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Friday, August 31, 2012
How to sell a million books without breaking a sweat
Now that I've got your attention with my newest best selling book title, I'll be completely upfront. I have no idea how to sell million books or I would have done it and would now be sitting on bags of money on a beautiful and remote island.
These days, it seems like everywhere you turn, someone wants to tell you their brilliant idea for how to sell more books. The people with the most ideas are usually trying to sell you something (like their PR services). So what really works? Facebook? Twitter? Blogging? Guest blogging? Goodreads? Great reviews? Personal appearances?
I'm ashamed to say, since I work in marketing as my day job, that I don't have the magic solution for all authors. But neither do publishers, or PR people, or even best selling authors. They're all trying whatever they can and hoping they'll get great results. Sometimes they do, and sometimes they don't.
But here's what I and everyone else knows for sure sells a lot of books: that elusive word of mouth. People telling other people that they have to read your book. The trouble is, how do you reach those first people who fall in love with your book? If you don't have a heavy-hitting publisher that's invested in your career and is putting you on one of the front tables at Barnes and Noble, and if you aren't able to get reviewed because you're self-published or because newspapers/magazines, etc., are all shrinking their review space, how do you find readers?
Authors and publishers have clearly decided that the way to find readers is through the web. Authors have joined social network sites everywhere and try to push their books on everyone. Some may feel they have success, and others may feel it's a waste of time--but the truth is it's mostly free (except for an author's valuable time and energy). And if done incorrectly, it can really annoy a lot of people.
But here's an inescapable truth about selling lots and lots of books: You have to write a great book that people want to read. If you're off spending 10 hours a day guest blogging, tweeting and Facebooking, you'd better have something to talk about. And all that marketing is bound to eventually interfere with writing your next book. A recipe for author burnout if there ever was one.
So, really now, what's a poor author to do? First, write a great book. Then tell everyone in a way that isn't obnoxious. Then spend a period of time marketing it in ways that you enjoy. Hope your book finds readers who love it. And then go write another book, even better than the last. Repeat.
I know, I know. Easy for me to say. But when you get yourself tied in knots about what you think you should be doing and how little promotion your publisher is doing for you, ask yourself--what will the following (tweet, guest blog, expensive self-funded book tour, etc.) really do for my career? And if the answer is "diddly-squat" or "I'd rather grind glass into my forehead than do x", skip it. Go write your next book instead. And tell them I told you that you could.
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
In which the science nerd drops some data...
If you've been following along on my posts since I joined Criminal Minds, you've probably realized by now that I'm a huge nerd. But what you may not realize is that I'm so nerdy, I turned pro.
See, in my day job (yes, I have one, and unless your favorite author's name is King or Rowling, odds are they have one too), I'm a research scientist. And as such, I tend to scoff at anecdotal evidence. You know the kind I mean. "Our breakthrough program helped Tom here buy a beach house, drop three pant-sizes, and marry the prom queen, all by only eating foods that start with the letter Q*! (*Results not typical.)" So, when tackling a question near and dear to my heart, namely "Is social media a worthwhile tool?" I thought it best to look at the data.
I'm a big believer in the notion that the best way to network is to stop trying to network. So although this post is not about how to use social media, but rather whether or not it can prove worthwhile to an author, let me take a sec to throw in my two cents about the how: Don't be a carnival barker, constantly hawking your wares. Relax. Make friends. Have fun. Be yourself. (Unless you're an actual, honest-to-God carnival barker. Nobody likes a carnival barker.)
It should be noted that my sample size for this study is one author; i.e. me. But I'm far too lazy to poll others just for a blog post, so n=1 will have to do.
When I was shopping for an agent, one of my key selling points was that I was an established short story writer. And I frequently hear from folks who tell me they picked up my debut novel because they read a short of mine. (How many folks? Again, I'm far too lazy to count 'em up. "But without hard numbers," you ask, "isn't this claim anecdotal?" To which I say: "Shut up.") So I'm going to lay down a basic premise that, as far as exposure is concerned, short story publications are a VERY GOOD THING. Settled? Okay, then. Let's continue.
To date, I've had 21 short stories accepted for publication. Of those, 9 were over-the-transom (meaning, for those unfamiliar with the antiquated term, that they were submitted unsolicited.) Which means (watch this fast math!)... 12 were submitted upon invitation. 5 to print anthologies. 2 to print magazines. 2 to ebook anthologies. And 3 to online magazines. Oh, and there was a by-invite reprint of an over-the-transom tale I neglected to add to the total, so that I wouldn't count the story in two columns.
Most of those 12 were paid. A couple were favors to friends. The reprint was for charity. One of the unpaid ones went on to garner an Anthony nomination and an inclusion in THE BEST AMERICAN MYSTERY STORIES 2011, the latter of which wound up paying more than all my other short fiction combined, and introduced my work to a whole new audience of readers. And here's the kicker: every single one of those 12 invites - the majority of my 21 total accepted stories - came about due directly to relationships forged on social media. (Twitter's my addiction of choice, by the way, though I'm on the dreaded Facebook as well. Feel free to pop by either and validate my existence.) And that doesn't even count more nebulous (dare I say anecdotal?) benefits such as connecting with fans and secretly hanging out with cool people via your smart phone whilst in line at the bank. (Really, writer-boy? The bank? You haven't set foot inside a bank in a decade.)(True enough, snarky parenthetical, but that's not the point.)
Now, obviously, your mileage may vary. And note that the benefit of social media for me was a byproduct of actually, you know, socializing. No one wants to hang out with a human spambot, so please please please don't use my post as an excuse to annoy the crap out of friends and strangers with blatant self-promotion. But if you're asking yourself whether social media is worth it, well... these data don't lie.
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Social Media Will Not Sell Your Book
I've spent a lot of time talking about social media this year. I've been on panels on the topic at Left Coast Crime, Murder 203, and the Edgar Symposium; I even made a presentation about it with my friend Robin Spano at Toastmasters when I was in B.C. At each session, the same question came up: "How do I use social media to sell my book?"
At each event, I made people sad with my answer, but I stand by it: Social media will not sell your book.
Social media is an amazing creation for many reasons, and I'm an avid fan. It has let me meet people all over the country, and the world. It inspires conversations and ideas. It makes it easier to go to conferences and introduce myself to people who would otherwise be total strangers. (Guilty admission: I think of people by their Twitter handles. Last year at Bouchercon, that led me to say things like, "Let me introduce you to my friend LolosLetters!") It can help get research questions answered. It enables people who care about an issue to connect. If you're passionate about something — travel, gluten-free food, cemeteries (to pick a few not-so-random examples) — social media will hook you up with others who share that obsession. It's an amazing thing, expanding your social circle without leaving your desk. Spend enough time getting to know people on social media, and you'll find real friends who will become a big part of your life. There are several social sites I'm on — Facebook, GoodReads, Pinterest, 500px — but the one that has introduced me to people who've become close friends is Twitter. (Want proof of how powerful social media can be? Check out my friend Dan O'Shea's "scar story" challenge or the Feeding Kate anthology that's being put together now.)
What social media will not do is sell your book. In fact, if there's one overwhelming problem with social media, it's the idea that it's a shortcut for selling stuff. That idea encourages bad behavior. How many times have you accepted a Facebook friend request, only to have the person start writing their self-promotional junk on your wall? How many times have you followed an author on Twitter and gotten an automatic direct message in response, directing you to their fan page and hawking their latest book?
A couple of days ago, I accepted a Facebook friend request from a writer I don't know (we have several friends in common). He immediately sent me this message: "Please go on to my [name redacted] Author page and press the 'like' button at the top of the page for me. I really need as many as possible." It wasn't as bad as writing on my wall, but it made me feel sorry for him. Does he really believe that his writing career will be boosted by a pity "like" on his author page from someone who doesn't know his work?
We all know how hard it is to get the word out about a book these days, whether you're working with a publisher or self-published. It's tough out there, and that can make otherwise sane people desperate. Authors are told they need to be on social media, like it's some kind of magic world that can make or break a career, but nobody tells authors what to do when they get there. Some people only talk about their own work, and they don't understand why no one is listening.
When I speak about social media, I emphasize the social part. A lot of people have already heard me compare Twitter to a cocktail party, but I'll say it again. If you were trapped at a cocktail party by a boor who ranted that you had to buy his book, would you buy it? The more he blathered on about his awesome Amazon reviews (which we know can be bought), the more you would want to run away, right? It's not really any different online. People who care only about themselves and their work reveal their true colors quickly. There's nothing wrong with letting people know you have a new book or project. It's a great idea to post reviews online, and if you're going to do a reading or attend a conference, it's important to spread the word so you can connect with online friends in person. But if all you do is post about your own work, you're missing the point.
