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Encouraging Your Students to Engage in Deeper Thinking
The following is an excerpt from my new book, 'Tween Crayons and Curfews: Tips for Middle School Teachers. In the unabridged chapter, I explore specific cross-curricular lessons and activities that teachers can use to help encourage metacognition, think aloud, and storytelling as a means to teach commentary and deeper thinking. This excerpt argues why storytelling is a valuable tool in any classroom, and also gives a word of caution for teachers who use this important strategy.
Did you ever see Kevin Costner's film, Dances with Wolves? Remember that wolf that tentatively skirted around the outside of the soldier's camp, searching for attention? Remember how many times we had to sit through seeing Costner try to coax that wolf towards him to eat from his hand? Well, getting a tween to share their thoughts, to make connections to their content, is kind of like that. We have to coax them. Not with beef jerky, but with your own thoughts and commentary. Then you'll have them eating from your hand, and when they begin to listen to the hand that feeds them, they will begin to learn how to think for themselves.
Our thoughts and commentary must occasionally come from our own archive of anecdotes. Children aren't born knowing how to make decisions. You have to model it for them, and middle schoolers are more likely respond to lessons hidden in the anecdotes of your outside life than those stated on some poster hanging in your room or stated in some entry from the textbook.
Now, I don't mean you need to share so much that you invite your 250 students over for Thanksgiving dinner, but I do mean you should tell them about how to cook a turkey. Better yet, share how you once burned the bird and ended up making a Stouffer's Lasagna. Thus, you've modeled both flexibility and the ability to problem solve while laughing at yourself.
What you share models your own thought process, and from there you can train students to exploit their own stories, thoughts, and musings to help create a deeper understanding of the subject matter. Creating a classroom culture of storytelling leads to deeper connections, deeper commentary, and ultimately higher achievement. It is a version of Think Aloud, a strategy many elementary teachers use faithfully, yet an all-important process underutilized by many of us in the secondary levels.
However, a word of caution: I'm only talking about selected stories of your past. Use the power of storytelling wisely and it will also model to your students a higher standard of commentary. Be smart. Be the adult in the room.
Make sure you follow some guidelines when you are sharing stories of your past or present:
1. Don't share anything you wouldn't tell a person to their face. When I teach persuasive debate and counterargument, I always choose to share the fact that my husband and I fight over the TiVo remote. The point is, I don't mind if my husband knows I'm sharing this particular ongoing bicker.
2. Be smart. They don't need to know everything you did in college. Surely you can find another example from somewhere in your life to model the lesson of not doing what the masses tell you besides that asinine moment where you learned the hard way not to jump off a roof into a pool.
3. Make sure that your anecdote connects to the material. Non-sequitors are no fun, and students will know if you just like to hear yourself talk.
4. Make sure your story has a message. We don't have instructional time to waste. Let your students know that even their lives have themes; they just need to pay attention to their own tales.
By sharing your appropriate anecdotes and your real-time Think Aloud, you can then ask students to freeze their tickertape, that continuous dialogue that quietly comments on everything around them, and analyze it, capture it, articulate it, and even reflect back as to how that thought came to be in their head.
And it all starts by being willing to be the first storyteller in the room.
Just remember, teaching deeper thinking is something you can't merely do once and expect the results of deeper awareness of thought. After all, just as you can't go to the gym one time, work out your glut once, and expect a firm derrière, you can't just do one activity that activates students' stories and Think Aloud and expect a deeper thinker. If your modeling and sharing isn't constant and honest, then their willingness to "go there" for you won't reveal itself.
Tap into and share your stories, your background knowledge, and your thinking process, and you will be modeling how students can tap into their own brain as well.
Heather's book is available at the Web site Eye on Eye Education Publishing and on Amazon.
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It's hard to talk about your personal experiences without inadvertently injecting some political or social commentary/lesson. I agree - the life experience of a middle school student can be vicariously enhanced with this method, but it's very easy to cross the line. Drawing from literature, historical and current events can work too. I recall in school often wondering "where is he going with this?" when a teacher used a personal story, and often the answer was -- nowhere, really...
You cannot teach deeper thinking. Only encourage it. It has been said that the most important things in life cannot be taught. I believe that's absolutely true. Besides that, great article, this truly is a lesson every teacher needs to get a grip on.
I use this strategy in my Character Education class. I have one class and we discuss a wide range of characteristics. I use personal examples, of which I am careful not to be too personal, which then opens the doors for the students to begin sharing their experiences with this situation as well. It makes them feel comfortable in my classroom knowing that I may have experienced similar feelings/issues as they are currently going through. It then opens the door for them to reflect on their situations and share with the class.
I am currently taking a course for which I am researching methods of managing the behavior of middle school students. In my research, I found that this type of personal connection also has a positive impact on behavior. While students are exploring their own thoughts through stories and anecdotes, they are also building a connection with the teacher.
I was attracted to this article because I want my students to understand that we all make mistakes. Also, I want to understand the appropriate ways to interact and help my students learn through my experiences. I have used this strategy when explaining my trips to Washington D.C. or Gettysburg when they pertain to my curriculum. I also have used this strategy to explain tips or examples of how I learned the 50 states. Deeper thinking or "thinking outside of the box" is something I love to see in my students. Any way that I can help my students learn or encourage them to think in such a way is beneficial in my instruction. The guidelines were helpful and important when using examples to expand deeper thinking.
I strongly agree with your message of using stories to help kids connect to the content and to you as a teacher. I think back to my favorite history teachers and the one thing they all had in common is that they made history come alive with their ability to tell stories about the content that also connected to everyday problems we faced as students.
In my own teaching I have found that the more "entertaining" and real I can make the content the more likely it is that students will enjoy the class and buy into what we are doing. The biggest drawback I have found in relation to this method is that sometimes the students can get me off track and on some sort of tangent and I end up not finishing everything I originally planned on covering... I try not to let it bother me too much though because even if I didn't accomplish every detail I intended I can recognize the students gaining valuable knowledge and being interactive in the class.
I have often tired to engage my students in higher thinking, I have tired many different ways but none of them seem to work for me. I am glad there are some steps that I can follow to help them think on a higher level. I find students like to take the easy way out. This is going to be a great opportunity for me to try with all my lovely students.
I can relate to how using personal experiences can lead to more in-depth thinking. I find that teaching in an urban environment, this is a tool needed to open lines of communication and promote relationships with my students. I have found that when my students "feel" that you, as a teacher, are "touchable" or "relateable," then tend to open up more and want to perform more. I like the idea.
I also like the ideas given here. It is sometimes hard to get the higher thinking from students in mathematics. It is a subject that many students struggle with and dislike because they find it hard. I believe that by engaging students with personal experiences in math, it can really keep the students motivated and understand how math is applicable to their everyday lives. By doing this, I feel that students can achieve that deeper thinking.
Work-classwork,homework,quizzes, and tests should be structured around a six step process:
1.Remember(then build upon the previous steps)
Furthermore, students should be encouraged to learn about multiple intelligences and figure out which way they naturally learn best and incorporate it into the learning process.


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Hi, i've just looked it up and apparently you can get orphenadrine on its own! I didn't realise. In a guide i've just read it says it isn't under the controlled drugs act so can be bought otc apparently.
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The innocuous sounding name and the lack of a sign out front are part of the plan to absorb some of the Back Bay's inherent charm.
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The only touch diners might recognize from Match is the huge fireplace along the back wall. "We were like, 'We can't get rid of this 12-foot-wide fireplace,' so we framed it, made it look like a mantle you would have in a Back Bay residence. That's also how the name stuck," says Tsourianis.
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After struggling mightily during a lengthy skid, St. Louis' hitters have heated up in a big way to start this month.
