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Douglas Blackburn (1857-1929)
This page gathers together information on the journalist and novelist Douglas Blackburn (6 August 1857 – 28 March 1929). I will expand it as time allows, including notes on his publications.
Douglas Blackburn bibliography
Prinsloo of Prinsloosdorp: A Tale of Transvaal Officialdom
'The Bottom Boy'
Douglas Blackburn bibliography
This is a work in progress. Much of Douglas Blackburn's journalistic output was anonymous and was produced on two continents, so it is unlikely a full record will ever be compiled. It is divided into two sections: books, articles and stories by Blackburn; and publications which discuss him and his work. Stephen Gray's 1984 bibliography divides Blackburn's work into novels, factual works and selected articles, ordered alphabetically, but I have combined these categories and ordered the works chronologically. I have a number of newspaper references, and more secondary sources, which will be added later.
Additions, corrections and clarifications are welcome.
Publications by Blackburn
'Thought-Reading Extraordinary', Light, 26 August 1882 (partially reprinted in Proceedings of the Society for Psychical Research, vol. 1, 1882, p.63).
Thought Reading: or Modern Mysteries Explained, London: Field and Tuer, 1884.
'The Revolution – and After: Being the Secret History of a Failure', Johannesburg: George Thompson, 1896, 15 pp.
'If There Should be War', Transvaal Sentinel (Krugersdorp) 1, no. 33, 19 June 1897, 6 pp.
Prinsloo of Prinsloosdorp: A Tale of Transvaal Officialdom [by Sarel Erasmus], London and Johannesburg: Dunbar Bros., 1899; London: Alston Rivers, 1908.
Kruger's Secret Service, by One Who Was in It, London: John Macqueen, 1900.
'Preliminary Causes', Times of Natal War Number (Pietermaritzburg), 1900.
'The Marvels of Loteni: A Voice from the Dead', Natal Witness, (Pietermaritzburg), 19 June 1902.
'Some South African Prejudices', Chambers's Journal (London), 22 November 1902, pp. 813-15.
'Natal and the Native Question', Star (Johannesburg), 27 December 1902.
A Burgher Quixote, Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood & Sons, 1903.
'Animal Superstitions Among the Zulus, Basutos, Griquas, and Magatese, and the Kafirs of Natal', Man (London), December 1904, pp. 181-83.
Richard Hartley, Prospector, Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood & Sons, 1905.
'Transvaal Treasure-hunts', Chambers's Journal (London), September 1906, pp. 661-63.
I Came and Saw, London: Alston Rivers, 1908.
Leaven: A Black and White Story, London, Alston Rivers, 1908.
'The Safeguard of Kafir Socialism', New Age (London), 3 October 1908, p. 448.
'Rand Magnate's Latest Plot', New Age (London), 12 November 1908, p. 47.
'Confessions of a Famous Medium: Story of the Great "Scientific" Hoax': 1 – 'How Telepathy was Proved to the Satisfaction of the Psychical Research Society', John Bull, 5 December 1908 , p590; 2 – 'The Inadequacy of Scientific Precautions', John Bull, 12 December 1908 p628; 3 – 'Flukes and Physiognomy', John Bull, 19 December 1908, p671; 4 – 'Private Versus Professional Humbug', 26 December 1908, pp.706-7; 5 – 'My Masterpiece', John Bull, 2 January 1909 , p7; 6 – 'The Master Key', John Bull, 9 January 1909, p.39.
and Waithman Caddell. The Detection of Forgery: A Practical Handbook For the Use of Bankers, Solicitors, Magistrates' Clerks, and All Handling Suspected Documents, London: Charles & Edwin Layton,1909.
and W. Waithman Caddell. Secret Service in South Africa, London: Cassell, 1911.
'Confessions of a "Telepathist", Mr. Douglas Blackburn & the Scientists. 30-Year Hoax Exposed. How the Deception was Planned and Worked' Daily News, 1 September 1911 (reprinted in JSPR, Vol. 15, October 1911, pp.115-19, A Skeptic's Handbook of Parapsychology, Paul Kurtz (ed.), Buffalo, New York: Prometheus Books, 1985, pp. 235-39).
Love Muti, London: Everett & Co., 1915.
The Martyr Nurse: The Death and Achievement of Edith Cavell, London: Ridd Masson, 1915.
'The Middle Stump: An East African Story', illus. Stanley L. Wood, The Boy's Own Annual, vol. 41, 1918/19.
'Ghosts and Mediums I Have Met', Tonbridge Free Press, five parts, 13 February – 5 April 1920.
'Treasure Tales', Daily Mail (London), 24 April 1923.
'The Bottom Boy', The Triumph Book for Boys, London: Collins, n.d. [c. 1929], n.p.
Blackburn issue. English in Africa (Grahamstown) 5, no. 1, March 1978, pp. 8-47.
Publications which discuss Blackburn and his work
Johnson, Alice. 'Mr. Blackburn's "Confession"', privately printed for the Society for Psychical research, 1909.
[Appreciation of Douglas Blackburn], Tonbridge Free Press, 5 April 1929.
Taylor, Ken. Adaptation of The Strange Case of Edmund Gurney, broadcast on BBC2 Theatre 625, Sunday 29 October 1967. (Richard Todd: Edmund Gurney, Anthony Bate: Frederic Myers, Ray Brooks: G. A. Smith, John Barcroft: Douglas Blackburn, Lynda Baron: Alice Smith, Diana Fairfax: Kate Gurney, Norman Shelley: Sir James Crichton-Browne).
Hall, Trevor. The Strange Case of Edmund Gurney, London: Duckworth, 1964.
Gray, Stephen. 'Douglas Blackburn: Journalist into Novelist (1857-1929)', English in Africa, Vol. 5, No. 1, March 1978, pp. 1-48.
