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On the 15th of March, we opened the Aletta Jacobs School of Public Health – together with those who work within or are interested in public health and Healthy Ageing. In this blog you can read more about the speakers of the Grand Opening.
Koert van Ittersum, Capability
Koert van Ittersum is a Professor of Marketing & Consumer Well-Being at the Faculty of Economics and Business at the University of Groningen (UG). On March 15, he introduced the theme 'Capability'. Koert: "The main objective of the Aletta Jacobs School of Public Health is to add healthy years to people's lives. People's health is a function of their lifestyle and is largely determined by their diet and level of physical activity. In regards to the theme 'Capability', research has been done to study to what extent people are concerned about healthy living, to understand their related decision making processes and the factors that influence the choices they make."
Besides Koert van Ittersum, also Koen Lemmink, Professor of Sports, Performance and Innovation, is representing the theme 'Capability'.
Brigit Toebes, Justice
Brigit Toebes is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law (UG) and the Director of Global Health Law Groningen Research Centre. Together with Viola Angelini, Associate Professor at the Faculty of Economics and Business (UG), she represents the theme 'Justice'. On the March 15, Birgit explained 'What law has got to do with healthy ageing': "We are witnessing a number of serious challenges in relation to health including a change in disease patterns, some of which are lifestyle-related, as well as increasing health inequalities within and between regions, countries and states. Law and policy play a crucial role in addressing these challenges. Law can also be a concrete tool in regulating health systems and in curbing unhealthy behavior."
Catharina Hartman, Resilience
Catharina Hartman, an Associate Professor at the University Medical Centre Groningen (UMCG), spoke about the theme 'Resilience'. The focus of this theme is people's resilience in relation to healthy ageing. A specific example from our region that relates to it and puts people's resilience at test, are the Groningen earthquakes, which are caused by the gas extraction, conducted by NAM. The earthquakes and the damage caused to houses in the area have made the residents very vulnerable: approximately 16% of the 130.000 residents whose houses have been effected, encounter stress related health issues. That is an increase of 50% in comparison to unaffected residents.
Besides Catharina Hartman, Katherine Stroebe, an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences (UG), represents the theme 'Resilience'.
Sandra Brouwer, Participation
Sandra Brouwer is a Professor of Community and Occupational Medicine at the UMCG. In her research, she focuses mainly on labour market participation and re-integration of vulnerable groups. Participating in society has a great effect on your well-being, however it is not always obvious that people are able to actively participate in society. Sandra says: "Economic, social and demographic changes have led to an increased need to include and maintain more (ageing) workers in the workforce, and to find ways to better enable workers with poor health to maintain employment. Although active labour market policies and programmes have been introduced, disabled people still have on average lower levels of employment and income than non-disabled people. With hope that we can change this trend, research projects have been done in close collaboration with other disciplines such as psychology, economy, and with a wide group of stakeholders."
The second representative of the theme 'Participation' is Leo van Wissen, Professor Economic Demography at the Faculty of Spatial Sciences.
Alex Friedrich, Sustainabilty
Last but definitely not least, Alex Friedrich was one of the speakers at the Opening of the Aletta Jacobs School of Public Health. Alex is a Professor of Medical Microbiology at the UMCG and represents the theme 'Sustainability'. If we should healthily grow older together, we do have to find sustainable solutions for problems in our society. One of the greatest problems we face as a society is antibiotic resistance. Alex: "If the policy remains unchanged, simple operations or intensive care therapy will become life-threatening in the future. Antibiotics, which are required for safe treatment, then no longer work. We have already been experiencing the consequences of this problem. In order to really get started to work on this issue, we have to stop thinking in boxes, departments, professions or sectors and we have to look for solutions across the border. By investigating the cause of antibiotic resistance from the perspective of different disciplines, we can take larger steps towards a solution. The Aletta Jacobs School of Public Health is the first step to join forces of universities, governments, companies, health insurers, healthcare and educational institutions to form a collective policy. Only by working together we can continue to offer safe and affordable care in the future."
Alex Friedrich gave his presentation together with veterinarian Drs. Maaike van den Berg.
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Sure James Dean Was Good in Rebel Without a Cause. But How Would He Have Done in the Wonderful World of Real Estate...?
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Sure James Dean Was Good in Rebel Without a Cause.
But How Would He Have Done in the Wonderful World of Real Estate...?
We can probably all agree that James Dean was a great actor.
But did he know anything about Real Estate?
And, more importantly, would he have known anything about the local Raleigh/ Cary/ Apex area Real Estate market?
James Dean, actor... or Craig Rutman, your Raleigh/ Cary/ Apex area Realtor?
Oh, and by the way, my "Cause" is to find you a great deal on your new home, or to get your present home SOLD!
Michael - Wise choice Little Grasshopper!
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You are one creative dude, my friend. Be careful of your driving. We lost a great actor years ago.
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I always thought James Dean reminded me of someone..... Or is it the other way around?
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Port, Leo Weiser (1922–1978)
by Shirley Fitzgerald
This article was published in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 16, (MUP), 2002
Leo Weiser Port (1922-1978), businessman and lord mayor, was born on 7 September 1922 at Cracow, Poland, son of Aron Rappaport, poulterer, and his wife Leia, née Amsterdamer. In 1928 the family moved to Berlin, where Leo attended the Adass Yisroel Realgymnasium. They fled to Prague in 1939, and reached Sydney on 24 March in the Viminale. Leo attended Sydney Boys' High and Parramatta High schools, won a Commonwealth scholarship, and studied electrical and mechanical engineering at the University of Sydney (B.E., 1946). Like his father and brother, he adopted the surname, Port, and was naturalized in 1945. He joined Donoghue & Carter, consulting engineers, in 1947, and became a partner in 1953. His lift-control system received a merit award for Australian design in 1969.
At the Temple Emanuel, Woollahra, on 25 October 1950 Port had married Edith Bertha Lucas, a Berlin-born pharmacy student. They attended the North Shore Synagogue and became involved in the cultural life of Sydney's Jewish community. After moving to Elizabeth Bay in 1972, Leo walked to the Great Synagogue to attend Sabbath services. He was the Temple Emanuel's delegate (1951-66) to the New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies, and was active in the Jewish National Fund, a Zionist organization dedicated to raising funds for Israel. For relaxation, he cycled, played golf, swam and skied.
Representing the Civic Reform Association of Sydney, Port was elected to the Sydney City Council in 1969 for Fitzroy Ward. He also served as a member (1969-74) of the State Planning Authority. The new Civic Reform majority was committed to raising the quality of city planning. Port's skill lay in his ability to listen, and to seize upon the expertise of some of the best urban theorists in the country. The City of Sydney Strategic Plan of 1971, produced by Port and fellow alderman Andrew Briger, gave expression to a broad philosophical framework for revitalizing inner Sydney and generated much-needed public debate in a city experiencing large-scale commercial development. Port received good publicity, as did the urban-design projects in which he delighted—the creation of Martin Place as a pedestrian mall, the greening of the streets and the opening up of Sydney Square. In 1974 he was appointed M.B.E.
Port accepted an invitation in 1970 to join the Australian Broadcasting Commission's popular television programme, 'The Inventors'; as a panellist he was genial, intelligent and urbane. A passion for excellence in design drove his enthusiasms within and beyond the council. His list of his life's achievements included not only the establishment of a broad strategic plan for city development, but also the design of some golf clubs that impressed the comedian Bob Hope when he visited Sydney.
In 1975 and 1976 Port was elected lord mayor by his fellow aldermen. Neville Wran's Labor government altered the electoral regulations in 1977 to favour a Labor vote, but Civic Reform was again returned, albeit with a reduced majority. The people elected Port lord mayor for a term of three years. After the Labor government failed to oust Civic Reform, elements of the press began to report less kindly on Port's activities and increasingly portrayed him as arrogant. Resident action groups, involved in the 'green bans' that the Australian Builders' Labourers' Federation was placing on high-rise developments, pointed to his firm's involvement in some of those projects. On the council he was under constant pressure from aldermen who accused him of being too closely associated with developers. Although he had resigned from some boards, he remained a director of Manufacturing Investments Ltd and W. G. Watson & Co. Pty Ltd.
On 26 August 1978 a lengthy article by Max Suich and Anne Summers was published in the National Times, detailing Port's pecuniary involvement with two finance companies. (The companies were linked to Citibank N.A., which had acquired a large parcel of urban land when developers mortgaged to it had failed in the property crash of 1974). Survived by his wife, and their daughter and three sons, Port died that day of myocardial infarction and bacterial endocarditis in St Vincent's Hospital, Darlinghurst, and was buried in Rookwood cemetery. He had seen in 'one drab corner of Sydney after another' the possibility of something better. His estate was sworn for probate at $442,615. The Leo Port Park in Tel Aviv, Israel, is named after him.
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Age (Melbourne), 1 Nov 1976
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Sydney City Council, Proceedings, 1969-78
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Apr. 7 - Amateur footage obtained by Reuters shows the aftermath of an attack on Ahzano village by forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Nick Rowlands reports.
Buildings in the Syrian village of Ahzano have been reduced to rubble, and smoke blackens the sky. Amateur video footage obtained by Reuters shows the aftermath of an attack on the village by forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Ahzano is around 13 kilometres from the northwestern city of Idlib, and is home to some 5-6000 people. Residents here are digging graves for the four people killed in the attack. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon issued a statement strongly condemning the latest escalation of violence in Syria and demanding that President Assad abide by his agreement to halt military operations. Nick Rowlands, Reuters.


