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Can you name all the cards that the Goblin of Greed appears in?

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Being himself.
Helping the downtrodden.
Losing most of his money.
Accounting for this losses.
Losing the rest of his money.
Stealing a Jar of Greed.
Stealing a Pot of Greed.
Selling/giving away the Pot of Greed.
Receiving some money.
Getting the Pot of Greed back.
Trying to stop some Burglars.
Working as a gardener.
Mowing (scything) the grass.
Sneezing. A lot.
Paying for the stolen Pot and Jar.
What he's doing...Card
Being hit by the stolen Jar.
Polishing the once broken, now repaired Jar.
Hiding from the Forceful Sentry.
Being imprisoned. Probably for stealing.
Becoming a (failed) street performer.
Running a festival game.
Upgrading the Pot of Greed to a Pot of Duality.
Begging for money.
Trading a Pot of Duality for a Pot of Desires.
Trying to sell the Pot of Desires.
Working in a factory.
Checking the factory's vault.
Getting back to work in the factory.
Selling a Pot of Greed.
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Venues & Promoters

Do you want to show your support for music education and have it cost you little, if anything?

There are many ways to get involved, and it can have a positive impact on your brand; here are some ideas:

Create a Dedicated Fundraiser

Many clubs fill their calendars with regularly programmed events, ranging from free local blues or jazz nights to trivia nights and DJ dance parties. How about having a dedicated monthly or weekly fundraiser on one of these nights?

Make Us a Beneficiary of Your Show

Touring artists are often willing to add $1-$3 to a ticket price to support a cause. Asking an artist to make SpreadMusicNow the beneficiary of their next headlining show can both raise money for the cause and develop their market pricing.

Host a Fundraiser

Giving Tuesday and special events related to music education, such as International Make Music Day or National Music Education Week, are great opportunities to have a fundraising event that benefits the SpreadMusicNow mission. If you wish to host a benefit concert, please email us; we would love to help spread the word and connect you with some of our Artist Ambassadors and local or regional talent.

You Say It’s Your Birthday?

Happy birthday to you! What about creating a Fundraiser on Facebook to encourage your fans to support music education in honor of your big day, or your venue’s or company’s anniversary?

Advocate and Spread the Word

With so much news and content shared across social media platforms, there are abundant opportunities to help the SpreadMusicNow mission by simply sharing and responding to our posts. We would love to hear if you have content you wish to share as well. Other than that, you can always just talk to a friend or colleague, and tell them how much you care for this mission. Nothing beats word-of-mouth enthusiasm!

Host Workshops and Gatherings for Local Non-Profits

Many organizations need space for their music education programs, and they usually fall outside of a music venue's normal business hours.

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Fall Yard Chores: Get a Head Start on the Spring

In my last blog post, I wrote about pulling up annual plants, judging which ones did well, cutting back perennials and mulching instead of raking your leaves. Here are some other chores to finish before winter sets in:

If you have a sprinkler system and haven’t had it blown out yet, time is rapidly running out.

Apply one more fertilization for the fall. For warm season grasses, you want to use a fertilizer that has very little nitrogen in it. For cool-season grasses, you want to apply a fertilizer that contains a high percentage of nitrogen.

If the temperatures are in the mid 50’s or above, plants will still be photosynthesizing, which means you can still control broadleaf weeds. This is the time of year to spray the difficult to control weeds, like wild violets or ground ivy. As these plants move food into their roots, the weed control will also be moved, working to control these weeds so that they will be less of a problem next year.

Fall is a great time to root feed your trees and shrubs. The best way to do this is to use a root feeder. You can purchase a root feeder at many hardware stores or home improvement centers, although most people hire a professional tree care company like Spring-Green to do the work for them.

Fall is also a great time to clean up your lawn mower. Many hardware stores provide this service, or you can do it yourself. If your mower has a 4-cycle engine, drain and replace the oil. Clean out the underside of the deck and scrape out the built up grass. Remove and sharpen the mower blade. Add a fuel stabilizer to the fuel tank so that it is ready to go next spring.

Finally, be sure to unscrew your garden hose from the spigot. I live in an area where temperatures often dip well below freezing, so I have to make sure I turn off the water inside so that the pipes do not freeze.

Fall always is a sad time in regards to gardening, at least for those of us that live in the northern climates. Spring will return before we know it and the whole process starts again. I can’t wait for the first of the seed catalogs and gardening fliers to start arriving in January.

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Osteopathy for pregnancy and mums | Spring Osteo Clinic

Osteopathy for pregnancy and mums

Having a baby and being a mum brings so much joy, love and laughter into your life. Unfortunately this time can also be very taxing on your body. Osteopathy may help you through pregnancy and many stages of being a mum.

Osteopathy for pregnancy and mums

Once pregnant, your expanding uterus and extra weight shifts your centre of gravity, which stretches out and weakens your abdominal muscles. This may change your posture and puts strain on your back. Once your baby is born, back pain may continue due to poor posture, bad lifting techniques (ie. reaching over the cot) and weak or tight muscles.

Mums with babies often experience shoulder, neck and upper back pain from breastfeeding. This may be primarily due to the posture you sit in for 20-30 minutes every 2-3 hours.

As babies turn into toddlers we also treat many mums for back pain as lifting a heavy 15kg two year old and carrying them on your hip overloads your back muscles. You may also find lifting heavy prams or capsules is giving you sore arms and elbows and putting kids in car seats in the tight confines of your car, twists and pulls back muscles you didn’t know you had.

Some simple suggestions to assist with limiting muscle and joint pain as a mum include:

  • Under the guidance of your doctor, exercise during pregnancy to maintain strength throughout your whole body and primarily your back muscles. A good option is swimming or clinical pilates.
  • Return to exercise after delivery under the guidance of your doctor to restore muscle tone to the abdominal and back muscles.
  • When breastfeeding, bring the baby to your breast, use a support chair, use a foot stool and stretch before and after feeding.
  • When picking up a child from the floor, bend at your knees, not at your waist.
  • Treat yourself to a massage.
  • Make an appointment at Spring Osteo to relieve, manage and prevent pain caused during pregnancy and once you’re a mum.

At Spring Osteo, we have many qualified osteopaths who see many women through pregnancy or as new mums and we treat a wide range of muscle and joint pain from acute to chronic. We can assist you through pregnancy and each stage of being a mum and invite you to make an appointment if you are experiencing:

  • Back pain
  • Pelvic and lower back pain
  • Headaches
  • Knee pain
  • Pubic symphysis pain
  • Postural problems
  • Shoulder and neck pain
  • Sciatica
  • Heel and foot pain

For more information about osteopathy and how we may assist you go to our treatments and new patients pages.

To make an appointment contact us on 03 9830 7044 or book online.


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Jackdaw Cottage: 3-bed cottage, Northumberland

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Set only 500 yards from the dunes of Budle Bay sands, Jackdaw Cottage offers space for a large family getaway with a privately owned sandy beach just a stone’s throw away. Admire the peace and serenity within an area of outstanding natural beauty and watch the day go by and not see another soul.

Part of the Heather House collection of properties situated just above Budle Bay, Jackdaw Cottage provides extremely comfortable living for up to 6 guests with fantastic panoramic views of Budle Bay and up the coast to Holy Island. This property has been purpose built to provide self-catering accommodation and features spacious en-suite bedrooms, enclosed gardens and a wonderful sandy beach just 500 yards from the back door.