Gray, Stephen. Douglas Blackburn, Boston, Mass: Twayne, 1984.
Rice, Michael. 'Douglas Blackburn's A Burgher Quixote', Kunapipi, Vol. 8, No. 1, 1986, pp. 70-86.
Shum, Matthew. 'The Content of the Form: Romance and Realism in Douglas Blackburn's Leaven', English in Africa, Vol. 21, No. 1/2, July 1994, pp. 93-102.
Gray, Stephen. Free-Lancers and Literary Biography in South Africa, Amsterdam: Editions Rodopi, 1999.
Luckhurst, Roger. The Invention of Telepathy 1870-1901. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002.
Wiley, Barry. The Thought Reader Craze: Victorian Science at the Enchanted Boundary, Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland, 2012.
Hamilton, Trevor. 'Smith and Blackburn', Society for Psychical Research Psi Encyclopedia, https://psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk/articles/smith-and-blackburn, 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
(Last updated 31 July 2018)
Prinsloo of Prinsloosdorp: A Tale of Transvaal Officialdom
Douglas Blackburn was a versatile writer and a colourful character – you might say he was a schelm (a rogue, a rascal) but also slim (cunning, artful, tricky), to employ a couple of the Afrikaans words he uses in this hugely enjoyable tale set in nineteenth-century South Africa. Blackburn himself can write about the dubious transactions of Piet Prinsloo with affection because he also was not averse to sailing close to the wind. Having learned his trade as a journalist in Brighton in the 1880s, he was involved in various scandals, and found himself in trouble for libel. It was during this period that he became briefly associated with the Society for Psychical Research, before he emigrated to South Africa (possibly after a visit to China).
In his new home, where he lived from 1892 until 1908, he again worked as a journalist and editor, while making his name with a series of novels that have become highpoints of South African literature. The earliest of these was Prinsloo of Prinsloosdorp, published in 1899, and it was the first of what Stephen Gray in his monograph Douglas Blackburn (Twayne, 1984) calls Blackburn's 'Sarel Erasmus trilogy of satires', the others being A Burgher Quixote (1903) and I Came and Saw (1908). Together Gray considers these 'his finest achievement'. Bearing in mind how little time Blackburn had spent in the country when he produced Prinsloo, it is an assured debut.
Prinsloo of Prinsloosdorp is narrated by said Sarel Erasmus, Piet Prinsloo's son-in-law and occasional associate, after the old man's death. It is an attempted defence of Piet's schemes, his life being full of ploys to make money, and ruefully losing it. The result is a humorous and unflattering portrait of the corruption underpinning Boer society. They are typically unsophisticated and ignorant, susceptible to verneukery (cheating, knavery) both between themselves and by the perfidious British, those Outlanders proving themselves unscrupulous in business transactions. One, Scotty, is essentially a bandit, and Blackburn uses him as a metaphor for the ruthlessness of outsiders' desire for acquisition at the locals' expense.
Piet's schooling was rudimentary and his illiteracy is a drawback in conducting business, though not an insuperable one, as even when he is appointed a magistrate he is able to rely on others to do the reading for him, and in any case bribes are more significant than case law when adjudicating a dispute. His main complaint about not being able to read is that he has to rely on others, who then know as much as he does. Power is achieved not by merit but by hypocrisy, nepotism, bribery and if necessary blackmail. Even with his educational disadvantages Piet manages to climb to significant positions of power, sometimes by guile, but often because it suits others' purposes. There is no sense of public service as every position is assessed in terms of its financial rewards.
Added to this unflattering account, Piet is a bully, particularly where his black workers are concerned. Apart from being shown at the bottom of society, only there to be exploited by the whites, the black population is largely invisible. Blackburn drily has Sarel bemoan the fact that Piet's year of birth (1835) was also the year the British 'wickedly' freed the slaves, the result of which (after being cheated by the 'rascally Englanders' out of the compensation money) was that the family had to hire 'kaffirs' (a term used throughout the novella) 'and even had sometimes to work themselves'. Sarel sees this as a sorry state of affairs.
Yet it is not a completely negative portrait of Piet – Gray notes that Blackburn balances as much sympathy as censure. Piet is sinned against as much as sinning, and having to survive in such a society forces anyone to be self-serving if they want to prosper. The cynicism he exhibits runs throughout all levels of government. When Piet goes to Pretoria to see Paul Kruger, the President of the South African Republic, Kruger does not criticise his methods but instead upbraids him for being stupid because he is always getting the State into the newspapers.
Justice cannot be expected from the government: a running theme is Piet's anger that loans he had made were never repaid, though undercutting his indignation is the fact that he had made the loans in lieu of taking up arms on behalf of the Transvaal. Here, as throughout the novel, Blackburn shows how selfish acts are spun to appear patriotic, Piet repeatedly declaring that he has 'bled' for the regime. The only checks on greed are provided by other officials who themselves want to use any given situation for their own gain, not a state of affairs conducive to good governance. The book's frontispiece is a bunch of disembodied hands reaching up for South African Republic coins, suggesting that avarice will be a major theme.
While Piet is a significant figure within his community, Blackburn leaves broader political developments vague, partly because he would have assumed his original readership to be familiar with them, but also because Piet, while intent on personal gain, is never involved in the destiny of the country. In his small way he does well because, despite his illiteracy and proneness to make bad judgements, eventually he founds a town (the Prinsloosdorp of the title), though even here he finds himself cheated out of its full potential when he is outmanoeuvred in purchasing the best plots. Eventually it all gets too much for him, and with an increasingly vigilant press (the only brake on the general roguery it would seem) exposing his dubious practices, he decides to move to Rhodesia, where he dies of dropsy.
