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Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee
The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee (the "Committee") is appointed by the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Stemline Therapeutics, Inc. (the "Company") to (1) identify individuals qualified to become Board members, (2) recommend director nominees to the Board for the next annual meeting of stockholders, (3) evaluate the overall effectiveness of the Board, (4) develop, monitor and evaluate applicable corporate governance practices of the Company, and (5) perform such other responsibilities and duties enumerated in and consistent with this Charter or as otherwise determined by the Board.
The Committee shall consist of at least two independent members of the Board. Each Committee member shall satisfy the independence requirements of The Nasdaq Stock Market and other applicable laws, rules and regulations governing independence, as determined by the Board.
Members of the Committee shall be appointed by the Board and shall serve at the discretion of the Board.
The Board shall designate a Chairperson for the Committee. The Chairperson shall preside at all meetings of the Committee and exercise and perform other powers and duties as may be assigned by the Board. In the absence of the Chairperson at any meeting of the Committee, the members of the Committee may designate a Chairperson by majority vote.
With respect to nominating and governance functions, the Committee has the following authority, responsibilities and duties:
- Identify and review individuals believed to be qualified to become directors for recommendation to the Board (Procedures of the Committee are attached hereto as Exhibit A). The Committee shall consider all pertinent issues and factors bearing on the qualifications of candidates in light of such criteria. Such factors may include, but are not limited to:
- Independence and no conflict of interest that would interfere with performance as a director;
- Character and integrity;
- Financial literacy;
- Level of education and business experience;
- Sufficient time to devote to Board matters; and
- Commitment to represent the long-term interests of the Company's stockholders.
- Recommend to the Board the director nominees for the next annual meeting of stockholders.
- Recommend to the Board the director nominees for each Board committee.
- In the case of a vacancy in the office of a director (including a vacancy created by an increase in the size of the Board), the Committee shall recommend to the Board an individual to fill such vacancy.
- Recommend the appropriateness of the size of the Board relative to its various responsibilities.
- Review the overall composition and leadership structure of the Board, taking into consideration the experience and expertise of the directors, and make recommendations to the Board as necessary.
- Assist the Board in its evaluation of the independence of the Company's directors in accordance with applicable legal and regulatory requirements.
- Consider nominations and recommendations of candidates for the Board made by stockholders (Procedures of the Committee are attached hereto as Exhibit B).
- Retain or terminate any professional search firm and other advisors, to the extent deemed appropriate by the Committee, to advise the Committee on director candidates, corporate governance matters or any other matters within the scope of this Charter.
- Review and make recommendations to the Board with respect to management succession planning.
- Review issues and developments related to corporate governance matters and recommend governance standards to the Board as the Committee deems appropriate.
- Consider and make recommendations to the Board concerning matters relating to the practices, polices and performance of the Board as the Committee deems appropriate.
- Make regular reports to the Board concerning the activities of the Committee.
- Oversee an annual self-evaluation by the Board.
- Perform an annual performance evaluation of the Committee and report the results to the Board.
- Review and assess the adequacy of this Charter on a periodic basis and, if appropriate, recommend changes to this Charter to the Board.
- Perform any other activities consistent with this Charter, the Company's Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, and By-Laws, and other governance issues as the Committee or the Board deems appropriate.
The Committee shall hold regular meetings based on a schedule determined by the Chairperson of the Committee; however, the Committee shall meet at least two times per year. For the purposes of transacting business at any meeting of the Committee, [two] members shall constitute a quorum.
The Committee may form and delegate to one or more subcommittees all or a portion of the Committee's authority, duties and responsibilities, and may establish such rules as it determines necessary or appropriate for its business.
The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee will evaluate candidates to the Board by reviewing their biographical information and qualifications. If the Committee determines that a candidate is qualified to serve on the Board, such candidate will be interviewed by a member of the Committee and the Chief Executive Officer. Members of the Board also have an opportunity to interview qualified candidates. The Committee will then determine, based on the background information and the information obtained in the interviews, whether to recommend to the Board that the Company nominate the candidate for approval by the stockholders to fill a directorship. With respect to an incumbent director whom the Committee is considering as a potential nominee for re-election, the Committee will review and consider the incumbent director's service to the Company during his or her term, including the number of meetings attended, level of participation, and overall contribution to the Company in addition to such person's biographical information and qualifications.
The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee will consider written recommendations from stockholders for Company nominees to the Board. To be timely, a stockholder's notice must be received by the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Company as follows: (a) in the case of an election of directors at an annual meeting of stockholders, not less than 60 days nor more than 90 days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year's annual meeting; provided, however, that in the event that the date of the annual meeting is advanced by more than 20 days, or delayed by more than 60 days, from the first anniversary of the preceding year's annual meeting, a stockholder's notice must be so received not earlier than the ninetieth day prior to such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of (i) the sixtieth day prior to such annual meeting and (ii) the tenth day following the day on which notice of the date of such annual meeting was mailed or public disclosure of the date of such annual meeting was made, whichever first occurs; or (b) in the case of an election of directors at a special meeting of stockholders, not earlier than the ninetieth day prior to such special meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of (i) the sixtieth day prior to such special meeting and (ii) the tenth day following the day on which notice of the date of such special meeting was mailed or public disclosure of the date of such special meeting was made, whichever first occurs.
The stockholder's notice to the Secretary shall set forth: (a) as to each proposed nominee (i) such person's name, age, business address and, if known, residence address, (ii) such person's principal occupation or employment, (iii) the class and number of shares of stock of the Company which are beneficially owned by such person, and (iv) any other information concerning such person that must be disclosed as to nominees in proxy solicitations pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; (b) as to the stockholder giving the notice (i) such stockholder's name and address, as they appear on the Company's books, (ii) the class and number of shares of stock of the Company which are owned, beneficially and of record, by such stockholder, (iii) a description of all arrangements or understandings between such stockholder and each proposed nominee and any other person or persons (including their names) pursuant to which the nomination(s) are to be made by such stockholder and (iv) a representation that such stockholder intends to appear in person, by means of remote communications, if any, authorized by the Board in its sole discretion, or by proxy at the meeting to nominate the person(s) named in its notice; and (c) as to the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination is being made (i) such beneficial owner's name and address, (ii) the class and number of shares of stock of the Company which are beneficially owned by such beneficial owner, and (iii) a description of all arrangements or understandings between such beneficial owner and each proposed nominee and any other person or persons (including their names) pursuant to which the nomination(s) are to be made. In addition, to be effective, the stockholder's notice must be accompanied by the written consent of the proposed nominee to serve as a director if elected. The Company may require any proposed nominee to furnish such other information as may reasonably be required to determine the eligibility of such proposed nominee to serve as a director of the Company.
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Hi everyone! Last weekend I was able to spend some time with my scrappin' buddies and got 20 pages done! I think that is more than I have done in the past 3 years since my little girl was born. I'll have to share some of the pages later. With some of the extra scraps of paper, I made a few cards to share with you tonight/this weekend. They are both sympathy cards and use the same Unity sentiment. "Thinking of you....In your time of need."
Have a great weekend!!!
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What great paper choices!!ReplyDelete
Lovely projects. TFSReplyDelete
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Nice use of colour Michelle, LIKE!ReplyDelete
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wait. did you just say you got 20 pages done in one weekend?!? omg you rock!ReplyDelete
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Lovely mix of patterns, Michelle. Looking forward to seeing your scrap pages.ReplyDelete
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Pretty cards. It's always inspirational to get together with friends and create.ReplyDelete
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Khudobin, Canes focus on 'right results'
Anton Khudobin could have easily played out the season, gone into free agency and found out what teams were willing to pay for him.
