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How Are You Focusing On Indie Product?15 Feb, 2004 By: Kurt Indvik
I especially enjoy seminars and panel discussions that put together both the retailer and the supplier on the same stage to talk about an issue. Especially in the packaged goods business, it's a great way to get an instant view of a segment of the business from all sides.
At the Ventura Distribution summit last week in Santa Barbara, a panel discussion on the future of independent films, and especially as it affects home video, was addressed by a group that included major retailers such as Blockbuster and Tower Records, as well as suppliers such as Showtime and UrbanWorks, along with producers such as Skourus Films and Edward James Olmos, actor, director and producer.
This has always been a "hits driven business" as has been said a thousand times, but with the rental business slowly being degraded by the retail sales of these hits, perhaps more so than ever, the independent short-run theatrical and direct-to-video titles may be the one area where specialty home entertainment retailers have a chance to build some growth into their business.
I am not talking about the low-budget, formulaic genre horror or actioner titles. But serious films with good production value and solid story telling that may or may not have a recognizable talent attached to it. The tortuous path many of these films must travel to reach some level of notoriety is hard to believe. Many a serious and worthy film not backed by major studios or with bankable stars may travel a long road of film festivals, and may even win awards, and still get little or no commercial theater exposure.
If they are lucky enough to reach the home video market they may suffer from poor packaging, non-existent consumer promotion and likely little or no trade promotion. But there are good films being brought to home video by good companies that care about those films and give them as much push as they possibly can.
I was struck by how important the video retailer becomes, then, as the place where America comes to find cutting edge movies made outside of the Hollywood mill. But consumers have to know these titles exist. Good quality packaging, on the supply-side, and aggressive merchandising, on the retail side are two fairly simple areas that this industry can work on to not only improve their own businesses, but help contribute to ensuring a continuous flow of good films that we all know the public is hungry for.
How are you getting your customers to focus on the non-hit independent product? I'd like to hear some of your ideas.


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It's got to feel good when Jon Jones, one of the elite pound-for-pound fighters in MMA history, decides to vouch for you as an up-and-comer. In this case, we have Phil Hawes, a younger fighter who apparently checks out as a potential future star according to Jones.
One of my favorite things about MMA is that the stars of the sport are often willing to train with others and also to acknowledge that there are other people who are pretty good too. Sure, everybody wants to win, but these guys can recognize talent when they see it.
Jon Jones sees something in Hawes and had this awesome quote for MMAFighting.
"I think his potential is limitless. He's strong, he's smart, he learns fast, and I definitely think he's going to make an impact on the future of MMA."
This sport is growing incredibly fast and I think even the mega-stars realize that this "limitless" word not only pertains to athletes but the entire landscape of MMA as well. It's going to become way less top-heavy, with more talent and depth in the field.
I'm looking forward to seeing Hawes improve and what is to come with his career gonig forward.
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Westbrook, Cardinals denied in finale
Three solid performances from St. Louis' starters were nullified by bullpen mistakes and offensive deficiencies in this first series out of the All-Star break. The latter loomed especially large in the series finale, which the Reds took, 4-2, thanks to a two-out, eighth-inning, RBI single by Scott Rolen.
A crowd of 39,280 at Great American Ball Park watched Cincinnati take lone possession of first place in the National League Central with the win. St. Louis, which hadn't been swept since mid-May, sits 4 1/2 games behind.
"We have to start doing better," said Matt Holliday, who extended his hitting streak to 14 games. "We have to start winning close games. We have to start getting those runs in. We've made it really hard on our pitchers the last few games."
The Cardinals finished the series 4-for-28 with runners in scoring position. They were 0-for-7 on Sunday.
"It's one of those things where it seems like sometimes we're not making the big pitch, we're not getting the big hit," starter Jake Westbrook said. "Those have come back to bite us a little bit. We just have to find a better way to come through in those situations. There's times when we have our moments, but it's just doing it on a consistent basis."
Westbrook's outing would have been cast in a different light had the offense better assisted him when opportunities arose. As it was, the right-hander was hurt in two of his 7 1/3 innings on the mound.
In the second, a string of three two-out singles led to a pair of Cincinnati runs. Trouble then brewed when he was sent out to protect a 2-2 tie in the eighth.
With one out, Westbrook walked Joey Votto and plunked Brandon Phillips. That ended his night. Lefty Marc Rzepczynski retired Jay Bruce, and, needing one more out, manager Mike Matheny called on Mitchell Boggs, who has been among the team's most reliable relief options this season. Boggs had not allowed an inherited runner to score since May 25.
After issuing an intentional walk to load the bases, the right-hander served up a line-drive single to Rolen that a leaping Skip Schumaker couldn't reach. Two runs scored.
"That was a situation I wanted to come into," Boggs said. "I was trying to get it down and in on him and it was up a little more than I would have liked."
That was sufficient enough cushion for Reds closer Aroldis Chapman, who sealed the sweep by striking out the side for his 13th save.
"Right there you get an opportunity that just presents itself," said Rolen, who hadn't had an RBI since June 23. "You don't think about it and you try not to make it a bigger at-bat than it is."
Though the outcome again hinged on the bullpen's inability to make a critical pitch in a critical spot, the offense shouldered at least as much fault.
A half-inning before Rolen's heroics, the Cardinals were poised to put pressure on Cincinnati. Leadoff singles by Holliday and Carlos Beltran put Reds starter Homer Bailey on the hook. Bailey answered in a big way.
Lance Berkman, who finished 0-for-3 in his first start since May 19, struck out. Yadier Molina, who had driven in the team's first two runs, flied out. David Freese ended the frame with a groundout back to Bailey.
"We didn't hit when we needed to," said Molina, whose sixth-inning solo homer had tied the game at 2. "The whole series went like that. We have to keep battling and try to figure out what it is and try to fix it."
And then there were the earlier mistakes.
The Cardinals lost a key baserunner when Molina, after doubling home Berkman in the second inning, was thrown out trying to advance to third when a pickoff throw skirted away.
In the fifth, Westbrook's inability to lay down a sacrifice bunt proved costly. The lead runner was thrown out at second, an outcome made even more frustrating when Rafael Furcal followed with a single.
"When you're having trouble getting your offense started, you can't have little things happen," Matheny said. "They add up, especially in a series like this where every little play counts."
In the series, Cardinals starters allowed only seven runs in the combined 19 2/3 innings they were on the mound. Another three inherited runners they left scored, though that would typically seem hardly too much for a Cardinals offense that still leads the NL in runs scored and team batting average to overcome in a hitter-friendly ballpark.
Yet, the Reds continually capitalized late. They scored eight of their 12 runs from the seventh inning on. The Cardinals scored only twice after the sixth. Two of their losses came on last at-bat hits by players who used to play for St. Louis.
