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Start Minus 1:45
In the last post I forgot to mention how Casey spent quite a bit of time in the riders meeting focusing on safety. He talked to the bikers and quad riders about getting passed by the Trophy Trucks and he spoke to TT drivers about taking the time to safely pass the riders. Nothing can really prepare you for the moment of being overtaken by an 800HP desert tank, but at least Casey did a good job of trying to emphisize multiple times about the importance of safety, especially considering the TT tragedy in CA.
I should add that most of the pictures at this point were taken by Brandon, though I can stake a small claim for the low-budget post processing.
My alarm was set for 4:45 but my internal clock told me to wake up at 4:30 AM. The ruckus in the pits was audible and the tension in the air was palpable. Some pits were loud while most were quietly getting their last minute adjustments made and their gear donned. I've started many events yet have never been able to shake the slow tightening in my stomach as the green flag (or bomb, or gun, or gate, or flag or whatever) draws near. Friday morning was no exception.
In the days prioir I had made a morning checklist in an effort to not forget something crucial in the moments leading up to the start. After working with the boys to clean up the camp, I put on my gear and read through the checklist as I did a few minutes of stretching on the desert floor. I ate some breakfast, added fresh batteries to the SPOT before turning it on, loaded the earplugs, safety-pinned the tall socks so they wouldn't bunch in the knee braces, and on and on.
Here Kevin works on adding a few more tear-offs to one of the goggle sets and loads a little baby shampoo in the side (not face) foam.
Things were happening fast now and the sky was beginning to lighten every so slowly. We were supposed to stage about a half mile away at 5:15 in order to get all of the bikes and quads organized for a 5:45 start. Brandon captured a still moment while I was at the front of the van downing a banana.
Things were blurring. Brandon and Kevin were tiddying a few more bits away in the van and helping me get suited up to get to staging. I was going to head over and they would drive the van and find a spot to ditch it near the starting line. Below I was just a minute or two away from thumping slowly over to the staging area.
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How did the Maxxis tires hold up? I'm sure you'll mention this at some point but did you change tires at all?
We were torn between the Maxxis Desert IT front/rear and the Dunlop M71 front/739 rear. We tested both setups and ended up liking the traction of the Dunlops better. However, my experience with the Maxxis shows that they last a very long time and there might have been a lot more left at the end of the race. Our goal was to give the bike anything that it might "ask" for like a new air filter if it began blubbering or a new rear tire if it began to show cords. None of that happened and we finished on the same oil, air filter, and tire set that we started on. It was a little slippery on the last leg but not a big deal.
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A lot of people seem to love the 739 but for me they seem a little sketchier then I would expect, especially in the rocks. I did a back to back comparison with a well worn Maxxis and a new 739 and I was surprised when I didn't like the 739. I have a weird riding style to where I sit back pretty far since my legs are pretty long. When I'm standing I noticed the difference less, but when I sat in corners I was less comfortable. The Maxxis wore really well though I likely wasn't spinning it as much as you guys. I bet I had 300 more miles before it started to look like your tire. One other thing. I tried a Maxxis front a few years ago and was very unimpressed. I even siped the tire to try to get it to grab better (or at least wear faster so I could pull it off). It never wore out so I ended putting it on a DS bike for use on the road. After that I stuck to Dunlops for the fronts. Both of my wheel sets use MX51s on the front.
I really like the Maxxis rears. The last one I rode to the bone and it was still good enough to enjoy. I see no reason to change.
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Walking the line
As Frog pointed out a few pages back, waiting on the line to go is the hardest part for me. Like most everyone out there, I just wanted to get out in the dirt and ride. Once I'm moving everything else goes away, but waiting around is a pain.
In the video below I'm being called away from the staging area to hit the actual line-up for the race start. If you look closely you can see Brandons lips move before I pull out in front of him. What you don't know is that Brandon holds the #1 plate for our age group in the local Utah desert series and that even a rider like me who has been to a bunch of starting lines over the years enjoys a little conforting from a friend before an event like this. I think he was saying something to the effect of "this is a long one, keep it steady out there." It may sound awkward a week later, but at the moment it hit the spot. Thanks B.
Once you get up to the line however, you have another wait but things start to move quicker as the bikes in front of you start to disappear. The starting line here was all uphill so pushing your bike did a good job of keeping you a little distracted. Here Kevin had caught up to me and was giving me some casual chat to keep my mind free. Kev, an Expert level downhill mountain bike racer who designs mountain bikes for a living, was keeping the conversation light. He knows what it is like to wait to race in the dirt.
Kev stepped away and it was just me, the bikes ahead (which just happened to include Quin Cody's rocket-fast sister, Anna), and the dust in the distance.
You can see the direction the wind was blowing when I reached the starting line. Casey held up his sign of encouragement, I thanked him for his work and I waited for the light to change.
Oh yeah, and about 2 seconds before the light changed the Honda died...you can view my glorious start in this video and hear Kevin chuckle.
Before I knew it I was blasting off into the dust and sunrise towards pit #1.
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This is better than TV :-)
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TV, Really?
I guess TV is pretty bad these days. I bet you wouldn't say it's better than Netflix...
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this shot gives me butterfly's ..love the first light stuff! the way the dust hangs... bet you werent ready for the sand wash right away huh?
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The boys had committed to be at pit#1 at the least to just watch me ride by on my way to pit#2. I blasted off into the dust hopeful to set a pace and be comfortable by pit #1. The dust was pretty thick, but it was no match for the rising sun in the east and the trails that all seemed to point east. It was a balance trying to keep the visor low enough to block the sun but high enough to be able to see. About 10 miles out I got passed by my first attacker and soon after a train of bikes came by. I have no idea how they rode so fast into the sunny dust.
I rolled into pit 1 and rolled out again on the other side with no sign of the boys. I figured that was a bad sign and it might take them a few minutes to realize I had already gone through the pit. There wasn't much I could do about it though, so I continued riding.
The route to pit 2 found a lot of the dust cleared out and there were a couple of speed sections that I found 5th gear and wide open throttle. This was also my first taste of wide open for 3 or 4 miles at a time. My GPS indicated 93 though it was actually pretty distracting knowing my speed.
Pit 2 arrived soon and Brandon was out near the road flagging me down. They had the stand out but besides that I could tell they had beat me only by a minute or two. That first real gas stop was a little frantic as we were trying to get into our groove, but I got gas, a goggle change, some go-juice for the Camelbak and took the time to pull off the GPS. Seeing the speed was too distracting and I knew there was really no reason for me to know.
I was settling into a nice groove after pit 2 though in hindsight I realize fighting the wind in some of the high speed sections was causing me to sit down more than I usually do. I was getting some soreness in my cheeks that would definitely catch up to me later in the day.
Arriving at pit 3
Fuel and goggles and Hammertime, I was on my way. Here I was just arriving I think. Machtig's crew chief is in the background.
A couple of miles from pit 3 I was daydreaming and I missed a danger sign on the trail and hit a square edge in 4th gear that I swore should have folded the rear wheel in half. Before the race I noticed a small crack in the rim and as I was riding after the impact I envisioned the crack slowly working its way around the rim and coming apart at the wrong moment. I also had a couple of small crashes in this section. One from being in the dust and going off the trail and another from finding a big rock hidden in a 4th gear sweeping berm. I rode the swapper down like a cowboy but the bike was going quite a bit slower when it finally bucked me.
