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Home Heating Statistics

Deciding exactly how you want to heat your home can be a surprisingly difficult choice these days. Everything from the type of heating system you choose (of which there are now many), to the temperature you set your thermostat can have an impact.

So what’s the best way to know the ideal methods of keeping your home warm? Cold, hard facts! Follow along with the pros at Kellermeier Plumbing & Heating while we divulge some of the most important home heating statistics you need to know.

General Home Heating Statistics

  • On thermostat settings. Each degree you set your thermostat by can account for a 10% or more increase in the energy used by your system.
  • How much you stand to save. Information provided by the Department of Energy suggests that each degree you set your thermostat can save you a minimum of 3% on your heating bill, and upwards of 5% or more.
  • How much heating typically costs. Current studies show roughly 41% of energy or fuel costs being accounted for by home heating equipment, with similar numbers showing for cooling as well.
  • Average annual costs of heating nationwide. The U.S. Energy Information Administration estimated winter household heating costs average $578 for natural gas homes, $1,437 for propane, $930 for electric furnace users, and $1,392 for heating oil users.
  • Furnaces and boilers are the most popular. For home heating, the vast majority of American homeowners use furnaces or boiler heating, with a larger percentage trending toward furnaces. This number is seeing change, however, as heat pumps are rising in popularity.
  • Heat pumps are on the rise. Homes that chose to install a heat pump in Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions, the Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships found that the annual savings when using an air-source heat pump are around 3,000 kWh (or $459) compared to traditional electric furnace heat.
  • Geothermal units are the most efficient on the market (by miles!). The efficiency of a geothermal heat pump (GHP for short) can reach ratings of up to 400%! That’s nearly double an air source heat pump, and triple or quadruple a standard electric furnace.

What Do the Stats Mean?

So aside from being a fairly interesting read, what’s the point to be had in all of these stats? Well, primarily to help you decide what’s best for you! You have to remember that statistics are useful, but overall when shopping for a new heating system installation you have to choose according to your needs.

Do you want something hugely efficient and long-lived like a geothermal unit? Awesome! But are you on a tighter budget? Then an air-source heat pump might be more in the range you’ve been wanting! Statistics are best used to help you gather information and make an educated decision on what meets your comfort needs best, so with a bit of critical thinking you can get a better feel for sifting through the market. Again, your geographic location, budget, home, and other unique factors about your situation are always important to consider. There is no “best” heating system—but these facts in conjunction with your situation can make you much more informed.

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A worker observes farmed salmon using underwater cameras while distributing fish food via a computerized system at the Noo-la fish farm in Clio Channel. Photo by David Gordon Koch/Campbell River Mirror

Grieg Seafood invests $2.1 million in ‘feed house’ northwest of Vancouver Island

Aquaculture executive says he’s confident about industry amid new regulations

A major aquaculture company says that a new investment at one of its operations is proof that the industry has a future in B.C.’s coastal waters at a time when fish farming is coming under increased scrutiny.

Grieg Seafood BC showed Black Press around a new barge at its Noo-la fish farm, located in Clio Channel, northwest of Vancouver Island, during an Oct. 26 tour. The barge – which includes accommodations for workers and various industrial aquaculture facilities – is the second built by the company in as many years.

“We’ve just built two $2 million feed barges,” said Rocky Boschman, managing director of Grieg Seafood BC, which is part of the Norwegian multinational Grieg Group. “We do that because we believe there’s a place for us here on a long term.”

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The barge includes a remote feeding system with underwater video cameras that allow technicians to observe fish behavior and adjust the flow of food accordingly.

“Fish, when they’re not hungry, they tend to school,” Boschman said, pointing to a screen that showed hundreds of fish moving in a chaotic pattern. “Those fish are all hunting.”

Environmental monitoring manager Bogdan Vornicu also noted that microscopes on the Noo-la barge are connected to the Internet, so that biologists can examine samples of materials such as plankton remotely.

The company is trying to position itself as a leader in “precision farming,” with instruments tracking oxygen levels in the water and other data, said Boschman. The goal is to predict ocean dynamics.

“[The sensors] are all feeding into a common database,” he said.

Boschman hailed the barge as an example of aquaculture investing in local business in Campbell River, where the B.C. subsidiary of Grieg Group has its headquarters. He produced a list of some 22 vendors from the Campbell River area involved in the project, ranging from building contractors to high-tech firms to office services.

“Everywhere possible, we utilize local companies,” he said.

The residential area of the barge includes 12 bedrooms and a shared living area featuring an open-concept kitchen, fireplace and big-screen television.

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Workers at the facility – who spend eight days on-site before returning to their homes for six days – seemed impressed with the new accommodations.

“It’s like a resort coming out here,” said one worker, a Campbell River resident in his 20s who declined to provide his name for privacy reasons.

The company was showcasing its investments as the provincial government imposes new regulations on a controversial industry.

Starting in 2022, fish farm operators must have the consent of First Nations whose territories they’re operating in. The Grieg facilities in Clio Channel are the result of a partnership with Tlowitsis Nation, whose traditional territories include waters in the Georgia Strait from Telegraph Cove to just west of Sayward.

Boschman said the aquaculture industry is working hard to develop positive relationships with First Nations, although he said that formal agreements aren’t in place for all Grieg operations.

“We absolutely recognize that they are the right holders,” he said. “We look forward to learning and growing and making these relationships even stronger.”

John Smith, the elected chief of Tlowitsis Nation, said that rental fees and revenue from fish harvests provide a stable source of funds for the community.

“We’re very pleased with the agreement,” he said, saying the partnership with Grieg is positive. “They do a lot to make our relationship strong and happy.”

Smith said the operation has the support of hereditary chiefs from his community, although he acknowledged that some band members oppose fish farms.

