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- Jilli said...
Good advice. I just spent the last month 'butchering' my manuscript and scared myself when the word count went down by a third but it was really worth it as it reads so much better now.
- 28 February 2012 at 18:07
I started out with over 210k words and wondered how I could ever trim any of them out. Thanks to some good advice by members like Johnny Vee I now have 160K words of much better material. I am quite sure that even more could be removed but that's as far as I want to go.
ps just for the record. I'm not actually all that fond of Hemingway. :D - 28 February 2012 at 18:47
- LizX said...
But what are the exceptions to the rule, Scott?
For me - creating a non-exisitent fantasy world can't be done on a shoestring of words. I like the full budget and appreciate them when reading other works too.
Hemingway's a master and still being read fifty years after his death.
Maybe low-fat books are just a passing fashion. - 28 February 2012 at 23:35
I took my book down from 150, 000 to 90,000 words to make it more Authonomy friendly and as a result got to the heady heights of 60 in the charts before I gave up. But … I cut and reworked content not style. My book's a hard read about death in the family but lends itself to stripped back prose so 'overwriting' was never a problem. (My problem was trying to get a diverse audience to engage with and respond to a hard subject. Even though 'care for the elderly' has been a hot topic for the last few years no one wants a 'straight' account of the indignity facing most people at the end of their lives.)
To get the most out of the site now I've limited my read requests to one simple question – does the first chapter work? If enough people think it's ok I'm on the right track no matter where I am on the spectrum between Dan Brown and Cormac McCarthy. (And I'm not so sure about editors these days – I just read 'Skippy Dies' and 'A Man of Parts' – both overlong and ill edited.)
If 'Nothing you can do' ever gets published I'll probably put back 10,000 words.
Gefordson - 29 February 2012 at 11:34
Don't forget to have a compelling story and a great short pitch, or your work won't get on the editor's desk to start with.
If they like the story, they'll help you pare it down to their preferred size, or make it longer to break into a series.
Editors take the word count too seriously. - 1 March 2012 at 11:57
I read Scott's comments about waxing 'lyrical about a character walking down the stairs' with a smile on my face.
This week I completed my second novel, a Regency whodunnit entitled the 'The Missing Heiress.' During the climax of my novel Detective Stephen Lavender finally finds the missing heiress and she is doing just that - walking down the stairs.
'A delicate white hand appeared on the banister upstairs followed by an arm clothed in black. Then she appeared. Smaller than Lavender had imagined and thinner. The oval face and the stubborn little chin were those in the portrait handed to him by the Armstrongs, just over a week ago. Her porcelain skin was pale.
The missing heiress descended the stairs carefully. A borrowed gown hung loosely on her slight frame. Her white-blond head bowed as she lifted the long hem of the skirts.
A dress which belonged to Goddard's dead mother no doubt, he thought. She wore no wedding band.
However, despite 'waxing lyrical' about Helen Carnaby's descent down a staircase, I would like to defend my style of writing on the grounds that this level of detail is what the reader's of historical fiction expect. Our reader's expect us to transport them to another world and make them want to stay there. This cannot be done without description.
I totally agree with LizX's comment that 'a non-existent fantasy world can't be done on a shoestring of words.' Nor can the extinct world of Regency England be created without adjectives and descriptive phrases.
Karen Charlton
www.karencharlton.com - 1 March 2012 at 14:37
- Claire said...
I've got the horrible feeling this might be aimed at me...
- 1 March 2012 at 23:07
- Scott Pack said...
Lots of interesting comments here.
Jilli, I am glad you feel your manuscript reads better after a good butchering. Most do. It is quite refreshing, yes?
Anonymous 1, I don't really like Hemingway either, but he is the most obvious example of pared down prose.
LizX, there is nothing wrong with lots of words, assuming they are the right ones. If they develop plot, character and/or atmosphere then fine. If they are actually redundant then I think they can be a problem.
Gefordson, submitting yourself to that level of editing at this stage could save you a lot of trouble in the long run.
Anonymous 2, I am not sure editors do take word count too seriously. It isn't the actual number, it is how they are used. I focused on 'too many words' in my blog post to illustrate the overwriting point.
Anonymous 3, I assume the novel you are quoting from is romantic historical fiction? I am sure it is possible to recreate Regency England in more than one style and yours may well fit the bill. Although 'Her porcelain skin was pale'? Would porcelain skin be anything other than pale? - 5 March 2012 at 21:51
jIn response to Scott: Yes, your point about 'overwriting' is very valid, but my point that it is the job of an editor to help a writer take their wonderful story and make it publishable is even more important.
An editor's job is to find great material, and to subsequently coax the best writing from the author 'nicht vahr'? - 6 March 2012 at 12:49
Also, an acknowledgment that different genre will elicit different levels of descriptive writing. Yes, I cringe at Agatha's prose as compared with John Sanford, as one example, but some writing is meant to be poetic and lyrical, perhaps at the expense of wordiness and lack of paucity of adjectives and adverbs.
Everyone has different tastes. Your job is especially hard because you can't let yourself concentrate in one preferred style for fear of missing the commercial book in another. - 6 March 2012 at 12:54
- Clodagh said...
Overall I agree that cutting is good. I've agonised over killing my darlings - but have always been happy that I wielded the knife. The main thing though is to be true to yourself. My MA tutor and I had healthy discussions and she was generally right. However, sometimes I just knew that I knew best. It's important to listen to your own voice while being ruthless where you need to be. I always knew what I had to do, even though I tried to kid myself!
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"Stellar... seriously... have you read this yet?"
