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Camp Fire Heartland Summer Camp Inspires Local Park Department
Early in the summer, the Kansas City Parks and Recreation Department took a trip to Camp Fire Heartland Summer Camp. They were so impressed by the inspired youth, they filmed a promotional video. Take a look. You may find your own inspiration as we tuck the summer away and start anticipating next year, a mere 12 months away. http://youtu.be/qUtAMnLxLco
400 Students in Kansas City Soon to Learn Conflict Resolution Skills
Camp Fire Heartland has received a request to begin providing conflict resolution programming during the school day to over 400 students at James Elementary in Kansas City, Missouri. The opportunity came to Camp Fire thanks to the outstanding work the Heartland team delivered through a similar program at Garcia Elementary and Hartman Elementary, both in the Kansas City, Missouri, school district.
The school counselor the Heartland team worked with at Garcia now also serves as the counselor for James Elementary. Because of the results she'd experienced firsthand, she wanted to extend Camp Fire's good work to her new school.
Funding sources and partnerships are currently being explored, with a couple of strong prospects already identified.
Camp Fire First Texas Recognizes Value of Visibility
This past May, a publication on Camp Fire First Texas' Centennial was produced and distributed via the council's local business press. Currently, there are just under 10,000 subscribers to the publication–a nice audience for a smart, savvy council. Take a look, at http://issuu.com/campfirefw/docs/camp_fire_centennial_insert
Camp Issues on the Horizon
Every two years the American Camp Association (ACA) conducts a survey around issues important to a positive camp experience. Many Camp Fire councils are ACA-accredited and participate in the association's conferences and professional development.
A one-page Emerging Issues in Camp infographic highlights technology, parent communication, evaluation demands, increasing impact with special populations, and healthy habits.
Comprehensive results include:
Kennesaw State University's Research and Service Foundation and National Human Services Assembly enter co-marketing agreement
More than 50 member organizations composing the National Human Services Assembly's National Collaboration for Youth (NCY) will receive discounted subscriptions to online and print editions of Youth Today under a three-year marketing agreement signed in May.
Through the agreement, NCY's nonprofit youth development member organizations, which collectively serve more than 40 million young people nationwide, will gain volume-discounted access to the only national publication covering issues and providing information pertaining to youth and those who work with them.
Youth Today, published by the Center for Sustainable Journalism at Kennesaw State University, daily releases the latest news headlines concerning youth and reports on the everyday challenges youth and youth workers face. The publication's solution-oriented reporting also sheds light on groundbreaking research into such topics as after-school programs, juvenile justice, adolescent health and nutrition, and job-training initiatives.
Under the terms of the agreement, Youth Today will offer the volume discounted subscription rate for NCY members and affiliates of $35 per year with an added $10 online access subscription for additional staff/volunteers at the same location as the initial subscription. Youth Today will also work with the NCY member organizations to assist in cobranding the discount offer so they can then market the offer to their own members.
Summer Slide Continues to Stymie
For more information on why youth are challenged by the relatively relaxed days of summer, Camp Fire has a couple sources of relevant reading.
Good News Update
We recently reported that Camp Fire Snohomish County was seeking funds to help the victims of the devastating mudslide that their area in Washington.
The council's goal was to provide scholarships for 120 children. According to Dave Surface, Executive Director, the goal was met.
The council has received (to date) $60,750 to send 120 Oso mudslide victims to a week of resident or grief camp at Camp Killoqua.
The donors include Camp Fire friends and families ($5,000), New York Life ($10,000), Cascade Valley Hospital Foundation ($21,000), and the Emergency Relief Fund managed by United Way ($24,750).
Bolingbrook, Illinois, Chamber of Commerce Recognizes Value of Local Camp Fire Council
Every year, the chamber selects one area nonprofit to support and champion. Over the next 12 months, chamber members not only will help raise money through events, they also will raise awareness and volunteer for the organization. This year, the Bolingbrook Illinois Chamber selected Camp Fire Illinois Prairie.
Michael Carpanzano, Executive Director of the chamber, said the association chose to work with Camp Fire because of its common mission. "Based on the fact that Camp Fire deals directly with youth development, we decided it aligned perfectly with our mission," he said. "Giving local youth professionals a platform to succeed is much like what Camp Fire does to the youth in our community."
When the council heard the news, they recognized the value of their good fortune. "Oh my gosh, we were just absolutely thrilled," said Stephanie Schiszik, CEO of Camp Fire Illinois Prairie. "I didn't know this kind of thing happened, so to get chosen for something I hadn't worked for is absolutely a great surprise."
The chamber chose the council partly due to its commitment to the community through camp experiences and school programs.
"Camp Fire Camp Kata Kani is a classic day camp," said Stephanie. "Children participate in archery, fishing, a low-ropes course, cookouts, and more. We don't allow any electronics and don't have a television set on the property."
The council's school programs include Kids on the Block, an interactive puppet program that highlights a different disability at each grade level and asks youth to start "No Put Down Zones" and to "Dare to Care." Self-Reliance, the other school program, also teaches elementary school youth about personal safety, stranger danger, resisting bullying, and positive peer relationships.
Grand Council Fires Steeped in Tradition
Grand Council Fires represent over 100 years of tradition and history. They not only honor the traditions from which Camp Fire was shaped, they provide an opportunity to celebrate the accomplishments of Camp Fire youth, leaders, and advisors. Often Wohelo candidates are presented and those who have earned Presidential Service Awards are introduced.
Camp Fire Patuxent Area's Grand Council Fire will be lit May 31. The council's theme is Telling our Story. Clubs were asked to each select one young person to share their club's successes and why they love Camp Fire. Select alumni were also encouraged to share their Camp Fire experiences.
Camp Fire Central Oregon Helps Prevent "Summer Slide"
According to research, many kids often lose two months' worth of academic skills over the summer. In fact, trends indicate that students usually score lower on the same standardized tests at the end of summer vacation than they did at the end of the previous school year. This learning loss can cause kids to struggle in school and force teachers to spend months of valuable in-class time repeating last year's curriculum.
Moreover, research shows that "summer slide" has an even greater effect on youth from low-income families. One of the leading causes of the achievement gap between lower- and higher-income youth, and the resulting lower high school graduation rate for students from low-income families, is unequal access to engaging summer opportunities.
Recognizing the trends, research, and studies were disturbing, Camp Fire Central Oregon decided to do something about it.
Since "summer slide" is generally attributed to kids' lack of engagement and activity throughout the summer, Camp Fire Central Oregon committed to offering an abundance of educational and enriching summer programs for kids of all ages with community funders helping provide numerous need-based scholarships.
The council was recently awarded a $10,000 grant by The Clabough Foundation. The council also receives ongoing support from both United Way and Every Kid Fund, a grant program through Deschutes Children's Foundation. Through Camp Fire's summer camp scholarships, all kids have equal access to high-quality summer programming and "summer slide" slips away.
First-Ever Peruvian Olympic Cross-Country Skier Speaks at Camp Fire Leadership Breakfast
Roberto Carcelen shared his story of strength and perseverance on his path to the Sochi Winter Olympics during Camp Fire Puget Sound's 21st Annual Leadership Breakfast.
