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Water Quality Reports & Publications
Water Quality Laws
|Brief Description
|Contact Person
|Tennessee Water Quality Control Act
|69-3-101 et seq
|Law establishing Water Resources program. Identifies responsibilities and extent of authority for Commissioner and the Water Quality Control Board. Establishes concept of clean water goals and water quality planning and assessment. Provides for permitting program for discharges to, or alterations of, water of the state.
|Vojin Janjic
|Tennessee Environmental Protection Fund
|Law establishing mechanism for fees to be charged for permits issued by the Division of Water Resources.
|Emily Urban
All rule downloads provided by the Secretary of State
|Brief Description
|Contact Person
|Certification of Qualified Hydrologic Professionals
|Establishes qualifications and process for persons to obtain certification as a hydrologic professional for the purpose of identifying streams and wet weather conveyances. Includes requirements for submitting of hydrologic determination reports.
|Jimmy Smith
|General Rules
|Establishes treatment requirements for point source dischargers.
|Wade Murphy
|Plans Submittal, Control of Construction
|This regulation identifies the requirements for Division approval of plans for construction of sewer lines and treatment plant expansions.
|Vojin Janjic
|General Water Quality Criteria
2013 Version
|Establishes numeric and narrative criteria for each of the seven classified uses. Additionally, contains Tennessee's Antidegradation Policy, which identifies scenarios in which degradation can be allowed in surface waters.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency approved Tennessee's 2013 revisions on January 15, 2015. (Approval Letter)
|Greg Denton
|Use Classifications for Surface Waters
2013 Version
|Establishes seven classified uses for surface waters. Identifies a combination of uses for each named or unnamed surface water. Note: classified uses for groundwater are established in a separate document available from the Division of Underground Storage Tanks.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency approved Tennessee's 2013 revisions on January 15, 2015. (Approval Letter)
|Greg Denton
|Effluent Standards
|This regulation establishes treatment requirements for facilities that discharge to effluent-limited streams.
|Wade Murphy
|UIC Regulations
(Division of Water Supply)
|Establishes permitting process for the discharge of materials into ground water by way of wells and/or sinkholes.
|Scotty Sorrells
|Aquatic Resource Alteration Permits
|Establishes permitting process for physical alteration of waters of the state. Includes general permits for several activities including utility line crossings.
|Jimmy Smith firstname.lastname@example.com
|Navigable Waters Permit
|Establishes permitting process for physical alteration of navigable waters not regulated by the Corps of Engineers. This regulation is specific to Reelfoot Lake.
|Robert Baker
|Water Well Licensing (Division of Water Supply)
|Establishes licensing process for well drillers. Identifies requirements for well construction.
|Luke Ewing
|NPDES General Permits
|Establishes general NPDES permits for certain activities including discharge of industrial stormwater and Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations.
|Wade Murphy
|Environmental Protection Fund Fee Rules
|Establishes fee schedules for different types of permits issued by the Division.
|Wayne Gregory
|Pretreatment Requirements
|Establishes responsibilities of State, and local government, industry and the public to implement the National Pretreatment Standards.
|Yatasha Moore
|Biosolids Management
|These rules establish standards, which consist of general requirements, contaminant limits, management practices, and operational standards, for the land application of biosolids generated during the treatment of domestic sewage in a wastewater treatment works.
|Robert G. O'Dette, M.S., P.E
|Public Sewerage Systems
|Establishes supervision requirements during the construction and operation of public sewage systems.
|Vojin Janjic
|Public Water Systems
|Establishes rules for the supervision of public water systems
|David Money
|State Revolving Fund Program
|Establishes criteria and procedures for developing and maintaining a system and list for the financing of wastewater treatment works and wastewater facilities.
|Sherwin Smith
General Information and Planning Documents
|Brief Description
|Contact Person
|Tennessee's Draft Nutrient Reduction Framework
March 2015
|This document describes the development of the Tennessee Nutrient Reduction Framework, the rationale and the methodology used to accomplish long-term nutrient reduction in Tennessee waters.
|Sherry Wang
|Bacteriological and Fishing Advisories in Tennessee
October 2017
|List of streams and reservoirs where fish consumption or human contact advisories have been issued.
Advice About Eating Fish (EPA/FDA)
|Greg Denton
|Stream Mitigation Guidelines
July 1, 2004
|This document provides general guidance and discussion for compensatory mitigation of permanent impacts to streams.
|Jimmy Smith
|Quality Assurance Project Plan for 106 Monitoring in the Division of Water Resources
Volume I
October 2017
|This document describes monitoring,analyses, quality control, and assessment procedures used by the Division of Water Resources to develop TMDLs, 305(b) and 303(d) assessments.
|Kim Laster
Surface Water Monitoring and Assessment Program Plan
The Division of Water Resources (DWR) has a comprehensive monitoring program that serves its water quality management needs and addresses all the state's surface waters including streams, rivers, lakes, reservoirs and wetlands. The report details the monitoring program plan, excluding inspection information.
|Kim Laster
Water Quality Assessment Publications
|Brief Description
|Contact Person
|2016 Proposed Final 303(d) List
(May 11, 2017)
The 2016 303(d) list, which is required by the federal Clean Water Act, is a compilation of the lakes, rivers, and streams in Tennessee that fail to meet one or more water quality standards. In addition, the list provides pollutant information and TMDL prioritization for impaired segments. A public review of the draft version of the List took place in the summer of 2016 and public comments were compiled. The Division of Water Resources revised the document, which will now be submitted to the Environmental Protection Agency for review and approval. A summary of the 2016 public comments has been prepared which documents the changes made to the List as a result of comments submitted. A rational for suggestions not incorporated in the revised version of the List is also provided.
|Greg Denton
|Framework for Establishing Evaluated Water Quality Assessments
March 22, 2016
|This document describes situations where water quality assessments may be based on information other than recently collected benthic or chemical data.
|Greg Denton
|2011-13 Tennessee Coalfields Fish Tissue and Water Quality Study
December 2014
|Report of a study conducted by the Division of Water Resources conducted to evaluate the potential bioaccumulation of metals in native game fish in streams draining Tennessee Coalfields.
|Debbie Arnwine
|Exceptional Tennessee Waters & Outstanding National Resource Waters
|The Division of Water Resources has compiled a partial list of exceptional Tennessee waters based on characteristics set forth in the regulation by the Tennessee Water Quality Control Board.
|Debbie Arnwine
|EPA Approved Final 303(d) Lists
|The 303(d) list, which is required by the federal Clean Water Act , is a compilation of the lakes, rivers, and streams in Tennessee that fail to meet one or more water quality standards. In addition, the list provides pollutant information and TMDL prioritization.