But the Canes goalie didn't want to wait. Carolina was offering a fair contract, at what he considered a fair price, and he was ready to get the deal done before the season ended.
Truth be known, the Canes would have liked to have made it a three-year contract extension. But both sides agreed two years would work, with Khudobin being paid $2 million next season and $2.5 million the second season,
"First of all, I came here and I liked the organization, I liked the city, I liked the people," Khudobin said. "I like the way they treat me here.
"Sometimes, you want to get it done earlier, before free agency, so that all you have to do is focus on hockey. So now I've signed and the only thing I can think about is to get right results every game."
Khudobin, who would have been an unrestricted free agent, signed the contract extension on Tuesday, just hours before taking the ice in San Jose to face the Sharks. He had 35 saves and was the winner, boosting his record to 14-8-0, as the Canes took a 3-2 overtime victory in the final game of a five-game road trip.
Khudobin should start Friday night against the New York Rangers. He's now the Canes' No. 1 goalie and is proving he can handle that responsibility at the NHL level. Goaies Cam Ward and Justin Peters also are available and eager to play, but for now Khudobin is the No. 1 guy for Canes coach Kirk Muller.
"As I've said before, I'm ready to get that job," Khudobin said. "But we have three goalies. If Coach decides to play all of us, that's Coach's decision. If he decides I will play all of them, I'm happy with that. If Cam was to play all of them, it's nothing you can control. Just go to the game and get the right result for your team."
Khudobin ranks fifth in save percentage (.928) among NHL goalies with 20 or more starts this season. His 2.16 goals-against average is eighth-best among goalies with 20 or more starts. The consistency has been there, even if he was out more than two months with an ankle injury.
The Canes (27-26-9) go into the Friday's game seven points behind the third-place Rangers (33-26-4) in the Metropolitan Division and six points out of a wild-card playoff spot.
"We are a little behind but we have 20 games left," Khudobin said. "We need to (empty) our tanks and get the best results we can."
At their morning skate, the Canes' lines had Eric Staal centering Jeff Skinner and Elias Lindholm; Jordan Staal with Jiri Tlusty and Alex Semin; Riley Nash centering Nathan Gerbe and Pat Dwyer, and Andrei Loktionov at center with Drayson Bowman and Manny Malhotra. Radek Dvorak was the extra forward.
Loktionov, traded Wednesday to Carolina by the New Jersey Devils, was used on a power-play unit with Jordan Staal, Tlusty, John-Michael Liles and Ryan Murphy.
"He gives us the playmaking half-wall guy we were looking for with that unit," Muller said. "He's creative, he's offensive. We were looking for a forward who could kind of quarterback off the half-wall."
Defensively, Andrej Sekera was paired with Liles, Ron Hainsey with Brett Bellemore and Murphy with Jay Harrison. It appears Mike Komisarek will be a healthy extra.
Defenseman Justin Faulk, who is sidelined with an upper-body injury, did get in some individual skating before the team's morning skate.
Muller said Friday's game should be one with "lots of energy, a high tempo. We want to play a fast game and build off that game at San Jose, which is arguably our best game of the year."
Of the San Jose game, he added, "We battled through the whole 60 minutes. … I liked the way we stated focused, stayed to the plan and played a good tempo game."
Muller said he believed Liles played his best game since being acquired in the New Year's Day trade with Toronto. All six defensemen, Muller said, were solid, matched up well and competed well.
The Canes play three of the next four games at home but Muller said he's not looking at the big picture for now or computing playoff chances.
"We're not even going to talk playoffs right now," Muller said. "We've got the Rangers in tonight and we've got to do the job. If we take care of our business each day, then we'll see where we end up later on."


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Women of Diverse Origins/ International Women's Alliance – Call for Interns
The March 8th Committee of Women of Diverse Origins is offering internship positions for Gender/Women's Studies students who can be credited for their organizing work. The intern will participate in the historical foundation and organization of the International Women's Alliance.
Information: At a time when wars of aggression and violence against women are raging, as inequalities and social injustice reign and the systemic crisis continues, it is time more than ever to unite in a movement that brings together women of all races and cultures with an international perspective, to oppose war and promote human progress and social justice.
In June 2008 the annual conference for the International League of the Peoples Struggle (a coalition of more than 200 groups world wide) was hosted in Hong Kong. It was decided there that the March 8th Committee of Women of Diverse Origins would host the International Women's Conference in Montréal in August of 2010. The conference, titled "Building a Global Militant Women's Movement in the 21st Century" focused on women's issues throughout the world through an anti-imperialist framework.
The conference brought in delegates from all over the world; workers and intellectuals, women from the peasantry and farmers. youth, indigenous women, immigrants, refugees, displaced persons and anti-imperialist activists. Some speaker and workshop topics included Women Workers, Women and Migration, Women Fighting Racism and Discrimination, The Struggles of Indigenous Women, Women Resisting Wars of Imperialist Aggression, Women and Religion, Women's Sexual Orientation and Identities, Women and Health, Violence Against Women, Women's Experiences with Socialism and National liberation Movements, Women Resisting Development Aggression, Women from the peasantry/rural lands, and Women`s Experiences: From the Parliament of the Streets to the Parliament of the State.
For more information on the conference, including press releases and other post-documentation, please visit : http://miwc2010.wordpress.com/
This is an exciting opportunity for students to gain practical experience in closing the gap between theory and practice through the understanding and formulation of various grassroots organizing strategies and local/global solidarity initiatives.
Potential tasks include:
-Inter-city communication, outreach, and coordination with other women's groups in Canada and abroad
-Attending regular meetings
-Working in collaboration with a diverse group of women
-Drawing tasks from meetings and doing follow-up
-Finalizing the International Women's Alliance Constitution and Basis of Unity
-Documenting post-conference events and general organizational tasks
This could be a full-time or part-time.
Bilingualism is a strong asset.
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This conversation took place via email between Ephraim Russell and Austin based artists Jason Urban and Leslie Mutchler, on the occasion of their exhibit at Grizzly Grizzly Gallery, December/January 2016.
ER: I am very intrigued by your current exhibit at Grizzly Grizzly after attending the first iteration on December 4th. I found your Pennsylvania Dutch Gift Haus construct a fascinating, as you put it, "jumping off point" for the development of a body of work and its retail outpost. The hex and fraktur aesthetic are both such a distinct part of this region's cultural and physical landscape, so I would like to begin our conversation by asking you both about your connection to this cultural history and visual nomenclature.
JU: We met in Philadelphia a decade ago and we're both from Pennsylvania originally. We've been based in Austin for eight years now but we get back to the region regularly. Our work is focused on handcraft and the relationship of analog to digital. The notion of looking back to a not-so-distant time to examine cultural connections, albeit somewhat idealized, to labor made sense to us. While neither of us can claim any direct ties to the Pennsylvania Dutch, it's something we've been exposed to since childhood having grown up and lived in Pennsylvania. The iconography was familiar to us but we knew relatively little about its meanings and history. This project was an excuse to research.
