#T.C. Mill

[newsmutproject]

An update on Erato II

Good morning, everyone! Co-editor T.C. Mill here.

This is not the update I would like to make, but after serious consideration, it feels like the best option for the editorial team and the fairest for the writers waiting to hear back from us.

At this time, we are not going forward with the anthology. This is because of a variety of health and other personal matters among the editorial team, enough to make the prospect of editing and releasing a book this year overwhelming. We've been reading submissions and whew, there are some wonderful stories you've sent us! But we don't feel able to do them justice with the time and energy we currently have available. Nor do we want to keep writers waiting any longer.

So we're going to release all submitted pieces and cancel publication plans for Erato II. In addition to this official announcement, we'll also be sending out emails to this effect over the next few days.

What this means for NSP: In the long term, nothing bad! You may have noticed this blog is posting less frequently; that's another effect of the more limited time and energy available, but we intend to remain active, keep our previous anthologies up for sale, and put together more anthologies in the future. These future anthologies may be smaller and more tightly focused, and we'll aim to be more strategic with scheduling (and hopefully more lucky). It's even possible we'll give Erato II another go someday. Now is, alas, not the right time.

To everyone who submitted: Thank you for sharing your stories with us! We wish you the best in submitting them elsewhere. The world deserves to read your good smut!

Again, we'll be sending out submission response emails with this information over the next few days to reach everyone who might not see this blog announcement.

[alliluyevas]

Latest interesting Mormon history find:

Apostle George Q. Cannon (the balding man with the white beard seated in the center of the picture) and fourteen bishops, all imprisoned for polygamy at the Utah Territorial Penitentiary. The photo is from November 1888. There are quite a few photographs of various combinations of imprisoned polygamists taken at the "Pen".

T.C. Wright (jailer)

J.P.R. Johnson (bishop, Provo First Ward)

George Halliday (bishop, Santaquin Ward)

Walter Granger (bishop, St. George 2nd Ward)

Hans Peter Jensen (bishop, Manti South Ward)

Abraham Kimball (bishop, Kanosh Ward) (Unlike the rest of the prisoners and like the guards, he is not in prison clothes. He was suffering from tuberculosis and was released early, dying the next year. If he was sick or about to be released that may be why he's dressed differently.)

Lorenzo Argyle (bishop, Lake Shore Ward)

John Jardine (bishop, Clarkston Ward)

Pleasant Green Taylor (bishop, Harrisville Ward)

James A. Doyle (cell block guard)

Thomas Harper (bishop, North Box Elder County Ward)

James Campbell Hamilton (bishop, Mill Creek Ward)

Elijah Sheets (bishop, Salt Lake City 8th Ward)

George Q. Cannon (Quorum of the Twelve Apostles)

Winslow Farr (bishop, Ogden 3rd Ward)

Thomas Robinson Cutler (bishop, Lehi Ward)

Paul Poulson (bishop, Richfield 1st Ward)

photo and identifications are from the Washington County, UT Historical Society.

[nostalgebraist-autoresponder]

[cw for some fairly bleak stuff about people using "cute" as a substitute for genuine human kindness]

"I wrote a novel about a family's emotional breakdown when the wife becomes a girl after surgery, and at the end of the book her father, a doctor, finds her and realizes what the true cause of her illness has been. It's a happy ending, but also a bleak one, where she's finally happy in the best way she can be, but she's tethered to this life, where she will never again know happiness."

The End of the Story by T.C. Mill

If

by T.C. Mill

[downthetubes]

In Review: 2000AD Prog 2033 - Dumb Learner Drivers and Echoes of "Charley's War"

In Review: 2000AD Prog 2033 – Dumb Learner Drivers and Echoes of “Charley’s War”

Rich Mega-City One “learner drivers” look like they’re about to get a deadly comeuppance as Judge Dredd investigates a missing person case in this week’s thrill-packed 2000AD, with art from Brendan McCarthy putting a suitably macabre spin on the story from TC Eglington. “Hoverrods” kicks off a jam-packed Prog on sale now in all good newsagents and comic shops – and various digital platforms.…

[darling-dontforgetme]

the whole list

I’m sorry that I took so long, and I’m so boring, but here you go!

