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OPINION: The collapse of a floor at the University of Canterbury's events centre was serious, but its implications for the Christchurch rebuild are even more worrying. If this can happen to a building designed and constructed after the main earthquakes, what confidence can we have in the safety of similar buildings?
The floor collapse might seem explainable. Nine hundred students were pounding the floor in time to a hip-hop beat, many of them concentrated in front of the stage in a building hurriedly conceived and put up and meant to be temporary. But none of that should have resulted in a collapse that could easily have caused injury, or worse.
The events centre was designed to accommodate 1400 people - people who might have been expected to be attending a concert and to express themselves as people do at such events, by stomping, dancing and jumping. The floor should have been designed to take such punishment.
That it was not is likely to be the result of human error, but it is unlikely to be sheeted home, such is the confusion about liability for building failures in general. The issues are being looked at by the various official investigations into buildings that failed in the earthquakes. In those cases, we have witnessed the unsatisfactory spectacle of engineers, architects and councils manoeuvring to avoid responsibility for not designing for safety.
In the case of the university's events centre, Warren and Mahoney, which came up with the concept of the building and oversaw the project, says it is not to blame. But how can you properly oversee a project without ensuring its engineering and construction are up to standard?
It may be that the architects fulfilled their obligations completely, but that means someone else blundered. Canterbury's students, their parents and the wider community are entitled to know who, not to seek retribution but to ensure that those who build are held to account if something goes wrong.
If people are to have confidence in the city's new buildings - a confidence vital if the central business district is to be reinhabited - they must know that effective anti-earthquake standards are in place and that architects, engineers and constructors are adhering to them.
Without a clearly understood and vigorously enforced duty of liability, the incentive for building safety will be lessened.
The university is now suffering the consequences of inadequate construction and is likely to do so for some time.
Its events centre was rushed into being as vital to attracting students. The union building was damaged and a new socialising venue was needed to allow students to gather and enjoy themselves, which they rightly regard as one of the pleasures of university life.
Now, though, the new venue is closed and must undergo repair and perhaps strengthening work at a time when tertiary institutions are in serious competition for students and Canterbury is discounted by some potential students as being in earthquake territory.
The university will survive because of its sound administration and reputation as an outstanding educator. It suffered tens of millions of dollars of earthquake damage, but 220 of its 240 structures can be occupied and it has the skills and resources to get an events venue up and running again. But the university and the city now know that new structures require rigorous design.
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The Toronto Blue Jays today announced that they have recalled RHP TODD REDMOND from the Bisons and selected the contracts of both RHP NEIL WAGNER and LHP JUAN PEREZ from Buffalo.
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Wagner has served as the Bisons closer for the first two months of the season and is a perfect 13-for-13 in save opportunities in 2013. His 13 saves are 2nd-most in the International League. Overall, Wagner is 1-0 with a 0.89 ERA in 19 outings (20.1 IP, 32 SO). He has pitched 16 consecutive scoreless outings since April 17 (17.1 IP, 21 SO) and has allowed just two of 16 inherited runners to score (13%). On the season, right-handed hitters have averaged just .095 (4-42) with no extra-base hits against Wagner.
Perez is 2-1 with a 0.86 ERA and three saves in 17 outings with the Bisons. The southpaw has made nine consecutive scoreless appearances with the Bisons since May 3 (12.2 IP, 13 SO) and has yielded a run in just two of his 17 appearances on the season. Perez has held left-handed batters hitless in 19 at-bats this year (1 BB, 7 SO).
Redmond has made two appearances with the Bisons this season, going 1-0 with a 9.53 ERA in 5.2 innings of work (7 SO). The veteran earned his first victory with the team with 2.1 innings of relief in Saturday's 2-1 win over Indianapolis. Redmond missed the first 41 games on the Bisons disabled list with right shoulder impingement.
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All, I have been shamefully neglectful in asking for donation to the Clarion West write-a-thon. Please, go to the website and donate a little something. It supports the creation of a wonderful diversity of amazing future authors. And I'm offering a prize. And now, a snippet from a Finn Fancy-related short story I've been writing during the write-a-thon, featuring Finn's sister Sammy and set in 2003:
Sammy paced the small waiting room between the small sofa and the wall-mounted television, less than eager to confront Bishop Freedom. A unicorn posing as a televangelist. What a frakked up world she lived in.
Of course they had the TV going full volume, the power cord inaccessible and the control panel apparently super-glued shut. Sammy watched Freedom strutting about on stage with his white hair helmet and perfectly even smile.