READ MORE: B.C. municipalities call for shift to closed-containment fish farms

Also under the new regulations, the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) will have to vouch that fish farm operators aren’t harming wild salmon.

Critics of the industry have said that fish farms discharge harmful materials into the ocean, spread sea lice and disease among wild fish, and allow Atlantic salmon to escape, posing risks to wild stocks.

And while Boschman objected to the claims of environmentalists who want fish farms removed from B.C. waters, he said the company is also trying to reduce its ecological impact and avoid harming wild fish.

“Grieg Seafood has a responsibility to do this in a way that does not damage wild salmon,” he said.

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Grieg Seafood BC environmental monitoring manager Bogdan Vornicu demonstrates an Internet-equipped microscope at the Noo-la fish farm. The system allow scientists to examine samples remotely. Photo by David Gordon Koch/Campbell River Mirror

Rocky Boschman, managing director of Grieg Seafood BC, in front of a newly built feed barge at the Noo-la fish farm in Clio Channel. Photo by David Gordon Koch/Campbell River Mirror

A Grieg fish farm worker in the storage area of the Noo-la fish farm. Several weeks worth of fish food is stacked on pallets. Photo by David Gordon Koch/Campbell River Mirror

Workers in the living quarters at the Noo-la fish farm in Clio Channel. Photo David Gordon Koch/Campbell River Mirror

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Providing customers with an interactive online face is important in the success of modern small business.

This was the message behind Social Media is Simple president Brenda Dumont’s Wednesday, September 21, presentation to Cowichan Lake area business owners.

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The parties had a prior order, in which they had joint legal custody, with mother having final say as to major decisions. In addition, under the prior order, the mother had physical custody and father had visitation.

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Gaining Perspective

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103-year old Legacy resident, Lucille Tonkin

When we get caught up in our day-to-day and find ourselves feeling overwhelmed, there is nothing like the feeling of gaining perspective. Ask any older adult to share their most cherished memories and you may find yourself quickly realizing there’s a lot more to life than sticking to a schedule or worrying about how you’ll ever get a particular project done. I’m lucky enough to keep myself in check daily, especially surrounded by people like Lucille Tonkin. At 103 years young, Lucille will help you appreciate the small things.

Lucille was born in 1914 on a farm 80 miles east of Salina, Kansas along with her twin sister, Lois. Two years later, twin boys were added to the mix.  No matter the circumstance, she recalls her parents always making the best out of what they had. If you ask Lucille about her mother in particular, Lucille beams as she remembers her strength, carrying two big milk buckets from the milk barn to the house, baking five loaves of bread every other day, and doing every other task necessary to keep the farm and household running.  Her eyes widen as she says, “I don’t know how she ever did it all!”

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We want the best for the Greatest Generation and they want the best for everyone else as well, including my generation, the Millennials.  Lucille hopes that our generation can strive to be the best version of ourselves, always be honest, and push for what’s right. Sticking to those simple goals allows you to start looking at your life outside the realm of your current circumstances.

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Golden HeartsIt’s been nearly a year since eight of us embarked on a wonderful journey: The Contemporary Single Title Finalists in the 2013 Romance Writers of America® Golden Heart® Contest. We’ve grown individually and professionally, and thought it would be fun to do a year-end recap. One thing is clear: These women are focused, willing to work, and eager to take on challenges. Each one is a success, and each one defines success in her own unique way.

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We’ve each been asked to write about what we’ve been doing in the year since reaching the finals of the RWA® Golden Heart Award® – Contemporary Single Title category.

I’ve been getting what I equate to a Master’s Degree in storytelling.  I’d studied our craft for several years, had great critique partners who are published romance authors, and had a fair amount of success on the contest circuit, but my agent’s input helped get my Golden Heart® manuscript ready for submission to publishers.  I probably thought it was ready for submission before, but my agent pointed out places where I needed to show stronger motivation or where a character’s arc needed to be more fully developed.  The end result:  a better story.  I will forever be grateful to Jill Marsal of the Marsal Lyon Literary Agency for taking me on as a new client and for letting me learn from her.

We’re currently out on submission and have had some positive feedback from at least one publishing house that’s on my “A” list of publishers.

While I wait to hear something, I’m doing what we writers are taught—or rather, drawn—to do.  I’m writing the next manuscript.  Yes, I have older manuscripts that I could revise, but I feel like we become stronger writers with each new work, so I’ve embarked on a new story.

I’ve also discovered a newfound love for romance novels in audio book form.  Since non-fiction normally puts me to sleep, my “rule” before was to listen to non-fiction in my car, but actually read those page-turning romance novels that kept me up too late at night.  A series of long drives had me trying my first audio book of a romance (Terri Osburn’s Meant To Be) and now I’m hooked.  I listen to romance novels on the way to and from work every day.  I’ve learned in a new way how there’s no better way to ease the worries of the day than to escape inside a great love story . . . but you’re reading this blog.  You knew that already, didn’t you?

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Sonali Dev 2014

Has it really been a year since our GH® finals were announced? Feels like it was just yesterday that I was out in the backyard potty training the puppy when my husband took the call from RWA®. On the other hand it seems like it was ages ago because it feels like I’ve known my Lucky 13 sisters forever.

To say 2013 was an amazing year is putting it mildly. For me it was right up there with having my babies and leg-shackling the hubby in terms of sheer momentousness. I had sold two Bollywood books to Kensington just before the results were announced, so this was also the year I received my first edit letter, saw my first cover concepts, received my first blurbs, and tried to pin down my first book title. It’s going to be A Bollywood Affair, by the way, instead of the original The Bollywood Bad Boy, although the Bad Boy himself has stayed much the same, dark damaged and oh so worthy of redemption.