Final 2014 303(d) List (approved May 2016)
Final 2012 303(d) List (approved January 2014)
Final 2010 303(d) List (approved October 2011)
Final 2008 303(d) List (approved June 2008)
Final 2006 303(d) List (approved December 2006)
Final 2004 303(d) List (approved April 2005)
Final 2002 303(d) List (approved January 2004)
|Greg Denton
|305(b) Reports
|The 305(b) Report summarizes the general water quality of surface waters in Tennessee. The report contains information about water quality, the assessment process, use support, causes and sources of pollution, and waterbodies posted due to human health risks.
|Debbie Arnwine
|Quality Systems Standard Operating Procedure for Chemical and Bacteriological Sampling of Surface Water
August 2011
|This document describes procedures for collecting chemical and bacteriological samples of surface waters as well as chain-of-custody and quality control approved by the Division of Water Resources. Protocols are also described for the specifications and accurate use of water-quality probes, sampling equipment, and flow meters.
|Debbie Arnwine
|Quality System Standard Operating Procedure for Macroinvertebrate Stream Surveys
August 2017
|This document describes procedures for performing two types of macroinvertebrate surveys approved by the Division of Water Resources for assessing biological integrity of streams. The entire procedure is described including protocols for sample collection, habit assessment, sample analysis, data reduction and reporting.
|Debbie Arnwine
|Quality System Standard Operating Procedure for Periphyton Stream Surveys
January 2010
|This document describes procedures for performing periphyton surveys approved by the Division of Water Resources for assessing biological integrity of streams. The entire procedure is described including protocols for sample collection, habit assessment, sample analysis, data reduction and reporting."
|Debbie Arnwine
|2007-2008 Probabilistic Monitoring of Wadeable Streams in Tennessee
|A probabilistically-based survey of wadeable streams in Tennessee. A series of 6 reports to convey the results of the study.
VOLUME 2: DESIGN AND STREAM CHARACTERIZATION (February 2009) (Design and implementation of the project. This volume describes the site selection process. Information on drainage area, ecoregion, watersheds and land use is discussed to determine representativeness of the subsample to the entire population of Tennessee streams. Also provides information on sample collection, analyses and quality assurance.
VOLUME 3: MACROINVERTIBRATE AND HABITAT (February 2009) (Details on macroinvertebrate populations and habitat quality.)
VOLUME 4: WATER CHEMISTRY (March 2009) (Details on field measurements and chemical data.)
VOLUME 5: PATHOGENS (February 2009) (Details on bacteriological data using the indicator organism E. coli.)
VOLUME 6 PERIPHYTON (June 2010) (Details on periphyton)
|Debbie Arnwine
|Probabilistic Monitoring of Streams Below Small Impoundments in Tennessee
September 2006
|This report describes the results of a probabilistic study of 75 streams below small impoundments and the effects of the impoundments on aquatic life, nutrients, dissolved oxygen, pH, iron, manganese, habitat, flow, and periphyton density.
|Debbie Arnwine
|Probabilistic Monitoring in the Inner Nashville Basin with Emphasis on Nutrient and Macroinvertebrate Relationships
December 2003
|This report describes the results of a probabilistic study conducted in the Inner Nashville Basin to determine the relationship between the biological communities and nutrient levels.
|Debbie Arnwine
|Mercury Air Deposition and Selenium Levels in Tennessee Fish and Surface Water
December 2010
|This document reports the results from a study that was designed to test whether predicted mercury air deposition levels using the REMSAD model was correlated to mercury concentrations in fish tissue and water samples. Selenium concentrations were also analyzed in the fish tissue and water samples.
|Debbie Arnwine
|Mercury Levels in Tennessee Fish
April 2007
|The Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation compiled tissue data from multiple agencies in order to analyze mercury concentrations in fish from Tennessee's rivers, lakes, reservoirs and streams. This analysis led to the issuance of new and updated mercury advisories in April, 2007.
|Greg Denton
|Threatened and Endangered Species List
April 2009
|This lists the known threatened and endangered species including aquatic and semi-aquatic plants and aquatic animals in Tennessee. The list is subject to revision.
|Debbie Arnwine
|Regional Characterization of Streams in Tennessee with Emphasis on Diurnal Dissolved Oxygen, Nutrients, Habitat, Geomorphology and Macroinvertebrates
September 2005
|This report describes a 2004 statewide study, which is a continuation of a 2002 study of regional differences in diurnal dissolved oxygen patterns in wadeable streams. Other goals of this study were to characterize streams based on geomorphology, periphyton, and nutrients and describe streams that cross ecoregions in west Tennessee.
|Debbie Arnwine
|Tennessee's Plan for Nutrient Criteria Development
September 2007
|Describes the approach the Division of Water Resources will use to identify and adopt additional water quality standards for nutrient related parameters.
|Greg Denton
|The Results of Fish Tissue Monitoring in Tennessee: 1992 – 1997.
|Contains a general description of the fish tissue monitoring program and contains the result of contaminate monitoring for a five-year period.
|Greg Denton
|Development of Regionally-Based pH Criteria for Wadeable Streams
April 2004
|This document describes a statewide study of regional differences in the effect pH has on the aquatic communities in wadeable streams and rivers. These results will form the basis of recommendations for regional pH criteria to be formalized in the General Water Quality Criteria.
|Greg Denton
|Evaluation of Regional Dissolved Oxygen Patterns of Wadeable Streams in Tennessee Based on Diurnal and Daytime Monitoring
January 2003
|This report describes a statewide study of regional differences in both diurnal and daylight dissolved oxygen patterns in wadeable streams. Study results will help guide fish and aquatic life criteria decisions for the 2002 triennial review of water quality standards.
|Debbie Arnwine
|Dioxin Levels in Pigeon River Fish 1996-2002
October 2002
|This report describes the improvement in water quality that has resulted in the removal of the fish tissue advisory for the Tennessee portion of the Pigeon River.
|Greg Denton
|Comparison of Nutrient Levels, Periphyton Densities and Diurnal Dissolved Oxygen Patterns in Impaired and Reference Quality Streams in Tennessee
December 2003
|This document compares algal densities and nutrient levels to diurnal DO patterns in reference and impaired steams in 16 subecoregions.
|Debbie Arnwine
|Habitat Quality of Least-Impacted Streams in Tennessee
November 2001
|This report describes the habitat quality of ecoregion reference streams. Seasonal variability, stream size and ecoregion expectations are discussed. Reference data is compared to historic habitat assessments. Guidelines for maintaining protective habitat in each of Tennessee's 25 ecological subregions are provided. The report includes a question and answer section of habitat guidance implementation.
|Debbie Arnwine
|Development of Regionally-Based Numeric Interpretations of Tennessee's Narrative Biological Integrity Criterion
October 2001
|This report contains guidance for interpretation of existing narrative biological criteria based on regional reference data. The report details macroinvertebrate monitoring at reference streams. The metric selection and assessment guidelines are discussed. A description of how ecoregions were grouped into bioregions for assessment purposes is included. Seasonal variability of macroinvertebrate populations is discussed. Numeric biocriteria based on a multi-metric index is proposed and compared to historic targeted and probabilistic monitoring. The report contains a question and answer section on biocriteria implementation.
|Debbie Arnwine
|Development of Regionally-Based Interpretations of Tennessee's Narrative Nutrient Criterion.