LM: We also noticed on our research trip (summer 2015) the abundance of printed ephemera at the museums, shops and historic sites we encountered. Handmade and simple publications, such as "Idioms and Expressions of the Pennsylvania Germans" to "Butter Tools and Processes" to "Popular Home Remedies and Superstitions of the PA Germans" became important fodder for the publications we made for HEX Outpost. We became engaged in processing this culturally-specific material though a more contemporary lens (i.e. The Modern Day POWWOWING publication which details a couple PA Dutch remedies with the aid of Amazon.com to purchase otherwise difficult to obtain supplies.)
ER: The irony of using Amazon to obtain supplies to concoct a pre-modern Dutch remedy represents a powerful intersection of old and new practice. It always feels a little awkward when the two come together; it also has a strong undercurrent of humor. It also brings to mind Atelier Van Lieshout's "A Manuel" and the book I had growing up, Foxfire, which is a practical introduction to Appalachian culture. There seems to be a similar complexity in this installation, in that it's very serious looking, but in actuality it is interactive, fun, and affordable. Would it be a reach on my part to think of Hex Outpost as a sort of PA Dutch "Non-Site", in the Smithson tradition?
JU: Smithson never came up in our discussions but I can see why you might bring up his notions of "Non-Site." We consciously went into the real world looking for material to assimilate and distill. We traveled around Pennsylvania over the course of a few weeks visiting historic sites and some cultural centers. It was a cross between scholarly research and local tourism. That said, HEX Outpost isn't recreating a specific stand or location- it's a composite structure built from lots of source material. We invented it as a vehicle to house our research-based publications and materials. Actually, the second exhibition, Post-HEX, will break down the first one and provide more of a direct window into the research. Thinking of Smithson again, Post-HEX will place an emphasis on documentation in a way that the HEX Outpost definitely doesn't.
LM: I have never heard of Foxfire- but what an amazing publication! Did you grow up in the south? How did Foxfire fall into your hands? (I'm excited to look into this publication a little more). When we began our research we came across the Pennsylvania Folklife magazine: a publication dedicated to preserving all things PA Dutch started by the Pennsylvania Folklife Society in the late 40s. It's something akin to Foxfire, albeit produced by leading researchers in the field and not students, and it chronicles stories, letters, fraktur, folksong, religion, furniture, etc. It's a pretty comprehension and once we found out that the entire collection existed at Ursinus College, we made it a point to visit and "archive" the archive. The librarian was so taken aback that someone was actually interested in the collection. I think it will continue to be a rich area for us to mine.
You're right about the current iteration of HEX Outpost, it is designed to be serious- an art object unto itself. Upon returning from our research trip this summer, Jason started to design his own blackletter type and I couldn't resist utilizing the typeface as an abstracted, repeat-pattern, wallpaper-type graphic. It's intentionally graphic and binary, yet minimal and economic in design. We were thinking about current design trends in graphic design (specifically related to signage) and also the concept of dazzle camouflage. The disruption of the image/ object. The hands-on, interactive part is more playful, perhaps more lowbrow, and certainly more accessible.
ER: Leslie, to answer your question, I did grow up in Virginia but I can't remember specifically how I was introduced to Foxfire. Regardless, it definitely made a mark on me and carries a cultural/collaborative/DIY sprit that I innately respond to, especially the chapter, Moonshining as a Fine Art. The teaching lesson that Foxfire coveys, tends to resonate with me as well.
Well, I greatly appreciate being able to frame my experience of your work through the collaborative process you've outlined. Especially through the language you are both using to describe your process, e.g.; "part scholarly research part local tourism", "archiving the archive", "assimilating and distilling", " a composite structure from lots of source material"; I get such a strong sense of the aesthetic and investigatory decision making that went into the various zines and hex templates you developed.
Now that the original Hex Outpost structure has been dismantled and the Post Hex phase of the show has begun, as a viewer, I almost feel like I'm working backwards through your physical and mental research as you deconstruct/reconstruct the materials in the show. But, maybe more importantly, you also seem to have changed the context in which I'm examining things. Would you both talk about the Post Hex transformation?
JU: Well, "backwards" is probably a good way to think of it. I think there's a strong narrative element inherent in the sequential nature of two back-to-back exhibitions. In a lot of ways we put the cart before the horse by showcasing the more commercial outpost first. Part of that was the timing- why not make a piece about commerce around the holidays- but on some other level I hope that it is good storytelling. The viewer finds a situation in the first exhibition and in the second gets the back-story and conclusion. The two things are intrinsically linked so either is incomplete without the other. Post-HEX definitely showcases the research leading up to HEX Outpost but it is also built from the physical remains of HEX Outpost. We turned the stand into tables and piled the signage as evidence of the original form. The two works have an ambiguous relationship to time.
LM: I would agree; "backwards" does seem appropriate. But logistically speaking, we started with research so why not end with research? The collection of photographs, books and materials exhibited in Post-HEX is in no way finite or definitive of our research. It begins to paint a picture, and as Jason said, has an ambiguous relationship to time. This is a collection that I imagine will grow as we continue to conduct research as well as seek other opportunities for exhibition/ conversation. The modes of representation we have chosen for each photograph or object varies based on our personal relationship to the environment/ moment/ experience we had while conducting research this summer. For a long time I've personally been interested in the archive, and perhaps more specifically the design of the archive. From 16th century Wunderkammers to the 21st century tumblr Things Organized Neatly we, as humans, are fascinated with our own collections. Curation of materials, images, and objects has come into play in my interactive work over the last few years (and I'm not unaware that it's paramount to how I teach in the classroom). Finding modes of representation appropriate for collections, ways in which to organize, to clarify, or to tell a story with the design of a collection is of upmost importance.
ER: Things Organized Neatly is a great reference! It brings to mind Karsten Bott who, according to his writing, is "trying to evenly collect and archive all existing things". Conversely, your use of archiving seems to be more about generosity than it is about catharsis. Post Hex really did inspire me to investigate the material you laid out and to attempt to cognitively link it back to the zines and structure that came before. As Jason mentioned, it does unfold as a story telling of your investigatory process. Out of curiosity, in the case that a viewer was not able to see both parts of the exhibit, would you consider their experience to be truncated, or incomplete?
JU: I don't think seeing only one or only the other is an incomplete experience. They relate and are more complex as a pair but each should stand on its own merit. Having the two sequential shows allowed us an opportunity to dissect our own studio practice in a way that a singular exhibition wouldn't. In some ways, I think we were allowing the audience to "watch" us learn and in doing so, maybe they can learn as well? As Leslie mentioned, our identities as artists are influenced by teaching.
ER: Having viewed both parts in sequence, I think your explanation is apt. My understanding of your larger investigation was very much directed and enriched by Post Hex but it by no means diminished one or the other experience. I think that we naturally intertwine or conflate things when given the chance, which is why I was wondering about the shows as dependents. For me, the relationship between the parts really came down to access; access to ideas, ways of working, etc.
Because the evolution of the work and learning process for both you and the audience is so relevant, is there a possibility of another iteration of this investigation, perhaps a Post/Post Hex?
LM: Definitely. We have already been discussing other ways in which to interpret and reproduce the research. Both of us are excited to keep pursuing work in the form of publications (accessible multiples) but we have also started a slower process of laser cutting and relief printing birch substrates of simplified geometric patterns (in reference to hexes) as well as letterforms. So I think it's safe to say another iteration is inevitable as the subject is rich for mining.
