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The Msscribe Story, Preface and Chapter One I hope it is all right for me to post this here. I'm afraid it is quite long, but here is the beginning... PREFACE - The primary purpose of this fandom biography, as with any story, is to provide entertainment and amusement for its readers. Msscribe is a fascinating person and I believe that many people will find her eventful fandom life interesting. My secondary purpose is to preserve fandom history that is in danger of being lost -- for instance, I rescued the Fermatojam pages originally captured and posted by anatsuno from Google cache. Msscribe's story includes or touches upon many scandals and conflicts of the past five or six years in a certain sector of the Harry Potter fandom. My third purpose is to try to explain events that were complicated and hard to understand when they happened. I hope this account will provide a coherent explanation and clear up many misconceptions. All posts, comments, and webpages quoted or shown as exhibits in this narrative are public, or were public when they were captured, or else I have explicit permission from the writer of the text to quote them. Much of my narrative is based on downloads from public posts on Msscribe's Live Journal captured on June 6, 2003 by fandom member dianora. Most of those posts are now friends-locked, but they were all public when downloaded. The same is true of the handful of other formerly public/now friends-locked posts that are included here. They were public when they were either downloaded, screencapped, or quoted by a fandom member or captured by Google, the Wayback Machine, or LJ Seek. Msscribe's real-life full name is not mentioned or linked in this account. Occasionally, the narrative includes quotes from friends-locked posts and comments, and emails. All of these are quoted with the permission of the writer of the text quoted. This will always be noted in the text, as well. This story is as complete and accurate as my research skills and my own memory and that of my sources could make it but I realize that there might still be inaccuracies in the story and chronology, and I welcome any corrections and additions you might have. Please leave a comment or send me an email at email@example.com. My goal is to achieve 100% accuracy, and I will edit the text if I receive new information. All speculations and conclusions expressed in the narrative are my own, and are true to the best of my reasoning ability based on the information I have. I owe a huge debt of gratitude to the many people who have generously shared their memories, links, downloads, screencaps, locked posts, emails, IM transcripts, beta suggestions, and encouragement. I must especially thank angua9, dianora, narcissam, and tartanboxers, without whom this fandom biography would not have been possible. CHAPTER ONE - An Unauthorized Fandom Biography The Background To understand the Msscribe story, you have to know a good bit about the Harry Potter fandom before Dionne aka msscribe aka light_music aka delawarean entered it. Feel free to skip any parts you're already familiar with -- this is meant for those who are new to the fandom. Early 2001 -- The Websites Are Founded In the beginning, there was the HP4GU (Harry Potter For Grownups) list on Yahoo (well, it was somewhere else first, then Yahoo). One of the first (of many) disturbances to the peace of HP4GU was the great H/H vs. R/H shipping war, featuring "listmom" Penny Linsenmeyer, Ebony/AngieJ, Cassandra Claire, and Heidi on the Harry/Hermione side (even though Heidi shipped Draco/Hermione, she was loyal to her H/Hr-shipping friends) and Cap'n Kathy/Eleanor Gamgee, Zsenya, Moey, and Firoza on the Ron/Hermione side. The disputes started nice and quickly grew nasty. This was around 2000-2001. In January of 2001, Zsenya and Arabella founded the Sugar Quill website to To a certain extent, FictionAlley was designed to be different from SQ -- where SQ demanded strict adherence to its "canon pairings," FA would welcome all ships; where SQ deleted posts and banned people at the absolute whim of its owners/admins, FA would have an elaborate system of mods, ombudsmen, rules, points deductions, etc. and prided itself on not deleting posts; where SQ interpreted its target audience of 13-and-above fairly strictly and allowed no fics over a PG-13 rating and no teacher/student, incest, chan, or bestiality, FA would interpret the same target audience fairly liberally and allow fics up to a strong R, with teacher/student, incest, chan, and bestiality welcome. Both sites were heavily staffed by HP4GU veterans, and relations between the two sites were... polite but strained. A few months after that, I believe in September 2001, Gryffindor Tower was launched. Unlike SQ and FA, GT was not mainly staffed by HP4GU veterans (though some admins had been members of that list). GT shipped Harry/Ginny, period. It was different from SQ despite supporting the same ships because where SQ said essentially "these ships are going to be canon, and we like them" GT said "we love H/G, and it'll probably be canon but either way, we love it." Also, unlike both SQ and FA, GT archived smutty stories in a separate section behind a password. Relations between SQ and GT were fairly good -- there was no overlap or friendship that I know of between the admin groups, but there was much overlap among the members (not surprising, considering the ships). Due to the preferences of the admins, SQ soon added Remus/Sirius to its approved pairings despite its somewhat questionable canon-likelihood and the site attracted many active and vocal R/S-loving members. Therefore, SQ did not attract many slash-haters. GT, on the other hand, attracted a good number of members who were uncomfortable with the slash and smut that was so prevalent in the fandom, including on FictionAlley. Perhaps this was because the GT site had such an emphasis on the H/G ship that slash wasn't discussed as much (even though the archived fics often had R/S in the background) and because all the smut was safely locked away. This was a bit ironic, because I don't believe most of the GT admins had anything against slash -- some of them wrote it -- and I know they were quite fond of smut, but they allowed the site to become a refuge for some whose sensibilities had been shocked by fandom mores (as long as they loved H/G). Relations between FA and GT were not so good, I think partly because the founders hadn't interacted much on HP4GU and therefore didn't know each other as well as the SQ founders and FA founders knew each other, and partly because some very influential people at FA -- Cassandra Claire, in particular -- HATED the Harry/Ginny ship and said so often and loudly. Which is how the whole thing started... Late 2001 - The Stalking War It was in late November of 2001 that Cassandra Claire decided to give her most hated ship -- Harry/Ginny -- a chance. She asked for people to recommend the best H/G fics, and the one most recommended was Alpha and Omega, by Imogen, who was one of the "Queens" (or admins) of Gryffindor Tower. This is a fic where, briefly, the prophecy says that only a Potter can defeat Voldemort, so Dumbledore gets Harry to marry Ginny and sire a kid before he goes off to fight Voldie. So, basically, a teen pregnancy fic with lots of schmoopy sex at Hogwarts. I tried it, but I couldn't get through it. Well, neither could Cassie -- she was REVOLTED by the teen pregnancy and went around FictionAlley and her own LJ ranting about how horrible, disgusting, disturbing, and puke-inducing this terrible fic was. Here and here are some examples. The admins at GT didn't like this. At all. The ones who didn't like it the most were Imogen and a woman named Chryslin who had written another fic in Imogen's Alpha and Omega universe called (I believe) Deconstructing Harry. Anyway, there was turmoil, flame wars, angry emails, etc. Chryslin had a husband named Jeff, and Jeff, bristling in defense of his wife, her friends, and their beloved ship, sent Cassandra Claire and a teenaged girl named Emily some exceedingly nasty emails. To Cassandra Claire, I understand that he claimed that he knew her real name, knew where she lived, etc., with a definite implication that he might Do Her Harm. Cassandra Claire, not surprisingly, contacted the police, while her legal advisor Heidi and technical advisors such as Stacey (phatphatkitty) from FA worked diligently tracing IP's, etc., to try to identify who this nasty e-mailing threatening stalker was. One of the avenues Heidi pursued was to contact the SQ admins. I should tell you that in an attempt at "fandom unity," representatives from FA (Heidi, Cassandra Claire, and a girl named Ashley) and SQ (Arabella, Moey, Moey's husband, and GinnyPotter) had had a polite, stilted lunch together in New York City. At that lunch, Cassandra Claire had revealed her real first name, something that she apparently rarely did. Jeff used Cassandra Claire's real first name in some of his communications, so Heidi initially charged that the SQ admins must have told him Cassie's name -- a charge they vehemently denied. Using this as pressure, Heidi requested help from SQ in confirming Jeff's IP and also requested that they make a statement about the stalking on their website. Reluctant to be dragged into the mess, but agreeing that Jeff's letters were truly disturbing, the SQ admins made the statement, and confirmed an IP from Jeff's or Chryslin's posts at SQ. SQ also removed Chryslin's fic from their archive at this time. After this, Heidi and Cassie, I believe also in communication with the police, contacted GT and Jeff with their demands. These included