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Voice and Structure: A Planner's Perspective
Juliet Marillier on Oct 03 2013 | Filed under: CRAFT
I'm currently working on a novel called Dreamer's Wood, first installment in the Blackthorn & Grim series, and my deadline is getting uncomfortably close. Indeed, the story is so much in my head at present that I really had no choice but to write about it for this month's post.
Dreamer's Wood, a historical fantasy/mystery for adult readers, is designed around contrasts in voice. Three major characters–Blackthorn, the disillusioned healer; Grim, her taciturn sidekick; Oran, the dreamer prince–take turns narrating chapters in first person. This framework allows emotional intensity to build between the main protagonists and provides good contrast within the narrative. It should allow the reader to get very close to the three central players. First person suits a character-based story, and although Dreamer's Wood has a plot line that includes a double mystery and a fairy tale element, its real heart is the emotional development of these characters.
I started the project really believing in the triple first person narrative. The three characters came to life with their different voices, and the writing really raced along. I've done this sort of thing before. In another novel, for instance, I alternated first person, past tense sections for the female protagonist with first person, present tense sections for the male protagonist, who was suffering from memory loss. I thought that approach served the story well. But this time around, with the major part of the novel written, I've started having a few doubts. Am I becoming hung-up on the chosen format? Am I letting the structure overwhelm the storytelling? Are my control freak tendencies getting the better of me?
I hope not, as I simply don't have time for a major structural rewrite before the deadline–my efforts will mainly be focused on getting the novel finished. But I am loosening the structure to ensure I maintain tension, pace and flow. The changes of narrator should enhance, rather than detract from, the unfolding of the story, otherwise why write the book that way? I'm taking note of the following:
- Chapters need not all be of similar length. More important is consistency of voice.
- It's fine for Grim's chapters to be briefer as he has less education than the other two protagonists, uses short or incomplete sentences and always speaks plainly. His style is great for action scenes. Grim is 'in the moment' and uses present tense.
- Oran is of noble birth and privileged background, and he's also something of a poet and dreamer. He uses longer, more complex sentences and a broader, more ornate vocabulary than the other two. My challenge is to rein in his philosophical musings and flights of imagination while keeping him in character. Oran's chapters tend to be the longest.
- Blackthorn bears crippling emotional scars and is eaten up by anger. The overarching series story deals with her hard journey to personal redemption. The challenge with her voice is maintaining the blazing intensity that marks her first appearance in the story. Blackthorn and Oran both narrate in past tense.
A task for the final edit will be ensuring the consistency of each voice throughout the book; I'll be looking at vocabulary, sentence structure, quirks of expression and so forth.
- Chapters need not be narrated in a fixed order. I found that at certain points I wanted to deviate from the 123,123 chapter pattern I had set up at the start. The narrator who is next in the line-up may well not be the best one to tell that part of the story. Good storytelling always comes before adherence to a plan! There are places in the book where one or other character 'skips' a chapter. That's fine, though I need to be sure that overall each of the three gets adequate page time.
- Keep series structure in mind as well as one-book structure. Blackthorn and Grim will be narrators in every book of the series. Oran is a narrator for this novel only. I need to remember that his personal journey shapes Dreamer's Wood. That could mean I give him some leeway when he wants to grab more page space. And curb my desire to slap him and tell him to grow up.
- Look at why I find one character's chapters easier to write than the others. Experience tells me those chapters will be the best ones. You know how sometimes the writing seems to flow almost despite you, and you realise a couple of hours have passed and you've written a few thousand words without even thinking about it? Those are always the good bits. Anything that is a painstaking slog to write probably isn't your greatest work. In my final revision I'll most likely find the slow bits are too long, repetitive and/or lacking in intensity. They'll be first on the chopping block.
I've found the changes of voice in this novel both a challenge and a delight to write. They've helped keep me focused on the project and at the same time provided me with great surprises along the way. I'm hoping very much that my editor and my readers will like the end result.
Have you experimented with voice in your work? Have you used changes of voice as part of your narrative structure? How did it work for you?
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About Juliet Marillier
Juliet Marillier has written eighteen novels for adults and young adults as well as a collection of short fiction. Her works of historical fantasy have been published around the world, and have won numerous awards. Juliet has two new novels out in 2014: The Caller, third and final book in the Shadowfell series, and Dreamer's Pool, the first novel in a new adult fantasy/mystery series, Blackthorn & Grim.
35 Responses to "Voice and Structure: A Planner's Perspective"
Good stuff, Juliet. I've definitely used different voices. It is funny how some of them really come easily, and others don't. And I like your observations about structure--too many people get straight-jacketed by trying to make things symmetrical and even.
I agree, Jeffo. I love neat structures, but I keep reminding myself that storytelling should always come first.
Great post, Juliet.
My current novel is first person present tense, for intensity, and written from the POV of two main characters. They have equal billing, but not in pattern, and both are always focused on the main character.
This is different than my previous series, A Keeper's Truth, which was told from one POV. This time around, I discovered that a second character's view, looking through to the main character, is even more fun to write. The filtered glasses offer a unique perspective, from an external source, and brings the protagonist to life in a way I couldn't have done through only her eyes.
This is the fun stuff; getting to experiment! Love to hear you sound like you're enjoying the process, Juliet.
Denise Willson
Author of A Keeper's Truth
Thanks, Denise. Your work in progress sounds like something I'd enjoy reading.
I love writing in first person present tense, so pacy and immediate, but some readers don't like it. I guess it depends on the story and the character. Jenny Downham's novel Before I Die is a great example of first person present tense done very effectively and used for a good reason (the narrator is a teenage girl with terminal cancer.) Sounds a bit gloomy but it's a great read and a perceptive treatment of a very difficult subject.
Yes, you are a control freak. And your readers will thank you.
The important thing is that you have and maintain consistency - or institute a change deliberately - and that everything you do be done on purpose.
I think readers can cope with just about anything as long as they don't get confused by the author.
I even stuck with the lack of proper punctuation in 'All the Pretty Horses' - at least long enough to read the story. I didn't like it, but I didn't get confused.
This includes the author being in control about the story arcs, and the consistency of the beginning with the ending, and characters, and, well, everything.
That's the writer's JOB. The reader invests a few chapters worth of her time in learning the system, but after that the story should come in without hitches if the writer is in control. And woe is you if you set up one system, and then yank the reader around. IMHO.
Your choices sound fascinating.
Very good point, Alicia. I agree about the need for consistency - as a reader I value that highly.
Sorry, there was meant to be a quote from Alicia's post in the above - this bit:
I think readers can cope with just about anything as long as they don't get confused by the author.
This is huge for me and I'm glad to see someone that actually knows what they're doing go at it like you are.
This is my first attempt at a novel and I'm doing the almost exactly the same 123, 123, although almost the entire MS is 3rd-person limited.
