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Ecotality Examined: For Electric Vehicle Company, Politics is Business
Lachlan Markay	/ April 03, 2012
Part two of a three-part series.
Ecotality "is a great example of the stimulus act doing what it was supposed to do," explained company spokeswoman Jeanine L'Ecuyer in May of 2010. "ETEC was teetering. It was a company trying very hard to stay in business. This grant has created jobs and put this company back on track."
eTec was the North American subsidiary of Ecotality, which received $115 million in two stimulus grants through the Energy Department to manufacture electric vehicle charging stations. The parent company is now under investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Yesterday, Scribe posted a subpoena sent to former eTec CEO Donald Karner in December.
L'Ecuyer's statement is indicative of a larger strategy at Ecotality that appears to have banked on receiving taxpayer support (the accuracy of her stimulus assessment will be explored in part three). Indeed, in the first half of 2010, the DOE grants accounted for more than half of Ecotality's revenues, and the company posted net losses of $12.3 million.
It is perhaps unsurprising, then, that the company enjoys some notable political connections, and awarded a seven-figure bonus to at least one top executive contingent on receiving taxpayer funds.
Total compensation for Jonathan Read, Ecotality's chief executive, increased more than ten-fold from 2008 to 2009, from under $400,000 to more than $4.1 million. That increase included a $75,000 bonus and a $10,000 salary hike, but the bulk came in the form of stock awards worth about $3.7 million.
"Our performance target for 2009 was to secure executed stimulus contracts valued at $20,000,000 or more on or before October 1, 2009, which was achieved," Ecotality explained in an SEC disclosure form filed in August of 2010. "As a result of these stimulus contracts, Mr. Read received a bonus of 673,506 shares of our common stock for achieving the first management incentive target."
Leveraging a political environment with unprecedented affinity for the electric vehicle industry was a top priority for Ecotality, and it paid off.
In 2006, when Read was brought on as CEO, he must have looked an appealing candidate for a company looking to land federal subsidies. His son Colin, who Scribe briefly discussed in part one, was the assistant finance director for the 2006 congressional campaign of then-Arizona State Senator Harry Mitchell (D).
Mitchell won in 2006, and eventually sat on the Science and Technology Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation, and the Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Highways and Transit – both key panels for Ecotality's purposes.
During Mitchell's House race, he held a joint fundraiser with Slade Mead, a State Senate colleague and candidate for superintendent, at the home of then-governor Janet Napolitano. The following year, Ecotality elected Mead to its board of directors.
Mead and Jonathan Read collectively donated nearly $8,000 to Mitchell's campaign, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. Mitchell voted for the stimulus bill, though it is not clear that he specifically advocated for the Ecotality grants.
But Mitchell did request nearly $2 million to replace buses in Tempe, AZ with plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, which need charging stations. Ecotality, meanwhile, has installed 19 such stations in Tempe through the EV Project, the DOE program through which the company received its pair of grants.
These facts paint the picture a company whose business strategy was intertwined with the politics of "green energy." As the size and scope of government grows, the beneficiaries are necessarily those with the most and best political connections. Ecotality certainly fits the bill.
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Malorie Blackman, Richard Ayoade and Louis Theroux among autumn's stand-out literature events
Louis Theroux in Conversation
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Jacqueline Wilson Malorie Blackman Chris Riddell
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Richard Ayoade: Ayoade on Top
We hope you like big names, as we've got a veritable book-shelf full of them lined up ready to appear here at Southbank Centre later this year. Our autumn 2019 line-up is our most jam-packed literature season to date with more than 35 events taking place across our venues as we welcome familiar faces, champion up and coming voices, and continue our passion for poetry.
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Malorie Blackman in Conversation
Hear from an author whose stories have survived and impacted generations; Malorie Blackman introduces Crossfire, the latest novel from her groundbreaking young adult fiction series Noughts & Crosses. Acknowledged as one of today's most imaginative and convincing writers for young readers, Blackman was the Children's Laureate from 2013 to 2015.
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Sara Pascoe: Sex, Power, Money
Award-winning comedian Sara Pascoe turns her attention to the things that really matter to humans in her new book, Sex Power Money. With a fresh and thought-provoking take on the oldest discussion, Pascoe confronts her fear of the male libido, examines relationship blind spots and skewers sexual inequalities.
1 December | Royal Festival Hall
Nadiya Hussain: Finding My Voice
Bake Off winner Nadiya Hussain celebrates the publication of her new memoir, Finding My Voice, in her own warm, honest and humorous way. Join the TV presenter, chef and bestselling author as she considers her role as mother, Muslim, working woman and celebrity, and questions the barriers so many women must cross to be heard.
5 September | Royal Festival Hall
In a London exclusive, writer and director Richard Ayoade reflects on his award-winning films, comedy and more as he discusses his latest book Ayoade On Top with Adam Buxton. Ayoade, a familiar favourite to fans of Garth Merenghi's Darkplace and The IT Crowd, leads us on a journey from Peckham to Paris by way of several other places he doesn't much care for.
25 September | Royal Festival Hall
The much-loved documentarian Louis Theroux takes to our stage to reflect on his weird, wonderful journey through two decades of groundbreaking television. Theroux candidly recalls some of the biggest challenges he's faced, and discusses how and why he's regularly drawn back to document life in contemporary society's deepest corners.
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Grab a rare chance to hear from the award-winning, bestselling author of Everything I Never Told You and Little Fires Everywhere as Celeste Ng discusses her novels in London for the first time. As well as her critically acclaimed novels Ng will reflect on creating compelling characters, and how she dips beneath the surface of the real life that her fiction so deftly reflects.
Lenny Henry: Who Am I, Again?
In late September we welcome one of Britain's best-known and most celebrated comedians as Sir Lenny Henry shares his autobiography Who Am I, Again? Revealing the story of his early life and his remarkable rise to fame and a comedy career spanning four decades, Henry's long-awaited book is, like the man himself, charming, serious, perceptive and incredibly funny.
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Comedian Hannah Gadsby's tenth solo show was Nanette. It did alright. Nanette played around Australia and the UK for 18 months, and took top prizes at the Melbourne and Edinburgh festivals, before dropping a Netflix special. Now Gadsby is back with her new show Douglas, about a very specific dog.
Richard Dawkins: An Argument for Atheism
Join Richard Dawkins as he helps us rethink the big questions, and challenges us all, young and old, to understand how our world came into being. In his new book, Outgrowing God, Dawkins dissects everything from Abraham's abuse of Isaac to the construction of a snowflake, in a concise, provocative guide to thinking for yourself.
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In November we've yet another London-exclusive as bestselling author, journalist and podcast host Malcolm Gladwell joins us to present his new book, Talking to Strangers. Few have the ability to show us who we are like Gladwell, as brilliantly showcased by this powerful and provocative exploration of why we so often misread other people.
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Our packed autumn programme doesn't end there, with yet more London exclusives lined-up. On 3 September the globally renowned short-story writer Etgar Keret joins us to present his new collection Fly Already, and on 7 October, the author and cartoonist behind webcomic xkcd and bestselling book What If?, Randall Munroe, is here to open up new dimensions on the everyday.
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We explore our passion for poetry as Out-Spoken's year-long residency continues with live poetry music nights featuring Anthony Anaxagorou, Hollie McNish, Liz Berry, Zaffar Kunial, Salena Godden and more. London Review of Books celebrates its 40th anniversary (30 October) with an exclusive poetry and music event featuring Anne Carson, Nico Muhly and Paul Muldoon, and we've the return of our own National Poetry Library Lates.
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January 30, 2018 January 24, 2018 usissuescom CAGW Alarmism, Energy Policy, RegulationCAGW, Climate Change, CO2, Coal, CPP, Electricity, EPA, global warming
