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ByEvelyn M. Rusli
A new experiment in startup funding could have widespread ramifications for the way venture capitalists place bets on young companies.
On Tuesday, crowdsourced fundraising site AngelList unveiled a new fund that has raised about $25 million from limited partners who traditionally invest in venture-capital funds. The fund, called Maiden Lane, will bet about $200,000 each on the site's top investors and on select startups picked by them.
The arrangement gives prominent individual investors–so-called angels–more leverage to write bigger checks for promising startups, while also ensuring limited partners get more direct access to startups with fewer fees.
Over the years, some of the institutional investors who place money in venture-capital funds have complained about the industry's minimal transparency, high fees and poor performance metrics.
Yet while some venture firms have adopted more palatable fee models and shared more information, the industry's dynamics have largely remained unchanged. Venture firms typically charge a 2% management fee and take 20% to 30% of the profit, or what's known as a carry. This structure incentivizes venture capitalists to raise larger funds and allows them to make money even when they fail to return capital, some limited partners say.
AngelList, an online forum connecting angels with startups, is aiming to shake up the industry.
Maiden Lane will operate as a kind-of fund of funds with relatively cheap economics. It will charge zero management fees and a 30% carry. But only one-third of the carry will go to the fund's general partners–which include AngelList operating chief Kevin Laws and Dustin Dolginow, a venture partner at Atlas Venture. The rest goes toward paying the angels' own carry which are roughly 20% on average.
Its limited partners include Cendana Capital, Makena Capital Management and Venture Investments Associates, which typically shuttle their money to early stage venture firms either directly or through funds of funds. Maiden Lane has already picked several angels, including Joshua Schachter, co-founder of Delicious, the online bookmarks manager that was acquired by Yahoo Inc., and Elad Gil, a former Twitter Inc. executive.
"What we're basically now enabling is directly connecting Wall Street to Silicon Valley," said Naval Ravikant, the chief executive and co-founder of AngelList.
Mr. Ravikant envisions eventually creating a software platform that can support hundreds of millions of dollars and let institutional investors build customized startup portfolios. So a firm could theoretically decide to invest $40 million in angel investors who operate in New York, largely back mobile startups and have returned a certain return on investment.
"Some day you're going to sit at your Schwab account or your Fidelity account and you're going to say, 'I'd like to take 1% of my net worth and put it into angel deals,'" he said.
For now, the fund is small and may take several years to judge its full effect and prove to institutional investors it is worth the commitment.
But it is an experiment that will be watched closely by venture capitalists.
While some applaud the move because it increases startups' access to funds — especially for those that might be overlooked by venture firms — it could also threaten the current establishment, increasing competition for smaller venture firms and forcing others to lower their fees and prove their worth. If the model scales, bigger funds than Maiden Lane will be created, potentially disrupting more players up the chain.
Mr. Ravikant acknowledges that venture capitalists "are not predisposed to like this, as some could see it as competitive."
Mr. Ravikant, an entrepreneur and angel investor whose early bets include Twitter Inc. and Foursquare Inc., has sought to create more transparency and efficiency to startup investing ever since he founded AngelList in 2010. His mission stems in part from a spat earlier in his career in which he and other founders of Epinions.com sued two venture firms, claiming they were misled about the value of the company and cheated out of tens of millions of dollars. The suit was settled for an undisclosed sum in 2005.
According to Mr. Ravikant, Maiden Lane is a natural progression for AngelList, which began as a kind of matchmaking forum for startups and investors. Since then, AngelList has become a popular service for startups to organize fundraising rounds. More than 100,000 startups and more than 25,000 accredited investors have listed on the site.
In September, AngelList began to allow carefully vetted angels to form syndicates, essentially followers who agree to co-invest alongside that well-connected investor's picks. The move, which significantly multiplied the amount of money such angels could deploy, took advantage of the recent easing on some of the government's long-standing restrictions on fundraising. So far about $30 million has been invested by these syndicates.
Mr. Ravikant says Maiden Lane is addressing a need born out of a confluence of factors. First, there is an explosion of startups, driven by the rising popularity of technology and the falling costs to start a digital business.
AngelList is now adding about 200 new startups per day. The excess of white noise is pushing some of the biggest venture firms outside of the early stage bracket. Though many firms continue to make exceptions, several have begun to pull back on seed stage deals.
Meanwhile, limited partners are hungry to get some exposure to early stage startups but are eager to avoid the layers of fees that that often entails.
There is concern about whether AngelList, as the platform, should be picking winners and whether its cherry-picking will create bad signals for those who aren't chosen. Pressure could be greatest on smaller venture firms who aren't in the AngelList club, now with competitors who operate at a cheaper cost.
"The concern, is at the micro-VC level," said Semil Shah, manager of the Haystack Fund, a small early stage fund, and a self-professed AngelList supporter. "This kind of fund goes direct to the entrepreneur, so it could be quicker on deals, edging out others."


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Over at ESPN, there is a terrific profile of Chris Bosh by Elizabeth Merrilll:
He has always moved to a different beat, a cross between easy listening and hard-thumping rap. He plays with a hint of vulnerability and fear. He says things James and Wade wouldn't say. Like when he was humbled in a second-round loss last month in Boston. Bosh told reporters that nerves played a part in one of his worst games of the season.
"When you talk to LeBron or Dwyane, you feel like you're talking to a basketball player," Miami Herald columnist Greg Cote said. "When you talk to Chris Bosh, you get the feeling you're talking to a pretty interesting guy who just happens to play basketball. He admits things you don't often hear major athletes admit. He'll tell you that sometimes he feels anxiety in late games.
"He almost reminds me, in a way, of Ricky Williams with the Dolphins. He just has that sensitive side to him that's interesting to explore."
I'm not rooting for the Heat but I like Bosh. Again, great job by Merrill.
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Family Therapist
Debra Neal, LCPC, ICCGC
Professional Counselor
In 66212 - Nearby to Edwardsville.
Usually a collborative, solution center approach, this client works with many types of familys. Blended families, alternative families, and groups who live together but have trouble doing so. Using practical, small, self identified goals, clinician starts with techniques that encourage healthy talking and listening Clinician draws upon family systems concepts, cognitive behavioral strategies, and preparing self for change resources.
