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A Lesson In Sunk Costs (or How I Left a Company In Very Good Terms After Only Two Months)
After only two months working with Book In A Box, I'm leaving the company and in very good terms. You can read why I joined in the first place here.
When I told my family and friends that I was leaving, they assumed that something went horribly wrong. Well, it didn't seem that way to me, and I'm confident that management agrees that we ended this short partnership in very good terms.
I realize now that when people think of a job, there's all kinds of preconceived notions of how long it must last and that an end must always mean a loss. This mental model of a what a job must look like is an unnecessary constraint for most people; it prevents them from discovering and testing many collaboration opportunities if only they could be more flexible with their idea of work.
I'm a big believer in the "tour of duty" framework: a job should be seen as an experiment that must be validated often. It's an ongoing co-learning experience for everyone involved, and when it stops working, it's only healthy and advisable to end the relationship. Book In A Box believes this too; one of their principles is "the glass is already broken".
Here's a summary of why I joined, and how we realized we should stop the experiment:
- Book In A Box developed a hypothesis of what the businesses needed to do to grow, and what kind of person could do that job.
- My friend and founder of the company told me about their search and what that experience would look like, in terms of responsibilities and benefits. I decided the experiment was worth pursuing, and after going through the interview process, I joined the company.
- After the first month, we learned that the hypothesis behind the role's whole raison d'être was flawed, so we looked for new possibilities to bring results to the company while still leveraging my skillset and providing the experiences and opportunities I expected when joining the company.
- After another month of painful lessons in bad match-making we agreed that it was time to cut our losses.
A case could be made that we should have stopped after the first month, because at that point many of the reasons for working together were gone, but I'm still glad we tried a few more experiments.
The main takeaway for anyone reading this is how to deal with sunk cost in relationships. I think most companies and people would have kept trying to make this work, despite the lack of evidence to justify the effort. Kudos to Book In A Box for doing their part in making this "breakup" a healthy one. I leave with many great lessons (some of which I'll share in a future post), very smart new friends, and a renewed clarity of what I need to be doing with my time.
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I really need a cup of coffee right now, and I think that explains why my subconscious directed me to this offer rather than the kids clothes I was going to look at. John Lewis have some huge reductions on their Tableware, and lots of these very stylish mugs, plates, bowls and other assorted crockery can be yours for just one shiny pound each.
I like the "Old Enough To Remember Analog" mug myself, although the funky geometric designs will probably be preferred by the other members of my household. Some of these are reduced from £5, down to £1, which is 80% off if my maths can still be relied upon.
The 'Coloursphere Mugs' and 'Espresso Cup and Saucer' are available in quite a few different colours, all at £1 each, so you could order yourself a full set of each to fit in with your existing crockery, or choose a clashing colour to brighten things up a bit. I'm thinking my dull kitchen could do with a splash of red...
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Word count I should be at: 16,129
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I have realized that I just have someone threaten someone else with a knife when I'm not inspired. This is pretty effective, but I also have a feeling that it's also problematic. *beats head against wall*
This is the second week, isn't it. Can I blame my blah novel on that? Can I? Please? No, it's not THAT blah, I just am in the filling-in stages. *sigh* And I keep introducing people who are going to die, I know, which is a little guilt-inducing. But they are awesome, to a man. And not all the awesome people die!
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Eli Young Band broke through in 2011/2012 with a pair of #1 hits in "Crazy Girl" and "Even If It Breaks Your Heart," both songs which were on the most-played songs in all of Country radio so to say the bar has been raised by the popular Texas band is an understatement. Consider that bar met with "Drunk Last Night," the lead single from their upcoming third major label album (and fifth overall).
"Drunk Last Night" is melodic with Mike Eli's inviting vocal describing that feeling of a man who can't move on from a recent relationship and how he drunk dials her when he gets to drunk after something triggers his memory (Mighta been a song on the radio/Mighta been nothing, baby I don't know/Mighta been too tired to fight/Mighta been I got a little drunk last night).
The performance from Eli Young Band is strong, the production showcases what has helped EYB break-out with an identifiable brand of country music and in the end, "Drunk Last Night" is a great showcase to the quartet's upcoming album and a song which should very easily become their next big hit.


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Wireless connection problems usually arise because of old or not compatible drivers. In our practice, the most common case of a wireless connection problem includes a problematic or dropping connection on a laptop. The most common symptom is that it will work for a couple of minutes and then the connection will drop.
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Another problem that we had was with some of the Fujitsu Siemens laptops. First, the BIOS setting for the wireless set was OFF. To remedy this problem, it is necessary to go to the BIOS and set it to ON. Secondly, sometimes in the laptop, the wireless card does not work even if the drivers are installed. It is necessary to install all the drivers that are related to the wireless card. It is called connection assistant. The drivers must be downloaded from the Fujitsu Siemens web site.
Another factor to consider is that the wireless channels sometimes get polluted. This is especially noticeable in big cities where wireless routers are close to each other and wireless channels can interfere. The problem with this is that routers are set to default channels like for instance, on channel 11 or channel 2. If there are a few routers on the same channel, they will of course interfere with each other. The result of this is a short router range or it is impossible to connect to the router in some rooms.
There is a way to solve this using the program NetSurveyor. This software helps visualize wireless network channels; the image of the channel list is below.
Figure 1: NetSurveyor showing the signal quality.
If there is a situation like this, that on one channel stacked a few routers, the best solution is to get away from them and choose channels to the right or to the left.
This is measurement data that is collected on the laptop. Here is the channel and signal quality:
1 – 22, 19, 24, 25.
2 - 21, 18, 19, 23, 24.
3- 19, 18
4 - The router was currently on this channel so I skipped it.
5 - 14, 19, 16, 14.
6 - 17, 21, 19, 17.
7 - 18, 19, 23, 21.
8 - 24, 25, 23, 23.
9 - 27, 25, 27, 25, 28, 27.
10 - 25, 28, 27, 25.
11 - 28, 27, 25, 28, 29
12 - 28, 29, 30, 28, 29.
13 – 27, 28, 29, 27.
As the data shows, the best channels to use are 11, 12 and 13. After we set the router to channel 12, there is a noticeable improvement.
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Also, some Intel wireless laptop cards do not work properly if the drivers are old. Some symptoms could be working for a couple of days and then on the third day, the connection will start to drop. The only solution is to go to the Intel's website and download the latest drivers for the card. There is probably a bug or something in the hardware that is full of problems.
