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Year after year, Jessica Seders is blown away not only with the support the local community shows the YES House at its Dancing with the Gillette Stars event, but how hard the dancers work to perfect their moves.

The organization’s largest fundraising event brought in the most money it ever has last weekend. Seders said that through ticket sales, silent and live auctions and other private donations, Dancing with the Stars raised nearly $150,000 for the YES House Foundation.

“We’re all really, really happy and are always amazed by the community and their support,” Seders said. “We fill up every year and I really think it’s become the premier fundraising event that everyone looks forward to.”

The couples that danced were Nathan and Robbie McLeland with M&K Oil Co., Shaun and Alison Gee with Cloud Peak Energy and Curtis and Tracie Juby, who were sponsored by anonymous donors.

Each couple won a category in the contest. The McLelands won in the All Mighty Dollars category where attendees put money on the winner, the Gees won the People’s Choice Award with ballot votes from each attendee and the Jubys won Judge’s Choice.

This year’s event had a Fabulous 50s theme and was a tribute to the American Band Stand. Seders said that they also hired an Elvis impersonator who won a competition in Las Vegas who was the hit of the night.

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While often unpopular with locals, people who wish to cash in on their gardens get a lot of help from planning laws. According to Craig Noel of Strutt & Parker, it is becoming very difficult for planning authorities to resist applications to build houses in back gardens, thanks to one of the new planning guidelines, PPG3, which obliges houses to be built at higher densities in future.
A Perc Test (also known as “Perk Test”, and more formally known as a “Percolation Test“), is a soil evaluation that tests the rate at which water drains through the soil. If a property doesn't have easy access to the local sewer system, a perc test is required to determine whether a septic system (the alternative to a sewer) can be installed on the property.
I should have asked about the other improvements as a different, side question. The property, just under 2 hours from where we live, is close to a large lake, that I wouldn’t mind going to more often for fishing and boating. The thoughts were to, until the property is sold, provide a spot for our rv on long weekends, so having a access, water, electric, and even some type of a septic field would be ideal. A better question would be which of these improvements could we reasonably expect to recover when sold, keeping in mind the exact placement might not be where a new owner would want them.
If you find items during your review that may be problematic, you and your attorney should evaluate them carefully to find a solution, or see if you are able to get title insurance that provides specific coverage to protect you and ultimately your buyers. But never ignore a tricky restriction or convince yourself that it won’t be a problem. Beware, even the pros can get into trouble if they become too wedded to their grand plans. You may get away with bypassing restrictions for a while, but doing so can cost you down the road – especially when trying to sell or finance the property. We’ll describe more of these real-world risks in the second article.

A major issue that we see when people try to sell property to their friends is that theyll cut breaks for their friends. Perhaps their friend doesnt have the money, so theyll allow for later payment while transferring the property to their friend. Always ensure that you are engaging in a business deal that is within your best interests. If your friend does not have the money to buy the land, have a contract written up with payment details and guidelines. Never trust someone blindly - this is a business deal and should be treated as one despite your friendship.
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I am looking at a property in Spanish Fort, Alabama. The neighborhood development began prior to the 2008 crash and sat for years. A house has started being built on a lot in 2013. A crack formed in the foundation of the house, and a stop work was ordered by the city. At this point my thought was to buy the property, scrap the house (its still sitting in the beginning stages after 3 years) and start over. The property now has made a mess in the neighbors yard for a over two years. 1) can the run off problem be fixed (its a huge mess) 2) how can a person get copies of photos (topography) of the property before the development started by the builders? These copies would have been from around 2006. I heard seeing the natural lay of the land could be very important when deciding if this run off problem is fixable. Thanks you for any help you can offer. I am just fearful of purchasing a huge nightmare that can’t be fixed.
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Sam Burris, Nana Gongadze and Anna Vargas

Amazing Alumni, March 2016

(All photos by Lakiem Gibbs.)

YPT’s 2016 Giving Voice Award Gala on March 12 featured spectacular speeches by WJLA’s Jummy Olabanji and the guest of honor, Shakespeare Theatre Co. Artistic Director Michael Kahn -- but the stage may well have been stolen by three of YPT’s own playwrights, high school seniors Sam Burris, Nana Gongadze and Anna Vargas.

All three young artists have been involved with YPT since middle school, and have served on our Student Advisory Council for most of their high school careers. With graduation looming, they spoke beautifully about their next steps and the impact YPT has had on their lives.

Read on for highlights from the words of Sam (SB), Nana (NG) and Anna (AV)!

When did you first get involved with YPT?

AV: YPT’s [In-School Playwriting Program] came to my 8th grade theater class. I had heard about the workshop ... and I was feeling a mix of emotions. I was really excited to start writing, but I felt a little discouraged, because ... my friends [all] had fantastic ideas from the get-go.

NG: I first met YPT back in 8th grade - 5 years ago, when I was a part of the [In-School Playwriting Program] and subsequently the New Play Festival. Since then I’ve been a member of the Student Advisory Council.

SB: I’ve been working with YPT for four years now, ever since my play was selected to be in the New Play Festival all the way back in 2012. Since then I’ve worked with ... the YPT Workshop, the Kennedy Center in partnership with YPT and last but certainly not least the Student Advisory Council.

What was it like writing your play, and then seeing it produced/published?

AV: I created not only a new piece of writing that was totally 100% mine, but also I got to experience what it was like to forge something from the ground up, just for myself. It felt fantastic. When I was stopped on my way to science class one fateful day and was told I was a Finalist for the New Play Festival, it felt even more fantastic.

NG: This work has also benefitted me by bettering my skills as a writer and a leader - the various projects and events I have been a part of, in however small a way, have given me a chance to practice applicable, real life skills and grow my confidence as a speaker. I know that even when I graduate high school and move on to bigger things in life, I won’t soon forget everything YPT and these experiences have given me.

What impact has YPT had on your life?

NG: Having YPT in my life for the last few years has been such a comfort and an encouragement for me to grow as a writer, a leader and a creative thinker. ...It has been immensely rewarding for me to make a difference in arts education, especially ultra-locally in the city that I love. ...The kids I see coming out of these programs genuinely are changed students. I’ve seen so many kids say they’ve never written a play before, but that they want to do it again. I’ve seen kids grinning ear to ear when they see their work performed, kids who don’t have a lot of these kinds of opportunities in their lives.

SB: [YPT] understand[s] that young artists so often get [so] caught in their head that rather than being flung back into the real world, we just need a gentle reminder that it exists. They understand that to us, and in many ways to them, the worlds in our heads ... are as real as the one we can see and feel. And how can I express the importance of that understanding? It has been paramount to my development as a person and as an artist.

AV: There are certain people and things that run parallel to your life, never intersecting, and I’m beyond glad that YPT wasn’t one of those things. ...YPT became the signs guiding me up the scary mountain of my life, and now that I’m at the top, I can see myself below going in so many different directions.

What’s next for you?

NG: After graduating this summer, I will be attending American University right here in DC, to study communications, art history and creative writing. I don’t know right now exactly where I’ll end up in the future - but my dream is to be a writer for a living. I love to be creative and to make art of all kinds, and having a career where I can use these skills to inspire people would be the ultimate achievement.

