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In an exclusive primetime interview, the freelance photographer for the N.Y. Post who snapped pictures showing a man facing death on the tracks of a New York City Subway defends himself and details the scene.
R. Umar Abbasi entered the subway platform as a train was approaching and saw Ki Suk Han on the tracks. In the moment, his instinct was to draw attention to the man on the tracks by using his flash to alert the conductor. Mr. Abbasi did not see what photos his camera was capturing at the time, the settings were not even set for use inside the subway. He says, "It wasn't important to get the photograph. The photograph came out as a result of my effort or what I could think at that moment to do. Even at this moment I think, you know, I wish I had the presence of mind to say 'Mr. Han run in the other direction!' I did hear people saying 'Get up, Get up,' but I don't know why anyone did not reach out."
Mr. Abbasi ran towards Mr. Han and was approached by the suspect who is accused of pushing him onto the tracks, "He seemed agitated and as he was approaching he was cursing, using profanities. And he went by me. And I saw him coming; I braced myself, and stood on the side." Mr. Abbasi feared that the suspect would also push him onto the tracks.
The photographer responds to his critics. "They were not there, I look at them as armchair critics, and when you're in a situation you realize what it is, and it was a very fluid situation. The photographs are still. You see the train and you see Mr. Han's at one spot but in reality the train is moving towards him. I do not know what speed it is, but it was really fast. The whole thing happened really, really fast." Mr. Abbasi describes what he saw as traumatic, "It's like every time if I have to narrate the whole thing, it's reliving it." The photographer says he lives "with the image." He was not able to sleep that first night without hearing the sounds of what happened. "Mr. Han did not scream or anything; this is how fast it transpired."
R. Umar Abbasi says now that he has had time to reflect on the tragedy, he wishes that he could have known more about the platform's length and seen all of the details that are within his images, so he could have advised Mr. Han to run the other direction, "On it there were only about three cars into the station, and all he had to do was outrun three cars and he would have lived."
When Mr. Abassi looks at his photographs from that day, it is chilling to him. "It is like a man looking at his end. And the oncoming train, the metaphor for it, death staring him down."
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after watching the interview..I feel he has explained very very well his side of the story and I believe what he said.
All the critics from the comfort of their homes..there were many other people who could have helped and far closer to the victim distance wise..just because they did not shoot a picture absolves them and puts the blame on this guy..
We can question the photographer's supposed lack of assistance adnaseum. However, for me, the issue here has less to do with this photographer taking the photo and more to do with the Post's decision to publish it.
"his instinct was to draw attention to the man on the tracks by using his flash to alert the conductor". I am sorry but I believe that that is absolute non-sense. Why not make big motions with your hands rather than take the time to pull out your camera? I understand that being a photographer, the camera has become the extension of his hand, but I believe that being one (photographer), he saw that as an opportunity to capture a "scoop". He might not have been able to save Mr. Han but please "drawing attention by using your flash to alert the conductor"
It is true no one knows what they would do until they are in that situation, The pictures i saw on CNN i do see the light in the distance, him in the middle of the track but the picture that really got my attention was the one with his hand on the top of the ledge, no one would have had to go on the track to get him all they had to do is grab his hand and arm it might have broke or pulled his arm out the socket but he could have been pulled up, the fact that so many people were there yes i do believe that he could have been pulled up the worst would be when they pulled him up his feet would be cut off because they did not get his whole body up in time but they should have tried......nobody tried.
Stop saying "nobody tried"!
People were waving to the driver!
People were urging the deceased to run!
Stop saying nobody tried!
People did what they could!
No matter how much they may care, NOT EVERYONE is going to be brave enough to put their lives on the line to save another; those are of a special breed.
And for sure, not everyone is as brave as an at-home arm-chair critic.
NOT SURRENDERING CONSCIOUSNESS TO DRUGS, would have had him in a better position to help himself.
Having a place for mentally-defective people, besides walking around in the subway, would have helped too.
Why don't drivers look for people laying on the track when they get close to platforms?
They can't. It's not like these trains are moving at snails pace – they enter the station typically at around 40mph. The tracks are also rather poorly lit since this happened underground.
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"Elder Star" a Wise Idea
That you can't find energy stats for elder care is, quite frankly, sad ("Elder Star," July/August '13, p. 2). In this age of government cut-backs, it's hard to imagine private industry stepping up to the plate to do this basic research, nor a university. (What would they get from it? Few grants to tap, no product to spin off. So no corporate money.)
I can tell you, lighting studies do show that even people in their 50s and 60s need more light—much more for fine work. Also, the quality of light they need is steady, low-contrast light. Despite this quite readily available data, those at the forefront of sustainability focus on lowering light levels, daylighting, and task lighting, which all create highly variable and high-contrast conditions. This at a time when more elderly have to work to make ends meet, too.
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While there are lots and lots and lots of ways of going about writing a book, I actually feel like editing is a little more of a uniform process. It's all about first turning a critical eye at your book in order to get as far as you can on your own, and then repeating that process when you have some good feedback from an editor or critique partner or both.
Over the course of writing and editing three books I've developed a system for editing that I hope you'll find useful! My best advice is in my guide: How to Write a Novel: 47 Rules for Writing a Stupendously Awesome Novel You Will Love Forever.
But hope this post helps you out in the meantime:
Step #1: Pre-editing
Some of my most important editing work happens as I'm writing the novel. Before I start my writing day I'll often re-read sections I wrote earlier to see if I can improve them and make sure the plot arcs are fitting together. I plan ahead so that I know vaguely what's going to happen in a scene before I write it.
This can be a time-consuming way to write, but the end result is that I don't usually have an overwhelming amount of editing to do by the time I'm done.
Another form of pre-editing is to float some plot points to people I trust when they ask what I'm working on and see how the ideas resonate. But other than a few informal discussions or test-reads of scenes I'm not sure about, I don't really share too much about what I'm writing as I'm writing it and instead focus on getting it done.
Step #2: Self-editing
After I've finished a draft I let the manuscript sit for at least a couple of weeks and then go back and read it over. I start first by only looking for big things that aren't working, I don't sweat things on the line or scene level. As I'm doing this I try to keep myself as distanced from the manuscript as possible and really listen to my gut. If I'm feeling a little uncertain about a scene or a stretch in the book, chances are something's not right with it.
When I've made all the changes I want to make and have all of the big pieces in place I go down my revision checklist and make sure I haven't missed anything. And when I have everything as good as possible and am feeling like if I have to read one more word I've written I'll go completely insane… that's when I know I've gotten as far as I can on my own.