Things might get a little trickier against the hottest team in baseball.The Cardinals open a key four-game set Monday night against the Los Angeles Dodgers, who hope to have their top two hitters available as they look to extend the NL's longest road winning streak in 56 years to 15.St. Louis (65-45) batted .183 and scored 10 runs during a seven-game losing streak to end July but has changed its fortunes in August. The Cardinals have produced an incredible 44 runs and batted .340 while winning three of their last four games.They went 10 of 18 with runners in scoring position Sunday in a 15-2 rout of Cincinnati, their most runs in a game since April 13, 2011. St. Louis had three homers among its 19 hits, and All-Star second baseman Matt Carpenter snapped an 0-for-23 slump with a two-run double in the fifth inning."Offensively, we did a terrific job," manager Mike Matheny said. "We had a little bit of everything -- some power, some good situational hitting."Matheny's club will face a Dodgers team that's won a franchise-record 14 consecutive road games and finished off a four-game series at Wrigley Field with a 23-inning scoreless streak with Sunday's 1-0 victory. The streak is the NL's longest since Cincinnati's 15-game run in 1957, and is just three shy of matching a 97-year old league record.The news wasn't entirely good for Los Angeles (61-49) on Sunday. Hanley Ramirez was forced to leave in the seventh inning after jamming his right shoulder when he fell in the stands to catch a fly ball."I just jumped and landed on it," said Ramirez, who was wearing a sling after the game. "I'm not feeling the back of my shoulder. It's really sore and we'll see how it feels tomorrow."Ramirez's injury came one day after rookie Yasiel Puig hurt his thumb while making a diving catch in right field. Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said he expected Puig to return Monday, while Ramirez is slated to have an MRI.Puig is batting .376 with 11 homers in 53 games and Ramirez is hitting .361 in 54 games this season.The NL West leaders have won 31 of 38 but have dropped seven of 10 to the Cardinals, who trail Pittsburgh by 1 1/2 games in the NL Central. St. Louis took two of three in Los Angeles from May 24-26 in the clubs' first meeting this season.Adam Wainwright (13-6, 2.61 ERA) will try to help the Cardinals get this series off to a winning start while looking to become the NL's first 14-game winner.The right-hander has allowed four runs in four of his last six starts, including in a 5-4 loss in Pittsburgh on Wednesday. He was given a trio of two-run leads, but exited after seven innings with the score tied.Wainwright is 2-0 with a 1.86 ERA in his last three starts against the Dodgers, the most recent on Sept. 16.Los Angeles pitchers have given up just 11 earned runs in their last nine games, a run Zack Greinke (8-3, 3.43) will try to continue after having his scheduled Sunday start pushed back a day. The right-hander has allowed two runs or fewer in four of his last five starts.He gave up two runs over seven innings and struck out seven before the Dodgers walked off with a 3-2 victory Tuesday against the Yankees.Greinke is 6-1 with a 1.88 ERA in his last seven starts against the Cardinals, though he hasn't faced them since April 2012 while with Milwaukee.Greinke has given up one run in 13 innings over his last two outings away from Chavez Ravine after posting a 6.12 ERA in his first six road starts.Copyright by STATS LLC and The Associated Press
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3. | A. Gonzalez, 1B | A. Craig, 1B |
4. | Y. Puig, RF | M. Holliday, LF |
5. | A. Ethier, CF | D. Freese, 3B |
6. | A. Ellis, C | J. Jay, CF |
7. | J. Uribe, 3B | T. Cruz, C |
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text: When organs become cyborgsBy Elizabeth Landau, CNNUpdated 2319 GMT (0619 HKT) August 29, 2012Pictured is a three-dimensional tissue scaffold looks like, magnified. Story highlightsScientists constructed human tissue using nanowiresThe technology could enable better monitoring of replaced tissues and organsThis "cyborg" method could be combined with automated drug delivery mechanismThe day may come when transistors in our bodies help us live.Scientists are working on a futuristic tissue engineering venture to grow better solutions for damaged or missing organs. They published their findings in the journal Nature Materials this week. The idea is that you could create tissue or an entire organ, implant it in the body, and keep tabs on inflammation, rejection and other health indicators, said Robert Langer, study co-author and professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "This is a way to sort of create an organ and at the same time monitor how well it's doing with biosensors," Langer said.Other groups of scientists have been working on growing organs outside the body. In June 2011, a patient received a synthetic windpipe, which had been made using stem cells from the patient and no donor tissue. Langer's group is putting a new spin on the organ-growing concept by incorporating silicon nanowires. These wires, with diameters about 1,000 times smaller than the width of a human hair, have a fine electrical sensitivity, capable of detecting less than one-thousandth of a watt of power.This research is still in its early stages; it's nowhere near ready for hospitals. The next step is to try it in animals, and eventually humans. The testing will take "several years," Langer said. Making a "cyborg" organ in this way involves constructing a polymer scaffold with silicon nanowires embedded. Cells are then "seeded" on the scaffold, similar to how grass grows from seeds. When placed in a bioreactor, more cells grow on the structure to form the desired tissue or organ. In this study, scientists successfully constructed cardiac, neural and muscle tissue.With the cardiac tissue, researchers used the sensors to examine the response to the substance noradrenalin, which can speed up heart rate. Through the sensors, scientists were able monitor pH changes of the blood vessels that they also grew. With more technology and research, Langer said, the tissues could potentially be wired to release a drug in response to negative events such as inflammation. 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With a network of five digital billboards in a market of just 25,000 residents, Ardmore, Okla., just might be the digital billboard capital of the universe.
It's also a perfect example of how small towns are perfect markets for digital billboards — as small-town billboard network operators are able to undercut competing media ad rates and target their ads more specifically to certain geographic and time-sensitive sectors.
While conventional wisdom says that digital billboards are best suited for high-traffic areas around cities where advertising rates can justify the cost of the billboards, we're finding that independent operators all over the United States are installing digital billboards in small towns, and advertisers are fighting for display space.
The reasons for this are many, including low advertising costs for small town businesses, the ability to network billboards for expanded coverage and a willingness to duke it out with local newspapers and radio stations.
Digital billboards are significantly more affordable for small town businesses than other local media, such as television, radio, Internet and newspaper. Depending on traffic patterns, most small town digital billboards have a Cost Per Thousand (CPM) ranging from $2 to $5, compared to radio, newspaper and television, with average CPMs of $14, $22, and $30, respectively.
Ardmore's Chris Cowlbeck, of LOOK Advertising LLC, built his five-digital billboard network to appeal to small businesses in the area by offering better rates than they could find on other forms of media.
Interestingly, Cowlbeck hired a consultant to determine the viability of using digital billboards in Ardmore, and the consultant told him the market could handle fewer than two. Cowlbeck did his own number crunching and wound up installing three digital billboards in July, 2009.
LOOK turned on its first three digital billboards without pre-selling or pre-announcing them, and by the end of September the boards were 120 percent of pro forma, with a waiting list.
The company quickly added two additional boards to keep up with demand, and after just 45 days the new boards were nearly 75 percent of pro forma.
Cowlbeck's "rotary" network program enables advertisers to rotate their ads among all five digital billboards to achieve maximum exposure. Since many feeder roads surround Ardmore, strategically locating billboards along these routes provides excellent exposure when ads are rotated among the boards.
The company's advertising packages allow LOOK to offer the lowest dollar point for any type of advertising in the Ardmore area. In fact, for just a couple hundred dollars a month, an advertiser can be featured in 5,000 spots per month.
And knowing that viewers will quickly grow tired of seeing the same ads over and over again, Cowlbeck also offers free ad creative as a way to encourage advertisers to frequently change their content.
Roland Advertising in Cookeville, Tenn. has three digital billboards in a small town of about 30,000 residents. Company president Dave Roland tells me he's received tremendous feedback from local advertisers who say low cost and fast turn-around times are the key benefits of digital billboard advertising.
Roland, who doesn't require long-term contracts, sells ads of nearly any duration, including just a single day. He's even had a local sports team take out an ad for a couple days to announce tryouts.
