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SPAWNews is packed with writing, editing, illustrating, and publishing information. Each month you receive market opportunities, events, and articles you can use now! Not sure? Check out back issues of SPAWNews on our blog, or in the older SPAWNews archives)
Wendy Dager, Editor
Table of Contents
- Editor's Note
- Letters
- Market Update
- Catalog of Member Books
- Chapter Reports
- Feature Article: Seven Mistakes Self-Publishers Make – and How to Avoid Them
- Member Web Site of the Month
- SPAWN Events
- Tips from the F-Xpert
- Feature Article: Five Tips to Make Your Web Site a Welcome Sight
- Member News
- Contests and Awards
- Events and More
- Sign Up for Escrip
- Mission Statement
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Editor's Note
I am inhaling paint fumes as I write this, so please forgive any Ken Kesey-like hallucinatory prose.
Seriously, it's just a slight odor of "Marshmallow White" drifting down into my first-floor office from the newly added upstairs portion of Chateau Dager, as my husband dutifully paints while I type. Later, he will be brushing "Positive Red" in the 12-year-old's bedroom and "Moroccan Brown" in the 15-year-old's. The guest room will get a lovely coat of "Teaberry Pink" and, by tomorrow, our walls will be awash in the bright, the exotic, or the mellow colors of our individual choosing.
And, baby, have we come a long way to get here. There's been the expense, and additional expense, as our budget rapidly flew out the new double-paned windows. There were the plans, revisions to plans, plan checking, outrageous permit fees, and the—mostly unanswered—phone calls to framers, drywallers, roofers, plumbers and various other subcontractors. Once we finally did get them to commit, there was the interminable waiting while each sub did his job, taking twice as long to complete it as he initially said he would.
Perhaps it's just me breathing in those fumes, but I see how our remodel is analogous to a writing life. There's the physical expense of a computer, paper and postage, and the additional emotional and mental expense of forcing our thoughts into words. We write, we edit, we edit again, and, finally, we select the editors or publishers who hold interminably—and silently—on to the delectable fruits of our labor, generally with no phone call or note to tell us what's happening.
With a remodel, the kids eventually move upstairs. With an article or short story or novel submission, we eventually get that rejection or acceptance. But is it really over? No, the downstairs now looks shabby and needs a new coat of paint, maybe "Sumptuous Peach" or "Dancing Green" or "Rapture Blue." Similarly, as writers or artists or publishers, we haven't stopped being productive just because one project has finally come to an end. We continue remodeling our creations, gladly expending time and money and energy to make them right. For, if we no longer worked at our craft, what a colorless world it would be.
–Wendy Dager is editor of SPAWNews.
In the December issue, Richard F. X. O'Connor rightly advises writers such as myself to overcome our fear of having our brilliant ideas stolen by publishers or agents. I would just add that this good advice does not hold true for freelancers proposing features to periodicals. I discovered my paranoia well founded when I proposed an article to the Washington Post, where I earlier had two published. After calling around the area trying to identify the subject of the third proposed article, a frustrated reporter finally called and asked me.
A. M. Foley
Author: Elliott's Island: The Land That Time Forgot
Dorchester County
I greatly appreciate my SPAWN membership and all that you and others do to keep SPAWN going. I learn from and am stimulated by SPAWN's newsletter and email messages and responses. I continue to work as an arts consultant, writer and publicist for arts organizations, foundations and galleries and artists, including for the Happy Valley Cultural Center and Zolle Theater in Ojai. Wishing you Happy Holidays and a fulfilling 2004.
All best,
Andora, Hodgin
SPAWN Market Update
The Market Update is an additional benefit provided for SPAWN members. Each month we publish 8-15 pages of information and resources for writers and publishers.
Join SPAWN for access to this generous issue of SPAWN Market Update. All back issues of the Market Update are also available in the Member's Only area of the SPAWN Web site, http://www.spawn.org/private.
This month's SPAWN Market Update is designed to help members start off the New Year with confidence, enthusiasm and knowledge. Here are excerpts from Patricia Fry's interview with Robert Olmsted of Dan River Press and Christine Holbert of Lost Horse Press.
"Most authors think all they have to do is write a great piece and the world will beat a path to their door. It will. Only they forget that it costs about a jillion dollars to let the world know about it. Most authors waste time doing the wrong thing. They try to get better. Don't get me wrong. Getting better is always good, in any field. Getting better may make you a better writer, but it won't get you published. The average writer thinks because he/she writes brilliantly, that publishing should follow. Not real. Publishing is a commercial activity engaged in for profit. All rejections happen because the publisher has other options on which he believes he can make more money. Authors should stop worrying about 'good enough' and get to the business of finding readers. If they do that well enough, no need to worry about finding a publisher, a publisher will find them."
—Robert Olmsted, Dan River Press
"I foresee independent publishing becoming more and more essential during this era of conglomerate corporations taking over every aspect of our culture, including what we read. Independent publishers are now the only voice left for writers who aren't writing mass appeal books or books promoting war."
—Christine Holbert, Lost Horse Press
In this month's Market Update, you will discover:
SPAWN Catalog of Member Books
SPAWN members are writing, editing, illustrating, and publishing an astounding array of high quality books. To read the latest full printed SPAWN catalog of Member Books, just go to http://www.spawn.org and click on "Download the SPAWN Catalog of Member Books now" and you can download the catalog in Adobe Acrobat pdf format.
SPAWN Chapter Reports
December brought the Austin group a record attendance of 13! The increased attendance was due mostly to the recent book fair and advertising in the local arts newspaper. Our speaker was Keri Thomas, whose topic was "The Art of Self Book Promotion." Keri has her own freelance public relations and writing business in Austin and she gave a wonderful presentation. She reminded us that the most powerful person to market your book is you. We learned that while your publicist is the key to a successful book promotion campaign, much of the excitement and many of the sales generated will be a result of your involvement and enthusiasm in the promotional process. Thank you, Keri! Our January speaker isn't confirmed, but will probably be a representative from Morgan Printing. Happy New Year to everyone!
–Tamara Dever is the Austin Chapter Leader. Contact her at firstname.lastname@example.com
The January meeting will be the 4th Wednesday at Michaels in White Marsh. We're going to incorporate art into our meeting about cover designs. We will discuss color and picture appeal in our books. Please e-mail Ramona Davis for more information.
—Ramona Davis is the Baltimore Chapter Leader. Contact her at firstname.lastname@example.com.
If you're interested in starting a SPAWN Chapter in your area, find out more at http://www.spawn.org/chapters.htm, then contact Patricia Fry at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Please remember that you must be a paid SPAWN member prior to becoming a SPAWN chapter leader.
Hello Patricia,
I seem to recall that you teamed up with a (travel?) company that offered your book as a promotional item. If so, how much, if any, did they influence the final version of your book? We're planning the black and white (interior) photography for our second "how-to" book, and a promotional opportunity fell in our laps. We contacted a large, specialty clothing manufacturer to request a few outfits for our models. In return, we would include the sponsor's name under the book credits. Not only will they provide clothing, they would like to discuss using the book as a promotional item. Great news!
