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Querying An Agent with J.S. Fields
- Writing the perfect query letter.
- Distilling your themes.
- What an agent can do for you.
- The difference between small and large presses.
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[Music] hello everyone and welcome to the lesbian talk shows for love and money the podcast where we talk about the business side of selling sapphic fiction today we have a really awesome guest who is going to discuss pitching your work and querying agents the awesome J.S. Fields thank you so much for agreeing to be on the podcast with me today it's great to be here thank you so much so agents a lot of sapphic fiction doesn't really use them people prefer to indie publish or query the publishing houses directly what made you decide to start querying agents and how did you begin well I think that's first of all that's a really interesting statement because there actually is quite a bit of as you say sapphic fiction in traditionally published work as well it just doesn't necessarily get billed the same and so I was completely unaware of the more small press side of lesfic when I started writing and I was only familiar with mainstream of which there is quite a bit but again it tends to get buried in science fiction and fantasy and not billed as lesbian fiction and so I started off querying my work and I had decent luck and in the end I actually had two two agents that showed a great deal of interest and then nine star press which is the small press that I have published my myspace lesbian books in also showed interest and I actually just went back and forth between agents and small press for a while trying to decide what was the best fit for me ended up going with small press for the RG Lim series mostly because at that stage I was fairly new to fiction writing I've written nonfiction for quite a while but I was new to fiction writing and I had a very specific vision that I wanted for the our Dylan books that was not commercial and I realized that I needed if I really wanted to keep them intact the way they were they they weren't going to sell as much as a traditional publisher would want and so I chose small press however I then promptly wrote a new book that would work in a commercial market and then went back out and got an agent for that so it's that's a long-winded answer to your question I think it's a great answer and I'm really curious to know what do you think about your queries caught the attention of these agents what what are the what are the ingredients in the recipe of a good query there is definitively a recipe for queries and you there are so many resources online that you can look at but you know you have to learn how first of all you have to know what you wrote about and you have to if you can't describe your book in under a sentence a sentence to two sentences really then then you can't be querying you have to be able to distill your book down into its most critical elements to have sort of a tag pitch line and you also have to then be able to summarize the the main commercial grabs of your book in one small paragraph and I think a lot of people would be surprised to know that your your previous writing credentials don't really matter your ability to put in cute little gimmicky things about how much you know about the agent because you stopped their blog doesn't really matter what matters is a good solid pitch I'm you can have comp titles if you want a lot of people do use you know this is ash meets Star Wars or something like that if you're going to use comp titles they need to be something that is fairly recent and something that did well so you're not going to score any points by using a comp title sadly from something in small press because that's not sending a very large commercial message unless it did really well like Becky chambers small way to an angry planet is a great comp title if you are looking at the sort of mid mid-range commercial market so calm titles I didn't have them the first time around and I did the second time I'm not sure how much I'm in advantage they gave but being able again to talk about what makes your book stand apart was usually can go in that that first sort of hook two or three sentences and then you're you're sort of blurb it's the what you would put on the back jacket more or less that goes into your query letter that is absolutely critical I have a lot of agreement with what you just said because at ClexaCon which I recently attended in other conventions I have to convince people to buy my books in like a sentence because that's all I get before they move on to the next booth so I have to be able to say like this story is Cinderella but gay and that gets their attention could you give us an example of one of your books could you give us the two sentence pitch so people can see what you're talking about I so this query letter is broken down into three paragraphs sometimes you can get away with four if you have writing street cred which I did I've got a number of books over in nonfiction and have done a lot of journal articles and things like that so I would put that information in there but mostly you want to have three paragraphs and they there's sort of two different ways to do it they don't necessarily have to be in this order but this is the order I use you know you have deer and then you want to make sure it's personalized I put in the the books tagline which is the planet that vanishes the planet that sleeps as the ice the hook line and then there's the sort of mandatory information that you have to have so I'm seeking representation for my it was at that point eighty-seven thousand word science fiction manuscript Argyl I'm first dawn attached is whatever they requested I then talked about my plans for the book so this is the work is the first in a three book series all of which are written which you don't have to do if you're trying to get a an agent who subs to too big to big presses having a series isn't necessarily useful and may be detrimental depending upon the agent you're querying so you really have to look at that almost everyone will want your first book to stand alone so if it is part of a series what you usually say is you know that this book stands alone but has series potential or something along those lines and then I have the manuscript as a character driven space opera reminiscent of the Rwanda and McCaffrey now I would this is my first query letter and that's actually that comp is a little too old as I got better at it I changed the comps around a little bit and then I put in sort of my hook information that was based upon what the agent was looking for and so if I was on manuscript wish list or on their page and they said you know they were looking for character driven space opera I made sure it said character driven space opera if they were looking for you know lesbians then I made sure it said lesbians this particular iteration here has the manuscript has characters outside the gender binary which is something that this particular agent was looking for and passes both the Bechdel test and the Macklemore II which again was something that the agent had specifically listed on their site as don't submit to me if your manuscript cannot hit these well yeah so then this goes into the blurb of the second paragraph and literally this this blurb is just the the back blurb of the book and it it actually for the book the publisher ended up keeping I'd say 75% of this paragraph actually for the black blurb and just cut it down a little bit and the trick with these is a good book has a lot of elements in it that all weave together but you can't talk about all of those in a query letter because that's a synopsis and that's different and so you have to decide what those main thematic elements are and pull those out so you know if we I'm I'm not sure what type of genre readers you mostly have but if we were to talk about say again Becky chambers a long way to a small angry planet that has so many thematic elements in it and there's so many key of POV characters and so in order to write a blurb for something like that Becky had to focus on either the overarching narrative so there's a you know a ragtag group of people that are hurtling through space getting to know each other