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David J. Rodger is author of numerous Science Fiction Thrillers set in the dark near future. Excellent reviews. Creator of Yellow Dawn - The Age of Hastur RPG. Has written for SFX. Short stories published in UK, US, Canada and Japan. Supported by Bristol Fantasy & Science Fiction Society.
The majority of my novels occupy a similar time period (in the near future). This period is cut short by the apocalyptic event known as Yellow Dawn. Yellow Dawn acts as a dividing line and any book set after Yellow Dawn can be considered post-apocalyptic in nature. They still occupy the same universe, but readers can see it warped through a different lens. Here is a quick list to show you which novels come before and after Yellow Dawn:BEFORE YELLOW DAWN: THE NEAR FUTURE
I purchased [Yellow Dawn] simply because I love the settingMichael Tresca, RPG Examiner
This is really down to you. There are currently no serials. Each book is a separate story. You can start with any book. If you would like to know a little more detail about each novel, read the spotlights below, or jump straight to the books.SPOTLIGHTS! BEFORE YELLOW DAWN: NEAR FUTURE
...the best Sci-Fi I've read in ten yearsFloyd Hayes, former Creative Director of Cunning (US)
An epic action adventure that spans the globe and beyond• 1996
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God Seed { novel } Acclaimed documentary film-maker, Adam Kyle, is embedded within a team of corporate mercenaries, covering the start of an operation in England and looking to win further awards. When the operation goes dramatically wrong, Kyle finds himself battling for his life and his sanity as a new and dramatic story unfolds. Religion and politics propel him through a conspiracy that was born when old idealistic men were young, and towards an outcome that nobody on Earth could have dreamed in their worst nightmare...
H.P. Lovecraft brought screaming and thrashing into the 21st Century. This is very evocative of Gibson but with an undertoneof creeping horror that builds towards a brutal climax. Fantastic! I want more!S.R.Pyne
The investigations of a tough London cop brings him agonisingly close to the Sub-Prince of Hell • 1999
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I'd not heard of David J. Rodger, being more of a Rankin/Dexter fan! But it was suggested that if I liked crime thrillers I try Dante's Fool…I was hooked, really enjoyed it. Strong, believable characters and a storyline with the thought-provoking twist of the occult. I'll be reading more of David's books, and will definitely be looking out for the sequel to this one!Susan Pay
Corporate conflict from street gangs in Marseille to the top CEOs in Boardrooms across UTOC• 2005
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Iron Man Project has it all, fast pacing, action and drama. There is no Black and White, only shades of Grey. A large and well thought out universe which gives the story a credible background and makes you yearn to get to know more. Thumbs-up for this book!Alexander Siegelin
Industrial espionage and insiduous Evil creeping through a remote ski resort in New Zealand • 2008
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EDGE { novel } Ethan Carmichael is a global superstar in the world of tech. And he is close to total burn out. A snowboarding holiday in New Zealand seems like the perfect getaway, but something is not right about the mountain. The Maori speak of it only in nightmares. Then the murders begin. On the other side of the world, Halo Santana, an unscrupulous concept scout scrambles onto the trail of a new technology stolen from a corporate R&D lab. Rapidly out of his depth, he enters a frantic race to track down the missing components before his buyers have him killed. The fate of both men are tangled in a deadly web of lies, betrayal and a primeval god from beyond...
Edge is a great book. It's got an epic mountain setting and brings strong characters with interesting back-stories together to face some very bad things. The sci-fi aspects are blended into everyday use with the exception of a technology that an unscrupulous and delightful maggot of a man is trying to get his hands on. People die. Some die much worse than others. There is genuine creeping horror. Something is bad on that mountain and I highly recommend you find out what!Dr Andrew Collins
A fast and brutal journey into the heart of a darkness that has been lurking beneath the streets for 300 years• 2012
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Living in Flames { novel } Expelled from the marines on a dishonourable discharge ticket, Dex Raškovic, had ended up in Bristol working for a violent criminal family; running a nightclub, selling genetically modified drugs and looking for any way out. When he finds an old wooden idol clutched in the hands of a dead man, he takes it unaware of the bloody consequences this will bring. Whilst the bruised history of the city is pulled into sharp media focus, the tendrils of an ancient merchant family reach out to destroy their enemies. And a carrion God, lying dormant for three hundred years, slowly unfolds within the dark spaces beneath the city streets...
Rips forward at a frenetic pace, barely lets up. Like a Guy Ritchie movie with H.P. Lovecraft and William Gibson. The tight cast of characters play off each other well, strong dialogue and surprising twists with the interpersonal dynamics keeps the reader turning the pages. I devoured this book in two days, staying way past my bed time in my eagerness to uncover the dark secrets and how it would all play out. A thrilling read and recommended to anyone.Madison Cooper
Crime, politics and murder. An epic struggle between two survivors in a post-apocalyptic world. This is a monster of a book.• 2010
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Dog Eat Dog { novel } The Earth has suffered a cataclysmic event. Mikhail Drobná and Carlos Revira are two survivors, hungry for money and power, and fuelled by a desire to carve their names onto this new world. Strangers, until events bring them face to face in bloody confrontation. Complex evolving politics, private armies, corruption and murder on a shocking scale frame their violent struggle. Yet something inhuman now walks amongst the lonely, abandoned places and it has its own plans for this world...