Again, Roland also says digital billboards can be particularly effective for small businesses and organizations that cannot afford to advertise in newspaper or radio.
Roland cites a small knife retailer as the perfect example of how digital billboards benefit a small town business. The retailer was located about 100 yards from one of Roland's boards and put an ad on the board for six weeks leading up to Christmas. A truck driver who had a regular delivery route right past the store stopped in and told the owner that, despite driving right past his store for years, he never knew they were there until he saw the digital billboard — and that year the retailer had its highest sales in nearly three decades and the single best sales day in its history. And the only change in the knife dealer's advertising strategy was advertising on a digital billboard.
In some small towns, digital billboard operators have been quick to step in to fill the void left by the reduced circulations of larger newspapers and to compete with smaller local papers. With advertising flexibility that rivals that of newspapers, television, Internet and radio, small town digital billboards have found an entirely new list of potential advertisers.
Examples we've seen of small town businesses taking advantage of digital billboards include retailers advertising sales events, real estate agents listing specific properties, restaurants promoting time-specific menu items and specials and banks updating mortgage rates and loan products in real time, among others.
The ability to daypart ads on digital billboards, once something only television and radio could do, also offers significant, timely audience impact for small town advertisers. They now have sophisticated and targeted marketing tools for a fraction of the cost of major media.
Darrin Friskney is director of Danville, Ill.-based digital billboard manufacturer Watchfire Digital Outdoor, which has been in the outdoor sign business since 1932. He can be reached at email@example.com.
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A busy two weeks, with a new anthology to benefit Robison Wells, the LDStorymakers Writing Conference and the announcement of the Whitney Awards, and Hugo nominations. Also, I spoke with The Good Word podcast about Mormon literature, so take a listen! Please send any news or corrections to mormonlit AT gmail DOT com.
Awards, blogs posts, and other news
Brandon Sanderson and Dan Wells have organized a science fiction/fantasy anthology called Altered Perceptions, to benefit author Robison Wells, one of the main creators of the Whitney Awards, who is facing high medical bills because of his mental illnesses.
The project, at IndieGoGo, also includes several fundraising perks for sale. Dan Wells' blog reads, "My brother, the illustrious Robison Wells, was diagnosed a few years ago with a severe panic disorder, was has since blossomed (or perhaps 'metastasized' is a better word) into depression, agoraphobia, OCD, and a whole host of other mental illnesses that make it impossible for him to live a normal life. I could talk about this for hours, and in future blog posts I will, but for now I'll limit it to two main points:
1) Rob's illnesses have put him into a lot of debt. He writes books, and they are excellent books, but this is not exactly a lucrative profession, and a panic disorder does not work well in an office environment. Watching Rob struggle with disease and debt made me want to do something to help.
2) Mental illnesses are WAY MORE COMMON than most people think. In the US alone, statistics suggest that most of you know someone with a psychosis, and all of you know someone with depression. If you don't, look harder–you probably know two or three. This is a big problem, and we as a culture and society are not doing nearly enough to help. An American with a mental illness is ten times more likely to be in prison than in medical care. This needs to change.
I wanted to do something about these problems, but I didn't know what. It was Brandon Sanderson, a good friend of both Rob and I, who came up with the idea: "let's do an anthology," he said, "full of authors who know Rob, and use it to raise funds. First we can pay off Rob's debts, and then if we get enough interest we can keep going and try to help other authors with similar problems." I thought it was an awesome idea, so we did it. And we put a cool spin on it that I think you're going to love.
I am proud to announce the science fiction/fantasy anthology Altered Perceptions, which is kind of like a bonus DVD full of deleted scenes and alternate versions of some of your favorite authors' books. Check out this amazing list:
Ally Condie, the foreword
Dan Wells, the introduction
Annette Lyon, An unpublished chapter from her retelling of the Finnish fairy tale, THE KALEVALA
Aprilynne Pike, TBA
Brandon Mull, Deleted scenes from BEYONDERS 2
Brandon Sanderson, five completely rewritten chapters from THE WAY OF KINGS, where Kaladin makes the opposite choice of what he makes in the published novel
Bree Despain, an alternate ending to THE LOST SAINT, and an alternate beginning to THE SHADOW PRINCE
Brodi Ashton, the first chapter from her YA novel about an unwilling alien fighter who has to rescue the boy she loves
Claudia Gray, a deleted scene from A THOUSAND PIECES OF YOU
Dan Wells, the original John Cleaver free-write that inspired I AM NOT A SERIAL KILLER
Erin Bowman, a deleted scene from TAKEN
Howard Tayler, a creative non-fiction story about life with mental illness
J Scott Savage, three original chapters that led to writing FARWORLD
Jennifer Moore, a deleted scene from BECOMING LADY LOCKWOOD
Jessica Day George, a deleted scene from PRINCESS OF GLASS, where the main character plays poker with a witch
Josi Kilpack, the original opening scene to TRES LECHES CUPCAKE
Kiersten White, an original short story, set in a dystopian, sci-fi world
Larry Correia, a deleted fight scene from SWORDS OF EXODUS
Lauren Oliver, two deleted scenes from PANDEMONIUM, plus a hilarious scene about the plotting process
Luisa Perkins, a short story, "Seeing Red"–a modern-day retelling of Little Red Riding Hood.
Mary Robinette Kowal, deleted scene from VALOUR AND VANITY (the scene was cut because readers thought the scene was trying to depict depression)
Nancy Allen, bonus scene from BEAUTY AND THE CLOCKWORK BEAST
Robison Wells, an epilogue to FEEDBACK and the VARIANT duology
Sandra Tayler, a creative non-fiction piece called "Married To Depression"
Sara Zarr, a story featuring characters from one of Sara's previously published novels
Sarah Eden, "Farewells" for LONGING FOR HOPE and HOPE SPRINGS
Seanan McGuire, The original opening for DISCOUNT ARMAGEDDON
Shannon Hale, "Ravenous," a previously unpublished scifi short story
SJ Kincaid, the original first chapter of VORTEX, before it was entirely rewritten
You'll also get to read personal essays and comments from each of the authors, explaining their own connection to mental illness and the many ways it's changed their lives."
Robison reported yesterday that the anthology has reached nearly $40,000 in sales. The book was featured in a Deseret News article. Many of the authors have blogged about the book and their participation, including Claudia Gray's interview with Robison, and Shannon Hale's post about writers and mental illness.
The LDStorymakers 2014 Conference was held in Layton, UT this weekend. Orson Scott Card was the keynote speaker, and the buzz from attendees was that it included several useful pieces of advice, and some digressions into criticism of Mormon culture, rules of propriety, which struck many in the audience as odd. I wish I was there! The Whitney Awards were presented at the closing gala. The winners for best novel in each category were,
General: Mile 21 by Sarah Dunster
Historical: Esther the Queen by Heather B. Moore
Romance: Blackmoore by Julianne Donaldson
Mystery/Suspense: Deep Cover by Traci Hunter Abramson
Speculative: Dark Memories by Jeffrey S. Savage
Young Adult – Speculative: Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson
Young Adult – General: All the Truth That's in Me by Julie Berry
Middle Grade: The Runaway King by Jennifer A. Nielsen
Best Novel by a New Author: Pivot Point by Kasie West
Best Novel in Youth Fiction: Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson
Best Novel of the Year: Blackmoore by Julianne Donaldson
Outstanding Acheivement: Rachel Ann Nunes
Lifetime Achievement: Blaine Yorgason
Rosalyn wrote about her experiences at the conference.
