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Verdict: It felt suited to males who like action films.
But for one High Score, conforming to the System just isn't an option. Seventeen-year-old Charley has a brother to avenge. And nothing--not even a totalitarian military or dangerous science--is going to stop him.
Where humankind has pushed nature and morals to the extreme, Charley is amongst the chosen few tasked with exploring the boundaries, forcing him to look deep into his very being to discern right from wrong. But as he and his friends learn more about the frightening forces that threaten destruction both without and within the gates, Meritropolis reveals complexities they couldn't possibly have bargained for...
The Rating Breakdown
Enjoyment: 3 I enjoyed it a lot at first, but the plot and concept issues got to me.
Writing Style: 3 A bit 'tell' heavy but well structured in most places.
Plot: 1 Too much crammed in, poor structure, anticlimactic, and underdeveloped.
World & Concepts: 2 Interesting ideas executed poorly.
Characters: 2 Some good, some forgettable, and too many guards.
Finish: 3 I love the cover, the writing is mostly error free, but it needs a developmental edit.
Strengths: Creativity with animal combinations, a character who takes action.
Weakness: A general feel that world and plot is undeveloped and quite early in draft stages.
I did enjoy this novel...but the further I read, the more frustrated and disappointed I became. This certainly has the potential to be a five star novel based on the concept, but its generally undeveloped plot, world, and characters really brought this down.
I started the novel on a high. I loved the cover and blurb. While the opening 'told' me about the world rather than showed it to me, I found it clear and enticing. It hooked me in from the start and I couldn't wait to learn more about this new world.
And there are minimal copy-editing errors, which I've recently learned is a luxury in the self-publishing world. It shouldn't be, but it is, so I respect Ohman for using professionals to produce a good quality product.
The main character Charley is a doer, not a watcher, which makes for a great over-the-shoulder narration. Occasionally we hop onto other characters' shoulders. While I enjoyed experiencing multiple POV, I felt like these supporting characters were telling us who they were and telling us about their view of the system; they came across a little one dimensional because I didn't see them do much. Also, females were portrayed in a way which made it clear this novel was written by a man (seductresses and damsels) and I couldn't connect with them. Charley is by far the best character so it was a good thing that he's the main.
The problems all stem from developmental issues: the world needed developing, the plot needs tightening, certain sections need more tension, and twists need to be more substantial and tightly knit rather than mostly luck. I made notes on around 50 separate issues in total, but I'll just give a few examples.
The biggest issue was that I've finished the book and still can't picture the city. The early section of the novel introduces the characters and their take on the system, but we never see the dystopian world – we just hear about the system and how it works/doesn't work. This leads to other problems, because I don't have enough information to properly understand the context of the novel.
For example, the population is being culled to 50,000 but we never see the state of things. If there's plenty for all to eat and lots of space, then that puts the story in a very different light to if houses are crammed and food is rationed. There is a bit of mention to rations, but if you have more people, you can have more hunters – there's plenty of food around them – so what are the other real issues of the city? This is just one example of why it would have been good to show more of the world throughout the novel.
Another example is the animals. I loved the animal combinations and got excited at the end of each chapter as there would be a new illustration of a creature soon to be revealed. The illustrations definitely added to the detail of the novel without slowing the pace and I couldn't wait to see how they would affect the plot.
However, by mid-way through the book, I felt they were unnecessary. They're a huge part of Charley's excursions, but apart from being cool, they don't affect the plot. I would have much rather discovered the inside of Meritropolis rather than what's outside, because it's what's happening within the walls which is the basis of the plot.
Moving along to the dystopian elements, each citizen of Meritropolis is given a score, and if it dis below 50 they are escorted outside the gates. This is another great idea...but again, the details of the scores are kept vague. I still don't get who decides who has what score. It's decided based on 'worth', but the nuts and bolts of how it works is left a mystery. And why does Charley's score go up every time he punches a guard? Surely he's not getting more useful to the system because he's trying to break it. It would make more sense for it to go down – it all depends on who actually controls it. This isn't questioned by the characters nor is it explained at any point of the novel. If it became a plot twist within the novel, or even just an unsolved mystery, I would have thought it was a good point. Instead, I feel like this was another concept that needed work.
A lot of the terms are kept vague but are heavily discussed. The system is discussed in great detail from a philosophical point of view, but no one questions who put it in place and who controls it. The Event is talked about so much, yet we never find out what this Event is.
Another huge problem was that there were MULTIPLE anticlimaxes. The word 'anticlimactic' is used to described one section, and another is described as 'Surprisingly, the night passed uneventfully'. Ohman does a good job of throwing in twists, challenges, and threatening situations but the threats are empty, consequences are undone, and the challenges are actually walks in the park. One section in particular really got to me, and that was when the guard offered to knock himself out because he didn't agree with what the guards were doing. Lucky coincidences that help the main character succeed are nearly always disappointing to read.
It's things like anticlimaxes which made me as a reader feel too much author presence. I felt like Ohman needed to make certain things happen whether they were plausible or not in the name of action, conflict, and the spirit of revolution. Concepts were kept vague and were twisted to suit the moment, and most conflicts were resolved usually with Charley pulling off some crazy ninja moves which would make a good action film but aren't suited to a good book. Charley is supposed to be exceptionally clever and so it's a shame that he solves every problem with a punch up.
And that brings us to guards. There are too many guards and the fight scenes. The action becomes superficial. Half the city seems to be a guard – even the gate engineers are classified as guards for some reason...
Because of the guard fight scenes, more problems come to light. The book's main message seems to be: all life is valuable and equal – except if you're a guard. Charley argues about how no one should decide someone's value before proceeding to punch, stab, inject, kick and pummel guards - often whilst telling his victims some self-righteous spiel about equality. I started to dislike Charley at that point. It would be better if he stood for what he said he stood for, for example, felt guilty when he was forced to defend himself, or felt regret after the rage passes. This only really happens once. If Ohman was trying to make a point by it, the execution needs a bit of work.
