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Petrified Forest of Sigri
Petrified Forest of Sigri © Tomisti
One of the two largest petrified forests in the world, the Petrified Forest of Sigri on the western edge of the island, dates back 15 million years and is protected as a natural monument. A visit to the Petrified Forest of Sigri is a fascinating outing for families with children or for anybody interested in natural phenomena. The Petrified Forest was the result of a volcanic eruption around 21 to 15 million years ago which buried the flora and trees of the region - including oaks and sequoias - beneath layers of ash. Visitors can view 'the Pompeii of the plant world' which features some impressively well-preserved specimens; on some of the trees you can still see leaves and fruit preserved for millennia. Visitors can view the Petrified Forest along three main mountain trails: Trail One is called 'Discovering the Petrified Forest' and is a good introduction to the area; Trail Two, 'The History of the Petrified Coniferous Forest', details the process by which the trees were preserved; and Trail Three, which is the longest, takes people to the tallest standing trunks. In Sigri there is an interesting museum dedicated to the forest which displays some stunning examples of petrified wood and explains the process well.
Address: Sigri, 57 miles (92km) from Mytilene

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Sean Lee is an astonishing young violinist. Peter Dugan is an astounding young pianist.
Together, they opened the 41st season of the Shelter Island Friends of Music with an indelible performance that took the chill right out of a winter afternoon. A packed house cheered both the musical selections and the playing of these distinguished artists, both of whom are alums of the Perlman Music Program and are members of the faculty at Juilliard. (more…)


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Events for November 30, 2018
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Singleton and Muswellbrook councils join forces to reduce wood smoke emissions for neighbourhood health
27 Jul 2017, 11:06 a.m.
SINGLETON Council and Muswellbrook Shire Council are continuing the fight to reduce harmful emissions from smoky chimneys in the area – an issue that produces up to seven times as much particle pollution as cars.
Singleton Council's director planning and infrastructure Mark Ihlein said residents were often unaware of the potential health dangers associated with excessive smoke from household wood heaters.
"We encourage everyone with a wood heater to go outside and have a look at how much smoke is being emitted from their chimney," he said.
"A smoky chimney can be a result of a number of things and usually simple actions such as opening the damper when using your wood heather and regular cleaning of chimney flues will reduce wood smoke emissions."
Singleton and Muswellbrook councils are continuing to offer cash rebates for residents engaging professional chimney cleaning services this winter.
Additionally, council staff are available on request to inspect, monitor and educate local home owners with an ongoing smoky chimney.
Muswellbrook Shire Council's sustainability coordinator Mark Scandrett said ongoing emittance of excessive smoke from your chimney not only had real negative impacts on neighbourhood health, but it was unlawful and could result in a smoke abatement notice or a $200 fine.
More information about using your wood heater more efficiently, chimney inspections and the cash rebates are available on both councils' websites at http://www.singleton.nsw.gov.au/rebate or http://www.muswellbrook.nsw.gov.au
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Irvine Valley's men's volleyball team occupied the top spot for the sixth straight week in the California Community College Men's Volleyball Coaches Association State Poll once again.
The top three teams, Irvine Valley, Orange Coast and Santa Monica stayed the same for the fifth straight week.
Irvine Valley struggled early, but came back to win the next three sets and beat Santa Barbara City, 13-25, 25-20, 25-9, 25-20, on the road last Friday. Outside hitter Patrick Furlong had a season-best 19 kills in the win for the Lasers. Setter Austin McBain ran the offense with 47 assists. IVC hosts No. 7 El Camino on Wednesday.
Orange Coast won its eighth and ninth straight matches last week, sweeping Moorpark at home on Wednesday and beating LA Pierce in four sets on the road on Friday.
Orange Coast's impressive run of winning 25 sets in a row was snapped when it dropped the third set to Pierce Friday. In OCC's sweep of Moorpark, Jordan Hoppe had 14 kills and Justin Kam finished with 12 kills.
Santa Monica ran its win streak to seven matches with a four-set victory at Santa Barbara City on Wednesday and a sweep of Santiago Canyon on Friday. Santa Monica hit .345 as a team on Friday and got 12 kills frim Shane Stoklos and 36 assists from Hunter Douglas.
Long Beach City jumped ahead of Golden West, moving up one spot from fourth to fifth this week after beating the Rustlers last Friday at home in four sets. The Vikings have won six matches in a row. In the win over Golden West, Cyrus Fa'alogo had 16 kills and hit .400, Noah Taitano finished with 13 kills and Elai Mama added 10 kills and hit .476.
Most schools get into conference play this week with a couple high-powered contests right off the bat. Orange Coast is at Golden West on Wednesday and Long Beach City travels to Santa Monica on Friday.
The full top 10 poll can be viewed below.
CCCMVCA State Top 10
1. Irvine Valley (8-1)
2. Orange Coast (10-1)
3. Santa Monica (10-1)
4. Long Beach City (9-3)
5. Golden West (7-2)
6. LA Pierce (7-4)
7. El Camino (5-4)
8. Fullerton (8-4)
9. Miramar (5-4)
10. Santa Barbara City (3-7)
Others receiving votes: San Diego Mesa, Grossmont


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POPLIFE is a collection of excerpts from my work journal. There is no specific form or function the column serves other than to allow the reader to see what my experience in my first year as a comics-writer is like. Some weeks I get work done, so I talk about work. Some weeks I don't get any work done, so I ramble incoherently. POPLIFE's purpose is to provide a glimpse behind the curtain of my specific process
Finally got around to getting back into REVISITOR. I'm still not 100% sure what the hell I'm doing with it format/publisher-wise. Cart before the horse at this point, I guess; I went back and dropped in the scene that I thought was missing from the first act and called it a first draft. It's not very good. The ideas are there, at least, so I feel like maybe I can fix it. That's the toughest part, getting to a point where I can fix it.
I feel like most times I can just hammer the shit out of something in one go and have it be as good as it's gonna get. Ruminating too much about the goddamn thing makes it infinitely more difficult.
Since I started writing it with an eye on single issues, I noticed that all my worst Three-Act Structure tendencies have bubbled right to the surface of the work. Normally, when I'm just writing and not worrying about the page count the act structure manifests itself sort of innately and I don't have to worry about it. On REVISITOR, as I crept up to the end of the first part, I tacked on this horribly cliché and trite ending thoroughly out of place with the rest of the piece. Because, I told myself, You Gotta Have A Cliffhanger, because at the end of the first act, Our Hero Goes Leaping Boldly Into Adventure and blah blah blah.
I wonder if I can sue film school for brainwashing me.
The Cartoon Network gig looms large and imminent on the horizon. A friend of ours that we tapped to do some illustration work on the thing didn't meet Cartoon's standards, and so they recommended an animator and illustrator named C. Martin Croker. He just so happens to be the voice of Zorak from the Space Ghost suite of shows, amongst his other jobs.
So, we're on a conference call with Cartoon and the aforementioned Mr. Croker the other day and as we're wrapping it up, Ben says something to the effect of "Okay, we're gonna go get some coffee."
And then Zorak barks back "YEAH, COFFEE!"
It was kinda weird.
Steven Sanders is an illustrator friend of mine, working on an OGN with me that had a title before Warren Ellis pissed all over my cornflakes and stole it. It's about Mars. It's about 30 pages of done right now. I've mentioned it before in these pages vaguely.
Steven Sanders is a fucking GOD. It is an honor and privilege to be working with him, and I can't wait to be able to tell folks more about it.
Take a look.
It looks like I'm going to be shooting a series of spots for SHONEXT, the indy film movie channel spun off of SHOWTIME. I wrote a batch of fifteen little spots, and the people over there really dug the idea. I pushed to do them as straightforwardly as possible, rather than as a bigtime MK12 computer hootnanny type of deal. First off, because it wouldn't make economic sense for us to do it, and secondly because I can't handle AfterEffects or Maya work, and these spots were something I could actively DO for the company rather than the writing and planning crap I do at the start of a project and the editing at the end. I figured that some straightforward live-action stuff would help flesh our reel out somewhat (I heard time and time again in LA that we needed some live action chops…) and, to be honest, I miss shooting Real Stuff on Real Locations with Real Crews. I haven't done it since film school and dammit, I miss it.
So I wrote these spots and SHONEXT digs 'em and this week I got the tap to proceed.
Originally, when the budget was one number, I'd bid the spots out as though we were going to shot on 35mm. I'd never shot 35mm before, and figured that if it was on someone else's dime… then what the hell. Then as part of a post-9-11 budget hemorrhage, the budget was halved and there we were with just enough to do the pieces nicely on Digi.
