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June 24th, 1947 – Flying Saucers over Washington!
On June 24th, 1947, while flying near Mt. Rainier in Washington State, Kenneth Arnold, American aviator and businessman, claimed to have seen nine unusual objects flying in the skies. Arnold also claimed to have seen UFOs on several subsequent occasions.
Arnold originally described the objects' shape as "flat like a pie pan", "shaped like a pie plate", "half-moon shaped, oval in front and convex in the rear", "something like a pie plate that was cut in half with a sort of a convex triangle in the rear", or simply "saucer-like" or "like a big flat disk", and also described their erratic motion being "like a fish flipping in the sun" or a saucer skipped across water. From these, the press quickly coined the new terms "flying saucer" and "flying disc" to describe such objects, many of which were reported within days after Arnold's sighting. Later Arnold would add that one of the objects actually resembled a crescent or flying wing.
The U.S. Air Force formally listed the Arnold case as a mirage; this is one of many explanations that have been disputed by critics, and researchers Jerome Clark, author of The UFO Book (1998) and Ronald Story, editor of The Encyclopedia of UFOs (1980). Both argue that there has never been an entirely persuasive conventional explanation of the Arnold sighting.
After his UFO sighting, Arnold became a minor celebrity, and for about a decade thereafter, he was somewhat involved in interviewing other UFO witnesses or contactees. Notably, he investigated the claims of Samuel Eaton Thompson, one of the first contactees. Arnold wrote a book and several magazine articles about his UFO sighting and his subsequent research.
By the 1960s, Arnold had little to do with UFOs, and eventually declined all interviews. On June 24, 1977, however, he attended the First International UFO Congress in Chicago, curated by Fate to mark the 30th anniversary of the "birth" of the modern UFO age. Some of his comments at the event reflected his displeasure at the general ignorance concerning the matter:
… well, right here we've seen something, I've seen something, hundreds of pilots have seen something … in the skies. We have dutifully reported these things. And we have to have 15 million witnesses before anybody is going to look into the problem … seriously? Well this is utterly fantastic. This is more fantastic than flying saucers or people from Venus or anything as far as I am concerned.


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Since it's the start of a new month, I whipped up a quick printable for the boys to fill out with information about themselves, including space for a self portrait. I'm excited to see what changes (or doesn't change) from month to month!
The printable includes:
- Date
- "My name is:"
- Space for a self portrait
- Favorite color
- Favorite book
- Favorite song
- Favorite food
- When I grow up, I want to be…
- I am really good at…
- I am special because…
About Me Printable – about-me.pdf
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Have I mentioned lately how much I love birth control? No? Well, let me tall ya. I LOVE birth control: condoms, spermicides, the pill, all of it. Ortho-tri-cyclin is my friend. It makes me happy. It keeps me sane. Birth control will be my life-long pal.
Several incidents over the past 7 days have really driven that fact home, Well, perhaps 'driven that fact home' idoesn't quite cut it. These various events not only drove that fact home, but also had it bronzed, bolted to a wall, encased in shatter-proof glass, installed motion-sensor lasers and established a 24-hour SWAT team to guard it to make sure no one ever fucked with it again. Ever.
The urge to carve out my own ovaries with a rusty spoon has been overwhelming. Thank the pharmaceutical gods for birth control.
(EDIT: Additional thoughts after a good night's sleep)
Ever notice how, in a social situation, the person who either doesn't like or is afraid of dogs is the one the family dog always singles out? It works that way with kids, too.
I try to stay out of the way, avoid eye contact, even create a brown and grey aura of unpleasantness around me and they still single me out. And won't leave me alone. The big scary, grouchy lady has become an endless source of entertainment for them.
So why child-free and not childless? "Childess" sounds like a condition to be pitied.
Homeless. Jobless. Worthless.
"Child-free" sounds so nice: cancer-free, debt-free, worry-free.
Ok, I know not all kids are bad. And not all kids are bad all the time. But after the situations I've dealt with recently I feel like a rape-victim. I feel traumatized. It's Friday morning at 7:55am and I'm still reeling. I need group therapy and a hug... from grown-ups.
The World's going to Hell and I'm driving the bus. If you're already on your way to Hell, sit back and enjoy the ride.
The World's going to Hell and I'm driving the bus. If you're already on your way to Hell, sit back and enjoy the ride.
Thursday, February 15, 2007
Child-free, not childless
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Kids are great! (if you know how to cook 'em)
- February 16, 2007 at 12:08 AM
*dims lights*
OK, here's a slide show that documents every day from the past two years...
Ah, here we are at the hospital. *long pause* .... yeah....
Here's us in the hallway...
Here's us in the elevator...
Here's us getting off the elevator...
Here's us looking for our car...
*grumble grumble grumble*
What? Oh, OK... I'll skip ahead.
*flip flip flip flip*
Here's us looking at the baby...
Here's the baby looking at us...
Here's us looking at the baby...
Almost forgot... you can pass around that photo album. Vol. I-XII are a little heavy, though....
- February 16, 2007 at 1:53 AM
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God's Love
God's Love
"God is love." (1 John 4:16)
As we look at the evil in this sin-sick world it is easy to see why non-believers say that God cannot be a God of love. It's hard to find words to describe how low mankind has sunk and, despite all the empty talk, things are only going to get worse until Jesus returns. God is allowing the world to continue on its sinful free-fall into greater filth, violence and apostasy. However, there is a limit as "He has set a day when he will judge the world with justice by the man he has appointed [that is, Jesus]" (Acts 17:31). But why is Jesus so slow in returning? Speaking about Jesus' return, 2 Pet. 3:9 gives the answer where it says, "The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance." It is because of His great love for mankind that God is patiently waiting for sinners to repent and then He will return to judge the world with justice and great wrath. If He was not patient and loving then He would have returned to destroy all sinners long ago. So, lets look at the love of God.
The cross
God's love is not a dizzy-headed, fuzzy feeling that fades away after a honeymoon period. His love is an unchanging, solid and selfless commitment. For over three years Jesus walked towards the cross knowing the awful agony that He would soon endure. On the night before He was crucified, He was in such anguish that, while praying, "his sweat was like drops of blood" (Luke 22:44). This occurs with extreme trauma but despite the trauma Isa 50:7 tells that "He set His face like flint" in His determination to suffer on the cross to save you and I from hell. Now, THAT is love!
On the way to the cross, after being whipped and beaten, Jesus was more concerned about the women weeping for Him than for Himself (Luke 23:27-31).
On the cross, in awful agony, He selflessly continued to think of others.
In mortal agony -
He forgave a thief being crucified beside Him (Luke 23:39-43);
He asked God to forgive His executioners (Luke 23:33-34) and
He asked a disciple to care for His mother (John 19:26-27).
Through all of this, God watched Jesus' agony and Isa. 53:10 tells us that it pleased God to allow His Son to suffer for us. We sinned against God and Jesus paid the penalty of death for us. Now, THAT is love far beyond measure and understanding. In John 15:13, Jesus said,
"Greater love has no one that this,
that he lay down his life for his friends."
