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NAQUAN MCCLAIN, ETC., ET AL., APPELLANTS,v.CITY OF NEW YORK, RESPONDENT.
This opinion is uncorrected and subject to revision before publication in the Official Reports.
A. GAIL PRUDENTI, P.J., HOWARD MILLER, JOSEPH COVELLO and LEONARD B. AUSTIN, JJ.
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In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, etc., the plaintiffs appeal, as limited by their brief, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Rothenberg, J.), dated August 4, 2008, as granted that branch of the defendant's motion which was pursuant to CPLR 3211(a)(7) to dismiss the complaint.
ORDERED that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.
On a motion pursuant to CPLR 3211(a)(7) to dismiss a complaint, the facts alleged in the complaint must be accepted as true, the plaintiff is accorded the benefit of every favorable inference, and the court's function is to determine only whether the facts as alleged fit within any cognizable legal theory (see Leon v Martinez, 84 NY2d 83, 87-88). Applying these principles, the Supreme Court properly granted that branch of the motion of the defendant, City of New York, which was pursuant to CPLR 3211(a)(7) to dismiss the complaint. Although the plaintiffs sought to hold the City vicariously liable for certain allegedly negligent and intentional acts and omissions of certain employees of the New York City Board of Education (hereinafter the Board of Education), there is no basis for holding the City vicariously liable for the actions of employees of the Board of Education, "an entity separate and distinct from the City" (Bleiberg v City of New York, 43 AD3d 967, 971; see Leacock v City of New York, 61 AD3d 827, 827; Perez v City of New York, 41 AD3d 378, 378-379).
PRUDENTI, P.J., MILLER, COVELLO and AUSTIN, JJ., concur.
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Andrew Ranger held off J.R. Fitzpatrick and Scott Steckly in a green-white-checker finish to pick up his first NASCAR Canadian Tire Series win of the season taking the ICAR Lucas Oil Grand Prix on Sunday (June 3) at Circuit ICAR.
Grimsby's Jeff Lapcevich, starting in the No. 9 position, came home eighth. That left him sixth place in the driver standings with 72 points, 18 back of leader Fitzpatrick. Oakville's Larry Jackson finished 12th after starting 20th and Milton's Howie Scannell Jr., was 16th, one position better than his starting spot.
Ranger, a two-time series champion out of Roxton Pond, Que., took the lead in his No. 27 Dodge/GC Motorsports Dodge from D.J. Kennington on Lap 7 and remained out front the rest of the way to pick up his 17th career win in the series. It was his 12th on a road course with seven of those coming in his home province of Quebec. Ranger has three wins each at Montreal's Circuit Gilles Villeneuve and Circuit de Trois-Rivieres in Quebec while this is his first triumph at the Mirabel track.
It wasn't a prototypical win for Ranger, though. In his previous 11 road-course wins, the 25-year-old had an average starting position of second. However, after weather forced the cancellation of qualifying on Saturday, the field was lined up per the series rule book which gave Ranger a start from the 16th position.
Battling Fitzpatrick for the win is nothing new for Ranger, but he was able to handle all of the challenges throughout the race.
Fitzpatrick, who trailed Ranger to the line by .507 seconds, followed his season-opening win two weeks ago with a runner-up finish after battling back from an early spin.
Steckly rebounded from an early penalty for rough driving to finish third after getting the start from the pole position. He clearly disagreed with the penalty call, but was diplomatic afterward.
Last season's Rookie of the Year Louis-Philippe Dumoulin finished fourth for his second straight top-five finish while Kennington followed in fifth.
Alex Labbe finished an impressive sixth in his series debut trailed by Jean-Francois Dumoulin in seventh. Lapcevich, Ron Beauchamp Jr. and rookie Martin Roy completed the top 10.
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Night Mynock was a book authored by Rogar Farnoster. It was for sale in 23 BBY and was, for a time, the fifth best-selling book according to the CoCo Town Edition of the HoloNet News.[1]
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A ranking of the five best-selling books, from 23 BBY, including the number-five ranked Night Mynock, appeared in HoloNet News Vol. 531 45 (2002), an in-universe website created to publicize the upcoming Star Wars: Episode II Attack of the Clones film.
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Without the huge inventory of apartments it maintains near campus - an inventory that enables it to offer university housing to all faculty members at below market rates - ''Columbia could not remain in New York City,'' Mr. Cole added.
Colleges and universities are not the only large institutions being forced to provide housing for employees. In New York, hospitals have been buying or building apartments to house nurses, technicians, medical residents and interns.
The most ambitious of the hospital housing programs are on the Upper East Side, where Mount Sinai Hospital, New York Hospital, the Hospital for Special Surgery and other institutions are concentrated.
''Recruiting people from outside the city would be virtually impossible without offering subsidized housing,'' said Donald Braos, president of the Hospital for Special Surgery, which last month moved in the first of 83 nurses it will house in the Bellaire, a new apartment tower on 71st Street.
IN an unusual arrangement, the hospital, which owns the land under the tower, signed over development rights to the Zeckendorf Company, a major New York City development firm, which built the 42-story building. Zeckendorf has retained the top 30 floors, selling them as high-priced condominiums, while the hospital will use the lower 12 floors to house nurses and technicians.
But while hospitals and other public institutions are finding ways to house some workers, it is the urban colleges and universities that are moving most aggressively. Many have found that being real estate investors and landlords is difficult, and some have been forced to retreat because of determined community opposition.
''This has been a very emotional and painful period for everyone involved,'' said Edwin Sharpe, vice president for administration at the University of Texas at Austin, which in December reached a truce in a long battle with residents of a low-income, predominantly black neighborhood next to its campus. The neighborhood is known to its residents and others in Austin as Blackland.
THE university had planned to annex 16 blocks of the Blackland area -half the neighborhood - and had been negotiating with landowners since 1981. Although it could have employed the power of eminent domain to condemn the property, Mr. Sharpe and other officials negotiated patiently, offering to move the Blackland homes to vacant lots in other neighborhoods and provide relocation assistance. The university reached agreements to pay more than $4 million for dozens of homes.
But community activists waged a bitter fight, pointing out that most of the poor residents of Blackland were renters and were therefore being evicted without compensation. In its agreement in December, the university said it would scale back its purchases in Blackland to eight blocks, and issued a position paper describing the difficulty of its decision that asked: ''What constitutes the greater good to society?''
The paper contended that the conflict was between ''provision for the growth of a public institution that has a statewide and even national mission or the preservation of a centrally located, long-standing neighborhood, especially one that serves a number of low-income, aged and minority families and individuals.''
Similar town-gown disputes have flared up around other urban campuses.
In Cambridge, where strict rent-control laws have held down rental rates and made vacancies all but impossible to find, Harvard encountered a storm of resistance when it announced a plan in 1987 to purchase and tear down a dilapidated apartment building so it could build graduate-student housing.
