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Our linkpost got fractured in the echo and the sway November 26, 2015Posted by dolorosa12 in linkpost.
Tags: accessibility, aliette de bodard, ana grilo, cindy pon, daria, filipina poets, isabel yap, isobelle carmody, jane the virgin, jessica jones, kate elliott, mary robinette kowal, me elsewhere, michelle vider, phoebe robinson, renay, rose lemberg, sophia mcdougall, station eleven, tell them stories
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This week's post is a day early, as I'm going to be in London tomorrow and away from a computer. It's also going to be fairly Jessica Jones heavy, but I will separate those links off from everything else.
Building on the ongoing conversation about conventions' failure to provide a safe and accessible experience for disabled attendees, Mary Robinette Kowal has started a SFF convention accessibility pledge, which I encourage everyone who's likely to attend a convention to sign.
These two posts by Rose Lemberg on the experiences of disabled fans, and the dismissal of their concerns and requests for accommodations and accessibility, are really important, and I encourage you to read them.
Michelle Vider writes: Station Eleven is a love letter to technology, one I never could have written myself.
Isabel Yap put together a fantastic collection of recommendations of Filipina poets, many of whom were new to me. I highly recommend reading their work.
Here's Kate Elliott on '10 Fantasy Novels Whose Depiction of Women Did Not Make Me Want to Smash Things'.
Kate Elliott also dropped by the Fangirl Happy Hour podcast.
This recent Galactic Suburbia podcast was also great.
Of the many readers Carmody has met, some have made lasting impressions. The young woman who established the fan site obernewtyn.net has become a close friend. Another has proved a sharp-eyed editor for Carmody's unpublished books. Many have said they feel that the conclusion of The Obernewtyn Chronicles marks the end of their childhood.
Sophia McDougall's post on trigger/content warnings said a lot of things that I've been trying to say on the matter for a while. Needless to say, content warning for discussion of abuse.
I loved this article about the depiction of early motherhood on Jane the Virgin
Phoebe Robinson talks about 'How Daria Shaped A Generation of Women (Particularly This Black One)'.
I loved this photoshoot, in which five authors dressed up as their favourite fictional characters.
There are new reviews up on Those Who Run With Wolves. Aliette de Bodard reviewed Black Wolves by Kate Elliott. I reviewed Serpentine by Cindy Pon.
Jessica Jones links
I'm somewhat astonished by the intensity of my reaction to, and identification with, this show, but it's clear that I'm not alone in this.
'Marvel's Newest Show Makes Surviving Trauma A Superpower' goes a long way toward explaining the strength of my feelings about this show.
Jessica Jones is a primer on gaslighting, and how to protect yourself against it. Oh, my heart.
Renay of Ladybusiness and Ana of Booksmugglers discussed it on Twitter, and Charles Tan made a Storify of their conversation.
And it's all for my true linkpost, who's far far away October 2, 2015Posted by dolorosa12 in linkpost.
Tags: activism, alana piper, angela slatter, ghostwords, hackers, kai cheng thom, kari sperring, kate elliott, kindness not fear, me elsewhere, of sorrow and such, rasheedah phillips, rochita loenen-ruiz, shannon hale, sofia samatar, sophia mcdougall, space hostages, tell them stories, the toast, those who run with wolves, vida cruz, zen cho
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That title doesn't quite scan, but it will have to do.
Via Rochita Loenen-Ruiz, probably the best thing I've read all week: Nine Ways We Can Make Social Justice Movements Less Elitist and More Accessible, by Kai Cheng Thom. Really important stuff.
Read this essay by Sofia Samatar about being a black academic.
On a related note, Black Sci-fi Creators Assemble at Princeton and Imagine Better Worlds than This One, by Rasheedah Phillips.
Kari Sperring talks about justice, socialism, fantasy utopias, and Terry Pratchett.
Here's Alana Piper on the myth that 'women secretly hate each other'. Nothing throws me out of a story faster than female characters with no female friends, so this post was right up my alley.
Kate Elliott needs your help in a workshop on gender defaults in fantasy.
