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A lot goes into deciding how to begin our story. We have to introduce the characters, the story, and the setting. We have to make it interesting, not confusing, or not accidentally misleading. Etc., etc., etc.
If we think about it too much, we might seize up and not write anything. The sight of that blank page can paralyze writers, preventing them from making it past the first line or the first page. It's easy to want a story opening to feel perfect before we move on.
Most writers have probably struggled with some element of a story's beginning. With my current work-in-progress (WIP), I debated between several potential openings before I typed a word. In another story, I knew the opening scene, but not how to tie it into the rest of the story. In yet another story, I knew everything about the first page, but I kept emphasizing the wrong elements.
Er, yeah, I think it's safe to say that story beginnings can be tricky. *smile* As I recently had to figure out solutions to all those problems, now seems like a good time to share some tips.
The Three Aspects of Story Beginnings
A great story beginning will work on three different levels. Think of them as the big picture, the medium picture, and the close-up picture.
- Big Picture: Where Our Story Should Start
Start on the right note. In my WIP where I debated between several possibilities for a beginning scene, I finally decided based on the big picture. Which scene led best into the story's main conflict? Which scene best showed the character in the situation that would kick off the right emotional arc and theme?
- Medium Picture: When Our Story Should Start
The first notes should flow to the next. In my story where I had a strong idea about the opening scene but wasn't sure how to tie that to the rest of the story, I had to fill in the blanks. How could I get from Point A (the opening image) to Point B (the Inciting Incident that kicked off the story)? Often this means trying to move Point A as close to Point B as possible, starting just before something happens to the protagonist that forces a change or decision.
- Close-Up Picture: How Our Story Should Start
Avoid off notes. In my story where I knew everything about that opening scene but kept emphasizing the wrong elements, I had to get the draft close and then fix in revisions. By the time I finished drafting the story, I knew the right tone and thematic messages to emphasize. Then feedback about character likability and reader interest helped tweak the details.
The best story opening will likely succeed on all three levels. We can move from the big picture down to the specifics as we work on our story. Believe it or not, that means we could find the best beginning for our story in just three steps.
Today, another prize winner from my Blogiversary contest, ChemistKen, chose to have me over to his blog for a guest post, where I'm sharing tips on using these three aspects to find the right beginning of our story. Visit my guest post at Ken's blog and learn more about using the three steps to find our story's beginning!
Registration is currently open for my workshop on how to do just enough story development to write faster, while not giving our pantsing muse hives. Interested? Sign up for "Lost Your Pants? The Impatient Writers Guide to Plotting a Story." (Blog readers: Use Promo Code "savethepants" to save $15 on registration.)
Do you struggle with story beginnings? Have you looked at story beginnings on these three levels before? Do you think that perspective can help us find story openings that work better? Does one aspect come more naturally to you than others? Or have you struggled with all of them?Pin It


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But after spending three hours on the phones with Charter getting my HD box working and then trying to get my cable modem working (two different people with two different long waits on hold.. sigh) I was told my cable connection must not be good enough for the modem to activate. HD TV box works fine...
Ok- I replaced my cable from the cable connection from the street to my TV as one cable two years ago due to poor cable performance. So I am perplexed as to why I would need to change that cable again (costs money for a good cable, and crawling around the tight crawlspace is a pain).
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It seems poor.. I also noticed my "new" cable end was a bit lose on the end at the box.
Replace entire cable, just the connection and possibly change the ends to higher quality ends?
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The shares, which had been two times subscribed, rose 7 1/2p to 132 1/2p in early trading, valuing the company, whose flagship PFI contract is the management and planning of the maintenance of the M25, at about £82m. It later settled at 135 1/2p.
The float's success will soothe nerves at telephone directories group Yell and DIY group Focus Wickes, due to make their market debuts in London next week, and at fashion retailer Burberry and Irish drinks group C&C, expected to float the week after.
Meanwhile, in the US, the wobbling new issues market saw Medco, a spin-off from pharmaceuticals giant Merck, delay its debut until next week. Under pressure from its banks to repay loans, embattled Tyco International, however, is still set to go to market next week with one of the largest spin-offs this year.
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It made me think … Is this FUNNY, SMART, or REALITY? or all three?
- If you have just graduated college and financed all of it, moving back in with the parents (no matter how frustrating for both parents and child) can be a brilliant financial move – SMART!
- If you have just graduated college and could not land a job because there are none available because of the economy, then this is a fact of life – REALITY.
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I am here to ask what camera you would recommend for me.
My needs are:
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2. Take photos of scenes when on holiday. Likely place are snowy mountains, ski runs etc and sunny places like Croatia.
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4. Night time photos would be good to have, but not necessary.
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6. I have been more interested in a bridge camera that is also compact.
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I think this is everything, just ask if you need some information.