In the preface to the 1908 edition, the first to bear his name (and issued the year he returned to England), Blackburn distances himself from the satirical treatment of official institutions by arguing that the incidents portrayed in the book had in the course of the intervening decade already receded into history and would eventually pass to the realm of myth. At the same time he stresses, because he insists there are no contemporary examples, that his depiction of Piet, 'a Transvaal official of the old regime', is not a caricature, and somewhat disingenuously that the book contains no invention because all characters and incidents are based on reality.
This, he argues, was demonstrated by the difference between English and local reviewers: the former saw it as political satire, the latter as 'a matter-of-fact narration of familiar commonplaces'. One suspects that Blackburn must have exaggerated his source material because the satire is often rather blunt, such as the drunken jailer who 'was punished by being removed to Boshoff, where he was made Chief of Police'. The book is full of similar improbable ironies, so while Blackburn claims that he has merely assembled anecdotes, it is hard to believe that he has not embellished them with his own sardonic view of the political culture in his new home.
The cover illustrated above is from the 1989 edition, a facsimile reprint of the 1908 edition, published by Hans Strydom, Melville, South Africa. The first edition is incorrectly dated to 1898. The back cover shouts: 'Entire first edition bought up by Paul Kruger's government to save themselves embarrassment!' The source for this allegation is Blackburn's 1908 preface but Gray, while noting that the tale has been repeated frequently and is unverifiable either way, suggests that 'judging by the quantities of the book still in circulation in South Africa today, any attempts to limit its sales were unsuccessful.' Blackburn, as he showed in other areas of his life, prized a good yarn, even if not true.
(25 August 2015)
'The Bottom Boy'
Douglas Blackburn's short story 'The Bottom Boy' would probably be called something else now.* Actually, it wouldn't be published today as it is very much a product of colonial South Africa. It is contained in a chunky collection, The Triumph Book for Boys, published by Collins. It is undated (and for some reason unpaginated), but it probably appeared in the late 1920s, around the time of Blackburn's death in March 1929. Apparently the story was repackaged by Collins in The Best Book for Schoolboys, also undated, but I have not been able to examine a copy to compare to the Triumph Book for Boys.
Fourteen-year old Charlie Barton is the bottom boy – actually the bottom of his class, kept back with younger children, to his parents' dismay. He lives on the family's sugar plantation on the Zululand coast and one day stumbles on the owner of the next-door plantation, Paton, on the beach with a stranger bringing ashore a cargo which turns out to be illegal rifles. These it transpires are for a native uprising against the whites. Charlie is captured by Andrade, Paton's business partner, but escapes by using purple ink to mimic the symptoms of smallpox, fooling the credulous natives.
Unfortunately he injures his foot and is mistaken for a water sprite (referred to as a togolosh but known nowadays as tokoloshe) by some locals because the purple ink has run, and he is taken to their kraal. Andrade turns up and tells Charlie he has to help in the sale of the guns – which are actually useless – or be killed. The local witch doctor claims that Charlie is indeed a togolosh, come as a sign that the tribe will prevail over the white men, and tries to take credit for his presence. Resourceful Charlie though, belying his place at the bottom of the class, demonstrates to the chief that the bullets are fake, thereby disgracing the witch doctor and causing Andrade, who has murdered Paton, to take an early bath in the crocodile pool. The chief gives the diamonds intended for Andrade to Charlie, and back home Charlie's father, unfazed by his abduction, is pleased with his achievement. In fact Charlie's indifferent scholastic achievement is now a cause for levity (unfortunately Mr Barton is referred to as Mr Paton in the penultimate line, spoiling the effect). Upon being questioned, Charlie explains that he knew the bullets would not fire because 'a rascally German' had once sold him and his friends some, which were made of wax and silver paper, and filled with weak powder.
Blackburn had an interest in Zulu beliefs. He supplied notes on 'Animal Superstitions Among the Zulus, Basutos, Griquas, and Magatese, and the Kafirs of Natal' which appeared in the journal Man in 1904, in which he discusses the mischievous 'Togolosh'. In his 1908 novel Leaven he refers to 'the Togolosh that carried off maidens'. The shrewd Charlie is able to turn this superstition to his advantage, telling the chief that he did so to establish his superiority to the witch doctor. Charlie prevents a conflict that would have seen many tribesmen killed, preserving the peace now minus its disruptive elements. To do so, the bullets are shown to be useless empirically, by having tribesmen shoot at a goat which remains uninjured. At a stroke Charlie proves the Europeans' superior wisdom compared to the indigenous population's reliance on magic and inability to recognise ersatz ammunition.
*Having said which, in 1918/19 Blackburn published a story called 'The Middle Stump: An East African Story' in The Boy's Own Annual, so it is possible he mischievously assigned risqué titles to his children's fiction.
(28 July 2017)


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The Jab
The jab is the most used punch in boxing, making it the most important to master. The jab is used mainly to keep ones opponent at a distance. It sets the fighter up for one of the power shots such as the right cross.
The jab is not considered a power punch but over the course of a fight it can cause a great deal of damage. To perform the jab do the following:
- Stand in the boxing stance holding fists in the ready position.
- Throw the punch in a direct line straight from the chin (Orthodox fighter would throw the jab with the left fist. Southpaw fighter would throw the jab with the right fist).
- Once the hand leaves the guard position (from the chin) rotate the fist a half an inch.
- Keep fist relaxed throughout this movement, until just before the point of contact when it is fully clenched.
- Immediately relax fist and bring back to guard position.
*Do the opposite of these steps if you left-handed, a southpaw fighter.
The Right Cross (Straight Right)
The right cross is often referred to as the most enjoyable punch to throw. It is a natural movement for most. The cross is thrown with the right hand (Southpaw fighters would throw the left). A lot of power can be transferred through the right cross. It is often responsible for many of the knockouts seen in a boxing match.
