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Liz Leggett's paintings and drawings range from abstract and representational to the space in-between, where forms and images are suggested but left open for a multitude of interpretations and meanings. Utilizing vibrant colors, expressionist mark making and a material application that is both haphazard and controlled, her technical practice is open to material accidents. The paint is encouraged to move and fall where it may within its own physical nature to allow for spontaneous form to take shape. These areas may then be refined to develop the picture's subject and composition. This play between a painting's abstraction and recognizability is of particular interest to Liz. It is this open-ended space that can reveal a range of impressions, emotions and sensibilities that extend meaning to a broad audience.
Liz's work has been exhibited nationally and internationally and she has participated in artist-in-residence programs in Israel, Spain, The Pyrenees Mountains, Saratoga Springs and most recently at Weir Farm in Wilton, Connecticut. She received her BS in Studio Art from Skidmore College and MFA at the Maine College of Art. Liz has been a guest lecturer, participated on discussion panels, taught painting and has received awards and grants for her work. She lives with her husband and two sons in Westport, Connecticut.
Bachelor of Science
Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY, 1994
Studio Art Major, Art History Minor
concentration in painting & drawing
Master of Fine Art
Maine College of Art, Portland, ME, 2006
concentration in painting, drawing & critical theory
Silvermine Guild of Artists
New Canaan, CT, Inducted 2018
Artist Residencies
Weir Farm, Wilton, CT, 2012 & 2017
Baie St. Marie, Nova Scotia, Canada, 2016
Fundación Valparaiso, Almería, Spain, 2004
Centre d'Art i Natura, Catalunya, Spain, 2003
Summer Six, Saratoga Springs, NY, 2001, 2003
Arad Arts Project, Arad, Israel, 1997-1998
Selected Solo & Group Exhibitions
Head Over Heels, Newton Roux Gallery, Westport, CT 2018
Wearable Books Invitational, One Main Street, Westport, Ct 2018
Remixer, Sconset Square Gallery, Westport, CT, 2018
Reveries, Collective Downtown Gallery, Westport, CT, 2018
Chromatic, Maritime Garage Gallery, Norwalk, CT, 2017
Pop-Up Invitational Exhibition, Westport Arts Center, Westport, CT, 2016
Dreamscapes, Westport Arts Center, Westport, CT, 2015 Savor,
The Beechwood-Blue Gallery at Blue Lemon, Westport, CT, 2015
Perception Illusion MAGIC, Westport Art Center, Westport, CT, 2014
Abstractions - Large and Small, Soprafina Gallery, Boston, MA, 2008
The Panorama Project, Jonathan Levine Gallery, New York, NY, 2008
Flavor Savers, Ansonia Windows, New York, NY, 2008
Silent Auction Invitational Exhibition, New Jersey Center for the Arts, Summit, NJ, 2007 & 2008
The Pathos of Ecstasy, Martin Art Gallery, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA, 2007
East Coast Painters, Brian Marki Gallery, Portland, OR, 2007
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME, 2007
Quinta Essentia: Three Abstract Painters, Borowicz Gallery, South Dartmouth, MA, 2007
The Artists of Jackson Heights, Krasdale Gallery, White Plains, NY, 2007
Artist Viewing Program, The Drawing Center, New York, NY, 2007
Small World, Aidan Savoy Gallery, New York, NY New, 2005
Abstract Painters, Soprafina Gallery, Boston, MA, 2005
Abre Tus Ojos, Aidan Savoy Gallery, New York, NY, 2004
New York, New York, Aidan Savoy Gallery, New York, NY, 2004
Invitational Alumni Exhibition, Tang Museum, Saratoga Springs, NY, 2004
International Survey, CURB Gallery, New York, NY, 2003
New Paintings, 55 Mercer Gallery, New York, NY, 2003
Women Painters - A Survey, Pratt Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, 2003
Collective, 69a Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2003
International Painters, Horton Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, 2003
Queens Emerging Artist Exhibition, AQA Gallery, Forest Hills, NY, 2003
Awards, Distinctions & Experience
Lecturer, Summer Six, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY, 2006
Scholarship Recipient, Albert Murray Arts Educational Fund, Adamsville, Ohio, 2004-2006
Scholarship Recipient, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME, 2004-2006
Teaching Assistant, Summer Six, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY, 2003
Recipient, NYC Emerging Artist Award, Forest Hills, NY, 2002
Recipient, Best Auction Catalogue Award, Numismatic Literary Guild, New York, NY, 2002
Volunteer Artist, Free Arts for Abused Children, New York, NY, 2000-2005
Recipient, Extraordinary Merit Award, Numismatic Literary Guild, New York, NY, 2000
Artist's Assistant, Dennis Oppenheim, New York, NY, 1994-1995
Gallery Director, Case Center Art Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY, 1992-1994
Photography Professor's Assistant, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY, 1992-1994


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Tuesday, March 9, 2010
You Know I've Never Seen Any of These People Before
Enter "10 Minute Solutions: Blast Off Belly Fat"
It has five workouts, all 10 minutes each, all designed to target your abs. One of them is done entirely standing up. One is Pilates. One started off with a position I literally could NOT do, so I skipped it. But I did the "Belly Fat Blaster", which had me sweating from head to toe. Then I watched "How I Met Your Mother", and then I did "Pilates Perfect". Both were a great workout, both were over in 10 minutes. I love that! 10 minutes! I can handle 10 minutes here and 10 minutes there. I cannot handle 30 minutes. I get SO BORED. Anyway, I'm sore in places today, which is a good sign. I loved the trainer and although I am uncoordinated enough it took me a minute to catch on to how a few of the exercises should be done, I was able to get it eventually. It was one of those workouts that made me feel immediately thinner and healthier, and that's always a good thing.
I love that skirt. I found it at Target when spending my birthday gift cards. It is not too short and not too long. It is just right. I feel like Goldilocks. I have so much trouble finding skirts that are the right length on me.
And that's another tie dyed tee. Last one, I promise. I just really liked them, had gift cards to spend and they were so cheap! These were $9.99.
So…I bought this necklace from the Gossip Girl online store. They sell items the actors wear on the show. This necklace was worn by Serena. It's not showing up anymore, but a $175 double strand version is! Sorry. I had been looking for something similar for a while in my price range and hadn't had any luck. And then I found this one and I think it was all of $20 something bucks. I don't remember, it was a long time ago. After all that time spent trying to find something similar, I couldn't seem to style it. I've had it for MONTHS and worn it maybe twice. It's strange. I do really like though!
Tee, Target men's department, altered by me (recent)
Skirt, Target (recent)
Tights, ?
Boots, Steve Madden
Earrings, Target
Necklace, The CW Store
Cuff, Vintage, gift from Mikal
10 comments:
- futurelint said...
I love this tie-dye, it reminds me of a thunderstorm... I like how it's more subtle. Yeah, I have a few short ab videos I need to get back in the habit of doing... I pretty much just go running 3 days a week, but I need to do some ab and arm stuff, I just hate it! I can handle 10 mins though, maybe I'll try this one!
- March 9, 2010 at 11:13 AM
- jesse.anne.o said...
I also hate exercise. I failed gym in high school.
I love this necklace.
- March 9, 2010 at 12:11 PM
- Linda said...
OMG! Tell me about it. I absolutely HATE I repeat HATE working out. But it's something I need to get into the habit of doing often so I can make myself like it. I do like bike ridingm so I will try to take that up again in the summer. I like being outside, as long as it isn't too hot or too cold and as long as there is NO precipitation. My body is just not made to be super thin, I am convinced, it would be really really difficult for me to lose 20 pounds...but I am trying anyway.
- March 9, 2010 at 12:27 PM
- Kasmira said...
Thanks for the workout reco! I'll check it out. (I teach a 15 min abs class once a week and am always looking for inspiration!)