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MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski vehemently criticized Miley Cyrus's lewd display during Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines" at the MTV Video Music Awards, but Brzezinski herself has blurred the lines between morning show anchor and social activist. On today's Morning Joe, broadcast from a Ford assembly line near Detroit, the co-host openly declared her support for the nationwide fast food workers' strike that was planned for today, even threatening to join the protesting workers.
Brzezinski introduced the story about halfway through the show, and she just couldn't manage to hide her opinion: "Thousands of workers are set to stage walkouts in 35 cities around the country, including Detroit. As part of a push to get chains such as McDonald's, Taco Bell and Wendy's to increase their pay, as they should."
Brzezinski said the strikers were demanding $15 an hour in pay, as well as the right to unionize. She endorsed their demands as she muttered, seemingly to herself, "Support them fully. Absolutely." Mika then turned to Steven Rattner, the Morning Joe economic analyst who was sitting on the panel, and cattily declared, "Not even going to ask you a question, Steve Rattner." She cut to commercial break without giving Rattner a chance to lend his economic expertise to the topic.
Later, after Mary Kay Henry, president of the Service Employees International Union, had joined the set, Brzezinski let her emotions burst forth: "Mary Kay, I need you to explain to this group, and explain to us why it's so difficult to give people who work hard for a living a salary, a wage, that they can maybe even just barely live on. I don't understand why this is so difficult."
Poor Mika. All heart, no economics. Raising the minimum wage to $15.00 seems like the compassionate thing to do. It is a move that would lift the fortunes of all the fast food workers who currently make the federal minimum of $7.25 an hour. But employers would be unable to afford such a massive wage increase without laying off workers or increasing their prices. Therefore, a more than doubling of the minimum wage could result in increased unemployment among low-skilled workers. It would amount to a wage decrease – from $7.25 to $0.00 – for those who lost their jobs.
Companies might also double their prices in order to cope with a doubled minimum wage. Would Mika be willing to pay double for a hamburger or a salad? It's possible that she's wealthy enough to pay more. But would the many blue-collar customers who frequent McDonald's and Burger King, for example, be willing to pay twice as much for their fast food?
At the end of the interview with Henry, Brzezinski reiterated her support for the strike: "I wish you the best of luck with this. Let us know if I can help you in any way. Joe's keeping me from protesting but I'm going to. I'm going to protest."
She made the same threat to participate three weeks ago, as NewsBusters reported. No word on whether Joe Scarborough was able to stop her. But if Mika did in fact join the protest, she would join the Reverend Al Sharpton as another MSNBC host who blurs the lines of news reporting by engaging in liberal activism.
Below is a partial transcript of the segment:
MIKA BRZEZINSKI: Today, fast food workers from across the United States are set to strike after almost a year-long campaign to raise wages in the service sector. This isn't the first protest by workers but it is expected to be one of the largest. Thousands of workers are set to stage walkouts in 35 cities around the country, including Detroit. As part of a push to get chains such as McDonald's, Taco Bell and Wendy's to increase their pay, as they should. The striking workers are demanding the right to unionize. They also want at least $15 an hour in pay, more than double the current national minimum wage of $7.25. Support them fully. Absolutely. Not even going to ask you a question, Steve Rattner. All right. Up next, we're going to talk to the head of the service union, ask him some questions as well as the head of the auto workers union, Mary Kay Henry and Jimmy Settles join the set. More Morning Joe live from the Ford plant when we come back.
BRZEZINSKI: Mary Kay, you know what I want to ask you about.
JOE SCARBOROUGH: Oh, dear lord.
BRZEZINSKI: Why is this so –
SCARBOROUGH: We're going to the hamburgers.
MARY KAY HENRY: We have the same dream with the fast food industry, that we can join hands and lift wages.
BRZEZINSKI: Mary Kay, I need you to explain to this group, and explain to us why it's so difficult to give people who work hard for a living a salary, a wage, that they can maybe even just barely live on. I don't understand why this is so difficult. Steve tells me it's simple math.
HENRY: Hundreds of workers are striking today because they agree with you, and they – they don't understand –
BRZEZINSKI: But why is this so hard?
HENRY: When multinational corporations are earning billions of dollars in record profits they ought to be able to invest a piece of that profit back into the people on the front lines that are helping make that profit happen. In the same way that auto jobs were bad jobs in the last century, service jobs need to be good jobs in this century.
MICHAEL STEELE: So how does this play itself out if management is dealing with pockets of workers here and there? I mean, how does this impact the McDonald's in--
HENRY: Well this is a movement that's been spreading. It started in New York and today 56 cities are joining this movement because more and more workers are wondering, why am I earning $7.25, an average of $9,000 a year in the city of Detroit?