God's love since the cross
God's love did not end with the cross. He continues to lovingly draw the unsaved to Himself and sends the Holy Spirit to live within all who repent of their sins and put their trust in Jesus. The Holy Spirit lovingly and patiently disciplines and guides believers to be conformed to God's will. It is because of His love that He disciplines us, even severely if necessary. Heb. 12:5-6 tell us, "My son, do not make light of the Lord's discipline, and do not lose heart when he rebukes you, because the Lord disciplines those he loves, and he punishes everyone he accepts as a son." To discipline us, God manipulates our emotions and circumstances in order to get us to repent of our wicked ways so that we walk with Him in peace and inherit eternal life.
The Prodigal Son is a perfect example of God's patient love and discipline. This young man arrogantly asked for his inheritance while his father was alive and then went off to waste the money in wild living. When his money was gone, he ended up feeding pigs that were eating better than he was. These conditions caused him come to his senses and repent so he went back home hoping to work for his father as a slave. To his surprise, his father saw him in the distance and ran to welcome him home as his son, not as a slave. This parable is given to tell us how our heavenly Father controls our circumstances and emotions to bring us to repentance whenever we go off the path of holiness. God is extremely patient and loving toward us. Psa. 100:5 says,
"For the LORD is good and his love endures forever;
his faithfulness continues through all generations."
"This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us." (1 John 3:16). We should not have the slightest doubt about the love God has for each one of us because His love and faithfulness are ever present in our lives. Nor should we doubt the love He has for the unsaved as He continues to patiently draw them to Himself in the hope that they will repent. If anyone says that God is not loving and asks why He does not put an end to evil then we can safely tell them that He plans to do that soon enough but in the meantime He is waiting for them to come to repentance. As sure as night follows day, the present time of Love and Grace will end and God's fierce wrath will be poured out on the earth. Amen.
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Estes Park Medical Center officials, citing a wish to avoid controversy, announced to the Estes Park Town Board on Tuesday night a new plan for the proposed wellness center near the Stanley Hotel.
The new plan calls for the wellness center to be built on the original, designated location on Lot 4 of the Stanley Historic District as a standalone building. It will be a nonprofit entity built entirely with funds raised by the hospital's foundation. It is expected that fundraising will take 2-3 years, said Park Hospital Board President Diana Van Der Ploeg.
A current amended plan submitted last year by Stanley Hotel owner John Cullen, and to be reviewed on Jan. 26 by the town board, calls for the wellness program to be incorporated into the accommodations building that Cullen already has under construction on Lot 4. Cullen offered to include the wellness center after it became apparent that the hospital foundation was not going to be able to meet the town's April 1, 2016 deadline for construction to begin on the wellness center, scheduled to be built next to the accommodations building.
In order to make room for the wellness program in his accommodations building, Cullen submitted an amended plan that requested a fourth floor and a height variance to accommodate the extra floor. The request for the height variance has caused a lot of controversy and angst in the community.
It was primarily for that reason that members of the Hospital District Board, the EPMC Foundation Board and its Wellness Center Steering Committee reached a unanimous decision last week to decline Cullen's offer to incorporate the wellness program into his accommodations building, instead opting to build their wellness center at the original site at a later date.
"We don't want to be contentious," Van Der Ploeg told the board. "I think there are some solutions out there but it will take some efforts on our all parts to do this."
Van Der Ploeg praised Cullen for his cooperation in the process.
"We are extremely grateful for John Cullen's earnestness in looking at ways to save the concept and the offer to incorporate the wellness program into the accommodations building," Van Der Ploeg said in a prepared statement that was released on Wednesday. "However, the Board has decided that rather than push the fourth story and height-limit variance, we would like to continue to fundraise for construction of a separate Wellness Center building at the original location."
Cullen could not be reached for comment Wednesday or Thursday by press time.
Van Der Ploeg explained to the town board on Tuesday night that the decision to go back and build the standalone wellness center wasn't an easy decision but probably the best.
"It's (the wellness center) one of those things that we never thought would be controversial," Van Der Ploeg said. "The vote passed a couple years ago and we were ready to move ahead. When the vote passed, there were a couple deadlines attached to it. That was what caused some issues for many of us because when you have deadlines, there are certain things that obviously have to happen. And, one of those things was we needed money to be able to hit those deadlines.
"I know that there is a perception that we weren't raising money … that we couldn't go out and get the money and that is just not accurate. Right now, we have a foundation board, an interim foundation director, and just wonderful people on the steering team for the foundation who are so committed to this project, to go out, and raise money.
"I have absolutely no doubt that they will be able to do that and we've had some success already.
"When we got to the point in this whole process where we didn't have money to meet some of the deadlines, that's when John Cullen stepped in. Really, we didn't have many options at that point and he stepped in and was able to offer us an option of going into the first floor of this building he building and, of course, there wasn't enough room so they're looking at a height variance for the fourth floor to be able to make this whole wellness center happen.
"It seemed like a pretty viable option. It gave us a lot of time. It gave us opportunity. And, again, we were thinking and talking so much about whether we wanted to move forward with that. We were still committed as ever to make that happen. So, we said: 'Let's give it a shot. Let's go for it. Let's try to make that happen.'
"As you know, there was a lot of controversy in that and that's not where we wanted to be. Certainly, we were very thankful for John stepping in and giving us an opportunity because we still want wellness to happen.
"We heard a lot of people at the planning commission (meeting) who spoke up against the height variance. The neat thing in all that, even though they were against the height variance, was so many people talked about how they were for wellness. It wasn't the wellness program they were against, it was the height variance they were against.
"So we listened to that. We had a board retreat before the holidays. We talked again about what we wanted to do as a part of our strategic plan. And, we still wanted to move forward.
"We also heard from a lot of people in the community who wanted the height variance because it meant getting the wellness center. So, we're really happy about that as well.
"So, we talked about it again. We had a meeting last week where we went back and reviewed contracts and … all sorts of things about this. We met with folks from the Stanley and, again, we want wellness but we don't want it to be contentious. We don't want it to be divisive in the community. It shouldn't be that. It should be something really exciting that people are behind and we rally around it because it's good for everybody. We decided we didn't want to go with the height variance if we can get some help on a couple things.
"So, we're back to looking at raising money for a standalone building on the lot. We certainly are going to need a lot of help from folks to make that happen … so we can have a little bit of time to work on this and to try and get more people involved.
"We are still in support of the Stanley Hotel being able to incubate a wellness program on the ground floor. We think that's going to help everybody and it will kind of help the business plan in a way so as we start raising money, and we get moving with that, we can look at where we might share things, where we might purchase services from one another, and how we might move forward.
"We're very open to looking at affiliations with a lot of different folks, whatever makes sense for us in building this program. But, we do need help in some things. If we withdraw the request for the fourth floor, and that variance, we are going to need some things.
"And, our request is that we take the opportunity in this next week or two, before your next session, to sit down with some representatives from you, the medical center, and some other folks to be able to look at some of the deadlines that are coming up."
