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is celebrated annually on the anniversary of the establishment of the State of Israel, according to the Hebrew calendar, on 5 Iyar (this year celebrated one day later because of the Sabbath). The day preceding this celebration is devoted to the memory of those who gave their lives for the achievement of the country's independence and its continued existence.
This proximity is intended to remind people of the heavy price paid for independence. On this day the entire nation remembers its debt and expresses eternal gratitude to its sons and daughters who gave their lives for the achievement of the country's independence and its continued existence.
On May 14, 1948, the day the British Mandate expired, the new Jewish state - the State of Israel - was formally established in parts of what was known as the British Mandate for Palestine. With the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, Jewish independence was restored after 2,000 years.
Independence Day is a celebration of the renewal of the Jewish state in the Land of Israel, the birthplace of the Jewish people. In this land, the Jewish people began to develop its distinctive religion and culture some 4,000 years ago, and here it has preserved an unbroken physical presence, for centuries as a sovereign state, at other times under foreign domination. Throughout their
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, the yearning to return to the land has been the focus of Jewish life.
Theodor Herzl
, the leader and founder of the Zionist movement, increased international recognition for the need of a Jewish state.
Since its establishment, Israel continues to be a homeland to the thousands who make their way to Israel annually. It is home to some of the holiest religious sites of the three major religions, all which enjoy the democratic rights delineated in the
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which begins on Sunday evening, April 14, is a day of collective and personal anguish mingled with awe and honor for the fallen. The official events begin at 8:00 PM with a moment of national silence heralded by a one minute siren.
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On Monday, ceremonies commence at 11:00 AM at 44 IDF military cemeteries located throughout the country following a two minute blast of the siren. There will also be a ceremony for overseas
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In memory of those who have fallen while on duty in the Israeli Foreign Service
Independence Day
Israel's 65th Independence Day
celebrations will commence on Monday evening, April 15, immediately upon the conclusion of Remembrance Day, when the state flag is raised to full mast at a national ceremony on Mount Herzl, at which twelve torches are lit. Independence Day is filled with festivities and celebrations including picnics, barbecues, family gatherings and nature trips. Balconies, car windows, store fronts and more are liberally decorated with Israeli flags.
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Screw-job by the refs or not, it would have never gotten to that point if we just bat-down the hail mary at the end of the 1st half.
True. Can't let that happen. Ever. Cost us the game as it turns out.
the three major fouls at the end of the game cost the game.
I agree...we lost the game. It's on us...not the refs.
Thanks for starting this thread, I was wondering what happened.
Yeah, there are lots of "what ifs" in a game, but that Hail Mary really is a very big dagger...we can control that, not a refs whistle.
That and it's 2nd @ 1 inside the 5 and we can't get the 1st down and have to kick the FG to only go up 6. Then of course the numerous P.I. penalties.
No, that was too early in the game to cost us. The one that cost us was the replay official refusing to overturn the fumble. It was clear George got it and there was no early whistle. It is so typical, if it was reversed Texas gets the ball. Simple.
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That's what losers do. They lose.
Originally Posted by CapnCy
Yeah, there are lots of "what ifs" in a game, but that Hail Mary really is a very big dagger...we can control that, not a refs whistle.
And we made up for that on the field to be up by 6 points when something out of our control (the ref's payoffs) prevented us from winning.
Sorry, but this is asinine. The correct call on the fumble wins the game, regardless of anything that happened up to that point.
Texas was smart and burnt us bad when Watson got hurt and had to leave the game. We waited to long before we made adjustment with Tribune.
All we had to do was score a td instead of the last fieldgoal and the refs are a moot point. We had the opportunity to put the game away and didn't. Everything after that changes if we just finish the job and get the sealing td.
I'm kind of a big deal!
I don't think ISU could have made a play on that pass though.
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This is true it was a poor effort. Put ourselves in a whole and made mistakes every time we battled back.
Somewhat to be expected from a young team. Still really frustrating.
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The Davidson County Community College Association of Nursing Students will host Dr. Cynthia Bulik as part of a discussion on eating disorder awareness.
Bulik of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will speak from 10-11:30 a.m. Tuesday in the Conference Center. Her topic will be "Reflections of Reality: Eating Disorders in Diverse Populations and Across the Lifespan,"
Bulik, an expert on the subject who has written more than 450 scientific papers and chapters on eating disorders, as well as many books, has appeared on the "Today Show," "Good Morning America," "CBS This Morning," "CNN Morning," "Katie," "Dr. Oz," "Dr. Phil" and "Rachael Ray."
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Game 1 - LSU 13, Louisville 9
Game 2 - Arizona 9, Boston 6
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TUCSON, Ariz.--An infrequent 5-3-6 double play in the seventh inning helped Arizona overcome another late charge by LSU and the Wildcats beat the Tigers, 9-8, in nail-biting NCAA Softball Championships winner's bracket action to move into the regional championship game on Sunday.
Arizona first baseman Hallie Wilson -- whose two home runs and six RBI led the Cats at the plate -- took a throw from third baseman Lauren Young and returned a gun to shortstop Kellie Fox at third to nail Sandra Simmons, who represented the game's tying run, for the third and final out in the game.
Arizona (43-13) gets a leg up in the tournament, with the eventual matchup on Sunday requiring two victories by the team emerging from later action Saturday.
The Tigers (36-23) will play the winner of the Boston-Louisville game in the region's second elimination game at 6:30 p.m. (MST/PDT).
UA's Estela Pinon won with her ninth complete game to improve to 19-7, but not without drama and struggle. She gave up eight hits, walked four, hit two batters and struck out four. All the runs were earned. Baylee Corbello (18-9) took the loss in her 23rd complete game. She also was not in top form, allowing 10 hits, hitting a batter, walking seven and striking out three.
LSU had a runner in scoring position after A.J. Andrews led off the game with a single, and two outs later stole second, her 36th steal of the year. But Pinon got a foul popup from Bianka Bell to strand the runner.
UA started similarly, with a leadoff single by Hallie Wilson. A sac bunt by Kelsey Rodriguez moved her to second. Corbello got a fly out, then hit Chelsea Goodacre with a pitch to put two aboard, but struck out Katiyana Mauga to strand a pair.
