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"Saeed", not his real name, is not a baby, we do not have cute photos to splash on the front pages of newspapers or to display in brightly coloured social media posts. We do not have photos that pull on heart strings that will elicit the sympathy of kind people. Saeed was a baby once. He was born onto land that was divided by imperial powers a century ago, land that has been drenched in the blood of the people oppressed by rulers whose wars have been fought over oil and territory. Australia has been complicit in those wars, firstly with the British Empire, and now as an ally of the United States. Meanwhile, the private corporations of the military-industrial-complex reap astronomical profits on the suffering of millions of people and on the destruction of the environment.
Australia is complicit in the death and destruction caused by those wars, however our government ignores its responsibility in the creation of conditions that see millions of people needing to flee their countries to seek safety in asylum. It acts in contravention of the UN Convention of Refugees. When it acts in contravention of Australian law, it simply introduces new legislation as a judiciary bypass to change that law to its favour.
When asylum seekers happen to reach our shores after a long and perilous journey, our government punishes and further traumatises them with imprisonment in detention camps run by government contractors: private corporations involved in profiting on human misery. As a neo-colonial power in the Asia-Pacific region, Australia shovels our obligations to asylum seekers to less powerful nations with bribes of foreign aid to warehouse them in bleak and dehumanising conditions such as the Pacific concentration camps of Manus Is, Papua New Guinea, and the Republic of Nauru. The government has attempted to broker various failed people trafficking deals with Indonesia, Malaysia and Cambodia. US president Trump has put a spanner in the works of a people swap deal that the Turnbull government had hoped would absolve them of responsibility for asylum seekers held as political prisoners in Manus Is and Nauru, thereby easing community disquiet and pressure domestically. Asylum seekers who are not detained on Manus Is and Nauru are held in immigration prisons in our suburban and rural backyards or in community detention.
Saeed is one of a relatively small number of people who have sought asylum in Australia. As a member of a persecuted minority, he made the dangerous journey with his brother across the ocean to seek safety. If humanity and justice had prevailed, they would have been welcomed with kindness and hospitality. Rather, they were imprisoned. As testament to the capricious nature of Australia's immigration and border protection policy, Saeed's brother's claim for asylum was accepted but Saeed's was not. Saeed speaks little English and was not informed about his right of appeal.
Alison Battisson, a human rights lawyer who is now representing Saeed, says:
"Saeed's case is another example of an asylum seeker getting lost in an unfamiliar legal system.
Australia's system for hearing and reviewing protection claims is so complex that many
find it impossible to navigate. All we ask is the Minister hear Saeed's full story."
Accessing legal assistance for people seeking asylum is a minefield, especially for people with limited English skills. Successive governments have restricted funding and have privatised services. This limited extent of government-funded legal assistance means that people seeking asylum are often left to navigate the complex process of seeking protection alone or through stretched, under-funded services with high caseloads.
Saeed is a victim of this cruel system but he is not defeated. He has resisted the Department of Immigration and Border Protection's (DIBP) efforts to deport him quietly under the radar of community concern. The air flight ticket was booked and paid for with Australian tax dollars. He took the time-honoured method of resistance to oppression by going on a hunger strike and refused to sign any official documents. Weakened from the hunger strike, he was taken to a suburban hospital in Melbourne from the MITA detention centre in Broadmeadows, Victoria. In the hospital, nursing and medical staff sedated him and force fed him through a tube inserted down his throat against his will in preparation for deportation. Did the staff question this treatment under their respective professional Code of Ethics? Following medical treatment, Saeed was discharged and transferred back to MITA under private security company Serco guard.
On learning of Saeed's imminent risk of deportation to a country where he would be in danger of persecution and imprisonment in a prison notorious for torture of its political prisoners, community members rallied in solidarity with Saeed. A picket was set up at the gates of MITA where every departing vehicle was observed. The DIBP and Minister Dutton were put on notice that this deportation attempt was not unnoticed and would be resisted by the people.
The DIBP breached the community picket after four days. Shortly after return from the hospital and having kept Saeed isolated from other detained people, they bundled him in a white van with six Serco guards and a doctor, drove through a back gate that had been undefended for only a 20 minute gap, and drove the approx. nine hour trip up the Hume Highway to Villawood Immigration Detention Centre in suburban Sydney, NSW. The DIBP prevented Saeed's right to access to his solicitor during this time and would not confirm his location to her until the next day. Saeed described his experience as being "kidnapped".
The community in Sydney immediately sprang to action. They mounted an around the clock watch at the gates with a picket to check departing vehicles that now continues into its second week. An airport activation plan is in place ready to picket departures of flights to the Middle East and to enlist support among travellers to resist Saeed's deportation.
Saeed's case was mentioned in parliament twice last week, specifically by MP Adam Bandt, and in the context of Australia's unjust immigration regime by Sen Nick McKim, both of The Greens.
Community engagement to stop deportations of asylum seekers to danger is growing. There have been protests and occupations of DIBP offices around the country in solidarity with Saeed combined with a growing groundswell of grassroots support as evidenced by the picket at Villawood and on social media. Significantly, RISE Refugees, Survivors and Ex-detainees, the first refugee and asylum seeker organisation in Australia to be run and governed by refugees, asylum seekers and ex-detainees, has fielded representatives as spokespeople to rallies and lent its support to the campaign. Mums4Refugees started a petition to airlines calling on them to desist from profiting from deportations of asylum seekers. Church groups, community refugee rights and social justice groups are participating with multifaceted contributions.
Close the Camps Action Collective has sought the endorsement of larger NGO refugee rights groups. The response has been disappointing but as expected - they have a donation base to protect in order to sustain their valued ongoing projects. Non-violent direct action of civil disobedience does not attract donors with deep pockets but it is the strategy that has mobilised masses of people to create change in the civil rights, feminist, anti-war and environment movements.
The response to calls for union solidarity has been lacklustre, if not unsurprising. There was a hope that the new ACTU Secretary, Sally McManus, would lend her bold support to the #stopdeportations #freeSaeed campaign as she did during the #babyAsha case. Were the unions to support the call to 'stop deportations to danger' and to 'close the camps' they would have to examine their Labor party affiliations given that Labor supports off-shore processing and detention of asylum seekers policy. Labor has not opposed deportations to danger and has remained silent in the case of Saeed. What the union bureaucrats fail to realise, in the words of the late Tony Benn, is that "...the way a government treats refugees (and Aboriginal people) is very instructive because it shows you how they would treat the rest of us if they thought they could get away with it."
Union governance would also be held to account for the actions of their members in the refugee detention and health care industries. An embarrassing but honest proposition. However, the union movement does have a rich tradition of standing with the oppressed. We call on them to take up this issue and to take real action for justice in the fight to end Australia's cruel refugee policy. It is true that all social movements that create real and lasting change for the better in our society are powered by the people at the grassroots. People just like Saeed and people just like you and me. People who believe as Saeed's fellow political prisoner, Leonard Peltier, says: "We need to do more than what is right. We need to join together to right what is wrong."
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Q: Tanimoto Score and when it is used I read a wiki article which describes about Jaccard index and explains the Tanimoto score as extended Jaccard index, but what exactly it tries to do?
How is it different from other similarity scores?
When is it used?
Thank you

A: I just read the wikipedia article too, so I can only interpret the content for you.
Jaccards score is used for vectors that take discrete values, most often for binary values (1 or 0). Tanimoto score is used for vectors that can take on continuous values. It is designed so that if the vector only takes values of 1 and 0, it works the same as Jaccards.
I would imagine you would Tanimoto's when you have a 'mixed' vector that has some continuous valued parts and some binary valued parts.

