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The initial waiting time to actually get an appointment to see Dr. cooper is very long. We waited nine months and we only got in due to a cancellation. Then on our first visit we waited in the waiting room for at least an hour. Honestly though, I would wait hours for a visit with him. He always spends enough time answering all our questions. The most important thing though, he always has us walking away with hope that my husband's headaches will get better. His nursing staff is top notch too. They always get back to my husband asap!
My son has a complicated neurological condition and has seen many other well-respected doctors during the past two years. Dr. Cooper has been one of the best we have seen. He is such a kind, caring and intelligent doctor. Yes, you wait to see him a long time each visit, but it is worth it. He spends the time with you that you need every visit. He keeps trying to help my son, even after other doctors ran out of ideas. We are very grateful for Dr. Cooper!
I have a fairly obscure disease that I had been suffering from for years. This man gave me my life back. He treated me with compassion and dignity. His staff treated me the same. He saw me for about an hour the first visit. The follow-up visit lasted about 45 minutes. Yes, it's a long wait to get in to see him. And it was a long time in the waiting room on the follow-up. It is, however, worth it.
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Only weeks after revoking the visa of self professed 'pick up artist' Julien Blanc, Immigration Minister, Scott Morrison has controversially denied a temporary visa to social media kingpin Dan Bilzerian after a video emerged of him kicking a woman in the face in a Miami nightclub.
This morning it was revealed that the "King of Instagram" Dan Bilzerian was arrested at LAX late Tuesday night and is currently being held without bail.
It's unclear whether the arrest had anything to do with the fact that he was recently kicked out of a Miami nightclub for allegedly kicking a woman named Vanessa Castano in the face. She has since filed a police report.
It appears that Bilzerian was planning an impromptu trip to Australia at the request of several "high-up and well known" casino developers and magnates, to tour the country on a nightclub circuit and to also act as a consultant on the design of the millionaires poker floors at Barangaroo and a new casino to be built in Cairns.
Known for his lavish lifestyle and hedonistic ways, Bilzerian once said that his greatest fear is that "someone will break in and I won't be able to decide what gun to shoot them with."
Words are not usually enough to prevent entry into Australia, however his recent physical altercation in a Miami nightclub highlighted his much discussed violent streak. The video clearly shows him kicking an unknown girl in what appears to be her head in an unprovoked altercation.
Bilzerian was quick to defend himself in the incident, stating that
"had it been a guy, nobody woulda said sh*t – I am used to doing what I want. Women fly to LA to sleep with me… It was gonna go two ways, either she makes a scene like she has – or she brags about it to her slutty friends"
Senator Scott Morrison risks backlash from young voters that are keen to see this pop culture revelation in the flesh, however Morrison claims he has the support of Prime Minister Tony Abbot.
Abbot himself has stated off the record "if you're going to assault a woman, then make sure the cameras aren't rolling" – an obvious reference to the 28 year old case in which he was said to have physically intimidated a female activist off stage at Sydney University function, before addressing an audience of 200 as a young student leader.
The ban flies in the face of Bilzerian, who has been quoted as saying
"when you got a lot of money, you can do whatever you want because nobody can tell you what to do."
Australia has in the past been stern with disallowing visas for self-righteous American celebrities, including the likes of Eminem and Snoop Dogg.
With his own private jet an an indispensable income from a healthy inheritance – as well as his successes in gambling, gun trade and venture capital, time will tell whether Bilzerian can be kept out of Australia.
The alleged felon, who was currently still held without bail in LAX has been quotes as saying
"I don't give a f**k – Australia looks like sh*t anyway. I'd prefer to stay at home with my cat and sleep with women that I hate"
This incident comes not even a month after The Betoota Advocate's exclusive interview with Mr Bilzerian, one that saw him finally opening up about his "mummy issues" and his need for approval from both family and fans.


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Wednesday, 27 July 2011
Dark Courier
Sean Cregan's All You Leave Behind (US) is set in Newport City, which has also been the setting for his The Levels and The Razor Gate. I really like the feel of this near-future (or alternate present?) city of decay and violence. It feels well worked-out (you feel you're seeing part of a greater whole, not just a film set with one street and backlot beyond) and I hope that we see more of it. This story focuses on the runners in the Levels district, couriers who provide connections between the city's warring criminal factions, and who work to a code.
Chase has been a runner for five years. He takes on an ordinary job, but is interrupted by a phone call from a stranger which saves his life. The package he's delivering is a bomb that would have killed him and the person he's delivering it to, and Chase wants to find out who wanted to kill him - and who it was who saved him, and why.
Although it doesn't wander into any of the genre's cliches and there's no tech to speak of, All You Leave behind reminds me of the feel of good cyberpunk, particularly in the almost mythic aspects of Chase's protector, and the way that's expressed around the city by rumour, whispers, mysterious paintings. Add in a breakneck pace and it's an interesting mix and a very good read.
Ray Banks' Gun (US) is set in very recognisable real-world territory for me and tells the story of Richie, fresh out of prison and sent to pick up a gun for a man you don't want to upset, from another man you don't want to upset either. Or sit next to. Richie starts to have second thoughts about returning to the life, but it's all too late, the job goes terribly wrong, and his attempt to fix it makes it go from bad to worse.
There's not a wasted paragraph in Gun, it's told with great economy and Richie's voice is consistent and engaging throughout. There's some really well-drawn and interesting characters, and when Richie's job all breaks down into inevitable chaos and violence it's sudden, and shocking, and real.
This to me is much more vital British crime fiction than most novels of Detective {NAME} with sidekick {NAME2} set in {CITY} tracking down {SERIAL KILLER} and never failing to visit {SCENIC SPOTS OF CITY}. Stories like Gun are far more real - and honest - and capture a slice of what life in Britain is like for many people. It's classic Banks territory, people trying to make their way the best they can when the odds are stacked against them, and the chances are they will find a way to fuck it all up regardless. But you read on, because the voice and Richie's struggle are so engaging, you have to see whether he makes it.
Both highly recommended. Both available now on Blue-Ray and DVD. Sorry, I mean Amazon. Links in the text. Check them out.
Tuesday, 26 July 2011
Writers Talk About Writing - Charlie Williams
Charlie Williams wrote a few books, including the Mangel series featuring antiheroic doorman Royston Blake, but he is probably best known as a founder member of the "Yo Boys", a group of breakdancers who used to bust moves in Worcester precinct, circa 1985. Charlie was the one who could do a turtle spin. Like a real turtle.
We're in a lift, I'm someone important (come on, pretend), you've got thirty seconds (tall building, slow lift) to tell me about your latest book.
ONE DEAD HEN (Amazon US | UK), which comes out on August 9th, is the long-awaited fourth entry in the Mangel series. This series was a trilogy until now, but it was never meant to be. Royston Blake is the kind of character who will never be broken. I know guys in my home town who have been in and out of hospital (mental and general), divorced, in jail, emigrated, deported and all kinds, but still they keep coming back with a new scheme to finally achieve the big shot status they know they deserve. This time, Blakey's scheme is to become a cop, specifically to catch a murderer who has been targeting local women. His role models for this are 80s TV cops Sonny Crockett and Sledge Hammer.
Uh-oh. Not sure lifts are meant to stop suddenly between floors like this. Guess we've got a bit more time. Ignore the flickering lights and creaking sounds above us. Would you like to tell me about other books or stories that you have available?