Foreward By Paul Driessen – Re-Blogged From http://www.WattsUpWithThat.com
The United States has more coal than any other nation. With modern coal-fired power plants, it can be used to generate very inexpensive electricity, with virtually no significant pollution: about the only thing that comes out of the stacks today are water vapor and carbon dioxide, the miracle molecule that helps plants grow and makes life on Earth possible. Even though coal-based electricity has plummeted from 52% of all US electricity in 2008 to 30% by the time President Obama left office, it still helps to keep the lights on and keep people warm in all but a few states.
But as Tom Harris points out in this thought-provoking article, even under President Trump, the USA is a long way from taking full advantage of its mighty coal reserves – and the restrictions on coal use bring virtually no environmental or climate benefits. That's because the scientific case for fossil fuels fueling "dangerous manmade climate change" grows weaker by the week – and because no developing countries are going to reduce their use of coal anytime soon. So any and all reductions in coal use and CO2 emissions by the United States bring zero benefits in the global arena.
Cheap, abundant coal is key to national security, warm homes and wintertime survival
By Tom Harris
Recent record-setting low temperatures have underscored the creature comfort and often life-saving importance of abundant, reliable, affordable energy. They also reminded us how appropriate it was that America's 2017 National Security Strategy (NSS) emphasizes energy security – and was released on December 18, three days before this extra chilly winter officially began.
This first Trump Administration NSS identifies four vital national interests. Two of them – "promoting American prosperity" and "advancing American influence" – require that the United States "take advantage of our wealth in domestic resources." However, America is no longer taking full advantage of one of its most important of its domestic resources: its vast coal reserves, the largest of any nation on Earth.
Testifying November 28 in Charleston, West Virginia, at the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) public hearing on repealing the Clean Power Plan, Robert E. Murray, president and CEO of Murray Energy Corp., summarized the bleak state of affairs.
"Prior to the election of President Obama," Murray noted, "52% of America's electricity was generated from coal, and this rate was much higher in the Midwest. That percentage of coal generation declined under the Obama Administration to 30%. Under the Obama Administration, and its so-called Clean Power Plan, over 400 coal-fired generating plants totaling over 100,000 megawatts of capacity were closed, with no proven environmental benefit whatsoever."
Much of this was driven by Obama's determination to be seen as contributing to "arresting climate change," to quote from his 2015 NSS, by mandating severe reductions of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from power plants. Unbelievably, this NSS listed "climate change" ahead of "major energy market disruptions" in its list of "top strategic risks to our interests."
That made no sense. Climate is, and always will be, variable. There is nothing we can do to stop it. And many scientists do not support the hypothesis that our CO2 emissions will cause dangerous climate change.
Regardless, recent climate change has been unremarkable. It is certainly not "unprecedented," and it clearly does not constitute a national security threat by comparison to a lack of affordable, reliable energy to power the nation and its military, and export to world markets. President Donald Trump was right to make only passing reference to climate change in the 2017 NSS.
Even in the unlikely event that CO2 emissions were or became a problem, developing countries are the source of most of the world's emissions, and China alone currently emits about twice as much the USA. Those nations are not about to follow Obama's lead. They understand that they must continue building coal-fired power plants at an aggressive pace, to meet their growing electricity needs.
Even the New York Times admitted that "As Beijing joins climate fight, Chinese companies build coal plants" (July 1, 2017).
"Chinese corporations are building or planning to build more than 700 new coal plants at home and around the world, some in countries that today burn little or no coal, according to tallies compiled by Urgewald, an environmental group based in Berlin…. Overall, 1,600 coal plants are planned or under construction in 62 countries, according to Urgewald's tally, which uses data from the Global Coal Plant Tracker portal. The new plants would expand the world's coal-fired power capacity by 43 percent."
Similarly, India's heavy reliance on coal will continue even in 2047, according to the June 16, 2017 report "Energizing India," by the National Institute for Transforming India (NTTI) and Institute of Energy Economics, Japan (IEEJ). Coal is forecast to rise from its 2012 46% of India's total energy mix to 50% in 2047 in the "business as usual scenario." Even in an "ambitious" scenario in which renewables supply 12% of India's primary energy (in 2012 it was 3%), coal still accounts for 42% of India's energy mix.
The authors of the NTTI/IEEJ report state, "India would like to use its abundant coal reserves as it provides a cheap source of energy and ensures energy security as well." Simply put, coal is essential if the rest of India's population is to gain access to electricity and rise up out of abject poverty. Even today, some 240 million Indians (nearly seven times the population of Canada!) still do not have electricity.
India and these analysts are right, of course. So it is a welcome development that Trump is promoting a resurgence of the American coal industry.
Obama's dedication to the climate scare contributed significantly to coal's tragic decline in America. Besides the impact of his Clean Power Plan, a rule that will hopefully be withdrawn very soon, coal has been hammered as a result of a 2015 EPA rule that limits plant-fertilizing carbon dioxide emissions from new coal-fired power stations. The result is that the U.S. can no longer build modern, clean, efficient coal plants to replace older stations, as is happening in China, India and even Europe. Here's why:
The 2015 EPA rule, titled "Standards of Performance for Greenhouse Gas Emissions From New, Modified, and Reconstructed Stationary Sources: Electric Generating Units," limits CO2 emissions on new coal-fired stations to 1,400 pounds per megawatt-hour of electricity generated. When releasing the new standard, the EPA asserted that it "is the performance achievable by a [supercritical pulverized coal] unit capturing about 20 percent of its carbon pollution." This is irrational.
CO2 is no more pollution than is water vapour, the major greenhouse gas in Earth's atmosphere. By calling the gas "carbon," the Obama EPA deliberately and falsely encouraged the public to think of it as something dirty, like graphite and soot, which really are carbon. Calling CO2 by its proper name, carbon dioxide, would have helped people remember that it is an invisible, odourless gas that we exhale and is essential to plant photosynthesis. Mr. Obama apparently did not want people to remember that.
Moreover, the technology of CO2 capture on a full-scale power plant is still a technological fantasy. So in reality, the EPA was actually banning even the most modern, most efficient, least polluting, supercritical coal-fired stations – because even their CO2 emissions are at least 20% above the arbitrary EPA limit.
Speaking at the November 9, 2017 America First Energy Conference in Houston, Texas, keynote speaker Joe Leimkuhler, vice president of drilling for Louisiana-based LLOG Exploration, showed that America has 22.1% of the world's proven coal reserves, more than any other country, and enough to last for 381 years at current consumption rates.
So it is a tragedy that America can no longer build modern coal-fired power stations to replace its aging fleet. Clearly, the rule limiting CO2 emissions from new coal-fired power stations must be cancelled as soon as possible.
The climate scare has also impeded coal's development in the USA by restricting its export. In particular, Asia would be a huge market for inexpensive American coal if sufficient U.S. export facilities were available. But, again, thanks largely to the climate scare contributing to the blocking of construction of coal export terminals, America exports only about as much coal as does Poland.
To ensure energy security, especially when demand soars during bitterly cold spells and heat waves, and to "restore America's advantages in the world and build upon our country's great strengths" (quoting from the NSS fact sheets), the U.S. must expand its fleet of coal-fired power stations and build coal export facilities as quickly as possible. To make that possible, the Trump administration must do everything in its power to thoroughly debunk the climate alarm that has so crippled coal's development.
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(7 min) News #1 "Looking Beyond IBuying To Auction Theory: The Future Of Residential Real Estate"
