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For our last post in the month of March we'd like to highlight the Scraffito Collection by Pratt & Larson. This handmade ceramic collection uses the ancient Italian technique of scraffito (or sgraffito) to create patterns with remarkable detail and contrasting colors. This impeccable tile imbues...

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United States plans to deploy F-35 in the middle East

United States plans to deploy F-35 in the middle East

MOSCOW, Feb 25 — RIA Novosti. The U.S. air force are going to place the F-35 in the middle East to combat the terrorist group “Islamic state”* in a few years, the newspaper Defense News, citing the head of air combat command, Herbert Carlisle (Herbert Carlisle).

“Placement in the middle East… planned in a few years,” said Campos, adding that small shipments of the F-35 to Europe and the Asia-Pacific region can be implemented this spring.

According to military, the F-35 can significantly help the U.S. air force in Syria and Iraq. As writes the edition, the Russian and Syrian military has placed the existing anti-aircraft missile systems in Syria to protect important objects.

“If you look at parts of Syria, inside this zone there is a fairly dense anti-aircraft threat. We try to resolve issues. We try to make sure they know that, of course, they don’t have to illuminate our aircraft, but these systems operate in the environment. They do not cover our planes with any type of radar sighting of the target in a large amount or to a significant extent… But these radars active,” he said.

Previously, the company Lockheed Martin announced that the total size of the price reduction under the contract to supply the Pentagon’s F-35 fighter amounted to 728 million dollars.

As noted in the concern, the personal involvement of President Donald trump in the F-35 has accelerated the negotiations and focused on reducing prices.

Aircraft-F-35 modifications A (simple version intended for export) has been recognized by experts of the air force in August 2016 ready for operation in combat conditions, after repeated delays due to elimination of the revealed problems.

*The group “Islamic state” (IG) is prohibited in Russia.


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Is the UK Economy Cut Out for Shorter Working Days?

There’s so much discussion about the amount of time people work or don’t work as the case may be. Doctors say work is good for health (but not too much because we can get tired and stressed and that’s bad for us).

The UK’s productivity is not great. Last year a report disclosed that only Japan in the G7 performed worse than the UK in terms of output per hour worked. Are we having to work longer to achieve the same because we’re inefficient (or worse)?

If you read Tim Ferriss’ (The Four Hour Week),then you find another view entirely. By the way, the four hour week does not and cannot apply to service businesses – which according to Government statistics in December 2015 form 74% of the 5.4 million business. Incidentally 95% of the UK’s business come into the ‘micro business category, employing nine or fewer people. You tend to have to work longer in these small businesses because there’s an enormous amount of work and cost involved in growing and running a business and fewer people to do it.

The average UK working day is 8.5 hours and we have the fifth longest working day in Europe. A YouGov survey found that 27% of people in the UK believe a working day would be more productive if it were seven hours long. (I wonder what the basis for that belief in higher productivity is?) 44% of people said that four days would be the length of an ideal working week. Recently Sweden adopted a six hour working day. Toyota centres in Gothenburg have had six hour working days in place for over ten years (but German productivity and work ethic is really quite different to the UK style). The feedback from doing this is that employees appear happier, the Company has a lower turnover rate and profits have increased.

Contractual hours are decided by agreement between employer and employee. The Working Time Regulations govern the hours which most people work.

  • There is a limit of an average 48 hours that any worker can be required to work in a week. An individual may opt-out of this if he wants to work longer hours.
  • 11 consecutive hours’ rest should be given to a worker in any 24 hour period to allow a worker to rest properly before starting work again.
  • If any worker has a working day which is longer than six hours he will be entitled to a 20 minute rest break. Any rest break does not have to be paid time.
  • There are also special regulations in place for young workers (under the age of 18). A young worker is entitled to a 30 minute break if he works more than 4.5 hours, 12 hours of daily rest and 48 hours weekly rest.

The norm in the UK is a five day working week for those who work full time. Under Working Time Regulations a worker is entitled to a minimum of one day off each week.

A breach of Working Time Regulations could lead to a complaint at an employment tribunal. ‘Improvement’ or ‘prohibition’ notices may be issued by the Health and Safety Executive and the worst offenders could receive a £5,000 fine on conviction in a magistrate’s court or an unlimited fine in the crown court.

Perhaps we could achieve a shorter working day if our productivity per capita increased and was sustained at a higher level? It would be an interesting experiment and I certainly know a number of MDs who say that they don’t mind how many or few hours employees work provided they hit KPIs in the right way.

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What is the Reasonable Employer?

This year I have had to deal with more incredibly unreasonable employees than at any time in my 30 year career in HR. I have never come across such shameless case making. And since the repeal of the tribunal fees applications to tribunal have exploded. Numbers are up 165% on last year’s figures. Looks like the mad, bad and frivolous claims are back in force.

All this means that employers have to be very, very careful to get things right when they manage staff conduct or performance. It won’t necessarily stop a claim being made; but a careful and rigorous approach will increase your chances of winning if you choose to fight. It also improves your chances of negotiating a sensible exit if you try to settle.

If you dismiss an employee it is for you to show the reason for any dismissal. The dismissal of a qualifying employee (i.e. an employee with at least two years' continuous employment service) will be unfair unless you can show that the reason was one of five potentially fair reasons (i.e., misconduct, capability, redundancy, contravention of a statutory restriction or for some other substantial reason); and that, in all the circumstances (including the size and administrative resources of the business),you acted procedurally correctly and reasonably in treating that reason as a sufficient reason for dismissal.

The reasonableness of your decision will be determined in accordance with equity and the substantial merits of the case. This is an objective test. The benchmark for procedural fairness in the case of discipline is the ACAS Code of Conduct on Disciplinary and Grievance Procedures (the Code) which sets out behaviours that you must adopt before taking the decision to dismiss an employee for misconduct or poor performance.