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Electric Production Supervisor - Travis Horsch
Assistant City Manager for Utilities an IT - Jason Newberry
In 1903, the first Wellington municipal power plant was established on Slate Creek. It was purportedly used to power the new electric streetlights in the downtown areas. The power plant crew would go to the site in the evening, fire up the boiler and generator, and as the boiler waned around 11:00 pm the lights would dim and go out. As local merchants began selling electric washing machines, the power plant crews started operating on Mondays, so the Wellington housewives could operate them. Soon, Tuesdays became 'ironing day', as local retailers started selling the new electric irons. Eventually, the plant was operated 24 hours a day, 7 days a week year round. The power plant was later moved from its Slate Creek location to its current South Olive location.
The City of Wellington has purchasing arrangements with Southwest Power Authority, Grand River Dam Authority and the Kansas Power Pool of which Wellington is one of the five original member cities. With the diversity of these resources combined with the city's ability to generate its own energy allows the city to provide competitively priced as well as reliable electric service to all customers. With the help of the power plants ten full time employees, it has the capability to generate over 40 Megawatts of electricity. These employees continually obtain and update certification on the operation and maintenance of the city's 20 megawatt steam plant, 20 megawatt gas turbine plant and two diesel generators each at 2 megawatts each. Maintaining these facilities not only allows the City access to low cost non-firm energy, but also ensures 100% backup in the event of a transmission system failure that blocks access to the energy sources from outside of the city.


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Tuesday, 26 January 2010
Magical Mystery Tour Revisited
Waiting for Apple to re-release the 1967 made-for-TV movie "Magical Mystery Tour"? The glimpses we got in the mini-documentary on the Magical Mystery Tour remastered CD showed us that the movie has undergone some cleaning up. And we know that Apple has got reels and reels of outtakes and raw footage.
While we're waiting, some fans have taken matters into their own hands. Soon to be unleashed on the unsuspecting public is the 3-disc "Magical Mystery Tour Revisited".
Think of it as a visual version of the Magical Mystery Tour LP, as it includes all of the songs on the LP. The film has been sourced from a professional transfer of the 1988 laser disc, which is the best visual source of the film available. All of the Beatles 1967 promo videos are included into the film, and the makers assures us that each promo fits perfectly and adds to the story and overall experience of the film. The whole film has been resequenced, and reimagined. The best mixes of each song were chosen for this project, sometimes created from two different mixes. The song "Death Cab For Cutie" is taken from the 2007 digital remaster.The dialogue and incidental music in the film is a combination of the three available mixes (original mono/1988 mix/MPI DVD mix). There is different audio on each of the mixes, and when combined you finally hear everything in full dimensional stereo. A 5.1 mix is also included that puts you right on the bus !
The 3 disc set also includes a bonus "Behind The Mystery" DVD with interactive map, photo gallery, mystery facts, behind the scenes footage, outtake footage, and Magical Mystery Memories.
Okay, let's wait and see... we're definitely looking forward to this one! It will be distributed online, so be on the lookout...
12 comments:
- Elise said...
So there is no link to check on it's progress?
- 27 January 2010 at 22:57
Try This work copy maybe ??
- 30 January 2010 at 01:09
- Elise said...
Well, it's a start. :)
- 1 February 2010 at 03:27
- Wogew said...
Here's a playlist, but I'm not sure if this is the version in my posting.
- 1 February 2010 at 11:32
- Elise said...
Thanks. Seems odd to advertise it but not share where to find it. I'll check it out.
- 1 February 2010 at 11:38
- Wogew said...
I said "soon to be unleashed". It's not out yet. And I'm not advertising it, I'm merely telling you that it's on it's way.
- 1 February 2010 at 15:27
- Elise said...
No, I didn't mean you, I meant the editors! I know you're just the messenger. ;)
Great blog, by the way.
- 2 February 2010 at 03:54
"Magical Mystery Tour Revisited" has nothing to do with the MMT mess someone posted on youtube !
- 2 February 2010 at 07:40
- Elise said...
Anon - Ok, so answer my original question. Is there a site where we can check on the progress of MMT Revisited?
- 2 February 2010 at 20:15
There is no website to check out the progress, but we are rushing to get this out to everyone !
- 2 February 2010 at 20:50
- Elise said...
Thank you. I'll keep an eye out for it.
- 3 February 2010 at 02:10
- Michael Lancaster said...
would love to see how these 'new' clips fit into the TV movie..... it's been removed from YouTube by Apple Corp :(
was it any good? convincing???? badly edited?
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Hartford is one of America's top 10 markets for growing and attracting technology talent, a new survey says.
The Capital City ranked # 7 on commercial realty-broker CBRE's sixth annual survey of the top U.S. and Canadian tech-labor markets. No other New England or Northeast cities appear on the latest rankings.
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Iran president criticises Saudi Arabia over severing ties
Iran's president has said that Saudi Arabia cannot "cover up" its crime of executing a leading Shiite cleric by severing diplomatic relations with the Islamic Republic.
President Hassan Rouhani's comments came as Kuwait announced it had recalled its ambassador to Iran over attacks on Saudi diplomatic missions in the Islamic Republic.
The execution last weekend of Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, a Shiite cleric and opposition figure in Saudi Arabia, has heightened the Saudi-Iran regional rivalry, threatening to derail already shaky peace efforts over the wars in Syria and Yemen.
A statement posted on his official website said Mr Rouhani discussed the current diplomatic dispute with visiting Danish foreign minister Kristian Jensen.
"The Saudi government has taken a strange action and cut off its diplomatic relations with the Islamic Republic of Iran to cover its crimes of beheading a religious leader in its country," Mr Rouhani said. "Undoubtedly, such actions can't cover up that big crime."
Iran's vice president Mohammad Bagher Nobakht said the country's intelligence services were investigating the diplomatic mission attacks and that police officers who failed to take action to stop the assaults would be prosecuted. Iranian police say at least 50 people already have been arrested over the attack.
The diplomatic stand-off between Iran and the kingdom began Saturday, when Saudi Arabia executed Shiite cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr and 46 others convicted of terror charges - the largest mass execution carried out by the kingdom since 1980.
Mr al-Nimr, a central figure in the Arab Spring-inspired protests by Saudi Arabia's Shiite minority, was executed after being convicted of sedition and of other crimes, though he long denied advocating violence. News of his execution has sparked Shiite protests from Bahrain to Pakistan.
In Iran, protesters responded by attacking the Saudi Embassy in Tehran and its consulate in Mashhad. Late on Sunday, Saudi Arabia announced it was severing relations with Iran because of the assaults, giving Iranian diplomatic personnel 48 hours to leave.
