NJ Dems pitch in to help charity home - Blogs - NorthJersey.com

With the official work of the convention not set to start until tomorrow, some members of the New Jersey delegation in Charlotte, N.C., spent some time helping to build half a house.
The half built by Democratic volunteers will be joined with the other half, built last week by volunteers at the Republican convention in Tampa, Fla. The final home will be awarded to a military family in October.
Lucinda Florio, wife of former Gov. Jim Florio, said the project brought back memories of the party convention in Atlanta in 1988, when she and her husband helped out at a Habitat for Humanity project.

?I remember seeing the house, meeting the family that was going to occupy it,? she said before she entered the house and held a ladder while Metuchen Councilwoman Dorothy Rasmussen painted trim over a window in the living room. ?That?s what we?re all about. We?re about community, we?re about helping, about volunteering.?
Behind them, congressional candidate and Assemblyman Upendra Chivukula of Franklin Township and state Sen. Donald Norcross of Camden County peeled masking tape from around a window frame that had been painted a few hours earlier.
Democratic State Chairman John Wisniewski showed up with his wife, Debbie, and their three teen-age daughters, and may have gotten a little added work for himself. As he he started loading up a roller with paint to cover the walls over the kitchen cabinets, Debbie Wisniewski admitted she was thinking of other jobs around the house he now might be assigned.
When completed, the single-story house will have three bedrooms and two bathrooms. The project is a joint effort between Sears? Craftsmen tool line and the groups Rebuilding Together, Heroes at Home and NextGen Home.
?We have nearly 200 affiliates, separate nonprofits, that help 10,000 homeowners a year,? Matt de Ferranti, Rebuilding Together?s Washington lobbyist, told the New Jersey group before they had their safety training. Projects usually involve repairs or maintenance, and they have done some in in Bergen County, but did not have details.
?Our typical client has annual income of about $18,500 for a household of two or three people,? de Ferranti said. ?They?ve been in their homes for 20 years. These are your friends and neighbors who are trying to make their mortgage, and need our help to stay in their homes.?

Source: http://blog.northjersey.com/thepoliticalstate/4593/nj-dems-pitch-in-to-help-charity-home/

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Thirteen police injured in Northern Ireland sectarian clashes

BELFAST (Reuters) - At least 13 police were injured in clashes between Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland on Sunday in a dispute over the rights of the two communities to hold parades in the area.

Police fired water cannon after protesters from both sides threw bottles and stones at officers trying to separate the rival groups in north Belfast. At least three officers were taken to hospital, a police spokeswoman said.

The disturbances followed a march by a Catholic Irish nationalist band in an area where pro-British Protestant groups were recently barred from marching.

Last weekend seven police officers were hurt in the same area when a Protestant band marched past a Catholic church playing music in defiance of a ban from the parades commission, which regulates marches in the province.

Since a peace agreement was signed in 1998, paramilitary violence between the province's Catholics and Protestants, which had raged on and off for three decades, has largely ended, but much of Belfast remains divided along sectarian lines.

Riots often erupt during the summer months when pro-British Protestant groups hold traditional parades that are seen as provocative by Catholic Irish nationalists, many of whom want to be part of a united Ireland.

(Reporting by Ivan Little; Writing by Conor Humphries; Editing by Jon Hemming)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/thirteen-police-injured-northern-ireland-sectarian-clashes-215321339.html

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Last Chance For the All-You-Can-Feast Beer/BBQ at the Hotel ...

There's one week left before the summer roof-top all-you-can-feast BBQ-and-beer garden at the Hotel Avanshell Kyoto closes forever. I've been meaning to post about it for ages, but time has conspired against me, and now it's almost over. This is the final week for this season, and since the hotel itself will close down at the end of the year, final is final. If you're in Kyoto next week, don't miss it! The last day is Sunday the 9th. I already have my reservation.

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For adults, ?3,500 gets you two hours of all-you-can eat/drink gluttony, with a variety of foods and drinks, though beer and yakiniku BBQ are the main attractions.

I've been a number of times throughout the summer, so this post is made up of a mixture of shots from all the trips.