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what exactly it tries to do?

Tanimoto score assumes that each data object is a
vector of attributes. The attributes may or may not be binary in this case. If they all are binary, the Tanimoto method reduces to the Jaccard method.
T(A,B)= A.B/(||A||2 + ||B||2 - A.B)

In the equation, A and B are data objects represented by vectors. The similarity score
is the dot product of A and B divided by the squared magnitudes of A and B minus the
dot product.

How is it different from other similarity scores?

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*Tanimoto v/s Jaccard: If the attributes are binary, Tanimoto is reduced to Jaccard Index.

There are various similarity scores available but let's compare with the most frequently used.

*Tanimoto v/s Dice:

The Tanimoto coefficent is determined by looking at the number of attributes that are common to both data objects (the intersection of the data strings) compared to the number of attributes that are in either (the union of the data objects).
The Dice coefficient is the number of attributes in common to both data objects relative to the average size of the total number of attributes present, i.e.
( A intersect B ) / 0.5 ( A + B )
D(A,B) = A.B/(0.5(||A||2 + ||B||2))

*Tanimoto v/s Cosine
Finding the cosine similarity between two data objects requires that both objects represent their attributes in a vector. Similarity is then measured as the angle between the two vectors.
Cos(θ) = A.B/(||A||.||B||)

You can also refer When can two objects have identical Tanimoto and Cosine score.

*Tanimoto v/s Pearson:

The Pearson Coefficient is a complex and sophisticated approach to finding similarity. The method generates a "best fit" line between attributes in two data objects. The Pearson Coefficient is found using the following equation:
p(A,B) = cov(A,B)/σAσB

where,
cov(A,B) --> Covariance
σ A --> Standard deviation of A
σ B --> Standard deviation of B
The coefficient is found from dividing the covariance by the product of the standard deviations of the attributes of two data objects. It is more robust against data that isn't normalized. For example, if one person ranked movies "a", "b", and "c" with scores of 1, 2, and 3 respectively, he would have a perfect correlation to someone who ranked the same movies with a 4, 5, and 6.
For more information on Tanimoto score v/s other similarity scores/coefficients you can refer:
Why is Tanimoto index an appropriate choice for fingerprint-based similarity calculations?

When is it used?

Tanimoto score can be used in both the situations:

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*When attributes are Binary

*When attributes are Non-Binary

Following applications extensively use Tanimoto score:

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*Chemoinformatics

*Clustering

*Plagiarism detection

*Automatic thesaurus extraction

*To visualize high-dimensional datasets

*Analyze market-basket transactional data

*Detect anomalies in spatio-temporal data

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Traceability: EDQM is Making Progress Towards the Implementation of eTACT
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Traceability is on everyone's lips. Directive 2011/62/EU - the so-called Counterfeit Directive - calls for the introduction of so-called safety features to enable authenticity verification and the identification of individual packages. The Directive has provided no provisions about how such a system should look like. Different organisations are currently checking the realisation - among them: EFPIA, SecurPharm and the EDQM.
All these systems are based on so-called 2D Matrix Codes to be applied on the packaging. Yet, there exist different models for the technical implementation and especially for the IT implementation. Some models support the "end to end" model whereas others prefer a comprehensive traceability, which enables the verification of the authenticity of a medicinal product at any time and any step of the supply chain and not only at the end (in the pharmacies).
In a current press release, the EDQM has announced that the eTACT system is making further progress. During a series of workshops organised with various stakeholders, the EDQM could further develop the live demo system and has implemented a Point-of-Sale system (to be used in pharmacies) with an interface to the eTACT system. The EDQM system seems to be a very promising system for the introduction of a publicly-governed traceabilty model on European scale.
To find out more please read the information about the latest EDQM workshop. Further workshops are planned. You can register on the EDQM website.
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Okay, the Nationals are Great. Now Can We Please Beat Them?
There's no more denying that the Nationals are an outstanding team. For so much of the season, their success has felt like an illusion, like the curtain would drop at any moment and reveal their middling, unsuccessful teams from recent years past, but it's clear now that they are the best team in the National League, and perhaps even the best in the MLB. They have the best record in baseball and arguably the best starting rotation in baseball. As much as I dislike all the Strasburg hype and the controversy surrounding his inning cap, the attention is deserved. He's an amazing player and has the potential to be one of the game's dominating forces for the next decade.
This is what I love about baseball: organizations can build great teams by throwing money at every big name player available, but building an club through good scouting, drafting, smart economical management, and player development is just as viable of a method for success. The Nationals have been careful with Strasburg, maybe even overprotective, but he is paying dividends for the team. Washington also managed to sign Gio Gonzalaez to a five-year deal (with options for a sixth and seventh) for forty-two million dollars. And we can't forget about the young offense talent in Harper, Espinosa, Bernadina, etc. Not only have they established a great team for 2012, the Nationals have the foundation in place to become a solid franchise, a force to be reckoned with for years to come. For all Braves fans complaining about Liberty Media limiting the payroll (myself included), notice that the 2012 payroll for the Nationals is about two million less than the Braves 2012 payroll.
We've now lost the most pivotal series of the season to the Nats, making the NL East championship all but out of reach, but it's just as important now as ever that we beat them in the remaining games. For years now we've seen our team struggle against the Phillies, and many people have suggested that there is some sort of mental block going on, that we couldn't beat Philadelphia because they got in our heads. Is it possible that the same thing could happen now with the Nationals? Coming in to Wednesday night's matchup, we are 4-10 against Washington this season and we haven't won a single series against them.
Losing to Washington on a consistent basis makes it easy to forget how good our team really is. Our outfield is incredible, maybe even the best in the league on both sides of the ball. Our bullpen is solid, better than Washington's in my opinion, and our starting rotation has been improving all season long. There's no reason why we shouldn't be able to compete with every team. Uggla is the only big hole I see in the lineup, and at this point in the season it is too late to do anything with him but just wait it out and hope he gets hot.
We only have one series against the Nats remaining on the schedule, and we have to win that series if we want any hope going in to the post season. Because the way things are shaping up, even if we hold on to our wildcard spot and manage to win the one-game playoff, we will have to face Washington next. How can we have any confidence against the Nats in the playoffs when they dominate us in the regular season? I'm not a big believer in superstition or momentum, but confidence truly is a factor in determining a team's success. For the Braves, winning the final games against Washington would go a long way towards making them true contenders in October.