A reasonable investigation is essential. The celebrated case of British Home Stores Ltd v Burchell requires that in order to establish the reason for dismissal in a misconduct situation, you must show that you:

  • believed the employee to be guilty of misconduct;
  • had reasonable grounds upon which to sustain that belief;
  • carried out as much investigation as was reasonable in all the circumstances at the stage at which you formed the belief.

A disciplinary process should involve a thorough investigation, making sure the employee is fully aware of the case against him and then has the chance to respond to the allegations and put his own position/defence to you. If the employee raises issues which need further investigation the disciplinary hearing you should adjourn to allow any necessary additional investigations to be carried out.

In any event, you should always adjourn a discipline hearing before making a decision so that you can consider the case fully before coming to any final decision. During that adjournment, the decision maker, with the support of HR as appropriate, should consider all evidence and mitigating factors carefully, before determining what, if any, disciplinary action is appropriate.

There is no statutory 'tick box' list available (more’s the pity),but you should consider the following factors when assessing the reasonableness of a decision to dismiss in a misconduct situation:

  • length of service
  • the nature of the employment and experience
  • general work record
  • the status of the employee
  • working environment
  • consistency of treatment / the penalty imposed in similar cases in the past
  • the nature of the misconduct involved, and whether it amounts to gross misconduct
  • the extent to which any company rules have been breached
  • whether the conduct is deliberate or repeated
  • whether or not there are any live disciplinary warnings on file
  • whether or not the employee was remorseful for their actions
  • whether the employer's actions were reasonable, particularly when dealing with a situation where an employee has refused a reasonable instruction
  • are any mitigating circumstances which might make it appropriate to adjust the severity of the penalty

Before deciding whether disciplinary action is appropriate and, if so, what form it should take, the ACAS Guide also suggests that you should consider whether:

    • your rules indicate what the likely penalty will be as a result of the particular misconduct;
    • the standards of the wider workforce are acceptable, and whether the employee is being unfairly singled out;
    • any training, additional support or adjustments to the work is necessary.

Whether or not a dismissal is fair or not will depend on many factors. You need to carefully consider all of the circumstances before reaching a decision to dismiss.

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The jq Command-Line JSON Processing Tool

Yeah, It’s awk and sed for JSON

Every wish you could deal with JSON from the command-line as easily as with any other type of data? Well you can with jq which essentially combines the functionality of all your favorite shell parsing tools into one monolithic JSON tool. In fact, it is so exhaustive in what it can do that it probably pays for it a little in execution time even though it is written in compatible C code.

Given the following pie.json file:

    "pie": "Apple",
    "numbers": [10, 3.141592653589, 6.673e-11],
    "likes": true,
    "nothing": null,
    "rhyme": "Little jack horner stuck in his thumb\nand pulled out a plumb"

You can integrate it like so:

echo "I like $(jq -r .pie pie.xml) pie."
I like Apple pie.

Or you can even do match with numbers:

echo "Can I have 2 pis? $(jq -r '.numbers[1]*2' pie.xml)"
Can I have 2 pis? Sure, 6.283185307178.

Note that you need the single quotes around the queries that contain brackets and other characters that having special meaning to the shell otherwise.

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DP Daily Prompt: New Sensation

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I am completely overwhelmed by all the choices in front of me. I have seen all of them, but I never tried any of them. It is not because I am some extraordinary person and wouldn’t care about what was fashionable.

I grew up  away from all types of fashions that existed around the world. We had two kinds of dresses. One was called Shalwar Kamiz; the other one was Sari.

Our population were not behind as far as the word fashion goes. So this is how they changed the same dresses in  different ways. Let me write about Shalwar Kamiz;  Shalwar I would say resembles slightly like trousers or pants. This is how the style changes in a shalwar, they (tailors) widen or make the bottom narrow;   Kamiz which is almost like a shirt; is sometimes reaching your ankle and then it goes slightly below the knee or even above the knee. They used to leave the sleeves of the shirt by keeping it down to the wrist; now it is sleeveless or short sleeve.

The next is Sari: they tried to wear the sari below the knee,it didn’t pan out well because it looked ridiculous and spoiled the look of this graceful dress. So they’ve left  alone the length. Instead they fiddle with the blouse. The blouse nowadays are so short it makes no sense to wear them. The blouse sleeves are short ,long,or three quarters. The neck line is too wide which I think does not look that great. This is all about fashion .Next is how do I deal with it.

When I went to Dhaka , I took some fabric with me to get some blouses made. I had a terrible experience,I showed what I wanted, the tailor who was interested in how much material he could steal made the blouses short and ugly. I thought our tailors stitched beautiful blouses, not anymore they’re too busy stealing as much as they can.

This is all I know about fashion in Dhaka!   Pictures from wikipedia

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Journal of Network Theory in Finance , Vol. 1, Issue 3, 1-50

Too Interconnected to Fail: A Survey of the Interbank Networks Literature

The banking system is highly interconnected and these connections can be conveniently represented as an interbank network. This survey presents a systematic overview of the recent advances in the theoretical literature on interbank networks and assesses our current understanding of the structure of interbank networks, of how network characteristics affect contagion in the banking system and of how banks form connections when faced with the possibility of contagion and systemic risk. In particular, I highlight how the theoretical literature on interbank networks offers a coherent way of studying interconnections, contagion processes and systemic risk, while emphasizing at the same time the challenges that must be addressed before general results on the link between the structure of the interbank network and financial stability can be established. The survey concludes with a discussion of the policy relevance of interbank network models with a special focus on macro-prudential policies and monetary policy.

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2013 02-17 Good News to Report

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On the 28th of January, at the City Hall of Johns Creek, Saint Brigid was awarded the Special Use Permit that we needed in order to purchase the “Hamil property”, the property on Old Alabama Road that is situated between the bank and the parish.  Between 150 and 200 parishioners, all wearin’ the green of Saint Brigid were in attendance, in support of our efforts. So, why is this good news for us?