Although the building was nearly vacant, neighborhood groups fought the plan for more than 18 months, attempting at first to prevent Harvard from buying the building, then trying to have it declared a historic landmark so it could not be demolished. In a compromise, the university said it would renovate the building for student housing.
Another controversy is simmering in Berkeley, where the University of California plans to build dormitories to house 1,600 undergraduates. One of the dorms is being planned on People's Park, the university-owned vacant lot that was seized by radical students during the Vietnam War protests in 1969.
''The university is acting like a Goliath that can do whatever it wants,'' said Michael Delachour, a Berkeley boilermaker and former student who is leading an effort to derail the plan. He said People's Park should be retained as open space as a monument to the activism of the 60's.
The tensions between Columbia and some residents of the neighborhood surrounding its campus on the Upper West Side of Manhattan are not new, but may serve for administrators elsewhere as a model of the problems that arise when a university becomes a large landlord.
Columbia's new student housing includes a dormitory for 400 undergraduates opened last fall. But the university's biggest source of housing, and its biggest administrative headache, is the 150 nearby apartment buildings it acquired between the early 60's and 1982.


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Never in her wildest dreams did Norica Labadie think a policing career would be on her radar.
That thought process changed a year ago when she entered a community home for young mothers and their children and became an active volunteer with Toronto Police Service's (TPS) 31 Division Community Police Liaison Committee.
A resident at Humewood Home that offers a unique transitional support housing program that gives young mothers and their children a four-year tenancy at a subsidized housing rate along with guidance to achieve their goals, Labadie also took part in two TPS-administered youth initiatives – SURVIVORGIRL and the Toronto Recreational Outreach Outtripping Program (TROOP).
Participants in the SURVIVORGIRL program created in November 2012 are offered bullying, personal safety, no-snitching and family law presentations while TROOP offers youths the opportunity to challenge their self-imposed boundaries through free outdoor experiential learning opportunities, including a five-day excursion to the northern Ontario wilderness and a seven-day leadership trip at the end of the season.
Constable Jennifer Nantais is actively involved in both programs sponsored by ProAction Cops & Kids, a charity devoted to funding initiatives linking police officers with challenged young people.
"I always wanted to be a nurse," said 23-year-old Labadie, an immigrant from St. Lucia who has a three-year-old daughter. "Meeting Jennifer was such an uplifting and inspiring experience. I am from the Caribbean where most people do not have many positive experiences with police. She has however changed my perception of law enforcement officers and provided me with an insight into the important roles they play in communities."
Labadie, who aspires to be a TPS officer, was recognized with an Intercultural Dialogue Institute (IDI) Public Heroes Recognition Award last week.
"This means everything to me because I didn't see it coming," said Labadie who came to Canada in 2010 to support an older sister who is suffering from cancer.
Deputy Chief Peter Sloly made the presentation to Labadie.
"She's an outstanding young lady who has been doing some great work in the community," he said.
The awards coincided with the IDI media launch to announce details of this year's Public Heroes Awards.
For the first time, the public can nominate police, fire and paramedic personnel for the awards to be presented on April 23 at the Japanese Cultural Centre.
"These awards are just one way of honouring the excellent work of our police officers, paramedics and firefighters," said IDI executive vice-president M. Fatih Yegul at the media launch at Toronto police headquarters on Jan. 20. "Many of them put their holidays on hold during the last Christmas holidays to help out during the ice storm."
Established in 2011, the awards will, for the first time, recognize "public heroes" from the Greater Toronto Area – Durham, York and Peel – as well as Toronto. In the past, they focused on Toronto Police, Fire and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and the nominees were chosen by a committee of community leaders.
The awards recognize cops, firefighters and paramedics for their outstanding work.
"This is becoming a bit of tradition for us where we have a great community partner who is willing to step up, and quite frankly, honour our emergency service providers who step forward not just in the line of duty but go beyond the call of duty in what they are doing," Sloly said. "It's one thing to be recognized by your supervisors, but another to be honoured by your peers. In policing and emergency services, it's yet another thing to be recognized by the public and this is what this is all about."
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Room Amenities
Leonardo Hotel Aachen offers 99 air-conditioned accommodations with safes and complimentary newspapers. Accommodations are furnished with sofa beds and desks. Flat-screen televisions are featured in guestrooms.
Rooms have partially open bathrooms. Bathrooms include showers and hair dryers. In-room wireless high-speed Internet access is available for a surcharge. Housekeeping is provided daily.
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- WiFi (surcharge)
- Cribs/infant beds (surcharge)
- Air conditioning
- Coffee/tea maker
- Daily housekeeping
- Hair dryer
- Shower only
- Desk
- Sofa bed
- Flat-panel TV
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Free newspaper
- In-room safe
- Partially open bathroom
- Room service (limited hours)
- Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
Hotel Amenities
The hotel offers a restaurant. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Public areas are equipped with complimentary high-speed wireless Internet access. Event facilities measuring 699 square feet (65 square meters) include meeting rooms. This Aachen hotel also offers a terrace, multilingual staff, and complimentary newspapers in the lobby. Onsite parking is available (surcharge).
Leonardo Hotel Aachen is a smoke-free property.
- Total number of rooms - 99
- Number of floors - 4
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- Conference space size (meters) - 65
- Number of meeting rooms - 2
- Conference space size (feet) - 699
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Meeting rooms 2
- Bar/lounge
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Elevator/lift
- Free WiFi
- 24-hour front desk
- Multilingual staff
- Terrace
- Restaurant
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Self parking (surcharge)
- Smoke-free property
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Free Wi-Fi
- Sofa bed
Available in all rooms: Wireless internet access ( EUR 14 per 24-hour period )
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Self parking (surcharge)
Where to Eat
Primavera Restaurant - This restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Holiday Inn Bar - Onsite bar.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.
Hotel Policies
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
No rollaway/extra beds available
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Rollaway/extra beds are available.
- Cribs (infant beds) are available.
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Check-out time is 11 AM
Payment types
- A 5 percent city/local tax will be charged
Optional extras
- Breakfast fee: EUR 13 per person (approximately)
- Fee for in-room wireless Internet: EUR 14 per 24-hour period (rates may vary)
- Self parking fee: EUR 6 per day
- Pet deposit: EUR 15 per night
- Pet fee: EUR 15 per pet, per night
- Rollaway beds are available for an additional fee
We should mention
The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation.