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A recent article on Huffington Post commented that "Interior design is right up there with food, fashion and holidays when it comes to our favourite daydream fodder". Certainly, Britain has become dramatically more style conscious during recent years, as demonstrated by the proliferation of glossy design magazines and television programmes covering everything from lighting to wallpaper and repro designer furniture.
This revival isn't limited to our own shores: the United Kingdom is exporting its home styling expertise to countries all over the globe and creative industries generate an astonishing £71 billion per year according to official statistics. What are the reasons for this boom?
Britain has a limited housing supply and property is generally costly in comparison to other countries. Having made an expensive purchase, home owners naturally want to show their acquisition off to its best advantage and are prepared to invest in high quality, attractive installations which will enhance not only the appearance and comfort of their home but also its value.
While Britons love overseas holidays and eating out in great restaurants, we are spending increasing amounts of time at home. We are cooking meals and entertaining friends indoors. Sophisticated technology allows us to entertain ourselves without crossing our own front door. An inevitable consequence of this lifestyle change is that we are demanding more from the decor and furnishings in our houses.
There is a huge – and expanding – range of magazines focusing on the home. There are also television shows covering the same sort of territory. These highlight not only the desirability of an attractively presented home but also the need to refresh decorations and furniture. They present endless excellent ideas to help us envisage ways in which we can tweak our home design.
Traditionally, interior design beyond the generic was largely limited to those with greater resources. During the past decade, however, home styling has been democratised and is within the reach of most of us. Companies such as Pash Living, whose website can be found at pash-living.co.uk, create beautiful and practical solutions at remarkably competitive prices.
The great designer, William Morris, famously said, "Have nothing in your home which you don't think to be beautiful or know to be useful". This us becoming a realistic aspiration for us all.


Congratulations to our lovely Virginia couple Pooja & Eddie!! Team Florista Custom built this green arch with fresh flower walls for their big day. Pooja wanted something contemporary for her mandap and that's how the idea for an arch came about. Here are some photos showcasing their Hindu wedding and reception stage decoration.


There's a never-ending well of depth, mystery, and soul to drink from in the 4th, 8th, and 12th house of any birth chart. Without fail, each time I tackle a chart, something reveals itself in these psychologically rich areas.
I've been contemplating the 12th house's strengths and pitfalls with an even greater focus. In case you haven't heard, the 12th house of a birth chart is the place where you lose yourself. There is no more ego. In fact, there is nothing but an urge to merge with a divine source of energy. Here is the House of Unconditional Love and Compassion, Imagination, and Sensitivity. Here is one of the most psychic houses in the zodiac (all Water houses are).
But if one or more of your planets happens to live here, you might be more familiar with the other side. Fair warning: it can be downright tragic.
You see, the 12th House is also known as the House of Sorrow, Isolation, and Self-Undoing. Planets here represent a blind spot in our lives -- an energy that, no matter how hard we try, seems to constantly slip through our fingers. Because we struggle to consciously connect with and materialize that planetary energy, any attempt to manifest it often gets us into trouble. If you have a 12th house planet, it seems doomed to remain elusive.
Is your Sun in the 12th house? Textbook Astrology suggests your very identity is nebulous, and you may suffer from not being able to express yourself the way you truly yearn to. Is it your Moon? Perhaps you can never seem to reveal your true feelings to others, leading to an almost aching sense of isolation and lack of emotional nourishment.
What about Venus? Ah, my personal favorite because I happen to own a 12th house Venus. According to old Astrology lore, someone with this placement is doomed to overwhelming pain and sorrow in the love department and often has at least one experience of unrequited love to endure.
Are these declarations about your 12th house planets true? Well, to be honest, yes. But remember, that's the shadow. 12th house energies are only awful enough to get you on the VIP list for your local mental institution when you refuse to become conscious about and work through the defensive mechanisms your psyche implements related to that particular planetary energy.
It doesn't have to be this way. In fact, there is another side to the 12th house. If you would only stop being your own worst secret enemy (the 12th house rules secret enemies) you might begin to see that whatever planetary energy you have in your 12th house are unconscious, inherited patterns you're meant to unravel and constructively work with in this lifetime.
If it's true that in order to benefit from anything new one must first discard the old and outworn, then the 12th house is the epitome of that proverbial closet that simply must be cleaned out. When you're ready to embrace the pain, sacrifice, and nebulous energy of your 12th house and open up to the incredible creative potential in this area of your chart, you have taken a bold step that's likely to lead you straight to enlightenment.
The 12th house is not an area of the chart to take lightly. This is a house that needs work and doing that work hurts. Adding insult to injury, it's an unconscious house, so you don't even see what's wrong with how you express your 12th house planets. At least not initially.
But if you're willing to submerge yourself into the deep, isolating journey of your 12th house, you're destined to learn a thing or two about sacrifice, compassion, suffering and healing. You might even come out the other side of the experience thanking your 12th house. Indeed, people with strong 12th house energy do have amazing empathy and healing ability.
In the end, the 12th house is about surrender. Once you're willing to let go, it's actually pretty amazing what tends to happen. Everything usually falls right into place.
So, what's the final verdict on the 12th house? In the humble opinion of my Jupiter in Pisces in the 12th house, the answer may be found in the old Buddhist saying: "Pain is inevitable; suffering is optional."
Sit with your pain and fear. Acknowledge and meditate on them. Don't ignore or medicate ... feel. This is the only way to let go and experience true release. Then, you will not only have an immaculate 12th house closet, but you'll finally be able to clearly see the secret opening behind it. The one that leads to heaven.


