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WILMINGTON -- A North Carolina dive company is recruiting divers for a series of "lionfish rodeos" in hopes of preventing the species native to the Pacific Ocean from damaging Atlantic fishing areas.
For two days starting Monday, Discovery Diving Co. in Beaufort will hold the first annual Cape Lookout Lionfish Rodeo.
Just a handful of the ravenous and venomous lionfish were seen off the state's Atlantic coast in 2000. Now, lionfish are making life harder for struggling reef fish such as grouper and snapper by stealing their food and eating their young.
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Paul McCartney Explains The Mellotron
If you live near a beach city or any city with tourists, there are always a few spots where you can find the local talent (or homeless) trying to get your attention for only the spare change in your pocket. Some of these street performers have true talent, although not very practical. You may find the statue man, who gets paid to stand completely still for hours at a time, or the guy who can stack cups and balance plates on his nose. One of the most interesting performances I have noticed is the one man band. It consists of one man with a guitar, a piano and a slew of Rube Goldberg type contraptions that allow him to play drums and bass as well. It is quite stunning.
The one man band, in essence, still exists today – and we can call them the modern DJ. Before a DJ was ever on stage mixing music, performances were usually performed by a live act or a band, and even these guys needed ways to automate actions to eliminate the need for an extra person. The mellotron was there to provide accompaniment which replaced the need for a backing musician, and even the Beatles used them from time to time.


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The U.S. Senate on Wednesday took up a measure to proceed to debate on the Defense Authorization bill, which contains two key pieces of legislation: a repeal to the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy and the DREAM Act, which would provide a means for undocumented minors to achieve legal status through high school graduation and two years of college or military service.
The bill has already passed the House. The Senate filibuster is being led Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.).
A round-up of responses from various LGBT advocacy groups below:
Servicemembers Legal Defense Network
Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN), a national, legal services and policy organization dedicated to ending "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (DADT), issued a statement today after the U.S. Senate failed to break a filibuster on the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which contains the repeal of DADT. To move forward on debate of the bill, 60 votes were needed to break a filibuster by U.S. Sen. John McCain.
Statement by Army veteran and SLDN Executive Director Aubrey Sarvis:
""Today's Senate vote was a frustrating blow to repeal this horrible law. We lost because of the political maneuvering dictated by the mid-term elections. Let's be clear: Opponents to repealing 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' did not have the votes to strike those provisions from the bill. Instead, they had the votes for delay. Time is the enemy here. We now have no choice but to look to the lame duck session where we'll have a slim shot. The Senate absolutely must schedule a vote in December when cooler heads and common sense are more likely to prevail once midterm elections are behind us. Servicemembers Legal Defense Network will continue to take this fight to the American people, the vast majority of whom support repeal of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell.'"
Servicemembers United
Servicemembers United, the nation's largest organization of gay and lesbian troops and veterans, expressed deep disappointment today with the failure of Senate leadership and moderate Republicans to reach an agreement that would have succeeded in breaking the filibuster on the motion to proceed on the defense authorization bill. This year's defense authorization bill contains a provision that would finally enable the repeal of the discriminatory "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" law.
"Today's vote is a failure of leadership on the part of those who have been duly elected to serve this nation and to put the best interests of the country ahead of partisan politics," said Alexander Nicholson, founder and Executive Director of Servicemembers United. "The Senate could learn a good lesson from those who serve in uniform and who stand to benefit from proceeding to debate on this bill – serving this country means putting politics aside and getting the job done. It is simply inexcusable that this vote failed today."
The votes to break the filibuster had previously been lined up, but last week Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid decided to use an uncommon procedural privilege on the bill that eroded support for breaking the filibuster and guaranteed the vote's failure. Intense lobbying and public pressure over the past week proved not to be enough to force either side to back down. The Senate will not likely take up the defense authorization bill again until after the mid-term elections in November.
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force responded to the Senate's failure to end a filibuster of the National Defense Authorization Act, blocking action on "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" repeal and the DREAM Act.
Statement by Rea Carey, Executive Director
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
"Once again, politicians are playing politics with people's lives. Filibustering the defense authorization bill to block action on 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' repeal and the DREAM Act — two measures that do justice to the fundamental principle of fairness — is a disappointment and disservice to our country. Seventy-eight percent of Americans support ending 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' and countless others believe that young people should be provided a path to citizenship in the country they love and have always called home. Today's Senate vote mocks those ideals. The senators who led and supported the filibuster effort should be ashamed."
Log Cabin Republicans
The Log Cabin Republicans are troubled by the parochial political actions of Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) who has refused to compromise with Senate Republicans by holding a full and open debate on the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Rather than reaching a compromise allowing for 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' to be repealed, the Senate has postponed action until after the election.
"Obviously, we are disappointed. Senator Reid failed to reach a compromise with Republicans and our military servicemembers will need to wait until the November elections are over for the US Senate to vote on a repeal." says R. Clarke Cooper, Executive Director, Log Cabin Republicans. "This partisan arrogance is an example of why voters will be turning away from Democrats on November 2nd."
Human Rights Campaign
Today our military readiness and national security were set back as Senator John McCain successfully led a Republican filibuster of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), to which the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" is attached. Not since 1948 has Congress failed to act on the NDAA. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has committed to bringing the bill back up following the election.
"This filibuster was election year politics at its worst," said Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese. "It's a shame that during a time of war, Republican Senators wouldn't even allow debate on the bill that provides a pay raise for our troops."
In its continuing efforts to end the ban on lesbian, gay and bisexual service members, HRC today released a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder calling on him not to appeal a recent court decision ruling DADT unconstitutional. The case was brought by the Log Cabin Republicans. Additionally, HRC called on its members and supporters to petition Holder to decline to appeal the case.
"We still have a fighting chance to repeal DADT through Congressional action but in the meantime, the best interests of our men and women in uniform – as well as the country – are served by doing everything we can do to get rid of this discriminatory law," added Solmonese. "We expect the Justice Department to recognize the overwhelming evidence that proves DADT is unconstitutional."
Nearly 80 percent of Americans support repealing DADT according to a recent CNN poll. President Obama and military leadership, including Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. Mike Mullen also support repeal. Under the language in the NDAA, implementation of repeal would not occur until after the completion of the Pentagon Working Group study due December 1 of this year and upon certification.
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Lockheed Martin Marks 30th Anniversary Of First Search And Rescue Hosted Payload On U.S. Weather Satellites
Beginning in 1998, SARSAT hardware was also installed on geostationary satellites that reside 22,300 miles in altitude above the equator, orbiting the Earth at the same rate at which it turns beneath them. Because of this, they appear to remain over a fixed point on the Earth's surface. This high perch is ideal for making uninterrupted observations of the weather or environmental conditions over an enormous area, and enables the immediate detection, in their field of view, of distress beacons. However, unlike polar-orbiting satellites, those in geostationary orbit cannot view the Earth's polar regions.
The current constellation of operational SARSAT-equipped polar-orbiting satellites include NOAA-15, -16, -18 and -19 – all Advanced TIROS-N satellites, built by Lockheed Martin Space Systems. The European METOP-A weather satellite completes that constellation. The six operational geostationary satellites hosting SARSAT payloads are NOAA's GOES East (GOES-13) and GOES West (GOES-15) with two satellites in stand by (GOES-12, GOES-14), India's INSAT-A satellite, the European Meteosat Second Generation satellites MSG-2 and MSG-3, and Russia's Electro-L No. 1.
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I'm looking for a quick way of editing metadata for a library of video files (mainly home videos) on a NAS. Basically I want a quick way to enter titles (and maybe other basic data) for a bunch of home-created mp4 files.
I've tried Media File Manipulator but have found it to be very unstable (on Windows 7 x64) - and simply couldn't get it to even list all of the files in my video folders. I've also tried using the Windows Explorer properties screen but this hangs very frequently when I try to edit the video metadata, and is also a very slow way of editing the data for a large number of files.
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KINGMAN - The Mohave Area General Narcotics Enforcement Team took home the "Outstanding Task Force - Overall Effort" award in July when the Arizona High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area - HIDTA - held its annual awards ceremony.
