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Mosby's Dental Dictionary
A handy reference ideal for the entire dental team, Mosby's Dental Dictionary, 3rd Edition defines over 10,000 terms covering all areas of dentistry. Definitions include specialties such as endodontics, periodontics, surgery, and commonly used medical terms. Pocket sized and easy to carry, this edition includes over 300 illustrations and addresses new innovations, research, technology, and products. Extensive appendices provide quick access to the information you use every day, and a new companion website offers audio pronunciations plus videos and animations.View full description
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- American Dental Association (ADA) Dental Codes 2007/2008
- Anxiety and Pain Management
- Clinical Oral Structures
- Dental Professional Organizations
- Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
- Infection Control
- Legal and Ethical Issues
- How Dental Terms Are Made and Read
- Nutrition and Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacology
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Bill Condon, who recently officially jumped on board to direct the two-part Twilight finale Breaking Dawn, reached out to his new audience by posting a letter to the series' official facebook page. It reads:
Greetings Twihards, Twifans, Twilight Moms, Team Edward, Team Jacob and Team Switzerland,
I just want to say hello to all of you and let you know that I'm stoked to be getting underway on the adventure of making BREAKING DAWN. As you've probably heard, I've been given a very warm welcome by Stephenie and Team Summit - who are super-focused, as you know, on getting these movies right.
I'm pretty busy bringing myself up to speed on what you already know by heart: I've read BREAKING DAWN twice, rewatched Catherine's and Chris's movies 2-3 times each, have all four CDs playing in my car, and have Catherine's notebook, Mark Cotta Vaz's companion books, and even Volume 1 of the graphic novel here on my desk - a corner of my office is starting to look like Hot Topic. I realize that this barely qualifies me for "newborn" status in the universe you've been living inside for a few years now, but a guy's gotta start somewhere.
Like many of you, I've always been slightly obsessed with vampires, dating back to the prime-time series DARK SHADOWS, which I followed avidly as a kid. But that alone hadn't been enough to get me interested in making a vampire movie, even though my early screenwriting and directing efforts grew out of a great love for horror movies and thrillers. Since making GODS AND MONSTERS thirteen years ago, however, I've been yearning for a return to a story with Gothic overtones.
The wonderful world that Stephenie has created has obviously struck a chord with you, and I don't think it's difficult to see why. For me, her characters are simultaneously timeless, yet very modern. Rooted in a beautiful, real landscape with a great sense of place, Bella, Edward, Jacob, and the rest of the Forks/La Push menagerie, experience emotions that are primal, and universal: desire, despair, jealousy - and it all comes to fruition in BREAKING DAWN. This is a final chapter in the best sense; not just wide in scope and scale, but emotionally charged and intense throughout.
I'm a huge admirer of the already-iconic Kristen, Robert, and Taylor, and wanted to be the one to work with them as they face the challenges of bringing your beloved characters to the end of their journeys. Really, what could be more fun than that?
Please feel free to ask questions in the comments section below, and I'll do my best to answer them. I hope that this will be the first of many occasions I'll get to check in with you as we set to work bringing BREAKING DAWN to the screen. I am excited and grateful to have all of you alongside me for my TWILIGHT journey.
All best,
Bill Condon
P.S. Answer #1: No, there won't be any musical numbers
Summit has also released two new photos from the upcoming sequel Eclipse, which you can see at ComingSoon.
The David Slade-directed Eclipse will open on June 30th, 2010, while the first part of Breaking Dawn is set for 2011.


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Hello again my pale friends.
There's nothing more suspenseful in your romance than a little bit of horror!
Thrills, chills, mystique!
Today I'm shedding a little light on The Vampire Family with an In The Spotlight visit with Raine Delight!
All the tawdry questions answered, dark fantasies fulfilled. Stop on by so I can answer YOUR question!
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Prop. 13 and health
EDITOR: Now that Houston Herczog's trial is over, we need to take action to prevent future tragedies ("SR man insane when he killed his father," May 22).
I knew Mark Herczog, not well, but well enough to know that he was a nice guy. Because of the history of local police killing mentally ill people after being called to intervene in a crisis, he was not willing to call them for help with his son. He may have died because he was afraid to call the police. There are other families with the same fears.
I came to Sonoma State University in 1976 to study psychology and stayed here to work in mental health. I've watched as the cuts caused by Proposition 13 turned an adequate mental health system into no safety net for most patients and their families.
We must rewrite Proposition 13 so that homeowners can be protected, so that the taxes are more fair and so that corporations and large property owners who don't sell their land can be made to pay their share. Then we can raise enough revenue to support the services it takes to have a civilized society.
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EDITOR: In response to Brad Potter's letter ("A terrible mistake," May 30), I offer the following: A homosexual is a person who is romantically attracted to members of the same sex. A pedophile is an adult who is sexually attracted to children. They are not the same thing. His suggestion to the contrary is offensive.


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Celebrate the 150th birthday of American railroad hero Jonathan Luther "Casey" Jones on March 14 at the Case Jones Home & Railroad Museum in Jackson, Tennssee. Jones, who lived in Jackson with his wife and three children, was a railroad engineer who became an internationally known icon due to his heroic last ride on April 30, 1900 when he saved all the passengers on his train. Jones slowed the Cannonball Express before colliding into a stalled freight train near Vaughan, Mississippi.
His actions were immortalized in a ballad sung by his friend Wallace Saunders. Today, Casey Jones' fame is attributed to the traditional song, "The Ballad of Casey Jones," recorded by Mississippi John Hurt, Pete Seeger, Furry Lewis and Johnny Cash, among others.
