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The making of a novel, part 6—how writing is like parenting

Granted, I only have one child, but all of my friends with multiple kids say the same thing: the second is nothing like the first. In many cases, it seems, they’re the complete opposite.

Having finished one book and begun another, I’m tempted to say the same is true of writing. With Dell’s story, I knew I needed to do a lot of research to get the details right. But I didn’t want to be doing research; I wanted to write. So I started writing scenes in random order, working on the ones that didn’t require medical knowledge—just a solid feel for the characters and their emotions. After I put in the time to learn what I needed to know, I built the structure of the story around the treatment journey and fit the character scenes in where they made sense.

That seemed to work well for me. Only a few scenes couldn’t find a place in the narrative, and it made writing from the beginning go faster and more smoothly. So as I embarked on this next story, I figured I might as well approach it the same way. But my second novel, the little bugger, is nothing like the first.

Rae’s story doesn’t need the framework that Dell’s did, which is good on the one hand because it gives me more freedom, but bad on the other because I don’t have a structure to guide me along. I didn’t edit the last book as I went. But I’m about an eighth of the way into this one and I already feel the need to revise what I’ve got.

We’ll see what happens when I get to the third book. Maybe a pattern will emerge and one of these two will be the outlier. But I have a sneaking suspicion that—like kid #3—it will be its own unique blend of challenges and joys as well.

The making of a novel, part 5—serendipity, and Christmas

Around the time of making the switch from GNR to Bon Jovi, I was also noodling around with the theatre aspect of the story. I’m still exploring the relationship between Rae and Mac, but I know they’re going to meet through high school theatre. What show would the school put on? What roles would my main characters play? Would they be cast opposite each other as the leads? Might that lead to awkward physical/romantic moments?

All valid questions, but because of a session at a writing workshop I attended this summer and some research I’d done for Dell’s story, there was another, more pressing issue: How can I include rehearsal scenes without using dialogue from the script? I’ve learned more about copyright laws, and I’d like to avoid having to deal with getting permission (something I’m told publishers will be reluctant to deal with too).

Here’s where life comes in handy. Years ago, I was the assistant director of a community theatre production of It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play. First of all, I love Christmas. Second, there are a handful of holiday movies I watch every year, among which is It’s a Wonderful Life. Third, the stage play is one of my all-time favorite pieces of theatre to present or view. And fourth, it’s as much about the props, sound effects, and other stagecraft as it is about the words the actors say.

I think Rae will be in the show, but Mac will be the student director. They’ll grow closer as they work on bringing the show to life—trips to Goodwill to scour the store for props, late nights in the theatre experimenting with how to make the sound of George jumping into the river (it’s harder than you’d think).

Convinced this was the right approach, I hopped online and ordered a copy of the script. And when I told Shawn, he said what had occurred to me as well: book or no book, I should have a copy of that script in our library because I Iove the show so much. All of the meaningful literary pleasures from our lives have an honored place in our library. I’ve got two shelves of theatre books, including librettos and scripts from my favorite musicals and plays. But should my newest acquisition go with my theatre books or my novel research/inspiration books…?

The making of a novel, part 4—names

It’s been a l-o-o-o-n-g time since I was in the brainstorming phase for a book. With Dell’s story, I did most of the ideation back in 2011; when I returned to the story earlier this year, I jumped right into writing.

One of my absolute favorite parts of brainstorming is coming up with character names. Years ago, my grandfather gave me this giant dictionary, and at the back of it was a list of baby names. This was before the Internet, so I poured over this list time and time again, first for my dolls (I don’t know how many times my plastic Playskool doll house family were renamed) and later for my characters. These days, my fire of passion burns for the Social Security Administration Baby Names website. This is a tremendous resource for writers—you can see the top 1,000 names in any given year. So you can give a character a name that was popular the year he/she was born or, if you’re looking for an uncommon name, you can search for names that were popular decades earlier (sometimes they come back around, but other times, I think, Yeah, no one will ever name their kid “Gaylord” again).

After scouring this list in search of a name for a boy Rae will meet through theatre, I had a short list of three names. The problem was that my top choice is the name of my husband’s best friend from college. Part of the challenge of choosing names is that there are so many that are essentially off-limits—I don’t want to use the name of someone I know well, or a name that conjures an image of someone unpleasant from my past. Ideally, characters should have a memorable name, somewhat unique, and not one that already holds a strong position in children’s literature. So as for Amos, the name of my husband’s friend, I was torn. Although we see him occasionally, he’s not a regular part of our lives. Is that still too close a relationship to borrow his name?

As it turned out, it was a moot point. My brain was still churning, and here’s how my mind works: Ellie and I were eating mac and cheese from Panera. This led me to think about Friends (because many things make me think about Friends) and The One With Mac and C.H.E.E.S.E. I liked the name “Mac” and I immediately had an idea of having it be short for something the boy dislikes (“Macmillan”) and there being a scene between him and Rae in which they banter about pretentious-sounding names.

At this stage in the process, my brain is always on, and anything from the depths of its recesses is up for grabs. As it turned out, the hours and hours I’ve spent watching Friends weren’t just mindless entertainment. (And hats off to you if you thought of Friends when you read the word “moot” in the paragraph above—Joey: “a moo point. It’s like a cow’s opinion. It just doesn’t matter. It’s moo.”—you know I did.)

