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Victoria Strauss -- New Alert on Writer Beware
An alert on The Robins Agency (Cris Robins) has been added to the Alerts for Writers page of Writer Beware.
On May 15, 2006, a default judgment against Cris Robins of The Robins Agency was entered in Washington Superior Court for King County (case no. 06-2-16530-6SEA) for breach of contract, fraudulent business practice, and consumer protection violations in regard to the promised provision of paid editing services and promised representation of the plaintiff's manuscript to publishers. Ms. Robins has been ordered to pay $8,320 (treble damages) plus interest and attorney fees.
According to a recent post on Absolute Write by plaintiff Christopher Dahl (which he has given me permission to quote here), "This judgment will affect her credit and may lead to garnishment of her bank account, as well as a visit from the sheriff to collect on the judgment with cash or personal property, if Robins fails to pay or settle the judgment. I have also submitted complaints with the Better Business Bureau and the Missouri Attorney General's Office which both show up as Unresolved/Disputed."
Remember back in March, when Robins claimed that the validity of her agency was based on the fact that she had never lost a court case? Whoops.
(Hurry and take a look at that link, because it may be gone soon. My response is here.)
Christopher Dahl's experience echoes the many documented complaints and reports Writer Beware has received about Cris Robins and The Robins Agency over the years. (All details and quotes that follow are from the complaint filed by Dahl with Washington Superior Court.)
Dahl submitted a proposal and manuscript to Robins in 2003. Robins contacted him to offer representation--however, she told him that the work would have to be edited. Dahl, who didn't want to do any more editing himself, was willing, as long as the edits would be fully completed by Robins and there would be no costs beyond the quoted editing fee. In December 2003, she agreed to both provisions, and promised to complete editing within three (3) months.
Fast forward eleven (11) months, to November 2004. Dahl's ms. was finally returned to him, marked up with "sparse and sporadic" pen editing and general suggestions (described in the complaint as "cursory and often confusing"), plus a short memo with "primarily generic comments with some detail from the work slipped in, indicating the Work had been only cursorily reviewed." When Dahl contacted Robins, she told him that he would have to perform the rest of the editing himself based on her comments. Attempts to get her to finish the editing, or to provide feedback on the editing Dahl eventually attempted on his own, proved futile.
At last, in November 2005, Robins finally emailed Dahl that his edits "looked fine to her." She also sent him a representation agreement requiring an upfront payment of $3,250 (her standard "retainer")--despite her previous claim that there were to be no more fees.
That was the point at which Dahl decided to file his complaint.
This is an example of what can happen when a scam victim refuses to be intimidated or discouraged. Dahl is willing to help other Robins victims. From his AW post, mentioned above: "I will happily provide my complaint filings or lawsuit documentation as sample drafting to make it easier for others to proceed against Robins...Feel free to contact me for more information."
Christopher Dahl, Esq.
cdahl@wkg.com
Victoria Strauss -- It's NOT a Jungle Out There (or an Ocean, or Whatever)
Like many bloggers, Ann and I have a site tracking tool that tells us where the people reading our blog are coming from. The other day, checking out links, I came across the blog of a writer who'd just visited us and was feeling very discouraged by our gleeful scam stories. "It seems," this author wrote, "like the only way to get your story out to the largest amount of people is to jump in the shark tank and swim like a crazy person."
Well, yes. You do have to get in the tank. The thing is, with the right knowledge and some common sense, you can build yourself a boat. Or, to continue the jungle analogy, a zip line.
The first thing to recall, if you're feeling overwhelmed by warnings of scammers and incompetents, is that there are plenty of excellent, reputable literary agents and publishers. They may be outnumbered by the questionable folks (I'm not sure that questionable publishers outnumber reputable ones, but I know for a fact that there are way more bad than good agents), but that doesn't mean they aren't out there in substantial numbers.
Remember also that the world of scam and incompetent agents, of dishonest vanity presses and clueless hobby publishers, has no connection with the real publishing industry apart from you, the writer. Strictly speaking, the literary world is not full of sharks, because the sharks are part of an entirely different realm. The denizens of this realm are a distorted reflection of their counterparts on the other side of the mirror.
Which leads me to my third and most important point: common scams, bad business practices, and incompetence are actually very easy to recognize, once you know what to look for. There's no subtle masquerade or clever camouflage; scammers and incompetents do not operate like real agents and publishers, and if you know how real agents and publishers do operate, the scammers and incompetents will stick out like sore thumbs. That's what the Writer Beware website, and this blog, are intended to do--not overwhelm you with scam tales, but arm you with the knowledge you need to identify the bad actors.
Here are two simple rules. Commit them to memory. Write them out and tape them to your computer. Repeat them like a mantra every time you consider sending out a query letter.
Confine your queries to agents who have verifiable track records of book sales to commercial publishers (this is not as hard to determine as you might think; this article of mine provides some tips).
Limit your submissions to publishers that are able to get their books into bookstores and libraries (this is easy: just check the shelves).
If you are religious in these practices, you'll eliminate 90% of the pitfalls.
For the remaining 10%--such as judging which new agents are worth querying, or the subtle art of recognizing a marginal agent--knowledge is your first line of defense, and research is your friend. Read books on publishing. Get in the habit of paying attention to industry publications such as Publishers Weekly and the Publishers Lunch electronic newsletter. Check out the links in the sidebar here: there are some great resources, including the blogs of agents and editors. In other words: don't plunge into the submission process blind, hoping you'll figure it out as you go along. First educate yourself about the publishing industry; then start submitting. I am constantly amazed by the number of writers who don't do this. Simple ignorance of the publishing process accounts for better than 50% of the questions and complaints Writer Beware receives.
And don't yield to desperation. I've blogged about this before. As tempting as it may seem, after scores of rejections, to settle for that nice agent with no industry background and zero sales, I urge you to resist. It will not do you one bit of good. "Everyone has to start somewhere" are the five worst words you can ever say to yourself.
