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Emergency MREs

Emergency MREsThe term MRE (Meals Read to Eat) was developed by the military, and are sometimes also referred to as Military Meals. Many MRE’s include a main course, as well as a dessert, a powdered drink, possibly a condiment package and some type of heating element. Some offer a side dish, or additional side dish MRE accompaniments to the main meal. Traditional MRE’s were created to provide roughly 2,000 calories, which is the daily recommended allowance for the average person. Since survival scenarios often require a much higher caloric intake on a daily basis, plan accordingly when developing your emergency food pantry. It is not uncommon to see MRE calorie counts at 2400 or more calories.

The truth is, soldiers everywhere invented derisive terms for MRE’s because they were once notoriously flavor-free. Meals Rejected by Everyone, Meals Refusing to Exit and Meals Rarely Enjoyed are just 3 acronyms soldiers and military personnel have invented for these long-lasting and extremely portable emergency food supplies. However, during the past few years, downright delicious MRE’s have surfaced that can be included in your emergency supplies. We will steer you in the direction of those which have been reviewed and rated as the tastiest, while providing a long-term food storage answer and a value-oriented price.

MRE Emergency Food Reviews

Reviews of Emergency MREsMREs are not what they used to be, and our reviews of these ready to eat meals will provide you with insight into the best options and tastiest solutions for those interested in this type of emergency food supply product.  There are multiple advantages to going with MRE products, and they remain a popular choice among survivalists.  We have only provided reviews of the premium brands and products in this category, with serious testing and evaluations determining which products we recommend.

The Ready Store MRE Review

MREs at The Ready StoreThe Ready Store is one of the most equipped emergency supply company when it comes to MRE components.  They deliver a substantial variety and configurations when incorporating MRE elements into your emergency survival food supply.  They offer MRE meals and products individually, by the case, or in rations configured by time needed, such as 72 hour, 1 week, 1 month, 3 month, 6 month, or 1 year.  You will find varying degrees of caloric intake, desserts, snacks, beverages, water and other extras.  You can choose complete meals or put your meal together yourself a al cart using their entrees, sides and desserts.  All MRE meals include a flameless heater so that you can warm your meals up. However the meals are pre-cooked and ready to eat, so heating them is optional. The shelf life of these MRE products is 5 years. The ReadyStore offers a price matching guarantee that they even honor for  up to 10 days after your purchase, and the most you will pay in domestic shipping is $12.

Emergency Essentials MRE Product Review

BePrepared.com MRE ProductsEmergency Essentials is one of the more well known brands in the emergency preparedness space.  They are also one of the few destinations that offers a nice selection of emergency MRE products. They have put a lot of effort into this segment of their product line, and offer high quality and a variety of options for configuring the implementation of MREs into your emergency survival plan and food supply.  You have the option of choosing whole meals or individual entrees, drinks, desserts, sides and snacks to create your own meals.  All complete meals come with an MRE heater, but can be eaten cold as well since they are pre-cooked.  The individual MRE components do not come with  heater, but they are really really inexpensive to add.  Emergency Essentials provides a price match guarantee that is good for up to 30 days after your purchase.  If you find the same exact product at a lower price during that time – they will provide you with a credit on your next purchase in the amount of the difference. They have been involved in emergency preparedness for longer than many of their competitors, and have a solid, knowledgeable approach to the industry.

MRE Products at Amazon

Emergency MREs at AmazonI really can’t help it – I’m frugal, which means I always include a price and value check at Amazon when I’m shopping for anything, including emergency preparedness products.  Amazon actually has a healthy selection of emergency MREs and its worth checking the price point and deals available before you make your final decisions.  While I usually prefer the companies listed above because they put a lot of emphasis on quality control and inventory rotation, which means I won’t get outdated or close to expiration products when I order, sometimes a rock bottom price and free shipping can be a deal breaker.  If nothing else, you can get great user feedback and review information from Amazon customers who have purchased specific brands.  I don’t always order from Amazon, but I usually check them out for comparison.

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  • But beware…I placed an order with the Ready Store one year ago. It has been nothing but problems all along the way and I still feel like after contacting the company through Customer Service many many times I haven’t been heard. It was understandable that in the beginning after Covid hit and then we had an earthquake it would be difficult for the items I ordered to be available right away. I was totally fine with waiting for three months as I was told. But I didn’t hear anything from the company after that time. It wasn’t until I reached out to the company again and again that I realized just how difficult It may be to actually get the products I ordered. Then all of a sudden I received boxes of full meals. When I called about them I was told that somebody in the warehouse had made the decision to fill orders based on what was available instead of waiting for these back ordered items to come in. I returned those and Hunter replaced the original order that I had wanted. But that just pushed my order down to the bottom of the waiting list. So then I had to wait another three months they said before they would come back in stock. An email from Monica on Dec. 31, 2020 stated “Rest assured, your order remains in full force and is expected to get there as quickly as possible.” So I tried to be patient and waited a few more months. Today marks a year exactly since I first placed the order so I thought I would login to my account and see if there had been any progress made. It showed that the order had fully shipped but UPS wasn’t able to provide any tracking information. So I called up the store and was told that the order DID fully ship but it was so long ago that they don’t have any shipping information for it. I don’t buy it. Nothing arrived here from the store in that time. If I hadn’t checked to see what was going on with my account, this company would have continued to show that the order was filled and shipped. But my sweet Mom, who wanted to purchase emergency meals for us, would be out the money already collected for the order but the product would never be fully received. Over the phone today, I was told those particular MREs aren’t even being sold by the company anymore. Good to know. I was given the option to replace each MRE with a full meal. As generous as that may sound, they were not meals that my family would like to eat. In an emergency I want to feed my family meals that they are more familiar with and comfortable eating. It’s my job to take care of my family and I was really hoping that it wouldn’t be this difficult to get to that point. I don’t feel prepared. This store is not “Always Here/Always Ready”. I’m so frustrated. I asked to have the order refunded. I just hope that the refund will go through faster for my sweet Mom than this original order has taken. Customer Service just has not been very helpful in the sense that they keep saying over and over again just wait three more months just wait three more months, “I’m sorry we’re doing the best that we can”. But to have someone in the warehouse first make a decision for me and send us boxes of food that we did not want and then to show in my account that the order was fully shipped when honestly I don’t think that anything ever was shipped from that order, it’s ridiculous. I would really appreciate a response from somebody who isn’t just being told to send out canned responses. As a mother, I have a strong need to prepare my family for as many possibilities as I can. I just want to be heard.