You’ll find a spacious open plan kitchen, living room and dining area with access to patio and garden. As well as a king sized bedroom with en-suite bathroom and a shower over the bath, a WC and a wash basin. A separate WC and hand basin can also be found on the ground floor.

There’s also an infra-red sauna you and your guests can use but please bring your own dressing gowns and slippers. The outdoor area has a patio garden with tables and chairs, an enclosed grass area and a large shared grassed paddock. An additional seating area can be found at the front and has a patio heater for cooler evenings.

*travel cot & high chair available on request. Please note we do not provide a mattress or bedding

Bamburgh is situated just over a mile away, and has a host of good places to eat and drink, as well as its own wonderful beach with the famous castle that imposes itself over the village. Private parking (2 cars) and bike storage is available on site, as well as a laundry room.

3 miles away in Lucker you will find two eateries, The Apple Inn and The Apple Core. The Apple Inn is a traditional country pub serving a great food and ales. The Apple Core offers made to order pizzas, galettes and crepes.

Guest Discounts

As a guest of Stablewood Coastal Cottages, you are entitled to the following special offers:

Spa & Fitness

1 hour swim or fitness suite pass for each member of your party, courtesy of Beau Monde Leisure

5% discount on all hair & beauty treatments (excludes packages & products) courtesy of Beau Monde Leisure

5% Discount on food at the Apple Core & the Apple Inn (you will need to present your key fob for the discount to apply)

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Plan your activities including mountain biking, canoeing and more with this 10% discount courtesy of Adventure Northumberland. When booking, use the promo code: stable2015

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A 30% deposit is payable at the time of booking. Receipt of any deposit shall not constitute acceptance of any booking until confirmation has been sent. All payment, unless otherwise specified, shall be made payable to “Stablewood Leisure Limited” and sent to the address on the booking acknowledgement.

The balance of the booking is due 8 weeks before the arrival date.

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LGV Class 1 Drivers

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Staffline is recruiting for an HGV Class 1 drivers with immediate starts for our client based out of Dartford, Kent.

LTD pay rates for the role of LGV1 driver will be as follows:

  • Monday to Friday Days - £13.50 per hour, OT - £15.75, after 8 hours worked
  • Monday to Friday Nights - £14.75 per hour, OT - £16.75, after 8 hours worked
  • Saturdays - £15.75 per hour
  • Sundays - £17.50 per hour

Shifts available on all start times across 7 days a week. Regular weekend work available.

PAYE and LTD drivers welcome!

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As an Class 1 driver, the work will involve HGV Class 1 Supermarket Deliveries to store locations throughout the South East, ensuring health and safety is followed at all times. The site operates all year round and will provide each driver with long term regular assignments, regular shift patterns with additional weekend or ad hoc shifts to suit. In return for your commitment we can offer shifts and start times that suit you and your work / life balance.

Part time HGV 1 drivers are also welcome to apply, as we have many ad hoc shifts available.

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As an experienced LGV1 driver, you will ideally have -

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Interviews will be held immediately.

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  • Earn from £13.50 per hour up to £17.50 per hour (LTD)
  • Shifts available on all start times
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  • Weekly pay
  • Regular and ongoing work
  • Free on-site car parking
  • Immediate starts
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Staffline is the biggest recruiter in the UK and Ireland, and we believe in putting people first. Every day, we help tens of thousands of people find work in logistics, food, transport, retail, and agriculture. We can do the same for you.

We listen to the needs of our workers and always aim to offer flexible shift work and opportunities for overtime, as we know these are important to you.

Each of our locations has dedicated 24-hour OnSite support, so you can always speak to a Staffline representative. Staffline is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

Please note that our job adverts are correct at the time of publication, but some details and job responsibilities are subject to change.

This job advert may not be copied, imitated or used, in whole or in part, by third-party websites, without prior written consent from Staffline.

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Virtual Workshops from the VDOE

Two virtual workshops available from the Virginia Department of Education:
Thursday, Oct. 15- Homework Strategies with Tracy Lee (Family Engagement Specialist/Special Projects Coordinator at the Virginia Department of Education). Tracy is a great presenter and resource for our families in Virginia.  We have two sessions to choose from.  The 1:00 session is live with Tracy and the 7:00 session will be recorded with live Q & A with the Region 3 PRC's. THIS PRESENTATION IS FOR EVERYONE (general education and special education families).
Thursday, October 29- Parents have a chance to ask Hank Milward (Director of the Office of Specialized Education Facilities and Family Engagement in the Division of Special Education and Student Services (SESS) at the Virginia Department of Education) all your questions about Supporting Your Student with Disabilities during COVID-19.  Hank will be presenting live at 1:00 and 7:00. We ask that questions be submitted prior to the presentation and if time allows, he will take questions from the attendees.
Registration for both is on Eventbrite and the PDF flyers have links.  We will have these on PeachJar too.  If you have any questions, give us a call, 540.899.6000 or email


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Stakeholder Register | with FREE template

The Stakeholder Register is a key document in Stakeholder Management.
The Stakeholder Register is a record of all project or company stakeholders, it is usually derived from the results of stakeholder mapping and stakeholder analysis.
The Stakeholder Register differs from Stakeholder Analysis or Stakeholder Engagement plans as it is focused on each stakeholder's name and contact details rather than their power and interest or the engagement strategy to be used for that stakeholder.
register multiple stakeholders on a stakeholder register

As you can probably already guess the register is the key reference tool for sending stakeholder communications, if you are using Stakeholder Software the register will likely be a table within the tool which can be called upon when addressing letters, emails, and mailshots to individuals or groups of stakeholders.

What does the Stakeholder Register contain?

As a minimum the Stakeholder Register should contain the following headings:
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* When using software or a stakeholder database, these headings might be look ups to other tables or forms.

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By Mercy Kahenda | July 10th 2020 at 08:42:38 GMT +0300

News that a divorced police sergeant aged 40 who also doubles up as the sub-county police commander’s official driver, gave a secondary school student a gold-coated ring at an entertainment joint in Eldama Ravine town and promised to marry her, has shocked locals.

Before the ‘surprise gift’, the officer who is based at Eldama Ravine Police Station in Baringo County, is alleged to have been lavishing the 18-year-old with gifts and money, forging a relationship that begun when she was 15.

According to the teen’s grandmother, the girl went missing from home only to return with a ring on her finger.

“I heard that the policeman has been meeting my grandchild often, but the fact that he has given her an engagement ring has left me in shock,” she told The Nairobian.

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According to our sources, the matter was reported at Eldama Ravine Police Station. It is however alleged that police persuaded her to solve the matter with the officer in question because he would be sacked if the information leaked. Consequently, there is no written statement or record of the matter in the station’s Occurrence Book (OB).

“A senior officer at the station admitted that the officer who has been seeing my granddaughter is his junior, but he pleaded with me to forgive the man because the affair would ‘tarnish the policeman’s name and affect his job’,” the grandma said.

Following the uproar over the ‘engagement’, a police cap allegedly belonging to the officer and a cigarette lighter, pen knife and Maasai leso were recovered from the girl’s bedroom.