Van Der Ploeg went on to single out the $650,000 promissory note that will be owed to the town (originally planned to be paid equally by Cullen and the hospital in April) as one of those deadlines that needs some discussion. She also pointed out that the hospital would need to get an extension from Cullen to continue to use the property.
"I think there are some solutions out there that we can look at and not make it contentious, not make it divisive. We can all win in this solution and move forward and do something that could be pretty phenomenal."
In addition to Van Der Ploeg's comments, Wayne Park spoke about the plan. Park is the vice president of the Estes Park Medical Center Foundation and chair of the wellness center steering team.
Park said "we're going to have to dig into a lot of people's pockets to get the $8.5 million to $10 million (needed for the wellness center), depending on what the adjustments are."
Park said it should be easier for his team to go out and raise funds for a building that will be a nonprofit. Park also said that the medical center is applying the wellness center as an enterprise zone contribution project.
As a point of clarification, Estes Park Town Attorney Greg White told the board that while the hospital's plan is interesting, he has not heard from the wellness center applicant — John Cullen — about changing the current amended plan that still includes a proposed fourth floor and height variance. The town board will hold a special review on that amended plan on Jan. 26.


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Earth Day is a time to show our concern for the planet we live on. Climate
Warming Change appears to be our biggest worry.
Just to clarify things, I hate when I see dirty water, pollution and littering, or anything that shows man was there and not considerate of other people, future generations and mother earth.
However, for this post I am taking a look at a larger picture that relates to earths age.
Actor/Activist Leonardo DiCaprio has earth on his mind and is one of the prominent people that you can find marching with others for change. He takes this very seriously as shown in his speech at the United Nations.
We have monitored our weather for 167 years. 150 volunteers in the United States tracked our weather to the Smithsonian in 1849, which created weather maps. Eleven years later in 1860 there were 500 stations that gave daily reports to the Washington Evening Star.
The earth is 4,540,000,000 billion years old give or take 50 million years, so how do we know that earth hasn't had millions of temperature fluctuations like we have been experiencing.
For blogging out loud))we are evaluating only 0.000003678414096916299% of the earths weather history. (Math experts please tell me if I am wrong) Can we really know if our weather is abnormal.
Some points to consider:
For the past 1,000 years before we used fossil energy, there has been higher and lower temperatures, so that negates fossils influence.
Costing billions of dollars Obama has a Climate Action Plan that would reduce the globes temperatures by 0.01, which is one one-hundredth of a degree Celsius, and doesn't consider that it could eliminate thousands of jobs.
Emissions created by developing countries will result in a Carbon emission increase of 125%.
For almost every scientist that believes it, you'll find another that doesn't.
So maybe it's time to move onto other immediately pressing problems like terrorism.
There was a Twilight Zone episode "The Midnight Sun" 1961 where a girl (Lois Nettleton) had a fever and she thought the world was turning into an inferno but then her fever broke and she woke up to the world freezing. Sorry to give you the ending, but the episode is very apropos to this post.
If mother earth doesn't want us here we are gone with one superstorm or a new ice age or one of the million asteroids, comets or meteors flying around. So if you find yourself freezing or sweating, just hope our technology can shield us from it.))


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20 July 2018
Summertime Writing, A Semester Looming, and Bidding Au Revoir (for now)
by Art Taylor
Earlier this summer, I worked on drafts for two stories—one possibly finished (a collaboration with my wife, Tara Laskowski; we'll see what our editor says) and the other set aside yet again because of aspects of it I couldn't figure out to my satisfaction (this one, a novella, has been lingering for years, sadly). Over the last few weeks, I've turned my attention more fully to a novel I've been working on intermittently over years as well—promising myself to dive into it deeply, immerse myself in it, push through a full draft, try to finally get it done.
Applying my approach to short stories to this novel is... well, part of my problem maybe, though I think it's probably still truer to how I work than what I've tried before with this manuscript. In my previous attempts to draft the novel, I've attempted to write through scene by scene, chapter by chapter, building it one block at a time—and lost both perspective and steam. Lately, I've just given myself over to writing it like I write short stories, crazily all over the place. The scene I wrote yesterday, for example, is from probably two-thirds of the way through the book, and I don't have the scenes or chapters immediately before it or immediately after it written in any form. But in my head, I know what needs to happen in this specific scene, and so I got it down on paper—one piece in a bigger jigsaw, and I'll find/make the other pieces later.
Keeping track of a book-length story in my head, though.... well, that's tough sometimes. (Thanks Scrivener, for giving me space to pin things down, placeholders to figure out later.) And the scattershot approach to writing this isn't just about figuring out the order of plot points, but also discovering the full depth of characters, sharpening voice and style, then going back and fixing the disconnections between plot points, the slips in character, the imbalance of voice and style and....
And again, doing that for a 25-page short story is different from doing that to what's likely to be a 300-plus page novel manuscript—a bigger mess. How much of a mess? Well, that scene I wrote yesterday is in third-person, while everything else I've written is in first person, and I found that I like third-person better. Much to go back and rework already.
Still, my wife Tara—who recently completed her own novel, now on submission to publishers through her agent—has told me time and again to push through, get it all down, that it'll work out in the end.
I'm trusting that she's right.
But I know it's gonna take time and focus and persistence, and while summer has given me a more flexible schedule to explore and indulge, I've also agreed to lead sessions at two big programs in August—the Suffolk Mystery Authors Festival and Deadly Ink—and the new semester is looming just beyond those events. In a little over five weeks, I'll be back in the classroom and I've already been taking on new responsibilities over the summer, having recently been named assistant director of the creative writing program at George Mason University—more admin duties ahead on top of the schedule I currently keep. And as many folks here know, I've also been maintaining another weekly blog, having taken over the First Two Pages blog series after the death of B.K. Stevens, long a part of this group as well.
All that said, I'm recognizing that I need to streamline commitments in other areas... and so I've told Leigh and Rob, our fearless leaders here, that I need to step away from SleuthSayers, at least for a while. While time is part of the issue, the other is that too often I've found myself struggling to come up with ideas for new posts. When my week looms on the calendar, I often end up asking Tara "What should I write about this time? I've got nothing new to say, nothing to offer"—and that too takes a lot of mental energy, energy that I might need to keep in reserve a little for my slow slog through writing this novel.
I feel like this might come across as complaining; it's not meant that way. Just recognizing that I've kept a couple of projects on the back burner for too long and need to give the novel at least some less-divided attention.
Leigh and Rob have been kind enough to say that I could come back for guest posts, and maybe once I finish up the book, find myself on firmer footing, I might ask to get back in the rotation as space allows. And in the meantime, I'll still read regularly the posts by my fellow SleuthSayers—always a highlight of each morning.
See you in the comments sections! And at Bouchercon in a couple of months too, celebrating the award attention that Barb, Paul, and I have received this year on the Anthony, Macavity, and Shamus slates—hooray!
And in the meantime, thanks so much for letting me be a part of this fine community of writers.Y'all are the best.