Step #3: How I Respond to Feedback
One of the most difficult things about an editorial letter or beta critique is the sheer number of different things that need changing. It can be daunting to get a huge list of suggestions. How do you decide what to keep and what to change? How do you go about implementing the changes when changing just one thing can mean a million different things then have to change afterward? It's impossible to keep all of those things in your head all at once. And that's on top of the inevitable difficulty of reading someone else's critique of your work, no matter how polite they are.
Here's how I go about it:
- I take the editorial letter and ease into it very, very slowly. I read it once and then put it away for a few days. Take it back out, read it one more time. I try not to leap to any conclusions and wait until my defenses have come down a bit. Like most writers I sometimes find it hard to have my work critiqued (especially when the changes feel daunting), so it takes a little time to get acclimated.
- I color code the editorial letter. I mark all of the changes I'm definitely going to make green, all of the ones I don't plan to change red (I try to make sure there's way way more green than red), and mark the suggestions I'm not sure about yellow (these have a tendency to turn green). Then I have a nice color-coded editorial letter and action plan.
- I start with the most significant changes and work from there down to the smallest line edits. Here's the reasoning for that: It's kind of pointless to work on the line edits first if that chapter is going to come out or if those small changes are going to be later consumed by the bigger changes. So I start with the biggest changes and then work my way down.
- And rather than working chronologically through the book, I take one change and trace it all the way through. This way, rather than having to try to keep all the moving parts in my head all at once I can just focus on making sure one thread makes sense throughout the book. Then I move on to the next thread, and repeat.
Once all the scenes are roughly in place I move to the low-hanging fruit and start polishing on a scene-by-scene and then line-by-line level.
(See also this post about responding to a critique)
Step #4: How I Know When It's Done
It's definitely possible to tinker with a book endlessly, and it's important to resist that temptation. At some point the novel has to be done, whether you've made it as good as you can make it or it's time to move on to your next project.
I try to really take a mental step back from the book and evaluate it as objectively as I possibly can. When I'm both as satisfied as possible with how everything fits together and how it reads and when I also am feeling exhausted from working on it and can't think of any more to do… that's when I think I'm done.
When I know I'm done is when my editor says it's done.
What's your editing process like? Do you have any editing tips that have worked for you?
I'm available for manuscript edits, query critiques, and consultations! And if you like this post, check out my guide to writing a novel.


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PHOENIX — Jodi Arias' attorneys have asked a judge to vacate the jury's decision in her murder trial that the 2008 killing of her boyfriend was "especially cruel," a finding that allowed the panel to consider the death penalty.
Defense attorneys argue in their motion that the definition of "especially cruel" is too vague for jurors with no legal experience to determine what makes one killing more cruel or heinous than another.
The filing also appears to challenge a landmark 2002 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that found a defendant has the right to have a jury, rather than a judge, decide on the existence of an aggravating factor that makes the defendant eligible for capital punishment.
The high court determined that allowing judges to make such findings violated a defendant's constitutional right to a trial by jury.
"Given the apparent difficulties that judges faced (prior to the ruling) in applying the statute in a uniform, consistent manner, juries are understandably even less equipped to do so," defense attorney Kirk Nurmi wrote in the motion filed late last week.
Arias was convicted of first-degree murder May 8 in the stabbing and shooting death of Travis Alexander in his suburban Phoenix home. About two weeks later, the same jury failed to reach a unanimous decision on whether to sentence Arias to life in prison or death.
Nurmi argues the term "especially" when coupled with cruel, heinous or depraved in a murder case, was first used when judges had the authority to determine factors that could make a defendant eligible for the death penalty, before the 2002 Supreme Court ruling.
"By including the word 'especially', the statute was designed to be employed by a judge, one presumed to have the depth and breadth of experience to identify those first degree murders 'above the norm,'" he wrote.
Nurmi added that under current law, "layperson jurors" are left to "muddle through" the definition, with a suspect's life in the balance.
Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery called the motion a standard procedural move.
"Those are defense attorneys doing their job advocating for their client," Montgomery said Wednesday. "Obviously, we disagree."
Arias' attorneys have not returned repeated calls from The Associated Press.
The defense motion was filed as prosecutors are preparing to pursue the ultimate punishment again in a second penalty phase with a new jury. Arias' murder conviction will stand. Prosecutors also have the option of taking the death penalty off the table and avoiding another trial, meaning Arias would be sentenced to life in prison.
Taxpayers footed the bill for Arias' court-appointed attorneys throughout her nearly five-month trial at a cost so far of nearly $1.7 million, a price tag that will only balloon if the case moves forward.
Montgomery has declined to publicly release the cost his office incurred prosecuting the case, citing a court order that seals some, but not all, materials involved in the trial. The county, meanwhile, has provided regular updates on Arias' defense costs.
Regardless, Montgomery said the cost to taxpayers will play no role in whether prosecutors decide to resolve the case without another trial, or move forward with the lengthy process of seating a new jury in an effort to secure a death sentence. That process would involve retreading testimony and evidence to bring the new jury up to speed.
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One of the long-standing jokes of librarianship is that we all got into the profession because "we love to read", the punchline of course being that we're all too overworked to read for fun. While I don't think anyone should enter professional librarianship with the expectation that reading is a requirement of the job (note: it isn't), I do wish information professionals had more incentive to incorporate a love for recreational reading into our everyday practice.
If I've said it once, I've said it a million times: I'm very lucky to have two internships in two different library settings doing very different jobs. In my youth services position at a large public library, we are expected and encouraged to read fiction and be aware of young adult writing trends. Half of the questions I get on the youth reference desk are readers' advisory and I regularly host book clubs, create book displays, and plan programs that promote reading.
As a reference and instruction intern and my university library, though, I hardly ever talk about books professionally. To some extent, this makes sense as our job is primarily to facilitate information literacy and more often than not, we aren't providing readers' advisory services (though it does happen from time to time, especially when our two copies of the Hunger Games each have 50+ holds).
I (and others, see references below) contend that readers' advisory and leisure reading does have a place in academic settings. The concept of a "whole collection" readers' advisory interview isn't particularly new. The idea is that we can serve our patrons better if we consider the entire library collection, and not just fiction or books when we have a conversation about reading interests. In a readers' advisory course I took last semester, I explored how the concept of the "whole collection" could be applied in an information literacy or academic library setting and found that promoting leisure reading supports several competencies of information literacy.
Looking for leisure reading is a type of information-seeking which requires skills librarians develop. Deciding what you'd like to read, evaluating books you've read in the past and what's available to you, and synthesizing and processing what you've read is, essentially, the research process in a nutshell. Encouraging students at the reference desk to explore fiction or popular non-fiction related to their research topic can help students make connections between what they learn in lecture and what they experience outside of class. A subject specialist could create an annotated book list or book display to encourage students to further explore a research or course topic. Indeed, a librarian could collaborate with faculty to develop an assignment where the students choose and read a fiction or non-fiction book on the course topic and present it to the class.