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In September of this year, surprising many in the real estate industry, Opendoor announced that it was merging with Social Capital Hedosophia II, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) founded by tech billionaire Chamath Palihapitiya. The choice to go public by merging with a tech SPAC came as something of a shocker to many in the real estate industry, Silicon Valley and Wall Street. Opendoor is an instant buyer or iBuyer — a company that buys homes as-is, fixes them up and resells them. It has acquired several businesses under its brand umbrella and is regarded as the leader in this space.
Suffice it to say that this merger is intriguing, and I believe it's the harbinger of the future of real estate.
Around the same time as the merger, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences was preparing to announce the 2020 Nobel prize winners in economic sciences. The Nobel Prize has been awarded to pioneers, innovators and experts in their respective fields since 1901. This year, the Nobel in this category went to Drs. Paul Milgrom and Robert Wilson, two Stanford professors who, for the last 30 years, have been the leading experts in auction theory. You may be wondering how auction theory relates to Opendoor's choice to go public.
Whether they realize it or not, iBuyer businesses have the opportunity to change the real estate process in an unexpected way. Not only has consumer behavior changed, but the types of homes that iBuyers choose to purchase instantly, fix up and resell are, in essence, "commodity" homes.
According to Investopedia, a commodity is "a basic good used in commerce that is interchangeable with other goods of the same type." When they are traded on an exchange, commodities must also meet specified minimum standards. What iBuyers do is commoditize homes by refurbishing or remodeling them and providing a warranty to the buyer. This gives buyers peace of mind and more money to sellers.
Auction Theory
Many of us are familiar with auctions that happen on court steps or those marked by the telltale cadence of the professional auctioneer and their gavel. The types of auctions I'm referring to are different. I'm thinking of high-stakes auctions, like the ones theorized by Milgrom and Wilson. These auctions are based on algorithms, well-planned and developed and conducted in an open environment.
The Nobel laureates have developed the theory for auctions of objects with common values and private values. A common value is one that is unknown beforehand but, in the end, is the same for everyone. Dr. Wilson has shown that rational bidders often bid below what they estimate the value of the object is because they fear the "winner's curse" — paying more than one needed to win an auction.
Dr. Milgrom theorized that private values also affected the final price in an auction. By analyzing bidding strategies across myriad auction formats, he demonstrated that when bidders know more about other bidders' estimated values for an object, the final sale price was higher than expected.
Companies like Opendoor, Knock, Redfin, Reali and Zillow can begin to operate as iBuyers, acquiring houses outright, remodeling them, providing home warranties and eliminating uncertainty in residential real estate transactions. This makes it considerably easier for consumers to sell homes, which in turn eases the process to purchase homes. I believe that employing auction theory in the iBuying process will create a more efficient real estate market and could eliminate or almost eliminate the need for real estate agents.
A good place to test auction theory is on apartments and condominiums. For the most part, these types of properties in the same building or campus do not vary much. Although seeing an apartment or condo in person before purchase will be a challenge for the auction model, 3D tours could address that. The question then becomes: Can cookie-cutter units, aka commodity housing, be the next big thing in consumer taste? If you think about it, rising home prices are in part a byproduct of customization. How much customization do buyers really want in a condo or an apartment, though? Are they concerned with aesthetics? Or is the confidence that they're buying a safe, clean, quality unit more important?
I don't think we are close to that type of world just yet. However, utilizing auction theory in the world of residential real estate could prove to be the new way of transacting. By removing the drawbacks associated with homebuying — risk, uncertainty and fear — consumers can view homes as commodities, bidding on them, trading them in and upgrading.
By leveraging auction theory, iBuyer companies would be poised to usher in a new way to buy and sell real estate. Agents and their commissions wouldn't be necessary for the average real estate transaction. Consumers would appreciate the savings, and appreciate not having that "high-touch" agent experience. More importantly, they'd feel safer making the largest purchase of their lives, given the transparency of the auction process, the reputation of the iBuyer they're buying from, and the warranty that company provides on their new home.
(7 min) News #2 "Housing Market Forecast and Predictions for 2021"
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Shelter-at-home orders and other measures were put in place just before springtime this year, which is usually the best time of year for listing and selling homes. However, 2021 poses to be a much more stable year for real estate, according to Realtor.com.
Low inventory, a higher number of buyers than sellers, and historically low mortgage rates sent housing prices upwards quickly. It also made fall the hot time of year for sellers instead of the warmer months.
But 2021 should send things back to where they once were and continue pushing new trends that were emerging even before the pandemic.
Since mortgage rates of around 3% have become the norm, they don't feel as exceptional and won't entice buyers as they have in the recent past.
Realtor.com predicts home sales to come in at 7.0% above 2020, building momentum through the spring and continuing through the end of the year. Economic growth from coronavirus vaccines and more normal consumer spending will fuel this trend.
As for home prices, they're still going up, but they're slowing down. 2020 is looking to end 7.6% over 2019. But 2021 should only increase by around 5.7%. This will be aided by many millennials trading up and adding inventory to the market.
Speaking of inventory, 2020 saw half a million fewer homes on the market than the previous year. However, "newly listed homes" should be more numerous by the end of 2021. And we may even see an increase in inventory—a first since 2019.
The big trends to watch out for, however, are an increase in first-time buyers, people wanting at-home offices, and suburban migration.
Millennials make up the largest generation, and on their heels are the Gen-Zers who are entering their home-buying years. The older Millennials, those approaching 40, will be looking to trade up and purchase bigger homes to accommodate growing families. These two generations have been able to save money due to shelter-in-place orders and less going out in general, meaning they'll have more money for down payments.
Remote work was already a growing trend before the pandemic forced more white-collar workers to stay in their homes. And it looks like many will continue to primarily work away from the office, adding to the appeal of the suburbs. Look for an increase in listings mentioning home office space or even close-to-home remote-working options, like coffee shops.
Since commutes have changed, so has the need to be downtown. More people are comfortable with the idea of commuting further if they have to than before, according to a summer survey.
Sellers will continue to have the upper hand throughout the entire year due to an accelerated buying process—thank you, lower inventory. But all in all, 2021 should feel more normal and predictable than 2020.
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Hawaiian Airlines, based out of Honolulu, Hawaii, is launching the longest nonstop flight in America from Boston, Massachusetts to Honolulu, Hawaii, starting April 4, 2019.
The direct, 5,095-mile flight will last 11 hours and 40 minutes from Logan International Airport to Honolulu International Airport. It is the longest regularly scheduled domestic route in U.S. history, according to the airline. Roundtrip flights will start at $806.59; $1,096 for Extra Comfort; and $6,948 for first class.
The longest nonstop flight in the world will belong to Singapore Airlines when it launches Oct. 11. The flight between Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, New Jersey and Singapore's Changi International Airport (voted the best airport in the world) will be 18 hours and 45 minutes, as CNBC reports. Flights will start at $1,166 for economy, $1,489 for premium economy and $5,819 for business class.
The Hawaiian Airlines flight onboard an A330-200 will operate five times a week, with 258 economy seats, 68 Extra Comfort seats and 18 lie-flat seats in first class.
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Boston is a new destination for the airline; an estimated 60,000 people come to Hawaii from Boston every year, according to the airline.
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Q: How to make an Android refresh button that refreshes the fragment in a drawer? I am trying to refresh the fragment depending on what drawer the user is on...
This was my attempt which does not do anything but does not give me an error.
Here is my code
public void fragmentRefresh() {
        // Insert the fragment by replacing any existing fragment
        FragmentManager fragmentManager = getFragmentManager();