The previous three books in the series - DEADFOLK (US), BOOZE AND BURN (US) and KING OF THE ROAD (US) - were originally published in the mid-noughties, but they have also just been republished, with new covers and everything (and a new title for one of them, old school Mangel fans will notice). Royston Blake is the one constant that strides through each one, but the town of Mangel keeps changing under his size twelve feet, edging him one step further into dispossession. Deadfolk was shortlisted for the Prix SNCF du Polar, Booze and Burn for a Left Coast Crime Lefty Award, and King of the Road didn't sell enough copies to warrant a fourth (despite some blushingly good reviews), hence the long wait.
Please stop repeatedly pressing the emergency button. The comment about building a ladder of bones to reach the ceiling hatch and get out of here was just blue-skies thinking. So, what are you working on now?
I might come across like a crazed obsessive, but I am nearing the end of Mangel book #5, provisionally titled TAPPED. Saying that, it's four years since I wrote the last one, so there has been other stuff. STAIRWAY TO HELL (US), for example, which is about a small town pub singer who is confronted with evidence that he possesses the transmigrated soul of David Bowie, placed there by Jimmy Page in the 1970s. And GRAVEN IMAGE (US), about a brothel bouncer whose daughter is snatched as payback for a fuck-up.
You like to write crime fiction from the criminal perspective. What is it about this that interests you?
I have tried writing as a policeman or some sort of investigator, but those characters always turn bad on me and reveal themselves as worse than the guys they are chasing. I'm not sure if I can explain this obsession with "differently moralled" protagonists. Possibly it's because I am about as far from black and white as you can get. I can always see both sides of an argument, and it tends to be the accused/perpetrator/transgressor who has the more flexible outlook on things. Cops and other seekers of justice are always dogmatic. I guess I like dogmatic characters too, but only so I can show how absurd they are.
Humour in crime fiction. Get it wrong, and it's awful. You get it very right. What do you think the key is to getting it right (or what, indeed, would make it go very wrong).
Thank you. I don't try to make things funny. I never look for a joke and never think "three pages without a laugh - I'm losing it!" But these moments just suggest themselves to me as I am writing, and I grab them and shine them up. I think a lot of writers shut themselves off from that side. Many crime writers seem to think their work has to be grim and po-faced - "we are dealing with REAL HUMAN TRAGEDIES here, folks. It's NOT FUNNY". I say bollocks, it is funny. Remember at school, when the teacher was being really strict and talking about something of the utmost gravity, and you caught that look from your mate? You have to laugh, don't you? You know you shouldn't - that it's the most inappropriate thing a person could do at that moment - but that only makes it funnier. It makes it the funniest thing in the world.
Is Royston Blake going to play his part in David Cameron's Big Society?
Blakey sees himself as the ultimate pillar of the community, so I guess he will. Maybe he will become a scout leader, and train up a bunch of lads in all the skills he thinks they'll need in life.
In your own writing, what do you think you do well, and what do you wish you could do better?
I think I write first person pretty well, as long as the narrator is psychologically damaged in some way. I wish I could write normal, balanced first person characters better. Then again, fuck it - other people do that well enough. I would also like to write a successful (as in one that I think works really well) longer piece in the third person, a multi-POV kind of thing. I love reading that kind of book when it is good.
Can you remember what made you sit down to write your first book or story?
It was my wife walking in and telling me she was pregnant. I was 27, and had only toyed with writing up to that point, telling myself I could write but never having put it to the test and showing stuff to people. The sudden realisation that I was about to be superceded by a new generation spurred me into action, I guess.
Do you have a book or story that you're very fond of, but you think should get more attention from the world than it has.
By me or by someone else? I'll go for the latter. One of the most original writers in Britain, I think, is Paul Meloy. The only thing he has published in book form is a collection of shorts called ISLINGTON CROCODILES, but it is well worth chasing it down and immersing yourself in his deranged yet utterly lucid and logical world. His tone is pitched somewhere between Hieronymous Bosch and Tommy Cooper, and he is a genuinely underappreciated original.
Print publishing is a doomed but still predatory dinosaur rotting from the feet up. Ebook publishing is the vomiting out of the world's slushpiles onto the market. In the ongoing war of words and hyperbole, where's the happy medium to be found? Where do you think the publishing business is heading over the next few years, and what are you doing to be ready for it?
As a writer, even one who has been published in book form for seven years now, I know very little of the business side of publishing. Everywhere I go I meet other writers who are full of ideas about print and digital and marketing and what have you, and I wonder how the hell they find the head space to bother with all that. My concern is producing the text, and I will continue to do that even if it is not getting widely read. I think the business side of publishing is another set of skills and learning entirely. I'm more into damaged protagonists and innapropriate humour.
What book do you most wish that you had written?
That one I keep going back to but still can't nail. I love books and am well aware that there are brilliant writers out there whose heights I will never reach, but I don't want to write their stuff. I want to drag out the stuff that is in me and arrange it as best I can. And I will keep going back to that unfinished one. Even if it kills me!
You're publishing ebooks now - have you learned anything in that process?
My new publisher - AmazonEncore - is publishing my Mangel novels as ebooks as well as paperback, but personally I have never done this myself. I have a couple of shorter works I look at and think would work well on a Kindle, but I haven't got around to doing anything about it. It's a learning curve, and one that I look at and think "hmm... nah" But what I have gathered from the Amazon editions is that Kindles are popular, and if you price an ebook pretty low, people will give it a shot, even if it looks a bit different. Also you need a good cover.
Do you do much promotion for your books? What do you think is the most effective thing you've done?
A good way to promote your stuff, in this modern world, is to just get out there. Personally I am not in love with personal appearances and events, so try to keep those down, but there is always the web. Websites, blogging, Facebook - all that stuff can be quite fun and get you a profile. And if a fellow blogger like yourself is kind enough to interview me or let me scrawl some words on their space - that's gold dust.
What is it that really pushes your buttons as a reader? (Voice, action, sense of place etc).
I think it is attitude. Or world-view, moral stance... whatever you want to call it. A book I love is TOBACCO ROAD by Erskine Caldwell. The callousness and warped morality of these increasingly desperate sharecroppers is just breathtaking - because it is not what you would expect of an American novel from 1932. If a character gives me a different way of looking at things, even if it's not all good, I love that.
If you could give an aspiring writer one piece of advice, what would it be?
Don't listen to writers who try to give advice. What the hell do they know? Hundreds of years of literature and we think we know what it is. We don't. It's a plastic thing, constantly morphing into new areas and shedding old skins that we once though were so valuable. Maybe you, aspiring writer, have it in you to write a new skin.
If you could tell an aspiring writer to ignore one commonly given piece of advice, what would it be?
"Write what you know."
Are you 'out' as a writer of fiction with work colleagues/family, and if so, what reaction did you get?
All my family and friends know what I do, but I always kept it a secret at work. I only just left my job, but for years I was getting books published and having the odd interview in the papers, and no one at work knew. I worked in IT, and in that world there can be a culture of looking at each others' screens, checking that some actual work is being done. I didn't want people thinking I was writing on the job.
Gibbons or tigers? (NB this question is to help me in compiling my List of People Who Are Wrong).
What, are you nuts? Tigers.