It's post-apoc sci-fi and instead of the three different voices like you're doing (which is very interesting on it's own), they fit into more archetype slots; civilian survivor, military survivor, alien. The three have distinctly different story arcs and all start geographically far from each other. As their physical stories play out, they end up closer and closer together, their storylines starting to twist into a coherent braid.
In the third act, though, I felt the need to break the rhythm of the 123, 123 and through in a 4 and just a bit later a 5, then it's back to 123, 123. I needed that to happen to flesh out parts of the story that, at least in the beginning, don't involve any of the 3 main prots AND I thought that throwing a curve ball at the reader after I'd gotten them used to a pattern would be just what the doctor ordered right before the climax and resolution that they, hopefully, don't see coming.
That sounds like a big challenge, Scott. It should be fantastic if you can pull it off.
An alternative for you would be to put in a couple of 'other POV' chapters earlier in the book. That could help prevent the sudden appearance of the 4 and 5 chapters late in the piece from jolting your reader out of the narrative. On the other hand, if you want to shock the reader at that point, what you suggest might be very effective. I guess the main thing is to keep the 4s and 5s integral to the book, so they are not too obviously there to get you out of a plotting difficulty. Good luck with the novel, it sounds great!
When I was writing one of my romantic suspense novels, I had a terrible time "letting go" of the alternating POV scenes. Then I woke up and realized it wasn't a 'rule' and as long as readers knew whose POV the scene was in, it was more important to have the scene work for the story. In my current WIP, the heroine doesn't even show up until chapter 4, and her first POV scene is in chapter 5.
Yes, we need to treat 'rules' with flexibility, in the interests of great storytelling!
Thank you for sharing your thought processes on this. I especially enjoyed reading whether the 123, 123 rhythm should be broken. You asked if we've ever experimented with voice. My first novel, Nandana's Mark, was an experiment in voice:) (Hopefully I learned something!) I wrote it three times from beginning to end. First in omniscient third, kind of Tolkienesque. It was all right, but didn't feel like fit into contemporary literature. Then I rewrote the entire novel from Melusine's POV, first person. The series is a spin of her 14th century French fairytale. It was an improvement, but it still wasn't right. I finally settled on multi-POV tight third, with the middle sister as the main character. Because I wanted the family drama that I created as my imagined reason for a mother cursing her daughters, I gave the three sisters and father's POV. I also gave three other characters a POV chapter. The three characters who spur the mcs growth throughout the series. I wouldn't ever right a book with that many POVS again, lol. And some readers just don't like it:) But through the entire process, I felt like I learned a lot about POV and I love multi-POV novels myself… Long answer, sorry, but I'm kind of passionate about POV:) Love Love Love Daughters of the Forest and reading this post reminds me I need to read some more of your books! Than!
Wow, Heidi, that sounds like a real labour of love. And you must have a great work ethic. I'm sure you learned heaps in the process.
This is a wonderful post at a time when I'm editing my novel which is written also from my three main character's perspectives, but in third person. I was tempted to change to first person, but after mulling over it at a writer's conference in York, England a month ago, I decided it wasn't where I felt the character's voices could best reveal themselves.
I wish you the best in meeting your deadline.
Thank you, Britta, and good luck with your editing!
In my current novel, I use both voice and time as tools to tell my story. My grown-up protagonist's POV (first person, present tense) is always in present-day linear storytime. I occasionally jump forward in time to the main antagonist's POV (third person, past tense), who is trying to catch the protagonist in a lie. The protagonist is an unreliable narrator telling his cover story to avoid being caught by the antagonist (think Kevin Spacey's character in The Usual Suspects). I periodically flash back to my young protagonist's POV (first person, stream of consciousness, minimal punctuation) to show how he arrived at this place in his life. I use different POVs to withhold information from the reader, and different voices so the reader always knows whose POV the story is in. I jump back and forward in time to control when in the story information is revealed. The trick is orchestrating all of this, so that exactly the information I want revealed in the story happens at precisely the right time in the story, to create the maximum amount of tension throughout the story.
Cal, that sounds incredibly challenging to write. What process do you use for keeping track of all the threads and the 'who knows what when?' of the story?
In Right Brain/Left Brain tests I always score right in the middle. I use my left brain first to "engineer" the story: what's going to happen when and from whose POV, what each character in the story needs to know—or not know—at any given time. For this I use a 30 to 50-page outline, broken down by act, chapter and scene to track what happens next in the manuscript, and an Excel spreadsheet to track when everything happens in time. Once I have all that, I turn my right brain loose to write the scenes. Since my stodgy left brain has already figured out what happens next, my fun loving right brain never gets stuck not knowing what to write (writer's block). My right brain has a mind of its own, though, and is constantly deviating from the plan. And since he is the boss of this little project, my left brain has no choice but to revise the plan to accommodate him. Probably a longer answer than you wanted, but there it is.
Wow, what am amazing look inside the late-stage writing of a novel. I'm impressed with how well you capture the moment, the issues, the time pressure and your doubts.
Bravo for not following a 123, 123 pattern in POV rotation. That's key.
Holding back on character growth (planned for a later book in the series) is something of which I am wary, having watched many authors starve a series opener. In this case, though, you are following three characters. Good. For the one who changes least, you might ask this: By the end of the first novel, has this character become aware of a big personal issue to face and what has triggered that awareness? Make that anticipation strong. Set the stakes now. That should help, and likely you're doing it already.
Some scenes (POV's) are better than others? Here's where you can fall back on the solid principles of scene structure: identifying the change, evolving the personal journey in one way, setting the goal and leading toward or away from it, using POV to capture an impression of the place, building in some level of surprise, etc. Even if our hearts are not fully invested in a given character, we can still be gripped by their scenes. (See George R.R. Martin.)
I love the voice experiment you have underway. What a good challenge to yourself. Looking forward to reading the outcome. Hope the thoughts above are helpful or at least a little reassuring.
Thanks, Don. As usual your words are pearls of wisdom and very helpful, especially in times of self-doubt!
Juliet, as a long-time fan of yours, a closet folklorist, and an aspiring writer myself, I always find your work uplifting and inspiring, and I enjoy reading your blog posts about craft just as much. Your musings on the writing process help me immensely when it comes time to continue writing, as I always have trouble finishing a project. Your new series sounds fascinating and I'm very glad to hear it's a fantasy/mystery blend. You likely won't have time to read all of our comments, but if you stop by, I just wanted to assure you that your readers love everything you have to give them. I have read several of your books so far and loved them all. :)
Thank you so much, Marysia! With this series I'm tackling several new challenges: older, more imperfect main protagonists; a pair of characters who are central to every book in the series; and that mystery element, which is particularly difficult for me, but I'm attending a workshop on 'Laying a Clue Trail' next weekend which should help. At the same time I'm trying to retain whatever the element is that keeps my readers coming back for more. Hope it works!