In full disclosure, I'll start off by saying that I love Divergent. I love Tris. I love Four. In my review of Divergent I raised some things that didn't sit right with me—but, having listened to Insurgent all of my questions/issues were addressed. And while, I can't change my initial reaction to Divergent---Insurgent has made me love it more and in our trilogy-centric YA world I think that's a major feat. That being said, I am still reeling a bit by the reveal at the end and if I struggle to find the words I hope you will forgive.
The story picks up literally where we left Tris and gang---and follows them through several different areas. This really helped to flush out the world even more. I loved being able to see the inner workings of different factions. I do not want to give away anything but let's just say (while I consider myself a truthful person) I do not want to EVER live in Candor.
Tris is much more vulnerable now... deeply affected by losing her parents and wading through the guilt of Will. This story is painful and contains twists and turns that I did not anticipate… betrayal and assistance where I didn't expect it. And that end… I'm going to start listen to them both again and again... I know it.
Tris and Four… uh! Thank you Veronica Roth… for creating this relationship. Thank you for NOT (can you believe it) giving us a triangle. Thank you for your amazing and realistic dialogue. I… I really am at a loss for words to describe how satisfied I am. And anxious too.
I am in awe of Emma Galvin's talent. The emotions she brings only enhance the super intense moments. I think her performance was amazingly spot-on.
This is a killer sequel. I am satisfied in a way that I haven't been in awhile. I am SUPER stoked for the next one. I am also dreading the next one because that will mean the end…
"End of an Era"
Let me start first by saying that I have been nothing but pleased by Sarah Drew's performance. At the end of the book she added some personal comments---she clearly loved working on this series and it showed.
I want to be clear---I highly recommend the series, if you haven't given it a listen.
What I did not like about this book---and it's really just a matter of taste was the back and forth between the two girl's point of view. I really didn't want to (and can I just be candid--1 or two times didn't) listen to Hannah's portion of the story. I'm not sure if that would have been different if I had read this rather than listened to it... because I found myself not caring what happened with Hannah. Perhaps it's because I felt so betrayed by Hannah.
I want to say more---but I don't want to spoil---so in an attempt to be vague I felt bad for one character who I felt really got the raw end of things...
But--all is forgiven because Lauren Oliver had a really successful finish I felt. I will be looking to read her other books.
"Completely Inspiring Fantasy"
My initial reaction to this novel (a week or so after I finished listening to it) is to reflect on my connection with Seraphina. A girl with an amazing talent who actively seeks to hide her talent in order to not draw attention to herself because of a difference that could get her killed. I am surprised that in a world so fantastical it requires a great deal of careful sculpting and building that my first thoughts are of this character. Seraphina's struggle helps ground the world. Seraphina, at the beginning of the novel, has defined and viewed herself based off of an identity that she didn't choose but was born with. She is caught between two races with each not even wanting to acknowledge her existence. She has grown up with shame and without a true connection with anyone just because she is alive. In our world people often treated differently based on factors they were born with --- I'm sure I don't need to tell you--- the reality of these situations just really hit me on an emotional level.
The world building: the religion, languages, differences between cultures--are very well done. I thought it was beautifully written and well thought out.
I don't want to comment too much on the romance--but it is a slow build and felt natural. I--I read another review that said she could not remember was Lucian looked like...and neither can I. Their relationship is built on similarities and understanding--and not without it's issues---really refreshing.
And intrigue--can this fragile balance between the dragons and the humans be sustained? Who is plotting the downfall of the peace and why? Can Seraphina help the Prince with his investigations without giving up her secret?
If you like fantasy---I can't imagine a reason why you wouldn't enjoy this read.
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Look at that cover... it intrigued me, I must say. Knowing nothing about this book but the cover I purchased it... Like chosing your present for Christmas based on the packaging I guess...but I digress.
Gilt, tells the story of the fifth wife of King Henry VIII, Cat, from the point of view of her friend, Kitty Tylney. The two girls were raised together from the age of six in the household of the Duchess of Norfolk. Cat is beautiful, popular and selfish, and lords over the rest of the girls at the school. Kitty is not that pretty and less outgoing... but considers being taken under Cat's wing/being Cat's best friend an honor. She is very greatful to her and considers her family----and ultimately would do anything for her.
While definitly part romance---at it's core this book is a coming-of-age story. It is about Kitty realizing who she is and wants to be. And how choices have consequences.
This is told with modern language---which didn't bother me in the least---but is definitly of note.
My annoyance with this book comes with how Cat piles onto Kitty... and Kitty just takes it. I understand that there is nothing that Kitty can do about it---since Cat is her superior in birth/rank... but, the modern language..... I can't put my finger on it. But it's annoying. Because I want Kitty so badly to defend herself.
I would read another in this series. In particular I want the author to expand on what happens to Kitty at the end.
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I bought this because the cover drew me in---but I wasn't immediately hooked into the story. About 25% of the way through---I was engaged. This is an offbeat fairytale. The formula is there---Prince turned frog falls in love with a girl---convinces her to kiss him which turns him back into a Prince. This is why I was bored... but once the kiss came---I was hooked because Alethena Kontis kept me off balance as a reader. As soon as I recognized the fairtale---she switched things up...
Give this one a chance if you are a fan of a quirky family... I really enjoyed it and was sad to hear it end.
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I keep changing my stars because I can't decide... 3.5/4
Full disclosure---I have not read the Immortals series by Alyson Noel at this point. Other reviews I've read about this book seem to bash Fated as being subpar... but having not read the Immortals I'm... in like with this book.
Daire, an internet schooled daughter of a hollywood makeup artist, has a life most girls dream of. She travels the world, spending her days around movie sets and hanging out with hot, young stars. When she starts experience visions of crows and heads on spikes screaming at her---and periods when time stands still while on a date with an rising star her world comes crashing in around her. Fearful of her mental health her mother rushes her back to the US to get her medical attention. The Doctors can not figure out how to help her and suggest committing her. Jennika (Daire's mom) receives a call from an estranged grandmother---who thinks she can help. Daire is sent to live with her in New mexico...
