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Why Your Editor is Your Friend
Today's guest post is by Lindsay Bell.
Jason Konopinski is a funny guy.
He's an even funnier guy when he uses words like 'ding-danged,' as he did in a recent Facebook post.
To quote: "Bloggers, for all that is good and holy, COPYEDIT YOUR DING-DANGED POSTS."
While that status update sparked some great chatter around 'writers – vs – authors' and whether any monkey with a typewriter can publish a book these days, it boiled down to one undeniable fact: Writers – any writers – need editors.
Blame Your Brain
According to The National Geographic, our brains are hardwired to make sense of what we see, hear, smell, touch, and taste, and (this is important) it's hardwired to fill in missing pieces with whatever our expectations suggest should be there. It's evolution, baby. And it makes it very difficult to edit one's own work.
As mentioned above, that's why those 'if you can read this {gobbledygook}…' posts are so much fun. When you attempt to self-edit, your brain automatically relies on hundreds of thousands of years of wiring. Nine times out of 10 your brain will 'see' your grammar, spelling, or verbiage as correct, even if it isn't. Your brain already knows what it's looking for; it wrote it in the first place! D'uh.
It's not that hard to counteract these unconscious brain corrections. One little trick I use is to read my work backwards, and from bottom to top. This is a great way to see spelling errors and the like, because your mind isn't making sense of these seemingly random words. However, it doesn't help you correct odd turns of phrase, or things such as punctuation errors.
Mistakes Cost Money
That said, there are many other reasons why a great editor is a treasure to have on standby.
MarketingProfs shared a fascinating tidbit from the UK. After a spelling error was corrected at tightsplease.co.uk, the online retailer's revenue per visitor doubled. In this case, poorly written copy clearly registered, consciously or not, as the potential for shoddy business practices.
An experienced editor understands everything has a voice, and whether you're writing for a brand, magazine, newspaper or corporate blog, he/she will a) know that voice intimately and b) ensure continuity of that voice.
This is extremely important as your most loyal customers/readers will be expecting consistent, quality content. They won't appreciate The National Enquirer if they are expecting The New York Times.
What an Editor Brings to the Table
- Editors watch out for the basics such as awkward run-on sentences, grammatical and spelling errors, and other run-of-the-mill writing issues. But they also look for the overall structure of the piece, such as flow and readability. You might have buried the lead, mixed metaphors, or your third paragraph might be more suitable as your opener. Yes, your work might be changed, and if you can't deal with that you shouldn't be writing.
- They keep their eyes peeled for accuracy, fairness, redundancy, and taste. Your editor will either fact check your work, or ask you to provide links to quoted articles. Of course, your work should already have been checked and rechecked prior to submitting it to your editor. Pay special attention to people's names and titles.
- An editor's goal is to protect the writer (you) and by extension, the project or organization. A good editor will read through the eyes of their audience, and will never assume the audience knows what you're talking about. So, if you make a big, bold, sweeping statement, expect to be challenged on it and be prepared to back it up with statistics/proof. If you can't back it up, it shouldn't be published.
I understand people are human beings who make typos and other mistakes. I want people to have fun with language, inject life into their writing, or even break a few old-school grammar rules. Most of us, these days, write as we speak, and none of us speak like our fifth grade grammar workbooks. But still, it seems like these days, we are seeing more quantity over quality. And no matter the pace of the world we all live in today, quality still matters.
Lindsay Bell is the content director at Arment Dietrich, and works in Toronto. A former TV producer, she's a strong advocate of three minutes or less of video content. She has a cool kid, a patient husband, two annoying cats, and the newly adopted Hank, a vizsla and foxhound mix, who arrives very soon!
About Lindsay Bell
Lindsay Bell is the content director at V3 Marketing, and works in Toronto. A former TV producer, she's a strong advocate of three minutes or less of video content. She has a cool kid, a patient husband, two annoying cats, and Hank Dawge, a Vizsla/Foxhound/moose hybrid. Ok, maybe not moose.
You get me.
@jasonkonopinski Ding-danged silly goose! 🙂
@belllindsay In all seriousness, there were two tricks that I learned as an undergraduate with writing:
– Read your writing aloud, paying particular attention to internal punctuation like commas and semi-colons. Pause at commas. Stop at periods. You'll know immediately if your copy is clumsy.
– Hand your copy over to someone else to proof and edit, especially if it's a technical piece. You become desensitized to your own mistakes.
Another tip I use often is to read your copy out loud. You'll find, while your brain will add the missing information, your voice will not. As you know, I don't have anyone editing my Spin Sucks blog posts so I occasionally will get a Twitter DM or FB message with something I've missed. But reading it out loud typically works pretty well for me.
@ginidietrich I was going to share the same tip! I read any copy I'm proofing and my own blogs out loud before publishing.
@kateupdates @ginidietrich There've been quite a few studies done on clarity in communications as an online trust indicator. Sloppy copy on a retail website is a near guarantee that I go the other way.
@jasonkonopinski @kateupdates @ginidietrich "Sloppy Copy" – band name!!!
@kateupdates Great minds!
I've suffered under some heavy-handed editors of the years, too. There is nothing more frustrating than an editor taking liberties with a piece of writing and making it *worse*, but their name isn't in the byline.
@jasonkonopinski That's the worst.
Besides that though, I love getting edited. Love it.-
@yvettepistorio A good editor is worth their weight in gold.
@jasonkonopinski Agreed! I'm lucky to have @ginidietrich and @belllindsay edit my content. They are good.
@yvettepistorio @jasonkonopinski @ginidietrich It's easy to edit great work. 🙂
@belllindsay @jasonkonopinski @ginidietrich Aw stop it Lindsay!!
