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These activities go great with your visit to the National Corvette Museum and are designed to bring what you've experienced at the Museum right to your class!
Which Way Did the Corvette Go (Primary, Science)
Objects can move in many different directions, at various speeds. Students will observe and identify these directional movements as performed in real-life situations in a Corvette.
What's a Corvette Made of?
A car is made of many different materials… from the rubber in the tires, to the leather of the seats, glass of the windows, fiberglass and metal of the body and much more. Students will touch and feel these parts of a car, learn why different materials are selected for each part and sort the parts of the car by what they are made of.
Additional Resources: Corvette Part Flash Cards
In a Line, In a Row, Above & Below!
You can describe the position of an object by identifying its position relative to another object. This activity allows participants to identify where vehicles are located relative to their surroundings.
Additional Resources: Celebrities with Corvettes Flash Cards
These activities go great with our exhibit, 'From Here to There' and are designed to bring what you've experienced at the Museum right to your class!
Land Explorations - Simple Machines
Sea Explorations - Boat Design
Air Explorations - The Properties of Air
Balloon Rockets
Visitors will experiment with Newton's 3rd Law by making balloon rockets.
Cartesian Divers
Visitors will experiment with concepts such as of buoyancy, density, and
volume. The concepts of speed and velocity can be incorporated.
Combustion Engine Demonstration
Staff will demonstrate the science behind a combustion engine.
Floating Magnets
Visitors will experiment with the polarity of magnets.
Visitors will experiment with friction by pulling a book across different surfaces on a tabletop.
Fun with Bernoulli
Visitors can try several different activities that demonstrate the Bernoulli principle.
Giant Lever Demonstration
Visitors will adjust fulcrum and load position on a large lever as they experience mechanical advantage first-hand.
Hydraulic/Pneumatic Robot Arm
Visitors will build and operate robotic arms using pneumatics or hydraulics. This can be done as a short structured activity, or as a
more challenging workshop.
Load 'Em Up
Participants will design and build a boat out of foil to try and hold as much weight as possible before sinking.
Making an Electromagnet
Visitors will build a simple electromagnet with a nail, wire and current source.
Visitors will experiment with air pressure through the construction of a miniature hovercraft.
Paddle Boat
Visitors will build a paddle-boat that will self-propel through the water and includes a rudder for steering.
Square and Other Shaped Wheels
Visitors will experiment with non-round wheels and non-flat roads.
Water Rockets
Visitors will experiment with Newton's 3rd law by building a water rocket from a 2 liter soda bottle.
These activities go great with our former exhibit, 'The World We Create'!
Materials Chemistry: Peter Hodgson and Silly Putty
Learn about how Silly Putty was created, and be a "materials testing specialist" by testing out its properties!
Energy: Magnets: Crystal Englert - Magnetic Crayon Box
Create a different kind of magnet... with your cereal!
Design and Construction: Arches, Bridges and Domes
Become a human arch, create a human dome and create a human bridge.
Design and Construction: Design Workout
Inventory items in your classroom, what they are made of and why you think they used that material to make them.
Materials Chemistry: Epoxy Resins
Research, test and create glue.
Mathematics: Binary Code
Learn how to crack the binary code.
Mathematics: Calculating Fuel Efficiency
Calculate how far a tank of gas will take your family car.
Energy: Electricity
Build an Electrical Circuit
Carry Out Science Activity Cards
Play Dough
Make homemade play dough with simple kitchen ingredients.
Is it a liquid, or a solid? Make some and find out!
Head Hangers
Create a hanger to balance on your head.
Ice Cream
Make ice cream and learn how it freezes.
Make a simple kaleidoscope
Liquid Layers
Learn why oil and water do not mix.
All Aboard
Learn why some objects float and some sink.
Balloon Car
How would you like to make a car that moves along just like Issac Newton's Third Law of Motion says it will?
Beautiful Butterflies
Use chemistry to create a colorful butterfly.
Bubble Art
Make abstract art with bubbles.
Cabbage pH
Determine if a substance is an acid or a base using cabbage.
Communication Station
Learn to convey information when only one-way oral communication is possible.
Find Your Blind Spot
Determine where you blind spot is.
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I was in Haiti for the last 30 days, I came back friday the 19th, I went to check on my house and take some stuff to the people I grew up with there. What we have seen on TV is nothing compare to what the cameras didnt show us. People are still living under bed sheets and cardboards.
The role of rebuilding the country shouldn't be in the hands of the Haitian government, if that's the case nothing will get done.
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By the year 2030, it is estimated that 20 percent of the population will be 65 or older with time on their hands and potentially new interests to be satiated.
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This cake is a dream-a European dream! The texture in the photo plus my love of lemon and desserts made with olive oil enticed me to try the recipe. and it will not become one of my "regulars." I originally tried it for purposes of having a little "breakfast cake" with my coffee on mornings when I don't do oatmel, but once baked, I decided to slice the cake in half horizontally and made a filling of mascarpone plus a little (not too sweet) 10X sugar and vanilla bean paste. Hea-ven-ly! Very European flavor. Lovely recipe.flag if inappropriate
This is a great cake: light and citrusy with an amazing spongy texture. It's now my go-to cake.flag if inappropriate
This cake was INCREDIBLE. I am gluten free, so I substituted King Arthur GF flour, and it still worked beautifully. I did not have a spring form, so I lined the whole 9" round with parchment and (based on another review's suggestion) a very LIGHT film of olive oil in the parchment. The cake turned out moist with a delicate crumb (not always the case with GF baking) and, for having 5 eggs and 3/4 c olive oil, was surprisingly light and refreshing after dinner with a cup of jasmine green tea. I'm in love!flag if inappropriate
I am an experienced baker and all i can say is TERRIBLE. Was excited to find a recipe that did not include dairy, as I am allergic. Unfortunately the cake was terrible. Seriously inedible. It takes a lot for my husband and I to throw out cake - but this one went from one taste into the trash. Seriously skip it. Better off using a box cake (ugh shudder), entenmann's (gag), or nothing -- this cake was awful.flag if inappropriate
This simple cake is awesome. Lemony, mildly sweet and fruity from the oil. A great crumb. Perfect spring/summer light desert.flag if inappropriate
I just made this cake the other night and it was one of the easiest desserts. I mixed it up while dinner was on the grill - about 10 minutes. I followed the recipe exactly except I greased the sides of the pan with Crisco by mistake. I put some olive oil on the parchment. I used extra-virgin olive oil and Meyer lemon juice and zest. The cake came out light, fluffy, far more flavorful that I expected and it did not stick to the pan at all. Perfect! Rave reviews all around.flag if inappropriate
I rarely write reviews but this recipe demands one. I am an experienced cook having worked professionally in the field and taught at several noted cooking schools. Followed this recipe to the letter. Nastiest cake ever. Gummy texture, tasteless. Looked just like the photo but really not worth the ingredients and effort. My guests politely sampled a tiny bit but not one finished. I tossed the remaining 3/4 cake into the garbage.flag if inappropriate
Although not stated on the recipe, this is a hybrid between a sponge and chiffon cake. Some reviewers complained about the cake deflating after taking it out of the oven when cooked on a Bundt like tube pan. I had this problem until I realized this is a chiffon-like cake, and got better results by: - NOT GREASING the pan, just pour in the batter, this type of batter uses the wall to cling - NOT OPENING the oven until late baking time (after 40 m in my oven) - IMMEDIATELY revert the cake pan after taking it out of the oven AND LEAVE IT TO COOL FOR 3 H WITH THE TUBE RESTING over a flipped bowl or glass. - You dont really need this, but if consistently your cake deflates, add a teaspoon baking powder. I made this cake for 3 trials with a deflated cake and a fourth one in which the cake middle (not the skin) just felled after reverting the pan because the batter was still undone, even if the toothpick test seemed ok.flag if inappropriate
I loved the original so then I adapted this recipe to a Orange Whole Wheat Muffin. It's nothing like the cake, but uses the same principles and techniques sucessfully. Very adaptable recipe. http://kaleeats.blogspot.ca/2013/03/orange-whole-wheat-muffin.htmlflag if inappropriate
this is the best cake. easy to make, very moist, not too sweet, perfect special cake or just everyday cake for family and friends. I love to bake during the holidays. This cake was so good and so easy to make, I made it 4 times. Try adding fresh berries and making a glaze with confectioners sugar and fresh lemon juice. They sell this same cake at $3.75 a slice at a local bakery. I think my cake is better!flag if inappropriate


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Do Credit Cards Cause You To Spend More?July 7th, 2013
Today's post addresses the oft-asked question "Does having and using a credit card cause me to spend more than I would if I just carried cash around?" Much research has been done on this topic, and we'll cover some of that below. We'll also cover some basic, but interesting, psychology around consumer behavior in general when it comes to handling cash.
