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Blake and Jordan have a new ebook horror-thriller out called EERIE, which is currently free on Kindle.
Download it. It's a great book.
EERIE didn't debut on Kindle. In fact, it has been available for several weeks.
Here are the Crouchs to explain why.
JORDAN: Blake and I shared a room for five years while we were growing up. Bunk beds, one closet, and a single dresser. When our father finished the basement, he built a second, even smaller bedroom with no windows and a door that locked, behind which my older brother disappeared and was never heard from again. Twenty years later we find ourselves sharing another space. This time, it's the page.
I guess it should come as no surprise then, that our first book together is about siblings trapped in a house. EERIE [free on Amazon today] follows an estranged brother and sister as they try to uncover the mystery of the violent presence that inhabits the upstairs bedroom.
Here's this pitch:
From newcomer Jordan Crouch and Blake Crouch, author of the Top-10 Kindle-bestsellers Run, Stirred, and Fully Loaded, comes Eerie, a chilling, gothic thriller in the classic tradition of The Shining and The Sixth Sense.
On a crisp autumn evening in 1980, seven-year-old Grant Moreton and his five-year-old sister Paige were nearly killed in a mysterious accident in the Cascade Mountains that left them orphans.
It's been thirty years since that night. Grant is now a detective with the Seattle Police Department and long estranged from his sister. But his investigation into the bloody past of a high-class prostitute has led right to Paige's door, and what awaits inside is beyond his wildest imagining.
His only hope of survival and saving his sister will be to confront the terror that inhabits its walls, but he is completely unprepared to face the truth of what haunts his sister's brownstone.
Although I've been writing for close to ten years now, it's always been as a personal outlet, not a serious professional endeavor. I'm really excited to say that's about to change. This book represents a lot of firsts for me. My first novel, my first collaboration with Blake, and my first foray into self-publishing. So in the spirit of the blog, I'll talk about the experience with the collaborative process as the Newbie that I am.
I've read Blake's stuff for as long as I can remember: the good, the bad, and the humiliating high school creative writing projects. It's not lip-service when I say that he's one of my favorite writers. So, when the opportunity to work together presented itself in November of last year, it was an easy decision. We already had the basic idea for what would become EERIE, and over the next few months, we sequestered ourselves inside a Google Doc and hammered out the first draft.
If you've never used Google Docs before, here's what you need to know: it's a word processor that allows multiple users to edit the same page in real time. Like a big dry-erase board. As a collaborative tool it's great, but for two brothers, it's the creative equivalent of sharing a room again. There's nothing more humbling than watching a sentence you just carefully arranged disappear word-by-word and be replaced by another thought entirely.
That's the license we agreed to give each other. If something felt wrong or lacking or just plain stupid, strike it. Sometimes it hurts, but the price of collaborating is giving up a certain amount of control. Of course, that's easier said than done, and diplomacy did not always prevail. But on the few occasions when we resorted to the nuclear option, we always ended with something better than we had before.
Writing is an intensely personal endeavor. If you can make it work with someone else, it's awesome. If that person is your brother, well that's pretty special.
BLAKE: This was my fourth collaboration. I've written extensively with Joe, and then with Joe, Jeff Strand, and F. Paul Wilson, for Draculas. I collaborated with Selena Kitt on our short story Hunting Season. But this was different. My brother has been a writer for a long time and got a degree in creative writing from UNC-Wilmington. I'd always wanted to collaborate with him, because he's one of my most important sounding boards in the writing process. We finally hit upon an idea we were both very excited about, and though there were some speed bumps along the way, we persevered, and are immensely proud of the final product. It's essentially a monster-under-the-bed story, something that plays upon every child (and inner child's) greatest fear.
I've rambled on at length on this blog about collaboration, so I thought I'd share my experience on EERIE from the perspective of its publication.
With the dawn of KDP Select last December, exclusivity has become an increasingly divisive and provocative aspect of self-publishing. There are essentially five viable platforms--KDP, Pubit!, Smashwords, Kobo, Sony, and Apple (no, I didn't forget to mention Diesel. On the latter platform, I've sold a grand total of 1 book in my entire career, and I have a feeling that's more than most.)
For EERIE's initial release, Jordan and I decided to try the Pubit! Nook First program. This is Barnes and Noble's interesting take on exclusivity wherein, by invitation, they offer you merchandising and promotion in exchange for releasing a new work straight to their platform for a 4-week period. After that period, you're free to publish everywhere.
I don't know what other writers' experiences with Nook First have been, but for the most part, Jordan and I were pleasantly surprised. We sold about 1500 copies of EERIE (@ $3.99) in May for Nook, which I know is far more than we would've sold on Barnes and Noble on our own. There were some disappointments, however. Despite huge sales on a handful of days, our sales rank was wonky. It never seemed to correlate to a corresponding low rank. Even on days where we sold 400 books, our rank never dropped below 2000. I have no doubt this cost us many, many sales, a good chunk of money, and kept the book from every appearing on the BN bestseller lists. A real shame, because the marketing triggers that Pubit! pulled worked in a big way. The tech just wasn't there to support them, and their tech support staff just couldn't be bothered to give a damn.
But that aside, Pubit! clearly has some real marketing power, and the smaller window of exclusivity (as opposed to KDP Select's 90 day commitment) is a definite plus. When Pubit!'s tech support decides to follow the model of Kobo and Amazon and treat writers as customers instead of entities to be ignored, Pubit! could become a force.
Also in May, I had the opportunity to drop my best-selling title RUN into a Kobo promotion involving email blasts, coupons, and prominent placement on their landing pages. I could not have been more pleased with the results. RUN reached the top 10 on Kobo's overall list, stayed there for several weeks, and the rest of my catalog sold well in response. When you consider the size of Kobo's market share, the fact that I sold more books on Kobo in May than I did on Pubit! is astounding. It was only a few hundred dollars shy of beating Amazon for May, and it did beat Pubit! again in June. Even better, Kobo did not request exclusivity. Their writer-relations people are some of the friendliest, most proactive, responsive people in the business. Suggestions and requests I made last year were taken to heart. It's no secret that Kobo is on the verge of unveiling their own platform (Writing Life). If there is a company that could one day compete with the mighty Amazon, it's these guys. They're inventive, have far, far reaching plans to bring writers what could become the slickest digital publishing platform ever created, and they get that writers are customers. They listen. Best of all, my titles continue to sell and rank highly on Kobo's bestseller list, a month after the promos ended. I cannot say the same for Barnes and Noble. There is no other platform (aside from Amazon) where I've seen this level of "stickiness." If someone asked me what's keeping the majority of my titles out of KDP Select, I would have to say these guys.
KDP Select opinion pieces are a dime a dozen. Amazon is still, hands down, the most lucrative platform for me. Even though the transition from free to paid sales appears to have weakened as of late, success stories like Ann Voss Peterson and Robert Gregory Browne are convincing enough for my brother and I to roll the dice and drop EERIE into KDP Select. I say this as someone who has had great success with free titles: they still make me nervous. I get the excitement of giving away 70,000 ebooks. The prospect of making new fans. But free, in the long run, is dangerous. It sets a bad precedent and level of expectation in the minds of readers. Am I a hypocrite for saying this while EERIE is free? Maybe. But if all the platforms did away with free, I'd be okay with that. As writers, we cannot keep going to that well. It will dry up. Kindles may be able to hold a gazillion ebooks, but readers can't read that many. The key is not being downloaded. It's being read.
This post is not going to end with a definitive conclusion on freebies and exclusivity. I'm uncomfortable with both concepts, even as I play the game. My sense is that the people who survive and continue to do well selling ebooks will be those who experiment, take risks, and adapt. We've said it before, but what worked yesterday, may not work today, and the possibility of a game changer (like KDP Select) is constantly looming.
JOE SEZ: I predicted that ebook retailers would seek exclusivity back in 2009. It's an obvious conclusion to draw when retailers compete. If there is a commodity that people want, and it is only available at one place, they'll shop at that place.