STEVE RATTNER: But a classic labor movement would be to organize these workers into unions, and go on strike, and ask for higher wages. That's the American way. And have a discussion. But so far it's been more demonstrations than actually organizing of these –
HENRY: Well, these are not protests or demonstrations. These are actual strikes. People are giving up wages today, which is a radical action. People don't want to do this, but they have no other choice.
RATTNER: But for one day.
HENRY: So they're taking initiatives to try and make things better. But I would submit, Steve, that one-day strike for a worker that's earning $9,000 a year and cannot make ends meet and is choosing between food and housing, is an incredible sacrifice and they're standing up for all of us. 'Cause one in four jobs are these jobs and we're headed to 48 percent of our economy being these jobs. And it's wrong. When you work hard, you ought to be able to feed your family and not live in poverty.
BRZEZINSKI: Work is supposed to take you out of poverty.
HENRY: Exactly.
BRZEZINSKI: It's pretty simple.
HENRY: Exactly.
BRZEZINSKI: I wish you the best of luck with this. Let us know if I can help you in any way. Joe's keeping me from protesting but I'm going to. I'm going to protest.


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Nuggets 113, Jazz 96: Danilo Gallinari led seven players in double figures with 21 points and Kenneth Faried added 19 and eight rebounds as visiting Denver halted Utah's five-game winning streak.
Rookie Evan Fournier scored 18 points and Kosta Koufos had 13 boards for the Nuggets. Denver (51-24) is batting Memphis (51-24) and the Los Angeles Clippers (50-26) for the third spot in the Western Conference playoff picture.
Gordon Hayward contributed 18 points, Al Jefferson recorded 16 and nine boards and Paul Millsap also scored 16 points for the Jazz, who are 2-1 on their four-game homestand. Utah fell a half-game behind the idle Los Angeles Lakers for the eighth and final playoff spot in the West.
Denver closed the first quarter with an 11-4 run that created a five-point lead. The Nuggets held the same advantage at the break and expanded it to 16 on a layup by Faried with 4:11 remaining in the third before entering the fourth with an 81-68 cushion.
Wilson Chandler hit a jumper with 6:07 left in the final quarter to cap an 8-0 surge and give Denver a 99-79 lead. Fournier's 3-pointer with 1:05 to play created the Nuggets' largest advantage at 113-92 before Alec Burks scored the game's final four points for the Jazz.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Denver was 41-for-73 (56.2 percent) from the field, with Faried and Fournier going a combined 15-for-19. ... Utah G Mo Williams scored just four points on 2-of-12 shooting after registering at least 20 points in each of his previous three games. ... The Nuggets snapped their three-game losing streak in Utah.


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(Video) Robert Kiyosaki – You Can't Quit
You may know him as the Author of "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" Robert Kiyosaki brings you upto speed in this video with what is really going on in the world of money and what changes you need to make today to make good money, successfully.
"Most guys are wimps, pussies, cowards, they dont have it. It takes determination, discipline, drive & correction…you can't quit" – Robert Kiyosaki
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he didnt file for bankruptcy. pls. it's one of his companies. any sane person would rather close down his company instead of paying compensation that is worth more than it. robert wont take out money from his own wallet to cover a low revenue generating, old company.
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Didn't this guy file for bankruptcy? That's quitting IMO…
Kiyosaki is one of my favorites. Rich dad Poor dad was actually the first "finance/wealth" book that I've ever read. It pushed me from my comfort zone. Great interview!


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In the August issue of The Advocate, Lady Gaga reveals that regardless of what critics may claim, her heart is really in the struggle for social justice.
"My love for my gay fans is just pure, authentic love for them as supporters of me from the beginning, and me feeling connected to their struggles as someone who is a part of their fight," Gaga told the magazine.
Despite accusations that her activism is superficial, the singer ardently supports marriage equality, ending the "don't ask, don't tell" policy, and AIDS awareness. Earlier this year, Gaga even cancelled a deal with Target after meeting with the mega-retailer's executives, insisting that they support LGBT charities and organizations, and not being satisfied with the results.
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In The Advocate's cover story on Lady Gaga, "Portrait of a Lady," the artist and activist opened up about her LGBT advocacy and how she feels about those who try to tear her down. Read on for some of the article's highlights and our favorite Gaga quotes from the interview.
On claims that she is using the gay community to sell records:
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There was a heavyweight clash late on Saturday evening in Vaasa Finland between reigning Finnish national and BBU heavyweight titlist Janne Katajisto (11-0-1, 5 KOs) and Danny Williams (44-12). After Katajisto started aggressively the first four rounds, but finally in the fifth round Williams started to throw many power punches. Down the stretch Katajisto throw many good punches and even wobbled Williams a couple of times. In the last round Williams went for a desperation KO, but with good movement Katajisto went on to a unanimous decision (78-74, 79-74 and 79-74).