One of the most engaging stories I've ever read.Samantha Rule
Without a doubt David J Rodger's best work to date.Simon Pyne
An exceptionally well written page-turner.Sergio Castenares
I became interested in your Yellow Dawn setting, and decided to purchase Dog Eat Dog. Just wanted to touch base and let you know that I thought it was a FANTASTIC read.Chris Taylor
An eerie and haunting tale of isolation in remote island waters, of madness, supernatural horror and death• 2012
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The Black Lake { novel } The Earth has suffered a cataclysmic event. A decade later five survivors leave the fortress island of Malta on an expedition to the sub-Arctic waters above Scotland. They intend to undertake scientific observations of an alien meteorological phenomenon that is one legacy of the apocalypse. What they find is a cosmic horror that seethes amongst the shadows of a shattered Earth. It is a story of escape and wonder, of madness and terror.
The story riffs thematically on Lovecraft classic "The Mountains of Madness" and you get a real sense of a hopeful expedition turning slowly sour and then disastrous but with fresh ideas and new angles. I absolutely love horror where the scares are well thought out with a lurking growing terror steadily increasing in volume. This book took me away for a creepy and satisfying afternoon and you should get it!Andrew Hardy
A classic detective story set in an Orwellian world; London, after the apocalypse • 2013
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The Social Club { novel } London survives the event known as Yellow Dawn, but only just; through the authority of the Group that took control nearly ten years ago. When the naked body of a man washes up on the banks of the Thames, the regime in charge tries to dismiss the death as another suicide. Senior Verifier Jadon Purgo has other ideas and as he digs through layers of deceit a gruesome truth begins to emerge... David J Rodger has crafted a claustrophobic vision of survivalism. The horrors of the world after Yellow Dawn are kept at bay through corruption and the idealism of rewarding success. But the real horror is what lies at the heart of this new London. This is a thriller you will not be able to put down or forget.
Just finished David J Rodger's The Social Club. It's a superb mystery that builds and builds until, by the end, you can't turn pages fast enough because your heart is thumping so hard it makes your hands shake...Jake Gillam
A collection of science fiction and dark fantasy short stories• 2012
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Songs of Spheres { short stories } 15 short stories hand-picked by the author as his personal favourites and presented with a brief introduction to each story. There are monsters that squirm and slither through the dark spaces beneath our feet, our dead are like carrion to them; and us, the living, are often victims of their hunger for violence and their taste in blood and terror. There are men and women who prey on the predators - a rough justice or karma in action. Technology carries information beyond the wires but what else can ride the electromagnetic waves? Demonic forces that infiltrate the mind through the new technology implants of the cyberpunk era. In dream-like realms, brave souls adventure deep into the strange worlds conjured by far flung minds. What mysteries do they discover and what secrets do they bring back with them into physical flesh and the reality of Humankind? The King in Yellow regards Earth from behind a pallid mask of silk; reposed on a throne of madness, corruption and decay within the black tower that stands beyond Carcosa. Hastur - the Great Old One that must not be named - the bearer of the Yellow Sign, has been brought forth. In tales of Yellow Dawn the consequences are here for those who dare to see. WARNING: some of these stories contain scenes of a disturbing and sexual nature.
I love this collection of short stories. There is a darkness that lingers with you afterwards, a darkness I enjoy going back to. For me it's like Blade Runner met William Gibson's Sprawl Trilogy in a bar, and then H.P. Lovecraft's Great Old Ones decided to camp out outside that bar and peer inside the windows.Sammi Rule
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I raced through Black Lake and didn't want it to end. The detailed descriptions of the locations and unique weather conditions all add to the dark atmosphere. You feel you're there - experiencing the slowly building suspense, dread and fear along with the main character Quint - as the secret of the Black Lake is finally revealed.Emma Hurst
Well-written, parts of the descriptive prose reminding me of John Wyndham. Quint- the main character- is well-defined,& his reactions to situations completely out of his experience is believable. I liked the touched of Lovecraftian lore which permeate this story too. Worthy of your attention.Ade Cooper
The best Sci Fi I've read in ten years. I can't think of anything that beats it in terms of action, the innovative ideas per page quota is off the chain, the characters are deep and real. Drobna is the best anti-hero in the genre. A total bad assFloyd Hayes
An exceptionally well written page-turner. Packed with action that I found compelling in its attention to detail and pace, and horror scenes that had my heart pounding, the post-apocalyptic future is immersive and dystopian.Cedric Patton
Fantastic! I've just finished reading 'The Social Club'. Fantastic! I hadn't read a novel for over 20 years at least and I had to 'learn' how to read a novel all over again. But it was worth it! The last forty pages (I won't give the game away!) were a bitingly tense roller-coaster ride and the ending a real 'gasp' moment!Chris Waller
A real gem! And a solid addition to a growing collection of books set in a consistent, well-constructed and interestingly portrayed dark future.Dr Rob Curtis
This is one of the most engaging stories I've read in a long while that I couldn't predict what was coming next. Intricately woven together and so deftly pulled apart by the shocking end as the story is unfolded. Dog Eat Dog is unlike anything I have read before and does an amazing job of immersing you into the dichotomy of the universe. The reader is pulled into two worlds: one of the technologically driven and seemingly untouchable powers that can afford to not get their hands dirty, and the other the grimy and terrifying existence of reality outside the safety of walled cities. The atmosphere of this story sticks with you long after you've put it down, the world is fully fleshed out and tangible and the characters even more so. I highly recommend this book to anyone who enjoy fast-paced action, intelligent intrigue, and relentless in-your-face storytelling.Samantha Rule
My copy of Dog Eat Dog arrived today. I sat down just to flick through it; next time I looked up I was 84 pages in! Utterly gripping, your best work yet.Hagen Landsem
I finished Dog Eat Dog. The last section was amazing, really ramped up and already ramped up ramping. At one point when I got off the subway I had to sit on the horrid wooden seats to continue reading, despite being on my way to work…James Morgan
Very Stephen King feel to it. Excellent story. Tightly written and fast-pacedSimon Pyne
…having both a lot of science fictional and supernatural horror elements, it still manages to maintain a grittier realism then many less speculative tomes.Reflexiones Finales
I totally enjoy your writing and it should be spread to all the readers in the world!@GameWriter
A compact grenade of sharp tech ideas, inhuman fury, revenge, ancient bloodlines and chilling supernatural horror.Dr Andy Collins
I read a lot of SF and Fantasy and I would say that Dog Eat Dog is definitely in the Top 10 percent of what I read.A. Sieglin
My copy of Dog Eat Dog arrived today. I sat down just to flick through it; next time I looked up I was 84 pages in! Utterly gripping, your best work yet.Connor Red
A likeable and believable central character - Even though he is clearly a genius, he only sees his inadequacies; very human!Dominic M.