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Adam Baruch  (; April 9, 1945 – May 24, 2008) was an Israeli journalist, newspaper editor, writer and art critic.

Biography
Baruch Meir Rosenblum (later Adam Baruch) was born in the Meah Shearim neighborhood of Jerusalem, Israel. His father, Asher Rosenblum, was a lawyer, art dealer and active politically in Hapoel HaMizrachi. His maternal grandfather was Rabbi Yitzchak Yaakov Wachtfogel, head of the Mea Shearim Yeshiva and Av Beit Din for the Ashkenazi communities.

He was raised in Ramat Gan, completed his high school education at the Noam Yeshiva High School in Pardes Hannah and studied law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

His first wife was the photographer Ariella Shvide, with whom he had two children: Ido Rosenblum, a screenwriter and TV personality, and Amalia Rosenblum, a writer. He lived in Jaffa with his partner, Shira Aviad, mother of his second son, Itay Asher.

He died from diabetes in 2008.

Journalism
Adam Baruch edited the journals "Musag" (1974–1976), "Monitin" (1978–1982) and "Shishi Tarbut" (1995–1996); and the daily newspaper "Globes" (1992–1996). During the 1980s he was the editor of the weekend supplement "Seven Days" of the daily newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth, and was the editor of Maariv for a short period of time in 1992, when the newspaper was owned by Robert Maxwell. During his last years he wrote a weekly column called "Shishi" (sixth, or Friday, in Hebrew), in the Maariv weekend supplement "Mussaf HaShabbat". Previous personal columns of his were "Eye Contact" – a weekly art page in Yedioth Ahronoth, and a column in the weekly newspaper "Koteret Rashit".

Baruch also created the television interview series "Adam Baruch in Search of an Answer" ("אדם ברוך מחפש תשובה"), broadcast on the Israel Broadcasting Authority's Channel one, and the short movie "Eye Witness" ("עד ראייה"), broadcast on the Israeli Channel two.

Published works
 Ma Nisma BaBayit (Hebrew for How are Things at Home?), Dvir, 2004 – short essays on impressions of the last 25 years in Israel.
 Hayeinu (Our Life), Jerusalem, Keter Publishing House, 2002 – an attempt to define regulations for Jewish life in modern Israel.
 Betom Lev (In Good Faith), Jerusalem, Keter Publishing House, 2001 – interpretation and commentary on Jewish culture.
 Seider Yom (Daily Routine), subtitled "Daily Life in the Mirror of the Halakha", Jerusalem, Keter Publishing House, 2000 – Halakhic implementation and interpretation on modern daily life issues, such as money, family, language, stock market, and many others.
 After Rabin: New Art from Israel, by Susan Tumarkin Goodman, Yaron Ezrahi, Adam Baruch, Tali Tamir, Jewish Museum Staff; New York, N.Y, Jewish Museum, 1999 – essays in a catalog accompanying a Jewish Museum of New York exhibition by the same name, discussing the effect of the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin on art in Israel.
 Hu Haya Gibor (He was a Hero), Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1998  – 41 short stories originally published in Baruch's "Eye Contact" column Yedioth Ahronoth, about situations in contemporary Jewish and Israeli life.
 Pisul Hiloni (Secular Sculpturing), 1988 – about the Sculptor Yechiel Shemi.
 Lustig, 1985 – an autobiographical story.

References

External links
 Essayist, artist Adam Baruch dies at 63, Ynetnews.
 Critic and journalist Adam Baruch passes away at age 63, Haaretz web site.

1945 births
2008 deaths
Israeli columnists
Israeli non-fiction writers
Israeli art critics
Hebrew University of Jerusalem Faculty of Law alumni
Deaths from diabetes
Burials at Kiryat Shaul Cemetery
20th-century non-fiction writers

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# Console

## Content

- [Setup](#usage)
- [Configuration](#configuration)
- [Example command](#example-command)
- [Entrypoint](#entrypoint)

## Setup

```bash
composer require contributte/console
```

```neon
extensions:
	console: Contributte\Console\DI\ConsoleExtension(%consoleMode%)
```

The extension will look for all commands extending from [`Symfony\Component\Console\Command\Command`](https://github.com/symfony/symfony/blob/master/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Command/Command.php) and automatically add them to the console application.
That's all. You don't have to worry about anything else.

## Configuration

```neon
console:
	name: Acme Project
	version: '1.0'
	catchExceptions: true / false
	autoExit: true / false
	url: https://example.com
	lazy: false
```

In SAPI (CLI) mode, there is no HTTP request and thus no URL address.
You have to set base URL on your own so that link generator works. Use `console.url` option:

```neon
console:
	url: https://example.com
```

### Helpers

You could also define you custom `helperSet` just in case. There are 2 possible approaches. You can register your
`App\Model\MyCustomHelperSet` as a service under the `services` section or provide it directly to the extension config `helperSet`.

Already defined service:

```neon
services:
	customHelperSet: App\Model\MyCustomHelperSet

console:
	helperSet: @customHelperSet
```

Directly defined helperSet:

```neon
console:
	helperSet: App\Model\MyCustomHelperSet
```

By default, helperSet contains 4 helpers defined in `Symfony\Component\Console\Application`. You can add more helpers, if need them.

```neon
console:
	helpers:
		- App\Model\MyReallyGreatHelper
```

### Lazy-loading

From version 3.4 `Symfony\Console` uses command lazy-loading. This extension fully supports this feature and
you can enable it in the NEON file.

```neon
console:
	lazy: true
```

From this point forward, all commands are instantiated only if needed. Don't forget that listing all commands will instantiate them all.

