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27 November 2012
The Next Big Thing– Dean Version
by David Dean
As John Floyd has so ably explained in his post of the 24th, "The Next Big Thing" is a sort of promotional tag game being played by writers across the country, perhaps the world for all I know. I guess it can be described as a "grass roots" publicity gambit to which you, dear reader, are now being subjected. I didn't want to do this to you, but the alternative was breaking the "chain", and I'm sure you all have some idea what can happen when you do that. You know the urban legends, it's not pretty according to the films– the best you can hope for is to just painlessly disappear; the worst… well, it doesn't bear thinking about.
However, in order to make a clean getaway I've had to snare others into the scheme. Again, I didn't want to, but what choice did I have– to be the last in the chain? No, thank you. So I lured the redoubtable and deeply talented, Janice Law, as well as the rising literary star, Tara Laskowski, into my web, where they are now stuck fast, desperately trying to line up someone, anyone, to "tag" and be next in the chain. Sorry, ladies, but surely you can understand the predicament I found myself in. Blame Barb Goffman if you must; she snared me! In order to take the sting out I've included links to all of these writing dynamos at the conclusion of my own shameless self-promotion. Please do go to their sites on the appointed days and read their thoughts on their work. It will, undoubtedly, be both entertaining and illuminating, as I hope the following on my own is.
First, let me set the scene. Picture, if you will, a room full of clamoring reporters, and perhaps a scattering of ardent, young literature students, all attempting to gain my attention and ask the following, burning questions:
What is the working title of your new book, Mr. Dean? "Oh please, just call me David, we're all friends here (there's relieved chuckling; they didn't expect me to be so personable, so accessible). Well, the working title has come and gone, I'm afraid, as the book, "The Thirteenth Child" was released over a month ago. The publisher and I are expecting a sale any day now. The original title was more of a short story– "A Child Twixt Dusk And Dawning", it was called. My editor questioned the pithiness of my choice and suggested (strongly) I go with his recommendation, which I did in the end. We are no longer speaking, however."
Where did the idea for the book come from? "That's an excellent question, young lady, and one which I am anxious to answer. I was thinking of old legends, and ghost stories, concerning travelers meeting spirits and demons at lonely crossroads, then disappearing, dying, or having misfortune follow them from that moment on. These tales appear in a number of cultures (European, African,etc...), and sometimes concern the taking of children by these same fairies, trolls, or other supernatural beings. So, I took it one step further, I thought, what if this creature that waits on lonely paths was not supernatural at all, but very real, and no longer haunting forest and fields, but suburban streets and yards; forced out of its comfort zone by the steady encroachment of civilization? That was the beginning."
What genre does your book fall under? "Unquestionably horror, though it has an underpinning of police procedural and even a touch of romance."
What actors would you choose to play your characters in a movie rendition? "I'll leave that to the experts, like Mr. Spielberg. He's done wonderfully well at that sort of thing. Undoubtedly, when hell freezes over and he decides to do a film version of my book, he'll make the right choices in casting."
What is the one-sentence synopsis of your book? (I chuckle tolerantly at this) "Obviously, my boy, you have not read my book. A book, such as mine, containing the depth of character and breadth of thought that it does, cannot be contained in a single sentence. However, since you've asked, I'll do my best to reduce it down so that everyone can understand it: When children begin to go missing from Wessex Township, disgraced professor, and now town drunk, Preston Howard, encounters something he wishes he hadn't, and soon faces a terrible decision--save the children...or his only daughter. How's that?"
Is your book self-published, or represented by an agency? "Neither, old man. I've somehow managed to get my book published by Genius Book Publishing of Encino, California without representation or payment of a fee."
How long did it take to write the first draft of your manuscript? "It took about six months for the first draft...and probably another three months in rewrites and edits, followed by several years of anxiety."
What other books would you compare this to in your genre? "Phantoms by Dean Koontz, Dracula by Bram Stoker, and the short story, Gabriel Earnest by H.H. Munro. How's that for reaching for the stars?"
Who or what inspired you to write this book? "I haven't usually written horror, but the idea behind "The Thirteenth Child" struck me as so original that I felt compelled to give it a go."
What else about your book might pique the reader's interest? "It contains a good deal of history and myth from southern New Jersey, including some Native American lore from the Lenape peoples of the region."
"Well, that's all the time I have now. I appreciate you press guys and gals turning out like you did; especially when you could have been covering something actually newsworthy." (This gets a big laugh, and a lot of shaking of heads– they had no idea how humble I am.) "Thanks so much for your time. But, before you go, I just want to throw a little something your way… in fact, I'm gonna give you guys the inside track on the next big thing times three!" (The scramble for the door ceases and a sudden quiet descends on the room, the pens and pads come back out in the expectant silence.) "Jot this down, boys and girls, and follow it up--you won't be sorry, let me tell ya; cause the three gals at the end of these links are hot and gettin' hotter in the writing field! Let me make the introductions:
"First there's my sponsor, Barb Goffman, who writes about her newest story, "Murder a la Mode" on the Women of Mystery blog.
"Next up is Janice Law, whose book, "The Fires Of London" is already garnering some rave reviews and a growing public. Read about the workings of her formidable talent on Dec. 3rd.
"And last, but never least, and brimming with originality, is Tara Laskowski, who will post about her newest collection of short stories, "Modern Manners For Your Inner Demons" on Dec. 5th. Don't you love that title? Well, read her post and, amongst other things, you'll find out how it got conjured up.
"Well that's the scoop– follow my lead on these stories you mugs, and maybe a few of you will be pulling down some Pulitzers. No… no… no more questions, I'm bushed. Besides, I've got to get to work. These books don't just write themselves you know!" (Big laugh on this one– who woulda thought the ol' man had such a great sense of humor?)
10 comments:
- Fran Rizer said...
GREAT interview, David!
- 27 November, 2012 04:32
Good show!
- 27 November, 2012 08:11
- David Dean said...
Thanks Janice! And yes, Fran, I consider myself quite an expert at interviewing myself--as you can see, I didn't let let myself get off the hook once! There were some brutal moments there.
Technical note: Somehow, the links for Janice and Tara were converted into text. If you run your cursor over their paragraphs they magically appear--and work!
- 27 November, 2012 08:41
- Herschel Cozine said...
David. Softball questions, evasive answers. Have you ever considered going into politics?
Seriously, good article.
- 27 November, 2012 13:21
- Joe D'Agnese said...
Great interview, David. I've read dozens of these by now, and this was probably the funniest. Now: can I persuade you to publish a collection of your short pieces? -- Joe
- 27 November, 2012 13:44
- David Dean said...
Are you kidding, Herschel? I was sweating bullets when I finished interviewing myself!
Joe, I'm glad you got a laugh out this. As for the collection, I am very easily persuaded, though potential publishers have remained otherwise.
- 27 November, 2012 14:37
- Leigh Lundin said...
Chris Christie, David Dean… New Jersey's got a lot going for it!
- 27 November, 2012 15:13
- R.T. Lawton said...
David, loved the entertaining way you wrote this up. Chances are, if you keep up with this talent you just might have a future as a writer.
- 27 November, 2012 15:49
- David Dean said...
Thanks, R.T., and Leigh. I am giving some thought to writing as a profession.
- 27 November, 2012 18:14
- Barb Goffman said...
Nice job. You handled this interviewer just right.
- 28 November, 2012 00:46


