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Rewrites and Quick Revision Mode

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I did NaNoWriMo for the first time last November. I came up with about 37K words.

By the end of December I had 44K, finishing the story line.

Then started my “quick revision mode,” which means slashing and burning all irrelevant stuff, and building bridges to make a story arch.

The first week of January, I was left with 3K. Yep. That would be three thousand words, down more than 10,000. Permission to write dreck during NaNoWriMo left me with a skeleton at the rewrite stage, but a very nice skeleton.

Now, mid-February, I am up to 23K with three chapters to revise/rewrite.

Seems like my MG novel will be short even for a MG. When I’m “done,” after I sit on it for a while, I’ll get back to it again for some more rewrites and revisions. I hope to have this baby ready to be submitted by spring. That would be the shortest amount of time I ever spent on a book — not by hours, of course, but by days. Because I’m not working full time, I can spend a lot more time writing instead of spreading it out over years. Pretty cool.

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  1. Wonderful! Would you consider writing on your blog about how you schedule your time? How many hours a day do you devote to writing? Are they set hours? When you revise do you have a specific pattern you follow?

    Congrats on your success.

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Ani and David spent last week in Seattle competing in the University of Washington’s Global Social Entrepreneurship Competition (GSEC). The competition, in its 7th year, brought together 13 teams from all over the world, such as Bangladesh, Peru and Ukraine.  They lavished us with trips to Microsoft HQ, grilled us with tough questions about our business plan, and celebrated social enterprise through an impressive closing banquet.  Sanergy took home gold in the event – winning $12,500 for the Grand Prize and $1,000 from the Seattle #4 Rotary Club for greatest potential social impact!

Ani and David at the GSEC Trade Show. (Source: GSEC)

Building Sanergy is not just about raising funds (although that’s really important), but also building great relationships. Through GSEC, we were connected with Tim Elliott and Jody Garcia on the sanitation team at PATH, an NGO that addresses global health challenges through appropriate technologies. Jody and Tim provided us with incredible mentorship – constructively critiquing our business plan, challenging us to think harder about how we define our social impact and defend our financial projections, and then setting up a host of meetings with the rest of their team at PATH.

Similarly, we were only eligible for the Rotary Club of Seattle’s prize if we received a letter of support from another Rotary Club chapter.  On the day that we left Nairobi in January, we found that one chapter was having its weekly breakfast. We showed up unannounced and, as luck would have it, they welcomed us with open arms. The leader of that chapter also runs Athi River Mining (ARM), one of Kenya’s largest distributors of cement! Given that Sanergy’s toilets are made of thin-shell cement, we are excited to have found a way to get to know ARM better!

Once back in the US, we also had the pleasure of meeting Randy Lindel, a vice president of the Rotary Club of Cambridge, who also endorsed our entry for the Rotary Prize for Social Impact. Without Rotary #4’s initiative led by Steve Crane, Bill Center and Jim Moore back in Seattle, we would never have made these connections.

Finally, the competition was an incredible chance to get extensive feedback from a variety of stakeholders – leading foundations, the established NGO community, other social enterprises, and potential investors. Ani and David must have given the Sanergy pitch to over 500 people when all was said and done!

Thank you to all the folks at GSEC for putting on a great week and for believing in Sanergy!

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Ceramics and Architecture

At the beginning of the year I redecorated my bathroom with a fish and bird Escher pattern. I also made some tiles to match, and here they are

We inherited super-sweet Envision brush-on glazes. They’re not really designed for cone 6 firings [which is the temperature we fire to, 1240 degrees C] but after testing we found that many of them are quite good. Of course, 60% of them turn onto a brown mucky mess, but that’s what testing is all about.

Loads has come out of the kiln lately, and I’ve been having a lot of fun with P2 porcelain, which vitrifies at cone 6 [quite low temperature for porcelain] and so doesn’t need to be glazed. Vitrification changes the structure of the molecules, and turns them ‘glassy’. To illustrate, most plates are not vitrified; once they get a  chip or crack, if you soak them in water you can see that the water soaks into the pot underneath. In contrast, vitrified clay can get a chip in it but will not soak up water, that’s why baths, basins and loos are made from vitrified porcelain.

It also looks pretty.

Back in – holy moly – FEBRUARY, I started making these Time For Tea tiles. FINALLY some of these are out of the kiln!

I’m really happy with them; the incised plaster detail came up well. Will be furthering this research in the new year.

I made two moulds with buttons, and have had loads of fun handpainting them with the paint-on glazes.

I made this back in January, as a sort of signal to myself.

Who am I kidding; round my way every year is the year of the tile!

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The Best Torrent Sites for downloading software, movies, music

What is Torrent? A torrent file is a file that is small in size and associated with specific content that related to downloading files. Moreover, its downloading speed totally depends on seeders, leechers, and peers.

Torrent Sites is the best place available on the Internet from where you can quickly download approximately all kinds of files. You can find Movies to software and games everything here.

As the internet users are increasing, the torrent users are also increasing. The torrent sites were got famous in the last few years. Moreover, now a day’s Torrent becomes that much famous that all internet users are mostly using Torrent sites for downloading their small as well as large size files.

The files that shared on Torrent sites every month they are not in the number of Millions but on billions. By this figure, you can easily judge how much torrent site matters.

As the popularity of torrent is increasing the number of torrent sites are also increasing day by day. In today’s scenario, you can find more than thousands of torrent sites that are available on the web.

With the increasing number of torrent sites, it is also become very hard to find out which one is the best torrent sites and for worthy to visit.

So for giving you a better Torrent experience, we are sharing here a list of Best 10 Torrent Sites for Movies, Games, and Software.

Best Torrent Sites for Movies, Games and Software:

Kickass Torrent (

The Kickass Torrent founded in 2009. It is a very popular torent. It is a well known torrent site for Games, movies, Software and other downloading material. It has a vast database of various categories. After its development in no time, it got popular.

Torrentz (

Torrentz It is also known as a torrent search engine. This site never hosts any files from their own. Although it provides you the direction to search other torrent sites as per your search needs. It is one of the best torrent sites in the world.

ExtraTorrent (

ExtraTorrent is also very popular and one of the best torrent sites. It is mainly popular for Movies, Tv shows, and Software. You can get Movies, Tv shows and Software with no trouble from this torrent site. This site is very easy to operate.

TorrentBox (

TorrenBox is the most popular Torrent Sites of 2015. It is a new site still it got popular in a very short extent of time. It has clean navigation. This navigation tool helps you to navigate through various categories, which includes Movies, Games, Music, and software.

The Pirate Bay (

The pirate bay is not a new player in the Torrent sites. In past, The Pirate Bay was king of all torrent sites. However, because of plenty of legal issues it got blocked in more than ten countries. That is why this site got a big loss. Still, it is famous and also getting a tremendous success. The Pirate Bay is now also blocked in some countries including India.

Bitsnoop (

Bitsnoop is at the 6th position in our list of best Torrent sites 2015. It is also famous torent in the world.

1337X (

1337X is also one of the best torrent sites. Its mainly known for its Movies and Software files. It provides the facility of downloading both Fi9les and magnet links file from the torrents.