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MAGNET is one of 20 Arizona HIDTA initiatives, said Sochocki, with a mission to "facilitate cooperation among federal, state, local and tribal law enforcement agencies to share information and implement, support and coordinate law enforcement activities to dismantle and disrupt drug trafficking and money laundering organizations operating in Arizona."
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According to Sochocki, MAGNET detectives and other personnel work to reduce the impact drug activity has on the community as they continue to target major traffickers, along with distribution and money laundering organizations. People who make or otherwise produce illicit drugs also are targeted.
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Is this really just another game? |
02.06.09 at 12:35 am ET |
No one on the Los Angeles Lakers is more outspoken about his feelings toward the Boston Celtics than Sasha Vujacic. Make no mistake, he is not over last season's loss in the NBA Finals. Less than a year later, the emotional wound is still very open.
'I wouldn't say it's hatred,' Vujacic said before the Lakers overtime win against the Celtics (RECAP HERE). 'It's just hard when you lose in the Finals to forget about it and say life goes on. It doesn't go on. I'm always going to be kind of scarred.'
Kind of scarred? Vujacic won't even wear green — 'I've seen too much green in June' — but he doesn't think these sentiments are over the top. Any player who claims it's just another game, he attests, isn't being honest.
'I think that if you go in the Celtics locker room and you ask them about us, they're going to have the same opinion. The only difference is they have a championship ring and they have a trophy at home,' he said. 'I would say that for both teams, no matter what they say or no matter what people think, it will never, ever be 'just another game' against the Celtics or against the Lakers.'
For many of the Celtics, this wasn't just another game. As Ray Allen explained, the Celtics were the hunted against a Lakers team looking for revenge. The Cs knew the Lakers were going to attack with a Game Seven mentality and they wanted to match that energy.
'We approach it as an intense playoff atmosphere,' Allen said. 'We definitely don't take it lightly. It's a very intense moment for us. We look forward to it and the focus in the locker room is pretty intense … Now we're on the other side of the fence where we've got to pick it up and we've got to get momentum going here into the playoffs.'
Kendrick Perkins agreed.
'I thought it was very physical. I thought it was a playoff-type atmosphere game,' he said. 'It wasn't a make-or-break for the season, no doubt about it, but we wanted to win the game. You could tell, any time we go through a game like that, hard fought, you just want to get the win.'
There may have been a playoff atmosphere but that doesn't mean this game has the ramifications of a postseason match up. Nobody won a ring, no one was sent home for the summer.
'What was it? Game 51? It was Game 51,' said Eddie House. 'I think they feel like they won the Finals, the way they were celebrating out there, and it's Game 51. I think it just meant more to them to come in here and be able to get that monkey off their back to feel like, oh they can get a win out here. So that's behind us. I think it meant more to them but we just keep it moving.'
At the end of overtime the Celtics were the world champions while the Lakers were still seeking to take the title away. But seasons are not decided in February. Ultimately, it is just another game in the grand scheme of the regular season. Even Vujacic, open wound and all, isn't celebrating just yet.
'We don't celebrate,' he said after the game. 'We celebrate in June.'
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02.06.09 at 12:34 am ET |
At some point in the last decade or so, the everlasting image of the Lakers-Celtics thing became the Kevin McHale clothesline of Kurt Rambis. It is the first image they show on the JumboTron in the pregame and whenever it does appear, the crowd responds with a familiar cry of bloodlust.
Forget Larry hitting the turnaround on Magic. Forget Henderson stealing the ball. Forget Don Nelson's jumper bouncing high off the rim. Forget Russell winning one last time while Wilt stewed on the bench. This is what we think about when we think Lakers-Celtics: Rambis going up for a layup and McHale decking him.
Legend has it that Pat Riley decided after that series that no team of his would ever get knocked around like that again, and thus gave the world Anthony Mason, Charles Oakley and the rest of the aesthetically unpleasing Knicks of the early 90's.
The underlying message in all of this is has always been: Boston tough. L.A. soft.
Pau Gasol? Soft.
Lamar Odom? Flaky. Also, soft.
Kobe Bryant? Not soft, but when your two-guard is your hardest player you've got problems. Michael Jordan had Oakley and then Horace Grant and Dennis Rodman, after all.
When the Lakers lost the final game of last season by 39 points, that only intensified the feeling that the Celtics were the grittier, tougher, shove-you-first (and last) team.
Thursday night's game was anything but timid. (Click here for a recap.) The shoulders were set harder on high screens. The elbows were flying away from the play. There were double technicals and stare downs and even one bizarre sequence where Odom smacked Kevin Garnett in the back and then seemed to temporarily lose his mind over K.G.'s penchant for swatting away shots after the whistle.
"It was a physical game, but you have to come to expect that," Paul Pierce said. "All those things said about the Lakers not being a physical team, you just have to expect that they're gonna come around and hold their chests up high."
The nature of play did not sit well with Doc Rivers.
"In the third and fourth quarters, I thought the game got out of control," Rivers said. "I really did. And I thought the officials let it get out of control. I just thought there was a lot of chippiness. We were the retaliators a lot tonight, and we got caught. Obviously. Both teams. I thought it was a chippy game in the second half and it didn't need to be."
Between quarters Rivers was in the ear of the officials–Monty McCutchen, James Capers and Leon Wood–yelling about the loose elbows that were swinging around.
Here's the thing though. The Lakers took those shots, and they didn't flinch. Kobe, we know about. Say what you will about Kobe Bean Bryant but he does not back down from a street fight. Time and again he lined up deep 3-pointers with Pierce draped all over him and he knocked them down, which only adds to his image as the NBA's most cold-blooded player.
But Gasol, forever derided as being Teddy Ruxpin soft, scored 24 points and had 14 rebounds and it wasn't like he was shooting 20-foot jumpers either.
"Gasol was the star of the game," Rivers said. "He got it deep, he got hook shots, fadeaways."
If the Celtics had a mental edge over the Lakers, it's gone now. The Lakers have talked (and talked) about the way last year ended for them, getting humiliated on the Garden floor. They've talked about it so much that you couldn't help but wonder if this would become one of those self-fulfilling prophesies where the ending was written before the scenario even took place. That's gone now.
"It was important for us," Bryant said, acknowledging the obvious. "I think the growth that we had from last year to this year, when they went on those 8-0 runs we kept our poise. Last year, 8-0 runs turned into a 15-2 run. That is something that we couldn't weather and I think we've grown tremendously in our execution and our poise."
The Celtics all said that this was just another game in the 82-game schedule. They learned from the last time the Lakers snapped one of their winning streaks that they can handle the aftershocks. One tends to believe them when they say that because they backed it up by ripping off 12 straight wins.
But there was a weird moment at the end of the post-game press conference where Garnett, whose mind had been wandering (understandably since he has been laid up for the better part of the past week) snapped back to the here and now. The question was about whether the Celtics wanted to see the Lakers again in the Finals.
"Hell yeah," he said fixing his glare on the questioner for a good five seconds. "We're the champs, right?"
They are the champs and are entitled to all the benefits that distinction holds, and in a seven-game series they'd still be the choice. But they know. The dynamic has shifted.
Celtics-Lakers Game Blog: OT |
02.05.09 at 11:00 pm ET |
At the start of overtime … Celtics 101, Lakers 101
– Missed free throws and a fumbled game winner? Very uncharacteristic of Paul Pierce. Nonetheless the Celtics will have to play another five minutes without Garnett.
– Ray Allen is itching to take over. I say let him have the ball.
– Pierce's sweatband was nearly knocked off his head and Allen fell to the ground trying to take a charge from Gasol. The Celtics are getting frustrated by the no-calls but emotions can't get in the way in close situations like this.
– Big Baby will not give up on his jumper and it finally paid off. He is one-for-seven from the field but his single shot put the Celtics up 109-108 … Spoke to soon. Davis got shot happy and attempted another J, which fell short and eventually resulted in two free throws by Odom.
– Looks like Fisher took a foot to the head courtesy of Rondo after the two chased after the ball. Fisher got whistled for the non-shooting foul. Another game-winner for Ray? Not this time. Lakers 110, Celtics 109.
Celtics-Lakers Game Blog: Fourth Quarter |
02.05.09 at 10:17 pm ET |
At the start of the fourth … Celtics 81, Lakers 77
For Paul's third quarter recap, click here.