Here's another great thing you can do with social media: you can talk about books that you really enjoyed. Recommend authors to friends. Post links to short stories and articles. Take part in FridayReads. Share the love. Here's the most amazing thing about social media: when someone tells their friends how much they loved a book, copies fly off the shelf. You might not be able to sell your own book on Twitter or Facebook or GoodReads, but you can help other writers sell theirs.
Monday, August 27, 2012
Do not use your dog to pimp your book. No photos of your dog wearing sunglasses and reading your book. No photos of your dog gnawing on your book. Unless your dog is really cute, then I guess it's okay. Note: I must confess that I have violated this rule.
Do not create "sockpuppet" virtual identities to tout your book. Sockpuppets, as a general matter, are cute and retro (see photo above). Sockpuppet marketing, or the creation of false virtual identities to give your books five-star reviews or stir up positive discussion in social media, is deceptive and fraudulent. The Word of Mouth Marketing Association, a trade association representing the social media industry, recently issued a Code of Ethics that addresses precisely these sorts of online transparency issues (http://womma.org/ethics/code/). The Federal Trade Commission has also adopted guidelines for the disclosure of financial relationships in advertising and blog posts (http://www.ftc.gov/multimedia/video/business/endorsement-guides.shtm). A recent investigation of Hyundai by the Federal Trade Commission highlighted similar concerns (http://business.ftc.gov/blog/2011/12/using-social-media-your-marketing-staff-closing-letter-worth-read). None of these guidelines provide any sort of exemption for self-published authors of e-books.
In a related and distressing note, The New York Times reported Saturday that there is a company that sells five-star Amazon book reviews in bulk to authors. In this new era of e-publishing, and even in the context of traditional publishing, each author is effectively acting as his or her own business enterprise. All businesses must be conducted ethically and in compliance with the laws and, no matter how great and desperate the pressure to attract readers in the publishing marketplace, authors are no exception. As a general matter, unfair and deceptive business practices may be subject to enforcement action by the FTC or a state Attorney General. It seems inevitable that the increasingly aggressive and deceptive tactics of some online book marketers will eventually attract the attention of the regulators who have been concerned about the transparency of online financial relationships and endorsements.
Just as the use of steroids has caused baseball fans to lose some faith in the game, this sort of blatant trickery compromises a reader's faith that they can trust the one thing that authors of good books have going for them -- word of mouth. When a reader can't tell whether they're getting the opinion of a sockpuppet, a hired five-star reviewer or a real reader, then they won't trust anything they read on Amazon and all authors will suffer as a result.
We're in the Wild West days of e-book marketing right now, but I think it's only a matter of time before a new sheriff comes to town. As far as I'm concerned, it can't happen soon enough.
Friday, August 24, 2012
The Tweeter
I had to think on this week's question as my first impulse was to have my assistant, some over-qualified, very bright young man or woman with an MFA from some prestigious institution of higher learning, fetch my daily Hoyo de Monterrey or Partagas moduro-style cigar and short dog of whiskey from Jack's Liquor (which has a walk-in humidor) in nearby Koreatown – for use during happy hour you understand. But that would be a waste of their talents not to mention I vary my selection of cigars more than the two brands just mentioned so that's a task best left to be completed personally.
|"Does this crown make me look wizened"?
The way this could work then is my assistant every two hours or so will tweet something wry and sardonic, but good-natured, from me after we've had a brief discussion about current book news or some riff on something of a pop culture nature. Given I'm a lefty, it's probably better I don't go into rants as some of my fellow scribes left and right have a wont to do on Facebook. That can be a bit much, don't you think? But leave me not go on about that at this juncture. Figure at least twice a day my assistant will peruse my Facebook stuff and respond with a quip here or observation there.
As the years go on, I will emerge less and less from my sanctum sanctorum. – hitting those keys, sweating phrasing and pacing as I knock out the work, be it a short story or magnum opus novel.
Salinger-like, I become a recluse, only known through those clever, literate social media burst that float out there regularly from my assistant. In a reversal of how poor assistant Tom Courtenay was verbally abused by the odious aging actor played by Albert Finney in The Dresser, my assistant will have subtly stroked my ego such that he or she has convinced me that to build my mystique, I should be seen less and less in public and let my work speak for me. He or she will attend to all these distractions and I should be left to tend the vineyards of my writing, my gifts to the world. Deep down I will know there's no way I can live up to those artful postings as over time, the assistant writes in their voice.
I become the shell, my assistant the full-bodied personality. Quick I say, bring me my make-up.
Thursday, August 23, 2012
Dream On
by Alan
Today's Question: You've hit the big time! Congratulations. What's the first task you assign to your new assistant?
What? I've hit the BIG TIME? Oh my! Oh my! (Why didn't anybody tell me? Strangely, it doesn't feel a whole lot different than the SMALL TIME, where I've been for a while—maybe it'll take a few days for this wonderful news to hit me).
After my newly-hired assistant and I clean up all the confetti and champagne corks and hundred-dollar bills lying around, I suppose it'll be time to get my nose back to the grindstone. After all, once you reach the big time, you have to work doubly hard to stay there (at least that's what I've heard).
Where could my assistant be most useful?
I don't think I'll need to rely on my assistant's creativity; I've already got plenty of ideas for books. I've got spell checker and grammar checker, and the Chicago Manual of Style at my feet, so I'm good there. I've got lots of pencils, pens, spiral notebooks, toner cartridges, and erasers, erasers, erasers—no need for a run to Staples.
I'd have my assistant fetch me coffee, except, well, I don't drink coffee.
Maybe I could ask him or her to touch up my headshot with Photoshop? Answer all my fan letters? Talk to Oprah's people? Do some research about leasing a (small) private jet? Or buying an island? Work on getting me a seat in Castle's poker game?
All worthwhile tasks, for sure. But I think what I really need my assistant to do is CLEAN MY FRIGGING OFFICE.
It's a BIG TIME mess.
(Trust me, this picture doesn't quite capture the enormity of the task.)
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Texts from Marie Lawrence, assistant to Tracy Kiely
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Meet My Assistant
Monday, August 20, 2012
In Memoriam - Jeff Sherratt
|Jeff with Ray Bradbury - 2 big losses this year
Friday, August 17, 2012
Crying for mercy
We live in a country which has too much of almost everything. Giant cars. Huge houses. Binge eating. We rent storage containers to stick all our extra stuff. We clearly don't know how much is too much on almost anything in our lives. So perhaps any advice I could give on "too much" might be pretty useless for most of us. But I'll try.
How do you know when you've got too much sex or violence in your book? I wish I had a formula or a recipe for it. Like mix two parts sex, four parts violence and one part romance and bake at 500 degrees = thriller.
But I don't have a secret formula. The mix definitely depends on the book. An erotic romance certainly would need a lot more sex and probably less violence to satisfy a reader of that genre. A techno thriller would need less sex and more violence to satisfy that audience. And the confusing part is the same person could enjoy both. They just have expectations when they pick up a certain book, and they want to be entertained in a certain way. So...
You know it when you read it.
Sounds so simple. Perhaps it's not.
Here's an example: you pick up a book and it is page after page of non-stop action, with violence oozing from every page. Perhaps you like the pace and get sucked into the plot. Or perhaps you quickly become confused about who is who, and find yourself unable to care when someone is blown sky high. So for one reader it's too much violence (and not enough back story) and for another it's just right.
Genre fiction is perhaps less complicated than literary fiction. You can even read on some publisher's websites how much is too much and what you're allowed to say. I know my limits. Violence that has no purpose in the story is often too much for me. Especially if it requires lots of bone crunching/blood gushing detail. And I don't mind f-bombs dropping all the time--if it fits with the character. But that's just me and my personal tastes. If a story is written well, I usually don't notice one way or another. The book just gels and I reach the last page way too soon.
What do you think?
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Enough is Enough
At last year's Bouchercon, I was fortunate enough to partake in a panel called "Sex, Violence, and Everything That Makes a Book Great," featuring such luminaries in the field of literary head- and/or boots-knocking as Christa Faust, Scott Phillips, Benjamin Whitmer, and John Rector, so one would assume this week's question would be right up my alley. That I might have some measure of insight into the topic of whether there's any such thing as too much sex or violence in fiction. Or that my penchant for writing violent crime and horror might place me in the no-such-thing-as-too-much camp, the writerly equivalent of the slasher-flick director whose only on-set order is "More blood!"
