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MONTCLAIR, NJ - If collaboration leads to innovation, that explains why Montclair is becoming a hub for 3D printing and new technologies.
The Montclair Board of Education with the support of Josh S. Weston and Picatinny Arsenal provided the School District with twenty-seven MakerBot Replicator® Desktop 3D Printers, the professional development to begin the implementation and the resources to establish a structure for ongoing teacher training.
Having these printers is great, but educators must learn how to use them in order to teach students. Following that reasoning, Picatinny Arsenal is funding a five-day training for representatives from Montclair's 11 public schools who will receive CAD training at Central Office in Montclair, and 3D printing training at Picatinny Arsenal, starting February 9th and 10th.
In addition, the United States government (Picatinny Arsenal) will finance the substitute teachers at the schools for the days these instructors will be in training. Weston, on the other hand, will provide the funding that covers the initial stages of the development of 3D printing curriculum, the coordination and logistics behind the 3D printing initiative, additional workshops for the cohort of 3D printing teachers, as well as 3D printing summer camp opportunities for Montclair students and staff.
Who is using the printers and why?
While 3D printing has been around for 30 years, used mainly for industrial applications, it has evolved to creating everything from candy, to weapon components. Still, much of the general public is unaware of what 3D printing is being used for. From organs to vehicles to clothing, 3D printing offers a wide range of potential across many industries.
Students benefit from having access to these printers because not only is the technology innovative but the resourcefulness required to come up with the objects, application, respective designs, and prospective end users, also requires an entrepreneurial mentality.
Who is collaborating?
It seems several concurrent initiatives are underway to create a STEM culture in the Montclair School District.
Lynn English, Director of the Weston Science Scholars Program and Dan Taylor, STEM Director for the Mount Hebron Middle School are spearheading the effort to create continuity and progression.
The newly available 3D printers will begin the journey from simple projects in elementary school, to learning CAD software in middle school, to more complex engineering projects in high-school. This continuity will provide relevant experience for anyone pursuing a STEM career in college.
Taylor said, "Students require resourcefulness, problem solving, and structure. Just as we need a solid and coherent sentence structure to communicate verbally, to use 3D printing for fabricating ideas and expressing themselves, students need a rigorous mentality."
In addition to the schools, the Montclair Public Library also houses a 3D printer and hosts many maker events.
Lisa Sedita, Youth Services Supervisor at Montclair Public Library (MPL) said, "I feel lucky to have such great cooperation with the school system from primary to high school." Sedita shared her love of all things yarn and discussed how during the last event there were displays of finch robots alongside yarn spindles made out of dowels. She was excited about the application of 3D printing in the fashion industry.
Taylor says, "Exposing students to the concept at a young age and with the knowledge that there will be consistent opportunities throughout their academic career to explore and indulge in this technology is a significant step."
Adjacent to the library, HackNCraftNJ has a Makerspace in the basement of 60 South Fullerton Avenue, Montclair. Frank Gibbons and Jon Bonesteel are co-founders of the non-profit company that promotes technical advancement and innovation. Upon visiting the space we found Bonesteel creating gadgets on his printer. He showed us shelves of cool creations. One that stood out was the drone pictured above.
HackNCraftNJ partnered with MPL and Big Picture, which is a nationwide mentoring program sponsored by the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation, offering an alternative for students who were not attending a regular class schedule. Montclair High School also participates with Big Picture. For part of the day students did internships based on a subject of interest.
One of the students, named Junior, who was interested in bioengineering, worked with HackNCraftNJ and E-Nable making a basic prosthetic hand. HackNCraftNJ has also volunteered their time and expertise over the past few years in community events, including Mount Hebron's annual Innovation Fair, several other local Maker events and the library's annual Maker Day activities.
E-Nable is a global network of volunteers who work on making prosthetic hands and arms. Volunteers collaborate on 3D printable designs that are open source and can be accessed and improved by anyone. They match up people who have 3D printers with people in need of prosthetics.
Sedita has a friend named Connie, who lost her hand in a fireworks incident. Having seen the incredible creativity of the students, Sedita thought it would be wonderful to devise a prosthetic hand for her friend.
Gibbons said, "Connie has a unique interest in riding a motorcycle. In order to ride a motorcycle your hands need to control it. We are working with a local business to custom design a prosthetic hand for her." Just to have a sense of how this can benefit the population at large, a prosthetic hand would normally cost tens of thousands of dollars whereas printing them would probably cost less than a hundred.
Gibbons said that young children in need of prosthetics grow out of them too rapidly, making the cost of changing prosthetics, as they grow, prohibitive. This technology makes all the difference. The collaboration is worldwide.
Many existing designs are open source and can be viewed on www.thingiverse.com from where people can download the files and print them.
Sedita explained that the price of printing at the Montclair Public Library is 10 cents per gram. MPL uses a corn based PLA material that looks like licorice and as Sedita said, the machine spouting it out, is a bit like a glue gun. It extrudes thin layer upon layer until the object is fully built.
But Montclair is not a community that hoards their treasure. Homeschooling parents are using the maker spaces at MPL and HackNCraftNJ to educate their students on 3D technology. HackNCraftNJ goes from Caldwell, to Glen Ridge and beyond showcasing 3D printing. Many of these locations may already have a 3D printer but not necessarily as much information as they would like on how to use it.
Montclair State University has 35 printers but according to Sedita there are occasions in which students do not have ready access to those printers, and seek out Montclair Public Library for the use of their 3D printer. Following an obvious need, MPL has offered trainings and tutorials, much of which can be found on www.montclairpubliclibrary.org.
MSU's Feliciano School of Business building has recently opened a MakerBot Innovation Center that houses 35 3D printers. Their 3D printing venture has extended to other Montclair schools through the university's gifted and talented program. This again showcases an effort to foster a STEM culture throughout the community.
While it does require a rigorous mentality, designing a 3D object is not as complex as it may seem. Logging in to www.tinkercad.com allows users to design 3D objects and export the file to a printer or upload it to www.thingiverse.com and share it with the world. However, if the designer isn't quite ready or willing to share their design with the world they can register it at www.creativecommons.com and assign rights from there. The website offers six licenses under which a design can be released.
Upcoming events
New Jersey Makers day is actually two days this year, March 18th and 19th. Montclair Public Library is partnering with HackNCraftNJ in providing maker activities to further promote the flourishing of the science technology engineering and math activities in Montclair.
What is missing?
We asked Taylor what he thought was missing. He said, "If there is a more serious effort between them and the support of the school district as well as the community and its stakeholders, there is a much better chance that this technology can come to the forefront of the experience and education of our students, strengthening their skillset along the way."
He further explained, "This type of structure would establish and develop a community that collaborates, produces, redesigns and shares its skills and creativity. Since this technology is part of the future of manufacturing, it stands to think that having access to 3D printing on a regular basis may produce a culture of designers and makers who contribute to the economy of a larger whole."
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My husband and I use Agave sweetener (Whole Food Store) all the time as a replacement for sugar - and yes, it is much better than sugar! Also, the Agave plant has many healing properties relative to anti-inflammatory and antiseptic properties, toothache, burns, scalp irritations, and so much more!
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Very interesting plant... is this the same plant that is used to make Agave sweetener? Just wondering as I've seen the sweetener but had no idea the plant looked like this!