Hotel Name
- Aachen Hotel Leonardo
- Aachen Leonardo
- Aachen Leonardo Hotel
- Hotel Aachen Leonardo
- Hotel Leonardo Aachen
- Leonardo Aachen
- Leonardo Aachen Hotel
- Leonardo Hotel Aachen
- Aachen Holiday Inn
- Holiday Inn Aachen
- Pets allowed for an extra charge of EUR 15 per pet, per night, plus a deposit of EUR 15 per night
Kids Stay Free Promotion
Book a stay in any room or rate category for travel anytime and receive the following:
- Accommodations as selected
- Up to two children under 18 years old stay free when sharing a room with 2 adults (based on availability)
- Free breakfast, lunch, and dinner for children under 13 when an adult orders from the table d'hôte/à la carte menu
National Rating
Hotelstars Union assigns an official star rating for properties in Germany. This property is rated 4 stars.


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"This is perfect!! I can't wait to get started on my own cute little kitchen herb garden...when I get my own place, that is"
"Very intresting of what projects can be done with tp. We use them a lot for projects with children and this one will be this week project. Though, i think the colors can be more traditional with green and red or maybe golden colors with the green tree. I am sure the children will chose the traditional, but personally i like this one. Can be placed in any wall and every season."
"How cute are these fun and colorful little birds! I really like how easy they are to make. Can you really make a flamingo like mulberrygalprinces s says you can? That would be so cute to make. I love the idea of making several kinds of birds. My stepdad loves birds, so I can see making all kinds of these for him to add to the christmas tree or just to decorate the house."
"What a fun and festive way to use up a pile of paper clips that you never use! I love that you made them in various colors. I think it is so neat to use magnets on them too. You could use them to hang pictures from on a refrigerator or file cabinet."
Wine Bottle Herb Garden
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Transform old wine bottles into cute herb gardens. This Wine Bottle Herb Garden is a great project for all you green crafters out there, and is a fun and clever way to add some decor and style to your back yard. Plant one herb per wine bottle to prevent overcrowding and give your herbs plenty of room to grow. This upcycled wine bottle craft also makes a wonderful gift for a housewarming or garden party.
Love wine bottle crafts? So do we! For more projects like this one, check out our collection of 10 Things to Do With Old Wine Bottles + 16 New Craft Tutorials.
- Generation Green™ (g2) Bottle Cutter
- 3 - 1.5 Liter Wine Bottles and corks
- 33 yards of jute
- Liquid Adhesives
- Marker
- Craft or Newspaper
- Rubber Mallet
- Figure 1
- Figure 2
- Figure 3
Read and carefully following the instructions contained within the Generation Green™ (g2) bottle cutter manual. Instructions for use will not be repeated in these instructions.
- Cover the work area with craft or newspaper.
- Choose three 1.5 liter bottles, remove labels and glue residue from the surface of the bottle. Measure, then mark with a Sharpie® 9 ½" down from the top of the bottle.
- Using the bottle cutter, score and separate where indicated.
- Smooth the rough edges as instructed in the bottle cutter manual.
- Place the bottles on your work surface with the necks facing up.
- Cut jute into twenty-two 1 ½ yard segments.
- For each planter, fold two of the 1 ½ yard segments in half and wrap them around the bottle's neck; secure with a standard double knot. Repeat this process three times, so that you have a total of four groups of strands around the neck. Space them equally around the bottle. Tie a single square knot (FIG. 1) at the top of each cluster.
- Next, using two strands from adjacent clusters of jute, form a square knot about 1 ½" down from the original knot. Repeat this process around the bottle until you have four knots. (FIG. 2)
- Repeat step 8, until you reach the rim of your bottle; you will be making a diamond pattern down the surface of the bottle. Your last row of knots should sit at, or just above the cut rim of the bottle.
- Tie an overhand knot (FIG. 3) at the end of each cluster of jute to secure in place, then braid the remaining strands together, forming 4 braids 4 ½" – 5" long. Place a small piece of tape around the edge to keep from unraveling while you braid the adjacent strands. Using an overhand knot, join two adjacent braids to create what will resemble shopping bag handle. Repeat on the other two segments. Trim the remaining jute and secure with a small drop of glue. Allow to dry before hanging.
- Repeat steps 7-10 on one other bottle.
- For last bottle tie three loops instead of four from the 1 ½ yards of jute around the neck and repeat the process found in steps 7-10. For this bottle you will have three knots per row and you will tie the three braids together.
- To finish planter, insert the wine cork back into the bottle. If cork is stubborn, tap gently with a rubber mallet.
To make this free craft pattern, we recommend the following materials. They are available for a discount at CutRateCrafts.com.
- Generation Green™ (g2) Bottle Cutter
- 3 - 1.5 Liter Wine Bottles and corks
- 33 yards of jute
- Liquid Adhesives
- Marker
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Jul 12, 2016
Regardless of what a prior comment or said, I think it's a great idea and what other people think when seeing a lot of wine bottles being used is none of their business. I don't drink but I have friends who do and I beg bottles from them. If my friends were that judgemental, they aren't my friends.
Feb 27, 2016
This is such a cute idea for spring! From the pic it looks like the plants are actually placed in smaller planters that fit inside the bottle. I wonder if they would do well planted directly inside the bottle? It seems like the cork would be a good drainage channel for the water, and it would give the roots more room to grow. Just an idea!
Editor Kaylee
Feb 29, 2016
Hi Sleepyshoe! That certainly might be an option. I would worry, however, that the cork might hold too much water and get a little funky/moldy. It'd be a cute idea for fake flowers though. Thanks for the suggestion! -Kaylee, Editor of FaveCrafts
arodriguez 5298921
Jan 29, 2016
I love this idea! The planters are beautiful and would give any garden a rustic and homey vibe.
Lex Erin
Jun 08, 2015
Lots of root space! I always hate it when pots are too small for plants.
edperkins 2068590
Feb 26, 2014
Copy and paste all the instructions in an email to yourself and you can save that as a PDF file on your computer for future reference.
marykayser 5527737
Feb 26, 2014
Actually I don't like wine bottle crafts because they look like there's so many empty wine bottles laying around that you finally did something with them. It just makes me feel like a wino to see all those empty bottles.
idagranny 0216040
Dec 01, 2013
You should have fig: 1, 2, 3, on the same pg. To save paper.
Sep 23, 2013
Copy and paste Figure 1-3 onto a word document! Then you can see it and print it out! I haven't tried it yet but I saved the instructions. I need a bottle cutter first.
dmania74 8780245
Aug 14, 2013
This looks like a really cool idea, but the figures are not done well. There needs to be a better explanation of how to do the knot work. For this I give it a 2
Anne Hartmann
Aug 03, 2013
What are the herbs planted in - what medium? In the photo it doesn't look like there is soil in the bottles.
kcamp1 1589440
Jul 28, 2013
I couldn't print Figures 1 thru 3 so I could understand the knots. My rating is a 3
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December 7, 1964
TRANS WORLD AIRLINES, INC.v.CIVIL AERONAUTICS BOARD; HUGHES TOOL COMPANY, INTERVENOR
Before LUMBARD, Chief Judge, SMITH and HAYS, Circuit Judges.