Family Therapist
Hannah Sedgwick, LMFT
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
I approach Family Therapy from the view that the family is a system of different moving parts that all affect each other and must work together to function properly. Even if it seems like only one family member may be struggling more often than not it is causing some type of distress in the rest of the family members. I strive to create connection and cohesion where it is lacking in families in order to create a happy home environment once again
Family Therapist
Jessica Willemsen, MSW, LSCSW, LMAC, LCSW
Clinical Social Worker and Addiction Counselor
In 66202 - Nearby to Edwardsville.
Though individual therapy is an essential piece in mental health recovery, the addition of family therapy can further the recovery process. Very few of us live as isolated life, remaining unconnected to others--no family, friends, or coworkers. Therefore, helping an individual communicate with their family, and helping the family to not only understand but learn how to help their loved one--can be an important part of the recovery process. Whether it be trauma, addiction, or mental illness such as Bipolar, Depression, or Anxiety, family therapy can help build a healthy support network. We all need supportive people in our lives. Family therapy can help.
Family Therapist
Kristal Krahl-Camp, LMFT
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
In 66102 - Nearby to Edwardsville.
Each family is unique and comes with its own issues that directly impact them. I find it an honor and rewarding to work with the entire family system. When you can work on improving the way the whole family interacts and change the relational dynamics, everyone benefits. Each person is a valued member of the family and plays an important role. The family would not be complete without everyone. Family therapy allows understanding and healing for everyone.
Family Therapist
Sara Minges, LPC
Licensed Professional Counselor
In 66215 - Nearby to Edwardsville.
Families come in all shapes and sizes. Sometimes, I work with adults with family of origin, grief issues or single adults interested in starting healthy peer relationships. I work with divorced co-parenting couples, married couples contemplating divorce or separation, children with divorced parents, teens engaging in self-harm behaviors, and blended families.
Family Therapist
Barbara Cleverdon, M.S., LCMFT
Licensed Clinical Marriage & Family Therapist
In 66112 - Nearby to Edwardsville.
As a Family Therapist, involving the whole family is important to looking and understanding the dynamics of your unit. There will be times when all are invited for a session, with rules that hopefully promote honest discussion, non-judgmental listening, open communication and problem solving. Depending on the problems presented, there may be times when each member will have their own session such as the parental system will have their own session/s and then the sibling system will have theirs. Grandparents may be invited for a session, as well, especially if they play an ongoing supportive role in the family life.
Family Therapist
Cheryl Pendell, MA, LPC, NCC, CPT
Licensed Professional Counselor, Certified Play Therapist
In 64152 - Nearby to Edwardsville.
Families go through periods of time in which they need help. Do you feel that your family is struggling and you feel lost in how to help? I am a Family Therapist and have a unique talent of helping families find new ways to connect in meaningful ways. If your family is experiencing troubled times don't wait for it to get worse. I will help you find a way to navigate through these difficult times and learn ways of communicating so that each person feels valued, loved and accepted. I work from a systems perspective and can help you identify strengths of your family system and more importantly find ways of reconnecting in a meaningful way.
Family Therapist
Laura Drinkard, LMFT
Marriage and Family Therapist
As a Marriage and Family therapist, I am an expert in relationships and the dynamics and issues that arise within the family system. I will work with your family as a whole as opposed to identifying one person as the problem. This will allow our work to be blame free and judgement free with the focus on the relationships and patterns that you may currently be struggling with.
Family Therapist
Richard Bates, LCMFT, RN
Richard D Bates, Marriage and Family Therapist
Your family is probably experiencing a "bad" person. As a contextual therapist, I am aware that your family is actually one unique "ecosystem". And like an ecosystem, the system balances out. In biology, we called this phenomenon "homeostasis". I am a systems expert and all systems operate under the same rules. No corporation, government, or family is exempt. I can correct this imbalance.
Family Therapist
Kansas City Relationship Institute, LLC
Licensed/ Provisionally Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
In 64111 - Nearby to Edwardsville.
Family Therapy comes in many forms. At KCRI our approach to family therapy is by reconnecting adult children and their aging parents. Offenses are given and taken and before you know it, it has been months or years of silence. There are a thousand reasons why adult children and their parent(s) or siblings lose connection but we can help you begin to heal, today. Often, it is hard to know where to begin, or even if reconciliation is possible. Either way, the pain, frustration, and regret occupies your thoughts. Rather than regretting the years that have been lost, clients can benefit by finding their hoped for future.
You Have Found the Best Family Therapy in Edwardsville, KS. Let's Get Started.
Thank you for visiting our Kansas search of licensed family therapists in Edwardsville. Discord due from strife, marital problems, sibling rivalry, family of origin issues and blended families (just to name a few) can strain and hurt loving relationships. Counseling with honesty and depth will get to the heart of the issues and work towards healing. Find resolution for your family in Edwardsville right now, please contact a specialist above, you can email 24/7.
Edwardsville is located in Wyandotte County, Kansas. It has a land area of 9.04 square miles and a water area of 0.31 square miles.  The population of Edwardsville is 4,390 people with 1,472 households and a median annual income of $56,063. .
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Therapy in Edwardsville is generally within financial reach for the average family, but some budget planning may be needed for a real commitment to weekly counseling. Remember that your mental health and happiness are important. Check with your Edwardsville therapist about insurance coverage or ask about sliding scale fees if there are any difficulties with accessibility. Low cost counseling and affordable therapy are also sometimes offered by listed city and university level clinics, check with your local Edwardsville public health department.


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What is Passion League
Passion League provides a venue for sports enthusiasts to find and challenge other sports enthusiasts in their favorite sport at a mutually convenient place and time. It provides a league of their own, where one can compete and belong to.
Leagues will have various categories and each category can have multiple divisions based on number of participants. Each division will have a ranking of players. One can challenge players ranked above them and gain points on winning the challenges. Passion League team ensures that all the players get constantly challenged and get necessary support in arranging their matches. The player with most points will be on top of the league ranking.
Season for the league is 3 months duration. The top 4 players in a division play the season finale tournament, where the winners and runners-up will be awarded with trophies. The top 25% of the division also get rewarded by moving up a division for the next season.
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I included my Driver class, prompt, input, and output: my pop/peek commands aren't working properly - please help!