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By Jamie Jirak - December 3, 2021 03:58 pm EST
It's a brand new month, which means there's plenty of new content on all of your favorite streaming services. Amazon Prime got a slew of new movies this week, including some fan-favorite horror movies. Halloween season may be over, but fans who like to keep the party going will be delighted to know that two of the best Halloween sequels are now streaming on Amazon Prime. As of December 1st, you can stream both Halloween II and Halloween III: Season of the Witch.
Despite no longer being canon thanks to Halloween (2018), Halloween II picks up right where Halloween (1978) left off with Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) being sent to the hospital after her traumatizing encounter with Michael Myers. Of course, The Shape shows up once again to wreak havoc on Laurie's life. As for Halloween III, the movie is the only one of the franchise that doesn't feature Michael Myers as the villain. Instead, it follows Daniel Challis (Tom Atkins) and Ellie Grimbridge (Stacey Nelkin) as they uncover an evil plot by Silver Shamrock, a Halloween mask company.
Halloween Kills was released in October, and it won't be the end of David Gordon Green's time with the franchise. Halloween Ends is set to hit theaters next year, and Green recently revealed that it will acknowledge COVID-19.
"Yeah. It jumps into a contemporary timeline," Green told Uproxx. "So we go from two episodes that are the same night in 2018. And then we'll get up to speed with ... It'll take place the time of its release.....So if you think about it, I mean, where we're leaving these characters on Halloween 2018, the world is a different place. So not only do they have their immediate world affected by that trauma, having time to process that trauma – and that's a specific and immediate traumatic event in the community of Haddonfield. But then they also had a worldwide pandemic and peculiar politics and another million things that turned their world upside down."
During another interview with Sirius XM's The Jess Cagle Show, Curtis was asked if she could share anything about the 2022 film. She said "I can't" over and over until finally giving a little teaser. "Here's my snippet: legacy," Curtis revealed. "That it really has to do with the nature of evil, and the legacy of evil."
Halloween II and Halloween III: Season of the Witch are now streaming on Amazon Prime. Halloween Kills is available to watch on Peacock. Halloween Ends is scheduled to hit theaters on October 14th, 2022.
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Anti-LGBT Lawmaker Wesley Goodman Resigns After 'Inappropriate Behavior' with a Man
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Ohio State Rep. Wes Goodman, who is married and has opposed LGBT rights throughout his political career, resigned from his position when confronted with evidence of a sexual encounter with another man inside in his office.
Ohio House Speaker Cliff Rosenberger (R-Clarksville) met with Goodman, 33, on the afternoon of Nov. 14, after he became aware of the incident in the lawmaker's Riffe Center office, according toThe Columbus Dispatch. Later that day Goodman,a first-term Republican representing Cardington, stepped down.
"I was alerted to details yesterday afternoon regarding his involvement in inappropriate behavior related to his state office," Rosenberger said in a statement Nov. 15. "I met with him later in the day where he acknowledged and confirmed the allegations. It became clear that his resignation was the most appropriate course of action for him, his family, the constituents of the 87th House District and this institution."
He told cleveland.com the "inappropriate interaction" that happened several months ago betweenGoodman and a man not employed by the legislature was consensual and did not constitute sexual harassment.
Goodman said the following in a statement on Wednesday:
"We all bring our own struggles and our own trials into public life. That has been true for me, and I sincerely regret that my actions and choices have kept me from serving my constituents and our state in a way that reflects the best ideals of public service. For those whom I have let down, I'm sorry."
He previously was an aide to U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Urbana), creating "pro-family and pro-liberty" policies. Goodman later served as managing director for the Conservative Action Project, "where he says he 'led the fight for conservative principles like a balanced budget, lower taxes, repealing Obamacare, life, and religious liberty,'" according to the Dispatch.
Cleveland.com reports that Goodman's campaign websitedescribed his views on family as: "Healthy, vibrant, thriving, values-driven families are the source of Ohio's proud history and the key to Ohio's future greatness. The ideals of a loving father and mother, a committed natural marriage, and a caring community are well worth pursuing and protecting." The page on his site has been removed.
Sexual Assault Accusation
In 2015, Goodman was accused of sexual misconduct toward an 18-year-old student following his fundraiser event in Washington, D.C. The student "who had come to the event with his parents said the candidate unzipped his pants and fondled him in the middle of the night," according toThe Washington Post.
The teen informed his parents, who confronted the head of the organization hosting the conference. Tony Perkins, president of the Council for National Policy (CNP),anadvocacy groupthat says that homosexuality "can never be affirmed,"suspended Goodman from the council. He privately told Goodman to drop out of the race, but he didn't. Goodman continued his campaign, winning his seat a year ago.
According toThe New York Times, Goodman had other encounters with men.
In late 2010 or early 2011, Goodman was working for Rep. Jordan when he met with Johnny Hadlock, 33. They formed a friendship, and Hadlock said some of the texts messages Goodman sent were "'sexual' and 'salacious' and that they once had phone sex." He said the two communicated on Facebook until 2014.
Another man, Chris Donnelly, 32, told the Times that in 2008, he posted an online ad seeking a sexual encounter and Goodman responded. The politician asked Donnelly to keep it a secret.
"But after Mr. Goodman won the Ohio Republican primary in 2016, Mr. Donnelly said he described the encounter to a Republican political operative who promised that officials would speak to Mr. Goodman," theTimes reports. "It was not clear to Mr. Donnelly what, if any, action had been taken."
"It annoyed me that they didn't think there was anything wrong with the hypocrisy of it," Donnelly said.
Goodman is the third Ohio state lawmaker to have resigned in less than a month. Last week, Senate Democratic Chief of Staff Mike Premo resigned following a complaint of inappropriate behavior by a staffer. And, Sen. Cliff Hite (R-Findlay) also resigned in late October following a staffer's complaint of sexual harassment.
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"I don't like this," I thought as my fingers sunk into my mat and I reached my hips up in to the air in attempt to find the pose called "downward facing dog". My gaze wandered around the room, scanning the other yogis and their form that I tried to mimic. This went on for the entirety of the class. We moved and stretched and twisted and breathed and all I was trying to do was keep up and not confuse my left and right. As we made our way into the final pose, Savasana, and I lied there with my eyes closed, I felt peace. The room that was hot with energy had suddenly become so calm and it was like I could feel the air stilling and everyone's molecules of energy that had been racing around the room just start to float, hanging there above us all. I decided I would go to another yoga class. Not because I liked it, but because I knew that I needed it.