The author is the brand. I've lost count of the emails I've gotten from Nook and Kobo ereader owners who are wondering when Shaken and Stirred (both published by Amazon) will be available on their devices. That's one of the reasons my ebooks are DRM free--so readers can convert to other formats like epub to read on devices other than Kindle.
So how effective is exclusivity as a sales tool for Amazon? I've had people email me who bought a Kindle just to read Shaken. But how many more of my fans are annoyed because they own a different ereader that doesn't allow for a one-click purchase of Shaken? How many sales are lost?
My guess is: a lot. Shaken and Stirred have done well, but Blake and I have done better on self-pubbed projects.
For me to be exclusive with a retailer, I have to know the sales I'm going to lose will be made up for with increased sales on the exclusive platform. Long term, that's risky. After the big initial sales push, sales will even out, and years from now the lost sales will really rack up.
This is a related dilemma I'm having with foreign sales. My agent has been great in selling foreign rights to my self-pubbed ebooks. But do I want to give up future sales (which I'd have if I kept my rights and translated the ebooks on my own) for immediate sales?
I've been nudging Amazon for years to release titles in epub format. Let Nook owners buy my ebooks on Amazon. And let Kindles read epub format. I think that would make more money for everyone.
But until that happens, we're going to have retailers jockeying for market share, and one of the ways to do that is to have exclusive brands (ie authors).
A lot of people ask me my opinion about KDP Select, and I made it known that I have opted all of my titles out of it. I dislike Amazon's desire for exclusivity, because it limits my readership.
Back in January, it was possible for an ebook to be released free on the KDP Select, then bounce over to the Top 100 paid bestseller list. This is still possible, but a lot harder to do, and I'm not sure it justifies removing a title from other platforms to do it. I'm also not sure it does what Amazon wants it to do: lure customers to the Kindle platform. If Amazon wants to sell more Kindles, it should have as many ebooks in the KDP Select program as possible. But when authors like me opt out, that hurts readers.
A lot of people also ask me if it is a good idea to sign with one of Amazon's publishing arms. Blake and I hit the #1 Bestseller spot because of the push Amazon gave Stirred, something I haven't been able to do on my own. But was it worth the sales I lost on other platforms?
I don't believe so.
If Amazon wants me back in KDP Select, they'll have to offer more. And if Amazon Publishing wants another book from me, they'll have to offer more. Exclusivity, and signing away rights, isn't how I see the future. Authors should be able to keep their rights, and exploit them in as many ways as possible.
I might be missing some important parts of this story. No doubt Amazon is crunching numbers, and they probably know how to find that sweet spot among ebook sales and freebies and Kindle sales and Prime memberships. But I know I'm not the only author they are disappointing, and in the long run that won't be good for them.
Like Blake, I'll soon be doing a thing with Kobo, and I hope to replicate his results. I like that Kobo doesn't demand exclusivity. They want to please their customer base and make their website a worthwhile place to shop.
That's the line a retailer has to walk. Bringing new people to your online store (and ereader) while also making your current customers happy. Exclusivity might bring in new customers, but it will also irritate your current customers as more and more authors leave the platform.
Amazon is THE place to shop online. The shopping experience is better there than anywhere else. They make shopping easy, fast, and enjoyable. It's understandable that they want to sell more Kindles and Prime memberships. It's understandable that they don't want people buying Nooks or Kobos. But if KDP Select was non-exclusive, and Amazon sold epub, that would benefit all authors and all consumers, and irritate nobody.
It is in my best interest, as an author, to try as many things as possible, and for many platforms to succeed. I want the whole world to read my ebooks. And I don't care what ereader they read them on, or what store they buy them from.
Kobo gets that. Amazon sort of does. B&N, not so much.
As I've said in the past, the only two parties needed are writers and readers. The retailer who treats its writers and readers well will flourish. You do this by learning what these groups want.
So I'll make it real easy:
Readers want as many titles available as possible, without DRM, in multiple formats. They want to get ebooks with one-click. They want lower prices, and free ebooks. They want a fun, easy, fast place to shop. They want to have titles recommended to them, either by algorithms or other readers. They want to be able to contact and interact with each other, and with authors. They want to be listened to and have their needs and concerns met.
Writers want their work to be available as widely as possible, in multiple formats. They don't want exclusivity. They want to be able to interact with their retail partners and publishers easily and promptly, and to be treated well. They want high royalties, and the ability to control price (including the ability to make their ebooks free). They want data that can help them optimize their pricing and sales, and platforms that make accounting and joint-accounting a cinch. They want to be paid promptly. They want the ability to work directly and outside the box with retail partners and publishers and try new things. They want a stable platform where titles disappear immediately if removed and appear immediately if added, and where sales and rank are updated quickly and accurately. They want more bestseller list categories (like Top 100 Female Police Procedurals Priced at $2.99) and more BISEC categories. They want to be listened to and have their needs and concerns met.
Blake, why the hate for freebies?
BLAKE: I don't hate freebies. But why will readers buy ebooks if there are more freebies to download than they could possibly read in their lifetime?
JOE: Because that's human nature. We collect. We horde. We buy more than we can ever use. That doesn't mean we reach a point where we stop buying, or acquiring. We all have To Be Read piles. Ebooks have made them easier to attain and manage.
BLAKE: More than we can ever use. That's what worries me. If a TBR pile is suddenly 1000 books instead of two dozen, and my book is #899 in the pile, what are the chances I will be read? If someone downloads my book for free, but never reads it, they won't become a fan and buy the rest of my paid catalog.
JOE: There are a few things happening here. First, there's a difference between being owned and being read. That difference has always been there (and I say "owned" instead of "bought" to include freebies, and even though ebooks are essentially a licence and not a purchase). We all own more media than we'll ever be able to experience. The whole concept of the "cloud" plays into this. Why own anything if it is all always available to access?
But the cloud is still a concept that hasn't entirely caught on. People do like to own media.More people will own us than read us. It'll always be that way. There's no guarantee a book owned will be read, even if that book was bought. Adding more choice to the equation doesn't matter. We've always had a lot of choice.
BLAKE: But if I pay money for that book because I heard about it and found it through reviews or whatever, the chance that I'll read it is better than if I just grabbed one of 20 freebies listed on Pixel of Ink.
JOE: We read what we want to read, free or not. I've bought $30 Blu-Ray disks that sit unwatched on my shelf for 5 months, and instead I've surfed YouTube for free for 90 minutes. But YouTube didn't stop me from buying. And I'll watch the Blu-Ray eventually.
That's a human mentality. We want to be able to access media whenever the mood hits. So maybe we'll stock up on freebies for a rainy day, and maybe that rainy day comes and maybe it doesn't, but I don't see it limiting or hurting sales.
We have paper bestsellers because of a lack of choice. Only so many titles can fit on the shelf at Costco. More choice is a good thing.
BLAKE: You don't think there's a segment of customers, possibly very large, who have so loaded up their Kindles since Christmas and KDP Select came into being, that they don't actively shop anymore, because they have so many titles they want to read?
JOE: You've been to my house. How many books do I have? Video games? Movies?
BLAKE: You've got a few.
JOE: I've got tens of thousands. And this morning I was on Amazon and I bought 5 new Blu-Rays, two ebooks, and a video game.
My rule is: I only use marketing strategies that work on me. Which means I think a lot about my buying habits, and my media habits. While I'm sure there aren't many people out there with tens of thousands of books, movies, and games, I'm also sure the principle of what I'm saying is widespread: having enough doesn't inhibit acquiring more.
If someone gets your ebook for free, it doesn't mean you lost a sale. They may not read it, but they might never have bought it either. And people may be downloading a lot of free titles, but not reading them. Free, however, is a way for a customer to try you without any risk. Even if only a small percentage of freebies get read and make readers into fans, I believe that's still worthwhile.
BLAKE: So you think the free model is viable for the long haul? You don't think it trains people NOT to pay for books.
