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Casey Sharperson – Believe in Your Better Tomorrow – How to Build Confidence and Achieve Your Dreams (AoL 189)
December 7 /0 Comments/in Angles of Lattitude, AoL New, AoL Season 4, Business, Coaching, Entrepreneurship, Generation Z, Generations, Knowledge, Lifestyle, Millennials, Purpose, Pursuit of Happiness, Pursuit of Happyness, Relationships, Self Expression /by JC
As 2020 is coming quickly to an end, we're moving closer to favorable conditions to be creatively self employed. However, that might be easier said than done. For many, the pandemic has set people back in more ways than one. If we want to build confidence going into the new year and to be a player in the Pandemic Adjusted Economy (PAE), we'll likely need to rebuild and equip ourselves with new expectations of what's possible.
Personally, I feel that 2020 has helped me reflect and improve my vision of what my businesses can be. In fact, we're improving the model of everything I'm involved with. I've certainly learned a few lessons from this past year. More so how to build businesses that are pandemic proof!
However, I understand that not everyone has been able to gain that clarity. In fact, I think a lot of people who've lost their business aren't quite sure how to pick things up to rebuild. Or, even if they'd want to. Or maybe, someone's been waiting for the best time to start out on their own – but they're especially not sure if NOW is the best time to get started.
Here's the thing: everyone who was affected by COVID-19 will still have to start from a level playing ground when we're given the greenlight to begin again.
So don't let your fears hold you back. Reach out and find those who can be a catalyst for what you're trying to achieve.
One such person I'd recommend reaching out to is this session's guest, Casey Sharperson. In this conversation, she shares with us how she made the jump BEFORE the pandemic hit and how she's already helping others do the same.
Listen in as Veronica and I find out what it means to take charge of your story and use it to your advantage to move forward.
Who was Casey growing up and how would her own Disney movie begin? 9:44
How did her mentor, Alice Carson Tisdale, affect her and where she saw her life going? 12:17
Was there a "catalyst moment" during her corporate career which made Casey start on her own path? 18:41
When it comes to working with Millennials, where does she start in the process of helping a client? 23:54
How can someone use rejection as a catalyst for change and growth themselves? 28:05
How has Casey pursued her vision as opposed to simply dreaming and hoping things will come true? 32:45
What's it take to leverage one's own story to build a brand and fans who love them? 37:06
If someone hasn't found their "story" yet, is it possible for them to build a brand? 40:30
Has any of her clients realized their own personal story under her watch, and if so, what was the transformation like? 43:31
What would the world look like if everyone had their own personal transformation experience where they actually step into who they are? 47:17
What in particular is Casey focused on for the near future? 48:43
Who are three influencers/teachers who have helped her become who she is today? 50:28
What gift does she like giving others? 52:50
Which issue does she believe more people should be discussing yet hardly anyone is? 53:48
Which ad would she place into the world if it didn't cost anything? 55:16
How can someone be a difference maker in their community? 55:38
Casey Online: Website, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube
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Casey's Book – Dream, Build, Repeat (Amazon Link)
Alice Carson Tisdale Story
Marshawn Evans Daniels
Angela Ganote interviews Casey on Fox59
3 Ways of Pushing Past Comparison
Casey's Talk on Overcoming the Label and Living a Life of Purpose
Casey chats with Taylor Bell about Meditation and Faith
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Chris Tuff – Millennials and Gen Z in the Workplace: What to Expect in a Post Pandemic World (AoL 174)
May 11 /0 Comments/in Angles of Lattitude, AoL New, AoL Season 4, Baby Boomers, Generations, Millennials /by JC
Here it is 2020, and a good part of the population scratches their head when the subject of Millennials and Gen Z comes up. With the pandemic completely changing how things are done in the working world for the foreseeable future, it would seem that these generations are going to be the ones left picking up the pieces and reassembling the economy in their own way.
So what exactly does that look like? For the most part, we know what it looks like for entrepreneurs. But the usual 9 to 5 world is going to change drastically in the next 5 to 10 years. Like after 9/11, when we were all about ramping up security, are we going to now see a continued uptick in technology use specifically geared towards maintaining healthy workplaces? How will this change the workplace overall? Will things ever go back to "normal"?
These are some of the questions Veronica and I ask this session's guest, Chris Tuff, author of the book The Millennial Whisperer.
If you've not heard Chris before and you're into futurism, I think you'll really enjoy this chat.
What's his take on the responsibility he has a Xennial? 12:00
When did Chris choose to get into marketing as his career? 16:20
How is Chris working with leaders to reshape their internal company structures to engage with Millennials? 26:44
What does Chris see in the future when it comes to technology playing an ever increasing role in daily work life? 31:47
According to Chris, what's Shawshanking and what is its role? 36:20
What other technology does he see playing a role in Millennial's lives in the not too distant future? 39:07
Besides writing another book, what else is Chris looking forward to doing in 2020 as we move through the pandemic? 42:41
Which teachers and influencers have helped Chris get to where he's at today? 47:16
What's the biggest plot twist he's seen in his day to day life? 49:14
What message in society is a disservice to youth? 50:46
Is there something under $100 which changed his life? 51:06
Chris Online: Website, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram
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Jason Beckerman (Shared the concept of Shawshanking with Chris)
Devin Johnson's AoL Interview
Tommy Breedlove's AoL Interview
Managing Millennials in the Workplace
Chris Tuff on the Shrimp Tank Podcast
Chris being interviewed by Peter Boulden
John Lee Dumas interviews Chris
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John Miles – Virtually Assisting VA's in Economic Crisis – How Optimate and iWorker Aid Talent in Distress (AoL 170)
March 17 /0 Comments/in Angles of Lattitude, AoL New, AoL Season 4, Career, Education, Futurology, Generations, Knowledge, Lifestyle, Millennials, Purpose, Science, Technology, Work Ethic /by JC
With the coronavirus outbreak, working remotely is starting to become a normal trend. In fact, I'd say it's moved the timeline up by 5 years or more until we see a lot more remote workers. However, not all virtual workers are from first world countries where being able to work remotely is considered a perk. Instead, they reside in countries where they might be in the middle of long term economic crisis. They have learned how to become virtual assistants or VA's so that they can bring in money than they'd get paid in their home country.
To help those folks, today's guest, John Miles, and his partners at iWorker and Optimate, have built a network of VA's around the globe. These aren't just any VA's, though. They are VA's who actually are usually more than capable to handle what us solopreneurs would throw at them. In fact, a lot of them have degrees in the work that they do.
In this interview with John, we find out why he and his partners felt they needed to start down this path and who might benefit from hiring from those in the network.
What's John's history in business and as an entrepreneur before starting iWorker and Optimate? 9:48
What are some questions people need to consider before they bring on a VA or hire locally? 23:22
Due to what his various brands do as social enterprises, has John considering making them B-Corp's? 31:19
Which countries are iWorker and Optimate targeting in finding VAs to work with? 35:44
How can people support what John and his co-founders are up to without hiring a VA? 38:09
Is there anything exciting for John coming up in 2020? 43:30
Who are three influencers he follows regularly? 44:48
Who would be someone John would get starstruck by interviewing? 47:19
What new habit has recently improved his life? 47:40
What costs less than $100 that has changed John's life? 48:39
Is there something he believed when he was 18 but doesn't today? 49:14
What's a tip for traveling John has? 50:01
John Online: Optimate, iWorker, LinkedIn
AoL Interview with local virtual assistant, Emily Kelly
Wilmer Valderrama on Lewis Howes
AoL Interview Chris Schwab
Tim Ferris – 4 Hour Work Week
Charles Duhigg – The Power of Habit
Ramit Sethi
Chris Ducker on Hiring a VA
Chris on Why VAs aren't a Magic Pill
John on the High-Octane Mechanics Show
John's interviewed by Yaro Starak
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Plan Your Future! Using YOUR Offseason to Make 2019 Great!
January 15 /0 Comments/in Blog, Coaching, Education, Focus, Generations, Knowledge, Lifestyle, Mindset, Pursuit of Happiness, Pursuit of Happyness, Work Ethic /by JC
The Colts lost this past weekend to the Chiefs. The offense didn't seem to show up for the game. And after such a hard loss, many would be discouraged. However, instead of dwelling on "what-could-have"'s, the front office decided to step it up and start building for 2019 right away.
This is something that we all can learn something from, I think.
As you might have read in a recent post of mine, I was very pleased with the results of the team this year. Not just because of the wins, but because of the atmosphere in the locker room.
There's a true culture there of success there. From the front office all the way down to the newest of players.
The Colts and any teams that haven't achieved what they wanted to in 2018 are in the same boat.
It is officially the offseason. It's time to retool and rethink about next year and next season.
Play at a Higher Level in 2019
There are certainly some things that they need to address to get ready for next year. Here's a few examples:
Personnel Adjustments
Most, if not all, teams need to address their personnel. Maybe someone's just not working out and they have to be replaced. Maybe the player graduated if they're in college. Or if they're in the pros, maybe the front office and player isn't seeing eye to eye on a new contract.
On the coaching side of things, maybe a coach gets a better opportunity elsewhere. Or perhaps a retired player wants to become a coach – how does he or she fit in?
Personnel is one thing that all teams have to deal with in the off season. You can hear more about what all they need to deal with in this end of season presser with Chris Ballard.
