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Minnesota employees have enhanced parental leave options beyond what the federal FMLA provides. Additionally, all Minnesota employers must provide paid time off to allow workers to vote and unpaid leave for jury duty.
State law also provides paid leave for state employees to perform disaster services work or to donate bone marrow or organs.
Parental leave
While all employers with 50 or more employees are subject to the federal FMLA, Minnesota employers with 21 or more employees must also comply with the Minnesota Parental Leave Act (MPLA).
The law provides up to six weeks of unpaid leave for the birth or adoption of a child (placement of foster children isn't covered).
To qualify for MPLA leave, employees must have worked for the employer for one year and averaged at least one-half the full-time equivalent for their job classification during the previous year. An employee may choose when to begin the leave within six weeks of the child's birth or adoption.
Employers must adopt "reasonable" policies toward parental leave. And, as with the federal FMLA, you must maintain existing health benefits, if any, while employees are on MPLA leave.
Additionally, the law entitles employees to take up to 16 hours per year of unpaid leave to attend their children's school activities and teacher conferences.
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Since today is Wednesday, I'm participating in the blogging party where we post a picture of everything we ate the day before. This is not a vegan blogging event but I like showing off what a healthy, vegan eats. 🙂
Breakfast was a green smoothie that included collard greens and kale. I wanted it green and, baby, it was:
I added some lucuma powder which seemed to do a great job in adding a little extra sweetness to cover the taste of the greens.
I've been fighting my sugar cravings lately and I had a cup of Teeccino after breakfast:
After a stint on the stair mill at the gym yesterday morning, I had a lovely salad for lunch:
I also had a slice of this bread:
I'm not being paid to say this, but I really love the products from Food for Life. They have a whole list on their website with all of the vegan offerings, check it out here. I don't eat processed grain products very often, maybe once or twice a week, but I find that a piece of toast or a tortilla is a welcome addition to a salad or soup.
Dessert was a Fuji apple:
My beautiful friend Shoshannah came to visit me yesterday evening all the way from Amsterdam. I made her dinner in the pressure cooker starting with these ingredients inspired by The Chef & The Dietitian:
I also used some dehydrated shiitake mushrooms that I rehydrated in some hot water:
I also threw in a sweet potato (unpictured). The pressure cooker looked like this before cooking:
After it cooked for eight minutes, I stirred in the chopped kale and used a hand-immersion blender to get a nice texture:
I served it with some cashew cheese sauce and it was pretty incredible:
I rounded off this food-fest with some Tahini-Cherry Ice Cream. I got so excited I forgot to take a picture!
Here's the Pea Soup recipe:Print
Vegan Split Pea & Kale Stew
- Yield: 8
- Category: Main Dish
- 1 lb. split peas (uncooked)
- 1 sweet potato, chopped
- 1 red onion, chopped
- 1 cup shiitake mushrooms, sliced
- 32 ounces low-sodium vegetable broth
- 4 cups water
- 1 bunch kale, stems discarded and leaves chopped into bite-sized pieces
- cashew cheese sauce, for topping
- Combine peas, potato, onion, mushrooms, vegetable broth and water in a 6-quart pressure cooker. Bring to high pressure and cook for 8 minutes. Use the quick-release and carefully remove the lid. Stir in kale and serve with
- cashew cheese sauce.
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DALLAS, Texas -- The University of Georgia women's swimming team is not used to losing. In fact, they've lost just one dual meet in the last five years and that came against Southern Methodist during the 1998-99 season.
It is the only loss any of the current Georgia swimmers have had to endure, but the Lady Bulldogs avenged that blemish on Friday afternoon with a 168-130 win over the Lady Mustangs.
''It was a tremendous, tremendous win,''
UGA swimming coach Jack Baurele said. ''We won a lot of close races and if we wouldn't have won those, we obviously wouldn't have won the meet.''
Georgia began the day with a first-place finish in the 400-yard medley relay and proceeded to win 12 of the next 14 events to come away with the victory.
Junior Ashley Roby paced the Lady Bulldogs, finishing first in three races -- both breaststroke events and the 200-yard individual medley.
Senior Kim Black won both the 200-yard (1:48.85) and the 500-yard freestyle (4:53.29), while classmate Keegan Walkley touched the wall first in the 200-yard fly in a time of 2:01.88. Sophomore Maritza Correia finished behind Black in the 200-meter and 500-meter freestyle.
Both Stefanie Williams and Christine Keller each won two events, while freshman Lauren King took first on the 1-meter and 3-meter springboard events.
''Without question, it's our best victory of the season,'' Baurele said. ''This gives us a chances for an undefeated season, which we've accomplished four of the last five years.''
Both the men's and the women's swim teams will return to SEC competition on Jan. 12, as they travel to Baton Rouge, La., for a meet against LSU.
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- Hurricane-ravaged New Orleans will deploy the nation's first municipally owned wireless Internet system that will be free for all users, part of an effort to jump-start recovery by making living and doing business in the city as attractive as possible.
- Much of the equipment to run the network was donated by companies, but New Orleans will own it and operate all its components at the outset.
- The system, which Mayor C. Ray Nagin is scheduled to announce at a news conference today, also will be used by law enforcement and for an array of city government functions, such as speeding approval of building permits.
- Hurricane Katrina's devastation has spurred members of Congress to introduce 139 bills. But of the 15 that have made it into law, none provides money for the stronger levees that New Orleans and Louisiana officials say are critical to luring back residents and businesses.
- Morgan Quitno Press has released its annual dangerous cities list based on crime statistics. For the second year in a row, Camden, New Jersey, has been named the nation's most dangerous.
Listed as the most dangerous cities are: Camden, New Jersey; Detroit, Michigan; St. Louis, Missouri; Flint, Michigan; Richmond, Virginia; Baltimore, Maryland; Atlanta, Georgia; New Orleans, Louisiana; Gary, Indiana; Birmingham, Alabama.


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BOY! SpiritSerpents came by tonight to take some pictures of Flower and pointed out that his skin is so pale that you can see his...er...boy parts just by holding him up to a light. I pondered changing his name for about ten minutes, but decided to keep Flower. I also fed him today....it took him a few minutes, but he did eat!
See the purplish spot?
So pretty! <3
Close up of his handsome face!
Watchoo doing?
He's got a nice marking on the back of his head.
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*A Notts Harvest Home
A.S.Buxton Collection, *No Date, Black & red notebook, p.21
*Two verses of a Harvest Home song, sung in Notts.:Mr he is a good man
in letting us ride on his harvest dam
Well mown, well sown
We've got our harvest home at last,
Never thrown over nor yet stuck fast,
We've got our harvest home at last,
Hip, Hip hooray.
Mr he is a good man
For letting us ride in his harvest dam,
He gives us beer, he gives us ale,
I hope his heart will never fail,
God bless these horses that trail us
They've had many a weary bone
They've torn their cloathes rent their skin
All for to get this harvest in.
Hip, Hip hooray.
It is possible that this is a copy of the Harvest Home song in the E.L.Guilford Collection, Ref.M99 10/8, that may come from Laxton, Notts. (See TD00796).
Locations: Notts.; Laxton, Notts. (SK7266) Years: *Col. 1920s Subjects: *Harvest Home; Song; Full Text Archives: Ref.: TD00794


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Israel Opposition Leader to Abbas: Unilateral Moves at UN Won't Aid Statehood Bid
Tzipi Livni, in Jordan meeting, urges Palestinian President to engage in direct talks with Israel; Hamas: Abbas not serious about achieving unity cabinet.
The Palestinian Authority must return to Mideast peace talks with Israel, Opposition Leader Tzipi Livni told Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday, adding that Palestinians should not allow themselves to be swept up by extreme Islamic forces.
Livni's comments were made during a meeting with Abbas in the Jordanian capital of Amman, which was also attended by former Kadima MKs Haim Ramon and Tzachi Hanegbi as well as current Kadima MK Roni Bar-On.
"Don't let the extreme Islamic forces sweep over you as well," Livni told Abbas, adding that the "Middle East is changing and the [peace talks] stalemate is serving the extremists who are taking advantage of the [Israeli-Palestinian] conflict across the Arab world."
The Kadima chairperson urged Abbas to work in cooperation with Israel to fend off extremist elements, warning the PA president against letting "Hamas solidify its agenda through forming a joint government with you."