SB: As of right now I’m scurrying across the east coast auditioning for acting and performing arts programs, and someday I ... hope to make it big.

AV: I’m going to go to college next year and although I don’t know where that’s going to be quite yet, I know I’m going to have an opportunity to explore all of my creative interests and create more “me” things.

What advice do you have for other young playwrights in YPT’s programs?

AV: It doesn’t matter where you start, you just need to start. Let YPT help you take your first steps and guide you on your way, but the journey is your own.

NG: Be confident in your ideas. It takes a lot of bravery ... to just commit to an idea enough to start putting it down on paper. Find validity in, and be enthusiastic about, what you think up. It is uniquely yours and it has so much worth, but the only way to get better at writing is to write, so create, create, create!

SB: Never be afraid to explore the farthest reaches of your mind, for there will always be a Young Playwrights’ Theater to understand.


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Current Funding

The Ministry of Youth Development (MYD) – Te Manatū Whakahiato Taiohi – spends around $8.253 million a year on a wide range of youth development and youth enterprise initiatives. We fund organisations that employ a youth development approach to support the wellbeing of young people (aged 12 to 24 years) in Aotearoa New Zealand so that they are able to succeed in, contribute to, and enjoy life.

In 2018, MYD reviewed its priorities for funding from 01 July 2019 onwards. We did this to ensure MYD is working to support the Government’s focus on wellbeing and to bring a strengths-based focus on equity to this work.

We know that some young people don’t have equal opportunities to fulfil their potential and actively participate in their communities. We want to level the playing field so that all young people are empowered to live the kinds of lives they value.

We will be bringing a particular focus to supporting rangatahi Māori, Pacific young people, Rainbow young people, young people with disabilities, young women, young people living in the regions, and young people from ethnic communities, in particular those from a refugee and migrant background.

Total MYD Funding 2019/2020

For the 2019/2020 financial year, MYD has:

  • existing commitments around $2 million in multi-year contracts expiring 30 June 2020
  • around $3 million to be administered for Youth Development programmes and services through an open tender process
  • around $600,000 to be administered for Youth Enterprise initiatives through an open tender process
  • around $1.5 million to be administered through the Partnership Fund Board
  • around $1 million reserved for direct funding of pilot projects, sector capability investments and to respond to new and emerging priorities.

Open Tender Contestable Funding 2019/2020

For the 2019/2020 financial year, MYD is implementing an open tender process for funding totalling approximately $3.6m in two funding streams; a Youth Development funding stream and a Youth Enterprise and Entrepreneurship funding stream.

Youth Development Funding Stream

The Youth Development funding stream supports the wellbeing of young people (12 to 24 years) via a youth development approach. This is funding for holistic programmes and services that emphasise identity, belonging, connectedness and the strengths of young people.

Applications are now closed.

There is approximately $3 million available in this stream in 2019/2020.

Applicants will know the outcome of the process by the end of April 2019, for contracts starting 01 July 2019.

Further information about the Youth Development funding stream is available in the MYD Funding Guide - Youth Development Funding Stream 2019/2020.

Youth Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Funding Stream

The Youth Enterprise and Entrepreneurship funding stream supports young people (12 to 24 years) to be better prepared for the future work environment through funding strengths-based enterprise education and skills development opportunities and investing in young people with business potential. These opportunities and investments will positively engage rangatahi in building skills and knowledge for life and learning, equip them to make successful transitions, and have meaningful options for making a living.

The funding will be distributed through two sub-streams, a ‘Programmes and Services’ stream and an ‘Opportunity for Young People’ stream.

The Programmes and Services funding stream is focussed on providing contributory funding to organisations to deliver enterprise activities to young people.

The Opportunity for Young People funding stream is specifically aimed at young people who have a new and/or innovative business or enterprise idea/project, to invest in them to help them progress on their enterprise journey.

Applications are now open for both sub-streams.

Applications close for both sub-streams: midday, 05 April 2019

There is approximately $600,000 available in this stream in 2019/2020.

Applicants will know the outcome of the process by the beginning of June 2019, for contracts starting 01 July 2019.

Applying for Funding

Applications must be submitted through the online SmartyGrants application process before the closing time. MYD will not accept applications via email or in a hard copy format.

MYD can only provide funding for the benefit of New Zealand resident young people aged 12 to 24 years.

Organisations applying for funding must be legally recognised New Zealand-based organisations. This could be a business, charity, school, or some other type of organisation. To be a legally recognised organisation it must be registered on one of the registers managed by the New Zealand Companies Office, or set up under separate legislation.

Social Sector Accreditation

To receive funding, organisations must have achieved, or be able to achieve, the required level of accreditation when assessed against the Social Sector Accreditation Standards. Additionally, if the proposed project has an adventure based learning, overnight stays, or youth emergency services component then the Outdoor Pursuits and Camp Programmes for Children and Young People Specialist Standard will also need to be met. MYD will confirm the level of accreditation required if an application is successful and provide details about how to gain accreditation. Please note that accreditation can sometimes be a lengthy process.

Successful applicants will not receive funding payments until an Outcome Agreement (OA) has been signed by both Parties and returned to MYD.

Applicants can receive an OA without their social sector accreditation being completed but they must submit the application for accreditation to within the agreed timeframe which is 30 days from the acceptance of a formal letter of offer.

Organisations that receive funding from MYD must ensure that their organisation is listed in the Ministry of Social Development’s Family Services Directory throughout the course of their Outcome Agreement with MYD and ensure that necessary information is updated when required. There is no cost involved in listing on this website.

Funding Exclusions

Each of the two funding streams has a number of funding exclusions. See the Funding Guide for the relevant stream for more information. The MYD Funding Guide - Youth Development Funding Stream 2019/2020 is available now. The MYD Funding Guide - Youth Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Funding Stream 2019/2020 will be available in February 2019.

Assessment Process

Any application submitted after the deadline will not be assessed.

All applications submitted by the deadline will undergo initial screening to ensure all eligibility criteria have been met; including their alignment with the principles of the fund detailed in the relevant Funding Guide.

Eligible applications will then be assessed by a panel of five which will include at least one young person, at least one person from the youth development sector (youth enterprise sector for the Youth Enterprise and Entrepreneurship funding stream panel) and at least one person from MYD. Additional panel members may be drawn from within the Ministry of Social Development (MSD), the Partnership Fund Board or the wider youth sector. All panel members will have an excellent understanding of youth development (youth enterprise for the Youth Enterprise and Entrepreneurship funding stream). Clear guidance will be provided to the panel including guidance on how applications can demonstrate meeting criteria, ethical decision-making and managing conflicts of interest.

The panel will score applications against the criteria published in the Funding Guide.

The results of the panel’s assessments will be summarised and taken to a funding decision meeting where the top-scoring applications will be reviewed. Specific consideration will also be given to:

  •  whether the programme targets a priority population
  •  the geographic location(s) of delivery
  •  the applicant’s history of delivering youth development programmes
  •  the budget provided with the application.

We aim to ensure that MYD funds a broad range of programmes across the whole country and that the funded programmes reflect the Minister for Youth’s priorities for access to youth development programmes.

MYD aims to have informed all applicants of the result of their application by the end of April 2019.