During my readers' advisory course, my classmates and I created a readers' advisory event for the school. The purpose of the event was to encourage our cohort to read for pleasure and we selected our book (Atwood's Oryx and Crake) with the hopes of making connections to information science work. The event was well-attended and everyone seemed to enjoy the "excuse" for reading for pleasure. Do you think there's a place for leisure reading in academic settings? How can you incorporate the idea of a "whole collection" into your own work?
For scholarly resources about the intersection of leisure reading and academic libraries, please check out:
Dewan, Pauline. 2010. "Why Your Academic Library Needs a Popular Reading Collection Now More Than Ever." College & Undergraduate Libraries 17 (March 3): 44-64. doi:10.1080/10691310903584775.
Hallyburton, Ann W., Heidi E. Buchanan, and Timothy V. Carstens. 2011. "Serving the whole person: popular materials in academic libraries." Collection Building 30 (2) (April 19): 109-112. doi:10.1108/01604951111127498.
Smith, R, and N. Young. 2008. "Giving Pleasure Its Due: Collection Promotion and Readers' Advisory in Academic Libraries." The Journal of Academic Librarianship 34 (November): 520-526. doi:10.1016/j.acalib.2008.09.003.
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86 Responses to Nicey Jane Disappearing 9 patch
Goddess in Progress May 10, 2010 at 5:02 pm #
Lovely, as always! I have a few potential disappearing-nine-patch quilts swirling around in my head. I agree, they look great, and come together so easily!
Atina AlGa May 10, 2010 at 5:07 pm #
I just love your blog, projects and tutorials! they're really inspiring.
Thanks a million for sharing!
Poppyprint May 10, 2010 at 5:38 pm #
Just consider yourself lucky that you don't live in Canada or Australia where we pay $15.95 to $25.00 per metre of designer quilting fabric! Granted we get an extra 4" over a US yard cut, but still!!
heddomarie May 10, 2010 at 5:40 pm #
Beautiful! I want it! I wish I had an extra $90.. would be perfect for my little one who will be here shortly.
I love that quilt it looks fabulous! I feel your pain on fabic prices. In Canada I pay an average of $16-18 a metre plus tax. The only saving grace is that tax in my province is the lowest in the country at only 5%. I would love to buy online more often but with shipping and exchange and then fees at the border (ugh!) I usually only save about $3/m. So now I try and wait for a trip to the states to so any major buys. Luckily I'm going to Portland in the summer!!
Mama Holli May 10, 2010 at 6:16 pm #
Hi Mama Allison! How is that sweet baby? You are a busy mama! I am posting you up today on my blog! Sharing your Scrappy Rose Broach with my readers! Linking back to you my dear! I will also link it up on Midchix.com in the Crafty Mamas Flock! Have a blessed day!
Mama Holli
Purple Paisley Patch May 10, 2010 at 6:31 pm #
Fab quilt! I love all HB's fabric ranges, but wasn't a fan of that big spot – BUT, I love it as a quilt back, yum!
In Australia, quilting fabric sells for between $22-$26 a metre – that's why we buy online from the USA!
live a colorful life May 10, 2010 at 6:40 pm #
Disappearing 9-patch is such a great pattern. I even used to work in the LQS and now buy most of my fabric online. I would love to support my LQS but with all our family paycuts in the last year, I mostly buy online.
Love the quilt!
I'm always amazed by the prices of fabric. Thankfully the most expensive fabric I have found around here is about $7.20 and I can get 10% off with my quilt guild membership. Most fabric is in the 6.00 per yard range, but I try to hit up sales. No way could I afford to quilt if fabric was 10 or 12.00 a yard.
Blue Is Bleu May 10, 2010 at 6:48 pm #
Love this!
I'm totally with you… I couldn't have bought that fabric at that hefty price either. I work at my LQS so without the staff discount I'd definitely not shop there as much. And tax always annoys me.
The Jongejans May 10, 2010 at 7:14 pm #
Very cute! I have noticed that all the fabrics at My Needle and Thread are much better priced than anywhere around me. Plus she takes such care in the preparation of the fabrics for shipping – I don't buy fabric anywhere else! And I also like that she coordinates her lines…guess I'm definitely a FAN of My Needle and Thread on etsy!!
Cheryl Arkison May 10, 2010 at 7:18 pm #
Sheesh, don't come to Canada. Our fabric here is $15-19/metre. Granted, we are getting a tiny bit more (a meter is slightly more than a yard) but still. It is so tempting to buy loads on-line. And when I need yardage I tend to. But generally I reserve my on-line shopping for things I can't find in a LQS.
I'm in Canada and fabric prices here are almost always twice what they are in the US, even though the dollar is almost at par. I would love to support my LQS but I simply cannot pay $16/yard for fabric. $10.89/yard would be a giant sale here! There are a few online Canadian stores that seem to have clued in and have a much smaller markup but the rest act as if the internet does not exist. I order 95% of my fabric from American online shops, mostly on Etsy.
Annelies Dease May 10, 2010 at 7:35 pm #
I hear you sister….so I try to shop as much in my stash as possible. Our local shop had a sign with "Amy Butler on sale 25% off". I told my quilting students all about it after calling the shop and being told the sale was on til Saturday. Well, my students got there and NO sale. When I questioned the owner she told me that "She changed her mind, which was HER right since it was HER shop". Guess what….I don't shop there anymore!!!
PioneerValley May 10, 2010 at 7:36 pm #
I like the Disappearing 9 patch for the same reason — it looks so complex, even though it's so easy to make.
And, fabric buying travails aside, those polka dots are the perfect backing fabric.
SweetPeaknits May 10, 2010 at 7:47 pm #
An hour and a half!! My, thats amazing work in such little time. Fabulous. I say it everytime I see an amazing quilt… I wish I could make one.
Hear, hear, sister!
And may I just say TWO cookies!
My favorite LQS has a "buyer's club" which you have to pay to join, so you can buy fabric at a "discount", because every price in the store is inflated to encourage club membership.
I'm sad to say I go there to get my ideas but then come home to order online.
There are few fabrics that I cough up the big bucks for…..Nicey Jane is one such line. The quilt is lovely.
I Love Baby Quilts! May 10, 2010 at 8:19 pm #
Oh yah, I have found 95% of the quilt stores i've ever been to to be cranky old lady stores. I used to think it was because I was young, but i'm not young anymore and they are still just as cranky and cliqueish!
I'm used to paying $9.50 or $10 a yard for designer fabric. My favorite quilt store has all the best designer stuff, but I have one beef with them: They charge $3 for a fat quarter when the yardage costs $9.50. Every quilt shop i've ever seen, online or bricks, charges a quarter of the price for a fat quarter, so $2.25, $2.50, $2.75. I asked why and she said it was for the convenience of a pre-cut quarter. I said ok, i'll take a straight quarter cut then, and she said that was the same price. ??? Whatever.