How to define command names? Define `$defaultName` in the command or via the `console.command` tag on the service.

```php
use Symfony\Component\Console\Command\Command;

class FooCommand extends Command
{
	protected static $defaultName = 'app:foo';
}
```

Or via a service tag.

```neon
services:
	commands.foo:
		class: App\FooCommand
		tags: [console.command: app:foo]
```

## Example command

In case of having `console.php` as entrypoint (see below), this would add a user with username `john.doe`:

> `php console.php user:add john.doe`

```php
namespace App\Console;

use Symfony\Component\Console\Command\Command;
use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputArgument;
use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputInterface;
use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\OutputInterface;

final class AddUserCommand extends Command
{

	private UsersModel $usersModel;

	/**
	 * Pass dependencies with constructor injection
	 */
	public function __construct(UsersModel $usersModel)
	{
		parent::__construct(); // don't forget parent call as we extends from Command
		$this->usersModel = $usersModel;
	}

	protected function configure(): void
	{
		// choose command name
		$this->setName('user:add')
			// description (optional)
			->setDescription('Adds user with given username to database')
			// arguments (maybe required or not)
			->addArgument('username', InputArgument::REQUIRED, 'User\'s username');
			// you can list options as well (refer to symfony/console docs for more info)
	}

	/**
	 * Don't forget to return 0 for success or non-zero for error
	 */
	protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output): int
	{
		// retrieve passed arguments/options
		$username = $input->getArgument('username');

		// you can use symfony/console output
		$output->writeln(\sprintf('Adding user %s…', $username));

		try {
			// do your logic
			$this->usersModel->add($username);
			// styled output is supported as well
			$output->writeln('<success>✔ Successfully added</success>');
			return 0;

		} catch (\Exception $e) {
			// handle error
			$output->writeln(\sprintf(
				'<error>❌ Error occurred: </error>',
				$e->getMessage(),
			));
			return 1;
		}
	}

}
```

### Register command

```neon
services:
	- App\Console\AddUserCommand
```

Maybe you will have to flush the `temp/cache` directory.

## Entrypoint

The very last piece of the puzzle is the console entrypoint. It is a simple script that loads the DI container and fires  `Contributte\Console\Application::run`.

You can copy & paste it to your project, for example to `<root>/bin/console`.

Make sure to set it as executable. `chmod +x <root>/bin/console`.

##### Nette 3.0+

```php
#!/usr/bin/env php
<?php declare(strict_types = 1);

require __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php';

exit(App\Bootstrap::boot()
	->createContainer()
	->getByType(Contributte\Console\Application::class)
	->run());
```

##### Nette <= 2.4

```php
#!/usr/bin/env php
<?php declare(strict_types = 1);

$container = require __DIR__ . '/../app/bootstrap.php';

exit($container->getByType(Contributte\Console\Application::class)->run());
```