The making of a novel, part 2—titles

When Rae’s story was intended for adults, the key elements of the narrative were as follows: Patrice’s husband, Derek, had died almost a year before the beginning of the book; Derek loved Christmas, and the book opened with Patrice struggling to deal with her first holiday season without him; Rae was struggling as well, and Patrice didn’t know how to help her—musical theatre was Rae’s one salvation but not something she shared with Patrice. Eventually, Patrice came up with an idea of doing kind things for others as a way to distract themselves from their pain, thus leading them down the path to kindness and, ultimately, healing.

As I’ve started thinking about how to rework the story for a young adult book, I’ve decided to keep Rae’s interest in theatre, but not a whole lot else. Rather than her mom organizing the kindness crusade, it’s a random act from a stranger on Rae’s darkest day—the one-year anniversary of her father’s death—that prompts Rae to explore the power of doing good for others. And instead of her dad loving Christmas, now it’s 80s rock music.

It’s been interesting writing after having attended two writing conferences this summer/fall. I find myself brainstorming with half a mind for what may be more likely to sell. And because I know I’ll ultimately have to write a query letter and synopsis and so forth, I tend to focus my thinking in terms of how I’ll one day describe this book—which led me to the title.

I know publishers often change the title of a manuscript before it gets published, but I’d still like my work-in-progress title to have the potential to go the distance. So while I drove to work one morning, thinking about the main themes of this book—theatre, kindness, and rock—I had the idea of using those three elements in the title. After a moment, I felt I had it: Ghost Lights, Kindness, and GNR.

Excitedly, I told Shawn that night—but I knew even before I revealed the title that he wasn’t going to like it. Sure enough, I got a blank stare, and when prompted, he explained that my title doesn’t tell him what to expect from the book, what it’s about. He likes literal titles—The Hobbit, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. When I asked him if he would know what to expect from a book titled The Fault in Our Stars or All the Ways the World Can End, he admitted he is not a competent authority on book titles, especially young adult book titles.

So for the time being, Rae’s story is called Ghost Lights, Kindness, and Jon Bon Jovi. Shawn (probably rightly) suggested that my target audience likely doesn’t know that GNR refers to Guns N’ Roses. Switching to Bon Jovi also filled in some other missing plot points in the story, like a puzzle piece fitting into place, but that’s a tale for another post.

The making of a novel, part 1—a young adult voice

After more than eight years, I’m on the verge of finishing Dell’s story and sending it out into the world. So as I embark on my next project, I’ve decided to chronicle the journey from germ of an idea to completed manuscript.

First, some background: in the fall of 2017, I was dabbling in writing again after taking a several-year hiatus as I adjusted to life as a parent. Shawn, Ellie, and I had started doing our happy tasks, and I thought, Hey, this would make a cool book. So I began writing an adult novel about a woman whose husband has died and who, over the course of the novel, discovers the healing power of kindness.

Fast-forward two years. When I made a New Year’s resolution to write more in 2019, I picked up where I had left off on what I was calling The Happy Jar. But something wasn’t working. The 50 pages I had felt flat.

I had debated whether to spend my newly committed writing time working on this kindness story or on Dell’s, so when I hit a wall, I switched. Obviously, I saw Dell through to the end, but as I was working on it, I realized something about the other book: it shouldn’t have been an adult novel.

One of my strengths as a writer, I think, is my voice—and it’s a young adult voice. So why was I telling the story from the mom’s point of view? A logical question, but scary nonetheless. It’s hard to abandon something you’ve put time, effort, and heart into. And although I knew something was wrong with what I had, there was a lot I liked about it too. I’d begun to fall in love with the characters—my main character, Patrice; her late husband, Derek (revealed in flashbacks); and her daughter, Rae. But once I was willing to entertain the possibilities of starting over, it became clear that Rae needed to be the one to tell this story.

So, meet Raina (Rae) Ballester—you’ll be seeing more of her soon.


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‘Motherly Love’ Day

Mother’s Day is to celebrate and honor motherly love, in whatever form that is.

Let’s change the name from Mother’s Day to ‘Motherly Love’ Day.

There are many who did not have a physically or emotionally present. Unfortunately, a mother being absent in life happens all too often, for many reasons. It can also be an unhealthy or damaging relationship.

If you had a loving mother or motherly figure in your life, then count yourself lucky and cherish that wonderful support. Let them know how much they mean to you. You can convey this to them in your heart, if they are not here in the physical now.

If you are a mother, realize how much your children need to hear that you love and adore them. It stays with them always.

For those who did not have a present or good motherly figure, Mother’s Day can be a painful reminder of that void. It can increase our depression and sadness. Know you are not alone. And that there are others who deeply understand.

Our relationship with our mother shows us how to care for ourselves. It is the energy of nurturing, caring and tenderness. Everything comes back to how we felt as a child. This also effects every relationship we have, including ourselves.

The hard part about not having motherly love as a child, is that you don’t know what it is truly like to experience it. That is, to feel loved and supported by your mother. And because of this, it can be very hard to recognize or be open to allowing it in our lives in other forms.

We are tasked with the challenge of having to reach beyond and find this elsewhere. The energy of ‘motherly love’ is an important and vital part of caring for the self. There are things we can do to help bring this in.

First, try to see where the energy of motherly-love shows up in your life.

I’ll give a few examples of different places of where this has showed up for me.

With my dog, Mattie.

As silly or cliché as it may sound, it was the truth. I felt a great motherliness energy from her. She was nurturing and protective. And I felt that I was her sunshine.