Love it! Looks like a fun pattern. :)
Sleepy Cat Hollow May 10, 2010 at 9:24 pm #
LOL! I need a cookie too.
Lovely quilt…love the large polka-dots!
My lqs sells fabric between 9.00-10.50…needless to say, I don't get to buy much very often.
I know everyone else has complained out the fabric prices but I'm gonna vent too : )
Jelly rolls here in Australia have been up to $70 each!!! Honey buns are usually around $35-40 and yardage is up to $25 a metre for Moda! We can get it so much cheaper buying from the U.S. and thats including international postage!!!
handbuiltwardrobe May 10, 2010 at 10:42 pm #
Our only local quilt shop just closed. I wish I could say I was sorry, but I couldn't afford to shop there anyway.
At least your quilt shop has heard of designer fabrics. My local one is filled with icky tone on tone florals and novelty farm tractors. I buy 95% of my fabric online because even with shipping to Canada, it's 30%-40% cheaper than buying locally. I always consider moving to the States when I make a fabric order, because of your cheap and fast shipping. Oh well, by the looks of my stash, I haven't been suffering any!
I love this quilt, gorgeous fabric and I really want to try this design too.
I know what you mean about LQSs. Mine here in the UK sells fabric between £10-£12 ($15-$18) and I do like to support them and you can't beat seeing the fabrics. However I can buy online from the US where the choice is huge. Based on fabric selling at $8 a yard if my package gets stopped by customs I save 25%, if it doesn't I save 33% and if the fabric was on sale to begin with I can save up to 50% on what I would pay here. I usually justify it by buying current collections in my LQS and things I need straight away and then ordering things from the US that I can't get here or when I am doing a big order of a fabric range that I have fallen in love with (like Nicey Jane!!)
I totally agree!
My daughter called me in shock on Friday, saying that the fabics at her lqs were over 10.00! Whew. I'm so glad you found that dot for the back and that you ordered it instead. Also, I've found that often quilt shops owners are grumpy. I'm scared of all 3 of the 3 that I frequent!
freshlemons May 11, 2010 at 12:09 am #
Love the quilt!!
My LQS is now $10.25+ a yard. I'll go there if I'm in a bind….otherwise I'll order online. That's why I *loved* my visit to The Fabric Shack when I was in Cincy the other weekend. Cheap prices, huge selection AND nice older ladies. Not a usual combination. Too bad I live 6 hours away…
Lovely quilt! You have a great sense of colour.
I am another whiny Canadian. My LQS only has ugly tone on tones, etc, no designer stuff. Two hours away is the only quilt shop I have found on the prairies (there might be some in Alberta) that even carries Free Spirit and Rowan stuff, and they charge $18/metre (plus the gas it costs me to get there). So I do buy online, and try to max out the flat rate envalopes for maximum shipping. It really is riduculous, considering that the dollar is at par, that Canadian prices are still so high.
I am with you!!! I went in to a couple of QUILT shops this weekend to get my mom a gift card and I was appalled that the fabric was $10 a yard or more. WHAT? that is outrageous. So I turned around and went to a regular old fabric store. The prices were a lot better there.
I think when it is called a quilt shop they can charge more. I love the quilts you make they are always adorable!
i keep coming back to this post. i have read your words a few times and the comments too and truthfully it has me a little worried. i am going to be opening a quilt store soon (on the east side of Cleveland which I think is close to you) and i of course want it to be successful. i am wondering if you would be so kind to give me some advice on what you think would make it a place you would want to visit and come back to. i would hate for the quilting industry to become an online only environment, but surely if the shops don't listen to the customers that could be the future. i appreciate any feedback you can give me and i thank you for your time. Joyce
Love it! This is my new favorite quilt pattern, too. And, I enjoy seeing how the Nicey Jane works in real life. We are about to get our first quilt shop in our town. I'll be glad to see the items in person and play with different combos, but I really like my favorite fabric shops on Etsy. (They're fabricpalooza and Sew Love Fabrics.) The prices are way cheaper.
I don't feel bad about going to most of the Etsy sellers since their online business is either something they do from home to support their families or is an extension of their shop. If the local ones are even close to the online prices, I'll gladly buy there as well. But, $10 a yard? No way!
Beautiful quilt!
Crystal Stanworth May 11, 2010 at 4:41 am #
oh i love it!! very nice!
Jerod, Shelley, and Hunter Stanley May 11, 2010 at 1:59 pm #
I just LOVE this quilt! The fabric is fantastic and I cant believe that it only took you an hour and a half to piece it! You are amazing!
love the quilt! the colors, and placement are wonderful!
I agree about the prices of fabric! I hadn't been doing much sewing for a while and coming back to it was a bit of a shock! luck for me, I live in Portland Oregon where there isn't any sales tax so the price is the price but still …
thanks for sharing! love your blog!
I'm with you! Online all the way! My lqs sells Bailey and Butler for $10.50/yd, while most other fabric is $10. Designer premium, I guess. This shop is so pushy. I took a class there and got in trouble b/c I didn't buy my supplies from them. The teacher (and manager) actually spoke to me about how they really prefer you get class supplies from them. The nerve!
And it's so refreshing that not only do online shops save you money, but they often throw in freebies.
Little Bluebell (Adrianne) May 11, 2010 at 6:34 pm #
I had a similar vent just this week. Only it was my poor husband who had to listen it. He didn't commiserate with me as much as you would have! Mine is at $10+ too. It kind of levels the playing field when it is the *same* fabric everyone is selling. I would rather shop local too but I don't want to pay for the privilege.
On another note… I love your quilt. The addition of the gray polka dot is awesome!!! : ) I love your color sense.
Fab quilt! I just ordered some Nicey Jane in this color way … online … so now I know what to do with it.
I agree that it is sad to see prices getting so high in stores. It stinks because, like you, I'd like to support them. But technology has really opened the marketplace and our traditional stores are going to have to find new ways to compete.
Anna @ Fresh Dew Drops May 11, 2010 at 11:41 pm #
Lovely quilt! Just love it. Can I ask a quick question? When you did the quilting on it, did you quilt all the lines going one direction and then do the other direction? Thank you so much for sharing : )
Rinachiyya May 12, 2010 at 2:07 am #
Love your new quilt and it is the fabric that makes it look so interesting and lovely.
I agree with you the fabrics are getting way too expensive. I buy mine always on sale most of the time and I have seen fabrics for 13dollars a yard. I often wonder why the prices have gone up so much. For you it is even worse you whip one quilt up after a other. I will have to try that pattern next time.
Happy quilting can't wait to see what you make next.