"There's no change for peace with [Hamas]. Now, before a unity cabinet is formed, faced with regional changes, and instead of unilateral steps at the UN, negotiations must be started before it's too late, and I urge you to do so before it's too late," Livni added.
Abbas, in turn, told Livni that he considered peace and negotiation to be the only ways to reach a two-state solution, based on the 1967 borders, and to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
He reiterated that the Palestinian bid for statehood at the UN was not meant to isolate Israel or to delegitimize it but as a way to maintain the two-state solution.
A statement released by Kadima indicated Livni updated Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Shimon Peres, and Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman on the details of the meeting.
Earlier Wednesday, referring to ongoing reconciliation talks with Fatah, Hamas strongman Mahmoud Zahar accused Abbas of not being genuine in attempts to form a unity government, citing the influence of Israeli and American pressure.
Zahar said Abbas "is not interested in achieving" a deal with Hamas, adding: "Reconciliation will not be achieved at all," Zahar told the London-based daily Asharq al-Awsat.
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TORONTO -- According to multiple reports, Michael Jordan apparently came to his senses and as a result there are going to be a lot of unhappy people.
Like Raptors general manager Bryan Colangelo, who thought he had unloaded Jose Calderon and his sizable contract to the Charlotte Bobcats and gained even more financial flexibility after ditching Hedo Turkoglu for Phoenix guard Leandro Barbosa.
Like Reggie Evans, who was to be part of the deal and had already thanked Raptor fans for their support.
Like Tyson Chandler, who had told the Associated Press he would be traded to Toronto, but instead, appears to have been traded and untraded for the second time in two years (Oklahoma City turned down a done deal when Chandler failed his physical).
Raptor fans, of course, will be devastated, although the eminently likable Calderon still has his share of supporters.
Alas Boris Diaw, also rumoured to be Toronto-bound until things fell apart, probably doesnt care one way or another, thats the kind of laid back guy Diaw is.
Yahoo! Sports reported late Monday that Jordan, the owner of the Bobcats, apparently got cold feet about the deal, which was to see him add a sizable chunk of salary, but also a legitimate point guard to a squad that currently is without one.
Jordan, who has made some spectacular blunders as a team builder, was getting killed in the media even though the Phoenix end of the three-way was far uglier, but it is rare for a trade to disintegrate after getting far enough that players are told they are leaving.
But Jordan is likely gunshy after earlier foibles like selecting Kwame Brown No. 1 overall in 2001 and Adam Morrison ahead of many standouts in the 2006 draft.
ESPNs John Hollinger echoed the general sentiment when he tweeted Tuesday afternoon:
Bobcats have apparently pulled back from precipice of making one of the dumbest trades in recent NBA history. Bummer for Raptors.
But in the NBA, its not over until its over, so it is still possible the Bobcats and Raptors pull off another version of a deal.


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Tuesday, May 5, 2009
How to identify leaders in your company
Challenge is the crucible of leadership and there is no time like the present to look for the leaders in your organization. So what should you look for - and how can you create the environment to bring out the leaders?
There are many books which have been written about leadership in companies - probably thousands - and they run the gamut of styles: developing leaders through process (a favorite with HR teams), mentoring, motivational etc. But in a small company the hunt for leadership is a very practical one. You need people who can step out of the group to make a difference.
All the books and papers on leadership can be boiled down into a handful of critical behaviors to watch for when you challenge your organization:
- Embracing risk. Future leaders have an appetite for risk (see my post on leadership and risk) and see it as an opportunity. An opportunity to make change happen, to have an impact, to make something new happen. The risk can be personal (looking a fool, failing) or it can be for the company (losing a stretch deal, developing a risky product that never works) but it is the risk itself that will stretch the team and the emerging leader is often the person most comfortable with the level of risk. Conservatives need not apply.
- Having followers. The phrase is old and corny - "the definition of a leader is someone other people are following" - but it's so true in a company. Making new and significant change happen, especially in technology, rarely happens through authority. It happens because someone has an idea and motivates with the idea so others follow. When I am looking into my organization for leadership I look for whose ideas are carrying the day, and how is that person communicating and nurturing the ideas to have other people follow them.
- Lead by doing and succeeding. People want to be successful and they will often follow someone who they can observe being successful, someone who gets things done. The motivation is to learn, to be around a winner, to have the fun of being on a winning team. It's almost impossible to be effective as a leader if you are not effective as an individual and many leaders emerge because they are good at what they do and other people want to work with them and for them to learn themselves (although sadly this is not always the case of who gets promoted ...).
- Putting the company first. This is one I often see ambitious people early in their career forget. Especially in politicized companies or organizations where there is a great deal of personal wealth to be made (think company headed into an IPO or an aggressive bank). But as a CEO my interest is always 100% company first. It's the only way to measure success. So when I see someone posture or behave in a political way for their own gain I don't care how good they are, I can't see them as a leader. One of the five values at FirstRain is "Take ownership for the company's success" and I look for which employees have taken on the company's success as their own.
I don't prescribe to any one style of leadership being better than any other. Society often remembers leaders from the Great Man or Hero theory of leadership - like President Obama today - who use intelligence and charisma to lead. But in a company you need more than great men (or women) because you need to find the ability to lead different skills sets and personalities who will respond to different styles of leadership.
But if you are the leader of a company or a team, whether they work for you or they are a team you are leading across your community, you can find your anchors, the people who you can count on to help you get the job done, by looking for these four simple characteristics: embracing risk, having followers, succeeding and putting the company (or your shared goal) first.
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The 2012 National Convention Youth Track
The national convention of the National Federation of the Blind is always jam-packed with exciting activities; this year Dallas will be no different. If you are between the ages of eleven and eighteen, or are bringing a young person to convention who is, you should definitely partake in the Youth Track activities. The Youth Track is a group of activities within the convention agenda that are specifically designed for young people—activities that foster positive attitudes about blindness and encourage social interactions among the blind youth and successful blind adult mentors.
This year the Youth Track will consists of twelve activities spread across six days. In some of the activities the whole group will stay together, while in others the group will be divided into 11- to 14-year-olds and 14- to 18-year-olds. All of these high-energy activities will be interactive.
The Youth Track will open on Saturday morning, June 30, with a creative problem-solving activity called "Balloon Build or Bust." Activities will continue throughout Saturday, and will include opportunities for creative expression and explorations of NFB "Popular Culture," and FederationBook. (the social media network you may not have heard of). Throughout the rest of the week the youth will have the opportunity to participate in activities where they will explore the Federation, socialize, recreate, and put on their creative writing caps.
Please check back often for updates as some of the activities will have limited space and thus will require registration. For more information and for questions please contact Meleah Jensen at 410-659-9314 extension 2418 or [email protected].
2012 National Convention Youth Track
Sponsored by the NFB Jernigan Institute
For questions about Youth Track activities during convention, contact Meleah Jensen by calling (410) 929-4632.
Saturday, June 30:
11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Balloon Build or Bust and announcements about Youth Track Activities scheduled for later in the convention
Madrid Room, Tower mezzanine—ages 11-14
Manchester Room, Tower mezzanine—ages 14-18
1:30 - 4:30 p.m.—YOUTH TRACK SESSIONS (AGES 11-14)
Madrid Room, Tower mezzanine
1:30 - 2:30 p.m.—Show the world what you want them to know about blindness; an art activity.
2:30 - 3:30 p.m.—Tell the world what you want them to know about blindness; record your thoughts on video.
3:30 - 4:30 p.m.—Federation Scavenger Hunt
1:30 - 4:30 p.m.—YOUTH TRACK SESSIONS (AGES 14-18)
Manchester Room, Tower mezzanine
1:30 -3:00 p.m.—Federation Pop Culture and Stars of the NFB Scavenger Hunt
3:00 - 3:45 p.m.—Federationbook: Look at the Federationbook page of one of our leaders, and then make your own.
3:45 - 4:30 p.m.—Tell the world what you want them to know about blindness; record your thoughts on video.
Sunday, July 1:
4:00 - 5:00 p.m.—Writers Workshop
Madrid Room, Tower mezzanine
Monday, July 2:
11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.—Division Meet and Greet
Steuben Room, Atrium mezzanine
7:00 - 9:00 p.m.:
De Soto A Room, West wing—Ages 11-14
7:00 - 8:00 p.m.—Self-Defense Class
8:00 - 9:00 p.m.—Dance
De Soto B Room, West wing—Ages 14-18
7:00 - 8:00 p.m.—Dance
8:00 - 9:00 p.m.—Self-Defense Class
Tuesday, July 3:
6:30 - 9:00 p.m.