23 comments:
- Paul D. Marks said...
Art, congratulations on being named assistant director of the creative writing program at George Mason University! I'm truly sorry to see you leave SleuthSayers. I'll miss your Friday posts. And thanks for the shout out, too.
- 20 July, 2018 03:07
- Art Taylor said...
Thanks, Paul -- you're always the first commenter! So much appreciate.
And you're not done with me for good, I'm sure..... See you in St. Pete's!
- 20 July, 2018 09:04
- Terrie Farley Moran said...
Congratulations on the new position, which sounds great but does add to the ongoing work pile. Will miss your posts here but as one slow writer to another---I get it pal! See you in St. Petersburg.
- 20 July, 2018 09:21
- Steve Liskow said...
Art, I'm going to miss your sage advice and observations here, but you certainly deserve a break with so many different projects swirling around.
And congratulations on your new position. Will that be more administrative, or will you still be in the classroom passing your expertise on to lucky students?
- 20 July, 2018 09:22
- Liz Milliron said...
Art, congratulations on the new position. You'll be great.
And I will definitely see you around the mystery community!
- 20 July, 2018 09:22
- Art Taylor said...
Thanks, Mary and Steve -- and yep, not going too far. You'll still get too much of me, I imagine!
And Steve, you know how it is: They don't take work away when they add more! I'll be keeping the same teaching load, best I understand, with more admin duties added to the schedule.... and compensation? Well, isn't the title enough prestige? ;-)
We'll see how it goes. Not panicking... yet.
- 20 July, 2018 09:25
- Michael Bracken said...
I'll miss your posts here, Art, but I'm certain we'll cross paths repeatedly online and in the real world.
- 20 July, 2018 09:46
- Art Taylor said...
Yep, Michael -- and Bouchercon, yes? Many opportunities down the road, for sure.
And Terrie! Missed your post earlier! Hope to see you in Florida too—your backyard, so no excuse for missing.... :-)
- 20 July, 2018 09:49
- David Dean said...
Congratulations on the promotion, Art! I will miss your insights though. I always look forward to your postings here. Do what Tara tells you and all will be okay with the novel.
- 20 July, 2018 10:01
- Keenan Powell said...
Congratulations on your new post! Well, I hope you don't disappear. Just jump in here and there and comment on our meager offerings to let us know you're still alive.
- 20 July, 2018 10:04
- Thomas Pluck said...
Congratulations on the position, and best of luck with the writing! See you at Bcon I hope.
- 20 July, 2018 10:06
- Barb Goffman said...
Good for you, Art, for making what surely was a hard decision in order to focus more on writing. I understand how difficult it can be to have a split focus. Will I see you tomorrow in Alexandria? Hope so.
- 20 July, 2018 10:11
- Art Taylor said...
Hi, David, Keenan, Tom, and Barb — Thanks for the kind words! And yep, I'll be here and around, commenting regularly. (And yes, David, always try to do what Tara tells me; it's safer that way....)
But no, Barb, won't be at the meeting tomorrow, unfortunately. Hope it goes well!
- 20 July, 2018 10:45
- R.T. Lawton said...
Art, you've come a long ways since we first met each other in the checkout line in a convenience store at the St. Louis Bouchercon and discussed short stories. I have to say, it certainly appears that you're going to go a lot further in the future. Best of luck. See you in St. Pete's.
- 20 July, 2018 11:46
- Melodie Campbell said...
Aw Art - RATS. I always enjoy your columns. It's sort of seems like meeting you for coffee at Bouchercon, when I read your posts here. However, I understand the deadline issue. I think I've written 75 columns for Sleuthsayers, and I am finding it more difficult to find fresh topics. Let us know when your book is out! You know I'll buy it - Melodie
- 20 July, 2018 11:47
- Robert Lopresti said...
As one slow writer to another... I feel your pain. Don't be a stranger and do a guest piece any time.
- 20 July, 2018 12:18
- Art Taylor said...
Hi, R.T., Melodie, and Robert —
Thanks for the kind words here, and thanks for the encouragement on guest posts. I'll be in touch, of course!
And yep, R.T., that was a fun meeting and one I appreciate--a friendship springing from it. See you in September!
- 20 July, 2018 15:26
- Jeff Baker said...
Art, It's fun reading your posts here! All the best with the teaching and the stories!
- 20 July, 2018 20:30
- Leigh Lundin said...
Well, damn it, I'm going to miss you too, Art. Really miss you. And congratulations; what an honor, no doubt hard won.
It hasn't escaped our notice you have another writer in the family and 'Art' is ¾ of an anagram of 'Tara'. When her book comes out, we may have another SleuthSayer in the offing!
Art, sincere congratulations. I'm so glad you made a home here.
- 20 July, 2018 21:20
- Art Taylor said...
Thanks, Leigh and Jeff — and yes, Leigh, we won't be strangers, either one of us!
- 21 July, 2018 08:34
- Debra H. Goldstein said...
Congrats on the new position. I'll definitely miss seeing your posts, but am looking forward to you finishing that novel! (at least before Dash starts writing his opus)
- 21 July, 2018 08:53
- Lisa Ciarfella said...
I like your wife's advice, to push through and get it all down and it'll work itself out in the end!
But, I'm like you. Am mired down in the scene by scene stuff, even changing POV's. with my WIP.
Gonna try and power through though, with what's left of the summer. Giving myself a deadline!
- 21 July, 2018 17:34
- Cynthia Kuhn said...
Congratulations, Art, on the directorship! Will miss your posts but completely understand.
And no pressure or anything, but I can't wait to read your next book. :)
- 28 August, 2018 01:36


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Hello blogosphere!
My name is Alison, and I currently reside in Winnipeg. I don't know how it feels where you are, but it is most certainly, undeniably fall here. And fall really makes me want to do three things:
1) knit
2) drink tea and
3) bake delicious, spicy, wholesome foods
Since this is a blog dedicated to yummy foods made by library folk, I have decided to share my first pumpkin pie baking experience.
It began with me heading to the Organic market; sadly, they didn't have pumpkins yet, so this baby hails from Superstore. I brought my orange baby home, and opened my laptop and went right to Martha Stewart's web site. Regardless of how you may feel about her, one cannot deny the woman is a genius in the kitchen. I also feel her recipes are really easy to follow, and every one I have used has turned out super yum. I grabbed this recipe from her site.
I began poking several holes around my pumpkin, placing it in about an inch of water, and shoving it in the oven. 45 minutes later, I had a steamed pumpkin.
Next, I cut off the top, peeled off the skin and cut the pumpkin into small chunks. I then used my food processor to mash it up. It made a LOT of pumpkin puree. Enough for seven pies and at least two batches of pumpkin cookies (to be made on a later date).
For the crust, I elected to use the Press In recipe Martha suggested. It's an easy shortbread crust and it's super tasty. Though, don't use a mixer. I tried on my first go (I know I shouldn't have, I just really wanted to get the crust going) and it pretty much failed. It turned all gooey. The second go around was a lot more successful. The dough was pretty crumbly, which made me concerned that it would end up dry and sandy, but it didn't. It ended up absorbing moisture from the pie filling.