Older, more imperfect characters sound like a great basis for a story, especially in the fantasy genre which too often features clear-cut distinctions between heroes and villains. As a reader and writer, I'm always drawn first and foremost to the relationships between characters, seeing how they mess up their lives and pick up the pieces again, seeing them live and change and grow. I like the idea of the rotating perspectives as well because I like seeing a multifaceted story through the eyes of several people. You are a master at plotting and characterization, Juliet, and I have every faith in you. :)
I could benefit from the "Laying a Clue Trail" workshop. I'm experiencing similar POV and unraveling-of-mystery problems with my current novel in progress, which is lacking two final chapters and a rewrite. It's a feminist romantic fantasy loosely based on Norse folklore, featuring two sisters who both make strategic marriages with very different men. Their paths diverge and converge in unexpected ways after that, with (hopefully) some major surprises for the reader.
With POV, I think you're right that sticking too rigidly to structure isn't always the best way to tell the story. I use 3rd person past tense for both heroines, and I initially wanted to alternate chapters, but this proved impossible since one protagonist has a more active role than the other. Readers may think it's sloppy plotting, but I don't think I can't change it at this point without bogging down the plot.
The mystery element is a challenge because I'm having trouble getting close to one of the characters who ultimately turns out to be the villain. I want the reader to connect emotionally with him, but I am really struggling because I built the story around the "big reveal." I suspect he is resentful because I gave him a thankless role, and won't open up to me.
I read Son of the Shadows recently and Eamonn really stood out to me as the kind of character I'm trying to capture. I liked and sympathized with Eamonn from the start, and loved seeing the hints of darkness in his personality which eventually took over his reason. More than any other aspect of the book, the deterioration of Eamonn and Liadan's friendship fascinated me most. Really broke my heart at the end. :)
One of the most useful insights into characterisation I've heard is that every character is the hero of his own story - even your villain.
Thank you Juliet ~
This post made a great deal of sense to me, especially how you could step back and reason why each voice was valid according to personality.
I have experienced (in multiple POV's in my novel 'Second Lisa') how one narrative voice flows, and when one of the others seemed awkward, I realized it was because that character was a poet who expressed herself best in the written rather than the spoken word. As soon as I changed her narrative to diary excerpts her voice flowed.
For me, it was an ambitious undertaking for a first novel, but I loved following my imagination, and it helped me find my own voice.
Left-brain rules should never limit creativity, so all the more power to anyone who takes them and goes beyond, led by intuition.
Thank you, again.
Thanks, Veronica - there are some great insights in this, especially as I have one of those poetic characters in my work too!
Juliet, the novel I've been working on did have an alternating chapter/alternating POV for its three main characters (and some slight time shifting), but it felt forced after the first ten chapters or so. There is a single first-person voice, though the reader is in the head of the character whose chapter it is, whether first or third. I gave up on the chapter/character alternating when the story pushed me otherwise.
And I was given a helpful nudge by a helpful WUer, Tom Pope, who read the first three chapters and helped me to see that beginning the novel with my first-person character, who is a bit of a blowhard, was kind of off-putting. Rearranging those first three chapters set a different tone for the first arc of the book. Thanks again, Tom!
Gut feeling is a good guide to whether something's working or not. And feedback from wise readers is also valuable. Excellent that you were prepared to go back and rewrite with that major change of voice. I'm sure the ms is much improved and you are much happier.
My WIP only has one POV but I was thinking about putting two in my next book, I just didn't really know how to go about it. Reading your post gives me more confidence to give it a go.
Thanks for the insights. Good luck with the deadline.
Mary Ann
I'm glad it was helpful, Mary Ann. While I don't want to suggest rules, I think the basic POV rule these days is to use only one POV per scene - no head hopping (though some writers still do this).
Thank you for this, Juliet! Loved reading how you handled a less-conventional approach. Actually, I wrote my first novel, releasing early next year, with the triple first-person narrative, in present tense. But it's contemporary women's fiction. I wasn't experimenting or anything, that just seemed the best way to tell the story. And I, too, realized early on I didn't want to get stuck in a 1-2-3 pattern.
In fact, since this is the first in a 3-book series, I decided to let one of the three be the focus of each book, so I'll give the focus character a little more chapter time to tell her story in *her* book.
Guess we'll see how it goes next year!
I like the idea of making each of these three narrators the focus of her own book, Sharyn. I think present tense suits contemporary fiction well. Looking forward to your novel. :)
How timely. I'm beginning work on a novel with three first person POVs myself. I anticipate some issues as the three voices span 150 years (1860s, 1960s, present) and the earliest character (1860s) dies before the next one is even born. Themes and setting tie everything together, but I worry that 1st person may be too limiting for the 1960s storyline especially. However, 1st person works best for the 1860s and present, especially as I try to give everyone their own voice. I feel like as much as possible I need to maintain a 123 structure so that readers won't forget about a storyline and because it furthers the themes and places ojbects in the house that become important later. I guess I just have to dive in and muddle through!!
Erin, have you read any of Kate Morton's novels? She does a fabulous job of juggling past and present and maintaining tension and pace within both stories as she goes. Her newest one, The Distant Hours, is particularly good, but The Secret Keeper and The Shifting Fog are also well worth reading. You've set yourself a real challenge with three strands. Have you considered making one of them (perhaps the oldest one) a diary or journal? That could work well and might be a little easier for the reader.
Some other examples you might read: Jodi Picoult's The Storyteller, which interweaves three stories; Kate Forsyth's Bitter Greens, ditto. Both very well-crafted novels.
I'm re-working an entire manuscript that had been told in first-person and it's now being narrated in third-person, from the POV of three characters. I've also broken up the 1,2,3-1,2,3 pattern.


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If you're getting 8 hours in college, you must be one of those non-Facebook people who spend 11-15 hours studying every week. I don't understand how the infographic makers found the correlation between Facebook and study time. I've met 1 person in college who doesn't have a Facebook page, and they don't study for more than 10 hours a week. I also know plenty of people with Facebook who do study that much.
Facebook isn't even that hard to stop using excessively. Go on for ten minutes, check your notifications, messages and events. Make sure that it isn't anyone's birthday. Respond to your notifications, check to see if anyone cool is on chat, try to talk to them, but they sign off right when you hit send. Creep for a few more minutes then leave. That will really only take like 10 minutes. Sure, I'll do that 3 to 4 times a day, but I don't know how that Facebook time would allot to a study time of over 10 hours.
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Justin Timberlake continues to borrow moves from Michael Jackson, and not just on the dance floor or in the recording studio. He's collaborating with Missy Elliott and producer Timbaland to compose a ''We Are the World''-style charity single, to be recorded by an all-star chorus, MTV News reports. The idea is for the song to do for AIDS awareness what the Michael Jackson-Lionel Richie composition did for African famine relief.