Shannon Hale writes about writing outside her culture. Note that at least one of the recommendations of books 'by Asian-American authors' is not by an Asian-American author, but rather, a Palestinian/Egyptian-Australian. It's still a good list.
Rochita Loenen-Ruiz interviews Zen Cho. I wait impatiently for my copy of Sorcerer To The Crown to arrive.
As always, the new posts at Ghostwords are a delight.
Two new reviews are up on Those Who Run With Wolves:
Vida Cruz reviews Of Sorrow and Such by Angela Slatter.
I review Space Hostages by Sophia McDougall.
It has been twenty years since two formative works of my teenage years, Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy, and the film Hackers, were released. Here's an interview with the Hackers director.
The Toast remains amazing. Two of my favourite recent posts: Dirtbag Milton (I remember studying him in uni and being furious about how badly he treated his daughters), and How To Tell If You Are In a Lai of Marie de France.
I hope your weekends are glorious.
Meet her at the linkpost parade September 11, 2015Posted by dolorosa12 in linkpost.
Tags: aliette de bodard, amal el-mohtar, athena andreadis, british folklore and mythology, cindy pon, ghostwords, indigenous australia, kate elliott, leticia lara, mahvesh murad, no award, serpentine, sophia mcdougall, sorcerer to the crown, space hostages, tade thompson, the toast, those who run with wolves, zen cho
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The linkpost is early this week, as I'm going to be absolutely flat out all afternoon, and then away on various workshops and conferences. Oh, the glamorous librarian life!
I'll start with a few reviews and posts about books I loved, or books I'm very much looking forward to reading:
A joint review of Space Hostages by Sophia McDougall, at Booksmugglers.
Amal El-Mohtar reviews Sorcerer to the Crown by Zen Cho.
Zen Cho chats with Mahvesh Murad about the book.
She talks more about the book here.
Cindy Pon talks about her new book, Serpentine.
SFF in Conversation is one of my favourite columns at Booksmugglers. In it, various groups of writers sit down to discuss topics that are important to them. The most recent features Aliette de Bodard, Zen Cho, Kate Elliott, Cindy Pon, and Tade Thompson, and I highly recommend it.
This is the first part of a BBC radio programme about British folklore, monsters, and the landscape.
The reviews continue to pour in a Those Who Run With Wolves. Recent reviewers have been Leticia Lara, Athena Andreadis, and Aliette de Bodard.
Ghostwords has returned with a vengeance! The latest post sports a cornucopia of links, leading the reader off on an internet treasure hunt.
I very much appreciated this post on No Award about Indigenous (and other) seasonal calendars.
In case you missed it, I reviewed Karen Memory by Elizabeth Bear, The House of Shattered Wings by Aliette de Bodard, and The Girls at the Kingfisher Club by Genevieve Valentine. I loved them all.
Men Wearing A Military Helmet and Nothing Else in Western Art History: The Toast is a gift.
I hope your weekends are filled with as much fun stuff and opportunities for learning as mine will be.
I don't care, I link it August 28, 2015Posted by dolorosa12 in linkpost.
Tags: academia, aliette de bodard, bogi takács, dahlia adler, emma newman, galactic suburbia, hugo awards, kate elliott, kindness not fear, libraries, liz barr, no award, nymeth, representation matters, sophia mcdougall, sumana harihareswara, tell them stories, tricia sullivan
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Slightly flippant title, wildly inaccurate characterisation of my reasons for doing these linkposts. Over here I am gearing up for a much needed long weekend, after one of those weeks that just seem to go on and on and on.
Kate Elliott wrote a great post on 'Diversity Panels: Where Next'. I would encourage you to read (most of) the links that follow, particularly the panel discussion at The Book Smugglers, which I included in a previous linkpost.
Some (unintentionally Australian-centric) Hugos follow-up posts:
Liz Barr of No Award livetweeted the Hugos.
Galactic Suburbia did a podcast discussing the results.
On a less awesome note (in the sense of this needing to be said at all), Sumana Harihareswara responded to the use of the Hare Krishna chant in the Hugos ceremony in an extraordinarily open-hearted and giving way.