Before we speak again, it's time to do some homework on this. I have pulled out my mini-library of self-publishing books to review the sections on promotional incentives. But it would be interesting to hear your war stories on the subject.
As always, thank you very much for your interest and kind support.
I think what you're referring to is the opportunity I almost had for my luau book to be used as a promotional item. Two companies contacted me about the possibilities. Since I had already signed a contract with a publishing company, I turned the requests over to them and they were not able to negotiate a deal.
Your opportunity sounds great. You might reference Dan Poynter's book, "The Self-publishing Manual" for information and pointers (forgive the pun) on books used as premiums, incentives, etc. Otherwise, I suggest that you find out how many the manufacturer is considering purchasing: 100, 1000 or 10,000? Figure out how much you could discount books purchased in bulk and still make money. I'd get something in writing from the clothing manufacturer before committing to print a large number of books.
To answer your questions:
Good luck,
I write pocket-sized mini health books. Do you know of a company that distributes magazines/literature convenience stores? Thank you.
I believe that you will find listings for periodical distributors in Literary Market Place (in the reference section of most libraries). There is another book, put out by R.R. Bowker. It's pricey, but you may find it online or at the library: "Publishers, Distributors and Wholesalers of the U.S., 2002-2003."You might also check out the lists of magazine distributors at http://www.zuzu.com/distrib.htm and http://www.nmbfc.com.
This would be a good question to pose to SPAWN members through SPAWN Discuss. Networking and learning from one another is what SPAWN is all about. Membership is just $45 per year. Find out more about what we offer at http://www.spawn.org.
Patricia Fry, President
SPAWN (Small Publishers, Artists and Writers Network)
SPAWN Member Web Site of the Month
A new feature of SPAWNews is the Member Web Site of the Month, in which we profile members who promote their work via the Internet. Your site can be featured here for free where over 1500 people can view it!
This month's URL is the Web site of SPAWN's president, Patricia Fry, http://www.matilijapress.com. Patricia's site showcases the variety of books she has written, and includes order instructions through her online bookstore, some of her how-to articles, and media coverage of her and her work. Her site is an excellent model for other writers. Patricia encourages SPAWN members to submit their sites for inclusion in SPAWNews.
"I especially like sites that demonstrate how to promote your own books," said Patricia. "My site, thanks to Kathy Schultz and Virginia Lawrence, is a pretty good example of that."
If you are a SPAWN member and you would like to be featured in this space, please send a brief description of your site to SPAWN president Patricia Fry, email@example.com. If you are a newsletter subscriber who would like to become a member, please go to http://www.spawn.org.
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SPAWN Events
Los Angeles Time Festival of Books and SPAWN
SPAWN will host a booth at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books in April of 2004. This festival is considered America's largest literary event as they generally draw around 150,000 readers. Check the February issue of SPAWNews for details on how you can participate. If you have a book to sell and you are not yet a member of SPAWN, why not start the year out by joining so you, too, can participate in events like this one. http://www.spawn.org. Click on "Join SPAWN Now."
Possible Online Courses from SPAWN University
We've been discussing the possibility of offering online classes through SPAWN.
Would any of you be interested in participating in classes and if so, what type of classes? I taught a class on history writing earlier this year quite successfully. And I'm happy to report that you don't need to have any sophisticated software or try to keep up with others in a chatroom. The instructor would simply email you a lecture and a lesson assignment once a week for 6 or 8 weeks. You do the homework at your leisure. The instructor comments and offers suggestions via return email. It's like private instruction--the other students are not privvy to your email conversations with the teacher.
We are thinking about offering classes on:
How to write a query letter
How to write a book proposal
How to design a writer's Web site
How to create a business around writing
Get started writing articles for magazines
Life story writing.
Getting syndicated
Do you have any other ideas? Your comments are most welcome.
Please contact me at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Seven Mistakes Self-Publishers Make – and How to Avoid Them
by Joni Hamilton
The decision to self-publish a book is very exciting. It causes the creative juices to flow and the eyes to light up. But wait–before you begin the self-publishing process, know about the seven most common mistakes that self-publishers make, avoid them and fast-track yourself to success. Here they are:
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Tips From the F-Xpert
By Richard F.X. O'Connor
A Reminiscence
The recent passing of George Plimpton, a writer of considerable output, generated many articles, obituaries, and memorializing.
And rightly so, since the man contributed so much to this soil we writers till. In the '50s George inherited the mantle of editor of the Paris Review, the literary quarterly which is, to this day, a venue for presenting new writers.
One of the many contributors to the early Paris Review was Ernest Hemingway, who confided in an interview with George Plimpton that it took him 39 rewrites to get the correct ending to "For Whom The Bell Tolls." (And I'll bet you thought ten rewrites would explode your head.) Little wonder it's a classic.
If there were one word to describe George it would be self-effacing. His humor was always directed at himself and his personal exploits, many of which became articles or books such as "Paper Lion," his limited experience running a few plays quarterbacking the Detroit Lions. What writer today would dare get into the ring with the likes of Archie Moore and go three rounds, so that he could write about it with perfect pitch . . . and a broken nose? Then there was his humiliation playing the gong for the New York Philharmonic, not to the satisfaction of conductor Leonard Bernstein.
Not even the extensive obit in the New York Times recorded one of George's private passions and areas of expertise: Fireworks. He had vast knowledge of the subject and for two years, under Mayor Koch, held the title of Unofficial (and unpaid) Commissioner of Fireworks for New York City. His childlike enjoyment of fireworks, to use the cliché, kept him young, boyish.
After ten years at Doubleday, I was privileged to work with George Plimpton during my second decade in publishing as the marketing guy at Waldenbooks, which at that time had but 203 stores—and the word "superstore" wasn't in the lexicon.
For two years he agreed to be the spokesperson for Walden in its fall TV, radio and print campaigns. The match was perfect: George was urbane and we had stores in places like Urbana. He represented literature and we sold books. The fees we paid George went directly to support the always financially fragile Paris Review. Talk about win-win.
With George hawking publishers' Christmas titles on camera, we shot 73 30-second TV spots in three days. In between takes, George played classical pieces on a grand piano in the studio to center himself.
Another memory is drinks with the author and his pal, actor Kevin McCarthy, at Elaine's, which then was a year or two shy of being tony. Or the time I was invited to a small gathering of friends at George's triplex on the East River to play a little pool—which actually was an exhibition between two billiard champions, one of them Willie Moscone. And the small gathering of friends, nearly 200 of them, included Roone Arledge, Howard Cosell, and… well that's another story.
Our correspondence lasted up until his death, but my summation of George Plimpton is that he was a literary Lion, paper his medium.
–Richard F X. O'Connor is the published author of seven books including the best selling "How To Make Your Man More Sensitive" (E.P. Dutton/ Fawcett) and "Ident-A-Kid" (S&S). His self-published work is "How to Market You and Your Book." His writers' Web site is http://www.richardfxoconnor.com.
Five Tips to Make Your Web Site a Welcome Sight
By Virginia Lawrence, Ph.D.