The idea for the song, called ''The World Is Ours,'' came from Timbaland, who recruited frequent collaborator Elliott and Timberlake, MTV reports. ''I will use the legendary model of 'We Are the World' but update it in a way that works for the trends of the music industry today,'' the producer said in a statement. ''We will create an anthem with today's most talented artists to produce a song that will bring the world's attention to the AIDS pandemic.''
Also expected to perform on the track are Bubba Sparxxx and Kiley Dean, who record for Timbaland's Beat Club label, and other artists to be named later. Look for the song and the accompanying DVD in the spring.


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The Underdogs Win The Amazing Race Season 21
In a race that kicked off in the middle of the night on the tiny Mallorca island in the Mediterranean and ended at the United Nations in New York City, goat farmers and long-time couple Josh Kilmer-Purcell and Brent Ridge (The Fabulous Beekman Boys) overcame big odds to take home The Amazing Race's $1 million prize.
Their first stop was in Barcelona, where twins Natalie and Nadiya, Chippendale's dancers James and Jaymes and cute couple Trey and Lexi were conspiring to form an alliance. Their plan? Knock off the Beekman Boys. Only problem, Josh and Brent overheard the whole thing.
Plan disrupted, the twins were the first team ousted.
For most challenges, Trey and Lexi appeared to be shoo-ins to win, from finding 10 types of mushroom grown in underground caverns in France, plowing land on the strength of a giant horse to delivering pizza in New York City.
Still, the final challenge required a bit of language skills and, as it turns out, mathematics. At the UN, the teams had to match the words "hello" and "goodbye" from each country they had visited to a flag flying in front of the United Nations.
Josh and Brent ran to the victory line to claim their $1 million. The guys, who are BFFs with Martha Stewart and whose Cooking Channel show is great, plan to use the money to build up their goat farm business. Aww.
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|About Dania Beach
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Dania Beach is unlike the beaches of nearby Fort Lauderdale and Hollywood. You'll find a visit to Dania Beach is informal, casual and family-oriented. It has maintained the feel of the southeastern Florida beaches before the development of recent decades. While there is plenty to do here, visitors can simply sunbathe in a quiet, tropical paradise while remaining close to other area attractions.
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The beach is not the only nearby attraction for Dania Beach visitors. There is fishing and activities to enjoy at the nearby Dania Beach Pier. Florida Atlantic University maintains SeaTech, just a "stone's throw" from the Grill. SeaTech is the University's new graduate ocean engineering research facility.
"Next door" to the Grill is Frank Adler "Tootie's" Park, with it's Seminole chickee huts for shade, playgrounds on the sand for children and BBQ grills for a family outing. Both John U Lloyd State Park and West Lake Park, with its Anne Kolb Nature Center, border Dania Beach. They offer to everyone visiting Dania Beach still more recreation and the beauty of South Florida's natural environments.
The beach is conveniently close to other area attractions and services. From the quiet beach, you can occasionally see airplanes flying from Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport (only 10 minutes away by car) to tropical and world-wide destinations. Had enough sun? Then maybe Dania Jai-Lai is next for you (only 5 minutes away). Or how about a gambling cruise that is only minutes away! You'll find dinosaurs and more at the nearby world-class South Florida Museum of Natural History. And if you are an antiques buff, the City of Dania Beach, known as the "Antique Capital of the South," is just down the road with store after store of furniture and collectibles!
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The Indian Trusts Act was passed in 1882 to define law relating to private trusts and trustees. - A trust is not a 'legal person'. Property of trust is held in name of trustee for benefit of beneficiary.
What is a trust - A trust is an obligation annexed to the ownership of property and arising out of a confidence reposed in and accepted by the owner, or declared and accepted by him, for the benefit of another, or of another and the owner. The person who reposes the confidence is called 'author of trust' (testator), the person who accepts the confidence is called 'trustee' and the person for whose benefit the confidence is accepted is 'beneficiary'. The subject matter of trust is called 'trust property' or 'trust-money. The 'beneficial interest' or 'interest of the beneficiary' is his right against the trustee as the owner of trust-property. The instrument by which trust is declared is called as 'instrument of trust'.
Thus, when a property is held by one person as trustee for the benefit of another, it can be regarded as a trust. Trusts are governed by Indian Trust Act, as may be modified by State Governments.
A trust can be created for any lawful purpose. A trust can be created by deed, will or even word of mouth. However, trust of immovable property can be created only by non-testamentary instrument signed by author of trust and is registered, or by will of author. . Thus, 'will' is not required to be registered, even if it pertains to immovable property.
Duties of trustees - Trustee is not bound to accept the trust. However, once accepted, he cannot renounce it except permission of civil court or beneficiary (if he is major) or by virtue of special power in the instrument of trust. Once trustee accepts trust, he is bound to fulfil the purpose of trust and to obey directions given at the time of creation of the trust. It can be modified with consent of beneficiary. .
His duties are -
Trustee is liable for breach of trust. 'Breach of trust' means a breach of duty imposed on a trustee, as such, by any law for the time being in force.
Rights and Powers of trustee – Trustee has following powers -
Rights and liabilities of beneficiary – The beneficiary has
A beneficiary is liable if he joins in breach of trust.
Revocation of trust - A trust created can be revoked at the pleasure of testator. A trust created otherwise by will can be revoked
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Rick Ross won't be stopping in North Carolina for two concerts he had lined up after a group called The Gangster Disciples sent him death threats online earlier this week.
The group of thugs released a video on Youtube threatening to appear at the Maybach Music shows and get violent over issues with Ross using their leader Larry Hoover's name in his "B.M.F." track and The Star of David on his Black Bar Mitzvah mixtape.
Meek Mill, Wale and Machine Gun Kelly were also scheduled to hit the stage in Greensboro and Charlotte this weekend, but as of now, they will be skipping to Nashville for a show Sunday.
I'm glad the shows were canceled. If these men were serious, a lot of innocent people could have gotten hurt, but damn this is so ignorant. Rick Ross opens a chicken franchise and this is how y'all thank him?!
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Patrick Dempsey, Hilary Swank at L.A. "Freedom Writers" Premiereby Steve Marsi at Comments
Grey's Anatomy leading man Patrick Dempsey was seen last night at the L.A. premiere of his new movie, Freedom Writers. With Patrick in...Continue Reading
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Esri Partners With Intellimed International Corp. To Offer Hospitals Advanced Demographics
REDLANDS, Calif., Jan. 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Esri today announced that it will provide Phoenix, Arizona-based Intellimed International Corp., a major health care data and analytics company, with updated demographic data for its future health care forecasting and planning projects with hospitals.
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Embedded Esri demographics will allow Intellimed's IntelliClient software to provide health care data that's better than ever—statistically validated, high quality, and adjusted by severity of illness—to guide hospital and health care system planning and marketing decisions.