The Black Lake is your best novel to date. A solidly likeable and believable central character, an excellent portrayal of isolation and mental disintegration, and the horror elements were not clumsy or in-your-face, but fitted with the overall narrative like a glove.Irini Arkan
Genuinely scary stuff. There's some truly disturbing imagery and ideas here, executed with a deft hand. I love the echoes of Lovecraft's "The Colour Out Of Space" and "The Whisperer in Darkness", and the greater inclusion of the Hastur mythology in the world of Yellow Dawn adds a wonderfully nightmarish aspect to an already chilling atmosphere.Chris Halliday
I can't wait to put my hands on another of David's novels and same will happen to you if you give 'Edge' a well deserved chance.Sergio Castenares
I have just finished reading The Black Lake and felt a compulsion to write and tell you how good it was. I personally think you captured the mythos perfectly and Lovecraft would have been either proud or slightly jealous :) although old Howard would have had M_____ find [....] dead with a just a journal as testament to what went on but if I'm honest I preferred your [...] ending as I sometimes find Lovecraft's tales unfinished.L D Simpson
I became interested in your Yellow Dawn setting, and decided to purchase Dog Eat Dog. Just wanted to touch base and let you know that I thought it was a FANTASTIC read. I'm really looking forward to the Yellow Dawn setting book arriving in a couple of days, and giving the setting a run.Chris Taylor
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Washington voters might be willing to approve higher taxes for some public projects, a new survey by The Elway Poll suggests.
Asked whether they would support or oppose a tax increase for seven different things local governments spend money on, a majority of the 501 voters surveyed to six of them.
75 percent would support tax increase for fire
74 percent for roads
73 percent for schools
64 percent for libraries
61 percent for parks and recreation
60 percent for public transportation.
Only 39 percent said they's support higher taxes for jails.
Elway pollsters were quick to point out that voters were differentiated between the different services, and on average only support tax increases for four of the seven. And, they said, "it's easier to tell a pollster you favor a tax increase than it is to raise your own taxes." So local governments should be careful about loading up a ballot with a pile of tax plans.
OLYMPIA — Legal marijuana growers in Washington will not get any of the tax breaks other farmers get, under a bill passed today by the Legislature.
The House gave final passage to a bill that makes marijuana farming different from any other agricultural product, and not eligible for various exemptions or credits for business and occupation, sales or utility taxes.
Thousands of would-be pot growers have applied for licenses and the Liquor Control Board, which regulates recreational marijuana under Initiative 502, began awarding licenses last week. They'll have to make their new operations work without the kind of tax help the state gives many other new industries.
House Finance Committee Chairman Reuven Carlyle, D-Seattle, said other agricultural producers get help to keep them competitive with farmers in other states, which also offer tax breaks. But marijuana farmers won't have that kind of competition, because growing marijuana remains illegal in most other states, he said.
If the marijuana industry needs help down the road, the Legislature can always consider tax breaks in a future session, Carlyle said.
But legal marijuana growers do have competition, Rep. Cary Condotta, R-East Wenatchee, said, from illegal growers who pay no taxes or fees to the state. Without tax breaks, legal recreational marijuana might be so expensive that people won't switch from the black market, and the system the state sets up will be "destined for failure."
Legal growers will get no breaks from the state or federal government and pay a 25 percent excise tax on sales to processors, who will pay a 25 percent tax on sales to retail stores. The stores will add another 25 percent excise tax, plus a sales tax, to consumers.
An estimate by the Office of Financial Management said will collect some $25 million over 10 years on the taxes that marijuana businesses will pay, that many other businesses don't.
The bill passed on a 55-42 vote, Speaker Pro Tem Jim Moeller ruled it didn't need a two-thirds supermajority because it didn't change any provision of I-502.
OLYMPIA – There is so much talk in legislative debates of the need to level the playing field that one wonders if an army of bulldozers should be dispatched to sporting facilities around the state.
Such leveling is almost always a major part of any call for tax breaks, whether it's for server farms or border-community retail stores. But the playing fields for alcohol sales are apparently the most cattywampus, judging from efforts to "tweak" Initiative 1183.
You remember I-1183, the initiative that was going to lower the price of hooch and make everyone happy by getting government out of the liquor business and letting the marketplace take control?. . .
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OLYMPIA — A unanimous Senate voted to bar tax breaks for the state's fledgling marijuana businesses.
On a 47-0 vote, it passed SB 6505, which says the state's new marijuana entrepreneurs who have filed for licenses to grow, process and sell recreational marijuana won't be eligible for various tax preferences that other businesses might enjoy.
Marijuana is not an agricultural commodity, and growers won't get certain tax breaks farmers who grow other crops receive. The bill excludes marijuana and marijuana-infused products from which eliminates the ability for persons in that industry to take advantage of tax breaks for agriculture. Marijuana businesses will also be ineligible for eight B&O tax preferences; 16 sales and use tax preferences; four additional excise tax preferences; and four property tax preferences, two for real property and two for personal property.
