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CCS/MoCCA Interviews with JP Coovert and Sean Morgan
JP Coovert art, "A drawing that sort of relates to my video game story" -- read on, below!
Morning, all, and welcome to the next batch of interviews in the ongoing Center for Cartoon Studies and MoCCA rev-up for this weekend's MoCCA Festival in NYC.
But first, a little catch-up info on the home front:
* My parents are visiting us this weekend, and we're looking forward to some laid-back fun, food and conversation through Monday night. I'm lucky my folks are still with us -- Mom and Dad are in their 80s, and Marge and I can only hope we're in as good shape as they are when we hit (if we hit) those autumn years. We'll be dining with Danny (and hopefully Maia) and with Mike and Mary (Bleier), too, making this a family reunion of sorts. It's also the first in a procession of summer visits from other family members (including our grandchildren) and friends (including Henrik from Denmark) in June and July; yep, it's summer!
* My stepson Mike spent a few hours here last night, setting up the speakers and helming the installation -- at last! -- of my home viewing theater. 150 feet of Monster Cable and a concerted consolidation of all my A/V equipment later, it's mostly in -- enough that I can now use this space as it was meant to be enjoyed. Until the room over our garage is finished (fall/winter project), this is also my writing space, too, but it's far more comfortable, organized and efficient than my old Marlboro basement room(s) would have ever, ever been. Whew -- another hurdle in the unpacking/nesting effort, nearly done. Bless you, Mike, and see you again this weekend.
* I'm writing an intro for one of the upcoming Marvel Masterworks hardcover collection of the pre-Marvel-era-monster comics; more info once this gig is done, accepted and reality.
* Sean Morgan (read on, below) dropped by yesterday around noon and picked up my final page contribution to his alien abduction story "Area Stoned." As I said to Sean when he first asked me to pitch in on the story, it was pretty ballsy of him to ask, but Sean's a ballsy fellow, and I was happy to jump in and play a bit by drawing the alien and spaceship portions of the story (and no, this doesn't mean I'll jump in and work on just anyone's comic -- Sean's a CCSer, among the first graduates, and a fellow native Vermonter. He rates a Bissette jam freebie, folks). Revisiting techniques I'd evolved with my old pal Rick Veitch back in the late 1970s, with a nod to my favorite Jack Kirby cosmic collages from the '60s and early '70s (e.g., Fantastic Four, Spirit World, etc.), my sequence built to a full-page color collage, so I carefully incorporated collage elements into the graphics of the prior panels and pages to ensure a more organic integration of collage with the more traditional pen, brush, sponge (yes, sponge) and ink renditions of the aliens and their vehicle. Sean was slinging the ink on his lion's share of the story, and we're both pretty happy with the fusion of our styles. It was fun, and I'm as eager to see the final result as anyone. But I'll have to wait, maybe until after MoCCA, to see it myself -- as mentioned yesterday, Sean broke his left hand Monday night; he's going into surgery this morning in a little over two hours, so send some good vibes his way. It's pretty extensive hand surgery he's enduring, and we're all hoping he comes through fine. But he's still heading for MoCCA this weekend, and hopefully the printer will come through in spades with the printing on Capsule. Anyhoot, keep an eye out for that -- and I will be posting graphics from the story here, once Sean has time and computer access to send those jpgs this way.
* A cool artist exhibition still up in Brattleboro, VT I highly recommend is
Through the Music Gallery & Studio's current showcase of Ellen Graham and Josh Steele's creations.
Ellen's work is compellingly organic fusions of animal bone, string, cloth and other organics, and it rings bells for me. In a brief conversation with Ellen (over breakfast with my son Dan a couple of weeks ago), I asked if she was familiar with Robert Burns's innovative, influential art direction from the '70s and early '80s (for films like Tobe Hooper's The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Joe Dante's The Howling); she grinned ear to ear, and we chatted about the bone art of Burns, which is an obvious wellspring for Ellen's own work. Dig it, while it's up (through the end of this month)!
* "Destroying human life in the hope of saving human life is not ethical..." -- President Bush, yesterday, after vetoing the Stem Cell research bill.
He typically sees no hypocrisy between this and his death-dealing foreign policies, valuing the unborn over those already alive and suffering, dying at our hands. Hence, the utter insanity of our country, writ large, for all the world to see.
JP Coovert offered this as the only example of his work "I've got to appeal to your fans." Hmmm, what do you folks think?
OK, interview time; this morning, it's CCS pioneer class graduate Sean Morgan on the docket, followed immediately by CCS senior JP Coovert, who has already made quite a memorable mark with his minicomics creations, building on that impressive foundation with his first CCS year and growing new body of work.
Understand, up front, these two cartoonists are complete opposites in many ways. Diversity of interests, orientations and art is the life blood of CCS, and of these cartoonists, too.
Sean has already courted publisher outrage and a certain amount of infamy, having completed a zombie story ("He Is Risen") which -- due to content, not execution -- was declined for publication in the Accent UK Zombies anthology; it was 'too much' for Zombies! Sean's 'banned' tale is at last seeing print in his MoCCA debut comic Capsules, which you'll read about here.
Right: JP's self portrait
JP's work is from another planet than Sean's, a kinder, gentler planet attuned to the secret and nurturing rhythms of life, love and day-to-day rituals; his key ongoing mini-comic Simple Routines is aptly titled. These are both cartoonists with heart to spare, and I hope the following conversations prompts some of you to pick up their work.
Sadly, I haven't many graphics to run with Sean's interview this morning -- I'll be revising this post with illos once Sean survives today's ordeal and has time to get me stuff. Living as he does in one of Vermont's many areas lacking any broadband internet (a situation I know well, from the life we left behind in Marlboro), Sean has not maintained either a website or posted any photos or art in the CCS online venues, so it'll take some time to pull visuals together. But hopefully the ample JP Coovert showcase with his interview, below, will make up in eye candy what Sean's is short on in that department this AM. [Note: June 22: I've added art from Sean's latest comic at last -- so, eye candy remedied!]
Ladies and gentlemen, Sean Morgan and JP Coovert!
Sean Morgan:
Capsule: The First Dose
SB: You're a local fella, Sean. How did you get into comics while growing up in the backwoods of Vermont?
SEAN MORGAN: Welp... I was in advanced placement art in high school and just have always sorta been an artist. During my first few years at college my art fell by the wayside, and was really only used during sketch sessions in class. While I was in college for web design I had a revelation, I liked drawing tits and gore way more than creating a PERL database.
As far as getting into comics... My mom has bought me comics since I was just a squirt. It's funny. My very first comic was Action Comics #1. I thought it was legit for years till one day I found out it was a reprint sold as a prize with Quick Chocolate Milk mix! I used to think I was so cool for having that first Superman, dork. Man, I coulda been rich!
SB: What got you into drawing your own comics in the first place, and what were they?
SEAN: When I was in first grade, I got this WWI book that had pictures so cool, that I just had to make them myself. I still have some of my old comics. If I find'em I'll dig'em out and scan 'em! But anything I could get my hands on made me want to tell my own stories. When I was in third grade I would bike down to the K&B drugstore and five-finger discount Punishers. I would do the same thing with Heavy Metal while I was in seventh grade; I was too young to buy them legally. I had an addiction to that shit. The images so powerful and cool that I would gladly break the law just for more!
My first comic I can remember was in third grade. It was a strip about a hapless nuclear power plant operator (pre-Simpsons) who has a bad day at work and gets attacked by gangsters with Uzis. I actually submitted it to Highlights with my teacher's help. I got denied. I wonder why? As far as life changing clicks... for me it was [James] O'Barr's Crow, Heavy Metal, [Art] Spiegelman's Maus, and of course... [Scott] McCloud. I would actually order those free Kitchen Sink Press catalogs that were available and pour over them for hours. The glorious tits!
Halloween 2006: That's then-CCS-freshman Sean Ford and then-CCS-senior Sean Morgan, both dressed as V from V for Vendetta! Also in the pic, left to right: Denis St. John, Lauren O'Connell, Emily Wieja (Photo: Joe Lambert)
SB: What led you to sign on at CCS?
SEAN: I am a Vermont native from Brownsville, VT... just a few minutes away from the school. When I came back from my debacle of a college attempt, my Mom told me about this new comic school they were opening in White River Junction. "Yer fucking kiddin' me, right, Ma?!" And so one day I called up, asked if they were still accepting, whipped out my submission in a night and a morning, and applied. I was on the wait list and got accepted about three weeks before class. During the application process, and the interviews, I just felt this sort of bloom of direction. I could actually physically feel that this school was calling me, would consume me. Besides... who wouldn't want to a comic book school?!?! So I am now a graduate of the first class of CCS. Go Pioneers!