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Colouring outside the lines | Moira Zahra
MaltaToday caught up with illustrator Moira Zahra, one half of the husband-and-wife team behind the 'A Space Boy Dream' comic and its beleaguered protagonist, to talk about her evolving style, working as a freelancer in Malta and what the future holds
When did you first realise you wanted to pursue visual arts? What spurred you on during those early days?
I always knew I wanted to pursue visual arts, though I didn't always know which area of visual arts. In primary and secondary school I enjoyed writing stories and drawing, but drawing more so. I drew cartoons, comics, game characters and more. In secondary school in particular, art class was so much fun for me. I couldn't believe this was 'school' and I remember enjoying it more than the mid-day break. So naturally I wanted to do this for the rest of my life.
What led you to illustration in particular, and how did your current style evolve? How would you describe it, and what were some of your key inspirations?
Being a Playstation kid, and being raised in a family who knew little about the arts, led me to study graphical art rather than fine art. Graphic Design, as it turns out, had little to do with games and character design, which is what I wanted to do, but it did lead me to illustration and it taught me a lot about the formal elements of art and design.
I like to think that my style is always evolving; otherwise it's no fun. When I was younger, I was a member of the social media art portfolio site Deviantart, which was very popular at the time. I posted my work there, got negative and positive responses, looked at other work that was better than mine and slowly tried to improve. I noticed that the bigger the effort, the more positive responses I got in return. My aim at the time was to become a good digital painter. I wasn't being particularly creative, but rather trying to improve my technical skills.
One day I posted some scribbled female figures that I had done in a few minutes, and an artist who I respected left me a comment saying, "I wish I could do these kind of quick sketches" or something along those lines. That sort of led me to understand that maybe I should stop trying to become a great digital painter and focus on my sketches and drawings.
Later I decided to study for a BSc in the UK. I was bored of drawing and wanted to do something creative and visual, but different. During this time, I drew almost constantly. I obsessed with rooms and environments to avoid the usual characters and figures. I tried abstract, psychedelic drawings, experimented with lines and media. Prior to this, I was more interested in digital media, but studying multimedia and technology made me want to go back to the basics.
The older I got, the more I grasped the importance of context, composition, colour, and texture. My drawings became simpler, better composed, and I started to think before I draw. I now give myself more time to become inspired and to gather ideas.
I would say my style at the moment is quite minimal and flat but also decorative and playful. I do change it depending on the project but I try to give an identity to every piece of work. My work is often influenced by classic fashion illustrators like René Gruau, David Downton and Carl Erickson. I also like to play with social narratives that involve humour and wit, as in the works of Robert Crumb and Harvey Pekar.
What are some of the challenges of being a freelance illustrator in the Maltese environment?
Finding the clients when you're starting out can be daunting, but this should be taken as the time to experiment and launch one's own projects. If these projects are of good quality and are shared online, they are bound to draw clients. How to quote for a piece of work is something you learn slowly. One has to keep in mind the local economy when pricing. If you go online and see how much other illustrators ask for in the US for instance, it will not be very realistic. Having said that, the price you give your work determines the value, so one has to be very careful with this process!
An often overlooked challenge is the determination to say no to projects that won't pay, won't do anything for your portfolio and that you don't want to do. This often wastes a lot of time and can be to the detriment of an illustrator's career. That said, so far most of my clients in Malta have been very easy to work with, so budding illustrators shouldn't worry too much.
Lastly, an illustrator is sometimes caught in between the fine art versus commercial art world. An illustrator might not be invited to participate in exhibitions because they are not 'artsy' enough. In the same way, a more conceptual illustrator might find it difficult to get work with book publishers. Malta is very small, so one might feel like they are missing out on opportunities. While an illustrator can adapt their style to find more work, one should always stick to drawing what they love and what comes naturally to them. If the work is authentic and appealing, there will be a market for it.
Of your more recent projects, which are your favourites and why?
A very difficult question! Most of my projects are favourites because I refuse to work on anything that I will not enjoy. I did particularly like working on illustrating the menus for Flora's Tearoom in Naxxar. I'm quite the foodie so when I can team up food and illustration I'm over the moon! I also enjoyed working on illustrations for SARTO, a multi-luxury brand. Fashion illustration is not a realistic career in Malta so this is the closest I could get to it! The 'Indulge' magazine illustrated covers I did last year were always a pleasure to work on. I had plenty of artistic freedom on every cover, and it's always a nice surprise to see one's work on the cover of a magazine!
What's next for you?
This year it's all about book illustrations for me. I'm spending the summer drawing, but I'm not complaining! Having recently stopped writing 'A Space Boy Dream', a weekly webcomic that I worked on with my husband, I am now writing my first superhero comic (with a twist), which my husband, Mark Scicluna, is illustrating. We plan to self-publish it later this year.
In the near future, I look forward to setting up a solo exhibition. I'm working on ideas and sketches, absorbing inspiration and observing the world around me.


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Cathy Parker's vision took her from the television screen of her St. Johns County home to the frozen tundra of the Arctic.
And right along the banks of the Arctic Ocean, her little project, an $800,000 miracle that defied logistics and business practices and doubters continues to inspire.
Parker's quest to help secure a state-of-the-art turf football field for Alaska's Barrow High School team was an incredible story when it happened eight years ago, and it continues to be that. People ask Parker about it, how she helped build an unlikely bridge between the First Coast and the northernmost town in the country.
That story will continue to be told.