"You just have to keep fighting," Boggs said. "If our starters keep going out there and pitch like they've been pitching, we're going to win a lot of baseball games. You just keep fighting. You can't worry about what's happened. You just have to keep pushing."
Jenifer Langosch is a reporter for MLB.com. Read her blog, By Gosh, It's Langosch, and follow her on Twitter @LangoschMLB. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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American Secret Slang
American Wars
The words you will be informed of in this section are:
~gung ho
~basket case
~over the top
Gung Ho
In Mandarin Chinese, gung ho means to work together. When the U.S. went to war with the Chinese, we admired the way the people in the Chinese navy yards working together. While the U.S. was still at war with China, a man named Carlson joined the American forces.
In World War II, the Germans developed a weapon capable of shooting planes out of the sky. The Germans called it the
anone. This translates to anti-aircraft gun in English. Therefore, the Germans gave the pilots lots of flak or a hard time.
Basket Case
Over the Top
In World War I, soldiers would be in trenches while fighting the enemy. At certain times, the general would blow a whistle or give a command for everyone to climb out of the trenches and go over the top to run across No Man's Land to get to the enemy.
What is the history behind some
of America's most used terms?
In this presentation, you will learn the origin of several of America's commonly used terms.
BY: Clay Kenney
At the age of 14, Carlson ran away from home to try to join the army. He had to tricked the recruiters because he was under the age requirement. He was in the war for 5 years (age 19) and then was decommissioned. In 1917, Carlson reenlisted into the army but arrived to late to join in battle. Another five years later, (1922) Carlson is now 26 years old and joins the Marine Corps. After another 5 years, Carlson is deployed to Shanghai. In July 1937, Carlson had his third Chinese war tour. In 1941, Carlson joined the National Reserves. On February 19, 1942, a special forces regiment was made. It was called the 2nd Raider Battalion and their motto was Gung Ho. Carlson was put in charge of this group. Years later, a movie was made about the Raider Battalion which promoted the use of gung ho.
In World War I, doctors had minimal ways to deal with the stress caused by the war. The doctors would have these patients start weaving baskets to make them think of something besides the war.
Captain Ambrose Burnside had facial hair that was thin near the ears, thick on the cheeks, and thick under the nose. During the Civil War, this form of facial hair was called burnsides. After the war, it was renamed to sideburns.
In this section, you will be informed on terminology that we use from other countries' wars.
Foreign Wars
~how do you like them apples?
In the 1600's, Scottish living in the highlands were called hill folk. The hill folk that supported their patron, King Billy, were called hill billy boys. Years later when the Scottish moved to America, we shorten the name to just hill billy.
How do you like them apples?
In World War I, the British developed a mortar shell that looked like a apple on a stick. It was called the toffee apple. Each time the soldiers shot it, they would yell "How do you like them apples?".
In the 1600's, a religious war broke out in Scotland. It started with the Presbyterians against the King (Billy), when the Presbyterians signed letters to the king in their own blood declaring freedom. The rebels then wore red scarves around their necks as a sign of freedom. When they showed up in American, w called them rednecks because of the scarves they wore around their necks.
When America declared independence from Britain, they called us Yankee's. This term meant stupid. Later, the British used the term Jan Kees to specifically describe the Dutch settlers of New York and Delaware. But the Dutch heard yankees, not jan kees. In the Civil War, the term Yankee included anyone over the Mason-Dixon line. In World War 1, the British called our troops Yankees but the people from the south would not tolerate having the same name of the people they just finished fighting.
Presidential Make-ups
In this section you will be learning about terms that presidents of the U.S.A. have made up.
These terms include:
~Throw your hat into the ring
~The buck stops here
~Stump Speech
"Throw your hat into the ring"
In 1901, public boxing matches were held. At this time all guys wore hats. During some matches, the referee would ask for volunteers from the crowd to fight the champ. If you wanted to fight, you would throw your hat into the ring. Theodore Roosevelt made this term a political term describing politicians who jumped into the political race.
To stonewall something means to stick with it and to not give up. This term was first used by soldiers who described their commander, General Thomas Jackson, who fought off a Confederate attack. His troops said that he stood there like a stonewall. The press then used the term stonewalling to describe Richard Nixon, who was stonewalling his story after a scandal that ruined his presidency.
"The Buck Stops Here"
In poker, they used to pass around a buck knife. Who ever stopped the knife became the dealer, the buck stops there. Harry Truman was a big poker player and widely influenced this term. He even had signs made saying it.
"Stump Speech"
Politicians used to get on a stump to give speeches because they were easy to get on and you were then taller than everyone else. Theodore Roosevelt liked this term.
Four score and seven years ago...
Crime & Scandals
In this section you will learn about crime and scandals that have happened all across America over the years.
This section will include:
~The third degree
~Sing like a canary
~up the river
The Third Degree
When a mobster was caught, he would go through an interrogation. It would be steamy and hot like a hot fire (burns caused by heat are the 1st degree, 2nd, degree, and the 3rd degree). Therefore, they called intense interrogations the third degree.
Sing Like a Canary
This term came from New York around 1900's. It originated from criminals that ratted out others to the police. The criminals would "sing" to the cops and like a canary because they told as much as they could. Although, this term really became popular in 1941. In 1941, when a canary, Abe Reles, died in a suspicious fall from a hotel window. The press deemed it a canary that couldn't fly.
The term bootlegger came around when a law was passed forbidding anyone to sell alcohol to one another or Indians. The people got around this law by making thin, glass bottles that would fit in their boots. They would then smuggle the alcohol to the Indians that way.
Up The River
This term comes from New York. Whenever a criminal or mobster was arrested, they would be put on a boat and taken 30 miles up river to the prison.
This started as a line in the dirt, fence, or other marking that restricted prisoners in camps. Anyone who crossed the line could be killed. Then, the term deadline was used by newspaper companies to get the writers to turn their stories in on time.
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A 27-year-old Athens man Saturday became the first drowning victim in Pensacola Beach waters since September 2005.
The man drowned about 4:30 p.m., officials said.
The man, who had not been identified Saturday evening pending notification of next of kin, was not breathing and had no pulse when lifeguards pulled him ashore behind Emerald Isle condominiums, officials said.
"They had to bring him in with a reel," said Bob West, Santa Rosa Island Authority Safety director.
West explained that a lifeguard went out with a line and West and bystanders on the shore pulled the lifeguard and the victim back to the beach.
"As the lifeguard got to him, he submerged," West said.
The victim and his friends were in the water behind the Days Inn, West said.
"A long shore current dragged him from west to east down the beach," West said.