SB: You've been influenced by the European comics, clearly, beyond just Heavy Metal. What artists have you been particularly drawn to -- and so, drawn from?
SEAN: Artists, hhhrrrmmmm.... Manara, Bilal, Baldazinni, Moebius, Corben, Frazetta, Frazetto, Julie Strain. I'm a geek for that kinda hairy bush and tits kinda thing. They are the guys and gals I would worship in the free Kitchen Sink Press catalogs I would smuggle into my room as a kid. I like visual artists, the ones with the ability to transcend vocal boundaries and still have you on the edge of your seat hoping the story keeps on going. I'm very interested in using that with comics. I was in Minsk, Belarus with my wife this last winter and I'm not shitting you... the whole country had one comic strip, 3-5 panels, that only ran on Sunday. This travesty happens around the world. And we can put an end to it. With pantomimes we can bring comics to the world. Anyway... I like those guys.
Into the Mothership: art by Sean Morgan & SR Bissette, "Area Stoned" from Capsule: The First Dose (2007)
SB: Your major project, since the spring of 2006, has been the provocatively titled The Petal Files -- what's that about?
SEAN: The Petal Files has been a story that has filled every waking moment of my life since its conception. It is a story of twin girls, Petal and Pistil, and how, through horrifying circumstances and events, they manage to remain close, despite their situation. It is a story of passion, of intrigue, of living nightmares, and of family.
The story was born after I made a poster in my first year at The Center for Cartoon Studies. The poster was a portrait of a young girl and the title was something that I found intriguing and daring, yet completely innocent. And so the poster was put away for the summer and time came to choose a thesis project. After plodding through a few failed attempts I remembered the poster, the title, and the girl's smile. I new right then that this girl Petal had a story in her, a story that needed to be told.
It's still in it's baby stages (yes even after a year in). I hope to really start with the new design sometime during the summer.
SB: How does your approach to your solo creations differ from your collaborative works (e.g., your stories with Ross Studlar, including "Paper Slave," the alien story we're working on, etc.)?
SEAN: With collaborative work I like the feeling of having to step it up. To see if I can go toe-to-toe with the other writer or artist. It's sort of an unspoken agreement that you'll try and kick as much ass as you can. That's one of the reasons I wanted to do "Area Stoned" with you, Steve. I wanted to see if I could hold my own against a monolith of an artist (* ass kiss).
Trippy highlight from "Area Stoned" created for Capsule: The First Dose (2007)
SB: Brown-noser --
SEAN: But really. There is an undeniable need/drive to get it out. An urgency. With "Paper Slave" and all my other collaboratives, there has always been a desire to take challenges creatively.
With my solo stuff... especially with Petal Files, I sometimes become too mentally/emotionally involved in the final product. Like an over-bearing parent, nothing is ever good enough. I don't think I've quite worked out why I can't just produce insane page-counts with solo stuff compared to drop-of-the-hat-last-minute-projects.
Regardless of who the pages are made for, I always try and learn something new. If it's a new inking technique, a twist on panel layout, or a trick with isometric perspective, I always put furthering my craft first, with the story strapped firmly to it's back. Craft is the enemy.... pfffttt, laziness is the enemy. I always try to be better. No one else is gonna do it for ya. Draw faster, better, sharper, tighter.
SB: OK, so, what's the latest project on your drawing board?
SEAN: My new project (ours, Steve!) is called "Area Stoned." It's about a hippie who, while tripping on acid in the desert is abducted by aliens, and showed the secrets to humanity, only to meet a numbing end; a pantomime comic with two merging stories that twist in weird interpretive ways.
It began when I approached you, Steve, with an idea. I wanted to do a project with two distinct visual sides. You do everything alien and I'll do everything human and we'll see what happens. So far I think it's looking pretty good!
Rock Paper Scissors cover design © 2006 Sam Gaskin
SB: It's been fun to work on. You're debuting an anthology comic at MoCCA. What is it, and what'll be in it along with "Area Stoned"?
SEAN: Well the anthology will be called Capsule. It will have "Area Stoned," "Paper Slave" (written by Ross Wood Studlar, edited and illustrated by myself) and "Vaya" (written by myself and illustrated by John Mikel-Gates), both from the Rock Paper Scissors anthology [a first-year CCS project]. It will also feature "He Is Risen," a story about the "resurrection" of Christ, which was consequently "banned" in Britain. They seem skittish when it comes to pushing buttons over there.
SB: Tell David Britton and Lord Horror that! But go on --
SEAN: Both "Paper Slave" (a story of enslaved genetic creations) and "Vaya" (a story of a pregnant whore defending herself from marauders) were collaborative efforts with my stellar classmates/teammates. Like I said before... pushing each other around creatively is more productive than locking yourself in a closet and drawing for three months.
SB: Now, you're a CCS graduate. What are your plans for the next year, Sean?
SEAN: The next year... make comics. Whenever someone asks me what's next... I say "make comics." My immediate goals are to get a story into Heavy Metal and illustrate for Playboy, Hustler, and Penthouse. Modest goals, I know, but I know that is where I want to go. Action, tits, gore, intricacies, and weaving stories/visuals, that's where I'm headed.
Also, I plan on getting started on The Petal Files. I want to take a more direct and solid attack on the book. With "Area Stoned" I wore costumes for reference. With Petal Files, it's a little more difficult to put on a school-girl outfit and not look like a cross-dresser (not that there is anything wrong with that). I want a more true to life look rather than just outta-my-head kinda illustrations... Shit, I don't know... everyone knows I've been eternally mounted on the fence as to how I want that fucking book to look. RRRAAAA!
SB: Well, your CCS classmates know -- now a lot of other folks know, too! OK, if money, time and venue were no object, what's the be-all dream project you'd love to tackle?
SEAN: Funds and time... hrrrmmm. I would love to do a graphic novel adaptation of Go Ask Alice by Anonymous. I think it's journal enteries are very visual and the text is so real. I'm also looking forward to doing a war story. Tom Clancy meets Kevin Smith meets Heavy Metal. Also a story about a sex offender who is brutally murdered by police in his cell for a crime he had not yet committed... things like that. My head is just spilling with crazy-outta-my-brain-illegal-not-publishable-ideas. But that's the fun of it. If there's a button out there, I wanna push it.
SB: Go for it, Sean, and thanks for your time. It's been a blast working with you, too -- at CCS, and on "Area Stoned."
"Top of the World, Ma!" Here's the best pic I could find with Sean, our guide (with trip instigator and fellow Brownsville VT homey Peter Money) atop the fire tower on Mount Ascutney in May: l to r, Chuck Forsman, Ross Studlar, Dane Martin, Alex Joon Kim, our main man this morning Sean Morgan, Peter Money, Steve Bissette
(Photo: Bryan Stone, who was on the hike, too, natch!)
JP Coovert:
Simple Routines
SB: You arrived at CCS with considerable comics skills evolved and applied and a sizable body of work in print. What's your story, JP?
JP COOVERT: My background is mostly just making mini comics. I started in high school and soon after starting my comics studies at SCAD [Savannah College of Art and Design], my buddy Stephen Floyd and I started a record/mini comic label called
One Percent Press (onepercentpress.com).
It was basically just a way to get our stuff out there as well as friends who's comics and music we liked. Still going strong. We will be celebrating our three-year anniversary this July.
One Percent Press: Stephen and JP, thanking you.
SB: Congrats to you and Steve! Let's get into that after we lay a little more groundwork. What got you into comics at an early age?
JP: I was an X-Men kid... and in 6th grade I remember Dragon Ball coming on TV and I sought out the Japanese comic version (there used to be a great import bookstore in Atlanta I'd go to). Of course my interests expanded as the internet became so huge. I discovered mini comics in my senior year of high school and haven't looked back ever since.
JP, with attitude. (Photo: Joe Lambert)
SB: What was the catalyst in making the leap from reading comics to making your own?
JP: One of my best buds Chris and I used to draw our own (one of a kind!) comics based on ourselves in a super hero or video game universe. I did this little 8-page story in high school that sprang from junk I was drawing in my notebook margins and just decided that everyone I knew needed to not only read it, but have their own personal copy. The Vice Principal of the school had this weird two section office... the one section had two computers we were allowed to use and a copy machine that we weren't suppose to even touch. He always went out to lunch so I just snuck in one day and printed 50 copies of that 8-page story and handed them out to everyone. Most people just threw them out, but I was proud either way.