I love and am intrigued by the ties this book draws to Native American culture...I adore the twins Dace and Cade for very different reasons. Dace--because of the untapped potential---I thought that the build in their relationship went from simmer to boil a little too quickly. Cade--because who doesn't like a villian who likes to play mind tricks. I don't want to say anymore.
I am also intrigued by the secondary characters---especially Lita. (A blind seer)
While I think that I can see a definite building block here, and I enjoyed the listen--- I wouldn't buy a copy to pass along to people. I don't regret using the credit---there's something that's keeps me from being pumped about it. Whether I end up loving this book I guess completely rests on what is done in future books... and I'm not sure what that says about this book on it's own.
"I Heart Death's Handmaiden!"
I'm going to leave this review short in order to not spoil.
This book has it all... A 14 year-old girl forced to marry by an abusive father is saved and sent to join assassin nuns who train her in poison, combat, history and "the womanly arts" to serve her father Mortmain the god of death--- while an illegitimate, fiercely loyal brother fights to save his country and his sister who would be ruler of Britain. It's historical. It's fantasy. It's romance. It's a thoroughly enjoyable read.
Ismae and Duval slow boil relationship---and the mystery behind who is betraying them at every turn made the book almost impossible not to listen to. I, like the book nerd I am, did my grocery shopping last night with my headphones on in an attempt to finish the book because I was so hooked.
This is worth the credit I used for it…and, while I think it could have stood on it's own quite well, I am so glad that there are more to come!!
"Why are you making me beg for more???"
I bought this book because I needed something new—and thought the cover was intriguing. Who/What is she looking at?
Daisy (our narrator) is a girl who has died 5 times and been revived using a serum. She is in protective custody of a "fake parents" who are a part of a large organization that is measuring the effects on the control group for 30 years. Every time she dies---she moves and assumes a new name. At the beginning of the book Daisy is a lone wolf flippant about these deaths---and as the book progresses we get to watch Daisy bloom into an great friend who more than understands death.
I really don't want to spoil---so, let me just say that I very much enjoyed the characters, the plot-----loved it SO much. But, almost equally so, I am disappointed by the end. It feels rushed. And, while I almost loathe to say this (since there are so many trilogies out there) this one I felt like could justify one, easily. The depth of her characters could be explored A LOT more. Also, I have questions that linger and haunt. I have theories that I will never know if I am correct about. AND, perhaps most importantly, what is going to happen with/to Daisy and Matt in the long haul?
As an author isn't that a great problem to have though? I WANT MORE!!! PLEASE?!?
Tara Sands did well. I didn't really notice her---and I mean that in the best way possible. She facilitated the book in a way that didn't distract. I am finding more and more that is important to me.
All in all---I find myself split. I loved the characters------but man, since this is a stand alone I really wanted to finish the book on a high with all my questions answered. And, I really didn't get that.
Is it too late to reconsider a sequel?? I'd definitely read it.
"Carrier of the Mark--Above the Mark?"
I bought this audio book because it was part of the ½ price sale, and I enjoy YA. I went into this book with no expectations and really next to no idea what the book was about:
First and most impressive was Nicola Barbera… just stellar performance: Amazing Irish Accents in female and male voices and even an English accent! Her performance complemented the book so well. Stellar job!
I particularly liked the powers and details of the origins of the powers. In some ways I wish I had been physically reading rather than listening because there are some things about the origins of the powers and what they mean to the couple that I would have liked to read again.
My reading enjoyment suffered from what I think is an unavoidable Twilight comparison. (Girl with Dad moves to new place, Girl meets strange aloof devastatingly handsome boy, girl's life is saved by boy in an unconventional way, boy is warned by family to stay away from girl etc) Actually, now that I think about it…if you were to take Twilight and marry it with Tamora Peirce's Circle of Magic this is probably what you would end up with.
Would I listen to a sequel? (This is what I ask myself to determine how much I liked it.) Well, it would have to have Nicola Barbera... and ½ off.
"You might want to wait... if you hate cliffhangers"
I clicked on an ad—that said Hunger Games + Cinderella + The Bachelor = The Selection and totally impulse bought this audio book. I admit it, I was taken by the ad and the cover. Beautiful.
I don't want to give away too much, but I found the main character to be charming and endearing in a "no, no… please don't do that… oh you really did it now" kind of way. I really liked her family… in particular her youngest brother. I also felt like her relationship with her Mom really rang true for me. There were moments that made me cringe thinking about the trouble America got herself into through her impetuous responses. I am completely rooting for her—and have already picked which guy I think would be better for her. But based on how she reacted through out the book, and what my gut thought she should do—she will probably choose the other one. (So yes, triangle)
Beyond all of the romance stuff (which is front and center of the book)—is what I imagine for the author a slow build. I loved how the knowledge of this society is laid into the story.
1)I thought—especially in the very beginning that the narrator sounded almost mechanical---wooden. Maybe this was on purpose?? By the end, I didn't notice it anymore… in fact I did love the way she did the Prince's voice---for that she deserves credit. If you are listening--let me to encourage you to push on.
2)The ending… I have rewound and listened to the last 20 minutes… oh man, seriously painful---and I would say abrupt ending. All I can do is hope it's not a long time for the next one. But then maybe that's a good thing…
Over all I really enjoyed it... but if you are more a fan of Hunger Games than Cinderella or the Bachelor then I'm not sure this is the book for you. Romance is definitely the name of this game.


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I don't like the new shampoo that just came in store... so I dont use it. Does that mean it was a waste of time making it? No, probably somebody out there liked it.