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Some days webSurfing really pays off...
The article below is cribbed from a blog I came up on called FoxAttacks. com {http://foxattacks.com/blog/}. If Bill Oroily and Slam Hammity make yer skin crawl then this site gives you ammo to use when your cousin Henrietta and her husband Six Pack Joe stop by and try to convert you over dinner. Faux News continues to serve up some of the most inane drivel disguised as "news" while at the same time promoting a borderline neo-fascist poopaganda war with their talk shows . Worth a minute or five of your time.
Pssst, pass it on…
Remember back in April when Nancy Pelosi went to Syria? All of the usual suspects piled on, despite the fact that several republicans had visited Syria just days before and the 9/11 Commission explicitly recommended increasing diplomacy with Syria. At the time, Bush said:
Meetings with President [of Syria] Assad lead the Assad government to believe they're part of the mainstream of the international community, when, in fact, they're a state sponsor of terror
Cheney called Pelosi's trip "counterproductive" and that Assad's "bad behavior's being rewarded in a sense." White House
liar spokeswoman Dana Perino said:
I know that Assad probably really wants people to come and have a photo opportunity and have tea with him, and have discussions about where they're coming from, but we do think that's a really bad idea.
Mittwit Romney, who doesn't really like Muslims anyway, was told to say:
[Pelosi] going to a state which is without question a sponsor of terror, and having her picture taken with Assad and being seen in a headscarf and so forth is sending the wrong signal to the people of Syria and to the people of the Middle East…I just don't know what got into her head, to be completely honest with you. I think it was a huge, huge mistake.
That head scarf thing really riled up the right wing, whose idea of religious tolerance is killing all muslims. (more…)
Published on Monday, November 26, 2007 by CommonDreams.org
by Pat Elder
A ninth grader in a suburban Washington DC classroom is delighted to be excused from Algebra class to spend a half hour shooting a life-like 9 MM pistol and lobbing explosive ordinance from an M1A2 Abrams tank simulator. At the same time 3,000 miles away in La Habra, California, a 15 year-old girl is released from English class to squeeze off rounds from a very real looking M-16 rifle. The kids thoroughly enjoy the experience, especially the part about getting out of class.
The two students have experienced the Army's Adventure Van, a 60-foot, 30-ton 18-wheeler with several interactive exhibits that bring an adrenaline rush and glorify weaponry and combat. The Army's 19 vans frequent various community events and two thousand schools a year, generating more than 63,000 recruiter leads. In addition to the Adventure Van, the Army has three other 18-wheelers for recruiting purposes. The Aviation Recruiting Van contains an AH 64 Helicopter flight simulator and an interactive air warrior and weapons display.
The American Soldier Adventure Van has an interactive air/land warrior display and a future warrior display. The Army Marksmanship Trainer has an interactive rifle range. (more…)
It's Saturday, at the 2nd Street Market, and I'm talking to one of the vendors when I hear a muffled hello. Turning, I see the HAT moving down the aisle…it's Mayor McLin. Taking the opportunity in hand, I walk up and tell her, "I am very glad for the stand that you took Wed at the City Commission meeting in the anti-discrimination ordinance "debate". " Smiling broadly, she replied, "Oh, thank you so much". Ms McLin acknowledged that there had been quite bit of pressure brought to bear on the Commission, but, that she and the other members who voted for the ordinance had concluded the time for discussion was over and a decision needed to be made. I'll make mention that I was not the only one to make a positive comment on this issue to her. Politics in the air at the Market!
Some may dismiss this slight woman as a "figurehead" mayor, but in my estimation it took a quite a bit of extra spine/courage to stand up to the Interdenominational Ministers Alliance's assault on the ordinance. This same cabal has opposed progressive initiatives based on questions of sexuality for years. They seem to have a degree of credibility that may not be justified by the actual numbers of their followers, which I think is an open question. And, I don't mean being able to get 30-40 people to attend a city commission meeting…maybe that is everybody you represent? Those in the "know" about Dayton's semi-underground political culture are fully aware of the checkered past of some of the leaders of this group and that, in part, is why the extra spine displayed Wed needs to be applauded. (more…)
By Salman Ahmad/ Washington Post
Monday, November 19, 2007;
As Pakistan descends into political chaos, much attention has been given to two leaders competing for power — the current dictator, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, and the media-savvy former prime minister, Benazir Bhutto. The White House appears to be backing Musharraf as its best bet in the "war on terror," while much of the world's media and Western liberal elite see Bhutto as a democratic savior for a country mired in Islamic fundamentalism.
Both fail to recognize the core problem plaguing Pakistani society: Without a strong and independent judiciary, Pakistan, a nuclear-armed state, will forever be at the mercy of dictators and power-hungry politicians. Lack of oversight and institutional accountability leads to coups, counter-coups and perpetual instability.
As an artist and social activist, I have worked with the governments of both Musharraf and Bhutto on peace initiatives and socially uplifting themes. I have been disillusioned by their lack of commitment to getting real work done; they appear to spend most of their time consolidating their power bases. (more…)
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Read More: Christopher Hitchens, Curb Your Enthusiasm, George Bush, Giving Thanks, Keith Olbermann, Mad Men, Marian Wright Edelman, Michel De Montaigne, New York Times, No Child Left Behind, Sidney Lumet, Thanksgiving, The Children's Defense Fund, Walter Reed, Warren Buffett, Breaking News
After five years of being mostly in L.A. where Thanksgiving generally happens under the harshest of desert suns, I am back home in New York, which pleases me. I was considering sharing my mother's marvelous and slightly eccentric recipe for turkey, bathed in garlic and a good olive oil and cooked in a brown paper bag, which is not to be opened until the bird is cooked. I have done it many times, to (first) the bafflement and worry, and then (inevitable) pleasure of friends, and it always produces a gorgeous and succulent bird. I'll save it for next year.
At Passover, I am the one who causes the trouble, and asks unpleasant questions about the current iteration of the land of milk and honey. So you can tell where this is going, regarding the giving of thanks. If you are lucky enough to share the day with friends and family, there is usually a moment where you take in the gathered, the noise, the remains of the meal, kids, dogs, parents, all more or less equally sedated, and sort of smile. You smile at the good fortune of being with people you love, and have known for a very long time. At the safety of it. In my case, there is much to be grateful for. Health, faculties more or less intact, sense of humor more or less intact, and a small measure of financial security for now. So without turning Thanksgiving into some sort of secular Yom Kippur (one is enough, really), a little accounting is in order between the glazed yams and the turkey sandwich the next day. (more…)
We've caught the dirty tricksters on video.
As you know, California Counts — a cabal of right-wing political operatives linked to Rudy Giuliani — is working hard to steal the White House (again) in 2008. They want to fool California voters into changing the rules so Giuliani — or some other regressive Republican presidential nominee — can rob at least 20 Electoral College votes from California next November.
When Steven Attewell, an eagle-eyed member of the blog Daily Kos, alerted me that California Counts petition-gatherers at UC Santa Barbara were gathering signatures to help "children with cancer," I headed out to investigate.
And, sure enough, when I looked carefully at what they wanted me to sign, I noticed that "children with cancer" was just a sneaky tactic to get people to sign the so-called "Electoral College Reform Initiative" — what we call the dirty trick initiative.
Now, Secretary of State Debra Bowen is considering whether to open an investigation — if enough of us come forward with stories like what I saw at UCSB.
Click here to watch my YouTube video of the sneaky petitioners trying to trick college students. If you've seen a signature gatherer using sneaky tactics to obtain signatures for the Dirty Trick Initiative, please let us know and we will pass on the information to Secretary Bowen:
This just in from my friend Maddi, who has been keeping me up to date with news of her old friend Phil Donahue's work on his documentary about Iraq called BODY OF WAR.
With a theme song written & performed by Pearl Jam's Eddie Vetter, the film made it's debut at the Toronto Film Festival earlier this year.
Beverly Hills, CA — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 15 films in the Documentary Feature category will advance in the voting process for the 80th Academy Awards®. Seventy pictures had originally qualified in the category.
The 15 films are listed below in alphabetical order:
"Autism: The Musical"
"Body of War"
"For the Bible Tells Me So"
"Lake of Fire"
"No End in Sight"
"Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience"
"Please Vote for Me"
"The Price of Sugar"
"A Promise to the Dead: The Exile Journey of Ariel Dorfman"
"The Rape of Europa"
"Taxi to the Dark Side"
"White Light/Black Rain"
The Documentary Branch screening committee viewed all the eligible documentaries for the preliminary round of votings. Documentary Branch members will now select the five nominees from among the 15 titles on the shortlist.
The 80th Academy Awards nominations will be announced on Tuesday, January 22, 2008, at 5:30 a.m. PT in the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater.Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2007 will be presented on Sunday, February 24, 2008, at the Kodak Theater at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and televised live by the ABC Television Network beginning at 5 p.m. PT.
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The following link will take to you to a 10 min. video that features interview with Phil Donahue and a clip of Eddie Vetter's theme song, No More War
|The Senate is in pro forma sessions until Monday, December 3. The House is in recess until Tuesday, December 4.
|Recent Senate Votes
|Improving Head Start Act – Vote Agreed to (95-0, 5 Not Voting)
The Senate unanimously passed this bill boosting funding for the Head Start program.
Sen. George Voinovich voted YES……send e-mail or see bio
Sen. Sherrod Brown voted YES……send e-mail or see bio
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Orderly and Responsible Iraq Redeployment Appropriations Act, FY2008 – Vote Rejected (53-45, 2 Not Voting)
Before embarking on its Thanksgiving recess, the Senate failed to invoke cloture on this bill that would provide $50 billion of funding for the War in Iraq while setting a troop withdrawal plan.
Sen. George Voinovich voted NO……send e-mail or see bio
Sen. Sherrod Brown voted YES……send e-mail or see bio
|Recent House Votes
|Improving Head Start Act – Vote Passed (381-36, 15 Not Voting)
This House bill boosts funding for the Head Start program.
Rep. Michael Turner voted YES……send e-mail or see bio
Conference Report on Transportation/HUD Appropriations, FY2008 – Vote Passed (270-147, 15 Not Voting)
On Wednesday the House passed this $51.2 billion bill to fund the Departments of Transportation and Housing and Urban Development for the 2008 fiscal year.
Rep. Michael Turner voted YES……send e-mail or see bio
Orderly and Responsible Iraq Redeployment Appropriations Act, FY2008 – Vote Passed (218-203, 1 Present, 11 Not Voting)
The House approved legislation to grant the Department of Defense four months' worth of emergency funding for the War in Iraq, under the condition that troop redeployment begins 30 days following the bill's enactment.
Rep. Michael Turner voted NO……send e-mail or see bio
Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act – Vote Passed (291-127, 14 Not Voting)
The House passed this bill that would reform consumer mortgage practices.
Rep. Michael Turner voted YES……send e-mail or see bio
Responsible Electronic Surveillance That is Overseen, Reviewed, and Effective (RESTORE) Act – Vote Passed (227-189, 16 Not Voting)
This House bill would update the intelligence surveillance bill passed earlier this year.
Rep. Michael Turner voted NO……send e-mail or see bio
Overriding the Veto of the Labor/HHS/Education Appropriations Act, FY2008 – Vote Failed (277-141, 15 Not Voting)
The House failed to override the veto of this $150.7 billion bill that would fund the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and Education.
Rep. Michael Turner voted YES……send e-mail or see bio
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Randy Cotner, SuperintendentUniversity in 1982 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Secondary Mathematics. Randy also has a Master's Degree in Administration from the University of Dayton and superintendent's licensure through Ashland University. He is in his 33rd year of education; 10 years as a math teacher/coach (Football, Basketball, Baseball and Tennis, including 5 years as the Head Basketball Coach at Hamilton Twp. High School from 1987-1992) and 23 years in administration. Mr. Cotner has been a superintendent for 7 years the last three as superintendent of Walnut Twp. Local Schools.
Mr. Cotner enjoys playing and watching all sports, especially water-skiing and tennis. Mr. Cotner lives in Canal Winchester with his wife of 30 years, Barbara. He also has two college age kids, Kyle and Allie.
Christy Moore, Treasurer
Administration and a Master's Degree in Leadership in Education Administration. She has worked in the school system for 23 years in a variety of positions within the Treasurer's Office.
Christy has been married to her husband, Joe, for almost 30 years. They have one son, Tyler, who attends Miami University in Oxford. Christy enjoys working with the teens in the youth group at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Chillicothe. She also enjoys swimming, reading and getting together with friends and family. But, most of all, she loves cheering on her Kentucky Wildcats basketball team! Go Cats!
Brenda Amspaugh, Assistant Treasurer/Payroll Clerk
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It's now been 3 days since I attended Glasgow Android (or GlasDroid as it's now more commonly known) with our very own Tony Parkinson. To say the event was a HUGE success would be under selling it.
I'm pretty sure you all know how GlasDroid came about but for those who don't here is a little snippet from the official site.
Every time I use the internet to chat to others within the community, there is always a want to actually get together in person, and share a few laughs over a beer or two. A couple of months ago I got the chance to do just that at an event in Edinburgh organised by HTC & O2, it was a good night (with a free bar & a free handset why would it not be) and a met some decent people. Over the last couple of weeks the idea of meeting up again has been running around my head, so one Tuesday morning asked John from Land Of Droid if he fancied meeting up again and I would bring a couple of the guys who use VillainRom IRC. We decided that it would be nice touch to see if anyone else in the Glasgow area with a passion for Android fancied coming along as well, so put it out over twitter.
So basically it was originally meant to be a drunken day out were we could talk our wee mouths off about Android with fellow enthusiasts but that wasn't to be, oh no…
Suddenly folk from all over the UK are heading up to Glasgow to have a good old chinwag over a bucket of beer. Sponsorship is coming in thick and fast from companies big and small. To say it has grown beyond anything I had ever hoped for would be a major understatement. The Android community never ceases to surprise me, offers of help have come from all over.
Yep, it was now an event, no longer a day out and a drinking session…
When I got to the event around 3pm (I was a tad late) there were already approximately 30 people in the room which if I'm being honest, looked loads in the size of the space we had.
I was instantly greeted by event organiser, Garry Weldon who took me to the area of the room that he had chosen to be the event area.
Once I got the phones in that @ThreeUK sent up to us and got the webcube set up it was time to say hello to some folk… I was stunned to see a gentleman sitting in the corner of the room with a black Land of Droid T-Shirt on who I later realised was the first ever buyer of our official t-shirts.
Some faces caught my eye in the event corner – Our very own Tony Parkinson who had travelled up from Manchester, former Land of Droid team member Ross Mclardy who had came a lot further with his 4 devices (and never without a Cider) and our very own Darren McConachie who travelled through from Edinburgh.
That alone would have sold me, a day with two guys I had spoke to and worked with for a year and Garry who was a travel partner to the Edinburgh event and who considers me a Miss Daisy (long (or very slow) story).
I then bumped into none other than BeeAndroid's Alan McGarrity and one of the writers (or owner) of AndroidDoes.
This was an event full of highly regarded folk in the Android Community (I mean I was there).. people like
- Nathan Russell (Founder of VillainRom and FreeYourAndroid)
- Alex Boag-Munroe (XDA Developers and FreeYourAndroid)
- James Bricknell (Co-Editor of Free Your Android, Presenter on XdaTV and guest host on the TechFoolery podcast)
Of course that list is not very extensive and doesn't even cover half of the folk there but it's getting late and I have sore fingers. Lets just say I met a lot of folk that I talk to online daily and who I consider friends which was the best part of the event for me.
With BraindeadApe showing off their current and upcoming games and Jordan Craig showing of his awesomely awesome home screen, which won him one of 4 playbooks that were given away, it was clear that the day was no longer just a piss up.
It absolutely astounded me that we had people travelling from as far South as Portsmouth and as far North as Inverness for this event… it shows just how amazing the Android Community really is.
The day of course could not have been made so great without donations from Clove Technology, Three UK, HTC Dev, Blackberry Dev, CruizerLite, RapidNFC, SmallWorld, ThinkGeek, XDA Developers and last but by no means least, Gary Weldon, the brains behind the day who with James Bricknell ensured that everyone who attended went home with a goodybag filled with treats.
The planning has now started for GlasDroid2013 so stay tuned to here and Free Your Android for more details as we get closer to the event.
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May 29, 2012 , 10:18 pm at 22:18
Aw man! I wish I could have gone!
May 29, 2012 , 10:19 pm at 22:19
Had a great time, look forward to next year and "something special is coming"
May 29, 2012 , 10:44 pm at 22:44
Can we have a slightly souther event please? :P
May 29, 2012 , 11:21 pm at 23:21
Congrats guys!!