The nominees for the 2014 Hugo awards (for speculative fiction) were announced, and include Larry Correia, Brad Torgersen (twice), Brandon Sanderson, Dan Wells, the Writing Excuses group (Brandon Sanderson, Dan Wells, Mary Robinette Kowal, Howard Tayler & Jordan Sanderson), and Elitist Book Reviews. The awards will be announced at LonCon 3, the 72nd World Science Fiction Convention, to be held in London, England, August 14- 18, 2014. The awards appear to have caused some controversy on the nets, including pushback against the nomination of the entire Wheel of Time series, which goes back 30 years, as a single "novel", and the nature of the voting, which some saw as "ballot stuffing", which perhaps led to a significant number of politically conservative authors to be nominated. Brad Torgersen give his take on all of the issues here and here. Larry Correia defends himself here. And Bradon Sanderson on being nominated and the Wheel of Time controversy here.
Best Novel
Warbound, Larry Correia (Baen) (First nomination)
Parasite, Mira Grant (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
The Wheel of Time (complete series), Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson (Tor)
Ancillary Justice, Ann Leckie (Orbit US; Orbit UK)
Neptune's Brood, Charles Stross (Ace; Orbit UK)
Best Novella
''Wakulla Springs'', Andy Duncan & Ellen Klages (Tor.com 10/2/13)
''Equoid'', Charles Stross (Tor.com 9/24/13)
''The Chaplain's Legacy'', Brad Torgersen (Analog 7-8/13)
Six-Gun Snow White, Catherynne M. Valente (Subterranean)
The Butcher of Khardov, Dan Wells (Privateer Press)
Best Novelette
''The Truth of Fact, the Truth of Feeling'', Ted Chiang (Subterranean Fall '13)
''Opera Vita Aeterna'', Vox Day (The Last Witchking)
''The Waiting Stars'', Aliette de Bodard (The Other Half of the Sky)
''The Lady Astronaut of Mars'', Mary Robinette Kowal (Rip-Off! 2012; maryrobinettekowal.com 2/13)
''The Exchange Officers'', Brad Torgersen (Analog 1-2/13)
Best Related Work
Queers Dig Time Lords: A Celebration of Doctor Who by the LGBTQ Fans Who Love It, Sigrid Ellis & Michael Damian Thomas, eds. (Mad Norwegian Press)
''We Have Always Fought: Challenging the Women, Cattle and Slaves Narrative'', Kameron Hurley (A Dribble of Ink 5/20/13)
Speculative Fiction 2012: The Best Online Reviews, Essays and Commentary, Justin Landon & Jared Shurin, eds. (Jurassic London)
Writing Excuses, Season 8, Brandon Sanderson, Dan Wells, Mary Robinette Kowal, Howard Tayler & Jordan Sanderson
Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction, Jeff VanderMeer with Jeremy Zerfoss (Abrams Image)
Best Fanzine
The Book Smugglers
A Dribble of Ink
Elitist Book Reviews
Journey Planet
Q&A with "The Garden of Enid" Creator Scott Hales and "The Garden of Enid" Takes Mormon Comics by Storm at lds.net, which appears to be a new Mormon culture website. Hales is also answering some great AMA questions about the comic at reddit.
The Good Word Podcast features an interview with me, Andrew Hall, on Mormon literature. I talk about my background, our adoptions in the US and Japan, the status of the Church in Japan, and a lot about Mormon literature. I summarize the state of the field, things that readers of this blog will be well aware.
The Good Word Podcast interview of Garrett Batty, the director, producer, and writer of the film Saratov Approach, which is now out on DVD and BlueRay.
The Whitney Award review season wraps up with Theric's take on the books in the General category Every book is a failure (AMV), and 2013 Whitney Roundup (and a plea for support for its founder) (Segullah).
Theric (and Monsters & Mormons) at SLC Comic Con Fan X, Culture and being in, but not of the world (Wm), both at A Motely Vision.
Short stories
Paul Eckheart was a winner at the L. Ron Hubbard Writers and Illustrators of the Future Contest. Paul was the 3rd quarter, 3rd place winner for this year, making it further than some several thousand others, and where his winning story, "Shifter" will be published in the anthology series - L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume XXX. Paul is a software engineer, a 2007 graduate of contest judge Orson Scott Card's Literary Boot Camp and a member of the Codex Writers. L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future (Book 30). Galaxy Press (May 6, 2014)
Orson Scott Card. IGMS: Big Book of SF Novelettes.Hatrack River, December 19, 2013. Includes a new essay by Orson Scott Card, "Making Ender Smart" and his story "Mazer in Prison." It also includes stories by Eric James Stone and Brad Torgersen.
The upcoming anthology Dead Man's Hand: An Anthology of the Weird West (Titan Books, May), edited by John Joseph Adams, will include "Alvin and the Apple Tree", Orson Scott Card's first "Alvin Maker" story in a decade, and David Farland's "Clockwork".
PW: "Orson Scott Card's drolly dark "Alvin and the Apple Tree" brings Alvin Maker back to butt heads with Johnny Appleseed over the nature of hope . . . While there's some repetition of theme and concept, Adams has produced a satisfyingly filler-free compilation."
Iron Kingdoms Excursions: Season One, Volume Two. Skull Island eXpeditions, March 19. An anthology of three novellas including "The Worthy" by Larry Correia ("travel to Bloodstone Marches with an invading skorne army") and"Scrap Ante" by Howard Tayler ("Learn how gobber mechaniks spend their free time on the Cygnaran front lines"). Set in the Warmachine, Hordes, and Iron Kingdoms games universe.
New Books and their Reviews
Steven Anderson. From the Four Winds. Wido, April 29. Last days Mormon novel. Second novel, first was a last days novel for Granite in 2004.
Jerry Borrowmen. Assault on Cabriol. Self, April 9. Science fiction. "In a sweeping saga that crosses hundreds of parsecs of space, Assault on Cambriol tells the stories of Pietr Jesik, his first officer Thomas Brighton, and Lieutenants Travis Eaves and Sean Magill as they are called upon to work their way through intricate battles, both military and political. If they fail there will be all-out war between the Earth Descendencies, long isolated from their shared roots in ancient Earth."
Jennie Hansen, Meridian. "Jumping from a solid reputation as an historical novelist, with Assault on Cambriol he plunges into the distant future and his first science fiction novel. There are many battle scenes and a great deal of space is given to strategy and calculations. The author also devotes a large amount of attention to social organization of his three planets' populations . . . The characters are generally likable, but are a little stereotypical. The politically correct elements of the plot tend to make it somewhat predictable. This novel will appeal more to science fiction fans than to the general public who may be discouraged by the wordiness of futuristic explanations."
Brook Booher. Healing Stone. CFI/Sweetwater, April 8. YA Fantasy. "He was abandoned as a baby in a graveyard and his mother was never found—that's all seventeen-year-old Stone Molony knows about his birth. His mysterious background has never bothered him, though, until a tragic accident changes everything. He was abandoned as a baby in a graveyard and his mother was never found—that's all seventeen-year-old Stone Molony knows about his birth. His mysterious background has never bothered him, though, until a tragic accident changes everything . . . Set in Kentucky of 1955, Healing Stone explores the effects of racism and corruption hidden in a small town and the redemptive power of hope discovered in one unique boy."
Karen E. Hoover. The Emerald Wolf. Tin Bird Publications, April 9. Wolfchild Saga #3. YA Fantasy. Series began with The Sapphire Flute. "Jumping from a solid reputation as an historical novelist, with Assault on Cambriol he plunges into the distant future and his first science fiction novel.
Annette Lyon. Ilana's Wish. Covenant, April 1. General/Women's. Newport Ladies Book Club #8. Second to last in the series.
Moriah Jovan. Paso Doble. B10 Mediaworx, April 26. Adult romance. Tales of Dunham: La Montange #1. A Mormon woman and a Spanish bullfighter.
Moriah Jovan. We Were Gods. Mediaworx, April 26. Adult romance. Tales of Dunham: La Montange #2. A divorced couple reconnect.
Rachel McClellan. The Fractured Truth. CFI/Sweetwater, April 8. Fractured Light #3. YA Paranormal.