@jasonkonopinski Sometimes, I don't even recognize my writing after an editor has had his or her way with it.
#1 Apparently reading out loud is the technique of choice (see below comments from @ginidietrich and @jasonkonopinski )
#2 has Rebecca Amy Todd seen this tight website?
#3 Why, for all that is good in the world, would you direct me to such a site in the middle of the workday? I'm going to be staring at tights for minutes on end now … goodness.
Finally, great point and well-written post!-
@kateupdates @ginidietrich @jasonkonopinski Rebecca Amy Todd HA! I'm a tights fanatic!! 🙂 Glad you liked it Kate, thanks!
Daren R. Williams
Passive language. It cannot be tolerated 🙂
@dhelwig Thanks for the RT Debra! 🙂 @ginidietrich
@kmueller62 Thanks for the share Ken! 🙂 @ginidietrich @SpinSucks
@jantworth Thanks for sharing the piece! 🙂 @SpinSucks
There is another benefit of hiring a top notch editor…self-improvement.
Editing is expensive and the more mistakes one makes, the more one's editor needs to do to fix it. So, it only makes sense, as an author, to attempt to improve.
For me, the most difficult area has been the comma. It is a tricky little bit of punctuation.
I'm working on the edits for my third Henry Wood Detective novel and have hired Erin Feldman. We agreed that I would send her the manuscript in sections. This meant I could see what sort of mistakes I was making and learn from the process before sending her the next bit.
Erin does one thing that I love. She highlights and leaves a comment for each problem. So instead of simply respelling a word correctly, she only says, "spelling". It allowed me to look at each individual problem and try to figure out the mistake. For every hour she spent editing the first section, I spent two hours carefully going over the errors.
There were plenty of them, too. In 9,300 words, Erin identified 581 things to look at, and many of them were comma related. Some of the problem dealt with spelling out numbers. And there were a few with regards to my habit of capitalizing "Sir".
By the time I was done I had seen some patterns in my mistakes and went back through the next section (9500 words).
When I got section two back, I had reduced the number of mistakes from 581/9300 words to 446/9500. I improved.
Writing is fun. Editing is a challenge. Publishing a quality work is hard. Having a great editor by your side makes it easier and less scary.-
@ExtremelyAvg I love that!! And that you actually *want* to learn from your mistakes. Many people would prefer to just ignore, and pay someone to deal with them. Great job Brian!! 😀
@ExtremelyAvg I completely understand your difficulty with commas! I think I have learned the rules 10 times over, but I seem to have a mental block around them. They give me the agita.
@dwaynealicie The thing about the comma, just like any part of grammar or punctuation, it can still be messed up. The rule that I know the best…
1) When two independent clauses are separated by a conjunction, it requires a comma before the conjunction.
Of the fifteen rules that one is my favorite because I mastered it first. That being said, I still sometimes miss that comma, but at least, now, I know what is correct.
No matter how polished I become at writing clean copy, it will always have mistakes. An Editor will always be needed. When I get a little bit more financially secure, I'll probably hire two.-
@ExtremelyAvg I love that you've hired erinmfeldman . 😀
@jasonkonopinski @ExtremelyAvg I love that he's hired me, too! I'm having fun. He says he's having fun, too.
@ExtremelyAvg @dwaynealicie It's natural, I suppose, but I find myself scurrying for my grammar handbook to ensure I have the rules right when I'm editing. Some things, though…some things remain an agony. Essential and non-essential clauses, for instance.
@Erin F. @ExtremelyAvg I totally had to go look up essential and non-essential clauses just now! : )
@dwaynealicie @Erin F. I still look it up on a somewhat frequent basis, and yet, continue to make mistakes.
When I was in 8th grade, my teacher, Satan (Mrs. Johnson) started my hatred of writing that lasted up until three years ago.
We were talking about nouns and she said, "They are a person, place, or thing." I understood the person and place component, but my logical brain told me, "Hey, words are things, so all words are nouns."
I wasn't being a smart-ass. It was how my brain processed things and I couldn't get past it. -
@dwaynealicie @ExtremelyAvg I'm maybe or maybe not sorry? 😉
@ExtremelyAvg @dwaynealicie I hate teachers like that! Mine was a piano teacher. I never hated the piano, but she killed a lot of the love I had for playing. I've slowly regained it, but it's hard to make the time to practice.
We're human. We make mistakes. Besides, the English language is tricksy. -
@Erin F. @ExtremelyAvg I'm very thankful your comment prompted me to go look them up! Now I know that rule, at least.
@Erin F. @dwaynealicie I imagine that if I had understood what she meant back then, it may have altered where I ended up in life. Who knows, I may not have written a word. So, I think it worked out for the best.
@ExtremelyAvg @dwaynealicie I remember reading an article by a writer who said "I don't even know all those rules – clauses, participles, etc., I never learned them in school – I just know what sounds right and what doesn't." – and I said YES!! Finally, someone else just like me!! 🙂
(just don't tell @ginidietrich ) -
@belllindsay @dwaynealicie @ginidietrich I've lived on my wits with grammar, but when it came to the comma, I was under the impression there was one rule…1) place a comma where James Lipton would pause as he reads your Nobel winning prose Inside The Actors Studio. (I'm assuming it had been turned into a film that won six Oscars after the ten year run on Broadway and eleven Tony awards)
Apparently THAT is not the rule. -
@ExtremelyAvg @dwaynealicie @ginidietrich Again though, you're not far off the mark: I think 'prose' is evolving – and by prose I also mean the acceptance of some of the rule-breaking. We write as we speak – and part of that is natural pauses, etc., (eg commas!) that might not follow the hard core rules of grammar. Am I making any sense at all here?