The victim was transported by Escambia County EMS to Gulf Breeze Hospital, West said.
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30A Seaside, Florida
It's no secret that we love living in Pensacola. One of the things we love the most is the ability to drive only a few hours and experience somewhere completely new! Our favorite weekend or day getaway is to 30A. 30A is a stretch of uniquely planned beach communities located on the Florida panhandle along the Gulf of Mexico. Each community has it's own distinct style and personality. All of the communities are located along the same road, 30A, and easily accessed by bicycle. One of the communities, Seaside, is the idyllic setting of the movie The Truman Show and it is easy to see why. The water is bluer and clearer, the sand is whiter, and the pace is slower on 30A. It is only a two hour drive from Pensacola but feels like a vacation in paradise.
The first time we ventured to this area, we stayed at the Watercolor Inn in Watercolor for Valentine's Day. Watercolor was the first place we visited along 30A and to this day is still one of our favorites! If we were to ever own a home here, it would definitely be in Watercolor. The people at the Watercolor Inn were wonderful and extremely friendly. Our room walked directly out to the beach and to a heated adults only pool. We spent our days riding bikes, laying by the pool, and drinking mimosas. At night, we headed to Rosemary Beach for dinner (Restaurant Paradis) followed by wine and chocolate fondue at La Crema. I highly recommend La Crema!!
Since our first trip, we have been back several times! When Rob's parents came into town, we knew we had to take them and when I finally got a beach cruiser of my own, I couldn't wait to ride it in Seaside! There is so much to do in this area but here are some of our favorites:
Almost every single trip, we have arrived hungry and eaten brunch at Great Southern Cafe. The bacon and pecan waffles are out of this world good! This last trip we tried The Donut Hole which was also fantastic! Bud and Alley's Taco Bar, The Shrimp Shack, Pickles and the food trucks in Seaside are our usual stops for lunch. As discussed above, fondue at La Crema is fabulous. They have an entire menu dedicated to chocolate! A cold treat from Poshsicles in Rosemary Beach is always welcome.
A 32 oz mimosa from Modica Market is a necessity. No questions asked. I highly recommend doing happy hour at Caliza in Aly's Beach. I'm in love with the architecture in Aly's Beach and the ambiance at Caliza is so cool and modern. The pool is closed at night so you are able to take your drinks and relax on a hammock or in a cabana. Finally, you can't beat the view from happy hour at Bud and Alley's, especially during sunset!
Bicycle is definitely the preferred mode of transportation–rent a couple of beach cruisers or bring your own. We love to ride bikes through the neighborhoods and check out all of the gorgeous homes. The beach is obviously another must do but there are also tons of cute boutiques and shops to check out, in addition to farmers markets and festivals.
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Singer/songwriter at Time4God first posted 11 March 2003
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Singer-songwriter Kenny Thomas will be guest speaker at this Sunday's Time4God young Catholics group in Pimlico, central London.
With a string of hit songs under his belt, including a double platinum album. Kenny has also worked with Anthony from Blue, and written a song on Rod Stewart's album 'Human'. A new release on the SuSu record label will be coming out later this year.
Although the music industry has a reputation for sex, drugs and rock & roll Kenny thinks that you are more likely to see people outside of the music industry leading wilder lifestyles these days.
A committed Catholic, Kenny has some strong views on the way the music business is run. "It has become so market-driven it is really stifling creativity he said. "In the industry you do get those individuals who love music but for many its about money, power, ego and gratification."
Kenny says he's also concerned at the way people are exploited within the industry as a result of greed and is disturbed at the way pornography is creeping into pop music videos.
"We live in an age where everything is based on how we feel. We've got to the point where we're 'feeling junkies'. But often what feels good isn't good for you. With a faith perspective you start to realise this. I know that there is a real danger in simply following the light of ones feelings. It is only God's light that truly shows us the way to go. And it would seem that some of the songwriters and video directors out there have lost their way."
Kenny says he owes his faith to his mother Angela, who died three years ago. "She was Spanish, from the Canary Islands, and she was very devout," he said. "She was very prayerful and said the rosary each day and just lived the out the Little Way. Two and a half weeks before she died I took her to Lourdes. She was in a wheelchair. It was a very different experience to going on an ordinary pilgrimage because this time my mother was very ill and both she and I were aware that she was dying.
"It was a foretaste of heaven for her and quite a life-changing experience for me. I've arrived at a point now where I can thank God for her life and for her death and for the cross he gave her to carry.
"In my own life I see the many times when I have tried to escape the cross and avoid those things which do not 'feel good'. But I have realised that these are the times which bring about the most growth."
Kenny Thomas will be talking being a Catholic in the music industry at Tme4God. The event starts at 3.30pm, at Holy Apostles Parish, 47 Cumberland Street, Pimlico, SW1.
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Dan Brown delivers a record-breaking bestseller with the Inferno and sets a new bar for the genre of mystery, action, and adventure. If you appreciate Italian history, art, and literature, this gripping thriller will be your best bet. Mr. Robert Langdon, a professor of symbology at Harvard, wakes up in a hospital somewhere in Italy. He doesn't remember anything about the last day and a half and is clueless about a mysterious object that he found in his own belongings.
A ruthless assassin, a woman, is coming after him and chasing him through Florence, and that is why the professor and his doctor, Sienna Brooks, can only do one thing - escape, run for their lives. Naturally, they'll have to figure out a centuries-long mystery in order to survive, so, they start their own investigation and sort through a line-up of codes that a genius scientist obsessed with the idea of Apocalypse left behind.
Another thing that this man spent countless hours studying is Dante's The Inferno. Dan Brown is known for writing the best mystery thrillers of our time, but he managed to "jump over his head" with Inferno and create one of the most memorable novels of our time.
If you're a fan of fast-paced, action-packed, gripping and exciting adventure stories with a healthy dose of thriller and mystery in it, this book would be a perfect purchase for you. There are a lot of solid books in the genre, but only Dan Brown can make you guess and second-guess on every single page and deliver a shocking twist at the very end. Bottom line is - if you want to be entertained and get a nice boost of adrenaline, Mr. Brown is the man to turn to.


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More than two thirds of the world's population has a mobile subscription, and mobile users are highly active.
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Finding customers with mobile marketing involves either pulling people toward your messages or pushing your messages out.
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Pocketmaster is a lowtech-music-project from Basel founded in 2005 by Cube-C and Emglio Laser.
They use the soundchips of classic gameboy and 8-bit or 16-bit homecomputers, especially the one of Commodore 64. Of course also newer hardware is used to some extend, mixed up with samples of various sources. As a result, freaky electropop or micropunk makes you dance until game over.