Museum admission will be free that day with educational activities, refreshments, door prizes, and a presentation of local, regional and state-wide proclamations in honor of Casey Jones. Entertainment will be provided throughout the day by the Jackson Area Plectral Society, a local old-time music preservation club.
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Come express yourself through rhythm! Open to adults and teens: Monday, July 29, 7pm at 36 King Street (Rte. 495/Exit 30), Littleton, MA. FEE: $10 per person. No musical experience necessary. Reserve a spot at (978) 486-9524 x116. Learn more at www.indianhillmusic.org.
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Message in a BottleThis quest was marked obsolete by Blizzard and cannot be obtained or completed. Find the author of the message in a bottle.
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To any that can aid me-
Please, my need for help is dire. A great Skymane holds me captive on an island in the South Seas.
The stars at night are foreign to me and obscured by the jungle trees, but on the clearest days I see Wild Shore to the northwest, and what seem to be large sailing ships to the southwest.
I beg of you, my would-be savior, please help me.
Have you come to free me?
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text: A fun-filled getaway for four teenagers becomes a season in Hell in this tense British thriller. Liz Dunn (Thora Birch) is a student at an exclusive private school who is head over heels for Mike Steel (Desmond Harrington), a handsome classmate whose father is a well-known American rock star. Liz, however, is self-conscious about her looks and is convinced Mike would rather be with the prettier girls in her class. Liz is also unenthusiastic about an upcoming field trip, in which she and the other students will have to camp out for three days while studying local geography. Liz confesses her infatuation with Mike to Martin Taylor (Daniel Brocklebank), a science-minded geek and longtime friend who happens to be in love with Liz, though she prefers to ignore it. Martin proposes a solution to both of Liz's problems; he's found an underground bunker built during World War II near the school grounds, and he arranges a little party in which Liz and Mike will spend the three days of the field trip in the bunker, with class couple Geoff (Laurence Fox) and Frankie (Keira Knightley) going along, giving Liz a perfect chance to impress Mike with her charm. The students lay in a supply of food, water, and booze to last them for three days, but after 72 hours, they discover they've been locked in, and they're not sure if Martin intends to let them out. The Hole also stars Embeth Davidtz as a psychiatrist who consults with Liz after her ordeal. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi


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Monday, January 04, 2010
Super long Norwegian train documentary available for download in HD
Norwegian Broadcasting are making their latest documentary called Bergensbanen available for download for free. In HD somemore! The show has been watched by over 1.2 million Norwegians and is almost 7 1/2 hours long, showing every minute of the scenic train ride between Bergen on the Norwegian west coast, crossing the mountains to the capital of Oslo.
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Spaghetti western films, a dark variation on traditional westerns made by Italian filmmakers, changed how many moviegoers looked at the western genre. Instead of clear-cut heroes and villains, spaghetti western films often featured anti-heroes at their center, silent men whose motivations ar unknown, and who often shoot first and ask questions later. Spaghetti western films utilized predominantly European casts, but some American stars made their bones in spaghetti western films, most notably Clint Eastwood, who came to be known for his turn as the Man With No Name in the films of Sergio Leone. Here are the essential spaghetti western films any movie fan should know.
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Do you want to read books about friendship? Are you worried about problems with nasty bullies, or maybe jealous witches? With friends like these you can face anything. Why not share your favourite Kelpies book with your best friend?
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Only yesterday, the New England Journal of Medicine witnessed the publication of a new study concerning how a very rare tumor caused a 19-year-old to grow hair on his eyeball.
Specialists refer to this type of tumors as limbal dermoids, and explain that they are made up of otherwise normal tissue. The only problem is that, rather than growing where it should, the tissue grows in other parts of the body.
Thus, limbal dermoids may contain hair follicles, cartilage and sweat glands, and whenever such tissues start forming and growing in places where they do not belong, peculiar conditions such as said hairy eyeball begin to manifest themselves.
"A 19-year-old man presented to our ophthalmology clinic with a mass in his right eye that had been present since birth but had gradually increased in size. He did not have pain, but the mass caused vision defects, mild discomfort on blinking, and the intermittent sensation of the presence of a foreign body," reads the New England Journal of Medicine.
Furthermore, "The appearance of the mass, with hairs present, was indicative of limbal dermoid."
According to My Health News Daily, this very rare tumor measured about 5 mm (about a quarter of an inch) in diameter, and had to be surgically removed as a result of its negatively impacting on the Iranian man's eyesight and of its bothering the patient.
However, it seems that no significant progress was made in terms of restoring the 19-year-old's visual acuity.
"As expected, there was little improvement in visual acuity after surgery because of the amblyopia [i.e. the loss of one eye's ability to see details] and induced astigmatism [i.e. a condition that causes blurred vision]," the New England Journal of Medicine goes on to explain.
Interestingly enough, it seems that some of the patients who develop such tumors and end up having hairy eyeballs choose not to have their problem surgically fixed, primarily because they are not physically bothered by the hairs and/or the tumor.
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Social Networking is Growing Up
Social networking has thus far been primarily about connecting with lost friends, playing simple games, and gawking at strangers. Aside from the amazing ability to reconnect with buddies from middle school, the rest of social networking mirrors normal human behavior in real life. Lots of people need an avenue for rest and relaxation. Dumb games like Pirates vs. Ninjas on Facebook replaces old time-wasters like watching TV. Who hasn't been to the mall or the park watching people pass by? We're all voyeurs to some degree but social networks like Myspace (NWS-A) make us Peeping Toms powered by technology.