Fourth Quarter Observations:
– The Celtics and Lakers have each hit 30 field goals. The Cs have a slight edge at the line (13 to 12) and behind the arc (eight to five). Their big advantage comes on the glass (35 to 29) and consequently off of fast breaks (17 to 11).
– Tony Allen vs. Sasha Vujacic: let the emotions start flowing.
– Trevor Ariza's having trouble guarding Pierce. He got whistled late in the third to boost the Celtics momentum and got called for another foul a minute into the fourth.
– Remember how Doc said Powe would break out of his slump? So far he has eight points and seven rebounds in 13 minutes.
– Doc has put the starters back in with 6:40 to go. The Lakers are going with their starters minus Walton/plus Vujacic. Odom is the problematic one tonight, not Kobe. He's gone to the line nine times, most recently drawing KG's fifth foul.
– Garnett fouled out on a controversial call with 4:22 left in the game and the Celtics up 95-93. Lakers don't have Andrew Bynum, Celtics don't have KG. Let's see who pulls it out without their bigs. Big Baby gets the nod for Garnett.
– During a timeout the entire Celtics bench was on their feet … except for KG. It must be killing him to be on the sidelines. Missing the game with the flu is one thing. Fouling out on a ticky-tack call is another.
– Celtics caught a break with a Lakers 24-second violation. Apparently Gasol thought the ball hit the rim while he looked for the open player. Doc's going for stops with Eddie House on the bench.
– Kobe, Paul, or Ray. Who's going for the big shots?
– Pierce's free throw tied it up at 101 apiece and the Celtics are facing overtime if they can't pull of a game-winner with seven seconds to go.
– And we're headed to OT.
Celtics-Lakers Game Blog: Third Quarter |
02.05.09 at 9:40 pm ET |
Very interesting half the Celtics just played. After settling for jump shots in the first, the bench came in and proceeded to not do a whole lot of anything. The lead for the Lakers was nine at one point, but then Eddie House caught fire and the starters played with renewed energy to take a 52-51 lead into the second half.
Kevin Garnett has not shown any effects of the flu so far, going for eight points and five rebounds, but Doc Rivers wasn't concerned how KG would start. He was worried about how he would finish.
Two numbers stuck out. After going 12 minutes with just two turnovers, the Celtics turned it over seven times in the second quarter, which reflected a more ragged pace. But they played well in the helter-skelter and dominated on the boards, out-rebounding the Lakers 14-6 and getting six offensive boards. Leon Powe gets a lot of that credit and he had one of his best stretched in recent memory
So, the stage is set for a memorable second half and we've got you covered.
Third Quarter Wrap: If you don't like this you just don't like basketball. Or sports. Or life in general. You never know how these things are going to play out. These things being heavily hyped regular season games in February, but this one has it all. Great shot-making, stars playing like stars and just enough of an edge to make an NBA highlight video someday.
The fourth quarter awaits.
Third Quarter Observations
— The Celtics are playing great defense to start things off. Even that 3-pointer by Derek Fisher was contested. They're going for the KO punch early.
— Love the way Pierce is standing up for Rondo right now.
— Got to give the Lakers credit here. The Celtics had them on the ropes and they've come right back. Kobe hasn't been as domineering as I thought he would be, which is actually good for LA.
— That was weird. Odom just slapped KG in the back. And now KG is an angry, angry man.
— Trouble for the C's as Rondo got his fourth. They need him tonight. I don't think Doc has confidence in putting Gabe Pruitt out there in this kind of an environment.
— Odom is all kinds of weirded out it seems. Someone's going to have to restore some order to this game. My vote is for Pierce. Strange, right? That's where he is right now as a player. He is the Celtics ballast.
— Bill Belichick is in the house tonight.
— A three-second call on Kobe. Well now I have seen everything. By the way, Kobe and Pierce are battling.
— It's a good move by Doc to keep Rondo out until he needs him but they have been out of sorts for the last few trips. They've gotten bailed out by a couple of good individual plays but the structure isn't there right now.
— If the Lakers lose this game they are going to be very very angry at themselves that they missed so many free throws. Also, that they didn't cover Eddie House.
Ray Allen: All-Star |
02.05.09 at 9:04 pm ET |
Ray Allen was driving to work when he got the news that he would be an All-Star for the ninth time in his NBA career. By the time he got to the Garden for Thursday night's game with the Lakers, he had already received a text message from Kevin Garnett and then congratulations from Paul Pierce. Whatever happens to any of the Celtics great players happens to all of them, which is exactly how the coach wants it.
"I like having those three guys together," Doc Rivers said. "To me, that's important."
For the second year in a row Allen was named as an injury replacement. This time he will be replacing Orlando point guard Jameer Nelson who is out with a torn labrum. The who, what and why mattered little to Allen who has been around the block enough times to know that no one remembers these things in the long run.
After all, Allen poured in 28 points in last year's game as an injury replacement. "There's one thing that has changed," Allen joked. "Doc is not the coach (of the All-Star team). I might be sitting on the bench."
Cleveland's Mike Brown has the honor this year (coaches can't work the game in consecutive years). "That's true," Rivers said. "I'm going to tell (Brown) to bench all three of our guys. That would be great."
In all seriousness, it was easy to see that Allen was very happy with the news.
"Elated. Ecstatic," was his reaction to the news. "Nine times for me. I think about where I've come from and all the things I've wanted to do in my career. It's a team game, but to be recognized as one of the best it's always an honor. I've always considered my time in this league to be a privilege. And to represent this franchise is also an honor."
Someone asked about LeBron James' comments that it wasn't fair that the Celtics and Magic had two representatives (now three) while the Cavs had only him. The obvious omission for LeBron was guard Mo Williams.
"I don't think this is about fairness," Allen said. "It's such an unbalanced equation when you're talking about the All-Star game. If it was Mo Williams I'd be happy for him. He's having an All-Star year."
If you want to talk fairness, it's hard to argue against Allen's inclusion, whose shooting percentages (497 FG, 410 3-point, 94 FT) are among the best in the league. Statistically he has been the Celtics best offensive player this season (both new age and old school).
"He's the most efficient two-guard in the league right now," Rivers said. "He takes less shots, but he makes them."
To which Allen echoed, "The game is played in so many different ways. Whatever I do well, I just do it and try to be consistent. No matter how many shots I get up; just be efficient."
In the weeks leading up to the selections, Allen stayed cool. He talked about taking his family on vacation and promised that he was not at all worried about it. But you could tell it meant a lot to him. "We'll talk about this for the rest of our lives," he said meaning himself, Pierce and Garnett. "This is all we have. The experiences, the memories and the time spent together."
Celtics-Lakers Game Blog: Second Quarter |
02.05.09 at 8:54 pm ET |
At the half … Celtics 52, Lakers 51
FIRST HALF WRAP: The Celtics found their momentum late in the first half to go up one in the closing seconds. Bryant leads all scorers with 13, but only three of those came in the second quarter. Pierce, Garnett, and Allen have combined for 38 of the Celtics 52 points. Rondo is solid, though, posting six points, five rebounds, and four assists. The Celtics bench has to get going in the second half because Kobe won't stay quiet for much longer.
For Paul's first quarter recap, click here.
Second Quarter Observations
– Celtics fans have not forgotten about Sasha Vujacic's emotional outbursts during the Finals. They booed loudly when he fouled Paul Pierce, but this time Vujacic kept his feelings in check.
– Leon Powe had a breakout game against the Lakers in June. This season, though, teams are paying closer attention and scouting him with a more watchful eye. As a result, Doc Rivers said Powe is going through pretty common struggles at this point in the season. However he guarantees Powe will break out of the slump.
– Down 31-22, Celtics fans are beginning to get restless. One guy behind me yelled out "Beat LA" with a sad desperation in his voice. Don't worry, it's only three minutes into the second quarter. There's still plenty of basketball to be played.
– Doc's trying to manage KG's minutes, waiting until 8:20 left to bring him back in. Garnett's on the floor with Ray Allen in hopes of giving the second unit a boost. So far the bench has contributed just one basket, coming from Powe.
– Take that back. Eddie House hit consecutive shots — a driving layup and a pull-up three — to bring the Celtics within four and prompt a Lakers timeout.