or pick you know sort of the main if there was one and I don't recall there being a specific main group in that book pick that one and highlight it and it's the same for a lot of books where you have especially multiple POV characters you have to sort of pick one or pick the main plot theme and highlight that because no one wants to read more than about six sentences in there yeah that seems like it can be especially difficult if you're writing things of large scope as I do with fantasy and sci-fi you know I love romances to modern-day romances but it seems a little more straightforward with that but when you have a big sprawling world it seems you have to be especially thoughtful about how you narrow in on what you want the main focus to be and be able to convey that to other people it's really tricky especially in sci-fi and fantasy which is where I write it was easier for our deulim because it was a very straightforward space opera that utilized a lot of tropes and you know all all genre writing has tropes romances tropes science fiction has tropes and not only are they helpful to ground your reader but they can be very helpful in a query because it saves you a lot of time you don't have to describe your like grumpy space captain that's a trope that you can just you know assume that people understand when you say space opera and that saves you space in writing you are my new best friend our podcasts about white ropes are actually good Wow and about how they're helpful to writing instead of you know people have this misconception that tropes are like a bad thing and they're not original but nothing is original it's all about the packaging and tropes actually make readers feel like they know your characters and your story even better well they're so helpful if you're going to be trying to put in things that will make readers uncomfortable they have to have something to cling to and so especially so in our July my put actual science in there because I'm a scientist and so there's hard science sprinkled throughout there and I knew that was gonna freak people out and the best way then for me to figure out how to deal with it was let's make the rest of the book as comfortably tropa SH as possible so that people can find themselves in it and find these very comfortable spaces and then they can deal with the weirdness and I think a lot of books that are successful do that they introduce you to an element but give you enough comfort that you can deal with that new element exactly I mean I actually liked hard science in my sci-fi when there is also enough humanity for lack of a better word or sentence if you're dealing with aliens to make me feel like I can relate yeah I think that's a really critical element you're listening to the news being talk show the lesbians or choke on your hub of podcast information how much control do you actually have over your manuscript in the direction you want to take it when you work with bigger publishers I've always been very curious to ask that that really how much control you have really depends but the the short answer is you don't have as much with a small press and I think a lot of your listeners will be very familiar you actually do have quite a bit of freedom because you know they know you're not going to be hitting the New York Times bestseller list and so as long as you're hitting the the important areas within whatever genre you're writing in it tends to be fine but for larger press even mid-sized press they have to look at their bottom lines and they know what sells and doesn't you know to some extent there of course wrong just like we can be wrong sometimes but there's a lot more of them making large decisions and then sending it to you and you being able to say I need you to tweak some things but not really being able to you know if they if they Commission cover art for your book you can't just scrap it you know unless it's like really offensive in some way you can't just be like you already paid this artist and you know but I just it just doesn't work for me that's some that doesn't tend to be one of those things that you can do and your agent in particular you know your first your first interaction with this will be your agent and your agent agents come they run the gauntlet from you know you spend years with them fine-tuning your work before they sub it out and you have really hands-off agents that are just like hey could you just like fix the third act and then you know they don't read it again and send it out so it really that part you got to find an agent that really works with your writing style if you prefer a deep hands-on versus you know don't touch me leave me alone let me let's just go to the the publishers so you lose control but you increase sales and I think that's I mean I think a lot of people sort of inherently understand that you um your editors will be a little bit more picky on the midsize and large press side I mean no matter where you're at a nonfiction fiction because again they they have formats that they know work for their readers the publishing house knows their demographic of readers and know what they expect just like how readers you know unless Vic contemporary less Vic expects certain tropes and science fiction readers expect certain tropes if you buy a book from angry robot versus buying a book I don't know from penguin you know your there's some differences there they that you're gonna expect and they know that and so you have to make sure that your you know you have to you can't argue with them too much I mean you can but it may not go anywhere I want to go back to what you said how agents have different styles what clues can you look for unlike an agent's website or their online presence to try and figure out if an agent style will kind of mesh with yours how do you know if you're querying the right agent for your manuscript and for you I I don't think there is a way to know what the querying process it's really hard to tell unless they have a blog that you can follow it's usually the the really deep personality introspection comes after an agent has offered so at the at the querying stage you just sort of are casting a wide net sending out a bunch of queries to agents who look legit you know and who represent the kind of stuff you write which is critical I mean you don't want to submit a epic space opera to a picture-book agent that's clearly not going to work out for you you know what kind of agent in do you do how much of an editor are you what are you know those kind of things those are a lot of questions that come when the agent calls so if you you know get an email from an agent saying you know hey I liked your query can I give you a call you know first of all that's horrific ly nerve-wracking and then they call you and you know that's when you have a list of questions that you you kind of go down the the neat thing is if you can sort of gather a group of friends who are agented and talk you can you can find out quite a bit about that just from talking to other agented writers most of the time when you talk to an agent if they're getting ready to offer you can ask or contact for some of their other authors and that's really nice too because you can contact their other authors and say you know you know what are the what do you like best about this agent what do you like least about this agent you know how do you find their editorial style make sure it matches with what the Edit are with what the agent thinks so yes it can be very hard at the just querying and to figure out if you're going to be a good fit unfortunately there's not thing that's not like a database of agent personalities that you can go through and be like you know this one's an asshole but sell a lot of books and this one is highly editorial and likes middle gray like there's just not that sort of thing yeah in a perfect world for authors maybe there would be but I get are you saying I'm so glad that you mentioned talking to other authors who potentially work with the agent you're interested in and I'm so glad you made it sound like a mutually beneficial relationship because it is I mean I think lots of writers kind of assume if they were to query an agent that they should just accept any agent because having one is better than not having one and that they should you