Love the skirt. It is perfect on you.
But I love the necklace even more. I've wanted one like that for-EVER!
- March 9, 2010 at 2:59 PM
Workouts sucks however tie-dyed tees are fun! Lovin' the look my friend!
- March 9, 2010 at 7:59 PM
- BAM said...
haha, my 10minute workout tape is my favorite one for the same reason. Its over so quickly!!
- March 9, 2010 at 9:15 PM
- haute hardware said...
Oh man, I can't decide if knowing about that GG shopping site is a good or bad thing for me. :/ Your necklace is really cute, and I'm liking those tie dye tees. Have you seen any of the Norma Kamali for W-M tie dye stuff? Yes, I'm on a W-M kick right now.
- March 9, 2010 at 10:03 PM
- Alannah said...
Ahh I didn't know you had a necklace like that! I didn't see it on GG but I saw it on the UO catalog and waited for it to go on sale... it was still more than I wanted to pay but I bought it anyway (it's the double-strand kind). I have a hard time wearing it too, but I love it! Yours looks great with that shirt. I really love the whole outfit together. <3
- March 10, 2010 at 10:40 AM
- Clare said...
That necklace is RAD!
- March 14, 2010 at 10:32 AM
- Tina said...
I've got a couple different 10 minutes workout DVDs if you want to borrow them some time.
- March 18, 2010 at 7:13 AM

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Ankon Mitra believes that folding is the cornerstone of existence, whether in nature, architecture, the paper craft of origami, or life itself. The Co-Founder/Director (Landscape) of New Delhi-based Hexagramm is as much an architect and landscape designer as an origami artist, and he blends these multiple roles into a hugely satisfying professional journey.
"Origami and folding is all around us. – he says. The Himalayas are 'young-fold' mountains, formed by the tectonic friction between the Indian and Eurasian plates. Sound and light reach our ears and eyes respectively by folding through space – what we call waves. You and I are born from processes of folding – DNA and protein structures must fold in specific and exact sequences to make us possible."
Currently his studio is busy finalizing drawings for Yum Yum Cha at Khan Market, the third in the chain of origami-themed Pan-Asian Restaurants in Delhi, envisioned by the restaurateurs Varun and Prathna Tuli. Side-by-side Ankon runs the Oritecture initiative (Origami + Architecture) to document his workshops, research and explorations. The facebook page has over 2,100 likes and this community of origami enthusiasts is ever-growing. His long term goal is to open an Origami School or Multidisciplinary Polytechnic that immerses its students into the multi-faceted applications of origami in design, architecture, biology, medicine, engineering, art, physics, space-science and robotics.
"From the first origami session at the flower shop where I folded paper flowers and leaves, to a membership of the British Origami Society and Origami USA, it has been a momentous journey with many folds, – he recalls. "From tessellations in copier paper to tessellations in sheet brass, from magic balls the size of my palms to a proposal for a private airport roof inspired by origami (at Shimoga, in Karnataka), from early experiments in curve-folding in cardboard to an entire array of curve-fold installations in powder-coated metal at the prestigious St. Regis Hotel and Spa in the Maldives, from my first lecture-demonstration at my alma-mater to the TEDx talk last year, the learning curves in the journey have been breathtaking and the support from friends and family ever humbling."
Ankon believes, that "we may have foldable and flat-packable boats in the future (prototypes already exist) and foldable wings which we can simply attach to our bodies and then fly off into the sky. We might solve the low cost housing paradigm with affordable, foldable and flat-packable housing modules. The possibilities are endless. Origami is endless."
Read this story in POOL 77.
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Minnesota's Courageous Pioneers - A Mild Bias
In an age of heated car seats, snowblowers and weather alerts beeping on our smartphones, it's hard to comprehend what Minnesota pioneers endured in the 1800s.
Weather conditions were swapped on postcards via the U.S. mail. There was no Doppler, no satellites, no NOAA. Locals had no idea what was coming - how bad it might be.
Our ancestors feared tornadoes and blizzards, but what really put the fear of God into them was wildfires. Homeowners would soak burlap and hide in their basements, or seek refuge in the nearest lake until the flames blew over.
The fires gripping the Bay Area may be the worst on record. Due to a warmer, drier climate, fire season in California is 2 1/2 months longer than it was 40 years ago.
Today looks dry, but a cold frontal passage squeezes out showers Saturday. Sunday looks jacket-worthy but drier, with peeks of sun.
A touch of September returns next week with 60s likely, even a few days above 70F late next week.
A La Nina Watch is posted. In spite of a long-term warming trend we should, at least in theory, have a colder than normal winter. Confidence levels are (very) low - place your bets.
Photo credit above: Temblor.net.
Fall Color Update. Colors are peaking from the northern suburbs into the Brainerd and Alexandria Lakes area - peak color may be 7-10 days away for southeastern Minnesota. Map credit: Minnesota DNR.
Stick Around for Next Week. The upcoming weekend won't be anything to write home about, but next week should be memorable with a streak of 60s; even some 70s late next week, according to ECMWF guidance for the Twin Cities. Graphic: WeatherBell.
Predicted Rainfall Into Sunday Night. Heaviest rains are forecast from the Quad Cities and Madison to Milwaukee, where some 2 to 2.5" amounts are possible. Half an inch of rain may fall on central Minnesota Saturday. 12km NAM guidance: NOAA and Tropicaltidbits.com.
2 Weeks Out: High Amplitude Pattern? NOAA's GFS model prints out a cut-off low over New England; a trough of low pressure pushing rain into the Pacific Norrthwest (and possibly northern California - helping fire crews knock down persistent blazes). A ridge of high pressure over the central USA may result in temperatures slight above average for late October.
La Nina Watch Issued for Fall/Winter. Details via NOAA CPC: "For the upcoming Northern Hemisphere fall and winter of 2017-18, a weak La Nina is favored in the dynamical model averages ofthe IRI/CPC plume and North American Multi-Model Ensemble (NMME). Several models indicate a period of near-average Nino-3.4 values in the upcoming weeks, but then predict reinvigorated growth of negative SST anomalies across the equatorial Pacific Ocean. These forecasts are supported by the ongoing easterly wind anomalies across portions of the Pacific Ocean and the reservoir of below-average subsurface temperatures. In summary, La Nina conditions are favored (55-65%) during the Northern Hemisphere fall and winter 2017-18..."
California Authorities Say Wildfires Are Only Getting Worse. Here are a couple of clips from HuffPost: "...It's actually getting worse," Sonoma Sheriff's Office spokesman Sgt. Spencer Crum said on Wednesday afternoon. "The winds have picked up today, and we have more evacuations." Since late Sunday evening, wildfires in Sonoma, Napa and neighboring counties have spread rapidly, killing at least 23 people, injuring more than 100 and leaving hundreds missing, according to the Sonoma Sheriff's Office. Thousands have been forced to flee their homes after mandatory evacuations...For some of the firefighters who have braved the conflagration, the devastation has hit close to home. "I've been in the fire service for over 30 years, and I'm horrified at what I've seen," said Cal Fire public information officer Jerry Fernandez, who grew up in the Sonoma area. He explained that the fire is at "zero percent containment," meaning it is not controlled, is continuing to spread, and that greater winds could make the situation worse in the coming hours and days. "We are at the worst conditions you could have right now," Fernandez said..."
Praedictix Briefing: Issued Thursday, October 12th, 2017:
*Fire conditions remained active overnight. Over 8,000 firefighters battled 21 wildfires that have burned 191,437 acres with strong north winds.
*The wildfires ranked as the third deadliest and most destructive in state history.
*Extremely dangerous fire conditions continue today with Red Flag Warnings in effect throughout California--especially in the Bay Area and Wine Country.
*At least 3,500 homes & businesses have been destroyed with 23 confirmed fatalities. More than 400 people are missing in Sonoma county. 21,000 customers without power.