Off-site dinner at Sal's Pizza for both age groups—cost to attend is $20, which covers the cost of dinner and transportation. Each participant must have a signed release form before they can board the bus. Participation in this event is first-come-first-served as space is limited.
Parallel General Sessions
Manchester Room, Tower Mezzanine
Wednesday, July 4:
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Thursday, July 5:
9:00 - 10:30 a.m. and 3:30 - 5:00 p.m.


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On Taxes and Foreign Investment, Flaherty's Aim is Off
Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty's March 19 budget included important — and unexpected — proposals that would dramatically reshape income tax rules affecting foreign investment by Canadian corporations. The budget's proposal to withdraw tax deductibility for interest expenses incurred to finance investments in foreign affiliates is momentous. It could affect Canadian businesses' ability to participate in the global economy and even to remain competitive in home markets.
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The first Bombardier Global 5000 business jet will be delivered later this year, presenting owners with an aircraft that cruises at 562 mph and has a range of 5,520 miles—more than enough to cross the Atlantic or travel from one U.S. coast to another. The plane, which completed its maiden flight in March 2003, can transport as many as 19 passengers, although the typical cabin configuration will accommodate eight in a manner more comfortable than any first-class section can. So that passengers can better utilize or enjoy their time in the air, the $33.5 million jet can be outfitted with Rockwell Collins' Airshow 21 electronics system, which includes Internet access as well as satellite television and other entertainment options.
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I had the honor of being asked to be one of the 15 chefs for the inaugural flavors of Miami by the American Liver Foundation. It was great fun to cook a
Here are some of the photos and my menu of that evening.
Hamachi Cured on Himalayan Salt Block
Smoked Tomato Gazpacho with Sous Vide Shrimp
Grilled Figs, Prosciutto and Black Truffle Burrata Arugula Salad
72 Hour Sous Vide Korean Short Ribs w/ Thai Coconut Jasmine Rice
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Thursday, July 28, 2011
Should your novel have a prologue?
Should your novel have a prologue? Hmm, that depends. If it provides information essential to the plot and reveals significant facts that can't be shown as well in any other way, then go for it. (Like everything else—if it doesn't work, you can always delete. You're the boss, at least until you have an editor!)
Still, we need a good reason to add a prologue. Maybe the prologue scene happens during another time and at another location so it doesn't quite fit with the first chapter. Here's a test: try to leave it out—is anything important missing? Or try to change it to Chapter One—does it damage the integrity of the plot? If the answers to these two questions are yes, then you probably need to consider writing a prologue.
There are four major types of prologues.
According to Lital Talmore the first kind, 'the future protagonist' prologue, shows the hero or heroine after the main portion of the story has already taken place. It primary purpose is to give the end of the story first, while the rest of the book tells what leads up to it--the book backtracks from the end to the beginning. A first person POV memoir is a good example of this.
The second type of prologue is called 'past protagonist.' It's usually used as an important or defining moment from the heroine's past that impacts upon the present story. It can explain some of the motivations and conflicts in a hero or heroines' life in a much more dramatic way than just weaving the information into the main body of the novel. It can also keep the author from having to write a long flashback. Putting a strong, emotional event in the prologue starts the book off to a dynamic start. It also will probably make the hero/heroine sympathetic and begin to create a bond with the reader.
The next kind, called the 'different POV' prologue, describes a particular event from the POV of a character who isn't the hero/heroine. This important event can take place during the same timeframe as chapter one, or before or after. But eventually it will connect with some part of the novel and its significance will become apparent. It'll be relevant and effect the plot. If the book is written in first person then the prologue may be in some other character's third person POV.
In this type of prologue the writer can introduce a danger that the reader should know about, but the hero shouldn't, at least not now. This is often used in suspense stories where the prologue is in the villain's POV.
The last kind is the 'background' prologue. These are common in science-fiction and fantasy stories where the reader needs to know some information about the special world. But keep it interesting or the reader skip over it.
I was surprised when my editor asked me to write a prologue for Love on a Dime, my first book in the Ladies of Summerhill series. I was under the impression that prologues were usually frowned upon by editors. But she thought it was important to show the break up of my heroine and hero, Lilly and Jack, which occurred several years before the actual story begins. I'd told all about it, but I hadn't shown it in the first few chapters. At the time I didn't realize how much more effective showing can be over just telling. What happened to tear the couple apart impacted greatly upon their relationship in the story. So I did what any new writer does--I took my editor's suggestions. It turned out to be excellent advice and just a small amount of extra work.
First of all, through writing the prologue I discovered so much about my hero and heroine I hadn't thought about before. Okay, I should've already known all about this crucial event in great detail, but I'm afraid I didn't know enough. I also learned more about Lilly and Jack's emotions and how their break up affected their future lives. Lilly's parents came to life, too. Now I understood the entire story better and could improve the manuscript.
Book three in the series, Love by the Book, also has a prologue. This time I wrote one without any prompting from my editor. It was obvious right from the beginning that I needed to show Melinda and Jack's reactions to the news they were going to share guardianship of their niece Nell. The prologue shows their immediate reactions to each other and the new, unexpected situation that turns their lives upside down. This is the beginning of their character arcs.
Six months later when the three of them come together at Summerhill (chapter one) they've already started to change. We see their goals, motivations, and conflicts in the prologues and can look ahead to anticipate the problems they'll encounter during the summer. The setting has changed from New York City to Newport, Rhode Island.
Since the prologue is the opening scene you'll have to write two opening scenes—the prologue and chapter one. I found that a prologue made the first chapter easier to write because I didn't have to weave in so much information the reader needed right at the beginning.
Here's the first page of the Love by the Book prologue.
Melinda's sharp intake of breath shattered the silence. All eyes turned toward her, but Melinda could do nothing but stare at the attorney. Had she misheard her sister's will? Or had he misread it? How could Cora leave her daughter to Melinda's care—as well as Nick's? She couldn't imagine.
Cora had never mentioned such an odd arrangement, but then again her sister normally avoided unpleasant subjects. A wave of panic swept through Melinda. No one loved Nell more than she. No one. But being a mother was far different than being the doting aunt...
Attention shifted from her to Nick. Seated at the other end of the semicircle of family members, Nick's blue-gray eyes were still wide with shock. The minutes dragged by until finally, mercifully, Mr. Ricker concluded the reading and dismissed the others. Nick immediately rose and walked over to join them.
Mr. Ricker cleared his throat and spoke in a hushed tone. "You both seem surprised by the custody situation. But let me assure you Mrs. Parker Bryson insisted you two share guardianship—for reasons of her own." He looked from Melinda to Nick, frowning.
If you'd like to read the rest of the prologue and chapter one of Love by the Book, you can find it at my website www.caralynnjames.com
Oops, I just realized I forgot to mention I'll be giving away a copy of Love by the Book. If you'd prefer either Love on a Dime or Love on Assignment I'll send one of them. Either print or e-book.
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Hi Cara:ReplyDelete
I liked your prologues. I'm now reading "Love by the Book".
I don't know if it is a convention but I want prologues to be no longer than half the length of a chapter. I always felt that a long prologue should have been called a chapter. I always think of a prologue as something to get over with so the story can start.
I also think there is a danger when the prologue is very much more interesting than chapter one. I just want to prologue to continue beause it was just getting good!
I just wonder if anyone could write a medilogue. That's a prologue/epilogue type creature that falls in the middle of the novel. Can anyone think of a good reason to do this?
- AnonymousJuly 28, 2011 at 1:29 AM
aw man! I wanna read this one but need to read book 2 first!ReplyDelete
Vince I've had prologues tick me off by ending when they were better than the actual story! epilogues too...
Thanks, Cara. This was a good lesson about prologues. I like to read prologues if they have enough meat and are set in an earlier time period where it would be too difficult to scatter bits and pieces of the backstory throughout the novel. Although I would still expect that some, even with the prologue. But a powerful prologue can real get me revved up for a great story. I'm a backstory junkie anyway!ReplyDelete
I can think of good reasons to hug Vince because I love prologues, too. When they're needed.ReplyDelete
Cara I loved yours in Love on a Dime. And when I turned in a recent book, I was asked if they could restructure and make the opening pages a prologue...
So I think editors are more in tune with things than we might have thought, but don't want every manuscript to fall into the 'explain it all in a prologue' trap.
