest is responsive to these sugars differently. Clinitest is responsive to reducing sugars, but an exact quantitative relationship is unknown by me and others who have indicated they were interested in pursuing the data further ( where are those results, LouB?). I have come across a reference in an old Organic Chemistry text that says the results are not stoichiometric but are reproducible, as the only such reference. The Clinitest reaction is a complex reaction forming copper oxides and the like. The color is time dependent, so obviously there are a number of factors entering into the use of Clinitest, but it can be done reproducibily. It cannot distinguish between various kinds of sugars, although it is responsive to lactose which is not fermentable and non-responsive to sucrose which is fermentable in a brewing environment containing invertase. This is why I suggest it be used at the end if the fermentation, so the sucrose will be gone and before any lactose is added. The test reads "% glucose", but it is not responding to glucose at the end of a fermentation, obviously just the reducing sugars which are likely higher in MW and less readily fermented. - ------------------------------------- Brian Dixon has lost 43 pounds and is pleased with the Zone Diet. He goes on to explain how one can drink beer occasionally and not endure a change in the slope of weight loss. Only problem with Brian's dissertation is that these is no maltose in beer, even though he bases his whole discussion on the assumption that there is. Carbohydrates in the form of dextrins, yes - maltose no - the yeast got to the maltose first! I too have personal knowledge of a diet based on limiting carbohydrate intake relative to fats and proteins and can also attest that the diet does work well and rather painlessly. Just count the carbos in the beer and you can enjoy beer and sausages as does Brian or just count your one or two beers a day as part of your carbo intake. Eat spaghetti squash with spaghetti sauce or whatever has low carbohydrates like various cole products instead of potatoes. Since my beers have a higher OG than commercial beers and I often have a lot of dextrins, based on the FG, I typically double the estimated value of carbos. My nephew lost 70 pounds on the "Protein Power" diet (similar to the Zone) and was promoted to VP. Co-incidence? Books on this diet and one on food content are available in your bookstore and necessary. If you are worried about "ketosis" as anatgonists would have you believe is a problem ( it's not a problem for healthy people) buy a pack of "ketostix" from your pharmacy and check it. You will remain in the "zero to trace" amount normal for humans if you are healthy. You might be surprised to know that too much catsup is one of the no-nos ( high sugar content), but mustard and unsweetened salsa and other tomato sauces are fine. Knock off that sugar in your coffee for the carbos not the calories. Some people respond to articifial sweeteners as though they were sugars (I did). If you do, do not include these in your diet. Good Luck! Drink more beer worry less about the wasteline consequences after you lose a few inches. Keep on Brewin' Dave Burley Return to table of contents
Date: Sat, 14 Aug 1999 17:50:40 -0400 From: "Frederick L. Pauly" <flp2m at unix.mail.virginia.edu> Subject: Great immersion chiller improvement idea I use an immersion chiller to cool my brews. It is a two part system with a coil sitting in ice water to pre-chill the water going to the kettle coil. But wha I have found out is that the liquid around both coils needs to be stirred for the most effective cooling. So my idea for you creative builders out there is a water driven impeler to stir both the ice bath and the kettle. Just before the water gets to the first coil you have a 't' that shoots some water through a water powered stirring device and then comes back to the source and enters the main pipe. And do the same thing for a water powered stirring device in the kettle. Pretty chilling, don't you think? So go ahead and take my idea for free and then just e-mail me the working plans or post them on the digest. Waiting patiently in Charlottesville,Va Rick Return to table of contents
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 1999 09:04:36 +1000 From: Steve Lacey <stevel at sf.nsw.gov.au> Subject: Water Re-cycling Jim Clayton wrote: "Take a minute to think about all the water consumed/wasted in the brewery. Cooling water could be hosed into the washing machine for the load that's always waiting... How about some creative recycling of our waste water? " I was think along similar lines so I captured the fist 40 L or so of hot water from the immersion chiller, dumped it in the bathtub and then threw in the three kids. Add soap, shampoo and a few firm paternal directives and you have clean kids as well as cool wort! probably saved 20c in heating and 1E-09% of Sydneys daily water consumption, but hey, isn't that what recycling is all about? Steve L Return to table of contents