@belllindsay @dwaynealicie @ginidietrich I feel the same way about breaking rules in grammar as I do in art. If one knows all the rules, then break away. They went through the trouble to learn them they've earned the right.
Henri Matisse, before he did paper cut out…all the way back to his 1906 show where his work was described as reminding one reviewer of "wild beasts", mastered all the elements of painting before choosing to head towards a more minimalist style.
Those who think they can splash paint randomly, on a canvas and call themselves Kandinsky, well, they bother me.
I may one day take liberties with the rules, but not before I know why I'm breaking them…and that their being broken in the first place. -
@ExtremelyAvg @dwaynealicie I've learned it's best not to dwell on the "what if's." 🙂
@belllindsay @ExtremelyAvg @dwaynealicie @ginidietrich Is that Joan Didion? It sounds like something she said.
@Erin F. @belllindsay @ExtremelyAvg @ginidietrich Makes perfect sense to me, Lindsay! Change is afoot, and it's not necessarily a bad thing. Although I do love cracking open Thoreau and seeing his wit shine through — and I think I can see it because he was writing within a similar framework.
Here is the Joan Didion…
"Grammar is a piano I play by ear. All I know about grammar is its power."
At some point, the rules are all there to help, and when you pay attention to them, they can elevate your writing. Of course, if you pay too much attention to them they will cripple you. -
@dwaynealicie @Erin F. @ExtremelyAvg @ginidietrich YES! I love that Didion quote. 🙂
@ExtremelyAvg You should have saved this comment for a blog post!
@barrettrossie What I should do is consult you before I write anything. Your suggestion that prompted Underwood Scotch and Wry has worked out rather well. 🙂
@ExtremelyAvg Gosh, you just made me blush!
Well said, Lindsay, and absolutely true.
The one really good thing that's coming from the blogging trend is that more businesses are understanding their need for professional editorial support. More important, the discipline of writing and editing is finally regaining a level of respect it once had.
It's an interesting challenge, really, when we take time to reflect on it. Most individuals who want to blog or start a Web site — or fix their car, repair their roof, cut their hair — know they lack the skills and experience they need to do the job. But when it comes to writing, far too many think differently.
I've found that It's very common for native speakers and readers of the English language to also think that they can very easily craft exquisite and meaningful sentences, paragraphs, articles, papers, etc. Only after they attempt the task do they realize a smidgen of the challenge they face. So, yes, I think it's fortunate for writer and editors that many non-editorial people are now blogging: The inexperienced are getting exposed to the multitude of challenges that writers and editors must resolve while planning, drafting, and revising their work.-
@WindMiner Yes, yes and yes. Writing is hard!! It doesn't mean it's impossible, but holy-moly how many times have you stared at a blank page/screen, or rewritten a sentence or title ten times because it just wasn't working!? I've had people tell me that as long as the content is good, they overlook grammatical errors and the like. I am the opposite. I think errors (not the odd typo or error, we're only human) devalue the content and devalue the person creating it.
Couldn't agree with this post more @belllindsay, my dear Maritimer. I am absolutely filled with gratitude each time one of you works my words over and knocks them into improved shape!
@allenmireles I rarely if ever have to work your words over Allen!
@allenmireles I personally love it when you are typing so quickly in instant messaging that you make mistakes and then tell me you're going to take typing classes. That makes me roar.
Sorry to be a twerp on this – "newspaper ,or corporate blog, he/she will" …check the first comma. 😉
@girl_onthego Spacing errors don't count. 😉
@belllindsay @girl_onthego LOL!
@ginidietrich @girl_onthego FIXED! Thanks for the heads up! 🙂
@girl_onthego I have one that's even twerpier: "and none of us speak like our fifth grade grammar workbooks." UGGHH @belllindsay , get with it!! None of us — in other words, not ONE of us, SPEAKS. It's like fingernails on a chalkboard..
(j/k, I don't even know if this is right w/o looking it up…)-
@barrettrossie @girl_onthego Hey Barrett, what part of "I understand people are human beings who make typos and other mistakes. I want people to have fun with language, inject life into their writing, or even break a few old-school grammar rules." are you not getting…!?!? LOL I'm sure you're correct. But sheeeesh!! 😉
@barrettrossie You are right. Just thought you'd like to know.
Doug Phillips
Ending sentences with prepositions is to die for! 🙂
Arment Dietrich, Inc.
Gah, these are my two worst habits too!! ^yp
Optimizing images for blog post width is also crucial. Maybe there should be a job for that. 😉
The editors for samfiorella and I over at Pearson (and the contracted peer editors for pre-production editing) were a huge help for us in making the points we were making more direct and punchy. You're right, editors are gold – good ones, anyhoo.-
@Danny Brown samfiorella Why are you so mean to me Mr. Brown?? 😉
@belllindsay I have a few months of arm punches to make up for.
@Danny Brown You earned every arm punch. Fair and square. 😉
@Danny Brown Jeez, Louise. Even I missed the blog images. When we checked it in preview mode when it was scheduled, it was fine. It was corrected as soon as we realized it didn't make the transition from scheduled to published well.
@ginidietrich In all seriousness, then, I'd check your theme as Preview Mode shouldn't miss Publication Mode fixes.
@Danny Brown @ginidietrich Thanks for the tip Danny, because Gini and I both previewed it and saw nothing until it published.
Okay, I have to share one of the mistakes Erin found. It is sort of awesome.
"The Berlin unit's report should also be arriving by currier soon." <The correct word is courier.
Currier is a word, but it means: a person who dresses and colors leather after it is tanned. Obviously, that was not what I intended. It was a simple spelling error. Now, my work is slightly better and I have a new word in my vocabulary that I'm just dying to use correctly.