Can't wait to read Love by the Book. Rejoin Summerhill. And Susanna, that's usually a sign the author did his/her job well! When you want it to go on and on, or when they just leave you wanting more of ... something.
Hey, Jamaiican Me Crazy coffee today! And plain old joe. Also bagels from Union Street in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Amazing. Perfect. Every one!
Assorted cream cheese, too. Forgot the lox. Forgive me? ;)
Thanks for the info on prologues. it does make sense to me now. I read an aussie book recently where they had the past protagonist prologue but it frustrated me as at the very end of the book I still dont know who was being chased and possibly murdered. I know why and who the bad guy was but not the one running from them.ReplyDelete
But I do like the ones setting up the story.
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What a timely post for me! I was just discussing with my alternate self - to prologue or not to prologue! Thanks for helping me and my alternate self make that decision!!
Hi Cara, this post is also timely for me. I've written a prologue for my story, but it is in a different POV than my hero/heroine. Right now I've deleted it, but still have it tucked away as a maybe. You have given some good thoughts to consider. So, thank you!ReplyDelete
Vince, Interesting idea. I would be concerned that the medilogue would ruin the pace of the story. I love prologues and epilogues, haven't had one disappoint me.ReplyDelete
Good morning! I'm drinking a latte--I hope you're having something equally as delicious!ReplyDelete
Vince, I have to agree that prologues shouldn't be too long. Sometimes they can be more effective than weaving important info from the past into the first chapter or two. It was make a real impact.
I didn't want to make my prologue in Love by the Book more interesting than the first chapter. So I had another crucial event take place which complicated the situation in the prologue.
Vince, would your medilogue be like a flashback? Personally, I like flashbacks and they don't stop the forward movement of the story to me. Most people would probably disagree. But then again head hopping never bothered me (I don't think I even noticed) until I started to read how-to write books.ReplyDelete
Morning Cara, What a way to start the day with a piece of Love by the Book. You just love to tease don't you?ReplyDelete
I'm like you Cara, I love prologues, head hopping, flowery prose and like you, didn't know what they were until I started writing again in the 2001.
I loved your prologue in Love on a Dime. Loved the book.
And Vince, I think Cara is right. A medilogue could be a flashback and I love those too if done right.
Boy, I'm agreeable this morning. Must still be asleep. lol And Ruthy don't you say a word. smile
- AnonymousJuly 28, 2011 at 8:29 AM
Thank you. You've confirmed for me that it's okay to keep my villian prologue. SO many people tell me editors don't want prologues. But I need it.ReplyDelete
I enjoy reading prologues, however if they are too long I want to hurry up and start the book.ReplyDelete
I'm with Vince. I always skim prologues and think of them as stuff on the way to the beginning in MOST cases.ReplyDelete
Of course yours made me hungry to read your book Cara. That doesn't usually happen.
Susanna, all three books are stand alones and not dependent upon the previous one. Some of the characters make cameo appearances in the other stories, but each book is complete. I don't like books where you have to wait 6 months or a year to learn what happens next. I like the book to have a resolution.ReplyDelete
Carla, I'm glad I'm not the only one who enjoys backstory! In GWTW (waving to Julie) Scarlett's mother Ellen has a whole chapter at least devoted to her past. It was really unnecessary to the main plot, but I loved reading about her. I bet an editor wouldn't let Margaret Mitchell get away with that these days. Well, maybe she could. I couldn't.ReplyDelete
Hey, Ruthy! Thanks for the breakfast. I love bagels AND lox.
Good morning! Great way to start the day. Thanks for the good session.
I've been wondering how to start book 2 in the May the K9 Spy series. Still chewing over possibilities so this tossed me a bone.
(Sorry-weird mood. Pass the bagels please. And regular joe with cream.)
Say, someone should write a romance about an anti-barrista named Regular Joe!
- AnonymousJuly 28, 2011 at 9:14 AM
I didn't know they were stand alones...I know the first book was resolved but the 2nd is about the brother isn't it?ReplyDelete
ooh bagels! carb city! yum! off to bed - one more night shift..
I've never done a prologue, which isn't to say I never would. But I always try to plunge into the action, right at a moment of crisis.ReplyDelete
I've definitely read prologues that work, though, yours included, Cara.
But one of my favorite books, which I reread every once in a while, has two prologues, one for the hero one for the heroine. I never (when I reread) read those prologues.
Oops, I just realized I forgot to mention I'll be giving away a copy of Love by the Book. Don't worry if you win I'll contact you. If you'd prefer either Love on a Dime or Love on Assignment I'll send one of them. Either print or e-book.ReplyDelete
Sorry about my mistake!!!
Good morning, Cara! I didn't realize your editor suggested the prologue in Love on a Dime. Like you, I'd believed prologues were no-nos. I've never written a prologue or epilogue. Thanks for the definitions and for the peek at Love by the Book! You have me wanting more. Obviously the prologue worked.ReplyDelete
Thanks for the bagels and cream cheese, Ruthy.
Jenny, that prologue you recently read sounds very strange!ReplyDelete
Edwina and Christy, I think I'd try a prologue and see how it goes. If you don't like it then don't keep it. That's one thing I love about writing--I'm the boss!
Sandra, I think you're always agreeable.
Hi Cara:ReplyDelete
I was actually thinking of a medilogue as a way to condense a 'sagging middle' down to four or five pages. Then you can jump the reader right back into the really good stuff. I see it as a 'flash-forward'. I'm sure this has been done before but it was never given a chapter heading of 'medilogue'.
I don't see a prologue in the same light as an epilogue. A prologue is like having to take a prerequisite course in order to take the course you actually wanted to enroll in. An epilogue, in a romance at least, is like getting a second helping of the HEA. Having a second unexpected happy event in an epilogue can double the emotional payoff of the HEA. I think if a book does not need an epilogue, rewrite it so that it does! Send the reader to your next book on a HEA high!!
A prologue needs a good reason to exist but an epilogue needs a good reason to be omitted.
As Hemingway says in "Midnight in Paris": "Think about it."
A prologue is like the opening act at a concert. It better not be better than the main act!ReplyDelete
An epilogue is like an encore at a concert. It's not the best idea not to give one!
Great info on prologues, Cara. I loved the one for Love on a Dime. Like you I'd been told not to use one. I've also been told no backstory in the first few chapters and then very little. So a prologue seems the best way to get in relevant material.In your novel it lured me into the story. Nice to know that it also gave you greater insight into Jack and Lilly's experience before Chapter 1 begins.ReplyDelete
Interesting info on prologues, Cara! I don't recall using one in any of my published novels, but my agent did suggest I write one for a book she's been shopping around. The prologue introduces the antagonist many years before the central story begins, setting up motivation and foreshadowing the connection to the heroine.ReplyDelete
I have used epilogues, though. Seems like in a romance they're a good way to show the characters farther along in their relationship--the expanded "happy ending," if you will. But I always try to make them relevant and meaningful, not just a portrait of their trip down the aisle.
Hoping to read LBTB soon, Cara!
I have all three and Love By the Book is in my TBR pile! So, don't count me in the drawing. Can't wait to read it!ReplyDelete
Great post! Very interesting and informative. I hear so many absolutes in the writing business that really aren't absolutes, but it leaves things muddled and confusing.
Where's the food? Ruthy, did you bring any of your fried dough today? I have hot tea, if anyone wants to join me: British Breakfast, Ginger Peach, and Irish Breakfast. Help yourself... cream and sugar available, too.
Great thoughts! Need to ponder this on my current WIP. Hmmmm (that's me pondering LOL)ReplyDelete
I've read Love on Assignment, but neither of the other two. Enter me, and I'll take whichever one of the first and third you wanna send. IF I win! ;)
Vince, your idea of a medilogue condensing the sagging middle down to 4 or 5 pages is brilliant! I have trouble with the middle because it's too long. Beginnings and endings are easy to write, but the middle is hard.ReplyDelete
Pat, it was really eye opening for me to write the prologue to Love on a Dime. My idea for what happened to cause Lilly and Jack to break up initially was vague in my mind. I didn't realize it should be much clearer and that I could use the info throughout the story. I guess I should have spent more time on the backstory.
Hi Cara,ReplyDelete
When I started writing my current novel, I began with a prologue to show what happened in the past which is what drives my heroine. After much prayer and thought, in the editing process I've opted to drop it and instead work the background in throughout the book. Rough decision, but hopefully a better choice.