Finally, to my anonymous blogger, who wonders how many great books never see the light of day because they fall prey to bad agents or publishers: the answer is, not many. There aren't all that many great books out there (harsh, perhaps, but true). More important, as I've outlined above--it's not difficult to stay out of the scammers' clutches. Really.
Victoria Strauss -- 20 Worst List Updated
When Ann and I put the 20 Worst Agencies list online at Writer Beware, we didn't think we'd have to be tinkering with it very much. Most of the agencies on the list have been around at least since 1998, when Writer Beware was founded.
But in the world of questionable agents, a leopard can change his or her spots anytime it feels the need, and it isn't uncommon for bad agencies to re-name themselves or to spin off a clone or two, in order to rake in more clients or escape a bad reputation on the Internet. Since the Worst Agencies went live on Absolute Write on March 13 of this year, we've discovered three name changes.
- American Literary Agents of Washington, Inc. is now doing business as Capital Literary Agency. (How do we know? They're using the same URL and mailing address.)
- Finesse Literary Agency is now doing business as Elite Finesse Literary Agency. (How do we know? The owner, Karen Carr, didn't change her name--or her fee-charging M.O.)
- And Sherwood Broome, Inc. is now doing business as Stillwater Literary Agency. (How do we know? Same agent--Mark Black. Different mailing address, but same location: Stillwater County, Montana. Same verbiage on website and publicity materials.)
We don't flatter ourselves that the first two name changes had anything to do with the Worst Agencies List. But we have a hunch that the third one did. A check of the Whois data for Stillwater's URL reveals that it was registered on March 31, 2006--just a couple of weeks after the 20 Worst List was published.
It's nice to know we have an impact.
Victoria Strauss -- Hard Truths
Once upon a time, when reading and evaluation fees were the commonest form of upfront fee, the amateur and disreputable agents who charged them justified them by claiming that it takes time to read a manuscript, and an agent shouldn't be expected to do that for free.
Where this argument falls apart: if a manuscript isn't publishable (and most aren't), you don't necessarily have to read it all the way through to know. Much of the time, you don't have to read beyond the first fifty pages. Sometimes, you don't even need to read beyond the first paragraph.
Don't believe it? You're not alone. Plenty of writers refuse to accept that it's possible to evaluate, let alone reject, an entire book-length manuscript (i.e., their manuscript) on the basis of just a few pages (somehow you never hear that argument if the same few pages result in a request to submit, but never mind). It's not that most manuscripts are so bad, they think, it's that agents are lazy. Or prejudiced against new writers. Or cantankerous curmudgeons just looking for excuses to reject, cackling with glee every time they send out a form rejection letter (while hoarding your paper clips and steaming the stamps off your SASEs). This is a common subject of discussion in writers' forums, and the cause of a considerable amount of bitterness.
(There's a similar level of denial about query letters, which many writers resent because they feel that a one-page business letter can't tell an agent or editor anything about the quality of their writing. Not so. I get up to 100 emails a week from writers asking questions or making complaints, and it's often clear to me from reading these letters--ungrammatical, mis-spelled, poorly punctuated, sometimes with malapropisms and homophone errors--that the writer isn't ready to be submitting. Do I mention this? No. That's not my job. But it gives me a lot of insight into the quality of the slush pile.)
If you want to see just how easy it really is to reject some manuscripts, pay a visit to POD-dy Mouth, whose most recent post addresses the issue of how bad a (POD-pubbed) book must be to only read one sentence or paragraph before tossing it aside. There are examples (don't be drinking anything while you're reading them). My favorite one-sentence toss-out: "They called her Labia."
Obviously, not everything that's out there is this bad. Still, the hard truth is that most manuscripts aren't publishable. Should you be depressed? Look at it this way. If your work is publishable, you aren't competing with every other hungry writer with a manuscript to sell--just with the five percent or so (the estimate varies depending on who you ask) who've also written publishable books.
Unfortunately, the only way to know for sure that you're publishable is actually to be published (by a legitimate publisher). And the only way to discover that is to submit. On that basis, we're all in the same boat.
A.C. Crispin - 58 Writers -- Trust Your Instincts!
Just a short blog post today to let you know a bit about how things have been going since I posted posts 54, 55 and 56, regarding getting scammed and asking people who have had problems with Robert Fletcher or any of his agencies to get in touch with me.
I've gotten some very promising results from people who are unhappy, and sent them out the information I promised.
But there's been an unsuspected beneficial side effect, which has had the result of keeping me pretty busy. It seems that many people are now writing to me BEFORE signing on with Bouncin' Bobby. Yay!
At this rate I'm receiving something on the order of 5-8 emails per day asking me what's the deal with the LAG, and Mr. Fletcher, or with Children's, New York Literary, etc. I send them back the straight dope, as usual, and I'm pretty sure that, after reading it, the vast majority of recipients don't sign on that dotted line or pay that money.
I wonder how many victims Mr. Fletcher gets per day? I wonder if the 5-8 I'm hearing from is enough to put a dent in the money flowing into his pockets?
At any rate, one of the things I've noticed from the folks who write to me is, that all too often, they say something to the effect of: "I wanted to write to you before signing this contract (or sending this money) because, although I don't know anything about the publishing field, or agents, something just doesn't feel right about the way these people are coming on to me."
Writers, TRUST YOUR INSTINCTS. If one of those little alarm bells goes off when you're reading an ad or a website, PAY ATTENTION. Your subconscious has had a lot of experience in this world, and it may well be able to spot a rotten apple in the bunch before your fingers sink into the bad spots.
Trust your instincts!
If something seems WRONG about an agency, or a publisher, pay attention to your gut instinct. You can always write to us (for free!) and see if we have anything on record regarding the agency or publisher in question.
Okay, that's our storm warning advisory for today. We now return you to your regularly scheduled program.
Write on!
-Ann C. Crispin
Victoria Strauss -- Track Records: Another Cautionary Tale