JOE: You know my belief on this. Eventually, all media will be free, and artists will be paid by advertisers. People can't be trained to pay more. That doesn't work. They'll get it for as little as they can get it for, and that ultimately means free. Rather than fight that, I'm happy to give consumers what they want. So I've made my titles free, I have no issues with file sharing, and I'm looking forward to a future where ads are in ebooks. But that's the topic for another blog.
My final point is: don't fight what the customer wants. If customers want free ebooks, give them free ebooks. So far it hasn't hurt my sales, and I don't expect it to.
Readers are very good at vetting, at finding what they want to read, free or paid. Our jobs as writers should be feeding those readers in any and all ways that we can. If you find readers, the money will follow.


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Corn free diet
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Adverse reaction, allergen, dent corn, flint corn, flour corn, food allergy, food intolerance, food sensitivity, high fructose corn syrup (HFCS), IgE, immunoglobulin E, maize, pod corn, sweetcorn, sweet corn, waxy corn, Zea, Z. mays
The corn free diet removes not only corn kernels from meals, but also corn derivatives from products such as medications, food additives, and household supplies, which contain or are derived from corn. Most individuals who consume a corn free diet do so because they are allergic to the proteins in corn.
Symptoms of corn allergy are similar to any food allergy. These symptoms include skin rashes, hives, gastrointestinal distress (upset stomach). In the most extreme cases, an allergic person who has just consumed corn may experience breathing difficulty and even anaphylaxis, a life threatening condition where the throat swells and breathing may not be possible after the consumption of corn.
Although corn allergies are less common than soy or peanut allergies, the medical community has gained increasing awareness of this issue in recent years.
Some patients adopt a corn free diet under the instruction of their doctor. Corn is sometimes eliminated from the diet to see if symptoms resolve. If a patient's condition improves while on a corn free diet, the consumption of this food is reduced or eliminated.
Corn and its derivatives are in a large number of processed foods. Any food containing corn syrup, including ketchup, candied fruits, caramel coloring, vanilla extract, and pre-sweetened cereals are avoided.
Individuals experiencing unexplained exhaustion or repeated rashes may suffer from a corn allergy. As the cost of allergen testing decreases, an increasing number of individuals, especially children, are being tested for corn allergies. Many pediatricians now test for a wide range of allergies before considering more rare, and more serious, medical conditions with the same symptoms. Most individuals with corn allergies are put onto a corn free diet in order to eliminate the irritant.
Theory / Evidence
Food allergies involve the body's immune system. The offending substance is known as an allergen. Although recent investigation into corn allergies has shown that they create a complex cascade of events in the body, the basic process of a body's reaction to an allergen is the same as with other substances. When the allergen is ingested, the body's immune system reacts to what it perceives to be a foreign invader. The body releases an antibody known as immunoglobulin E (IgE), which interacts with the allergen. Specialized tissue and blood cells connected to the IgE antibody release a substance called histamine, which is responsible for the uncomfortable, and sometimes life threatening symptoms that occur when an allergen is ingested.
Reactions to allergens occur throughout the body as the immune system tries to contain and eliminate the foreign invader. The most common locations where the allergic reactions occur include the mouth, digestive tract, skin, and airways. The lips and mouth may swell. Stomach cramps, vomiting, and diarrhea may result. Hives, rashes, or eczema may appear on the skin. In severe cases, wheezing or breathing problems may develop.
Skin allergy testing (so called "scratch tests") are not always a reliable way to test for food allergies. Some individuals who are reactive to ingested food may not show a reaction on a scratch test. Scratch tests offer only a localized response to an allergen, whereas ingested food may have a more systemic effect. This is because the body changes food as it is digested. The body also is exposed to a significantly higher amount of the allergen during ingestion. The exclusion of corn products from the diet and lifestyle, therefore, offer a much more comprehensive data on possible allergy.
Currently there are no available high-quality trials evaluating the corn free diet.
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Spergel JM, Andrews T, Brown-Whitehorn TF, et al. Treatment of eosinophilic esophagitis with specific food elimination diet directed by a combination of skin prick and patch tests. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2005 Oct;95(4):336-43.
Weichel M, Vergoossen NJ, Bonomi S, et al. Screening the allergenic repertoires of wheat and maize with sera from double-blind, placebo-controlled food challenge positive patients. Allergy. 2006 Jan;61(1):128-35.
Individuals who adhere to a corn free diet must become adept at reading food labels. Almost all types of processed food products contain trace amounts of corn.
Followers of the corn free diet often have to cook for themselves. At restaurants, it is important to remember that each product in a recipe may include many sub-ingredients. Foods may be cooked in corn oil. At social gatherings, followers of this diet may ask to examine ingredient packages, or bring a food product that they know is corn free.
Individuals adhering to a corn free diet often shop at natural food stores to avoid products containing corn products, especially corn syrup.
Individuals following the corn free diet must become familiar with the many words for corn, such as dent corn, flint corn, flour corn, maize, pod corn, sweetcorn, waxy corn, zea, and Z. mays. Frequent substitutions for corn include barley, buckwheat, millet, oats, potatoes, rice, rye, spelt (a type of wheat), sweet potatoes, and wheat.
Baked goods to avoid
: Commercial backed goods that contain corn syrup or HFCS (high fructose corn syrup), biscuits, Bisquick and pancake mixes that contain corn syrup, granola bars and cookies that contain corn syrup or HFCS, modified cornstarch, pie crusts and cake mixes that contain corn syrup or HFCS.
Baking ingredients to avoid
: Baking powders, most (corn free baking powders are available that use arrowroot powder or potato starch instead of cornstarch), caramel coloring (may contain corn syrup), cornstarch, cornmeal, vanilla extract (many brands contain corn syrup; some brands do not), yeast (except Red Star dry yeast).
Beverages to avoid
: Coffee, evaporated milk, frozen orange juice (except Minute Maid), gin, whiskey, and any alcoholic beverage or soft drink containing malt, malt syrup, or malt extract, Hawaiian punch, Hi-C, infant formulas (Enfamil, Modilac, and Similac), instant coffee, Mott's apple juice.
Cereals to avoid
: Cereals listing corn, corn syrup, or HFCS on labels, corn flakes, grits, pre-sweetened cereals (most).
Dairy to avoid
: Ice cream and sherbets that contain corn syrup or HFCS, flavored yogurts that contain corn syrup or HFCS.
Desserts to avoid
: Candy, frostings, and carob desserts that contain corn syrup or HFCS, fritos, graham crackers, jellies, jams, and peanut butter that contain corn syrup or HFCS, Jello, marshmallows, popcorn, products containing xanthan gum, puddings that contain corn syrup or HFCS.
Fruits to avoid
: Candied fruits, canned fruits, and dried fruits that contain corn syrup or HFCS, frozen and sweetened fruits that contain corn syrup or HFCS, fruit desserts that contain corn syrup or HFCS.
Meats to avoid
: Bacon and cooked meats in gravies that contain corn syrup or HFCS, cured ham, sausages, and wieners that contain corn syrup, HFCS, or glucono-delta lactone (GDL), luncheon meats and sandwich spreads that contain corn syrup or HFCS.
Medicines to avoid
: Dextrose is common in intravenous solutions, most solid or liquid medicines and dietary supplements contain cornstarch. Inquire to the manufacturer, because additional ingredients may not necessarily appear on the label.
Miscellaneous products to avoid
: Bath or body powder (may contain corn starch), some emollient creams and toothpastes, as a texturizer and carrying agent in some cosmetics, envelopes, labels, stickers, stamps, tape, plastic wrap, paper cups, paper plates, some plastic food wrappers, sorbitol in oral hygiene products (mouthwash and toothpaste), and Zest soap.
Sweeteners to avoid
: Confectioners sugar (many brands contain cornstarch; some do not), "corn sugar," corn syrup, dextrose (iodized table salt contains dextrose), "fruit sugar," glucose, golden syrup, high fructose corn syrup, "invert sugar," "invert syrup," malt, malt syrup, malt extract, sucrose labeled "from corn," and treacle.
Vegetables to avoid
: Corn, hominy, ketchup that contains corn syrup or HFCS, succotash.