Agnes said, "He was a fine lad and a skilled currier."-
@ExtremelyAvg I miss things like that in other people's writing at times too Brian. The brain reads it as a properly spelled word – and if it sounds the same, well….although that did make me laugh out loud. 😉
@ExtremelyAvg Word nerds unite!
@ExtremelyAvg I'm still recovering from your Toyota Accord… 😉
@barrettrossie Yes, but fortunately you were there to help. I appreciate it.
@SuperbContent Thanks for the share! 🙂
@joeldon Thanks for the share Joel. 🙂 @SpinSucks
Can you get paid doing this? Maybe I want to be an editor when I grow up; I can read….most words at least……..
I'm persnickety about typos, but some people don't like to be corrected all.the.time. That's when I break out the Kung Fu grip however……..-
@bdorman264 People have been correcting me here like little gramar nazis. LOL I'm so proud. 🙂
@bdorman264 You and your Kung Fu grip.
@ginidietrich @belllindsay THAT'S MY LINE!!!
@jasonkonopinski It wasn't your link, though, and I only had 140 characters!
@ginidietrich I know, I know. 🙂
"But still, it seems like these days, we are seeing more quantity over quality. And no matter the pace of the world we all live in today, quality still matters." @belllindsay , this can't be said enough.
Letting yourself ignore quality for reasons of convenience is a slippery slope.-
@barrettrossie Don't you find Barrett that there are more and more posts and articles that read like they're just being pumped out of a factory…?? I do.
@belllindsay @barrettrossie I think SEO has a real issue in that it can reward you for publishing a ton of content in a short period of time. It encourages low quality work while trying to tell us to set a quality standard.
@AlisonWordsmith LOL!!
YeAh qUaLiTy iss Importent. 😉
@Joshua Wilner/A Writer Writes Would Tom publish a song with errors in it? I think not. 🙂
@JuliaRosien Thanks for the share Julia! xo @ginidietrich
@AlisonWordsmith Cheers Allison, thanks for the share! #proudNewBrunswickerhere 🙂 cc @ginidietrich
@belllindsay Go East Coast!
Ok. You do know after reading this I will never write another thing. Between you and @Danny Brown optimizing images for blog width I have lost all confidence to do anything myself. So, how much?
@rdopping @Danny Brown LOL! Best comment ever!! 🙂
@belllindsay @rdopping @Danny Brown I agree, Ralph has been beating into submission. Mark that as another win.
@ExtremelyAvg @rdopping @Danny Brown "beaten" – LOLOLOL!!
@belllindsay @rdopping @Danny Brown Damn, I should have edited before I hit post. I'm so ashamed. I've embarrassed myself, my parents, my editor, Erin, and a host of long dead relatives.
Commenting on an editing post is hard. -
@ExtremelyAvg @rdopping @Danny Brown HAHAHA! I couldn't resist! Sorry Brian!! 😀
@belllindsay @rdopping @Danny Brown If one wants to play with the big dogs in an editing post, one must come strong!
@ExtremelyAvg @belllindsay @Danny Brown Sure. Laugh at the clown with his clown shoes, his clown hair, his clown nose and his white and black polka dotted parachute pant-suit…….wait, is this the right site? Dammit.
@rdopping @ExtremelyAvg @Danny Brown Sounds about right to me. #SpinSucksCrazyClowns
@ExtremelyAvg @belllindsay @rdopping @Danny Brown It's okay. I had a typo in my post about editors. Umm…yeah, that.
@rdopping Bottle of Glenmorangie Port Wood and I'm yours. 🙂
I cannot proof my own work – my eye sees what I think should be there. With that being said, @susansilver and I have had this discussion repeatedly regarding blog posts. What IF there is a typo? We can't all have editors for our blogs… and sometimes we make mistakes. I think websites, prominent blogs like this one, business literature etc. should have higher stands. The small business person blogging for their small audience may not be able to hire an editor.
@AmyMccTobin @susansilver I think what I'm talking about here though is consistency – yes errors happen (I had some in this piece! LOL) – and that plays back to the "we are only human" part – but when there are consistent typos or larger grammatical errors I think that's a problem. Dare I say that it's even MORE important for SMBs as they are the ones scratching for clients/customers. They have to show reliability and quality – maybe more than your massive conglomerate with a bazillion brand fans.
Lindsey, I really like what you said in point three. I do feel that editors are there to protect me as a writer. I get that I have problems. I don't think it makes me a terrible writer at all, errors happen.
@AmyMccTobin has a point too. Blogs get rewarded for speed, consistency, and quantity of posts. A small business is not going to be able to afford someone to look over everything they write.-
@susansilver @AmyMccTobin See my comment below Susan. I humbly disagree. 🙂
@seanmcginnis @ginidietrich And, sadly, a vanishing breed 🙁
@vedo Thanks for the RT Richie! 🙂 cc @shonali @ginidietrich
@belllindsay sure thing, it was a solid read. Have a great weekend. @shonali @ginidietrich
@TonyZambito Cheers Tony, appreciate the share! @shonali @ginidietrich
@chadjthiele Thanks for the share Chad! 🙂 @ginidietrich @SpinSucks
@belllindsay You're welcome. Great post. I agree completely.
@shonali Thanks for sending that out Shonali! 🙂 Also, guest post soon…? You have my email! cc @ginidietrich
@belllindsay That reminds me, I need to come up with a topic, don't I?
@ThePaulSutton Yes please! 😀 Booking March right now.
@belllindsay book me a slot??
@ThePaulSutton Mid month work for you?