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Abortion & Euthanasia
Priests for Life
Website to help the clergy mobilize their people more effectively in the effort to end abortion and euthanasia. It also represents a family of pro-life ministries, and you'll find links to other pro-life websites here, using this link:
Project Rachel | Post-Abortion Healing
The Catholic Church's ministry to those who have been involved in abortion.
Respect Life Program
USCCB educational materials and brochures teaching about the value of the human person and abortion. For use in parish, school, and faith-based settings, but also has some materials that can be copied for free and used by individuals.
Migrant & Refugee Services
USCCB Migrant & Refugee Services
USCCB site that can be used as a gateway for education and for Catholics to engage in advocacy, financial and direct service to migrant and refugee children, victims of human trafficking, migrants, and refugees.
Mission Trips
Catholic HEART Workcamp
Domestic & international mission trips for high school youth.
Catholic Mission Trips, Inc.
Domestic & international mission trips for high school youth ages 14+.
Family Missions Company
Non-profit ministry that sends Catholic families and singles to proclaim the Gospel and serve the poor in both domestic and international settings.
Peace & Justice
USCCB Office of International Peace & Justice
USCCB site that identifies issues related to peace and justice, provides education and creates action alerts to notify Catholics concerning specific legislation of interest. Issues include poverty, human rights, religious freedom, global trade, the environment, war, and peace.
Volunteer Opportunities
Catholic Volunteer Network
Non-profit website organization of 215 domestic and international volunteer and lay mission programs.