UA put runs on the board with a two-out rally and the long ball in the second.
Courtney Rodriguez singled up the middle, Chelsea Suitos singled off the glove of third baseman Tammy Wray and then Hallie Wilson drove the first pitch deep to left center that caromed off the top of the wall and fielder Andrews' glove, squirting 100 feet toward the line and giving Wilson an inside-the-park home run, her 14th of the year.
Kelsey Rodriguez socked the next pitch over the fence in left center for a 4-0 lead and her eighth homer of the year.
It signaled the end of scoreless ball. LSU's Wray ripped a liner over the left field fence to open the third, and then Bailey Landry tugged a double down the line in left. Two outs later, Jaquish drew a walk and Bell slugged her 13th home run of the season to knot the score, 4-4.
Each team had two runners on base with one out in the fourth inning but first Pinon and then Corbello pitched out of the jams. Pinon also walked two with one out in the fiffth, but struck out a pair to end that threat.
Corbello walked two in the bottom of the inning and it hurt. Wilson came through with another two-out home run, this one straight to right -- and over the fence for a 7-4 lead. The rally kept going with a single by Kelsey Rodriguez, a double by Kellie Fox to move both into scoring position, and a two-run single by Goodacre, who was thrown out trying for a two-base hit and a 9-4 margin.
Pinon retired the first two batters in the sixth, but Landry socked her second homer of the year to left to make it 9-5. .
In the seventh, Pinon issued a leadoff walk to Jacee Blades, an infield single to Jaquish and hit Bell to load the bases. Kellsi Kloss' groundball drove in two when pinch runner Alex Boulet ran through a coach's stop sign and beat a throw to the plate to make it 9-7.
A single by Sandra Simmons drove in Bell to make it 9-8. And then, Allison Falcon's grounder to third started the game-clinching double play, with Young looking back Simmons long enough to give Wilson a chance on the return throw.
Arizona postgame press conference transcript:
Head coach Mike Candrea
Opening statement:
"LSU just kept throwing the punches, and we kept responding. The way we respond, as a team, is what got us here."
On the defensive effort:
"This time of the year, you gotta make the plays. That's what the post season is about, anytime you give a team 4 or 5 outs an inning, it'll cost you. But we handled it well. We did a great job defensively."
On the victory:
"You have to earn everything in this game… take one pitch at a time, and earn every moment."
On Hallie Wilson's inside-the-park home run:
"I've seen some crazy things, but nothing like that. Stuff like that is just unpredictable, which to me is the greatest part about the game."
Junior first baseman Hallie Wilson
On her two-homer performance:
"I've been struggling a little bit at the plate, but today, I felt as though I got my groove back."
On the mindset of the girls:
"The thing about our team is that we are not full of superstars. Our team is full of the girls that got kicked to the curb and have had to come right back. We're those girls, we're fighters and we are always ready for what's ahead, and want it."
Senior pitcher Estela Piñon
On her thoughts in the seventh inning:
"Honestly it's just one pitch at a time for me. That's all it is. I don't focus on the next batter, I trust my girls behind me, and I focus on what's in front of me, at that moment, and trying to get ahead."
On coming back tomorrow:
"I'm just focusing on rest, lots of water, stretching, ice cold baths and just trying to stay healthy for our next task ahead."
LSU postgame press conference transcript:
LSU head coach Beth Torina
Opening statement:
"You know, I think Arizona has one of the best offenses in the country and I think they showed us why today. They did a really nice job offensively and were able to put up a lot of runs. I like the fight my team showed at the end of the game, and actually all throughout I thought we fought really hard. I thought we wasted some at-bats. I thought there were some things we could do better and hopefully we'll learn from it and come back."
On the comeback attempt coming up short:
"It's frustrating. I think we're capable of coming back and I think we've done that several times this year. We've come back from larger deficits than that against some quality team. I thought we ran ourselves out there at the end and didn't give ourselves a very good opportunity."
On Hallie Wilson's inside-the-park home run:
"I don't think we had a problem catching the ball today. Hallie (Wilson) hit the ball well and gets a lot of credit but it was a fluke thing there when we kicked the ball into the corner."
Sophomore shortstop Bianka Bell
On the team's offense:
"We've been hitting the ball well, crushing it, and have been on a roll offensively since we've been here and just have been going with it."
LSU Head Coach Beth Torina
Opening Statement:
"They call us the Fighting Tigers for a reason, and now I understand why more than ever. This team has shown that they can do this all year. We have that never quit attitude. What a great game and tournament by Boston, hats off to them."
On Boston Pitcher Melanie Russell:
"I think that Melanie Russell is different from anyone in this group. It is very difficult to prepare for her, and our players are used to being well prepared for the pitchers we face. It took us several at bats to make an adjustment, but once we figured it out we put an exclamation point on it."
On the offense:
"We are a very well rounded offense with our power and speed, and that's the type of offense I want as a coach. Our speed is tough to get out, so we always feel like we have a chance."
On Alex Boulet:
"Alex Boulet is the best base runner I have seen in my entire life. When she is on base we score runs because she is so special. We decided before the game that we were going to be aggressive and play to win."
Freshman Infielder Sahvanna Jaquish
On the last inning:
"I knew we were going to win when we tied it up. For me, it was about the seniors and what they have done for us, and I just wanted to give back to them. I was just in the moment and was honored to help us get to the next game."
Boston University postgame press conference transcript:
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Opening Statement:
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SAN CLEMENTE – Pro skateboarder Ryan Sheckler and his foundation have launched a fundraising campaign for their first "Be the Change" project – a skate park for Native American youth at the Port Gamble S'klallam reservation.
The project in a remote area of Washington was selected from more than a hundred suggestions that came in to the foundation's Be the Change program. The program kicked off this year as a way to get communities to improve themselves. Foundation officials narrowed down ideas from all over the world to make sure they fit their mission of contributing to causes that enrich the lives of children
"We wanted to get involved with a program in our communities where we could lend Ryan's name and be so much more effective," said Gretchen Sheckler, Ryan's mother.
