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Monday, September 10, 2007
The Stupendously Ultimate First Line Challenge
As stated in Friday's post, the Stupendously Ultimate First Line Challenge's rules will be ill-defined and the winners subjectively chosen, so let's all just take a deep breath and agree that we will not get angry at the stupendously ultimate contest organizational committee (which has one member) and will enjoy this contest for the good hearty fun that it is -- in fact, I've just been assured by the surgeon general that participation in this contest counts as three servings of vegetables.
The rules -- er, on second thought let's call them guidelines:
1) All may participate, whether agented or unagented, published or unpublished, living or unliving.
2) Leave in the comments section one (1) first line to a novel, memoir, work of nonfiction or other such matter intended to be the opening of a book -- it may be your work in progress or something you have crafted for the purposes of the Stupendously Ultimate First Line Challenge. A second line may be included if it completes the first line, however aforementioned second line's necessity will be judged with great scrutiny since this is a first line contest (and a stupendously ultimate one at that).
3) Entries may be made between now and sometime late Wednesday night Pacific time. In Thursday's post I will put together a list of nominees for the grand prize and you the readers will have an opportunity to vote on the ultimate winner, which will be announced on Monday. (That is, if I can figure out how to enable voting.)
That's it! New rules will be introduced haphazardly, so keep an eye on the comments section.
And now the prizes. The prizes!! The grand prize winner will receive the satisfaction of a job well done, the esteem of his/her fellow blog readers, and...... a partial manuscript critique from the stupendously ultimate contest organizational committee of one! (Or some other equally stupendously ultimate non-cash prize if the winner doesn't need a manuscript critique.)
It was a dark and stormy night. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times... Who will add their first line to the ranks of the greatest opening lines in literature? Let's find out.
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- Dwight's Writing Manifesto said...
There are some men who look as if they were born to wear the cassock and others who appear as if they are overdue to return a rented Halloween costume, but after the Sheriff dropped the exhumation papers onto Father Jellinek's desk, the contrast of the priest's brickfaced rage against the simple white collar and black shirt gave him an appearance which was nothing short of demonic.
- September 10, 2007 at 12:23 PM
- Marti said...
There are days when everything goes right, and then there are days when everything is FUGGDUP.
From nonfiction WIP - "7 Ways You Screw Up Your Life and How to Unscrew It"
- September 10, 2007 at 12:30 PM
- David said...
One wing of the huge complex exploded at dawn on February 8, 1945. Two men died in that instant. Everyone else was already dead.
- September 10, 2007 at 12:38 PM
- Church Lady said...
"I was unaware of being watched."
From a short story WIP.
- September 10, 2007 at 12:42 PM
"Nuk Nuk was the only gay Eskimo in his tribe."
- September 10, 2007 at 12:49 PM
"Looks like we've got a drunk behind us."
- September 10, 2007 at 12:52 PM
- amanda h said...
Alice Baies never thought she would be pleased to see so much garbage.
- September 10, 2007 at 1:01 PM
For those who don't have accounts here, how do you verify a winner for someone who is posting with a temporary name? Obviously the winning line would have to match the partial... have I just answered my own question?
- September 10, 2007 at 1:03 PM
I leaned against Mother on account of my afflicted leg.
-from my middle grade novel
- September 10, 2007 at 1:05 PM
- Nathan Bransford said...
Not sure I understand the question, but let's just use the honor system.
- September 10, 2007 at 1:05 PM
- Ello said...
It was a beautiful funeral, very tasteful, very somber. Her grandmother would have hated it.
By the way, Dwight's first line is more like a first paragraph. Not criticizing - just jealous!
- September 10, 2007 at 1:06 PM
- Idea Man said...
"Never killed a cop before. Never had to."
Yes, it's fiction.
- September 10, 2007 at 1:08 PM
- Jenny said...
"Finding the bedroom door locked when you arrive at your mistress's abode is never good news, even if your mistress is not human."
- September 10, 2007 at 1:09 PM
- lafreya said...
Here is the question the people of my hometown of Vigilant, Michigan want answered: Why did I, Grace Johnson, an African-American high school senior, an honor student, take two bullets to protect the life of the white supremacist jackass Jonathan Gilmore?
- September 10, 2007 at 1:12 PM
There's this girl I've never really met that I know everything in the world about.
- September 10, 2007 at 1:14 PM
- Josephine Damian said...
"I said, OPEN it."
First line from my short story, "Safe in the House" about a mob hit gone wrong.
You can read the rest at
Nathan, are blatant self promotes ok?
How about entering more than once?
Lots of stiff competition already!
- September 10, 2007 at 1:17 PM
- Laurie said...
It all started with the cat.
mg novel
- September 10, 2007 at 1:19 PM
- Mary Cunningham said...
"The funeral was Tuesday. It was seven days before she could speak."
- September 10, 2007 at 1:19 PM
- Nathan Bransford said...
I think self-promotion is ok as long as it is karmically coupled with promotion on the Internets of the SUFLC.
Multiple entries are ok, within reason.
- September 10, 2007 at 1:20 PM
When pigeons reach sexual maturity, they pair off.
- September 10, 2007 at 1:22 PM
"There are only two kinds of people in the world," Frankie told me as he took a revolver out of the drawer and placed it on the desk between us. "There's the ants and there's the ant eaters. Guess which I am?"
Bangkok Jimmy
- September 10, 2007 at 1:22 PM
Isn't it peculiar how a man seated in his pickup truck on the side of an isolated country road with a pistol in his mouth will consider getting out of the cab so that he doesn't make a mess of things?
- September 10, 2007 at 1:25 PM
- sex scenes at starbucks said...
Nathan, can we enter twice? :D
The rattle the door made as it closed reminded Sean Kelly of a boat-cave gate slamming down, a sound effect imagined into memory from stories his dad had told him as a child.
- September 10, 2007 at 1:25 PM
- Mrs. Revis said...
"I am not a cat," said the cat.
From my completed YA Fantasy MS.
- September 10, 2007 at 1:25 PM
PERCY KILBOURNE studied the girl's soulless eyes.
--Kilbourne, a completed psychological thriller
- September 10, 2007 at 1:26 PM
IT IS SO much easier to hunt when the prey doesn't even know it's being hunted.
--The Hunter, a WIP psychological thriller
- September 10, 2007 at 1:30 PM
- Mrs. Revis said...
Since Nathan said multiple entries are OK within reason, here's my second first line (which is technically two, but he did say they weren't rules, just guidelines, right? right?!)
The last thing Heath expected to see on the day he started his quest to save the Princess of Baloria was a teenaged girl sitting in the middle of the street, covered in mud, crying, and naked. Of course, it's not as if Chloe had expected a knight in shining armor.
From my other YA Fantasy MS.
- September 10, 2007 at 1:31 PM
- Conduit said...
His hands just looked dirty to casual eyes, a slight darkening on the knuckles, a shadow on his palm.
From my just started WIP - ten pages and counting!
- September 10, 2007 at 1:32 PM
- Josephine Damian said...
Thanks, Nathan!
"God, no. Here they come."
Opening line from my suspence thriller WIP, A STUDY IN FEAR
Church Lady, good one. I got the creeps from those just few short words.
- September 10, 2007 at 1:36 PM
- K.C. Shaw said...
Okay, I'll delurk for this. Here's mine:
I didn't realize I'd come into season. I thought I had worms.
(from WIP fantasy)
- September 10, 2007 at 1:42 PM
- WendyNYC said...
Kate Melton inhaled the last tunnel of smoke deep into her lungs, wondering what happened to her life.
Short fiction WIP
- September 10, 2007 at 1:44 PM
- Sarah Hina said...
When he told me he no longer loved me, I fell to my knees.
- September 10, 2007 at 1:47 PM
- skottk said...
"I like an unprovoked attack just as much as the next merciless predator, kid, but if you want to sell the ass off something, you got to know more than just who to eat -- you also got to know who not to eat."
from incomplete WIP
- September 10, 2007 at 1:48 PM
- Josephine Damian said...
"Her children played pick up sticks in the next room as the fat man forced himself into her."
Opening line from WINDWARD BLUFF, my woman's fiction.
OK, I'm done. Off to school.
Go, Conduit, go!
- September 10, 2007 at 1:55 PM
- domynoe said...
From the depths of secret fears . . .
. . . the nightmare wells up, binding the dreamer in a familiar darkness that expands until there is nothing but unrelieved, inky shadow.
Novel in revision: Assassin's Choice.
- September 10, 2007 at 1:56 PM
I was six years old the first time I watched a man die; my father put a gun to his head and pulled the trigger.
- September 10, 2007 at 1:58 PM
Entry #2, another middle grade:
"Have you ever stopped to consider, Mr. Edwards, that it might be your glum disposition that's keeping you from finding a suitable wife?" asked the grey wolf.
"My disposition?" asked the frog, who in every aspect resembled an average pond frog, except this one was holding a small teacup and becoming visibly agitated.
- September 10, 2007 at 2:01 PM
A discordant vibration hung for an instant in the steamy garage, and by the time it faded off I think we were all holding our breath.
from current YA WIP, Finders Keepers
- September 10, 2007 at 2:03 PM
redo: I had a typo, can I start over? (and Nathan, can you delete my original?)
I meant to post--
"Elizabeth found dead relatives meaningless."
- September 10, 2007 at 2:05 PM
- Precie said...
Through the attic's solitary window, I watched a meaty spider build its web between the eaves and the ivy.
-WIP Palace of Light
- September 10, 2007 at 2:06 PM
- Colorado Writer said...
I had six zits; I was chomping on a wad of Original Bazooka and wearing one of those god-awful black hairnet thingies.
From my YA
- September 10, 2007 at 2:08 PM
- sex scenes at starbucks said...
OK, entry #2:
Sometimes places—places he hadn't known existed the day before—beckoned to Aidan.
- September 10, 2007 at 2:09 PM
The footprints ended abruptly, just as the boy's parents had said they would.
VANISHED, upper MG novel
- September 10, 2007 at 2:12 PM
- Jen said...
Jerry hated his job – and not just because it involved collecting bad ideas – he hated his job because, on February 14th, 1975, he dropped a very bad idea – accidentally, of course – into the head of a five-year-old boy. Ten years later, that boy caused Armageddon.