"This relationship provides the strategic introduction of Esri's capabilities into Intellimed's existing strong presence in the health market," said Christina Bivona-Tellez, Esri health and human services industry manager. "Using Esri's rich Tapestry data and demographics, the world around hospitals will open up, as managers visualize the pressing needs and concerns of the patient community. Suddenly, they'll know where to target their efforts to reach those in need."An independent study conducted by Cropper GIS; McKibben Demographic Research; the University of California, Riverside; and the University of California, San Diego, compared 2010 total population and household estimates produced by Esri and four other major data vendors. After comparing the estimates with 2010 Census data, the researchers ranked Esri data as being the most accurate, with the lowest precision error total for both population and household. "After completing our research to find the highest quality, most current, and most complete demographics data, we found that Esri demographics data was far superior to all other sources," said H. Gene Koch, chief operating officer of Intellimed International Corp. "We also discovered that Esri had other products that would benefit Intellimed in its delivery of high-quality information to the health care market. "As a result, we have executed a partner agreement with Esri to work together for the integration and delivery of expanded products and services for provider and provider-related segments of the health care market," Koch concluded.
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July 2012 DSMA: Learning from the DOC
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Village of
March 14, 2012
PUBLIC HEARING-recessed from February 22, 2012 to consider adopting a Local Law authorizing a property tax levy in excess of the limit established in General Municipal Law §3-c
Ms Katelin Olson from AMSA
Ms Steffani Conrad regarding her water/sewer bill
Mr Michael Schreiner regarding late notice
Superintendent of Public Works Dale Brooks
Approve the following as surplus property:
1. Wood from tree removal and trimming at the Densmore Street staging area
2. 1999 ¾ ton Dodge with plow and utility box
3. Miscellaneous office equipment (AFD copier, monitors, computers). They will go to an approved recycling center
4. PA System
Clarendon Street Bridge Project
2007 Canal Grant - 121 North Main façade, canal signage (bid opening on April 4, 2012 @ 10:00AM)
Village Highway Shared Service Agreement
Accept Treasurers report for February (motion)
Approve the minutes of February 22, 202, February 29, 2012 and March 7, 2012 (motion)
Approve payment of Village bills (motion)
Approve payment of Chatfield Engineer bills (motion)
General Engineering Services 94-193-169 $ 646.50
Washington Street Drainage Study 11-1024-1 $1,760.00
JMIPCF Capital Improvement Project 09-924-18 $ 739.98
Approve payment of the following bills for the Police Station renovations: (motion)
Albion Ace Hardware $ 289.56
Arnolds Auto Parts $ 21.37
C & M Sheet Metal Inc $ 136.35
Cook's Lock and Key $ 267.00
The Family Hardware $ 159.35
Lowe's $ 48.96
Suburban Electric $ 52.59
Approve to transfer the following funds to cover the cost of the carpet for the upper deck: (motion)
A 1210.0403 Publications/Meetings $300.00 to A 1620.401 Building Maintenance
A 1325.402 Bond Charges $765.00 to A 1620.401 Building Maintenance
Approve payment to Gary Smith for carpet in the Board Room in the amount of $3,315.00 (motion)
Approve payment to Osborn, Reed & Burke, LLP for services rendered in February in the amount of $181.50 (motion)
Approve payment to Bernard P Donegan Inc for services rendered in the amount of $1,327.04 (motion)
Approve the Mayor to sign the following Cemetery Deed: (motion)
Robert & Marie A Rice S.G. 560/561 Deerfield Avenue
Correspondence from Orleans County Ethics Board
Schedule a Special Meeting for April 2, 2012 for the Annual Organizational Meeting (motion)
Schedule a Special Meeting for budget review meetings with department heads (motion)
Schedule a Public Hearing relating to changes in the sign ordinance (motion)
Request from Genesee Orleans Ministry of Concern to hold a Walk-A-Thon at Mt Albion Cemetery on May 5, 2012 (motion)
Approve to remove the following tax bills for the fiscal year June 1, 2011 to May 31, 2012 (motion)
62.19-3-6 61 Brown Street $383.67
220.127.116.11 19 North Main Street $477.60
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Vantiv Webinar To Explore Exploding Mobile Payments Market
CINCINNATI, Sept. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Vantiv, Inc. (NYSE: VNTV), a leading provider of payment processing services and related technology solutions for merchants and financial institutions of all sizes, presents the third webinar in its Vantiv Insight Series, "Payments Go Mobile" on Wednesday, September 19, 2012 Noon – 1:00 pm EDT. Industry experts, Ben Love, Vice President, Mobile Strategy at Vantiv and Ken Paterson, Head of Research Operations at Mercator, will explore the growing mobile payments movement and what merchants and financial institutions need to understand in order to position themselves to meet changing consumer demands. Registration for this webinar is open at http://info.vantiv.com/Payments_Go_Mobile.html.
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"Awareness of mobile as a payment option is at an all-time high and the rapid growth of the market is producing many market players and possible outcomes," said Love. "Merchants and financial institutions have an opportunity to revolutionize the consumer experience they offer by staying current on the latest trends around mobile banking, smartphone payments and merchant tablets, as well as the market challenges that must be resolved for growth to continue."
The webinar will feature key findings from the Vantiv Insight Series Research, conducted by Mercator Advisory Group. The webinar, based on a Vantiv white paper of the same name, will cover additional topics including:
- The gap between smartphone buzz and smartphone usage for mobile payments
- How the push towards EMV technology may actually further the mobile movement
- How evolving payment capabilities are making mobile banking more compelling for consumers
- How merchants are using mobile tablets as point-of-sale devices to increase sales and decrease costs
- The functionality and value customers are seeking in mobile banking and mobile payment apps
- Timing and investments surrounding EMV and NFC technologies
- Concerns and requirements around mobile payment security
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The Uptown area is one of Albuquerque's most popular NE Heights neighborhoods. Uptown features affordable homes which are located near some of Albuquerque's most popular shopping and dining spots at the Albuquerque Uptown shopping mall.
View the most current list of Homes for Sale in Uptown or click here to search for other Albuquerque Homes for Sale.
Albuquerque Uptown Quick Sales Stats
Here's what sold last month in the Albuquerque Uptown Area:
|Total Detached Sales
|Price Range
|$73,000 to $247,000
|Average Sales Price
|Median Sales Price
|Distressed Sales
|% Distressed
|Attached Sales
Uptown Homes for Sale, Homes in Pending, Homes Closed
36 detached homes sold in July, up considerably from July of last year and last June. 31 homes were in pending status during June.
Uptown Average Price Per square foot
The average price per square foot has held steady at $93 per month over the last year.
Uptown Average Market Time
The average home sold in only 41 days.
Uptown Housing Inventory
An unusually brisk month for home sales has resulted in greatly reduced home inventory.
by Albuquerque Real Estate Agent Rich Cederberg, 803-5012, Venture Realty Group, 255-5609.
