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Handsome Family Values: The Ink Spots
For the Handsome Family, upcoming album Honey Moon—a collection of love songs due April 14—is a startling left turn. The husband/wife duo of Brett and Rennie Sparks still deals in spectral bluegrass and noirish folk forms on its ninth album, but gone are the ghosts and murder ballads that had painted them into a gothic-Americana corner. (Trust us, the album is still plenty weird. Love is weird.) The Handsome Family is guest editing magnetmagazine.com this week. Read our Q&A with Brett and Rennie about Honey Moon and a host of other topics.
Brett Sparks: The Ink Spots were a vocal group that was popular in from the '30s to the '50s. In 1935, a Melody Maker reviewer said, "The sensation of the programme is the coloured quartette, the Four Ink Spots … Their natural instinct for hot rhythm is exemplified in their terrific single-string solo work and their beautifully balanced and exquisitely phrased vocalisms. They exploit all kinds of rhythmic vocalisms—straight solos, concerted, scat, and instrumental imitations. They even throw in a bit of dancing to conclude their act, and the leading guitarist simultaneously plays and juggles with his instrument." The Ink Spots were brilliant vocalists who concocted ethereal arrangements of the world's beautiful songs.
"My Prayer":
http://magnetmagazine.com/audio/MyPrayer.mp3
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Handsome Family Values: Bowerbirds
Rennie Sparks: Male bowerbirds build elaborate structures made out of anything from stones, berries and feathers to bottle caps, bits of plastic and shards of glass. They construct brightly colored walkways leading into their bowers and strut before them, flapping their wings and singing as the females pass by. Some bowerbirds are also amazing mimics and are able to imitate the sound not only of other birds, but also of waterfalls and human speech. No two bowerbirds do the same dance, sing the same song or build the same enticing bridal suite. I wish I had a house full of bowerbirds pulling things out of my garbage to turn into art. Unfortunately, bowerbirds live in the South Pacific and I've only seen them on TV nature shows. My neighbor's dog, however, ran off with one of my gloves last winter, and I later found the glove under a pine tree along with a used tissue, an empty cigarette pack and a lone sneaker.
Handsome Family Values: Alfred Deller
Brett Sparks: Born in 1912 in Margate, England, Alfred Deller was the greatest countertenor of all time. He was particularly active in the '60s and was one of the main figures in popularizing Renaissance and baroque music. His milestone record, 1955's The Three Ravens: Elizabethan Folk And Minstrel Music (recorded with British lutenist Desmond Dupré), brought songs like "Barbara Allen" to the public ear for the first time. As a boy, Deller sang in his church choir. Even after his voice broke, he continued singing in his high register. Deller's voice is remarkably high and ghostly beautiful. He was a leader in the historically accurate performance movement.
"Barbara Allen":
http://magnetmagazine.com/audio/BarbaraAllen.mp3
Handsome Family Values: Prairie Dogs
Rennie Sparks: I've seen sparrows flying around inside Home Depot and a road runner sprint safely through traffic across Central Avenue, but my favorite animal to spot here in Albuquerque is the prairie dog. There's a shopping center here that has a secret prairie dog town. I've spotted prairie dogs standing up on two legs to peek out from little holes dug in the grassy medians between the parking lots of Best Buy and Target. Scientists believe that prairie dogs actually have a fairly sophisticated language with actual words to describe different predators approaching from different directions. Once I managed to sneak between the parked cars and get close enough to hear them chirping happily to each other. Lovely.
Q&A With The Handsome Family
Over the course of 16 years and nine albums, the weird, wonderful world of the Handsome Family has been populated by tales of ghosts, murders, bottomless holes and the mysterious deaths of Nikola Tesla and Amelia Earhart. For the Albuquerque, N.M., husband/wife duo of Brett and Rennie Sparks, an album of love songs is a startling left turn. The upcoming Honey Moon (due April 14 on Carrot Top) doesn't sound too dissimilar from the band's previous output—mainly a studious, modern-studio take on country, bluegrass and Appalachian folk sung in Brett's deep Texas drawl—but it dials down the gothic-fiction storytelling in favor of a focused collection of material that happens to arrive in the same year the Sparks celebrate their 20th wedding anniversary. Still, this is the Handsome Family; don't expect flowers or chocolates. On Honey Moon, love is a female insect devouring her mate ("Darling, My Darling"), a diamond ring is shattered glass on the asphalt ("A Thousand Diamond Rings"), and happiness is living in a swamp with your significant other, dressed in pelts and howling like dogs ("Wild Wood").
MAGNET phoned Brett and Rennie Sparks at home, intending to discuss love songs; we were soon engaged on the topics of hillbillies, moths, swamps and toilets. Needless to say, we're psyched the Handsome Family will be guest editing magnetmagazine.com this week.
"Darling, My Darling" from Honey Moon (download here):
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From The Desk Of Tommy Keene: Intimate Rock Concert Moments, Volume 2 — Iggy Pop
Tommy Keene has been playing guitar hero for more than a quarter-century, both on his power-pop solo albums (his latest is In The Late Bright, out this week) and as a sideman for Robert Pollard and Paul Westerberg. Keene, apparently weary of all the critical acclaim, agreed to dole out some of his own praise. He's guest editing magnetmagazine. com this week and compiled a mix tape for us with a free mp3.
Keene: In August 1973, Mott The Hoople played Washington, D.C.'s Kennedy Center in support of Mott. Opening up was none other than Iggy Pop. We were psyched! My brother and I had fifth-row seats on the aisle, but during Iggy's opening set, my brother chose to sit up in the second row with friends of ours. I've read about this night in several Iggy bios. Apparently he and Bebe Buell were planning to take the Amtrak train down from New York because he wanted to schtup her in the bathroom, but a friend of hers spoiled that scenario by tagging along. That friend later offered him a couple of lines in the dressing room of what he thought was toot but turned out to be angel dust. The house lights went on and the show began as Iggy and the rest of the group ambled onstage. James Williamson, in complete Star Trek drag, hammered out the opening chords of "Raw Power" as Iggy stumbled around for a good minute or so before belting out the opening lines: "Dance to the beat of the living dead/Lose sleep, baby, and stay away from bed." Something was clearly wrong, however, as they finished the song and Iggy laid down on the stage and muttered, "My doctor told me not to play tonight." The band lurched on through a few more tunes, most memorably "I've Got My Cock In My Pocket" and "Rich Bitch" ("Buttfuckers trying to run my world"). After that one, he passed out, and Ron Asheton, who was on bass for this show, did the hand-swooping motion over him, like a fallen boxer—he's out!