It’s really an amazing feeling when another looks at you with the ‘eyes of love’.

When out in nature.

Sometimes there is the smallest, yet sweetest interaction occurs in nature. This could be a butterfly visit, a bird singing or just seeing the sky. I feel great love from frogs and the moon. Mother Earth emanates fantastic motherly energy of warmth, tenderness and affection.

Even if you had a loving mother present, who doesn’t want more of this energy?

We can bring more or this by recognizing it and being open to it.

Where in your life do you feel mother qualities like: gentleness, caring, nurturing, warmth, tenderness and adoration of the self?

In my guided meditations and sessions, I often incorporate bringing in the loving presence of Mother God, our Spirit Guides and Angels, with their energies of gentleness, nurturing and caring for the self. It is exquisitely replenishing and restorative.

If this is something you need or want more of, I’d love to work with you.

Light and love,

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L. Leigh Love is a Certified Intuitive Counselor and Certified Life Coach. She is a Mind-Body Medicine practitioner, Reiki Master Teacher, Advanced Pranic Healer and holds a non-denominational ordination. She completed the Mind-Body Medicine professional training program through The Center for Mind-Body Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School. As well, she draws on 20 years of training in Psychology, Spiritual Studies and the Intuitive and Healing Arts. She has a passion for helping clients heal and live their best lives. She is a nature photographer, artist and author. Other areas of specialty are guided imagery and meditation, land blessings and honoring services.

She helps clients nationally and internationally remotely and in person.

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In which I make decisions on What To Do.

A few months ago I was complaining to you about the overwhelming number of tasks required to get our house and garden into ship-shape order.

Well, I’m actually looking forward to the next six months. My inside jobs are tedious but I’ve made a little decision about the painting work: I’m buying a spray gun contraption. Yep, I’ve spat the dummy where our ceilings are concerned and I’m going to spend some of my birthday money on a paint spray gun. Yay!! Of course, this means I’ll be painting ALL the things, including our kitchen/dining room, entryway, the Jesus bathroom, and internal storage rooms.

Before I do this however, I need to finish cleaning the Jesus room. I’m nearly there: I’ve offloaded my old desk to my daughter; I’m most of the way through my tax and I’m about to have a massive clean-out of old, unnecessary paperwork. Then it will get a furniture re-arrange, and possibly some new window guards to block that hideous summer sun that essentially blows the heat in our house up from a reasonable 26 degrees centigrade to a hideous 34.

Tomorrow I have an old mate coming round to quote me on some outdoor projects, including a fox-proof chicken run. The chooks are looking like they were attacked by foxes last night. No deaths yet, thank goodness, because I haven’t cut their wings recently and I don’t shut them up. Hence they were able to escape. But there are feathers everywhere, including in the nesting box, and one of the girls is looking very odd and scruffy, while another has lost some of her tail feathers. They’re a bit jumpy today. The visit by old mate has actually been planned for a while, so I hope my girls don’t cark it before they have a chance to live in safety!

We’re planning build a coop that will be affixed to our huge concrete wall. This means I will have to PAINT said wall prior to the affixing. Hence, Paint Spray Gun. That wall is BIG, y’all!

The chickens are going to get the REAL Taj Mahal of chicken runs. We will build a structure on the back wall to the right which will start at nearly 3m high, and drop to about 2m. The width of the run will be 3 metres, and the length about 4 metres. That’s a proper room size. A small bedroom for humans. A dog house, even. The roof will be classic tin, with hardwood timber posts concreted into a shallow channel that runs all the way round the coop, possibly on a small brick base. I want the chooks to have natural dirt beneath their feet, especially if we’re away for several days and they need to stay locked up. The whole construction will be a simple tin and wood one, with sturdy steel mesh that’s better than the crap stuff currently stapled into their balsa-wood coop. A locking door at the front, and their original coop secreted inside, with enough space inside the run for me to clean it, and I think we’re done here!

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I’m rather tempted to paint the run and make it pretty like this one here…! And perhaps I’ll get me a lovely treadle feeder that will be sturdier than the last one I bought, which was, sad to say, a complete failure.

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Learn he did, not always happily

Let me call to your attention Lawrence Downes's column in today's Times: Back to ‘Graceland’ After 25 Years.

This year is the 25th anniversary of many things, but one of those things is Paul Simon's astonishingly perfect album Graceland.

As part of the anniversary, a new documentary is out: Under African Skies. In the movie, Simon returns to South Africa to reflect and discuss on the events of that year, and his part in them.

I was just coming of age during those times, old enough to support the boycott, and understand that what was happening in South Africa was bad, and needed to change, and needed to change now.

It's always hard to discuss the role of artists in situations like this: was Simon wrong to do what he did? His work brought attention to the situation, after all. Downes notes:

“Graceland” was his biggest hit, a global phenomenon, but success made it a target. Anti-apartheid protesters picketed the world tour. African-American college students accused him of doing what white musicians always do when they find black music that’s irresistibly good. Boycott leaders deplored the thought of an outsider sidestepping their global campaign without permission or apology, and bringing a group of South African artists along with him.

Perhaps most importantly, Graceland still, 25 years later, stands as a work of art, and it has stood that test well. Downes concedes:

The regime is dead; apartheid’s defenders are gone and forgotten. Reagan is remembered for other things. Righteous anthems like Peter Gabriel’s “Biko” are trapped in their time.

But “Graceland” is not. It’s as alive and surprising now as it was then, when South African artists shared their genius with Mr. Simon.