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Bastille Day Parade 2014

28 April 2014

The President of the French Republic has invited New Zealand to send four youth from New Zealand to join with youth from all countries involved in the First World War to march on the Champs-Elysées on the 14th of July as part of the traditional Bastille Day parade. This year France is using its national day to mark the upcoming centenary of the commencement of the First World War.

NZ Youth Delegates to Bastille Day Parade 2014

The youth from all countries involved in the First World War will join together and be part of scene in the parade, and also to march at the end of the parade.

  • The New Zealand Government will meet the cost of the airfares and insurance, and the French government will provide the accommodations and meals.
  • The programme will be intensive.

The programme for the period 6th-14th July will be managed by the French Government and will consist of -

  • Rehearsals for the parade, including a recce on the Champs-Elysées on Tuesday 8 July, and daily rehearsals from 5am to 7.30am, then from 12pm to 4pm at the Satory Military Camp on 9, 10, 11 and 12 July. Clothing and accessories (e.g. flags) for the parade itself will be provided by the French organisers.
  • A cultural and educational programme designed to help discover French cultural heritage and enable discussion on themes like peace, reconciliation, and international rapprochement.

We are seeking four youth to represent New Zealand, two females and two males. If you are interested, you will need to be-

  • aged between 18 to 24 years on 14th July 2014
  • a New Zealand citizen
  • currently resident in New Zealand
  • able to receive instructions in the French language

Applications for this opportunity have now closed.


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Tuesday, 5 July 2011

and from side to side

and from side to side by entschwindet und vergeht

Look What You Could Have Won!

It was scheduled to be raised for one of Robert Moses' most cherished projects, the Lower Manhattan Expressway. This road would have slashed clean across Manhattan Island, from the East River to the Hudson, and torn down or sealed off large parts of the South and West Village, Little Italy, Chinatown, and the Lower East Side. As plans for the expressway gathered momentum, many industrial tenants left the area, anticipating its destruction. But then, in the early and mid-1960s, a remarkable coalition of diverse and generally antagonistic groups - young and old, radical and reactionary, Jews, Italians, WASPS, Puerto Ricans and Chinese - fought fervidly for years and finally, to their amazement, won and wiped Moses' project off the map.

This epic triumph over Moloch left a sudden abundance of prime loft space available at unusually low rents, which turned out to be ideal for New York's rapidly growing artist population. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, thousands of artists moved in and, within a few years, turned this anonymous space into the world's leading centre for the production of art. This amazing transformation infused SoHo's dreary and crumbling streets with a unique vitality and intensity.

Much of the neighbourhood's aura arises from its interplay between its nineteenth-century-modern streets and buildings and the late-twentieth-century-modern art that is created and displayed inside them. Another way to see it might be as a dialectic of the neighbourhood's old and new modes of production: factories that produce cord and rope and cardboard boxes and small engine and machine parts, that collect and process old paper and rags and scrap, and modes of art that collect and compress and connect and recycle these materials in very special ways of their own.

SoHo has emerged as an arena for the liberation of women artists, who have burst on the scene with unprecedented numbers, talent and self-confidence, and fought to establish their identity in a neighbourhood that was fighting to establish its own. Their individual and collective presence is at the heart of SoHo's aura. Early one fall evening, I saw a lovely young woman in a glamourous red-wine-coloured suit, clearly returning from "Uptown" (a show? a grant? a job?) and climbing the long flights of stairs to her loft. In one arm she supported a big bag of groceries, with protruding French bread, while on the other, balanced delicately on her shoulder, was a great bundle of stretchers five feet long: a perfect expression, it seemed to me, of the modern sexuality and spirituality of our time. But just around the corner, alas, has lurked another archetypically modern figure, the real estate man, whose frantic speculations in the 1970s have made many fortunes in SoHo, and driven from their homes many artists who could not hope to afford the prices that their presence helped to create. Here, as in so many modern scenes, the ambiguities of development roll on.

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This story fills a square on my card for the [community profile] hc_bingo fest. This fest encourages the creation of boundary-pushing material that explores what happens when things go horribly wrong and people actually care about each other. I'm hoping to attract some new readers for my writing.

The following story belongs to Schrodinger's Heroes, featuring an apocryphal television show supported by an imaginary fandom. It's science fiction about quantum physics and saving the world from alternate dimensions. It features a very mixed cast in terms of ethnicity and sexual orientation. This project developed with input from multiple people, and it's open for everyone to play in. You can read more about the background, the characters, and a bunch of assorted content on the menu page.

Begin with Part 1, Part 2.  Skip ahead to Part 5, Part 6.  This is a crossover with BBC Sherlock. You can read how these characters found each other in "THE Woman," and the beginning of the morning after in "Texas Sunrise."  Additional inspiration came from a thread with [personal profile] siliconshaman[personal profile] jeshyr, and [personal profile] thnidu.

Fandoms: BBC Sherlock / Original: Schrodinger's Heroes
H/C: Panic attacks
Medium: Fiction
Summary/Preview: Sherlock, who does not deal well with bizarre surprises, has moved into a place where those are ubiquitous. Also he is hungover. Won't this be fun?
Content Notes: Spoilers for BBC Sherlock Season 2. Home cooking. Friendship. Tentacles. Happy ending.

"Seeing Things" Part 3

"Ah, John," Sherlock said, "please tell me you can see that ... thing ... as well?"

"What thing?" John said. He looked around and found Sherlock staring at the newcomer. "Oh, you mean Tim. Tim, meet Sherlock; Sherlock, this is Tim."

"John, you're introducing me to a tentacle monster,"  Sherlock said, his voice scaling up. He blinked, then blinked again, hard and much too fast. "I am  hallucinating after all."

The shortening of breath caught John's ear, too, as Sherlock started to hyperventilate. Bit not good, that. "You are not   hallucinating," John said firmly. "Tim is quite real; he just happens not to be human." He reached for Sherlock, hoping to refocus his attention.

It didn't work. "Look at me. I'm shaking," Sherlock said, and he was, a nervous tremble jittering against John's leg where they pressed together under the table. He stared at his own hands instead of Tim now. "Body's betraying me, again. Can't trust my body, can't trust my senses, can't even trust my brain --" A hiccup cut off his tirade. Sherlock put his face in his hands, rubbing his eyes.

Bloody hell, not again, John thought. Sherlock never had dealt well with truly bizarre things, the inexplicable, anything that went contrary to what he thought he knew. It had gotten worse after the Baskerville case, then even more so after Reichenbach. John had little idea what had happened to Sherlock during their separation, but he suspected that something else had reinforced the tendency toward panic attacks.

"Sherlock, take some deep breaths," John said. He caught Sherlock's hands in his own, trying to soothe the tremors. "You need to calm down."

"Perhaps I should withdraw," Tim said in his mellow voice.

"No, stay here, Tim. You can help." That was Quinn, moving through the room with confident grace. He settled on the other side of Sherlock.

"God, my brain must be rotting in my skull,"  Sherlock said. "Without it I'm useless --"

"Your brain is fine. Use it to work the problem," Quinn said in a calm, firm tone. "Sherlock, focus on the shadows and the light."

"What?" Sherlock said. He looked up, blinking owlishly.

Well, at least Quinn had gotten Sherlock's attention. John wondered what he was about with that angle of approach.