August 2001
|This report contains guidance for interpretation of existing narrative nutrient criteria based on regional reference data. The report summarizes reference nutrient data and describes how nitrate+nitrite and total phosphorus goals were developed. A comparison of reference data to historic targeted and probabilistic monitoring sites is included. Relationships between nutrient levels and macroinvertebrate populations are explored. The report contains a question and answer section on nutrient criteria implementation.
|Greg Denton
|Tennessee Ecoregion Project 1994-1999.
|This report contains a detailed description of Tennessee's ecoregion delineation and reference stream monitoring project. The ecoregion report describes how subregions were defined and how reference streams were selected. The report includes descriptions of macroinvertebrate, bacteriological, and chemical monitoring as well as habitat assessment. Summaries of all data are provided.
|Debbie Arnwine
Technical/Engineering Documents
|Brief Description
|Division of Water Resources Collection System Project
|Download Draft Documents for Review
|Robert G. O'Dette, M.S., P.E
|Pretreatment Model Sewer Use Ordinance
|View in PDF format
|Laurel Rognstad
|Design Criteria for Sewage Works
Guidance for municipalities and industries for the design of sewage systems and wastewater treatment plants.
Design Criteria Chapter 1 & Table of Contents - General Engineering Requirements
Wastewater Plans Review Fee Worksheet (CN-1457)
Small Non-Treatment Project Engineering Calculations Submittal Format
Design Criteria Chapter 2 - Sewers and Wastewater Pumping Stations
Design Criteria Chapter 3 - Laboratory, Personnel, Maintenance Facilities and Safety Design
Design Criteria Chapter 4 - Preliminary and Pretreatment Facilities
Design Criteria Chapter 5 - Clarifiers
Design Criteria Chapter 6 - Fixed Film Reactors
Design Criteria Chapter 7 - Activated Sludge
Design Criteria Chapter 8 - Nitrification
Design Criteria Chapter 9 - Ponds and Aerated Lagoons
Design Criteria Chapter 10 - Disinfection
Design Criteria Chapter 11 - Tertiary Treatment / Advanced Wastewater Treatment
Design Criteria Chapter 12 - Sludge Processing and Disposal
Design Criteria Chapter 13 - Plant Flow Measurement and Sampling
Design Criteria Chapter 14 - Instrumentation, Control and Electrical Systems
Design Criteria Chapter 15 - Small Alternative Wastewater Systems
Design Criteria Chapter 16 - Design Guidelines for Wastewater Treatment Systems Using Spray Irrigation
Design Criteria Chapter 17 - Design Guidelines for Wastewater Dispersal Using Drip Irrigation
|Robert G. O'Dette, M.S., P.E
|Erosion and Sediment Control Handbook
|A guide for protection of state waters through the use of best management practices during land disturbing activities.
|Robert Karesh
|TN Oil and Grease Control Guidance Document
|Guidance for municipalities in creating regulations and enforcement plans dealing with oil and grease on a local level.
Guidance Document Cover Page (78.6KB)
Guidance Document (528KB)
Appendices (512KB)
|Jennifer Peters Dodd


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Given the opportunity to do it all over again, Roberto Alomar would have preferred to stick around the Toronto Blue Jays for the rest of his career.
The year was 1995 and the perennial all-star second baseman was still at the height of his powers, having batted .300 that season with 13 home runs and 30 stolen bases on a team that struggled to win just 56 games.
But more than anything Major League Baseball was, and still is, a game of big business.
And with the Blue Jays heading into an obvious rebuilding mode under the direction of former general manager Gord Ash, the American League club could not come to terms on a new contract to retain the veteran.
So Alomar packed up his bat and glove and headed to Baltimore to play for the Orioles, who lured him with a three-year, $18-million (U.S.) offer - a decision he still looks back on somewhat ruefully.
"One of the things in my career that hurt me the most is leaving Toronto," said Alomar, who played five years with the Blue Jays and was a key component of their back-to-back World Series championships in 1992 and 1993. "To me Toronto is my second home, is still my second home."
Alomar, who will turn 42 next week, was in Toronto for last night's Conn Smythe Sports Celebrity Dinner where he was an honoured guest at the head table.
Considered one of baseball's great second baseman, Alomar said he gave the Blue Jays every opportunity to re-sign him back in 1995.
"Before I made the decision [to sign with the Orioles]I came back and said I have this deal on the table, I'd love you guys to match it," Alomar said. "I didn't want more or less and it didn't happen. It's a business."
These days Alomar is looking fit and trim and feeling content - a disposition he credits to his recent marriage to Maria Del Pilar Alomar, who accompanied her husband to Toronto for last night's charity event along with Robitito, their 8-year-old son.
Alomar said the union helped ease the sting earlier this month when he missed getting inducted into National Baseball Hall of Fame by just eight votes in his first year of eligibility.
Players must be named on 75 per cent of the ballots cast by members of the Baseball Writers' Association of America and Alomar fell just short with support from 73.7 per cent of the voters.
There is no doubt some of the voters continue to penalize Alomar for his infamous spitting incident involving umpire John Hirschbeck back in 1996 when he was playing for the Orioles.
Hirschbeck has since publicly forgiven Alomar and the two have become friends.
"Many voters, they know that me and Hirschbeck are great friends and we've moved on," Alomar said. "And they still throw that out there.
"But I don't think they can use that as an excuse."
It's a virtual lock Alomar will get voted into Cooperstown next year.
"It's a matter of time," said Alomar, who retired in 2005. "I feel disappointed, I wish I would have made it in the first round but I know how it is. I'm positive and I hope next year it will be a different story."
In the meantime, Alomar will have to make do with being inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame, an honour he first learned about on Tuesday.
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Alomar may still have a chance to re-establish ties with his old team.