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"Everything About Collecting
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this was lifted, from flyffworld. still, it's useful information. and the more who know, the better :]
the only thing i'd like to add is; in my experience, i've collected on average 1.5 lightning pieces per silver battery (10 days). out of about 8 silver batteries, i have only ONCE recieved no lightning (7%) pieces at all. very profitable, but only if you can leave your computer on for 10 days (not forgetting to relog at maintenance, or if you DC). overall - well worth it!


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Davidson v Duke
Mason Plumlee of the Duke Blue Devils loses the ball while defended... News PhotoACC,Ball,Basketball - Men's College,Basketball - Sport,Charlotte - North Carolina,Davidson Wildcats,Defending,Duke Blue Devils,Duke University,Failure,Horizontal,Mason Plumlee,North Carolina - US State,Sport,Time Warner Cable Arena,USA,Waist UpPhotographer Lance KingCollection: Getty Images Sport 2013 Lance KingCHARLOTTE, NC - JANUARY 02: Mason Plumlee #5 of the Duke Blue Devils loses the ball while defended by De'Mon Brooks #24 and JP Kuhlman #5 of the Davidson Wildcats at Time Warner Cable Arena on January 2, 2013 in Charlotte, North Carolina. Duke defeated Davidson 67-50. (Photo by Lance King/Getty Images)


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Mimi Sheller is Professor of Sociology and founding Director of the Center for Mobilities Research and Policy at Drexel University. She is founding co-editor of the journal Mobilities; Associate Editor of the journal Transfers: Interdisciplinary Journal of Mobility Studies; and serves on the Scientific Board of the Mobile Lives Forum, SNCF, France. She also serves on the editorial boards of Cultural Sociology and the International Journal of African and Black Diaspora Studies. She has held recent Visiting Fellowships at the Davis Center for Historical Studies at Princeton University (2008-09); Media@McGill in Montreal, Canada (2009); the Center for Mobility and Urban Studies at Aalborg University, Denmark (2009); and the Penn Humanities Forum (on Virtuality) at the University of Pennsylvania (2010-11).
She is the author of several books and numerous articles in the field of Caribbean Studies, including Democracy After Slavery (Macmillan, 2000); Consuming the Caribbean (Routledge, 2003); and Citizenship from Below (Duke University Press, 2012). As co-editor, with John Urry, of Mobile Technologies of the City (Routledge, 2006), Tourism Mobilities (Routledge, 2004), and a special issue of the journal Environment and Planning A on 'Materialities and Mobilities', she helped to establish the new field of mobilities research. Her work in progress includes the forthcoming book Aluminum Dreams: Lightness, Speed and Modernity (MIT Press, 2014); the co-edited volume Handbook of Mobilities (Routledge, 2013); the co-edited book Local and Mobile; and a special issue of Leonardo Electronic Almanac on mobile locative art.
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Stephen Lang visited the Empire office, and inbetween not eating our eyes for jujubes, found time to answer all your questions about Avatar sequels, working with Michael Mann, and eating your eyes for jujubes. Well, you asked...
Stephen Lang visited the Empire office, and inbetween not eating our eyes for jujubes, found time to answer all your questions about Avatar sequels, working with Michael Mann, and eating your eyes for jujubes. Well, you asked...
Owain Wilson: Good afternoon, Stephen. You were so awesome in The Hard Way that to this day I still think of you as the Party Crasher - as in, "ooh look, the Party Crasher's in Public Enemies!". Is that alright with you?
FinchN9: Out of all the scenes in Avatar, what was the hardest for you to film?
jolly_ramon: Afternoon Stephen, so you made it here; no problems with the Ash Crisis?
TeenageJesus: Stephen, thank you for doing this. We all appreciate it. You've worked with Mann and Cameron, both directors with reputations for being hard working and driven. Who was the most enjoyable to work with? And the toughest?
Cornelius: Hi Stephen, were you jealous or relieved that you didn't get to use the performance-capture gear?
Rossko2x: Hello Stephen. Quaritch is clearly a badass, solely intent of death and destruction. When he suggests killing the Na'vi by gassing them, I got the feeling he forced himself to say that and really wanted to nuke them all. Do you agree?
Rgirvan44: Good afternoon Stephen, I really enjoyed Gettysburg and Gods and Generals. Any word on the Last Full Measure? Do you think it will ever be made?
elias: Mr Lang, my brother and I bodybuild too in our free time. We wanted to know since we saw Avatar for the first time, if the weights you were pumping were real and if so, how many pounds were they?
Billy Boyd Cape: Are you excited for your next villain role in Conan? Is it more fun being a badass evil character?
ultraculture: Would you do Avatwo?
Demi12345: Hi Stephen, much respect for your work. Did notorious prankster George Clooney pull any on the set of The Men Who Stare At Goats?
dylanisis: Hello Mr Lang. Can you share your thoughts on working with Steven Seagal on Fire Down Below?
thatfilmlover: Stephen, every actor has those
Blunt: Hello Stephen, thank you for doing this. I was wondering how it was to work with Michael Mann on Public Enemies 20 years after being in Manhunter ? Did you see any difference in how he approached the filming, any evolution to his method of directing and working with actors during that time ?
Gargoyle: Hi, Stephen! I saw behind-the-scenes-footage of a fight between you and Ribisi's character in Avatar. Any chance this will be in the extended version? I would love to see Quaritch kick some human ass!
Interestingly enough, Giovanni and I also have a scene in Public Enemies that got cut where I collar him at the end. It's an excellent scene that I know Michael liked very much. But it was after Dillinger's death, so at that point in the movie they needed to speed towards the conclusion. So maybe Giovanni and I are destined to have our scenes cut; they're just too damn good.
Sully: Hi Stephen, did you ever imagine the eventual success of Avatar and the way it would change the film landscape forever?
jolly_ramon: Looking forward to Conan, but has Avatar opened up lots more acting opportunities? Are you in demand? what do you plan to do next?
le mon: Stephen, I notice that all the questions so far (as I am typing this) are about your films. So, favourite food, drink and music?
Timon: Hey Stephen, your performance as Col. Jessop in A Few Good Men on Broadway has been credited as the main performance that Jack Nicholson based his performance from for the film version. How do you feel about Jack Nicholson being forever assoicated with the role and who is the best 'Jessop' you've seen? Apart from yourself....?
dylanisis: Can you share any anecdotes on working with Stallone?
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Neckties: Priesthood Attire or Lucifer's Lust Pointer?
Neckties are arrows that point to the male genitalia. Why are they considered "priesthood attire" in the LDS community? In some congregations otherwise worthy men are not allowed to participate in priesthood ordinances unless wearing a white shirt and necktie. The male missionary uniform is a white shirt and conservative necktie, symbols of orthodoxy in the LDS Church. Salt Lake Tribune columnist Robert Kirby recently noted,
Neckties are so important to Mormons that it's only a matter of time before we start seeing them airbrushed onto young men in church publications.
Oh, the horror! Before such a perilous day dawns, I must sound a warning. Neckties are leading women far from the iron rod of righteousness into the shadowy mists of lust. The influence of the necktie is subtle and pernicious and has infiltrated every level of Church leadership. The white shirt and necktie are ubiquitous symbols for male professional conformity and power, but some Christians contend that a man in a suit is too much temptation for the modern Christian sister.