TorrentDB (

TorrentDB is also a well known torrent site. It has a vast database of torrent files that are from all the popular networks. It is index all famous torrent sites and also add the latest collection in its database. Moreover, its site navigation is also fairly easy.

Rarbg (

Rarbg is also a new site that is doing well in the field of the torrent. This site was founded a few years ago and within no time it got some huge success.

isoHunt (

In our list, the last torrent site is isoHunt. The closed because of some reason in 2013 and afterward this team came up again with their new version of the site that is now known as

That’s it.

Now a day’s Torrent sites are getting in trend in the online world. Almost all internet users are friendly from torrent sites. Moreover, this list of 10 Best Torrent Sites will surely help you to download your files related to Movies, Tv shows, and Software.

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UTME Mop-up: JAMB Directs Candidates To Print Slip Today

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has directed candidates scheduled for mop-up examination to print their examination slip today 28th June, 2017.

Candidates slated for the mop-up examination scheduled to hold on Saturday July 1st, 2017 nationwide are to visit the Board website on www.jamb.org.ng to print the e-slip or their e-mail and profile created by the candidates.

A bulk sms has equally been sent to their telephone numbers provided by the candidates during the registration. The Board implore the candidates to ensure that their e slips are printed on or before the examination as no excuse will be entertained.

The Board wishes to reiterates her unavowed commitment to deliver on her mandate and urged the candidate to avail themselves of the window of  opportunity created by the Board to widen access and give equal opportunity to those desirous of qualitative tertiary education.

JAMB also appeals to rescheduled candidates to be of good conduct and   good ambassadors as they pass through this vital phase to attain greatness.
It would be recalled that following the conduct of 2017 UTME examination, the Board rescheduled over 85,000 candidates for mop-up examination following late registration and  infractions done during the last examination.

Poised to make the examination hitch free the Board has deployed all necessary logistics for the examination.

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The present study was conducted to evaluate date pits as an energy source of Nile tilapia fingerlings and adults, in two consecutive experiments. In the first experiment, five isocaloric (450 kcal/100g)-isonitrogenous (35% crude protein) diets containing of date pits as a replacement for wheat bran (energy source) 0, 25, 50, 75 and 100% levels were prepared. The diets were fed to duplicate groups of Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus fingerlings and adults, with average initial weights of 10 and 50g, respectively twice a day, for 70 days. The culture system consisted of 70-L, fiberglass tanks connected together in a closed system. The results indicated that the inclusion of date pits in the diets of both sizes resulted in a significant retardation in growth performance and feed utilization efficiency of Nile tilapia. Body composition was not significantly affect by dietary treatment except for body lipid which was significantly decreased in adult fish fed 100% date pits. The results revealed also that fingerlings fish utilized date pits more efficiently than adult fish.

In the second experiment, 8 isocaloric (450 kcal/100g)-isonitrogenous (35% crude protein) containing 0,25 and 50% date pits, 25 and 50% acid treated date pits, 25 and 50 date pits supplemented with exogenous enzyme and 50% acid treated date pits supplemented with enzymes. The diets were fed to Nile tilapia fingerlings (10g), twice a day for 88 days. The results indicated that the control diet produced better growth performance and feed efficiency ratio than date pits-based diets. Growth performance and feed efficiency were significantly retarded with the increase in date pits levels.

Protein and energy retention and body composition were not significantly affected by date pits levels. Acid treatment and enzyme supplementation did not improve date pits quality.

In conclusion, despite the retardation in the performance of fish fed date pits, the decrease in feed cost may compensate for this retardation. Therefore, about 25% raw date pits could be included in tilapia diets as a replacement of wheat bran


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Define and Recognize Poetry

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Keep the Ghost book two: Shadow Box

There’s going to be a sequel to Keep the Ghost called Shadow Box, and a third book after that which will complete Sean’s journey. I’m working on Shadow Box now. Stay tuned…

5 Comments on “Keep the Ghost book two: Shadow Box”

  1. Kimm says:

    I truly loved this book. Thought provoking, suspenseful – a nail biter! Can not wait for the sequel.

  2. Anna Heaney says:

    Just finished The Blue. This book has made me think about life with a whole new meaning. This author has an amazing literary voice, which screams to be heard. Cannot wait to read more Scott Kelly books. Do yourself a favor and read one!

  3. indigoblue69 says:

    I just finished reading “Keep the Ghost” in less than 7 hours!! I couldn’t stop reading this well written story. I thought about Sean’s situation and wondered if I could do any of the things he’s done. Initially it was for his freedom for something he was innocent of doing with absolutely nothing to prove his innocence. Then Margo’s character is fascinating (yet, I have doubt about trusting in her) I thought for sure once Jack had been arrested in Ocala, FL, Sean would come clean. He could at least go back to Ireland and continue a free life. I guess the point of his freedom was something he came to terms with, as a freedom of everything that surrounded who he was thought to be..the shadows. I am looking forward to the next book and will be just as anxious for the third book. This is a captivating story that I could read many times and find new symbolic meanings to why he continues this life. I know Margo is a part of the reason, but as he knows, she is the puppet master. I really hope the rest of the series brings Sean true freedom and happiness without running! Thanks for this wonderful journey!

  4. Melanie says:

    I can’t wait!

  5. JD Glass says:

    That’s wonderful. I loved this book.

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Monday, May 21, 2012

A New Start

I am working on a new quilt with these fabrics from my stash.  The pattern I am using is the most recent Mystery Quilt pattern from my friend Jess Smith at the Q&N.  It is called "Unexpected Twist" so expect a surprise of some kind.  It is a very easy pattern so far and I am sure many quilters could complete this in a weekend, but as always it is slow going for me. So far I have completed only the first steps and have not peeked at the last installment, but my interest is definitely"peaked" ;)

Hope to have a finished top picture for you  sometime soon ...

:-) Pat

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  1. Those colors are gorgeous, Pat. I can't wait to see what you (and Jess) have in store for them. :)

Thanks for stopping by and leaving a kind word! :-)


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Oscar-nominated screenwriter Steven Knight is making his feature-length writing and directing debut with Hummingbird, a dramatic-thriller starring Jason Statham as (what else?) a tough guy with a conscience. In this instance, Stath plays an ex-special forces soldier who goes on the run, rather than deal with the consequences from a court martial.

Stath’s character soon finds himself homeless and directionless, just struggling to get by on the mean streets of London at night. However, fate kindly intervenes and provides him the chance to start life over, by assuming a different man’s identity. Things seem to be going well… that is, until the need to pay an emotional debt inspires Stath to take on the city’s criminal underbelly single-handedly (as you can see in the trailer).

Rounding out the Hummingbird supporting cast are lesser-knowns names such as Vicky McClure (Line of Duty), Benedict Wong (Prometheus) and Siobhan Hewlett (Sherlock). Meanwhile, Knight is collaborating with high-pedigree talent behind the camera, including two-time Oscar-winning cinematographer Chris Menges (who shot Knight’s script for Dirty Pretty Things) and Oscar-winning composer Dario Marianelli (V for Vendetta, Atonement).