The spots were to be about an Astronaut-- just sorta toolin' around and being an astronaut. We'd been working with this Astronaut-Ninja idea lately, and it seemed a natural, if redundant, extension. Then Moby came out with his stupid-ass video and we had to scrap the Astronaut.
Which is okay, because I just took it to Robot and I like Robot infinitely more. So, yeah. I get to direct 15 spots with a robot. They're weird, goofy little one-off gags.
So, anyway. I find an experienced production house here in town and am having meetings with a producer over there, ramping pre-production up and all that. And while I suppose I always knew this was coming, he asks me what I want it to look like.
As I try to explain to the guy how I'm seeing it, I realize that working with my friends over the last few years has spoiled me, or at least spoiled the part of my brain that is meant to speak critically of work. Out comes all this MK12 shorthand that I know the guys would've gotten immediately, and the Producer guy is staring at me as though I'd communicated in an elaborate system of chirps and grunts.
He tells me to find stuff that I like visually to help him understand what I'm talking about.
So, okay, alright, I start digging around online. Part of the thing about LA is that the whole trip made me feel saturated with Visual Zeitgeist. When I prepped my notes for the rest of MK12, I made a list of opposites that compared What Everyone Is Doing to What Nobody Is Doing. It was sort of a joke, a 'here's what we can do to stand out from everything and everybody' kind of thing, but it's kind of true.
I went trolling around for Wong Kar Wai shots, Chris Doyle stuff if (above and beyond matters of personal taste) for no other reason than it would look singular and unique on the airwaves. I wanted really blown out and hyper-saturated colors, thick surface detail and garish explosion of light. And, boy oh boy, is Wong Kar Wai the guy to go to for that.
As I start stealing pictures off the 'net, I realize that my pre-production process-- hell, the entirety of my work process-has been irrevocably informed by writing comics.
Let me try to explain.
I feel like the mechanics of comics writing really comes down to paring down the story into little containers. Story, Sequence, Page, and Panel. Which feeds into my OCD problem solving skills. I don't think I'm particularly smart or particularly better at my job than anyone else could or would be, but I DO think I'm really good at taking a huge problem and breaking it down into lots and lots of little problems, stitching together their completion into a linear, logical progression.
The downside is I run into Big Picture problems, long-range far-casting gets a little sketchy. Same reason that I'm a lousy chess player: I can only see one move ahead, but I see it in infinite detail.
Anyway. Apparently, I was born for Middle Management, as the SHONEXT stuff, the ADULT SWIM stuff, and the way I've been attacking my comics writing lately proves to me that I am a master at micromanaging the shit out of things.
Speaking of Steve Sanders, and of Artists Making Me Look Better Than I Actually Am, Kieron Titties Dwyer has been teasing me like the filthy slut he is with panels from the upcoming LAST OF THE INDEPENDENTS.
Check 'em out, and thank your Uncle Lar and AiT/PlanetLar for publishing such a gorgeous looking thing.
AUTOMATIC KAFKA#1 is out, and it's fucked in all the right places. It's retroquasinostalgia done drugsexy and decadent, it's Russ Meyer's WEST COAST AVENGERS, it's JLA: BEHIND THE MUSIC, it's the seedy and seamy LA glam underbelly of DOOM PATROL without feeling like either a superhero comic or a rehash of anything that's come before it. It's the kind of book I imagine making blood vessels in Chuck Dixon's skull constrict into little Mandelbrot tangles.
Casey's wearing his weird influences on his sleeve and shitting on all of them at the same time; Ash Wood is Ash Wood doing linear faux-hero comics the way no one demanded with wit and flourish to match the story (as well as his trademarked bigass robots and nekkid ladies and whatnot). It's fairly singular, twisted as all hell, dirty, clever, funny, and hugely enjoyable. And while there's still some stuff i'd like to see both Casey and Wood filter out of their system, AUTOMATIC KAFKA is yet another maniacally promising first issue to come out from DC in the last few months. It's nice to be excited by a comic, and between 100%, THE FILTH, and now AK, DC has really taken a leap forward in putting out some strange and engaging work.
Which of course is the mark of death in this day and age. Fuck you, comics.
Also out is Eddie Campbell's AFTER THE SNOOTER, which wraps up the ALEC stories once and for all. Campbell's ALEC suite to date (The King Canute Crowd; Three Piece Suit, and the excellent How To Be An Artist). These books have proven themselves to be some of the most human and engaging works comics, and are some of my favorite works of all time. Campbell works within his own idiom with a grammar and syntax he seems to have pulled out of thin air, and he takes us through his life with an aplomb and honesty all too rare in comics these days. The effect, oddly enough, makes one feel as though Campbell was a long-lost pal whose comics serve to update the reader on all of his comings and goings. AFTER THE SNOOTER is certain to be more of Campbell's quiet genius leading into his new magazine EGOMANIA. This is work that's by equal measure important and unpretentious.
While you're at it: look at the lineup of amazing work coming from Top Shelf here in the next year or so. Thank god they're still around.
I'm trying as hard as I can to clear all of these outstanding projects off of my desk by September.
Stop laughing.


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Pooley Bridge Ullswater
Pooley Bridge is situated at the northern end of Ullswater Lake upon the banks of the river Eamont and today it is a busy village catering mainly for the tourist trade.
Pooley Bridge can easily be accessed via junction 40 off the M6 motorway, whilst also offering a great gateway to the north Lake District and the main artery A66 road to Keswick and Derwent Water.
The name Pooley Bridge derives from a large pool in the River Eamont, "The Hill by the Pool". The 'Bridge' part of the name was added in 1800.
The local parish church of St Paul can be found at the centre of the village and dates from around 1868. There are 3 public houses situated within the village community of Pooley Bridge.
The 16th century bridge was built across the River Eamont, which flows from Ullswater Lake to the village of Eamont Bridge, and on to the River Eden, near Langwathby.
Pooley Bridge was once a busy market town, with fish being the mainstay of the markets produce, prior to nearby Penrith taking precedence in the 19th century. The area still has a supply of Trout, Salmon and freshwater Herring called the Schelly to be found.
Pooley Bridge and The Ullswater Steamer
Located just outside of Pooley Bridge is the pier for the Ullswater Steamer which operates a service departing regularly along the 7 mile lake to Howtown and Glenridding at the southern end of the lake with possible walks such as Helvellyn via Striding Edge and Ullswater Lake walks. The timetable for the Steamer does vary depending on the season and is worth checking before planning any trips.
Pooley Bridge Local Walks
From the village, excellent walks can be taken that offer views to match of the lake, whilst a short walk from the pay and display car park situated close to the 16th Century bridge, reveals Dunmallard Hill, an Iron-Age remain. From the vantage point of Dunmallard Hill you are able to look up the lake towards Aira Force.
Located within a short drive of Pooley Bridge , along the lake shore road heading towards the village of Glenridding, is the National Trust property, Aira Force Waterfall , one of the most visited of all the Lakeland waterfalls ,especially after rainfall, where sturdy boots are advisable as it can often be wet under foot and slippery.
Should you wish to see better quality photographs of Pooley Bridge please visit Pooley Bridge on our Lake District Walks Flickr account.
There is an abundance of holiday accommodation within the Pooley Bridge area or a short walk away, with several family campsites, Guest Houses and the 3 welcoming village pubs. For a pet friendly home search our Lake District Cottages for a local cottage close to Pooley Bridge.


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Sunday, 03 September 2017 01:38 PM
VENICE, Italy (AP) — The Italian nights are getting cooler as fall approaches, and there's something autumnal about many of the movies at the Venice Film Festival this year.
The passage of time and the approach of death are on the minds of many filmmakers — including Italy's Paolo Virzi, whose drama "The Leisure Seeker" premiered at the festival on Sunday.
It stars Helen Mirren and Donald Sutherland as a couple facing up to the end of their lives and embarking on one last trip across the U.S. in their battered old mobile home.
The 11-day Venice festival, which runs to Saturday, has already included Jane Fonda and Robert Redford trying to avoid a lonely old age in "Our Souls at Night." Still to come is Michael Caine reflecting on his 1960s heyday in the documentary "My Generation."
The title of "The Leisure Seeker" refers to a 1970s Winnebago used on family holidays by John and Ella Spencer (Sutherland and Mirren). John, a former English teacher, has dementia. Ella is completely lucid but getting physically frailer by the day.
The couple hit the road one last time, setting out on a pilgrimage of sorts to Ernest Hemingway's Key West house. Like a pair of elderly Huckleberry Finns, they light out for freedom, in what Virzi called "a rebellion against a destiny of hospitalization."
Mirren said she welcomed the chance the movie offered to look at questions of life and death.
The 72-year-old said the film was "a reflection of the way I hope to live my life."