Sudan and the tiny island kingdom of Bahrain said on Monday they would sever ties with Iran. The United Arab Emirates announced it would downgrade ties to Tehran to the level of the charge d'affaires, while other nations issued statements criticising Iran.
On Tuesday, Kuwait announced the recalling of its ambassador in a statement carried on the state-run Kuwait News Agency. However, Kuwait did not say it would sever its ties to Iran over the tensions.
Meanwhile on Tuesday afternoon, hundreds of Shiite protesters marched in Sitra, south of Bahrain's capital, Manama, over Mr al-Nimr's execution.
Iran expressed "regret" over the attacks on the diplomatic missions in a letter to the United Nations on Monday and vowed to arrest those responsible. In the letter, obtained by The Associated Press, Iran's UN envoy Gholamali Khoshroo said more than 40 protesters have been arrested and that authorities are searching for other suspects.
In response to a Saudi letter, the UN Security Council strongly condemned the attacks by Iranian protesters on Saudi diplomatic posts. The council statement, agreed to after hours of negotiations, made no mention of the Saudi executions or the rupture in Saudi-Iranian relations.
World powers have sought to calm the tensions. On Monday, Germany called on both sides to mend ties, while Russian state news agency RIA Novosti quoted an unnamed senior diplomat as saying Moscow is ready to act as a mediator.
The UN envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, was en route to Riyadh on Monday with plans to later visit Tehran.
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Someday we'll see the name Blake Basmajian, and we'll all know it.
Everyone in the small Saratoga County community of Corinth would probably bet you an arm's length of raffle tickets at a Friday night Tomahawks football game that we will, too, watching Blake grow up there since elementary school. He's the kid who was the high school quarterback, point guard on the basketball team, worthy first baseman for the Corinth squad, honors student, theater kid and all-around good egg until he fell off the top of a bus, injured his head, and then went back to being excellent.
I wrote about him last fall, months after he had suffered a head injury while working as a river guide and trying to tie down a kayak on top of a bus only to yank back on the strap and tumble to the ground. He spent three days at Albany Medical Center with a fractured skull, recovering from hemorrhaging and his third documented concussion. It took him some time to fully regain his speech, playing brain games online to retrain himself. And after some sulking, he nursed the idea that the doctor wasn't going to clear him to play football by securing a new role as the varsity team's volunteer assistant coach.
Last weekend, Blake graduated from Corinth High School as its valedictorian — his freshman year he told the guidance counselor he wanted to take whatever classes would get him there one day — and delivered a commencement address that trumped every eye-rolling "Webster's Dictionary defines success as ..." speech ever perpetrated in a cap and gown. His Latin American Studies teacher, Ken Badaszewski, was so moved by it, he called to give an update on Blake.
Blake's speech focused on overcoming adversity. And not wanting to focus only on his own hand of life's less-kind cards, he decided to highlight two other kids in the school who had overcome physical challenges. It was an in-character move for the kid who in the past few years raised about $3,000 for the school's backpack program, which provides food to needy students.
And besides, it didn't even occur to him that the fact that he struggled to talk 11 months ago but was graduating first in his class was significant. That's not the way the kid wants to move through this world, being known for the tragedies of his life rather than the triumphs.
"You have to come to the realization that things happen, and I don't know if it's for a reason or not, but things happen," says Blake, who opted to go back to tying down kayaks to the top of buses this summer because he didn't want to "lose" to the injury. "That's been me my whole life. You get pushed down in the dirt. You get back up."
You lose your father to a drug overdose when you're 5, and you spend your teenage years avoiding parties and staying busy playing the dentist in "Little Shop of Horrors" because you fear you have the same addictive personality but don't want to start down that path. There aren't a whole lot of 18-year-olds who are that self-aware. It's the kind of character you want in a leader, and all those who love him in Corinth shared the disappointment this year that he wouldn't get a shot at trying out those skills in the military.
Even after the head injury, Blake had held onto his dream of getting into West Point, and had secured not the required one but two nominations by members of Congress. But he was shut out because of his head injury. The injury also killed his back-up plan of ROTC, and effectively ended a long-time dream of serving. After a week of being down about the news, he worked on his new plan, which was to attend College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Mass. His late dad's family is from there, and he's spent four to five weeks a year there, just a couple miles away from that beautiful school on the hill. His cousin, Bucky, who was a great football player, used to say that it would be his dream school but it's a "smart kid" school and he didn't have a shot.
Of course, one of Corinth's resident smart kids got in, and it didn't take him long to talk to another cousin there, who coaches the varsity football team at the nearby high school, about whether he might have a coaching job for him. Blake will head to Massachusetts in early August so he can work with the school district's modified football program while starting college at Holy Cross, where he plans on majoring in political science and economics and holding down at least a 3.7 GPA.
"I wanted the community to know that one of our sons is really amazing," says Badaszewski about why he was compelled to call about Blake's progress. "I'm not saying Blake is going to be the next governor, but he has high ambition, and when he really wants to do something, he seems to have whatever it takes. I look at him because kids grow up wanting to be different things, and they lose focus, but if he changes his mind — let's say he wants to pursue coaching — I see him standing there with a clipboard coaching at the Sugar Bowl, the Orange Bowl ... or I see him coaching in the Final Four. I think the sky is the limit with this kid, and I think if he does choose a career in politics, I can't wait to help him campaign."
Blake knows what's taken many of us half a lifetime to figure out. Things happen and sometimes not even for a reason. That's a given. But it's better to be known for what we made happen for ourselves than the things that simply happened to us.
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Boasting over 100 million players, Minecraft is an online virtual reality game where players create online worlds by placing and breaking blocks, surviving monsters and sustaining life. The game takes up where Second Life left off — but is so simple kids can build worlds in it. Beloved by children and parents alike, the game has been lauded and awarded by education groups for teaching STEM and code skills while encouraging social collaboration.
Social Gaming Network (SGN) and Fox Digital Entertainment teamed up for the recent release of a new game called The Book of Life: Sugar Smash. The game is based on Fox Digital Entertainment's new computer animated film, The Book of Life, and launched for the iOS with an Android and Facebook version in the works.
E3 brings out developers to show off their future games to the masses. One of the biggest events in the gaming industry, E3 sets out to give gamer's a look into some exclusively announced games and a preview of what the future has in store for the industry. Techzulu presents a quick first look into a few games coming out in the near future.