Check out the Hummingbird poster (via Total Film):

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Statham looks to get a fair amount of screen time to give his devoted fans what they want in Hummingbird (re: scenes where he pummels baddies), but otherwise this looks to be a unique installment in Stath’s filmography. Knight used action and thriller genre tropes to explore socio-political issues through his scripts for Dirty Pretty Things and Eastern Promises, so his directorial debut is another chip off the same block (for him, anyway).

Hummingbird probably won’t gain the same degree of critical recognition as similar films previously written by Knight, if only because his directing skills are probably a ways behind those of Stephen Frears (Dirty Pretty Things) and David Cronenberg (Eastern Promises). Nonetheless, this could mark the rare occasion where Statham flexes his dramatic acting chops more than his muscles.

Hummingbird should make its way to U.S. theaters sometime in 2013.

Source: Yahoo! Movies

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If you look around the Hollywood landscape, you’ll notice that we’re diving into awards season 2014. David Fincher’s Gone Girl (unofficially) kicked it all off by earning rave reviews, and upcoming fall releases like BirdmanInterstellarFoxcatcherWhiplash, and The Imitation Game (among several others) are all vying for Oscar gold. And you thought the summer movie season was crowded.

Of course, this mad dash of campaigning and prognosticating will culminate on February 22, 2015, when the 87th Academy Awards ceremony will be held at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles. While film buffs will no doubt be looking forward to the Best Picture montages and emotional acceptance speeches, there are always plenty of eyes on who will land the coveted job of hosting the night’s festivities.

Last year, it was Ellen DeGeneres’ party, and the comedian gave viewers a pretty memorable evening (including one record-shattering selfie), and now we’ve learned who will follow her footsteps. It is none other than How I Met Your Mother star Neil Patrick Harris, who has built up an illustrious career as an awards host in recent years.

The Academy announced the news in a press release, with show producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron having nothing but positive things to say about their new frontman.

Read their quote:

“We are thrilled to have Neil host the Oscars. We have known him his entire adult life, and we have watched him explode as a great performer in feature films, television and stage. To work with him on the Oscars is the perfect storm, all of his resources and talent coming together on a global stage.”

2013 tony awards nph Neil Patrick Harris to Host 2015 Oscars Ceremony

Neil Patrick Harris hosting the 67th Tony Awards

As anyone who has followed Harris’ career knows, the man does possess several talents that make him an ideal choice to host an awards show. Film and TV viewers are well aware of his comedic timing, but Harris is also very musically gifted, having hosted the Tonys four times. So not only will he be able to whip witty quips around the celebrity-filled audience, he should knock out an opening musical number with ease.

Plus, Harris has experience hosting non-musical awards shows as well, with two stints as the Emmys host (most recently in 2013). Simply put, Harris is a terrific showman who isn’t afraid of the big lights. We envision that his “perfect storm” of resources should provide us with an entertaining program if nothing else. After all, he’s an awards-winning host – taking home four Emmys for his work on the Tonys (yes, that’s right) – so it seems as if he knows what he’s doing up there.

As the Academy notes in their press release, the last two years’ ceremonies have seen a boost in the ratings, with this year’s show drawing in 45 million viewers (the largest audience since 2000). Some of that could be attributed to the Academy nominating films that are commercially viable, but there’s no denying that their selection of hosts helps. Seth MacFarlane, Degeneres, and Harris are all popular figures in their field, giving viewers plenty of reasons to tune in besides celebrating the year in film.

2014 Oscars Logo Neil Patrick Harris to Host 2015 Oscars Ceremony

This is all to say that the selection of Harris should be very beneficial for all parties involved. The Academy, in all likelihood, will see another uptick in the ratings (especially that coveted younger demographic) by utilizing the fan-favorite actor and Harris’ easy-going, charming Barney Stinson schtick should work extremely well in this outlet. Will the final product be legen…dary? We’ll have to tune in to find that out, but right now, the 2015 Oscars are off to a rollicking start. Fingers crossed Harris can deliver on the awards stage yet again.

The 87th Academy Awards will air on ABC on Sunday, February 22, 2015.

Follow Chris on Twitter @ChrisAgar90.

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Paramount, at one point, planned to release two Paranormal Activity installments this year; the spinoff Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones released back in January, but development on Paranormal Activity 5 has gone slower than anticipated. Slow enough that, at the 2014 CineEurope Conference in June, the studio announced that the sixth Paranormal Activity movie overall won’t be releasing until 2016. Well, it turns out that might not wind up being the case, either.

Bloody Disgusting‘s sources were originally reporting that Paramount and Blumhouse Productions – the company that specializes in such high profit/low investment horror/thriller offerings as the Paranormal Activity, The Purge, and Sinister franchises – have recently fast-tracked development on PA5, with the “very unrealistic” hope of making the original October 2014 claimed for the film.

Since then, however, the site has updated their story – now saying that Paranormal Activity 5 has recently picked up speed, but not enough to make a 2014 debut; instead, the project is now being eyed for an October 2015 release. PA 5 screenwriters Jason Pagan and Andrew Stark – writers on the upcoming found-footage time-travel movie Project Almanac – are said to have experienced their fair share of difficulty “cracking this story,” which is cited in the BD report as being partly to blame for the project’s slower-than-expected progress.

Then again, seeing how the Paranormal Activity mythology (arguably) doesn’t make a whole lot of sense at this stage, in combination with the Paranormal Activity 5 story needing to be tied into both PA 1-4 and The Marked Ones, it would be perfectly understandable if the writers on PA 5 have struggled to work out a coherent gameplan.

Dec 5 Box Office Paranormal Activity Marked Ones Paranormal Activity 5 Aiming for Fall 2015 Release Date

Christopher Landon, the writer/director of The Marked Ones and screenwriter of PA 2-4, has said that he and the Paranormal Activity franchise’s creators do, in fact, have an ending for the series. So far, though, there hasn’t been any indication from anyone connected with Blumhouse Productions that the next PA installment will be the final chapter; after six movies, one just assumes (hopes?) that this property will be winding down sooner than later. Even the Saw franchise eventually called it a day after seven movies – without resorting to a reboot (yet), that is.

Paranormal Activity films generally open close to Halloween, so PA 5 (assuming it’s ready to go) will presumably hit theaters on either October 23rd or 30th next year. The film shall have competition for the horror-loving crowd from Guillermo del Toro’s haunted house feature Crimson Peak and possibly The Conjuring 2 (so long as it’s not held up by lawsuits).

We’ll continue to keep you updated on Paranormal Activity 5‘s development.

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The word is that Joel Silver is leaning towards relative newcomer Satu Rautaharju to fill Wonder Woman’s boots. Click on the image to the right for a larger version.

Satu has done some foreign film work and has appeared on a couple of episodes of Dawson’s Creek. I don’t know how she came to Joel Silver’s attention, but at least visually she looks like a good fit for the role. Wonder Woman should look exotic instead of like a WASP. :P She also looks like she could project the appropriate “superior” attitude which Wonder Woman should have.

Technically WW is still in development heck, but seems to be grinding just a bit forward.

For more photos of Satu Rautaharju and an interview with a co-star from the upcoming Communication Breakdown, click here (FYI, there is some adult language in the video interview).

Thanks to “Mongo”.