HAYS, Circuit Judge : Petitioner, Trans World Airlines, Inc., seeks review in this court under Section 1006 of the Federal Aviation Act*fn1 of an order of the respondent Civil Aeronautics Board.*fn2 The Board's order resulted from a motion by Hughes Tool Company requesting either a disclaimer of jurisdiction or approval under Section 408 of the Act*fn3 as to the acquisition by Toolco of Sinking Fund Notes of TWA in the principal amount of $92,800,000 from the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. and The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States. TWA intervened before the Board opposing the relief requested by Toolco on various grounds.The Board's order, which was issued without holding a hearing, "declared" that Toolco was free to acquire the TWA notes on condition that Toolco divest itself of control over Northeast Airlines, Inc. TWA requests that this court vacate and set aside the order, direct the Board "to take no further action" on Toolco's motion "until after determination of the related issues between TWA and Toolco now sub judice," and to afford a hearing at that time to TWA and others on the Toolco motion. Respondent CAB requests that its order be affirmed or the petition for review dismissed and Toolco, which has obtained leave to intervene, requests similar relief.
I. The Factual Background
A. Previous Orders of the Board
Beginning about 1939 Howard Hughes bought TWA common stock through Toolco, his wholly owned and controlled corporation, until by 1942 Toolco owned 440,050 shares, 45.6 percent of the total outstanding shares. On application of Toolco in 1944 the CAB held a Section 408 hearing and determined that Toolco had acquired control of TWA through its 45.6 percent ownership interest.*fn4 CAB approved this "acquisition of control" because it believed Toolco's operations and plans would not be adverse to the public interest "in view of what might be referred to as the paternalistic attitude which Hughes Tool has exhibited up to the present time."*fn5 To guard against the possibilities of abuse of Toolco's control of TWA by reason of Toolco's aircraft activities, the CAB imposed conditions on its approval, requiring TWA and Toolco to limit individual transactions between them to items less than $200 in value and total annual transactions between them to $10,000.*fn6
In 1947 the Board ordered an investigation to determine whether any "agreement or any arrangement or action related thereto, or any change in the activities of Toolco in the field of aeronautics since the 1944 order . . . has resulted or will result in an acquisition of control of TWA" requiring approval under Section 408, and "whether such acquisition of control, if any, is consistent with the public interest and fulfills the conditions of said section 408 . . ."*fn7 The Board found after investigation and hearing that there was an agreement between Toolco and TWA which gave Toolco the "right to acquire up to a possible 80 percent of the stock in TWA."*fn8 The Board held "that there can be more than one acquisition of control of an air carrier, as a matter of law . . .,"*fn9 and "that the term 'control' is not an absolute or unqualified concept, but rather one which may import various meanings and apply to and cover a variety of situations."*fn10
The Board determined on these principles that Section 408 approval was required despite prior approval in 1944 because "a controlling person owning a substantial portion of the controlled carrier's stock may have acquired in 1944 an actual or de facto control but not the full and complete legal control which flows from ownership of all, or substantially all, of the issued and outstanding stock of the carrier."*fn11 The Board ordered a Section 408 hearing to approve or disapprove the "further acquisition of control."*fn12
After a hearing the Hearing Examiner found the "further acquisition of control" of TWA by Toolco to require "a rather broad inquiry into the relationships between the controlling and the controlled companies,"*fn13 and therefore he extensively reviewed the activities of TWA, Toolco, and Hughes since 1944.He found "no conflict of interest between Toolco's present or contemplated aeronautical activities and its control of an air carrier."*fn14 He held that Toolco and Hughes had contributed "to the welfare and well-being of TWA" by their "efforts at maintaining or improving the carrier's financial position following the war,"*fn15 and "that the additional control acquired by Toolco . . . is consistent with the public interest."*fn16 The CAB adopted the findings and conclusions of the Examiner and approved the acquisition of further control subject to the same conditions imposed in 1944.*fn17
In 1960 TWA requested Board approval of a plan for financing the purchase of jet aircraft. The plan provided for the issuance to Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. and Equitable Life Assurance Society of $92,800,000 principal amount of 6 1/2% Equipment Mortgage Sinking Fund Notes of TWA, due December 31, 1972. The TWA stock held by Toolco was placed in a voting trust which was to last until December 15, 1970, unless first terminated or extended as provided in the agreement.
Toolco appointed one of three trustees. The other two, however, were appointed by the notes agent, the Irving Trust Co., and the voting rights in Toolco's TWA stock were to be exercised by majority vote of the three trustees. Under the Option Agreement Toolco had the nontransferable right to purchase outstanding TWA Sinking Fund Notes by payment of the notes in full plus a premium of twenty-two percent until March 31, 1962, when the amount of premium was to be thereafter reduced by one-half percent for each elapsed quarter year.*fn18 On exercising this option Toolco could terminate the voting trust.
Under the Option Agreement Toolco was required to provide satisfactory opinion of counsel stating that all necessary governmental approval had been obtained before it could purchase the notes from the insurance companies and terminate the voting trust.*fn19
The Board considered that under this plan "a significant and fundamental change will have been accomplished in the control of TWA by Toolco." The Board stated: "Upon the execution of the voting Trust, the Toolco control of TWA will change drastically in both form and substance."*fn20
Believing that "to facilitate TWA's acquisition of jet equipment is in the public interest" and that doubts about the "jurisdiction" of the Board to act should be set aside when its competence to act under Section 408(a) was uncontested, the Board approved the plan, but also stated it anticipated a Section 408(b) application and hearing "before Toolco would attempt to reassume control over TWA."*fn21
B. The Antitrust Action
In 1961 TWA brought a civil antitrust suit against Toolco, Howard Hughes, and Raymond M. Holliday, a Toolco executive and TWA trustee, in the District Court for the Southern District of New York, seeking some $45,000,000 in damages before statutory trebling, and equitable relief, including Toolco's divestiture of TWA stock. TWA also filed an action in the Chancery Court of Delaware against Toolco and Hughes alleging that they had violated their fiduciary duty to TWA, and seeking similar relief. Because of Hughes's failure to depose, default judgment was entered in TWA's favor in the federal court action.*fn22 On appeal this court affirmed the decision of the district court. The Supreme Court has granted certiorari in this case.*fn23
C. The Order Under Attack
On April 29, 1964, Toolco filed with the CAB the motion that led to the order now under attack. Toolco stated that it desired "to be in a position to exercise its rights under the aforesaid Option Agreement and if need be thereby to terminate the Voting Trust." Toolco requested that the CAB "either disclaim jurisdiction over the acquisition by Toolco from Metropolitan and Equitable of the $92,800,000 principal amount of Series A Sinking Fund Notes of TWA now outstanding, all in accordance with the aforesaid Option Agreement, or that the Board modify its prior order under Section 408 of the Act or enter an order under Section 408 of the Act granting such authorization or approval as may be necessary to permit such acquisition."
