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Weekly Roundup: September 13, 2019
September 13, 2019 / papercatpress
Welcome to Paper Cat Press's Weekly Roundup! In the Weekly Roundup, I provide links and summarized information about the crowdfunded projects, creator opportunities, and resources that have caught my eye over the week. I hope you enjoy!
WARNING! Some content below may feature NSFW content. Links will be marked NSFW! when the content identifies itself as adult material.
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Kickstarter has recently fired two of its employees who were leaders in the effort to form a union at the company. Since interim CEO Aziz Hasan took over in March of this year, employees have experienced a number of retaliatory actions against efforts to unionize, outlined in this article by April Glaser.
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative announced that as of September 1, books printed in China or Hong Kong will be subject to a 10% tariff. Tariffs on children's picture, drawing, or coloring books will be delayed until December 15.
Patreon notified users that a new EU law will require Patreon to add an extra security step for EU patrons. More details are available in this article from their help center.
SPX has created a legal aid fund in support of 11 indie artists and an indie publisher who are faced with a defamation lawsuit because they spoke out against another creator's alleged pattern of sexual abuse. Please support their cause and send the message that survivors of sexual assault do not feel afraid to speak out against their abusers and supporters of victims should not pay for an abuser's crimes.
Social Resources
Need information on elections, candidates, and public policy in the US? Check out Ballotpedia.
Need to contact your government officials? Let Resist Bot and 5calls help you out.
The Crash Override Network has resources on what to do if you're a victim of online harassment and/or doxxing and how to protect yourself.
If you are a trans person in need of legal assistance, check translawhelp.org for pro bono services in your state.
Here's a list of free or low-cost mental health resources. Thank you so much for compiling this list, Tiffany!
If you need to talk to someone or otherwise vent, please utilize this list of help hotlines.
Remember to rest, eat, and drink water when you can. Take care of yourself the best that you can. You, your presence, and your work have an incredible impact on the people around you. You should be here.
Nilah Magruder shared this Illustration Awards Masterlist. Wow. Scroll down to the Resources section to see even more that Nilah has contributed to the community for free. Thank you so much, Nilah!
The Penguin Random House Library Award for Innovation Through Adversity is accepting applications from US libraries and staff who overcome adversity and create lasting innovative community service programs that successfully inspire and connect with new readers. A $10,000 cash award will be given to a US library, and four runners-up will receive $1,000 in Penguin Random House books.
The Oregon Book Awards is accepting applications from Oregon-based cartoonists and graphic novelists for its 2020 Graphic Literature Award until September 23. The award is only given every other year due to lack of entries, so please submit your work!
The Ladies of Horror Fiction Awards is accepting submissions of works of horror created by women (cis or trans) until December 31. The awards will be announced in 2020.
The Ripped Bodice Awards for Excellence in Romantic Fiction will announce its winners on February 14, 2020. While there is no formal submissions process and judges are tasked with making note of memorable romance fiction, you are welcome to submit your work for consideration.
Rem and Bikkuri are currently raising funds for the publishing of Devil's Candy – Book 1. Devil's Candy is a horror-themed action/comedy comic for teens that follows Kazu Decker after he constructs the human-like Pandora for a science project and brings her to school. Tier options include digital and physical copies of Book 1, a digital and physical art books, a digital wallpaper, and a stationery set. The Kickstarter ends on September 14.
Payton F is currently raising funds to publish Help Wanted: Volume One. Help Wanted is an LGBT romantic dramedy that follows Anne Black, a recent college grad new to Minneapolis who just started work as a live-in caretaker. While she gets to know the staff and tenants, she fails to realize the house's inhabitants are all supernatural! Tier options include digital and physical copies of Help Wanted: Volume One, postcards, buttons, original artwork, and a vinyl sticker. The Kickstarter ends on September 14.
Let's Make Comics!, a Chicago-based comic collective, is currently raising funds on Kickstarter to produce This Makes Me Sad: A Short Comics Anthology. Featuring 48 pages of black-and-white comics, the anthology focuses on sadness, grief, and depression, and what can come of those expressions. Tier options include digital and physical copies of This Makes Me Sad, copies of past anthologies by the collective, a button, and a print. The Kickstarter ends on September 15.
Beehive Books is currently raising funds to translate and publish Artemisia: The Original Painter of Women in Power in English. Originally published in French, this graphic novel biography explores the life of Artemisia Gentileschi, a woman who "reinterpreted biblical and mythological scenes through a lens of female agency and empowerment" and lived off the success of her works. Tier options include digital and physical copies of the book, signed and numbered editions, a bookmark, and original artwork. The Kickstarter ends on September 17.
Enkidu Studios is currently raising funds on Kickstarter to publish Modern Mythology: The Hero's Journey. The comic and art anthology features over 160 pages and 17 stories by 29 creators, along with facts about the story's original myth, cultural influences, and more. Tier options include digital and physical copies of the book, prints, Enkidu Studios' past two books, original artwork, and more. The Kickstarter ends on September 19.
The Starlight City Project is currently raising funds to publish R:ILPERSONA Volume 2: High Places & Principalities. R:ILPERSONA takes place on a post-apocalyptic Earth where technology and black magic have united into a force known as "The Ether." Two opposing factors are fighting an all-out war – and in the middle of it, assassin Rane loses his memory and must learn all over again who is an enemy and what he must do. Tier options include digital and physical copies of volumes one and two, stickers, alternate covers, prints, and more. The Kickstarter ends on September 19.
Mark Stack is currently raising funds on Kickstarter to publish Weekend Warrior Comics #1. The digital and print magazine aims to publish superhero stories told and produced by diverse creators, beginning with five comics stories, a prose short story, and an interview in this first issue. Tier options include digital and print copies of the book, as well as editorial services from Mark Stack. The Kickstarter ends on September 19.
Miss Anthology is currently raising funds to produce its third volume of comics created entirely by cartoonists aged 9 to 22. The 150+ page full color comic anthology will feature stories rated for older teen and mature readers, with the goal of introducing racially and economically diverse young comics artists to publishing and working professionally. Tier options include digital and physical copies of this volume, digital and physical copies of volumes 1 and 2, a zine with comic tips, prints, buttons, an enamel pin, a tote bag, and more. The Kickstarter ends on September 22.
Cloudscape Comics is currently raising funds on Kickstarter to produce Life Finds A Way. The 180-page full-color comics anthology explores finding hope and renewal in a post-apocalyptic world, and features the talents of 37 creators. Tier options include digital and physical copies of the book, postcards, stickers, and past Cloudscape books. The Kickstarter ends on September 28.
Artist Cameron Lucente is currently raising funds on Kickstarter to produce Unfamiliar Skies: Zodiac Poetry and Illustration. The 32-page book will be riso printed in yellow, black, light gray, and steel inks, and includes a riso-printed belly band. Tier options include digital and physical copies of Unfamiliar Skies, digital copies of Cameron's recent poetry and comic work, and enamel pins. The Kickstarter ends on September 30.
Zainab Akhtar of ShortBox is currently raising funds on Kickstarter to print a comic collection by Rosemary Valero-O'Connell titled Don't Go Without Me. The three included comics, Don't Go Without Me, What is Left, and Con Temor, Con Ternura, feature themes of love, loss, connection, and acceptance, and collectively make up 110 pages of color comics. Tier options include digital and physical copies of the book. The Kickstarter ends on October 2.
Beth Zyglowicz is currently raising funds on Kickstarter to produce Lanterns of Arcadia – Volume 1. The ongoing webcomic tells the story of a dragon and a scientist who team up to stop demons from destroying a magical library. The book features over 170 pages of full color comics, as well as a book-exclusive epilogue, character guide, and concept art and sketches. Tier option include digital and physical copies of the book, prints, original artwork, and a cameo. The Kickstarter ends on October 3.
POMEgranate Magazine is currently raising funds on Kickstarter to produce Ukelele Spells: Coda. This ukelele lesson book told in comic form also shares practical and fun spells. Tier options include digital and physical copies of the book, digital copies of sheet music, and digital and physical copies of POMEmag's past books. The Kickstarter ends on October 4.
Comic artist Indira is currently raising funds on Kickstarter to publish Sacrimony Chapter 2. To quote the Kickstarter project page, Sacrimony is "a character driven, slice-of-life, fantasy drama that explores various types of love in all its glorious and terrifying forms." Tier options include digital and physical copies of this second chapter of Sacrimony, digital and physical copies of chapter one, digital wallpapers, stickers, prints, a t-shirt, and more. The Kickstarter ends on October 4.
Anathema is currently raising funds on IndieGoGo to funds its fourth year. The tri-annual magazine of speculative fiction (SF/F/H, the weird, slipstream, surrealism, fabulism, and more) exclusively publishes the work of people of color (POC)/Indigenous/Aboriginal creators on every range of the LGBTQIA spectrum. All funds are put towards paying contributors and maintaining the website. Perks of backing the campaign include one-year, two-year, and lifelong subscriptions to Anathema, story critiques, and signed fiction anthologies. The campaign ends on October 5.
The "Bloodlust" Anthology, a prospective anthology featuring queer and WLW werewolves, is currently hosting an interest check. Let them know what you'd like to see!
If you're a Filipino artist, add your name to the Filipino American Artist Directory!
The prompt list for Inktober is now live.
inQluded is accepting nominations of awesome, inspiring QTIBIPoC people for features in their magazine and platform.
Jaleesa Rosario of the University of Michigan is looking for Black creators and creators of color who do business online as artists to fill out an anonymized survey. Participants will receive a small stipend for their time.
The Kurodahan Press Translation Prize is accepting entries until end of day September 30, Japan time. The grand prize winner will receive a cash prize of 30,000 yen and a contract for publication for an additional payment to the winner.
The Latinx Collective shared a directory of Latina and Latinx small business owners and collectives. Check it out!
LGBTQube is seeking Artists, Writers, and Content & Product Creators to be paid contributors for an upcoming queer centric subscription book box. Please apply here.
Did you or will you table in an artist alley in the US in 2019? Take the 2019 Artist Alley Convention Survey here. The results of the 2018 survey are available here.
The Comic Tea Party is a weekly book club for webcomics. Participate in the Discord chat weekly on Thursdays at 5pm to 7pm PST. Sign your comic up for a chance to have it read and discussed in the group!