These Albuquerque Uptown real estate statistics were compiled from the Greater Albuquerque Association of REALTORS®data on 09/04/2012. This data is reflective of homes which were listed on the Albuquerque MLS; private sales are not included.


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Be pissed all you want. Tossing Newton under the bus and making statements like "all i know is he threw that int CHOKEE" just makes you look football stupid.
Edit: See the two posts above mine for an example.
the people who post things like this are football stupid.
they're the same kind of idiots you see arguing about a quarterback's "wins" and "losses". like middle schoolers arguing about pokemon during their lunch periods except much less nuanced.


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So, you're single now. It was well worth it, though.
The Flow Women's Flite 2W Binding will rev up your riding, but it could ruin your relationship. The Flite 2W makes entry and exit so quick and easy that you'll get in a huge fight with your boyfriend by the end of the day because you'll be tired of waiting around for him. The CIFlex PowerStraps are so comfortable that it will really get on your nerves hearing him whining about how his feet hurt, and the forgiving flex will have you sticking landings that crush his equipment and his ego.
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It's easy unless you make it difficult...
I have to give these bindings a 5. I bought them for my wife, in an effort to make her life a bit simpler...but no good deed goes unpunished. If you are a girl, and can strap in "standing up" (this is the most important part), then you will love these bindings. If you have to sit to strap in, then you will make an easy binding impossible. The high back is easier unlocked standing and further, needs to recline in order to step in. Imagine trying to recline your sofa with the wall right up against it; defeats the purpose, right? Bottom line, if you can't stand up to strap in, you'll hate these bindings. If you got the "standing" down...you'll be stoked.
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Despite another review we found these bindings run large. Bought a large for a Burton Saphire size 8 women's boot and they were huge. Had to return them...
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Super easy to get in and out of. I'm new to snowboarding but was told these are the best. Only complaint is they are pretty tough to get down. After boarding all day I'm too tired to snap them down! But I suppose that's a good thing-don't want them unsnapping on their own. Hoping they get a little easier with time :) Definitely a good buy!
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I felt this was something that need to be shared.
What am I leaving behind? If I were to die tomorrow, what would someone learn about me while going through my computer, my bedroom, my life?
It's astonishing, the level of knowledge that is available to the world about us today. Zchamu put it perfectly: "Piles upon piles of digital trails. Tweet streams and Facebook feeds. Blog posts, Instagram photos, forum conversations and/or arguments. Tracks left behind me, tracing every step. With every tweet or comment, we write what we are going to leave behind us. Because we most assuredly will leave it behind."
I'll leave behind the petty arguments I had with past friends on Twitter; the stupid pictures I took on Instagram; every ridiculous, lonely tweet I posted on Twitter; all of the moments of my life recorded on Facebook; every thought on WordPress; all my old journals. I have books in which I've scribbled in the margins, clothes that told of my style, hidden stashes, yearbooks. I am all of these, and yet in which medium will you find all of me? Maybe that's the saddest part – that nothing will ever capture exactly who I am, that these are only bits and pieces of the whole.
What legacy will I leave behind? What will I have done in my life that is of note? Who will read these portions of this momentary and momentous life I led, and what truth will they garner from it, if any?
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Do you ever pause to realize that the meeting planning decisions you make can save a neighbor's job or add to the local tax revenue? In your busy professional life, local economic impact most likely is not at the top of your to-do list.
by Heidi Fendos
Allison Potter, SMERF Sales/Marketing Manager
If you're looking for a way to educate your site selection committee or potential convention attendees about an upcoming meeting destination, you might consider beginning with a visit to a few popular social media websites. In a growing trend, many CVBs across the Midwest are utilizing more online resources for teaching groups about the exciting things to see and do in their cities.
According to Allison Potter, SMERF sales and marketing manager for the Dublin, OH CVB, "We utilize social media daily to interact with consumers and provide the latest information about our city as a meeting destination. Using sites like YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, and Flickr helps us to reach the meetings market with new arms and lead them to the Dublin CVB's main website to discover more. The bureau's blog also provides an 'insider's look' to the different attractions, restaurants, and events attendees can enjoy. These social media sites tell stories about our meeting destination that wouldn't necessarily be told on our bureau's main site."
Brent Foerster, vice president of sales and marketing for VISIT Milwaukee, agrees with Potter. "Two years ago, when we set up our strategic plan for how to utilize social media, we really focused on the leisure side of our market. However, we quickly realized that our social media outlets could also be a great way to educate potential convention attendees who are unfamiliar with Milwaukee about what there is to see and do. Social media helps us to bring this message to them in a timely and creative way."
10 Ways a CVB Can Help
1. Attendance builders.
A CVB can send promotional materials to potential registrants including destination guides, brochures, reminder postcards, tourism information, and more, all designed to attract potential attendees to your meeting destination.
2. Attrition management.
Some CVBs will assist planners in managing attrition by actively promoting the room block to attendees, highlighting special group rates and the benefits - for the attendee and for the organization - of reserving rooms within the block.
3. Bids.
During the process of selecting your meeting or event venue, an area CVB can act as a relay and assist in collecting bids from the facilities under consideration.
The essential element all CVBs have in common is working to bring outside visitors into their locales. A CVB exists to market a location's hotels, meeting facilities, dining facilities and attractions in order to generate revenue for the community. This means marketing many different aspects of the area's general tourism industry to people outside the community.
CVBs are funded in several different ways. In the US, a CVB is often funded by a hotel tax. Other sources of funding might include government allocations, dues and membership fees from local entities, corporate sponsorships or a combination of these.
Q: What is a CVB?
A: A CVB is a not-for-profit organization charged with representing a specific destination and helping the long-term development of its communities through a travel and tourism strategy. CVBs are usually membership organizations bringing together businesses that rely on tourism and meetings for revenue.
For visitors, CVBs are like a key to the city. As an unbiased resource, CVBs can serve as a broker or an official point of contact for convention and meeting planners, tour operators, or visitors. They assist planners with meeting preparation and encourage business travelers and visitors alike to visit local historic, cultural, and recreational sites.
Midwest Meetings
What if you could get paid to bring your event to a particular destination? In essence, depending on the nature of your gathering and the city you're considering, you can. Some Midwest CVBs offer grant programs to support new or existing groups in attracting or increasing attendance at events held within their borders.
As rough economic times continue to challenge many types of events, such longstanding assistance programs offered by some regional bureaus may be more attractive than ever for groups looking to get together. In a self-supporting effort to aid groups in bringing more visitor dollars to town, these grant programs are a common bureau strategy geared toward encouraging new events to get on their feet and to keep existing events coming back.
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Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No… it's the local CVB! In many circumstances, a Midwest bureau can come to the rescue - or just take an event over the top. When meeting professionals think of a CVB, they might think of the basic services: help with distributing RFPs, organizing site visits, suggesting itineraries, providing local maps, assisting with registration and welcome packets, and more. While such services are useful in planning and executing a successful event, there are many incidences in which CVBs go beyond the expected, much to the delight of meeting planners and attendees alike.