your senses awaken - the feeling of your breath entering and exiting your body, the thump of your heart beat, the weight of gravity holding you down - all of these things that are constantly occuring every second of our lives you suddenly become so thankful for and connected with. Yoga always reminds me, especially on "off days", that I am here and I am alive and that is something to be grateful for. And what about all of the other souls that are there in the room with me? Every single individual is practicing yoga for their own reasons. An empty room becomes so full - full of unique individuals, in some way or form striving to deepen their practice, full of different energies, full of different backgrounds and stories. Many people view their yoga journey as a personal evolution. Growing more mindful, stronger, more flexible and more conscious about everyday decisions, a yoga journey has no end. One of the things I've come to love about yoga is doing my asana practice in group settings. I am a very outgoing individual and I've found that I feed off other people's energies. Having all of these other bodies moving, bending and breathing around my helps my physical body to charge and my mind to relax. There is something very comforting in knowing that all of the other people in the room are also taking time from their own busy days and investing it in themselves. Because my favorite way to practice asana is in group settings with other individuals and because I do enjoy teaching and public speaking, I decided to get my Yoga Teacher Certification. My weekends became filled with yoga lectures, asana practice, meditation and anatomy lessons. When immersing myself so deeply into yoga I discovered so much about my own practice and my life. And throughout this self-discovery I had the privilege of continuing my yoga journey with the most incredible group of people. Yoga seems to attract the most beautiful souls - people from all different walks of life and with all these different end goals. The common factor is always an understanding of all the benefits of yoga. Now that I have graduated I try to teach classes that draw in people that are new to yoga and hesitant to try it. There is always a hesitance to try something new or uncomfortable and I think the way to introduce yoga to more individuals is by making it available in different forms.Asana does not need to take place in a yoga studio- it can take place in a gym, a park, a store, a bar - anywhere that you can fit some mats in a safe setting. Yoga does not need to be limited to any specific location, style, or speed and I hope to share it with as many people as I can.
1) Mental Benefits. Starting a yoga practice means that you will be setting aside time for yourself to clear your mind and push outside thoughts away for about an hour each day. This reset and recharge will have tremendous benefits for your outlook on life and personal growth.2) Physical Benefits. Yoga will keep you mobile. There is a misconception that yoga is just stretching and that is absolutely false. Yoga also builds up strength, not only in your muscles, but your bones as well. Incorporate yoga into your weekly routine and the asanas will contribute to preserving your youth.
3) The Energy. When you start a yoga practice I highly encourage you to incorporate group classes as opposed to only practicing solo in your home or apartment. By going to a studio, gym, etc. you pick up on the energy around you and meet others who may share similar goals.4) Lifestyle Changes. Often times when people begin a yoga practice, they start to make life adjustments as well. Your personal yoga journey will allow for a lot of self discovery which will lead to changes in your daily life- whether they are big or small. Anything from becoming more conscious of your breath when in a stressful situation or to changing up your diet to better serve your body may be in store for you.
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With over 10 years of experience in content creation and search engine optimisation for SME's, Benjamin Kerry gives Startacus 3 beginners tips on making sure that your content can be found and noticed.
If you're a startup then there's two things you have to accept: no one knows you exist, and what's more, no one cares. Think you're unique? One in a million? Sure, one in four hundred million entrepreneurs, according to Google Entrepreneurs, creating a total of 69 million early stage products and companies across 56 countries.
Marketing, like sponsors in The Hunger Games, is the difference between life and death. Users, revenue and supporters, or a quiet death from starvation, disease or the elements. Rarely is it always down to a fatal blow from a competitor.
These facts mean that getting noticed is essential. One way you do that is through content marketing. Here is three things you can be doing to bootstrap your content marketing to success.
1. Pick the right tools. In the daunting landscape of social media marketing you could end up on every social network going, only to end up shouting loudly in an empty house. An ideal abject lesson in futility. Instead make sure you pick the right social networks for your business. Think of your audience and target them, be where they are, talk about the things they are interested in, and you will start to get noticed.
2. Be consistent. You know your stuff. You are an expert. So tell the world, but do this consistently. One blog post doesn't mean you are executing a content marketing strategy very well. A few a month are still tiny drops in a very loud ocean. You need to be sharing with the world your unique knowledge and skills on a regular basis.
3. Remember SEO. Google are always making changes to search algorithms. The last two years they have been very active, launching and updating changes, designed to crack down on shady SEO tactics. If you are a new company its unlikely that these will affect you. But make sure. Double check. Don't assume. All Google wants to see is new, authentic content written by and for humans. Keep putting that out and it will benefit SEO and improve how quickly your company gets noticed.
Getting noticed is about content. In social networks and search engines we live in a world where content is king. Stick to the strategies above and you will survive and win in the arena.
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Edinburgh and Kirkcaldy, Fife
The Kingdom of Fife
Do you wonder if the family stories of your Scottish ancestry and heritage are exactly as they were told to you? Do you worry that there is more myth than reality?Or do you have no information at all? Have your Real Genealogy researched!
Dr. Bruce Durie BSc (Hons) PhD OMLJ FSAScot FCollT FIGRS FHEA
Bruce Durie is considered one of Scotlands best-known genealogists, with an international reputation. Bruce is perhaps best known for his BBC radio series, "Digging Up Your Roots" (eighth season in 2014), and "A House with A Past", and he has authored 30 books, including the best-selling "Scottish Genealogy" now in its 3rd edition. (www.brucedurie.co.uk/books)
Bruce founded the much-acclaimed post-graduate program in Genealogical Studies at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, which he headed for six years as Course Director, until 2011. Now a Fellow at Strathclyde, he is developing a full-time one-year Masters and a Doctoral programme.
He also teaches courses on Genealogy, Documents and Heraldry at the University of Edinburgh.
Recently elected to the prestigious Académie Internationale de Généalogie (the only member from Scotland), he is Shennachie (Genealogist and Historian) to the Chief of Durie, Shennachie to COSCA and holder of the Fulbright Senior Scottish Studies Scholar award, 2015-16.
Specialities: Scottish Genealogy and Family History.
He co-organises Ancestral and Historical Tours with Jamie, Lord Sempill (www.clanchieftours.co.uk/)
More info at www.brucedurie.co.uk and books at www.brucedurie.co.uk/books/
Contact for more information: bruce@durie.scot
bruce@durie.scot
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Patience pays off for Carencro's Lacombe
Lacombe adds receiving threat to his list of duties
Patience pays off for Carencro's Lacombe Lacombe adds receiving threat to his list of duties Check out this story on theadvertiser.com: https://www.theadvertiser.com/story/sports/high-school/2018/11/01/bears-tight-end-big-weapon-last-week/1839402002/
Kevin Foote, Lafayette Daily Advertiser Published 9:00 a.m. CT Nov. 1, 2018
Carencro's Blake Lacombe hauls in one of his three receptions for the Golden Bears during last week's road loss at St. Thomas More.(Photo: James Mays/Special to the Advertiser)Buy Photo
He's a deep snapper and a blocking tight end.
In last Friday's loss at St. Thomas More, Carencro senior tight end Blake Lacombe also became a receiving threat.
"When you start running the ball well, you can kind of forget about the tight end a little bit," Carencro coach Tony Courville admitted.
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Lacombe wasn't on the backburner last week, catching three passes for 66 yards. That's after having six catches for 56 yards over the first eight weeks.
"I'll be honest: sometimes he hasn't been happy," Courville explained. "(Offensive coordinator) Gavin (Peters) just kept telling him, 'Just keep grinding, man. You're time is going to come.' And last week was his time.
"He's a two-year starter who works his tail off. He just kind of gets lost in the limelight (as a receiver) because of some of the other guys."
The significance of the tight end in this new offense was never in question, however.
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"He's a very good blocker," Courville said. "When I first sat down with Gavin to talk about the veer, he said, 'Your tight end has to be a dude.' And that's what he is for us. And when his number is called, he always has the hands to catch the ball."
Now Courville is hoping Lacombe's emergence as a target can make the Bears tougher to prepare for come playoff time.
"He played well the other night," he said. "He's one of those tough, hard-nosed kids and it's paying off for him right now."


