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Twice a year, Yoga One is proud to host our interdisciplinary Yoga One Teacher Training to educate, empower and transform a diverse group of individuals into more dedicated yogis and new yoga teachers. Here are some reflections from our recent graduates on what the course is really like:
1. How did your experience of yoga or personal practice evolve over the course of Yoga One Teacher Training?
My relationship to yoga became more intimate. I think of yoga all the time now. I constantly recognize relationships between contrasts such as inhale/exhale, backbend/forward-bend, warming/cooling, energizing/relaxing, busy/reflective, light/dark, sun/moon, new/old, and past/present to find the balance in each. – Hannah F.
I learned to be more aware of my alignment to avoid injury. I also learned that everything is core work in yoga! – Courtney B.
While I had attended yoga classes at Yoga One four or five times each week, prior to teacher training, I had not started a personal practice. Now I practice at home as well as at the studio. I enjoyed learning about the history of yoga, both in class and from the readings. The teachers' manual that Yoga One put together is a wonderful resource. – Laurie A.
My relationship with yoga had refined by the end of the course. Yoga is being present and giving enthusiastic attention to your journey on and off the mat. It is connecting to your spirituality (whatever that may be) through a deeper exploration and understanding of your own body and breath. – Kristin S.
2. What was the most valuable piece of information you learned?
I learned how to keep my shoulders integrated in every pose. I realized I had previously had improper shoulder alignment and was constantly sore from it. Now I experience very little soreness keeping my shoulders aligned properly. – Courtney B.
The most fun aspect of this course was the friendships that I developed with the other trainees. We all had an element of vulnerability as we practice-taught on each other and shared the challenge of the breakdown and rebuilding of a new understanding of yoga as a complete body/mind experience. – Hannah F.
Just learning the basics of alignment. I can finally find my balance in Vrksasana (Tree)!(Well, not always, but I'm a lot better.) – Laurie A.
That the journey is what matters most, not the destination. I find so much peace in that. – Kristin S.
The specifics of asana, yoga philosophy, and anatomy were thoroughly taught by incredibly competent, patient, and generous teachers. The content was beautifully organized and taught in large yet manageable chunks. The sense of community between trainees and the nurturing learning environment facilitated by the teachers created a really rewarding and fun experience. – Sarah S.
3. How Yoga One Teacher Training impacted my life:
It made me more aware of my own body while doing yoga! I am constantly adjusting myself during my practice, whereas before I didn't really put much effort into my alignment. – Courtney B.
There is more to yoga than asanas (poses). And I learned that I don't have to do the asanas perfectly. In fact, I have all the time in the world to improve! Yoga One Teacher Training also impacted my life by introducing me to some wonderful people. I was one of the older participants and I enjoyed the diversity of participants and instructors. We came from all over the globe. We had different past experiences in yoga and brought different hopes, dreams and plans to our yoga mats. – Laurie A.
I find more harmony in my practice and the little universe on my yoga mat. By incorporating yoga daily I find that harmony in all aspects of my life more and more. It is a constant effort and learning exercise but practicing yoga with intention on and off the mat is what it is all about! – Kristin S.


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What about you? What do you want to read this week? Share and join the fun!
November 6, 2011
TBR Intervention #1
What about you? What do you want to read this week? Share and join the fun!
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Oh My Gravy!!! (re)Visions: Alice looks so good! I loved your comment about The Foul Mouth and the Fanged Lady on my IMM I was a little worried about it. But, we normally like the same thing so you just made me super happy:) I hope you enjoy both your books!ReplyDelete
This is a great idea, but I don't think I could commit to it. I DO need to read Remembrance too. I think I'll try to get that one read this month.ReplyDelete
Wow! Two books! I hope you'll enjoy and finish both =) (re)Visions:Alice is kinda new to me. I actually haven't heard of this one before. I'm not a huge fan of Alice In Wonderland, but I remember enjoying the TV series when I was young (very very young! that was ages ago lol!) Anyway, I love fairy tales and I'm making a guess that you love them too? I'm 29 but I still love those sort of books... Ok, too much blabbing... sorry! =PReplyDelete
Thank you for participating in this week's TBRIC. You can still post any day =) it's open for the whole week. I hope you can join us again next weekend =) I'm usually the first one to post but I am always late for replies and comments *sigh*. Hehe, I hope you can bear with me *wink*
I'm a new follower now, I hope you're having a great week! I'm really glad you've joined!
xoxo, april
Hi, Ron!ReplyDelete
Thank you so much for commenting on my review of THE ACADEMY, by T.P. Boje. I greatly appreciated your very detailed, thorough analysis of the review! You ROCK.
What an interesting new feature this is! I have a similar one, titled "On My Bookshelves", except that with mine, I don't commit to reading the books that particular
week. Sigh...I don't know WHEN I'll read them, to be honest. I have two jobs, so there's not much time...and I want to read AND blog!!
I've heard of the Alice book, since it's from the same publisher that released ERIKOS. Wonder if they'll send me another printed ARC...you see, I've told them that I don't like to read ebooks. So I was lucky to get EREKOS. But this one...I don't know. Still, it can't hurt to try, right?
The other book has a gorgeous cover! Yes, I wish I had that mask myself, plus whatever she's wearing on her head! Lol. And you say the plot involves reincarnation, and the Regency era? Oh, I definitely WANT this book!
Great picks!! CONGRATS!! : )
Thanks everyone for stopping by! Now, let's see...ReplyDelete
@Rebecca: (re)Visions gotta be great! It's the second book I get from Candlemark and Gleam publishers, and for now I'm really liking what I read! About Foul Mouth and Fanged Lady, my own review should be up within this week... The version I had (from August) had some typo here or there, but it didn't pull me out from the reading and I enjoyed the main character so much! Hope you like it too!
@Christy: Not sure whether I can commit to it either! I'm going to try super hard, though... because I need to get those books read! And reviewed... Might need to make a TBR(eviewed) IC one of these days...
@April. Hi! Actually, I have plenty of mixed feelings about Alice (I think I tried to read it for the first time when I was waaaay too young to understand the mental mumbo jumbo behind the text) but I do trust the editor behind the project and the summaries for the short stories were all original and enticing... We'll see on the review just how much! You're right on the account of me loving fairy tales, though... I know I can be any author's nightmare, too, because I like my folklore to be well researched and protrayed! But well, I'm babling too... Thanks for the welcome! :)
@Maria: Hehe... I know all about the time juggling. I'm trying to keep my job, get a level exam passed in december, write that damned novel once and for all, and keep up with the blog! Still, Remembrance is really worth of the effort of squeezing two books in one week, from what I hear. Plenty of noise about it... So yes, must read!
Hello Ron! Thank you for participating in the TBR Intervention Challenge. God knows we all have huge piles of books to read but we never had time or we simply forgot some of them.ReplyDelete
And now, you're starting with two books! Wow! I've never heard of (re)Visions: Alice before but Alice in Wonderland was a good book and I loved reading it as a child. I think I've read another reinterpretation of Alice - The Looking Glass Wars and it was so good.
I'm also a fan of reincarnation stories and Remembrance was really good! Hmmm... I wonder if there will be a sequel.
Anyway, good luck!
Hi Ayanami! Thanks for the welcome!ReplyDelete
Heh, I had to start with two books because I'm falling so far behind on what I'm supposed to read and review... November's crazy, what with studying for the japanese proficenty test, attempting to win NaNoWriMo and keeping on top of the books I really want to read and share!
