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One of the interesting things about online communication is the ease with which you can unwittingly offend people.
I ran across this post over at Civil War Memory in which Kevin Levin cited an item from fellow blogger Chris Wehner about radicalism in America's classrooms. Kevin argued that when we run across this type of information, it's important not to assume that this or that organization or incident is characteristic of what goes on in the classroom. I agreed, and said so in a comment:
Good points, Kevin. One of the things I've noticed about blogs that consistently critique the educational system is a tendency to over-generalize from anecdotal evidence. They point to news stories about teachers who engage in questionable behavior or cite statements without any effort to determine whether that sort of thing is representative. They need to realize that in many cases teachers themselves aren't in a position to dictate educational policy; they do the best they can within the framework they're given.
In other words, just because you run across some incident about a liberal teacher or a conference organized by some radical group marketed to teachers, it doesn't mean that it's representative of the majority of American educators. Don't take an anecdote or incident and generalize it to apply to teachers in general.
Apparently Chris took this comment to mean that by "over-generalizing" I was referring to his characterization of the group, rather than with a tendency in the blogosphere to generalize about teachers. So for the record, let me state here and now that I'm not in favor of a radicalized classroom, and that I'm not challenging his description of the group's aims.
Then I stopped by Old Virginia Blog and found that Richard Williams is also upset with my use of the terms "anecdotal" and "over-generalization," and seems to be under the impression that my comment referred specifically to him. He argues that radicalized education is, in fact, a pervasive problem. He also provides a few additional examples to prove his point, although I think generalizing from four anecdotes isn't much more persuasive than generalizing from one.
Since what I assumed to be a rather casual remark has upset some folks, let me take an opportunity to explain what I meant. "Anecdotal evidence" can have different meanings. It can mean evidence that is of dubious veracity, such as hearsay. Or it can mean evidence in the form of a related incident that, while true, is not of sufficient weight to prove a larger conclusion. I used the term "anecdotal" in this second sense, which as far as I know is the most common one.
I never said that I don't have a problem with politicization of the classroom. I do have a problem with it. Furthermore, I never said, to quote Richard, that "there is no real evidence this is occurring in our schools." One can certainly find instances in which the classroom has become politicized.
What I said is that we shouldn't assume that these incidents accurately convey the beliefs or teaching approaches of most American teachers. It would be like finding some accounts of Revolutionary War soldiers who broke into houses while foraging and murdered the occupants and then arguing that the Continental Army was plagued with murderers in the ranks. The evidence is too narrow to support such a broad conclusion.
You can no more extrapolate an accurate picture of American teaching from this sort of thing than you can understand American Christianity by looking at the nuts from Westboro Baptist or a bunch of abortion clinic bombers. Most teachers just aren't leftist kooks, and they don't necessarily share the opinions of every organization that claims to speak for them, even when it's the nation's largest teachers' union. I've explained why I believe all this to be the case in an earlier post, to which I humbly re-direct everyone's attention.
So I don't deny that attempts to politicize the classroom exist, or that Chris has accurately described one. I just don't think it's representative of what most teachers are doing. What I'm suggesting is that we don't decry the state of the American classroom every time we run across some story about a left-wing organization acting up. That's not so bad, is it?


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IN HER SHOES: HHFITD in Costa Rica!
Hello Loves,
As most of you probably already know I'm back from vacation! Yesterday was insanely busy trying to prep for a client meeting, catch up on my emails and of course sneak in some blog reading! I missed you all!
Always the faithful blogger I made sure to take lots of pics in order to share some of fun in the sun.
So sit back, relax and enjoy a day in the life of me with a sunny background instead of the snow that I came home too!
Here is a little peek into where we stayed. This was right outside our room:
This was the hallway leading down the breakfast area and the beach!
The beginning of my mornings always started with a trip to the beach. I would settle into my lounge chair and just sit. It was delightful!
Usually while I was doing that Jon would venture off in search of a good fishing spot among all of these rocks.
Tamarindo, Costa Rica is a huge surfing community so the majority of the shops on their main street were surfing related.
Part of our Christmas gift was also a kayaking trip! It was lots of fun, but my arms are still sore from it!
{Jon asked me to turn around for a picture and apparently I thought this was the best way to it! :) }
During our kayaking trip we got to see some baby crocs, which I stayed far away from and Jon actually got to fish as well.
{Don't worry he always catches and releases so this little guy went right back in the water.}
During one of our lunches in town at a place called, Nogui's (Totally recommend if you are ever there. So yummy. I'm still dreaming of their pineapple pie. We ate their twice!) we saw Monkeys!
{The tree was full of them! There were even three little baby monkey's playing around jumping from branch to branch.}
The restaurant was right on the water so instead of getting back to the B&B through town we took the beach route.
I know this is only suppose to an IN HER SHOES for one day, but I have more to share and since I'm the boss so to speak I'm going to add a few more pics! Hope you don't mind.
On on last full day before we had to fly home we went to Rincon de la Vieja a park with four volcanoes and a waterfall. It was about 2 and half hours away, but totally worth it.
It was a day full of the things that Jon loves and terrifies me. We first went horseback riding (No pictures of this. It was an hour long and I'm pretty sure I just kept muttering OMG the entire time. It was a bouncy ride!)
The next thing was a sauna with the steam from the volcanoes and then a mud treatment. Sounds relaxing right?
Not when you are the one applying the mud yourself:
Then we got to sit by the sun and wait for it to dry. Of course what comes on must come off…
{There are showers with freezing cold water to take of the mud and if that's not working they get with the hose! The more you scream the more cold water comes your way. I was soaked!}
After that we went down a 450 meter water slide. I hate water parks, amusement parks, because I'm a big scardy cat, but I figured when am I going to do this again so I said yes to everything! Sorry, but no pictures of this since both me and Jon did it so the camera did not come with.
Lastly was a zip-line tour. I had never done this before and I was under the impression that it was just a one time thing. You go up real high, get attached, zip down and done in minutes.
As I was getting geared up I asked the guide about how long it would take figuring 5 mins and I was met with an answer of an hour!!!! Duh Camila it is a zip-line TOUR meaning multiple stops. (10 to be exact!)
I still decided to do it because I'm all about being a DO-ER. Totally forgetting that I'm a bit scared of heights!
A little after an hour I was safely back on the ground and had to take a picture with my two guides that saved the day and caught me at each stop.
This trip was a lovely little get-away and one that me and Jon needed badly! Thanks again to my Mom, Dad, Ximena and Daniela for making it all possible!
Hope you all have a great weekend! I have loads more catching up to do and a trip to the Gift Fair this weekend! I'll post pics of that on Monday!
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In the fourth installment of the Slate series from last September (or, as I'm now calling it, PermaRec 1.0), I spent a bit of time discussing the case of a student named Doris Abravaya, whose main card is shown above. Her full student record, which you can see here, told a heartbreaking tale of a very difficult childhood, typified by this entry:
May 2, 1933: Social worker, Mrs. Sklar, at Hebrew Sheltering and Guardian Society, came to see AK [Miss A. Kotter, the school's job placement counselor] about Doris. Doris's mother is insane and in Mental State Hospital. Father is paralyzed and crippled and a drunkard. Three children [including Doris] live in home of Mrs. Talianksy, obtained through the Society. There is severe unemployment in this home. When funds for Doris cease, on June 12, she will be entirely on her own. Doris has low mentality and is very timid and unstable. She constantly fears becoming like her mother. Children see mother often because father takes them there whenever he is intoxicated. Mrs. Sklar asked AK to try to include Doris in June graduation because not graduating would be such a disappointment.