We've discussed before that everyone can create a Web site, and we all know that everyone can write a book. Just as authors must learn how to write a book properly, Web site designers must learn how to design a Web site properly. Designers must keep in mind that the initial goal for every Web site is to present information to the visitor. If the Web site design is annoying or difficult to read or impossible to navigate, the visitor will leave.
The following tips will help you to design a better site or to evaluate a site designed for you.
Read the entire article at: http://www.spawn.org/internet/makewebsitewelcome.htm
SPAWN Member News
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Patricia Fry's children's writing book is being used as a text by local homeschool groups. Young Writer's Handbook is available at http://www.spawn.org.
Patricia Fry is offering consultations for freelance writers, authors and publishers. Learn more at http://www.matilijapress.com/consulting.html
Note: SPAWNews advises "caveat emptor" when dealing with venues, contests or promotions unknown to you.
Check out a new online resource for authors and publishers, http://www.pubinsider.com
Bookman Marketing will sell your book, even if it was published by another company. For more information: Brien Jones, Author Consultant, Phone (800) 342-6068, fax (765) 342-7217, e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com, Web site: http://www.bookmanmarketing.com
Stephanie Marston, Co-author of Chicken Soup for the Empowered Woman's Soul, is seeking stories for Living Stupid: Dumb Things Smart People Do. For more information and guidelines:
Volunteers are needed to assist in the documentation of artists working in Ventura County. If you possess general office skills and computer knowledge, and have a desire to be part of a growing organization dedicated to the arts, apply at the Focus on the Masters Web site: http://www.focusonthemasters.com/volappl.pdf, or you may request an application from Focus on the Masters at 805/653-2501.
Please fax your completed application to: Mary Galbraith, Volunteer Coordinator 805/653-2347 or send it to Focus on the Masters, Attention: Mary Galbraith, 1147 E. Main St., Ventura, CA 93001. For more information, log onto http://www.FocusOnTheMasters.com.
Members of the Sacramento Publishers and Authors are planning to reserve a booth at the ALA Convention in Seattle on February 24-28, 2004. They are seeking other authors who wish to have their books displayed to keep the costs down. They ask that any interested SPAWN members contact Ernie Spencer at email@example.com.
Contests and Awards
Glimmer Train's Very Short Fiction Award is open to all themes, all subjects, all writers, published and unpublished. Your original, unpublished story must not exceed 2,000 words. First-place winner receives $1,200, publication in Glimmer Train Stories, and 20 copies of the issue in which it is published. Second- and third-place winners receive $500 and $300, respectively, and acknowledgement in that issue. To submit your story, go to http://www.glimmertrainpress.com. Reading fee is $10 per story. Entries will be accepted through January 31. Winners will be called by May 1. Top 25 list will be emailed to all participants by that date.
Winnow Press Open Book Award in Poetry offers a prize of $1,000, publication by Winnow Press, and 25 author copies. The prize is open to all poets, regardless of their publishing history. Entries must be original and written in English. Submit two copies of a manuscript of 50 to 80 pages with a $20 entry fee by April 26. Send an SASE, e-mail, or visit the Web site for complete guidelines. Winnow Press, Open Book Award in Poetry, 3505 El Dorado Trail, Suite D, Austin, TX 78739-5704. (512) 280-4483. Corinne Lee, Contact. firstname.lastname@example.com, http://www.winnowpress.com.
The MonkeyHawk Playwrights' Competition is now accepting submissions for 10-minute, One Act, and Full Length scripts. Top Entry wins over $1000 in cash and prizes, plus professional production during the Spring 2004 MonkeyHawk Playwrights' Festival in Hollywood. For more details: http://www.monkeyhawk.com.
The Power of Purpose Awards: A Worldwide Essay Competition, is sponsored by the John Templeton Foundation, which will award a total of $500,000 to the nineteen essay winners. The grand prize winner will receive $100,000. The submission deadline is May 31, 2004. Formore information: http://www.powerofpurpose.org.
Events and More
Please note: Although SPAWNews does its best to filter announcements and press releases for various events, seminars, and classes, we cannot guarantee a successful experience for all who attend.
The next Basic Online Workshop, given by Larry Brody and featuring "Everything you need to know but were so clueless you couldn't ask about writing for TV and films" starts early in January of 2004. For more information: http://www.tvwriter.com.
The American Self-Publisher Association is the largest national organization devoted to self-published writers and is a not-for-profit association. Bobbie Christensen, Director of the ASPA, will present the day-long conference Writing, Publishing & Marketing Your 1st Book (or 7th) for all authors and potential authors, fiction or nonfiction on January 31 10:00am-5pm $29 Portland, OR, Portland Community College, 503-977-4933.For more information: 916-422-8435 or email firstname.lastname@example.com, http://www.BooksAmerica.com/AmericanSelfPublisher.
The fourth annual DIY Convention: Do It Yourself in Film, Music & Books, will be held on February 5-7 at the Barnsdall Art Park and the Derby nightclub, both in Hollywood.
The three-day event, which includes the finals of the 2004 DIY Film Festival and 2004 DIY Music Festival, teaches musicians, authors, filmmakers and entrepreneurs how to create, promote, protect and distribute independent film, music and books. For more information: http://www.diyconvention.com.
L'il Picassos - Creative and Fun Ways to Create Art with Preschool Children, a course written and designed by preschool teacher with 16 years of experience in the field. Instructor: Heide AW Kaminski. Tuition: $30.00. Fee includes personalized training, 112 page printed activity book (Get Smart Through Art), shipping and handling, all printed assignments and course work, discount coupon for Web site products, and a Course Completion Certificate. March 1-April 5 (6 week session) Enrollment form and payment must be received by 2/23/04. Enroll at http://www.DaycareRecordkeeping.com/training.html.
The MWC Panama Canal Book Lovers and Writers Cruise sets sail on March 3, 2004 for a blockbuster experience at sea. The 5-star cruise aboard Holland America's flagship the MS Rotterdam will feature three programs for book lovers and writers who will get up close and personal with bestselling authors Tami Hoag (Dark Horse), Elizabeth George (A Place of Hiding), John Saul (Midnight Voices), Terry Brooks (Sword of Shannara), Susan Wiggs (The Horsemaster's Daughter), Dorothy Allison (Bastard Out of Carolina) sci-fi legend Ben Bova, and Gail Tsukiyama (Women of the Silk). For details and registration, visit the MWC website at http://www.mauiwriters.com or http://www.marynorthtravel.com, or call toll free 1-888-974-8373.
To address the challenges and opportunities that eBooks pose for libraries, publishers and technologists, the Open eBook Forum, the electronic publishing industry's trade association will conduct the "eBooks in the Public Library Conference", a day-long event scheduled for Tuesday, March 16, 2004 in New York City. Further details about the conference including agenda, registration and sponsorship and exhibitor opportunities can be found at http://www.openebook.org/library2004.
Simi Valley Friends of the Library and the Simi Valley Branch of the National League of American Pen Women present Sunday Series 2003-2004. Janury 25th at 2:00P.M. at the Simi Valley Library, Community Room, Simi Valley, CA Noted author Lisa See (On Gold Mountain, Dragon Bones Flower Net, and The Interior Half + Half) will discuss her writing and all aspects of how she was published. Lisa writes about China from her personal experiences and there will a question and answer period. Refreshments will be served. Free to Members of the Friends, $3.00 donation all others.