SB: Your first mini-comic!
JP: At the time I had no idea what mini comics were... but I knew what I had just done was special.
SB: What brought you to the Green Mountain State and The Center for Cartoon Studies?
JP: I was at San Diego Comic Con a few years ago and went to a panel where James [Sturm] was talking about the school. I had just read Golem [The Golem's Mighty Swing] and knew that he was a former teacher at SCAD (where I was going to college at the time). His ideas about teaching comics really struck a chord with me. It felt like what he was trying to do was what I was missing from my education at SCAD. So some time passed and I knew that I wanted to teach comics. So grad school was the logical next step. Yeah... CCS was the obvious choice.
Don't strain your eyes, Bunky! Click here for a closer look at these pages from Simple Routines #7, and quick!
SB: Robyn Chapman was at SCAD, too; you're in good company at CCS! Let's jump ahead, then. Tell me about what folks can pick up at MoCCA; your new comic --
JP: I will have two new books at MoCCA: Simple Routines #7 as well as a story called Adrift. It's about being lost at sea.
I also have a short 7 page comic in the newest Ballyhoo Stories magazine that will debut at MoCCA, as well as a one pager in the Sundays anthology some of the students are putting together. That one is called, "The Perilous Adventures of Zogger Slimebelly." Should be cool.
Here's a page from JP's Ballyhoo story, debuting at MoCCA this weekend! (2007)
SB: Cool, indeed. Now, let's back up a little. JP, you've already got a body of work that's available online -- comics and music. What's in
the One Percent Press catalogue and bibliography that you'd like to steer folks to?
JP: I guess I'd say the latest Simple Routines (number 7)... I think it's something anyone could pick up and get into. I don't know, maybe I should think about that a little bit more for future issues.
Right now my favorite of my own stuff is a book called Unattached. It's a short story about moving away. It's kinda like a letter to all my friends in a mini comic form. I think if you've ever had to leave friends behind you might be able to relate to it.
Also there is a split I did with Hope Larson called Double Yellow Lines. She's so incredible... we were just happy to have her do something for us.
Ah, Myrant is always in need of some good roadkill;
Hope Larson, "2 Rabbits", page one, from Double Yellow Lines (2007)
There's also Joe [Lambert]'s book called I Will Bite You. It was a big hit at last year's SPX. He's really someone to look out for. For MoCCA he will have another book called Turtle Keep it Steady. It's a great take on the tortoise and hare story. People always say that everything we put out is "cute," but I think this is really the first thing that has been cute and kid friendly... actually wait... the rabbit gets drunk at one point. Never mind.
[Note: Joe Lambert's CCS/MoCCA interview will be here tomorrow!]
One the music side we are about to release our third CD. Our good friends
Tin Armor have put together their first full length and it'll be available in July.
It's a lot different than the other stuff we've put out (not that we've released that much) but I love it. We'll also be releasing three more (at least) albums this year (if everything goes according to plan).
So yeah... I guess I'd say check it all out. Haha! We're proud of everything! It's also good to mention that if anyone ever orders from us, I'll always throw in extra stuff and maybe even a little original drawing or something.
SB: OK, heads up, Myrant readers; take JP up on that offer! What periods of your life did the first six issues of Simple Routines cover?
JP: Well... the first four issues of Simple Routines were daily journal comics. So that ran from August until the end of 2005. I enjoyed doing them (posting comics almost every day on the internet is probably the best way I've found to keep people interested in your work... even if the comics aren't that good!) but it was very difficult to get other stuff done as well. I had other stories I wanted to tell, but couldn't find the time to sit down and figure them out because I was always thinking about what I should draw that day.
So with #5 I decided to just keep it to real short autobiographical stuff. Just trying to sort of capture the mindset I was in during that time. I wanted it to be a quarterly thing, so four issues a year, but it's been more like two a year instead. So #7 is the fall/winter of 2006-2007 issue.
SB: One issue for most autobiographical comics creators is the impact the doing and publishing of such work has on people in your life. How has that impacted your life,
work and comics?
JP: Oh yeah. This is a big one. So the way I look at comics, and this is my reason for always doing autobiographical comics (which a lot of people refuse to even read! or at least quickly dismiss)... it's basically my way of figuring stuff out. So for example. I did a story about my grandfather's death. It's basically an account of me driving down to Florida for the funeral and all that. But by doing that comic it helped me really figure how I felt about the whole thing. I guess it's a sort of therapy, which is cool.
Right: Cover to JP's recent 10-page minicomic Unattached (2006)
Right now I'm working on a story... well, my fiancee just got this real big job with a salary and all that. She's moved to Minneapolis and started a career and is independent and everything! And I'm here in Vermont (actually I'm in Minneapolis with her at the moment, but I'll be coming back to Vermont to finish school once it starts back up again) just working on comics. No job. Playing way too many video games. I'm totally avoiding that part of life, the responsible part. So with this new story I'm trying to figure all that out. I think it's going to be some kind of video game type adventure story, but still very autobiographical.
I guess that sort of leads into how my comics effect other people. Jacie, my fiancee, is in a lot of my comics. But I love her and we have a wonderful relationship so there has really never been anything that would upset her. I'm not sure if I'd be able to write about anything that would upset anyway. But... I'm working on this graphic novel sort of about high school and all that mess. And I portray my Mom in not the best light, even though she was the best Mom anyone could ever ask for (seriously!!!), there were issues during that period of my life. So the problem really becomes how do you tell a convincing story? I know that when my Mom reads the story she's going to be hurt, and it's been a big struggle to try and figure out how I should right about this subject matter. But it is something I'm trying to figure out, so yeah... she knows I love her.
Unattached, page one: the big move
SB: Summer's ahead of you, JP. Any projects planned for the post-MoCCA meltdown?
JP: Post-MoCCA I'll returning to Minneapolis and working on that one video game adventure story as well as trying to figure out my first graphic novel Salad Days, which I've already thumbnailed completely. I also have a really big project going on that I can't talk about (always wanted to say that!). So it'll be a busy summer!!
SB: OK, dream gig: you've got enough to live comfortably for two years and write and draw anything you want. What would it be?
JP: I'd really like to do a graphic novel about my best friend who's been to Iraq twice.
SB: That's heavy turf --
JP: It's a big story, but one I'd love to tackle.
Other than that, just keep making mini comics. My latest, Adrift, was a really fun escapist (not autobiographical!) adventure. I'd like to do more of that. Fun and crazy stories that you'd have to draw to tell.
Saying goodbye: Unattached, page two
Thanks to Sean (hope that surgery is going well) and JP, and please note the links in the interview, per usual, but just to confuse and expand your horizons, here's a few more --
Jacie and JP -- note, this Jacie is not the same person as JP's CCS freshman year classmate Jaci June, and if you get 'em mixed up, this Jacie will pop you one!
Here's the One Percent Press website's comics and mini-comics section -- and I hasten to add, given the question posted on one of this week's earlier interview, JP and Stephen post sample pages from every single comic and minicomic available from One Percent Press, meaning you can take a taste before you take the plunge with your online purchases from their venue. Check it all out!
If you'd like to read some of JP's comics right here and now, click this link -- JP has posted a generous quantity of his online Simple Routines strips here, from its initial 2005-2006 run. Check 'em out, it'll only sweeten your day!
The Sundays Anthology blog is here, still updating daily (until MoCCA arrives -- but hopefully thereafter, too!).
And need I remind you all of the I Know Joe Kimpel site, home of a plethora of CCSers's comics, creations, art and insanity? I thought not. Well, here's the link again, anyway!
OK, that's it for today! More interviews tomorrow, the very day the rest of the CCSers head off for NYC and MoCCA -- and more, still, to be posted on Saturday and Sunday, folks.
See you here with more talk, art and eye-candy tomorrow.
Have a great Thursday!
JP Coovert, living the cartooning high life!
Labels: Area Stoned, Ballyhoo Stories, Capsule, CCS, CCS comics, Joe Lambert, JP Coovert, One Percent Press, Petal Files, Ross Studlar. Jon-Mikel Gates, Sean Morgan, Simple Routines, Tin Armor, Vaya


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Nigeria Energy Report
The Nigerian economy is heavily dependent on the oil sector which, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), accounts for over 95 percent of export earnings and about 40 percent of government revenues. The oil industry is primarily located in the Niger Delta where it has been a source of conflict. Local groups seeking a share of the oil wealth often attack the oil infrastructure and staff, forcing companies to declare force majeure on oil shipments. At the same time, oil theft, commonly referred to as "bunkering", leads to pipeline damage that is often severe, causing loss of production, pollution, and forcing companies to shut-in production. The industry has been blamed for polluting air, soil and water leading to observed losses in arable land and decreasing fish stocks.