that Jeff stay away from the HP fandom completely, and that Chryslin be removed as a GT admin so that her husband wouldn't have access to her admin powers on their home computer. My understanding is that Jeff agreed to the terms fairly quickly in return for Cassandra Claire's agreement not to press charges against him, but that GT resisted, first calling the IP evidence into question and doubting Jeff's guilt, and then not wanting to remove Chryslin as an admin, since she actually owned part of the site, and offering instead to block her home computer and allow her admin access only on her work computer account. However, I believe that at this juncture Chryslin decided to leave the fandom and the point became moot. Here is Cassandra Claire's "official statement" on the event. She also discussed the matter in her next four posts. I don't believe the GTers ever released their version of the events, but here is a very brief description from GT admin ladymaidmarian, years later: Imogen... was attacked, harassed, ridiculed and blackmailed by the upper crust of YOUR ship community. As a result of all these events, relations between SQ and GT grew cooler, relations between FA and SQ remained about the same, and relations between FA and GT were damaged beyond repair. Heidi and Cassandra Claire and their many friends now hated GT and its admins with an understandably virulent hatred, and the feeling was fully returned. Being publicly (and, in their view, unfairly) disgraced for harboring a stalker was the last straw for the GT admins and they became isolationists, vowing to enjoy their pairing in peace and not interact with the rest of the fandom -- or at least any part of the fandom that contained Heidi and Cassie. Somewhat amusingly, Heidi and Cassandra Claire's circle at FA fed their anger into increased and oft-expressed hatred of the Harry/Ginny ship, and the GT admins fed theirs into increased and oft-expressed hatred of Draco Malfoy, a favorite character of both Heidi's and Cassie's. Each side deeply resented the other side's attitude. Both sides expressed their mutual loathing in a number of public, private, and semi-concealed ways too numerous and ridiculous to detail here. It was now December of 2001, The Fellowship of the Ring movie had just come out, and Cassandra Claire was becoming famous thoughout all the internets for her Very Secret Diaries. 2002 - The Uneasy Peace Time passed. The fandom grew like crazy. FA, SQ, and GT all flourished, but FA flourished the most. Everyone started keeping LJs. Cassandra Claire lost interest in H/Hr and befriended the Intellislashers. Fandom Wank got started. Nimbus got planned. The Aja/Ivy conflicts began. And every little fandom newbie who joined FictionAlley wanted to be part of the "Inner Circle" -- the legendary group of friends and FictionAlley mods who supposedly ran everything, decided what was in and what was out, and got to be PERSONAL FRIENDS with the coolest of the cool, the famousest of the famous, the bestest of the best -- Cassandra Claire. It's hard for you kids today to realize how big Cassandra Claire was back then. I'm telling you, she was BIG. Way, way bigger than any BNF could possibly be now. Colossal. |
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Played in 65 matches … named Southern Conference Men's Tennis Player of the Year for second time in his career … first-team All-Conference selection in both singles and doubles … went 19-10 overall in singles play, including an undefeated conference season with a match record of 10-0 … went 16-10 overall in doubles action with partner Ahmet Sarioglu … finished the season with a conference record of 7-3 in doubles matches.
Junior (2010-11)
Was a first-team All-Southern Conference performer in singles for the third straight year … took first-team doubles honors for the second straight season … was a two-time SoCon Player of the Week during the season, taking the award on March 9 and 22 … went 20-11 overall in singles and 12-9 in dual play, all at No. 1 … was 6-4 in SoCon action … entered the spring season ranked 11th in the region … won the Flight A1 singles title at the UNCG Men's Tennis Fall Invitational … went 12-15 in doubles with an 8-13 dual mark, all at No. 1 … was 6-4 in SoCon doubles play with Timion Meijs.
Sophomore (2009-10)
First-team All-Southern Conference in singles for the second straight season … also first team in doubles for the first time … set a school record for singles wins with a 28-6 mark on the season … was 19-3 in dual action, all at No. 1 … went 9-1 in conference play … won 16 straight matches after dropping his first singles bout of the spring … picked 19 of his 28 wins in straight sets … was 17-10 in doubles action with a 15-7 dual mark, playing every match but one with Arsel Kumdereli … played entirely at No. 1 and went 6-4 in SoCon play.