Justin Timberlake and Jay Z acknowledge the power of the well dressed man in the song Suit and Tie. Brother Timberlake croons in the chorus,
And as long as I got my suit and tie, Ima leave it all on the floor tonight.
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Stan Abell, an American, met a young man named Jonas who was shooting hoops at an orphanage in Jacmel, Haiti. The single basketball goal was affixed to a palm tree & a rough gravel patch served as the court. Stan conversed with Jonas & told him that he had a 10-year-old son who plays basketball in America. He then emailed the above photograph to his son, Harry, & immediately the Hoops for Haiti project was born!
Harry excitedly wrote back that he wanted to build Jonas a real basketball court. So that's just what they're doing. The surface is being custom-built by a Haitian contractor & will include cool extras such as court lines painted by the orphans themselves. This is not only a community-building project but an income generator as well with the possibility of everything from court rental & food sales during games to being a responsible tourism destination for mentoring-through-sports summer camps. It will also be home to the 80+ child orphanage's daily physical education activities.
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Marsden Moor heritage walk (yellow route)
Marsden Moor, West Yorkshire, on the Pennine WayRoute details and mapDownload as a print friendly PDF
Route overview
A circular walk on Marsden Moor where you can find out about its rich history, from the Neolithic man through to the Industrial Revolution.
Route details
See this step-by-step route marked on a map
- Directions
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Start: Marsden Moor Estate Office, by train station, grid ref: SE046118
From the estate office, head down Station Road through Marsden and cross the A62. Walk through the park, past the band stand to come out on Carrs Road. Cross the road and take the path at the end of the row of cottages. Follow the path past a newly renovated house behind the other houses, keeping the wall on the left and then, after a short distance, turn right. Head uphill and over a stile until you arrive at a house and stables. Turn left, then go over another stile and follow the path behind the house. Keep right until you reach a choice of three gates. Take the left-hand gate to head up the slope, where you cross a stile which takes you onto a track. Turn left and head past Upper Acre Farm to meet the Deer Hill Conduit. Turn right and follow the conduit until you reach waymark number 9. Here you can take in the view of Marsden and its mills and appreciate how important the mills were to the local economy.
The moorland around you has been used for thousands of years, from hunter-gatherers ambushing prey to packhorse roads taking goods to market. You will walk past reservoirs and conduits supplying water to the people of Yorkshire, feeding the Huddersfield Narrow Canal.
Continue along the conduit to reach waymark number 10 and take in the fine views over the Butterley and Blakeley reservoirs. Keep walking along the conduit, crossing over a stile. Just before you get to the next stile, head down the field boundary to the corner stile and take the path behind Wessenden Lodge.
When you meet the main Wessenden track, turn right and follow the path in front of the Lodge and continue down this track for about 800 metres. Follow the Pennine Way steeply down into the bottom of the valley and then even more steeply back to the top to meet waypoint 11. Here is a good point to catch your breath and admire the views of the Wessenden Valley and former shooting lodge.
Marsden is host to an array of moorland species such as curlew, grouse, golden plover, dunlin, merlin, short-eared owl and even the rare twite.
Follow the Pennine Way to the right, along Blakely Clough and up steps onto the moor to reach the Black Moss and Swellands reservoirs. More information can be found on the interpretation panel here.
Cross the dam wall and follow the path left towards Black Moss other dam wall, then head right and follow the path northwards through one of the National Trust sheep exclosures. The area you are walking through was once very badly eroded, but by eliminating grazing and spreading heather brash and seeds the plot has recovered. Still vulnerable to wild fires, the plot was almost burnt in spring 2009. Keep walking along this path until you meet the Pennine Bridleway. Turn right and walk along the bridleway to meet Mount Road where you will find an information board about the turnpikes.
You may find common upland species such as heather, bilberry, crowberry and a variety of grasses and, if you are lucky, you might come across the carnivorous sundew (pictured).
If you fancy getting some stunning views of the estate from the top of Pule Hill, follow Mount Road left/westwards until you come to a signpost on your right pointing out the Standedge trail which contours around Pule Hill. This path is very boggy at the beginning but soon dries out. Continue around until you come to the path that leads you up past the quarries where you can turn back on yourself to walk along the edge to the summit and waypoint 14. Walk straight back down to join Mount Road and retrace your steps to the information board.
Show/HideMoor restoration
The National Trust carries out important restoration work on Marsden Moor to help conserve it for the future. Work includes gully blocking using wooden dams and heather bales to keep the peat wet and stable and prevent it from being washed away. We also re-vegetate bare peat with cotton grass and heather to prevent erosion and provide food and shelter for birds. If you would like to help with the restoration of the moor or help with guided walks and community events contact the office on 01484 847016.
Carry on past the information board until just before the cattle grid where you turn left onto Old Mount Road and then follow the footpath along a track towards Hades Farm until you reach waymark number 15. The path leading off the track leads down to meet up with Old Mount Road where you turn left and head back down into Marsden. Cross the A62 again and walk past St Bartholomew's church to Station Road and back to the car park.
End: Station Road car park, grid ref: SE046118
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- Trail: Walking
- Grade: Moderate
- Distance: 8 miles (13km)
- Time: 4 hours 30 minutes
- OS Map: Explorer OL1 and OL21
- Terrain:
The route takes you across open moorland where the weather can change very quickly. You should prepare for this by wearing sturdy walking boots and bringing warm clothing and waterproofs. Refreshments are available in Marsden, Tunnel End and near Redbrook Reservoir. Check opening times if you are planning a visit and take some food and drink with you on your journey as well.
- How to get here:
Bus: No 182,183,184 or 185 from Huddersfield; 184 from Oldham
Rail: Marsden station next to Estate Office
Road: on A62 Manchester Road between Huddersfield and Oldham
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5 Types of Reports About You That You Don't Know About
Specialty reports are one more way it seems that everyone is keeping tabs on you. They may hold the reason if you're denied insurance or an apartment.
Specialty reports are one more way it seems that everyone is keeping tabs on you. They may hold the reason if you're denied insurance or an apartment.
Use this year-end checklist to get your finances organized and under control. That's a great way to close out 2014 and start 2015.
Together, they were a small family unit that looked like many others, though in reality they were ensnared in a mind-boggling circle of financial fraud.
There were at least 210,000 complaints about recurring charges for credit monitoring that couldn't be stopped. There's a $22 million settlement in the case.
The Social Security Administration receives millions of death reports each year -- and one in every 200 is incorrect.
There are ways to get judgments off of your credit report that are relatively painless -- even if they've become a matter of public record. Here's how.
Americans still have a long way to go to get the real credit improvement they should strive for.
You're already worried about your identity being stolen, or even your kids' data. But now you have to worry about your dead relatives' ID data too.
Want to improve your credit score or need to repair your credit? Here are 11 easy steps that will ultimately save you money.
Seemingly minor issues on your credit report could hurt your credit. Check carefully -- you're among the 73% who actually check your credit report, right?
Your credit score holds a lot of power when it comes to your finances and life. Here are 10 ways to boost your score.
If you're rounding the corner on 30, here are seven financial requirements to check off, from checking your credit reports to funding your retirement.
Delinquent debt is rampant among Americans, a new report finds, and some consumers don't even know that they're behind in payments and hurting their credit.
People who use both business and personal credit cards should know that business credit cards behave in ways you may consider detrimental.
A consumer is exasperated because when she closed a Kohl's account months ago, the rep marked her deceased - and Experian has been slow to fix the problem.
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The Better Business Bureau has a warning: Check your credit card statements for $9.84 charges. Gobs of them are popping up, and they usually mean criminals have your number.
After years of suffering, consumer credit is gaining giant momentum, and eager lenders aren't relying solely on your traditional credit score. They need more than that.
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It's getting serious! Daniel Radcliffe and his girlfriend Erin Darke only have eyes for each other. The Harry Potter alum and the actress finally made their red carpet debut at the Tony Awards earlier this month, and are "very happy" together, an insider tells Us Weekly.