The bill was sent to the House.
OLYMPIA — A bill to give all businesses in Washington the same low Business and Occupation Tax rate, cutting some $1.8 billion out of state coffers next year, is a bad idea several people told the House Finance Committee.
Including the bill's sponsor, Rep. Larry Haler, R-Richland.
Haler said he proposed HB 2110 after last fall's special session to extend tax preferences to Boeing in an effort to land the production facilities for a new jetliner. "A lot of people are saying 'Why can't we have the Boeing deal?'" Haler told the committee.
Among those wondering most were farmers, who Haler said were "just scraping by" and who some members of the Legislature "are trying to get at" because they think farmers are wealthy.
Haler's bill would make almost every business's B&O tax rate .29 percent of gross receipts. The state currently has 12 different rates across 51 business classifications with many paying between .47 percent and 1.5 percent.
But Haler's bill would more than double the rate of .13 percent that farmers currently pay, Committee Chairman Reuven Carlyle, D-Seattle, said.
Rep. Cary Condotta, R-East Wenatchee, asked if Haler had any ideas on how the state would replace an estimated $1.8 billion in revenue in fiscal 2015 and $4.1 billion in the following two years.
No, said Haler. "I Would never advocate an income tax. There are probably other options out there."
The proposal also doesn't address all the tax exemptions and breaks the state has written into its tax code, Rep. Gerry Pollet, R-Seattle, said.
Haler agreed: "The state shouldn't be in the business of picking winners and losers."
Such a major change in tax policy probably can't be done in a short 60-day session, he said, but the Legislature should at least consider a special study of equalizing the B&O tax rate.
Washington state has the sixth best structure for business taxes in the country, the Tax Foundation said.
In its annual report on state tax "climates", the foundation gave Washington high marks…as it usually does.
This may surprise people who have heard the business community complain about the state's tax structure or notice that pro-business groups often give campaign money to candidates who vow to change it. . .
What legislators do with that knowledge is pretty much up to them, because the taxes are already law, and the election itself won't change that. . .
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Transparency in government is a great ideal, but like so many things it can be somewhat less than ideal in practice.
Take, for example, the edict of Initiative 960 that the Office of Financial Management let the public know the cost of legislation that could tap the state treasury. Excellent idea, because one never knows what the Legislature will dream up when all that brainpower is assembled in Olympia. . .
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From this morning's paper:
The next time you change the ring tone on your cellphone, consider choosing the sound of a cash register ringing. Or maybe The Beatles' song "Taxman."
Washington cellphone users have the dubious distinction of paying the second-highest taxes in the country. Nebraska has the highest cellphone taxes.
It's something you may have suspected the last time you checked your cellphone bill – if you were able to decipher it.. .
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A new survey suggests Washington voters would rather the Legislature cut spending than raise taxes, the folks at Moore Information say.
Wow. Bet you didn't see that coming. (Next week, Moore will poll people on whether they'd rather have rain or sunshine tomorrow.)
As with most polls, it's not just the overall results that matter, but what questions were asked, and how strongly people feel about them. . .
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Washington beer drinkers pay a higher tax than any state west of the Mississippi in the continental U.S.
So says the Tax Foundation in its weekly map feature that shows various tax rates.
The rate in Washington is 76 cents per gallon, which is eighth highest in the nation. Alaska and Hawaii are higher, but all the states around Washington are significantly lower.
The listed rate includes the temporary tax set to expire on June 30. Some folks in the Legislature were considering making that tax permanent, but the beer tax extension was pulled from the most recent tax proposal in the House of Representatives.
If that tax goes away, the beer tax will go down to about 26 cents per gallon, which would still make Washington the highest in the region, but bring it down to about 25th in the nation.
OLYMPIA — Democrats in the House pushed through a $900 million package of tax changes they say is designed to improve public schools, but Republicans insisted were job-killers.
On a 50-47 vote, it passed and sent to the Senate a bill that repeals or narrows nine tax preferences and extends a business tax increase on some professional services. The Senate has already passed a general operating budget with no new taxes, so this sets the stage for full-blown budget negotiations over the next four days, and possibly longer.
The 105-day legislative session ends Sunday. If a budget compromise is not reached and passed in both houses by then, a special session will be needed.
Under orders from the state Supreme Court to improve the public schools, House Democrats said they should expand education programs in part by closing or shrinking some tax preferences, credits or exemptions.
"I don't like the business and occupation tax, but what I like even less is is an uneducated work force," Rep. Larry Springer, D-Kirkland, said.
But the state expects to collect some $2 billion more in revenue from existing taxes in 2013-15 than it did over the last two years, Republicans said. It doesn't need new taxes to spend more on schools. But some businesses that rely on those tax breaks are existing on thin margins and may close.
"The best thing we can do for children who are at risk… is make sure their parents have jobs that support them," Rep. Maureen Walsh, R-Walla Walla, said.
The money raised by the changes in tax exemptions and an extension of what was instituted in 2010 as a temporary tax would go into a trust fund for education programs. The Legislature should have the courage to vote yes for the state's children, Rep. Laurie Jinkins, D-Tacoma, said.
"We could have solved this entire thing if we had funded education first… or if we live within our means," Rep. Matt Shea, R-Spokane Valley said.
OLYMPIA — The House is debating a package of tax changes that would raise about $900 million over the next two years by closing or reducing some tax exemptions, credits and preferences.
There are only a few amendments. The first, by Democrats, to give non-residents a change to file for a refund of the sales taxes they pay when shopping in Washington, passed on a voice vote.
The second, by Republicans, to place any taxes on the November ballot through a referendum and remove the emergency clause failed on a 46-51 vote.