After a minute or so, Iggy got up, looking dazed and confused, as the band pumped out "Search And Destroy." He started staring at little ol' me on the aisle in the fifth row. He got down off the stage with the fallow spot following him and started walking like a zombie straight for me. I looked up to my brother and friends in the second row and saw them pointing and laughing at me. What the fuck was he doing? All eyes were upon me as he walked up to me. He stuck out his hand and motioned, "Come on, shake it, baby!" This was too surreal; I went to shake his hand, and he did the limp thing and pulled away. A guy behind me then smashed a Hostess cherry pie on Iggy's bare chest while another squirted wine on Iggy from a wineskin. Iggy just rubbed it all onto himself, grunted and turned back to the stage. Three songs later, they pulled the plug and the house lights came on as he wailed over and over, "They won't let us play anymore!" The Ig had gotten the royal hook indeed!
This concludes "Tommy Keene Week" here at magnetmagazine.com. Thanks to Tommy for writing about some really rockin' good stuff. Go to the store and buy all his records, especially the awesome new In The Late Bright. As if you needed any more incentive to do so, download Late Bright track "A Secret Life Of Stories" here.
"A Secret Life Of Stories"
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Posted on February 22, 2009 August 13, 2018
From The Desk Of Tommy Keene: Intimate Rock Concert Moments, Volume 1 — Keith Moon
Keene: The last time I saw the Who with Keith Moon was at the Capital Centre in Largo, Md. (site of infamous documentary Heavy Metal Parking Lot, by the way). It was 1976, and the Who were touring behind The Who By Numbers. My brother and I were in the second row, smack between Moon and Pete Townshend. We were so close that at one point, Townshend seemed a bit out of sorts and ran back to his Hiwatt amp and literally turned it up to 11—we were so close that we could hear the onstage sound of his amps whoosh over our heads like a 747 taking off.
Being a drummer from age eight to 17, I was enamored with Keith Moon. I still am, actually—he's my favorite rock drummer of all time. We had eye contact with him throughout the entire show. I would air-drum his rolls as he was doing them, and he would look at me amazed with a "Right on, kid, you know your stuff!" kind of look. It was hilarious. He tried numerous times during the show to throw my brother and me drumsticks, and when he missed or someone else got them, he'd mouth a "Damn!" or "Sorry, I'll try again!" At the end of the show, as the Who were doing taking their bows, Moon kept looking at us and motioning that he had something up his sleeve. After the other three members walked off, he grabbed one of his cymbal stands and walked over to the edge of the stage to hand the entire thing over to us. These absolute jerks in the front row must have thought it was for them. A complete melee ensued—my brother and I grabbed on to the base of the stand, each of us holding a tripod for dear life, but by then 20 other people had joined in on the action. All we could each get was one of the rubber stoppers on the legs of the stand as the rest of the throng grabbed everything else, cymbal included. The last thing I remember was Moon shaking his head and expressing regret, as if to say, "Sorry, guys, I tried," as he sauntered off the stage.
The Who's "Squeeze Box":
http://magnetmagazine.com/audio/SqueezeBox.mp3
From The Desk Of Tommy Keene: Chris Slusarenko Of Boston Spaceships
Keene: I had the pleasure of being an auxiliary member of an exciting new band, Boston Spaceships, last year, playing guitar on their fall tour. Chris Slusarenko, along with vocalist Bob Pollard (MAGNET readers may know him) and drummer John Moen, is one of the chief architects of this awesome new combo. I recently spoke to Chris, who was also a member of Guided By Voices, about this project.
Keene: How did the idea of a new band with you, Bob and John originate?
Slusarenko: Bob was having his art exhibition in New York City last year, and I was admiring this collage that has always haunted me called Brown Submarine. We started talking about how we needed to hear this collage as an album. It was the same thing that happened when we decided to do the Takeovers' Turn To Red album. We got so obsessed with the collage as an album cover that we had it blown up to 12-inch vinyl size and drove around town looking at it. So Bob compiled 14 of his songs, some old and some new, and we started cranking on them. After the album (Brown Submarine) was done, Bob decided it didn't sound like a side project but an actual band with the three of us as full-time members. He hadn't been in a band since GBV, and he said it seemed appropriate for Boston Spaceships to be the next one to leave a legacy.
How do you and Bob decide which tunes will be Spaceships songs and which ones Bob will use for his solo records?
Bob decides which songs will be used for which projects. His solo albums tend to be a bit more mature and darker in tone. Boston Spaceships has a more pop side, but it's a lovingly weird pop side. The songs are shorter and full of youthful, sometimes naive, energy.
I think the production on the albums is really strong. Where do you record them? Do you labor on guitar and drum sounds, or do you just turn on the tape and let it rip?
We recorded Brown Submarine with Brian Berg and The Planets Are Blasted with Jonathan Drews, both of whom live in Portland, Ore. They're insanely talented, and it's really easy to explain what I'm looking for in terms of sounds and approach. I can say, "This song will have 'A Woofer In Tweeter's Clothing' ending" or "I want it to sound like we lost the mic in the back of a cave and I died looking for it," and they get it. John's drum parts are done really off the cuff—we tried to approach the drums like early GBV, where it's done in one or two takes and we're on to the next one. Since we don't have our own recording studios, I just work on all guitar, bass and keyboard parts acoustically until I can get into the studio. Then I only have three to five hours to get all the ideas out, but it makes coming back for the next session excruciatingly exciting.
Does Johnny Moen have a lot of input as to parts and arrangements? You two seem to have a good working relationship and chemistry.
In terms of the parts and arrangements, it pretty much starts at Bob's house. Before we start recording, I sit down with Bob a few times and we listen to his acoustic demos on the speakers at his house (called "The Bigs"). We get hammered and talk about ideas, influences and approaches. The next day, when I look at my notes, almost every tune always has the phrase "kick ass" next to what needs to happen with it, especially as the booze kicks in. Then I just go home to Portland and obsess about the songs. I listen to them over and over. I try to get all the little parts of his demos down so they still have that Pollard feel and magic in terms of phrasing and energy. I've known John since 1988 while he was in the Dharma Bums, and we've played together in the Cavemanish Boys and the Takeovers. Playing with John is always fun. He's got drive and swing, which make the songs really leap. He's also an insanely quick learner, which is a total blessing. There's a lot of his personality in those drum takes.
When can we expect another monumental Spaceships tour? West Coast peeps especially want to know.
I don't know yet. If and when it happens, it wouldn't be until our third album comes out in October. It's called Zero To 99, and it's pretty fierce and catchy. Lots of Pollard hits and haunts; I mean, when you flip over an album and you see song titles like "Mr. Ghost Town" and "The Question Girl, Alright," you kind of have to hear it.
Boston Spaceships' "Go For The Exit" from Brown Submarine (download here):
http://magnetmagazine.com/audio/gofortheexit.mp3
From The Desk Of Tommy Keene: Crosswords
Keene: I've always loved board games, trivia games, you name it. (Like Clue—I can never get anyone to play that one with me.) I started doing crossword puzzles some years ago and have gotten to a modestly proficient level. My favorite is the Los Angeles Times'—I can finish Monday's through Thursday's editions and Sunday's on a good day. In the summer of 2007, I noticed an ad in the Times for contestants for a new game show about crossword puzzles. I thought, "What the heck?" and called them up. They scheduled me for an audition the very next day. I arrived early to check out my competition: a few young hipsters, some housewives and lots of nerdy bookworm types you would expect to show up at these things. I overheard a few conversations, and it seems like some of these people were actually professional game-show contestants: "Yeah, I almost got on The Weakest Link, but at the last minute they went with someone younger and prettier." "Oh, you were on Millionaire? So was I." "I won $12,000 on Jeopardy, though I can't audition again for another six years. Bummer!"