Coaching Adjustments
Even if a team has all the right pieces in place, they have to consider if what they did last year will work the next season if they simply execute better. Chances are, though, that they'll need to change a few things about what they're doing because there's an entire season of footage on what they did last year.
So they need to not only look at their own play calling to see what worked and what didn't, but they also need to look at other teams around the league. See if there's strategies they can use to help them get to the next level. Hear more about what Colts coach Frank Reich is going to handle the offseason in this presser.
Fan Outreach
One of the things about the Colts this year is that their ability to connect with fans on social media and in other live events has been great.
As part of the last season, they promoted Amber Derrow as their head of social media and digital content strategy. She has done a wonderful job this season.
In just the last year, you can see a huge jump in engagement in the Colts' socials. From images, videos and memes posted to the Colts' Facebook, Instagram and Twitter accounts, to even becoming a regular in Colts subreddit on Reddit. She's been everywhere!
One of the quotes that I heard from Bill Belichick in the last couple of seasons is that having to play (and win) in the postseason puts his staff behind everyone else. And it does. Every time they play in the Super Bowl, they're effective a month behind all the teams that didn't make it into the playoffs.
As business owners, creatives, and entrepreneurs who use the web to promote what we're doing, we need to be doing what great organizational leaders do. There are certain things that we can plan out. In a recent video of Pat Flynn's, he lists a few things that we should look at:
Start with your Content Calendar
Harrison and I, along with other leaders of the Amplify Indy community, have already worked on this pretty extensively. My goal is to write about topics in this blog that mirror what we're discussing in our local events. That's why you're getting this specific post as it's related to the event this week – Find Your Strength in 2019.
Products and Events
Next, Pat talks about figuring out when you'll be dropping out products and events. Again, these are things we've already started to look at within Amplify – Our monthly events will be each third Wednesday.
Personal Time and Goals
Personal downtime and goals are other things you need to consider. Is how you've done things continuing to work for you? Are you in a point where you need to change things a little or a lot?
Recently, if you've started following him at all, you might have seen that Brendon Burchard is now living in San Juan. He's planning to make this a regular thing for him and his wife because he's tired of winters in the northeast.
On a smaller scale, maybe you want to be healthier this year. Look at your calendar and plan a time for that if that's the case. It's so much easier to follow through if you set it in your calendar and make it a habit.
There are plenty of other things that I haven't mentioned that we need to focus on at the beginning of a new cycle. Depending on when that cycle starts for you, you might make those decisions last month, in September, or even start in November. What are some of the things that you focus on during your "offseason"?
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Veronica Kirin – Chronicling the Stories of Elders: Exploring the Positive and Negative Effects of Technology Through the Years (AoL 132)
September 27 /0 Comments/in Angles of Lattitude, AoL Archive, AoL New, AoL Season 3, Entrepreneurship, Generations, Psychology, Purpose, Relationships, Science, Self Expression, Technology /by JC
The phrase "I'd walk in 5 ft snow and blowing winds BOTH WAYS to school!" or something similar is a pre-internet meme that many of us think of when we think of stories from our grandparents. This generation, dubbed the "Greatest Generation" saw tons of changes in their lives – from civil rights to electricity and TV in every house. Over the years, technology changed the way they lived, worked, and even played.
Unfortunately, with each passing year, there are fewer members of this generation around to share their wisdom.
Today's guest, and regular cohost of the show, Veronica Kirin made it her goal to get perspectives from this generation about something we all take for granted today: technology.
By chronicling more than 8,000 years of life lived, driving 11,000 miles across more than 40 states, she accomplished this goal.
In today's conversation, we'll be talking to her about how it all went down and some of the things she learned from the experience of publishing her first book.
What attracted Veronica to becoming a thought leader? 7:26
How did the rebranding of her company go? 10:24
What platform has she struggled with getting into as she's building her brand? 12:21
Why did she opt to write a book when many people's preferred format is video or audio these days? 14:36
Is there anything she would have changed in making the book as she's finished the project? 18:04
What actually triggered Veronica to pursue writing the book? 19:36
How did she come up with the list of individuals she wanted to visit? 23:19
Was her Kickstarter campaign a success? 25:00
How did the knowledge of all the stories she heard changed her perspective on how we've changed as a culture? 27:59
How can we be more intentional in our use of technology? 31:30
What's on the horizon for Veronica in the near future? 45:08
Which books are her favorite books to give or tell others about? 48:32
Something she's been learning about and wanting to implement more? 52:37
If she could, is there any business she would want to magically have? 53:43
What's something that would horrify a person from 100 years ago? 54:31
Veronica Online: Veronica Kirin, Stories of Elders, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube
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Justin Barclay Interview of Veronica
Post Traumatic Stress Injury
Veronica's Music on Youtube
Success Principles by Jack Canfield
The Chrysalids by John Wyndham
The 100 on Netflix
Dark Metropolis by Irving Norman
Your Grandmother Uses Technology Better Than You
Why This Work is Important
Self Care Through Scaling
You Don't Work for Henry Ford
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Climb Your Mountain: How to Develop Your Own Vision and Mission
November 28 /0 Comments/in Blog, Career, Focus, Generations, Lost Generation, Millennials, Purpose /by JC
I've been having a lot of meaningful conversations with new members of the Junto. And it seems like a lot of us who ARE mission driven are because at some point in our working career we asked "Is this all there is to life? Working in the same cubical each day? The same factory? Same ol' town?"
The truth is that it doesn't have to be this way.
This post (originally posted on July 20th, 2012) answers this specific question. I felt it needed a good polish!
So guys, I saw this post submitted by svrtngr on reddit:
"Long story short, I got a full time job through a temp agency. The contract is for six months with the option to be kept on beyond that. At first I was really happy to have a job, but now I feel weird. Odd.
Is this it? Work full-time in a cubicle for long hours and get home too tired to do anything else for fifty/sixty years until you can "retire"?Because I'm not sure if I can handle it. Where does the fun and excitement come from? What else is there?"
Your Mission is Everything
Originally, this post made me upset. The one thing about reddit is that it's completely anonymous. The advice that he was getting was generalized stuff we've all heard before. "You need to get out more and find out what makes you come alive and do that."
That's… helpful. But it's pretty vague.
I personally thought he needed more help. Specifically he needed to work on finding his vision by working on his clarity.
Your Vision leads to Your Mission
I remember when I was in grad school, I realized that not everyone wants to be on top of the same mountain that I wanted to be on top of. At that same time, I realized that not everyone has the desire to climb their own mountain in the first place.
This realization blew me away.
From early on in life, I always knew that I wanted to do something that made an impact for other people through technology.
I just wasn't sure how I was going to do that. That's what I hoping to learn in college.
What I learned there, however, is what I didn't want to do! I wasn't going to make it as a typical 9 to 5'er. My internal clock doesn't work that way and I always found my mind wandering anytime I was in a job.
Likewise, svrtngr needed to start from the beginning too.
His first step should be figuring out what he likes to do and learn about. After which, he can build his life and work around the life he sees for himself.
In short, he needs to assess what his Passions and Purpose are. From there, he can devise a Plan and Process.
Our vision is derived from our passion (interests) and purpose (where we fit in the world). We can determine our vision once we figure these other two things out.
From there, you devise a some early goals and and take dumb action. During this initial action sequence, it's your job to find out what works and what doesn't.
After repetitive attempts, that's where you can start to systematize and define your process!
Don't Forget About Generational Patterns and the First Agreement
In previous writings, I wrote about the millennial generation being called the "lost generation". If you believe in the Strauss-Howe Generational Theory, then you'd believe that this generation is the next Hero Generation.
Here's a bit of an explanation of this theory:
Kind of a disconnect there between those two names, right? One name sounds pretty passive while the other one is getting to work and does what needs to be done.
The reason that many people become part of this particular lost generation is that they've been told what they need to do with their lives from day 1. They have allowed the world to program them. They've never programmed themselves.
A good part of one of my all time favorite books, The Four Agreements, talks about being yourself. Actually it says, Be Impeccable With Your Word. Essentially, what it's saying is we need to learn how to be ourselves.
Any action s we are doing is because of who we are. Not because of what the world programs us to be.
What does this mean in real talk?
It means that if we are constantly playing any sort of victim card – from "Oh, I live in a small town so I can't do big business" to "I'm a certain color of skin, the world is against me." then you're probably right.
With that mentality, David Anderson says while it make us feel good in the moment, it will never allow us to amount to much. This mentality will keep us down as long as we continue to let it to.
So let it out and let it go.
So, guys. In essence, how can you get started on your way of doing what you're supposed to be doing?
First thing – give yourself permission to be great. Cause if you can't do that, you won't be. Next, figure out what you like to do in this world. Figure out how you can use it to add value to others.
Next, plan on how you're going to do that. For me, I really love pulling people out of the Matrix and helping them become better at helping others. How are you going to help people with your skills and interests? (If you think your skills and interests aren't monetizable – they are. Remember that some of the biggest YouTubers are video game players!)
And then from there, just fine tune what you offer to what the market wants. Not what you're about – but if there's a pain, solve the pain for people if you can.
If you guys need additional help with any of this process, I'm going to be releasing an upcoming resource in the Junto: Finding Your Personal Mission: A Quick Guide to Inner Fulfillment. At least right now that's the running title. In it, I'll have 27 questions to help you find your passions, purpose, and a potential process – 9 questions for each.