@belllindsay later would be better. Some time around 20th to 25th ish would be perfect
@RTRViews Thanks for the share Rick! 🙂 cc @SpinSucks


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Muslims in Mannaar expose systemic inability of SL State in delivering justice to victims
Muslims in Mannaar expose systemic inability of SL State in delivering justice to victims
Jaffna students urge Colombo to stop bombing[TamilNet, Sunday, 19 August 2001, 16:11 GMT]The Jaffna University Students Union (JUSU) appealed to international community "to intervene and safeguard the lives of Tamil students and civilians in the northeastern province from the continuing reprisal aerial attacks by the Sri Lanka Air Force". The JUSU in a statement issued Sunday said "aerial attacks targeting civilian positions such as schools and residential areas in northeast, particularly in Vanni and other Tigers controlled region are taking place almost daily. These indiscriminate aerial attacks have caused deaths and destruction to lives and properties of Tamil civilians". The JUSU has pointed out in its statement that a school student, Parmakulasingam Jegan of Visuvamadu in LTTE controlled Wanni region died in an aerial attack by the SLAF on August 13. The JUSU condemned the Sri Lankan Government for "allowing such indiscriminate aerial attacks on Tamil dominated northeast region in the island following Katunayake air base and international airport disaster on July 24." Meanwhile the Leader of the Tamil Eelam Liberation Organization and Parliamentarian Mr.Selvam Adaikalanathan in a statement Sunday said, ìthe continuous aerial bombing by the Sri Lanka Air Force since July 24 after the Katunayake disaster, on the Tamil homeland in the island has caused deaths destruction and loss of employment to a large number of rural Tamil peopleî. He added, "due to continuous bombing of areas surrounding Thoppigala jungles has devastated several residential areas and killed several heads of cattle. Hundreds of peasants have lost their day to day earning and are now left in the lurch". "The Sri Lankan Government should take immediate steps to stop this indiscriminate aerial bombing of Tamil dominated villages, particularly in Tiger controlled villages" Mr. Adaikalanathan said in his statement. |
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Hi everyone! Happy soon to be spring! Today I am sharing my newest creations 8251 Sew-Rite blouse and Ginger skirt by Colette. This outfit is just for fun!
this is one of those things i never would have chosen for myself, but i love the way you went for it! it's fun and has a lot of personality and looks very well-made.
What a great print! … love all the contrasting detail
I love the print and the contrast too!
Jeeze. Now THAT is adorable.
such a cute outfit! I love the colors!
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I took Little L to Joann's to pick out some fabric. I chose to get a "mock smock cotton print" and of course it has Princesses on it! I measured the chest circumference of each of my girls and bought enough fabric plus a few inches for the hem.
Mock Smock Cotton Print Fabric
Rick Rack Ribbon
Sewing Supplies
Step 1: Measure and Cut your fabric. I used Pinking Shears so the fabric wouldn't fray as much.
Stem 2: Hem the back seam
Step 3: Measure and cut your Rick Rack Ribbon. Leave some extra room to hem it.
Step 4: Hem the Rick Rack Ribbon so it doesn't fray.
Step 5: Sew the Ribbon onto the dress. (I put the dresses on them and then measured where I wanted to straps to be then pinned them in place and sewed them on.)
This is how it turned out. Little L loves them. She wears them as play dresses and as pajamas.
Little E loves them too.


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I saw this recipe awhile back on Real Mom Kitchen and had been waiting for the perfect opportunity to make it. With our cold, rainy weather I was excited to try it out. It was good...like a creamier version of my tortilla soup. And of course, crock pot meals are always a nice way to make your day easier. The girls really liked it!
1 15-ounce can black beans, rinsed and drained
1 14.5-ounce can diced tomatoes (I used fire roasted)
1 10-ounce package frozen whole kernel corn (I'll use a can next time, I think the corn stays crunchier)
1/2 cup chopped onion
1/2 cup chopped yellow, green, or red bell pepper (I used red)
1 10-ounce can enchilada sauce (I used mild red)
1 10.75-ounce can condensed cream of chicken soup (I used 98% FF)
1 1/2 cups milk (I used 1%)
1 cup shredded Pepper jack cheese
2 chicken breasts (I used 1 can chicken and dumped broth in too)
In a slow cooker, combine drained beans, tomatoes, corn, onion, and bell pepper.
Place 2 chicken breasts on top of mixture.
In a large bowl, whisk together enchilada sauce and soup. Gradually whisk in milk until smooth. Pour sauce mixture over ingredients in cooker.
Cover; cook on low heat for 6 to 8 hours or on high for 3 to 4 hours.
Remove chicken and cut or shred into bite sized pieces. Add chicken back into soup.
Top with pepper jack cheese and serve. Can also be topped with avocado, sour cream, or crushed tortilla chips.
Chicken Enchilada Soup
Labels: beans, chicken, crock pot, mexican/southwest, soup
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- 4*KowBoys said...
I like the addition of Pepper Jack Cheese in this recipe! YUM! I don't think I have you on my blog.. I am going to add you!
- December 27, 2009 at 2:36 PM
- dr_b_rock said...
I just made this for a friend who had a family tragedy (I even cooked it with the meat!) and it was a huge hit!
- January 14, 2010 at 4:07 PM
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 22, 2013) – Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) Vice President of Scientific and Regulatory Affairs Sascha Haverfield, PhD, issued the following statement today on ongoing efforts in Congress to resolve the sequestration of prescription drug user fees:
"PhRMA remains deeply concerned about the impact of sequestration on the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) ability to fulfill its critical public health mission by fostering timely patient access to safe and effective new medicines and advancing regulatory science.