Electronic Scrip Incorporated (ESI) is a California-based corporation dedicated to establishing relationships between commerce and community. Since 1999, over $40 million has been distributed to schools and groups. eScrip is a fantastic resource for fundraising where participating business partners contribute a percentage of your grocery loyalty cards, credit card, and debit/ ATM card purchases to up to three schools, groups or organizations of your choice. You register any one or all of your existing grocery loyalty, debit and credit card for use in the program. Participating merchants will make contributions to your chosen group, based on purchases made by you, just by using the cards you have registered. You can go to http://www.escrip.com/, click on the orange Sign Up button, type in SPAWN, then register your grocery cards and/or credit cards. SPAWN, a 501(c)3 organization, gets a little over 2% in donations from all purchases from participating merchants. If you already have an eScrip account, please remember that you can list up to three groups. Thank you for supporting SPAWN.
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As previously reported, the #Occupy DC squatters along with union thugs from the SEIU and AFLCIO are planning to disrupt the upcoming Conservative Political Action Conference. Now disturbing information is emerging about the types of illegal tactics they plan to use against participants.
The Foundry has the exclusive:
The planned disruptions at CPAC come only days after U.S. Park Police raided Occupiers' tent cities at McPherson Square and Freedom Plaza in Washington, D.C., confiscating a number of tents, and prohibiting Occupiers from camping out there any longer.
During a Thursday meeting at McPherson Square, until Saturday the epicenter of the protests, Occupiers brainstormed tactics for shutting down or disrupting the conference, according to a source who was present at the meeting.
The protesters suggested pulling fire alarms in the hotel where the conference will take place, screaming "fire" during conference activities, "glitter-bombing" participants, cutting electrical power, and barricading entrances to the hotel, according to the source, who requested anonymity.
"Speakers will be physically assaulted, not just verbally confronted," the source told Scribe in an email. Two Occupiers, who the source also identified as members of the New Black Panther Party, "said they would be disappointed if they didn't get arrested and planned to 'make it count.'"
The source quoted another protester as saying, "Mitt [Romney] has Secret Service now, but [Newt] Gingrich and [Andrew] Breitbart don't," seemingly suggesting that the latter two would not be as heavily guarded.
Michelle Malkin suggested on Twitter that CPAC attendees fight back with silly string. Others may be packing pepper spray.
An attendee of the Thursday meeting, who claimed to handle relations with labor organizations, said the AFL-CIO had booked rooms for Occupiers at the Marriott hotel, with the intention of allowing them to bypass security measures at the door. Contacted by Scribe, an AFL-CIO spokesman insisted the Occupiers' claims were untrue. The AFL-CIO has aided Occupy DC before, most recently in storing Occupiers' belongings at its headquarters in advance of the National Park Service's enforcement actions.
But Occupiers are apparently planning other means of infiltration. Representatives from the American University and George Washington University "Occupy" groups said they intended to actually register their members for CPAC. Student passes are heavily discounted, and allow full access to the conference.
They also said they would produce counterfeit credentials and hand them out to non-students who still wished to enter the protest.
The #OccupyGlobe.org blog has this Orwellian post up:
This Friday and Saturday, Occupy CPAC: Liberate Discourse
On February 9th through February 11th, a who's who of dastardly politicians will be holding the Conservative Political Action Conference at the Marriot Wardman Park Hotel at 2660 Woodley Road, NW. Similar to the Alfalfa Club dinner, this event is another gathering of bigots, media mouthpieces, corrupt politicians, and their 1 percent elite puppet masters.
CPAC will parade and attempt to perpetuate the radical right wing's imperialist ideologies with keynote speakers, movies and banquets dedicated to pursuing its racist, sexist, patriarchal and exploitative agenda.
"Liberate discourse" by disrupting free speech. That makes all kinds of sense, right there.

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Mon, Oct 22, 07 at 18:55
Hi everyone. I have been growing and overwintering my corkscrew vine for two years now. Everyone I know wants one however because our growing season is short the seeds never develope. Is it possible for me to take cuttings?? If so how and were (soft or woody) Is there a trick to getting them to root?? Any help would be wonderful.
Laura |
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- Posted by karyn1 MD 7 (firstname.lastname@example.com) on Tue, Oct 23, 07 at 6:19
I cut my corkscrew vine back to get it inside for the winter and just stick some of the cut vines in water and set them on a seed mat. I have better results with the older mature vines. The new soft growth doesn't root well for me. I use an aerator in the container of water. If you don't, make sure you change the water every couple days and wash the inside of the container weekly. Karyn |
Thank you so much Karyn .. I will give it a shot. Laura |
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Learn how photography helped shape a presidential image in Minnetristas new exhibit
Muncie, IN Opening July 28, Abraham Lincoln: The Image examines how photography helped shape the image of one of the most famous and respected presidents in American history.
Get a sneak peek of this exhibit in this statement from the Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center:
The ability to produce photographs, engravings and other mass-produced illustrations was coming of age during Lincoln's era. Images of people and events, cartoons and caricatures were widely available as photographic prints and broadsides, in pamphlets and periodicals, and both positive and negative depictions of Lincoln were viewed by a large percentage of the population. Abraham Lincoln: The Image, an Indiana State Museum Traveling Exhibition, consists of dozens of views of Lincoln as candidate, emancipator, president, suppressor of civil liberties and, finally, as martyr and saint. These original 19th Century pieces from the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection demonstrate how America viewed Lincoln and Lincoln's awareness of the importance of the public's perceptions.
To complement this exhibit, visit Away From Home: Civil War Letters for an in-depth look into the lives of Civil War soldiers and the families they left behind.
The exhibits at Minnetrista are open Monday-Saturday, 9 a.m.-5:30 p.m. and Sunday, 11 a.m.-5:30 p.m. General admission is $5; Minnetrista members and children 3 and under are free.
For more information, visit minnetrista.net or call (765) 282-4848. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook for the most up to date information on our exhibits and events.
Located along historic White River, Minnetrista includes 40 acres of beautiful gardens and grounds, a modern museum facility, an historic home, Nature Area, numerous sculptures, and a portion of the White River Greenway. Minnetrista serves East Central Indiana with dynamic community activities and exhibits that honor and reflect its natural and cultural heritage. For more information about Minnetrista, visit www.minnetrista.net.


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WTO Doha Round Bulletin
Week ending 1 July 2005
Key Issues
- APEC Trade Ministers agree on NAMA formula
- NAMA Negotiations: building on the APEC statement
- Agriculture: picking up the pace
- Services offers continue to be lodged
- Trade Facilitation Negotiations Make Progress
- TRIPS Council
- WTO informal Ministerial meeting: Dalian, China, 12-13 July 2005
- NGO registration open for Hong Kong Ministerial Conference
APEC Trade Ministers agree on NAMA formula
At a summit on 2-3 June in Jeju, Korea, Trade Ministers from the 21 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) member countries, which account for nearly half of both the global population and world trade, endorsed the "Swiss formula" for calculating tariff reductions in non-agricultural market access (NAMA). A simple Swiss formula would reduce high tariffs more significantly than low tariffs and would reduce tariffs below a ceiling equal to the coefficient used in the reduction formula. The Ministers also called for all tariff lines to be capped and for currently unbound tariffs to be subject to the Swiss formula.