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American LNG diplomacy spread thin
Europe's wartime dash for non-Russian gas complicates US-China trade
The energy world is only starting to comprehend the many ways in which war in Ukraine is disrupting markets. Europe's push to replace Russian pipeline gas with liquefied natural gas (LNG) promises to recast dynamics between major LNG exporters and importers – and geopolitical relations between global superpowers.
Photo: Cheniere. Montage by Energy Flux
Before Russia invaded Ukraine, the prevailing geopolitical narrative underpinning LNG trade was one of cooperation between adversaries. The emergence of the US and China as the world's biggest exporter and importer, respectively, bolstered the diplomatic significance of US LNG exports.
The US was the world's third-biggest LNG exporter in 2021 at almost 75 million tonnes, shortly behind Qatar and Australia. The commissioning of new liquefaction trains (the equipment to chill natural gas into LNG) at Sabine Pass and Calcasieu Pass in Louisiana this year will push US export capacity beyond those two countries and into the global top spot.
At the other end of the value chain, China increased its LNG imports by 12 million tonnes to 79 million tonnes in 2021, nosing ahead of import-reliant Japan for the first time. This 18% surge in LNG imports coincided with China's economic rebound: GDP grew at 8.1%, its fastest in ten years and well in excess of Beijing's 6% target. The Chinese economy is today valued at 114.37 trillion yuan ($17.97 trillion). Only the US economy is larger, at $23 trillion.
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The dominance of the US and China at either ends of the LNG trade spectrum created a geostrategic rationale for cooperation between these two feuding superpowers. LNG became a rare point of bilateral cooperation in 2021, with Chinese buyers signing a flurry of long-term sales and purchase agreements (SPAs) with US exporters.
China signed 14 SPAs last year for a total of more than 20 million tonnes, locking in future supplies beyond 2030. Those contractual volumes will be in addition to China's burgeoning spot purchases of LNG, which accounted for around 45% of China's entire LNG procurement in 2021. This is significantly above the global average of around 31%, according to Shell's 2022 LNG Outlook.
US LNG's great expectations
The value of US LNG trade with China slumped in 2019 after the Trump administration launched a trade war with China and Beijing retaliated with import tariffs. Europe was the big beneficiary that year, with US LNG imports spiking almost fivefold.
Since then, the US has managed to cater to booming gas demand in both Europe and China. US LNG exports to Europe breached 1.2 trillion cubic feet – equivalent to 34.2 billion cubic metres (Bcm) – for the first time in 2021, with a nominal trade value of €8.8 billion, according to the US Energy Information Administration. Chinese imports of US gas were less than half that, at 450 billion cubic feet, worth an estimated $3.3 billion.
Data from EIA. Chart by Energy Flux (click to enlarge)
There was an expectation that Chinese purchases of US LNG would play a big role in rebalancing the enormous US-China trade deficit. A Phase 1 trade deal signed between the two superpowers in early 2020 envisaged China buying $52.4 billion of US energy products over 2020 and 2021.
That figure is on top of trade in 2017, the year before tariffs were first imposed by the Trump administration. In the end, Chinese energy purchases met only around half of that commitment, despite the uptick in US LNG imports. The US-China trade deficit even rose to $355 billion in 2021, its highest level since 2018.
Rhetoric-reality gap
With US LNG exports running up against infrastructure capacity constraints, Europe's wartime scramble for LNG implies constrained growth in exports to China and other regions. However, there is much uncertainty over how this might play out because political statements emanating from the EU are yet to translate into commercial agreements.
Essentially, there is a disconnect between political intent and commercial reality. On a rhetorical level, the US is signalling unwavering support for EU efforts to rapidly curb Russian gas imports by sending ever greater volumes of LNG to Europe. Yet not a single new binding supply deal has yet been signed between US LNG exporters and European gas buyers since last month's signing of a high-level US-EU Task Force for Energy Security that is ostensibly geared towards sending more cargoes to Europe.
China, not Europe, is striking new deals with US gas exporters. Chinese independent energy company ENN last month signed two 20-year SPAs with Energy Transfer covering 2.7 million tonnes per annum from the Lake Charles LNG export project in Louisiana. This came hot on the heels of a binding preliminary deal between NextDecade Corporation and Guangdong Energy Group for up to 1.5 million tonnes per annum over 20 years from the Rio Grande LNG project in Texas.
Doing business in wartime
The vaguely-worded US-EU task force envisages sending an extra 15 Bcm of US LNG to Europe this year, followed by an extra 50 Bcm per year "until at least 2030". To make this happen, the European Commission promised to "support long-term contracting mechanisms" to support final investment decisions on new US LNG export capacity, because banks won't lend to projects in the absence of revenue certainty.
There are myriad reasons why rhetorical support won't necessarily translate into new long-term contracts, however. The task force itself is geared towards reducing overall European gas demand, which seems at odds with a push to guarantee European demand for new US LNG projects, while the urgent backdrop for negotiations means US LNG sellers will drive a hard bargain on price and other contractual terms.
Negotiations must strike common ground on price and volume risk. The task force calls for new contracts to "include consideration of Henry Hub Natural Gas Spot Price", which implies EU gas buyers taking on a degree of price risk for ten, 15 or 20 years in the notoriously volatile and cyclical LNG market.
Furthermore, if strong buying appetite persists, then EU gas buyers will be forced to lock in less competitively priced LNG volumes from less economic projects that in benign market conditions might not get built. If the private sector cannot stomach this, the EU could bridge the divide by socialising risks with some form of subsidy to get SPAs signed.
The politics of dealmaking
If EU gas buyers overcome these challenges and underwrite a new wave of US LNG export capacity, this diminishes China's share of the US's growing shale gas exports. So far, the opposite seems to be happening: the EU is blowing hot and cold on the long-term role of gas and LNG in the European energy mix, while China is getting down to business and striking new deals that will secure supplies of the coveted fuel for the coming decades.
If the status quo prevails, LNG could be the only bright spot amid otherwise deteriorating trade relations between Washington and Beijing. The US is signalling it is prepared to get tough with China and adopt a new approach to its yawning trade deficit. There is open speculation this could trigger a fresh round of tit-for-tat tariffs on US and Chinese goods and services – particularly if Washington perceives Beijing to be tacitly helping Russia evade sanctions.
If that happens and China's imports of US LNG again collapse, this could recast negotiations between the US and Europe and perhaps open a window of opportunity for EU gas buyers to sign US LNG SPAs on less onerous terms. If not, China's thirst for gas could ensure US LNG keeps flowing east. Either way, it is a seller's market for LNG and any new supply contracts will reflect that asymmetry – regardless of the rhetoric that accompanies the dealmaking.
This article was first published on 6th April 2022 in Energy Monitor. Reproduced here with permission.
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text: Bruce McCall is being inducted into the Napa High School Athletic Hall of Fame for his long time assistance to coaches and athletes as a physical therapist and athletic trainer. McCall was a three-sport star at Righetti High School in Santa Maria. During his college years, a basketball injury ended his athletic career but also sparked his interest in sports medicine. While earning his BS degree at UC Santa Barbara, he worked with the Gaucho teams. His postgraduate work was done at UC San Francisco Medical School. McCall gained experience as a trainer, volunteering in the training room of the San Francisco 49ers. He is a licensed physical therapist, certified athletic trainer, member of the American Physical Therapy Association as well as the National Athletic Trainers Association. McCall, with his partner Glenn Hughes, owns the Napa Valley Physical Therapy Center that has, for more than 30 years, demonstrated its dedication to the health and safety of Napa and Vintage High School athletes. For decades McCall has provided information to players and coaches, worked with athletes on the field and opened his office to athletes for rehabilitation… all completely free of charge. One estimate is that the business has donated 19,000 treatments to the community's youth. McCall has also been instrumental in building the team that includes local physicians, EMTs, and student volunteers that insures the best possible care for our athletes. He personally worked with Napa High teams from 1974 to 1989 and continues to be a loyal supporter as a member of the Athletic Boosters. For his assistance to the athletic programs and to the health of Napa High athletes, McCall is welcomed into the Napa High School Hall of Fame.