When it's done, I'll have it in there as a resource.
Also, as you might know I'm a John Maxwell fan. He wrote a book called Put Your Dream to the Test: 10 Questions to Help You See It and Seize It. I can't recommend this book enough. I always suggest this to all my past students and clients struggling with connecting their dreams and businesses.
Anyhow, I hope this helps! You got this guys!
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David Anderson – Why Am I Here? – Why Discovering Your Personal Mission is Vital to Living a Purpose Driven Life (AoL 092)
June 15 /0 Comments/in Angles of Lattitude, AoL Archive, AoL Season 2, Generations, Lifestyle, Millennials, Pursuit of Happiness, Pursuit of Happyness /by JC
Why am I here? That's a question that a lot of people have asked themselves over the years. And because success looks different to different people, you might not not be able to recognize it if your career involved just formal education and getting a job upon graduation. In fact, if you've gone that traditional route, you might believe that those who have the most money or the most fame might be considered the most successful.
I believe that this model simply doesn't fit in today's new world. Sure, I might say that a majority of people still believe that to be considered successful, it just happens to you – but I and many other creators would say that success comes with achieving what you set out to do – whatever that might look like.
Today's guest, David Anderson, is the co-author of the book The Delusion of Passion: Why Millennials Struggle with Success.
This book might sound familiar because Laila and I had the opportunity to speak with Mark Nathan about book back in session 23. It was also the book that "I helped re-publish" last year.
For me, a lot of things have changed since then – including learning how to really launch books and courses – but one thing stayed constant: I still hadn't met the "other" co-author of the book.
Then I found out that he did a TEDx talk.
As I watched his presentation and got the chance to know jim, I realized why Mark had chosen him to help him write the book. He really is an impressive guy. He's seems to have accomplished everything that he's wanted to do – and through his own experiences, he really has a lot to teach others.
In this chat with David, Albert and I find out more about his mindset he used to land a job at the White House, how the entire process of writing the book with Mark went, how he got into international trading, and much more. We even ask him questions you guys submitted about finding one's own mission.
If you're a fan of the Delusion of Passion, or simply want to get to hear more about what it takes to really achieve your dreams – this session is for you.
Thanks for listening, and enjoy the show!
Why did David opt to do a TEDx in Austria and not the US? 8:10
Why did he choose to support his family growing up? 10:05
Does he feel that he still has credibility with his home community after achieving all the success he has? 12:30
How did David achieve his goal in working in the White House? 16:11
How did he team up with Mark Nathan to write their book? 19:31
What's it like to flip the switch and start writing a book? 20:58
How'd they go about writing a second version of the book where they included their personal stories? 23:16
Why did they opt to write a book vs all the other options that are out there these days? 25:36
When did the talk about mission come into schedule – before or after writing the book? 28:00
How did David get into international trading and becoming a "futurist"? 28:37
How can someone find their mission if they're not sure what it might be? 41:18
What does someone do if they've come to the end of their current mission? 46:44
What can you do if you feel people are constantly trying to pull you away from your mission? 50:32
How does someone get out of a job that they dislike, but they can't because it pays the bills? 51:57
How can someone find their Why (as Simon Sinek is famous for discussing in his TED talk?) 53:44
What's David's near future looking like? 56:12
Who are his favorite top 3 influencers? 58:53
What's the worst job he's ever had? 1:00:07
What's a life skill he's amazed people lack? 1:00:37
Secret to achieving personal freedom? 1:01:01
David Online: Personal Website, Millennial Strong, Facebook
TEDxKlagenfurt
How to get more confidence, lay down in the middle of the street.
Musical Artists JC went to highschool with: Danny Dunn and Derek Jones
Man's Search for Meaning by Victor Frankl (Amazon Link)
Mark Nathan AoL Interview
The unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy by Robert Dallek (Amazon Link)
Co-Host for this Show: Albert Winks
Fizzle.co: Get Support for Your New Independent Business (5 Weeks Free!)
David's TEDx talk:
David and Mark featured on FOX News Chicago:
David speaks with Till Gross about life and the book:
Pre-launch video of Delusion of Passion (from June 2016):
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This section is a collection of facsimiles of important historical documents, articles published in various newspapers and journals -by impartial observers- related to the Armenian issue, links to useful websites and video files. Most of these documents are heavily cited in our History & Archives section, where you can find a plethora of such documents.
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Homeless-Mocking Foreclosure Firm Shutting DownBoohoo.
RIP Princess ChunkHe shone briefly, but boy did he shine bright.
The Estate That Foreclosure Fees BuiltFlorida has the third-highest residential foreclosure rate in the United States, and no one has benefited from that more than lawyer David Stern.
Banks Get Slapped Around By Fannie, Freddie, and 40 Attorneys GeneralNext time you kick thousands of people out of their homes, make sure not to make stuff up on the foreclosure documents.
Foreclosures Way Down in ManhattanThe current number of first-time home auctions in Manhattan is down 25 percent from this quarter last year, and down 55 percent from the most recent quarter.
Industry Roundup: Wiig, Dwayne JohnsonPlus: 'Lost"s Keamy to play another villain.
Former Merrill Lynch Executive Forced to Declare Bankruptcy Just to Keep a $14 Million Roof Over His HeadHow did things go so wrong for this tan man?
Bank of America Accidentally Forecloses on the Wrong HouseOops.
Renters Getting Screwed By Foreclosure Crisis TooNo one is safe.
Save The Cream Puffs! Block 37 Runs Into More TroublesThe State Street development faces a possible foreclosure suit.
Victoria Gotti Is the New 'Face' of Subprime DebtGetting foreclosed upon could be the best thing to happen to Victoria Gotti.
Home-Foreclosure Woes Spell Trouble for Alison Lohman in Drag Me to HellSam Raimi returns!
Is the New Broadway Esplanade Really Safe?That's what some people lunching there wonder. Plus, the latest in New York media, finance, and legal news.
Princess Chunk Finds Castle of His Own: A Fairy TaleThe famous 44-pound cat has found a home, complete with litter-box castle, in southern New Jersey.
Breaking News: Princess Chunk a Victim of ForeclosureThe mortgage crisis has an adorable, slightly bloated, new mascot.
There May Be a Day When Port Authority Is Nice to Look AtWe know, we know — dare to dream, right? But there are proposals to build above it, and the renderings look lovely. Plus, news from the finance, law, real estate and media industries, in our daily roundup.
Foreclosure Crisis Hits the Hamptons Like a Publicist's SUVRich people — they're just like us! Only when their houses are foreclosed upon, they still have a few left that they can live in.


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Community-Hosted Art Collections: Foundation
Foundation is the third community-hosted collection created by Roman Susan Art Foundation, introduced on the occasion of Artists Run Chicago 2.0 at Hyde Park Art Center in September 2020, with works by Rebecca Beachy and Christine Wallers, Paté Conaway, Meg Duguid, J. Kent, Thomas Kong, Joelle Mercedes and Amina Ross, Ruby T, and Chanel Chiffon Thomas, representing artist projects from Roman Susan programming, 2012 to present.
Ruby T | Altar for levitating | Ink and beads on paper, wood | 22'' x 24'' x 3'' | 2020 | FN–2012
This work was created by Ruby T for Artists Run Chicago 2.0 as a proxy and sketch for a future community-hosted Mansion Rug Liberation Network floorwork. Ruby T is an artist and educator who holds an MFA from School of the Art Institute of Chicago in Fiber and Material Studies, and a BA from New York University. Ruby previously shared work with Roman Susan Art Foundation for Anatomy of a Shrine (2012); Surrounded (2013); Objects (2014); Club (2016); Blueprints (2016); twinskin (2016); and as part of the artist residency program Anette (2016-2017). Ruby T has exhibited work in Chicago at ACRE Projects, The Back Room at Kim's Corner Food, Iceberg Projects, Occasional Gallery, Randy Alexander, Roots & Culture, Weinberg/Newton, and Western Exhibitions. For more information, please visit rubyt.net.
This work requires wall mounting.
J. Kent | I AM WITHIN MYSELF POETRY | Pencil, edition of 100 | 7.5'' x .25'' x .25'' | 2014 | FN–2013
J. Kent works within the intersections of writing, performance, and sculpture. This work was initially shared and distributed as a part of On the impossibility of a singular hand at Roman Susan in 2014. Kent also shared work with Roman Susan Art Foundation for Saints (2013); Starkfield, Massachusetts (2015); Wild is the Wind (2016); Blueprints (2016); and Prismisms (2018). Kent has exhibited work in Chicago at ACRE Projects, The Back Room at Kim's Corner Food, DFBRL8R, Links Hall, the Museum of Contemorary Art Chicago, Out of Site Chicago, Roots & Culture, Sector 2337, and other locations. For more information, please visit joshuajjkent.com.
This work is available to individuals until the initial edition is disbursed.