"I loved the character of Ella because she is facing the end of her life, but she is facing the end of her life full of energy and commitment to life and pleasure in life that I hope that I can maintain to the end of my days," Mirren told reporters on Sunday.
This is the first U.S.-set film by acclaimed Italian director Virzi ("Like Crazy," ''Human Capital"). Virzi said he was reluctant to make it, wary of what can go wrong when filmmakers venture outside of their cultural comfort zones.
He told himself he'd make the movie only if he could get Sutherland and Mirren — and to his shock, they both agreed.
"At this point I said to myself, I can't avoid doing it," he said.
Both Sutherland and Mirren are aficionados of Italian cinema and Italian directors. He has starred in Italian films including Federico Fellini's "Casanova," while she made "Caligula" for Tinto Brass.
Mirren said she thought Virzi brought a perceptive outsider's eye to an American story.
"An Italian in America looking at the American culture, American way of life, American landscape — they have an eye which is fresh and individual and uninfluenced by politics or culture of history of family or anything," she said. "And I think that's a very powerful eye.
Mirren said Virzi's view of America was "generous. Not critical in a crass way, because Paolo's eye is ultimately a loving eye."
Donald Trump has sometimes felt like a presiding spirit at this year's Venice festival, because so many of the films deal with social divisions that have been heightened during his campaign and presidency. A notable example was George Clooney's satirical thriller about racial conflict, "Suburbicon," which premiered Saturday.
"The Leisure Seeker" was shot in the U.S. in 2016 and features a Trump rally that the crew came across while filming.
It was incorporated into the movie — although, said 82-year-old Sutherland, "we never for a moment dreamt (Trump) was going to be the current president of the United States."
American writer Stephen Amidon, who worked with Virzi on the script, said he and the film's American producer initially resisted the director's desire to include the Trump phenomenon in the movie.
"We thought this Trump thing was a passing phenomenon that was just this blip, this parenthesis in American culture," he said. "And lo and behold, Paolo was right."
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Scio Diamond - Diamond Production Begins
May 10, 2012, 10:12 ET
GREENVILLE, SC, May 10, 2012 /CNW/ - Scio Diamond Technology Corporation (OTC-BB: SCIO.OB) announced today that production of cultured diamond has begun. Led by the Scio Operations Team and supported by local contractors, city and state governments, engineers, vendors, and suppliers, the company successfully produced usable diamond material in its CVD reactors in the new facility in South Carolina.
Joe Lancia, Scio Diamond's CEO said, "the thousands of hours of effort were all put into perspective when we saw a hydrogen glow appear in the reactors last week, marking the first phase of our rigorous startup process. We then began short production runs on several of the reactors and removed product from the chambers Monday morning. Reaching this milestone was a very tangible indicator of our momentum toward full-scale production."
Scio is proceeding with the systematic startup of the balance of our reactors. This start-up process is inclusive of multiple levels of growth times, testing the functionality of the direct support equipment and infrastructure support equipment building from short to longer duration run times.
This is yet another critical step in the company's plan to initiate and build production during its fiscal first quarter ending June 30 and to phase into full production during the following quarter ending September 30.
About SCIO Diamond
Scio Diamond will employ a patent-protected chemical vapor deposition process to produce high-quality, single-crystal diamonds in a controlled laboratory setting, with such diamonds referred to as "lab-grown" or cultivated diamonds. The diamonds are intended to have the identical chemical, physical and optical properties as diamonds found in the earth, and the company's highly controlled manufacturing process will enable it to produce very high-quality, high-purity, high volume, single-crystal colorless, near colorless and fancy colored diamonds.
Scio's technology will permit it to produce lab-grown diamond in size, color, and quality combinations that are very rare in nature. SCIO intends to offer diamonds in limited quantities as jewelry and in the technology arena as the material operating system of the future.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements that may involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of Scio Diamond Technology Corporation to be materially different from future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by any forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements, which involve assumptions and describe future plans, strategies and expectations of the Company, are generally identifiable by use of the words "may," "will," "should," "expect," "anticipate," "estimate," "believe," "intend," or "project" or the negative of these words or other variations on these words or comparable terminology. These forward-looking statements are based on assumptions that may be incorrect, and there can be no assurance that these projections included in these forward-looking statements will come to pass. Actual results of the Company could differ materially from those expressed or implied by our forward-looking statements as a result of various factors, including, without limitation, the following factors, risks and uncertainties: (1) we are wholly dependent on our diamond production technology, and we may be unable to achieve high-yield production; (2) we have very limited operating history, and therefore, it is difficult to evaluate our business and prospects; (3) our ability to develop our core technologies is subject to uncertainties that are created by, among other things, the complexity of diamond manufacturing, high customer standards, dependence on third parties for certain complex components, the need to successfully integrate several complex components, dependence upon our employees and consultants to maintain an adequate testing and technical support infrastructure for successful adoption and rollout of cultured diamonds to customers, and our lack of experience in these areas; (4) we may not be able to establish effective distribution channels or distributors for our products; (5) we expect future losses and will need additional funding; (6) competitors may have significantly greater financial, technical, manufacturing and marketing resources and access to distribution channels than we have; (7) our business model is unproven; (8) our diamond manufacturing technology is vulnerable to disruptions due to a variety of factors, which may lead to interruptions, delays, and losses of opportunities or inability to consistently market and sell our cultured diamonds; (9) we may not be able to effectively manage the potential rapid growth of our operations; (10) we depend on our key management personnel, most of whom have either never worked together or who have worked together for only a short period of time, and the loss of the services of our executive officers or other key employees could have a material adverse effect on our business; (11) we will need to hire additional personnel, and if we fail to successfully attract, assimilate and retain a sufficient number of qualified executive, technical, managerial, sales and marketing, business development and administrative personnel, our business could suffer; (12) we may not be able to achieve a critical mass of customers and strategic relationships; (13) we may not be able to establish brand awareness that is needed to achieve and maintain a significant market share; (14) the current and future state of the global economy may curtail our operations and our potential revenues; (15) acts of war, terrorism or other unknown and unexpected events could disrupt our business; (16) we have essentially no historical revenues and had a "going concern" qualification for our last audited financial statements; (17) the potential market for our cultured diamonds is unproven and may not materialize; (18) we face significant competition, including from companies which are much larger, well known and have more resources than us; (19) rapid technological change will affect our business and our production capabilities may not successfully evolve; (20) we may have limited protection of our intellectual property and proprietary rights, and we may not be able to maintain the propriety and/or confidentiality of the technology; and (21) substantial governmental regulations govern the testing, creation and sale of the types of diamonds we intend to produce and may restrict our ability to sell our cultured diamonds. Except as required by applicable laws, the company undertakes no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements for any reason, even if new information becomes available or other events occur in the future.
For further information:
Joseph D. Lancia
Chief Executive Officer
+1 (864) 751-4880


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Free Group Walks in Leicester – Green Walks from the City, moderate pace (just turn up)
Sunday 26th August 2018, 11:00 - 13:30
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Green Walks from the City, moderate pace
Last Sunday of the month, from 24th June until 30th September 2018.
Starts 11am (for 2.5 hours). Please arrive 10 minutes early.
From the New Market Square, meeting behind the Knight & Garter pub.
No need to book, just turn up.
Starting in the city centre and heading to different green spaces in the city, these longer walks are for those wanting to stretch their legs. The walks coincide with the Open Streets initiative, where cyclists and walkers are encouraged to meet up in New Market Square between 11am-2pm on the last Sunday of the month from spring until autumn. Temporary bike parking will be available during these hours.


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Disgraced poet Ted Wallace is summoned to his friends Lord and Lady Logan's country manor, Swafford Hall, to investigate a series of unexplained miracle healings. Ted tracks down the perpetrator of the phenomena, fifteen year old David Logan, whose parents believe he has healing hands. Unaware that David is using some unorthodox methods, the Logans are set on sharing their son's ʻgift' with the world. With a poet's passion for the truth, Ted hurries to debunk the miracles and save a young man from a lifetime of embarrassment.
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Big GovernmentWorld HistoryInterventionismOther Schools of Thought
The EntrepreneurFinancial Markets
When operating in an easy money regime, finding investments capable of providing reasonable returns becomes difficult to near impossible. Low risk vehicles are bid down to near-zero returns, pushing investors into ever riskier vehicles to generate enough return to cover objectives.
Jeff Deist joins host Buck Johnson for a scorched-earth take on 2020 politics.
Money and BanksThe Police State
Transitioning to a cashless society is a natural fit for the authoritarian regime in Beijing — and one that has long been sold as "benign" by the more "liberal" globalist elite.