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Internet iPhone and iPad Promoted
Intellinote: Put Your Tasks, Files, Messages & Online Meetings In One Place
The right software behind your project, group or organization can make all the difference. Intellinote makes it easier to manage, collaborate and better communicate with your team, colleagues and clients.
Intellinote blends real-time text, audio and video messaging, easy file and screen sharing and project management features with a unique workspace approach that makes managing large teams of people a simple affair.
Better still, it's completely free for personal use and comes with a feature-filled 30-day free trial so you can try it with your team before you buy.
Everything Under One Roof
Intellinote is available as both a browser-based web application or as standalone software for Windows, Mac and mobile platforms. Both web and standalone versions share the same restrained modern interface: a collapsable left-hand menu makes the most of your content, to which you can pin any workspaces or chats for quicker access.
Intellinote provides a home for your notes, tasks, files, conversations and just about anything else related to your business, team or project. Notes can be shared and collaborated upon and assigned to workspaces, tasks can be delegated individuals with a due date. Sharing files directly to a workspace is a great way to share with entire teams, or start a one-on-one chat to keep your workspace discussions on-topic. It's an organisational Swiss army knife.
You can upload files directly into Workspaces or attach them to Notes and Tasks, provide lengthy text descriptions (formatted using WYSIWYG tools) and comment on absolutely anything. It's also possible to embed a tasks or notes within other notes. Simply click on the "paperclip" attachment button and choose Add from Intellinote.
Intellinote's approach is one that makes heavy use of Workspaces, which are essentially hubs that provide an assignable purpose to your notes, tasks and files. Workspaces are not rigid in their design, and they can apply to pretty much anything you need them for: whole departments, individual projects, team members, training literature – whatever you need.
Workspaces are not project or department-specific, and can be created for group communication as well. A group workspace serves a different purpose to a regular one, providing a point of collaboration for a limitless number of team members. You can chat, share files and see everything your group has been working on — and it all works the same for one-on-one workspaces.
Creating a workspace is as simple as clicking the plus button in the top-right corner and selecting Workspace, giving it a name and adding your team members to it. You've instantly created an organisational space, somewhere to store files relevant to that particular operation and a real-time chat room for your colleagues.
Non-pinned workspaces will show up in collapsable left-hand menu based on their activity (including any chats you're currently having with team members), and any workspaces not immediately visible in the menu are hidden beneath the ellipsis (…) icon.
This keeps what you don't need out of the way, so you can concentrate on the important tasks that need attention right now.
Using Intellinote
If you've used Intellinote in the past, you'll probably notice that the UI is now considerably "lighter" and more user-friendly. In addition to a lick of paint and more responsive feel, navigating your workspaces is now even easier than it has been before.
What was once the "Unified Workspace" has simply become All — bringing together everything you're working on, across all of your various workspaces. What's more, all of your assigned tasks (past and present) have been moved to the Tasks screen, providing information at a glance about your upcoming schedule.
Every workspace you create — whether it's a group, individual or a project — has a combined chat and activity window, and a tabulated area for notes, tasks and other content. Catch up on what has happened in each workspace in your absence with a glance at recent activity, or initiate an asynchronous chat with your coworkers. You can even and add notes, assign tasks, upload files and message other team members from the same text field, just pick an option in the box on the left-hand side.
When you enter a workspace — regardless of whether it's a project or group — you'll see an activity window, a brief summary of the workspace and a tabulated menu for quickly browsing relevant Notes, Tasks, Files, Members, Drafts and Trash. These are all displayed alongside the activity window, so you can continue to chat with colleagues while browsing.
A solution like Intellinote can replace several independent products, including ageing project management software that never seems to evolve and pricey real-time chat and video conferencing software. In an educational setting, Intellinote could come in useful for providing feedback, working with groups or assigning deadlines. In some cases, you might want to get rid of email for team discussions and just use Intellinote's real-time chat and private messaging features within a group instead.
Many businesses and teams use third party tools as part of their regular operations, and though Intellinote tries to replace some of these tools, others have been implemented as optional integrations. These include web-based tools like GitHub and Bitbucket, MailChimp, Wufoo and even ZenDesk.
In addition to these Intellinote can also integrate with collaborative mainstays like Dropbox, Box, Google Drive (including Google Docs) and online calendars. There's even an Evernote integration that migrates all of your notes and content over to Intellinote. If you want more complex integrations there's support for Built.io, REST, Webhook and Zapier, which can take productivity to the next level with integrations specific to your operation.
Intellinote has a wide range of applications thanks to such a robust base. The fusion of project management, real-time video, audio and screen-sharing and real-time discussion is surprisingly effective. In busier environments where keeping track across projects can be difficult, Intellinote could be the ideal tool for restoring order and sanity.
Communicate & Organise Your Team
In addition to providing a sense of context for your team or company's operations, workspaces are also central to communication. Sometimes email and instant messaging feel too disjointed and removed from your project, which is where Intellinote's team chat and video conferencing come in.
Arguably one of Intellinote's biggest selling points, the recent addition of video conferencing integrates with your existing team members in exactly the way you'd expect. Simply hover over a name and hit Call to initiate a one-on-one meeting, or add a group of users for a larger conference — all from within the same UI.
The benefits of letting Intellinote take care of your video conference needs seem obvious: organise your team from one interface, access company materials quickly and save money on expensive standalone premium conferencing tools. Intellinote supports screen sharing and annotation features found in pricier conferencing solutions.
In fact, you don't even need to be a registered Intellinote user to take part in a video conference. Simply create a new conference using the blue "call" button at the top of the screen and pass the link along to a prospective client or vendor. Working with multiple clients? Use Intellinote to create a workspace for each of them so you can share documentation, ask questions, hold video conferences and communicate far more efficiently than plain old email.
Whether you're working in the same office or are a member of a team that's scattered across the globe, asynchronous chat and video conferencing should cover most of your communicative needs. Organise personal face-to-face meetings or just check in with groups and projects — the choice is yours.
Click the small, RSS-like icon in the bottom left corner (be it Note or Task) in order to follow it. You can recall followed notes by workspace or display everything you're following under All using the Filter menu in the bottom right-corner. Follow and unfollow notes as you need them to add an extra dimension to your productivity – prioritise tasks in order to get things done.
For any items you are following, notifications will let you know of changes to contents, comments, tags, attachments and assignees or due dates. You can even add other users as followers (useful if they aren't associated with that particular workspace) by clicking the plus "+" button and typing their name.
Real-time push updates ensure that while perusing a workspace, you do not need to refresh Intellinote in order to see the latest additions in terms of content – changes are pushed to your browser automatically, and relevant workspaces and chats surface in the navigation area when they are updated.
Intellinote for Desktop & Mobile
Mobile access is increasingly valuable in a world where we rarely leave our smartphones or tablets alone, and Intellinote has two mobile apps: one for iOS (which I've tested here) and one for Android.
Considering Intellinote's web app looks like something you would normally find on the App Store, the mobile client is very easy to get along with. It provides full access to your workspaces, notes and conversations while keeping you up to date with real-time push notifications for incoming changes and messages while you're away from your desk.
All of your Intellinote data is accessible via the mobile app, including the combined chat and activity window and tabulated notes and other content. Video conferencing works over mobile too, allowing you to initiate and participate in real-time group messaging using your Android or iOS device regardless of location.
It's pretty much possible to do anything you can do in the web version using the mobile app, though there are a few drawbacks, like a lack of text formatting tools and the inability to interact with certain integrations (you can't create documents in Google Drive, for example).
You can however upload files, create new workspaces and add members to your organization (provided you have the right clearance) from the iOS app I tested. All changes are pushed to the server as you make them, and appear instantly.
Intellinote's browser app provides access to your organisation from any computer with an Internet connection, but you can also download dedicated desktop versions for Mac and Windows. These each provide real-time notifications and keep your most important tasks out of the browser.
An Integrated Approach
Intellinote tries to take a completely integrated approach to organising your projects, teams and organization. One solution blends elements of project management, real-time group communication, simple drag and drop file-sharing and integrations with Google Drive, Dropbox and other must-have business tools.
Intellinote aims to eliminate the need for several different solutions by doing it all, in one place. There's even an Intellinote API for better integrating Intellinote into your company's workflow.
And it works – workspaces are a great way of keeping work in the right place without causing clutter. Templates can be tailored to your organisation's smallest demands then rolled out time and time again. Just about every team out there can benefit from faster, more effective communication — whether you're 3, 30 or 300 people strong. Intellinote works for both teams and individuals, allowing teams to collaborate on a large or small scale depending on requirements.
Better yet, it's free for personal use and the 30-day fully-featured trial offers plenty of opportunity for teams to decide if the $10 per user, per month for the Standard plan is agreeable.
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Eliminate unplanned interruption, shorten task time, and improve overall efficiency.
Use Case Descriptions
Integration Environment
HPC cluster for data processing with over 250 nodes.
Customer / Partner Types
China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC). Oil and gas industry, land exploration and surveying data processing.
Company and Solution Background
A Fortune 500 company, one of the largest energy companies in the world, relies heavily on the collection and analysis of geophysical data for oil exploration. Fully understanding the importance of natural resources, it focuses its mission on sustainable development and environmental protection, providing quality geophysical products and services. Powering its operations is an HPC data center with over 3000 servers, each connected to Directly Attached Storage.
Requirements and Challenges
Geophysical data is processed in parallel across all chosen servers in the data center. 100s or 1000s of nodes need to work uninterrupted. Even one node failure can result in reload of partial or all task jobs. Hardware failures, especially disks, are unavoidable at large scale, high-density clusters, due to their intensive data access during computation. To minimize disruptions by hardware failure, the company can only rely on new and abundant hardware to process the jobs. The selection criteria result in more than 30% waste in hardware utilization.
With Federator.ai® disk failure prediction, the HPC data center reliably selects qualified hardware for any jobs without delay of service deliveries. Integrating with task schedulers prevents loading jobs on risky nodes before a task starts, guaranteeing the health of the entire cluster during the job lifespan. Data center operators perform hardware maintenance in between jobs to prepare servers for coming tasks. Federator.ai® also keeps performance metrics of any hosts and disks, which can be used to track unusual performance patterns at any point in time.
Solution Benefits
Shorten data processing time by more than 30% by eliminating task reloading
Save money by reducing redundancy, so that other nodes can be used for active production tasks
Leverage aged hardware by having accurate disk data predictions. No more swapping out aged, but healthy hardware.
Simplify hardware management and maintenance by transforming unexpected failures, into planned events.


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Money Heist is known as the best Latin Netflix TV show. It is name as, "La Casa de Papel" in spanish. As Games Radar confirmed when it first came out it is the most watched Hispanic show.
Money Heist with 2 parts made it's premiere back in 2017, and it is still streaming on Netflix. The show is about a professor who planned a robbery at the Royal Mint of Spain years before him and his elite criminal gang initiated the plan. The professor mainly knew how to carry out his plan by manipulating the police. If you watch the first episode of Money Heist, the expectancy to watch the second episode will be high. It is one of those shows that will leave you clicking, "continue watching" because it has the capability to grab your attention and leaves you wondering what will happen NEXT.
In the spring of 2018, Netflix confirmed it's 3rd season coming up for Money Heist in 2019. As 2019 soon approaches, it is not yet announce how many episodes will be involved. In the 3rd season, the professor will be in charge again but his team will be undertaking different heists.
Money Heist has been a global phenomenon and according to Netflix, the 3rd season will come with more surprises because the professor will develop new heists. Don't be waiting to watch Money Heist if you haven't seen it. Watch the first two parts and be ready to be glued on to your couch for it's 3rd season too.