Jodie Wolfe
Thanks for the great information on prologues. They are tricky things!
As a reader, I don't really like them, but as long as they are short, I put up with them.
On the other hand, I LOVE epilogues! A future glimpse into the HEA!
Sorry I've been absent lately. My mom had a stroke on the weekend and I've been at the hospital A LOT! Haven't been able to catch up with my usual activities, but managed to sneak a few minutes today. Luckily mom is doing well - except for her speech which should come back with therapy.
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How enlightening. I don't love or hate prologues or epilogues. Depends on the story and how well they are done.ReplyDelete
I think my current story needs a prologue because there's about a year's time that passes before the story begins from the event that kind of sets everything in motion in dramatic fashion. I want to show what happened a year ago as it happened, I think. Other things that speak to character motivation can be woven into the story.
Hi Cara:ReplyDelete
I'm just 22% into "Love by the Book" but I do have a question (if it won't result in a spoiler).
Why was it necessary to start the story six months after the reading of the will? It seemed to me like two gunfighters agreeing to shoot it out at high noon -- six months from now. The sparks are hotter closer to the fire.
Susan, I'm so sorry to hear about your mother's stroke. Prayers coming her way. It must be a really difficult time for you and your family.ReplyDelete
I've never written an epilogue, but I'll have to think about it. I like to read them.
Sometimes prologues bother me--when the characters are different from the ones in chapter one and they don't seem related. Later I'll go back to re-read the prologue and it'll make more sense. However, I do like prologues starring the villain.
What a great post, Cara! I haven't ever heard anyone talk about the different kinds of prologues before. Very helpful!ReplyDelete
I love your prologue opening!
Susan, so sorry to hear about your Mom. God bless all of you and the doctors involved. And I miss you when you're gone, but just figured you were off on vacation or something.ReplyDelete
No such luck!
I LOVE epilogues. Just love 'em. And working to leave room for them in a 60K word count has helped me CUT DOWN UNNECESSARY RUTHY-NONSENSE.
I love that writing for LI has taught me to condense, be concise, play angles, re-examine. I seriously think every author should have a category side because it's very easy for us to fall in love with our 'voices'...
I'm gagging, just a little, but raising my hand, guilty as any.
Cara- Vince asked an interesting question and I hadn't thought of it that way, but now I'm wondering, too. I don't have Love by the Book yet, so why the wait of six months? Just wondering...
Vince and Ruthy, I had a 6 month interval between the prologue and first chapter because I wanted them to be finished with their mourning period--6 months for a sibling. I figured they'd both be too upset to even begin a romance. Also, I didn't want Melinda to have to wear black and be unable to attend all the Newport entertainment. I wanted them both to be somewhat back to normal and at least partly over the deaths.ReplyDelete
It's great to know the reasons for a prologue. Thanks Cara! Really excited for your newest book. The prologue was awesome.ReplyDelete
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Ruthy! I love epilogues, too!!! Love that little glimpse into the future. :DReplyDelete
Thank You, Cara.ReplyDelete
I have prolouges in 2 of my stories. I've tried to work in the info as backstory but it loses so much of the punch I can't stand to do it.
Several contest judges have told me editors to don't like them.
I like reading interesting prologues, especially yours.
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Sometimes I think you Seekers have a hidden camera in my office - I can't believe the perfect timing of so many of these posts! This one is so perfect it's almost...a God-incidence?ReplyDelete
I thought and thought about writing a prologue for my WIP, and ended up deciding yes. My hero is living a double-identity kind of life, and therefore much of his background is kept hidden from the other characters in the story. I revealed that background in the prologue because writing it into the main body of the book just wasn't working.
Susan - so sorry about your mother's stroke. Happy to hear she's doing well, though.
I'm giving myself limited computer time today. I had cataract surgery yesterday, and although my eyes are tired today the improved vision is worth it. I can hardly wait to get the other eye done in a couple weeks!
And please enter me in the drawing!
This post is right on the money, Cara. If a book needs a prologue, you just know it.ReplyDelete
When I decided to weave Luke's story into Stealing Jake, I didn't even want to start the book with Luke, but once I found out how Luke GOT to Chestnut, I had to let readers know. It was so important to the story. Or at least I felt that it was!
It worked, and if anything, it added to, rather than took away from, Jake and Livy's romance.
Connie, I also thought editors didn't like prologues and I can understand why. But sometimes if an event is so important it can't be effectively woven into the fabric of the novel without losing its punch. At least that's my take on it.ReplyDelete
If your editor wants a prologue she'll tell you. Editors aren't bashful about what they think will make the story better. And they're right since they can look at the story objectively. A writer is so close to her work it's hard to always tell what's the most effective.
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Vince, I love the idea of a medilogue. Can you get that approved by the publishers? lolReplyDelete
Hi Cara, I found your post very interesting as I started my first attempt at writing with a prologue. I didn't plan on it, but once I got started with chapter one it made sense to me to put it in. I was wondering, though, how soon in a novel should you connect what was written in the prologue to the main body of the story? Is there a rule on that or just kind of go with the flow? My prologue is pretty intense, and then in my first chapter I skip ahead a few years to a time that wasn't as intense. One of my critiquers said that I should give some reference to what happened after the prologue in chapter one to give the reader some relief. I thought that was good advice, but wondered what you thought. Thanks! : ) I loved Love on a Dime and I know would enjoy reading one of the others in the series! Blessings~StaceyReplyDelete
Stacey, I prefer prologues that quickly connect to the main body of the story. But it's not necessary. It just flows better. The prologue can be part of the middle or the end of the story. It just has to be an important event that justifies its being there. Sometimes the prologue is the end of the story and the main body of the book is the journey to the end.ReplyDelete
If enough critiquers advice you to weave in the prologue instead of keeping it separate, then try it and see what you think. Consider other opinions, but in the end you have to go with what you thinks works best.
Cara, that makes perfect sense. Can't wait to read it. And I LOVED Raising Helen, the movie where the older sister leaves her kids to the crazy-Manhattan-agent younger sister and not the staid, sensible sister that already had a family and knit A LOT....ReplyDelete
I love the drama that comes from leaving children to someone...
So natural. So organic.
Cara, it was a bit strange it did set up the book it is kinda about the end times where people are put in zones without cash and then microchipped.ReplyDelete
The prologue did set it up well but there is a reporter who has the evidence and is being tracked down. You have an idea who it maybe but it ends before the prologue ended. I know there has been a rewrite where some issues have been changed and the ending is better now but still a couple of unanswered questions although that could also be deliberate to make the reader use there own imagination. Apart from that it was a really good book.
Cara, I would love to win and read your book! I have read your others and really enjoyed them!ReplyDelete
Cara!!! I'm late again, two days in a row. Normally I check in to Seekerville early in the morning, but it's been one of those weeks. But I am SO glad I checked in tonight, because this is a great subject!!ReplyDelete
I personally have always HATED prologues, not in other books so much, but in mine, and I had NO intention of ever writing one.
But ... after I wrote book 2 of The Daughters of Boston Series, A Passion Redeemed, I felt this sense of dissatisfaction over unfinished business from book 1, A Passion Most Pure. You see, the hero and the heroine's father were SO close, that when tragedy befell one of them, I desperately wanted to see some reconciliation between them in book 1, but never could find the right opportunity in that book.
Then one day when I was editing the finished ms. of book 2, the longing for closure between the hero and heroine's father was SO strong, that I decided to write a prologue that picked up exactly where the 1st book left off instead of starting the book a year later as I'd done. I did it TOTALLY to appease this strong sense of longing for it, and I am SO glad I did. Not only did it make me feel good as the writer, but I've received letters from readers telling me how grateful they were to see that prologue pick up from the end of book 1 because it kicked off book 2 so well.
Even so, I had no intention of doing anymore prologues after that and then BOOM ... the same thing happened on my upcoming release, A Heart Revealed. The book was written and done and when I was editing it, I realized the easy-breezy first chapter did not depict the seriousness of the subject matter of the book, which is spousal abuse. So I decided to write a short prologue that dramatically demonstrated where my heroine had come from, which I feel sets the stage for the drama that unfolds. And, obviously, I hope my readers agree.
So I would say go with your gut ... or your editor's gut ... in deciding whether or not to write a prologue because sometimes, whether you like them or not, they can add to a story immeasurably.