As you might recall, our first installation of REACH, was back in November and covered disruptive technology in the gaming industry. While gaming shared the stage with other industry tracks for last week's event: REACH | The Connected Future, it was well represented through the insights of a varied panel of experts, covering a wide range of gaming's different moving parts.


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Wednesday, August 20, 2008
The Book is on the can!
The eagle has landed. The chair is on the wall. Circle takes the square. Starting in mid-June, the good folks at Hormel saw fit to put together a promotion for The Book of SPAM! How nice of them! Now you can see the book on the front and back of every SPAM can! It might take a while for them to get on the shelf at your local market, so here's all the info on how you can get your own special copy of The Book of SPAM:
"Just mail in 3 UPC codes from any 12 oz. SPAM® product and a check or money order for $8.95 made payable to: "The Book of SPAM" Offer, P.O. Box 10, Austin MN, 55912"
Now go on and get it! You probably have 10-12 empty SPAM cans laying around in the backyard right now! How easy is that?
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SPAM sales are way up!
Over the summer, many articles were published talking about how SPAM sales have climbed despite declines in the economy. They listed off all kinds of high-falutin techno-babble about the hows and whys this could be happening. But one element was never taken into consideration. Yes, we're talking about The Book of SPAM. It has inspired a whole new level of appreciation for canned pork. We've converted vegetarians, children, the elderly, the normal-aged, and all kinds of snooty-snootertons who would have otherwise never ever tried SPAM.
It's time the media gave credit where credit is due. Every time The Book of SPAM is opened, an angel gets a sandwich. You do the math.
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And we're back!
Whew! So much has happened since the last post. Dustin got married! Dan had a baby boy! We whole-heartedly congratulate ourselves, but we welcome you to do the same. Anyhoo, we're back to keep you up-to-date on what's going on with The Book of SPAM. By the way, have you read it lately? C'mon! Buy it already!
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Noun: fund·ing
Fueling Entrepreneurs
Rowad funding supports the growth and development of innovative projects through equity & debt financing clubbed with advisory support services. The program supports projects that yield substantial economic, social & environmental benefits; giving priority to projects that have a strong impact on the economy such as high productivity, job creation, and export capabilities, among others.
Funding is the fuel on which a business runs; a business can take different avenues to attain funding either by a form of a debt or equity. Funding can be sought at different point of the business cycle:
Why apply for
Rowad Funding?
- To obtain financial support for a business at any stage of the business cycle
- Those seeking strategic partnerships and equity investors for their enterprise
- An investor can provide a recognizable added value to your startup
- The ability to obtain financial support to acquire assets and working capital with a comfortable repayment plan and grace period
- Those looking to have ongoing financing needs as an established business such as Marketing, employees training, Product enhancement, entering a new market and introducing a new line of products or service
Rowad Funding Program offers access to the following types of Funding:
- Seed fuel invests in enterprise development with a maximum capital investment of BHD 25,000 and not to exceed 20% of the paid up equity share capital of the company
- Angel Investment opportunities though our partner Tenmou
- Network Investors and Funds
- Investment Division
- Term Loan
- Working Capital Loan
- Islamic Finance*
- Equity Participation
- Composite Loan
- Indirect Loan
- Trade Finance
- Educational Loan
- Fisheries and Agricultural Finance
- Pre-seed Capital Support Scheme*
- Feasibility Study Support Scheme*
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes, you may apply more than once to the innovation scheme as long as you are introducing a new concept and scope. The new scope does not have to be in a different field, but has to be a different scope or idea. For example, you may apply to the scheme for improvements and modifications done on your existing invention as long as it includes a new idea or concept. Your application approval is dependent on the Innovation Scheme Joint Committee.
If my invention concept is simple, can I still apply for the Innovation Scheme? Will I get accepted?
Yes, you definitely may apply. The Innovation Scheme Committee looks at the ingenuity of the idea (no matter how simple or complex), whether they believe the applicant is capable of delivering on his/her proposal and its potential for commercialization.
Seed Fuel is designed to finance businesses at the Seed/Startup stage. At this stage business would have developed a complete business plan, an initial team and preferably a Minimally Viable Product (MVP). You should have a thorough understanding of what your project costs are and how you will invest the money before applying for Seed Fuel.
How much shareholding will Rowad buy into my company if they invest in my business, what is the extent of Bahrain Development Bank (BDB) involvement in managing my business?
The investment amount will differ from one business to another with a maximum investment amount of BHD 25,000 for a percentage of shareholding not exceeding 19.9% of the total equity value. BDB's involvement is typically concerned with long term decisions, leaving the day to day operations to the entrepreneur. The bank will also extend its other products and services to the entrepreneur in order to ensure that the entrepreneur is managing his/her business in the best possible manner and achieving their business goals and milestones
The project's evaluation depends on the assessment of the Seed Fuel Committee. The committee uses a comprehensive assessment tool which was specifically designed to examine businesses at the Seed and Startup Stages of the business, look at different qualitative and quantitative factors which would determine the future profitability of the businesses. Typically for seed and startup stage businesses, evaluation would depend more on qualitative factors such as the team (e.g. past experiences, skills, characteristics), the opportunity being pursued, the ingenuity of the idea and the value proposition. The committee would also look at quantitative factors such as projected future cash flows. (Hyperlink of the Seed Fuel criteria and application form)
If I apply for the Innovation Scheme, will Rowad help get any technical support required by my business?
Yes, the grant given by the Innovation Scheme may cover the cost of hiring technical support if required.


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About Brown Betty Teapots:
Genuine Brown Betty teapots must be made of a special red clay. The unit pictured here is made in that manner, long cherished in England as the best way to make a "good cuppa." These teapots are made in Straffordshire, England, just as they have been for over 300 years.
During Queen Victoria's reign, tea became a symbol of Britain's greatest period of expansion and stability. Every home owned a teapot, even if it was a basic "Brown Betty." Tea was no longer a refined, upper class beverage but a basis of a whole meal.
While Charleston dancers and many Victorian glamour's have disappeared from the scene, the humble "Brown Betty" teapot has still remained a firm favorite. Its origins go back to the end of the 17th century and to the birth of the British Ceramic teapot, although in 1700 an ordinary small unglazed teapot of Red Clay from the Bradwell Woods area in Stoke-on-Trent was a luxury item costing about 12 shillings.
Brown Betty Teapots are still made in Stoke-on-Trent, formed from clay, which comes from the same area where elder Brothers found clay in the year 1695. The method of producing was "Jolleying" but over the years it is now modified to slip casting which gives the pot an even thickness and smooth finish both inside and out.