While I could spend hours squealing about firsts, the real highlight of the year had to have been the RWA® National conference in Atlanta. Starting from the fact that almost all my closest writer friends were there to celebrate with me, to meeting some of my writing idols and gurus, to hanging out with my agent, to having my husband fly in for the Awards ceremony, to generally spinning around on cloud nine as a finalist, it was an experience I will carry with me forever.

On a less bouncy note this was a year of learning.  For one, I learned that selling your book doesn’t make the process of writing any smoother. You still have to battle the paralyzing self doubt and inadequacy and force yourself into the chair and through blocks and self defeating behaviors.

Second, the world of marketing your book is an inexplicably complex universe that everyone’s bumbling about in and no one can tell you what does and does not work, so it makes sense to stick with what you enjoy.

Third, learning to manage your stress and your time and living in the moment is the single most useful skill you can learn, except it is so much easier said than done.

And lastly, the community of Romance writers comprises some of the kindest most generous women and asking for assistance and learning from example makes the journey so much more fun.

I know that sounds like I’m trying to be all wise and enlightened but in truth this year has only taught me how very little I know and how much more there is to learn. Which is actually great! I hope the rest of you had a successful and happy year too and that the next year brings even greater things.

A Bollywood Affair will hit the shelves in November. If you’d like more information make sure you go to sonalidev.com and poke around and maybe sign up for my newsletter. Oh and like me on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/sonalidevfanpage and follow me on Twitter @Sonali_Dev. And see you all next year.

Nan Dixon

Nan Dixon

Hard to believe it has been almost a year.  Thanks Leslie for having the single Title Finalists back!

I’ve been plugging away at drafting and revisions while my agent works at selling my books.  I am still looking at traditional publishing as my way to get my books in front of readers.

One of my Golden Heart® finalist manuscripts for 2013, Southern Comforts, has garnered some interest from an editor.  I am on my second Revise and Resubmit letter.  As always, it seems to be the conflict that needs to be strengthened in my books.  Sigh.  I thought I had finally nailed that concept.

I’ve also begun revising a book that has never seen the light of day.  It was one of my hot mess early novels.  It is the opening of a set of three books that are about four college friends.  The second and third books are in good shape, and actually the third book is the one that got my agent to offer representation.

In 2012, I re-drafted the hot mess 1st book during NaNoWriMo.  At least getting the scenes so they had some semblance of structure and getting rid of the head-hopping.  (I should never have read so many Nora Roberts books before I started writing!)  But even I can recognize that I need to amp up the conflict if I want to sell this book.

I am still the President of my local chapter.  I’ve been trying to see if we can up our visibility.  Just this morning I talked to the director of a library in Red Wing Minnesota, about an hour away from Minneapolis/St Paul.  The library was awarded a grant from RWA® and we are trying to figure out how to work together.  Possibly author visits, or getting out Speaker’s Bureau to design a basic writing course.

Life is busy!

Website:  www.nandixon.com

Twitter: @nancyevertz

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Jackie Floyd

Jacqueline Floyd

Impossible to believe a year has passed since the announcement of the 2013 Golden Heart® Finalists. The months from March to July flew by in a whirlwind of excitement and anticipation. The highlights of the conference in Atlanta included meeting and bonding with the other finalists, renewing friendships with finalists from previous years, and attending inspiring workshops about the brave new world of ePublishing.

I came home from Atlanta fired up with the intention of self-publishing my GH® manuscript, Everybody Knows, along with the five manuscripts that had previously finalled, and a few other completed manuscripts that I believe deserve to see the light of day. I’m not as far along on the self-publishing path as I’d like, but I am making steady progress. Working with a freelance editor has been an eye-opening experience. And I’ve learned that selecting a cover is not only fun and challenging, but also brings out some of my worst OCD tendencies.

Moving toward self-publication at my own erratic pace, I’m enthralled with the process of producing an actual ‘book,’ not just a completed manuscript. I envision a day in the very near future when I will achieve one of my major life goals and have actual books published and available for readers to read. Please watch for my romantic comedy, Meet Your Mate, available soon at all of the usual e-book outlets.

While waiting on the announcements of the next batch of Golden Heart® finalists, I want to express my pleasure at sharing the ups and downs of the past twelve months with my amazing Lucky 13 Single Title sisters. I expect to enjoy witnessing their continuing success and reading their wonderful books for years to come.  And kudos, once again, to the magnificent Leslie Lynch for corralling us into a somewhat cohesive group.

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Twitter: @Jackie_M_Floyd

Katie Graykowski

Katie Graykowski

The last year has been a dream come true!  I’ve published three books, Place Your Betts (2013 GH® finalist), Perfect Summer (2009 GH® finalist), and Getting Lucky (not a GH® finalist).  I’ve sold close to 15,000 books in the last four months and have quit my day job to be a full time writer.  I get fan mail almost everyday…including one from prison.  Life is good!

In the coming year, I will publish 4 more books, Sorry Charlie, Saving Grace, Changing Lanes, and Rumor Has It.   Crap!  That sounds like A LOT of books.

Should anyone like to check out my books, follow me on twitter, drop by my Facebook page, comment on the fabulousness of my website, or send me an email explaining why we need daylight savings time, here is my contact info:

Katie Graykowski Perfect Summer cover

Katie Graykowski Getting Lucky coverClick on book covers for links to Amazon.

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J.K. O’Hanlon

Epilogue Bungees

A great epilogue ties a book together like a big bow on a perfectly wrapped package.

My personal epilogue…the one year after getting “the call” aboutthe Golden Heart®, reminds me more of a reunion show of a favorite TV sit-com. It’s entertaining and fast-paced, but one cast member is conspicuously missing, probably in rehab. And the fancy bow is more like a very functional bungee cord.