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The Sheckler Foundation has helped the kids at the reservation learn the process of building the skate park. The kids presented the project to the tribal council and got it approved in August. Since then, various vendors have jumped in to help with some of the initial work, such as clearing the area and beginning work on grading.
The park is expected to be completed by August. The foundation is responsible for all the funding to complete the project. Some in-kind donations, such as the geological surveys and contractor and design work have been donated.
The concrete park is expected to be about 10,000 square feet with rails, ledges and bowls.
The Sheckler Foundation also launched a donation drive for the project. Those who donated at least $10 got items such as Be the Change tech decks, the Plan B Sheckler Foundation collaboration skateboard deck or a limited-edition Ryan Sheckler Be the Change New Era hat.
"I'm stoked to see how the foundation has evolved in the past five years," said Ryan Sheckler. "I really like how the Be the Change program allows so many of our followers to get involved."
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If you called central casting and asked them to send you a 1960s prototype football trainer with a nifty nickname from a renowned program in the south, you would get Bill "Groundhog" Ferrell. One afternoon after practice, the University of Arkansas trainer, so nicknamed for his Feb. 2 birthdate, looked at the player stretched across his table, and said, "Jones, I believe you have the lowest tolerance for pain of any kid we have ever had at this school."
It was 1964, and the player was Jerry Jones, co-captain of a very good Razorbacks football team. Jones didn't argue. Instead he explained, "Groundhog, I'm different from these other guys. I feel more, I see more, I talk more. I just have a lot more feelings than these other guys."
Those "feelings" were famously put to the test in 1989, after Jones bought the National Football League's Dallas Cowboys and sacked Tom Landry, the only head coach the franchise had ever had. Other staffers were given pink slips, too, as Jones declared himself the complete overseer of everything—from "socks to jocks"—and made moves that were branded as callous and unfeeling by reporters and talk-show callers. Jones himself was labeled a "hillbilly buffoon," with one columnist referring to him routinely as "Jethro Jones."
Jones blames part of the clumsiness on his 100 percent equity purchase of an existing business. "Everything I had done prior to that was pretty much a startup," he says. "And it wasn't like the NFL gave us a handbook."
Hate mail and death threats prompted security measures, and pressure mounted after an atrocious, 1-15 first-season record. When Jones purchased the team from Harvey Roberts "Bum" Bright, it was already losing $1 million a month. When consolidated with Jerry's own 11 percent interest on debt pledged by accounts receivable, "I was losing more than $100,000 per day," Jones recalls.
It didn't help matters much that, by 1990, Jones found himself on the wrong side of then-Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton's wrath and what Jones calls a "$1 billion lawsuit." The suit, which eventually went away, basically charged Jones with swindling the Arkansas Public Service Commission to attain money to buy the Dallas Cowboys.
It hurt.
"We are all human," Jones says. "You come in here and invest $160 million in the community, and all you do is get your butt kicked."
He grips a water bottle tightly with both hands and slowly, dramatically, raises it to his lips. "Back then," he says, "I would have had to do this, just to get a drink."
The new owner had a bed at the Cowboys' Valley Ranch headquarters in Irving, but rarely slept. He could hear the words of J.W. "Pat" Jones, his father and his hero, swirling around in his head: "Jerry, you cannot afford to fail now. You are just too much in the public eye."
The sleeplessness, the debt, and all the pressure piled up to finally slap Jones with what he calls "the good-time heart." Doctors have a much more serious name for it: atrial fibrillation. That's an irregular heartbeat, dangerous enough that it can substantially increase the chance of a stroke. Several times Jones has attempted medical procedures to revert his heart rhythm back to normal, each time to no avail. He still has the condition and treats it "with pills and blockers."
Jones stops talking about those early years long enough to dab his eyes. "All of that hit me right about the same time," he says. "It was such a trying time. I sometimes tear up just talking about it. Sorry, hell, I'm tearing up right now. I think it was almost some kind of traumatic …"— here Jones stops to take a deep breath, looks down, then looks up smiling—"it all increased my desire to achieve."
He set out to raise revenue and slash costs, likely keeping in mind what Sam Walton once told him: "If you are not short-handed, you are overstaffed and will never [travel in the stratosphere with] your heroes." Jones cut the Cowboys staff considerably, to fewer than 100 employees. (More than 600 work for him today.) Raising revenue, however, would prove to be more difficult. Only about 15 of the 100 suites at the Cowboys stadium in Irving had been sold. So Jones began courting potential suite buyers himself: "Jimmy [Johnson, the head coach] and I would sit with the prospect there in the suite and do [fake] play-by-play: 'Aikman back to pass. What a throw! Cowboys score!' "
No one questions Jones' energy and desire to achieve. But to really understand the drive behind that passion, you have to go back more than 60 years, to when Jones was a little boy working for his entrepreneur-father, who owned a supermarket in North Little Rock, Ark.
Here's a shocker: Pat Jones was a hands-on owner who courted customers like a carnival barker trying to woo the masses under the big top. "My dad would walk around in full cowboy gear carrying six guns and all," Jones recalls. "We had a bandstand right in the middle of the store, and he would put all sorts of events on that stage, like talent shows."
Dad wasn't the only salesman working the floor. "I guess I was about 9 years old," Jones says. "And I dressed up in a little bow tie after school and came to the store. Sometimes I would push the cart around for the folks I knew who might tip a quarter."
Flash-forward to just a few years ago, to a Ford Motor Co. facility in Detroit. It's 6 a.m., and there is Jerry Jones—owner, president and general manager of the Dallas Cowboys—stopping and greeting the employees as they begin their shifts. He is thanking them, patting each one on the shoulder.
"I'm telling them they are appreciated, and giving them little pep talks," Jones says. "People don't realize that the Dallas Cowboys are the biggest [advertising and promotion] commitment from Ford, except for the Ford Field there in Detroit."
His advertiser's No. 1 goal is to sell its product or service, Jones recognizes. So the little boy in the bow tie is still eager to push that cart around for a nice tip.