Next, I began the pie filling. Om nom nom! I threw together the pumpkin, heavy cream, sugar, vanilla, salt, cinnamon, ginger, allspice, and eggs in a large bowl and whisked it. After tasting it, I thought it needed more allspice and cinnamon. I added twice as much.
I then stuck the pies in the oven for 60 mins. After pulling them out, I waited about an hour before I gave them a taste. They were pretty good, but the next day they were really good!
Overall, this was a very easy, yummy recipe. My first attempt at pumpkin pie turned out a success! You should note, I made a double recipe, which made seven pies. There were six mighty happy people after I made this. 😉
Hopefully, you've enjoyed my post and as Julia would say, Bon appetit! 🙂
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Breaking The Bank
This story appears in the March 1998 issue of Entrepreneur. Subscribe »
It's February 1992. You've raised more than $350,000 to get your manufacturing business off the ground, and the launch is such a success that by May, all your cash is tied up in receivables--and you need more money to keep growing. Where do you turn for help?
That's the question 33-year-old Ken Seiff asked himself when his company, Pivot Rules Inc., faced the scenario described above. "I needed to open letters of credit for future [clothing] lines, but I couldn't afford them," recalls the New York City sportswear manufacturer, who needed to pay his Hong Kong-based suppliers.
Seiff's accountant suggested he contact Heller Financial Inc. This Chicago-based international commercial finance company offers equipment financing and leasing, factoring, working capital loans, collateral-based and cash-flow financing, small-business lending, and specialized equity investments. The factoring division specializes in the garment and textiles industries--a good match for Seiff.
"Banks aren't terribly interested in the apparel industry, and from what I know of them, they're also not very interested in start-ups," says Seiff, explaining why he chose Heller. "We also had a relatively limited collateral base, which would have made it even less enticing for a bank."
Heller, on the other hand, was an aggressive lender willing to purchase and collect Pivot Rules' accounts receivable. What attracted Seiff to Heller--even more than the fact that it met his immediate needs--was the potential he saw to establish a long-term relationship.
Seiff's decision to go with a nonbank lender for financing is one being made by a growing number of small-business owners. In fact, according to the SBA, two of the top three lenders for the SBA's 7(a) program for fiscal year 1996 (based on number of loans approved) were nonbank lending institutions. The Money Store Inc. was the top lender, AT&T Small Business Lending Corp. was third. Seiff's lender, Heller Financial Inc., came in 11th.
There's no doubt commercial finance companies are steadily encroaching on the small-business lending territory previously dominated by banks. Finance Companies and Small Business Borrowers, a study conducted for the SBA Office of Advocacy by Dr. George W. Haynes of Montana State University in Bozeman, found that from 1980 to 1992, nonbank financing companies increased their business lending from slightly less than $86 billion to almost $300 billion. Finance companies are also the second-largest supplier of business credit (13 percent) behind banks (54 percent).
"In general, finance companies want to see strong assets to back up a loan and will monitor those assets much more carefully. For that reason, they can loan more against the assets. So chances are a smaller business might get a larger loan from a finance company [than from a bank]," says Bill Sihler, a finance professor at the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. However, says Sihler, this money will cost more. Consequently, a business must decide which is more important: the amount of money or how much it will cost to borrow it.
A Different Breed
Nonbank lenders come in all shapes and sizes. They are factors, commercial finance companies, credit unions, credit card companies and even life insurance firms. Heller, for example, in addition to traditional asset-based lending, also provided Seiff with overadvances (when you're given more money than your assets are worth) and letters of credit for exporting, and even allowed the company to deposit the proceeds of an initial public offering.
"I was concerned that at a bank, I would just be a number," says Seiff. "At Heller, they provided me with a team I could call any time. I knew that would be important to us if we were going to grow quickly."
Morristown, New Jersey-based AT&T Capital Corp. has evolved from a telephone equipment leasing company into the third-largest SBA lender in the country. "Our risk management is different from a bank. We offer greater flexibility and more understanding of asset-based financing," says Robert Neagle, a senior vice president with AT&T Capital's Business Finance Group.
AT&T's loan volume makes the company better able to assess risk, contends Neagle. "We do so many loans, we can capture and evaluate the data on performance by industry and geography," he says. "Consequently, a loan that seems risky to another lender may not be so to us."
Because AT&T is a preferred SBA lender, Neagle says it can also process loans more quickly. Its loans for equipment, construction and real estate financing range from $50,000 to $2 million; working capital loans generally start at $2 million.
The Money Store Inc. has been lending to small businesses since 1979. In 1996, it had a total loan portfolio of $2.3 billion.
"Since 1983, The Money Store has been the nation's largest SBA lender," says Paul Leliakov, president of the company's commercial lending division.
What makes The Money Store different from banks, says Leliakov, is the commercial lending division's exclusive focus on small-business loans. "In a bank, you may not receive the same level of expertise," he says. "Also, some of the financing products we offer may not be available at a bank." The Money Store offers full implementation of the SBA program. For example, it offers franchise loans, whereas some banks do not.
The Money Store's network of field staff operates 60 offices in 49 states. And, like Heller and AT&T Capital, The Money Store is looking to establish a relationship with borrowers that transcends a single transaction. They want to work with business owners on an ongoing basis to respond to their changing financial needs.
But Wait, There's More
In addition to the mega players, the commercial finance industry is populated by hundreds of smaller firms, such as Manchester Commercial Finance LLC. This 2-year-old Minneapolis company serves businesses in the upper Midwest that need up to a $1 million line of credit. Its average loan is $500,000.
"We are an asset-based lender and typically do transactions a bank won't do," says Manchester president Stephen Bakke. "These could be companies with fast or erratic growth, those with unusual seasonal fluctuations, or those that have unprofitable years or are highly leveraged. They could also be firms that require a financing decision faster than a bank can make it."
Manchester focuses on collateral lending and monitors its loans closely, says Bakke. It often requires weekly or even daily reports from its small-business borrowers. The company is not so concerned about the current profitability of a borrower--but it definitely considers future growth potential. In exchange for this credit rating latitude, borrowers pay higher interest rates.
In addition to asset-based lending, some finance companies purchase accounts receivable or invoices in conjunction with offering financial services like collections. Custom Data Services Capital (CDSC) in Baldwin, New York, for example, provides its small retail and service company customers with private-label credit cards and accounts receivable funding. "If it's a retail store, for example, we provide [the store] with a credit card it gives to its customers. This allows us to track receivables," says CDSC president Leonard Leff.
The Credit Union Option
If you don't want to turn to a finance company, credit unions are also excellent sources of small-business capital.
"We're a niche player in the market," says Daniel A. Mica, president of the Credit Union National Association. "We represent 12,000 credit unions, and only about 15 percent offer commercial loans."
Although most people associate credit unions with mortgage, car and personal loans, these institutions are also small-business lenders. In fact, many credit unions were organized to help select groups of entrepreneurs.