– A Lakers fan was shown on the Jumbotron taking a picture of another Lakers fan's (temporary?) tattoo. There is a pretty sizable sea of gold and purple here tonight.
– Gasol didn't get called for his first foul until 3:45 left in the half. The Celtics should be attacking the paint and drawing whistles. Josh Powell and Chris Mihm are hardly threatening against KG and Perk.
– In the crowd: Bill Belichik and Kevin Faulk (New England Patriots), Lofa Tatupu (Seattle Seahawks), Gosder Cherilus (Detroit Lions), Taylor Twellman and Brad Knight (New England Revolution), and Sudbury native Chris Evans (actor, "Fantastic Four").
– Boos already? Luke Walton's trey put the Lakers up by five with under two minutes to go in the half. The Lakers are shooting 52.5% from the field. The Celtics are shooting just 43%.
– A block by Paul Pierce on Derek Fisher followed by a putback from Perk has brought life back into the Garden. Everyone on the court touched the ball on that posession.
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Last Saturday I went to a crop with some friends and did a few layouts but none of them were finished. So Friday and Saturday this week I finished them up:
Journaling: Since you loved watching the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse so much, we decided this Choo-choo Express ornament was perfect for this year!
And I used some of the embellishments Gwen sent for me winning the Metal Challenge! Thanks Gwen!
Journaling: You and daddy had so much fun building and knocking down your new big blocks. Of course, daddy did the building and you did the knocking down with much enthusiasm!
Journaling:Snow! You loved being outside, even when it snowed. you thought it was great to run up and down the driveway. I was so scared you would trip and fall, but you could run down at full speed and never missed a step. No matter how cold you got, you screamed you head off when I made you go in!
these are great! i love the jack-zilla one! i love the snowflakes!
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Eileen is thrilled to announce that her book REMEMBER hits shelves February 24, 2015.
About the Book:
A thrilling tale about what a girl will do to get back a memory she lost…or remove what she wants to forget.
Harper is used to her family being hounded by protestors. Her father runs the company that trademarked the "Memtex" procedure to wipe away sad memories, and plenty of people think it shouldn't be legal. Then a new demonstrator crosses her path, Neil, who's as persistent as he is hot. Not that Harper's noticing, since she already has a boyfriend.
When Harper suffers a loss, she's shocked her father won't allow her to get the treatment, so she finds a way to get it without his approval. Soon afterward, she's plagued with strange symptoms, including hallucinations of a woman who is somehow both a stranger, yet incredibly familiar. Harper begins to wonder if she is delusional, or if these are somehow memories.
Together with Neil, who insists he has his own reasons for needing answers about the real dangers of Memtex, Harper begins her search for the truth. What she finds could uproot all she's ever believed about her life…
"Compelling combination of twisty mystery and realistic romance." (Cat Patrick, author of FORGOTTEN and JUST LIKE FATE)
Interview with Eileen
Where did the idea for Remember come from?
I'd read an article about some scientific experiments being done with memory. The scientists were looking for a way to reduce the difficulty war veterans have with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. It occurred to me if people could get rid of very traumatic memories, there would also be a market for people who wanted to get rid of all sorts of memories.
I began to wonder what types of things might go wrong once you begin messing around with someone's memory. It can be relatively easy to confuse what is a real memory from what someone might tell you happened. What if something you were sure was true, suddenly seemed to be uncertain, possibly a lie?
Once all these questions were swirling around in my head I knew I had a book- all I had to do is write it!
If the Memtex procedure existed is there any memory you would like to forget?
I think everyone has some memories they would like to forget, but even the difficult ones have shaped who I am so I'd have to hang on to them.
Tell us a behind the scenes story about writing the book.
I decided that I wanted the main character to ride horses competitively- a subject I know nothing about. I was lucky enough to have two close friends who grew up riding and were able to share all sorts of details and were willing to read early drafts to make sure I had things correct. Now I know more about saddles than I ever expected.
What are you working on now?
It's a thriller that involves Italy, a possible murder and two best friends who may be enemies. There's nothing better than writing a book that includes a research trip to Rome, Venice and Tuscany. I ate my weight in pasta, took thousands of pictures and wrote pages and pages of notes.
Hi everyone,
My good friend Melissa Landers has a new novella out and it's free! I absolutely adored ALIENATED, the first book in the series. Check out the new book in Melissa's own words:
UNTIL MIDNIGHT is here…and it's FREE!
Happy Holidays, everyone! I'm Melissa Landers, author of the Alienated series, and I have a present for you—a brand new e-short from Disney Hyperion!
UNTIL MIDNIGHT takes place onboard an intergalactic transport, soon after ALIENATED ends and before the sequel INVADED begins. The story details Aelyx and Cara's last day together before he returns to Earth to mend the alliance and she continues to his home planet. It's sweet and romantic, and as a bonus, it includes a four-chapter preview of the sequel, which releases February 3rd.
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BIO: Melissa Landers writes romantic science fiction for teens and the young at heart. To learn more, or just to say hello, visit her at www.melissa-landers.com
As writers, we know the basic process for writing a novel. Get idea –> Outline idea –> Dump a bunch of words into a document –> Revise those words until they shine –> Words now form a complete novel. But what you actually just did is complete the five processes of Project Management: Initiation , Planning, Executing, Monitoring & Controlling, Project Close.
That's right. Writing a novel is essentially a project. The deliverable at the end is the final draft. Over the next few weeks I'm going to talk about how applying traditional Project Management practices to the process of writing a novel can not only greatly increase your productivity, but also the quality of your output. I know a lot of writers are pantsers, but I am a HUGE planner, not just with outlining but with creating a schedule, identifying risks associated with the project (these can be anything from time constraints on writing to market risks, such as working on a concept in a dead genre), etc.
For today's post I'll just give a brief overview of each of the five processes and what you'll expect to do in them over the course of the next few weeks. Consider this a training course in prep for writing a novel, just in time for NaNoWriMo!
The pre-planning phase. It's where you define the basic characteristics of the project. For example, this might be where figure out the basic premise and decide it's worth pursuing. Part of the initiation phase is creating a "Business Case" which might look more like a pitch blurb you send to your critique partners to see if they like the idea.
Planning is where you do all the upfront work for your project. You gather the requirements here (aka research), you define the stakeholders (your beta readers), you outline, you create a schedule breaking up the work into smaller "batches" (aka scenes). You define the milestones (aka you want to send your agent the first 3 chapters by x date, for example). Here you identify the risks associated with your project (this might include similar titles already published or a certain structure that may be difficult to write, etc). We'll talk about this in more detail later.
Here is where you put your plan to work. Quite simply, here is where you get the stuff out of your head and put it to paper.
In Project Management, this is where you continue to oversee the project as a whole and make sure it's running smoothly. Here is where you Manage Stakeholder Engagement (aka sending to your CPs) Control Quality Assurance (revising based on feedback). Scope Verification (making sure you don't go over word count or have plot holes). Etc.
This is where you declare your draft is done and either send it to your agent, editor, or start querying! You would also create a Lessons Learned document so you can learn from your mistakes for the next novel.
So over the course of this blog series, I'll go through each Phase of Project Management and show you how to apply it to your own novel writing process to increase your success!
*Side note, I am a Project Manager at my day job and I've been trained in the Prince2 in the UK as well as the PMI in the US. In other words, I know my stuff!Hi future mentees! Just a few months ago, back in April, I was in your position entering contests to try to help me get a new agent. I found those contests so valuable that when I signed with an agent a month later, I wanted to "pay it forward" and help other writers get where they need to be. Now only a few months later, I've signed with the amazing Jim McCarthy at DGLM for a YA sci-fi. It's been a whirlwind and I intend to make the same whirlwind happen for you too!
For purposes of this contest, I'll be mentoring Adult and NA only. Don't worry, I'm an avid reader in both genres and I have both an NA and Adult manuscript in varying stages of revision.
Here's all the reasons why you want to pick me:
I work in digital publishing in NYC at a well-known publisher, so I know the ins and outs of the publishing world and how to take a manuscript from shitty first draft to so-good-even-commas-don't-need-editing.