ER: I like your term "accessible multiples". In general, there doesn't seem to be enough affordable/accessible work being made. In the recent past GG and TSA adopted the CSA (Community Supported Art) model here in Philly with that same notion of access and affordability in mind. Too often artists follow a standard commercial sales model that can make it next to impossible for most people to buy work. Regarding multiples, I really look forward to seeing how the laser cutting work unfolds. I saw evidence of that thought process in the small laser cut forms in the current work and it seems to make a lot of sense in terms of pattern making and the print context of the hex symbols.
It has been a pleasure having this conversation with you while watching your work unfold in the gallery. Just this week I just happened to re-read Duchamp's Creative Act, so I found myself actively thinking about the role of the spectator, regarding the meaning of work. It was particularly interesting for me to think about the points in which my questions or thoughts about your work both merged and, at times, diverged with your explanation of things. I learned a lot about your work and practice and thank you for sharing your ideas with me, and the Grizzly Grizzly community.
JU: Thanks.
LM: Yes, thanks so much Ephraim. And thanks to Grizzly Grizzly for the opportunity; it's always great to be back in Philadelphia to make new and strengthen old connections.


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We had a fabulous Thanksgiving, spent with both sides of the family. Feel very blessed to have so much family close by that we get to celebrate with.
Pretty thankful for these adorable kids....
Finn turned 2!
Finn is quite the little man. He weighs 31 lbs (same as Ruby), we've started potty training but it's a hit and miss so we will just keep working. His vocabulary has tripled in the last week. Love having talking kids!! He knows his colors and loves trains, guys (wrestling men), and books. Mommy and Daddy love you little buddy! Thank you for blessing our lives so very much! xoxoxox
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Thursday, October 27, 2011
It's been far too long....Here is a quick recap
Casey started his first year teaching a Seven Oak Middle School. He is teaching 8th grade wellness (health and PE) and loving it. We are enjoying having him home in the evenings and on weekends. He is also coaching basketball this year. New adventures all around...I'm very proud of him.
Miss Ruby started preschool and Punkin Seed. I was so nervous/anxious/sad but Miss Linda and Miss Lori have made the experience nothing but perfection. Ruby loves every second of it and I'm loving the experience as well!
My big girl all ready for her 1st day...
Ruby got to celebrate her 4th Birthday a few times... first at school...
Showing her card the she got from Miss Linda and Miss Lori..
Daddy even got to come
Helping set up her snack time
Then we celebrated at home with friends...unfortunately it rained so we got close and cozy inside :0
Showing off her pony
One of my favorite traditions is to take the kids to the pumpkin patch....I love watching them walk around and get muddy :)
I love this little boy more than words can express
My favorite loves!!!
Ruby got to dress up and practicing saying "thank you" at school....It was so fun to watch all the kids in their costumes. I enjoy being mommy its totally different than I ever thought but so much better.
Fawn... Thanks Mimi for making her costume perfect!
A little recap on our family.....we are enjoying the transition into a different season and feeling so blessed for all the new adventures!!!!
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Monday, April 4, 2011
Still here....
Casey will be graduating in 3 short weeks! We are excited for the new adventure we are about to embark.....check back to see what path God is laying before us!!
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Saturday, April 2, 2016
Wacky Holidays in April
April, 2016 Daily Holidays, Special and Wacky Days:
1 April Fool's Day
2 Children's Book Day (my Daisy will love dis one)
2 National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day
3 Tweed Day
3 World Party Day
4 Hug a Newsman Day
4 School Librarian Day
4 Tell a Lie Day (FUN)
5 Go for Broke Day
6 National Tartan Day (Arrrrrrrroooooooo !! All you Scots out dar, sport your favorite Tartan today)
6 Sorry Charlie Day
7 Caramel Popcorn Day
7 National Beer Day (Best Day Ever.... count me in!)
7 World Health Day
8 All is Ours Day (Isn't dis every day?)
8 Draw a Picture of a Bird Day
9 Winston Churchill Day
10 Golfer's Day
10 National Siblings Day
11 Barbershop Quartet Day
11 National Submarine Day
12 Big Wind Day
13 Scrabble Day (I'm not too good a spellin')
14 International Moment of Laughter Day (hehehehe)
14 Look up at the Sky Day
14 National Pecan Day
15 Rubber Eraser Day
15 Titanic Remembrance Day
16 National Eggs Benedict Day
16 National Librarian Day
16 National Stress Awareness Day
17 Bat Appreciation Day (Yippy...... Batman has a day!)
17 Blah, Blah, Blah Day
17 National Cheeseball Day
17 Pet Owners Independence Day (What does dis mean?)
18 International Juggler's Day
18 Newspaper Columnists Day
18 Patriot's Day
19 National Garlic Day
20 Look Alike Day
20 Volunteer Recognition Day
21 Kindergarten Day
21 National High Five Day (High Paws!)
22 Girl Scout Leader Day
22 National Jelly Bean Day
23 Lover's Day
23 National Zucchini Bread Day
23 Take a Chance Day
23 World Laboratory Day
24 Pig in a Blanket Day
25 East meets West Day
25 World Penguin Day
26 Hug an Australian Day (Look out Aussie friends.... big Roo hugs are coming your ways)
26 National Pretzel Day
27 Administrative Professionals Day (I guess dat mean I have to give my assistant (Mom) something today)
27 Babe Ruth Day
27 National Prime Rib Day
27 Tell a Story Day (I got me lots of stories dat I could tell)
28 International Astronomy Day
28 Great Poetry Reading Day (I know some of you will enjoy dis one)
28 Kiss Your Mate Day
28 Take Your Daughter to Work 4th Thursday
29 Arbor Day -last Friday of month
29 Greenie Day (I just love me some greenies!)
29 National Shrimp Scampi Day
30 Hairstyle Appreciation Day
30 National Honesty Day (I cannot tell a lie)
Feel free to grab any of these days for posties or for events/blog hops dat you might wanta host. Have fun!
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Wags, Ranger
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oh what a funny month... I plan a special wind on big wind day heheheheReplyDelete
Mom us an Aussie so feel free to give her a hug on the 26th :)ReplyDelete
We think pet owner appreciation day is like mother's and father's day! Thanks for the list!ReplyDelete
I better eat a lot of beans on the 11th in preparation for the 12th-Big Wind Day.ReplyDelete
We wouldn't know what to do if you didn't keep us informed about all those holidays, Ranger! Thanks again!ReplyDelete
Wahoo!! Looks like another month of fun howl-i-days!! Thanks Ranger!ReplyDelete
Dory, Jakey, Arty & Bilbo
Looks like some pawsome holidays comin up!ReplyDelete
Those are some great choices! Thanks Ranger!ReplyDelete
Those are some great choices! Thanks Ranger!ReplyDelete
So Tell a Lie Day is in the same month as National Honesty Day? Sounds a little strange der, Ranger!?ReplyDelete
We are happy about National Tartan Day! Yay!!
Thanks for da list of Howlidays in April, Ranger!