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Happy Easter

Happy Easter everyone!  I bring you:  our easter weekend in all it’s photographed glory.I managed to convince Tanner to stay dressed up long enough for us to get a halfway decent family photo.IMG_3487

And for once I tried hard enough in the outfit category that maybe (just maybe?) it warranted a snapshot.  As expected, Grandma’s old necklace was ripped from my neck multiple times, but I must insist on wearing at least one piece of jewelry at least one time a month!  I am a lady after all.  Also, I can’t even tell you how much I love high heels.  As impractical and even dangerous they are carrying a toddler, I’m just not a flats person.IMG_3490

And then I realized that we don’t have a “couple photo” dating before. . . probably my pregnancy.  So we did that and it turned out nice and fuzzy.IMG_3492

There was a fun easter egg hunt/party at our church on Saturday where Camryn was initiated into the idea of egg hunting and didn’t really get past having one egg in each hand and not really seeing a point in continuingIMG_3462IMG_3463IMG_3464

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She loved the egg drop!IMG_3480 IMG_3479

The photo cutout was a tough concept though

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And then we had a lovely Sunday dinner at Tanner’s parents house complete with egg hunt festivities

(Ashley is the dessert master)

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And a stop by to my parents house which isn’t pictured due to its rushed nature.

Hope you had a great easter!

I’m off to prepare for our roadtrip to Huntington Beach tomorrow!  (after which I resolve to go take a break from the camera, as there is no way it is necessary for there to exist so many photos of one child)  You should probably pray for me that we survive the drive there. . .

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  1. Anne says:

    WAIT. You guys had Easter without me!?! WHAT!?! I think I just shed a tear. All those babies. I miss those babies. By the way. You is one fine mama.

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Monday, April 29, 2013

Maybe it's time to stop riding the bike

Justice Breyer had a horrible biking accident this weekend, requiring reconstructive shoulder surgery.  It was his third bad biking accident.  From CNN:

In 1993, he had a nasty accident when a car stuck him in Harvard Square while he was on his two-wheeler. He suffered a punctured lung and broken ribs.
Then, over Memorial Day weekend in 2011, Breyer broke his right collarbone after falling off his two-wheeler in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he has a second home.
Man, that's rough.
Closer to home, Judge Jordan is explaining that prosecutors actually have to prove up guideline enhancements. From the Court's opinion in United States v. Washington:
Sometimes a number is just a number,* but when the number at issue triggers an enhancement under the Sentencing Guidelines, that number matters. In this appeal we decide whether the government presented sufficient evidence that 250 or more persons or entities were victimized by the fraud scheme in which Gary Washington participated. Because the government failed to put on any evidence that there were 250 or more victims, we vacate Mr. Washington’s sentence and remand for the district court to resentence Mr. Washington with a 2-level enhancement under U.S.S.G. § 2B1.1(b)(2)(A) rather than a 6-level enhancement under § 2B1.1(b)(2)(C).
*See, e.g., J. Keefe, Dow 10,000: Sometimes a Number is Just a Number, CBS Moneywatch (Oct. 15, 2009).

This part of the decision was also interesting:

The government asks that it be allowed to prove on remand that there were 250 or more victims for whom Mr. Washington was responsible. We decline the government’s request. Nothing prevented the government -- which was aware of Mr. Washington’s objection -- from putting on evidence concerning the number of victims at the sentencing hearing, and a party who bears the burden on a contested sentencing issue will generally not get to try again on remand if its evidence is found to be insufficient on appeal. We have discretion to permit the government to present evidence at resentencing even though it amounts to giving the party a second bite at the apple. But often a remand for further findings is inappropriate when the issue was before the district court and the parties had an opportunity to introduce relevant evidence, and here the government failed to present any evidence concerning the number of victims.

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Anonymous said...

If Will Thomas gets on the federal bench, I'm going to buy him a nice bike as a congratulations gift.


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Friday, July 17, 2015

Judicial Luminaries

Last night’s Judicial Luminaries reception and dinner at the Mayfair Hotel in Coconut Grove—put on by the Spellman-Hoeveler American Inn of Court and Legal Services of Greater Miami—was a fun, informative event that featured a panel of six of our federal and state judges: Judge Jordan of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit; Judge Huck of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida; Judge Bronwyn Miller of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit; Chief Judge Moore of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida; Judge Thornton of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit; and Judge Walsh of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit. Judge Salter of the Third District Court of Appeal moderated.

Some highlights:

Chief Judge Moore talked about the importance of continuing efforts to secure adequate and safe space for the judges, the lawyers, and the public. The Chief also mentioned that the bench could be changing soon—Judges Zloch, Middlebrooks, and Martinez are now eligible for senior status and (if my notes are correct) six others will be eligible over the next few years. Wow.

Judge Jordan said that the workload on the Eleventh Circuit has lessened a bit since he joined, though one vacancy still exists (Alabama), two judges have left the court (Judges Barkett and Birch), and Judge Hill retired and another may retire soon. The Eleventh Circuit, he said, is still among the top three circuits in the country with cases per judges. Each judge has about 12 to 15 death-penalty cases per year.

Judge Jordan also said that pro se appeals make up about a quarter of the Eleventh Circuit’s docket, and mentioned opportunities for lawyers to take these cases on.

Judge Jordan said it’s “not easy” to obtain oral argument, citing, among other things, the Eleventh Circuit’s tradition in granting it sparingly. Judge Huck—who frequently sits by designation on the courts of appeals—also said this about getting oral argument: “It helps if your appeal has some merit.”

Finally, Judge Huck gave good, practical advice, saying that judges don’t like surprises and that lawyers shouldn’t try to duck judges’ questions. He also encouraged lawyers to take on pro bono cases, mentioning the court’s volunteer-lawyer program. He called this a win-win-win situation—a win for the client, for the court, and for the lawyer.

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Illuminating. Thanks for sharing.

Anonymous said...

Sounds like Bolgia 6 or 10.

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Recommendation of the Week: The Vicious Kind (2009)

In Movies on VOD: Recommendation of the Week on May 16, 2013 at 2:21 pm

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The Vicious Kind (2009)
Directed by Lee Toland Krieger
Netflix Rating: Really Liked It

The Vicious Kind is one of those diamond in the rough indie gems that was premiered at Sundance Film Festival, went on to win a few awards within the independent film circuit, but never reached a wider audience. Such a fact is unfortunate, as Lee Toland Krieger’s 2009 feature film is one of the most powerful and realistically drawn portraitures of modern patriarchal misogyny in 21st century cinema. Krieger’s film is expertly written, offering a glimpse into the tortured soul of its protagonist Caleb Sinclaire (Adam Scott), a man whose claim from the very start of the film is that all women are whores. What separates Krieger’s film from over indulgence and heady intellectualism is Scott’s performance, which is so emotionally raw and vulnerable that the film’s themes never feel too overtly pretentious or false. The Vicious Kind is honest in its portrayal of Caleb, damning his abusive behavior towards his brother’s new girlfriend Emma Gainsborough (Brittany Snow) while retaining sympathy for his underlying humanity.