Paté Conaway | The Winter Clef | Guitar and woven cording | 38'' x 12'' x 5'' | 2019 | FN–2014
Paté Conaway is textile artist who practices a self-taught version of crochet to weave sculptural forms with everyday objects, rope, wire and rubber. Paté previously shared work with Roman Susan Art Foundation for Weave! (2014) and Community Area One (2014). Conaway has exhibited work with 6018North, Columbia College, DFBRL8R, Greenleaf Art Center, the Museum of Contemorary Art Chicago, Preston Bradley Center, and Terrain, as well as the Cameron Art Museum in North Carolina, the Isles Arts Initiative in Massachusetts, other locations. For more information, please visit artiststatement.weebly.com.
This work requires a standard outlet plugin, and may be mounted on a wall or positioned as a free-standing sculpture.
Thomas Kong | Untitled | Found materials, sticker | 8'' x 10'' x 1'' | 2019 | FN–2015
Thomas Kong is an artist working in collage and assemblage, using advertising, packaging and other surplus material from his convenience store, Kim's Corner Food, located in the Rogers Park, which housed and art space The Back Room from 2015-2019. Thomas previously shared work with Roman Susan Art Foundation for The Wide Open (2014); Be Happy (2015-2017); Wild is the Wind (2016); Be Happy (A Proposal) (2016); Blueprints (2016); Property (2017); 2015.07.15 - 2015.07.27 (2017); Be Happy (Street Fair) (2017); and 777 (2018). Kong has exhibited work in Chicago at 062, Circle Contemporary, Night Club, as well as Coco Hunday in Tampa, th Counterpublic Triennial in St. Louis, Delmes & Zander in Köln, TBC Art Inc in Melbourne, Utrecht in Tokyo, and elsewhere. For more information, please visit thomaskong.biz.
This work may be mounted on a wall or positioned as a free-standing sculpture.
Joelle Mercedes and Amina Ross | Work from twinskin | 2016 | FN–2016
Work to be announced from the exhibition twinskin at Roman Susan in Fall 2016. twinskin – a collaborative project by Joelle Mercedes and Amina Ross – has performed across Chicago and the internet, making magic in DIY punk spaces, dance studios, and gay nightclubs.
Joelle Mercedes is an artist and educator who amalgamates text, time-based media and objects to speculate on partial, unstable, and contested histories. Joelle has presented work nationally and internationally at venues including: TrueQué Residencia Artística (Ayampe, Ecuador), Links Hall, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Threewalls, Sullivan Galleries (Chicago), Lynden Sculpture Garden (Milwaukee) and California Institute of the Arts (Valencia, CA). Joelle participated in Strange Attractors, a book project curated by Nomaduma Rosa Masilela for the 10th Berlin Biennale: We Don't Need Another Hero. For more information, please visit soundcloud.com/alejaaleja.
Amina Ross creates boundary-crossing works that embrace embodiment, imaging technologies, intimacy and collectivity in physical and digital spaces. Amina has exhibited work, spoken on panels, and taught workshops at venues throughout the United States and abroad. Amina founded and co-organized ECLIPSING, a multi-media festival celebrating darkness, the participatory performance series Beauty Breaks, and the venue F4F. Amina was a 2018-2019 Artist-in-Residence at Arts & Public Life and the Center for the Study of Race, Politics, and Culture at the University of Chicago. Ross is currently an MFA candidate at Yale School of Art within the sculpture department. For more information, please visit aminaross.com.
Details for this work will be announced shortly.
Meg Duguid | Production of Propaganda (If You Don't Need It, Don't Buy It) | Marker, paper, performer | 25'' x 20'' | 2017 | FN–2017
This poster was created as a part of Production of an escalating crisis, a solo exhibition by Meg Duguid at Roman Susan in Spring 2017. Production of an escalating crisis was part of an ongoing Tramp Project – Duguid optioned the rights to and is adapting James Agee's script The Tramp's New World, originally written for Charlie Chaplin's Tramp character, into a project that addresses her interest in the congruity of performance and its documentation as an intersection for aesthetic practice. Duguid is an artist and curator with an MFA in sculpture from Bard College. Meg previously shared work with Roman Susan Art Foundation for Production of Audience Reaction (2016). Duguid has exhibited work in Chicago at The Back Room at Kim's Corner Food, boundary, Chicago Cultural Center, Contemporary Art Workshop, Co-prosperity Sphere, DFBRL8R, Fifty50, Green Lantern, Hairpin Center for the Arts, Kitchen Space, Joymore, Mission, the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Out of Site Chicago, Slow, The Suburban, Terrian, and many other locations throughout the United States. Ongoing curatorial projects include Clutch Gallery, Tiger Strikes Asteroid Chicago, and as director of exhibitions for Columbia College. For more information, please visit megduguid.com.
Chanel Chiffon Thomas | Video Tapes and Cassettes | Felt and thread | Dimensions and configurations variable | 2018 | FN–2018
These multi-piece sculptures were initial shared as a part of Soft Show, a solo exhibition by Chanel Chiffon Thomas at Roman Susan in Summer 2018. Chanel holds an MFA in painting and print making from Yale University. Thomas has exhibited work in Chicago at Goldfinch, South Side Community Art Center, and Throop Studios, in New York at Lehman College, Osilas Gallery, Patrick Perish Gallery, Theirry Goldberg Gallery, with forthcoming exhibitions at Monique Meloche in Chicago, Jenkins Johnson in New York, and Kohn Gallery in Los Angeles. For more information, please visit chanelcthomas.com.
Work is a multi-piece sculpture which may include a found milk crate and repurposed TV to serve as a pedestal.
Rebecca Beachy and Christine Wallers | bone ash paint | gum arabic, talc, water, grey bone ash, Amish horse leg bones, cow skull (Chesterhill, OH) | Dimensions and configurations variable | 2018-2020 | FN–2019
This wall work originated as collaboration between Rebecca Beachy and Christine Wallers as a part of their 2018-2019 exhibition In no time at Ralph Arnold Annex, organized by Roman Susan.
Rebecca Beachy is an artist, writer, and educator in Chicago whose practice involves deepening attention to the materialities inherent in urban and natural orbits. She holds an MFA in Studio Arts and an MA in Art History from the University of Illinois, Chicago. Beachy has exhibited work in Chicago at 6018North, Iceberg Projects, New Capital Projects, and Sector 2337, as well as FRISE in Hamburg. Beachy's work has been featured in publications such as Antennae: The Journal of Nature in Visual Culture, UK; Æther Sofia/Haga, Bulgaria, Netherlands; City Creatures, University of Chicago Press, New New Corpse, Green Lantern Press. For more information, please visit rebecca-beachy.com.
Christine Wallers is a cross-disciplinary artist from Chicago, working in installation, paper, photography and sound. Relationships between material, space, time and light are the fundamental elements of her creative process as she uses formal procedures of minimal and post-minimal art to create temporal works often inspired by natural phenomena. Wallers has exhibited work in Chicago at Experimental Sound Studio, High Concept Labs, Links Hall, and TC3. Wallers has lived and exhibited in Seattle, Portland, New Mexico, India, Germany, and France, and was a visiting artist at the Chinati Foundation in Marfa, Texas. For more information, please visit christinewallers.com.
bone ash paint is applied directly onto a wall or other architectural structure.

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Home / Artists / Andy Mineo to Kick Off 26-City Tour for Upcoming Album, "Uncomfortable", Featuring Mali Music
Andy Mineo to Kick Off 26-City Tour for Upcoming Album, "Uncomfortable", Featuring Mali Music
A 26-city tour will follow the release of Andy Mineo's upcoming album, "Uncomfortable" on Sept. 18, according to his official website. The Uncomfortable Tour poster also reveals that it will feature Mali Music and be narrated by Propaganda.
Here are those dates:
Oct. 1 – Saint Peters, Miss. – Church on the Rock
Oct. 2 – Tulsa, Okla.- Guts Church
Oct. 3 – Arlington, Texas – Texas Hall (UTA)
Oct. 4 – Houston – Cullen Performance Hall
Oct. 7 – Duluth, Ga. – Gwinnett Civic Center
Oct. 8 – San Antonio – The Aztec Theater
Oct. 10 – Denver – Summit Music Hall
Oct. 11 – Omaha, Neb. – Sokol Auditorium
Oct. 15 – Des Moines, Iowa – Wooly's
Oct. 16 – Saint Paul, Minn. – Benson Great Hall
Oct. 17 – Chicago – House of Blues
Oct. 18 – Grandville, Mich. – The Ground Floor
Oct. 22 – Detroit – St. Andrews Hall
Oct. 23 – Louisville, Ky. – Mercury Ballroom
Oct. 24 – Cincinnati – The Underground
Oct. 25 – Indianapolis – Deluxe
Oct. 29 – Cleveland – House of Blues
Oct. 30 – New York – Irving Plaza
Oct. 31 – Philadelphia – Theatre of the Living Arts
Nov. 5 – Silver Springs, Md. – The Fillmore
Nov. 6 – Lynchburg, Va. – Liberty University
Nov. 7 – Chesapeake, Va. – New Life Providence Church
Nov. 8 – Charlotte, N.C. – The Fillmore Charlotte
Nov. 12 – Tampa, Fla. – Crossover Church
Nov. 14 – Orlando, Fla. – Church in the Sun
Nov. 15 – Atlanta – Center Stage
"Uncomfortable" 26-City Andy Mineo Featuring Kick Off Mali Music Tour Upcoming Album	2015-07-21
Michael Jones is the Director of Public Relations for Urban Roundup Group, LLC and Chief Editor of uGospel.com. He began his career in the Gospel Music Industry upon graduating from Rowan University with a Bachelor's Degree in Communications. Since then, Jones has had the honor of interviewing Kirk Franklin, Donald Lawrence, Erica Campbell, Deitrick Haddon and many more of Gospel's elite.