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Radcliffe has a knack for finding love on set. He previously dated another actress, Laura O'Toole, his costar in Broadway's Equus in 2009, and was once rumored to be dating Olive Uniacke, the stepdaughter of a Harry Potter producer. In October 2012, he split from production assistant girlfriend Rosie Coker. The pair first met on set of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince in 2007 and shared a $4.3 million apartment in NYC.


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My update: CD#12, just entering my fertile period. DH and I BD on CDs 9/10/11, took yesterday off and will be back at it for the next three to four days.
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O vibes and baby dust to all. Have a great week!View Thread
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My update: CD # 28,I have been having some breast tenderness which could mean pregnancy or AF,like always. Hopefully you ladies have better updates! Have a great week.View Thread
TRIGGS: After 1yr TTC bfp april'09 lost @20wks precious ^Jackson 8-06-09^ TTCAL grad, sweet Juliet born 12-10-10 Praise God! Baby 3 BFP May 2012 due Jan 2013
**TRIGGER** I am posting an update on the PAL board, I wanted to let you know since I have been on this journey with many of you and (for me) it was nice (yet bittersweet) to see the birth announcements. (((Hugs))) ladies!View Thread
TRIGGS: After 1yr TTC bfp april'09 lost @20wks precious ^Jackson 8-06-09^ TTCAL grad, sweet Juliet born 12-10-10 Praise God! Baby 3 BFP May 2012 due Jan 2013
My update- CD32, tested this morning and got a BFN nothing not even a faint line but still no signs of AF and I'm VERY regular and my cycles are 27/28 days 95% of the time. So I don't know what's going on, any suggestions or has anybody have a similar situation? I'm trying to stay positive but I'm not having any symptoms either way. So I'm still waiting!!!!!!View Thread
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My update- CD25 hoping AF goes on vacation for 9 months or so. I'm not sure that will happen but when I went for my u/s I had a cyst and wasn't able to do a medicated cycle but they said to try anyway because there might still be traces of the meds in my system. So I purchased the digital ovulation test strips and I got a smiley face on CD15, so maybe???? Keeping my fingers crossed.
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1. Lose about 25 pounds.
2. Print and organize pictures. I have so many pictures on my computer and several empty photo albums. My goal is to go back to when my DD was born, print all the photos up to now and organize them in albums. I have a scrapbooking weekend getaway coming up in early march, so my plan is to have all the photos printed by then so I can spend some of the weekend putting them in albums.
3. Get back into reading. I love to read. But, I've gotten away from it the past few months. I need my escape!View Thread
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I really thought I would be happy and relieved when 2012 was finally over. With two miscarriages, it was definitely a difficult year for me. And while I can't say I'm happy to have gone through that heartbreak, I will say it gave me back the perspective I hadn't realized I lost. I have many blessings in my life and things for which to be grateful, I have two beautiful, happy, healthy children. I have a wonderful husband I've known since I was 13, a rock-solid family and friends who are beyond compassionate, including three who've gone through miscarriage. I had lost sight of all these blessings, but I've found them again and truly understand how special they are. It's my silver lining on a year that was filled with lots of tears.
I've learned a lot about myself over the past year. That I have love, strength and perseverance. And when all else fails, I have hope. Some days hope was the only thing left, and it was enough.
It is my greatest wish that 2013 brings more tears of joy and fewer tears of pain and loss to all you wonderful ladies. That we keep hope alive, even in the most meager of doses and that we all have our prayers answered and our dreams fulfilled.
Love, hugs and prayers to all of you!View Thread
Sending any hugs, support and love to all those that I might have missed giving these past few weeks.View Thread
My husband's urology appointment was today, and apparenty everything looks physically fine. The doc ordered a hormone panel and a second semem analysis to confirm LSC. I will test tomorrow..I'm hoping there will be good news for at least one of us! For now just still praying...and hoping.View Thread
I need some opinions. I had my final consultation with my OB today to go over my test results from the recurrent loss panel. Everything came back normal... he even said there wasn't anything that was even remotely questionable. So, that's good.
But, he did say when I get pregnant he wants to put me on progesterone, which I'm fine with. He also offered to put me on Lovenox. Said it was completely up to me and that it seems safe. The reason he offered was because every so often they discover another antibody that may contribute to recurrent miscarriages.
So, what would you do?View Thread
My update: CD # 57, the only symptom I have is some breast tenderness which could be AF or pregnancy but I am leaning toward AF more.I am trying not to raise my hopes.View Thread
My update: CD # 50 and I am finally ovulating today. We've been BDing every other day so I think we got that covered. The way I see it,if we don't get a BFP,probably we won't,at least AF will show up in the next two weeks so I can start a new cycle.It's better than having a super long cycle and wondering what's going on.
Have a great week ladies!View Thread
I can't believe it has been 7 months since my 2nd m/c.
My update: CD# 43. No signs of AF yet but I know I am not pregnant.I got a BFN this morning,no surprise there b/c I have no symptoms at all.
I have had pretty strong symptoms during my other pregnancies.
Have a great week ladies.View Thread
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August 21, 2009
Crazy for mandalas
Art critic Holland Cotter of the New York Times loves the Rubin Museum of Art, in New York City. And he's positively exuberant about the museum's current mandala exhibit ("The Mandala: The Perfect Circle" is the first of a series of three), even threatening to camp out at the Chelsea sanctuary for Himalayan art for the rest of the summer and into fall.
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Increased bus traffic baffles Scott residents, officials
Scott residents voiced their frustration over Port Authority bus traffic on neighborhood streets to township commissioners at a workshop meeting last week.
Residents from Orchard Spring Road said the number of buses that use the street is dangerous.
"I don't like it, and you shouldn't either," Mary Lou Blasko told commissioners. She said 60 buses go past her house daily.
Port Authority spokesman Jim Ritchie said the route always has gone the length of Orchard Spring, but the frequency of service during certain times of the day has changed.
"There are more buses today than, say, five years ago on that street," he said. Ritchie said the frequency of service there increased because of a system-wide change.
"We've really gotten away from having variance — having one route go to different destinations," he said. "It was confusing for riders and it cost money, so we did away with most of those. That's when the frequency change happened and why."
Orchard Spring resident Barbara Hopkins said the increase in bus traffic has happened within the past year.
"If they can prove the ridership is there, then OK," she said. "But this is ridiculous."
Ritchie said that if Port Authority pulls service from the Orchard Spring neighborhood and has its 38 Route go down Greentree Road, riders will have to walk up to Greentree Road to get to their bus stops.
"Then we run the risk of potentially angering another group of people, and then we'd be dealing with that," he said.
He said Port Authority is looking for guidance from Scott officials.
Commissioner Bill Wells said it is a subject he fears broaching with Port Authority for fear of losing some routes — or all of them.
"I'm afraid to touch it," he said. "We don't want to lose bus routes in any part of the township."
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The only movie on the list starring someone you may actually recognize, Antichrist is a recent effort of infamous shock-director Lars Von Trier. Pardon the sacrilege, but God damn will this one mess you up. As if opening with an unsimulated sex scene between its stars, Charlotte Gainsbourg (not bad) and Willam Dafoe (dear Lord) wasn't bad enough, Von Trier decides to have the couple's infant son Nick fall out a window to his death as the lovemaking is occuring. From there, Antichrist doles out animal pseudo-abortions, genital mutilation, and serious psychological warfare like candy at the Macy's Day Parade. By the end of it, you'll be wishing you were little Nick, if only because it would spare you from sitting through this disheartening, albeit beautifully shot film.
Who would've thought that those peaceful, wine loving French folks would become known for crafting some of the most brutal, blood-soaked films of all time in the age of Hostel? Yes, the same country that spawned such gorefests as Inside, Frontiers, and High Tension really went over the top when they brought us Pascal Laugier's Martyrs back in 2008. Telling the story of a woman hell bent on enacting revenge against those who tortured her as a child, Martyrs quickly spirals into a nightmare of torture that comes across as little more than a well shot snuff film. And just when we're about to write it off, the film turns disgust into disbelief, apprehension into epiphany, ending on an uplifting cadence that is nothing short of beautiful. Not a film for the weak willed, but definitely worth it for fans of foreign and extreme cinema.