By pit 4 the boys were in the groove and I felt like I was a NASCAR driver. They were checking the items on the bike I had put in a list and I also called out that they needed to check the rim because of my surprise impact. Everything checked out and I was sent back out.
I made a small tactical error here and waved off Kevin topping off my Hammer mix. I ran out soon after the pit and switched to my other bladder that was just water. I felt pretty good as I rolled past them in pit 5 but soon after I was getting a bit hot and a little fatigued. I was doing fine but as I rolled into pit 6 I joked about who was I handing off the bike to for the next section. It sounded funny to me, but I think in reality it sounded like I was ready to get off the bike. Kev got me loaded with fresh go-juice and I was on my way.
The boys took a detour to Tonopah and we skipped 7. I just rolled on through. The sun was beating down strong and the temps were definitely peaking.
We met up again at P8 and I was telling the boys I wanted to get to Reno. I was happy to be past the half way mark and knowing the rest was on the downhill and I knew I could finish the ride. Later the boys remarked how the energy was totally different than the time I ran out of the goop. Lesson learned...keep the bladder full of the goop.
This pic below is either pit 8 or 10. It looks like I'm about to collapse but it was really just taken mid movement or something. It would be better if I had a great story about how I got sick or something, but it didn't happen.
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Leaving Pit 8
By this time I was having some severe trouble with feeling in my right hand and I could tell I was gripping too hard because of it. There wasn't a lot I could do about it so I tried to stretch it out a ton but I only had feeling in my ring and pinky fingers.
Pit 8 to 9 was my favorite section. Smooth, sweepy and then an awesome mountain pass with trees and a smooth flowing road. I passed quite a few bikes on the sides of the course along the race, but everyone gave me the thumbs up when I slowed and asked if they were ok so I never needed to stop and help anyone out.
I rolled through 9 and the boys waved me on as I gave them the thumbs up and waved my hand indicating how hot the wind was blowing on me.
Heading out of the pits. Notice Angryshawn's setup right next door.
Pit 10 was where we separated. I knew if I was in good shape physically that I would head on to Rawhide where I had gas and the boys would cruise to P14. They loaded me up with fuel, a full bag of Hammer and a Hammer bar hidden in my pack just in case.
The speedy sections kept getting longer and the miles just clicked off until I made it to Gabbs which is a small town that waved the riders through at full speed. On the pavement in town I had the 450x bouncing off of the rev limiter. It was very cool to be waved through town by the locals.
The road to P13 was straight and very fast and I could tell the trucks would be catching up soon. Arriving at Rawhide Craig 'goinridin' and his crew flagged me down and topped me with fuel and a little fresh water. They told me the trucks were less than 30 minutes back...time to roll.
There was a 1/2 mile rocky whoop section coming out of Rawhide that made me a little grumpy but after that it was high speeds with 200 foot tall rollers. Weeee
The sand coming into P14 was welcome after the ridiculous high speeds for the past 80 miles. It was 5 miles or more of deep sand that flowed really well. I thought of the guys on the 650r's and that the sand might not be as much fun for them.
My crew welcomed me with open arms at P14 and Brandon's cousin Wayne, who is a recent transplant to Fallon NV even came by to help get the light mounted and see what this silly desert racing thing was all about.
As we mounted the light we heard a jet engine sound beyond the hill and saw the first Trophy Truck roll through the pits. I got out right behind him and told Brandon and Kev I'd see them at the finish line.
About 10-15 miles out of P14 Monster Energy TT passed me in a torrent of dust and sage brush. At the end I got passed by 9 trucks and buggies (one in the pits) but passed two back in the rocks (they had flats :) )
The rocks in the last 20 miles were vicious and frankly were 1st gear for me. They were big boulders with fist sized rocks all around so charging them kept putting me in the bushes, especially basically holding on with one hand.
I had one scary/amazing moment in the rocks when I heard a TT behind me and pulled over. When I quickly looked back I found that it was two TT's and the leader had pulled into the trees on the far side and the truck behind was going for the pass and I WAS IN THE PATH of his path even though I was off of the course pressed up against a tree (there was nowhere else to go). He passed me within 18 inches and I got to watch up close what it was like for the trucks to go through the rocks. A half mile up the course the lead truck was off in a field fixing a flat.
With five miles or so to go the course crests a mountain pass and you can see the lights of town. I worked my way off the mountain with the ebbing light and rolled through the timers at 14:05.
My guys were there to greet me and give a yippee.
I thanked my friends for crewing for me and my family and rolled off of the podium.
We had to chase a trailer away parked from the back of the van at the finish parking lot before we could load up. I was so hungry I wanted to go out and eat something really greasy and nasty. We found a bar that served burgers on our drive into Reno.
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Great pictures!
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Great report all the way around Pilo. And great job in the race too. All your work really paid off. I have really enjoyed following your story.
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Always an adventure...
I have to say again how excellent the support is from the ADV community both on this thread and in PM's. It is excellent and fun to know it is a shared adventure.
Something a little different from this past Saturday. It's hard to see in the back of the van, but there are three bikes inside. One electric, one gas and mine is pedal powered...
We had a fun time playing around in the dirt.
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I've had a few people PM me about some of the preparations and details associated with the latest race. I figured I share some of the details here in the thread in case someone else might benefit from the things I've learned, both good and bad.
I figured out my nutrition for race day from trying out some different combinations during some of my training days and from a previous multi-hour race. The basic thing I've learned is that the tri-athleon guys have the nutrition thing dialed into a science. You don't have to Google far to read about guys that have figured out their nutritional needs to the minutia. The common thread is that they all use some type of nutritional mix. Likely all of the series athlete formulas will work for us riders, you just need to train with a certain brand to make sure it will jive with your digestive system and taste reasonable to you.
I found the Hammer products worked for me, but as I said, likely any of the good ones would've been fine if I would have tried them. As you read more about multi-hour events you'll learn that a two-hour event is about the magic time when your body changes from just needing sugar and salt to needing more protein and other goodies to maintain. You can read the details at multiple places, but basically your body starts to consume your muscles after a couple of hours of hard exercise and you need more than just an electrolyte mix. Hammer and the others make electrolyte mixes (much easier on my stomach than a Gatorade or similar big name product) and various versions of multi-hour mixes (one Hammer product is called Perpetuem) that are milky and pasty, kind of like a protein shake. Also like milk, these mixes tend to have a shelf life once they are mixed so you can't make a bag good for 12 hours since it will likely go bad.
So on race day my diet looked something like this.
Pre-race: Banana, Hammer Chocolate bar and about a liter of water
Race: My plan was to stop about every other pit for fuel, so I knew I did not want a huge bag of Hammer goo to carry around and potentially go bad. I mixed up 40 oz of the paste at the proper ratio for 190 pound guy (a little more than 3 scoops). Also, I love coffee in the morning and was a little concerned about getting my caffeine so I used the Caffe-Latte Perpetuem mix until about noon. It tastes pretty good I think. I also carried about 40oz of water in a second bladder hidden in front of the main bladder and fed up the other side of Camelbak. The water was a reserve in case I ran out of the mix or got stranded somewhere.