Freshman (2008-09)
Was named the Southern Conference Player of the Year and Freshman of the Year, becoming the first student-athlete to sweep the awards since the Freshman of the Year award was established in 1992 ... was named the SoCon Player of the Week on March 31 and April 14 ... was the SoCon Player of the Month for April ... went 25-5 overall at No. 1 singles and 22-3 in the spring, including a 9-1 mark in the SoCon ... Of his 25 singles wins, 18 of them came in straight sets ... won 14 straight singles matches from March 6 to April 12 ... beat one ranked opponent, dropping No. 116 Andy Juc of Furman on April 5 ... went 18-8 at No. 1 doubles with a 15-7 mark in dual matches.
Prior to UNCG
Was a member of the Turkish National Team at the under-14, under-16 and under-18 levels, participating in the European Summer Cups ... attended Ozel Aksam Lisesi for his high school level education ... played for T.E.D. Club Istanbul for 11 years.
Orcun Seyrek ... born June 29, 1988, in Istanbul, Turkey ... son of Nihat and Aylin Seyrek ... majoring in international business.


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It hurts to know that an artist like yourself could be taken from the world cycling community before your time. Please take care and get better.
Michael, Brighton, MA
Dario, Words do not do justice to the inspiration you & your work provide. Thank you for your vision, thank you for your art, thank you for your bicycles, thank you for being you.
Bob Ross, New York, NY (USA)
Our best wishes and prayers are with you. I thoroughly enjoy my Pegoretti Duende. It's a dream bike.
Tom Hobby, Fort Davis, Texas
Hi Dario, I saw some your frames in person today for the first time, at a local bike shop (International Bicycle Center, Newton, MA, USA). Absolutely stunning. They were sitting among a display of other high end bikes-- Colnago, Cervelo, Merckx, etc-- and the personal touch, blood, sweat, & tears evident in the craftsmanship & the paint really made them stand out, even amongst that company. Best wishes and hope you are in good health.
Geoff Nosker, Boston, MA
Hi Dario,I've admired your beautiful bikes & artwork for years & finally, at nearly 60 years old & a lifetime of cycling behind me & nothing left to prove,(well-not much- the odd sprint perhaps :-) I'm going into Mosquito bikes to order a Marcelo. I cant imagine anything better than sitting at a cafe table on a Sunday morning admiring your bike, twinkling in the sun,having done a gentle 50 with my old mates, perfect.... All mine & my families best wishes go out to you...
Jon Mousley, Evesham
Dario, I discovered cycling late in life (age 48), but when I did I fell in love. Your amazing bikes help me dream.
Greg Broer, Houston, TX
Saluti Dario, Sono molto dispiaciuto di sentire che si sono ammalate. Vi auguro di avere presto meglio in modo da poter continuare a fare il vostro bel biciclette. Sei un artista e di creare la più magnifica macchine nel mondo. Guido la mia Fina Estampa ogni domenica. Gli itinerari sono i momenti più divertenti della mia vita. Dopo ogni giro ho detto, "Grazie Dario." Judy Lazzerini, Età 59. Tallahassee, Florida, USA
Judy Lazzerini, Tallahassee, Florida
Hi Dario, or Senor Pegoretti, Thanks so much for the masterpiece that is the Marcelo (Why Not Blue) you built for me. It is truly a masterpiece of form, and function and gets me excited everytime I ride and look at it. Get well and please continue to create the beauty that is Pegoretti cycles.
Rich Weston, Chicago, IL USA
Gday Dario, I was told I have Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma on 01/2007, I had 4 months of chemo, and now are in remission. :-) You will have good and bad days, but you will get through the otherside. Live slow,ride fast. Carlo
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The wait is over, the exam results are in. But a string of A-grades alone is not a passport to a great job. Your CV has to stand out from the crowd. The way you describe your work experience could be the clincher in convincing a recruiter to move your application to the top of a very large pile. Survey results published earlier this year by High Fliers Research, specialists in the graduate recruitment market, showed that work placements or internships while at university are as important as a good degree. "New graduates who've not had any work experience at all during the
Undergraduates who spend their days lurking in the library in pursuit of first-class degrees may have more to regret than their pallid skin and lack of friends. They may also struggle to get a job, according to Lord Winston. The scientist and TV presenter told a group of pupils from Clapton Girls Academy that he deliberately did not employ people who had been awarded a first. "I know many scientists who are amazingly stupid," the professor said. "And in my laboratory I have appointed scientists on the whole that didn't get first-class honours degrees, deliberately, qui
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New Compound For Food Hoses Prevents Accelerated Wear
Trelleborg Industrial Hose launched a new compound for food hoses that prevents the accelerated wear usually associated with static dissipation when transferring powdered foodstuffs.