From the very first shot of Krieger’s film, the viewer is allowed a glimpse into the mind of a character that should be completely despicable and ugly, and yet retains some shred of nobility through his own sense of existential anguish. In this first shot, we are allowed a close up of Caleb’s face as he waits in a diner for the arrival of his younger brother Peter Sinclaire (Alex Frost). In this shot, we see tears begin to surface in the eyes of Caleb, which is about as close as we ever get to seeing Caleb with his guard down over the course of the entire film; the tears open Caleb’s hard exterior up to an expressiveness of all the pain and heartbreak that is subsequently divulged through flashback sequences and conversations between the film’s four main characters (Caleb’s father is played by J.K. Simmons). Such an openness of feeling is immediately shut down, however, as soon as Peter enters the diner, at which point Caleb clams up, refers to women collectively as whores, and tries to dissuade the young love that is blooming within Peter for Emma.

Because of the inclusion and focus allotted to this first shot, the rest of Krieger’s film is made more bearable. Even in the moments where Caleb is at his very worst, be it through the various incidences of verbal and physical abuse of Emma, or telling his sycophantically loyal friend to consider suicide, Caleb comes off as a protagonist rather than antagonist because the viewer is never truly against Caleb at any point in the film; you never necessarily root for Caleb, but you do want to see him get better, which he does by the film’s end. What’s more, in the aforementioned first shot wherein the underlying humanity of Caleb is exposed to the viewer by looking into Caleb’s eyes, an intimacy and connection is established between the viewer and Caleb, and the viewer becomes implicated into the very misogynistic behavior that one would otherwise condemn and admonish from a distance. Through the implication into misogyny established by Caleb’s tears, Krieg disallows any distancing between the viewer and Krieg’s subject, which is why The Vicious Kind rings so true.

It is unclear why The Vicious Kind never got any attention from the mainstream media when other indie films, such as Juno or Little Miss Sunshine, are lauded over by critics and force fed to the otherwise cinematically disengaged masses. True, Krieg’s film is much darker in tone and might be classified as a “hard to watch” film, but it’s certainly no less important or brilliant than either of the other two films mentioned.

The Vicious Kind is available on Netflix Instant View, and is my Movies on Netflix: Recommendation of the Week.

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Tag Archives: mind

Not Again…

Many days I spend trying to hold it in…

The barreling emotions of the hideous sin
Evolve my mind within to wipeout my grief
From the sorrow kept so deep
Delved in too deep once again
Here we go…
Spiral down the rabbit hole
To places where no one knows
Where horror unfolds
All bound inside
Invisible hands hold my mouth shut
Invisible words keeps silence at bay while my thoughts run far away
Body held in the bosom of fear which tend to hold me dear
Let my eyes dry up my tears so that no one can tell
Hold back the barrage of the wells of my soul
Let me swim in the isolation of the untold world that continues to unfold in such a dark soul…

Search for self

I found myself in my weakness

Abound with the misfortunes of my tragedy

I used it to step upwards and beyond

In my suffocating silence I found my voice

Released from the void it was trapped

I found peace within my cluttered thoughts and I found the words I needed to say in my humbled disarray

I learned the lyrics to my soul and the melody of my heart

To impart and improve on myself; self help

I’m ascending upwards whilst going deeper into something else

Now only time to tell…

I’m finally doing me right…

Distant Temptation

For what you observe is only a part of what you see

A distant sea of mystery

A quest to find her map

To lead you down astray

A celestial body of her own orbit

Plaster far away

To entertain, she plays

But much too close is much too far away

A murky stream in her rainbow

Where it rains gently below

Where only she knows

Where lie her pot of gold…

A complete experience

Submerged in this body

Covered in truth

Stained by darkness

A hollow glow in her eyes

By the river of tears she cries

Splashed to uncover her veil of myth

Let her sing out

Bird in her flutter inside

Bound inside the metal cage they cry

Kept deep down inside

The oceans and the tide abide

In the unsubtle flux captured in the mask outside

Hidden down below

No one certainly knows…

Curtain call

Summon great fantasy and play it in my mind

Before, it’s only a matter of time…

Red and blue cross center in blasting sirens

That means it’s time

Wind the clock down zero

No more hero

0’s down filed away

Time for me to go and play

Been through it, now I’m done with it

Send down the holy water and wash my hands clean

Scarlet red wrapped around my head

Lay it down low

And bring me up high,

Farther than the sky

Lift the curtains and close them down

Take your final bow…

Captured silence

Hands held in silence, bound me up well

Encapsulated in this binding spell

The sound bells ring, then I sing in the silence kept up in my own depths

Mazed and dazed in my eyes

Mystified by the tears that I cry

Of suffocating silence

Binded by a poisonous spell

Yet only I can tell

Double cast

Two blasts from the past

Wound up in your case of pure malice, no faith

A loving hate

Selfish grace

Greed of wolves in your haste…


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Category Archives: 2010 Season

For the Love of the Game – Dusty Napoleon

Back in 2010 I was a big fan – one might say that I was the founder and President and entire membership of the Dusty Napoleon Fan Club. Dusty was a catcher for the Ports, and he had a pretty forgettable year overall. But in the fading weeks of the Season on one night in Bakersfield, I took my son to his first baseball game. Dusty played in that game for the Ports and had a magnificent night. All with a lone guy in a Ports Cap standing down the 3rd base line standing up and cheering for him in a very loud manner.

Minor League Baseball is full of guys who will never get even a cup of coffee in the Big Leagues. Boys becoming men as they play out a labor of love, knowing that they have to try before they are too old and lose the dream forever. Guys who know that the odds are longer than the California lottery and yet, still have a little boys heart for the love of the game.

Dusty Napoleon is that kind of guy – a good baseball player, but just not good enough for the Big Leagues. But he is the kind of man who makes this game so wonderful.

The men who grew up riding buses to dingy old ball parks in the low minors, worked as hard as they possibly could, suffered injuries and setbacks that could have discouraged them but didn’t. Day after day, week after week, month after month and season after season. All for the merest possibility of a dream coming true.

All for the love of the game.

Dusty Napoleon

After the season, Dusty returned to his education, working on finishing his degree at the University of Iowa and serving as the Assistant Coach for the Baseball program he once helped to lead. Today he has gone on to be the Assistant Coach at Western Illinois University

I think that he’ll be a natural.

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This is a man who became an artist because he missed a train. He was walking in a Manchester suburb, and as he took in the scene he was overcome by an urge to paint it. He then decided to become an artist.

“I don’t know why I paint these scenes, I just paint them.”

What a matter-of-fact sort of fellow Lowry is.

Born in 1887, Lawrence Stephen Lowry lived and worked in Manchester. In 1905 he attended Manchester School of Art and was inspired and influenced by the work of his teacher, the French Impressionist Pierre Adolphe Valette.

Lowry’s scenes are about people in an industrialized world. Look at the figures, how they push through their commute, void of personal identity. They are physically confined by buildings, suppressed by dirty air, in the paintings there are no trees.

“My ambition was to put the industrial scene on the map, because nobody had done it – nobody had done it seriously.”

His palette was very restricted and he used only five colors – flake white, ivory black, vermilion (red), Prussian blue and yellow ochre.

“People often tell me that they can’t sell their pictures. I say well you’re rather unreasoned, because after all, why should you expect them to buy them, they didn’t ask you to paint them, so why should you complain? It’s rather unreasonable I think.”