I'll let you know how (re)Visions: Alice turns out. I've gone through the original and the first story for now, and it's so cool! Remembrance does have a sequel, by the way: it's called Vengeance, and the cover reveal was just a couple weeks back or so. That's what made me decide that I really needed to get to Remembrance!
Great picks! Gook luck and thanks for stopping by my blog!ReplyDelete
Oooo...(re)Visions: Alice looks really interesting, I'll be interested to see what you have to say about all the stories! Are they all written in the style of Lewis Carroll?ReplyDelete
And Remembrance. I feel like every time I turn around I bump into this book and I just need to read it already! I also feel like I must go out and buy an extremely ornate masquerade mask... immediately. I can't wait to hear what you have to say about this book as well, as it seems like everyone loves it. :)
So glad you were able to join us this week and I'm sorry I'm just getting around to your post!
@Gwenny: Thanks!ReplyDelete
@Dani: The two first stories out of the four in (re)Visions rock! I'll have to read a bit faster if I want to win the challenge, though... I think I will, because I really want to. Expect Alice's review by Monday next week, and Remembrance... er... soon thereafter. I hope. But in any case, don't worry about being late at all! It was great to you see here, thanks for stopping by!

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I'm not sure what I like better here: the fact that this lamp runs through every color of the spectrum, or that it has a remote so I don't even have to get up.
Made by French company Colonne, the 6' lamp uses two RGB drivers and 14 LEDs to power the three-color LED lighting system. And much like TVs, this lamp can reproduce the entire color spectrum by adjusting the levels of these three colors.
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The Bywater Family
The Bywaters were a wealthy banking family
in Leeds. The 1837 White's Directory lists Leeds Commercial Banking Co
at 33 Commercial Street, directors JR Bywater,Edw,Charlesworth and
Thomas Motley. Rainforth, Bywater, Charlesworth &
Co issued banknotes see below.
Thomas Bywater b.1749 m. Mary
children of Thomas and Mary
James b. 1770 d.1794
Sarah b.1772
Hannah b. 1775 d. 1801 m. Thomas Snow
Joseph b.1777 m. Ann Higgins
Elizabeth b.1778 d.1781
Samuel b.1782 d. 1784
Mary b.1785 d.1787
William b.1787
Mary Ann b.1789
John Rainforth b. 1792 m. Mary Idle
children of John and Mary
Caroline b. 1817 d. 1880 m. William Sykes Ward
Charlotte m. Henry Nelson
Mary Jane
The Bank of England has not always been the sole issuer of bank notes in England and Wales. Acts of 1708 and 1709 had given it a partial monopoly by making it unlawful for companies or partnerships of more than six people to set up banks and issue notes. The ban did not extend to the many provincial bankers – the so-called country bankers – who were all either individuals or small family concerns. However, the Country Bankers' Act of 1826 allowed the establishment of note issuing joint-stock banks with more than six partners, but not within 65 miles of London. The Act also allowed the Bank of England to open branches in major provincial cities (including Leeds), which gave it more outlets for its notes.
In 1833 the Bank's
notes were made legal tender for all sums above £5 in England and
Wales so that, in the event of a crisis, the public would still be
willing to accept the Bank's notes and its bullion reserves would be
safeguarded. It was the 1844 Bank Charter Act which was the key to the
Bank achieving its gradual monopoly of the note issue in England and
Wales. Under the Act no new banks of issue could be established and
existing note issuing banks were barred from expanding their issue.
Those, whose issues lapsed, because, for example, they merged with a
non-issuing bank, forfeited their right of issue. The last private bank
notes in England and Wales were issued by the Somerset bank, Fox,
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After reaching the Cochin Airport or Ernakulam railway station we will drop you to the specified hotel. Afternoon, tour start with some local sightseeing around Cochin. Enjoy with the beauty of Arabian Sea, one of the finest natural harbours in the World. Also the one of the major center for commerce and trade. The sightseeing attractions of Cochin are Jewish Street, Dutch Palace, St. Francis Church, Jewish Synagogue and Chinese Fishing Nets. Stay overnight in Cochin.
After taking breakfast your journey will start towards Munnar. First check in to the hotel and spend rest of the day some sightseeing. Munnar is the majestic hill station in Kerala. It is located 1600m above the sea level and at the confluence of 3 mountain streams such as Mudrapuzha , Nallathanni & Kundale. Munnar is rich in bio-diversity with the spices of flora and fauna. Nearest sightseeing of Munnar includes Echo point, Mattupetty Dam and Kundale Lake . Afternoon proceed to the Rajamalai . Arranged overnight stay at Munnar.
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Two of Newcastle's new players Matt Richie and Grant Hanley both started for Scotland last night in the 5-1 win in Malta, but after taking an early lead Malta surprised Scotland by equalizing after 13 minutes and it was still 1-1 at half-time.
But Scotland went on to win 5-1 and made a good start to their World Cup qualifying.
But during that first half it was a little scary for Scotland being held by a side that is ranked 176th in the world.
Scotland are ranked 51st with England 13th, Wales 11th and Northern Ireland 28th.
Scotland's team before the game in Malta
Hanley at the back – number 5 and Ritchie at front – number 11
Robert Snodgrass of Hull City scored a great hat-trick in what turned out to be a comfortable win for Gordon Strachan's side after two Malta players were sent off.
Scotland are in the same group F as England, Slovakia and Lithuania – so some tougher tests lie ahead for the Scots.
Speaking to The Scottish Sun after the game Gordon Strachan seemed a relieved man and he picked out Newcastle winger Matt Ritchie as one player for some special praise:
"Everybody had concern. We were lucky we had a bunch of lads who could deal with the stress that manifested itself because of that goal."
"A lot of teams have not got that." "It just shows that in a crisis they can deal with it, these players, and that was a crisis at 1-1."
"The fans went from everybody enjoying themselves to 'Uh oh'."
"I thought Barry Bannan was excellent under pressure."
"Matt Ritchie excellent, Snodgrass just when the pressure was on. They were good and Darren Fletcher, as well, never flinched,"
Matt Ritchie will be gaining from the excellent coaching of Rafa Benitez and he has looked a very good player for the Magpies so far this season.
Matt Ritchie in action for Scotland yesterday
It was good to see the two Newcastle lads get a start last night in what turned out to be a good result in the end for Scotland after a little scare in that first half.
Reading the reports of the match in Scotland today it seems Grant looked a little rusty in the first half, but that's probably due to him not playing too much at Newcastle yet – that should change soon.
In the same group F England won in Slovakia 1-0 yesterday with a 95th minute winner from Adam Lallana in Sam Allardyce's debut as the England manager.
Comments welcome.
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Ritchie and Gayle have been the stand out players for us so far this season, Townsend was great for us but due to Ritchie he hasn't been missed as Ritchie has been that good, and Gayle is a natural goal scorer who is also a great team player using his pace and movement to great effect, however both of them need Hayden to continue doing so well in the midle of the pitch because without the ball both Ritchie and Gayle would be wasted, those three have so far been key, and they are all British, hopefully that fact will resonate with Ashley and he then continues to allow Rafa to do it his way and not that silly young foreign way.
I don't think Hanley is a bad defender that part of his job he can do well and there will not be many strikers who will beat him in the air!