Nearer the end of the book as the plot spins around into something confusing and partially contradictory to the rest of the build up. I won't go into detail, but I will say I was also disappointed by the resolution. In my opinion, a good book ends with a clever resolution. This one didn't. There one good moment twists but the rest of the ending turned into a big punch up. It would have made a great film, but it's quite a superficial scene for a book.
Ohman essentially tried to do too much in one novel without fleshing out the important details. Too much in too few words is something I have struggled with in the past and recognised all too well. The concept is great. The pacing is perfect. But the anticlimaxes, action, characters, and general plot development cause this story to unravel into something a bit too thin for me to recommend onwards. Sorry Ohman!
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Though you might not know it from the blog entries, my workbench isn't all desolation and blowing tumbleweeds.
I do have a number of projects stalled in the painting stage, but that is one of the first casualties of any mojo drought. So I decided to concentrate on some miscellaneous construction.
Not long before vacation, I had put together the cockpit of an Airfix Lightning F2A. This is a wonderful kit, and I wish I had had some when I was on a true Lightning kick back in the late 90s. Those are mostly early Airfix F1s and F3s (since they have the better markings options) and suffer badly in comparison with these new kits. There are at least a few gaudy paint schemes on the F2As and F6s, and I will take full advantage of them.
There is not much to say about the building except you need to pay an average amount of attention. The wings needed a touch of filler (not much) and you might have to do a bit of fiddling to the cockpit assembly to make sure it doesn't cause the fuselage to splay open. Some minor seam work and it should be ready for the first round of paint.


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This latest batch of smartphones calls attention to glasses-free 3D technology, front- and rear-facing cameras and Snapdragon processors.
Near-field communications seems to be taking the route blazed by Bluetooth. Bluetooth, of course, is a potent communications platform that is resident on just about every cell phone that is sold. It is used by a good percentage, but not all, of the folks who own those phones. The strategy is simple: Integrate it, and they will come.
NFC, as the name implies, focuses on transferring data over short distances. Here is a good tutorial on how NFC works. Last month, ISIS announced that LG, HTC, RIM, Motorola Mobility, Samsung Mobile and Sony Ericsson are including ISIS's NFC system on phones. Indeed, the NFC train, literally, is leaving the station. Last week, Google Wallet and N.J. Transit said they will use the technology:
NJ Transit rail and bus customers can use Google Wallet to tap and pay to travel at New York Penn Station, Newark Airport Station, and on select bus routes. The service, which relies on NFC technology, also makes it easy for brands to implement rewards programs, discounts or coupons on merchandise, as well as smart posters in waiting areas or on trains. In the future, customers could have an option to pull out their phone, point to an icon on the poster and download information about products and services.
It should be noted, as ZDNet does, that NFC can be used for purposes other than mobile payments. Research In Motion is introducing BlackBerry Tag, which will use NFC to exchange social networking data with other BlackBerry users. The feature will come with BlackBerry OS 7 and is something of an interim enabler of NFC for mobile payments:
It's also smart of RIM to make use of NFC in another way besides mobile payments. Not only is the NFC structure not set up with merchants on the kind of widespread scale necessary before mobile payments becomes the norm, but now BlackBerry devices will be ready for them while making use of the technology at the same time.
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Addie Owens, president of the Northwest Federated Woman's Club invited Meredith McCleary, Travel Consultant, to do a special presentation on Africa for the Adult Daycare attendees in celebration of Black History Month. The staff and attendees celebrated with a virtual trip to Africa with McCleary. She was accompanied by frequent travel companions Carolyn Harris and Mary Lesesne. Together, they displayed and described collections of fabrics and artifacts accumulated on many previous trips.
Clad in authentic African garments, they provided a mini fashion parade augmented with explanation of the fabric, design and country of origin. Their shared highlights of travel experiences throughout the continent prompted one of the Center participants to recall childhood memories of vicarious travel through her father's Cruise ship employment.
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'Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. But wait, a mouse is stirring - because Santa missed his house last year! This wild adventure tells the story of a mouse, an elf, and a spunky little girl who just won't take "no" for an answer!
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When you can't win a single match in HC anymore, you become angelmar crybaby.
When you can't win a single match in HC anymore, you become angelmar crybaby.
Heroes Charge is VERY BAD, and you dont account this because russians are famous for ignorate evident facts...
Heroes charge currently have 11 Vip Heroes Not available to Non Vip Heroes
Two Of these are Event pay heroes, so Even the Vip 11+ Must pay for these
Now you must pay for increase the speed of warhall, and to make sure you must use it if you want to improve they have make Extreme difficult to farm with Teams with 110 level Vip heroes and Skins.
Skins Outrageous, From 300 to 600 Dollars for a SKIN, and making the skins Mega op in order to force to buy it...
Currently they seems to have forgotten the legendaries, i bet they must release more skins this year than legendaries.
Current inbalance level between Vip 11- heroes and VIP 11+ Heroes: ABYSMAL.
There are clearly three tiers in HC.
1. Less than VIP11 who will struggle especially with the extended gap between chests and shops.
2. Greater than VIP11 who will do alright as they can have all the meta heroes at five stars and fully trained before they hit the shops.
3. Skin buyers not only do they have some over powered skins but will be 1 to 2 levels higher will the added stamina pots they get.
what putting heroes into shops has to do with feeling non vip? im getting the vip hero from the chest and 5 star him.. im talking about the damn skins,witch is a beast and now it has a skin,dope king was a crap hero became very good,check dm's damage with a skin its insane..
find how non vip players feel? why would i care how people that play for their fun and wont pay any cent feel? its their choice not mine..