Too squiggly and too humorous to sink into minimal mainstream, they squeak and bleep with international success


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Irpinia contradicts everything you expect about Southern Italy. The rainy climate and green mountains have more in common with the Pacific Northwest than the Amalfi Coast, just 40 miles away. Instead of Roman ruins like those at Pompeii, stones remain from the Osci, the native Campanian tribe known for their salacious festivals. The spiritual center of the region is the famously hard-to-reach church at Montevergine.
Pilgrims arrive after long bus rides over highways that span seemingly bottomless gorges. Irpinia's landscape is foreboding, which is why the Montevergine pilgrimage has always required strong and focused devotion. The thin air is hard to breathe. The damp stone from the mountain's peaks perfume the air with ancient minerals.
In the cleared piazza, old women sell candles and chestnuts, but the attention belongs to the crowds of dancing men and women beating tambourines and clapping out ancient rhythms with castanets. If you took away the down coats and wool hats, the scene would look like it inspired one of the ancient mosaics on display at the archaeological museum in nearby Naples.
Energy builds among the devotees who pray and sing as the faithful have done here since the thirteenth century. But on February 2nd devotees wear lipstick and stubble and feather boas. By the time night descends, over two thousand gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender pilgrims will have passed through this Catholic shrine to worship the icon they call the 'Madonna of Transformation.'
The sanctuary at Montevergine. Photo: Westmere32nm/Commons.
Saint William of Vercelli established the first monastery at Montevergine in the twelfth century and is said to have gotten here with the help of a wolf rather than the traditional donkey. In the 1950s, when the current basilica was under construction, work crews brought live animals with them that they would slaughter, butcher and eat because they were so far from fresh food. Folk songs recount how pilgrims from Naples would pack their donkeys and travel in caravans through mountains that were filled with wolves' caves and eagles' nests.
Inside the darkened church, a procession of now-reverent revelers shuffle shoulder-to-shoulder toward the icon they call Mamma Schiavona, 'serving mother,' passing flames to each other on thin white tapers. A male voice calls out in Neapolitan dialect: "O Maronna, quanno si bella." The crowd responds in unison, praising her beauty and generosity. They look up toward the Virgin who stares back from a golden background, with the Christ child on her lap. Historically, women would lead this type of chanting, but gender is mutable at Montevergine and has been so for millennia.
Mamma Schiavona is one of Italy's famous black Madonnas. Her adherents describe her as the one who 'gives everything, forgives everything.' Her presence on this site has a long lineage rooted in the ancient mother-earth goddess Cybele, with dark skin symbolic of fertile soil.
Centuries ago, the foundations beneath the church supported a temple of Cybele. Brought to Southern Italy from Anatolia, her cult was absorbed into the Greco-Roman world. Rites of Cybele included long, orgiastic rituals of dancing and drumming that today are recognized in the tammurriata, a dance performed between men and men, women and women, and men and women.
Mamma Schiavona. Photo: Wikipedia/Commons
"Dancing and drumming could go on for days. As people who worked the earth, they would have had the physical strength and stamina to keep up with the rituals," says Allison Scola, an expert on Southern Italian folk dance and music. The tammurriata is built around a few simple steps that charge and release sensual energy. Partners can mix movements and react to each other in the moment. Like the whirling dervishes of Sufism, the tammurriata puts people in a trance and prepares the body for spiritual ecstasy and transformation.
The undercurrent of these rituals has always been fertility. In order to be transformed by mother earth, the priests of Cybele, Galli, would castrate themselves, literally sacrificing their own sex. Galli priests were notorious for their long hair, yellow and pink clothing and sexually provocative dances and ceremonies. It is because of Mamma Schiavona's ancient ancestry that transgender people consider her a protector.
The words sung by pilgrims in front of the icon at Montevergine explain that she is the ugly sister of seven beauties who hid herself so far away from the rest of the world. Then the drums beat louder as the story flips and Mamma Schiavona becomes the most beautiful of all. Pilgrims leave the sanctuary, still singing, drumming and dancing in the snow, long into the candle-lit night.
In 2002, a group of LGBT pilgrims were thrown out of Montevergine by a priest who became enraged by the sound of their tambourines and castanets. Two weeks later, for the February 2nd Candelora feast, hundreds of LGBT pilgrims and activists returned with Vladimir Luxuria, a former member of parliament and Italy's most famous transgender person. Candelora at Montevergine was officially established as a day of Femminiello Pride.
Femminiello Pride has an entirely local resonance. Femminielli have been important members of Neapolitan culture since the 1500s, serving as entertainers and prostitutes, but with high social standing. The closest parallel today might be the Thai Kathoei or 'lady boys,' – biological men who identify as women. Preserving the femmeniello's place in Neapolitan society is part of a larger reaction in Southern Italy against globalization, which many fear is diluting the culture.


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Hall of Famer Annika Sorenstam out of retirement to play in Lake Tahoe
STATELINE, Nev. — Former MLB pitcher Rick Rhoden has seven trophies from the American Century Celebrity Golf Championship in his case. Former NFL quarterback Rick Rhoden has four.
The two of them were feeling pretty good about themselves and their odds to add more hardware this week at Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course until they heard how many trophies this year's top tournament newcomer has: 89.
Former LPGA Tour player and Hall of Famer Annika Sorenstam is coming out of retirement this week to play in the heralded celebrity event and she has a few former champions comparing athletic achievements.
"She never got Mike Schmidt out. That's the way I look it," joked former MLB pitcher and seven-time American Century Champ Rick Rhoden. "We don't have any of those kind of trophies at our house. I might have an All-Star team ball or something, but I don't have any major trophies."
"I've got a John Elway autographed jersey," defending champ and former NFL quarterback Billy Joe Tolliver offered.
Week of @ACChampionship I am excited pic.twitter.com/7aRWQLp2u1
— Annika Sorenstam (@ANNIKA59) July 14, 2014
Her presence alone is both intimidating (imagine big Jerome Bettis intimidated by a girl for a minute) and intriguing. At the Harrah's Lake Tahoe Sportsbook just up the street, the odds opened at 2-to-1. Determining those odds was a much different process than determining those of the usual suspects like Rhoden, Tolliver, John Elway, Mark Rypien and last year's darkhorse Stephen Curry.
"So what we think is: What are we going to do with Annika? And it's a decision we kind of toss it around," said sportsbook director Steve Schorr. "When we hear Annika's playing, it kind of shakes us up a little bit, so we go back and we look: She's a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame, she was the LPGA player of the year eight times before retiring in 2008, she had 89 worldwide victories, including 17 on the LPGA, and 10 major championships and 22 million in earnings."