More Than A Mom May 13, 2010 at 10:50 pm #
I am making my very first quilt ever. I've been inspired by your blog. Thanks for this great idea. I'm making a queen sized quilt for my son and am using 10 inch squared blocks to try to reduce the potential frustration level. This will take it to a better looking quilt. Thank you again!
I wouldn't be able to afford to quilt.
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SewLindAnn May 19, 2010 at 5:46 pm #
I'm so glad someone finally said it out loud. I try to patronize our local shops. One is mostly $9.50-$10.50 a yard, another the same, and another you can get great Westminster prints from $5.99 and other stuff $7.99 and a little higher. I now buy from the 3rd only to be supportive and do the rest online. For $35. I can get 7 yards instead of 3 with free shipping. Lots of online stores, including Etsy have great sales on new arrivals too. It's sad if stores go out of business, but they need to accommodate people's financial needs too. Now, I need a PayDay bar!
courtney*adele May 19, 2010 at 8:34 pm #
i have the same problem here in texas- we have two local shops- one is a crankly lady shop, and the other one has this really weird junk-shop feel to it that i can't wrap my brain around. boo! i'm all about http://www.thefatquartershop.com http://www.connectingthreads.com and http://www.hancocks.com
DH Stitches May 20, 2010 at 3:57 pm #
I have found all of these comments to be very interesting. I'm 50 years old (does that make me an old lady?) and I work inside the quilting industry. Because I receive so many supplies through my job and purchase fabric at full retail only occasionally, I really was not aware that LQS were charging more than online shops in general. I can see how frustrating this must be and how it would drive people to shop online.
It would be interesting to hear what the other side of this story is–to know the thoughts of a LQS owner. I know that small businesses struggle mightily to keep things afloat, and LQS are no exception.
For me and for the industry, it is so exciting to see young people interested in quilting/sewing. Believe me when I say that we welcome you, need you and want you! Even though I have been sewing for 40 years and quilting for 25, I visit blogs of young sewers daily for my inspiration. The enthusiasm is a breath of fresh air!
My own daughter, age 25, has just been bitten by the fabric bug, and I couldn't be happier. I know she will have a huge community of women her age with whom to share this passion.
I stumbled across your site looking for quilt pattern ideas. I absolutely LOVE this quilt! The colors and designs are great!!! :) I also love your tree pillow design, along with many others… your site is great! :) Thanks for sharing! :) p.s. I am using your tutorial for this design on a quilt right now. It's almost done and I'm so excited! :)
Hi I love your quilts and love read your blog. I was interested in this post to read about how much you pay a yard. I live in New Zealand and pay in the shops anything between $28 to $35 a meter for a brand such as moda( a yard is 91 cm so just short of a meter for those that are not sure). Taking the exchange rate in consideration US$9.50 should equate to NZ$13.20. Even allowing for import costs I am disgusted to discover that I am paying up to 3x the cost of the same fabric in th USA.
Yours Sadly
The Disillusioned Quilter from New Zealand
i completely 100% copied this quilt! well, except for the fabric. i loved the way you laid out your blocks, and the way you quilted it, so i did mine just like yours. so, thanks for the inspiration. i'm so happy with the quilt i made, but it's a gift for a friend, unfortunately. i'd love to keep it.
I just stumbled on this when I did a search for dissapearing 9 patch. This is so lovely! Great job!
I too am feeling the same way about the local quilt shops. It's such a shame. I hope they don't have to close because it is so nice to see and combine fabrics in person. But it's also so hard to pay such prices.
wannabequilter.com March 1, 2012 at 3:48 am #
And another 6 months later comes another question!
What size fabric squares did you start with?
Love it!
I love this quilt! The colours are beautiful.
Can you tell me if the full moon (amy butler print) is in sky or slate colour?
And I'm also wondering if you know whether you can tell me what the large geometric print is in the block second from the left in the last row? It's gorgeous!!!
Andrea Mackey March 8, 2014 at 3:46 pm #
I dont know much about quilting but love this site.
Lynda Halliger Otvos (Lynda M O) July 8, 2014 at 11:07 pm #
Love D9P's and just sent my most recent one to my sister in Florida–she loves it. And I love that it looks Way More complex than it truly is. Yours is gorgeous; the colors sing to me.
Lynda Halliger Otvos (Lynda M O) July 8, 2014 at 11:07 pm #
Love D9P's and just sent my most recent one to my sister in Florida–she loves it. And I love that it looks Way More complex than it truly is. Yours is gorgeous; the colors sing to me.
Love this quilt and thinking of making it for my next grandson.. although I've looked at your patterns and am not seeing it listed there.. I saw the tutorial and it's helpful but doesn't tell me how much total material of each print I might need… or did I miss that somewhere? I'm not working with scraps so I will be purchasing new fabric . Can you help?
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The next two stops on the Denver Botanic Gardens Urban Homestead Tour that I want to share were two of my favorites.
Lori in Aurora was growing a great variety of vegetables. In the circle in her front drive way she had many varieties of winter squash, summer squash, cucumbers and melons. She was very generous and gave us two good sized spaghetti squash to take home.
In her back yard, she was growing in raised beds.
Her kale and tomatoes were fantastic, and we exchanged tips on season extension and overwintering greens.
But Lori had something completely different up her sleeves. Aeroponic gardening. Her website explains this a lot better than I can, but basically you can grow a large amount a vegetables in a very small space in about half the time as traditional in-ground gardening.
Above is a newly planted tower garden. It holds water in the reservoir at the bottom. The water is pumped through the tower which both waters and oxygenates the plants. It can be plugged in to a regular outlet or converted to solar.
Below you can see water pumping through the tower. We lifted the lid at the very top of a full-grown tower to see.
This tower was planted July 27th. The photo was taken September 22nd. Look at the size of that melon in only 8 weeks!
This would be an incredible option for those wanting to grow a sizable garden in a very small space (apartment dwellers, perhaps). Also great for those who can't do a lot of bending. It is all grown vertically – the tower stands about five feet tall and is on rollers.
This tower is growing greens in the heat of the summer, a tomato plant, cucumbers and heirloom watermelon all in an area of 2.5 x 2.5 feet. The towers are a bit spendy, but they do use water and space very efficiently, and the company offers payment plans. This was the second planting of the summer for Lori and her family in this tower.
Check out Lori's website for more info on aeroponic growing: DenverTowerGarden.com
Where Lori's gardens are so compact, Brenda and David Zserdin's garden is completely opposite.
Up in old Lakewood, the Zserdin's are growing on a half-acre, a very eclectic and sprawling mini-Eden. Their little white coop houses 24 chickens, a mix of Bantams and full-size hens and roosters.