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"Breaking Dawn Part 2" in "Melody Times" French Magazine
We can not wait. At the same time, the fateful date of 14 November makes us a little scared. Normal: At that time the fifth and final film of the Twilight saga will be out in theaters. A moment of intense emotions in perspective.
"Weird". The word may now return often in the actors' mouths of Twilight. Sure, it had to be weird for them to shoot all together for the last time. But for them, it is ultimately only a secondary strangeness. For them, this whole last part seems out of the ordinary.
"This film has nothing to do with the other four previous ones," confirms Robert Pattinson, Edward interpreter. "Vampires are really superbizarre dudes." Kristen Stewart, meanwhile, won't be original. When asked what she thinks of this second part which is about to land on our screens, she does not hesitate: "Let me tell you that this movie is very special. And that's a compliment : Breaking Dawn Part 2 is indeed bizarre." That is to think that she and Robert have been talking and spreading the same word! Fortunately, Bill Condon, the director of this latest opus is more talkative. "I always thought that the first part was composed of two chapters. One would be romantic, the other horrific, but in the case of this last episode, I think we can describe the set of epic."
Taylor Lautner, the actor playing Jacob, on the other hand thinks that what fans want the most is to see how this version 2.0 of Bella option vampire will behave now. "They all want to know how she went from this clumsy girl to be hypersexy, graceful and athletic." Bill Condon is also in the same direction: "We can not imagine how this transformation is a major event before seeing it. Her transformation from a simple high school girl to a warrior is simply mind blowing." Compliments that will certainly go to Kristen Stewart's heart. However, the girl seems to have had some difficulty in this experience.
Robert Pattinson: "Since she's supposed to have changed looks, Kristen had to wear contact lenses. Like the other vampires in the film. She had to complain about 500 times more than me." Another difficulty for the star of the film was to embody a warrior on high heels. "This grace that has naturally Bella, the actress says funnily, I did not develop it at all!"
Among the other points of the highly anticipated movie: the performance of Renesmee, Bella's daughter, performed by the young Mackenzie Foy. An actress whose career has only just begun (she was also seen in some TV series such as Hawaï 5.0, FlashForward and 'Til Death), which obviously has not left herself been impressed by others. "They are all very friendly," she merely said about them.
Giving the role to this girl does not seem to have been very difficult for the producers of the film. "We've seen many contenders but once we saw Mackenzie, we quickly realized that she embodies Renesmee to perfection. On set, she was so good that Robert and Kristen quickly developed a relationship very protective of her. I often interrupted their long conversations to resume filming a scene." In turn, ensures Kristen that she has loved shooting with her: "I'm always curious to know what happens in the minds of children attending movie stages. In addition, Mackenzie is not far from being the same age as I was when I started this job." Kristen Stewart making referance to Panic Room, this feature film she had shared with Jodie Foster.
For Taylor Lautner, the relationship between Jacob and Renesmee was difficult to manage. Because in the novel, the werewolf is supposed to develop a very ambiguous relationship with the girl. It was therefore necessary that Lautner plunges deeply into the books and he discusses it with Stephenie Meyer to grasp the depth of this relationship, and can thus be interpreted to perfection. "On set, everyone was laughing at me because of that. I was laughing with them. But to achieve what I wanted in my acting, I had to tell myself that they shared together Renesmee and Jacob, a friendly unalterable relationship. I think fans will be very pleased with the result." This last movie is also an opportunity for Taylor to embody a new Jacob, now stripped of his legendary rivalry with Edward. "Until now, there was only one goal in life: to be with Bella. but now, he's finally happy!"
Just have to wait until the film's release. Where Kristen Stewart still promises a big surprise for the end. "The fans will be crazy!" she warns. Can't wait for November!
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Alber Saber, a former christian and currently an atheist, admin of the "Egyptian Atheists facebook page" was attacked by mob and arrested by the police on Thursday evening. He is accused of atheism , disgracing religions, and disseminating the anti-islam film (he only shared it on his page) .
It's still vague how it all started , but one news site stated that Alber (24 years) invited a muslim friend to his house when that friend used Alber's PC and knew of his atheism and the facebook page he is running.
a fierce argument erupted between the both , he dragged him to the streets were the mob gathered and attacked Alber, they even wanted to burn his house.
The police was called in, they arrested him and accused him of the charges mentioned above.
There is a video of the incident uploaded on YouTube where the angry mob is seen demanding Saber be apprehended. Hundreds of angry protesters had gathered before police arrived. As Saber was hauled to the police van, insults were heard being hurled at the man, with many calling for his death due to him being an infidel.
Alber decided to go on hunger strike starting from today, what i fear is that even if they set him free, the mob won't let him live and they will probably kill him.
i don't know what we should do .. i feel so helpless.
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Egypt's Attorney General has launched an investigation into the circumstances of the unlawful arrest and torture of Alber Saber.
http://www.almasryalyoum.com/node/1121971 (Arabic)
http://tinyurl.com/8jaxef3 (English: Using Google Translate)
Yesterday, I forwarded the petition link to other groups on Atheist Universe, who signed it and passed it on to others.
I've also re-posted your links about the investigation, along with pictures. Now we'll see if there's any justice in Egypt.
UPDATE: Alber is now charged with slandering the divine being and religious disdain (I had no idea we even have such laws to begin with)
http://gate.ahram.org.eg/News/254440.aspx (Source)
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We have no idea about this development, but aswatmasriya.com, hoqook.com and gate.ahram.org.eg, all published at the same time the same scripted article:
The attorney general refers Alber Saber to the misdemeanor with the charge of slander
ing the divine being and religious disdain
I sent out requests to 91 friends to sign, and re-posted your comment to Atheist Universe, which has the whole story, and has its own petition drive going. The current count is 3,000+ signatures, with 6,000+ still to go, to reach the required 10,000.
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Please keep us informed, Rma!
Thanks so much for helping out. This guy's case in particular is getting more ridiculous with time and it is actually a very good example of how an international blasphemy law will be used (like if we didn't know), let's keep it up and spread the word about this.
I went to:
and posted the following comment:
"Saber is Right! All religions are fables. What kind of backward country imprisons a man for telling the truth?"
The reply I got was: "Your comment has been added and sent for review"
Anyone want to bet my comment never sees the light of day?
Any idea as to what the punishment would be if Saber is found guilty?
Ahram is a state ran news agency. I'm not sure if your comment will see the light or not, maybe it is just a way to limit spam posts. Never really bothered commenting on state ran anything.
I think Alber will be jailed for at least 4-5 years if found guilty based on the previous verdicts for similar cases. And of course found guilty or no he won't be able to go home now.
4-5 years for a misdemeanor? In this country, a misdemeanor is a minor crime, most often punishable by a fine, but at worst, less than a year of incarceration.
Not to change the subject, but are you familiar with this case?
Yep, very typical of Saudi King's family. There's no law there, just the royal family's law. I wouldn't be surprised if the so called "princess" just had a childish conflict with Nagla and decided to trash her for good.
I think same thing also happened with a lawyer from Egypt was travelling to KSA for pilgrimage or Ummrah and got arrested for smuggling illegal drugs (or so they claim) while if I remember correctly he insulted the king or something like that and that's really what he got arrested for.
I must believe that THIS is encouraging:
Meanwhile, Minister of Drinking Water and Sanitation Facilities Abdel Qawi Khalifa has announced that mosques and churches will no longer be exempt from paying their water bills, with Al-Shorouk reporting that the announcement comes following the minister's inspection of a water station in Abnoub, where he was approached by three employees requesting they be exempt from the LE700 it would cost to install water in a local mosque, a request to which the minister reportedly replied, "the government has no God."


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Babylon wins title behind Santorelli and defense
For much of the game, the Babylon spread made use of quarterback Nick Santorelli's running and throwing to build a one-touchdown lead in a tight, tense game. But when it really mattered most, when the game had to be salted away with a clock-killing drive, it was back to Old Faithful -- the I formation.