In another pro bout, Italian welterweight Christian Pastarini had trouble moments against local hero Teemu Tuominen. Pastarini was counted already in the 1st round, and in both next rounds he was warned over spitting mouthpieces and finally in the third round Tuominen declared winner by unanimous decision. Tuominen is now 2-0, 1 KO.
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Recent years have been challenging for maritime shipping companies across all vessel segments. Soaring bunker costs and plunging freight prices have combined to dramatically dampen industry performance—and the market is not likely to recover soon. To build a competitive advantage, as well as to relieve pressure on margins, shipping companies must focus on reining in their costs. And they should start by reducing their biggest one: bunker.
Bunker costs, which have been known to exceed 50 percent of total costs, have not only reached record highs in recent years, but they have also become extremely volatile due to broad fluctuations in crude oil prices. The chemical industry has moved refinery capacity away from bunker production because of increased demand for high-distillate products and improved refining methods. The resulting decrease in bunker supply has, in turn, caused greater increases in prices for bunker than for crude oil.
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Detectives responded to a domestic battery call at North Florida Regional Medical Center.
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It could have been a Côte, a Bill's or, God forbid, a Scoff & Banter — probably not a Union Jacks where the future is in doubt — or even conceivably the start of rollouts of Grillshack or Foxlow. Happily the site that for more than two decades was Vanessa and Martin Lam's Ransome's Dock in Battersea is now in the hands of another independent couple.
Johan and Elsa De Jager have worked many years together in restaurants, including one they owned in Perth, Australia. And on Elsa's CV is a significant two years spent front of house at the estimable Eleven Madison Park in New York City. Sometimes the finer points of what is cherishable about restaurants in the US get lost in the assumption that it is all to do with burgers, steaks and lobster rolls.
As we approach the door to Source, Elsa rushes out into the cold night air to greet us. I don't think she knows me from a bar of soap and of course I had used a pseudonym to book. It is simply enthusiasm, warmth and friendliness. Elsa is also exquisite, which shouldn't help, but sort of does.
She has described Source — the written mantra is Seasonal. Simple. Social — as an artisanal or farm-to-table restaurant of a kind currently popular in the States. On the website, suppliers listed include Daphne's Welsh Lamb, the Campbell Brothers for Scottish beef and game and Bread Bread Bakery in Brixton. The restaurant's name, however, is a reference to the well beneath the building. Filtered water from the well costs £1 a bottle of which 80p goes to Magic Breakfast, the luminous charity providing free morning nourishment in London schools to children too hungry to concentrate.
The premises have been transformed into somewhere totally different from the serenity of the Lams. It is now where industrial chic — complete with squirrel lights on copper piping — meets Little House on the Prairie (and by a river). In a kitchen enclosed with reinforced glass is chef James Adams, who has previously worked at Kensington Place, Fifteen and River Café. His menu is concise but one of my guests, Rose Prince, who lives locally, says it changes all the time. She appreciates the fact that vegetables are more than just supporting actors. Her husband Dominic seems generally less enthusiastic.
Unbidden come canapés of croutons topped with a tartare of salmon, shallots and chives. They are perched on tiny wooden artists' palettes. Reg asks if he can have one. First courses/small plates priced from £3 for a pickled oyster in a glass jar looking like a specimen that might have been dredged from the Thames to £9.50 for pheasant salad with prosciutto and Cashel Blue are a mixed bag. Crab on toast with lemon aïoli gets criticised for an olive oil flavour in the aïoli, which seems a bit unreasonable. Dill, that thug of a herb, dominates a dainty serving of seafood chowder (the perfect chowder is always a restaurant away, probably in Boston). Artichoke dip drowns in the buttery/greasy exhalations of melted cheese. Duck rillette seems fine to me but Dominic prods it warily.
Good old Daphne from Wales. Her mutton — served with spinach and polenta — is dressed as lamb in that it is rose pink and tender but has the flavour-wisdom of an older sheep. Cheesy polenta may not strike you as the ideal accompaniment — did you realise a restaurant called La Polentaria is soon opening in Soho? — but it works. Cod with chickpeas and chorizo is a sturdy assembly, the fish well burnished but under its skin all pearly translucence. Pappardelle with a ragu of wild boar features River Café quality pasta, but best of the main courses, the most successfully farm-to-table initiative, is veal shin with cavolo nero and gremolada. Digging out marrow from the bone, Dominic smiles and says he has changed his mind about Source.
Cheeses, at £3 per piece, are well chosen and with them we finish Côtes du Rhône Villages Plan de Dieu chosen by wine maven Zeren Wilson, who is also with us. The fruit, he says, comes from the villages of Camaret-sur-Aigues, Jonquières, Violes and Travaillan and then adds, arguably more usefully, that Marks & Spencer sells an excellent example at £9.99. Zeren has also proved that these days Muscadet is an increasingly savvy option with his choice of one from Gadais Père et Fils, which is a long way from the battery acid of old. The Lams were lauded for their interesting cellar. The list of fine wines at Source has some cracking producers such as Michel Lafarge in Volnay.