A lot of people were sharing this (old) 'How to (Effectively) Show Support' by Dahlia Adler. This part particularly resonated with me:
There is a really big difference between being a person who only rages and a person who both rages and makes a real move for change. And maybe people don't realize that. Maybe they don't get how. But I'm tired of seeing raging with no support counterbalance, and I'm tired of people thinking raging is enough without backing it up in a meaningful way. I'm tired of people not realizing how limiting the effects are when all you do is talk about who and what is doing things wrong and not who and what is doing things right.
(Incidentally, I think the first person I saw sharing the post was Bogi Takács, who very effectively shows support with regular roundups of #diversepoems and #diversestories recommendations.)
Aliette de Bodard has set up a review website, designed to host reviews of 'books we love, with a focus on things by women, people of colour, and other marginalised people'.
Here's Sophia McDougall doing a podcast with Emma Newman. My poor, Romanitas-loving heart hurt when Sophia talked about one particular scene in Savage City involving the Pantheon. (I know at least one friend is currently reading the series for the first time, so it might be wise to avoid this podcast until you've finished – it's mildly spoilery.)
More on the invisibility of older women authors, this time from Tricia Sullivan.
Ana has gathered some great, library-related links at Things Mean A Lot.
'Breakthrough in the world's oldest undeciphered writing'.
These photos of the world's oldest trees are really amazing.
I hope you all have wonderful weekends.
(Linkpost is like a) heatwave July 17, 2015Posted by dolorosa12 in linkpost.
Tags: aliette de bodard, apex book of world sf 4, athena andreadis, beth bernobich, chinelo onwualu, didi chanoch, e lily yu, elizabeth bear, jeremiah tolbert, john chu, kate elliott, mad max: fury road, mahvesh murad, nalo hopkinson, natalie luhrs, no award, rachel manija brown, renay, rochita loenen-ruiz, shveta thakrar, sophia mcdougall, space hostages, to shape the dark, tobias buckell, uncanny magazine
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Well, it's been a while.
Chinelo Onwualu talks race, speculative fiction, and Afro SF.
Sophia McDougall's new book Space Hostages is out! I have my copy ready to read on my upcoming holiday! There is a book trailer, tumblr post and author interview!
Rather than linking to individual stories and essays, I'd like to simply direct you all to the latest issue of Uncanny Magazine. I've thoroughly enjoyed everything in it so far, in particular E Lily Yu's short story and Natalie Luhrs' column.
Two tables of contents for what look to be excellent anthologies:
To Shape the Dark (ed. Athena Andreadis).
Apex Book of World SF 4 (ed. Mahvesh Murad)
Here are two great Storifies on dealing with rejection, from authors Nalo Hopkinson and Elizabeth Bear, Rachel Manija Brown, Aliette de Bodard, Tobias Buckell, John Chu, Shveta Thakrar, Beth Bernobich, Jeremiah Tolbert and others. Rochita Loenen-Ruiz made both Storifies.
Rochita Loenen-Ruiz has revamped her books blog. The first post is a guest post by editor Didi Chanoch, talking about a new press he's launching.
This is a great interview with Aliette de Bodard.
I really appreciated this column by Renay about gatekeeping, fannish history and the SF 'canon'.
I also appreciated this interview with Kate Elliott.
I also loved Athena Andreadis' thoughts on Mad Max: Fury Road.
More on Fury Road: No Award's guide to Australian slang. That blog is a national treasure.
I hope you are all feeling wonderful.
Linkpost injected May 29, 2015Posted by dolorosa12 in linkpost.
Tags: a softer world, aliette de bodard, aminata, athena andreadis, bogi takács, charles tan, eurovision, ghostwords, house of shattered wings, jy yang, kaye wierzbicki, ladybusiness, m sereno, mad max: fury road, natalie luhrs, renay, representation matters, sophia mcdougall, space hostages, tanith lee, tansy rayner roberts, tell them stories, zen cho
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This week's post goes from the sublime to the ridiculous (but mainly focuses on the sublime).