know they're in a more subservient position so I'm really glad that you described it as I said a mutually beneficial relationship like obviously an agent can let go of a writer if things aren't working but also a writer can let go of an agent who isn't helping their manuscript in the way they envisioned so thank you for that yeah and I'd argue that the wrong agent is far worse for your career than no agent I mean you there are plenty of people who do fine without agents not I mean reaching that bestsellers list if that's your goal can be a lot harder but it's not you know uh that's not unachievable but having the wrong agent can really set you back in terms of publishing and it can also make your life miserable like if you if you are someone who you know has a really hard time with comma usage and things like that and really needs someone to go in and really edit your work like deeply edit your work but the concept is good and you get an agent who loves your work and thinks it's great but doesn't have those necessarily like deep editorial desires that could hurt you but what would hurt you worse is if your agent you know didn't really understand your book shopped it to the wrong places there are some bad agents out there that you know can be too aggressive or flat-out lie when they're trying to it's really nerve-racking when you get the call and talking to a potential agent but you you have to collect yourself and realize that it's not just them interviewing you it's you interviewing them and that you know you get a say in this as you should it's your book you wrote it you should get a say in it thank you so much for agreeing to be on this podcast and sharing your wisdom with us we're gonna wrap up now but if you have one piece of advice to give authors who are interested in querying agents and larger publishers what would it be put you on the spot there get on to a site like absolute right or query shark or one of those and get other people to look at your query especially people who have agents because just having your friends and family read it or going through it is not enough you need lots of eyes on it really get it sparkling before you query that's amazing advice and I'll put those links in the show notes too so that people can check out those websites but yeah that's brilliant getting other authors who are already agented and have done this process before to look at your query in advance that sounds like a great idea thank you so much again for being on the show this was awesome yes thank you you're listening to the lesbian talk shows for love and money with Rae D Magdon and our special guest J.S. Fields we talked about querying agents publishing with larger publishers as opposed to small presses and all sorts of cool stuff about narrowing down the theme of your works if you'd like to continue the conversation please go to the lesbian talk shows Facebook group or check out the lesbian talk shows patreon page where you can find exclusive clips not found anywhere else thank you and have a great two weeks you English (auto-generated)


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Adam and I love being parents. I mean really love it. So much that every time we talk about it, we up the number of children we would like to have! Honestly, if my body let me and we could afford it, we could honestly end up with a house full of 5 or 6 kids. I know that makes my mom a little nauseous but it sounds dreamy to me!!
So, to my story...I bought Aidan some books from the Scholastic Book Club that they started at his school {do you remember those days?}. I bought him "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" , "Fireman Ted", one of those "I Spy" books and "Puff The Magic Dragon". Well, he gets bent out of shape when we read the Caterpillar book because he says no caterpillar could ever eat that much food. He loves anything Fireman related but I think he thinks Ted is a little blasé. Who can find anything in those I Spy books anyway? Puff though, oh that Magic Dragon, he loves him.
Adam and I fight every night over who has to read "Puff The Magic Dragon" because well Aidan wants it sung not read. Y'all I can't carry a tune in a bucket. And Adam is better than me, but still, it's bad. They make you read {or in our case, sing} the following verse twice and whenever it's Adam's night, I almost pee my pants from laughing. Give it a try for yourself...{make sure you sing out of tune}.
"Puff the Magic Dragon lived by the sea, he frolics in the autumn mist, in a land called Honalee."
We're just a mess. But we laugh and we love it. And most of all, we make Aidan smile and for that, we'll be the parents that make fools of ourselves until the end of time and enjoy every minute of it.
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I leave Fiji and its summer behind. Some days sizzling above 100 degrees F, westerlies would push hot air into your face smelling of dust and sugar. Even the ocean was more than lukewarm when I snorkeled over shallow patches of seagrass or soft coral fields. I leave Fiji and its sorrows behind. They're really my sorrows, or perhaps my hubris, failed expectations that believed their own lies. I thought I knew paradise's tricks. The further I fly from Fiji, though, the less I call them failures.
I came to Fiji to unpack the relationship between resorts and community restoration efforts. Coral gardening tables, mainly, which at their best aid in the rehabilitation of a bleached reef's genetic pool. I lived with Austin, who ultimately was occupied with his efforts at the farm and couldn't take me to the restoration sites he knew about. While I lived with him though, I learned about managing a farm and the ways he struggled with local and international NGOs. I saw what it would take to make Fiji's agricultural system more sustainable, and how one conservationist made a lifestyle out of his beliefs.
Austin did get a chance to show me one resort: Shangri-La. It's a family resort, where marine conservation becomes a consumable and educational experience. Families can pay US$20 to build a "fish house," a shelter for reef fish and potential artificial reef substrate. Some families from Australia and New Zealand come back every year, marine-biologists-in-training returning to assess sites from prior years. There's a really wonderful marine education center accessible to local school groups; Austin was concerned the Fijians running the conservation program weren't getting enough funding and encouraged an educator to make a case for more funds. The educator seemed nonplussed. Austin has good ideas for where village-hotel conservation programs can go, but is often occupied with the day-to-day at the farm and without time to start up new projects.
I lived in Suva for, in total, about two weeks trying to study for the GREs, write articles and reports, and take care of miscellany. Then New York needed to happen, so before I left Fiji I decided to check in on one of the really old coral tables Austin had helped install as a case study. It was situated south of Ovalau, home to Fiji's first capital, Levuka, on the teeny island of Caqualai (pronounced Than-GUH-lai). I hopped on a bus, then a ferry, then back on the bus to catch a skiff in Levuka.
Levuka is a UNESCO world heritage site, colonial buildings nestled into a small volcanic island in the town where Fijian chiefs signed the islands away to the British. The fury over this exchange is apparent in the tourist materials around the town. I met a pastor who attended a local climate summit and now includes marine conservation and sea level rise solutions in his sermons. It was very, very hot.
When I got to Caqualai, I was very surprised to find a group of volunteers renting out half of the hostel with a program called Global Vision International (one of those paid volunteer programs). They were all sweet volunteers, with a young 20-something staff, working on CoralWatch surveys, SCUBA certifications, and marine education programs for the schools on neighboring Moturiki. One 70-year old woman was learning to dive and do surveys after her husband passed away, seeing the world. I had an amazing solo snorkel with a juvi. White Tip, swimming back with the current from Snake Island where sea snakes curl up together during low tide. It was a redeeming trip.