Date: Sat, 14 Aug 1999 23:17:47 -0500 From: Rod Prather <rodpr at iquest.net> Subject: Re: Scotch Ales Keith MacNeal Wrote: > Williams Brewing also stocks peated malt as well as Scotch malt, a slighty > darker version of pale malt that is supposed to be similar to what is used > to > produce scotch ales. I've used them both in some scotch ales (I even put > the smoked malt into some porter) and have been happy with the results. > Just retreading some old ground. I love the Scotch ale styles and the use of peat smoked barley in ales, I am quite fond of Tucker Smoked Porter, brewed in Southern Indiana. For years I thought peat smoked barley was common in Scotch ale brewing. After some research that involved writing to a brewing historian in Scotland I learned that it is not. There were a few produced in the 1960's but they are generally considered an anomaly and smoked peat is not considered indicative of the Scotch ale (beer) brewing style. The Scots brewed beer in the lowlands where coal was used as fuel and peat is not available. Whiskey was historically made in the Highlands where Peat is the more common fuel due to the absence of coal. Much of this division is probably due to a long history of prohibition against distilling in Scotland when much whiskey was distilled illegally. Since brewers and distillers malted and kilned their own malt they kept their malts as a secret of their brewing process. There was really no peat smoked malt traded to the lowland areas of the country. Since it wasn't available, it was never used in the brewing of ale. Also, you might want to check out some of the Scottish hop alternatives for your brew. Since hops are not indiginous to Scotland, Broom Heather flowers and Sweet Gale (myrica), Rowan and Spruce were the herbs used in historic Scotch ales. Broom heather is commonly used as an ornamental in the US and has a yellow flower. 8 to 10 lbs of the flowers are used in brewing. Spruce has a limited brewing period as the young shoots must be used and are only available in the spring. The young shoots are sweet and bitter with smaller amounts of the less desirable oils and strong flavors. Pinesol anyone? Sweet Gale is usually incorporated into heather ales. I am not familiar with Rowan or where to obtain it. I do know that is was used in Scotch ales prior to the importation of hops to Scotland. Return to table of contents
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 1999 03:30:07 -0400 From: "Stephen Alexander" <steve-alexander at worldnet.att.net> Subject: Brave New Brewery - question #1 I've had an all too brief offline discussion with Phil Yates about science, tradition, craft and art in brewing. The art vs science threads on HBD appear too sterile. All are dependent on the embedded meaning of terms with huge emotion emotional baggage in tow. I think separating the emotional content of the process and it's tradition from the issue of the resulting product makes an interesting topic. - -- Consider a hypothetical situation: It's the year 2005 and through the efforts of brewing scientists and industry it's become possible to make beer from a mixture of several extract compounds, ethanol etc. The basic compounds involved are extracted and refined from natural malt, hops, brewing yeast - so this may be considered an advanced form of malt extract+hops extract brewing, however the natural products are refined into several categories of flavor and color and body compounds that give the 'brewer' great control. The resulting Super Extract beer (SE-beer) is completely comparable to normally made beers in terms of flavor, aroma, body, color and all other qualities. The SE-beers can be varied by the mix of ingredients to match all common styles. Not only have some prestigious 'brewing' awards been won by SE-beers, but carefully crafted SE-beers duplicating classic natural beers are sometimes good enough to fool experts in blind tastings. The major mega-breweries immediately adopt the method. Well respected 21st century beer writer, Jikel Maxxon and pseudonymous HB guru Nurse Pivo both claim that SE-beers are and will remain inferior and that they lack some subtle flavor only found in 'natural' beer, but in controlled taste experiments experts usually fail to identify the SE-beer. 