At the founding of this parish, then Fr. Joe Corbett knew that we would need more land.  A parish that was expanding as Saint Brigid did during the early years would need additional space…to build what a great parish needs. Fr. Joe and the strong lay-leadership of the parish did all they could; but it was not until the passing of the patriarch of the Hamil family that the sons agreed to sell the property to the Archdiocese.

So, the good news is that we will be able to expand our parish by two acres.  And with this expanded property, we will have a chance to move forward with the planning of a projected construction project…a project that is geared to provide for the spiritual and social needs of our children, our teens, our married couples, our single adults, our seniors.

When Andrew’s brother Simon declared his faith in Jesus, saying to him You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God (Matthew 16.16), Jesus responded, saying to Simon…you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church (Matthew 16.18) .

Simon declared his faith in Jesus of Nazareth. We, the parish family of Saint Brigid, as members of this world-wide Catholic Church, we too declare our faith in the Lord Jesus. And the project that we will look to in the near future…that of creating the space and the place for our ongoing renewal … will give us the ability to build upon this rock…the rock of faith…the rock that is Peter and the whole apostolic Church.

It’s an exciting time for our parish and our future!. More to follow!

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Saints signing undrafted rookie linebacker KeShun Freeman

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The New Orleans Saints were obviously happy with their group of tryout players during rookie minicamp this past weekend.

Former Georgia Tech linebacker KeShun Walker is signing with the Saints, according to a tweet from his agent. Walker is one of four tryout players who earned a contract after the three-day camp.

The Saints also have signed veteran defensive tackle Jay Bromley and offensive lineman Michael Ola, as well as fullback Ryan Yurachek, who went undrafted this year like Walker.

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Saints to sign former Giants defensive tackle Jay Bromley

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The number of tryout players the New Orleans Saints that earned a roster spot after rookie minicamp is up to three.

Veteran defensive tackle Jay Bromley is set to sign with the Saints, according to a league source. He joins veteran offensive tackle Michael Ola and undrafted rookie fullback Ryan Yurachek (Marshall) as players who earned contracts after trying out this past weekend.

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With Mark Ingram out, is the answer to running back depth for New Orleans already on the roster?

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The New Orleans Saints opened their rookie camp this past weekend, the first chance to see this year's draft choices and free agent signees on the field in their new uniforms. They opened camp just days after the league announced that Pro Bowl running back Mark Ingram will be suspended for the first four games of the upcoming season. The team still has the reigning offensive rookie of the year in Alvin Kamara, who was already expected to take on an even bigger role in the Saints offense. The immediate question now surrounding New Orleans is their depth behind Kamara, and how they will go about replacing Ingram's production until his return. The Saints have very little experience at the running back position, their current depth chart looks like this:

Trey Edmunds (6'2, 223-lbs., 2nd yr.)

~Edmunds made the team as a rookie free agent last year, rushing for 48 yards on 9 carries and a touchdown.

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Ravens announce the hirings of Rob Ryan, Anthony Weaver

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The Ravens announced the hirings of Rob Ryan and Anthony Weaver to their defensive staff. Ryan will serve as inside linebackers coach and Weaver as run game coordinator/defensive line coach.

In a news release, head coach John Harbaugh said the team continues to interview candidates for their defensive backs coaching position.

“Rob is a proven NFL coach who brings extensive experience to the Ravens,” Harbaugh said in a statement. “In addition to his passion for the game, he has an outstanding ability to connect with and teach players.

“Anthony is highly regarded throughout the NFL. As a...
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The Saints 2020 season, boiled down to the 10 numbers that defined it

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Maybe you’re the binary type whose only measure of a season is a one or a zero: Did the New Orleans Saints win another Super Bowl title, or did they fail?

If that sounds like you, go ahead and stop reading now. But if you’re the type who is interested in a numerical accounting of the season that was, keep going, because the 2020 New Orleans Saints were an interesting statistical group.

Here is one person’s interpretation of the 10 numbers that defined the Saints season

0 — This is how many players passed for 300 yards against the Saints this season, including the two playoff games. It’s...
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Saints reflect on an unforgettable year marked by unprecedented challenges. 'It was an escape'

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The 2020 New Orleans Saints season closed on a forgettable chapter with an uninspiring playoff loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, but then again, many who were a part of that season won’t soon forget what it was like even getting to that point.

How could they not remember the empty stadiums? The morning nasal swab and temperature check ritual? The constant reminders to maintain distance from teammates, a drastic change in a locker room’s social setting and, in a way, a contradiction of a profession that requires them to get very close to other people.

How could they ever shut out the...
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5 Players the Saints should re-sign this offseason

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The New Orleans Saints will aim to remain competitive in the upcoming 2021 NFL season. However, the potential retirement of Drew Brees and the salary cap dilemma have many fans worried that competitive may not be the case.

Fortunately, through contract restructures and extensions, New Orleans will have some money to play with and may aim to re-sign some of their stars that are currently free agents. Here are the top five players the team should target:

While many fans are clamoring to trade for Deshaun Watson or Matthew Stafford, we are aiming to be a bit more pragmatic. The Saints will...
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Saints fan confidence tumbles heading into tumultuous offseason

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Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NFL. Each week, we send out questions to the most plugged-in New Orleans Saints fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to join Reacts.

With the loss over the weekend the Saints season came to an end. But with it came the end of an era. The way things have come to an end has shaken the confidence of Saints fans.

Does Drew Brees retire? Who is the quarterback of the Saints in 2021? Will the Saints be able to contend next year when they’re slated to be over $100 million over the cap?

These questions don’t have answers, and...
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NFL Playoff Picks 2021: Conference Championships

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The New Orleans Saints suffered yet another devastating playoff loss in the Divisional Round, dashing the Saints’ Super Bowl hopes once again and putting a damper on these playoffs since that time. Of course, the NFL Playoffs steam ahead as the road to the Super Bowl comes near its end. Now, let’s take a look at the matchups ahead.