When I came back from New York, I had a six days left in Fiji. Three days to cram for the GREs and get my belongings together while I recovered from a cold and while my skin decided to throw an utter fit, still reeling from seeing so many people who are so important to me. I took the GREs on my birthday, totally miserable.
I missed a few interesting project items in Fiji. I wanted to go to Walt Smith, a plant that grows and harvests coral for aquariums. I missed an active community project in the North Austin'd told me was no longer operational. Overall, Fiji time kept me a little lethargic, and I didn't learn quickly enough that most Fijians take weeks to answer emails but are constantly on their phones – methods of communication aren't universal, and that's on me as a researcher.
My last day in Fiji was the date of my birthday in the States, and home didn't feel so far away. I watched Rugby with the staff and visitors at the airport hotel, yelling and squealing. I ate kokoda, my absolute favorite local dish (stewed fish in cold coconut milk, so delicious). The excitement of going to a place I truly don't know, Hong Kong, kept me up late. It is totally possible I left Fiji too early, but I,m ready to harken in new beginnings with the Chinese New Year this week.
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Do you get stuck every year trying to pick a Christmas gift for the special man in your life? It can be difficult to find vegan gifts for the ones you love, so I've compiled a list of the top 10 vegan Christmas gifts for him.
Who Doesn't Love Belts?
Dad will love this vegan leather reversible belt from Corkor. Corkor is a company that makes vegan, sustainable and environmentally responsible
New Year, New Work-Out Regeime
Does Dad play sports or is he an armchair athlete who loves to cook? Either way the plant powered recipe book, the No Meat Athlete is sure to make him happy. Available on Amazon for $16.96.
Somewhere To Keep The Funds For Yummy Vegan Treats
Dad will love this wallet from Alchemy Goods. It's made from upcycled bicycle inner tubes and has a funky urban vibe. Available from Unicorn Goods for $15
Check Out The Vegan Duds
In my experience, men can never have too many T-shirts. Get Dad this cool 'leather sucks' tee. It's sure to be a conversation starter. Available from Unicorn Goods for $25
Have Dad Brush Up On His Epic Cooking Skills
Get the man in your life to cook all the meals by making him feel like a bada**s in the kitchen. Thug Kitchen is a vegan cookbook filled with bad words and delicious vegan recipes and a definite on your vegan Christmas gifts for him. Available on Amazon for $11.84
Hi-Tech Dad, Vegan Christmas Gifts For Him Indeed
This vegan 2-in-1 iPhone wallet-case from Dream Fibonacci is pretty sleek looking and functional. I'm actually going to get one of these for myself and my dad. Available on Amazon for $39.99
- Hover-Cars, Vegans and Growth Predictions For 2019
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Report ID: 784
Published: Newsletter 55 - July 2019
A reporter is concerned that insulation behind cladding is being swapped without a full appreciation of the implications.
A reporter is concerned that after the Grenfell Tower fire, the industry has knee jerked into swapping polyisocyanurate (PIR) insulation to mineral wool insulation behind cladding, without fully considering the consequences.
The reporter states that:
The reporter feels that if these differences are not considered, the industry could in time start to get structural cladding failures.
Another serious issue and there have been some reported failures due to substitutions of this kind. The problem is that those making such changes may not have the experience or knowledge to appreciate the factors given by the reporter. It is an issue for the cladding industry to address and another case where competency of companies offering the service, and their operatives, is vital.
All changes need to be treated with caution and significant changes must be approved by the designer. Cladding must be seen as a system, with interactions between all the components that make it up. Changing any one of the components must lead to an evaluation of the performance of the whole system with the incorporation of the new component.
When replacing insulation behind cladding, measures during construction must also be considered. For example, weather protection of mineral wool is needed in the temporary situation, making it a more demanding product in terms of temporary works. CROSS is aware of cladding failures in tower blocks due to moisture trapped in mineral wool during construction.
Despite manufacturer's guidance on the need for structural justification of fixings and certification bodies highlighting the need for fixings calculations, cladding, whether new or as a replacement, may not be regarded by clients or contractors as having structural significance, so there may not be a structural engineer involved and the importance of the substitution could go unnoticed.
When there has been a major failure, there is often a "knee-jerk" reaction and careful evaluation is needed to avoid unintended consequences. The first defence against this is having the experience to identify when a component change warrants a system review. Techniques for keeping water out of buildings, and insulating them, have been developed over years and present complex issues.
The British Board of Agrément (BBA) have recently published a technical case study on avoiding external insulation failures.
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EDMONTON - The Alberta government has backtracked on proposals to change the way industry consults with aboriginals on development projects after significant opposition from First Nations.
"We know that there have been concerns raised and there will be some changes into what the draft policy will look like," said Kevin Zahara of Alberta Aboriginal Relations.
Before Christmas, the provincial government raised aboriginal hackles with a discussion paper on a new consultation approach.
Such talks are legally required based on Supreme Court judgments that found governments are constitutionally obliged to consult with aboriginals every time development occurs on their lands. What that means and how extensive such consultation must be has become a subject of constant debate, the nub of many court cases and a significant source of uncertainty for industry.
All sides have agreed that better ways to get everybody working together would reduce expensive and time-consuming court challenges.
Last fall, Alberta released a three-page discussion paper that suggested a single government office should set standards and determine how much consultation was required. It would also outline what kind of talks would be necessary for what kind of project.
The paper was roundly panned in subsequent meetings between Alberta chiefs and Aboriginal Relations Minister Robin Campbell. It also came up during economic development talks with Premier Alison Redford before Christmas.
The paper became so controversial the public comment period had to be extended about a month to Dec. 21.
Many chiefs said they wouldn't accept bureaucrats deciding when industry had done enough consultation — without any input from those being consulted.
Zahara said Campbell has agreed to come up with another proposal.
He added that it's too soon to tell how the Supreme Court's ruling Tuesday that Metis are "Indians" under the Constitution Act may affect the talks.