1. coffee mugs, teacups, wine glasses, water bottles, or soda cans?

 Coffee mugs

2. chocolate bars or lollipops?

Chocolate bars

3. bubblegum or cotton candy?

Eww, no to both.

4. how did your elementary school teachers describe you?

My mom worked at my elementary school, so I was very much a teacher’s pet.

5. do you prefer to drink soda from soda cans, soda bottles, plastic cups or glass cups?

Plastic cups

6. pastel, boho, tomboy, preppy, goth, grunge, formal or sportswear?

Pastel or boho

7. earbuds or headphones?

Earbuds

8. movies or tv shows?

I really want to say tv shows, but I’m awful at finishing them. I still need to watch the last few episodes of Apocalypse. Don’t at me. 

9. favorite smell in the summer?

Is it weird if I say my cats? It’s weird, I know. They all have different smells, and it’s comforting to be around them when I’m stressed or upset.

10. game you were best at in p.e.?

Nothing, literally nothing. I was that kid who always had their nose in a book, so you can imagine how awkward I was in p.e.

11. what you have for breakfast on an average day?

A peanut butter and jelly sandwich or pancakes

12. name of your favorite playlist?

The only playlist I listen to is my own. I listen to a lot of country, some musicals, and a handful of older songs.

13. lanyard or key ring?

Lanyard

14. favorite non-chocolate candy?

Gummy bears

15. favorite book you read as a school assignment?

The Handmaid’s Tale

16. most comfortable position to sit in?

Why sit when you can lay down? I usually sit with my legs crossed.

17. most frequently worn pair of shoes?

My work pair of tennis shoes

18. ideal weather?

WINTER. All the cold.

19. sleeping position?

On my stomach

20. preferred place to write (i.e., in a note book, on your laptop, sketchpad, post-it notes, etc.)?

Laptop

21. obsession from childhood?

Books. I read so many books as a kid.

22. role model?

I don’t know. My therapist is pretty cool. Sarah Paulson maybe?

23. strange habits?

I eat soup with a fork. I have to put on my right sock and shoe before I can put on the left. I eat pop tarts upside down.

24. favorite crystal?

I don’t know. Rhodochrosites and amethysts are pretty.

25. first song you remember hearing?

Queen of the Silver Dollar

26. favorite activity to do in warm weather?

Stay inside, lol. I play a lot of animal crossing, try to write sometimes. Read.

27. favorite activity to do in cold weather?

Also, stay inside- still playing animal crossing and writing or reading.

28. five songs to describe you?

I honestly have no idea. 

29. best way to bond with you?

Just hang out and talk with me. I like to stay home, or go on simple dates. I love, love, love aquariums.

30. places that you find sacred?

Churches, cemeteries

31. what outfit do you wear to kick ass and take names?

I’m not very confident in myself, so I tend to stick with t-shirts and shorts or leggings.

32. top five favorite vines?

I do not watch vine.

33. most used phrase in your phone?

Sorry or what’s for dinner

34. advertisements you have stuck in your head?

Those lawyer commercials that come on all of the time

35. average time you fall asleep?

Between 11:30 and 2:30

36. what is the first meme you remember ever seeing?

Probably something with SpongeBob

37. suitcase or duffel bag?

Duffel bag

38. lemonade or tea?

Tea

39. lemon cake or lemon meringue pie?

Hear me out, what about no lemon?

40. weirdest thing to ever happen at your school?

These kids started a metal band, and our administrators thought the student body loved it, so they got to perform a lot.

41. last person you texted?

@grilledcheeseandguavajelly

42. jacket pockets or pants pockets?

Pants pockets

43. hoodie, leather jacket, cardigan, jean jacket or bomber jacket?

Hoodie

44. favorite scent for soap?

Some sort of berry

45. which genre: sci-fi, fantasy or superhero?

Fantasy

46. most comfortable outfit to sleep in?