Aprilynne Pike. Sleep No More. HarperTeen, April 29. YA Paranormal Mystery. "Charlotte Westing has a gift. She is an Oracle and has the ability to tell the future. But it doesn't do her much good. Instead of using their miraculous power, modern-day Oracles are told to fight their visions—to refrain from interfering. And Charlotte knows the price of breaking the rules. She sees it every day in her wheelchair-bound mother and the absence of her father. But when a premonition of a classmate's death is too strong for her to ignore, Charlotte is forced to make an impossible decision: continue following the rules or risk everything—even her sanity—to stop the serial killer who is stalking her town."
PW: "Unable to bear the guilt of inaction, she's willing to break every rule if doing so might prevent another death. That she has interfered before, with fatal consequences, has bafflingly little impact on Charlotte's thought process, and is emblematic of the murky rationales that underlie much of the book. Pike dedicates the novel "to the survivors of Newtown," which may strike some readers as questionable, given the plot's reliance on violence inflicted on youth."
Kirkus: "The story is sometimes predictable and goes a bit too fast in places—readers will quickly lose track of visions and victims—but it's full of gripping tension, and Charlotte is a self-aware and likable narrator, determined to use her powers for good. Faults aside, this supernatural mystery will appeal to fans of the genre, and the story's conclusion leaves wide the door for possible future installments."
SLJ: "Pike's newest novel is a thrilling paranormal mystery with a hint of romance. Charlotte is a likable and sympathetic character coping with larger-than-life problems. Her situation as an outsider is universal, even while the cause is firmly rooted in the realm of fiction. Teen girls, fans of Pike's previous novels, and those who are just discovering her will enjoy this unique, quick read."
Tristi Pinkston. Tulips and Treason. April 9. Walnut Springs Press. Omni Orchids Mysteries #1. Cozy mystery. "The town of Omni has a thorny problem… Two rival crime syndicates have chosen the quiet mountains of Utah as their hideout. Now they want to join forces and become stronger than ever. Meet Jack and Molly, a team of (secretly married) FBI field operatives of experience and skill, sent to Utah to infiltrate said Mafia headquarters . . . his small Mormon community has them flummoxed until Ida Mae and her friends (from the Secret Sisters series) step in to give them Mormon lessons so they won't blow their cover."
Jo Ann Schneider. New Sight. Jolly Fish, Apr 22. Adult Urban Fantasy. Girl has dangerously frightening power, which she gradually comes to understand. First novel.
Jacyln West. The Princess and the Prom Queen. Trifecta, will be available on Kindle April 29, paper later.
Natalie Whipple. House of Ivy and Sorrow. HarperTeen, April 15. YA Paranormal. A teenage witch and her witch grandmother keep their identities secret in a crumbling old house, until a curse threatens to destroy them.
Kirkus: "The light romance turns thriller, however, after her long-lost father, controlled by dark magic, appears unexpectedly in Jo's female-only household . . . As in Transparent (2013), Whipple pays attention to details (but doesn't get bogged down with them) to create a magical, entertaining world that has the right amount of darkness to keep the story intriguing and the right amount of light to keep readers content. With unwavering BFFs, stolen kisses, red herrings and a variety of spells, there's something for chick-lit, romance, mystery and fantasy fans alike."
SLJ: "Unlike many supernatural tales, this one does not perpetuate good witch/bad witch or light magic/dark magic themes. Jo is clear that "There is only dark [magic]. A black pool full of power and pain." The story also stresses that there is always a price to pay for using one's powers, even for good purposes, and every character must deal with the consequences of their choices. This is a fast-paced fantasy, with just the right amount of romance and realism. Readers will relate to Jo's relationships with her family, crush, and two best friends. Despite the current glut of supernatural and urban fantasy, this tale will stand out."
Reviews of older books
Jaclyn M. Hawks. The Sage After Rain (Jennie Hansen, Meridian): "Though I liked the story overall, I found a number of problems with it too. It needs some grammar and spelling fixes, the bad guys are not bad or persistent enough, and the ending is stretched out unrealistically because Taya and Matt fail to communicate with each other. Anytime a misunderstanding becomes a major component preventing resolution the story loses credibility. The long sermon on the atonement is well written, but slows the story down in an annoying way. The characters are likable and the high western desert setting is portrayed well. Having trailed sheep, worked with sheep dogs, and fallen in love with sheep wagons at a very young age, I loved this part of the book. I found the life of a sheepherder an unexpected and clever way for Taya to hide."
C. J. Hill. Slayers: Friends and Traitors (Bloggin' 'bout Books): C. "I have to be honest—I opened Friends and Traitors, the second installment in C.J. Hill's Slayers series, knowing I probably wouldn't like it that much. Not surprisingly, I was right. I had the same meh reaction to this one that I did to its predecessor, Slayers. For me, Hill's dragon world just isn't that convincing. Plus, the plot winds all over the place, too much explanation bogs down the story, and the characters are so flat I can't remember who's who most of the time. So, yeah. The books have lots of action, but little else. For me, at least, that's just not enough. Although I have to say, I quite liked Angel Moroni's cameo appearance :)"
Heather B. Moore's Ruby's Secret (Theric, Dawning of a Brighter Day).
Bethany Wiggins. Cured (Bloggin' 'bout Books). B-. "Originality is hard to come by in the YA dystopian genre, so it's really not surprising that the plot of Cured, the second book in Bethany Wiggins' Stung series, feels familiar. Still, like I said about the first book, this one boasts stronger prose than many of its fellows. So, while I got a little bored with the same ole, same ole, the characters and action kept me reading. I would have liked more depth from the novel's cast as well as some plot twists I didn't see coming (Kevin's identity is pretty obvious from the get-go, although it takes Jacqui a long time to figure it out). Overall, though, I enjoyed this one."
Plan-B Theatre Company announced its 2014-15 season, which will include seven world premires by Utah playwrights. One of them will be: April 9-19, 2015: World premiere of Melissa Leilani Larson's PILOT PROGRAM – What if you were called to serve in the restoration of polygamy? You could blog about it. An intimate look at first love, second wives and last chances. Directed by Jerry Rapier.
BYU took home its 15th and 16th awards from the College Television Awards, also known as the student Emmys, on April 23 this year. "Owned" received first place in the Animation category, while "Chasm" took first place in Music Composition . . . The merge between computer science and animation happened in 2012, when the BYU Center for Animation moved from the Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering and Technology to the College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences (Deseret News).
Survivor. John Lyde, director, writer, producer. Jason Faller, Kynan Griffin, executive producers. Starring Kevin Sorbo (Hercules), Danielle Churchran (Little Secrets, Christmas for a Dollar). SLC screening, April 2014.
"What Happened to the Wave of Mormon Movies?" Jim Bennett, Deseret News. Bennett, who acted in "The Home Teachers", talks about the rise and fall of the Mormon film boom.
April 27, May 4
Shannon Hale. Ever After High: The Unfairest of them All
PW Children's: #11, #11 (4 weeks). 7177, 10,827 units. 36,846 total.
USA Today: #106, #71 (4 weeks)
NYT Middle Grade: #8, #6 (4 weeks)
Shannon Hale. Ever After High: The Storybook of Legends
PW Children's: #22, #18 (28 weeks). 4756, 6551 units. 59,634 total.
NYT Middle Grade: #11, #11
Brandon Sanderson. Words of Radiance
PW Hardcover Fiction. #28, #24 (7 weeks). 1901, 1844 units, 51,833 total.
NYT Hardcover: #21, #16 (6 weeks).
James Dashner. The Maze Runner.
USA Today: #18, #18 (21 weeks)
NYT YA Series: #2, #2 (80 weeks)
James Dashner. The Scorch Trials
USA Today: #55, #59 (6 weeks)
James Dashner. The Death Cure
USA Today: #83, #80 (8 weeks)
Brandon Mull. Sky Raiders
PW Children's: ?, #23 (6 weeks). 3414, 5112 units. 30,087.