Succeeding generations of englishmen have proved that the Brown Betty, as these Red Ware teapots are affectionately known, make the best pot of tea in the world. The shape of the pot causes the tea leaves to be gently swirled around as the boiling water is added, thus producing an exquisite infusion. The Red Terracotta Clay with its Rockingham glaze, coddles the brew and gives the perfect cup of tea.


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Last year, Adam and I began a beautiful friendship with Mr. Tony Horton via P90X. It was a gift Adam got but (and for those of you who know me and my talent for joining into things seamlessly as if I had been a part of them all along) I decided that I would join in with him on his workouts. If you don't know what P90X is and you have time to get sucked into an infomercial, just flip through your tv channels and you're bound to find it somewhere. For the rest of you who don't really care, it's a pretty intense home workout program that guarantees success with much sweat and a mere 1.5 hours 6 days a week.
I'm proud to say that we completed it (and sort of slowed down afterward…don't judge; it's really hard to keep that rigorous schedule up!) and not only did we have Tony as a motivator but Duncan came upstairs with us to workout almost everyday. If you are familiar with the wisdom of Tony Horton, Duncan made sure we always "brought it." He would walk underneath us as we did pushups, sit on the padded desk chair to monitor our progress with Ab-Ripper X, and made sure we chose the right amount of weight to put on the dumbbell. He also demonstrated some expert techniques that I'll share with you tomorrow (but be warned: do not try at home!).


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Afghanistan, Christian Missions, Christian Pesecution, Christian Prayer, Christianity, faith, India, Prayer, South Asia
This land we now know as "Afghanistan" was once controlled by major empires from Alexander the Great of Greece/Macedonia or Genghis Khan of Mongolia. When the Soviet Union/USSR was controlling parts of central Asia, Afghanistan was created as a buffer zone between British South Asia and the USSR. British South Asia broke up after World War II and now are Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh. After many civil wars, this country is still in poverty. The country is still in transition after the Taliban is no longer in power.
One of the major exports is opium. The Illegal drug trade from Afghanistan to Europe, South America, and North America is still huge.
Evangelical Christianity is growing at 14% year over year in Afghanistan! Praise God.
A growing number of believers meet in house churches or bible studies in India. Any Christian believers in Afghanistan ether meet secretly or are persecuted. The Bible is available in the Pashtu and Dari languages.
Praise God for Bibles available in Dari and Pashtu
Praise God for growing number of Afghan believers meeting in India
Praise God for any Christians willing meet in Afghanistan. Pray for Afghan believers to witness to their neighbors and across ethnic lines in both India and Afghanistan.


text: Event infoEvent info Womb Yoga Evening The Life Centre Islington, 1 Britannia Row, Islington, London, N1 8QH, United Kingdom Starts: Saturday, October 6, 2018 - 18:30 Ends: Saturday, October 6, 2018 - 20:30 With: Dr. Uma Dinsmore-Tuli PhD Course Description A Nurturing and Revitalising Session for Women: A feminine, nourishing and fluid practice with elegant movement flows, delicious breath work, resonant sound, and deep healing relaxation This therapeutic and deliciously feminine approach to yoga especially for women integrates rhythmic asana (postures) with breath, sound, mudra (gesture) and bandhas (pelvic floor locks and seals) to enhance awareness of our inner woman's wisdom and elemental connections. This integrated and harmonious approach to hatha yoga is especially developed to bring comfort and joy to women. It is suited to all women, with or without previous experience of yoga. Women of all ages are welcome, whether you are complete beginners or super-experienced yoginis or yoga teachers. In fact, any woman who would like a feminine, nourishing and fluid practice with elegant movement flows, delicious breath work, resonant sound, and deep healing relaxation is invited to join her sisters for this women-only class. Further information Women Only Maximum number of participants: 50 Venue and Travel info Womb Yoga Evening Address The Life Centre Islington 1 Britannia Row Islington London United Kingdom N1 8QH Phone: 02077040919 Website: www.thelifecentre.com (opens in a new window) Email Address: email@example.com What to Bring The Life Centre is well equipped with mats, bolsters, blankets eye pillows and blocks, so you do not need to bring any yoga kit at all with you, unless you are especially attached to your own blanket/sheepskin, in which case, please do bring them along too to be extra super comfy. Places to Eat The Life Centre is in the heart of Islington surrounded by lots of restaurants and cafes. The nearest is Planet Organic where buffet style organic food (with vegetarian, gluten free and vegan options) is served by the box. Directions to The Life Centre, Islington The Life Centre is on Britannia Row, which is situated just off Essex Road in the heart of Islington. The nearest transport links are Essex Road (Overground) which is 5 minutes' walk, Angel (Northern Line) which is 10 minutes' walk, and Highbury & Islington (Victoria Line) which is 10-15 minutes' walk. King's Cross is only 10 minutes by bus on routes 73 and 476. Old Street is 15 minutes by bus on route 271. Parking Please note that during weekdays and on Saturday, parking in Islington is restricted. In the evenings and on Sunday, parking is available on adjacent streets to the Centre on single yellow lines. There is limited Pay and Display parking on Essex Road, in Britannia Row and on some other surrounding streets, with prices ranging from £2.40 to £4.80 per hour, depending on location. Pay and Display does not operate after 1.30pm on Saturday or at all on Sunday. There are private car parks eight minutes' walk away, next to the Business Design Center on Upper Street. The N1 Centre's car park is situated in Parkfield Street, just off Upper Street (and is accessed via Berners Road) where disabled parking is available. Private parking costs from £1.50 off-peak at N1 to £3 standard, but do check current prices before you park. Local Accommodation Recommended by The Life Centre Youth Hostel, 79-81 Euston Road, London, NW1 2QE Contact: 0845 371 9344 or firstname.lastname@example.com Highbury Centre, 26 Aberdeen Park, Highbury, London N5 2BJ Contact: 0207 226 2663 or email@example.com Kandara Guest House, 68 Ockendon Road, Islington, London N1 3NW Contact: 0207 226 5721 The Luxury Inn, 156 Tottenham Road Hackney, London N1 4DY Contact: 0207 502 6081 or email@example.com Booking info Womb Yoga Evening Cost The cost of this evening session is £25 Booking This course is run and booked by The Life Centre, click "Book Now" below to be taken to their website for booking. Book Now opens in an external window Statement of InclusionAre you pregnant? Breastfeeding? Do you have young children? Or perhaps you want to know more about your eligibility – Please see our Statement of Inclusion which is a genuine welcome from Uma and details the appropriate support for women considering attending any of her courses.