They shepherded us into a room where we sat at tables and took the audition quiz, which consisted of questions flashed up on a screen in front of us: "What's a four-letter word for nervous?" Let's see … "edgy"? "What's a 12-letter word for unscrupulous?" Good god, what? I wasn't feeling too confident as they graded our papers, and sure enough I wasn't one of the people they asked to stay behind. It was fun, though. Three weeks later, I got a call from one of the contestant coordinators: "Tom, your score was super, super close. Would you like to come back and re-audition?" So I found myself back at the studio with nothing to lose; lo and behold, this time I was asked to stay behind! The next part of the process was a videotaped interview. After trying to be as animated as I could be and telling them I was a rock musician (and had been on Jay Leno, Conan O'Brien and David Letterman), they seemed impressed and booked me for the show.
Do you know when you're watching one of these shows and the contestants always give that tired line, "Gee, this is so much easier at home"? Well, you don't know how true that really is until you're there. The game consisted of buzzing in and answering the correct crossword answers while you were at one of the two front stations. Those in the back, of which I was one, were called spoilers. If neither of the front two peeps could answer the question, you could buzz in—if you got the answer right, you would trade places with them and could accrue money. The person with the most money at the end of the last round in one of the front spots would then go on and try to solve the master puzzle for the big money. The clue that I spoiled, of course, ended up being rock-related, in a way: "What's a three-letter word for German rainwear?" Everyone was stumped; I rang in: "mac." Correct! "Tommy for the spoil, come and take the front spot!" How did I know that? The Beatles' "Penny Lane": "And the banker never wears a mac in the pouring rain, very strange." (Thanks, Paul!) So I won the game and made it to the final round. I was doing really well when I got hung up on a few clues and failed to solve the big puzzle in time. I ended up winning $1,250—not bad for a day away from the rock 'n' roll office.
The Beatles' "Penny Lane":
http://magnetmagazine.com/audio/PennyLane.mp3
From The Desk Of Tommy Keene: Sally Crewe
Keene: As I was bumming around SXSW in 2008, I was reintroduced to Sally Crewe, whom I'd met a couple of times over the years, as she was married to a friend of mine. Sally and I and a bunch of others ended up one night at a karaoke place on the outskirts of Austin; there was a party going on, complete with people drunkenly singing along to Iron Maiden songs. Sally invited us to hear her group, the Sudden Moves, play the next afternoon at a party away from the maddening throng of festival-goers. What immediately struck me about her was that she was cute and feminine but looked great holding a guitar, and she could really rock. I'm a bit of a closet rock misogynist—sometimes girls with guitars just look like they're uncomfortable—but Sally reminded me of great female rockers like Chrissie Hynde and Polly Harvey. After the show, she was saying how they had a European tour coming up in the fall opening for the Wedding Present and their present bass player refused to travel. I blurted out, "I'll do it," and Sally said, "OK, you're on!" So began my career as a bass player, although I've been playing bass a lot lately, especially on my last couple of records. We did three shows in Scotland and four in England and had a blast, but we suffered a little bit from Opening Act Syndrome; the Wedding Present's punters liked to show up quite late.
Sally's songs are melodic, punchy and sometimes quite short. I'm very envious of that, as it's really difficult sometimes to get everything in that you want in under two minutes. But she delivers. And, most importantly, they rock. Pick up her new record, Your Nearest Exit May Be Behind You, and tell 'em Tommy sent you.
"Sleepyhead" from Your Nearest Exit May Be Behind You:
http://magnetmagazine.com/audio/Sleepyhead.mp3


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COST's Role in the Tax Conversation, a Discussion With Nikki Dobay
by TaxOps | Sep 8, 2021 | Podcast, State and Local
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Judy Vorndran
Meredith Smith
Nikki Dobay Council of State Taxation (COST)
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Intro Welcome to SALTovation. The SALTovation show is a podcast series featuring the leading voices in state and local tax, where we talk about the issues and strategies to help you make sense of state and local tax.
Meredith Hello, everyone, and welcome to another episode of the SALTovation podcast where we are joined by Niki Dobay today, who is a senior tax counsel for the Council on State Taxation (COST). Today, we are going to look into the nonprofit trade association and try to understand some of the inner workings of the state tax brain trust. Welcome, Nikki, and thank you for being here today.
Nikki Thank you, Meredith. Thank you, Judy. Happy to be here.
Meredith And of course, the great Judy Vorndran of SALTovation. Hello again, Judy.
Judy Hello, Meredith. Hello, Nikki.
Meredith It is our understanding that you have accepted a new position and going back to a law firm. So let us be one of the first to congratulate you on your new position.
Nikki Yes. Looking forward to continuing working together in this new role.
Meredith We'll just start there. You've had kind of a varied career beginning in law, moving to public accounting and then ending up at COST. So for those, that's the common nomenclature for the Council on State Taxation. So what? Well, and then going back to the law firm. So what path kind of took your career that way and how did you shift between industry buckets?
Nikki And one that I have been thinking about quite a bit over the past few months is I've been thinking about making a transition. And one of my early mentors started to ask me, what do I want to do when I grow up? And I had a very difficult time answering that. And so I think for me, when where I've been, I've just tried to master the things that I've been doing. And then at some point I want to master something new. And so I've made a jump. And looking back, I really can't think that I have that I would have been ready to be a partner in a law firm seven or eight years ago when I left. So I went to see at that time and I'm just so grateful for the experience I had working on tax compliance. And while definitely not my favorite thing and I think a lot of people have that experience, I don't think I'm alone there. It just taught me so much and has helped me so much in understanding how to interpret the words on the page and then how to explain that to legislators. And then obviously my time, because not only have I learned an amazing amount about the legislative process, just the world opens and the state and local tax world opens and you get to know the members and the practitioners and the who's who. And that's just been an incredible experience. And I so I'm so glad I didn't start this job during COVID, not being able to travel would have been challenging, but really looking forward to the next step and also really looking forward to continuing to work with folks like yourself.
Judy It's a great point because oftentimes, like when you read the law, you're like, OK, great, but I'm pretty sure the person who wrote this has never tried to put pen to paper. And you're just like that doesn't make sense, like, seriously and like as this is kind of off SALT. But like the CARES Act and tax reform, you're like, did you guys really think about, like, what that means? Clearly not. And so, you know, I think that's amazing that, you know, organizations such as COST can help bridge these matters and climb the learning curve.