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Dr Mary Coffey will be giving a talk on Bee Diseases this evening, Tuesday 29th March at 6:30pm, in the Schrödinger Building, SR1-010.
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Founded in 1969 as an ad-hoc operating committee in the Memorial Student Center, the Black Awareness Committee (BAC) took on the charge of addressing issues directly affecting Black Students at Texas A&M University and providing cultural programming for the entire university community.
Although created strictly as a programming committee, at one time BAC was the preeminent voice for Black students, addressing concerns such as infusing more African American culture into the university curriculum, increasing recruitment and retention of African American students and staff; and obtaining more African American literature in the campus library. But, as the campus changed and the student body grew, other Black groups formed, specifically to address Black students concerns, picking up where BAC left off.
In 2004, the organization reestablished itself as the Carter G. Woodson Black Awareness Committee (WBAC), and today, WBAC has returned its focus to educational programming. WBAC continues to focus on the culture, concerns, history and heritage of Black people, but it does so now with a heightened intent to educate and explore. Dr. Woodson was a scholar and a teacher who believed in the power of knowledge.
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There are so many extraordinary things about The Who, but the one I am continually awed by is his ability and willingness to express his feelings, no matter what they are.
He regularly expresses anger and frustration not just in actions, but words. "It makes me so mad when you…" And he is often able to differentiate between anger, hurt, and sadness. And even if at first, sadness and hurt are masked by anger, as soon as the question is posed, "Are your feelings hurt?" he is always able to tell the difference.
He is also often able to, unprompted, voice his preferences and how violation of them makes him feel. Last night, he said, "I have told you before that I don't like when you do X. It makes me mad." And I don't know about every parent, but his ability to put words to things like that makes it so much easier for me to own my transgressions and apologize for them. I hope that the long-term result of this is that he grows up without pushing feelings down and burying them with something else.
Similarly, he also shows unbridled enthusiasm and excitement when he is looking forward to something. I never have to guess if he is jazzed about a plan or delighted by something that has happened. "I can't wait for tomorrow!" he said before bed tonight. And last week as he donned a shirt and tie for a new friend's first day of school, he gushed, "I am so happy today!"
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Bay Briefing: Should Treasure Island safety tests be rechecked?
Good morning, Bay Area. It's Tuesday, Feb. 19, and Giants manager Bruce Bochy really surprised us with his Presidents Day retirement announcement. Here's what you need to know to start your day.
Treasure Island cleanup clouded
The corporate managers accused of directing an extensive fraud in the cleanup of San Francisco's toxic shipyard at Hunters Point led similar projects at nearby Treasure Island — including in areas that have been declared free of radioactive hazards and transferred from the Navy to the city.
Reporters Jason Fagone and Cynthia Dizikes write that the Treasure Island tests have apparently not been rechecked since fraud at the shipyard was discovered — even as large-scale development efforts on the island continue to move forward.
Wide-open field
When San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón announced he wouldn't run for re-election, the race became the first election without a sitting district attorney running since 1909.
Five contenders have already announced — each needing a head start in a wide-open race with little name recognition for any of them. Here's who's already running to be San Francisco's next district attorney.
Bochy's bombshell
Bruce Bochy announced Monday that this season would be his last managing the Giants.
"In my mind, it's time," Bochy said. "I've managed with my gut. I came up here in 2007 on my gut, and so it's my gut feeling that it's time."
As late as last week, Bochy gave no indication that this year would be his last with the Giants, Scott Ostler writes.
Cutting carbon
To meet its aggressive goals for fighting climate change, California wants to wean millions of homes and businesses in the state off natural gas.
How will it get there? A coalition of local governments, environmental organizations and utilities — but not PG&E — is outlining a road map that includes new building codes and getting rid of natural gas-powered water heaters and furnaces.
The windfall negotiation
When San Francisco was handed an extra $185 million late last year, Mayor London Breed did what mayors do: She spelled out the city's spending priorities.
But allocating the windfall ended up being a messy back-and-forth between the mayor and Board of Supervisors.
Reporter Trisha Thadani takes a look at how the mayor and the board arrived at the compromise plan, why the mayor is unhappy with a decision to tap into the city's reserve funds, and why there's little she can do to change it.
Around the bay
• 'Milestone for us': Oakland's Catholic Diocese releases a list of priests accused of sexual abuse.
• Patch up: As repair work on the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge gets under way, it's expected to last for two weeks. Officials don't expect major delays.
• Gun (un)control: California struggles to keep guns out of the hands of people who shouldn't have them.
• Goodbye to Lucca: In his Native Son column, Carl Nolte remembers what makes places like Lucca Ravioli — where the building will soon to be sold — uniquely San Francisco.
• Off the table: Oakland teachers are all but certain to go on strike Thursday after union officials rebuffed efforts to resume contract talks.
• Gate fee: Hertz scraps surprise rental fees for crossing the Golden Gate Bridge and will pay $3.65 million to San Francisco in a settlement.
Ferries look to the future
How do you make commuting a bit more special?
With the often-grungy realities of Muni and BART, and last week's shower of concrete on the Richmond-San Rafael bridge, the Bay Area's transportation scene has seen better days, John King writes, but waterfront upgrades at the ferry stations in Richmond and San Francisco offers a glimpse of a more confident, elegant commuting future.
It's also a sign ferry agencies are contending with the complications of that future: The infrastructure serving the new gates are more than 3 feet above existing walkways — matching the state's projections for sea level rise by 2070.
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optical remote sensing of water quality in the wadden sea
Behnaz Arabi is a PhD student in the department of Water Resources. Her supervisor is prof.dr.ing. W. Verhoef from the faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation.
Deterioration of estuarine and coastal water quality has become a worldwide issue of substantial concern as anthropogenetic actions increase and climate change tends to cause main changes to the hydrological cycle. The acquisition of water quality information using radiometric measurements of the water's optical properties has developed quickly in recent years. Developments in algorithms and results improvement, sensor technology and reliability, and data availability have led to established practices in remotely-sensed observations with potential implications to water resources management. Using remotely sensed observations have played a significant role to develop satellite-derived products for providing vital information on most important water quality variables such as Chlorophyll-a (Chla), Suspended Particulate Matter (SPM), and Coloured Dissolved Organic Matter (CDOM) with the required accuracies for management organizations. This study investigates how these water quality variables can be estimated from remote sensing observations by means of a quantitative approach in complex coastal areas. This is important with respect to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to better understand the capability of the state of art of remote sensing technology to monitor long-term spatio-temporal variation of water quality in estuarine and coastal waters as a consequence of climate change, global warming, pollution and population increase, transportation changes and human activities.
The thesis presents how remote sensing techniques and observations can be employed to accurately retrieve water quality variables in complex coastal waters at both the water surface and Top Of Atmosphere (TOA) levels in the frame of proposing and evaluating the latest remote sensing methods and techniques established based on radiative transfer modeling, advanced retrieval methods, developed algorithms and optimal instruments and sensors.