Prior blog posts that came from visits here include ?Impromptu Portraiture Practice: Bill in Kyoto?, when I tried a new approach to portraiture with a stranger I met, and some shots of me sporting ?Uniqlo Dry Color T: My New Summer Wardrobe?.

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Car bomb hits US vehicle, kills 2 Pakistanis

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) ? A car filled with explosives rammed into a U.S. government vehicle in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Monday, killing two Pakistanis and wounding 19 other people, police said.

Two Americans and two Pakistanis working at the U.S. Consulate in Peshawar were among the wounded, said a U.S. Embassy official, speaking on condition of anonymity because an official statement had not yet been issued.

Peshawar is located near Pakistan's semiautonomous tribal region, the main sanctuary for Taliban and al-Qaida militants in the country. The city has been hit by scores of bombings in recent years, but attacks against American targets are relatively rare because of the extensive security measures taken by the U.S. government.

The vehicle was attacked after it left the U.S. Consulate in Peshawar and was traveling through an area of the city that hosts various international organizations, including the United Nations, said police officer Pervez Khan, who was part of the security escort for the vehicle as it moved.

The attack killed two Pakistanis and wounded 19 other people, said senior police officer Javed Khan. A U.S. passport was found in the wreckage of the vehicle that was attacked, he said.

Local TV footage showed an SUV at the site that was completely destroyed and burned. All that was left was a carcass of blackened, twisted metal. Pervez Khan said the images were of the U.S. vehicle that was attacked.

A police explosives expert, Abdul Haq, said 110 kilograms (240 pounds) of explosives were used in the attack.

Irfan Khan, a local resident, said he was at a nearby shop when the blast occurred.

"I quickly looked back in panic to see smoke and dust erupt from the scene," said Khan. "I ran toward the scene along with others and saw two vehicles destroyed and the larger vehicle on fire."

One dead person was on the ground near the SUV, and a foreigner was injured, said Khan.

"We put the injured man and the dead body in a private vehicle," said Khan. "There were more injured in the surrounding area too."

Another eyewitness, Wajid Ali, said he helped put another seriously injured foreigner into the vehicle.

But another vehicle arrived, presumably from the U.S. Consulate, and took away the injured foreigners, said Javed Khan, the police officer.

Some of the policemen escorting the U.S. vehicle were also wounded in the attack, and their vehicle was damaged, said Khan.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/car-bomb-hits-us-vehicle-kills-2-pakistanis-064103181.html

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Cardinal who warned Church is '200 years behind' is mourned

Thousands flocked to Milan Cathedral on Saturday to pay their final respects to Italian cardinal Carlo Maria Martini, who warned in an interview published posthumously that the Church was "200 years behind".

Solemn crowds looked on as pall-bearers carried to the cathedral the coffin of Martini, a former archbishop of Milan who commanded widespread respect and advocated reform on issues such as contraception and women in the Church.

"The Church has been left 200 years behind. Why doesn't it rouse itself? Are we afraid?" he asked in his last interview, conducted by a fellow Jesuit in early August and published in the Corriere della Sera newspaper on Saturday.

A hero among reform-minded Catholics, Martini never tired of his quest to modernise the staunchly traditional institution, openly questioning the Church on contentious issues such as the clerical sex-abuse scandal and divorce.

"The Church is tired. Our culture has grown old, our churches are large, our religious houses are empty... and our rites and costumes are pompous," he said.

The cardinal, who had once been tipped as a possible future pope, had been suffering from Parkinson's disease for years and died on Friday aged 85.

But his progressive stance on highly sensitive issues, which ruffled feathers in some quarters of Church despite his diplomatic and measured approach, meant his chances of being elected to Saint Peter's Chair were slim.

Martini was a realist who warned the Church it would have to become more flexible with regard to its traditional mores, or risk alienating Catholics.

"The Church has to recognise its mistakes and set off on a radical path of change, starting with the pope and the bishops," he said in his last interview, particularly in light of "the scandals of (clerical) paedophilia."