"Look at the shadows cast by Tim. Compare them to ours," Quinn instructed. Sherlock flicked his gaze back to Tim. "Look at the way light shines over Tim, and compare that with how it shines on the table. Now check the overhead light and the sunbeam coming in the window."

Again Sherlock followed suit. Something seemed to get through to him, as he began to settle down. He gazed around the room, more intently now, searching for clues.

* * *

Some of Sherlock's panic dialogue is borrowed from "The Hounds of Baskerville."  It sounded like part of Sherlock's headtape that he would play over and over in certain types of situation, trying to push himself back to the behavior he expects of himself.

[To be continued in Part 4 ...]

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Date: 2012-11-15 09:06 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] siliconshaman
Sherlock was having a kernel panic?! I.e an unexpected out-of-parameter error caused his processor to 'thrash' as it tried to fit the input [Tim] into his mental model of the world.

Figures, in a way it says more of him, most people would just subconsciously reject perceived erroneous data and thus not panic. I like the way Quinn calms him down though, focus on the details and supporting evidence that yes, indeed, it's a tentacle monster and he's real. Speaking as a psychologist, that actually works.

Re: Thoughts

Date: 2012-11-15 10:16 am (UTC)
siliconshaman: black cat against the moon (Default)
From: [personal profile] siliconshaman
Well, it's a technique that's more useful with people on the further end of the autistic spectrum, for what should be obvious reasons. But I can see how it would be helpful for those times when the walls appear to be melting and funny purple mice are running everywhere, so to speak.

And yeah, Sherlock observes and analyses everything, and about 90% of it gets classified as irrelevant. So anything that gets stuck in the logic filters is going to just choke him mentally, and he'll flail. Hmm.. not so much high functioning sociopath, as he called himself, as aspergers bordering on high-functioning autistic savant. Or you know, both, I suppose.

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Date: 2012-11-16 01:38 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] technoshaman
I like the kernel panic analogy... to extend it... his visual hash function returned something out of range... Sherlock doesn't have a bucket for Tim.

Waiting with 'bated breath for Part 4... I *really* want to see where Quinn is going...OH.

*big smile* I did ask for that, didn't I? Thank you [personal profile] ysabetwordsmith, in advance....

I have to admit, intellectually, this is a little weird for me. I'm not usually a designer; I'm usually a put-the-pieces-together kind of guy... but there's a deeper part of me that's very comfortable and satisfied.... it's a lot of fun to see my little tidbits being scooped up and run with, even farther than I expected... :)

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*hugs* Thank you. It's fun seeing what you do with the various scraps of things... it's sort of quilting, and sort of spinning/knitting, what you do when you talk story...

And, yeah, that's what I was getting at; Tim is so far outside any human's experience that he has to go in the "other" bucket, but poor Sherlock doesn't have one; either he drops it on the floor as irrelevant, or his internal TILT switch goes off and someone has to reset him.

I suspect John will be taking careful mental notes...

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Review: Turn It Up by Inez Kelley

Contemporary Romance
August 1 2011
234 pages
Carina Press
Received from NetGalley

Yummy Man – Bastian Talbot
Kick Ass Chick – Charlie Pierce

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Dr. Bastian Talbot and self-proclaimed sex goddess Charlie Pierce heat up the air waves with their flirty banter as radio hosts Dr. Hot and the Honeypot. Off the air, they’re best friends…but Bastian wants to be so much more. He wants Charlie—in bed, and forever.

Problem is, Charlie doesn’t do commitment. Sure, she’s had X-rated fantasies of Bastian, but he was always just a friend—until he impulsively proposes and unleashes the lust they’ve been denying for years. Charlie’s willing to explore where their wild chemistry leads, but she won’t marry him. And he won’t have sex with her until she accepts his proposal, despite her seductive schemes.

What are Dr. Hot and the Honeypot to do? Ask their listeners for advice on how to tame a sex kitten and turn a perfect gentleman into a shameless lover. The Race to Wed or Bed is on…who will turn up on top?

SO CUTE!  Turn It Up by Inez Kelley was so cute, if you enjoy reading contemporary romance books, you have to check this one out.  No, scratch that.  If you enjoy reading hot contemporary romance books, you have to check this one out

Turn it Up is about two best friends.  He, Bastian, realises that he was in love with his best friend over a year ago and is sick and tired of trying to keep it a secret from her.  She, Charlie, is clueless about his feelings and sort of freaks out when she hears how he loves her.  But she is willing to admit that she wants him.  He tells her he won’t sleep with her until she says yes to marrying him.  She claims she can get him into bed before she says yes.  So the game is on – and it is so fun to witness!  What adds to the fun is that these two host a sex-talk radio show together and they have made their little competition live!  That is where “Bed or Wed” comes from.

I truly enjoyed Bastian.  I found him to be romantic and smart and overall just a great character to read.  And funny.  He’s dealing with some pretty heavy personal issues, but he’s done mourning what was lost and he’s looking forward to moving on.  And he really wants that to happen with Charlie.  You can really tell how much Bastian loves Charlie and how much he is willing to cherish her for the rest of his life.  So sweet.

Charlie was also wonderful.  She is gorgeous and smart and witty, but thanks to an unstable childhood, she struggles with feelings of being unworthy of anything stable.  She strongly believes that all men only ever want her for her body – and she believes that’s all she can offer them.  When Bastian admits to loving her, she’s confused and quite hurt.  She immediately lumps him in the same box as all the other men she’s known and starts mourning the loss of her best friend.  It is really hard for her to see that Bastian is more than that, and the struggle she goes through I think is one that many go through.  That feeling of “am I really worthy of real love?” and the question “does it really exist?”

I just loved the scenes where we were tagging along with Bastian (Dr. Hot) and Charlie (Honeypot) while they were recording their radio show.  Their banter was so funny and smooth, you felt as though you were actually listening.  And I think theirs is a show I would actually want to listen to!  The dialogue in these scenes was perfect.

One of the best things about this book was that there was no strange and sudden plot twist thrown in near the end just for the hell of it.  I am finding lately that more and more contemporary romance authors do that.  Why? I dunno.  It just frustrates me as a reader.  Often, I just want to witness two people fall in love without having to deal with an unplanned pregnancy or a long lost mother coming out of the woodwork saying how the couple can never be because they are actually second cousins thrice removed.  *shiver* This book was great in how there was slight conflict, but nothing too damaging.  Most of the conflict came from Charlie and her inability to accept that someone may just want her for her.  Was it a bit much sometimes?  Yes it was.  Did it totally hurt the story or the character for me?  Absolutely not.  Charlie’s an endearing character, even if she was a little crazy sometimes.

If you like a strong yet adorable story with dialogue that will make you laugh out loud, this is definitely a book for you.  Mostly though, this book is about the characters and how they go from being just friends to being a perfect match.    They are strong, lovable and impeccably written.  But what else should I have expected?  When it comes to wonderful contemporary romance stories with compelling and outright lovable characters, you can’t get much better than Inez.  Fans will not want to miss this one.

5 stars

Giggle worthy quotes

“’I hate it when you make sense.’

‘I know.  Totally blows my image as the messed-up asshole, doesn’t it?’”