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THE APPLICATION OF THE bANK RECOVERY AND RESOLUTION DIRECTIVE IN AUSTRIA
EU Framework for bank recovery and resolution
The high profile national and cross-border bank failures in the last few years revealed serious shortcomings in the existing tools available to authorities for preventing or tackling failures of credit institutions that are linked to the wider economy, and which play a central role in the financial markets. The ability of governments to support institutions which are "too big to fail" with public finances has become unsustainable. Therefore, a clear and comprehensive bank recovery and resolution regime that covers both national and cross-border bank failures has been necessary to prevent widespread disruption to the financial markets and economy, while ensuring long term financial and economic stability, and reducing the potential public cost of possible future financial crises.Until the crisis, many felt that bank failures could be dealt with at a national level through normal insolvency proceedings. However, the experience from the different banking crises indicates that insolvency laws are not capable of dealing efficiently with the failure of financial institutions. Therefore, a resolution regime that replaces normal insolvency proceedings for banks, safeguards financial stability, and protects taxpayers has been developed.
The Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive (2014/59/ EU) (BRRD) establishes an EU-wide framework of rules that provides authorities with a set of tools to intervene early and quickly in an unsound or failing institution, so as to ensure the continuity of the institution's critical financial and economic functions, while minimising the impact of an institution's failure on the economy and financial system. It foresees a phased approach to supporting unsound banks, encompassing precautionary, early intervention and measures designed to prevent bank failures. Where failure is unavoidable, the BRRD aims to ensure orderly resolutions, even for banks operating across national borders.
According to the so-called "no creditor worse off" principle provided for in BRRD, the regime shall ensure that shareholders bear losses first and that creditors bear losses after shareholders, provided that no creditor incurs greater losses than it would have incurred if the institution had been wound up in normal insolvency proceedings. All these objectives should help avoid destabilising financial markets, and minimise the costs for taxpayers.
Transposition of the bRRD into Austrian law
The Austrian Bank Recovery and Resolution Act (Bundesgesetz über die Sanierung und Abwicklung von Banken) (BaSAG) transposes the BRRD into Austrian law. BaSAG came into force on 1 January 2015 – including the bail-in provisions – and repealed the Austrian Banking Intervention and Restructuring Act (Bankeninterventions- und Restrukturierungsgesetz); (BIRG).
Generally speaking, whenever new legislative action is planned in Austria, a certain legislative process has to be strictly followed. The legislative process has to be fair and transparent and it has to make sure that the general public is adequately informed. In the majority of cases, legislative initiative comes from the individual government ministries rather than from the national parliament.
The draft of BaSAG (the so-called "ministerial proposal") was formulated by the Austrian Ministry of Finance on 12 June 2014. The most important feature of the ministerial proposal was that its initial wording was de facto identical to the wording of the BRRD. In the following stage, the ministerial proposal was circulated to expert groups for review, whereby certain interest groups, authorities and organisations presented their views and criticisms thereon. Afterwards, the ministerial proposal was modified by the Austrian Ministry of Finance according to the opinions and statements of the various expert groups. The modified proposal was then introduced as a government bill dated 18 November 2014 and distributed to the members of the Austrian National Council. The bill was adopted by the National Council on 11 December 2014, after which the Federal Council as the upper house consented thereto as well. Consequently, BaSAG was authenticated by the Federal President of Austria and was published in the Federal Law Gazette as of 29 December 2014.
Does Heta Asset Resolution AG fall within the scope of baSAG?
The legal entities that fall within the scope of BaSAG are listed in section 1 (1) of BaSAG. Accordingly, BaSAG applies to (i) institutions that are established in the EU (i.e. credit institutions and investment firms within the meaning of the Capital Requirements Regulation ((EU) No 575/2013)), (ii) financial institutions and (iii) financial holding companies.
Since 3 November 2014, Hypo Alpe-Adria-Bank International AG (Hypo Alpe Adria) has been operating pursuant to the Austrian Act on Creation of a Wind-Down Entity (Bundesgesetz zur Schaffung einer Abbaueinheit); (GSA) as a wind-down entity under the name Heta Asset Resolution AG (Heta), fully owned by the Republic of Austria. Pursuant to section 2 of GSA, Heta is no longer allowed to undertake deposit transactions or to hold any qualified participations in credit institutions or financial securities firms. The licence to conduct banking activities granted to Hypo Alpe Adria in accordance with the Austrian Banking Act (Bankwesengesetz); (BWG) was terminated on 30 October 2014.
Pursuant to section 3 of GSA, the statutory task of Heta is to manage its assets to ensure an effective and active disposition on the best terms possible. Thus, Heta may conduct only such activities that are necessary with regard to the fulfillment of its statutory task.
Accordingly, Heta (due to the fact it is not an institution according to the definition of section 1 of BaSAG) would not be subject to BaSAG. However, at the final stage of the parliamentary process the legislator introduced section 162 (6) of BaSAG which provides for the explicit expansion of the resolution mechanism of BaSAG to Heta.
What are the available remedies against baSAG under Austrian law and EU law?
Recital 10 of the BRRD explicitly states that the BRRD sets out a minimum harmonised set of tools and powers. This means that Member States may adopt or maintain additional rules at national level that are stricter or additional to those laid down in the BRRD in order to deal with crises, provided that they do not conflict with the BRRD and they are compatible with the objectives and principles set out therein.
In response to the numerous recent bank failings, prior to the adoption of the BRRD a number of Member States already had in place mechanisms at a national level to resolve failing banks. This was also the case in Austria, where the national legislator adopted a set of statutes as a reaction to the Hypo Alpe Adria crisis, with GSA providing the legal basis for the creation of Heta as part of the legislative package.
It is important to emphasise that initially, BaSAG may not have been intended to apply to Heta (the initial ministerial proposal did not entail any provision to that effect). However, subsequently, the aforementioned section 162 (6) was added and became part of the government bill, stipulating that the 4th part of BaSAG shall be applicable to Heta being a wind-down entity created under GSA. The Federal Government stated in its explanations to the government bill of 18 November 2014 that the applicability of the resolution tools on wind-down entities is compatible with the objectives of the BRRD. Since the BRRD provides for a minimum harmonisation regime as described above, it should doubtlessly be permitted to provide for an extended application of BaSAG in the course of implementing the BRRD into Austrian law. A final decision on the legality of BaSAG and its conformity with the BRDD is however reserved to the national courts and the European Court of Justice.
Considering the remedies available, should it be determined from the perspective of EU law that BaSAG goes beyond the scope of the BRRD, the initiation of an infringement procedure pursuant to Article 258 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) against a Member State that has failed to comply with EU Law may be considered. In such infringement proceedings, the European Commission may take actions against the Republic of Austria for an incomplete, incorrect or improper implementation of the BRRD into Austrian law.
In addition, from the perspective of Austrian law, the initiation of a judicial review by the Austrian Constitutional Court (Verfassungsgerichthof ) pursuant to article 140 of the Austrian Federal Constitution Act (Bundesverfassungsgesetz); (B-VG) may be considered, provided that any provision of BaSAG does not conform with the Austrian constitution.