Who has had the most combined success in the twin fields of fiction writing and actual sports (as in doing it, not writing about it)?
Probably Terry Venables. He played top level football for Spurs, Chelsea and others as well as winning a couple of England caps. He managed Spurs, Barcelona, England etc. He wrote the Hazell novels (with Gordon Williams) as PB Yuill.
Meticulous research is both enjoyable and important / what's the point in writing fiction if you can't just make stuff up - discuss.
I say make it up. If you feel a twinge of curiosity about a fact and you can't make it go away, look it up or phone someone, then go back to making stuff up. That world you are creating on the page, it is your world. Sprinkle very sparingly with reality dust. That's what I do anyway.
Monday, 25 July 2011
Move over Frost/Nixon
Tuesday, 19 July 2011
Writers talk about writing - Anna Tambour
Sunday, 17 July 2011
Folding words
Saturday, 16 July 2011
Drunk On The Moon
Writers Talk About Writing - Ray Banks
We're in a lift, I'm someone important (come on, pretend), you've got thirty seconds (tall building, slow lift) to tell me about your latest book.
But I've got two of them. Shit, okay. Gun (Amazon US | UK) is a novella about a young lad called Richie, just out of the YOI, who has to pick up a converted air pistol for a one-legged drug dealer called Goose (and you'll know why he needs a new gun if
you've been reading Wolf Tickets) [Review of Gun coming up soon on this blog - Ed.]. Richie gets mugged and loses the gun, and he has to get it back. It's currently priced nice and low at Amazon -- FUCK ME WHAT WAS THAT NOISE?
Uh-oh. Not sure lifts are meant to stop suddenly between floors like this. Guess we've got a bit more time. Ignore the flickering lights and creaking sounds above us. Would you like to tell me about other books or stories that you have available?
Alright. It's just I'm not that good in confined spaces. Beast of Burden is the other book coming out in August in the States. That's the last and best of the Innes books. I may well be looking at bringing out more digital stuff, too. Seriously, though, we're not supposed to be locked in like this, are we? I mean, fuck's sake, how long's it been now?
And what are you wittering on about? Ladder of what?
Please stop repeatedly pressing the emergency button. The comment about building a ladder of bones to reach the ceiling hatch and get out of here was just blue-skies thinking. So, what are you working on now?
Okay, but if you keep on with "blue-skies thinking" like that, I'll punt you in your "low-hanging fruit". I've currently got a novel out doing the rounds called Dead Money, which long-time readers will recognise as a pimped-up version of The Big Blind. The serialised novel in Needle magazine - Wolf Tickets - comes to an end in their next issue and I've just sent the final third. I'm currently writing a semi-sequel to Dead Money called Double Down, which is the casino robbery novel I've been meaning to write for ages. I'm also dicking around with a couple of screenplays and outlining a follow-up to Wolf Tickets called Trouble's Braids.
The private eye novel has a long and glorious history, but...it is a long history. Were you concerned about carving out your own, original take on the genre, and how did you go about it?
I was absolutely concerned with doing something new – otherwise what's the point in doing it? And I thought I'd write something counter to what I saw as a proliferation of Chandler-lite PI fiction that dominated the sub-genre in the UK. So I set out to place the Innes series in a city that wasn't London, write a protagonist who wasn't some tarnished knight errant and whose "code" was closer to that of a noir protagonist than a typical PI, and otherwise have a bit of a play with what I thought were the more untenable tropes. It was an incredibly arrogant and destructive way of going about it, but I was young and stupid.
You've spoken before about the need for emotional honesty in fiction. Speak some more. What do you mean by that, and why's it important to you in your work? And the flipside - what makes a book emotionally dishonest?
Emotional honesty comes from creating characters that are recognisably human. This means rounding them out, giving them an internal logic that we can understand and empathise with, giving them flaws, spending a bit of time trying to breathe a bit of life into them. The characters should be able to stand and walk around without a plot propping them up. But a book becomes emotionally dishonest when it sacrifices character logic and characterization to further the plot. It's the main reason why I think a lot of thrillers read like puppet shows.
What book has impressed you most in the last year, and why?
I think the most recent novellas from Allan Guthrie (Bye Bye Baby - Amazon US | UK) and Tom Piccirilli (Every Shallow Cut - Amazon US | UK) have been outstanding, but the book that really nailed for me isn't out until October. Christa Faust's Choke Hold (pre-orders: US | UK) is a killer sequel to Money Shot (US | UK), and Faust is one of those authors I have to read twice in quick succession – first time to enjoy, second time to learn. She's got that emotional honesty we were talking about, but she also keeps her plots bombing along. Superior stuff.
The Fairy Noirmother visits you in the night and grants you one wish - if you could change or influence crime fiction in one way, what would it be?
I would give the genre a ten -year break from police procedurals. Not an outright ban, you understand – I don't want to be a fascist about it. And I'm aware that a break like that would put a momentary kibosh on one of my favourite writers, Mr Stuart MacBride. But I'm sure he'd be able to put his pen to work on other stuff without too much of a problem. Just like the other authors – Rankin, Ellroy, Wambaugh – who've nailed the subgenre, yon Beardy has "sick writin' skillz", as I believe the urban youth are wont to say. Ahem.
But a break from police procedurals could only be a good thing. They've choked the genre for a good long while now, and they appear to be the subgenre of choice for debut novelists with fuck all to say for themselves. Personally, I don't understand why anyone would want to write a book where the most interesting thing about the story has already happened, but there you go.
You've never had any cat detectives in your books. Plan on putting this right any time?
Hey, never say never. I did have a go at a cosy a few years ago, especially for The Divine Donna M and her LCC panel. I dare say with a little encouragement (i.e. sweet, sweet moolah), I could whip this up into something frothy:
"Were you to enquire as to the identity of the most famous and well-respected resident of the leafy and lazy village of Little Tittington, you would undoubtedly be introduced to the rotund yet dainty figure of Francesca Muldoon. Francesca moved with a speed and gusto that belied her ample size, at once a champion bee keeper, author of countless swooning historical romances, accomplished gardener (with a fine nose for the lethal properties of those harmless-looking herbs), amateur sleuth, award-winning cat breeder (indeed, her prize feline Eustace Monkeysharples III had proven a fine amateur sleuth himself, having solved single-pawed the notorious Catnip Murders as well as taking Best In Show five years running) and purveyor of mouth-watering banana and walnut muffins. And yet, on this sleepy Little Tittington afternoon, there was murder in the air, as well as the smell of burning confectionery."
It's a bit dense, but I was only allowed one paragraph.
[That's disturbingly right. I suspect it is part of a highly-polished Monkeysharples trilogy that Ray occasionally and reluctantly tears himself away from to write the noir stuff - Ed.]
You've published a novel, the excellently-titled 'Wolf Tickets', as a serial in Needle magazine. Given the rise in electronic publishing, do you think that serial publication might make a bit of comeback?
Technically it's a serialised novel more than a serial, because it existed as a book before we put it out there, but it was re-written specifically with a three-part publication in mind. And the more I look back at Wolf Tickets, the more I have to thank the Needle crew for taking it on, because it's probably the most violent, profane and slangy book I've written thus far. It's just a thug of a novel, and I know it wouldn't see the light of day otherwise. Which would be a shame, considering the kind of feedback I've had.