There's more, most of it along those same lines. I was happy to see that Doris eventually got a clerical position that paid much better than the standard garment jobs that the school usually arranged for its students. Still, I worried for her, if it's possible to worry about someone who (a) you've never met and (b) is probably deceased already.
I wasn't able to find Doris's family during my research for PermaRec 1.0. But now, thanks to the work of volunteer researchers Catherine Bloomquist and Samantha Bulgerin, I've recently made contact with three of Doris's descendants -- a niece (who was named after Doris) and two daughters.
When Catherine and Sam pointed me toward the people they believed to be Doris's family, I was hesitant. Doris's story seemed so sad, and some of the things written in her student file were so harsh -- I feared that I might be stirring up bad memories.
But this wasn't the first time I'd faced this kind of decision. My rule for the project had always been to push forward and hope for the best. So I went ahead and contacted Doris's family.
And I'm really glad I did. Doris's niece and daughters have been fascinated by her student file -- in large part because it describes a girl who sounds very different from the smart, strong woman they knew. As it turns out, Doris had a good life despite the challenges she faced early on. I was -- I am -- extremely happy to hear that.
So far I've only had preliminary back-and-forths with Doris's family, but her daughters sound eager to tell her full story. And they live in the NYC area, so I hope to be able to meet with them in person soon and learn how Doris overcame her early hardships. I suspect it's going to be a very inspiring tale.


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We're sorry we didn't outright tell the public that as we were cutting service and raising fares, we were going to give ourselves raises.
But we're not at all sorry that we now make more money.
I think OPAL gets original credit for spotting this one first in April of last year. In a readthrough of the proposed 2013 budget, they noticed that TriMet doubled the contingency budget, from $10 million up to $20 million. No apparent reason was given, though there seemed to be some suggestion that it was needed in the event TriMet lost the arbitration with the union. OPAL members testified at board meetings, questioning the contingency and stating that both doubling that and raising fares was a too-conservative approach to the budget at the expense of bus riders, and suggested if it were to be increased at all, it should at most go from $10 million to $15 million.
Now we find out that at least part of the purpose of increasing the contingency was to give raises to the top execs at TriMet. As the PortlandAfoot story points out, the raises didn't show up in the budget as raises given for merit. There's no mention of these raises in TriMet's anti-union webpages, which still state that there's been a non-union pay freeze for four years. Okay, fine, maybe there was a freeze for four years, but if my pay didn't change for four years and then you gave me a $7000 raise on top of my $130k salary? (an actual "merit increase" from the list) You know, I don't think my feelings would be hurt too much.
General manager Neil McFarlane is now issuing the non-apology of "We're sorry we weren't more transparent." Actually Neil, I believe when you falsify the budget with a salary that is out of date, and the board knowingly passes that even though it intentionally had incorrect information, and salary raises are hidden in a contingency fund and not listed for what they are, that's what we call "outright lying", not just "not being transparent enough."
The story was also covered by the Oregonian, which includes other gems, such as "We had to give Shelly Lomax a $14,000 raise because as the only woman on staff, we were paying her a lot less than the men" and that union president Bruce Hansen actually took a pay cut when he became president of the union. And of course, general manager Neil McFarlane defending the move, saying it was done to retain these executives and managers (worked out real well for ya with former Director of Finance Beth Dehamel, a $20,000 raise and then she left a few months later.)
But Why bother retaining talent when we outsource work that could be done in-house anyway?
Back during Neil's Twitter town hall chat, a lot of folks (myself included) questioned some of TriMet's spending decisions, such as marketing. Now I'm not opposed to a marketing department, I realize that theoretically they fulfill an important role in keeping riders informed. But what I don't understand is why TriMet has a marketing department, yet we outsource marketing work. Quoting myself from an older post:
But for the last ten years, the now-defunct external company ID Branding has been doing TriMet's marketing and design work rather than TriMet's own internal Marketing department.
That means the 5 Dirty Words poems on buses and trains, the Green Means Go campaign surrounding the opening of the Green Line, the recent What Makes This Place Great? promotion (which, conveniently has been used to cover up the aforementioned failed #1 Transit ads on the trains – I suppose the fact that ID Branding is now out of business explains why the WMTPG website remains un-updated with several sections still "coming soon." Hope we didn't pay for that!), the Rider's Voice book aimed at helping people switch from paratransit to fixed route – all of these were outsourced to ID Branding.
This really makes me wonder what our Marketing department is doing if we're outsourcing marketing work to another company. Are these all things we can't do in-house? How much money was spent on the ID Branding contract, and were we planning on spending more with any other marketing firms now that they're gone? Can we maybe pick one or the other, either outsource all marketing or do everything in-house, but not both?
EDIT: Numbers acquired. ID Branding contract was $1,862,437.00 budgeted, $1,497,547.95 billed, contract numbers ra020310ktx and rc070408dgx. Assuming we don't outsource more marketing at the conclusion of the ID Branding contract, that'd be nearly $2 million saved.
The ID Branding thing was a while ago, but you might have noticed TriMet hosting a bunch of contests lately – "Be Seen Be Safe", "Drive Less Save More", and a current one for teens to make a safety video, just to name a few. But here's the interesting part of the fine print at the bottom of these contests:
Turns out Offerpop is an online marketing promotional tool. Pricing is based on how many Facebook and Twitter followers you have. So let's see, TriMet's Facebook has about 8400 followers, and TriMet's Twitter has about 9100. So that's about 17,500 followers, and depending on whether or not this is pay-by-month or an annual subscription, TriMet is paying $360-$400 a month for contests. And because someone is bound to say it, yes I know that that's just a drop in the budget bucket. BUT once again, why is this being outsourced at all? Is there seriously no one in the marketing department who could organize contests like this as part of their regular job duties?
But okay, let's aim a little bit higher. We know that TriMet's got a handsomely compensated legal team, several of whom were on the stealth payraise list. And we know that TriMet has recently filed suit against Clackamas county. Here's the part I don't understand – take a look at the lawsuit file itself. Specifically, the footnote:
Now I'm no legal expert, but maybe there's a reader here who is and can provide a logical explanation why TriMet hired an external lawfirm for this lawsuit and didn't make use of the lawyers on staff. Because I'm really perplexed by this.
Edit: And in the comments, Engineer Scotty delivers – this is apparently standard procedure.
Once again, I find myself wondering – why bother making a big deal about retaining these highly paid managers & lawyers & executives if you pay other companies to do work that could be done by them?
Fix the ship? Blow it up? Whatever.
A while back, a friend of mine did a guest post on the contract negotiations and the union's health care costs, and that post includes what is probably my favorite quote summing up the situation:
Well. That pretty much accurately describes what ended up happening. Before the news about the executive raises, Joseph Rose at the Oregonian was the only one covering this story of Neil's decision to expand the executive ranks, which I think is a shame because, like the executive raises, it's something the public has the right to be aware of, and protest if necessary.
So former director of operations Bob Nelson (currently receiving a pension of about $48k/year from TriMet; had left the agency in 2007 making just shy of $160k/year) is coming back as "Interim Deputy General Manager" and I'm sorry, all I can think of when I hear that is this:
But wait, it gets better. The purpose of his job will be to assess the position of Deputy General Manager and determine if it should be permanent. Man, I wish someone would give me a 6-figure salary, and then at the end of a year ask me if they should keep paying me that (on top of the pension I'm getting that's already more than many people make in a year). Do we really think he's going to say, "No, this isn't the best use of TriMet's resources"? Anyone who would say that, well, here's your sign.