From my WIP, THE IDEA GUY.
- September 10, 2007 at 2:20 PM
- Anne Dayton said...
"I didn't start out trying to change the world. Originally all I wanted was an oil change."
This was the BRILLIANT first line I wrote to our new novel. My writing partner took it out. Alas. Maybe if it wins here she'll let me put it back in.
- September 10, 2007 at 2:28 PM
- David said...
Well, I like it a lot, anne.
- September 10, 2007 at 2:30 PM
My life changed forever the day Ray Earl got hisself shot on the paintball range of the Back Hills Country Club.
From WIP "Goodbye Ray Earl"
- September 10, 2007 at 2:31 PM
Far up on a topmost shelf, behind an old and well-worn first edition of Huntley Mann's The Fine Art of Miniatures and Doll Craft--long dusty since the tome's contents had been learned by rote for so many years gone by now--there was concealed a small hole, just the size of a cufflink, precisely chiseled through the back of the bookshelf as if it were no more than perhaps a common knothole.
- September 10, 2007 at 2:39 PM
- jjdebenedictis said...
"Help you? I can't even help myself; what am I supposed to do, hide you under my wimple?"
~ fantasy novel, complete
- September 10, 2007 at 2:41 PM
In a perfect world, every guy would prefer women who wore sweat pants, ate tons of chocolate, and demanded foot rubs while eyeballing Sleepless In Seattle for the zillionth time.
From completed romantic comedy: "Ain't That A Kick."
- September 10, 2007 at 2:45 PM
- what'sinyoursoul said...
It's tough, living in the shadow of a dead girl.
- September 10, 2007 at 2:47 PM
If there was any trait about him that was of any merit, it was that he was easily forgettable.
(from my work in revision)
- September 10, 2007 at 2:51 PM
- Paul Jessup said...
They made a home out of Mary's bones, and called it the dancing legs motel.
From WIP
- September 10, 2007 at 2:59 PM
- C.J. said...
self promotion disclaimer: i know this is a first line contest, but my first line is puny and cryptic without the rest of the paragraph so...
"She loved the snow. For the tiny pieces of white brought a handle, or rather thousands of tiny handles. Each flake gave presence to the invisible that was already there, but could not be sensed. Riding on her motorcycle in the summer, she could, with effort, believe that she was cutting through the world, everything blurry and unnatural. But this snow, the first of the year, let her see the air separating before her. It allowed her eyes, rather than her mind, to tell her that she was riding in that delicate seam of inexistence. Like tracers hinted at the deadly stream of fellow bullets, so the snow uncloaked the air which was not merely the space between everything, but was comprised of very real and tangible substances: nitrogen, oxygen, hydrogen, and here, in Kiev, Strontium-90 and cesium-137."
(lit. fic.)
- September 10, 2007 at 3:03 PM
"The gentle leader must not be disturbed."
- The European Sensibilities of Giants (short fiction)
- September 10, 2007 at 3:03 PM
- Tammie said...
To look at me, no one would know that the plink-plink-plink sound I was hearing in my head was the sound of that last thread we are often hanging by, splitting apart.
From completed manuscript titled "The Perfect Obit"
- September 10, 2007 at 3:07 PM
- DeadlyAccurate said...
Entry #1:
Steve Strohman peered over his gray cubicle wall, a little bald prairie dog checking for coyotes.
--From my short story, "Henry Belfast, Vampire Accountant"
Entry #2:
Killing was always just business for me before the prophet murdered my sister.
--Tentative first sentence of as yet unwritten third series book
- September 10, 2007 at 3:11 PM
"The ants were back."
- novel in progress
- September 10, 2007 at 3:17 PM
- Niteowl said...
Holding a straw dummy wasn't as fun as one would think; holding one rapidly diminishing under the bludgeoning of an over-testosteroned knight, less so.
From "Bella, Hank and the Gold Dragon", fantasy humour. Yes, that word is spelled with a 'u'.
- September 10, 2007 at 3:22 PM
"Who wants to spit in my table's food?"
From the nonfiction manuscript: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Waiting Tables
- September 10, 2007 at 3:24 PM
- burgy61 said...
First of all Nathan, I would like to thank you for this challenge. It has been a great exercise in writing opening lines for me. These are the two that I think are my best ones from this weekend. One of them will be the opening to my first attempt at NANOWriMO.
1) Jill Jackson pulled into her driveway and was bewildered by the fog surrounding her home, it quickly became terror as the headless body of her husband emerged from the fog and collapsed on the hood.
2) The night started out like any other night, but when Detective Morris got to the scene of the crime, it became a nightmare.
PS. I hope you don't mind the use of your first name.
- September 10, 2007 at 3:25 PM
Did life perjure itself, or did I?
- September 10, 2007 at 3:25 PM
- Niteowl said...
Barkle Throp absently rubbed a gold tooth with his good nail.
From another humour fantasy novel, "Dance Panda, Dance".
- September 10, 2007 at 3:27 PM
- Annalee said...
From The Steel Goodbye, a YA novel in progress:
The rope binding Neve Watson's wrists was beginning to chafe. Her corset was laced too tight, and in the hazy heat of the airship's engine room, she imagined she was having trouble breathing.
One other entry (my last). This one's from an as-yet-unnamed Science Fiction novel:
Everyone has their story of how they found out Earth had been destroyed: where they were; who they were with; who told them. I was in the brig of the USS Mariner Valley, having been kicked skyside the previous day for failing a health exam.
- September 10, 2007 at 3:29 PM
Just after dark, death grabbed me by the ass.
- September 10, 2007 at 3:30 PM
- Christopher M. Park said...
Darrell and his daughter crouched atop the hillock a half mile downstream from their riverside villa, watching as the gray men destroyed the only home their family had ever had.
From my work in progress, ALDEN RIDGE.
- September 10, 2007 at 3:34 PM
- David de Beer said...
'I will sail to Heaven and steal the voice of God,' Sam Graves said.
- September 10, 2007 at 3:34 PM
- Scott said...
Rüdiger stood on the broken outer wall of Streitberg castle, plucked a hair from his nose, rubbed it between his finger and thumb, then flicked it away and wiped his hand on his round belly. This siege had gone on long enough.
- September 10, 2007 at 3:37 PM
- Linnea said...
Scott, this sounds like an openeing line for a period novel. Hope you're writing one. Love historicals!
- September 10, 2007 at 3:53 PM
- Betsy said...
My family used to be bridge keepers, until that vicious billy goat incident when my great-grandfather drowned in the river.
- September 10, 2007 at 3:54 PM
- serenity said...
I already have so many favorites here. I can't wait to vote. Here is my entry:
She didn't even know she needed rescued.
- September 10, 2007 at 3:56 PM
- Niteowl said...
The bomb had a very nice display: green and black with a thin blue border; Hayden couldn't be sure, alien languages were indecipherable, by definition, but he assumed it was counting down to a messy, very fatal explosion.
From "Hayden Smith : Sardonic Space Cowboy" unfinished humourous sci-fi.
- September 10, 2007 at 3:58 PM
- Katie said...
She slipped into the kitchen, only to be halted by the sight of a huge claymore casually leaning against the dishwasher.
- September 10, 2007 at 4:02 PM
- Jess said...
A first line I've had floating in my head for a while:
"The two biggest traumas in my life were caused by men: when I was eleven-years-old and Andy Rickerson pushed me out of the tree, and my leg broke, and ten years later when Andy's cousin Ryan got me pregnant and left without a goodbye, giving birth to my daughter, Lolly. Lolly is two now, but the pain is still fresh."
- September 10, 2007 at 4:02 PM
- JaxPop said...
Knowing that he was about to die, just three weeks shy of turning sixteen, really sucked, and staring into the gaping jaws of the lunging shark less than a yard away, guaranteed that death would be terrifyingly painful.
From Completed YA - The SunCatchers
- September 10, 2007 at 4:06 PM
- Dr. Dume said...
'The rush of air ended when Joseph Blackthorn hit the ground.'
WIP: I suspect it's going to be a horror story ;)
- September 10, 2007 at 4:07 PM
I have a hard wife who demands much of me, and although we've been divorced for many years she wants more. As though I had a kingdom of sheep and goats to offer.
- September 10, 2007 at 4:08 PM
Vera regained consciousness to find she was lying naked on the dirt floor of a cavernous pit.
Mystery - 89k
Thank you.
- September 10, 2007 at 4:09 PM
The gates of the Emerald City were rotting.
-- The Campus, a completed thriller.
- September 10, 2007 at 4:09 PM
- Derek said...
I'd only been in love with her for ten minutes when everything turned to shit.
- September 10, 2007 at 4:14 PM
- Stephen Parrish said...
How to Finish a Thought: For People Who
was a winner in Nathan's best title contest. Its first line is:
Being able to finish a thought is a useful skill for people who
- September 10, 2007 at 4:15 PM
- Ello said...
This is awesome!
That is not a first line - I'm just saying - all these first lines were so much fun to read. I already have a favorite (not mine) that I'm rooting for. When do we vote?!!
Thanks Nathan for running this contest. You are "Da Man!"
- September 10, 2007 at 4:16 PM
The young girl named Frannie Hanson hurried down the narrow road which led to the rather affluent town of Walden Falls where she liked to poison folks.
- September 10, 2007 at 4:27 PM
- Dave said...
From a WIP with the working title "Bluetooth" -
Traffic patrol found the candy-apple red, $250,000 extravaganza of convertible hardtop sedan smashed into a tree – no skid marks, a broken guardrail, hood crushed, four-way hazard lights blinking, doors open and a dead body nearby.
- September 10, 2007 at 4:34 PM
Please fix typo---
Arlo shivered and leaned precariously into the urinal as the smells of coffee, penicillin and bad choices wafted up to fill his nostrils.
- September 10, 2007 at 4:39 PM
- David L. McAfee said...
My death was never reported to the police.
- September 10, 2007 at 4:40 PM
"She's never coming back."