The FedU.S. HistoryGold Standard
The FedFinancial MarketsMoney and Banks
The Fed overestimated the robustness of the economy, underestimated the level of addiction of the markets to cheap money, and it was way too quick to proclaim a "full recovery" from the crisis.
Global Economy
Thanks to huge amounts of fiscal and monetary stimulus, China is in the midst of a very large housing bubble, with predictable results for housing affordability.
Legal System
Government police, analysts, and lab workers have been repeatedly shown using faulty technology, forging documents, and falsifying lab results to arrest, prosecute, and convict innocent citizens.


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In many cases, porches were energy-saving devices, shading southern
and western elevations. Usually entrances and porches were integral
components of a historic building's design; for example, porches
on Greek Revival houses, with Doric or Ionic columns and pediments,
echoed the architectural elements and features of the larger building.
one-bay porches or arcaded porches are evident in Italianate style
buildings of the 1860s. Doors
of Renaissance Revival style buildings frequently supported
entablatures or pediments.
Art Deco commercial buildings were entered through stylized
glass and stainless steel doors.
retain, and preserve
retaining, and preserving entrances--and their functional and decorative
features--that are important in defining the overall historic character
of the building such as doors, fanlights, sidelights, pilaster,
entablatures, columns, balustrades, and stairs.
or radically changing entrances and porches which are important
in defining the overall historic character of the building so that,
as a result, the character is diminished.
entrances and porches of historic material such as wood, iron, cast
iron, terra cotta, tile and brick.
an entrance or porch because the building has been re-oriented to
accommodate a new house.
new entrances on a primary elevation.
utilitarian or service entrances so they appear to be formal entrances
by adding panelled doors, fanlights, and sidelights.
and Maintain
and maintaining the masonry, wood, and architectural metal that comprise
entrances and porches through appropriate surface treatments such
as cleaning, rust removal, limited paint removal, and re-application
of protective coating systems.
the overall condition of materials to determine whether more than
protection and maintenance are required, that is, repairs to entrance
and porch features will be necessary.
to provide adequate protection to materials on a cyclical basis
so that deterioration of entrances and porches results.
to undertake adequate measures to assure the protection of historic
entrances and porches.
will also generally include the limited replacement in kind--of
with compatible substitute material--of those extensively deteriorated
or missing parts of repeated features where there are surviving
prototypes such as balustrades, cornices, entablatures, columns,
sidelights, and stairs.
an entire entrance or porch when the repair of materials and limited
replacement of parts are appropriate.
a substitute material for the replacement parts that does not convey
the visual appearance of the surviving parts of the entrance and
porch or that is physically or chemically incompatible.
in kind and entire entrance or porch that is too deteriorated to
repair--if the form and detailing are still evident--using the physical
evidence as a model to reproduce the feature. If using the same
kind of material is not technically or economically feasible, then
a compatible substitute material may be considered.
an entrance or porch that is unrepairable and not replacing it;
or replacing it with a new entrance or porch that does not convey
the same visual appearance.
for Missing Historic Features
following work is highlighted to indicate that it represents the
particularly complex technical or design aspects of rehabilitation
projects and should only be considered after the preservation concerns
listed above have been addressed.
and constructing a new entrance or porch when the historic entrance
or porch is completely missing. It may be a restoration based on
historical, pictorial, and physical documentation; or be a new design
that is compatible with the historic character building.
a false historical appearance because the replaced entrance or porch
is based on insufficient historical, pictorial, and physical documentation.
a new entrance or porch that is incompatible in size, scale, material
and color.
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enclosures for historic porches when required by the new use in
a manner that preserves the historic character of the building.
This can include using large sheets of glass and recessing the enclosure
wall behind existing scrollwork, posts, and balustrades.
and installing additional entrances or porches when required for
the new use in a manner that preserves the historic character of
the buildings, i.e., limiting such alteration to non-character-defining
porches in a manner that results in a diminution or loss of historic
character by using solid materials such as wood, stucco, or
secondary service entrances and porches that are incompatible in
size and scale with the historic building or obscure, damage, or
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A large percentage of Sheet Metal, Inc work is done on a design-build basis. H&K's Chief Mechanical Engineer is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Alaska. To begin the design-build process SMI's engineers will thoroughly review your project and provide you with either a budget number or a fixed price proposal. Upon agreement of contract SMI's engineers will not only design the mechanical systems involved in your project they will also coordinate the mechanical work with the other trades, obtain permits required by the Municipality of Anchorage, and manage your project from initiation to completion. This versatility allows SMI's customers to have a single point of contact for the design and the construction of their mechanical systems.
The majority of commercial tenant improvement projects are fast-paced with short completion schedules. Having in-house engineers gives Sheet Metal, Inc a clear advantage in the tenant improvement market. Initially this allows for faster provision of project estimates and proposals due to the fact that outside mechanical consultant bids will not be required. Additionally, SMI is equipped to provide engineered mechanical plans in a timely fashion. Furthermore, any mechanical field changes or change-orders that may occur during your project will only need to go through one point of contact which allows for a much more timely response and reaction.
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A website by four Maine family members who love talking about the Red Sox in loud voices.
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
6/27 Daytime Baseball: Jays at Red Sox
Nava LF
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Sox are blowing up in the 1st! 6-1 Sox currently. Romero might not make it out of the inning.ReplyDeleteReplies
Romero makes it out of the 1st, but has already given up more runs today than in any other start of the entire season. Sox #wakedandraked today!Delete
I think Joey Bats just hit the longest homer over the Monster since McGuire in the All-Star game in '99. That thing was crushed. I think someone had to swerve to avoid it on the Mass Pike. Probably not a good idea to groove low 90's fastballs down the middle to that guy.ReplyDeleteReplies
By the way Joey Bats, "Scoreboard!"..."Scoreboard!"..."Scoreboard"!!!Delete
Just getting home and seeing that the Sox won 10-4. Big win for the Sox as they had to the West Coast. Let's keep it rollin' in Seattle!! Who had big days today for the Sox??ReplyDelete


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School Lunch Recipes That Are Ready in 10 Minutes or Less
Time is of the essence no matter what your busy day brings, and sometimes you have to abandon even the most meticulously planned schedule to handle those unexpected curveballs life throws at you. Preparing your child's school lunch, however, is one of those scheduling elements that you still have to squeeze in no matter what last-minute sports practice or play rehearsal comes up. Fortunately, there are plenty of easy school lunch recipes that you can whip up in just 10 minutes or less, leaving you plenty of time to chauffeur the soccer team to an away game or make a supply run for science project essentials. Take a look at some of our favorites below.
Sloppy Joes
This dinnertime classic comes together in a jiffy, and you'll have no problem keeping the filling warm and ready for your child in one of our handy Pottery Barn Kids thermoses.
- 1 tbs olive oil
- 1 diced onion
- 1 diced bell pepper
- 1 lb ground beef or turkey
- ¼ cup ketchup
- 2 cups marinara sauce
- 3 tbs barbecue sauce
Heat a tablespoon of olive oil over medium-high heat and saute the diced onion and diced bell pepper. Add the ground beef or turkey, breaking it up as it browns, and spoon off the fat when it's cooked through. To this mixture, add the ketchup, marinara sauce and barbecue sauce. Once everything is simmering, it's ready to eat. Pack it up with a whole wheat bun and some broccoli florets for a balanced meal.
Turkey and hummus pita
This one's a great choice because most of the work involved is simple assembling, so you can even get a helping hand from your child. Plus, it tucks neatly into one of our sturdy bento boxes, and you only need to add a cloth napkin for cleanup with this portable treat.
- Pita bread
- 1 tbs hummus
- Deli turkey
- Leafy greens
- Olive oil & lemon juice to taste
- Pinch of salt
Halve a round pita bread and split the two sections so they open into pockets. Spread hummus inside each pita piece, and tuck two or three rolled slices of deli turkey inside. Toss your child's favorite leafy greens with some lemon juice, olive oil and salt and layer this salad mixture into the pita. For added color and crunch, slide in a few strips of red bell pepper or some shredded carrots and cheddar cheese.
Tomato soup
Sure, canned tomato soup is easy, but it's almost just as quick to blend up a bowl without all the preservatives and added sodium. This smooth soup is the ultimate comfort food no matter your child's age, and the taste is sophisticated enough that you can enjoy a bowl too.
- 2 tbs olive oil
- 1 diced yellow onion
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 28-oz can of stewed tomatoes
- ¼ cup tomato paste
- 3 cups vegetable broth
- ½ cup whole milk - optional
In a saucepan over medium heat, heat the oilve oil and add the yellow onion and garlic. Once they've softened, bring the stewed tomatoes, tomato paste and vegetable broth to a boil. Pulse it all together with an immersion blender. If you're after a little more creaminess, stir in a half-cup of whole milk. Add a piece of cornbread or a whole wheat breadstick to your child's lunch bag to complete the meal.