If you dont like something, dont use it. Case closed.
Now, PLEASE, back on topic:
So, let me get this straight: You -activated- the threading optimization that cut performance in half on the majority of the tests here on Phoronix, but YOU actually got an increase in fps through Wine in WoW?
... I must say.. THAT is interesting. Maybe it will work for GW2 too then. I mean, not the patch, but the new Nvidia drivers (after turning on the threading optimization)
Although, I didn't quite understand how to actually turn it on. It said:
Where and how did you do that?Setting the __GL_THREADED_OPTIMIZATIONS environment variable to "1" before loading the NVIDIA OpenGL driver library will enable these optimizations for the lifetime of the application.
Where and how do you do that?Please note that these optimizations can currently only be enabled if the target application dynamically links against pthreads. If this isn't the case, the dynamic loader can be instructed to do so at runtime by setting the LD_PRELOAD environment variable to include the pthreads library.


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Muskego - Police are investigating an incident in which an Obama campaign sign was set ablaze, likely with a flammable liquid, in the yard of a Muskego home last weekend.
Obama's name could still be seen in a corner of the melted sign, but it otherwise almost entirely burned up, even leaving some spots of blackened grass on the North Shore Road home of Bill Schuele.
Authorities believe a small amount of a flammable liquid, such as gasoline, was used to help ignite the fire about 11 p.m. Saturday. A car driven by the suspected arsonist was seen by a passerby, police said.
Schuele, who has lived on North Shore Drive for 25 years, viewed it as an unsettling attempt at intimidation.
"It reminded me of Mississippi in the '50s," he said, referring churches and other property were burned by opponents of the civil rights movement.
The fire burned itself out, and Schuele was relieved that the leaves on the lawn weren't drier and that the arsonist didn't use more gasoline. "Circumstances could have been worse," he said.
Muskego Police Capt. Craig Moser said the burning is probably a first for Muskego.
"I haven't heard of that happening before," he said, noting that campaign signs have been removed in the past. "It appears to be an isolated incident."
Ben Sparks, spokesman for the Romney campaign in Wisconsin, said, "We don't condone behavior like that. It has no connection with the campaign."
Schuele said this kind of thing has no place in the political discourse of a free society.
He places the blame on extremism whipped up by talk shows that spread negativity onto the stage of ideas. He also cited politicians who refuse to cooperate with each other so that they can play the blame game. Pushing people to extremes eventually poisons the body politic, Schuele said.
"Ideas can't be extreme because nothing can live on the extreme," he said.
"You have to work with people," Schuele added. "Everyone's got to be involved, working from the middle."
Schuele points to his politically opposite neighbor as taking the right course. In 2008, when someone pulled out the Obama sign on Schuele's lawn, his neighbor set it back up.
"That shows the difference" in how to approach others with differing opinions, Schuele said.
But Schuele isn't giving up, saying he plans to put up a new sign beside the burned one.
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I was considering buying an AMD mobo and cpu next upgrade as a means to step away from Intel. There goes that thought.
Phoronix: A Backdoor In AMD's Catalyst OpenCL Library?
There's a chance there might be a concealed backdoor within AMD's Catalyst driver, in particular within their closed-source graphics driver's OpenCL library...
I was considering buying an AMD mobo and cpu next upgrade as a means to step away from Intel. There goes that thought.
AMD must be on of the the dumbest companies in the history. Not only having a backdoor but also labelling it backdoor is universally dumb.
I'd say wait a bit. It's probably a funny name for some harmless debug hook.
Can someone please verify the existence of this string?
Not only does this make the Catalyst driver suspect, it also casts a shadow over the open-source driver. If you remember, AMD pushed *hard* to use a firmware blob in Radeon, instead of the clean-room approach of RadeonHD.
I used to think it didn't matter, but apparently I was naive. Luc Verhaegen was right all along.
Well, either the most stupidly obvious back door code, or maybe exactly what it says: osTestBackdoor == API that bypasses the standard OpenCL APIs to do some form of testing of their OpenCL driver to check that it is interacting with local Operating System correctly.
Let me summarize:
1) Most likely you are Linux user.
2) You considered buying a AMD GPU but not nVidia
This implies:
1) You do not need high end GPU performance
2) You do not need bugfree OpenCL implementation (if you use it at all)
Well, why the hell should you use catalyst then? I use radeon open source drivers every day (r600) and i am completely happy with it. Cities in Motions 2 runs great. :-P


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School administration can be very fast paced and detail oriented with many decisions, big and small, made throughout the course of a day. With one principal and two assistant principals, the amount of information that we have to consume can be quite overwhelming. We've found Voxer invaluable in helping us to stay connected and communicate more effectively during the school day. As soon as there's a decision that another administrator needs to know about, we no longer need to schedule a meeting, craft an email, or even send a text. Voxer provides an opportunity to leave a detailed message that can be retrieved by the rest of the team when time permits.
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With littleBits anyone, of any age, can harness the power of electronics, microcontrollers, and the cloud. You can combine these snap-together magnetic bricks to make simple electronic circuits or build robots and interactive projects that combine sensors and an Arduino-compatible microcontroller.
There's no better way to learn how to use littleBits than to jump right in and try them out. Here are the basics: how to power your Bits, how they connect — and a look at a few of the different inputs and outputs that you can use in your projects.
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"A host of new apps are available to jump-start creative thinking and spark new ideas."
Some nice apps that can definitely help with creative thinking! In seminars, apps like these could be used in place of a turn-and-talk or other technique to get conversation going again.
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"Instead of focusing only on school performance, graduation rates, college matriculation and job placement, the Future Project hones in on the root of the problem: that students don't have enough motivation and lack belief in their own futures."