"PhRMA strongly supports the FDA Safety Over Sequestration Act of 2013, H.R. 2725, which would exempt future FDA user fees from sequestration. We commend Representatives Leonard Lance (R-NJ), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Mike Rogers (R-MI) and Doris Matsui (D-CA) for their leadership on this critical issue.
"We also appreciate the efforts of members of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees to find a bipartisan resolution which would restore the FDA's access to prescription drug user fees which have already been sequestered.
"Prescription drug user fees cannot, by law, be used for any purpose other than to support FDA's human drug review program. Their sequestration does not decrease the nation's deficit, but only serves to exacerbate the severe budgetary constraints of a historically underfunded agency. This is detrimental to patients, regulatory science and public health."
The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) represents the country's leading innovative biopharmaceutical research and biotechnology companies, which are devoted to discovering and developing medicines that enable patients to live longer, healthier, and more productive lives. Since 2000, PhRMA member companies have invested approximately $550 billion in the search for new treatments and cures, including an estimated $48.5 billion in 2012 alone.
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Blackhawks sign defenseman John Scott
by Chicago Blackhawks / Chicago BlackhawksJohn Scott |
Scott, 27, has appeared in 71 games with the Minnesota Wild over parts of the last two seasons, recording 111 penalty minutes and three points (G, 2A). The 6-foot-8, 258 pound, blueliner appeared in a career-high 51 contests with the Wild last season, tallying two points (G, A) while ranking second on the club with 90 penalty minutes. The St. Catherine's, Ontario native made his National Hockey League debut with Minnesota in 2008-09 posting one assist and 21 penalty minutes in 20 tilts. Scott, who was signed by the Wild as a free agent on Dec. 31, 2006, has also appeared in 173 American Hockey League regular-season games with the Houston Aeros over parts of three seasons from 2006 to 2009, racking up 402 penalty minutes and 13 points (6G, 7A). He also appeared in five Calder Cup Playoff tilts with Houston in 2008.
Prior to turning pro, Scott spent four seasons at Michigan Tech (NCAA) from 2002 to 2006 and one season with the North American Hockey League's Chicago Freeze (2001-02).


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A-fib and Omega-3's
Those of you familiar with my blog are probably already aware that I suffer from atrial fibrillation. It is quite literally a subject near and dear to my heart.
One of the best things someone suffering from atrial fibrillation can do for their heart is to increase their intake of omega-3 fatty acids, and decrease their intake of omega-6's this is mainly through their ability to regulate eicosanoids.
Among other things, Eicosanoids regulate blood thinness and inflammation. Atrial fibrillation can cause blood to not flow out of the atria properly, where it can pool and form clots. Most people with atrial fibrillation are put on a blood thinner to keep these clots from forming and possibly moving out of the heart causing stroke or embolism. Omega-3's have a blood thinning effect that can be used to combat this.
I take about ten grams of fish oil a day. I take three 1200 mg capsules three times a day, with breakfast lunch and dinner. Taking them with meals helps absorption, though I sometimes take my morning dose awhile before breakfast. I also try to eat foods high in natural omega-3's like fish, grass fed beef, and walnuts.
Inflammation's role in a-fib is not very well known, but managing inflammation seems to help with it. Eicosanoids have alot to do with inflammation. The ones formed from omega-3's tend to stop inflammation, while the eicosanoids formed from omega-6's tend to cause inflammation.
Increasing our intake of omega-3' and balancing our fatty acid ratios is yet another way to use traditional foods to manage a-fib.
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'The Voracity Effect' and Climate Change : The Impact of Clean Technologies
In the absence of a successful international cooperative agreement over the control of emissions there is a growing interest in the role that clean technologies may play to alleviate the climate change problem. Within a non-cooperative transboundary pollution game, we investigate, analytically and within a numerical example based on empirical evidence, the impact of the adoption of a cleaner technology (i.e., a decrease in the emission to output ratio). We show that countries may respond by increasing their emissions resulting in an increase in the stock of pollution that may be detrimental to welfare. This possibility is shown to arise for a significant and empirically relevant range of parameters. It is when the damage and/or the initial stock of pollution are relatively large and when the natural rate of decay of pollution is relatively small that the perverse effect of clean technologies is strongest. Cooperation over the control of emissions is necessary to ensure that the development of cleaner technologies does not exacerbate the free riding behavior that is at the origin of the climate change problem.
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Monthly Archives: October 2010
Just once again
I may not be a large dog, but I am a very long one!
Some things from today
Say hello to my two new babies! These are from Mavala's autumn collection, I got them yesterday. Now that Chanel's Khaki polishes are out, green on the nails feels more right than ever! And crazy fuchsia pink has never been wrong!
And here's another thing I've treated myself with, just so you know! I love Lindt chocolate, but I don't think I've ever tried the one with blueberry!
Let me rock you like a rodeo
Let me start by saying that I'm not very prudish. In fact, I'm not very prudish at all. It takes a lot to make me blush, and I've always been open for suggestive and provocative talks (and looks)! Everyone who knows me in person can tell you it's hard to make me feel uncomfortable. Now, have you heard this song Bumpy Ride by Mohombi? If you haven't heard it by now, I can't imagine where you live! I think it tops every single radio tracklist right now! It goes like this: I wanna boom bang bang with your body yo.. I hear these words wherever I go these days – shops, university, driving in the car! Don't get me wrong, I'm not a moralist and I don't mind sexual references in a song, I actually enjoy them (I love Fergi!). But seriously, is playing it everywhere really appropriate? I mean, old ladies can hear it, for God's sake! When I hear the words Girl let me rock you like a rodeo (its gonna be a bumpy ride), I can only think of one thing and it's something pretty indecent and raw!
Well, I just youtubed the video for this song, and it actually shows hot girls riding buggy cars on a… bumpy road! Hm, wonder if it's just me who's way too dirty then..