“’Are you coming?’  Firmer than before, Jennifer’s voice snapped through the opened doorway.

‘Not if you keep interrupting!’  Bastian shot back before dropping his head onto the pillow.  ‘Sorry Jen.  Getting up.’

The nurse sniggered.  ‘I can see that.  Let go of her ass and move yours, Dr. T.’”

  1. Hehe…great review Julie! I love the quotes that you chose! smiles…

  2. Christi – The second quote had me laughing for quite a while. *g*

  3. Great review Julie. The only think I’ve read by Inez Kelley was the novella I received in a giveaway but I know that I really have to check out more of her work! She is an awesome contemporary author and always has some sexy love scenes. 😀 I’m glad you enjoyed this book and I will have to look into it when I can check out more of her work. 😀

  4. I have never read anything by Inez Kelley *hides in shame* but after your wonderful review I think this book would be perfect as my first read by her, adding it to my always growing TBR 😉

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Your configuration includes a default Services document form that you created in section Document form of lesson 4 using the form wizard (fig. 28.7).

Fig. 28.7. Services document form in the form editor

You can see that the document attributes and its tabular section are displayed in the order that matches the order of form attributes. This provides easy access to all of the document fields but the form lacks usability.

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  • Adding a form control linked to a specific attribute
  • Grouping form controls
  • Specifying group settings and making a group collapsible
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  • Displaying a tabular section column total

Let us begin the form development.

  1. Open the configuration object editor for the Services document.
  2. On the Forms tab, click Add  (fig. 28.8).

    Fig. 28.8. Creating a document form
  3. In the document form wizard, click Generic form.
  4. In the Name field, enter FormForEditing (fig. 28.9).

    Fig. 28.9. Creating a generic document form
  5. Click Finish.

    This opens the form editor. You can see that the only controls available in the form are the command bar and the standard More menu. Since it is a generic form, you have to fill it with custom controls and custom data.
  6. On the Attributes tab, create an attribute named DocumentObject with DocumentObject.Service type and then, in the attribute properties, select the Main attribute check box (fig. 28.10).

    Fig. 28.10. Form editor window

    Once you specify the main form attribute, buttons for standard document operations (Post and close, Save, and Post) are added to the form preview.

    Also, the data of the DocumentObject.Services object becomes available for editing. You have to link this data to appropriate form controls. The simplest way to link is dragging the attributes to the form controls pane, which automatically writes the links to the DataPath properties of the form controls.
  7. In the Attributes pane, expand the DocumentObject item and drag the following attributes, exactly in this order, to the form controls pane: Number, Date, Warehouse, Customer, and Technician.

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    Fig. 28.11. Form editor window

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    First, let us group the standard Date and Number document attributes, highlight them with background color, and display them in a single row.
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    This group type suits our needs best because it is not highlighted (you will add custom highlighting later) and it does not have a title (fig. 28.12).

    Fig. 28.12. Adding a group to a form
  9. In the group property palette, in the Group list, select Horizontal, clear the EnableContentChange check box, and specify a background color (fig. 28.13).

    Fig. 28.13. Group property palette
  10. Drag the Number and Date fields to the group and move the group to the upper part of the form (just below the command bar).

    You can see the result of the changes in the preview pane at the bottom (fig. 28.14).

    Fig. 28.14. Form editor window

    The highlighted group catches the eye and both fields are located in the same row. By clearing the EnableContentChange check box you disabled the group customization in 1C:Enterprise mode. And the form looks more compact because two fields occupy a single row.

    Let us add detailed customer info to the form, such as address, phone number, or email. This block should be optional and collapsible. To make the form more compact, it should be collapsed by default.

    Adding attributes of a reference attribute to a form is very simple. The type of the Customer document attribute is a reference to the Customers catalog. So you can simply expand the Customer attribute and drag the attributes of the Customers catalog to the form.
  11. Drag the Address catalog attribute to the form controls window.

    Note that its data path is an expression that includes a dot: DocumentObject.Customer.Address.
  12. Move the Warehouse field to the bottom (fig. 28.15).

    Fig. 28.15. Form editor window

    Let us create another group for viewing the address and other customer info and make it collapsible.
  13. In the form controls pane, click Add , select Group - Regular group, and click OK.
  14. In the group property palette, in the Title field, enter Hide customer info.
  15. In the Behavior list, select Collapsible.
  16. In the CollapsedRepresentationTitle field, enter View customer info.
  17. In the Representation list, select None.
  18. Select the Collapsed check box (fig. 28.16).

    Fig. 28.16. Group property palette
  19. Drag the CustomerAddress field to the group and move the group to the position below the Customer field.

    You can see the result of the changes in the preview pane (fig. 28.17). Note that the preview displays an expanded group with the "Hide customer info" title, but when you open the form in 1C:Enterprise mode, the group will be collapsed and will have the "Show customer info" title.

    Fig. 28.17. Form editor window

    In general, to make a group collapsible, you have to set its Behavior property to Collapsible and specify the expanded group title and/or the collapsed group title. You can specify a picture instead of title text if the ControlRepresentation property is set to Picture (its default value is Hyperlink link).

    So you have added the option to expand or collapse customer info by clicking the group title in 1C:Enteprise mode.

    Then let us group the Warehouse field with the command that opens the Materials report filtered by warehouse. You created this command in the "Using parameterized commands" section of the previous lesson.
  20. In the form controls pane, click Add , select Group - Regular group (no visual presentation), and click OK.
  21. In the group property palette, in the Group list, select Horizontal.
  22. Drag the Warehouse field and the BalanceByWarehouse global parameterized command to the group and move the group to the position below the Technician field.

    You can see the result of the changes in the preview pane (fig. 28.18).

    Fig. 28.18. Form editor window

    The form is not yet finished but it is a good time to test it in 1C:Enterprise mode. To be able to test it, let us set the custom form as the default Services document form.
  23. In the Services configuration object editor, on the Forms tab, in the Document form field, click the selection button and select FormForEditing (fig. 28.19).

    Fig. 28.19. Specifying default document form
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Ric Salmon, ATC Management (UK)
Marsha Vlasic, Artist Group International (US)

The 360-degree deal where one company provides everything an artist needs to succeed was the subject of this panel, with representatives from across the industry debating whether an all-encompassing deal was appropriate for today’s music business, and looking at why it hasn’t worked in the past.

A traditional, major-label record contract is becoming less relevant as artists increasingly turn towards DIY solutions and new music companies like BMG and Kobalt, that provide transparency and services-style deals, said Ric Salmon of ATC Management. Jeremy Lascelles agreed, adding: “Very soon, an artist will come from nowhere and become a global superstar without any involvement with a traditional record deal.” Lascelles imagined an artist career being funded by one investor that shared various revenue streams fairly and under a deal where rights to the music eventually reverted back to the creators—a modern day version of the 360-degree deal.

Salmon responded: “The challenge that all of us face in the music industry is that we have to make sure that the ecosystem between the artist and fan is as simple as possible. Historically, there have been far too many mouths to feed in that ecosystem. For all of us, the closer the artist and fan relationship, the simpler and purer that ecosystem is, and the better for all involved.”