Inside the coop is a tree-branch roost that runs the length of the whole left-hand wall. On the right are nest boxes, feed and water and space to store supplies. The Zserdin's had to give this coop a little TLC to make it warm enough for the winter by adding insulation and heat lamps.
It's easy to see that Brenda and David's birds are spoiled and happy.
H and E quickly found a friend in the Zserdin's son, who also happened to be wearing a cape that day. They ran off to play while we toured the homestead.
Their garden is just amazing. Lots of re-purposed materials for garden structures as well as fun decorative elements make it a joy to walk through.
I loved the pole beans growing on actual poles and walking over wooden planks, past the cukes and melons trellised on old pallet wood.
Vegetables were planted in a tractor tire, old tubs and in the ground. We wound our way through the tomatoes to the grape vines at the back of the garden.
Rick was quick to spot the Three Sisters planting among the extensive culinary and medicinal herbs that Brenda has growing.
I was in love with the compost bin set-up they had.
Brenda and I found a lot of common ground talking about chickens, homeschooling and preserving the harvest by canning and freezing. David and Rick hit it off too, talking wood cutting, home brewing and whatever else men talk about while their women are off discussing the merits of sand for litter in the chicken area.
David and Brenda work from home doing an embroidery and screen printing business, Flutterby Designs, as well as homeschool their children. The Zserdin's were very gracious hosts. They chatted and offered snacks and drinks and made us feel completely at home, like old friends. We exchanged phone numbers and email and are excited to count them as new ones.
Later this week, I'll show you the last three stops that we were able to get to on the tour. In the mean time, make sure to explore the photos I posted in Part I.


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John Mayer starts off season at Tuscaloosa Amphitheater
A lovely cool evening graced opening night for the 2013 Tuscaloosa Amphitheater season, with headliner John Mayer drawing the venue's biggest sales numbers to date, for a drop count (actual numbers who came through the gates) of 6,670.
Opening act St. Paul and the Broken Bones seems about one buzz interview or TV appearance away from being this year's Alabama Shakes-style success story. The Birmingham-based group has an even bigger sound than the Shakes thanks to its three-piece horn section; singer Paul Janeway, dressed like a '50s high-school history teacher on a date, belts old-school soul like a hellfire-and-brimstone preacher converted to rock 'n' roll.
Should Janeway ever duet with the Shakes' Brittany Howard, the resulting fireworks could raise the dead, and set them dancing.
Following the opening act's tight 45-minute set, Mayer presented an immediate contrast, shambling out in jeans and a crumpled Stetson hat, opening with a moody, rambling version of "Queen of California" from his 2012 "Born and Raised" disc. He started the song on acoustic guitar, then switched over to a Stratocaster for more biting electric solos as intensity lifted.
"It's really good to be back on stage," he said, making quick reference to the tour canceled last year, including a planned April 2012 date here, after a throat granuloma he'd suffered from returned. Six months prior to cancellation, he'd been put on vocal rest. Aside from an appearance last week at the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame, this night marked Mayer's first public performance in about three years.
His voice sounded returned to normal on that and "Something like Olivia," another mid-tempo pop song from "Born and Raised." A slightly speedier "Who Says?" followed, pulling a twang both from his voice and the Telecaster he picked up.
Although many of the heavily young, female crowd probably were first drawn to Mayer for his pop hits such as "Your Body is a Wonderland," "Daughters" and "Waiting on the World to Change," off his early multi-platinum studio albums "Room for Squares" and "Heavier Things," the Connecticut-born musician has long credited the Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) guitar solo in "Back to the Future" with stirring his interest in the instrument. Although the commercial pop brought him to prominence — and possibly his Johnny Depp-ish looks — Mayer has become a serious student of the guitar, working with blues legends such as Eric Clapton, Buddy Guy and B.B. King, to hone his chops.
The bulk of his set held more for the guitar-slinger fans than for those of the radio hits, as Mayer worked out on a variety of soulful riffs, sharing with a tight backing band (sadly, Tuscaloosa's Chuck Leavell was not among them, as he would have been last year; the pianist got a call from The Rolling Stones that took precedence). Most of those earliest song choices derived from "Born and Raised," although some of the more extended jams came on classic such as Preston Foster's "Got My Mojo Working," made famous by Muddy Waters, and Blind Faith's "Can't Find My Way Home."
Patter was generally kept to a minimum, partly because, as Mayer explained, he'd watched videos of earlier shows and seen what seemed to be long rambling introductions; There would be like 3 minutes and 22 seconds before the music starts, he said.
"I love you, and I'm thinking about you," he told the crowd. "It's just that I'm way too excited to play these songs for you."
Launching into "Age of Worry," he spoke again: "I did mention that I love you, correct?"
Another extended jam centered around the traditional folk-blues "Goin' Down the Road Feeling Bad," brought to prominence by the Grateful Dead, and Delaney Bramlett before that. It kicked off at a driving-song rumble before dropping back to a more contemplative spotlight for Mayer's picking. He switched axes frequently through the night, but returned often to one bruised-looking, well-worn Strat.
Perhaps noticing the audience's attention waning, Mayer spoke up about how he hoped the night would be less about certain songs that might or might not be recognizable, and more about seeking a feeling, suggesting he might "maybe shut down the analytical mind for a minute."
"I've been waiting a very, very long time to get on stage and show this idea," he said, "have it less about me, and more about us."
It was 10 p.m. before he played what could be called a recognizable hit, "Waiting on the World to Change," a nicely timed offering, although it was impossible to miss the point that he wrapped it up in just about three minutes, as opposed to doubled-by-jams less-known songs.
After a short break, Mayer came back out to play solo acoustic, asking the crowd to help sing along on the high chorus notes of "Why Georgia," off his debut "Room for Squares." The band filtered back in on "Whiskey Whiskey Whiskey."
As the night wore on, Mayer grew more visibly animated and voluble, although he didn't waver from the formula of stretching out new songs, working by feel. As the show finished, just after 10:30, some fans might have felt the absence of hits such as "Wonderland" and "Daughters."


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Bucklebury Pumptrack located in the village of Upper Bucklebury between Newbury and Reading is perfect for everyone from beginners to experieced riders. The consists of four main four main straights with optional lines between straights.
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Returns & Refunds Policy
We stand behind all of the products we have curated for our site, and we work with the best manufacturers in the world to ensure you'll love every LOOMLAN item in your home. The design details, quality, safety, and sustainability of our products will meet, if not exceed, your expectations. We hope you love your selections, but if you're not completely satisfied with your purchase, we'll gladly take returnable items in an unused condition fit for resale within 5 days of delivery. (Note: Exclusions apply. See below).
All returns must have prior approval and a return authorization number assigned.
Return freight charges must be paid for by the customer and the original freight charges are non-refundable. For items offered with free freight or discounted freight the actual outbound shipping fees will be deducted from the amount refunded.