The third, also by Republicans, would just remove the emergency clause so that the taxes wouldn't kick in on July 1, when the new budget starts, but 90 days after the session ends (whenever that might be). It failed 47-50.
OLYMPIA — Democrats on the House Finance Committee approved a $900 million package of tax increases this morning designed to pay for increases in public school programs. Republicans voted no, saying the state should increase money for schools without raising taxes.
On an 8-5 vote, the committee approved House Bill 2038, which ends some business tax exemptions, shrinks others and extends some taxes passed in 2010 as temporary.But first they pared back some of the increases they originally proposed, dropping new or extended taxes on beer, insurance agents, stevedores and janitors.
Money raised from those tax changes would go into a trust fund to pay for changes in the state's public education system, which the state Supreme Court has said must be improved.
"We have tough, difficult choices," Chairman Reuven Carlyle, D-Seattle, said. "We're asking everyone to contribute to our quality of life."
But Rep. Terry Nealy, R-Dayton, said the committee was "taking a butcher knife to these businesses, rather than a scalpel. We're picking winners and losers among our businesses."
He and other Republicans also noted the Senate budget spends an extra $1 billion on public schools without raising taxes.
"We don't need new taxes to balance our budget," Rep. Ed Orcutt, R-Kalama, said. "It's the courage to fund education first and say no to some other people that we need."
Republicans also tried unsuccessfully to add a clause requiring the tax increases to be sent to voters in November. Carlyle argued it was the role of the Legislature to close tax exemptions it has approved over the years that may no longer be working as they were initially intended.
The bill now goes to the House for a vote sometime later this week.
Joe Korbuszewski addresses the group protesting a new tax on microbreweries Friday on the Capitol steps.
OLYMPIA – The Legislature looked at raising a wide array of taxes Friday — on beer, gasoline or bottled water, on doctors, lawyers or janitors or on nonresidents who come to Washington to shop.
Some people told legislators it was the right thing to do, either to help schools or protect jobs. Others told them it was the wrong thing to do, because it will hurt businesses and destroy jobs.
Legislators didn't vote Friday on any of the proposals to close exemptions, end special rates, extend surcharges or make temporary taxes permanent. Their fate hinges on upcoming budget negotiations between the House, where the tax increase bills now reside, and the Senate, where a coalition that controls the chamber has vowed not to raise taxes. . .
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The Rainier bottles "graze" in front of the Capitol during a protest against the extension of the state's temporary beer surcharge.
OLYMPIA — There's never a giant opener around when I need one.
A pair of the Rainier bottles made famous in the beer's off-beat commercials, with their "wrangler" in tow, showed up at the Capitol for the protest against continuing the temporary beer surtax and extending it to microbreweries.
A couple of things you may not know about the iconic beer-creatures. In their costumes, they are blind as bats, and were not allowed to go up and down the Capitol steps in costume. The costumes don't handle the rain well — making one wonder what would happen to them in a giant ice chest.
OLYMPIA — The House omnibus tax bill gets a hearing this morning in the Finance Committee, playing to a full room of folks explaining why a tax increase on their particular industry is a bad idea, and folks explaining why more taxes in general is a good idea.
One of the industries in the tax bill, the beer industry, will sponsor a Defend Washington Beer rally on the North Capitol steps at noon. Large breweries are facing an extension of what was supposed to be a temporary tax, albeit at a smaller rate while microbreweries, which were exempted from the surtax in 2011, would have one levied on them.
A children's steel drum Calypso band will be playing just inside in the Capitol Rotunda, so it should be a festive time.
This afternoon the House Transportation Committee will hold a hearing on an $8 billion-plus tax package for new road projects and improved maintenance. It would raise the gasoline tax as well as give local governments the ability to raise license tabs.
Gov. Jay Inslee explains his budget as students from Seattle's Cleveland High School look on.
OLYMPIA — The state should make temporary tax increases on beer and some business services permanent, cancel a variety of other tax breaks and spend an extra $1.2 billion on public schools, Gov. Jay Inslee said Thursday.
Standing in front of a group of Seattle high school students involved in a program to boost science and math skills, the governor released his first budget proposal. It's a plan for expanded programs from pre-kindergarten to high school, designed to satisfy a state Supreme Court order to adequately fund public schools.
"We must do hard things. It's the right thing to choose education over these tax breaks," he said at a press conference to announce his spending plan for the 2013-15 budget cycle.
The proposal met quick resistance from Senate Republicans, who will likely release the first full budget in the Legislature next week. It will not propose tax increases or ending the tax exemptions Inslee proposed, Sen. Mark Schoesler of Ritzville, the Senate Republican leader, said. . .
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Govenor-elect Inslee addresses a legislative preview session.
OLYMPIA – The Legislature should consider a wide range of options in a search to increase gun safety and reduce the threat of violence, Governor-elect Jay Inslee said Thursday.
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I ate with one hand, walked around bumping into things, bathed holding the pages above the water. It took me forever to put on my socks, because I had to dangle them out with my free hand, then wiggle my toes around like blind newborn kittens until they found the opening and wormed their way in.
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The Story of Ferdinand, by Munro Leaf, illustrated by Robert Lawson. This, I'm sure, is the book I'm holding in this picture, taken when I had just turned seven. I don't know if Ferdinand made me a peace-maker personality, or if I loved Ferdinand because I already had that personality, but it felt as if this book had been written specifically for me.
The Golden Egg Book, by Margaret Wise Brown, illustrated by Leonard Wisegard. The bunny trying to figure out what will hatch from an egg he discovers enchanted me, because both he and the duck are so uninhibited and natural. They kick each other and roll each other down hills. They get impatient, and then get bored. It's childhood in a nutshell…I mean, eggshell.