            fragmentManager.beginTransaction()
                    .replace(R.id.frame_container, fragmentManager.findFragmentByTag("TagForRefresh"))
                    .commit();

    }

Here is the drawer fragment code:
/**
     * Diplaying fragment view for selected nav drawer list item
     */
    private void displayView(int position) {
        // update the main content by replacing fragments
        Fragment fragment = null;
        switch (position) {
            case 0:
                fragment = new HomeFragment();
                break;
            case 1:
                fragment = new BrowseFragment();
                break;
            case 2:
                fragment = new InviteFragment();
                break;
            case 3:
                fragment = new ProfileFragment();
                break;
            case 4:
                fragment = new SettingsFragment();
                break;
            case 5:
                callConfirmLogout();
                break;

            default:
                break;
        }

        if (fragment != null) {
            FragmentManager fragmentManager = getFragmentManager();
            fragmentManager.beginTransaction()
                    .replace(R.id.frame_container, fragment, "TagForRefresh").commit();

            // update selected item and title, then close the drawer
            mDrawerList.setItemChecked(position, true);
            mDrawerList.setSelection(position);
            setTitle(navMenuTitles[position]);
            mDrawerLayout.closeDrawer(mDrawerList);
        } else {
            // error in creating fragment
            Log.e("MainActivity", "Error in creating fragment");
        }

Implemented in a tab swiper fragment class:
public class ViewVotesActivity extends FragmentActivity implements ActionBar.TabListener{

    //Tab options
    private ViewPager viewPager;
    private TabSwipeAdapter mAdapter;
    private ActionBar actionBar;

    // Tab titles
    private String[] tabs = { "Created", "Up", "Down"};
    //for custom menu to add progress bar to refresh
    private MenuItem menuItem;

    //Search view action bar
    private SearchView search_action_bar;

    //getApplicationContext().getString(R.string.created),getApplicationContext().getString(R.string.upvote), getApplicationContext().getString(R.string.downvote)
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_view_votes);

        // Initializing tab
        viewPager = (ViewPager) findViewById(R.id.pager);
        actionBar = getActionBar();
        mAdapter = new TabSwipeAdapter(getSupportFragmentManager(), new UserCreatedFragment(), new UserUpVotesFragment(),new UserDownVotesFragment());

        viewPager.setAdapter(mAdapter);
        actionBar.setHomeButtonEnabled(true);
        actionBar.setNavigationMode(ActionBar.NAVIGATION_MODE_TABS);

        // Adding Tabs
        for (String tab_name : tabs) {
            actionBar.addTab(actionBar.newTab().setText(tab_name)
                    .setTabListener(this));
        }

        /**
         * on swiping the viewpager make respective tab selected
         * */
        /**
         * on swiping the viewpager make respective tab selected
         * */
        viewPager.setOnPageChangeListener(new ViewPager.OnPageChangeListener() {

            @Override
            public void onPageSelected(int position) {
                // on changing the page
                // make respected tab selected
                actionBar.setSelectedNavigationItem(position);
            }

            @Override
            public void onPageScrolled(int arg0, float arg1, int arg2) {
            }

            @Override
            public void onPageScrollStateChanged(int arg0) {
            }
        });

    }

    @Override
    public void onTabSelected(ActionBar.Tab tab, FragmentTransaction fragmentTransaction) {
        // on tab selected
        // show respected fragment view
        viewPager.setCurrentItem(tab.getPosition());
    }

    @Override
    public void onTabUnselected(ActionBar.Tab tab, FragmentTransaction fragmentTransaction) {

    }

    @Override
    public void onTabReselected(ActionBar.Tab tab, FragmentTransaction fragmentTransaction) {