Jim Garrett, right, and Cole Carley, Fargo-Moorhead CVB
Jim Garrett, CDME, President/CEO of the Chicago Southland Convention and Visitors Bureau, was awarded the 2011 Bruce Riley McDaniel Award for Individual Professionalism & Lifetime Achievement by the Upper Midwest Convention & Visitors Bureau (UMCVB). Garrett received this award during the 2011 Fall Conference in Brookfield, WI.
The "McDaniel Award" is given to a tourism industry professional who has demonstrated and made a significant leadership impact, and furthered the economic growth of the hospitality industry. The award was established in honor and memory of Bruce McDaniel, one of the founders of UMCVB.
"Receiving the Bruce McDaniel award is an incredible honor," said Garrett, "the passion for driving tourism to the Chicago Southland has always pushed me to work just that much harder during my career in destination management and marketing."
The CVB Advantage
Most meeting planners know what a CVB is, and most know a CVB can help out during the planning process. But perhaps not every planner knows just how much a CVB can help, or the vast array of valuable resources at their fingertips.
Midwest Meetings asked planners: When considering a new meeting location, how does the area CVB help influence your destination decision?
Planners said…
"CVBs are a tremendous resource. They know about the brand changes, the condition of hotels and the service levels. CVBs source the meeting for me and then they supply materials to boost attendance. They set up site inspections and all in all, save me a tremendous amount of time."
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Tucson, AZ 85701
P.O. Box 27210
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Incorporating Green Building elements and principles of Smart Growth into neighborhoods contributes to the sustainability of our community in ways from which multiple people benefit. Collaborating with neighbors on projects opens lines of communication, builds networks, and makes our neighborhoods safer. Use this page to explore ideas about neighborhood projects that can reduce resource consumption and make neighborhoods more livable.
Explore how you can COLLABORATE with neighbors to incorporate Green Building elements and principles of Smart Growth into your community.
Develop a Neighborhood Plan or Update an Existing Plan. Organizing to improve your neighborhood is key for progress. Network and collaborate with your neighbors to define common goals and plan projects. Consider developing a Sustainability Plan to achieve waste, energy, and water reduction goals. Look for ways to share needs, such as carpooling. Your plan does not need to be adopted by the City to be effective—all it takes is dedication and collaboration among neighbors to be a success!
View existing Neighborhood Plans adopted by the City of Tucson.
Promote and support good infill projects. Infill developments reduce urban sprawl and bring resources closer to neighborhoods by developing vacant or under-used parcels within city limits and near existing development. Good projects incorporate elements of green building, which avoid negative impacts on your health and on the environment, include multiple functions (mixed-use), and are accessible by alternative means of transportation. Organizing and getting involved in the planning process will show that you support good projects that benefit neighborhoods.
Resources to help get you started (also visit the Sustainability in Government: Green Building and Smart Growth page):
PRO Neighborhoods
PRO offers both small grants and technical assistance for neighborhood projects. They assist groups working together to mobilize and build upon existing talents and resources within the community.
Tucson's Most Walkable Neighborhoods (WalkScore)
Get your neighborhood's WalkScore and find businesses nearby.
Mixed Use Development Prototype for a lot on Stone Ave. in Tucson
Infill Development - Strategies for Shaping Livable Neighborhoods, Susan C. Enger, MRSC Report No. 38, June 1997 - and Appendices
Building Livable Communities: A Policymaker's Guide to Infill Development, The Center for Livable Communities, Local Government Commission, Sacramento, CA, August 1995 (available for purchase)
Filling in the Spaces: Ten Essentials for Successful Urban Infill Housing (under index, select special reports)
Urban Infill Housing: Myth and Fact, Urban Land Institute, 2001
Best Practices to Encourage Infill Development, Prepared by Robinson & Cole for National Association of Realtors, December 2002
Infill in the marketplace: alternatives to sprawl, by Tom Sargent, On The Ground, Fall 1994, 6 pages
Create urban green space. Many neighborhoods have vacant lots, washes, and medians that can be enhanced and utilized as green space for neighbors to enjoy. Even existing parks may have opportunities for the addition of a garden or increased native vegetation. Urban green space reduces the urban heat island effect and benefits neighbors by providing a place to take a stroll and enjoy nature.
Promote the use of native and drought-tolerant vegetation. Native plants are adapted to live in our dry climate with limited water resources. Using native and drought-tolerant plants reduces the amount of water you will use on landscaping, saving our precious potable water resources. Look for opportunities in your neighborhood to add native vegetation, increasing the amount of green space and beautifying the community.
Native and Drought Tolerant Landscaping Resources:
• Arizona Department of Water Resources
• References for Identifying and Selecting Landscape Plants for the Low Desert (UofA)
• City of Mesa Resources for Arizona Low Desert Gardening and Landscaping
• If you are a Tucson Electric Power (TEP) customer, you may also purchase 2 native trees for $6 each through the Trees for Tucson program.
Incorporate rainwater harvesting. Passive rainwater techniques can be easily implemented with a little planning and muscle work. Areas with green space are a good place to start, but also look for opportunities to help neighbors incorporate rainwater harvesting into their yards and homes. You may also find opportunities to actively capture rainwater with cisterns and then share or use the water in ways that the neighborhood benefits.
The City of Tucson's Water Harvesting Guidance Manual provides information on water harvesting techniques, their appropriate placement, and the context of water harvesting in site design.
Also visit the Water Resources and Sustainability in Government: Water Resources pages for more resources to help get you started.
Look for opportunities to use solar power. Parks, ramadas, bus shelters, neighborhood centers, and community pools are all areas that may be able to collect and utilize solar power. Collaborate with neighbors to asses the possibilities and how solar power can benefit your neighborhood.
Learn from Community Models. People throughout the community are working together to make Tucson more sustainable. Learn from their projects and use the strategies in your neighborhood.
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When you said EX1k I thought you meant the vinyl stylus sony make that has the same name.
The MDR-7550 is the studio version of the EX600.
how's the ex600 in comparison to the 1000?
and mind=blown didn't know that.
I haven't tried the EX1000. People say it's worth the step up though.
Isn't the EX equivalent of the 7550 the EX800ST?
You maybe be right(not going to bother googling it). In that case, my bad. 7550 is still worth the £130 or $160 though.
Do you have an EX800ST to compare it with?
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Which reminds me, I've been missing about 3 or 4 chapters of the manga... Maybe after reading my book then
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The Montana Threat to the First Amendment
June 11, 2012
In previous posts, I've discussed how Montana is now the sharp end of the spear in the liberal effort to overturn the Citizens United decision which held that the government cannot abridge the First Amendment rights of companies, labor unions or other organizations. Montana's Supreme Court is defying that ruling, so the state is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse its decision.