Bento Box is seeking an Episodic Director and a Production Supervisor in Burbank, CA. They're also seeking 2D Layout Artists in North Hollywood, CA.
The Black Women Animate Boot Camp is a one-day event taking place on October 12 on the Cartoon Network campus in Los Angeles, CA. Register today to attend!
(London, UK) Blue-Zoo Animation is seeking a Mid Maya Character Animator and a Realtime Technical Artist. They're also accepting speculative applications for Maya Animators, Maya Riggers, Maya Lighting/Compositing TDs, and Script Writers.
Cartoon Network is seeking a Production Assistant.
(Kilkenny, Ireland) Cartoon Saloon is seeking a Background Artist and a Production Assistant.
(Burbank, CA) Walt Disney Animation Studios is seeking Story Artists. Be sure to check Disney's website for both creative and office positions with Disney!
(Glendale, CA) DreamWorks is hiring an Animatic Editor, a Character Effects Artist, a Character Designer, a Compositor, a Creative Talent Management Assistant, a Crowds Artist, a Department TD, an Effects Artist, a Generalist, a Lighter/Compositor TD, a Modeler (Feature), a Post Production Assistant, two Production Coordinators (2), a Production Designer (Feature), a Senior Graphics/Rendering Engineer, a Storyboard Artist (Feature), a Storyboard Artists (TV), a Visual Development Artist (Feature), and more. They're also hiring interns for Fall 2019.
(Los Angeles, CA) Netflix Animation is hiring an Art Director, a Background Designer, a Background Painter, an Episode Director, a Head of Story, a Lead Character Designer, a Line Producer, a Production Assistant – Features Development, Production Coordinators, Production Managers, a Production Supervisor, a Prop Designer, Storyboard Artists, a Technical Director, and Visual Development Artists (one for Pashmina, one for Prince of Port Au Prince, and one for general work).
(Burbank, CA) Nickelodeon is hiring a Background Designer/2D Layout Artist, a CG Character Modeler, a CG Generalist, a CG Texture Artist, a Character Technical Director/Rigger, a Lighting-Compositing Artist, a Production Assistant, a Production Manager, a Real-Time CG Supervisor, a Senior Director for Game Production, and Storyboard Artists. They're also looking for a Script Coordinator, Story Editor, and Production Coordinator in New York City, NY.
Pixomondo is seeking an Animator, a CG Supervisor, a Compositor, a Houdini FX Artist, a Pipeline TD, and a Senior Lighting Artist in Los Angeles, CA. They're also seeking animators in Toronto, a Senior Lighting Artist in Vancouver, and more internationally.
(Vancouver, BC) Sony Imageworks is hiring Animators, Character FX Technical Directors, Compositors, FX Artists, Layout Artists, Lighters, Matte Painters, Modelers, and more.
Titmouse is seeking interns in Los Angeles, CA and New York City, NY. They're also seeking a 2D Animator in Vancouver, Canada.
(Burbank, CA) Walt Disney Animation Studios is hiring an environment look development artist and a story artist.
(Burbank, CA) Warner Bros. Picture Group is seeking an Animation Artist Manager/Recruiter
(West Toronto, Ontario) Yowza Animation is hiring a 2D Animation Artist, 2D Animation FX Artists, a 2D Background Painter, a 2D Layout Artist, a 2D Location Designer, a 2D Production Coordinator, and a 2D Tones & Shadows Artist.
Check this list of animation and gaming jobs worldwide that's updated daily. You can find a directory of currently open animation jobs at animatedjobs.com. See Entertainment Careers for more listings.
Comics, Illustration, and More
Masha Gunic of the Azantian Literary Agency is open to graphic novel submissions!
Bedside Press is providing pitch feedback, crowdfunding mentorship, and publication advice for free.
The Comics Workforce Study is now available. Thank you Sasha Bassett for all of your work in collecting and parsing this data!
Zine-o-Matic is open for Halloween submissions! Be part of a Halloween-themed subscription box of zines!
Threadless is accepting artwork for the following design challenges: I Put A Spell On You until September 20; and Analog, until September 27.
The Blobby Horror Zine is accepting work until September 20. Selected contributors will not be compensated, but will be provided with files to print and sell the finished zine.
The JUMP Paint Global Artistic Manga Award is accepting entries until September 24. Entries must be over 3 pages and submitted through the JUMP Paint app, and can be either original works or based on title selected by the JUMP editing team.
Calamity Woman: A Cowgirls Art Book is accepting applications from illustrators and comic artists until September 27. The book will be sold for charity.
The Silent Manga Audition is accepting entires for its 12th competition with the theme "New Beginning" until September 30.
Sinister Wisdom is seeking fiction, non-fiction, prose, poetry, and visual art from Asian lesbians until September 30. There is no mention of how contributors will be compensated.
Bedside Press is accepting pitches from Indigenous creators for an upcoming anthology about superheroes for middle grade and elementary school readers until October 1.
Clip Studio Paint is hosting their 21st International Illustration Contest. Submit entries related to the theme "myths and mythology" by October 2 for the chance to win 200,000 JPY.
Object Head Zine: Science and Technology is accepting submissions until October 2. Entries will be accepted provided that the follows the theme and rules. The zine will be available digitally for free.
The next #DVPit events will take place on October 28 (kids/YA) and October 29 (adult/#DVArt). Find out more about #DVPit here.
MediBang Paint is hosting its 1st Jump's Universal Illustration Contest. Submit fanart of Naruto, Boruto, or Samurai 8 by November 12 for a chance to win up to 100,000 JPY, a signed color illustration, and comments from Masashi Kishimoto.
MediBang Paint is hosting a Carole and Tuesday Fanart Contest. Submit fanart of the series by February 28, 2020 for an opportunity to win up to 100,000 yen prize money and comments from the judges (Shinichiro Watanabe, Minami Masahiko, and Tsunemori Saito).
Top Cow is hosting a Talent Hunt for previously unpublished writers and artists. Submit by February 28, 2020 for consideration.
Anathema accepts fiction and nonfiction submissions year-round from queer and nonwhite writers. They are open to portfolio submissions from illustrators for new/original and/or reprint cover art.
Argot Magazine is seeking written and illustrated submissions about queer and marginalized experiences. Their payment ranges from $35 to $250 per piece.
Arledge Comics is accepting submissions of all-ages comics on a rolling basis.
Arsenika is accepting portfolio submissions for reprint cover work and pays $100 for reprint artwork.
The Asexual is accepting general submissions from marginalized voices in the queer community.
Asexual Artists is always seeking creative asexual interviewees.
(Somerville, MA) Candlewick Press is seeking an Executive Art Director.
Carnation Books is accepting submissions of queer genre fiction and welcomes fanfiction writers seeking to transition into publishing original writing content. They are actively seeking submissions with asexual or aromantic main characters. They are also seeking cover artists and plot and style editors.
Stephanie Cooke is actively connecting comic creators of all types for paid projects. Check out Creator Advisor for more information.
(Burbank, CA) DC Entertainment is seeking a Creative Director, Development.
Diskette and Harder Disk are accepting pitches, especially of erotic work, from queer creators.
ENBY is seeking merch and zines to stock in their distro.
FIYAH Lit Mag is seeking Black comic creators to feature in its 2019 issues.
The Gay League is looking for an artist with a realistic superhero/action style to illustrate a 20-28 page LGBTQ comic featuring 2 characters and a small cast.
GenderTerror is accepting submissions of LGBTQ+ horror from artists and writers.
Jerry's Art-A-Rama hosts a number of art contests, some ongoing and some requiring specific materials.
Do you have a webcomic with LGBTQ characters and themes? LGBTQ Webcomics is looking to add more queer webcomics to their database on Tagpacker!
Longreads is accepting portfolio submissions from illustrators.
Lore Lush Publishing is seeking Cover Artists.
Narratively is seeking submissions of writing, photography, and illustrations.
Natashane is accepting entries from asexual creators or creators of comics with asexual characters for a directory of Asexual Comics that they've created.
The New Southern Fugitives is seeking submissions of fiction, book reviews, essays, poetry, photography, and visual art from creators in the South. They pay $60 per book review, essay, or story and $25 per poem, photograph, or visual art.
You can send samples of your work along with pitches to thenib@firstlook.org to be considered by The Nib.
People of Color in Publishing is looking to spotlight Indigenous and booksellers of color.
Pink Narcissus Press is seeking cover artwork for SF/F speculative fiction. They pay $100-$200 for nonexclusive rights.
POMEgranate Magazine is accepting pitches from artists and writers.
QueerWebcomics.com, a new small comics publisher, recently launched and has two mailing lists available for sign-up – one for professionals, and a general list for customers.
Robot Dinosaur Games is accepting artwork submissions for its upcoming anthology. They will pay $75 per piece.
Scholastic Canada invites professional illustrators to email sample art and links to an online portfolio to Andrea Casault, Art Director at acasault@scholastic.ca.
The Webcomic Library is a new resource that hopes to serve as a comprehensive list of webcomics. Submit your webcomic using this form.
(New York, NY) Workman Publishing is seeking an Art Director.
(New York, NY) Yen Press is seeking an Editorial Assistant (Manga).
Check out Arts for LA, Call for Entry, College Art Opportunities, Graphic Competitions, or Hey, Art Friends for more exhibition, residency, and grant opportunities. See Find Anthologies for a list of anthologies with open submissions and to submit anthologies of your own. Check Chris Arrant's #ComicJobs hashtag on Twitter. Check Comic Ops to see opportunities specifically for comic creators.
Con or Bust has free tickets available for people of color for a number of upcoming conventions, including NorWesCon, the Locus Awards weekend, the Nebula Conference, and more.
CANZINE's table registration is now open for Ottawa and Saskatoon.
ConnectiCon (July 9-12, 2020) has Artist Colony tables available.
Denver Pop Culture Con (July 3-5, 2020) is accepting applications for tables.
The Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo is offering six $75 mini-grants to its exhibitors. Apply by September 22 for consideration.
QFX East (May 29-31, 2020) is currently accepting vendor applications.
The Toronto Comics and Arts Festival, also known as TCAF (May 9-10, 2020), is accepting applications from vendors until October 14.
Tuscon Comic Con (November 1-3) is accepting applications for its artist alley.
WonderCon (April 10-12, 2020) is accepting artist alley applications.
Here's a list of international zine fests brought to you by ZINES!