We end with Bourbon bread and butter pudding — having ordered banana, gingerbread and caramel — and wonder as we leave the compound in which Victoria Beckham also has her atelier whether she will be in for that or the side dish of winter greens.
Ransome's Dock, 35-37 Parkgate Road, SW11 (020 7350 0555, sourcebattersea.com). Lunch daily noon-3pm, dinner Mon-Sat 6-10.30pm (11pm Fri & Sat). A meal for two with wine, about £98 including 12.5 per cent service.
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The coaches' call went out. Whether you counted Jack McGetrick as a close friend, or knew of him through the countless common links that consider Jack one of the most important people in their lives, we would all work for this man who has never taken a day off in his life.
When Jack McGetrick's friends saw him in December at the USILA/IMLCA meetings in Baltimore, they could see for themselves what Jack had stoically kept quiet for a year: his prostate cancer was proving a nasty foe.
His peers resolved to get to work for their brother. They decided to put forth a McGetrick-like effort for a coach who never, ever asks for help.
College coaches quickly mobilized, and on Jan. 24 held "Everybody Works" clinics throughout the country. They would send all proceeds to help Jack and his family with mounting medical costs. Just as importantly, they would connect each camper to this humble teacher and honor him with their effort on a winter Sunday.
They would tell clinic attendees about a man who has touched generations of players and mentored future coaches. Jack's comrades would work to generate as much positive strength as they could in the most fitting way possible: teaching Jack's game. Coaches and kids on fields and in gyms would rally behind a man who has done nothing but beat odds and take underdogs where no one dared dream they could go.
Youngsters at Georgetown's "Everybody Works" clinic would learn about a man who worked miracles at Hartford in the 1990s as a part-time head coach. At Bowdoin, Maine's collegiate coaches and players taught attendees about the 1997 USILA Division I Coach of the Year convincing future Team Canada players to gamble on an NCAA school with no field.
Every student of the game who joined an "Everybody Works" clinic put an arm around Jack and his family and said, 'I am part of this with you.'
Men who treasure their relationships with Jack shared their stories with everyone. Coach Dave Urick and Jack go back to their days together at Cortland State. From their first meeting as Red Dragon teammates to today, "Jack has always been so positive, so determined. He does everything with such vigor," Urick says.
Urick illustrates this extraordinary mindset by describing how Jack dealt with adversity in college. "He cracked his skull and had to leave school as a freshman," Urick says. McGetrick, then a crease attackman, returned to find himself at the bottom of a depth chart that included Paul Wehrum and three other snipers that would all earn All-American honors in 1972. "They put a longstick in his hands, and he became an All-American defenseman that year," says Urick, whose wife is also battling cancer and sees Jack bringing this indomitable attitude to what he calls "his biggest challenge yet."
Bowdoin coach Tom McCabe regaled his "Everybody Works" laxers with the latest update from Jack: "His biggest concern is he's lost 30 pounds off his bench press."
McCabe told players of his good friend's annual workout regimen at the Cardigan Mountain camp they've staffed together for decades. "The younger coaches would head for a nap between sessions," McCabe laughed. "Jack would run five miles as hard as he could. This is a special man you're playing for today."
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Bates College assistant Kevin Warnock told the young lax audience about his influential high school physical education teacher in Somers, Conn. "Coach McGetrick taught a full day of health and gym classes," he said. "When others welcomed the final bell, Coach drove off to inspire athletes on his University of Hartford team. He was never too busy to stop and share a word to make you better."
UMass coach Greg Canella has also known McGetrick since his youth, and speaks to Jack every week. "Jack teaches me so much about never backing down," he says. "I don't think there is another coach who has transformed more 'underdogs' to high-level winners as often as Jack has." Canella doubts anyone else could have worked the miracles Jack crafted at Hartford in the '90s and is now replicating at Bellarmine: "He is the ultimate teacher with the ultimate passion," he says.
Jack was diagnosed with prostate cancer in December, 2008. Only family and close friends were aware he was ill. He hasn't missed a practice or workout. He led the Knights to a 2010 season-opening victory over Detroit Mercy.
McGetrick never considered surrender to a disease that is not easily cured. He has players who need to work, young people who need to become men, another program to push to heights that a person who gets trapped by obstacles could never imagine.
Consistent with the unassuming manner that Jack has applied to all of his life's tribulations and triumphs, he quietly moves forward. He never intended to become a heroic story. He wants to love his wife and his four children and produce another winning masterpiece for another underdog.
Jack was overwhelmed by the responses after Sean Burns's InsideLacrosse.com story ran in January. "My jaw dropped at some of the things people said about me," he says. It never struck Jack that he's impacted so many lives. "I'm not a 'big dog' like [John] Danowski or Billy Tierney," McGetrick admits, "but for some reason I've done things that mattered to people."