Niger Delta Oil Infrastructure
In addition to oil, Nigeria holds the largest natural gas reserves in Africa but has limited infrastructure in place to develop the sector. Natural gas that is associated with oil production is mostly flared but the development of regional pipelines, the expansion of liquefied natural gas (LNG) infrastructure and policies to ban gas flaring are expected to accelerate growth in the sector, both for export and domestic use in electricity generation.
In order to remedy some of the oil, natural gas and electricity industry problems, the Nigerian government is currently debating a Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) that is designed to reform the entire energy sector (see oil section). The Bill was first introduced in 2009 and although parts of the PIB have recently been made into law, the Bill in its entirety continues to be debated by the National Assembly. This ongoing debate had delayed investments in oil exploration, project development and has also affected the natural gas sector by delaying planned liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects.
Energy Consumption by type - Nigeria
According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), in 2008, total energy consumption was 4.4 Quadrillion Btu (111,000 kilotons of oil equivalent). Of this, combustible renewables and waste accounted for 81.3 percent of total energy consumption. This high percent share represents the use of biomass to meet off-grid heating and cooking needs, mainly in rural areas. IEA data for 2009 indicate that electrification rates for Nigeria were 50 percent for the country as a whole – approximately 76 million people do not have access to electricity in Nigeria.
Nigeria has vast natural gas, coal, and renewable energy resources that could be used for domestic electricity generation. However, the country is lacking in policies to harness resources and develop and/or improve the electricity infrastructure. The Nigerian government has had several plans to address the need for power, including a recent announcement to create 40 gigawatts (GW) of capacity by 2020 (compared to 2008 installed capacity of 6 GW). Much will depend on the ability of the Nigerian government to utilize currently flared natural gas.
According to the Oil and Gas Journal, Nigeria had an estimated 37.2 billion barrels of proven oil reserves as of January 2011. The majority of reserves are found along the country's Niger River Delta and offshore in the Bight of Benin, the Gulf of Guinea, and the Bight of Bonny. Current exploration activities are mostly focused in the deep and ultra-deep offshore with some activities in the Chad basin, located in the northeast of the country.
Since December 2005, Nigeria has experienced increased pipeline vandalism, kidnappings and militant takeovers of oil facilities in the Niger Delta. The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) is the main group attacking oil infrastructure for political objectives, claiming to seek a redistribution of oil wealth and greater local control of the sector. Additionally, kidnappings of oil workers for ransom are common and the Gulf of Guinea is also an area that has seen incidents of piracy. Security concerns have led some oil services firms to pull out of the country and oil workers unions to threaten strikes over security issues.
The instability in the Niger Delta has caused significant amounts of shut-in production and several companies to declare force majeureon oil shipments. EIA estimates Nigeria's nameplate oil production capacity to have been close to 2.9 million barrels per day (bbl/d) at the end of 2010 but as a result of attacks on oil infrastructure, daily crude oil production ranged between 1.7 million and 2.1 million barrels. Disruptions have been attributed to direct attacks on oil infrastructure as well as pipeline leaks and explosions resulting from bunkering activities.
Towards the end of 2009 an amnesty was declared and the militants came to an agreement with the government whereby they handed over weapons in exchange for cash payments and training opportunities. This amnesty has led to decreased attacks and some companies have been able to repair damaged oil infrastructure. However, the lack of progress in job creation and economic development has led to increased bunkering and other criminal attacks, which can significantly damage oil infrastructure.
Considerable attention has been drawn to the environmental damage caused by oil spills in the Niger Delta. According to the Nigerian National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) approximately 2,400 oil spills had been reported between 2006 and 2010 that resulted from sabotage, bunkering and poor infrastructure. The amount of oil spilled in Nigeria has been estimated to be around 260,000 barrels per year for the past 50 years according to a report cited in the New York Times.
The oil spills have caused land, air, and water pollution severely affecting surrounding villages by decreasing fish stocks, contaminating water supplies and arable land. More recently, the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) released a study on Ogoniland and the extent of environmental damage from over 50 years of oil production in the region. The study confirmed community concerns regarding oil contamination across land and water resources, stating that that the damage is ongoing and estimating that it could take 25 to 30 years to repair.
In 2010, total oil production in Nigeria was slightly over 2.46 million bbl/d, making it the largest oil producer in Africa. Crude oil production averaged close to 2.15 million bbl/d for the year. Recent offshore oil developments combined with the restart of some shut-in onshore production have boosted crude production to an average of 2.17 million bbl/d for the month of July 2011.
Planned upstream developments should increase Nigerian oil production in the medium term but the timing of these startups will depend heavily on the PIB and the fiscal/regulatory terms it imposes on the oil industry. Many of the planned projects described below have already been delayed.
Nigeria Upcoming Oil Projects
* Final investment decision expected in 2011
** Expansion of existing Agbami field- drilling activities expected to continue through 2014 (Chevron)
Sources: Oil and Gas Journal; IEA Medium Term Oil Market Report; Wood Mackenzie; Total; Chevron;Rigzone; Business Week.
As a member of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Nigeria has agreed to crude oil production limits that have varied over the years but are currently set at 1.673 million bbl/d. OPEC quotas do not appear to have an impact on production volumes or investment decisions to the same degree as unrest in the Niger Delta.
In 2010, Nigeria exported approximately 2.2 million bbl/d of total oil and 1.8 million bbl/d of crude oil. Nigeria is an important oil supplier to the United States. Over 40 percent of the country's oil production (980,000 bbl/d of crude oil, and slightly over 1 million bbl/d of total oil and products) is exported to the United States making Nigeria the 4th largest foreign oil supplier to the United States in 2010. The light, sweet quality crude is a preferred gasoline feedstock. Consequently, disruptions to Nigerian oil production impacts trading patterns and refinery operations in North America and often affect world oil market prices.
Nigeria Oil Production and Consumption
Available information indicates that additional importers of Nigerian crude oil include Europe (20 percent), Asia (17 percent), Brazil (8 percent), and South Africa (4 percent). Despite shut-in production, Nigerian trade patterns appear to have remained stable over the past several years, most of which can be attributed to capacity additions combined with slightly decreasing domestic consumption and shifting world demand.
Sources: Global Trade Atlas, APEX (Lloyd's), FACTS Global Energy, EIA
According to the Energy Intelligence Group's International Crude Oil Market Handbook, Nigeria's export blends are light, sweet crudes, with gravities ranging from API 29 - 47 degrees and low sulfur contents of 0.05 - 0.3 percent. Most Nigerian crudes trade at a premium to Brent, the North Sea benchmark crude.
In 2010, Nigeria consumed approximately 280,000 bbl/d of oil. The country has four refineries (Port Harcourt I and II, Warri, and Kaduna) with a combined capacity of around 450,000 bbl/d. As a result of poor maintenance, theft, and fire, none of these refineries have ever been fully operational. In 2009 and some of 2010 these refineries operated at their lowest levels of between 0 and 30 percent of capacity, and led to the country importing about 85 percent of its fuel needs. By early 2011, operational capacity increased to between 60 and 75 percent but the country still requires product imports to meet demand.
Nigerian Crude Oil Exports by destination
New refineries have been planned for several years now but lack of financing has caused several delays. As part of the PIB energy sector reforms described below, the government plans to end price subsidies and privatize the refining sector. In the meantime, according to Business Monitor International, NNPC has signed contracts to swap crude for products under yearly contracts with Trafigura, an oil trading company, and Cote d'Ivoire's national refiner SIR.
International Oil Companies
Foreign companies operating in joint ventures (JVs) or production sharing contracts (PSCs) with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) include ExxonMobil, Chevron, Total, Eni/Agip, Addax Petroleum (recently acquired by Sinopec of China), ConocoPhillips, Petrobras, StatoilHydro, and others.
Shell has been working in Nigeria since 1936 and currently operates the most nameplate crude oil production capacity, estimated to be between 1.2-1.3 million bbl/d. However, the company has been hardest hit by the instability as much of its production is onshore. Much of Shell's crude oil production capacity is shut-in, some since as far back as early 2006. However, in July 2011, Shell reportedly lifted force majeure on about 300,000 bbl/d of Bonny Light crude oil, increasing volumes of this much sought-after light, sweet blend. The company is also divesting from some of its smaller, onshore holdings.