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Music for when there's nothing on TV.
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I've spent more than enough ink (or pixels, rather) going on pointless diatribes about the poor turnout at the venues I frequent. It's a pointless battle, that much is clear — but I've had an epiphany that it's no longer about the quantity of people, but the quality. It's a goddamned shame when I'm one of eight people in a room watching a band who is neither bar staff nor a member of another band, but if those other seven people give those performing their undivided attention and a little respect, I'd gladly take that over the alternative. Even if one of those people is experiencing a paranoid high and demands I start referring to him as Gary in lieu of his actual name, and another wants to talk at great length about government conspiracies between bands.
Yes, there was a weird crowd in the room for the start of local 'danger pop' stalwarts High Diving Ponies. In the back, a group of college-aged girls inexplicably garbed in cocktail dresses began peddling sample shots of a new liquor (which was swill) to the people scattered about the room. On stage, Josh Thomas crooned morosely through wet vocal processing while hitting chords on his powder blue Stratocaster, his hair covering most of his face for the duration of the set. James Capps provided additional guitar effects, frequently pushing up his glasses and leaning down to adjust the pedals at his feet between moments of refrained thrashing. Alheim Amador remained poised behind Capps, standing statuesque save for the movement from his hands to give the necessary pulse through which the much more animated Justin Brooks finds alliance as the drummer. Brooks plays effortlessly behind the kit, offering up technically driven syncopated rhythms while making unintentionally humorous facial expressions in the process.
The set was in part made up of songs from the Ponies' most recent release, Suspended in Liquid (album opener "Ersatz" has also been a recent set opener), though material across the band's discography appeared throughout. Thomas has an often employed quiet-loud-quiet vocal technique he has been using since the days of Bodisartha and Spidermums, which he applies to the chorus of many songs in a strained, purposely off-key yelp that is washed over with effects in a conscious salutation to early '90s grunge and the seminal underground counterculture with which it came. HDP is not a grunge band, just like they are not a shoegaze band, or an indie rock band, though all three of those subgenres have given the quartet the influences by which they define themselves. Although they are still honeymooning on their newest album (released about six weeks ago), the group has never been one for patience — a new album can likely be expected by the time the weather gets to be below the triple digits we are currently experiencing.
Prior to the show, I was puzzled at the billing of a mysterious and presumably local band called Shy Guys. I can appreciate the reference, but hoped there was some kind of confusion as there was already a KC band with a very similar name. At the very least, I hoped that the band would live up to the nerdiness their moniker would suggest. I was relieved and elated upon seeing Konnor Ervin enter through the door to the side of the stage, which confirmed the band performing tonight would in fact be the Shy Boys. The trio recently changed their name from The I'ms, and this would be their first performance using the new name, not to mention only their third or fourth time performing these songs in public under any name. Ervin joins Kyle Rausch (with whom he also plays in The ACB's) and his brother Collin Rausch, with whom Kyle played in The Abracadabras at the same time Konnor's Dr. Woo morphed into the first lineup of The ACB's.
Full disclosure, I've been not-so-privately geeking on Shy Boys for more than a few months now, and to be effectively surprised with a performance from them completely made my night. Amid the occasional set troubles (Collin's vocal volume being the primary issue) the trio placidly soft-rocked their way through a set of charming indie-pop ("Keeps Me On My Toes," "Justine," "Bully Fight") with an ear placed securely in the '60s, all three contributing to the harmonization of the vocals. The members played musical chairs with their instruments, with Kyle and Konnor frequently trading between drums and bass — it should also be noted that Konnor has only recently had a cast removed from his wrist and forearm. I had the rare occurrence of getting the giddy spine tingles felt only when experiencing something special, and though Kyle told me after their set that they are still trying to find their sound, what ever they are doing sure as hell works.
Omaha quartet Dads closed out the night with thirty minutes of brash, distorted garage-punk fueled by a wurlitzer and the vigor of youth. From what I could tell, almost the entirety of the set consisted of tracks from the band's lone album, An Evening with Dads. Alek Erickson (bass) and Vince Franco (guitar) traded off vocals during the set, each of them wildly howling their words into the microphones while exerting a constant force of tightly packed powerpunk anthems into two-minute bursts. While Erickson played most of the set with his glasses resting on the tip of his nose, occasionally convulsing in spurts of energy, Franco would retort at his turn by sneering his lips against the mic, locking it in place with his mouth and forcing a mid-pitched bark of the lyrics from his gut. Behind them, a bespectacled Max Larson unassumingly bashed away on his kit, while Alexandra Hotchkiss played a keyboard which rested barely two feet off the ground on top of an amp for the entirety of their time on stage. The band was done before midnight, which is a rarity for the venue.
Hey! Before you go away, you might want to check out the bands that I've been ranting about on this page. Check out the streams below.
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Nestled within the confines of the Strawberry Hill neighborhood in Kansas City, KS, the FOKL Center flourishes in a space marked with little more than the four letters which make its namesake. Formerly the Tienda Latina market, the large display windows that face the street at its corner perch give a view of the precarious intersection at 7th and Central, a crossing which I found out that night is the antithesis of pedestrian friendly. Inside the building, the floors remain tiled with the featureless squares of vinyl that once provided footing for those acquiring their weekly groceries. These days, the floors support the traipsing, dancing, and stomping influenced by frequent art installations and live music performances.
The idea of a music festival in its basest form is daunting to all parties involved. The bands are kept on a tight schedule of loading and unloading heavy amps and road cases filled with who knows how many pedals, wires and gear, perpetually waiting for their brief moment to give what crowd there is little more than a sampling of their work, then tirelessly haul that same equipment back out to their van. The venue and those volunteering to keep things on track are constantly kept on their feet by unexpected malfunctions throughout the course of the night, and deserve commending for keeping their sanity intact through it all. Lastly, the audience themselves are inundated with a variety of musical choices, asking themselves if they should see band A, B, or sometimes C, D, or E.
The first ever Kansas City Psychfest made a good choice in staggering the musical acts so that while one is playing on the ground level, a band is setting up in a second performing area in the basement. In theory, when the first band finishes, the second band begins playing minutes later, providing an almost seamless night of music. There really is no better way to have a dozen artists play in the same building in one evening, but when put in practice the difficult task is given of deciding whose set you should break from to take a piss, get some fresh air, or grab a bite to eat.