"… again, what is the greater sin?" Bishop Freedom demanded. "To allow a condom, or to allow easily preventable disease and death? What is the greater sin, to …"
It annoyed Sammy to the point of pissed-offedness that Bishop Freedom used arguments she actually agreed with, given that his true motives were hardly noble.
Sammy pulled out her Palm Pilot, slid an infrared beamer into the SD slot, programmed the PDA as a remote and shut the damn TV off.
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You want great fantasy and science fiction? Help support the development of future writers. Knock knock. Hello. My name is Randy Henderson. I'm asking for donations to Clarion West, a totally awesome intensive writing workshop for speculative fiction that has been called a "boot camp for writers."
BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE. For the first 10 people who register with the Carl Brandon Society (at http://carlbrandon.org/ as a paying member), announce it and let me know about it, I will donate $10 each to the Clarion West write-a-thon on your behalf. The Carl Brandon Society supports and increases the representation of diversity in our genre's content, creators, and fans, and offers a scholarship every year to an attendee of Clarion West, so it is a great way to ensure your donation dollars produce the maximum benefit.
San Andreas the Oscar Contender
WHAT? I looked at the critic reviews for San Andreas on Fandango and was surprised to see this as the first review:
"The film is so unusually moving and penetrating because it refuses to cloud its emotions in distancing irony, anger, or nihilism."
WHAT? Is this movie completely more interesting and deeper than I assumed? ::Scrolls through more reviews:: Oh. Nope. Fandango is showing reviews for Sisterhood of Night on the San Andreas page by accident. What a DISASTER! And totally Fandango's FAULT for misleading me! (HA! Get it? Disaster? Fault? Oh man, I slay myself). But seriously, I'm sure this will be an incredible emotional journey exploring the human condition and explosions and shite. So I was inspired to create an updated movie poster.
Finn Fancy Book Tour Wrap Up
Here finally is a wrap up of my book tour experience for Finn Fancy Necromancy — the good, the awesome, and some lessons learned — not only to say thank you to everyone who helped or attended, but also to maybe help those who are trying to plan their own book tour. This is way overdue, I know. And I'll do a separate post about promotion in general.
I figured I'd talk about how I set up the tour, how I promoted it, then share some pics, and a list of the bookstores.
My Reddit Fantasy "Ask Me Anything"
I have an "Ask Me Anything" session on Reddit's /r/Fantasy forum!
My Norwescon Schedule 2015
Hey all! I'll be at Norwescon this weekend, hope to see you there!
Here's my scheduled events (not including individual workshops):
"Finn Fancy" Fun Time with Randy – Randy will read a bit from his new novel from TOR, titled FINN FANCY NECROMANCY, do a little dance (Q&A), make a little love (PRIZES!), and get down tonight (TREATS!). Finn Fancy is a dark and quirky contemporary fantasy set in Port Townsend, with sasquatch mercenaries, mobster gnomes, and more. Randy might also read something new, demonstrate miraculous powers, or at least juggle. It's not just a reading, it's Finn Fancy Fantastic Fun Time!. Rated PG
Panel: Character Arc, Plot Arc, Story
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Knowing how your plot and characters change as the tale moves forward helps a writer to craft more powerful stories. What makes a great character arc, and how can you make your character's internal change more compelling? What makes a great plot arc and how can you intertwine it with your character?
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Reading Tempest's Challenge as a Writer
I haven't weighed in on Tempest's challenge because others said what I would have said quite well.
But this morning as I read yet another bit of concern over it, I realized that many people who are reacting to it are writers (and many who are reacting negatively are white male writers who fear this is an attack on their writing and/or livelihood), and for writers, there is an obvious solution: treat it as a writing critique.
If someone tells you that there's something wrong with your story, you should not take it as a condemnation of who you are, it is a critique of the problems in the story.


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They were four people charged with the safety of others, gunned down in a place where the nation's defense is the paramount mission for those who pass through its doors. They are being deemed heroes by some, and the cruel irony of protectors becoming targets was not lost, with President Barack Obama calling it "a heartbreaking circumstance" to lose four men who served "with great valor."
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One man is dead and another was wounded after a shooting outside of a playground in Philadelphia's Overbrook section.
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Kiwis will go out of their way to visit stores with loyalty schemes, with many even foregoing good service in search of a bargain, a survey has found.
Women were particularly keen to bag a bargain with 73 per cent saying they would do so, compared to just over half of males.