It's been great fun, but social networks have ambitions to be more than just a digital playground. They want to be super hubs of e-commerce where people go to buy stuff. Even on that front, current efforts have been less than inspiring. Facebook has had some success getting people to spend micro amounts of money sending small digital images as gifts for their friends. This is much like the candy grams I bought for all the pretty girls in middle school, juvenile and bound to lose its novelty. Of course, new generations of kids are always going to join social networks, so the "digital dollar" gifts will always be in demand. It is a valuable business, but one that could evolve into something greater if Facebook or competitors figure out more useful applications for micropayments or "digital dollars."
I believe that it's perfectly fine for social networks to remain as fun hangouts but if the Zuckerbergs and DeWolfes of the world want their networks to be much more, things will have to change. The future of social networking requires much more elegant thought leadership that will lead to much more robust applications made by much more skilled developers and managers.
A big change has already begun. Corporations are slowly dipping their toes into the waters. While they've been big advertisers on the networks, they are beginning to interact directly with the community. Some are leveraging existing networks. Others are building their own networks so they can customize that interaction.
Let's take a quick survey of what some grown-ups are doing today in the social networking space. This is by no means an exhaustive study, think of it more as a sampling of some of the more interesting and unique approaches. It remains to be seen which of their differing approaches will succeed, but a careful watch of their efforts might give us clues as to what that elusive future of social networking might look like.
Struggling Starbucks (SBUX) has seen its stock price fall over 40% over the past year due to slowing growth, customer apathy, and fierce competition from the likes of McDonald's (MCD) and Dunkin' Donuts. It recently announced the launch of its own social networking website called My Starbucks Idea. In what looks like a valiant corporate effort in crowdsourcing or leveraging the wisdom of crowds, the website attempts to engage the audience to share ideas on how to make Starbucks better. Not sure if the company has ever used fancy pants MBAs and consultants who think in terms of profit margins, market share, and brand extension, but any attempt to get the average Joe to opine about his cup of Joe makes sense. These are presumably the people who feel the strongest about their daily java fix, an emotional connection that ought to lead to insightful ideas. Therein lies a natural problem; the most passionate fans of Starbucks who share ideas are not the bulk of customers who feel that Starbucks has lost its way but wouldn't be motivated enough to tell anyone why. While I'm at it, here's my suggestion: brand extension usually does not work – get rid of the tastefully compiled music compact discs.
Networking giant Cisco Systems (CSCO) has always excelled in growth through acquisition. By acquiring technologies developed by small startups or budding competitors, the company has been able to keep its technology edge and maintain market leadership. However, this strategy has always been a tad expensive; after all, the venture capitalists that backed the acquisitions need to be paid off for making good bets. Now Cisco has launched a competition called I-Prize that could help the company identify good ideas long before they become pricey startups. The I-Prize competition allows the company to reach out to its community or ecosystem and motivate submission of ideas for rewards. The best idea gets funded as a new business unit and the idea generators get a big signing bonus and employment. The social networking aspects of I-Prize include the ability for entrepreneurs to comment on each other's ideas and network with each other to form collaborative teams. Recently, Cisco released a blog post describing the demographic details of the semi-finalists in the competition. It appears Cisco is having a successful experience with this program.
Overstock.com (OSTK) has seen its stock price follow the trajectory of a roller coaster over the past year. The online retailer suffers from negative margins and a supremely competitive online landscape. It recently launched a community portal on its website that allows users to blog about their interests, write product guides and reviews, discuss auction items in online forums, and read the latest articles written by CEO Patrick Byrne. Byrne has been pilloried by the vicious financial press for his unorthodox behavior, but I love his independent, contrarian, and defiant style. I think the attempt to engage its most loyal shoppers to contribute product guides and blog about favorite products makes sense, but I would implement the strategy differently. Instead of Overstock hosting the blogs and reviews on its own website, it should attempt to build a loose network of affiliate bloggers and guides similar to blog networks such as Know More Media, b5media, and Pajamas Media. The separate network approach would result in less control but better search engine rankings, increased traffic driven by external sources, and a more active affiliate program fueled by a rewarding incentive scheme.
Dell (DELL) operates a website called IdeaStorm that resembles My Starbucks Idea. The mammoth computer manufacturer wants its customers to post and discuss ideas. One large component of the interaction design on the website involves the ability to "promote" or "demote" ideas posted by others. In this way, the site imitates the crowdsourcing methodology pioneered by Digg, the news aggregator community. For corporate executives that have been tasked with the daunting responsibility of building web communities with the potential to feed the parent company with business intelligence and game-changing ideas, check out Salesforce.com's (CRM) Ideas platform. Dell's IdeaStorm is built on the Ideas platform and appears to be a good implementation. My Starbucks Idea is also powered by the same platform. The platform is definitely a more cost effective solution than building a platform from scratch, but care should be given to customization and integration with existing websites or properties.
Dell has also been experimenting with innovative forms of advertising on social networks. Instead of what I call "passive advertising" on the margins such as banner ads and margin text ads, Dell is putting its name directly on web applications that social network denizens interact with. In partnership with Federated Media, Dell conducted an art competition on the Graffiti application on Facebook centered around the question "what does green mean to you" which ultimately drove traffic to another one of Dell's social networking sites, ReGeneration. The ReGeneration campaign is an early example of what I call "appvertising," a more direct and intimate form of advertising made possible through social networks.