The granny said she took in the girl when she was two years old because her father died and her mother was sickly and incapable of taking care of a minor.

The student and police officer are said to have been in a relationship since 2017, despite efforts by the family to stop him from seeing the girl, who was then a minor.

“It is so unfortunate that the officer has been using gifts to lure my granddaughter into a relationship when he was aware that she is a student,” she said.

Because of the relationship, her grandma added, the love affair has greatly affected the girl’s performance in school.

“I am not happy with the girl’s performance. She has been scoring grade “E” which is not normal because she managed 272 marks out of 500 in KCPE. This even forced me to make her repeat Form Three. I wish the policeman could leave her alone to study,” she said, adding that she wanted his bosses to investigate the matter and take action against the officer.

The girl, however, refused to speak to our reporter, saying she was uncomfortable.

“I know what you want, but I am not going to comment about it because I have several issues that are disturbing me. You can contact my grandmother to hear her side of the story,” she said.

Baringo County police commander Robinson Ndiwa, said an investigation file has been opened to probe the matter.

“Investigations have been launched into the matter. We will get to the bottom of it,” said Ndiwa.

The Ministry of Education is also investigating the matter with Rift Valley education director John Ololtuaa saying it is criminal for an adult to have a relationship with a student, irrespective of his or her age.

“Why would an adult get engaged to a high school student? No man is allowed to have a relationship with schoolgoing children. Age is not a factor, so long as the girl is in school,” Ololtuaa warned.

This is the second case involving a love affairs between a police officer and a high school student to pop up within a week.

In Kakamega County, detectives in Mumias are investigating a police officer based at Harambee Police Post who is alleged to have impregnated a 17-year-old high school student.

According to our investigations, the officer is alleged to have lured the 17-year-old girl into his house at the market and had his way with her. He is reported to have sent her Sh3,000 when she told him that she was pregnant.

“We are gravely concerned with the high rate of teen pregnancies and defilement cases in Kakamega County involving male adults of presumed sound mind,” Vivian Namwalo, a community development worker and member of the local Soroptimist International chapter told The Nairobian.

Namwalo said cases involving police officers are particularly difficult to crack.

“The victims are often poor and too scared to rebuff advances from an armed man in a position of power. It doesn’t help that such cases have to be reported to the defiler’s colleagues in police stations, which are generally dreaded by wananchi,” said Vivian.

In a 2014 case where 14 pupils of Longewan Primary School in Samburu were impregnated by officers attached to the anti-stock theft unit, girls told reporters that the police officers lured them to their camps using biscuits, bread and sweets in exchange for sex. The girls were aged between 12 and 18.

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Will subprime loan crunch affect you?

If youve even casually followed the news over the past several months, youve probably heard about subprime loans. But the issue can be confusing, and if youre like most people, you really just want a couple of questions answered: How might these subprime loans affect the economy? And will I need to adjust my investment strategy?
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As it marks its centennial this month, the League of Women Voters shows how difficult it is for a political organization born and bred in nonpartisanship to navigate the cratered road of partisan destruction. The ascendance of President Donald Trump, the decline of the Republican Party and the reaction against them both have rendered “nonpartisan” and “political” as effective antonyms.

Not that the league was ever immune to partisan complaint. Too prim and complacent for the left, it was too feminist and fluoridated for the right. When William F. Buckley launched National Review in 1955, he vowed that his new conservative magazine would stand outside the respectable bipartisan consensus of the era — epitomized, he wrote, by such institutions as the New York Times and the League of Women Voters.

In the mid-20th century, the league conjured images of affluent suburban women who liked Ike and volunteered at the local polling station. The league was part of the advancing American center, both exemplifying and championing mainstream causes. It supported the creation of the United Nations in 1945. In the 1970s, along with First Lady Betty and President Gerald Ford, it supported the Equal Rights Amendment.

As the political center — suburban, moderate, corporate — came under siege, the league held firm to the causes that defined it: good government; progress, however incremental, toward social equality; deference toward expert knowledge; political enfranchisement. Such causes were always political. Today they are overwhelmingly partisan.

The Republican Party, currently engaged in a no-holds-barred defense of a self-dealing president, is not only anti-government but increasingly pro-corruption. It approaches internationalism as quasi-treasonous globalism, often slathered with a lumpy smear of anti-Semitism. Instead of working for social progress, the party has promised its base a triumphant return to a more racially and sexually stratified past.

Nothing reveals the bitter incongruity of nonpartisanship and contemporary politics like voting rights. The league was founded at the National American Woman Suffrage Association convention in February 1920, months before the 19th Amendment was ratified and women gained the right to vote. Voting rights are central to the group’s identity and mission.

Yet there is virtually no issue, or court case, on which voting-rights advocates and the Republican Party are on the same side. GOP elected officials purge citizens from voting lists, erect barriers to voting, gerrymander to empower one group of voters at the expense of another (Democrats have done likewise, just not to the same degree) and spread bogus claims of voter fraud to justify antidemocratic laws.

After the 2016 election, the league issued a statement that the vote had effectively been “rigged” by government-sanctioned suppression in multiple states. “It’s important to us to stay true to our values and true to ourselves,” said Jeanette Senecal, senior director of mission impact at the league. “The league has been working on voting rights for 100 years.”

Senecal, a 20-year veteran of the league, acknowledges that the hyperpartisan environment has made it harder for a nonpartisan organization to function. But supporting voting rights is essential to the American project. “It’s the very foundation of effective representative government,” she said in a phone interview.

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Francis Wilkinson writes editorials on politics and U.S. domestic policy for Bloomberg Opinion. He was executive editor of the Week. He was previously a writer for Rolling Stone, a communications consultant and a political media strategist.


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When Minneapolis City Council member Jacob Frey gazes upon the city’s riverfront post office, here’s what he doesn’t see: A blocks-long, New Deal-era monolith that has effectively separated downtown Minneapolis from the Mississippi River for more than 80 years.

OK, that’s exactly what he sees.

But for Frey, the 1934 landmark (which was designed by Leon Arnal of Magney and Tusler, the same French architect responsible for the Foshay Tower), also inspires a lemons-into-lemonade reimagining. Why not, he wonders, convert the post office (“a very good art deco building in a very bad place,” writes Larry Millett in the “AIA Guide to the Twin Cities”) into a teeming hub for food lovers?

Picture this: a marketplace filled with retail outlets for Minnesota’s burgeoning small-batch food producers. An assortment of greengrocers, butchers, fish mongers, bakers and confectioners. Restaurants, along with affordable space to serve as a restaurant launchpad. Venues to showcase locally made beer, wine and spirits. The scenarios are endless.

Frey, whose downtown ward includes the post office, recently put the question to his Facebook followers. He was deluged with responses, most of them overwhelmingly positive.

“This is all very preliminary, but you have to have the vision before you have the execution,” he said. “Imagining the possibilities is the first step in the direction that we need to go. The building is astounding, and it could be used for a wide array of possibilities beyond snail mail.”

Placing food at the heart of a re-imagined post office was for Frey a no-brainer.

“One major piece we lack downtown is a multicultural, multifaceted market,” he said. “Here in Minneapolis, we have so many unbelievable cultures cooking unbelievable food. A permanent taste of Minneapolis, in the post office, could really bring people together.”