One would be sorely mistaken. The fact is, my beliefs on the topic are many-fold, contradictory, and ever-changing. Today, they are as follows (I think):
1. Every Story Has Its Own Line
Violence that would seem gratuitous in a manor mystery is commonplace in a tale of psychological horror. Just saucy enough for a tale of romantic intrigue is gonna seem a little out of place in a mainstream thriller. Trust your ear, your gut, and your beta readers. If you've crossed your story's line, they'll let you know.
2. Every Reader Has Their Own Line
Some folks won't read tales that feature violence toward children. Some won't read explicit sex. Writers faced with people who've dinged their work unread are often quick to "Yeah, but...," and who could blame them? Everybody wants to be the exception to the rule. Only here's the thing: it's cool as a reader to have a line you just won't cross. Your tastes are what your tastes are. As a writer, I respect that. All I ask is that if you're going to veto something out of hand, try not to badmouth it while you're doing so. Remember, you haven't read it, so there's a chance you don't know what you're talking about.
3. Every Writer Has Their Own Line
See above, only substitute "write" for "read." We writers are allowed our lines as well. Only in our case, I think there's value in forcing ourselves to march right up to them and peer long and hard at what's on the other side. Sometimes we hold at arm's length that which affects us most deeply. The stuff we don't want to talk about often makes for the most compelling writing. And when a writer's line conflicts with their story's line, the story is always right - even if it pushes said writer out of their comfort zone.
4. Fiction Itself Has No Line
There is nothing in the whole of human experience that should be considered off-limits to write about. Every time folks get to thinking that there is, a writer will come along who shatters those perceptions with a work of staggering beauty, clarity, and honesty. However, that said...
5. Sex (or Lack Thereof) and Violence (or Lack Thereof) Have No Inherent Artistic Value
The fact you write unflinchingly about sex and/or gruesome violence does not make you de facto a better artist. And the fact that you choose to write without doing so does not make you superior to those who do. Some writers mistake vulgarity for honesty. Others claim the moral high ground on account of their own personal hang-ups. The fact is, if you're serving your story, you're doing it right. If you're not, you're not. It's as simple as that.
Don't quote me on it, though; I could change my mind tomorrow...
Monday, August 13, 2012
Are You Not Entertained?
For thriller writers, mach schau means keeping the reader on a steady IV drip of action, violence and sex. Don't let the pace relent. And just when things are falling into a rhythm (albeit a fast one), apply the shock paddles with a plot twist.
Friday, August 10, 2012
Compete This
Though I can imagine one of my shady characters getting kicked out for trying to fix a badminton match...or two. And really, isn't Badminton the perfect Dickensian-like name?
But I digress Criminal Minds sports fans for did you know from 1912 to 1948, the Olympics had medal competitions in sculpture, literature, painting, music composition and architecture. The piece featured in the graphic to the right is called the Knockdown and was done by Mahonri Young – grandson of Brigham. His piece won a gold medal in the sculpture category in the 1932 Olympics, held in Los Angeles.
Today there's still this cool statue in front of the Coliseum in South Central near where I grew up from that time. Anyway, also at the '32 Olympics, John Hughes of Great Brittan won gold in the town planning category and Josef Peterson of Denmark nabbed silver in literature for "The Argonauts" (he'd also gotten silver in Paris at the 1924 Olympics). Literature was limited to 20,000 words in any language, as long as the piece was accompanied by a translation in English or French.
In the 1936 Olympics held in Berlin, while black speedster Jesse Owens took it to the "Master Race" theory as applied in sports, seems according to Ashley Petters in her article for The Atlantic about this period in the Olympics, those damn Nazis frontloaded the arts competition what with 29 German judges versus 12 from other countries. In keeping with the original spirit of the games, the arts competitions were restricted to amateurs. While this would be altered in the coming years in terms of the sports end – giving us such efforts as the U.S. basketball Dream Team composed of NBA star hoopsters and the Williams sisters dominating on the tennis court – the powers that be as Petters quoted determined, it was "…illogical that professionals should compete at such exhibitions and be awarded Olympic medals."
This sentiment coupled with incredible inconsistencies in how someone was labeled pro versus amateur killed off the medal competing after the games in London in '48. They've since been replaced by the Cultural Olympiad, a series of Olympics-related cultural events that take place in the host city during the games themselves. On the NewsHour this past Wednesday on PBS, there was the sparkly Priscila Uppal with a laurel of many tiny Canadian flags in her hair doing her thing. She's the poet in residence of Canadian Athletes Now, an organization supporting her country's athletes and she recited her pretty cool "Obsessive Compulsive Cycling Disorder" piece.
Now that's the spirit.
Thursday, August 9, 2012
Going for the Gold
by Alan
What Olympic sport would Channing Hayes excel at?
Channing Hayes is not known for his athletic prowess, so let's do this by process of elimination.
He's a stand-up comic, a denizen of the night. Right off the bat, I think we can safely eliminate all outdoor activities.
He performs alone, so we'll ditch all the team sports.
He doesn't much like water. No swimming or diving.
He gets motion sickness (a little, from time to time). Out goes indoor cycling.
Channing is not a strong man, and he really only gets physical when his life—or someone else's life—is in danger. Add to that a low threshold of physical pain, and we can eliminate weightlifting, judo, taekwando, wrestling, boxing, and any other sport where you can get hurt. (He can take heckling, just not broken bones.)
Channing is about as limber as lumber. Gymnastics? Hah! Trampoline? Not hardly (Can you say splat?).
What does that leave? Badminton, fencing, and table tennis. Channing has smarts and quick reflexes, so any of these sports might fit. Let's dig a little deeper.
Channing doesn't look good dressed in all white, so there goes fencing. And badminton? Nah, just on principle.
So table tennis it is.
Too bad there isn't an Olympic Beer Pong team. Channing would be the gold medal favorite.
Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Olympic Delussions
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Olympic Dreams
Monday, August 6, 2012
My Hero!
In my Odelia Grey series, Odelia is married to a man named Greg Stevens. Because of an accident in his early teens, Greg is in a wheelchair, paralyzed from the waist down. But in spite of his physical disability, he is far from disabled. Greg plays basketball in a wheelchair league, surfs, golfs, and sails. He seldom encounters physical boundaries, and when he does, as in Booby Trap when he is determined to save Odelia's life and hits a roadblock, he puts his brain to work.
So when it comes to sports, pick a sport, any sport, and Greg will at least try it, if not excel at it. He's Odelia's glass-half-full to her glass-half-empty. He's also very tough and protective.
One of my favorite scenes involving Greg also comes from Booby Trap. He and Odelia have just settled Odelia's father, Horten, in the hospital and join her odious step-mother and step-brother in the waiting room. There Greg and JJ face off over JJ's treatment of Horten:
Friday, August 3, 2012
Hey--leave my books alone!
So we're all talking this week about Clandestine Classics' decision to "sex up" the classics and I've been interested to hear what my fellow criminal minds think of the plan.
I admit to being a total curmudgeon about certain things. It's hard not to think of my own books, 100 years in the future, in the hands of someone who has decided to completely rewrite them and add gratuitous sex. Or aliens. Or take out the murders. No!!!
There was a reason there weren't mind-blowing sex scenes in Jane Austen's books. She was no prude (although she died a virgin, as far as we know), but chose to express love and affection in less graphic terms and in ways befitting the culture and art of the time. Rewriting her books is like rewriting history, in my opinion. And we wonder why kids are confused!
Other things I think should never ever happen to any writer or artist:
1) Get abridged: When I was nine, I was convinced I'd read GREAT EXPECTATIONS by Charles Dickens. What I had read was a version abridged for kids that took out any difficult vocabulary words and seriously cut down the number of pages. I understand why they do this (expose kids to the classics!) but it is not really Dickens and it should not be presented as Dickens. Would it have really hurt me to wait a couple of years and read the real book instead of someone's "interpretation" of Dickens?
BTW, I don't necessarily put comic book classics in the same category. To me that's an artistic interpretation of a classic (like a movie) rather than a rewrite.
2) Colorization: If I recall correctly, Ted Turner thought that people wouldn't watch black and white movies so Ted decided to colorize the ones he owned. There was a major outcry and threats (Don't you dare try it on CITIZEN KANE!) but he did it anyway on movies like Casablanca (even though it looked rather fake and strange). This seems to me to be a giant denial of a time in history when entertainment was seen in black and white, and cinematographers planned their shots around light and shadow.