This system worked pretty well. The guys mixed my shake in a Nalgene bottle and then just opened up my bladder an poured in the mix. Every stop (save the one mistakenly skipped refill) I got a fresh load and consumed just about the right amount before the next pit.
What didn't work well: The Perpetuem is supposed to be able to provide the hydration you need, but I think since it was so hot and at the high speeds I was consuming a little too much and not enough water. I ended up fighting through some major stomach gas for 3 or 4 hours. When I hit the pits I drank more water than I thought I would need. The next time around I'll drink maybe 20% less of the mix and at least twice as much water as I was consuming. I think I just had too much of the goop sitting in my stomach with not quite enough water. I never got de-hydrated though. I just could have used a bit more water.
In the morning I downed a banana at one of the stops. That put something solid in my belly. I also had a very generously spread PBJ in the afternoon. That was fantastic for a quick jolt. At pit 14 I grabbed another banana and was on my way.
The banana and PBJ routine was great. I've used that in the past and will continue to go for the combo in the future.
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Pilo...once again, great job and congratulations. I loved the photos, the writing, the details on your preparation, and seeing you finish. My desert racing "career" is slowly fading into the sunset as I spend most of my time and money supporting my son who is quickly becoming considerably faster and a better rider than me, but I still love to read and be involved where I can.
Glad to see you finish safely and with a smile on your face.
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Local athletes commit to colleges
Baylor is a hot item in the college sports world these days after Robert Griffin III's amazing run to the Heisman Trophy, a bowl win on the football field and two outstanding basketball teams.
But Devin Chafin was bullish on the Bears long before it was cool to be that way.
And the Burkburnett senior running back, who signed a football scholarship with Baylor on Wednesday's national signing day, said he never wavered from his commitment.
Rider defensive tackle Dylan McDorman joined Chafin in realizing a dream of Division I football by signing with the University of North Texas.
And Bethany Hale of Iowa Park, which doesn't field a high school soccer team, will be playing Division I soccer at Texas Tech. She is a two-time state qualifier in track for the Lady Hawks.
Several other Wichita Falls area athletes also chose their college teams on Wednesday, including Rider senior Jasmine Brooks, who signed a track scholarship with Texas-Pan American.
Chafin, the Times Record News' Red River 22 Offensive Player of the Year as a senior, called it "an extraordinary day."
"It's crazy, I've been waiting on it for a long time," he said. "It's my dream come true."
While Chafin was in the midst of his second straight 1,200-yard season, his college choice was enjoying a breakout year in the Big 12.
"It was awesome to watch them go through all that and become the team that they are now," Chafin said. "It makes me want to be a part of the team more now — get down there and get busy.
"I really started liking Baylor my freshman or sophomore year. The campus was awesome, the people down there are good and they have a new stadium that will open in a couple years."
Being somewhat close to home was a bonus for his mom, Chafin said.
Chafin finished his career with 2,536 yards and 30 touchdowns in two years. He also had 593 yards and five TDs receiving.
McDorman's reality was even better than his dream. He had always hoped to be able to play college football, but wasn't picky about the level. But the talent level of the Red River 22 Defensive Player of the Year earned McDorman a Division I scholarship and a chance to play in UNT's new stadium in Denton.
"It means a lot to me," McDorman said. "A chance to play football, that was my dream. It takes pressure off my family. They don't have to pay for my education."
He wouldn't go so far as to admit to "liking school," but said "it's going to be a lot easier to be able to get a good education and the fact that I get it for free makes it a lot better."
The Raiders had their signing day celebration in the locker room, bringing back some memories for McDorman.
"Two-a-days, everybody was coming in here and hanging out. It's kind of sad (to be leaving), but I'll get a chance to go make new memories and new friends," McDorman said. "But I won't forget this."
While Chafin had great measures of success in Burkburnett, regardless of the offensive formation, wide receiver Blaine Curren is thankful that the Bulldogs played this last year passing out of the spread.
Curren had 55 catches for 1,288 yards and 14 touchdowns as a senior and signed with Midwestern State on Wednesday.
"MSU talked to me about two or three weeks after the season ended," Curren said. "They liked my height (6-foot-5) and that I was fast and could jump. And my hands.
"I have a long way to go still. Just the fact that that was my first year really playing receiver, I'm glad to be getting a chance to play again."
Curren has room to grow as a route runner, but he also said his mission is to gain about 20 pounds. That'll be easier once basketball season is over. Both Curren and Chafin are key members of the Bulldogs' state-ranked basketball team.
Blake Atnip, of Seymour, also is going to the Lone Star Conference, as the lineman signed with Tarleton State.
Another theme of signing day was the local contingent going to Wayland Baptist for the Pioneers' start-up program. Chance Garey of Wichita Falls High School, T.K. Cuttino and C.J. House of Rider, Jake Barker of Burkburnett and D.J. Brown of City View are all headed to Plainview to play for WBU.
"Chance is a special player," WFHS coach Jayson Lavender said of his record-setting receiver who had 74 catches for 1,146 yards and 13 touchdowns for the Coyotes. "He gets the job done, not only on the field but off the field. He broke every receiving record here. I can't say enough great things about Chance. He has set the bar high for our younger kids in this program."
Record-setting quarterback Dylan Sheffield is still pursuing options as a possible walk-on, Lavender said.
Fellow Old High receiver Diondre Singleton signed with Kilgore Junior College and Rider running back/receiver Anthony Wagner is going to Cisco College.
"Diondre is a guy who's worked his way into this honor of playing football at the next level," Lavender said.
Rider football coach Jim Garfield looked proudly on his quartet as they signed their letters of intent and then smiled and said, "this is a commitment and I don't want to see any of you back here (in Wichita Falls)," bringing a cheer from the proud parents.
The day was a sign that one part of the student's life is about to end while another is just beginning.
"I've been waiting on this a long time," Chafin said. "It's extraordinary. It's a big deal."
Blake Atnip, OL, Seymour Tarleton State
Jake Barker, OL, Burkburnett Wayland Baptist
D.J. Brown, RB, City View Wayland Baptist
Devin Chafin, Burkburnett Baylor
Blaine Curren, WR, Burkburnett Midwestern State
T.K. Cuttino, DB, Rider Wayland Baptist
Madison Firmin, DE, Bowie Harding University
Chance Garey, WR, WFHS Wayland Baptist
C.J. House, DE, Rider Wayland Baptist
Kaleb Littleton, OL, Iowa Park Evangel University
Kelby Tucker, DL, Iowa Park Wayland Baptist
Dylan McDorman, DL, Rider University of North Texas
Diondre Singleton, WR, WFHS Kilgore Junior College
Anthony Wagner, RB-WR, Rider Cisco Junior College
Bethany Hale, Iowa Park Texas Tech
Jasmine Brooks, Rider Texas-Pan American
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Stay away from hot dogs this 4th????
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as long as they're cooked thoroughly you're fine. Just don't go overboard because there's also an issue with the nitrates in them. Go ahead have a hot dog or two it's the 4th after all.
I ate hotdogs through all of my pregnancies! I have not even HEARD not to eat them until joining this birth club! I know you are not supposed to eat them raw or undercooked but not eating them all together...lol. Yeah I will keep enjoying my random hotdogs.