Christine, Maryland
- September 10, 2007 at 4:44 PM
Looking out over the ramshackle homes in our neighborhood - tin roofs, crumbling walls, bare-skinned children playing in the dirt - a familiar question comes to mind: What the hell am I doing in Mexico?
memoir wip- Caught: An American's Tale of Illegal Immigration
- September 10, 2007 at 4:49 PM
- twizzle said...
Scott did exactly what every smart boyfriend should do: He lied.
About twice a week, my mom would call me on her cell phone to tell me I had a Yogi on my front lawn.
- September 10, 2007 at 4:51 PM
- Tricia Grissom said...
It was just like any other family gathering, except it was the first with all of us dead.
- September 10, 2007 at 4:52 PM
My second:
William Moore wrapped his head in foil for the first time when he was four.
- September 10, 2007 at 4:52 PM
- Melanie Avila said...
Sorry for the repeat entry - I just created an account. - Melanie
Looking out over the ramshackle homes in our neighborhood - tin roofs, crumbling walls, bare-skinned children playing in the dirt - a familiar question comes to mind: What the hell am I doing in Mexico?
memoir wip - Caught: An American' Tale of Illegal Immigration
- September 10, 2007 at 5:03 PM
- Church Lady said...
"I, Steven Morgan Carter, being able to read and write, would like to give my stuff away if I die."
From my completed MG which I'm querying now.
This is entry 2.
- September 10, 2007 at 5:06 PM
- Susan Helene Gottfried said...
Yeah, that'd be Trevor speaking.
- September 10, 2007 at 5:06 PM
- Church Lady said...
"I shuffled my feet and kept my head lowered. She was right. Look at me."
Entry 3
- September 10, 2007 at 5:08 PM
My name isn't Ishmael, but it should be.
- September 10, 2007 at 5:09 PM
- Church Lady said...
"Normally you wouldn't keep secrets if you're on a plane making an emergency landing into the ocean. But I'm not normal."
Entry 4
- September 10, 2007 at 5:09 PM
This was the last time I let a wyvern talk me into anything.
- September 10, 2007 at 5:12 PM
- Reid said...
Jack had never been at gunpoint before. It wasn't nearly as romantic as it seemed in the movies.
From "The Great Texas Trailer Park Escape
- September 10, 2007 at 5:16 PM
- Scott said...
Hi Linnea--yes, it's a historical. It'll be a while before before it'll really start to take shape. I'm focusing on finishing up two other projects. But I have the first couple chapters, and get to this one whenever I have a chance.
Enough networking--back to the contest. :)
- September 10, 2007 at 5:19 PM
Yo Jess-- you've got a dangling modifier ("giving birth to my daughter") in your 1st sentence, which makes it sound as if Andy's cousin Ryan is the one giving birth.
- September 10, 2007 at 5:22 PM
- Hélène Boudreau said...
Twenty-five feet: that's how far I can walk before running out of oxygen tubing.
- September 10, 2007 at 5:26 PM
- Marti said...
My father's voice whispered in my ear, "A single moment". I nearly wet my pants.
From River of Possibilities, a paranormal mystery novel.
PS: Thanks for allowing more than one entry :-)
- September 10, 2007 at 5:28 PM
- Church Lady said...
"My husband stood in the driveway waving his arms around as if blaming me for the kitten stuck in the tree, so I took the gun out of my handbag and shot the furry problem out of the tree and then pointed the gun at my arm-waving husband and smiled. I would be solving lots of problems today."
This is not from any work in progress. I just prefer puppies is all.
- September 10, 2007 at 5:30 PM
- Other Lisa said...
Another day on the Gold Farm begins.
- September 10, 2007 at 5:41 PM
- Liz Wolfe said...
To my credit, when I received the letter informing me I'd been named in Nicholas Moulsen's will, my first reaction was an incredible sadness at his passing.
- September 10, 2007 at 5:58 PM
- Steve Axelrod said...
I have two:
"On a November night three weeks before he was murdered, Preston Lomax was making a list of all the people who wanted to kill him."
"Rachel Scanlon stood on the corner of Broadway and 94th Street, without a single key in her pocket."
- September 10, 2007 at 5:59 PM
- Heidi the Hick said...
Jenny is totally wasted, sprawled on the hood of the Caprice, blinking at the big black sparkling sky spinning above her.
- September 10, 2007 at 6:09 PM
- Deborah K. White said...
The throne of Norida had remained empty for twelve years.
- September 10, 2007 at 6:13 PM
- wolf said...
My first line entry:
"If it was up to me, it would rain exactly 14.3% of the time."
- September 10, 2007 at 6:16 PM
- Curtastrophe said...
Mortimer McGurney arose from the comfort of his mahogany platform bed wiping sleep from his eyes and looking around with the kind of dazed awareness familiar to those having experienced an all night binge of drinking what is considered technically, a lethal poison.
- September 10, 2007 at 6:18 PM
On the north end of Main Street storefronts subside into empty lots where ghosts of private detectives watch the city on eternal stakeout.
- September 10, 2007 at 6:25 PM
- Loquacious Me said...
The sound of metal clashing against something unnatural echoed through the stately trees, ancient witnesses to the battle of life and death going on beneath them.
~urban fantasy in progress
- September 10, 2007 at 6:32 PM
"Who let that clown in here?"
From a medical romance entitled "Prescription: Marriage"
Cheers, Julie Rowe
- September 10, 2007 at 6:33 PM
- Adnohr Yak said...
The End. Silence replaced the distant screams.
This is the first line of a book I am writing. Obviously, not a self-help book. :)
- September 10, 2007 at 6:35 PM
- Dave Wood said...
First entry:
Don't trust November.
"Where None Embrace", completed literary/mystery novel.
Second entry:
This is a love story, told at the ending of the world.
"An End to Mown Grass", SF Novella in progress.
- September 10, 2007 at 6:39 PM
The visions began the night Operation Pied Piper went into play, as if the growing threat to my home awakened the ability.
Historical Fantasy (YA)
- September 10, 2007 at 6:42 PM
- Reid said...
My first thought was, "There's so much blood." Actually, that's not true, that's just something I've always heard people usually say in this situation. Really, my first thought was, "What the fuck?"
From "How To Kill A Consultant"
- September 10, 2007 at 6:49 PM
- John Levitt said...
You never really get used to dead people.
-- Carnivores
- September 10, 2007 at 6:49 PM
- Tammie said...
Entry #2
Does it mean anything that the Playboy Headquarters is right next to the Knickerbocker Hotel where I am to celebrate my wedding reception?
WIP: Mara and James
- September 10, 2007 at 6:56 PM
- Linda D. (sbk) said...
"Dad was taking too long. Colton wiped his nose on his sleeve, snorted and glanced out the window to see if Dad had arrived in the last twenty seconds."
MG paranormal thriller
- September 10, 2007 at 6:59 PM
- Topher1961 said...
I'm resigned to being the brother of a martyr.
From my novel, Samuel's Dream
- September 10, 2007 at 7:02 PM
Like most people, I prefer that problems be solved with very little of my own direct participation, so it was with unconcealed annoyance that I responded to mother's request that I fetch Jacob from the bottom of the pool.
P.S. Thanks Nathan.
- September 10, 2007 at 7:04 PM
The Seasons of the Gods are not the seasons of man. While Winter still reigns, the hearts and spirits of mankind are darkened as they huddle together against the Cold that permeates all, gathering around the hearth fires and daring little beyond their walls.
From my PiP (Project in Progress).
- September 10, 2007 at 7:09 PM
- SurlyJason said...
Of all the primordial elements, only fire obeys the whim of time.
- September 10, 2007 at 7:17 PM
She's missing. It's what the papers say.
From my WIP "Ripples"
No one needed the confirmation.
On it's own, a hand moved to her neck, grazed the soft skin it found there with fingers longing for violent touch.
Thanks Nathan! Some awesome first lines here guys!
She didn't want to remember the toe tag. The way it sat still on gray skin in the chilled air. The smell of the room had reminded her of senior year in biology. She'd been against dissecting the fetal pigs at first. Abortion had never appealed to her. But in the end she cracked open the skull, scraped out and identified the parts of the brain for extra credit.
A little long, but from my WIP "Home Fires"
- September 10, 2007 at 7:17 PM
Entry from Time Journal #1 of Sam Altair:
From my science fiction/alternate history "Dunallon"
Thanks Nathan! I just found your blog!
- September 10, 2007 at 7:31 PM
- Michele Lee said...
Amy had been dead for four days when I met her at the facility.
- September 10, 2007 at 7:32 PM
Grabbing the pole of the bed halfway to falling out of it, Alex Stafford woke up ready to run.
From the current WIP, that has lots of titles but none I like.
- September 10, 2007 at 7:33 PM
A number of these sentences need an editor.
- September 10, 2007 at 7:41 PM
Okay... first to dennis r = ew!!
to Susan Sundwell = LOL!!
to Nathan -- as for voting, I haven't tried it yet, but you can add a POLL element to your blog which would probably facilitate voting once you have the finalists narrowed down.
- September 10, 2007 at 7:47 PM
- Vivi Anna said...
When the blade slid in between my second and third rib, I didn't feel it. At least, not at first.
From my WIP A Midnight Dreary...
Cool contest!
- September 10, 2007 at 7:52 PM
I'm not sure blog readers should be voting. What's to keep people from voting multiple times?
Am I saying I don't trust people? Maybe I don't trust myself. After all, the prize is a good one.
- September 10, 2007 at 7:57 PM
- Stephanie Zvan said...
#1 Dr. Richardson knew he was spending too much time with the dead girl.
#2 Once, not so very long ago, Mother Chen was a plump, busy, happy woman with three sons.
From a couple of short pieces. I'm not usually a strong first line person (I prefer to build to the end of the first paragraph), but these made me happy.
- September 10, 2007 at 7:57 PM
- J. M. Sabel said...
Dair Curator had lost count of the number of women he'd slept with.
- September 10, 2007 at 8:06 PM
- Josephine Damian said...
So far, I've got 8 stand outs, first lines that, were I to pick up that book in a store, I'd read on.
Nathan, more than anything else this has been an incredible learning experience for me; by asking myself exactly why these 8 lines worked, and why the others didn't. More important, how can I apply what I discovered to my own work?