I Can Fly, by Ruth Krauss, illustrated by Mary Blair. Though I didn't know it, this book introduced us to all kinds of poetic tricks, like rhyme and onomatopoeia. And we always acted it out, which was awesome.
The Bumper Book, a collection of stories and poems. Mostly, I adored the colorful pictures. The stories were too hard for me that year, but I'd heard the poems so often I learned to read the letters by matching them to the words I knew by heart. I remember reading aloud the lines "Hush! Hush! Whisper who dares! Christopher Robin is saying his prayers" with exactly the same intonation my mom had always used. Very grave, very reverent.
McElligot's Pool, by Dr. Seuss. To this day, the opening line of this darling book is one of my favorites in all fiction. "Young man," laughed the farmer, "you're sort of a fool! You'll never catch fish in McElligot's Pool!" What kid doesn't love to see the grumpy old pessimist realize he might be the fool?
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One of my favorite things about being a writer is when I come up with a sentence or two that really captures the essence of a character, the book's tone, the conflict, or the setting. I may hate every other line in a chapter, but thank goodness for that one fabulous paragraph that keeps me going. I thought I'd share a few of my favorites from my most recent release, The Pirate Takes a Bride. Tell me your favorite and win a copy of the book (digital or print).
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"Stop calling me sweetheart."
"You prefer another sobriquet? Because I can think of a few that fit you far better than sweetheart."
"And I can think of several choice names for you. Starting with—"
He put a finger over her lips silencing her. "Save them for later." He winked. "When we're alone."
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"Nick!" She seethed his name. "Don't just stand there. We're being attacked by"—she glanced at the men—"highwaymen."
"Pirates," Nick drawled. "Well, privateers, actually."
"Pirates?" She frowned, unwilling to believe it.
A tall whale-sized man who looked as though he could lift a cannon with one hand stepped closer. He grinned, showing several gaps where teeth should have been. "Argh."
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Nick lifted a coil of rigging line Mr. Fellowes must have left lying on the desk behind her. He dangled the rope in front of her. "Give me your hands."
"You wouldn't dare." She took a step back but was out of room to retreat.
He grinned. "Then why are you trying to escape?"
"Nick, you can't. You won't. I know you won't."
"Sweetheart." He unfurled the rope, letting it fall with a hiss and a thud. "I don't think you know me as well as you think."
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"There was a time you welcomed my embrace," he said.
She sat, grateful to shift positions and glared down at him. "That was before I knew the real you. That was when I was under your spell."
"Spell?" His brows rose. "Are you insinuating I used some sort of magic to make you want me? I assure you my natural charm and charisma are all I need."
She could not bear to listen to his arrogant remarks any longer. "Pardon me if I must escape your oozing charm for a moment."
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Nick knew that was unfounded optimism. "My luck is shot to hell, Mr. Chante, but I have one or two tricks up my sleeve. We run first, hope the wind changes or that dark cloud up ahead turns out to be the squall we predicted."
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"Throw everything nonessential overboard. Lighten ship as much as you can. But prepare for a fight. If it comes to a battle, we hit her and run."
"Begging your pardon, Cap'n, but once she's broadside, we're done for."
"Exactly, Mr. Chante. So we force her to sail past us."
Chante gave him a look rife with warning. Nick held up a hand. "It's risky, I know. But it could work. We wait until she's close, so close we're looking up her skirts, and then we ease the sheets and let her go by."
So what's your favorite? The romantic sparring, the shipboard lingo, or something else? Winner announced Sunday (hopefully, I'm traveling!).
"What I love belongs to me. Not the chairs and tables in my house, but the masterpieces of the world. It is only a question of loving them enough."
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I don't know who Bibesco is, really, but apparently she knows me. That quote sums up exactly how I feel about a few lovely things that are, to put it mildly, a bit out of my price-range. It's a life philosophy that's kept me from going crazy…or landing in jail.
For instance, I love the Tiffany fountain at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC so much I'd probably go nuts—except that, decades ago, I decided it's actually mine. The Met just houses it for me because I don't have enough space to do it justice.
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The same is true for John Everett Millais' painting Ophelia.
Don't ask me why I adore this painting so much. It doesn't reflect any madness or suicidal tendencies on my part. Honest.
But I know it seems a little morbid. My poor mother-in-law learned it was my favorite painting shortly after His Highness and I got married. I'll never forget her face as she frowned down at the glazed stare of drowning girl.
"Your favorite? Really?" Somehow she kept her voice as gentle as ever. "But… But why?"
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That's all she said out loud. Behind her eyes, though, her brain was pinging with questions. Like… "Oh, dear heaven…he's married a nut job?" and "Too late for an annulment?"
And after a lifetime of looking at Ophelia only in books, as sad as a hungry kid in front of a candy-store window, I finally got to see it in real life.
A few years ago, we went to London for one of His Highness's work conferences. While he attended meetings, I took a zillion tube rides and walked my feet raw to get to the Tate, where Ophelia hangs. I made a beeline for that room, plopped myself down on the bench in front of it, and drank its beauty in until they forced me to leave, nearly two hours later.
They probably suspected I was casing the joint, planning to come back at midnight, dressed like Catwoman. If only they'd known… I'm a chicken, not a cat, and would never risk exposing my jiggly bits in that outfit. Luckily, Bibesco's wisdom has made my life of crime unnecessary.
Of course, many other beauties could be on the "MINE" list. Hundreds of them, probably…Chihuly glass and Faberge eggs and Tom Hiddleston and Mozart piano concertos and the Book of Kells.
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But that would be greedy. So I settle for "owning" those two masterpieces only. The rest just go on Pinterest.
How about you? Are there any treasures you love so much they feel like your own? Or are you one of those lucky, non-materialistic people who can be content without them?