Generally speaking, the constitutionality of a statute may also be challenged by an individual or an entity by way of the so-called "individual petition", subject to the fulfillment of certain requirements. Namely, the person concerned must claim that one or several of its constitutionally guaranteed rights, such as the right of ownership or the right to equal treatment, have been directly violated. In addition, the person concerned must claim that the unconstitutionality of the statute has taken effect for that person, without a decision having been rendered by a court or an administrative body, and that such decision may not be rendered by reasonable means. Given the subsidiary character of the individual petition, the Austrian Constitutional Court applies very strict criteria in deciding on its admissibility.
An additional remedy under Austrian law for parties whose constitutionally guaranteed rights have been infringed has been introduced and came into effect on 1 January 2015. Accordingly, a person who is the addressee of a court decision rendered in the course of ordinary court proceedings may appeal against a first-instance decision to the Austrian Constitutional Court pursuant to article 140 of B-VG. This is comparable to the individual petition, but without the necessity to fulfill further specific requirements with the exception of ongoing court proceedings, in that a person may claim the infringement of its constitutionally guaranteed rights due to the application of an unconstitutional statute.
What is the legal position under baSaG of persons holding guaranteed bonds issued by Heta?
Under BaSAG, creditors holding bonds issued by an institution to be resolved may be subject to the so-called "bail-in tool".
Bail-in is one of the four resolution tools that gives authorities statutory power, exercisable when an institution meets the trigger conditions for entry into resolution, to (i) write down eligible liabilities of the institution towards the creditors in order to ensure that the net asset value of the institution under resolution is equal to zero or (ii) convert eligible liabilities into shares of the institution.
The bail-in tool constitutes a legal mechanism that allows the allocation of losses on creditors to the extent that such losses would not be worse than the losses which the creditors would have suffered in normal insolvency proceedings.
In comparison to normal insolvency proceedings, the bail-in tool is intended to help banks to be resolved in an orderly, quick and efficient manner, avoiding undue disruption to the bank's activities and to the rest of the financial system, and minimising the cost and length of the proceedings.
BaSAG stipulates that generally all liabilities may be subject to the bail-in tool, except those specified in section 86 (2) of the BaSAG. It is considered that a broad scope is preferable to make the tool efficient and avoid any circumvention. In this respect, exemptions are strictly limited to those liabilities that are necessary to ensure the proper functioning of credit markets or to underpin financial stability. For example, certain short-term liabilities are excluded from the bail-in tool to ensure the uninterrupted flow of liquidity funding and continuity of banking services. Also, secured or collateralised transactions are exempt (e.g. covered bonds).
In order to protect creditor rights, the bail-in tool is subject to certain safeguards. Section 106 (2) of BaSAG explicitly stipulates the "no creditor worse off" principle, stating that where the resolution authority applies the bail-in tool, the creditors whose claims have been written- down or converted shall not incur greater loss than they would have incurred if the institution under resolution had been wound up under normal insolvency proceedings. For the purpose of assessing whether creditors would have received better treatment if the institution under resolution had entered into normal insolvency proceedings, a valuation of difference in treatment may be carried out pursuant to section 107 of BaSAG by an independent person as soon as the resolution action has been effected. Should the valuation carried out under section 107 of BaSAG determine that a creditor has incurred greater losses than it would have incurred in normal insolvency proceedings, such creditor is entitled pursuant to section 108 of BaSAG to payment of the difference from the resolution financing arrangement.
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Sean's guardian angel is a feline, but his spirit cheetah prefers rival attorney, Andrea Morgan, over him. Trapped in a failing, dangerous marriage and stalked by an accomplice of one of the most dangerous criminals he's ever prosecuted, Sean's troubles are just beginning.
A vacation should have offered him a chance to save his relationship with his wife, Idette. Instead, Sean learns he isn't the only one with a secret, and his discovery of his wife's true nature should have killed him.
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I had won the case, but as always when I faced her and proved the victor, it was bittersweet. Normally, there was nothing quite as satisfying as listening to a judge sentence a cop killer to life in prison without chance of parole. The 'without parole' part of the judgment caught me by surprise; after Miller v. Alabama, few judges were willing to go so far.
The death sentence was more likely, and California hadn't executed anyone since 2006.
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Craig Harris, IGN Nintendo Executive Editor:Clearly Nintendo's doing something right if both Microsoft and Sony dedicated precious press conference time to show off their own work-in-progress motion controllers. Whether Microsoft or Sony has the optimal motion solution isn't really an issue at this moment: Nintendo's motion controller is available. Right now. Microsoft only let an elite few at E3 take a peek behind the curtain. Sony didn't let anyone that wasn't a certified Sony engineer touch its peripherals.
Also, did you notice during both Sony's and Microsoft's demonstration, neither said anything about price? Microsoft's all-in-one solution could end up being the cost of the system itself will all that technology. And Sony's? You're going to first need the $50 camera, then you're going to have to buy handheld remotes before you can even start to get motion control working.
Nintendo's Wii MotionPlus was not just playable and working at E3, you can hit the stores right now and buy the peripheral off shelves for a meager $20 bucks. Or get it at a $10 premium with the outstanding Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 game that really shows how 1:1 swing mechanics can change virtual golf for the greater good. Or...just wait a month for Wii Sports Resort so you can see for yourself the various ways the technology works in games like sword fighting, archery, ping pong, and more. The Wii MotionPlus finally turns the Wii Remote into a true motion controller instead of a device that offers mindless waggle. The first few games out this year are just a taste of things to come.
Who knows how long you'll be waiting for Natal or PlayStation Motion Control. At least you can start saving up now. And let's not forget how eager Sony was to abandon its first attempt that it built into the PlayStation 3. Sixaxis is barely a footnote now, so let's see how far it goes with its next generation of motion. Maybe the company will go A.D.D. and get distracted by the next bit of motion technology. By the time the next E3 rolls around you might see something completely different, and just as unplayable as what was shown at this year's show.
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Chris Roper, IGN PlayStation Editor-In-Chief: While something along the lines of it had been rumored for some time, the unveiling of the PlayStation Motion Controller at this year's E3 still came as a pretty big surprise. While we only saw a bunch of tech demos for it and won't be seeing the controller hit stores until sometime in the spring, the tech looks pretty impressive.
The Motion Controller features colored lights on the end that the PlayStation Eye uses to calculate distance (and position for an overlaid video image in some demos that show you on-screen) and what we assume has to be accelerometers (or perhaps digital compasses) inside of it to determine angle and movement. The combination of video input with its internal gadgetry makes for one-to-one motion feedback. So rather than having to perform gestures to make things happen on-screen like you generally do with the Wii Remote, whatever motions you make or positions you hold the controller in are perfectly mimicked in whatever you're playing.