Nikki When I started, I would march into the legislators, into the legislative hearings or committees, and I had all my notes on tax and I would sit down and I would just tell them about tax. I learned very quickly that when I looked up, they were all checking their phones, looking out the window, because they don't live in this world we live in. So no idea. So I, I very quickly changed my approach to make it so easy for them to understand how difficult what they were going to do would be for taxpayers to comply with and whether or not they thought it was the greatest policy in the world. It was just going to be an incredible challenge. And I think that did make me an effective advocate for our membership, because that's really where I saw the conversations needed to go. And somebody did tell me early on when I was very nervous because I had to testify about unclaimed property, which I know nothing about. And the person just that I guarantee you, even if you know almost nothing, you know more than they know. They're like, so just walk in there. You're the smartest person in the room on this and just say whatever you think will help. Yeah, well, it's true. Departments of Revenue don't really know how to deal with taxes either. And you find a lot of them have never even done a tax return except their own as an employee. That's a pretty easy return. It's a 1040. Right. So I have found that kind of astounding. Like they're administering the tax laws. I have had auditors not even know how to read a financial statement. They don't know what accounts are. And you're thinking you're asking me about a partnership deduction for a guaranteed payment as if it's an expense of the partnership. OK, you don't get financial accounting effects. Many years ago, I thought about hiring auditors because we're getting audit right, left and middle of my clients. And then I go to meet some of these people who worked in accounting and they're not even CPAs half the time. Right? So they're not even in the same field that I'm in as an undergrad. I have a CPA myself. And so they don't understand financial accounting. So that's why I can't hire them. They can never advance themselves at public accounting because you've got to be a CPA just to get beyond that and definitely change at the state and local tax world, must hire CPAs and attorneys qualified using other credentials to give credibility for advancement.
Judy Here in Colorado with our home rules, legislators don't even get that all these home rules create a total complex mess for taxpayers. How the heck are they supposed to do? Seventy local jurisdictions. Great, right? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. It's interesting. And then, of course, political things are so about the headline.
Meredith So then what role really does COST play in the greater multistate tax conversation?
Nikki So a little history. Going back to the 1950s when the states were going to try to figure out apportionment. We don't really know we're going to do it all sorts of different ways. There was the Willis Commission that came out and studied, I think it was Portland Cement case that said the states can apportion however the heck they want. I thought that was all great. But then the Willis commission came out. Congress put together this committee to study it and they were going to draft legislation, essentially imposing a three factor apportionment formula upon the states and said states, this is how you have to do it. From that sprang the multistate tax commission (MTC) because the states, of course, came roaring up and said, whoa, whoa, whoa. Tenth Amendment, Tenth Amendment, no, Congress didn't act. So they came together, formed the MTC, formed the compact and started working towards getting the compact passed. And I think it had to pass in seven states before it would be a compact two years after the multi state tax commission was formed. So we are kind of the antithesis of the MTC. We are the taxpayer side that has worked closely with the MTC. We've been adversaries at other times, but really the two organizations kind of go hand in hand. So we have the states on one side marching forward with what they want to do. And then COST is the company membership organization that works for the membership to advocate for the taxpayer point of view in the corporate tax world so that nothing is ever equal. But in theory, you've got equal representation from like a business side and a government side. Because the MTC is a quasi governmental agency, it's paid for by the states, by taxpayers. COST is paid for by taxpayers.
COST has a tiered system with the lowest level being three thousand dollars a year, and that's a company wide membership. So very small companies can be a member of cost. They can get involved. Where I do think we run into some issues with the smaller companies, if they have a lot of their issues can be very different from the large companies which have been traditionally the cost members. So you think of the size of the world and the Wal-Mart, and we are often thought of I mean, in this role I have been seen as the corporate lobbyists got better when I walk in. A lot of people don't even know I'm a tax attorney. They just think, oh, here is another lobbyist for big, big companies. But cost is very open to smaller businesses. It just can be challenging even if they can do it monetarily. I think sometimes their advocacy positions could be different. And so we've always struggled there. And I think they tend to go to like the small business organizations or their local chambers for more of that advocacy work.
Judy I think that what I find I'm on the Coalition to Simplify Colorado sales tax and I've been on the Governor's task force for the last four plus years trying to make meaningful change to our overall sales tax set up. And what I have found in our membership is it's not that they can't afford to join, it's who's going to take it forward in the company and manage it. The controller might not be able to or maybe they don't even have a CFO help. The people that could run the issues up to the company don't have the time to actually spend what they need to spend to help do the advocacy work. So I think it's all fine and good to put your money in there. But if you don't follow the money with a person who's helping to give voice to the issues you need to represent, you're not going to get there. And people are busy with a job. And that's what I have found. It's like we have one hundred dollar membership for our coalition. Just joined. Put your name on the roster, be a part of us. Put your voice out there. Let us say you are here. And they struggle with that because they think, well, I don't know, am I going to get anything out of it? Because you're doing something and thank you. But I don't know that I can help advocate for myself. So that's the challenge. I think with people getting involved, how are you going to make that membership meaningful to you?
Nikki I also think just being in this role and seeing how things unfold in state. Goals to the project you're talking about, Judy, I've seen this time and time again, it's actually the small businesses that have a far greater voice when the large company I mean, I can walk in and testify on behalf of the membership sound tax policy, say all the buzzwords. But if you get a local company in there, either saying we love it or we hate it, that has so much more impact. And so it is unfortunate that there aren't more folks that have time within those companies to focus on the issues because they can be so impactful in this in this state and local area. And I that's just something I've learned at cost. Obviously, it's not something we are often engaged in. But, yeah, it's so important for them to use their voice if they have a powerful message, because they're the ones that get the legislators to stand up and say, oh yeah, these are the guys that vote for me or these little guys to talk to their neighbor. That's right. Both right. And that that's how you move the needle. But it's also a challenge.
Judy How does COST decide what they're going to get involved in? Like where are we going to focus our efforts, what's going to be the most meaningful for our taxpayers? What is just something that like you can't do that, like it's bad policy. It's like how do you how do you decide that?