(New York, NY) Abrams is seeking a Senior Designer for the Abrams Kids imprint and a Junior Designer to focus on the Abrams Noterie and Image imprints.
(Avon, MA) Adams Media is seeking a Graphic Designer.
(New York, NY or remote) Cosimo is seeking a Freelance Book Cover Designer.
(New York, NY) The Penguin Young Readers group is seeking a Senior Designer and an Art Director.
(New York, NY) Simon & Schuster is seeking a Senior Book Cover Designer, a Senior Interior Book Designer, a Senior Designer for Tiller Press.
(San Francisco, CA) Viz Media is seeking a Designer for Trade Books.
(New York, NY) W. W. Norton is seeking a Senior Designer.
Fan Zines
A Mononoke (2007) Zine is accepting applications from illustrators until September 30.
Looking for more fan zines to submit to? Check out this spreadsheet created by magicalzombie for more! Have a finished zine project you want to advertise? Check out Zine RTer!
(Warszawa, Poland) 11 Bit Studios is seeking an Expert UI/UX Designer, a Gameplay Programmer, a Lead Artist, a Lead Game Designer, a QA Specialist, a Senior Environment Artist, a Senior Gameplay Animator, a Senior Gameplay Programmer, and a Senior Producer.
(Salt Lake City, UT) Avalanche is seeking a Senior Character Artist, a Layout artist, and a Character Artist.
(Los Angeles, CA) DICE LA is seeking an Animation Director, a Design Director, a Lead Character Artist, a Senior Concept Artist, and a Senior VFX Artist. DICE Stockholm has many job openings, as well.
(Glendale, CA) Disney Games and Interactive Experiences is seeking an Art Director.
Grimlore Games is seeking a content designer/scripter, a network programmer, a tools programmer, a character artist, an environment artist, an animation programmer, a lead programmer, a tester or lead tester, a level designer, and a C++ graphics/engine dev.
(Kirkland, WA) Harebrained Schemes is hiring a Senior Character Technical Artist.
itch.io has launched a job board so that studios can post paid positions to the itch.io development team.
(Kirkland, WA) Monolith Productions is seeking an Advanced Narrative Designer, a Materials Lead Artist, an Advanced Technical Artist for World "Construction," Advanced UI Artist, a Cinematics Director/Master Artist, Presentation, a Senior Artist/Animator, Presentation, and a Senior Artist/Animator, Outsourcing.
(Chicago, Illinois) NetherRealmStudios is seeking a Senior Designer, Senior FX Artist, an FX Artist, an Advanced Concept Artist, a Senior UI Designer, a Senior Technical Artist for World "Construction," and a Senior Technical Artist for Animation.
(Irvine, CA) Nexon is seeking a Lead Gameplay Engineer, a Principal 3D Artist, a Principal Character Artist, a Senior Gameplay Engineer, a Senior Server Engineer, and a Technical Animator. They're also seeking localizers for contract work in El Segundo.
(Burbank, CA) Nickelodeon is seeking a Senior Director to oversee game production.
Queerly Represent Me is seeking more pitches for their Game As You Are series. Selected contributors will be paid. They're also seeking interviewees who are queer and work in games.
(London, UK) Roll7 is seeking an Assistant Producer, a Game Artist, a Lead Animator, a Lead Game Designer, a Lead Producer, and a Lead UI Designer. They're also seeking an Administrator/Assistant. Employees work from home 9 days out of 10.
(Los Angeles, CA) SEED LA is seeking a Senior Character Technical Artist for a 6-month contract position.
(London, UK) Supersolid Games is seeking a Marketing Artist, a Senior 3D Artist, a Senior Game Artist (2D), a Senior Game Designer, and a Server Developer.
(Manchester, UK) TT Games is seeking a Senior/Lead Gameplay Designer, a Technical Artist, and a UI Artist.
(Toronto, Canada) Ubisoft is hiring artists, programmers, office workers, and more.
WB Games is seeking an Advanced Technical Artist, FX in Kirkland, Washington. They're also seeking a Creative Director in Needham, MA and an Animation Technical Director in Montreal, Quebec. They are also seeking gamers in Montreal, San Francisco, and Seattle to test games currently in development.
WB Games Montreal is seeking a Senior Game AI Designer.
Check this list of animation and gaming jobs worldwide that's updated daily.
Mentorships & Fellowships
Margot Atwell, the Head of Publishing at Kickstarter, is offering 2 mentorships this fall to those in the first five years of their publishing career.
ProPublica's Emerging Reporters Program is accepting applications from college students of color interested in doing great journalism until September 18.
The ABR Indigenous Fellowship, worth $10,000, is accepting proposals from emerging or established Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander writers, journalists, commentators, scholars, activists, and creative writers until October 1. The fellowship recipient will be expected to contribute three high-quality nonfiction articles to the Australian Book Review.
Residencies, Retreats, and Workshops
The 2020 Artist's Residency at the Museum of Witchcraft and Magic in Boscastle, Cornwall, UK is accepting applications from artists until October 31.
Check out the Alliance of Art Communities, Arts for LA, College Art Opportunities for exhibition, residency, and grant opportunities.
Scholarships, Sponsorships, and Grants
The Awesome Foundation offers $1000 grants on a rolling basis.
Black Rainbow offers microgrants of $300 to LGBQTI people of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community that includes $200 to assist with hosting Indigenous LGBTQI community events.
The Eyebeam Center for the Future of Journalism is accepting applications from artists on a rolling basis. Artists covering data privacy, the 2018/2020 elections, the role of technology in society, political influence campaigns, harmful technologies, countering disinformation, and artificial intelligence may receive $500 to $5,000 in grants.
Gumroad's Creators Fund is accepting applications on a rolling basis. Gumroad will be allocating $50,000 in creative grants of $500 to $5,000 throughout the year.
Mel Gillman shared this list of Grants, Fellowships, and Residencies for Cartoonists! Thanks, Mel!
My Documented Life maintains a list of scholarships for undocumented students.
Canadian artists and cultural connectors are welcome to apply for grant funds through the Professional Development for Arts Professionals of Supporting Artistic Practice. Details on how and when you can apply are available on the page.
Are you a professional freelancer experiencing financial duress? The Haven Foundation offers grants and assistance to applicants with chronic illness or injury or other career-threatening emergencies.
Springboard for the arts offers an Emergency Relief Fund for personal and community disasters that affect artists in Minnesota.
Tulsa Remote is accepting applications from remote workers who are willing to relocate to Tulsa, OK in exchange for reduced rent and a total of $10,000 over the course of a year. Read more about the program here.
The Vlogbrothers are offering sponsorships to creators of educational video content.
Check out Arts for LA, College Art Opportunities, or this list by ProFellow for grant opportunities.
Sign up to teach at Skillshare to earn royalties based on the premium member students in your class. See here for additional information.
Our Life: Beginnings and Always, a commercial visual novel, is seeking voice actors for a child and adolescent version of one of its characters. Apply by September 22 for consideration.
Check the Casting Call Club for more voice acting and audio opportunities.
Bronzeville Books is seeking horror short stories from Latinx and AfroLatinx writers for the upcoming anthology Latinx Screams until today, September 13.
ColorBLOQ is accepting submissions for their November publication ARMOR: Celebrating Fashion, Couture, and the Style Journeys of Queer and Trans People of Color until today, September 13.
Avon Books is accepting submissions of Adult HEA or HFN romance from unagented authors until September 15. #OwnVoices is highly encouraged, and writers of all gender identity, ethnicity, race, sexual orientation, religion, national origin and ability are invited to apply.
Augur Magazine is open to submissions until September 30.
Belt Publishing is seeking nonfiction narratives for an anthology about queer experiences in the Midwest, Appalachia, Plains, and Rust Belt until October 1.
Storm of Blue Press is seeking submissions from LGBTQ women and nonbinary individuals for its first anthology "catch flights, not feelings" through October 1 (soft deadline). Email submissions to stormofblue.lit@gmail.com and include first and last name, the category of your submission, and "catch flights, not feelings anthology" in the email title. Enclose a brief third person bio, your pronouns, & how you specifically relate to Blue as an LGBTQ woman or nonbinary individual in the email body . Include all submissions in ONE Word Doc or Google Doc.
Professor Grace Dillon is accepting submissions from emerging writers for "Imaging Indigenous Futurisms," the 10th Annual Science Fiction Writing Contest, for a $1,000 award until November 1.
(New York, NY) Abrams Media is seeking an Associate Managing Editor, an Associate Managing Editor – Children's, and an Associate Editor – Adult.
Adams Media, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, is seeking freelance copyeditors and proofreaders. They specify that they do not want content edits – just copy edits.
(New York, NY) AI Now is seeking an Editorial Lead.
(New York, NY) Aladdin Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, is seeking an Editorial Director.
The American Greetings Alternative Writing Studio is accepting applications for freelance card writers.
Anime Feminist is looking for contributors in the upcoming year. Read here for more information. Article writers will be paid $50 per article.
Anime News Network is looking for Convention Correspondents and Freelance Editorial Contributors.
Do you have aromantic or asexual characters in your prose? Enter your book into this database so that more people can find your work.
(New York, NY) Atria Books is seeking a Senior Editor and a Senior Production Editor.
Autostraddle is seeking personal essays, feature stories, and article submissions on fashion and beauty, sex and relationships, humor, and investigative journalism, particularly from butch/masculine-of-center women, people of color, people over age 45, and trans women.
(New York, NY) Avid Reader Press is seeking an Editorial Assistant.
Black Girls Create is looking for submissions of creative work from black creators showing what their time at Hogwarts would've looked like! They are also seeking black women creators and pop culture critique and commentary from black women creators.
Black Rainbow accepts pitches from LGBQTI people of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community and pays $150 for selected articles.
(London, UK/REMOTE OKAY) Blue-Zoo Animation is seeking Speculative Script Writers.
Bustle is accepting pitches and shared guidelines for how to pitch to them.
Butter is currently seeking poetry, short fiction, and creative non-fiction from queer, trans, and/or nonbinary creators.
(Somerville, MA) Candlewick Press is seeking an Editorial Assistant.
Carina Press has a new call for Carina Adores, a new trope-driven LGBTQ+ contemporary romance line. They also have an open proposal call. Find out what the editors want to read here!