Next up is Barbara Ramirez Spencer who will be hired as a consultant, and I had posted this in response on Twitter but I know I've got blog readers who don't follow me there so here it is again. From the Oregonian article, this a quote from Mary Fetsch on why Ramirez Spencer is being sought out:
Ok, that's a lot of syllables to tell us… what, exactly? Strip out the buzzwords and management lingo and what value is she going to add to TriMet? How is this going to help riders? What is this going to do for the benefit of the general public? Was there seriously not a better use for the oodles of money TriMet apparently has laying around?
Bonus: she serves on the super-secret budget task force (I believe the same one that greenlighted the executive raises) which has meetings that the public is not allowed to attend. Clearly no conflict of interests there…
Oh, that Rascally Union..
But as far as TriMet is concerned, there's no problem paying out raises to executives while slashing service, and threatening to cut 70% of service. No, the expenses are all the union's fault because of the cost of union health care benefits. (By the way, that 70% service cut is the projection for 2025. I find it doubtful that the powers that be will choose to forgo their raises during that time, so why is the union the only side expected to concede?)
You might've seen in the news that a bus driver was punched in the face the other day. And a supervisor was assaulted at Rose Quarter last week (neither the supervisor nor the operator who stepped in to assist were injured. This didn't make the news, and neither do countless instances of drivers being spit on or threatened). But come on now, Neil keeps repeating that the union benefits need to be brought in line with non-union benefits, and asking "Are we a healthcare provider or a transit agency"?
Well, when was the last time Neil had an angry customer punch him in the face or spit on him? When was the last time he had to step in to assist Mary Fetsch because an angry drunk was shoving her around? Heck, when's the last time Neil got a kidney or bladder infection from driving a 100+degree bus for 9 hours with inadequate breaks? Tell you what Neil, when your health risks on the job are the same as the front line union workers', then we can talk all you want about how the health compensation should be the same. When non-union employees and retirees pass away as frequently as union workers, then we can have this discussion about the same health care for everyone. Remember that the reason why the union health plan is different is that because of the detrimental health aspects of the jobs (especially when compared to office workers), the union has historically negotiated compensation in the form of benefits rather than pay raises, and now TriMet wants the union to yield both.
Look, I really do understand the perspective of the general public in this fight. A friend of mine and his wife (neither of them are TriMet employees) together pay about $700 a month in healthcare premiums, just for the two of them. Yeah, that sucks, and absolutely, the union health insurance premium costs are much more palatable in comparison:
But to be fair and in the interest of transparency (for real, not TriMet's definition of transparency), here are the non-union employee premiums – in other words, what Neil and his merry band of executives pay. Again in fairness, I will note that the part-time non-union employees are really getting wrung over…
So you figure Neil is probably paying about $75/month to insure himself and his wife, while TriMet picks up $1170 of the tab? Not too shabby for a guy pulling in almost a quarter million per year. Funny how we don't hear the word "Cadillac" applied to this side of things. And no one mentions the non-union retirement trust (maybe because info on it is so hard to find), worth over $80 million and into which TriMet pays $4.5 million annually. The source document for that has been removed from TriMet's webpage, but I saved a copy for you guys so you don't have to fork out public records request fees in case you wanted to read it. Did I mention that transparency is how we roll here at MAX FAQs? But no, none of this is considered a problem or a bloated cost… that criticism is reserved for what the union is compensated.
Fun fact: Starbucks spends more on employee health benefits than coffee, yet unlike Neil, Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz does not seem confused as to what the purpose of his company is. In fact, he refused to cut benefits for part time employees.
What's coming next
We're still waiting to hear the result of a ruling on whether or not the contract negotiations will be open to the public. TriMet is strongly opposed to public negotiations, and the union is strongly in favor of public negotiations. From the union's perspective, TriMet has not demonstrated that they can be trusted to be transparent (golly gee, imagine that), and TriMet's demand that only "unaffiliated members of the press" be permitted to attend is unacceptable.
I've heard some rumors going around (let me repeat, unsubstantiated rumors) that money for that contingency fund will be used to pay scabs if TriMet management is able to overturn the ruling that the transit union cannot strike and disputes will be settled with binding arbitration. Pretty much every news source I found for that proposed bill talks about "allowing the union to strike" but ignores the flipside – such a bill would also allow TriMet to lock the union out. Personally I don't know of any current employees who are interested in striking – it's not good for the workers, it's not good for the public, and generally speaking the operators are genuinely interested in serving the public. But would TriMet take the action of locking the union out until the contract is resolved? Hate to say it, but the hostility in the environment makes me think yes, they would.
Let me pull this one back up:
I think there are a lot of TriMet union employees with this mindset. Yes, there's an awareness that the health plan at TriMet is better than a lot of people get elsewhere. Yes, if EVERYONE in the company needs to pitch in and sacrifice and do their part and all to keep things moving, people will generally be agreeable to that. But as long as the union is painted as the bad guys while the executive elites give themselves raises on the sly, downplay their own pensions and benefits, and try to pit riders against workers, those executives are not going to get an ounce of compromise or cooperation. Nor should they expect any.


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Tom Douglas owns a group of great restaurants in Seattle, Washington and is the author of several wonderful cookbooks. This is his recipe, it's a bit unusual ~ and very good!
Finely chopped rosemary, pine nuts and orange zest are flecked throughout the moist cake.
It's all topped off with either a glaze (or icing, as I did), that contains whole, blanched rosemary leaves and more orange zest. It's yummy!
Cornmeal Rosemary Cake with Pine Nuts & Orange Glaze
One 9-inch cake
To make the cake:
Butter for the pan
1 1/2 cups (6 3/4 ounces) all-purpose flour
3/4 cups (4 1/2 ounces) finely ground yellow cornmeal. (Quaker brand works well)
1/3 cup coarsely chopped toasted pine nuts (about 1 1/2 ounces)
1 Tablespoon finely chopped fresh rosemary
1 Tablespoon finely grated orange zest
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
2/3 cup (5 ounces) mascarpone, at room temperature
4 large eggs
1 1/3 cup (10 ounces) granulated sugar
1/2 cup (4 ounces) unsalted butter, melted
For the Orange Syrup
1/2 cup fresh orange juice
3 Tablespoons granulated sugar
For the Orange Glaze, or icing
1 Tablespoon whole fresh rosemary leaves, stripped from the stems but not chopped
1 1/2 (5 ounces) sifted confectioners' sugar
5 Tablespoons heavy cream
2 Tablespoons fresh orange juice
1 teaspoon grated orange zest
For the cake:
Heat oven to 350-degrees (F), rack in the center of the oven.
Butter a 9x2-inch round cake pan and line the bottom with a round of parchment, butter the parchment.
Whisk together the flour, cornmeal, pine nuts, finely chopped rosemary, orange zest, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl.
In a large bowl whisk the mascarpone just to loosen it up, One at a time, add the eggs, whisking after each addition to combine. Add sugar, whisk until smooth. With a rubber spatula, fold the dry ingredients in two batches into the wet ingredients, mixing until smooth, then stir in the melted butter.
Scrap the batter into the prepared pan and spread evenly. Bake until the entire top of the cake is a rich golden brown and springs back when pressed lightly in the center. Usually 40 to 45 minutes. If using the toothpick/skewer test the crumb should be slightly moist when inserted in the center of the cake.