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Interview with Lynn Flewelling!!
May 30, 2012
Lynn Flewelling has been publishing novels since 1996, to worldwide acclaim. She is the author of the Tamir Trilogy — which happens to be one of my favorite works of fantasy by anyone, anywhere in the galaxy, ever. She is also the author of the critically acclaimed Nightrunner series, the newest installment of which, Casket of Souls, has just been released by Ballantine Spectra. Finally, she is one of my favorite people and a good friend. Recently, Lynn graciously agreed to sit down with me and answer a few questions.
DBC: Thanks for joining us Lynn. Why don't you begin by telling us a bit about the new book? Maybe give a brief description of the Nightrunner concept for those who have yet to start the series, and then tell us where this newest novel fits in.
LBF: Thanks for having me, David. We don't have nearly enough chances to chat!
I'm terrible at describing my own work, but I'll give it a go. The Nightrunner Series is a collection of interrelated stories revolving around two main characters. Seregil is a brilliant, roguish (and sexy, I'm told) spy and know-it-all with a dark past. a wounded heart, and plenty of flaws. I created him as a mix of Sherlock Holmes, Odysseus, the Scarlet Pimpernel, and Coyote. Alec, the young man he literally picks up in a dungeon, was meant to be his Watson. Seregil quickly discovers Alec has a lot more potential than that. Alec is first his apprentice, then much more, including lover. He's is a country boy with a quick mind, dangerous talent with a bow, and a reckless taste for danger that matches Seregil's. Between the two of them, and with the occasional help of friends, they save the world, various smaller pieces of it, and the lives of friends and crowned heads — when not getting into trouble at taverns and brothels. Both of them have hidden pasts that gradually are revealed from book to book, and it is the characters that lie at the heart of all the stories. I write character-driven fiction, and there is a large cast who people the books.
Structurally, the series is episodic, rather than one long arc. I was inspired by the Sherlock Holmes canon (in more ways that one) which includes both short stories and novels. Nightrunner is a collection of two- and one-book arcs. There is a history that develops through the books, so jumping in in the middle of the series has some disadvantages, but it can be done.
Casket of Souls is the sixth in the series, and a free standing story. The main characters begin by investigating what appears to be rival factions trying to control the throne, but stumble across an entirely different threat. In the poor quarters people are being found in a catatonic state, eyes open and breathing, but otherwise lifeless. After a week or so, they die. As the "sleeping death" plague spreads, they delve into that, with very serious consequences.
DBC: This is your sixth Nightrunner book. Did you envision a series of this length from the beginning, or has the story grown in complexity as you've gone along?
LBF: I started out to write one book, years ago. That manuscript turned into the first duology, Luck in the Shadows and Stalking Darkness. Then I had an idea for a third, free standing book, Traitor's Moon. I took a break after than and wrote the Tamír Trilogy, then went back with a new duology, Shadows Return and White Road. Casket of Souls is a stand alone, and the seventh and last Nightrunner book I'm working on, is another stand alone.
The fun thing about a long series with different story lines is how they develop and carry along their own history. I've had to flesh out whole countries, keep track of who has scars where, the impact of losing friends, the birth of children, political changes. The list goes on. It's been tremendous fun doing it that way. It's always new, always fresh. When I start a new book, I think "Well, what awful things can I do to the boys this time?"
DBC: Can you tell us a little more about that seventh Nightrunner book?
LBF: The next, and last, book, tentatively titled Shards of Time, takes our heroes to the sacred island of Korous, which has been mentioned here and there over the years. Historically, it is where the first white settlers, the Hierophantic migration, established themselves a thousand years ago. Later they spread around the Inner Sea and founded three of the principal countries I work with: Skala, Plenimar, and Mycena. Skala and Plenimar are frequently at war, with Mycena caught in the middle like Belgium. Control of the sacred island is always an issue and it's changed hands many times over the centuries. At the end of Casket of Souls, Skala regains control, and Shards of Time picks up with the grisly and mysterious murder of the new Skala governor of Korous. Seregil and Alec are sent to investigate and get into all sorts of wonderful trouble. And there are ghosts.
DBC: You are known for creating memorable characters and spinning wonderful tales. But you are also known for populating your stories with characters who challenge traditional notions of gender and sexuality. Can you tell us why you have followed this path? What is it about challenging these social and cultural "norms" that you find compelling?
LBF: In my own life I've always been deeply concerned with and fascinated by real world issues of gender identity, sexuality, and equality. I guess I work that out in my writing. There are things I want to say about the way things could or should be. It's not the central theme of the Nightrunner series, though the relationship between Seregil and Alec is certainly an important aspect, but it's not what the story's about. When I conceived of these characters back in the 80s, most of the gay characters I saw in fiction were either victims or villains. But author Mary Renault made some of her fictional heroes gay, or drew on historical fact, as with her Alexander books. I really admire those books, and she inspired me to try my hand at creating gay heroes that a mainstream audience could appreciate, as well as gay readers.
On the other hand gender identity plays a very central role in the Tamír Trilogy as poor Tobin/Tamír is yanked unwillingly between genders. Where does personhood end, and gender begin? That, to me, is a very important question.
DBC: Not too long ago, you published Glimpses, a collection of short stories set in the Nightrunner universe. Not all novelists feel comfortable shifting back and forth between short fiction and novels. Personally, I have been writing a lot more short fiction recently and finding that it has helped me hone my craft for all forms of fiction. What do you enjoy about writing short form, and how do you feel it has influenced your writing?
LBF: I'm not much of a short story writer. I usually like a larger canvas. But there were bits and pieces of history about various characters that I wanted to explore, and short stories were the best way to do that. I used to write for newspapers and the byword there was "Write right. Write tight." The same goes for short fiction. You can carry that over into long form fiction, by tightening the writing, making careful choices, and only using elements that advance the plot. It's a good exercise in disciplined writing.
DBC: With all you do, you probably don't have a ton of time for recreational reading, but what is on your to-read pile right now? Do you tend to read more in the fantasy/SF genre or outside of it?
LBF: As you say, my recreational reading time is at a premium. But I do read inside and outside the genre. As far as sf/f, I usually read books of friends and writers I know. Most recently: Range of Ghosts by Elizabeth Bear, The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss, and Saladin Ahmed's Throne of the Crescent Moon. And of course, your wonderful Thieftaker [written under the name D.B. Jackson]! I also read a lot of non fiction, much of which is grist for the writing mill. What's on my reading pile right now? Thich Nhat Hanh's Old Paths, White Clouds, his biography of the Buddha; a Josh Lanyon mystery; Christopher Isherwood's book on writing; a soon to be published sf novel by a friend, which I'm blurbing; and my worn and much loved collection of Sherlock Holmes stories. Those are my number one comfort read, and I'm going back to old favorites to sustain me between episodes of the second season of the BBC's Sherlock series.
DBC: You have guest posted several times at the Magical Words blogsite writing about the craft and business of writing. What simple advice would you give to aspiring writers looking to break into the fantasy market right now?
LBF: Be aware of what's out there, but write your own story, the one that moves and excites you. If you try to "write for market" you'll probably fail and not have as much fun doing it. If you love urban fantasy, or steampunk, or post apocalyptic giant centipede stories, then try your hand at that. But do what you love, not what you think you should do.
DBC: Last question: If you could spend a single day as any character you've ever read, who would it be and why?
LBF: Hmm. There are a lot. But off the top of my head, Will Halloway from Ray Bradbury's Something Wicked This Way Comes. That's one of my all time favorite books, one of the most beautiful I've ever read. I love it in part because it captures a great deal of my own small town childhood. Will and his friend Jim are not far off from me and mine. The story is like my childhood intermingled with my own fantasies come to light. I remember those yearly carnivals that would roll into town with their stock of babies in jars and tired hoochie coochie dancers trying to entice the local men into a tent to see something they couldn't see at home. They were dark and seedy and exotic, those carnivals, and a little wicked around the edges. There is a delicious taste for darkness in that book, one that I share. And Will is a hero. He saves his friend and his town.
DBC: Thanks so much for taking the time with us today.
LBF: Thanks for having me and asking such great questions!
A Post About Self-Promotion
May 23, 2012
Today's post can be found at http://www.sfnovelists.com, the group blog on speculative fiction that I maintain along with a group of over one hundred published authors of fantasy and science fiction. It is called "A Post In Which YOU Tell ME About Self-Promotion," and it's about self-promotion for novels and the things that you as readers find effective. I hope you enjoy it.