    }

    @Override
    public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
        getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.home, menu);
        setupActions(menu);
        callSearchActionBar(menu);
        return true;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
        // Handle action bar actions click
        switch (item.getItemId()) {
            case R.id.action_refresh:
                menuItem = item;
                menuItem.setActionView(R.layout.refresh_progress_bar);
                //menuItem.expandActionView();
                fragmentRefresh();

                TestTask task = new TestTask();
                task.execute("test");
                return true;
            case R.id.action_discover:
                addNewItem();
                return true;
            case R.id.action_search:
                return true;
            default:
                return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
        }
    }

    public void addNewItem() {
        // user redirect to register followup
        Intent createItemIntent = new Intent(ViewVotesActivity.this, CreateItemActivity.class);
        // Closing all the Activities
        createItemIntent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP);

        // Add new Flag to start new Activity
        createItemIntent.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);

        // Staring Login Activity
        startActivity(createItemIntent);
    }

    public void fragmentRefresh() {
//        // Insert the fragment by replacing any existing fragment
//        FragmentManager fragmentManager = getFragmentManager();
//
//        fragmentManager.beginTransaction()
//                .replace(R.id.frame_container, fragmentManager.findFragmentByTag("TagForRefresh"))
//                .commit();

    }

    private class TestTask extends AsyncTask<String, Void, String> {

        @Override
        protected String doInBackground(String... params) {
            // Simulate something long running
            try {
                Thread.sleep(2000);
            } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
            return null;
        }

        @Override
        protected void onPostExecute(String result) {
            menuItem.collapseActionView();
            menuItem.setActionView(null);
        }
    };

    public  void setupActions(Menu menu) {
        MenuItem refreshItem = menu.findItem(R.id.action_refresh);
        MenuItem discoverItem = menu.findItem(R.id.action_discover);

        if (isAlwaysExpanded()) {

        } else {
            refreshItem.setShowAsActionFlags(MenuItem.SHOW_AS_ACTION_IF_ROOM
                    | MenuItem.SHOW_AS_ACTION_COLLAPSE_ACTION_VIEW);

            discoverItem.setShowAsActionFlags(MenuItem.SHOW_AS_ACTION_IF_ROOM
                    | MenuItem.SHOW_AS_ACTION_COLLAPSE_ACTION_VIEW);
        }

    }

    public void callSearchActionBar(Menu menu) {
        //find the menu item and set search view at the same time
        MenuItem searchItem = menu.findItem(R.id.action_search);

        search_action_bar
                = (SearchView)  searchItem.getActionView();

        if (isAlwaysExpanded()) {
            search_action_bar.setIconifiedByDefault(false);
        } else {
            searchItem.setShowAsActionFlags(MenuItem.SHOW_AS_ACTION_IF_ROOM
                    | MenuItem.SHOW_AS_ACTION_COLLAPSE_ACTION_VIEW);
        }

        SearchManager searchManager = (SearchManager) getSystemService(Context.SEARCH_SERVICE);
        if (searchManager != null) {
            List<SearchableInfo> searchables = searchManager.getSearchablesInGlobalSearch();

            SearchableInfo info = searchManager.getSearchableInfo(getComponentName());
            for (SearchableInfo inf : searchables) {
                if (inf.getSuggestAuthority() != null
                        && inf.getSuggestAuthority().startsWith("applications")) {
                    info = inf;
                }
            }
            search_action_bar.setSearchableInfo(info);
        }

        search_action_bar.setOnQueryTextListener(new SearchView.OnQueryTextListener() {
            public boolean onQueryTextChange(String newText) {
                Log.e("Query = ", newText);
                return false;
            }

            public boolean onQueryTextSubmit(String query) {
                Log.e("Submit", "Submited " + query);
                // user redirect to register followup
                Intent searchIntent = new Intent(ViewVotesActivity.this, SearchActivity.class);

                searchIntent.putExtra("search", query);

                // Closing all the Activities
                searchIntent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_TOP);

                // Add new Flag to start new Activity
                searchIntent.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);

                // Staring Login Activity
                startActivity(searchIntent);
                return false;
            }

            public boolean onClose() {
                Log.e("query close", "query closingggg");
                return false;
            }
        });
    }
    protected boolean isAlwaysExpanded() {
        return false;
    }

}

A: UPDATE:
It looks like you're trying to tell an Activity that it's time to change the content fragment depending upon a selection in a Navigation Drawer.
This problem has two parts.

*

*You need to provide a mechanism to communicate from your Drawer to your Activity, which, will, in turn, proceed to perform the necessary actions.

*Your Fragments must either be Detached, Destroyed, Recreated and Reattached (inneficient, why?) or simply implement a mechanism that tells them: Hey, it's time to Refresh your content.

I don't see any reason why you need to completely destroy the Fragment's view if you only need to reset its data. Seems like a design flaw.
Replacing a Fragment should not mean you want to completely destroy it, since the user can simply go back or press the recently removed fragment. It would be inefficient to recreate it again.
Like I mentioned in the comments, more code is needed to see what your current approach is.
Normally a simple Interface (like the one I described below) should suffice. Your activity can receive the "clicks" in the Drawer and decide which fragment to replace (if needed).
Please be a lot more specific and provide more code.

Old Response:
Warning: if you're trying to replace the current fragment, make sure you're not getting the wrong FragmentManager. You do getFragmentManager() but I'm sure you're using the support library and therefore need to do getSupportFragmentManager();.
You've failed to mention what version you're targeting so it's hard to know.
On the other hand,
If what you want to do is tell the current visible fragment to refresh… you should use a more common approach to object-to-object communication.
You're over-complicating things.
(warning: pseudo code)
Create an interface like:
public interface Refreshable{
  void onShouldRefresh();
}

Have a DrawerController capable of storing observers/listeners…
public class DrawerController {
    private List<Refreshable> mListeners = new ArrayList<Refreshable>();
    public void addRefreshListener(E listener) {
        if (listener != null && !mListeners.contains(listener)) {
            mListeners.add(listener);
        }
    }
    public void removeRefreshListener(E listener) {
        if (listener != null) {
            mListeners.remove(listener);
        }
    }
}

Make your fragments implement it (and subscribe to the event when they are visible)
public class HomeFragment extends Fragment implements Refreshable {
    // your fragment code
    public void onShouldRefresh(){
         // do the refresh
    }
    @Override
    public void onResume() {
        super.onResume();
        yourDrawerController.addRefreshListener(this);
    }

    @Override
    public void onPause() {
        super.onPause();
        yourDrawerController.removeRefreshListener(this);
    }
}

Now make a method that will tell the interested parties (in this case your "Refreshable" objects) that it's time to refresh, add this to your DrawerController…
public void refresh(){
    for (Refreshable listener : mListeners) {
        if (listener != null) {
            listener.onShouldRefresh();
        }
    }
}

Finally, in your code, call refresh() and have a beer.
Did I miss your point? it's not 100% clear to me.