Trelleborg Industrial Hose can offer a white food grade compound that is conductive enough to dissipate static electrical charges according to ISO 8031 while meeting the requirements of FDA 21 CFR 177.2600.
The common black hoses used for non-food powders are conductive and can therefore dissipate electrical charges effectively along their structure or to the ground. However, white rubber is usually preferred for transfer of food products and to meet food regulations, such as those of the Food Directives Agency (FDA) in the US, there are strict limitations on the type of ingredients used in rubber compounds. Most of those that usually make rubber conductive are restricted for use in contact with food stuffs. This means that the life of white hoses transferring food stuffs is significantly lowered.
The new white rubber compound from Trelleborg Industrial Hose is conductive enough to dissipate static electrical charges according to ISO 8031 while meeting the requirements of FDA 21 CFR 177.2600. It is proven to give extended life in powdered food processing applications.
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Hi could any one tell how to convert a c file into an executable file ?
Also I have designed a simple screen saver in C ..How can I convert it into a setup program(to install on a windows based computer).Like any other setup program.
Go4Expert Founder
13Jul2009,17:53 | #2 |
Compiling the source code would generate an executable file in Windows. Which compiler you are using?
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13Jul2009,18:06 | #3 |
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13Jul2009,19:20 | #4 |
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13Jul2009,22:17 | #5 |
Yes that is true but it is irrelevant to the question I asked.My friend if you read my first post again I have clearly mentioned
that --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- How can I convert it into a setup program(to install on a windows based computer).Like any other setup program. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I merely replied to the question you asked that 'what compiler I was using' I never said that I am trying to have an exe file for linux. Anyway let me re phrase my question I have a C program (maybe a screen saver) and I want to make a setup for it so that it can be distributed and installed ON A WINDOWS BOX.Can any one tell me how to go about it. Also I have programmed in C on windows long time back on something called 'Turbo C' .Not sure if that was the compiler name that you expected. Does it also produce an exe file when you compile a c program.Thanks |
14Jul2009,00:51 | #6 |
A compiler creates an object file, and a linker creates an executable.
The Visual Studio compilers and SDK can be downloaded for free from the Microsoft web site (Visual Studio IDE itself is a premium product that you have to pay for) If you don't want that then there are free compilers for Windows, MinGW being one. I don't know anything about setup programs but if you search MSDN for "msi" (the install set extension) that should take you to some relevant pages. Also I don't know if there are any cross compilers that run on Linux to generate programs that run on Windows, cos that's what you're asking for. Probably best to develop Windows programs on a Windows machine. |
Go4Expert Founder
14Jul2009,09:22 | #7 |
You are asking how to goto step2 when you have a big issue with step1.
If you have an exe I can tell you how to make an installer but unless you have an exe it would be of no help. |
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14Jul2009,10:28 | #8 |
Ok so the problem now is that I have a running program on windows box( that is not the problem actually) so how do I go about getting an .exe file.When I compile it on windows the output file is it an object or exe file ?
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14Jul2009,10:32 | #9 |
While we are at it could any one tell ,When we compile a C program on windows and on Linux is there any difference between the output files produced after compilation ?
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14Jul2009,10:35 | #10 |
The output files produced are such that they work on the compiled system. By compiling I meant complete compile / linking and producing output files.


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That fight and three other tournament bouts initially aired on FOX Sports Net.
Curran entered the fight with a 9-3 record and the clear fan favorite. The Chicago-area fighter, who's a cousin of UFC and Strikeforce veteran Jeff Curran, faced in Mike Ricci, a fast-rising prospect who trains with UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre. He put his 5-0 record on the line while looking to advance to the tournaments semifinal round.