Shorts and a t-shirt (wasn’t kidding when I said I only wear shorts and a t-shirt)

47. favorite type of cheese?

American

48. if you were a fruit, what kind would you be?

@grilledcheeseandguavajelly says "something unique but sweet but with a lot of depth to it, so like a kiwi or a honeydew or a prickly pear.”

49. what saying or quote do you live by?

Do no harm, but take no shit

50. what made you laugh the hardest you ever have?

Probably something my sister has said or done

51. current stresses?

So much. I lost my job recently, and there's just a lot going on in my life right now.

52. favorite font?

Can I pick people’s handwriting as my favorite font? I know it’s dumb.

53. what is the current state of your hands?

Well, I should use more lotion

54. what did you learn from your first job?

That the whole world is going to expect you to know things without you actually ever being taught those things

55. favorite fairy tale?

The Little Mermaid?

56. favorite tradition?

Getting cake for birthdays because I love cake

57. the three biggest struggles you’ve overcome?

Me, myself, and I

58. four talents you’re proud of having?

Writing, caring for others. I don’t know.

59. if you were a video game character, what would your catchphrase be?

Don’t fuck up

60. if you were a character in an anime, what kind of anime would you want it to be?

I don’t really have any anime knowledge

61. favorite line you heard from a book/movie/tv show/etc.?

“You want to tell her that there are between two hundred and four hundred billion stars in the Milky Way, but when you look up, you could only ever see, like, twenty five hundred of them. You are one of the ones that no one can see. She is one of the ones that’s even visible in the city.”

-The Moment by T.C. Anderson

Guys, this is my favorite book. I highly recommend checking it out.

62. seven characters you relate to?

Alice Macray, Maura Isles, Temperance Brennan, Regina Mills, Callie Torres, Olivia Benson, Rachel Stevens

63. five songs that would play in your club?

She’s a Rainbow, Free To Be You and Me, Defying Gravity, Goodbye Earl, Queen of the Silver Dollar.  My club would not be very cool.

64. favorite website from your childhood?

Webkinz

65. any permanent scars?

I cut the side of my thumb off with a pair of scissors once.

66. favorite flower(s)?

Zinnias, Passion flowers, sunflowers

67. good luck charms?

I don’t know that I have any?

68. worst flavor of any food or drink you’ve ever tried?

GRAPE

69. a fun fact that you don’t know how you learned?

I am so bad at thinking up answers on the spot. I’m sorry I suck at this.

70. left or right handed?

Right handed

71. least favorite pattern?

Any sort of animal pattern

72. worst subject?

Science

73. favorite weird flavor combo?

Peanut butter and chocolate on ritz crackers

74. at what pain level out of ten (1 through 10) do you have to be at before you take an advil or ibuprofen?

Depends on the type of pain. Headaches- I usually take it pretty soon, but for other things, I tend to wait.

75. when did you lose your first tooth?

I would assume kindergarten or first grade?

76. what’s your favorite potato food (i.e. tater tots, baked potatoes, fries, chips, etc.)?

fries

77. best plant to grow on a windowsill?

Flowers

78. coffee from a gas station or sushi from a grocery store?

Neither

79. which looks better, your school id photo or your driver’s license photo?

I no longer have a school ID, but that definitely looked better

80. earth tones or jewel tones?

Earth tones

81. fireflies or lightning bugs?

Fireflies sounds so much better, but I say lightning bugs

82. pc or console?

Console

83. writing or drawing?

Writing

84. podcasts or talk radio?

Podcasts

84. barbie or polly pocket?

Barbie

85. fairy tales or mythology?

Fairy tales

86. cookies or cupcakes?

Cupcakes

87. your greatest fear?

I’m going to be single and alone for my entire life 

88. your greatest wish?

To fall in love

89. who would you put before everyone else?

My sister

90. luckiest mistake?

I don’t know

91. boxes or bags?

Boxes

92. lamps, overhead lights, sunlight or fairy lights?

Fairy lights

93. nicknames?

Kat, Kate, Backpack

94. favorite season?

Winter

95. favorite app on your phone?

Tumblr

96. desktop background?