The jacket is from Topshop (though, it's quite inspired by the aviator jackets by Burberry!)
Cows and people
We woke up really early today, so we took the car and hit the road, looking for some adventures or, at least, some beautiful sights. We drove out of the city, past forests and lakes, and eventually we came out to the open fields. There were green fields as far as the eye could see, and not a person or a car in sight. Nevertheless, there were cows. There were twenty or thirty of them, with their baby calves and everything, standing in the middle of the road, staring and not letting us pass. So we started to beep the car a little, hoping they will move aside and let us drive. But nothing happened, they just kept standing there and staring. So I came out of the car, taking the opportunity to get some snaps. I could see the curiousity in their eyes, as they got closer to me. And then, as the flash on my camera went off, they all jumped aside, frightened, and ran out of the way! I don't know about you guys, maybe you deal with cows on daily basis. As for me, I've never even been this close to one! But personally, I think if I was a cow I would be more afraid of beeping cars rather than camera flashes!
Pale is the new tan!
It's been really sunny today, so I took a chance to stay outside. When I was younger I used to spend a lot of time in the sun, and I still do when I can. But these days you will not catch me outside the house not wearing a high spf! Maybe I'm all brainwashed with all the damage caused by the sun rays, or maybe it's just that being tan is quite uncool nowadays – unless you naturally are!
Cardigan – Odd Molly, dress – my grandma's, shoes – Zara, bag – Mulberry, necklace is a gift.


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Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Google Maps 5.0 coming soon
At the Dive into Mobile conference yesterday, Google's Andy Rubin demonstrated a new version of Google Maps for Android. The new version, 5.0, will be released to existing devices sometime this week, and brings a wealth of new features.
Most notably, the new Maps uses vector graphics, meaning zooming, scrolling, etc will all see a dramatic speed boost, and will require downloading 100 times less data, according to Google. Plus, since map data will take up so much less space, it will be able to do offline caching of the map data you use most often. Even if you are using Navigation and have no data connection, Maps will continue to offer rerouting and guidance.
Secondly, the new version brings 3D buildings for 100 cities (more coming soon), and some fancy new multi-touch gestures: swipe down with two fingers to tilt the map for a more 3D view, rotate two fingers to change the orientation of the map.
Maps 5.0 will work on all Android devices running 1.6 or higher, but more advanced features like 3D maps and multi-touch gestures will only work on more powerful devices. According to Engadget, the devices that will fully support all the new Maps features are the Droid, Motorola Droid, Droid X, Droid 2, G2, Incredible, Evo, Nexus S, and all the Galaxy S devices.
The new version isn't available quite yet, but it should arrive in the Market in a few days.
So cool. I can't wait get this update. The speed improvement alone makes this an awesome update, not to mention the new features. I use Maps on my phone on a near daily basis, so all of these new features (especially the speed), will be very welcome.
This is amazing! I use Navigation pretty frequently, but I almost cringe whenever I need to use the Maps program because I just never know how well it's going to load. I was watching the video for this and it almost doesn't seem possible--it's so fast and so smooth. I sort of have a hard time believing it will really work. But, that's the way vectors are designed to work. I feel like they should have made this change a lot sooner, but I'm really excited to get this on my phone and start using it!
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Oct 27, 2012
Pride shows on school campuses
Students, teachers, parents and community volunteers pitched in to tidy up 28 campuses across Orange County during the district's Fall Spruce-Up. Most schools took Friday, Oct. 26 and Saturday, Oct. 27 to mulch, weed, prune overgrown bushes and clean pavements.
"This effort demonstrates the pride our students have in their schools," said OCPS Superintendent Barbara Jenkins. "It also demonstrates how teachers, students, and their parents value the facilities paid for by Orange County taxpayers."
The schools participating in this year's Fall Spruce-Up include Apopka ES, Apopka Memorial MS, Apopka HS, Edgewater ES, Lockhart MS, Maxey ES, Olympia HS, Piedmont Lakes MS, Walker MS, Wekiva HS and Windermere ES. Due to scheduling conflicts, another 17 schools either have already completed their campus spruce-ups or will do it in November. These include Citrus ES, Clay Springs ES, Dommerich ES, Fern Creek ES, Frangus ES, Gotha MS, Hidden Oaks ES, Jones HS, Lakeville ES, Lake Whitney ES, Meadow Woods ES, Moss Park ES, Pershing ES, Rolling Hills ES, Sunrise ES, Wheatley ES, and Zellwood ES.
"Shrinking budgets have stretched our abilities to maintain school grounds," explained School Board Chairman Bill Sublette. "Our minimal crews are kept busy with the bare essentials of keeping lawns mowed, trees trimmed and buildings structurally safe. These volunteers appreciate their schools and know a little elbow grease can make the difference in how their neighborhood campus looks."
Congratulations, Apopka Elementary for winning the spruce-up award in the North Learning Community.
Each year, OCPS Facilities workers maintain 184 campuses. This includes:
Mowing an equivalent of 4,000 acres of grass
Keeping 450 miles of irrigation pipe running
Pruning and arborist work on 38,700 trees
Trimming and pruning hundreds of thousands of shrubs
Placing 5500 cubic yards of mulch
Inspecting, testing and repairing fire hydrants and backflow preventers
Maintaining retention ponds and storm-water systems
Working with the athletic department to maintain sports fields
While this was the first district-wide Fall Spruce-Up, this coming May will see the school district's first district-wide Spring Clean when other schools around the county will undertake a similar volunteer effort.