Marti, I want to give some homage to your first line by saying: "There are days when everything goes right, and then there are days when the nitwits in your writer's group make you wanna bang your head against the wall."
From nonfiction WIP- "7 Ways You Screw Up Your Life by Joining a Writer's Group."
- September 10, 2007 at 8:09 PM
A wail of death --- her earliest memory.
- September 10, 2007 at 8:13 PM
- Becca said...
"Ignoring the stewardesses' urgent instructions, Stanford Clark dropped his book, grabbed his keys, and headed into the bathroom."
- September 10, 2007 at 8:18 PM
- Aden Albert said...
The Sunday sun sinks low in the sky and the time has come.
-- from my novel, "A Life of Fire"
- September 10, 2007 at 8:20 PM
He held my beating heart in the palm of his hand and laughed at the weapon he had just acquired: me.
Jessie tried on his human skin and found it had gotten far too small.
- September 10, 2007 at 8:27 PM
- Gabriele C. said...
Sorry, some typo demon infected my previous entry.
Here's the first lines of three losely connected novels-in-progress about the Romans in Germania and Britannia.
A Land Unconquered
Rome celebrated.
Eagle of the Sea
"I wonder what those Germans are up to."
Caledonia Defiant
Cailtharn stood amidst the carnage.
- September 10, 2007 at 8:28 PM
- joycemocha said...
"I. Have. Had. It." Bess Fielding slammed her hands on the desk and got up, tapping her fingers to shut down the hologlobe.
- September 10, 2007 at 8:29 PM
When God falls asleep at the wheel something bad is bound to happen.
- September 10, 2007 at 8:31 PM
- joycemocha said...
Jenny stared at the card from the plain gray envelope she'd just opened. It bore the image of a flying saucer that had landed in a desert setting, with a cuteish, gray-skinned, bug-eyed alien waving in a friendly manner in the foreground.
--from a short story that recently earned me an enraged rejection. I think that story pushes some buttons...
- September 10, 2007 at 8:33 PM
- joycemocha said...
The ritual was one of Rekare's memories, a part of her life entwined so deeply with the complex fabric of the twelve years of her life that she couldn't remember a time when the hot, intense, end of summer did not contain it.
--from a fantasy novel in progress, and this is my last one. I promise.
- September 10, 2007 at 8:37 PM
- Chumplet said...
Zigor leaned against a shop wall on Carrer de Montcada and watched the frenetic activity outside the Picasso Museum.
--The Weeping Woman, a WIP (but the first three chapters are done! Hint, hint...)
- September 10, 2007 at 8:38 PM
- eric hill said...
It was a time of Miles,Coltrain,and Warhol; a time when the answer was blowing in the wind and we were all Dharma bums howling on the Coney Island of the Mind while the English were reinventing Rock-n-Roll and men eighteen to thirty-five were looking for some way out of the draft.
This is the first line
from my novel 'DISCONTENT'
Thanks & Cheers!
Eric / email: firstname.lastname@example.com
- September 10, 2007 at 8:39 PM
- Chumplet said...
Here's my other one:
The first thing Rebecca remembered about Spain was the guitar music – not the strident guitar licks of post-Vietnam War rock, but dulcet flamenco notes which crept into her psyche with soothing, exotic sweetness.
- September 10, 2007 at 8:43 PM
At the very least, I think that if bloggers are allowed to vote, no one should be able to vote for themselves.
- September 10, 2007 at 8:57 PM
The whole mess could have been totally avoided, Alice Miggleton would later muse coldly, if only Bootsie had for gawdsake been able to leave the damned dead thing alone.
- September 10, 2007 at 8:58 PM
- Dr. Dume said...
You can have more than one go? Okay, here's another..
'Everyone likes to imagine that they will utter some final words of profound wisdom when Death comes to claim them, but when it came for Victor Murillo, the best he could manage was 'Oh, bugger'.'
Victor's Will, after ditching the boring stuff at the start of the first version...
- September 10, 2007 at 9:00 PM
If I were Italian I'd be 90% more interesting. I guess if I were half Italian I'd be 45% more interesting, which isn't bad. Since I'm not, I should at least be able to go to Italy, where I could eat some excellent Fettuccini Alfredo and antipasti. I mean, is that really so much to ask?
YA novel
- September 10, 2007 at 9:03 PM
It's not that I don't believe in miracles; I just don't have time to wait in line.
(Chick Lit WIP)
- September 10, 2007 at 9:07 PM
- Helen said...
"You're going straight to hell listening to that music" my mother screamed,pounding on my bedroom door as I was groovin to Billie Holiday
singing "Strange Fruit". This is Hell and my mother is the Devil.
From my YA novel: STRANGE FRUIT
Thanks- Bags of Fun
email: firstname.lastname@example.com
- September 10, 2007 at 9:08 PM
- Josephine Damian said...
Anonymous 5:57 PM, I'm with you! I say: NO voting for yourself! But I guess we gotta wait for "The Hills" to be over before we hear back from N8.
I've got it narrowed down now to a first choice, and two runner ups (runners up? runner uppers? well, you know what I mean). First, second, and third.
- September 10, 2007 at 9:13 PM
- A Paperback Writer said...
Wow. Some of these are REALLY good.
Okay, here's mine that falls totally within the range of the guidelines:
I guessed what he was as soon as I saw his eyes.
from a short story called "Last Night at Blackwell's" -- about a vampire, of course
- September 10, 2007 at 9:19 PM
- monica said...
The rhythmic pounding of hooves beat through the hot air of the gray Tuscan dawn.
From my Historical novel:
- September 10, 2007 at 9:22 PM
- A Paperback Writer said...
And since cj cheated and used a whole paragraph because of short sentences, I'm going to try this one, even though I will fully understand, Nathan, if you disqualify it:
Escalante, Utah. July. About 105 in the shade. You have to buy ice cream cones in cups if you want to eat the stuff before it runs all over your hand. You have to carry a bottle of water with you just to walk a block. You sweat through an average of three shirts per day -- even with the air conditioning going full blast.
Really, it's no place for a half-vampire who passes out in bright sunlight.
It's from my second half-vampire YA novel, a completed manuscript.
- September 10, 2007 at 9:22 PM
- JaxPop said...
I agree w/ Anonymous about voting for our own stuff. Personal taste will also play a big part in the voting (EX: SciFi writer may not care for YA, etc). For me, I think I'll pass on the voting altogether but the SUFLC has been a blast - Thanks Nathan & all participants! (There's some good stuff goin' on out there!)Y'all are awesome.
- September 10, 2007 at 9:24 PM
- Anne-Marie said...
Great contest, Nathan!
"It's called Tofurkey."
- September 10, 2007 at 9:41 PM
"Bright Gods, free me of this geas!"
From my fantasy novel.
- September 10, 2007 at 9:44 PM
My name is Hart. I am a Gentleman of Science; a modest and patient man who has put his trust in logic.
From my Victorian sci-fi novel "The Augmented Geologist"
- September 10, 2007 at 9:49 PM
- David said...
I was right: Nathan is getting swamped. So, er, I'm going to add to the swamping with a second (and last! really!) entry. My first, waaaay up there at the beginning, is the first line of a time-travel novel. This one is the first line of a short story:
Diana was waiting for Carpenter when he returned to his office after witnessing her killer's execution.
- September 10, 2007 at 9:49 PM
- eric hill said...
The sidewalk pulsed with Desire
as I saw a bodega swarmed with people from two to eighty, men playing dominoes drinking sodas and beers, cigarettes hanging from pouted defiant lips while teens selling illegal contraband blasting loud salsa and 'marengi' mingled with sweating men in undershirts flirting with the ever smiling Chiquita's in shorts revealing beautiful legs and curvaceous rear-ends,idling about the wooden carts selling hand shaved ices flavored with syrups poured from reused rum bottles into cardboard cups.
First Line of second chapter: DISCONTENT
Thank You -
Eric / email: email@example.com
- September 10, 2007 at 9:53 PM
- M.O. said...
"Several murders occurred simultaneously."
- September 10, 2007 at 9:58 PM
- Nathan Bransford said...
On the matter of voting -- I haven't yet decided how it's going to work, but I'm leaning towards a poll that includes the finalists with the ability to do a write-in vote. Yes, people would be able to vote multiple times, but I'm hoping both the honor system and the number of non-participants who vote will outweigh any overzealousness on the part of the nominees.
- September 10, 2007 at 10:06 PM
An ice cold ball of trepidation rolled down Lydia Wilson's spine as she waited her turn in the security line at the airport.
- September 10, 2007 at 10:11 PM
- Ello said...
The funky malodor of men ripe from combat was married with moans, groans and the steady sound of grinding teeth.
I'll stop at 2 submissions! Thanks again!
- September 10, 2007 at 10:18 PM
A novel by Green Ray
If I'm still alive when I finish telling this tale, it'll be a miracle.
- September 10, 2007 at 10:19 PM
- Jordyn said...
Line #1 - Until I was fourteen or so, I always wondered how it got decided that one sister was the pretty one while the other was stuck being labeled 'smart' or 'responsible'. Because as far back as I could remember, Caris had always been adorable.
Line #2 - I used to have a lot of perfect moments.
Line #3 - Running to the nearest restroom and barfing: how I reacted when, upon meeting my older brother at the airport after he'd spent over a year studying abroad, he introduced me to his fiance.
- September 10, 2007 at 10:32 PM
- Cavan said...
Hard urban rain turned the city into a mass of glistening edges and right angles.
- September 10, 2007 at 10:40 PM
No man deserves to die but more importantly, no man deserves to die without his head – for one, it's unsightly, for two, it's just wrong.
- September 10, 2007 at 11:06 PM
I knew her, of course, the first time she came to the house; one of the advantages of being dead is the ability to see beneath the surface.
- September 10, 2007 at 11:08 PM
Damned non-fiction -- Dita bet if they'd chosen a maudlin novel off of Oprah's list, as they had every month in the three years they'd been meeting, their discussion never would have turned to murder.
- September 10, 2007 at 11:21 PM
There was something decidedly eerie about being absolutely alone in the wilderness.
- September 10, 2007 at 11:35 PM
The fragile cup slipped from her fingers and hit the floor, shattering in a spray of ivory, rose and old gold.