If you've ever forayed into such hand-held fright fests as The Blair Witch Project, The Last Exorcism, or the fantastic Spanish PA series [REC], then you have undoubtedly heard of the 1980 exploitation flick that started them all. Coming under fire for both its graphic (not to mention unsimulated) acts of violence toward animals and incredibly realistic special effects, Cannibal Holocaust's premiere caused such a frenzy that director Ruggero Deodato was arrested shortly thereafter under suspicions that he had murdered the actors involved. To make matters worse, in an effort to make the "found footage" aspect of the film appear more genuine, Deodato had forced the cast to sign contracts forbidding them from appearing in the media for a year following the film. This contract was eventually broken to keep Deodato out of prison, but the film remains banned in several countries to this day.
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Courtier's Challenge
"My inspiration for the challenge came from a class I took at RUM this past year, in the class we went through the book of what expectations were there for a true courtier, and discussed how these could be applied to our lives within the SCA. Seeing the good qualities expected by the book inspired me to pose a challenge to allow all members of the society to show off their skills, and truly celebrate what makes our group so wonderful."
-- Lady Brigida
To be wise and well seen in discourses
upon states.
To play for his pastime at dice
and cards, not wholly for monies sake, nor fume and chafe at his losses.
To be meanly seen in the play
at chess and not over cunning.
To be handsome and cleanly in
his apparel.
To make his garments after the
fashion of the most, and those to be black, or of some darkish and sad
color, not garish.
To have the feat of drawing and
To dance well without over nimble
footings or too busy tricks.
To Sing well upon the book.
To Play upon the Lute and sing
to it with the ditty.
To Play upon the Viola and all
other instruments with frets.
To be skillful in all kind of
marshal feats.
To play well at fence upon all
kind of wepons.
To Tourney.
Never to be of the last that appear
in the lists at jousts or in any open shows.
The final end of a Courtier, where
to all his good conditions and honest qualities tend, is to become an
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June 2012
Last month, IUPUI awarded degrees to 6,531 students. IU degrees went to 5,279 students, and Purdue degrees to 1,252 students.
There were five sets of twins in the graduating class. About 30% were over 30 years of age, with the oldest graduate being 70. Some 36% were under the age of 24, with the youngest graduating at age 20. More than 28% were first generation college students and nearly 11% were underrepresented minorities.
But the numbers and percentages only tell part of the story, and there are many remarkable stories to tell about the Class of 2012.
Five undergraduate students became the first ever to receive IUPUI's new Bachelor of Arts degree in philanthropic studies. The graduates all commented that they were looking to turn their passion for helping others into a meaningful career path. Nonprofits represent 10 percent of the U.S. workforce, and there is a growing need for well-prepared, thoughtful leaders. As a fundamental part of their education, the students learned by doing with service learning projects and internships, including developing a summer enrichment program for homeless children, writing grant proposals, creating a new program evaluation method for a social services agency, and assisting in fundraising.
We selected two graduating seniors to speak at commencement.
Carmanny Gonzalez received a Bachelor of Science in Nursing, but first came to IUPUI for the American Chemical Society Project SEED summer research program for economically disadvantaged high school students. Rosie Bonjouklian endowed this scholarship and regularly meets with the students it supports. It is among our oldest outreach programs, established in 1972 by Edwin "Ed" Harper, now retired from the School of Medicine's biochemistry faculty. As an undergraduate, Carmanny continued to do research with funding as a McNair and Diversity Research Scholar. Her goal is nursing research in children's health.
The other student commencement speaker was David Wohlreich, one of the more than 500 seniors graduating with a Bachelor of Science in business this year. David had worked in the hospitality industry before deciding to go to college and was among our older "nontraditional age" students. With baccalaureate in hand, he has accepted a position with the public accounting and consulting firm Crowe Horwath and plans to pursue an M.B.A.
The Evening M.B.A. program in our Kelley School of Business was perfect for Manoj Rana. An engineering student from India, Manoj was studying at Purdue Calumet in 2005 when an apartment building fire broke out, killing three people. He escaped but spent four months in a medically induced coma because of severe burns. Years of surgeries and rehabilitation ensued, including long stretches of time in nursing homes, his family in India being unable to stay with him because of visa requirements. Our program allowed him to study part time as he recovered his health, and he excelled in it, earning the highest GPA in the Evening M.B.A. graduating class. His family traveled from India to celebrate his graduation.
Women were 57.7% of the graduating class, but some benefitted from a special support network to persist. Four years ago, five freshmen, away from home for the first time and full of uncertainty, joined the Women in Science House (WISH), a living and learning community that is part of on-campus housing. Last month, Kylie Bontrager, Jessica Hashu, Jessica Jackson, Jessica Rodenbeck, and Ashley Winfield graduated among the top students on campus. The women worked together to help each other succeed as science majors and took part in organized study sessions as well as social, academic, and volunteer events throughout the year, which are part of the WISH experience.
Justin Penix graduated from the Purdue School of Engineering and Technology at IUPUI with a dual degree in motorsports engineering and mechanical engineering. After the busy Indy 500 racing season, he has already been hired by Sarah Fisher's racing team, where he had been an intern for two years while pursuing his studies.
Cornelius Audu was one of eight graduates from the Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation program, funded by the National Science Foundation to support underrepresented minorities interested in science, engineering, technology, and math. IUPUI is partnering with Chicago State University and Argonne National Laboratory in a new $2.5 million NSF award to establish the pilot Louis Stokes Midwest Center of Excellence and expand summer research opportunities in STEM fields. Cornelius is going on to pursue a Ph.D. at Northwestern.
As is apparent from these stories, engagement in campus life and scholarship funding have been major factors in helping our students graduate. Won't you consider contributing to these high-touch teaching/learning practices by making a donation to the IUPUI IMPACT Campaign. You could be making a real difference in a young person's future.
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With only one meet left in the season, the Castle Valley Barracudas continue to swim their hardest. According to their coach, team members are repeatedly improving their times at each event in hopes of taking home the coveted blue ribbon, which many have at the past three meets.
In Fillmore on July 10, the Barracudas faced off against the Fillmore Barracudas and the Salina Stingrays. Abby and Jessie Alexander, Danni and Dakota Noyes, Micah Forbush, Brittney Willson, Jill Malone, Alisann Heath and Todd Davis were the swimmers who competed from Castle Valley. Among those placing first were Jessie Alexander in the 25 yard butterfly and the 100 meter individual medley, Brittany Willson in the 100 meter individual medley and 50 meter breaststroke. Todd Davis also placed in the 50 meter breaststroke. The team as a whole placed first in the girls age 10 and under in the 100 meter freestyle relay.
The next two meets were conducted at the Price City Desert Wave Pool. Participating for the Barracudas was Addie Olsen, Abby and Jessie Alexander, Alisann Heath, Micah Forbush, Michaela Spencer, Thomas and Samuel Nielson, Brittney Willson, Christie and Joset Wells, Thory VanDyke, Lance Riche, Jill Malone and Heidi Prettyman. On July 12 the team excelled at home taking first in nine events, with Brittney Willson taking first in the 50 yard freestyle, 50 yard backstroke and 100 yard individual medley. Thory VanDyke took the gold in the 50 yard freestyle and the 50 yard breaststroke. Alisann Heath took first in the 25 yard breaststroke. The team took first in the 200 yard girls freestyle and medley relays and the boys took first in the 200 yard medley relay.
On July 17 against the Salina Stingrays the team performed better than ever breaking 21 individual time records and taking first in 27 of the 45 events. This event was also attended by the largest amount of team members including, Addy Olsen, Abby Alexander, Alisann Heath, Danni Noyes, Jessie Alexander, Michaela Spencer, Dakota Noyes, Samuel Nielson, Brittney Willson, Joset Wells, Thory VanDyke, Lance Riche, Christi Wells, Thomas Nielson, Talmage Nielson, Heidi Prettyman, Micha Forbush, Taycie Davis and Todd Davis. Nearly everyone who competed from the team walked away with one or more first place ribbons.