Orange Syrup: (Make while the cake is baking)
Combine the orange juice and sugar in a small saucepan over medium heat and cook for a few minutes, stirring until the sugar dissolves, remove from heat.
Allow the cake to cook in pan on a rack for 5 minutes. Loosen the cake from the edge of the pan with a small knife. Invert a plate over the cake pan turn it over onto the plate (use a kitchen towel to protect your hands from the heat), peel the parchment off. Invert once again to another plate so the cake is right side up. Poke a few dozen holes all over the top of the cake, while cake is still warm brush it with the warm orange syrup. Repeat several times until all the syrup is used. Allow cake to cook completely.
Orange Glaze:
Prepare a small bowl of ice water and set nearby.
Place the whole rosemary leaves in a small sieve and set aside. Bring a small saucepan of water to a boil, and place the sieve with rosemary into the boiling water to blanch for one minute. Drain the rosemary, still in the sieve, and plunge into the bowl of ice water. Drain and lay out on paper towel to dry.
Whisk the confectioners' sugar, cream and orange juice in a bowl until smoothe, then whisk in the blanced rosemary and the orange zest.
I didn't thin my icing as much as suggested in the recipe, and simply spread the top of the cake, allowing the excess to flow down the sides of the cake.
If you thin your glaze, place the cake on a rack set in a rimmed baking pan (to catch the excess glaze), pour the glaze over the top of the cake and allow it to drip off the sides ~ rotate the wire rack to encourage the glaze to cover the cake completely. Transfer the glazed cake to a cake plate while still wet.
Let it sit for at least an hour before serving. Depending upon the weather the glaze may set up, or not ~ either way it is delicious!
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As climate change unfolds over the next century, plants and animals will need to adapt or shift locations to follow their ideal climate. A new study provides an innovative global map of where species are likely to succeed or fail in keeping up with a changing climate. The findings appear in the science journal Nature.
As climate change unfolds over the next century, plants and animals will need to adapt or shift locations to follow their ideal climate. A new study provides an innovative global map of where species are likely to succeed or fail in keeping up with a changing climate. The findings appear in the science journal Nature.
As part of a UC Santa Barbara National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) working group, 18 international researchers analyzed 50 years of sea surface and land temperature data (1960-2009). They also projected temperature changes under two future scenarios, one that assumes greenhouse gas emissions are stabilized by 2100 and a second that assumes these emissions continue to increase. The resulting maps display where new temperature conditions are being generated and where existing environments may disappear.
This rare global study, which examines scenarios both on land and in the ocean, demonstrates that climate migration is far more complex than a simple shift toward the poles. "As species move to track their ideal temperature conditions, they will sometimes run into what we call a 'climate sink,' where the preferred climate simply disappears leaving species nowhere to go because they are up against a coastline or other barrier," explained Carrie Kappel, an NCEAS associate and one of the paper's authors. "There are a number of those sinks around the world where movement is blocked by a coastline, like in the northern Adriatic Sea or the northern Gulf of Mexico, and there's no way out because it's warmer everywhere behind."
Australia offers a terrestrial example. There, species already experiencing warmer temperatures have started to seek relief by moving to higher elevations, or farther south. However, some species of animals and plants cannot move large distances, and some cannot move at all.
"Species migration can have important consequences for local biodiversity," said corresponding author Elvira Poloczanska, a research scientist with the Climate Adaptation Flagship of Australia's national science agency, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) in Brisbane. "For example, the dry, flat continental interior of Australia is a hot, arid region where species already exist close to the margin of their thermal tolerances. Some species driven south from monsoonal northern Australia in the hope of cooler habitats may perish in one of the harshest places on Earth."
The maps generated from the study data not only show areas where plants and animals may struggle to find new homes in a changing climate but also provide crucial information for targeting conservation efforts — information that could help conservation planners think more strategically about how best to manage biodiversity for future sustainability.
Read more at University of California, Santa Barbara.
Fifty-year climate trajectory models via UCSB.


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In the United Kingdom today, over 200 people gathered at St Nicholas and Writhington Church, in Radstock, Somerset for the funeral of Corporal Gordon Pritchard who died in Basra on January 31, 2005 becoming the 100th British soldier to die in Iraq. 101 British troops have died in Iraq, official count. Gordon Pritchard, who was 31 years-old, is survived by his wife Julie-Ann and his children Stacey, Harrison and Summer.
Alexander Panetta, of the Associated Press, is reporting that Canada's Foreign Affairs Minister Peter MacKay maintains that "latest intelligence" indicates that the four memebers of Christian Peacemaker Teams are still alive. The four members, kidnapped in November, were last seen in a January 29th videotape. The four members are:
James Loney,
41, of Toronto;
Harmeet Singh Sooden,
32, a former Montreal resident;
Tom Fox,
54, of Clear Brook, Va.,
and Norman Kember,
74, of London [. . .]
Sunday's upsurge in violence continued on Monday. Reuters is reporting that bombings in Mosul and Baghdad today killed "at least 19 people." The Associated Press reports that in Karbala one American soldier was killed in a bombing and that in Mosul, a bomber killed himself in a "restaurant packed with policemen eating breakfast, killing at least five people and wounding 21, including 10 policemen". The Department of Defense has identified Capt. Anthony R. Garcia of Fort Worth, Texas as one of the 34 US military fatalities this month. Garcia died of from gunshot wounds after a February 17th shooting that took place on a military base in Tikrit. Garcia is survived by his wife Doris and his children Kelly and Garrick.
Brian Zimmerman, of Gannet News, is reporting that questions still surround the shooting death of Army Reservist David Douglas who died two weeks after returning to the United States from a one-year stint in Iraq. Commenting on the violent deaths of many returning veterans, National Guardsman Alfonso Williams told Zimmerman:
You have a whole lot of built-up anger from being over there. . . . You can't explain (what it's like) to anybody. And to them, what they may think is screaming and hollering to you is a normal tone.
In 2005, the military reports that 136 active duty personnel committed suicide. No figures are kept for those who are inactive. The current number for US military fatalities in Iraq stands at 2276.
As Jane Mayer reported in The New Yorker, early warnings were ignored by the administration about the environment created for abuse of prisoners in Guantanamo. Noting that "Human rights are under threat," Amnesty International is calling for the closing of Guantanamo. Tuesday, Amnesty International will host a live online discussion:
Live chat with Moazzam Begg, ex Guantánamo detainee, on 21 February, 6-7pm GMT
Moazzam Begg, British citizen, was held for "nearly three years," as noted on Democracy Now!. Amnesty International's call echoes the call of the UN investigation team as well as the prime ministers of Germany, France, England and Malaysia. U.S. Charm Minister Karen Hughes, speaking to Al Jazeera, rejected calls to close Gitmo and reportedly maintained that not only are the people imprisoned in Guantanamo wanting to kill Americans but that some released "have gone back to fighting and killing Americans." If the report is accurate, it is surprising that such an assertion would be made by the Minister of Charm and not Bully Boy himself.
In this country, the Associated Press is reporting that Republican governors George Pataki (New York) and Robert Ehrlich (Maryland) have joined the chorus of voices objecting by administration plans to turn over control of "six major U.S. ports" to Dubai Ports World. Senators Robert Menendez (New Jersey) and Hillary Clinton (New York) are also objecting to the proposed plan. Speaking out against the plan involving the Arab company, Mendendez stated today, "We wouldn't turn over our customs service or our border patrol to a foreign government. We shouldn't turn over the ports of the United States, either."