An online survey commissioned by food service franchise Muffin Break found two thirds of respondents would travel further to visit a store with a loyalty programme.
The survey also found that more than four in 10 people would return to a store where the service had dropped as long as it had a good loyalty scheme.
When asked to describe how important store loyalty programmes were to them, 45 per cent said they used loyalty cards wherever possible.
Forty per cent said they used their loyalty card when they remembered or were reminded in store, and just 15 per cent said they only occasionally or rarely used a loyalty scheme.
Older shoppers were much more likely to be dedicated users of loyalty cards, but they were also much less willing to accept poor service.
Muffin Break released the research to promote the launch of its own loyalty programme.
PR man Mark Devlin said while loyalty schemes had become an integral part of the kiwi shopping psyche, it was important they did not become a substitute for good service.
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Westmoreland jury convicts Stahl of first-degree murder in wife's killing
A Westmoreland County jury of 12 women convicted David Stahl of first-degree murder for strangling his wife in February 2012.
After the verdict was returned about 8:15 p.m. Friday, Judge Rita Hathaway immediately sentenced Stahl to life in prison.
Stahl, 44, of Hempfield killed Rebecca Stahl, a 37-year-old math teacher, on the night of Feb. 19, 2012, when he returned from drinking at a bar, according to testimony in the five-day trial.
Her body was found five days later, dumped in a Unity field near Arnold Palmer Regional Airport. After her family reported her missing, David Stahl claimed to know nothing of her whereabouts, police officers testified.
The jury deliberated for more than five hours before returning the verdict. Some members of the panel were crying as they returned to the jury box.
Rebecca Stahl's family embraced as the verdict was announced.
Her brother, Tom Anderson, said justice was served with the verdict.
"My sister, Becky, was treated like garbage at the end of her life," he said. "Becky was a lovable person and, unfortunately, gave her heart to a horrible man who was apparently not taught you never hit a woman under any circumstance."
Stahl cried as he was handcuffed by sheriff's deputies and led out of the courtroom, When a reporter asked if he had anything to say to his wife's family, Stahl responded, "I'm sorry."
"He brutally killed my sister," said Kelly Beltz. "We grieve for her every day."
District Attorney John Peck told jurors there was no doubt David Stahl intended to kill his wife.
Peck said Stahl attempted to cover up the crime when he burned Rebecca Stahl's belongings, including her identification cards, and then dumped her body.
"It's the work of someone with criminal intent on his mind," Peck said.
Defense attorney Donna McClelland asked the jury to convict Stahl of third-degree homicide or voluntary manslaughter, saying he did not intend to kill her.
Peck told jurors that Stahl had abused his wife for years and physically overwhelmed her when he strangled her for at least 30 seconds, crushing her windpipe.
"He wanted her dead. He wanted her killed. He showed no remorse after he killed her," Peck said.
Stahl and his wife had exchanged a series of angry texts over him drinking at a bar before he came home and they got into a violent argument, according to testimony.
"Ten seconds in the middle of a fight is not enough to make a clear, concise decision," McClelland told jurors.
In a basement freezer in the couple's home, police officers testified, they found the victim's partially burned identification cards, some of her other personal effects, muddy boots and bits of shrubbery, similar to that found in the field where the body had been discarded, according to testimony.
Before the body was discovered, Stahl went drinking in Greensburg bars, where he flirted with other women and gave away his wedding ring so he would appear unattached, prosecution witnesses said.
McClelland said Stahl's actions after killing his wife were stupid and inexplicable, but not proof of a plan to kill.
"This is a man who did not intend to kill his wife, was appalled at what he did and wanted to get caught for it," McClelland said.
Stahl did not testify in his own defense.
Jurors heard a taped confession he gave to police. He said he did not intend to kill his wife, a Derry Area School District teacher on leave after a undergoing a hysterectomy.
Rich Cholodofsky is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. He can be reached at 724-830-6293 or firstname.lastname@example.com writer Alicia McElhaney contributed to this report.