All proceeds benefited the council's life-changing leadership and outdoor recreation programming that inspires kids of all ages, abilities, and backgrounds to find their spark, lift their voice, and discover who they are.
Welcome to the "Great Tana-re-doona"
Article contributed from Chanhassen Villager, Chanhassen, MN
Camp Tanadoona's getting a facelift. In mid-May, workers began constructing a new entrance at Camp Fire Minnesota Camp Tanadoona. The new entrance and gate is part of the first phase of the council's capital improvement program. In addition to relocating and improving the entrance to the camp, phase one includes building three new overnight camper cabins and six new day camp cabin/shelters.
New Camp Expands Council's mission
Marnie Wells, Camp Fire Minnesota CEO, pointed out the upcoming improvements to the entrance being especially important to their long-term planning. The entrance to the camp was moved down the road, farther to the west, to avoid the roadway's hill and limited visibility that made the former entrance more difficult for incoming and outgoing traffic. A new gate and security system will be installed, and the driveway will be divided to an entrance and an exit lane.
The capital improvements will also help Camp Tanadoona become better known as a community gathering place, not only in summer for Camp Fire programming, but for the greater communities surrounding it, including Chanhassen, Chaska, Carver, Victoria, Waconia, Excelsior, and Eden Prairie.
"We want it to be known not just as 'Camp Tanadoona' but as 'Tanadoona,'" Marnie said. "We're here for meetings and conferences, for the greater public to get to know us and use our facilities."
The council launched its capital campaign in 2012, with the goal of raising $1.5 million for renovating and adding on to the current camp and its grounds. The addition of day camp cabins will enable expanded programming. The three new cabins for overnight campers will each accommodate 16 campers.
"Like the existing overnight cabins, they won't have electricity, no attached bathrooms," Kelly said. "We did focus groups when designing the master plan. The kids said, 'You're not putting electricity in there, right?'"
According to Kelly Abraham, Marketing and Communication Manager at Camp Fire Minnesota, the kids can arrive assured that the new cabins will continue the spirit of the camp's rustic nature, complete with no electricity.
Youth Impacted by Washington Landside Receive Free Week at Grief Camp
Thanks to Camp Fire and New York Life, families affected by the March 22nd mudslide in Snohomish County, Washington, will be getting a break this summer. Camp Fire Camp Killoqua is offering a free six-day grief camp experience to youth (in grades 2–12) who lost a family member as a result of the devastating event.
The camp, to be held June 21–26, is not the first grief camp Camp Fire has provided. "Camp Fire Snohomish County has been delivering the grief camp program since 1998 to children who have experienced loss," said Dave Surface, Executive Director of the council. "While these are unique circumstances, we have the experience and trained professionals needed to ensure this is a healing, magical week."
The project was made possible with support from New York Life. "They have been a tremendous support to Camp Fire, not only locally but nationally as well," Dave said. New York Life donated $10,000 towards the effort.
In addition, affected youth are encouraged to register for a weeklong resident camp session at Camp Killoqua in July or August. "We have had a truly amazing outpouring of support from United Way's Recovery Funds for mudslide relief and Camp Fire's network of families, donors, and friends," Dave said. "All of the support allows us to offer a safe haven for over a hundred youth to come, learn to understand their feelings, and just be kids."
Families and youth affected by the landslide should contact Carol Johnson at (425) 258-5437 or firstname.lastname@example.com to register.
To donate to this effort, click here.
Year-End Ceremony Celebration
Grand Council Fire is Camp Fire Balcones' year-end ceremony, which recognizes and celebrates the accomplishments of council youth from the past year. Parents, siblings, grandparents, and friends are encouraged to attend. This year, the ceremony took place during Camp Fire's annual spring campout in early April. Festivities began with the Grand Council Fire and concluded with a sing-along and s'mores.
Council leadership encouraged all participants and guests to honor and respect the solemnity and significance of the ceremony. Ceremonials are a Camp Fire tradition popular around the country. Each council has developed its own significant activities and songs used in ceremonials. Some reasons to hold ceremonials include:
$20,000 Grant Earned in Planned Giving Challenge
Camp Fire Green Country has earned a $20,000 grant in the Tulsa Community Foundation Planned Giving Challenge. The giving challenge encourages agencies to build an endowment account at Tulsa Community Foundation using planned gifts.
To qualify for the grant, the organization had to secure at least three donors and raise $100,000 in future gifts. "Camp Fire Green Country surpassed its goal," Executive Director Bobbie Henderson said.
"We feel so grateful for donors committed to ensuring that their support for quality youth development continues beyond their lifetime," Bobbie said. "A strong endowment not only provides regular income for current needs but also promotes the organization's future financial stability."
Council President Gayle Campbell praised Tulsa Community Foundation for the innovative program. "The challenge grants offer an incentive to donors that result in critical future financing."
Operation Kids Camp
Johnny McLaughlin, Executive Director of Camping Services, Camp Fire Inland Southern California, has a passion for opening doors of conversation. And he's most passionate about the doors that seem hardest to open—those between kids and parents who are either active or retired from the military.
Camp Nawakwa's Operation Kids Camp (OKC) is available to youth aged 8 to 14 who are members of active duty or retired military families. The camp is the only resident camp program serving military families in Southern California. Geographically, Camp Nawakwa is situated in an ideal location, being in close proximity to numerous military installations, such as Camp Pendleton, 32nd Street Naval Station, Fort Erwin, 29 Palms, Edwards AFB, and Nellis AFB. Last year—the first year of the camp-provided service—OKC served 30 youth. This year the goal is to serve 150.
Though the camp is specific to military families, the focus is grounded in the high-quality programming Camp Fire is uniquely capable of delivering. Kids leave with the 21st century competencies they'll need—critical thinking, communication, and social skills. The council's goal is for each child to return home with greater confidence and self-reliance. They also want kids to be refreshed by their experience—and then to bring that refreshment back to their families.
According to Johnny, "The real impact we have is providing a safe, nurturing environment for conversation and connection. From the connection of the kids, the entire family unit is invigorated."
The camp's foundation in the military creates a commonality for the campers. Johnny said, "Last year the kids had an absolute blast. Soldiers from nearby Fort Erwin brought over Humvees and gave the kids rides. Creating a "mock ambush" was lighthearted fun for everyone." Yet, conversation also turns to the tricky.
During the course of the week, the attending soldiers have an opportunity to do a question-and-answer session with the campers. From these visits, Johnny remembered questions from kids included, "What's more important, country or family?" and "Could you shoot a kid, even if they had a gun." "Yet," Johnny chuckled, "The very next question could be, 'Do you like peanut butter?'" Other benefits unique to OKC are having both male and female soldiers available for kids' questions. "It opens up the conversation for everyone," Johnny continued.
In years past, active military personnel served a single term of duty and then returned home to their family. Today, with multiple engagements, families have to cope with ongoing stress and challenge. Operation Kids Camp gives them a release valve.
This year, the camp will be held June 22–27, and the fee is $395. The multi-sibling discount (for any family sending more than one child) will be an additional 5 percent off per child. Camp Fire Inland Southern California will also provide a number of scholarships. The scholarship applications are available on the council's web page, www.campfiretoday.org.