Sorenstam agreed to play from the men's tees on a course set up much longer than a typical LPGA course. But the tournament uses the Modified Stableford scoring format, a system which rewards aggressive play without necessarily punishing for a bad hole like stroke play.
"It's a decision we kind of toss it around," Schorr said. "On the positive side, she's a champion golfer. On the negative side, the Stableford system, we think that it probably favors the men a little more. She won't be driving as far as the guys sitting at this table."
The odds have since lowered, but still favor Sorenstam.
"We threw out the number of 2-to-1, and a lot of people thought at 2-to-1 she was a bargain," Schorr said. "So as the betting came in, we lowered the odds. And as of today, we are 12 to win 10.
@ANNIKA59 the boys are afraid of you! Please kick some golf butt at the @ACChampionship http://t.co/FlsdslDWbi @LPGA
— pinkdivagolf (@pinkdivagolf) July 16, 2014
"So pretty much all the money is on Annika."
Sorenstam has long held a residence in the area with a house in Squaw Valley's Incline Village and has attended the tournament as a fan in previous years. She has twice played at Edgewood and recorded scores of 71 and a 67
Tolliver holds the Edgewood Stableford record, an 84. He still insists that he's the favorite but clearly Sorenstam is already getting to his head.
"Over the years, (I've learned) I don't need to be sober to get the drop on these dogs," Tolliver said. "But now Annika is in this deal, I kind of have to maybe cut it back to a six-pack. Now, I don't know how that's going to affect me."
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Bread and Water for Africa® and our partners have long supported women's programs in Africa, enabling them to become self-sufficient and agents of change in their communities.
Bread and Water for Africa® and our partners have long supported women's programs in Africa, enabling them to become self-sufficient and agents of change in their communities.
Our Partners in Women's Programs:
Ndegbormei Development Organization (NDO) in Bumpe, Sierra Leone
Through support from Bread and Water for Africa and its supporters like you, NDO's clinics have provided health care specifically for pregnant and lactating women, enabling women to give birth safely and stay healthy to raise their children. Sierra Leone sadly has one of the highest infant mortality rates in the world – thanks to NDO's clinics, women are able to receive emergency pre and post natal care – regardless of their financial situation.
NDO also operates a Women's Skills development program for sewing and gara tie-dying in which 49 women are enrolled each year. Once these women complete a 6-9 month training program, they will have skills that will enable them to earn an income for themselves and their families. NDO supports their initial start-up by providing loaned job training kits that provide a sewing machine and gara tie-dyeing materials for women to start individual or small group businesses! learn more…
Faith Healing Development Organization (FHDO) in Grafton, Sierra Leone
Thanks to your support, FHDO was able to construct and begin operating a bakery project that has become a stable source of income for over 120 women in Sierra Leone.
The bakery project included a free introductory training course in the art of baking and the women have been equipped with the necessary selling stations throughout Grafton Village. The bakery provides employment opportunities for women to sell a high-quality, freshly baked bread to the region surrounding Grafton. Without the opportunities for a safe source of income provided by FHDO's bakery project, many of these women would fall victim to dangerous alternatives such as street begging or possibly prostitution. Many women are also mothers displaced by the violence from Sierra Leone's civil war, who are seeking to rebuild their families and a future for their children.
One participant, Mrs. Elizabeth Cole (in photo), is looking towards the future, thinking of expanding her business through the establishment of another station where she can increase her market area. learn more…
YETEEM Children and Destitute Mothers Fund in the Afar region of Ethiopia
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Martin Crantz (or sometimes Krantz) of the three, including Ulrich Gering and Michael Friburger, that set up a press at the Sorbonne in 1470 was likely the fellow who had the technical know how how to cast the type itself, hence the name of this new face that is based on his work. This font has been expanded to meet the demands of modern day use but it also contains a number of specialized glyphs that allow for the recreation of text in the manner of his day with such characters as the -rum abbreviation and other handy Renaissance oddities. Since this face was designed prior to 1501 there is no italic variant in keeping with the spirit of historical accuracy.
Provided with OTF, TTF in regular and bold with a full character map.
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Studies show that we have between 50,000 and 70,000 thoughts per day. The mind is a central repository for facts and information. It can be a very busy place and a source of great productivity, but at the same time it can also cause significant disturbance and anxiety…
Krsna in the Bhagavad-gita 6.6 shares a revealing insight:
"For him who has conquered the mind, the mind is the best of friends; but for one who has failed to do so, his mind will remain the greatest enemy."
So what practical steps can we take in our lives to make the mind our friend and not our foe? Following on from October's session on Ayurveda and the Mind, due to popular demand, this is part 2!
There was so much to get through, as well as so many interesting and relevant questions and discussions, that it was obvious we needed to do another session on the topic.
This session will look at the following:
– A deeper look into the role the mind plays on our overall health
– How does diet affect our mind?
– What can I add to my diet to help with mental health?
– A look at meditation and how it affects our neurological pathways
– How can we incorporate lifestyle practises that will improve our mental state
Date: Sunday 13th December 2015
Time: 9.30am – 12.30pm
Venue: Bhaktivedanta Manor
Course Fee: £20
Please note, it is not necessary to have attended session 1 on this topic in order to attend this one. Both sessions are stand-alone. If however, you would like to receive the recording to session 1, please follow the Paypal link on this page: http://krishnacollege.co.uk/courses/ayurveda-and-the-mind/
You can sign up to this course by following the Paypal link below, or at the Manor reception. You will then receive e-mail confirmation of your place on the course.
For more information, please email firstname.lastname@example.com or call Sesa das on 07854 734331
About the speaker
Ananga Sakhi devi dasi has been formally involved with Ayurveda for almost 15 years. She has run clinics across London, delivered numerous talks and seminars and has written a number of articles on different health topics. Her various talks on 'Pregnancy' and 'Ayurveda for the Winter' were very well received, and thus she is returning to continue with the 'Ayurveda Series', with this overview of Ayurveda in everyday life.
Aside from her Vedic understanding, she also has a BSc in Biomedical Sciences, which allows her to understand the science of Ayurveda within the modern context. She is married with two young boys, giving her ample opportunity to put this age old wisdom into practical experience with her own family.


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"When people told me I couldn't do something or they thought the "idea" was crazy…it actually fueled my fire to make it happen. I have always been a go-getter and I didn't let the word, "No" get in my way. I knew I would fail but I would just get back up and try again. As I got older, I realized something. People, who were scared of failing, were the people that thought I was crazy for doing something extraordinary. What I did was worked with Marine Mammals, auditioned for a Broadway show or did an Ironman Triathlon." ~Jennifer "Jen" Rulon, MS
As a health and fitness expert, Jennifer "Jen" Rulon MS, has inspired, coached and motivated many athletes to get to their first sprint triathlon to their 3rd Ironman Triathlon. Jen guides her athletes to learn about themselves BEYOND the physical aspects of doing an Ironman Triathlon. Jen is a 10x Ironman Triathlete and has learned "How to Structure Life with Ironman Triathlon Training."