//Lab 9 //Ashmi Patel /* Implement and test a LinkedStack. Activities: 1. Complete the implementation of the LinkedStack example provided in your text and in class. Preserve the packaging of the source code in the javafoundations and javafoundations.exceptions packages. That is, the Stack, LinkedStack and LinearNode classes should be located in the javafoundations package, and the required exception classes should be located in the javafoundations.exceptions package. 2. Create a Driver class that exercises (tests) the functionality of the LinkedStack you implemented. That is, create a LinkedStack<String> object in the Driver. Once created, open and read from an input file named lab9.inp which contains an unknown number of commands, one per line. For testing your lab, you can create your own input file, as per the command specifications below, but the input file I use to grade your lab will be of my creation (and not released to you). 3. The input file will contain an unknown number of lines, each with a command on it that mimics a stack operation. The details of the format, parameter (if any) and purpose of each command (as well as a small sample input file) are shown below. When the program runs and reads from the input file, each command will be processed in turn usually performing one or more operations on the stack of strings you have created in this lab. Handle gracefully (catch and continue processing the next line) any exceptions (including input, or stack-based). */ import javafoundations.*; import javafoundations.exceptions.EmptyCollectionException; import java.io.*; import java.util.Scanner; public class Driver{ public static void main(String[] values){ LinkedStack<String> stack = new LinkedStack<String>(); File input; Scanner scanner; Scanner parser; String command; String value; try { input = new File("lab9.inp"); scanner = new Scanner(input); } catch(FileNotFoundException e){ System.err.println("Input file 'lab9.inp' does not exist."); return; } while(scanner.hasNextLine()){ parser=new Scanner(scanner.nextLine()); command=parser.next(); if(parser.hasNext()){ value=parser.next(); } else{ value=""; } //push if(command.compareTo("push")==0){ stack.push(value); } //pop try{ if(command.compareTo("pop")==0){ System.out.println(stack.pop()); } } catch(EmptyCollectionException e){ System.err.println("Nothing to pop"); } //peek try{ if(command.compareTo("peek")==0){ System.out.println(stack.peek()); }} catch(EmptyCollectionException e){ System.err.println("Nothing to peek"); } //size if(command.compareTo("size")==0){ System.out.println("The size of the stack is currently " + stack.size()); } //isEmpty if(command.compareTo("isEmpty")==0){ if(stack.isEmpty()==true){ System.out.println("The stack is empty");} if(stack.isEmpty()==false){ System.out.println("The stack is not empty");}} //toString if(command.compareTo("toString")==0){ System.out.println(stack.toString());} } } }
push Dr. Mike Martinovic
push Dr. Andrea Salgian
push Dr. Pete DePasquale
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There is the familiar bend in the player's trend line – a sluggish start, a period of high production, and a tapering off. But where Green's trend line differs from those of his cohorts is the late effects of injury on production. It is more profound than even the effects of injury absences on Alexander Semin's production:
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Green began the four-year playoff era for the Caps having appeared in all 82 games in the 2007-2008 season. And in that season he established himself as one of the best offensive defensemen in the game with an 18-38-56, plus-6 season. In a sense, it has been downhill from there in an important respect. In the three years since, Green appeared in 192 of 246 games (78 percent of the contests). That number includes only 49 appearances last year. He appeared in only one of the last 26 games of the year, and in that one he lasted two shifts and had 2:25 of playing time before sustaining a concussion that caused him to miss the last 20 regular season games.
That has the effect of pulling that trend line down earlier and more sharply than his teammates. And it raises a question. The question is not whether Green is a talented offensive defenseman; he is. He produced at a 40-point pace last year, which still would have left him among the top 25 scoring defensemen in the league. Not a bad pace for someone who missed as many games as he did as often as he did (he had five separate instances in which he missed at least two consecutive games, including that 20-game streak at the end).
The question is whether Green can be a durable enough defenseman to provide reliable production from that position. The matter of his durability might have factored into the decision to pursue Dennis Wideman at the trade deadline last season (he was obtained days after Green suffered the concussion that ended his regular season). And it might be a factor in the Caps having signed Roman Hamrlik to the blue line this past summer. Missing 54 of the last 228 regular season games the Caps have played, it is an open question.
The silver lining, if you will, is that despite all those games missed, the Caps still managed to bend that standings points trend line upward at the end of the 2010-2011 season. They were 16-3-1 in those last 20 games of the regular season that Green missed. Stranger still, perhaps, is that in the four losses the Caps allowed as many as three goals in regulation only once. Did the Caps evolve into a team that could successfully absorb the absence of a key offensive component such as Mike Green?
Mike Green poses something of a uniquely diverse set of considerations. One could think to themselves that if Green returns to anything close to what he was in even the 2007-2008 level of offensive production (18-38-56), let alone the 70-point player he was on two occasions, the Caps could be an unstoppable force. On the other hand, have the Caps so remade themselves into a defensively formidable team that Green's offense is superfluous? Or, does his higher risk tendencies with the puck make him a weaker link in that defense? Then again, is it going to matter if Green is becoming a player susceptible to stretches of absences due to injury?
How Green fits into the Caps' scheme of things will be among the more interesting subplots to the upcoming season. Until this past season, he had established himself as the most productive offensive defenseman in the NHL. In 2011-2012 he does not have to return to that level of production – the club around him, even on the blue line, is much stronger than when he was putting up 70-point seasons. But in a league where having a solid top-four defensive squad is gold, one would think that Green has to be productive and durable to make that top-four as solid as it needs to be, even with the addition of a Dennis Wideman, a Roman Hamrlik, or the emergence of a John Carlson.
That is a look at the individual members of the Young Guns at an individual level. Is there to this than the sum of the parts, though? Well, we'll just have to wait and see about that.


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Just signed up, have a problem, I am using a flow layout and a JMenu for a program I have created. But I cannot find out how to connect a new window to the JMenu, I have my program set so that it loads a Menu and at the top you have the selection to swap to a different Menu but I do not know how to do this.
Here is a snippet of my code
I just would like to know if anyone could help me connect the menu on the option to a new window.