Take Alternative Federal Credit Union in Ithaca, New York, for example. It was established in 1979 by the Alternative Fund, a group of community business owners, and members must be connected to this organization. According to manager Bill Myers, much of the credit union's small-business financing is micro-lending, with an average loan size of $12,000. Its lending is also often coupled with free technical assistance.
"Our loan officers are trained to look at financial statements and listen to [business owners] to see if it's a loan that can help a business," says Myers. "They devise a solution and, in effect, become a business partner."
In contrast, Citizen Equity Federal Credit Union (CEFCU) in Peoria, Illinois, takes a more traditional approach to business lending in the nine-county region it serves. In addition to offering secured loans, it provides letters of credit, offers revolving lines of credit and is an SBA lender.
While CEFCU's loan requirements don't differ from a bank's, their local ownership and decision-making ability give them a better understanding of the community and its economics, maintains Gil A. Johnson, CEFCU business loan manager.
Even more important, Johnson says credit unions can more easily and quickly respond to the needs of their constituents. CEFCU is a perfect example. The institution began lending to small businesses in 1994 because of requests from members.
Don't Stop There
Although finance companies and credit unions are obvious sources of small-business capital, there are other places to look. Have you considered your life insurance policy or credit card company lately?
"You can take a loan against your life insurance policy if it's a permanent policy," says Virginia Bueno of the American Council of Life Insurance. Insurance companies will lend up to the cash value of the policy minus interest.
Permanent policies have a cash value feature, and the best part about these "loans" is that they don't have to be paid back. They're also easy to obtain, can be used for any purpose and have competitive interest rates.
But there's a downside, cautions Bueno: "If you tap into the cash value of your policy, it's going to affect your death benefits. It lowers the benefit [paid to your heirs] by the proceeds of your loan."
If you're an American Express Small Business Services card holder, you may be eligible for a pre-approved, unsecured line of credit of up to $50,000 from the company. It's accessible by check and can be used for any purpose. Entrepreneurs may contact American Express to apply for the credit line. The company also offers equipment leasing up to $25,000 for card holders and noncard holders alike, as well as auto leasing financing up to $40,000 for card holders only.
Another good source of financing to consider is your suppliers. "If they can get credit and you can't, they may be willing to give you credit because of the profit they're making on the products sold to you," says Sihler. He adds that there is typically a cost for this credit, and the supplier could use the equipment you are purchasing as collateral.
Home Court Advantage
Although many business advisors don't recommend it, some entrepreneurs look closer to home for financing by taking a second mortgage on their house.
Mortgages are, of course, mainstays of many banks. But according to G. Richard Bright, senior vice president of home equity lending for Countrywide Home Loans in Calabasas, California, many mortgage companies will also make these typically 15-year home equity loans.
Second mortgages are best for people who want to borrow all the money they need at one time and secure fixed, equal payments. A home equity line of credit, on the other hand, is a revolving credit agreement with a fixed credit line in which the borrower can write checks up to that limit, says Bright. Interest rates are higher, but this option offers more flexibility. While plenty of companies offer second mortgages, few offer the home equity line of credit.
The advantages of these two options are that the interest is tax-deductible and tends to be lower than an unsecured loan or credit card, says Bright. Conversely, you must recognize that these loans could put your home at risk.
Choices, Choices
It's all well and good to know how each of these sources work, but deciding which one is best for you means understanding the pros and cons of each.
According to Sihler, finance companies might be good for entrepreneurs seeking loans of $250,000 or less with quality assets, particularly seasonal ones. Additionally, firms that are producing pre-sold inventory for financially reliable clients like the government or a Fortune 500 company may also want to explore this route.
Borrowing against life insurance could be a smart move because some older policies have interest rates as low as 5 percent, says Sihler. But be aware there might be some negative tax implications. For example, the interest paid on this loan may not be deductible as a business expense.
Whatever source of lending you choose, it's still important to do your homework. You need to determine whether the lender knows enough about your business to weather the ups and downs with you. Will the relationship be here today and gone tomorrow, or can the resource meet your firm's future financing needs? Finally, examine whether the loan will help or hinder you in the short and long term.
Once you know the answer to these questions, your choice should be clear.
Contact Sources
AT&T Capital Corp., 44 Whippany Rd., Morristown, NJ 07962, (800) 221-7252
Alternative Federal Credit Union, 301 W. State St., Ithaca, NY 14850, (607) 273-4666
American Express Small Business Services, (800) SUCCESS, http://www.americanexpress.com/smallbusiness
Citizen Equity Federal Credit Union (CEFCU), P.O. Box 1715, Peoria, IL 61656, (309) 633-7000
Countrywide Home Loans, (800) 570-9888
Credit Union National Association, (202) 218-7748
Custom Data Services Capital, (800) 338-7353, http://www.cdscapital.com
Heller Financial Inc., 500 W. Monroe St., Chicago, IL 60661, (312) 441-7000
Manchester Commercial Finance LLC, IDS Center, 80 S. Eighth St., #3640, Minneapolis, MN 55402
The Money Store Inc., 3301 C St., #110-M, Sacramento, CA 95816, (916) 446-5000
Pivot Rules Inc., 42 W. 39th St., 9th Fl., New York, NY 10018, (212) 944-8000


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ERIC: David Clyde was born in Kansas City, Kansas on April 22, 1955. When he was a boy, his family moved to Houston, Texas. While a student at Houston's Westchester High School, the left-handed Clyde pitched five no-hitters, including two perfect games. He posted an 18-0 record as a senior, and gave up only three earned runs in 148 innings pitched. Not surprisingly, he was the first draft choice on the 1973 amateur draft, and received a $125,000 signing bonus from the Texas Rangers, which was the largest signing bonus in history as of that time.
The Rangers were just atrocious in those years. In only their second season after leaving Washington, D. C., the 1973 edition of the Rangers nearly qualified for inclusion in the book version of You Stink! with a 57-105 record. The 1972 edition had the second-lowest attendance in the American League, and the 1973 version was not looking like it would be much better. This terrible team needed something to put fans in the seats, and the team's owner, Bob Short, was desperate to come up with a gimmick that would do so. He landed on David Clyde as that gimmick. Short knew that the young lefty, a Texas native, would sell tickets. Banking on that, part of Clyde's contract stipulated that he would make two major league starts before being sent to the minor leagues.
"Short went for the fast buck," said Whitey Herzog, the Rangers' manager in June 1973. "Short sure wasn't going to send him down without getting some people in the ballpark to see him. The kid should've gone to the minors after two starts."
On June 27, 1973, the day Clyde made his big league debut, a huge crowd packed old Arlington Stadium to see Clyde pitch against the Minnesota Twins. The beginning of the game had to be delayed in order to accommodate the arrival of the 35,698 fans who packed the stadium, the largest crowd that season.