Im not Vip 0 Idiot, im Vip 5
I payed for some things until The "Great game policies of ucool" convince me to stop doing this...
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IU assessment librarian Andrew Asher's research on how students use new library search tools was featured in the April 21, 2014 Chronicle of Higher Education.
"As Researchers Turn to Google, Libraries Navigate the Messy World of Discovery" focuses, in part, on a study Asher began in 2011. According to the article:
"Mr. Asher, an anthropologist by training, gained notice for previous work on a five-university study of the student research process, which ran from 2008 to 2010 and used ethnographic methods to closely observe students' habits. In 2011, he began a fresh experiment to figure out how undergraduates use the new library search tools and how they stack up against Google. The results, published last year in a College & Research Libraries paper written with Lynda M. Duke and Suzanne Wilson of Illinois Wesleyan University, shed some light on these sometimes opaque products, along with the bias issues that have dogged them."
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NEWPORT BEACH — Muldoon's Irish Pub this weekend will revive the old mid-afternoon custom of friends coming together over a piping hot cup of tea.
On Saturday afternoon, sisters Lissi Kaplan and Sindi Rae Schwartz will host the first of many Irish Country Tea parties at Muldoon's. They'll serve up home-cooked finger-foods and lead a discussion about the history of tea and porcelain settings.
"Tea is very much a part of the Irish culture," said Schwartz, co-owner of the Newport Beach pub. "It's very much about creating a moment, sitting down and taking a breath to enjoy the aromas, flavors and conversation around the table."
The ritual of sitting down to tea is emotionally significant for the sisters, who are Irish on their mother's side. They had done this often with their mother before her death about 10 years ago. Since then Schwartz and Kaplan have extended the teatime tradition to their own families in different ways.


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Clinton says there's clearly a need for the tighter security. But she says the government should explore ways to "to limit the number of people who are going to be put through surveillance."
She says she understands "how offensive it must be" for some people to undergo the searches. She says there's a need to strike "the right balance" and to "get it better and less intrusive and more precise."
Would she submit to a pat-down? "Not if I could avoid it," Clinton says. "No. I mean, who would?"
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It should come as a shock to no one that Frank Jackson has been re-elected mayor of Cleveland. Opponent Ken Lanci had some good ideas…laced with good intentions. But with little party support and the task of unseating a two-time incumbent, Lanci's campaign was dead on arrival. So that leaves us with four more years of Mayor Frank Jackson. The question is, which Frank Jackson will voters get?
Will it be the soft-spoken leader who successfully managed expenses during a deep national recession? The mayor who convinced a republican governor and the voters to support a school levy when so many others failed?
Or will it be the mayor who presided over a city with a troubled police department, a non-functioning water department and a poverty rate second only to Detroit?
Third terms are traditionally unproductive, at best. At worst, they can be a disaster for any politician. We'll see if Mayor Jackson has enough "gas left in the tank" to steer this city to prosperity for the next four years.
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I decided to finally make a start on my Summer reading list, which was in no particular order. The books that I wanted to read most was the rest of the Hunger Games series. I had started reading the first book the day before the release of the film and got around halfway through the book before the film started (I read it right up until the trailers whilst in the cinema). As I hadn't finished it after seeing the film it kind of put me off finishing the book as I already knew what happened. However, I wouldn't let myself start the second book until the first one was finished, so it took me until last week to actually make myself read it again! I finished the first book in a few hours and then made a start on the second one. I read it for about 6 hours, until 2 in the morning, and then forced myself to go to sleep and finish the last 50 pages in the morning. I absolutely adored the second book. Then I made a start on the third book straight away, which I read a bit slower this time to draw it out a bit, and finished it on the car journey home on Monday night.
Catching Fire
*Spoiler Alert* The second book brings a second hunger games. The beginning is all about how the relationship between Katniss and Peeta has fallen apart as she tries to get closer to Gale. However, she must pretend for the cameras that he is just her cousin, and that Peeta and her still have a relationship, and Peeta also announces to the world that she is pregnant (she's not). They then make the rounds of the districts publicising their love after Katniss is threatened by President Snow that she could cause an uprising against the Capitol after her poison berries stunt. After this fails, as punishment, he announces that for the 75th game, there will be a special twist, the participants will be two victors from each district. This brings Peeta and Katniss in for a second time. The book focuses a lot around this game, and whether the two protagonists can trust their fellow contestants who they have made allies with. Many people are killed off in the first 24 hours of the game, but obviously the two survive until the end. It ends with Katniss once again fooling the capital by firing against the force field which surrounds the arena. She is then airlifted out by the game maker, who is secretly on her side, with those in the hovercraft not having enough time to save Peeta.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book, and it was definitely my favourite out of the tree. I'm not sure why, I think it may be because I loved that I didn't know what was coming in terms with the new characters who were introduced, and whether they were good or bad. The second hunger games was also very interesting in terms of how the arena was lead out, and there were lots of twists and turns.
*Spoiler alert* This is the third and final book of the series and is all about the uprising of the districts against the Capitol. It begins with Katniss discovering that Peeta is in the possession of President Snow and the Capitol, and that she is now in District 13, which was believed to have been destroyed 75 years ago. Along with Finnick, she starts to go slightly off the rails as she realises her true feelings for Peeta, and plans to kill President Snow for what he has done in taking Peeta away from her. Along with a team of new characters and some old ones, the District 13 army make the rounds of the 12 other districts in order to bring them on to their side and defeat the Capitol. This is recorded each time and intercepted with the TV screens which are trying to put everyone against Katniss. Peeta is rescued along with a few other survivors of the second games, and they all join together once again to defeat Snow.