The right cross should be used following the jab. The cross should not be thrown to often. Throwing the right cross puts a fighter slightly off balance and open to a counterpunch. To perform the right cross do the following:
- Stand in the fighting stance and throw the right hand from the chin guard position (Southpaw fighters would throw the left).
- While throwing the cross, turn torso into the punch and pivot on the right foot. This ensures that the entire upper body is thrown into the punch to create power.
- As right heel pivots outward, accelerate the punch towards the opponent.
- Relax the hand throughout the movement, until the point of contact, when hand should be clenched tight. After the punch bring the hand back immediately to the guarded position.
*Do the opposite of these steps if you left-handed, a southpaw fighter.
The Left Hook
This punch can be very hard to master as it is thrown at an unnatural angle. It also requires a great deal more of motor coordination. The hook works best when one is fighting on the inside (very close to their opponent).It is a devastating punch and often results in a knockdown. To perform the left hook correctly to the following:
- From the orthodox stance, transfer weight to the left side.
- From the guard position, the left elbow is brought up so it is almost parallel with the floor. The arm should look like a hook shape at this stage.
- The fist is rotated and the punch is thrown.
- When the punch is thrown, pivot the left foot, left leg and torso sharply to the right to generate the force.
The Uppercut
The uppercut is one of the most dangerous punches in boxing. When thrown as a part of a multi-punch combination it can have very good effect. Not many fighters consistently throw uppercuts so, because of that, most fighters do not practice avoiding them very often. Uppercuts are also used when fighting on the inside. The key with the uppercut is to throw it in a fixed position, from the fighting stance. The uppercut can be delivered to the head and body. To throw the uppercut do the following:
- From the guard position, dip left so elbow rests near the left hip.
- Rotate your left fist and palm upwards.
- Launch punch with the left side of the body.
The punch is good when thrown at a variety of times, but I think after throwing a good left jab it is good to follow up with the right uppercut. The uppercut should usually be thrown during the course of 'in-fighting', when you are close to your opponent. Throwing the uppercut from too far away leaves you in a position to be countered much more easily. Throwing the left jab sets up the uppercut very well. You should throw the uppercut in a way that allows you, upon completion of the punch, to be in a position to follow with a left hook afterwards. Mike Tyson is someone, among others, that has a very effective uppercut.
Basic Combinations
To help the fighter master the punches more effectively they should be put into combinations. Instead of throwing one or two punches sporadically a good boxer should be able to fire multiple punches in a quick combination. When it comes to punching, more is usually better.
Some basic combination include:
- One-Two (Jab, Right Cross)
This combination is one of the most basic because the two key boxing punches are used. The main thing is to maximize speed, which will increase power. Turn the torso into each punch and transfer weight onto the ball of each foot depending on the punch thrown.
- One-Two-Three (Jab, Right Cross, and Left Hook)
For example, when you throw a jab you should automatically be in a position to throw a straight right. When you finish with the right hand, you be in a position to throw a left hook. The jab is used to soften up the opponent, the right cross does the damage and the left hook finishes thing off. This combination flows very well if the weight is transferred to each foot at the appropriate time.
- Uppercut, Right Cross and Left Hook
With this combination, the uppercut is thrown to the body, with a right cross and left hook to the head. This combination allows one to wind up for the right cross followed by the deliverance of the left hook.
*Do the opposite of these steps if your left-handed, a southpaw fighter.


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by Kate Flory | 19.11.2010
Debutant Tomas Berdych earned his place in the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals field largely thanks to beating Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic en route to reaching his first Grand Slam final at Wimbledon.
However, since his feat at SW19 in July, when he finished runner-up to Rafael Nadal in the championship match, the Czech has won just eight of 18 tour-level matches and suffered four first-round exits, leaving media wondering just what sort of impact he might be expected to make at The O2 next week.
Speaking at the London Marriott Hotel County Hall on Friday, though, the 25-year-old Berdych allayed such worries as he declared the season finale to be the perfect place for him to rediscover his best form.
I think its going to be a really different situation for me here because the time after Wimbledon was huge expectation for me, explained Berdych. It was a new experience but now I know how to deal with that.
Right now Im in a different position because I was the sixth one [to qualify] and almost everyone Im going to play will be the favourite. So I just need to try my best and I like better this situation where I dont have to show that I have to win all those matches. Im looking forward to all of them.
The Czech player is also relishing the chance to play once more in the city where he achieved his best result on a tennis court. Every time I see anything from London, from Wimbledon, it just comes back to my mind. Its really nice to have this kind of feeling that I can get back to the city where I reached, so far, my best result. Its really nice to be back here, I like the city, Im enjoying the place; its nice.


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Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) joined Sens. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) and Ted Cruz (R-TX) on Tuesday to demand that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid allow a vote on the House-passed bill blocking a continuation or expansion of the president's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) amnesty. Brooks said the policies of President Obama and Sen. Reid are killing the American dream. Brooks said:
I want to emphasize something – we are talking about the southern border but an important aspect of that is not just illegal aliens. A more important aspect of that is American citizens. Right now American families are struggling. They are having a difficult time finding jobs, and when they find jobs they are having a difficult time finding jobs that provide the kind of income that is necessary to support a family. For many, the American dream is something that they will never be able to reach so long as we continue to have a huge surge of illegal aliens across our southern border. I want to emphasize something right now about the American economy, remember Jimmy Carter and the economic malaise?