We are glad you are back. I hope and pray that you make Aliyah.
Ann Coulter is an interesting choice. What about Ben Shapiro? Would he be a good president?
Feiglin also supports amending the law of return to read born of a Jewish mother or converted according to halacha.
This would stop the importation & mass flooding of Israel with smeg ma infested uncircumcised Russian Goyim & allowing mixed breed Goyim automatic citizenship as well as counterfeit reform & "conservative" converts!!!!!!
What about Ben Shapiro? Would he be a good president?
He's Jewish. Jews should not hold public office outside Israel.
Is this a preference, or the Torah Law for Jews?
Wow I can hardly believe that Chaim once again endources Ann Coulter. On the issue of Israel I am pretty certain Trump is much better. I don't call her anti semite but she is not exactly the biggest fan of either Jews of Israel.
1.She would cut Foreign Aid to Israel and to many of Israel's enemies.
2.She would likely not even pretend to keep the 'peace' efforts alive regarding Israel and the Fakestinians. Coulter doesn't seem interested in Israel or the Fakesstinians.
Then what's the difference between her and Rand Paul?
At the very least, Ron Paul, Rand's father, has been supportive of some of Israel's enemies. Which in reality are enemies of the USA as well.
Here's an article from several years ago.
I remember Chaim originally supported Ron Paul until he found out Ron Paul is an Anti-Semite.
Regarding Rand Paul, he wanted the Obama deal with Iran to remain in place.
That, combined with Ron Paul directly putting U.S. security at great risk, was more than enough for Chaim to withdraw any support for Ron Paul, and strongly campaign against him.
I'm interested in hearing Chaim discuss Ann Coulter more. I'm confident he gave great thought to the above video that he did in the last 24 hours.
They never use their influence to help fellow Jews and i think you could find mention of that in Torah.
He never supported that open borders loon who makes excuses for terrorists.
CK, yes he did a long, long time ago (like early 00s) before he knew very much about Paul.
Chaim and everyone else--Ann Coulter is a vicious Jew hater.


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Q: Cannot find function protect in object Spreadsheet I have made a google script function to update a specific page for multiple different spreadsheets with identical pages. So the function takes the name and position of the sheet to be changed (from a master spreadsheet) and then loops through each of the other spreadsheets and replaces the old specified sheet with the new specified one. My problem is some of the sheets need to be protected but when it replaces them it removes protection.
I've tried to use sheet.protect() but I get "TypeError: Cannot find function protect in object Spreadsheet". I am unaware why since in the google docs I use similar code. I also tried using the getProtections() but it couldn't find the function either.
function updatePage(pageName, pagePos) {
  var source = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
  var sheetToUp = source.getSheetByName(pageName);

  for (i=0; i < schools.length; i++) {
  //schools[i][1] provides the link to the spreadsheet
    if(schools[i][1] != 0) {
      sheet = SpreadsheetApp.openById(schools[i][1]);
      sheetToUp.copyTo(sheet);

      sheet.deleteSheet(sheet.getSheetByName(pageName));

      sheet.setActiveSheet(sheet.getSheetByName("Copy of " + pageName));
      sheet.renameActiveSheet(pageName);
      sheet.setActiveSheet(sheet.getSheetByName(pageName));
      sheet.moveActiveSheet(pagePos);
      var protection = sheet.protect(); //problem
    }
  }
}

It should output a new protected sheet with name pageName at position pagePos in the spreadsheet linked in school[i][1]. It outputs this but its unprotected.

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Commenting on the alliance, GMO Research Product Development Manager Nicholas Antram states, "The alliance with BCARD will change the landscape of online research in Malaysia. With a powerful and rich group of consumers to target from, researchers will be able to conduct online surveys in Malaysia at a speed and quality level that was not available until now."
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Statement on planned cement factories near Pudding Mill Lane, demolition of Vittoria Wharf and Monier Rd pedestrian and cycle bridges
Three planning applications have been submitted to the London Legacy Development Corporation for the construction of three concrete factories next to Pudding Mill Lane DLR. The proposed site for the factories would be close to thousands of residents in Newham and Tower Hamlets, the London Stadium and new secondary and primary schools causing air and […]
Lib Dems: From the Grass Roots Up by John Anderson
Last night I joined a group of intrepid souls to stand on a pedestrian/cycle bridge on the far side of the Olympic Stadium in East London. We were protesting a stupid decision by the group overseeing the regeneration of the area to tear down the bridge and put up a vehicular one instead in order […]
A reflection on the EU Referendum by John Underwood
Five weeks ago I was confused. A small majority of the voters said they wanted to leave the European Union, a slightly smaller number said they wanted to stay. If you put all those who voted into a very large fleet of the old Routemasters in proportion to the way they voted, there would be, on […]
Newham and Barking & Dagenham Liberal Democrats EU #INTogether Campaign
Newham and Barking & Dagenham Liberal Democrats are supporting the REMAIN campaign in the EU Referendum and are holding events across Newham and Barking & Dagenham to speak to residents and ask them to Vote REMAIN on 23rd June. Actions day at Stratford Station 14th May 2016 from 12 noon to 4pm. Visit our street […]
Sheree Miller: Lib Dem Candidate for Boleyn Ward, Newham Council
I have lived in Plaistow in the London Borough of Newham since 2005. Since 2010, Newham has been a single party state with exclusively Labour MPs and a Labour dominated council. There is no effective opposition to long-time Mayor Robin Wales' agenda for the borough. By representing the people of the Boleyn Ward, I have […]
Why Newham should help the Syrian refugees
(This is the first in a number of blog posts about the first Newham and Barking and Dagenham Lib Dems' meeting, held at the brilliant View Tube on Thursday 3rd September) I was five minutes away from arriving at the launch of 'Newham and Barking and Dagenham Lib Dems' (we're working on a less unwieldy […]
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Today's issue of TL NewsWire covers all-in-one practice management software with a variety of automation tools to save you time (see article below). In addition, you'll find links to the previous 11 TL NewsWire features, including our coverage of document assembly software that resides within Microsoft Word and offers a simplified way to create templates versus traditional products, practice management software that transforms legal billing from a multi-day process into one that takes minutes, and much more. Don't miss the next issue.


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The Writers Behind the Writers
Members Often Turn to 'Collaborators' to Help Tell Their Stories
By Bree Hocking
Posted March 29, 2004 at 3:12pm
When it comes to penning the perfect book, prominent American figures from Ulysses S. Grant to "Simpsons" icon Krusty the Clown have been known to seek professional assistance.
So it's hardly surprising that many Members of Congress would turn to a ghostwriter or collaborator (the preferred term for these modern-day Boswells) to ease the sometimes-daunting task of capturing their lives and views on paper.
"I don't think there were many politicians who ever wrote [their own] books," said New York Sun columnist William Tucker, who worked with then-Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) on his 1995 bestseller, "To Renew America." "A lot of these guys have all kinds of ideas and don't know how to organize them."
"Ever since the Newt Gingrich deal, everybody and their mother is in search of a book contract," added New York literary agent Lynn Chu, a principal at Writers' Representatives, who's turned down several Members' book proposals in recent years — many of which, she says, were likely "the product of entrepreneurial aides."
The proliferation of Members writing books — so far during the 108th Congress about 10 percent of Senators have done so, and even the usually understated Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) is working on a tome with writer Trevor Armbrister — has spawned a small cottage industry for those individuals willing to serve as a Member's behind-the-scenes Svengali.
"It's very intimidating," explained Democratic political guru (and Roll Call contributing writer) Donna Brazile, whose memoir, "Cooking with Grease: Stirring the Pots in American Politics," is due out in June. "What you use ghostwriters or coaches for is to help bring out more information and to clarify things better. In the long run, I didn't need a ghostwriter. What I needed was someone to go through it … and say, 'Explain it.'"
While truly anonymous ghostwriting is a rarity today — the scribe's name is usually listed on the book jacket or discreetly placed in the acknowledgments — the challenge has remained the same ever since Seneca first began drafting speeches for Nero sometime in the first century: to massage one man or woman's vision into publicly consumable prose.
And in a town obsessed with self-promotion, one of the job's toughest aspects may be the self-sublimation required of the writer.
The journalists, Congressional aides and professional writers who take on the challenge of delving inside someone else's head compare the experience to that of being a "ventriloquist" or "mouthpiece."
"This is not really about the collaborator," said Jeff Nussbaum, who recently co-authored a book with James Carville and helped edit Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle's (D-S.D.) "Like No Other Time: The 107th Congress and the Two Years That Changed America Forever." According to Nussbaum, such writers must be "willing to subsume their own ego … and become a bit of a chameleon in order to help someone find their voice."
But there are degrees to how involved the ghostwriter becomes in a Member's life.
For most writers the collaboration is limited to periodic, tape-recorded sessions with the Member, which the writer then transcribes and distills into a readable format, with varying levels of input from the subject.