"All who joy would win must share it.
Happiness was born a Twin." –Lord Byron.
My father loved poetry. I adored my father; therefore I love poetry, too. I'm sure there's a name for this reasoning in the math or logic world, but I don't know what it is. (Fallacy? )
Anyhow, as a result, I frequently interpret my life in famous quotes, which makes me very annoying to a lot of people. This is not a deduction on my part. They actually tell me so.
But I can't help it. Poetry isn't just pretty. Sometimes, it is capital-T Truth. Like this past Sunday night. One of my books won a contest, and I didn't have anyone to tell.
Well, I told the cat, who roused momentarily, in case "Holt Medallion" meant "tuna fish," but then went back to sleep.
I was happy, of course. I was. Ecstatic. Really.
But His Highness was out doing errands. My son and daughter were busy being young and cool. My special writer buddies were living their own lives. It was Sunday night. NBA finals night. The Tonys night. Let's use that pizza coupon night. Discover you've nothing to wear to work tomorrow and do emergency laundry night.
I couldn't just start texting, busting into their family fun as if my news trumped all that. So I sent a few emails and waited. And waited. I felt like water trying to boil on a cold burner.
Finally, my husband came home, and all my considerate "remember you're not the center of the universe" restraint evaporated. I bounded out to him, ignoring his struggle to lug in heavy boxes, and shouted, "Hey! Guess what about ME?"
He's not the type to squee, but he is not a fool. Despite having no idea what the Holt Medallion is, he grinned, made a big fuss, hugged me, and the pot finally began to boil. Once all next-of-kin had been notified, I posted on Facebook. The famous "like this" friendliness began to flood in, and suddenly I was bubbling over with joy like a crazy woman.
So, for me at least, Byron got it right. Happiness really was born a twin.
(Hey…just occurred to me that my dad might have loved this quote because he, himself, was a twin!)
What about you? Does an unshared joy feel a little flat? Who is your go-to person–the one you can't wait to tell?
Since this is my first post with the wonderful Jaunty Quills, and I'm so excited about having new friends to share the writing world with, I'm giving away books to three of the people who comment here. If you win, you can choose either WILD FOR THE SHERIFF, the book that leads into my upcoming July release, or THE VINEYARD OF HOPES AND DREAMS, the book that just won the tuna fish…I mean Holt Medallion.
I hope you'll check out BETTING ON THE COWBOY, which will be available July 1. It's the second in my Sisters of Bell River Ranch series from Harlequin Superromance.
I just finished reading a book for my book club called The Paris Wife by Paula McLain. It's the story of Hadley Richardson, Hemingway's first wife, how they met, married, and how the marriage ended. It's not my typical reading material, and that's what I love (and hate) about this book club. It pushes me to read books I would otherwise never pick up, and a lot of the time I agree with that first inclination.
I enjoyed The Paris Wife. It was engaging and well-written and I have a connection to Hemingway because my mother was born in Oak Park, IL, and my grandparents knew Hemingway's father. The book is touted as being quite accurate, as far as these sorts of books go, but I'm sure that doesn't mean every line is exactly what Hadley Richardson thought. And even though I am an author I find myself much more sympathetic to Hadley than I am to Ernest. He tends to exhibit what we would now label as "diva behavior."
But there is one paragraph about Ernest Hemingway I could totally relate to. It really does sum up what so many of us love about being a writer. Here it is.
"I couldn't reach into every part of Ernest and he didn't want me to. He needed me to make him feel safe and backed up, yes, the same way I needed him. But he also liked that he could disappear into his work, away from me. And return when he wanted to."
I remember when my daughter was a newborn and she never (or so it felt) slept or stopped crying, and I was exhausted and the days went in slow motion, the thing that saved me as I rocked her endlessly was being able to escape in my mind. I plotted much of The Rogue Pirate's Bride walking and rocking that baby. I'm not a plotter, but I needed to go somewhere else besides that dark nursery and that wailing infant.
And still, when tragedies that don't touch me occur, I escape into writing. On the day of the Sandy Hook shooting in Newtown, CT, like many of you, I was saddened and horrified. I sat and watched the news reports coming in, each one more surreal than the last. When I couldn't take any more, I turned off the TV and internet and escaped into my work in progress. Regency England and the world of my own making could sweep me away for a time. I could return when I wanted.
What about you? How do you "escape"? Christmas is over, but I'll give one person who comments a choice of one of my recent books–The Making of a Duchess, The Making of a Gentleman, Lord and Lady Spy, The Rogue Pirate's Bride, or When You Give a Duke a Diamond.


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Aaron Sorkin, Alan Poul, and Jeff Daniels Talk THE NEWSROOM Season 2, Responding to Critics, and More at PaleyFest
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Over the past 30 years, PaleyFest has held panel sessions and screenings that connect the worldwide community of television fans with the casts and creators of their favorite TV shows. One of the drama series celebrated this year were the folks behind HBO's The Newsroom, and Collider was there to get the updates on Season 2.
After giving a sneak peek at 10 minutes of the first episode of Season 2, airing sometime this summer, creator/writer/executive producer Aaron Sorkin, executive producer Alan Poul and actor Jeff Daniels spoke during the panel about why cable news was the right setting for this show, how much pressure it is to do a Sorkin monologue, how the show has polarized critics, and the unique way in which the show is shot, along with giving tidbits about the news stories they'll be covering in the second season, more of the Don (Thomas Sadoski) and Sloan (Olivia Munn) relationship, and that Will McAvoy (Daniels) and MacKenzie McHale (Emily Mortimer) possibly getting together won't kill the show. Check out what they had to say after the jump.