Feminist Wire Daily is reporting that CWIG (Center for Women in Government and Civil Society) has conducted a study on "the percentage of women in policy-making positions - such as state legislators, elected officials, high court judges, department heads, and top governor's advisors" for the years 1998 to 2005 and found that the rate of growth for women in those positions increased by only 1.6% -- "from 23.1 percent to 24.7 percent." FWD notes:
Slow progress for women in state government has national implications, says Debbie Walsh, director of the Center for American Women in Politics at Rutgers. State and local office serve as a "pipeline" to draw women into national politics. Not to mention, adds Walsh, state legislatures themselves are "making a tremendous amount of policy" –- in 2005, 48 state legislatures considered over 500 anti-choice bills.
On the national level, NOW notes, that although "almost nine million more women voted than men" only fourteen women serve in the United States Senate and only sixty-seven in the House, while of the fifty governors in the United States, only eight are women.
As noted on Sunday's KPFA Evening News, Saturday Feb. 25th, a Counter-Recruiting workshop will be held, open to the public, from 2 to 5pm at the Veterans' Memorial Building, Room 219, 401 Van Ness Ave. March 1st is the National Law Student Day Against the Death Penalty (SDADP).
In other news, Philadelphia Indymedia is reporting that Governor Ed Rendell vetoed the Pennsylvania's Voter ID bill. Rendell, who spanked Casey Junior in the 2002 election race, stated, "I see no reason to enact laws that will result in voter confusion and disenfranchise legitimately registered voters." Member of Protect the Vote had successfully fought against the proposed legislation and were on hand for the veto ceremony.
In other civil liberties news, following what BuzzFlash has called "Just Your Average Week of the Bush Administration Betraying America," the ACLU features a snapshot of governmental spying/snooping in the form of Betty Ball who states:
It is true that I have become more motivated to work for justice and social change knowing that the government is abusing its powers like this. But I am worried about how far the government will go to squelch First Amendment rights and silence dissent. Will we all be rounded up and incarcerated? Already so many people have been frightened away from participating in our events, and have asked to have their names removed from our mailing lists, for fear of the consequences of associating with us. I hesitate to call people to discuss plans for rallies or protests because I don't want them ending up in an FBI file labeled as a "domestic terrorist."
Meanwhile, author and activist Diane Wilson remains in a Victoria County jail in Texas. Wilson was arrested for unfurling a banner that read "Corporate Greed Kills--From Bhopal to Baghdad" at a Dick Cheney attended fundraiser in Houston on December 5, 2005. Wilson's banners are apparently too much for the delicate sensibilities of the foes of democracy. She is currently serving a 150 day sentence for a 2002 action where she climbed a Dow Jones tower and unfurled a banner which read "Justice For Bhopal." CODEPINK is calling for Wilson's release.
In other take action news, MediaChannel.org is asking you to Take Action: Demand Coverage of Able Danger (more info on the Able Danger program can be found at Able Danger Media Monitoring).
Finally, Monday's Democracy Now! featured:
"Readings From Howard Zinn's 'Voices of a People's History of the UnitedStates:'"
Today we spend the hour with readings from a Voices of a People's History of the United States edited by historian Howard Zinn and Anthony Arnove. It is the companion volume to Zinn's legendary People's History of the United States which has sold over a million copies.We will hear dramatic readings of speeches, letters, poems, songs, petitions, and manifestos. These are the voices of people throughout U.S.history who struggled against slavery, racism, and war, against oppression and exploitation, and who articulated a vision for a better world. Performances include Danny Glover as Frederick Douglass, Marisa Tomei as Cindy Sheehan, Floyd Red Crow Westerman as Tecumseh and Chief Joseph, Sandra Oh as Emma Goldman and Yuri Kochiyama, and Viggo Mortensen as Bartolomeo de Las Casas and Mark Twain.
This entry was compiled by:
The Third Estate Sunday Review's Dona, Jess, Ty, Ava and Jim;
Rebecca of Sex and Politics and Screeds and Attitude;
Betty of Thomas Friedman Is a Great Man;
C.I. of The Common Ills and The Third Estate Sunday Review;
Kat of Kat's Korner (of The Common Ills);
Cedric of Cedric's Big Mix;
Mike of Mikey Likes It!;
Elaine of Like Maria Said Paz;
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First up is my card for this week's sketch at CPS. I changed it up a little by inverting the triangles to match this gorgeous chipboard frame, and then just layered, layered, layered....
Cardstock: DCVW
Paper: K & Company
Chipboard: Tattered Angels
Flower: Maya Road
Fabric: Crafty Secrets
Jewels: Doodlebug Designs & Prima
Pearls: Darice Inc.
Glitter: DecoArt
Pinking Shears: Fiskars
Twill/Sandpaper: craft supply
Instructions: will be posted later....
This card uses Sweet Sunday Sketch 54. I have decided that this card doesn't only work for love or valentine's day, but also as a baby card. I love it when you can do that!
Instructions: will be posted later...
Did you have a great weekend? Ours was pretty quiet and lazy, which was nice! My parents were here yesterday with Casey for some meetings at the university. I'll talk about that more a little later. They got here late late Saturday night (actually Sunday morning), and then left after we had dinner together with some friends. It was a fun dinner, and am glad I got to see the fam for a short amount of time.
Well, short post for today. I need to get going! Have a great day! ♥
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Current Law Students / breakup before/after bar exam?...« on: May 20, 2011, 07:53:39 AM »
my boyfriend and i just graduated this week from law school. i've realized that i want to break up with him for the past few weeks now, but because of not wanting to jeopardize his concentration on finals, and the joy of graduation on the horizon, i haven't had the guts to do so. now that graduation is over though, we have the bar exam ahead... in 2 months. things are fine between us, so it wouldn't be like we were staying together in a tumultuous relationship if i decided not to end it before then. but on the other hand, i think it's unfair to me to remain unhappy and to him to not have a genuine relationship for the next 2 months... although again, i don't want to jeopardize his focus on the bar exam (and of course mine, if it turns out to be a bad breakup). i fear that if i do break up with him before then, HE might even be like, "couldn't you have at least waited till after???"
Extremely tormented. Not sure what to do. Advice? What would YOU do???
Extremely tormented. Not sure what to do. Advice? What would YOU do???


text: I don't know if these fridges are the norm in the US, but it seems to me like Miele's latest giganormous fridge from their Master Cool line—shown here at IFA 2008—has to be the biggest fridge ever available to megalomaniac consumers and potential serial killers. They should christen it The Walk-In Fridge, because this thing is so big that you can fit a cow inside. So huge in fact that I won't be able to put it in my apartment's living room. Actually, I think can put my entire living room and bedroom inside during the summer months. [More IFA 2008 Coverage]


text: Manuela Razzi draws stories with Disney characters for the Italian publisher Mondadori since the 1990s. She illustrated several 'Little Mermaid' stories for the girls' magazines La Sirenetta and Principesse Disney. She has done some stories for Topolino and Paperinik New Adventures, but her main occupation is drawing for the girls' magazines. She also draws for W.I.T.C.H.


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Heartbreak at 4 Penn Plaza as Rangers Shock Caps, 3-2
Sigh. (Photo credit: Kathy Willens)
This could be the pivotal game in the series. Up 2-0 Washington had the chance to all but put the Rangers away. But all it took to derail those plans, however, was one bad bounce off Karl Alzner's shoulder.