For others, like Mike D'Orso — a former feature writer for the Virginian-Pilot newspaper who has ghosted for several Members including Daschle, Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) and Sen. Joe Lieberman (D-Conn.) — the work often involves near-total immersion in a Member's life. Work on Lewis' 1998 "Walking With the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement" took D'Orso on an extensive driving tour through the landmarks of the South's civil rights history. And during the crafting of "The Cost of Courage," he even moved into the dilapidated Alabama home of Rep. Carl Elliott (D-Ala.) — a Kennedy-era Congressman who had unsuccessfully challenged segregationist Gov. George Wallace's (D) wife, Lurleen, for the state's governorship in 1966 — for the duration of the "winter of the Gulf War."
Given the intimacy of the relationship — which D'Orso compared to a marriage — and the politically oriented nature of the work, ideology can become an issue. Which raises the question: Is it possible for a ghostwriter to collaborate with a Member with radically different political views?
While several writers said the quality of the story, not the Member's politics, is the overarching concern, others admitted that a degree of political compatibility is a prerequisite to accepting a project.
D'Orso, a Democrat, said it was unlikely he would ever agree to do a book for a Republican — at least not now.
"I am not going to do something to help them," he said, referring to Republicans, before quickly adding: "I might do John McCain."
That said, staffers — who guarantee a Member both personal and political familiarity — are well represented in the ghostwriting pantheon.
"The Member wants someone they are comfortable with, which is why they would choose former staff," said Nussbaum, himself a former Daschle aide.
One of 2003's most successful releases, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's (D-N.Y.) "Living History," was written with the assistance of three women, including Lissa Muscatine, an ex-aide to the former first lady who Clinton cryptically credits in the acknowledgments as "responsible for many of the words … in this book." But Clinton's collaborators reportedly signed a confidentiality agreement, meaning the extent of their assistance may never be known. And nearly five decades after the release of then-Sen. John F. Kennedy's (D-Mass.) "Profiles in Courage," rumors continue to circulate that speechwriter Theodore Sorensen, not the Massachusetts Senator, was actually responsible for the book.
When the relationship between a Member and ghostwriter ends badly, the results — much like a divorce — can be acrimonious.
Sen. Trent Lott (R-Miss.), who is currently writing a book, generated a bit of negative publicity when he parted ways with his first collaborator, Washingtonian magazine National Editor Kim Eisler. Eisler wrote a somewhat unflattering account of their sessions together in the magazine, which sparked some items about the controversy in The Washington Post and Roll Call.
"He sold the book while I was on vacation to Judith Regan [of HarperCollins] and no one had the courtesy to tell me even though I wrote the proposal," Eisler said in an interview. While the two had no formal agreement, Eisler said he was promised $2,500 for the proposal, but that Lott refused to pony up "for the longest time," before eventually sending him a check for $2,000.
"He was going to stiff me completely if it was up to him," Eisler said.
Despite some risks, several writers said ghostwriting remained one of the few financially lucrative undertakings available to the professional scribe.
"It's the only decent pay I ever got in this business," said Tucker, who earned about $100,000 for the Gingrich book. "I never made any money on my own books, but I always made money on other peoples'."
While most collaborators are reticent to discuss the terms of their agreements, payment for a book with a high-profile pol can fetch advances in the low six figures in addition to a percentage of the royalties.
For a few lucky collaborators, such as Mark Salter, who has teamed up with his boss, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), on three books, including the runaway bestseller "Faith of My Fathers," the payout has meant a veritable financial windfall for the 49-year-old chief of staff, who splits author royalties with McCain. According to the most recently available financial disclosure reports, Salter has earned more than $1 million from the literary collaboration since 1998.
The commercial viability of ghosted books varies widely, however. Those Members with compelling personal stories — such as Lewis, McCain and Clinton — have seen no decline in sales as a result of their collaborations.
But Chu, who said her agency tends to avoid such works, doesn't have much faith in the effectiveness of ghosted books, unless the "writer is really talented."
"Most of them don't work. Most of them are really crappy," she said. "Books are not a committee kind of enterprise."
Still, there are some Members whose voices are widely viewed as so unique, it would be difficult for any writer, no matter how gifted, to satisfactorily capture.
"I don't know any [ghostwriters]," asserted Sen. Zell Miller (D-Ga.), who recently penned "A National Party No More: The Conscience of a Conservative Democrat."
The six-time author, who is known for his colorful, idiomatic quips and floor speeches, said his one literary undertaking with a collaborator did not result in a satisfactory product.
"I appreciate them doing [it]," said Miller. "But it didn't sound like me."


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Life on a Space Station: Q&A With NASA's Chief Astronaut Peggy Whitson
By Clara Moskowitz
Veteran NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson places her mission patch on the International Space Station during the Expedition 16 mission. (Image credit: NASA)
This month, the International SpaceStation hit the 10-yearmark as an inhabited outpost in space. One person ? NASA astronautPeggyWhitson ? has personally contributed quite a chunk of that total time,havinglogged more than a year in space over the course of two long-durationstints onthe station.
NASA and 15 other countries beganbuilding the InternationalSpace Station in 1998 with module launches and construction,but it wasn'tuntil Nov. 2, 2000, when the first crew ? one American and two Russians?boarded the orbiting lab. Since then, the station has swelled in sizeandpopulation. Today, the station's structure is as large as a footballfield, hasenough living space as the inside of a Boeing 747 jumbo jet andsupportsrotating crews of six people.
SPACE.com caught up with Whitson, whocommanded thestation's Expedition 16 crew and is currently the chief of theastronaut officeat NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, to discuss the InternationalSpaceStation's recent milestone and the future of human spaceflight:
SPACE.com: Howdoes it feel to see thisanniversary for the station?
Peggy Whitson: Insome ways I think it's kind ofincredible. It's miraculous to have had peopleon orbit for 10 years continuously. The International SpaceStation hasgrown dramatically since that first crew went aboard.
You know, we've survived things notworking out exactly theway we would have liked, in terms of having the shuttles go down for acoupleof years after the Columbia accident and before return to flight. Butthroughall that we've managed to maintain human presence up there and tocontinue togrow and build the International Space Station now in its completeform.
And we're up to a crew of six now fora year and a half.It's really exciting that we're actually starting to take advantage ofthisorbiting laboratory for its real assets, and that's to get researchdone.Whether that's research on human beings, or on fluids, or oncombustion, or youknow, Earth observations of various types ? it's all really exciting tobe ableto dedicate the amount of time and effort needed to do long-termstudies upthere. [Graphic:The International Space Station Inside and Out]
Q: Doyou think the daily mode of an astronaut'slife on the station now is much different than it was 10 years ago?
A: Yes, yes, itis. Initially, in the early stages itwas primarily just assembly, getting the kinks out of the operatingsystems,making sure they worked the correct way. We were doing research earlyon ? Imean, on my first expedition, it was a utilization mission ?utilization is aterm we use synonymously with doing more scientific investigations. Sowe hadphases where we were doing more research. But the phases traded offwithassembly as well.
With Columbia, once we got theshuttle flying again, welimited the number of shuttles we were flying and had to optimize fortheassembly phase throughout the rest of the shuttle flights. So theselast fewshuttle flights were providing the consumables and up-mass and sparesthat wethink we'll need that are easier to deliver on the orbiter.
Q: Doyou have anything planned at the astronautoffice to celebrate the anniversary?
A: Actually we'rehaving, coincidentally, theastronaut reunion at the same time. So that'll be fun and interestingfor us tobe celebrating and getting together with all the folks, the formerastronautswho've gone away into either space business or other business, and getbacktogether with everyone and celebrate that history of 10 years ofexperience.
Q: Howgroundbreaking do you think the InternationalSpace Station is?
A: I would saythat it's somewhat of a miracle thatwe were able to put this thing together from 16 different countries,when manyof the pieces were never fit-checked on the ground. To be able to getall thosepieces to fit together and integrate and communicate with each other,you know,the computer systems and everything, I think it's amazing that it'sworked outas well as we thought it would. Or it's better than we could have hopedin manyways.
I think the legacyofthe space station will be that we can do something thistechnically complexin an international way.
Q: Doyou think the station has a long futureahead of it?
A: I see the spacestation as just beginning. We didget the bill signed that confirmed, you know, we will continue thespacestation at least through 2020 and I know that the heads of agencies aredoingsome studies to see how much beyond that we can extend the life of thedifferent modules that make up the space station and the hardware. So Ihavehopes that we're not halfway through ? we're less than halfway through.[Gallery:Building the International Space Station]
Q: Whathave we learned about working in spacefrom the station?
A: Well, there'resome interesting things we weren'tquite expecting. For instance, feathering (twisting) the solar arrayswhenthey're in eclipse to reduce the drag actually turns out to besomething significant.We've learned how to just control the station with less requirementsforthrusters based on a lot of different knowledge we've gained just fromexperience of flying the station for years.
In terms of the human body we'velearned a lot about countermeasures that are necessary to try to protect against bone loss. Ithink we'redoing a lot better in that arena than we were when we first started.We'reseeing improvements in crew members returning based on the exercisehardware.We've also been testing some bisphosphonates that minimize or reducethe amountof bone demineralization. We have hopes that those may also bealternativeoptions.
So there's a whole gamut of thingsthat I would consideroperational learning points that we've gotten from the station.
Plus, there've been the basic scienceprinciples that havebeen understood better, or differently than we expected maybe is abetter wayof saying that, in that environment where there is no gravity.