"These partnership interests are something I picture like I own them as well," Jones says. "And once we sign those [contracts], then I tell them I will fly across the country to speak with their customers. I just treat 'em like I own 'em."
Longtime friend and business partner Mike McCoy says that, back in the day, Jones behaved like a boss even when he was a minority-interest partner. "He was still doing it the Jerry Way," McCoy says.
The Jerry Way is full tilt, and Jones says he doesn't mind "playing the fool" if it brings success to him or his partners: "I have friends ask me, 'Jerry, why do you do those crazy Papa John's commercials?' Well, what we try to do is team up a service or product of the highest quality and allow them to take advantage of that Cowboys visibility."
The Cowboys now own more than 100 Papa John's franchises in Dallas, Austin, and Waco.
Sometimes the Jerry Way is not the right way. Sometimes, a family member has to step in to offer interference. Take the time when Jerry's real estate company, Blue Star Land LP, initiated a marketing plan for a 2,000-unit apartment complex near Austin.
"I wanted to bring the Cowboys cheerleaders to pose in front of the 'Open for Business' sign," Jones says. "But Charlotte [Jones' daughter Charlotte Jones Anderson] overruled me on that one."
Indeed she did. Charlotte's older brother Stephen recalls Jerry wanting to somehow have the cheerleaders "dangling their legs over the sign."
"Mom and Charlotte nixed that and moved the cheerleaders and the selection away from our purview," Stephen says. "We all knew that would not be a good mix." Instead, Jerry offered game tickets to those who signed leases and managed to get Troy Aikman out to the site, where he tossed a football around with prospects. The project leased up in no time.
Jones doesn't talk much about his other ventures, saying it's "a quiet time" in the oil patch, and repeatedly stressing that, "I spend 95 percent of my time on football." He says he is proud, however, of Blue Star, which has real estate holdings in places like Allen, Prosper, and Austin: "Some people think the real estate may be worth more than the franchise some day."
Forbes recently put the Cowboys' value at $2.3 billion, tops in professional football, saying Jones now has his "over-the-top stadium" in Arlington to go along with his "over-the-top" Cowboys brand.
Jones admits that a lot of that branding was accomplished by the earlier ownership regime, and calls former Cowboys general manager Texas Earnest "Tex" Schramm Jr. a "genius." But for all the cheerleaders and the familiar "America's Team" moniker, Jones says that, until he arrived, the franchise was unable or unwilling to convert that to "juice" (or money).
Jones, though, was more than willing. Many know how he directed the Cowboys to align with a soft drink different from the one blessed by the NFL. The league sued Jones for $300 million, and he countersued for $750 million. Jones saw the battle "as a kind of states rights versus federal rights argument," he says. The league "wanted to fundamentally control the franchise, but it was all resolved, and that is how all teams operate today."
Jones deserves a lot of credit for the way teams operate today in the realm of television revenue and what he calls "growing the pie." After convincing enough fellow owners to rebuff a discounted television network bid, he set out to sign more lucrative contracts, with one owner "waving a finger in my face and saying, 'You are nothing but a crazy wildcatter.' "TV revenue went through the roof with Jones quarterbacking the negotiations, and the Cowboys, winners of three Super Bowls in the 1990s, dominated the ratings. Even so, Jones says now that he greatly underestimated the Cowboys brand awareness that was already in place: "As TV lifted the NFL, Dallas had the cheerleaders and this black guy with six guns as a mascot [Crazy Ray]. ... The networks call it the 'Cowboys Factor.' In almost every [outside] market, we are the second-most popular team and always the most hated. Consequently, we get the highest number of viewers."
When Jones first bought the 'Boys, he thought of the franchise as a loss leader, aiming only to break even with the team, at best, while luring other revenue sources to the Cowboys brand. "My goal," he says, "was to make better economics, but not necessarily demand a profit. I thought, 'You go out and get a retail product or service and build that association to the market—like, say Anheuser-Busch in St. Louis. You might have the Dr Pepper Cowboys.' "
Well, at least we don't have that. But neither have Cowboys fans had much to celebrate on the football field of late. During our nearly four-hour interview, Jones tries to introduce some kind of new math, straining to show that if the Cowboys had "one half game more per year, I think they would be sixth in the league in wins …"
Although the team is 56-44 in its last 100 games, the last two seasons, with their identical 8-8 records, have been his most frustrating as an owner, Jones says. That's why he vowed to make the personnel at Valley Ranch "very uncomfortable," and promised that "change will happen" after the last game of last season.
It did, and there was talk at the top of even bigger changes than new play-callers and getting more input from Jerry's $108 million man, quarterback Tony Romo. Jones says he worries about the brand perhaps fading without more wins. He's also frustrated that the team, even "with a healthy Romo," has not won more games.
But he sees the franchise on the verge of reinvigorating the brand in 2013. Entering this season, the Cowboys are "like a room with an inch full of lighter fluid on the carpet," he says. "One spark and that flame goes to the top and burns for a long time."
Critics fault Jones for putting the branding before the winning, as he likes to keep the Cowboys name in the public eye year-round. Weeks after the 2013 draft was completed, for example, the marked-up whiteboard used for the Cowboys draft, including the "grades" of each player, was leaked to the media. Many franchises would be mortified to see their board publicized, thus jeopardizing the morale of players who might have ranked embarrassingly low on their board. Jones, however, failed to see "any negative impact" from the leak.
The criticism gained validity in July, when head coach Jason Garrett's unfiltered opening remarks to the team became an internet sensation, thanks to Jerry aligning the Cowboys brand with the star power of Sports Illustrated writer Peter King and his new website. Asked about the streaming broadcast from the private locker room, Garrett allowed, "It certainly wasn't my decision by itself …"
For the last few years, the Cowboys' new stadium in Arlington—not the team itself—has attracted most of the attention. The organization recently announced that it had sold naming rights at the stadium to Dallas-based AT&T. Analysts put the value of the deal at around $18 million a year. Call it the Death Star or Jerry World, it's one of the most impressive sporting venues in North America. Jones says Steve Wynn, the Las Vegas casino and hotel owner, told him to go whole hog in bringing the stadium to life.