- September 10, 2007 at 11:38 PM
I love writing contests!
"Redd looked down at the motionless person lying at his feet. The face was unrecognizable, swollen and bloodier than Redd's hands."
From my YA novel, The Willow and the Wrath.
- September 10, 2007 at 11:43 PM
- DeadlyAccurate said...
OK, this one's two sentences, but I liked it and spent far longer than I should have crafting it. So I'm gonna post it even if it's disqualified.
Entry #3:
A good pickpocket always takes care to select the right mark. That I'm tied ankles-up to a ceiling joist while Dino Graziano's goons work me over tells you exactly how good I am.
- September 10, 2007 at 11:45 PM
- Merry Jelinek said...
"What do you think he's done now?" Jared asked in a low whisper.
From my middle grade WIP
Hats off to all of the entrants, and thanks for the fun contest, Nathan.
- September 11, 2007 at 12:05 AM
After three excellent lifetimes, Cullen Kearney, fourth son of King Eadbard Donal of Arin, was returning to the misery-inducing plane of existence he'd succeeded in avoiding for two hundred years – home.
From Fantasy Short - Prince of Arin
- September 11, 2007 at 12:07 AM
- McKoala said...
Dervla Tillman threw herself off the balcony of the penthouse while I was at work today and although her body was gone by the time I returned I could track her fall past the bougainvillea-decorated balconies of the building by the colours of the flowers scattered across the grass below.
- September 11, 2007 at 12:22 AM
- JDuncan said...
#1: Death wormed its way into my dreams often enough, but a sandpaper-lined coffin with its own pay phone was new.
From, Deadworld, completed paranormal suspense novel.
#2: Wrath of God had been Mac Duquene's first thought when ten days of torrential rain began to flood the streets of downtown San Antonio, but it was the limbless torso that turned and tumbled by him in the muddy, garbage-filled waters that had him thinking it might be the wrath of something else entirely.
From, The Bare Dirty, wip.
- September 11, 2007 at 12:45 AM
- Amanda Capel said...
So I've been thinking of growing a backbone.
- September 11, 2007 at 12:54 AM
- K.R.Stewart said...
"So I say again, it was no accident. They murdered my boy. We killed them for it. Justice is done."
-From WIP "Omn's Tears"
- September 11, 2007 at 1:37 AM
John said...
Lucifer stared into the blizzard cloud, rocked in the gale like a sleeper in thrall to the white roar of a dream.
1st line from my dark, literary fantasy novel, Lightbearer.
- September 11, 2007 at 1:57 AM
- Elayne said...
"They stood around the grave -- watching as the polished mahogany casket disappeared into the ground."
~From completed novel, Two Down, One to Go (Romantic suspense)
"No, no, no. Selma sprang out of bed, clad only in her underpants and fishnet stockings."
~From Untitled WIP (Romantic suspense)
Neat contest. Thanks for the opportunity, Nathan.
- September 11, 2007 at 2:17 AM
- M. Alexander Austin said...
I came awake after a thousand years entombed to the smell of blood, brimstone, pungent herbs, the blood of a probably-virgin sacrifice, and the monotonous droning of a power-hungry lich, or mage, or conjurer, or overlord – whatever the fuck this one was calling himself.
From a one of the (many) books I've started to write, this one tentatively titled: "A Magical Sword and an Evil Overlord."
- September 11, 2007 at 2:27 AM
- ScaramoucheX said...
opI smoked a jazz cigarette that night, and sat in the old-time Proustian chair, that which propelled him "beyond space and time"; soon I was shooting racoons blue in the night, to the bark of dogs.
- September 11, 2007 at 3:06 AM
- ScaramoucheX said...
There, the three cats are moving around and around, re-positioning themselves, and striking provocative attitudes, all in nifty trinangulation.
- September 11, 2007 at 3:13 AM
- reality said...
Ever heard of a brothel that offers no sex, never has and never shall, they say. Nonsense, it's like being in the rain and saying you won't get wet.
- September 11, 2007 at 5:30 AM
From a futuristic WIP-
When they came, I wasn't ready.
I so want to put in the next paragraph. NO! I resist!
- September 11, 2007 at 5:49 AM
- Bernita said...
After reading all these brilliant examples, an entry pro forma.
I was standing there naked when a dead man sauntered into my bathroom. Sauntered - not shambled. That was the second frightening thing.
From a WIP A Malignity of Ghosts, - urban fantasy.
She liked walking here among the little mysteries, even on this cold, still day at the turning of the year when the trees were bone-bare and the crystal-bound earth crunched under her boots like broken teeth.
From a short story Soul Stone .
From Come to Dust .
I hoped the legends were right - that this time, surely, he would stay dead.
- September 11, 2007 at 6:23 AM
- Nancy Fulda said...
Aw, sure, I'll play:
Adam showed up on my doorstep two years after he killed my father.
- September 11, 2007 at 7:06 AM
He was the forty-second President of the United States, and he wanted what every hard and horny man wants; I was an intern, and I did what I had to do.
- September 11, 2007 at 7:24 AM
A moody wet wind tore against the brick walls outside as he crept down the stairway, brushing a cobweb from his face.
- September 11, 2007 at 7:55 AM
If you think dying is hard, try coming back to life.
- September 11, 2007 at 7:57 AM
- K.C. Shaw said...
Okay, I'll post a second one--but that's all, I promise. Here it is:
My hooves tapped on the flagstones as I approached the castle's open double doors.
- September 11, 2007 at 8:06 AM
Bartlett O'Hara was not beautiful, but what could you expect from a girl named after a pear.
- September 11, 2007 at 8:14 AM
The truth of Day Biggs' death came to him in the form of a balloon the color of an olive drab oil slick.
From "The 10th Gate" - WIP, YA Fantasy
- September 11, 2007 at 8:39 AM
- Southern Writer said...
WOO HOO Eric at 10:14 am and Tammie at 12:07. Need I say you'll have my vote?
Here's my entry:
I am lying on a padded table, soaked with sweat, shivering so violently it must appear that I'm having a seizure.
From an untitled short article.
This is a great exercise, Nathan, one that makes me realize I need to work on my opening lines!
- September 11, 2007 at 8:50 AM


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Transfer Student Success Stories
Electrical Engineering Mechanical Engineering Mechanical Engineering
iE&M Electrical Engineering Mechanical Engineering
Easy access to professors, a great reputation as an engineering school and a quiet, friendly and focused atmosphere are just some of the reasons students have transferred from Monroe Community College to Clarkson in recent years.
For Michael J. Kubeja '08, Jason A. Martin '09, Jonathan G. Gunn '09, Shawn M. Herrman '10, Bethany Beswick '09 and Tom Liou '09, professor recommendations for a transfer to Clarkson have been right on.
An organized trip is what helped make up some student's mind as to where to go after MCC. Martin said Clarkson had an unpretentious appearance and a pleasant feel. Being a fan of the small community feeling and the outdoors, he said it was quickly apparent Clarkson was right for him.
"The first time we had an organized trip up here and I set foot on campus I knew right away. I think that it's fantastic," Martin said.
When Beswick visited she said she found a lot of very nice people and had a lot of fun as well. Others agreed with her.
"I really love it, I really do. I've really enjoyed the people I've met up here and the classes," Kubeja said.
The environment is welcoming as well, Kubeja said. "Coming up here it was nice that everyone has no where to be in any hurry, so it's very easy to meet people to hang out with on the weekends and study with during the week. It's really easy to meet people and you become very close, very quickly and easily," he said.
All students agreed administratively the transfer could not have been smoother. Not only did the university accept a majority of credits from MCC, but staff was helpful in course selection and getting settled at their new home.
"It was the smoothest experience I've ever had and I've been to other four-year colleges," Martin said. "There were personnel in place I hadn't even heard of. It was pretty much sign papers and get keys and you're done."
Some have found how Clarkson's reputation can help outside of school. Herrman said that reputation tends to precede itself.
"Clarkson I saw was right for me. It's a very good school. Whenever I bring it up to any employers they say it's a good name, a good engineering college. It's got a good reputation," Herrman said.
Liou said MCC did a good job preparing him for the Clarkson experience. As a mechanical engineering major, he said MCC's engineering science program got him right on track for Clarkson. And for those looking to attend Clarkson in the future, he suggested good time management is the key to success.
Small class sizes also helped to make Clarkson more enjoyable. Gunn said access to professors at bigger schools wasn't as good as it is at Clarkson. Beswick said because of the small class sizes it's easier to get to know the professors and found they're really nice. She said that direct contact has helped a lot.
"And they're pretty good at teaching things that you'll need to know," she said.
Students like Liou have gotten more out of Clarkson than just a strong hands-on engineering curriculum. Through the University he secured a summer internship which may be repeated this summer.
And from swimming to mountain biking, Clarkson offers a number of other activities for their student body. Beswick said she swam for Clarkson, which was not only a lot of fun but also a good chance to meet new people.
Liou has enjoyed the miles of outdoor trails on Clarkson's expansive 640-acre campus on his mountain bike as well as canoeing down the Racquette River just off campus, as Gunn glides down the ice on Clarkson's club hockey team.
"I can tell potential students that there are services at this college that are fantastic in comparison to other colleges across the country including Colorado and California. People are willing to assist you as long as you come prepared," Martin said.

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Hi All,
A friend called me today- she was keen on conducting sessions on dhamma for children, including teenagers. She is already doing meditation for kids, but we don't have anything for teenagers (who are of course difficult to rope in for this kind of thing). what do you think would attract them? What topics would be good to cover? How would you go about it? Any and all qualities of a general dhamma session is 'up for grabs' as it were and I am willing to change them if it would appeal more and engage teenagers better. I need a brainstorming session please! Incidentally, this is for kids growing up in London, UK.
With metta


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Forty-three of San Bernardino County's roughly 19,000 employees were acknowledged by the Board of Supervisors and county CEO Greg Devereaux last week for their work on the Countywide Vision.
The Countywide Vision plan calls for community collaboration on creating a vibrant, physically and economically healthy county in the next 20 years. Last year, Devereaux hosted a series of community meetings countywide getting input from residents and business owners on where they'd like to see the county in the year 2020.