Mr Vaile welcomed the agreement, predicting it would "inject new momentum" into the talks at the WTO.
NAMA Negotiations: building on the APEC statement
The Negotiating Group on NAMA, covering industrials, minerals, energy, fisheries and forestry products, last met from 6 to 10 June 2005. Discussions focussed on the tariff reduction formula, non-tariff barriers (NTBs), treatment of unbound tariffs and a methodology to convert non- ad valorem tariffs to ad valorem equivalents (AVEs).
Following the 2-3 June 2005 APEC Trade Ministers statement, the weight of opinion has shifted towards the simple Swiss formula approach. However, Argentina, Brazil and India continue to push for an alternative Swiss-type formula that would set a different ceiling coefficient for each Member based on its overall average bound rate, resulting in higher tariff Members having a higher ceiling.
The APEC statement was also effective in increasing support in the negotiating group for the principle of binding all tariff lines and making them subject to the tariff reduction formula while recognising the need to address some Members' concerns regarding the treatment of low unbound lines.
The discussions on AVEs were also positive – it is expected that agreement on an appropriate conversion methodology should not present a major hurdle to the NAMA negotiations.
The next NAMA meeting is scheduled for 4-8 July, at which Members are expected to continue discussions on recent formula proposals, treatment of unbound tariff lines, and to continue examination of NTBs proposed by Members for addressing within NAMA negotiations. It is expected that the Chair will also use the meeting to assist in the preparation of his draft contribution to the July "first approximations".
Agriculture: picking up the pace
Agriculture negotiations Chair, Tim Groser (New Zealand), continued his efforts to pick up the pace of progress by holding a series of informal consultations in June with key players on major issues facing the negotiations. These included export competition (State Trading Enterprises (STEs), food aid and export credits), Special Products, trade distorting domestic support, the Blue Box (which links subsidies to programs that limit production), preferences and tropical products.
The meetings produced some convergence on the broad structure for dealing with domestic support, but made less headway on the other core issues of export competition and market access. During the meetings, the EU tabled a series of new papers on STEs, food aid and export credits that had been agreed with EU member states, all of which will require further consideration. The Cairns Group also held a useful technical exchange on the export competition issues.
Following these meetings, Groser issued a "status report" on 27 June in an effort to identify and seek guidance on the key issues still to be addressed in order to help reach a "First Approximation" on modalities by the end of July. The report will help to focus discussion during the next agriculture week to be held in Geneva from 4-8 July and in preparation of the initial draft of the "First Approximation" to be considered by Ministers when they meet at an informal meeting in Dalian, China on 12-13 July.
Services offers continue to be lodged
In accordance with the May timeframe, 17 WTO Members have lodged revised offers on trade in services. Australia's revised offer was lodged on 26 May, with its contents outlined in the last edition of this Bulletin. We are pleased to advise that a number of outstanding initial offers also have been lodged, including several of particular interest to Australia, namely the Philippines and Brunei (meaning that all ASEAN WTO Members have now lodged offers) and Pakistan. This brings the total of initial offers lodged to 68, covering 93 WTO Members.
Another negotiating session on services began in Geneva on 20 June and will conclude on 1 July. Australia will be meeting bilaterally with a number of trading partners to discuss in detail the offers made to date. Although the timeframe for lodging revised offers was May, we expect additional offers to be tabled at the Council for Trade in Services when it meets during the week of 27 June. The focus for this negotiating session will be on how to deliver substantive outcomes on services for the Hong Kong Ministerial meeting in December 2005. WTO Members are currently examining the offers made to date (both initial and revised) and will be making an assessment of their value for the "first approximation" in July of expected outcomes for the Hong Kong Ministerial. There is considerable work to be done by WTO Members if we are to deliver on the objective of creating new business opportunities for services exporters in the Doha Round.
During the current negotiating session on services, we will take advantage of the presence of relevant officials from Vietnam to negotiate further on the services commitments Australia is seeking as part of Vietnam's bid to join the WTO.
Trade Facilitation Negotiations Make Further Progress
The negotiating group on trade facilitation met on 13-14 June to consider nine new proposals covering transparency, import and export procedures, documentation, risk management and freedom of transit. A notable feature of the meeting was the number of statements by Members sharing their national experience on different aspects of trade facilitation, including papers by Japan on risk management; by Taiwan on express consignments; and by Norway on border agency cooperation with Sweden and Finland.
Discussion of special and differential treatment, technical assistance and capacity building was wide-ranging but inconclusive. There was in-principle support for the suggestion by Latin American countries that Members undertake national "self-assessments" to identify trade facilitation needs and priorities. However, such assessments would need to be closely linked to the commitments under consideration, which are not yet clearly defined. Developing countries repeated calls for more resources to be devoted to technical assistance and for greater coordination between donor agencies.
As directed by the Chair at the last meeting, the Secretariat circulated a compilation of proposals received from Members on how to clarify and improve GATT Articles V, VIII and X. The proposals are grouped thematically under 13 principal headings: publication and availability of information; time periods between publication and implementation; consultation and commenting on new and amended rules; appeal procedures; impartiality and non-discrimination; fees and charges; formalities connected with importation and exportation; consularisation; border agency coordination; release and clearance of goods; tariff classification and goods in transit.
The compilation will be revised and updated as the negotiations progress.
The Chair of the negotiating group (Ambassador Noor of Malaysia) indicated that he would deliver a progress report on the negotiation to Ministers in Dalian, China, rather than attempt to come up with a "first approximation" by July. He expressed the hope that Members could secure agreement at the December Hong Kong ministerial meeting on the elements of an agreement on trade facilitation, with detailed negotiating and legal drafting to take place in 2006.
TRIPS Council meeting: new papers submitted
At the recent TRIPS Council meeting held on 14 and 15 June, a number of new papers were submitted on the TRIPS and CBD issue. This led to more substantive engagement and discussions from all sides, but the wide gap in member states views remains. There was no progress on the amendment to the TRIPS Agreement to give effect to the August 2003 General Council decision on TRIPS and public health.
At the TRIPS Special Session discussions on the negotiation of a wine and spirits register held on 16 and 17 June, the EC tabled a paper on geographical indications (GIs). The EC re-introduced this paper at the consultations held on GIs extension. This document highlights the extent of the EC's ambitious GI agenda.
WTO Informal Ministerial meeting: Dalian, China, 12-13 July 2005
On 12-13 July, China will be hosting an informal meeting of WTO ministers in Dalian. The meeting will aim to further clarify the 'roadmap' for negotiations in the lead-up to the Sixth WTO Ministerial Meeting in Hong Kong in December 2005. This will be the fourth time this year that ministers have met to move the discussions forward, following one such meeting at the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in January, another in Mombasa in March and another at the sidelines of the OECD annual meeting in May. Around 30 delegations have been invited by the Chinese, including the EU, US and Australia.