The result is that you can do things like accurately wield a sword and shield and use them in realtime, exactly as your motions input, and see the results in the game as you're doing them. So you can use the shield to accurately block incoming fire, or have the sword perfectly simulate whatever swipes you're doing in the real world. That's a far cry from the likes of what we've seen in most motion controlled games to date.
Nintendo obviously has the Wii Remote and Wii MotionPlus that essentially do the same thing that the PlayStation Motion Controller does, though while the MotionPlus add-on brings it much closer, the PlayStation Motion Controller still looks to be more accurate than Nintendo's offerings. One added benefit is that you're able to wield two Motion Controllers and have accurate input with both of them, whereas with the Wii, you generally have the Nunchuck in one of your hands which doesn't offer nearly the same level of accuracy.
The main thing that Nintendo has going for it in this match-up is that its solutions are readily available. The Wii Remote isn't just an add-on, it's the main controller for the system and has been that way since launch. So, everyone with a Wii has one. The MotionPlus add-on is new, but Nintendo seems to be pushing its adoption very heavily so its pick-up rate should be pretty high. Over on Microsoft's side, it announced the Natal at E3. My assumption is that the PlayStation Motion Controller's demo was tagged as a "maybe" for the conference, depending on what Microsoft announced, and Sony gave it the green light after Microsoft unveiled the Natal.
While it looks like the Natal could offer up some cool uses (see the Milo demo), the lack of anything solid to hold is a drawback in my opinion as you don't have a point of reference. Sure, you can hold any object in your hands to make up for this (like a plastic wheel for racing games), but not having solid buttons to hit seems like it'll feel like something is missing.
While the Milo demo was certainly slick, it's nothing that can't be done with the PlayStation Eye as-is, and in fact there were a number of PlayStation 2 games using the EyeToy that did the same stuff, albeit at a lesser accuracy level. The PlayStation Eye might not be able to read depth at quite the same level, but the camera can certainly recognize shapes, and its built-in mic means you can easily do the voice recognition stuff. And Sony has already shown that the camera's feed is good enough to recognize faces in a tech demo at this year's GDC.
One big thing that the Natal will never be able to do is pick up subtle hand movements, such as the twist of a wrist, like the PlayStation Motion Controller can (and Wii MotionPlus for that matter). For things like accurate use of swords or tennis rackets, this is a very necessary thing.
It remains to be seen how well Sony will make use of the Motion Controller in games, but for my money, the combination of two Motion Controllers and the PlayStation Eye looks to offer better response and more interactivity than anything either Nintendo or Microsoft can offer.
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Many NASCAR fans say they feel forgotten these days, like the steadfast corporate infiltration of the good ol' boy network shoved them aside like a rural route snow drift in favor of bigger markets and a (perceived) more glamorous lifestyle.
To them, NASCAR chose big money over the little man.
That's a bit dramatic to me. But the simple truth is it ain't like it used to be. As a boy, my daddy was at Darlington when Junior Johnson, after a race, backed his ride into the infield and unloaded a tub full of Tyson Holly Farms chicken and another tub full of beer, and the boys partied the night away.
That type of driver accessibility built NASCAR, and many fans feel like it should still be that way. That's a bit naïve. It's not that way. These days drivers park, undress and sprint to the plane. I don't blame them. I'd want to get home, too. Drivers didn't have planes in 1965.
To that end, many fans these days think drivers are inaccessible, other than snaking autograph lines formed in front of gleaming 18-wheelers on random Saturday afternoons. Fans also wonder whether drivers even care about their support.
I'm here to tell you they do. And today I come bearing proof.
Denny Hamlin won the Tums 500 last weekend in Martinsville, Va., an especially gratifying victory for him given it was in his home state, he avenged a near-miss loss to Jimmie Johnson in the spring and he'd had two consecutive horrible weeks leading into it.
Hours after he claimed the checkered flag -- following the burnouts, the television interviews, the incessant team photos and the media center -- Hamlin walked back out to Victory Lane to continue the endless Hat Dance photo shoot.
It was pitch black outside. But he noticed a group of fans -- he estimates some 40 or 50 -- still sitting in the frontstretch grandstands waiting to watch his celebration to its absolute conclusion. They were hollering and screaming and congratulating Hamlin. He waved and laughed with them.
See, at Martinsville, Victory Lane is only 50 feet from the frontstretch fence. A handful of those folks in the grandstands wore head-to-toe Denny Hamlin garb. And they didn't know it, but they were soon to fall face-first into a race fan's dream.
"There's not a whole lot of true-blue Denny Hamlin fans that are all decked out in all my gear and everything," Hamlin said. "And basically, I saw, I think four people or so with all my gear on.
"And I told Austin [Peyton, Hamlin's manager] to go get those people because it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for them to be part of Victory Lane. And it's a way for me to say thanks for being one of my fans."
Seriously, folks. Hamlin pulled fans out of the stands to take Victory Lane photos with him, the trophy and the grandfather clock.
"I know every fan [of mine] has to hear a bunch of crap from Jimmie Johnson fans and Jeff Gordon fans," Hamlin said. "They support me through thick and thin, when they could probably support someone who's had more success, like Jimmie Johnson. It was just a 'thanks' to them."
They didn't know what to do with themselves.
"They were freaking out," Hamlin said, laughing.
There was a younger couple, mid-20s maybe, full-body-stitched in FedEx gear, faces painted with 11s, the whole nine. The guy, an aspiring racer, wore Hamlin plumb out with questions of how he could become what Hamlin has become.
"He just wanted to talk to me," Hamlin said. "He probably thought, never in a million years he'd have an opportunity to spend two minutes with me, but to share Victory Lane that day with me, they were just in complete shock."
That opportunity was special for Hamlin, too. He's proud of his fan base, and appreciates that they stick with him even when he makes boneheaded mistakes and wrecks himself or blows engines. Above all else, he appreciates that they back him when he doesn't especially stand out from the crowd. He's not controversial and doesn't win every other week like some other drivers.
"I wonder why they picked me," he said. "I just don't stand out. Our performance is as good as anyone's, but it's just weird, and I don't understand that side of it. Maybe they see something in me or my driving style that they like, and the people that show their colors for me, I always look out for them.
"There's not a time when I see someone with my gear on that I don't stop and sign something. A lot of that is that I don't have as many [fans] as drivers that are more popular. Jeff Gordon can't stop and sign for everyone that has Jeff Gordon gear on. That's impossible. But I try to at least reach out to everyone that takes their time and money to support me."