'Homebrewing' an SE-beer takes about 1 hour and the control of some parameters such as level of alcohol and potential for oxidation or infection is much easier. Choosing the flavor, color aroma and body and finding the right mix to produce it remains an art. Q: Would YOU 'homebrew' SE-beers ? If not, then what distinction are you making between this and other brewing advances of the last century or two - things like thermometers, water chemistry, pure culture yeast, temp controlled maltings, gibberellic acid for malting, mash pH control with meters and acid addition, alpha-acid measurements, RIMS, pumps, mixers and stirrers, iodine tests, PVPP, hydrometers, ... ? Aren't they just incremental steps toward the same end of consistency, quality, control and ease ? If so, then is this new method of beer making really 'brewing' or are you just mixing flavors from a palatte ? Do you fear losing 'something' by changing to the new method ? I'll reserve some follow-up hypotheticals till later - assuming the topic gathers some interest. - --- The question arose a several years back when I was studying mash enzymes and it became clear that I could, use commercially available enzymes to mash raw grain or any starch without malt. It's not even very difficult. Later I realized that several operations could be applied to phenolic compounds - probably with a haze and flavor effect. These processes *feel* more like chemistry than brewing, but is there really a significant difference that should inhibit us ? Should we be restricted by some new Reinheitsgebotlich rules ? -S Return to table of contents
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 1999 10:51:27 +0200 From: "Richard Hooper" <richard at dundee.lia.net> Subject: Cylindro conical fermenters Hi all I have finally commisioned my 240 litre cylindro conical fermenter [jacketed, glycol cooled, 60 degree cone] and the first brew is chugging along at +- 14 degrees. The debut brew was made with 30kg of SA Maltsters pale grain, on my RIMS, crushed at about a 2mm gap on the malt mill. I normally use 1.7mm for a smaller brew [20kg malt], but experienced a persistent set mash with this crush when I tried a parti-gyle brew a while back, using 40kg malt. The result was a decrease in the expected extract to an OG of 1.030. I then augmented the gravity with [gasp] 5 litres of Hymalt glucose syrup [maize based], to make a beer with a typical [I assume] South African Breweries style malt bill, OG in the region of 1.040 [forgot to measure it]. I have made beer using this stuff before, it gives a bit of a sweetish corn flavour at first, tending towards dryness, citrusy, later in the life of the beer [unfiltered, in keg]. 400gm of Saaz pellets went into the kettle, all FWH. The wort was force cooled to 18 degrees C then transferred with buckets [waiting for my high temp. pump from Moving Brews] to the fermenter. The day before, I made a "mini mash" of 15 litres of 1.020 wort in which was pitched 50gm of re-hydrated Nottingham yeast. This was at high krauesen by the time it was mixed in to the first 2 x 25 litre buckets of new wort. I see the gravity is now at 1.012, but the yeast is still very active. I expect it to go down 1.008 or less. My questions relate to yeast removal/cropping. At what point during the fermentation [chronologically or attenuation-wise] should [could] one remove the first batch of "dirty" [trubby ?] yeast ? I recall reading a Pierre Rajotte brochure which mentioned that the yeast would have the consistency of peanut butter. I have not found that to be the case after 4 days, but today [six days] it appears to be a bit thicker. When is the yeast OK for saving for the next brew ? Does one go purely y appearance [white-ish, clean looking] ? How do I keep cats out of the brew, Phil ? How do you expect the foetus to gestate, Loretta, in a box ? What is the meaning of life ? How many yeast cells can dance on the head of a pin ? Questions, questions, questions for the concerned young person. I think I'll have a home-brew now. Regards King Pivo " 'Ow do you know 'e's a king ?" " 'E 'asn't got sh*t all over him." Return to table of contents
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 1999 06:00:04 -0500 (EST) From: darrell.leavitt at plattsburgh.edu Subject: 1/4 keg for kettle? I was given a 1/4 keg....and wonder: couldn't I cut the top off, and use it as a kettle? It must be 7 gal....so couldn't one do a full 5 gal boil with this? ..Darrell <Terminally INtermediate Home-brewer> Return to table of contents