//Creates Menu JMenuBar menuBar = new JMenuBar();//Creates a new Menu JMenu menu = new JMenu("Open Applications");//Add Name of Menu //Adds a Menu Item to the toolbar JMenuItem Doors = new JMenuItem("Operate Doors"); JMenuItem Lights = new JMenuItem("Turn Lights On/Off"); menu.add(Doors); menuBar.add(menu); menu.add(Doors);//Adds a new item Option to the menu menu.add(Lights);//Adds a open item Option to the menu menuBar.add(menu);//Adds a an Add Option to the menu setJMenuBar(menuBar);//Adds a menu to the window setDefaultCloseOperation (JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);//Closes whole program on exit setSize(750,350);//Sets the Size of the window setVisible(true);


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There's talk of placing bets on this Over the Top re-enactment between two ladies. There's also talk of not putting this on YouTube. Then, there's talk of a snapped arm, not too far from a flask and what looks like blue Jello.
Watch at your own risk. (H/T Bob's Blitz)


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The adventure begins with a welcome to the site and an introduction to the birds we have at Forest Falconry. Then it's on with a Gauntlet and straight out into the woodland with a Barn or Tawny Owl for some flying to your fist from the silent flyers. With nearly a Hundred birds on site there is always something that needs training so you will assist the Falconer with either an Owl or Hawks early stage flying lessons.We stop for Refreshments about 11 am (Hot and Cold drinks are provided). You will experience the thrill of taking a Harris Hawk on a walk along the woodland paths, watching it follow from tree to tree then swooping in to land on your Gloved hand. We like to finish the morning with a flight from one of the Worlds largest Owls, the European Eagle Owl, with a wingspan of over 4 feet its sure to get the pulse racing!
We say goodbye to the half Day Guests at 1 pm then after the dinner break you get to assist in the training of a Falcon. These are the speed merchants with some Falcons able to reach speeds of 200 mph. The rest of the Full day adventure is for the strong armed, as you will fly the Worlds biggest Owl, the Siberian Eagle Owl and the awesome Golden Eagle with its incredible wingspan of over 7 feet.
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Trayan Stamov-Flame Laser Lamp
At Design Interviews
Interview with Trayan Stamov : Frank Scott: What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?. Trayan Stamov : The intent of the concept was to be a modern sculptor which creates an aesthetic movement of the flame. The luxury shape was motivated by the existing studies on positive emotional impacts of rounded shapes. .Frank Scott: What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?. Trayan Stamov : I wanted to combine the functionality and performance with aesthetics and design idea. Furthermore, additional focus has been made on the emotional value of the product. .Frank Scott: What are your future plans for this award winning design?. Trayan Stamov : The award winning design provides me with great opportunities to introduce my work as a designer locally and internationally. .Frank Scott: How long did it take you to design this particular concept?. Trayan Stamov : It took me around 6 months for this particular design concept and modeling design details. .Frank Scott: Why did you design this particular concept? Was this design commissioned or did you decide to pursuit an inspiration?. Trayan Stamov : It was an inspiration. The particular concept for the lamp shape was inspired by the original source of light and a most important discovery of humanity - fire. Also, using of innovative light sources combined with a luxurious design was another attraction to my attention. .Frank Scott: What made you design this particular type of work?. Trayan Stamov : It went on a research process on the issues related to powerful lights, minimal energy consumption, emotional power of the shapes, materials, colors and aesthetics. .Frank Scott: Where there any other designs and/or designers that helped the influence the design of your work?. Trayan Stamov : This is entirely my own work. .Frank Scott: Who is the target customer for his design?. Trayan Stamov : With its modern design the Flame lamp a luxury jewel attracting the attention in every interior design, residential or public. .Frank Scott: What sets this design apart from other similar or resembling concepts?. Trayan Stamov : The unique shape. .Frank Scott: How did you come up with the name for this design? What does it mean?. Trayan Stamov : The name comes from the shape, which was inspired by the flame of the fire. .Frank Scott: Which design tools did you use when you were working on this project?. Trayan Stamov : For this particular project I used Rhinoceros, Keyshot and Photoshop. .Frank Scott: What is the most unique aspect of your design?. Trayan Stamov : Flame is a new generation lamp. In it laser light sources are build-in that are used more intensively in the industry and are characterized by the light intensity and a minimal use of electricity. This, together with the elegant design is the starting point of the project. The stylized shape provokes a simulated flame effect and creates a sense of comfort and luxury. The materials for the metal and glass body are fully recyclable, which, together with low energy consumption ranks it among the top of the environmental friendly products. .Frank Scott: Is your design influenced by data or analytical research in any way? What kind of research did you conduct for making this design?. Trayan Stamov : The study for the design of the lamp went off in three directions. The first direction was to find the best and most innovative light source currently using minimal energy and providing maximum light. Undoubtedly, these are laser lights gaining popularity recently with their powerful LED and laser projection that are more efficient than simple LED lights. The second direction was to find an inspiration for the shape of the lamp that can be used in residential interiors. Because the original source of light and a most important discovery of people is the fire, it is used as a basic form of this lamp. The main idea of the body of the lamp is based on styling of a flame of fire. The third direction is based on a study of the emotional impact caused by shapes of products. It is known that the first impression of a product may not get a second chance, so the design has a specific purpose. In recent years there has been a growing interest in the general area of design and emotions. Based on an extensive research of resent literature and experimental analysis made during my PhD study it was concluded that the shape defined as "Direction movement" evoked intensively pleasant emotions. The main characteristics of this form category consist of using of curved and rounded shaped elements that represent it on the plane and space. The final design decision was made after a combination in the results in these three directions. .Frank Scott: What did you learn or how did you improve yourself during the designing of this work?. Trayan Stamov : I improved my abilities to represent my work, the involved in my design ideas. .
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When you are out at a networking event or meeting new people how do you answer the question: "What do you do?" If you are like most people you begin to dust off your elevator pitch in an attempt to dazzle and wow the questioner. Unfortunately your efforts to impress people with your "standard" elevator pitch is often the very reason why you do not connect. Eric Tsai's "Creating the unforgettable elevator pitch" is a fantastic strategy that will improve your ability to connect and create business relationships.
Are you a Macro or Micro?
Most people when presenting their case for others to connect with them regurgitate two types of answers to the question: "What do you do?"
Micro: a micro pitch describes a person's daily tasks, the mechanics of their job or business
Macro: a macro pitch describes the industry a person works within
Using either the Micro or Macro pitch is a mistake because, in most cases, neither pitch provides solutions to the problem(s) the person asking you what you do really wants to hear.
How can you help people?