I sold my Golden Heart® manuscript to Loose Id and spent last spring revising, often substantially. The process hurt as much as the last three miles of a marathon. Miles 23 to 26.2 challenge every runner physically and mentally more than all the previous miles combined. Same goes with final edits on any book.

My bungee cord stretched tight even before summer hit.

Then the summer of socializing began. This is where you get out the tiny violins. I logged at least five trips over the summer, including Nationals. Objection Overruled won the Golden Heart® and hit the bookstores the next week. Happy dances ensued.

Another wrap of the bungee around the package.

Because I like to keep the adrenalin up, I then wrote andJ K O'Hanlon bannerjpg published my second cocktail book, Twelve Happy Hours, which included two full weeks of all-day photos shoots on locations. For a month, my family at nothing but appetizers left over from the photo shoots. They will never eat another meatball or brie cheese wheel again and banned cream cheese from the home.

Does anyone have a spare bungee?

Fall and winter collapsed into one long cold Midwestern blur spent working on my next romance book, promoting my first romance book and first two cocktail books and publishing a fantasy trilogy I bought last year from an amazing author (who happens to be my sister and another Golden Heart® finalist – excuse the pimp, but Book I of Anna Steffl’s Solace trilogy is available at your favorite bookstore now!).

Probably the Code-blue moment of the year was getting Objection Overruled printed and put into the Fed Ex box on the very last day possible in order to make it to Texas to enter the RITA®.  Now that waiting begins.

It’s been a glorious year. I wouldn’t trade a big sparkly bow for the colorful string of bungee cords stretching and contracting and keeping the script I call my life together for another twelve months.

Cheers to my Lucky 13 sisters and all of their amazing accomplishments over the past year. I only wish I was a faster reader to get through all the books they’ve published!

Talia Quinn

Has it been a year already? Wow.

Then again, yeah, I guess it has. In the past year, I’ve finished and polished my young adult novel and recently started sending it out to agents. I also wrote a contemporary romance novella and got my 2012 GH® winner and 2013 GH® finalist manuscripts ready for publication. I spent a lot of time working on the covers. It was far too much fun. I have the heart of an artist but the mind of a writer. Two identities, as it were.

I self-published the two novels and the novella in early December with zero fanfare (I called it a soft launch) and watched in wonder as my 2013 GH® book, What’s Yours is Mine, took off two weeks later, as if by magic. I’m now at the point where I have to goose things to keep it visible, but that sure was a good run. Incredibly validating, plus it qualified me for PAN®.  (*Published Authors Network, a specialty group within RWA®)

To be honest, I never really tried to pursue traditional publishing with this particular book. I’m one of those oddballs (maybe less odd these days) who wants full control over the process, at least for the romances. Young adult fiction is a different matter, I think, partly because of the way teenagers find books. But with the romance genre, people find books online or through word of mouth. And more and more, we all read ebooks, not print. Publishers are phasing out their print lines and increasing their digital-first lines, particularly when it comes to debut authors. Knowing this, I thought, “What can they do for me that I can’t do for myself?” So I did.

I’ve been happy with my decision, but I admit, there sure is a lot to learn–and a lot to finesse. You have to be a sponge and soak up all the knowledge you can about what’s working and not working for everyone else. I find it all absolutely fascinating, though it can turn dangerously into a time suck. The writing has to stay paramount, or what’s the point?

To that end, I’m currently finishing a short novel with the aim of publishing it in late April or early May.  I hope to have another book out in June or July.

To sum up: I’m learning tons, I sold a bunch of books and plan to sell many bunches more, and I’m figuring out what it all means and how to keep doing it. Oh, and I’m having a blast–when I’m not dazed and confused.

My books:

Talia Quinn Hold Me Tight coverMy 2012 winner, No Peeking, now has a new title, Hold Me Tight, and is Book One in the Greenpoint Artists series. (Yes, about artists. No, I have no idea how I stumbled on that line of work. Me? Artists? No clue.)

Click on the book cover for a link to Amazon.

Talia Quinn What's Yours is Mine coverMy 2013 finalist, What’s Yours is Mine, is not in the same series, though there will be some crossover down the line. It takes place in Southern California.

Click on the book cover for a link to Amazon.

Talia Quinn Draw Me In Cover

And the novella, Draw Me In, is a prequel to Hold Me Tight.

Click on the book cover for a link to Amazon.

They’re all on my website, with excerpts and such: http://taliaquinn.com. I’ve even started a blog.

Leslie Lynch

Lynch30I, too, have been busy. I began the year focused on traditional publishing, and explored many options. I entered Hijacked and Opal’s Jubilee in the 2014 Golden Heart®, then, over a period of months, decided that indie publishing would be a more logical home for my stories.

To that end, I have been working with Pam Berehulke of Bulletproof Editing and Marion Sipe of Dreamspring Design (covers) and am making strides toward publication readiness.

Release dates will depend on whether or not either of my manuscripts final in this year’s GH®. Either May/June or August/September, as I don’t want to withdraw from the contest if I do, indeed, final.

When the time comes, Hijacked, Unholy Bonds, and Opal’s Jubilee will be available within weeks of each other. I have a Christmas novella rolling around in my brain, and will get that one up toward the end of the year.

It’s been an education, one that won’t end with publication! I cannot emphasize strongly enough how important the community of writers is to my growth, and hopefully, to my success. I am truly grateful to be on this journey, and for the privilege of getting to know the women highlighted in this blog.

My best wishes to each of you in your careers! Thank you for joining me to celebrate this roller coaster of a year.

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19 Responses to 2013 Golden Heart® Finalists: Where Are They Now?

  1. Leslie Lynch says:

    Yay!!! The formatting loads pretty much as I’d hoped! I’m happy about that, but after yesterday’s (epic) struggles, I’m not about to go back and remove the disclaimer and apology. That might mess the whole thing up again!