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 1999 21:03:44 +1000 From: "Phil and Jill Yates" <yates at flexgate.infoflex.com.au> Subject: Steve's On To Something Okay Steve, Good question, very good question. But I think you might have jumped a little sideways from the discussion we had. Those who find scientific discussions on brewing a complete and utter bore are generally not the same folk who fear that advancing science is taking from them something they treasure. What you have proposed for 2005 is a kit beer that produces the same or better result than a mash. Just a bit of mix and match required and this is now considered to be the "art" of brewing. This situation may eventually be achieved (though I doubt it - in this sense I am a traditionalist) but this is not the science that you represent. Are you thinking you would prefer to kit brew if they could just get the quality of a mash in the can? I know there are a lot of brewers who would be over the moon about such an advancement. But these are the same folk who probably think Steve Alexander is obsessed with making things more complicated than they need be. Well until that lunatic Eric Panther burst on to the scene. To answer you on question #1 I doubt if I would be much interested in SE brewing. Too much like making a cup of tea. The distinction I would make is that all the scientific / art input would no longer be valid for wasting six or so hours on brew day. Hell, I would be expected to mow the lawn and wash the cars instead! I can't say I ever saw kit brewing as real brewing, but I can certainly say I understand why it suits so many brewers. We don't all have the time to fart around mashing. But of all the brewers that I would consider disinterested in SE brewing, Steve Alexander would be at the top of the list. Well just behind Doc Panther. Perhaps Steve you will surprise me and announce yourself as a latent kit brewer, just dying to put all those science journals in the bin. I doubt it. In any case, the very next brewer to depart the scene behind you would be myself! Cheers Phil Yates Return to table of contents
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 1999 11:30:48 From: "C.D. Pritchard" <cdp at chattanooga.net> Subject: Making yeast starters in microwave Just finished a web page that details an easy method for making yeast starters in the microwave without making a mess from boilovers. It uses HopTech's Foam Control (std. disclaimer- and then some more on the web page...). Although I've just started a sanitation test, past starters show no evidence of any sanitation problems. It's at the "Microwave Starter Prep. Method" link at the URL in the sig. line below or via http://hbd.org/cdp/ c.d. pritchard cdp at chattanooga.net http://chattanooga.net/~cdp/ Return to table of contents
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 1999 11:42:58 -0500 From: "Mark Vernon" <mark at pleasantstreet.com> Subject: Sight Glass for Gott Okay, I am on my way to putting together my rims system (thanks to everyone who sent me info/links). I found my 2 10gal Gott coolers ant Home Depot (thanks to everyone who responded with resources for those) on sale even for $29.95 at . I want to install sight glasses in each (Mash Tun and HLT). I know someone out there has done this, and can save me from reinventing the wheel. Your help as always is greatly apprecitated. Mark Vernon MCSE,MCP+I, MCT mark at pleasantstreet.com www.pleasantstreet.com Beer is proof that god loves mankind... Ben Franklin Return to table of contents
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 1999 12:07:09 -0500 From: larry land <lland at startext.net> Subject: A question or two for the "long-time" brewers [kindly note the abscense of the description "OLD"!] Can anyone tell me what happened to an Author and homebrew prommoter Leigh Beaddle? (may spell Beadle) He wrote some books around late 60's on homebrewing; seemed to be popular authority, now semms to have vanished. Also, is Blue Ribbon Malt Extract (in cans) still available? Thanks. lland at startext.net Return to table of contents
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 1999 12:53:49 -0700 (PDT) From: Matthew Comstock <mccomstock at yahoo.com> Subject: WET T-SHIRT CONTEST IN MY BASEMENT First contestant is a full-bodied Belgian. She's wearing an old t-shirt of mine. I'm soaking her down, and I've got a fan blowing on high just to keep things interesting. Wyeast #1214. OG=1.082. Pitched 3 qt starter, into cool, <70 F wort. Volcanic eruption ensued. Started slowly, but now I've got spooge all over the basement floor. The temp has got to be at least 80 F. Hot, baby, hot. I've searched the archives a little for #1214. AlK recommended large starters. Others recommended cooler temperatures. Am I destined for bubble-gum beer as I've read about? Next time I will start the wet t-shirt contest a little earlier to try to avoid the higher temps during fermentation. So there is a trade-off between big starters and rapid heat-evolving fermentations. What's best. Probably to have a big starter AND good heat control. And more wet t-shirts. Matt Comstock in Cincinnati. _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free at yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Return to table of contents
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The handwriting says about human nature