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Dr. Frank going YA
Reading Frank Portman's debut started out as a school assignment, or rather a writing master class assignment (Finding and Revising your protagonist's voice in YA literature) and with prescribed books - remember high school! - one tends to be a tad cautious.
But within a page Frank Portman had us throw caution to the winds. He proved beyond any doubt that he didn't need that master class: his protagonist's voice was catchy as hell and King Dork turned out to be a genuine treat. It made us very curious about Frank Portman's own voice, though. So we at Booktunes listened to some of his Mr. T Experience tracks and, boldly but virtually, set out to California to pose him some questions.
Booktunes: You are the main man of The Mr. T Experience, with a long track record of song writing. 'King Dork' is one of those songs. When and how did you realize that he had more to tell us than just that song?
Frank Portman: The idea of writing a novel was suggested to me by an agent, and encouraged by an editor that he introduced me to. Up to that point, I'd never imagined writing anything other than songs, though I did take being a songwriter rather seriously and had ambitions to do more and more with that. The editor suggested I use a song as a starting point, which is what I did. So it was only after being nudged and directed that I started to think about the question: if the narrator of this song were to narrate a novel, what would it be like? And it developed from there.
BT: Tom Henderson, King Dork's protagonist, is a retro guy. He is heavily into seventies music. Why seventies music, why these melodic rock bands?
FP: Pop-culture references, particularly those relating to music, can be quite a tricky thing in a novel. Up-to date references are essentially impossible, as these things change so quickly, and on top of that, your book doesn't come out till a couple of years after you write it anyway. Moreover, as a reader I have usually found music references, particularly when they are intended as an important means to flesh out a character, to be awkward and unconvincing, and frankly, pretty irritating.
That's why I decided to keep the references "classic". I wanted people to be able to read the book two years after it was written, and then ten years later, and still get it, and not think something like "wait, what's a Vampire Weekend and a Deathcab for Cutie?"
As the writing progressed, I found it helped with the characterization a lot more than expected. The retro enthusiasm is one of Tom's ways of distancing himself from his peers, and, in effect, of imagining and mentally living in a better world, where he is not at such a disadvantage.
I've been challenged on that approach repeatedly, by people who claim that there's no way a teenager, in 1999 when the novel is set, or indeed at any time, would have such enthusiasm or knowledge for music that was fifteen to twenty years old. This attitude has always mystified me, because that is precisely what music geeks have done since music geekery was first invented. The last thing guys like Tom Henderson are interested in is the "latest thing." Anyway, I was recently at a family party for my teenaged nephew and if you were to judge solely by the T-shirts worn by all his friends, you'd have to assume the latest thing was AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, KISS, and Blue Oyster Cult. Not Vampire Weekend or whatever. Some things really never change.
BT: Tom rates Sweet the second-best rock & roll band of all times, even though they made the first-greatest album of all times (Desolation Boulevard) and the all-time greatest song ('Fox on the Run'). What has The Who to top that? And do you agree with your protagonist on this?
FP: I've never personally made that kind of list, but yeah, I love the Who and the Sweet. As for the Who, it is really hard to beat the paradigm of hyper-intelligent guy with little more than a guitar who finds it difficult to explain stuff, and it shouldn't be much of a surprise that it appeals to a person like Tom Henderson.
BT: When Tom cycles home after his first blow-job he voices his joy by singing typical bubblegum tunes (and, of course, 'Fox on the Run', which is kind of bubblegummy, too). Why bubblegum?
FP: Tom explains his reasons for liking Bubblegum straightforwardly, but the unacknowledged subtext is that in his mind he is challenging what he sees as the views of "normal" people, choosing to champion something he imagines they know nothing about, and would scoff at if they encountered it.
BT: To me the music, the lyrics, and some memorable band performances add an extra tone to Tom's voice. To what extent did the music influence you while writing King Dork?
FP: A lot of people assume that Tom's tastes are the same ones I had when I was 14, but that's really not the case. (Much of that stuff, retro for him, was indeed current when I was a kid, so of course I shied away from it, hated the people who liked it, cultivated my own obscure contrarian enthusiasms, etc.) I actually made a big playlist of Tom Henderson songs and listened to it constantly, especially while editing, to get in the right mood, and it really did help.