Jen received her Masters Degree in Kinesiology, with an emphasis in Exercise Science at the University of Texas – San Antonio in 2012. Since 2001, she received her USA Triathlon Level I Coaching certification and has been coaching ever since. She is currently working on her NSCA, National Strength and Conditioning Association as a CSCS, Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist.
Jen's writing and speaking engagements is inspired by her rewarding experience; both from competing herself and from being lucky enough to share the success of athletes that she has coached. With a wealth of knowledge from Ironman Triathlons, nutrition pre, during and post and the science behind building strength, Jen's blog is full of resources for the athletic community. You will also see some of her knowledge shared in Runners World, Triathlete Magazine, Men's Online Journal and WebMD.
Living a full and happy life is the key to Jen's success but she wants nothing more than her athletes to feel the same way. She wants her athletes to step away from coaching with her, head into the world and believe that "Yes, it is possible to do anything, all I have to do is put my mind to it."
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1919, Versailles - Multilateral
Treaty of Versailles, June 28, 1919
[parts relating to China]
Article 128.—Germany renounces in favour of China all benefits and privileges resulting from the provisions of the final Protocol signed at Peking on September 7, 1901, and from all annexes, notes and documents supplementary thereto. She likewise renounces in favour of China any claim to indemnities accruing thereunder subsequent to March 14, 1917.
Article 129.—From the coming into force of the present Treaty the High Contracting Parties shall apply, in so far as concerns them respectively:
(1) The Arrangement of August 29, 1902, regarding the new Chinese customs tariff;
(2) The Arrangement of September 27, 1905, regarding Whang-Poo, and the provisional supplementary Arrangement of April 4, 1912.
China, however, will no longer be bound to grant to Germany the advantages or privileges which she allowed Germany under these Arrangements
Article 130.—Subject to the provisions of Section VIII of this Part, Germany cedes to China all the buildings, wharves and pontoons, barracks, forts, arms and munitions of war, vessels of all kinds, wireless telegraphy installations and other public property belonging to the German Government, which are situated or may be in the German Concessions at Tientsin and Hankow or elsewhere in Chinese territory
It is understood, however, that premises used as diplomatic or consular residences, or offices are not included in the above cession; and, furthermore, that no steps shall be taken by the Chinese Government to dispose of the German public and private property situated within the so-called Legation Quarter at Peking without the consent of the Diplomatic Representatives of the Powers which, on the coming into force of the present Treaty, remain Parties to the Final Protocol of September 7, 1901.
Article 131.—Germany undertakes to restore to China within twelve months from the coming into force of the present Treaty all the astronomical instruments which her troops in 1900-1901 carried away from China, and to defray all expenses which may be incurred in effecting such restoration, including the expenses of dismounting, packing, transporting, insurance and installation in Peking.
Article 132.—Germany agrees to the abrogation of the leases from the Chinese Government under which the German Concessions at Hankow and Tientsin are now held.
China, restored to the full exercise of her sovereign rights in the above areas, declares her intention of opening them to international residence and trade. She further declares that the abrogation of the leases under which these concessions are now held shall not affect the property rights of nationals of Allied and Associated Powers who are holders of lots in these concessions.
Article 133.—Germany waives all claims against the Chinese Government or against any Allied or Associated Government arising out of the internment of German nationals in China and their repatriation. She equally renounces all claims arising out of the capture and condemnation of German ships in China, or the liquidation, sequestration or control of German properties, rights and interests in that country since August 14, 1917. This provision, however, shall not affect the rights of the parties interested in the proceeds of any such liquidation, which shall be governed by the provisions of Part X (Economic Clauses) of the present Treaty.
Article 134.—Germany renounces in favour of the Government of His Britannic Majesty the German State property in the British Concession at Shameen at Canton. She renounces in favour of the French and Chinese Governments conjointly the property of the German school situated in the French Concession at Shanghai.
Article 156.—Germany renounces, in favour of Japan, all her rights, title and privileges — particularly those concerning the territory of Kiaochow, railways, mines and submarine cables — which she acquired in virtue of the Treaty concluded by her with China on March 6, 1898, and of all other arrangements relative to the Province of Shantung.
All German rights in the Tsingtao-Tsinanfu Railway, including its branch lines, together with its subsidiary property of all kinds, stations, shops, fixed and rolling stock, mines, plant and material for the exploitation of the mines, are and remain acquired by Japan, together with all rights and privileges attaching thereto.
The German State submarine cables from Tsingtao to Shanghai and from Tsingtao to Chefoo, with all the rights, privileges and properties attacking thereto, are similarly acquired by Japan, free and clear of all charges and encumbrances.
Article 157.—The movable and immovable property owned by the German State in the territory of Kiaochow, as well as all the rights which Germany might claim in consequence of the works or improvements made or of the expenses incurred by her, directly or indirectly, in connection with this territory, are and remain acquired by Japan free and clear of all charges and encumbrances.
Article 158.—Germany shall hand over to Japan within three months from the coming into force of the present Treaty the archives, registers, plans, title-deeds and documents of every kind, wherever they may be, relating to the administration, whether civil, military, financial, judicial or other, of the territory of Kiaochow.
Within the same period Germany shall give particulars to Japan of all treaties, arrangements or agreements relating to the rights, title or privileges referred to in the two preceding Articles.
[MacNair, Modern Chinese History: Selected Readings, Vol. 2, p. 842.]


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For centuries, "Yscla" was a virtually undeveloped settlement in the middle of the Silvretta region. And, even in the middle of the twentieth century, none of the rural community who lived there had the faintest idea that a world famous centre of tourism could develop out of their "island". In the meantime, in the wake of the development of its Silvretta cable car service in the sixties, Ischgl has not only realised a sensational development of this former mountain farming village, but has also consistently set new standards in a modern holiday resort.
Endless holiday fun
The source of the worldwide attraction Ischgl has today lies of course in its extraordinary location. Surrounded by mighty mountains, Ischgl in winter has been utilised to its best advantage – yet also responsibly – and has gone from strength to strength to become the ultimate holiday destination for those in the know. Perhaps this is because – alongside the joys of downhill and cross-country skiing and snowboarding – there is also a cool and sophisticated après-ski experience on offer.
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Peter Borkovics is a Hungarian glass artist who has worked in glassblowing, casting, and cutting and polishing. His work has ranged from jewelry to glassware to sculptural objects and lamps. More recently, he has turned his attention to kilnformed glass.