It’s not as if there’s a paucity of successful examples. The Midtown Global Market in south Minneapolis is one model. San Francisco’s sparkling Ferry Building Marketplace, an artisanal food palace inside a revived waterfront landmark, is another. Or Seattle’s Pike Place Market, a magnet for locals and tourists alike.

As a law student in Philadelphia, Frey logged plenty of hours inside that city’s extraordinary Reading Terminal Market.

“It’s the kitchen table for the city,” he said. “It’s where cultures connect, and where no one feels excluded. You’d see executives in three-piece suits sitting next to high schoolers in sweats, eating pastrami sandwiches. Why can’t we have that here?”

That raises more questions than answers. For starters, who or what would develop and operate such an enterprise? Oh, and then there’s this teeny problem: the U.S. Postal Service isn’t going anywhere.

At least not yet. Sure, there’s plenty of talk — and there has been, off and on, for decades — that the agency is eyeing more efficient real estate (trucks long ago replaced the rail lines that once fed the mail operation). But anything definitive, uttered by anyone with a “spokesperson” in their job title at the USPS? It hasn’t happened.

“The post office has been a wonderful neighbor,” said Frey. “It’s not like we want to boot them out without their permission. They have to voluntarily choose to relocate their facilities.”

Still, the hopeful among us only have to look to downtown St. Paul. Five years ago, the USPS exited its vast Kellogg Blvd. complex — another riverfront pile of golden Mankato-Kasota stone, also primarily from the 1930s — and the 17-story building is now being converted by Exeter Realty Group into a $100 million-plus apartment/hotel complex called Custom House.

“It took 15 years to bring that project to fruition,” said Frey. “Which is why we should be talking about the Minneapolis post office now.”

Here’s how early along Frey is in this process: Despite its richly appointed public spaces — the block-long, bronze-, marble- and terrazzo-sheathed lobby is an under-the-radar stunner — he’s never stepped foot inside the mammoth three-building complex, which has the floor space-equivalent of roughly 26 football fields.

“I’m getting a tour, soon,” he said.

But this much he does know: A sensitive 1991 addition features a remarkable riverfront terrace and ground-level arcade, woefully underused assets that are brimming with public-realm possibilities. The former could be the city’s most coveted open-air patio — the views must be spectacular — and the latter could be home to a farmers market, a beer garden or any of a number of other lively food-and-drink-related uses.

Another bonus of all this “visioning,” and a longtime wish for those concerned with urban design: The presumed demise of the disastrous 1970s horror that is the post office’s six-story parking ramp, an urban wart wedged between the building and the Hennepin Avenue suspension bridge.

Imagine that going away (although here in Teardownapolis, parking ramps only seem to go up, and rarely come down), allowing the thin sliver of Gateway Park to spill through the site, creating a new and much-needed front door to the Mississippi.

That prospect alone is worth all the dreaming in the world.

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The Steelers continue to make changes to their roster, today trading for tight end Vance McDonald from the San Francisco 49ers.

The Steelers traded their fourth-round pick in the 2018 NFL Draft in exchange for McDonald and the 49ers fifth-round pick in 2018.

 "He is an NFL capable tight end," said Coach Mike Tomlin. "Another guy to add to that mix. Some competition there. We'll quickly get him up to speed as soon as we get him here, and proceed with the process of acclimating him not only to what to do, but how we go about our business here. We have some familiarity with him. We studied him when he came out in the draft. We are excited about that addition.

"We evaluated him a certain way coming out of the draft. I am sure he has evolved in a lot of ways. I am always hesitant to draw conclusions about what someone is capable of being in our environment based on what they were in another environment. I am excited about giving him an opportunity to show his skill set, and maybe learn some new ones here. We will put him in some work environment situations and see what he does well and see what he is open to learning to do and hopefully his role grows."  McDonald, the 49ers second-round draft pick in 2013, started all 11games he played in 2016 and finished the season with 24 receptions for 391 yards and four touchdowns.

He has 64 career receptions for 866 yards and seven touchdowns.

McDonald played at Rice University, where he is sixth all-time in receptions with 119, and seventh in receiving yards with 1,504.

McDonald will be on fast forward learning the offense and getting ready for the Steelers first regular season game on Sept. 10 at Cleveland.

"We will give him work, how he responds to that will be how we proceed," said Tomlin. "We will repeat that process until he is caught up. How much he is able to handle, how long that process is, is up to him."

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Washington: 'I grew up working'

In a state where everything is larger than life, Stamford, Texas is the complete opposite.

The population is around 3,000. The city is small and the area is rural, only 12.9 square miles, 6.9 of those square miles covered by water. And there are just two stoplights. Yes, two.

One of the biggest attractions fits the area perfectly, the Cowboy Country Museum. It's also home to the Texas Cowboy Reunion, now in its 88th year as the world's largest amateur rodeo, and attracting numbers way beyond the population of the city.

When you look at the list of notable individuals who came from Stamford, it's not long, and they aren't the names you hear every day.

On that list, though, is someone familiar to the Steelers.

James Washington.

Washington, the wide receiver from Oklahoma State the Steelers selected in the second round of the 2018 NFL Draft, is the talk of the town in a town where everybody knows each other. The hometown kid, the one who worked at the cattle auction, cut grass and swept the sidewalks at the local funeral home and worked at Cowpokes Country Store, which has since closed its doors.

The high school athlete who didn't stick to just football, but also basketball, track and tennis, where he was first-team all-region, and earned a black belt in taekwondo and also golfed in his 'free time'.

He is the pride of Stamford. And that is something he takes pride in.

"It's home," said Washington. "It's a great place. I love it. It's not big. It's not city life. Some people love that city. That's not me."

One of the things he loves most about home, is the area that surrounds Stamford, an area rich in farmland, where he developed the strong work habits he brings with him to the Steelers.

His father, James Washington Sr., believed in hard work, spending his days working on area farms and ranches, not afraid of the blazing Texas sun. And his son joined him, mainly in the summer when the sun was at its hottest.

"I remember heading out at 6:30 in the morning, we would stop at the little convenience store and he'd get a cup of coffee, I'd get a Gatorade or chips or something and we'd head out to the farm," said Washington. "Probably head in and get some lunch, then go back out after. Hard days.

"My dad, he mainly farms cotton and wheat. Cotton is more of a technical crop where everything has to be perfect. Rows have to be straight and everything. It takes a lot of work. For my dad, he's like a one man job. He's got a guy that helps him every once in a while, but he's getting older, so every chance I get home I try to go help him and do what I can."

His love of farming, his love of the land, his love of hunting and fishing, inspired him to earn a degree in Agricultural Business at Oklahoma State. It also inspired him to work hard, to never be afraid of a little bit of sweat to get what you want.

"I grew up working," said Washington. "If I wasn't in school or practice, I was helping my dad on the farm, or in the garage or around the house. I can't tell you how many times I hauled hay when I was in high school. My dad wanted me to do it for strength and stamina. On those hot summer days, it definitely made me a good athlete.

"If you want to reap the benefits you have to put in work. Just like when we're on a farm, if you want good crops you have to put in good work. Everything has got to be right. My dad always told me, 'If you don't do it right, you're going to have to do it again.' And that's something that always stuck with my mind. So every time I'm on the field I'm going to try to do it right the first time."