Merchandise must not be damaged and must be returned in the same condition in which it left the warehouse. This means that the product returned must be un-assembled, in original carton, packaged in as new condition. If merchandise is not in new condition, the return will not be accepted or a restocking charge of up to 100% of the invoice will be deducted from the credit prior to issuing a refund.
Shipping and labor charges (Assembly, Delivery, Freight, Installation, Modifications, etc. plus any sales tax thereon) are NON-REFUNDABLE.
If we identify an unreasonable return pattern, we may restrict or refuse future transactions or returns from such customers at any time.
Is My Item Returnable?
Not every item on our site is eligible for a return. Below is a list of non-returnable items:
- Final sale items or gift cards
- Wired or assembled products
- Custom made to order items
- Used items or items without original packaging
- Returns from the location other than original delivery
- Altered items (repainted, refinished, cut, etc.)
- Returns without prior authorization
- International orders and orders outside of the contiguous US
If you are returning an item, please keep your item's original packaging and contact us immediately to receive a Return Authorization Confirmation. You will have 5 days to return your item.
Note that all items shipped back without prior Return Authorization or outside the 5 days return period will not be eligible for a refund. Customer is responsible for shipping cost associated with returns.
If order is delayed in transit, does the return policy still apply? Yes. We work tirelessly to ensure that your merchandise arrives to you on time. Many factors are outside our control. Unless a guaranteed delivery service was arranged at time of order placement (typically at an additional charge), delays in transit time through no fault of LOOMLAN, LLC do NOT constitute an exception to the Return Policy.
Cancellation Terms:
- If your order is cancelled within 24 hours of placing the order - it is fully refundable.
- If your order is cancelled after 24 hours of placing the order – it is refundable, however a cancellation fee of 10% is applied.
- If your "pre-order" is cancelled within the timeframe given to you at the time of purchase – it is refundable, however a cancellation fee of 10% is applied.
- If your "pre-order" is cancelled after the timeframe given to you at the time of purchase – it is fully refundable.
- If your order is cancelled after it shipped - the inbound shipping fee, the outbound shipping fee and the 30% restocking fee will be applied.
- If order is returned without prior authorization - the inbound shipping fee, the outbound shipping fee and the 30% restocking fee will be applied.
If you return your item without prior authorization from us, you will not be eligible for a refund. The inbound shipping, outbound shipping and restocking fee will apply.
Why Do You Assess Restocking Fees on Returns?
When you return an item, a lot of time, labor, and company cost is required to receive your package and restock your item back into our warehouses. Additionally, the majority of furniture and accessories returned are not packaged to original factory standards or incur damage during transit. Because we provide our customers free standard shipping on all items and absorb that cost, we must assess restocking fees on returns to account for the quantity of returned items that cannot be accepted or resold.
LOOMLAN Damages Policy and Guidelines
At LOOMLAN we work with only the best in the shipping industry to ensure that your items arrive at your home safely and undamaged. In the unlikely occurrence that your item arrives damaged, defected or incorrect, we will immediately work to repair or replace your item. Please note that our damages policy is to replace or repair damaged or incorrect items. If you would like a refund, you must process your request as a return which may incur fees for shipping, handling, and restocking costs. To guarantee the best customer experience, please follow our guidelines below when you receive your delivery.
Damages or Incorrect Items Policy and Guidelines for Freight Items:
If you receive a freight item with a required signature, please inspect the packaging and open your package immediately (BEFORE SIGNING) to inspect the item. If the packaging or the item has obvious freight damage or is otherwise incorrect, refuse the shipment and mark the Bill of Lading packing slip as "damaged." Please take clear photos of the damaged packaging and/or damaged item. If shipment is refused prior to inspection of the item, you may be subject to re-delivery fees.
After you refuse the shipment, please contact our customer service within 48 hours at firstname.lastname@example.com or 833-566-6526. Please be prepared with photos of the damage (we may ask for these to be sent to us via email). Clear photos are mandatory in order to process a damage claim. Once contacted, we will file your claim and ship you a replacement at no additional cost.
NOTE: If you sign for a signature-required freight shipment without reporting the damage, defect, or error, you are responsible for all such damages and your damage claim may be denied. All damage claims must also be received within 48 hours of your item's arrival. Damage claims reported after 48 hours of your item's arrival may be declined.
Damages or Incorrect Items Policy and Guidelines for Parcel Items:
If you receive a no signature required parcel item, please open your package and inspect immediately. Please keep all original packaging. If your item is damaged or incorrect, please take photos of the item and its packaging and report the damage to customer service at email@example.com or 833-566-6526. Please be prepared with photos and a detailed description of the damage. Clear photos of the damage are mandatory in order to process a damage claim. We cannot accept damaged returns without the original packaging, and damage claims reported after 48 hours of your item's arrival may be declined.
Missing or Incorrect Items Policy and Guidelines for Parcel Items:
In the rare occurrence that an item is missing or incorrect, please call us within 48 hours of delivery. We will investigate the situation and send a replacement item at our sole discretion. LOOMLAN is not responsible for any misplaced or stolen packages. If your item is approved as an incorrect item, we will provide approval and instructions on where to ship the item back. Once we receive your incorrect item back, we will send out a replacement item. Incorrect item claims reported after 48 hours of your item's arrival may be declined.
NOTE: Different computers and web browsers display colors differently. We are not responsible for variations in color between the product you receive and the product shown on our site. Similarly, all items made from natural products (including but not limited to: wood, marble, limestone, alabaster, glazed ceramic, etc.) will have natural variations and no two items will look identical. These variations are expected and will NOT be considered defects, damages, or incorrect items.
Where Does My Damaged Return Item Go?
All damaged items returned to us are either donated or field destroyed. Damaged items are unfit for resale.


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Beyond the roadside services available to you and anyone driving your vehicle with your Subaru 360 C.A.R.E. membership card, there are also other services available specifically to you, as the registered owner of the vehicle. These services are another example of Subaru's commitment to your peace of mind and include:
Personalized Trip Planning and Routing
Planning a trip? Simply head to your local CAA branch and present your Subaru 360 C.A.R.E. membership card. As a Subaru 360 C.A.R.E. member, you can receive personalized trip planning and routing, including appropriately marked or highlighted maps or TourBooks (if available). To make your trip even easier, full travel planning and booking services are also available, if required.
Theft And Hit-And-Run Reward
A reward of $500 (Canadian funds) is offered to any Subaru 360 C.A.R.E. member who provides information leading to the arrest and conviction of:
a) Any person who steals another member's car, boat or snowmobile.
b) Any person guilty of a hit-and-run causing personal injury.