*"Statewide, 30 air tankers, nearly 75 helicopters and 550 fire engines with several thousand firefighters had already been pressed into action. State officials requested more than 300 additional engines from other states and the federal government." Source: LATimes
Credit: AerisWeather
Critical Fire Conditions Continue. We continue to see critical fire conditions in northern and southern California with Red Flag Warnings in effect. By early evening northerly winds are forecast to increase, especially over the ridges and upper slopes. For the Bay Area & Sacramento Valley, a Red Flag Warning is in effect through 5PM PDT due to wind and low humidity. Gusty north winds continue to hinder firefighting efforts and continue to threaten the area with explosive wildfire growth. Humidity levels will be as low as 8% to 14% with poor overnight recovery. The most critical areas are the western half of the Sacramento Valley and surrounding foothills. Fire Weather Watches are in effect Friday through Saturday, which means that critical fire conditions are forecast. In a nutshell: fire conditions remain critical through the end of the weekend, which will make for incredibly dangerous wildfire behavior.
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Poor Air Quality. Thick smoke is blanketing much of northern California as seen on visible satellite. Little improvement is expected through the end of the week as critical fire conditions are forecast to continue with strong north winds and low humidity. Airnow.gov is reporting "Unhealthy" air quality conditions for much of the Bay Area.
Active Wildfires in northern California. Credit: CAL FIRE
LNU Complex Perimeter Map. Credit: Cal Fire. Interactive map available here.
LNU Complex. This has been the most deadly complex of wildfires so far with this event in California. Explosive fire growth has resulted in little progress for some of these blazes. The following is a summary of the wildfires' sizes and progress made:
SOUTHERN LNU COMPLEX (6 fires)
Atlas Fire, Napa & Solano Counties
South of Lake Berryessa and northeast of Napa
43,762 acres, 3% contained
Significant structures destroyed
Partrick Fire, Napa County
10,817 acres, 2% contained
Nuns / Norrbom Fire, Sonoma County
North of Glen Ellen and east of Boyes Hot Springs
14,698 acres, 3% contained
The Nuns Fire and Norrbom Fire have merged
Pressley Fire, Sonoma County
East of Rohnert Park
473 acres, 1% contained
Adobe Fire, Sonoma County
Near Kenwood
7,955 acres, 1% contained
CENTRAL LNU COMPLEX (2 fires)
Tubbs Fire, Sonoma and Napa Counties
Between Calistoga and Santa Rosa
34,270 acres, 10% contained
Significant number of structures destroyed
Hi-res perimeter map available here.
Pocket Fire, Sonoma County
Pocket Ranch Rd and Ridge Ranch Rd, Geyserville
8,130 acres, 0% contained
Redwood Fire Perimeter in Medocino County. Credit: CAL FIRE
Mendocino Lake Complex. This wildfire complex continues to burn in multiple directions, threatening numerous commmunities in Medocino County. Steep, inaccessible terrain and critical fire conditions have proven to be challenging for firefighters. The latest incident report shows 32,1000 acres burned in the Redwood Fire and only 5% containment. The Sulphur Fire is now 45% contained with 2500 acres burned. There have been 6 fatalities and 8000 people evacuated.
Canyon 2 Fire location. Credit: Cal Fire.
Credit: PG&E. Interactive map available here.
Power Outages. Thousands remain without power with the most outages being reported in the Santa Rosa area due to the Tubbs fire. For the latest on power outages, please visit PG&E's outage site.
Canyon 2 Fire. Good progress is being made with the Canyon 2 Fire. Cal Fire has increased the acreage due to better mapping (not fire growth). The latest incident report is stating that the wildfire is now 60% contained. Cooler temperatures and higher humidity has positively impacted fire behavior, though warmer and drier conditions are expected later this week. We will continue to monitor the situation.
City of Anaheim: http://www.anaheim.net/
City of Orange: http://www.cityoforange.org/
Orange County: https://www.ocgov.com/
Super Bowl of Weather. Hey, what's 175 degrees above friends? From -60F to +115F, Minnesota has just about everything (except hurricanes). Thank God for that. Details via the Minnesota DNR.
Tropical Storm for Ireland? By Sunday Ophelia may no longer be a warm-core tropical system, but tropical storm-force winds will sweep across the British Isles, capable of minor damage and power outages.
"Katrina Brain": The Invisible Long-Term Toll of Megastorms. A story at Politico summarizes the long-term implications of major natural disasters: "...More than 1,800 people died in Katrina from drowning and other immediate injuries. But public health officials say that, in the aftermath of an extreme weather event like a hurricane, the toll of long-term psychological injuries builds in the months and years that follow, outpacing more immediate injuries and swamping the health care system long after emergency workers go home and shelters shut down. That's the rough reality that will soon confront regions affected by this year's string of destructive hurricanes. As flood waters recede from Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, Maria and Nate, and survivors work to rebuild communities in Texas, Florida and the Caribbean, mental health experts warn that the hidden psychological toll will mount over time, expressed in heightened rates of depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, substance abuse, domestic violence, divorce, murder and suicide..."
Katrina file image: FEMA.
Hurricane Season Isn't Even Over, But It's Already Secured Its Place in History Books. Here's an excerpt of an insightful post at Capital Weather Gang: "This year's hurricane season isn't over. It still has 50 days left, but it's already one of the most terrible on record, which will be talked about and remembered for generations. Like other famous seasons — 1995, 2004 and 2005 to name a few — 2017 has had many storms and many significant landfalls. Impressive records are falling this year. In an average season, we would typically have seen 10 named storms, five hurricanes and two major hurricanes by Oct. 11. This year — far from average — there have been 15 named storms from Arlene in April through Ophelia in early October. Nine of those storms became hurricanes, and it just happened to be nine consecutive storms from Franklin to Nate. That's only happened three other times that we know of..."
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One of the most eye-opening statistics in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria's roar through here is that there were just 5,675 federal flood insurance policies on an island with nearly 1.57 million housing units. That means less than one-half of 1 percent of the commonwealth's homes were covered. Many will instead try to tap low-interest federal loans to rebuild. The dearth of flood policies in Puerto Rico means the federal program will be required to pay little of the perhaps $85 billion in privately and federally insured losses from Hurricane Maria; the total includes not just homeowners' flood claims, but also, for instance, property damage. most of the losses occurred in Puerto Rico..."
Photo credit: "Carlos Giusti AP.
Why Do Hurricanes Hit the East Coast of the USA But Not the West Coast? It's all about water temperatures. Upwelling of chilly water on the west coast of the USA keeps temperatures chilly, which prevents (most) hurricanes and tropical storms from coming ashore from Seattle to San Diego. Here's a clip from The Columbus Dispatch: "...There are two main reasons for this disparity. The first is that hurricanes in the northern hemisphere form at tropical and subtropical latitudes and then tend to move toward the west-northwest. In the Atlantic, such a motion often brings the hurricane into the vicinity of the East Coast of the U.S. In the Northeast Pacific, the same west-northwest track carries hurricanes farther offshore, well away from the U.S. West Coast. "The second factor is the difference in water temperatures along the U.S. East and West coasts. Along the East Coast, the Gulf Stream provides a source of warm (above 80 degrees) waters, which helps to maintain the hurricane. Along the West Coast, however, ocean-surface temperatures rarely rise above the lower 70s, even in the middle of summer. Such relatively low temperatures do not provide enough thermal energy to sustain a hurricane's strength..."
Interpreting Hurricane Forecast Displays Can Be Difficult for General Public. New research highlighted at ScienceDaily caught my eye: "...This suggests that people may be more likely to evacuate or take precautionary actions if one of the lines in an ensemble overlaps with their own town, but feel relatively safe if not. This type of risk assessment is inaccurate because forecast scientists choose how many lines they want to show -- meaning that ensemble forecasts rarely show all the possible paths the hurricane could take. These findings matter because the visualization technique chosen can change what information people think is most important and affect decision making about mandatory evacuations and allocation of emergency management resources, the researchers said..."