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When children with immigrant background think about their future career paths, there are some who wish to work in a job that makes use of their roots, but there are also some who limit their possibilities due to lack of Japanese language skills, information, or economic circumstances. For such children, Alberto Diaz says, “I want them to look at their abilities rather than their roots and see the wider world. There are many things we can learn from his journey as hints for choosing a career.

Working as a SE for a foreign company in Singapore

Alberto Diaz from the Philippines is now 30 years old. He works as a system engineer at an American IT company based in Singapore. He has been living in Singapore for five years now and is enjoying his days as a leader in the workplace.

I decided to work in Singapore because it was close to where my parents live in Japan and the salary was good. The company culture emphasizes generalists, but I was also attracted by the education policy that supports people to become specialists,” he said.

Although he works for a foreign IT company, Alberto has not always been on the elite path. There have been twists and turns along the way. He came to Japan from the Philippines when he was nine years old due to his mother’s work. He entered an elementary school in Tokushima Prefecture and has lived in Japan ever since. It was only after changing jobs several times in Japan that he left Japan and settled down in his current workplace.

The first place he lived after coming to Japan was Tokushima Prefecture. As a foreigner, he was greeted with some curiosity, but he quickly adjusted to school life. He took Japanese classes separately from the other students for a while, but soon he had no trouble speaking Japanese. He was not particularly bullied, and recalls that he had a fulfilling school life in the relaxed atmosphere of the local area.

Things changed when he moved to Tokyo in the third year of junior high school. Unlike in Tokushima, where he had lived until then, he felt that the people in Tokyo were cold. Although he was not particularly greedy, he began to hang out more with friends who had bad behavior, and he hardly studied at all.

In fact, until he was in high school, his dream was to become a doctor, but because of his poor grades, his teachers assured him that it was impossible. When he became a university student, he had a vague idea that he wanted to become an international human resource, but he did not have a concrete idea of what he wanted to do.

However, not many students, not only children with immigrant background but also Japanese students, have a clear vision of their career. Alberto was one of those common young people.

Sending own resume around the world

After graduating from college, he had a variety of jobs. His first job was with a company that was looking for a “bilingual system engineer” position. Having grown up in a household where English, Tagalog, and Japanese were spoken, this was a job that would allow him to make use of his abilities, but at the time he was not really aware of this.

“At the time, I was overly confident and proud of being able to do anything, but I didn’t have any particular passion for the job. I felt like my friends and I took the employment exam together and I joined the company because I got it.”

He didn’t know much about the job and didn’t know what he really wanted to do. In the end, he quit the company after only eight days because he could not find anything worthwhile. When he was looking for a new job, he tried to appeal his experience in a positive way so that he would not have a negative image in interviews.

“It was after I left the first company that I realized that I could use my language skills to my advantage. Rather than hiring and training one Japanese person, I appealed to them that if they hired me, I could play three roles at once. I also put forward the fact that I wanted to find a job that suited me.”

Aside from his language skills, Alberto’s strength is his ability to see things positively and take action. Through the relationships he had built, he was able to find work as an interpreter at the Philippine Embassy, as a business English instructor, and as a translator at a TV station, so he never had to worry about food. Before moving to Singapore, he had also worked as a compliance officer for a Philippine-based company that handled overseas remittances. After sending his resume all over the world, including the US, Europe, and Asia, he was hired by his current company.

“I guess my strong point is that I can fit into many different communities. I’ve heard that people are so different from each other that they think they’ve known each other for a long time. However, I believe that I can be any color, but I have my own color. I feel like I’m making myself by absorbing all the different colors,” he says.

Don’t care where to work

Alberto says that starting to work abroad has given him a different feeling than before.

When I was in Japan, I thought I could do anything, but overseas, the professional culture was completely different, and all my confidence disappeared. As an American company, we are very strict about results, and all of my peers quit.

In spite of such a severe environment, he has continued to work for the company for the past five years, unlike before when he repeatedly changed jobs in a short period of time. He explains that his current job has a great influence on the industry and that he never gets bored with the frequent development of new products. His pride in his work is evident in his words.

“It seems that the company values me as a rare talent. I have a lot of subordinates who are more skilled than me, but it’s hard to find someone who has been with the company the longest, speaks fluent English and Japanese, and can build good relationships with clients. If I were to quit, I think the team’s business would be in serious trouble.”

However, he is not stuck in his current environment. He believes that he can change his job anywhere in the world, regardless of the region, as long as he can take a step up.

Want you to keep looking for a job that applies to you

When he was in Japan, he did not feel particularly alienated, but there were times when he was rejected from applying for part-time jobs because he was a foreigner. Despite these experiences, Alberto continued to take positive action and paved the way for himself.

“Even if something negative happened, it was probably a good thing that I took action before thinking about it. Even if I had to stay inside a little bit, I would act in reaction.”

He also said that his roots did not affect his career development at all. However, this is not in the sense of being a foreigner or the abilities associated with it, but in the sense that he was able to get help from his home community when he needed it. Language ability is certainly a great weapon, but I don’t see that they are overly dependent on it.

“Many children with immigrant background who grow up in Japan tend to keep their perspectives and ways of thinking within Japan until they graduate from school and enter the workforce. But if they have the ability, why do they stay in Japan? I have my roots, but I want people to believe in their abilities and try different things without getting hung up on that. In my case, I had the idea in my head that I wanted to dream a little bigger, and when I actually took action, I was hired by a company, and I think that was a big part of it.”

He once interned at an organization that supports children with immigrant background who are in a similar situation to his own. What he saw there were young people who started out with hopes and dreams for the future, but gradually became tainted by reality.

“In particular, there were many children who gave up on what they wanted to do because they could not speak Japanese. Some of the children I taught returned to their countries of origin because they could not work in Japan. Of course, if they can be active in their home country, there is nothing wrong with that, but there are often cases where people think that they have to give up just because they cannot speak the language. I’ve always kept at it until I found a job that suited me, and I want to tell people that there is a world out there.”

It is said that this is due to the growing tendency of Japanese young people to be satisfied with their current lives and not dare to look outside. On the other hand, children with immigrant background are probably too busy getting used to life in Japan to pay attention to the outside world. Still, Alberto advises them to be flexible and broaden their horizons when it comes to career development.