BT: 'King Dork' was a song you already recorded with MTX. In the book you let Tom write his first songs, songs you later recorded, too (we will add a playlist for those songs to booktunes as well). How was it to write songs as Tom Henderson? Was there a difference in writing compared to your usual songwriting?
FP: Well, it was a great deal of fun. "Thinking of Suicide" is the one I couldn't really have written "as myself", I suppose. I'm really quite fond of "Still not Done Loving You, Mama".
BT: Tom comes up with some of the most hilarious band names and album names. They often reflect Tom's moods. Is that something you did yourself when you were Tom's age?
FP: Yes, I spent a great deal of time and energy on imaginary "notebook bands." I think it is a pretty common, if not universal activity, and I was surprised to discover it hadn't been explored in a novel before - at least, as far as I know it hadn't. I even went so far as to make gig flyers for imaginary bands. I even posted them sometimes, which was good practice for when I had a less imaginary band later on.
BT: Your second novel, Andromeda Klein, features a partial deaf protagonist. A silent book?
FP: I think of Andromeda Klein's deafness as a way of dramatizing and heightening the confusion of facing the world and demonstrating that we all have a secret personal language that others can't fully understand.
BT: You are working on a sequel to King Dork. Will Tom Henderson be older in this sequel, and will his musical preferences evolve with him?
FP: King Dork, Approximately picks up pretty much exactly where King Dork left off. As for music, yeah, he discovers some new interests.
BT: Writing is a time-consuming profession. Do you still have time for MTX and MTX-gigs?
FP: The band has been inactive. Partly that is because it is kind of difficult to do both things at the same time. There's not a lot of money in rock and roll these days (and you'd be shocked at how low my standards for "a lot" are) and writing is definitely the better gig. I do have plans for more rock and roll activity in the future, though, to the degree that I can figure out a way to afford it.
BT: Could you raise the veil on what we should listen to while waiting for King Dork, Approximately?
FP: Mott the Hoople, Can, the Crazy World of Arthur Brown, the Easybeats, Bruce Haack, the Suicide Commandos, Nazareth, Girlschool, Tank, Savage, Sparks.
BT: Thanks Frank, we will have a listen!
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1 Cost Recovery Levies
The variations from the initial 2007/2008 Budget Night (Main) Estimates to Supplementary Estimates were due to:
This comprises balances of the Crown bank accounts managed by the Ministry of Fisheries on the Crown's behalf pursuant to section 4 of the Public Finance Act 1989.
These balances represent funds drawn down from the New Zealand Debt Management Office at the Treasury for payments to be made on behalf of the Crown but not yet paid, revenue receipts not yet transferred to the Crown and GST payable to the Department of Inland Revenue on revenue invoiced on behalf of the Crown.
Trade debtors are generally on 30 day terms.
As at 30 June 2008 and 2007 all debtors have been assessed for impairment and appropriate provisions applied, as detailed below:
Past due 0 – 12 months
The provision for doubtful debts has been calculated based on forecast losses for the Crown's pool of debtors. Forecast losses have been determined based on a review of specific debtors.
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Creditors and other payables are non-interest bearing and are normally settled on 30 day terms, therefore the carrying value of creditors and other payables approximates their fair value.
Section 265 of the Fisheries Act 1996 creates a mandatory obligation on the Minister of Fisheries to have regard to under and over recovery of costs of any conservation service or fisheries service in a previous financial year when recommending a cost recovery levy order for a current/ future year.
This provision reflects the balance of the net over and under recovery of cost recovery levies for the period 1 October 1995 to 30 June 2008 to be applied against future cost recovery levy orders.
The Mäori Commercial Aquaculture Claims Settlement Act 2004 provides for a full and final settlement of Mäori claims to commercial aquaculture since 21 September 1992. It requires iwi to be provided with 20% of all new aquaculture space created through the establishment of Aquaculture Management Areas ("AMAs') after 1 January 2005. It also establishes the Crown's obligation to provide iwi with the equivalent of 20% of the aquaculture space created between 21 September 1992 and 1 January 2005. If the settlement cannot be achieved through a transfer of "space," then it must be resolved through a financial transfer to iwi.
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Anson High hosted its final home game and senior night on Feb. 8, facing the Porter Ridge Pirates in four games. The first three games, both girl's teams and the boy's JV team, brought bitter defeats, but the boy's varsity team pulled through for a narrow 72-70 victory.