The NFL’s final four take the stage to determine who moves on to Super Bowl LV. The NFC title matchup features the two most media-adored quarterbacks in NFL history, while the AFC title matchup features the best overall team in the NFL this year, in Kansas...
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POLL: Who do you want to win between the Packers and Buccaneers?

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This Sunday the Green Bay Packers are set to host the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the NFC Championship game. For New Orleans Saints fans who will still watch the game just because they enjoy watching football, this presents a bit of a conundrum. Who do you wind up cheering for?

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What’s another ring for Tom Brady at this point? All things considered, he seems like a decent enough dude. He threw a touchdown pass to Drew Brees’s kids after last week’s game for Pete’s sake! If Brady has 6 rings, 7 rings, or 11 rings, it doesn’t really change the hierarchy of the NFL’s greatest...
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Report: Chargers, Seahawks want to interview Joe Lombardi for offensive coordinator

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The Saints lost one offensive assistant when Dan Campbell was hired as the head coach of the Lions and another member of Sean Payton’s staff could be in the mix for a couple of offensive coordinator openings.

Jeff Duncan of reports that the Chargers and Seahawks have requested permission to interview quarterbacks coach Joe Lombardi for their offensive coordinator openings.

Lombardi is in his second stint with the Saints. He returned to the team in 2016 after spending two seasons as the offensive coordinator for the Lions.

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Fleur-de-Links, January 22: Sean Payton speaks on coaching moves, quarterback futures, and more

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A look at potential quarterbacks the Saints could start in 2021, including in-house quarterbacks, quarterbacks currently playing for other teams, or draft picks.

Sean Payton speaks on multiple moves surrounding Saints coaching staff.

Dan Campbell speaks highly of Sean Payton following his signing as new head coach with Detroit Lions.

Sean Payton shares his specific positive feelings about Ryan Nielsen’s position with the Saints.

ESPN’s Kevin Seifert listed Trey Hendrickson and Marcus Williams among the top 50 free agents heading into the 2021 offseason.

Sean Payton speaks on the...
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Blame game out in full force with Brees, Nielsen developments

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Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

So is the view of negativity.

So Brittany Brees did what the New Orleans Saints will never do in revealing intimate details about her husband’s vast injuries which he endured and played with in what was likely his final season in the NFL.

Sean Payton would not address the specifics in his conference call with media Thursday but did praise the toughness of Brees for playing hurt and the stability and ability of Brees to answer the bell with regularity over a two decade career.

The reaction to the injury revelation has triggered one of several...
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Sean Payton “fired up” about Ryan Nielsen’s return

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When the week began, it looked like Saints defensive line coach Ryan Nielsen would be heading to LSU to become the school’s new defensive coordinator.

The Saints said Nielsen’s contract blocked the move, however, and Wednesday brought word that he will remain with the team. Nielsen signed a three-year extension and added the title of assistant head coach.

On Thursday, head coach Sean Payton discussed his excitement about that turn of events.

“We’re outstanding,” Payton said, via the team’s website. “We’re fantastic, fired up that he’s returning. Every once in a while in this business...
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Ex-Saints coach Dan Campbell says Lions will 'bite a kneecap' to be 'last ones standing'

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Dan Campbell has been the head coach of the Detroit Lions for one day, but he's already making waves in NFL circles for his introductory press conference.

The former New Orleans Saints tight ends coach spoke with media members for more than an hour on Thursday covering a wide variety of topics, the most eye-catching being how Campbell plans to have the Lions "take on the identity of" their city.

Campbell started his answer by referencing how Detroit has been down before, but found a way to overcome adversity. He then illustrated that principle in graphic detail, including references to...
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Sean Payton addressed Saints' potential future at QB: 'We have a really good room'

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On the day his 2020 season came to an end, January 17, Sean Payton marked his 15th anniversary of being named the New Orleans Saints head coach. In a few months, quarterback Drew Brees will reach the same milestone for the day the organization announced his signing.

Their legacies have been tied together since then. Now, for the first time in his Saints tenure, Payton could soon be preparing for a season that does not include Brees as part of the plan. Speaking Thursday for the first time since the Saints’ season ended in last Sunday’s playoff loss, Payton spoke optimistically about where...
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'We're outstanding:' Saints' Sean Payton speaks on Ryan Nielsen situation, Dan Campbell, other assistants

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This 9 oz amber jar holds about 7.5 oz of wax. This candle is wicked, scented, and poured by hand in small batches in Flemington, New Jersey. Made from a blend of 100% natural soy wax from U.S.-grown soy beans, and 100% natural coconut wax, this candle burns cleaner (little to no soot) and far longer compared to paraffin wax candles.

This candle contains paraben-free, phthalate-free, cruelty-free fragrance oil.

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Information for Parents

At the OCSB we ensure students from all our schools have access to devices and digital resources. We believe technology is a powerful tool than can enhance their learning experience.

However, that access to technology needs to come with a number of safeguards. These come in two forms:

  1. Technical protections.

  2. Behavioural expectations to ensure that students are equipped to behave responsibly online.

Technical protections online

In providing student's with access to technology, we have been careful to choose tools that allow us to preserve students' privacy; Read about student use of technology in the OCSB to see he steps we are taking to ensure our students and their information are safe and secure. .

Behavioural expectations online

It is our shared responsibility as educators and parents/guardians to ensure that students are equipped to behave as responsible Digital Citizens in an increasingly complex digital world.

The Samaritans on the Digital Road program was developed by the OCSB to help build student awareness and skills for participating in the online world. The program is a series of age-appropriate lessons for each grade level (K-12) designed to develop students’ understanding that their citizenship and efforts to live gospel values extends to their presence in the digital world.

Responsible Use Policy

At the beginning of each school year, you and your child will be asked to sign the Responsible Use of Technology Agreement. The purpose of the agreement is to ensure that parents and students are fully aware of their responsibilities when using board-owned or their own technology at school. It is important to know that the policy states thataccess to network services is a privilege given to users who agree to use the services in a responsible manner. Inappropriate use may result in a suspension or cancellation of access privileges.”