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Thomas Rydder Blogger Book Blitz - Restless Souls and The Clearing
Thomas Rydder's newest release, Restless Souls, is available now. To help him celebrate, I'm taking part in his blogger book blitz.
Restless Souls
1. "Do Unto Others" (short story) - Jeremy is a street hood, lawless and unchained. When he is wronged by a local businessman, it becomes his mission to seek revenge. But his new enemy has friends - ones that don't take kindly to intruders.
2. "Colors" (short story) - Harrison Street. attorney, biker wannabe, coward. When he finds the bike of his dreams, it seems too good to be true. It is.
3. "Simona Says" (novella) - Simona has had it rough. Death, disenchantment, and disappointment are all part of her life. She wants to be happy for a change, and she's willing to do just about anything to find some. Anything.
Restless Souls Available Now: Smashwords or Amazon for Kindle
A small town in western Pennsylvania – quaint, simple, peaceful. That is, until The Elder takes up residence. He has an agenda – one that is 1,000 years old, and cannot be denied. One that will change the lives of many – and end the lives of any who interfere.
The Clearing Available Now: Amazon
I was born in 1957 in a small town in Western Pennsylvania that had - and still has - one traffic light. There wasn't a whole lot to do there, and we had few neighbors, so I learned to play quite a bit of make-believe - soldiers, cowboys and Indians, that kind of thing. At the same time, I loved to read and watch old movies. On Saturdays, my dad played in a country western band, and I stayed up to wait for him. It was during that stretch that I discovered the horror movie. You know the ones I mean. Karloff, Chaney, Lee. The masters, right?
Fast forward 40 years. I'm now the project manager for a small civil engineering firm in picturesque Charleston, South Carolina with my lovely wife and four rescue pets, two dogs, two cats. Oh - and eight feral cats outside that put up with us because we give them two squares a day.
Anyway, since childhood, I've loved to create. I played trumpet, sang, even dabbled in genealogy. Nothing quite did it for me. Over the years, I'd composed quite a few term papers and theses (there are a few ex-teenagers in this world who owe their English grades to yours truly), and unfailingly earned an "A". My wife knew this, and one day just suggested that I try writing.
What the hey, I thought. So I sat down and found a writing site called Hubpages. Nice little site, and I started getting the basics of writing a little from some of the inhabitants. I wrote a short story, and everyone liked it. So, I wrote another one. Except it kept growing, and I kept getting more ideas, and it lengthened to 20 thousand words, then 30, then 40. By the time I sat back, I had the rough draft of my first novel, except back then it was called "Werewolves and Flapjacks". Somewhere along the way I decided to submit my work (now called "The Clearing) to three publishers. I was turned down twice, and miraculously was accepted by the gentleman who gently rules this site, Mr. Tim Taylor. And the rest, as they say, is history. By the way, you need to like Tim...he's a great guy, and I owe him much, which can never be repaid.
I now have a second book available - "Restless Souls: 3 dark fables" - an anthology (novella and two short stories) of ghost stories, and life is grand.
Even though I make wise cracks about all of it, this is all like living a dream - and I don't plan on waking up for a very long time.
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9 Ways the Tomorrow People Premier Mirrored the Matrix - And Why That's a Good Thing
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. What the first episode of Tomorrow People did last night was show how the strength of the same story structure as The Matrix.
You may be asking yourself what the two things have to do with each other. Before you get in a huff and think I'm claiming Tomorrow People ripped off or stole material from the Matrix, relax. That isn't even close to what I'm saying. I'm well aware Tomorrow People is based on a much-beloved series from the 1970's. There is not an ounce of copyright infringement here. There is, however, masterful storytelling.
Let's look at the story arches side by side.
1. Start with a troubled youth (like pretty much all fiction aimed at young adults)
2. Next scene is a break in, a chase by police officers and a "jump" off the roof
3. Fighting with "agents" in the subway station
4. The first meeting with Kara and Stephen is very similar to the first time Neo and Trinity meet. At first it's not in person (either mind link or the computer). Then it's followed by a "I know why you..." speech.
5. They break into a high security building to rescue someone from the "agents".
6. Stephen and Neo stop bullets with a raised hand. In Tomorrow People and The Matrix someone says "How are you doing this?" after the hero does the impossible.
7. Jedikiah is Agent Smith. In fact, the room in which Jedikiah does the questioning feels very much like an updated in which Neo was questioned by Agent Smith. Also, compare when Jedikiah is questioning Stephen with Agent Smith questioning Morpheus.
8.The "you are a plague" element. In the Matrix, it's humans while in this show it's the Tomorrow People.
9.The messiah element. Both Neo and Stephen are "the One" who will save everyone from the evil forces.
Bonus. I call this the trinity pose
So what does this say about Tomorrow People? Are the writers' lazy hacks?
Completely the opposite.
Ten minutes into the premier I realize the writers brilliantly updating a tried and true mythological structure to make the series relevant for a modern audience. The series is not without its flaws (e.g. the whole "can't kill" thing is super lame and made me want to throw something at the television). However, after the way they've handled the premiere I can tell the series is in excellent hands.
I look forward to see what they do next.
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Classic Epic Fantasy with a Touch of Romance - Confronting the Demon by Ciara Ballintyne
SYNPOSIS
The gates to hell are thrown wide when Alloran is betrayed by his best friend, Ladanyon, and framed for forbidden magic. He is hunted by the guards and the wizards both, tormented by the gruesome murder of his friends and loved ones, and crippled by fear for the living. Now Alloran must face his demons, or damn the woman he loves.
Lots. Worldbuilding is handled perfectly giving the reader a sense of a complex, well-thought-out world. Confronting the Demon creates a world that is instantly familiar but completely unique. The magic system described simply through observations and actions rather than rambling exposition. There is just enough mystery and tension to pull the reader forward making it very difficult to stop reading at one point in the story.
The romance never devolves into cheesiness, nor does it overshadow the classic epic fantasy elements that would make Robert E. Howard happy. Dialogue and character development are handled well. Pacing it tight making this a quick, enjoyable read.
WHAT DOESN'T WORK
I'm not a fan of the cover. If I saw it on the shelf, I would assume it was a Harlequin Romance and not pick it up. Thankfully, I agreed to read it based on the story line. If you can get past the cover, there is a great story here that will appeal to fantasy readers.
If you like your fantasy filled with sorcery, demons, and a touch of romance, I strongly recommend Confronting the Demon by Ciara Ballintyne. There's never been a better time to get on board, either. Take part in the book blast this Saturday (Oct 12th) and pick up Confronting the Demon for only $0.99. It's well worth the price.
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Ciara Ballintyne was born in 1981 in Sydney, Australia, where she lives with her husband, two daughters, one masochistic cat, and one cat with a god complex. She holds degrees in law and accounting, and has been a practising financial services lawyer since 2004. She is both an idealist and a cynic.She started reading epic fantasy at the age of nine, when she kidnapped Castle of Wizardry by David Eddings from her father. Another two years passed before she began her first attempts at the craft of writing. Confronting the Demon is her debut book. She enjoys horse-riding, and speculation about taking over the world. If she could choose to be anything it would be a dragon, but instead she shares more in common with Dr. Gregory House of House. M.D.
Demons, Sorcery and Romance - Confronting the Demon by Ciara Ballintyne
The gates to hell are thrown wide when Alloran is betrayed by his best friend, Ladanyon, and framed for forbidden magic. He is hunted by the guards and the wizards both, tormented by the gruesome murder of his friends and loved ones, and crippled by fear for the living.
Now Alloran must face his demons, or damn the woman he loves.
Also featuring bonus short story 'A Magical Melody'
Genre - High Fantasy (17+)
Length - 110 pages
Published - September 24th
October 12th Indie-Vengeance Day Special!
Amazon Kindle - US $2.99 99¢ | UK £1.93 £0.77
Trade Paperback - Amazon US | Amazon UK
What early readers are saying about the novella
"Ballintyne gives wonderful descriptions and I found myself becoming lost in the magic of her words in a picturesque world with every turned page" Bella Doerres
"The power-packed action will leave you breathless and the eerie suspense will make you chomp on your own nails, beware!" Satarupa
"With imagination and detail that paints a full scene for the mind's eye, Ciara takes us on a short but exciting journey into a world of magic, love and demons from hell." Miranda Wood of DustyKatt's Stuff Reviews
"I actually enjoyed a good fantasy novel that didn't take days and days to read, but still offered the opportunity to get caught up in its world and story." - Tracy Riva Global eBook Awards Judge
In honour of Indie-Vengeance Day Ciara Ballintyne is offering up "Confronting a Demon" for the sale price of 99¢ On October 12th after more than a year of planning, more than a dozen bestselling indie authors from around the globe (seriously!) will gather in Dallas, Texas for an once-in-a-lifetime signing and meet-the-author event; Indie-Vengeance Day. Come join authors from the U.S, Canada and Australia and meet some of the most notable and recognized writers in the indie author movement.
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Alloran huddled in the shadows of the alley mouth across from the west gate, watching the guards search every man and woman leaving the city of Ehsan. He sweltered within the confines of his light dust cloak. The hood concealed his face, and a few days worth of stubble blurred the shape of his jaw. Anything to make him that much harder to recognise. Unfortunately, he couldn't hide his indigo wizard eyes from another wizard or a sorceress, though a spell concealed their colour from normal vision.