"The minister has talked with many of the chiefs on those concerns," he said. "There will be changes coming in terms of what the draft policy will look like."
Many aboriginal leaders want a voice at a much earlier stage in how resource projects, including forestry and energy developments, are designed and approved.
Carolyn Buffalo, director of operations for Treaty 6 First Nations, said she thinks aboriginals should be represented on the province's new energy regulatory board.
"I would like to see First Nations people appointed to that new board," she said. "We need to be part of the regulatory process."
Under current legislation, the new regulator wouldn't have to consider treaty rights when approving new projects, she said.
"That cuts us out of the regulatory process even further ... How are we supposed to trust the government when they introduce changes in legislation that affect us and they don't come and talk to us first?
"We're not just another lobby group."
Chief Alan Adam of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation, which is based near the oilsands, said industry needs to begin consulting at a much earlier stage.
"We're hoping to (get in on) the design even before they go into exploration, right up to leasing lands and everything," said Adam, whose band has initiated several court cases over consultation issues.
"Once the province leases out the land, you know (industry's) going right into exploration. We want to be right in the talks before that stage gets initiated."
Zahara said he can't give any details on what shape the new consultation proposal might take. Campbell has scheduled talks with aboriginal leaders over the coming weeks.
A new draft is expected this spring. Full implementation is planned by the end of the year.
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Johnnie Carson. Well, no wonder they didn't accept his advice.


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Fri 28 Oct 2016
Halloween, Costumes, & Cultural Appropriation
Posted by Anonymous Senior under E-mails at 3:48 pm
Happy Halloween!
As you are aware from Dean Sandstrom's email from earlier this month, the holiday can present some challenges with costumes and cultural appropriation. Please read the following information as something to think about with Halloween parties scheduled throughout the weekend.
If you are planning a costume, it's worth noticing the ways in which costumes can be harmful if they mock or caricature a culture. Before you put on someone else's culture as a costume or as a joke, think about how your costume might be experienced by someone from that culture, especially if individuals from the culture have been subject to racism or discrimination.
For "A Short Guide to Cultural Appropriation," click on the attachment (it was developed by Rhon Manigault-Bryant, Associate Dean of the Faculty, Associate Professor of Africana Studies and Faculty Affiliate in Religion). An excerpt:
Cultural appropriation is an aspect of human exchange that refers to the taking of someone else's culture (expressions, dress, intellectual property, artifacts, knowledge, art forms, etc.) without "permission." Cultural appropriation is very tricky to navigate as there are fine lines between attributing "ownership," showing one's appreciation for, and mocking or parodying another culture. The stakes are also heightened when aspects of culture are taken from minority groups or groups that have traditionally been oppressed or marginalized, and, as a result, those who take, borrow, or 'exploit' those aspects of culture benefit from them in terms of capital, power, prestige, and popularity. This benefit often occurs at the expense of the very group from which aspects of culture were appropriated.
Don't hesitate to ask if you have questions; staff at the Davis Center, Dean's Office, Chaplains' Office and Office of Student Life are all happy to help.
Wishing you a good, safe, and fun Halloween weekend. (And be sure to visit OSL on the 2nd floor of Paresky on Monday – we'll have lots of treats to share!)
Douglas J.B. Schiazza
Office of Student Life * Williams College
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2 Responses to "Halloween, Costumes, & Cultural Appropriation"
anon-liberal says:
All of these 'square quotes' seem really harmful to the college community—why hasn't the president just cancelled Halloween already? What possible educational value does this have? Doesn't Williams, as a private institution, have a responsibility to suppress the free expression of students in order to promote inclusivity and equity?
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Back in the day the best part of Williams College life for your correspondent was doing all sorts of things without "permission".
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The rot at Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources Conservation and Tourism and Botswana Tourism Organisation (BTO) which is unraveling before the Parliamentary Committee on Statutory Bodies and State Enterprises (PCSB) portrays Tshekedi Khama as an untouchable minister, who only listens to himself. In a short space of time it appears Tshekedi Khama has emerged as the most powerful cabinet minister who has all resources at his disposal at times not seeking cabinet approval to carry out his wishes.
Tshekedi scales the skies
Immediately after being appointed Minister of Environment, Wildlife and Tourism (MEWT), Tshekedi Khama embarked on an ambitious project of curbing poaching which was threatening the country's fauna. In order to command both air and ground spaces, MEWT started to equip themselves, procuring four Jabiru J430 aircrafts in November last year. In an interview recently Minister Tshekedi confirmed that his ministry has also bought another aircraft which is used for official business and was quick to add that other ministries have been using it also. The Department of Wildlife and National Parks (DWNP) recently procured eight helicopters that will be used for anti-poaching and some are currently in Maun and Kasane. The ministry has been busy on a recruitment drive of pilots, most of them being poached from Botswana Defence Force (BDF) Air wing.
Tourism Intelligence Security
Minister Khama has indicated his desire to have their full-fledged anti-poaching unit and stop depending on other security agencies. In the past DWNP used to get intelligence information from BDF Intelligence Unit as well as Directorate on Intelligence and Security Services (DISS) but after the appointment of former BDF deputy Commander Major General Otisitswe Tiroyamodimo as the Director things have changed. DWNP has now established its own intelligence unit known as Tourism Intelligence Security and this was done without an Act of Parliament that will allow them to be recognised as a disciplined force and qualify them to can carry weapons of war. The unit is said to be made of former members of Military Intelligence. The establishment of TIS is said to have created tension among security agents who feel the new kid on the block is intruding on their space. This, security experts have warned, poses a great internal security risk the multiplication of intelligence units that are equally armed is a danger. Minister Khama has hailed his intelligence unit, saying it is most effective as it deals with specific area. "Yes, we have our own intelligence unit and is the best so far compared to others which deal with multiple issues while ours deals with wildlife intelligence," he said recently.