Our favorite whipping boys, the American auto industry, might well need to try anything and everything to stem its losses to the relentless Japanese auto companies. In other words, in times of desperation, throw everything at the problem including the kitchen sink. General Motors Corporation (GM) has decided that social networking might be one way to persuade American consumers to buy Cadillac Escalades, Buick Enclaves, and Chevrolet Corvettes instead of Honda (HMC) Accords and Toyota (TM) Corollas. GM Next, the company's attempt at social networking, is a content rich site that includes blogs, podcasts, and a healthy serving of videos. Unfortunately, the site feels too promotional and not focused enough on carrying a genuine conversation with car enthusiasts.
We're witnessing the early stages of corporate involvement in social networking, both on the mass consumer social networks and on specialized corporate social networks. The operators of popular social networks desire to be more than just massive collections of frivolous games and applications. They'd like to move beyond the amateur and simple coding exercises haphazardly thrown together by weekend programmers with illusions of getting rich off their tiny applications. I think that's a dangerous change in direction and few social networks will succeed in growing up and surviving the coming shakeout. It would behoove some savvy social network executives to heed Geoffrey the Giraffe of Toys "R" Us fame and consider that "we don't want to grow up."


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Soon-to-be Houston Texans head coach Bill O'Brien reportedly "grew frustrated" with the politics at Penn State. According to various reports, O'Brien had issues with individuals within the college who were attempting to compare his coaching style to … [Read more...]
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German Government Sign Loan Deal For Spanish SMEs
German Economy Minister and Vice Chancellor Philipp Roesler is... Photo d'actualitéAllemagne,Berlin,Conférence de presse,Gouvernement,Ministère de l'économie,Philipp Rösler,Politique,VerticalPhotographer Thomas TrutschelCollection: Photothek 2013 PhotothekBERLIN, GERMANY - JULY 04: German Economy Minister and Vice Chancellor Philipp Roesler is pictured during a press conference on July 04, 2013 in Berlin, Germany. German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble and Spanish Economy Mister Luis de Guindos sign a loan which is the heart of a German Spanish investment programme aimed to promote Spanish small and medium-sized enterprises. (Photo by Thomas Trutschel/Photothek via Getty Images)


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Tuesday, June 23, 2009
The First Six Weeks Are Like Hell
There's a video (embedded below) of Joyce Carol Oates talking about writing. She says that she always starts with characters, and setting (which she also considers a character).
She says some stuff about the various personalities of dogs and cats and horses that I found a bit odd, as much as I love animals (Hi Edgar! – if you're reading this, which, since you're a dog, I guess you're not).
She talks about writing her way into a novel by listening to the way the characters express themselves as she writes, and the desire that new writers feel to give up at this early stage.
She says, "I know, the first six weeks of writing a novel for me are like hell. I'm very unhappy and very frustrated, and actually very miserable. But I keep on going. "
I don't delight in her misery, but it is reassuring to know that this happens to everyone. Even Joyce Carol Oates, who probably wrote three short stories in the time it took me to write this sentence.
Facing the blank page is always challenging, but at the beginning of a story, the page is really blank. To help get past this, some people write detailed character biographies, others do free-writing exercises where they interview their characters, or where the characters interact with each other in scenes that probably won't end up in the novel. And each of those techniques is great, if it works for you.
But there's a fine line between "developing your characters" and procrastination, just as there is a fine line between "researching" and procrastination, or "plotting" and procrastination.
Eventually, you have to face the blank page. Eventually, your fingers have to push down on the little buttons with the letters on them, making words, and putting those words in order to make the sentences that comprise your novel.
Most writers*, no matter how prolific, will tell you that the beginning is hell. But you keep on going. And then you hit a point – page 20 or 30 or 50 – where you've got a handle on your characters, you understand their goals and problems, and you can see where they are headed and the obstacles in their path.
At that point, you love your story and you love your writing and the world is beautiful and you are a genius.
You know it won't last, and it doesn't. You cruise along for a while, then doubts arise and the voices in your head get louder, and by the time you hit the halfway point in your manuscript, something breaks in your head and you become convinced that you've written the worse POS in the history of writing, and that there is no way to fix it.
And, somehow, you get past that little bump in the road.
But today I'm focusing on the first bump, at the beginning. I recently got an email from an aspiring novelist who wanted to know about finding an agent. I asked him if he'd finished his book, and he answered at length about all the research he'd done. I asked again if the novel was finished.
He hadn't even started.
You must start. Like Ms. Oates, you will be "very unhappy and very frustrated and actually very miserable." But if you want to write a novel, you must start. And you must keep going.
As Bugs Bunny said, "Watch out for that first step. It's a doozy!"
*changed from "every writer" - see comments.
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Always happy to disagree with Ms. Oates, slightly less happy to disagree with you, Sean, but I'm never better than when starting out ... think about it: the first sentence is the only one in the whole book that doesn't have to follow another sentence; finally you're free of all the holes and dead-ends you wrote yourself into last time; and ... this time ... maybe ... it will come out good. I love the first six weeks. Best six weeks of the year.
- abbourgoin said...
Sean, thank you so much for posting this on of all days, today! I recently hit the second bump-where doubt sets in and you're ready to throw in the towel. Over the weekend, I was reading just how difficult it is to actually finish a novel, to get published, etc.
However, I stumbled on your post this morning. I also got an offer from an online magazine to publish an article I wrote. (My first offer ever.) Between the offer and your post, I have never felt so inspired and uplifted.
Thank you!
And Lee, sorry to say I have to disagree. For me, so far, maybe not the first sentence, but the first chapter was hardest. I had about five different ways I could start and I couldn't decide. I had actually drafted five first chapters and let a close friend choose with me.
I guess this just proves how different we all are.
- Dana King said...