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The FVW Animation Bursary

The funding will enable us to offer 3 animation bursaries to up and coming animators. It will also enable us to develop the project and approach other sponsors to take the initiative on into the future. Each bursary will last 4 months and will be based on creating a new piece of innovative work.

April 2013 - April 2014

Charity information: The Film and Video Workshop

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  • Need

    Funding for animation has almost completely disappeared in the UK and yet it is the most innovative of artforms. The bursaries will be aimed at animators who are at the beginning of their career which is the most crucial time to nurture and encourage them if they are to continue to work in this field. We receive lots of requests from animators to help them with their work, in particular requests for studio space and equipment and support for making films.

    The project will give the participants increased confidence in their professional ability, an increase in their marketing and business skills and help them produce innovative and entertaining films. This proposal will also give added value, as The Film and Video Workshop will be contributing a significant amount of in-kind match funding. This will be in the form of project management, networking and long-term support.

  • Aims

    Aim 1

    To provide up and coming animators with a credible platform for their work.

    » We will facilitate the professional development of talented artists at an early stage in their career.
    » We will create a steering committee of industry members and established animators to help develop the project and make sure it stays on course.

    Success will be when the films are screened at the London International Animation Festival, the UK’s largest animation festival, who have pledged to premiere the films.

  • Impact

    Success will be measured by producing 3 entertaining, inspiring and innovative films through a careful guided learning process that achieves a positive outcome, explores creativity and encourages cooperation and communication. We will collect evidence on career progression and artistic support which will enable us to create a detailed evaluation of the process adding weight to future funding applications.

    There is a risk that the animators who are chosen to make their films will not keep to the production schedule and will ask for more time to finish as animation is a notoriously time consuming endeavour but we will keep a close eye on proceedings and make sure that every step of the process is closely monitored in order to ensure that the films are finished on time and on schedule and are of the highest quality.

    We will keep a monthly evaluation report with animators asked to keep production diaries and project managers submitting work in progress reports. These will be made available for donors to see whenever they wish.

  • Budget

    Budget - Project Cost: £10,800

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      £3,000 Bursary 3 x Bursary recipients expenses allowance
      £2,400 Bursary 3 x Bursary recipients mentoring costs
      £5,400 Bursary 3 x Bursary recipients film production costs
  • Background

    Animators will have the choice of using our production studios to make their films which are located in the Borough of Islington or they will be able to take equipment away to use in their own homes or studios which could be based anywhere across the UK as the scheme is UK-wide.

    The scheme will be open to anyone to apply to across the UK. The only criteria is that animators who are at an early stage of their careers can apply, but they do have to have made one short film which would prove to us that they are capable of understanding the process. The reason we want to keep the bursary at an entry level is because there are other funds available for mid career artists.

  • Why Us?

    Why Us?

    We are the largest producer of animation made by young people in the UK. We aim to work with as wide a range of people as possible and focus on those who are disadvantaged due to social, cultural and economic circumstances. In all our work we aim to empower people through a careful guided learning process that achieves a positive outcome, explores creativity and encourages cooperation and communication. We also run The London International Animation Festival, the UK's largest animation festival.

    Read more about the Charity running this project.

    Nag Vladermersky

    Nag will coordinate the project, assigning each bursary person a professional animator who is experienced in supporting adult learning.

    Simon Oatley

    Simon is CEO and he will ensure the project runs smoothly and keeps to schedule and on budget.


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The Work of Our Hands

This weekend my husband and I spent a quiet day making wonderful things for our home, sharing in activities like sewing new valances for our kitchen and dining room, baking two loaves of homemade bread, rolling out a fresh batch of homemade pasta, and baking blueberry muffins. We spent the day laughing and talking, and even got in a walk to the local grocery store. It was one of my favorite days in recent memory, and there have been a lot of good days lately!

One of the beautiful values of this day was the opportunity for us to create, and to see the fruits of our labor. In our meal, we enjoyed our hard work. On our wall hangs the benefit of hours of labor and love. It was fulfillfing, but even more than that, we accepted the invitation to create, and enjoy the creation. God’s little metaphor for the day.

Of course, I recognize that there is one Ultimate Creator. But in Catholic spirituality, we also understand that we are given the opportunity (and the challenge) daily to become co-creators with God. This notion doesn’t suppose that humanity is the source of anything, but that we participate in God’s eternal act of creation by becoming the instrument for the fulfillment of that creative act. Yes–once again, it’s about fulfilling our potential.

This made me think a little bit about what it means to truly appreciate the work of one’s own hands. How often do we do this–acknowledge the potential that we have within us, and then, upon the creative act being completed (whatever it may be), take a moment to sit back and appreciate…to give thanks? How often do we recognize the value of the work of our own hands?

Perhaps one of the reasons that this process is no longer as common is the constant availablity of things that are not the work of our own hands. Prepackaged food, store-bought clothing (often sewn continents away), gardeners and housekeepers. None of these things in and of themselves are necessarily bad, but I wonder if they slowly strip away our appreciation of the act of co-creation.  In addition, because of the instant availablity, our society has lost the appreciation of the work that goes into the final product. Once that appreciation is lost, we are one more step from those who labored to create those goods–and that removal causes a distance that makes abuse easily ignored.

What about the acts of co-creation as a means to connect with God? Psalm 138 says, “Lord, your love is eternal; do not forsake the work of your hands!” Through this Scripture, we pray that God doesn’t leave our fate to the hands of someone else, but that he continues to participate in the eternal creative process. We ask that he doesn’t bow out of that relationship…and yet it seems like American culture tempts us to do the very thing we beg God not to do.

What is a practical solution here? Not everyone has the talent, time, or inclination to sew their own clothes, grow their own food (or even cook their own food), and sometimes people don’t even have the time to clean their own houses or mow their own lawns. How does someone caught in the throes of the non-stop American life return back to a relationship of co-creation and appreciation?

I think the first step may be the hardest and most uncomfortable: slow down. Just slow it down. Take on one less project. Enroll the kids in one less sports team. Watch one less TV show. Make at least an hour of free time during your day, and don’t fill it up with emptiness. Then, spend that hour doing something that gets you back in touch with peaceful gratitude. This could be taking a slow walk at sunset with a spouse. This could be sitting with your kids, painting. This could be sitting on your front porch. But I think the first step has to be one of radically pushing back against the constant bombardment of stimulation and activity.

I think that once one gets comfortable in this place of gratitude, it is inevitable that he or she craves more. But, if done in a healthy and prayerful manner, it will also blossom into more than that: it will grow into an awareness of the relationship with God and God’s creation. And, like in any good relationship, the person will begin to wonder, “What can I do for the one I love?”

Benefiting from the work of our hands is not pleasureable or valuable because it is a source of pride or a means to show off a talent. Rather, it is an opportunity and a reminder that all creation comes from and through God, and in order to be a co-creator, we must inevitably recognize and respect that relationship.

2 responses to this post.

  1. Posted by ProudHusband on January 21, 2009 at 3:43 pm

    An amazing post. I especially liked your note about stepping back to appreciate the work of your hands when you are finished. Isn’t this another way of looking at Sabbath? Surely, an omnipotent God didn’t need to rest after the act of creation. But it’s possible that God simply set aside the seventh day (both for God and ourselves) as a chance to be thankful and appreciate the fruits of creation.