ExxonMobil operates fields producing approximately 800,000 bbl/d (700,000 bbld/ of crude) in partnership with NNPC. Although most of ExxonMobil's production is offshore, the company has also been forced to shut-in production. In 2008, supply disruptions took place as a result of worker strikes carried out by the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) that shut-in all of ExxonMobil's production for about 10 days in late April/early May of that year.
Chevron operates between 600,000 and 700,000 bbl/d of production capacity, some of which has been shut-in since January 2005 (Escravos Field). Total's smaller share of production has been unaffected in recent years whereas Eni/Agip has had some incidents, specifically at the Brass River terminal that have shut-in varying volumes of production since December of 2006.
Sector Organization
In 1977, Nigeria created NNPC. At that time, NNPC's primary function was to oversee the regulation of the Nigerian oil industry, with secondary responsibilities for upstream and downstream developments. In 1988, the Nigerian government divided the NNPC into 12 subsidiary companies in order to better manage the country's oil industry. The majority of Nigeria's major oil and natural gas projects are funded through JVs, with the NNPC.
The government has been planning to transform NNPC into a more profit-driven company that can seek out private funds in the market. While these discussions have been underway for many years, a Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) is currently being debated by the National Assembly. The PIB is designed to reform the entire hydrocarbon sector to increase the government's share of revenue; increase natural gas production; streamline the decision making process by dividing up the different roles of NNPC including the creation of a profit-driven company; privatize NNPC's downstream activities; and promote local content. The Bill would also provide for a greater share of oil revenues to the producing communities and expand the use of natural gas for domestic electricity generation.
Parts of the Bill have recently been approved as stand alone laws (see below) while the different agencies and roles of the new National Oil Company and the NNPC have yet to be fully defined. Differing versions of the PIB are currently being debated, especially around more contentious points such as the renegotiation of contracts with international oil companies, the changes in tax and royalty structures and clauses to ensure that companies use or lose their assets. The ongoing debate has delayed investments in both the oil and natural gas sectors.
As part of the energy sector reform, in April 2010, then acting president (now president) Goodluck Jonathan signed the Nigerian Content Development Bill (NCD) into law. The bill is aimed at increasing the role of Nigerian companies in all aspects of the oil and gas industry. The new law requires that Nigerian companies obtain contracts and win bids so long as the local company is capable, the Nigerian content is higher, and the bid is not more than 10 percent higher than the otherwise winning bid. According to the African Oil and Gas Monitor (Afroil) the NCD applies to all contracts worth over US$1 million and also applies to insurance, banking, and other sectors tied into the oil industry.
Nigeria had an estimated 187 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of proven natural gas reserves as of December 2010 according to the BP Statistical Review of World Energy, which makes Nigeria the ninth largest natural gas reserve holder in the world and the largest in Africa. The majority of the natural gas reserves are located in the Niger Delta and the sector is also impacted by the security and regulatory issues affecting the oil industry.
Nigeria Proven Natural Gas Reserves
In 2009, Nigeria produced about 820 Bcf of marketed natural gas and consumed about 255, mostly for electricity generation where, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA) natural gas accounts for about 60 percent of generated electricity.
Gas Flaring
Because many of Nigeria's oil fields lack the infrastructure to produce and market associated natural gas, it is often flared. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Nigeria flared 536 Bcf natural gas in 2010 – or about a third of gross natural gas produced in 2010 according to NNPC. In 2011, the NNPC claimed that flaring cost Nigeria US $2.5 billion per year in lost revenue.
The government of Nigeria has been working to end natural gas flaring for several years but the deadline to implement the policies and fine oil companies has been repeatedly postponed with the most recent deadline being December 2012, which appears unlikely to be met. In 2009, the Nigerian government developed a Gas Master Plan that promotes new gas-fired power plants to help reduce gas flaring and provide much-needed electricity generation; however, progress is still limited.
Nigeria Natural Gas Flaring
* U.S. data includes all 50 states
** Saudi Arabia data includes Saudi Neutral Zone
Gas to Liquids (GTL)
A Chevron-operated Escravos Gas to Liquids (GTL) project is currently underway. The project is a joint venture with NNPC and South Africa's Sasol and began in 2008. Escravos GTL has faced multiple delays and cost overruns but is currently scheduled to be operational by 2013.
A significant portion of Nigeria's marketed natural gas is processed into LNG. In 2009, Nigeria exported close to 500 Bcf of LNG. Of this, 13.3 Bcf went to the United States, providing 3 percent of total U.S. LNG imports (2 percent of Nigerian exports). Most of Nigeria's LNG was exported to Europe (66 percent), mainly Spain (31 percent), France (15 percent) and Portugal (13 percent). Other export destinations include Asia (15 percent) and Mexico (16 percent). Nigerian LNG exports were down close to 30 percent from 2008 volumes which can also be attributable to problems in the Niger Delta, specifically problems at the Soku gas processing facility. Available U.S. EIA data indicate that the U.S. imported 41 Bcf of LNG from Nigeria in 2010 representing 10 percent of LNG imports but only about 1 percent of total U.S. natural gas imports.
Nigeria's main natural gas project is the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) facility on Bonny Island. Partners including NNPC, Shell, Total, and Agip (Eni) completed the first phase of the facility in September 1999. NLNG currently has six trains and a production capacity of 22 million metric tons per year (1.1 Tcf). A seventh train is under construction but this addition has been delayed until sometime after 2012.
Three additional LNG plants with a total of seven trains were expected to come online after 2012, but their expected startups have been postponed beyond 2016. Plans included OK LNG (4 trains), Brass LNG (2 trains), and Progress LNG (1 train). These are in varying stages of development and investment decisions will depend heavily on security, world LNG markets, and the final outcome of the Petroleum Industry Bill. Availability of natural gas will also depend on Nigerian efforts to expand the use of natural gas for domestic electricity generation – efforts that are included in both the Gas Master Plan and the PIB.
International Pipelines
In addition to LNG, Nigeria began exporting some of its natural gas via the West African Gas Pipeline (WAGP) in 2010. The 420-mile pipeline carries natural gas from Nigeria to Ghana via Togo and Benin. Exports should eventually reach initial capacity of 170 million cubic feet per day (MMcf/d) and plans are underway to expand capacity to as much as 450 MMcf/d and possibly extend the pipeline further west to Cote d'Ivoire.
West African Gas Pipeline
Nigeria and Algeria continue to discuss the possibility of constructing the Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline (TSGP). The 2,500-mile pipeline would carry natural gas from oil fields in Nigeria's Delta region to Algeria's Beni Saf export terminal on the Mediterranean. In 2009 the NNPC signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Sonatrach, the Algerian national oil company in order to proceed with plans to develop the pipeline. Several national and international companies have shown interest in the project including Total and Gazprom. Security concerns along the entire pipeline route, increasing costs and ongoing uncertainty in Nigeria will continue to delay this project.
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How Will the Proposed Increase in State Pension Age Affect You?
For many of us, the state pension will be our main source of retirement income. However, as life expectancy continues to rise, the number of people in receipt of state pension and the length of time they receive it is growing too. Recent forecasts by the Office of National Statistics suggest the number of people in the UK over state pension age will increase by a third between 2017 and 2042, from 12.4 million in 2017 to 16.9 million in 2042. This has prompted the government to propose further increases in the state pension age.
The state pension age is the earliest age you can receive your state pension (this may differ from your workplace or private pension age). For men, the current state pension age is 65 and for women it's 63. However, under new government proposals, the state pension age will be equalised for men and women at 65 years old by the end of 2018. It will then rise to 66 years old in 2020 and 67 in 2028.
Under the current law, the state pension age is due to rise to 68 years old between 2044 and 2046. However, following a recent review the government has announced that these plans have been brought forward. Therefore, the increase to 68 years old will happen between 2037 and 2039. Parliament will need to approve the proposed changes before they are introduced.
For the current 2017/2018 tax year the state pension is £159.55 per week. To qualify for the full amount of state pension you will need 35 years of National Insurance record. You also have the opportunity to defer your state pension. For each year you defer, you'll get around a 5.8% increase.
If you're interested in setting up a private pension or investing for later life, ADN Financial Solutions can advise you on the best options available. To arrange a free consultation please call us on 02392 822 616.
Please note: The value of investments and pensions and the income they produce can fall as well as rise. You may get back less than you invested. There are regulations in place that minimise risk, but how pensions are protected depends on the type of scheme.