3) Have someone "take over" their series: I know I'm going to get a lot of grief over this one, but this just seems wrong to me. I know readers love the characters in certain series and want them to keep living on in new books. But guess what? Everything has to end someday. And just because someone wants to make a whole lot of money doesn't mean it's okay to write what you think would be a writer's next book.
So how do I feel about merchandising (plastering Vincent Van Gogh paintings onto mugs and pot holders) or sampling songs from artists without asking their permission? I guess it all depends on how the artists themselves feel. I get angry when we can no longer ask a writer or film maker for their permission to alter their work but we do it anyway. That just seems wrong to me.
What do you think?
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Sympathy for the Devil
So this week's topic is the artistic merit, or lack thereof, inherent in e-publisher Clandestine Classics' insertion (sorry) of erotic scenes into poor, unsuspecting works of literary genius.
Actually, that's a bit of a straw man. The actual phraseology of this week's question is "Good idea, or cheap trick?" Since financially, at least, I suspect it's both, I could just say so and be merrily on my way - but that didn't quite seem fair to you, dear Criminal Minds reader. So instead, I thought I'd recast the question to make it a tad more philosophically interesting, and my argumentative wicket somewhat stickier.
Wait; aren't straw men supposed to be dummy targets, easier to tear down than one's actual argumentative opponents? In that case, did I just invent the Reverse Straw Man? I'd Google to find out, but I'm horrified I might discover that term already has... other uses. (Sorry.) But I digress.
This topic, and this e-book project, seem to've struck a chord within the reading and writing community, and as of this writing, it's left one member (sorry) of the Criminal Minds crew veritably throbbing (sorry) with disgust at those who'd perpetrate such grisly fictional crimes.
Here's the thing, though: what Clandestine Classics is doing? I'm full-on for it.
Whoa whoa whoa. Hear me out. First off, before I get to the thrust (sorry) of my argument, let me first say this: Reece's fantastic blog-post-title is dead-on. This project's fifty shades of wrong. Not because of the smut factor (let the record show there've been many a filthy classic), or because they're robbing the authors' estates of either veto power or fair monetary due (the works in question are in the public domain, as well they should be), but because the whole endeavor smacks of a cheap, tacky cash-in with no intention to (and little likelihood of) add(ing) anything of merit - the literary equivalent of low-hanging (sorry) fruit.
But I'll damn sure defend their right to do it. Because the same copyright and fair-use laws that allow for godawful SCARY MOVIE style satires and PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND PENI(...nah, too easy) also clear the way for some of the most wonderful, transformative works of art I've ever had the pleasure of experiencing. And since artistic merit is a sliding scale both deeply personal and hotly debated, there's no having one without the other.
Sure, smuttified classics are beyond the pale for most. But how about PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES? I'll admit, that one was cute enough, you say, eyebrow arching beneath your rakishly cockeyed beret. But art? Harrumph. I think not. Fine, then. What of WICKED? Of Jasper Fforde's THE EYRE AFFAIR? Steven Moffat's SHERLOCK? What of Andy Warhol's soup cans, or Marcel Duchamp's "Fountain"?
James M. Cain, author of THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE, once famously said of the many movie adaptations of his work: "People tell me, don't you care what they've done to your book? I tell them, they haven't done anything to my book. It's right there on the shelf." And so it is with all true classics. We rush to defend them as if they require defending. But these works are like the tides. Forces of nature: beautiful, powerful, unrelenting. They need our help even less than they need the help of the hacks at Clandestine Classics.
It's strange to me, a lifelong hip-hop fan, to see the same issues that have plagued turntablists for decades now rearing their ugly heads in my chosen field of letters. And so I'll leave you with an auditory cautionary tale from the land of Be-Careful-What-You-Wish-For. Exhibit A is one of the most execrable so-called "songs" ever put to tape, a cash-in both melodic and lyrical so shameless it'd give the folks at Clandestine Classics a case of the vapors. And it was done with the explicit permission of the artist to whom the original song belonged. I give you Puff Daddy's getting-rich-exploiting-a-dead-friend anthem "I'll Be Missing You":
Exhibit B is one of my all-time favorite instrumental tracks, DJ Shadow's "Midnight in a Perfect World." The song, and the album on which it appears, are notable for being a) stunning, critically acclaimed artistic accomplishments, and b) composed entirely of sampled material, all of it used without permission. Hip-hop fan or not, I'd urge you to let this one play; you may just be surprised:


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Rim Rock Crowned Snake
Scientific name: Tantilla oolitica (TELFORD 1966)
* Currently accepted name
* scientific names used through time
- Tantilla coronata wagneri – CONANT 1958
Description: Average adult size is 6-9 inches (15.2-22.8 cm), record is 11.5 inches (29.2 cm). Adults are tan with a black head, chin, and back of neck. Some individuals from the Florida Keys may have a faint, light colored broken band on the back of the head, creating a separation between the black head and neck. The belly is uniform pinkish-white. The scales are smooth and there are 15 dorsal scale rows at midbody. The pupil is round. Juveniles are similar to adults.
A. Top of the head
B. Underside of the head (chin and throat)
C. Front (face view) of the head
D. Side of the head
E. Smooth scales
Range: In Florida, the Rim Rock Crowned Snake occurs only in Miami-Dade (mainland) and Monroe (Florida Keys) counties. On the mainland it occurs on a low elevation pine ridge called the Miami Rim Rock formation. It has also been found from Key Largo to Key West. It does not occur outside of Florida.
Habitat: Rare, found in pinelands and tropical hardwood hammocks.
Comments: HARMLESS (Non-Venomous). The Rim Rock Crowned Snake is a terrestrial burrower, mainly found under limestone rocks, logs, leaf litter, and other debris. The type specimen came from a now-vanished vacant lot in Miami, where it was found on the Miami Rim Rock made up of oolitic limestone, hence the name Tantilla oolitica. Only 26 specimens are known to exist. It is extremely rare, and thus listed as a Threatened Species by the state of Florida mainly because of habitat loss in the Miami area and Florida Keys.
Comparison with other species: The Florida Brown Snake (Storeria victa) is grayish-brown with a light mid-dorsal stripe and flecking on each side. The Ringneck Snake (Diadophis punctatus) is grayish-black with bright yellow-orange bellies with black spots.

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I was reading a while back that there is a tax break for First Time home buyers for 2008 Tax season. A friend of mine fell into this category and is getting a government loan of $7,500 that is straight up cash in pocket. His taxes are coming in at over $10,00. He has a family of four and has felt the effects of the economic slump.
i bring this up for 2 reasons.
1. Tell anyone you know that bought their first home in 2008 to include it on there taxes
2. There should be a nice cash infusion coming into the economy from these first time home buyers early summer, and could affect the stocks of many companies followed on this site.
He said the $7,500 is in one lump sum, and it has to be paid back over the next 15 years at $500 a year taken out of his taxes.
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Kung Fu Sophie
Imagine if Alice in Wonderland grew into a singer-songwriter, and then ate a little gluten-free cake: batter hand mixed by Joanna Newsom, baked in a clay oven by Tom Waits, and frosted cerulean blue by Regina Spektor.
At first glance, one might wonder if she escaped from someone's knick-knack box or the page of a storybook filled with enchanted tales and unpredictable endings. Upon encounter, one may find the magnifying glass obsolete and that she does not fit well into confined spaces. Nobody knows for sure, but it has been speculated that Kung Fu Sophie's elusive roots were once grounded in the biggest little valley of a distant and dangerously explosive planet. It is believed that Kung Fu Sophie escaped the hostile, arid environment via a quickly constructed, self-made ark suitable for space travel. Fortunately she was able to rescue a guitar, a piano, and her voice. After enduring a long and arduous journey through uncharted territory, Kung Fu Sophie unexpectedly landed on Planet Earth. She has since been caught live sharing her music in various venues in the United States, Canada, England, and Australia. She has self-released two CDs: the first, A Live Sophie-Size Sample, features live recordings from her Earthly roamings. The second, Short Kiss Bliss, was dubbed "Favorite local artist CD of 2008" by Discology. Sophie is currently working on an album that features studio recordings from Reno, Nevada and Bristol, England.
"Haunting melodies and catchy phrases clearly set her apart from the 'coffee-shop band' stereotype...this musician can electrify or transfix an audience with her words and melodies..." - Rory Dowd, Reno News & Review
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Dr. Deen Mohammad Baloch and Dr. Akbar Marri are among dozens of doctors who are missing or have been killed. The Pakistan Medical Association reports that at least 26 doctors have been killed in Balochistan in recent times and as many as 17 have been kidnapped.