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For Beckius at fourteen, the gang had represented family, the one thing he could depend on. He had admired Charlie Pa for his toughness and independence. "They were doing everything on their own," he remembers. "They could do what they wanted."
These days, Beckius sees the gang differently. It's hard to change while you're in prison, he says, but he's trying: "Now I've experienced all the bad, I can experience all the good."
His strongest desire is to get out and have a family of his own. "I would be like my dad, except I'd want to be able to talk to my kid more and have my kid open up to me," he says. "My dad did things the best way he knew how. He tried to be strict; he tried to set limits and I guess, from what I remember -- I guess I overlooked them."
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Pope Resources (NASDAQ:POPE) reported net income attributable to unitholders of $3.3 million, or $0.73 per diluted ownership unit, on revenue of $14.3 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2011. This compares to a net loss attributable to unitholders of $1.1 million, or $0.25 per diluted ownership unit, on revenue of $8.1 million for the comparable period in 2010.
Net income for the six months ended June 30, 2011 totaled $7.0 million, or $1.55 per diluted ownership unit, on revenue of $31.9 million. Net loss for the corresponding period in 2010 totaled $675,000, or $0.15 per diluted ownership unit, on revenue of $14.1 million. Results for both the second quarter and first half of 2010 were impacted by a $1.2 million loss on early debt extinguishment.
Cash provided by operations for the quarter ended June 30, 2011 was $6.1 million, compared to $277,000 for the second quarter of 2010. For the six months ended June 30, 2011, cash provided by operations was $13.7 million, compared to $1.1 million for year-to-date 2010 results. Cash provided by operations in 2010 for both the second quarter and first half of 2010 was also impacted by the aforementioned $1.2 million payment for early debt retirement that was part of a new financing.
"We have now had two strong quarters back-to-back thanks largely to surging demand from China for logs and lumber," said David L. Nunes, President and CEO. "This continued surge in export demand helped generate an $88 per thousand board feet (MBF), or 18%, lift in our average realized log price in the first half of the year, even in the face of continued softness in domestic demand. We responded by increasing our overall harvest volume by 23 million board feet (MMBF), or 89%, as well as by front-loading our planned 2011 harvest into the first six months of the year. With both higher harvest volumes and log prices, we enjoyed year-to-date operating income for our Fee Timber segment that is almost double the amount for last year's comparable timeframe."
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Three men face animal abuse charges after a woman's body was found in an insect-infested van near downtown Phoenix, authorities said Monday.
KPHO (Ch. 5) reported the van was carrying 35 animals and was infested with spiders and cockroaches.
Phoenix police said Lola Mae Stout, 73, was found dead Sunday.
Her 79-year-old husband, Alva Stout, and her two sons — Alan Stout, 42, and Gregory Stout, 44, all were booked into jail on suspicion of 35 counts of animal abuse and mistreatment.
Police said additional charges in the woman's death are possible.
The sons told authorities that their mother died on a trip to Quartzsite, so they put her body in the van and drove back to Phoenix. Alva Stout says his wife was alive when they got into the van.
Police said they learned the woman had prior medical conditions which required specific medical care, including prior strokes, high blood pressure, goiter and schizophrenia.
Also found in the van were 13 animal carriers containing 12 dogs, 22 cats and one pigeon.
The carriers were described as dirty and moldy, and Arizona Humane Society investigators said the animals were all malnourished, abused and neglected. Investigators say it's likely many, if not all, will have to be euthanized.
AHS spokeswoman Bretta Nelson called it a "very, very bad case."
Police didn't immediately know Monday if any of the Stouts had attorneys yet.
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For some reason, country music and the outdoors go hand-in-hand.
Now that alleged state trooper killer Eric Frein finally has been captured, the entire Pocono region is once again open for hunting seasons.
Even though they saw flying squirrels in the Great Smoky Mountains of North Carolina and Tennessee, and moose in Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine, traversing the entire length of the Appalachian National Scenic Trail — the A.T. — proved nothing like "The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show"...
Hawk Mountain Sanctuary has received a $188,000 state grant to create a family-friendly trail that is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Dunkleberger's Sports Outfitters in Stroudsburg and Brodheadsville is sponsoring the Top Archery Harvest Contest in The Morning Call.
Michael Klegarth of Emmaus isn't exactly a bull fighter, but he is a bull hunter, a successful one at that.
The Pennsylvania Game Commission has lifted the temporary prohibition on hunting and trapping within some portions of Pike County previously closed because of an ongoing search for Eric Frein, a fugitive wanted in the shooting death of a state police trooper.
And now through January, horseback, cycling recreation there is restricted to Sundays.
State Senate to consider bill allowing conservation officers to record
Decision comes after Game Commission suspends hunting in seven Pocono townships.
EAST STROUDSBURG — The manhunt for the suspect in the ambush that killed a state trooper and wounded another won't stop the opening of deer-hunting season in the Poconos, authorities said this week.
Dan Kunkle's work at Lehigh Nature Gap Center has been legendary. Through fundraising and grant writing, Kunkle has helped restore a Superfund site, the damaged area on the western side of the Lehigh River across from the old Palmerton zinc company.
Conservation of our land, water and animal resources should be a primary goal of every hunter, trapper, angler, hiker, birder and other outdoor enthusiasts.


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And we're not even going to try to hide the fact that we took several obligatory "holding up the tower" photos.
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Passing by the bronze pigs being led to slaughter, through the front doors, we were greeted by three thousand Spam cans stacked in a stunning display in the lobby.
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In case your joints aren't that important to you, here are some not-so-healthy rewards that might inspire you to take that first step.
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Can this stuff actually be REAL?
Every once in a while we are stopped in our tracks. Rendered speechless. Taken unaware. Dumbfounded. Gobsmacked.
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