NOAA Is Running Out of Money for its Hurricane Hunting Planes and Drones. I had no idea. MSN.com has details: "In the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) began a unique program to more closely study these devastating tropical storms and their impacts using small, expendable drones called Coyotes. But despite the system proving its worth as recently as the monitoring of Hurricane Maria, the project is now effectively dead amid a funding crisis that has begun to threaten the agency's aerial research efforts in general, including leaving one of its research planes, a modified Gulfstream IV-SP business jet, increasingly dangerous to fly..."
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New Orleans Has to Work Fast to Avoid Washing Away by 2050. VICE reports: "...Link agrees: "New Orleans's big threat now is heavy rain." The levees being breached during Katrina were "the more serious source of water," at the time, he told me, but the highest rainfall Katrina dropped anywhere in Louisiana was 15 inches. Compare that to well over 50 from Harvey, and you see the danger. "[If] you're talking about 50 inches of rain over an enclosed bathtub like New Orleans, it's going to be terribly flooded," Link told me. "If Harvey had parked its butt over New Orleans, New Orleans would have had just as much or more flooding as it did during Katrina." Worryingly, New Orleans is seeing an uptick in extreme rain events these days—a 62 percent increase since 1950, according to a 2015 report from Climate Central. That's a change that Barry Keim, Louisiana's state climatologist, recently told the New Orleans Times-Picayune was "consistent with a warming climate..."
Could Cyber-Attacks Knock Out Lights in the US? Not So Easily. The Washington Post attempts to put our minds at ease: "...It's easier to hack into emails and a front-end computer system than tap into industrial controls. That's why, in theory, most energy companies isolate their regular workplace networks from high-security control rooms. The nuclear power industry, for good reason, is considered to be the best at such security practices. But some smaller and locally focused electricity providers fall short in creating an impenetrable wall around industrial controls, often referred to as an air gap. "There's always some sort of a bridge, whether it's a human being in their sneakers, or a wireless connection," said Michael Daly, the chief technology officer for cybersecurity and missions at defense contractor Raytheon, based in Waltham, Massachusetts. "There's no such thing as a totally air-gapped system..."
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Wind and Solar's Future Hang on Taxes, Not Clean Power Plan. Bloomberg has the story: "...Clean-energy's fiscal advantage stems in part from two tax credits that Congress extended in 2015. Both measures are scheduled to be phased out in the 2020s, but Environmental Protection Agency administrator Scott Pruitt on Monday called for them to be eliminated. That could upend wind and solar's edge. "Without tax credits, those economics no longer work," said Amy Grace, an analyst at Bloomberg New Energy Finance. Unlike the Clean Power Plan, tax credits cannot be unilaterally scuttled by the White House. But with Republican Congressional leaders pushing to rewrite the tax code, opponents of the wind and solar tax credits, including those in the Trump Administration, are jockeying to torpedo the measures..."
Despite Trump, American Companies Are Still Investing in Renewable Energy. Dr. John Abraham at The University of St. Thomas writes for The Guardian: "...New evidence about the unstoppable renewable energy wave recently came out in a report that was released by Apex Clean Energy and the GreenBiz Group. These groups surveyed corporations to determine their future plans on renewable energy installation and adoption. They wanted to know whether these plans had changed in the past few years and what motivated their decisions to implement renewable energy strategies. The outcome of this survey is available here for people who want to read the entire document. The groups surveyed 153 major corporations (both public and private), whose combined revenue was in excess of $250 million. Among these companies, 84% are "actively pursuing or considering purchasing renewable energy over the next 5-10 years." Surprisingly, they found that 43% of the corporations intend to be more aggressive in their pursuit of renewable energy in the next two years. 87% of those actively pursuing renewable energy purchases stated that the election of Trump had no impact on their decision..."
Photo credit: "The Google logo is spelled out in heliostats (mirrors that track the sun and reflect the sunlight onto a central receiving point) during a tour of the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System in the Mojave Desert near the California-Nevada border February 13, 2014. The project, a partnership of NRG, BrightSource, Google and Bechtel, is the world's largest solar thermal facility and uses 347,000 sun-facing mirrors to produce 392 Megawatts of electricity, enough energy to power more than 140,000 homes." Photograph: Steve Marcus/Reuters.
Why 2017 Will Go Down as the Beginning of the End of the Internal Combustion Engine. Here's a blurb from a Washington Post article: "...The tipping point, experts say, follows three developments, each rippling outward with economic and cultural consequences:
- China's flexing: In addition to setting aggressive production quotas for EVs, China plans to scrap internal combustion engines entirely as soon as 2030. By taking a lead role in the shift to plug-ins, the world's largest auto market is forcing the rest of the international community to follow in its footsteps.
- The debut of Tesla's Model 3: The company's first mass-market vehicle has ushered in an era of excitement about EVs because of the car's slick design and starting price of around $35,000.
- Major automakers announce plans for an "all-electric future." General Motors finished 2016 as the world's third-largest automaker, meaning its decision to create 20 new electric vehicles by 2023 is bound to have an impact on the global marketplace. Volvo, Volkswagen, Mercedes, Audi, BMW and Ford have also announced EV plans in recent months..."
Killing Obama's Power Plan Hasn't Stopped the Renewable Boom Yet. Bloomberg explains: "...The investments in solar and wind are a testament to the seemingly unstoppable boom in renewables that has been driven more by economics and state environmental policies than federal regulations. So far this year, U.S. utility giants including Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc., American Electric Power Co. and Xcel Energy Inc. have laid out plans to collectively spend billions on wind farms that'll replace aging coal-plants. "The Clean Power Plan doesn't make a jot of difference," said Amy Grace, an analyst at Bloomberg New Energy Finance. "Utilities are installing wind and solar because it is cheaper than running existing plants, and corporations are procuring wind and solar because it's economic to do so..."
There's Enough Wind Energy Over the Oceans to Power Human Civilization. A story at The Washington Post made me do a double-take: "New research published on Monday finds there is so much wind energy potential over oceans that it could theoretically be used to generate "civilization scale power" — assuming, that is, that we are willing to cover enormous stretches of the sea with turbines, and can come up with ways to install and maintain them in often extreme ocean environments. It's very unlikely that we would ever build out open ocean turbines on anything like that scale — indeed, doing so could even alter the planet's climate, the research finds. But the more modest message is that wind energy over the open oceans has large potential — reinforcing the idea that floating wind farms, over very deep waters, could be the next major step for wind energy technology..."
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In the centuries since Galileo proved heliocentrism, science has gradually come to understand more and more of our universe's natural phenomena: gravity, quantum mechanics, even ripples in space-time. But the final frontier of science isn't out there, says cosmologist and MIT professor Max Tegmark, it's the world inside our heads: consciousness. It's a highly divisive issue—some scientists think it's unimportant or a question for philosophers, while others like Tegmark think that the human experience and the meaning and purpose of life would disappear if the lights of our consciousness were to go out..."
Radioactive Pigs Are Wandering Central Europe, 30 Years After the Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster. Well that can't be good. The Verge has details: "Thirty years after a reactor exploded at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine, radiation is still turning up in some unexpected places: for instance, in the wild boars tramping through the mountains of the Czech Republic — almost a thousand miles away. These radioactive boars aren't turning into teenage mutant ninja pigs, but they aren't safe for eating, either. That's a problem in a country where boar meat is mixed into stews and goulash. In fact, the wild boars are being irradiated by their own food: the wild mushrooms they depend on during the cold winter months, Reuters reports..."