The Castle Valley Barracudas next and final meet of the season will be conducted on July 27-28 at the Richfield Invitational in Richfield.


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Bella Swan is reunited with her high school crush Edward Masen at his mother's funeral. However, his mother has a plan to see them together even from beyond the grave. Will they be able to fulfil her dying request, or will their stubbornness seep through?
OOC, AU Human, Canon couples.
Twenty years ago, Edward and Bella were married, and a heartbroken Jacob fled his home. Shortly thereafter, the happy couple became parents to a beautiful baby girl and soon moved away from the place they had called home. Jacob eventually returned back to La Push, vowing to never utter Bella's name or keep tabs on her life.
Now fast forward twenty years to the wedding of Seth Clearwater where Jacob is a groomsmen, and Mr. and Mrs. Edward Cullen are guests. Jacob knows nothing of their arrival and flees the wedding after seeing Bella for the first time after all these years. He tries to escape to the comfort of his hotel room, trying to forget the pain that has found him again.
In another part of the hotel, a young Renesmee, who skipped the wedding altogether, has been wronged by the man she thought loved her. She runs to find solace in the privacy of her hotel room, wanting to drown her sorrows in a warm bath.
But what happens when Jacob and Renesmee have a chance meeting on the hotel elevator? Will sparks fly? Read to find out...
Paul always had anger issues, but will they get him kicked off his football team at the U of Michigan? Thanks to a merciful college president, he is sentenced to Anger Management instead of being thrown off the team. AH, AU
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Edward and Jasper live in Forks, surrounded by the spirits of their family. Bella is a writer looking for a new start on life. Two souls reaching for each other amid otherworldly dangers - can they survive? Banner by Mehek18 for thetwilightawards.com
What if Bella had given birth to twins? Would Renesmee's twin be pushed aside as Jacob focused on Renesmee, or would he have been imprinted on by one of the other wolves or vampires they know? Would he feel like he was on the outside? Find out how it's all played out three years later.
Bella Swan's life hasn't turned out the way she thought it would. She never thought she would run into a new breed of Vampires and she certainly never expected to fall in love with one.
Three years after "Crescent Moon" Renee Dwyer has come to an impasse in her personal life, Charlie Swan has come to a crossroad in his professional life and Nessie Cullen is a senior in high-school. She is also in love with a mortal, much to the worry of Renee. The Cullen family of vampires is, for the most part, indifferent to Nessie's affections for a boy. They are too busy dealing with their own worries. As the preeminent Coven of Vampires, they must decide to either take action against a threat to the doctrine that all vampires live under and by doing so put the family in harms way, or do nothing and watch as all hell breaks loose.
A broken heart is not an easy thing to forget…especially when the one who picked up the pieces means more to you than you want to admit.
Following New Moon, Edward is back in Bella's life, and Bella wants nothing more than to forgive and forget, to move on from her broken heart and have her fairytale romance continue as if nothing ever happened. But after a graphic nightmare and an extremely unhelpful vision from Alice, Bella's faith in Edward is tested to its limits. Will Edward be able to live up to his promise in New Moon to earn back Bella's trust even if it is his final act? The truth is, Edward is not just fighting for Bella's trust, he's fighting for her heart.
The course of true love never did run smooth…
"Edward, from the moment I met you I knew that you were what I wanted, that I could live one lifetime or a thousand and never want anyone but you. But when you left me you changed that. And no matter how badly I want to believe that I can feel that way again, I'm scared that that certainty is gone forever. I'm scared that I'll never be the same."
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WARNING -- Rated NC-17: due to extreme language (used in place of most adjectives), forms of extreme violence (most of which is unnecessary to the plotline and used strictly for fun), explicit and graphic sexual activity (it's a phone sex company), and drug and alcohol use of underage characters (they are in all likelihood above age, but anyway).
This is an AU/OOC/Human Fanfic which uses extremely vulgar language and revolves around the phone sex industry. There are abundant adult situations that have the potential for the kind of lemons that could easily burn out your eyes -- not in a good way.
If you have stumbled upon this story because you are familiar with my previous Post-Breaking Dawn fanfics (Lunar Phases & Reverse Polarity) please know right off the bat that this is nothing like those stories, and it will probably shock and appall you that I am writing this. It's better if you don't continue.
Edward dances with his princess.
Bella and Emmett are huge movie stars and life long friends. Bella's life is thrown into chaos when their movie set becomes plagued with accidents that are aimed at her. She finds herself falling for Edward, who saved her from the first accident. Is her new savior, Edward, really trying to save her? Or could he be behind the accidents?
Private pilot, Jacob Black, gets hired to fly the Hale family to London for a week. It seemed like just another flight for him, until he got into the cockpit and his world fell into a tailspin when he found over-confident, completely naked, Rosalie Hale waiting for him.
While babysitting Nessie, Jacob and Alice turn their attention off her for one minute, only to learn that she was always watching them.
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It's September 11, 2001 in New York City. Jake is working as a fireman when the towers are hit. Will he be able to save his girlfriend, Bella, who works in Tower 2?
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A long overdue trip back home turns into something unexpected for Bella Swan, Hollywood's It Girl. Finally, the tireless PA Alice is able to get her best friend and boss to get some much needed rest and relaxation. Well, as much relaxation as one can get between hospital visits. And what does Alice's wickedly handsome surgeon of a brother have to do with things?
It should have been easy to leave Jake behind, as easy as it had been for him
to let her go. Part of her had sort of hoped he'd phase and alpha-command her not to leave,
but he didn't. She left angry, knowing that she shouldn't have expected anything else. She should never have let him kiss her in the first place, behind the church, in a moment of weakness.
What could she have done to prevent it? Seeing Emily in that wedding dress—Sam standing
beside her, looking absolutely moronic with that grin on his face. It had torn her straight in half. A few years to heal hadn't been enough to erase the damage. Sam had been her first love, and she'd promised to never fall in love again.
What she felt for Jacob was hardly love, but it had come with a glimpse of a future she was hungry for: one with a man of her own, a blissful lack of awareness of the existence
of Sam Uley. She obviously wasn't going to find that in La Push. She hadn't stood a chance against Emily when Sam had imprinted, and whatever it was that Jacob felt for Bella Swan
was just as bad.
He'd told her his secret: how he felt trapped, but that didn't change the fact that he never intended to free himself. Kissing and touching were fine, but she wanted what Bella had—
which was all of Jacob without restrictions.
When Edward left her broken and alone, Jacob scooped Bella back onto her feet. For three years, he's tried only to mold her back into a person, but he's sacrificed more of himself than he'd hoped to. Becoming everything that Bella needed while knowing that he'd always be second best to Edward, Jacob stripped himself of everything that he was. His only chance to live again--through the most unlikely person of all--might be fast disappearing as well if Leah makes good on her escape plan.
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What if Jacob didn't see Renesmee right after she was born? What if he and Leah left town together instead? What if he came back five years later? What if the first time Jacob sees Renesmee, she looks sixteen, and he doesn't know who she really is?
This story picks up in Chapter 26 of Breaking Dawn with one small change. Jacob doesn't imprint on newborn Renesmee. Instead, he leaves town. When he finally returns for Charlie's wedding to Sue Clearwater five years later, things are very different between the Cullens and the Wolfpack. How will Jacob fit in with the Cullen family now, and should we be worried about the Volturi?