Let's ALL Play Opens Up the Playground
2014 marks the third year of Camp Fire Green Country's partnership with the National Inclusion Project's Let's ALL Play initiative. The partnership provides additional training for Camp Fire camp staff in order to successfully engage and support youth with special needs or behavioral challenges.
Essential to this program are camp staffers designated as "inclusion buddies." These specially trained counselors provide individual assistance and attention to ensure that all youth enjoy a safe and healthy summer camp experience. One parent shared that "my children came home with a newfound independence and greater love for the outdoors. The additional support of a buddy counselor made camp easier for my son…his buddy was there when he needed extra time or a short break." This support is provided for all Camp Fire camps, as well as to the many summer camp user group partners.Â
All overnight campers provide information regarding challenges, limitations, or disabilities in the areas of communication, participation, sensory, behavior, or physical disability so camp staff can ensure their comfort and inclusion in camp activities.
Camp Fire's goal is to allow all youth to experience everything summer camp has to offer!
For more information, visit www.tulsacampfire.org/camp or contact Camp & Outdoor Program Director Susan Bencke, at email@example.com.
Candy tastes extra sweet when sales support our troops. Pictured are members of Camp Fire Central Coast of California's adorable Candy Sale team.
Camp Fire Central Puget Sound's Candy Sale is the cornerstone of the council's group programming, teaching critical skills, such as public speaking, budget management, and safety as well as persistence and motivation. Pictured are Camp Fire kids visiting a local radio station.
Camp Fire Heart of the Hawkeye has officially changed its name to Camp Fire Heart of Iowa. And...Camp Fire Central Coast is now Camp Fire Central Coast of California.
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Toepfer, the world's top environment official as chief of the United
Nations Environment Program, spoke with Tierramérica in the lead-up
to Feb. 16, the day the Kyoto Protocol on climate change takes effect.
MEXICO CITY - The 1997 Kyoto Protocol, frequently
given up for dead, finally enters into force on Feb. 16. Its critics
say the global pact for fighting climate change comes too late and
offers to little: not only are its targets for curbing greenhouse
gas emissions modest (5.2 percent below 1990 levels), but many of
the industrialized countries that signed the treaty will not be
able to meet the goals by the 2012 deadline.
Meanwhile, the international community is gearing up to launch negotiations
this year that go beyond the Kyoto Protocol timeframe, a period
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The world's top environment official, Klaus Toepfer, executive director
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from the UNEP headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya.
- What can we expect from the Kyoto Protocol? Some observers fear
that industrialized countries will not be able to meet their targets
by 2012.
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will do everything possible to meet them.
- The case of Canada is symptomatic: they have warned that they
will not be able to meet the Kyoto goals unless the country invests
around a billion dollars a year in buying carbon credits from countries
like Russia.
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emissions reductions is valid through the three instruments of the
treaty: emissions trading, joint implementation and the clean development
mechanism. The last one seems especially vital because it would
allow industrialized countries to meet their goals by investing
in clean energy technologies in the developing world. It is a positive
partnership for both parties.
- Critics maintain that the energy and transport industries in the
North have resisted moves towards energy efficiency. What is your
- Meeting the Kyoto goals is only possible if there are commitments
to both sides of the coin. One is the development of renewable energies,
the other is energy efficiency, that is, using the available energy
more intelligently. I see that the big auto companies are already
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- What should be the priority in the debate after Kyoto?
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strengthening cooperation amongst cities, amongst regions, and promoting
commitments by corporations to reduce emissions. We need a great
deal of imagination. The challenge we face is enormous and we cannot
afford to restrict thinking.
- There has been a proposal for setting a ceiling on the total CO2
concentration in the atmosphere, and based on that, establishing
global emissions limits that would also obligate the developing
world to reduce greenhouse gases. What do you think of such a proposal?
- Yes, there has been talk in various forums about establishing
that maximum limit. But that does not change a substantial principle
agreed in Rio de Janeiro in 1992: shared but differentiated responsibilities
in fighting climate change. That means industrialized countries
are the ones that should take the lead, make reductions and develop
technologies towards a less carbon-intensive economy.
- Is it plausible that the United States (which has not ratified
the Kyoto Protocol) might return to the climate change negotiations?
- There is a great deal happening now in the United States. There
are numerous actions related to climate change, for example, in
the state of California, and there is intense national debate on
energy policy. Also, the broadening of supply and energy efficiency
are crucial economic objectives in the United States. That is why
I'm very optimistic.
- Last week a prominent British scientist said that Antarctica is
not a sleeping giant, as the Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate
Change (IPCC) has described it, but rather is quite awake and could
cause a dramatic rise in sea levels. What is your opinion?
- I am not a climate scientist, but I can say that I was in the
Arctic recently and saw with my own eyes the melting of glaciers
and that yes, it is a very rapid process. Now, I follow the IPCC
assessments and I assure you that all of this information from numerous
scientists is taken very seriously and incorporated into the work
of the IPCC.
* Diego Cevallos is an IPS correspondent.
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Protocol to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
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Apricot-Basil Chicken Salad
The crunchy chicken-apricot salad can go from a ladies' luncheon to your picnic basket. As an appetizer, try it on top of crackers or toasted bread. This recipe is from reader Darlene Rose Cook of Corvallis, Oregon.
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- 1/3 cup mayonnaise
- 1/2 cup low-fat Greek yogurt
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1/2 teaspoon paprika
- 5 teaspoons champagne or white-wine vinegar
- 3 cups shredded cooked chicken
- 1/4 cup blanched slivered almonds, toasted
- 1/2 medium white onion, minced (1/2 cup)
- 1 large celery stalk, diced small (1/2 cup), plus leaves
- 1/3 cup dried apricots, diced small
- 1/3 cup packed fresh basil leaves, torn
- Coarse salt and ground pepper
Step 1
In a large bowl, whisk together mayonnaise, yogurt, garlic, paprika, and vinegar. Stir in chicken, almonds, onion, celery, apricots, and basil. Season with salt and pepper.
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Elana R 21 Jun, 2013
Absolutely delicious and easy to make! I substituted almonds for cashews and used Turkish Apricot. A beautiful and definitely elegant meal!
One note -
I found it unintuitive to add the chicken to the mayo/yogurt mixture in case the ratio is off. First mix the dry ingredients and then add the dressing.
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Dogs are man's best friend, so they say, and older dogs are some of the most loyal friends you can find. Older dogs are just as loving as younger dogs, but with a sense of calm and confidence that can only be obtained with age. Whether you adopted an older dog—a truly humane act—or you've raised your dog from a puppy, there are a number of unique issues that you'll have to face. With this website, you will be able to work your way through the myriad challenges, major and minor, that will face you and your loyal canine companion.
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The left-wing website Talking Points Memo reported Tuesday that Mitt Romney had "clarified" his remarks about Russian President Vladimir Putin, noting he "wasn't really suggesting that the Russian president is superior to President Obama."
That's nice to know, considering it isn't what Romney suggested at all.
"I think Putin has outperformed our president time and time again on the world stage," Romney told NBC on Friday. "I think most observers of the geopolitical scene suggest that Russia has elevated itself in stature and America has been diminished."
It's hard to see any suggestion in that comment that Putin is morally superior to Obama, as TPM implies.
Nope. Romney is clearly suggesting Putin is smarter than Obama on foreign policy, which, given Obama's record, isn't a difficult achievement.