Running back Eric Schweitzer made sure Babylon dotted its I and crossed its T (as in touchdown), carrying seven times for 35 yards and punctuating the drive with a 10-yard touchdown with 40 seconds left that iced the Panthers' 21-7 victory over Mount Sinai Monday night in the Suffolk IV final at Stony Brook's LaValle Stadium.
"That's Eric for you. He's fueled by adversity," Santorelli said after Babylon improved to 11-0 and won its first county title since 2008. The Panthers will face Roosevelt for the Long Island Class IV crown Saturday at 4:30 p.m. at Stony Brook.
The adversity for Schweitzer was an arm injury that limited him to a handful of carries early, while Santorelli (98 yards rushing, 128 yards passing) ran for one touchdown and threw for another as Babylon took a 14-7 lead into the fourth quarter.
The tiebreaking touchdown was a beauty, as Santorelli connected with Jake Carlock on a 10-yard slant that Carlock turned into a 53-yard scoring play with a cutback that got him into the open field. He ultimately used a bruising downfield block by Ray Wardell to score with 10:40 left in the third quarter.
The Babylon defense, led by defensive back Carlock (5 1/2 tackles and an interception in the closing seconds) and defensive end Tyler Christiansen (11 tackles) took over from there, limiting the Donadio twins, Mark and Mike, of Mount Sinai (9-2) to a total of 85 yards rushing.
But things got a little dicey in the fourth quarter when Sal Maresca picked off Santorelli to snuff out a promising Panthers drive that included a 14-yard completion to Carlock. But it was once again the defense to the rescue as Babylon forced a punt and Santorelli and Co. took over with 7:35 left.
"I heard everyone on the bench say I was about to break one," said Schweitzer, who said that after a limited role in the first half, his arm felt fine. He showed that by gaining all but two of his 37 yards rushing on the clinching drive, including a 12-yard spinning run through the middle that made prophets of his teammates.
"I was feeling it," Schweitzer said, and he proved it by getting 3 tough yards for a key first down on a third-and-3. "After that, I knew it was over."
Just to prove the point, he busted through the Mustangs' gritty defense for a 10-yard touchdown run with 1:12 left.
"We went back to our roots with the I and we went back to Eric," Babylon coach Rick Punzone said. "But I was most proud of our defense. The front five was phenomenal. We took away their trap and [their] sweep."
Christiansen, John Dertinger, Jeann Cruz, Joe Cosby and Brian Loskamp turned into a Fab Five up front and now Babylon has a chance to complete a perfect season Saturday. "I think we have the best defense on Long Island," Carlock said of a unit that has allowed only 95 points in 11 games. "We're out to uphold our reputation."
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Monday, May 14, 2012
Two Important Reasons to Research Deeds
When I give presentations about how to do house history research I always recommend starting with searching the deeds. Yes, it's true that deed research might not be as exciting as exploring census records. But doing the deed research is important for two reasons:
1) Addresses have changed over the years
You may want to start searching for information based on your street address. You'll be surprised to discover that is not as easy as it seems. The trouble is that your street address is very likely to have changed over the years, perhaps even several times. Say you live on Plain Street in Millis, Massachusetts. Over a hundred plus years ago the road may have been referred to simply as "the road to Sherborn."
Even if the name of your street hasn't changed the number of your house could have. For instance, if you now live at 1052 Main Street, the address of your house might have 49 Main Street only 30 years.
By searching for the deeds to your house you will find descriptions of your property that will help you pinpoint its exact location through the years. When a street or number change occurred the deed very likely mentioned "1052 Main Street, formerly 49 Main Street" or "Plain Street, formerly the road to Sherborn" thus helping the chain of title link from the current address to the former address.
2) Not all records can be searched by address
Another reason for searching for deeds is that certain records weren't sorted by address or street location. Many records, even early 20th century tax records, were sorted alphabetically by the owner's name with no address mentioned, or perhaps only a street with no number. Census records are also much easier to search when you have the owners names. Residents lists and city directories are also based on alphabetically listings. If you don't have the names of the owners of the house then your search will become much more difficult.
By doing your deed research first for all previous owners, you will be armed with the information you need to get past alphabetization and missing address stumbling blocks.
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Great post. It's always important to do your homework on deeds because you really can't find everything you need to know by searching with the address. I'm in real estate, and so I get asked questions such as this from new homeowners all the time. Thanks for the great article.ReplyDelete
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God Is the Bigger Elvis," airing on HBO April 5, is a recently Academy Award-nominated documentary about former actress Dolores Hart, who left a becoming-major career in Hollywood to become a cloistered nun. Hart, who gave Elvis his first onscreen kiss and costarred with him in two of his pictures, seemingly left "it" all. She was beautiful, talented and on the verge of big things, having already played opposite major mid-century dreamboats like Warren Beatty and Montgomery Clift and the aforementioned King of Rock, who liked to spend quiet moments on the set perusing the Good Book with Miss Hart.
Dolores, who attended Mass every morning as a young actress in Hollywood and prayed to get roles she wanted, had first visited Regina Laudis, an abbey of cloistered nuns in Connecticut, after a tiring run on Broadway. When a friend suggested she recuperate for a few days in the quiet of an abbey, Dolores said she wasn't interested and furthermore, didn't want anything to do with nuns. Her friend persisted, so Dolores went. Something caught her there, and she continued to visit periodically, even bringing up a possible vocation with the then-abbess, who told her she was too young, to go back and keep acting.
A few years later when Dolores was about to get married in an Edith Head-designed gown, a letter arrived from Regina Laudis. It said if she was still considering entering the convent, it would be a good time to do so. So Dolores did. She left the glamour and fame and handsome costars. She left her fiancé, the steadfast Catholic architect Don Robinson, who had already drawn up plans for their home. She left everything that everyone is supposed to want, everything that is supposed to make one happy. She had it all, so to speak, and left it all.
Dolores Hart's leavetaking is, to this reviewer, one of the greatest moves ever made by anyone, at any time in history. She didn't die of an overdose or end up on the "Love Boat" or even soldier on into the facelift years, deathly career retrospectives and animal-caretaking of the elder Hollywood stateswoman. To gaze upon Dolores' face now is to see what life is actually like. She hasn't had the usual surgery and plumping and hair-frothing of her same-age collegues. She has been gently weathered by time and sacrifice and is as beautiful as a raw piece of granite.
Dolores' refusal to go down the wordly road before her reminds me of St. Clare of Assisi. Not coincidentally, Dolores had, in 1961, portrayed Clare in Michael Curtiz' "Francis of Assisi." The footage of Dolores' beautiful hair being ritually cut off certainly brings Clare's initiation to mind.
"God Is the Bigger Elvis" also provides a fascinating glimpse of the sisters at Regina Laudis, who must be commended for allowing cameras into their lives. I suspect the last thing a cloistered nun would want is to be filmed. Seeing them, I'm filled with nothing but gratitude for their great sacrifice. It seems that monks and nuns shoulder the beams of prayer for the rest of us, who are frequently too "busy" to think about God. They are a sort of spiritual rainforest, except with a lot more privation and struggle. The nuns at Regina Laudis maintain a working farm, tend to visitors and, of course, spend lots of time in prayer. Undoubtedly, inquiries from would-be postulants and visitors will increase a great deal once this show airs. This reviewer would certainly love to visit for a few days of prayer and helping out with Giselle the wonder llama. (I am serious. Call me!)
There was a spate of articles about Mother Dolores attending the Academy Awards, all with the "Imagine that! A nun at the Oscars!" tone. Never mind that Dolores is a voting member of the Academy (one imagines her and the sisters settling in for an evening to watch, say, "Winter's Bone" or "The Social Network.") Never mind that Dolores was, so to speak, the real thing—a natural beauty and talent who turned away from Hollywood in favor of a much greater prize. It's not surprising this documentary didn't win the golden man-Baal they call Oscar. This is not really the sort of tale that Hollywood could really like or take seriously. The outcome of Dolores' Hart story refutes all of the stories that the so-called "dream factory" likes to tell about itself.