His brothers' "Everybody Works" IMLCA clinics raised over $20,000 for Jack's fight. His legion of supporters now includes lacrosse kids of all ages and backgrounds across the country that began holding hands with Jack and his family Jan. 24. They played, shot and loved lacrosse, raising the "Everybody Works" banner high for Jack to see.
Jack has never feared hard work or a challenge. The height of the mountain has never been enough to discourage him from taking the next step.
We walk with him.
Coming Together: The Lacrosse Community Shows it's True Colors in Support of Bellarmine's Jack McGetrick
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The nation of Israel is supposedly a democracy, but the latest act of charging MK Hanin Zuabi with engaging in unpatriotic actions is simply another illustration of the presence of two laws–one for Jews and one for Arabs. It would be impossible to imagine the Knesset punishing a Jew who went to the West Bank and joined settlers in protesting actions by the Israel Defense Force. No cries would emerge from Knesset members that forming an alliance with groups that refuse to obey the law constitutes an act of treason. Ms. Zuabi was stripped of three parliamentary privileges because she participated in the flotilla expedition. Her response to the 34-16 vote was: "it's not surprising that a country that strips the fundamental rights of its Arab citizens would revoke the privileges of a Knesset member who loyally represents her electorate." She made clear her attention to continue fighting for human rights in Israel, regardless of any consequences for herself.
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The Spain international is yet to regain full fitness and will not take part in the club's first pre-season encounter, which will mark Tito Vilanova's debut as coach
The 30-year-old forward is edging closer to full fitness after a fractured tibia sustained at the Club World Cup in December saw him miss the second half of last season.
Carles Puyol, who resumed full training on Monday, has also been left out of the match squad, which contains 10 players from Barca's first team and 12 from the club's youth ranks.
This will be Vilanova's first time on the Barca bench since he took over from Pep Guardiola in June.
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there's a file called that? Or are you seeing this inside a file?
I was wondering that myself? codlib, is this site on a load balanced server?
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Price was right, included a decent scope, and I have some ammo on hand. For me the Cz527 was a good choice.
I guess I don't see much difference between the guys who like the 30-30, and the soft point round of the 7.62x39. But to each his own.
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Price was right, included a decent scope, and I have some ammo on hand. For me the Cz527 was a good choice.
I guess I don't see much difference between the guys who like the 30-30, and the soft point round of the 7.62x39. But to each his own.
thats the problem its only almost as good as a 30-30 . Its actulay a much inferior round in the 30-30 IMO . A 30-30 with a 150 grain bullet m that is made to deform at 2300 fps is much better than a 125 grain bullet that may or may not deform at the same speeds.Quote:
I guess I don't see much difference between the guys who like the 30-30, and the soft point round of the 7.62x39. But to each his own.
I have no problem using a x39 on deer but as some one who has shot a bunch of them wiht one please be sure you use good ammo ( not wolf ) an the correct bullet an keep the range under 175 yards an only take good shoots. I have pulled to many almost complety perfect bullets out of deer to reliaze that the reound is marginal over 175 yards or so an that bullet performance better be good . I have gotten luck a few times .
Im not slaming the gun or a 30-30 a yea I know there have been likely ore deer killed with it than any other round BLa bla there also have been more wounded with a 30-03 than any other round also . I have had to track to many my self .
I dont know what you paid for your gun an Im sure its a great gun . IMO however If I was going to go out an buy a new gun for deer hunting It would not be a 7.62x39 or a 30-30 an I have both . for the same money you can get a 308 , 30-06 , 7mm 08 , 270 etc that will all do a much better job for the same or likely less money .
its funny to most guys a 30-30 is a marginal gun on deer best used at short range but to AR guys the 30-30 is a super deer gun so the 300 BO an the 7.62x39 an simular are almost as good so know they think they have a great deer rifle . LOL
If I was hunting from a stand or in cover were my shots were a 100 yards or so Id say great a 30-30 or 7.62x39 it fine an I do still hint wiht a x39 but I have much better guns in much better caliburs that work good at close range an at long range .
BTW that bolt action can likley be loaded up a lot hotter than any factroy ammo will be. The action will likley handel 65,000 PSI . an the 7.62x39 can be greatly imporved on if hand loaded in a bolt action . you can get it close to a 300 savage. If I hunted with a bilt action x39 Id relaod for it . an load it to pressures the gun can handel . Bullet expansion is critical on tis round an its so close to not expanding that a 150 fps can really make a differance in this case .
I have shot deer with 150 grain x39 at 200 yards an had OK expansion but he deer took off running . on the smae deer i managed to get a second identical round into it at close to 300 yards the bullet had zero expansion so the extra 100 yards aproximenty an the loss of speed made theat bullet almostr worth less . I lietaly could have reloaded the bullet back in a case an reused it . I dont know if you reload or not but If not Id gewt some one to load specificaly for that rifle if your going to hunt with it .