To start off, an absolutely fabulous roundtable on diversity. The participants are Aliette de Bodard, Zen Cho, M Sereno, Bogi Takács and JY Yang, moderated by Charles Tan.
Over at Ladybusiness, Renay has created a fabulous summer (or winter) reading recommendation list.
On a sadder note, Tanith Lee has died. Athena Andreadis has written a lovely tribute. Sophia McDougall shared an old anecdote about meeting Lee.
There are a lot of new updates at Where Ghostwords Dwell.
Sophia McDougall has posted an excerpt of Space Hostages, which will be published really soon.
You can enter a giveaway to win an ARC of House of Shattered Wings by Aliette de Bodard here.
I saw Mad Max: Fury Road this week and absolutely adored it. (If I had endless money and more time on my hands, I would have seen it at least five more times since Tuesday.) This essay by Tansy Rayner Roberts goes a long way towards explaining why.
I found this post by Kaye Wierzbicki over at The Toast very moving. (Content note: discussion of abortion.)
This is the last week of A Softer World and I am really not okay. This and this are probably my favourite recent comics of theirs.
Natalie Luhrs is reading what looks to be a terrible book for a good cause. I encourage everyone who has the ability to donate. I will be donating to an equivalent UK-based charity.
This post's title comes from my favourite Eurovision song this year, which didn't win. This did not bother me in the slightest.
I'll link you more with every breath, truly, madly, deeply do May 22, 2015Posted by dolorosa12 in linkpost.
Tags: australiana, best young australian novelists 2015, catherine lundoff, emily st. john mandel, eurovision, game of thrones, irish politics, keri phillips, me elsewhere, naomi novik, natalie luhrs, representation matters, rochita loenen-ruiz, romanitas, sarah masle, sophia mcdougall, station eleven, tade thompson, the toast, zen cho
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So. Lots of stuff to get through this week, as my corner of the internet has been particularly full of people doing wonderful, clever and awesome things.
Rochita Loenen-Ruiz had a busy week. Here's Rochita on the uses of anger, her new short story, and being interviewed for Lightspeed magazine's author spotlight.
Catherine Lundoff has had so many submissions to her 'Older Women in SFF' recommendations post that she's had to split it into two. Part one, part two.
I really liked this review of Zen Cho's writing by Naomi Novik.
This review by Sarah Mesle of the most recent episode of Game of Thrones made a lot of points I've been struggling to articulate. Content note for discussion of violence, abuse and rape.
I really appreciated this thoughtful post by Tade Thompson on safety, community and dissent.
Natalie Luhrs makes some really important points here:
This is part of the ongoing conversation about the importance of different voices in our community. About making space for people who have been told–explicitly and implicitly–that what they have to say isn't worthwhile and that they need to sit down and listen and that someday, maybe, they'll be allowed to speak.
This list of Best Young Australian novelists looks great, and reflects the Australia that I grew up in. Congratulations to all the winners!
I have to admit that the #hometovote hashtag has been making me cry.
I wrote two longish posts this week. One is here at the Geata: a review of Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel. The other is over on LJ/Dreamwidth, and is a primer to Sophia McDougall's Romanitas trilogy.
My mother is a radio journalist. Her programme this week is on Eurovision, and you can listen to it here (not geoblocked). There are additional features here. I am an unashamed Eurovision fan, and as you can see, it runs in the family.
Texts from Hieronymous Bosch made me laugh and laugh.
Happy Friday, everyone.
Hounds of linkpost May 8, 2015Posted by dolorosa12 in linkpost.
Tags: adele geras, aliette de bodard, alyssa wong, athena andreadis, australiana, avengers: age of ultron, david anthony durham, dorothy dunnett, everyday monstrosity, fairytales, fantasy book cafe, greek history, historical fiction, joyce chng, kari sperring, poetry, sonya taaffe, sophia mcdougall, sophie masson, strange horizons, tell them stories, the history girls, turkish history, uncanny magazine, vanessa rose phin
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Let us not talk of the UK election results – I have no words. Instead, let's talk about something much more pleasant: the return of my weekly linkposts!