I am of course an enormous fan of Paul Simon; he is one of the greatest talents of my time. I will look forward to watching "Under African Skies" when I get the chance.

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Plan B – NALC Update

Please see below some guidance from the NALC legal team. Further guidance will be issued as things develop and become clearer. Yesterday evening, 8 December, the Prime Minister announced a move to Plan B in England following the rapid spread of the Omicron variant in the UK. The government last night issued guidance https://www.gov.uk/government/news/prime-minister-confirms-move-to-plan-b-in-england and expects to issue …

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Success and the Optimism Choice

Self confidence is one of the keys to personal and professional success that I discuss in several of my books: Straight Talk for Success, Your Success GPS and 42 Rules to Jumpstart your Professional Success.  You can become self confident by doing three things.  First, choose optimism.  Believe in your heart of hearts that today will be better than yesterday, and that tomorrow will be better than today.  Second, face your fears and act.  Procrastination and inaction feed fear and rob you of self confidence.  Action cures fear.  Third, surround yourself with positive people.  Don’t let the naysayers into your life.  Hang around with people who are positive about themselves, their careers and life in general.

I was leading a workshop on career and life success the other day.  I mentioned that I think that self confidence is the hinge on which personal and professional success swings and that optimism is the most important ingredient in the self confidence mix.  For me, optimism begins with the ten points of The Optimist Creed.  I have given away a couple thousand copies of The Optimist Creed.  If you would like one, just go to

Today I’d like to focus on the difference between optimists and pessimists.

  • Optimists tend to see problems, failures and setbacks as temporary.
  • Pessimists tend to see problems failures and setbacks as permanent – almost their destiny.
  • Optimists see problems, failures and setbacks as isolated occurrences.
  • Pessimists see problems, failures and setbacks as omnipresent – things from which you can’t escape.
  • Optimists don’t take problems, failures and setbacks personally.
  • Pessimists personalize problems, failures and setbacks.

If you read this blog with any regularity, you know that I am an incurable optimist.  I see problems, failures and setbacks not only as temporary, but as opportunities to learn and grow.  I expect things to go well.  When I run into problems, failures and setbacks I’m always a little surprised because I don’t expect them – I do however, plan for them.  Finally, I never take a problem, failure or setback personally.  I’m a human being.  Sometimes I make great decisions.  Sometimes I make poor ones.  My self worth is not threatened by the occasional problem, failure or setback.

The common sense point here is simple.  Successful people are self confident.  Self confident people are optimistic.  Optimism is a conscious choice.  It’s up to you to decide if you will be an optimist or pessimist.  Will you choose pessimism and see problems failures and setbacks as your destiny – things you can’t escape?  Or will you choose optimism and see problems, failures and setbacks as temporary and atypical?  I choose optimism.  To my way of thinking, it’s the foundation of self confidence and success.

That’s my take on the optimism choice.  What’s yours?  Please take a few minutes to leave a comment sharing your thoughts with us.  As always, you have my deepest thanks and gratitude for reading.

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Funny Ice Breakers For Online dating sites

If you’re interested to make your first date with someone internet more fun, try some of these funny glaciers breakers. It won’t hurt to be your self. People who are on dating sites often communicate via text messages, forums, and dating apps. Try turning a number of the more common technical terms to a clever icebreaker. A amusing quip is often as simple simply because “Oh, that you simply a varianter! ”

Choosing dating icebreaker questions is a lot easier than you could think. Make absolutely certain to choose a question that suits the situation and the mood on the person you will absolutely meeting. When you are meeting one or two, pick flirty questions. If you are in a everyday placing, consider asking dirty or inappropriate inquiries. It’ll associated with first time frame a fun coming back both of you. It is also a good way to take up a conversation about common interests and future plans.


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September 2003

Students in for a Rough Ride

As they return to classes this fall, university students are facing the biggest increase in tuition fees in four years, reports Statistics Canada.

Undergraduate students will pay an average of $4,025 in tuition fees this year, almost three times the average of $1,464 reported in 1990-1991. When adjusted for inflation, fees have skyrocketed by almost 100 per cent over the same period.

The rising cost of a university education, student leaders warn, is preventing more and more Canadians from pursuing a degree.

"More than 100,000 young people are shut out of higher education every year because of financial barriers," said Ian Boyko, national chairperson of the Canadian Federation of Students. "The inability of the federal and provincial governments to work together to guarantee accessibility to post-secondary education is a disgrace."

He noted that for the second consecutive year, British Columbia is posting the biggest spike in tuition as fees are set to rise by 30.4 per cent following last year's rise of 25.7 per cent. These increases follow in the wake of the provincial
government's decision to end a six-year freeze on tuition fees in 2002.

Undergraduate tuition in Manitoba has been frozen, and will drop by 4.5 per cent in Newfoundland and Labrador, marking the fourth year in a row in which university fees in the province have remained stable or dropped. Fees also remain frozen for Quebec residents who attend one of the province's universities, but will increase by almost 3 per cent for out-of-province Canadian residents.

Meanwhile, students in Nova Scotia continue to pay the highest fees in the country at $5,557, followed by Ontario at $4,923.

Fees for graduate programs are also on the rise. Average graduate tuition is up 6.8 per cent from last year and now stands at an average of $5,199, with graduate students in Ontario still paying the highest fees in the country at $8,376.

"As a country, we need to be doing a lot more to make sure that the best and the brightest are able to pursue advanced degrees," said CAUT president Victor Catano. "Admission to any university program must be based on a student's academic ability, not their family's ability to afford it."