He also pointed out that one key factor when it comes to learning a language and building a career is the “depth of character. This is because a strong desire to communicate one’s thoughts and make use of one’s abilities becomes the driving force behind one’s actions.

“When it comes to learning Japanese, it’s important to “do your best”. It’s important to absorb everything, swallow everything, and even if you can’t swallow it, keep trying. As for your career, you might want to keep looking until you find a job that fits you. Rather than living in a job where you are denied who you were before, I would rather you find a job where you can make the most of yourself. It’s not just in Japan, and I want you to broaden your horizons and work hard so that you can sell yourself to the world.”

He pursues his own potential through flexible thinking and action without being constrained by his origins. Alberto’s way of life can serve as a model case for many young people who are struggling.

Interviewing and writing: Hiroshi Yoshida

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EIA Reports First Injection of the Season with a 62 Bcf

Natural gas storage inventories increased by 62 Bcf for the week ending Apr. 27, according to the EIA’s weekly report. The report is bearish as the injection was larger than most market expectations. Prompt month was trading lower ahead of the report, and declines were extended following the EIA release, with the June 2018 contract trading down $0.045 per MMBtu at $2.709 MMBtu at the time of writing.

See the chart below for projections of the end-of-season storage inventories as of November 1, the end of the injection season.

EIA Reports First Injection of the Season with a 62 Bcf

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The summary below is based on PointLogic’s flow data and DI analysis for the week ending May 3, 2018.

  • Supply:
    • Dry gas production is up 0.4 Bcf/d with the Northeast again leading the gains. US production is back to a weekly average of 80 Bcf/d.
    • Canadian imports are up 0.07 Bcf/d week-on-week.
  • Demand:
    • Domestic natural gas demand dropped 3.7 Bcf/d as temperatures continue to moderate with the spring season.
    • LNG exports are up 0.46 Bcf/d recovering from prior week losses, returning to 3.8 Bcf/d level.
    • Mexico exports are up 0.09 Bcf/d week-on-week.
  • Total supply is up 0.43 Bcf/d and total demand is down 3.71 Bcf/d week-over-week. Expect a larger injection in next week’s release, in the 80s Bcf level.

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Episcopal, ELCA presiding bishops issue World AIDS Day letter

By ENS staff
Posted Nov 29, 2011

[Office of Public Affairs] “World AIDS Day is an opportunity for each of us to reflect on God’s call to lift up the dignity and value of each person.”

Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori and Presiding Bishop Mark Hanson of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) have issued a joint letter for World AIDS Day 2011.

The text of the letter follows:

World AIDS Day is December 1, 2011. This annual commemoration is an opportunity for us to remember the 30 million lives that have been lost to the deadly pandemic over the past three decades, to rededicate our energies in support of those 34 million living with HIV and AIDS today and to work toward building a future without AIDS.

World AIDS Day is an opportunity for each of us to reflect on God’s call to lift up the dignity and value of each person. We are called to confront this pandemic — whose scale has no precedent in human history — through prayer, by speaking out to eliminate stigma and discrimination against those living with HIV and AIDS, by caring for those afflicted by the virus in our own communities, by advocating for strong government support of life-saving programs, and by supporting the global effort to alleviate the global systems of poverty within which HIV and AIDS is so endemic.

We write together this year because the Episcopal Church and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) have embarked upon a new age of full communion by sharing staff for international issues in our Washington, D.C., advocacy offices, acknowledging the common needs of our global church bodies

Both of our churches have been living with AIDS for more than 30 years. Together we are part of a global family of 150 million Anglicans and Lutherans, most living in developing countries, for whom the virus is an ever-present daily reality. The struggle against HIV and AIDS is our own struggle as churches and, as the pandemic continues into its fourth decade, the urgency in our work is born out of the intimacy with which we know it.

Consider what 30 years have meant to our global family in Christ:

  • Thirty million people — parents, children, spouses, partners, siblings — have died early and unnecessary deaths.
  • An entire generation of children in sub-Saharan Africa has been orphaned because of the virus; many of these children have themselves been infected by mother-to-child transmission, a transmission which is preventable with basic medical attention.
  • In an unjust world with more wealth than ever before, global poverty has contributed to more people dying each day because they are too poor to survive and receive basic assistance from the symptoms of global poverty — gender-based violence, discrimination, hunger and lack of access to medical treatment.

Our churches continue to address the virus and the systems of poverty it permeates. ELCA programs in Tanzania teach students marketable skills alongside HIV and AIDS awareness education. Episcopal-supported programs in Uganda care for AIDS patients while paying school fees for AIDS-orphaned children.

Episcopalians and Lutherans are invested in prevention, treatment, care and support, and alleviating stigma for all living with HIV and AIDS.

  • The National Episcopal AIDS Coalition (NEAC) provides innovative resources and news updates to congregations ministering to those affected by HIV and AIDS.
  • The comprehensive ELCA Strategy on HIV and AIDS highlights a commitment to prevention, treatment, alleviating stigma, and providing care and support for all. It guides and supports congregational responses to our domestic communities and our global companions in need.

Our global community has made significant advancements in tackling this pandemic. Investments in medicine and prevention education have halted transmission in communities around the world. Infection rates continue to decline. The number of people receiving antiretroviral treatment is increasing — by a factor of 13, just from 2004 to 2009 — allowing tens of millions of HIV-positive people to lead healthy lives. Hundreds of thousands of babies are prevented from being born with HIV and a comparable number orphaned from the virus receive food, education and assistance from churches and aid workers.

ELCA members and Episcopalians are key leaders in helping to stop the shunning and shaming of those living with HIV, engaging in public acts of repentance for past discrimination, distributing medicines and prevention techniques affordably to all parts of the world, and providing care and support to those living with HIV and AIDS in our own communities.

Today, we must increase these efforts. We stand at the threshold of reaching the goal of achieving an “AIDS-free generation” recently set by Secretary of State Clinton. But whether we are able to reach this milestone will depend on nothing less, and nothing more, than whether our nations and communities are willing to commit the resources and energies to make the next 30 years different from the past 30.

Unfortunately, today we face the danger that our dream of an AIDS-free generation will remain just that — a dream. U.S. funding for these life-saving global health programs continues to be targeted for disproportionate cuts. Even fractional cuts to these accounts — which already represent far less than 1 percent of our federal budget — would reverse these efforts: Global infection rates would increase and AIDS would claim millions more lives than it does even today.