The first period was scoreless and fairly even with Caps holding a 5-4 advantage in scoring chances. Despite not having a lead after 20 minutes of play the frame had to be considered a positive for Washington after killing off New York's one and a half minute five-on-three power play late.
The Rangers opened the scoring at 5:30 in the second period when Erik Christensen threaded the needle, firing a sharp-angle wrister from the corner over Michal Neuvirth's shoulder on the man-advantage. The Capitals remained down by one until Bruce Boudreau juggled the lines, putting Alex Ovechkin, Jason Arnott and Mike Knuble together. It would pay dividends just minutes later when Arnott fired a shot from the corner before Ovechkin potted it home to tie the game.
Eight minutes into the third, Vinny Prospal gave New York a 2-1 advantage, putting the rebound from
Eric Marc Staal's blast from the point into the back of the net. But when in comes to scoring gritty goals in front of the net, no one can outdo Knuuuuuuuble, as he whacked home the loose puck after Nicklas Backstrom's one-time rocket on the power play. You might want to stop reading now.
With just 1:39 remaining in the game Brandon Dubinsky fired shot on Neuvirth, hitting Alzner. Before Neuvirth could react, six ounces of vulcanized rubber were in the back of the net. The Czech netminder hung his head in dejection and Ovechkin lay face down on the ice. Rangers shock Caps, 3-2.
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September 11, 2012
Book Review: Demonkeeper by Royce Buckingham
By Mandy Southgate, BLOGCRITICS.ORG
Nathaniel Grimlock is a demon keeper, taken in as a young boy to become an apprentice to master Demon Keeper Dhaliwahl. Now Dhaliwahl is gone, and Nat has been left behind to look after a household of demons and to keep the demon world in order. The only problem is that Nat's only non-demon companion is a sheep dog called Bel, and Nat has to admit that he is lonely. What could possibly be the harm in meeting other young people his age, in perhaps getting a girlfriend?
What could be the harm, indeed? In Royce Buckingham's Demonkeeper, demons are all around us. They are the manifestations of chaos in our universe and can range from the playful and mischievous to the outright malevolent. When Nat ventures out and meets junior librarian's assistant Sandy, he also catches the attention of two neighbourhood boys who break into the house and release The Beast, one of the nastiest demons of all. Can Nat restore order and keep the girl, and most importantly, can he do it before the Thin Man catches up with him?
Demonkeeper is a short novel aimed at children aged 10 and up. It is laugh-out-loud funny in places, and my favourite part of the book was when Nat accidentally microwaved one of his demon minions (it exploded but don't worry, the demon survived).
Nat is a fabulous character with a dry wit and self-deprecating sense of humour. Most of all, he is a strong character with an enormous responsibility on his shoulders who grows from reluctant and clumsy to heroic and competent. I liked the idea of his three demon minions as well as the Thin Man's minions.
Most of all, Demonkeeper is a cautionary tale and I really enjoyed The Beast's raison d'etre and the notion of lost children and the adults they become.
Demonkeeper is the perfect book for reluctant readers and should appeal to both boys and girls. It is fun, exciting and original and I am pleased to see that it is the first in a trilogy.
I give Demonkeeper four out of five stars and will certainly continue to read this trilogy.
September 11, 2012
What's a Good Agent or Representative? By Dr. Kenneth Atchity
"What's a good agent?" is a difficult question to answer, especially in today's topsy-turvy world of publishing. Traditional authors' representatives work strictly on commission and are, as a result, mainly interested in highly commercial "properties"—authors and/or properties that are "brand names" or "household words." Authors' representatives often help new writers, but today most deal only with writers they regard as solid commercial prospects or extraordinary literary talents. Most representatives nowadays ask writers to query before sending the manuscript. This doesn't mean they won't read your work; it means they don't want to read subject matter that doesn't fit in with their own marketing. Since they work on speculation and commission, they have to deal with several (or many) writers at a time, and are more inclined to devote their energies to promoting a potential best-seller. They're usually interested in working with an author who produces continuously. Someone who writes two short stories a year will not be worth taking on. Authors' representatives may urge new writers to handle their own submissions of short stories, poetry, and children's books. And authors' representatives may or may not help you sell articles.
Because of the shift toward Internet publishing, some reputable agents now charge reading fees, deductible from future commission. Authors' representatives receive a commission on everything they sell for you, ranging from 10 to 15 percent, and will nearly always negotiate a contract that will more than justify their commission... Continue reading →
September 11, 2012
Dead Peasants by Larry D. Thompson - Book Launch Thursday October 4, 2012
September 11, 2012
Speaker Series: Mrs. Kennedy and Me - San Francisco Yacht Club
Wednesday September 12, 2012 6:30 PM.
September 6, 2012
My Addiction: Interview - Kenneth Atchity the Story Merchant
Kenneth Atchity is an American producer and Author who has worked as a literary manager, editor, speaker, writing coach, brand consultant and professor of comparative literature. He's been called the story merchant. Continue reading →
September 7, 2012
Bodyguard for Mrs. Kennedy - "Mrs. Kennedy and Me" Tells about his work protecting the first lady.
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September 6, 2012
Ken Atchity Discusses "The Messiah Matrix" and Many Misconception Aspiring Novelists Have About the Business on writersBreak.com
I recently had the pleasure of interviewing my literary manager, Emmy-nominated film producer and writer Kenneth Atchity about his new thriller, "The Messiah Matrix," and the many misconceptions aspiring novelists have about the business of writing. Here's what he told … Continue reading →
September 6, 2012
Books, bones & Buffy gives Realms of Gold: Ritual to Romance 4 out of 5 Stars!
"An Italian archeologist and a dreamy scholar from New York cross paths and go on a journey through time in this riveting novel by Terry Stanfill. Trying to describe Realms of Gold is hard because this intricate tale is filled with not only detailed descriptions of Greek and Italian artifacts and the people who created them, but layer upon layer of complex characters, both past and present. Add to that Stanfill's gorgeous writing style and you have a winning combination. "
Read the rest of the review here at Books, Bones & Buffy
August 30, 2012
Stephen Gyllenhaal To Pen, Direct 'The Kennedy Detail'
Deadline Hollywood
Stephen Gyllenhaal has signed as screenwriter and director of The Kennedy Detail, which focuses on the men of the Secret Service protective detail assigned to President John F. Kennedy. The project is targeted for a November 2013 release, coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the JFK assassination. "This is the project of a lifetime and I could not be more excited to be part of it," said Gyllenhaal. "Everyone knows how this story ends, but the true stories told through the eyes of this extraordinary band of brothers, from JFK's election to that awful day in Dallas, have never been told. It is time to share their perspective with the world". Gyllenhaal has begun work on the script with his research including interviews with many of the surviving members of President Kennedy's protective detail and their family members. The film will be based on the New York Times best-selling book The Kennedy Detail by former agent Gerald Blaine and award-winning journalist Lisa McCubbin, with a foreword by former agent Clint Hill. Hill has signed as a special advisor to the project, and McCubbin and Hill will be associate producers. The Kennedy Detail is being produced by Atchity Entertainment International (AEI) of Los Angeles, Atchity and Chi-Li Wong producers, and Ramos & Sparks Group of Tallahassee, Florida, with Richard Ramos and Robert Sparks producers. Production is expected to begin late January 2013.
August 30, 2012
Check Out the Interview Here!