A Post About Quirky Writer Stuff
May 21, 2012
Today's post can be found at http://magicalwords.net, the group blog on the business and craft of writing fantasy that I maintain with fellow authors Faith Hunter, Misty Massey, A.J. Hartley, C.E. Murphy, and Kalayna Price, among others. The post is called "Writers Do the Strangest Things," and it is about some of the odd, quirky things that this writer does. I hope you enjoy it.
Check Out the THIEFTAKER T-Shirt!
May 17, 2012
Here it is, all! The official THIEFTAKER t-shirt! (Pay no attention to the red line down that middle. That's a graphic tool used to center the image on the shirt — the actual t-shirts won't have it.) In case the image isn't clear enough on your browser, the front reads: "Boston Thieftakers Guild" and then at the bottom "Est. 1765," which happens to be the year in which the first Thieftaker book takes place. On the back it says "THIEFTAKER, by D.B. Jackson http://www.DBJackson-Author.com."
The design was done by a friend of mine. I wanted something that would look just like one of the old-time guild insignias — authentic, hand-drawn, but also official enough to be convincing — and he really came through for me.
I don't know yet what I will be selling them for — that will depend on what my final cost per shirt comes out to. I would think that for regular sizes the absolute maximum price will be $15 (2x and 3x sizes will be $2.00 more than the base price); I am hoping that I can go lower than that. My goal is to get people wearing them.
So, do you like the design? Who wants one?
Weary and Heavy
May 15, 2012
Some days are harder than others. Sometimes we feel older than our years. At some point the routine weighs more heavily, the responsibilities seem more onerous. Bad news arrives from a distance of both years and space, little moments that remind us of our own mortality catch us off our guard, the slog of the day-to-day seems unrelenting.
I am weary tonight, and my heart is heavy. I could write more, but really that's what it comes down to. And tonight of all nights, I feel that my time would be better spent playing my guitar, seeing to my girls, sitting with my wife.
If you love someone, tonight would be a good night to tell him or her so, be it with words, or with a kiss, or with the simple act of taking a moment to sit and say or do nothing at all.
Calling All Podcast Nerds
May 11, 2012
So, I have a short story that I've written under the D.B. Jackson pseudonym, and I intend to make it available soon on the D.B. Jackson website as a .pdf (as I have other stories, as well as sample chapters from the books). But I am also interested in possibly creating a podcast of me doing a reading of the story. I have a microphone that I use for music, and I know that I can record myself in Garage Band. But I don't know what to do after that. Do I have to put it up on iTunes as a podcast? Can I simply make the file available as a download on the website, just as I would the .pdf? Any feedback/advice would be most appreciated.
Four Home Runs: A Post For Baseball Nerds
May 9, 2012
Last night, Texas Rangers outfielder Josh Hamiliton hit four home runs in a single game, tying a Major League record and becoming only the 16th player in the history of the game to accomplish the feat. This actually marked the second accomplishment of such magnitude of this young baseball season. Only two and half weeks ago, on April 21, Philip Humber of the Chicago White Sox pitched the twenty-first perfect game in Major League Baseball history.
Baseball has three in-game individual achievements that rank as the rarest feats in the game — in all of sports, really — one for hitting, one for pitching, and one for fielding: The four-homer game, the perfect game, and the unassisted triple play (where a single fielder manages to record all three outs for an inning in a single play). This last, like the four homer game, has happened sixteen times in MLB history. Think about that for a moment: There have been a couple of hundred thousand games played in the history of baseball — regular season and postseason — with eighteen batters in the combined line-ups, and eighteen half-innings needing to be completed. And from that we get a TOTAL of sixteen four-homer games and sixteen unassisted triple plays. By that reckoning, pitching a perfect game is a relatively common occurrence. Not only have there been more of them (twenty-one) but there are fewer opportunities per game. As I say, with the homers and fielding play, there are eighteen opportunities in each regulation game. Only two guys — the two starting pitchers — have an opportunity to pitch a perfect game. And still, perfect games are incredibly rare.
You might think that feats so rare would only be achieved by superstars. But no: The history of the game is littered with unheralded players catching lightning in a bottle for a moment or a few glorious hours. The list of pitchers who have thrown perfect games includes Hall of Fame inductees Cy Young, Addie Joss, Jim Bunning, Sandy Koufax, and Jim Hunter, as well as future Hall of Famers Randy Johnson and Roy Halliday. On the other hand, it also includes pitchers like Charlie Robertson, whose 1922 perfect game for the Chicago White Sox was one of the few bright spots in a career that ended with a won-lost record of 49 and 80, and Len Barker, who did manage a couple of decent seasons, including 1981, the year he pitched his gem for the Cleveland Indians, but who also ended his career with a losing record. Don Larson, whose perfect game against the Brooklyn Dodgers in game 5 of the 1956 World Series remains the single most heralded individual game achievement in baseball history, was for the rest of his career a pitcher of middling achievements. He never won more than eleven games in a single season (though one year he did lose twenty-one), nor did he ever lead the league in any positive statistical category (his 21 losses led the league in 1954).
The history of four-home-run games is much the same. Yes, Willie Mays, Lou Gehrig, Mike Schmidt, Chuck Klein, and Ed Delahanty all hit four homers in a game during the course of Hall of Fame careers. And several others who had four-homer games went on to have excellent careers. Gil Hodges, Rocky Colavito, Shawn Green, and Carlos Delgado were quality players, perennial all-stars. And Hamilton himself is certainly an excellent player who may someday find his way to Cooperstown. But what about Mark Whiten, whose four home runs on September 7, 1993 represent nearly four percent of his career total? Or Pat Seerey, a part-time outfielder for the Cleveland Indians and (at the time of his big game) the Chicago White Sox, who hit a total of 86 career home runs and never managed to hit over .237 in his brief and undistinguished career? How do we explain his presence on the four-homer list? Babe Ruth never did it. Neither did Hank Aaron or Mickey Mantle or Ted Williams. During all those years when Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa and Barry Bonds were filling themselves with Human Growth Hormone and hitting home runs at historic (with an asterisk) rates, none of them ever did it. But Pat Seerey did? Really?
Unassisted triple plays are certainly the most democratic of the three major achievements. Of the sixteen players who have turned the trick, none — NONE — is in the Hall of Fame (although current Major Leaguer Troy Tulowitzki — April 29th, 2007, seventh inning, against the Atlanta Braves — might well be on his way). Thus, the list of players who have recorded unassisted triple plays includes such giants of the game as Bill Wambsganss, Ernie Padgett, Glenn Wright, Jimmy Cooney, Mickey Morandini, and Randy Velarde. I'm a devoted baseball fan, a student of the game, and I had to look up four of those six guys in the Baseball Encyclopedia. The triple play is the ultimate instance of being in the right place at the right time. Unassisted triple plays happen in the blink of an eye, always with at least two men on base and (historically speaking) always on a line drive hit directly at a middle infielder (thirteen of the sixteen have been turned by shortstops or second basemen). The infielder must catch the ball, tag a base and then tag a runner (or tag a runner and then tag a base). It is an act reflex, of instinct, and, yes, of good fortune.
Why have I spent so much time on these baseball accomplishments? Because to me they point out one of the great things about baseball. In most major American team sports — football and basketball come to mind immediately — the big individual accomplishments belong almost entirely to the biggest stars. The running backs who rush for more than two hundred yards in a game, the quarterbacks who throw for six touchdowns, the forwards or guards who score fifty or sixty points — these are the guys who start every game, who have the ball in their hands most often and who are expected to do big things. Baseball is different. Every starting player on a team gets his turn at-bat, every pitcher in the rotation has his turn to take a shot at glory, every fielder on the team might be in position to make the big play. Even in the playoffs and World Series, any player can emerge as a hero. This is why in the annals of baseball history, names like Mays and Mantle, Ruth and Koufax, can be found alongside names like Larson and Dent and Lemke. Yes, today's game is filled with overpaid, spoiled athletes (not to mention overpaid, spoiled owners). But every afternoon, every night, players take the field to play a game that might carry any one of them to baseball immortality. Every player is just four at-bats away from being the next Pat Seerey, every pitcher is just nine innings away from being the next Charley Robertson, every fielder is only one line drive away from being the next Mickey Morandini.
And if that's not worth playing for, I don't know what is.
A Writing Post About . . . Well, Several Things
May 7, 2012
Today's post can be found at http://magicalwords.net, the group blog on the business and craft of writing fantasy that I maintain with fellow authors Faith Hunter, Misty Massey, A.J. Hartley, C.E. Murphy, and Kalayna Price, among others. The post is called "On Writing: Potpourri — First Lines, Short Fiction, Dialogue," and it is about different aspects of writing, with some emphasis on short stories. I hope you enjoy it.