His work, as shown above and to the right, explores the way in which glass melts and flows in the kiln. By careful planning and close examination he is able to stop the flow at a particular stage, capturing the glass in mid flow.
You can see some more of his work at: https://www.pinterest.com/jonopalski/peter-borkovics-art-glass/


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It gives us immense pleasure to extend to you all a warm welcome on behalf of the Directorate of Medical Education, Training & Research and Jorhat Medical College.
A National Conference pertaining to Medical Education is being organized for the very first time in the eastern region of the country and it is indeed a very proud moment for us. All health professionals from Medical colleges, Dental Colleges, Nursing, Physiotherapy and Allied Institutes are welcome to be a part of the forum.
As you are aware, faculty development in medical education has become increasingly important in the upliftment of the standards of medical education more so in the present day context of the changing scenario.
This appears to be the perfect time to reflect, review and assess our existing teaching methodologies and make it at par to International standards.The ultimate goal is of creating a world class Indian Medical Graduate competent to serve the community. Furthermore, with the expansion in the number of medical colleges in the State, it becomes imperative that the quality of medical education be maintained and the scientific methodologies of teaching and learning be percolated to one and all.
Towards achieving this goal, the need for a suitable platform was felt where there could be amalgamation of all health professions' educators with the pioneers in the field for improving individual knowledge and skills in teaching tools, educational research and educational administration in order to sensitize, equip and empower Health Professions' Educators in discharge of their professional duties.
We believe that a National level conference on Medical Education by the ME Unit of Jorhat Medical College, Jorhat under aegis of the Directorate of Medical Education, Training and Research will go a long way in sensitization and capacity building of Health Professions' Educators.
We welcome you all once again to the "The Cultural Capital of Assam". Come and experience our hospitality and leave with warm memories of your stay here.


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This morning I hit the seemingly innocuous weekly software update button on an Apple iMac. After disastrous "bad" updates from Apple for Airport and Apple TV devices (rendering them useless) I always read the details on any update. So, today, I clicked "read detail" and saw that the updates were for Safari (Apple's browser) and iTunes. "Restart required". Well, there was no restart. The machine struggle to restart and died.
Now, why write this complaint to Seeking Alpha? I am an occasional contributor to SA (on) media issues. I have also been Mac Fan from the days I owned an Apple II. Here's the investment issue. The Mac environment has had three attributes which distinguished them from Microsoft: Mac's are easy to learn, easy to use and reliable--both hardware and software. In my humble opinion, I believe that is no longer true. The updates that have killed three devices of mine have clearly been sloppily written and tested and created extraodinary costs in time, lost files and money. Here's the real question: is Apple a mediocre computer company that makes good phones or a phone company that makes poor computers?
I've read a number of pieces in Seeking Alpha about how everybody loves Apple. It seems to me that investors need to be cautious from here for a couple of reasons. It's sheer size, its deferred tax liability (I will at some point write about thta and company's overseas cash position--when I figure it out.) Most importantly, at a time, when its quality as a maker of easy to use, friendly, reliable computers and devices is deterorating, Apple is in a position of tremendous vulnerability precisely because everybody loves it as an investment vehicle.


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| Once I started photographing this new lower level of the lake,
I found stopping difficult.
The light kept changing.
The reflections change.
The shadows change.
The glow of the light changes.
The scene seems alive to me.
I will never capture it adequately.
But with hundreds of shots,
a small glimpse of the actual beauty may emerge.
Taken with a Canon EOS 7D and
an 18mm-200mm lens near Lake Isabella, California, USA.
Be sure to see my Lake Isabella Reflections calendar.
Thank you for visiting.


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An article about Covenant House Donations – http://www.covenanthouse.org/homeless-youth-news/three-generations-love-our-kids
An article about Jeff – http://www.covenanthouse.org/homeless-youth-news/author-goes-door-door-bring-hope-and-help-covenant-house
Journal News Article – http://www.covenanthouse.org/homeless-youth-news/journal-news-features-author-donating-proceeds-our-kids
Chappaqua Daily Voice Article – http://chappaqua.dailyvoice.com/events/chappaqua-author-sign-new-book-tarrytown-farmers-market
A literary taste of Chappaqua – http://theinsidepress.com/a-
BookGoodies Interview with Jeff – http://bookgoodies.com/interview-with-author-jeff-altabef
Tens List Interview with Laurie's Paranormal Thoughts – http://lauriethoughts-reviews.blogspot.com/2015/03/wind-catcher-by-jeff-altabef-erynn.html
Interview on Olivia's Catastrophie – http://olivia-savannah.blogspot.nl/2015/04/olivias-catastrophe-breaking-into_25.html
An Interview with Jeff Altabef
1. First, please tell us a bit about yourself, anything you'd like from your favourite food, to what you like to do in your free time.
I've always been a big reader, but I started to write seriously when I changed jobs in 2009. All of a sudden I had ample free time on my hands and a fifteen-year-old daughter who loved reading. We wrote my first project together, a young adult fantasy novel, and I've been hooked ever since!
I was spoiled at an early age by my mom's cooking, so really any type of Southern Italian food is my favourite. My wife once asked me what I would choose if I had to pick between pizza and writing. A Sophie's Choice if ever there was one. I almost choked on my third slice!
I'm a big Knicks fan, which means I become unreasonably optimistic during pre-season, and then go through long periods of melancholy during the regular season. Forty-two years is a long time to wait for a championship. I volunteer at the Writer's Center at my local community college and author a column for The Examiner focused on writing.
2. Shatter Point is the second book you've written, and makes reference to your first book Fourteenth Colony do readers need to read the first book to understand the second?
I started writing Shatter Point after much good-hearted pestering from readers of Fourteenth Colony. They wanted to know what happens next, so I used some of the same characters in Shatter Point, but it definitely stands on its own. I wrote it specifically as an independent novel, so absolutely no familiarity with the Fourteenth Colony is necessary to enjoy it. The best thrillers are stand-alone novels even if they're part of a series.
That's interesting, it's great that you can read one without the other. That's something a lot of readers look for before choosing to read a book, and it's awesome that there are links without it being necessary to read the other book.
3. You're a new author at Evolved Publishing, can you tell us a bit about working with a small publisher, and why you chose them?
Evolved Publishing has a reputation for high quality, award-winning books. That's important to me. The company you keep is critical in building your own brand as a writer. With them, I'm part of a great team.
Working with Evolved on Shatter Point has been great. I don't think I could have gotten a better team at any other publisher – large or small. Megan Harris and Lane Diamond are truly talented editors that not only made this book better, but helped me become a better writer. Mallory Rock is an extremely gifted artist. She took my rambling thoughts and made art out of them. I'm very pleased Evolved was silly enough to take me on.