Khuzdar, Mastung, Quetta or Jaffarabad – doctors are not safe anywhere as they are allegedly being targeted by the security forces and spy agencies.
"Nowadays the young doctors, they are mostly influenced and support Baloch Doctors' Forum. Leadership of BDF, they are young doctors and especially they have political opinion. And nowadays, the issue of Nationalism is rising in Balochistan, so the Baloch Doctors' Forum is also working like a pillar. So the government and intelligence agencies mainly targeting the intellectual class of Baloch society." said Dr. ALI AKBAR MENGAL, BALOCH NATIONALIST
Instead of taking action against criminals and providing protection to doctors, the Balochistan government has acted against several doctors by suspending them from their jobs.
The doctors in the region have been on strike for months against kidnappings and targeted killings.
Operation theatres and outpatient departments in state hospitals remain closed due to the strike."We want to convey to the government that the hospitals will not function, including emergency services. Till our demands are met, we stand firm on our decision."
Attack on doctors in Balochistan is a strategy of Pakistani agencies to target Baloch `intellectuals' in the region.The Baloch are fighting for an end to colonial rule imposed by Pakistan and are seeking independence.
"Baloch are also human beings. If they ask any justice as like other nation including Kosovo, Israel and Palestine. Nowadays, in a real situation, Balochistan is worse then Palestine as many dead bodies are recovering from every corner of Balochistan and it is a media black out region. " said DR SULTAN TAREEN,PRESIDENT, PAKISTAN MEDIACAL ASSOCIATION, BALOCHISTAN


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Martyr Sarbelus of Edessa
The Holy Martyr Sarbelus was a pagan priest who lived during the reign of the emperor Trajan (98-117) He and his sister Bebaia were converted by Saint Barsimaius, the Bishop of Edessa (January 29). They both received the crown of martyrdom.
This Saint Sarbelus appears to be the same one who is commemorated on January 29 and October 15.


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Apple announced the new iPad HD today, which received the response we were expecting – Apple fans practically seizing on the floor. The new iPad comes with some great new specs, many of which have been asked for some time now, and now said specs are packaged into one device. We decided to throw our opinions up into a post, and explain why we will or won't be buying the new iPad, so read on!
Yep, I'm buying the new iPad even if it has a silly name. I happily purchased the original iPad and felt it was cool, even if it was mostly a toy. It made plane flights tolerable and surfing the web on my couch fun but it wasn't really needed. Now that I've bought a stand for it and have it set up next to my work computer, I've found that it can have a ton of value as a somewhat powerful work machine which can be easily taken with me for light computing.
I liked the iPad 2 but didn't think it was enough of an upgrade to plunk down the cash for it. My original iPad does seem bulky and heavy now but I'm a grown man, I can handle that. What I can't handle is how sluggish it has become and how some apps and media stutter and slow down. I can't even try some of the fun new apps like Adobe's Photoshop because it just doesn't have the horsepower.
So yes, Apple is going to get my hard-earned money for the new iPad with its stronger processor and I'll be drooling over that Retina Display. I can't wait to see what clever app makers will do with this. The boosted cameras should be fun but I think taking photos with a tablet is lame. The 4G LTE support is nice but I'm a WiFi-only man with tablets – if I ever need data on the go, I can just hotspot my phone.
A more powerful iPad with a beautiful new display for about $500? Sure, I'm in.
Today's announcement of the new iPad wasn't underwhelming in the least bit, as we essentially got everything we were expecting and more. That said, what's more exciting for me is the fact that the iPad 2 is now cheaper, which is something I said would happen a couple of weeks back. Unsurprisingly, Apple will maintain its lead in the tablet space for some time now, even as Android and other OS' advance. Still, I won't be grabbing an iPad 3 iPad 2 for a couple of reasons.
All in all, I'm still not completely sold on tablets. Tablets remain a toy that no one really needs, especially when most smartphones are just as capable of doing the exact same things. Screen size is important but with a 9 inch+ tablet laying around my house, I'd rather just watch something on my TV or laptop. If I were to actually grab a tablet this year, it would undoubtedly be a 7 incher. It's the only size that's portable enough for me to feel like I can replace my smartphone on the go, and portability is most important to me. Sure, you can be "that guy" and pull out an iPad or Galaxy Tab 10.1 on a bus but that's not going to happen any time soon for me.
I've also never cared for iOS, and that's not from an aesthetics standpoint, but functionality (and that's also not to say that iOS is not functional in the least bit). I'm a geek and love the customization options Android provides, plain and simple. I'd still grab an Android tablet because of the sheer choices available to me. At the moment, the only tablets I'm currently interested is the $250 Tegra 3 tablet coming from Asus and the possibility of the $200 Nexus tablet that will likely debut at Google I/O 2012. Not necessarily because they are cheaper but because they have 7 inch screens I've been wanting, all while remaining just as powerful as the 10 inch variety.
If I were interested in an iPad at all, it would most definitely be this model but I still can't say that I truly care at all about LTE, and while the HD display is sexy and crisp, I'd rather wait it out and allow for more apps to become available that will utilize such a display.
It's become somewhat of a tradition for me to sell my old iPad to help purchase the new iPad ever since the iPad 2. It looks like I'll be keeping this tradition alive with "The new iPad" or whatever it's actually going to be called. With its A5X processor, Retina Display and RAM that outperforms consoles, I'm certainly going to pick up an iPad seeing as I'm the resident gamer around here and I need to play my games all nice and perty like.
I'm sure the library of already amazingly visual titles for the iPad 2 will become even more amazing once developers update their games to take advantage of the mind-blowing 2,048 x 1,536 Retina display. I drool every so often when I play a game on my 1080p LCD at home, and it looks like I might go full retard when I play a game at that resolution level.
I'm not going to buy an iPad 3 because I'm still not sold on the whole tablet idea. I have a 17 inch MacBook Pro running Mac OS X 10.6 that's my workhorse, an 11.6 inch netbook running the Windows 8 Consumer Preview that I use while traveling, and an iPhone 4. They all do everything I need them to do perfectly. That being said, I'm looking forward to seeing what iOS 6 is going to be all about since Apple's mobile operating system is getting a bit long in the tooth. Not that there's anything wrong with it, I'm just blown away by what Google and Microsoft have recently brought to the tablet, so I'm curious to see how Apple will react. But back to the iPad 3, these days I'm trying to spend less time in front of screens, so adding another one to my life, regardless of how sharp it may be, is just counterintuitive.
I'm one of those guys who still haven't found the use case for tablets. I love how they work, but I still have to commit my money to buy one. That said, I ain't gonna buy the new iPad, at least not until I see some really awesome app that could help me increase my productivity (which is my obsession).
On the other hand, I've no doubts Apple will kill it with the new iPad… again. Even though Android tablet makers have significantly upped their game, they still have a lot of catching up to do to come even close to iPad's sales figures. The new iPad is expectantly better and faster, and people will love it.


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Allen Moulton had a heart attack. He was taken to Norwood hospital and then was flown by helicopter to Boston University Hospital. He is in intensive care at this time. I called the hospital and was told he is in stable
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4 Tips to make your eBay HTML Template stand out from the crowd
Ebay html templates are the design elements that you might have noticed some sellers using to differentiate their ebay store from the competition.
Many sellers who are new to eBay don't bother using them, and you might not have either However, If you want to really make a really good impression on your buyers and give a professional touch to your ebay store. This is a must !
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With the increased usage of mobile phones and tablets, you need to ensure that you should create a responsive ebay design template that would squeeze as per the devices.
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Best Dispensaries in East-wenatchee
Looking for a local cannabis dispensary in East-wenatchee, Washington? We have researched and compiled a list of dispensaries in town so you can find the right marijuana store for you.
East-wenatchee is home to 1 dispensaries, and many people often also shop for bongs, vaporizers, and dab rigs. In a cannabis dispensary, consumers can often find flowers, concentrates, prefilled vape cartridges, edibles, hemp oil, CBD, and more cannabis products.