NYT Middle Grade: #14, #14
Orson Scott Card. Ender's Game
NYT Mass-Market Paperback: #11, #14 (79 weeks)


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Ongoing review of your performance is critical to the whole process of personal development. It is a continuous process by which you can check whether or not you are on track to meet your objectives. The Learning Log is designed to help you review and record your progress. In addition it is strongly recommended that you maintain a personal portfolio of key documents which will help you to:
An important part of your portfolio is your CV. As part of charting your progress make a habit of regularly updating your CV. This has the added advantage of making sure you always have an up to date CV available at short notice.
There are a number of ways in which this may be done but the most usual is, quite simply, an A4 ring binder containing :
Relevant Skills Areas
How Demonstrated
Assess Capability
Example 1
Building professional networks
Getting support for cross industry proposals on latest safety initiative.
OK but could be improved
Example 2
Managing Quality improvement implementation
Providing line input to next years review of internal standards group. Also letter of appreciation from Project Leader
One of my strengths, an area of real interest for me
Achieving Institute Certificate in Environmental Studies
Examinations as required to reach next stage of professional membership
Preparing to sit examination in June next year
Determining optimum treatments for wellbore fluid problems
Being able to give advice on the implications of formation mineralogy to clients
Basic understanding OK but need more depth to operate in consultant mode
Reduce risk of heart disease
Being able to walk up the stairs to the top floor without having to stop to catch breath
Not as good as it should be for someone of my age
Current or Future Needs
Personal Objectives (SMART)
Becoming increasingly important to have good personal contacts, as previously fixed organisations become more fluid.
a) Produce inventories of current network and count the live contacts relevant to work
b) Plan programme to get in touch with 50% of these by year-end and remainder by September next year
c) Add additional 20% to network list by end of next year
Becoming more important to have good line people with capability of working quality process issues. Future career opportunities here!
a) Make sure capability and interest in this area is noted by Anne
b) Obtain some recognised qualification in this field
c) Add 5 new professional contacts in this field
Example 3
Industry employers, particularly those who are contracted to work overseas where work permits have to be obtained for UK employees, increasingly seek Institute membership
a) Complete evening classes by March
b) Review past examination material in April (for last three years )
c) Plan schedule of revision for May modified by review of past exam material
Example 4
Will become more relevant from two years hence with formation of new Technical Advisory Panel now being set up in response to legislative changes
a) aim to be recognised as having consultancy level skills by the end of next year by being appointed to the Technical Panel
Example 5
Obviously important because of implications for general health. Also if action is not taken now things will continue to deteriorate
a) Reduce weight by 0.5 stone by end of year and maintain this weight through following year
b) Stop smoking by Xmas
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Flu Season At Epidemic Level; High Levels In Illinois, Indiana, And Wisconsin
The CDC says 22 states are seeing high levels of illness — including Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin — up from 13 states a week earlier.
Rauner Blames Governor For DCFS Deaths; Quinn Campaign Calls Ad 'Despicable'
Republican candidate for governor Bruce Rauner on Tuesday blamed Gov. Pat Quinn for the deaths of children whose families have had contact with the Department of Children and Family Services, an attack the Quinn campaign called a "despicable" smear attempt.
Deaths Of Two Actors Bring Sadness To Chicago Theater Community
Veteran Chicago stage and television actress Molly Glynn was struck by a falling tree during storms in the Erickson Woods Forest Preserve. Bernie Yvon died a short time later, when a tractor-trailer ran over his car in Munster, Ind.
Man, Missing Woman Found Dead Of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
A young mother who had been missing since Monday was found dead in a Garfield Park garage on Thursday, along with a 31-year-old man. Authorities said they died from carbon monoxide poisoning.
Police Find Two Dead In Garfield Park Garage
Nicolette Medina, 25, and Marco Acevedo, 31, were found unresponsive in the garage about 3:30 p.m. in the 3800 block of West Gladys Avenue.
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DuPage County is seeing a spike in heroin deaths, and the man who sees most of those victims is trying to educate people of the drug's evils.
Chicago Heights Couple Killed In House Fire
Two people, both believed to be in their 50s, were killed in the blaze in the 200 block of East 24th Street in Chicago Heights.
2 Investigators: Heroin Use, Deaths Up In Chicago's Suburbs
When it comes to deaths, Lake, Will and DuPage counties reported big increases last year. As CBS 2's Dave Savini reports, drug dealers could be operating right in your own neighborhood.
IDOT: Traffic Crash Deaths Outpacing 2012 So Far This year
IDOT message boards list the total number of confirmed traffic deaths as 234 through Friday, but according to IDOT Traffic Safety director John Webber, that does not include a deadly crash near in the north suburbs Friday morning.
Two Women Found Stabbed To Death Inside Burning Building
Two women found dead inside a burning Chatham neighborhood building were stabbed to death before the building was intentionally set on fire, authorities said.
Flu Death Toll Reaches 50 In Illinois
Illinois is among 30 states reporting high flu activity in a season where the virus is striking earlier than usual and the main flu strain is one that tends to make people sicker.
Chicago Clinic Says It Pulled Steroid In Wake Of Meningitis Scare
There are no reported meningitis cases in Illinois, but as CBS 2's Mai Martinez reports, hundreds of patients at three Chicago-area facilities are being warned.
Unusually Strong, Dangerous Heroin Reported By ER Doctors
CBS 2's Dana Kozlov reports there may be a new kind of heroin on the streets – one that's even more dangerous.
3rd Death Linked To Legionnaires' Outbreak At Chicago Hotel
City health officials say a third person has died from an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease at a Chicago hotel, and they think they know the primary source of the bacteria.
Heroin Deaths Have Doubled In Suburbs Since 2007
A new report says heroin deaths in Lake and Will Counties have doubled over the last six years.
Heat A Factor In Six Deaths In Cook County So Far
The third straight day of triple digit heat has led to the deaths of at least six people, authorities said on Friday.
Multiple Student Deaths Cause Alarm At ISU
After an unusually high number of student deaths this past school year, administrators at Illinois State University in downstate Normal are taking another look at their policies.