Through our shared witness in Washington, our churches are working to ensure that our government allocates the highest funding levels possible to address HIV and AIDS, including full funding for the president’s Global Health Initiative. The voice of every Episcopalian and every ELCA member is vital to this work, so we urge you to join our churches’ advocacy efforts by becoming members of the Episcopal Public Policy Network or the ELCA e-Advocacy Network.

As Christians, we have just embarked upon the season of Advent, in which we prepare our hearts and minds to receive the One who comes that we “may have life, and have it abundantly.” In this season, on this World AIDS Day, may the healing offered by our Incarnate, Crucified, and Resurrected Lord inspire us to cross from 30 years of death and loss to a future of abundant life for all.

In God’s grace and healing,

The Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori
Presiding Bishop and Primate
The Episcopal Church

The Rev. Mark S. Hanson
Presiding Bishop
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America


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Jaiprakash Power Ventures Limited cancels outstanding Foreign Currency Convertible Bonds

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Jaiprakash Power Ventures Limited had issued Foreign Currency Convertible Bonds (FCCBs) during the Financial Year 2009-10 for US $ 200 Million. During the period, the Company had partially redeemed FCCBs along with interest. As on 1st April, 2019, the principal outstanding of FCCBs was US $ 101,421,203. With the consent of Lenders, a Bond Equitisation Term Sheet was executed on 20th September, 2019 and with the consent of Bond Holders in their meeting held on 13th December, 2019, Second Supplementary Trust Deed was executed, according to which, all outstanding FCCBs were mandatorily to be converted into equity shares at a conversion price of Rs. 12/- per equity share of Rs.10/- each and entire outstanding interest due thereon was waived off.

The Board of Directors of the Company on 17th January, 2020 had allotted 49,26,78,462 Equity Shares to those Bondholders, who had given Conversion Notice on the Conversion Record Date, i.e. 16th January, 2020, representing principal amount fo USD 8,33,58,594 (82 . 19% of the total outstanding) at the agreed exchange rate of Rs. 70.9242 per US $ as on 14th January, 2020.

All bonds were marked down on Completion date i.e. 11th February, 2020. As per Clause 6.7.10 of Second Supplementary Trust Deed, a Deed of Covenant was executed on 7th February, 2020 , according to which, the Residual Bond Holders, who did not offer their Bonds for conversions into equity shares of the Company representing principal amount of aggregate USD 1,80,62,609 (17.81 % of total outstanding) at that time, were given right to offer their bonds for conversion and get the shares allotted to them aggregating to 10,67,56,340 equity shares upto a period of 12 months from Completion Date (Extended Claim Period).

Residual Holders who fail to submit a Claim Notice within the Claim Period will be deemed to have forfeited their right to the Shares and no compensation or other amounts shall be due to them.

During the extended claim period, the Company received Conversion Notice from two such Bond Holders representing principal outstanding of US$ 43,40,000 and the Company allotted 1,30,07,735 Equity Shares to them on 28th December, 2020, due disclosure of which has already been given.

The extended Claim Period as per Deed of Covenant dated 7th February, 2020 has ended on the close of business hours of 11th February, 2021. As such, right of residual FCCB Holders to equity shares of the Company, representing principal outstanding of US$ 1,37,22,609 (approx. 13.53%) stand forfeited without any compensation to them of whatsoever nature.

Shares of Jaiprakash Power Ventures Limited was last trading in BSE at Rs.2.57 as compared to the previous close of Rs. 2.43. The total number of shares traded during the day was 8996110 in over 13292 trades.

The stock hit an intraday high of Rs. 2.65 and intraday low of 2.39. The net turnover during the day was Rs. 22792250.

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“Yes, but” or “No, and” – End Writer’s Block

Nat Russo Basics, How-To, Plot and Structure, Scene Structure, Story Ideas, Writing 14 Comments

Writer’s Block. Two of the most dreaded words in a writer’s vocabulary…at least when put together in that order.

You stare at the blank page, and it stares back. It’s taunting you. It’s telling you you’re no good. You’re just about to slam the lid on your laptop shut when you remember something crucial:

“Writing is a learned craft, not a mystical gift from the universe.” (I think I’ve heard that somewhere before…)

A craft? A learned craft? Yes. And don’t you forget it! Now click the link and read on. Let’s get rid of that pesky writer’s block using tried and true elements of the craft!
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World Building Primer

Nat Russo Basics, How-To, World Creation 28 Comments

World Building is something that all writers of speculative fiction need to do at some point in the story development process. I’d go so far as to say World Building is one of the primary things that drew many of us to this craft in the first place.

In today’s post we’ll cover the following:

  • The Map
  • Borders
  • Religions
  • Cultures
  • Cities

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I Won a Liebster Award!

Nat Russo Awards 2 Comments

Well how about that! Just when I thought no one was watching what I was doing out here on the interwebs, a couple of lovely folks nominate me for a Liebster award!

Priest. Philosopher. Policeman. Programmer. Pencil Pusher.

Follow the jump link for details on why I only choose professions that begin with the letter “P”!

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How Do You Come Up With Story Ideas?

Nat Russo Basics, How-To, Idea Net, Story Ideas, Writing 27 Comments

Perhaps another way to phrase this question is “where do story ideas come from?” The answer is simple: story ideas are all around us.  Everything we see, touch, smell, hear, and taste has the potential to be a story seed that blossoms into a full-fledged story if nurtured properly.

For some of us, this nurturing process is intangible, defying attempts to be described or squeezed into a bullet list. But for most, full story ideas aren’t something that spring up like eureka moments. Instead, the full story only emerges after idea “seeds” are watered and nurtured.

I’m one of the latter. Rather than waiting for the mysterious process by which a story miraculously springs into existence in the rusty innards of my mind, I take small ideas or observations and massage them into stories, similar to how Orson Scott Card uses his “Idea Net”. Let’s take a look at how this works.

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Revision Checklist – Part 2 of 2

Nat Russo Checklists, Dialogue Attributions, Editing, Filter Words, How-To, Misused Phrases, Misused Words, Passive Voice, Present Continuous, Revision 10 Comments

[Updated 5/09/2014]

Welcome to part two of my two-part series on Revision.

If you haven’t read part one yet, I recommend it, and not in an entirely self-serving way. In this post I’m going to dig into the second half of my Common Revision Checklist, and I’m going to assume you’re already familiar with the first half.