There must be a place in the communion of saints for Don Robinson, though. He never got over Dolores and visited her for the rest of his life. He's seen visiting Dolores in the film. Together, they seem like a reasonable elderly married couple except she is in religious garb, and he calls her "Mother." Keep your Kleenex handy for this scene: you will need them. Robinson, who died after the documentary was made, surely must be a patron saint of abiding and selfless love.
"God Is the Bigger Elvis" is short and leaves one with many questions. How did Dolores' contemporaries in Hollywood react to her decision? Does Dolores ever miss her former life? References abound to the supreme difficulty of living in close community and maintaining faith. One of the younger nuns quotes Dolores as saying that convent life can sometimes feel like being "skinned alive." It's surely not been that different than Hollywood, then? Only with far, far greater rewards.
Thanks, America, for spreading the good news of life after Hollywood.
I had the privilege of visiting Regina Laudis several times each year growing up in nearby Waterbury, CT in the 50's, 60's and early 70's. I make my way there each time I return to CT. I continue to find it to be one of those very specail liminal places. I look forward to the HBO movie.
"It's not surprising this documentary didn't win the golden man-Baal they call Oscar. This is not really the sort of tale that Hollywood could really like or take seriously. The outcome of Dolores' Hart story refutes all of the stories that the so-called "dream factory" likes to tell about itself."
I'd be willing to wager that Mother Dolores herself has absolutely NO problem with the film that did win in this category, which the author of this article probably can't even name, much less comment lucidly upon.


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creestyle necesitaba un nuevo diseño de banner publicitario y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
3 ganadores han sido elegidos entre 48 diseños de 10 diseñadores freelance.
I'm an online advertising entrepreneur with nearly 10 years experience in online travel. I've built successful companies on the "work hard, play hard and have fun" method. I can be demanding on timeframes and responsiveness but I'm very loyal to folks that have been good to me. This is one of many projects. If it works, I may scale your work over to other brands and projects. I have other brands ready to build out as well. If your brand can make people hungry to come back to the website and book a great travel deal, we have a bright future ahead of us.
Keep in mind this is a retargeting campaign. We want to get viewers who've been to the site back to it. The audience for initial visits is online travel planners who want to get a great travel deal online. (Who doesn't want a great deal?) 25-54 with a household income of $50k+. These customers who have already been to CheapFlightNow once and didn't quite find the right deal the first time. These customers, 1)have visited the site before, 2)are looking for a great deal and 3)have a sense of humor and think travel planning is fun. Messaging should center around ways to get them back to the site.
We're looking bright, fun designs and animations to drive users to come back CheapFlightNow.com and book their travel.
Yellow / Orange/ Red are the preferred colors to inspire people to come back and book at CheapFlightNow. Lets keep it balanced with some cool colors so it doesn't look like its on fire. :-) Please use the design elements on CheapFlightNow.com as the starting point. Can provide design files if needed.
The message is simple: "Cheapest Airfares Anywhere!". "New Fares added every minute." "Come Back and Take $10 Off" We could animate those three phrases but it's OK to innovate on that messaging if you think it will drive higher clicks and conversions.
We'd like to design 300x250, 728x90 and 160x600 banner ads.
Some Ideas for you:
*Would make sense to have a little coupon badge that says "Sale take addl $10 OFF"
*It would be fun to animate the cute little CheapFlightNow.com airplane logo. Perhaps an animation with some puffs coming out of the engine would be nice
*I also like a flashing "Go!" button (next to the $10 OFF badge like the website)
Want to keep it Cute, bright, strong message focused on saving money on travel.
Would like to see a lot of eye-grabbing animation so that the ad gets attention. Maybe the little plane flies on to the screen, winks at you and says "remember me? come back and save!" It all up to you.
Look forward to seeing your ideas!


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Mineral Oil - The Cheap And Nasty Alternative To Quality Skin Care
Mineral oil is actually a liquefied by product from the refining system that results in gasoline as well as other items from crude oil. It is categorized as being a petrochemical, hence on no account could it be termed as a natural product, and that is exactly why numerous people like to stay away from its usage. Given that mineral oil is derived from fossil fuels, it is additionally non renewable, which means that its wide-ranging use will in the end have environmental repercussions for the future.
It is low-cost, colourless and odourless and it is also a highly effective moisturizer, and that's why mineral oil is so popular as a filler in skin care products. It is found in the majority of top makes in the United Kingdom, and an astonishing 98 percent off skin care products in the United States. Actually, there is some warranted animosity, as even high priced, so called premium products list mineral oil high in the list of the constituents. The particular mineral oil included in make-up, skin care items and toiletries is admittedly highly processed, but opinion is divided as to whether it is a safe additive.
Some people think that mineral oil is carcinogenic - or cancer causing - as a result of the particular processes it goes through. The World Health Organisation categorizes untreated as well as lightly processed oil as a Class 1 carcinogen, which means that it is definitely cancer causing. The highly processed mineral oil included in skin treatment is actually designated to be a Class 3 carcinogen, meaning while it is not necessarily believed to trigger cancers in men and women, there's not sufficient information and facts and study to put it in the Class 4 category, that would suggest it is probably not cancer causing. This classification by itself places a question mark over its safety.
Mineral oil can work as a shield on the actual skin to counteract ecological damage from the sun's rays and pollutants within the atmosphere, although very highly processed oil is not really thought to actually clog up the pores. Even so, anything that produces a highly effective buffer on the skin is going to put a stop to things leaving the body to some degree, together with preventing things coming in. As a result mineral oil could very well obstruct the body's cooling down system, which usually expels sweat, and with it, several of the unwelcome toxins in the system.
There's also worry that mineral oil could prevent the skin's natural absorption of fluids. Some experts report that this barrier effect of mineral oil may also curb natural renewal of cells, which is dependent upon the intake of purely natural moisture as well as necessary oxygen from the natural environment. This interference with cell repair might, in some instances, result in early aging. And of course, atmospheric fluid is necessary for the body's defence mechanisms, such as warding off infections and viruses.
It is a mystery why so many main skin-care and cosmetic companies persist in making use of mineral oil, when there are actually natural and environmentally friendly options such as coconut oil, argan oil and also avocado oil obtainable. Price plus convenience quite possibly come into it, although surely the health and welfare of customers really should be critical? Natural skin-care organizations such as Naturally Mediterranean use only the safest and finest 100 % natural ingredients for their items. You will never discover mineral oil indexed in their ingredients panels.
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Aqueous Cream is More Than Just a Moisturiser - and That's Not Great News!
As of late, individuals are way more discriminating as to what they introduce inside their systems as well as on to their skin. Subsequently, many more people are taking a prolonged hard glance at the materials in their skin treatment products, and even evaluating the probable risks of utilizing certain merchandise. And actually it is a wise call, simply because certain products and solutions which have been promoted as being outstanding moisturizers in the past are leading to worry to both skin treatment industry experts and consumers as well.
Aqueous creme has always been regarded as an efficient moisturiser, especially for individuals with extremely dry skin, or perhaps skin problems which include psoriasis as well as dermatitis. Nevertheless, nowadays, numerous skin-care experts are actually cautioning against the product's usage as a good moisturiser as one of the product's effective ingredients is actually a cleansing agent termed sodium lauryl sulphate. Applied regularly, this could indicate that the thickness of the skin will be impacted given that the detergent erodes away its cellular layers.
Aside from that, sodium lauryl sulphate basically induces the epidermis to dry up through increasing normal water evaporation from the skin pores. It's a strong alkaline product, while the skin is of course acidic, which means that frequent usage might break up the skin's normal protective. Should you use aqueous creme for a moisturiser, it may be doing your skin more harm than good, however some experts encourage it as an effective alternative to shower gel and also cleansing soap for those who have very dry skin. It should never be allowed to remain in contact with the epidermis for any stretch of time, however.