No wonder, then, that the inspiration for the giant scoreboard came from Las Vegas shows starring Celine Dion and Cher. Jones says he was ready to offer $25 million for the Pacquiao vs. Mayweather fight to expose his new stadium to the largest pay-per-view audience in history.
In a hyperbolic moment, Jones will tell you that he wants the stadium to "become more familiar than the White House." From the color schemes to the cage-dancing girls, the stadium was built for television. "It was designed for Al Michaels and John Madden to describe this as a 'palace for football' to the millions who are watching," he says.
The stadium has more than one purpose. Along with its retractable roof, huge high-definition TV screens over the field, and ground-to-ceiling glass doors, it also houses 10 clubs, 15 kitchens and six platforms for the 35 or so non-football events hosted there each year. Says Jones: "That does not include the catered parties we do for two or three thousand people at a time." It does however include the George Strait concert, where more than 18,000 "Cowboyrita" drinks were served.
The 80,000 seating capacity and Jerry's shilling of "party passes"—a nice phrase for standing room with a view—also benefit visiting NFL teams, who get 32 percent of the gate (but none of the suite revenue).
Jerry Jones will turn 71 years old on October 13. That's the same week he will unveil a new sculpture at the stadium by Sir Anish Kapoor, an Indian-born British artist who is best-known for his giant mirrored sculpture in Chicago's Millennium Park, called Cloud Gate.
Jones says that yes, there is a succession "plan and concept" in place, known to the family, should he no longer be running the Cowboys organization (see accompanying story). But he continues to possess "great inspiration and energy," he hastens to add.
He truly loves the duties of general manager and says that, while others his age are playing golf, he will sneak away to watch game film on off-season Saturdays.
He's passionate about the team, but becomes furious when critics accuse him of "meddling" with the Cowboys. "Meddling?!" Jones almost screams. "Heck, that is just the grocer checking the produce he is about to sell."
Those around him—including recently fired defensive co-coordinator Rob Ryan— will tell you that Jones certainly has not mellowed. Jerry cannot just reach back in his pocket and simply wallet-whip the opposition, as he has in the past. The NFL salary cap prevents him from paying more than the next owner, and that keeps him constantly on the lookout for any kind of edge.
So, after more than six decades, just how much of that little 9-year-old boy in the bow tie are we looking at now?
"All of him," Jones says without hesitating. "All of him."


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A jellyfish sting may cause intense pain, rash and welts, and may progress to vomiting and muscle spasms. Severe reactions can cause difficulty breathing, coma, and death. For most jellyfish stings, putting vinegar on the stung areas helps deactivate the "stingers," or nematocysts. Some types of jellyfish stings (like the box jellyfish) require immediate medical care. Flood the area with vinegar and keep still until help arrives.
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If you enjoy the outdoors, be careful of ticks -- they can attach to you as you brush past grass and plants. Ticks don't always carry diseases, and most bites aren't serious. But they can carry diseases including Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain spotted fever. A bite can also trigger an allergic reaction. Be sure to remove a tick properly. To prevent tick bites, keep arms, legs, and head covered in grassy areas and use tick repellant.
Bee Stings
Most reactions to bee stings are mild, causing minor swelling, pain, and itching. Severe allergic reactions occur in some people, with symptoms including hives, swelling of the mouth or throat, and difficulty breathing. If you have a severe anaphylactic reaction, lie down and remove the stinger. Give yourself an epinephrine injection, if you have access to one, and get immediate medical care. If you don't have an allergic reaction, remove the stinger, clean the sting site, apply ice, and take an oral antihistamine for itching. A delay in removing the stinger increases the amount of venom you receive.
Chiggers are tiny mites found in tall grass or weeds. They attach to the skin by inserting tiny mouth parts to penetrate and liquefy the skin cells on which they feed. Their bites are painless. But after a few days of being attached to the skin, chiggers fall off -- leaving very itchy red welts. Over-the-counter products can help relieve the itch, but see a doctor if your skin appears infected or the welts seem to be spreading.
Flip-Flop Hazards
They may be fun and fashionable, but flip-flops offer little protection against stubbed toes, glass cuts, puncture wounds, or having a heavy object smash your foot. Another danger: insect and snake bites. Emergency room physicians on both sides of the country report seeing adults and children with snake bites to the feet while wearing flip-flops or sandals. Consider wearing close-toed shoes that offer better protection this summer.
Poisonous Snake Bites
The U.S is home to many poisonous snakes, including these four. Bite symptoms may include severe burning pain at the bite site, swelling that spreads out from the bite, weakness, trouble breathing, and changes in heart rate. Bite severity depends on many factors, including the amount of venom injected, bite location, and a person's age and health. Seek immediate medical care if you think you've been bitten by a poisonous snake.
Pictured here (clockwise from top left): coral snake, rattlesnake, water moccasin, copperhead.
Nonpoisonous Snake Bites
Most snakes that live in the U.S. are nonpoisonous and their bites don't cause serious health problems. A bite may leave fang marks or other puncture wounds that can be treated at home to relieve symptoms and prevent infection. However, large nonpoisonous snake bites, such as those from pythons or boa constrictors, can cause injury to skin, joints, bones, and muscles because of the force of the bite. See a doctor for these bites.
Seen here is an adult shorthead garter snake.
Black Widow Spiders
Wood piles and tree stumps -- that's where poisonous female black widows hide. The female has a bright-colored "hourglass" on the underside. Her bite may cause sharp, shooting pain up the limb, but it may also be painless. Look for one or two red fang marks, redness, tenderness, and a nodule at the bite site. Muscle cramps, nausea, vomiting, seizure, and rise in blood pressure may follow soon after a bite. Seek medical care if bitten.
Brown Recluse Spiders
Hiding in attics and closets -- in Midwestern and South central states -- that's where you'll find these spiders. They range in color from yellowish-tan to dark brown, with darker legs. Brown recluses have a "violin" pattern in the upper body, where legs attach. Their venom is extremely poisonous, and their bite can cause serious wounds and infection. The bite itself is often painless -- then skin reddens, turns white, develops a red "bull's-eye," blisters, and becomes painful. Bites warrant immediate medical care.