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The Ports of Rotterdam and Amsterdam are amongst the world's largest. They play a pivotal role in European waterborne logistics. Our engineering and construction firms build amazing maritime structures, such as dykes, ports, bridges and artificial islands.
Dutch suppliers have relevant expertise in areas such as: oil exploration; the design and fabrication of offshore equipment; pipelaying (vessels); (de-)commissioning; and the transport and installation of offshore structures. The expertise of renowned Maritime companies and many SME suppliers is founded on four centuries old of maritime tradition.


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Filigree Lounge Chair for Indoor & Outdoor
The idea for Hee originated from the desire to create an eco-friendly chair from easily recyclable materials. By manufacturing a chair from a single material, the pollution created when transporting the products from one production site to another is avoided. This way, the process of recycling is also simplified.
The aim was to take an archetypal chair as a model and to perfect every single detail. The chair is thus elevated to a higher class while making it simpler to use and more functional. As a result, a clear, plain piece of furniture was to emerge, which would easily integrate in different environment - modern, but not too time-specific.
There is nothing superfluous about the Hee chair – that is to say, no embellishments. No part could be taken off, without loosing some of its function. The chair has a playful expression, but the design doesn't affect its function. The throw-away mentality and environmental awareness don't go together.
Finding a balance was also crucial in the design - in order to combine functionality and aesthetics at a high level, the right wire thickness had to be chosen. The Hee-chairs, the Lounge Chair and also the bar stool are made of a 11 mm thick metal wire. Their shape is reminiscent of a three-dimensional pencil- sketch.
Hee is available as a club armchair, a dining chair or a bar stool. It can also be seen in the new Osloer Opera House and in the Australian parliament. These stackable pieces of furniture are galvanised and powder-coated, so they make great outdoor furniture and can be left out in any kind of weather.


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It's that time of year again. School uniforms and those naughty girls head back to class. Skirts and bottoms of all shapes and sizes. Have to mention my high school obsession again.
Spank me baby one more time! What? That's the way I heard it.
So naughty!
Getting exactly what they deserve!
Last but certainly not least, the lovely, but bratty, Amber Pixie Wells!


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Forensic Accounting
While midterms were keeping everyone busy, ZGAS held a panel on Forensic Accounting.
As you probably know, forensic accounting deals with financial fraud investigation. This exciting and
intriguing subject was spiced up with a unique selection of panelists.
ZGAS was proud to bring you:
Ø Katie Duggan, Fraud Investigation Specialist from Ernst & Young
Ø Jay Dawdy, President of Gryphon Investigations (specializes in corporate investigations, due
diligence, litigation support, and high liability, insurance fraud investigations)
Ø Sam Antar, white collar crime specialist, former CFO of Crazy Eddie.
Each panelist brought a unique perspective to this exciting event, and showed students how different
branches of forensic accounting intertwine to help professionals uncover complex financial frauds.
Katie Duggan explained how modern technology can simplify and automate routine screening of
financial data, which can reveal the crime behind changed data. Jay Dawdy emphasized the power of
psychology and the significance of the interviewing process while investigating financial fraud. Sam
Antar discussed tactics that criminals use to commit a fraud, and the challenges of identifying financial
After panel discussion, the floor was opened for networking, and students took full advantage of
the opportunity to interact with these unique professionals. ZGAS received great feedback. Forensic
Accounting Panel was an event to remember!
I hope you enjoyed the event!
Iryna Vayner
Internal Committee member of Zicklin Graduate Accounting Society
P.S. Good luck on your finals, and feel free to leave comments, or ask questions about upcoming events;
remember ZGAS is here for you!
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Hello, my name is Phi Leib I am a Physical Education instructor as well as the head boy's basketball and track coach here at Flora High School. This is my 14th year as teacher and coach at FHS. Before Flora, I began my teaching and coaching career in 1992 in a small town on the Illinois river called Henry. I taught junior high and coached basketball and track at Henry-Senachwine school district for 8 years from 1993 till 2000.
I graduated from Flora High School in 1986, and then graduated from Northern Illinois University with a Bachelor of Science in Education in the fall of 1990. I was blessed to have received a scholarship to play basketball there at NIU. I was also fortunate enough to serve as a Graduate Assistant Coach at Northern Illinois University 1990-1991, and at Bradley University 1991-1992.
I married my high school sweetheart Cindy Leib. She is a Parent Educator with Flora School District 35. We have 5 awesome children Hannah, Helen, Ethan, Ian, and Owen. I love my Lord and spending time with my family.


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PROJECT UPDATE | Completed Project: Carvana Raleigh NC
We were proud to be the HVAC contractor on the Carvana Project in Raleigh, NC. It was great working with Parkway Construction. This particular Carvana project has a 5-story vehicle tower with 3 adjacent customer vehicle delivery bays.
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The cars are picked up in the tower and brought down to the delivery bays for the customers to inspect them and take delivery. A single story houses the delivery bays and the sales/customer area.
The HVAC equipment installed was the new commercial high efficiency and versatile VRV (Variable Refrigerant Volume) systems manufactured by Daikin. Contact us so we can work on your project.
About Carvana
Carvana has established itself as "the new way to buy a car," selling cars online and giving customers the option to take delivery via the "Carvana Car Vending Machine." These distinctive glass and steel towers serve as eye-catching branding elements for this growing company.


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A study led by University of Queensland researchers Associate Professor Trent Woodruff and Dr John Lee has found a drug "PMX205" extends the life of mice that have a SOD1 mutation.
The research, published in the British Journal of Pharmacology, also found PMX205 slowed disease progression and significantly increased the muscle strength of mice.
In human terms, the researchers hope these findings could mean people with MND retain their motor function for longer and also live longer, if treated with PMX205.
More studies are now underway to determine the safety of PMX205 before it can be tested in humans.
What is PMX205?
PMX205 is a novel drug that blocks a key component of the immune system called "complement C5a." C5a is involved in inflammation, which is the body's response to injury. C5a is increased in the brains and blood of people with MND, and is thought to speed up the death of motor neurones. PMX205 is an inhibitor of C5a and dampens down inflammation, preventing further damage to the body.
What does this new research mean?
PMX205 now has clearly shown to be beneficial in mouse and (previously) rat models of MND. Therefore, this helps the case to take PMX205 further towards clinical trials for MND.
Is it related to familial or sporadic MND?
To date, PMX205 has only been tested in the familial SOD1G93A model, however the inflammatory pathway is likely to be active in all forms of MND. Future studies are planned to test PMX205 in sporadic MND models.
Is this a new treatment?
This research is expected to lead to clinical trials of PMX205. Formal preclinical safety and toxicity studies need to be successfully completed first, and this will take about two years before human testing can occur. The drug has obtained FDA (Food and Drug Administration) and EMA (European Medicines Agency) 'orphan drug' approval, which allows for an accelerated progression to human trials. The first clinical trials in healthy volunteers with PMX205 are currently anticipated to commence in Australia in late 2018. If PMX205 is found to be safe in healthy volunteers, clinical trials in patients with MND may be possible during 2019, with Australia as one potential site of these trials.
This research was supported by the National Health and Medical Research Council and the MND Research Institute of Australia.
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Grace Potter of Grace Potter and the Nocturnals has the same soulful vocal chops as Janis Joplin and Grace Slick and the style and stage presence of Debbie Harry or Stevie Nicks -- this girl is the real deal. She has a talent and star quality reminiscent of rock 'n roll queens from back in the day, which is so exciting and refreshing to me.
Listen to Grace Potter and the Nocturnals' cover of Jefferson Airplane's "White Rabbit"


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Recorded as a b-side for the EP was a cover of Tim Buckley's 'Song to the siren', performed by Fraser and Guthrie alone. Pleased with the result, Watts-Russell decided to make this the A-side of the 7" single version of the EP, and the song quickly became a hit, peaking at number 66 in the UK and number 29 in the Netherlnads. The band subsequently recorded three albums, until the name was retired in 1991.
My collection: 7" single no. 666
Found: Disco Market, Den Haag, 1988
Cost: 3,5 guilders
Track: 'Song to the siren' / 'Sixteen days (reprise)'