Arrroooo and wags to you, Pal
Riley-Puppy and Tessie-Girl
There's so much to look forward to this month -- But our favorite isn't on the calendar, it's Todd's birthday! :-)ReplyDelete
Ranger.... CHIEF RANGER..... these are some FUN ones this month... THANKS BUDDY.... ummm We mean CHIEF.ReplyDelete
Crikey ...... hug an Aussie day, aye?? Can't wait for that one. I LOVE hugs!! That's gotta be my favourite but tell a lie day sounds interesting. Might be some stories floating around that day.ReplyDelete
4th Hug a Newsman Day well tomorrow is the 4th and I was just with the news media darn I should have hugs all those men and women.ReplyDelete
Thanks for being a friend
Sweet William The Scot
Mom's birthday is in April. She says that the days are the most boring that she has ever seen. The only two that are slightly interesting are the pretzel and the shrimp scampi days. The jugglers, patriots, and the news people will have to celebrate without mom. The kind of patriots that we have in government today are not worth a day. If you mean the people fighting for us, she is all in.ReplyDelete


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Never heard of this band until just the other day when I stumbled upon a download of their 1985 EP. According to Encyclopaedia Metallum this was their only release and they were from LA. Upon listening to this I certainly guessed their place of origin before reading it. There is definitely a mid-80's LA hard rock on some of these songs maybe not far off from the likes of Ratt or Keel. However that's not all these guys do here. While something like "Who's to blame" definitely sounds like other LA hard rock bands of the day not all of the other songs are as simple. Opener "Jailbreak" has more of a hard rock meets early 80's Judas Priest sound complete with a shredding solo. "Let me love you" is a slower song with the early parts sounding a little like Ratt, but again they toss in plenty of squealing guitars and it manages to be a hard hitting slow song that never loses it's focus. "Don't be a fool" also starts slow and actually reminds me some of both early Rush and Diamond Head before settling into a more medium paced run. Only this song never dips totally into hard rock, but instead runs along between hard rock and metal in the second half. The last song "Follower" is perhaps the heaviest track on the album. Again they go between hard rock and metal and make it sound completely natural. Now for the record if you read some of my past views you may know that I have a love for mid-80's bands that combined metal and hard rock like WASP, Lizzy Borden, Witch, Axtion, Vyper and others. So Jester were right up my alley. Since there isn't much background on these guys I don't know all of their back story. Maybe they got into NWOBHM and other classic metal in the early 80's and then became interested in LA hard rock acts once they became more prominent as the 80's went along. Or maybe there were member of Jester who like Priest and Maiden while others liked acts like Motley Crue and Ratt so their music was a result of mixed influences. Whatever the case this is a fine album. Again another band where it's a shame that they didn't keep going on because I would have liked to hear what they could have done in a full length format.


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It's actually pretty rare, at the moment, that I'll buy any TransFormers in a physical shop, largely because there aren't any decent toy shops close enough to me that the potential for disappointment (nothing new in stock, limited selection, etc.) is outweighed by the likelihood of scoring an awesome new purchase. Out of town, the most easily accessible shop is the Uxbridge branch of The Entertainer. Across the outskirts there's a Toys'R'Us at Brent Cross, another at Watford and the Friern Barnet branch of Smyths (the latter more easily accessible from work than from home). I gather from a trip in to Uxbridge yesterday that the Intu complex will soon boast its very own - and permanent - Toys'R'Us, following the pop-up branch that arrived shortly before Christmas one year, then disappeared very soon into the New Year. The last time I regularly put in the legwork and visited toy shops was back when the Revenge of the Fallen toyline was in full swing, although I did pick up quite a few Combiner Wars figures in the Smyths at Friern Barnet.
We're also in something of a period of economic uncertainty, with the 'Brexit' referendum causing the value of the pound to plummet against the Euro, the US Dollar and the Yen. This would naturally have an impact on the cost of our Plastic Crack, but the pattern thusfar seems to show a specific, strange, yet not entirely unexpected bias. Leader Class toys have long been fairly stable in the region of £40-45, so the RRP of a Leader Class figure in the Titans Return range being £45/£45.99 seems perfectly acceptable (unless you get really technical and compare the likes of Powermaster Optimus Prime or Soundwave with Revenge of the Fallen Optimus Prime - same pricepoint, vastly different levels of complexity). Even the Voyager class figures have been creeping steadily upward from about £18 to £25 over the last decade. Size-wise, they've been reasonably stable so they presented probably the best value for money over that same period.
So, when I visited The Entertainer yesterday, while I was expecting neither to buy anything nor to even see anything new, I was surprised by a couple of things: firstly, they actually had TR Voyager class (triple-changin') Optimus Prime and Megatron (at £27 each); secondly, there had been a significant price hike in the Deluxe class Titans Return figures in only a couple of weeks: last time I was there, they were £20... Now they're £23.
This seems like insanity because, for only £4 more, you can get a much larger, more complex figure. Not only that, the Combiner Wars Deluxe figures still on the pegs (Bruticus components, all) were only £18 (as they were when they launched) and the lone CW Scattershot sitting on the bottom shelf was still priced at £25.
I've just compared the pricing at Toys'R'Us and Smyths online and, while the former is more or less on par with The Entertainer (the 'more' being perhaps 1p lower, the 'less' being an additional 99p), Smyths appears to have kept prices at the 2015/16 Combiner Wars level: £18.99 for a Deluxe, £23.99 for a Voyager, £45.99 (currently reduced to £34.49) for a Leader class figure.
Compare and contrast to some of my recent online purchases from other outlets: TR Deluxes ranging from £13.99 to £18.99 on Amazon, and one for £14.90 on eBay. I've also made good on my promise to myself and purchased Takara Tomy's Legends Super Ginrai rather than Hasbro's comparatively weak and anaemic Powermaster Optimus Prime, at a cost of about £90+postage because none of the more TransFormers-centric online stores had him in stock at the time. That may be double the price of the Hasbro figure in a UK store, but I feel it's well worth it considering it's a better-looking figure which has been imported, and will likely become far more expensive as it becomes harder to obtain.
But I digress.
At first glance, it seems ridiculous to increase the cost of the smaller figures by such a margin while keeping the larger ones mostly stable but, in fact, it's probably a very smart move as far as Hasbro are concerned. Deluxes are likely to be the big sellers, and while some would balk at the price hike, it's still comparatively small, keeping them affordable for the older kids (and, of course, the collector). The only question is whether the punters will feels it's worth paying £23 for a Deluxe over, for example, £27 for a Voyager. Given the small difference and the perceived increase in value, I can see some kids leaving the toy shops disappointed, while others leave with an unexpected surprise.
One other side-effect of these price hikes on official products is that Third Party products - many being imported from China, etc - look like even better value for money in terms of size, build quality and complexity.
Personally, I wasn't overly enamoured of the Headmaster gimmick back in the days of Generation 1 - I only own five: Chromedome, Nightbeat and Hosehead for the Autobots, with Snapdragon and Scorponok for the Decepticons. With the exceptions of Nightbeat and Snapdragon, there was a sense of "because they're there" to all of those purchases - even Scorponok, who I mainly got because Trypticon wasn't sold in the UK along with Metroplex.
I'm still not convinced by the gimmick, even though I own one Third Party Headmaster (Quadruple-U) and, now, a selection of Hasbro's Titans Return and a couple of Takara Tomy's TransFormers Legends analogues. I grant that it presents an interesting play pattern and, in fact, is not dissimilar to Takara's original Diaclone concept... but, on the whole, I'm more interested in unique characters than gimmicks, and the ongoing - and increasingly cynical - reboot of Generation 1, while admirable from one perspective, and even necessary as a homage to the brilliant but comparatively simplistic toyline that began the TransFormers phenomenon over thirty years ago, comes at the cost of something wholly new and unique in the toyline... and the steadily increasing costs mean I'm likely to continue limiting my purchases to the few demanded by my own sense of nostalgia. At the very least, I'll check online before making any purchase in a shop... and that isn't especially helpful in a period of economic uncertainty.