As George Will has pointed out, "reasons for the Supreme Court to reconsider Citizens United are nonexistent." But Montana's Democratic Governor Brian Schweitzer is giving it a shot anyway. In a remarkable New York Times op-ed, Schweitzer yearns for the halcyon pre-Citizens United days when Montana legislators were "basically volunteers" – "ranchers, teachers, carpenters" who "put their professions on hold" to selflessly serve that state for $80 a day for 90 days every other year.
In February, however, Montana was forced to stop enforcing its restrictions on corporate campaign contributions. Since then, according to Schweitzer, all Hell has broken use. Now the once virtuous collection of rancher/teacher/carpenter legislators are throwing up bills to "build condos right on the edge of [Montana's] legendary trout stream" and encourage the "use of cyanide to mine gold." Luckily, Schweitzer was on hand to veto these bills, but "future governors might sign them if they have been bribed by the same type of money that is now corrupting" legislators. Once that happens, Montana will sadly follow the "Washington model of corruption" – where "corporation legally bribe members of Congress by bankrolling their campaigns … and get whatever they need in return."
Schweitzer makes it sound like the only thing standing between righteousness and corruption is Citizens United. But as Senator Mitch McConnell pointed out in an amicus brief in opposition to Montana's attempt to reverse the case, prior to Citizens United, 26 states had no restrictions on corporate independent expenditures, all without any apparent corrupting influence on legislators. Since the ruling, not a single Fortune 100 company has contributed a cent to any of the eight Super PACs supporting Republican presidential candidates, despite doomsday warnings from President Obama that "big oil, Wall Street banks [and] health insurance companies" – the unholy trinity in the liberal imagination – would swoop in to buy elections.
The point is, left-wing hysteria from politicians like Schweitzer is just a bunch of noise. Moreover, the public has ample protections against corrupt politicians that don't require chucking the First Amendment into the trash bin. Those protections are called elections.


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The course, "American Indian Art Survey" (NAS 551), begins Aug. 31 and is taught entirely online.
MSU is currently developing a graduate certificate in Native American Studies and will offer more online NAS courses in upcoming semesters.
The MSU instructor is Ceilon Aspensen, who also teaches art and journalism in Baltimore. She has combined her interests in art, education and Native American studies to create the course. Students will examine Native American artworks and the political, cosmological, religious and spiritual values of the cultural groups that created them.
Students must have completed a bachelor's degree to enroll in the course, but do not need to be currently enrolled in an MSU graduate degree program. Students who complete the course will earn three graduate credits from MSU.
The course is appropriate for teachers, particularly those who need training to fulfill Montana's Indian Education for All requirements, as well as those seeking graduate-level coursework in Native American Studies.
For more information or to enroll in the course, visit the MSU Extended University Web site:
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Complete Indicator Profile of Education - High School Diploma or Equivalency - 18-24 Year Olds (HA2020 Leading Health Indicator: 25)
Definition18-24 year olds with a high school diploma or equivalency
NumeratorNumber of 18-24 year olds with a high school diploma or equivalency
DenominatorMidyear resident population of 18-24 year olds within the same calendar year.
Why Is This Important?Income, education, and financial resources are considered key social determinants of health. The lack of such resources limits individuals' ability to obtain health insurance, pay for medical care, afford healthy food, safe housing, and access to other basic goods. Children in poverty face greater morbidity and mortality due to greater risk of accidental injury, lack of health care access, and poor educational achievement. Early (or prenatal) poverty may result in development damage. Level of educational attainment influences employment opportunities and income, which in turn impact other social determinants of health, including access to health care. Education can have multigenerational implications that make it an important measure for the health of future generations.
Healthy People Objective ECBP-6:Increase the proportion of the population that completes high school education
U.S. Target: 97.9 percent
State Target: Healthy Alaskans 2020 Target: 86% for 18-24 year olds
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Percentage of 18-24 year olds with a high school diploma or equivalency, all Alaskans, Alaska Natives, and U.S., 2005-2020
Data NotesHealthy Alaskans 2020 Target: 86% for 18-24 year olds
** indicates preceding years summarized for Alaska Natives or Data Not Available.
Includes those 18-24 years old with a high school diploma (includes equivalency) or higher education (some college, associate's degree, bachelor's degree, graduate or professional degree). Alaska Native data are available for 5-year estimates and is shown for the last year of the 5-year period. All Alaskans and U.S. from American Community Survey, 1-year estimates for table S1501 Educational Attainment, Population 18 to 24 years, 1- Less than high school graduate. Alaska Natives from DataFerrett for 3-year American Community Survey.
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FPL Marks End Of 2012 Hurricane Season Today, But Continues Year-round Focus On Readiness For Weather Events
FPL continues to focus on storm resiliencyIn the 20 years since Hurricane Andrew, FPL has invested to make its systems more resilient to storms, utilized significant technological advances, improved how crews and resources are positioned, and made its emergency response organization more efficient to help restoration efforts. In addition, there are many tools and technologies that FPL uses today that didn't exist in the early '90s including improved weather information, Global Positioning Systems, restoration spatial view and infrared technology.
Technology advancements allow FPL to inform customers about restoration efforts faster after a storm. For example, hours after a storm, FPL creates a preliminary restoration estimate using computer modeling based on historical data. The estimate will change as damage reports from the field are complete, but it's intended to help customers and communities make initial plans.
In addition, at the start of the 2012 storm season, FPL opened the state-of-the-art Category-5-rated FPL Command Center in Riviera Beach, Fla., that is the brain center of the company's restoration and logistics planning for its 35-county service territory.
Florida Power & Light Company Florida Power & Light Company is the largest electric utility in Florida and one of the largest rate-regulated utilities in the United States. FPL serves approximately 4.6 million customer accounts and is a leading Florida employer with approximately 10,000 employees. The company consistently outperforms national averages for service reliability while its typical residential customer bills, based on data available in December 2011, are about 25 percent below the national average. A clean energy leader, FPL has one of the lowest emissions profiles and one of the leading energy efficiency programs among utilities nationwide. FPL is a subsidiary of Juno Beach, Fla.-based NextEra Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NEE). For more information, visit www.FPL.com.SOURCE Florida Power & Light Company
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Well, I kind of departed suddenly. Without a trace. POOF!, one might say.
I'm sorry I disappeared. I know I don't need to apologize. But I was having a hard time after Faith died. As I mentioned in the last entry I sold all of my camera gear. Just felt the need to remove the 'obligation' I felt to use something I had when I wanted nothing to do with it. And I moved in a different direction, that being getting my family through a tough time.
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Wow. Alot has happened in the last few months. And life has just been a'zippin' by at a murderous rate. Where to begin . . .
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My Daddy turned 68 today. He was born on a military base in southern Texas along the Gulf, don't recall where exactly. Grandpa was in the Army.
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