This dissertation is composed of six chapters: Chapter 1 is introductory and describes the optical remote sensing of water quality, the challenges and requirements to apply the remote sensing techniques in the coastal waters, the importance of the study area and the proposed methods and algorithms in this study. Chapter 2 deals with application and validation of a new and developed radiative transfer hydro-optical model (i.e., the 2SeaColor model) to accurately retrieving water quality variables at water surface level under various Solar Zenith Angles (SZAs) and water turbidity conditions by using in-situ hyperspectral measurements. Chapter 3 deals with application and validation of a proposed radiative transfer atmospheric-hydro-optical model (i.e., the coupled 2SeaColor- MODerate resolution atmospheric TRANsmission (MODTRAN) model) to simultaneously retrieve water quality variables and atmospheric properties (i.e., visibility and aerosol type) at TOA level by using MEdium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS) images. Chapter 4 deals with 15-years water quality monitoring in complex coastal waters of the Dutch Wadden Sea by using time series of diurnal in-situ hyperspectral measurements and multi-sensor satellite images of MERIS, Sentinel-2 Multispectral Instrument (MSI) and Sentinel-3 Ocean and Land Colour Instrument (OLCI) images. Chapter 5 deals with the problem of the sea-bottom effect in the shallow coastal waters and develops a refined hydro-optical model (i.e., the Water-Sea Bottom (WSB) model) to evaluate the sea-bottom effect on remote sensing observations in these areas. Further analysis and investigations in this chapter lead to proposing a new near-infrared bottom effect index (i.e., the NIBEI) to distinguish optically shallow waters from optically deep waters. Chapter 6 discusses the main objectives of this dissertation and explains how these objectives are achieved and provide research recommendations for future studies.


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The Lyme-Old Lyme High School Safe Grad Committee is hosting a fundraising event at Jonathan Edwards Winery in North Stonington, Conn., this coming Friday, Nov. 16. The event will run from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.
All ticket sales benefit the graduation night event for the Class of 2019. Tickets include a glass of wine of your choice, food and fun.
In addition to ticket sales, the winery is donating 25 percent of all wine sales that evening (either for consumption that evening or wine purchased as gifts or for the holidays to take home) back to Safe Grad.
Tickets can be purchased online at http://lolgradnight.com/jonathan_edwards_winery/
Food for the event has been generously donated by Cloud Nine Catering, Coffee's Country Market, Dock 11 Café, Fromage Fine Foods, The Hideaway Restaurant & Pub and The Public House.
The event is open to anyone who would like to attend and help support a safe graduation for the Class of 2019.
The philosophy and ideals behind the Safe Grad Night party are interlinked with providing an evening that is fun, memorable and safe. More than "just a party," the event is a commitment by parents to conduct a great, "once in a lifetime" extravaganza for the graduating seniors.
Grad Night is alcohol- and drug-free and allows the senior class to have one final evening together as a class to celebrate their graduation. The event lasts through the whole night and the seniors have no idea where the event will be held until they are on board the buses. History has shown that a significant majority of the senior class attends the event every year.


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Active Shooter
An active shooter is an individual actively engaged in killing or attempting to kill people in a confined and populated area; in most cases, active shooters use firearms and there is no pattern or method to their selection of victims. In the event of a shooting incident, immediate, strategic and decisive reaction of all personnel is critical. The only way to react responsibly is to have a plan in place and to practice and mentally accept the role you may need to employ.
The primary concerns to be addressed by Galleria Tenants include:
- Develop and be ready to implement the Tenant's own company-specific emergency plan regarding an active shooter
- Remember the Run, Hide, Fight scenario
- Understand and communicate this plan to all other employees
- Emphasize the importance of each person remaining calm, listening to the building announcements and taking responsibility for their own safety immediately upon hearing of the active shooter incidentUnderstand and communicate this plan to all other employees
- Engage the Tenant Emergency Wardens to assist your employees as needed to the degree that does not endanger their own safety
Please watch the video clips below entitled "Active Shooter" and "Run, Hide, Fight" for more information.
We hope that you gather useful information from our website and encourage you to watch the video segments pertaining to various emergencies. Also included on our website is the Emergency and Security procedures manual and an Emergency Warden video encompassing the major emergency procedures utilized at the Galleria.
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Its a known fact that Subhash Ghai has signed David Dhawan to direct one of his forthcoming projects, to be made under the banner of Mukta Arts. Though Ghai has yet to announce the project officially, insiders reveal Govinda will head the cast of the film. But David denies he has signed his favourite actor for the project. I am still working on the script, so the question of signing anyone does not arise at this stage, he clarifies. After a pause, he continues, I dont want to take any decision in a hurry. I am well aware of the fact that the expectations will be gigantic if Subhash-ji and I come together for a project. So the project has to be one that will live up to the expectations. Thats true!
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Virgo September 2017 Monthly Horoscope
The planetary power of Virgo astral moves to Eastern position and allow your personal power and independence. Your personal goals and happiness will take strong cosmic support. If others don't vigor along you can go it. You are independence and don't need any social system support. So go and deal with the customer by the spines.
You'll create the way for happiness yourself. If you wait too long, it'll become even tougher or harder. Apart from your wonderful personal appearance, your personal appeal, and charm, you'll attract the opposite sex. But, love still in problematic and you're in serious relationships issues.
You are ready and want your way. The issue is presuming out who upset respectfully and particularly to respect the other's situation. The 23rd to the 26th of September 2017 will bring a love calamity, perhaps financial activates it.
You'll require more struggles to getting success in study. Some of you are setting in competitive exams should also go for extra coaching for getting success. Your business will need you start a good deal of travel. Your struggles would carry you a lot of success. Most of the journeys will be by road and train with fair %. The most promising direction would be east.
Virgo planetary strength moves to Southern Sector in September 2017. Their influence will be on Virgo family and emotional stability. Virgo career and professional agendas will be in the back seat, but not ignored totally.
The Monthly horoscopes of 2017 forecast majority of the planets are in the Eastern half. Virgo, you'll have the capability to change your life as you want. You are not dependent on others or situations. There is no need for building any settlements. Your sensuality and desire will be very powerful in this month.
You can use this for private requirements. Physical needs control over other aspects of life and you have to give due awareness of this fact of life. This is an achievement by own appeal and charm to fascinate others.
Virgo September 2017 Monthly Horoscope Career and Business
Nothing much will happen on the proficient front in September 2017. If you are looking job, September 2017 is the best month will bring a lot of opportunities for you. A profile status change is also possible. For successful future, you can make an analysis of your job recital over the past one year.
You would put a good effort which will help you to win the reward. The travel towards the North sector may bring some improvements. Try to anticipate unpleasant situations around you and work on them to make pleasant. Social contacts will not able to do much more for you in September 2017. You should trust on your own talent and effort. Students who are going for higher studies or training abroad should boldly proceed in their attempts since success is almost sure.
Virgo September 2017 Monthly Horoscope Finance
Financially September 2017 is a very prosperous month for Virgo horoscope. You are lucky and expect unexpected money from different sources. You will have fiscal support from your family members. You'll have a lot chances for starting the new business and increase your earning capacity.
Virgo, you'll have ample money in September 2017 and you can spend a lot of money on yourself by buying luxury things. Residency change and some decoration will also possible in September 2017.
Virgo September 2017 Monthly Horoscope Love and Marriage
The prediction of Virgo September 2017 Monthly horoscope predicts that romantic chances for Virgo will crop up during this month. Virgo compatibility will be deficient in sexual relationships. Your love life could be better in this period, but there are some extra types of happiness that happen in your life.