"It is important to take the time to recognize those who consistently perform above and beyond the call of duty to serve our residents and contribute to the realization of our Countywide Vision," Devereaux said last Thursday, May 16, following the ceremony in the Board of Supervisors chambers in San Bernardino. "You are the employees who I believe we can count on the most as we do our part to help the county community achieve the Vision."
The recognition came during the county's annual Public Service Recognition Award for Excellence ceremony, which recognizes the everyday work of public servants.


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Poughkeepsie, NY (SportsNetwork.com) - Marist announced Tuesday it has hired Mike Maker to replace Jeff Bower as head men's basketball coach.
Maker comes to the Red Foxes from Division III Williams College, where he was 147-32 in six years as head coach, leading the Ephs to the Final Four three times with two appearances in the national title game.
He replaces Bower, who resigned earlier this month to become general manager of the Detroit Pistons.
Bower was 12-19 with a 9-11 record in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference in one season as Marist's head coach after being hired in April 2013.
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Student Orientation
Begins August 22, 2017
Welcome! Ferris State University is recognized as a leader in career-oriented education and is home to more than 170 programs including associate, bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees.
Our students benefit from small class sizes, nurturing classroom settings, hands-on training in our laboratories, faculty actively dedicated to the success of our students, a safe campus environment, comfortable residence halls, and even family housing at Ferris.
Our main campus is located in Big Rapids, Michigan – a naturally beautiful area of the state. The Big Rapids campus is 50 miles north of Grand Rapids, Michigan's second largest city. Ferris is just a four-hour drive from Chicago and only three hours from Detroit.
Among the programs of the Office of International Education are international student admissions, the West Michigan English Language Institute, and Study Abroad.


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2013 World Dance Day
954 Dance Movement Collective
Sunday, April 28, 2013 from 12:00 PM to 3:00 PM (EDT)
Who's Going
San Francisco, California
London, United Kingdom
Florence, Italy
Event Details
The Beatles knew something about spring (listen to "Good Day Sunshine" and "Here Comes the Sun"). But when I think of spring, I want to dance. Luckily, in 2013, spring will once again bring us the World Dance Day celebration in Philadelphia. The 954 Dance Movement Collective partners with other movement artists and organizations in the community to bring Philadelphia's 4th annual World Dance Day to The Piazza at Schmidt's in Northern Liberties at North Second Street and Germantown Avenue, below Girard in Philadelphia on Sunday, April 28, 2013.
UNESCO established World Dance Day on April 29th in 1982 to spread the joy of dance to the general public. This year the World Dance Day in Philadelphia celebration is one day early because Sundays should be about fun and Mondays are usually about work. This event is FREE for all ages, fun for the whole family; offering performances and dance classes from 12:00 PM to 3:00 PM. The rain date is exactly two weeks later on Sunday, May 12, 2013.
World Dance Day in Philadelphia is the great thing that happens when local dance artists and teachers get together to celebrate Philly dance. For the fourth year in a row, dance groups, dancers, choreographers and teachers are donating their talents for this free fun family outdoor event that reminds us all that it's good to boogie. All levels of movers are encouraged to dust off those winter cobwebs and dance into spring!
Participating artists include Art in Motion Dance (Salsa), IllStyle & Peace Productions (Hip Hop), Dancing Classrooms All-Stars (Ballroom), CoExist Dance, Aloha Style on the Mainline (Hula) Monica Herrera (Flamenco), The Lady Hoofers, Temple University's InMotion Dance Ensemble, Janosik Polish Dance Ensemble, Sattriya Dance Company (Classical Indian Dance) and more.
The World Dance Day PERFORMANCES will showcase a variety of dance styles. Past dance styles have varied from Indonesian Dance, Hip Hop, Improv, Hula, Argentine Tango, Modern, Polish folk dances, Flamenco and many more. The first performance hour starts at 12:00PM. The second starts at 2:00PM.
Between the performances, stop by for the World Dance Day TEACH-IN - from 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM. It's a great opportunity to try out dance classes of different disciplines including Flamenco, Line Dancing, Modern, Yoga, Rhumba, Salsa, Hip Hop, Belly dance and more. World Dance Day's teach-in offers 20-minute classes. You have the option of experiencing one dance style for the hour or trying two or three. Always wanted to do salsa? Missed your calling as a hip hop dancer? The World Dance Day teach-in is a great opportunity to try something new!
Sunday, April 28, 2013
12 Noon: Dance Performance Hour
1 PM: Teach-In Hour with mini dance lessons at 1:05 PM, 1:25 PM and 1:45 PM
2 PM: Dance Performance Hour
All performances will be held outdoors at the Piazza at Schmidt's in Northern Liberties located at North 2nd Street & Germantown Avenue in Philadelphia, PA. The rain date is exactly two weeks later on Sunday, May 12, 2013. All performances and mini-dance lessons are free. For more information please email email@example.com, call 215.627.1157 or visit www.954dmc.weebly.com.
About World Dance Day: World Dance Day was established in 1982 by the International Dance Council - CID of UNESCO to bring attention to the art of dance every year on the 29th of April. This Philadelphia festival is in its 4th year and it continues the mission set out by UNESCO in 1982 to spread the joy of dance to the general public in an open and accessible manner. Various World Dance Day or International Dance Day celebrations occur every year all around the world.
Festival logo by Jerome Harris
When & Where
The Piazza at Schmidts
North Second Street and Germantown Avenue,
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FUND-RAISERS at a Bromsgrove school are gearing up for a special Zumba event raising money to help a pupil, struck by a rare condition.
Generous townsfolk are being encouraged to support the fund-raiser being held at North Bromsgrove High School this Monday, (November 26).
Lauren Rowles, a year 10 pupil at the School Drive-based school, suffers from Transverse Myelitis - a rare disease of the central nervous system.
Lauren is now in a wheelchair after the loss of sensation and movement from her chest downwards.
A campaign is underway to raise £14,000 for a FES bike, which will help prevent muscle wasting in her legs by increasing blood circulation, relaxing muscle spasms and providing a cardiovascular workout.
At the end of October the school held a fund-raising day of fun activities, which helped raise more than £5,000 towards the target.
A one-off Zumba fitness event is being held at the school, from 6pm, as part of the next fund-raising activities.
Open to all, the Zumba session lasts one hour, and costs £4.
The Bromsgrove branch of ASDA has also chosen to support Lauren's charity. Customers can vote for the charity to receive a cash boost, which could be as much as £200.
For more details on the Zumba event, or to make a donation to the campaign, call the school on 01527 827375.


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Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2012 8:04 pm
Post subject: Week 1: Carolina Panthers (0-0) @ Tampa Bay Bucs (0-0)
It is finally here boys!
Week 1 is upon us, as the Carolina Panthers down to my neck of the woods and take on the Tampa Bay Bucs.
What: A football game omg!
Who: Panthers vs Bucs.
When: Sunday, Sep. 9th, 4:25 PM Est.
Where: See huge stadium picture.
Why: Cause football rules!
Key Matchups:
Brandon Lafell and Greg Olsen vs Bucs secondary. How can the Panthers secondary recievers take advantage of an improved yet still lacking Buccaneers defense?
Greg Hardy or any other rusher that wants to step up vs the Bucs O-line. We know Johnson is a stud, but we need more pass rush. Who will step up?
Munnerlyn (hopefully not) or Norman vs Mike Williams. Williams is no stud, but if we fail to cover anyone opposite Gamble, he could have a huge impact. Can one of these two shut Williams down?
Front 7 vs Doug Martin. Rookie, fresh legs, pumped up for his first game at home, vs a Panthers defense who struggled mightily against the run. Will the addition of Kueckly, Beason, Edwards, and Edwards help contain a RB for once?
Predictions, comments, chats, game reactions go in here!
Let's go boys! This is our year, Kalil said so!
P11's Prediction:
Panthers win 24-16. 1 rushing TD for Tolbert, 2 passing for Newton, 1 to Olsen, one to Smith.
JF16 Forever
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Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2012 9:06 pm
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I'm hoping we win this game, but it's still iffy to me.
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Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2012 9:19 pm
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Ill put it this way. I think we'll win but Im glad I drafted Vince Jackson and Doug Martin today
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Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2012 10:11 pm
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i think we'll win by two scores. whole new scheme/staff. the bucs really lack talent, especially on the defensive side. LBs should be able to handle martin/blount and clark. that pretty much makes it up to the secondary to hold. also, charles johnson vs jeremy trueblood. lol!
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Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2012 10:16 pm
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I don't know how our secondary will match up with Jackson and Williams. I think Gamble should do a fine job on VJ but Munnerlyn on Williams would be asking for trouble. Hopefully Norman plays as well as he talks to allow us to slide Capt in the inside and keep Norman on the outside on Williams. Would be a much better match-up for us. I'm not too worried about Dallas Clark. Not only has he been often injured, we've got three great coverage backers in Kuechly, Beason, and Davis. If they can do their job along with our corners, it will allow Godfrey to do what he does best and that is roam and bait.
My biggest concern will be stopping their running game. I'm liking how our front seven is looking but Nicks is no joke at guard and Martin is one of those short, stout runners that always scares me. We will need to execute on offense to get them away from their running game if we expect to win. I hope Chudzinski realizes this isn't the week to get cute or fancy. That isn't needed for a victory this week. We need to run the rock with Williams, Stewart, and Tolbert. Force them to move Barron into the box and then hit our receivers or even utilize the screen game that gave us great success in '11.
Johnson and Hardy have no excuses. The presence of Nicks scares me but the Edwards Empire should still have much more success in the interior than McClain and Fua did. So with an actual presence in the inside to take up space and hopefully not allow the QB to step up (Dwan is even capable of collapsing the pocket; Ron is primarily the space eater really), those pressures Johnson and Hardy had last year especially early in the season need to be finished off and turned into sacks or hits on Freeman. Regardless of last year, Freeman is a very good quarterback IMO.
The major key will be what Newton has detested from himself in the past. No turnovers. It'll be difficult fending off Tampa if we turn the ball over. After last year when we beat them 86-35 combined in 2 games, those players will be looking for revenge. If we give them any reason to think they are in this game, they will take that opportunity and run with it. We cannot give them that and making a dumb throw or uncharacteristically fumbling the football (ahem, Williams) will give them that thought.