It’s a sunflower drawing

97. how many phone numbers do you have memorized?

Maybe 15-20?

98. favorite historical era?

I don’t know

[mumblingsage]

Well happy December to me - woke this morning to 3 story acceptances in my inbox, including one for my first piece of monster erotica and one for the first piece to be published under my other penname (aka my real name) in over a year!

[tenebraerick]

Now available! Infernal Ink Magazine: Devilishly Erotic Horror (Spring/Summer 2020) Print: www.lulu.com/content/paperback-book/26313317 Kindle: www.amazon.com/dp/B085VB8L9J In this issue we host Logospilgrim, The Quiet Professor, in our “The Author Bordello” a feature fiction and poetry from Abdul-Qaadir Bakari-Muhammad, Davide Nixon, David Estringel, Eric Neher, Lee Clark Zumpe, Magister Phineas, Viktor Wolfe, John Kojak, Ashley Dioses, Bryan Miller, J.B. Toner, Oliver Baer, T.C. Mill, Ronin Howlett. This magazine contains adult content and themes and is not meant for readers under eighteen years of age. https://www.instagram.com/p/B_APLNcpTDH/?igshid=piwcb6ddo5rz

[newsmutproject]

In “honor” of Amazon Prime Day, Bookshop.org is offering free shipping on all purchases made Tuesday, July 11th and Wednesday, July 12th (plus a free tote bag on orders $100 and more).

Purchases through Bookshop.org support independent bookstores and the affiliates whose shops you select books from. New Smut Project editor T.C. Mill has a shop, from which all earnings are invested in NSP to cover things like paying authors. If you’d like a print copy of any of our anthologies, this is a great place and time to order them!

Get books from the New Smut Project on Bookshop.org

(Meanwhile, for a non-Amazon ebook option, Smashwords has its Summer/Winter sale running all through the month of July)

Edited to add: This sale appears to only be for the US version of Bookshop.org. However, shoppers in the UK also get free shipping from Bookshop with purchases of £25 or more. For some reason (probably related to distribution) New Smut Project books aren’t currently available through Bookshop in the UK, but we do have a shop page listing some of our favorite nonfiction about sex, gender, and sexuality.

[whumprecs]

Magnum PI 2018 Whump Recs

Nine Lives Syndrome by radioshack84

Magnum’s clients and acquaintances expect him to be invincible, and he does his best to oblige, but once in a while life catches up with him. A whumpy extended ending to 1x07 “The Cat Who Cried Wolf” wrapped in a sick fic.

by Chrisii

Ocean Blues 

“I’m fine.” Thomas seized the scales and hoisted himself up with a barely stifled groan that had Rick almost yelling for another harness before the other was pushing at his ass, hurrying him up. If it weren’t for the fact that Magnum would surely lose his white-knuckled grip until the harness was lowered, Rick would have remained firmly where he was.

Rick didn’t even manage to towel his face dry before all the warning bells went off in his head even louder than before. The warning gave him just enough time to turn and witness Thomas swaying before his knees buckled.

Bruised Not Broken 

Tag to 1x05: After the case was wrapped up, Rick and T.C. notice that Magnum was hurt a bit more than he actually let on and it is up to them to nurse their friend so that he can make it to Mak's game.

Also, Magnum and T.C. actually talk.

"“I bet you just grumpily walked up to him, and then grabbed him around his middle and gave him this massive bear hug and swooped him right off his feet, didn’t you?” Rick walked up to Magnum, demonstrating exactly what he had just explained (much to T.C.’s humour and Tom’s almost petrified look), and was utterly unprepared for the strangled scream that Magnum let loose before going utterly limp in his arms."

Somewhere to Stay by dickgrysvn

Later, when she looks back on it, Juliet Higgins is going to agonize over every single moment leading up to that one horrifying second, and pick apart each little thing she could’ve done to avoid it. But the truth of the matter is, that’s going to do her no good in the end. And it doesn’t even matter right now. Because right now, the only thing that matters is that Thomas Magnum is bleeding out onto Robin Masters’ floor, and it’s entirely her fault. —————— What if Higgins had noticed it was Thomas much too late??