Carnation Press is seeking submissions of short stories from fanfiction writers seeking to transition into publishing their original writing content. They are actively seeking submissions with asexual or aromantic main characters. They are also seeking cover artists and plot and style editors.
CBR is seeking experienced writers to write on comic book news, analyses, and movie and tv show casting news.
Clarksworld Magazine is looking for fiction and nonfiction contributors and pays up to $0.10 per word.
(Chicago, IL) Colossal is seeking a full-time managing editor.
ComicBook.com is seeking a Staff Writer.
(San Francisco, CA) CrunchyRoll is seeking an Editor for a 6-month position.
Online monthly magazine The Dark is accepting submissions from 2000 to 6000 words in length. Encouraged genres include horror and dark fantasy, but graphic, violent horror is not desired. Payment is $0.06/word for up to 6000 words. Republishing payment is $0.01/word.
(Burbank, CA) DC Entertainment is seeking an Associate Editor and an Assistant Editor for young readers books in the DC Universe imprint.
(Glendale, CA) Disney Publishing Worldwide is seeking an Editor.
Dovetail Fiction is seeking remote, part-time developmental YA editors.
(New York, NY) Forever, an imprint of Grand Central Publishing, is seeking an Editor/Associate Editor.
(New York, NY) Gallery Books is seeking a Senior Production Editor.
(New York, NY) Hachette Books is seeking an Editorial Director.
Hashtag Blak is accepting submissions of YA or adult fiction from Black British writers.
(New York, NY) Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books & Media Lifestyle is seeking a Production Editor.
(San Francisco, CA) Insight Editions is seeking an Editor or Senior Editor.
Interlude Press is seeking LGBTQA+ contemporary, fantasy, and science fiction YA novels and LGBTQA+ contemporary, historical, romantic comedy, mystery/suspense, and romantic adult fiction. Manuscripts should be 60,000-80,000 words in length.
(New York, NY or remote) Jezebel is seeking a full-time staff writer. Remote okay.
Kevin Anderson & Associated is looking to hire three Managing Editors. Applicants may be located within the Greater NYC Area, Los Angeles County, or Nashville, TN.
(New York, NY) Little, Brown Books is seeking an Associate Editor/Editor for Little, Brown Books for Young Readers.
Lore Lush Publishing is accepting manuscript submissions in a number of genres. Diverse and inclusive works are prioritized. They're also hiring Editors, a Publishing Assistant, and a Publicist.
"Love Like Mine," an ongoing column in Xtra, is seeking essays about queer love in all its forms – romantic, familial, platonic, and more.
(New York, NY) Macmillian Publishers is seeking an Editorial Assistant to work across all imprints.
Native Ink Press is seeking submissions of nonfiction prose and children's books.
Panel Patter is looking for contributors, particularly from writers interested in manga and webcomics!
(New York, NY) Patch is seeking pitches for narrative features about New York City. Pays $0.50/word.
(New York, NY) Penguin Random House is seeking a Designer or Junior Designer.
(Princeton, NJ) Princeton University Press is seeking an Editorial Assistant to work with books in the fields of Science and Math.
(Philadelphia, PA) Quirk Books is seeking an Editor or Senior Editor.
Rogue's Portal is seeking contributors.
Scholastic Canada is currently interested in reviewing Indigenous material in all genres and at all levels. No other unsolicited submissions are being accepted at this time.
The SFWA blog is open to nonfiction submissions that might be of interest to new and/or established writers of science fiction and fantasy.
(New York, NY) Simon & Schuster is seeking an Editor, an Editorial Assistant, and a Senior Editor.
Slide Stories is seeking writers for their love and sex short fiction platform focused on underrepresented audiences. Applications are open here and here.
Strange Horizons is seeking submissions for their Brazil Special issue until September 23.
The Temper is seeking written works, particularly from marginalized writers, that relate to sobriety, addiction, or recovery.
Three-Lobed Burning Eye is seeking original speculative short stories and flash fiction. Accepted authors of short stories will receive $100 and for flash fiction authors will receive $30.
(New York, NY) Warner Brothers is seeking an Associate Editor (Project) with experience in children's lit and YA.
Women Write About Comics is seeking new contributors.
Xtra, one of the world's leading LGBTQ2 online publications, is seeking an Executive Editor.
Zooscape is accepting submissions of furry fiction up to 10,000 words. They pay 6 cents per word up to 1000 words, $60 for longer stories, and $20 for reprints.
Check out writingcareer.com for a list of calls for submission!
Youth & Internships
Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young Readers is seeking a paid intern for a Fall Internship, and will select by September 16.
Children aged 3-18 are invited to submit artwork to the Space Foundation's International Student Art Contest. Submit artwork with the theme "how exploring space improves life on earth" by November 18 for a chance at recognition and prizes with cash values of up to $1,200.
Looking to hire a remote intern? Jessica shared some tips on how to do so!
(New York, NY) Abrams is seeking a Children's Editorial intern.
(New York, NY) Bloomsbury Publishing is seeking interns.
(Somerville, MA) Candlewick Press is seeking interns in Design, Editorial, Graphic Production, Marketing, Production and Manufacturing, Publishing Technologies, and Sales.
Comics Club highlights and connects comic clubs and shares advice and resources to help youth comic creators.
Latinx in Publishing is seeking a paid intern for September 2019-January 2020.
Natalie "Tally" Nourigat offers advice & resources for young cartoonists ages 14-18 (although this is good advice for creators at any age)!
The NewPages Young Writers Guide for artists and writers shares publications seeking applications from youth contributors.
(New York, NY) Oxford University Press is seeking an Acquisitions Editorial Intern to help in the Academic and Trade Sciences departments.
(London, UK) Roll7 is seeking a Level Designer intern.
(Needham, MA) WB Games Boston is seeking a Graphic Design intern to work on mobile game Game of Thrones: Conquest.
The 2019 Convention Artist Survey is now accepting submissions from artists who sold work at 2019 shows.
The August 2019 #VisibleWomen spreadsheet is now available.
Anina shared this amazing resource for comic book creators, parents, young readers, librarians, teachers, and more!
Becca Hallstedt shared some advice for going full-time freelance.
Becca Hillburn of Nattosoup shared a post on Affordable Adobe Alternatives for Illustrators. Be sure to check Becca's Youtube channel for new video interviews with independent artists, walkthroughs with dip pen nibs, tutorials, and more.
Byelacey shared a great thread of tips for artists on Twitter!
Camilla Zhang hosted the "Running A Comics Project on Kickstarter" Webinar, and you can watch it here. Camilla also shared a thread of best practices for comics project creators on Kickstarter.
Caytlin shared some great advice on raising your prices and what to expect!
Have you checked out the Creator Advisor? Initialized and run by Stephanie Cooke, the project aims to connect artists, writers, editors, and anyone involved in making comics together for paid projects, with an aim to prioritize marginalized creators.
Creator Resource aims to share resources for comic book creators, writers, and editors.
#DisabledAndHere has provided free stock photography, portraits, and interviews from from disabled BIPOC in the Pacific Northwest.
Artist E.Hanby opened a blog sharing Clip Studio Paint tips!
The Electric Zine Maker is a web-based print shop and art tool for making zines. It even shows you folding instructions, and you can save your work, too! Thank you Nathalie for this cool resource and website!
Elissa shared a thread on reaching out to your local bookstores as an author!
Emily maintains a Dropbox folder of fat body reference images for artists.
Erin Roseberry shared some great info on getting your work into your local library! Thanks, Erin!
The Etherington Brothers share all kinds of drawing advice on their Instagram.
Fai wrote a comprehensive Zine Organizing Guide. Thanks, Fai!
H.D. Harris shared color palettes that cover a range of different skin tones.
Hnery shared a web app that lets you rotate a 3D model of a skeleton.
Julia shared a guide to analog self-publishing. Print your comics yourself with this handy guide!
Kickstarter has a large resource area for information on bringing publishing, comics, or journalism projects to life.
Kyle T. Webster shared a script for artists who are asked to work work for free.
Lauren B. shared a visual guide to choosing color palettes.
Liz Kramer shared a thread of free portfolio website hosts.
An important reminder from Michelle!
Nilah Magruder updated the list of literary agents who represent illustrators and added a new page with Steps to Querying. Niki Smith also has a list of agents who represent creators of graphic novels. Maria Vicente shared a guide on querying your graphic novel, from the perspective of a literary agent.
Nilah also shared this great piece of wisdom: don't self-reject! And for those who don't self-reject, but still get rejections, read the thread for her compassionate encouragement.
Pai shared great information on using Clip Studio Paint's perspective rulers!
POC in Audio is a place where employers can find candidates of color, and POC can find each other for meetups, advice, mentorships, and collaborations.
Artist Reimena Yee shared advice on How to Break Into Comics: A Guide for Malaysians by a Malaysian. They also shared great advice for editing comics (for non-comic editors, but good for anyone) AND a blog post on researching for [historical] graphic novels! Also, I like this idea about comics having a transcript that describes what's happening on the page in full, more illustratively than a script does.
Reuben Lara created an interactive perspective grid!! This is too cool. Can't wait to play around with this later!
Ever had your work stolen? RitheGuardian created a free DMCA takedown template!
Artist Shattered-Earth shared a great way to deal with "influencers" requesting free products. Seems practical for everyone involved!
TO Comix Press has shared a sample contract for comic anthology projects, the start-to-finish process of producing an anthology, and articles on marketing and getting indie books into stores. Recently, they shared the questions they ask in an anonymous survey given out at the end of anthology projects, which help contributors air grievances and help the publisher gain insight and grow to be better. Amazing! Thanks for always being so helpful!
Toffl shared a tip on creating and applying custom patterns for clothing in Clip Studio Paint.
Vampbyte shared a Google Sheets file with links to all of their tutorial threads.
Wendy Xu shared a primer on how to get an agent as a comic artist.
Yoshi Yoshitani shared a comprehensive Guide to Tabling at Conventions (2019 Edition). They also shared a guide to commenting etiquette in online spaces and how to email illustrators about work. Thanks Yoshi!
Every Monday, Barnes and Noble offers deals on manga.
Greg Pak is offering his Kickstarter Secrets How-To ebook to trans creators for free using the code TransRightsAreHumanRights at checkout (honor system).
Remember to check ComiXology, Dick Blick, Jerry's Art-A-Rama, Joann, Michael's, and RightStuf for their weekly ads, coupons, and specials on comics and art supplies.