Prior to working in publishing, I spent 8 years in the TV industry as a computer animator. It was often my job to come up with commercial concepts and write pitch treatments. I am excellent at writing pitch letters. My own queries had a nearly 95% request rate each time I queried. I've also critiqued tons of queries for writer friends and EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM went on to get an agent. This is totally because of me (okay, maybe it's because their books were awesome as well)! Anyway, I know how to take a query from confusing/shitty to make it sparkle in a way that forces an agent to sit up and pay attention.
I am a very editorial when it comes to critiques. I'll give you a big picture edit letter as well as line edits. I make a lot of comments. If something isn't working for me, I explain why it isn't working and offer suggestions on how to fix it when possible. I give compliments when appropriate as well but I don't sugar coat. My goal is to help you make your book as good as it can be, and therefore lying to you to stroke your ego will not do you any favors.
I've had not one but TWO books dedicated to me by authors I've critiqued. That's how valuable they found my edits!
I love to brainstorm and would be happy to discuss revisions with you. Sometimes talking it out and bouncing ideas off someone else is the best way to choose the right direction, not the wrong one.
In other words, here is my wish list!
- I especially love when genre fiction is combined with literary writing. Lush descriptions, gorgeous sentences, but also witty banter to round it all out. I'm a sucker for a great one-liner.
- I love bad boys who choose to turn good (Damon Salvatore, Spike, Logan Echolls, for example).
- I want to root for the protagonist and love interest to get together, but the romance should not be the main plot. It can be as subtle as a thread weaved throughout or a fully fledged subplot.
Adult Sci-fi
Sci-fi is my first love and I am eager to find the next great one! I'm looking for stuff that's more like ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND, INCEPTION, THE HOST, ORPHAN BLACK, IN TIME, etc and less STAR WARS, BLADE RUNNER, JURASSIC PARK, AVATAR. So basically, no interplanetary wars but yes to mind fucks! I prefer character-driven over plot-driven. Contemporary sci-fi or futuristic, both are a go. I'd love to find something with a really cool concept that hasn't been done before. I love books about technology that can do cool new things. Would love something in the vein of EXTANT (or in a similar vein, CONTACT by Carl Sagan).
Give me great relationships on top of the sci-fi elements, like Rose and Ten on Doctor Who, or even Sarah and her clone sisters on Orphan Black.
Anything goes really for me in sci-fi though virtual reality and aliens invasions aren't really my cup of tea (but I loved the unique spin on extraterrestrials that THESE BROKEN STARS had). I'd prefer to stay away from books involving mind-uploading since my YA sci-fi tackles that and I view it as a conflict of interest.
Retellings that fall under this category are welcome.
Adult Magical Realism
I am a big sucker for magical realism, something grounded in reality but with a slight magical twist. This can range from the contemporary fun type of magical realism (13 GOING ON 30, GROUNDHOG'S DAY) to the serious and beautiful (BENJAMIN BUTTON, ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE, LANDLINE by Rainbow Rowell, THE RETURNED by Jason Mott, LIFE AFTER LIFE by Kate Atkins, IMAGINARY GIRLS by Nova Ren Suma).
I'd love to find something that plays with novel structure or something really quirky. A voice that pops off the page will get you far with me. Wacky plots too. I'd prefer stories that are more grounded in contemporary than magic, with the magic just being the catalyst but not the plot driver (the above are all examples of this).
Retellings that fall under this category are welcome/
College-set Contemporary NA:
I'm interested in a romance set in college with a unique, high-concept hook. I want to be swept up in the story and root for the protagonist and love interest to get together. But I prefer some other plot or subplot that also drives the story besides the will-they-or-won't-they.
Voicey is best, as is 1st person POV (but it can be dual). I love books involving the arts. I'm not that into sports plots. I am interested in stories involving college Greek life (fraternities and sororities). I want to drool over your sexy love interest, but sexy can come from charisma OR brains. Nerdy love interests are hot too! I recently loved FANGIRL by Rainbow Rowell, and for an oldie but goodie (before NA was even a thing), I love I AM CHARLOTTE SIMMONS by Tom Wolfe. Light contemp NA is great. NA doesn't have to be all about sex.
Unfortunately, since the NA market thrives mostly on contemp, I will focus on that, but I love a good sci-fi, so if you wow me with one, I'm interested! Retellings are welcome as long as they are contemp but please no Pride and Prejudice.
Exceptions to the Above
If you have a mind fuck of a book that's outside the above categories, GONE GIRL, for example, or S by JJ Abrams and Doug Dorst, I might be the girl for you! I'm a big fan of Chuck Palahniuk-type books as well. FIGHT CLUB is one of my all-time faves (as well as his earlier works, SURVIVOR and INVISIBLE MONSTERS). I want something that breaks all the rules of the genre in a smart and unexpected way. Something that's never been done before. Something that will make be sit up and go WOW. Again, Adult or NA only.
I love a good mystery so keep me in mind for those!
- High Fantasy or Urban Fantasy (I might be willing to look at Contemp Fantasy as long as it's not too heavy on the fantasy-part).
- Paranormal
- Historical fiction other than a retelling
- Dystopian
- Gory violence
- Horror
- Religious themes
- Memoir
- Erotica or something that compares to "Fifty Shades of Gray"
- Contemporary that focuses only on marital problems
- Books involving mind-uploading (due to a conflict of interest in my YA sci-fi).
Please go to Brenda Drake's blog for instructions on how to submit to me. Personalized queries aren't allowed this year, but if you are interested in me, please shout out via twitter, the comments, or my email!
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FOREIGN EXCHANGE Cover Reveal and ISLA AND THE HAPPILY EVER AFTER Giveaway!
Here are a few of Denise's thoughts on Foreign Exchange and its cover…
I'm so incredibly excited to share my cover of Foreign Exchange with you! This book holds a very special place in my heart. I wrote it during a very difficult year of my life, and the characters and their stories were a real bright spot for me.
Because this book is so important to me, I'm giving away something VERY important to me to go along with this cover reveal. I was fortunate enough to receive an early copy of the highly-anticipated Isla and the Happily Ever After by one of my all-time favorite authors, Stephanie Perkins. ISLA and Foreign Exchange are both romances with swoon-worthy boys, and they're both set partially in Europe. So I want one lucky person to receive my advanced copy of ISLA in to get you excited for Foreign Exchange!
Read on, check out my cover, and read the first chapter of Foreign Exchange below. It'll all help you in earning extra entries to win my copy of Isla and the Happily Ever After!
And here is the beautiful cover…
Jamie Monroe has always played it safe. That is, until her live-for-the-moment best friend, Tristan, jets off to Italy on a student exchange program. Left alone with her part-time mother and her disabled brother, Jamie discovers that she is quite capable of taking her own risks, starting with her best friend's hotter-than-hot older brother, Sawyer. Sawyer and Tristan have been neighbors for years, but as Jamie grows closer to the family she thought she knew, she discovers some pretty big secrets.
As she sinks deeper into their web of pretense, she suspects that her best friend may not be on a safe exchange program at all. Jamie sets off to Europe on a class trip with plans to meet up with Tristan, but when Tristan stops all communication, suddenly no one seems trustworthy, least of all the one person she was starting to trust—Sawyer.
"Foreign Exchange is a fresh contemporary YA that will keep readers compulsively turning pages until the very end. Combining international intrigue with a steamy forbidden romance makes for a can't miss read."
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The last few weeks have been pretty insanely awesome for me, both from a writing-standpoint and a day job standpoint. I've tweeted about most of this news, but I haven't posted it here yet. So, here are some fun newsy updates from me.
1. I have a new agent!
A few weeks ago I signed with Jim McCarthy of Dystel and Goderich! I'm super excited to be working with him. I love his revision ideas for my YA sci-fi and I can't wait to get started on revisions.
The query process ended up being a bit untraditional for me and happened relatively fast (basically about a month from first query to offer). I only sent 5 unsolicited queries (Jim was one of them) though I had roughly 15 full or partial requests from contests (I participated in #PITMAD, #RTSLAP, The Writer's Voice, and Nest Pitch). I ended up with two offers of rep from two awesome agents (and all of this happened while at BEA!). Yay for a new agent!
2. I'm going to be a Pitch Wars mentor!
I'm ridiculously excited about this and I can't wait to pay it forward since I had such a great time entering contests last month. More info about this in the next few weeks.