I have bits of both Lee's and Sean's outlook. The beginning is fun, for the reasons Lee cites. I move into the POS phase about 1/3 of the way in. (And apparently stay there, based on the ever-growing pile of rejections.)
A piece of advice to the aspiring novelist who contacted Sean: I have figured out THE secret of finding an agent and getting oublished. Writers can vary about style, plots, characters. dialog, anything else, but all the great ones, from Dickens to Tolstoy to Steinbeck to Chanlder, have one thing in common: they finished.
- Sean Chercover said...
Abbourgoin - Congratulations on the article! That's great news.
Lee - Well, as my Grandpa used to say, that's what makes horse races. You are the first writer I've ever heard say that the blank page is the fun bit. But then again, you're also one of those who can write a novel with no idea what happens next. I am insanely jealous of your mojo. Whatever you're drinking, can I have some?
- Sean Chercover said...
Nicely said, Dana. And I'll mark you down as the second writer I've ever heard say the blank page is fun!
- Libby Hellmann said...
My trick is not to even approach the blank page till I have the first sentence... maybe even the first graf... mentally composed. But yes, I'm at the half way POS point right now. Sigh.
- David J. Montgomery said...
Starting a novel isn't too bad.
FINISHING a novel is a bitch.
- Guyot said...
Obviously, I know nothing of writing novels, but that won't stop me from spewing my worthless opinion, will it?
I think what Sean is talking about is absolutely true for the vast majority of working writers. Writers already published, selling screenplays, etc.
For aspiring writers, starting is the best, most fun thing there is. It's so free and easy and fun.
Finishing (as that dopey Daily Beast guy points out) is a huge, insanely difficult task. And very few ever do it.
But for the writer Sean is, and those he's talking to, I assume, finishing is the fun part. You've made it over the hump, you've gained that euphoric momentum, and the words are flying off your fingers at this point.
We all have to give give Lee Child's take on things a pass... he's not of this world. If I could do it as easily, and half as good as Lee, I'd be living in a much nicer home.
- David J. Montgomery said...
One of the biggest mistakes I think a writer can make is to try to emulate Lee Child. What he can do is a special kind of magic that the rest of us can't touch.
I think he made a little trip to the Crossroads, if you get my drift.
- jnantz said...
Sean, to be honest, I have nothing to add here except that my "POS/doubts" second bump is still haunting me through rewrites, and that you have a cool ass pup. Edgar, huh? Good name.
- Sean Chercover said...
Thanks, jnantz. Edgar is a very cool mutt, and we love him.
- Barbara D'Amato said...
Don't we get to see a picture of Edgar?
- Sean Chercover said...
Click on his name in the blog post, Barb. You'll see him.
- Barbara D'Amato said...
Awwwww. He's excellent.
- Kevin Guilfoile said...
Yeah I actually love the beginning. I love it so much I usually end up writing four or five beginnings before I decide.
I feel the despair in the middle. And also at the end. Everything you haven't yet written is awesome. Everything you've actually written is crap. Sigh.
I need a little Rescue Me to make me feel better now.
- Picks By Pat said...
I like beginning a novel. The middle of the novel is where my trouble starts. Even if I know how it will end, that middle section is a minefield!
- Bryon said...
Oh I love starting a novel. Like Lee says, you can do anything. I love getting my characters into interesting situations and throwing obstacles in their way and generally making a mess of their lives. It's the last six weeks that kill me. I absolutely suck at wrapping it all together. I've resorted to things as varied as faked deaths and once, even, a secret tube that shot a character out of a fight I couldn't end.
- Laura Caldwell said...
This is so bizarre. I thought everyone felt like me (and Lee). The beginning is a joy! Such optimism. Such potential. The end--when you turn a corner and see the finish line like shimmering city lights a few miles away--is lovely too. The middle, which for me starts about Chapter 4 and goes all the way through to that corner turn, is filled with doubt, self-loathing and fear. (Note to self: make therapy appointment).
- Lori said...
"Even Joyce Carol Oates, who probably wrote three short stories in the time it took me to write this sentence."
Just hilarious. And probably true.
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Back in the days of Michelle Tanner and jelly shoes, there was one hairstyle — or rather one hair-styling tool — that reigned supreme: the topsy tail. For just $9.95 (+ shipping and handling), that knitting needle with a loop on one end could be yours. The little detail that those lovely infomercial folks didn't want you to know was that for the very low price of zero dollars you could create all the topsy tail hairstyles you like, sans tool. Our younger selves may not have been able to grasp that fact, but we were on to something with that looped ponytail we loved so much.
For our 2014 version of the look, professional hair stylist Jessica Scantlin for Contour Fossa made our loops a little daintier and incorporated another one of our favorite throwbacks, the half-up pony, all without the help of the actual topsy tail tool.
1. Pull two 1-inch sections of hair away from your forehead, one on each side of your face. Secure them in back together with an elastic
2. Take the tail of the pony and flip it up and over, pulling it down through the middle.
3. Repeat steps 1 and 2 twice more, moving down your head as you go.
Did you have a topsy tail? Tell us your fave topsy tail creation from yesteryear in the comments below.
Photos: Joshua M Shelton Photography
Hair and Makeup: Jessica Scantlin for Contour Fossa
Model: Arielle Raycene
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text: It's been called "the Queen of Sciences"--mathematics. It might not be as obvious in Olympic sports as physics or materials-engineering, but math--from simple arithmetic to calculus--is part of every jump, every spin, every move the athletes make on snow or ice. Mathematician Edward Burger from Williams College explains why math counts.