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App Store Approval Requirements
On This Page
Dev Tools is the BigCommerce workspace for developing single-click apps. Within Dev Tools, you'll create the Client Id and Client Secret to authenticate your apps, submit new apps to the App Marketplace, and manage existing Marketplace listings.
Dev Tools can be found by clicking My Apps in the upper right corner of the page.
The requirements to submit an app are listed below, as well as where the information needs to be updated.
Make sure you've applied and been approved for our Technology Partner Program before you're ready to submit your app - you'll need a valid Partner ID to do so. You'll also need to accept the Terms & Conditions in the Partner Portal before we can publish your app.
General Requirements
- Make Support resources available throughout the app experience (for example onboarding flow and app dashboard).
- Follow BigCommerce branding guidelines when referencing BigCommerce (see our Media Kit for more information).
- Apps and listing must not reference competitor platforms.
- Brand name used in App submission should match the app's title used in app content.
- Keep app titles concise – refrain from using extra taglines or descriptors (include those in the app summary, if necessary).
- Apps that connect to third-party service should include the name of the service and the company in the title (Ex: "Marketplace by BigCommerce", "Search by BigCommerce").
- App client-side code (including any storefront components) should be compatible with all BigCommerce supported browsers.
- Your app must work as intended, be free of defects, and not conflict with or break any default BigCommerce functionality, including the BigCommerce storefront and checkout.
- Utilize any V3 API resources that are currently available for the data you need from a BigCommerce store.
- The dashboard and callback URLs for your app should operate strictly over HTTPS using a valid SSL certificate.
- Apps should offer multi-user support so that permissions for the app can be distributed by the store owner to additional users, from the BigCommerce control panel.
- Any apps that process transactions or handle credit card data will need to pass a PCI Compliance review with our Security team, and also be compatible with our Optimized One-Page Checkout.
- Avoid copy/paste for storefront code - use the Scripts API to programmatically inject code snippets into a store's Script Manager and storefront theme.
- If your app requires payment, you'll need to collect payment from the user within your app. See Pricing & Categorization under App Summary for more information.
- Apps should be Single-Click and use our OAuth token exchange flow to authenticate the user
- Single-Click does not mean everything completed in one click, but that authentication is handled in that click - other tasks can be handled post-auth with the user
- When the app is installed, a styled HTML page must be returned in the iframe of the BigCommerce control panel - this content cannot be blank and must follow our user-interface constraints.
- During the OAuth handshake, be sure to store the user's token against their store hash - rather than their email address - to avoid any problems with ownership changes or multi-user support.
Meeting the requirements
If your app cannot meet these requirements, please reach out to email@example.com in order to discuss the potential for a Connector app listing. In the majority of cases, a Single-Click app will be the more appropriate solution and put your integration on par with other Marketplace partners, but exceptions may be made under certain circumstances
- Have a form to fill out for new users? We recommend auto-filling user input fields with data from the Store Information API resource, which already contains much of the info you might need from a new user.
- No account approval process needed for your app? Consider automatically generating accounts for stores that install your app and don't match an existing store in your database.
- Require login on launch? Use the information in the BigCommerce payload to your callback URL to authenticate the user without asking for a username and password each time.
- Want to share user testimonials? Add a link to your full case study in the Case Studies field, with a title and short description.
Dev Tools Walkthrough
Below are the screens you will go through when submitting an app through DevTools. Each tab shows the page along with the fields and descriptions. Each field needs to have the correct information for the app to be approved.
App Summary
Contact Name
Use the email address that was created when applying for your Partner Id.
Partner Name
List the name of your company, as you want it to be attributed on the detail page.
Partner Website
Provide the URL for your homepage so users can learn more about your company.
Support email
Email where users can get help with the app. This should be a formal group email at your company domain (Ex: email@example.com) rather than a personal email. If not provided, this option will not be displayed.
Support website
A Support email and website for users to reach out as needed. These will be publicly visible on the Marketplace, so make sure to stay away from personal emails or non-support URLs. Your public detail page will include a button for users to "Get Support," which will take them to this URL in a new tab. If not provided, the button will not be displayed on your detail page.
Partner ID
When you're ready to submit your listing for review, you will need to enter your Partner ID for your Technology Partner account. This field is not required to create, save, or edit a Draft prior to submission.
App Name
Use the brand name you've given your app for your app title throughout your app content. This listing name should be a concise title for easy identification and should not include additional taglines or descriptors. The name will always appear alongside your summary, so there's no need to muddy your app's branding with duplicate content when that tagline is already displayed with it.
Pricing & Categorization
Select one of our pre-formatted pricing options to call out your app's starting price. If you offer a forever-free plan, choose the "Free" option. If your app does not fit one of our formatted options, specify your details in a few words in the "Other" selection.
- If you need to specify more detail on your pricing options, save it for your app description.
Choose the most appropriate category for your app.
Connector Apps
If your solution is a connector to a specific third-party service, or you're offering only a particular feature, make sure to include both the name of the third party service or feature and your company name (Ex: "Marketplace by BigCommerce," "Search by BigCommerce"). The company name needs to follow the feature.
App Logo
Your primary app logo should be 350 x 130px (or larger at this ratio) with a white background and dark branding in the foreground. The logo should only include branding, no taglines necessary.
App Icon
The app icon will be included on the main app detail page and the sidebar in the BigCommerce control panel once the app is installed. This should be a square 200x200px image.
Select one of our pre-formatted pricing options to call out your app's starting price. If you offer a forever-free plan, choose the "Free" option. If your app does not fit one of our options, specify your details in a few words in the "Other" selection.
Pricing Details
If you need to specify more detail on your pricing options, save it for your app description.
App Summary
A short tagline description of your app that will be used on your app card in category and search results within the Marketplace. 128 characters max.
App Icon
Your app icon will be included on the main app detail page and the sidebar in the BigCommerce control panel once the app is installed. This should be a square 200 x 200px image.
Choose the most appropriate category for your app. Take a look at the live Marketplace for an idea of where solutions are currently assigned to help decide the right category. The category selection will also be a search attribute for your listing. BigCommerce will review your category assignment and may re-categorize your listing prior to launch. One category maximum.
App Details
A more in-depth value proposition for your listing, including how your solution works, why your solution stands out in its category, and why a merchant should choose you over other competitors. Avoid using fluff or buzzwords, as this field will not be indexed for search. 200 words max recommended.
Include videos that highlight the purpose and value of your solution. Select the video hosting platform (YouTube or Vimeo) and enter the video ID.
Video Best Practices
Turn off ads for any videos you've already uploaded.
- Sign in to YouTube.
- In the top right, click your account icon > Creator Studio.
- On the left, select Video Manager.
- Select the video(s) where you want to turn ads off.
- Click Actions > More actions > Monetization.
- Select Off.
- Click Submit.
Per Vimeo's guidelines, businesses may not use Basic or Plus accounts to host videos. If you want to upload commercial videos, you must use Vimeo PRO or Business. Commercial content includes:
Videos promoting or representing a for-profit business or brand Videos containing any form of advertising Videos hosted on behalf of a business (i.e., uploaded to Vimeo and embedded on your company's website) Product demos and tutorials
Note: Ads appear to viewers based on their level of Vimeo membership - not yours. Basic and non-logged in viewers may see ad banners below the video player.
Case Studies
These can either be "Thought Leadership" case studies and/or traditional case studies that demonstrate how BigCommerce merchants have benefited from using your solution with their business. Use the + icon to add a case study, and the x icon to remove. Four case studies maximum.
Case Studies
Case studies that include competitor platforms are not allowed and will be removed. Partners will be required to repurpose general case studies, remove competitor platform mentions, and republish the asset accordingly.
Use these fields to enumerate the major features your platform or solution has to offer. Include a brief title for each feature, and a description of the feature to accompany it. The feature title will be search indexed in the Marketplace, so be specific with your feature names and include major functions potential users will search for. Use the + icon to add a feature, and the x icon to remove. Utilize the rich text editing of these fields to bold, underline, or italicize copy as needed.
Up to five features can be added.
Legal Terms & Privacy
Links to your privacy policy and terms of service. This requirement is in place due to legal liability and is non-optional.
International Optimization
Please add the countries for which your solution is optimized and those which your solution does not currently support.
International Optimization
This feature will not currently be utilized in the Marketplace, but will be a part of planned internationalization updates.
Help Guides
Links to your User and Installation Guides as a reference for existing users and prospects.
We now ask that you include links to your solution's user installation guide (PDF, support articles, etc.) and standard user guide for prospective users to review before installation. If you do not submit links, this field will not be displayed on your listing detail page, however we highly recommend including these with your submission.
App Screenshot
Add screenshots of your solution's functionality or user interface as it appears when integrated with BigCommerce so users know what to expect.
Alternate Logo
Your alternate logo will be used if your app is featured on the homepage carousel of the Marketplace. This image should be 259 x 158px (or larger at this ratio) with a dark background and white or light branding in the foreground. The logo should only include branding, no taglines necessary.
Multiple Users
By default, your app will only be accessible to the store owner (i.e., the user who created the store). Optionally, you can allow your app to be accessible to other store users. Consider the following before enabling multi-user support:
Once you enable multi-user support, a store admin will still need to grant access to other users from within the store control panel. For each user account, there are settings that grant access to specific apps.
Your app should be aware that when it receives the Load Callback, the user information passed in might not be the store owner's. You'll need to determine how to respond if you see a different user. For example, you may want to provision a new user account in order to personalize the experience.
You can optionally specify a Remove User Callback URI to receive a callback when a store admin revokes a user's access.
App Type
Select the type of app. We recommend Single Click Apps although some qualify to Connector Apps.
Callback URLS
You must have an Auth Callback URI and a Load Callback URI to register your app.
Public URIs Required before Submission
Because the Auth Callback URI and Load Callback URI requests originate from the browser and not from BigCommerce, you can use non–publicly-available URIs and a self-signed certificate for a quick start. However, you must switch to – and test your app with – a publicly available Auth Callback URI and Load Callback URI before submitting your app for consideration in the App Marketplace.
If you want to receive a callback when the store owner uninstalls your app, you can provide an Uninstall Callback URI.
OAuth Scopes
If you know the OAuth scopes that your app requires, you should select these. If you do not yet know the scopes that you need, you can just request minimal permissions (such as Information: Read-Only) to get started. However, once you determine the scopes you need, you must:
- Modify the scopes of your app in My Apps and save the changes.
- Obtain the new OAuth token during the App Installation or Update flow.
- Retest your app to make sure it still functions properly with the new token.
Add in any instructions needed to test the app thoroughly.
Review the information added before submitting the app. Look over this page carefully, once the app is submitted, if it is rejected there will be another fee for submission.
This is an approximation of what the app's page will look like in the BigCommerce Marketplace.
Payment and Submission
At this point you make sure the information has been filled out completely and the app has been thoroughly tested before submitting for review. Updates to the App will not require the submission fee again.
Related Endpoints
Related Articles
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- Support Browsers (Knowledge Base)
- Media Kit (BigCommerce)
- Partner Portal (BigCommerce)
- Technology Partner Program (BigCommerce)
- Dev Tools (BigCommerce)
- BigCommerce Marketplace (BigCommerce)