Students should be reminded that their Google account belongs to the school board and they should only use it for school-related tasks.

Youth should be aware that there are legal implications and consequences to the inappropriate use of images, cyberbullying, plagiarism and hacking.

OCSB Policy: Responsible Use of Information Technology Resources

When students first access their Google accounts, they are assigned a password. They should change it to one that they will remember but that is not easy to figure out. If a student forgets their password, their teacher can reset it for them. They should not share their password with anyone except their teacher and/or you. Unfortunately, friends do not always remain friends and there have been a number of serious cyberbullying incidents that were made possible due to the sharing of passwords.

Cell phone use during the school day:

Many students have smartphones and these can be useful devices for learning as well as communicating with others. When in a classroom setting we ask that parents support the use of these devices for learning only. Because these devices can be very distracting for students it is important to define parameters for their use during school. Should students need to communicate with parents, we encourage them to approach their teachers at an appropriate time, explaining their reasoning. Then, when there is a good opportunity in class, to find a moment to send the text. Otherwise, educators will refer to the "Acceptable Use Agreement" which elaborates on the Educational and proper use of devices in school.


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Healthy & Safe Online

Keeping your son or daughter safe online:

  • Review the OCSB Responsible use Policy with your son or daughter every year. (K-6) (7-12)

  • Be aware of the dangers of sharing personal information.

  • Encourage reporting of inappropriate content.

  • Remind your child that bullying occurs online. Encourage positive, polite and affirming relationships online and elsewhere.

  • Youth should be aware that there are legal implications and consequences to the inappropriate use of images, cyberbullying, plagiarism and hacking.

  • Plagiarism occurs when a student uses another person’s work or ideas and represents it as their own. It is a serious offence of academic dishonesty and can be grounds for dismissal from most colleges and universities. The internet has made it easy to copy other people’s work. As such, it is important that we teach students how to properly credit sources and how to generate and share their own ideas.

  • Remind your son or daughter to keep their passwords secret.

Digital Citizenship and Safety resources for families and students

Help your family be safe and smart online

The Be Internet Awesome Family Guide gives families the tools and resources to learn about online safety and citizenship at home. We’ve created this guide for families to make it easier to incorporate and practice good digital habits in your everyday lives. Packed with good stuff, this guide will help you and your kids discuss, learn, and think about online safety together.

Play your way to Internet Awesome. "Interland" (within link above)

Interland is a playful online game that makes learning about digital safety and citizenship interactive and fun — just like the Internet itself. Here, kids will help their fellow Internauts combat the badly behaved hackers, phishers, oversharers and bullies by practicing the skills they need to be good digital citizens.

Discerning Consumer

  • Help your child be discerning about information that they see online. Encourage ‘critical literacy’, reminding them that not all things they find online are factual. For some useful resources visit https://mediasmarts.ca

  • Remind your son or daughter that a "punch" online still hurts. The way they behave online is still a reflection of who they are as a real person.

The Privacy Commissioner of Canada is an Agent of Parliament whose mission is to protect and promote privacy rights.

‘Common Sense Media’ A website that deals frankly with issues relating to social media such as sexting and cyberbullying. As well, it includes movie, book, and video game reviews specifically to help parents make decisions about their appropriateness for their child or adolescent. www.commonsensemedia.org

Digital Health

Monitor Screen time

  • Be aware of how much time your child spends online. You can set a schedule for family time when everyone unplugs. Negotiate a time prior to bedtime when your child can turn off their devices.

  • Blue light and ongoing notifications can have an effect on sleep. Suggest a suitable place to store electronic devices to avoid disrupting sleep patterns.

Go to: https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/blue-light-has-a-dark-side for an article outlining the risks associated with too much blue light at night.

  • Encourage a healthy balance to leisure time. Ensure that your child has time for outside play.

Every Mind Matters Handouts from the Psychology Foundation

These one page handouts provide valuable suggestions to parents around topics such as:

  • Helping kids get enough sleep

  • Managing screen time

  • The mental benefits of physical activity

  • Talking to teens

  • Helping teens with stress

Sleep Hygiene

Sleep Hygiene? What does this have to do with technology? Actually, the answer is everything.

Defending the last hour of sleep is one of the most important things you can do for yourself and your family. In Learning Technologies we are strong proponents of the effective use of technology. This does not mean staying up late playing video games and accessing social media. Access to the blue light of screens should be limited to an hour before sleep. The lack of sleep can be insidious. Over time it can create a sleep deficit that results in a cognitive deficit and an inability to concentrate. Have your kids read a book instead and get some sleep so that they can get back to al the effective use of technology that we promote!

While it may be very frustrating to constantly hound your kids to get off of their console on online games, there is some research that there are benefits! Among others, youth may benefit from improved coordination, increased problem-solving skills, improved social skills, and enhanced brain speed and processing. E-Sports athletes are even getting access to scholarships and internships in Universities and business. However, balance is key. Playing video games until 1:00 am isn’t good for anyone and can lead to chronic sleep deprivation. Overplaying can mean kids are choosing screentime over physical activity.

As a parent, helping your kids time-manage, and protecting their last hour before bed by avoiding screentime is key. Getting to the next level or playing just one more hour will always be more interesting than going to bed and reading a book. If self-regulation is an issue, you may need to help them schedule balance into their life. If you ask them to play less, help them choose different activities that are physical and/or family-related. The site gamequitters.com has supports for parents that can be used to gauge if your child is struggling with a rare full-on addiction. Even if they don’t there are many supports to help with time management and regulation.

Catholic School Parents Association - Partnership

Humane Use Media (2).pdf

Humane Use of Techology

Please note: Video for presentations available of CPSA's Facebook Site.