To get the best out of him you need to be playing with a pacy ball playing centre half beside him such as Mbemba!
Scotland unfortunately have Martin playing beside him who makes Hanley look a lot worse than he actually is! It was Martin who fell asleep for the Malta goal
Benítez is always trying to improve me'
Murvar said "Sterling was awful". May I add to that observation. So was Kane – 2 players who have been so out of form since March/April that neither should be anywhere near an England team at the moment. I stress 'at the moment' as both are talented but need the confidence of playing well for their clubs for a period before being picked again.


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Summer At Sea is a romance novel written by Beth Labonte. Afraid to break her mother's heart, Summer Eve Hartwell still lives at home with her parents. At 26 years of age, Summer is determined to get married, enabling her to leave home and escape being under her mother's thumb. When her brother, Eric, buys luxury cruise tickets for the family, thanks to the fortune he'd made inventing a Fart App, Summer pins her hopes that Mr. Right will be found on the luxury liner. At the last minute, however, Eric cancels his own ticket, sending his fortune-from-flatulence business partner, Graham Blenderman, in his place. Graham's objective in going on the cruise is to try to make Summer's parents lighten up a little (or, rather, a whole lot), whilst simultaneously trying to help Summer stand up for herself and gain some self-confidence. Being aboard a cruise ship means that the likelihood of Summer running into her parents while on the hunt for her future husband is high, whether she is poolside, at a bar or on the dance floor. The events which take place during the cruise rattle Summer quite a bit, as her parents seem set out to embarrass her at every turn. Throughout all of the hilarity and the drama, whether real or imagined by Summer's parents, one thing's for certain: this is a cruise that none of them will ever forget.
Caution: Do not read this book in public where noise is forbidden, as laughing out loud is inevitable. Beth Labonte's tale of a young librarian who is desperate to be liberated from her parents' strict rules is one of the funniest books I have read to date. With Summer's parents being more than 40 years her senior, they are very old fashioned and set in their ways. Unwilling to permit their daughter to leave home until she is married, Mr. and Mrs. Hartwell give the reader many-a-cause for an eye-roll or three. If you are having a bad day, Summer At Sea is just the therapy you need. Not only does it show how utterly humiliating two parents can be, but it also sends shock waves through your funny bone, causing those around you to stare as you giggle uncontrollably. I can personally say that the images left in my head of what can possibly happen during a relaxing massage have shaken me and are impossible to erase... I couldn't be more thrilled! While there are a few darker moments in the book, showing how underhanded people can be when they think you have a lot of money, each dark event fits perfectly in place within the story line, teaching the reader a lesson or two at the same time. I cannot express enough how much I enjoyed Summer At Sea, and recommend it to readers over the age of 15 years who like romance, suspense, drama and hilarity, all wrapped into one small, perfect package.


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Saba Weather
Saba weather is relatively mild year-round, but the island does have its high and low seasons like the rest of the region The best time to visit Saba is during the peak season, between mid-December and mid-April, after hurricane seasons has passed and the rains have mostly stopped.
Winter: These months are popular times to visit, as many travelers are looking to escape the cold and snow. Saba weather is very consistent, with an average daily high in the low 80s and lows in the mid-70s. In the winter, the temperature can dip below 70 at night, but it's still quite warm. The Carnival season, which usually occurs in February or March, is a great time to visit if you want to learn about local culture.
Spring: The warm temperatures and lack of rain continue into March and April, though prices for airfare and hotels are higher at this time of year. It's a great time to be outdoors, as you can count on staying dry—if you climb to the top of Mount Scenery, you just need to bring a few extra layers for the cooler temperatures you'll find at the summit. Otherwise, you'll just need your beach gear and some snorkeling or diving equipment.
Summer: The rainy season and higher humidity begin in the summer, and though temperatures are not significantly higher than winter and spring patterns, they can reach the mid to high 80s, and the heat index may be higher. If you need a beach trip, however, the humidity might not matter, and you can spend your time scuba diving with fewer tourists than you'll see later in the year. If you are traveling on a budget, the best time to visit Saba is in the summer and fall; airfare and hotels with almost certainly be cheaper.
Fall: Late summer is the least popular time to visit Saba, as hurricane season, which generally lasts from late August through early October, can bring strong tropical storms to the region. Because of the weather, some travelers stay away from the Caribbean at this time of year, but if you don't mind a little uncertainty and some potentially heavy rain (Saba averages 46 inches a year), this can be a pleasant time to go, with lower prices and fewer tourists.
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Expect more on Doom multiplayer in the coming months.
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Oh joy. Attack of the unhappy RINOs, who are content to lie down for destruction.
Via Breitbart:
On Sunday, Chris Wallace, the host of Fox News Sunday, said that Republicans in Washington were savaging Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) behind Cruz's back before Cruz's appearance on the program to discuss defunding Obamacare.
In an appearance on Washington D.C.'s Fox 5 to preview his Sunday show, Wallace said, "I will tell you I have never in my time in Washington seen a party so upset with one of its own members."
He said he had been flooded with opposition research on Cruz–from Republicans. Later on Fox News Sunday, Wallace said these "top Republicans" gave him "unsolicited research and questions" to "hammer" Cruz.
"Since we announced that Ted Cruz was going to be on the show, I've been getting background research and questions going after Cruz not from Democrats but from other Republicans," Wallace said on Fox 5. "They really feel he has put them in this corner that they can't get out of gracefully and they're not very happy with him."


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Terrorists lurking in Nagpur, warns Muslim activist
July 27th, 2008
Nagpur, July 27 (IANS) A Muslim activist who created a flutter after the Jaipur bomb blasts by disclosing that his weekly newspaper 'Iman Ki Awaz' had predicted the bombings now says that similar "terror activities" are underway in Nagpur and other parts of Maharashtra. "Workers of the banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) are indoctrinating youth and recruiting them in Vidarbha and elsewhere in Maharashtra for use in terrorist acts," Mohammed Hameed Engineer, who heads the Indian Muslim Association 'Noori' (IMAN), told IANS.
IMAN, which claims to propagate Hindu-Muslim unity and runs a sustained campaign against terrorism through its mouthpiece 'Iman Ki Awaz', holds a view that the Wahabi sect among Muslims is mainly behind the terrorist activities across the world including India and that they have a hand in the blasts in Bangalore and Ahmedabad.
"Though SIMI is banned, its mother organisation Jamat-e-Islami is not and SIMI functionaries are active in Nagpur, Digras, Pusad, Umarkhed and Akola in Vidarbha besides Malegaon in western Maharashtra," Engineer said.
While Digras in Yavatmal district was a scene of communal clashes last week and the other towns with sizeable Muslim population are known as 'sensitive' places, Nagpur, where the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) headquarters is always viewed to as a potential terrorist target, is considered a SIMI hotspot too.
Nagpur has meanwhile been placed on high alert with over 3,000 police personnel including 200 officers deployed at sensitive places including the RSS headquarters, Additional Commissioner of Police Babasaheb Kangale said.


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Traditional publishing, Part 2: How do I approach an editor or agent about my book?Posted: June 27, 2012 | Author: Sue Fagalde Lick | Filed under: Book publishing, queries | Tags: book publishing, book queries, querying agents and editors, writing a query letter |1 Comment
I had written this whole post when it got eaten in cyberspace. I think it was God reaching down and saying, hey, that's boring. (Also, don't forget to hit "save.") So we'll try a new format. I enjoy reading questions and answers. Maybe you do, too. Here goes.