Today we’re going to take a look at the following topics:

  • Commonly misused words/expressions
  • Filter words
  • “Something of Something” constructions
  • Superfluous Movement Verbs
  • Passive voice
  • Dialog attributions
  • Superfluous “That” usage
  • Confusing “ing” constructions

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Revision Checklist – Part 1 of 2

Nat Russo Adverbs, Capitalization, Checklists, Editing, How-To, Qualifiers, Revision, Word Count 22 Comments

[Updated 5/09/2014]

In an earlier post titled Revising Your First Draft: The First Read-Through I teased you all with mention of a Revision Checklist and going into a deeper dive of my own revision process. Before I go there, I want to caution you: if you are still in the middle of writing your first draft, you do not want to read this post.

You heard me.

If you’re still producing your first draft, close this browser tab and back away from the blog. Better still, bookmark this post for later review…then step away from the blog.

Ok. We should be alone now. If any of those “first drafters” come back, someone nudge me or something. We can’t have them poking around here just yet. They’ll get overzealous and start editing themselves prematurely.

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How Do You Find a Character’s Voice?

Nat Russo Characterization, How-To, Voice, Writing 39 Comments

Finding a character’s voice and personality comes easily to some, and with difficulty to others. In fact, even for those of us who don’t struggle with this issue, some characters are just more enigmatic than others. So what can you do?

In a couple of #writetip auto-tweets that I send out periodically (we’ll debate the merits of auto-tweeting later) I mention a process of interviewing your characters to get at the heart of that person’s character traits. I’ve received an enormous response to those tweets asking me to go into some detail, so I decided to write today’s blog entry on that subject.

In the past, I’ve taken a number of approaches to this problem that usually wind up being a type of exploratory writing: short stories, stream of consciousness, random scene from current project, etc. Those are all tried and true techniques, and they are worth experimenting with to see if they are more to your liking. But I’ve since stumbled upon another technique that has added more depth to my characters than any of the previous techniques I’ve tried.

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Merry Christmas

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I’d like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas! I probably won’t be able to blog until closer to New Year’s.

I’ll be spending the holidays with my extended family in Texas. It’s our first Christmas without my mother-in-law, Arnette. She passed away this summer, far too soon, and we all miss her dearly. If any of you are the praying kind, please keep my family in your prayers this holiday season.

God Bless!

The Basics: So You Want To Write A Novel

Nat Russo Basics, Characterization, How-To, Plot and Structure, Reference Books, World Creation, Writing 10 Comments

Where Do I Begin?

If you’ve landed here, you’ve got a good head start. I’m going to make a couple of assumptions about you, if that’s ok:

  1. You’re an avid reader.
  2. You want to write a book-length work of fiction (i.e. you want to write a novel).
  3. You’ve never done this before, or you’ve had a lot of starts/stops in your past.
  4. You’re willing to dedicate the next several months…perhaps years…of your life to telling a single story.
  5. You have no idea where to begin.
You may think I’m a mind reader now. But the simple truth is that I’ve just described most of us. And by “us” I’m referring to pretty much anyone who has ever taken the first step on the journey to becoming a novelist. Those 5 assumptions definitely describe where I began.
I have some answers for you. They may not be the best, but the advice I’m going to give is the advice I took myself. It’s the same advice that helped me complete my first novel, which is a goal I had wanted to achieve for more than 20 years.

The Highlights

If you’ve read my About page (you’ll find the link at the top of the screen), then you know I’m a fantasy writer. Most of what I write here will be from the perspective of a person who writes in that genre, but I think you’ll find the advice to be general enough to apply to your specific area. About the only section that won’t apply directly is the first – “World Creation”. Although, on some level, every novelist has to go through the process of learning the milieu they intend to write about.
Everyone’s process will differ, and eventually you will settle on your own. But this is about beginnings, and I’m the type of person who usually finds new things a little easier if I have some sort of template to follow. So, I’m going to let you in on my process…the process that helped me complete my bestselling debut fantasy novel Necromancer Awakening.

World Creation

If you’re writing speculative fiction (Science Fiction, Fantasy, etc.), then you probably need to do some amount of world creation, unless your setting is a direct copy of your present time/place. However, it is doubtful that your story is going to be very “speculative” if it doesn’t contain elements of…well…speculation: non-existing technologies, strange modes of travel, magic, alien creatures, etc. Those things, after all, are the bread and butter of speculative fiction.
Whether you intend to write a series of novels in the same setting, or just one, your world needs to be believable. It has to seem like a real place to the reader, or you’ll fail to transport them there in the fictive dream you create.
Give some thought to the following when building your world:
  • Map.
    • What does your world look like? What is the geology like? How does the geology impact your political divisions?
    • What types of natural resources exist in your world? Are some in abundance while others are scarce?
    • Where are your cities? Why did they form there? Trade routes?
  • Culture.
    • Do you have many cultures or only one? What are their governments like? Do they have many religions? A single religion that is interpreted in different ways depending on geopolitical affiliation? Are some locations/territories on your map considered sacred by one or more of these religions?
    • What about modes of dress? Dialect? Customs and behaviors?
In short, you’re building a world, so consider the elements that make up our own world and change them up a little! Here’s a link to a great book I read on the subject. It started the whole ball rolling for me.
Orson Scott Card gives some wonderful advice about the entire writing process, so don’t miss out on this great craft book! I can’t overstate how helpful I found this book, in more ways than one.

[Update 8/22/2013: In a recent article, I discuss Card’s opinion that a writer should never use profanity. For my take on it, give Profanity in Genre Fiction a read.]

I wrote an article a while back that has since become one of my most popular: World Building Primer. I intend for that article to be the first of a series that I’ll be writing in the future.

Plot and Structure

You’re going to hear a lot of different things about plot and structure. Some writers will point out that plot is a four-letter word, and react as strongly to it as other four-letter words. Other writers will claim that if you’re “plotting” then your writing will be formulaic…another word with horrible connotations. When you’ve been writing for a while, you’ll form your own opinions, as we all do. For now, I’m going to assume you’re looking for a starting point.
The Three Act Structure is a tried and true structure for telling just about any story. The technique is an ancient one, and it works for a reason: it resonates with people. There are many other structures we could use, but let’s start here for the time being. The entire structure can be summed up like this:
  • Get your characters up a tree (Act I)
  • Throw rocks at them (Act II)
  • Get them back down (Act III)
You need to start by taking your main character and throwing the literary equivalent of a hand grenade into his life (get him up a tree). From there, you spend most of your novel placing one obstacle after another in his path (throw rocks at him). Then, when you’re finished torturing the poor person, resolve the situation (get him back down).
After spending years trying to finish one novel after another, and failing miserably, I stumbled on a book written by James Scott Bell that made everything click for me. After reading it, I realized what it was I had been doing wrong all those years. The symptoms were many, but at the most basic level I never took the time to develop a plot! Once I figured this out, the story just flowed out of me like water from a spring.
Here’s a link to it.