E-publishing could well mean resurgence in serial fiction. I know it's meant resurgence in series fiction, and you could argue that those books are short enough that they could be classed as serials. I'm not sure I'd do it, though. To me, serials always look better in print, in amongst a bunch of short stories. But then I'm old-fashioned, which is why I'm wearing this ruff.
Do you have a book or story that you're very fond of, but you think should get more attention from the world than it has.
GBH, by Ted Lewis. It's out of print, along with pretty much everything Lewis wrote, but it bloody well shouldn't be. Jack's Return Home (or Get Carter) gets all the hype – and it's a hell of a novel, much better than the film – but GBH is something else entirely. I wrote about it for The Rap Sheet, and I'd heartily recommend tracking down a copy if you can. In the meantime, I'll keep mentioning it in the hopes that there's a reprint somewhere down the line. I'd gladly pay out of my own pocket, if the estate want to give me a price …
Print publishing is a doomed but still predatory dinosaur rotting from the feet up. Ebook publishing is the vomiting out of the world's slushpiles onto the market. In the ongoing war of words and hyperbole, where's the happy medium to be found? Where do you think the publishing business is heading over the next few years, and what are you doing to be ready for it?
If I had to dust off the Mystic Meg bob-cut, I'd say that print publishing is far from doomed. I do think it'll be forced into shedding some of the bloat that's made it slow over the last few decades, though. I see the trade paperback becoming a thing of the past, which can only be a good thing, and the hardback becoming a thing to cherish and collect again. I can even see a return to separate publishers for different editions – hardback, paperback and electronic – if I squint hard enough.
With eBooks, the books are going to get shorter – closer to your original pulp novels of 40-60k – and there'll be a bigger market for niche genres. I think we'll also see a rise in e-publishers who can combine the best of traditional publishing services like editing, proofing and design with sound marketing and social media strategies, and that'll more than likely skim the cream from the self-pubbers who are better writers than they are self-promoters. Ultimately, though, the whole business will have account for their royalty percentage, and that can only mean a better deal for authors.
If you could give an aspiring writer one piece of advice, what would it be?
Don't read anything contemporary. There are more fundamental lessons to be learned in the work of writers from the 30s than you'll ever get from contemporary fiction. Plus, if you're going to have an influence, it's better coming from the original than some third-generation copy.
If you could tell an aspiring piece of writer to ignore one commonly given piece of advice, what would it be?
"Write what you know." Chances are, what you know isn't interesting and there's no sense in restricting yourself right off the bat.
Are you 'out' as a writer of fiction with work colleagues/family, and if so, what reaction did you get?
That's a bloody good question. I'm still in the closet when it comes to colleagues at the day job, and have been for a good long while now. My family know, of course, but workmate reactions have been divisive enough in the past for me to keep this whole writing thing to myself. Some people were impressed, others didn't really give a shit, and some actively held it against me. And life's too short to be dealing with that on a daily basis. I've had a few close calls with reviews popping up here and there. Lucky for me, I look and act borderline illiterate, so people don't tend to connect the names.
Gibbons or tigers? (NB this question is to help me in compiling my List of People Who Are Wrong).
As much as I want to say tigers, I think gibbons edge 'em out. They're this close to having precision grip, they're organised, they're agile, they can literally leap two-storey buildings in a single bound, they can dislocate their wrists at will and they're known as lesser apes, so they've got something to prove. A tiger, you can kick in the face. Try doing that to a pack of determined gibbons with flick knives.
Meticulous research is both enjoyable and important / what's the point in writing fiction if you can't just make stuff up - discuss.
Research is your alibi, so you just need the details to ring true. If the details are correct, then the big lie is easier to sell. Besides, too much research results in infodumps and self-importance.
Tuesday, 12 July 2011
Wednesday, 6 July 2011
The biggest reason I am full of hate for Murdoch and Co.
Tuesday, 5 July 2011
The Co-operative Group - lobby on NOTW
"The Co-operative Group has taken the decision to suspend temporarily any further advertising and promotional activity with the News of the World until the outcome of the investigation is known.The Group is a consumer-owned business which adheres to strong ethical standards. These allegations have been met with revulsion by the vast majority of members who have contacted us."
Monday, 4 July 2011
A giant pyramid, made of shit
Sunday, 3 July 2011
Writers Talk About Writing: Alan Ryker
Time for the next interview in the series, and it's a good 'un, especially for Alan's thoughts on horror fiction and its intersection with literary fiction. But there's lots more too. First, an introduction.
Alan Ryker writes good fight scenes because he studies Muay Thai boxing, though not as often as his coach would like. He lives with his wife in the Kansas City area, where he writes both dark and literary fiction, and tests the boundaries of each. He has previously published short fiction in a number of print anthologies and magazines.
Check out Alan's many adventures at his blog, Pulling Teeth. Enjoy his most mundane thoughts by following him on twitter: @alanryker. Friend him on Facebook.
Read on, and enjoy.
We're in a lift, I'm someone important (come on, pretend), you've got thirty seconds (tall building, slow lift) to tell me about your latest book.
Psychomancer (US | UK) is about 1) the luckiest man on Earth, who washes up on a Florida beach after spending his entire life marooned on an island, 2) the most powerful psion the American government has ever produced, who is sent to capture #1 and 3) a man who travels the United
States writing articles for his syndicated column about strange deaths, and ends up following the swath of destruction #1 and #2 are carving across the country until he gets himself tangled up as well.
When good luck is real, what happens if we end up on the wrong end of someone else's?
Uh-oh. Not sure lifts are meant to stop suddenly between floors like this. Guess we've got a bit more time. Ignore the flickering lights and creaking sounds above us. Would you like to tell me about other books or stories that you have available?I've also got a contemporary vampire western called Burden Kansas (US | UK | paperback), a little short story collection called Pulling Teeth (US | UK), and a domestic comedy one-act play set during a Lovecraftian apocalypse called When Cthulhu Met Atlach-Nacha. It's sassy. It's brassy. It's a dramatic humdinger!
Please stop repeatedly pressing the emergency button. The comment about building a ladder of bones to reach the ceiling hatch and get out of here was just blue-skies thinking. So, what are you working on now?
I'm very tall. It's totally natural to think of kicking footholds between my ribs and climbing me like a ladder.
I'm currently writing a hardboiled novel filled with angels, demons and Muay Thai fighters, a collection of flash fiction with each short centered around an extremely uncomfortable/embarrassing/awkward moment, and the sequel to Burden Kansas.
Here's the thing: when I describe my work it sounds stupid.
Where do you see horror fiction heading over the next few years, and what direction do you hope for your own work to take?
Realistically, I see horror remaining as unread as it currently is. It's currently cooler to play D&D than to read horror.
Horror is a feeling and a literary device. It's not really a genre like other genres are. It's getting a certain type of reaction from the reader, and any way you can get that reaction is fair game. So horror requires a vehicle. The vehicle that we're stuck on is the horror thriller. In my opinion, that's been the demise of the horror genre. The situation has gotten as lame as slashers before Scream came out.
But I also see a continuation of mainstream literary writers embracing their genre roots and writing horror that is read by the public. I'd love to see that stoke interest in horror, and for readers to want more and to be able to find the horror writers doing interesting, artistic and emotionally moving stuff. Most literary writers didn't start out reading Tolstoy at age ten, but unlike artists in other mediums, they've been very reluctant to embrace their past loves, let alone allow them to emerge as influences in their current work.