Since this transaction would bring it again under the direct supervision of Toolco and Hughes without the intervention of the two independently controlled voting trustees, and because it believed that its pending antitrust claims against Toolco, Hughes, and Holliday would be endangered, TWA opposed Toolco's motion. It requested that the motion be denied or stricken on the grounds that Toolco's threatened reassumption of control of TWA was made to circumvent Toolco's antitrust liability and would thus be adverse to the public interest, that the motion in any case required approval as an "acquisition of control" under Section 408(a)(5), and that a full evidentiary hearing was required under Section 408(b) when and if Toolco made a proper application.
The Board issued its order solely on the arguments presented by Toolco and TWA and without any hearing. It held that Toolco's motion did not require a hearing and that "the basic legal question presented is whether or not Board approval is required as a condition to this resumption of control." The Board denied Toolco's motion on the ground that Toolco also controlled Northeast Airlines, and the common control of Northeast and TWA would present a § 408 issue never before decided by the Board. Although the Board had previously approved Toolco's control of Northeast,*fn24 the fact that Toolco's TWA stock was then in a voting trust had made it unnecessary to consider the question of common control at that time.
The Board went on, however, to state:
"The question remains whether, in the absence of common control, the resumption of full managerial control by Toolco of TWA, following the termination of the voting trust, would in itself require Board approval after hearing under section 408 as an acquisition of control of a carrier by a person engaged in a phase of aeronautics. Since this question has been thoroughly briefed, and in view of the importance of terminating the controversy between the parties on this subject and removing uncertainty as to the application of section 408 to the peculiar facts involved, we find it appropriate to issue a declaratory ruling on the question."
The Board concluded that the prior orders of 1944 and 1950 authorizing "Toolco's ownership of 73 per cent of the stock of TWA" were not terminated by the Voting Trust Agreement. The Board said:
"In our view of the matter, we need not reach the issue as to whether the voting trust effected a complete insulation of Toolco's control over TWA within the meaning of section 408. Even if we assumed that Toolco temporarily lost all power to control TWA during the period of the voting trust, this fact would not have effected a termination of the Board's prior approval of the Toolco control of TWA under the unique circumstances present here. In our judgment there was involved at most a temporary hiatus in control imposed upon Toolco by the exigencies of TWA's financing requirements. Toolco at all times has retained the beneficial ownership of the stock in question. The trust itself is for a temporary period of ten years and is terminable prior to the end of that period upon the discharge of TWA's indebtedness to the financial institutions. We find nothing in either the literal language of section 408 or its underlying policy that would require that Toolco be subjected to a second hearing on the very issue which was previously heard and decided by the Board. A contrary reading of the statute would result in harassment of Toolco without vindicating any statutory objectives."
In a footnote the Board referred to the statement in its 1960 order that it anticipated a Section 408(b) application and hearing "before Toolco would attempt to reassume control over TWA."*fn25 The Board characterized this as "dictum" because the jurisdictional issue was not then before the Board and it did not have the benefit of "full briefing." "Accordingly, absent control of another air carrier, and upon prior approval of the Board, Toolco would be free to resume full control of TWA without any further hearing." Paragraph 2 of the order of the Board provided:
"It is hereby declared that Toolco may exercise its option to acquire the TWA Notes described herein at such time as it submits a plan satisfactory to the Board which would effectively divest Toolco of the power to simultaneously control both TWA and Northeast."
II. Disposition of the Board's Order
On the principal issue we hold that the Board should have held a hearing before issuing its order permitting Toolco to resume control of TWA and that the declaratory ruling was an abuse of the Board's discretionary power.
Section 408(b) requires a hearing to determine whether the acquisition of control of an airline is in the public interest. Among the criteria of the public interest which the Board must safeguard, according to section 102,*fn26 are the fostering of "sound economic conditions" in air transportation, and the promotion of service without "unfair or destructive competitive practices."
The Board, when it issued its order, must have been aware of TWA's claims as set forth in its pleadings in the antitrust action. The charges against Toolco included preventing TWA from competing with other carriers by keeping it from acquiring jet aircraft and by diverting to other carriers jet aircraft originally assigned to TWA, and preventing TWA from obtaining necessary financing at reasonable rates. In view of the default in the antitrust action the charges against Toolco stand undenied. They present a picture which is entirely inconsistent with the requirements of the public interest.
The conduct which is the subject of the antitrust action is alleged to have taken place during the years which intervened between the Board's order of 1950 and the voting trust arrangement of 1960. Yet the Board's order is based upon the investigation and findings preceding its previous orders of 1944 and 1950. A mere reading of the findings of the Board in connection with the previous orders, as we have set those findings forth above, indicates the great difference which exists between the present situation and the situation which obtained in the periods before the 1944 and 1950 orders were issued. In view of the notice which the Board had of changes in the situation during the period since 1950 it could not properly rely on its 1950 order in granting permission to Toolco to resume control of TWA.
Toolco contests the ripeness of the controversy for decision, TWA's standing, and statutory reviewability.*fn27 We hold this order, which was explicitly intended by the Board to terminate "the controversy between the parties on this subject," ripe for our consideration. The Board has made an authoritative pronouncement on which important transactions are likely to depend.*fn28 TWA has standing as "any person disclosing a substantial interest."*fn29 Its identity as the acquired airline satisfied the liberal standing requirement of Section 1006(a). See City of Houston v. CAB, 317 F.2d 158, 160 (D.C. Cir. 1963); Seaboard & Western Airlines, Inc. v. CAB, 181 F.2d 515, 518 (D.C. Cir. 1949), cert. denied, 339 U.S. 963 (1950). Under this same statutory provision in the Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938 this court stated that a competitor of an airline which was granted a certificate of public convenience and necessity possessed a "substantial interest" "because it would be adversely affected by the diversion of traffic to a prospective competitor." Pan American Airways Co. v. CAB, 121 F.2d 810 (2d Cir. 1941) (dictum). In this case, TWA as the "victim" in this "acquisition of control" proceeding likewise possesses standing under Section 1006(a).
The reviewability of this "declaratory ruling" under Section 1006(a) depends ultimately on whether it is "an order that determines a 'right or obligation' so that 'legal consequences' will flow from it." Pennsylvania R. R. v. United States, 363 U.S. 202, 205 (1960). Here the Board expressly intended to determine Toolco's rights under prior orders and it is apparent that Toolco, the Board and TWA will suffer "legal consequences" by reason of that determination.*fn30 Orders declarative of a party's status under a federal regulatory statute are reviewable. See Alleghany Corp. v. Breswick & Co ., 353 U.S. 151, 159-60 (1957); Frozen Food Express v. United States, 351 U.S. 40 (1956); Rochester Tel. Corp. v. United States, 307 U.S. 125, 126-44 (1939); 1 Davis, Administrative Law § 4.10, at 270-71, 278 (1958).