Additional Information

Helpful Websites for parents:

‘Cyberbullying’ http://www.prevnet.ca/bullying/cyber-bullying

‘Kidsmart’ A UK website to encourage digital literacy. http://www.kidsmart.org.uk/beingsmart/

TVO - The education section of TV Ontario’s website includes homework help, lessons, articles about current practices in education and mPower (a math game). www.tvo.org/education

Get Cyber Safe - This website from the federal government provides a digital citizenship guide for parents. GetCyberSafe

This website provides a wealth of excellent information to support parents with a variety of common parenting issues. https://raisingchildren.net.au/teens/videos


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But yet they call the shots.

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Here's the 4th record to add to my list of top 10 albums. And just to remind you, this is my top 10 albums that have influenced me and my music so far.

In case you missed the first 3, you can read about them here

Top 10 Album #1

Top 10 Album #2

Top 10 Album #3

My 4th selection is:

Delivery Suite - Andy Sheppard

Here's a link to it on Spotify

I can't find the full album on YouTube, so here's a link to his discography on his website.

Andy Sheppard, where to start! Andy has been one of the big influences on me musically. He has recorded so many great albums with many different vibes to them.

I have always loved his tone on the saxophone, but not just that. To me he is a truly creative and soulful musician and he has always moved me.

Another really beautiful album from him to definitely check out is

PS - Andy Sheppard & John Parricelli

I can't find free listening versions of this, but there are some samples on Andy's Discography page HERE - this is well worth a listen!

I know that adding a 2nd album is against the rules of a top 10 - but hey, I'm a jazz musician, I'm meant to break the rules!

Anyway, back to Delivery Suite. This was another album that I listened to A LOT as a teenager. As you know by now, I started off listening to dixieland jazz and was mesmerised by the multi-layered nature of it. Well this album, Delivery Suite, seemed to me to take that idea of multi-layered soundscapes and take it to a completely new place.

At the time of first hearing this album I was playing quite a lot of big band music, and loving it - studying with a trumpet player who worked regularly for years with Gene Pitney, remember him?!

Delivery Suite has a kind of big band feel to it, but was like nothing I'd ever heard! Most of the tracks are 16-19 minutes long and take you on completely absorbing journeys from intense madness to softly beautiful moments.

The whole album is bursting with creativity and, as seems to be the common factor with all of my choices so far, I was utterly mesmerised by it.

I wrote in my last Top 10 Album choice about transcription. Listening back to this album now, for the first time in years, I am finding that I can sing along with loads of it - again, not just the saxophone, but all the parts. Funny, it seems that sometimes we transcribe things without even realising it!

When you listen to this one, make sure you have time; it's over an hour long and, if you let him, Andy will take you on a journey...


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Harvard: Open plan office closes people up, lowers productivity

Harvard study debunks the belief that an open office encourages open communication. Researchers found that it's quite the opposite.

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Open-plan offices are all the rage right now. Companies are removing walls, in hopes of breaking down metaphorical walls among employees. It’s also great for the company’s bottom line since space can be better utilised. But instead of being a catalyst for more conversations and collaboration, a new Harvard research found that open offices made employees keep to themselves.

The researchers followed two Fortune 500 companies making a switch to an open office and compared the employees’ interaction before and after the office redesign.

150 participating employees wore a lanyard with a device attached to it, known as a sociometric badge, and captured the frequency and length of the employees’ face-to-face interactions. The badge recorded the wearer’s movement, location and physical interactions with colleagues over 15 work days before the renovation, and approximately three months later after the renovation, for another 15 workdays. The researchers also counted the participating employees’ emails and text messages sent over the two periods.

A sociometric badge used in the open plan office study.
A sociometric badge used in the open plan office study.

Open office, closed minds

The result? Face-to-face interaction plunged by about 70% while the length and number of emails and text messages increased by between 20% and 50%.

Before the office redesign, employees were interacting face-to-face for an average of 5.8 hours per day. This number was reduced to just 1.7 hours after the open plan was introduced. The lack of physical interaction was supplemented by 56% more sent emails, 20% more received emails, 41% more emails that employees were CC’ed in, 67% more IM message activity and 75% more words sent via IM.

But that’s okay, as long as work performance go up, right? Unfortunately, that’s not what one of the firms in the study discovered.

The firm conducted an internal and confidential work performance review and found out that productivity has declined after the change to an open working environment. While it is expected that productivity will plunge with more time spent conversing virtually rather than face to face, the surprising part is that a more open office actually triggered an unexpected shift in the mode of communication that is less open.

Lack of privacy the primary reason behind lowered productivity

The researchers attribute the lower productivity in open offices to the lack of privacy. The employees have to find other ways to cope with being more visible, such as putting on headphones and appearing as busy as possible. They could also be trying to preserve whatever privacy they and others have left by choosing to send an email to a co-worker who seems to be occupied with work so as not to interrupt them, even though they could simply walk up to them to have a chat.

Many studies and personal accounts also point to more distractions, more resentment and increased stress levels. Instead of helping to save money, these open-plan offices stir up ill-feelings that end up costing companies more.

So before you hop on the open office bandwagon, consider the costs involved.

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Shane Ryan.

It’s been a while since I’ve focused on Shane, but that doesn’t mean I haven’t thought about him.

I was excited when I sat down to write the first book of Shane’s new series, Death Hunter, and I’m just as excited to write book two.

I’m excited, not only because we have Shane back in the picture, but we have him doing what he does best: kicking ass.

There’s no subtle way to put it. Not with Shane Ryan.

When I sat down and started Book Two, Moran and Moran, I thought about our inter-connectedness as a society and as a world. We rely on each other, even now in the grips of Covid-19. We’re able to communicate via electronic devices, and while we may not be able to reach out physically to loved ones in this difficult time, the relationships are still there.

The relationship Shane has with James Moran, the senior family member of Moran and Moran, is something that I’ve wanted to explore. What would motivate Shane to go to the building?

Murder, of course.

Murder and theft.

And that’s what we have here. Someone’s stolen haunted artifacts and there’s death involved. There’s a trail of ghostly mayhem and murder, and despite Shane’s prowess, there’s going to be hell to pay on both sides of the fight.