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ROCKFORD, TEXAS. Rockford is on Farm Road 1497 fourteen miles southeast of Paris in southeastern Lamar County. It was settled prior to 1900 and named for its location on a rocky ford of the North Sulphur River. A post office operated at the settlement from 1891 to 1909. Rockford had a population of twenty-five and one business in 1940. After World War II many of the residents moved out of the area, and by the mid-1960s the town's only store had closed. In the early 1990s Rockford was a dispersed rural community.
The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this article.Christopher Long, "ROCKFORD, TX," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hrr30), accessed October 09, 2015. Uploaded on June 15, 2010. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.


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Altria MO, +1.18% shares surged more than 5 percent, rallying along with the other tobacco companies after a U.S. appeals court rejected the government's attempt to go after past profits in its $280 billion racketeering case against the industry.
American Power Conversion Corp. APCC, +0.00% added more than 9 percent after the West Kingston, R.I., company reported fourth-quarter earnings of $52.8 million, or 27 cents a share, a nine percent decrease from its year-ago profit but 2 cents ahead of Wall Street's consensus view.
Applix APLX shares soared more than 35 percent after the Westborough, Mass., business software company posted fourth-quarter earnings of $3.1 million, or 20 cents per share, and gave a bullish outlook for 2005.
Astronics Corp. ATRO, -0.49% gained more than 20 percent after the company purchased Airborne Electronic Systems from a subsidiary of General Dynamics GD, +0.69% The deal is worth $13 million in cash with an additional purchase consideration of up to $4 million, based on 2005 revenue, Astronics said. The East Aurora, N.Y.-based manufacturer of equipment for the aerospace and defense industry said it expects Airborne to add about $30 million to its revenue in 2005, while "contributing solidly" to its earnings.
Shares of Bioject Medical Technologies BJCT, +0.00% rose more than 26 percent after the Bedminster, N.J. developer of needle-free drug delivery systems said it entered into a supply agreement with Chronimed Inc. CHMD, -11.11% Under the pact, Bioject Medical will supply drug delivery systems to Chronimed, a Minnetonka, Minn. drug distributor which will distribute the products to patients using the AIDS treatment Fuzeon.
Brightpoint Inc. CELL, +0.00% shares gained more than 8 percent after the Plainfield, Ind., mobile phone distributor reported its fourth-quarter profit rose 50 percent. See full story.
Cadence Design CDN, +1.43% surged almost 3 percent after the company said fourth-quarter earnings were $60 million, or 20 cents a share, vs. $15 million, or 5 cents a share, a year ago. See full story.
Curtiss-Wright Corp. CW, +1.61% shares rose more than 8 percent after the Roseland, N.J., motion control equipment maker reported fourth-quarter earnings of $23.1 million, or $1.06 a share, compared with $14.8 million, or 70 cents a share, last year. The company also forecast 2005 earnings of $3.24 to $3.45 a share, on revenue of $1.05 billion to $1.1 billion.
Shares of Instinet Group INGP added more than 3 percent after the company posted net income of $19 million or 6 cents a share in the fourth quarter, ahead of expectations. It had posted a $38 million loss in the year-ago period. Excluding items, pro forma earnings totaled 4 cents per share. Analysts polled by Thomson/First Call had projected earnings of 3 cents a share.
Ixia XXIA, +1.05% shares leapt more than 10 percent after the Calabasas, Calif., provider of Internet protocol network testing technology reported fourth-quarter earnings of $7.6 million, or 11 cents per share, a penny ahead of the average estimate of analysts polled by Thomson First Call.
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Learning Tree International LTRE, +0.80% shares advanced more than 14 percent after the Los Angeles provider of education and training services posted a fourth-quarter profit of $2.1 million, or 13 cents per share, besting Wall Street's consensus estimate for earnings of a nickel per share. The company also said Nicholas Schacht, its current president and COO, would be promoted to CEO later this year. Schacht will replace David Collins, the company's founder, in the CEO role. Collins will remain chairman.
Martek Biosciences MATK added more than 11 percent after the company secured a 15 year, non-exclusive docosahexaenoic acid license and supply agreement with an undisclosed Fortune 500 consumer food products company.
Shares of Maxtor Corp. MXO, +1.08% rose more than 6 percent after the disk drive maker gave a bullish outlook for the first quarter. See full story.
Shares of Micrel Inc. MCRL gained more than 4 percent after the San Jose, Calif., chip maker reported fourth-quarter earnings rose 28 percent to $5.1 million, or 6 cents a share, from $4 million, or 4 cents a share, a year ago. The performance was a penny ahead of Wall Street's consensus expectations.
OfficeMax OMXS30, +0.60% shares tacked on more than 3 percent after UBS initiated coverage of the company with a "buy" rating.
PXRE Group Ltd. SPXT, +1.44% gained more than 5 percent after the Bermuda-based re-insurer reported fourth-quarter earnings of $32.8 million, or $1.09 a share, vs. $27.8 million, or $1.14 a share, last year. Revenue was $89.1 million vs. $93.3 million. Analysts expected earnings of 99 cents a share on revenue of $81 million.
Qwest Communications' Q, +2.47% shares advanced more than 7 percent in afternoon action. The move comes a day after published reports that it's in talks to acquire MCI Inc. MCIP
ResMed RMD, +0.82% shares leapt more than 12 percent after the medical equipment maker posted strong second-quarter earnings.
Shares of Shanda Interactive Entertainment Ltd. SNDA rose more than 4 percent after the Chinese online games company reported fourth-quarter earnings more than tripled.