3.Day job funtimes!
I got a promotion at work! I'm now officially a Project Manager instead of an Associate Project Manager. Woohoo!
Woohoo! June has been very kind to me so far!
This post was one of my most popular last year, and with BEA upon us again next week, I thought I'd repost it. But with some new additions! The additions will be written in blue.
For a first time attendee, BEA (Book Expo America) can be overwhelming. This will be my sixth year attending the conference and over the past few years, I've developed a list of tips for surviving and enjoying BEA. (Please note I'm attending via my day job, so I'll be wearing my professional Digital Publisher hat as well as my Book Lover hat.)
1. Make a schedule.
Anyone who has gone with me to BEA in the past knows how much I love schedules. I include every possible thing I want to see–whether it's an autographing session, a conference session, or a galley giveaway. I also include stuff I'm not interested in myself but I know my friends might be. I always carry extra copies because there's always someone who never thought to bring a schedule. And yes, I schedule lunch too. (More on that in a bit.)
Print separate schedules for each day to limit what you need to carry. I usually leave the follow days' schedules in my suitcase.
2. Don't get to the Javits on time.
Get there either really early so you're first in line (like 7:30/8) or get there late so you miss the line entirely. Arriving on time means you'll be stuck on a ridiculously long line.
If you're going with friends, designate someone each morning to be the "place holder." They arrive early and hold spots for others. Please limit this to only 2-3 people though and make sure you let the people behind you on line know you have others joining you. People may see this as frowned upon, but I guarantee everyone on line is doing it.
3. Get coffee before you get to the Javits center.
Avoid the on site Starbucks! The line there is longer than any other autographing line in the entire conference!
I usually eat on my walk to the Javits (from Penn Station) or while waiting in line. Yay for multi-tasking!
4. Check a suitcase but carry a backpack plus tote bags.
Schedule in periodic drops to the suitcase to lighten your carrying load. I think checking a suitcase for the day is $3 and overnight is $10. I usually leave the suitcase overnight one night so I don't have to lug it around to parties since I commute into the city from NJ.
Leave a bottle of water in your suitcase so you don't have to carry it on the floor. Alternatively, bring an empty bottle of water and fill it up as necessary at the water fountains.
5. Eat lunch early or late.
The Javits is expensive (for non-NYC standards. If you're from NYC, then the food there is reasonably priced!). And crowded. I suggest either eating lunch either at 11am or after 2pm. From 11:30-1:30, you won't get a seat and you'll spend an hour on line anyway. Alternatively, bring a power bar or a snack. There's nothing around the Javits to eat at unless you walk several blocks away (or eat at the gross McDonald's nearby).
The shortest line always seems to be the BBQ place, so get in the mood now!
6. Be selective.
Don't take every galley you see just because you can. Don't be greedy. Take only the ones you know you will read, leave the rest for others. The conference is mainly for librarians and booksellers, not readers (except on BookCon maybe).
Don't forget the panels and conference sessions either. They are often informative and entertaining and well worth skipping a line to see.
7. Get to autographing lines early.
And I mean EARLY. I often lined up an hour before certain authors I knew would have long wait times. I have never seen an autographing line without a long wait. If you want a book, plan in advance for it.
While I suggested saving spots on the opening line above, savings spots in autographing lines is a no no. Don't do it. Everyone who wants the book needs to wait in line the entire time.
8. Dress to your standard of comfort but look professional.
I've seen other BEA tips lists suggest wearing sneakers. I'm not going to suggest that. I've never worn sneakers to the convention, even two years ago when I attended at 9-months pregnant. Yes, you will be standing nearly all day. But that doesn't mean you have to wear sneakers. Wear cute flats or sandals, something you can stand in all day. I always wear a dress. I never wear jeans.
I find Toms to be the best shoes to wear. They are cute but comfortable and look more professional than sneakers.
9. Carry business cards
They don't have to be super fancy or graphic designy, but you will want something to hand out to all the people you meet. Otherwise how will they find you? After all, you should be networking. Which brings me to…
Write your twitter name on your badge so people know how to find you easily!
10. Network!
You're among your kind at BEA: other book lovers! Start a conversation with the people next to you on line. You clearly have the same interests. I've made great friends at BEA that I've kept in touch with.
But don't pitch agents or publishers. This is not the time or the place.
11. Avoid twitter.
Otherwise you'll drain your phone battery. Plus, you want to be present at the conference, not with your nose to your phone all day. (We'd all prefer you with your nose to a book you picked up!)
You won't find outlets at the Javits unless you have access to one of the lounges. I generally bring two phones, my personal one and my work blackberry, and I leave the blackberry turned off so when I need to call my husband to pick me up at the train later, I have a phone that actually works still.
12. Get a Taxi on 10th ave or 9th ave, not in front of the Javits
You will be waiting forever if you try to snag a taxi in front of the Javits, but if you just walk a block or two, you'll have your pick of taxis.
Except during Taxi turn over time, generally around 4-5pm. The day time taxis are done for the day and the night time taxis don't start yet. It's harder to find a taxi during this time. Utilize the free buses the Javits provides. Last year I took one to the Marriott Marquis and then walked only three blocks to Port Authority instead of the bazillion blocks it would have been.
13. Don't be afraid of the subway
Seriously, it won't bite. It's not that complicated to navigate with since most trains run straight up and down. Trust me, I take the subway every day to work and I'm still in one piece!
But the subway won't help you if you need to go across town.
14. Enjoy the people as well as the books
My fave part of BEA is hanging out with my writing/book-loving friends who I don't get to see the rest of the year. I always come back exhilarated about writing and reading thanks to our conversations and the general atmosphere of being in a place where everyone loves and appreciates books. Remember to have fun.
15. End the weekend with a pedicure.
Your feet will hurt. Treat yo'self!
REVERSE is an 80k YA Sci-fi in the vein of BIG BANG THEORY meets BENJAMIN BUTTON.
Normal after school jobs are overrated, so seventeen-year-old Arden Varga steals her classmates' memories and sells them to other students. Who wouldn't pay top dollar for a night as the homecoming queen? Arden's making serious bank until someone from her school for science geniuses hacks her mind-uploading app and erases her memories' greatest hits. Vivid flashbacks rip her out of the present and dump her into past mistakes she never wanted to relive. Those forgotten experiences all feature a boy named Sebastian Cuomo, a rival classmate who breaks into school to do homework and makes even quantum physics sound sexy. Unfortunately he can't remember her either, but the past reveals they've been harboring a secret time manipulation project together…and a secret relationship.
As they team up to investigate how to stop the disruptive flashbacks, who carved out their minds, and what they mean to each other, the hacker uses their secret app to make time itself go backward. With the clock counting in the wrong direction and time keeping Arden in the past longer and longer, she must find the culprit before she's trapped forever living life in reverse.
My work has finaled in the RWA "Get Your Stiletto In The Door" contest and the RWA North Texas's "Great Expectations" contest. My short stories have appeared in various literary magazines such as ShatterColors Literary Review and The Hiss Quarterly. I studied creative writing at Syracuse University under Junot Diaz and Mary Gaitskill, and I now work at a well-known educational publisher in NYC where I oversee the creation of tablet apps, eBooks, and other digital products.
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The problem with stealing other people's memories is you start to lose the difference between what's theirs and what's yours. Luckily, I know how to exploit that—as long as the teachers don't find out, anyway. Normal after-school jobs are overrated when you have a secret during-school-business.
I flip through a list of cataloged memory files on my mind-uploading app as a line of students snakes away from me, each one wanting to buy a different experience. Charlotte Marion, my partner in crime, doles out numbers as if the students are waiting in line at the deli. Once they receive a number, they disperse across the courtyard and mill about like strangers trying to act normal before they break out in a Flash Mob.
"I need the answers to the Organic Chem homework." The first customer out of thirty lifts a tablet, revealing a mess of stylus-created scribbles on top of complicated math problems.
Charlotte holds out her palm, indicating ten bucks. The girl shifts her weight from foot to foot, skirt swishing around bare legs. Dark clouds swirl in the washed out sky, turning the mirrored building in front of us into a sheet of gray. Cold and clinical, more like an office building than a high school for science geniuses.