But that's changing. Right now it's very self-conscious. It's like what happened with comics, with the divide between alternative and hero comics. Then came meta work like Alan Moore did, where there was defiance burning on every page. Now, it's accepted that smart adults can create smart adult comics, and that they can even still have heroes and that that's no biggie. I see the literary world as being a decade behind the comic book world in that regard. And some people get angry, feeling like they've stuck with horror the whole time, so who are these writers like Cormac McCarthy to just step in and take all the accolades? But I like what these writers are doing. Maybe they don't know the rules. Maybe they don't agree with the rules. For whatever reason, they're not following the rules, and that creates something fresh.
Obviously there's been horror writers down in the trenches creating fresh, original work, too. From what I've encountered, it's mostly been short fiction. Across genres, the cool stuff is being done in short fiction.
You've blogged about the intersection between horror and literary fiction. Do you think it's harder for a writer identified as coming from genre to get recognition for the literary nature of their work, than it is for a writer already established as a literary writer to be recognised as writing a novel that genre fans will enjoy? How can those barriers be broken down?
Absolutely. If you get the critics and general readers' trust as a mainstream literary writer, they'll trust where you're taking them. They'll give you much more leeway. Like I said, there are going to be hardcore genre fans who'll be suspicious, but I think they're a small minority. On the other hand, everyone is suspicious of an uppity genre writer, genre and mainstream readers alike.
I guess one way to break down the barrier would be to bang your head against the wall of traditional publishing and have your agent submit to literary presses that can get your book out of the genre ghetto and onto the general fiction shelves. But it seems like traditional publishing is getting pretty tight.
You could submit to literary journals. A lot of them have adopted electronic submission systems, and I've seen many of my pure horror stories make it past the first reading, as you can see the status of your work in these systems. But good lord do they take a long time. And nobody reads them. And most don't pay anything. They're really just for building your CV to get a teaching gig. And you've got self-conscious students worried about looking stupid for passing a werewolf story up to the editor, so you have to send your stuff that does the most fence-straddling.
That's a wordy way of saying that I don't know. I think the key is for the readers and writers of smart, literary genre fiction to try to find each other and get just a fraction of the voice the lowest common denominator stuff has.
What scares you most in fiction?
What really gives me chills is the idea of not being able to trust your senses or your logic. House of Leaves is a great example of that. A writer you've interviewed, James Everington, has a lot of stories playing with that type of horror in his collection The Other Room (US | UK).
Then there's realistic violence that happens to characters you've grown to care about. I nearly threw up reading White Hotel, but its violence is nowhere near the level that goes on in splatterpunk. It's the kind of violence you can never get desensitized to, because it's occurring to someone close to you.
It's safe to say that the vampires in Burden Kansas don't sparkle. How difficult is it to find an original take on such a well-established (sub) genre, and what are you doing to revive the vampire as something to fear, rather than to put a poster of up on your wall?
Creating something completely new is rare. I don't know if I could even gauge the difficulty, because I'm not sure how much control you have over something like that. On the other hand, I think that taking something well-established and doing a unique twist only requires intent. If it's hard to find an original vampire novel, it's because most writers prefer to write the billionth goddamn sexy vampire novel.
Making Burden Kansas different from every vampire book you've read was as easy as setting it in rural Kansas. And tossing in meth. Good old crystal methamphetamine. Happiness distilled to its purest form—dopamine—in a level higher than any other chemical or activity could produce. Better than a thousand orgasms. Better than watching your child graduate from medical school. Twelve times more dopamine than your body could ever produce naturally. Literally the happiest you can be.
Speaking of posters, I think you should consider releasing the cover of Pulling Teeth as a poster for dentist's waiting rooms. Or maybe as a nice greetings card. Your excellent covers are very eye-catching - how important do you think this is in marketing your books?
Thank you! The dental poster is a good idea. I try to do my part for the kids.
A good cover is essential. I'm a nobody. On good days, I consider myself an up-and-comer. When someone stumbles across a thumbnail of my book on Amazon or B&N in a search or in a "customers also bought", I've got one square inch to show them something that makes them click as they zip past to whatever they were intending to buy.
I know my buying pattern for someone I've never heard of: the eye-catching cover gets me to click and read the interesting blurb that gets me to download the well-written sample that gets me to buy. I think that represents the habit of a lot of e-book readers. So the cover has to be professional. It has to minimize well. And most of all, it has to grab the eye and the consciousness.
I spend hours looking for art for my covers. Then I contact the artist and purchase the exclusive rights to use it as a book cover. Then I send it over to my graphic designer, Wendy McBride, who turns it into a cover. Anyone interested in contacting the artists I've worked with can check out the "My People" tab on my blog.
Can you remember what made you sit down to write your first book or story?
A creative writing class when I was a junior in college. I don't think I'd written a story previous to that since junior high. I went from visual art to music, and then ended up really loving writing. If I hadn't taken that class, which was just an English Lit elective, I probably never would have started writing fiction. I'd probably be doing something people appreciate.
Do you have a book or story that you're very fond of, but think should get more attention from the world than it has?
The Drowned World by JG Ballard. It's my favorite of his books, and one of the few books I reread regularly. He's obviously very well-known, but I don't think so much for that book.
Print publishing is a doomed but still predatory dinosaur rotting from the feet up. Ebook publishing is the vomiting out of the world's slushpiles onto the market. In the ongoing war of words and hyperbole, where's the happy medium to be found? Where do you think the publishing business is heading over the next few years, and what are you doing to be ready for it?
Apple saw the direction the music industry was going. Amazon probably sees the way the publishing industry is going. If I could see these things, I'd be rich. I'm just a stupid writer.
It seems that for awhile, at least, both worlds will coexist: the efficient self-publishing world and the curated trad-publishing world.
I've heard people say that once writers see that self-publishing isn't an easy path to riches and fame that they'll give up. No way. I used to read slush at a literary journal. Previously, aspiring writers with no talent have poured money and time into writing with no way to reach readers due to gatekeepers. Reaching a few is infinitely preferable. So the deluge is just beginning.
Quality will still set you apart. How will anyone find your work to know you write quality material? Slowly. Very slowly. I'm lucky that I'm a good essayist, so I've got a growing audience at my blog. Slowly growing. I also feel lucky to have gotten in pretty early.
But like a lot of people who've hustled for years before the e-book revolution, I'm trying to keep a foot in each world. I'm self-publishing collections of short fiction, but not before I try as hard as I can to publish the stories in magazines or journals first. If someone offered me a book contract, I'd really think about it. Not because I think it would be financially smarter in regards to those specific items of fiction, but because I would like to teach creative writing one day. So it would provide me with career opportunities that self-publishing can't.
What book do you most wish that you had written?
Crime and Punishment. But I'd have had Raskolnikov leave Siberia an unrepentant motherfucker.
Do you do much promotion for your books? What do you think is the most effective thing you've done?
I'm pretty ineffective, so I wouldn't encourage anyone to take what I do as a map to success.
Like I said, I'm an entertaining essayist. So I keep a blog and try to put up quality posts that have personality. My books are there on the sidebar, and certain posts keep people informed about what I'm doing. I like the soft sell. I'm not one to shout about my work in a crowded room (a stuck elevator is another matter).