Girl's JV
The girls JV team fell behind in their game fairly early on but never gave up, playing hard until the end. At the end of the third quarter they slipped behind to a discouraging 12-20 but kept on, gaining six more points in the fourth quarter. The Pirates pushed on, as well, quickly going from 20 to 33 pints by the end of the quarter, leaving the Bearcats with a disappointing 18-33 loss.
Boy's JV
The boys JV team was neck-to-neck with the Pirates for most of the first quarter, narrowly falling behind at the end 12-14. The Bearcats scored the first points of the second quarter, bringing the score to an even 14-14. Though they soon fell behind, the Bearcats redoubled their efforts, quickly passing the Pirates 28-22. They stayed ahead for most of the third quarter, leaving the crowd hopeful, but the Pirates pulled ahead and took the game, leaving the Bearcats a 51-58 loss.
Girls varsity
The girl's varsity team also started out neck-and-neck with the Pirates but slipped behind in the first quarter. The trend worsened in the second quarter, which ended 9-22 in the Pirates' favor.
The AHS varsity and JV cheerleaders, combined with the Anson Middle School chearleaders, took the floor for halftime. Despite technical difficulties resulting in a screech in lieu of their expected music, the girls gamely went on with their routine and continued to perform for the crowd.
The Bearcats came back for a third quarter but only gained four points in the quarter compared to the Pirates' 11, bringing the score to 13-35, Pirates. After a brief delay when the ball was stuck on top of the backboard, the girls opened the fourth quarter but quickly fell behind further, leaving AHS with their third disappointing defeat of the evening when the Pirates took the game, 24-47.
Between varsity games, senior chearleaders and basketball players were recognized and presented to the crowd.
Boys varsity
The boy's varsity team opened the final game of the evening, blasting through the first quarter. They had 13 points when the Pirates, with 4:33 on the clock, scored their first two. Both sides continued to gain but the Bearcats maintained their lead, ending the first quarter 24-15. The trend continuted in the second quarter, which ended in a close 38-35.
Wadesboro Elementary School cheerleaders performed for the halftime show. The AHS and some AMS cheerleaders also performed with a repeat of their earlier performance.
Crowd spirits were high as the third quarter opened. The Bearcats barely stayed ahead and finally slipped behind 51-57, Pirates. Although they continued to trail the Pirates through the first part of the fourth quarter they pulled ahead and stayed neck-and-neck for most of the remainder of the quarter. With seconds left on the clock, the score was 70-70; the Bearcats scored again, bringing the score to 72-70. With three seconds left on the clock and crowd spirits soaring, the Bearcats weren't about to give up their lead. With a 72-70 win, the Bearcats blew the Pirates right out of the water.
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"Last night was senior night (our last home game), so it was an emotional win for three of our players, Bunyon Tyson (G), Stephen Minter (F), and Darren Murray (G)," Steve Beaty, JV coach and varisty assistant, said via email. "We were able to hold on for a dramatic 72-70 victory, thanks to a big steal in the final moments by Will Smith (Jr. G). The game was back and forth, with a number of lead changes and runs.
"As far as a game MVP went, Will Smith played excellent defense all night," Beaty continued. "[He] also contributed over 15 points (he had 5 threes, and I believe a few more points, and Bunyon Tyson (Sr. G), collected a triple double in his last home game. He scored 14 points, grabbed 10 rebounds, and had 11 assists.
"Other important contributors: Darren Murray (Sr. G) came up big with 4 huge threes at critical points in the game," Beaty said. "Stephen Minter (Sr. F) scored in double digits, and also was around double-digits in rebounds. Likewise, sophomore F Devonta Teal battled all night, leading the Bearcats in rebounds and providing a scoring presence in the paint all night. He and Will Smith's hustle on both ends helped keep the team up all night.
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NARA debuts "The Sailor and the Seagull" at Beijing film festival
This week, NARA will be premiering a film halfway across the globe in Beijing, China, for the International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF). Our film preservation lab will be represented by Supervisory Motion Picture Preservation Specialist Criss Kovac. "We rejoined FIAF last spring, and it's required for us to send a member to the conference each spring," [...]
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