It’s management companies that are the closest to providing artists with all the services they need under one roof, and the amount of data available has made that possible, Salmon said. However, with the standard management deal being 20% of earnings, margins are tight during the development period. He added: “I would like us to be in a position where we can fund things, either with other partners or with an outside investor.”

"For all of us, the closer the artist and fan relationship, the simpler and purer that ecosystem is, and the better for all involved”

As a lawyer, Chloe Forsyth said that she has no problem doing a deal whereby two rights, like publishing and recording, “may go to the same person, as long as the deal in relation to them is fair, and the people you’re giving those rights to know what to do with them.” She added: “The problem with 360 deals [in the past, is that] rights were taken by people who weren’t the right people to manage them.”

In response to an audience member who questioned whether there’s a future in revenue from recorded music, with the new business being in live, branding and social media, BMG’s Korda Marshall asserted that, thanks to streaming, there is still money to be made from music alone.

“I get paid $5,000 for every million streams, and I pay my artist 75% or 50% of that," he said. "If I get 10m streams it’s $50k, and for 100m streams $500k. Alt J have 1.7 billion streams, so that’s a lot of money. And when the [amount of people using streaming subscription services] become 500m or 750m, there is a huge amount [of] money [that’s still to come].”


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‘The Big Cat’, Catalan DJ/producer better known internationally as COYU is the priest of the Suara house and techno temple which is without a doubt one of the most prominent imprints in the worldwide electronic music scene, reached #1 on both Beatport and Resident Advisor.

Following a flurry of great remixes for the likes of Fatboy Slim (Skint), Joseph Capriati (Drumcode), Pete Tong & John Monkman (Suara), MOBY & Skylar Grey (Little Idiot) just to name a few, he is steadily signing no less groovy original tracks such as “The Cat” (Hot Creations), “Apparition” (Noir), “Profound Pleasure” (Defected) or the already classics “Balls” and “Y.E.A.H.”, both released on his beloved Suara. From his very great ‘hit’ “El Baile Alemán” (Liebe Detail, 2009) Coyu has released also on many other labels such as Get Physical, Bedrock, Cocoon, 100% Pure, Systematic, etc.

The worldwide clubbing music scene has surrendered to Coyu’s performances. He recruited fans from every corner of the globe, playing at venues and festivals such as Sónar, Piknic Electronik, Supersonic (India), Ultra Music Festival, Boiler Room, Ministry Of Sound, ETC.

And of course, Ibiza! After a remarked residency in Pacha (Insane), during the last two years he has presented a successful Suara weekly residency at Booom (2014) and Sankeys (2015).

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This necklace was made a few years ago when I was working on projects for a book. I had to make 30 or so projects for the book and because of the age of my children I worked at night. Some nights would be terrifically successful. I’d start on a project and take step-by-step photos of it as I went along. I’d finish the project in a few hours and then write it up. Materials, tools, step 1, 2,3 etc. It would be clockwork smooth.

Other nights, not so much. I’d start a project, then start another. I’d check my email. I’d watch half a movie. I’d find the perfect CD to listen to. I’d make tea. I’d adjust my lighting. I’d bead for a bit. I’d go back to the first project. Then I’d make something for myself. Something that I totally didn’t need, maybe didn’t even want and certainly wasn’t going to use for the book.

As far as I know, I have never worn this necklace until today.

It was a lovely bit of procrastination, though. Assorted labradorite and smokey quartz. Copper wire and sterling wire. Copper bead caps. A bit of brass in the jump rings and some chain in the back.


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What Mental Toughness in sports, work and life have in common with Self Defence

Quote: "Proper preparation prevents piss poor performance." - Military Adage

Mental toughness is a term used to describe the determination that is required to achieve goals and overcome obstacles in difficult circumstances.   Whether it is a sport such as rugby league, work in a high pressure corporate environment, or wanting improve your financial situation, determination coupled with a plan will help you achieve your goal.

You may ask, “What does mental toughness in sport, work and improving your financial situation have to do with self-defence?”  When it comes to self-defence, most of us do not like physical confrontations nor like being physically harmed.  We are told not to fight back and to give the attacker what they want.  That is very noble, but there are times when you have to fight back and having the mental toughness to fight back is a very important aspect of self-defence.

When it comes to mental toughness in self-defence, it means being focused and being able to absorb physical punishment under attack and then successfully defending yourself by taking your attacker out.  In other the words, the ability to keep calm, put together a plan, remain focused under pressure and achieve your goal is what sport, work and improving your financial situation has with self-defence.

Examples of Mental Toughness

Rugby League
For those of you that are not familiar with the sport, rugby league, it is a physically demanding full contact sport where the person holding the football is often tackled full contact by more than opposing player.  The person being tackled will be in physical pain, but mentally they will be thinking I have to maintain possession of the football, hold my ground, maintain my discipline for the team and not give away a penalty and grind the opposition into the dirt.

High Pressure Work Deadline

You are in a high level position at work and you have to complete a high level deal by a certain date.  The most important thing is to communicate this with your immediate family, so that they know what is going on and can support you.

Things are not going to plan, you look at the big picture, write down a list and do the most important tasks first, break down the work into smaller tasks, delegate roles to people.   When you achieve that goal, everybody wins and you are seen as an important problem solver for your organisation that will lead to more challenging problems to solve and a significant pay rise.  Your organisation will see you a valuable asset.

Coming from a Disadvantaged Background

You come from the wrong side of the tracks, your family is poor and you have health problems.   You’re seen as a no hoper whose destiny is already spelt out for you.  But there is a deep burning desire inside you that knows life can be better.

Using your own initiative you find a ways to become successful by educating yourself, finding people that will teach you what you need to know and putting this knowledge into action to acquire experience.  Several years pass by and eventually you become successful.

How does this relate to Self Defence?

When you find yourself in a self-defence situation there is both a physical and mental element involved.  If you are not mentally tough, then you cannot carry out the physical skills to defend yourself.  Listed below are a few exercises that are used to enhance mental toughness.

  • Combat milling: Where two people exchange strikes to the head area the person receiving the strikes uses a cover guard to absorb and deflect blows to the head. This makes you less shy when strikes are delivered to the head area.
  • Coming back from the Dead: Where the person receiving strikes to the head area uses a cover guard is not allowed to strike the attacker and has to be able to place a restraining hold on the attacker.
  • Combining controlling your breathing, performing your techniques deliberately with controlled aggression, staying focused, being aware of your surroundings and utilising the skills you have been taught.
  • Performing your skills blind folded to enhance your other senses and focus.
  • Performing combat milling and various other techniques in a chaotic atmosphere.

Progressing your training to become mentally tough

With combat milling and coming back from the dead, start by learning the techniques, once you are familiar with the techniques, use light contact and moderate speed.  As you get used to performing the correct skills, slowly increase the contact, speed and intensity.  When the intensity builds up, ensure that you maintain a proper stance, being aware of your surroundings and using correct technique.  Before you know it you will feel an improvement in your ability to physical skills and mental toughness that will allow you to prevail in a violent situation.

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1. MK
    March 15, 2017 @ 3:41 am

    I liked your article…even though I was a Car Guy and even sold cars online:) You are spot on about test drives btw. I sold online inventory as a last resort but, some people just wanted something online and I would order for them.

    I would tell people “you wouldn’t buy a pair of pants without trying it on right?”