He also urged a re-think of its attitude to divorce, warning that if separated, divorced or remarried parents "feel excluded or do not feel they have the Church's support, the Church will lose future generations".

Martini was laid out on crimson velvet platform and relatives and close friends gathered to pay their respects to the man who had dreamed of a Third Vatican Council, which would revise outdated dogma and attract new faithful.

"He was a man of dialogue, a pastor who tried to knock down walls," a pilgrim who had come to say goodbye to Martini told Italy's ANSA news agency.

The city's Inter Milan football club posted a message on its website saying that Martini "leaves us hope of a world in which it is possible for different cultures, ideologies, beliefs and passions to coexist".

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/cardinal-warned-church-200-years-behind-mourned-182310524.html

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Sydney Writers' Centre- Reader's Digest 100 Word Story competition ...

Sydney Writers? Centre- Reader?s Digest 100 Word Story competition
More student success ? Congratulations

Magazine and Newspaper Writing
TIP: It?s or its?
WEBPICK: 100 Best-Ever Teen Novels

Online Travel Writing Course

It?s info-packed and full of practical ideas that can help you get started straight away. I co-created this course so I know it?s full of useful tips and ideas that you usually only learn about when you?re in the industry.

You?ll discover:
about the different types of travel articles and why they suit different markets.
how to speak the language ? understanding the industry lingo.
how to develop the right angle for your travel story so it doesn?t resemble a six hour
holiday slideshow.
how to structure your articles, using photos and trip notes effectively.
how to research travel stories, plan your itineraries and find interview subjects on the road.
how to write without ever getting on a plane ? discovering your hometown or state.
how to stay out of trouble by following travel writing ethics.
the best way to approach editors and pitch your story to perfection.
insights from professional travel writers around the world through access to exclusive
audio interviews!
and MUCH more!

Online course: Travel Writing with Sue White
5-week course starting Monday 3 September 2012
Time: Whenever suits you
Cost: $395

Click here for more information or to enrol online.
TIP: Should you end a sentence with a preposition?
Giving advice on grammar is hard ? especially when there is so much disagreement around some of the ?rules?. Like the rule that says you should never end a sentence with a preposition. As Winston Churchill (apparently) said, ?This is the type of errant pedantry up with which I will not put.?

So what does this rule actually mean? According to Robert Lowth, who wrote one of the first English grammar textbooks in 1762, the preposition should always be placed before the noun, because the word preposition means ?position before?. A preposition is a positioning word ? at, by, for, into, off, on, out, over, to, under, up, with.

If you adhere to this rule, this sentence:

What did you step on?

Should be changed to:

On what did you step?

This rule (or myth, as some call it) is contentious because in conversation, we often end sentences in prepositions. Now, most grammarians agree that if the sentence sounds right when it?s ending in a preposition, it?s perfectly ok to do that. But if you think you can remove the preposition without changing the meaning of your sentence, you should do so.

More Student Success

Congratulations to Yatu Widders, who emailed us this week with some very exciting news. After completing the Magazine and Newspaper Writing course with Marina Go in March this year she?s been busy pitching ? and has just scored her first commission. Here?s what she wrote to us:

Just wanted to say a huge thank you for the courses you offer. After taking two of them earlier this year, I have just been offered my first paid writing job!

I took the Magazine and Newspaper Writing course and the Twitter seminar. Both were incredibly useful and it was through the contacts I made on Twitter (once I took the course and figured out how to use it effectively) that led me to my first paid gig. I am now a regular paid blogger for Peppermint Magazine ? which just happens to be my favourite mag!

I can?t believe it has only been a few months since I have done the courses and I?m already getting paid to write!

Great news, Yatu. We can?t wait to hear about more of your articles.

Reader?s Digest 100 Word Story Contest
Can you write a story in exactly 100 words? That?s the challenge Readers? Digest has set. They want stories of 100 words, no more and no less, and the winner will receive $1000 plus publication in Reader?s Digest. Two runners-up will also be awarded $250.

Think you can do it? You can submit your story here until Friday 30 November 2012.