I will get on Twitter and shout links to my blog posts. Other people find Twitter to be a good tool for selling. I don't. I find it good for networking, and for getting people to my blog. Then my blog does a good job of selling.
A giveaway at librarything is the best way to get reviews, for sure. But you will get some people who never would have plunked down money for a book like yours reviewing it. Sometimes they'll say, "I never read books like this, but this was great!" And other times they'll say, "I never read books like this, and this is an example of why!"
What is it that really pushes your buttons as a reader?
Show me something new. Get me with a cool concept, but get me in the heart, too. And I tend to prefer minimalism. The literary world almost seems stuck in a maximalist era of hysterical realism. Blah. Mostly, just don't bore me. New Yorker realism (upper-middle class whiners doing nothing) and standard rock-em-sock-em, that's-so-cool! genre stuff both bore me. I'd rather play a video game.
If you could give an aspiring writer one piece of advice, what would it be?
Don't publish your first novel, unless it's under a toss-away pseudonym.
If you could tell an aspiring piece of writer to ignore one commonly given piece of advice, what would it be?
If you stick with it, you'll eventually succeed.


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Dear Katherine,
After I come from sex I stop being as engaged sexually, and I usually come first. Any tips on how I can stay engaged while having sex post-come?
Dearest Disengaged,
I've been noticing a theme in a lot of questions I've received recently about "disengaging" during sexual activity, and it feels essential to me to engage this question fully. It is a myth that one ought to be engaged totally during the entirety of a prolonged sexual encounter. In fact, coming in out of focus and creating space for engagement is what I would argue makes great sex.
What do you mean when you say you "disengage," my dear? You're no longer turned on? You wish you were somewhere else? You would rather watch TV? You just want to talk? You wonder what it would be like to be sleeping with somebody else?
All of these are fine and normal things to want to do during, before or after sexual intimacy. I wonder if some of what you're addressing here comes from an expectation that one ought to be "up for sex" for prolonged periods of time?
Of course I want you to have a great time when it comes to your sexual experience and remain "engaged" for the duration, but I do wonder if perhaps you're expectations for yourself are rather high? There are many different ways of being engaged in sexual behavior pre and post-orgasm, and I'll do my best to lead you through a few strategies to extend your erotic pleasure and give yourself a break when you can't.
An orgasm is in part a muscular contraction. My friend and colleague Zaron Burnett III wrote a piece all about in the ins and outs of this particular human experience, which I suggest you read. The take-home for you is: you may have just been through extreme pelvic muscle contractions or ejaculations at a rate of 28 mph. That's not nothing. In fact that's about as "engaged" as it gets, so cut yourself a little slack.
One of the kindest things anybody has ever done is suggest that we take a break for some ice cream at a moment when I became tense and distracted during an intimate moment. It's actually normal to check out a bit after climaxing because your body has just done something it doesn't DO most of the time. Do something else entirely for a bit, without the pressure of having to get back to it.
Maybe ice cream isn't your bag. Fair enough. Try engaging in another sensual activity post-orgasm. Sometimes people have a hard time telling the difference between a "sensual activity" and a "disengaged" activity.
Sensual Activities:
• Massage
• Light touching
• Showering together (or apart)
• Eating together
• Holding hands
• Dancing
Disengaged Activities:
• Netflix watching
• Checking your text messages
• Curling up in a ball while muttering "please don't touch me"
• Ordering Take Out for 1…
If you're impulse is towards the latter list that's OK, too! It doesn't make you bad or unfeeling or anything. It just might mean you're done with that particular moment of intimacy or that you need a moment to process the physical emotional thing that just happened.
Just as some people really don't want to be touched post-orgasm, some people need a certain amount of adoration post-orgasm to feel sexy. Are you getting that? It's OK to ask for that, and it's understandable why you might feel "disengaged" if you're not getting it.
It sounds like, in your case, you'd really like to get back in the mood for intercourse. After you've taken whatever kind of time you need, a great way to re-engage sexually is to refocus your attention on your partner. This could mean pleasuring them with oral sex or just making out. It could It could mean staring at them adoringly. Explore your partner's mind and body to find new and different pleasures.
NOTE: I do not recommend this for people who have more trouble reaching orgasm, who rarely reach orgasm or who feel outsized shame in relation to receiving pleasure (historically: women). In the case for these people, refocusing on your partner's pleasure is avoiding the exploration of your own pleasure and will only come back to bite you in the ass.
Some people are more verbal than others and, often, hearing erotic things can stimulate erotic feelings. If you're feeling a bit physically checked out and you want to get back in an aroused mood ask your bedmate to describe to you what's going on with them. Their words might have pleasurable material consequences…
My dearest, my great hope for you is that you find space for engagement and disengagement as necessary in your orgasmic and sexual life. Nobody can be "on" all the time, otherwise we'd never have the great pleasure of getting turned on. Just as a great piece of music has periods of intense sound and moments of silence so does the sensual life of a human. Listen with pleasure.
Just the Tips is Playboy.com's weekly advice column, with professional matchmaker Katherine Cooper. Have a question for Katherine about sex, love or dating? Shoot her a note at email@example.com.


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ADELAIDE enters its knockout WNBL semi-final against Townsville this weekend knowing it can go all the way after toppling premiership fancy Dandenong on Saturday.
The Lightning (18-6) made it a successful road double in Victoria by also beating Bulleen on Friday night to finish the regular season in third place.
Suzy Batkovic stole the show on the weekend with consecutive 22-point games which included hitting the winning shot with 16 seconds on the clock against Dandenong, making it a 71-69 victory.
"With Townsville coming up it was a good opportunity to work hard and I feel like we're heading in the right direction," Lightning coach Peter Buckle said.
The winner of the Adelaide and Townsville clash will play the loser of the Bendigo versus Dandenong showdown in a preliminary final.
Buckle praised his reigning MVP Batkovic for her inspired work on the weekend and said it was important she got plenty of support against Townsville.
"And there's no doubt everyone has got to be switched on now," he said.
Originally published as Lightning confident for finals


text: We all know how talented Aamir Khan shed his chocolate boy image and became action hero. Now this image change is not new for Aamir who loves to get into character.After action film Ghajini he is back looking all yummy and chocolaty. Shooting for 3 Idiots in a university in Bangalore, Aamir is having the time of his life.Having lost weight, the guy can well get lost in the crowd of students. In fact, nephew Imran Khan may also envy him. Aamir has been exercising regularly, but its nothing rigorous, he told us.He is also enjoying badminton, tennis and chess with the students there. Now if you had to differentiate the men from the boys, its going to be a tough thing to do when you see Aamir, for the man seems to be in a boys body!


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A123 Systems Won't Get Rest of Federal Grant if Owned by Chinese Company
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December 11, 2012 11:24 AM
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A123 could lose the rest of its $249 million grant
We can put this under the "Duh" files:
A123 Systems
won't receive the remaining amount of its federal grant if Wanxiang Group is approved as the new owner.
According to
, which spoke to an unnamed official from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the DOE will cut A123 off from its $249 million grant the company received in 2009. A123 has only used $133 million of the grant so far.
The official, who noted that all parties were aware of this consequence during last weekend's auction of A123, said that the grant requires equipment and facilities funded by taxpayers to stay in the United States.