Interview with Alethea Kontis
May 3, 2012
Today, I am truly delighted to welcome the wonderful and talented Alethea Kontis to my blog. Alethea is the author of the AlphaOops children's books (AlphaOops: The Day Z Went First and AlphaOops: H is for Halloween) and is now about to release her first young adult novel, Enchanted. Enchanted is a wonderful book that ties together several of your favorite fairy tales into something unique and utterly compelling. I read it in about two days, and it only took that long because I needed to pause for meals and sleep. Recently, Alethea and I were able to sit down for an e-conversation about her work.
DBC: Why don't we begin by having you tell us a bit about Enchanted. What's it about, and who do you imagine to be your core audience?
AK: Enchanted is a book I would have fallen in love with when I was a young girl reading my way through the juvenile section of the library. (This is when there was only a "juvenile" and "adult" section, before the internet, back when we all rode dinosaurs.) Enchanted would have been in my checkout pile along with Diana Wynne Jones, Robin McKinley, Tamora Pierce, Lloyd Alexander, Ellen Raskin, Edward Eager, and Orson Scott Card.
The premise of the world of Enchanted: All the fairy tales you've ever read (and many that you haven't) all originated in the Woodcutter family. Enchanted is the story of the youngest daughter, Sunday Woodcutter. The main threads are "The Frog Prince," "Cinderella," and "Jack and the Beanstalk." Ultimately, the more you know about the unexpurgated tales of Mother Goose, the Grimms, Lang, Perrault, and Andersen, the more fun you will have with Enchanted.
DBC: The book is a marvelous mash-up of fairy tales — where did the idea come from and how did you manage to tie so many stories together in such an effective and innovative way?
AK: The idea for Enchanted began as a contest challenge in my writers group (Codex Writers). Our stories had to be inspired by at least one of four "seeds": "Fundevogel," "The Princess and the Pea," the Irish legend of Cú Chulainn, and the nursery rhyme "There Was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe." I couldn't choose between them, so I chose them all…as well as all every other fairy tale and nursery rhyme that was suggested.
I've been reading fairy tales, folk takes, fables and legends all my life. The more you read, the more you see common threads running through them (like the fate of youngest siblings or the cleverness of elves). I pieced them all together in my own schizophrenic John Nash puzzle. Oh, that fine line between genius and insanity…
DBC: It seems as though fairy tales are "hot" right now. Grimm and Once Upon a Time are on television; Mirror, Mirror and Snow White and the Huntsman are in theaters (or soon will be); and a number of books have come out in the past couple of years that also draw on fairy tales for inspiration. What do you think explains this trend? Is it just a market tide, or do you see something deeper at work? Put another way, I suppose I'm asking "Why now?" What is our culture or society getting out of this return to fairy tales?
AK: J. R. R. Tolkien once said (and fairy tale scholar Jack Zipes agrees) that fairy tales were 100% guaranteed moneymakers. In these times of extreme economic crisis, doesn't it make sense to bet on a Sure Thing? Even Mama wouldn't disagree with that. J
I believe this is a trend that started once upon a time in sixteenth-century Italy. We're definitely on the crest of a fairy tale tidal wave right now. I hope that wave continues for a very, very long time…or until we all live happily ever after. Whichever comes first.
DBC: I've noticed — and really it's no great surprise — that so many of these fairy tale treatments have had to reexamine gender roles, and especially revise and update the portrayals of what it means to be a young woman. Your story takes a nursery rhyme about Sunday and her sisters and twists the meanings and implications in ways that the people who first came up with the nursery rhyme could never have imagined. I'm guessing that you enjoyed that. Can you tell us about that aspect of working on the book?
AK: I did enjoy that, thank you! I still giggle to myself from time to time, randomly.
My family tree branches are Greek and French: two old world cultures that carry with them a few old world ideas that never really go away. One of these ideas is the power of words–especially for the Greeks. Every word you say is a double-edged sword. It's why you see them spitting all the time. If you say a baby is beautiful, you have just cursed it to grow up ugly, so you "spit" on the baby to counteract your good wishes and maintain the balance of the universe.
"Alethea" in Greek means "truth." It's a wonderful and horrible curse all at the same time. Whether or not my parents meant it, I've always found it much easier to tell the truth, for better or worse (and many times the latter). It's tough for me when a situation occurs in which I need to lie–I have a really difficult time with that. (Acting is a completely different story. As is writing.)
I was also born on a Sunday. When I was young I thought the Mother Goose poem would have some brilliant insight into what my life would be…but that whole "bonny and blithe and good and gay" bunk is a crock. Who has a life like that? Who would want to? But is this the Happily Ever After all those tales elude to?
There is always more to what's written on the page, just as there is always more to people than what we see on the surface.
DBC: Looking just at the Woodcutter family, the focus of Enchanted, it seems as though you have a huge amount of material still at your disposal, should you choose to write sequels. Is there an Enchanted II in the works? [If so] Can you give us a bit of a teaser? What's going to happen next?
AK: There is an Enchanted sequel in the works, but if I share any of my brilliance, it will probably be edited out. [spit spit] The next novel will be about Saturday, of course! The goal is to work my way backwards through the sisters, all the way to Monday. (Monday's story is awesome.)
I'm also working on many other things: short stories, essays, and picture books, as always — I can't stay away from them. I'm super excited about The Wonderland Alphabet, that will be out next month. It's a collaboration with my exceptionally talented longtime friend Janet K. Lee, who won an Eisner Award with Jim McCann last year for their graphic novel Return of the Dapper Men. The Wonderland Alphabet is an ABC book with Janet's art and my poetic verses, all based on Lewis Carroll's fabulous classic. And it's a board book. Squee!
DBC: Are you an eclectic reader or do you tend to stick with a genre? What are you reading right now, and what's on your To-Read pile?
AK: I am an eclectic reader just like I'm an eclectic writer, but I have far less time to read now than I used to and it makes me sad. I mostly read SF and Fantasy for my review column for Orson Scott Card's Intergalactic Medicine Show–but I'll drop everything the moment a new Jude Deveraux book is released. Right now on my TBR pile are Wuftoom by Mary G. Thompson, The Taker and The Reckoning by Alma Katsu, and Thieftaker by D. B. Jackson.
DBC: What advice would you offer to aspiring writers looking to break into the young adult market? Do you think that the YA field will continue to be a driving force in publishing the way it has for the past decade or so?
AK: I do think the teen section in the bookstores is here to stay, and YA is a force to be reckoned with if you're up for the challenge. Kids are reluctant (and often not encouraged) to graduate themselves into the adult section, but adults have far fewer qualms about walking into the teen section and picking up an armload. So if a book is YA-OK, why not just list it at YA from the start? It's a bit of marketing genius.
As for new authors, I would say: be true to your voice. If you write young, write young. If your writing is more mature, go with it. YA runs the spectrum, and is very all-encompassing. If you are trying to force your voice to fit a market, you're already starting off on the wrong foot. Write that book in your heart from the voice in your head, and let the marketing department worry about where to shelve it. WRITING will always be an author's most important goal.
DBC: Last question: If you could spend a single day as any character you've ever read, who would you choose and why?
AK: I think I'd like to spend a day with Calcifer the Fire Demon and have a jaunt around the countryside in Howl's moving castle. The follow-up question is whether or not I'm willing to pay the price for Calcifer's company…but you didn't ask me that one. J
DBC: Thanks so much for joining us today. It's been great having you here.
AK: It's an honor!
POWERS by James A. Burton
May 1, 2012
Some time ago, I was given an advanced reader copy of a book called Powers, by James A. Burton. Burton, the pseudonym of author James Hetley, is represented by my agent, Lucienne Diver, and Jim and Lucienne were interested in having me blurb the book. I read the book in about a week — a busy week — and gave it the following blurb:
"Take an unusual hero, throw him together with an unlikely ally, and send them on an unorthodox quest to a unique and fascinating world, and what do you get? Powers, a story of demons and gods, intrigue and magic, that is as original and readable as any book I've picked up in a long while. Highly recommended!"
Well, Powers by James A. Burton hits the bookstore shelves (real and virtual) tomorrow, and I continue to recommend it with great enthusiasm. Go out and buy yourself a copy. You won't be sorry.


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RICHMOND, Va. -- Richmond Police identified a man shot and killed in Richmond's Mosby neighborhood Tuesday morning as 30-year-old Davon R. Daniels, of Richmond.
"Officers received a call for a person shot in the 1300 block of Coalter Street. When police arrived, they located Daniels suffering from an apparent gunshot wound. He was transported to a local hospital where he later died," a Richmond Police spokesperson said. "The Medical Examiner will determine cause and manner of death."
Police have not released addition information about Daniels, nor the circumstances surrounding the shooting.