    One thing I failed to mention in the intro is that the new Golden Heart finalists will be announced on March 26th. Of our group, I’m the only one who entered again; we’ll see what happens there. Again, I’d like to congratulate everyone on their journeys and wish each the very best. Thanks for participating in our interviews last year and our year-end round up today!

  2. Sonali Dev says:

    So wonderful to catch up with everyone! Although, to let the rest of you in on a secret, we’ve been keeping in touch and rooting for each other through the year and that’s been the best part. Nine books out between us, girls, I feel like a proud mama! And so many more coming! Thanks so much Leslie, for this!

  3. Nan Dixon says:

    Thank you Leslie for pulling us all together again!
    It is so much fun to see the journeys we are taking. What a wonderful group of women. I am honored to be a part of this group and watch your wonderful successes!
    The Golden Heart has been such a wonderful way to build friendships. (And even get together for coffee when I’m traveling!) Can’t wait to see Sonali in Chicago — but perhaps that beverage will be Prosecco!
    Back to my revisions!

  4. Talia Quinn says:

    I’ll echo Sonali and Nan: thanks for putting this together, Leslie! Even though we’ve never completely drifted apart, it’s such fun to get a concentrated glimpse into everyone’s writing life. I find it particularly fascinating that a year later, the 2012 finalists had one self-published author and one who intended to do so but hadn’t yet (me). This year, it’s two and two, as the path has become a more viable choice. Good luck to everyone and may all our journeys unfold with splendid surprises yet to come!

  5. Leslie Lynch says:

    Sonali, Nan, and Talia – Thanks for stopping by! Talia, that’s an interesting point you make about indie pub being a more viable option for authors now. It’s certainly been a major factor in my decision. I also think it’s of interest that two of our 2013 group are traditionally pubbed, and the other two are repped by top-notch agents and actively searching for that perfect fit with a traditional publisher. There are truly more options available now than there ever have been. But one thing will never change: The support we give and receive to/from each other! It is priceless!

  6. Terri Osburn says:

    What a fun summary. You all have been busy! (And thank you Sheila for the mention. Glad you enjoyed it!) This is the perfect blog to demonstrate how many options are out there for authors these days. Congrats to all and here’s to long, fabulous careers ahead.

    • Leslie Lynch says:

      Terri, it was great fun to read each of the contributor’s recap as they came in, and marveling at how success is possible via so many different routes. It is truly a wonderful time to be an author. 🙂

  7. Sandra Owens says:

    Oh, it gives me warm fuzzies to see you all together again. Sure hope each and every one of you will be in San Antonio so we can get together for dinner and catch up on all our news.

  8. This is so awesome. Love to see how hard working and busy everyone is. I’m so proud of all my Lucky 13 Sisters. Looking forward to all your releases and wishing you all much success. And Leslie, I’ll be rooting for you on the 26th!

  9. Leslie Lynch says:

    Thanks, Miranda! I suspect that most of our Lucky 13 Sisters are as busy and as successful as this small group, even the ones who don’t often post on our loop. Like I said in my intro, these women are focused, willing to work, and eager to take on challenges. I am blessed and honored to know all of you and to count you as friends. 🙂

  10. How wonderful to read your stories and discover how much has happened in each ones personal writing journey. What a lovely idea to run this blog, Leslie. xx

  11. Congrats on all your amazing successes, my Lucky 13 sisters – Sheila, Sonali, Nan, Jackie, Katie, J.K., Talia & Leslie! Had the best time being a 2013 Golden Heart finalist with you! Looking forward to hearing continued good news from all of you…and hopeful seeing you at this summer’s RWA national conference in San Antonio.

  12. Joanna Shupe says:

    Such a wonderful recap! You ladies have been BUSY. It’s been so much fun getting to know all of you and watching your careers take off. Consider me fans for life!!!

  13. Leslie Lynch says:

    As we are yours, Joanna! Thanks for stopping by and cheering us on! 🙂

  14. Michelle says:

    Prayers for your writing to flourish, your patience to hold out, and your publishing efforts to be much blessed. 🙂

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In accordance with the Turnbull Government's call for an "innovation nation," the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has issued Consultation Paper 260: Further measures to facilitate innovation in financial services (CP 260) which examined various options to encourage and assist start-up financial technology (FinTech) businesses to test and navigate through Australia's financial services regulatory framework. One of the options presented by ASIC for public feedback includes a so-called "regulatory sandbox."

Addressing barriers to innovation for FinTech start-ups

According to CP 260, ASIC seeks to address the barriers to innovation for FinTech start-up. The main focuses that ASIC has identified are

  • speed to market;
  • organisational competence; and
  • access to capital.

In order to tackle these barriers, ASIC has presented the following 5 options for public consultation and feedback:

  • Option 1 - Provision of guidance on the suitability of a responsible manger who has appropriate knowledge and skills;
  • Option 2 - Reliance of experienced third parties to meet an organisations organisational competence obligation;
  • Option 3 - Provision of conditional, industry-wide exemptions permitting new Australian businesses to test their certain FinTech in a controlled regulatory space for 6 months without holding an Australian financial services licence (AFSL). Relief from other regulatory demands may also be available as part of this option (Regulatory Sandbox Exemptions);
  • Option 4 - A combination of Options 1-3;
  • Option 5 - Maintain the existing financial services regulatory framework without change.

ASIC has proposed the adoption of Option 4 (a combination of Options 1-3) and is currently considering the submissions that it has received as a response to CP 260. Regulatory guidance and/or licensing exemptions is expected to be finalised and released by ASIC in December 2016.