NGO registration open for Hong Kong Ministerial Conference
Details of how NGOs can register to attend the Sixth WTO Ministerial Conference in Hong Kong, 13 to 18 December 2005.
Requests for registration must be received by 29 July 2005 (midnight, GMT). After that date, the on-line form will be closed and requests for registration will no longer be processed.
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4 Negotiating Group on Market Access
4 - 5 Working Group on Trade, Debt and Finance
5 Trade Policy Review Body - Philippines
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6 Working Group on Trade and Transfer of Technology
7 Trade Policy Review Body - Philippines
7 - 8 Committee on Trade and Environment - Special Session
8 Sub-Committee on Least-Developed Countries
11 - 12 Committee on Regional Trade Agreements
11 - 12 Negotiating Group on Rules
13 Committee on Trade and Development - Dedicated Session
15 Council for Trade in Goods
18 - 22 Committee on Government Procurement
18 - 22 Negotiating Group on Market Access
19 Committee on Balance-of-Payments
20 Committee on Trade and Development
20 Dispute Settlement Body
21 - 22 Trade Negotiations Committee
25 - 26 Negotiating Group on Rules - Regional Trade Agreements
25 - 26 Negotiating Group on Trade Facilitation
26 - 28 Trade Policy Review Body - Egypt
27 - 29 General Council
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Well said. I think the decision to trade Markov or not rests on two factors: 1. What does he want? Will he go to free agency or can he be signed before the deadline? It'd be a pain to risk losing him for nothing, so if MB and his agent can't come to terms, it'll be more tempting to trade him. 2. What can you get for him? If somebody offers a couple of picks and a blue chip prospect, it'll obviously be more tempting to move him. - Comment on About this afternoon … (2014-02-14 10:44:13)
He's had a few fuck ups in the last month or so, but he's been great otherwise, especially this season, I thought. This is typical habs' fan myopia. You have to look beyond just recent events. - Comment on 'I'm a pretty simple player,' newest Hab Murray says (2013-08-25 15:17:07)
I don't know how Waite's past success will translate to Price. Before working with Waite, Crawford was talented, but all over the place, would go out of his net too much and go for the crazy saves instead of focussing on being properly positionned and always ready. Waite taught him to be calmer and play a more technical, constrained style. I think Price's problems are of a whole different nature. I'm not saying Waite won't be good for him, but he'll have to do something different than he did with Crawford. - Comment on Toronto transit workers don't want to wear Habs colours (2013-08-20 17:08:40)
That Lecavalier for all of our prospects thing that came out a while back? - Comment on Toronto transit workers don't want to wear Habs colours (2013-08-20 17:05:46)
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I agree with you that Bergevin is planning for a few years in the future, but I also think his moves can be understood as the team having two cores of players: the young kids: Galchenyuk, P.K., Gallagher, Eller, but also a group of older players that are now entering their prime: Plek, Patchs, DD, Gorges. They are solid players and MB would be stupid to write them off althogether. While the kids are indeed very promising, these veterans will also play a large part in our contending in the next few years, and I think MB is well aware of that. That also goes to show that Gainey's inherintance isn't all bad. - Comment on Habs trade Danny Kristo to Rangers; Lecavalier going to Flyers (2013-07-03 10:19:42)
Could the point of the Kristo trade be to get a little fresher trade bait? MB wanted to trade Kristo to move up in the draft but it didn't work out. There was no place for Kristo on the Canadiens since we are so small already, so now he gets a similar type of player that's a couple years younger and that he can try to trade back in the next couple of years. Meanwhile, the Rangers get a similar player to what they had, but who's little bit older and closer to playing in the NHL. - Comment on Habs trade Danny Kristo to Rangers; Lecavalier going to Flyers (2013-07-03 10:12:19)
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EL PASO (KTSM) — It was a day for firefighters to compete, but mostly a day to honor a fallen firefighter.
Firefighters from different departments competed in the Kip Hall Firefighter Combat Challenge. The event was created in memory of Hall who joined the El Paso Fire Department and the combat challenge team in 1998 and passed away in 2007 after a battle with cancer.
"The competitive nature is really second to the camaraderie. That's something that Kip always did you know. He was always just an ambassador when we went out and competed on the world stage wanting to connect with them, reminding them that we're brothers first and competitors second," said Captain Dave Valero.
The Firefighter Combat Challenge has been hailed by ESPN as "the toughest two minutes in sports!"


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Jul 31, 2009
South African uniform solutions specialist, The Kit Group is negotiating with relevant stakeholders in Zimbabwe's mining and agricultural sectors to supply uniforms and accessories.
Apr 17, 2009
The South African Navy has confirmed that it is seeking to establish a new Marine Sea Safety Training Centre (MSSTC), in the Western Cape, through a public–private partnership (PPP) model. However, it declined to provide a capital expenditure estimate for the...
Apr 17, 2009
A constant challenge faced by accredited fire and first-aid training provider South African Fire and Medical Academy (Safma) is that there are too many businesses that place production above fire and occupational risk to employees, says Safma director Mark Ackers
Mar 30, 2009
The Department of Health (DoH) would soon take occupation of its newly refurbished, and energy efficient headquarters in the Pretoria's central business district, as contractor Grinaker-LTA said it neared completion of the R580-million project.
The project, which...
Feb 25, 2009
Modular buildings manufacturer Kwikspace has entered into an agreement with State-owned electricity producer Eskom's Kusile power station, to supply R46,2-million worth of modular accommodation units.
"This project is a first in the prefabricated industry as some...
Jan 30, 2009
A number of serious challenges face the logistics industry in the year ahead, with ever-increasing costs being the most severe of those, says the Road Freight Association (RFA) technical operations officer Gavin Kelly.
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Eleven of the twelve astronauts who walked on the moon were Boy Scouts. The youngest climber of the highest peaks on all seven continents is a scout. The first non-top solo flight around the world was made by a scout.
Sep 14, 2007
The rope access and fall arrest industry will be changing over to
National Qualifications Framework (NQF) standards from October this
year. This will also include separate standards for fall arrest
Aug 10, 2007
A new essential oils facility, manufactured by engineering company
Joint Advanced Manufacturing (JAM), promises to alleviate rural
poverty by providing a sustainable platform for the distillation of
various crops for the essential oils market.
Jun 09, 2006
South Africa-based companies Grinaker-LTA M&E and DCD-Dorbyl
Heavy Engi-neering will operate a world-class offshore oil and gas
fabrication facility at Saldanha, off the Western Cape coast.
Feb 17, 2006
Eastern Cape's FST Consulting Engineers, which has its core
business in infrastructure development of water, sanitation, solid
waste, roads and township sectors, reports that it is currently
busy with the N2 to Kei Mouth road upgrade for the Department of
Jan 17, 2006
South African gold mine South Deep, a Placer Dome/Western Areas
joint venture, completed one-million underground fatality free
shifts on January 7, and one year fatality free on January 10.