There is a reason I use a 300 savage ak pistol now instead of the x39 .
I know my limitations and frankly I would never take a shot at a deer over 100 yards. I have no desire to wound one and have it running around only to die and be wasted.
then you should be fine . the problem I have with x39 an simular bolt guns is there pleanty accurate enought to jit deer at 300 nut there severly lacking in power . to many guys will take that stupid shot on that big buck an pray it drops before it crosses a fence or high way .Quote:
I know my limitations and frankly I would never take a shot at a deer over 100 yards. I have no desire to wound one and have it running around only to die and be wasted.
Im mainly pointing out a gun like a 308 or simular allows you to do the same just 300 yards further for the same money an weight . around WI were your at long shots are few how ever over half the deer I have taken in wi since I came here in 92 have been over 200 yards an some were much further . I would have been screwed with a x39 or a 30-30 . I got lucky IO on the deer I have killed at longer range with the AK rilfes an pistols an relise it enough to quit .
that pair of buck I got a 220 yard with the x39 an the low bullet expansion a poor penitration was enough tell me I was pushing my luck /
I have no issue taking a 300 yard shot with my 30-06 an have shot a lot of them that far out west .
when I lived out west I think a x39 bolt action would have made a great pig gun.
Like I said that gun is built to handel much more pressure than the 45,000 PSI limit that Sammi puts on the 7.62x39 . if it were mine an i hunted with it my hand loads would be in the 60,000 PSI range an the bolt thrust would still be under the guns design limits . the eXtra littel bit of speed on this round in perticular would really help bullet expansion, Id also consdier 150 grain bullets at short range.
some were my son has the bullet I pulled out of a deers shoulder that was hit at about 300 an it is almost undamaged Ill try to find it an post a pic . It had about 2" of penetration . Thankfully it was only a follow up shot oin a deer that was already hit at 200 yards an was going down any way or it would have suffered ,
I got ya biggun1. I know that in many instances the 7.62x39 is not the optimal deer rifle, but I believe within the parameters I have set, and with your advice, I can make it work for me.
I bought my son a .308 bolt action Savage rifle a couple of years ago for deer hunting. He wanted a .243 or a .270, but after talking to hunters around here and telling them what he planned to do all suggested either a .308 or a .30-06. With his youth and enthusiasm he will take much longer shots than I would attempt.
If he cant kill it with a 308 or 06 he should not be shooting at it .
a 243 is another gun that is good a wounding deer if improperly used . I have abunch of familay an friends who hunt with them an they do kill a lot of deer but they have had some bad experiances also .
I hunt ocasionaly with a 244 rem / 6mm rem an IMO its marginal on some bigger deer an bullet selection is important . My 13 year old hunts with it but he will be going to a bigger rifle next year . MY grand mother used it from 1958 unitll abut 15 year ago an it has likked a lot of deer but wounded a few that maybe a littel more energy would have stopped .
I have no issue with a 270 an IMO is a great ground if your shooting longer distances reguarly other wise it wont do any thing a a 30 -06 wont do better at 350 yards IMO .
its hard to beat a fast moving 30 cal on deer out to 300 or even further . big differace between a 243 an a 270 .
I started with 30-06's 40 years ogo an I have never regreted the decison my dad made for me as far as calibure choice on deer . a 308 will do pretty much the same thing .
when I was 14 I felt if I could see them I could shoot them an backed up that notion a few times with a few 500 yard across canyon shots . hunting out west is a whole differant ball game than here in WI . I know lots of guys who have never shoot 100 yards here there whole lives . I never saw a tree stand untill moving here in 92 .
Id like to have one of those zastivas or how ever there marked in 7.62x39 so I could rebarrel it in 6mmPPC for a varmint rifle . the bolt face is correct for 22ppc, 6mm ppc an 6.5 grendal . :) I missed a 7.62x39 rem 700 a few years ago an am still kicking my self I really wanted the action fior a custom build .
biggun your talking hunting -- i'm talking survival
sure a 300 mag or what not is better for hunting deer.
back during the great depression the .22 rimfire killed most of the deer in this state. the more upscale poachers of the 70s liked the .22 mag--
i have a uncle that has hunted with .223 rem for years , i forget how many deer he has killed with it , just about all of them with one shot too. everybody and their brother keeps telling him --that .223 is too small to take deer!
sure if i was wanting to deer hunt i would go 7mm-08 or something like that.
most of our deer are killed at an avg of 80M --sots rarely get out to 200m or more-- a rifle that can print a 1.5" can do easy head shots up to 150M which is about as far as your going to get to shoot anyway (for deer in this area)
this ain't the western plains.
i have got some pastures where i can shoot 500M or more , i never see any game in them during the daytime. at night deer will venture out into the open -- if i had to take some of them come nightfall in the big pastures thir still going to be 100M shots--
I got more 308's than I can shake a stick at. And defiantly 308 will do everything just fine. I get a laugh when some of these city folks come up from jersey and bring a 300 Win Mag for deer too,,,,gimmie a break!!,, Just a bit of overkill wouldn't ya say? I'm just looking for an excuse to get another rifle myself,,that's why the x 39 bolt gun,,just cause,,,,,,,,,,,,,,I don't have one yet!!