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Shriman Shrimati (1982)
1980s/ Drama/ Editor's Choice · Cast: Amol Palekar, Deepti Naval, Rakesh Roshan, Sanjeev Kumar, Sarika· February 2, 2015
Shriman Shrimati is a 1982 Hindi film produced by B. Nagi Reddy and directed by Vijay Reddy. The film stars Sanjeev Kumar, Raakhee, A. K. Hangal, Amol Palekar, Deepti Naval, Rakesh Roshan, Sarika, Lalita Pawar and Anjali Naidu. Rajesh Roshan is the music director of the film.
A rich and wealthy couple, Shankarlal and Parvati (Sanjeev Kumar & Raakhee) are appalled at the problems of the world, especially in households, so they decide to try to make things right – one household at a time. They first go the household of alcoholic Rajesh (Rakesh Roshan); his domineering mom (Lalita Pawar); and uneducated wife, Veena (Deepti Naval). Their second task takes them to the household of Vishwanath Gupta(A. K. Hangal); his son, Madhu (Amol Palekar) who has taken to drinking; and his attractive, outgoing, and wealthy wife, Aruna (Sarika). The couple go to work on these families to turn them around and improve and better their relations with each other.
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#96730 - 11/28/06 02:40 AM Are you ALLERGIC to your husband/mate?
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Women who have vaginal itching, burning and other symptoms after intercourse may be allergic to their partner's semen – yet, for some, having more frequent sex can be part of the treatment. Women also may react to other allergic substances transmitted in seminal fluid, according to information presented at the annual meeting of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI) in Philadelphia.
Highlights of gender-related research presented at the plenary session "Allergy and Asthma in Women,� include:
• Although it is not known how many women may be allergic to their partner's semen, immunotherapy treatments may overcome the problem, provided the couple continues to have sexual intercourse regularly.
• In some cases, substances such as certain medications and foods, may cause allergic reactions when transmitted through seminal fluid.
• Women with asthma display a different pattern of disease than their male counterparts, and they may be particularly susceptible during puberty, menstruation and menopause. In adulthood, women are twice as likely as men to have asthma, and they are 42 percent more likely to die of the disease.
• Laboratory experiments suggest that estrogen may play a positive role in preventing or controlling lung diseases, such as acute respiratory disease syndrome (ARDS) and asthma.
"We are learning that there are significant differences between men and women when it comes to asthma and the other allergic diseases,� said Nancy K. Ostrom, M.D., Allergy and Asthma Medical Group and Research Center, San Diego, Calif., and moderator of the plenary session. "We as professionals must pay particular attention to gender differences in order to improve diagnosis and treatment of asthma and the other allergic diseases.�
Women and Semen Allergy
While the prevalence of semen allergy is not known, the condition does exist and should be considered as a possible diagnosis for women who report symptoms that occur shortly after intercourse. Symptoms may include itching, burning and swelling in the genital area. In the most severe cases, hives or swelling may appear elsewhere on the body and the woman may experience difficulty breathing.
"Typically symptoms occur within 30 minutes of intercourse, but in rare cases it may be hours or even days later,� said David J. Resnick, M.D., acting director, division of allergy, the New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York City.
Semen allergy is particularly suspected if symptoms go away with condom use or abstinence, he said.
"Although reports of the condition in the scientific literature are relatively rare, there may be women with semen allergy who go undiagnosed because their symptoms are mild or they routinely use condoms,� he said. There also are cases of women who have had allergic reactions to allergens transmitted through the seminal fluid, including the medications vinblastine, penicillin and thioridazine and some food and beverages, including walnuts and Coca-Cola.
Treatment for Semen Allergy
Patients with semen allergy should be provided with a self-injectable epinephrine kit in the event of a severe reaction. Epinephrine (adrenaline) is the first-line treatment for severe allergic reactions. In addition, there are two immunotherapy options, a technique designed to desensitize the immune system to a particular allergen:
• Intravaginal Seminal Graded Challenge (ISGC). In this technique, semen samples are placed into the vagina every 20 minutes, beginning with highly diluted samples and gradually increasing the concentration. The technique, which is performed over a few hours, must be followed by frequent sexual contact (two to three times per week) to maintain the woman's desensitization to semen.
"Treatment failure is associated with couples who do not engage in frequent intercourse that re-exposes the patient to the allergen,� Dr. Resnick said. "Patients not living near their partners can refrigerate or freeze specimens so they can continue frequent exposure.�
• When ISGC is unsuccessful, allergy shots have been used in some cases. This procedure involves injecting a small amount of semen under the skin at regular intervals over the course of several weeks, in a manner similar to the allergy shots used to treat allergic rhinitis and asthma. As with ISGC, patients must continue unprotected intercourse two to three times per week to maintain immunity.
All immunotherapy treatments should be performed in a facility equipped to treat a patient who may experience anaphylactic shock – a severe, system-wide reaction to the allergen that can be deadly.
According to Dr. Resnick, approximately 50 percent of women with semen allergy have other allergic diseases, such as skin allergy and allergic rhinitis (so-called "hay fever�). Most women are between age 20 and 30, and 41 percent experience symptoms with their first sexual intercourse. "In most cases, symptoms gradually worsen and occur sooner with subsequent exposures,� he said.
Peace & Blessings,
Beverly Mahone
Author, Whatever! A Baby Boomer's Journey Into Middle Age
http://www.talk2bev.com
"I'm not a writer because I wrote a book. I wrote a book because I was inspired by God.�


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Volcanic Activity Prompts Fish Evacuation
Politics Welfare Husbandry Health
5 March 2015, at 12:00am
CHILE - The National Fisheries and Aquaculture (Sernapesca) is coordinating the transfer of fish from farms that could be affected by volcanic activity in the region of Araucana.
National Director of Sernapesca, José Miguel Burgos, said that "there had been coordination with local producers in order to share and evaluate contingency plans".
Following this, Sernapesca has authorised nine movements for seven fish farms that are in the risk zone, in order to avoid the negative effects from volcanic activity.
In total, 9,162,000 salmonids that are in the freshwater stage will be moved.
Both the health and welfare of the fish and workers of the farms are in danger if the fish are not moved, said Mr Burgos.
A total of 21 fish farms could be affected by the eruption of the volcano Villarrica.
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From Omtime's visionary extraordinaire, Shannon Schneider, I wanted to share this yummy description of creating a vision board from her yoga studio newsletter. Enjoy and thank you, Shannon, for sharing this!
1. Collect all of your favorite magazines, a glue stick, and pair of scissors.
2. Secure a piece of poster board, any size and color you choose, the bigger, of course, the better.
3. Flip through the magazines and begin to cut out words and phrases and images of places, inspirations, colors, themes, intentions, and goals you would like to MANIFEST in the coming year and your life in general. DROP any worries about HOW or WHY or WHEN… just cut them out.
4. When you have cut as many snippets of success, happiness, and love as you desire, begin to organize on the poster board and glue them down.
5. Once complete, take a long and inspired gander at the coming brilliance of ALL that you are inspired to experience.
6. Place the completed vision board in a conspicuous space in your home or office.
7. Commit to a visioning practice of 2 – 5 minutes a day: wherein, you commit to looking at these images and holding space for them AS IF THEY WERE YOUR PRESENT moment experience.
Know, though, that things worth doing seldom come easily.
It has been one year since I found your book and blog. It literally has changed my life. I set a vision, established goals and I am working steadily toward reaching them. Thank you for being such a great friend, sister, mentor and wonderful yogic inspiration. I truly feel like I was lost but I now know where I am going!
I have learned so much from you and it is just so wonderful that you share so much on your blog - thank you for your wisdom.


Does anyone have Tommy, Chuckie, and Phil?
No, you can use them.
Me: I don't know, but we'll find him.
Chuckie: I don't get it, if we are finding Danny, then why are we here?
Tommy: Remember, he said that he would be here.
TB: This just isn't my day.
SPONGEBOB: What happened? AHHH! Who are you?
Me: *Hears something* I hear something.
Danni: Maybe I can phase us through, well most of us.
Danni grabs Chuckie's, Tommy's, Phil's, and my arm and phases us through were I heard the sound.
Me: Next time, I suggest that we make a more sneaky appoarch.
Danni: Sorry, hey Spongebob, have you seen Danny?
SPONGEBOB: Now you mention it, yeah!
Danni: Where did you see him? I need to find my cousin.
SPONGEBOB: From here I have no idea where we went.
Me: Maybe I... No, we're in a cave, it wouldn't work.
Chuckie, Tommy, and Phil: Now we're doomed!
Zelda: Navi, could you track spongebob?
Danni: I have a strange feeling we're not the only ones around here anymore.