DOE also has the right to compensation if it doesn't approve of Wanxiang's purchase of A123. Wanxiang Group said it would respect the DOE's wishes, no matter the outcome.
Many have been very critical of
A123's purchase by a Chinese company
. Some concerns include the fact that taxpayer dollars were wasted on a grant for a company that is now in China's hands, and the fact that A123 has contracts with the U.S. Department of Defense (meaning, China could potentially get a hold of sensitive U.S. military information).
However, Wanxiang Group didn't purchase the government contracts with the DOD; Illinois-based Navitas Systems did for $2.25 million.
Chinese firm Waxniang Group won the auction for A123 Systems on Saturday for about $260 million. The sale is expected to be approved by the Delaware Bankruptcy Court today.
Back in mid-October,
A123 Systems officially filed for bankruptcy
and agreed to sell its automotive business assets to Johnson Controls -- a company that optimizes energy efficiencies in car batteries, buildings and electronics. However, Johnson Controls clearly lost the bid to Wanxiang last weekend. If the sale for Wanxiang isn't approved, Johnson Controls said it would like to bid again.
Before October's bankruptcy filing, A123 was missing its loan payments. It had received $249.1 million in grants from the U.S. government in 2009 to develop green, electric car batteries. It was discovered that the U.S. government gave A123
a $1 million grant
the day it filed for bankruptcy.
A123 Systems suffered a huge kick earlier this year when it announced a $55 million battery replacement program for Fisker Automotive's Karma. The vehicle had issues with the batteries' hose clamps.
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By Martin Crutsinger, Associated Press
WASHINGTON Consumer borrowing fell again in February, reflecting weakness in credit cards and auto loans. It marks a setback to hopes that U.S. consumers are beginning to feel more confident and will start spending more.
The Federal Reserve said Wednesday that borrowing declined by $11.5 billion in February, surprisingly weaker than the small $500 million gain that economists had expected. The February decline was the 12th decrease in the past 13 months as consumers slash borrowing in the face of a deep economic recession and high unemployment.
In January, borrowing rose by $10.6 billion, a gain that had broken a record 11 consecutive declines.
In percentage terms, the January increase represented a rise of 5.2% at an annual rate while the February decline marks a drop of 5.6%.
The February weakness reflected a sizable 13.6% drop in revolving loans, the category that includes credit card debt, and a smaller 1.6% decline in nonrevolving loans, the category that covers auto loans.
A revival in consumer borrowing and spending is seen as crucial to providing support for the overall economy, which is still struggling to emerge from the worst recession since the 1930s.
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Wednesday that the economy seems to have stabilized and is growing again but threats remain.
"We are far from being out of the woods," Bernanke told a business audience in Dallas. "Many Americans are still grappling with unemployment or foreclosure or both."
Economists are hoping that consumer borrowing will stabilize in coming months and resume growing although they caution that the rebound will be restrained by tighter credit restrictions imposed by many banks in the wake of the financial crisis.
Consumers who would like to borrow are finding it hard to get credit at banks, who are being pushed by regulators to bolster their lending standards.
The $11.5 billion decline in consumer borrowing in February pushed total borrowing down to $2.45 trillion, 4% below where it was a year ago. The Fed's measure of consumer credit excludes home mortgages and other loans secured by real estate.
While economists have for years worried about the low rate of personal savings in the United States, analysts are now concerned that unless borrowing stabilizes it could derail the recovery because it will crimp consumer demand. Consumer spending accounts for 70% of total economic activity.
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"We're polymer chemists," Criscuolo said. "If I wanted to start a semiconductor business, I would probably move to Silicon Valley. Well, the same applies if I want to get into polymer and nano composites. Ohio has a lot of partners there and a lot of customers there. Ohio has a lot of the talent to make materials.
"So the talent, the ecosystem and the supply chain are all in Ohio."
The carbon nanotubes used by Zyvex are microscopic sheets of graphite that roll up into tubelike structures. On a microscopic scale, they act like pebbles in concrete, adding extreme strength to a structure while also being highly conductive of electric current or heat.
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A great shrimp recipe that my father came up with, I have made a lot and turns out great every time, I also have used raw shrimp and I just increase the cooking time, have it alone or with rice.
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Ingredients Nutrition
- 1 medium onion, cut up
- 1⁄2 cup olive oil
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1⁄2 teaspoon white pepper or 1⁄2 teaspoon black pepper
- 2 tablespoons hot pepper sauce (pimento sauce)
- 1⁄2 teaspoon nutmeg
- 2 -3 tablespoons margarine
- 1⁄2 cup white wine
- 1 tablespoon tomato paste
- 1 lb pre- cooked shrimp or 1 lb raw shrimp
Directions See How It's Made
- Add the ingredients above, except wine, tomato paste and shrimp.
- Cook for 10 to 15 minutes, then add wine, tomato paste and cook another 5 to 10 minutes.
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Top Row of images :: (1) Our first picture together & Kev's first time meeting my parents (photo taken by my mom) :: (2) Kev took me on a date to the ATL botanical gardens for a night of Christmas lights (3) An "USie" before our engagement session (4) Our first honeymoon anniversary trip
Middlei'sh Row of images :: (1 & 2) Our first date was a 5K... the Color Run ATL - these were taken before the race
Bottom Row of images :: (1) Being silly (2) One of our many dates at the park (3) Our first NYE together (4) Hanging out on my parents' deck (5) Our friend Jared had just pronounced us husband and wife ... apparently we were HAPPY! :) (photo by : Jeremy Harwell)
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106 - 107 Final - OT
Blazers edge Nuggets in OTFeb 26, 2011 - 8:10 AM Portland, OR (Sports Network) - Brandon Roy hit a pair of three-pointers in the final minute of regulation and Portland held off Denver, 107-106, in overtime to deal the Nuggets their first loss since the trade of Carmelo Anthony.
Roy, a three-time All-Star, hadn't played since December 15 due to soreness in his knees, but he returned in a limited role in Wednesday's loss to the Lakers.
That game also went to overtime.
"When we got it into overtime, we were saying, 'Let's not let this one slip away,'" Roy, who scored 18 points, said of Portland's second OT game in three days. "We felt like the Laker game was a winnable game. We were up seven points late and thought we should have won it."
LaMarcus Aldridge scored 24 points, pulled down 14 rebounds and his two free throws with 23.1 seconds left in OT put the Trail Blazers on top as they posted their seventh win in eight games.
Danilo Gallinari and Wilson Chandler combined for 50 points in their second game in a Denver uniform, but the Nuggets failed to pick up a third straight win since the blockbuster trade that sent Anthony to the New York Knicks.
"With what we were dealt, and how we reacted to it and what we got done with the limited amount of togetherness that we've had -- I can't complain," said Denver head coach George Karl.
Arron Afflalo had the tying three-point shot in OT and then his jumper with a minute left gave Denver a 106-104 edge.
Wesley Matthews went 1-of-2 from the charity stripe with 51.8 seconds left, and Raymond Felton turned the ball over in the lane, leading to a pair of Aldridge free throws.
The Blazers used a foul to give with 9.8 seconds left, and after a timeout, Gallinari's three-point attempt went in and out of the cylinder. However, the ball was then deflected off the face of Portland's Andre Miller and out of bounds with 1.8 seconds left, giving Denver one final chance. Afflalo's desperation shot from the left corner was off the mark.