Our favorite East-wenatchee dispensary is The Happy Crop Shoppe East Wenatchee
Dispensaries in East-wenatchee
The Happy Crop Shoppe East Wenatchee
50 Rock Island Rd
East Wenatchee, WA 98802
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About Wenatchee, Washington
Wenatchee is a city located in north-central Washington and is the largest city and county seat of Chelan County, Washington, United States. The population within the city limits in 2010 was 31,925. In 2014, the Office of Financial Management estimated the population at 33,070 (...) Read More
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What are the marijuana laws in East-wenatchee, Washington?
|Max. Fine
Personal Use
|1 oz or less (private possession/consumption)
|No Criminal Penalty
|$ 0
|1 oz or less (public consumption)
|Civil Penalty
|$ 100
|1 oz - 40 g
|24 hours* - 90 days
|$ 1,000
|More than 40 g
|5 years
|$ 10,000
|* Mandatory minimum sentence
With intent to distribute
|Any amount
|5 years
|$ 10,000
Sale or Distribution
|Any amount
|5 years
|$ 10,000
|To a minor at least 3 years younger
|10 years
|$ 10,000
|Within 1000 ft of a school, school bus stop or in a public park, in a public housing project designated as a drug-free zone, in public transportation, and other locations is punishable by double fines and imprisonment.
|Any amount
|5 years
|$ 10,000
|Within 1000 ft of a school, school bus stop or in a public park, in a public housing project designated as a drug-free zone, in public transportation, and other locations is punishable by double fines and imprisonment.
Hash & Concentrates
|16 oz or less marijuana-infused product solid form
|No Criminal Penalty
|$ 0
|72 oz or less marijuana-infused product liquid form
|No Criminal Penalty
|$ 0
|7 g marijuana concentrate
|No Criminal Penalty
|$ 0
|Possession of more than 40 g
|5 years
|$ 10,000
|Manufacture, sale, delivery or possession with intent
|5 years
|$ 10,000
|Subsequent offenses carry greater penalties.
|Patients may possess hash and concentrates for medical use. See details section.
|24 hours* - 90 days
|$ 1,000
|* Mandatory minimum sentence
Civil Asset Forfeiture
|Vehicles and other property may be seized.
|Knowingly maintaining a structure used for drug offenses
|5 years
|$ 10,000
|Controlled substances homicide
|10 years
|$ 20,000
|Parents of a minor to whom a controlled substance was sold or transferred have a cause of action against the seller.
|Juveniles will have their driving privileges revoked.
For more information, check out our friends at NORML.
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The agency could do more to publicize major space events and appeal to kids, our reviewers say.
This story is part of Nextgov's Building Better Apps project.
NASA's Space Weather Media Viewer mobile app is filled with compelling images of the sun and other celestial bodies, some of them updated minute by minute.
The app's designers could have done a better job, though, explaining just what the user is seeing and why it's important, according to Nextgov's team of private sector app reviewers.
"The visualizations don't have any audio so it's hard to figure out what I'm looking at," said Matt Thazhmon, chief executive of PowerInbox. "Maybe you could have the description text available as a scrollable region below."
Also, some of the images were too slow to load, said Yaron Oren, chief operating officer at iSpeech.
In addition to live images and visualizations, the Space Viewer features videos of scientists describing space events. Our reviewers gave the app 3.8 points out of 5, making it one of the most popular apps reviewed so far.
In future releases, the app designers should consider offering users push notifications when they can view major space events such as large amounts of solar flare activity, said Ted Chan, founder of PracticeQuiz.com.
"Otherwise, you look once, you say it's pretty, and then you might move on and not open the app ever again," he said.
Chan also suggested offering a more kid-friendly version of the app for young students interested in space.


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Men's Golf to Compete at Skyhawk Classic
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee State men's golf team will travel to play in the Skyhawk Classic on Oct. 7-8. The two-day, 54-hole classic will consist of 16 teams playing the first two rounds on Monday, with the final round on Tuesday. The University of Tennessee at Martin event will be played at the Par-72, 6,685 yard Paris Landing State Park, and part of the Tennessee Golf Trail.
The Tigers will face off against Alabama State and Jackson State, as well as Ohio Valley Conference opponents Austin Peay, Murray State and the host, UTM. MSU and the Skyhawks will field two teams for the classic. IPFW, Southern Illinois, Bethel, Christian Brothers, Dalton State, John A. Logan, Lee and Union will round out the field.
Head coach Parrish McGrath will send out seniors Andrew Warner and Codie Welborn, along with juniors James Stepp and Matt Campbell. Sophomore Blake Burgett will complete the five-man team. Warner, Welborn and Stepp are competing in their third tournament this season; Burgett will participate in his second straight. Campbell will take to the links for the first time this year.
The Tigers finished third at the National Black College Hall of Fame, Inc. Invitational last week. Warner led the squad carding a 5-under, 67.
Monday's opening round will begin with an 8:00am shotgun start. The second round will begin immediately following the first 18-holes of play.


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It has been a decade since Elaine Bavusa, 56, felt well. The long-time Newport News Schools employee discovered in 2003 that she had Hepatitis B. She doesn't know when she contracted the virus, but it was likely years prior, and the damage to her liver was already done. Her failing health forced her retirement last year. Now she needs a transplant with its associated costs in the range of $575,000.
On Tuesday, Salsa's Mexican Grill in Newport News, one of the family's favorite restaurants, hosted a fundraiser for her. Bavusa's daughter Heather Reeher credits Salsa's manager Carlos Ayala and karaoke DJ Denise Warner for organizing the event. They're fundraising pros and have helped numerous others, including local churches, and Alzheimer's and cancer groups. "If anyone needs some help and they come to us, we'll do it," said Ayala.
Emily Joyner with the National Transplant Foundation, which is dedicated to advocating for transplant patients, said, "Sometimes it's the smaller events that bring in a lot of money." Through a series of small fundraisers, the Bavusa family hopes to raise $25,000 to help cover costs, such as relocation, insurance premiums, co-pays and medication costs related to the transplant.
Even with health insurance, the uncovered costs are overwhelming. Bavusa and her husband, Paul, will have to relocate to Durham, N.C., for a couple of months to be near the transplant center at Duke Medical Center before and after the surgery. And they will have to make the co-pays on the expensive anti-rejection medication that she'll need for the rest of her life. "It's really expensive. There are a lot of other fees that come with it," said Paul, who works as a field supervisor for Colonial Exterminating.
Bavusa was just approved for the transplant and is hoping to get the call within a month that a liver match is available. The mother of three, and grandmother of six, has been in and out of hospitals ever since her diagnosis in 2003. "They have good treatments but no cure," said her daughter, Reeher. A grant from the Caring Voice Coalition is paying for her current medication that runs to $35,000 annually.
The event included a 50/50 raffle as well as raffles on items and services donated by Wynne Ford/Volvo, Beef O'Brady's, IHOP, Colonial Exterminating, and host Salsa's.
Want to go?
Fundraiser karaoke night from 6 to 9 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 18, at Salsa's Mexican Grill, 704 Mariner Row, City Center, Newport News; call 757-596-6080.
Karaoke and raffles; portion of dinner proceeds will go to fund a liver transplant for Elaine Bavusa. Learn more, or to donate, go to http://www.transplants.org, and search for her name. Mailed donations can be sent NFT Virginia Transplant Fund, 5350 Poplar Avenue, Suite 430, Memphis, Tenn. 38119.


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She is best remembered as the second actress to play the Time Lady Romana (Romanadvoratrelundar) in Doctor Who. After a guest appearance as Princess Astra in the Doctor Who story The Armageddon Factor in 1979, Ward was chosen to replace Mary Tamm, who had decided against continuing in the role. She appeared in all of Season 17's stories and then her character was written out in the third to last story of Season 18 in the story entitled Warriors' Gate.
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Monday, August 1, 2011
Lambton Lifeline
In the June 2011 edition of Lambton Lifeline are a number of interesting articles -
Alan Campbell writes about "Loyal Orange Lodges of Lambton County" in Part II. He is still "seeking an explanation of some of the information found in following chart of the Loyal Orange Lodges of Lambton".
He has put in a two-page chart covering Lambton County East and West, showing the place where the lodge originated, and the date of the warrant.
So if anyone can be of help, please contact Alan at email@example.com.
Ann Hentschel give a good summary of the meetings held by the Lambton County Genealogical Society.
At the February meeting, Eliza Grueing gave a talk about growing up in Germany during WWII, wile Alan Campbell gave a talk on researching newspapers in the March meeting, and Gail Benjafield — although she did not give a talk to the society — wrote an article on how family lore can "often be misleading and difficult to unravel".
You can go to their Lambton County Branch website at http://www.ogs.on.ca/lambton/index.html.