Q: What are some of the hardparts for you of living inspace?
A: It's a hugeprivilege to be up there and it'sprobably the most satisfying, gratifying job on a day-to-day basisbecause youknow that everything you're doing is contributing to keeping thestation alive,to keeping the program moving forward, you know. So when you'recleaning airvents with a vacuum cleaner or something you don't think of it as muchas youwould if you had to do that in your house, you wouldn't gripe about itquite asoften.
It's obviously, you know, there'smore drudgery than youmight want to imagine. But at the same time, being able to say, 'Hey,what I'mdoing is helping the station.' So I think there are fewer things likethat thatyou get as tired of. Sure, everybody does, but there are fewer thingslikethat.
If I had to pick one thing that Ithought was the mostdifficult, after some point in time, the food gets pretty boringbecause youhave a finite number of selections, and so that becomes old after awhile. Ourfood folks have done a really great job of trying to improve thevariety andthe selection. On my first flight we only had an eight-day food cycle,and onmy second flight we had a 16-day food cycle, so you know, that wasdramaticallyimproved. But it's still not the same as being able to go out and pickwhichrestaurant you want to go eat at. So you run out of new choices after awhile.That gets old.
But again, it's still a small priceto be a part of thatvery special day-to-day operations on orbit.
Q: What are the mostexciting parts of life in space?
A: I definitelythink being able to look out thewindow is one of the most incredible experiences. On my first flight, Idon'tknow if maybe it's a function of time, or if I was less stressed on mysecondflight, but just being able to tell what part of the planet we wereflying overby the reflected light coming through the window ? that was prettyspecial. Tobe able to say, 'Oh, we're flying over northern Africa now,' because ofthewarm peachy glow of the light coming through, that was really special.Just toadmire the beauty of the planet. And take a little bit more time tojust be inawe of it all.
Q: How do you think theupcoming retirement of the spaceshuttles next year is going to impact the station program?
A:Well, the shuttleretirement is obviously going to impact us. The up-masscapability of theshuttle is incredible compared to any other launching vehicle, so we'llhave tocompensate with many other smaller vehicles for up-mass.
The biggest problem that I anticipatewe're going to have isgetting down-mass, which is important for some types of investigations.So Ithink we're going to have to get really creative or come up with otheralternatives so we can get some capability to bring things home so wecaneither get research results back that we need. Obviously, there's a lotofstuff we can do with data electronically, but there are some thingsthat youactually need a physical sample for. And so I think that's going to bea factorfor some types of investigations.
But there are some ideas out therefor how they can modifyor develop capabilities that would actually return samples and hardwareif weneed it. I know some folks are going to be looking into that.
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Clara Moskowitz
Clara Moskowitz is a science and space writer who joined the Space.com team in 2008 and served as Assistant Managing Editor from 2011 to 2013. Clara has a bachelor's degree in astronomy and physics from Wesleyan University, and a graduate certificate in science writing from the University of California, Santa Cruz. She covers everything from astronomy to human spaceflight and once aced a NASTAR suborbital spaceflight training program for space missions. Clara is currently Associate Editor of Scientific American. To see her latest project is, follow Clara on Twitter.
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The province of Manitoba is well-known for our agriculture economy, flat land, and lots of wheat. But did you know that we have tons of lakes, a vast landscape of trees and hills, and even home to some of the friendliest people in the nation?
This past weekend I got the opportunity to take "Friendly Manitoba" to the next level when I was given the 2017 Ford Escape, a mid-size SUV, on a road trip to Gladstone, Manitoba (about one-and-a-half hours west of Winnipeg) to go see Happy Rock. I've actually never heard of the RM of Gladstone previous to Ford Canada asking me to go there, but it turns out that Happy Rock is actually the nickname of Gladstone (makes sense). This cheery guy officially opened on Canada Day 1993 and was even featured on a Canada Post stamp in 2010.
Since Canada turns 150 years old this year, it was awesome to check out what Manitoba has to offer (I'll be honest, I don't really travel much in my province, aside from Gimli and Hecla Island), and appreciate all of the Canadian beauty. Myself, as well as two girlfriends, packed up tons of Canada gear, made a sick Canadian Spotify playlist as diverse as the nation's population (listen here!), and hit the open road in the Ford Escape to go play tourists for a couple days.
The 2017 Ford Escape has been re-engineered with driver feedback in mind. It has enhanced mobile connectivity, two new EcoBoost engines, and the application of fuel-saving auto start-stop technology (meaning that if you're at a red light the engine will shut off to save gas, kinda like a hybrid vehicle). Not only does it look fresh and slick inside, but the rugged exterior design makes it look like an SUV, even though it's a smaller version of one.
Driving this guy was a blast as it was super easy to handle and the added safety features made us feel totally safe on the open highway. This vehicle has standard intelligent auto-start/stop and available SYNC 3 technology, standard Blind Spot Information System with cross-trac alert and standard AdvanceTrac with Roll Stability Control. In English, that means that if something got too close to the car it would show on the screen and make a beeping noise. If I wanted to change lanes and there was a car in my blind spot, there was a little light that would turn on in the side mirror telling me to stay put.
Since we hit Happy Rock around 3 p.m. we took advantage of the time we spent driving out there and went a little further up to Riding Mountain National Park and spent a night in Clear Lake. Since Parks Canada has offered all Canadian national parks free admission for the year, we were so excited to spend the night in this quaint Manitoba town situated in the middle of trees and hills, and right on the clearest lake I've seen in the province (Manitoba seems to be very literal when they name things apparently).
We stayed at The Lakehouse, a boutique hotel right in the centre of town that gave us all sorts of Canadian vibes, and although it was too windy and cold to go canoeing, it was nice to walk out on the dock and take in all the beauty that our province is home to. All three of us haven't been to Clear Lake since we were kids so it was bringing back nostalgia and an appreciation for the natural beauty of Manitoba (seriously why don't I go out there more often).
The second day we spent driving around Riding Mountain National Park and were in awe of all the tall trees and beautiful campgrounds. We had the windows open and the large sunroof back so we could take in all the scents and smells of the park.
Around 3 p.m. we packed up the Ford Escape, which has tons of room in the back for all our bags (in true girl form, we overpacked), and started on our journey home. Although the Escape is classified as an SUV, it certainly does feel more like sedan. It doesn't feel like you're driving this massive car.
It was a short trip, but oh so sweet. For someone who travels often, I often forget how beautiful my province is. It was so nice to hit the road and explore all that Manitoba has to offer. The perfect "escape" if you will ;).
Have you driven the 2017 Ford Escape? Also, how much of Manitoba have you visited?
Huge thanks to Ford Canada for letting me drive this guy around for the weekend. Ford Canada also provided me with a prepaid VISA gift card, as well as accommodations, to escape & discover.


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Upcoming Announcements: Canon on July 9th, Sigma on July 11, Sony on July 17
We are going to have three major announcement this month: Canon announcement on July 9th, Sigma announcement on July 11th, 4am ET, Sony announcement on July 17th. Below is the list of products to be announced:
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Sigma to Announce 4 New Mirrorless Lenses for Sony E-mount and Panasonic/Leica L-mount
Next week, Sigma is going to have a product announcement on July 11/12, Sigma will announce 4 new full frame mirrorless lenses exclusively designed for Sony E-mount and Panasonic/Leica L-mount full frame mirrorless cameras. Below is the list of new Sigma lenses:
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Fornvännen's Winter Issue On-Line
aardvarchaeology | October 28, 2015
The new version of a slab from the Kivik cairn. Fornvännen 2015:1 is now on-line on Open Access. Sven Sandström on fake Paleolithic art in France. Andreas Toreld and Tommy Andersson on sensational new discoveries on the carved slabs of the Kivik burial cairn. They've been endlessly discussed for over 200 years, and now the whole game just changes. Birgit Maixner on a new Late 1st Millennium elite site at Missingen/Åkeberg in Norway. Inger Jans et al. on the last users of runes in the unbroken tradition from the Iron Age on – around 1910! Anders Söderberg on one of these lovely little finds…
First Week of 2015 Excavations at Stensö Castle
aardvarchaeology | June 29, 2015
This year's first week of fieldwork at Stensö Castle went exceptionally well, even though I drove a camper van belonging to a team member into a ditch. We're a team of thirteen, four of whom took part in last year's fieldwork at the site. All except me and co-director Ethan Aines are Umeå archaeology students. We're excavating the ruin of a castle that flourished in the 13th and 14th centuries. This year we have a very nice base at Smedstad, let to us by the genial B&B host Hans-Ola. But we cook our own meals, each day having its designated cooks and dishwashers, and in the evenings we…
Secrets of the Runic Lion
aardvarchaeology | March 3, 2014
The Lion of Pireus is a large 4th century BC marble statue that was moved from Pireus, the port of Athens, to Venice in 1688. It is now at the city's Arsenal. The Lion has unmistakeable Swedish 11th century runic inscriptions which have been known to Scandinavian scholars since 1798/99. Clearly they have something to do with the Varangian Guard, Swedish soldiers in the employ of the Byzantine Emperor from the 980s onward. But due to poor preservation, the message carried by those runes has been believed lost. There is a cast of the Lion at the Historical Museum in Stockholm, and I've often…
Messrs Silk, Licker and Ball Carve Some Runes
aardvarchaeology | January 23, 2014
We interrupt this transmission for a puerile message from Medieval Bergen. It was found carved with runes on a stick at the Hanseatic docks.ion silkifuþ a mek en guþormr fuþcllæikir ræist mik en : ion fuþkula ræþr m(e)k (N B434) "John Silkencunt owns me and Guttorm Cuntlicker carved me and John Cuntball reads me" Philologists are not certain as to whether fuþkula, "cuntball", means clitoris, or a well-padded mons veneris, or "cunt cavern". All the three mentioned men are historical figures known from other sources, but apparently they are usually referred to there as John Silk, Guttorm Licker…
Re-Used Picture Stone Paper On-Line
aardvarchaeology | February 18, 2013
My paper on the re-use of Late Iron Age picture stones during that same period (mainly in late male graves) has been published in English and Swedish parallel versions of Gotländskt Arkiv 2012. That's the annual of the Gotland County Museum. Have a look! Questions and comments are most welcome.