So, sit down with your favorite drink. Shane’s going to light a Lucky, drink some whiskey, and kick some ass.

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Allergic To Death*

“So, that’s an eclectic collection of tablets that you’re taking,” the allergy doctor says, in a slow, kind voice.  We’re sitting in his high-ceilinged-book-lined consulting room.  There’s a clay bust of a unicorn on the windowsill.

Gazing at Harold Macmillan and The Cecils and Napoleon I say:

“Yes, well I’m on carbamazepine and duloxetine for my mental disorder and Zolodex and letrazole for my breast cancer.”

“So, can you describe for how long you’ve been having the breathing difficulties,” he says.  He’s an older chap – looks to be in his late seventies at least.  He has a kind voice and looks a lot like my paternal grandfather.

“Well,” I say.  “I’ve always had the allergic rhinitis and…”

“She had childhood asthma,” Mum says.  “But she grew out of it.”

“And after chemotherapy and then the first operation where I was under the anaesthetic for eight hours, well my breathing never recovered.  So I asked for a scan of my lungs to see if there was anything wrong,” I say, and I’m about to cry but must pull self together.  Gulping, I continue: “so, the scan came back clear but the reason that I didn’t realise that the cancer had spread to my lungs is that my breathing just never recovered and…”  Tears roll down my cheeks.  Mum squeezes my hand.

“Here,” the allergy doctor says, passing me a piece of kitchen roll.

“Thank you,” I say.

“So, you’re hyper mobile,” he says, looking at me.

“Yes,” I say. Wow: I’ve turned up at 221b Baker Street and met Sherlock Holmes.  He’s just taken a glance at me and…I mean…am not sitting with my feet tucked behind my ears or something.

“Do you have any stomach problems?” He says.

“Yes,” I say, warming to one of my favourite topics.  “I’m on pills for my constipation and…”

“It’s interesting,” he says.  “Hyper mobile people often suffer from constipation.  So, why have you come to see me?”

“Isn’t there a letter from my doctor?” I say.  “I thought they’d written to you or…”

“No,” he says.

“Oh, OK,” I say.  “Well – when I was about five I was diagnosed with allergies to house dust, house dust mites and feathers.  But during chemotherapy I became allergic to plasters too.  And I’ve had urticaria and sometimes my lip swells up and no-one knows why.

Then, a couple of weeks ago my eye swelled up and I could feel my throat closing and I was frightened and…well, I went to my doctor and asked for allergy tests.  And he sent me here.”

“I see,” he says, scrawling this on his pad in fountain pen.  “Well, let’s do the tests.”

There’s a tray of tiny bottles in front of him, twenty or so of them.

“Oh and I’ve had all my lymph nodes out on my right arm, so we have to use the left,” I say.

“Thank you for telling me,” he says, making dots down my left arm, in ten pairs.

“Please let me not be allergic to dog, cat, horse, egg, cheese, milk or wine,” I say, as he starts to cut into my skin.

“You’re brave, aren’t you?” He says.

“Very brave,” I say.

(To be continued)

The attached fuchsia lives near my office.

Happy Friday everyone!
*2012.  By Peg Cochran.  Detective novel containing recipes.  First in the Gourmet De-Lite murder mystery series.

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Conference May 9 — 75th Anniversary of V-E Day: Commemorate the Victory Against Fascism with a New Bretton Woods System

Conference May 9 — 75th Anniversary of V-E Day: Commemorate the Victory Against Fascism with a New Bretton Woods System

The Schiller Institute invites you to join us on Saturday, May 9, 2020 at 2pm EDT for an international 75th year commemoration of the victory over fascism in Europe, commonly known as V-E day. World War II, 1939–1945, occurred at the concluding phase of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s twelve year presidency. FDR’s post-war vision for a world free from what he accurately termed the “18th century methods” of British, French, Belgian, Dutch, and Portuguese colonialism, was one intended to replace that imperial rule with Alexander Hamilton’s American Revolution in the science of physical economy.

The necessity for an international dialogue among nations, and particularly Russia, China, India, and the United States, is immediate. As Helga Zepp-LaRouche, founder and chairman of the Schiller Institute, said on Saturday, April 25: “I’m greeting all of you who are watching this internet conference from all over the world, and I think you are all aware that the human species right now is confronted with an unprecedented crisis, which not only threatens to cost the lives of many millions of people through illness and hunger, to sweep away many of the institutions which people had taken for granted until now, and to plunge large parts of the world into a new dark age, including culturally—but it can also lead to a thermonuclear war that would potentially wipe out all of humanity.”

The Schiller Institute’s April 25–26 conference, “Mankind’s Existence Now Depends on the Establishment of a New Paradigm!”, attended by 2,500 people, successfully established a vital international “symposium for durable survival.” This discussion process, which has already featured government-level representatives from many nations in dialogue with American farm leaders, physicians, scientists and science students, and activists, must be continuous and uninterrupted.

The United States must be pulled back from the brink of its own induced self-destruction at the hands of the British, which works much as did Othello’s induced self-destruction at the hands of his “trusted ensign,” Iago, in Shakespeare’s play. Consider this exchange between FDR and Winston Churchill in March, 1941, months before the United States entered the war:

CHURCHILL : “You mentioned India.”
FDR: “Yes. I can’t believe that we can fight a war against fascist slavery, and at the same time not work to free people all over the world from a backward colonial policy…”
WC: “There can be no tampering with the Empire’s economic agreements.”
FDR: “They’re artificial. . .”
WC: “They’re the foundation of our greatness.”

Later that evening, according to Elliott Roosevelt, son of FDR, in his book, “As He Saw It,” Churchill continued:

“Mr. President,” he cried, “I believe you are trying to do away with the British Empire. Every idea you entertain about the structure of the postwar world demonstrates it. But in spite of that”—and his forefinger waved—“in spite of that, we know that you constitute our only hope. . .”
Elliott Roosevelt concludes: “In saying what he did, he was acknowledging that British colonial policy would be a dead duck,…and British ambitions to play off the U.S.S.R. against the U.S.A. would be a dead duck. Or would have been, if Father had lived.”