Toolco claims that the venue of this petition is improper under Section 1006(b)*fn31 because "the principal place of business" of petitioner TWA is Kansas City. TWA asserts by affidavit that its principal place of business is New York, the situs of its executive headquarters. It is unnecessary to decide the issue of venue. Venue is a privilege personal to a defendant in a civil suit and a person intervening on either side of the controversy may not object to improper venue. 4 Moore, Federal Practice 24.19, at 147 (2d ed. 1963); see 2 Barron & Holtzoff, Federal Practice and Procedure § 593, at 359 (rev. ed. Wright 1961). Although normally an intervenor in a civil suit has a less substantial interest than Toolco has in this proceeding, Toolco had to seek the permission of this court to intervene. By doing so without simultaneously or soon thereafter raising a motion directed to venue, Toolco waived any defense of improper venue it may have possessed as an intervenor. 4 Moore, op. cit. supra, 24.19, at 147.
Paragraph 2 of the Board's order is set aside and the case is remanded to the Board for action not inconsistent with this decision.
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Roxy & Dukes Roadhouse
Every Wednesday at 7:30pm
Hosted by Lenny De Paino745 Bound Brook Rd
Dunellen, NJ
- Do you still have an open mic? Do you allow comedians as well?
- reply to this commentMike (2/2016)
- No draught beer in a roadhouse! Really? This place is pretty seedy, and it's definitely set up for loud rock bands. So, if you want to put your band-in-progress in front of some folks, this is the place to do it. If you're hoping for an intimate, attentive, clean venue, this isn't it.
- reply to this commentFred Bement (5/2012)
- Fred… A lot has changes since last year… The club now has draft beer. It is set up for full bands and acoustic acts… If by seedy you meant different and interesting then yes we're still seedy… Always clean and a new menu… It's a growing business that is learning the ropes as it goes . I give credit to the owners for supporting live original music. Something not often found in surrounding venues… Come back Fred… We'll leave the light on for ya.
- reply to this commentLen Depiano (5/2013)
At Lenny's Night Out you get to play on one of the hottest stages in our area. The host band supplies every player with a full backline which includes 2 guitar stations, bass rigg, drums and keyboards. There is also a house sound and lighting system with tech.
Stop in any Wednesday night and see what we're doing with "LNO". There is always a comfortable vibe at Roxy & Dukes. Never any pressure to perform. We mix up everything music at LNO. Acoustic, Electric, Soloists to Full bands. Covers and Originals. We span all genres and time line.
The LNO host, Lenny D says "I may be bias but we hear it all the time. Our open jam is head and shoulders above the rest. We've been at it longer. We have more experience and our house band is the best around."
Come out any Wednesday and see for yourself. Jammin at LNO is a great experience. AND did we tell ya?… It's also Ladies Night every Wednesday. Reduced prices all night for the ladies in the house. Food is served till 11pm.
You've seen the rest, they come and go. Now try the best. Thats LNO !!
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The prevailing political sentiment is that Scott Walker is finished in Wisconsin
politics amid secretly held wishes by progressives Walker wins the nomination
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a follow-up about public policy and ethics. Walker cannot think on his feet,
and other character flaws are legion, material that is available on video.
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QVT Financial, a US hedge fund known for its victory in a legal case against collapsed broker Refco, has bought a stake of more than 1% in troubled UK retail bank Northern Rock.
The firm said it has acquired a 1.03% exposure to Northern Rock through contracts for difference, derivatives instruments that may be converted into voting shares at any time.
A statement it made to the London Stock Exchange through the regulatory news service showed it increased its stake to more than 1% on Friday through a purchase of 184,000 CFDs at a price of 133.3p a share.
QVT, which was founded in 2004 by former Deutsche Bank proprietary trader Dan Gold and is understood to have more than $5bn (€3.4bn) of assets under management, has developed a reputation as an activist shareholder.
Last month it opposed a proposed takeover for Sallie Mae, the US student loans company, from a private equity consortium led by JC Flowers, which is understood to have expressed an interest in Northern Rock.
In June, it demanded a halt to the sale of Photo-Me International, a UK digital imaging equipment maker, and a return of capital to shareholders instead.
It was one of six hedge fund managers that last year won a legal case against Refco, the failed US broker, requiring Refco to make a distribution from its assets and pay their legal costs.
Gold led a team of 20 that left Deutsche Bank to set up QVT Financial on their own account. It raised an initial $2.7bn, including $1bn invested by their former employer. The size of the fund had risen to $5bn by the start of this year. The firm has offices in New York, London and Taipei.
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Other hedge fund managers have taken positions on other side of Northern Rock. Those anticipating a rise in the share price are RAB Capital, the UK-quoted hedge fund manager, has taken a 6.66% stake in the bank's shares, and SRM Global, the Monaco hedge fund manager founded last year by former UBS proprietary trader Jon Wood.
UK firms GLG Partners, Lansdowne Capital and Marshall Wace are thought to be expecting a fall in the share price and are understood to have taken short positions.


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Wednesday, November 16, 2016
Political Climate, Going Viral and Coming Together
In case you didn't notice, there was an election in the US last week. And all hell has broken loose. And anything I can say will barely skirt all the issues, but I feel like it is important for the piece I really DO have something to say about, as background, if you will.
The candidate who won said a number of horrible things during the election about Mexican immigrants (and even about a few US born Mexican Americans—for instance a judge he said was not trustworthy on an issue because of his heritage). He said some horrible things about Muslim Americans and Muslim immigrants. He made some aspersions about Black Americans, unable to go to any subject from bringing up black people except "inner city problems". As if black people are not more diverse and their problems and issues more varied than that. He made a lot of derogatory remarks about women, suggesting they were worthless unless they were pretty. He said some of the women accusing him of sexual assault "were not pretty enough" to sexually assault—as if if they were pretty he would have, but less attractive women were not worth even that. He bragged about sexually assaulting women, claimed he gets away with it because he's a celebrity.
But on the other side there have been many many incidents of people emboldened by the hateful rhetoric doing hateful things. The Southern Poverty Law Center has documented hundreds of cases, some of them in elementary and middle schools, causing children to fear their parents would be deported, or direct hateful acts or speech to the kids. My own story falls in this category but is just one of HUNDREDS if not thousands.
If you have an incident to report, go here.
Last Thursday
A post about this went viral Thursday (more about that shortly) so you may have seen this previously, though I am giving a bit more detail here, as I know more than the brief text from my daughter which was the basis of my original Facebook post. Plus there has been followup.