Hi, Julie! I agree--when a prologue is needed put it in even if others don't especially like them!ReplyDelete
I wouldn't have written a prologue if I didn't have a 6 month interval between the first event--Melinda and Nick learning they were co-guardians of Nell--and the beginning chapter. As I said earlier, I had to have that mourning period to make the story really work. And that prologue scene took place in NYC and the rest of the story in Newport.
If they didn't have all the mourning customs to deal with I probably would have had the prologue as the first chapter. One event could have easily flowed into another.
I am not a fan of prologues, unless they are well done like yours. :)ReplyDelete
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What a great way to show how prologues can act as a hook. It's an interesting way to lead into a story. Can't wait to read your latest book and find out why the guardianship was done this way. Thanks for the book drawing.ReplyDelete
I just wanted to tell you Cara that I love all the covers of your books. Did you have a say in the finished product? Beautiful!ReplyDelete
Thank you for the great post today. I've been going back and forth on whether I should use a proogue or not. Your post has helped a great deal.
Smiles & Blessings,
Cindy W.
Love by the Book sound wonderful.Please enter me in the giveaway.Thanks for the chance! augustlily06(at)aim(dot)com.ReplyDelete
That's very helpful, Cara! Thanks! I originally had a prologue...but after working on it alot and thinking about it, it fit perfectly for a first chapter instead.ReplyDelete
But reading your post gets me thinking of including a prologue, to show a crucial time in my hero's life. He'll tell it in the story, but, as you mentioned in your post, it might make a stronger impact to show it in a prologue. Food for thought...! :-)
I'd love to be included to win a copy of Love by the Book. The first page of the prologue intrigued me!!!
~ Katy


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Popular de Young ranks 5th in U.S. art museums
Published 4:00 am, Sunday, September 19, 2010
One of the world's great works of art had its unveiling at the M.H. de Young Memorial Museum last week, when Paul Gauguin's "Portrait of the Artist With the Yellow Christ" came out of its massive sage-green crate to be readied for the museum's next blockbuster show, part two of the masterpieces from the Musée d'Orsay in Paris, opening Saturday.
Since its opening in October 2005, the de Young has surpassed expectations and defied the recession: It has become the fifth most popular art museum in the United States, drawing more than 8 million visitors through its copper-framed doors, and ranks 16th in attendance among art museums worldwide.
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"The building is a big part of the success," said director John Buchanan. "Its exterior. Its interior. The tower. It all works. So we started with the great gift of the building. Then we developed a program of special exhibitions. Then we provided access. We wanted to take away any psychological inhibitions people may have in coming to a museum."
Buchanan added, "When the de Young opened, everyone knew it was going to be a great building and a success. But I don't think anyone knew it was going to be the gangbuster it turned out to be."
The success has come with criticism - that the permanent collection is lacking, that special exhibitions are too focused on couture and baubles and ornamental glass, and that the emphasis is crowds over quality.
Buchanan, head of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, which also includes the Legion of Honor, dismisses such criticism as "oftentimes coming from those who are envious of huge success. Simply because an exhibition is interesting and appealing to the public does not mean that it does not have the highest artistic merit."
The de Young's ranking of fifth in attendance for U.S. museums places it after the Metropolitan Museum in New York, the National Gallery in Washington, D.C., the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and the Art Institute of Chicago, according to the Art Newspaper. In 2009, the de Young had 1.8 million visitors, and boasts 110,000 member households, double the membership number from December 2000 when the old earthquake-damaged building closed its doors.
The success comes at a time when museums large and small, established and up-and-coming, have faced devastated endowments and shrinking donations. From the Smithsonian in Washington to the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, budgets have been slashed, hiring freezes ordered, and (in the case of the Museum of Contemporary Art), bailouts needed.
Attendance strong
"Some museums are starting to recover and move back up, and some are just feeling the hardship now," said Janet Landay, executive director of the Association of Art Museum Directors, which represents 200 museums. A recent survey by the association showed that museum funding is down again in 2010, and directors are doing more with less, many by featuring permanent collections.
"Still, attendance has remained strong," Landay noted. "When the economy is tight, a museum is still a pretty good place for families to go. Museums have worked hard to keep public programs active." Some help has come through the National Endowment for the Arts, which in 2010 has doled out more than $5.3 million in grants to American museums, compared with $4.5 million in 2005.
Looking for commonalities between the nation's top five museums based on attendance, Landay said, "They're all in big cities - San Francisco just isn't as big. But, all of these museums have tourists in common. The cities are popular tourist destinations."
While popular among tourists, the new de Young nearly didn't happen because of hometown politics. After two city bond measures to rebuild the de Young were narrowly defeated, a plan was hatched to build the public museum with private dollars.
What followed were years of public debate, protests, and lawsuits over everything from the environmental impact on the park to opposition over the tower design, which was likened to "a Howard Johnson's of the future," an "Internet startup company," and "an aircraft carrier," to name a few.
"We had lawsuits and groups called 'Trees Not Cars,' and I was testifying before the Board of Supervisors at 2 a.m.," laughed Dede Wilsey, the fundraiser who hatched the plan to solicit private funds and then personally raised nearly $200 million for the building. Donations in amounts ranging from $5 to $10 million came from more than 7,000 people, making it one of the largest private gifts given to a public institution.
Special exhibition space
Wilsey said that one of her better ideas early on was to ensure that the new building had the best special exhibition space possible. The Swiss firm of Herzog & de Meuron, which had designed the Tate Modern in London, created 12,000 square feet of space for special exhibitions at the de Young. (The museum is 295,000 square feet.)
"One thing I knew when we were building this was that no museum today can acquire great art because of today's prices," Wilsey said. "What we can do is bring in fantastic shows. For that you need great space. That's what we have. Of course, achieving this success was the fun part. The hardest thing now is to continue the success."
The de Young, three times more popular than San Francisco's Museum of Modern Art based on yearly attendance, has a collection that includes American paintings, decorative arts and crafts from the 17th century to the 20th century, art from Africa, Oceania and the Americas, international contemporary art, and Western and non-Western textiles and costumes.
"The de Young is a general art museum," Buchanan said. "We have a broad berth and a wide band. SFMOMA is focused on modern art and the art of our time."
In addition to its diversity, the de Young has benefited from its extended hours and sponsored free days the first Tuesday of every month. On Friday nights, the museum stays open until 8:45, offering live music, lecture, performance, film and art projects for children.
"We knew that most of our constituents could not be here at 3 in the afternoon on a Wednesday," Buchanan said. "We have single parents, working families. So the Friday Nights at the de Young took the museum into the zone we wanted it to go into: There are few inhibitions in experiencing these great works of art. And, about one-third of our building is open free of charge."
Popular programs
The de Young hosts several special exhibitions a year in the lower galleries, as well as special exhibitions in the textile, works on paper, and photography galleries. One of the museum's most popular special exhibitions, "Birth of Impressionism: Masterpieces from the Musée d'Orsay," closed Sept. 6, having drawn more than 430,000 visitors in just under four months.
Buchanan and his staff are now working on special exhibitions through 2014, including a show from the Hermitage Museum in Russia and another called "The Cult of Beauty: The Victorian Avant-Garde," in collaboration with the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
Next up, though, is "Van Gogh, Gauguin, Cezanne and Beyond: Post-Impressionist Masterpieces From the Musée d'Orsay," the second show featuring paintings from the Orsay's permanent collection.
Last week, a dozen of the show's 120 works were uncrated, inspected inch by inch by conservators - one from the Orsay, one from the de Young - and hung on the newly painted walls of the Herbst exhibition galleries downstairs.
The elaborately constructed crates - all vibration- and climate-controlled, all painted the same shade of green - were opened and out came masterworks by Cezanne, Bonnard, Vuillard, van Gogh and Gauguin.
Tony Rockwell, a de Young conservator of paintings who has worked in the field for 45 years, said he still gets chills when certain works are lifted from crates.
"We just put up (Henri) Rousseau's 'The Snake Charmer,' and I'd only seen reproductions of that," he said, adjusting the magnifying glass on his head. "There's an intimacy you get when you look at every inch. This painting envelops you in a mood."
Looking around the gallery, Rockwell, whose parents were artists and regularly took him to the Metropolitan Museum in New York, said, "The de Young works because of the galleries. The galleries flow. There is this great variety of art here, from the ethnographic collections to the American painting collection. And, the special exhibitions are both fascinating and they're blockbusters. To me, a blockbuster usually means it's a very comprehensive exhibit."