Key aspects of ASIC proposed Regulatory Sandbox

If ASIC decides to implement a combination of Options 1-3 (which includes a regulatory sandbox element) as per CP 260, it is likely that the following features will be adopted by ASIC:

1. Six months of unlicensed testing of financial services to retail clients

ASIC may excuse Australian FinTech start-up entities from holding an AFSL during a 6-month 'testing stage' of their products or services. This means that FinTech start-ups will have the opportunity to test their products with retail clients for one period of six months.
In addition to the exemption from having to obtain an AFSL, ASIC may also decide to grant relief from some of the time consuming and expensive regulatory demands (such as issuing a product disclosure statement).

2. Existing licensees

Existing AFSL holders may be able to apply for certain Regulatory Sandbox Exemptions. ASIC has indicted that it does not intent to grant industry-wide relief to existing AFSL holders; however, it is likely that ASIC will consider requests on a case-by-case basis.

3. Conditions of the Regulatory Sandbox Exemption

Two key conditions may apply to FinTech start-ups seeking to rely on the Regulatory Sandbox Exemptions are:

  • the service or product should be provided to a maximum of 100 retail clients, each with a maximum exposure limit of A$10,000; and
  • the total exposure of the product or service to all clients (wholesale and retail) must be less than A$5 million.

Advantages of Regulatory Sandbox Exemptions

The key advantages of the Regulatory Sandbox Exemptions and allowing FinTech start-ups to test in a regulatory sandbox (proposed in CP 260) are that:

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CP 260 suggests that FinTech start-ups will be allow to test the following financial services within the regulatory sandbox environment:

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There have been a number of cases involving attempted foreclosures of Maine mortgages that analyzed the foreclosing mortgagee’s failure to meet the foreclosure requirements that the Law Court has spelled out several times. Perhaps the most notable case, Bank of America, N.A. v. Greenleaf, 2014 ME 89, highlighted the critical importance of the foreclosing party proving that it owned (or had sufficient rights in) both the note and the mortgage.

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In U.S. Bank, N.A., as Trustee for LSF8 Master Participation Trust v. Decision One Mortgage Company, LLC, (Superior Court, Oxford County, Docket Number CV-15-65)(July 26, 2016), Judge Clifford refused the mortgage holder’s attempt to establish ownership of the mortgage through a quiet title action, a declaratory default judgment and a judgment on the pleadings. The plaintiff was denied on all three counts.

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Tuesday, 30 January 2018 00:13

Madame Gandhi brings her "Future is Female" message and sound to the Dinah

Written by  Mona Elyafi

Kiran Gandhi, known by her stage name as Madame Gandhi, is joining the stellar entertainment line-up of the 2018 installment of Club Skirts Dinah Shore Weekend, aka The Dinah.

Commemorating its 28th Anniversary March 28 through April 1, 2018, the Dinah is continuing this year its longstanding focus on Women Empowerment.

Mariah Hanson, founder and producer of the iconic event is assembling one of the most diverse rosters in Dinah history, celebrating female talent - from singers, comics, filmmakers, to DJs and beyond - who have broken the glass ceiling on their own terms.

Enter Madame Gandhi.

The voice of a new generation, this female daredevil is making a lot of noise and already blazing an inspiring trail for us all to follow.

I want music to make feminism culturally relevant. I want my music to make gender equality culturally even more relevant," says the young artist.

A champion of sisterhood and female empowerment, Madame Gandhi practices what she preaches. The electronic music artist and activist based in Los Angeles who has gained recognition as the iconic free-bleeding runner at the 2015 London Marathon, writes music that elevates and celebrates the female voice.

She uses her voice, music and written work to empower her audiences to be their best and most authentic selves.

Gandhi grew up between New York City and Bombay, India, playing drums and attending The Chapin School. She graduated from Georgetown University in 2011 with a double major in mathematics and political science and a minor in women’s studies. While in D.C she also immersed herself in the vibrant music scene, once playing Bonnaroo as the drummer for the famed Thievery Corporation.

Between 2011-2013, she worked at Interscope Records for two years as their first ever digital analyst, studying patterns in Spotify and YouTube consumption behavior.

In 2013, Gandhi linked up with Grammy-nominated artist M.I.A. and began touring internationally with her as her drummer all across North America, Europe, Asia and Latin America. That same year, she was also accepted to Harvard Business School’s M.B.A. program, and so when she began school in the fall in Boston, was still touring simultaneously with M.I.A.

Eventually the tour ended, and Gandhi graduated from Harvard.

In 2015, she caused a media frenzy when she ran the London Marathon free-bleeding to combat period stigma around the world, sparking a global viral conversation about how we treat menstruation in various cultures.

She has since emerged as an activist and TED Talk speaker, who has fused her passion for music, technology and feminism into a solo music project, which she calls Madame Gandhi.

She released her first-ever electro-feminist solo EP called Voices, which explores feminist ideals through spoken word, rap and electronica.

Taking the world by storm, Madame Gandhi is on a meteoric rise.

She recently opened for Ani DiFranco on her Rise Up tour; her South by Southwest performance was named one of SPIN magazine’s favorite of the entire event; and she just performed on an episode of Amazon’s new series “I Love Dick.”

She now continues to travel to perform and speak about modern gender equality, and is also working on her full-length album.

“The Dinah has always been infused with a subtle but powerful social message. Finally, in the last few years, our very own internal messaging is resonating with the social and cultural landscape in the most exciting of ways, opening the door for The Dinah to stand out even more in its representation and celebration of all voices from all walks of life, says Mariah Hanson. “During this gigantic world-famous festival, we meld our differences into a collective consciousness that for five days defines our world as a diverse and inclusive place where we all can be who we are, as we are. We know our attendees feel that magic and bring that experience home with them. Our goal is for them to also realize they can live that ideology every day of their lives. Madame Gandhi embodies this messaging and we are so proud to present her as one of our headliners.”