His dream to manage a farm or ranch might have to be on hold for a while, as the other dream he had is now a reality.

"Just to get that call from Coach (Mike) Tomlin on draft night, it just felt like a dream come true," said Washington. "I dreamt of this as a kid and to get to this point and be here now is everything to me. I grew up watching the Cowboys just because it was close. As a kid, you look up to guys on those platforms that are at this level because they say only two percent of college players make the NFL. So, to be amongst that two percent, it shows how much you worked."

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Clocking Chernobyl

On April 26, 1986, Ukraine suffered from the worst nuclear disaster the world had ever faced. Chernobyl’s fourth reactor within the nuclear power plant complex exploded, resulting in a disastrous radioactive mess that continues to impact the city and the rest of Ukraine.

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Thirty-four years ago, the reactor’s chemical explosion was the outcome of a severely flawed design and the faulty errors made when constructing the power plant. The catastrophe led to a critically concentrated amount of radioactive contamination within Chernobyl and its surrounding areas. It has become the only historical nuclear accident to inflict radiation-related casualties. An unexpected flow of power during the fourth reactor’s system examinations absolutely obliterated not only the machinery but also caused the radioactive energy within the system to blow. The defective construction, which was also a result of the isolation that the Soviet Union had faced due to the Cold War, of the reactor system led to a massive release of radioactive material and radiation. The Chernobyl reactor was built following the RBMK design created by the Soviet Union in the 1970s; RBMK was meant to mean a “high-power channel reactor,” but with the multiple imperfections and lack of safety precautions, especially for the control rod outline and another variable coefficient, the 1986 disaster was inescapable.

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Nuclear energy was first utilized in the generation of electricity on December 20, 1951, at an experimental reactor site in Idaho as authorized by the Atomic Energy Commission, whereas the first power plant to generate electricity for commercial use from nuclear energy was located in Pennsylvania during the mid-1950s. Nuclear power plants are designed with multiple safety features, which differed from the RBMK reactor design in the Soviet Union; the modern design more heavily used now includes a containment building to isolate materials to prevent a meltdown, control rods that control the speed of the atoms’ split during the nuclear fission reaction as the water heats up and condenses to operate turbines, backup systems with substitute pumps and generators; and steam vents with coolants that ensure that the steam released does not cause overheating that would lead to a breakdown. The extreme precautionary and preventive emergency measures and preparedness allowed for the guarantee that a similar accident to Chernobyl would not occur. Fuel rods typically require three percent of the isotype, Uranium-235 (U235), while the fission is regulated with the control rods that absorb extra neutrons. Nuclear power itself has proven to be a beneficial energy source to generate electricity as it does not create substantial harm to the environment or atmosphere; it does not directly create excess carbon dioxide, air pollution, or any significantly damaging radioactivity. However, it is not as widespread due to the immense amount of expenses needed for a power plant’s construction, especially with the difficulty in building, the risks associated with a possible accident, public controversy, nuclear waste, and the lack of energy efficiency.

How Was Chernobyl Affected?

As a result of the disaster, one plant worker died immediately on impact while another had passed away in the hospital; within the following weeks, at least 134 people were diagnosed with acute radiation syndrome (ARS) and 28 people had lost their lives due to irradiation. In three months alone, 30 firemen and operators were killed by the impact and exposure of the blast. Even in the next several years of the accident, 6,500 people had developed thyroid cancer where 15 of them had passed. 350,000 people were forced to relocate and evacuate the area, causing the power plant complex and the nearby town of Pripyat to become ghost towns. Immense amounts of radioactive materials and compounds polluted the atmosphere and contaminated the environment adversely, causing social and economic havoc. Streets, homes, and parks were polluted with radioactive depositions, especially of iodine-131 and caesium-137, while even the rain had been contaminated. Health conditions related to the exposure of radiation during the explosion were even diagnosed around 2004, almost 20 years after. Any further diagnoses are not significantly nor relevantly attributed to the Chernobyl blast and have been slimmed down to a very minimal margin of possibility.

Nearby ecosystems and wildlife were also severely impacted by the depositions of radioactive substances. Plants and animals were consuming and taking up the hazardous concentrations of iodine, caesium, strontium, and more. The agricultural industries of not only Ukraine but also neighboring countries, such as Russia and Belarus, took a huge hit as livestock feed and crops were contaminated, causing harvests, meat, and milk to not be a feasible option in feeding their populations. Fungi and berries reportedly contained high amounts of caesium within forests and caused an ongoing radiation transfer chain between plants, animals, and humans. Mortality rates increased while reproduction rates decreased in wildlife and the bioaccumulation of radioactive caesium remained prevalent within marine life.

Is Chernobyl Safe Now?

Improvements were made to the RBMK design to align more with safety culture and international industrial activities. Currently, there are 10 operating RBMK reactors in Russia alone. Chernobyl’s cleanup and recovery process cost 235 billion dollars and took 600,000 workers, whose health is being continuously monitored. Ongoing resettlement efforts to areas near the damaged site are in progress with protective methods set in place. The nuclear power plant complex, especially the Unit 4 reactor, was contained. Although there is no significant prevalence of radiation-related illnesses anymore, the health industries of countries affected are still wary of ARS and cancers. In 2011, Chernobyl was declared a tourist attraction. However, scientists are still wary as they estimate that the area will be inhospitable for 20,000 years. The area still remains under constant investigation as scientists and researchers are still discovering newfound impacts of the explosion.

Chernobyl Accident and Its Consequences. (2019). NEI. Retrieved from https://www.nei.org/resources/fact-sheets/chernobyl-accident-and-its-consequences

RBMK Reactors - Appendix to Nuclear Power Reactors. (2019). World Nuclear Association. Retrieved from https://www.world-nuclear.org/information-library/nuclear-fuel-cycle/nuclear-power-reactors/appendices/rbmk-reactors.aspx

The History of Nuclear Energy. (1985). U.S. Dept. of Energy. 1-28. Retrieved from https://www.energy.gov/sites/prod/files/The%20History%20of%20Nuclear%20Energy_0.pdf

Chernobyl Accident 1986. (2020). World Nuclear Association. Retrieved from https://www.world-nuclear.org/information-library/safety-and-security/safety-of-plants/chernobyl-accident.aspx

Chernobyl Nuclear Accident. (n.d.). GreenFacts. Retrieved from https://www.greenfacts.org/en/chernobyl/l-2/3-chernobyl-environment.htm#:~:text=After%20the%20accident%2C%20radioactive%20materials,traffic%2C%20street%20washing%20and%20cleanup.

Blakemore, Erin. (2019, May 17). The Chernobyl disaster: What happened, and the long-term impacts. National Geographic. Retrieved from https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/topics/reference/chernobyl-disaster/#close

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Dear Chattering Class:

Until Chrysler, Doritos and VW post similar results – namely, a 466% increase in sales – please sit down, stop talking and listen carefully to the lesson that Bob Parsons at GoDaddy is happy to teach you.

Advertising is about selling stuff.

And Go Daddy sold stuff, achieving a sales record. Again.