Upcoming courses

Writing Picture Books

Learn how to turn your story idea into a picture book that will capture the imagination of children. Cathie Tasker, editor and children?s book expert, will guide you through this five-week course, covering illustrations, language and rhythm, finding the right voice, and much more. This course is perfect if you?d
like to write for children aged 7 and younger.

5-week course starting Wednesday 5 September 2012
Time: 6.30 pm ? 8.30 pm
Cost: $395

Online course: Writing Book for Children and Young Adults

Are you writing longer books for children aged 8 and up? Then you should consider our Online Course: Writing Books for Children and Young Adults. These older readers want stories and characters they feel passionately about, and Judith Ridge will show you how to achieve that. During this course you?ll learn how to get started, the secrets of plotting for different age groups, finding the right voice and much more. And you can do all this from wherever you are, at a time that suits you.

Week beginning Monday 3 September 2012 for 5 weeks
Time: Whenever suits you
Cost: $395

Successful Freelancing

If you?ve been freelancing for at least six months and want to take your business to the next level, our Successful Freelancing seminar will show you how. During this intensive two-hour seminar you?ll cover the business basics of freelancing, how to get repeat commissions and build your profile as a writer, and how to ensure your freelancing work brings you a regular income. The most important thing to remember is that ?freelance? does not equal ?poor?.

2-hour evening seminar on Tuesday 11 September 2012
Time: 6.30 pm ? 8.30 pm
Cost: $85

Did you know? The New Yorker and teen-agers
If you?re a regular reader of The New Yorker, you may have noticed their liberal use of hyphens, in particular their odd spelling for the word ?teenager? ? teen-ager.

There was a time when The New Yorker was not alone in using the hyphen in teen-ager. Teenager is a relatively new word and first started appearing in written form back in the 1920s. Then, it was usually written as two words ? teen age or ager ? but the Oxford English Dictionary first listed the word as ?teen-ager? in 1941. The hyphen was used until around the late 1950s when it started being dropped and the word ?teenager? became the preferred version.

So why does The New Yorker still use the hyphen? It seems the editors there are reluctant to
update their style guide. The magazine is known for its very conservative (some would say
old-fashioned) grammatical and spelling choices, a style that hasn?t changed since it was first
published back in 1925.

TIP: It?s and its
One of our sharp-eyed readers spotted this typo in last week?s newsletter:

None of us would admit to judging a book by it?s cover.

Did you spot it? We should have written its cover, not it?s. Confusing it?s and its is one of the most common errors we see in writing, but it?s important you remember the difference between the two.

It?s is a contraction of ?it is? or ?it has?. For example:

It?s (it has) been a busy week at the Sydney Writers? Centre.
It looks like it?s (it is) going to rain today.

Its is a possessive pronoun, like his or her. It never takes an apostrophe. For example:

Every dog has its day.
The football team won its first game.

A good way to test if you?ve made the right choice is to replace it?s/its in your sentence with ?it is? or ?it has?. If the sentence still makes sense, use it?s. If not, use its.

Plan ahead ? Magazine and Newspaper Writing
One of our most popular courses here at the Centre is Magazine and Newspaper Writing. And it?s no wonder ? we regularly hear from students who have fulfilled their writing dreams in just five weeks, thanks to this course. Being such a popular course, we want to make sure anyone can do the course, no matter where you live. So we have three options coming up ? a weekend intensive, a five-week evening course, and an online course.

If you want to know how you can get paid for your writing, this is the course for you. You?ll learn how to develop story ideas, how to analyse publications, how to structure and write a feature article and, most importantly, how to pitch your story and get paid for it.
Magazine and Newspaper Writing WEEKEND INTENSIVE with Sue White
Saturday 15 & Sunday 16 September 2012 (two consecutive days)
Time: 10.00 am ? 4.00 pm
Cost: $395

Magazine and Newspaper Writing with Marina Go
Five Wednesday evening classes starting Wednesday 26 September 2012
Time: 6.30 pm ? 8.30 pm
Cost: $395

ONLINE COURSE: Magazine and Newspaper Writing with Sue White
Week beginning Monday 3 September for five weeks
Time: Whenever suits you
Cost: $395

WEBPICK: 100 Best-Ever Teen Novels
In case your reading list isn?t long enough already ? here?s a list of the 100 best novels for young adults as decided in a book poll in the US that garnered over 75,000 votes. Whether you?re into writing young adult fiction or reading it, you?re bound to find plenty of inspiration in this list. It?s not a list of bestsellers ? it?s the young adult books readers have chosen as their favourites.