Charlotte nudges my shoulder until my lips pop open. "Number two!" I yell, tapping my stiletto on the concrete path.
The customer hands me the cash, and I get to work selling the girl someone else's stolen memory.
Today is my sister's wedding anniversary (and by typing this, hopefully I will actually remember to wish her a happy anniversary today) but it's also Day 26 check-in!
I'd like to give away another prize from our huge prize arsenal today! Today's winner is…
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We're in the final stretch, folks! Only a few days left to meet those goals. In keeping with the "S" theme, today's topic is success. Specifically, success when you aren't successful.
For those of you who reached your goals, you are awesome! And those of you who didn't, you are also awesome! Because March Madness success does not necessarily mean completing what you set out to do. Every word you write toward your goal is progress and that progress is an achievement. I don't know about you, but I count any achievements as a form of success. Without those, I'd have less words and more importantly, I'd be further from completing my goal than I am now.
Because, WIPsters, I will not complete my goal this month. I realize now it was too lofty to try to do an entire book overhaul in 31 days. I am likely going to end up 2/3 of the way done, which is great! I'm proud of that progress. Halfway through this month I realized I was going in the wrong direction and I had to backtrack a few chapters, so even though I dumped a lot of words and a lot of time, I needed to write those wrong ones to find the right ones.
So maybe, like me, you reached to far with your goals. Or life got in the way. Or you changed your mind or your heart. That's okay. Because you still started your goal, which is just as important as finishing it.
How do you measure success if you are not successful at your original goal? Do you change your self-imposed deadline date once March is over or keep going as you are now?
And, of course, how did you do this week? I can't wait to hear your progress!
Hello WIPsters! I can't wait to hear about your progress this week. But first, I'd like to give away another prize from our huge prize arsenal today! Today's winner is…
Candilynn Fite!
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Two weeks ago I discussed scheduling. Last week setbacks. Continuing with the "S" theme, today's topic is SPRINTS. As in writing sprints.
Dear WIPsters, these are my savior. They encourage me to write when I'm too busy, too tired, too excited by a fun twitter conversation. They force me to focus. They hold me accountable.
So what are they exactly?
15 minute intervals of focused writing. No Internet. No television. No day job work. Strap that child in a high chair and ignore her. (Okay, maybe not that last one.) I user timeanddate.com/timer to set a 15 minute countdown clock.
But what fun would a sprint be without people to hold you accountable? The key for me is that two of my critique partners, Chandler Baker and Jen Hayley, are on gChat all day with one. Throughout the day, one of us will initiate a sprint. If it wasn't me who initiated, then often it pushes me to get a bit of writing in when I otherwise wasn't planning to. Plus we hold each other accountable by reporting our progress after each sprint.
I tend to be more productive in each 15-minute sprint than I am during a solid two hour block of writing. Therefore, if you're having trouble making progress, I suggest you split up your writing into small increments throughout the day and see how it helps.
Do you write in large chunks or small chunks? Once per day or throughout? And how is everyone doing on your progress?
I finally made it past the chunk of chapters I was stuck on for a while and the next few chapters should be smooth sailing. Yay!


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Continental Man 5pts Let's get back to basics, build real automobiles again.Try rear wheel drive for a change.A GT with natural gas would be a big winner if only we could re-fuel it.For that matter all Ford's could be natural gas.
NRac 5pts I agree with Imnahole, also I say build a EcoBoost hybrid with all-wheel drive for a new GT40 but it is really necessary for the new Ford Focus RS. So, what Ford needs more than anything in this world are flexible AWD car platforms with EcoBoosts for global cars like the Fiesta and Focus!!!
glorifiedvw73 5pts Wasn't Ford playing with an updated version of the Cobra Dayton a few years back? If they are going to do a Hybrid don't sacrifice performance. I see a TT 5.0 with the Fusion Hybrid electical pack, Start stop feature the ability to slow cruise on pure electric but still having 600hp before the Hybrid packaging
stanczyk 5pts Yeah Ford needs sth special (GM has Vette , Chrysler - Viper.. ), GT40 or Shelby Cobra 427:) GM has Vette , Chrysler - Viper.. What they are waiting for? .until CAFE stupid regs hit car-enthusiast..?"highly fuel-efficient, or electric, low-/no-emissions "green" model." -> WTF !...are they all crazy !stop this bullshit...!
D-Wag 5pts A lot of companies use these super-cars to showcase and get real world testing and response of their newest technologies that trickle down into their lineup, similar to the NSX with VTEC. Ferrari and Porsche are both doing this, granted that their financial situation is better. I say do it. It just might do some good for them and us.
mkee87 5pts The reason companies make halo cars such as the 918 spyder and amg sls plugin is to develop new technologies that will eventually spread out to its volume cars, meanwhile gaining publicity and having the consumer recoup the development costs with there astronomical price tags.
Imnahole 5pts For a halo, start simple. I say give us a brand new off the chain Focus RS SRT or whatever moniker they slap on it. Just give it AWD 400HP and some bad ass carbon fiber hood and body parts. Something priced where their constituants can afford it. Shit, give us a 450HP AWD Fusion already.
ArtRios87 5pts a 5.0 twin turbo base on the ford gt architecture pushing 700 ponies to the real wheels would be a dream come true but then again I am ok with what ford has and will have in the near future. The ecoboost and 5.0 f150 the v6 5.0 and gt500 mustang, the fiesta, the upcoming focus, the explorer, and the edge.
cvguy 5pts As many have said...1. Make sure your financial house is in orderand my two cents...2. Make sure it is a TRUE HALO car..not just some limited production show car with nothing in common with the rest of the line, and no way to reach it. A HALO car should be a regular production car that owners can aspire too, something attainable; 1200 unit, $200,000 cars are not HALO cars if the bulk of your fleet is priced at $40,000 or less. Look...I think the GT was a cool car and all...but it was all but useless as a "Car", had nothing at all but an engine block in common with anything else in the lineup, and was unattainable unless you were in line years before it rolled out and your name was Jay Leno.What FORD needs is a Corvette, GT-R, 911 fighter...something usable, under $80,000, and most of all produced in enough numbers so it is profitable while maintaining it's HALO status.
meyeste 5pts Dear Ford, the volt is a joke that makes no economic sense even with the significant taxpayer provided subsidies that Obama Motors is providing. What I'd really, really like is a 3.7 & 5.0 powered sedan based on the Mustang. Or even a stretched 2+2 'stang I can get my kids into without worrying about amputating their legs should I move the seat back.
MrTriTanium 5pts Just use an Ecoboost V6 delivering 450+ hp powering the wheels, and a hybrid electric system powering the front. It's a hybrid and the Ecoboost can be turned off when not needed. To save money Ford should improve the old GT, the chassis, componets, etc, all while spending less money on the new GT and also incorporating R&D for a car in the future. Plain ans simple.
The Chosen One 5pts I have to say no. Bringing back the GT, no matter how good, will tarnish it's legacy as a limited, heritage-inspired supercar. I'd much rather see them take the "Cadillac CTS-V" approach with a (RWD) Lincoln.
s54b32 5pts I would vote for a Ford GT with a 150 hp per liter v8. A car with an electric motor at each wheel is a great concept that needs to be developed, however, a v8 would be more traditional to the GT40's heritage.