Yet another anxiety in relation to aqueous cream is actually the cream's provenance. It includes white soft paraffin, which is produced through the distillation of petrol, and is at times referred to as petroleum jelly. Quite simply, if you use aqueous cream, you will be applying exactly the same thing on the skin that you choose to put into your car, while granted it has been through purification processes to start with.
The actual skin cream also has about 9Per cent of liquefied hydrocarbons. That might mean nothing to plenty of people, yet hydrocarbons happen to be flammable, meaning they burn easily, plus they're additionally contained in fuel, lighter fuel and also wood chemical preservatives. It's not really something many people want to put on their own complexion, nevertheless aqueous cream is actually authorized via the British Pharmacopoeia, which means it could be given by doctors.
If there are so many purely natural hydrating elements available - such as shea butter, coconut oil, organic olive oil and also argan oil, which are all plant-centered - why may someone choose to apply petroleum by-products and even flamable chemical substances on his or her complexion? All Naturally Mediterranean's skincare merchandise is locally found through the Mediterranean vicinity and they are completely all natural, without unsafe chemical compounds and also artificial additives. Which would you actually rather utilize?


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Why?:Rocket Science ain't exactly Brain Surgery
"I understand both Rocket science AND Brain surgery, they are both really very simple"
"What do rocket scientists and brain surgeons say when something isn't difficult? "It isn't talking to women?""
- Special Guest Article: Today's guest writer is Nobel Prize Winning neurosurgeon, Dr. Phillip Birkenhead.
This article is part of Uncyclopedia's Why? series. See more Why's?
Good evening.
The human brain is the most powerful computer in the world. Though it weighs only a kilo, it has over eleventy million cells. If all the neural pathways in your brain were laid end to end, they would reach all the way to Mars. You know what that means? Your brain could reach Mars years before the rocket scientists do.
How can this be? You ask. Well, perhaps the reason I know the answer to this and you don't is that I am smarter than you. If my neural connections were laid end to end, they'd go way past Mars. They'd probably reach Jupiter. But not all the time, because the orbit of Jupiter is elliptical not circular. I bet rocket scientists don't know that. They don't know much really, and that's because they don't have to. You see, contrary to popular belief, rocket science is shit easy.
As a brilliant neurosurgeon, I have to know quite a lot about the human brain - how much it weighs, for example, and how far the neurons might stretch. Rocket scientists have one thing to remember, and that's that equal opposite reaction deally. Easy! My four year old made a balloon rocket based on this principle. That's right, my infant daughter can do rocket science! Four years old and female, and she shows up those NASA dipshits!
But ah, you say; we know she can do rocket science like the best of them, but can she do brain surgery? Hah! Let me tell you, she's tried and her survival rate is laughable - a mere 25%! Qualified, clever brain surgeons can slice up a human brain with a 35% survival rate! Truly, we are gods amongst men!
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Rocket science was invented by the Nazis. Look it up; it's probably on Wikipedia or something. It was certainly in that History Channel documentary I saw. This documentary, entitled The V-2 Project showed no evidence that the Nazis were involved in brain surgery. None. The evidence simply does not exist to suggest that any thicky sauerkraut-guzzling, knee-slapping tuba-worshipping German - Nazi or otherwise - has the neuronal length to operate on the brain of any higher mammal!
Did you know that the first Sputnik satellite - made by the Russians by the way; and they're not much smarter than the krauts - was sent up on a rocket that reached a height of 200 km. 200 km. I can drive that far in less than a day! Even in bad traffic! Shows what rocket scientists are capable of - sod all!
Challenger Disaster[edit]
Oooh, good one, rocket scientists! Killing seven people at once! Very clever! I mean how smart do you have to be to kill seven people simultaneously? The most people I've ever accidentally murdered at one time: one. Conclusion: brain surgeons are at least seven times smarter than rocket scientists. I bet if you laid a rocket scientist's neurons end to end, they wouldn't even reac halfway to Mars. I bet they wouldn't even reach the moon. Hell, they probably don't even reach Sputnik.
Given the obvious ease of rocket science, and the clearly much harderness of brain surgery, it should be clear even to those whose neurons only scrape the surface of Phobos that brain surgeons are much, much smarter than those stupid, foolish and none too bright dim-bulbs, the rocket scientists.
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It was the great unknown, this vast wilderness the Saints needed to pass through in order to reach their new home. And what then? What would they find? And what could they make of this place the Lord would give them?
"Brigham Young knew that he would probably lead the people into the deserts of the Great West, and into the Rocky Mountains, and as a wise and cautious leader, he did not propose to go until he was instructed by the Lord; nor would he go without full and adequate preparation," wrote the leader's daughter Susa Young Gates, as recorded in "The Life Story of Brigham Young" by Gates and Leah D. Widtsoe. "Many counsels were held in the temple rooms."
The last dictated entry in Brigham Young's Nauvoo, Illinois, office record might well be the clarion call — the mission statement of this "peculiar people" — of the trials they had overcome and the epoch experiences that lay ahead: "Our homes, gardens, orchards, farms, streets, bridges, mills, public halls, magnificent temple and other public improvements, we leave as a monument of our patriotism, industry, economy, uprightness of purpose and integrity of heart, and as a living testimony of the falsehood and wickedness of those who charge us with idleness, dishonesty, disloyalty to the Constitution of our country" (see "The Life Story of Brigham Young").
Following a long winter and spring in Winter Quarters — where 700 homes had been built and the camp of 12,000 members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints divided into 22 wards — the first company was readied to make the journey. Some of the most seasoned and reliable brethren were selected, and at first the 148 in number were to be men only.
But Brigham Young gave way to entreaties, especially those of his brother Lorenzo, who wished his unwell, asthmatic wife, Harriet, to be allowed to accompany him. Eventually, it was decided that she and her two sons could join the group, as well as Brigham's wife Clara Decker (who was Harriet's daughter by her first marriage), and Ellen Sanders, one of Heber C. Kimball's wives (see "Brigham Young: An Inspiring Personal Biography" by Susan Evans McCloud).
Surely their presence made a difference to the men. Unless otherwise noted, information about these women has been compiled from familysearch.org, the Deseret News archives, each woman's listing on findagrave.com and history.lds.org.
Harriet Wheeler Young was born in 1803 in New Hampshire and was of Welsh ancestry. She married Isaac Decker at age 18 and bore him six children. The couple joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Ohio and experienced all the sufferings of that place and of Missouri. While in Nauvoo, Illinois, she separated from her husband and married Lorenzo Young, having two additional children with him.
Harriet brought to the Salt Lake Valley her cow and some chickens, which laid three precious eggs a day. She churned some of the cream of the cow's milk by putting it in a lidded bucket and letting the jolting of the wagon churn it into butter.
Harriet was both fiercely determined and quietly capable. With skill and insight, she kept Lorenzo's books for years while seeing to her own work as a housewife. These two were the first to move out of the old Salt Lake fort with their infant son, who was born on Sept. 26, 1847, and who was the first male child born in the Salt Lake Valley.
He was delivered by the skilled and well-loved Patty Bartlett Sessions, who had only just arrived in the valley and recorded in her journal: "It was said to me more than five months ago that my hands should be the first to handle the first born son in the place of rest for the Saints, even in the city of our God. I have come more than one thousand miles to do it since it was spoken" (see "Women of Faith in the Latter-Days," 1775-1820, p. 314).
One day while Harriet was alone with her baby boy, she saw a rather fierce-looking Indian at her door, demanding food. She gave him three small biscuits, which was all she had. But he, angry and disbelieving, drew his bow and pointed an arrow at her heart. Fearing for her life and the life of her 3-month-old child, she suddenly remembered that her husband's large mastiff dog was in the next room.
Signing to the Indian that she would look for more food, she released the dog, gave it the order to attack and unleashed it on the intruder until he begged for mercy. In keeping with her kindly nature, she cleaned and dressed the man's wounds before sending him on his way.
This noble, tireless woman died in 1871 in Salt Lake City at age 68.
Harriet's daughter, who went by Clara or Clarissa, married Brigham Young when she was 16. She was considered a beautiful girl, small in stature, rather retiring in nature, gentle and charitable to all. She was a great reader and loved the arts.