{AU tag to 1x11, Nowhere to Hide}

By IceQueen1

Once Bitten

Rick and TC find out that Juliet has been training the dogs to attack using Thomas's clothes after he's accidentally bitten when she's not around to call them off.

It does not go well.

Crash

Katsumoto and Magnum crash in the mountains on their way back from scoping out a drug ring. Katsumoto thinks concussed Magnum won't be too much trouble, and is so very, very wrong.

All That Grace

Juliet spots something odd while waiting in Magnum's living room. Perhaps she doesn't know Thomas Magnum as well as she thinks she does. 

 Wrong Side of Heaven

After an anything but run of the mill convoy run, Magnum, Rick, TC, and Nuzo find themselves on the hunt for an elusive and possibly fabled terrorist known only as Jahangir - World Conqueror, or by his CIA alias, the Jinn, a terrorist who is rumored to be behind some of the most devastating attacks in the Kunar province. Command doesn't believe one man could be responsible for everything attributed to him, but the guys find out that evil rarely has its limits.

Prequel to the series, dealing with how the guys were captured and imprisoned by the Taliban for their year and a half, and how they wound up having to save themselves. Warning for future chapters: descriptions of violence inherent with being a POW for over a year by terrorists.

Bad Things Happen

The collection of my Bad Things Happen Bingo card on Tumblr. Every chapter will be the fulfillment of a prompt/square. Parts may wind up incorporated into other, longer fics, depending on when they happen. Every chapter is a complete story though, so it's posted as a complete work despite me adding to it on a regular basis.

Chapter 1: Wound that Would Not Heal Chapter 2: Locked in a cage Chapter 3: Withholding Medical Treatment

[classicmoviesetc1]

Greatest Classic War Movies of All Time (The Ultimate List)

There's no denying that Hollywood loves to depict stories of war, gruesomeness and all. Although these films are often brutally violent -- and sometimes scary -- there is value in watching media that shows the cruelty, humanity, and nuance of war. The films on this list range from the terrifying experiences of lone soldiers and grueling rescue missions to heartrending love stories and savage battlefield encounters.

What gives the best depiction of the days of war? What describes the best stories related to the great wars that tore nations apart? The classic war movies DVD are the best representation of war stories we love to watch. The age-old colors, acting, and high-octane drama from the top artists of the contemporary era are what you need to plan a movie marathon. And the language is simply something which cannot be found today at all!

Families can use these movies to discuss topics such as the long-term effects of war on fighters on the front lines as well as on the people they leave behind, the motivations behind engaging in war, and who gets to be portrayed as the hero when war has ended. These movies can also be a great way to reflect on important holidays such as Memorial Day and Veterans Day. Not quite ready to dive into this tough topic yet? Check out Movies That Inspire Courage for more approachable picks.

Choose the war movies for sale you admired for years. Now is the right time to add them to your collection.

Firehawk (1993) Dvd

Actors: Ronald Asinas, Terrence 'T.C.' Carson, Raffy Curtis, Martin Kove  

 Format: Dvd

 Language: English,  5.1 Surround Sound

 Run Time: 92mins

 Region: Region-Free Playable Worldwide

 Extras: None  

 Plot: During a daring mission in Vietnam, a helicopter squadron is downed. While the soldiers try to escape capture by the Viet Cong, clues that the helicopter was sabotaged lead to brutal infighting, as they search for the traitor among them.

Away All Boats (1956) Dvd

Actors: Jeff Chandler, George Nader, Lex Barker, Julie Adams 

 Format: Dvd, Remastered

 Language: English,  5.1 Surround Sound

 Run Time: 114mins 

 Region: Region-Free Playable Worldwide

 Extras: None 

 Plot: Jebediah S. Hawks is in charge of USS Belinda, an attack transport readying itself to take the war to the Japanese in the Pacific. Hawks whips his crew into shape, intentionally becoming a martinet to ensure the frustrations of his rookie crew center on him, forging them into a concentrated unit.