Excellent article about a wonderful program. -JL
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Drones have gotten a bad rap in recent times in the wake of criticism of President Obama's counterterrorism program and images of Amazon.com's spooky firefly-like drones delivering books and cuddly toys to your door. And the government is clamping down on them, at least for domestic, commercial use. New federal rules on drones are expected to require operators to have a license, fly only during daylight hours below 400 feet and within site of the operator, The Wall Street Journal reported.
"But there will be more than 100,000 new jobs created nationally by 2025 with an economic impact of $82 billion over that period, according to a 2013 report by the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International, a coalition of 7,000 individuals and 600 corporations. "States that create favorable regulatory and business environments for the industry and the technology will likely siphon jobs away from states that do not," the report found.
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We reported last year that our friends at MathWorks had released ROS support for MATLAB. They presented that work in a talk at ROSCon 2014.
That ROS support has now been promoted into an official MATLAB toolbox, called the Robotics System Toolbox. You can work in MATLAB with any ROS-enabled robot, simulator, or log data. Check out their overview video!
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The 8 conditions that Quaglia believes are vital to every school climate are belonging, heroes, sense of accomplishment, fun and excitement, curiosity and creativity, spirit of adventure, leadership and responsibility, and confidence to take action. At first blush they sound as though they are easily addressed and accepted in schools. However, as the report shows, some conditions are easier to come by than others, and opinions often conflict with one anothe
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This Pew Research report shares some interesting data results regarding teens, their use of social media and other technologies. Any surprises?
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Detroit Public Television is once again in 2015 proud to showcase the ingenuity and expertise of young engineers as part of our award-winning coverage of the FIRST In Michigan Robotics State Championship.
Not only is the whole championship being streamed all day, starting at 9 am EDT, but the entirety of last year's event is also archived on the same page. -JL
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"As demand for more adult learning opportunities accelerates, colleges and universities are trying to figure out how to tap into the market for second careers to bolster their revenue and perhaps build alumni loyalty. The potential audience is huge."
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There are a LOT of great books for teachers out there. Picking just fifty is no easy feat but we've done our best to cover the best books for teachers from five different angles. Now all of these are exceptional reads. They are in no particular order. Number one is just as great a resource as number fifty. So take a browse through the list or jump direct to your area of interest.
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Hybrid Pedagogy is an open-access, peer-reviewed journal that…
-combines the strands of critical pedagogy and digital pedagogy to arrive at the best social and civil uses for technology and new media in education.
-avoids valorizing educational technology, but seeks to interrogate and investigate technological tools to determine their most progressive applications.
-invites you to an ongoing discussion that is networked and participant-driven, to an open peer reviewed journal that is both academic and collective.
For more details, see our article What is hybrid pedagogy?"
A scholarly journal that is new to me, but has apparently been published for about 5 years. -JL
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Among the advice new parents receive is to read to their babies early and often. The hope is that sharing books together will help children's language development and eventually, turn them into successful readers.
"Now there is evidence that reading to young children is in fact associated with differences in brain activity supporting early reading skills. The research will be presented Saturday, April 25 at the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) annual meeting in San Diego."
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Arizona State University, one of the nation's largest universities, is joining with edX, a nonprofit online venture founded by M.I.T. and Harvard, to offer an online freshman year that will be available worldwide with no admissions process and full university credit.
"In the new Global Freshman Academy, each credit will cost $200, but students will not have to pay until they pass the courses, which will be offered on the edX platform as MOOCs, or Massive Open Online Courses.
"Leave your G.P.A., your SATs, your recommendations at home," said Anant Agarwal, the chief executive of edX. "If you have the will to learn, just bring your Internet connection and yourself, and you can get a year of college credit."
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"We built Classroom to help teachers spend less time on paperwork, and more time with their students. Since we launched, we've also heard from teachers and professors that they'd love to be able to use Classroom to collaborate with other educators.
"Teach together: Whether it's a substitute, a teacher's aide or a department chair, almost every teacher and professor is supported by other educators. So starting today, you can have multiple teachers in a Classroom class. To try it out, just go to your class's About page and click "Invite teacher." Additional teachers can do almost everything the primary teacher can do: they can create assignments or announcements, view and grade student submissions, participate in the comments on the class "stream," invite students and even get email notifications – everything except delete the class."
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A recent study published in Psychological Science found that the pen is mightier than the keyboard when it comes to remembering what you just jotted down.
Princeton University psychological scientist Pam Mueller, lead author of the study, noticed the difference while she was a graduate teaching assistant. She normally brought her laptop to the lecture to take notes, but one day she didn't have it. "I felt like I learned a lot more," she recalls.
Using three different studies, Mueller tested the affect of note-taking techniques on memory. First she had two groups of students take notes on a TED talk, with half of the group using a laptop and the other half using a pen and notebook. Each group was tested on the material, and while both groups tested well on questions that involved recalling facts, the longhand group scored significantly better on conceptual questions.
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Last month we announced Education on Air — our free online conference taking place May 8-9, 2015 — and asked what you wanted to hear about. Today we released the schedule of sessions, based largely on what we heard from you. We'll emphasize innovation — 44% of you voted for this — as well as how to empower students and use Google tools effectively. It was clear from our second poll that you also want practical examples, so our speakers will go beyond theory and share their specific advice for enacting change.
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Neither freezing weather nor a record number of snow days in some places could deter nearly 4,500 of you from entering this winter's Second Annual Student Editorial Contest. And, just like last year, we were bowled over by the breadth of topics you chose and the passion with which you wrote about them.
Four hundred and 23 of you — about 10 percent — made our finalists list, then we reluctantly winnowed that down to the 56 winners, runners-up and honorable mentions you can find below.