For a number of years I've been getting questions about freelance editor Carol Givner. (If you open that link, be warned: Ms. Givner's website is full of flashy, popup-y stuff.) Ms. Givner is a successful ebook author, though she doesn't appear to have had much, if any, commercial publishing experience. Nevertheless, she charges professional rates for her editing services (clients and potential clients report being asked for as much as $5,000).
Recently, it seems that Ms. Givner has branched out into literary agenting. The coexistence of an editing service with a literary agency, or vice versa, is always at least a potential conflict of interest. I've also seen a copy of Ms. Givner's contract, which includes this interesting clause:
"Agent and Agency does not offer updates or reports to the Client on submissions or correspondence with publishers, agents, or anybody else. All submissions and correspondence, all contact names, and every detail involved concerning submissions is the sole confidential information of the Agent and Agency. The list of contacts is the sole and exclusive property of the Agency. Client and/or past, present, or future client representatives, have no rights during or after this contract to have access to this list."
FYI, if you're ever offered a contract with a clause like this, run fast in the opposite direction.
At any rate, the Carol Givner Literary Agency has a website. Let's forget for the moment about editing conflicts of interest and peculiar contract clauses, and take the site at face value.
OK, it's pretty ugly--but as I've previously noted, not all reputable agents have attractive websites. More troubling is the lack of any information about the agent and her professional background. On the plus side, a number of recent sales are listed. That might deal with the info problem--what you really want to know about an agent is that she's making sales, right? However, we've also learned that track records can be faked. It makes sense, therefore, to do some extra checking.
The first two "recent sales" (My Way to Heaven by Christine Ferley, and Daughter of the Moon by S.C. Viola) mention a 2006 release, but don't mention the publisher. A quick search on the authors and titles leads us to Studio E Bookshelf. It's not totally clear from the website what kind of publisher Studio E is, but a trip to its blog reveals that it's an "eBook publisher of quality fiction and nonfiction." Since most ebook publishers don't pay advances, established agents have no incentive to place books with them--which is why epublishers don't typically work with agents. In other words, these aren't exactly the kind of book placements you want to see from an established or up-and-coming agent.
But wait--there's more. On the Editorial Services page of Ms. Givner's personal website, we find the following: "In addition, I'm the Executive Producer of STUDIO E Entertainment, the first multimedia studio on the web, at www.studio---e.com." And according to the Whois record for Studio E, the publisher's URL is registered to Ms. Givner. That's right, folks: the publisher to which Ms. Givner has supposedly sold books is...herself. Huge, huge conflict of interest here. Not to mention the lack of disclosure.
Moving right along...Ms. Givner claims a third "recent sale:" Scandalous, by ReChella, this time to a commercial publisher, Kensington. According to Amazon, however, the publisher is Urban Books. An imprint of Kensington? A quick Google search turns up this press release, which reveals that Urban Books, an independent publisher specializing in urban lit, is distributed by Kensington. Ms. Givner may indeed have placed this book (though I'd guess that like most independents, Urban Books is more than happy to work with unagented authors), but if so, she's exaggerating just a bit.
The final listing is One Wizard Place by D.M. Paul, placed with BooksUnbound, another epublisher. As far as I know, BooksUnbound is perfectly reputable--but, for the reasons noted above, established agents don't generally work with epublishers.
So Ms. Givner's "track record" isn't really a track record at all. Put that together with the multiple conflicts of interest and the nonstandard contract language, and it's not a pretty picture.
Just another example of why research is an agent-hunter's best friend.
Victoria Strauss -- Top Ten Signs Your Agent is a Scammer
Because we can't be serious all the time.
10. Your offer of representation comes via form letter (somehow, you never do get his phone number).
9. Whoever typed his contract didn't use spel chek and can't rite real gud neither.
8. You first heard of him when [pick one: you found his ad in the back of Writer's Digest/you saw his ad on Google/he solicited you].
7. When you asked if he'd worked for another agency before establishing his own, he said yes--a real estate agency.
6. When you asked for a list of recent sales, he told you the information was confidential, because he didn't want you pestering his clients. And by the way, only a bad, ungrateful writer would ask that kind of question.
5. When you asked what publishers were looking at your manuscript, he told you the information was confidential, because he didn't want you pestering the editors. What is he, anyway, your secretary?
4. When you got his contract, you discovered you had to pay [pick one: $150/$250/$450/more] for [pick one: submission/administration/marketing/circulation/other].
3. He told you your ms. was great, but when you got your contract you discovered you had to [pick one: pay for a critique/pay for line editing/pay for a marketability assessment].
2. He got you an offer from a publisher--but you have to [pick one: pay for publication/pay for editing/pay for publicity/buy 1,000 copies of your book].
And the number one sign your agent is a scammer: You got an email from his assistant telling you he'd been killed in a car crash, but when you called to ask where to send the sympathy card, he answered the phone.
(And in case you're wondering, I didn't make that up.)
(This list was first published as part of an interview at Writer Unboxed.)
Victoria Strauss -- Rebuttal Scuttlebutt
Many moons ago, a certain stealth vanity publisher--let's call it PublishAmerica--decided to take a swipe at the various watchdog groups and anti-scam activists who were telling the truth about its deceptive business practices. So it slapped up a rebuttal website designed to provide misinformation about the real publishing industry and the watchdogs, under the guise of correcting various misconceptions about the publishing process. Since the science fiction/fantasy community has been especially active in exposing PA, one entire page was devoted to denigrating writers of speculative fiction in general ("literary parasites and plagiarists"), and the watchdogs in particular, in veiled terms that were still specific enough that anyone familiar with our activities could identify me, Ann, and Dave Kuzminski of Preditors & Editors.
Now another vanity publisher has entered the rebuttal business.
Airleaf Publishing & Book Selling started out as a provider of junk-mail-style marketing services for authors. Later, it added POD-based publishing services (a polite term for vanity publishing or a long-winded one for self-publishing, depending on your bias). It has garnered criticism both for its extremely energetic spamming of potential clients, and for the equally spammish nature of most of its marketing services.