Swedish Runic Corpus On-line
aardvarchaeology | May 12, 2012
Here's an extremely useful resource. The Swedish National Heritage Board has scanned the great multivolume corpus publication of Swedish runic inscriptions, Sveriges runinskrifter, and put it on-line for free. Currently as PDF files, but in the future there will also be a structured database. Though the PDF:s have been run through optical character recognition, they don't seem to have been indexed on Google (yet?). For an example, read about (p. 547 ff) Kalv's runestone U 875 at Focksta in Hagby, Uppland, shown above.
Airport Runestone
aardvarchaeology | November 21, 2011
I've written before about the archaeological landscape surrounding Arlanda International Airport north of Stockholm. Following on yesterday's post about the fake archaeology in Oslo airport, here's a piece of landscape that has been moved inside Arlanda's terminal 2. It's an 11th century runestone commemorating one of the men who died on Ingvar the Far-travelled's disastrous expedition to the east. The stone was found in 2000 when the road to the airport was widened, suggesting an impressive age for the road. Placing the runestone in the airport terminal ensures its protection from the rain…
Kensington Runestone Faker's Signature Found
The Kensington runestone of Minnesota is a rather obvious 19th century fake. But in a recent paper in Saga och Sed 2010, Mats G. Larsson shows something less obvious: the hidden signature of the stone's carver, who also was its finder. Olof Ãhman came from Forsa in Hälsingland, central Sweden. He claimed to have found the stone among the roots of an aspen tree he had felled with his son. Now Larsson points to the unique rune for à on the stone, which is an O with a small N inside. This looks a lot like O-n, an abbreviation of the man's surname. And as it turns out, Ãhman came from a…
Iarlabanki Had This Stone Made While He Still Lived
If we look only at contemporaneous written evidence and disregard kings, Iarlabanki Ingefastson is probably the most copiously documented Scandinavian of the Viking Period. But his name does not occur even once on vellum. His memory lives entirely in the many rune stones he commissioned. Iarlabanki (Jarlabanke in modern Swedish) was a major landowner in Uppland north of Stockholm, and his lifetime happened to coincide with the great mid-to-late-11th century rune stone craze in that province. Iarlabanki was a Christian, probably only of the third generation, and like other monuments of the…
Kalv's Runestone
aardvarchaeology | July 12, 2011
Driving through Hagby parish in Uppland on a tiny road Friday, I was lucky enough to cross the bridge at Focksta right at the moment when the afternoon sun hit this lovely runestone straight on. I didn't even have to get out of the car to take the photograph. Dating from the early 11th century, the stone is an unsigned work of Ãsmund KÃ¥resson (U 875). It's unusual in that it has a couple of Bronze Age cupmarks too. The inscription reads, "Tyrvi and Ingegärd and Tjälve had this stone erected after Kalv, Tyrvi's husband. May God and God's mother help his spirit." Note the cross and the…
Hogganvik Runestone Re-erected
The recently found Norwegian 5th century runestone of Hogganvik carries a memorial inscription and so might be expected to have stood on or near a grave. My buddy Frans-Arne Stylegar has excavated the site and sadly found no preserved burial, but he did find the original stone setting of the monument. This is a rare kind of knowledge, as many runestones have been moved around through the centuries. Now the runestone stands again, the site has been cleaned up, and the public is free to come see the most important early runic document to surface in many decades. Photograph by Frans-Arne…
Runological Report on the Hogganvik Rune Stone
aardvarchaeology | November 2, 2009
Runologist James E. Knirk has published a report on the recently found Hogganvik rune stone. His transliteration is[?]kelbaþewas:s(t)^ainaR:aaasrpkf aarpaa:inanana(l/b/w)oR eknaudigastiR ekerafaR His translation isSkelba-þewaR's ["Shaking-servant's"] stone. (Alphabet magic: aaasrpkf aarpaa). ?Within/From within the ?wheel-nave/?cabin-corner. I NaudigastiR [="Need-guest"]. I, the Wolverine. So there isn't actually an explicit lord-retainer relationship in the text, just a guy whose name includes the word for servant, thewar. It also occurs in two names inscribed on weaponry from Danish war…
5th Century Rune Stone Found
aardvarchaeology | October 7, 2009
Most rune stones are written with the late 16-character futhark and date from the 11th century when the Scandies had largely been Christianised. Their inscriptions tend to be formulaic: "Joe erected the stone after Jim his father who was a very good man". But by that time, runic writing was already 900 years old. It's just that inscriptions in the early 24-character futhark are much less common. And when you find them, their messages are usually far less straight-forward. My buddy Frans Arne Stylegar reports in a series of blog entries [1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] on the discovery, less than two…
Runic Aerobics Disliked by Nazis
aardvarchaeology | August 20, 2009
In Nazi Germany and its occupied territories there were many ways to get thrown into an extermination camp. But Friedrich Marby broke some kind of record: he was sent to Dachau for publishing too silly ideas about runes. He survived. The Nazis themselves were no strangers to occultism, particularly Heinrich Himmler, whose neo-Pagan religious movement I've touched upon before. Movements similar to today's New Age, neo-paganism and occultism flourished in the early 20th century. But Marby was too much even for Himmler: he invented runic aerobics. Marby's ideas took off from the cosmic and…
Rune Stones With Friends
aardvarchaeology | April 28, 2009
Here's a fun project. Maja Bäckvall and Jannie Teinler with friends are visiting rune stones mainly in Uppland province, posing for photographs along with the stones and publishing them on a dedicated web site. So far they've done 121 rune stones!
Medieval Church Demolished, Rune Stones Found
Högby near Mjölby in Ãstergötland is a magical place because of a serious lack of historical sensitivity. In 1876 (which is really late as these things go in Sweden) the locals demolished their little 12th century church and built a new bigger one a mile to the south. This meant that the parish centre of a millennium or so became a backwater and has not been built over later. It's completely rural, abutting a farm's back yard, very quiet. All that remains of the church is the churchyard wall and one of Ãstergötland's finest rune stones that was taken out of the sacristy wall. Some fine…
A Runic Farewell
From about 1845 to 1930, Sweden saw massive emigration to the United States. According to one estimate, about a third of the country's population left. In 1900, more Swedes lived in Chicago than in Gothenburg. Many factors conspired to send people on their way: population expansion, a lack of agricultural land, failed crops, economic recession, and the simple pull of the virtual population vacuum beyond the American frontier, the pull of enormous opportunity, as industrialised Europeans encountered the Stone Age societies of the native Americans. The emigration left its share of…
Swedish Study of the Kensington Runestone
aardvarchaeology | May 7, 2007
[More blog entries about archaeology, runes, Minnesota, kensington, middleages; arkeologi, runor, medeltiden, usa.] The Kensington runestone is a 19th century fake from Minnesota. It purports to be a monument left behind by a Scandinavian expedition in the 14th century, but uses anachronistic turns of phrase and runic characters typical of 19th century popular culture. The runestone is nevertheless touted as authentic by enthusiastic local amateur scholars."8 Geats and 22 Norwegians on acquisition venture from Vinland far to the west We had traps by 2 shelters one day's travel to the north…


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"As I was making notes for this review, I caught myself using phrases like "modern" or "mainstream" black metal. These descriptors were appropriate at the time Dimmu Borgir dropped the much-maligned Abraharabra way back in 2010, but following nearly a decade's dearth of new material, I'm not certain they still apply." Borgir's up!
"I have to admit, I'm impressed with some of the black metal records so far this year. Of the records that I reviewed, I find myself returning to Ophiuchi, Wiegedood, and Havukruunu on a regular basis. Not to mention the solid output from old-school black metallers, Ofermod and Svartsyn. But, for how excited I've been for most of these releases, I was most excited for Limbonic Art's Spectre Abysm. If you've never heard of these Norwegian symphonic black metal beasts, you should fix that." Limber up.
"By the time you read this, Halloween 2016 is long gone. Oral surgeons have deposited their paychecks earned at the expense of children unfortunate enough to chomp down on razor blades, and your cranky olde neighbor is probably marching across the street right now to ask when the hell you're getting that damned rotting jack o' lantern off your porch. As I'm writing, however, the night of Halloween is still young, and I have an appropriately eerie soundtrack to accompany the festivities." The pumpkin stays right where it's at, bub.


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