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Events at Gaelic Park
There's always a ton of events happening at Gaelic Park. Stay up to date and catch the latest events with our event calendar.
Events Room
Gaelic Park Library
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01feb7:00 pm#TRINGO TuesdaysTRINGO = Trivia + Bingo
(Tuesday) 7:00 pm
04feb7:30 pmFeaturedNicky G. in the Pub! 7:30pmEnjoy the Musical Stylings of Nicky G. in the pub!
Entertaining you with hits spanning 5 decades, including One-Hit-Wonders you don't hear very often! Pub Food Served 5-10pm No cover charge!
Entertaining you with hits spanning 5 decades, including One-Hit-Wonders you don't hear very often!
Pub Food Served 5-10pm
05feb8:00 pmFeaturedBilly O'Donoghue on stage! 8pmLive Music with Billy O'Donoghue
With his smooth voice and his playing ability, Billy is really a top notch entertainer. He is a featured performer in the Chicagoland area, including Gaelic Park and the Irish
With his smooth voice and his playing ability, Billy is really a top notch entertainer. He is a featured performer in the Chicagoland area, including Gaelic Park and the Irish American Heritage Center in the Fifth Province and it's annual iBAM! Celebration Gala Dinner and Awards Ceremony.
Gaelic Park Library6119 W 147th Street
06feb1:00 pm3:00 pmFeaturedGaelic Park Book ClubGaelic Park Book Club
First Sunday of the month we gather to discuss great Irish Writers. Please join us!. There is no fee. Even if you haven't read the book, all are welcome. Feel
First Sunday of the month we gather to discuss great Irish Writers. Please join us!. There is no fee. Even if you haven't read the book, all are welcome. Feel free to contact me with any questions: Tina Butler, my email: Molanive@yahoo.com
The 2021/2022 Season book selections –
Sept 5th – The Once & Future Celt, by Bill Watkins
Oct 3rd – Scotland is not for the Squeamish, by Bill Watkins
Nov. 7th – Teacher Man, by Frank McCourt
Dec 5th – The Abstainer, by Ian McGuire
Jan 9th (weather permitting) – An Irish Country Doctor, by Patrick Taylor
Feb 6th – A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, by James Joyce
Mar 6th – Homesick at the New Yorker, by Maeve Brennan
Apr 3rd – Touchy Subjects, by Emma Donoghue
May 15th (last book club of the season) – The Poor Mouth, by Flann O'Brien
6119 W 147th Street
11feb7:30 pmFeaturedJoe Cullen in the Pub 7:30pmLive Music with Joe Cullen
Joe Cullen has been playing Irish music professionally in the Chicagoland area for 20 years or so. His instrument of choice is piano accordian and plays regularly at weddings, festivals,
Joe Cullen has been playing Irish music professionally in the Chicagoland area for 20 years or so. His instrument of choice is piano accordian and plays regularly at weddings, festivals, Irish events, and fundraisers, pubs and clubs everywhere.
Joe is working on an album at the moment with Kathleen Keane and Joe McShane and has toured with the John Dillon Band, Listowel, and many other prominent Irish musicians.
12feb7:00 pmFeaturedThe Merry Ploughboys Party!Live at Gaelic Park
12feb8:00 pmFeaturedBernie Glim in the Pub 8:00pmLive Music with Bernie Glim
Bernie Glim and Country Roads is a seven-piece Country Rock band of master musicians and songwriters led by Bernie Glim on guitar and vocals. The ensemble includes Tom Gurney on guitar, Al Joseph
Bernie Glim and Country Roads is a seven-piece Country Rock band of master musicians and songwriters led by Bernie Glim on guitar and vocals. The ensemble includes Tom Gurney on guitar, Al Joseph on fiddle, and Karen Glim and Rachel Glim on vocals and percussion. They perform 250 – 300 dates a year at clubs and festivals throughout the Chicagoland and Midwest area. Their new CD, "Playin' to Win" was released in June 2007 on the Sugar Island label.
18feb8:00 pmFeaturedRay Gavin in the Pub 8:00pmLive Music in the Pub with Ray Gavin
Live Music in the Pub with Ray Gavin; Vocalist, Guitarist, Songwriter and producer Pub Food Served 5-10pm No cover charge!
Live Music in the Pub with Ray Gavin; Vocalist, Guitarist, Songwriter and producer
19feb7:30 pmFeaturedGerry Haughey on stage! 7:30pmLive Music with Gerry Haughey
With his smooth voice and his playing ability, Haughey is really a top notch entertainer. He is a featured performer in the Chicagoland area, including Gaelic Park and the Irish
With his smooth voice and his playing ability, Haughey is really a top notch entertainer. He is a featured performer in the Chicagoland area, including Gaelic Park and the Irish American Heritage Center in the Fifth Province and it's annual iBAM! Celebration Gala Dinner and Awards Ceremony.
25feb7:30 pmFeaturedLiam Durkin in the Pub 7:30pmLive music with Liam Durkin
Liam is a guitarist / solo singer; he plays a variety of music – folk, rock & country. His musical talents are sure to delight his audience. His most appreciated
Liam is a guitarist / solo singer; he plays a variety of music – folk, rock & country. His musical talents are sure to delight his audience. His most appreciated musicians are Johnny Cash, Neil Young, Hank Williams Jr. and most recently Eric Church & Chris Stapleton. Liam has been playing guitar since age 7 and singing since age 15; his love and passion for music shows in his performance. He has recorded an Irish CD's, as his Irish heritage has been a great influence on Liam's love for folk music, and his strong voice gives his singing a prominent sound. Currently, he is working on his own original songs. Liam has established a strong following on the Southside of Chicago. To listen to some of Liam's work, please visit Liam on Facebook at Liam Durkin and enjoy some of his videos.
Website: http://www.liamdurkin.com/
26feb8:00 pmFeaturedKieran Byrne 8pmLive Music with Kieran Byrne
Kieran Byrne is a native of Limerick, and has been living here for the last 8 years after moving from Ireland. Kieran is a teacher by profession and has been
Kieran Byrne is a native of Limerick, and has been living here for the last 8 years after moving from Ireland. Kieran is a teacher by profession and has been playing live music since the age of 18 starting in England while at college. Kieran plays Irish Folk and Rebel Music along with some Country. Kieran is a regular on the music scene playing venues from the southside to the northside of Chicago. Kieran's influences include The Pogues, The Dubliners and Christy Moore.
Contact: kbyrne@bhsd228.com
27feb6:00 pmFeaturedDerek Warfield and The Young Wolfe Tones in Concert!Live at Gaelic Park