Navi: Hi i'm Navi... Spongebob!
Everyone on my side: Hi Navi.


Can we say "Procrastination!" These photographs are way overdue getting to my friend. She must have the patience of a saint to put up with me. Hopefully the photos make up for the wait!
I am such a dog person. That is why I was really surprised to learn how much I liked these cats. Everything I have heard about cats was totally wrong,or at least when it came to these two. They were bursting with personality and very adventurous. This guy loved to wrestle and run with her new Cavalier puppy. Watching these two go at it, definitely got me on the road to realizing cats are rather fun.
Ah the hunter of the two. Always on the prowl.
I love editing cat photographs - truly they have amazing eyes with colour and expression. Those who know me, are laughing. Really I'm not a cat person - it's scary to think I just might be a closet cat fancier after all.
Hang tight Kitty! I promise to edit the indoor shots much quicker!
Those photos are fantastic! Just wow! I secretly wish we could have a cat again, but we have more than enough dog hair, and I'm not sure all of our dogs would be safe with a cat.
Such incredibly beautiful shots! Your focus always amazes me. It's like extreme high-definition! Are these post-processed at all?
I am currently on a learning curve with post processing and testing out different looks. Still feeling my way over what my style is, so there is a bit of mix and match to my edits at this point! What I have really learned is... I need to get off a laptop and get a properly calibrated monitor! My colours/sharpness look way different when I view my images on other computers! Scary how much they change!
Your kitties are so cute! Beautiful photos.
Such cute kitties!!! I love the one climbing the tree!!!
Your new header is so cute!!!!!


The project is a 6,000 square foot remodel and expansion of the existing Post Anesthesia Care Unit. The renovation increased the number of recovery and pre-operative beds and was completed in two phases to allow for continued operations. The expansion to this project includes the redesign of the hospital's eastern building façade including a curtain wall and architectural steel mesh screen structure.


And so this is my first weekly report in like a month from back on dry land. It's been an incredibly interesting seven days for CSM9 and one I think we'll look back to as one of those big, tentpole weeks in our tenure a year from now for all sorts of reasons. Kronos Kronos launched with what appeared to be zero problems. It sounded like one of the 'cleanest' expansion launches I can remember of recent times. The content had been locked in for a few weeks of course so there were no out and out surprises with the latest release but I have to say, the game looks more glorious than ever on my retina Macbook Pro. From a CSM perspective, I am pleased Kronos has launched smoothly. It's not a guarantee that every six-weekly release from now on is going to be perfect but the last thing anyone wants with such a tight cycle are problems with the launch itself. And now the work on Cruis begins in earnest. Obviously I am very excited to see the industry stuff hitting TQ but I think some of the other features we 'may' see could be rather awesome too. Meetings Annoyingly, I didn't make any of the meetings this week. My work offshore was rather busy this week – nature of the beast I guess. As always, Leeloo does awesome work sending us links to download the meetings if we can't make them so we can at least listen to what was discussed and take relevant notes. We had four meetings – an intro with Team SpaceGlitter, a roadmap / development organisation meeting with (amongst others) CCP Seagull, our biweekly sprint meeting with Five-0 and one yesterday covering the recently announced internal changes. Given the recent announcements, I'm particularly disappointed in missing the latter one and I look forward to listening back to the recording once it becomes available. Thankfully, I did get some good summaries from the guys who made it. But more on this in a second. The level of access CCP continues to give us is astonishing. As a collective we are being worked hard but it shows the level of buy-in at many different levels from CCP in the CSM process and gives us a full picture of what is going on throughout the development of Eve Online. Of course, there are some things which can't (and in my opinion, shouldn't) be shared with the CSM… Layoffs On Thursday, it was reported that CCP has laid off 49 staff, the majority of which were from Reykjavik itself. Obviously this is devastating news and my thoughts and best wishes go out to those who lost their jobs as well as their friends and family. From our perspective, the first thing I should mention is that CSM9 did not know about these layoffs nor would I necessarily have expected us to. It is my opinion that the CSM exists to work with CCP developmental teams to make Eve Online a better game. It is not the CSM's responsibility to delve into corporate HR issues such as hires, wages, redundancies, etc. Of course, it would be nice to think that if the CSM is doing it's job well, it could in some small way contribute to layoffs could being avoided but one does not necessarily follow the other for all sorts of reasons. As mentioned earlier, on Friday the CSM had a meeting with some of the key personnel at CCP covering some of the details of the redundancies and what it means for the company going forward. Following that meeting, CSM9 does not have a list of everyone who has left the company as a result of these layoffs nor do we know the exact reasons why because it is none of our business. In exactly the same way I wouldn't expect to know a certain developer's salary, the CSM is not responsible for what are HR issues – it simply isn't our jurisdiction. Now, I'm well aware it isn't quite as simple as that. Some people may feel that those layoffs are indicative of a malaise within CCP. I'd argue that in certain cases, laying people off could be healthy for a company. As sore as these redundancies undoubtedly are, CCP believes they are vital for the long term health of the company. In the meantime, I can promise you that CSM9 will continue to work with Eve Online developers to make New Eden the best place it can be. I think it's fair to say that this has been cause for a lot of internal discussion from CSM9 in the past 48 hours or so. The only public statements from CSM members up to this point has been FunkyBacon's widely-read and rather divisive thoughts on the subject and Mike Azariah's short and to-the-point post on his blog.
I'm going to cut this week's report off here. I'm sure Mynnna and Sugar will have some very interesting takes on this week's events on their respective weekly reports.


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Kelly Moore Adds a PASS North Victory to His Long Resume
Summerfest Victory Comes Down to Close Battle between Veteran and Rookie
Kelly Moore has done a lot in his career. He's raced at tracks from Daytona to Indianapolis Raceway Park to Antigonish, Nova Scotia. He's set the all-time pole and victory records in the NASCAR Busch North/Busch East Series – winning his most recent event last summer at New Hampshire International Speedway. He won a NASCAR Touring championship. For years, he was even referred to by many as the "Dale Earnhardt of Maine," thanks to his always-exciting and aggressive driving style and the fact that he would usually be driving a black Chevrolet.
When the race resumed, Sanborn found Moore right on his rear bumper. On lap 103, Moore dove under Sanborn to take the lead.
"Kelly got back up there and got underneath me," said Sanborn. "We did all that we could do to hold him off. But he was fast. He had a crate motor and that was a little bit of an advantage, but it wasn't a big deal. We just hung in there and finished second."
Sanborn did not lead another lap in the race, but he didn't give up either. The two fought a hard battle for the victory, leading a breakaway pack that grew to nine cars in length before the checkered flag waved.
the Cup Series, but it was weekly and in the Busch North Series from 1987 to 2005. That's a long time."
Moore has been running a limited schedule of PASS North events this season, and the Riverside race was one that he had his eye on from the beginning.
"We planned on coming over here," said Moore. "At the beginning of the year, I looked at the schedule and picked out some races. I even picked out Speedway 95, but something changed and I couldn't go there. We're going to go to Beech Ridge; I'd like to go to Star. I like going to the races that are close – two, three or four hours away. I'd like to go to Antigonish, but I don't like the ride. I've done enough of that. I've raced at Indianapolis Raceway Park, Darlington, Richmond and then gone back to Maine. I've done that weekend after weekend after weekend."
Moore also likes the competitors that he faces on the PASS North circuit.
"These guys have all raced a long time too and they like to race and have fun," said Moore. "They're a great bunch of guys to race with for the most part. You'll always have a little spat here and there, but that's racing."
There were no spats that involved Moore on this evening, though. Early on, rookie Stephen Barry led almost until the halfway mark. Then fellow rookie Trevor Sanborn took over the top spot and checked out to a lead that was nearly a straightaway long. Sanborn had shown promise in his heat race, when he finished second to Mike Rowe. In the feature, though, Sanborn really showed off the speed of his #29 Cushman Competition Ford while Moore paced himself.
"The car was decent, but it wasn't a car that could run right to the front," said Moore. "It probably would have been if I beat it up. But I like to hold on to the car and save it for the end. When I was young, I used to run the car hard. So I was trying to race the racetrack and not the other competitors tonight and that paid off for us."
"The car was going good," said Sanborn. "It was our first time here and it worked out well. In the heat race, I was all over Mike [Rowe], but I couldn't quite get him. So come feature time, we wanted to show these boys what we had. I ended up getting Steve Berry on the outside on that last restart and had quite a lead on him. Then the lights went out."