You'll be in a yearly personal pleasure that is at high peak until the 22nd of September 2017. After that, you'll enter a yearly earning zenith at the sun is drawn to your money house. September 2017 is a promising and stunning month for Virgo man.
Family environment will have some conflicts and you've serious problem with your father. You must try to break away from trouble-spots and reject to be invited into a conformation. Children will also create some problems for you. At this time, you should be carefully handling this matter.
September 2017 Virgo Monthly Horoscope Health
Virgo's health will be excellent during this period. You will focus on your fitness maintenance. This one, you can do with good exercise and diet plan. You will also need to enhance your personal outlook with confidence.
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A New Dawn Breaks over Swansea Bay
Against an uncertain political and regulatory back-drop it has been difficult to finance and build established renewable plant like wind turbines, let alone bring new ideas and entrants to the renewable energy market. There has long been talk of tidal being a 'game-changing' technology, yet with so much uncertainty no one has had the brains or the bottle to bring a scheme to planning.
That, if nothing else, makes the Tidal Lagoon Swansea Bay proposal that was submitted to the Planning Inspectorate today, remarkable.
With controversy as to the level (or even existence) of a subsidy mechanism raging around him, for three years Mark Shorrock and his team have worked away at the Swansea Bay scheme (which is intended to be followed by four other schemes around the coast). The goal has been to find the solution to finally harness the power of one of the UK's most obvious renewable energy sources – the tide.
Swansea Bay Lagoon has the potential to generate 420GWh of power per year with a capacity of 320MW. It's predictable, reliable, renewable energy for 120,000 homes, 14 hours a day for 120 years. There are also loads of benefits for the local area, not just in terms of construction and operations jobs, but in terms of sports and leisure facilities and a long-term land(or maybe sea) mark to attract visitors to the area. They are even planning an oyster farm.
Not surprisingly, 86% of local people support the project.
Inevitably there will be complex planning issues to overcome with a project of this scale, but provided they have been adequately dealt with in the application, this project must surely receive a positive response (on the planning) from the Sec of State next year.
While that is going on, it's all about the money.
There are two limbs to funding the project: (i) getting an adequate subsidy from the government to make the revenues from power generated by the project attractive to investors; and (ii) convincing investors that the technical solution – ie. the double regulated bulb turbines – work so that the power will be consistently generated at the levels required to make the scheme profitable.
That is where my concern lies. World firsts are fantastic stories for everyone except banks. The fact that this has not been tried before will mean there will be queries over the technology. If there is any doubt over the reliability or suitability of the turbine, or the long-term viability of the turbine manufacturer then the project may become difficult to finance.
I willing to be optimistic about this. If Macquarie are backing the scheme then there must be a high degree of confidence that the turbines are 'bankable'. We will find out later this year.
At the same time as asking banks to take a risk, TLSB will need to make a strong enough case to persuade the Secretary of State to give up a mighty chunk of his renewable energy budget. With EU state aid lawyers circling and fierce competition from other renewable techs for this subsidy money, that is not going to be easy. The subsidy level will need to be agreed and signed before banks commit, so a protracted negotiation with the Sec of State may hit the project programme and put pressure on cash flows.
So there remain significant challenges for this project beyond planning. However we should celebrate the achievement of Mark and his team in getting this smart, sustainable (and for energy geeks at least) sexy project to the planning stage. All the political and social stars are aligned for this project. It is only the planning and economic aspects to be resolved to begin construction.
Instead of sticking plaster adaptive measures like we are seeing in Somerset, the UK's response to climate change should be big projects like Swansea Bay and its successors, as well as big offshore wind projects, nuclear and all the other parts of the low carbon energy mix.
Solutions to our energy needs like Swansea Bay are long overdue.
As Mark himself says:
"Had we invested in tidal lagoons in the 1980s, by now, and into the next century, we would be generating cheaper power than any other form of supply."


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ANNUAL PERCENTAGE RATE (APR) – The total cost of credit.APR is the easiest way to compare loans with different features because it factors all the cost of the loan regardless of how they are presented. As loan programs become available, APR becomes more important to understand and use as a loan-shopping tool.
APR would be the same as the interest rate on the loan if the loan were free. The following example highlights the difference. Let's go through an example:
Loan Amount: $500,000
Total Cost of Loan (points, processing fee, doc fees, etc.): $5,000
Amount Borrowed (the amount you get in hand): $495,000
Interest Rate (based on the $500,000): 4%
Term of the loan: 30 years
Monthly Payment: $2,387
The monthly payment at 4% is based on $500,000 even though the borrower only received $495,000. So, what would cause the payment of $2,387 on a loan amount of $495,000? The answer is 4.08, which is the APR. This is what the loan is really costing you.
Mortgage interest rates closely track the 10-year Treasury Bond. Interest rates and bonds are inversely related. When bonds go up, rates go down, when bonds go down, rates go up. In general (1) as the economy shows signs of strengthening, bond prices go down as the bonds that have been purchased are worth less (2) Economic uncertainty means interest rates will tend to stay flat (3) A weakening economy will push interest rates down as bond prices rise.
Another factor that determines interest rates on home loans is the actions taken by the Fed (Federal Reserve Bank). The Fed is where banks borrow money when they are not borrowing from each other. The discount rate is the interest rate the Fed charges banks to borrow from them. The Fed uses this discount rate to control the supply of available funds in the economy, which in turn influences inflation and overall interest rates. When the discount rate is low, there is more money in the economy as money is cheap. The more money available, the more people spend and the higher prices become. In contrast, raising the discount rate makes it more expensive to borrow money, lowering the money supply and in turn slows down the economy.
Determines how much a lender will lend given a specific property value amount and is expressed as a percentage.
For Example: If a house is worth $100,000 and the lender is willing to lend up to $80,000 toward the purchase price of that house, the LTV for that loan is 80%.
LTV is a reflection of the lender's perception of risk. The lower the LTV, the more secure a lender is on lending towards that property, and vice versa
The lender's way of comparing a borrowers debt to their income and is one of the most important tools used by the lending industry to qualify a prospective borrower. If the borrower's debt exceeds a certain percentage to their income, the loan will be declined.
For Example: If a borrower's gross income is $6,000 and her total monthly expenses are $3,000, the DTI would be 50%. If lenders are lending at a 40% DTI, this borrower would be declined. This borrower would have to earn more, or lower their expenses to qualify.
Finance Charge (origination fee) – The amount charged for the credit
Amount Financed – The loan amount minus all of the finance charges that were included in the loan. The amount the borrower gets in hand, even though they pay interest on the entire loan balance.
Schedule of Payments – Total payments due over the life of the loan including any adjustments in the amount of the payment.
Total Payments – Total all payments made over the life of the loan, which reveals how much the borrower really paid for the loan by the tine they have completed all payments.


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Wedding occasions and I; we have issues. Not that I despise or loath wedding, it's just I don't really feel comfortable with the idea. The jubilant mirth of the atmosphere and crowd thronging like ants surrounding sugar; it just suffocates me. I am sorry if I sound so weird (maybe I am!) but it's just not me. But a wedding invitation from a friend who never forget me (well, after this maybe will forget hehee) and always keep abreast with my well-being is just hard to be ignored. I always treasure people who treasure me.