Addendum 18/2/17: it seems that The Entertainer has dropped some of its prices (online, at least) with the new Voyager class Titans Return pretools Megatron and Optimus Prime now reduced below the price of a TR Deluxe (all of which currently out of stock, one would hope in preparation for the next wave), with Toys'R'Us (surprisingly) now undercutting Smyths by £1 on the reduced Leader class figures... Let's hope these prices remain when they finally receive the molds I'm actually interested in buying...
Sunday, 5 February 2017
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The Crossley ID Guide: Eastern Birds is undoubtedly the most innovative avian reference guide to come along in many years. In fact, the guide represents such a bold leap forward that reading it makes one wonder what the future of bird guides holds. This is why we asked readers to share their views on the NEXT big step in bird guide design, philosophy, or technology as part of our Fun, Fun, Fun Crossley ID Guide Giveaway. This is the final entry in a three-part series discussing those predictions:
Most of the influential North American bird reference guides (The Sibley Guide to Birds and A Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Northern Central America dominate different portions of the continent) are expansive keys to the full array of avian species of either all or a portion of the contiguous landmass. Other notable guides to continents, countries, and regions outside of North America (the illustrious Collins Guide comes to mind) take an equally broad view of birds. Specialized guides rarely seem to capture the imagination as effectively as the more holistic references. For example, I found Gulls of the Americas by Howell and Dunn (2007) a superb specialized guide, but wonder how many would be gullers use or are even aware of it today.
Ironically, the most popular specialized bird guide in the American market today is the The Shorebird Guide by O'Brien, Crossley, and Karlson. Perhaps this is why, when asked about the future of field guides in our Crossley ID Guide Giveaway, so many suggested the future is specialization:
I believe the future of bird guides will consist of specialist guides which will focused on sparrows, gulls, etc. There are a few guides that cover these groups; however they fall incredibly short of a field guide. Many make great reference books on the book shelf, but carrying a hard-cover mammoth in the field pack is far from ideal. Also many of these books use photos which, although they're great to look at, don't always help the birder clinch an ID. Designed by leading field guide authors in their respective styles, it would provide an incredible tool for birders.
I think what birders need, and where there's room for growth is in specialty guides. Guides that focus on sparrows and warblers, that feature male/female, spring/fall plumages, etc. would be very helpful. There are books available for these, but I yet to see anything spectacular.
For the future of guides, I'd have to say finer detail for problem groups such as sparrows and gulls. Not many of the mainstream guides have all the plumage variations and view angles.
Future field guides have much room to grow in guides focuses on families of birds. One example is sparrows. I have yet to find a quality guide on sparrows and such a guide would be very helpful for us who are obsessed with the little brown birds.
I think there's room to grow as far as specialty guides to sparrows and warblers…one that has all plumages and shows them at different angles. This would be very helpful. Thanks.
I think that specialty guides need to catch up on the general guides. Gulls with more plumage drawings and more angles would be very helpful. Also Sparrows. Thanks.
Gulls, sparrows, and wood warblers dominate the discussion here. Apart from the aforementioned Gulls of the Americas, I strongly recommend the videos produced by Judy Feith and Michael Male at Birdfilms.com for pre-trip prep. I love Watching Warblers and Watching Warblers WEST (click links for my reviews). Stay tuned for Corey's review of the equally exceptional Watching Sparrows.
What specialized bird reference resources do you love? What specialized guides do you need?
Well, yeah, "carrying a hard-cover mammoth in the field pack is far from ideal" is true. But if the information in that mammoth was available in a hand-held electronic device… and likewise those specialized guides were available in electronic form… I think you might find that is the future.
For example I just came back from three weeks in Ecuador. Of course I took the appropriate mammoth ("Birds of Ecuador" by Ridgely and Greenfield) and yes, I didn't carry it into the field. But a hand-held electronic version, sure, I would have carried that. I would even have paid the same amount for an electronic version as for the paper version.
I don't expect Birds of Ecuador to be made electronic in the near future, though. That would be a helluva job. But in the long term? New field guides could be made in paper and electronic versions simultaneously. And I think they will.
I agree that digital guides will be the future. Specialized guides may be hurt by folks that want it all in one app. But then again, app programming seems to be so common place, birding apps made for specific locations may also increase.
I could have helped you (Paul)as a guide in Ecuador; I am not like a mammoth and can make your day more fun. Also I could have helped you carry that mammoth if you really want it… but I agree that the electronic guides are the future but with a lot more lively info like video, gps coordinates, sound, photos, and even jokes. All this info could be updated online electronically if all parties cooperated like in ebird. But the best guide of all is a human guide and in Ecuador you can find many Ecuadorian guides that are the best and most knowledgeable. I do not fall on the elite group but I have fun doing it! Human local guides are best!
I think Paul has some great points: so many times I have been out in the field staring at a somewhat more complex bird thinking, damn if only I had xxyy book with right now – page 232 would have been so useful right now. Having it all available electronically would have been awesome. At home, I do not want to look at it electronically, I want to page through my raptor guide and flip quickly from page to page and hold paper in my hands. But I do not want to carry all 40 Helm et al specialist field guides in the field with me (and my pack mule).
A "buy the book, get the e-book for $10 extra" system would be awesome: best of both worlds.
@Mike, to your question – my stand-out favorite specialist guide at the moment is Dick Foresman's Raptors of Europe (cant wait for his new Raptors of the Palearctic book; and Bill Clarke's Raptors of Africa).
If you will allow me to count it as a specialist book, I'd also add Nils van Duivedijk's Advanced Bird ID Guide.
@Renato: I did have human guides for much of my time in Ecuador, and if (when) I go back I will do that again. But it's also fun to go somewhere and scribble down descriptions of the birds you see, and then try to figure out what they actually were when you get back to where you left the book.
And I have to mention that 10000 Birds was one of the resources we used when planning our trip!
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Back in episode 31 I interviewed Karl Becktrand for the podcast. I asked him if there were any authors he thought would be good on the podcast and he reccomended Connie Walker. She's in his writing group and he described her as "One of the most underappreciated writers" he knows.
So, for ten weeks now I've been trying to get her interview done and I keep messing up on times and Skypes and all that stuff. I was scheduled to interview her last week and got the day messed up. She waited for me to call her while I sat in la la land, thinking we were scheduled for the next day.
I felt so bad that I went ahead and bought her book and promised to do an Amazon review.
After reading the first few chapters I understood why Karl said what he did. Connie is a wonderful writer and deserves to get more attention.
The Spire of Kylet starts with a prolog of about ten pages, so, I'm going to read that for you now.
The Spire of Kylet, a young adult fantasy, is the first book in The Wolkarean Inscription Trilogy.
Here's the Kindle blurb about the book.
Katrine of Banur has a scheme to escape the tedious life of a herder, with its forced early marriage, that her father has planned for her.
Secretly she applies to the illustrious Recorder's School in the city of Pardish, where only a few exceptional apprentices are accepted each year. But Katrine has been honing her artistic talents and believes she has all the qualifications necessary to become one of the Regent's elite historian-couriers. She has saved almost enough money from what she earns working on the family ranch in order to pay for the caravan trip. Regardless of what her parents say, she intends to leave home as soon as she receives notification of her acceptance.