  2. Posted by ProudHusband on January 21, 2009 at 3:44 pm

    PS. I love that one of the “possibly related posts” offered by wordpress is “Is Shaq Bored With Twitter Already?” Perhaps he could use an hour out on his front porch.

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  • Date:February 23
  • Moon Sign: Aquarius
  • Moon Phase: 4th moves
  • Void-of-Course: February 25 1:11 pm (ET) to 7:24 pm (ET)  Aquarius Moon v/c is not one of the 4 “good signs” Try not to make any important decisions or commitments now.
  • House(s): 4th & 5th: 4th house of domestic and family affairs: The 5th house relates to creativity/entertainment, pets and children:
  • Opportunity Period: None

What does it all mean?

  • Aquarius is “different”,  he is ahead of his time and capable of thinking and “seeing” things in a different way then the rest of us.
  • Aquarius is ruled by Uranus,  the planet of  shock and chaos.
  • We may feel may inclined towards kindness, especially on a “global” level or towards animals, the elderly and those worse off.
  • Getting along with our four-legged friends may be on the top of our list now.
  • The time may be right to understand/learn about new technology, such as a new phone, tablet or t.v.
  • This moon period can bring out the rebel in us, prompting us to try new things and or meet new people.
  • Be careful not to break tradition just because one feels like being different or as some may see it, “difficult” Teenagers may feel the need to express themselves, so parents be for warned.
  • Personal freedom and individuality is very important now. Partner’s try not to restrict each other’s movements. Parent’s it might be a tight line you walk now. Employer’s give your “worker’s” a little “slack”.
  • Being organized might not be as easy now, so expect weird schedule’s and interrupted meetings…
  • Changes may be in the air…
  • Could be a good time for inventions… Perhaps keeping them to paper until after the 25 is advisable if the goal is for the invention to work.
  • In the 4th house: May be a good time to do some funky updates on the domestic front. 🙂
  • In the 5th house: Discipline may be in focus with children and pets. This could be a good time to give up gambling and to structure our lifestyle.
  • This moon sign will have more of an effect on those who have the following in their charts. And too will those with strong Cancer or Leo placing in their charts.
  • Moon in Aquarius
  • Sun in Aquarius
  • Uranus in Aquarius
  • Moon in the 5th house
  • Moon in the 4th house
  • Moon in Cancer
  • Moon in Leo
  • Ascendant or Mid-heaven in Aquarius
  • Any aspects to the Moon or the sun .

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New Moon in Aquarius… All of the above influences will be stronger during the New Moon, which, traditionally it is said to be the best time to begin a new project or relationship. The moon moves into the 1st quarter on January 28th. The New Moon is on the January 27th. Those with a strong Aquarius influence may feel more rebellious than usual, the urge to try something totally different or bring out the “shock” factor may be present. Those with a Leo chart influence may be “intrigued” by the Aquarian eccentricity.

The Moon and Astrology

In astrology, the moon is connected to our emotions and reactions… how we are feeling on a given day may well be influenced by the sign that is visiting the moon… Each sign stays with the moon for up to 2.5 days…. 🙂

The Moon Void-off-Course:

There are times throughout the month when the moon isn’t fully immersed in any sign… this is when we say the moon is Void off Course… and when this occurs, we may feel “foggy” and “unfocused” … We may not be sure how we are truly feeling about a situation or a person…. Therefore it is not recommended that we make long-term commitments or important decision’s while the moon is Void off Course…. However there are 4 signs in the zodiac which may prove positive during the Void-off-Course moon…

Good for Void-Off-Course Moon:

These v/c signs may prove to be quite productive times.

  • Cancer
  • Taurus
  • Sagittarius
  • Pisces…

Opportunity Periods  (thanks to astrologer Jim Shawvan):

There are other periods throughout the month that are known as opportunity periods, when it can prove to be a positive time for most people, however if you have challenging aspects happening within your own chart you may not be able to make use of opportunity periods.

Thanks to Jim Shawvan present day astrologer, William Lilly 17th century astrologer and Llewellyn’s Daily Planetary Guide for opportunity periods.

copyright: Greta McKenzie Astrology update February 2017

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2015 Going Out With A Green Bang!

Wow, there sure has been a lot of buzz going on in the world of sustainability the past few weeks! Looking back, when I created my major around Sustainable Development at the BDIC department at UMass Amherst in 2005 people thought I was nuts. Now, with the Paris talks wrapped up, the renewable ITC extension likely getting extended along with a likely lift to the cap for MA net-metering, I am very excited to implement my decade plus experience in renewable energy to the coming year.

Paris climate agreement:

Now, like every environmental step forward in the past – we cannot rest on our laurels. It is great to see so much collaboration, from the business world to the governments. From the talks, I like the focus on: investment towards a low carbon, resilient and sustainable future.

Federal ITC – Investment Tax Credit

While we aren’t counting our eggs before they hatch, it is looking good to see some type of ITC extension. For those not familiar with the ITC, it rewards people/organizations that invest in renewable technology for their home/business/school/etc by giving a 30% tax credit to help significantly reduce the cost of the technology.

The proposed ITC extension will create a steady draw down that will allow the renewable industry a little more time to get established while helping a lot of clients along the way!

Net Metering Cap In Massachusetts

Similar to the ITC, lifting the cap on net metering isn’t official yet but it is looking very good! I just called my representative again today to let him know about my position on net metering, and was glad to hear there is a lot of positive buzz about the prospects of a bill getting passed soon.

Net metering is the process of allowing customers to get credit for the extra electricity put into the grid when it isn’t being used. What is great about solar and net metering, is that the most amount of energy from solar is produced in the middle of the day when demand is the highest. The extra kWh from solar actually helps stabilize the grid. Challenges arise when solar reaches more than 15% of production, where the night time electricity demand can be difficult to manage – which is the reason I am very excited about distributed battery technology, capturing the energy in the middle of the day from the sun and allowing customers to draw from it when needed – lot’s to talk about with this so I will leave this to a future post.

End of year!!!

Let’s plan and get focused for the coming year. Ideas and laws alone won’t help us realize the sustainable world we are seeking. It will take diligent effort from all of us to apply the benefits for renewables. If you haven’t had a solar audit for your home or business yet, contact Seth @: s.mansur@ethosolar.com; 508-436-4081


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How to sew collar & collar stand

Stitch around collars & trim corners 1. Iron orsew Interfacing onto underclollar on the wrong side.2.Lay collar upper and under pieces face to face & stitch around the outer edge of collars. Trim corners 2mm from stitching line to reduce thickness.

3. Turn to face (bag out) & press.

press lower edge of outer collar stand 4. Press lower edge of outer collar stand upwards to secure seam allowance.
attach collar to collar stands 4. Place collar between collar stands & stiich together.
turn finished collar to face & press 5. Turn to face & press neatly

Attaching collar to the neckline

Attaching collar to neckline 1. Pin lower edge of collar stand to neckline matching notches. Then stitch collar to neckline.
Finishing collar 2. Turn to face, tuckseam allowances into collar stand & press. Then top-stitch around collar stand 3mm from the edge, making sure that lower folded edge of the collar stand in caught in the seam. For clean/classic look sink-stitch (stitch in the ditch) along the neckline seam to connect lower collar stand.3. Press your finished collar.