This is one “badasss” female artist you really don’t want to miss!

There’s no better place and time than The Dinah to support this new wave of women breaking down barriers with their voices and their sound.

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Monday, 11 March 2013 19:04

Nigerian Soccer Association Denies Lesbian Ban

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During the 2011 Women's World Cup, discriminatory remarks from the team of Nigeria had appeared on the front page of LGBT worldwide magazines. Its coach had indeed declared that no lesbian would be accepted in her team.

"Any player that we find is associated with it will be disqualified," Onyedinma was quoted as saying.

"We will call the club chairmen to control their players, and such players will not be able to play for the national team," she added.

FIFA had then been opposed to this kind of discrimination which doesn't respect its policy and sport's values.

Thereafter, one thought FIFA had contacted, by the means of a letter, the NFF officials (Nigerian Football Association) but its spokesman Ademola Olajire told BBC SportBBC Sport:

"Unfortunately, a section of the media has blown petty speculation out of proportion.

"The NFF never received any letter or query from Fifa."

They also maintain that nobody never said lesbians would not be accepted in the team.

The coach had however not felt uncomfortable saying anti-gay remarks before the world cup. She even said she admitted to purging the Nigerian team of all its lesbian players and argued that homosexuality is "spiritually and morally wrong".

But after the world cup, apparently, the coatch has undergoes a dramatic memory loss because she denies to have said such matter.

According to BBC Sport, the NFF can continue its discriminatory practices because it operates on  its own statues and it doesn't matter if they do not respect the FIFA non-discrimination policy.

So does the team of Nigeria have to be allowed to play the world cup which is a FIFA championship if it doesn't respect its policy?

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Libya’s grain production could increase by 600 percent and provide 50 percent of local consumption in the 2018-19 season, Libya’s Ministry of Agriculture has said.

Abdelmonem Shahabedine, the Chairman of the Presidency Council’s Ministry of Agriculture’s Steering Committee, told the Tripoli-based Libyan state news agency LANA, that Libya would need to import 1.1 million tons of grain to cover this year’s estimated consumption of 1.2 million tons. Libya produced only 100,000 tons last season.

However, Shahabedine said that Libya’s agricultural sector could meet half of next season’s needs by producing as much as 600,000 tons – if security and electricity supply improved. To meet this ambitious production target Shahabedine said that US$ 120 million would need to be invested in the agricultural sector, of which more than US$ 10 would go to seed imports.

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 The police dispersed opponents of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday during a raid on the Zaman newspaper in Istanbul. Credit Selman Gunes / Zaman Daily News / Handout/European Pressphoto Agency

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Backed by a court order, the Turkish authorities moved on Friday to seize Zaman, the country’s most widely circulated newspaper, in the latest crackdown by the government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on freedom of the press.

The seizing of the newspaper also highlighted the government’s building campaign against those it perceives to be its two greatest enemies: opposition journalists and the followers of Fethullah Gulen, a Muslim cleric affiliated with the newspaper who lives in exile in Pennsylvania. Mr. Gulen was once an ally of Mr. Erdogan’s but is now a bitter enemy.
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As news of the takeover became public Friday afternoon, supporters began gathering in front of the newspaper’s offices in Istanbul, and employees locked a door to the building. In a live-stream broadcast on the newspaper’s website, supporters were seen chanting, “Free press cannot be silenced.” Some carried Turkish flags and banners emblazoned with, “Do not touch my newspaper.” Columnists from the paper were also seen addressing the crowd.

Later Friday night, Turkish police used tear gas and water cannon to disperse the crowd and forcibly enter the building.

“We are going through the darkest and gloomiest days in terms of freedom of the press, which is a major benchmark for democracy and the rule of law,” read a statement issued by the editors of Today’s Zaman, an English-language sister publication to Zaman. “Intellectuals, businesspeople, celebrities, civil society organizations, media organizations and journalists are being silenced via threats and blackmail.”

The move to seize Zaman and put it under the administration of a court-appointed panel of trustees emphasized what critics say is a rapid deterioration of free-speech rights under the Islamist government of Mr. Erdogan, who was prime minister for more than a decade before being elected president in 2014.

The executive director of the Committee to Protect Journalists, Joel Simon, said in a statement on Friday, “Rather than taking aggressive action to undermine the newspapers, Turkish authorities should be fulfilling their constitutional obligation to defend press freedom and rights of the journalists.”

The crackdown on expression comes amid a growing sense that Turkey, once seen as a bastion of stability in a hostile region, is being enveloped by instability.

A war with Kurdish separatists has turned cities in the southeast into rubble. The country is straining under the weight of more than two million refugees from Syria. And Islamic State militants, who have used Turkey to transit fighters and weapons to Syria and Iraq, have carried out deadly attacks on Turkish soil.

As Turkey faces its domestic demons, critics say the government has been emboldened to target its enemies within the country because the European Union and NATO allies, in particular, have looked the other way as they seek Turkey’s support to contain the refugee crisis and pacify the raging civil war in Syria.

“This pattern is appalling, and Turkey is galloping towards an authoritarian regime full speed ahead,” said Asli Aydintasbas, a prominent journalist who lost her column last year at the daily Milliyet under government pressure. “Unfortunately, the world, in particular the E.U., remains silent. The government here can sense the vulnerability in the West, especially since the beginning of the refugee crisis, and is pushing the boundaries to consolidate its power.”

Ms. Aydintasbas added, using an acronym for the Islamic State, “Erdogan knows the West is vulnerable because of ISIS and the refugees and he is going to use this as much as he can.”

Always thin-skinned, Mr. Erdogan has taken increasingly harsh steps in recent years to muzzle his critics. Dozens of journalists perceived as critical of the government have lost their jobs as officials have put pressure on their bosses. Academics have been targeted for speaking out against the government’s military campaign against Kurdish insurgents in the southeast.