Hell that's enough of a excuse for me!!:lol::lol:
308 is damn fine all arounder -- only thing is i wasn't able to get a spam can full of 308 for $0.11 a round like the 5.45! LOL!
around here with the deer hunters "bigger is better". although for many years the most popular iron was a 30-30. one of my pals who is a very serious hunter has killed more deer with a .44 mag than all the other rifles he has. and that ia s bunch of deer over the lase 30 years.
truthfully it don't take a lot to kill white-tail deer and 200M is about as far as you can expect to get a shot anyway, with the avg kill being 50-80M obviously most people are just burning powder for nothing--lol
now if i was shooting a grizzly bear i would want a big gun and want a little more space--LOL!
A 308 or other bolt action rifle will do any thing a 7.62 or 5.45 will do in a survival situation an likey do it better .
there is no accurate 5.45 ammo to speak of so do you guys really want a 2moa or worse rifel for your survival rifle ? I sure dont .
lets be honest the only attractivce thing about a 5.45 in a bolt action is ammo is less money right now . it will likley be unavaliabe in a Shtf situation as all an it might be un available soon if import of it gets stoped . who would intentional go buy a gun that has no available accurate ammo un less its cheap?
Fyredup was talking abiut his buying a 7.62x39 using it for deer I gaver IMO pretty good reasons why ther are much better guns .
in a shtf situation came will become more scarce an non existatn pretty fast . im going to want a gun thats good for more than 200 yards for both survival an hunting .
i have enough ammo in 308 an 30-06 to hunt for mor ethasn a fe w years an I doubt ill be using thousands of rounds of a bolt gun in a defensive or survival situation ever even if were invaded . If we are invased 223 an 308 will be the ammo that our govermnet has stocked an could concieavalble be avlaibale for a civilian defensive use . If were attcked by or own county then it will be 223 an 308 we will be staliang from them not 5.45 .
an Im going to be honset with you if I have to fight a enemy woith my own gun its not going to be some bato apporeved bull shit solid point its going to soft points an hollow points that kill you dead with lees chance of survival . there is no 5.45 other than solid point to speak of ( correct tme if Im wrong ) that also means for a game gun its not great either . a lot of the ammo is corrosive an the last thng Id want if i was in a life an dearth situation is a gunthat need cleaning every time i sot a shot out of it . from what I see other cheap steel cased ammo by wolf brown bear an others is still not that much more than there 5.45 stuff . I dont want a $500 bolt action that is going to be junk if the barrel is full of rust an pits . If I can afford the gun at that price i better be able ot buy some good ammo also .
if guys want a 5,45 then admitt why you want it . because its cheap to make it go bang . just like guys buy mosin nagants an 7.62x54r . At least ithet the 54 r there is good ammo an its better for hunting or some real world use .
now if I had a 5000 round sof 5.45 here Id maybe have one just because but Id not make up reasons why its better than others stuff if its not .
I can relaod 223 easir an cheap I cant even buy brass an bullets are slim an none for the 5.45 .
I dont need a 7.62x39 bolt action I have a dozen semi autos that shoot around 1" I would never hunt with it when I have three 308s, an everything else . wuld I like one? sure I have good loads an its relaodabel etc but it woiuld never be my pick for a survival gun .
i know guys who hunt with 44 lever actions , 357 lever actions , x39,s an all kinds of odd ball stuff an they all work good at short range an poorly at long range my choices all work better at close range an also are good for longer range . If a guy wants to hunt with a 44 mag fine . it dosent impress me . if its his only gun I understand . why he bougth it as his only gun makes no sence . your going to prov enothing to me by killing a deer with a 357 lever action.
I have know deer can be killed with a 223 an I have even done it . I would have been more responsiable using one of my other guns .
fac tis most 5,45 ammo is illeagel for huntiong in most states. its not very accurte , an much of it is corrosive , if you can afford a $500 bolt action the cheapness of the ammo goes out the window. i can gt a used 30-06 for $200 an buy $300 dollars extra reloadable ammo an be better off .
THERE IS A REASON I HAVE BUILT NONE OF MY 5.45 AK KITS YET . IM STILL BUILDING STUFF BETTER SUITED TO MY NEEDS AN ACTUAL USE . iF A GUY WANTS ONE BUY IT AN ENJOY IT.


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