Goodreads constantly offers giveaways for a variety of titles in all genres. Check out these giveaways for comics and graphic novels, like this one for A Family Dinner by Cory Q. Tan and this one for Lilly the Thief by Janne Kukkonen.
Seven Seas has a survey for September. Suggest up to 18 new titles for Seven Seas to consider for licensing. Fill out the survey to be entered into a raffle to win a copy of any book Seven Seas has published so far in 2018!
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232-HELP
WE CARE ~ Certified Community Care Navigator specialists provide early intervention and resource support for people in times of personal and family crisis, and advocate for those who require extra support to access needed services. Our wide-range of services include counseling, support groups, drug and alcohol treatment, health insurance programs, and more!! WE LISTEN ~ Your story is important to us and we want to provide you with the resources you need to move forward with your story. At 232-HELP, information and referral involves much more than just looking up a phone number. It is the process of helping people to understand and enable them to make informed decisions regarding possible solutions, cutting through the maze of social service programs. WE CONNECT ~ 232-HELP is committed to helping individuals, families and communities identify, understand and effectively use all available resources. These resources help strengthen their capacity for self-reliance and self determination through education, affirmation, advocacy, collaborative planning and problem solving.
4-H Foundation
4‑H empowers young people to lead for a lifetime. Through hands-on learning, youth build not only confidence, creativity and curiosity, but also life skills such as leadership and resiliency to help them thrive today and tomorrow.
ABBA Home Care
ABBA Home Care began in 2016, with a goal to provide funds in support to millions of families with disabilities (kids and adults), troubled pregnancies and seniors care, who can't work, or in assisted living. ABBA Home Care is a Foundational Organization with a Goal to serve Families with professional assistance living, at no cost regardless of their financial situation. The majority of ABBA Home Care funding comes from individual donors like you, which allows ABBA Home Care to reach suffering families. Through contributions like yours, families never receive a bill for caregiving. With the estimating daily operating costs at $990,000, contributions are critical, every penny counts! Please help us in our goal of serving families in their difficult times and making families lives matter, send your donation ABBA Home Care, P.O.Bx. 2442 Opelousas, LA 70571 or go online to www.abbanow.org Thank you,
Acadiana Animal Aid
Acadiana Animal Aid is a 'no-kill' animal shelter located in south-central LA. The dedicated volunteers/staff at AAA are fueled by passion, responsibility to educate, advocate, rescue, and protect all animals in our care "until they all have a home". On any given day, we care for more than 100 dogs and 150 cats at our shelter, and more in our network of foster families. Our cats and dogs come to us as strays, owner surrenders, rescues from negligent situations, and mainly from euthanizing shelters. In 2018 AAA rescued nearly 2,700 dogs & cats. AAA, in collaboration with other rescue groups are dedicated in assisting our community to embrace 'No-Kill' - including AAA's invitation to get Target Zero's involvement. AAA has extended its hand to our local municipal shelter as we work together to save as many precious lives as possible. Please donate to support AAA's efforts to provide shelter, food, and medical attention to the animals in our care!
Acadiana Center for the Arts
AcA serves Acadia, Evangeline, Iberia, Lafayette, St. Landry, St. Martin, St. Mary, and Vermilion Parishes. We meet our mission of Fostering Art & Culture in Acadiana through: -	Community development & grant making on behalf of local and state entities -	Arts-in-education, serving 25,000+ children in a partnership with public schools in Lafayette, St. Landry, and Vermilion Parishes -	Outreach & residencies -	Producing 420 annual visual arts exhibits and monthly ArtWalks free to the community -	250 performances and events throughout Acadiana
Acadiana Symphony Orchestra
Through SOLA Giving Day, ASO is using this amazing opportunity to find donors who share our commitment of fostering the future of music through our education programs and outreach initiatives. Our Prep and Youth Orchestras are filled with aspiring young musicians who are passionate about building talents and honing skills that they'll use for the rest of their musical careers. Your contribution to ASO directly feeds into the community and helps produce soon to be professional musicians who live here, work here and spend their hard earned money here.
At the American Cancer Society, we're on a mission to free the world from cancer. Until we do, we'll be funding and conducting research, sharing expert information, supporting patients and spreading the word about prevention. All so you can live longer - and better.
Angel Paws Adoption Center
Angel Paws aims to aid in the rescue, adoption and welfare of local homeless animals, and in the fight against animal cruelty. We provide animals with medical care, food, shelter, love, and a second chance at life.
Beacon Community Connections
Beacon Community Connections advocates for the well-being of every member of our community by creating connections to resources and organizations. Community Care Navigation, a program started by Beacon, targets vulnerable populations such as homeless, elderly, and mentally ill individuals by providing support services to maximize health and well-being. Our Community Care Navigators case manage individuals referred to us from local hospitals. Our clients have many social determinants of health. They struggle affording food, may have no housing or unstable housing, and have lost hope when it comes to leading a healthy, stable life. Our Navigators contact clients on a weekly basis after their discharge from a local hospital and continue to follow up with them over the course of 90 days. Most of our clients have absolutely no supports, their Community Navigator is typically their only advocate. In our experience, just the weekly contacts and the relationships that we build over the next few months of checking-in with these individuals has drastically improved their sense of well-being and hope. Any donations will go towards Community Care Navigation and will allow us to continue forming these relationships while caring and connecting our clients to holistic supports.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Acadiana
Our Vision: That all children achieve success in life Our Mission: Our mission is to provide children facing adversity with strong and enduring, professionally supported 1-to-1 relationships that change their lives for the better, forever. Accountability Statement: We partner with parents/guardians, volunteers and others in the community and hold ourselves accountable for each child in our program achieving: • Higher aspirations, greater confidence, and better relationships • Avoidance of risky behaviors • Educational success
Bishop's Services Appeal (BSA)
The annual Bishop's Services Appeal (BSA) has been Supporting the Works of Christ by raising funds to provide financial support to over 40 programs, ministries and services among the 121 church parishes and 28 missions of the Diocese of Lafayette since 1973. On South Louisiana Giving Day, your donation to the Bishop's Services Appeal will fund one of the most critically important of those ministries, the Office of Seminarians and Vocations. The Diocese of Lafayette currently has 40 young men enrolled in seminary, and each will study and train for seven years before their ordination to the priesthood. Tuition for each seminarian is $21,550 per year, while room and board costs are $14,100, in addition to the cost of textbooks, academic fees and more. We need your help to educate and train our future priests! Your donation can also help fund summer mission trips as our future priests learn to serve others through Christ, or send them on retreat as they deepen their Catholic faith. Please join us in donating to the Bishop's Services Appeal today!
Boys & Girls Clubs of Acadiana
Boys & Girls Clubs are a safe place to learn and grow - all while having fun. It is the place where great futures are started each and every day. In every community, boys and girls are left to find their own recreation and companionship in the streets. An increasing number of children are at home with no adult care or supervision. Young people need to know that someone cares about them. Boys & Girls Clubs offer that and more. Club programs and services promote and enhance the development of boys and girls by instilling a sense of competence, usefulness, belonging and influence. Boys & Girls Clubs are a safe place to learn and grow - all while having fun. It is the place where great futures are started each and every day.
Bridge Ministry of Acadiana
Bridge Ministry of Acadiana is teaching Christ-like character coupled with educational, relational, and spiritual support to at-risk youth in an under-resourced community. "Generational poverty greatly affects the education of countless children in our 'four-corners' community," says Joel Greene III, executive director of Bridge Ministry of Acadiana. "Investing in these precious young champions allows Bridge Ministry of Acadiana and our elementary school, The Church Academy, to advance our students from notoriously poor academic performers to over-achievers with Christ-like character."
The Brown House, Berwick's Heritage Museum, is a project of the Berwick Historical Society. Preservation of The House will allow the Society to establish a physical property for purpose of recording and promoting Berwick's rich history through displays, archival records and educational events thus adding to the Town's cultural life.
"A safe haven for all seasons of life" Camp Refuge is a Christ-centered retreat center located in the heart of Lafayette. Our mission is to reconcile, strengthen, and establish relationships primarily through retreats wherein we foster an environment that allows for deeper connections without the distractions of everyday life.

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Trivandrum, 2 October 2012: Kerala State Rubber Board has launched the first digital data bank of rubber tappers in the state.
Professional and amateur tappers can register their names and details in the data bank through rubber producers' societies and field stations of the Board.
The one year long programme to collect data is launched by Rubber Production Department and Economic Research Division of Rubber Research Institute of India.
The programme will be launched by Smt. Sheela Thomas, Chairman, Rubber Board in a function at Chirakkadavu Rubber Producers' Society in Kanjirappally region at 11 AM on Monday, 1 October 2012.


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Orthopaedic sofa for dogs, optimally relieves and protects the joints, adapts to their body temperature and shape, made from innovative Visco memory foam, soft fleece cover, high edge, colour: black.
Comfy medium-sized dog bed with a classic imitation leather design and a cosy velour lining. A cute appliqué bone detail on the front adds an extra touch of style. With a matching reversible cushion.
Incredibly comfy softly-lined bed for large dogs, with raised sides to lean against and a removable pillow, as well as a cover with cotton. It is machine-washable, extra large, and cuddly!
This elegant pet bed has a stunning, soft suede effect polyester cover which is washable up to 30°C. The comfy, brown and beige bed has high sides and is a great place for your pet to curl up.
Durable, well-padded dog cushion with a cute dog silhouette pattern and anti-slip base. Suitable for use inside and outdoors. Waterproof and dirt repellent. Great for kennels. Colour: beige or black!


Fellow Colorado native and Denver Pioneer Quentin Shore may disagree with Olofsson on whose team is going to take home the Battle for the Gold Pan this year, but Shore agreed watching the Stanley Cup Finals was another motivator to keep working towards his NHL dream.
The next step on that journey begins Sunday for the two future National Collegiate Hockey Conference rivals. Olofsson, Shore, and the hundreds of other NHL draft-eligible players will wait in anticipation of hearing their names called Sunday when the 2013 NHL Draft takes place at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J.
Olofsson, a 6-foot-2 defenseman, is coming off a successful rookie season in the USHL after notching two goals and 21 assists and was named to the league's All-Rookie Team. The 190-pounder brings an interesting blend of European and North American style of play to the ice after playing youth hockey in California before returning to his native Sweden in 2009.