Dec 02, 2005
The Cosira group was one of the first structural-steel fabricators
to go the black ?economic-empowerment (BEE) route and, in 2002, it
sold 30% of its equity shareholding to the black empowered TIH
Aug 05, 2005
Local company Saitek Coatings, founded in 1991, is recognised as
one of the top ten applicators and access specialists in South
Mar 11, 2005
One miner was killed and 20 other were hospitalised after an
earthquake in Stilfontein hit gold producer DRDGold's North West
Operations on Wednesday, the company reported yesterday afternoon.
Feb 10, 2005
Following a spate of fatalities and injuries at several of South
African petrochemicals giant Sasol's operations recently, chief
executive Pieter Cox yesterday vehemently defended the group's
safety record and highlighted efforts to further improve
Jan 14, 2005
Local automotive company DaimlerChrysler South Africa (DCSA) has
launched a reference guide for bus and taxi operators called
Buslane, ultimately aimed at uplifting the professionalism in the
industry, says DCSA management board member commercial vehicles
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Apr 09, 2004
The South African Emergency Services Institute (Saesi) reports that
the local fire-services sector faces severe budget constraints,
which influence service delivery.
Nov 07, 2003
One of the leading security and related service operators in the
world and the third largest in South Africa, Group 4 Falck, are
well positioned to acquire substantial market share in the months
Nov 29, 2002
SAfm anchor Audrey Brown As always on a Friday at this time,
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Oct 04, 2002
Government's urban renewal and development programme presents
new growth opportunities for the construction industry, especially
for emerging entrepreneurs.
Oct 31, 2001
Cape Town International Convention Centre Company (Convenco) has
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For some while we have been writing and speaking of the new season and warning of the urgency of the hour! We are seeing the prophetic unfolding before our eyes and the ongoing events in Ukraine threaten to destabilise the entire region. We are very concerned about the Baltic countries and recently held a conference in Tartu, Estonia...
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Orland Park: The Windy City Magic eighth-grade boys basketball travel team will hold tryouts for the 2013-14 season from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Sunday and Monday at the Orland Park Sportsplex, 11351 W. 159th St. Information: www.windycitymagic.org.
Southland: The Illinois Hoopla will host peewee basketball minicamps, for kids in grades one to three, from Sept. 23 to Oct. 4, Oct. 7 to 18 and Oct. 21 to 30. Information: Rick Palmer (708) 460-6513, or email email@example.com; or visit illinoishoopla.com.
Southland: The Illinois Hoopla will host a 3-on-3 Basketball Blowout tournament for boys and girls teams, open to kids in grades three to eight. The event is scheduled for Oct. 7 to 16. Information: Rick Palmer (708) 460-6513, or email firstname.lastname@example.com; or visit illinoishoopla.com.
New Lenox: Providence Catholic's state champion cheerleading program will host a clinic for kids in grades kindergarten to eight from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Columbus Day, Oct. 14. Individuals and teams are welcomed. Fee: $35 per participant (includes T-shirt and pass to all Providence sporting events for the school year). Register by Sept. 27. Information: email Peggy Jensen at email@example.com.
Southland: Unique Bassmasters, Rayjus Outdoors and the Oak Lawn High School Spartan fishing team and its sponsors, will host the Rayjus Outdoors-Oak Lawn Community High School Bass Tournament on the Kankakee/Des Plaines River on Oct. 12. Cost per boat is $40 and schools may enter an unlimited number of boats. Space is limited to the first 50 boats registered. Information: email Chris Kuchyt at email@example.com.
Midlothian: The Bear-ettes poms and Twirling Bears baton programs of Midlothian and Oak Lawn will hold registration for pom, hip-hop, flag and baton classes, for ages 6 and up, from 3 to 5 p.m. Sept. 22 at the Midlothian Park District. Information: (630) 324-6421.
Frankfort: The Frankfort Park District will offer youth tennis lessons, open to kids ages 4 to 15, Mondays from Monday to Oct. 14 at Main Park Tennis Courts. Ages 4 to 7 will meet from 4 to 5 p.m., ages 8 to 12 from 5 to 6 p.m. and ages 13 to 15 from 6 to 7 p.m. Fees: $55 resident, $60 nonresident. Informtion: Frankfort Park District, (815) 469-9400; www.frankfortparks.org.
Orland Park: The Orland Youth Association and Attack Volleyball Club will host its fifth annual Competitive Sunday Night Volleyball Fall League for experienced players (boys and girls) in grades four to eight. League play runs from Sunday to Nov. 24. Games will be held at the Franklin Loebe Center or the Orland Sportsplex. Players can register as an individual or as a team. Information: Pam Campbell (312) 806-7387 or email firstname.lastname@example.com; or visit attackvolleyballclub.net.
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Orland Park: Attack Volleyball Club will hold tryouts for the 2013-'14 season, open to girls ages 10 to 14, from 9 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. Oct. 6 at the Franklin Loebe Center. Fee: $15. Information: Pam Campbell, (312) 806-7387 or email firstname.lastname@example.com; or visit attackvolleyballclub.net.
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He will now advance to state competition
Sean O'Brien, an English teacher from West Ranch High School, has been named one of 16 Los Angeles County Teachers of the Year for 2007, a title which places him among the "best of the best" in public education in Southern California.
The L.A. County Teachers of the Year competition is the largest in the state and is part of the
Nation's oldest and most prestigious honors program for educators. The 16 winners will automatically advance to the California Teachers of the Year competition this fall, with a chance from there to represent the state in this spring's National Teacher of the Year contest.
O'Brien was first selected by his peers at West Ranch as his school's Teacher of the Year, and then by the Hart District for the district-wide title. His position as a county finalist was announced at a ceremony Friday morning in Universal City. The final honorees, dubbed the "Sweet 16" by the Los Angeles County Department of Education, were selected from 64 nominees submitted by school districts throughout the county.
The "Sweet 16" winning teachers represent the profession's annual best from a total eligible pool of some 85,000 teachers countywide, according to County Superintendent of Schools Darline Robles.
In addition to his English classes at West Ranch, O'Brien is also the school's junior varsity head football coach. He has taught a number of different classes at West Ranch, ranging from the school's Strategic Reading parallel class to Advanced Placement Language and Composition. He was one of the founding and principal members of the Hart District's award-winning Peer Assistance and Review team and an active part of the district's new teacher support system.
He created a two-year English/social science team in conjunction with fellow West Ranch teacher Laura Arrowsmith, who was a county Teacher of the Year in 2006.
O'Brien has been chair of the English Department since the opening of West Ranch High School and is the accreditation coordinator and staff development specialist for the school.
"A student in my class knows that what he or she is doing matters: matters in a deep meaningful way far beyond the immediate grade or mark," O'Brien explained in his County Teacher of the Year nomination. "I am not an English teacher: I am a teacher of young people, and English is my content field."
O'Brien came to the Hart District from Glendale Unified in 1993 and taught at Hart High School for 10 years before joining the staff of West Ranch High School in its opening year. He also is an adjunct English professor at College of the Canyons.
When working with struggling students, O'Brien makes sure those students see what they do well already before he addresses the issues of weakness. "Students who are told and who believe they have done well in at least some aspect…find it far easier to focus on the essential areas for improvement," he explained.