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Searching for Gold? Try the Sewers of Switzerland. Or not. CNN reports: "Scientists have struck gold in an unlikely place: Swiss sewage and waste water treatment plants. An estimated 95 pounds of gold is flushed through Swiss sewage systems each year, according to a study by the aquatic science institute Eawag. The lost gold is worth nearly $2 million at current prices. The researchers believe the tiny flecks of gold flow into the waste water system from the country's famed watchmaking industry and gold refineries. The study, commissioned by the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment, involved surveys of 64 waste water treatment plants across the country..."
64 F. high in the Twin Cities Thursday.
60 F. average high on October 12.
50 F. maximum temperature on October 12, 2016.
October 13, 1917: Record low temperatures occur across central Minnesota with temperatures ranging from the low to mid teens to the upper teens and lower 20s. St. Cloud records the coldest temperature of 10 degrees, while Mora records a low of 13.
October 13, 1880: An early blizzard strikes parts of southwest and west central Minnesota. Huge drifts exceeding 20 ft in the Canby area would last until the following spring.
October 13, 1820: A snowstorm at Ft. Snelling dumps 11 inches.
TODAY: Mix of clouds and sun, cool. Winds: N 5-10. High: near 60
FRIDAY NIGHT: Mostly cloudy. Low: 44
SATURDAY: Cool and showery. See a movie. Winds: E 8-13. High: 55
SUNDAY: Partly sunny, feels like October. Winds: NW 8-13. Wake-up: 42. High: 54
MONDAY: Sunny and milder. Winds: SW 7-12. Wake-up: 39. High: 61
TUESDAY: A spectacular blue sky day. Winds: W 5-10. Wake-up: 46. High: 66
WEDNESDAY: Sunny, windy and warmer. Winds: S 10-20. Wake-up: 49. High: near 70.
THURSDAY: Weather winning streak continues, plenty of sun. Winds: S 7-12. Wake-up: 48. High: 67
Climate Stories...
First Frost Coming Later. WXshift takes a look at long-term trends, for the Twin Cities and the nation: "According to the EPA, the growing season is now nearly two weeks longer on average across the U.S. compared to the beginning of the 20th century. While this may delight warm-weather lovers, warmer overnight temperatures can reduce productivity and quality of grains and fruits, which might increase their costs at the supermarket. Warmer average temperatures lead to an increase in the frequency of extreme temperatures, which can shift the geographical areas where certain crops have historically grown best, potentially causing problems for farmers. Warmer temperatures could also prevent necessary plant-pollinator interactions from occurring, due to the potential shift in ecological cues, which would affect the delicate balance between species. Going longer without a frost also means that more pests survive into the winter to damage or destroy crops...."
EPA Rolls Back Clean Power Plan (CPP) as Country Pushes Back: From Climate Nexus: Reasoning that the Obama administration overstepped legal boundaries in formulating its signature climate regulation, the EPA formally began the process of rescinding the Clean Power Plan Tuesday. The agency took the unusual step of providing a closed-door, pre-announcement briefing to conservative allies only, leaving businesses, reporters, state regulators and environmental groups--who are usually provided briefings ahead of major federal announcements--in the dark. While some red states and industries applauded the move, major companies (including Apple, Amazon, Google and Microsoft) and city and state leaders have condemned the repeal, and more attorneys general have pledged to join legal action against the rollback. The Wall Street Journal reports that many of the country's biggest power companies plan to continue shifts to natural gas and renewables, and policymakers and experts emphasize that the EPA's move could prove to be nothing more than a morale boost for the faltering coal industry. For more on the legal reasoning behind the CPP rollback, scroll down to the Denier Roundup. (Rollback: Washington Post $, Reuters, Politico, BBC, Bloomberg, Vox, The Hill. Replacement options: New York Times $, Politico Pro $. Pushback: The Guardian, AP (CT), AP (MA), Red state response: Washington Examiner, AP, Great Falls Tribune. Power companies: WSJ $. Coal industry and CPP: NPR. Commentary: New York Times editorial $, NPR, Gina McCarthy interview, New York Times explainer $, Mother Jones, Rebecca Leber analysis, ThinkProgress, Joe Romm column, LA Times editorial $, Miami Herald editorial, Baltimore Sun editorial, Greensboro News & Record editorial, Salisbury Post editorial, Wilmington News Journal editorial, Madison.com, Phil Hands cartoon)
Florida State Researchers Link Declining Bee Populations With Climate Change. WGCU News has the story: "A Florida State University study links declining bumble bee populations with climate change. The researchers examined three bumble bee species in the Colorado Rocky Mountains and found warmer temperatures are affecting flowers, the animals' food source. Lead investigator Jane Ogilvie considers the findings a warning for other places like Florida, where she says the issue is not as well-studied. "There could be subtle changes in how flowers are distributed in a place like Florida that could have these knock-on effects on pollinators..."
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Mysterious Hole Larger Than Maryland Has Reappeared on Antarctic After 42 Years. Business Insider explains: "A mysterious 'hole' larger than Maryland has reappeared in the middle of Antarctica after 42 years. Scientists aren't sure how it got there. But this isn't the first time it's appeared. The hole is a type of polynya. Polynyas are a region of open water surrounded by sea ice. But the Weddell polynya is unlike any other. While most polynyas form near the shore, this polynya is located hundreds of kilometers from the coast. Scientists first saw it in 1974. Back then, the opening was as large as Oregon. But in 1976, the opening closed up seemingly for good. Then, in 2016, a NASA satellite spotted a small opening. It was the first sighting of the polynya in over 40 years. Since then, the opening has grown considerably larger. Now, it's large enough to fit Maryland..."
Amid Wreckage of Hurricane-Devasted Caribbean, Leaders See a Climate Change Opening. The Los Angeles Times reports: "...We did not choose this opportunity. We did not wish it," he added. "Having had it thrust upon us, we have chosen actively and decisively to be that example to the world." The plan, which began in 2015 after Tropical Storm Erika's floods and mudslides left the island with a $482 million reconstruction bill, calls for more renewable energy and less fossil fuels, hospitals and clinics that won't become paralyzed by power outages, infrastructure built around the environment and crops capable of withstanding today's climate swings. "The intensity of hurricanes are increasing and we need to ensure we can build better, resilient infrastructure," said Skerrit, who arrived in Washington Monday ahead of a World Bank and International Monetary Fund meeting this week to press his case for assistance. "We're going to need significant sums of resources..."
Carbon-Sucking Technology Needed by 2030s, Scientists Warn. Reuters has the details: "As efforts to cut planet-warming emissions fall short, large-scale projects to suck carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere will be needed by the 2030s to hold the line against climate change, scientists said on Tuesday. Many new technologies that aim to capture and store carbon emissions, thereby delivering "negative emissions", are costly, controversial and in the early phase of testing. But "if you're really concerned about coral reefs, biodiversity (and) food production in very poor regions, we're going to have to deploy negative emission technology at scale," said Bill Hare of Climate Analytics, a science and policy institute..." Image: NASA.
Scientists Say Cost of Capturing CO2 Declining. The Associated Press reports: "Technology now in limited use removes about 90 percent of carbon dioxide from the smokestacks of coal-fired power plants, but energy experts say cost remains the chief obstacle to bringing the "clean coal" touted by President Donald Trump into the mainstream. They cite recent advances in applying the longstanding technology, despite some earlier setbacks, but say the U.S. power sector needs bigger tax credits or other incentives to close the cost gap for using them....The U.S. has successfully cut other smokestack pollutants, including sulfur, nitrogen and mercury. But carbon dioxide is a bigger challenge because there is so much of it. Coal- and gas-fired electrical generators produce about 30 percent of CO2 from human activity. Other industries like cement, steel and fertilizer manufacturing add another 20 to 25 percent. Farming and vehicles are also major contributors..."