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Hail and Wind Damage Spotted near Belview, MN
7/12/2019 11:42 AM CDT The severe thunderstorm warning for northwestern redwood and southeastern yellow medicine counties will expire at 1145 am cdt, the storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe limits, and has exited the warned area. therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. however small hail is still possible with this thunderstorm. to report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement agency. they will relay your report to the national weather service the twin cities.
7/12/2019 11:36 AM CDT At 1136 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles southeast of echo, or 9 miles west of redwood falls, moving east at 50 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include quarter size hail. Damage to vehicles is expected. Locations impacted include, echo, belview, vesta, seaforth and delhi.
7/12/2019 11:35 AM CDT Trees and power lines down... blocking traffic in belview. relayed to nws by wcco-t in redwood county MN, 0.5 miles N of Belview, MN
7/12/2019 11:15 AM CDT The national weather service in the twin cities has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for. northwestern redwood county in southwestern minnesota. southeastern yellow medicine county in west central minnesota. until 1145 am cdt. At 1115 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over cottonwood,.
7/1/2019 3:07 AM CDT At 307 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near olivia, or 12 miles north of redwood falls, moving east at 55 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include, redwood falls, renville, lamberton, wabasso, sanborn, lucan, clements, seaforth, wanda, delhi, north redwood and redwood falls airport.
7/1/2019 2:42 AM CDT At 242 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over wood lake, or 17 miles northeast of marshall, moving east at 55 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
6/30/2019 10:29 PM CDT At 1028 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near renville to 8 miles south of echo to 7 miles north of walnut grove, moving east at 50 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. severe thunderstorms will be near, renville around 1035 pm cdt. olivia around 1040 pm cdt. redwood falls, bird island and lamberton around 1045 pm cdt. morton around 1050 pm cdt. morgan and franklin around 1055 pm cdt. hector around 1100 pm cdt. other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include bechyn, seaforth, delhi, clements, lucan, revere, redwood falls airport, sanborn, belview and milroy. This includes jackpot junction casino.
6/30/2019 8:18 PM CDT At 818 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from hanley falls to 7 miles east of echo to near redwood falls, moving east at 25 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include, redwood falls, wood lake, morton, hanley falls, echo, belview, delhi, granite falls airport, north redwood and redwood falls airport.
6/30/2019 7:58 PM CDT At 757 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over wood lake, or 19 miles northeast of marshall, moving east at 20 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. People and animals outdoors will be injured. expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
6/20/2019 5:21 PM CDT The severe thunderstorm warning for north central redwood and west central renville counties will expire at 530 pm cdt, the storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe limits, and has exited the warned area. therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. a tornado warning remains in effect for redwood county for a storm approximately 5 miles southwest of redwood falls.
6/20/2019 5:01 PM CDT At 500 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near echo, or 10 miles northwest of redwood falls, moving east at 20 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of north central redwood and west central renville counties, including the following locations, delhi and belview.
6/20/2019 4:45 PM CDT At 445 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over echo, or 14 miles west of redwood falls, moving east at 20 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. People and animals outdoors will be injured. expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of north central redwood, southeastern yellow medicine and west central renville counties, including the following locations, delhi and belview.
6/4/2019 4:53 PM CDT At 453 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over echo, or 16 miles northwest of redwood falls, moving southeast at 25 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
6/4/2019 4:33 PM CDT At 432 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near wood lake, or 18 miles southeast of montevideo, moving southeast at 25 mph (trained weather spotters). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. this severe thunderstorm will be near, echo around 450 pm cdt. other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include granite falls airport and belview. This includes prairies edge casino resort.
4/11/2019 10:05 AM CDT At 1005 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near vesta, or 12 miles west of redwood falls, moving north at 55 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include quarter size hail. Damage to vehicles is expected. this severe thunderstorm will be near, echo around 1010 am cdt. sacred heart around 1025 am cdt. granite falls around 1030 am cdt. other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include minnesota falls and belview. this includes u. s. highway 212 between mile markers 47 and 62. This includes prairies edge casino resort.
4/11/2019 8:52 AM CDT Quarter sized hail reported 0.3 miles SSW of Belview, MN
4/11/2019 8:45 AM CDT At 845 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near belview, or 9 miles west of redwood falls, moving north at 50 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include quarter size hail. Damage to vehicles is expected. this severe thunderstorm will be near, renville and sacred heart around 905 am cdt. other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include delhi and belview. this includes u. s. Highway 212 between mile markers 57 and 68.
7/3/2018 1:19 AM CDT At 118 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near seaforth to near lucan, moving northeast at 20 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include half dollar size hail. Damage to vehicles is expected. Locations impacted include, wabasso, vesta, lucan and seaforth.
7/3/2018 12:48 AM CDT At 1247 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 6 miles southeast of cottonwood to near tracy, moving northeast at 25 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include half dollar size hail. damage to vehicles is expected
5/29/2018 1:57 PM CDT At 157 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over echo, or 17 miles northwest of redwood falls, moving north at 15 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. this severe storm will be near, sacred heart around 215 pm cdt. Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include granite falls airport, seaforth, vesta and belview.
5/29/2018 1:36 PM CDT At 135 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near echo, or 17 miles west of redwood falls, moving north at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. this severe storm will be near, echo around 140 pm cdt. wood lake around 145 pm cdt. sacred heart around 205 pm cdt. Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include granite falls airport, seaforth, vesta and belview.
5/29/2018 1:26 PM CDT At 126 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over vesta, or 16 miles east of marshall, moving north at 25 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. this severe thunderstorm will be near, wood lake and echo around 145 pm cdt. sacred heart around 210 pm cdt. other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include granite falls airport, seaforth, vesta and belview. this includes u. s. highway 212 between mile markers 53 and 65. This includes prairies edge casino resort.
6/11/2017 6:43 AM CDT At 643 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near granite falls to near marshall, moving east at 55 mph (trained weather spotters). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect considerable tree damage. wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. these severe storms will be near, sacred heart around 700 am cdt. Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include granite falls airport, seaforth, delhi, belview, milroy, vesta, spellman lake and minnesota falls.