Shares of Temple-Inland TIN, +0.00% rose more than 15 percent after the company said its board approved an increase in its dividend to 45 cents per common share and a two-for-one stock split, for shareholders of record on March 1. The packaging and forest products company also said it would buy back up to 10 percent of its pre-split stock, as many as 6 million shares and that Carl Icahn and Icahn Partners Masters Fund LP have asked for antitrust clearance for each to acquire more than $100 million, but less than $500 million, of Temple-Inland's common stock. See full story.
Shares of TiVo Inc. TIVO, +4.60% gained more than 6 percent after the digital video recording technology company reiterated its fourth-quarter stand-alone new subscriber forecast. TiVo said it expects to add between 200,000 and 275,000 such customers for the period ended in January. Stand-alone customers are those who buy their service directly through TiVo and not through another service provider such as DirecTV Group. Janco Partners also raised its rating on TiVo to "market perform" from "sell."


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Album Rating: 1.5young + this love, this hate mang
Album Rating: 1.0at least their lyrics are good, right?
Album Rating: 1.0This album is a disgrace for rap rock. Better listen Rage Against The Machine, Biohazard, 311, Nonpoint, old linkin park , beastie, boys, cypress hill or P.O.D. These guys makes of limp bizkit a decent band and LB is a terrible, terrible band.
Album Rating: 1.0^ exactly. And Faith No More if you consider that rap-rock/metal
Album Rating: 1.5no this > lb
"at least their lyrics are good, right?"
occasionally yes, actually, but most of the time no
Album Rating: 1.0You know its Johnny 3 when you watch that body fall.....
Album Rating: 1.0They are more alternative metal ( more in the same league to mr bungle,living colour, primus, janes addiction or even theraphy?) but they rule, now, returning back to this lame excuse of album, I have to say is worse than aids and commies combined, better listen Reveille, Ill Niño and more but those masked cunts are in the bottom of the barrel. I'm not a hater of rap-rock, nu-metal and genres like that but this excuse of noise makes me wanna kill small kittens.
And no ofense but very few times lyrics of these guys are tolerable, almost every rap-rock act I mentioned above destroys them, Hollywood undead is at the same level of kid cock and insane clown posse
Album Rating: 1.0all they do is take up space in CD stores.
and yeah they have horrible lyrics like we said earlier.
man this used to be the shit back in the day. i don't see how you guys can give this a 1, there's some decent stuff on here.
Album Rating: 1.0
man this used to be the shit back in the day. i don't see how you guys can give this a 1, there's some decent stuff on here.
Lol, don't insist kids, this is shit.
nah. this is average.
American Tragedy is shit.
Album Rating: 1.5agreed, this isn't awful
thank you Cygnatti. We can both agree that this album has some redeeming qualities. It's definitely not a 1.
"its hardcore..."
what the fuck kind of hardcore are you listening to?
This Love, This Hate and Young keep this from being a 1 or 1.5.
Digging: No Joy - More Faithful
Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Offno you're an idiot
those songs are fine but the best songs are the funny ones
1 it bro
Digging: The Flight Of Sleipnir - Saga
Digging: Vision of Disorder - Vision of Disorder
Bands: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z


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The wife of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney was scheduled to address a rally this morning in Hudsonville. Ann Romney is scheduled to visit to the Franklin Cider Mill in the Detroit suburb of Franklin in the afternoon.
The stops come the day after the debate between Mitt Romney running mate Paul Ryan and Democratic Vice President Joe Biden.


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Have you ever touched a newborn baby's skin? My goodness, you must.
My cousin had a son over a month ago (Gareth we love you!!!) and recently at my other cousin's wedding, I met him and I couldn't stop stroking his cheeks because they were so ridiculously soft. And he has NO PORES. For real. Why are babies so perfect?!
Anyway, I recently read that Leighton Meester's makeup artist, Amy Tagliamonti, knows the highly-coveted baby-skin and uses Mustela's Hydra-Bébé Body Lotion on the star on the set of Gossip Girl. She says Leighton loves the way it makes her skin glow and smell baby fresh, not to mention it makes her skin ridiculously baby soft.
It also reminded me that last week, before meeting a friend, I was bumming around at an organic shop and was mesmerized at the baby "beauty" section (which were pretty much all bath and body products). I asked if adults can use baby products, and the owner of the store said of course, that many women use baby products. I had no idea!
That has got me wondering… do you use baby products? I use baby oil sometimes, does that count? I can imagine using baby products would be great for those with sensitive skin, as we've been discussing recently!
P.S. Can you guess who that bald baby is? :D


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Finland Hall Helsinki has been awarded with the ISO14001 environmental certification.
Finlandia Hall Helsinki has been awarded with the ISO14001 environmental certification. Finlandia Hall is an internationally popular and noted congress and event centre where hundreds of different kinds of domestic and foreign events are organised every year. The ecological aspect of organising events is now trending amongst congress organisers. "When the organisers of international congresses and events are looking for a venue, responsibility is one of the factors affecting the choice of location," says Johanna Tolonen, CEO of Finlandia Hall.
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Baseball vs Houston Canceled
April 26, 2011
NACOGDOCHES, Texas - SFA's Tuesday baseball game vs Houston has been canceled due to inclement weather in the Nacogdoches area. The game will not be rescheduled.
SFA and Houston were scheduled for a 3:00 p.m. first pitch at Jaycees Field, marking the second game of the season between the teams.
The Lumberjacks will complete it's 56-game slate by playing a May 17 doubleheader against UT-Pan American.
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The Rambam
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Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon was one of the towering figures in the history of the Jewish people. Of him it was said, "From Moshe (Moses) to Moshe (the son of Maimon) there arose none like Moshe." Among the Jewish people, he is known as the Rambam, an acronym for Rabbi Moshe ben (son of) Maimon (RaMBaM); while universally - for his fame and influence reached far beyond the confines of his own people - he is called Maimonides, the Greek form of "the son of Maimon."