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"The digital humanities is where traditional humanities scholarship—or, the academic study of arts, language, history, and the like—meets the digital age. By using technology in new and innovative ways, digital humanities scholars can create research projects that explore topics in ways that were not possible (or were extremely laborious undertakings) before computers....
"In March, several interesting new software releases and tutorials came out. I have highlighted the most interesting of them below. Perhaps one will inspire you in your own digital humanities research or help you learn about this interesting field of scholarly research."
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A preview of the NMC Horizon Report's interim results for its 2015 K-12 education edition - emerging technologies & trends & challenges in education worldwide
this #evolution is relevant across education even in #highered sectors. integration of these ideas into #curriculumdesign challenges the full spectrum of work in learning and teaching
A look into what may be coming to the K-12 classroom in the next few years. Some of these technologies are already in use in many places.
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When the city of Alexandria, Minnesota, asked community members what they wanted in their new high school to be like, they replied, "like the Google campus." So they hired John Pfluger of Cuningham Group Architecture to make that a reality. Something that might not be the same size, or even necessarily have the exact design considerations, but that represents the same sense of possibility—the feeling of being adaptable to the future, whatever might come of it. The result is a state-of-the-art facility for more than 1,400 students where the word "classroom" is verboten, and where an hour in algebra class might be indiscernible from kicking back in the quad.
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3.0 port is on the right above. -JL
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To innovate is to introduce change. While STEM workers can certainly drive innovation through science alone, imagine how much more innovative students and employees could be if the pool of knowledge from which they draw is wider and deeper. That occurs as the result of a liberal arts education.
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There are numerous public beaches that sprawl along the beautiful Emerald Coast. The white sands and warm Gulf breezes make leisurely living come naturally to even the most high-strung travelers. Sink your toes into the sand and take a load off at one of these excellent beaches:
- Barracuda Beach located at Barracuda and Scenic 98 is open to the public, and presents guests with wide-open expanses of sun-baked coastline. Work on a killer tan or try your hand at some sandcastle construction at this incredible oceanfront locale.
- Calhoun Beach near Restaurant Row is another prime public spot that enables travelers to enjoy the coastal views. Open from dawn to dusk, this beach presents a great view of the crashing waves that surge inward from the Gulf.
- Norriego Point Beach is located on the eastern tip of the peninsula and overlooks Destin Bay. Pack a picnic lunch or a romantic sunset dinner for two on the sands of this natural sanctuary and watch the boats as they slowly drift into the harbor.
Activities in Sandestin
If lounging about in the sand all day gets a little hard to handle, there are quite a few local spots that make for an engaging and fun-filled excursion. This quiet oceanfront community offers visitors an array of great activities spread throughout the town. Take an afternoon to discover some of these excellent hangouts:
- The Destin History and Fishing Museum features a variety of exhibits that document the history of this once quaint fishing village. Visitors will find a variety of antique fishing equipment, including one split bamboo pole and Penn reel that belonged to the late American author Ernest Hemingway.
- Destin's Main Street Market was established by transplants Tom and Amy Holt as a way to promote local farmers and their produce. Every Saturday morning, guests can find a wide spectrum of fruits, vegetables, milk, eggs and baked goods, making the perfect picnic or just something to snack on during deep excursions.
Transportation To and Around Sandestin
It's easy to get to Florida, lodging from Okaloosa Regional Airport, just 45 minutes away. Sandestin resort rentals are 60 miles east of Pensacola, about an hour and a half from Pensacola Regional Airport, and Sandestin is just an hour from Panama City-Bay County Airport. In Sandestin, much of your days' activities are within walking distance, and Destin's great shopping and restaurants are just a short drive away.


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I have always loved Lynsay Sands books. This one did not disappoint. What started out as revenge turned into a true love story. H & H were well developed and loveable, especially Kyla who spent a good part of the book trying to escape and or trying to prove she wasn't addled. .. . Imo one of the best scenes is Kyla pretending to be crazy and singing very bawdy songs to Galen. Very funny. well worth the credit.
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Jo is travelling from to England to Scotland to deliver a message from her dead mother to Laird Ross MacKay. Dressed as a boy, Jo is attacked by bandits and is saved by Campbell Sinclair.
Cam and his Clan are long standing allies of the MacKay clan, and offers to escort "the boy" there.
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There were so many memorable moments, from Cam discovering Jo's real identity, to meeting Laird Ross McKay to the Beautiful Epilogue.
LOVED HIM!!!! Every Scottish Romance should be narrated by him. His accent is real!!!
I loved his voice, a real Scotsman
Masks, Mishaps and Misunderstandings
This is book 2 of the English Bride in Scotland series.
Well worth the credit. And you will LOVE Keiran Elliott's narration!!
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"Couldn't get enough"
This book was a great trip through Elizabethan England/Scotland.It begins approximately 2 years before the death of Queen Elizabeth 1.
The heroine Catherine (Cat) a Lady in waiting and dress designer to the Queen, and the hero - Patrick Hepburn son the exiled Scottish Earl of Bothwell ( who historically was a huge supporter of Mary Queen of Scots, King James' mother) They meet and initially hate each other , well, Catherine hates Hepburn. Hepburn is intrigued by the beautiful and vain Cat, but he doesn't go "ga ga" over her like everyone in the Queen's court.But Catherine can't help being draw to the 6 1/2 foot "Scots Barbarian" The story is long but it moves beautifully.
I love the descriptions of the fashions and fabrics of the period, the landscapes, the food.
It would make a great Movie!
I love books you could see being made into a movie or mini series ( but only by the BBC)
The historical/political intrigue, the characters and the dialogue
I love the narrator, her voices, accents, and tone is fantastic.My favourite of all her characterizations is King James and Maggie ( Catherine's maid and surrogate mother)
The death of a secondary character in the middle of the book, she had an impact on everyone.