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Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2012 11:02 pm
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I'm stoked to see how this d looks with quality veteran talent at the DT spot finally. I could def see the Edwards signing putting us over the hump for a playoff spot. Not to worried about the bucs, just hope we get out injury free
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Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2012 12:10 am
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Tampa Bay coach Greg Schiano may be making the transition from college to the NFL, but hes already got one trait of pro coaches mastered.
When youre talking about another team, make it sound like theyre the 1985 Chicago Bears or the Pittsburgh Steelers and Dallas Cowboys of the 1970s. When youre talking about an opposing player, make him sound like a Hall of Famer.
Thats what Schiano did Monday as he met with the media and discussed the regular-season opener with the Carolina Panthers, particularly quarterback Cam Newton.
Hes athletic, dynamic, Schiano said. He adds a dimension to the game that Im probably more used to coming from college than some of the guys that have been in the league for a while. Just because youre familiar with him, doesnt mean you can stop him. He proved that last year. Hes a tremendous talent, a tremendous football player and someone we have to make sure we have accounted for and then we have to go make the plays.
The talent Newton has thats more prevalent in college is his ability (and freedom) to run. Newton ran for 706 yards last season, but hes more than one dimensional. Newton also threw for a rookie record with 4,051 yards and passed for 21 touchdowns.
So how do you stop Newton?
Not many people have, Schiano said. If you look at his stat line, he hasnt been stopped very often.
It isnt really stopping them. You try to limit them. That offense is an explosive offense, lets call it like it is. They have two explosive players in the backfield, an explosive player at wide out and at tight end. You kind of have to pick where youre spending your resources and hope the other guys dont get you. That doesnt sound real reassuring, does it?
i want to know what players the bucs have on D who are capable of limiting us.
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Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2012 5:13 pm
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We should win this game, it won't be as easy as it was last year but I will be worried about our season if we don't beat the Bucs.
Things I want to see:
1. Edwards Elimination, how the two new DTs hold up against the run this year compared to last year.
2. CJ and Hardy, moreso Hardy than CJ but I want to see improvement over last year.
3. The best LB core in the league will finally be in action together (Beason, Davis, Keuchly, Anderson) looking forward to all the trouble they will cause.
4. Captain stays in Nickel, forever.
5. Medlock not missing kicks.
6. Cam Improves from his Rookie Campaign.
7. The WRs behind Smith step up.
8. Oline Gels and gives Cam time and our RBs Holes
9. Stew on the field.
10. Hopefully these replacement refs don't put their hands in the game one way or the other.
11. Last but not least, NO injuries!
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Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2012 5:31 pm
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The Bucs are going to be out for some revenge after the beatings last year. That makes me a bit worried. Never underestimate a team with a chip on their shoulder.
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Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2012 9:47 pm
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Good luck this weekend, boys (but not too much). Here's to an injury free game.
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I really want us to get through this game without any injuries, and come away with a win of course. But does anyone remember Week 1 last year? We lose Beason for the season when he goes down with a torn achilles. To add insult to injury, he went down on a play in pursuit of a former Panther who ended up scoring a TD on the play (Jeff King).
I am still haunted by that game (thinking of you Patrick Peterson).
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Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2012 10:09 am
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This game scares me a little bit. The Bucs are a revamped team and could spring a surprise. We had better be ready to play hard from the beginning and not sleepwalk.
I'll go with a narrow Panthers win, 24-21.
Thanks to JammerHammer21 for the sig - Let The Riv-Era Begin!
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Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2012 10:57 am
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shaX 07 wrote:
I really want us to get through this game without any injuries, and come away with a win of course. But does anyone remember Week 1 last year? We lose Beason for the season when he goes down with a torn achilles. To add insult to injury, he went down on a play in pursuit of a former Panther who ended up scoring a TD on the play (Jeff King).
I am still haunted by that game (thinking of you Patrick Peterson).
Haunted? Ahh man I don't ever care that we lost that game because all I will remember is Cam looking shockingly good. I've never been surprised by a player like that.
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Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2012 6:59 pm
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Odds we get any of these kind of plays by Cam in the game?
What a gamer.
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iknowcool wrote:
Odds we get any of these kind of plays by Cam in the game?
What a gamer.
We saw essentially the same thing last year against TB.
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Government and Industry Agree on Recommended Baseline Security Settings for Windows 2000 Professional Workstations
July 17, 2002
Contact: Mary Alice Johnson, (202) 501-1231
WASHINGTON, DC - July 17, 2002 - Security experts from a broad range of public and private organizations have jointly published consensus Baseline Security Settings recommended for Windows 2000 Professional Workstations.
The collaborative effort involved Windows security experts from the General Services Administration (GSA), National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), National Security Agency (NSA), SANS (Systems Administrator Institute, and members of The Center for Internet Security (CIS). Implementation of these settings will result in a significant improvement in security status of Windows 2000 workstations.
"This is an example of a public-private partnership that can help government agencies and corporations better secure their systems against cyber attack," said Richard Clarke, Special Advisor to the President on Cyberspace Security.
"As the President has said, we are facing threats from an invisible enemy that will use every means to attack our technological infrastructure," said GSA Administrator Stephen A. Perry. "We at GSA have been working to do our part to prevent any disruption to government information systems." This partnership is one of the many positive efforts between business and government to help better the security on cyber-based systems.
Many security breaches are caused by software that runs workstations, servers, routers, firewalls, switches, and other network devices that have not been properly configured with the appropriate security settings.
Until today, there was no broad user consensus for communicating desired security settings to vendors. Now, this consensus baseline enables users to order, and vendors to begin shipping, Windows 2000 Professional systems with a basic level of security in place before they arrive at the customer's loading dock.
In response to the new baseline security settings, CIS (at cisecurity.org) is making available free of charge both a Windows 2000 Professional Baseline Benchmark and a Scoring Tool, which enables users to ensure compliance with the consensus settings. In addition, the SANS Institute will have a training course available within 30 days for organizations and individuals that want to learn how to implement the new benchmarks and use related security tools.
GSA is a centralized federal procurement and property management agency created by Congress to improve government efficiency and help federal agencies better serve the public. It acquires, on behalf of federal agencies, office space, equipment, telecommunications, information technology, supplies, and services. GSA, comprised of 14,000 associates, provides services and solutions for the office operations of over 1 million federal workers located in 8,300 government-owned and leased buildings in 1,600 U.S. communities.


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Very stable in all types of playing environments
Created in 1994, the Greenline series of instruments has taken advantage of the excess wood remaining from the clarinet manufacturing process. This process of combining grenadilla powder with carbon fibers produces an oboe that is greatly resistant to environmental change and helps to relieve stress on the African grenadilla wood population.
Model 3613G Green Line Oboe Specifications:
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Key System: Full Conservatory
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Pads: Cork (Upper Joint) / Gor-Tex and Cork (Lower Joint)
Trill Keys: Double D / Ab/Bb
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Comments about Buffet Crampon Model 3613G Green Line Oboe:
Iv'e played on a few oboes in my time, selmer, artley, fox, marigaux, loree, and last the buffet greenline, has an excellent tone, even better than the loree professional, and the marigaux which I tried. The loree had an ok sound, a little bright for my taste, and the marigaux had a good sound too, but just not as amazing as the buffet oboe. This oboe has a beautiful full sound, you cannot understand until you try it. The intonation is actually quite good. This oboe will not let you down, even the third octave is quite easy to achieve on this oboe, with good tone also. You will not be dissapointed if you purchase the Buffet Greenline oboe.
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I've had my Greenline since 1995, since they first hit the USA. I was able to trial 12 horns in Chicago at the distributor, and found 3 to my liking. I've had relatively few adjustment problems. The biggest recurrent problem is too much play in the rods, requiring shims to prevent the keys from unseating. Probably a result of heavy use and aging of the wood. I am now in the market for a second horn as my Greenline also suffered a fracture at the first tenon from an accidental bump, causing the entire tenon to separate. This does seem to be a weak spot in the horn, after speaking to others. I'm now waiting for my oboe to return from France, where the factory is repairing the tenon and resilverplating my keys to reduce the play in the rods. The factory is standing behind their work, I must only pay for shipping. But I must find a suitable second horn for my upcoming jobs.
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I have had this instrument for the last four years and have never been disappointed. It has never cracked, thanks to its composite body, and has always been there for me when I needed it the most in a concert setting. It is a horn of the highest quality and craftsmanship that would be great for any professional player. The only thing the Greenline lacks is a golden tone, which a wooden buffet does have. It makes up for that golden tone though, with dark and very american qualities that ring through the concert halls. I would recommend this horn to any serious player. If you think that composite is the same as plastic you are very wrong. The best advice to any player is to try as many horns as possible and make sure your horn is the best fit for you.
Comments about Buffet Crampon Model 3613G Green Line Oboe:
I've been using this Buffet Greenline oboe for more than 6 months and I must say this is the best oboe I've ever played! It's tone is dark and centred and making reeds for it is a much easier job as compared to before. Extremly stable in all playing conditions, projective and very even. Great oboe for professional use.
Comments about Buffet Crampon Model 3613G Green Line Oboe:
The Greenline is a very reliable and forgiving instrument. It can handle changes in weather without losing a beat or getting a crack, and even allows compromises in fingering and playing styles. My only complaint with it is that the high A sounds relatively hollow- but that is a problem that seems to be particular to my individual oboe, and I have not met any other Greenline players with the same problem. I would heartily recommend this oboe for the serious player who lives in a variable climate.
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As a high school junior I am still developing my oboe skills. My Greenline oboe has helped me to improve them tremendously. The third octaves used to be really hard for me until I started using my Greenline. Of course those notes are hard to get out anyway, but when you play them on a Greenline your head doesn't feel like its going to explode. With this oboe, you shouldn't be afraid to go on band trips in different climates that might crack your oboe. I know some might cringe at the thought of this, but high school oboes tend to be banged around a bit, especially on those band trips. Greenlines can stand a beating. I have had a few problems about loose keys and sticky keys but that was all my fault. This oboe has not let me down yet. This oboe has really helped me to have a mature sound as well. With a Greenline you can easily play on a reed that isn't perfect and you will still sound ok.