The way to connect with people when they ask the question "What do you do?" is to "focus in on how you help people- specifically, the problem(s) that you solve." As Tasai states "The ugly truth is nobody really cares about what you do; it's about how you do it."
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Interleaving History: An Extra-Illustrated Book of Common Prayer
A post about the Book of Common Prayer—the source of such familiar phrases as "ashes to ashes, dust to dust"—recently appeared on the Folger Shakespeare Library blog, "The Collation," and we wanted to share a short excerpt here. First produced in 1549 (see this web page for details), the Book of Common Prayer has gone through different editions over time. In 1649, Charles I was beheaded. After his son, Charles II, was restored to the throne in 1660, a new edition was published in 1662. Whitney Trettien has been studying an intriguing Folger copy of a 1664 Book of Common Prayer with numerous added images; you can read her full blog post (with a wealth of other images) on the Collation blog:
In Henry Fielding's novel Tom Jones (1749), Partridge and his friends go to see a play. As they watch a man light the upper candles of the playhouse, the predictably inane Partridge cries out, "Look, look, madam, the very picture of the man in the end of the common-prayer book before the gunpowder treason service!"
The picture Partridge refers to is most likely the one at left, a widely circulated and often reproduced image of Guy Fawkes sneaking toward the House of Lords, matches and lantern in hand. It's easy to read Partridge's bumbling analogy as a comedic misinterpretation of the seriousness of the Gunpowder Plot—after all, he seems to see no difference between a flame intended to ignite barrels of gunpowder and one used to light candles in a playhouse (!).
There's a second level to his comedy, though, lost to most modern readers: namely, that by the eighteenth century this iconic depiction of Fawkes simply was as common as lit chandeliers. Found interleaved in many (if not most) extant post-1662 copies of the Book of Common Prayer, this image, along with another showing Charles I's execution and a third celebrating Charles II's return, iconically punctuated the state services added to the end of the restored Prayer Book.
While the Folger holds many fine examples of extra-illustrated Prayer Books, I've been researching a copy that makes particularly interesting use of the practice of interleaving liturgical texts with images. Like many others compiled in the seventeenth century, this Prayer Book is bound within a collected volume that includes several religious texts, including a Bible, a copy of Sternhold and Hopkins's Psalms, an Apocrypha, John Speed's genealogical tables, and John Downame's concordance.
Unlike other composite volumes, however, this book—really, an aggregate of multiple printed books bound together—is heavily interleaved with loose prints, diagrams, maps, illustrations extracted from other texts, contemporaneous portraits of religious and political figures, even an elaborate (and as-yet unidentified) manuscript monogram.
In fact, most of the leaves of the Bible in this copy have been removed and replaced with images culled from different sources, including William Slatyer's illustrations of Genesis (a set of 40 plates published in the 1660s) and an unidentified German book, possibly some form of illustrated Bible that includes scriptural passages in both German and Latin. In short, the owner(s) of this volume went far beyond the standard practice of interleaving one's Prayer Book with a few ready-made prints of Guy Fawkes!
If (returning to Tom Jones) Partridge's offhand remark satirizes how common images of the Gunpowder Plot had become, then the volume at the Folger indicates how uncommonly such images could be used. Through a highly material process of cut-and-paste composition, the owners of this book transformed a set of mass-reproduced religious texts into a wholly new document that uniquely reflects—or perhaps carefully projects—their political and religious affiliations.
Whitney Anne Trettien is a PhD candidate in English at Duke University, where she is writing her dissertation on the Little Gidding Harmonies. She works on a variety of projects related to book history, digital humanities, and early modern material culture. As noted above, you can read the rest of her blog post here.
To learn more about extra-illustrated books, you may want to explore the online content for a past Folger exhibition, Extending the Book: The Art of Extra-Illustration, which includes this volume. You can learn more about the November 1605 Gunpowder Plot here.


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German gastronomy is pretty a mystery to most of us, I have been living in Germany for the last 5 years and still eludes me. Walking around the streets of Bonn or Cologne, you rarely see restaurants specialized on German food. Mostly they are brewery offering rich creamy meat dishes, stews or schnitzel to have with their beers.
Many national cuisines are brought together and fed by nationalism and pride.
Till few years ago, to be German and proud of that so to show this pride by means of their national flag, was considered a big social no-no. Despite almost 60 years have passed, the weight of WWII consequences are felt as a heavy burden by German society, hence the taboo of nationalism.
But something is changing.
The second last World Soccer Championship, the 2006 World Cup, was hosted by Germany and then showing the national flag in your windows, cars or just on you, started to become acceptable.
Does this mean that more efforts will be made to point more on local gastronomy? Let's hope so.
I had the chance to experiment a bit with German traditional food for one of my cooking classes and preparing for it I found lovely books with yummy recipes all worth adding to our repertoire. The love for potatoes in every form, especially when made into a doughnut of some sort, boiled, steamed of pan fried, is incredible! For this month Velveteers challenge I was the one in charge to choose the land of the battle an so I chose another German delicacy: soft Pretzel (Brezeln in German).
I am sure we all know those brown knots of crunchy dough? Or those long, thin sticks all shiny with crystals of salt all over them? They are also pretzels, dried one. We do not get them so much around here, traditionally that is, naturally we got supermarkets too; what we call Brezeln are the big doughy shiny dark brown knots still with the ubiquitous bright white crystal salts on them.
I got into fresh Brezeln during the last Christmas when in the local seasonal market we had a lovely vendor of freshly baked big chunky Brezeln! They went perfectly with the mulled wine. Naturally you don't have them only pure but with melted crunchy cheese, with butter, garlic butter, herbs or seeds on top (obviously in that cold the butter turned into a sort of ice cream).
As bread, Brezeln are very versatile though most of the time served as savoury snack.
At this point I have to come clear of a little shortcut I took so far. Brown shiny Brezeln are actually called Laugenbrezeln. Why such a long name? Well, it is German what did you expect an acronym? The first part of the name "Laugen" refers to its cooking method using lye, Laugen indeed.
The origin of this form of bread is not clear, what it is know is that it is a very old creation;
it appears in an illustration of the Hortus Deliciarum a sort of 12th century illuminated encyclopaedia. The why for the characteristic knots or even how they came to be dipped in caustic lye is a matter of legends and stories (crossing arms? bracelets?).