You probably have some idea of the characters that will make an appearance in your book. If you’ve gotten this far, I hope you know a little about your main character. And since you’ve already planned a few of those “rocks” you’re going to throw at him/her, then you probably know something about the person or people that will be your main character’s primary opposition.
This is a good start, but you need to flesh these people out, otherwise they’ll be paper thin and unbelievable. And that’s not what you’re going for.  Orson Scott Card wrote a book on the topic of characterization (which I’ll link below for convenience). In that book, he says “A character is what he does.” No truer words have ever been uttered on the subject. Don’t tell the reader that your main character is a good guy who should be liked by everyone. Show the reader! Give your main character behaviors that a “good guy who should be liked by everyone” would possess. Put him on the stage and have him perform those behaviors and your readers will agree with you.
Here’s the link.

You’ve made it! You’ve created your milieu. You can quote fictional works of theology and philosophy written by the ancient sages of your world. You know where all the good fishing holes are. And you know you’d better not go near that cave over there, or the Blue Brothers of Boopsie will think you’re trying to steal their Bouncing Ball of Bippity.
You’ve crafted a plot that would make Alfred Hitchcock proud, and your characters promise to be engaging, living and breathing people.
Now what?
Well…now you have to write it. This is where the rubber meets the road! Sit yourself down and type one word after another until they form sentences. Then the sentences form paragraphs, and so on. You’re a writer now!
If only it were that simple. A detailed look at Writing as a general topic is beyond the scope of this article. In fact, this entire blog is about the various facets of the craft of writing, so it would be impossible to encapsulate the entire topic in a single post. But here are some pointers that have helped me:
  • Find a quiet place with no or few distractions. You need to be completely immersed, at least in the beginning. Many writers will tell you this will always be the case. It’s going to be hard enough as it is, at first, so take as many obstacles out of your way as you can. Obstacles are for your characters, not for you.
  • Back up your work. I store most of my stuff in the cloud (as well as locally) so that it is always safe and available.
  • You are your own boss…so act like you’re a boss. Make demands of yourself. Be disciplined. If you wait for the muse to arrive, I hope you’re not holding your breath while doing so. The muse only visits writers who are writing, not waiting to write.
Remember the first item in my list of assumptions? You’re an avid reader. I hope this is a correct assumption, because one of the best ways to learn how to write is to read. Pick up a book in your chosen genre and read. Heck, pick up a stack of books in your genre and read all of them! You’re going to learn something about the craft from each experience. Some lessons will be simple: how does that author indicate internal dialogue? Others will be complex: how did that author manage to weave five separate plot lines together so masterfully?
Don’t just read books in your genre. Read others as well. Every genre has its own bag of tricks, and there are few rules that can’t be broken with wonderful results, when broken by the right hands. Read books on the craft. They will be invaluable to you in the beginning.
Speaking of which, here are my favorites. All of these books are on my shelf right now, and several have taken up permanent residence next to my keyboard.
This is a great book about crafting individual scenes. Elements of Fiction Writing – Scene & Structure
Great tips on style. I keep this one with me at all times. The Elements of Style Illustrated
I spoke about conflict and how to “throw rocks” at your main character. This book will teach you how to do that.  Elements of Fiction Writing  – Conflict, Action & Suspense
Stephen King is a master story teller. He wrote this book while he was recovering from a hit and run accident. It’s a wonderful memoir and guide for would-be writers.  On Writing: 10th Anniversary Edition: A Memoir of the Craft
So grab one or more of those craft books and learn as much as you possibly can! And while you’re at it, follow me on Twitter at @NatRusso I’m very active and offer some writing tips throughout the day.
Writing is a learned craft. You can learn!


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Norway and Switzerland projects boost in economic relations after Senate concurrence on ETFA trade

Press release, 08.03.2018

Norwegian Ambassador Erik Førner and Swiss Ambassador Andrea Reichlin lauded the Philippine Senate for the successful concurrence of the ratificiation of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the Philippines and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), namely Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Switzerland

"We are pleased to hear the good news on the recent decision of the Senate for the ratification of EFTA" said Amb. Forner. "This agreement is beneficial to both parties and will encourage and stimulate cross-border trade," he added.

Ambassadors Førner and Reichlin likewise congratulated Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chair Loren Legarda for successfully sponsoring the Senate resolution 64, gaining 19 unanimous affirmative votes with no abstention.

"FTAs provide entrepreneurial incentives, as well as the highest political commitment to move forward in the best interest of respective citizens and in managing global commerce," said Amb. Reichlin during the recent (6 March) breakfast discussion with Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III and Swiss companies.

She added that "FTAs achieve better results for our respective workplaces, our consumers and for the improvement of living standards than restrictive international collaboration."

Ambassador Førner shared that Norway hopes to intensify trade in goods and services in a number of areas such as fisheries, seafaring, maritime transport, energy as well as financial services in the Philippines.

Ambassador Reichlin, on the other hand, shared that Switzerland is eager to share its innovative technologies in Clean Tech, pharmaceutical, renewable energy and precision engineering, among others sectors.

Next to Singapore, the EFTA agreement with the Philippines is the second successful FTA of the economic bloc in the ASEAN region.

Once the agreement enters into force, both the EFTA member states and the Philippines would abolish most customs duties and enjoy free market access in goods.

This year Norway celebrates its 70th year of bilateral relationship with the Philippines, while Switzerland, on the other hand, celebrated its 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations last year.


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Only a strong man after God’s own heart could be as courageous in his faith as Travis Verge. Having been called to ministry at age nineteen, Travis has had numerous experiences with satanic and the demon-possessed as he served Christ around the world, witnessing the power of God as well as the deceptions of Satan. From smuggling Bibles into closed countries to sharing Christ with seekers of truth, Travis has always spoken out boldly against evil. In radio interviews and on Christian TV he has not been shy about exposing the deceptions of Satan, even those within the church itself. Recently, he battled a brain tumor he believes was an attack from Satan to keep him quiet. After successfully defeating both, Travis has continued to allow God to train and sharpen him for his ministry.