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In addition to individual apps, the resource bank also collects curated app lists from around the Web. Recently, the site introduced an App Alert Service, where educators can sign up for automatic e-mail notification of new apps for their area and level of need.
"We talked to educators and asked if they have time to go to any resource bank to look for apps and they said, 'No not really,'" says Robbie Melton, associate vice chancellor of e-learning and emerging mobilization technology. "This way, if you need, say, biology apps on the iPad, you'll automatically receive an e-mail notification to see what new apps are in this bank, so you don't miss something (that is) like a game changer."
Users can also submit new or unlisted apps for consideration. Each month, TBR library deans select an app of the month to highlight the best additions to the bank, with an iTunes gift card going to the submitter of the winning app.
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Welcome to the World SF Blog.
The blog, dedicated to posting "links, news and original content related to science fiction, fantasy, horror and comics from around the world", was a near-daily blog operating continuously from February 2009 to June 2013, for over four years.
The blog was published by Lavie Tidhar, with associate editor Charles Tan and fiction editors Debbie Moorhouse and then Sarah Newton.
The blog was a nominee for the 2011 World Fantasy Award, and won a 2012 BSFA Award for Best Non-Fiction, as well as a Kitschies Special Achievement Award.
Below you can refer to selected material, or use the tag cloud to highlight specific countries or topics.
While the blog is no longer being updated, the entire archive is available here.
A Last Word
I started the World SF Blog in February of 2009 – a century in Internet time! – partly as an excuse to promote my then-forthcoming anthology of international speculative fiction, The Apex Book of World SF – but mostly out of what can only be described as an ideological drive, a desire to highlight and promote voices seldom heard in genre fiction.
The blog ran for about a year on Live Journal – yes, people still used Live Journal back then! – but shortly made the transition to WordPress, where this current site and archive remain.
From the very beginning, I was aided and abetted by Charles Tan, who was chiefly responsible for the original content we were able to provide, conducting many of our interviews and contributing editorials and essays, as well as helping with soliciting material for the site (and taking over every time I was moving countries!). Anil Menon, too, was an early supporter, occasional book reviewer and guest-blogger, and a steadfast friend to the site.
We began publishing fiction in 2010 and by 2011 have taken on a dedicated fiction editor, Debbie Moorhouse. Debbie kept the fiction side going until stepping down in 2012, when Sarah Newton took over. We were also able to incorporate the entire The Portal web site archive, which was edited by Val Grimm (Val is also making the entire archive available through the Merril Collection).
I was incredibly gratified, over the past few years, with the level of enthusiasm and support the site has received. It felt to me that we were able to partly-initiate, and to encourage, a conversation that the genre had not had before, and in a very real way is only now beginning to seriously engage in.
Along the way, I was privileged enough to be able to publish The Apex Book of World SF 2, with a third volume scheduled for 2014. I am very grateful to Jason Sizemore of Apex Book Company for his unstinting support for this project from the very start, and in a very real way making it all happen.
Along the way, too, and with the help of Sean Wallace, we were able to establish The World SF Travel Fund, for facilitating the visit of international genre people to a major convention, the World Fantasy Convention. It began by wanting to help Charles Tan travel from the Philippines to the United States, where he was nominated for a World Fantasy Award, in 2011, but we continued the fund, helping Swedish authors Karin Tidbeck and Nene Ormes in 2012 and Rochita Loenen-Ruiz of the Philippines, and Csilla Kleinheincz of Hungary, in 2013.
The change I have seen in the four years of the blog is heartening. In a way, I have decided to stop now because the blog has fulfilled everything I ever wanted it to, and so much more.
And then, too, there is the fact that it has been four years. I'm not sure I ever intended the site to run for that long, and I did begin to feel a certain fatigue around a year ago. This entire crazy enterprise was run on enthusiasm and a certain desire for change, and I did not want to become resentful of the time or effort I was spending. To do a thing it must be done with joy, or not at all.
So I am – with joy, at everything we've accomplished! – shutting it down. I've enjoyed every minute of it. And I'm grateful to all the wonderful people who supported the blog, contributed to the blog, wrote for us, but most of all for the conversation, which exists outside of this site, of different communities across different countries and language now talking to each other, and may you never stop. Too many people to thank, but you know who you are.
So here it is: The World SF Blog, over four years and hundreds of blog posts, all available online, on every aspect of international speculative fiction, from almost every country in the world. I hope it's useful. I hope it's fun.
And thank you.
The Apex Book of World SF Anthologies
The World SF Blog was initially set up to promote the anthology, The Apex Book of World SF, which was later joined by The Apex Book of World SF 2, with a third volume scheduled for 2014.
If you have found the blog useful, do consider purchasing a copy of one or both volumes by clicking on the images below.
Selected Features
Over the past four years we've run a selection of articles, guest posts and round tables exclusive to the blog. Here is a small selection:
- Non-Western SF Roundtable (Part 1)
- Non-Western SF Roundtable (Part 2)
- (Global) Women in SF Round Table
- Australian SF Round Table
- Round Table: On Environment and Background, Part One
- Round Table: Environment and Background, Part Two
- The Dilemma of the Term "World SF" Redux
- Seeing Through Foreign Eyes" by Ekaterina Sedia
- On Japanese SF, by Nick Mamatas
- Lauren Beukes on Writing the Other
- Tim Maughan on British SF and the Class System
- SF in South Africa, by Nick Wood
- Editorial: Where is the World in the World Fantasy Awards?
- Editorial: The Language of Science Fiction
- Hungarian Post-Communist Science Fiction
- World-Building in a Hot Climate, by Anil Menon
- Science Fiction Can Be Glorious Again, by Guy Hasson
- American Authors vs. Foreign Authors, by Guy Hasson
- Africa in Science Fiction, by Nick Wood
- 2011 South African SF/F in Review
- The Persistent Neoteny of Science Fiction
- Guy Hasson on Writing for Two Cultures
- Science Fiction in Romania since the 1990 revolution
- S.L. Grey: Writing Genre Fiction in South Africa
- Science Fiction in Portugal
- Our [Hu]man in Havana, by Daniel W. Koon
- Journey to Forbidden Planet: Writing Speculative Fiction Set in Mexico
- Working in two Tracks, by Fábio Fernandes
- Hugh Cook – The Wordsmith and the Warrior
- In Other Wor(l)ds: Workshops in Collective Writing of Feminist-Queer Science Fiction by Tea Hvala
- Landscapes by Karin Tidbeck
- Samit Basu on Writing
Selected Interviews
Over the past four years we've run a plethora of exclusive interviews. Here is a small selection:
- Interview with Blaft Publications of India
- Portuguese Dagon Magazine and Roberto Mendes
- Indian author Samit Basu interview
- Finnish author Hannu Rajaniemi
- Romanian author Sebastian A. Corn
- British author Richard Calder interview
- Greek author and editor Athena Andreadis
- Haikasoru editor Nick Mamatas
- Russian author Lena Meydan
- Filipino artist Leonardo M. Giron
- Malaysian author Zen Cho interview
- UAE author Noura al Noman
- Japanese author Sayuri Ueda
- Russian author Ekaterina Sedia
- Brazilian author Misha'El
- Barbados author Karen Lord interviewed
- Filipino author and editor Paolo Chikiamco
- Chinese author and editor Wu Yan interviewed
- Indian author Vandana Singh
- Mexican author Federico Schaffler interview
- Swedish author Karin Tidbeck interviewed
- Malaysian author K.S. Augustin
- Egyptian author Ahmed Khaled Towfiq
- Singaporean author Anders Brink
- Brazilian author and editor Fabio Fernandes
- Israeli film festival director Uri Aviv interview
- South African author Tom Learmont interview
- Spanish author Rodolfo Martinez
- South African author S.L. Grey
- Mexican author Silvia Moreno-Garcia
- Israeli translator Gili Bar-Hillel
- Author Frank Haubold of Belgium
- Indonesian author Oscar Simanjuntak interview
- Japanese translator Cathy Hirano interview
- Israeli author Guy Hasson interview
- South African writer Joan de la Haye
- Spanish editor Marian Womack interview
You can find more of our interviews by clicking on the interview or interviews tag or on the original content tag.