Not surprisingly, Harry Potter and The Hunger Games come out on top. But there are plenty of classics included here, such as To Kill a Mockingbird and Lord of the Flies. It?s also great to see some Australian authors included here ? Garth Nix comes in at number 40 with The Abhorsen Trilogy, and Markus Zusak?s The Book Thief is at number 10.

Other upcoming courses
Online Course: Travel Writing with Sue White
When: Week beginning Monday 3 September 2012 for five weeks
Time: Whenever suits you
Cost: $395

Online Course: Magazine and Newspaper Writing Stage 1 with Sue White/Allison Tait
When: Week beginning Monday 3 September 2012 for five weeks
Time: Whenever suits you
Cost: $395

Course: Creative Writing Stage 1 with James Roy
When: Every Monday starting Monday 3 September 2012 for five weeks
Time: 6.30 ? 8.30 pm
Cost: $395

Seminar: Build Your Profile on Twitter with Kerri Sackville ? NEW COURSE
When: Tuesday 4 September 2012 (two-hour evening seminar)
Time: 6.30 ? 8.30 pm
Cost: $85

Course: Writing Picture Books with Cathie Tasker
When: Every Wednesday starting Wednesday 5 September 2012 for five weeks
Time: 6.30 ? 8.30pm
Cost: $395

Online Course: Writing Books for Children and Young Adults with Judith Ridge/Nicola Robinson
When: Week beginning Monday 10 September 2012 for five weeks
Time: Whenever suits you
Cost: $395

Online Course: Creative Writing Stage 1 with Pamela Freeman/Cathie Tasker ? NEW DATE
When: Week beginning Monday 10 September 2012 for five weeks
Time: Whenever suits you
Cost: $395

Course: Perfecting Your Pitch with Sue White
When: Tuesday 11 September and 18 September 2012 (2 evening classes)
Time: 6.30 ? 8.30 pm
Cost: $175

Seminar: Successful Freelancing with Gayle Bryant
When: Tuesday 11 September 2012 (two-hour evening seminar)
Time: 6.30 ? 8.30 pm
Cost: $85

Seminar: Self-publishing ? How to do it with Geoff Bartlett
When: Thursday 13 September 2012 (two-hour evening seminar)
Time: 6.30 ? 8.30 pm
Cost: $85

Weekend course: Magazine and Newspaper Writing Stage 1 with Sue White
When: Saturday 15 September and Sunday 16 September 2012 (2 consecutive days)
Time: 10.00 am ? 4.00 pm
Cost: $395

Online Course: Creative Writing Stage 2 with Pamela Freeman/Cathie Tasker
When: Week beginning Monday 17 September 2012 for five weeks
Time: Whenever suits you
Cost: $395

Program: Write Your Novel with Pamela Freeman ? FULL
When: Every Tuesday starting Tuesday 18 September 2012 for six months
Time: 6.30 ? 8.30 pm
Cost: $1980

Seminar: From Blog to Book with Kerri Sackville
When: Thursday 20 September 2012 (two-hour evening seminar)
Time: 6.30 ? 8.30 pm
Cost: $85

Weekend course: Your Story Structure with Kathryn Heyman
When: Saturday 22 September 2012 (one-day course)
Time: 10.00 am ? 4.00 pm
Cost: $250

Seminar: Introduction to Travel Writing with Geoff Bartlett
When: Tuesday 25 September 2012 (two-hour evening seminar)
Time: 6.30 ? 8.30 pm
Cost: $85