Get the Kosher beef ones and enjoy!
I can't ever bring myself to eat one of the typical nitrate filled ones- blech.
Yep - it's the nitrates. Way before I was preggo, a nutritionist told me to stay away from them in lunch meat and hot dogs. It's a preservative. You can buy nitrate free at Trader Joes and organic or health food stores. Some large chains have them, too. But nitrates in moderation - don't worry. Have a great holiday!!
Do your best to get the healthy ones but if you are a guest and don't have any control in what is available, having one or two won't be a problem
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Lunch meat and hot dogs won't make you sick and if eating a hotdog will cause you to have listera then EVERYONE that eats them will get sick not just you cuz you are pregnant. If you eat them off the grill then you will be safe. I used to eat them frozen right out of the freezer in the summer when I was little and I'm still here. Pasturized processed food will not make you sick. If left out or handled inproperly could make you sick.
Then again what do I know.....I'm just an uneducated mother that vaccinates her children and feeds them solids before they turn 3years old.
I REALLY love Nathan's hotdogs with a little dill relish and mustard. Please say it aint so! I'll have to ask the doc about this one.
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It wasn't a success. With his mates he decided to not stay on a site but go "off-piste" into deciduous woodland. But when they got there they realised there wasn't a there. Just trees and neck-high bracken, nowhere you could pitch a tent.
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It got dark. It got cold. It started to snow. They were all slightly disturbed by the presence of an old wreck of a car weeping with rust. And then they were seriously freaked out by the presence of two dead sheep. Two dead sheep hanging from the upper branches of the trees.
Nevill didn't get a lot of sleep that night and not just because he'd only brought a summer sleeping bag with him. "We were quite terrified. The rules of the world seemed to have changed about us," he recalls. "Subsequently somebody did tell me that they bait dead sheep with poison because of crows. So there was an explanation. But at the time there wasn't. We didn't have words for it, let alone an explanation." Afterwards, after they'd found a way out, he thought there was a story in the experience. Twenty years later he has delivered it.
The Ritual is about a camping trip that goes wrong. It takes place in Sweden, in the woods far from anywhere. Four men go off-piste and get lost. There are dead things hanging from the trees. They may or may not be sheep. In an abandoned house they find an effigy of a black goat sitting upright in a child's cradle, a grotesque, inexplicable thing. And somewhere out in the night there is something else, something dangerous, something other, something that is hunting the four of them.
The Ritual is, as you might have gathered, a horror novel. Nevill is a horror writer. He knows how that reads. "I think as a writer if you choose to write about the supernatural or the mystical you just have to accept that you're going to get belittled. You're a purveyor of pulp, something that is adolescent and trite and your work is never going to be for serious consideration."
The Ritual is pulp – but in a good way. Lean, compelling, dark, at times frightening, with a sideorder of Scandinavian black metal (not death metal, he points out when I suggest as much. Nevill, a metal fan, wants me to be clear on my metal sub-categories). It is also, if you allow it, a book about life and death and the fact that, stripped to essentials, there is no other subject matter.
"I read an interview with Cormac McCarthy in 2008 and he said every story has to be a matter of life and death because nothing else matters. And I thought, I'm going to see if I can do this on every page of the book. Start from a moment of crisis and it just goes vertical from there."
Along the way, Nevill suggests, the book might also be about men of his generation, men in their early middle age, men Martin Amis defined as "post-historical men", who had never been to war, never been in a depression, never been in a famine. Men of Nevill's age (he's 42). "We were exempt from the kind of stuff men right through history have had to deal with. How do we fare when we're suddenly in a situation like the men in the trenches were?" The answer would appear to be "not well". As you'd expect, almost no-one gets out alive.
The Ritual is Nevill's third horror novel. That in itself is something of an achievement. When he wrote his first book back in 2000, Banquet Of The Damned – a love letter (in blood red ink) to the MR James stories his dad would read to him as a child – it was rejected by every single agent in the Artists and Writers Yearbook. "They turned it down from the covering letter. I didn't ever get to send the manuscript," Nevill recalls. Horror doesn't sell, he was told.
Times are changing. His second novel, Apartment 16, became the subject of a minor bidding war. But even now – though Ghostface is back on the big screen and zombies are on the telly – horror fiction is the literary equivalent of a monster from an old Val Lewton movie. Hiding in the shadows. All the big horror brand names are old names – Stephen King, Clive Barker, James Herbert – writers who started their careers 30 or 40 years ago. If you wanted to find any new voices in the last 20 years you had to look to the small press.
"I think what happened," reckons Nevill, "was that it was overpublished in the 1980s. And Thomas Harris turned horror from the supernatural to the human agent, the serial killer. The readership got its dark thrills from crime and thrillers."
As a result horror fiction – with the exception of King and Barker (who in truth themselves often drifted away from the genre into psychological thrillers and fantasy) – went underground. "It was the genre that dare not speak its name in publishing for so long," Nevill says. "And I think it was the US paranormal romance that put horror back onto publishers' radars." The vampire romance bizarrely opened doors, he suggests, even though it's not really about dread or fear, but female romantic aspirations: "I call it disco in disguise." Still, they opened a door for the likes of Joe Hill (who had the inbuilt advantage of being Stephen King's son) and Nevill.
But even if the door hadn't opened, Nevill would have written horror. Since he was a child he has wanted to try to capture what HP Lovecraft called its awe and wonder. Not that everyone notices these qualities. "Lovecraft and Poe died virtually unknown," Nevill points out. "Some writers take a while to embed in the canon." Sometimes, it seems, we can't see the wood for the trees.
The Ritual is published by Macmillan, £12.99
They found Dom outside, kneeling in the long wet grass, wearing just his underwear and a T-shirt. Watching the trees with glassy eyes. His whole body shivered in the dawn chill. Neither of them could touch him. Hutch and Luke had never seen him look this way. Lips dark in a dirt-streaked face, bleached of colour beneath the filth by the cold and what he had seen, or what he dreamed of, like them. Dom's face was oddly pink too, at the sides of his eyes, where his tears had cleansed a hot and salty path down his unshaven cheeks. Tousle-headed and wild of eye, Hutch and Luke could not help but follow Dom's stare to see what it was he had found out there in the dark trees. But they saw nothing but black wood, dripping greenery and the whitish glimmer of birch bark, all struggling from the choked forest floor.


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I never understood armor in games. Female or male...when your battling armor should reflect your environment. Why would a female or male character be wearing nothing say if you were in a enviroment with snow. Just seems ridiculous. I get the optional part of it, but never starting off. Just seems silly as hell. Another point female or male if your a heavy armor wearer then it should be reflected. Just makes no sense that heavy armor is more sexual as its not practical in the enviroment that you would find yourself in. yes I know this is a game.
I do think GW2 does a better job than most of the MMO's that I see. Just IDK just seems odd to not have clothes on when dealing with a hell spawned demon dragon that can rip your heart out...one would think you would want more armor for protection and all that. Of course I'm probably lookign way to deep into this.
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And of course that's one of the very very few "armors" that look that way as the vast majority looks practical and not revealing at all.