This brief biography brings to light many little-known facts about Maimonides, twelfth-century philosopher and physician.
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Kansas City Royals v Tampa Bay Rays
Manager Ned Yost of the Kansas City Royals calls for a relief pitcher... News PhotoAmerican League,Baseball - Sport,Baseball Pitcher,Coach,Florida - US State,Full Length,Gulf Coast States,Kansas City Royals,Major League Baseball,Manager,Ned Yost,Relief Pitcher,Sport,St. Petersburg - Florida,Tampa Bay Devil Rays,Tropicana Field,USA,VerticalPhotographer Al MesserschmidtCollection: Getty Images Sport 2013 Getty ImagesST. PETERSBURG, FL - JUNE 14: Manager Ned Yost of the Kansas City Royals calls for a relief pitcher against the Tampa Bay Rays June 14, 2013 at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida. (Photo by Al Messerschmidt/Getty Images)


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Chatty Kidz connects families through video chat and keeps kids engaged with fun educational and collaborative games Read more
Funding Unsuccessful
This project's funding goal was not reached on August 5, 2013.
Chatty Kidz connects families through video chat and keeps kids engaged with fun educational and collaborative games
About this project
Words is our first goal - pledge and help make our dreams a reality.
Chatty Kidz - connecting children, families & learning!
What is Chatty Kidz?
Today an iPad app, tomorrow a solution for modern global families working together to better educate their children using iPad's, smartphone's or PC's.
Chatty Kidz is a team of parents, technical geniuses, creative gurus & educational specialists who care about quality education provided to children all over the world. Committed to building upon the existing Chatty Kidz platform, they are busy designing and developing new collaborative educational content to be delivered across a range of devices (i.e. PC,TV, tablet & phone).
Ken Taggart says "We want Chatty Kidz to be useful to our own families & to help us to better educate our own children; if it's useful to us then it is going to be useful for you too."
What are the problems we solve?
- A child quickly bores during a video chat
- A child gets bored with educational apps
- How to teach children to use Social Media
- Keeping in touch with my distant family
What are the benefits?
- Children learn better & faster when working with family members
- The children enjoy learning & using technology for learning
- The interactivity & regular communication connects distant families
- Collaboration for the greater good - the family is closer if they enjoy time working on common goals together
- The parents/grandparents have a reason to use technology
- Everybody has fun
- The kids use the iPad for good instead of evil
- Grandparents nurture a deeper bond with their grandchildren
- Distant parents nurture a deeper bond with their children
Kids have so much fun talking to their family they don't realise they are learning!
Parents recruit distant family members, to help teach the kids.
We want to deliver more content to more platforms so families can educate their children using any Internet connected device!
The Board of Advisors
Stretch Goals
Any additional funds generated by this Kickstarter campaign will be spent funding our roadmap (which is significant) and improving the existing platform:
Risks and challenges
As with all software projects we have a range of risks to navigate:
Educational Expertise: We already have some expertise from the many historical eLearning projects we have delivered & the fact we are real parents! But we do not have enough, we need to recruit more educational expertise to ensure we provide the guidance required by family members teaching the children. Plus to create useful, interesting educational content that works for the children on our innovative collaborative platform.
We will focus on the communication between the educational professionals (generally non-technical) & developers (technical but not educational experts) because we have experienced problems in this area during earlier projects.
Development Skills & Productivity: We already have a small development team in place who have built the existing app, but we need to grow that team & we need to add specific skills and capabilities.
- OpenTok specialist (or other video platform): we use OpenTok currently to provide the video/audio capability & there are stability problems in the current app which we need to improve to ensure it is 100% stable. It is critical the video works.
Bandwidth issues also cause us significant problems as the user gets a poor experience, we need to utilise expert technical resources to ensure we minimise the problems experienced by users on a range of Internet connections. Of course over the years this will become less of an issue as more users utilise large bandwidth connections (i.e. fibre).
We have managed many large software & App projects over the last 15 years so we know how to recruit and manage a large team of creatives, architects, developers, DBA's, analysts & project managers in order to deliver a software solution on time & on budget.
We have also built a successful multi-channel digital marketing platform from the ground up starting in 1999 & selling it in 2007 (http://www.traction-digital.com/) . So we know how to deliver large software products & meet the busy schedule for improvements and enhancements.
The larger vision: we have a big vision and as the roadmap extends into the future the risks grow significantly, the funds raised in this Kickstarter project will not solve all our future problems. But they will provide a solid base from which we can grow and build upon, especially for the Learning Management System & the Crowd Sourcing Platform. Those will become large projects in their own right in the future once Chatty Kidz is successful and supporting a large user base.Learn about accountability on Kickstarter
Have a question? If the info above doesn't help, you can ask the project creator directly.
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- membership to our beta testing team. You'll have access to pre-release content for the platform and provide valuable feedback as we refine the design and functionality.
- We want you to know how to use the platform well; so we will also provide 3 x 30 minute sessions with one of our professional educators (valued at £90). You watch & interact with us to learn how to get the most out of the platform & better teach your children, in return we will get better quality feedback from you.
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Like us you are passionate about collaborative learning & want to be part of its exciting future. We want you to be one of our special advisors & help to guide the future of the Chatty Kidz platform.
You are invited to an exclusive dinner with the management of Chatty Kidz to discuss our plans and contribute your thoughts and opinions (NOTE: most convenient venue to be decided later).
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