Deaths Of Baby Twins In Little Village Under Investigation
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The first CITYSPACES® project, The Panoramic is a hyperdense mixed-use project located in the heart of SoMa (across the street from Twitter HQ). With 120 studios and 40 suites, it will have a rooftop garden, public lounges on every floor, and a lively ground floor cafe/lobby. The project is car-free. Project particulars:
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.-*No cussing Niall*-. "Got the food!?!?" Niall yelled across the apartment. "I'm looking!" I was going through all the shelves of the pantry and in the fridge when I finally came across an old Nando's to-go box. "Hey Niall, how old is this Nando's?" I asked him as he walked toward me. He opened it and bit a chunk of the burger off that looked like a cinder block. "Ewwww." I almost gagged! "Hm. Ifs there's nothing else, its better than nothing!" Niall put the box down and walked back into the bedroom gathering a few more things for the beach. I finally packed up the food, sunscreen, and beach towels and me and Niall left out the door. I let my hair flow with the breeze and dug my toes into the warm, golden sand. "Its nice out here, huh Karen?" "Sure is!" I jogged over to a shady spot and set down the bags. I was about to get out a beach towel, "I'll get everything set up, babe. You go test the water out." I took o
.-*Hold Me Tight*-. I was resting on Niall's shoulder snoozing away along with Harry, Liam, and Zayn. But Niall was still wide away. I felt him reposition himself "Niall, why don't you go to sleep?" "I'm hungry." he replied. I put my arms around Niall right when the car went over a bump and awoke everyone. "Um. I'll go back to sleep now." Zayn said as he saw me about to kiss Niall. "Yeah, good idea." Harry looked at Zayn. Liam and Louis both agreed. I blushed and looked at Niall and then dozed off again. We finally arrived at the cabin. It was snowing heavily so Niall wrapped his arms around me and we walked into the cozy cabin. "Wow! Look at this place!" I yelled as the cabin echoed me. Louis of course, had to do something goofy. Louis took off his shirt and pants, leaving him with only his boxers and jumped in the snow bank. "LOUIS!" Harry screamed. "AHHHH!!! IT'S COLLLLDDD!" Louis shouted. "No duh, louis." I
.:I love you Louis Tomlinson:. Story+Photo Subject: One Direction Pairings: Lounny? Idk. Louis/Jenny (: Jenny's POV "Boo! Stop it!" I giggled. He kept tickling me though. I pushed him away and smiled."I have to go to the bathroom." He said, getting up from the couch we were laying on."Tmi!" I screamed at him, and I heard him laugh. I loved making him laugh. His laugh is so perfect.I heard his phone buzz, and I looked over to see a name pop up.'Hazza'Oh cool, Harry's texting him. I opened it up knowing Lou wouldn't mind.'Definately! I'll come pick you up. Just tell her you aren't feeling good or that I need you for something. I don't mind. xX'Uhm what?Louis walked down the stairs. He saw me looking at his phone."Whatcha doing babe?" He asked me."You could've just told me you didn't want to hang out with me anymore..." He frowned at me."What?""Don't play innocent with me, Lou." I said, showing him the message."Babe I can explain. I-""No need Louis. I thought we were close enough that you c
Best Friends ChangeMe and my best friend, Niall, were at a concert in the park. We were having a blast, until some 7 foot tall idiot decided to block my view."Can you see ok?" Niall shouted."Yeah, my x-ray vision is helping me see just fine," I retorted.Niall gave me a sheepish smile that nearly made my heart explode. I was in love with my best friend. I was in love with Niall. He was sweet, caring, considerate, a fantastic listener, and he never failed to make me laugh or smile."Lindsey!" Niall shouted, breaking me from my thoughts."Get on my shoulders!""What?!" I yelled back. "Niall, have you gone totally crazy?!""C'mon! You can't see anyways!"I shrugged. Why not? He was right, I couldn't see. He kneeled down and I climbed onto his shoulders, and I felt like I was on top of the world. Behind us, people were shouting "Down in front!" but I couldn't care less. I was taller then anyone, and it was all because of my love. Unfortunately, I'm a klutz, so I lost my balance. We both fell on the floor,
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Series starts 12/28
Game 1: Friday, December 28th | ||
Heat | 99 | Final |
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Game 2: Friday, January 25th | ||
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Game 3: Friday, March 22nd | ||
Pistons | 89 | Final |
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7:30 PM ET, December 28, 2012
The Palace of Auburn Hills, Detroit, MI
Despite winning his third MVP last season, LeBron James may be even better this year.
With fellow superstar Dwyane Wade sidelined by a suspension, the Miami Heat will again look to James as they seek a seventh straight victory Friday night against a Detroit Pistons team they've dominated recently.
Wade was suspended by the NBA for one game on Thursday without pay -- the first suspension of his career -- for flailing his leg and making contact with Ramon Sessions' groin in the Heat's 105-92 win at Charlotte on Wednesday, the opener of a four-game road trip. Sessions, who believed the kick was intentional, was actually whistled for a foul on the play.
Wade's 20.2 scoring average is his lowest since his rookie season, but Wednesday was one of his better games as he scored 29 on 10-of-19 shooting with nine rebounds and five assists. James tallied 27 points, 12 rebounds and eight assists as the duo helped Miami improve to 20-6, its best 26-game record in franchise history.
James' 25.8 points per game during the Heat's winning streak doesn't deviate much from his 25.6 season average, but his rebound and assist averages are up to 10.8 and 9.0, respectively, from 8.7 and 6.9. He may need to shoulder an even larger scoring burden without Wade and possibly Ray Allen, who remains questionable with a shoulder injury. Allen sat out Wednesday with a sore right shoulder, which he injured in a win against Oklahoma City on Christmas.
Allen is averaging 11.7 ppg, and his absence would leave the Heat without two of their top four scorers as they try for a season-high third straight road win. Miami is 14-2 at home but just 6-4 away from AmericanAirlines Arena.
The Heat were also significantly better at home last season (28-5) compared to on the road (18-15) in the regular season before winning the NBA Finals.
"We want to have a bunker mentality and a road warrior mentality when we hit the road," James said. "We understand to this point we haven't played great basketball on the road."
Miami almost always plays great basketball against the Pistons, winning seven straight and 12 of the last 13 meetings. The Heat also have won seven in row in Detroit since a 93-90 loss on Feb. 4, 2009.
Despite owning one of the league's worst records, the Pistons (9-22) are only being outscored by 2.2 points per game.
They took a now 17-9 Atlanta squad to double overtime on Wednesday as Will Bynum scored 31 -- one shy of his career high -- as Detroit failed to win a season-best third in a row.
"You have to take the positives out of that," Bynum told the team's official website. "If not, there's nothing to go forward on. We've got to take the positives from last night and keep trying to build off of them."
Forward Tayshaun Prince's status was uncertain for Wednesday because of a sprained right ankle but he finished with 14 points and seven rebounds.
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Last 5 Games
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SF L. James 26.8 | SF T. Prince 10.4 |
PF U. Haslem 3.9 | PF J. Maxiell 6.9 |
SG M. Miller 4.8 | PF G. Monroe 16.0 |
C C. Bosh 16.6 | PG B. Knight 13.3 |
PG M. Chalmers 8.6 | SF K. Singler 8.8 |
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Do yourself and your kids a favor. On the way to multiplex to see "The Avengers," tell them The Fairy is about an all-powerful superheroine. Someday, they'll find the words to thank you.
One's enjoyment of The Fairy depends a lot on knowing why it's worth seeing. It's a comedy with two or three big laughs, but it's not side-splitting. Nor does it have a particularly compelling story. Its appeal is rather in watching people who have devised their own original style of comic performance and have taken it to a rare level of refinement.
The Fairy may be as close as we'll ever get to a live-action cartoon.
This is the third feature by the three gifted stars, who deftly pull off hilarious, nearly wordless slapstick routines reminiscent of Jacques Tati, Buster Keaton and Jerry Lewis.
For the most part, it's too dry and quirky to connect. Still, those gags are something.
Feb 21, 2012In The Fairy, Abel, Gordon and Romy have all of Le Havre as their playground. And now that the they've established the ideal format for their brand of comicbook-style humor, one can't help but wish they show the good sense to keep it at this level going forward.
Feb 21, 2012While every scene is art-directed with zest and innovatively staged, The Fairy rarely inspires outright laughter. At least it respects its influences more than does "The Artist."
Deeply silly in a classic mode, The Fairy continues the French new wave of near-silent cinema.
Re-employing the tools of Jacques Tati and Jerry Lewis, this pleasant fable reclaims artful slapstick with a bliss that's hard to deny.
The persistent whimsy gets a bit wearisome, but it's hard to dismiss any film so determined to make us happy.
Deadpan clownishness is The Fairy's raison d'être and its superior mode; when the lovey-doveyness turns cloying and the atrophied message-mongering creeps in, you wish the threesome knew when to keep their traps shut.
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UN Chief: Israeli attack on Gaza school 'unjustifiable'
Published Wednesday 30/07/2014 (updated) 31/07/2014 21:31
A Palestinian man inspects the damage at a UN school at the Jabaliya
refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip after the area was hit by Israeli
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SAN JOSE (AFP) -- UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon condemned an Israeli strike on a Gaza school that killed 16 people as "unjustifiable" Wednesday, calling for those responsible to be held to account.
"This morning a UN school sheltering thousands of Palestinian families suffered a reprehensible attack," Ban said during a visit to Costa Rica.
"It is unjustifiable, and demands accountability and justice."
The school in the Jabaliya refugee camp in northern Gaza, which was sheltering more than 3,000 homeless people, came under attack from Israeli tank shells at dawn Wednesday.
It is the second time in a week that a UN school housing refugees has been hit, and the sixth in two weeks.