He also noted that tuition fees for law, dentistry and medicine are rising sharply. Average tuition fees in medicine will rise 16.7 per cent while law students will pay a 19.4 per cent increase. Dental students are facing a year-over-year increase of almost 21 per cent with fees now averaging more than $11,000.

"The rise in tuition at professional schools isn't just closing the door on students from less wealthy families, but it's also affecting the career choices of those who can afford to attend," says Catano. "When medical students can expect to enter the profession with staggering debt loads of $100,000 it comes as little surprise that we now have the lowest number of students intending to practice family medicine."

Statistics Canada also reports that undergraduate students will pay an average of $623 in additional compulsory fees for the coming academic year, up 9 per cent from last year. Fees for services include recreation and athletics facilities, student health services, counselling and placement services, student organizations and other fees for general services on campus.


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To Your Stations!

Having announced our first playable character - Captain Long John Silverside - last month, and with the second coming soon, we thought it we should introduce the crew actually making this thing! At this time, our crew comprises of:

  • Matthew Isteed: Graphic designer, artist, 3D modeller & animator
  • Paul Harman: AI designer & programmer
  • Ben Pritchard: Game designer, game logic developer & post-it note wrangler (we'll explain!)
It's early days yet, but we're hoping to add at least a sound/music specialist to the team as we progress.

Bullion is the first project for which we've had a dedicated artist. In fact, it's the first time we've worked on a project as a team - previous Leda Entertainment titles have tended to be almost entirely the efforts of either Ben or Paul (including the artwork), with the other helping out if/when needed. On top of this, it's also our first project in Unity, so we've had a number of organisational challenges to resolve.

Our solution (well, Ben's solution)? Cover every available surface in post-it notes.

This is relatively tame - there have been pub booth walls, train windows... pretty much every planning session has involved more post-it notes. Okay, there's trello and the like online (which we do use as well), but (according to Ben) "there's something really satisfying about being able to take down a post-it note and adding it to the 'done' pile"...

Mild obsessions aside, we've found that good communication and a "slow agile" process is keeping things under control pretty well - we meet up about once a month (excuse to go to the pub! Yay!), review where we are and plan the next month. Rinse, repeat. On top of this, we normally have a couple of one-to-one sessions per month (which generate the bulk of the post-it notes!), and anything on top of that is via email, skype etc.

Marshalling the actual game itself has also thrown up it's own challenges. Github is the weapon of choice for our developers - but we quickly learned that Unity does not play nicely when it comes to merging scene changes! Unlike code and other text files, the .unity scene files cannot be compared for differences (or at least, we've yet to find a tool that gets us round this), so it's either take version A or version B - fortunately, there;s very little crossover in these files, and good communication has meant very few problems so far...

In short - we've all had to learn a lot very quickly, but it seems to be working for us!

Monday, 19 September 2016

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It be International Talk Like A Pirate Day 2016, and what better time that to lift the lid on the latest Leda Entertainment project - "Bullion: The Curse of the Cutthroat Cattle"!

Bullion is a local multiplayer game of fighting, looting and bovine piracy for up to four players, featuring a crew of pirate bulls, and gameplay in which can turn allies into enemies and vice-versa at a moment's notice. Over the coming months, we will be regularly posting updates and progress reports as we work our way from concepts and prototypes towards the finished game:
  • The Bullion Game website will feature screenshots, trailers, announcements and schedules
  • Rapid-fire updates of latest progress and happening will be on Twitter
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I have already described our misfortune regarding our first car in Zambia (see: and now comes the end of the story.

I have already mentioned that at the time we were there, Lusaka was rather insecure. The situation did not spare us.

It happened when Mabel, heavily pregnant with our son, accompanied by our daughter Flori (about one year old) were returning home after a shopping trip. As usual, on arrival to our gate she stopped the car and hooted, waiting for Lemek (the gardener) to open it. While she waited, two men approached the car and, pointing a gun at her, asked her to give them the car.

Despite her initial shock, Mabel managed to lock the doors and, showing great courage, told them to go away! Unfortunately, as expected, the robbers not only did not move but became increasingly aggressive, so she decided to give them the car as they were becoming violent and threatening to shoot her. It was at that time that Lemek opened the gate and closed it immediately, fearing that they would go inside and attempt to steal one of the cars parked inside or even to break into our house.

So, Mabel was on her own with the robbers! While agreeing to hand over the car, she unstrapped Flori from her child seat and left the car while pleading with the robbers (to no avail) to allow her to take her handbag and even her shopping!

So, the moment she opened the door she was grabbed by the arm and pulled out with the gun still aimed at her. Luckily, she was not injured physically but it took her a while to recover from the scare that she experienced.

So it was that our car that had started its life giving us problems disappeared from our lives and left us with the money of the insurance. Luckily, we managed to find a replacement very fast. It was another Land Cruiser and, despite being older, it was much more comfortable. We soon forgot the stolen car and enjoyed our “new” one with which we did most of our travel until we departed [1].

Our replacement car during a trip to Namibia in 1992.

The robbery was still fresh in our minds when a copycat one took place about ten days later. This time the victim was our colleague and friend Giuseppe. Unfortunately, he was being driven by Mr. Mutale and the latter tried to resist the attackers. He was punched on the nose by the robbers but, luckily, nothing else happened, considering that robbers were rather rough on the local people. This time it was Giuseppe that got traumatized and needed to get through the insurance claiming process and to get a replacement car.