This was sadly my least favourite in the series. I'm not sure what it was about it but there was something that didn't capture me as much as much as the first two. Don't get me wrong, it was a very good book, just not my favourite. I was also slightly disappointed in the end, it seemed to just come too quickly and there wasn't enough in it for me.
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I am an atheist. The hardass kind. I believe not only that no deities or other supernatural entities exist, but also that behaving as if the non-existent really exists (the practice of religion being one example), causes significant harm both to believers and also the world at large*.
I also love to sing. And a lot of beautiful vocal, and especially choral, music is religious in nature. It's a bit of a conundrum. I've rationalized my way through some, but not all, of it. I'm quite comfortable singing religious music where the purpose is clearly just artistic. I'll happily sing all the old Christian carols, because let's face it, they beat the hell out of Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. I'm very glad it hasn't happened, but if somebody important to me died and wanted me to sing a religious song at their religious funeral, I'd do it – as long as they didn't want (don't click, it's both disturbing and an earworm) Our God is an Awesome God. Or if somebody important to me got married and wanted me to sing a religious song at their religious wedding, I would, as long as they didn't want Our God is an Awesome God or something loaded with husband:wife::Jesus:church fuckery.
I can make these kinds of hypothetical decisions as a soloist because my singing will always be strictly for pleasure, even if it's one of those pleasures that sometimes makes me want to scream and tear my hair out when the going gets rough. I have absolutely zero interest in monetizing it and anyway I don't expect to ever get good enough (let alone connected enough) that I would be asked to perform except at student recitals or for people with whom I already have a close personal relationship.
It's harder to figure out where to draw the line as a member of a choir. My choir, which I love, is a secular choir but is occasionally invited to sing at church services. I've only felt mildly uncomfortable about it so far, because our participation has generally felt like an add-on, a special treat, but not really involved in the delivery of the worship service itself, if that makes any sense. (Kindof how singing at a hospital isn't delivering healthcare.) They invite us, we sing whatever we have that's vaguely spiritual or at least uplifting, regardless what the service is going to be about, and they feed us cookies after and tell us how great we are and how much they enjoyed us. As a beginner choir, it's a great chance to get up in front of a supportive audience.
The trouble (if you want to call it that) is, even though we're still technically a beginner choir – we take anybody, no auditions, and we specifically welcome people who believe they can't sing – we sound pretty good (I'll write the paean to our director in another entry). And the women's section has been invited to participate in the service for the Feast of the Annunciation in our city's big, old Anglican cathedral. It's going to be a beautiful service. The music we're singing – all about Mary, from Gregorian chant to present-day – is gorgeous. The acoustics in there make anybody sound good. And the use of all women's voices strikes me as a fitting artistic choice.
BUT, here's where the trouble is for me: we are very much leading the congregation in worship. We're processing in behind the Bishop, and almost everything except the homily, and the benediction at the end, is us. I'm not sure if the Bible readings were selected to match our songs or the other way around, but we are definitely part of the complete whole. And that means that I'm not just appearing to passively condone, but actually actively participating in, something that I feel makes the world a worse place, not better.
Not that this is Westboro Baptist or anything. As churches go, I would say this is the least-worst kind. Their clergy is all women; they're explicitly queer-friendly; they're actively involved in helping the many homeless and poor people in their neighborhood, and don't extort conversions to be able to get their help. But they're still carrying on as if a fairy tale were actual reality, which is deeply offensive to me. (Theres' a whole rant there that I should get to sometime). If I were a 100% principled person, I wouldn't be going, and I'd make sure everybody knew why.
Of course, real life is way more complicated than that. There are a few high notes (not that high) in our pieces that only I and one or two others can hit and sound good. And I'm the old hand the brand-new sopranos seem to count on to know the music and keep them on track if they get lost. I
sang participated in all our Christmas concerts even though I had laryngitis so bad I could only honk like a goose, because our director said they needed me there for moral support. I don't want to let my section down. I also want to maintain my good relationship with the director, because she's also my voice teacher, one of the best in town, and very hard to get lesson time with, and I don't want to jeopardize that, plus I just really really like her.
And even if I do talk to the director about my discomfort, there are bigger reasons things are unlikely to change in the future. Namely, that a member of our choir who volunteers extensively on the non-music end of things to the point that she's indispensable, is a priest at the Big Cathedral. One of the indispensable things she does is make sure we can get times at the Big Cathedral for our secular performances. You can kindof look at this performance like the Big Cathedral wanting a favour in return – except that, as long as you're comfortable practicing or appearing to practice Christianity, it looks more like the Big Cathedral is doing something extra-nice for us. And in fact that's probably more their motive; they're really, really nice people, especially Indispensable Volunteer.
So yeah, I guess I'm going this time. I'll see if the euphoria of performing outweighs the moral qualms. If it doesn't, and if there's a next time, I might have to arrange to be out of town or something. Apparently I'm not such a hardass afterall.
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Chandigarh, Apr 17 (PTI) Punjab Governor V P Singh Badnore today called upon students to be true and stay rooted to core Indian values.
Addressing students at the 61st Annual Convocation of the Post Graduate Government College Sector 11 here, Badnore said learning is a continuous process and education is the most potent tool that empowers our huge human potential.
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Under the provisions of paragraph 121A of Schedule 6 to the Finance Act 2000 HMRC must offer a review of the decision to require security, further security and the amount and manner of providing any security.