Nikki So COST is a nonprofit organization. So we have a board. Our board of directors is made up. I want to say twenty two to twenty seven members of the board, all from companies that are cost members. So they'll bury the members very widely as to their types of business. We've got retailers, we've got oil and gas, we've got telecom satellites. And so a broad spectrum of what the membership is. And it's the advocacy team at cost puts together what we call policy positions or policy statements. These are all on our website. We've got about twenty six of those, I think. And so we take those to our board. For example, we have a policy position against mandatory unitary combined reporting against gross receipts, taxes just focused on their tax policy, the administration. So fairness and clarity, those sorts of things. So we take those positions on the board. The board votes on them. Those are the advocacy efforts that we will engage in kind of proactively. So if any of those issues come up within a state, we are going to just take charge and go act in accordance with our policy position. Other issues are more on an ad hoc basis and really how we decide there is. Is it an interest? Is this an issue that is of interest to the broad membership? And if so, can the membership agree on the position? So, for example, marketplace facilitator, the role model for the remote sellers and marketplace facilitators, we've kind of been engaged on the sidelines, but not all of our members see eye to eye on exactly everything. So in some situations, we aren't able to kind of actively engage. So those are kind of the criteria that we look to on the legislative advocacy side. We also do judicial advocacy. So we weigh in with amicus briefs in different state cases. And there we just have a bit of a formal process that we go through to. We have a legal committee that helps us decide whether or not we're going to take a case. And very similarly, if it's a kind of the guiding principle is it's an issue that's of importance to the membership and there's not going to be a split among our members. So an example of a split, like we don't take a position on single sales factor or market based sourcing because there's winners and losers. And that's going to impact our members in different ways. So we essentially remain neutral. But and if those issues come up, we can go and talk about the policy….(revert to podcast)
Judy ….There is zero voice at the MTC for small sellers, there was a time when they were talking about Wayfair and remote seller collections. They had some folks like any other and probably other practitioners that were working with Avalara. They were talking then. But I think it's a voice that really gets lost in the states. Don't hear about it, and they don't think about it. And they don't understand that these decisions are having significant impact on small businesses and midsize businesses that are really just trying to make it. And you're going to crush them with state tax compliance. And that's something when Colorado kind of went to destination sourcing. Small sellers didn't know how to do that. And then that's when Colorado pushed back their enforcement date is because they had such a presence within from that small business community. It was heartbreaking for me, which is probably why we've taken up the mantle to be involved, because no one's paying me to be on this governor's task force. I'm doing out of my own sheer desire and will and also to inform because I can't speak on behalf of that. And honestly, from my perspective, I can't make money on that. Right. I can't make money. Just do a ten dollar tax return. No one's going to pay me to do that. So then I'm representing somebody that isn't fixing their problems and it worries me, too. So I'm like, I'm not going to get you out of it. You're actually wrong, but you don't want to comply. Does it make sense for you financially? And I totally get that. So I'm kind of pushing maybe a little bit for me, too, because if I could make it simpler, they will comply, you know, so I would like everybody to have a win. Right. The governments get a little something, the business gets a little something, and then everybody in the end, it's all better for all of us. But if it's so difficult, people won't comply. Only the largest companies. Well, and think about that. I mean, think about that in the context of when Wayfair came out, how quickly the states pivoted to the marketplace providers because. No, I think there was a light bulb moment for them where….Anyway, it's just interesting. Careful what you ask for, but I don't think I've ever seen a state in my entire career move that quickly to get all the way through laws. And then I was really, like you said, astounded that marketplace all the time. The court didn't say that's OK, but that they also somehow blessed marketplace facilitation collection. And, you know, and that's untested. We have no idea whether or not that's actually constitutional. I mean, everybody's rolling with it….(revert to podcast)
UNKNOWN ….What do you tell a company? If my clients have like five or six states and Kansas is one of them I like, what are we going to do? We're going to fight Kansas for five hundred bucks. You already have a system we've just turned Kansas on. It's just not worth the fight. You're not going to be the one taking it to court unless you want to get together and do a class action. Like, forget it. I've done I don't care that much about Kansas, so there's a challenge. And in the same text, it's so hard because it's somebody else's money. I mean, you have the compliance costs, but if you get it wrong or the a bad, bad answer. Very bad answer. Yes. Especially when you're selling to people like you or me, you're not going to come back to me and send me a bill for 14 cents for because you of thing….(revert to podcast)
Meredith Well Nikki, we're certainly glad that you didn't stay shushed today. You helped us take, you know, this podcast to a whole new level that I think my producers feel pretty good about that. We really appreciate your time today. Best of luck with your new position and we look forward to hearing more from you in a year or so about the transition, right? And then, of course, Judy, thank you again for your time. I'm Meredith Smith. And until next time.
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Questions asked and answered in this Episode:
How did Nikki shift from public accounting to COST and back to a law firm?
What role does COST play in the tax conversation?
Where does COST focus their efforts?
How can small sellers get involved in the MTC?
What You Will Discover:
[01:14] How Nikki navigated her career
[09:26] What role does COST play in the tax conversation
[20:13] How does COST decide what they get involved in
[24:29] How Nikki thinks of the Oregon Corporate Activity Tax
[28:53] How to determine state nexus
[35:37] What is some advice for small sellers to get involved in the MTC?
[42:39] Outro
Quotables:
"Somebody did tell me early on when I was very nervous because I had to testify about unclaimed property, which I know nothing about. And the person just said 'I guarantee you even if you know almost nothing, you know more than they know. Just walk in there. You're the smartest person in the room on this and just say whatever you think will help." – Nikki Dobay [05:07]
"What I have come to see going from the biggest firm in the world into a regional firm was how much that vote gets missed for the little guys. And the big guys can afford to pay someone like you. They can afford to hire someone internally as a lobbyist." – Judy Vorndran [17:02]
"It just seems like the state shouldn't be able to dictate what the federal law says. It's not their job to interpret this federal law and whether or not it applies." – Nikki Dobay [34:15]
"I think it's a voice that really gets lost and the states don't hear about it. They don't think about it and they don't understand that these decisions are having significant impacts on small businesses and mid-size businesses that are really just trying to make it and you're going to crush them with state tax compliance for what reason." – Nikki Dobay [36:12]
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RJ on Jazz
By R.J. DeLuke ** Thoughts on Jazz and its Makers; Trends, Events, Observations on the national scene and in the Capital District Region of New York State. This magical music, played in the moment, improvised from the heart, is what separates us from the animal kingdom ... that, and the missionary position.
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International Jazz Day concert at the United Nations Provides Uplifting Moments
The first--of many we trust--International Jazz Day shined brightly with a concert at the United Nations in New York City. There were other concerts the world over. But in New York, a star-studded event also included poignant and uplifting words about the music from Quincy Jones, T.S. Monk, Herbie Hancock and others.
In the United Nations building, it did in a couple hours what the organization was supposed to do. Jazz is the shining example of freedom, brotherhood, communication, experimentation, exhilaration all in one. It's has everything. Heart. Emotion. Guts. As Jones noted: Left Brain, Right Brain. Emotion and Intellect.
It's known the world over, of course, and often better known overseas than here. Which has always been a shame. That aside, the proceedings in New York showed what jazz is and can be.
It's here. HIGHLY recommended viewing: jazzday.com/videos (Cut and paste in browser till this thing is fixed)
It reached into the blues with Susan Tedeschi, Derek Trucks and Robert Cray wailing a Howlin' Wolf tune, accompanied by Christian McBride and George Duke. Ron Carter, Hancock, Jack DeJohnette and Wayne Shorter revived their former boss's classic "Milestones" in a tribute to Miles. Thelonious Monk was acknowledged with a sharp version of "Think of One," the group led by Danilo Perez, with Joe Lovano scorching the room with his tenor sax.