Welcome to author interviews–the first of many, I hope. Lately, I've realized there are a lot of great authors out there that get buried underneath a pile of rejection letters and self-doubt. Social media is a wondrous thing, but it only gets you so far. Once a month I'd like to showcase a very special author and this week I was lucky to have my friend Charlie Knight answer some questions about herself.
She's a sweet soul. Keep reading and you'll find out for yourself.
MN: Charlie, why did you want to become a writer?
CK: The first thing I ever wrote was fanfiction when I was nine years old; back then, it was just a lot of fun! The creative release felt good and I really enjoyed letting the stories in my head out so that they could take on a life of their own. As I got older, it started to become something of a necessary release. Writing is an exercise for my mental health, it gives me some relief from depression and anxiety. Now I choose to write stories with queer characters so that I can see the kind of representation that was missing in media when I was a kid.
MN: I'm so glad you have writing as a release. It was also my release as a child, as it is for many authors. Is there any advice you'd give a young writer who doubts their ability?
CK: Remember that you don't have to do this alone! Writing is hard and other writers aren't your competition, they're your community. Use them for inspiration, for support and commiseration, for advice, for whatever you need. Starting with #writingcommunity and #amwriting on Twitter is a good way to expand your circle.
MN: Great advice. If a friend gave you their book to read and you didn't like it, what would you do?
CK: Oh, yikes. I'm a firm believer that it's never, ever OK for a writer to tear down another writer – especially publicly. So a bad review is out of the question. I wouldn't lie outright, I might just give three stars and be a little more vague than usual. But I'd also talk directly to my friend and be straight with them about the opportunities that I saw whether or not it's published. I believe just as firmly that, especially as indie authors, we all need each other to succeed. The quality of indie work available effects every indie writer, so I'd want to give feedback that might help them improve. Besides, our friends deserve our honesty.
MN: That's very kind. I'm grateful that you would be honest. Not a lot of people want to be honest, especially with friends. I'm finally getting into reading indie author books because I know there are some really great ones out there? Is there an indie author you'd recommend?
CK: SO MANY! I have a few clients with published works that I would absolutely recommend for anyone because they're all so talented.
Desdemona Wren and Louise Czarnobai each write fantasy with queer characters.
Autumn McKayne has the Renegades & Rescue series – an in-progress romance trilogy.
Marlena Wolf writes insanely hot erotica.
I'm hoping to get a page up on my website in the next month or so linking to all of my clients and their work, so keep an eye out for that!
MN: That's fantastic. What projects are you working on right now?
CK: My primary WIP is a high fantasy with a m/m romance subplot, dragons and magic, subterfuge and warfare. It was my 2018 NaNo story and I got about 85k words into the first draft until I had an epiphany that led me to change a major part of the plot. Soooo now I'm about 5k into the first draft again. I also have a fantasy trilogy that I shelved last year but have started re-reading to decide where I want to take the rewrite. The more I read the more I fall back in love with it so I'm very excited to dig back in.
There's also my pet project, a fanfiction that I've been working on for years. I put part of it on AO3 a couple years ago and then had an issue with someone duplicating my account, which then led to me getting the courage to rewrite the entire thing from scratch and make changes I'd been too scared of before. I'm hoping to get it back online soon.
MN: First of all, congrats on winning Nano. That's a huge accomplishment, even if you end up changing every single word. Second, these stories sound fascinating. Although, I'm sorry that someone duplicated your account, I'm very happy that it inspired your writing. Do you pull from your own experiences in your writing?
CK: Thank you! NaNo was an incredible experience and I'm looking forward to doing it again. I definitely pull from my own experiences in writing. There are a few recurring themes that pop-up in every story I write that definitely provide some insight into my life and into what's important, but I'll keep them a secret so my readers have to figure it out!
MN: Looking forward to it. If you are on an island and have to choose 3 writers (living or dead), who would you choose?
MN: I know, I'm terrible. These are some really great choices. I knew you could do it. What family member encouraged your writing the most, if any?
CK: So, I'm a professional writer. It's my day job. And I hate it. For a long time, that writing kept me away from fiction writing – burnout is real, folks. A couple of years ago when I decided I wanted to start dabbling in fiction again, I wasn't even taking myself seriously. I'd say that I was doing it and then make excuses about time or being tired and never do it. Then, for Christmas two years ago, my husband gave me a "writing kit." It had an old edition of The Sound & The Fury (a favorite), a few blank notebooks, new pens, headphones, and a couple little bottles of whiskey. He told me that it was time to be the kind of writer I wanted to be. And it all kicked off from there. Had he not been that thoughtful and pushed me forward, I probably never would have stopped making excuses.
MN: That is so fantastic! He sounds like a real gem. Have you written a character that reminds you of your husband?
MN: Hopefully one day, you'll get to write about him. If you had the money, where would you travel to and would you write about it?
CK: If I had the money, I'd never stop traveling. The places at the top of my list right now are Ireland and Vietnam. And I would definitely write about it, I write about everywhere that we travel. Recently we spent a week in NOLA and that city has magic. It inspired a bunch of new stories that are waiting for me to write, as well as some characters and settings. I'd love to see more new places to get more inspiration.
MN: That's so great! Good luck with the new stories. I can't wait to read them. Do you reward yourself upon completing a manuscript?
CK: Yes! I set little rewards for myself throughout the process, too. For example, I have a goal to write at least 1k words a day every day in January. If I accomplish it, I'm going out to my favorite restaurant at the end of the month. But every week during the month, if I stay on target, I give myself some extra time to play video games or something small like that. Rewards don't have to be lavish but I think they're great for motivation.
MN: Wonderful! That is very important. Have you thought of a brilliant idea and someone else has already written it?
CK: Call me a pessimist, but I'm someone who doesn't believe original thought exists. It's all been done already in some way, shape, or form. I also don't think we can be expected not to be inspired and to use that inspiration in our own stories. So, yes, I've had ideas that have already been done…and then I use them anyway!
MN: I see your point and that's great that you don't let that hold you back.
Charlie has been gracious enough to share her writing with us. This is from her current WIP–yes, the one she mentioned above.
The first time I can remember hearing the prophecy was sitting at my mother's feet when I was barely old enough to start school. At four, my magic had just started to appear and the fire I could conjure from my hands scared me. She told me that one day, I would need the fire to defend us all against the falling skies. I remember her telling me that I'd need to keep my sister safe, just a baby at the time and the most precious thing in the world to me from the moment I laid eyes on her. The prophecy, she told me, would need warriors to face it.
Back then I was determined to become the warrior my mom spoke of. The second time I heard about the prophecy, my outlook changed.
Don't forget to follow Charlie for updates on this wonderful piece, and more.
So, if you're not aware, Charlie is also my editor. I was fortunate enough to find her and thought it would be cruel to keep her all to myself. I asked her a few questions about her editing journey that will hopefully answer some of your questions. And if not, please feel free to follow the link above to find out more!
MN: How long have you been an editor and are you looking for new clients right now?
CK: I've been editing professionally for 10 years now, after graduating with a degree in English Language & Literature. I just started editing for indie authors under this pen name about seven months ago, since I need to keep my day job separate. It's been amazing so far! I am accepting new clients right now for February and for March (or beyond), but there's never really a time when I turn anyone away for more than a couple of weeks.
MN: What do you prefer to edit?
CK: I have a soft spot for queer romance, regardless of what genre it's in. Diversity representation, in general, is definitely my favorite work to be associated with; supporting indie writers at all is important, but supporting ownvoices writers is vital.
CK: I would have to take it on a case-by-case basis. Honestly, my freelance editing for indie authors is not something that I profit from while my professional editing is my primary source of income. If I started blurring those lines, I'd lose my income! If it were an indie author… maybe? Everyone should reach out, it's always worth asking.
Didn't I tell you Charlie was a sweetheart? Thank you so much for joining The Papercut Diaries today, Charlie. You're wonderful.
And thank you for joining us. You're awesome, too! Until next time, happy writing.
I'm mostly just like over the moon that Charlie rec'd me. I don't get many recs haha.
Yes, she is very thoughtful that way. You deserve it. It's a lot of work writing a book, publishing and selling.