The handwriting says about human nature

Man is sufficiently complex system,It is in constant motion, but rather a constant remain his habits. Therefore we can say that the handwriting and character have a strong bond.
By the way the text is written, with some pressure andtilt, you can determine the strength of the human will, his mind, emotions, self-esteem and many other qualities. The handwriting is a reflection of man's inner world. So many people, so many varieties of writing letters there. The fact that a person's character and handwriting interconnected, mentioned even in the ancient times known to all, Aristotle.

In the second half of the 19th century this confidencethanks to the French abbot gained its name and the science that studies handwriting, called graphology. Science has not yet proven the assumption that it is possible to set various properties of the individual handwriting. But absolutely no doubt that the handwriting is largely dependent on certain properties of higher nervous activity and emotions, to master personality.

In our country sometimes Graphological analysisused in combination with other methods in research on psychophysiology and psychology. The study of handwriting in order to address the question of the authenticity of the documents and engaged in criminology. Abroad graphology is at a premium.

It has long been noticed that the handwriting and character depending even on what time of year he was born. At the same time - writing has similarities in different - style of writing may be different.

Coherent smooth handwriting belongs to individualsneat, meticulous and scrupulous in matters. Such people are careful, binding, thoughtful and unhurried. Large letters - an indicator of sociability, secrecy inherent in people with small handwriting. Pushover in humans may be suspected if the letter with faded writing, while strong pressure is a sign of faith and perseverance. Selfishness manifests angular letters, compassion and kindness - rounded. Illegible handwriting indicates some nervousness, but at the same time, careless and energy. Connectivity between the letters are inherent to those who have excellent logical thinking. The gaps between the letters do people with developed intuition. If every time a person's handwriting is different, this is evidence of creativity and sensitivity.

In the letter you should pay attention not only tothe shape and size of letters, identify the main traits can be even on that which fields are to the left, where the lead line. For example, the narrow field indicates thrift, but if it narrows down the page, it says nothing of avarice and greed. In optimistic people when writing on paper unruled line rises straight line characteristic of the sober people. A sign of tricks is a string wave.

Much can be learned about a person and his paintings. Even if someone has learned to hide some unpleasant personality traits, the signature may well point to them. The lack of pretentiousness and ornate common for people open, confident and sensible. Intricate stroke inherent assertive personalities and often narrow-minded.

It can be quite a long time to talk about howlinked handwriting and character of a person, but to decode high accuracy can only graphologists, we just remains to observe and draw the appropriate conclusions.

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Thousands of practitioners around the world are successful this simple healing technique

Created by Grand Master Choa Kok Sui (1952-2007), an engineer born filipino Choasuy Samson Lim, Chinese ancestry, which merged ancestral therapies in a more modern and effective, pranic healing is based on the existence of an ethereal energy that surrounds us, the evidence of chakras and the use of our hands.

What is prana?

One of the names given to the subtle energy that surrounds us and which we participate. In Hindi means “vital energy”, and is also known as ruah (Hebrew), chi (Chinese) or ki (Japanese). There are several sources of prana, Like the sun, moon, water, earth . but the most used, because of its abundance, the foundation of this technique is that of air, then, the more pure nature surrounding the healer, best results will be.

What is Pranic Therapy

There are two principles that govern this practice: the Auto Recover, that every organism has a tendency to normalize itself (not as hard to grasp: the animals are not doctors, but they cure themselves) and the Vital Energy, that is, through the intervention of external factors (in this case, the prana, By assimilation, medicines from the pharmacy ) can accelerate the healing process. This is basically to restore the energy balance of living body constantly exposed to physical disorders, mental and emotional.

The fact that any person has easy access to these skills, and learning that can be done during a weekend, as well as ease of means of implementation, has made Pranic Healing one of the new techniques that have advanced across the globe in recent years. Her own instructors spell it out during the workshops: we should not believe anything a priori, but simply let go, and it will be a truly amazing how slowly surfacing in front of us will .

The basis of the technique: do not touch the patient

Although methods like relational reiki or the introduction of hands, here the patient is not touched, but he cleaned the affected areas using the same, but distance so much so that even you can try to kilometers, with only have the approval of the patient. Knowing how the control of a car or television, it seems so hard to understand.

When an energy exchange between patient and healer, he should have external elements to clean up their arms, which after all are their tools and therefore must be sterile, and these tend to be: a bucket of water salt (best, thick), a stick of burning incense (preferably near the container) and a compound composed of two parts water, one of rubbing alcohol and a few drops of lavender (the plant is known for its ability cleaning) to be continuously administered through a spray on the patient and therapist.