A queue of backed-up traffic wound out of sight along the Avenue of Falling Stars. Travelers, merchants, and farmers waited with resigned patience. Seven hells, after three months, the delays were normal. Surely, they'd give up soon. Will they? For such a heinous crime…. It was not a thought he liked to dwell on. He slouched to hide his unusual height, and squinted at the mailed guards. They represented a minor inconvenience. The quartet of three wizards and one sorceress, though, were entirely different. There'd be no escaping their notice, even though the soldiers might be fooled. Almost involuntarily, his gaze flicked to the castle–not the king's castle in the central district but the wizards'. Perched atop the mountain overshadowing the city, its turrets clawed the sky. Home, once. Now he hid from it like a beetle scuttling away from the sun. Only enough luck to fill the seven celestial levels kept him safe. The wizards stood as the guards inspected each traveler and allowed passage. One, in linen shirt and leather pants with a sword on his hip, spoke companionably to the guard nearest him. The silk-swathed sorceress gazed down the street towards Alloran, or perhaps past him, with eyes that were yellow or purple, the mark of a woman of power. Easing back into the shadows slowly enough to avoid attracting attention, he headed to the square where Dek and the unfinished statue would be waiting. A peaceful lassitude crept over Alloran at the thought of the statue. Three months ago, the notion of hacking a statue out of a lump of rock would have been distasteful, to say the least. Now, the act of creation gave him a refuge that he couldn't find anywhere else. Stripping off the cloak, he tramped through the back alleys, his boots squelching through something he didn't care to examine too closely. Summer heat left the narrow streets ripe with the stench of rotting garbage. The muck would take weeks to clean from his boots, assuming he wouldn't have to traipse through the same decomposing food tomorrow. But he knew better. He heaved a sigh for the soft leather half-boots he'd favoured in another life. Of course, they'd be ruined even faster than the heavy work boots. Oh for a clean street. In the past, he'd waded knee-deep through any kind of muck as long as an answer lay on the other side. Two lives ago, that had been. Now, he did it in the hope of prolonging his pathetic existence one more day. A tangled pile of crates blocked most of the alley. When he squeezed between the stack and the alley wall, the splintered wood scratched the stiff canvas of his smock and snagged his stonemason's mallet. It was impossible to avoid the rubbish piled between wall and crates, and he wrinkled his nose at the stench. If only he could take the main streets, kept clean by an army of royal sweepers, but they'd be watching for him there and at the gates. No one at the citadel would expect to find him in this stinking back alley. No, not him. Not the man of silks and velvets. As he slipped through the narrowest point, the crates shifted, allowing him a glimpse into the middle of the pile. An eye stared back at him. A fixed and glazed eye.
Ciara Ballintyne was born in 1981 in Sydney, Australia, where she lives with her husband, two daughters, one masochistic cat, and one cat with a god complex.
She holds degrees in law and accounting, and has been a practicing financial services lawyer since 2004. She is both an idealist and a cynic.
She started reading epic fantasy at the age of nine, when she kidnapped Castle of Wizardry by David Eddings from her father. Another two years passed before she began her first attempts at the craft of writing. Confronting the Demon is her debut book.
She enjoys horse-riding, and speculation about taking over the world. If she could choose to be anything it would be a dragon, but instead she shares more in common with Dr. Gregory House of House. M.D.
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The Finishing Fairies is hosting a full two-week virtual book tour for "Confronting the Demon" by Ciara Ballintye is now accepting tour hosts. We are looking for Reviews, Guest Posts, Interviews and a few limited special spots available.
The tour will be taking place on Monday through Friday; 12-3 through 12-13, just in time to fill those Christmas e-socks ;)
If you are interested in participating please GO HERE and FILL THE FORM.
A Book Every Man Should Read - eLoves me eLoves Me Not by L.A. Johannesson
You know you've read a good book when it changes the way you look at the world. I don't think that was L.A. Johannesson's purpose for writing this book. In fact, I'm fairly certain I'm not even her target demographic. Nonetheless, I feel I am a slightly different person now that I've read this book.
The synopsis is simple. Kayte is a successful business women married to her job rather than a man. She decides it's time to change that and, at the prodding of a friend, tries online dating. From this starting point, the novel takes on a journey of personal discovery as Kayte discovers what she wants and doesn't want in her life.
At it's heart eLoves me Eloves me not is a simple "chick flick" in book form. Think of it like Bridget Jones Diary (one of my personal all-time favorites). A strong successful woman looking for love in all the wrong places discovers what is truly important in life and happens to find love along the way.
What eloves me, eloves me not does so well is put you completely in the mind of lead character Kayte. I felt I was inside a woman's mind. For that reason alone, this is a book every man should read.
Johannesson has a crystal-clear writing voice that helps the reader live inside Kayte's mind. There are no car chases nor are they any alien invasions. What rests at the center of eloves me, eloves me not is a journey to connect in a digital age. Kayte also learns online dating is not magic. She comes to realize that the mystery of how we find the love of our lives remains that: a mystery. There is something beyond our control, an element that shows up with it is ready, not when it is summoned.
Kayte is a wonderful character, instantly likable and relatable. She is a wizard at her job. She excels under pressure and helps others do the same. Her only issue in life is that she's alone. She wants to have success in romance the way she's had success in business. And that is actually the problem. She deals with finding a romantic partner the same way she deals with a business problem. She puts a plan in place and executes it. She tries to "fix" the problem of being single.
One of my favorite part is this section where she talks herself into an impossible relationship:
When I read this my first thought was "Dear lord, she's insane." Then I realized that, in my youth, I had similar delusions. Kayte's real growth starts when she realizes this.
How does it end? Read and find out.
I've been fortunate enough to meet L.A. Johannesson. Months ago, while looking for an editor for Council of Peacocks, she popped out of nowhere. She offered affordable assistance and some wonderful insights that strengthened the novel considerably. We've communicated several times since then. I also met her in Toronto for Word on the Street (see video). She radiates warmth and joy like few people I've met, truly the sort of person I'd love to sit and have a glass (or two) of wine with.
L.A. Johannesson's Official Website
L.A. Johannesson on Goodreads
eLoves Me eLoves Me Not on Amazon.com
eLoves Me eLoves Me Not on Amazon.ca
eLoves Me eLoves Me Not on Amazon.co.uk
Hope to Weary Horror Fans - The Shepherd by NY Times Best Selling Author Travis Luedke #asmsg
Travis Luedke's The Shepherd offers hope to horror fans weary of the pale, recycled horror populating the current market.
One of the coolest things as a reader is finding a new author and watching him grow. In the 80's, I was was lucky enough to discover Dean Koontz before he hit it big. I watched as he improved with each novel until he became the household name he is today.
I get the sense that Travis Luedke is on the same path.
The Shepherd is his newest novel and it is definitely his strongest. The plot is tightly woven, wasting no space on unnecessary filler.
The lead character, Mike Evans, has a crystal clear voice. Readers will get a sense of his personality from the first page. He's 16 from a less-than-ideal home who meets a mysterious young girl named Nadia who changes his life. There is more to Nadia than meets the eye. There is a twist in the middle which I won't spoil for you. Thankfully, unlike so many other writers, Luedke does not bash you over the head with clues. The secret is fun and completely obvious only upon reflection. Much like the twist in The Sixth Sense, I was expecting the story to go one way. Then it went somewhere completely different.
I couldn't be happier.
The Shepherd reminds me very much of a good Richard Laymon story. If you're a horror fan and not familiar with Richard Laymon, I strongly recommend you check him out.
Laymon was called "Stephen King without a conscious" (The Only Known TV Interview with Richard Laymon). Dean Koontz said of Laymon "No one writes like Laymon, and you're going to have a good time with anything he writes." When Richard Laymon was at his best, he mixed sexuality, tension, and the supernatural better than anyone else.
Travis Luedke is a fine successor to Laymon although he never devolves in to the pure pornography Laymon was prone to. Instead, he delivers one of the best horror novels in recent history.
This is Luedke's 5th published novel. If he continues to improve his craft at this pace, I'm very excited to see where he will take us in the future.
Link: Richard Laymon Official Website
Echo's Song - Song Lyrics Based on a Character in Council of Peacocks by Aaron Gillis
I was able to coerce some good friends of mine, musicians, to write a song based on one of my favorite characters in my novel Council of Peacocks. They're still ironing out the music but I thought I would share the lyrics with you.
Working Title - Echo's Song
And it's hard to keep your head up
To keep your lips from trembling near the cup
To know that your love won't be returned
To live your life preparing to be burned
She thinks about when she was young
Slow of mind and quick of tongue
She should have known better than this
Life can't be based on a kiss
Wishes are made on stars
And love is built on scars
Sometimes those stars are sateliites
Sometimes scars make love right
The places she's seen have changed her
And her memories become a blur
She's worried she remembers things wrong
The blurriness makes her feel less strong
Regrets come packaged with love
They are not something to be disposed of
They help make us the people we are
We need to accept the people we are
Outro: Repeat X 8
Wishes made on satellites still make me feel alright
Copyright 2013 Aaron Gillis.
Follow him on twitter here: Aaron Gillis
In my dream cast of a movie, Emelia Clarke would play Echo. I would love to see her a bit more kick ass on Game of Thrones. I also think she's a much better brunette than a blonde. But what do I know.
Celebrating Small Victories: Council of Peacocks Free Oct 2-5 #kindle #freebook
Yesterday I received a wonderful surprise. A wonderful review that made me giddy from someone I didn't know.
Here's a summary of what she said.
"If the reader isn't willing to invest time and pay close attention to details, this probably isn't the tale for you. It is definitely your loss if you don't want to invest that initial bit of patience, because the book is definitely a winner once the pieces start to fall into place.
Joseph Murphy is an author worth watching. Council of Peacocks is an original story in a genre begging for a taste of originality. Murphy writes in a vein similar to the older works of Stephen King. His writing is intense, creative, and imaginative. It has themes of fantasy, horror, mystery, and romance all commingled in a delightful smorgasbord of literary genius."
For the full review click here: Review by Michelle S. Willms Sept 26, 2013
OR View the review on her blog
Who I envision playing Wisdom in the movie version of Council of Peacocks
To celebrate this awesome review and the end of enrollment in KDP Select, I'm making Council of Peacocks free for the rest of this week, from Oct 2-5.
If you've ever considered getting Council of Peacocks, now's the time. Grab a copy and, if you're so inclined, let me know what you think about it. Here's a sample of what others have said.
Its X-MEN meets CLASH OF THE TITANS directed by Quentin Tarantino.
Travis Luedke, author of the Nightlife Series
I can't wait for the next in the series
Drako, author of the Dragon Hunter Series
I found this book incredibly enjoyable, and having already read through it twice, I am still finding new areas to enjoy. In absolute honesty, I cannot wait for the second book to be released.
Louis K Writer, Blogger at Words of Wisdom
The Council of Peacocks has it all, epic battles, conspiracy theories, romance, and a great story line. The first page will suck you into a complex and unpredictable, page-turning plot.
Tiffany Huson
For more reviews check out Council of Peacocks on Goodreads.
Lastly, a huge thank you to everyone who has read and enjoyed the book. It means more to me than you'll ever know.
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The Mayor Wants You to Fund a Huge Property Tax Levy for Transportation. Here's What It'll Buy.
by Heidi Groover • Mar 18, 2015 at 4:48 pm
Here are the projects the city plans to fund with $900 million in property taxes over the next nine years. (Click to expand.)