Our fourth-quarter commercial spiked our Internet traffic higher than any Super Bowl ad we’ve ever done. And even better — calls, conversion and cash were off the charts! In fewer than 15 minutes after Go Daddy’s first Super Bowl commercial aired, our domain name registrations shot up more than 466 percent over last year.”

Go Daddy did 3 things with its two spots on this Sunday’s Super Bowl:

1. It set up the pay-off to its well-promoted (on Facebook) new Go Daddy Girl – Joan Rivers, of all things – which poked fun at itself, a hallmark of the company’s advertising for those who’ve been paying attention.

2. The Joan Rivers unveiling – if you’ll pardon the pun – completely took the wind out of competitor Network Solutions’ weakly offered Go Granny parody. NetSol ended up looking utterly punked.

3. Go Daddy set up a clear pay-off to visit its website, essentially using the second spot – with Jillian Michaels and Danica Patrick – as the first half of another self-parodying story line that could only be completed at the company’s website. Not titillating, not provocative, just poking fun at itself. A clear “tension/resolution” storyline, pun intended this time.

Note: here’s a link to pretty close to the full transcript of my interview with Bob Parsons just after last year’s Super Bowl – it was in this month’s Deep Cuts newsletter: http://ymlp.com/zU5USa

I haven’t seen a similar press release from Groupon yet and I’m looking forward to it. All I see is backpedalling, which is as distasteful and worthy of contempt as its ad was.

For everyone in the business of selling advertising, may I ask you two simple questions, choosing between the much admired VW “Darth Vadar” spot and the GoDaddy Super Bowl spot (you pick, either one):

1. Which creative would you rather present in your client’s boardroom?

2. Which results would you rather present? (Or don’t you get involved in that sort of thing?)

Unfortunately, in real life you only get to pick one spot for both questions. So choose wisely.

Sergio Zyman and I agree on something very fundamental here: advertising –and marketing – is about selling stuff. Not entertaining people, not getting belly laughs, not making us all say “oh… how CUTE!” in unison. It’s called a “commercial.”

As in “commercial transaction.”

PS: I interviewed Bob in Killing Giants: 10 Strategies to Topple the Goliath in Your Industry, where he spoke at length just after Super Bowl 44 on the origins of the strategy, how he feels about “ad critics” and what advertising is supposed to do. Killing Giants will be available on March 31, 2011, everywhere you buy your books.


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ghostface killah - ironman 8 replies, 22400 views

10/15/2005 8:09:00 PM
with oprah winfrey going to see ghostface tonight i had to bust out this album. This shit is so good, his flow is amazing, and easily one of the best rappers to come out of wu tang, and one of the best rappers around today. This wu-tang solo album is second only to liquid swords for me

10/15/2005 8:11:00 PM
granted its good, but i like this album way better
Cory Monster
10/17/2005 11:07:00 AM

first wu-tang solo album I didn't like

(but, it's still better than all his other ones. . .I didn't hear Pretty Toney yet though. . so. . )
Mr. Brownstone
10/17/2005 11:10:00 AM
Capadonna's rhyme on WinterWarz is flat out bananas.

maybe my favorite wu-solo
10/17/2005 10:09:00 PM
Liquid Sword > *
10/18/2005 5:13:00 PM
If you were to reread the posts you would find that we are not only talking about Ghostface but where it stands among other wu solo albums. So you can suck a fat one and shut your mouth because noone asked what you thought about my opinion. 25000 posts doesn't make you cool.
Cory Monster
10/19/2005 12:29:00 AM

which one is the really bad one?

"supreme clientele"?

I saw a video for a really shitty song from it the other day
lord sauron
10/19/2005 6:51:00 PM
am i the only one that thinks that about 95 percent of ghostfaces rhymes are complete garbage, and make zero sense? seriously, i cant stand his whiny ass voice, his flow is garbage(if you would even call it flow, he barely ever rides a beat), and he just tries too hard to be different. i liked him better in the mid-90's, before he became some kind of glam, wannabe deep, rapper.
lord sauron
10/20/2005 2:13:00 AM
right. which is why i dont fuck with most of the post 90's wu shit.


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Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Getting It Too Right?

While it's important for characters, settings, events and dialogue to be authentic in fiction, is it possible to have these elements too accurate for the reader?

I'm currently re-writing a story where John Belushi appears as one of the characters.In my story he becomes excited about something, and does a backflip in response. One of my readers informed me that Belushi would never have done this, and it didn't ring true. I know Belushi used a stunt double for the series of flips he did down the church aisle in the James Brown scene, but I understand that he did some of the other flips himself. More than that, I recall reading in his biography that when he got really excited about something, he would perform a standing flip spontaneously.

Yeah, so I read that book a long, long time ago, and now I need to dig it out and check that to make sure I just haven't imagined it. But even if he did behave like that, should I include it if readers don't feel it rings true?

Jack Dann published The Rebel, an alternate history that imagines James Dean didn't die in a car crash and went on to become a politician. Dann had reviews that criticised his lack of research for describing James Dean as a blond. While the public perception may be that Dean was dark, he was actually dirty blond. Of course, if Dann had given Dean dark hair, others would have criticised that.

I wrote a short story, Best Served Cold, about a detective who becomes involved in the vampire world. This story was rejected from one market, with a comment that in a particular scene 'a real detective wouldn't behave like that'. There was no reason to point out that after thirteen years on the police force, I actually knew of detectives who had done that. Mind you, this same critic also described a major plot point and said it made no sense. Um, yeah. That's because it never happened in my story. I guess they were too busy watching TV while rejecting the story. Ultimately the story worked for another editor who took it without any major changes.

A friend once showed me a painting he was working on. It was fabulous, but then he pointed out that one of the characters was missing a foot that should have shown behind the other leg, and one of the metallic objects had reflections on it that were impossible. He showed me that with the extra foot in place the character actually looked awkward and wrong, and the reflection was what the observer expected to see rather than what would actually be seen.

A story needs to sit right with the reader, bearing in mind that you will never be able to please everyone. It needs to feel authentic rather than be authentic.

Sunday, April 27, 2014

Ditmar Awards 2014.

The shortlist for the 2014 Ditmar Awards has been announced.

The Ditmars have been awarded annually since 1969 to recognise achievement in Australian science fiction, fantasy and horror, and operate in a similar manner to the Hugos, although on a national rather than international scale.

It's always great to see friends and acquaintances on the list. Congratulations to all those nominated.