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Cool story. Creepy, but cool.ReplyDelete
Why is it that so many people who seem to not have real qualifications get into the movie business? I've heard stories, not as extreme as this, but close enough.ReplyDelete
- jonathan bJanuary 13, 2010 at 7:40 PM
hope the writer learned something about follow up as well.ReplyDelete
Great story with many lessons. Thanks for passing it along. Oh, and thanks, as always, for all your help. Hello, people, you gotta work with this guy.ReplyDelete
I knew someone, who knew someone, who knew someone who dated the ex-husband of a highly respected actress in her 40s (but not a star and probably without much clout) and was convinced that he could get his script to the actress even though she divorced the guy like twelve years earlier.ReplyDelete
I love hearing this kind of stuff. It makes me feel less insignificant when I think about trying to network. I suck at networking. I need an agent to do my networking.ReplyDelete
Boethius? I haven't heard that name since grad school. This sounds like a fun ride.ReplyDelete
Definitely enjoying this. Look forward to more.ReplyDelete
glad to see you're finally writing a blog. looking forward to more.ReplyDelete
cool story... look forward to following this blow.ReplyDelete
Life itself is a crap shoot.ReplyDelete
Lots of acorns fall every year.
They don't all turn into oak trees.
The tree doesn't get discouraged and
decide to become an accountant instead.
I have missed not being in DB's class this semester but being able to read DB's inspirational and informative blog is just as helpful!ReplyDelete
- David BenulloJanuary 18, 2010 at 1:41 PM
great story - and all too common.ReplyDelete
i can't count the number of "deals" i've had that have suddenly vanished when it came time to write the actual check. or fallen apart because of a clash of egos.
as i like to now say, "I'll believe it when the trucks are there."
Hope he continued exploring his other options :)ReplyDelete
This forces the question: Why do I write? I feel good when doing so. I often lose my sense of existential isolation. It's the best part of my day. I love telling stories that engage and amuse people. It gives me purpose. Think of how many people I could engage and amuse if my screenplay was produced. I love actors, and want to give them things to say and do that use all of their talent. Am I hopelessly naive?ReplyDelete
Been there. Done that. So, like, is this supposed to be a unique experience? I know 50 people with stories like this. We should form a club.ReplyDelete
I don't know whether to laugh at this story or cry. I guess it falls under the ironic category. BTW, I loved The Portable Film School.:-)ReplyDelete
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This is first draft for the Trollhattan area (still showing the swapped tags Trollhattan/Limn). Coastlines still are problematic for me. The challenge occurs when trying to emulate coastlines from a larger-scale overlay. I did some rough manual touch-ups to clean the mess.
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I posted below my "work map," (see below) which helps me keep track of the various population densities when I tally the number of hexes and their types. Everything is relative to the terrain type--in other words a borderland hex of farmland does not have the same population as a borderland hex of hills; trails, rivers, a coastline, light forest, heavy forest, (etc,) all have various impacts on the population in a single hex. Naturally, settled or suburban hexes have more population than borderlands, let alone wilderness. Urban centers and fortifications come on top of those figures. Just in case you wondered.
Just for Håvard, I added the general racial mix for Trollhattan below, and the actual racial makeup of the garrison based in Limn, just above (next to the Limn header).
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Donating in DC: Easy Ways to Give
A few years ago, I took bags of stuff to the donation drop-off boxes at 18th and California St. NW (shown here) and had a surprising interaction. The charity specifically requests clothing and I had nervously included things like old earphones and worn-out throw pillows. At the drop site, several homeless people asked if they could go through my bags before I put them in the donation boxes. They were thrilled to take my old earphones, mismatched pillows, and clothing. It was startling but wonderful to see my discarded items fought over and immediately put to use by people who needed them. So below are suggestions for donating items you may have and not need to local charities…
– Art schools like the Washington Studio School in Dupont Circle will gladly take your chipped dishes and other damaged household items, which are great for use in still lifes.
– Old towels, linen, blankets, and pet-related items can always be used by animal rescue organizations, like the Washington Humane Society and the Washington Animal Rescue League.
– The Smithsonian National Zoo will take used household tools (drills, hammers, etc.) and used or new nightlights, mirrors, and other items.
– Donate non-perishable food items to the Capitol Area Food Bank and Miriam's Kitchen.
– Christ House will put your old CD's and musical instruments to good use for ill patients.
– The DC Coalition of the Homeless will pick up your old sofas, beds, and dressers.
Do you recommend any specific charities? Have you had any nice volunteer or donating experiences you'd like to share?
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I merged the two images in photoshop and colored them with copics. The designer papers are from Basic Grey. I machine stitched each layer, added some punched hearts, ribbon and pearls.
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The U.S. Department of Treasury may issue an order giving plaintiffs' lawyers a substantial tax break allowing them to deduct costs upfront in contingency fee lawsuits. These costs are typically fronted as a loan to the client; the client promises to repay the loan, sometimes with interest, at the end of the litigation. Under this arrangement, the cost is a loan to the client and not an expense of the lawyer. Consequently, a plaintiffs' lawyer cannot deduct these loaned costs until after the litigation has ended and the client has failed to repay the loans.
An exception exists in the Ninth Circuit. In Boccardo v. Commissioner, 56 F.3d 1016 (9th Cir. 1995), the court held that the loans may be treated as "deductible ordinary and necessary business expenses." No other circuit has adopted Boccardo, and the Internal Revenue Service's field service advice limits Boccardo's applicability to the Ninth Circuit. Plaintiffs' lawyers have lobbied without success for legislation allowing them to deduct these loaned costs upfront as the Boccardo decision allows. In 2008 and 2009, bills to permit upfront deductions were introduced but failed to pass in Congress.
Now, it appears that plaintiffs' lawyers may have found a way to circumvent the legislative process. Legal Newsline reported that, in a speech at the American Association for Justice's ("AAJ") convention last month, John Bowman, AAJ's director of federal relations, told delegates that the Treasury Department would soon be issuing an order permitting upfront deductions. Legal Newsline also reported that "Bowman cautioned AAJ members not to go public with the news [that] the order would soon be issued[] for fear of raising public ire to the proposal." The Treasury Department refused to comment; however, it is expected that the referenced order would extend the Ninth Circuit's ruling in Boccardo to all circuits.