Terry Stanfill received her degree in English Literature with a minor in Medieval History from the University of Connecticut. She raised funds for the restoration of San Pietro di Castello, the ancient cathedral in Venice and was decorated by the president of Italy with the Ordine Al Merito. We are honored to have Terry standoff some time for a written interview on her novel Realms of Gold.
August 30, 2012
Kenneth John Atchity, Ph.D. is brilliant. His new novel, The Messiah Matrix, is a compelling story that may challenge readers to view religion differently. Ken Atchity, a Classical scholar, accomplished author and Hollywood producer, does not disappoint his readers. The Messiah Matrix is a creative, thought-provoking, action-packed, historically laced, and masterfully detailed page-turner. (Watch out for paper cuts!--You'll be turning the pages quickly. It's that good!)...
August 7, 2012
Latest Issue of Shelf Unbound
Read the latest issue of Shelf Unbound Here!
July 25, 2012
Check Out the Interview Here!
For many, Dr Jin Kyu (Suh) Robertson is proof that people have the power to have more fulfilled and satisfying life once they choose to become the sailor of their own ship. We are therefore immensely grateful to be able to have the opportunity to do an interview with Dr. Jin Robertson.
July 18, 2012
Books, bones & Buffy gives Messiah Matrix 4 out of 5 Stars!
"Although I knew from the book blurb more or less what The Messiah Matrix was about, I wasn't quite prepared for the unique combination of carefully researched material and breathless adventure story. The subject matter of The Messiah Matrix is controversial, even for someone like me who has no religious leanings, and I expect it will cause a stir in the religious community, and with those of the Catholic faith in particular.... "
Read the rest of the review here at
Books, Bones & Buffy
July 18, 2012
Portland Book Review Reviews Fever Dream by, Dennis Palumbo
When psychologist Daniel Rinaldi is called from his practice to the scene of a bank robbery, he has no idea just how much trouble is coming his way. As a consultant to the Pittsburgh Police, he aids with traumatized victims at crime scenes and the police need to question the lone survivor of a gory scene where hostages were killed at the bank. Soon Rinaldi is caught in a swirling morass of suspicion, kidnapping, murder, and politics. Death threats against the District Attorney, who is running for governor, further complicate the investigation. Then a reporter asks Rinaldi to accompany him on a journey to question a man who claims to have evidence of corruption by the DA. The reporter wants a psychologist's take on the honesty of the man. The journey takes Rinaldi into a harrowing situation where he barely escapes with his life, and any evidence may have been lost or destroyed.
Author Dennis Palumbo is a licensed psychotherapist in private practice. Formerly a Hollywood screenwriter, he is the author of the mystery collection From Crime to Crime. His short fiction has appeared in magazines. Fever Dream is his second novel. While the plot of this novel is a complex tale woven from several threads, it is a thoroughly amusing and enjoyable romp. The brisk pace and intelligent writing about the adventurous and heroic psychologist will leave the reader wanting more.
Reviewed by Fran Byram
July 9, 2012
The Messiah Matrix Lands "In My Mailbox" on Books Bones and Buffy.com
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The Messiah Matrix by Kenneth John Atchity. Now available. I recently reviewed Seven Ways to Die by William Diehl and Kenneth John Atchity, and loved it. (You can read my review here.) Atchity's latest sounds terrific and has been compared to The DaVinci Code.
Here's the description from Goodreads:
To what lengths would the Vatican go to suppress the secret origins of its power? The Messiah Matrix is a myth-shattering thriller whose protagonists delve into the secrets of the past—and expose those who hide them still. A renowned scholar-monsignor is killed in a mysterious hit-and-run in Rome. A Roman coin is recovered from a wreck off the coast of ancient Judea. It's up to his young American protégé–a Jesuit priest–and a vivacious, brilliant archaeologist to connect these seemingly disparate events and unravel the tapestry that conceals in plain view the greatest mystery in the ecclesiastical world. Together they pursue their passion for truth—while fighting to control their passion for each other. What they uncover is an ancient Roman imperial stratagem so controversial the Curia fears it could undermine the very foundations of the Roman Catholic faith. From the ancient port of Caesarea to Rome's legendary catacombs and the sacred caves of Cumae, this contemporary novel follows their exhilarating quest to uncover the truth about the historical existence of the real "Christian Savior." The Messiah Matrix may prove to be one of the most thought-provoking books ever written. Classical scholar and Yale Ph.D. Dr. Kenneth John Atchity is the only author alive today capable of creating this literary and historically-based masterpiece.
Those are some bold statements! Don't you want to read it to see if they're true? What's in your mailbox this week?
July 2, 2012
Elaine Edelson's Aries Fire Amazon Kindle #1 Best Seller Historical Fiction
"'Aries Fire' is filled with twists and turns and develops into a love story with an unexpected ending. Edelson creates a main character that the reader learns to love. I certainly will be looking forward to reading Edelson's next creation."
--Brittany Murphy BookNookClub.blogspot.com
Amazon Best Seller Rank:
#1 Historical Fiction
#24 Overall Free in Kindle Store
June 22, 2012
Author Interview for Dr. Fuddle and the Gold Baton written by Warren l Woodruff. Musically inspired novel.
Dr. Warren L. Woodruff is a passionate music instructor whose affection for classical music led to the creation of Dr. Fuddle and the Gold Baton. We are honoured to be able to do an interview with someone of such talent.
Author Interview - Warren L. Woodruff, Author of "Dr. Fuddle and the Gold Baton"
June 9, 2012
NEW YORK - A crime thriller with a unique back story is the grand prize winner of the 2012 Beach Book Festival, which honors the summer's hottest reads. "Seven Ways to Die" is the final book from best-selling author William Diehl, who passed away five years ago after writing 400 pages of the novel, yet leaving it still incomplete.
His wife allowed his friend and fellow author, Kenneth Atchity, to step in and complete the work. Atchity, who has written 15 books and produced 30 films, used notes and an outline to finish the whodunit. Fans of intriguing plots and page-turning reads will not be disappointed.
The judges awarded the book top honors for its colorful characters and intriguing plot, making it a perfect beach read for the coming season. The authors will be honored at a private awards ceremony to be held June 22 at the Grolier Club in Manhattan.
June 8, 2012
Hollywood snaps up hot ebook titles
by Rachel Abrams
ebooks are emerging as a sexy new source of material for Hollywood.
With the "50 Shades of Grey" series hitting 10 million sales this week, ebooks are emerging as a sexy new source of material for Hollywood. The majors are keeping a close eye on digital bestseller lists and showing a willingness to pay traditional book-rights fees for digital titles -- provided they come with built-in brand awareness.
The hunt to option such titles is heating up after a handful of high-profile sales of ebooks, many self-published, including April's $3 million sale of "50 Shades" to Universal. Observers credit "Shades" with paving the way for subsequent sales of "Wool" and "On the Island," both of which sold for big bucks despite the fact that both went straight to Kindles and iPads without going through major publishers.
"As we've known for years and years, the studios have been much more interested in brands, whether that's a board game or video game or traditional book," said Steve Fisher, veep of APA and a literary agent who represents books-to-films deals. "The last couple of deals have really indicated a huge willingness on the part of studios and other buyers to be open to ebooks in a way they hadn't been before."
Fisher most recently repped the author of "On the Island," a romance eBook which MGM snapped up (Daily Variety, May 14). Tome by Des Moines, Iowa resident Tracey Garvis-Graves spent five weeks on the New York Times bestseller list before the Lion forked over a low- to mid-six-figure fee.