Building of three multimillion anti-poaching camps
As a way of stepping up their anti-poaching efforts, the Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources Conservation and Tourism through DWNP is building anti-poaching camps in Kasane, Maun and Kang. The design for the three camps which will each cost P70 million has already been completed and just awaiting construction.
Disregarding of the PS
The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Environment, Natural Resources Conservation and Tourism Elias Magosi broke the silence on his relationship with Minister Khama this week, saying it is a very difficult one. Magosi said Minister Khama does not consult him on any decision that he takes though protocol dictates that. He said that he has even reported the issue to Permanent Secretary to the President Carter Morupisi but nothing has changed. Recently when appearing before the Committee on Statutory Bodies and State Enterprises Minister Khama said that he only works with people who understand his vision and think outside the box – taken to be a direct attack on Magosi.
BTO – a tuck shop
The governance rot that is currently prevailing at Botswana Tourism Organisation (BTO) has been best described by the chairman of the Committee on Statutory Bodies and State Enterprises (CSBSE) Samson Moyo Guma. Shocked at how BTO is being run and the side-lining of both Chief Executive Officer Thabo Dithebe and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry Elias Magosi, Guma leaned on his roving chair, shook his head and said, "Mo ga lona ke semausunyana hela (this is just a mere tuck-shop)," and then stood and asked to be excused for some time. On the hot seat were the former BTO CEO Dithebe and PS Magosi with Minister Khama having snubbed the hearing to travel overseas.
Dithebe's notice reduced to five days
The first thing to shock the CSBSE was the announcement by Magosi that Dithebe's notice of resignation has been reduced from end of November to five days, ending 21st of October 2015. "There was discussion that CEOs notice be cut short and the meeting was attended by Minister Tshekedi, Acting PS Monggae and acting chairman of Board of Directors for BTO Lawrence Khupe," said Magosi, who added that he only heard about the development when he arrived in Botswana last week Friday. Guma looked at him with his trademark smile that reveal his front teeth, tried to say something but paused and smiled in amazement again while MP Pius Mokgware held his mouth as if has heard of the passing of a close relative. After gaining some composure Guma posed the question which was clearly obvious. "So you now have a board and when was it appointed because last time when you were here with the minister both you said there was no board of directors?" asked Guma leaning towards Magosi. Without hesitation Magosi revealed that Khupe is the only board member who has been there for some time.
I have never met the lone board member – Magosi
Surprisingly he informed the committee that since he was appointed Permanent Secretary he has never met Khupe but only saw his signature on some documents though he is the accounting officer. Boteti North MP Sethomo Lelatisitswe asked if it was possible to have a board which comprises of only one person and Magosi answered in negative. An official from the Attorney General's chambers advised the committee that the board chairman implements decisions of the board of directors but in their absence it will be illegal for him to just reduce the notice days for the CEO. Magosi, who seemed to be fed up by how he has been treated by his principal, revealed that he has tried to advise Minister Khama that he cannot unceremoniously cut short notice days for the CEO as he was in charge of lot of projects and proper handover was needed. Asked if his advice was taken, he shook his head and Guma who was the most puzzled and shocked committee asked rhetorically. Is this happening in Botswana…! "Guys are you serious this is happening in Botswana and done to you as Batswana or you're not nationals of this country?" said Guma, sipping bottled water.
CEO's sorry salary
Next on the menu was the realignment of BTO structure which was approved by Minister Khama on the 16 of August 2016. The realignment saw the daughter to Botswana's Ambassador to United Kingdom (UK) Jillian Blackbeard be upgraded to Executive Manager earning P49,000 per month and Legal Officer Tswelelo Kebatlile upgraded from B5 to B4 and earning P50,000 per month. Mokgware's question on how much was the CEO earning after the restructuring sent the whole committee into unison 'aaaah!' as he said his basic salary was P42, 000 much lesser than his junior officers. Dithebe said he tried to refuse to sign the proposed new structure by Minister Khama as he was not part of it. "He came to my office accompanied by Jillian Blackbeard and forced me to sign the letter," said Dithebe, with a shaking voice.
David Newman's wife
Another appointment that Dithebe said that he vehemently refused to approve was of Changu Newman, the wife to David Newman, Botswana's ambassador to USA as Tourism Attaché based at Washington DC. Dithebe said that the reason he declined to appoint her was because she didn't have the right qualifications as she has Diploma in Event management while they need a graduate and failed the interview. Though he refused to appoint her as Tourism Attaché it later turned out during the hearings that Newman has already started her work in Washington DC.
The Comair deal
In 2007 Comair was tipped to be a strategic equity partner in the controversial privatisation of Air Botswana and the deal fell off as the two parties couldn't agree on the commercial terms of the proposed management contract in 2008. Mokgware asked about the allegations that BTO wants to take over Air Botswana and has already started talks with Comair. "Yes, it true they have been meetings between Minister of Finance Kenneth Mathambo and Minister Khama but I was not part of the meeting," revealed Magosi, who added that the then Minister of Transport and Communications Tshenelo Mabeo was also not part of the meetings. He said that the talks are at advanced stage to transfer Air Botswana to BTO and be managed by Comair.
Dithebe, Magosi parting shots
As they were about to wrap up their interrogations on the two, Guma asked them to summarise their working relations with Minister Khama. "I was working under serious duress and they were times where he will come with Blackbeard to my office and force me to sign things that I didn't know," said Dithebe almost in tears.Asked if he has ever reported this to Magosi who is the accounting officer, he answered in affirmative. Magosi said that on several occasions he has tried to engage the PSP about his working relations with Minister Khama but that seemed to only make matters worse. "It was very hard on both side and I even tried to report to President Kh…" Guma stopped him before he could even finish the name Khama.


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McDonald's posted its worst monthly sales decline in more than a decade in August, according to new figures the company released Tuesday, as same-store sales dropped precipitously in Asia and ebbed across the rest of the world.
Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa led the downturn, with a 14.5% drop in sales in August. The overall sales drop of 3.7% was the worst since February of 2003, the Wall Street Journal reports. Sales fell fastest in China and Japan, after news broke of a supplier in Shanghai attempting to pass off expired meat to its customers, most prominently, McDonald's.
Sales across Europe slipped by 0.7%. A rare bright spot of growth in the United Kingdom was offset by store closures in Russia due to official allegations of "sanitary violations," which the company has appealed and critics have said might be political retaliation for western sanctions against Russia.
Rounding out the global slump was a 2.8% drop in U.S. sales, which the company attributed to an increasingly competitive marketplace.
"During August, McDonald's global business faced several headwinds that impacted sales performance," McDonald's president and CEO Don Thompson said in a statement. "We are diligently working to effectively navigate the current market conditions to regain momentum."


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WorldNeverland Game Review – Cute Simulation Online Game that You had Always Wanted from The Sims
WorldNeverland Game Review – A Cute Simulation online game that you had always wanted from the sims
I have always love the sims game since the first of its series. I like the concept of where you can control a character, make them marry whoever you want, and control all of their needs and what you can give them. The only problem about the game is that you can't play it anywhere you want, years later, in mobile device, i finally find a game that has a similar feels to The sims, The game is called World Neverland.
This kingdom welcomes immigrants from any country. Let's live in this kingdom! This may not be a game. Eternal time to get family and take over to descendants. Unprecedented, stand-alone RPG and life simulator. Let's start the kingdom life now. It's everything You want in a RPG. Let's immigrate to the free and peaceful kingdom and enjoy your another life.
This game is what you always wanted in a simulation rpg game an Adventure, a Relationship, Farm, and all. This game has it all. You will start first as a stranger in a new land. You will begin your adventure with some tutorial about the game, which will include some menial task that will get through the game like picking up herbs, fighting, collecting some milk, talking and so on that will teach you the basic of the game in general.
In Elnea Kingdom, there is no set goal. You make your own goal, You can be a farmer, an adventurer, a forager, or even a playboy that seduce all of the woman in the kingdom, but the thing that most people do is to save up some money so that you can buy a house and become the citizen of the kingdom, Married a strangers, and then makes babies together.
This game also have battle system with some monster that you will encounter during your exploration in a dungeon. The battle system is pretty basic, with some turn based attack and defense. You can also invite the character or your friends in the kingdom to do some exploration together. Which will makes the battle much easier. After that, use the money that you had collected to upgrade your gears and weapon to do some more exploring.
The Elnea Kingdom can be played in your Android and iOS phone for free. So if you are interested, i suggest you to check it out.WorldNeverland Game Review


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Orinj version 4.0.0
A loop in Orinj is a collection of tracks. These tracks contain short wave files of drum hits and buttons that tell Orinj when to play these drum hits. The tracks also contain effects (e.g., delays, reverbs), volume and pan settings, and other settings. A loop is not very different from a recording session. However, rather than recording audio data and mixing it into a song as you would normally do in a recording session, you can use the loop tracks to arrange existing audio files – of drum hits.
By arranging drum hits on tracks, you will create drum loops. This helps if you do not own a set of real drums or do not know how to play drums. If, for example, you want to build a standard alternating kick and snare drum loop, you will:
- Set a 4/4 loop;
- Add an existing kick drum wave file to the first track;
- Add two kick beats (hits) to that same track on the 1 and 3 of the rhythm;
- Add an existing snare hit wave file to the second track;
- Add two snare beats to that second track on the 2 and 4 of the rhythm;
- Perhaps, add a high hat or other cymbals; and
- Mix this loop into a single wave file that you can then import and loop into your multitrack session.
Loops are displayed and controlled by the Orinj loop building view. All of what you can do in this view controls either your loop or individual components of your loop, such as tracks, wave files, and effects. To gain a more complete understanding of loops, see also Orinj Working with loop tracks, Orinj Working with loop hits, and Orinj Working with effects.
Create a new loop
To create a new loop, click on File and then on New in the Orinj menu. The current loop, if there is one, will be closed and a new loop will be ready for use. You may be asked to save the current loop, before it is closed.
Save a loop
To save a loop in a file, click on File and then on Save in the Orinj menu. You may be prompted to give a name to the loop.
If you want to save the loop under a name that is different than its current name, click on File and then on Save As in the Orinj menu.
Open an existing loop
To open a loop, click on File and then on Open in the Orinj menu. You will be prompted to browse to your loop. Find the loop file and open it. All loop files have the extension "klp". This extension may be visible, depending on the settings of your computer.
If the loop that you want to open was used recently, it will be listed under File and then Recent in the Orinj menu. You can click on the corresponding menu command to open that file.
A number of ready loops are included in the Orinj installation. These loops reside in the "../loops/" folder of your Orinj installation. These loops are examples for various music styles.
Close the current loop
To close the current loop, click on File and then on Close in the Orinj menu. You may be prompted to save the loop first.
Choose an output device
During playback, Orinj sends all sound to one output device (soundcard). To choose the output device, to which sound data will be sent during playback, click on Loop and then on Output Device in the Orinj menu. You will see the following dialog.
This dialog lists all available output devices. The "primary sound driver" device is usually the default sound device chosen through your operating system. Select a device in the dialog and click OK.
Set the tempo / time signature
To set the tempo and time signature of your loop, click on Loop and then on Tempo / Time Signature in the Orinj menu. You will see the following dialog.
Use this dialog to determine the tempo and time signature of the loop. Unlike in the multitrack session, the time signature of the loop is important. Each track in the loop building view has notches that are determined by the time signature. In 4/4 rhythm, for example, each track will have 16 notches for each of the 16 quarter notes in the beat. As you add drum hits to a track, you can snap these hits to the track notches, which ensures that the hits will be exactly on beat.
See also Orinj Working with sessions for further detail on the Tempo / Time Signature dialog.