A year later, Olofsson returned to the U.S. and suited up for the Colorado Thunderbirds, where he registered five goals and 10 assists. The defender was then selected by the Green Bay Gamblers in the second round of the 2011 USHL Entry Draft.
As the days, hours, minutes and seconds continue to count down towards Sunday, the excitement continues to build, he says.
Hoping for the best is something Shore understands all too well after being passed over in last year's NHL Draft after a successful two years with the U.S. National Team Development Program. Shore, a 6-foot center, used that as motivation this past season by scoring 10 goals and nine assists in 39 games for the Pioneers.
The freshman showed a late offensive spark over his final games, scoring three goals in the Pioneers final four games, and demonstrated glimpses of the talent he displayed at the NTDP when he led Team USA with eight game-winning goals.
Earlier this year, Shore played in the inaugural CCM/USA Hockey All-American Prospects Game and said that he didn't want to let being passed over in the 2012 NHL Draft weigh on his mind too much. But of course, it was something that drove him day in and day out this season.
Rightfully so, after the Denver native finished with 17 goals and 10 assists in 60 games for the U.S. Under-18 team two years ago. He also was a part of Team USA's gold-medal winning squad at the IIHF 2012 U18 World Junior Championship.
Shore's brothers, Nick and Drew, both offered advice to their younger sibling. Nick was a third-round selection of Los Angeles in the 2011 NHL Draft, and Drew made his NHL debut this season for the Florida Panthers after being selected in the second round of the 2009 NHL Draft.
Olofsson is hoping to set the standard for his brother Fredrik, who will be playing junior hockey for Green Bay this year and is eligible for the 2014 NHL Draft. Frederick is also a Colorado College commit.
The brothers and their family are headed to New Jersey this weekend for the draft, where Gustav is a potential second or third-round draft pick.
Olofsson and Shore are both proud of the growth of Colorado hockey and have seen the other at times on the ice. Olofsson took in a CC-DU game earlier this year and came away impressed with Shore's hockey IQ, while Shore remembers skating with the Swedish skater in past summers as a kid.
Both prospects understand that regardless of what happens on Sunday, the same thing remains true for when they wake up on Monday morning.
Olofsson was right on par with his future I-25 rival.


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Spring 2013 Case-Writer: Kim Addonizio
Kim Addonizio has been called "one of our nation's most provocative and edgy poets." Her latest books are Lucifer at the Starlite, a finalist for the Poets Prize and the Northern CA Book Award; and Ordinary Genius: A Guide for the Poet Within, both from W.W. Norton. Her novel-in-verse, Jimmy & Rita, was recently reissued by Stephen F. Austin State University Press. Kalima Press published her Selected Poems in Arabic. Addonizio's many honors include a Guggenheim Fellowship, two NEA Fellowships, and Pushcart Prizes for both poetry and the essay. Her collection Tell Me was a National Book Award Finalist. Other books include two novels from Simon & Schuster, Little Beauties and My Dreams Out in the Street. Addonizio offers private workshops in Oakland, CA, and online, and often incorporates her love of blues harmonica into her readings.


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Cardiovascular Health Forum to Highlight Access Barriers to Groundbreaking, Cholesterol-Lowering Therapies
On Saturday, August 5, the Partnership to Advance Cardiovascular Health will host a health forum, "Advancing Cardiovascular Health & Patient Access to Innovative Therapies." The lunchtime event in Orlando at the Florida Medical Association's annual meeting will bring together patient advocates, clinicians, and policymakers to discuss innovations in cardiovascular therapies, high rates of cardiovascular disease in Florida and barriers that patients face in accessing new cholesterol-lowering drugs. Seth Baum, MD, founder of Excel Medical Clinical Trials and president of the American Society for Preventive Cardiology, will lead the forum.
STATEMENT FROM SETH BAUM, MD, BOCA RATON CARDIOLOGIST/LIPIDOLOGIST AND PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR PREVENTIVE CARDIOLOGY:
"As a physician, there is nothing more frustrating than working with a patient to make a diagnosis and recommend a course of treatment, only to have that treatment denied by unreasonable outside forces. Trust between a patient and physician is sacrosanct and must be protected. We have new, groundbreaking, highly effective medications that can lower cholesterol and reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke, yet Florida insurers' rates of rejection for these potentially life-saving medications is alarming. Working together we must find a solution that ensures patients have access to the medicines their physicians prescribe."
In a February Florida Health Plan Coverage Report Card from the Institute for Patient Access, data shows Florida health plans reject nearly 50 percent of claims for breakthrough cholesterol-lowering medicines known as PCSK9 inhibitors.
PCSK9 inhibitors work by extending the lifespan of a receptor on the liver that clears LDL, or "bad" cholesterol. Patients, some with a genetic condition called familial hypercholesterolemia, or FH, are at increased risk for cardiac events such as heart attack and stroke because of extremely high levels of LDL. Clinical trials data show that PCSK9 inhibitors can lower LDL cholesterol more than statins alone and can also reduce the associated risks of heart attack and stroke.
The Florida Health Plan Coverage Report Card data, collected from August 2015 to July 2016, reflects PCSK9 inhibitor claims for Florida managed care organizations, including commercial plans, Medicare and managed Medicaid.
Key Florida Findings:
45% average rejection rate
3,784 total rejections
1,197 appeals
Highest rates of rejection: Federal Employee Benefit Plan (77%), Express Scripts (76%), Cigna Healthcare (63%)
Lowest rates of rejection: Aetna US Healthcare (29%), Freedom Health FL (29%), Humana Health Plan (29%)
The least patient-friendly plans were the Federal Employee Benefit Plan, with a rejection rate of 77%, and Express Scripts at 76%. Also denying claims at a far higher rate than the state average were Cigna Healthcare, 63%, and Florida Blue, 61%. Humana Health Plan, Aetna and Freedom Health Florida denied fewer than 30% of claims.
The Partnership to Advance Cardiovascular Health launched a national change.org petition in June to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners to raise awareness about the alarming rejection rates that qualifying patients face across the country. To date, the petition has garnered nearly 3,000 signatures.
Noon – 1:30 p.m.
Loews Sapphire Falls at Universal Orlando
Room: Grand Caribbean 3
6601 Adventure Way
The event is open to the press. Press interested in attending should RSVP to Susan Hepworth at [email protected] no later than Friday, August 4.
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Florida Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to 15-Week Abortion Ban, Which Remains in Effect
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The Finnish Doctoral Programme in Stochastics and Statistics
Participating departments and institutions
Board and contact information
Researchers – Advisors
Summer School on Probability Theory
Academy of Finland
Past events of the Doctoral Programme in Stochastics and Statistics
Some of the older links on this page are no longer functional.
11 March 2016 Zhe Chen's public defence of the doctoral dissertation On Pathwise Stochastic Integration of Processes with Unbounded Power Variation, at Aalto University.
20 February 2016 Jaakko Lehtomaa's Public Defence of his doctoral dissertation On Heavy-tailed Risks with Applications to Insurance and Finance, at the University of Helsinki.
19 February 2016 The seminar Portfolio Value-at-Risk for lognormal sums at the University of Helsinki. Speaker was Søren Asmussen (Aarhus University).
21–22 December 2015 A Workshop on Stochastic Analysis and Related Topics at the University of Jyväskylä.
16–17 December 2015 Stochastic Sauna Seminar at Aalto University.
October–December 2015 Two PhD courses at Aalto University, "Brownian motion and stochastic analysis" and "Multivariate location and scatter".
September–December 2015 A course on Insurance Mathematics at Åbo Akademi.
September–December 2015 A course on Brownian Motion at the University of Helsinki.
5–21 August 2015 The 25th Jyväskylä Summer School at the University of Jyväskylä. The course "A Fourier Based Approach of (Stochastic) Integration; Applications to Pathwise SPDE" was organized in cooperation with FDPSS.
9–11 June 2015 The minicourse "Mean field spin glasses" at Aalto University, with lectures by Dr. Miika Nikula (Harvard).
1–5 June 2015 The 36th Finnish Summer School on Probability Theory and Statistics at Päivölä, Valkeakoski.
23 March–28 May 2015 A course on Probabilistic Approximations at the University of Helsinki, lectures held by Ehsan Azmoodeh (University of Luxembourg).
18–19 December 2014 Stochastic Sauna Seminar, Helsinki.
21 November 2014 Henrik Nyman's Public Defence of his doctoral dissertation Context-Specific Independence in Graphical Models, at Åbo Akademi University, Turku.
4–6 November 2014 The workshop Animal Models with Applications in Ecology was held at Oulu University as a joint effort of FDPSS and the Thule Doctoral Program. The aim of the workshop was to provide Ph.D. students in statistics, ecology and other related fields with up-to-date know-how on the use of mixed model methods, as well as practical guidance for analyzing the participants' own data.
31 October 2014 Brita Jung's Public Defence of her doctoral dissertation Exit times for some processes with normally distributed noise, at Åbo Akademi University, Turku.
11–12 September 2014 Stochastic Visit Workshop of the FDPSS at the Institute of Mathematical Statistics, University of Tartu, Estonia.
6–22 August 2014 The 24th Jyväskylä Summer School at the University of Jyväskylä. The course "Five Lectures on Brownian Motion and Diffusions" was organized together with FDPSS.
2–6 June 2014 Nordstat 2014, the 25th Nordic Conference in Mathematical Statistics at the University of Turku.
27 February 2014 "The Malliavin calculus and its applications" (Finnish Mathematical Society Talk), held by Prof. David Nualart (University of Kansas, USA) at Aalto University, Otaniemi.
19–20 December 2013 Workshop on Stochastics, Harmonic Analysis and PDEs at the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Jyväskylä.
14–16 December 2013 The 6th International Conference of the ERCIM WG on Computational and Methodological Statistics, University of London.
14–16 December 2013 The 7th International Conference on Computational and Financial Econometrics, University of London.
12–13 December 2013 Noon-to-Noon Sauna Seminar of the FDPSS, at the University of Helsinki.