    Same goes for web builders. It’s nice to test things out. I hadn’t heard of Site Rubix before I tested it. It’s good to go. Honestly if I wasn’t able to test it I probably wouldn’t have checked it out.

    Thanks for sharing!

    P.s. I hope people who are looking for Their own piece of virtual real estate find your website to help them out.

    • Moon
      March 15, 2017 @ 6:09 am

      Hi MK,

      Wow you must really be giving out good offers on your site or your visitors just trust you enough for you to order for them! Nowadays there are lots of so called freebies online but are they really free or are they just hustling? It’s always good to test out first and see how it works for you. Thanks for your good wishes and here’s wishing you success too!

  2. James
    March 14, 2017 @ 4:53 am

    That’s a really good point! So often we tend to take things online for granted. As if just because someone says it’s a good deal, we automatically think it is.

    I would buy a car without taking it for a test drive, so why would I ever pay for something like a website without doing the same.

    I mean, a website is kind of like real-estate, and I wouldn’t buy a piece of property without taking a look and seeing how it was laid out.

    Thanks for this recommendation, I’m going to check it out!

    • Moon
      March 14, 2017 @ 5:59 am

      Never make a decision merely based on someone else’s recommendation, it’s always good to have a firsthand experience for yourself! When you own a website, you are owning virtual real estate and real properties on top (your posts).

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Here’s the plan

This is my first original post on this blog.

Not my 1st cover

I usually feed it with material from the blogs for my individual books, but this is special. I’m in the process of undergoing something of a transformation (I know, it’s an exciting word) and my books are going with me.

Last spring I gave all six of them a quick edit, with the expectation of moving on to a new series this fall. I was excited to get started on this new project, but I wanted to leave them in the best shape I could.

Then my plan got disintegrated. Burst into flames. Died a violent death. It happens to plans sometimes.

A successful self-published author got assigned to mentor me at a SFWA convention and he made a few suggestions. Rename your books and get new covers. (I can do that?) Learn about writing ads and read about successful advertising. (I can learn that?) You’ve created a product. Why not sell it?

This is my 1st cover

These ideas may not seem like a news flash to many writers, but they were to me. I’d written six books to express myself and to get these stories out of my head. Sure, I wanted to sell books but that was secondary to creating the thing I wanted to create, in the way I wanted to create it. I cared about sharing my stories with those I knew, and then finding like-minded souls who’d enjoy what I had done. I never considered anything other than self-publishing. It was all one big arts and crafts project for me, and I enjoyed the heck out of it.

But he had a point. My sales were down to nearly nothing, so why not put on a new hat? I just didn’t expect to enjoy wearing this other hat so much.

The books have been renamed. Great fun. I love the new names. The first cover is finalized and I can’t stop looking at it. The second one is in progress and I’m betting I’ll be every bit as enamored when it is done.

Not my 2nd cover

The first three books have received a hearty edit with an eye towards moving the story along, keeping words simple and phrases short, and keeping controversy out of the story. I let myself have another go at the first book, and it seems I can’t stop cutting. Zap, another 6000 words just went in the trash. It is no longer the art creation I loved, but it is something else I am proud of and something I am sure more readers will enjoy.

I’ve set an ambitious schedule for the next six months. I’ll be releasing One of One in mid-January and then another book the middle of every month until June. Each version will be as every bit as marketable as I am able to make it, and will receive strategic advertising designed to pull in readers. Will it work? I’ve no idea. I hope so.

Then I intend to start that next great project in the fall of 2019. At least, that’s the plan.

There is a famous Yiddish proverb that says we plan and God laughs. True, huh? Who knows what I’ll be doing in the fall of 2019. None-the-less, it’s good to have a plan.

Day 16. What Rules? What Road?

I spend about half an hour trying to find the henna tattoos, located at 4:00 in center camp. Hot and cranky, I finally give up.  This has certainly turned into a shitty day.

Then I stumble upon friends and next thing I know I’m on an art car with some sort of south seas theme. It takes us to a memorabilia-filled tiki bar tucked into a bus and I’m drinking rum drinks and talking to a psychiatrist about phobias when I meet an older burner at the bar who’s been doing this since the early 90’s and he kisses my hand and suddenly I feel so welcome here.

Read more, see more photos and enjoy the song of the day at Day 16. What Rules? What Road?

Day 1. The Journey of 6000 miles

So if the journey of 1000 miles begins with a single step, does the journey of 6000 miles begin with 6 steps? Just wondering ….

This morning I left for a 28 day trip, the longest I’ve attempted in decades. The first 12 days will involve me driving over 3000 miles by myself, in a car loaded down with a bicycle, tent, air mattress, camping and cooking supplies, food, and all the clothing and necessities of life for four weeks. Oh, and lots of music stored on four different devices with three different ways to play it. I may be foolish, but I’m not stupid….

Day 1During these first 12 days I’ll be staying with 7 different Airbnb hosts, and if tonight’s lodging gives any clue, it’s that this will be interesting. I’ll also be retracing significant places from my past , something it is time for me to do.

Read more at Day 1. The Journey of 6000 miles.

Review: Little Computer People

Galen Surlak-Ramsey has written a book that is great fun to read, and certain to delight those with an understanding of computers. The overall tone of the book is fun, funny and self-deprecating. The narrator/main character has a shrewd self-awareness that keeps him from becoming obnoxious, even when he does outrageous things like compare himself to God.

Read my full review at Little Computer People

Pay Attention

Not sure why I keep getting hit with heart attack ads but it is a little creepy

The idea of time and attention as a new form of currency rings true. Note the way online ads compete for your attention. The whole thing with Face Book has made us all painfully aware that we are the product being sold by companies on the cutting edge of technology. Just today, I had to click my consent to new terms for Yahoo. Basically the terms said I understand they will use all content I provide in any way they please.

Why do they want this data? It is not that I am inherently interesting to Yahoo, Google or Apple. They want to use the data to place specific content where I see it. They want to sell my attention to their advertisers.  My attention is worth money, it turns out, if I have demonstrated an interest in the advertiser’s product.
Read more at Pay Attention.

Ah, the stock market …

Or, this positive exuberance could be no more than the enthusiasm of a classroom full of misbehaved children who have just figured out that their substitute teacher is an idiot. Oh boy. Are we going to have fun today.

Or maybe it’s a combination of all three. What do you think?

Read more at Ah, the stock market …

Why would anyone call a collection of books 46. Ascending?

I can tell you that I wrote these books filled with a sense of energy and purpose unlike anything I have ever experienced in my life. Many days, writing wasn’t just what I wanted to do, it was all I wanted to do. It was an addiction, an obsession, and a nepenthe against all the world’s ills. I let it consume me, and I enjoyed the ride.

Read more at Why would anyone call a collection of books 46. Ascending?

Come on humans, we can do this!

It might have to do with my life long addiction to science fiction. I’m scared of nuclear annihilation and being replaced by cockroaches. Or by human-eating alien plants. Have you ever seen “Little Shop of Horrors?” If you’re prone to paranoia about what is going to replace you, I do not recommend it.