Burns from Fireworks
An estimated 8,800 people were treated in emergency rooms in 2009 for injuries related to fireworks. Most injuries involved the hands, eyes, head, face, and ears. Burns were the most common injury. Minor burns smaller than a person's palm can often be treated at home. Run it under cool water, then cover with a clean, dry cloth. Larger burns, and ones to the hands, feet, face, genitals, and major joints usually require emergency care.
Skin Cancer
Skin cancer is the most prevalent of all cancers in the U.S. An uncontrolled growth of abnormal skin cells, it results in tumors that are benign or malignant. There are three main types of skin cancer: basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, and melanoma. Consult a doctor if a mole or spot changes in size, shape, or color, has irregular edges, is more than one color, is asymmetrical, or itches, oozes, or bleeds.
Heat Rash
The result of blocked sweat ducts, heat rash looks like small pinkish pimples and is usually found on body areas covered by clothing. Most common in children, it may also affect adults in hot, humid climates. Most rashes heal on their own. To alleviate symptoms, apply cold compresses or take a cool bath. Air dry and avoid lotions. If baby's skin is irritable to the touch, ask your doctor about using calamine or hydrocortisone cream.
Too much exposure to the sun's UV rays can result in the redness and pain of sunburn. Sunburn usually appears within hours after sun exposure and may take weeks to fade. Pain relievers, cold compresses, aloe, hydrocortisone, or moisturizing creams may ease discomfort. Second-degree sunburn -- characterized by redness, swelling, and blistering – is usually more painful and takes longer to heal. See a doctor if you have a blistered sunburn. To prevent sunburn, use a sunscreen of SPF 30 or higher when outdoors.
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Suzanne Charity | 64 | New York, New York CARE site: Mozambique
Why did you choose CARE? Because their motto is "Give a hand up instead of a handout." They not only address emergency relief situations, but CARE staffers also develop long-term, sustainable programs with local communities.
How did you get involved? After the 2004 Tsunami in Thailand, I called a friend of mine who was also a chairman of the board at CARE, and told him I wanted to help. He put me in touch with a group in Manhattan called the Women's Initiative.
What does the group do? The Women's Initiative Steering Committee hosts fund-raisers and sometimes we invite CARE field staffers to come talk to us. We also travel to a different CARE site each year to check out their projects on the ground.
Where did you go? Last spring we visited rural villages in Northern Mozambique so far removed I wondered if the government knew people even lived there. The villagers lived 60 kilometers off of dirt roads in mud adobe huts with thatched roofs that weren't very watertight.
What did you do there with CARE staffers? We went to see water and sanitation programs; maternal health and childhood nutrition programs; livestock and agriculture management systems; and HIV/AIDS education. Language is a barrier in the country because although Portuguese is the main language, there are so many tribal dialects spoken. CARE works with local NGOs (non-government organizations) to make sure there's always a facilitator who speaks a specific tribal language.
What issues do the women face there? The women are poorly educated if at all. They're often kept at home to help out with the house and take care of siblings. There's no water source in most of the villages, so women have to walk about five kilometers to fetch water, which they carry in enormous 18-by-20-inch containers on their heads. No one in my group could even carry one and yet the Mozambique women put one on their heads every day.
What is your group doing to help CARE? We're trying to raise $150,000 to help establish more village savings and loan associations in Mozambique, similar to a microfinance system, but all the money stays within the community. When asked what they would use extra money for, the women said they would buy mosquito nets for their children's beds. Ninety percent of malaria-related deaths occur in sub-Saharan Africa and 3,000 children die each day. It costs just eight dollars to buy a net that lasts 10 years.
Why give globally? In the U.S., we take for granted being able to turn water on from a tap, to flick a light switch for electricity; shelter that's impervious to the weather and basic access to education. At 64, I'm incredibly grateful for what I have, and I want to give back.
What inspired you about this trip? I didn't come home depressed by my experience in Mozambique. I came home encouraged by the ability of people to find joy in small things and the possibilities of an improved life.
Where Your Dollars Go in Mozambique
. $8: a long-lasting, insecticide-treated mosquito net to prevent malaria . $10: water purification tablet package for one family . $15: a can of therapeutic food, Plumpy'nut, for malnourished children and adults . $25: educational materials for communities and clinics on the prevention of diseases including malaria, diarrhea, and HIV . $45: support for orphans and vulnerable children to get birth registration and to benefit from government programs in food and social protection . $1,000: hand-washing facilities for schools, or hygiene and sanitation training kits . $6,000: community-based savings and credit training for a group of women
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Our Mission Statement
Digital Cinema Destinations Corp. is dedicated to transforming movie theaters into digital entertainment centers. DCDC provides consumers with uniquely satisfying experiences, combining the full promise of digital technology with engaging, dynamic content that far transcends traditional movies. Beyond more "passive" theatergoing, DCDC allows its customers to actively engage in live and lively events. Its applicability and appeal are as unlimited as the number of these events held worldwide and the customer segments who enjoy them.
About Digital Cinema Destinations Corporation
Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Westfield, N.J., Digital Cinema Destinations Corporation is dedicated to transforming movie theaters it operates into interactive entertainment centers. Operating under the brand name, "Digiplex Destinations," DCDC will provide consumers with uniquely satisfying experiences, combining the full promise of digital technology with engaging, dynamic content that far transcends traditional cinematic fare. DCDC customers will enjoy live sports events, concerts, conferences, operas, videogames, auctions, fashion shows and, on an ongoing basis, the very best of first-run movies.
About Digital Conversion
Digital conversion is environmentally-friendly: for decades, Hollywood films would arrive in 70 pound cans shipped by air, truck and courier, consuming fuel and up to $1 million per film in distribution costs. With digital projection, movies arrive by satellite or paperback book-sized hard drive that's downloaded into a digital projector, one for each auditorium. It takes only minutes to prepare a digital movie for showing, versus one to two hours to spool six reels of film onto a platter, thread it into a projector, then respool it for return shipment at the end of the run. DCDC's Bud Mayo says, "In a digital theater, the audience will be totally immersed in the experience. They will be able to text back questions and comments, sing along, host tailgate parties outside, even perform skits to accompany the program, as appropriate. "
"Corporate and professional groups will save time, and consume less energy and money using Digiplex Destination theaters as a meeting place." Mayo continues, "Digital technology allows us to redefine what it means to go to a movie theater."