I purchased this book on a BOGO special, and it's the best deal EVER. It is worth the credit on its own.Enjoy!
"I Love this series"
They are both fantastic, I like that I can listen to a book in the car on the way to work, and when I am unable to listen, I can read where I left off.
I really loved the opening story of Christina's Dakota Family. I was so detailed, it really makes the reader understand Christina later on in the story.
I also loved the interaction with Christina and one of Lyon's "ladies", it was HYSTERICAL!!
I loved Susan Duerden's narration. A lot of the reviews were complaining that she whispered too much. A lot of the dialogue required whispering, so I wasn't quite sure what the complaints were about.
Oh ya if I had the time, I would have. I did finish it in under 2 days though.
Julie's Historical's are ALWAYS worth the credit. I can't wait for Guardian Angel, The Gift, and Castles.
"I get it!! They don't realize they love each other"
It started off great.Fantastic plot, characters, witty dialogue with a touch intrigue.
Julien Blackworth is caught in bed with the wrong woman, a spinsterish woman named Izzy. He was drunk, he went to the wrong bedroom, he got caught... Voila ! He has to marry Izzy. But Izzy, doesn't want get married, she wants to move out of her wicked cousin house, collect her inheritance left to her by her late mother, and go to America...
So Izzy convinces Julien to agree to a mock engagement (or so she thinks), and then in 4 months they can break it off. She will be of age to get her money and sail to America.
While Julien "agrees" to the plan, he has a plan of his own... He will marry Izzy, inherit the Dukedom, and set her up in the country all while continuing the way he is (a man-whore) with no thought for his wife.
But as he spends more time with Izzy, he begins to see her in a different light. He wants to spend time with her, he thinks about her when he is with other women, blah,blah, blah.
When his best friend Eric begins to show interest.... What a shock! Julien doesn't like it.
In fact while at a garden party with Izzy, Julien is in the library making his way up another woman's skirt. all the while Eric is escorting Izzy around the park. Julian happens to look out the window, while with this other woman ( that's nice). He is so furious he runs out of the library, runs into the garden and grabs Izzy away from Eric.
(Oh Please!!, What an ass!!)
Eric is a little shocked by his behavior because, he knows of Julien's plan for Izzy.
This is when it started to fizzle for me.
He loves her, but doesn't want to.... she loves him but she doesn't think he loves her.....
He thinks she is in love with his best friend Eric... she thinks he's in love with her best friend Celia...this went on for about 3 hours, with a few other things happening in between.
Ugggh, seriously! These people are supposed be be intelligent???
I really would have loved to see Izzy's maid Bette, take a brick upside both their heads....LOL
Susan Ericksen's narration saved this book for me, as did the authors writing style.
I just think that maybe another editor should have been given the original manuscript, and cut out about 3 chapters.
If your not sure whether to download it, if your local library has it, read it first, it may not bother you.
I would recommend downloading it when it goes on sale.
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Great voices, I love her narration, some people don't, but I think she is fantastic.
Yes, I actually read the book in one sitting over a weekend. I really couldn't put it down.
I love this Highland Laird Series. It's quirky. The characters are fun & charming.
The dialogue between the Lairds, and there wives is brilliant.
The secondary characters are also lively and charming.
I love all of Julie Garwood's historicals, they are so worth the credits.
"Regency Weekend at Bernie's"
Yes especially if i need a good laugh.
The Deed by Lynday Sands.
I love Sarah Coomes. I know she always gets mixed reviews, but I have always enjoyed anything she narrates
I was laughing out loud at the scenes where certain characters are trying to move the dead body of an unkind Earl that nobody wants discovered (especially his wife, because if people know he is dead,, she would have to go into mourning, and could not be a sponsor for her sister who is looking for a husband)
Not your typical historical romance, but sometimes it's good not to be typical.
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Top 15. It's a great story of long time love, loss, and discovery. Throw in that Julia Quinn character banter.
The way the main characters develop, it seemed like a natural progression without a rushed ending.
The book shop. Miranda is an avid reader, and wants to purchase a book that is sold only in a man's bookshop. Well Miranda doesn't care, and she wants the book, and then the fun begins.
Follow this up with " what happens in london and "10 things I love about you" and re visit these great Julia Quinn characters.
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Yes, it was fantastic listen. The story takes place during the up in Scotland at the time of Mary Stewart Reign. The story flowed, the characters were very real, the narration superb.
I loved Angus, the "most handsome man in Scotland" was noble, honest and quite "randy". He stays away from politics, to protect his small can.
His "plain wife" Anabella, who he married to obtain land her father owned. She is a a strong woman who does her duty, but with opinions of her own.
She was great, all the characters were great, her timing was amazing.
I loved this book. IMO it's the best of the series. The other heros of the Border series, were a bit arrogant, and some did stray from there "loves", some I would also consider borderline abusive... This book did not have that feel, which was a great change.
The book can stand alone. you don't have to read the others.
Well worth the credit.
"Murray Men, at it Again!"
This is the 2nd book of the Highland Series featuring the Murray brothers,It's 7 years later as we learn what happened to Nigel since he left Donncoill after losing Maldie to his brother Balfour.
Nigel becomes a mercenary, offering his sword and fighting skills to any French lord who pays the most. But when he wakes up one morning to find himself sprawled in the mud, having spent all night boozing with no recollection of how he got there, he knew it was time for him to go home and face reality. While deep in thoughts, he hears voices and checks to see whom they belong to. He spots two people deep in conversation but knew instantly that the one dressed like a lad is a woman.