Shortly after Katrine finds a spire, a magical weapon created centuries earlier by the sorcerer Kylet, a series of strange events assail her. Because of an act of heroism, she is adopted by one of the mystical Crennese tribes, the Glainites, and is given powers she does not understand and cannot control. She has upheavals of emotion and peculiar sensations in her body. She is plagued by headaches and blurry vision and horrible nightmares.
She fears her dream of becoming a Recorder is doomed.
Then, unexpectedly, she finds herself on a journey to Pardish in the company of a Master Recorder, his new apprentice, her most despised cousin, and a legendary Warrior. As they travel across the countryside, Katrine is faced with unimaginable dangers and decisions. Before she reaches her destination, she faces death three times, redefining her understanding of the world and her place in it.
The second and third books in the trilogy, The Eyes of Landor and Triumph at Serpent's Head, are also available.
Spire was published in August of 2012 and has six reviews, all five stars.
My ratings:
The book cover shows a girl on a horse, leaning off toward something spining in the air that looks like a dreamcatcher. The picture is a small inset in the cover and is probably too small for getting atttention on Amazon. I give the cover only 3 stars and it may be the reason this book hasn't gotten more traction on Kindle.
The writing is immaculate. Karl Beckstand describes it in his Amazon review: The Spire of Kylet gets your attention from the start. Walker knows how to weave a great adventure--and she's artful in her use of language.
I agree one hundred percent. She has an economy to her writing. There are no redundant or superflous words.
Plausability: She sets up her magical system and shows the price of using magic in the very beginning. Horrifyingly, Elnid-Kyeh sucks the life force from a little girl to restore his waning strength. His magic is powerful--using a talisman to communicate with a distant underling and drawing up the vision of two young women--but there is an underlying method to the abilities which creates the sense of plausability.
Description: Again, Connie's economy of language and "artful use of language" clearly develop the scene we observe from Elnid-Kyeh's desceptive kindness to the little girl and his callused indiference to the prisoners he will soon consume to maintain his strength.
Setting: Whether with Elnid-Kyeh in the tower above the crashing waves or looking down on the two young women in the open field the setting is broad and believable.
Characters: We only truly meet Elnid-Kyeh in the prolog, though we are introduced to a girl who we will soon find out is Katrine, the heroine of the story. We learn a lot about Elnid-Kyeh in these first ten pages, what a cruel and calculating man he is, what his potential is, and the lengths he will go to achieve his desires. I look forward to learning more about the other characters of the story.
My overall rating is Five Stars. I will definately read the rest of this book. Not only because I promised Connie I would, but because I found the first chapter compelling and indicative of a well crafted story of fantasy and adventure.
I recomend that you read it as well.
My insatiable curiosity about people and culture developed at an early age, and was likely the result of many European misadventures and my experiences living in England, Denmark, and Canada. There is nothing like playing among the columns of a Bronze Age palace surrounded by the sapphire waters of the Mediterranean to pique an eight year old's interest and imagination.
I focused my University studies in Classical Archeology and Literature, Physical Anthropology, Social Work, and Criminology. For those of you questioning my use of the word 'focused' ...well, you'll just have to trust me when I say that I couldn't file my interests down to any sharper a point. I tried. The yearly course lists crammed with intriguing possibilities made me feel like a kid in a candy store - one of those really big stores with colorful jars lining the walls from floor to ceiling.
My career path has continued in the same vein. I was my grandmother's caregiver for two years; an opportunity for which I am ever grateful as spending that time with such a remarkable woman shaped me in ways I am still discovering. Among other things, I've been a vet assistant, worked at a halfway house for high-risk offenders, sat on many kids as a mascot, been the operations manager for a private investigation firm, and spent several months in Ontario with the Red Cross helping refugees from Kosovo acclimatize to Canada. I've also volunteered within maximum-security prisons and the community to help people serving life sentences transition from the regimented bubble of prison back to a very changed outside world.
Why I Write
Simply put - I write to explore, express, and connect. I delve into the web of relationships linking humans, animals, and the environment. I peer into my characters inner worlds and explore the inherent violence and compassion bound together in the human spirit. My guiding principle is that the human mosaic is beautiful because of the unique nature of each piece and I do my best to celebrate this diversity in my work.
I grew up in Calgary, Alberta on the divide between the prairie and Mountains. Calgary is a city that's surrounded by wide empty spaces. I think there's something about the pressing wilderness that makes one appreciate the inherent fragility of human society.
I've always been a bit of a dreamer with one foot in a world of make-believe. I learned to read very young and it's been my addiction ever since. Speculative 'what if' style stories (James and the Giant Peach) or stories that take you entirely out of the human frame of reference (Watership Down) quickly lead me into harder stuff (Tolkien, Heinlein)
My urge to see the world took me to Kingston, Ontario for university, then to Berkshire, England for a few years, though I'm generally drawn back to Calgary by ties of blood and friendship. Though we're often fooled by distance. You don't need to move half-way around the world to gain a new perspective, sometimes moving a few miles can make just as much of a difference.
I studied Engineering at university, though while there I was drawn in to the online community on the old IBM mainframe and then into this new and fascinating idea out of CERN called the 'World Wide Web'. This led me into tinkering with computer programming which became a bit of an obsession that luckily people like to pay me for.
I remember being told that the made-up worlds I loved were a childish thing that I would need to grow out of if I wanted to succeed in life. The older I get, the more I realise how wrong this is. In just the past few millennia, humans have moved from chipping tools out of stones to space exploration and heart transplants. Every step on that path was driven by someone who dreamed up something impossible.
Some of the writers that inspire me today are Lois Bujold, David Drake and C.J. Cherryh. These authors take on tough questions about what it means to be moral and the destiny of humanity without flinching. They inspire me to be a better person, as well as a better writer.
As an avid reader I'll never lose sight of the fact that the Author's first duty is to entertain but beyond that my goal is to bring back a sense of optimism about human achievement. The dark side of our natures will always be with us but I'm convinced that humanity has an amazing future ahead and prefer to dream big.
Rebecca Brae is a freelance writer, artist, and fog enthusiast, with a background in sociology and weird pets. Adriaan Brae is a software developer and tech-geek, with a passion for languages and martial arts. Their divergent interests can be challenging at times but their love of new ideas, storytelling, and Lego always brings them together.
WEBSITE: www.braevitae.com
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FACEBOOK: facebook.com/braevitae
When the going gets weird, the tough are useless. You need a geek.
Jessica is no superhero, and though she believes being smart, curious, and compassionate should be considered qualifications, society has yet to agree.
Her life in Coldwater is low-key and predictable, just the way she likes it. Her biggest worries are staying at the top of her classes and avoiding the popular crowd, but a change that will shake the world is already taking hold in her small town.
The death of a classmate kicks her out of her safe routine. Stalked by the supernatural killer, she'll need to embrace the chaos in order to survive: Lying, stealing, invoking barely understood magic, and even crashing a house party.
Abandoned by her friends and labelled a troublemaker, she's determined to find a way to stop the killer. But at what cost?
When the world goes crazy, it helps to have a head start.
Mutant science projects, a troubled werewolf, and other magic-related dangers are Jessica's new normal, but someone has started targeting the students of Coldwater High with powerful curses, and she's a suspect. A serious mistake forces her to question whether she deserves Drew and Michiru's loyalty, and with the gatekeeper's alien influence in her head, she's not even sure she can trust herself.