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Nice picture but again this is a prime example of what I think is wrong with armor design. Where in what land would you be wearing something like this. Perhaps maybe role playing and a villaness or something, but seriously even evil people get cold so idk. PVP a big sword is being swung at you do you really want to be wearing something like this.
This particular picture yeah I think they need to cover here up a bit, not so much because its sexual but that it's not really all that practical for the situation. I.e. you probabaly wouldnt wear a full suit of armor at the beach lol.
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1. Isn't that a Mesmer? If so, aren't they SUPPOSED to look like that in order to fit in with their "control the enemies" gameplay style?
2. Next time maybe you should use a female Norn pic. They have certain...*ahem*...assets that given the armor style would make them look more sexualized.
On a side note, everyone who doesn't like "oversexualized" armor, why don't you just play as a race where oversexualized armor isn't possible, like a Charr? Oh, sure some people find the prospect of playing as an animalistic race distasteful, but its either that or play as a race where there is at least one armor style that at least one person is going to consider "oversexualized" (that is of course if you don't want to play as a male).
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One way to look at how a pitcher attacks hitters is to look at what the pitcher throws in two-strike counts. In two-strike counts, pitchers often try to put hitters away with a breaking ball, induce weak contact with a sinker, overpower hitters with an extra-hard fastball, or throw a changeup with a bit of extra screw action.
I hadn't seen Yu Darvish pitch in quite some time, but since he started against my Boston Red Sox earlier this week, I once again got a first-hand look. How different he seemed from the pitcher I saw earlier in the season!
Commentary on Darvish has focused on how he has devolved into a kind of nibbling pseudo-Matsuzaka rather than a power pitcher who attacks hitters in the zone. I went to the data to look at how his approach vs. two-strike hitters has changed over the course of the season.
The first plot shows what kind of fastball Darvish has been throwing with two strikes. You can see a very clear difference between the months of April and May and the months of June, July, and August.
Early in the season, Darvish was attacking hitters with the four-seam fastball nearly 25% of the time in two-strike counts; that percentage has slowly tailed off, and he has turned into more of a sinkerball pitcher. While he rarely threw the sinker early in the season in two-strike counts (
I also looked at the kind of breaking pitches Darvish is throwing with two strikes.
Immediately, you can see a very obvious trend: the slider gradually has become his favorite two-strike weapon, approaching nearly 40% of his two-strike pitches. The curve, which was an early favorite (to compliment the four-seam fastball) has gradually tailed off and is now thrown only 15% of the time. Interestingly, there has been no obvious change in effectiveness that might warrant these changes in breaking ball usage: the two pitches have not gained or lost an appreciable percentage of whiffs/swing.
It is also worth noting that Darvish throws "two" curveball variants—a hard one and a softer one. In his August starts, his two-strike curveballs have lost almost 5.5 mph and gained over 6 inches of vertical drop compared to his earlier starts. So, the uptick in curveballs toward the end of that plot may indicate an increased propensity to throw the softer curve with two strikes.
Conclusion: Darvish is clearly approaching hitters differently with two strikes now than he was earlier in the season, which indicates he's trying to get outs a different way.
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I try to create a furniture object, which is in relation by a has_many_and_belongs_to with stores, this is my model:
class Furniture < ActiveRecord::Base
attr_accessible :area, :description, :name, :size
has_and_belongs_to_many :stores
My problem is that I don't know how create a new furniture, because i try to associate furniture with one or more store with check box, but I obtain this error:
undefined method merge for #<Store:0x007ff16ae27e40>.
These are my view with form and my controller with new and create action:
<%= form_for @furniture do |f| %>
<%= f.label :name %>
<%= f.text_field :name %>

<%= f.label :description %>
<%= f.text_field :description %>

<%= f.label :size %>
<%= f.text_field :size %>

<% @store.each do |store| %>
<%= f.check_box :stores, store %>
<%= store.name %>
<% end %>
<%= f.submit %>
<% end %>
def new
@furniture = Furniture.new
@store = Store.order('name ASC')
def create
@furniture = Furniture.create(params[:furniture])
redirect_to admins_path
How can I solve it?? Have you some suggestion to create a new object with this relation ship??
Thank you very much
EDIT: I have a join table between furniture and store


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Have I told you lately that coral-splashed weddings own my heart? It's true, they do. And when they come hand in hand with the cutest little flower girls, seashells and sand in your toes? I love them even more. Our friends at K and K Photography stood behind every pretty moment that sits in this sweet gallery and it's all so, sooo lovely.
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I am not paid to make comments or write articles on behalf of the forestry profession. I am a volunteer .....and I don't have a website calling for public donations as do Ms Redwood's group and other groups who push the opposite point of view. By the way, the Wilderness Society has a $15 M annual budget to prosecute its claims and 140 paid staff - perhaps you need to re-evealuate just who has the financial power in this debate. I'm afraid, you're average sawmiller is too busy surviving and doing his job to get involved in these sort of discussions, let alone employ staff full-time in fighting these battles.
As for your main point .... I don't really understand what you're saying. The reality is that the court cases referred to have been primarily about responsibilities for doing surveys or better defining forest types, and I would contend that despite the original arrangements being imperfect, refining them is not significantly altering what already happens on the ground in practice.


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Heeeyyy, Oklahoma City! Saturday, October 26th I'll be speaking at Confluence, a conference celebrating OKC's bloggers and digital influencers. Because you know what? We've got a lot of them. Confluence was created by David Christopher (an Oklahoman by way of Britain, funnily enough) as a way to bring us all together to meet, mingle, and learn from one another. Such a simple yet brilliant premise that I can't wait to be a part of. I'll be talking about growing your online community, but you can check out the whole Confluence lineup of speakers right here. If you're in the OKC area and want to attend you can register here, use the code earlybird when doing so before October 12th for $10 off. Can't wait to see you all at the end of the month.
Make My Crap Your Crap MEGA Garage Sale
The Make My Crap Your Crap MEGA Garage Sale has been moved to next Saturday, 10/5 due to a 100% chance of severe storms.
Believe it or not this garage sale has been in the works for over two years. I just couldn't get my act together and had a million and one excuses. So instead my guest room was filled to the brim (literally, I could barely open the door) with every single unwanted thing I'd been corralling since I moved into my house. Five years ago.
I can thank Go Mighty for helping me get it done, this sale is actually an item on my Life List believe it or not. That's how much I want to get it taken care of it. And because I'm attending Camp Mighty next month and in the process of raising my $200 for Charity: Water there was no better time to get my ass in gear and no better reason for you to come buy all of my crap.
One other thing. I've never had a garage sale before, so this is all off the cuff. I've got my permit, my tables rented, etc for the big day this coming Saturday but I'm kind of nervous. What if no one wants my stuff? So if you're in the Oklahoma City area and would like to attend, just drop me a comment and leave your email address in the form. I'll reply with the location the day before (you know, creepy stalkers need not apply and all). There might even be some snacks and beverages waiting for you! (There totally will be.)
Alt For Everyone + Design Crush
You all know how I feel about Alt Design Summit. It's through this yearly conference that I've met some of my best friends, grown as a business, and networked my butt off. It's given me a lot. But the masterminds behind it all realize that you might not be able to get to Salt Lake City every January, or to their one-day conferences in NYC or San Francisco. And that's why they've created an amazing 3-day online conference – Alt For Everyone! I attended the first one a few months ago (virtually, of course) and have to say that I took away TONS of great information. Maybe even more than when I'm in SLC because I was much more focused with it being just me and my laptop.