Take the Premium Bookselling Package (please), available for just $850. "Contact 5000 bookstore owners! This package has all the benefits of the Introductory Package, plus we contact 3000 more bookstore owners for a total of 5000. In addition to contacting bookstore owners, we send an AP (Associated Press) style press release about your book directly to 700 book reviewers and critics at newspapers and magazines across the country."
Or the Editors at Traditional Publishers package, yours for $450. "Every authors [sic] dream come true! Selling a book to a royalty paying, traditional publisher is always a long shot for unknown authors. However, Airleaf Publishing has developed a unique list of Senior Editors at the biggest publishing houses, and we also know how each publisher accepts new submissions. [Yeah. Through agents.] This puts you at least two steps ahead of the thousands of authors submitting books every week."
Or the Book Reviewers and Critics package, just $350. "Introduce your book to national book critics and reviewers! We write a customized AP style press release about your book and send it directly to 750 Book Reviewers and Critics. These are the premiere critics at the nation's largest newspapers and magazines."
Now, I'm not a critic at a large newspaper or magazine, but I do review books, and as a reviewer I can tell you that I know when I'm being mass-targeted--especially since much of the time, the book being pitched isn't in my area of interest (this is just one of the problems with bulk mail-style marketing: it's as likely to reach people who aren't interested as people who are). While I'll always pay attention to a personal approach, no matter who the publisher is, I routinely ignore mass solicitations. I'm not alone. Bulk mail--whether electronic, faxed, or snail--is probably the least effective of all book marketing strategies. Not coincidentally, it's also one of the cheapest--which means that any bulk mail promotional service you're offered is likely to be overpriced.
(For a much more detailed discussion of these issues, see the Writers' Services page of Writer Beware.) *
At any rate, it seems that Airleaf is aware of the criticism that's been directed at it by Writer Beware, Preditors & Editors, and others. Today I discovered its Authors Speak Out! website (thanks, Dave), which is devoted to responding to the critics. Unlike PA's rebuttal website, there are no personal attacks--instead, there's a conspiracy theory. According to Airleaf CEO Brien Jones, "Airleaf Publishing and Book Selling Services has been under a constant barrage of vicious attacks for nearly four years. The attacks do not come from our clients...They come from Print on Demand Publishers and a very small number of authors they've duped." Why are those mean PODs so hostile to poor little Airleaf? From Mr. Jones's In Conclusion page: "Print on Demand Publishers don't like Airleaf. That is because Print on Demand Publishers make money selling Author's [sic] their own books. We sell books to bookstores. Therefore, Print on Demand publishers don't like us." (This doesn't really make a lot of sense--like, why should iUniverse give a rat's ass where other PODs sell their books?--but never mind.)
Nefariously, the POD companies don't attack under their own names. They use shills. "All the...major [author] forums," Mr. Jones informs us, "are owned and operated by print on demand publishers. No, they don't say that, of course, but they all are. WRITERS WEEKLY, SFWA, and BRADY MAGAZINE are all owned and operated by Print on Demand Publishers!"
SFWA?
Owned by a print on demand publisher?
[Pause for hysterical laughter. Okay. Deep breath. Calm now.]
Obviously I can't speak for WritersWeekly or Brady Magazine. But I think the Board of Directors of SFWA (a not-for-profit organization for professional writers of speculative fiction founded in 1965) might be a tad surprised to learn that SFWA is actually a "store front forum" for a POD publishing company. As for Writer Beware...all I can say is that if Ann and I are really employed by AuthorHouse, we want a raise.
Does Mr. Jones actually believe that SFWA is owned and operated by a POD company? I mean, seriously? It's not hard to do the research, so honestly, I doubt it. I'm more inclined to suspect that his rebuttal, despite the absence of personal attacks, is really exactly like PA's--an attempt to distract attention from his company's problems by spreading misinformation about those who criticize it.
You decide.
* To be fair, I have to acknowledge that Airleaf offers a couple of potentially (note the stress on that word) less useless services, such as a telemarketing service that directly contacts booksellers to arrange signings; and its more expensive promotional package claims to include a staff of sales reps. Nevertheless, the bulk of its marketing packages are based on spam--a technique in which it's undeniably expert.
** Writer Beware is a volunteer organization. No one associated with it makes a cent, nor do we accept donations.
Edited to add: After I posted this, a tart missive from SFWA's President was dispatched to Mr. Jones, resulting in the abrupt removal of the SFWA reference from Airleaf's website. Due to the magic of Google cacheing, however, the original page is still viewable, at the link given above. The altered page looks like this.
Edited again to add: Bummer. The Google cache expired already, and the SFWA reference is no longer visible. Oh well. You trust me, don't you?
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Wednesday, 11/11
The "Three Wise Men" were three brothers: Jeremy Wise, Ben Wise, and Beau Wise (READ: Washington Post: One family; two sacrifices). They were warriors — Jeremy a SEAL, Ben an Army Green Beret, and Beau, USMC Infantry. Tragically both Jeremy and Ben were killed in action. Beau remains on active duty.
Our efforts recognize the sacrifice of Jeremy and Ben, but we're focused on honoring Beau and those like him who returned from combat and are trying to live with the legacy of combat daily.
On Memorial Day, you can find a gym just about anywhere that is participating in "Memorial Day Murph" and supporting the Mike Murphy Foundation. That is appropriate given Memorial Day is the day we honor those who died in combat; those like Mike Murphy who gave their last full measure of devotion. Veterans Day is different, it is the day we honor all who served, those who survived combat but may be struggling to survive the peace.
To donate to Three Wise Men Veterans Day Tribute go here, you do not need to be a member of our gym to donate:
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Cash out: 3×30 sec. L-sits
Basic & Performance we did this last year!
Veteran's Day…3 Wise Men
Complete as many rounds and reps as possible in 4 minutes of:
5 Hang Squat Snatch (Elite = 185/125 lbs, RX = 135/95 lbs, Scaled = 95/65 lbs)
10 Burpees Over the Barbell
Rest 2 minutes, and then…
10 Power Cleans (Elite = 185/125 lbs, RX = 135/95 lbs, Scaled = 95/65 lbs)
20 Pull-Ups
15 Box Jump-Overs (Elite & RX = 24"/20"; Scaled – 24"/20" Step-Overs Allowed)
30 Wall Ball Shots (Elite & RX = 20/14 lbs; Scaled – 14/8 lbs)