Unlike the rest of my corner of the internet, I didn't have a massive problem with Avengers: Age of Ultron. Sophia McDougall and Sonya Taaffe probably get closest to articulating my own feelings on the subject.
Joyce Chng, David Anthony Durham and Kari Sperring (moderated by Vanessa Rose Phin) have some interesting things to say on 'Representing Marginalized Voices in Historical Fiction and Fantasy', at Strange Horizons.
Athena Andreadis talks about the uses and misuses of cultural traumas (in this case, her own, Greek culture) in fiction.
Aliette de Bodard talks about Dorothy Dunnett at Fantasy Book Cafe.
'For the Gardener's Daughter is a fabulous poem by Alyssa Wong, published in Uncanny Magazine.
On Sophie Masson's blog, Adele Geras talks about retelling fairytales.
One of my friends and former academic colleagues has started a blog looking at popular representations of monsters.
The History Girls is not a new blog, but it is new to me. It's the work of a group of women who are historical fiction writers.
Today is pretty grim, so I will leave you with footage of a koala roaming around a rural Victorian hospital.
Linkpost lifts us up where we belong February 27, 2015Posted by dolorosa12 in linkpost.
Tags: birdman, books, claire foy, fangirl, fangirl happy hour, fantasy novels, julia raeside, kindness not fear, ladybusiness, landscape and language, linkpost, representation matters, robert macfarlane, samantha shannon, shannon hale, sophia mcdougall, tell them stories, wolf hall
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This week's linkpost is up a bit early, and contains many fabulous things.
I'm a huge fan of Sophia McDougall's review of Birdman: over at Strange Horizons. In it, she compares the film to Boris Johnson. It's an apt comparison.
Here's a great interview with Samantha Shannon. 'Cities are made of narrative' indeed.
Aliette de Bodard's description of her subconscious as a library is a fabulous metaphor, and one that I might steal myself!
There's a great set of guest posts over at Ladybusiness on 'What books are on your auto-recommend list?' (For the record, mine are the His Dark Materials trilogy by Philip Pullman, the Pagan Chronicles series by Catherine Jinks, Space Demons, Skymaze, Shinkei and Galax Arena by Gillian Rubinstein, Parkland, Earthsong, Fire Dancer and The Beast of Heaven by Victor Kelleher, the Romanitas trilogy by Sophia McDougall and the Crossroads trilogy by Kate Elliott.)
Episode 4 of Fangirl Happy Hour is up. This week Ana and Renay are talking Karen Memory by Elizabeth Bear, Jupiter Ascending and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.. I'm not quite as critical of S.H.I.E.L.D. as they are, while I think there's room for difference of opinion about the feminism of Jupiter Ascending, but as always, I appreciate their thoughts.
The first few guest posts about representation and diversity are up on Jim C. Hines' blog.
Shannon Hale talks about gender segregation at readings she's done at schools. It's heartbreaking.
I thoroughly enjoyed this article by Robert Macfarlane about language and landscape. Beautiful stuff.
I really liked the recent BBC adaptation of Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall. This interview by Julia Raeside of Claire Foy, who played Anne Boleyn, goes a long way towards explaining why.
For reasons that will soon become apparent, although I can't provide a link to it, the #readingAuthorName hashtag on Twitter has been a powerful and positive movement. It works like this: think of an author whose works moved you and shaped you into the person you are. Tweet about it. Add the hashtag #readingAuthorName (obviously replacing AuthorName for the author's actual name). Feel happy.
'Mars is there, waiting to be reached' March 28, 2014Posted by dolorosa12 in books, fangirl, reviews.
Tags: books, children's dystopian fiction, children's literature, children's science fiction, mars evacuees, science fiction, sophia mcdougall
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'It's like Pacific Rim, only with the characters as twelve-year-old girls,' said my partner, who had snatched up Sophia McDougall's Mars Evacuees and read it before I had a chance. Coming from him, this was high praise, and I opened the book expecting great things. Be warned, this review contains some minor spoilers.