On July 22, Senator Chuck Grassley and Representative Dave Camp sent a letter to Secretary Tim Geithner noting that "[n]either other Circuits nor Congress have validated the Ninth Circuit decision" and urging the Treasury Department "not to make such changes in the government's enforcement of the tax laws absent a clear direction from Congress or to comply with court decisions." On July 29, Senator John Thune, joined by 23 of his Senate colleagues, sent a similar letter "express[ing] … concern about possible Treasury actions to provide a new tax break for trial lawyers." Both letters requested information about the change in tax policy reportedly being considered.
Allowing plaintiffs' lawyers to deduct their loaned costs upfront will increase litigation at taxpayer expense. The current system acts as a check on frivolous lawsuits. A complex case can easily cost several hundred thousand dollars to litigate. That cost is significant, particularly for an attorney who will recover nothing if he loses. Many attorneys do not have the financial ability to front those costs, and those who do are likely to think twice before investing that amount in speculative litigation. Given the slow pace of litigation, a plaintiffs' lawyer may have to front the costs for many years without deduction.
Speculative litigation becomes less risky and more profitable, however, if plaintiffs' attorneys can deduct their costs upfront. The Wall Street Journal writes that treating loans as deductible expenses "would subsidize as much as 40% of the initial cost of litigation, reducing the financial risk of taking on dubious suits and almost certainly encouraging more legal marauding."
As the Heritage Foundation states, "[i]f a change like this can't get through the front door of Congress, it shouldn't sneak through the back door by way of private administrative action."
For more information on this issue or on litigation generally, please visit Seyfarth's website or contact me directly.
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One hates to post twice in one day; one would prefer to savour (with that spelling) perhaps for a month or two the accomplishment of having posted at all.
One has, however, committed oneself to completing a month-long photo challenge meme this year, and should one manage to so in the tender month of January, then one's calendar of obligations might be free for the rest of the year, not counting bills and the activities related to paying them or recovering from them. Having been a touch tardy with the first post, one must bear the consequences and thus glut the usually vacant market with a second.
Today's topic is "Begins with G."
For my G-word, I chose God, which by the way is about the cheatiest word you can pick. Take a photo of anything and you could argue for someone's idea of God to be represented in it.
But I don't think I cheated that much after all. This morning as the sun rose (and as I took the usual billion snaps of that because I'm still not used to being able to see the horizon from my own home), I observed that there is a sliver of time when our (brilliant) kangaroo nativity scene on the dining table casts a shadow on a nearby wall.
A wiser woman would find a way to connect this image to Plato's Allegory of the Cave, but as you can see, the wise roos weren't in the path of light coming through the blinds, which perhaps means we aren't supposed to overthink this. (Also, two posts in one day?!)


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Farmland Forever in Alberta!
It's great news for farmland protection in Canada – the Alberta Government announced in March that they will be handing out almost $9 million to six not-for-profit groups through its Alberta Land Trust Grant Program to permanently protect ranchlands and watersheds .
Through this funding program, hundreds of hectares of natural and agricultural lands will now be protected to benefit Albertans forever.
'Whether we are maintaining large areas of native landscape or conserving corridors for biodiversity, the Alberta Land Trust Grant Program will help us achieve long-term conservation goals' says Mel Knight, the Sustainable Resource Development Minister in a press release last summer.
Lands being protected by this funding include:
· 983 hectares of ranchlands within the Castle-Crowsnet and Bow River Watersheds
· A 1,600 hectare ranch in Pekisko Valley near Longview, Alberta
· 367 hectares of wildlife habitat and watersheds in the Porcupine Hills
· 105 – 130 hectares of river valley and riverbank habitat along Fish Creek northeast of Priddis
· Funding to 5 additional land trusts for future projects
Why did the Alberta government choose to partner with land trusts to accomplish this conservation work?
Mel Knight continues, "Land trusts are worthy partners and a good resource to help identify and protect high-value conservation lands".
Congratulations to land trusts and conservation organizations in Alberta!
To see additional news stories on the land Alberta is protecting following the links below:
1. Alberta earmarks $9M for protection of ranchlands and watersheds – CBC News
2. Easements to protect Foothills' eastern slopes – High River Times


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An explosion has gone off at the popular Maiduguri poultry market, with several people feared dead, residents, journalists and security operatives have told PREMIUM TIMES.
Our correspondent says the incident, happening less than six weeks after the same market was attacked by suicide bombers, occurred at 12:20 P.M. Nigerian time.
Details of the incident is sketchy and the casualty rate is unclear. But the explosion has sparked panic across the Borno state capital, with some residents scampering home for safety.
The spokesperson of the Borno Police, Gideon Jibrin, confirmed the explosion.
He however said police detectives were heading to the scene to ascertain the extent of damage.
A security source, who asked not to be named because he was not authorised to speak on the matter, however said the the explosive was ferried into the market by a female suicide bomber believed not to be older than 10.
"Her body was completely shattered," he said. "Because of the high calibre explosive she strapped to her body, the upper part of her body was flung apart and found about 500 metres away."
The source said the explosion occurred shortly after another suspected bomber was apprehended in the area.
Suicide bombers, believed to be members of the extremist Boko Haram sect, had attacked the same market last December 1.
The police said six people, including two female suicide bombers, died in that attack.


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A very good video explaining the root causes of tennis elbow.
However, doczac is promoting this product Handmaster Plus which is an exercise tool to strengthen the finger extensor muscles.
In short, tennis elbow is chiefly cause by repetitive use of the fingers to grip the racquet. Particularly gripping it too tight.
The grip size is particularly important, the thinner grip usually cause one to grip more tightly than a thicker grip.