'Made for the people'
Upstairs, visitors meandered through the permanent collection and around Wilsey Court, with its large-scale mural by German artist Gerhard Richter.
Paul and Joan Vien, visiting from Massachusetts, liked what they saw.
"The exhibit space feels new and pristine," Joan Vien said. "It was easy to get out here taking public transit. We're also seeing some things we haven't seen, such as the tribal art."
Paul Vien added, "The museum is beautiful in this park setting. It feels like it's made for the people - for the masses."
Most popular shows
In the five years since the opening of the new M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, it has become one of the top five art museums in the United States in terms of attendance. Here is a list of the best-attended de Young exhibitions in the past five years:
"Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs"
"Birth of Impressionism: Masterpieces From the Musée d'Orsay"
"Chihuly at the de Young"
"Yves Saint Laurent"
"The Quilts of Gee's Bend"
Source: M.H. de Young Memorial Museum
Van Gogh, Gauguin, Cezanne and Beyond: Post-Impressionist Masterpieces From the Musée d'Orsay: Sat.-Jan. 18. It is the second of two exhibitions from the Orsay's permanent collection. www.deyoungmuseum.org.


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What an exciting time for the profession of pharmacy! The new Pharmacy Services Framework that came into effect July 1, 2012 represents an opportunity for pharmacists to continue to provide enhanced care to Albertans. Read more.


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I was delighted firstly with the choice of hair accessories and then with the service which was first class. Advice was forthcoming and very sensible. Initially I didn't completely take the advice in terms of what item would be better for my hair, but my goodness the advice was spot on. A nice friendly company to deal with and I will certainly be ordering again in the future. Some of the items are very expensive, but the style and quality make it worth it.


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Name for Rex and Troy's future sister
Hi everyone! I'm back after 3 yrs looking for more help. You all helped me picked the name Troy for my second born. Now we're trying to conceive baby #3 and are thinking about girl names.
We have the name Dean picked out for a boy. Right now we have Cora, Eve (Evie), Ivy, and Beatrice (Bea, Betty) picked out. We like short, classic, yet not commonly heard names. We try to stay away from top 100 names. I know Cora is on its way up. It was our girl name 3 years ago and wasn't as popular then.
So, any other ideas? Comments on the names we have picked out?
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Is My Willpower Challenge Over Now?
When we first starting talking about Kelly McGonigal's book The Willpower Instinct: How Self-Control Works, Why It Matters, and What You Can Do To Get More of It, I was intrigued but I wasn't sure how I'd feel about actually doing my willpower challenge. What would I learn? Would be be scary? What if I failed? Well, I've learned and I've struggled. Does that mean I'm done now?
I do think that there probably are challenges that one can finish. I think it's possible to get in the habit of drinking water instead of soda. I think it's possible that there may come a point where working exercise into your daily routine may be as normal as your daily cup of coffee. Sure, it's conceivable that there will come a day when I don't find myself procrastinating by searching for that dopamine hit in the next Facebook refresh. I'm not there yet and I don't know that I'll ever be there 100%. And yet, I've learned a lot through this process.
I've learned that not taking real breaks, or continually postponing my break, doesn't do me any favors. I've learned that sometimes I really suck at resetting. I've learned to ask myself what I get out of not doing something -- a question I'm not sure I ever would have learned to ask on my own. I've learned that challenges are about good days and bad days and none of us get it right all the time. I've learned that the idea of perfection sometimes -- possibly even often -- needs to be sacrificed in favor of good enough. I've learned that I'm not alone, that there are things we all struggle with and that I'm not the only person who sometimes thinks the things that challenge her are silly.
We're winding down our group discussions about The Willpower Instinct and I've learned a lot but I know I'm not done yet. I still have work remaining with the challenge I set out to do. I'm still learning when to take those daily breaks that help me stay on track. I still want to test out some of her strategies with different challenges. I didn't think the fishbowl exercise was a great fit for my procrastination challenge, but I'd love to try it with a fitness challenge in the future.
What have you learned during your willpower challenge? What are you going to continue to work on?
BlogHer Book Club Host Karen Ballum also blogs at Sassymonkey and Sassymonkey Reads.


text: Van & Darren's big day came during a July heatwave. It was full of little surprises that expressed the fun loving characters that were meeting today as husband and wife. The stunning day was used to its full potential with a gorgeous outdoor ceremony, decorated head to toe with bright orange balloons. The evening at Colchester's town hall was a clear vision of the couples involvement in every bit of planning and detail. I felt privileged to be apart of this big day. All in all it was a beautifully put together day, which won't be forgotten due to its strong character and originality.


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Forget about Chutes and Ladders.
Frisco's got a home-grown game inventor who's getting national recognition.
Eight-year-old Franklin Wright was recently named the grand-prize winner in the 2013 National Young Game Inventors Contest, a competition challenging kids ages 5-12 to invent, design and submit their own board game.
Franklin's game, Conveyor Belt, was selected from more than 180 other game submissions.
"We went through every game at least twice," said April Chu, a product manager at University Games, which has sponsored the contest since 1993 and will produce Conveyer Belt. "His game was consistently at the top."
When the submissions were pared down to five finalists, the company brought in outside judges to play the games.
Judging criteria included factors such as "Is this game fun?" "Is it challenging?" and "Is it something that families would enjoy?"
"Conveyer Belt introduces a new mix of luck and strategy to board games," University Games chairman Bob Moog said in announcing the contest winner.
As the game progresses, players may place small directional cards on the board, changing the board's pathway.
It will be distributed and sold in toy stores nationwide later this year.
"I was very excited," Franklin said, of finding out he'd won and that his game would be sold accross the county.
The 'Fun Factory'
The Bledsoe Elementary School second-grader has been inventing games as long as he can remember.
Thanks to his parents, Jim and Toi, the front room in the Wright home is filled with hundreds of colorful blocks, books, games and the supplies he uses to create new ones.
For his seventh birthday, Toi Wright bought him blank boards, markers, spinners and dice. She also had business cards and stickers printed, so that he can apply his "Franklin's Fun Factory" brand on each finished product.
He's designed complex board games such as Monopoly Train Station, and Battle, a detailed set of Pokemon-like cards he drew on the back of his business card.
Toi Wright, a software developer, was ordering a game online when she heard about the contest.
"I said, 'Hey, Franklin, you have all these games. Let's just pick one and send it in.'"
She helped him draw the straight lines for the prototype he submitted. University Games will design the box, including a small picture of Franklin's face.
A born inventor
The Angry Birds banner hanging on the Fun Factory wall hints at Franklin's interest in digital games. As his parents describe, his knack for them seems innate.
"When he was 3, he got on his grandmother's iPad and was playing Cut the Rope," Jim Wright said.
"Do you remember that?" he asked Franklin.
"Was I beating every level?" Franklin replied.
"You couldn't even talk yet, but you could play that game," Jim Wright said.
Franklin also has some experience as a video game developer.
"It's harder to create games on the computer," he said.
But websites such as Kodu allow inventors like Franklin to create mobile apps and X-Box games without programming experience.
He's also used the MIT App Inventor website to develop an application that causes a smartphone to meow each time it's moved.
Gerald Page, who teaches courses in iPhone and video game programming to high school students at Frisco ISD's Career and Technical Education Center, recently invited Franklin to speak to his class.
"Since he is a published designer, I want him to come in to explain how he designs his games and what his process is," Page said.
Page has his students create board games as a design exercise before building a program.
"By getting them to think outside their normal routine, I get games that have a little more imagination in them," he said.
At the end of the year, students make a video game version of their board game.
A few years ago GearBox, a Plano-based video game development company, led a workshop for programming students in the Frisco district.
But Franklin will be the first 8-year-old to be a guest lecturer in the class.
"We use the video game class as an attractor to pull students into programming in general," Page said. "We find more students are interested in writing video games than in writing programs ...We hope that once they get through the introductory courses, they'll become interested in the broader fields of programming as well."
A winning opportunity
Aside from seeing his game in stores, Franklin also won a $10,000 college savings bond, a $200 Toys R Us gift card and a trip to University Games' San Francisco office.
"I think that's one of the most exciting things about this," Jim Wright said. "He'll get a chance to visit with a bunch of full-time game designers."
Franklin hopes to continue developing games as an adult and, said his father, he'll see what he could be doing years from now if he keeps creating.