So, planned with Firdaus Sulhi and Syahrir to Sungai Petani and met up with Muzem, Nizam, Riduan and a friend of theirs at Penjara Sungai Petani and off we go. Maybe because we arrived there late; the atmosphere was not really hectic. The venue was at a public field opposite the house estate's surau. Syafiq seemed so occupied entertaining his relatives and shooting photographs. We met Faiz and Syukor @ KoKo (erk?????? Hahaha) and they were noisy lot meeting their tag team, Muzem (hahaha). So happened that Syafiq and his wife were in hurry to 'escort' the wife's relatives that he had to move in seconds. In that rushing manner, we managed to take photograph with him and I became a bit emotional. Feel like I am losing my best friend. Of course, it's a normal process but I do feel emotional with people who I feel attached. I guess this is the second wedding I nearly burst into tears- the first one was my sister's.
After that, Syahrir, Firdaus and I went to Village Mall and just roamed around to see the mall. Had ice-creams at TESCO nearby and off we go back to Jitra. I wish "Happy Newly-Wed" to my best friend, Syafiq Ghause and his wife! (,")
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Singer Simi took to her Twitter handle to talk about how Nigerians can fix the country and fix the country image which has been destroyed.
Simi wrote:
We need to fix our country, fix our image – because the only reason the Nigerian passport is going through so much scrutiny is because of what they assume we're ALL capable of. The more desperate we are to go there, the less likely they want us there and vice versa! Buhari
We're the problem. We're also the solution. We have highly underestimated the power and impact of a good image – and it's catching up to us. Plus the change is not just the government, it's all of us. We're getting left behind.
Everyday we're clapping for countries with passports that have easy access to numerous countries. WHY THE HECK DO YOU THINK THAT ISThey earned it. They earned it! The problem is not the passport, it is us my brethren.
Over 30 years ago, my mother went to London and got visa on arrival. The same green passport. We gotta start telling ourselves the truth. If we don't fix up, how we gon get better treatment??
Previously, the privileged were quiet because they could somehow find a way. Now, everybody is affected! I feel like if we let it go too bad, it'll take even longer to repair. I'm tired. Even talk is too much – we need people with good hearts that really can be the change.


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December 12, 2019
Everyone in sports is subjected to harsh criticism on social media, but there is a double standard when it comes to how people respond to that criticism.
Often fans and critics take to social media to blame anyone and everyone responsible for the team's loss.
After the Cleveland Browns' loss in week nine, Browns safety, Jermaine Whitehead took to Twitter and went on a tirade of responding to comments and hate with extreme violence and racism.
One comment was tweeted by Browns' Radio analyst Dustin Fox. He called out Whitehead's performance on Twitter saying "Whitehead's efforts tackling today is a joke #Browns." Fox's job as an analyst is to talk about how the game was played and about the players' performance during the game. Whitehead's racist and violent response toward Fox was over the top.
Whitehead took to Instagram apologizing for his performance and seemingly justifying his
Twitter meltdown in his post saying "They tell you to take the high road, when yo whole life you was taught to meet fire with fire."
What a soft response!
As a woman, I take great offense to Whitehead's response. Women in sports take so much abuse on social media. Athletes are called out for their appearance, ability, and emotion. Female sports reporters are constantly battered for having an opinion about sports even though it is their job to have an opinion. Women in sports are constantly questioned about their understanding of the game and take major heat on social media because of it.
In 2016, ESPN's Sarah Spain and Julie DiCaro participated in a campaign called More Than Mean through Just Not Sports on YouTube. Fans read mean tweets to Spain and DiCaro to highlight what women in sports go through on a daily basis. Spain and DiCaro listened to misogynistic tweet after misogynistic tweet with poise. The men, who didn't write the tweets, broke down and apologized as they read them.
If these women can sit and listen to these awful comments day after day, Whitehead should be able to handle a few tweets calling him out for not doing his job right and have the smarts to not respond.
Women sometimes have no choice but to ignore these comments and not fight fire with fire. If they responded with as much hate as Whitehead, they would lose their jobs and their careers.
Whitehead's official apology was soft cop-out. Whitehead said "My choice of words did not reflect who I am, but only what I was feeling." It is not fair that he apologized this way. Players' words are still a part of who they are. Players cannot let those few people who say what they want on social media affect them. Every person has feelings, and there are consequences to how a person expresses those feelings.
Whitehead was released from the Browns following his actions. Unfortunately, I do not think
this is the end of his career. He probably will get another opportunity to play in the NFL.
If he were a woman, his career would be completely over.
In the words of ESPN's Elle Duncan, "Woman Up!"
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It looks like Google has hidden an Easter egg in the latest Google Chrome beta release for Android. Users have discovered that the beta version of the browser now comes with a full-screen browsing mode.
The beta version of Chrome was released by Google in order to test new features to eventually be added to the stable version. The discovery was made by Reddit user Smackel, who found this bug after a quick-fire update for Chrome Beta was released. To enable this mode, you have to start the browser and type in 'chrome://flags' in the URL bar. Enable the option for WebGL after scrolling down. Restart your browser once you are prompted to.
A fun experiment!
Head to the Chrome experiment called Boids and Buildings, where this bug was discovered by Smackel. According to the author of the experiment, Boids and Buildings is a "procedural city constructed and animated in realtime, watched over by procedural boids." The experiment essentially allows a city of lines to be drawn on your screen. One of the effects of running this experiment on Chrome is a full-screen mode.
While the full-screen mode seems to be a fun addition to Chrome Beta, it isn't completely devoid of glitches. After activating the full-screen mode, on restarting the browser, Chrome Beta sometimes sticks to the full-screen mode, but on some instances returns back to normal. The good news is that unlike experiments of this magnitude, the full-screen mode does not get the browser to crash or restart by itself.
While Google has kept quiet about this 'bug', users are eagerly waiting for this mode to come to the more stable version of Chrome.
The Chrome Beta channel was released for phones and tablets running Android 4.0 or later earlier this month. This was touted to be a significant release for Google as it was a step in trying to bring Chrome for Android in line with the desktop version of the browser.
In a blog post, Google announced that the beta channel for phones and tablets had now joined its beta versions of Chrome for Mac, Windows, Linux and Chrome OS. Google had warned that bugs were to be expected in the version, since that is the point of the beta release. The up side to a rough, slightly sluggish app is that users are now able to preview and try out the latest features on the Chrome app.