Hamlin hasn't forgotten what it's like to be those fans. In 1992, as an 11-year-old, he stood in line for three hours to meet his favorite driver, Bill Elliott.
"It was just for a brief second. But I remember that feeling," he said. "It was 15 seconds that I was in front of him that we made eye contact, and I told him I was his biggest fan and he was my favorite driver. For him to acknowledge me then, for 15 seconds, it was more than worth the three hours of waiting in line.
"It's hard for me nowadays to think 'Man, these fans are getting pushed through autograph lines,' and all that. They've really got to be devoted. But then I realize back then what it meant to me to meet my favorite driver. So that's why I try to take that little extra time to make it worth my fans' while to be a Denny Hamlin fan."
In a world where many fans feel forgotten, that's refreshing. And his gesture was spontaneous, unchoreographed, genuine.
"It is gratifying to me to do that. I heard a great quote the other day -- 'What's all the fame and money for if you can't share it with anyone?' To me, that was just part of me wanting to share it with someone else."
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Hey Marty,
Ask Kyle how these words taste -- "It's never Junior, it's always the crew chief."
What goes around comes around.
-- Vonnie Gamble, Florida
Junior Nation COULD NOT WAIT to remind Kyle Busch of that statement, which he uttered on a Friday afternoon in May in Dover, Del., earlier this year.
I figure I got 100 e-mails just like this one.
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Kyle Bush commented [recently] that he was "his own worst critic" just want to say he has never met my wife
-- Reg Cressey, hometown unknown
I think Rick Hendrick should move Chad Knaus to Junior's pit box. It would solve two problems: 1) Junior gets the dictator crew chief that he says he needs; 2) Jimmie Johnson gets the chance to prove how great of a driver he is without Knaus. They will have already set the record with four straight cups, so what's the point in keeping them together?
-- Ben, Near Tulsa, Okla.
Five straight. Six straight. Eight championships? It's not out of the realm of possibility that this is the best team ever, Ben. And who said Johnson wanted to prove how great he is without Knaus?
Johnson's not an idiot. He knows full well Knaus is a substantial contributor to his success. They weathered the storm in 2005 (the infamous cookies-and-milk story) and it'll take a complete meltdown to break them up. Stranger things have happened, mind you, but unions like theirs only happen once a generation. They realize that and Rick Hendrick realizes that.
Breaking them up to "fix Junior" would be ridiculous, silly, short-sighted and uncalled for. Who says Knaus and Junior would mesh? Knaus demands a lot from his driver, and the driver has to be willing to push back. Why tear apart a stellar pairing that happens to be steamrolling toward history for the possibility of benefiting another driver?
That's not the answer to righting Junior's ship, Ben.
What's the point of calling it "Door To Door," since there are no doors on the car? Why not call it Fender To Fender?
-- Tom Meyer, Cincinnati, Ohio
Hmmm. That's a fair point, Tom. Maybe I'll call it Splitter To Splitter next year.
Do you have your Halloween costume ready for Talladega Boulevard this weekend?!
-- Springer, Norwalk, Conn.
No. But I did receive my limited-edition "ESTRADA" shades this week. The letters aren't see-through, so wearing them is like peering through a picket fence all day. But they're snazzy, well worth the price of obstructed vision. I brought my Natty Light wristbands, too. Settle down.
I read where Steve Addington is out as Kyle Busch's crew chief and Dave Rogers is in. My question is why didn't JGR at least look at Richie Wauters? I haven't looked it up, but I'm sure that Wauters/Busch has a much higher winning percentage in the Truck Series than Johnson/Knaus have. To me those numbers are too good to just ignore. Where is my thinking going wrong?
-- Nick in Meridian, Miss.
All due respect to Richie Wauters (great crew chief, very smart), and to the Truck Series competition (the best show NASCAR has to offer). But Nick, there is no comparison between what Johnson and Knaus have done in Cup to what Busch and Wauters have done in Trucks.
It's like comparing "Wicked" to the critically acclaimed high school drama club production. Both are very good, just on very different levels.
It has happened twice in the Chase now: Car spins on last lap at start/finish, can't get re-fired, and they don't throw the yellow. First time was at Loudon, and now Martinsville. They throw a debris caution for what looked like a hunk of rubber on the track, but they won't throw a yellow for a 3,500 pound piece of debris sitting on the start/finish line as they all come out of Turn 4 screaming to the finish. What gives?!?!
-- Mike McKenney, Colorado Springs, Colo.
Believe me, I hear you on this one, Mike. But the fact is NASCAR can't win in that situation. If they throw the yellow fans are ticked. If they don't, fans question whether they care enough for driver safety.
John Andretti, the driver whose No. 34 car was sideways at the start/finish line at Martinsville as the field came screaming to the checkers, defended NASCAR's decision not to throw the yellow. If he's cool with it, I presume we should be, too.
Junior Nation has begun to think that our man has been turned into an R&D driver for the rest of the Hendrick drivers. Give us some of your insight. Have they asked him to take an R&D role to help Jimmie, Jeff and Mark?
-- Lauren Stamper, Charlottesville, Va.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. is an R&D driver like I'm an astronaut.
That's my time. Thank you for yours. Hallow-Dega. Rowdy.
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The sport is governed overall by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), which is based in Switzerland, and by each country's cycling federation. Amateur races are held for both men and women in local, regional, and national competition by age group, ranging upward in age from competitors 12 to 13 years old. In the World Championships, amateurs are no longer differentiated from professionals...


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Unanswered: query question help
Hi, I have a address table, I wanna to categorize the address according to their names, for example, any names include 'association', or 'organizaiton', or 'law', the problem is I just query only part of the field item, and these queries may get duplicate records.
Here is samples of the name field:
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Please help me to figure it out, thanks.
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IMHO, the best solution would be to add a "category" field to each address. That way, you can incrementally modify the records according to different business rules.
Otherwise, I'd use a CASE statement (mysql has CASE, right).Jeff Hunter
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thank you marist89, category is fine, but how to descript the name involves "law"?
thank you marist89, category is fine, but how to descript the name involves for example "law"? Thanks.


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The Judge Samuel J. Ervin III Fellowship offers one-year staff attorney positions in our Morganton office, which serves low-income people in nine counties in northwest North Carolina. Judge Ervin was a Morganton native who served as judge and Chief Judge of the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals for nearly 20 years and was committed to equal justice and public service.
The Clifton W. Everett Sr. Community Lawyer Fellowship, established in 1992, offers one-year staff attorney positions for recent law school graduates who are committed to serving low-income North Carolinians in rural areas. Clifton Everett was a lifetime resident of eastern N.C. who dedicated his life to improving justice in the region. He served as president of the N.C. State Bar and vice-chairman and board member of its IOLTA program.