But what does lye do to the dough? The strong alkaline solution in which the dough is dipped or boiled in, denaturate the surface proteins and gelatinise the starches so that when it is baked, the Pretzel get its shiny and cracking surface. The dark colour and characteristic flavour comes from the enhanced Maillard reactions that darkens the surface faster than usual (due to a higher pH and the free amino-acids from the denatured proteins).
For my rendition of Pretzel I didn't choose to use either lye or baking soda so I will propose you another version of Brezeln as German as the Laugenbrezeln, that is Bierbrezeln.
The recipe is quite traditional and you can find it here but I decided to use dark beer for clear one. Dark beer has naturally a deeper more complex flavour and sometimes Laugenbrezeln are made using malt extract in them; furthermore, beer enhances the yeast activity for a faster proofing time. Since they don't get the dipping in the alkali solution, these Bierbrezeln are glazed with an egg wash like normal pastries, naturally the more the hands of "paint" you give them, the shinier and darker they will be.
Schwäbische Bierbrezeln
- 250g all purpose flour
- 21g fresh brewer's yeast (1/2 cube)
- 1-2tsp Sugar
- 130ml Dark Bier
- 1tsp salt
- 10g butter, room temperature
- 1 yolk
- 1 tbsp dark beer
- Toasted sesame seeds
- Caraway seeds
- Nigella seeds
Crumble the yeast into the beer, add the sugar and some of the flour; mix well and let the mixture proof for around 20 minutes. After this time has elapsed, add the remaining flour, the salt and the butter to the yeast mixture and knead into a smooth and elastic dough. Transfer the dough in a bowl, cover with a wet cloth and let proof for 30 minutes; in the meantime preheat the oven to 220C.
After this time, punch down the dough, knead it for a while and cut the dough into 8 portions. Roll the pieces in long sausages with thin extremities and form them into Brezeln. Brush the glaze over the Brezeln, if you want to give them more hands of glaze let the previous one dry out a bit.
Sprinkle some of the seeds mixture over the Brezeln, pat them into the dough with your hand. Slide a shallow container with boiling water into the oven followed by the Brezeln. Bake them for 25minutes or until nice and dark and sounding hollow when lightly tapped.
Let them cool down for 5 minutes or until safe to the touch, enjoy while still warm!
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Sunday, June 5, 2011
The Uspensky Cave Monastery
Name : The Uspensky Cave Monastery
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Founded in the 15th century, the orthodox monastery is built in caves in the limestone walls of a spectacular valley leading to the ancient `cave city of Chufut- Kaleh, Crimea, Ukraine
Legend :
1) In the old days in the valley shepherd named Michael tending the herd. Suddenly he saw a wonder: a rock in seven yards from the ground - the icon of the Virgin and the lighted candle in front of her. Michael hurried home and told about the miracle of the owner. The local prince ordered the icon to be carefully moved to his palace, but when he awoke the next morning he found that the icon had returned to its position on the cliff.
A further attempt to remove the icon met with the same result, and the people realised that they were meant to leave it where it had appeared. Accordingly they built a small chapel in a cave about 20m up in the cliffs and a flight of steps to reach it. The icon was placed in the chapel.
2) An alternative, and certainly older account of the founding of a monastery here tells how a huge snake or dragon appeared in the valley, preying on both cattle and people. The Greek and Genoese inhabitants at the time were christians and prayed to the Most Holy Mother of God to free them from the monster. One night they saw a candle burning high up on the cliff. When they went to look, they found steps hewn in the rock leading to the candle, which illuminated an image of the Most Holy Mother of God, and nearby the corpse of the dragon. The people cut the corpse into pieces and burnt it, and from that day the place became a holy shrine.
Description :
As any other Orthodox monastery, it is very beautiful inside, but it is also unique since it is built inside the rock. You can also find a spring water downstairs in front of the monastery.
It is likely that the site of the existing monastery had religious significance well before the 15th century, and there is evidence of monastic activity here from the 9th century AD. The valley was originally settled by the Greeks and later by the Genoese, and there are Christian graves in the area dating from the 6th century.
The monastery continued to function during the centuries of Tatar rule, and some of the Russian prisoners held in Chufut-Kaleh higher up the valley were allowed by their Tatar captors to attend services there, and to meet the Russian envoy there too on occasions. It fared less well during the soviet period and 7 years after the 1917 revolution it was closed by the government.
During the Crimean war the hospital was settled in it and till now graves of the Sevastopol defence participants lying at the ancient monastery cemetery.
In 1921 the monastery was closed by Bolsheviks, and little by little it had fallen into a state of neglection and began to collapse. Over the past years the main monastery church has been partly restored named after The Virgin Mary Assumption, and in 1993 the male monastery was opened here.
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Results tagged ' Christmas Character All-Star Baseball Team '
Revisiting my 2009 All-Star Christmas Baseball Squad
Every Christmas Eve it has become customary over the last several years for me to wander through the pages of MLBlogs and take a journey into the Christmas minds of some of our great bloggers.
This year my adventures turned up several great redux renditions of the Christmas classic poem "T'was The Night Before Christmas", and I even found a few Holiday "Wish Lists" searching for wins, the postseason and an eventual ring for 2011.
As I was traveling through MLBlogs, I thought to myself, "Self, what would be the ultimate Christmas All Holiday baseball squad?"
I somehow answered my own question immediately in my mind and began to seek the right combination of Christmas-based characters both human and cartoon to field such a Holiday squad. I ventured back into the cobwebbed recesses of my past favorite memories on film and television.
Let me tell you that sometimes even Wikipedia can't help as I entered into a vision quest to determine the right pairing of 10 players and coaches for the Polar Express. Being that we will be playing in the North American Winter League, I have instituted the Designated Santa on my team. I think this squad has the right hint of animation and human elements to make this team a winner.
Starting Pitcher:
I decided that the only person who could be the starting pitcher for the Polar Express had to be Charlie Brown. His classic Christmas TV special, "A Charlie Brown Christmas" first hit the CBS airwaves way back in 1965 and was an instant hit with kids of all ages.
I thought Brown was my perfect holiday pitcher because of his vast past experiences pitching.
Of course I did balk at the chance that Brown could somehow be suddenly de-clothed by a sharp liner up the middle after he hangs one of his patented mid-80's curve balls. Brown has the uncanny fortitude to throw hard and long into games for the Express.