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Schooling Our IntentionHow can we engage in action on behalf of earth and not get consumed, not go crazy? We who have aligned ourselves with this effort to transform a civilization so that complex forms of life can continue are faced with something very different from the kinds of challenges that our foremothers and forefathers faced. I'd like to begin by reflecting on some peculiarities of our situation in the twilight of the twentieth century here on planet earth. Six occur to me. First of all, there is the staggering range of the crisis, from the soil to the forest to the air to the seas to the rivers to the spasms of extinction. It's overwhelming for any single pair of eyes. More »
Dharma DogsThese stories present varying views—traditional and new—which, collectively, reflect the ancient dharma debate on whether or not a dog has Buddha-nature. Tina Fields, Pico Iyer, Elsie Mitchell, Darryl Ponicsan, and Tom Robbins give us contemporary views. Griffin Foulk sets the record straight. And in one traditional story, the Buddha cautions that imitating a dog will not lead to enlightenment. Dharma Dogs: Table of Contents More »
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Rocky FlatsTHE WORD "CHARNEL" derives from "carnal"—in or of the flesh. A charnel ground is a place where fleshly bodies are discarded after death, where vultures, jackals, ravens descend to feed upon the juicy raw meat, leaving bloodied severed limbs and bones strewn about. Heaps of bones pile up. The charnel ground is a cemetery, a highly visible boneyard. It is the ritual spot where tantric adepts perform the shamanic chod, or "cutting" practice (a meditation on one's own dismembered body) that initiates the practitioner into the mysteries of death and birth. From a psychological point of view, the charnel ground is that state of mind in which birth and death occur simultaneously. It is a mental process of hope and desperation. You can't ignore it. More »
Mountains and Waters SutraMountains and waters right now are the actualization of the ancient buddha way. Each, abiding in its phenomenal expression, realizes completeness. Because mountains and waters have been active since before the Empty Aeon, they are alive at this moment. Because they have been the self since before form arose they are emancipation-realization. Because mountains are high and broad, the way of riding the clouds is always reached in the mountains; the inconceivable power of soaring in the wind comes freely from the mountains. Priest Daokai of Mount Furong said to the assembly, "The green mountains are always walking; a stone woman gives birth to a child at night." Mountains do not lack the qualities of mountains. Therefore they always abide in ease and always walk. You should examine in detail this quality of the mountains' walking. More »
Buddhists in America: A Short Biased ViewPolitical discourse has made it popular to speak of Asian-American and Euro-American Buddhism as two distinct camps; yet this does not take into account the many divisions under each of these headings. In short, there is no love lost between different Asian groups in America. Just one example: every group with half a memory of World War II—the Koreans, the Burmese—still hates the Japanese, and often the Japanese still think of other peoples as the barbarians. Race and sectarianism are further complicated by the general lack of knowledge among Asian-American congregations about sects of Buddhism other than the ones that they follow; this is logical, as their devotion has not required the labored search common to converts. Another problem with dividing Buddhists into these two groups is that African-Americans are invisible. More »


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BYU Education Week is absolutely the best learning environment on planet
The only tough part is the end of the week when you have to go back to the "real" world. Enjoy!
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Will any of the Education Week lectures be broadcasted on BYU-TV as in the
Those who live oustide the Utah Wasatch Front area LIKE TO PARTICIPATE TOO!!!
The new direction of BYU-TV seems to be leaving out the basic Gospel
firesides, lectures, etc., and other things Gospel related.
Hope the decision makers over BYU-TV don't take this away too.
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Call me crazy, but, assuming he enters Week 1 with the starting job, I think Michael Vick is a strong candidate for a bounce back 2013 campaign. He gets a head coach that desires fast quarterbacks and will implement of ton of read option, he is (hopefully) getting close to 100 percent healthy and he gets some protection up front, as Jason Peters is back and the team drafted offensive tackle Lane Johnson back in April. Remember, this is a guy who absolutely tore the fantasy world apart back in 2010, throwing for 3,018 yards, 21 touchdowns, while also rushing for another 676 and nine scores. Of course, that was a few years ago, and Vick is now 33-years old with some injuries slowing him down a bit. Still, this might actually benefit fantasy owners who want to wait on a quarterback. You can grab Vick extremely cheap, but obviously there is risk. I'd proceed with caution, but I personally believe Vick bounces back this upcoming season.
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The physical book is getting gussied up by some companies as its digital counterpart continues to thrive.
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TORONTO—The physical book is getting gussied up by some companies as its digital counterpart continues to thrive.
Both Indigo Books & Music and Random House of Canada say they're looking at new ways to market their print books to entice readers to buy them.
"We believe that for people to buy them for themselves or as gifts, they need to look great, so I think that's a good thing," says Brad Martin, president and CEO of Random House of Canada.
"I don't believe anybody believes that the physical format is ever going to go away and we've put a lot of effort into making some truly unique, beautiful books," adds Bahram Olfati, vice president of trade books at Indigo Books & Music Inc.
Martin says Random House is adding more "production value" to its physical books. That includes more deluxe paperbacks with French flaps and rough-cut or deckle edges, as well as specially designed endpaper.