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Vidarbha entered the history books by lifting their maiden title by beating favorites Delhi in the Ranji Trophy final by 9 wickets on day four at Indore.
Earlier, West Bengal was favorite to win the title, Despite some issues over financial corruption and selection criteria , the season ended well.
The result was never in doubt after Vidarbha ended the third day's play at 528/7, already 233 runs ahead of Delhi's total. With just minutes to go in the fourth day, Vidarbha became one of the most unlikely Ranji Trophy winners.
Veteran batsman Wasim Jaffer scored the winning runs as they knocked off the 29 they required with consummate ease. In doing so, Jaffer kept his incredible record of winning every Ranji Trophy final he has played in. This was his ninth Ranji title as a player.
The first wicket of the day fell when tail-ender Siddhesh Neral, who took his score from 56 to 74 adding 19 of the first 19 runs Vidarbha scored on the fourth morning, was dismissed. Neral's attempt to poke outside off stump gave Navdeep Saini his fourth wicket.
Vidarbha's wicket-keeper batsman Akshay Wadkar was unbeaten on 133 overnight but could not add any more runs to his tally as he and debutant Aditya Takhare fell in consecutive overs. A total of 547 meant they were 252 ahead with enough time to bowl Delhi out on the fourth day itself.
At 50/2, with both their openers back in the hut, Delhi's Dhruv Shorey and Nitish Rana battled against a spirited bowling unit of Rajneesh Gurbani, Akshay Wakhare and Aditya Sarwate. They added 114 in a promising stand, but Sarwate came from around the wicket and Shorey edged behind for 62. Soon after, Rana fell to Gurbani when a loose drive had him caught behind for 64.
The batting crumbled as soon as Sarwate and Wakhare found momentum and accuracy to remove one batsman after the other. Captain Rishab Pant entertained with 32 but did not last long, like Himmat Singh and Mana Sharma, who were both bowled by Wakhare. While Sarwate got 3/30, Wakhare ended with 4/95 and with just 280 on the board, all Vidarbha had to chase was 29.
Despite an early hiccup in the loss of captain Faiz Fazal, they knocked off the runs with ease, as veteran Wasim Jaffer fitting flicked and took his new team beyond the line.
Vidarbha 547 (Wadkar 133, Sarwate 79; Saini 5/135) and 32/1 (Jaffer 17*, R Sanjay 9*; Khejroliya 1/21) beat Delhi 295 (Shorey 145, Himmat Singh 66; Gurbani 6/59) and 280 (Rana 64, Shorey 62; Wakhare 4/95) by 9 wickets


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I don't usually pray. I wouldn't consider myself religious, though I am very spiritual. Sometimes I kind of send thoughts out to the universe, but I wouldn't really call it praying to any sort of deity. I think I do believe in some power of the universe beyond myself–like karma and things like that. I've studied a lot of Eastern religions, so I guess my own personal views align more closely with some amalgam of Buddhism and Hinduism than any other religion, but, again, I don't identify with anything specific. Anyway, I digress:
I am totally praying right now. Like, full out hands clasped (well, before I started typing), the whole nine yards. Only I'm not kneeling, because I'm on the computer, but I totally would be. I'm praying like hell. To god, to whoever, or whatever may be out there listening, to please just let me sleep tonight. Not only can I not function on another night of no sleep, I also have mono right now, and need sleep to recover. If you've ever had mono, you'll know that sleeping is pretty much all you want to do. I am here to tell you, my friends, that the insomnia caused by geodon withdrawals is more powerful than the urge to sleep brought on by an active case of mono–god I hate this drug so much.
I'm sitting in the dark to try and encourage my body to produce melatonin to make me sleepy. I also just took a hot bath with all the lights turned off for the same reason. I also took a quarter of a 1 mg tablet of melatonin. I read that if you take too high a dose, it can have the opposite effect–melatonin-induced insomnia sounds like my ultimate nightmare right about now. Hopefully that might help, I don't know. I'm used to things like ambien, lunesta, and those wonderful shots in the asscheek they give you in the psych ward that send you instantly into hours of blissful oblivion (I think they may have been shots of geodon, though, agh!). I'm not used to trying natural things, and have no idea if it'll work. I am also armed with valerian root if needed, though I don't know if that'll do anything either. I also caved and took a xanax xr several hours ago. Baaaad, I know, but I took it because I thought I was about to have a heart attack. I am able to recognize that as anxiety and nip it in the bud before it turns into full-out panic and I call an ambulance because I think I'm dying, even though I'm not. Gahh I know this isn't exactly completely natural as I had hoped, but as long as I'm getting off the geodon, I can handle taking some supplements temporarily–as long as they don't give me a hangover, make me fat, or get me addicted then we're good. Okay, I should shut off the computer. The light is probably interfering with my melatonin production. Okay, maybe I'm being paranoid, but whatever, I just really need sleep. It's only 9:33 pm–if I can fall asleep within the next few hours, tomorrow may be looking up.
As always, the fight continues. Hoping for a better, less delirious tomorrow.
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There are times where you might need to measure something by weight in a small amount and busting out a scale just seems so blah…this is where a digital spoon comes in. We've seen these from AquaMedic and Seachem and they are quite handy.
The premise is simple. The spoon actually has an integrated scale system that can measure a surprisingly large amount (for a spoon). The Seachem Digital spoon can measure up to 300g in 0.1 increments.
Seachem also has a LCD display to show results in either grams or ounces. This can even be switched with the push of a button, is corrosion resistant and colored to resist stains.
The nice thing about the spoon is the ability to either measure dry or liquid supplements or chemicals pretty easily. Plus they really don't break the bank. Seachem offers theirs for around $20 but you can also get cheaper "kitchen" spoons online. They may not last as long, but it is always an option.


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