Just as Jessica realizes she has also been hit with a lethal curse, a disastrously magical Valentine's Day leaves her cut off from friends and forces her to put her life in the hands of her worst enemy.
MIST WARDEN SERIES BLURB (YA Urban Fantasy)
The town of Coldwater is a quiet, in-between kind of place on the outskirts of Calgary at the foot of the Rocky Mountains. Nestled up against the edge of a First Nation reserve, the town is a classic mix of big-city commuters and rural residents. But there are more secrets lost to history than anyone could imagine and now Coldwater is set to return to a more central role in the workings of the universe.
Three teens just entering high school are caught up in the transformation:
Jessica has lived in Coldwater all her life and loves the quiet. A proud geek, she's far happier lost in a book or an equation than dealing with the so-called 'real world'. When dangerous forces are set loose in her town and start maiming and killing her classmates, she's compelled to investigate. She never could leave a mystery alone.
Drew is one of the new First Nation students at Coldwater High and his goal is to be anywhere else as soon as possible. Armed with his trusty laptop and an extensive knowledge of tech and random facts, he becomes Jessica's reluctant ally. His curiosity drives him to get involved and help out against his better judgement, but he does it all with his trademark wit and wicked snark.
Michiru is a force of nature and exceptional athlete who has lived all over the world, with most of her time spent in big cities like London, Amsterdam, Paris, New York, and Toronto. She confidently expects her stay in Coldwater to be every kind of dull, except for the camping and skiing, but is pleasantly surprised to find all the excitement she could want and more.
Nancy Norbeck wrote her first story, inspired by her brother's case of chicken pox, when she was in fourth grade. She flirted with writing off and on over the years, but began to take it seriously in high school, and then in college. After teaching writing to English as a Second Language students for several years, and working on her own writing projects, she enrolled in Goddard College's MFA in creative writing program, which she completed in 2009. The Silver Child is her first novel. She currently works as a writing and creative process coach.
Nancy is a longtime fan of Doctor Who and can often be found spoiling her two nephews rotten. She lives in New Jersey and loves to travel, especially when she can go back in time via a good book.
For more information on current projects, upcoming releases, and coaching services, please subscribe at nancynorbeck.com or follow her on Twitter @NancyNorbeck. She would love to hear from you.
Maia Starfield is on the run, having successfully hidden her ability to create silver just by singing—until government thugs arrived to take her away. Her mother sent her out the door just in time, giving her only one piece of advice: Find Dr. Martus.
Albert Martus has no idea why Maia was sent to find him—the doctor who delivered her 17 years ago. But from the moment she turns up, his story becomes intertwined with hers…as it has been since before she was born.
Follow this unlikely team as they discover the truth about the past and their present, the regime known as the Brotherhood, and the magical and ordinary power they each carry deep inside.
"Nancy Norbeck's THE SILVER CHILD shows us a fantasy world that is all too real, ruled by a modern Inquisition that seeks to control minds and wipe out history. Maia, the Silver Child of the title, is a natural magician who has only the faintest awareness of her powers. More important, she is alive, a vividly drawn teenage girl who must discover who she is in a time of terror. The story is big, the characters both heroic and sweet."
~Rachel Pollack, World Fantasy Award and Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning novelist
For more about Nancy you can check out nancynorbeck.com (generally speaking), and more specifically, the page for the course that just ended is at nancynorbeck.com/intuitive-writing. They can also sign up on either of those pages to get my newsletter, which includes info about upcoming courses, writing prompts, etc.
YA Books Podcast Episode 38 - A 1st 10 Page Review of "The Rithmatist" by Brandon Sanderson
In my humble opinion Brandon Sanderson is one of the most masterful writers of genre fiction. He's produced many epic fantasy series, for his magical systems and how they are enmeshed in his intensely detailed worlds.
He's probably best known recently in the YA genre for his Reckoners series which started with, "Steelheart". I thought that book was good and the second in the series, "Firefight" was okay. I'm not saying I could write better, by any means. They're filled with very powerful, smack talking, superheroes and anti-heroes, with description, plot and conflict like no one other than Brandon Sanderson can write.
Before Steelheart, (by nearly five months) there was The Rithmatist. Published in May of 2013 it didn't seem to get the attention the later book would elicit.
I'm more of a Peter Parker fan, than I am a Bruce Wayne.
609 reviews, 4.6 average
Here's the blurb:
More than anything, Joel wants to be a Rithmatist. Chosen by the Master in a mysterious inception ceremony, Rithmatists have the power to infuse life into two-dimensional figures known as Chalklings. Rithmatists are humanity's only defense against the Wild Chalklings—merciless creatures that leave mangled corpses in their wake. Having nearly overrun the territory of Nebrask, the Wild Chalklings now threaten all of the American Isles.
As the son of a lowly chalkmaker at Armedius Academy, Joel can only watch as Rithmatist students study the magical art that he would do anything to practice. Then students start disappearing—kidnapped from their rooms at night, leaving trails of blood. Assigned to help the professor who is investigating the crimes, Joel and his friend Melody find themselves on the trail of an unexpected discovery—one that will change Rithmatics—and their world—forever.
The Rithmatist starts with a prolog to give a background foundation to the conversation in the first chapter.
Here's the prolog.
I've been listening to the first dozen or so episodes of the "Writing Excuses" podcast in the last few weeks. You may or may not know that Brandon Sanderson is one of the four main podcasters of the show. In the most recent episode I've been listening to they talk about "Idea as a Genre." They even comment that this is one of Brandon's favorite genres to write in. In it, the reader should be wowwed and fascinated as elements of the world and story unfold.
I think the Rithmatist fits this genre and we can see from the prolog that the idea is, "How would it be if magic could be performed by drawing with chalk on the ground." Elements of conflict in this short intro fascinated me as the little chalk animals chewed through the spell caster's defenses.
The first chapter is too long for me to read and still feel like I'm only providing a short excerpt for editorial discussion. So I'm going to read the first scene of the chapter which brings the total of pages read to about 10. That short enough to asauge my conscience from believing I have violated any copy right.
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I'm obviously giving this first chapter a solid 5 Star. It makes me want to read on, and did three years ago when I read it (Or listened to it on Audible).
The cover has a Steampunk flavor. The writing and description are excellent. He creates a foundation for all of his magical or plat based assertions so there is no challenge to the plausibility of the characters actions or plot events. The setting is clear and the characters realistic and dynamic.
I have this book on audio, I have the ebook, and a paperback copy. I had planned on going to the Storymaker's conference in Provo Utah this weekend and corner Brandon and interview him in person, but because of my job change and other concerns, I had to stay home. So this is the next best thing for me to reccomend this book that I enjoyed immensely and hope you will too.
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I'm in the office and I hear the sweet sounds of an acoustic guitar. Weird, because I am usually the only one making any musical racket. Then I remember.
Two doors down sits Justin Hoeppner (pronounced "Heppner"), beating the strings. He is the new worship guy. I'm the old worship guy. We are both opening new chapters in our lives.
I have to admit, it's pretty scary looking at a book yet to be written. Staring at blank pages can be daunting. But I know the author of life has a story that we cannot even imagine. The first half of the book has been great. I'm betting the last half will be amazing. Not because we are good writers, but because we know the author. And he is indescribable.
That's all.