Mayor Ed Murray stood in a tiny park on Capitol Hill this morning to announce a massive property tax levy that's likely to appear on your ballot this fall. The levy would raise $900 million over nine years to pay for street, sidewalk, and bike lane improvements.
That's huge. The measure this one will replace—the "Bridging the Gap" levy passed in 2006—was $365 million and was then called the largest levy in the city's history. Bridging the Gap costs 36 cents per $1,000 assessed value; this new plan would be 61 cents per $1,000 assessed value. For the owner of a $450,000 house, that translates to an increase from $162 to $275 a year. That's a substantial jump that will likely be passed down to renters, too, but the city is pitching it as an affordability measure because, they say, increasing the efficiency of transportation will cut costs for residents who now spend about 17 percent of their expenses on transportation.
Here's what the $900 million would do, according to the mayor's office and the Seattle Department of Transportation:
• Seismically reinforce 16 vulnerable bridges and eliminate the backlog of needed bridge spot repairs
• Repave up to 250 lane-miles of arterial streets
• Repair up to 225 blocks of existing sidewalks and improve curb ramps and crossings at 750 intersections throughout the city
• Invest in 12-15 corridor safety projects on the city's high-collision streets
• Complete 9-12 Safe Routes to School projects each year
• Fund a targeted freight spot improvement program
• Complete 7-10 multimodal corridor projects, redesigning major streets to improve connectivity and safety
• Optimize traffic signal timing on five corridors throughout the city each year
• Create seven new bus rapid transit corridors
Reporters at the press conference had lots of scare-questions about whether certain street changes would limit access for cars or kill parking spots. If that's what you're worried about, there will be plenty about that on the evening news tonight. But the future of this city is not in cars. As SDOT director Scott Kubly pointed out multiple times today, if all the people moving to our city—60,000 new people by 2025, according to the mayor—have to drive their cars everywhere, we'll descend into an awful hellscape of traffic jams even worse than what we have now. (Ever wondered why that's so bad? Check this out.)
We have to give all these new people the option to do something other than drive. So, what would this proposal—read the whole plan here—do to actually make it easier to take a bus, bike, or your own feet to get around the city?
Because the city is pitching all these improvements as helpful for all modes—"Our mode wars are over," Murray said at the start of the press conference—it's hard to create an exact breakdown of how much of this money will help bikes or buses every year. But ideally, a "multimodal corridor project" (the city will do seven to 10 of those) makes that street better for anyone who isn't driving a car, and a "bus rapid transit corridor" (we'll get seven of those) speeds up the rate at which buses move, making taking the bus a viable option for more people. (Kubly says these bus corridors should make buses "as efficient as Link light rail.")
The mayor's office claims the various bike-related pieces of the levy would complete about 50 percent of the city's 20-year, $20-million-a-year Bike Master Plan, which the city council has been notoriously wishy-washy about funding.
Specifically, the levy would build 50 miles of new protected bike lanes and 60 miles of slower, pedestrian-friendly "greenways."
The plan would also fund a Link light rail station at Graham Street and a long-debated, still-underfunded pedestrian and bike bridge over I-5 connecting the future light rail station in Northgate with North Seattle Community College and the neighborhood nearby. It promises "100 new blocks of sidewalks" and 1,500 new bike parking spots across the city.
This is all a welcome focus on modes of transportation other than cars, but we'll have to see how these projects look as more specific plans are revealed.
As Seattle Bike Blog points out, the levy would put the bike plan on schedule, but if bike advocates push for even more money, they could shrink the timeline to get that plan done even quicker. And specifics about how protected bike lanes and street improvements are designed will make a big difference. "Do those 50 miles of protected bike lanes include complete bike route connections, including all the costly-yet-vital intersection redesigns?" writes Tom Fucoloro. "It's easy to build 50 miles of bike lanes that disappear at every major intersection like most of the city's bike lanes do currently. Will the multimodal corridor projects include bike lanes where needed and outlined in the Bike Master Plan? Will repaving projects include planned bike lanes and neighborhood greenway crossings?"
The mayor and SDOT will take public comment through mid-May, when they send the proposal to the city council, which will vote to put it on the November ballot. You can get involved by taking this online survey or checking out one of these three upcoming public meetings. (There will also allegedly be chances to talk about this with Scott Kubly over coffee, and honestly, that sounds like a lot more fun.)
• Saturday, March 28, 10 am-noon at New Holly Gathering Hall
• Monday, March 30, 6-8 pm at Roosevelt High School
• Tuesday, March 31, 6-8 pm at West Seattle High School
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Eat Our Shorts is NAHEMl's annual festival of student films, a celebration of emerging UK talent. It brings together students and staff from Higher Education courses from across the country working in moving image, to screen their films and discuss current issues of contemporary film production and the future of the creative industries.
This year we were delighted to showcase the 16th Eat Our Shorts at Watersprite Film Festival, Cambridge. We programmed an exciting and dynamic selection of work across 3 screening programmes, and the standard of our UK student films was right up there with the other films in the festival.
The venue, in the main lecture theatre in the Old Divinity School, was indeed divine! Huge thanks to all the organisers of Watersprite who made this such a fun and vibrant event, and to our NAHEMI representatives Jeremy and Sophie for all your hard work in putting the programme together.
This year Watersprite is partnering with ARRI to run a very special filming challenge! Open to anyone who can pull together a filming team (5 people recommended) and fancies the opportunity to use an ARRI Alexa Mini. The DoP of the winning team will receive a place on the ARRI Lighting Academy!
Anyone is welcome to attend this ARRI introductory event, but only teams who have signed up using the form here will be able to participate in the challenge. Deadline – Monday 18th Feb.
This is an incredible opportunity for any aspiring filmmaker to work with the best equipment in the business, flex their creativity and be part of Watersprite's biggest festival to date!
'Talking Shop' is our annual forum for presenting and discussing members' recent developments in teaching practice. To date, we have had some great talks about new courses, seen some innovative films and, as many of you know, its a great opportunity for catching up on all sorts of things and swapping news.
We are seeking abstracts for consideration for presentations at Talking Shop this summer.
Please put this exciting event in your calendar!
This year we will be screening NAHEMI Eat Our Shorts at the Watersprite Student Film Festival 2019. Our member institutes have had the opportunity to submit up to 10 minutes of student work to be screened at this prestigious event. We are now putting together an incredible programme of short films.
All NAHEMI member film students are invited to attend the screening on Thursday 7 March 2019, in Cambridge.
Tickets are free but limited, so please sign up as soon as you are sure you are attending.
Please encourage your students to come along. We are excited to be screening films and animations from 21 member institutions this year, and there is a free evening drinks reception for developing new networking opportunities.
Congratulations to all of the student filmmakers who had their work screened at the NAHEMI programme at Encounters Film festival yesterday, held at the SOLD OUT Watershed Cinema in Bristol.
Award for best Cinematography, "Three Centimetres" (London Film School) : Arri have very generously given an extra prize of a three day lighting course worth 900 euros for this award !
We're looking forward to the next NAHEMI screening event 'Celebrating Ambition, Vision and Talent' at the Aesthetica film festival, in York on Friday 9th November.
What a fantastic night at Regents Street Cinema, London on Friday 18th May, where we screened all 48 entries to this years Kodak Commercial Competition. The cinema was bursting at the seams with students and staff from our member institutions all over the UK.
Huge thanks to Shelby Maddock, Peter Hort and University of Westminster for organising the event, and to Sara and Sam for hosting the evening so beautifully.
Good luck to all those hard working and talented students who graced us with such a fun evening's viewing.
NAHEMI Talking Shop will be help on Friday 29th June.
A fantastic programme is being planned.
Full details on the way soon!
Our panel of 8 judges had a fantastic day selecting the winners for this year's Kodak Awards. With a record-breaking 48 entries, they really had their work cut out.
Now we're looking forward to the Awards Ceremony which will take place on Friday 18th May, 6pm, at the Regent Street Cinema, London, where all 48 entries will be screened.
Please contact Shelby Maddock if you have any enquiries about tickets.
Charlie Inman (Mother London), Mark Brandis (Libertine), Professor Suzie Hanna (Chair of NAHEMI), Susannah Hayes (commercials director), Danny Edwards (Editor, Shots), Sam Clark (Kodak), John Wood (Libertine).
Missing from the lineup is Pete Souter from TWBA\London who was also on the panel.
Eat Our Shorts 2017: The Winners!
Thanks to University of Westminster for hosting the 2017 NAHEMI Eat Our Shorts 2017 screenings, at the Regent Street Cinema.
Congratulations to all students who had their work selected for screening – the quality of the work was excellent!
EAT OUR SHORTS 2017 Tickets available now!
NAHEMI annual one day festival celebrating student films, Eat Our Shorts, will take place at Regent Street Cinema on Friday 1st December.
There will be 3 programmes of screenings plus Q&As with the filmmakers. At 5pm there will be a drinks reception and prizes presentation in Fyvie Hall for all participants, Regent Street Campus next door. The event has been generously supported by ARRI.
Please follow the eventbrite link to register for tickets. More information on the running order will be found there.
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Can I Replant Potted Tulips?
I was given blooming tulip bulbs for my birthday. I do not have a green thumb whatsoever, and I do not want to kill them. I live in an apartment, so planting them outside is not an option. They live in sand now. Can you please tell me if it is possible to plant them in pots indoors -- and how I would care for them? You help is greatly appreciated.
I'm afraid your potted tulip is a goner. These days, most tulips are bred as annuals, the producers having sacrificed the original perennial nature of the bulb in exchange for bigger and better flowers. Even the ones meant for planting outside are generally good only for a year or two before the bulb peters out. When your tulip is done flowering, your only recourse is to toss it.
For readers with more space, there are other spring-flowering bulbs that are much hardier. Potted crocus, hyacinths and most narcissus (with the exception of paper whites, which are also annuals) can return year after year when planted outside after flowering indoors. Simply stop watering and let the foliage die back, preferably in some out-of-the-way place, as the process isn't terribly pretty. Then in the early fall, remove the bulbs from the pot and plant as you normally would outdoors.