The evening of music was kicked off at 7:00 with Thee Devotion performing upstairs. The local five-piece with an affinity for fuzzed-out '60s and '70s funk (with a nod toward The Sonics), white pants, frilled shirts, and platforms just released a new record and played some of it that evening. Davin Watne spent half the set with a pastel-colored guitar around his shoulder, and the other half peacocking around his performing area, all while giving a surprisingly on-point falsetto, wherein the stories were about ladies, sexiness, and other things one would expect from the kind of music they play. Such a performance was ultimately lost on a small, motionless crowd that wasn't yet prepared for that kind of energy.
The duo that followed contrasted as much with the previous act as the dark basement from which the sounds emitted did with the luminosity of the light sculpture in the room above. Delaney Moore and Sterling Holman performed a set of improvisational drone as Twofaced, each settled adjacent from each other in the corner of the room. Ropes of intertwining red and blue light lay at their feet, providing the only other glimmer in the room barring the projector immersing the corner in fragmented images and video displays. The forms dancing on the walls were not so much influenced by the sounds coming from Holman's guitar and Moore's table of gadgets, but the aimless movements created a haphazard kinship with the wandering intonation they produced. The project has recorded together, but at this time none of it has been made public.
Upstairs, Brandon Knocke stood alone behind a case piled high with keyed instruments, eyes ceaselessly darting from one piece to another while everything above his waist instinctively bobbed in rhythm with the synth-heavy electronic music he creates as Discoverer. The tracks Knocke displayed began as sharp, bare-boned beats with a few sequencer knob turns, then were gradually piled upon until the initial raw beat was only an undercurrent to often soaring panoramas of groove conscious streaks that gnawed at a vintage aesthetic. Discoverer's last output was 2010's Build a Base, but a brand new album is expected to be released later this year. Knocke can also be seen and heard as one half of Parts of Speech, whose approach to '80s centric synth pop is strewn with sleazy fuzz and overdubs.
Among the three musicians that make up the Jorge Arana Trio exists decades of experience in crafting fast-paced compositions with erratic time signatures. As a founding member of Pixel Panda, Arana is no stranger to the precision required in constant time changes, though with the Trio he is able to venture into avant-garde jazz experimentation. Most songs may feature a calculated mashing of keys or a meticulously plucked guitar, backed with bass and drums played with accuracy just as severe. Violinist Chaski Zapata joined mid-set to further accentuate the sheer veracity one can achieve through adherence to training. Final side note: it's a bit odd that Jorge would play immediately after Discoverer, as Trio drummer Josh Enyart played with Knocke in the band Latin, which also contained Evan from Minden, and John from Sundiver, but I digress.
It was around 9:00 when my body reminded me I was going on over eight hours with nothing but an afternoon espresso as fuel, recently ingested beer trying to start a cage match in my stomach notwithstanding. As I mentioned above, the single downfall of nonstop live music is making the decision to skip out on a band to nourish oneself. By no fault of their own, Restless Breed ended up being that band, though had my hands not been shaking I undoubtedly would have enjoyed their set. In the few minutes for which I was able to stick around, I was enthralled by a trio versed in the kind of traditional psychedelic rock made popular by Vangelis years before his "Chariots of Fire" days. Under layers of woozy, synthesized programming by Tom Romero was a straightforward style displaying a fundamental example of exemplary songwriting.
After grabbing some questionable street tacos from a little place down the road and nearly getting hit by a car (full disclosure: it was my fault) I walked back into the basement with but a single thought in my mind. I hate smoke machines. Better yet… I abhor them, I loathe them, I unequivocally revile their very existence. As much as I wanted to stay in the room while Yam played, I got pushed out by a rapidly forming sinus headache and watched from afar. It was already proven earlier in the evening, but one need not encompass all things psychedelic in order to be welcomed into the fold of artists calling the venue home over the next few nights. While the trio displayed an unmistakable talent with composition synchronicity, an assumption of Will Christie's influences would better lie on someone else, though their roots are assuredly planted in rhythmic eccentricity.
At the risk of sounding as though I'm giving one of the evening's bands a bad review, Box the Compass played an overall adequate set of unmemorable rock needlessly pushing an expansion of time and space neither remarkable nor necessary. I understand that may sound overly critical, but had this band's position been switched with Thee Devotion, the floor would have been a mess of drunken bohemians shaking their asses instead of a littered few with barely a head nodding along anywhere in the room. I only have this single, short set by which to judge the quartet, but the addition of vocals did not save them from the doom of sounding like anything more than a culture hungry band in any number of rock bars across the city. Furthermore, I can find no online presence of the group to seek out the possibility of giving them the second chance they deserve.
Following a trip down the wooden stairs to the basement, I encountered something very surprising. It wasn't what I was hearing, though David Williams' Sounding the Deep is wholly transcendental. I was taken aback by what I was not hearing. The exhaustive chatter of audience members during a subdued performance was nowhere to be found. In a cobweb-ridden basement with leaking pipes and spray painted walls I had found respite, and a near metaphysical experience with music that relied as much on the concrete walls for amplification as it did the delicately drifting hands that wrought the sounds from a guitar. The atmosphere was made further cerebral with padded drumsticks at times tapping a snare and gong, and an upright bass being slowly grazed with the bow of a man who looked as though he could crush me with his bare hands.
One of the many highlights of the evening was the fantastic Monta At Odds. Delaney and Dedric Moore have nurtured the project for the better part of a decade and continually expand their sonic horizons by adding or removing elements of jazz, funk, soul, dub, and an audible penchant for combing through endless boxes of long forgotten records. Depending on how the light catches them, they could be paying tribute in their own way to Ennio Morricone, or forging their own path through expansive creations that twist and turn through moods like a stereophonic bipolar. I'm unfortunately not familiar with the extent of their discography, but every note of their performance was a thrill, and I look forward to my next chance of seeing them.
Brock Potucek was nowhere to be found, so a planned performance from South Bitch Diet was replaced by the only half hour in the evening without any kind of music. In his absence, the next band to perform was Lawrence performance art weirdos Metatone. The group is headed up by J Ashley Miller, a local artist and contributing member of the prolific SSION, as well as Pewep in the Formats, and are just as quirky as anything else he has been involved in. Behind the elevated pitch of Miller's voice and the syncopated plucking of his guitar was a group of musicians (including Mark Smeltzer playing a homemade, one-stringed fiddle) making the experience uniquely odd, and entirely undefinable in the placement of their sound. Metatone was equal parts indie pop, calypso, and folk, the result of which had the floor visibly bowing with each jump of the crowd in reaction to their animated set.