Me, I’m afraid of having the human race replaced by antibiotic-resistant bacteria. And have you seen the latest “Planet of the Apes” movie? No matter how bad the script is, you can still worry about being replaced by sentient animals. Then of course, there are always zombies and vampires, and don’t even get me started on artificial intelligence. Am I only one in the world who took the Terminator movies seriously? Or Ex Machina?

Read more at Replacing me with …

(Read more about my trip to Kenya at Smiling my way across Kenya, Still a Sunrise?Like Eating Crab and  Happy Peace Day, Chinese Person in Tent Number 59)

Cease worrying when you can, and write about what you know.

What I am is a worrier, among other things, and I know in my heart that it is tied to my story-telling abilities. If you want a mind that makes up exciting scenarios from everyday events, well then, you get a mind that sees exploding cars, intricate scams and paranoid plots around every corner.

Read more at Cease worrying when you can and write about what you know.

(Images shown are from the various victory images used at the World of Solitaire# website. They add an extra bit of fun to the game.)

(For a companion piece to this post, see Worry about those you love and write about what you know.)

Did we just witness the dawn of …. ?

I suspect that you and I have have lived through times that changed the world in large ways, but it takes years to see the effects, especially in an age with cable news shouting about the significance of everything every minute of every day. But someone like my character Ariel would know right away, finding herself overcome with dizziness as the probabilities shifted heavily one way or another.

Read the entire post at Did we just witness the dawn of America’s four party system?

Solitaire and Nuclear War

10371641_sI’m thinking about how wars start and how peace is made, how markets crash or don’t, how criminal activity succeeds or is uncovered, and how alliances are forged or broken. How many if-that-little-thing-hadn’t-happened components are there to any major world event? I’m thinking there are a lot of them, most of which we never know.

Read more at Solitaire and Nuclear War.

Should I hope for calm or cheer on the storm?

crystal-ballI wrote a book about prescience, the ability to see into the future and understand the true likelihood that an event will or won’t occur. Constructing the plot of d4 forced me to spend quite a bit of time considering how such an ability could work.  What’s more, several of my characters were attempting to use their prescient skills to make money in the stock market, so I ended up learning quite a bit more about Mr. Dow Jones and all his friends, too.

Read more at Should I hope for calm or cheer on the storm?

The Trouble with Telepathy

magicYes, it may not be the classic telepathy of fiction, but we are talking about direct brain to brain communication here, aided by modern technology. The article goes on to address possible real life uses including already successful work on adapting a brain-to-machine interface to help paralyzed patients walk by using their brain signals to control prosthetic devices. This is cool, and it is really happening.

Read this update on achieving telepathy through technology at The trouble with telepathy.

That’s Why You Make the Trip

img_3402Cinnamon on oranges and cumin on boiled eggs. The inside of a walled city so confusing that it has spawned an entire cottage industry devoted to directing lost tourists. Surfer towns painted in hippie colors and seaside resorts caught in a 50’s time warp as they offer hospitality to a smattering of elderly Europeans.

None of this is what I expected when I came to Morocco.

This is a blog about predicting the future, and over the past few days I’ve been thinking a lot about the unexpected.

Read the entire post on my d4 blog at That’s Why You Make the Trip.

Is it over yet?

On October 25 I wrote a post about the upcoming election on my d4 blog. I said

Yes, many of us aren’t going to be completely happy about everything. That doesn’t mean we should not weigh in on the real choices before us. And yes, roughly half of us are going to have to work hard to understand what in the world the other half was thinking. I remain hopeful that everyone, myself included, is capable of making that important effort and moving forward.

stressedLooking back, I know that when I wrote those words I was confident the election was going to turn out differently. It didn’t. Now I’m having to give a lot of thought to what one should accept and what one should fight. Two competing things I’ve read recently stick in my mind.

Not all Trump voters are racist, but they were willing to vote for a racist. Not all Trump voters are sexist, but they were willing to vote for a sexist. ByTamara Draut /

“Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind.” Henry James

Perhaps you, like me, are trying to figure out where these two ideas intersect. If you’d like more food for thought, please check out the my entire Oct. 25 post at Is it over yet?  You’ll also find a link to a fun video of one of my favorite songs ever (“The Dog Days are Over” by Florence and the Machine) and learn a little about how the election stressed out the entire nation (and maybe still is.)

And That’s Why They Play the Game

riverWe’ve been on the road nearly two weeks now and in a macro sense the vacation has gone as planned.  You know, we’ve shown up where we were supposed to be, when we were supposed to be there. No glitches. But that’s sort of like the Red Sox showing up to play their games, isn’t it? Yes, being there is essential, but it is the other stuff that makes it interesting.

Read the entire on my d4 blog at And That’s Why They Play the Game.

The future is coming?

flying carYou find the future in the oddest places. I mean if you are like me and have been reading science fiction for decades, you probably go along feeling like nothing has really changed all that much compared to the future you read about. Yes, yes, our cell phones can do all kinds of cool things but where are the Jetson cars and colonies on the moon and cute talking robots and all those other things that the future was supposed to bring?

And then, blat, along comes a piece of that science fiction that has turned real, and you find out about it in a place you least expected it.

Read the entire post on by blog about the future at Kill free meat: the future is coming?

Prepare for the worst?

evolver 1But another voice in my head speaks up, and it is less anxious to please.

“You don’t just worry,” it says. “You prepare. You plan ahead. Those fantasy scenes you love to invent allow you to try on various scenarios and practice problem solving before it is crucial to your survival.”

“You mean I’m not a day dreamer and chronic worrier?”

“You probably are that too,” my monkey mind concedes.

Read about the entire battle on my d4 blog at Prepare for the worst?

Sneaky Weather Forecasters

end-is-nearThe morning went well and I was pretty proud of myself for not being intimidated, but by noon it began to change.  I charged ahead even though it was in the mid thirties and raining. By mid afternoon we had dropped into the twenties and whatever you chose to call the gunk falling from the sky, there was no question that it was starting to coat the road in a most unfortunate way.

Read the entire post at Sneaky Weather Forecasters

I’ll always be glad to see you

eyeWe are back to the old issue of uncertainty, and oh if we could only see the future. Maybe the problem is minor.  I should go and get this off my mind already. Maybe it is major and time is not my friend. If I get my butt in there, the outcome may be better. And maybe it is awful and my life will never be as good after Wednesday in which case I’d rather just not go. Except for this eye thing, my life is pretty good now and there is a big temptation not to mess that up.

What to do?

Read the entire post at I’ll always be glad to see you.

The Oddest Predictions for 2016

spirit science 2Who makes these forecasts? Everyone from self-proclaimed psychics to extrapolating news analysts have weighed in on what 2016 is likely to bring.

Read the entire post at The Oddest Predictions for 2016.

The Future of Christmas

In my novel d4, I try to get my readers to think 337 years into the future, all the way to the year 2352. So then, what do you think Christmas will be like in 2352?

Read my predictions at The Future of Christmas.

If I’d only known…

It you had to pick one thing out of the original Star Trek series to have in your own life, what would it have been? Beam me up, Scotty? The replicators? Warp drive? Well, we didn’t get those, did we. At least not yet. Face it, we got the equivalent of the com badges, those marvelous communication devices that let the whole crew talk to each other all the time no matter where they were. No, it wouldn’t have been my first choice either.

Read the entire post at If I’d only known…

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