Best Novel
  • Ink Black Magic, Tansy Rayner Roberts (FableCroft Publishing)
  • Fragments of a Broken Land: Valarl Undead, Robert Hood (Wildside Press)
  • The Beckoning, Paul Collins (Damnation Books)
  • Trucksong, Andrew Macrae (Twelfth Planet Press)
  • The Only Game in the Galaxy (The Maximus Black Files 3), Paul Collins (Ford Street Publishing)
Best Novella or Novelette
  • "Prickle Moon", Juliet Marillier, in Prickle Moon (Ticonderoga Publications)
  • "The Year of Ancient Ghosts", Kim Wilkins, in The Year of Ancient Ghosts (Ticonderoga Publications)
  • "By Bone-Light", Juliet Marillier, in Prickle Moon (Ticonderoga Publications)
  • "The Home for Broken Dolls", Kirstyn McDermott, in Caution: Contains Small Parts (Twelfth Planet Press)
  • "What Amanda Wants", Kirstyn McDermott, in Caution: Contains Small Parts (Twelfth Planet Press)
Best Short Story
  • "Mah Song", Joanne Anderton, in The Bone Chime Song and Other Stories (FableCroft Publishing)
  • "Air, Water and the Grove", Kaaron Warren, in The Lowest Heaven (Jurassic London)
  • "Seven Days in Paris", Thoraiya Dyer, in Asymmetry (Twelfth Planet Press)
  • "Scarp", Cat Sparks, in The Bride Price (Ticonderoga Publications)
  • "Not the Worst of Sins", Alan Baxter, in Beneath Ceaseless Skies 133 (Firkin Press)
  • "Cold White Daughter", Tansy Rayner Roberts, in One Small Step (FableCroft Publishing)
Best Collected Work
  • The Back of the Back of Beyond, Edwina Harvey, edited by Simon Petrie (Peggy Bright Books)
  • Asymmetry , Thoraiya Dyer, edited by Alisa Krasnostein (Twelfth Planet Press)
  • Caution: Contains Small Parts, Kirstyn McDermott, edited by Alisa Krasnostein (Twelfth Planet Press)
  • The Bone Chime Song and Other Stories, Joanne Anderton, edited by Tehani Wesseley (FableCroft Publishing)
  • The Bride Price, Cat Sparks, edited by Russell B. Farr (Ticonderoga Publications)
Best Artwork
  • Cover art, Eleanor Clarke, for The Back of the Back of Beyond by Edwina Harvey (Peggy Bright Books)
  • Illustrations, Kathleen Jennings, for Eclipse Online (Nightshade Books)
  • Cover art, Shauna O'Meara, for Next' edited by Simon Petrie and Rob Porteous (CSFG Publishing)
  • Cover art, Cat Sparks, for The Bride Price by Cat Sparks (Ticonderoga Publications)
  • Rules of Summer, Shaun Tan (Hachette Australia)
  • Cover art, Pia Ravenari, for Prickle Moon by Juliet Marillier (Ticonderoga Publications)
Best Fan Writer
  • Tsana Dolichva, for body of work, including reviews and interviews in Tsana's Reads and Reviews
  • Sean Wright, for body of work, including reviews in Adventures of a Bookonaut
  • Grant Watson, for body of work, including reviews in The Angriest
  • Foz Meadows, for body of work, including reviews in Shattersnipe: Malcontent & Rainbows
  • Alexandra Pierce, for body of work, including reviews in Randomly Yours, Alex
  • Tansy Rayner Roberts, for body of work, including essays and reviews at www.tansyrr.com
Best Fan Artist
  • Nalini Haynes, for body of work, including "Defender of the Faith", "The Suck Fairy", "Doctor Who vampire" and "The Last Cyberman" in Dark Matter
  • Kathleen Jennings, for body of work, including "Illustration Friday"
  • Dick Jenssen, for body of work, including cover art for Interstellar Ramjet Scoop and SF Commentary
Best Fan Publication in Any Medium
  • Dark Matter Zine, Nalini Haynes
  • SF Commentary, Bruce Gillespie
  • The Writer and the Critic, Kirstyn McDermott and Ian Mond
  • Galactic Chat Podcast, Sean Wright, Alex Pierce, Helen Stubbs, David McDonald, and Mark Webb
  • The Coode Street Podcast, Gary K. Wolfe and Jonathan Strahan
  • Galactic Suburbia, Alisa Krasnostein, Alex Pierce, and Tansy Rayner Roberts
Best New Talent
  • Michelle Goldsmith
  • Zena Shapter
  • Faith Mudge
  • Jo Spurrier
  • Stacey Larner
William Atheling Jr Award for Criticism or Review
  • Reviews in Randomly Yours, Alex, Alexandra Pierce
  • "Things Invisible: Human and Ab-Human in Two of Hodgson's Carnacki stories", Leigh Blackmore, in Sargasso: The Journal of William Hope Hodgson Studies #1 edited by Sam Gafford (Ulthar Press)
  • Galactic Suburbia Episode 87: Saga Spoilerific Book Club, Alisa Krasnostein, Alex Pierce, and Tansy Rayner Roberts
  • The Reviewing New Who series, David McDonald, Tansy Rayner Roberts, and Tehani Wessely
  • "A Puppet's Parody of Joy: Dolls, Puppets and Mannikins as Diabolical Other", Leigh Blackmore, in Ramsey Campbell: Critical Essays on the Master of Modern Horror edited by Gary William Crawford (Scarecrow Press)
  • "That was then, this is now: how my perceptions have changed", George Ivanoff, in Doctor Who and Race edited by Lindy Orthia (Intellect Books

Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Getting It Right.

As an ex-cop, I generally find it difficult to watch or read police dramas.

Not for any reason associated with trauma from my past, but simply because they rarely provide an accurate portrayal of police work. Some are better than others, a few I have tolerated, most I don't bother with because I get frustrated.

Yeah, I know, it's only a show/book/film, get over it and enjoy it, but I can't. If it doesn't ring true for me then I have trouble sticking with it.

I recently watched The Returned, a superb French drama that the producers of Resurrection claim not to have seen. OK, so the final episode was less than satisfying, leaving too many questions unanswered, and sometimes there were giant leaps in behaviour (character development?), but I was fine with that. I accepted it and enjoyed the drama, the darkness and the superb performances. The things that bugged me were the little details, the actions taken by characters that were not normal or logical.

Example: The power in the town goes out, and no-one is sure why. The electric company people simply decide to leave the town after deciding there's nothing they can do, and without speaking to the authorities. The power is out for several days, and the police don't seem too concerned by it. No one in authority goes to ask why the power is out and when it will be restored. No one asks why the power station is now unattended.

Minor bits like that annoyed me, but not enough to outweigh the parts I was loving. I chose to stay with the program.

I saw the first ten minutes of Resurrection. The lapses in logic there were so great I couldn't watch any more.

As writers we need to make sure our worlds are internally consistent, and that includes making sure people's actions and reactions ring true for our readers.

Sunday, April 20, 2014

Fandom Will Eat Itself.

The Hugo nominations have been announced, and I'm thrilled to see some friends, acquaintances, and people from my writing group on the list. Congratulations to all those shortlisted.

But already a brouhaha has erupted over some of the nominations.

I'm familiar with some of the so-called 'problems', less so with others. Some of those nominations I agree with, others I don't. And yes, there are a couple at which I took a second look and wondered what people were thinking.

But those are the nominations that have been made by fandom as a whole. And we need to simply accept that.

I must say, however, that on the back of a couple of other public brawls and 'controversies' in the SF world, I am wondering where fandom is headed.

Over the past few years I've been surprised to have had people tell me they were voting on awards with their decision based on a wide range of reasons often not connected with the actual writing. And that seems wrong.

Hey, I've got a novel idea. If you don't like values or themes a story contains, then don't vote for it.

But as for the people? Let's leave differing politics, beliefs, genders, sexual orientations, personalities and the like out of the awards, and vote for the best story/novel/zine/whatever from the shortlists.

Friday, April 18, 2014

Vale: Gabriel García Márquez.