In the early days in the valley, Clara rescued a tiny Indian prisoner, saving her from a gruesome death. She named the girl Sally and raised her to womanhood. Sally then attempted to rejoin her people, but the hardships of their life contributed to her early and sorrowful death. Clara also raised five children of her own and was a loving, devoted wife to her husband. When Clara died in her old home on State Street in Salt Lake, she was the last of the three original pioneer women who entered the valley together.
Ellen Sanders' people came from a small village in Norway. Her nature was kind and sympathetic, but her moods were extreme, taking her from great merriment to melancholy. She possessed an intelligent mind and a brave heart.
She emigrated with her family to America at the age of 13, but a year after their arrival, her mother died. Scarcely three weeks later, her father also died, and the children were left to the mercies of those around them, dwelling with relatives and others who spoke their native tongue.
It was not until 1842 that Mormonism was preached to them in LaSalle County, Illinois. Ellen joined the church with her brother Sondra and, later, her sister Harriet. The little family of four children made their way to Nauvoo and worked in the dwellings of members there. In January 1846, Ellen and Harriet became wives of Elder Heber C. Kimball.
Ellen continued to suffer the challenge of great loss. Three of her four children died before adulthood. She lived in the Bear Lake Valley for many years, patiently serving those around her.
It was not until 1871 that she returned to the Salt Lake Valley.
These three women were invaluable in nursing the sick men and animals during the hazardous journey, and not one person died before reaching their goal. The men had their hands full, removing big rocks, cutting back brush and building roads through the mountain wildernesses.
It was from the summit of Big Mountain that the little company first saw the valley. As the little group entered the valley through what was later called Emigration Canyon, they saw "several small willow-fringed creeks flowing out of the canyon mouths," according to "The Life Story of Brigham Young." But the sweeping expanse was largely empty and desolate.
Gates describes the overwhelming experience with vivid sensitivity in "The Life Story of Brigham Young": "Men may plough and build, but women and children give life, cohesion and glory to these outer substances. Harriet Young, wife of Lorenzo Young, cried out at the desolation about her. 'Weak and weary as I am,' she said to her husband, 'I would rather go a thousand miles further than stay in such a forsaken place as this.' But she was a heroine and quietly accepted her lot. Ellen Kimball said nothing, but she worked with zeal to make a home in the wilderness. Clara Decker Young, Brigham's lovely young wife, said, 'I am satisfied. We enjoyed the social life of Winter Quarters; but things do not look dreary to me here. There are no trees, but they can be planted.' And she went calmly to work making a peaceful home out of the wagon boxes."
That evening a gentle rain fell, accompanied by the applause of thunder, and "washed the entire valley as a benediction on that first Pioneer Day" (see "Brigham Young: An Inspiring Personal Biography").
The magnificent, historic exodus was well on its way. But the first steps had been taken, the first eyes had beheld and the first hearts had embraced. Among these were what Gates called a "trio of lovely women." Her words in "The Life Story of Brigham Young" of gentle tribute and praise can sing softly to our hearts today — more than 160 years after that remarkable time and those remarkable people:
"They were a type of all the gentle, patient and sympathetic wives and mothers who were to follow in their footsteps. They imparted to that pioneer camp the halo of their refining influence."
Has it not always been thus, where noble women lead the way and beckon us to follow?
Susan Evans McCloud is author of more than 40 books and has published screenplays, a book of poetry and lyrics, including two songs in the LDS hymnbook. She has six children. She blogs at susanevansmccloud.blogspot.com. Email: [email protected]


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The GOP's debt ceiling surrender
Less than three years ago, House Speaker John Boehner boldly demanded "trillions" in spending cuts in exchange for raising the national borrowing limit.
"Let me be as clear as I can be," Boehner told the Economic Club of New York in May 2011. "Without significant spending cuts and reforms to reduce our debt, there will be no debt limit increase."
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Boehner violated his own rule by allowing the White House to win a year-long increase of the debt ceiling — with no strings attached. Senate Republican leaders urged their members to allow a quick final vote on Wednesday and drop filibuster attempts to prolong the debate. In a private lunch, Senate Republicans were more concerned about "getting the hell out of town" before an impending snowstorm than digging in on a fight they once relished, according to a GOP senator.
And Boehner even privately told conservatives Tuesday they should be relieved because the concession got the "monkey off our backs," sources said.
The sharp shift in tactics within the House and Senate GOP caucuses reflects a hardening realization after three years of partisan brinkmanship over the budget: Fighting over the debt in a crisis-like atmosphere is a political loser.
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"I'm one who truly believes that if we get this issue behind us, and behave ourselves, we'll be in the majority here on this side, in the next six months," said Sen. Dean Heller (R-Nev.).
The White House refused to negotiate over a debt ceiling hike. That left Republican leaders with a choice: Tie provisions like the Keystone pipeline or Obamacare changes to a debt hike to rally the rank and file or capitulate to Democrats and move past the fight.
Choosing the first option wasn't attractive since several dozen hard-line conservatives in the House would never vote to raise the debt ceiling, meaning the GOP wouldn't be able to push through a bill on its own. And with only 45 seats in the Senate, Republicans there weren't in a better position to drive policy.
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Not wanting to relive a debt-crisis similar to the 16-day October government shutdown, which polls showed hurt Republicans, Boehner had little leverage to exact policy concessions from Democrats.
And with Republicans betting their 2014 election hopes on the ongoing problems with Obamacare, it made little sense to GOP leaders to engage in a divisive intraparty battle that they would likely lose.
"We could've asked for a copy machine and the president would've been willing to default on the debt just to make a political point," said Rep. Raul Labrador (R-Idaho), who voted against the bill. "I think that's shameful."
Since the October deal to reopen the government, which also effectively raised the debt ceiling through this month, Republicans have increasingly buckled on budget matters. They agreed to Democratic demands to raise discretionary spending caps in a two-year budget deal, something that led to the quick approval of a $1.1 trillion spending package last month.
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Boehner long ago recognized the shifting dynamics of these fiscal fights: the Senate and White House were holding strong, and he likely couldn't fight that. There was no way he would propose a "clean" debt-ceiling increase to House Republicans at the beginning of this fight — even though senior members of leadership knew that's where they would end up. Instead, they cycled through a host of options, demonstrating that none had support.
Going back-and-forth over a variety of options infuriated several figures in the conference — including some in and around his own leadership table — who hated to see their party struggle to coalesce around a proposal in plain view. But Boehner was ultimately successful — perhaps for the first time — at avoiding the messy brinksmanship that typically mark these fights.
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text: The Griswold Family Collection includes early to mid-nineteenth-century letters between men and women of two generations of the Griswold Family who lived in New England and in the Michigan and Illinois Territories. Reverend Stanley Griswold, a minister in Connecticut during the early nineteenth century, moved west with his family to serve as acting Governor of the Michigan Territory. Eventually he moved to Shawneetown in the Illinois Territory, where he served as a judge. His son Henry was an officer in the United States Army. The collection includes letters to and from Elizabeth (Flagg) Griswold, Stanley Griswold's wife. Letters he wrote to her while she was with her family in Connecticut describe his work and the inhabitants of the area, including women. One letter is from Elizabeth asking him to return to Connecticut. She also complains about the cold winter and the high price of food and wood. Letters received by Elizabeth Griswold from her brother, brother-in-law, and sister, Martha Flagg, Jr., relate to the death of Stanley Griswold and Elizabeth's resulting financial situation. Letters to and from Elizabeth's son Henry W. Griswold and his family concern family news, her health, and their family property in the West. Later letters written to Henry by other family members tell of his mother's illness and death from breast cancer.The collection also contains letters to and from Henry Griswold and his wife, Ann Heard Griswold, including correspondence between them, letters from Martha Flagg, and letters from Ann's mother, Susan Heard. The latter relate mainly family news, but also describe information related to housekeeping: problems with domestic servants, buying a piano, sewing projects, and cooking.


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