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text: Last year, a new corporate headquarters based in San Francisco aimed to achieve that most elusive of goals: the paperless office. The company's strategy for getting there? They didn't order any file cabinets for the building. There's some logic to the notion that an office without file cabinets would be a paperless one. But as often happens when designing to influence behavior, theory doesn't translate into practice. Those who've toured the building describe workers surrounded by paper stacked in rows so tall that the open plan environment now approximates a street grid. Here's the thing: Workspaces have a lot of problems. And as just as they seem to be fixed, new ones emerge with alacrity, ranging in severity from microwave popcorn smell sensitivity to the real challenge of how best to cultivate creative collaboration. The pace of technology threw a bigger wrench into all this of course, and it's turned the design and planning of offices a constant game of catch-up. We now work in such a dizzying variety of contexts that space planners, architects and furniture companies speak of "future-proofing" in two- to three-year increments, where they once aspired to relevance for at least a decade or more. Not long ago, many predicted the office of the future was no office at all. Today, the thinking is to get employees back to the office and find all sorts of enticements to keep them there. But devices, furniture, and people have moved from fixed to mobile. So now workplace "design" is as much about programming, services and amenities as it once was about cubicles and corner offices. No doubt the pendulum will keep swinging. Above all, it seems important to recognize that no gadget, solution, or space fits all, a reality that the latest entrants into the ever-evolving realm of workplace design seem to have firmly embraced. Image: Courtesy Steelcase1: Living on Video by Steelcase Video killed the radio star. It's been slow to be adopted as a valuable workplace tool for much the same reason. Whether we're rock singers or project managers, we're self-conscious. It's OK if our hair is mussed up when we're Skyping with mom, not so much when we're video conferencing with corporate. But Steelcase's research reveals an emerging pattern of behavior at work where video is used more and more. They're hoping to capture the market with Living on Video, a new offering that provides a range of spaces that enable people switching back and forth between a physical and virtual presence. Or, simply put, they've designed a destination space for video conferencing. Image: Courtesy SteelcaseEnvironments designed for one or several participants consist of the furniture that Steelcase is known for, along with new technology that promises perfect lighting and acoustics. With this physical/virtual hybrid, they've claimed to have remedied "presence disparity" — a terrific term for describing how we [currently] feel when beamed in for a group meeting from afar. "Living on Video promises to bring to the real (and virtual) table the things that make in-person meetings so valuable," says the product literature, "an ability to read facial expressions, body language and other visual cues." Globalization is really driving the need for this code to get cracked, explains VP of Global Design James Ludwig, who flies too much and is "always looking for a way to sleep in my own bed." And indeed, Living on Video would seem to let Ludwig and the rest of us frequent fliers catch a break by providing a high-quality interaction with someone thousands of miles away without being in the same place. "We're committed to meaningful work and do whatever it takes to do that," says Ludwig. "How much more willing would we be to connect if we just had to boot up?" Image: Courtesy Steelcase2. Focal by KEEN The financial impact of obesity in lost productivity and health insurance premiums amounts to over $80 million annually. Some blame goes to our increasingly sedentary lifestyles. One solution? We've got to get off our collective asses. Standing desks are one possibility. Treadmill desks are another (though walking while emailing seems destined to end badly). Focal, a desk that provides standing with a little support, situates itself somewhere in between. That this was "designed" (and I use the term loosely) by hybrid footwear founder Martin Keen makes sense as Focal looks like a bike seat that's getting better acquainted with a drafting table. (And for design buffs, a visual nod to Giacomo Castiglioni's Mezzadro tractor-seat chair.) The concept is solid. Though the execution could use some finesse, it's easy to imagine how some variation on this theme could aid those who have no option but to be on their feet at work all day. Photo: Courtesy Focal Upright Furniture3. Regeneration Chair by Knoll Mies van der Rohe (1886-1969) observed, "A chair is a very difficult object. A skyscraper is almost easier." He was right -- as any of us who've sat through a lecture in a metal folding chair or cursed the anti-ergonomic tilt of an airplane seat can attest. Knoll, however, has been making chairs for a very long time. And it's pretty damn good at it. The company continues to work at achieving the perfect blend of comfort, style and sustainability, as evidenced by its new Regeneration Chair. The Regeneration ships in two pieces -- the "seat" part and the "stand" part come together in one surprisingly small box -- and you assemble it yourself (a task much easier to tackle than anything from IKEA). Its small footprint, both in its use of materials and reduced packaging (they can fit twice as many chairs into one shipping container) is is very much in line with Knoll's attempt at a greener all-around experience. One of our editors has spend the last couple of months sitting in the chair and he's been impressed that it's comfortable not just for him (he's 6 feet tall) but also our staff photographer who is a petite 5 feet. Photo: Courtesy Knoll4. Punkt by Jasper Morrison What could more radical in today's world than a phone that only makes phone calls? Despite its moniker, designer Jasper Morrison isn't messing with you: He's created an analog phone that's refreshingly simple to use. The keys are big, the font is large, the interface is clear. And you'll probably crick your neck a little less than you would cradling your iPhone. For use in office environments, you can connect up to five additional units to your original Punkt. No two-year contracts required but it's just small enough that you may forget that while it's portable, it ain't mobile. $245. Photo: Courtesy Punkt5. Integrated Workstation by Cranbrook for HermanMiller I once had a boss who said his ultimate career goal was to have an office with a couch in it. He got his wish (in the Flatiron Building, no less!) but if he hadn't, his desires might have been satiated by the Integrated Workstation by Cranbrook for Herman Miller. You can sit at it, stand at it, and — hooray! — nap at it. Designed by Cranbrook student Matthew Plumstead, this just might be that long-awaited "cubicle of the future," especially as it considers what our bodies need to function as much as what our technology does. Photo: Courtesy Cranbrook for Herman Miller6. CSYS LED task light His dad, Sir James Dyson, reinvented the vacuum by aiming to create perfect suction; Jake Dyson has taken on the desk lamp, improving the longevity and aesthetics of LED lighting. The CSYS LED task light promises sustainable, quality performance for over 160,000 hours of continual use. (That assumes 12 hours per day, which, by the way, is way too long for you to be working.) He calls his product a "light that lasts for life," which, at those numbers, means you've got about 37 years left from time of purchase. It's nearly $900 but hey, if you amortize it over nearly four decades. Photo: Courtesy Jake Dyson7. Philips's ErgoSensor As I stack yet another brick of an architectural monograph under my Apple monitor as it seems to have been designed for someone who is 4-foot-11, I'll tell you I'm ready for this this monitor. Philip's ErgoSensor does for you what you can't easily do for yourself. Equipped with a camera to track the location of your pupils, it can determine whether you're working in the optimal ergonomic position. These sensors will let you know if your head is the right distance from the screen and suggests how you might properly align your head and neck. Sort of a benevolent HAL of a chiropractor ("Allison, are you holding your wrists correctly?"), ErgoSensor will not only save your energy but its own. After it reminds you to take a break, the LCD screen takes one, too, automatically shutting off to conserve power. Still waiting to hear when it will be available stateside. Photo: Courtesy Philips8. Raw Space Remember your first dorm room? Ugly, yes, but an empty canvas awaiting a personal touch. Well, it would appear the latest trend for tech work environments is just an extension of that idea: Personal customization has come to the office. Facebook and its ilk aspire to the opposite end of corporate, and so when designing office environments, they're asking architects for a blank slate upon which their employees can put their own personal stamp. Your environment, the argument goes, should be changing as rapidly as the company itself. The caveat is whether or not you can work in harmony with your coworkers' Game of Thrones posters. Photo: ricardodiaz11/Flickr9. Microsoft Arc Touch Mouse & Arc Keyboard, Design by One& Co. and Microsoft Hardware Design So you may have an office but you may also work at home, on the plane and at Coffee Bar. You're already lugging your laptop around — but you should also be using a mouse. One & Co. created the super clever Arc Touch, which folds flat when not in use. It not only looks cool but is comfortable, quick and precise. If you have room for one more thing in your Rickshaw bag, One and Co. has also designed a companion keyboard, which allows users to position their hands in a more neutral posture. The argument for such flexible devices is that they mimic today's work behaviors, which aren't static. "You work with different groups of people in continually changing spaces both inside and outside the office," explains One & Co.'s Jonah Becker. "[These pieces] are casual but highly functional … just like our modern work life." Photo: Courtesy Microsoft10. Ledge Desk by Pfeiffer Lab The average employee used to be allotted something in the realm of 300 to 350 square feet; now, they may get as little as 65 square feet. Designer Eric Pfeiffer's Ledge desk was inspired by climbing protaledges, but it also takes its cues from the realities faced by space-constrained workers. Mounted directly to the wall, the Ledge provides maximal function and space efficiency, but it also offers its owner an efficient place to work. Compact, cool, and adjustable to standing height, this may be the desk of the future. Photo: Courtesy Pfeiffer Lab


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Experts: Killer Calif. shark likely great white
LOS ANGELES Experts say the shark that bit and killed a surfer off California's central coast probably was a great white and may have been 15 feet long.