Travis has been blessed for 22 years with a Christian wife and partner, and twin boys who are already following in their dad’s footsteps.


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  1. ESMA welcomes the opportunity to respond to the Commission Consultation paper on Fintech: a more competitive and innovative financial sector (hereafter “the Consultation”).
  2. Fintech and, technological innovation in general, have been the drivers of a number of developments in the financial sector in recent years. Indeed, new forms of services and businesses such as automated advice or crowdfunding have emerged. ESMA sees these developments as a positive evolution as long as they are aimed at improving consumer financial experience and facilitate financial inclusion. ESMA would also want to stress that it adheres to the core principles (technological neutrality, proportionality and market integrity) highlighted by the Commission and agrees that any EU policies aiming to ensure the financial sector takes advantage of cutting-edge technologies, while remaining sound and safe for investors, need to integrate these principles.
  3. In this response, ESMA wishes to share with the Commission some reflections on a number of topics mentioned in the Consultation which appear relevant to ESMA:
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Don’t shoot the messenger, but we have some news for you: It looks like majority of UP students are single.

After surveying 1,200 UP students across UP’s seven campuses as part of a two-year mental health study called “Diwa Mental Health Survey,” UP professor Dr. Ronald Del Castillo found that 67 percent of Iksolar ng Bayan are in fact single.

The UP campus with the most “single” students was UP Diliman. Considering that Quezon City has the largest population of single people in Metro Manila, this is hardly a surprise. UP Visayas and UP Manila followed in second and third place. Meanwhile, UP Cebu had the least amount of single students.

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The study also found that the top five fields with the most “self-reported” single students were natural sciences (biology, chemistry, physics, and geology); medical and health and allied sciences; social and behavioral sciences; business administration and related fields; and engineering and technology.

Based on the survey, Castillo also found that the most common reported cumulative general weighted average of self-reported single students was between 1.76 and 2.49.

Meanwhile, 28 percent of UP students were “self-reported” to be seriously dating or in a committed relationship (excluding married or partnered persons). Of the population of non-singles in UP, 16 percent identified themselves as bisexual; six percent identified themselves as genderqueer, gender non-confirming, or non-binary; and 23 percent identified themselves as lesbian, gay, or bisexual.

Now, the study didn’t report the reasons behind “self-reported” singledom of the single respondents. Maybe the students are too bogged down with school work to prioritize their love lives, maybe they just preferred to be single, or maybe they just can’t catch a break.

Castillo is still working on a journal article that will better explain the data, but we just want to know one more thing: What about the alumni?

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The HCA Hanover Emergency Center project was a new ground up free standing emergency department. Our scope of work consisted of HVAC, plumbing, and medical gas systems serving the facility's exam rooms, triage, and imaging department. The HVAC consisted of two packaged roof top units totaling 90 tons. The rooftop units served 45 VAV boxes and associated ductwork.

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The new gym consists of a college-size basketball court, an auxiliary gym, a running/walking track around the court, locker/shower rooms, and multiple offices. eTEC’s scope of work included the installation of 6 new package RTUS, 25 VAVS and associated ductwork. The plumbing scope of work consisted of the installation of 27 water closets, 24 urinals, 9 lavatories, 22 sinks, 9 showers, 2 water heaters and associated waste, vent, and domestic water piping.

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The new linen services building doubles the size of HandCraft Cleaners Coffer Road facility. The project was built to serve healthcare laundry needs, and includes two large tunnel washers, 20 batch dryers, and four ironers. ETEC Mechanical was responsible for all process piping in the facility.

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Liam Payne Reacts to Speculation Over Girlfriend Maya Henry's Age

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Liam Payne is defending his relationship.

Earlier this week, a social media user took to Twitter to criticize the 26-year-old former One Direction member's relationship with model Maya Henry.

"Every article about Liam’s girlfriend says she’s 19 when she’s actually 18," the user claimed. "This is intentional because when fabricating this ridiculous PR campaign for her they said that they’ve been together for a year, which would mean that Liam was dating a 17 y/o. She’s a senior in HS."

Payne responded to the tweet on Wednesday, writing, "19 don’t believe everything you read on the internet ?"

Payne and Henry were first publicly linked in September, after reportedly keeping their relationship private for a few months, with some reports claiming it was as long as a year.

While Henry's birthday is publicly listed as June 15, 2000 -- which would make her 19 -- some are still questioning her age. The main reason for the confusion comes from her lavish quinceanera to celebrate her 15th birthday in 2016. If the party, which reportedly cost $6 million, was indicative of her age, that would mean Henry is currently 18.

During a recent interview on the Table Manners With Jessie Ware podcast, Payne gushed over being happy in his relationship and life in general.

"I'm the happiest I've ever been," he said. "It took a long time to get to this place and I'm glad that I'm at this stage of my life now."

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New theory of dissemination and implementation shifts direction of practice change

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Primary care dissemination and implementation science has focused on evaluating strategies to help practices implement evidence-based care to achieve quality metrics and meet policy requirements. For many practices, this "outside in" approach has had unintended consequences including disempowerment, limited success, and burnout from burden, disruption and moral distress. Three cases reveal that it is possible for some primary care practices to shift the direction of change by seizing ownership of their care and prioritizing the craft of family medicine. In all three cases, practice founders were unable to match their practice to their values because of conventional financing systems and commercial electronic health records. Each developed a business model that circumvented the limitations of fee-for-documentation and pay-for-performance. Clinical care and business models differed between the practices, but all three succeeded in shifting the source and directional emphasis of change from outside-in to inside-out. The authors explain that, based on these examples, they are re-imagining the science of dissemination and implementation, from helping practices comply with externally-sourced evidence and recommendations to empowering practices to discover and enact their own wisdom in a challenging environment. Based on an inside-out approach, they posit a number of questions for future research: What would it look like to start interventions from the inside-out, helping practices reflect on their vision and craft? What if researchers helped practices learn to develop congruent sensing tools and measures, innovative business models, and innovative interactions with the external environment including managing up if owned by a health system How can researchers better engage practices and patients in developing new evidence? Such questions, spurred by the examples of three pioneer practices, could open a new frontier in the science of dissemination and implementation and inform better health policy, the authors state.