After spending the time that South Bitch Diet would have been playing making programming changes on a variety of sequencers, CVLTS began a droning set that was effectively cut short due to bass amp troubles. During their appearance, Josh Thomas remained kneeling on the rug that covered the corner of the basement, adjusting ambient tape loops and knobs to further heighten the intensity of the sound scape. Using his guitar through a floor full of pedals, Thomas provided a despondent tension that worked in opposition to the sensations released from the tapes. Nearby, Gaurav Bashyakarla had pushed two benches together to form a makeshift stand for his equipment, eliciting a piercing buzz through the air that idly glided until the eventual amplifier issues began the countdown to the piece finishing. I sat on the ground in front of Thomas, and once the sounds faded into a close, he looked up and shrugged, saying "That's it."
The final band to perform that night was the esteemed Mr. Marco's V7, a group whose talent and vitality have made the band (and members) mainstays in the KC music scene for longer than I care to count. Marco Pascolini's contributions to local music (Expassionates) are vast, but so are bassist Johnny Hamil's (Pamper the Madman), and drummer Kent Burnham (many jazz, zydeco and rock bands), but all are outshined by the force of nature that is Mike Stover (Cher UK). Throughout the set, Stover would trade back and forth among a theremin, a mandolin, and a lap steel guitar as necessary, but the first two were the most prevalent. V7 is another band that defies definition, and anything you could label them as wouldn't do justice to the extent that their sound reaches, though there were a few mentions of Captain Beefheart during their set. I was fighting sleep by the time they closed the night at nearly 2:00, but I'm very thankful I stuck it out to see the impossibly fast "Sweet 5," followed by a bossa nova set closer.
Huge thanks to Leah O'Connor for stepping in and taking some amazing pictures. Check out the rest of her shots from the evening here.
As noted in a March 7th post, Lawrence garage punks Rooftop Vigilantes have quite a bit on their plate for the year to come. Last week, the group unveiled what is to be the first single from the upcoming Weird Adventure EP. "Movie Music For Assholes" retains the common RV thread of wurlitzer-backed garage rock played with an angular turbulence and, although I hate the term, the song is downright infectious.
The track was mastered by Josh Thomas (High Diving Ponies, CVLTS) and has a bit of his touch with echoing, almost hollowed out vocals that gives the final product a cozy, analog warmth. The EP will be released in May, in conjunction with the band's incestuous May 4th Taproom showcase with side projects Mouthbreathers and Dry Bonnet. Download it as a free preview here.
I have very few qualms about dedicating an entire post to the release of a single track. Anyone who has kept up with this blog since the beginning (that would make one of us) could remember that one of my very first posts ever was about High Diving Ponies and the musical background of Josh Thomas. You can click the link to read some background and check out most of his discography to date. With that, I bring you a stream of the first track to be released from the untitled upcoming full-length from the droned-out KC group, and in my opinion it may very well be one of their best yet. I've already listened to it about a dozen times myself. Check it out below.


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It is exactly 3 years ago when I first visited Amsterdam, in the Netherlands.
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The artwork in Elaine M. Will's Look Straight Ahead, a webcomic now available in print, is uniformly excellent. Striking the perfect balance between cartooning and representational art, she's built a comic book world that's recognizable as our own, but as drawn by her, and then she's filled it with realistic characters delineated in a personal style.
As accomplished as the artwork is and as well as it succeeds in all the various categories comics art can be judged by — design, storytelling, character acting — some of it seems truer than other parts, and it's these elements that make Look Straight Ahead a truly exceptional work.
The story is a fairly straightforward one. Quiet social outcast Jeremy Knowles is having a pretty rough time at his private school: He has a few friends, and is a talented artist, but he's regularly bullied; he's so shy he can't even speak to the girl of his dreams (who's dating one of his friends), he feels alienated from his well-meaning but clueless parents and, compounding everything, he can't sleep.
One day at school he seemingly snaps, smashing glass beakers in the lab and storming out. Then he has a vision in which he thinks God, in the form of an Eastern dragon, is communicating with him. That night, his father finds him furiously digging in the backyard, convinced that one of the bullies from school has secretly planted a bomb there to kill him.
Jeremy is suffering from some form of mental illness, and the rest of the book details his struggle, in and out and in and out of an institution, and on and off and on drugs.
Because Jeremy is an artist and this is a comic book, Will is able to use her art, as filtered through her character's art, to express Jeremy's state of mind, and it is very much the art of a frustrated, alienated teenager. There's a great deal of imagery that I would call cliched, and some of the symbolism employed over-obvious, but then, this is a teenager we're talking about, right?
And thus the imagery looks like what one might find in the notebook of a young person sketching alone in the corner of an all-night diner, or in the edges of handouts and notebooks at school, or hidden away in a box of a talented adult artist who is embarrassed by the work he or she might have made when they were young, but can't bring themselves to throw it away.
There are lots of incredibly, ornate squiggly lines, panes of geometric shapes, puzzle pieces and monsters. Jeremy's illness takes on personification as a devil character, and he's drawn as a man in a nice suit with a gargoyle's head. Several scenes take place in what look like those Ditko-esque realms Dr. Strange hangs out in. At one point of crisis, Jeremy draws himself a sword and slays the dragon of his illness (which Will draws as a skeletal pterosaur of some kind). At certain points, the black-and-white art gives way to brilliant color.
There are certainly more accomplished effects as well, with people's faces becoming whirlpools, or the sidewalk reaching out amorphous tendrils with figures and faces to absorb Jeremy and so on.
The art is, in a word, trippy, but it's trippy in both the way a teenager might use that word and the way an adult might use that word, which is pretty damn impressive, really.
Mental illness is a terrible thing for anyone to have to deal with, but it can be particularly difficult for teenagers, who don't really have the life experiences to know what might be happening to them, what's normal versus what's natural but requiring medical attention.
It's even more difficult for someone with a religious background, in some cases, and more difficult still if that teenager with a religious background is also an artist of some kind, as there are additional fears of not wanting to go against what might be God's will, and not wanting to dull the creative part of you. In other words, it's always hard to tell where a mental illness ends and the where the person suffering from it begins.
That's Jeremy's main struggle in Look Straight Ahead, and it's one communicated in a way that mere words can't really manage — personalized imagery and iconography, tweaks and alterations to comic book storytelling conventions.
It's a pretty important story, and it's told in such a way that it communicates the confusion and horror of mental illness the most effective way possible: Letting a reader see exactly what it's like, without the reader actually having to suffer through it themselves.


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