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Dayton O. July 8th. 1863 Dear Luther, Such good news is coming that I must indulge in pen and ink once more. - I hope our separation is lessened several months by the events of the last few days; yet we must not be too sanguine. Your last letter made me both glad and sorry; glad, because your annoyance was settled, but sorry because you have lost the society of your most congenial friends. I am truly sorry at the Captain's removal. I feel anxious too about the proposed removal of headquarters; fearing you will be sent to the field; patriotism is sadly wanting when I think of that. I'll be as good as possible, however, come what will. Sella was much distressed yesterday at the loss of Dash; he was badly used by one of De Graff's dogs and had to be shot I was sorry for the child, and would rather have lost him some easier way nevertheless he was no favorite with me being both troublesome and ugly; Mary however insisted that he was just the fashionable tan color, and only needed a little *quilled* trimming on his tail to put him in the height of the mode!! The large flag I made two or three years ago, was put up on the Fourth, and yesterday, while Father was away, Mary and Betty festooned it at the end of the porch in honor of the success at Vicksburg: I made my way into Sella's room to see the flag, and quite enjoyed the change of rooms, and my part in the rejoicing; - The people up street went nearly mad; the shoemaker Reed was cutting out some work which he threw away and rushed into the street; meeting *Hikens*, he pulled off the brim of his hat; *Hikens* pulled off Reed's, and stuck his foot through it, whereupon they exchanged hats and went on rejoicing noisily *cannugh*. Johnson Perrine came here one night last week; no one could see him but Mother; and they had some plain talk. He began advancing some talk, not in accordance with that of good Union people, and Mother gave him her views of such people in general, whereupon he concluded to hush and shortly took his leave. - He made Aunt Ann furious a short time since with similar remarks. - I hope you can soon get out of his debt, and have little to do with him. - Lib says he has never said any thing whatever to *Jere*, and she hopes he won't as she wouldn't like to answer for the assaults. Mrs. Vallandigham has had a present of a butternut colored silk dress, trimmed in some way with butternuts, which she is said to have worn on some occasion. - She is said to have been present at the Butternut picnic on the Fourth where the lowest people went and got drunk and fought. - She will scarcely receive notice from any respectable people after the scenes in which she has lately taken part. Just while I think of it I must acknowledge the receipt of the second $20 note in your last letter; the first I have already acknowledged. I will not write more, till after the mail arrives, hoping to get another precious letter from you. Afternoon -- Your letter has come, dearest, and of course I am glad; yet I am sorry that my letters have been delayed so that you were anxious; I cannot understand why they should as they were put into the office in time. Harrison acted as if he was in earnest, of which I am glad; give my love to Mary and offer my congratulations when you see her. You are a funny one, to be sure! One letter talks of changing headquarters, the next of simply changing quarters in Fort Hamilton; I cannot but hope my dear Husband, that you will think seriously before asking me to return with our little family to Ft. Hamilton. With the exception of yourself it presents an attraction sufficient to make me wish to be back, and even #that attraction would be better elsewhere. I have a disgust for the place not easily overcome. My views of *the* military life are unchanged, and I cannot but hope you are only in sport. Don't be angry with me Luther, I cannot battle with my feelings just now, perhaps when I am stronger I can. Love from all most from your Own Wife, Augusta# Late at Night - Do you think I am crazy? Just blame that night-blooming Cereus, which would come out on Sunday Only think of nine flowers out at once! Of course I had to go down and see it Miss Mary was down too the early part of the evening, but didn't stay after many persons had come in. We had no idea the flowers would come out tonight till about tea time, and then such a rush as we had to let people know! Over a hundred have eventually been here, some persons that I had never seen before. The *Matheson's* preacher and his wife; old *Mrs Steele*, Mrs. Peirce, Mr & Mrs. Odlin and even as many more of rich and poor. Pretty thing to me to be seeing company with a baby little over two weeks old! But I quite enjoyed it; we only wanted you and Howard. - Good night darling. Thursday Morn. - *Reisted* gave Father one of those notes for me, declaring that I am entitled to $72.50, which can be *used* in the year 1865 - I thought it was to be used this year, did not *Reisted* tell you so? All pretty well this morning, Sella is eating her breakfast preparatory to taking this to the office. - I must tell you how intelligent Dr. *Walters* is - Buchanan *Reed* was here on the Fourth. He told Capt Schenck that the Dr. had been very kind to him when they both boarded at *Henck's* years ago. - While they spoke *Walters* drove up to Blanchard's (old Crane house) and the Capt. told him "there's your man now" So over he rushed and introduced himself. The Doctor did not recollect but finally remembered his roommate, "why' said he, "are you that Reed? I haven't heard of you from that day to this, and supposed you were dead! Wasn't that flattering to the famous Poet? This intelligent person, is one of the most respectable of Vallandigham's Friends!! I have thought much of my leaving home but I cannot again ask Mother to keep part of your family, and cannot travel with an infant. The mountain can't go to Mahomet, dearest, - Sella is waiting - Goodbye, A.
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INDIANAPOLIS – Ameryst Alston scored 20 of her game-high 30 points in the second half to lead No. 8 seed Ohio State to an 86-77 win over No. 9 Northwestern in the first round of the Big Ten tournament Thursday at Bankers Life Fieldhouse.
Ohio State advances to Friday's quarterfinals and will face No. 1 seed Penn State at Noon ET. The game will be televised on the Big Ten Network.
Alston was backed by the superb play of seniors Darryce Moore and Martina Ellerbe, who each recorded double-doubles – 19 points and 10 rebounds for Moore and 16 points and a career-high 13 boards for Ellerbe. The 30-point game was Alston's fourth of the season and her third in the past five games.
Ohio State hit a season-high 11 three-point field goals – four each from Alston and Ellerbe – and made 19 of 20 from the line.
It was a wild final 6 minutes as the lead changed hands four times and was tied on four occasions. But with less than 2 minutes remaining, Ohio State took control. After a runner off the glass by Alston, Ellerbe picked off a Wildcat pass in the lane and would hit her fourth three-pointer of the game 20 seconds later to give Ohio State a 78-73 lead with 1:24 left. The Buckeyes went 8 of 8 from the foul line – four coming from Alston – to put the game away.
The Buckeyes, who held Northwestern without a field goal for the first 5 minutes of the game, led 35-23 after a Cait Craft three-pointer with 5:06 remaining in the first half before the Wildcats went on a 16-0 run and lead 39-35 at the break. Ohio State missed its final nine shots of the half and Northwestern's Nia Coffey hit a three-pointer at the halftime buzzer to give the Wildcats the momentum going into the second half.
But Ohio State regrouped at halftime and never let the Northwestern lead grow to more than six. Ohio State shot 15 of 16 from the line and 50 percent from three to help them pull out the victory.
Craft added eight points for the Buckeyes while Raven Ferguson had seven.
Ohio State has now won 23 of the past 25 games with Northwestern while head coach Kevin McGuff improves to 18-7 all-time in conference tournament games.


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Demo Session on 14th & 21st Oct 2018 2pm-4pm2pax max per demoFor those who wants to have a taste on Marantz AV8805 & Polk Audio LSIM setup. The purpose of this demo is to listen & share your thoughts on the setup. Those interested can Pm me. 12th Oct (slots full) 1. rock1232. skate14th Oct (slots full) 1. Ricleon 2. BadEnglish 21st Oct1. Began2. If we dont share or exchange knowledge we wont grow & understand. Be more open, Share & Learn.