When Sanborn says that the lights went out, he means that literally. On lap 97, lights mounted on six poles in the infield went dark. The race was flagged yellow immediately and all of the competitors slowed down safely using the lighting from the grandstands and pit area as their only illumination. The problem was corrected and the race went back to green soon after.
Dave Dion leads Mike Rowe during their heat race at the picturesque White Mountain Motorsports Park. (51 Photo)
Now at the age of 48, Moore is finding that there isn't much that he has not done in his career. But somehow he found an accomplishment to add to his resume this past weekend. On Saturday night at Riverside Speedway in Groveton, New Hampshire, Moore won the Miller Lite Summerfest event for the Pro All Stars Series (PASS) Super Late Model tour. It was the veteran's first career PASS North victory.
But to Moore, the victory wasn't about records or accomplishments. It was about having fun.
"That's true. I never even thought of that," said Moore after the race, when he was asked about winning in PASS North for the first time. "I just love to race. I like the competition and I like the camaraderie with the other drivers. It's fun. If I come and have a good time, I'll come again. If I come and don't have a good time, I'll just take a couple of weeks off. I just want to go race and have a good time. I don't want to have the pressure of racing every weekend. I did that for 28 years racing for points. It wasn't in
Moore and Sanborn raced hard, providing entertainment for the fans and enjoyment for themselves.
"I tried to race him good and clean," said Moore. "I think that he raced me clean. There was a little bit of contact there, but it wasn't a pushing and shoving match. It was just good, hard racing and that's the kind of racing that I like to do."
"That was different," said Sanborn of competing against a driver who he had grown up watching. "Kelly knows his way around the track. There's no doubt about that. I was trying to follow him and beat him. I wanted to chase him down. I've watched him race since I was a little kid. That was fun."
Little did Sanborn know it, but Moore had also been watching him as well.
"I watched him run the heat races and I thought that he did a good job," said Moore. "I try to watch people and see what they do and don't do. I try to see how they act and react."
At the line, the order of finish was Moore, Sanborn, Richie Dearborn, Johnny Clark and Ben Rowe.
With his top-five finish, Rowe unofficially maintains the PASS North point lead over his father Mike Rowe.
In other PASS action at Riverside, Jason Taylor kept his #8 car ahead of Chris Staples and Mark Lucas to win the PASS Modified feature event.
The PASS North Super Late Models will return to action Saturday, August 11th, in the Atlantic CAT 250 at Scotia Speedworld in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Kelly Moore and his #47 Bill Dodge / NAPA Chevrolet. (Norm Marx Photos)
PASS North Super Late Models
Riverside Speedway - Groveton, NH
1. Kellly Moore, Scarborough, ME
2. Trevor Sanborn, Parsonsfield, ME
3. Richie Dearborn, Hollis, ME
4. Johnny Clark, Hallowell, ME
5. Ben Rowe, Turner, ME
6. Alan Wilson, Hebron, ME
7. Rick Martin, Westport, MA
8. Mike Rowe, Turner, ME
9. Cassius Clark, Farmington, ME
10. Adam Bates, Warner, NH
11. Michael Thomas, New Portland, ME
12. Dave Dion, Pelham, NH
13. Stephen Berry, Gorham, ME
14. Derek Ramstrom, West Boylston, MA
15. Gary Bellefleur Jr., Stetson, ME.
16. Mark Patten, Belmont, NH
17. Bill Penfold, Yarmouth, ME
18. Mike Parks, Charlestown, NH
19. Travis Benjamin, Morrill, ME
Trevor Sanborn and his #29 team put up a good fight for the victory. (Top - 51 Photo, Bottom - Norm Marx Photo)


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Chef Matt Cahn Opens His Second Middle Child in Philly
Matt Cahn is in a pickle. No, wait. Matt Cahn has a pickle. A giant plastic one, the size of a small child, lying flat on a pool table in the center of his new 120-seat restaurant in Fishtown. It's across from the curved bar, down the way from the coffee station, and a stone's throw from a bright pink trash can at the entrance, where a familiar photo of Princess Diana — smiling beatifically and wearing an Eagles jacket — welcomes you to the clubhouse.
The pickle hasn't yet been given a role at Middle Child Clubhouse — Cahn's second, much larger restaurant set to open next week at 1232 North Front Street — but it may eventually become a light fixture. "If you try hard enough, anything is a light," Cahn says while leaning on a dark green tiled standing bar in the middle of the dining room. On the other hand, the pool table already has a job, Cahn says. "It's for hanging the fuck out."
It seems like only yesterday that Cahn — a real middle child, who formerly worked for Superiority Burger and Court Street Grocers in Brooklyn before returning to his hometown to make a sandwich name for himself — opened his 16-seat luncheonette in Washington Square West. But in four years his coy riffs on classic sandwiches — like the Vietnamese-style vegan "Phoagie" and the breakfast sandwich with golden eggs stacked comically high between slices of potato Pullman bread — have become such a sensation that he felt it was time for Middle Child to grow up.
The original Middle Child location has always been limited by space and the staff's capacity, which means shorter open hours and sandwiches occasionally selling out. (See: The BLT frenzy this summer.) But, like a true younger sibling, Middle Child Clubhouse has been given more freedom to roam, and without the guardrails, it's more than a touch wilder.
Where the Middle Child on 11th Street keeps a tight menu, everything at the Fishtown Clubhouse is on the table: frozen tropical Negronis, giant chicken Milaneses, fried shrimp with Aleppo pepper aioli, yuca patty melts, natural wines on tap, coffee drinks at the to-go bar, pastries from Mighty Bread, small plates, big salads, and all the same sandwiches fans know and love from Middle Child the senior, except in a big open space with a lively bar, private dining room, and, of course, that pool table for hanging the fuck out.
Though, Cahn admits, he wasn't able to pull off one thing he told the Inquirer the new restaurant would have: "There's no Dunkin' Donuts in here."
Cahn hired Adam Sosnowik, formerly of Zahav and Res Ipsa, as his executive chef, and the menu is meant to be unpretentious, with five rotating small plates, two burgers (one vegan), a chicken cutlet with ranch dressing, and a fried seafood and shishito basket. An early dinnertime standout is a play on Middle Child's famous hash browns, but spun into latkes and topped with wasabi ginger, Kewpie mayo, tonkatsu sauce, scallions, and trout roe.
On the drinks side, the bar will open with eight cocktails, 40 bottles of wine, and beers on tap from local favorites like Attic Brewing and Fermentery Form, all curated by beverage director Brandon Thrash. "We have a really, really awesome Old Fashioned," Cahn explains. "On the menu it's called an Old Fashioned and you wouldn't know that there's anything good about it unless you ask," he says, pausing. "We're not even going to tell you." (The secret is that they infuse the whiskey with toasted Basmati rice, a trick developed by bartender Mary Woods. But don't tell anyone.)
Despite the playful nature of the place, not everything at Middle Child Clubhouse comes with a wink: One of Sosnowik and Cahn's goals when hiring was to make sure that the staff was getting paid a fair wage, that they never worked over 40 hours a week, and that the financial imbalance between the front and back of house was discussed right up front. In the first two days of training, the new staff was asked to do everything together. "Cooks were next to dishwashers next to bartenders and servers," Sosnowik says. "We want to avoid some of the smoke and mirrors that have gone unchecked [in the industry] for a long time."
Unlike many other restaurants right now, Sosnowik says hiring for the Clubhouse wasn't hard. They filled all 40-plus positions immediately, having to turn some applicants away. He says that's due in large part to the pay structure: Morning cooks and dishwashers make $17 an hour, and the dinner chefs start at $20 an hour. The tips are pooled with 85 percent going to the front of house staff and 15 percent to the back of house. "When the back of house is really busy with those rushes, people are seeing the return on the extra work," Sosnowik says.
In prepping for opening all summer, Sosnowik explains that this whole thing has felt like "a theoretical experiment." But now that the staff has met each other and the doors are about to open, "I think our experiment is working."
Cahn feels confident that, in the long run, the experiment will pay off. "One of the things that is beautiful about Middle Child is that it's weird and cool, but not so weird and cool that it makes people feel like outcasts," he says. "I just want to do the best fucking food we can in the most unpretentious environment we can. We're working really hard to make everyone here feel like it's a community." He clarifies: "But you know — in a not cult-y way."
Middle Child Clubhouse opens on Thursday, October 21 at 1232 North Front Street in Fishtown. After a soft open, it will be open Tuesday and Wednesday from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., Thursday and Sunday from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m., and Friday and Saturday from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. Reservations will become available on Resy on Saturday, October 16.
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