Shifting Implementation Science Theory to Empower Primary Care Practices

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History Matters

The education sector in Kosovo is currently characterised by extensive reform efforts in all sub-sectors, addressing key challenges of increasing participation and improving equity and quality of education with limited resources. In 2011 the Ministry of Education Science and Technology announced the Kosovo Education Strategic Plan 2011 - 2016 (KESP), which links life-long learning and inclusion in education and is based on a learning model that reaches out to all learners offering equal opportunities and quality education.

With funding from the Norwegian Embassy of Kosovo and in close partnership with the History Teachers Association of Kosovo (SHMHK), EuroClio – The Inspiring History and Citizenship Educators, aims to support the implementation of the Kosovo Core Curriculum and specifically the Learning Area “Society and Environment”, of which the subject ‘History’ is a part. The project, entitled ‘History Matters'; will help to increase the professional capacities of teachers, curriculum developers and textbook authors, enabling them to actively contribute to the process of reform within the context of a strengthening professional network facilitated by SHMHK.

Project Aims

  • Support the Implementation of the Kosovo Curriculum Framework for History by providing in-service teacher training for History Educators.
  • Improve the quality of the new History Syllabi by networking among the educators, academics, the curriculum and textbook developers.
  • Promote History Educators ownership of changing approaches to history education.

  • 100 History Educators connected online and able to share resources on a daily basis.
  • Ability to implement (history) core curriculum competence-based learning outcomes through inquiry-based source work.
  • Core Group of Trainers able to train their colleagues on usage of new approaches and methods in history education.

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History that Connects

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History Teachers' Association of Kosovo

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Jonathan Even-Zohar, EuroClio Director

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Arbër Salihu

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Call for Papers for Human Rights Education Conference in The Netherlands

Rights Education Conference on “Translating Roosevelt’s Four Freedoms to Today’s World.” will be held in Middelburg, 17-19 December, 2015. The Conference aims to support and promote the United Nations objectives in human rights education, to critically assess how human rights objectives in education are translated into practices, to highlight the role of specific actors in human rights education, and to assess the connection between Roosevelt’s four freedoms and human dignity today.

Participants are encouraged to submit their papers on the following themes: global trends in human rights education, analysing key actors in human rights education, current themes in human rights education, and the practice of human rights education.

The deadline for abstracts is September 6th, 2015 and should be sent to

For more information on the paper proposal and conference registration, visit their website.

Early bird registration for the conference ends October 15th, 2015.


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Action after cycle work causes traffic jams

Traffic on the busy Eaton Street at Eaton, heading toward Cringleford over the little stone bridge.

Traffic on the busy Eaton Street at Eaton, heading toward Cringleford over the little stone bridge. Picture: DENISE BRADLEY - Credit: Copyright: Archant 2015

Further changes have been made to ease traffic jams, after a second day of disruption due to work on a new cycle lane on the edge of Norwich.

Nine weeks of work to add a shared cycle path along Eaton Street, between Eaton and Cringleford, got under way on Monday.

The slip road into Eaton from Newmarket Road will be closed for five weeks from July 25, but work already being done saw jams build up on Monday and Tuesday.

Transport for Norwich, which is behind the scheme, made some changes to traffic management on Monday to try to stop queues from building up.

But James Wright, leader of the Liberal Democrat group at Norwich City Council, who represents Eaton, said problems had continued.

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And fellow Eaton Lib Dem city councillor Caroline Ackroyd said: 'Despite our own reservations, we were assured by officers from the city and county councils that their detailed planning would ensure that everything would run smoothly. 'Sadly, this has not been the case.

Residents are rightly frustrated with Monday's traffic chaos and although there has been some improvement, there are still problems that need to be addressed before the slip road is closed. '

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A Transport for Norwich spokeswoman said: 'Following disruption during the first two days of work, we have been making every effort to reduce the congestion caused by temporary traffic management.

'The measures put in place so far have significantly improved the situation but we will continue to monitor the site and make sure we take any steps we can to optimise traffic flow.

'Again, we'd like to thank everyone for their patience during this time.'

She confirmed the traffic lights on Cringleford Bridge have been temporarily turned off to stop queuing on the bridge.

She said traffic lights are already being manually controlled in the morning peak and officers were monitoring traffic flow.

She said officers would and introduce manual control in the evening peak if needed.

When the slip road closure starts on July 25, the four-way traffic lights will be replaced by a three-way set.

The council says that will actually speed up the phases of the traffic lights, meaning more traffic will pass through the junction on each phase.

The council hoped that will reduce congestion further.

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3 Days Gorilla tour in Bwindi
Day 1: Transfer to Bwindi impenetrable national park

Day 2: Mountain Gorilla tracking and Nature walk in Bwindi national park
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Transportation and fuel in either 4X4 Safari Van or 4X4 Safari Land Cruiser all with Pop up roof & AC
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Virtually (im)possible to find the time?

Virtual service demands are rapidly on the increase, with the UK set to catch-up with the assortment of services already being provided in the USA.

Development in technology now allows opportunity to complete a wide range of tasks from a remote location, without the ties and costs of an office employee. Particularly for the start-up and sole traders this is a huge benefit as the savings associated with a Virtual Assistant compared to a full time employee could be vital to cash flow in the early stages. Using the services offered by a Virtual Assistant brings opportunity to access many different specialities and areas of expertise along with complete flexibility and peace of mind that you are only paying for the work provided.

Virtual assistants initially specialised in administration and PA duties, however the industry is constantly evolving and we can now see that professionals are offering their skills with more adaptability for both client and the VA. Social media co-ordination is one of the biggest growers here; with the need to keep a continuing presence in market it can be time consuming but is necessary for many businesses. Allowing a VA to spend just 1 hour per day keeping this maintained could be worth its weight in gold.

There are of course pitfalls and it should be clear with any VA hired what is expected from them. Be sure that the assistant can handle the required tasks and don’t be afraid to use multiple avenues if specialist services are required. A job description (no matter how basic in the early stages) is vital. It would defeat the object to hire your VA for 15 hours per month and then find work for them. It also wouldn’t necessarily make it cost effective. Commit a bit of time for training if required, this will save time in the long run if the VA is proficient in all of the systems used.

Virtual assistants are there to save the client time and to help in increasing profits by keeping costs down. Used wisely and efficiently this virtual tool can be fundamental to assist in the smooth running of any business.

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