"So they look a lot nicer," says Martin. "Or they have a matte/gloss finish or a deboss or an emboss, all kinds of combinations of those things."
Random House, which plans to merge with Penguin, is also working with Indigo on special physical editions of popular books from esteemed authors including Michael Ondaatje, Margaret Atwood and Vincent Lam.
The Colour Your Library program, for example, in which the covers have a spectrum of vibrant hues with matching spines, is intended to make books look good on readers' shelves, says Olfati.
"They're not just your everyday, average book," he adds. "These books actually make a statement. So not only are they beautiful on the outside, they're amazing books on the inside, too."
Indigo has also worked with other publishers, including Phaidon and Taschen, to create exclusive lines of gift books.
Treating books as collectibles gives readers "pause," notes Olfati.
"One thing about an ebook, once it goes into that digital sphere, you never know that you have it. It becomes a line, it becomes part of an index," he says.
"Whereas if you have a physical book at home, you're always going to reference it, you're always going to see it, it's always going to be on your mind."
Such efforts have come during another year in which ebook sales continued to soar.
Martin says Random House's ebook sales in 2012 were nearly double those in 2011.
And in October, a report by the non-profit industry group BookNet Canada showed ebook sales represented an estimated 16.3 per cent of the overall book market in Canada.
Print sales still dominated, though, with paperbacks representing an estimated 56.7 per cent of the market and hardcovers making up 23.6 per cent.
"We're not expecting print books to disappear anytime soon," says Martin.
"There may be less of them as my generation moves along and the younger generations — that are more digitally adept — come along. However, we're not actually finding in the younger demographics that people aren't buying books."
Nova Scotia-based Gaspereau Press, a small publisher known for creating high-quality books in hand-crafted fashion, says "it would be amazing" if bigger companies reinvested in the physical book.
"But I have my doubts," adds Gaspereau co-owner Andrew Steeves. "They're going to have to dig deep to even remember where quality resides. And I'm here to encourage that. I want them to do that."
Steeves notes the broader trade has "invested less and less in the physical book" for a couple of generations now in order to cut costs.
"The cloths that we use when we do hardcovers are not as good, (and there's) more and more mystery meat in our papers," he says.
"We have, over time, disembodied books. So the leap to the wholly disembodied electronic text, it's only logical, because we've been going down that path so long of ignoring the physical properties, discounting the physical properties entirely."
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"It's going to be the reading experience you can't get except through that medium and people are still going to want it, people are still going to collect it, but it could become more niche-oriented in the way vinyl's becoming niche-oriented for recordings."
But "vinyl is a small piece of the overall music market, and it's a very collectible market," notes Martin.
"There is an analogy to be made there. I'm not sure that physical books are going to go to that sort of small a piece of the overall category."
Olfati also doesn't see the book going the way of vinyl.
"There are people that want to have books in their hands to read and not all books will become collectible but it's just the fun and the appeal of reading a book," he says.
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Colonial Nissan of MedfordRead MoreWhen the experts at Colonial Nissan of Medford aren't equipping customers with new and pre-owned vehicles, they mend careworn chariots in their service department. Of Colonial Nissan's three factory master technicians, two draw on more than 25 years of experience with Nissan as they diagnose cars with computerized equipment, nurture them with maintenance services, and calm their frazzled fuel lines with promises of one-year or 12,000-mile warranties. A comfy waiting room cossets customers with magazines and coffee while mechanics work. A 50-inch flat-screen TV entertains eyeballs with cable television, and free WiFi flows through the room in search of cell phones, computers, and brains to connect with. Colonial Nissan of Medford also offers a round-trip shuttle service to any destination within a 10-mile radius of the dealership.104 Mystic Ave.Medford, MA US
A and P Collision CenterRead MoreYou love your car, so why not give it the best body care in Medford? Make the right choice with quality parts and repairs from A and P Collision Center. Ensure your vehicle's system get the maintenance it needs with a quality oil change. If you want to take your ride to the next level, deck it out with some trendy and fashionable accessories from here. When you need your vehicle's tire changed or rotated, expect the skilled technicians at A and P Collision Center to take care of either service for you with efficiency and reliability. While your car's at A and P Collision Center, you can take care of the dents and repairs, too. Get ready to be blown away by the excellent auto service at A and P Collision Center, your new favorite body shop. With so many quality services, A and P Collision Center your ideal choice for automotive care.80 Swan StreetMedford, MA US