Since 2010, we have published a total of 61 stories and 1 novella. We published authors from 30 countries. We published 23 original stories published for the first time, or for the first time in English, on the World SF Blog.
Here is out full list of short fiction published on the World SF Blog.
FICTION LINE-UP (from October 26th, 2010, newest stories first, * denotes if first published on the World SF Blog)
- Smile of the Monster, by Ido Sokolovsky, Israel (June 18, 2013) *
- Sanditon, by Helen Marshall, Canada (May 28, 2013)
- Synchronicity, by Victor Fernando R. Ocampo, Philippines (May 14, 2013)
- A Puddle of Blood, by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Mexico (May 7, 2013)
- Ratan Mirrors, by Geetanjali Dighe, India (April 30, 2013) *
- Looking the Lopai in the Eyes, by Indrapramit Das, India (April 16, 2013)
- Battleflag, by Bojan Ratković, Serbia (April 2, 2013) *
- Case Notes of a Witchdoctor, by Nick Wood, South Africa (March 19, 2013) *
- Eternal Return, by Rodolfo Martínez, Spain (March 5, 2013) *
- Eagle Feathers, by Joyce Chng, Singapore (February 19, 2013) *
- Poison, by Henrietta Rose-Innes, South Africa (February 5, 2013)
- On the Feast of Stephen, by Cyril Simsa, Czech Republic (January 22, 2013) *
- Ceremony of Innocence, by Armando Salinas, Mexico (December 4, 2012) *
- Planetfall, by Athena Andreadis, Greece (November 20, 2012)
- Brita's Holiday Village, by Karin Tidbeck, Sweden (November 13, 2012)
- Don't Move a Muscle, Mr. Liberty, by Jordan Ellinger, Canada (October 23, 2012)
- Valletta, City of Guilt, by Michael Vella, Malta (October 9, 2012) *
- Disclosure, by Sarah Newton, United Kingdom (September 25, 2012) *
- The Princess and the Shadowspawn, by Ben Godby, Canada (September 18, 2012) *
- The Good Things in Life, by H.H. Løyche, Denmark (September 4, 2012)
- Electric Sonalika, by Samit Basu, India (August 28, 2012)
- Morrie and the Grand Potato, by Tom Learmont, South Africa (August 7, 2012) *
- The Transformist, by Horacio Sentíes Madrid, Mexico (June 26, 2012)
- Deadly Quiet on the Western Front, by Fábio Fernandes, Brazil (June 19th, 2012) *
- Waiting With Mortals, by Crystal Koo, Philippines (June 5th, 2012) *
- The Portal Plague, by Dinesh Rao, India (May 22nd, 2012) *
- Professor Berkowitz Stands on the Threshold, by Theodora Goss, USA (May 8th, 2012)
- Flight of the Ibis, by Fadzlishah Johanabas, Malaysia (April 24th, 2012)
- Prudence and the Dragon, by Zen Cho, Malaysia (March 20th, 2012)
- Dali's Clocks, by Dave Hutchinson, UK (March 6th, 2012)
- Fear and Loathing in Deptford, by K.A. Laity, USA (February 21st, 2012)
- You Cannot Fight the War for Reason: Wearing the Wrong Trousers, by Aditya Bidikar, India (February 7th, 2012)
- Cosmic Love, by Harry Markov, Bulgaria (January 24th, 2012) *
- Clay Cast Cats, by TCA Lakshmi Narasimhan, India (January 10th, 2012) *
- A Hundred Thousand Armstrongs, by Zoltán László, Hungary (December 27th, 2011) *
- Kolkata Sea, by Indrapramit Das, India (December 13th, 2011)
- The City of Silence (Part Two), by Ma Boyong (translated by Ken Liu), China (December 6th, 2011) *
- The City of Silence (Part One), by Ma Boyong (translated by Ken Liu), China (November 29th, 2011) *
- Dancing Together Under Polarized Skies, by Milena Benini, Croatia (November 15th, 2011) *
- Maun of the Dead, by Sarah Lotz, South Africa (October 111th, 2011)
- The Man who Was Stronger than God, by Guy Hasson, Israel (April 12th, 2011)
- Mardock: Two Hundred Below by Tow Ubukata (translated by Nathan Collins), Japan (March 22nd, 2011) *
- Irredenta, by Lou Antonelli, US (March 15th, 2011) *
- A Change of Season, by Carmelo Rafala, US/UK (March 8th, 2011) *
- Encore, by John Kenny, Ireland (March 1st, 2011)
- Dance Dance Revolution, by Charlie Human, South Africa (February 22nd, 2011)
- Borrowed Time, by Stephen Kotowych, Canada (February 15th, 2011)
- Sand, Crushed Shells, Chicken Feathers, by Eliza Victoria, Philippines (February 8th, 2011)
- Seas of the World, by Ekaterina Sedia, Russia/US (February 2nd, 2011)
- LAPINS, by Michael Haulica (translated by Adriana Mosoiu), Romania (January 25th, 2011)
- An Orbital Flight With A Small Surprise, Pyotr Kowalczyk, Poland (January 18th, 2011)
- Thirstlands, by Nick Wood, South Africa (January 11th, 2010)
- Magique, by Lynne Jamneck, South Africa/New Zealand (December 21st, 2010)
- The Salt Line, by Grant Stone, New Zealand (December 14th, 2010)
- Copyfighter, by A.R. Yngve, Sweden (December 7th, 2010)
- Ganesh, in the Afternoon, by Fábio Fernandes, Brazil (November 30th, 2010)
- Eustace Albert, by Anil Menon, India (November 23rd, 2010)
- Mortal Danger, by Frank Roger, Belgium (November 16th, 2010)
- The Time traveler's Son, by Jason Erik Lundberg, US/Singapore (November 9th, 2010)
- The Word of God, by Nir Yaniv Israel (November 2nd, 2010)
- Mélanie, by Aliette de Bodard, France (October 26th, 2010)
Our first feature was an original serial by Joyce Chng from Singapore: the 15-parter THE BASICS OF FLIGHT:
Part One: Basics
- Chapter One: Beginnings: First Steps (May 11, 2010)
- Chapter Two: Finding her Balance: Standing on Two Feet (May 18, 2010)
- Chapter Three: Balance of the World: An Interlude (May 25, 2010)
- Chapter Four: Finding her Balance: Walking Aware (May 25, 2010)
- Chapter Five: Maintaining Equilibrium (June 1, 2010)
- Chapter Six: A Moment of Gravity (June 9, 2010)
- Chapter Seven: A Moment of Lift (June 29, 2010)
Part Two: Flight
Short Story Highlight: "Call Girl" by Tang Fei (China)
Apex Magazine's latest issue has a new short story by Chinese author Tang Fei, translated by Ken Liu: Call Girl.