I don't know why my mind is warped this way. First, limericks and now, Dr. Seuss…
For those of you out there who are librarians, teachers, or simply fans of Dr. Seuss… This notion came to me as I realized that Dr. Seuss's birthday was coming up very soon – March 2nd. At the time of writing this note, I don't know if this … whatever this is… will be finished in time for the good Doctor's birthday, but whenever it is finished, I will go ahead and submit it. This is not the first time I've chosen to honor Dr. Seuss by emulating his writing :)
For those of you out there who are librarians, teachers, or simply fans of Dr. Seuss… This notion came to me as I realized that Dr. Seuss's birthday was coming up very soon – March 2nd. At the time of writing this note, I don't know if this … whatever this is… will be finished in time for the good Doctor's birthday, but whenever it is finished, I will go ahead and submit it. This is not the first time I've chosen to honor Dr. Seuss by emulating his writing :)
Geeky Bella has a theory. She suspects that popular Edward Cullen is not who he claims to be. Being one not to let things go, she decides to investigate. Are her crazy speculations true or will she be left feeling foolish? Most importantly, how far is she willing to go to prove herself accurate? OOC
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It started out innocent enough. He tried to soothe her pain from one too many rejections, and she took refuge in the safe consistency of his actions. Their conscious minds told them not to feel anything more than sympathy and gratitude to each other, but the whispering voice in the back ground kept pushing them together.
"I love you," I said clearly. My voice was harsh, angry sounding, not even slightly reflective of the words I was saying to her. Her face didn't change, she just nodded in agreement.
"Of course you do."
"You're not going to say it back?" I asked. She was crouched down beside my right shoulder with her left hand on my forehead, scratching my hair affectionately.
"Nope, in fact…" She leant over and kissed me quickly. "I may never say it."
It was official. The tables had turned. She had the power now and I was a fucking infatuated little boy.
There's only so much resistence a person can put up before something snaps.
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A violent attack senior year leaves Bella Swan ready to leave Forks behind and start a new life in Los Angeles with her lifelong friend, Jacob Black. She begins to heal, finding a friend in her boss, Alice, but when Love comes knocking at her door wrapped up as the gorgeous med student Edward Cullen, Bella finds herself too haunted by the past to answer.
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The Cullens are a large clan of vampires living in relative harmony with the wolf pack in the nearby Quileute reservation and the humans in the town of Forks.Until a nomad comes to town and shakes everything up.
Six years have passed since Renesmee's birth and Bella's entrance into Edward's world. They have managed well: a respectful—but forced—distance between Renesmee and Jacob while she matures; rigorous tutoring and school schedules to obtain an education for Renesmee without causing suspicion of the family's oddities; enjoyment of the bliss of marriage and all its sweet promises for the future.
At Bella's request, her small Cullen family unit returns to Forks so that Renesmee may finish her high school education at her parents' alma mater. Jacob is overjoyed to be reunited with the match that completes his soul. Life pit-patters on with calm tides.
Renesmee, unable to make friends for the entire duration of her education, drums up a kinship with another student. She is new, too, and her brilliant red hair draws quite a bit of unwanted attention in such a small school.
Renesmee and her new friend bond quickly, and as the red-haired girl becomes integrated into Renesmee's life, the safe and calm normalcy among the werewolves and Cullens begins to deteriorate. What is this strange energy in the air...?
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Renesmee has finally found her peace, but will she rise to meet the challenges that come with it? This story will foster a new phase, contain love and loss, and showcase challenges in finding forever.
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Fire Season: Field Notes from a Wilderness Lookoutby Philip Connors
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Every summer Philip Connors runs away from home. He spends half the year in a remote fire lookout savoring the solitude and the joy of monotasking. His wonderful book, Fire Season, will make you want to quit your job, sell the house, and find your own little piece of wilderness. You've been warned.
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A decade ago Philip Connors left work as an editor at the Wall Street Journal and talked his way into a job far from the streets of lower Manhattan: working as one of the last fire lookouts in America. Spending nearly half the year in a 7' x 7' tower, 10,000 feet above sea level in remote New Mexico, his tasks were simple: keep watch over one of the most fire-prone forests in the country and sound the alarm at the first sign of smoke.
Fire Season is Connors's remarkable reflection on work, our place in the wild, and the charms of solitude. The landscape over which he keeps watch is rugged and roadless — it was the first region in the world to be officially placed off limits to industrial machines — and it typically gets hit by lightning more than 30,000 times per year. Connors recounts his days and nights in this forbidding land, untethered from the comforts of modern life: the eerie pleasure of being alone in his glass-walled perch with only his dog Alice for company; occasional visits from smoke jumpers and long-distance hikers; the strange dance of communion and wariness with bears, elk, and other wild creatures; trips to visit the hidden graves of buffalo soldiers slain during the Apache wars of the nineteenth century; and always the majesty and might of lightning storms and untamed fire.
Written with narrative verve and startling beauty, and filled with reflections on his literary forebears who also served as lookouts — among them Edward Abbey, Jack Kerouac, Norman Maclean, and Gary Snyder — Fire Season is a book to stand the test of time.
"For almost a decade, former Wall Street Journal reporter Connors has spent half a year keeping vigil over 20,000 square miles of desert, forest, and mountain chains from atop a tower 10,000 feet above sea level. One of a handful of seasoned, seasonal fire-watchers in New Mexico's Gila National Forest, Connors introduces us to his wilderness in this ruminative, lyrical, occasionally suspenseful account that bristles with the narrative energy and descriptive precision of Annie Dillard and dovetails between elegiac introspection and a history of his curious and lonely occupation. Poet Gary Snyder, environmental advocate Edward Abbey, and beat novelist Jack Kerouac once stood watch over the woods, but today, 90% of American lookout towers have been decommissioned, with only a few hundred remaining. The world at large intrudes in Connors's account of contented isolation only in a discussion of evolving forest fire — fighting policies, in which advocates of ruthlessly suppressing fires are pitted against a new generation of Forest Service professionals who choose, when it's safe, to let forest fires burn themselves out. (Apr.)" Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) (Copyright PWyxz LLC)
"Philip Connors has crafted a book illumined by the gob-smacked, wide-eyed, inquisitional wonder at creation....Fire Season is for pilgrims, pedestrians, hikers and anchorites, city dwellers, and solitary sorts: a treat for the senses, fit for the long haul. Bravo!" Philip Gourevitch
"Philip Connors's remarkable account of his seasons as a fire lookout on the Gila National Forest in New Mexico is enlightening and well-informed. The surprise in the book is the author's willingness — his courage, actually — to examine his own naivete about the natural world. His is a most welcome new voice." Walter Kirn, author of Up in the Air
"What a wonderful book. Philip Connors went up to the mountaintop to serve as a lookout — and he has come down with a masterwork of close observation, deep reflection, and hard-won wisdom. This is an unforgettable reckoning with the American land." Alexandra Fuller
"Fire Season is an urgent, clear, bright book; it is both lyrical enough to arrest breath and absolutely compelling, reminding us why we need fire, solitude, wilderness. Find room on your bookshelf next to Wallace Stegner and Norman Maclean; Philip Connors is here to stay." Publishers Weekly
"In an age of relentless connectivity, Philip Connors is a conscientious objector. His adventures in radical solitude make for profoundly absorbing, restorative reading. The soul that learns to keep its own company, this book reminds us, can never be alone." Barry Lopez
"Fire Season is enlightening and well-informed...and Philip Connors is a most welcome new voice." Thomas Lynch
"Print journalist and fire lookout: When it comes to paying jobs, Connors has a death wish, but he has made the very best of it." Publishers Weekly
"[R]uminative, lyrical, occasionally suspenseful.... [Fire Season] bristles with the narrative energy and descriptive precision of Annie Dillard and dovetails between elegiac introspection and a history of [Connor's] curious and lonely occupation." Annie Proulx
"An excellent, informative, and delightful book." Barry Lopez
"[A]n exultant take on the natural world....[Connors] describes his lookoutry with understated exuberance, an engaging and measured enthusiasm for being alone in a beautiful place." Nina MacLaughlin, Bookslut
"A fine prose stylist with a splendid eye for detail, Connors allows his readers to see the natural beauty he witnesses....All lovers of nature will understand the allure and wonder that Connors so gracefully describes." Minneapolis Star Tribune
"[R]eading this book is like taking a vacation in beautiful scenery with an observant and clever guide. So relax and enjoy." Associated Press
"[F]ull of wry wisdom and humor....[O]ne of the best books to come out of a government gig since Ed Abbey turned a ranger's wage into Desert Solitaire." Outside magazine
"[A] fascinating, pyro-charged reflection....For a man so drawn to solitude, Connors has a particular knack for writing characters....[Fire Season] proves a nifty way to shake off the last of winter's cold." New York Times Book Review
"[A] lyrical, masterly debut from a first-class writer." Cleveland Plain Dealer
"[A] finely, wryly, at times poetically wrought first book....Connors has succeeded in weaving many stories into one [and has found] a voice and new literary life in arid terrain where I, for one, had suspected there was little new life to be found." Philip Gourevitch
In the tradition of Desert Solitaire and Shop Class as Soulcraft, a remarkable debut from a major new voice in American nonfiction — a meditation on nature and life, witnessed from the heights of one of the last fire lookout towers in America.