The first iteration of Alt For Everyone did so well that another one is taking place at the end of September, and I'm happy to share that I'll be teaching a case study on Design Crush! My class will be taking place Friday, September 27th at 10:45am PST. You can see the full September 2013 schedule and register with a few clicks.
In my class I'll be sharing what I did to take Design Crush to the next level. The easy action steps you can take that add up, as well as the failures I've experienced on this six year journey. If there's anything you're extra curious about I'd love to hear about it in the comments below!
Hope to see you there!
Expanding Your Audience
Thats right folks, I'll be teaching my Expanding Your Audience class for a second time come August 13th at 11am PST! Learn tips and tricks for increasing your readership and growing your blog's community for only $15. Sign up right here before it sells out, and check out the rest of August's Alt Channel classes too!
Euro Edge
Euro Style Lighting's Euro Edge is a new online resource that helps you find modern interior inspiration with the assistance of some of the most reknowned design bloggers trolling the web. And I'm humbled and honored to be considered among their ranks! That's right, you can shop Design Crush's mid-century modern with a twist style over on Euro Edge. And if my taste isn't your cup of tea you can check out the picks of six other talented ladies – Say Yes To Hoboken, Simply Grove, La La Lovely, Sacramento Street, vmac+cheese, and Justina Blakeney. (Psst… here's the scone above!)
Doing Good With Anthropologie
A huge thank you to everyone who came out last Wednesday and Thursday for my string art workshops at Anthropologie! We had a great time crafting, snacking, and raising money for Adopt a Classroom. More specifically Plaza Towers and Briarwood Elementary Schools that were demolished by May 20th's Moore tornado. Check out everyone's creations and stay tuned because I'll be sharing the DIY for the project next Monday!
Top 10 Picks From Our Joss & Main Event
Photos © Bonnie Tsang Images via Joss & Main
I'm popping in with a rare weekend post because we're moving into the homestretch of our Urban Decor themed sale on Joss & Main! With over 100 handpicked items (from moi) to choose from, it just wouldn't be fair not to share my favorites…
A few of my original favorites are already sold out – you people have amazing taste! – but it was easy to find replacements because I honestly want it all. Everything in my sale skews toward mid-century modern, but that doesn't mean a piece or two wouldn't fit into your space. No matter the style. When everything in a room feels too matchy it can get boring, the only real requirement for making something work is loving it!
01/ Branson Hamper
02/ Ikat Throw
03/ Atom Floor Mirror
04/ Duncan Sofa
05/ Lori Bookcase
06/ Gopala Pillow
07/ Meyer Tea Kettle
08/ Idle Arm Chair
09/ Setay Table Lamp
10/ Messina Coffee Table
Be sure and pop over to the sale before Monday morning when it closes, and also take a peek at Joss & Main's blog Plume where there's a little post about Design Crush and my fast and loose design rules.
Our Joss & Main Curated Sale Event is Live!
Photos © Bonnie Tsang Images via Joss & Main
You might've noticed that our second post for the day is a bit late, but we have a good reason. Design Crush's Urban Decor Curators Collection with Joss & Main is kicking off as of right now! Huzzah!
A lot of my inspiration came from the loft Apartment 34's Erin Hiemstra first moved into when she and her husband relocated from Seattle. Erin has an amazing eye and the clean lines, neutral palette, and mix of textures sucked me right in.
The beautiful shots of Erin's loft were taking by photographer extraordinaire Bonnie Tsang. Thanks so much to both of these lovely ladies for allowing us access to the incredible photography and inspiring space!
Our sale will be live for three days only, so hop on it fast! You have until Sunday, March 31st at 11am EST. If you're not already a Joss & Main member and want to skip the wait you can do just that by clicking right here. Happy shopping!
Design Crush + Joss & Main
I'm pleased as punch to announce that I'll be curating my first ever event next week with Joss & Main! For those of you who are unfamiliar with the site, Joss & Main is a premier members-only site that offers limited-time sales (up to 70% off!) on the world's best brands. Each event lasts just three days and then it's gone with the wind! Design Crush's theme is Urban Decor and will be featuring 120 items with clean, modern lines that I'd be thrilled to have in my own home (those are a few of my favorites from the sale up there). You can avoid the waiting list to join by clicking right here! I'll be popping back in to remind you of the sale when it launches Thursday, March 28th at 9pm EST.
It's been a few weeks since the new site design launched and I thought it was high time you met who was behind it all! (PS: Thanks for all the sweet words about the new look, I'm in love with it too.)
I've had the pleasure of working with the creative team of Tim and Erin Cooper – CooperHouse – since 2010. They're the ones responsible for the past three design iterations of the Design Crush site and countless other blogs you most likely check out every day. Erin covers the design, while Tim mans the coding. And to say they're lifesavers would be an understatement, I wish I had a count of how many Sunday evening I've emailed Tim about a glitch on the site and he is on it. As in ASAP. Dedication like that is sort of hard to find in this day and age, but CooperHouse remains true to their clients.
My favorite aspect of CooperHouse as a company is that they have a focus on creative industries, helping people with big ideas share them through beautiful websites. I love that. I also love that they're a local Oklahoma City company that I feel super about recommending to any and all national clients. And I have.
If you're on the lookout for a small, hands on company with a focus on online media CooperHouse is the team for you. If you have any questions about my experience feel free to reach out!


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Graduate Financial Aid
The Office of Financial Aid offers federal financial aid designed to assist graduate students in financing their college education. Most graduate students fund their education at Brooklyn College through a Ford Federal Direct Loan. You may download a direct loan application form. Graduate programs can sometimes provide full or partial tuition waivers for students with outstanding academic credentials.
For application instruction, please visit our Filing FAFSA for Graduate Students page.
Federal financial aid is divided into three basic categories: federal work-study and loans, which can be used individually or in combination to help finance your Brooklyn College education. Work-study assistance will allow you to earn money to help pay for part of your educational expenses by working part-time on campus and off campus. Federal student loans require that you first participate in entrance and exit interviews with the college's Office of Financial Aid, and agree to repay the principal and interest on such loans upon completion of your studies. You should also be aware that federal financial aid programs change frequently, so the types and amounts of awards may vary annually, based on available funds and changes in the status of your financial need.
- Title IV or Federal Code Number: 002687
Cost of Attendance
The following estimates the costs of academic year 2014–15 may help students determine if they need assistance. The estimates are based on full-time study (12 credits) for New York State residents while attending school for a nine month budgeted year. Please note that a student's budget can increase or decrease based on semester (summer, fall, winter and spring) enrollment status and other individual circumstances.
Students Living at Home
Books and Supplies $1,304
Transportation (MetroCard) $1,020
Lunch $1,148
Personal Expense $1,798
Room and Board $1,918
Total Variable Cost $7,188 + Tuition and fees
Students Living Away from Home
Books and Supplies $1,304
Transportation (MetroCard) $1,020
Lunch $1,148
Food at home $2,020
Personal Expense $4,106
Housing $10,386
Total Variable Cost $19,984 + Tuition and fees
Adjustments to a student's budget are possible by submitting to the Office of Financial Aid a request for a budget adjustment accompanied by a more detailed personal budget of the student.