Now, today, the world would welcome the real America, FDR’s post-war anti-colonial America, the America of World War II veteran Lyndon LaRouche and of the LaRouche “Four Laws.” On May 9, the greatest honor that can be paid to the over 70 million people that died through that war, would be to commit to build an alliance of nations, the Four Powers. Helga Zepp-LaRouche emphasized, “The four main nations of the world—the United States, China, Russia, and India—must now establish a New Bretton Woods system and together with all nations that wish to join, a new paradigm in international cooperation among nations that is guided by the common aims of mankind. The fourth of Lyndon LaRouche’s “Four Laws” defines the qualitatively higher economic platform, the higher level of reason, of the Coincidentia Oppositorum of Nicholas of Cusa, on which the contradictions of geopolitical confrontation will be overcome.”

Let us, therefore, pursue this noble discussion in the shadow of the immortal regiments that wish to see the world for which they fought, and died, finally come to pass.

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Friday, 1 November 2013

Author Interview: Jaime Lee Moyer

Novel: Delia's Shadow

Short Fiction

> What is Delia's Shadow about?

Delia has always seen ghosts, but only as glimpses of faces watching from a corner, or faded haunts walking through walls. The ghost she discovers standing at the foot of her bed one morning is different. Shadow, as she comes to call this spirit, follows her relentlessly, invades her dreams, and demands things of Delia. This young woman died before Delia was born, the last victim of a brutal killer that terrorized San Francisco and then vanished. At the same time, Lieutenant Gabe Ryan finds himself investigating a series of murders that bear an uncanny resemblance to his father's thirty-year-old cases. Working together, Gabe and Delia race to discover the killer's identity before he claims more victims.

> Why did you decide to set your novel in 1915 San Francisco?

Choosing the time period was easy. The earthquake that had devastated San Francisco was nine years in the past and the city thought of itself as reborn. San Francisco hosted the Panama Pacific Exposition in 1915, and invited the world to come see a rebuilt city. Setting the story in that year gave me a rich background for my story.

1915 really was at the beginning of what we think of as the modern age. Cars were becoming as common as horse drawn buggies and wagons. Women had already won the vote in California years before and were proud of their independence. Women's roles were changing, attitudes were changing, and the flapper era was just around the corner. It was an exciting time.

> How much research did you do on 19th century spiritualism for the novel?

Spiritualism flourished well into the 1920s and beyond. The belief in communication with the dead wasn't as strong by the time the 1930s rolled around, but it was still there. I think that the modern day paranormal investigators are what 19th and early 20th century spiritualism evolved into. It's not viewed as a religion now, but unexplained phenomena and a strong belief in ghosts are still at the heart of it all.

I read a great deal about the spiritualism movement. Spirit mediums were employed to  provide a point of contact between the living and the dead. Seances were very popular and viewed as the best method of formal communication with the afterlife.

Spirit photography flourished at the end of the 19th century as well. People really believed that the blurry images and half seen shapes in these photographs were the ghosts of loved ones who hadn't completely "passed on" into the afterlife. Those beliefs ran deep. Telling someone the photographs were faked and a trick elicited shock and anger.

> What made you want to be a writer?

I wrote my first story at the age of 11. It's not so much a matter of wanting to be a writer, as in making a conscious choice, as it is that writing is at the heart of who I am. I don't think I could stop writing.

> If you could, would you change places with any of your characters?

No, I don't think I would. I love these characters, but each of them has their own burdens to bear, their own pain and sorrows that haunt them. Fictional characters don't have an easy life, especially if they are my characters.

> What was the hardest scene for you to write?

There is a very emotional, pivotal scene that takes place on the 4th of July. I can't go into detail without spoiling the plot, but that scene was very difficult for me to write. People who've read the book will know the scene I mean.

> Since you write all three, beyond the matter of length, do you find it easier writing short stories, poems or novels?

I'm a good poet and a better novelist. Novels seem to be a natural length for me and come more naturally. Much as I love writing short stories, I'm not nearly as good at those.

> When and where do you write?

It sounds very grand to say that I write in my office, but the office is really the second, unused bedroom. I have a desk and a computer and this is where I write.

I write around my day job, so there is no set time or schedule. In all the ways that count I have two full time jobs, three if you count real life.

> What’s the best/worst thing about writing?

The best thing about writing is making a connection with a reader and knowing that someone, somewhere, gets what you were trying to do. That they love your story and your characters.
The worst thing is that the story on the page is never as grand and wonderful as the story in my head.

> Do you have any advice for hopeful authors?

Practice, practice, write all you can, and hone your craft.

> Any tips against writers block?

I'm the wrong person to ask. If something I'm writing stalls, it's not because I'm "blocked" but because I took a wrong turn somewhere. I usually backtrack  a bit, figure out what I did wrong and keep going.

I know that's not very helpful, but it's all I have. :)

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Thursday, 10 March 2016

Shout-Out: The Courier by Gerald Brandt

Kris Ballard is a motorcycle courier. A nobody. Level 2 trash in a multi-level city that stretches from San Francisco to the Mexican border—a land where corporations make all the rules. A runaway since the age of fourteen, Kris struggled to set up her life, barely scraping by, working hard to make it without anyone's help.

But a late day delivery changes everything when she walks in on the murder of one of her clients. Now she's stuck with a mysterious package that everyone wants. It looks like the corporations want Kris gone, and are willing to go to almost any length to make it happen.

Hunted, scared, and alone, she retreats to the only place she knows she can hide: the Level 1 streets. Fleeing from people that seem to know her every move, she is rescued by Miller—a member of an underground resistance group—only to be pulled deeper into a world she doesn't understand.

Together Kris and Miller barely manage to stay one step ahead of the corporate killers, but it's only a matter of time until Miller's resources and their luck run out....

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