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Shades of Grey

The dead rise as one

Roth had arrived to witness the finale of the battle as the Prophet vanished and was close enough to hear the party cursing at the prophet for fleeing. Sketchy and Oliver accompanied a large group of wounded to safety. Fortunately Magister Evalia and Booka pooled their arcane knowledge and realized that the Prophet had fled for the Astra Plane, and that she had one scroll that would enable someone to finish the job of slaying him. Virage volunteered to pursue the Prophet and he vanished in a flash of arcane power. Mere seconds later something began to happen in the battlefield as the bodies of the slain, cultists and mercenaries alike were drawn together and formed an enormous hulking mass. Reginald realized an instant that is was a Warsworn, and started panicking at the sight of it. Booka and Roth merely grinned and prepared to charge.

What followed was a brutal melee as the party fought the undead construct with everything that they had. Thankfully they were not alone as Negran arrived and began casting fireballs as the warsworn. The beast just kept absorbing the damage and striking back at the party. Reginald was nearly felled after the creature ripped off a portion of itself and flung it at the arcanist. The party realized that the beast could heal itself by consuming the dead and with the plentiful bodies from the massacre they were fighting a loosing battle.

Roth, & Booka stood in front of a pile of dead and knew that if the beast were able to get past them it would be fully healed. The two half orcs would not allow that, they both nodded to each other and prepared themselves. Roth channeled divine energy into himself and Booka activated her celestial armor and took flight. Then they both charged. As Roth cleaved large portions of necrotic tissue from the beast, Booka channeled her arcane power as was able to cast baleful polymorph upon it. The creature roared and began to change shrinking in size and before the shocked party was transformed into a common cat.,,,this did not make it any less deadly as Roth soon found out when he was knocked back by a powerful blow. The now tiny undead raced back and forth dodging the large amounts of arcane power raining down upon it from Negran, Reginald, and Booka. A final blast of power struck it down and Roth shattered the broken carcass with a final blow.

As the party collapsed from exhaustion an arcane message arrived from Virage that he had, “Disarmed the prophet” and he was ready to return. After a short visit to the Arcane Tower Magister Evalia returned and was able to cast a spelling bring them both back from wherever they were and Virage was allright and the prophet was missing his limbs. Prince Grey battered from his role in the battle approached and was ready to pronounce and deliver a death sentence on him before the party stopped him. They argued that as long as he was alive he could not be raised by another party, and they did not know the remaining resources of the cult. Prince Grey sheathed his blade and told the party that this only delayed the execution. He turned to the assembled crowd of mercenaries, soldiers, thieves, and cultists.

“This man threatened our city, he promised salvation and brought only pain and suffering to those who trusted him. His end will not come quickly but today we have ripped out this horror by the roots and with the support of our stalwart allies we shall do the same to the dark god he served! This I swear to you as your Prince!” The crowd roared in applause!

The then commanded Evalia to cast every type of charm spell at the towers disposal to leave the prophet unable to have a thought of his own and he would tell them everything secret that he possessed. He turned to Casica Vrel to secure the area with the Redwatch. He then thanked Orden Hardhammer for their support of the city and asked the party to bring the prophet with them to the Alabaster Court. Negran caught up with them as they were departing, he had done more research and the Starchild would arrive somewhere north of the city.

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Simple Christmas Tree….

So Christmas is all done and dusted but I thought I would share about our “tree” .

This year as I was due to have surgery on the 20th (it didn’t happen by the way much to my relief…right before Christmas I mean…really!)…we decided we would go for a minimalist Christmas. Couldn’t face the thought of getting the tree up and down from the loft..not that my neck in it’s current state would have allowed such activity…so after seeing the effect at my lovely neighbour’s house we decided to do the same thing.

A string of lights and some Command hooks (these are in NZ and are the type you can peel them off after)…we had some Christmas deccies that hadn’t made it into the box last year and a load of Candy Canes …job done …no dogs knocking things off or trashing the tree and easy to put up and take down….I think I might be hooked although I don’t think our son was Thinking smile

Maybe next year I’ll see if I can get away with doing it again but using more lights with different colours perhaps and a bigger jar at the bottom to make the light “trunk” …still not sure the small person will buy it a next time but you never know.


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Asteroids – Parent and Child Objects

In the last part we set up our model ready to use in our game. There is one more thing we are going to do with our model.

In Unity objects can be Parents or Children (or both or neither).

Parent objects have child objects attached to them. If the Parent object moves, so will the children.

The reverse is not true. If a child object moves the parent will not be affected and neither will any of its siblings.

An object can be a child of one object and have its own children in turn. Again if this object moves so will the children but the parent object will not.

So why do we use parent and child objects? Well there are several reasons.

Firstly they help us organise our objects in a scene. Similar objects can be grouped together with an empty object as the parent.

Secondly they allow us to apply a single instance of a script to a parent object to effect all the children at once.

Lastly they allow us a very easy method to swap out models for other ones later in development. For example you may want to prototype the character movement but do not have a character model ready. You can have a parent object called player with all the scripts which will effect the character on it and have a child object which is a primitive shape (like a cube or capsule) to prototype with. Once the model is ready it is a simple case of swapping the primitive shape for the character model without doing much work.

For our game we will be making the ship model a child of our player object. To do this click and drag the model in the hierarchy onto the player object.

Making the Model a Child of the Player Object

This way we can put all our scripts on the player object and keep the graphics separate so we can easily switch our ship model later on if we need/want to.

In the next part we will look at functions/methods (either name can be used).

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Logo-(1)When in Cambridge, one walks everywhere. Last Wednesday, my first day in Cambridge, I did just that. I walked until my little paws were shall I say, dog tired. So I decided to stop in to the new restaurant, Cancun Taqueria on Massachusetts Avenue to rest my weary paws and to see what this place is all about.

The service was impeccable, and not to mention handsome <wink>. The menu is extensive and after some wavering of my taste buds, I ordered the chile relleno.  The chips and salsa were by far the best I’ve ever had in Cambridge.  The salsa, cold and absolutely fresh with chucks of tomatoes, onions ,and well appointed with lots of cilantro. It also carried a nice bite to it. The rellenos came with refried beans, which were creamy, smoky, and delicious. The rice was cooked to perfection but unfortunately lacked any seasoning whatsoever. The plate was accented with crisp lettuce and more of their wonderful salsa.

The chile relleno itself was well prepared, perfectly deep-fried with a wonderful red sauce. My only problem with the relleno (and I must add no fault of the restaurant) was that the chile itself was so freaking hot that it literally affected my little taste buds so that after a while I couldn’t taste anything.

I will definitely give Cancun Taqueria another try because I believe there is great potential with this restaurant.  They just need to make sure the entire plate is perfect.

This Restaurant has Closed

Food: 3 Paws
Service: 3 Paws

Overall Score

ShatasSignature_2-2-1With love from my dog bowl to yours…. happy eating.