6 September 2013 Course: Insurance Mathematics I at Åbo Akademi University.
6 September 2013 Course: Brownian motion at University of Helsiniki.
2–4 September 2013 Symposium: Randomness and order in the exact sciences
22 August 2013 Seminar in honor of Professor Göran Högnäs
3–7 June 2013 35th Finnish Summer School on Probability Theory and Statistics at Päivölä, Valkeakoski
6–8 March 2013 4th Nordic Triangular Seminar at Aalto university
19 December 2012 Stochastic Sauna Seminar
17 December 2012 Young Stochasticians Afternoon at the University of Jyväskylä
28 April 2012 A Saturday on Solvency in Turku.
30 March–5 May 2012 A course Solvency Analysis at Åbo Akademi, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, ASA, Fänriksgatan 3 B, 3rd floor.
8–9 December 2011 SF-180: Snapshots of Stochastics Frontiers at 180 Degrees, Symposium celebrating the 60th birthdays of Esa Nummelin, Paavo Salminen, and Esko Valkeila at University of Helsinki
26–27 August 2011 Workshop on Stochastic Methods in Financial Markets at Ljubljana, Slovenia
8–19 August 2011 The 21st Jyväskylä Summer School
26 June–1 July 2011 The 9th Tartu Conference on Multivariate Statistics and The 20th International Workshop on Matrices and Statistics
6–10 June 2011 33rd Finnish Summer School on Probability Theory and Statistics at Päivölä, Valkeakoski
30 May–1 June 2011 Minicourse: Functional change of variables formula and Ito calculus at Aalto University, Espoo
18–19 May 2011 Current doctoral research in Biostatistics, Statistics and related areas at Helsinki, House of Sciences, Kirkkokatu 6
11–13 April 2011 The 3rd Nordic Triangular Seminar at St. Petersburg
21 March–1 April 2011 Spring School Stochastic Models in Finance and Insurance at Jena, Germany
January–February 2011 A short course Martingales and related topics at Åbo Akademi
9–12 September 2010 FDPSS and University of Tartu Seminar, Tartu
22–26 June 2010 6th World Congress of the Bachelier Finance Society at Toronto, Canada.
14–23 June 2010 Crash Course on Monte Carlo methods, Tampere.
7–11 June 2010 32nd Finnish Summer School on Probability Theory, Tampere.
4–8 May 2010 The Fifth General Conference on Advanced Mathematical Methods in Finance, in Bled, Slovenia.
18–20 January 2010 9th Winter school on Mathematical Finance , with special topics numerical methods and illiquid markets, at Lunteren, The Netherlands .
4–5 January 2010 Finnish Mathematical Days 2010 at Jyväskylä.
19 December 2009 Anni Toivola's Public Defence of her doctoral dissertation "On fractional smoothness and approximations of stochastic integrals", at Jyväskylä.
14 December 2009 Alumnus seminar of the Finnish Graduate School in Stochastics and Statistics.
21 November 2009 Rainer Avikainen's Public Defence of his doctoral dissertation "On generalized Bounded Variation and Approximation of SDEs", at Jyväskylä.
7 November 2009 Mari Myllymäki's Public Defence of her doctoral dissertation "Statistical models and inference for spatial point patterns with intensity-dependent marks", at Jyväskylä.
23–28 August 2009 Scandinavian Actuarial Journal and the Norwegian Actuarial Society organized theThird Nordic Summer School in Actuarial Science at Klaekken, Norway.
10–14 August 2009 Swiss Association of Actuaries organized the International Summer School 2009: Monte Carlo Methods and Applications in Finance and Insurance Models at Lausanne, Switzerland.
5–21 August 2009 The 19th Jyväskylä Summer School was organized by the Faculty of Mathematics and Science and the Faculty of Information Technology at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland.
23–27 June 2009 IWMS-2009, The 18th International Workshop on Matrices and Statistics, in Smolenice Castle, Slovakia.
23–26 June 2009 A symposium Optimal Stopping with Applications 2009 was held in Turku, Finland.
10–12 June 2009 NBBC09 - The Second Nordic-Baltic Biometric Conference in Tartu, Estonia.
9–12 June 2009 A Workshop on nonparametric function estimation with applications in finance was held at the seaside spa hotel "Oulu Eden" in Oulu, Finland.
8–11 June 2009 25th Nordic and 1st British-Nordic Congress of Mathematicians was held at the University of Oslo, Norway.
1–5 June 2009 The 31st Finnish Summer School on Probability Theory was held at Ahlmanin kartano, Tampere.
1–4 June 2009 The 39th International ASTIN Colloquium was held in Helsinki.
26–27 May 2009 Statistical Days 2009: Statistical Methods and Models to Assess Global Climate Change at the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Kuopio.
26–28 May 2009 The workshop Non-Semimartingale Techniques in Mathematical Finance was held at the Department of Mathematics and Systems Analysis, Helsinki University of Technology.
25–29 May 2009 Professor James Davidson, University of Exeter, UK, gave An Invited Short Course on the Foundations of Econometrics at Hanken School of Economics, Department of Finance and Statistics, Helsinki.
20 May 2009 A CMA workshop on: Insurance mathematics and longevity risk was held at the Centre of Mathematics for Applications, University of Oslo, Norway.
4–10 May 2009 The Fourth General AMaMeF Conference was held at Rica Parken Hotel in �Ålesund, Norway.
16–20 March 2009 The Finnish Society of Biostatistics and the Department of Information and Computer Science, Helsinki University of Technology, co-organized a Functional Data Analysis Workshop at Helsinki University of Technology.
9–11 March 2009 The 1st Northern Triangular Seminar at the Department of Mathematics and Systems Analysis, Helsinki University of Technology.
November–December 2008 A course BMC4: Spatial analysis of area data at the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Helsinki.
5 November 2008 University Alliance projects STATCORE and Allianssi-IHME, together with the Finnish Society of Biostatistics, organized a Nonparametric Afternoon where Academy professor Hannu Oja and his group presented new methodology and application areas in nonparametric statistics. Speakers: Hannu Oja, Jaakko Nevalainen, Klaus Nordhausen, Jarkko Isotalo.
2–3 Oct 2008 The 6th NoonToNoon Meeting Insurance and Financial Mathematics - Theory and Practice at the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Jyväskylä.
1, 8 & 15 September 2008 A. Yu. Veretennikov gave a three-day course on Ergodic SDEs with numerical aspects at the Department of Mathematics and Systems Analysis, Helsinki University of Technology.
25–29 August 2008 Workshop on Numerics and Stochastics at the Institute of Mathematics, Helsinki University of Technology.
24–31 August 2008 The Helsinki Summer School on Mathematical Ecology and Evolution 2008, organized by the Biomathematics Group of the University of Helsinki, was held at the Linnasmäki Conference Centre in Turku, Finland.
6–22 August 2008 The 18th Jyväskylä Summer School at the University of Jyväskylä, with courses Numerical Analysis and Complexity of Stochastic Processes, Approximation of Stochastic Dynamics with Application to Molecular Dynamics, Kinetic Monte Carlo Methods and Financial Mathematics and Statistics for Spatial Point Patterns.
18 August A seminar on stochastics was held at the Department of Mathematics, Åbo Akademi University. The speakers were T. Konstantopoulos, Y. Mishura, A. Veretennikov and T. Sottinen.
3–16 August 2008 Bio-Math Summer School and Workshop 2008: Stochastic Differential Equation Models with Applications to the Insulin-Glucose System and Neuronal Modelling, at Middelfart Kursuscenter in Denmark.
16–19 June 2008 The 22nd Nordic Conference on Mathematical Statistics (NORDSTAT) in Vilnius, Lithuania.
2–6 June 2008 The 30th Finnish Summer School on Probability Theory at Ahlmanin kartano, Tampere.
1–6 June 2008 The 7th International Petrozavodsk Conference "Probabilistic Methods of Discrete Mathematics" was organized by the Institute of Applied Mathematical Research of the Karelian Research Centre of Russian Academy of Sciences in Petrozavodsk, Russia.
28 May–2 June 2008 The course Statistical Practice in Epidemiology Using R at the University of Tartu, Estonia.
14–15 May 2008 Espoo-Helsinki-Jyväskylä-Turku-Åbo Seminar on stochastic analysis at the Institute of Mathematics, Helsinki University of Technology.
5–9 May 2008 An International School Finance, Insurance, and Energy Markets Sustainable Development was held in Västerås, Sweden.
29 February–3 May 2008 A course in Solvency Analysis at the Department of Mathematics, Åbo Akademi University.
31 March–1 April 2008 The course Outranking Methods for Multicriteria Decision Aid at Helsinki University of Technology.
3–4 January 2008 Finnish Mathematical Days 2008 at Helsinki University of Technology.
10 & 17 December 2007 A two-day course Statistical demography with insurance applications was given by Professor Juha Alho (University of Joensuu) at the University of Helsinki.
5 October 2007 The Finnish Society of Biostatistics arranged a 20th Anniversary Seminar Biometria eilen, tänään ja huomenna (in Finnish) at the University of Helsinki.
27–31 August 2007 The course Analysis of Spatial and Environmental Data at Helsinki University of Technology (course announcement in Finnish).
13–17 August 2007 A statistics course State Space Methods for Time Series Analysis and Forecasting was given during The 17th Jyväskylä Summer School by Professor Siem Jan Koopman (Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam).
13–17 August 2007 The 5th International Conference on Lévy Processes: Theory and Applications at the Department of Applied Mathematics and Statistics at University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
9–12 August 2007 Satellite Summerschool on Lévy Processes: Theory and Applications at Sandbjerg Manor, Denmark.
8–24 August 2007 The 17th Jyväskylä Summer School at the University of Jyväskylä.
26–29 June 2007 The 8th Tartu Conference on Multivariate Statistics and The 6th Conference on Multivariate Distributions with Fixed Marginals were held in Tartu, Estonia.
25–28 June 2007 Det 24:e Nordiska Statistikermötet was held in Reykjavik, Iceland.
12–16 June 2007 The 21th Summer School of the Swedish Statistical Association on Data Mining at the Department of Mathematics at University of Linköping, Sweden.
6–8 June 2007 NBBC07 First Nordic-Baltic Biometric Conference in Research Centre Foulum, Denmark.
4–8 June 2007 The 29th Finnish Summer School on Probability Theory in Nagu Gammelgård, Finland.
2–7 June 2007 Second Baltic-Nordic Conference on Survey Sampling in Kuusamo, Finland.
25–30 May 2007 The course Statistical Practice in Epidemiology using R at the Department of Mathematical Statistics, University of Tartu, Estonia.