Kerry: Rejection of Iran Deal... Got Gold?
What this means to me, is he knows it's about to happen, and he's going to blame it on the Iran deal. Liberals are a DISEASE.
Re: Kerry: Rejection of Iran Deal... Got Gold?
Turd - I have never really bought into the genius that is Turd. I know he is well loved and considered a great poster. His brand of humor just doesn't do it for me.
That's the US Secretary of State. Head of the State Department, saying that if the Iran deal isn't accepted, then the US Dollar will no longer be the reserve currency.
What's that mean to you?
It means John D student Kerry is having his "weapons on mass destruction" moment.
It means that you listen to too much talk radio.
That's the washington free beacon bucky . talk radio is talking about trump and hillaries email.


By Subway: 1 to Christopher. Walk north on 7th Ave South, then northwest on Waverly Place to the theatre.
Nut grows up as the youngest child of Julius, a Vietnam vet, in 1980s and 90s working-class America. As Julius suffers the toxic effects of Agent Orange, Nut worries their time together may run out before they can embrace something essential about their relationship. Paging through forgotten photo albums and acting out old war movies about brothers-in-arms, Nut leaps through time and memory, tracing the complex intimacy between father and child when the child is transgender, fighting for a mutual recognition before it's too late.
This is not an ADA-compliant venue. However, we do our best to accommodate any and all patrons. Please call us at 212-627-2556 to learn more.
Building entrance is street level, but there is a long flight of stairs that leads up to the theatre.
The Box office is on the second floor.
Located on the stage, and are inaccessible during the performance.