After walking the first two batters, Clyde struck out the side, pitched five innings and was credited with the 4-3 victory. After Clyde pitched seven strong innings in a 5-4 win over the Tigers, Short decided that Clyde would remain with the Rangers for the rest of the season, instead of reporting to the minor leagues. Attendance for his 12 home starts averaged about 20,000, helping the team's bottom line, but Clyde struggled. His overall record was 4-8 with a 5.01 ERA.
"I'd have to say that David Clyde was one of the best young left-handed pitchers I've ever seen," Herzog said. "He was really mishandled. He was wild and the other hitters started sitting on his fastball. He never had the advantage of going to the minors and pitching against kids his own age. And he was really a good kid himself. It was a tragedy."
Herzog was fired in early September and was replaced by Billy Martin. Clyde got off to a 3-0 start at the beginning of the 1974 season, but Martin evidently did not like the young southpaw and inexplicably elected not to pitch him for a month.
"Billy never said anything to me and I wasn't the type of person that questioned things then," Clyde said. "Looking back, I got caught in a power struggle between Billy and the front office. If I were going through that now, I'd kick the door in and demand an explanation. It made me a very outspoken person."
Clyde finished the 1974 season with a 3-9 record and a 4.38 E.R.A. In July 1974, Martin was fired and was replaced by former Phillies manager Frank Lucchesi. When Martin was fired, Clyde was 0-1 before finally being sent to the minors for the first time. The next spring, 1976, Clyde began having serious arm problems. He was traded to the Cleveland Indians in 1978, posting an 8-11 record. In 1979, he was 3-4 before suffering major rotator cuff damage.
Signed by his hometown Astros in 1981, Clyde was pitching in the fall instructional league when he decided to walk away from baseball. "I thought: 'What am I doing here? This is not what I wanted to do,' " he recalled. "I made a decision to get on with my real life." He ended his career with an 18-33 record, with a dismal 4.63 ERA and a WHIP of 1.530.
A phenom at 19, he was through at 26. Somehow, Clyde manages not to be bitter about it. The following passages come from an interview given by David Clyde, where he discussed his short but unlucky career in the major leagues. When asked about his experiences of being used up too quickly by pitching too many innings in the big leagues too soon, he said:
But it's gonna happen again. I am very happy, and I do mean it. It's a bittersweet memory of leaving an indelible mark, and yet I left a mark that'll remain there. I was in a perfect storm at that point. Yes, I was a very, very, very good baseball player at 18, and whether it would have been the Rangers or someone else, I would have been a first-round pick. But here I was, a native Texan out of Houston. Bob Short needed to sell the ball club. He wanted to sell to some local people, but he needs to show it's a viable business, and I proved baseball can survive in the North Texas area with the Dallas Cowboys. And so Bob was able to sell to Brad Corbett, who in turn sold to Eddie Chiles, who in turn sold to George Bush and his group, who in turn sold to Tom Hicks, who went belly-up, and Nolan and his group with Chuck Greenberg and those guys came in last year.
But what happened to me will happen again, in spite of the fact everyone's looking at long-term investments instead of short term. Nobody wants to blow up an $8-, $9-, $10-million investment. But it'll happen again in spite of that because somebody somewhere will be in a bit of a bind financially and need to do something drastic, and as much as we want to say it's a game, and the players do play it in a lot of ways for the game, it's a business also. And the fan has to realize it is a business, and the owners are at great financial risk. They've got a lot on the line, and if the fans don't come out, if the players don't perform, a lot of things don't fall into place to allow these men to make money. And as much as everyone would love to say that's not why we own the team, nobody wants to lose money. Millionaires aren't millionaires because they lost money, and I promise you they don't enjoy losing any of it. It's a tough sell if the team's not successful, so it ultimately boils down to the player performing. It'll occur again, that perfect storm.
And that next player, he may come through it better than I did. It wasn't life-threatening that occurred to me. So that's why, I guess, in my opinion, I don't like how it went down, but they didn't do anything illegal, they didn't do anything unethical. I don't believe they did anything immoral, so why should they be condemned for it? It wasn't the right way to do it, but it's a business, and it happens all the time in the real business world, so that's life.
David Clyde's ill-starred career ended badly and way too soon, and it ended that way because a terrible owner made a terrible decision, putting financial considerations ahead of the well-being of a promising young player who could have been the cornerstone of a franchise for years to come. David Clyde paid for that, and it is to his credit that he is able to avoid bitterness and to try to serve as a role model for the young players that he now oversees as a high school baseball coach.
Clyde's story is a cautionary tale that has played out too many times (see the similar stories of young phenoms such as Brien Taylor, Dick Baney, and others). Stephen Strasburg of the Washington Nationals seemed like another Clyde, making his major league debut at a very young age and then needing Tommy John surgery in his first year at the major league level. The Nationals intend to shut Strasburg down early in order to protect his young arm, even though they are in the midst of a pennant race. Strasburg has stated, "Well, they're gonna have to rip the ball out of my hands, that's all I can say." Let's hope that the Nats have learned from David Clyde's tragic story and that they do rip the ball out of Strasburg's hands, pennant race or no pennant race.
Bob Short is hereby inducted into the You Stink! Hall of Shame for terrible owners for the way he ruined David Clyde's career.


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A Gravity Rush sequel was announced back in 2013, but Sony has mostly been mum about it since then. All we heard last year was some clarification that no platform or release date for the game has been announced, and earlier this year, we saw a PlayStation 4 remastered version rated in Korea. So what's going on with the game, exactly?
According to Sony's Shuhei Yoshida, the company is waiting for the right time to unveil the sequel. Speaking to GameSpot during E3 2015, he said:
That's another project that we're waiting for the right time to unveil. I've been playing the game for some time.
We still have some events coming up this year so hopefully, we'll hear more on the game soon.
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Ken Arrowsmith, the man on the can of one of WA's most iconic beer brands, has emerged from a five-year hiatus to put his famous name behind a new brew.
The veteran beer maker, whose image still appears on Emu Export and Emu Bitter cans alongside his ocker quotes, has moved into a new era by crafting a "Beerland" range that poured out for the first time at Wednesday's opening of the Northbridge Brewing Company.
After a stint throwing early-morning newspapers and magazines out of a car window as part of the family business he started after a long career as the Swan Brewery's master brewer, Mr Arrowsmith has hopped back into his life-long comfort zone.
His new home at NBC Beerland features three bar levels, including an open-air "skydeck", and the $800,000 fit-out has come complete with timber salvaged from the old Perry Lakes Stadium, recycled bricks, lights and fittings sourced from ebay and a hulking wooden beam from the Art Deco Ford Factory in North Fremantle.
Mr Arrowsmith started his beer career in 1979 through accidental "serendipity". He was an assistant chemist at the Swan Brewery after completing an applied science degree at the then WA Institute of Technology (now Curtin University).
He oversaw the 1992 introduction of Emu Draft and coyly described himself as the Emu Bitter "custodian" when its popularity boomed in the late 1980s into the 1990s. Not unlike his creative beer flair, he said Swan marketers had stretched his image on Emu cans.