She ran. She was worried she would be dragged into that house with the four of them so she ran back to her boyfriend's apartment and when he got home from class they went to the police station. She was warned it would be her word against the four boys, so it was likely all that would happen was a warning, but it would be on record and they would be warned.
And I shared how traumatized she was, and me, by extension, on Facebook and proceeded to have the very bizarre experience of going viral.
Going Viral
When I shared I had a couple friends ask if they could share, and I said they could. I felt like hearing the story of a friend would be more real to some people, so I said they could... but it ended up shared and shared and shared... Almost 700 times.
At first people were very supportive. They sent love, and were compassionate. A few people were ruffled because I did call for conservative friends to try to police their own, and they said this was not conservative behavior... I get it. It isn't. But it IS behavior directly reflective of the conservative candidate saying "I just grab em by the pussy". I was calling on people to make it clear that this behavior is not acceptable from that side and to ask their candidate to condemn it in sharp terms.
But anyway... Overnight strangers began to show up. And BOY HOWDY, do I now know what Internet trolls are about. The most common response was "this didn't happen", but I even got accused of trying a ploy for my 15 minutes of fame. I was lectured about not going to the police (she did), told she needed to fight back (statistics show running is safer if it is a possibility). But it was frankly exhausting. Total life of its own
Coming Together
We are in desperate need of some unity... of supporting each other in spite of differences. Of making a stand to stand up for people being mistreated. Of defending peaceful processes and condemning violence. I don't believe I am alone here. I think we can disagree on politics and still commit to caring for each other—for ALL others.
Here is some history on something similar done during World War II.
For the record, here is a really good link on what "doing it right" means.
By day I work in an office dedicated to inclusion, which by definition connects to "climate". It is my goal that enough people wear these that people who fear victimization look around and feel a little safer, and that people who might victimize others look around and know they will not get away with it.
There are also unity rallies, all over.
Please commit to not letting hate stand. To defending our fellow human beings and to calming what could end up really ugly if it continues to escalate.
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Labels: hate, personal trauma, plea, politics, Unity
Thursday, November 10, 2016
An Interview with Lisa Koosis, Author of Resurrecting Sunshine
Hallo, fine peoples!!! Need a break from election shouting, crying, cheering, catastrophizing? I've got something more fun here... Remember when I announced Lisa's book release at the beginning of October? Well I read her book and then fired her some questions, so today I am going to share them with YOU!!!
Without further ado, Welcome Lisa!!!
1) So just to give us some background, you allude in the acknowledgments to this being the book that wouldn't die. When was it first written and could you share a little about this topsy journey?
Absolutely! And thank you so much for having me.
I wrote the first draft of Resurrecting Sunshine in 2009, and the draft was so bad that I filed it away, never to be looked at again. And honestly, I didn't think about it again for a very long time. I went on to other manuscripts, ones that I thought had a better chance of going the distance. But then maybe a year and a half after I'd put it aside, I woke up in the middle of the night one night, thinking about that godawful manuscript and how I might fix it.
It became something of an obsession after that. I rewrote it and rewrote it. Characters were added. Characters were deleted. Characters were added back in. The ending changed twice. Eventually, I called it done and started querying agents. Lots of agents. And I got back plenty of encouragement, some wonderful feedback, and rejections by the bucket-load.
A few times I quit, and I mean quit the whole thing; querying, writing. It wasn't the first manuscript I'd queried. It wasn't even the second. I'd watched other people fly by me, landing agents and book deals after having spent, by far, less time in the novel-writing world, and much less time querying. And after a while, it gets exhausting. But I kept coming back to it. And eventually, after yet another round of revisions, and a whole series of domino-like events, I signed with a fantastic agent, and less than a year later I had two offers on the book.
2) You managed a very difficult task. You include real time, memories, dreams, and simulations, all seamlessly. An impressive feat. Did you consciously do anything to keep these all so distinct? Did this create any challenges for you, or things you had to work at in editing?
That aspect actually came pretty naturally. I wanted the book to have a drifting, dreamlike feel, and to have places where dreams and memory and reality blurred a bit. Logistically though, it did present a few challenges in editing, the biggest being just keeping the timeline straight since I was essentially weaving together two stories: the story taking place in the present, and the story of the events leading up to Sunshine's death.
3) So the major themes I saw here were identity, self-determination, grief, and fate. Did I miss any big ones? Can you speak a bit about how YA, speculative fiction, and "organic process" might have influenced how your themes developed?
I've always believed that speculative fiction provides the perfect backdrop for exploring very human themes, because it puts everyday people/characters in extraordinary circumstances and allows us, as writers, to examine them under this sort of literary microscope. To add to this, I think YA takes us to a particularly formative time in life, when everything is naturally intensified.
But that said, a lot of the themes in Sunshine came from a very personal place and definitely emerged through more of an organic process. I had just separated from my husband, and I think without even realizing it, I was exploring through writing the very themes I was experiencing in my own life right then: loss, identity (who do you become when you lose the person closest to you?), personal responsibility, and most of all, trying to understand how you move forward when it seems impossible to do so.
4) So about cloning... I feel like the story you've told is the very personal ramifications, but for the sake of blowing this wide open, if cloning, complete with memory upload were really possible, what do you see as the biggest danger?
If I'm honest, I think there's no limit to the dangers, both practically and ethically. One of the ideas I've always enjoyed exploring in fiction is the idea that what science can do, science will do. Sometimes it feels as if we advance so quickly, that our laws and our morality can't keep up. I think that's a truly scary thing.
Follow up: how do you feel about inspiring other works that would like to use this technology? (I have a story idea I'd love to develop, probably novella length--I'd of course give credit)
To think my speculative technology might inspire someone else is incredibly flattering. I'm all for it!
5) If you could be cloned, would you?
Oh lord, no! One of me can get into enough trouble all alone! (Although there is something to be said for having someone else to do the laundry and take care of the day job so I could just write.)
6) If you could clone a deceased loved one, would you?
I feel like this should be an easy question to answer, and yet somehow, it isn't. I'd like to be able to say no way, that it would be wrong, that I would never even consider such a thing, that it wouldn't truly be that person anyway. But emotionally, thinking about seeing someone I've loved and lost even one more time—particularly if they'd had their memories restored—I'm not sure that the temptation would be as easy to say no to as I'd like it to be.
7) And since 7 is the most magical number, what can we expect from you next?
I've always been a little bit superstitious when it comes to talking about what I'm working on, for fear that I'll rob the project of some of its energy. But I can say that I'm planning to stay in the realm of young adult science fiction, which has started to feel like home to me.
Thank you so much, Lisa! It was great to have you here! And thank you for being so candid!