After that spell, we tightened the security measures at the house and, fortunately, no more cars were taken! Although shocking at the time, it was a small price to pay for two armed robberies!

[1] We left Zambia for Italy, so it was with great regret that I sold the car. A young Italian bought it and also got attached to it. When he was transferred to Kenya a couple of years later, he took the car with him and enjoyed for a few more years.


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The comments are in line with Microsoft’s struggles to tighten up its upgrade processes, which came to the forefront when many enterprise buyers resisted moving from Windows 7 to 10. Fixed a lot of things. Can select only one upgrade per year. Microsoft’s upgrades are always a source of anxiety, both because the OS is so critical to business operations and because of the frequent technical issues customers encounter. (Consider the spate of compatibility issues that arise almost every Patch Tuesday.) Petri readers’ concerns reflect some hesitancy about what the latest upgrades entail, and skepticism about the practice of rolling out app and feature updates along with improvements to Windows’ core performance and functionality.

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Amazon recently stopped testing its Scout sidewalk delivery robot and made other decisions indicating that it's scaling back its experimental projects. Looks like its delivery drone development for Prime Air is still going strong, though, because the e-commerce giant has just released a sneak peek of its next-gen machine. The MK30 was designed to be lighter than the current model dubbed MK27-2. It will still have six rotors like its predecessor, based on the images the e-commerce giant has shared, except it no longer has a full hexagonal frame.

The e-commerce giant is slated to start drone deliveries in College Station, Texas and Lockeford, California later this year to help it gauge people's interest in getting their orders flown over and dropped into their yards. Amazon will be using MK27-2 for those tests — this model won't be in service until 2024. The company says MK30 has a longer range than the MK27-2, has a higher temperature tolerance and has the capability to fly in light rain. In addition, Prime Air's Flight Science team has designed new propellers that will apparently reduce the new drone's perceived noise by around 25 percent.

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CCF Wheelchairs Project Summary 2017

A big thank to all our volunteers, friends, partners and champions. Because of you, our Foundation raised and spent more than $34,000 for the wheelchairs project in 2017.

Results and Impact:

  • We shipped a 40 FT container and successfully delivered wheelchairs as well as other donation items in 6 provinces (Littoral, Centre, South, South-West, West-North West) and in more than 25 cities, villages and communities of Cameroon.
  • We distributed more than 200 wheelchairs to 23 Hospital and Health Centres, and to 95 individuals with disabilities.
  • We provided more than 500 T-Shirts to 14 orphanages in 10 cities.
  • We distributed 110 jackets to 110 individuals in need.
  • We donated 540 nursing books to two nursing schools in the South West and North-West.
  • We provided more than 750 books to three elementary schools in the West and Centre.
  • We delivered 17 desktop computers to establish our first multimedia center in order to train youth from poor families and communities.
  • We contributed and made a positive difference in more than 3,000 people’s lives in Cameroon.


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From our friends at Camphill Communities California

80 Years of Camphill – amazing! When I picture the number 80, I immediately think of Jules Verne’s “Around the World in Eighty Days,” and the images that come before my inner eye are futuristic: an innovative flying machine, a creative and adventure-driven individual ahead of his time, a quest to challenge and conquer old traditions and succeeding in this quest by beating time itself! Is this image a fitting one for the spirit that drove the first Camphillers, this pioneering group of refugees, and how they faced the day-to-day reality 80 years ago?

One would think not, since it must have been quite the opposite of a light-hearted adventure up in the air, but rather a strenuous undertaking right down on earth, faced with the grimmest of realities. How could this enormously challenging task to just sustain the physical minimum of food, shelter and safety in a foreign uncertain environment, lead to the creation of a new, humanistic, innovative and future-driven movement, whose members went far beyond just satisfying their basic human needs, and challenged themselves to the highest of ideals: to see the spiritual nature of one’s fellow man, to endeavor to develop one’s inner life, and to establish a true community through life-sharing with developmentally disabled individuals?

In Camphill Communities California we face many internal and external challenges, but they seem to pale compared to those faced in the beginning years. “If König & friends could accomplish all that under these circumstances, what are we complaining about, we who are living and operating in greatly more comfortable conditions — let’s get on with it!” This could be a valid perspective of a present member of Camphill, and might even be inspirational and strengthening to one’s determination to face any community challenge. However, as a good anthroposophist one would not be satisfied by just looking at the external factors and circumstances of those early days to make a judgement, but one would inquire what the inner impulses of the first Camphillers were, and what spiritual and invisible dynamics played a role in all this. After some deliberations one would likely conclude that a major factor of their thriving initiative must have been that they found a way to transform and overcome egoism in their daily life, which allowed them to truly put all their attention and love towards the other human beings and the spiritual beings of the community. Applying this fundamental social law to the daily routine must have been a challenge then as it is now, and I wonder at times if Camphill would be the same if the founders had been presented with a well-functioning physical space where all their needs were met.