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Tomorrow is the big day. Just one more sleep and it will be here! And in between all the opening of presents, the tidying away of wrapping paper and the cooking of food, the pulling of crackers and telling of bad jokes, I will be trying to capture that feeling of joy.
It's an emotion I've been trying to pin down for the last few months and here are some of the things I've learnt about how to do it, not just at Christmas, but at any time of the year.
1. Most people don't enjoy having their picture taken, so get your camera out when they are doing something they actually enjoy. If necessary, get everyone to play a game to distract them from the camera.
2. Shoot in an automatic mode, so you don't miss the moment. Shooting at a smaller aperture will ensure more of your subject is in focus.
3. Be patient. Shoot lots.
4. I try to engage my eyes with the subject, taking my eyes away from the viewfinder.
5. Have a glass of wine and make sure you enjoy those joyous moments too.
Remember these pictures are not going to be perfect, but I guarantee you'll be looking at them in the future as you remember Christmas.
Have fun too!
My giveaway is a voucher for an Artifact Uprising softcover book as you know how much I adore their books! Leave a comment below for a chance to win it! I'll be announcing the winners on December 29th.
Happy Holidays!


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Constanza Ceruti (born 1973, Buenos Aries) is an anthropologist and mountaineer who currently lives in Salta, Argentina. She is a pioneer in the field of high-altitude archaeology, and the only woman, for over 20 years, to study Inca ceremonial centers on the summits of Andean peaks over 6000 meters. Oh yea, and did we mention? She's climbed over 100 mountains above 5000 meters within the context of systematic archaeological research. In addition to South American summits in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru, she's also explored mountains in Mexico and Nepal. Most of her field research has included mountains that had never been explored before-at least not by archaeologists.
With an early love for anthropology, and determined to go into high-altitude archaeology by age 14, she graduated from the University of Buenos Aires with a degree in anthropology in 1996. In 1999, she teamed up with National Geographic, co-directing an expedition to Llullaillco (at an altitude of 6739 meters). This expedition climbed to heights that no other team of archaeologists had worked at before and yielded tremendous results. Working with Johan Reinhard, Ceruti discovered three of the best preserved mummies in the world, all dating from the Inca period, alongside rich assemblages of funerary offerings including gold statues and pottery that even held remnants of food.
In 2000, she became the first woman to be awarded the Gold Condor mountaineering award, the most important award of the National Army of Argentina. In 2001, she received her PhD from the University of Cuyo in Mendoza, making her the first archaeologist to specialize in high-altitude archaeology. Adding to her list of esteemed awards, Ceruti became an Emerging Explorer of the National Geographic Society in 2005 and was honored at the Prince of Asturias Award Ceremony in 2006. In 2007, she received the Courage Award from the WINGS WorldQuest, an association that celebrates the accomplishments of women explorers, and in 2013 she was selected to be a Member of the Society of Woman Geographers.
Constanza Ceruti can now be found working as a scientific investigator for CONICET in Argentina and as a Professor of Inca Archaeology at the Catholic University of Salta. She is the founder and ad-honorarium director of the Institute of High Mountain Research at the Catholic University, has produced over 100 scientific publications and is also a Distinguished Lecturer in Anthropology at the University of West Georgia.
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It's that time of year again! Founders Brewing throws a legendary block party. Our friends at Founders invited us to vend at last Summer's Founders Fest - before we had even opened!! We had a blast and we knew that we wouldn't miss this party for anything!
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More info on Founders Fest including the amazing music line-up, how to get tickets and everything else you need to know: http://foundersbrewing.com/taproom-events/founders-fest-2016/


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In 2007 he joined Sanitas Spa at Çırağan Palace Kempinski Hotel.
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In 2015 he became Spa Manager at Çırağan Palace Kempinski.


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Well today........ Wesley and I moved!!! Our new place is so great and so much bigger than our old place. It is amazing what you learn to love when you don't have it anymore.. We actually have a full size bed now AND a separate kitchen that has a dishwasher (we didn't have one in our old place)!! And we have air conditioning now... yes, we had no air conditioning before.. for five weeks... in the swamp heat of DC. We have two closets so we have plenty of room and our bathroom is actually bigger than it was in Oxford. I have no pictures tonight, but will try to pull through with some tomorrow (and definitely some of the kitchen). Off to bed for week SIX of work!
**Side note: I will say a sad farewell to the summer Olympics 2008. Until 2012... whoop whoopp... LONDON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!**
Miss EVERYONE.


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Things I learned from watching Noir:
• If you meet a quiet, angsty Japanese school-girl who has amnesia, then she is mostly likely a skilled assassin
• Japanese student ID card is a lethal weapon
• Dagger is faster than bullet
• Popcorns are better than infrared goggles
• The best cure for amnesia is to shoot a bullet right past your ear
• If your uncle suddenly pays you a visit after many years, it's probably a good idea to gun him down
• Q: a deadly assassin just found out you killed her parents ten years ago, and she's pissed, what should you do?
A: write her a love letter... of course
• The Stonehenge is located in the border between Spain and France
• Toy car is mightier than the gun
• Chidren process information differently from adults. For example, when a 5-year-old girl witnesses another 5-year-old girl gunning down a whole family in cold blood, instead of being scarred for life, she will instantly fall madly in love with the loli assassin.
• To save your partner from being stabbed to death, it's much better to shoot the dagger than the assailant
• All church bell towers have a bungee cord hanging from the top -- for precisely the reason that if you ever got chased up the stairs by a mafia hitman, you can jump to safety -- and shoot him down in mid-flight as a bonus
• To operate stealthily in the crowded streets of Paris, be sure to wear a lime-green cloak everywhere and you'll blend right in
• It's customary to wave hello to a roomful of security guards before you shoot them dead
• Real assassins aren't afraid to stand still in front of the opponent and let him use up his ammo first
• Real assassins aren't embarrassed about carrying their gun in a dainty little purse
So my fellow Noir fans, have YOU learned anything from watching Noir?
I learned that something can be awesome for reasons that are very hard to explain.


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Here's a statistic that stunned me when I read it – airlines lose 3,000 pieces of luggage every hour of every day. That equates to over 35 million pieces of luggage going missing every year, of which 6 million pieces are never located.
I'm a bit of a gadget person, I quite like using the latest technology, and I have discovered one gadget that could ensure that your luggage is never lost.
Called Trace Me, it's a credit card-sized tag which carries a unique serial number and barcode which is attached to each piece of luggage. As soon as the baggage handler scans the barcode or enters the serial number an SMS text and email are automatically sent to the owner, so they know precisely where their luggage is.
The Trace Me Luggage Tracker Tag is a lost luggage identification system, protecting the passenger's identity as well as their possessions. It can be fastened to any bag or case; it carries no personal information about the owner.
Additionally, the Trace Me Tag is the only luggage identifier integrated into Immobilise.com – the world's largest property ownership data base used by both the general public, businesses and government. With over 23 million registered users, Immobilise is used by law enforcement agencies, insurance companies and lost property organisations across the world and has a proven track record of reuniting lost or stolen property with its rightful owner.
The way that the airline luggage systems works now is that the airline check-in agents place a paper tag on your luggage. This paper tag is only designed to match your suitcase to your travel details. So, if the wrong tag is attached, your luggage could end up going to a different destination to you. Each airline has to re-cycle these numbers in as little as a few days. In the millions of cases when that paper tag is lost or damaged, the luggage becomes untraceable and much of it ends up at auction, exposing the traveller to the risk of identity theft.
What I like about Trace Me is that it has been independently tested by the US magazine Budget Travel. They put the Trace Me service to the test alongside two other baggage identifying services. Luggage was labelled using the tags then deliberately "lost" by each of the magazine's testers in three different places which passengers frequent: an airline, baggage carousel and a New York taxi. Based on Budget Travel Magazines findings, they selected Trace Me as their top choice.