Morning climbs in through the window as shadow recedes from Tang Xiaoyi's body like a green tide imbued with the fragrance of trees. Where the tidewater used to be, now there is just Xiaoyi's slender body, naked under the thin sunlight.
She opens her eyes, gets up, dresses, brushes her teeth, wipes away the foam at the corner of her mouth with a towel. Staring at the mirror, all serious, her face eventually breaks into a fifteen–year–old's smile. Above her, a section of the rose–colored wallpaper applied to the ceiling droops down. This is the fourth place where this has happened.
My house is full of blooming flowers, Xiaoyi thinks.
"There must be another leak in the pipes," her mother says. "There's a large water stain growing on the wall."
They sit down together to have a lavish breakfast: soy milk, eggs, pan–fried baozi, porridge. Xiaoyi eats without speaking.
When she's ready to leave the apartment, she takes out a stack of money from her backpack and leaves it on the table. Her mother pretends not to see as she turns to do the dishes. She has turned up the faucet so that the sound of the gushing water is louder than Xiaoyi's footsteps.
Xiaoyi walks past her mother and the money on the table and closes the door. She can no longer hear the water. It's so quiet she doesn't hear anything at all.
Her knees shake.
She reaches up for the silver pendant hanging from her neck, a dog whistle. – continue reading.
Editorial: In A Global Economy, What Place for the SFWA?
[Note: you may have noticed the site is currently in shut-down mode. However I'm in some early talks about a possible hand-over. In the meantime...]
I've been following with some interest the recent brouhaha (don't you just love that word?) around the SFWA (there's a round-up of links here).
I was struck by a couple of tangential comments, however, neither of which is directly related. One of them was sent to me privately, an excerpt from a conversation on the SFWA boards, in which a member said:
"SFWA is supposed to be an organization of those who write and publish science fiction in America."
The other two comments came from Twitter:
"If SFWA tried to be a truly global Association instead of a US-centric one, it could more easily address other biases too."
"Luckily, being South African, I never saw any point to joining the SFWA."
And that's the thing. I probably qualified for SFWA membership years ago (it only takes the sale of three stories, really), but I've never felt, perhaps, that I had a place in what is, after all, the science fiction writers of America. Now, I am published in the United States. In fact, in the sort of global world we live in, I'd argue that it's impossible to distinguish necessarily – in work terms – between an American and a non-American writer. Of course, some writers publish predominantly in one country and not the other. Many British writers are more successful in the UK, but I can hardly point to a single author never having business dealings with someone in the United States. The United States is the primary market for anyone – short story writer, editor, novelist – working in the field today.
Ironically, for a time the SFWA web site was relying on our own Charles Tan (from the Philippines) to provide much of its original content.
Now, it may sound like semantics, but there's a wider issue here, I think. For me as an outside observer, the SFWA has improved a lot in recent years. After some frankly bizarre incidents and people associated with it (remember a president addressing people with "greetings, gentlebeings"? Or a former president currently taking to the Internet to explain the inherent differences between men and women which make sexism ok?) I felt the SFWA took grip of itself with John Scalzi as president, and moreover, after having people run things who no one has ever heard of, it's nice when the organisation has an actual working writer at the helm (first Scalzi, and with Steven Gould is just coming into the job).
What the SFWA doesn't have, however, is any sort of commitment to diversity or any seeming awareness of the global nature of publishing today. I mean commitment to diversity as a stated goal of an organisation, and I mean a global awareness in the sense that today's working writers come from many places, only one of which is the United States itself, and that the issues facing authors are increasingly those from multinational corporations and publishing houses that are not bound by one narrow geographical area.
What it is, I think, is that I don't just want to be eligible to join the SFWA. I want to be made welcome by the SFWA. If that makes sense. (and I don't mean me myself, exactly. I've never been comfortable with membership in any organisation, though I've always been half-tempted to join the Israeli Transformers Appreciation Society (pop: 3 members)). I mean the people that, in a way, this blog represents. Some of our contributors are members of SFWA, others aspire to, others probably want nothing to do with it.
What is, after all, the purpose of an organisation like this? Is it to host occasional parties or hand out awards? Is it to fund emergency medical help for American writers living under a system of no social healthcare? Is it to offer business advice? At the moment, it seems half or more of the organisation's budget goes on publishing a rather odd print journal (and we can see how that has turned out).
Imagine a different SFWA. One that has commitment to diversity in its masthead. One open to and welcoming international writers, doing things like the very World SF Travel Fund we have been running here. One that says, you know, American writers? They're only a part of the world of genre fiction today. Imagine the budget going not on an obscure print magazine but an up-to-date web site, an organisation that frowns on editors putting together anthologies with a narrow focus that excludes international writers (who are, frankly, some of the most exciting voices working today in the field).
That same SFWA member in the forums also said:
This doesn't look a lot like the organization I was invited to join back in the early 70's.
To which I can only say, Thank God for that! We don't live in the 1970s any more. The year is 2013, there's a global communication network surrounding the world, publishing is owned by two major corporations neither of which is US-based, and if science fiction is the literature of change, then it must embrace that change.
And this goes beyond a couple of old farts making fools of themselves in a magazine no one reads. It is an institutional bias that proves almost impossible to remove.
So… consider this one more conversational point in the current debate. It's not a call to arms, it's not a call to quit, or join, the SFWA, it's certainly not a call to "help change things from within" or, for that matter, from without. Hopefully, it's a different take, from the bias of this blog, on how the Science Fiction Writers of America is perceived by some of us who are not under that national qualification.
And to go back to this blog, briefly, it has been tremendously gratifying to see it evolve, get some minor recognition, maybe even help change a few things, here and there – but it is also frustrating to be making the same argument, over and over, for the past four years – not just in blog posts but in person, in conversation, or in other public forums – and most of the time to people who nod politely without quite hearing you. To those of us fighting to be heard, and fighting for recognition, it's an up-hill battle all the way, and I wish it wasn't – not for myself but for all those writers this blog is here to champion.
Short Story Highlight: "The Ink Readers of Doi Saket" by Thomas Olde Heuvelt
Dutch author Thomas Olde Heuvelt has a new story up at Tor.com: The Ink Readers of Doi Saket:
It was during a night in the twelfth lunar month of this year when two strong hands pushed young Tangmoo down into the bed of the Mae Ping River, and by doing so, ironically, fulfilled his only wish. Tangmoo flailed his arms wildly, churning up the swirling water. The whites of his eyes reflected flashes from the fireworks as his smothered cries rose in bubbles to the surface, where they burst in silence: help, help, help, help!