In Camphill Communities California we have a well-functioning physical space and our needs are met by most standards. When listening to our founders, it becomes clear that the challenges and the focus has also changed here over the last two decades: the current focus of the Middle Generation (our carrying members who are mostly in their 30’s and 40’s), is on what new forms and structures are needed to allow each individual, be it a Friend or coworker, to have meaningful tasks and as many rich learning experiences as possible. Finding new forms that allow us to accommodate this degree of individualized attention is a real challenge since many activities are by design community and therefore group activities. And while we search for forms that allow the individual to thrive, we are very aware of the fact that the individuals coming toward us, as well as the ones living here for 20+ years, are searching for community, for group activities, are ready to build life-long friendships, live in life-sharing homes, and give and receive human warmth and love. This is Camphill’s strength, and if those new forms that we are creating are the ever-changing vessel, the content and initial impulse from 80 years ago has likely not changed. Camphill Communities California’s challenge for the future is to give enough space, time and mindful attention to the original Camphill impulse, and to walk the line of creating structures that allow the individual to thrive, while at the same time establish a true community by consciously conquering egoism in the daily life.


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Top 10 Food Delivery Apps In Toronto (2022)

Ordering one’s favorite cuisine is one of the most convenient things to do as a customer and food delivery particularly went on a high during the Covid-19 pandemic. The craving persisted despite the shift in location. In the past, people would go to restaurants. People started deciding to use an online food delivery service as a result of tightening regulations requiring them to stay inside. From either the user’s or the developer’s point of view, it becomes clear that convenience and seizing an opportunity are very important. This is contingent on factors like exercising caution when using the features that are provided and the kinds of services that are offered in the market.

However, with a rise of food delivery apps and services in the city of Toronto, here are the top 10 food delivery apps in Toronto: Ritual, Skip the Dishes, Cmeow, Tim Hortons, DoorDash, Uber Eats, Fantuan, Instacart, Foodora, and Platterz.

Our ideal night after a long day of work involves Netflix, comfy clothes, and excellent food delivered directly to our door after a long work week. Forget about the standard pizza delivery; thanks to delivery apps, we can now order food from our favorite upscale restaurants. We no longer need to dress up and head out on the town to enjoy our favorite foods because they are all close at hand. Don’t get us wrong, going out to eat is fun occasionally, but there are times when dining from the sofa is superior.

Top 10 Food Delivery Apps in Toronto

The time when you had to call the restaurant and place an order to get food from them is long gone. Thankfully, that is already a thing of the past thanks to food delivery applications. Instead, you may browse the menus of many different restaurants, place your order online, and have the food delivered right to your house without any hassle.

1. Ritual

After utilizing Ritual, you won’t want to stand in line ever again. With the help of the Toronto-based software Ritual, you can order food in advance and avoid the lines. You simply make your order, and the app notifies you when your food is available for pickup and when the restaurant has finished cooking it. I like how you can earn points to obtain free food and get $10 in credits for referring new users to the app!

2. Skip the Dishes

One of the top Toronto meal delivery apps is Skip the Dishes, which is based in Winnipeg. It is visually pleasing and not overly cluttered, and you can view the expected delivery time, delivery price, and rating of each restaurant all at once. Additionally, I like that you can specify “none” in the special instructions if you’re purchasing at home and that they actually give you the opportunity to decide how much plastic cutlery you want.

3. Cmeow

Every now and then, people get intense cravings for Chinese food. Get on the Cmeow train and indulge without letting where you stop you. One glance at this Richmond Hill, which specialized in Chinese cuisine, will reveal that many of the restaurants listed aren’t covered by the other top delivery services available.

4. Tim Hortons

Tim Hortons has done a good job of adapting to contemporary needs. It was established in 1964 and went digital in 2017, effectively utilizing Toronto’s app developers. 4,500 places have access to the platform. When Tim Hortons first opened, it just sold coffee and donuts. It currently brings in an easy $3.29 billion in revenue. The smartphone app’s delivery services are available in all of Toronto’s major and minor cities, including Toronto.

5. DoorDash

Your favorite dishes are always close at hand thanks to DoorDash, which connects you with well-known eateries all throughout the city. You can customize every aspect of your order using the app, and the “Dashers” will deliver your food as swiftly as they can. The cost of delivery is a fixed $4.99, and the app lists all of your available restaurants, like Mean Bao, Smoke’s Poutinerie, Iruka Sushi, and Wanda’s Pie in the Sky.

 6. Uber Eats

UberEATS is accessible every day of the week, 24 hours a day. Anytime your stomach begins to rumble, you can place an order. UberEATS is a great method to have your meal exactly when you want it because they guarantee their clients an order turnaround time of 10 minutes or less. For a delivery price that varies depending on how far the restaurant is from you, pick from some of Toronto’s favorite eateries like Pai, Gusto 101, and La Cubana. If you reside in a busy neighborhood, just be aware of the surge fees on top of the delivery rate.

7. Fantuan

The Toronto-based Asian cuisine app Fantuan is really based in Vancouver. The Greater Toronto Area is home to a wide variety of fantastic Asian eateries and dessert shops. Their user-friendly smartphone UI is quite similar to Uber Eats’.

8. Instacart

In the list of smartphone apps for online food delivery, InstaCart stands out. Customers are able to shop for groceries thanks to it. InstaCart essentially acts as a third-party service provider for its clients’ product deliveries. Walmart and Loblaws are two of its principal partners. To be eligible for the services, customers must add a minimum $35 worth of merchandise to their order. Before paying for it, one has a two-week trial period for its Express Membership.

9. Foodora

Foodora, formerly known as “Hurrier,” is a terrific tool to utilize to have meals from your favorite restaurants delivered right to your door. Simply enter your address in the app, and it will display the nearby eateries from which you may place an order. Consider Pizza Libretto, The Burger’s Priest, and Tabule, to name a few. To guarantee your delivery whenever you have a craving, you can plan it up to two days in advance.