Play, stop playback, pause
To play your loop, click on the play button () in the player toolbar at the bottom of Orinj, or click on Loop and then on Play in the Orinj menu. To play the loop indefinitely, click on the play loop button () in the player toolbar at the bottom of Orinj, or click on Loop and then on Play Loop in the Orinj menu.
To stop playback, click on the stop button () in the player toolbar at the bottom of Orinj, or click on Loop and the on Stop in the Orinj menu. Subsequent playback will start from the beginning.
To pause playback, click on the pause button () in the player toolbar at the bottom of Orinj, or click on Loop and then on Pause in the Orinj menu. You can then either resume playback or you can stop it.
Fast forwarding, rewinding, and recording are not available in the loop building view.
To mix your loop to a wave file, click on Loop and then on Mix in the Orinj menu. You will get the Loop Mix Properties dialog shown in the picture below.
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Use the dialog also to specify how the remainder of the loop should be handled in the mix. The remainder is the sound data that extends beyond the length of the loop. Suppose for example that you are creating a 4 sec loop that ends with an open high hat. The sound of the open high hat will probably extend beyond 4 seconds. What you will do with this extended loop depends on how you want to use the loop. If the loop is something that will be played over and over in your song, you will probably want to wrap the remainder. The end of the high hat will then sound over the beginning of the loop (it will be wrapped around). If you then insert the resulting wave file in your song and loop it over and over again, the high hat will sound natural. If this loop is something that will be played only once (a drum fill maybe), you can leave the remainder and create a loop that is longer than 4 sec and incorporates all sound data from the high hat.
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November 23, 2018 at 2:42 am #510
macOS Sierra 10.12.6 (16G29)
first off wekinator is awesome. But I tried to send data from faceOSC to wekinator and was unable too. I tried changing the ports to 8338. This didnt do anything. I was hoping someone else had some ideas.
I was doing some research and I have seen a few issues with sierra and faceOSC but nothing substantial.
Thank you
November 24, 2018 at 5:49 pm #512
Hi there,
I'm also on Sierra and FaceOSC works OK for me, so it's hard to say what is going wrong. I recommend the following:
1. Make sure you're running the executable (http://www.doc.gold.ac.uk/~mas01rf/WekinatorDownloads/wekinator_examples/executables/mac/inputs/VideoInput_FacialExpression_oF_14Inputs.zip) rather than from source, in case something has changed in the source on Gene's github to make it incompatible
2. Make sure FaceOSC executable draws funny white lines on your face. If it doesn't, that means it isn't finding your face. Ensure the data/ directory (which was in the same zip as the executable) remains in the same directory as the executable. (I.e., unzip the file from step 1 and don't move the executable without the data directory). If you still don't see white lines, try adjusting your lighting or removing your glasses.
3. Restart your computer and launch only the FaceOSC executable and Wekinator, and ensure Wekinator is set up to receive 14 inputs. Restarting ensures that there isn't some other program also receiving OSC.
Hope this helps.
November 26, 2018 at 10:05 pm #513
Thank you for such a quick response. I tried downloading your version of faceOSC but it crashed as soon as I opened it. I tried this on two machines, the same result occurred on both.
I am able to see the white lines on my original faceOSC app. I am unable to recieve data in the Wekinator application from -FaceOSC. The OSC In dot in the top left corner remains yellow.
Should I be placing the face OSC folder inside of a specific location inside of my main openFrameworks folder?
November 28, 2018 at 2:48 pm #514
Hi there,
Regarding the problem with the pre-compiled executable, I suspect you are experiencing the same problem as here: http://www.wekinator.org/forums/topic/mac-binaries-failing-for-webcam-inputs/
There is an issue with openFrameworks-generated apps on High Sierra, specifically having to do with OS X Gatekeeper.
One easy fix is to move the app to another directory (e.g., to the desktop) and then back. Then try double-clicking on it again. If it's the Gatekeeper issue causing your problem, this should fix it.
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LONDON, England - Before making the radical switch to Ferrari, Sebastian Vettel contemplated quitting F1.
That is the claim of Christian Horner, who as Red Bull team boss witnessed first-hand the Vettel's slide from four consecutive Drivers' titles to struggling in 2014.
In 2014, Vettel notably struggled to adapt to the sport's new V6-powered format, and failed to stand even once at the top of the podium while team mate Daniel Ricciardo won three grands prix.'NOT HAPPY ANYMORE'
"You could tell he (Vettel) wasn't happy," Horner told reporters on Tuesday (Jan 27) as he presented to the media Red Bull's new line-up of Ricciardo alongside Russian youngster Daniil Kvyat.
"There was that feeling 'am I (Vettel) enjoying this as much as I thought I was?'" Horner explained.
"It was like someone had taken his toy away. He went through a period of disillusionment about the direction F1 was going in.
"There was a stage in 2014 when he thought about whether he wanted to stop or not, whether he was getting the same level of enjoyment or not and whether or not he wanted to continue."'TIMING WAS RIGHT'
Horner said Vettel (27), ultimately got to grips with the 'new' F1, but also true is that the German had been in the process of deciding to switch to Ferrari for 2015.
Horner said: "I think Sebastian (Vettel) felt the timing was right in his career. He needed that stimulus of a new challenge."
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Niki Lauda, Mercedes chairman, said his team's current dominance was not born overnight, and "even for Ferrari it will take four years".
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In this video, Betty demonstrates how to make Pasta with Tomato and Zucchini Sauce. I used penne pasta and topped it with a wonderful tomato sauce made with zucchini and other vegetables.
8-oz. uncooked pasta (I used penne pasta, but you may use the pasta of your choice.)
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons extra virgin olive oil
2 additional teaspoons extra virgin olive oil
1 medium to large zucchini, cut into ¼-inch slices
1 medium onion, chopped
2 medium cloves of garlic, minced
(2) 14.5-oz. cans Italian-style stewed tomatoes, undrained (I used stewed tomatoes flavored with basil, garlic, and oregano.)
¼ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
½ cup chopped fresh basil
¼ cup Parmesan cheese, finely grated
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