These filtered cries of alarm were mistaken by a pair of dragonflies fused in flight, their only wish to remain larvaless and so prolong their love dance endlessly, for the dripping of morning dew. So unsettled was the pair that their breaths caught, and for a second, just when the male ejaculated, they separated. Force of habit subsequently incited them to repeat this in all their future climaxes, making their fondest wish actually come true.
But this was a chance circumstance. The point here is that young Tangmoo screamed, and his lungs filled with water, and please, he did not want to die this way. – continue reading!
Aliette de Bodard wins a Nebula
Congratulations to Aliette de Bodard for winning a Nebula Award for Best Short Story, for Immersion.
This is something of a historical win as, as far as we can ascertain, Aliette is the first ever European writer to win a Nebula in the entire history of the award. Congratulations to Aliette and here's hoping for the continuation of greater diversity in the field's awards.
"Immersion" is also a current Hugo Award nominee.


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The best way to build a credit score
About 52 million American adults don't have sufficient credit histories to generate a credit score.
This post comes from Tim Sullivan at partner blog Get Rich Slowly.
I recently had dinner with my friend and fellow 20-something, Gwynn. When the check came, I put down plastic; she put down cash. The following conversation followed:
Gwynn: Would it be easier to just take the cash and put it all on your card?
Me: No, I'll just have him split it. I tend to do this awesome thing where I take the cash, thinking I'll get the miles, and then spend the cash on whatever. When the bill comes a month later, I'm wondering why I spent $50 on dinner for myself.
Gwynn: I just don't trust those things.
Me: Credit cards?
Gwynn: Yeah, never had one, never will.
Gwynn and I kept talking and not only has she never had a credit card, but:
- The only school loan she took out was directly from her father.
- She's never had a car payment.
- She's never had a mortgage.
Do you know your score?
Gwynn has worked at the same nonprofit since graduating college and saves with every paycheck. When a big purchase comes up, whether it be a plane ticket or a vacation, she saves and pays out-of-pocket. For her lifestyle, it works great.
That said, after our conversation, I got curious about her credit score, and Gwynn said she had no idea what it was or really what a credit score is. According to the 2011 Consumer Financial Literacy Survey by the National Foundation for Credit Counseling, two in three adults haven't checked their credit score in the past 12 months, and one in three have no clue what their score is.
I've had a credit card for years now and find it helpful in pursuing my long-term goals, like buying a home. Although length of credit history is only 15% of a FICO credit score, I still consider my credit card as my No. 1 way of building solid credit, and perhaps more importantly, establishing good credit habits for the future.
Quick overview of credit scores
Let's review the anatomy of a FICO credit score. There are a few categories that determine your final number. All you Gwynns out there, lend a quick ear:
- Payment history (35%).
- Credit utilization, or how much of your credit you're using (30%).
- Length of credit history (15%).
- Recently issued credit (10%).
- Types of credit used (10%).
A FICO score serves as a quick reference guide for lenders to determine the risk level for them to lend money. It's a number between 300 and 850, the higher the better. In short, a high score indicates less risk, therefore earning the borrower a lower interest rate and less overall cost.
By maintaining good credit from now until the purchase date of my home (whenever that may be), I will lower my monthly mortgage payment and end up saving myself thousands of dollars in the long run. (Post continues below.)
What are Gwynn's options?
Building a solid credit score with my card is working for me. I know my habits, like how I shouldn't take cash from friends at a restaurant to get the miles on my card.
But if Gwynn wants to start paying attention to her FICO score, what are her alternatives to credit cards? I called Gwynn and asked her if she had looked up her score with myFICO since we talked. She had, and found that she had no credit record at all, making her one of 22 million Americans who don't, says Craig Watts, public relations director at FICO. He says an additional 30 million have very thin files.
Gwynn says her cardless system is working for her now, but she still wants to build her credit. What are her options?
- According to the FICO website, she can take out a small personal loan from her bank. She already has established a good relationship with her bank and should be able to get a small personal loan. When she pays it off quickly, her credit record will start to grow. However, this seems like debt for debt's sake. This isn't what I would choose in order to build my score from the ground up.
- According to FICO, another solution is to get a secured credit card. A secured credit card involves putting down a given amount of money as collateral ($200 on the low end), and your line of credit is equal to the initial money down. Here's a great article that includes suggestions for specific cards with low annual fees.
A third option? Get a credit card and use it only for automated expenses. Yes, this option involves opening a credit card, but she could limit its use to a few automated payments. In about an hour, Gwynn could set up her card to automatically pay for her utilities, cable, and Netflix (or whatever else), and then automate a payment from her checking account to pay off her credit card in full. She'll get emails before transactions go through telling her everything is working like clockwork.
She can put her card in an ice cream carton filled with water and stick it in the freezer if she wants. She can give it to her father and say, "Never ever give this to me ever." She won't have access to the numbers, but will still be building credit.
An alternative to the credit card alternatives?
There is a philosophy growing in popularity that having no FICO score is just fine, that everything should be paid without using credit, including a house. There are also alternatives to standard loan approval, such as a bank doing manual underwriting. There are a few forums that discuss pros and cons, such as this one.
I can understand the philosophy that all purchases, including very large ones like houses and cars, should be made with cash. As with all things personal finance, you have to do what works for you, just as Gwynn does what works for her. I, on the other hand, like how credit cards are improving my creditworthiness.
What ways do you recommend for taking a credit score from zero to hero? Do you think of your credit score as a friend, a necessary evil, or something you can live without?
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Your Credit rating IS your slave rating. More and more people are catching on to this. The ONLY way to win the credit game, is NOT TO PLAY!
No Usury.
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If you have the cash, you can afford it. If you don't. You can't. Remember, that's how our grandparents lived..
The author is incorrect to some extent regarding getting a credit card and not using it. Inactive accounts end up getting closed by the lender (as what happened to my spouse and his paid off Sears card that he had for years). When they closed the account, his credit score took a hit even though he didn't have a balance or was ever late. I hate my credit card but I know if I close the account (as much as I want to) my credit score will take a hit. I also know that if I don't use the damned thing, they'll close the account and my credit score will take a hit. Also, if I maintain a balance, it will hurt my credit score as well. The only reason I got the thing to begin with was to build my credit score in order to hopefully qualify for a mortgage (as advised by guess who-lenders) Unfair? You bet, but it is what it is. I think FICO scores are a bunch of crapola and don't truly reflect on people's ability to pay. If people choose to live without revolving debt, it should NEVER, EVER be held against them.
Debt is just another form of slavery and if someone chooses to live without it, more power to them!!! Debt is also a trap should your employment status change dramatically, which seems to be happening more and more in this new "wonderful" global economy (sarcasm intended).
Gwynn in the article is just fine and could probably save up enough money to purchase a house OUTRIGHT so what would she ever need a credit score for anyway.
Don't fall for the lie that you "have" to have credit. You really, truly don't. Furthermore, you'll be better off financially and have more freedom anyway.
I, like most of you, am rather skitish when it comes to the use of credit cards. That credit slope is so slippery that if you can't make a payment, miss a payment, or live outside of your means via credit card, you are on a straight path to financial turmoil.
WIth that said, I have a credit card and use it ever so often. When I tried to apply for a car loan two years ago, I had issues with finding a lender. I had good credit (my score was in the upper 700s), but I just didn't have enough credit history. At that time my credit card was only used on a rainy day, but now I have found way to incorporate my credit card into my everyday spending that helps me build my credit score.