25 May & 30 May 2007 A two-part Seminar on Stochastic Finance at University of Helsinki (Part I) and at Helsinki University of Technology (Part II).
24–26 May 2007 The 4th Nordic Econometric Meeting in Tallinn, Estonia. The keynote speaker was Professor Badi Baltagi (Syracuse University).
21–25 May 2007 Brownian Motion and Stochastic Differential Equations, the fourth course in the cycle Basic Graduate Courses in Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes, was held at the Department of Mathematics at Tampere University of Technology. The lectures were given by Professor Stefan Geiss.
10–11 May 2007 The annual conference of Finnish statisticians, Statistical Days 2007, were held at the University of Tampere.
18–19 December 2006 A noon to noon meeting Stochastic analysis with applications at the Department of Mathematics at Åbo Akademi University.
14 Nov–13 Dec 2006 A course Stochastic Simulation was given by Professor Karl Sigman (Columbia University) at the Department of Mathematics at Helsinki University of Technology.
21–24 September 2006 The 2nd Estonian-Finnish Graduate School Seminar in Stochastics in Tartu, Estonia.
4–8 September 2006 Point processes, the third course in the cycle Basic Graduate Courses in Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes, was held at the Department of Mathematics at Tampere University of Technology. The lectures were given by Professor Esko Valkeila.
26–31 August 2006 The Russian-Scandinavian Symposium Probability Theory and Applied Probability was held in Petrozavodsk, Russia.
7–18 August 2006 A TISE graduate school course on Nonlinear filtering was given at Tampere University of Technology. The lecturer was Professor Miroslav Simandl, University of West Bohemia in Pilsen.
5–9 June 2006 The 28th Finnish Summer School on Probability Theory was held at Nagu Gammelgård. Speakers were François Baccelli (INRIA and ENS), Piet de Jong (Macquarie University), Kalev Pärna (University of Tartu) and Anton Thalmaier (Université de Poitiers).
22 Mar–17 May 2006 The course Introduction to Derivatives Markets was given at the Department of Mathematics, Åbo Akademi University. The instructor was David Goldenberg.
8–9 December 2005 The Fifth NoonToNoon Meeting in Statistical and Mathematical Applications in Finance was held at the University of Vaasa. The aim of the conference was to bring together researchers and practitioners interested in statistical and mathematical applications in financial markets. In this meeting the major focus was on the modern time series tools applied in financial data. The main speaker in the symposium was Professor Terence C. Mills.
28 Nov–2 Dec 2005 Martingales in Discrete Time and Characteristic Functions, the second course in the cycle Basic Graduate Courses in Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes, was held at the Department of Mathematics at Tampere University of Technology. The lectures were given by Professor Paavo Salminen (Åbo Akademi University).
29 Aug–2 Sept 2005 Measure Theory, the first course in the cycle Basic Graduate Courses in Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes, was held at the Department of Mathematics of Åbo Akademi University. The lectures were given by Professor Göran Högnäs.
6–10 June 2005 The 27th Finnish summer school in probability theory. Speakers were Pierre Brémaud (Lausanne), Patrick Cattiaux (Palaiseau), Anders Lindquist (KTH, Stockholm) and Martin Schweizer (ETH, Zürich).
31 May–June 2005 The Hailuoto Workshop on Statistics and Computing at the Bothnian Bay Research Station, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.
26–28 May 2005 The 3rd Nordic Econometric Meeting, at the Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration, Helsinki, Finland.
14–16 March 2005 The Winter School of the Visitors Program, at Mekrijärvi Research Station.
13–15 December 2004 Stochastics in Finland, University of Helsinki, Department of Mathematics and Statistics. This was part of the national visitors program 2004-2005 (see below).
16–18 August 2004 The workshop New Techniques in Applied Stochastics in the National Visitors Program 2004-2005. Main themes of the workshop were teletraffic theory, stochastic finance and other aspects of applied stochastics.
6–10 June 2004 NORDSTAT 2004 - the 20th Nordic Conference on Mathematical Statistics took place in Jyväskylä, Finland, June 6-10, 2004.
31 May–4 June 2004 The 26th Finnish summer school in probability theory. Speakers were Vladimir Mazalov (Petrozavodsk, Russia), Jeff Steif (Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden), Gabor Szekely (Bowling Green State University, USA) and Zhan Shi (Université Pierre et Marie Curie, France).
26–30 April 2004 A 2-credit course on Basic Non-Life Insurance Mathematics, at the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Jyväskylä. Lecturer was Thomas Mikosch (University of Copenhagen).
19–22 April 2004 StatNet arranged a 3-credit course on MCMC methods. The course was held at the Oulanka Research Station at University of Oulu. Lecturers were professor Christian Robert (University of Paris IX Dauphine) and professor Jean-Michel Marin (University of Paris IX Dauphine).
16 January 2004 The Finnish Graduate School in Stochastics held a Graduate School Seminar in Helsinki. A visit to the Networking Laboratory of the Helsinki University of Technology.
25–27 September 2003 Fractional Brownian Days in Helsinki.
8–12 September 2003 The first Nordic summer school in insurance mathematics in Stockholm.
18–22 August 2003 Brownian Motion and Stochastic Differential Equations, the fourth course in the cycle Basic Graduate Courses in Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes, was held in Helsinki, by Prof. Paavo Salminen (Åbo Akademi University).
14–15 August 2003 The course Random Difference Equations with Applications at Åbo Akademi University. The main lecturer was Professor Arunava Mukherjea (University of South Florida, Tampa).
2–6 June 2003 The 25th Finnish summer school in probability theory.
22–24 May 2003 The fourth DYNSTOCH workshop in Helsinki, Finland.
16–20 December 2002 Point Processes and Martingales, the third course in the cycle Basic Graduate Courses in Probability Theory and Stochastic Processes, was held by Prof. Esko Valkeila (University of Helsinki). More information.
10–11 October 2002 The 4th NoonToNoon Meeting on insurance and financial mathematics was held at Åbo Akademi University. The main speaker was Thomas Mikosch (Laboratory of Actuarial Mathematics at University of Copenhagen).
19–22 September 2002 A graduate school seminar in Tartu, Estonia. Some preliminary information and some updated information.
2–7 August 2002 The Laugarvatn workshop on stochastic analysis and its applications, in Laugarvatn, Iceland.
9–13 June 2002 The 19th Nordic Conference on Mathematical Statistics in Stockholm, Sweden.
3–7 June 2002 The 24th Finnish summer school in probability theory. Speakers were Pierre Del Moral (Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse), Sid Resnick (Cornell), Ed Wegman (George Mason University) and Gerhard Winkler (GSF).
27–28 May 2002 A Mini-Workshop on Stochastic Analysis and Finance at the University of Jyväskylä.
4–15 February 2002 A special course in queueing theory, mainly aimed at graduate students, was held by Prof. E. Morozov at the University of Helsinki.
14–17 January 2002 An intensive course on fractional Brownian motion, held by Professor Esko Valkeila at the University of Helsinki.
14 January 2002 An afternoon with large deviations at the department of mathematics at University of Helsinki.
10–11 January 2002 A workshop with the title Stochastics in Finland was held at the department of mathematics at University of Helsinki. The purpose of the workshop was to give an overview of recent research in stochastics and closely related areas in Finland and to get the various groups and persons to better know each other and their work.


Natural gas combined cycle (NGCC) and coal-fired power plants are supposed to be started, ramped up to speed, and run under constant conditions until being shut down.
That's why they are called base load power plants … they provide a steady output of electricity.
They are not designed to be load following plants, where the power plant ramps up and down to follow the load, i.e., demand.
If they are forced to follow the load, which is the case when wind and solar are on the grid, the sudden changes in temperature damages parts in the boilers and turbines.
Utilities recognize this and are now having to pay for studies to establish the best way to operate these plants to minimize the damage, but the damage cannot be entirely eliminated.
At the minimum, the damage will require higher spending for replacement parts or repairs during scheduled outages.
Cycling, however, can also cause unscheduled outages.
In both instances, forcing these units to follow the load, increases costs, which are eventually passed on to consumers.
The first casualty of cycling is Capacity Factor, a measure of how efficiently the plant operates, in terms of the amount of electricity produced versus the maximum it could produce based on its nameplate rating. In other words, the power plants aren't being utilized as much as they should be, which means the investment is underutilized.
Next, pollution control systems work less effectively when flu-gas temperatures and pressures vary with sudden changes in load. In addition, the equipment is damaged.
Here are some prime examples of the components that are most susceptible to damage.
Headers are thick, expensive and hard to reach components that are cracked as the result of thermal cycling.
The boiler structure that supports firewalls and water-tubes expands and contracts at different rates than the firewalls, etc. This uneven expansion and contraction causes severe damage to firewalls and tubing.
Different expansion rates cause damage to the super heater tubes and their supporting structures.
Boiler water chemistry is altered when boilers are operated under variable temperatures and pressures. Boiler water chemistry is crucial to preventing chemical attack of boiler tubes.
Steam turbine rotors consist of huge, solid forgings. These rotors must be brought up to speed slowly so as not to be deformed by changing temperatures. The coefficients of expansion between components are also different, which requires steady operating temperatures under load. Clearances are tight and deformation could cause rubbing and damage.
Gas turbines have buckets mounted on diaphragms keyed to forgings. Though more flexible, they can also be damaged by sudden changes in temperatures.
The various components, similar to coal-fired boilers, are subject to sudden changes in temperatures that can damage components.
Auxiliary equipment, such as steam lines, is also subject to these sudden changes in temperatures.
The temperature changes also inflict creep and fatigue damage, not mentioned above, to various components in the turbines and boilers.
The public isn't aware of these problems and higher costs. All they hear about are the so-called "Green" benefits of wind and solar.
In the real world, renewables cause problems, and increase the price of electricity to consumers.
I have worked inside the fire-box of marine boilers to point-up the brickwork, and to clean the tubes using a handheld steam lance. As a test engineer, I also entered turbine casings to insert balance weights into grooves cut in the steam turbine rotors while units were still hot after having been run at speed.
Again, I have run balancing tests on generator rotors, participated in decisions on how to repair cracks in turbine shells, rewind generators and a multitude of other related activities.
And, of course, I have witnessed the assembly and disassembly of steam and gas turbines on countless occasions.
These are mentioned to ensure that readers understand my comments are from firsthand knowledge, and not something that came from a book.


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