Thirty-nine-year-old Francisco Javier Solorio Jr. of Orcutt was bitten in the upper torso in the waters off Surf Beach in Santa Barbara County on Tuesday, nearby the Vandenberg Air Force base. He died at the scene.
Authorities have closed the beach about 150 miles northwest of Los Angeles, where another shark attack two years ago killed a 19-year-old surfer. KCBS in Los Angeles reports a great white was also suspected in the death of Lucas McKaine Ransom.
Ralph Collier of the Shark Research Committee says he'll meet with investigators and examine the surfboard to study teeth marks but it's likely the attacker was a great white, which is not uncommon in California waters.
He also says it's likely the shark wasn't trying to kill the surfer but may have mistaken him for prey such as a seal and took a test bite that proved deadly.
- 40-year-old California surfer killed by shark
- First ever great white shark spot-tagged and released off Cape Cod
- Shark sightings shut down Cape Cod beaches
- Deaths spur French gov't to pay for shark hunt
- Seals to blame for shark attacks, experts say
Sheriff's Sgt. Mark A. Williams described the attackand how Solorio's friend had tried to save him. "His friend ended up swimming over and pulling him from the water where he received first aid," he said Tuesday.
The friend started first aid while another surfer called for help, but Solorio was pronounced dead by paramedics at the beach.


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Good morning lovely crafters and thanks again for popping by
Today is the last day of May (seems like 2 minutes since I was saying that at the end of April, where did it go??) and therefore we have to say goodbye to our fabulous guest designer for the month Elise
Here are a few words from Elise as this is her last post for us as guest DT;
"It's my final card for LOTV Inspiration as a Guest Designer, and I would like to say Thank You to all the Lili of the Valley girls and all you lovely followers for having me! It's been an honour and a pleasure to be on here having fun with these most beautiful stamps and designers! I truly loved and enjoyed my time here! Thank you for the sweet comments that makes me smile and keeps me motivated. I know I'll definitely keep coming back here for gorgeous Inspiration!"
We've enjoyed having you Elise! You've loved the work that she has done for us throughout May …and this card is going to be no exception
Supply list for this card:
Image: Best Dress
Papers: Recollection "Union Square"
Medium: Distress Inks
Other: Wild Orchid Crafts flowers, Magnolia Die Cut Swirl
How gorgeous is this? You can check our more of Elise's work on her own personal blog here
Make sure stop by tomorrow for news of our guest designer for June and also some great Jubilee giveaways.
Have a lovely day x


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Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish
Father William T. Miller invites you to celebrate Mass with us at Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish. We are located in Galesburg, IL; Directions to our church can be found here.
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The launch of the world première Piaget Rose Day took place on June 13th 2013 in Paris in the Ephemeral Orangerie of the Jardin des Tuileries, amid a dazzling and entrancing fairytale rose-themed setting for this glamorous and elegant event.
Roses have played a recurrent role in the life of Yves Piaget and have become iconic blooms for the famous Maison.
The first "Piaget Rose Day"
For the first time, Piaget literally took over the Ephemeral Orangerie in the Jardin des Tuileries, where it hosted the brand's 350 guests including VIPs, clients, journalists and celebrities. A guard of honour composed of gardeners guided invitees towards the greenhouse where a gorgeous wall of Piaget roses sent a delicious fragrance wafting through the air and formed a surrealist photocall backdrop that stars were reluctant to leave.
This magnificently transparent glass and steel pavilion provided the perfect stage for a performance by the brand's most glamorous ambassadress. Melody Gardot treated the audience to a private 45-minute concert beneath a star-studded sky, charming listeners with her warm and beguiling voice. She expressed the full force of her talent in her rendition of "La Vie en Rose". This special interpretation for Piaget is featured in the Deluxe version of her latest album "The Absence" – of which Piaget offered its guests a copy as a take-home souvenir of this very special evening.
The celebrities and ambassadors who lit up the soiréeThe concert was followed by a rose-themed cocktail buffet attended by a number of stellar personalities including Bar Refaeli, Renaud Capucon and his wife Laurence Ferrari, Audrey Dana, Anne Parillaud, Frederic Diefenthal, Gwendoline Hamon, Ariel Wizman, Vanille Clerc, Annabelle Belmondo, Axelle Laffont, Julie De Bona, Flore Bonaventura, Muriel Coulin, Florence Darel, Hortense Gélinet, Sophie Jovillard, Alexandra Roth, Béatrice Rosen, Pauline Smadja, Héléna Soubeyrand and Sarah Stern.
Guests enjoyed the opportunity to mingle with Melody Gardot as well as other celebrities and brand ambassadors wearing Piaget creations.
The fascinating and ultra-feminine star Melody Gardot, wore earrings in white gold set with 126 brilliant-cut diamonds.
Bar Rafaeli, the stunning model for the Piaget Rose collection, wore jewellery set from the Piaget Rose collection in white gold made of a necklace set with 2 pink tourmalines and 52 brilliant-cut diamonds, two rings each set with 1 pink tourmaline and 39 brilliant-cut diamonds and earrings set with 2 pink tourmalines and 72 brilliant-cut diamonds.
Audrey Dana, ambassadress of the Piaget Rose collection, was also adorned in magnificent jewellery of the Piaget Rose collection. She wore a necklace in white gold set with 8 pink opals, 2 pink tourmalines, 6 white pearls and 11 brilliant-cut diamonds, earrings in white gold set with 2 pink opals, 2 white pearls and 6 brilliant-cut diamonds and a ring in white gold set with 179 brilliant-cut diamonds.
The French actress, Béatrice Rosen wore a necklace in white gold set with 88 brilliant-cut diamonds and earrings in white gold set with 72 brilliant-cut diamonds of Piaget Rose collection,
As was the Spanish actress Kira Miro wore jewellery set from the Piaget Rose collection. She wore a ring in white gold set with 1 pink tourmaline and 39 brilliant-cut diamonds, a necklace in white gold set with 2 pink tourmalines and 52 brilliant-cut diamonds and earrings in white gold set with 2 pink tourmalines and 72 brilliant-cut diamonds. The future and online echoes of the Piaget Rose Day
After this highly successful first edition of the Piaget Rose Day, this celebration will become a yearly highlight around the globe.
This worldwide event was echoed in all Piaget points of sale through numerous animations that may be viewed in detail on the various social networks:http://www.facebook.com/Piagethttp://twitter.com/Piagethttp://instagram.com/piagetbrandwww.youtube.com/Piagethttp://pinterest.com/piagetbrand/
The legendary Yves Piaget rose
They have accompanied and inspired Piaget creations. As Yves Piaget loves to recall in his memoirs: "For me, roses speak of childhood and I well remember my first thrill of love for the wild flowers known as sweet briar or Eglantine roses, growing in complete freedom at an altitude of 1,100 metres". From the 1960s onwards, his cherished rose motif enriched the Piaget watch and jewellery collections with its diamond-set gold petals. His taste for roses was further affirmed in 1976 when he became a member of the jury for the Geneva International Competition of New Roses, and presented the winner with a gold rose crafted in the Piaget workshops.
His passion for these astonishing flowers was rewarded in 1982 when the winner of the competition, created by the famous rose breeder Meilland, was christened the "Yves Piaget rose". A legend was born!
In tribute to the Yves Piaget rose and to the jewellery collection it inspires, Piaget has launched the "Piaget Rose Day" From now on, this day will be celebrated throughout the world and is destined to become an annual brand rendevous, an ode to the rose.


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A police officer in New Mexico was shot and killed in an exchange of gunfire Friday as he chased a man with a lengthy criminal record, authorities said. The suspect was also killed, according to NBC News.
Officer Clint Corvinus, 33, with the Alamogordo Police Department, died Friday morning after being shot as he and another officer were in a foot pursuit of Joseph Moreno, 38, and Moreno turned and fired at them, Alamogordo Police Chief Daron Syling said during a news conference.
Corvinus and another officer had approached Moreno because he was allegedly acting suspiciously in a residential area of Alamogordo, a town of about 31,000 east of White Sands National Monument, Syling said.
Syling said at some point during the foot pursuit Moreno shot at the officers and at least one officer returned fire. Syling did not say who fired the shots that killed Moreno.
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