The Julian T. Pierce Fellowship offers staff attorney positions for recent law school graduates who are dedicated to improving the legal system for people who have been marginalized by both poverty and geography. Julian Pierce was a Lumbee Indian, civil rights lawyer and legal aid icon who was murdered in Robeson County in 1988. He was the founding director of Lumbee River Legal Services, which is now our Pembroke office.


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But long before the current trend of emoting, there was stoicism. Stoicism was founded by the Greek philosopher Zeno (not by Mr. Spock). Followers of this school of philosophy ascribe to the theory that we should be free from passion, unmoved by joy or grief, and submit without complaint to unavoidable necessity.
I recently realized that I am a closet stoic, though I have never been to Greece, and Zeno and I are not Facebook friends, and I don't watch Star Trek. It is also very possible that many of you are closet stoics as well. (I am not speaking to Julie Lessman.)
Imagine my surprise at this armchair diagnosis. After all, I'm Italian. Agita is my family's middle name. How did this happen you may wonder? I have my suspicions and you may as well. But nothing good can come of digging around in our genetic closet or tossing around nature versus nurture.
The real issue here is that we are writers. While I value and embrace my stoic nature, it makes for crappy copy. Stoic characters do not a good read make. (You may quote me.)
Necessity required that I find a solution to this problem. And so, I present what I refer to as The Essential Theories of Fictional Emotion, gathered from the world's highly acclaimed sources in the field of fictional emoting.
This is not rocket science. Oh, wait. Actually, it is. Seriously, embrace these very simple scientific principles and I promise that you too, will be emulating Scarlett O'Hara.
*Please read the disclaimer at the bottom of this post before you proceed.
1. The Michael Hauge Conundrum.
"The primary goal of storytelling is to elicit emotion. You must create an emotional experience for the audience." The Six Stage Structure is the foundation to creating that emotional experience. Key point: Emotion grows out of conflict.
2. Shelly Thacker's Big Bang Emotion Theory.
This is a magnificently clear and simple theory. Emotion on every page. Review each page of your manuscript with a red pen and underline the emotion. If there is no emotion, you must create it.
3. Vince Mooney's Universal Laws of RPP.
"The way to get prospects to read even the longest advertising copy is to reward them for reading every step of the way."
Mooney tells us, "Based on my research, I believe that the way to sell more books (or get your books published in the first place) is to enhance the page-by-page 'reading experience.' One way to quantify this experience is by the use of a Rewards-Per-Page index."
Read some of his RPP indicators here and grade your manuscript.
4. Newton's Third Law of Physics (as applied to fiction).
"For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction."
-Events in your story have no meaning or value, EXCEPT as they relate to your characters.
-The value or meaning is how your characters react or have feelings about the event.
-Events are external -> Emotional reactions are internal and/or external.
-One cannot exist without the other and they interact to move the story forward.
This law requires the writer to examine each page of their manuscript to verify that each action has a reaction!
5. The Whoopie Goldberg Ghost Theorem,
This simple theorem requires a dark room and candles. (Kidding.) But it does require channeling your characters. Channeling your characters like Oda Mae in Ghost because it:
- eliminates two-dimensional characters
- uncovers motivation for the characters
- And that motivation leads to writing scenes based on those character motivations
- It also provides deep point of view (pov)
By doing the above you take your characters to a level of connection with the reader. At this level the reader bonds with your character and cares about your character or, in the case of a villain; they are interested enough to keep reading in order to find out what happens.
Simply put, if you want the reader to invest in your characters you must elicit emotion by creating believable characters. That investment is not made simply telling them who a character is, but showing them.
Once the reader knows the character, then they will also know how a character will act or react. At this point, you have a responsibility as a writer. The reader now expects that the motivations of the character will be unique and consistent to the character you have created.
Now that you have the essentials, scroll to the bottom for a quiz. Kidding!
Are you a drama queen a stoic? No judgment. Leave a comment for a chance to win one of today's giveaways. Winners announced in the next Weekend Edition. Until then..live long and prosper.
And a second giveaway. Winner's choice of any 2017 Carol Award finalist release in ebook format. See those finalists here.
Two winners. Each has a choice of a mousepad or a book.
*The content of this blog is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Never disregard professional medical advice, or delay in seeking it because of something you have read on this blog. Never rely on information on this blog in place of seeking professional medical advice. This blog may cause itching, rashes, blindness and in certain cases, apathy. Seek medical attention immediately if symptoms persist.


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The following options for the ValueOf element
1. Multi-line (recognizing carriage returns)
2. Option to remove line if no entry for the ValueOf element. This would allow the document to flow and don't occupy space or line when there are no value for the elements.
Thank you for the great work.
Thank you so much for the fix on the line feed issue. It works!
Would it require a lot of work to have an option to re-generate a document after it has been built with the fleXdoc DocBuilder?
In that case, after a build, one could still change some of the content in the document, change some of the data, and re-generate the document, without needing the template again.
This probably requires a way to store the fleXdoc elements in the built document, but in a way that's completely hidden from the user.
I'm not sure I understand what you mean: do you mean you want the generated document to still contain some fleXdoc-elements (perhaps the UseContexts, ForEaches and the ValueOfs (which did not find a node the first time), so that you can run the generation
on it again using a different data XML to support 'multiple passes'?
No, the generated document should still contain all the elements. But they should be hidden from the (inexperienced) user.
This user is able to edit the document, the layout, etc. and also the external data in xml.
The modified document can than be used as a template to re-generate the document.
But please consider this under a low priority.
That will not be possible, since Word will always display XML-tags.
I don't know for what kind of scenario you need this, but if you want to support some kind of 'retry generation'-feature, what about a 'preview'-feature? This way they see the output, but edit the actual template.
Yes, you could call it a preview feature.
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Get your friends and workmates together at Silo Park. Relax and unwind from the week with DJs, food trucks and the Silo Park Bar from 5pm. Wander the Silo Night Markets before setting up your bean bag or blanket for The Gods Must Be Crazy at 9pm.
The tribal people in a remote African desert live a happy life, which is torn to pieces when a Coca-Cola bottle falls from a plane. With the villagers fighting over the strange foreign object, tribal leader Xi (N!xau) decides to take the bottle back to the gods to restore peace. His journey to the "end of the world" eventually has him crossing paths with a bumbling scientist (Marius Weyers) and a band of guerrillas who take a schoolteacher (Sandra Prinsloo) and her class hostage.
PG - Contains violence.
PLEASE NOTE: This film contains themes that may cause offence. Viewer discretion advised.
All Silo Park activities are dependent on good weather, so check the website or Facebook page for any updates.


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