A. Dale "Bud" Mayo – Chairman and CEO
A. Dale "Bud" Mayo has enjoyed a successful career in the film exhibition industry having founded and led both Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp., the pioneer and leader in digital cinema, and Clearview Cinema Group, a top U.S. theater circuit. In recognition of his efforts within the industry, Bud received the distinct honor of being inducted into the film exhibition Hall of Fame at the industry's 2010 ShowEast conference.Bud served as Chairman, President and CEO from Cinedigm's inception (the firm was originally known as Access Integrated Technologies) until leaving in June, 2010. Cinedigm is a pioneer in the film exhibition industry and has transformed over 12,000 screens in more than 1,000 sites in the US and Canada to digital formats.In 1994, Bud founded Clearview Cinemas and expanded the theater circuit into the largest independent theater group in the Metropolitan New York area. From 1976 to 1993, Bud was the founder, Chief Executive Officer and sole shareholder of Clearview Leasing.
He began his career at IBM in 1965 and went on to work on Wall Street in the 1970s.Bud stays involved in the community and helped establish the Mayo Center for the Performing Arts, a not-for-profit organization based in Morristown, N.J. which opened in 1994 and hosts more than 200 world class performances per year in every genre.
Chuck Goldwater – Executive Vice President
Chuck Goldwater is responsible for supporting the strategic development of Digiplex and overseeing the operations of the company. Chuck has held senior management positions at a number of leading theater exhibitors including USA Cinemas, National Amusements and Loews Theatres, and he served as President/CEO of Mann Theatres and President at Clearview Cinemas. In 2012, he was inducted into exhibition's Hall of Fame at ShowEast, a leading industry conference.
Chuck brings unique perspective to digital cinema deployment and alternative entertainment programming, two key areas of importance to Digiplex's future success.
At the end of 2012 as the domestic digital cinema rollout business came to a close, he ended seven years of work at Cinedigm where he served as President of its Media Services Group. Prior to his tenure at Cinedigm he was Chief Executive Officer of Digital Cinema Initiatives, LLC (DCI), a joint venture of the seven major Hollywood studios, which established the technical specifications and initial business planning for the worldwide implementation of digital cinema.
Brian Pflug – Chief Financial Officer
Brian D. Pflug, CPA, has been our Chief Financial Officer since July 2011, managing the growth of Digiplex Destinations from a financial perspective. Bud Mayo, Brian and others on the management team have a long history together, starting in 1998 when Brian was controller at Clearview Cinemas. The two then worked together at Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp. where Brian rose to senior vice president of Accounting and Finance, his most recent position before Digiplex.Brian is uniquely qualified to help spearhead the expansion of Digiplex Destinations into what we expect will eventually become one of the country's largest movie theater chains.Brian, holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting from Rutgers University.
Jeff Butkovsky – Chief Technology Officer
Jeff has an extensive background in digital cinema and over 25 years in technology management, software development and technology sales. He was Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp.'s Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer from October 2000 to July 2010. Jeff was responsible for all technical operations of Cinedigm which included its Theatre Command Center software, Library Management System, digital cinema satellite distribution system and Live Event 3D streaming via satellite. He also managed system integration with third party vendors such as Christie, Barco, NEC and, Doremi. Jeff ensured the company's compliance with the Digital Cinema Initiative (DCI) specification and Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) standards. He was the company's technical liaison with Fox, Disney, Paramount, Sony, Universal and Warner Brothers for digital cinema deployment agreements, digital system conformance, and content delivery. He also was the liaison with several film exhibitors including Carmike, Rave, Celebration, and Emagine to sell and deploy digital cinema systems in their theatres.Prior to Cinedigm, Jeff held sales management positions at LogicStream, Inc. and Micron Electronics Inc. He also held positions at Motorola as a Senior Systems Engineer and at various technology companies in software development.
John Halecky– Chief Marketing Officer
John is focused on building the Digiplex brand. He has created successful internal and external communications programs for a wide range of business and not-for-profit entities earning recognition from the International Association of Business Communicators, Public Relations Society of America and National Association of Individual Investors.He became involved in the exhibition industry in 1997 as Director of Investor Relations and Corporate Relations VP at Clearview Cinemas. More recently, he has been involved in the development and operation of independent theaters in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. His most memorable theater experience was converting a B-52 aircraft hangar into a cinema at Woodstock '99 for an 80 hour cult-movie marathon. An Ozoner at heart, he is a drive-in movie buff and has staged hundreds of outdoor film screenings for municipalities, colleges and community groups throughout the Northeast.
He holds an A.B. in Government and Law from Lafayette College.
Brett Marks– Director of Business Development
Brett Mark's focus is on the identification and evaluation of new business opportunities and strategy in close consultation with the CEO. In this capacity, Brett is intimately engaged in the company's M&A activity, negotiations with acquisition candidates, real estate developers and managers, joint venture and financing partners.
Since 1994, Brett has worked closely with Bud Mayo, playing an active role as an early stage investor and co-founder of both Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp. and Clearview Cinema Group where he served as Senior Vice President of Business Development and Real Estate. Previously, Brett had a career in real estate from the mid-1980s to the early 1990s.
Warren Colodner – General Counsel
Warren focuses on the Company's robust M&A activity as well as general matters related to contracts, leases, human resource issues and relationships with joint venture partners and investment groups. He has received numerous accolades, including recognition in the prestigious 2012 Best Lawyers in America. His familiarity with the motion picture exhibition industry, in particular, reinforces the caliber of talent Digiplex has attracted to propel Digiplex towards a new era in exhibition.
Prior to joining Digiplex, Colodner was with K&L Gates, one of the ten largest law firms in the United States, where he was a founding partner of the New York office. His areas of specialty included commercial disputes, securities and transactional litigation. After graduation from law school, he was a law clerk for the Honorable Jacob Mishler, United States District Court, Eastern District of New York.