"Fire Season both evokes and honors the great hermit celebrants of nature, from Dillard to Kerouac to Thoreau—and I loved it."
—J.R. Moehringer, author of The Tender Bar
"[Connorss] adventures in radical solitude make for profoundly absorbing, restorative reading."
Phillip Connors is a major new voice in American nonfiction, and his remarkable debut, Fire Season, is destined to become a modern classic. An absorbing chronicle of the days and nights of one of the last fire lookouts in the American West, Fire Season is a marvel of a book, as rugged and soulful as Matthew Crawfords bestselling Shop Class as Soulcraft, and it immediately places Connors in the august company of Edward Abbey, Annie Dillard, Aldo Leopold, Barry Lopez, and others in the respected fraternity of hard-boiled nature writers.
About the Author
Philip Connors has worked as a baker, a bartender, a house painter, a janitor, and an editor at the Wall Street Journal. His essays have appeared in n+1, Harper's, the Paris Review, and the Best American Non-required Reading anthology. He lives in New Mexico with his wife and their dog.
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Monday, April 20, 2009
Secret Worlds in Starbucks
I recently got a new laptop, as my old one started making this sound like ball bearings dropped down a garbage disposal, or a grandfather endlessly gargling. Not the best for the concentration.
The new one is slick, lightweight, and has three features that make my geeky day. The first is a back-lit keyboard, handy when you do a lot of writing in the late afternoon on the front porch. Somehow my best streaks always seem to come just when it's getting damn hard to see the keys. The second is a battery with mad life, about six hours of word processing time. And the third is a 'roided-up WiFi card which lets me connect pretty much anywhere (e.g., the front porch.)
Besides making me happy because I'm a big nerd, the new laptop makes me happy because it expands the way I can work. Or more precisely, where I can work.
Most every time I do a speaking gig, someone asks what my routine is: How many words a day, how many days a week, what kind of computer, where I work. The answers are 5000 a week, five days a week, a PC, and…well, that last is trickier.
One of the unexpected challenges in taking your writing seriously is learning how you work best. It took me twenty short stories and two novels before I had a reasonable idea. It's the little things. For example, for two years, I spent mornings pacing, banging my head against the wall, trying to will myself to work. I'd break for lunch, then come back around two, sit down and nail my word count. It took me two years to realize that maybe I ought to just not try to write in the morning—that I should take care of other things, and assume that I didn't have fuck-all to say until two in the afternoon.
Another thing I learned was that I need to change locations. I write probably 50% of a novel sitting at my desk in the second bedroom we've converted to a den. But the other 50% is split up into a bunch of little shavings. 8% sitting in front of the open window. 6% on the front porch. 3% standing at the kitchen counter. 4% in the coffee shop. 4% in the bar. And so forth.
For me, the simple change of physical locations seems to unlock something. Maybe it's new stimuli, or a clarity that comes with novelty, or maybe it's just a trick I play on my head—there's a lot of that to writing as well, tricking yourself. But whatever the reason, I find it makes a big difference to move around.
Which got me thinking. The last time I was working in a coffee shop, I took a break between paragraphs and looked around, and I noticed that pretty much everyone there had a laptop. A lot of them were obviously emailing or Facebooking or Twittering or browsing porn (okay, probably not), but some of them were clearly writing.
And maybe they were writing fiction.
I like that idea. It makes me happy to think that people are creating worlds all around us; that the guy on the subway looks a million miles away because he's planning the next chapter in an ongoing fantasy, or that the shy girl in the library is actually banging out a crime novel. I wonder if any of them are books I've read, or if any of them have read my books. An almost-connection.
Anyway, what about you? Do you find that you work best in one particular place, or do you need to nomad it? If you go out, where do you go? After all, I'm always looking for ideas…
8 comments:
- Dana King said...
I have an extra bedroom I've converted into an office, and I write there. Period. I can write other places--tonight I'm staying with ym daughter and will write on her dining room table--but my office is the official writing place.
- Guyot said...
I have always needed a change of scenes during writing time. This proved troublesome when I had to go into an office every day. The other writers wondered where I was headed when I'd walk out in the middle of the day with my laptop under my arm.
I have a home office I like very much. But like you, I can only work there a certain amount.
I have a Starbucks Gold card, which is odd because the card is actually black. I also have gift cards for three other coffee houses and/or restaurants I frequent.
I will even change locations based on what I'm writing. I have a very fancy place (where the owner lets me sit for hours) I go when I'm writing about high end places or people. I have a grungy diner I go that is perfect when I'm working on down & dirty type stuff.
Oh, and I absolutely cannot write a word without music... but that's for another post. Sean?
By the way, enjoy that extra work to combat all those viruses and spyware, PC guy.
- Bethany K. Warner said...
Thanks to graduate school with it's grueling full-time, illinois-politics covering internship plus classes, I forced myself to be able to write just about anywhere, anytime because the stuff for my short fiction class was still due, not matter what foolishness Blagojevich was up to in his first 100 days in office. That said, evenings from about 6-8 or 8:30 are my peak time, at my very old beat up desk which takes up a corner of my living room.
- jnantz said...
As long as I have a computer that I don't have to hunch over terribly, and my iPod, I'm good. I just need some help to stay in my own head sometimes.
- Adam said...
Having just started writing my first novel, I haven't really found a specific niche yet. Most of the writing has been done in my living room on the couch late at night. Some of it though has been done on Saturday afternoons on my back deck overlooking the canal. For some reason, the serenity gets my brain juices flowing with ideas on how to describe a gruesome beating. I haven't yet gone to a coffee shop but that is an idea I may use soon.
- Nancy Hightower said...
So good to know that other people are place shifters while writing! I like to do my social networking in a coffee shop--where there's lots of people, caffeine, sugar, and loud music.
When creating the world and mythos for my novels (I write fantasy), I usually stay in my jammies, hunched over my computer like a little spider monkey with a specific soundtrack playing. But breaks are always important (less I develop a permanent, Quasimodo-like hump).
It's all a balancing act of sorts...
- Steerpike said...
Very good post, Marcus... I also generally have little of great value to say before lunch.
I am not a wanderer when I write. I need to be alone and comfortable with the keyboard, ideally in a secure location like my den. It's important that I feel safe and ensconced when I'm writing, otherwise I'm always looking over my shoulder.
How do you guys who write with music on manage it? I can't at all. I do graphic design to music, but I can't concentrate on two things with words at the same time. Or do you listen to instrumental stuff? That I can do.
- Mark Henderson said...
Interesting blog, interesting comments. I only write in one place - my office at home - because my PC and attachments aren't very portable. Boring.
The challenge for me is finding time to write in between work and domestic commitments. It tends to be between 10 p.m. and 2 a.m. Unhealthy.
However, the crime novelist who figures as the protagonist in a new novel, "Perilaus" (http://www.eloquentbooks.com/Perilaus.html), is even more polylocational than you and your correspondents. In the first two chapters he's writing his latest book in the Botanic Gardens and then in his flat, and after that he moves on to writing in fictional locations - a feat accomplished only by a select few of us!


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