Welcome to the forum and enjoy your system.. how big is your room?Hope you are still having visitors next month.. cheers
Dear XP bros,djblackfm has been an extremely good pal of mine. Got to know him unexpectedly via carousell, and from there we hit it off to became very good friends! This is actually my humble little home and djblackfm has been extremely helpful in assisting to coordinate these sessions, plus some other stuffs which i really really appreciate a lot! He is friendly, willing to share knowledge, and most important, he did it without expecting anything in return, which i wanted to say a BIG THANK YOU here! Thanks bro for the support most of the time when i needed help! He really live up to being "If we dont share or exchange knowledge we wont grow & understand. Be more open, Share & Learn." lolAm actually a member in XP for quite sometime already but not been very active, until recently where i started my small online business named Ovation United (https://www.facebook.com/OvationUnited/), bringing AV gears to my friends. Some XPrians has already bought something from me already , This is where my supporting pal here, plus another member which i did not catch his nick (sorry), urges me to be active all over again (which i am trying to ) here in XP, and if able to, bring some awesome gears (like the AC Infinity Aircom T10) to the bros here. So here i am, sharing my rigs, the purpose is for me to know more, learn more, understand more and more importantly know more good pals like djblackfm. Any comments, ideas, etc are all welcome. Be open, share, learn and have fun!In response to Doggie Howser and about Marantz AV8805, well i was a AVR-X7200WA user for almost 4 years. which i personally think the 7200 was bright. I wasn't using Emotiva at that time, purely integrated AMP. The concept of separates intrigued me when i first saw djblackfm's setup last time and got poisoned. Lol... i was still using KEF R series at that time... and i've hence moved to Polk Audio since 6 months ago. Again thanks to my good pal, djblackfm haha.In response to petetherock about Marantz AV8805 and emotiva, well... im more of an all rounder person, in both music and movies... plus, im also kind of oddball, you can say i like to try different combi, in order to know more and share with my pal... i have tried different pairing, Def Tech BP series with Mcintosh, Marantz Polk, Def Tech Demand Series with Denon etc etc... and majority of time sound reproduced are different lol..... i have not yet visit any of XPrians open house before and i most glad to be invited for one, if time allows of course... as i feel bad leaving my 2 young kids in care by my wife alone As compared to 8805, i went full XLR connection this time instead of RCA from 7200...due to my smart home smart switches, XLR solved the static sound which caused by one of my smart switch, which of course am delighted. Not comparing other AVRs apart from my 7200, in my opinion, the reproduction of the sound from 8805 is a little on the warm side which soothing to my ears now. The sound is accurate and clear (i guess it depends on source as well). With 8AK4490 32-bit stereo DACs across all channels, it doesn't lose out to my ES9028 DAC Raspberry Pie player either, just saying... I enjoyed movies and musics more than i enjoyed with 7200 now, maybe due to they are separates? or speaker change perhaps? In anyway, i enjoy more now than my previous rig, at least i don't feel fatigue when listening or watching movies long hours.I am using 13.2 Auro 3D setup now, at times i will switch between Atmos, DTSX and Auro 3D using Atmos underlying format. Again, my personal opinion, i kind of liked Auro more, perhaps for the VOG. For Atmos listeners, it may sound otherwise though.. no choice, due to my speakers placement limitation, i guess it my best position. I did heed another XP bro's advice to bring my surround speakers higher by few inches, damn im glad i heed his advice and it sound whole lot nicer to me. I guess i've typed long enough else you guys will start sleeping, but hey, i welcome this open house to XPrians here to share or exchange knowledge, and to grow, to understand, and to learn from each other. Comparison is inevitable i guess but lets all do it in a healthy way I just want to make more friends and learn more from you guys here heh heh.. Different listeners, different taste, different opinions...there is no best rigs or setup so to speak, more importantly is how the knowledge shared can make full use of our current rigs to maximize its potential PS: i still have my pair of KEF R700 around, hence we can really hear the difference between American designed Speakers VS England designed Speakers. For now, in order not to confuse on timing and availability, djblackfm will still be the POC, until the 1st 2 sessions are over, i will take over personally if i have the time. Looking forward to my first sharing session with the bros here!


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There are so many good things about being a writer—author Katey Howes captures most of them in this post: http://kateywrites.wordpress.com/2014/01/29/an-almost-objective-look-at-choosing-a-writing-career-illustrated/. I happen to agree with all of these, especially the part about showing up to work in pajamas, and loving it so much you sometimes forget to pick your kids up from school (although, strictly speaking, that is not a good thing if it happens too often).
Over a year ago, I decided to "be" a writer. I wish I could say I've forged ahead, guns blazing, conquering all obstacles in my way like my secret agent cat hero, Timber Howligan. Russian spies? Vicious guard dogs? Wily rabbits? No problem for Timber Howligan.
Oh. You haven't heard of Timber Howligan yet? Er, that's because the book isn't published yet. It's not, um, actually done.
My path has been more like the novel that gets rewritten seven times.
Not for lack of trying, mind you. More for taking a hard look at the first 65,000 words I ever wrote, and realizing…
Wow. That needs work.
Back in November, I thought the book was done. Almost signed, too—with a local independent publisher, but a publisher nonetheless. Obviously there would be one more round of edits, but according to the publisher, they'd be quick—she promised to have the book out within six months of signing the contract.
Except she didn't want to sign the contract right away. Okaaaaay….I told myself I wasn't the one in a hurry. She told me when she would call.
In the meantime, I started having second thoughts. As an independent publisher, she offered little in the way of marketing and not much more in the way of services beyond self-publishing, except she took most of the royalties. I did my homework—I talked to some of the authors who had published with her. I read some of the books she'd published.
I decided that when she called, I had a lot more questions to ask.
However, she never called.
So my "publishing" deal fell through, but to be fair, I kind of let it. I wanted my story not just to be published, but to be good.
In December, I hired a professional editor—Mary Kole, of kidlit.com.
This was by far the best thing I have ever done for my writing.
That book I thought was almost done? Major plot surgery. Serious character work. Right now, it's on life support. I'll do my best to stitch it back together—hopefully retaining some of the voice and style and humor that I loved about it to begin with.
They say you have to kill some darlings along the way. This edit may have murdered my baby. But not every first novel is going to see the light of the bookstore shelf.
Then why did I write it? I created a character—Timber Howligan, secret agent cat—who will live forever in the hearts and memories of those who have already read my book. Including my eight-year old son, who stayed up late to finish it and laughed at all the right places. My kids dressed up as Timber Howligan and Lester McMuffin (Timber's best friend) for Halloween. I WROTE A NOVEL. I know how to do it—and because of the patience and professional help of Mary Kole, I know how to do it better next time.
I'm not giving up on this book—Timber deserves everything I can give him. I love this story. It still makes me laugh out loud. Sometimes I cackle while I'm typing. By the time I'm done with it, it will be a lot better than it would have been before…
And worth waiting for.


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OK - so once when I lived in Australia, I moved into an apartment across the hall from this guy, and anyways, I thought that as I was having a few people over as a sort of flat-warming party it would be polite to let him know. Now I wish I hadn't bothered!
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VATICAN CITY, SEP 14, 2006 (VIS) - This morning, the Holy Father left Regensburg and travelled by helicopter to the city of Freising which, in the past, was a trading center for the whole of central Europe, and today it is an important hub for agriculture and the food industry. It has a famous university and holds the administrative offices of the archdiocese of Munich and Freising. The archiepiscopal see is in Munich itself.
Benedict XVI's papal coat-of-arms contains three references to Bavaria, of which two to Freising: a Moor's head, the traditional symbol of the diocese of Freising, and a bear with a pack saddle, a reference to the bear of St. Corbinian, the eighth-century bishop of Freising who tamed the beast after it attacked him. The pack saddle is meant to represent the burden of the episcopate.