Federal Work-Study Program
The Federal Work-Study Program (FWS) provides part-time jobs for undergraduate and graduate students with financial need, allowing them to earn money to help pay education expenses. The program encourages community service and work related to the recipient's course of study.
Financial Aid Loans
Unlike grants or work-study, loans are a form of financial aid that you must pay back at interest rates that are typically lower than consumer rates, usually not until after your studies have been completed. The size of the loan you seek and commit to should be determined only after all available gift-aid has been applied for. You should also determine whether the loan you choose has an interest-free grace period before repayment begins and if all or some of the loan may be deferred or repaid after graduation.
Federal TEACH Grant Program
Offered to matriculated graduate student and does not require repayment so long as the student completes the program. To be considered for this federal financial aid, you must be a U.S. citizen or an eligible non-citizen admitted as at least a half-time student to an approved degree program and must maintain satisfactory academic progress to preserve your continuing aid eligibility. (Students not yet admitted into an approved degree program do not qualify)
As a condition for receiving a TEACH Grant, you must sign a TEACH Grant Agreement to Serve, which you agree to (among other requirements) teach: in a high-need field; at an elementary school, secondary school or educational service agency that serves students from low-income families; and for at least four complete academic years within eight years after completing (or ceasing enrollment in) the course of study for which you received the grant.
If you do not complete your service obligation, all TEACH Grant funds you received will be converted to a Direct Unsubsidized Loan. You must then repay this loan to the U.S. Department of Education, with interest charged from the date the TEACH Grant was disbursed (paid to you or on your behalf).
Your Responsibilities
- Keep all your contact information (postal address, e-mail and telephone) current by updating your CUNYfirst account as soon as any changes occur.
- Check your Brooklyn College e-mail and your CUNYfirst account frequently for messages regarding your financial aid status and your student account.
- Complete your applications accurately and provide correct information at all times. Reporting false information is a violation of the law and may be considered a criminal offense.
- Be aware of and meet all deadlines for applying or reapplying for financial aid. You must complete your applications sufficiently in advance so that processing may be completed by the stated deadline.
- Submit any additional information or documents required by the Financial Aid Office before the stated deadline.
- Keep your parents informed of all financial aid requirements and deadlines if you are a dependent student.
- Read and understand all forms you are asked to sign and keep a copy of each.
- Notify the Financial Aid Office if the information reported on your financial aid application has changed.
- Notify the Financial Aid Office if at any time during the year you receive any type of financial assistance that is not listed on your award notice.
- Notify the Financial Aid Office if you are receiving financial aid for attendance at another institution while attending Brooklyn College.
- Know and comply with all terms, conditions and policies associated with the awards you receive.
- Begin attendance in your classes to qualify for any financial aid payments. Financial aid is awarded with the expectation that you will attend school for the entire period for which your aid was intended.
- Continue to make satisfactory academic progress in your program of study according to college and CUNY standards.
Your Rights
- Know what financial aid programs are available, including information on all federal and state grants, loans and institutional financial aid programs.
- Know the application procedures and deadlines for each of the available financial aid programs. Learn more about how to apply. Learn more about when to apply.
- Know how your financial aid eligibility is determined. Learn more.
- Know how financial aid is awarded and the basis for these decisions. Learn more.
- Know how and when financial aid is disbursed. Learn more.
- Know how Brooklyn College determines whether or not you are making satisfactory academic progress, and what happens if you are not. Learn more.
- Ask a financial aid counselor to review your financial situation and, if warranted, redetermine your eligibility for assistance if something has changed in your family circumstances such as loss of job or other drastic changes in your family's financial situation. Learn more. Applicable forms: Income Adjustment, Dependency Override, Expense Adjustment Worksheet, as well as other general financial aid forms can be found on our Resources and Forms page.
- Confidentiality of your personal information. All records and information submitted with your application for financial aid are confidential, and subject to legal requirements concerning disclosure of such information. Learn more.
- Know about the college's tuition refund policies if you have to withdraw from school after the semester begins. Learn more.
- Know what effect withdrawals will have on your eligibility for financial aid payments. Learn more.
- You have additional rights and responsibilities if you receive a Federal Perkins Loan, Federal Direct Loan or Federal Work-Study.


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February/March 2013 Newsletter
February/March 2013 Univeristy Bookstore Newsletter
Bookstore Newsletter Stony Brook University Februar y/March 2013 Volume 22, Issue 1 Win Two Stony Brook VIP Game Tickets Order your textbooks online from January 1st through February 15th and you could win two VIP reserved tickets to the Stony Brook Men's Basketball game on March 3rd against Albany at 2pm. VIP tickets include food and beverages in the Club Corporate VIP Lounge 30 minutes prior and during half-time of the game. No shipping costs when you order your textbooks online from the University Bookstore's website at whywaitforbooks.com and then pick up your order at the bookstore. You can view your course schedule in SOLAR and buy your textbooks directly though the bookstore's website with just a few clicks. Students can even select payment options including credit, debit, Barnes & Noble gift cards, financial aid, or your Bookstore Campus Account (BCA). Faculty Spotlight on Professor Jennifer Anderson Professor Jennifer Anderson has spent her entire life surrounded by a family of historians and scholars. Now, as a full-time mother and full-time professor, she can proudly say that she is able to share her knowledge with her son and her students. The Pennsylvania native gained a love of history and historical culture from her parents and grandparents, who taught her the importance of balancing research and teaching. "It's that combination that I really love," she explained. As an Atlantic Historian, Professor Anderson focuses her research on American, European, African and Caribbean history and how all these vastly different societies interact with one another. After spending a year in Finland with her mother's family during high school, Anderson by Alyssa Carroll History Professor Jennifer Anderson returned to the United States to complete her undergraduate work at Barnard College in New York City. After graduating, she earned her master's degree in Early American and Atlantic Histor y from the prestigious Winterthur Program at the University of Delaware. She eventually won the Nevins Prize for Best-Written Dissertation in 2007 from the Society of American Historians when complet(Continued on Page 2) The Provost's Liaison's Office Student Staff Spotlight Sophia Dang is one of the newest members of the team at the Provost's Liaison's Office, joining the staff in August of 2012. Sophia graduated from Stony Brook in December 2011 with a bachelor's degree in studio art and art history, and has re-enrolled as a post-baccalaureate pre-health student. Sophia has collaborated with the Provost's Liaison's Office before, helping to create the gorgeous mural project on the lower level of the Melville Library, which features a total of 15 individual Stony Brook inspired panels created by different Stony Brook student artists. All orders placed online Ms. Dang's sculptures can also be seen on disfor textbook and logo play in the Chemistry building. merchandise will be automatically entered to win! Dang first came to Stony Brook University in the fall of 2007 after graduating from New Utrecht High School. She quickly became an Winner will be active member of the Seawolves community announced on working as a Resident Assistant and as a studio Februar y 20th! monitor and Art Gallery Assistant at the Staller Center for the Arts. Staff Assistant Sophia Dang In the Provost's Liaison's Office, Sophia