Allen/Frisco/McKinney editor Eden Stiffman can be reached at 214-977-8486.


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The Boston Bruins took the first two games in Philadelphia and now the series heads back to Boston.
Toucher & Rich spoke with Glen Macnow from WIP in Philadelphia to get a view on this series from a Flyers perspective.
They discussed the Versus coverage and how they compared James van Riemsdyk to Alex Ovechkin. Does Macnow agree with this comparison?
They also talked about the Flyers goaltending, was Macnow surprised that they put Brian Boucher back in at the start of the third?
Chris Pronger didn't take the ice for Game 2, how much does his absence affect the team on the ice?
They also talked about a GQ article that named Philadelphia fans the worst sports fans in America, is this something fans wear as a badge of honor there?


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In case you haven't heard, it's been reported that actor Owen Wilson was hospitalized on Sunday.
Through his publicist, Wilson on Monday requested privacy so he can recuperate. And his parents and brothers were with him at the hospital, so it appears he's getting the support he needs from family.
Wilson will always earn a fond spot in many Route 66ers' hearts because he played Lightning McQueen in last summer's Disney-Pixar animated movie, "Cars." The film shined a welcome spotlight on the Mother Road, and Wilson played a key role.
I figured that Route 66 aficionados and business owners would like to send Wilson a get-well card, or a friendly message on a Route 66 postcard. I e-mailed Matt Walker, the assistant to his publicist, asking him whether there was a snail-mail address to send such messages.
He replied that he'll collect the cards and messages for Wilson if they're mailed here:
Matt Walker
8409 Santa Monica Blvd.
West Hollywood, CA 90069
So there it is. If you want to spread a little of the magic of the Mother Road, you know what to do.


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AirAsia SYD-KL and return April 2012 for my wife and I.
New Sydney-KL service so we thought we'd try it out.
Plane was new-ish, seats and legroom OK but sat on the tarmac for two hours while they replaced the nosewheel on our outward flight.
Prepaid for meals and inflight entertainment but two of the four meals were not supplied and entertainment was delivered only after we nagged them and was then taken from us 2 hours before landing.Cabin crew refused to honour the meals, despite them being shown our booking confirmation - merely told us to lodge a complaint upon our return.
Meals that we did receive were very average, cabin service was poor and cabin staff didn't seem to care about any problems that the passengers raised. The woman across the aisle from us pulled a homemade meal and steel fork from her backpack - so much for airline security checks.
Flight arrived hours late and baggage pickup was chaotic.
It is now 6 weeks since we arrived home and I have made four on-line eform claims and three LiveChat approaches for refund for meals and entertainment without result. Sydney Service Centre refuses to answer phone calls and LiveChat expects me to wait on hold for hours when I call their Kuala Lumpur Service Centre number. Enough is enough - I'm calling NSW Department of Consumer Affairs tomorrow.
Price is cheap but you don't even get what you pay for. Avoid at all cost.


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<< Return to InPsych April 2006
Over the past 16 months the Department of Health and Ageing (DoHA) has provided funding to the APS to develop a set of practice management standards for psychologists. Practice management standards differ from competency standards: the latter focusing on evaluating the ability of professionals to undertake their role, whereas, practice management standards assess the context in which professionals provide their services. This context reflects the ethical values and expectations adopted by the profession, as well as standards and values that underpin best service delivery.
Having such standards provides a range of benefits for both psychologists and members of the public. For psychologists the benefits include the development of a common understanding and expectation of psychology service delivery, offering a baseline measure for evaluating a practice, and developing higher levels of quality and safety. For the public it means quality assurance and increased confidence in psychologists as service providers.
The development of the Private Practice Management Standards (PPMS) brings the profession of psychology in line with many other professions where evidence of such standards is required and where, in some cases, accreditation of private services occurs on the basis of compliance with these standards. A number of factors have been taken into account in the development of practice management standards for psychology that determined the content of the standards and the process of their evaluation. The following factors were considered.
The completion of this project in February 2006 led to a final set of standard areas and standards that were presented to the DoHA. Standard areas and standards are presented in Table 1. These areas were considered crucial to good psychological service delivery and are areas in which specific examples and measurable performance indicators have been identified and can be further developed.
Although for some professions management standards form part of a practice accreditation process, the primary aim for the development of management standards for psychology was the development of guidelines for best practice. Therefore, a self-evaluation, or an evaluation by a peer, was seen to be an effective alternative to a formal accreditation process. With this in mind a Self-Assessment Instrument was developed which allowed psychologists to consider their performance on each of the Standards using a set of performance indicators developed to reflect their compliance on each Standard. The Self-Assessment Instrument was designed to promote best practice management of private psychology services by introducing and describing appropriate management standards as recommendations for best practice. The document aimed to educate and motivate psychologists to improve their current management standards. A copy of the Self-Assessment Instrument will be made available to members on the APS website once approval of the final report is received from DoHA.
Development of the Standards involved several phases. A search of the literature was conducted, including current management standards for other professions (health and non-health), to inform preparation of the original standard areas and standards. Within each standard area a set of specific Standards and corresponding performance indicators to evaluate each of the Standards was developed. APS members in private practice were recruited to assist in the development and validation of these Standards. The process for member feedback included a survey, piloting of the Standards in a range of private practices and ongoing consultation. In selecting members to participate in the development of the Standards it was important that the group covered the range of psychology specialties, population locations (e.g., rural, metropolitan) and Australian States and Territories. Approximately 50 APS members were invited to participate in the project. Forty-six members agreed to take part and 23 of these were assigned to the survey group and 23 to the pilot group.
A survey instrument was developed which included the rationale for the development of practice management standards, the six standard areas, and their associated Standards and performance indicators. Participants were asked to rate on a three-point likert-type scale whether each Standard was 'essential', 'desirable' or 'irrelevant'. In addition, participants completed a five-point compliance scale allowing them to indicate to what extent they believed they complied with each standard (0%, 25%, 50%, 75% or 100%). General feedback was also sought. Twenty-two participants (9 male and 13 female) returned a completed survey.
Feedback from the survey group informed the further development of the Standards, and the development of a Self-Assessment Instrument, which included a set of performance indicators for each Standard. The Self-Assessment Instrument was piloted with a second group of psychologists in private practice for a period of six months.
The pilot group completed the Self-Assessment Instrument at three time intervals. Two participants dropped out prior to the first assessment. At the first assessment period, 21 of the Self-Assessment Instruments were returned (100% response rate), 20 at the second self-assessment period (95% response rate) and 19 at the third self-assessment period (91% response rate). At the onset of the pilot study the group was comprised of 14 women (67%) and 7 men (33%) whose ages ranged between 31-70 years. Population classifications and State and Territory locations are presented in Table 2. The psychological specialisations represented by the pilot group are presented in Table 3.
In addition to the survey and pilot process, a consultative process occurred involving a consultative committee made up of members of the Division of Independent Professional Practice, and a number of academics teaching clinical practice, who provided feedback and final endorsement of the Standards and the Self-Assessment Instrument.
The results of the survey, the pilot group and ongoing consultations demonstrated that many practice management requirements identified in the Standards were already in place in many psychology services. These include standards such as the financial obligation and the physical requirements of a private psychology practice. However, other areas of practice management, such as evaluation of the service, frequently failed to meet compliance with the Standards but were readily improved once service providers became aware of the importance of maintaining the Standards. In addition, other areas showed only small improvements and may require the provision of further education and support from the APS in order to achieve compliance. Some barriers in implementing the Standards were identified. In particular, pilot group feedback indicated that some of the Standards and Performance Indicators were difficult to implement in rural or remote areas because there may be a lack of access to appropriate facilities and services.
Overall, participant responses about the PPMS were positive. Eighty-one per cent of respondents believed the concept of self-assessment to be an appropriate means for evaluating private practice management standards for psychologists. Suggestions for alternative assessment methods were made by participants including an accreditation process by an independent assessor, and a set of criteria specific to rural and remote practices. Ninety-four percent of respondents believed it worthwhile for the APS to initiate a private practice accreditation program.
The APS believes the final set of Standards and corresponding performance indicators are appropriate, effective and workable in a psychology private practice setting and have made a number of recommendations to DoHA regarding the further development of the Standards. Recommendations include:
We hope that in the coming months the Self-Assessment Instrument will be made available to members and will be seen as a valuable resource to be used as both a guide in the development of a private psychology service and an evaluation of current management practices.