Jazz -- out of the blues -- has influenced all of the music that came after, including pop and rock. The concert featured many flavors showing that. Hugh Masekela and Angelique Kidjo showed the direct African influence. Stevie Wonder was there, jamming on harmonica with Masekela, McBride, Jimmy Heath on "Grazing in the Grass." The music stretched across a broad plain, performed with joie de vivre at every step.
Jazz has been an international language for decades and probably the strongest ambassador that's ever been for the U.S. Dave Brubeck, Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, Duke Ellington and so many more took music to every corner of the world before any others, traveling in places that were forbidden to the average American. So many greats were lionized overseas.
There is sooooo much talent out there today, young, eager. Open to new ideas and making jazz contemporary. And jazz has always been contemporary. Miles showed that.
Christian Scott, Ambrose Akinmusire, Esperanza Spalding, Myron Walden, Marcus Strickland, Eric Harland, Kendrick Scott, Chris Potter, Jason Moran. Shit. Waaaaaay too many names to include. Young cats that are going to carry on the art form.
Here's hoping in some way they are lionized. And here at home.
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Fiction, Horror, Reviews
Indigo Awakening | Kanika Kumar | Book Review
WRITING STYLE: 3.5/5
"We build our personalities through our experiences, Kani. Our personality exists because of our thoughts and actions. It is not a ghost."
Divided into 23 chapters, Indigo Awakening is a grim yet exciting read into the topsy-turvy world of a woman who has been suffering from the feeling of being visited by apparitions at night time.
Though she's tried several times to brush aside her thoughts as mere whims, she can barely overcome the sweat and fear that they leave her with once the visions are over.
Through a grim prologue, Kanika Kumar leads the readers into this world of mayhem that barely makes sense to the lead character (also named Kanika) as she debates whether her life is a bane or a boon amidst the given chaos.
The plot moves gradually at a steady pace but it is the manner of storytelling that is unique to Kumar who holds up the suspense till the very last word of the book.
It is this suspense that is enthralling and makes the reader want to know more about what exactly happens next. The way in which things unfold is surreptitious.
Scene after scene there are several philosophical debates about what exactly those visions signify and who can be behind it all.
Kumar's narrative has a minimalist style that allows for little to be revealed and makes it hard for the reader to skim pages. Added to that, her offbeat rhetoric calls for close attention to linguistic cues that hint at various possibilities of Kanika's maladies.
This makes for the chances of multiple explanations and understandings of the plot line.
Akin to a psychological thriller in some parts with several hidden mysteries, the minimalistic aspect is so strongly stressed that the book doesn't come with a blurb or a cover photo. This puts all the focus on the text that pulls the reader in and just won't let go too easily.
It all makes for a highly unpredictable narrative that seems to find no proper solution.
The conflict lies within the character of Kanika who is extremely confused about what exactly ails her. Despite recommendations to visit a doctor, Kanika wants to beat up her demons on her own.
Underneath it all is a woman who is either possessed or suffering from extreme anxiety and depression.
What follows is a mind-boggling mix of mathematics, permutations, combinations and a lot of power of the X chromosome.
Being able to connect with Dark Energy means an opening into other dimensions. While Kanika may be a magnet for the spirit world, it is also highly possible that she is simply a mad woman going through a difficult phase of her life.
After a certain point, Indigo Awakening gets too philosophical and may seem problematic to those who do not enjoy a world outside of the empirical and rational company.
Be it a hallucination or over imagination, Kanika is confident that it is definitely supernatural. According to her, a higher intelligence has spoken but it is up to her to handle it.
The book is a great read for those who are ghostbusters or believe in ghosts, astrology, the power of spiritual healing or simply enjoy philosophical debates about abstractions of the universe and higher order thinking.
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Last year, when I went back over my P365 pictures, I found a lot of pictures of my feet!!! It's funny what you tend to take over and over without realizing!
so how big is the flower part?!!! it must be ginormous!
I forgot you took that pic of Emily. Gosh I love that girl! Thanks for visiting us!!
Those pictures of Isaac's artwork are precious! And Emily, too.
Kids artwork is always a heart tugger at our house too...grammas and papas always love getting love in the mail!
I too am a diet coke girl...YUM!
The picture of the teenagers....well it was just priceless!
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That picture of the boys...precious!
Nothing better than kid artwork!
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Love the first pic. Tells a story, doesn't it?
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Paru le jeudi 20 janvier 2011 sur CBC.CA/Winnipeg
www.cbc.ca/canada/manitoba/story/2011/01/19/man-lucacs-exam-anxiety-court.html
University moves to quash 'exam anxiety' lawsuit
Last Updated: Thursday, January 20, 2011 | 7:23 AM CST Comments41Recommend21.
The University of Manitoba has repeatedly defended its decision to grant the PhD candidate his degree. (CBC)
A University of Manitoba math professor who is suing his employer over the granting of a PhD to a student with extreme exam anxiety faces a test of his dissent in a Winnipeg courtroom Thursday morning.
Gabor Lukacs and lawyers for the post-secondary school will square off at a morning hearing in the Court of Queen's Bench.
Lukacs is hoping the court will overturn a decision by the school's dean of graduate studies to waive a failed comprehensive exam for a PhD candidate, who said after the fact he suffered from acute exam anxiety.
Lawyers for the university are expected to argue Thursday that Lukacs has no standing to seek a judicial review of the school's decisions and that his lawsuit should be tossed out of court.
The university has previously said it was accommodating the legitimate disability of an otherwise exceptional student, but Lukacs argues it reflects poorly on the school's reputation.
In court documents filed in advance of Thursday's hearing, Lukacs calls the unnamed student's stated disability "controversial," and said it wasn't disclosed until after he failed the exam twice and was forced under university rules to withdraw from the program.
Lukacs wasn't the only faculty member to object to the school's decision, but he was the one who went to court to fight it.
The university suspended Lukacs for three months — even cancelled his email account — for going public with a student's health information.
He only recently returned to work.
Lukacs's fight has drawn support from around the world.
An international group of 86 mathematicians sent a letter to U of M president David Barnard expressing their concern at the way the degree was granted and the way Lukacs was treated.
The university has responded with a letter to staff justifying the decision. The school says the unnamed student aced two other comprehensive exams and the exception was made because he was a scholar with an above-normal number of publications in refereed journals and was lauded by the internal and external examiners on his thesis committee.
The university's graduate students' association also objects to Lukacs's interference, although other students and faculty members signed a petition supporting him.
Thursday's hearing begins at 10 a.m. CT.
Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/manitoba/story/2011/01/19/man-lucacs-exam-anxiety-court.html#ixzz1Bgmt3V7J
Paru vendredi 21 janvier 2011 sur www.cbc.ca/Manitoba
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/manitoba/story/2011/01/21/mb-exam-anxiety-degree-challenge-lukacs-winnipeg.html
Judge reserves exam anxiety decision
Math prof wants PhD taken away from student
Last Updated: Friday, January 21, 2011 | 7:54 AM CST Comments71Recommend36.