One Hundred Years of Solitude wasn't the first magic realist book I'd ever read, but it was the first time I was aware I was reading that genre. The book was set as part of my university course, and while reading it I realised I'd encountered magic realism before - I simply hadn't known it.

I've since managed to read a few of Márquez's short stories, in anthologies such as Black Water 2, and although I've picked up a couple of other novels by Gabriel García Márquez, most notably Love in a Time of Cholera, I must admit  to not having read them yet. They're still in the TBR pile.

But magic realism is a genre I've fallen in love with, from the great South American movement through to writers like Haruki Murakami, Jonathan Carroll and Tea Obrecht, and it appears as though these writers owe a debt of gratitude to the South American movement that seemed to be spearheaded by Gabriel García Márquez.

He was 87.

Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Creative Space.

Several years ago I read the Charles Bukowski piece on the Ideal Conditions and Myths of Creativity. And then a year or so ago I found the illustrated version, which appears to have now been removed from its original website at Zen Pencils (at the request of Bukowski's publishers), which also ran the fantastic Bill Watterson piece on Creating a Life that Reflects Your Values and Satisfies Your Soul.

It covers a number of excuses people use to procrastinate, or never start creating - some of which I can certainly identify with. One of the lines refers to having the right space, the appropriately conducive surroundings in which to commence your masterpiece, and the piece concludes with:
“Air and light and time and space have nothing to do with it and don’t create anything except maybe a longer life to find new excuses for.”
It has been a dream of mine to set up my own writing space, and not just the study in the house. Now it's finally ready to go.

It's been gradual, setting up the space. It's taken me a couple of years. A lot of it had to do with clearing the room, painting it, getting shelves in for my music and books. Then I purchased the furniture needed - a broad table rather than a desk and a chair that feels just right. There was no hurry - my writing wasn't reliant on this dedicated space.

But the final piece fell into place yesterday with the purchase of a 2nd hand computer. This computer is special - it has no internet connection and no games installed.

And so, as of this morning, I'll be in my new space and working on the story I commenced at my mini-retreat last week.

Bukowski might not be satisfied, but then again he'd be very, very drunk.

Sunday, April 13, 2014

One Week Down, One Week To Go.

Halfway through the school holidays, and it's been great so far.

I received my welcome pack from the SFWA - I'm now an official member (associate), although my goal is to become a full member as soon as I can. It's a nice step, and another goal crossed off my list.

Writing has been good. I just returned from three nights down the coast on a writing retreat with David McDonald. There's nothing like being with another writer to keep you accountable. Lots of words, discussions, ideas and plans made.  Yeah, David, that private yacht is only a few more sales away.

Waiting and waiting on a couple of responses. Hopefully I'll hear something soon, and hopefully they'll be positive.

Caught up with a couple of friends from my old school, I've only been gone a month but it was great just hanging out.

And I have plans for the rest of the holidays. More writing, more catching up with friends, going to see a film with my new colleagues, and at least one lunch.

And music. There will be loud music.

Tuesday, April 8, 2014

Kicking Down Doors.

When I recently applied for a new job, someone told me that if I didn't get the job then it wasn't meant to be. I was successful in my application, and the job feels right for me. But there were many, many other applicants - probably quite a few who would have performed the role quite well. (Although I would like to think they wouldn't be doing it as well as I am.)

I've seen too many people not get the job they should have. I can recall many, many times when the wrong person was given the role and they screwed it up. Was that 'meant to be'? Surely if you don't get the job and it's 'meant to be', then getting the job must abide the same rule.

It's happened to me several times too.

And I usually end up hearing those pithy little sayings, such as 'If one door closes, another one opens.'  No, I don't see that at all. If one door closes, then it's up to you to open a door.

As a qualified careers advisor I've seen many students submit applications for jobs they were never going to get, but because they hadn't built an employment history, hadn't written an enticing application, or simply hadn't prepared. That had nothing to do with fate - only effort.

Many years ago I chased after a position. I prepared for the interview, did my research, practiced interviews and built an excellent case on why I should be employed. I was unsuccessful, and later I heard four different reasons why I didn't get the job. (I also heard I was the best interviewee, and that I was suited for the role, but they gave it to another person for ridiculous reasons). I decided not to wait for another door to open, and decided to kick that same door open.

It took me a year or so, and I was in while the other person, who had failed to perform, was out. Unfortunately, in the meantime, this person had done nothing, had destroyed rather than build, and debased the job to such an extent parts of the role had been farmed out to others and the position I inherited was a shadow of its former self - not only in duties, but in effectiveness.

My supervisor told me they should have originally given it to me, and apologised. I didn't stay long.

Don't be passive. Don't think things will happen around you. Make it happen. Write that story. Send it out. Pay attention to the rejections, but work on your craft and send out more.

Write. Submit. Repeat.

Saturday, April 5, 2014

Some Time In Marrakesh.

My story, Some Time In Marrakesh, has just been published in Outposts of Beyond 4. It's currently only available in print, but the e-version should appear in the next few days.

I also appeared in issues 2 and 3, so I'm thrilled to have had three in a row. At this stage I have nothing slated for issue 5 so the run should end here.

I absolutely love the cover artwork for this issue. I have no idea who the artist is, but The artist is Laura Givens, and I'd like to congratulate her on her work. I'm pretty sure the editors at Alban Lake didn't commission the artwork just for my story, but I'd be surprised if it wasn't specially chosen just for this issue. It reflects my story so accurately it could easily have been commissioned art.

Some Time In Marrakesh was based on an incident that actually occurred to my wife and me when we were wandering around that great city. We were on our way to the souks when....

No, I'll leave you to read the story. The opening scene is very close to reality.

Thanks, Alban Lake, for publishing me again.

Tuesday, April 1, 2014

Dimension6 Has Issues.

The inaugural issue of Dimension6 will be distributed free from Friday, 4th April, (EDIT: Now available!)  on the Coeur de Lion website as well as a number of mirror sites around the web. The eZine will be published thrice yearly.

Dimension6 is an exciting new project by award-winning editor Keith Stevenson (Aurealis, Anywhere But Earth, X6). Keith, in an interview on Angela Slatter's website, states: "... I’ll continue to source the best stories I can find from new and established authors. With only three stories an issue, I can afford to be choosy."

I was fortunate enough to have had one of my stories selected for the nine slots available in the first year. The Last Of The Butterflies will be published in October (issue #3). I'm completely thrilled to find myself alongside the eight other names, including many I would consider inspirations and unofficial mentors. So unofficial, in fact, they probably don't even realise it. And, of course, I previously worked with Keith when he published So Sad, The Lighthouse Keeper in Anywhere But Earth.

Keith: "My initial reading period in January really took me by surprise and I was able to fill the first three issues from the submissions I got. So I know for sure that the next two issues will bring you stories from Dirk Strasser, Cat Sparks, Rob Hood, Robert Stephenson, Alan Baxter and Steve Cameron. With Richard Harland, Jason Nahrung and Charlotte Nash in issue #1 that’s one hell of an impressive line-up for our first year!"

Check out the complete interview here. Angela has interviews with the writers for Issue #1 during this week.

Ah Keith, thanks for including me. Did you notice how quickly I returned those contracts just in case you'd made a mistake?


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