4. In Shatter Point, you develop a dystopian world that doesn't require a big suspension of reality to be believable. Could you help our readers understand the difference between a dystopic universe, a science fiction one and a fantasy universe?
Shatter Point as a psychological thriller with some near future dystopian elements. Wow, that's a mouthful, but the plot and characters drive the story more than the setting. Set roughly twenty-five years in our future, the novel takes a dystopian view of America—basically income/wealth/political inequality have concentrated in the wealthiest few to an alarming extent. Few people have a problem believing this future for us, which in itself is very depressing.
I enjoy books that make the reader think, not just about the characters or plot, but about other themes. Shatter Point is full of those themes, and by setting the story twenty-five years in the future, I can show what our country might look like if we ignore inequality issues.
Good science fiction usually takes place far in the future, involves great leaps forward in technology, and has some element of space travel. I always think of Isaac Asimov when I think science fiction. Fantasy universes are simply worlds involving the mystical where all of the rules of nature don't apply–think witches or dragons or vampires. I think Game of Thrones is correctly characterized as a fantasy series. You can mix the two like in Frank Herbert's Dune series, which I think is more fantasy than science fiction but others might disagree.
5. Writing thrillers isn't an easy task. They have to be complicated and convoluted enough to confuse the reader who is always trying to figure out the ending, and they have to be cohesive enough to flow between characters and settings. How did you keep all the characters and scenes straight while writing Shatter Point.
I never outline a story before I write it. I usually start knowing where I want the plot to get to at the middle and the end of the story, but I let the characters figure out how they arrive at those points on their own. Often, I'll think through a scene and discover my characters want to take the story in an unexpected direction. As weird as it sounds, I love those moments. It makes writing exciting and the story fresh. The plot unfolds as I go, which means it's never predictable for me, or the reader!
My writing is always character driven. Before I start writing, I make sure I have a strong understanding of my major characters: who are they, what makes them tick, their background, their strengths and weaknesses. You'll find my characters, whether protagonists or antagonists, are always multi-faceted. People are never black and white, and my characters usually struggle with their faults.
How do I keep track of the twists and turn? My mind just works that way. It spins like a top. Some times it comes in handy, but mostly it's annoying!
6. You've reached out to a vulnerable population through Covenant House, can you tell us more about their work, and what drew you to helping them in particular.
Covenant House is an international charity headquartered in New York City that helps homeless children between 16 and 21 years of age. A good friend of mine is on their board. When I signed a publishing contract for Fourteenth Colony, I wanted to start my new career by benefiting others and fell in love with the people and the good work Covenant House does every day. There's over 23,000 homeless youth in NYC alone. Covenant House takes in kids, gives them a safe place to live, hope for the future, education, job training skills, medical assistance, and unconditional love. I donate half of my proceeds from Fourteenth Colony to Covenant House and will also use Shatter Point to help support them.
7. In the past you've written for The Accidental Writers, and you also blog on your own. Many of the posts on The Accidental Writers deal with how to start writing, why to write and tips for new writers. Who helped you start writing, and why did you choose to reach to other potential writers by blogging?
When I finished my first manuscript, I had no idea what to do next. A good friend of mine had been an editor at Harper Collins, so I sent her the manuscript with the hope that she would be honest. She loved the story and helped me edit it. Her encouragement gave me the courage I needed to pursue a career in writing.
So many people I meet have stories in them they'd love to share with others, but they just don't know how to get started. I use my blog and my column to demystify the process so storytellers can also become writers.
8. Now for a fun one. If you were woken up in the middle of a large city locked in an experimental lab, knew no one, had amnesia and had no idea what was going on. What personal possessions do you always carry that you'd hope to wake up with, what's the first thing you would do and who is the first person you would try to contact?
If I'm in an experimental lab, I'm looking around to discover what type of super power they gave me. Hopefully nothing lame, but something cool like telepathic abilities or invisibility. That would be awesome. I'd check to see if the gold cross my grandmother gave me is around my neck because with her help (she passed over fifteen years ago) I'll probably be okay. No one was tougher or smarter than my grandmother. When I'm feeling low or face some daunting hurdle, I often think of her and the trials she overcame in her life. Once I picture her mischievous grin, I realize whatever I'm facing is manageable.
I'd contact my friend Reese. He's used to getting out of jams and we have an agreement. Enough said about that!!
9. Do you have a favourite place or space to write in, and any quirks or things you like to keep with you for inspiration while you write?
I have a "writing chair" where I like to slouch while I create. I never edit in that chair, but it works for creating. The weird thing is it's not comfortable in the least. My second favourite place to create is the local Starbucks while waiting for my youngest daughter to finish her dance classes. Something about the energy and the time of night works for me. But don't tell her!
10. We noticed that you have a few books lined up for the future, and that you'll be co-writing a series with your daughter. Have you started writing with her yet, and can you tell us a bit about what that process is like?
My next published book from Evolved will be Chosen: Wind Catcher, which is a young adult fantasy/thriller I've co-authored with my youngest daughter Erynn. We developed the idea for the story while on vacation in Sedona, so the book has great Native American themes.
The overall process has been awesome. She's so talented. Erynn reads first person YA veraciously and has really made our voice extremely authentic. We usually talk about what we want in a chapter first. I'll take a stab at writing it and she'll tell me what's wrong with my draft and how to improve it. I love spending time with her, and this is really a great way for us to do it. Plus the book will be amazing, if I do say so myself!


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"This is a yummy bread to be eaten with your coffee or tea--great for Thanksgiving or Christmas morning."
Cran-Apple Braid
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READY IN:1hr
YIELD:1 braid
Ingredients Nutrition
- 8 rhodes texas frozen dough rolls
- 2 tablespoons butter, soft
- 1 cup sliced apple
- 1⁄2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1⁄2 cup whole berry cranberry sauce
- 1 egg white, beaten
For the icing
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 tablespoon soft butter
- 3 tablespoons water
- 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla
- Allow rolls to warm to room temperature. On a sprayed or floured surface, roll dough into a 12 x 18-inch rectangle. Spread butter on entire surface.
- Place apple slices lengthwise down center third of dough. Sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar. Spoon cranberry sauce over cinnamon.
- Make cuts from filling to dough edges at about 2-inch intervals. Alternating sides, fold strips at an angle across filling. Fold bottom edge towards filling and finish by stretching last strip and tucking under bottom end. Using both hands, lift onto a cookie sheet coated with non-stick cooking spray.
- Brush with egg white. Bake 25 - 30 minutes in a 350°F oven. Place on rack and allow it to cool slightly before slicing. Glaze with thin icing, if desired.
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