How many of us visit the gas pump at least once week? Gas is something we have to buy, something we have to include in our budgets. It costs $50 for me to fill up. $50 a week for four weeks... you can do the math. So every month I make sure that I have $200 set aside for gas. Instead of spending that money out of pocket, I use my credit card for my gas and at the end of the month, the $200 I didn't spend out of pocket at the pump is still in my bank account; I pay that $200 towards my credit card. Sorry for the long and winded comment, I just wanted to share my rationalization for the use of my credit card.
I agree that credit card companies operate under the fallacy that you have to have them. They are greedy bastards for the most part that suck the very life out of your finances. You have to prove that you dont need credit and be financially stable before you can even get credit.....thats because the credit companies want to make sure they get that huge amount of interest that they are going to lay on you. I am retired now and I have built up and crashed my credit three times. If I had to do it all over again I would try to live without it.
It should be a crime to charge higher interest to those with lesser credit ratings or credit scores.
Higher interest rate does not reduce the risk.
The risk of lending money (or credit) remains the same whether the interest rate is 1% or 1000%. This is just a ploy to squeeze money out of those; who are young, who would prefer to use money, who made poor choices, or who are victims of circumstances, beyond their control.
I say use cash and let them steal someone else's money.
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Police are treating it as a homicide, and said they believe that it happened elsewhere and that the body was then dumped in the wooded area.
"It's generally a nice town but unfortunately this is the third time we've encountered this in the past three or four years, of bodies that were dropped on our town," police Chief Michael Manzi said.
Two teenage hikers called police at about 2 p.m. to report a suspicious and foul odor, Manzi said. The body was found at the base of a cliff in the woods near a portion of the Farmington Valley Greenway Trail, which runs through parts of Connecticut and Massachusetts.
The victim appears to be a white man, Manzi said.
The Office of the Chief State's Medical Examiner will conduct an autopsy to determine the exact cause of death. The state police Major Crime Unit was also on the scene Friday.
The investigation was still underway late Friday night and police are asking anyone who may have seen anything suspicious in that area over the past couple of days to call (860) 668-3870.
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GFS off to impressive 3-0 start
The GFS soccer team opened the 2008 season with an impressive 4-2 victory over Central last Tuesday afternoon. Coming into the season, the biggest question mark for the Tigers was their backline. And though there were some defensive lapses, GFS found ways to get the critical stops when needed.
The Tigers opened up the scoring early: Five minutes into the game, junior Jason Symonette carried the ball down the left side of the field and sent a nice cross to fellow junior Manolo Sanchez, who one-timed the ball past the Central goalkeeper. It seemed like the Tigers were in complete control of the game early on as they dominated possession time.
Two thirds of the way through the first half, the Tigers got a bit of luck after senior goalkeeper Zach Fernberger launched a free kick from the box. The kick went to the other 18-yard line, and a Lancer defender jumped and headed the ball backwards into the net for an own goal. The Tigers cruised through the rest of the first half with a 2-0 lead.
Despite being down and thoroughly outplayed, Central fought back and made some key defensive adjustments. First, they put two men on both Sanchez and Symonette, completely limiting their touches. They then continued to pressure the inexperienced Tiger backline, the tactic paid divdends. In a mirror image of the first half, a Lancer player raced by the Tiger defense on the left wing and easily put the ball past the GFS keeper. Eight minutes later, a Tiger defender misplayed an easy ball, and a Central player was there to rocket it into the back of the net from 22 yards out.
Springside hockey filling the cage in early outings
Under new head coach Tara Maguire, Springside School breezed through its first two field hockey scrimmages last week, outscoring Cheltenham High School, 7-0, and Friends Central, 6-0.
Turning up for their first official practice on Aug. 18, the Lions embarked on a regimen of six hours practice a day.
"They turned up ready to play and ready to run," Maguire said. "They've got a lot of heart and they're really willing to work and to take risks together as a team. I'm finding them very coachable."
Maguire is a former U.S. Field Hockey team member and Penn State standout. With an MBA already on her resume, she's currently pursuing a master's degree in psychology at Chestnut Hill College.
Her last coaching stint was as a Penn State assistant in 2005, and she now operates her own business providing one-on-one field hockey training.
"I love working at the high school level because I think you can have a lot of impact on their lives right now," she explained. "It makes a real difference when they 'get it,' when they understand it's not just about field hockey, but about principle; showing up on time, following through on their commitments, showing respect for one another."
Major turnout for Springside tennis
With a small enrollment and a relatively large number of varsity sports offerings, Springside School often finds itself coping with personnel shortages on various teams. Not so with the tennis program, which had 41 girls turn out to the first practice, including 20 freshmen.
With a no-cut policy in place at Springside (they're seldom needed), the Lions will find themselves with a "third team" in upper school tennis that has no natural rival at other league schools.
While this type of turnout would be helpful if Springside were starting a football program, it only takes a few really talented players to make a successful varsity squad, and in the Girls Inter-Ac League those types of athletes have tended to gravitate towards schools like Episcopal and Germantown Academies.
This year, though, Springside does have a tournament-toughened player in junior number one Rachel Byer. After attending Springside for a long stretch, Byer switched to North Penn High School last year, but has now returned to the Lions. Over the summer, she was ranked 24th in the 18's division in the Middle States section of the USTA.
CHC women's soccer splits on opening weekend
Women's soccer squads converged on Chestnut Hill College from north and south last weekend as the Griffins got their season underway with back-to-back homestands.
On Saturday, CHC hosted the Concordia College Clippers, who sailed back to Bronxville, N.Y., with a 4-2 victory. The next afternoon, the Columbia Union Pioneers made the trek up from Takoma Park, Md., but they were soon headed back down the beaten path following an unsettling 3-0 loss to Chestnut Hill.
With Sunday's victory, the CHC women accomplished a feat that had eluded them all last season, when they finished with a record of 0-18-1.
"Opening weekend is always a sort of lottery," first-year CHC coach Seamus O'Connor said after the long-awaited win. "I think yesterday the girls were a bit nervous and apprehensive, and they had last season on their mind. We didn't play our best and the girls were upset with themselves, and they were determined to represent the school better today."


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jvbrewer said: My problem with this graph is that it misrepresents presidential decision-making as the creation of new initiatives. President Obama has chosen to continue many of President Bush's military and tax policies, yet this is not indicated in the graphic.
markreagan said: Also important to note is 8 years of spending compared to three years. It's really not fair to use projections for a fair comparison. I am not a Bush lover, or Obama lover … just saying … this is data manipulation…
» SFB says: We got a handful of interesting responses to this post, and just wanted to note them. (This one too.) This chart does note some interesting things — and it does put into perspective some interesting numbers, particularly comparing the various stimulus measures and such. But you do have to be aware that there are always caveats when dealing with charts like these — especially when comparing actual numbers to things that haven't happened yet (projections vs. history). Who knows? Maybe in a year or two Obama will come up with some insane stimulus bigger than the Bush tax cuts, throwing this chart out of whack. Maybe health care will turn out to save money in the long run. Either way, it's good to emphasize that there are dissenting opinions to the New York Times' chart. — Ernie @ SFB


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