Arrest Bond Certificate
You, as the registered vehicle owner, are protected against the need for immediate cash payment or temporary detainment if arrested for most traffic violations while operating your vehicle in a jurisdiction of the United States that accepts the Arrest Bond Certificate, up to $5,000 (Canadian funds). You will be billed for the payment of the fine upon returning to Canada.
Trip Accident & Mechanical Breakdown Assistance Service
A maximum of $360 (Canadian funds) will be paid to you, the registered vehicle owner, if, while driving, your vehicle is disabled as a result of an accident or mechanical breakdown that:
a) Occurs 360 km or more from your residence; and
b) Where the vehicle is immobile for a period of 24 hours or more.
The payment covers a car rental from a local recognized rental agency, or local meals and lodging, or commercial transportation to your destination or residence.


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Movie review: 'The Call' falls apart after riveting start
Some things go very wrong in this film. For one of the characters, it happens right at the beginning, just after she makes a call to 911 in Los Angeles. Young blond-haired Leah (Evie Thompson) gets through to veteran 911 operator Jordan Turner (Halle Berry) just as someone is smashing his way into the frightened girl's home. Jordan does almost all of the right things, making only one small error, and Leah is eventually found in a shallow grave.
Six months later, on anxiety meds and having transferred from live phones to the 911 Training Unit, Jordan is explaining the rules of the job to a new batch of operators, when another call from another young, blond-haired woman comes through. Things have gone wrong for her. She's been kidnapped, she's in the trunk of a speeding car, she's calling from a disposable cellphone that can't be traced. When the operator freaks, Jordan jumps in, back on the job, ready to do it right this time.
Frightened, hysterical Casey (Abigail Breslin) is in the trunk, and in what becomes a phone relationship between a victim and the person who's trying to save her, Jordan successfully calms her down, gets her to start doing the kinds of things that will get that car noticed by police who have no clues as to its whereabouts.
Up to this point, the film is tense, nerve-racking. There's a really creepy sequence done in shadows, filmed in a way that we can't get a clear picture of the perpetrator's face. The music is loud, the trunk is more confining than any trunk should be. Jordan and the cops and, of course, Casey, keep getting lucky breaks which, in turn, keep getting thwarted. The viewer is drawn in. This is gonna be a nail-biter.
But while things continue to go badly for the characters (the grim, calm kidnapper inexplicably turns into a raving, screaming sweating loony), they also go wrong for the film, which suddenly falls apart.
It's as if, at the halfway mark, they fired the competent screenwriter and put a far-more violence-minded sloppy one in his place. But no, this is all credited to Richard D'Ovidio, whose most recent credit was the really dumb remake of "Thirteen Ghosts."
Plot elements start getting tossed off, with no understandable explanation for why they happen.
There are a confusing couple of minutes in which finally-revealed kidnapper Michael Foster (Michael Eklund) stares at old photos of a young blond-haired girl – presumably his sister – who's wasting away in a hospital bed. But how that leads up to his hobby of kidnapping and murdering young women with the same hair color remains a mystery.
In short order, the mood becomes gruesome, with a few scenes that are horrifically violent for the sole purpose of being horrifically violent. We already know what this guy is capable of; we don't need to see more of it.
And here's a great idea: Have the 911 operator, who's trained to talk on the phone, go out on the road at night, armed only with a flashlight, to try to find the guy herself. The film's denouement sends all credibility down the tubes. Its ending is ludicrous.
Ed Symkus covers movies for GateHouse Media.
Written by Richard D'Ovidio; directed by Brad Anderson
With Halle Berry, Abigail Breslin, Michael Eklund
Rated R


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Excited for the new iOS 5 update? Yeah, me too. Or at least I was, four hours ago, when I started the whole hellacious process. First came the massively slow download speed, which I fixed by restarting the process from the beginning, after my connection timed out. Once the download was complete, however, that's when the real problems began: error messages.
I have so far tried to update to iOS 5 nine times. Maybe more. I can't tell at this point, as I've begun to lose my marbles due to lack of oxygen from screaming at my computer. Each time, after the 15 minute process of backing up the phone, extracting the software and trying to verify the update with Apple, I'd receive an error message, which read, "The iPhone 'iPhone' could not be restored. An unknown error has occurred." Thanks, Apple. I hate you.
That cheery bit of text was always followed by a number. The first five times it was 3002, then 3200, then 3014, then 3004. Each time this happened, I'd frantically scour blog posts, forums and all colors of Internet resources in an attempt to figure out what to do. At the time of this writing, nothing has worked so far.
The primary problem seems to be due to an overload of Apple's servers. When iTunes attempts to verify the update with Apple – something that happens so close to the end of the process that you can almost taste victory – everything goes to hell. So the only surefire way to fix the issue is to wait until everyone else has had their fun, then swoop in an snag the update while nobody's looking. I'd suggest holding off for a few hours, at least.
If, however, you're as impatient as I am, here are a few things you can try, for better or worse.
Option 1: Download firmware directly from Apple's servers (not through iTunes)
Rather than hit the "Update" button under "Summary" in iTunes, instead download the firmware for your device directly from Apple. Here are the links:
iPhone 3GS
iPhone 4 (CDMA)
iPhone 4 (GSM)
iPad 2 (CDMA)
iPad 2 (GSM)
iPad 2 (Wi-Fi)
iPod touch (third generation)
iPod touch (fourth Generation)
Make sure to download the software to a place that you'll remember. Once download is complete, hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac) and click "Restore"in iTunes. You'll then be asked to point iTunes to the correct software, which you just downloaded. Your update will then begin. NOTE: This method will delete all your apps, music, contacts, etc, as it is a complete restore to factory settings, so make sure your device is backed up before proceeding.
Option 2: Put your phone in DFU mode (a.k.a. "restore mode")
This is one of the first suggestions I found, but it is NOT one I'd recommend. Right now, my iPhone 4 is completely useless. It won't even connect to iTunes (error 0xE8000065). But if you want to take a chance, here's the simplest way to do it:
Plug your phone into your computer (as if it isn't already).
Shut off your phone.
Once off, hold down both the power button and home button, as if you're doing a soft restore.
When you see the Apple logo, let go of the power button, but continue to hold down the home button.
Open iTunes.
Once your device is connected, you will be in DFU mode.
Click "Restore" in iTunes, and go through all the subsequent prompts.
Cross your fingers.
Please note, this method can be just as tedious and frustrating as the original updating process, so only use it if you're desperate.
Option 3: Wait
Grab some food, go see a movie, crack a beer, hang out with your dog, do ANYTHING other than try to update your iPhone. Once you're good and relaxed, Apple's servers should be better equipped to handle your need for the latest and greatest iOS in the land. Start from the top, and hope I'm right.
UPDATE: My phone is now working (6:40pm ET) after using option 1. To the rest of you who haven't yet had any luck, godspeed.
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