Brooks noted that recent studies have shown that President Obama's economy is just as bad, if not worse, than the economy under the days of President Jimmy Carter–hailed as one of the worst economic presidents in history–and it's largely due to his policies on immigration. Brooks continued:
The labor participation rate today, that's the number of Americans who are actually pulling the load – doing the work – is at its lowest levels since the 1970s. A big part of that is what's happening in the southern border. There was a report that came out recently that was startling, so startling that I asked my staff to make sure that the data in it was accurate, and we checked with the Bureau of Labor Statistics, we checked with the Census Bureau, we checked with Homeland Security, and here is the data from the Center for Immigration Studies: there were 5.6 million jobs created from the first quarter of 2000 to the first quarter of 2014. Over that 14-year period of time, in the age bracket 16 to 65, a pretty large age bracket, 5.6 million jobs created by the American economy.
Brooks said that, of those, a negative percent of the jobs created over the past decade and a half went to American citizens.
"You know how many of those jobs went to American born citizens? Minus 127,000," Brooks said. "You know what the employment situation is for American born citizens today? Over that 14-year period, because of the lost jobs, coupled with population growth, you now have 17 million more American citizens who are unemployed today than in the year 2000."
Brooks said members of Congress should focus on representing American citizens over representing illegal aliens and aim to make sure Americans and legal immigrants get jobs–not illegal aliens. He added:
That's why we have to focus on this southern border. Now I was elected by American citizens, people who can vote, and while I have compassion for people who want to come to America, particularly those who are lawful immigrants, and there is no nation on earth that is as compassionate as America is with respect to lawful immigration, my focus has to be on who gets the jobs: illegal aliens or lawful immigrants and American citizens. The Pew Hispanic Center says that there are roughly 8 million jobs in America today held by illegal aliens. Well I can only speak for myself and perhaps some of the folks who are with me today when that choice is made and the reason the United States Senate needs to vote on this legislation, is to represent American citizens who are struggling in this anemic economy under Barack Obama, and you can help American citizens by removing from the labor pool as many as possible of those illegal aliens who are holding American jobs and preventing even more from crossing the border and coming into America today.
Brooks said the only way to stop the left's latest rage–"income inequality"–is to stop the president's planned executive amnesty.
"So that is what this battle is about," Brooks said. "If you want to stop income inequality – then Mr. Harry Reid, you ought to let these bills come up for a vote, because that will do more to address income inequality than anything else that this United States Congress can do. By decreasing the labor supply, which will force incomes and wages to go up, helping all American families regardless of ethnicity, regardless of race, regardless of chromosomes."


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Though the world got an unauthorized sneak peek at it last week via Engadget, Roku officially unveiled its new HD-XR player today, along with a new entry-level set-top box at a lower cost.
The new Roku HD-XR adds 80211.n wireless support (the regular HD Roku supports 802.11b and g). The new HD-XR also has a USB port "for future use," according to a Roku rep. The Roku HD-XR will run you $129.99, with the existing HD player remaining at $99.99.
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I was recently given the opportunity to review a charity anthology for The LifeAfter Project via an ARC. The book was published November 4, so I'm slightly behind on posting my review… Some of my favorite authors participated in the anthology, supporting the organization's mission:
The LifeAfter Project aims to reach out and provide assistance for those who struggle with thoughts of suicide, substance abuse, or domestic abuse. All these things are related to mental illness. Our goal is to educate, inspire, and spread awareness. We hope that our efforts will help eradicate the stigma associated with this insidious epidemic.
Given that support, it should not be surprising that the range of stories included everything from high fantasy to mystery to romance to humor to poetry–every "genre" of person has had some experience with the issues associated with mental illness, so it was thoughtful of the organizers to include such a range of styles in the collection.
On the other hand, the strength of the individual stories varied widely–some had significant editing issues and some were not to my taste.
However, in keeping with my standard practice, I will call out the particular stand-outs of the anthology, because any one of them would be worth the $0.99 it takes to buy the whole set, and your taste might differ from mine–or you might find a new author to investigate.
Knowing my well-documented love of the Katie stories (I reviewed To Katie With Love when it came out in 2013), I was thrilled to see a short told from Cooper's point of view. Revisiting the well-meaning terror of Silvia and the twin foils of Dean and icy blonde reminded me all over again of how much fun that series is. For me, this one alone is worth the price of admission.
Other strong contenders were (in order of appearance in the book): "Yuletide Homicide: A Liz Boyle Short Mystery," by Kate Birdsall, "A Merry Mugging," by Claude Bouchard, "Holiday in Hartland," by Gail Cleare, "Some Carry-Tail: A Gabriel & Orson Story," by Victor Catano, "The Christmas Jacket," by Diane Byington, "A Gift for Momma," by Debbie S. TenBrink, "Father Christmas," by Timothy Woodward, and "And Mercy Mild," by Justin Bog.
Many of these tie in to other, stand-alone books, as well as being authors who are new to me, so I'm happy to have had a short introduction to their styles and themes. Reviewing the list, it seems those with particularly strong redemption arcs–like in the Liz Boyle mystery, the "Merry Mugging" story, "A Gift for Momma," "Father Christmas," and "And Mercy Mild"–were the ones that spoke to me the deepest. Catano's "Carry-Tail" story was pure, fun revenge and had just the right touch of magic in it. "Holiday in Hartland" was also about redemption, but on a generational scale, so felt like a different flavor altogether–and managed to wring a few tears from me.
Overall, given the charity these authors have chosen to support and the strength of a number of stand-out stories, you really can't get much better bang for your buck–especially if you're already a fan of these authors' related works. I would highly recommend the anthology for those reasons.
Another week with profoundly troubling national news against the backdrop of a lot of being busy meant my library card got tagged for action again. This time, I checked out Gail Carriger's Prudence. I'm having a hard time deciding whether it was because I was truly exhausted or because this iteration of the series of series that started with Soulless just didn't suck me in the way so many of her other books have. I very much enjoyed the ending and the philosophizing on the nature of what a progressive government should look like among the characters in Carriger's steampunk world. I've also already checked out Imprudence, since I'm curious to see how the additions to the cast stir things up. And I would absolutely recommend this third series in the world Carriger has built for steampunk and new adult fiction fans.