"A fair bit of artistic licence was taken with the caricature," he said. "It was representing me, but I doubt if they actually looked at a photo of me and drew that. It was just all about putting good beer values in the brand and it took off."
Mr Arrowsmith believed there was healthy competition in the growing number of boutique beer brewers in WA. And the proliferation of new brews went hand-in-hand with the changing will of punters.
"Generationally, you find the beer preferences change," he said.
"You go back to the early baby boomers and Swan Lager was the go. Then a whole new generation came out and they weren't going to drink the same beer their fathers drank, so they drank Emu Export.
"There has been a tremendous journey of change and development and the whole industry changing around you. It's becoming more and more competitive and everywhere you turn around, someone is opening a new craft brewery."
Mr Arrowsmith said the Beerland range, which he loved like children, had been 18 months in the making and had been narrowed from 20 brews down to four styles. He also drew a battleline with winemakers, claiming his craft was more intricate.
"We taught them all they know," he said, admitting he always has an Emu Bitter in his home fridge.
"The amount of scientific research done into the brewing industry over the years predated any research in wine by about 80 to 100 years. I've always loved beer and I knew from my first taste of the industry that it was for me . . . you end up with a passion for it."
NBC has the capacity to produce 150,000 litres of beer annually and will also feature eight other predominantly craft labels. Its tavern licence does not allow it to move into the packaged beer market with the Beerland label.
Part-owner Mike Keiller, who has owned the adjacent Mustang Bar with partner Mike Rasheed since 1998, said part of the project's mission was to help "activate" the Northbridge Piazza.
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Much like its Mediterranean counterpart, this Mexican-inspired bean mixture works well as a dip for tortilla chips and fresh vegetables, but its also a tasty spread on tortillas or whole grain bread. Its so good, however, you may just want to eat it with a spoon.
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- Carbohydrate Content: 11 g
- Fat Content: 14 g
- Fiber Content: 8 g
- Protein Content: 15 g
- Saturated Fat Content: 2 g
- Sodium Content: 336 mg
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This topic contains 8 replies, has 6 voices, and was last updated by Andrew Krzmarzick 7 years, 10 months ago.
October 8, 2012 at 1:40 am #170676
Anyone notice that the number of people viewing their posts on their Facebook fan pages has gone done?
I noticed the # of people that saw our GL facebook posts went down around Sep 17th and a couple of listservs I've on mentioned as well
Any gov't agencies notice this? This isn't the # of fans – but the # next to each post that says X number of people saw this post.
One article about it: Facebook Algorithmic Change to Decrease Reach on Brand Page Posts
Another describing the change: http://edgerankchecker.com/blog/2012/10/facebook-decreases-pages-reach/
October 8, 2012 at 12:53 pm #170692
Andrew KrzmarzickKeymaster
My hunch is that it's tied to this: https://www.govloop.com/forum/topics/would-you-pay-for-facebook
Pay for reach…
October 8, 2012 at 1:44 pm #170690
Henry BrownParticipant
Would offer that Facebook is trying to figure out ways to make money and satisfy the shareholders and along with Andy's reposting of facebook wanting to charge users for postings, I offer these three recent stories..
From ArsTechnica
Give a store your e-mail address, it'll find you on Facebook
Facebook admits it: retail chains can use hashed e-mails to find and target users.
From Facebook:
Facebook Exchange (FBX) gives marketers an opportunity to bid on showing ads in real time. Approved third-party service providers work with Facebook and marketers to enable this process. We agree with a provider on an ID number (separate from your Facebook ID) for each visitor's browser. If someone then visits Facebook and his or her browser has that ID, we notify the service provider, who tells us when a marketer wants to show a particular ad. This allows marketers to show you ads relevant to your existing relationship with them – and without them needing to send us any personal information about you.
From CNET:
Protecting your privacy online sometimes seems like an uphill battle, but it is certainly worth the effort. Facebook has paired up with a data collection company called Datalogix with the goal of improving its advertisement system. The process uses information from programs like loyalty cards and pairs online data with offline data, putting your privacy at a greater risk.
October 9, 2012 at 6:57 pm #170688
Henry BrownParticipant
Because it is in the early stages of testing, suspect that this is currently NOT having much impact but IMO it won't be long!
October 10, 2012 at 10:54 am #170686
Ori HofferParticipant
Our reach had fallen off a cliff – exactly at the moment this was implemented. We were at a high of 5,000 on Sept. 17, now our reach is 1,200. I had a feeling something was going on with Edge Rank, but this is ridiculous.
October 10, 2012 at 5:17 pm #170684
Seriously – it's crazy. And too often people just focus on # of fans when it's really all about Edge Rank and # seeing your post
October 15, 2012 at 2:30 pm #170682
Julie ChaseParticipant
We can "look" at our agency FB page and glean what we can. However, we cannot comment from work. FOUO and warning banner comes into play, so folks here don't even bother.
October 22, 2012 at 2:41 am #170680
A friend asked whether Facebook places a reduced Edge Rank on Facebook posts that come from an external source rather than posted from directly within Facebook. Any ideas?
October 24, 2012 at 7:38 pm #170678
Teri CentnerParticipant
I've been hearing a lot of chatter lately because Facebook now requires page administrators to pay to promote their updates if they want their content to be seen by *all* their fans. If they do not pay to promote their posts, only about 10% of their fans will receive updates on their Facebook feeds. Details are available at https://www.facebook.com/business/fmc/guides/reach.
Fans can do the following to keep RECEIVING ALL POSTS:
– Hover your mouse over the "Like" button near the page's name (or on the gear symbol next to it)
– In the drop-down menu select "ADD TO INTEREST LISTS".
– Then create an interest list (and make a name for your favorite sites).
– When you view that interest list you will see ALL of the posts from your favorite pages and you won't miss anything important!
Some pages are starting to send these instructions to their fans, but other people I know are abandoning their fan pages and going back to being an "individual" who gets friended instead of liked. (I hope that makes sense.)
I don't run a government FB page, but do I run three fan pages for volunteer organizations, which is why I've been pondering this change. I think I'm going to stick with them. Each organization may have the need at some point to run small advertisements with budgets of $50 or less. The page should also make us easier to find whether people search Facebook or Google, since pages get cataloged by Google.
Here are a couple of posts I've found that address the new normal:
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I just heard about the tragic death at the Pacific Crest Triathlon in Sunriver. We're all aware of the risks we take when pushing our bodies to the limit, but it is just so shocking when something like this happens.
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Patrick Findlay, of Renton, Wash., was swimming in Wickiup Reservoir, the first leg of the three-stage race, when he suffered an unknown medical problem and swam to a nearby boat for help, said Sgt. Ronny Dozier of the Deschutes County Sheriff's Office. Volunteers helped Findlay onto a jet ski and took him to shore, where they attempted to resuscitate him.
Emergency personnel from the Sheriff's Office, U.S. Forest Service and La Pine emergency medical technicians were alerted at 9:40 a.m. and responded to the scene, but Dozier said Findlay was pronounced dead before he could be taken to the hospital.


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