Battle of San Pietro (1945) Dvd

Actors:  John Huston, John W. Clark

 Format: Dvd

 Language: English,  5.1 Surround Sound

 Run Time: 32min

 Region: Region-Free Playable Worldwide

 Extras: None  

 Plot: Documentary movie about the battle of San Pietro, a small village in Italy. Over 1,100 US soldiers were killed while trying to take this location, that blocked the way for the Allied forces from the Germans.

Colditz Story (1955)

Actors: John Mills, Eric Portman, Frederick Valk, Denis Shaw 

 Format: Dvd, Remastered

 Language: English,  5.1 Surround Sound

 Run Time: 94mins

 Region: Region-Free Playable Worldwide

 Extras: None 

 Plot: The story of the legendary breakout by World War II Allied POWs from Colditz Castle, the Germans' supposedly escape-proof fortress in Saxony. Undaunted by the threat of execution, the inmates try every conceivable means of escape - until someone hits upon the audacious idea of walking out dressed as enemy officers.

Attack Force Z (1982) Dvd

Actors: John Phillip Law, Mel Gibson, Sam Neill, Chris Haywood 

 Format: Dvd, Remastered

 Language: English,  5.1 Surround Sound

 Run Time: 84mins 

 Region: Region-Free Playable Worldwide

 Extras: None 

 Plot: During World War II, a top-secret Australian attack unit penetrates Japanese lines to perform a daring rescue mission: to rescue the American crew of a crashed plane.

[jyoticeramic]

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The pressed mill lining blocks and grinding media are sintered in a natural oxidizing atmosphere in a gas fired high temperature furnace at a temperature of about 1350°C to  forming an impermeable, vitrified, hard, non-porous, dense hard material. Due to its mechanical strength and other relative properties, statite ceramic has been found to be the most suitable ceramic composite for ball mill lining and grinding media.

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[talesofthefrontier]

Shadows At Dawn Reprint Goes Live

Every world starts with a simple idea.

The Tales Of The Frontier universe began in 2016 with a short story called Shadows At Dawn about two cowboys roaming a dark fantasy landscape.

The publisher who took a chance on this short story was Aurelia Leo and I wanted to thank them again for choosing to republish the story in a new anthology.

Uchronia: An Anthology Of Alternate Histories & Alternative Worlds is a collection of weird and wonderful stories from writers who think differently and have the balls to put themselves out there (my blurb)

The official blurb is:

Uchronia: An Anthology of Alternate Histories & Alternate Worlds features twenty cosmic, uncanny, and macabre fantasy and science fiction stories.

A marine navigates close quarters in his wheelchair and the threat of joblessness due to mechanical men. Gremlins battle a bounty huntress in the Weird Wild West. When the Soviet Union invades Mexico, a U.S.-Mexico war veteran rallies Samalayuca refinery workers to fight back. Onboard the Current of Eagles, a disabled Native-American pilot confronts prejudice and radio warfare. You are a lone radio jockey after the apocalypse.

Curated by award-winning editor Zelda Knight, this collection of reprints will transport readers to diverse retrofutures and realms beyond their imagination.

In the Festival Tent” © Dennis Mombauer ✓ (Jeremy Lloyd)

“Heartless” © Krystal Claxton

“The Wizard of the Woods” © Tyler Bourassa

“In the Shadow of Fire” © H.R. Boldwood ✓(Jeremy Lloyd)

“The Tribute” © Rhidian Brenig Jones ✓✓ (Julious Z. Dyer)

“Scripto Inferior” © Victor H. Rodriquez ✓ (Jeremy Lloyd)

“Shadows at Dawn” © Jamie Ryder ✓(Jeremy Lloyd)

“End of the World Talk Show” © Rachel Brittain

“Tickie-Tockers” © David Castlewitz

“A Better Life” © Lawrence Dagstine

“Hell on the High Plains” © C.W. Blackwell ✓ (S. C. Childs)

“The Revolution Engine” © Pedro Iniguez

“A Dusty Arrival” © KC Grifant ✓ (S. C. Childs)