This website explained very clearly the rationale behind questions about racquet science. (biasness towards tennis, though)
Here Anna Rice explains some stretching that can help to alleviate this problem.
Friday, July 15, 2011
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It is colorful and bright and has so many ways that it can be used. The patterns are fun and so easy to work with. What I love most about it is how easy it is to mix it with other lines.
These are some birthday cards I made using the pixie sticks paper and the reverse side of it. LOVE this line and will have to be getting my little fingers on more of it.
Hope you enjoyed these little babies, and thank you for stopping by to take a peak. Hope everyone had a wonderful Easter weekend and enjoyed family and friends.
Have a great day!


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Do you know about the biggest house in America? It's the home of former billionaire time share king David Siegel and his spendthrift wife, Jackie, and it's been under construction for years. It was also one of the stars of the documentary The Queen of Versailles, which tracked the family's fall from crazy-ass bananas wealthy to ZOMG-in-debt during the housing crisis. By the end of the film, the Siegals had lost everything. But they've since had a change of fortune. Jackie Siegel has her mega-mansion back again, and it's every bit as insane as it was before (construction due to be complete in 2015). Which means: Please join me in gawking at this video tour of the Versailles of Florida.
Jackie gave CNBC's new show Secret Lives of the Super Rich a tour of her home. (BTW, how secret can those lives be if they're on TV?) In the clip Jackie shows off her ballroom, which is the size of Outer Space, give or take a few feet. Here's the house by the numbers.
Total square feet: 90,000
Master suite: 6,000 square feet
Bedrooms: 13
Kitchens: 11
Bathrooms: 30 (hmm ...)
Garage: Room for 20 cars
Missing from this tally: How much it costs to cool and light the whole thing. I would hate to see the electric bill for that pad. Haw! I chortle to myself. Good thing I'm just a middle-class slob living in a tiny apartment the size of Jackie's left boob.
Of course, this house is not just for the Siegels. Homes like Versailles (and the original Versailles in France) are built with entertaining in mind. They're part of the family business and central to their social life. Still, a house that size comes at a high cost, and I don't just mean financial. This house has affected the Siegels' marriage and their stress levels. It seems both their sense of self-worth is tied up in all those empty, half-built rooms. But plasterboard has never been an adequate substitute for happiness. That's a risky gamble. If a house's size can reach diminishing returns, Versailles surpassed that point long ago.
Oh but listen to me, getting all sanctimonious. Maybe I'm not into houses this big. But I think I'd be pretty darned thrilled with something a tenth of that size, which would still be excessive and ridiculous.
Would you ever want a house this big?
Image via CNBC


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It's that time of year. Time to take apart the garden and begin discussing, "Next year, when we....". Pull the sad plants of summer past, put away the pots, split the hostas and begin the arduous task of raking all the leaves to the curb. Then beginning again, raking still more leaves to the curb.
This year, with all the rest, I have to put the ladies to bed. One of the many things I've learned in my first season of beekeeping is that I am a poor (at best) fire maker. Getting this smoker to smoke is the bane of beekeeping for this beekeeper.
Once the smoke was working, I went in for one last check. Most of the hive activity had moved below into the two hive bodies where they would spend the winter. Look what they have done! Even capped comb - can you hear the pride in my writing? I was able to snitch a little taste, sweet honey with tiny bits of chewy comb. I only added one super box this year, the box(es) from which any harvest would come. Since we have one shallow super full of honey, I've decided to let it sit. Harvesting one very small box, seemed like a lot of work and most important is a strong hive going into winter.
I've put the entrance reducer back to keep out draft and squatting mice. Some beekeepers in cold winter areas, will cover the bee hive with roofing paper. The black paper absorbs warmth the limited sun of winter offers. I would assume it protects from some draft, too. I was able to cover 3 sides before everyone got upset. I'll go back out and finish the front in the next day or two.
It's sad to tuck them in. I am proud to have gotten through our first summer albeit without honey for me. I'll miss stepping into the weedy corner where their home sits and just watching them work. I'll worry about them in cold, windy and sunless days. I'll look forward to spring in a new way. I'll be anxious to check on the brood and God-willing, happy to see them once again.
Good night, ladies. We're going to leave us now.
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Moving day
Man, I'm beat today -- the perfect mental and physical condition for a fun yard project like harvesting worm "doo."
As explained here previously, worms eat my garbage. Our compost bin is populated by thousands of redworms (the little guy on the left, not the larger nightcrawler on the right), who consume all our unwanted vegetable matter. There's about four years' worth of peels, eggshells, coffee filters, etc. in our bin right now, most of it reduced to a beautiful, odorless black compost by the digestive systems of our little buddies.
Some friends of ours recently bought their own compost bin, and I asked them if they wanted some worms to help them keep it going right. They said yes, and so was born today's project.
I opened up the little door at the bottom of the front side of our bin, scooped out a couple of buckets full of the contents, and sat down on a plastic yard chair to pull out the worms for our friends' bin. I dropped them, one or two at a time, into a plastic box lined with straw. The "castings" (there's a lovely euphemism) went onto a screen to dry out a little. That's the good part, and it's staying in our yard.
Nearly everything I worked through was useful. Just a few peach pits (they take a long time to break down) and a few bananas labels (they're forever) went into the trash. All the rest was either worms or doo.
It's not as ugly as it sounds. The rich, earthy stuff is easy to handle and seemingly neutral. Though one's hands get an evil-looking black in the process, the stuff washes right off. I used a garden hose and got it right down onto the rose bed.
There are neater ways to "harvest" the compost, but I actually enjoy pulling the little guys out by hand.
I can't wait to get that wonderful compost into our soil, and I can't wait to see our friends join the Worm Compost Movement.
And now it's time to put this barely functioning brain into siesta mode. Have a magical midsummer's weekend, everybody.