Anyone with information was asked to call Major Crimes Detective A. Sleem at 804-814-7123 or contact Crime Stoppers at 780-1000.
Witnesses or friends of the victim can send news tips or photos here.
Daniels death would be the first homicide of the year investigated by Richmond Police.


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Most wizards worthy of the name, can, by intent or by accident, produce magic items dangerous to their users, but only the Banewrights have elevated it an art.
This secretive cabal of wizards produce the items as an act of worship for their dark patron, the god of Black Mischief. They do not use his powers in the fabrication for it is their personal effort that he prefers.
Most cabal members hold positions of power and responsibility in the world at large, keeping their 'hobby' as secret as possible, as for obvious reasons they have many enemies. Still, they sometimes require the assistance of those outside the cabal, and virtually all such contacts are with other underground societies, such as assassin's guilds. Thieves guilds are considered too common and untrustworthy to deal with.
The God of Black Mischief
The God of Black Mischief is not a jealous god - he does not care terribly much what other deities his followers may choose to worship, only that they carry out his proscriptions as well. His own favour manifests itself in improved luck and the occasional granting of divine curses on his worshippers enemies. He does, however, favour those most who help themselves. He never manifests himself physically - taking at most illusionary forms visible only to his followers or their victims.
The Banewrights care not for the ethics or ethos of their victims, striking down hero, villain or innocent with equal glee. They prefer their targets be of higher profile of course, but any victim is better than no victim.
The Members
Typically wizards, due to the opportunities provided by wizardry to sow chaos, there are Banewrights with alchemical, tinkering and herbalist backgrounds. Anyone capable of producing the various trapped items of sufficient discretion and effectiveness may become a member. Recruitment is one of the main ways that the God of Black Mischief impacts the Banewrights. He can enter people's dreams at night, those who show the correct aptitude for inclusion and lead them, through dreams, to find others of their ilk.
The Items
The items the Banewrights manufacture run the gamut of human artifacts, with virtually anything being trapped in some manner.
They do not produce weapons except as a trap for their user, for there is a shred of honesty in the bare blade or flying arrow. The way of the banewright is the trap, the deception, the betrayal.
Each Banewright has their own signature to their items, influenced by their available skills and magic, temperament and cultural background. Rarely these hints can be used to uncover a banewright, but they are very careful.
It is not absolutely necessary that their items cause death, though it certainly a frequent outcome. Injury or even grievous humiliation are also acceptable outcomes from using these items.
On occasion, their items may be useful, but only in very limited circumstances. If any use can be found, it is typically as traps for one's enemies.
Methods of Operation
Banewrights will attempt to replace existing magic items with trapped copies of the item, often at the final stages of item creation. Frequently these incidents are attributed to failures in the creation process, but the Banewrights do not mind - they are looking for havoc, not infamy.
The Bad Mcguffin
A more elaborate method, the Banewrights will arrange a need for a McGuffin to be retrieved, and the effort would be strenuous indeed. Perhaps a set of patsies hired or quested to guard the item, and a party is sent to retrieve it. Best if the party is hired by someone who honestly believes the item is needed. The item of course is trapped in some manner - to either target the party or the person who hired them.
Buyer Beware
A frequent approach is to simply sell the cursed items, using some easily forgotten nameless stall in a larger market. Or there is reverse-shoplifting, where the cursed item is placed among similar wares in an innocent establishment.
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Corn: Corn futures are slightly higher this morning so far, trying to push through some nearby resistance levels. Mar corn is up 1 cent to 3.66, May corn is up 1 cent to 3.75-3/4, and July corn is up 1-1/4 cents to 3.84-1/2. Dec corn is up 1-1/4 cents to 3.97. With below normal temperatures and above normal precipitation forecasted through March 18th in the Midwest, talk of a late spring and delayed corn plantings continues to swirl. In addition, a growing sense of optimism about U.S. trade negotiations is very supportive, with some expecting Chinese purchases of up to 5 to 8 million tons of corn from the U.S. if a trade agreement is reached. Of course, this is just speculation, but the talk is there. Technically, the nearby corn futures are trading near the highs of the day and well of the session lows. New crop Dec corn is trying to push through its 10-day moving average resistance level. During yesterday's session, funds bought about 2,000 contracts of corn and are thought to be net short about 129,000 contracts.
Soybeans: Soybean futures are struggling to find buyers on yesterday's positive, though not necessarily strong closes. Mar beans are down 5-1/2 to 8.97-3/4, May beans are down 6-1/4 cents to 9.09-3/4, and July beans are down 6-1/2 cents to 9.23-1/2. New crop Nov soybeans are down 6-1/4 cents to 9.44-1/4. South American weather continues to be beneficial for the soybean crop, keeping some of the enthusiasm at bay. Calendar spread weakness was also noted yesterday, with the May/July soybean spread closing at contract lows. It appears as though most of today's weakness is tied to yesterday's disappointing closes. While prices did gain 4 to 5 cents on the day, the nearby Nov contract only finished 3 cents off the day's lows after trading with intraday highs as much as 10 cents off the day's lows. During Monday's session, funds bought 4,000 contracts of soybeans and are thought to be net short about 57,000 contracts.
Wheat: Wheat markets are trying to gather themselves after recent weakness. May Chi wheat is up 2-1/2 cents to 4.58, May KC wheat is up 2-1/4 cents to 4.45-1/4, and May Mpls wheat is up 1-3/4 cents to 5.53-3/4. Black Sea prices for Russian wheat for Mar delivery were reported at 226.00 per ton FOB by the end of last week. This is a drop of 8.00 from the previous week. Another Moscow based trade house recorded Russian FOB prices down 5.00 for the week at 235.50 per ton. Given world wheat's price weakness, it shouldn't be much of a shock to see U.S. prices down. However, technicals are very oversold, and given a less than ideal winter and extremely low winter wheat acres in the U.S this year, there still could be some upside later on. Funds sold 2,000 contracts of wheat on Monday and are thought to be net short about 78,000 contracts.
Cattle: Cattle markets are mixed to mostly lower on follow through pressure this morning. Apr lives are up 30 cents to 128.65, June lives are steady at 119.80, and Aug lives are down 5 cents to 115.70. Mar feeders are down 32 cents to 140.87, and Apr feeders are down 35 cents to 144.67. Apr live cattle closed just above their 20-day moving average support level yesterday afternoon. Prices opened up below that line this morning, but have since climbed back above. June lives showed similar price action, closing just above their 10-day moving average yesterday, then starting below this morning. Momentum indicators are pointing lower, but extremely difficult weather for weight gain makes sellers a little more hesitant to take action. While live cattle are still very close to contract highs, feeder contracts are creeping towards the low end of their recent ranges.
Hogs: Hog markets are up this morning, drawing solid buyer interest on improving cash fundamentals. Apr hogs are up 1.10 to 58.42, Jun hogs are up 1.22 to 76.40, and Jul hogs are up 1.02 to 78.60. Carcass bellies have begun to bounce, with pork production last week coming in less than 2% above last year's pace. This is a welcomed development considering production has been running 5% to 7% ahead of last year's pace. Apr hogs have moved through their 20-day moving average level for the first time since January 18th and a close above would be the first since January 10th. The summer month contracts are near the top ends of their recent trading ranges with Jul hogs just below their 200-day moving average resistance level.


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Moving to Maputo
Hi everyone
We are moving to Maputo end April and need some assistance please.
* What is the traffic like during peak hours from Matola to Maputo? I have heard that it's not too back and from others I have heard that it is horrendous.
* Any websites of property rental agencies for Maputo? We are looking for a furnished house with garden as we have two small dogs. Would prefer living in Maputo as have heard that traffic from Matola to Maputo is hectic.
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Faculty Equipment and Technology Grant Blog Post Guidelines
Recipients of the Faculty Equipment and Technology Grant are required to submit one
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Blog Post:
Length is variable but should be at least 2 paragraphs/600 words and include the following:
- Provide a 1-2 sentence summary of your research and why it matters. Use layman's terms rather than highly technical language specific to your field.
- Describe the equipment or software purchased with grant funds.
- How does this new equipment or software impact your research?
- If possible, provide a specific example of an undergraduate or group of undergraduates whose research has benefitted from the grant.
- Provide at least one high-resolution, print-quality photo (JPG or TIFF file, at least 1 mb) that documents the impact of the grant.
- This could be a shot of your team, including undergraduate researchers, using new equipment in your lab; your team presenting research supported by new software at a conference, etc.
- We prefer photos that show the faculty member engaging with undergraduate students.
- Bonus points if you're able to tell a story with photos!
- Please include a caption that describes what is taking place in the photo(s), and identifying everyone in the photo(s).