I want to try traditional publishing first. I have found a publisher I think might like my book. How do I start?
First, read their guidelines. You can probably find them at their website, where you can also find their catalog and see if your book is a good fit. They will ask for a query, a proposal (nonfiction) or synopsis (fiction), a complete manuscript, or they will say they only accept submissions from agents. If it's the latter and you don't have an agent, either try another publisher or start working on getting an agent. Agents will also want to see a query, a proposal or synopsis, or the complete manuscript, so let's start with the query.
How do I write a query letter for a book?
A query for a book is much like the query for an article. They are both short, usually one page. In a few paragraphs, you must grab the reader's attention, tell about the book, explain who you are and why you're qualified to write it, and why people would want to read it.
That first paragraph is the key. You may have heard the word "pitch." This is a brief kick-ass summary that you will need every time you tell someone about your book, whether you're trying to sell it to a publisher or agent, writing text for the back cover, or sitting at a book table trying to sell a copy to someone who pauses to peruse your cover. It needs to tell what kind of book it is–if fiction, what genre, if nonfiction; is it memoir, how-to, history, or what?–and what it's about in a few sentences. If you can't sum it up in a paragraph, you're not ready to sell it, so take time to work on your pitch. For examples, look at catalog descriptions and the back covers of other books. Also look at the blurbs used to describe movies.
While you're at it, tell them whether or not the book is finished and how long it is. Describe it in words, not pages. For example, "The book is complete at approximately 100,000 words" or "I have written 10 chapters and expect the finished book to be about 80,000 words." With varying print sizes and the explosion of e-publishing options, your page numbers probably won't match those of the finished product.
When telling about yourself, stick to the most relevant information. Unless your book is for children or is about parenting, they don't need to know that you have three kids. What they do need to know is what you have published before, whether you already have an audience through classes, talks, blogs or other media, and whether you have special knowledge or training in your subject. If you are writing about dogs and you're a veterinarian, tell them.
You should know what other similar books have already been published. If you can say there's nothing on the market like your book–and you're sure it's true–that's a plus. Otherwise, tell the reader what your book offers that the others don't? Why will people buy it?
Finally, tell them you'll be glad to send a detailed proposal or even the whole book, if they're interested, and you look forward to hearing from them.
Ideally, they'll respond quickly with a "Yes! I can't wait to see it."
How do I send the query?
Most publishers will accept emailed queries, but check the guidelines to be sure. Look for the name of the person who handles queries for your type of book and address your query to them by name. Use the word query in your subject line as in: Pit Bull book query. Don't forget to include your contact information.
If the publisher prefers snail mail queries, it's back to old-school methods. Type your query letter on good white paper, fold it in thirds and put it in a business-size envelope, along with a self-addressed stamped envelope for their reply.
If all they want is a query, keep it short and don't send anything else.
Can I send my query to more than one publisher or agent at a time?
Yes. If they show interest and want more, than I personally think you should let them have an exclusive look, but you should definitely query more than one publisher or agent at a time because it takes so much time to get a response. Mention in your letter that you are querying others. Just make sure that you personalize each query. Don't do a mass emailing; send each query separately.
Next week: the proposal
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WAM Theatre Announces Collaboration with Arizona's Bridge Initiative
WAM Theatre is delighted to announce that their 2017 Fresh Takes Play reading series will begin with The Flora and Fauna by Alyson Mead, winner of the Arizona-based Bridge Initiative: Women in Theatre New Work Contest. The play chronicles the celebrations and challenges of a female friendship that spans almost 30 years. Additionally, this opening reading of the Fresh Takes Series will be a partnership with the Berkshire Festival of Women Writers, with a portion of the box office proceeds from the reading going to the Festival.
The WAM reading will take place at 3:30 pm on Sunday, March 12 at No. 6 Depot in West Stockbridge. WAM Artistic Associate and Fresh Takes Curator/Producer Molly Clancy will direct.
"I'm honored to be directing The Flora and Fauna for WAM, and excited about our national collaboration with The Bridge Initiative and our local partnership with The Berkshire Festival of Women Writers," said Molly Clancy. "Supporting women artists is at the heart of WAM's mission, and I am especially passionate about supporting new plays written by women. Joining together with other organizations, nationally and locally, that share those same values is a wonderful way to open our 2017 season."
The Bridge Initiative is an Arizona nonprofit working to identify and empower female artists in the Southwest region. One of it's co-founders and co-producing artistic directors, Tracy Liz Miller, was a director for WAM's Fresh Takes reading series in 2013.
The Bridge Initiative's New Work Contest received more than 163 eligible plays and musicals, submitted from 25 states, the District of Columbia, and international locations. Over the course of six months, the works were adjudicated by a team of professional theatre practitioners from both Arizona and across the country, including representatives from WAM, who produce, act, direct, write, and teach. Every submission was scored anonymously, on criteria of originality, storytelling, dialogue, characters, and an X factor ("I want to see this play").
"It seemed absolutely necessary to me to connect with WAM Theatre as soon as Brenda Foley (Bridge Initiative's other co-producing Artistic Director) and I began to look at partnering with other companies to give our playwright more development opportunities," Miller said. "Having proudly worked with Kristen previously, I knew that WAM's mission aligned with ours and that the combination of the Fresh Takes series and our new play contest was a perfect fit. We all look forward to helping Alyson meet her artistic mission with this play."
"Prior to coming to the Berkshires The Flora and Fauna will spend a week in Arizona, where Mead and New York City-based new play development expert Stefanie Sertich will be in residence workshopping the play - working on rewrites and strengthening the piece," Foley explained. "Then, after WAM's reading in March, the new draft will also be read at the Magnolia Theatre in Ohio and the InProximity Theatre in NYC. Hearing the audience response in different regions, as well as seeing different artistic teams interpret her work, will be a huge asset to the playwright as she polishes her script in anticipation of a full production."
Additionally, The Bridge Initiative has named two plays Honorable Mention winners. Sarah Bierstock's Honor Killing follows an American reporter investigating a murder in Pakistan. In Anchuli King's White Pearl, six women from six Asian countries collide in the boardroom of a whitening skin cream brand.
WAM Theatre will announce the full schedule for their 8th season, including the rest of the Fresh Takes series, on February 28.