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Leigh Stringfellow provides exquisite harp music for weddings & special events. She provides beautifully crafted programs for any special occasion to provide just the right ambience. She also accepts special requests made in advanced. Leigh frequently partners with strings, flute and vocalists. Contact Leigh to discuss your wedding or special event. Weddings & special events start at $350 for solo harp.
Wedding Package
- Starts at $500 & includes:
- prelude music
- all processionals
- tying of the knot, sand pouring or unity candle
- recessional
- Additional Add Ons:
- Purchasing new music for special request
- Harp accompaniment for a soloist
- cocktail hour
- reception music
- rehearsal dinner
Ceremony Music
Choose from one of the ceremony favorites below, or make a personalized program with music that represents you!
Seating of the Mothers
- Ave Maria by Bach/Gounod
- Ave Maria by Schubert
- Bridal Chorus by Wagner
- Trumpet Voluntary by Clark
- Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring by Bach
- Canon in D by Pachelbel
- Wedding March - Mendelssohn
- Spring from Four Seasons - Vivaldi
- Ode to Joy - Beethoven
- Trumpet Tune - Purcell
- Allegro Maestros from Water Music - Handel
- Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah - Handel


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In the writings of Nicola Vicentino (1555) and Gioseffo Zarlino (1558) is found, for the first time, a systematic means of explaining music's expressive power based upon the specific melodic and harmonic intervals from which it is constructed. This "theory of interval affect" originates not with these theorists, however, but with their teacher, influential Venetian composer Adrian Willaert (1490-1562). Because Willaert left no theoretical writings of his own, Timothy McKinney uses Willaert's music to reconstruct his innovative theories concerning how music might communicate extramusical ideas. For Willaert, the appellations "major" and "minor" no longer signified merely the larger and smaller of a pair of like-numbered intervals; rather, they became categories of sonic character, the members of which are related by a shared sounding property of "majorness" or "minorness" that could be manipulated for expressive purposes. This book engages with the madrigals of Willaert's landmark Musica nova collection and demonstrates that they articulate a theory of musical affect more complex and forward-looking than recognized currently. The book also traces the origins of one of the most widespread musical associations in Western culture: the notion that major intervals, chords and scales are suitable for the expression of happy affections, and minor for sad ones. McKinney concludes by discussing the influence of Willaert's theory on the madrigals of composers such as Vicentino, Zarlino, Cipriano de Rore, Girolamo Parabosco, Perissone Cambio, Francesco dalla Viola, and Baldassare Donato, and describes the eventual transformation of the theory of interval affect from the Renaissance view based upon individual intervals measured from the bass, to the Baroque view based upon invertible triadic entities.
Adrian Willaert and the Theory of Interval Affect
Timothy R. Mckinney
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Greg is a 1979 graduate of Lowndes County High School and an alumnus of the Lowndes High School Georgia Bridgeman band. A dual instrument musician, he was selected most valuable player when he played baritone in the varsity marching band, and he lead the tuba section to win multiple marching band competitions. Because of his passion for musical instruments, he has maintained a personal relationship with many schools and marching bands across south Georgia through the years.
Greg entered the musical instrument business in 2001 as a repairman in a local shop. He became a school sales representative in 2003 and joined the Arts Music Shop team in 2012 as a music sales representative – serving south Georgia.


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Statue Collectibles store Poděbrady
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Aliens Bust Bank Alien Xenomorph Queen 23 cm
Talk about protection! Your spare change is safe and sound under the watchful eye of this all-new Xenomorph queen Vinyl Bust Bank. Based on the matriarch's appearance in Aliens, this beautifully rendered bank features a detailed sculpt by Eli Livingston and a collectible-quality paint application, and stands alongside some of the finest Alien collectibles. But she also has a coin slot in back and an access door in the base, so she'll guard your quarters like they were her own children! If you were going to put all your eggs in one basket, this is it! Comes packaged in a clear polybag with
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Property standards
Property standards
The council has published a simple guide to property standards for landlords, and we would be pleased to send you a copy: please email your name and address to firstname.lastname@example.com, or call 01283 508149 during office hours.
All housing should be free of Category 1 hazards.
We can inspect properties for the presence of hazards and take action where hazards are found. Our approach to enforcement is set out in the Housing Enforcement Policy.
If you are asked by the council to carry out works following an inspection, and you feel that alternative works would be sufficient, please discuss this with the housing officer concerned since it may be possible to agree suitable alternative solutions.
If the level of risk associated with a hazard has been sufficiently reduced, even if the terms of the order/notice have not been fully complied with, the council must revoke a notice served or order made to address that hazard. However all Category 1 hazards must be reduced to at least a Category 2 hazard, where practicable.
The council charges for formal enforcement action and the charge is typically between £250 and £500. Hence you will save money by carrying out works to avoid formal action.


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Queer Student Union (QSU)
Above all, we're a fun and safe place for queer-identified People and allies. Our meetings focus on keeping the individuals safe and happy, and then on creating a sense of community in our queer population through planning and informing members of events, playing games, chatting, and often going to ice cream when the meeting is over. new friends and gain support. It's a chance to be part of a community, make friends, and actively participate in HSU queer life.
About the Club
The first Thursday of every month is a potluck, and the last Thursday is a Check-In (a confidential time facilitated by the president to vent, talk about your troubles, or simply state some of the positive or negative things going on in your life, without fear of judgement)
Membership Qualifications
Be queer-positive, and willing to help create and maintain a healthy queer community!
How to Join
Simply come to our meetings. There is no written record, so feel free to come and go whenever you please. If you want to be on our confidential email list, just email us and say so.
Facebook: We have a private one for the confidentiality of our members. If you come to a meeting, there will be instructions on how to be a part of it.