If you've ever lost your luggage, even if it is eventually returned, you know just how frustrating that can be. If your luggage is permanently lost, it can be devastating. Trace Me goes some way towards protecting both your luggage and your identification, and the fact that your luggage tells you where it is goes a long way to reuniting you with your possessions.


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Cheap, much lighter than before and allowing for continuous operation — what traditional batteries cannot offer — direct formic acid fuel cells can revolutionize the portable electronics market. A new catalyst developed at the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences will enable a widespread use of fuel cells, researchers say. Continue reading
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This is a Tester from the burger book. I promise to post something other than burgers soon. I promise!
Monday, July 7, 2008
Sarah's Southwest Burgers
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One person was treated for smoke inhalation after a fire broke out in a Blackpool home.
Two fire engines from Blackpool fire station were called to Annesley Avenue at about 10.45am on Saturday.
When firefighters arrived, there was a fire in the ground floor of a semi-detached property.
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One person suffered from the effects of smoke inhalation and was treated by paramedics at the scene.
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God does give us more than we can handle. But He never gives us more than we can handle WITH Him.
He wants us to rely on Him. To trust Him. To ask Him. Ask Him for strength and peace and hope. He longs to come beside you to help you through these most difficult times.


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I've been blogging for a little over three years.
I've been writing fiction since … well, pretty much since I could write.
My blog posts are read by thousands of people.
Only 1% of the fiction I've ever written has been published.
Fiction is incredibly hard to do well.
Lots of people can write decent non-fiction. You're probably one of them. You can write a decent blog post, or a report at work, or an essay. You can put your ideas down on the page, in a reasonably engaging way.
I'm going to say this, despite being an advocate of great writing: Non-fiction doesn't have to be especially well-written.
Of course, it needs to be competent. But it doesn't need to be perfect. If you're looking for information online, you don't mind a few grammatical mistakes, or a sloppy conclusion.
Fiction is very, very different.
Why do you read novels? They won't teach you how to solve that annoying problem with your computer, or help you manage your finances better.
I believe we read fiction to escape the world for a little while – to escape the limits of our own experience, our own perspective, our own consciousness. When we open a novel, we're looking, above all, for a story that matters to us.
That's why fiction writers have it so tough.
When I'm writing a blog post, I don't have too much to worry about. I need a clear theme, a strong introduction, a few key points which follow from one another, and a conclusion that feels like a satisfying ending. Frankly, after writing over a thousand blog posts, that comes pretty naturally.
When I'm writing a single scene in a novel, I have a heck of a lot to do. The characters need to feel real – they need to live and breathe on the page. The scene needs to be paced correctly – not too fast, not too slow. The dialogue has to sound natural, without actually being natural (have you ever listened to a transcription of real speech?) The voice needs to be mine – but filtered through the head of a character who might be nothing like me. The plot has to be moved on.
And all those scenes need to tie together. In a non-fiction book, I could have short, discrete chapters; in a novel, the reader needs to be drawn through, page by page, paragraph by paragraph, sentence by sentence.
My novel, Lycopolis, has been through three major drafts and I'm currently working on significant changes in the fourth draft. I've cut out characters and subplots, changed the theme, added in all sorts of material. Every single scene has been rewritten at least three times.
With fiction, it's impossible to get it right on the first pass through.
You just have to try to get it right by the time you've finished the final draft.
When Writers Get It Wrong
You've read bad fiction. Maybe you gave up after a few pages or chapters – you didn't care about the characters, so there was no point reading on – or the pacing was so slow or so breakneck that you just couldn't get into the book.
Sometimes, bad fiction isn't actually particularly bad writing. I've seen good, prolific, non-fiction writers turn out poor fiction, because fiction is so much harder to get right.
If I write a clumsy sentence in a blog post, you might have to read it twice, but that's no big deal. And you're a bit distracted anyway – on Twitter or Facebook (psst, feel free to tweet this post if you're enjoying it), or watching television, or listening to music.
If I write a clumsy sentence in my novel, you're going to be jolted out of the story.
If you've ever been so absorbed in a book that you missed your train station, or didn't hear someone talking to you, or found that, somehow, a whole afternoon had gone by … then you know how absorbing fiction can be, how it can take you into another world.
Some great non-fiction books do this too – especially if you're really engaged with the topic – but it's pretty much required for decent fiction.
Maybe it Won't Get Any Easier…
Fiction is hard to write.
Really hard.
I'm not telling you this to discourage you. I'm telling you this so that you know it's okay to struggle. You might have been writing blog posts and essays and magazine articles for years – but your first novel will be tougher than anything you've done before.
That's normal.
It's tough, too. It's why so many writers have an unpublished novel (or in my case, three) tucked away.
Does it ever get easier? I don't know. I've not got that far yet.
Two and a half years ago, if I'd known how much work Lycopolis would take, maybe I'd have decided to just stick with what I was good at – blogging.
I'd have reached more people. I'd have a bigger audience here on Aliventures. I'd have launched an ecourse earlier. I'd have more money in the bank.
And maybe you feel like that, sometimes. You feel like you should focus your writing efforts on what you're already pretty good at. Something that's easy.
Maybe, like me, you're not going to settle for that.
You're going to push your writing limits. You're going to tell that story which has simmered away in your mind for months – maybe years.
You're going to give it your very best.
And yeah, it's not easy.
But the truly worthwhile things in life rarely are.


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One of the things that then Chairman Chris Mort said after Mike Ashley had bought the club just over five years ago was that Newcastle needed stability and there was too many changes in management for that to happen.
Mike Ashley – wants stability at Newcastle
But Ashley and his people found management of a football club very difficult in the first two years, and in the summer of 2009, following our relegation – we had Sam Allardyce, Kevin Keegan, Joe Kinnear, Alan Shearer and Chris Hughton as five men who had managed Newcastle in the short two years since Ashley bought the club.
Since that time – about three and a half years – we have had just Alan Pardew as the new manager, after Chris was surprisingly fired, so things have settled down on that issue, and Newcastle have fared well until this recent slump.
And Alan Pardew yesterday talked about how the owner wants stability at Newcastle:
"Ashley wants stability at the club. He has put me under no pressure during this period, other than to ask 'can I help you any more'. That's it." "But there is always going to be external pressure, from fans who want more and the media, because that's their job."
"I have to look at the bigger picture and take a balanced view. But that doesn't mean my total focus is not on Manchester City and getting a win, for my fans and for the team."
That's about what an owner should be doing – just asking where he can help – and we hope Alan said he needs at least three new players in January to bolster the squad. 😀
It's a really tough time for the club at the moment, but we have better players and more dedicated players than we had four years ago during the relegation season, so we should be able to pull away from the bottom end of the league fairly soon, although we do have some very tough games coming up.
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Where a good side under performing but working hard to put it right . Injuries and suspensions has knocked our momentum. Good to know that Pardew is looking at the bigger picture and taking a balanced view unlike many fickle fans on here. He recognises that Jonas has had a difficult season and that were looking to get more from him, some Je ne sais quoi. We can't afford to start slowly against City as we did in the Man Utd game where the game was over as a contest in 20 minutes.
Morning all,
TS….When did he get the new contract though? Yes it's probably got worse since then (by the amount of losses against perceived lesser opposition), but this situation has been going on all season really, do you not think it's more of a snowball effect? As in bad form, slow start, some 2nd season syndrome, arrogance (players and manager…well, board too) and they kind of expected to get back on track and before they knew it here we are?
A bit basic, I know, but it does follow imo.
Also, he may not fear pressure from Ashley (although no matter how long the contract I don't believe that to be the case, no one's job is completely "safe") but no man in their right mind wouldn't fear an upset Geordie fan base….would they?