I just may be over stories that feature such young protagonists.
The one article I'm going to share this week that deals in worrisome study results, should actually be taken as an exhortation to reduce the amount of stress in our lives. A different study highlights the real source of the difference the Head Start program has made for some of America's kids. And a profile of Ina Garten that closes with the quote "This isn't the final thing I'm going to do, but it's the next step I'm going to take." is worth reading. For an entirely different perspective on the direction the world is headed, Vox aggregated 23 charts and maps that show that even while we live through darkness, there are a number of things about our world that are actually improving.
Finally, to really give your smile muscles a work-out, enjoy this aggregation of videos of a dog who enjoys the hell out of jumping into leaf piles. I'm actually considering what it would take to build a pile like that for KouKi, since she would be the one to have that kind of reaction out of our current three.
Hubs and I watched episodes 2 and 3 of the newest Dr. Who series this week. It continues to shine with strong writing and characterization, as well as unexpectedly rich emotional arcs. There are potentially other candidates for our stay-at-home date nights, including the rebooted Charmed, and a movie hubs stumbled across with Michael Peña in a non-comedic role, called Extinction. Honestly, we have such a backlog of movies to watch, it will be interesting to see what comes out on top of the pile. But the theme of the week is strong for both of us: We really need the fantasy in order to survive the reality.
As for my other trip into a made-up world… my WIP only advanced 883 words over three days of writing this week. I'm coming up on the halfway point of the book, and am having to consider carefully how and when that action really ramps up to fall appropriately in the pacing. Based on my calculations, if I can somehow get to the point of averaging 1,000 words per day, I can finish this book by the end of November. I may actually make that my NaNoWriMo-adjacent goal, since I don't want to make the mistake of starting something else new while I'm in the middle of my current WIP.
My Fitbit says I averaged 4,866 steps per day last week as well as 7 hours and 49 minutes of sleep.
So for as "behind" as I've been feeling, at least some habits are sticking. And I'm grateful that I have a safe haven at home where I can enjoy others' creativity. Until next week, check out the other ROW80ers' progress, and I'll return with my next check-in.
We had house guests this week. It doesn't happen that often, so when it does, we spend a week in a flurry of deep cleaning the house and shopping for groceries. The irony of this is that this means we're tired when our guests arrive. And are flattened when they leave.
This time wasn't really any different. But our visitors were family, and it had been years since we'd seen them, so it was nice to spend time together. And to revive my mother-in-law's recipe for spedini–celebrated by cooking them together with friends and reminiscing over the many, legendary meals she cooked for all and sundry.
Underlying that was worry for a friend who recently lost their father. And another friend who is struggling with burn-out. And the fact that our Milwaukee house is still on the market.
News reports about Vancouver struggling with the influx of money from China, or that the same behaviors pathologized in poor people are lionized in the rich, or that inequality in pay in Silicon Valley means 90% of residents make LESS than what they made in 1997 when adjusting for inflation, don't soothe those concerns. The humanity of western doctors being intimidated by the invention of thermometers only reminds me in a different way of how easily human egos are bruised and retreat into defensive anger.
So reporting about the winners of the latest annual Nikon microphotography contest, and new footage of a rare deep-sea cucumber were the anodyne I needed.
As well as enjoying the latest installment of Dionne Lister's Witchnapped series. And Seanan McGuire's first in her InCryptid series, Discount Armageddon. Both were exactly the kind of escapism I was craving–light romantic tension in worlds where the protagonist is trying to find her footing among all kinds of crazy. I think adding those two to my Goodreads challenge means I've read more books this year than I have in quite a while. And another author friend of mine reached out to ask if I could review a charity anthology prior to its release in early November, so that number is in no danger of stalling out. At the moment, I have Gail Carriger's Prudence checked out from the library as an eBook, so it is likely to be a curious tension for me for the rest of the year–whether I read, or whether I write.
As for my WIP, I added 1,688 words this week, surprising myself with two quite productive writing nights when I was wiped out from the combination of work and home-prep duties. I seem to recall this having happened in the past: When I'm at just the right level of exhaustion, my brain lets go and my fingers fly, and all of a sudden I have more words than I expected. I'm just at the half-way point, and am actually excited that I don't seem to have the "floppy middle" syndrome I've faced in the past… There might be something to my attempt at hybridizing pantsing with plotting.
Because of all the to-ing and fro-ing in the house, my average step count last week also jumped–to 6,650 steps per day. Naturally, something had to give, so my average hours slept per night dropped to 6 hours 54 minutes, with an abysmal low of 4 hours 48 minutes Sunday night. And hubs and I had more than enough socializing this week than to have time for keeping up with our shows.
So while there is great uncertainty about a huge number of things, this week's quote is my reminder: Do what you can to be a light for the world. There's more than plenty darkness out there; don't let it swallow you. Even if it means you are just cleaning your house. Or cooking extra food. Or escaping into fiction. Or whatever it is that nourishes your soul.
I'll be retreating into our home nest this week to do what I can in the way of being the light over the longer term by generating more of my story. I encourage you to do whatever it is that makes you shine brightest. And to go check out how my fellow authors are doing in their pursuits of their goals.
I know I talk a lot about my puppers, so when I saw this image on Twitter today, I had to grab it and share it. Because the caption on it perfectly encapsulates how I feel about all three of mine. And felt about all three of our first generation of huskies. They are all, somehow, Masters of the Now, and therefore keep me present. Especially when the youngest comes in to my office, predictably at about 10:30pm, to remind me to take a short break to make their night-time treat–honey water. Or when the boy hops up on our bed at night in a gentle request for cuddles before we all go to sleep. Or any one of the million actions they undertake over the course of the day that brings a smile to my face or a general melty feeling to my heart.