Gisele Deveau is a hunted woman. Falsely accused of the gruesome death (no really GRUESOME) of her wealthy husband, she has been running away for a whole year. When Nigel ends up saving her life, she knows that he is her only hope.
Realizing that Gisele's life is in extreme danger, Nigel is overcome with the need to protect her, especially when he learns that she is pretty much on her own. And although she fears men in general Gisele has little choice but to trust the man who has entangled himself in her troubles.
Little do they know that they would be faced with another trouble: that of their growing attraction to each other. Nigel is torn and confused about what he feels for Giselle who looks very much like Maldie, his sister in law - and the reason he left home in the first place. While Gisele is terrified to put her trust in another man after what she has experienced at the hands of her husband.
Gisele is a likable heroine, very similar to Maldie but with a sharper tongue. Both characters are strong and well-matched and as passionate as the first book's characters. I
The homecoming scene was one of my favourites
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Only about one-third of eastern Lake Erie is frozen over. The average temperature here has been 5 to 6 degrees warmer than normal throughout December and January. And the snow total, so far this winter, lags almost 30 inches behind historic snowfall averages through Feb. 25.
Once again, the region has had a milder winter than normal, although nothing compared with last year's.
That's back-to-back soft winters, following last year's thaw-fest.
But there's one message from the experts: Two years don't make a trend.
"We can have back-to-back winters that are on the far end of the spectrum – whether it's a lot of snow or a lack of snow – but you shouldn't use two years as a trend," National Weather Service meteorologist David Thomas said.
Last winter was the really mild one, marked by only 36.7 inches of snow for the whole season, average daily temperatures hovering 5 degrees above normal all winter and a Lake Erie that never froze.
Toss in the ill-fated attempts to play a pond-hockey tournament on Erie Basin Marina ice the last two Februarys, and it's enough to get people chatting about "global warming."
Historically, there's plenty of evidence about two-year "trends."
Only old-timers can remember the winters of 1947-48 and 1948-49, when the snowfall totals were less than half the long-term average, at 42.1 and 40.1 inches, respectively.
"Those were two winters that had well-below-normal snowfalls," Thomas said. "Now we're back to that."
Another great example on the other end of the weather spectrum: the winters of 1976-77 and 1977-78, the first and third whitest winters ever, with snowfall figures of 199.4 and 154.3 inches. Yikes. Luckily, Buffalo didn't quite turn into an annual Siberia after that.
"After two years, you can't really get a good trend," Thomas said. "We always have ups and downs in the weather. You have to look at a longer time period to get a feel for the trend."
The National Weather Service, with its emphasis on forecasts and statistical summaries, tries to steer away from the whole global-warming debate.
Others don't.
Ryan McPherson, chief sustainability officer at the University at Buffalo, pointed out that weather and climate are not the same thing. But weather can provide a meaningful glimpse into climate patterns.
"Whether it is these extreme weather events, like Irene and Sandy, or the swings in our weather the last few years, those certainly support the megatrend of a warming planet, which we can clearly show," McPherson said. "Climate change is happening."
The facts also show that Lake Erie has been slow to freeze this winter, especially at its eastern end.
"It's really thin," said Paul Yu, an engineer with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Buffalo. "One hot, sunny day would melt it all."
Engineers from the Corps had been scheduled to land a plane on lake ice Feb. 14 to measure its depth. Satellite images taken a couple of days earlier showed ice there, but when the day arrived it was gone, leading the Corps to cancel the plane ride.
"We have another one scheduled for March 12, provided there's ice there," Yu said. "Right now, it doesn't look good."
While we clearly have enjoyed a relatively mild winter, it's not exactly the Fourth of July out there, either. After all, we're still talking winter-storm watches and advisories, and the ice still chokes Lake Erie along the Buffalo Harbor.
Monday, the U.S. Coast Guard was forced to scrap its plans for an ice-breaking operation to make way for a commercial carrier headed to the Buffalo outer harbor.
The culprit – jagged ice formations known as "brash ice" that were 5 to 8 feet thick, according to Lt. Adrian Palomeque, the Detroit-based ice officer for the U.S. Coast Guard
"Normally, it's not too much of an issue," he explained. "Our vessels are designed to withstand that. But conditions were such that it was taking a long time to make any progress."
The carrier, the Algoma Enterprise, is making its way to Port Colborne, Ont., instead.
Nearly every winter, the Coast Guard conducts two ice-breaking operations in the Great Lakes. Last year, the operation that covers Lake Erie was never started because of the mild winter, Palomeque said.
This year, both operations have been back up and running, he said.
Other facts, though, point to a relatively mild winter:
• The region remains snow-deprived, with only 47.6 inches of snow through Monday at the National Weather Service office in Cheektowaga. That's almost 30 inches short of the 30-year average of 77.1 inches through the same date. The 30-year average for the whole winter is 94.7 inches.
• It hasn't been a sun-splashed picnic every day, but this winter's temperatures, on the whole, remain significantly warmer than normal.
In rough terms, November and February (so far) have been about 1 degree colder than average. But December, with an average mean temperature of 36.3, and January, with an average of 30.0, have been 5 to 6 degrees milder than normal.
And forecasters expect winter to go out with fairly mild temperatures.
• The National Weather Service keeps track of the ice-covered date for Lake Erie, when the bulk of Buffalo Harbor is covered with ice.
This year's date was Feb. 2.
"If you look at the last 30 years, the average is Jan. 21," Thomas said. "This year, the date was almost two weeks later.
"And last year it never froze."
They'll be talking about the winter of 2011-12 for years to come.
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Bedside Table
Valencia Extra-Wide Dresser
Extra-Wide Dresser
- In-Home Delivery
Valencia Tall Dresser
Tall Dresser
- In-Home Delivery
Valencia Armoire
- In-Home Delivery