The Bridge Initiative is an Arizona nonprofit working to identify and empower female artists in the Southwest region, with the aim of gender parity across all theatrical disciplines. Its mission also includes bridging the gap between academia and the professional world to encourage students to envision a clearer path to becoming lifelong artists. Visit www.bridgeinit.com
The Berkshire Festival of Women Writers inspires, nourishes and strengthens women's creative voices by offering stimulating workshops and events year-round designed to encourage women and girls to engage with one another and their communities, and develop as creative leaders. For the past six years, hundreds of women writers of all ages, from teens to seniors, have participated in the annual Berkshire Festival of Women Writers, held in March, Women's History Month, featuring workshops, readings, performances and screenings at venues throughout Berkshire County MA and the adjacent Berkshire region. Visit www.berkshirewomenwriters.org
Mead studied at Yale University, the Slade School of Art in London, NYU's Tisch School of the Arts and with iO West, UCB and Tectonic Theatre Project. Her award-winning plays have been staged at Off-Off Broadway and regional theaters around the country and in London, including La MaMa, St. Mark's Church, 8BC, Pasadena Playhouse, Venus Theatre, Women Playwrights Conference, Limelight, the Other Space Theater, the Hudson, Atwater Village Theater and Sacred Fools, among others. She's published by Original Works Publishing, and is a member of the Dramatists Guild, the Ensemble Studio Theatre's Playwriting Unit and the Los Angeles Female Playwrights Initiative. Visit www.alysonmead.com
About the Director: MOLLY CLANCY
WAM Theatre: Artistic Associate, Fresh Takes Play Reading Series Curator & Producer, Director for Water by the Spoonful and The Last Wife, Assistant Director for In Darfur, How The World Began and Seven Homeless Mammoths Wander New England. Regional Theatre: Molly currently works at Shakespeare & Company as the Publicity Director and previously worked at Florida Studio Theatre (Sarasota, FL) and Home Made Theatre (Saratoga Springs, NY). Additional Directing: SDC Foundation Observership Class 2015 - 2016, Charlotte's Web and The Wizard of Oz (Forest Lake Theatre) and The Rwandans' Visit (Lougheed Festival of the Arts at SUNY Potsdam). Additional Assistant Directing: Alice Reagan's Or, (Shakespeare & Company), Taibi Magar's Comedy of Errors (Shakespeare & Company) Training: SUNY Potsdam (BA in Theatre and English). Twitter: @MollyClancyy
WAM Theatre is funded in part by Mass Humanities, which receives support from the Massachusetts Cultural Council and is an affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities; and by the Massachusetts Cultural Council Cultural. Our 2017 sponsors include the Adams Community Bank, Berkshire Bank, Berkshire Magazine, Berkshire Sterile Manufacturing, Brabson Library & Educational Foundation, Canyon Ranch, Custom Business Solution, Dylandale Foundation, Futures HealthCore, Garden Gables, Greylock Federal Credit Union, Guido's Fresh Marketplace, In Touch Printing, International Schools Theatre Association, Interprint, Dr. Jay Wise, DDS & Dr. Casey Jones, DMD, Keator Group, LLC, Lee Bank, Massachusetts Cultural Council, MAXYMILLIAN Technologies, Methuselah Bar and Lounge, No. Six Depot Roastery and Café, RB Design Co., TSquared Design Studio, The Rookwood Inn, Rouge Restaurant & Bistro, A. von Schlegell & Co., the Dr. Robert C. and Tina Sohn Foundation.
WAM Theatre is also supported in part by grants from the Alford-Egremont, Dalton Cultural Council, Lenox Cultural Council, New Malborough Cultural Council, Pittsfield Cultural Council, Cultural Council of Northern Berkshires , Otis Cultural Council, West Stockbridge Cultural Council, Richmond Cultural Council - local agencies that are supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
Based in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, WAM Theatre is Where Arts and Activism Meet. The company was co-founded in 2010 by Canadian director, actor, educator, and producer Kristen van Ginhoven. WAM's vision is to create opportunity for women and girls through the mission of theatre as philanthropy.
Inspired by the book Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn, WAM donates a portion of the proceeds from its theatrical events to organizations that benefit women and girls.
Since 2010, WAM Theatre has donated more than $30,000 to eleven nonprofit organizations and provided paid work to more than 200 theatre artists. In addition to the main stage productions and special events, WAM Theatre's activities include a comprehensive educational outreach program and the Fresh Takes Play Reading Series. For more information, visit www.WAMTheatre.com


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alugha player - and the update racing goes on
The status bar of the YouTube player is always in the front, we always hide it. Now we have adapted the behaviour of the "mothership". If you watch a video on full-screen, the bar will be nearly completely hidden, you only see a small stripe (looks really stylish :)) as status bar which indicates the video position. The nice side-effect for our mobile player is that touch-events on Smartphones are now possible….which is very important on a tablet/smartphone ;-).
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Even the size and the position of the "bullet" now looks like the YouTube player, very stylish. If you watch a video the small circle, who states the position of the video, disappears. The bar will be smaller and we even adapted the style. The YouTube logo on the right bottom in our player quite often moved to the edge. The status bar of the player hide itself…. If you wanted to click on the YouTube video to watch the video directly on YouTube, the bar appeared over and over again and you had to be very quick to click the logo. This problem also has been rectified with the new update. The YouTube Logo is now fixed on the status bar and moves with the status bar and is easily clickable.
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绿茶婊 (lǜ chá biǎo), "Green tea bitch" is maybe the worst thing you can call a self-respecting Chinese female: A green tea bitch is a pure, fresh-faced, pretty, sugar sweet, cute, innocent-looking absolute bitch!
Explanation: Green tea is the purest type of tea, made from fresh, unprocessed tea leaves. Nothing mean can ever come from green tea. A green tea bitch, then, is that deceptive combination of an innocent good-girl appearance and a stone-cold bitch heart.
Soft-voiced, sweet-looking and more-pretty-than-sexy, green tea bitches emulate the typical Chinese "nice girl", typically with long, straight, black hair. They use no bling-bling in their make-up, since they prefer possible suitors to think they look natural and sweet.
Calculating and tricksy, they badmouth other girls (and as a result, they mostly have male friends) and make unsuspecting men pay for their shopping etc. Men love them. Women straight up hate them.
"When the weather gets better, let's go to the countryside together – but don't tell your wife."
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Once the cold weather hits, you'll likely notice a change in the appearance of your beloved vehicle. Suddenly, the normally pretty and shiny exterior of your whip degrades and what you're left with is a vicious coating of dirt and sand. A collection of empty water bottles, fast-food remnants and gum wrappers pile up at the foot of your passenger seat. When the birds begin to chirp and the temperatures rise, it's time to give your vehicle a little extra TLC. After you give your car a thorough cleaning, driving it becomes significantly more exciting, and what's better than rolling in a set of "brand new" wheels? We've put together some tips to help you spruce up your vehicle in time for the warm weather.
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The cold weather can certainly do some damage to your wiper blades. Between the frequency of use, freezing temperatures and damaging salts, there's a chance they may not survive a harsh winter. Once the cold temperatures subside and Spring is in the air, it's an awesome time to switch out your wiper blades. Although many local auto shops can help with this, it's fairly straightforward if you want to try doing it yourself. You can easily shop for the correct windshield wiper blades online by selecting the correct year, make, and model of your car. Another way to make sure you always have a clear windshield is by treating the glass with a product like Rain-X Original Glass Water Repellent from Advance Auto Parts. This treatment creates a slick barrier that repels moisture, making it easier for you to see during all types of weather. It will also extend the life of your wipers by allowing them to work less. Hey, we all need a break sometimes, right?
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The question of at what age/grade computers ought to be introduced to college students has been some extent of controversy for the previous twenty years since computers were first launched in a significant method into the classroom. As with most issues in education, research factors in two instructions: a) computer use at an early age (preschool – Kindergarten) has no real constructive academic advantages, and b) computer use with youngsters as younger as preschool has been proven to have positive educational advantages. Information technology saves on time and resources. A single worker will get more completed right this moment as a result of all his information is stored in a single large office computer. There isn't any extra need for a battery of file-clerks to dig up data for him and carry the recordsdata round on carts, whereas again within the office the worker guarantees people to get back in touch in a day or two when details about their accounts is dug up. No, he can provide solutions instantly with blinding speed. Fewer timber are consumed, and fewer brick-and-mortar buildings should be constructed.