"The effect is that they're looking more closely than ever at the ebook list for the original ebook bestsellers," said Jody Hotchkiss, a literary agent with Hotchkiss and Associates.
But traditional books have a key advantage over their digital counterparts: publishers tend to get into business with known quantities, or properties vouched for by literary agents. With ebooks, it's the Wild West when it comes to identifying promising authors and material. Digital books are virtually free to publish, and there's no gatekeepers vetting their quality.
According to data from research firm Publishers Marketplace, film and TV producers bought rights to 209 books last year and 79 so far this year. Very few of those were ebooks, and nearly all sold before they were published.
That means ebooks grab the attention of lit agents only after they start rising on the charts or generate enough word-of-mouth buzz. Currently high-charting ebooks include "Beauty" by Laurell K. Hamilton; Neal Stephenson's sword-fighting epic "Mongoliad"; romance "The Marriage Bargain" by Jennifer Probst; and "Beautiful Disaster" by Jamie McGuire -- none of which have yet been picked up. Meanwhile, E.L. James' steamy "50 Shades" continues to top the ebook chart.
The New York Times began listing bestselling ebooks in early 2011, a few months before thriller author John Locke reached 1 million in sales for his ebooks. But just like with traditional book publishing, getting discovered is a big challenge for the ebooks that aren't perched atop the bestseller list.
"The tricky thing about ebooks is that there are a lot of them out there," Fisher said, pointing out that ebooks don't get promoted the way traditional books can be. Reps often catch wind of self-published material by looking at the top-sellers lists on Amazon and iTunes.
"We follow sales by looking online, just as anybody can," said Jane Dystel, president of literary management agency Dystel & Goderich. Dystel found "On the Island" author Garvis-Graves by checking online book sales, later bringing the scribe to Fisher.
"The availability of ebooks is much greater today than it was even six months ago ... as the availability of good books increases, of course Hollywood is also going to be more interested," she said.
But because many are self-published, ebooks must also contend with the stigma that they're not the same quality as traditional novels. Most agents would rather not dig through the virtual slush pile in the hopes of finding a "50 Shades."
"I'm finding that book scouts in New York are really integral to this process even more so than they are (for) traditional books," Fisher said. "It's harder for your average ebook to separate itself from the pack, but a lot of these authors are very savvy at promoting themselves."
Case in point: Amanda Hocking, the 28-year-old self-published writer whose popular paranormal teen novels landed her a movie contract with Media Rights Capital last year. After selling more than 100,000 ebooks, Hocking landed a $2 million deal from St. Martin's Press for a four-book series, turning down a higher bid from a competitor that she felt wouldn't reach as many readers.
"Studios have signalled that they don't care whether it's an ebook or a hardbook because, ultimately, they bring the same kind of brand awareness that they so value," Fisher said. Studios are willing to pay for that brand awareness. In a non-competitive situation, traditional book rights often fetch between $150,000 to $250,000 -- a range that now applies to popular e-fare.
While agents like Fisher may not always deal with publishers when it comes to ebooks, they rely heavily on book scouts -- filters that tend to go in and out of vogue as studios cut back budgets and depend upon junior execs to bring in material.
"In-house book scouts stopped being common when the studios determined that New York publishing was less important for movies (than) 10 to 15 years ago," Hotchkiss said. Studios, for example, often have a book scout in-house or work with an outside company. Disney, 20th Century Fox and Sony, for example, have a scout on staff, while Warner Bros. and Universal work with outside companies on an exclusive basis.
But as hot ebooks continue to go mainstream, Hollywood will surely continue to pay attention.
"Studios and major buyers out here were taking their book scouts' calls a lot more quickly and suddenly paying attention to New York in a way that I hadn't seen in years," Fisher said of the immediate effect of the "50 Shades" sale. "I think that any qualms that buyers had about getting behind an ebook ... (are) gone."
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Newer-vintage cardiologists are quite capable of independent play, but there was a time when I put in lots of pacemakers. Originally that meant doing the entire procedure, and back then the devices were enormous. Heavy, clunky, grapefruit-sized (if the sour sweetie were squeezed more flat than one might see in the supermarket [but think how stackable they'd be]), the battery/pulse generator required some work to implant. Producing under the skin a pocket large enough to receive the beast was a job for one with at least a modicum of surgical skill. And I'd thread and properly locate the pacing wire as well; the first iterations thereof were stiff and therefore fairly easy to direct, which carried a corollary danger of poking all the way through the ventricle. Never did it. Heard about it. (It could work its way through much later, as well.)
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Many factors dictate the ease and speed with which the wire placement occurs. Certainly, skill of the cardiologist ranks well above the bottom of the list. I worked with several, and one of them usually drove me nuts. Not only did he frequently show up late ("communication problems" with the OR), so did the pacemaker rep, who brought the requested device ("communication problems" with the office). Not rarely, the wrong kind had been ordered ("communication problems" with the doctor). To the extent that I could plan my time around these procedures, it made a big difference whether one or two leads were to be placed. Plans, with this guy, were fantasy.
He was actually very nice. Reminded me of Mr. Rogers. Which, of course, made it even harder: how do you explode at someone who always smiles? But it was forever the same. Head-hurting delays while everyone showed up and the right equipment was assembled. Doing my five-minute thing and then, in the case of this person, invariably standing around for a looonnnggg time while he got the wires where he wanted them. A loooooonnnnngggggg time. How long? Let me tell you.
On one occasion I had injudiciously (optimistically. Necessarily, because of patient needs) scheduled a mastectomy to be done after completing the pacemaker procedure (on another patient, if that wasn't clear, in another room.) I figured the first job at an hour and a half, as I recall. As the time to start the mastectomy approached with no end in sight to the first case, I got increasingly annoyed. I'm pacing, the machine is not. My assistant arrived (the able Joanie, RNFA, mentioned in my book and here). My own patient was foundering in the pre-pre-op area. Finally, I could stand it no more. (I've written about how much I hate being late.) I had Joanie -- more than capable of stitching -- wait for the cardiologist, managed to wangle another nurse to help me, and had them send for my patient. When she arrived in pre-op, I left Dr. Mrrogers, greeted my patient, talked to her and her family, escorted her to the OR, made ready to and performed a modified radical mastectomy, applied bandages, helped move her to the gurney, went to the waiting room to talk again to her family, came back to write orders and speak with my patient, returned to the pacemaker room, excused Joanie, waited another half-hour or so, and sewed up the pocket.
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9 comments:
- The Angry Medic said...
"current (huh huh, current) pacers are tiny..."
Aw, Dr Schwab. Did you HAVE to? *slams head on table repeatedly* :)
- Sid Schwab said...
Didn't HAVE to; but now I'm glad I did.
- Elaine said...
Great to hear from you Sid Schwab and to discover that the Angry Medic is still alive and kicking.
- rlbates said...
Sid, enjoyed your post. Now to remind you to submit this one or/& another one to SurgeXperiences.
- savante said...
Proof that despite our differences ( the departments I mean ) we all actually need each other :)
- SeaSpray said...
Good post Dr Schwab. That must've been frustrating. Anesthesia time too!
It is nice to see the Angry Medic again. :)
- ditzydoctor said...
eurghhhhh. so how long did it take in the end? 6 hours??? good golly!
"current (huh huh, current)"
hahahahahaha! surgeons are a really lame-witted bunch ;)
- killemallletgodsortemout said...
Nearly 3 years late, but Gerry & The Pacemakers!!
- Sid Schwab said...
I'll send you your prize. It'll be on the ferry, across the Mersey.


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