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Guaza es una de las entidades de población que conforman el municipio de Arona, en la isla de Tenerife —Canarias, España—.

Toponimia
La localidad toma el nombre de la montaña de Guaza, ubicada en sus proximidades y que está declarada Monumento Natural.

Características
Guaza se halla situada a unos 9 kilómetros de la capital municipal, a una altitud media de 94 .

Está formada por los núcleos poblacionales de Guaza y Llanos de Guaza.

El barrio cuenta con el Instituto de Enseñanza Secundaria Guaza, una farmacia, una ermita dedicada a Santa Teresa, la Iglesia Pentecostal Fuente Viva, un parque infantil, una plaza pública, varias gasolineras, comercios, bares y restaurantes.

En su paisaje destaca la elevación conocida como Montaña de Cho, que forma parte de los restos del antiguo macizo de Adeje.

Guaza destaca por ser un barrio pobre, residencial y extremadamente multicultural poseyendo mucha población proveniente de Latinoamérica y la África subsahariana.

Demografía

Comunicaciones

Transporte público
Cuenta con paradas de taxis en la avenida de Guaza.

En autobús —guagua— queda conectado mediante las siguientes líneas de TITSA:

Lugares de interés
 Casa Rural Finca El Morro

Referencias

Arona

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The Gordon Pavilion is Council's function centre and it is located at the Oakes Oval Complex. The Gordon Pavilion is available for hire for weddings, birthday parties and sporting functions.
Council does not provide catering or alcohol. These are to be arranged privately.


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Since the start of 2019, the price of steel has declined further (due to the persistently weak sentiment), while the iron ore price increased sharply. Until February, the iron ore price rose by more than 23%, partly due to the dam disaster in Brazil. The flooding that was caused by the collapse of the dam resulted in a supply restriction and has caused damage to the infrastructure near the mines. Prices for iron ore surged as a result. Chances are that raw materials prices will rise further during the first quarter. But it is not just Brazil that has supply problems. Australia is also expected to experience some mining disruptions. The first quarter of the year is the so-called 'Wet Season' there, which is accompanied by a lot of rain that causes mines (mainly coking coal) to flood. This keeps prices of raw materials for steelmaking at elevated levels.
Because the steel price is expected to weaken further and the prices of iron ore and coking coal will probably remain relatively high in the coming months, the profitability of many steel mills is decreasing. The costs of iron ore and coking coal together make up over 50% of the total costs of steelmaking. Some steel mills are able to pass on the increased raw material costs to end users. Another strategy to limit the rising costs of iron ore, mills can switch to lower-grade iron ore. These are relatively low in price, but they require more energy on balance. And the costs of gas and electricity have risen as well. In total, utility costs account for 6% of the total. In addition, the price of steel scrap – often an indispensable ingredient via the Basic Oxygen Furnace route – has increased since the start of 2018. Making up 11% of total costs, this also contributes to pressure on margins. On average, transport costs account for approximately 6% of total costs and they declined during 2018, contrary to all other cost items. On balance, however, this has contributed only fractionally to the margins, since the price of transport were relatively low to begin with and will, for the time being, remain low.
ABN AMRO expects the recent supply disruptions in iron ore and coking coal to be temporary. Prices of both raw materials are likely to start falling again in the beginning of the second quarter. After all, in the long term, sufficient iron ore and coking coal will still be available worldwide, while the growth in demand for steel is not expected to increase significantly. Moreover, many steel mills are less likely to replenish their inventories at these high prices and will first source from their existing stock and await lower prices. On balance, ABN AMRO believes that the margins of steel mills will remain under pressure in the first quarter of 2019. During the second quarter, margins will recover somewhat thanks to lower prices for iron ore and coking coal.