Neil Armstrong asked Mission Management for clarification on the 1202 error. Jack Garman, a computer engineer at Nasa (pictured under, left), who worked on the Apollo Steering Program Part, told mission control that the error may very well be ignored in this occasion, which meant the mission could continue. Apollo eleven landed a number of seconds later. The larger the memory, the extra applications are in a position to run simultaneously with out freezing. A COMPUTER's inner memory is estimated or calculated in bytes. A computer with four GB (gigabytes) of RAM is naturally capable of dealing with more data directly than a computer with 2 GB RAM. These days, some laptops have up to 32 … Read the rest


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主讲人:阙郁伦(Yu-Lun Chueh) 教授
题目:Direct growth of 2D materials: Development of novel growth methods and its multifunctional applications
摘要:2D layered materials, including graphene, transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) allow the scaling down to atomically thin thicknesses and possess unique physical properties under dimensionality confinement. Chemical vapor deposition (CVD) process is the most popular approach for all kinds of 2D materials due to its high yield and quality. However, the transfer procedure has become one of the major limitations of the overall performance. In my talk, I will present several approaches, including ultra-fast microwave heating, plasma selective reaction, controlled segregation process by laser irradiation and metal vaper-assisted growth processes developed in my lab these years to directly grow graphene with controllable thicknesses on arbitrary substrates without any extra transfer process. Also, an inductively coupled plasma (ICP) was used to synthesize TMDs through a plasma-assisted selenization process of metal oxide (MOx) at a low temperature, as low as 250 °C. The applications including (1) water splitting, (2) gas sensors and (3) batteries will be reported.
简介:Prof. Yu-Lun Chueh received his Ph.D degree from the department of materials science and engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan in 2006 and worked as postdoctoral in electrical engineering and computer science, UC Berkeley from 2007-2009. He joined the department of materials science and engineering, National Tsing Hua University in 2009. Currently, He is a professor in the department of materials science and engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan. He has published 252 peer-reviewed papers and 25 patents with total citations >12000 and h-index of 52. The research activities of his lab are highly interdisciplinary and are committed to exploring new unpredicted levels of functional materials to enable new schemes on manipulating and processing of engineering nanomaterials in nanoelectronics and energy harvesting applications.
学院地址:甘肃省兰州市天水南路222号 邮编:730000


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Equinox Bloom is the first scent I've tried from Penhaligon's, it's such a wonderfully original scent, like nothing I've tried before…
Equinox Bloom is Penhaligon's first ever gourmand fragrance – which basically means it has edible or dessert-like qualities, as well as synthetic notes designed to resemble food flavours. Equinox Bloom was inspired by the quintessentially English tradition of afternoon tea – I pretty much live on tea so this really does tick all the boxes for me. It's floral yet not in a traditional sense, and it's definitely a transient scent on me, one moment feeling warm, then cool, with a constant and distinct edible creaminess that I love.
'Created by Master Perfumer Olivier Cresp, Equinox Bloom plays with an olfactory palette inspired by the delights of high tea, accompanied by the heady bouquet of the first sweet Spring flowers. Delicious notes of Chantilly, Frangipani and Brown Sugar are blended with violet leaves, orange blossom absolute and jasmine sambac, rounded with the deep, Oriental richness of Benzoin Siam and Ambrox.'
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Where to go next - rjohnson8107 - 01-12-2016 09:24 PM
Hi, I have just found this site and am really looked forward to starting my weightlifting/EM2LW journey!!!!
I am 5'7"
131 lbs
2,165 TDEE (using scooby)
After I have my 4th child, I wanted to lose the weight. I started doing 21 day fix (eating 1,200 calories). Then moved on to Piyo (eating 1,200 calories). I am currently doing Chalean Extreme (eating 1,500 calories).
As of yesterday I have changed me MFP account to 2,165 calories because I believe I need a full reset. I put in my macros as 40/30/30 as suggested and am trying to keep within that. I have 2 months left of Chalean Extreme but am already looking towards my next fitness routine and am not sure which one to use.
I currently have dumbbells (ranging from 5 lbs up to 50 lbs in 5 lbs increments), weighed gloves (2.2 lbs), resistance bands (tubing and the circular ankle ones).
I am looking at wanting to add a power tower and an adjustable weight bench.
I have been looking at the Cathe workouts as per the boards but am a bit intimidated by all the equipment required.
I am also unsure of body-weight exercise because the need less equipment.
I am the type of person that just wants to be given a dvd to pop in so that I can follow along with the instructor and a calendar showing which workouts to do which day (sort of why I have been doing all beachbody stuff so far).
Any advice, please!!
PS - sorry for being soo long
RE: Where to go next - AnitraSoto - 01-12-2016 10:10 PM
First of all welcome! So glad you have found us and are sharing your journey.... You will find lots of supportive and encouraging people on here, all who have either gone through or are currently going through the exact same process.
Have you gotten a chance to read the Metabolism Reset Guide? If not I would definitely recommend that you take a look. You can find it on our Home Page under the Start Here tab, or here is a link: http://eatmore2weighless.com/the-metabolism-reset-guide/
So what are your goals? Since you are obviously already at a healthy weight, are you just looking to do the reset to get your metabolism sped up and back to normal?
Great job getting that strength training done! Personally, Cathe is my absolute favorite and her STS series is the best. Yes, it does require a bit of equipment, but we all seem to end up getting it all over time anyways
And yes, that is perfect how you have your macros set up...
The only thing that struck me in your post is increasing your calories suddenly from 1500 to 2165. That is a pretty big jump, and you might want to take it a bit slower. Personally, I would recommend adding 100 or 200 calories to your intake and increasing each week or so. If you make that increase all at once you will most likely feel overly stuffed and bloated as your body tries to deal with all of that extra food. You also may want to shoot the scale after the first few days. Some people do prefer to make the increase all at once, but most seem more comfortable taking the slow approach.
Again, if you haven't gotten a chance to read the Metabolism Reset Guide, please take a look, because the whole process is broken down there in one easy to reference place...
Again, welcome and look forward to hearing back from you and watching your journey!
RE: Where to go next - rjohnson8107 - 01-12-2016 10:23 PM
Thank you Anitra for getting back to me soo quickly!
Yes, I have reached a healthy weight and good body fat percentage right now but that was from my low calorie intake.
I want to reset my metabolism because I want to be able to live my life without regaining the weight or stalling really hard with the low calorie diet I was doing.
Once I started Chalean Extreme I was constantly hungry all the time but the guidebook had me set at that 1,500 calorie mark. As I was looking around trying to figure out what to do because I didn't want to live in constant hunger I came across this site and think this is the answer.
I really want to keep myself as being lean (partly why I started into the weight training in the first place).
I like to go the "rip the band-aid" off route and have set a reminder in my phone when 12 weeks has passed and do not want to weigh myself until that time. I am ok with my scale number going up as long as my measurements do not go up. I have read the book and am aware of the challenges that I will be facing. One of them right now is learning the best way to add those calories back in. Today I was at 53% carbs, 25% fat and 22% protein (not too bad but need to definitely tweak). Yesterday I was at 42% carbs, 33% fat and 25% protein. So I think yesterday was better.