Comments about Buffet Crampon Model 3613G Green Line Oboe:
I've had my buffet Greenline for a little over 3 years. I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT!!!! It has a great dark and rich tone and I find it very easy to make reeds for. I would definitely recommend a Greenline for someone who wants a great oboe. When I was shopping I tried 15 Lorees and about 12 foxes and the Greenline was the only one that worked for me. GREEN LINE OBOES ARE WONDERFUL!
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I've played on Loree oboes for 30 years as a student and professionally. I've played principal oboe in various full time professional orchestras for 14 years. I would have never believed I would ever play on anything other than a Loree until I played on a Buffet Greenline. The Greenline has a very even scale. The upper register sits up and is stable. The octave F sharp and G do not sag (a refreshing change) and the low register is responsive and easy. The third octave is as easy as any other oboe I've ever tried. I played 6 Greenline oboes to find the right one. They are not all the same even though they are made of a composite material. Like all oboe brands, some are better than others. I find my Greenline forgiving when making reed for it. The mellow, round sound allows for a fairly free reed without sacrificing tonal quality which is a nice change. Bravo to Buffet and watch out Loree!
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The first day I had my Greenline, I practiced for 8 hours. Sure it was a bit much and I couldn't feel my lips or talk, but the oboe was and still is incredible. I tried several different oboes (Loree, Patricola, Fox, Fossati,Gordet, MCW, and even a Joesf(Japanese oboe, possibly spelled wrong?))before making my final decision in purchasing an oboe. It came down to 2 greenlines in which both were incredibly even. Some great features of this oboe are: *great tone capabilities *responsive. This is the most responsive oboe I've played. *scale. It is even and shouldn't change since it's not entirely wood. *It's not entirely wood! It won't crack. This means you do not have to go through the torture of the 'breaking in' process. Who wants to get a new oboe to just look at the first month when you can pick up a new one and jam? *keys. In my opinion, the Buffet keys are softer and rounder than other brands. It feels really nice to hold and fits my fingers better. Of course you have to treat your oboe with respect and clean it. But when you're in rehearsal for 2-3 hours and the air conditioning is blowing right on the woodwinds, stepping outside into the hot sun with your lovely Loree oboe could be a bad mistake. With a Greenline you don't have to worry! Well, so far I've had nothing bad to say until now. I have had some problems with my Greenline. However they were fixable and easier to deal with than cracks. My first problem occurred when the post holding on my second octave key became loose. I had to send it to the shop and they had to send it to another shop who ended up sending it to the main company in France. This took forever. They had to send it in because they didn't have the material to fill the loose post. It took about 3 months to get back. Very sad times. I did get it back and it was beautiful! Until, the second disaster happened. My friend was taking the oboe apart in her lesson and the tenon broke off into the lower joint. It was terrible, but I was able to play because enough of the cork was left on. I had to wait for a new top joint which also took a while. Also, a friend of mine has a student who plays and loves a Greenline. Her oboe also broke in the same place as mine only further up. She couldn't play hers at all. The new top joint is even more stable and even with some minor changes for the better such as a pretty responsive high C. It doesn't seal so I will have to send it back in! oh no! The bottom line is, is that you should definitely try this instrument if you're looking to buy something of this caliber. F Loree has been the standard for so long, but I honestly like my Greenline better. Plus, I'm hoping that my oboe will last twice as long as a wooden one. Blindfold yourself and switch between instruments if you have to! Don't let people say what you should buy. It is up to you since you are making the music!
Comments about Buffet Crampon Model 3613G Green Line Oboe:
This Oboe is great. I have no problem with this at all. I tried the Yamaha oboes and those didn't seem to cut it. I do not recommend professional Yamahas. Anyway, this oboe has a great tone. I've had mine for about two and half years. I recommend this one for a serious oboe player!


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Danielle Reeves says
It's darling! Such a great idea, especially those of us not willing to pay an arm and a leg for new furniture pieces.
Jamie Hamblin says
I've been trying to find fabric like that. Where did you get it at?
Six Sisters says
Hi Jamie!
I got it at Hobby Lobby!
Kaley Kendall says
That looks amazing Elyse! And its nice and simple, just the way I like it. 🙂
Cozyflier says
This is unbelievable! All this time I've been trying to psych myself up to pay someone to reupholster my ottoman. You don't know how much money you've just saved me. Thanks!
Love this, now to find an Ottoman!
breena says
An old small table works perfectly too! all you need is to buy some foam or use foam you would bring camping.
Erica Elia says
I love this! Such a great job! Erica
Jocelyn says
I love the fabric that you covered it with!!!! So cute and fun!!! I bet it looks great with your gray furniture!!!
Lucy says
This is such a good idea!! 🙂
WOW, that looks amazing! You did a great job! It makes me want to go find an ottoman, although I have no place to put one. LOL
LoveBEA says
I've always wanted to do this, but have been too afraid to ruin vintage furniture! Thanks for the tutorial!
That looks great! I love the choice of fabric! Who doesn't love Chevron??
bensont says
How do you secure the buttons? And where did you get the fabric?
Six Sisters says
I secured the buttons with a few small buttons on the backside, as shown in Step 7. Also, I purchased my fabric at Hobby Lobby. Thanks for your question!
Marilyn Clark says
Well done…looks gorgeous!
Valeri Jones says
i just found your blog… apparently i am the last person in the world to know about your awesome-ness but…i just recently recovered an ottoman for my daughters nursery with this same exact material! so obviously… i LOVE yours as well.
here's the link if you want to take a peek. http://keepupwithusjones.blogspot.com/2012/09/my-first-attempt-at-upholstery.html
dienna says
If you cannot find an ottoman, an old wood coffee table works great too. You just need to buy the foam at any fabric store. Love the buttons, we did not think of that when my friend and I made one.
Kalyssa says
Hi there,
I have a "leather" ottoman that is peeling. If I were to try to recover it, would you suggest trying to take it off or just stapling over the top of it?


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This is going to be a very good group, which includes two early Scout 300 guys in Drew Barker (Hebron Conner, Ky.) and DeShone Kizer (Toledo, Ohio). In addition, Wisconsin commit Chance Stewart (Sturgis, Mich.), Tyler Wiegers (Detroit, Mich.), Cody Callaway (Midview, Ohio) all currently hold Division-1 offers. Travis Smith (Ithaca, Mich.) is one who appears close to some offers, and Jalen Brady (Grand Ledge, Mich.), Ricardo Johnson (Minneapolis, Minn.), Sean Scullen (Rochester, Mich.), Antonio Ragland (Detroit, Mich.) and Jalen Ewing (Detroit, Mich.) are other juniors to watch as well.
In the younger classes, Jayru Campbell (Detroit, Mich.), Jake Johnson (Dewitt, Mich.) and Anton Curtis (Detroit, Mich.) lead the way for the 2015 class. While Justin Berry (Chicago, Ill.), Joshua Jackson (Ann Arbor, Mich.) and other freshmen will look to put their names on the map.
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The sophomore group is very strong, lead by Cass Tech's Mike Weber, Oak Park's John Kelly, and Western's Romello Ross, all three of whom are Division-1 prospects. One of the very best sophomores in Ohio, Eric Glover, is coming in after a big 2012 season. Denby's Dejuan Westberry, Mumford's Anthony Warner, and Consortium's Cameron Lewis are other sophomores who will be on hand.
Among the top freshmen will be East English Village Prep's Nathaniel Boulware and Malik Lewis.
Wide Receivers
Galion (Ohio) junior Dareian Watkins can play several positions, including quarterback and defensive back, but we imagine we'll see him some at wideout as well. From Michigan, Avonte Maddox (Detroit King), Aaron Thompson (Robichaud), Brandon Carr (Grand Blanc), Jordan Billingslea (Southfield), Joshua Flye (Brother Rice), Brandon Sowards (Wyandotte Roosevelt) and Brent Morris (Warren De La Salle) are among the other top juniors.
The sophomores are lead by Ray Buford (Southfield), Keshawn Gilmore (Cass Tech), Jamar Antwine (St. Mary's), and Caldin Rogers (South Lake). Detroit Cass Tech freshman Demetric Vance is playing varsity this year and already making some noise.
The top tight end in attendance will be Darryl Long (Westerville, Ohio), who holds several BCS offers. Jacob Betschel, another Ohio product, is receiving interest from a number of Division-1 schools
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Yale (Mich.) guard prospect Derek Brown and Ohio product Cole Pettit are the top junior linemen scheduled to attend. Pettit holds several BCS offers. Sophomore Brennan Bosch will come from Illinois and holds an Illinois offer already. Keyonta Stallworth from South Lake is a big sophomore who appears headed for high Division-1 attention.
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Three of Ohio's best, Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary's Dante Booker, Canton McKinley's Jamaal Davis, and Cincinnati Sycamore's Tinashe Bere will attend. Michigan is loaded with linebackers in the junior class and many are slated to attend: Gary Hosey (Cass Tech), William White (Cass Tech), Carl Fuller (King), Jared Wangler (De La Salle), Deon Drake (Cass Tech), Jordan Cry (Southfield) and Jalen Dingle (South Lake).
There will also be many talented underclassmen in attendance, including Detroit Consortium's Eddie Rhodes, an excellent athlete who did very well at last summer's Sound Mind, Sound Body camp.
Defensive Back
A good group of defensive backs are scheduled to attend. Damon Webb of Cass Tech is one of the top overall prospects slated to be at the camp. Jalen Watts-Jackson (St. Mary's), Dillon Dixon (U of D Jesuit), Tim Cason (Clarkston), Phillip Parham (Cass Tech), and Devonte Malcom (Romulus) are among the top junior DBs coming from in-state.
Ohio is sending a very good group of DBs, including Darius West (Lima Central Catholic), Massillon Washington's Marcus Whitfield, and Columbus Bishop Hartley's Alonzo Saxton, all three of whom hold offers.
Among the top young prospects will be Grand Blanc's Trevon Avery, Orchard Lake St. Mary's Tyson Smith, Warren De La Salle's Damon King.


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