He received a B.A. with distinction from the University of Michigan and is a cum laude graduate of New York University School of Law.
Dean Gentile – Vice President – Operations
Dean is an accomplished Operations Management and Auditing professional with 23 years of successful leadership experience in the exhibition industry. He has worked in all aspects of the theater business for leading cinema companies including Regal Cinemas, Clearview Cinemas and Crown Theatres. He has managed several theater locations including his previous role as owner-operator of the Digiplex Bloomfield 8 in CT.
He also worked as a Division Manager for Clearview Cinemas charged with leading the start-up of 33 new cinema locations. He also supervised the daily operation of over 20 theaters throughout New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. At Crown Theatres, Dean was a director of the company responsible for Auditing, Loss Prevention and Safety programs. In addition, he worked on special projects which resulted in ancillary revenue for Crown Theatres while also developing policies and procedures to increase efficiency of operations and improve safeguards over company assets.His most memorable moment in a theater? Had to be the time he seated Al Pacino and Diane Keaton for a showing of Rainman.
Doreen Sayegh – Vice President – Alternative Programming
Doreen Sayegh has principal responsibility for sourcing and selecting alternative entertainment programming for Digiplex from a rapidly expanding community of content creators and emerging distribution channels. Additionally, she coordinates circuit-wide activities related to special events, facility rentals and community relations campaigns.
Prior to joining Digiplex in early 2012, she was general manager of the Rialto Theater of Westfield and the Cranford Theater in suburban New Jersey. She is an active member of the National Association of Theater Owners of NJ and sits on the NATONJ Scholarship Committee. Doreen grew up in a family of independent theater owners and has been involved in the exhibition industry without interruption since she sold her first bag of popcorn at her father's theater in New Jersey at the age of eight.
Doreen has also been seen on the silver screen – she has a speaking role in the independent film, The Art of Theatrical Ushery, shot on location at the Rialto Theater of Westfield.
Lisa Dallmeyer – Controller
Lisa Dallmeyer has responsibility for financial analysis and reporting, budgeting, preparation of SEC filings and accounting staff management. Her theater experience includes serving in financial capacities at two other publicly held entertainment companies; Controller at Cinedigm Digital Cinema Corp. and Assistant Controller at Clearview Cinemas. She has additional experience in various finance positions held at DRS Technologies, Paravant Inc. and Roche Diagnostic Systems. She began her work in the accounting profession as a Staff Auditor with Suplee, Clooney & Company, a CPA firm providing services to private, public education and government entities.
Lisa Dallmeyer holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Montclair State University.


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Blood pressure is a measurement of the force applied to the walls of your arteries as your heart pumps blood through your body.
You can measure your blood pressure at home. You can also have it checked at your doctor's office, a fire station or with automated machines in drug stores and other places.
Diastolic blood pressure; Systolic blood pressure; Blood pressure reading; Measuring blood pressure
Sit with your back supported, your legs uncrossed, and feet on the floor.
Your arm should be supported so that your upper arm is at heart level. Roll up your sleeve so that your arm is bare.
You or your doctor will wrap the blood pressure cuff snugly around your upper arm. The lower edge of the cuff should be 1 inch above the bend of your elbow.
Inflating the cuff too slowly or not high enough may cause a false reading. If you loosen the valve too much, you won't be able to determine your blood pressure.
The procedure may be done two or more times.
Before you measure your blood pressure:
Take two or three readings at a sitting. Take the readings 1 minute apart. Remain in a seated position. When checking your blood pressure outside the doctor's office, note the time of the readings. Your doctor may suggest that you do your readings at certain times.
You will feel slight discomfort when the blood pressure cuff is inflated to its highest level.
High blood pressure has no symptoms so you may not know if you have this problem. High blood pressure is often discovered during a visit to the doctor for another reason.
Finding high blood pressure early can help prevent heart disease, stroke, eye problems, or chronic kidney disease.
All adults should have their blood pressure regularly checked.
Blood pressure readings are usually given as two numbers. For example, your doctor might tell you your blood pressure is 120 over 80 (written as 120/80 mm Hg). One or both of these numbers can be too high.
Normal blood pressure is when the top number (systolic blood pressure) is below 120 most of the time, and the bottom number (diastolic blood pressure) is below 80 most of the time (written as 120/80 mm Hg).
If your blood pressure numbers are 120/80 or greater but below 140/90, it is called pre-hypertension. If you have pre-hypertension, you are more likely to develop high blood pressure.
High blood pressure (hypertension) is when the top number (systolic blood pressure) is 140 or more most of the time or the bottom number (diastolic blood pressure) is 90 or more most of the time. (written as 140/90 mm Hg).
If you have diabetes, heart disease, or kidney problems, or if you had a stroke, your doctor may want your blood pressure to be lower.
The most commonly used blood pressure targets for people with these medical problems are below 130 to 140/80 mmHg.
Most of the time, high blood pressure does not cause symptoms.
It is normal for your blood pressure to vary due to the time of day:
Blood pressure readings taken at home may be a better measure of your current blood pressure than those taken at your doctor's office.
Many people get nervous at the doctor's office and have higher readings than they have at home. This is called white coat hypertension. Home blood pressure readings can help detect this problem.
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After one year of writing my novel, I took stock of what I'd accomplished—which seemed like very little. Would writing always feel like flailing? How do novelists find their way through? For guidance, I turned to published novelists, whose interviews are presented in the One Year In: Writing the Novel series.
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Rumor has it The Borrower developed over the course of nine years. Not to sound like your mother, but what took you so long?
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It was really nine years start to finish, the first few years of which were just wimpy outlining. I refused even to refer to it as a novel for about five years—just "this longer thing I'm working on." I was very young (21) when I started it, and I was fortunately smart enough to realize I had no real business writing a novel. It took nine years not because I was drafting, but because I was growing up and figuring out how to write.
Did writing your first novel prepare you in any way for writing your second?
I think that if your first novel fully prepared you for writing your second, that would be a very bad sign. If it doesn't feel completely foreign and new and like you're working without a net, then you're probably repeating yourself.Continue Reading