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Add a pinch of baking powder to make them soft. If you are using organic gram flour, you can conveniently skip this ingredient. It can be thicker or thinner but make sure it is consistent. Add chopped coriander and any other optional ingredients mentioned above to the paste.
Heat a flat pan and add about half tsp of oil. You can also simply brush the surface of the pan slightly with cooking oil. Now start spreading the paste on the pan surface. The trick is to start with the circumference first and move towards the inside. Take a spatula and spread the paste evenly on the pan. Wait for a minute and brush some oil on the top surface of the 'cheela' and then flip it carefully with a flat spatula. Let it cook for another minute.
You will see small brown spots on the surface and the overall color of the paste becomes lighter when you cook it. It means your Cheela is done and ready to serve. I personally like it with tomato ketchup. It can also be served with any homemade sauce.
What makes this recipe convenient is the long shelf life of gram flour. The above image is of plain cheela which can be clubbed with a variety of sauces and vegetable mixes. Made up of gram flour, this item can be a little dry, you can also try it with peanut butter or sandwich spread etc.
P.S. - If you have a tendency of gastrosis, add a pinch of asafoetida to the paste to prevent any problems..
Not at all! Naan is made out of fine wheat flour called 'Maida' and is cooked differently as well..
Vote #4! Sounds good! I have never cooked with gram flour. Will have to try.
Vote no 5. They sound delicious! I do miss omelettes some times so I will try this recipe . I made a kind of flatbread once with gram flour, olive oil and rosemary once which was very tasty, I must dig out that recipe and share it. You may like to have a look at my two latest recipes, Hot/Cold Quinoa and Raw Vegan Chocolate Shake, and if you like them, please vote!
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Excellent. This is good for breakfast or a snack. And heslthy too.


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NIGERIA – The budding agricultural commodity warehousing industry in Nigeria, which stakeholders estimate would be worth over N500 billion annually, would need legislative backing to achieve its full potential.
This is according to Sotonye Anga, coordinator, agribusiness segment of the Community of Agricultural Stakeholders of Nigeria (CASON), which comprises farmers and other investors along the agricultural value chain.
The commodity warehousing industry, which is simply a private sector form of the defunct government-owned commodity exchange boards, is relatively new in Nigeria but has contributed immensely to the growth of the economy of countries such as Ethiopia and Tanzania.
The system, which was launched earlier in July in Nigeria by Olusegun Aganga, minister of industry, trade and investment, would give farmers, processors and commodity dealers the opportunity of storing/preserving their commodities, upon which they would be issued electronic receipts, called electronic Warehouse Receipt System (e-WRS), with value equivalent to the commodities warehoused.
This receipt could be used as collateral for loans from banks, traded on the floor of the Nigerian Commodity Exchange (NCX), or the farmers could keep their commodities in the warehouses until prices appreciate, Anga said.
"The warehouse receipt is agricultural currency, but without legislative backing it may not be worth more than ordinary paper. But with the right legislation in place, it would be as useful as the share certificate of the Nigerian Stock Exchange," he said.
At the launch of the system in July, Aganga noted that commodity warehouse receipts would make farmers, processors and other dealers to be more painstaking in processing of agricultural produce.
It would also reduce post-harvest losses and make it easier for industries that use agricultural raw materials to source quality grains, he said.
Currently, a draft bill sent some months ago by stakeholders is awaiting passage on the floor of the National Assembly.
Meanwhile, Stanbic IBTC Bank is already providing a trading platform for agricultural commodities and would be serving as the settlement bank for the Nigerian Commodity Exchange's pilot e-WRS.
Sola David-Borha, chief executive, Stanbic IBTC Holdings, said at the launch in Abuja that Stanbic IBTC Bank had a well-structured business unit that focuses on agriculture and that the bank was accessible to all operators in the sector.
Yusuf Abdulrahim, chief executive officer, NCX, also stated that an active commodity exchange would significantly help in unlocking Nigeria's agriculture potential, especially the revival of cocoa and cotton production for export.
Johnson Chukwu, managing director, Cowry Asset Management Limited, said the possibility of warehouse managers giving false value to the worth of the commodities brought in would not arise.
"If the farmer takes a loan based on the warehouse receipt and defaults, the warehouse managers would be held responsible if the value of the commodity falls short of the value on the receipt," Chukwu said.
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Q: Scrolling both Horizontal and Vertical I'm developing an application in which there are 5 picture and they should scroll both way
horizontal and vertical.
E.G :- If I scroll horizontal from first picture then second picture should display and if I scroll Vertical from second then third should display.
Please help if anyone has some idea about it.
Thank you.

A: Create a UIScrollView and add your pictures (UIImageViews) as subviews to it. Arrange their frames in the desired order, then set the scroll view's contentSize to the total size of your views. The scroll view's bounds and contentOffset determine what is visible.
To better understand how scroll views work imagine that the scroll view is a "window" through which you can see a part of a large canvas (content). The frame of the scroll view is the size of the "window", its bounds is the content. Scrolling changes the bounds' origin, shifting the "window". Zooming changes the bounds' size, affecting how much is visible. To work properly a UIScrollView must know its contentSize (by default it's always (0,0,frame width, frame height)).