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Google Chrome For Windows Just Got Antivirus Features
Recently, Google raised the level of security and added new features in Windows that will alert users in case of any suspicious behavior. Google in collaboration with security firm ESET added some security feature in Chrome browser.
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Recently, we have seen lots of malware or adware in the form of Google Chrome extension is making its way to the Chrome web store. Recently, Google raised the level of security and added new features in Windows that will alert users in case of any suspicious behavior.
According to the reports from TheVerge, Google in collaboration with security firm ESET added some security feature in Chrome browser. You can say Google added some antivirus feature in its browser.
Google Chrome will now warn users if any extension tries to modify the basic default settings like default search engine. Not only these, Chrome also got a new cleanup tool. The revamped cleanup tool removes harmful software with a press of a button.
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Mixotrophic microplankton are those that can carry out photosynthesis and ingestive behavior simultaneously. Mixotrophy makes mixotrophic microzooplankton be producer and consumer. Thus it's a challenge for traditional phytoplankton-zooplankton dichotomy and the study of eco-logical model. The distribution of mixotrophic microzooplankton in the sea is the foundation to understand their ecological function. In this study, we summarized the counting method and the result of mixotrophic flagellate and ciliate in the sea in previous studies. For mixotrophic flagellate, its percentage of abundance in flagellate with plastid in different sea regions was mostly less than 50%. Taxonomically, more than ten mixotrophic ciliates species were identified up to now. As the most easily identified mixotrophic ciliates, Laboea strobila mainly appeared in temperate zone and polar sea region. Percentage of mixotrophic ciliates abundance and biomass in different sea regions was mostly less than 70%. Overall, the research about taxonomy and ecology of mixotrophic flagellate and ciliate in natural sea region was scarcely carried out. In China the knowledge gap of mixotrophic microzooplankton has been indentified and is being focused on in some related research.
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