I like to mix up workouts. I have only done one round of each of these workouts so far. I have been looking at the Cathe and am not sure if I should start with her Hardcore series or if I should just sign up for a month of online streaming and then see where I go from there. I am having trouble finding equipment that I can afford but am hoping once people have fallen off their new years resolutions I might be able to pick some up.
RE: Where to go next - AnitraSoto - 01-13-2016 11:13 AM
One thing to keep in mind with the "rip the band aid" approach:
As we work through the reset process, some weight gain is inevitable. After years of low calorie dieting your body has adapted and your metabolism is most likely suppressed down to the point where rather than maintaining at 2165, it was maintaining at 1500. When you go for long periods of time under-eating your metabolism slows down to match that (low) intake. The job of the body is *homeostasis* ... it wants everything to stay the same. The body will simply adapt, and it will down-shift and slow your metabolism.
And when exercise is involved, the body will react in the same way. Subject it to long bouts of cardio (like running, jogging, or hours on the elliptical) and again the body will adapt. It will become more and more efficient with each workout, and the calories burned will become less and less as the body acclimates. Once this happens, the only way to get that same "burn" is to work out longer and harder, but again, eventually the body will adapt, creating a vicious downward cycle.
So, after we have subjected our body to these various "abuses", it has done it's job. It has adapted. You are now eating only 1500 calories, burning close to 2200, and the body has adapted. It has now down-shifted the metabolism so that it is now existing on the 1500 calories that you are ingesting. But, since you are really still burning close to 2200 calories a day, the body is going to grab that fuel from elsewhere (since it isn't coming from the food...) Those calories can come from the body breaking down muscles, tendons, ligaments and even brain tissue... As we begin to re-feed and nourish our bodies properly, the body will begin to rebuild that muscle, tendon, ligament and brain tissue and that will show up as a gain on the scale (One reason to not watch the scale - not all gains are necessarily "bad". These are gains that you *want*).
Now, as you begin to increase your intake, some weight gain is almost inevitable. Remember, your metabolism is suppressed, and any extra calories that you throw at it will initially be seen as a *surplus*. Extra calories over and above what it had been receiving. Some of these "extra" calories will be used for bodily functions and some of it may get stored as fat (in case you decide to "starve" it again). As you gradually increase your intake over time, our hopes are that your metabolism will adapt upwards (much as it adapted downwards when subjected to under-eating..). By making the increases slowly, we are hoping that your metabolism will increase at close to the same rate as your intake increases, thus keeping that "surplus" (and potential weight gain) to a minimum.
On the other hand, if you elect to increase your calories quickly that "surplus" will now be larger. Rather than the body having 100 or 200 calories more than it is used to, now it suddenly has 500 or 600 extra calories to deal with (and potentially store as fat). If you continue to eat at this high level, eventually the metabolism should adapt upwards to match the intake, but there is a much higher likelihood of storing more fat during that time-frame while the body is adapting.
All of this is just to let you know what to expect as you make that increase. You said "I really want to keep myself as being lean" and this reset process can sort of work against that, at least initially, and moreso if you make that increase really quickly.
Please don't think I am trying to persuade you one way or the other, I just want to make sure you understand what might happen along the way.


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Another important piece of legislation being considered in this session concerns a proposal to reorganize the Ferry Advisory Committee on Tariffs (FACT). This is a message from Walt Elliot, FAC Executive Council Co-chair:
The Executive Council has reviewed and strongly supports this bill [SB 3451]. Please advise us on anything that we can do to help its success. Below is a summary comments that we have and a marked up version of the bill is attached. In making these comments we fully understand that you may consider some or all will of them may reduce the bill's chances for success and need to be changed or eliminated. We fully trust your judgment on this matter.
Summary of proposed changes to S-3451
- We identify the legislative intent to recognize the respective roles of the FAC Executive Committee and the Ferry Advisory Committee on Tariffs. As Sen Haugen and Rep Clibborn were both involved in the formation of the FAC-T, we want to make it clear this is what we're talking about and that this bill is consistent with those discussions. When the FAC-T was formed with legislative participation we and WSF commented that it needed some experience before being incorporated into legislation. Now that it has had that experience the legislation is appropriate and in our view needed. We also deferred on the role of reviewing WSF cost data and savings trade-offs, as at the time the FAC-T was untried and needed to focus on its tariff role. Again now that the role appropriate and needed by both the Council and FAC-T.
- We clean up some previous language to reflect how the FACs and Council currently function in the areas of reviews of system performance, number of members , Council name, frequency of meetings, and the existence of the mutually agreed charter of operations that we currently have with WSF.
- We include the capital budget in the items that the Exec Council and FAC-T review.
- We recommend eliminating the statement requiring participation be a local government planning body or staff. As we are appointed by and accountable to our locally elected officials we think this is sufficient. We think that putting this member on the FAC places a large unfunded burden on County staff at a time of greatly reduced resources. On or Kingston FAC we do have a Planning Commission Member however given the frequency of commission meetings that she must attend adding the FAC to that is a large burden for a volunteer.
- We limit the amount the commission can raise fare revenue to that which is assumed in the biennial budget. In this way the Commission is clearly following what the legislature has voted upon per I-1053 and the Attorney General's opinion.
- We include Council and FACT review of ferry rider survey questions relating to operations, service, fares, fare policy, media policy. We think that this is necessary if the legislature is to have confidence in survey results. This review had previously been done with WSF rider surveys and the review significantly improved survey quality by identifying where questions were confusion or ambiguous. While the Commission allowed a review of the first part of their first survey they have not since.
Walt Elliott
Council Co-chair
Here is a link to the draft bill, with comments added: FAC Exec. Council comments on S- 3541.doc


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Monday, May 31, 2010
Street-Hawking at Night in Accra
These hard-working ladies--that comprise what many would consider "the working class"--eke out a living from working almost 24/7.
Come hell or high water, they are here--and mostly it's the women that persevere. The young men hawk mostly chocolates, and small bites--and usually drop off earlier. This woman was still working around 8.30pm, selling sachet water.
Better than selling oneself, some might say!
(good to be back!)
Friday, May 21, 2010
The Ghanaian Mobile Landscape Will go Green Soon...
Globacom, Nigeria's indigenous mobile service, started springing up its billboards at the beginning of the year. There was attendant visibility with vacancies advertised around the same time.
Five months down the line, Glo has not commenced operations. It was supposed to have started around 2008; then the last quarter of 2009!
It was as far back as 2008 that it won a licence to operate in the country as Ghana's sixth mobile phone service. It sponsors one of Ghana's football leagues, and finally has an underground cable to enhance broadband access when it commences operations.
Question again, is when exactly will it commence operations?
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Thursday, May 20, 2010
Avoiding Traffic in Accra?
If you are sufficiently privileged to own a motorbike, traffic-time proves handy, because it's just a matter of not only taking a diversion, but a diversion more easily than the four-wheeled counterparts we like to call cars!
The guy is wearing a helmet--hooray! I am sure the National Road Safety Commission that has been banging on about helmets for motorbikes...might just give him a hug for being a paragon of road virtue;-)
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Ghana's British Council Serves up a Good Message...
I was at the British Council today to visit a friend, and caught sight of this. I thought it was too good not to capture. Kind of like a Zeitgeist!