Course: Magazine and Newspaper Writing Stage 1 with Marina Go
When: Every Wednesday starting Wednesday 26 September 2012 for five weeks
Time: 6.30 ? 8.30 pm
Cost: $395

Seminar: Professional Business Writing with Sue White ? NEW DATE
When: Wednesday 26 September 2012 (one-day seminar)
Time: 9.00 am ? 5.00 pm
Cost: $450

Seminar: PR and Media Releases that Get Results with Catriona Pollard
When: Thursday 27 September 2012 (one-day seminar)
Time: 9.00 am ? 5.00 pm
Cost: $495

Seminar: Grammar and Punctuation Essentials with Deb Doyle ? NEW DATE
When: Tuesday 2 October (one-day seminar)
Time: 9.00 am ? 5.00 pm
Cost: $450

Seminar: Business Writing Essentials with Tony Spencer-Smith ? NEW DATE
When: Friday 5 October 2012 (one-day seminar)
Time: 9.30 am ? 4.30 pm
Cost: $395

Course: Travel Writing with Sue White
When: Every Monday starting Monday 8 October 2012 for five weeks
Time: 6.30 ? 8.30pm
Cost: $395

Course: Creative Writing Stage 2 with Jeni Mawter
When: Every Thursday starting Thursday 11 October 2012 for five weeks
Time: 6.30 ? 8.30 pm
Cost: $395

Seminar: Writing for the web with Grant Doyle ? NEW DATE
When: Thursday 11 October 2012 (one-day seminar)
Time: 9.00 am ? 4.00 pm
Cost: $450

Weekend Course: Travel Memoir with Claire Scobie
When: Saturday 13 October and Sunday 14 October 2012 (2 consecutive days)
Time: 10.00 am ? 4.00 pm
Cost: $395

Seminar: Editing Essentials with Deb Doyle
When: Tuesday 16 October 2012 (one-day seminar)
Time: 9.00 am ? 5.00 pm
Cost: $450

WEEKEND Course: Food Writing with Carli Ratcliff
When: Saturday 20 October and Sunday 21 October 2012 (2 consecutive days)
Time: 10.00 am ? 4.00 pm
Cost: $395

WEEKEND Course: Write a chick-lit novel with Lisa Heidke
When: Saturday 20 October and Sunday 21 October 2012 (2 consecutive days)
Time: 10.00 am ? 4.00 pm
Cost: $395

Course: Thriller Writing with L.A. Larkin
When: Every Thursday starting Thursday 25 October 2012 for five weeks
Time: 6.30 ? 8.30 pm
Cost: $395

Course: Writing About Interiors, Style and Design with Nigel Bartlett
When: Tuesday 30 October and 6 November 2012 (2 evening classes)
Time: 6.30 ? 8.30 pm
Cost: $175

Seminar: Blogging for Beginners with Kim Berry ? NEW COURSE
When: Wednesday 31 October 2012 (two-hour evening seminar)
Time: 6.30 ? 8.30 pm
Cost: $85

Course: Screenwriting Stage 1 with Tim Gooding
When: Every Wednesday starting Wednesday 7 November 2012 for five weeks
Time: 6.30 ? 8.30 pm
Cost: $395

Daytime course: Creative Writing Stage 1 with Kate Forsyth ? NEW DATE
When: Every Thursday starting Thursday 15 November 2012 for five weeks
Time: 10.00 am ? 12.00 noon
Cost: $395

Course: Writing Books for Children and Young Adults with Judith Ridge ? NEW DATE
When: Every Thursday starting Thursday 15 November 2012 for five weeks
Time: 6.30 ? 8.30 pm
Cost: $395

Seminar: How to Write a Business Book with Valerie Khoo
When: Friday 16 November 2012 (half-day seminar)
Time: 9.30 am ? 1.00 pm
Cost: $295

2013 WRITING TOURS
Writing in Bali with Patti Miller ? NEW DATE
Arrival: Saturday 3 August 2013
Departure: Saturday 10 August 2013

Writing in Paris with Patti Miller ? NEW DATE
Arrival: Thursday 24 October 2013
Departure: Saturday 9 November 2013

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