“A Slow Inoculation” © Dale Carothers

“A Song to Charm the Beasts” © Wendy Nikel ✓(S. C. Childs)

“The Last Night of Pangea” © Emma Culla ✓ (S. C. Childs)

“Los Lunas” © Nicole Givens Kurtz

“The Colossus at Blue Sands” © Gregory L. Norris

“A Fifth World” © Matthew Maxwell

“The Passion of Her Sleep” © T.C. Mill ✓✓ (Nyamukandawiri)

You can purchase the anthology through the following links:

Amazon

Smashwords

[machinerytechnology]

The Best Carding Machines Available in India Today

Carding machines are the mainstay of any spinning mill as they are used to - 

eliminate impurities

mix the raw material more thoroughly

reduce the blend down to the size of a fibre web and then break it down into rovings that meet the number, which can be fed into spinning machines.

However, before we get to carding machine, we need to know how they operate. The carding process is a mechanical procedure that separates fibres and cleanses them to form a continuous web or sliver for further processing. This is accomplished by moving fibres through alternating surfaces covered by "card clothing", a solid, flexible material surrounded by metal pins. It breaks down blocks and unorganised clumps of fibres and aligns them so that they can be in a parallel line with one another.

Let us look at some of the best carding machines available in the Indian market by A.T.E. group, one of the top textile machine manufacturers.

1. Card T.C. 15:

Truetzschler T.C. 15 offers a competitive edge due to its high productivity, quality and low operating costs. It's flexible and allows for fast lot, flats and carding changes.

The compact T.C. 15 is similar to other Truetzschler cards and features the longest carding section in the market - ensuring high product quality.

Benefits:

Best quality because of the longest carding section in the market

Flat guiding special toothed belts - quick and easy flat replacement without tools

Reduced maintenance

Lowest operating costs

2. T.C. 12

In 2016, Truetzschler T.C. 10 carding machines were launched. There are currently several thousand of these cards in India. The T.C. 10, with its unique value-adding features, has won the hearts of the spinners of the country in just five years.

The T.C. 12 is the successor of the T.C. 10, and it enables spinners to improve their quality, productivity and efficiency. Carding machines need to be taken care of to deliver exceptional quality and high productivity. Setting up and maintaining them is crucial, and the T.C. 12 allows for less operator interference and maximises availability.

Benefit:

Productivity and high quality through a high precision carding gap device (PFS40)

High reliability and low maintenance at high speeds

Simple and intuitive operation using state-of-the-art SmartTouch

Save up to 2% on good fibres when you use W.C.T.

Maximum capacity with T-MOVE 2. Up to 15% more content thanks to the new filling function, T-MOVE 2

3. T.C. 19i

The T.C. 19i is the most advanced carding machine in the textile industry. The T.C. 19i has three main components:

Gap Optimisation T-GO: Optimises carding gaps under changing production conditions and responds automatically to changes in material properties, production levels, cylinder speeds and other environmental influences like room and ambient temperature.

WASTE CONTROL - Ensures efficient use of raw materials with minimal waste.

NOPECONTROL: Continuous monitoring of the nep levels throughout the card sliver.

The T.C. 19i comes with T-CON 3 technology, protecting against possible hazards as this machine will shut down if any part touches the cylinder clothing.

Benefits:

As simple as using a smartphone

Simple quality control

Remote display with T-LED allows operators to see the machine's operating status from a distance.

Final Words

The textile industry is one of the most labour-intensive industries, and it accounts for a significant share of the country’s exports. To meet the ever-growing demand for textiles, it is essential to have efficient carding machines.

One of the major textile machine manufacturers in the Indian market is the A.T.E. group. A.T.E. offers the newest technology systems for blow rooms, cards, drawframes, combers, etc., thanks to a strong manufacturing base and technology agreements with important world leaders.