He credits his love of the classroom to his father, an English teacher who retired just this year, and his mother, a homemaker who was always there to support him with a napkin or a Band-Aid, just as his father was always there with a book.
"We hear every day how the American educational system is 'broken' and in need of reform or even dissolution. I resist that notion," he declared. "America has undertaken the most noble and most difficult challenge any civilization can: to educate its entire citizenry to a high level of ability in multiple fields. Such an enterprise requires constant renewal of purpose and retooling of technique, and I feel I have contributed to it."
In the community, O'Brien is active both in Little League and American Youth Soccer Organization as a coach and certified official. He can be found volunteering at the local homeless shelter as a driver, and shares those experiences with his students as a window to the world beyond their own lives.
"The teaching staff at West ranch High School has the highest respect and fondest feelings for Sean," Arrowsmith commented. "Sean inspires and encourages all of those who work around him—students and teachers alike."
O'Brien is a Saugus resident.


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Five individuals, four of them tow truck drivers, have been arrested for allegedly stealing 21 cars from the streets of Queens and elsewhere and having them crushed at a Jamaica junk yard tied to the Gambino crime family.
The company, A&J Scrap Metal Processing, is located at 95-45 Tuckerton St. in Jamaica — a parcel owned until last year by mobster Carmine Agnello and now held in part by a company headed by his ex-wife, Victoria Gotti, daughter of late Gambino godfather John Gotti.
The defendants are Lawrence Bellino, 37, of 91st Street in Howard Beach; Jonathan Colon, 35, of Parsons Boulevard in Flushing; Michael Olivio, 42, of 110th Street in Richmond Hill; Francisco Adames, 40, of Elinor Place in Freeport, LI; and LePaul Gammons, of Route 23A in upstate Catskill.
They are charged with fourth-degree criminal possession of stolen property, third-degree unauthorized use of a vehicle, and second-degree offering a false instrument for filing. The only defendant who is not a tow truck driver, Gammons, allegedly teamed up with Olivio to perpetrate the crimes.
Gammons — who was recently shot by the mayor's security guards in a fight over a woman —is also charged with fourth-degree grand larceny. If convicted, the defendants each face up to four years in prison.
The men allegedly sold the vehicles for scrap, receiving $200 to $400 for each one. The thefts took place between May and October 2010, and the Queens District Attorney's Office put four months into the investigation.
Stolen were some economy cars like a Dodge Neon and a Honda Civic, and a number of vans — both full size and minivans, including three Ford Econolines. Four tow trucks were also seized during the probe.
In all cases, the defendants allegedly utilized state DMV forms used to transfer vehicles which are at least eight years old and worth less than $1,250, to a dismantler or certified scrap processor, when the owner does not have the title. The individual listed themselves as the delivery agents or, in some cases, also as a car's owner.
Queens District Attorney Richard Brown said the ability to have cars destroyed using such documents enabled the defendants.
"As the price of scrap metal increases, thieves are growing more aggressive and taking advantage of a quirk in the law in which they can dispose of vehicles eight years or older without proof of title," Brown said in a statement.


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Award-winning author Josi S. Kilpack introduces a new series of culinary "cozies" that is sure to tantalize mystery lovers. In this debut volume, cooking aficionado turned amateur detective Sadie Hoffmiller tries to solve the murder of her beautiful young neighbor - a single mother who was mysteriously lured from her home while a lemon tart was baking in her oven. At the heart of Sadie's search is the woman's missing two-year-old child. Whoever took the child must be the murderer, but Sadie is certain that the police are looking at all the wrong suspects - including her!
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A friend referred me to Josi's series and I am so glad that she did. This book was more than I expected, it was not a shallow story. The book was not filled with sex or swearing, just a very interesting story about friendship, caring, and not giving up. I hope that the rest of the books are as interesting as this one. When I really like books, I will go back in a couple years and relisten. This will go on my "to listen to again" list.
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I was hoping to like the first book of what looked like an interesting series and go on to read the other books, but the main character was so annoying that I don't want to see any more of her. I had a hard time believing that an adult would have to have it explained to her by her college-aged daughter that she was being unreasonable to expect the police investigating a murder to give her -- a neighbor of the murder victim -- regular updates on their progress. She expected to waltz into a lawyer's office and have the lawyer tell her all about the affairs of a client. She got all indignant about a detective asking her to hand over some documents that had belonged to the murder victim and claimed that she had given them all the evidence she had while managing to hide a business card that the murder victim had had. She seemed immature and naive for her age.
On the other hand, the mystery was interesting (though the amateur detective only figured out what had happened when the murderer confessed to her) and the narrator was good. Still, I'm not inclined to give the character another chance.
"In Bad Taste"
A better story. And the narrator's inflections were so annoying.
Her main character is obnoxious and judgemental. There's nothing appealing about her.
Someone who didn't make all her female characters so flippin' whiney.
It's a mystery story. That's redeeming. It's too bad it was such an awful story.
There's formula and then there's rote writing. I could pretty much guess where this story was going from the beginning to the end. I can often forgive this if the story is good. That was not the case here. There was no tension. Nothing was surprising.
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PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) - International athletics body the IAAF says Oscar Pistorius would be allowed to run at this year's world championships if he qualifies after the double-amputee runner was cleared by a court to leave South Africa to compete in track meets.
The Olympic athlete had appealed against some of his bail conditions, and a judge ruled Thursday that Pistorius can travel outside of South Africa to run, but with certain conditions. Pistorius is charged with murder in the shooting death of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.
IAAF spokesman Yannis Nikolau says in a statement that there would be no objection from the world body to Pistorius competing at the worlds, saying "on the basis of the 'innocent until proven guilty' principle he would be free to run."
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It Doesn't really matter what kind of tomato it is. Also, Can anyone tell me if red and yellow currant is good? |
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- Posted by fusion_power 7b (My Page) on Mon, Jan 23, 12 at 9:48
You can find what you are looking for in this thread or send a message to brokenbar. http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/harvest/msg121400287050.html As for the currant tomatoes, I make a point of not growing them because the production is very low and they tend to cross with normal tomatoes at a very high rate. DarJones |
There really is no "best" but there are literally hundreds of "great" ones. So you will want to define your criteria/needs a great deal more. The thread linked for you above offers some great choices. Currants - agree they are problematic and not worth the trouble IMO. Especially in your zone where thousands of varieties will do and be so much better. Dave |
Bio: I have not dried tomatoes, but I did follow that link and Brokenbar suggested Opalka for drying. I cannot comment because again, I have not dried tomatoes, and frankly don't care to consume them. However, I do make tomato sauce (from all types of tomatoes) and my favorite tomato for sauce is Opalka. Given Brokenbar suggests it for drying and I can recommend it for sauce/cooking it might fit the bill for you. It has very few seeds and is not juicy. It makes a naturally thick sauce. They taste lovely cooked (or fresh - or in salsa) too. You mention heirloom in the subject... and I'm not sure if it's an heirloom, but it's OP... You don't know me, but I'm particular about my tomatoes and I LOVE opalka. Hope this is helpful. Good luck in your quest. |
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