Pushy Pardew
we can start any way you like against man c,, it will be just the same result,,
i think what you should say is we can not let them score first, if they do, 2 things will happen, pardew will say lets attck, then the flood gates will open,, man c are wounded right now, looking for an easy scalp to make there fans happy from last weeks derby,,
i can see us getting hammerd by 5 goals
Your confusing me with the other excellent PPB. Unlike Beattie 25 and some others I only have one pseudonym . I don't know why Beattie in particular bothers because he's so illiterate. You know it's him . If you doubt me read his call to arms yesterday he's a fake as identified by Tsunki who is a loyal fan and good blogger.
TS….Sorry, probably came in a little strong, didn't mean you meant that to be your opinion, was just voicing my thoughts on yours 🙂
Thought it was later than that mind, but sounds about right now you've said it.
Catchy…With our available players, how would you set the team up to win the game then? Was your comment a reflection on Pardew or how good City are…or both?
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i know you where happy last season with the results
but look at it,, the football was poor then as it it is now, ppl notice it more when the results are not there,, this is no surprise to me,, generally poor footballing team always stay near the bottom of the table, scrapping for results,,
this is exactly what we were like under JFK i see no difference , good squads playing poorly,
hmmm i wonder who is to blame,,,,,
Pushy Pardew
il make it clear
im 100% behind the team, think we have got some amazing players,, i think they lack leadership on the pitch and off,,
yes 2-2 would be amazing, but going on our recent history,, im like 90% certurn it wont happen,,
we have never started a game on fire, we always wait to see how they line up,,
tevez will start tomorrow, him and aguero will run circles around wilo,,
i honestly think the QPR game will decide whether pardew gets to the end of the season,, he has to win that one,
team are using us to get there seasons back on track 🙁 we are so predictable,,
if jonas is in the team,, say good night 🙁
Pushy…..No problem. Fit and well thank you. Not looking forward really to this Christmas football period, but I never was 🙂 I'll always support my team and at this point, I believe supporting Pardew is right, so no change there. Have a good day.
Catchy…It may not have been beautiful football over the whole season, but there was some good football and there was a lot of determination and fight. That is the first thing I want from my team, determination and fight, and we had it in abundance last season (there were some horrific game too, I haven't forgotten them). That for me is the biggest problem this year. I can wait for the beautiful football you crave so much. Stepping stones mate, if you shoot straight for the top you will likely not make it and miss some vital steps along the way. I know you don't believe we are working towards anything, but I do. This is where our main issue is at the minute, there isn't really any middle platform for us to be able to work from. Nothing personal, but I'm not expecting to convert you and doubt you'll be able to convert me anytime soon. That may change at some point though.
Pushy I am picking up the looking at the bigger picture point Pardew has mentioned . With your forensic mind you doubtless have not discounted the possibility of something not being quite right with Jonas. Hence the Je ne sais quoi. I am also picking up on a point made some weeks ago by Ian Toon . Please take a breath before responding because I have you down as a quality blogger.
thats the biggest crock of s.h.1.t ive heard in along time
do anyone really think ashley is putting no pressure on pards he will loose alot of money if we go down,i actually think ashleys got alot right lately, i wasnt sure about 8 yr contracts but i can see what hes tring to do, lets just hope hes gonna give it all he can in the transfere window, hes not done bad with his signings so far cisse an anita stick out as good value at the mo an biggi and santon, arfa ,cabeye and mave has looked good on his run outs lately,lets hope he can see he needs to do what should have been done in the summer now 4 signings i say.then there some of these players might hit form, if pards cant turn it around big time with 4 more signing and the players we have by the end of season he got to go, but we need a bloody good replacement west ham an norwich have good managers lol…..i dont expect us to get much in the way of results till after the new year and then only if we have freshened up the squad.but it only takes one good game to lift us all.we have looked better the last 3 games lets hope thats because our players are stasrting to try and know that the ambition for sucess is going to be shown in jan……right if we loose against city i will slaughter em lol


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This has to be the worst love affair ever told.
I'm so confused. :persevere:
It's definitely the most passive aggressive love affair...
She loves two men who have the same memories. Which is sick, and unappealing. And it ruined an otherwise enjoyable episode for me.
I never could stand Jason & Sam back in the day but now they're complete Dullsville with no chemistry. KM didn't even seem emotionally invested in yesterday's scenes at all. Was she just not trying?
I didn't like Sam with Drew either but at least they showed potential.
Truthfully, Drew has more chemistry with Kim than Sam. They definitely need to find him someone else than haglet Sam.
Does Kim like Julian or Drew? She has chemistry with both.
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Does Kim like Julian or Drew? She has chemistry with both.
Yea I'm really surprised by the chemistry Kim & Julian have. It's so good to see him with someone far more vibrant than Alexis.
The bad thing is with Kim & Drew's history, I think he could destroy her relationship with Julian without even trying.
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I never could stand Jason & Sam back in the day but now they're complete Dullsville with no chemistry. KM didn't even seem emotionally invested in yesterday's scenes at all. Was she just not trying?
Watching Kelly Monaco try to act has always been torture.
Well, we were promised but never received a threesome with Felix, Lucas and Brad. Are we now going to have one with Drew, Jason and Sam? Extra kinky when you throw in the incest!
Days of our Lives has never owned up to the incest between Renee and Tony DiMera but now that they're both dead and have both been proven to be siblings I guess it's water under the tainted bridge.
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Well, we were promised but never received a threesome with Felix, Lucas and Brad.
Yeah we did have one back when Ron was HW and Brad slept with Lucas while supposedly involved with Felix. Then later when Lucas was shot, both Felix & Brad vied to be at Lucas's side. It was around then that Lucas he would see both men which upset a lot of fans. Lucas got a lot of flack on that then soon after, he ended up choosing which man he wanted which was Brad. A lot of fans hoped he'd choose Felix.
How would this be considered incest? Jason and Drew wouldn't be having sex with each other. Kiki had sex with both Michael and Morgan, and it wasn't considered an incestuous triangle.
At the end of today's episode, Sam tells Drew that when they get home, they need to talk. So I don't think this is going to be a triangle, I think the writers are going to put her back with Jason. If there is going to be a triangle, it will be between Drew, Kim, and Julian.
She can love them both. But I hope they keep her with Drew until he gets his memories back. Then they both can be torn between two lovers.
The whole suddenJasam reunion on Wednesday was way too rushed. For the past 6 months, Sam has been declaring her love for Drew and their family and life together. She remarried him about a month ago. For the past year she's made it clear that she despises Jason's involvement with Sonny and the mob, and she was happy when Drew bought a business they could run together. Then, all of a sudden, she's trapped in an earthquake with Jason for 20 minutes, and she's declaring that she's loved him all along during this whole identity crisis situation, only stayed with Drew out of guilt, and wants to be with Jason now? She wants to return to life with this brain-damaged hit man whose first loyalty will always be to Sonny and the mob? What a pile of baloney.
Yu always knew Jason was gonna win. Good. Miller must be relieved that he won't have to carry all the scenes. Burton and Monaco are 2 bad actors. They deserve each other.
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Yu always knew Jason was gonna win. Good.
When that many characters rave on about how two people not currently together are meant to be together, where else would they be going with it?
I think you were one of the ones saying you wished they stopped because there is no such thing as soulmates ... but there is ... in fictional soaps. :/
I can't help but feel for Drew in his scenes with Sam yesterday because he seems to be trying to trust his brother but is about to lose the only woman he remembers in life to him.
Should make for some good Billy Miller scenes though. Be good to see this character finally move on to someone more worthy.
@kathykato, I've been wondering when they were going to have those scenes. One, to appease Jasam fans, and two, she's been conflicted for a long time. Yes, I agree she was very confident when the in the company of Drew. And I respect that she doesn't want to hurt Drew. But yesterday they filled in the blanks of those stares and tears after every meeting with Jason. If she takes her own advice, she will love Jason forever, but build a life with Drew.


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