92Vectra1.6i 5pts Ford should take a current GT and equip it with a 450 horsepower 3.7 liter EcoBoost. See how it does economy wise and go from there.If it can get acceptable economy and the tooling still exists,great, make a new GT,but spending R&D money on a new GT is a loser.I personally think they should be working on a Falcon/Crown Victoria/Town Car/Mustang replacement platform, along with replacements for the Ranger and Econoline. I fail to see how the new F-150 will beat the current Ranger as an economical truck. No matter how hard they try, 20 mpg average is the limit for the current F-150 without a hybrid or diesel power plant.
fivepointno 5pts The problem I'm seeing with this is that the "beautiful people" who would want a 100+K green car would simply buy an Audi or Porsche. They're not the type of people who buy Fords. Look at who bought the GT and who buys corvettes, this is your market and they DO NOT GIVE A RAT ABOUT BEING GREEN. These are your very wealthy contractors, etc. rich people who usually have a blue collar upbringing. In fact they probably wouldn't even want it if it was a v6 i.e. ecoboost. So Ford, ah my love hate relationship with you. You build some of the most badass and uncompromised cars around i.e. Mustangs, trucks, Falcon. But then you let popular sentiment sway you into killing cars like the Panthers, the GT, etc. so stop listening to all of these idiots and build what your customers want. Not some idiot columnust in the New York Times or in the Obama Administration who would never buy it anyways...
getoffmylawn 5pts Follow the Nissan GT-R's formula-- dial up the boost on the twin-turbo EcoBoost V6. 500 hp/500 lb ft sounds good for a new halo car
everdream 5pts they should make something along the lines of the Cobra concept with a tuned 3.5L TT 425hp Standard and a 5.0TT 540hp optional, have it priced in line with the Corvette / Zo6 for the 5.0TT model... it'll sell and make money.i agree with everyone saying they should clean up the rest of their lineup prior, but highly disagree with making a uber-lincoln... just look at all the hate the LFA got, a "hot rod lincoln" would be scrutinized even more!
bjtheskier 5pts please don't make a hybrid sports car... i would like to see an modern cobra with super-ecoboost v6... 25 mpg is highly efficient for a super car...
blackstallion4209 5pts i kinda expected this. transit connect has an EV version, although thats kind of unrelated. i really hope it has an ecoboost 6 maybe even 4 in it. the eco6 in a ~3200lbs aerodynamic car could probably get some good MPGs over the Taurus.
AMeddaugh 5pts @MKVElectric engines make more torque then gasoline engines.If tuned for speed Electric/Gasoline are perfect together. Diesels have power but they're not really better performance wise.
MkVGTI 5pts I think they should take a step back, think for a few minutes, then scratch their balls, then think a bit more, and decide to power it with a supercharged 5.0. I can't stand the idea of incorporating electric motors and batteries into a performance car. It doesnt make sence and when you look at the whole picture, it is worse for the environment than a car that runs on gas. If you want to do a green preformance car use a twin turbo diesel and an 8 speed double clutch gearbox as the drive line.
The Heartbeat of America 5pts if they are going to make it a hybrid, make it so that the electtric motor has a lot of torque and have the engine make up in the horsepower figures. In other words, I want the electric motor to help acceleration and have the engine make the top end speed.is that possible? make it so Ford!
63a351c 5pts I HATE THE IDEA NOW. The only green thing id like is a 5.0 or 5.4, better the 6.2 mod with dohc heads ( remember fpv in aus was speaking of some way back ) with a refined Ecoboost program, to run bigger turbos direct injection and alot of boost. Make it have like 650-700 hp. Put all that on a fresh high strength light weight mid-engine rwd platform. Just dont make it look lame, make it look classy, but strong and aggressive.
AMC_CJ 5pts I say make a super-luxury car with a Lincoln badge. Give a nice splash of retro to it. Or a 32'Ford inspired sports car with a 5.0 in it. Please for god sakes no stupid hybrid or green car.
valdaviper1 5pts i think a lincoln mustang or thunderbird variant would be great instead. something to give the corvette/xlr a run for its money.. a luxury convertible with the 5.0 would be great, heck make it a turbo or hybrid variant, but something that could give them a halo car status.
SKOOLbusDRIVER44 5pts I agree with fivepointno.This car shouldn't be green. It needs to compete with ZR1's, Ferrari 599's, and etc. If they could make it green and perform with the best of them fine, but if they can't do both don't go green.I also agree with everyone who said they need to fix Lincoln. Lincoln is a hot mess. Cadillac is dominating them right now. CTS', SRX, and Escalade are gobbling up domestic luxury market share. It might not be true but as often as I drive on the freeway, I see more Caddy's on the road than Lincolns. They need to fix Lincoln.
minichops 5pts Or a Ford supercar, since Chevy and Dodge will have their new offerings out by 2013. Otherwise, Ford will once again drop back into the black curtain.Those board members are dumb heads. Green...theyre full of it. 10 liter quad-turbo V12. NO MPG!
minichops 5pts I agree with Relish. That halo car needs to be a Lincoln, anchoring its new lineup. Make it extravagent, just like Cadillac will be doing with their up-and-coming halo car.Try it with a jet engine.
fivepointno 5pts NO NO NO!I'm so sick of this b.s. green nonesense. People flocked in droves to buy the Ford GT that got 11mpg of premium why would they have any trouble selling one. This car should have the 7.0 version of the new Boss motor with twin turbos making around 1,000hp. Give it different tune levels that can be switched in the computer by the user. For road courses you would probably only want about 600-700hp depending on how well it grips. For messing around and drag racing, dial it all the way up to 1,000. Just my .02 though.
608gamer07 5pts Revive the T-Bird and throw a Lincoln badge on it and put 450 under the hood with the 5.0L. Making a hybrid GT shouldn't be a priority right now.
thechief21 5pts Because that's how you want to spend your money, when you have an entire division, Lincoln, that blows?Wouldn't be my choice of how to spend $$.
ducman43 5pts just update the gt platform and put a 5.0 tt with 600-650hp in it. eborit - they are already working on a rwd platform, i think it is coming out in 2014 under the new mustang but will be used at Lincoln, and other ford rwd applications in Australia, Europe, etcalso, i like when a manufacture makes something special(expensive), it can be a test bed of new technology, i just wish they would keep the hybrid out of it.
eborit 5pts What ford needs more than anything is a new flexible rwd car platform. With the death of the panther cars, I believe the mustang is now the only rwd car in the entire US lineup. Lincoln and mustang both need a new rear-drive platform for their next generation cars to be successful. If this is an excuse to get some of the engineering out of the way towards that end, great. If it is even wild speculation because someone inside ford said that a new supercar would be a possiblility with the new rear drive platform they are (hopefully) developing, great. If this is just a hybrid GT40, they need to have their heads examined.
true_enthusiast 5pts Too soon. Ford still has plenty of work to do. They don't need to chase Ferrari right now. Fixing Lincoln should be a higher priority.
Relish 5pts Ford is fixing what I've always said is their biggest problem: letting their competitive cars go too long between upgrades, letting them drift to the back of the pack and squandering brand value (Taurus, Focus). I agree with the others that getting their house in order is the most important job, and they seem to be doing just that.When they're ready for a halo car, I hope it's a Lincoln.
ramstrine 5pts ^^I agree with bbkk. Although I think its exciting Ford is brainstorming a halo car, I say get the house in order before investing in a halo car.
bbkk 5pts I say, continue to clean up your financial issues like you have been for awhile now. First, focus on high-volume profit-making cars, and then work on a halo supercar in the future. As much as I'd like to see a supercar come out of Ford, I think they have several other higher priorities right now than to think about a low ROI supercar.
Tibbz 5pts Hmm two versions would be nice5.0 Twin Turbo (mmmmmmMMmm) and a 3.7 TT Hybrid version, hell or maybe even a partnering with Tesla
minichops 5pts I say build a supercar with every single powertrain available on one chassis so it's rediculous and no one will buy it.


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John J. Pitney Jr.: Will voters kick out all incumbents in 2012?
John J. Pitney Jr. is the Roy P. Crocker professor of government at Claremont McKenna College. He is coauthor of "American Government and Politics: Deliberation, Democracy, and Citizenship."
...Although it's theoretically possible that the electorate could turn against incumbents of both parties, such a result would be unprecedented in the modern era.
When large numbers of lawmakers go down, the bulk of the losses come from one party or the other. It's even harder to picture a situation where voters would oust both Mr. Obama and the Republican majority in Congress. Other election scenarios are more plausible.
The Truman
The first is the Truman 1948 scenario. That is, a feisty president rallies support, wins an upset victory, and restores his party to power on Capitol Hill. But as political scientist Brendan Nyhan has pointed out, it's a myth that Harry S. Truman won because of his "give 'em hell" style. He won because the economy was doing well for most of 1948, and Democrats had a big lead in party identification.
Neither of those conditions seems likely for 2012....
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Electronic vouchers (or eVouchers for short) can be bought for specific treatments or stays and do not represent reservation of a particular time slot.
You will need to contact the venue directly to book in before your eVoucher expires (so keep an eye on that date) and must print your order email to take to the venue as proof of purchase.
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