Ban accused the Israeli military of ignoring repeated communications on the location of the school.
"I want to make it clear that the exact location of this elementary school has been communicated to the Israeli military authorities 17 times, as recently as last night, just a few hours before this attack," he said.
"They are aware of the coordinates and exact location of where these people are."
Costa Rican President Luis Guillermo Solis meanwhile joined international calls for an end to the bloodshed.
"We want the immediate establishment of a UN-monitored ceasefire to enable an escape from this bloody vortex, which is an offense to humanity," he said.
Ma'an staff contributed to this report.
1 ) Bemused / New Zealand
30/07/2014 20:44
And who created it? The UN, with its partition plan that breached its own Charter....
2 ) Maisie / UK
30/07/2014 21:19
At about the same time the UN Secretary General was issuing this unequivocal condemnation of Israel's shelling of the school after 17 communications of the exact location of the school had been sent to the IOF, Marie Harf, Deputy Martinet for the US State Department was admonishing the press corp not to "...jump to conclusions" and "...to await the full investigation." How can these horrible people sleep at night???
3 ) Mel / USA
30/07/2014 21:41
Ban Ki Moon? Please don't tell us what WAR CRIMES Zionist Israel has committed again,and again on Palestine/Gaza(just because they are not Jews),tell us WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO DO ABOUT IT?????
End the Israeli OCCUPATION & collective punishment of Gaza &Palestine(all war crimes)immediately! Before Zionist Israel SELF-DECLARES itself a NAZI STATE OFFICIALLY AFTER 67YRS of following that exact POLICY!
4 ) carol flores / usa
30/07/2014 23:05
How sad. These poor people are told to evacuate, and the safe place they go to , continue to be targeted and bombed . what is wrong with the S.S. troops? Are they incompetent, need glasses, or just plain sick!!!!!!!!!!!!! My heart breaks for the Palestinian people. The world condemned Assad for the same things as netyanyaboho is doing , why isn't he a war criminal?
5 ) fpm / USA
30/07/2014 23:44
The Zionist hate the UN and will always bomb their locations and always has. There is no place for the Palestinians to go. They are locked in a cage and they are easy prey and sitting ducks for the Zionist Army, Navy and Air Force. How convenient a kill. Won't be long before Ban Ki-Moon will be in Israel, shaking Netanyahu's hand and grinning like a hyena, just like he did in the last massacre of Palestinians.
6 ) Goldie / US
31/07/2014 00:31
WTF the entire Israeli attack on Gaza is inhumane and barbaric. Shame on the world and UN'
7 ) carine / UK
31/07/2014 01:45
Sick sick sick!! Israel moves them out of one area so they can obliterate their homes, then deliberately targets them and blows them to smithereens - we send other war criminals to the Hague, why not this Nutter Yahoo? Tonight I signed a petition with Amnesty International demanding US stops supplying Israel with weapons. Please, people of concience, do the same.
8 ) 1 / 2
31/07/2014 07:36
Maisie: the us gov has been bought and paid for by the IL lobby AIPAC. Every politician running for office speaks to them and makes their pilgrimage to IL for blessing and support. The us gov hasn't represented the interests of its own ppl Ina very long time.
9 ) 1 / 2
31/07/2014 07:42
Carol - bibi isn't considered a war criminal because everyone's afraid to stop IL for fear of being anti- Semitic. No matter what IL always has the green light. The question is now for how long as their trump card Seems to be wearing out. Or maybe not. Time will tell
10 ) Anybody / Anywhere
31/07/2014 08:28
If you fire rockets from a specific spot, you can expect to be targeted.
11 ) Melaikah / Palestine/US
31/07/2014 17:17
@9 ...bibi isn't considered a war criminal because everyone's afraid to stop IL for fear of being anti- Semitic... - The irony of it all is that whilst the overwhelming majority of Israeli's aren't Semites, the Palestinians are. So in fact the 'anti Semitism' feared by those who support Israel, is actually being directed at the Palestinians!!!
12 ) Nobody / Everywhere
31/07/2014 18:12
Doesnt believe what israel says, they are protected by unethical and immoral wealthy thugs, that should be hunted and destroyed, hey that would be an excellent movie , huh hollywood , you racist maggots...
13 ) Levi / USA
31/07/2014 19:23
The Un Chief has been a major disappointment in most world affairs. I haven't heard him say anything yet today about the Libya situation where Manila evacuates 13,000 amid violent clashes, ISIL murders thousands in Iraq, and Syria has starved to death some 1,400 Palestinians...
14 ) Ibrahim / Gaza
01/08/2014 00:50
Hamas is to blame for the deaths. They keep stockpiles of rockets in UN schools and they deliberately shoot at Zionist troops from the vicinity of schools to attract backfire
15 ) hjannita / Brazil
01/08/2014 21:58
Ibrahim , if what you said is troth, show how many died for this purpose? you don't have a numbers to show this none sense toughs of yours.
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The Lubricants: "Activated Energy"/"Transformation Vacation" (Rerun Records)
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The Lubricants were the first Milwaukee band to self-consciously embrace "punk rock" as defined by the snotty, three-chord, leather-jacketed scenes emerging from NYC and London circa 1976. They were also among the best. The Lubricants' sole release, a 1980 single, has been reissued on vinyl by a St. Louis label. The memorable, stick-to-the-mind side of the record, "Transformation Vacation," is a blast of stripped-to-metal raw power with a hook that's hard to argue with. Plasticland's Glen Rehse, who reminds us that he was a charter member of The Lubricants, contributes liner notes.


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I love double brew days! I cant brew outside- apt life- so everything is done on the stove. I use two BK's, a mash tun (pot), and a 3 gallon pot to heat sparge water to help things go faster. I also use a grain bag for the first batch in my mash tun with a fasle bottom, this way i can lift out the spent grain after sparge and get more water heating up while the first batch is coming to boil- this also helps space things out for cooling as i only have one immersion chiller. By the time the first batch is half way or so through the boiling process, the mash for the second is almost done. It gets batch sparged and the BK hits the stove. All said and done, two batches start to clean-up takes me 5 hours.
Well I figure if I start early then drinking too much should not be a problem, I already have everything measured out except my water. I brew outside on turkey fryers, I have two fryers and two keggles one is a HLT the other is my BK. so I won't have a issue getting water up to temp etc. I also no-chill my wort so there is not much time taken up there.....
I have a single tier, 3 keggle system with 2 march pumps. Here's a few tips on how I do it: 1) STAY ORGANIZED! A dry erase board is very helpful mounted in my garage where I brew 2) As mentioned previously, I don't crack the first home brew till my 2nd batch is mashing 3) I mash #2 while #1 is boiling... 4) Start early, it always takes more time than you think. It takes me about 4.5 hours start to finish (including cleanup) for a single batch, and about 8 hours for a double. 5) Did I mention to stay organized? Oh, and don't get into the brews too early ;-)
We also did our first 2 batch day on Saturday! I hope yours went well. Here are the obstacles we ran into: One propane burner... We started boiling our wort from batch 1 before we stopped and realized, "Wait! We need to heat up the water for our mash for batch 2 first so we can mash batch 2 while batch 1 is boiling!" Caught that within 10 minutes of starting the boil, so that was good. Second... having a good container to hold 20 gallons of dechlorinated water. We ended up scrubbing and sanitizing our swamp cooler and pouring all 20 gallons in that and we pulled from that as we went. Having too much going on and forgetting irish moss for both batches! All in all, nothing critical!
My first double brew day was a success! However those of you that said start early and that it takes longer then you might think are correct! I had everything measured except the water the night before and I started at 9am. Finally at 3:30pm I was done and exhausted lol. No issues really other then a miscalculation on my strike water for a pumpkin beer (forgot to take the 10 lbs of cool pumpkin into account). Other then that I have 10 gallons in the fermentation chamber bubbling away! Thanks for all the suggestions!