I wasn't disappointed. Mars Evacuees is McDougall's first children's book, and it is set in a dystopian future in which Earth has been partly colonised by the Morror, an alien people who have transformed the climate to such an extent that it is becoming too cold to support human life. As an endless war rages on, groups of children are being evacuated off-planet to Mars, which has been partially terraformed into a climate that can sustain a human population. Their rescue comes at a price: all evacuees will be trained, and then conscripted into the military and expected to join the fight against the Morror. The narrator, Alice Dare, is the daughter of Stephanie Dare, a famous war hero. Although she struggles with the weight of expectation that this troublesome heritage causes, Alice is an essentially pragmatic child, and she spends most of the story putting any angsty feelings aside to be dealt with at a later, more convenient time. This is because she is preoccupied for most of Mars Evacuees with staying alive.
Although the colony on Mars seems at first to be a utopian safe haven, in which children from every corner of the world are given a multilingual education in everything from algebra to flying spaceships, its peace is shattered when all the adults disappear. At this point, schoolyard politics come into play: the strongest, meanest bullies take control, claiming most of the food supplies and the best quarters, terrorising the other children into submission. Alice and her friends – quirky, introverted Josephine, outgoing Carl and his younger brother Noel, along with one of the robots from the Martian colony – set out to find help. What they discover on their journey allows them to save not only the Martian colony, but also Earth itself.
Much of the charm of Mars Evacuees lies in its little details – Carl, like any sensible Australian, insists on taking a final swim in the ocean on Earth before the flight to Mars, and invents a game of 'Getting Around As Much Spaceship As Possible Without Touching the Floor', an unnamed tabloid newspaper lurches between praising the 'plucky children of Mars' and whipping up hysteria about social issues, a teddy-bear-shaped robot designed to teach the younger children is unintentionally terrifying. All these struck me as being very much the sorts of things that would be noticed by, and would matter to, a twelve-year-old child. Another brilliant touch is the moment when Alice, incensed at the bullying that Josephine is facing from some of the other children, explodes in anger. 'It is not because of what you're like, it's because of what they're like,' she shouts. This needs to be printed on every classroom wall. The book does not delve too deeply into the interior lives of its characters, and so it is in these little details that we come to know their personalities.
At many times in the novel, I found myself tearing up. Not because it's a sad story – rather, my tears were caused by the overwhelming sense of inclusiveness and hope Mars Evacuees inspires.* The main quartet of children is truly representative – Carl and Noel are Filipino-Australian, Josephine is African-Caribbean-British, and Alice is white British – and the broader group of evacuees comes from every corner of the globe. Their education is in the four most widely-spoken languages – English, Hindi, Mandarin and Spanish – and every child who already speaks one of those as a first language is required to be taught through the medium of another. Mars Evacuees is science fiction at its best: looking to the stars and imagining a better future. Like Pacific Rim (and unlike most recent dystopian or post-apocalyptic fiction), the stakes feel truly global, and the effort to save the world is undertaken by people from every nation on the planet. The apocalypse is averted not by violent, selfish individualism, but by compromise, communication and empathy. Mars Evacuees tells us, again and again, that if we share, rather than take, pool our respective strengths rather than devalue some qualities as weaknesses, and, above all, if we listen rather than reach for weapons, the future of the world will be bright.
*I must admit that one such moment was when Carl described Sydney. It's so rare to read a (non-Australian) children's book that mentions Sydney's beaches, walking through Chinatown, and Darling Harbour and its amazing fountain (although I must say that most residents of Sydney would probably avoid such a touristy area). But it's nice to see yourself represented, you know?


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Barangay Captain
Hon. Teotimo O. Bagacay, Jr.
Barangay Kagawad
Hon. Arsenia C. Hermogino
Barangay Kagawad
Hon. Gina G. Paz
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Hon. Caleonico L. Odvina Jr.