From the heliport of Freising, the Holy Father travelled by car to the city cathedral, built in 1205 and dedicated to Sts. Mary and Corbinian, where he met with priests and permanent deacons. It was here, on June 29, 1951, that Joseph Ratzinger was ordained a priest. He later taught theology in the diocesan seminary. The meeting with clergy was attended by 30 priests ordained the same day as the pontiff.
The Pope, putting aside the text of his prepared address, limited himself to commenting that text in off-the-cuff remarks.
"This is my last meeting before taking leave of my beloved Bavaria, and I am pleased that it is taking place with you, the priests and permanent deacons, the living and chosen stones of the Church," reads the text of the Pope's prepared address. "When I look around this magnificent cathedral of Freising, so many memories come back to me of the years when my journey to the priesthood and the exercise of my ministry were linked to this place."
The central theme of the Pope's remarks was the Gospel of St. Matthew, where "Jesus sees in the people gathered around Him the 'harvest' of God the Father, ready for reaping."
"Christ sees the world as 'God's field,' in which a rich harvest is growing and there is need of reapers. ... The fundamental approach of Jesus ... is one of optimism, based on confidence in the power of the Father, the 'Lord of the harvest.' Jesus' confidence becomes for us a source of hope."
"A priest's life and the real nature of his vocation and ministry are contained in the worldview revealed to us by Jesus. This same worldview moved the Lord to go from village to village, teaching in the synagogues, preaching the good news of the Kingdom and healing the sick."
Underlying the generosity of Christ, Pope Benedict's prepared address continues, "is a confidence in the power of the Father. ... By his progressive assimilation to the sentiments of the Teacher, the priest will come to share in His confident approach. By entering more and more deeply into Jesus' own way of seeing things, he learns to see all around him as the 'harvest of God'."
"Nevertheless, we must always keep in mind the words of our biblical text: it is the 'Lord of the harvest' who 'sends' laborers into His harvest. Jesus did not give His disciples the task of calling other volunteers or organizing promotional campaigns aimed at gathering new members; He told them to pray to God."
This does not mean, the Holy Father's text specifies, that "our vocational work [must] limit itself to prayer. ... 'Pray to the Lord of the harvest' means something more profound: only by remaining in intimate communion with the Lord of the harvest, by living immersed as it were in His heart full of love and compassion for humanity, can we bring other laborers to share in the work of the Kingdom of God.
"Ours is not a mindset of numbers and efficiency," he adds, "but one of gratuity and self-giving. ... The laborers in God's harvest are those who follow in the footsteps of Christ. This requires self-detachment and being fully 'attuned' to His will."
To this end, we must "undertake an Easter journey of death and resurrection. On this journey Christ has not only gone before us, but He accompanies us," as he did with Peter who "began to sink while attempting to walk to Jesus on the waters. As long as Peter returned Jesus' gaze, he was able to walk on the troubled waters of the Sea of Galilee, remaining so to speak within the gravitational field of His grace."
"Through this Easter journey, the disciple becomes a true witness of the Lord," writes the Pope, pointing out how St. Augustine "tried to explain the essence of the ordained minister's task by means of two definitions ... 'servus Christi' and 'vox Christi'."
"The term 'servant' implies a concept of relation: to be a servant is to be in relation to a master. To describe the priest as 'servus Christi' is to emphasize that his life has an essential 'relational connotation:' with every fiber of his being he is in relation to Christ. ... By virtue of the sacramental character received at ordination, he belongs to Christ and shares His unreserved dedication to the 'body' of the Church."
As "vox Christi," a priest "stands in relation to the 'Word' who is Christ. The greatness and the humility of the ordained ministry are here revealed. Like St. John the Baptist, the priest and the deacon are merely the precursors, the servants of the Word. It is not they who are at the center, but Christ, Whose 'voice' they must be with their whole existence.
"It is from this reflection that the answer emerges to a question that no responsible pastor of souls can fail to ask himself, especially in the current situation of an increasing shortage of priests: how to preserve interior unity amid the often frenetic activity of ministry? The way towards a solution to this problem lies in intimate communion with Christ. ... From this emerges a new vision of priestly asceticism. ... This asceticism of service, service itself as the true asceticism of my life, is undoubtedly a most important motive that nevertheless requires a constant interior reinterpretation of action based upon being.
"Even if the priest seeks to live out his service as asceticism and his sacramental activity as personal encounter with Christ," the text of the Pope's address concludes, "he will still need moments to catch his breath. ... Generous self-giving for others is impossible without discipline and constant recovery of true faith-filled interior life. ...The time spent in direct encounter with God in prayer can rightly be described as the pastoral priority par excellence: it is the soul's breath."


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'It is not hyperbole to wonder if the outcome of Sunday's presidential election in Brazil is a planetary game over when it comes to climate change.…'
Via Gizmodo
'It is not hyperbole to wonder if the outcome of Sunday's presidential election in Brazil is a planetary game over when it comes to climate change.…'
Via Gizmodo
Humans, as a new paper published today in Nature Ecology & Evolution shows, have been consuming chocolate for a very long time.
'New archaeological evidence suggests humans were cultivating and consuming cacao—the crop from which chocolate is produced—as long as 5,300 years ago, which is 1,500 years earlier than previously thought. What's more, cacao was initially domesticated in the equatorial regions of South America, and not Central America.…'
Via Gizmodo
Jewish leaders to Trump: until you denounce white supremacy, stay out of Pittsburgh / Boing Boing:
'After this weekend's anti-Semitic mass-shooting at Pittsburgh's Tree of Life synagogue, President Donald Trump blamed the victims, implying that if they didn't want to get murdered, they should have paid for armed guards.
What Trump has notably not said is that the white supremacist movement he has legitimized and fueled with his anti-Muslim, anti-Mexican, anti-disabled, anti-LBGT statements, is connected to anti-Semitic violence — from the "good people" who marched in Charlottesville chanting "Jews will not replace us" to the Protocols of the Elders of Zion-style demonization of George Soros.
Trump's omission is not subtle. People have noticed. Among them is a coalition of Pittsburgh's Jewish leaders who have published an open letter to the President telling him that he is "not welcome in Pittsburgh until you fully denounce white nationalism," "not welcome in Pittsburgh until you stop targeting and endangering all minorities," "not welcome in Pittsburgh until you cease your assault on immigrants and refugees" and "not welcome in Pittsburgh until you commit yourself to compassionate, democratic policies that recognize the dignity of all of us."…'
Via Boing Boing
Dana Milbank in the Washington Post:
'George Washington, in his 1790 letter to the Touro Synagogue in Newport, R.I., told Jews they would be safe in the new nation.
"The government of the United States . . . gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance," he wrote. "May the children of the stock of Abraham who dwell in this land continue to merit and enjoy the good will of the other inhabitants — while every one shall sit in safety under his own vine and fig tree and there shall be none to make him afraid."
Though that assurance has been tested, the United States has endured as a safe haven for Jews.
Now President Trump has violated Washington's compact. He has given sanction to bigotry and assistance to persecution. After the shooting in Pittsburgh, which the Anti-Defamation League believes is the deadliest anti-Semitic attack in U.S. history, there is no longer safety under the vine and fig tree…
Consider some of the many times Trump gave sanction to bigotry before 11 worshipers were shot dead at the Tree of Life…'