At the same time, the justice system has charged Turks of all stripes — authors, journalists, cartoonists, politicians and ordinary citizens — with “insulting the president.” All told, more than 1,800 insult cases have been brought, the country’s justice minister revealed this week.

In some cases, such as with Zaman, and a broader crackdown on Mr. Gulen’s followers in business and the judiciary and the police, the government has applied the country’s antiterrorism laws.

When Mr. Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party, known by its Turkish initials A.K.P., rose to power in 2002, one of its important allies was Mr. Gulen, a powerful, moderate cleric. The A.K.P. and Mr. Gulen’s followers in the police and judiciary cooperated in a series of trials against military officers on coup charges — later determined to be based on fabricated evidence — that ultimately removed the military’s influence over politics.

But in late 2013, the groups had a falling-out over a number of issues, including the government’s handling of protests in the summer of 2013 and Turkey’s aggressive policy of supporting rebels in the Syrian civil war. Another point of friction was the growing hostility between Turkey and Israel, a country that the Gulenists were more sympathetic to than was Mr. Erdogan.

At the end of 2013, a corruption inquiry targeted Mr. Erdogan and his inner circle, a challenge that Mr. Erdogan survived by removing police officers and judges. Since then, the two sides have waged an all-out war in which Mr. Erdogan has had the upper hand.

The Gulen movement has been on the defensive, accused of being a terrorist organization that is plotting a coup. Its members have been subject to arrests, intimidation and court cases, while Mr. Erdogan has seemingly become more powerful. He has risen to the presidency, while his party, in national elections in November, secured four more years in power.

Recently, there was one glimmer of hope for Turkey’s beleaguered journalists. Turkey’s highest court issued a ruling that freed two newspaper editors who were jailed on espionage charges. The editors, Can Dundar and Erdem Gul, of the daily Cumhuriyet, are being prosecuted for reporting on alleged weapons transfers by Turkish intelligence agents to rebels in Syria. The case is proceeding, but the editors were released from jail after the court determined that their constitutional rights had been violated.

Mr. Dundar, in a text message, said Friday of the Zaman case: “It is the sign that fear has entirely grown in the halls of state. They do not have tolerance for even the tiniest criticism. But it is impossible to silence an entire society by disregarding the law. Turkey would not keep quiet.”

Mr. Erdogan responded to that court ruling by saying that he did not respect it, and throughout the crackdown on Gulen-affiliated media — which did not begin with Friday’s seizure of Zaman, but has been continuing — government officials have framed it not as an assault on freedom of the press but as a determined effort to destroy a group it sees as an enemy of the Turkish state.

Speaking on local television Friday, Mehmet Metiner, a lawmaker with Mr. Erdogan’s party, said, “We will go on fighting against the Fethullah terror organization, and their extensions in the media and business world within the range of the law.”

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The show, whose title translates as 'night terrors' in Latin, explores femininity and sexuality

The proper Latin translation of the show title is ‘night terrors’, and one might express a level of disquiet when noting the accompanying stills of the work to be found online, which contain glistening pink, phallus-like objects. She doesn’t make the overt link herself, but in much of Sukaina Kubba’s work there appears to be at once a femininity and a thrusting sexuality at work. Another work here appears to feature a pair of pink tights pulled across a shaped casing with a perfectly formed hole ripped in them, while her Glasgow School of Art degree show project last year was entitled ‘La Femme Sombra’ (‘The Female Shadow’) and featured a sub-section entitled ‘Sirens’, which also used tights as a material.

Kubba describes her work as simply painting. ‘I’m working with a variety of unconventional materials in terms of surface and paint,’ she says, ‘such as latex, PVC, polyester, silk and tights, as well as applying varnishes, bleach, and various water-based media. I’ll also exhibit some rubber and resin-cast objects. By framing these stretched fabrics and textiles – themselves loaded with their own significance – within the context of painting, I’m trying to explore the flipping of perception between the material and perspectival.’

Born in Baghdad, Kubba left Iraq when she was young and lived and worked as an architect in the United Arab Emirates and Canada before moving to Scotland to attend Glasgow School of Art two years ago. ‘If there were an influence the varied background affords me, it would be an awareness of the artificiality and malleability of notions such as identity and culture,’ she says, ‘although I’ve only recently started to link my architecture background with my painting practice, in terms of my continued interest in representation, depth and perception.’

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Investors who made a panic withdrawal from their Northern Rock Individual Savings Accounts (ISAs) are to receive special consideration. But what does this mean for investors in future and will this create a precedent?

On 18 October, the Government announced an amnesty for Northern Rock investors who made a panic withdrawal of cash from their ISA between 13 and 19 September 2007. In their rush to take their money out, many investors will not have followed the proper rules for transferring their ISA to another provider, potentially losing future tax benefits.

However, the Government has said:

Savers wishing to restore their lost cash ISA tax advantage must by 5 April 2008 either:

a) return their funds to a Northern Rock ISA, or
b) obtain from Northern Rock a certificate for the amount of cash ISA savings withdrawn between 13 and 19 September 2007, and present this to a new cash ISA provider when depositing the money.

No special rules are provided for withdrawals made on any other dates. But if you are one of the investors affected by this announcement, you will need to take action by the deadline of 5 April 2008.

Investors in Equitable Life may be hard-pressed to recall any special tax treatment given to them.

LITRG is not suggesting that this favourable treatment for Northern Rock investors should be set aside; indeed it is a welcome acknowledgment of how complex is the small print surrounding many aspects of tax rules for those on low incomes.

We shall be looking out in future for circumstances where people on low incomes have to make decisions in a hurry and where they lose out where the tax rules are less than clear.

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