Barangay Kagawad
Hon. Max O. Calamba
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Hon. Vicente L. Odvina
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Hon. Marjolet L. Siplao
Barangay Kagawad
Hon. Glenn D. Ugay
SK Chairperson
Ms. Norhaya L. Mamarita
Barangay Secretary
Ms. Ailyn C. Bagaan
Barangay Treasurer
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"Jyun no Banya" Fresh seafood meals in Rausu.
In Rausu Town, down by the sea, you can find the seafood restaurant "Jyun no Banya" (The Pure Guardhouse). This restaurant is managed and run by six "beach moms" (who really know their fish!) lead by Emiko Funaki. Here you can enjoy delicious meals made from fresh Rausu catches boiled, baked or even raw!
▲ The building is an old renovated guardhouse which was used on an old show "北の国から" (From the North Country). The shop also takes its name from this show.
▲ The wonderful "Beach Moms" who know everything about Rausu fish, from how to prepare it, to the proper way to dig in and enjoy the taste!
Let me introduce you to some of their delicious meals. First, sashimi! The "Sea Set" is brimming with delicious Rausu delicacies. This seafood platter has ten different kinds of seafood to enjoy, but worthy of special mention are the two delicious pieces of young salmon. What's so special about young salmon, you say? Well let me explain. Young salmon are caught at a ratio of 1 for every 10,000 to 20,000 fully grown salmon brought in, making them extremely rare. The taste is out of this world and has a delicious, smooth texture.
▲ The "Sea Set" - 2,880 Yen. Usually a three piece set of young salmon costs 1,000 Yen, so this is a great deal!
Next up, the "Simmered Rockfish" and "Simmered Roughscale Sole" sets. As you'd expect from beach moms who have mastered creating satisfying meals, this meal has an exquisite taste.
▲ (Front) The Simmered Rockfish Set - 2,500-3,000 Yen. (Back) The Simmered Roughscale Sole Set - 1,580 Yen. Personally, I love meals with lots of grease, so I favor the Sole. Anytime I come out to Rausu I have to have it!
Finally, Rausu's most famous dish, "Simmered Kelp." This kelp, which is harvested immediately after the drift ice flows back out to sea, is rolled and simmered. It has a surprisingly sweet taste. First the kelp is washed, then dried, then wrung, dried again, rolled, stretched, and then after about 30 more steps you can enjoy it in a meal! Quite the process for a single meal, but that's what makes the taste of Rausu Kelp so special.
▲ "Simmered Kelp" - 300 Yen. It was really delicious so I off-handedly asked how it was made. That was a shock. When they run out of the kelp harvested from under the drift ice, they switch to a fast-boiling kelp.
There are many different items you can enjoy, like mackerel, shrimp, or salted salmon, but I certainly can't list all of Rausu's seafood here. You'll have to visit and see the rest of the menu for yourself!
▲ A fisherman's "great catch!" banner stretched across the ceiling. On a clear day you can see Kunashir Island from the window.
〈純の番屋〉(Jyun no Banya)
※ Only a few days of operation left this year. (Due to an error by the translators this article was unfortunately missed earlier in October. However the restaurant is open until the end of this month and will be open again next year! Apologies to Likers who were in Japan earlier this month and thank you for your understanding! (Everyone makes mistakes!))
Location : 2-8, Rebun-cho, Rausu
Hours of Operation: From the end of April through October - 8:30 to 4:00
Closed from November to April.
(Hokkaido Likers Photo Writer - Fukko)
(Photographs provided by Isao Kawamura)


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Holland's Pies launches campaign to encourage workers to take lunchbreaks
Holland's Pies has launched a campaign giving businesses the chance to win a 'canteen kit out'.
The push was launched after research conducted by Lancashire-based Holland's revealed that just 38% of locals take a regular lunchbreak.
With many respondents claiming they did not have the time or facilities to enjoy a proper lunch, the Hunger Busters campaign gives organisations the chance to win a prize package comprising a fridge, microwave and a stash of Holland's Micro 2 Go slices.
It is designed to increase engagement within the baker's fan base, raise awareness of the Micro 2 Go slices launched in November, and attract new customers to the brand.