Author Bio: In high school, much to the dismay of her guidance counselor, Lisa Koosis traded AP English for a creative writing class and a class in speculative fiction. She never looked back. Lisa is a member of the SCBWI, an ambassador for National Novel Writing Month, and an active member of her local writing community. Her short stories have been published widely. When she isn't writing, you'll probably find her out walking her dog, or chilling with her cats.
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Labels: Author Interview, book release
Wednesday, November 2, 2016
My Favorite (Writing) Thing
Hallo fine peoples! Another month gone already? Welcome to the Insecure Writer's Support Group's Monthly meeting! If you don't know what this is about, it is a LARGE group of writers dedicated to a bit of support for this process that we all do differently, yet all seem to experience many of the same things—most significantly, insecurity.
This month the question is: What is your favorite aspect of being a writer?
And let me tell you...
There is so much I love about writing. But really my FAVORITE thing is when I have a couple strands of story and a place I need to get to and I get this big swoopy moment of genius where the idea comes that will pull it all together. It doesn't happen OFTEN. Not even every book. Sometimes it happens in the planning. Or the writing. Or even the editing. But it is like this fireball to the gut—a good time—like a roller coaster almost—where this enormous weight lifts and this airy feeling of genius settles, however fleetingly.
It can't be forced, but I can give you a couple ways it might be triggered.
First: The problem needs to be sufficiently complicated or you are just not going to feel that clever solving it.
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If you can't be naked then this combo: Busy body, quiet mind. Like a swim or power walk with no music and minimal human interaction—something where your body is GOING but you don't really have to think too much.
So there. What is YOUR favorite aspect of writing?
And who is NaNo-ing?
Now go see what some of the others have to say...
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Labels: Insecure Writers Group, writing
Thursday, October 27, 2016
Are You Ready to NaNo!?
So sorry for a two week skip. That was very bad of me. I am offering myself up for a spanking if anyone feels they must. Not sure exactly where my head has been. But now it's time to gear up for NaNoWriMo, so I need to get with the program.
I've got my victim, suspect, and have planned my inciting event, along with the characters who will be there... I just need to sort my clues and how they will pop up then plop them on a timeline.
For anybody wanting the personal touch, don't forget to join BuNoWriMo in addition to the formal NaNo site. It is a bit more personal—smaller group so we get to know each other.
As for what I am writing—a mystery. My buddy is off a breakup so I offered to kill her ex, but I am planting it in Portland in my Micro-brewery setting—I am starting with the grand opening—going BEFORE the other book I wrote, hoping to figure out the character piece that was off before so people love Kenny like I love Kenny.
So who else is playing? Are you planning ahead or diving in the day of?
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Labels: Microbrew Mystery, NaNoWriMo
Wednesday, October 5, 2016
What is this THING you speak of: Ready?If only
So WELCOME friends to the Insecure Writer's Support Group first Wednesday meeting! You can find out all about IWSG here, and I encourage you to join if you have not already. Tons of great friends, support and resources. Plus the knowledge we are not on this journey alone.
|If only it were this easy...
When do you know your story is ready?
And the truth is, this is the crux of my problem. I have published 6 books and a short story. All published with DEADLINES. Because you see… I will keep tinkering and thinking "just this one more thing" forever unless somebody kicks me in the back side and says TIME!
Now three of my books (and the short) I had external deadlines imposed--an editor waiting for the book and a date it had to be there by. And that worked out pretty well… well the 2nd book was rough, as they edits they asked for were pretty large. But mostly that all worked out. I had to say "good enough" and because they were going to a professional editor, I could trust somebody else would call me out if they were not ready.
The flu trilogy was different. That was me trying to publish serially and because the first part WAS GOOD I dived, but then I didn't want to leave people hanging too long waiting for the rest… sort of a forced speed of it that only allowed so many iterations.
Yet here I sit with probably 12 completed books, at least 5 of them pretty near ready, and I keep tinkering… I am calling one DONE. Maybe I will start with that.
Now go visit some people who have their act together, because clearly you aren't going to learn anything useful here… erm…
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Friday, September 30, 2016
Resurrecting Sunshine: Teaser and Cover Reveal
Lisa Koosis is MEGA talented. I first met her when I did my first ABNA contest and she was supportive, but also quiet, peaceful. One of those people who just seems very nice. But she is also a bit shy. Slow to jump into shenanigans. Never, in—what is this, 8 years ago? Never loud or aggressive or rude. And also never flashy or showy. I think that may be the trouble. She has been a top runner in several contests over the years, but I think she's been a bit timid about formal querying, and she hasn't gone the self-publishing route because I believe she knows she is to reserved for that sort of promoting.
So here I have in my hot little hands, her first book that is going to be sent out into the world. And I just want to give it a little amplification. I can be noisy. I can shout. I can get excited and tell all of you. For day I am just teasing you, but in a couple weeks we will be back here with an author interview so you can get to know Lisa a little better.
From Goodreads:
At seventeen, Adam Rhodes is famous, living on his own, and in a downward spiral since he lost the girl he loved. Marybeth stage name Sunshine was his best friend from the days they were foster kids; then she was his girlfriend and his band mate. But since her accidental death, he's been drinking to deal with the memories. Until one day, an unexpected visitor, Dr. Elloran, presents Adam with a proposition that just might save him from himself. Using breakthrough cloning and memory-implantation techniques, Dr. Elloran and the scientists at Project Orpheus want to resurrect Marybeth, and they need Adam to "donate" intimate memories of his life with her. The memory retrieval process forces Adam to relive his life with Marybeth and the devastating path that brought them both to fame. Along the way, he must confront not only the circumstances of her death but also his growing relationship with the mysterious Genevieve, daughter of Project Orpheus's founder. As the process sweeps Adam and Marybeth ever closer to reliving the tragedy that destroyed them, Adam must decide how far he'll go to save her."
Comes out Saturday!!!!
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Labels: Book Cover, book release, Lisa Koosis, Teaser
Wednesday, September 21, 2016
The Culling of the World
Well this article pointed out with the HUMAN variety, there was always an ostrich.
Lemme esplain... No, is too much. Lemme sum up...
First you have to watch this Blackadder sketch about the Ostrich that started WWI.
The point is world conditions can get to a point where ONE LITTLE THING will set off a stack of Dominos. The ostrich. But the more important thing is everything needs to be poised... the Dominos stacked.
And the article noted how we are poised right now... just like that. The xenophobia trickling across the globe, the hike in natural disasters making everyone nervous, the world seen in real time because of cell phones. It isn't just the US. This is the stuff of Brexit and Putin's Imperialism, it is girls disappearing in India because nobody cares to keep them safe, it is rainforests converted to grazing land because profits matter more than air. But in the US is is the hate rhetoric, cops shooting innocent people, corporations buying our government.
So what will be our ostrich? Any ideas?
Posted by Hart Johnson at 3:00 AM 17 comments:
Labels: history, ostrich, politics, Princess Bride
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