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
The Accra Rains are Back in Town!
Question is--as ever: is the rest of Ghana adequately prepared for the rains? Much of this question animated one private radio station--CITI97.3fm--this morning.
Can we avert the attendant consequences and wretched lives that come in the wake of torrential rain, or will Ghanaians yet again politicise till Death do us part???
Labels: accra rains, ghana rain, ghana rain 2010
Thursday, May 06, 2010
Call Centres in Accra are Great, But Who's Patronizing Them?
There's one for electricity, which can be reached at 030.2611.611, and the one featured here is for water; it can be reached on toll-free number 0800.40.000.
I cannot for the life of me understand why from these two utilities, only one would be toll-free.
The electricity one for Electricity Company of Ghana(ECG) is considered a hotline, yet one has to pay for it! Last time I looked, these kind of services ought to be toll-free--like that of the Ghana Water Company, managed by Aqua Vitens Rand Limited.
Enough publicity for Ghana Water...I believe my point is well-noted: let's also make the electricity "hot line" toll-free!!
Wednesday, May 05, 2010
Help! Burning Taxi in Accra Central!!
It was only turning back to peer at the strange image that I noticed it was one of those ubiquitous double-coloured cars Ghanaians recognise immediately as taxis.
Thankfully, my trusted cameraphone was nearby, resulting in this shot.
It remains unclear what could have triggered it, but there was thankfully no indication of casualties--just tremendous heat emanating even from the distance from where I took the picture!
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Tuesday, May 04, 2010
Indonesian-Produced Rattan Baskets in Accra--Where are the Ghanaian-Made Ones??
I could not help but take a picture--not just to tell a story--but to run a mini-commentary on Ghana's basket-making industry.
I did a quick search, and read that Rattan Baskets are mostly-produced in Indonesia.
At a time when basket-weavers are creating some 1050 jobs in the Upper East region of Ghana only in April this year, it beggars belief that the Lebanese-owned Palace Shopping Mall is selling Indonesian-made baskets, without a trace of the indigenous, Ghanaian-made ones!!
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While the holiday season is still fresh, now is a good time to reflect on the recent flurry of passed and proposed legislative activity impacting the construction industry.
As you are likely aware, President Obama signed significant tax legislation Dec. 18. The Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes Act of 2015 (PATH Act) should lay to rest much of the annual congressional wrangling that consistently resulted in one-year extensions on numerous tax items. Congress was adamant the 2015 legislation would make permanent, or eliminate, many of these so-called tax breaks.
Here are some items of particular interest to the construction, architectural, design and engineering industries:
- Permanent extension of the Research and Development (R&D) tax credits
- Availability of the R&D Credit to offset Alternative Minimum Tax for businesses with Gross Receipts less than $50 million
- Availability for startup companies (under $5 million in revenues) to use the R&D credit to offset payroll taxes
- Permanent expansion of Section 179 limits, where up to $500,000 of new equipment can be expensed and phase outs begin when capital expenditures exceed $2 million
- Permanent inclusion of computer software and qualified leasehold improvements as qualifying Section 179 property (with a cap of $250,000 removed for real estate beginning in 2016)
- Bonus depreciation extended (50% for 2015-2017, 40% in 2018, and 30% in 2019)
- Deduction for energy efficient commercial buildings (Section 179D) extended through 2016
- Inclusion of computer equipment and technology as a qualified expenditure from a Section 529 plan
- Permanent extension allowing a tax-free distribution for individuals age 70.5 and older directly from an IRA to a qualified charity ($100,000 annual limit)
- Permanent changes and extensions to numerous tax credits with restrictive income limits (i.e., American Opportunity Credit, Child Tax Credit and Earned Income Credit)
The R&D Credit is a valuable tool for many companies providing any design work. Contact your KSM advisor to ensure you have examined the benefits of this provision. Read a more comprehensive review on the PATH Act.
On a different note, Indiana continues to be a key player in transportation and logistics. The recently passed Highway Bill, more formally known as the Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act) should provide benefits to highway and rail contractors. Also, leaders in Indiana's legislature, led by Speaker Bosma and Governor Pence, have proposed significant improvements to the current highway funding mechanisms. (Stay tuned during the upcoming legislative and election season!) To compete nationally and internationally, Indiana must invest in our transportation network.
Lastly, the Federal Reserve recently raised short-term interest rates and will continue to increase rates, albeit slowly, possibly one percentage point a year over the next three years. This increase was reflective of the current economic growth, and it is a tool to offset possible future inflation. Given the well-documented scarcity of skilled construction labor, wage inflation is likely. The construction, real estate and infrastructure industries are extremely capital intensive, thus higher costs of funds may prove restrictive. This tradeoff of managing inflation, and spurring investment, is simply a microcosm of the difficulties managing the many facets of our modern, global economy.


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Big Boi's generosity has lately known no bounds—graciously lending his production skills to a collaboration with Modest Mouse, extending similar offers to Mumford And Sons, and now, creating a record label as a Sweet 16 gift to his daughter Jordan. Telling Billboard that he wanted to give her something that wouldn't depreciate over time like a car, but rather something that "she can grow and build and nurture." (Here's betting she got a car anyway.) As the label's sole co-owner, Big Boi plans to help Jordan assemble a roster of younger artists like its first signee, 12-year-old singer Gabbie Rae, with the official launch due in just a couple of weeks. He also announced the name: Purple Kidz, which is sort of an adorably kid-friendly nod to the popular promethazine-codeine mixture daddies drink when they want to make music.
Of course, these days Big Boi may actually have to pledge loyalty to Crown Royal. After all, they're the official sponsors of the upcoming behind-the-scenes documentary short Big Boi: The Crown Life, the trailer for which you can check out below in all its cliffhanger-laden glory. Won't someone help Big Boi find the turkey dogs?


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Strategic Partners Advisory Committee
The Strategic Partnership Advisory Committee is composed of individuals participating in our partnership program that are interested in guiding The Council's efforts in the support area. The committee is open to all representatives from companies/ organizations enrolled in the Strategic Partnership Program and who are invited by The Council to work on the committee. The committee meets once a year to plan the Fall Leadership Summit and Winter Institute exhibiting areas and review the overall partnership program.
Ali Adelman, Wendel
Tom Austin, NYSIR
Brian Cieslinski, SEI Design Group
Ted DeVoe, Day Automation
Derek McManus, Day Automation
Martin Geiger, Hawkins Delafield and Wood, LLP
Andrea Fulmer, Core BTS
Dean Hackett, HUNT Engineers, Architects, Land Surveyors & Landscape Architect, DPC
Brian Hallett, The Pike Company
Pat Hughes, Mosaic Associates Architects
Deidre Hungerford, Associate Director for Business Development, The Council
Tina Lacey, Tetra Tech Architects & Engineers
Bryan D. Manning, BBS
Emily Streeter, BBS
Denise Licari, Infinite Campus
Andrea Orlando, C&S Companies
Greg Race, Leonard Bus Sales
Kelly Reinhardt, BCA Architects & Engineers
Gregory A. Ronneburger, AXA Advisors, LLC
Brian Saville, Utica National Insurance Group
Phil Quindara, CSArch
Erin Fisher-Root, CSArch
Tracy Thomas, Campus Construction Management Group, Inc.
Gary Winn, NWEA
Theresa Wutzer Moore, Associate Director, The Council