6/11/2017 6:27 AM CDT At 627 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from boyd to near camden state park, moving east at 50 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect considerable tree damage. wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. severe thunderstorms will be near, sacred heart around 700 am cdt. other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include granite falls airport, seaforth, delhi, belview, milroy, vesta, spellman lake and minnesota falls. this includes the following highways, u. s. highway 212 between mile markers 53 and 64. u. s. Highway 59 between mile markers 87 and 92.
8/4/2016 6:28 AM CDT At 628 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near renville to north redwood to near clements, moving east at 50 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs. siding. and trees. these severe storms will be near, olivia and franklin around 635 am cdt. bird island and morgan around 640 am cdt. fairfax and hector around 655 am cdt. Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include wanda, clements, north redwood, bechyn, danube, belview, evan, redwood falls airport, delhi and cobden.
8/4/2016 6:10 AM CDT At 609 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near granite falls airport to vesta to near revere, moving east at 50 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. severe thunderstorms will be near, wabasso and sacred heart around 620 am cdt. redwood falls and renville around 625 am cdt. olivia, morgan and morton around 635 am cdt. bird island and franklin around 640 am cdt. fairfax around 650 am cdt. Hector around 655 am cdt.
7/16/2016 8:59 PM CDT At 859 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near thorpe to near bird island to near north redwood to delhi, moving southeast at 25 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. these severe storms will be near, morton around 910 pm cdt. Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include north redwood, bechyn, belview, redwood falls airport, thorpe, delhi and lake lillian.
7/16/2016 8:37 PM CDT At 837 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near blomkest to olivia to belview, moving east at 40 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect considerable tree damage. wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. these severe storms will be near, olivia around 840 pm cdt. bird island around 845 pm cdt. redwood falls around 855 pm cdt. morton around 905 pm cdt. Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include north redwood, bechyn, danube, svea, belview, redwood falls airport, thorpe, blomkest, delhi and lake lillian.
7/16/2016 8:04 PM CDT At 803 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 6 miles northwest of raymond to near maynard to hanley falls, moving east at 30 mph. these are very dangerous storms (radar indicated). Hazards include 80 mph wind gusts and ping pong ball size hail. Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. mobile homes will be heavily damaged. expect considerable damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles. extensive tree damage and power outages are likely. severe thunderstorms will be near, clara city around 810 pm cdt. sacred heart around 815 pm cdt. raymond around 820 pm cdt. prinsburg around 825 pm cdt. renville and echo around 830 pm cdt. olivia around 850 pm cdt. redwood falls and bird island around 855 pm cdt. Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include minnesota falls, kandiyohi, danube, svea, delhi, willmar airport, lake lillian, priam, north redwood and bechyn.
6/12/2016 8:48 PM CDT At 848 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over delhi, or 7 miles northwest of redwood falls, moving east at 35 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
7/17/2015 11:29 PM CDT At 1129 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from hutchinson airport to near fernando to near clements, moving east at 45 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. Expect damage to roofs. siding and trees. these severe storms will be near, hutchinson, gibbon and stewart around 1135 pm cdt. glencoe, sleepy eye, gaylord, lester prairie and winthrop around 1145 pm cdt. other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include cobden, lake marion regional park, vesta, fernando, evan, delhi, seaforth, clements, sumter and biscay. this includes the following highways, u. s. highway 14 between mile markers 81 and 85. u. s. highway 212 between mile markers 81 and 127. u. s. Highway 71 between mile markers 62 and 91.
7/17/2015 11:03 PM CDT At 1102 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near bird island to near bechyn to vesta, moving east at 40 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. Expect damage to roofs. siding and trees. severe thunderstorms will be near, morton around 1110 pm cdt. hector and franklin around 1115 pm cdt. buffalo lake around 1120 pm cdt. redwood falls around 1125 pm cdt. fairfax and stewart around 1130 pm cdt. morgan, gibbon and brownton around 1140 pm cdt. glencoe, winthrop and lafayette around 1145 pm cdt. other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include cobden, lake marion regional park, vesta, fernando, evan, delhi, seaforth, clements, sumter and biscay. this includes the following highways, u. s. highway 14 between mile markers 81 and 85. u. s. highway 212 between mile markers 76 and 127. u. s. Highway 71 between mile markers 62 and 97.
7/17/2015 10:56 PM CDT At 1054 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near olivia to near delhi to near cottonwood, moving east at 40 mph (radar indicated. at 1050 pm...58 mph wind gusts were measured at granite falls). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding and trees. these severe storms will be near, olivia around 1100 pm cdt. bird island around 1105 pm cdt. other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include minnesota falls, vesta, granite falls airport, bechyn, danube, belview and delhi. this includes the following highways, u. s. highway 212 between mile markers 53 and 81. u. s. highway 59 between mile markers 87 and 88. u. s. Highway 71 between mile markers 93 and 106.
7/17/2015 10:41 PM CDT At 1041 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near sacred heart to near hanley falls to near st. leo, moving southeast at 35 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding and trees. severe thunderstorms will be near, sacred heart and wood lake around 1045 pm cdt. renville around 1050 pm cdt. echo around 1055 pm cdt. olivia around 1105 pm cdt. bird island around 1115 pm cdt. other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include minnesota falls, vesta, spellman lake, granite falls airport, bechyn, danube, belview and delhi. this includes the following highways, u. s. highway 212 between mile markers 53 and 81. u. s. highway 59 between mile markers 87 and 91. u. s. Highway 71 between mile markers 93 and 106.
6/20/2015 4:38 AM CDT The severe thunderstorm warning for southeastern yellow medicine, western brown and eastern redwood counties will expire at 445 am cdt, the storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the area. therefore the warning will be allowed to expire. a severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 600 am cdt for southwestern minnesota.
6/20/2015 4:30 AM CDT At 430 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 6 miles south of renville to springfield, moving east at 55 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs. siding and trees. These severe thunderstorms will remain over mainly rural areas of southeastern yellow medicine, western brown and eastern redwood counties, including the following locations, clements, north redwood, belview, redwood falls airport, delhi, sanborn and cobden.
6/20/2015 4:16 AM CDT At 416 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near echo to near sanborn, moving east at 60 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding and trees. these severe storms will be near, springfield around 425 am cdt. Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include wanda, revere, vesta, delhi, milroy, seaforth, clements, north redwood, belview and redwood falls airport.
6/20/2015 3:59 AM CDT At 358 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near ghent to near wilmont, moving east at 70 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding and trees. severe thunderstorms will be near, wood lake around 410 am cdt. echo around 415 am cdt. redwood falls around 430 am cdt. morton around 435 am cdt. franklin around 440 am cdt. Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include wanda, revere, vesta, delhi, milroy, seaforth, clements, north redwood, belview and redwood falls airport.