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It was very exciting to be part of the 2023 Seattle Erotic Art Festival dealer's room! A full 50% of the stock of Cunning Linguists was bought out, way more than I expected. Now that the festival is over, I have some extra copies of various books I've written and edited. Help me clean my shelves? If you want one, they can be ordered on Gumroad:

Erato: Flash Fiction

Cunning Linguists: Language, Literature, and Lechery

Kinky, Queer Love: 4 flash stories by John Theriac

Soft, Sharp, and Tender by T.C. Mill (signed copies available)

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So, I’ve been reading Kill Creek by Scott Thomas // OKAY SO, admittedly I did not have high expectations for this book when I first added it to my list. I thought it was going to be a generic run of the mill haunted house story and to be honest, it does flow like one. That doesn’t necessarily mean it’s a bad book, however. With equal parts psychological horror and supernatural horror coming together, this book kept me hooked enough to finish it within a matter of days. The characters are kinda one dimensional at times, but they’re likeable enough to where you can see yourself finishing the book, which is good because this book is long.

The story follows the perspective of four different horror authors, each fading into varying stages of irrelevance. We start off with Sam, an author with a troubled past who can’t seem to find his footing when it comes to getting his next book started. He finds himself approached by the mysterious Wainwright who claims he wants to do an interview with him, an interview that will bring his name back into the mainstream and hopefully stall for time as Sam looks for new inspiration for his new book. Little does he know that this isn’t all Wainwright has in store for him. He and three other authors: T.C. Moore, an author whose works are gory and graphic and wildly sexual, Sebastian Cole, the epitome of the classic horror writer, and Daniel Slaughter, a Christian horror author who focuses more on short stories where evil never prevails, have all been invited by Wainwright to spend two nights and be interviewed in the Kill Creek house while being live-streamed. The house, with a tragic past of it’s own has become a local celebrity in its own right, with it being known for being haunted. Spooky things ensue.

The book bounces back and forth between characters between both paragraphs and chapters but it’s always very easy to follow. Almost like a Netflix movie you turn on and can still follow even if you aren’t paying that much attention to it. I don’t like giving ratings because I always feel like I’m either being too liberal with my rating or too conservative, but I think I can confidently give this book a 4/5 stars. If you like supernatural and psychological horror, I think this would be a good pickup. If you read this, lemme know how you like it! I’d love to hear different opinions about this book!

[trigger warning for child abuse and domestic violence, this books gets kinda heavy with it toward the middle and end of it]

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Are we able to submit under a pen name? How would that be done?

T.C. Mill here! I feel very strongly about this because I write, edit, and publish under a pen name myself: You can and should feel able to submit under a pen name to any publication without ever needing to ask for permission. There might be a handful out there that prefer "real names" or legal names or whatever one wants to call them; there might even be a tiny handful of unreasonable types who try to deny the use of pen names, but those publications need to specify in their guidelines that they don't allow pen names because they are the exception. (And confessing you wouldn't publish George Orwell, or George Eliot, or George Sand, just to pick some famous pen names with "George" in them, seems like a major self-own).

The reason I did not write directions for using a pen name is because it is such a standard part of writing - in any genre, but perhaps especially erotica - that I didn't think it needed to be specified. Most authors who submit to us use them, in fact. As for how they do it:

Shunn's Standard Manuscript Format (Short Stories) shows the "real" name (in the example, William Shunn) as part of the contact information in the top left corner of the manuscript's first page, and the pen name/byline (in this case, Bill Shunn) under the title of the story. Some authors instead write "Legal name w/a pen name" (Eric Blair w/a George Orwell) in the top left corner, with "w/a" for "writing as". If you're not using Standard Manuscript Format - it's not required to submit to us - just make sure your byline, under the story title, is the name you want it to be published under.

You can sign off your cover email using either your pen name or your other name, whichever you prefer to be called by -- I'll generally use your sign-off to address you in my contact with you. Some authors sign off with both -- "Sincerely, Eric Blair w/a George Orwell" -- in which case I'd reply with "Dear Eric." If Eric would prefer to be George in all writing-related communications, just as I prefer to be T.C., he can sign off as "Sincerely, George Orwell."

if your legal name is your deadname, you definitely do not need to use or include it in your submission; it may come up when payments are made for accepted stories, but will be used to the minimum extent necessary.