A: I think you should look for Three20 library. In the code samples you will see ScrollViewTestController. Use the whole code files (.h and .m) and then try to override the flipping part of code to get the same functionality as it is in horizontal direction.
Hope this helps.
Thanks,
Madhup

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Green hydrogen is a key element of energy independence
By Oleksandr Riepkin
Oleksandr Riepkin will be one of the speakers of the Budapest Hydrogen Summit, to be held on 10 March 2022.
Green hydrogen might not only be a solution to climate change but also reduce Ukraine's dependence on energy from other countries and resources.
The whole world sees the too tense situation on the part of Russia's aggression against Ukraine. Ukraine has always been dependent on the energy system of the CIS countries. Green hydrogen is our way out of this situation and I, together with the team of the Ukrainian Hydrogen Council, are taking all possible steps for the energy independence of our country. This is our key goal.
Gazprom's gas blackmail, which has raised prices and threatened to leave European countries without gas is an example to all how energy dependence on Russia allows it to destabilise the entire energy market. Therefore, the transition to hydrogen must be accelerated.
Hydrogen has a chance to become the main source of energy for a green future. What about Ukraine?
Ukraine has significant natural potential for renewable energy production, which allows it to produce renewable hydrogen. The total potential of the average annual production of green hydrogen is about 505 billion cubic metres (bcm).
Due to such potential, the EU assigns Ukraine an important role in achieving the goals of the European Green Deal and has identified Ukraine as a priority partner in the EU's Hydrogen Strategy. Moreover, Ukraine is included in the 2×40 gigawatts (GW) Green Hydrogen for a European Green Deal Initiative. According to it, by 2030, it is necessary to provide 80 GW of hydrogen production capacity using electrolysis technology, while in Ukraine, 10 GW of green hydrogen production capacity can be created.
The advantages of Ukraine are also its geographical location and gas transportation system (GTS), which is one of the largest in the world. These provide significant opportunities for green hydrogen export.
As we see, the Ukrainian GTS has found itself in an unstable state due to an agreement between the United States and Germany to complete the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline. But thanks to the radical reform of the energy sector in the EU, new opportunities are opening up for the Ukrainian GTS.
Today, many companies are declaring their involvement in the creation of hydrogen ecosystems, so this topic is becoming a much more reliable prospect for attracting investment.
Promising opportunities of the Ukrainian gas transportation infrastructure for exporting hydrogen were also recognised by the European Hydrogen Backbone (EHB) industry initiative, which unites 23 EU gas infrastructure companies. The EHB group presented a vision of 39.7,000 kilometres of hydrogen pipeline infrastructure in 21 countries: 69 per cent of the proposed hydrogen network consists of adapting existing gas transmission networks and 31 per cent of new infrastructure is needed to connect new producers.
We are already ready to transport 10 per cent hydrogen concentration in a mixture with natural gas by the GTS. By 2024, subject to modernisation, the percentage may be higher. I know that the Gas Transmission System Operator of Ukraine has taken a serious step by signing a cooperation agreement with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) on the development of infrastructure for the production, storage and distribution of green hydrogen throughout Ukraine.
The partnership is expected to promote large-scale production and use of green hydrogen in the country, as well as ensure a secure energy supply as Ukraine transitions to a renewable energy economy.
Also, the Transmission System Operators of Ukraine, Germany, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia – OGTSU, OGE, NET4GAS and EUSTREAM – are preparing to work together on the initiative to create a Central European Hydrogen Corridor.
Our energy independence and energy security are an integral part of the whole state. So, what is our vision for hydrogen development in Ukraine?
I see how decisively other countries are in the hydrogen perspective. Many countries have already completed hydrogen strategies and are operating at the national level.
Ukraine holds the solid long-term potential to produce large quantities of green hydrogen as a primary focus for European offtake compatibility.
In summer 2021, Ukraine has launched an elaboration of the strategy for the development of the hydrogen economy. According to the decree of the Prime Minister, the relevant working group was established under the Ministry of Energy. Unfortunately, the process of preparing the strategy took too long. Therefore, we, together with the team of the Ukrainian Hydrogen Council and the Institute of Renewable Energy of the NAS of Ukraine, prepared our draft strategy and presented it in December.
Our goal is to make hydrogen energy an important element of the new model of the Ukrainian energy system and, by 2050, to have a reputation as Europe's hydrogen hub. Therefore, now we need not reduce the pace of RES construction, but at the same time carry out reforms in the energy sector, launch hydrogen pilot projects, develop a regulatory framework and a Guarantee of Origin scheme for green hydrogen.
Ukrainian companies are already studying aspects of hydrogen transportation and working on hydrogen projects. The Ukrainian Hydrogen Council makes every effort to promote the development of hydrogen technologies in Ukraine. I am confident that 2022 will bring new achievements in the development of the hydrogen economy.
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Patriots Make 3rd Straight Super Bowl, Beat Chiefs 37-31 OT
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — It's the dead of winter, meaning the weather in New England can be brutal. And that the Patriots are headed to the Super Bowl.
It took them overtime and more of Tom Brady's brilliance to get there — for the third straight year. While the folks back home dealt with a frigid storm, Brady blew through Kansas City's exhausted defense on a 75-yard drive to Rex Burkhead's 2-yard touchdown run in a 37-31 victory Sunday for the AFC championship.
The drive, during which New England (13-5) had three third-down conversions, was reminiscent of when the Patriots beat Atlanta in the only Super Bowl to go to OT two years ago.