I did not have to think long and hard about the right guy to catch for this team. I did however need someone who had some brawn and might be dumb enough to sit back there and be ready for anything coming off the fingertips of Charlie Brown.
I considering all the positive and negative variables and kept with my first impression that Cousin Eddie from "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation" was the man for the job. "Christmas Vacation" first hit movie houses back in 1989 and became an instant classic for it's off beat humor and odd but familiar family gathering situations. Eddie is a pretty big guy, and he looks like he could block the plate like an ice sheet.
Now that you have seen my pitcher/catcher battery, I decided that this team will not need any relief pitchers since it might have the 10-run rule in effect going into the 5th inning knowing the way Charlie Brown pitches to batters'. So let's get you now acquainted with the 5 infielder I selected for my All Holiday team.
First Baseman:
I wanted to get a guy who has some solid baseball experience to man the First Base bag. We needed a solid guy to protect the line and can post up correctly on the bag if the ball gets hit into the infield.
I chose a guy who owns a few minor league ball clubs in real life as my first bagger. I think he can do the job with a flair, and if not, provide a comedic relief maneuver or two while out hugging the bag.
I decided to with Francis Xavier Cross from the film "Scrooged". I have always thought this was a awesome Nuevo take on the Charles Dickens classic, "A Christmas Carol."
The film originally hit theatres back in 1988, and is still one of my favorite comedy movies for the holidays. I think that Bill Murray captured the perfect sarcastic essence of a socially detached Scrooge, and his comic genius shows brilliantly through in this adaptation.
Second Baseman:
I wanted a Second Baseman who could be as quick as a rabbit (or bunny). He needed to have that rifle arm and accuracy to get the double play, or to cover the bag when Cousin Eddie launches a rocket to tag out a rambling polar bear trying to steal a base to get into scoring position. I with smart Ralphie Parker from "A Christmas Story" to play second base for me.
The movie has been another holiday appetizer since its original screening date in 1983. Wonder if I can talk Ralphie into asking his Dad if he wants to sell that lamp yet?
In the film, Ralphie showed the type of moxie I want on Second Base who is smart enough to think on the fly to either talk about the notorious leg lamp, or just be quiet as a mouse.
Ralphie also has the determination and spunk to keep pestering his parents for that Red Ryder BB gun. Hopefully the ball coming in hard and fast from Cousin Eddie from behind the plate will not put his eye out.
My Shortstop has to be extra agile and have smarts to think on his feet at the same time. He has to be able to use his internally cold instincts to decide if the throw should be made, or possibly cover second as the pivot man on a ball hit to the first base side of the bag.
I think, that Hermie, the dentist elf from "Rudolf the Red-Nose Reindeer" would be the perfect guy to man the hole position for the Express. He showed remarkable smart judgment during the TV special, which first hit the networks in 1964. And with over 46 years of intelligent moves, Hermie should be a valuable addition to the squad.
Third Baseman:
Playing third, I had to find a big guy who could move laterally and go blindly into foul territory for pop-ups. He also had to have some horizontal versatility towards the chalk on the left-field line.
He had to be a power hitter to help produce runs and add some protection for our little squad. It had to be a movie character from the couple of years to add some youthful vitality and vigor.
My Third Baseman had to have the energy and the motivation to add to this teams awesome charismatic chemistry. The personality that fit like a glove perfectly to me was Buddy from the movie "Elf."
He has the comedic chops to take one for the team and would sacrifice his body. His quick wit and glove along with his power stroke should provide more than a few Kodak moments as his long high drives make it over the high walled snow fences.
Left Fielder:
My choice for Left Field could not have two-left feet. He has to have the agility and the coordination of an athlete, plus run like a deer.
He had to be sure footed and be able to dance in the outfield while chasing down flares and dying quails. The guy who I think would be a model Left-Fielder for this squad was George Bailey of "It's A Wonderful Life".
I just hope George remembers to put some extra Zuzu petals in his uniform pants pockets before he takes the field. We know they are magical.
Center fielder:
I needed to find a shrewd and sometimes calculating Center fielder. Someone who could snipe a base runner who made a mistake, or tried to score on his arm. I needed someone with a huge heart who would run and run all over the field and get the ball where ever it was on the field.
I needed someone who could exhibit some sense of emotion even if he is a problem-child at times, but plays the game on the team's level too.
For that reason, I picked Grinch from the movie "The Grinch". I wanted someone who could go from bad to good in a heartbeat. If he did make a bad play, or a questionable action on or off the field, I could just say it was the "Grinch just being the Grinch".
I wanted to find a Right-Fielder who was not be afraid of the snow wall, or of sprinting towards a pop-up down the icy foul line. I wanted to see a nice combination of horizontal or vertical movement towards the failing sphere.
He needed to have a rifle arm and a uncanny wit about him to keep base runners honest on the base paths.
I chose Ernest from "Ernest Saves Christmas". This 1988 sequel, to a sequel, to a sequel kept a long line of profitable movies going for over a decade.
We needed that kind of staying power in our Right Field. A streak like that can be contagious on a team. If the team has that kind of confidence, they will go above expectations and strive to be the best in the Winter League.
Designated Santa:
I needed a huge lovable character who could also slam the tar out of the ball for this spot in the lineup. Someone who evokes the bit of charm and the joy of the big guy himself.
He had to be able to belly up to the plate and hit it a mile, or at least to the South Pole with his swing.
The guy I picked for this position has been cranking out several installments of his own movie franchise. I picked Scott Calvin as my Designated Santa from the movie, "The Santa Clause".
That kind of confidence and staying power will be needed in the clutch for this team. It also helps protect the younger hitters on the team by showing the power and the possible results of pitching to this Christmas giant.
First and Third Base Coaches'
Now that we have finished with the fielding and Designated Santa position, let's meet the two extraordinary base coaches' selected for the Polar Express. Both come with their own sets of particular unique in-game behaviors, and both can help base runners and hitters alike in the game situations.
First Base Coach:
Over in the First Base box we have a guy who can make the ball seem to "freeze" in mid-air. He was instrumental in teaching players how to hit frozen ropes down the line for extra bases hit for the 2010 Express.
This Coach has been described as a cold hearted soul, who can always melt you with just his smile.