The chakras

In addition to the affected area swept rounds five times, also acts on energy vortexes that long ago tested their existence, chakras. Supposedly, a living being is run up and down for a few meridians (nadis) That, like highways in roundabouts tend to coalesce circular energy centers. Today, due to rapid social change, there are those who recognize up to eleven chakras older, and many other side, all located at important points of the body, with different colors and functions, interacting with each other. So if the healer applies this therapy on the affected part and chakras relating to it, the patient gradually, it may heal.

The energization Key in the process

After cleaning the affected area (for assimilation prepared the wound with hydrogen peroxide, cotton and Mercuro-chrome ), the therapist uses the air, transmuting your energy through your body and leading to both hands, with the one receives it, whereas the other is applied and stabilized. Part remains in your body, as compensation, which the practitioner usually has good physical and mental health, plus it opens paths in life with ease, improving human relations. And this occurs because the aura surrounding the physical body is restored from the damage and imbalances that suffers daily wear, increasing in thickness and resistance. It acts on the chakras in a circle, in rounds three times, since the movement of those so, turning a quarter turn to one side and three quarters to the contrary to allow entry and exit of energy through it.

Energy levels and healing

As the healing progresses in learning, level up and requires more and better tools. If there is no salt water, the technique can be used green fire. Since the prana air slows healing because its implementation as it requires numerous passes under the condition that is the case, one can dissociate into colors, and in turn, in blends and textures (like the light is broken into seven colors) greatly speeds the process. Can also be used crystals and quartz needles, which multiply the percent effect. And the connection with the Divine energy through Or coronary cord, becomes essential.

Medicine available to all

Yes , but no. These therapies inherently have a spiritual component quite pronounced. To be an external energy transmitter us need to keep your body healer and spiritual energy in the form (comparable to the typical doctor who smokes and does not sport, but prohibits smoking to their patients and recommends gymnastics ) Meditation becomes essential, in particular, the technique of Twin Hearts- Since the chakras, Increasing performance, greatly increases the thickness and density of the aura of the healer (usually meters . A aura normal can be measured between five and six inches thick, but the mere contact with the Pranic Healing raises almost half a meter), both for good and for bad (there chakras governing, for example, good or bad character), and that should be properly controlled.

In addition, it requires an inner energy as pure as possible, so care must be taken to eat little or no meat (especially pork), no vices, and maintain a physical and mental attitude very positive, being respectful nature and our neighbors. Finally, it is necessary to state that this technique is a good complement to conventional medicine, so it should not stop going to the doctor or the pharmacy, but rely on them to stay better longer.


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MHRA issues Brexit implementation period guidelines for UK pharma and healthcare firms

The UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has detailed what pharmaceutical and healthcare companies should expect from the Brexit implementation period.

The Brexit implementation is scheduled to run from March 2019 to December 2020. During this, UK businesses will have the same rights as EU-based businesses to have their cases accepted and processed by EU-based ‘leading authorities'.  Pharmaceutical firms will be allowed to continue to undertake batch release testing and Qualified Person certification in the UK. These certificates will be recognised in the EU and EU certification will be recognised in the UK.

Marketing authorisation holders and Qualified Persons for Pharmacovigilance (QPPVs) will be allowed to remain in the UK and will be allowed access to EU markets. There will be continued mutual recognition of manufacturing and distribution licenses and associated inspections.

Companies based in the UK will be able to continue to apply for marketing authorisations via either the centralised or decentralised procedures. However the UK will lose the right to vote in EMA and EU committees during the implementation period.

In regards to the period following the UK's exit from the European Union the MHRA stated: “Progress is being made to finalise the Withdrawal Agreement as a whole. We will aim to agree this by October, alongside the framework for our future relationship with the EU.”

Dr Sheuli Porkess, Deputy Chief Scientific Officer for  The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) said: “Guidance from Government is welcome, as is the reiteration of the UK’s preference for close cooperation with the EU across all aspects of medicines regulation.”

Porkess continued: "There are still some unanswered questions. We are clear that there needs to be an implementation period but whether there will be one is still subject to negotiation. The document also states that the future role of the MHRA, whose expertise is vital, is also still being discussed. The industry will continue to plan for all scenarios, including ‘no deal’. We believe that the best way to protect patients and public health is for the EU and UK to agree continued cooperation on the regulation of medicines."

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