So yesterday, when Tashie started limping again after she was out in the back yard playing with the other two, my heart broke a little once more. She is eight as of last month, and while breed average longevity is 12-15, I worry on her behalf. She's struggled with knee and back complaints of one kind or another for the past 3 years already. It was in some ways thrilling in the past year when she got back to her PULLING while on leash, because it indicated power, stamina, and conditioning had returned to some level based on all the various therapies with which we've plied her. I'm glad to see today that she's not as gimpy, that she's happy with her life.
It's yet another reminder to count the smallest of my blessings on a regular basis.
Especially now that I'm picking back up with the nightly writing habit. Even if it's a lot slower going than it had been. I added 1,308 words this week. It's hard not to berate myself, since that's less than what I used to manage in one night. And at this rate… it'll be another 34 weeks before I finish the first draft of this book.
This week is unlikely to be much better, as we have family coming in for a visit from Wednesday through Saturday.
On the other hand, I've been doing great with walking. My Fitbit says I averaged 5,709 steps per day and 7 hours and 48 minutes of sleep per night.
And hubs and I watched the first episode of the latest season of Dr. Who for our stay-at-home date night. Jodie Whittacker brought back the emotional and comedic range I loved from Tennant's run at the titular character, and hit her performance out of the park. We both loved it. Though it was much more emotional than I'd expected.
In other reading news, I saw reporting on the largest-ever sleep study, which claims that too much sleep has as much of a cognitive hit as too little sleep. Sleep studies are a thing for me, as my parents participated in one to be able to pay for the cost of my birth. Also, because when I sleep, I dream, and that is one of my most reliable sources of writing inspiration. So this result hit me sideways. Until I considered how logey I feel when I wake up from a long nap. On the other hand, if I'm sleeping longer to catch up on sleep lost from short nights… I don't see that effect. So maybe it's a general average of overage or underage that leads to the fuzzy brain symptoms these scientists discovered. The scientists in question certainly didn't offer any great insights on that account.
Other science news included the somewhat disturbing revelation that enough people in the US have posted their DNA sequence to genealogy sites that computer scientists were able to back-trace to a specific individual who was not publicly posted–and speculate that they would be able to do the same for about 50% of all Americans. The privacy implications here are enormous and could easily be pushed down very disturbing paths.
The final bit of science news was an accounting of the history of turbulence from a math and physics perspective. Those fields still haven't come up with anything much better than observations and statistical derivations to predict movement beyond simple laminar flow. What I found most enticing about the article, though, was the conclusion:
But from another point of view, the fact that such a commonplace phenomenon as the flow of water through a pipe is still in many ways an unsolved problem means that we are unlikely to ever reach a point that all physicists will agree is the end of their discipline. There remains enough mystery in the everyday world around us to keep physicists busy far into the future.
That final sentence aligns so closely with my dearest beliefs about the world at large, that it tickles me every time I see someone else reach the same conclusion.
In less uplifting reports, I saw how the (female) Onna-Bugeisha were erased as key fighting forces in Japan's history. And how working dads and teenage girls struggle to maintain close or working relationships.
So I'll keep soldiering on with my WIP and report back next week. Until then, the other ROW80ers are checking in online, so I encourage you to see how they're doing with their goals.
This past week felt like I was finally settling into the rhythm of day job and balancing it against other obligations, until the weather pulled a fast one and switched between 80s and humid to 60s and mild, and back to 80s and humid. So I had the full-on scratchy throat and sneezy sniffles Thursday and Friday, and spent most of yesterday sleeping.
It probably didn't help that the news cycle raised memories of experiences I and my fellow female classmates in the 80s in the DC region knew of and experienced… and, same as when we experienced them and saw Anita Hill discredited in the early 90s, there was no accountability for the actions undertaken by the men. In fact, the men were lauded and then elevated to lifetime positions on the Supreme Court.
I would say that I'm looking forward the number of "Brett"s written as antagonists in coming years. But I can't say I've ever run across a "Clarence" baddie, so maybe it's just me who chooses character names based on personal experiences as a way to either commemorate or work through my feelings.
So I spent time reading. Romances. Because Rafe, Mating the Huntress, and Not Just Human gave me the kinds of female protagonists that are good antidotes to toxic masculinity. Each book, individually, had different strengths and widely divergent settings, but they all left me feeling much better about the world around me. And I know each of the authors from Twitter, where they are engaging, kind, and educational. I chose to spend time with those works because I trusted those authors to create the happy endings I needed.
One of the most interesting things I learned on Twitter this week: That mushrooms are closer to humans than plants. The author of that thread links to two articles to explain further, but the idea that mycelium could be a source of of something radically healthful came through an entirely different channel. (And the intersection of these things had my inner Trekkie fan dancing, because SPORES and STAMETS and OMG!) The Stamets to whom Star Trek: Discovery paid homage just released a new study that has remarkable implications in the fight against Colony Collapse Disorder (in bees). And it's to do with extracts from the mycelia and the probability that it's able to boost immune systems in an unprecedented and impactful way. I'll let you read more about it in the various news outlets, or maybe even the paper itself. It's an exciting advancement in fighting the loss of bees worldwide.
Human development (loosely) was the topic of two other interesting articles I read this week. In the first, a philosopher made an argument that a narrative history is a poor tool through which to gain knowledge. In the second, there was a strong argument for the fact that cooked food underpins humanity in some very interesting ways. (Including the fact that I realized every single one of my stories has a shared meal in it somewhere…)
As for my own writing, I managed just about 300 words. At this rate, it will be sometime next year before I even finish the draft, so I'm hoping to capitalize on tomorrow's federal holiday to buckle down again.