Gallinari made his Nuggets debut against Boston on Thursday and had just two points, but the 6-foot-10 forward made his presence felt one night later by totaling 30 points and nine boards. Chandler had 20 points, while Nene ended with 12 points and 11 rebounds.
The new-look Blazers played without their newest acquisition - Gerald Wallace. He was introduced to the media and crowd, but was not in uniform for the game. He was acquired from Charlotte prior to the trading deadline.
It was a task for the Blazers just to get to OT. Just after Roy's three-ball, Felton's jumper gave Denver a seemingly comfortable 96-91 lead with 18.9 seconds left in regulation. Rudy Fernandez then hit a quick three and the Nuggets left the door ajar when Gallinari missed one of his two free throws with 13.8 seconds remaining. Roy took advantage, using a pump fake to get Felton in the air and connecting on a three from the left wing with 5.8 seconds to go.
Ty Lawson came up short on a layup for Denver at the end of regulation.
Portland held a 49-39 lead at the half, but the Nuggets went 12-of-17 from the field in the third, led by 23 points between Gallinari and Chandler, to grab a 72-65 lead going to the fourth.
Game Notes
The host has won the last seven meetings in this series...Miller narrowly missed a triple-double, ending with 18 points, nine boards and nine assists...Fernandez also scored 18, two more than teammate Matthews...Afflalo had 19 points.
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Hunting and Fishing
Natural Resources
The Yemassee used resources found on the coast in their everyday lives. They used palmetto fronds (leaves), found near the coast, to build canoes and homes. They also used animal skins and bark to build their wigwams. Animal skins were also used to make clothing. Sea grass was also used to build baskets and clothes. The Yemassee used things such as oysters shells to make tool such as knives and spears.
Geographical Features
The Yemassee originally lived in Florida, but when they were driven out they moved to the bottom corner part of South Carolina. They lived close to the mouth of the Savannah river. During the year they would migrate through the coastal zone
Relations With Other Nations
Though the Yemassee was not always considered a peaceful nation, they tried to get along with the other tribes of South Carolina since they had allowed them some land after they were driven out of Florida by the Spanish. They did, from time to time, trade with other tribes in the Carolina.
The Yemassee
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The ancient Yemassee tribes often spoke Muskogean within the group. These Native Americans used to live in wigwams. During the summer the Yemassee lived near the coast but moved inland during the winter months. They made burial mounds to honor their dead much like we do.
Daily Life
The Yemassee would wake up early and the men and boys would go off and hunt or fish. The women and some of the men would stay behinds and work on the farm. The girls would work with the women and learn skills such as farming, cooking, and weaving. When the men came back from their hunt the women would cook the game. Depending on what day it is, where they are, or whats going on they might have some sort of ceremony at night.
Relations With Europeans
While still living in Florida and Georgia the Yemassee met a group of Europeans, the Spanish. When the Spanish tried to drive them out of their land. The Yemassee didn't want to leave so the two groups went to war. The Yemassee lost and were forced to flee to South Carolina. Because the Spanish had unfairly treated them, the Yemassee did not trust the British in South Carolina. This lead them into a war with the British and the Cherokee. The Yemassee thought that the Europeans were trying to take their land from them which made them mad.
Alliances/ Land Agreements
After driven out of their land in Florida, they made a land agreement with the tribes living in South Carolina, allowing them some land to live. For many years they lived there in peace. After the Yemassee war, more room for settlement was opened up for the British settlers.
Political Systems
For many years the Yemassee used the Combahee and Saltehatchie Rivers to fish in. They use to hunt animals such as deer and bear. When the Yemassee were living on the coast they would eat clams and oysters they caught in the ocean.
The Yemassee's politics are in some ways very similar to modern America's. They held councils that allowed both men and women. (something that took the new country of America a LONG time to allow.) The Yemassee's politics was also very similar to the politics of other tribes in South Carolina. They had a chief during a time of peace, and a chief during times of war. They also had a spiritual leader who was the tribe healer. There used to be a round community building in the center of town that was used for meetings.
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Hawaii Couple 18 Hours
November 2, 2011 by staff
Hawaii Couple 18 Hours, A couple in Hawaii than 3 years old daughter was caught for 18 hours after being arrested for having forgotten a payment of two and five sandwiches.
"This is unreal that this could happen to a family like ours," said Nicole Leszczynski KHON in Hawaii.
The output became a nightmare occurred on Wednesday, while the family was shopping at a local Safeway.
"We've come a long way to the store and I felt weak, dizzy, as if I needed to eat something so we decided to take some sandwiches and eat them while we were shopping," Leszczynski said news station.
Leszczynski, who is 30 weeks pregnant, her husband, Marcin and Zophia and daughter bought $ 50 in grocery stores – but they forgot two chicken salad sandwiches.
"It was a complete distraction, distracted parents now," Leszczynski said KHON.
As the family left, were detained by store security, who asked for their reception.
"I offered to pay, I had the cash. Just to buy food," Leszczynski said the station.
Instead, the mother told KHON that the Safeway manager called the police. Were taken to the main police station in Honolulu, where they were booked for theft of fourth grade. Then Zophia was arrested by the Child Protective Services.
"When we were told that would take it, because both would be arrested, just could not believe it, I could not believe what was happening, because I forgot to pay for the sandwich and she has never been away from us all this time," Leszczynski said KHON.
Hawaii News Now CPS said the department takes a child when both parents are arrested.
Zophia mom said she spent a sleepless night thinking about her daughter and shared the terrible experience of parenting www.babycenter.com website. His message attracted the attention of hundreds of parents outraged.
"We knew that our daughter did not know what the situation, she did not have any clothes that just take her right to the store," Leszczynski said Kohn.
Zophia was returned to her parents 18 hours later.
Safeway Management issued the following statement: "Safeway is aware of the incident and is working closely with appropriate law enforcement authorities The incident is under review, but until the investigation concluded that it would be premature to comment.".
A day later, Safeway issued a further statement, saying it may have been a mistake.
"It seems they have not handled this issue as best as possible and we are taking the situation seriously," said the store.
The couple says that he never intended to steal the sandwich, and they plan to argue against the charges when he appears before the court in November.
"I hope nobody else has to go through this," Leszczynski said.
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Earth Release: Protective Mud Molding Technique is an Earth Release technique.
This is a very useful technique to allow extra defense to surround the user. The user starts by coating their entire body in mud, (which they can either produce themselves or use pre-existing mud), until they can't be seen at all from anyone else around them, and then use their Chakra to harden it and fuse it with their body; once this happens, it'll appear to everyone else like nothing happened. However, when they're attacked by anything, as long as it's not a fatal blow, (as in, they can't actually die from it), and what will result is the mud appearing on their body and molting off of them and their wounds oddly disappeared, as if nothing's happened. Of course, depending on how strong the blow is it won't always heal them completely, but it'll always heal them at least a little bit. The only real flaw of this technique is that it does take awhile to use it due to the obvious activation requirements, (plus a required 10 minute long waiting period afterwards), which means that it has to be done before their intended enemies have actually spotted them.


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Consult a well versed Board Certified Plastic Surgeon or ENT Facial Surgeon to review:
- nasal reshaping and
- a touch of fullness to your lips
- a touch of Botox to elevate and arch your brows
I wish you the best!
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