Gabor Lukacs believes the University of Manitoba should have offered a modified exam to a student who claimed to be suffering from exam anxiety, rather than award the PhD after the student failed a key exam. (University of Manitoba)
A judge in Winnipeg has reserved decision in the case of a math professor who is challenging the granting of a PhD to a student who suffers from exam anxiety.
The case pits the University of Manitoba against Gabor Lukacs, who is upset that the university granted the PhD to a student who failed a key exam twice, and later claimed to suffer from exam anxiety.
Lukacs is asking the Court of Queen's Bench to revoke the degree.
Lukacs's lawyer warned in court on Thursday that the university is risking its academic reputation and could be seen as a diploma mill.
The university, however, is asking the court to dismiss Lukacs's complaint.
The school's lawyer, Jamie Kagan, said Lukacs is a "busybody" with no legal right to challenge the degree, because he wasn't the student's professor.
The student has an otherwise brilliant academic record, and Kagan insisted that exam anxiety is a recognized disability.
University defends waiving exam
The U of M said it accommodated the student by waiving the exam and acknowledging the student's other merits.
But Lukacs said that's not accommodation.
"Accommodation means if you have vision problems, you get a reader. If you have problems writing, you get a script," he said.
A modified exam should have been offered, Lukacs suggested.
"Your exam can be divided into two or three parts, smaller bits, all that is perfectly fine. But you still need, in some ways, to prove that you know what everybody in a particular program is supposed to know."
Justice Deborah McCawley on Thursday gave no indication as to when she might render her decision.
Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/manitoba/story/2011/01/21/mb-exam-anxiety-degree-challenge-lukacs-winnipeg.html#ixzz1Bgrnrapq


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WVB: Wildcats Reach the 20 Win Mark for the Second Consecutive Year With Wins Over Alfred and Oswego.
SUNY Poly (20-10 (12-1 NEAC)) 25 23 25 21 15 3
Alfred (12-17 (3-5 Empire 8)) 19 25 23 25 8 2
Oswego St.
Oswego St. (14-15, (5-4 SUNYAC)) 17 21 30 20 1
SUNY Poly (19-10, (12-1 NEAC)) 25 25 28 25 3
K: Ryenn Smith - 22
B: 2 Players (#4, #10) - 4
D: Ryenn Smith - 19
SA: Melissa Krak - 6
K: Smith, Amber - 23
B: Hicks, Jacquelynn - 3
D: Estep, Elisabeth - 18
SA: 3 Players (#4, #13, #15) - 2
K: Megan Russell - 12
B: Laura Finn - 4
D: Rina Qelaj - 10
SA: Meaghan Roefs - 2
B: Lauren Knowles - 4
SA: Emma Larson - 6
ALFRED, N.Y. – The SUNY Poly women's volleyball team finished their season on a high note this weekend with two wins over Alfred and Oswego. The Wildcats beat Alfred in a back and forth five set match in their first game on Saturday and won in four sets in their second match of the day against Oswego.
Ryenn Smith (Lyons, N.Y.) had a fantastic two matches for the Wildcats. She tied her career high twice by registering 22 kills against Alfred and 22 kills against Oswego. Against Alfred Smith took a season high 61 swings and had a hitting percentage of .213. She also had a match high 19 digs, a service ace, and two block assists. Against Oswego Smith had 15 digs and took 46 swings; hitting .304.
The Wildcats won the first, third, and fifth sets of their match against Alfred. The final line score read 25-19, 23-25, 25-23, 21-25, 15-8. Melissa Krak (Canastota, N.Y.) had 16 kills and hit an outstanding .359 on 39 swings. Her senior counterpart on the right side; Emma Larson (Miller Place, N.Y.) had 10 kills on 32 swings. She also had three service aces, 16 digs, and four total blocks; two solo and two assisted. Sydney Johnson (Nine Mile Falls, Wash.) had 50 assists and 13 digs in the match.
The Wildcats took their match against Oswego in four sets 25-17, 25-21, 28-30, 25-20. Sydney Johnson again put a 50 spot in the assist column of the stat sheet. Emma Larson hit a match high .409 with 11 kills on 22 attempts. Melissa Krak had 14 kills, 12 digs and two block assists.
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"Shadow Sands" by Robert Bryndza – Book Review
Posted on August 2, 2021 by Fictionophile
Kate Marshall – a former police detective, now works in a university as a lecturer in criminology alongside her young and talented research assistant. Kate is a 42 year old single mother whose teenage son lives with his grandmother, Kate's own mother. Though she has been sober for the past several years, she continues to battle against the alcoholism which almost derailed both her work and home life. Now she lives in a cottage overlooking the sea in which she swims every morning, no matter the weather.
Tristan Harper – an intelligent and astute young man in his twenties. He is the perfect foil for Kate and their relationship wields an admirable balance. This time out we learn more about Tristan's personal life.
While Kate and her son Jake dive in Shadow Sands reservoir, they want to see the flooded village. What they do see, near the submerged church steeple, is the body of a young man…
Kate wants to know why the young man ended up there. Her investigations reveal that this is not the first body to be found in the reservoir under questionable circumstances. She notes that the powerful and wealthy Baker family own the land surrounding the reservoir, and wonders if they could have any connection to the deaths. The dense fog seems to be a link in the disappearances. When Tristan's acquaintance Magdalena disappears in the fog too, Kate and Tristan scramble to solve the case while there is still hope that she might be alive. "There's nothing more terrifying than when the police have been corrupted and are working against you."
Rich characterization and a page-turning plot makes for a fast-paced, though at times gruesome read. This is the second in the Kate Marshall series following "Nine Elms". Anyone who missed reading the first novel in the series should have no qualms about reading "Shadow Sands" as enough background information is included that it reads very well as a stand-alone novel.
I enjoyed Kate Marshall's character and her relationships with her assistant, and her son. All were rich and believable. Kate has more baggage than most women in their forties and she is working hard to leave it behind her – including her longing for alcohol. A 'day at a time' battle that she is determined to overcome.
The atmospheric locale where the man-made Shadow Sands Reservoir in situated added greatly to my enjoyment of the novel. First of all, I find the idea of flooded towns more than a little unsettling to begin with. Then, factor in the recently found bodies, and the area's tendency to be mired down in almost impenetrable fog, well, it is just a creepy, and eerie setting.
The narrative is well-balanced between the 'case' and Kate's home life. This time out her sixteen year old son Jake has requested he visit his father…
The investigation probes themes of police corruption, the power and influence of the wealthy, and how insignificant some people seem when they are missing with no one to look for them.
The ending was perfect and adeptly set the scene for the next Kate Marshall thriller which I already have loaded on my Kindle.
Highly, highly recommended to all lovers of gritty crime fiction.
This review was written voluntarily and my rating was in no way influenced by the fact that I received a complimentary digital copy of this novel from Thomas & Mercer via NetGalley.