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A long backstory right at the beginning
Just as I heard from various sources, a plot has to start with what the reader will find through most of it. And that's what I did, the first scene shown is the main event that triggers the story. Such scene includes action, romance, drama and violence, basically just what is seen throughout the story.
However, after that scene, there's a chunk of significant size of the story showing 1 or 2 years before that event, to flesh out the protagonist and other characters, and explain the setting and why and how the starting scene happened. Only after all this backstory (some pages) is that the story really begins. But the reader, at this point, now knows who the protagonist is, what are his motivations and how important is the journey to reach his goal.
But by doing that, would the readers get bored and want the story to start off already? Of course, such backstory is not just boring backstory, it has romance, action, drama, just like the starting scene, but it's not short. Maybe I could break it down into smaller chunks and show them in flashbacks. However, there are already two other subjects that are shown through flashbacks, and probably the reader would get annoyed by the plot going back and forth so many times.
So what I ask is: would there be any problem if I leave it this way?
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Could you be thinking about this? writers.stackexchange.com/q/26070/23013 – Kyle Li Jan 28 '17 at 11:42
@Kyle No, it's a big backstory, but not that big. – Yuuza Jan 28 '17 at 16:07
I've read some books where the backstory is separated from the main text by the use of sans-serif italics for the preliminary backstory. In others, it's shown to be preliminary by a special chapter title. – aparente001 Jan 29 '17 at 2:57
Every story has a bootstrapping problem. You have to establish characters, a world (fantasy or not), a problem or desire, and the obstacles to that problem or desire, and the story cannot really get going until all of that is done. Starting with action is not particularly effective in itself because action is not interesting unless you care about the character.
I think there is far too much emphasis given in advice to writers about the sequencing of things in early chapters. Sequencing alone does not solve the problem. What I think you have to do in early chapters, in order to keep the reader going until all the elements of story are in place, is to maintain promise. Whatever you start with, you have to execute it in such a way that the reader sees promise in it, and wants to read on to see that promise fulfilled.
One can find examples of promise filled openings that start with every kind of device, from character to world-building to action. You can find countless examples that start with all these devices that have no promise at all. It is not that any one of these devices is inherently superior, inherently has any more promise, than another. It is that whichever the writer chooses, it is executed it in a way that has promise.
What is promise? It may be different things for different readers. It is probably quite different for a hard SF fan than it is for me. But whatever its subject matter, I think all promise has one common ingredient, and that is a sense of reality, of grittiness, of three-dimensionality. If it starts with people, you immediately feel them as people.
In the opening of Pride and Prejudice, which opens on two secondary characters, you get an immediate sense of affection between the Bennetts from Mr. Bennett's affectionate teasing of his wife. It all seems real. It is full or promise. You are in.
In the opening of the first Harry Potter book we get an extensive and highly exaggerated description of Privet Lane and its inhabitants. (A secondary setting peopled by tertiary characters.) The promise here seems to lie in the wit of the telling and also in a recognition of the kind of place and people that are being satirized. Again, we are in.
Every Steinbeck novel starts with a lengthy description of place, and by about the middle of page two you are ready to call your real estate agent, put your house on the market, and move to wherever he is describing, because it seems so much richer and brighter and livelier than where you live. It is full of promise.
So yes, we need to pull the reader in, we need to provide promise, but promise is not found in any particular sequencing of the elements of story that have to be introduced -- it is found in lucidity of the telling, in the writer's ability to make us feel we are somewhere real, however fantastical it might be.
Great examples. And another answer that I'm interpreting as "Hey, writers, read more!" – Ken Mohnkern Apr 19 '17 at 17:21
There are many ways to handle that. Almost too many, to be honest. I can't tell you which to pick, or if the way you are currently doing it is right or wrong.
It all depends on your skill as a writer!
And more importantly, this is why you need beta readers. They can tell you if you are boring your readers to death, or if these flashbacks are super enticing and you shouldn't change a letter to any of it.
Some alternatives that might fit your narrative.
Alternating chapters.
Consider alternating between the story and the flashbacks. Even if the flashback chapters are shorter, this is one tool it takes a master writer to craft just right. One example, from Sydney Sheldon, is to give the protagonist a reason to care about these flashbacks. He had his protagonist reading her grandfather's journal, detailing his life during and after World War II, and what Jews went through during this time.
'Dream sequences'
This is quite common, and a tool I come across sparingly. More common in fantasy settings, likely with characters with 'the sight'. Or perhaps just a narrative tool to flesh out a stoic character, recalling his past and rounding him out and why he's such a stick in the mud now (mostly I find this type with 'army dude' and it usually involves his wife leaving him for some stupid superficial reason).
'Cooldown interjection'
You never want to overload your reader with tension. Because if your scenes are visceral, they will feel the tension in their own body, and may become stressed by your work. Though this only applies to some heavy scenes, not all, it is something to be mindful of. So how to lower the tension without breaking it all to pieces? Let's say your protagonist is in a warzone, and there is no way out. A 'one-way ticket', as it were. Well, in moments of relative peace, let the character think back, give him something to be hopeful for; a loved one that's on his mind (a lover, child, brother, best friend that's too much of a wimp to join the army), and just like anyone would do to self-soothe, insert these flashbacks.
Maybe you can come up with a dozen other options, but these are what I can come up with off the top of my head.
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Lol, I was going to suggest checking out another question, but someone beat me to it in the comments above ^_^ – Fayth85 Jan 28 '17 at 11:51
This is a Your Mileage May Vary question. There's no way for us to say if it's boring wthout reading it. Write your book, polish it, hand it to a beta reader, and ask if your backstory is boring or engaging.
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Jacob Michael Blalock
May 27, 1987 — January 11, 2023
Jacob (Jake) Michael Blalock, 35, of Lake Butler, FL passed away Wednesday, January 11th, 2023. He was born in Gainesville, Florida on May 27th, 1987. Jake grew up in Lake Butler where he was surrounded by loving friends and family. He attended Union County High School and graduated in 2005. Jake spent many years working in Orlando while living with the Vietnamese community. He enjoyed making music, creating art, and spending time with his pet snake Gracie. In 2019 he married Tam Ngoc Blalock (Ty Ty). He was genuine, spiritual, open-minded, and saw the good in everyone he met. Jake positively impacted every person he met and will be sorely missed.
Jake is preceded by his paternal grandfather Charles Blalock and his maternal grandparents Edward and Geraldine Green. Jake is survived by his loving wife Tam Ngoc Blalock of Saigon, Vietnam; his parents Jerry and LeeAnn Blalock of St Augustine, FL; his sister Chelsea Blalock Dose (Steven) of Lake Butler, FL; his nephew Stetson Dose and niece Maren Dose.
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