On the other hand, we sweated through our daily walks (despite hubs' broken toe), and my Fitbit says I averaged 5,322 steps per day and 7 hours and 50 minutes of sleep. (Though, given how much I slept yesterday… that's probably not an entirely representative assessment.)
So I'll keep pushing forward, keeping in mind the inspiration Ursula LeGuin shared when she accepted the 2014 National Book Foundation Medal, as quoted on this week's ROW80 check-in:
Hard times are coming, when we'll be wanting the voices of writers who can see alternatives to how we live now, can see through our fear-stricken society and its obsessive technologies to other ways of being, and even imagine real grounds for hope. We'll need writers who can remember freedom — poets, visionaries — realists of a larger reality.
All of which brings me full-circle to the quote that spoke to me for this week's post: We are each responsible for choosing our own happiness. But if we can share how we got there through our art, maybe we can point the way for someone else to find how to choose theirs.


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- The solar park, which is composed of the 80 MW Bom Jesus da Lapa and the 78 MW Lapa plants, has a total installed capacity of 158 MW and is already fully operational
- Lapa was the first Enel solar project to become operational in the state of Bahia, where the company is investing a total of 685 million US dollars in three solar parks (Lapa, Ituverava and Horizonte).
Rio de Janeiro, September 28th, 2017 – Enel, through its Brazilian renewable subsidiary Enel Green Power Brasil Participações ("EGPB"), inaugurated today its Lapa solar park, located in the municipality of Bom Jesus da Lapa, in the north-eastern state of Bahia. The inauguration ceremony was attended by the Governor of the state of Bahia Rui Costa, Head of Enel's renewable division in Brasil, Luigi Parisi, and Carlo Zorzoli, Enel's Country Manager in Brazil. Lapa is composed of two plants – Bom Jesus da Lapa (80 MW) and Lapa (78 MW), for a total installed capacity of 158 MW.
"We are proud to inaugurate Lapa, which was our first solar PV park to become operational in 2017 out of the three PV projects we are completing this year in the state of Bahia, said Carlo Zorzoli. "We have been deeply investing in Bahia that currently holds about half of Enel's current installed renewable capacity in Brazil. We have been contributing to the development of local economy, by implementing sustainable initiatives aimed at creating shared value at local level on the communities around the plants."
Lapa started operations in June and has already achieved its full capacity, therefore being able to generate around 340 GWh per year, enough to meet the annual energy consumption needs of more than 166,000 Brazilian households while avoiding the emission of about 198,000 tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere.
The ceremony in Bom Jesus da Lapa also celebrates Enel`s investments in solar projects in Bahia, the 254 MW Ituverava solar park, which has recently started operations, and the 103 MW Horizonte solar park, currently under construction. Enel is investing a total of 685 million US dollars in the three projects (Lapa, Ituverava and Horizonte). In the state of Bahia, Enel Group's subsidiary EGPB already operates 536 MW of wind capacity and 412 of solar capacity.
Lapa is located in an area with high levels of solar radiation. The project introduced a cost-efficient design with new tracker solutions and new conversion units that streamline the PV plant's construction and commissioning, whereby optimizing its production. In addition, a new commissioning strategy, based on a stronger synergy with contractors on site and a remote commissioning support, was implemented, allowing a 70% reduction in the average time to put plant into operation.
Lapa was awarded to the Enel Group in August 2015 following the "Leilão de Reserva" public tender, together with the 103 MW Horizonte and the 292 MW Nova Olinda solar projects which are currently under construction. During the construction of Lapa, Enel implemented several initiatives, such as training courses for electricians, to benefit the social development of the areas nearby the plant, in line with the Creating Shared Value (CSV) approach.
In Brazil, the Enel Group, through its subsidiaries EGPB and Enel Brasil, has a total installed renewable capacity of around 2,276 MW, of which 670 MW from wind power, 716 MW from solar PV and 890 MW from hydropower, as well as close to 275 MW of capacity currently in construction, of which 172 MW from wind and 103 MW from solar power.
Enel Green Power, the Renewable Energies division of Enel Group, is dedicated to the development and operation of renewables across the world, with a presence in Europe, the Americas, Asia, Africa and Oceania. Enel Green Power is a global leader in the green energy sector with a managed capacity of around 39 GW across a generation mix that includes wind, solar, geothermal, biomass and hydropower, and is at the forefront of integrating innovative technologies like storage systems into renewable power plants.
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Guns, badges stolen during police charity football game in Southern California
In what has to be considered a bold, brash — and nervy — crime, thieves in Southern California robbed three handguns, four badges, jewelry and cash from a locker room during a charity football game. A charity game played by cops, no less.
The game took place Saturday between the Los Angeles Centurions and San Diego Enforcers at Bishop Mora Salesian High School in Boyle Heights, Calif.
Three handguns, four badges, jewelry and cash were taken from San Diego officers' duffel bags in the locker room area at about 5:30 p.m., LAPD Lt. Andy Neiman told KTLA.
"It could have been that they did not know there were off-duty law enforcement personnel there, but it is pretty brazen to break in to a facility during daytime hours with numerous people in the campus," LAPD Sgt. Gabriel Lara said.
The robbery was discovered at half, according to the report. The LAPD's locker room was untouched.
"It was over 20 minutes, I was thinking what's going on here?" game photographer Erik Sarni said. "The helicopter was overhead."
Wishing our #LAPD #Centurions #football team good luck today against the San Diego Enforcers. pic.twitter.com/PyJqbwwD6E
— LAPD Rampart (@LAPDRampart) April 19, 2014


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