His cunning direction and cool nature makes him the perfect First Base Coach for this team. I am talking about the always cool cat known as the Snow Miser.
He was in the 1974 classic movie " A Year Without Santa Claus", and has been giving icy banter to opposing players for years. His cold demeanor is legendary. He uses his cold hard facts to make the opposition freeze in their tracks while trying to diving for low balls or foul pop-ups hit by the Polar Express.
He is the kind of guy you do not want nipping at your nose, and the perfect Coach for this team.
Third Base Coach:
Our Third Base Coach is a Christmas Hall of Fame legend. He had been blazing the trail like a beacon in the night for years pioneering the use of unique signals and well placed lighting to facilitate the proper transfer of anticipated moves and pre-arranged actions to Polar Express base runners' and batters'.
His expert knowledge of reindeer games and his leadership expertise is unparallel in the Winter League. I am talking about the brilliant Rudolf. Since his first sighting on televisions in 1964, he has been leading a lighted path for children and players alike to the real spirit of Christmas.
His classic "Rudolf, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" TV special is a holiday necessity that is even today without an equal. It is for that reason that he should be the perfect choice as the Third Base Coach for this high-powered squad of Christmas icons.
Without Rudolf showing us the way on Christmas, we would be blinded by the darkness and might end up losing our way around the base paths.
It has been a great pleasure today giving you some of my All Time Christmas iconic players that had to take the field for this special squad.
There certainly will be your own thoughts and rationale for extra additions and subtractions of certain characters to this team, but unless these selected All Holiday baseball players moving on, or are retiring to the celluloid and video vaults, the true essence and the spirit of this team will live on forever in our hearts and minds……………………..
Merry Christmas to everyone in the MLBlogs.com community and beyond!!
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Screw Trust. You Need to be Watching Your Man Like a Hawk
Some bloggers responded to my post "He Doesn't Want to be Your Effing Friend!!" with statements about how you just need to trust your partner. Wrong. We're always told in order to have a healthy relationship you must trust your partner. It would be great to trust your partner—whether it's a man or woman. The fact is, you shouldn't. Trust… Read More ›


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Monday, March 3, 2014
New Pravic Website and Blog!
Dear Readers, As I mentioned in my last post, I have been expending my energies elsewhere. Like on Pravic, a really cool science fiction zine I'm working on. We have a brand new website and blog over at PravicSF.com. Be sure to check it out, as I'll be posting my SFnal musings over there for the time being. Right now there's a rad defense of Prometheus (in three parts, 1, 2, 3) written by my partner Nathaniel K. Miller. But there's lots of cool stuff there, and I have every intention of posting my Dick-inspired poem "The Death of the Enigmatic Author" over there any day. Desperate attempts to contact me should probably be directed at firstname.lastname@example.com as the comments section here has been taken over by spam bots and androids.
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Saturday, February 22, 2014
Pravic Issue 4 Now Available!
Hey Guys,
Well yeah, it's been a long time. I've been devoting my energies elsewhere. Like to Pravic, a cool magazine of science fiction and Eldridge weirdness. You can now order issue 4 with a story by Josh Lind (a rad Dick-head), a translation by Nikita Allgire of an old Soviet-era Russian SF story, and a story by my wife, and more!
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Thursday, September 12, 2013
Celebrate Santa Ana's PKD Day with a Free Screening of RFA
You read that right, folks. Somebody in charge over at the Santa Ana city hall has gone and done the impossible: honoring a canonical writer who lived within the borders of their fair city for more than a decade. So of course, this is all too late, but they're making up for it with a screening of Radio Free Albemuth - click here for more details.
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Monday, September 9, 2013
Register for the 2014 Philip K Dick Fest!
- You can now register for the 2104 Philip K Dick Festival to be held April 25-26 at UC Irvine. Registration is $60 before 12/31/13 for guests ($65 after 1/1/14) and $40 for speakers. You will receive a confirmation email from me after registering. We'll be looking for a new festival logo, so stay tuned for that.
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Monday, September 2, 2013
2014 Philip K Dick Festival Call For Papers
Can you believe we're gearing up for yet another Philip K Dick Festival? In fact this call for papers just appeared in the most recent Science Fiction Studies:
2014 PKD Festival. The third Philip K. Dick Festival will be held on 25-26 April 2014 at UC Irvine, California. Though it is not a purely academic conference, scholars who wish to present papers and/or panels are welcome. The organizers are particularly interested in giving young scholars who are researching Dick and his worlds (fiction, films, comics, TV programs, etc. based on his work) an opportunity; they are also looking for contributions that will help place Dick in the wider literary context of science fiction, postmodernist fiction, and US and world literature. Since the Festival will take place in Orange County, the organizers especially welcome presentations dealing with the works Dick wrote while living in the area, from Flow My Tears, The Policemen Said (1974) to The Transmigration of Timothy Archer (1982), as well as the later stories and the Exegesis. Proposals should be sent to Umberto Rossi at email@example.com
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Sunday, June 30, 2013
Radio Free Albemuth Needs Your Help!
I don't ask you for much, dear readers. But I'm asking today. As you already know, John Alan Simon's Radio Free Albemuth is raising funds through Kickstarter right now. In fact they are more than 90% funded. But they're still a little over $5k from their goal and Kickstarter is all or nothing.
Let me take a moment to talk about how much I hate the mercantile nature of this exchange. I hate that in the 21st century we're constantly being hit up for money or attention - by our friends! It's a tragic state of affairs really. I mean if you're on Facebook, your newsfeed is an endless parade of hands out - all for very worthy projects mind you. But I go to numb to it.
On the other hand, this new business model which allows artists to get their product to very small target audiences is a really cool new development and the first legitimate antidote I've yet seen to the homogenizing forces of Big Capitalism.
And this project really is a perfect candidate for Kickstarter.
I've seen RFA in a theater with a a bunch of PKD fans, and it was a special experience - and I think more people should have that opportunity. We're so close to making it happen.
There are some really cool incentives and prizes, check 'em out. I went for the DVD package. But I want you to consider even a small donation. Like I said, we're really close to making this happen.
Lastly, the producers have released a tie-in role playing game called Left Coast where one player pretends to be a SF writer and other players invent weird shit that happens to him - it seems really cool. Be sure to read the updates to the Kickstarter to find the download codes for that.
Go here now.
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