Publication date: November 3, 2020 Publisher: Thomas & Mercer
ISBN: 9781542023368 ASIN: B07VBL8H9L 316 pages
Robert Bryndza began his career training at the Guildford School of Acting. He spent six years as an actor, doing all kinds of strange jobs in between, which was the perfect training for being an author. He began to write during a long period of unemployment, first comedy sketches, a show which he took to the Edinburgh Festival, and then four romantic comedy novels which he self-published, and they became Amazon charts bestsellers selling over 250,000 copies.
His debut crime thriller The Girl in the Ice was the first book in his Detective Erika Foster series. It has sold over 1 million copies in the English language, and won the Dead Good Reader Award for best kick-ass female character at the 2016 Harrogate Crime Festival. Erika Foster has gone on to kick-ass in five further books; The Night Stalker, Dark Water, Last Breath, Cold Blood and Deadly Secrets. The series was twice nominated in Goodreads Choice Awards (Mystery and Thriller category) in 2016 for The Girl in the Ice, and in 2017 for Last Breath. Robert's books have sold over 3 million copies in the English language, and have been translated into 29 languages.
Nine Elms, the first book in his new Kate Marshall private detective series was first published late in 2019 and was an instant Amazon USA no.1 bestseller, an Amazon UK top 10 bestseller and topped bestselling charts around the world. The second book in the series, Shadow Sands, will be published in November 2020. Robert is British and lives in Slovakia.
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6 Responses to "Shadow Sands" by Robert Bryndza – Book Review
Wonderful review Lynne. I have both of the Kate Marshall books on my kindle, and I definitely need to make time for them after reading this review. I think the sunken town is really eerie and interesting to read more about.
Fictionophile says:
England is notorious for making reservoirs over low lying towns and villages. It is eerie and also very unfortunate for those poor souls who had to relinquish their homes… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derwent,_Derbyshire
Thanks Lynne, I am going to check this info. out.
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We have changed the way after school clubs are administered.
This term's timetable, plus T&Cs are available on the Clubs Page.
Open to children attending South Marston C of E Primary School from Year R through to Year 6. The provision will be run from 15:15 to 17:30 during term time only, excluding early closure and emergency closure days. Please call into the school office for more information.
I am writing to inform you of some Leadership changes that will be taking place at South Marston CofE Primary School.
Mr Maddison has very recently secured the position of 'Interim Executive Headteacher' at Sutton Benger CofE Primary School, a school near Chippenham which he will be working at starting next week. This will continue to the end of the academic year. The role is for two days per week which will allow him to continue with his substantive position of Headteacher at South Marston during the other three.
During this period of time, Mrs Hendry will become 'Head of School' and be the first point of contact for parents and carers when Mr Maddison is absent from South Marston. Mr Maddison's current teaching commitment will be covered by Mrs Campbell, who we are lucky to have secured the services of again. Mrs Campbell will be assisted by Student teacher Katie Jeffreys who has already begun work this term at South Marston and will be with us until Easter.
We are delighted that Mr Maddison's leadership skills have been recognised with this secondment and hope to form new links to the benefit of all children, staff and governors at South Marston & Sutton Benger schools.
Tesco UES is closing and we have transferred to My Clothing Limited, who are the UK's largest provider of school wear. Prices remain the same as Tesco for the time being. Non-personalised uniform is available in addition to embroidered items.
These dates (including TD days) are now available from the Term Dates Page.
The menus and payment for our cook-on-site hot meals service is through ParentPay.
For payment arrangements and other information, see the School Dinners page.
The Friends of South Marston Primary School Need You!
Find out what FSMPS does for the the school, what we have planned and how you can help.
Please keep these spaces free for the families at school & in the community who need them.
We have a number of existing disabled members of the school community as well as a parent who is a wheelchair user and benefits greatly from this provision.
The Parish Council are monitoring the use of the disabled bays and speed in the village on a regular basis.


Cold weather recipes to keep you warm are the best - and you probably won't find many people who argue against tomato soup being one of the best remedies for winter blues.
Although I made this homemade soup from America's Test Kitchen, slightly adapted, in the heat of the summer, I've been thinking about it for the last few days and gearing up to make batch #2 soon.
Melt butter in Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add drained tomatoes, onion, brown sugar and tomato paste. Cook, stirring until the onion is soft and the tomatoes start to caramelize.
Stir in flour and cook for 1 minute. Slowly stir in the broth and the tomato juice. Bring to a simmer, cover and cook for 10 minutes.
I used my immersion blender to puree the soup which meant I didn't need to dirty up the food processor or regular blender. At this stage, I packaged half of the soup for the freezer, with a note that said "add cream" so we wouldn't forget when we pulled it out a few weeks later.
I used 1/4 heavy cream to the half that was left and brought the soup to a brief simmer before removing from the heat. After a quick salt, pepper and cayenne seasoning it was ready to eat.
And was it good. Very creamy, robust flavor and the perfect consistency. Definitely on the make-it-again list.


The term "mythology" has many connotations. For some people, myths are the universal symbolic language of humanity; for others, mythology merely means a dead religion, the Latin of the soul. Still others use the term pejoratively, considering myths to be examples of primitive and inferior religion. What is the significance of myth for postmodern Unitarian Universalists in a largely Christian America?
For the past two years, Mr. Hall has served as support minister for the Unitarian Congregation of Mendon and Uxbridge. In September, he will begin his internship at the First Parish (UU) in Framingham.
Our service will begin at 10:30 a.m., followed by coffee and fellowship at about 11:30. Day care and religious-education classes are offered, and visitors are always welcome.


It's that time of year already……Easter! Most of us chocoholics are familiar with those yummy Cadbury Creme Eggs, so I have put together a collection of Thermomix Creme Egg Recipes. All of these are super delicious and perfect for your Easter gatherings, or just a special treat for yourself!
Brownies and Creme Eggs are almost a match made in heaven, you have to try the Cadbury Creme Egg Brownies, oh sooooooooo yummy!
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Sunlight is a terrible thing to waste.
Climate-adapted design principles are used to harvest energy from the environment through daylighting, passive heating, night ventilation cooling and thermal storage. Natural light provides all lighting during daylight hours. In summer, windows are shielded from direct sunlight and a natural ventilation system brings sea breezes into building to cool heat sinks. In the winter, lower-angle sunlight warms the heat sinks.
South-facing windows are fully shaded in the summer and admit sun in the winter. Automated louvers operate to flush building and cool the culvert pipe thermal storage tanks for next day's use.
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Das Brett ist bezeichnet mit einem Quadrat und seinen Diagonalen, wobei eine Seitenlinie des Quadrates fehlt. Es wird mit vier Spielsteinen gespielt, die sich nur den Linien nach bewegen können und nur im Diagonalenschnittpunkt und an den Ecken verharren dürfen. Jeder der Spieler hat zwei Steine, die er, wie oben erklärt, auf dem Brett bewegen kann. Das Ziel ist, dafür zu sorgen, dass der Gegner blockiert wird und sich nicht mehr bewegen kann. Dabei dürfen keine Figuren übersprungen werden.

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