"Overtime, on the road against a great team," Brady said. "They had no quit. Neither did we. We played our best football at the end. I don't know, man, I'm tired. That was a hell of a game."
Awaiting them in Atlanta are the Los Angeles Rams, who won 26-23 in overtime in New Orleans for the NFC championship. The Rams (15-3) last made the Super Bowl in 2002 while based in St. Louis, losing to the Patriots.
New England benefited from two critical replay reviews and made its ninth Super Bowl with Brady at quarterback and Bill Belichick as coach.
"This is crazy," said Brady, who was 30 of 46 for 348 yards. "What a game."
It's the first time both conference title games went to OT. The last time both visitors won conference championship matches was 2012; New England was 3-5 on the road this season.
"We knew what our record was, but we didn't let that dictate us," said defensive end Trey Flowers, who led a staunch charge on Patrick Mahomes. "Whatever happened in the regular season happened. We came out and did it when it counted."
Several times, the Patriots appeared to have it won, only to see Kansas City (13-5) come back in spectacular fashion.
Brady, at 41 already the oldest quarterback to have played in a Super Bowl, drove New England 65 yards in 1:24 to Burkhead's go-ahead 4-yard touchdown with 39 seconds left in regulation. That was enough, though, for his far younger counterpart, the 23-year-old All-Pro Mahomes, to take the Chiefs 48 yards to Harrison Butker's 39-yard field goal with 8 seconds left to force overtime.
It was a sizzling offensive showing in the fourth quarter after defense had been in charge most of the way. Indeed, the Chiefs were blanked in the opening half for the first time all season.
And they never saw the ball in overtime, which along with the two replay decisions might call into play NFL rules and officiating.
"I thought if we got the chance," Mahomes said, "we'd score."
Mahomes finished 16 of 31 for 295 yards and three touchdowns.
New England became the third franchise to reach three Super Bowls in a row. And Belichick now has 30 postseason victories, more than Bill Walsh and Don Shula combined. That Hall of Fame coaching duo also won five Super Bowls; Belichick shoots for No. 6 in two weeks.
An apparent muff by the usually reliable Julian Edelman on a fourth-quarter punt return was overturned by a lengthy video review, prompting raucous booing and some demonstrative arguing from the usually laid-back Andy Reid. Edelman definitely touched his next try when Brady's pass deflected off his hands directly to safety Daniel Sorensen. His 22-yard return set up Kansas City at the Patriots 23, and Damien Williams, who scored three times, had no defender near him down the left sideline for the score that made it 21-17, KC's first lead.
Back came Brady, engineering a 75-yard march on which Chris Hogan's diving one-handed catch on third down appeared to touch the ground. Reid challenged — and lost.
Minutes later, rookie Sony Michel scored from the 10, his second TD of the night.
With 3½ minutes remaining, there was plenty of time for more points. Williams' 2-yard run gave the Chiefs a 28-24 edge that New England took up most of the remaining time overcoming. The Patriots were helped by an offside call on linebacker Dee Ford that negated an interception which would have clinched a KC victory.
Butker's field goal sent it to overtime.
"We put ourselves in position to win the game, that's what makes it so tough," Reid said. "If it's a rout, you chalk it up to experience. But this one right here, where you're in it to win it, that's a tough deal. We gave ourselves every opportunity to do it, and they got us in overtime."
The Chiefs hadn't been blanked in any half this season, but they barely were a presence in the first 30 minutes, when they had the ball for 8:53. Mahomes was sacked three times for 43 yards; Kansas City's record-setting attack ran only 16 plays and gained a mere 32 yards.
The zero disappeared quickly in the third quarter. Finally given solid protection, Mahomes unleashed a 54-yard completion to Sammy Watkins over All-Pro cornerback Stephon Gilmore. He then hit another All-Pro, tight end Travis Kelce, on a slant to make it 14-7 — and awaken the slumbering crowd.
But one of several bad decisions further damaged Kansas City when Tyreek Hill, the All-Pro flex player, retreated deep in Chiefs territory returning a punt. Eventually, KC had to punt and the Patriots had excellent field position, setting up a 47-yard field goal by Stephen Gostkowski.
Not one to be shy about innovation, Mahomes completely sidearmed a throw to Watkins for 10 yards on a third down, then a dump-off to Williams covered 33. Kelce drew a pass interference call on J.C. Jackson in the end zone, and Mahomes threw a strike to Williams for the score.
Although the Chiefs were on their heels much of the night, they were down only 17-14.
LOPSIDED FIRST HALF
Just as they did last week in manhandling the Chargers early and cruising, the Patriots delivered a message — and a touchdown — on their first series. It was a classic, covering 80 yards in 15 plays and using up more than eight minutes. Michel, who had 113 yards rushing, scored from the 1.
But Brady made a rare mistake on the next dominant drive. His third-down pass from the 1 for Rob Gronkowski was short and Reggie Ragland picked it off.
Brady had never thrown an interception from the 1.
When the Chiefs finally got a trademark big play on Mahomes' 42-yard completion to Hill, it went for naught. Mahomes overthrew a wide-open Williams near the end zone, then took a 14-yard sack to send KC out of field goal range.
Big mistake.
The Patriots kept dominating the line of scrimmage, Brady took them 90 yards and connected with Phillip Dorsett over sloppy coverage by Steven Nelson to make it 14-0 with 27 seconds left in the half.
In Week 6, the Patriots beat the Chiefs 43-40 in a game featuring 946 yards total offense. This one had 814. ... New England has played in eight straight AFC title games, but this is its first road playoff win since the 2006 season vs. San Diego. ... Brady matched former Patriots K Adam Vinatieri, now with the Colts, for the most wins in NFL history (236). ... Kansas City's defense tied for first in the NFL with 52 sacks, but had none on Sunday. New England had four.
Reid's decision to defer after winning the opening coin toss proved unwise as New England had 22 plays in the opening period, and Kansas City had seven. Then, the Chiefs lost the more important toss before overtime. Less than five minutes later, they were headed to the offseason.
The Patriots head to Atlanta to play the Rams in the Super Bowl.
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