Leanne Holcroft, brand manager at Holland's Pies, said the business had been shocked to see so many people going without their lunch break during the work day.
"Given the unique selling points of our Micro 2 Go slices, the Hunger Busters competition will provide a great way to help tackle this issue," she said. "We've already enjoyed some great feedback from our initial launch and we look forward to building on this further with the Hunger Busters contest."
Organisations, businesses and groups wanting to put in their plea for the Canteen Kit Out can visit Holland's Facebook page or blog for details on how to enter.
Judges will be looking for personality, originality and strength of case within the winning entry, with a shortlist being put to the public vote in February this year.
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Spectrasonics Backbeat
Put four world-class drummers into a studio with Eric Persing, and you're bound to catch some magic. Backbeat is the second title in the Classic Drumming series from the masters of sound design at Spectrasonics. Offered as a CD-ROM set in Akai/E-mu or Roland formats with Groove Control ($199) and as an audio CD without Groove Control ($99), Backbeat focuses on straight-ahead drum grooves.
Super Loops
Backbeat consists of stereo drum loops only. Individual drum hits are not provided, though cymbal and side-stick samples are included to augment the loops. Each of the 39 grooves contains several loops of basic beats and minor variations, as well as several loops with corresponding fills. The tempos of the original loops vary from 65 to 148 bpm. The main grooves with their variations and related elements fill three CDs with more than a gigabyte of material. That provides a great deal of flexibility for mixing and matching, and the Backbeat loops all sound spectacular.
Together, Persing and Bob Wilson recorded Gregg Bissonette, John Ferraro, Eric Boseman, and Wilson at four world-class studios in Los Angeles. Little space is wasted on esoteric beats; the emphasis is on maximizing the musical usefulness of every groove. The loops are individually processed with the EQ, compression, and room effects that are appropriate for each style, and they are almost all spot-on. The drums sound full and deep on the bottom end and clear and punchy on the top end. In other words, the rest of your tracks better be up to snuff, or these drums could show you up.
Taking Control
The CD-ROM version of Backbeat is in Groove Control format, which means that the loops are sliced up into individual beats that are mapped across several MIDI notes. Standard MIDI Files for each groove are provided to re-create the loop when it's loaded into your sampler and played from a sequencer. The name of each loop indicates the original tempo, but Groove Control lets you change the tempo, feel, and pattern of the loops using the tools and commands in your sequencer. You can make a swing tune out of a straight loop, for example, or turn a funk groove into a speed-metal track.
Because several complete kits were recorded in different studios, you aren't stuck with one "sound" for the entire library — another big plus. The loops consist of great-sounding drum kits, rooms, and processing that make the loops mix-ready. Wisely, no auxiliary percussion instruments such as shaker or tambourine were included in the loops, which could have limited their usefulness.
The loop styles are geared mostly toward rock, funk, modern country, and progressive jazz. I'm using a combination of "88-Solid Rock" and "91-Push Pop" for a modern-country song demo. Thanks to Groove Control, I have no problem combining the loops at my required 92 bpm.
A fourth CD, a Mac/Windows "data" disc, is a real goody box. All of the loops are provided again in WAV format (essentially the audio version of Backbeat), and a custom sound-file player called SoundFinder MVP is included. SoundFinder MVP enables you to quickly audition the individual WAV loops on the data disc so that you don't have to load the loops from the other discs into your sampler to hear them. In addition to SoundFinder, the data disc includes the accompanying MIDI files, PDF manuals for Backbeat and Groove Control (printed documentation is also included), demos that highlight the drum patterns, and a couple of handy utilities.
Get Your Groove On
Overall, I have no complaints about Backbeat, except that I wish I had individual hits from the sampling sessions; the drum sounds are truly superb. You can get individual hits from the Groove Control data to build your own kits, but that's only moderately successful, because you must cull the hits from the existing loops. Nevertheless, Backbeat is an extremely useful collection of loops, and you'd be hard-pressed to find grooves that feel and sound any better.
Overall EM Rating (1 through 5): 4.5
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