works on ordering complimentary desk copies for professors and assists with course material requisitions and Campus Lifetime events. She is an important member of the student staff and loves to tackle challenging new tasks with her creativity and organizational skills. When Sophia is not working or studying, she enjoys running, biking, and volunteering with children's' groups such as Youth for Change Revolution in New York City. Sophia plans to attend medical school and would like to work in the field of pathology. News Faculty Spotlight (Continued from Page 1) Happy Birthday Wolfie! The University Bookstore is celebrating Wolfie's Birthday with style and we want you to join us! Get Your Red On All Stony Brook logo merchandise is 20% off February 11th February 16th! As a bonus on February 16th, if you purchase $50 or more in Stony Brook or Seawolves merchandise you will receive a Seawolf Country banner! ing her Ph.D. at New York University. Anderson's most recent publication comes from her interest in the trade of exotic wooden furniture. Her book, Mahogany: The Costs of Luxury in Early America (Harvard University Press, 2012), focuses on the importation of fine wood for early-American furniture. Anderson's fascination with early-American furniture originated from her time studying historic American homes. As a graduate student she studied the Winterthur Collection of nearly 90,000 American household objects including ceramics and glass, porcelain, historic clothing and textiles, and many other artifacts dating between 1640 and 1860. While working in these houses, she began to notice they were all filled with the same type of exotic, imported hardwood-mahogany. "I grew up hearing about the dangers to the rainforest," Anderson said. "This really marks the beginning of the exploitation of the tropical rainforests by people on the other side of the globe." Anderson began wondering why Americans were importing so many of their wood products when they had access to such beautiful building materials in their own backyards. Her desire to understand the mahogany trade of the 17th and 18th centuries led her to write her award- winning dissertation. "This topic really brings together my interest in people, nature and objects," Anderson said. Anderson's decision to teach at Stony Brook was based on being able to live close to her family and near the areas along the coast where her research is centered. Anderson teaches classes on the History of Oceans and American Colonial Society, as well as a class which focuses on slavery's impact in the founding of the United States. Anderson says that her favorite part of working at Stony Brook is working with students. She explained, "I teach them and I learn from them every semester." "What makes my job fun and different is that it has a lot of variety and I don't have to go to an office everyday. My research takes me to interesting places such as Jamaica, London, and Belize. This work, in turn, feeds directly into my teaching. That keeps it fresh for me and for my students!" Made in the USA Products With Sustainable Themes bottle insulators. With designs that range from a patriotic Baberaham Lincoln insulator to the LoveGlove, the Freak team definitely knows how to show their originality. Liberty water bottles from Yakima, Washington are BPA free and are the only American-made metal bottle on the market made from recycled materials! Show your own personal style while being sustainable as you sport a new water bottle designed by Liberty Bottleworks' artists. A unique jewelr y company from Calabasas, California known as Whitney Howard Designs offers a collection of beautiful pendants and quotable cuffs imprinted with inspiring and positive messages from recycled lead-free pewter. Mad Gab's collection of wildly natural lip shimmers and glosses made with shea butter and mango butter are a perfect treat for Valentine's Day. Natural Life car magnets feature inspirational phrases in vibrant pastel colors and designs. Natural Life gives back to organizations that support global philanthropic efforts such as Guatemala Children's Project and Pennies for Peache. Made in the USA products The University Bookstore is now featuring a table filled with interesting and affordable products that were made right here in the United States! The Made In The USA table features lip balm, water bottles, jewelry and fashionable bottle insulators. You can shop with pride knowing that these items all carry interesting stories of earth-friendly materials and job-creating opportunities. One of the more unique products are from a North Carolina company known as Freaker. Freaker identifies itself as the global leader of preventing moist handshakes and sweaty beverages with their original one-size-fits-all News Romero Britto Huggable Art Plushies The University Bookstore is proud to feature new plush from pop artist Romero Britto.The Britto Pop Plush collection is the perfect way to brighten up a room while bringing some artistic flair to your home. These plushies are sure to add a splash of color wherever they go, and will bring a smile to anyone who sees them. Brazilian-American artist Romero Britto has made headlines for his colorful mix of cubism and street graffiti elements. His artwork evokes feelings of happiness and relaxation in viewers. Britto's work has appeared in everything from BMW and Pepsi advertisements to poster art for FIFA and Disney, as well as in galleries and museums in over 100 countries. Britto was born in Brazil and moved to Miami, Florida in 1989. As a selftaught artist, he started his art career from an early age by painting on newspaper. Britto said he draws inspiration Romero Britto Plushies for his vibrant and bold patterns from the works of Matisse and Picasso. His style has been described by The New York Times as exuding "warmth, optimism and love" and can be seen on display all around the globe. Now, you can take home a piece of huggable Britto art with the Britto Pop Plush collection at the University Bookstore. Popular Novels Hit the Big Screen If you were one of the millions of people who enjoyed last year's blockbuster films, chances are good that one of your favorites is based on a classic novel. From The Hobbit to Life of Pi and Les Miserables, movie goers in 2012 had a lot of great films to enjoy. Now that the new year is here, it's the perfect time to catch up on the novels that inspired last year's biggest Hollywood hits. J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit made it's journey to the big screen in December. The popular novel follows the quest of shy and reserved hobbit Bilbo Baggins as he ventures into the world of Middle-Earth with a band of dwarves to defeat a terrifying dragon. The Hobbit is the prequel to Tolkien's bestselling The Lord of the Rings trilogy, which sold an astounding 300 million copies worldwide. Hobbit fans looking for more adventure can read the entirety of Bilbo's journey without having to wait until next year for the 2013 release of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. Yann Martel's 2001 adventure novel Life of Pi has become one of this season's most popular film adaptations. Life of Pi follows 16 year-old Piscine Molitor "Pi" Patel after he survives 227 days stranded on a boat in the Pacific Ocean with a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker. This modern fable explores issues of spirituality and practicality through vivid stor ytelling and imaginative language. The Read the original novel then see the movie! movie, starring Suraj Sharma, hit the big screen in November of 2012 and has earned over $304 million worldwide. For moviegoers with an interest in historical fiction, Thomas Hooper's adaptation of Victor Hugo's Les Miserables is a story of love and social revolution in 19th century France. Considered one of the greatest novels of the nineteenth century, the story begins in 1815 when convict Jean Valjean (Hugh Jackman), is released on parole by a prison guard (played by Russell Crowe) after serving a nineteen-year sentence. The novel follows Jean Valjean on his search for redemption and through the 1832 June Rebellion in Paris. So while you're waiting for your favorite movies of the year to come to DVD, you can see where all the adventure started by picking up the original novels at the University Bookstore for 20% off. We promise not to make you sit through any previews. 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Excellent storage and baby safety is the basic design of the Kalani 3 Drawer Changer by DaVinci. It is a beautiful design with snow sleigh curves plus an Espresso finish that adds a warm mocha glow to the room. The height is perfect for your comfort each time you change diapers. The gorgeous Kalani border keeps baby from rolling away and so does the safety belt that is provided. Three large drawers hold all the essentials and everything you need is an easy reach. With the DaVinci Kalani 3 Drawer Changer added to the nursery your child has a storage chest for life.
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