10. Platterz

Looking for catering for a business event or significant meeting? Because of Platterz, you are no longer required to carry platters of food across the congested streets of Toronto. With this incredibly simple-to-use corporate catering service, any team member may order a specially packaged lunch that fits within your spending limit.

What is the best Food delivery App in Canada?

The name DoorDash is now well-known among foodies. Its inaugural debut took place in San Francisco, California, in 2013. Currently, DoorDash can offer its services in more than 4000 cities across Canada, Australia, and the United States. In fact, DoorDash is thought to be the best food delivery app in Canada.

Are there any Chinese Food Delivery Apps in Toronto?

Toronto has seen a rise in the number of Chinese food delivery applications in recent years. These applications, which primarily target Cantonese and Mandarin speakers and offer alternatives that you won’t find on other Toronto delivery apps like UberEats or Fantuan, bring the city’s expanding number of Chinese chains right to your door.


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Auto Mechanic in Winnipeg

Top 5 Tips When Dealing With Your Auto Mechanic.

Canadian Super Shop has 4 bays to serve you

If you own a vehicle, chances are you’ve had (or will have) to take it to an auto repair shop and talk to the auto mechanic at some point. Unluckily, tales of crooked mechanics are as rampage as corrupt politician stories, resulting in many car owners being very wary or downright defensive before they even walk in an automotive service shop

With an average age of cars on the roads today reaching an all-time high of more than eight years based on the market research organization R.L. Polk in the Southfield Mich., cost-conscious car owners are opting to keep their current vehicles and trucks instead of trading them in for newer models.

Regrettably, as the Consumer Reports survey shows, most drivers are postponing the necessary maintenance or repairs as the money-saving measure.
But delaying auto service not only constitute the wrong economy, but it can compromise a vehicle’s safety. The greatest way to save cash over the life of a car is to select a high-quality, full-service repair shop such as Canadian super shop and let them do all the required maintenance and the repair work.

This assists in preventing breakdowns, and usually saves money by enabling drivers to make minor repair today rather than a much greater one later.
If you’ve to get some work done on your car, you require a reliable automotive service technician at Canadian Super Shop auto mechanic which will offer a fair and honest service without overcharging you or doing work which was not necessary.

However, deciding to bring in your car for service is just half the battle. In order to get the most out of their repair and maintenance dollars, owners should understand how to deal with an auto repair mechanic so that the trip to your auto repair shop will not ultimately turn sour.
Even if you are dealing with the best auto mechanic such those that work at Canadian Super Shop, there are some tips you need to know to lower the risk of something going wrong, get the best automotive experience customer service.

In this article, we offer some of the dos to follow and don’ts to avoid when taking your vehicle in for repairs or maintenance.

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1. Set Realistic Expectations

When it comes to car repairs, cheap, quick and good are mutually exclusive terms. Often, plan to leave your vehicle in the automotive repair shop for an entire day to obtain the required exceptional service and be ready to pay the going rate for labour and parts.

Even if it is a quick fix, you need to understand there may be many other vehicles ahead of your ride in the service queue of the auto mechanic Winnipeg. First, ask how long your vehicle will have to be in an auto repair shop and also arrange for the transportation to and from the repair facility. Also, ensure you get an estimated cost before allowing the Canadian super shop auto mechanic to go on with repairs or service

2. Available Yourself When Necessary

Make sure to leave mobile numbers with the auto repair mechanic where you can be reached and respond quickly. If the automotive technician is not able to get you to approve the repair, the vehicle will remain unattended for much longer.

Equally, you will have to know that the vehicle is ready and then, how much the repair or services will cost before heading back to an auto repair mechanic Winnipeg.

3. Communicate Properly Ask Questions

The better a car owner can convey to an auto mechanic what the issue is with his or her motor vehicle, brakes, transmission, engine. The easier it’s for the automotive technician to diagnose and even fix the problem.

Therefore, it is an excellent idea to note down ahead of time what ails your vehicle, outlining particular sensations, sounds, leaks or even smells, as well as when and how frequent they occur.

What transpired just before the car stopped running; how it functioned the day before it did not start? Moreover, note, when the car was brought in for the maintenance since the current problem, may be associated with previous month’s repairs.

4. Leave the auto mechanic Alone

Just about every automotive service technician dislikes people hovering over him or her as they worked. While it is nice to spend time with your vehicle and automotive technician can explain the problem, it is distracting and can be risky. If you will be hanging around for a quick repair or diagnosis, take a seat in their waiting room, ask for a cup of coffee and allow the Canadian super shop auto mechanic do his or her job.

5. Do not Drop Off a Cluttered or Dirty Vehicle

Not only is this common courtesy, but it can impact the quality of auto repair as well. Tidy up your car or truck before bringing it in for the service and ensure to clean out its trunk and back seat of items such as golf clubs, strollers, and construction equipment.

The automotive technician may need to remove them to gain access to a part or even perform a particular repair, or they may weigh down the car to an extent it impacts its performance.

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Rayelynn Scott

Rayelynn joined CSVH in January 2019 as a Veterinary Technician. Rayelynn joins us with over 4 years experience as a Veterinary Technician She was born in Buras, Louisiana and is has lived in New Orleans for the past 16 years. She lives with her beautiful 3 year old daughter and 2 dogs Nala and Legend. During her free time she enjoys taking her daughter to the park and enjoying the nice weather.