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" | Nergal! I will defeat you! Here! Today!! But…even now, there is no hatred in my heart. You who were born human, you who lost the heart that defines your humanity… For you, I have nothing but pity. | " | — Eliwood, in the Final Chapter of Fire Emblem. |
Eliwood (Japanese: エリウッド Eliwod) is the father of Roy and is a member of Pherae's ruling monarchy. While he first has a minor role in Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade and is responsible for making his son Roy head of the Lycian Army, Eliwood becomes one of three main characters in Fire Emblem, and his backstory and character are more deeply looked into in this game.
- 1 Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade
- 2 Fire Emblem
- 3 Fire Emblem Awakening
- 4 Personality and character
- 5 Supports
- 6 Quotes
- 7 Battle quotes
- 7.1 Against Boies in In Search of Truth
- 7.2 Against Erik in False Friends
- 7.3 Against Uhai in The Dread Isle
- 7.4 Against Darin in Dragon's Gate
- 7.5 Against Linus in Four-Fanged Offense
- 7.6 Against Lloyd in Four-Fanged Offense
- 7.7 Against Linus in Cog of Destiny
- 7.8 Against Lloyd in Cog of Destiny
- 7.9 Against Nergal in Light, Eliwood's Story
- 7.10 Against Nergal in Light, Hector's Story
- 7.11 Fire Emblem Heroes
- 8 Other appearances
- 9 Etymology and other languages
- 10 Gallery
- 11 Trivia
- 12 References
Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade
Little is said of Eliwood's past in this game, owing to his relatively small part in the game's story; despite this, his former mentor Marcus does shed some light on Eliwood's past in supports with Lilina. According to Marcus, Eliwood was once considered one of the greatest knights in all of Lycia, a description that also matches Roy; most of Marcus's stories, however, concern his romantic life. In these cases, Eliwood was said to be a kind and caring husband to his equally kind and caring wife; a particularly notable event took place just prior to their engagement, where Eliwood once left for three days in order to return with a rare flower that only grows in Ilia.
Eliwood appears near the start of the game with Lilina in his castle; although he intends to ride out in order to fight nearby bandits and prevent them from raiding towns, his illness prevents him from doing so, and he places his son Roy in trust of some members of Pherae's army to drive off the bandits. As news comes that Bern under Prince Zephiel has taken over both Ilia and Sacae, and has plans to invade Lycia, Eliwood elects to send his healthy son in place of him; in addition, he hires some mercenaries led by Deke to assist his son.
It is unknown what Eliwood's exact fate at the end of the game is; while Roy does succeed him as Marquess Pherae, it is not stated whether or not Eliwood died of natural causes or if his illness caused his death.
Starting stats and growth rates
Eliwood can be used in the Trial Maps if the game is completed five times on any difficulty. He is considered one of the better Trial Maps exclusive characters, owing to his very high base stats; while he only caps strength, all of his other stats are acceptable for his level, and he also starts off with rather good weapon ranks. Adding to this, Eliwood's stats are sufficient enough to potentially outclass all six of the player's potential paladins, a useful trait among bonus characters. Eliwood's main two flaws are his HP and his resistance; neither are very high for his level or class, and as such, Eliwood should stay out of reach of mages and similar classes.
Fire Emblem
More is elaborated on Eliwood's past in this game than the previous, owing to him being a playable character. Eliwood is born in Pherae and is the soon of Elbert and Eleanora, thus making him the immediate successor of the house if the current Marquess should fall. Eliwood is also stated to have met Hector at a young age in a meeting of Lycian Lords; the two become fast friends, and in a warrior's custom, the children were ordered by Erik, son of the marquess of Laus, to cut their hands and shake with another; Eliwood and Hector chose each other, showing how close the two have become. [1]
Eliwood first appears in Chapter 7 of Lyn's story, Siblings Abroad. Eliwood was initially passing through Kathelet in order to meet Hector for their monthly duel. While passing on through, however, he stumbles across the Black Fang and their attempts to accost the siblings Ninian and Nils; as a knight, Eliwood elects to engage some of these warriors while, unbeknownst to him, Lyn also performs her own assault on the group. When coming across an old castle that Nils and Lyn suspect Ninian is being hid in, Eliwood makes his first appearance to Lyn, while holding an unconscious Ninian in his arms. After quickly introducing himself as Marquess Pherae's son, he quickly learns of Lyn's quest to prove herself as the true heir to Caelin and though he offers some assistance, she politely refuses his offer, under the claim that the fight against Lundgren should be her own.
A few days later, Lyn returns to Eliwood, asking for his help due to Lyn and her partners Sain and Kent being depicted as impostors to the throne; Eliwood complies by making all houses in Lycia neutral to the issue, thus preventing anyone in Lycia from helping Lundgren or Lyn. Eliwood then leaves, with Lyn thanking him for his help.
One year after the assassination of Lundgren and Lyn's subsesquent reunion with her grandfather, Eliwood's own tale starts. Amid the disappearance of his father and resulting rumours of his death, Eliwood elects to venture out into other territories of Lycia in order to find him. Assisted by his mentor Marcus, a knight in service of Pherae Lowen, a villager with archery skills Rebecca, two contracted warriors Bartre and Dorcas, and a tactician he has previously met, Mark, Eliwood starts off by first venturing towards Santaruz to speak with Lord Helman. On the way, however, he is stopped by a bandit named Zagan; although he is quickly overwhelmed by his opposition, his friend Hector and his own mentor Oswin come in to save Eliwood at just the right time. After repelling the attack, Eliwood continues to Santaruz, only to find a dying Helman who tells him to "beware the Black Fang". Upon hearing more rumours about the sudden change in temperament of Marquess Laus, Darin, Eliwood continues to Laus with his allies to see if he knows anything about Elbert's disappearance; while he is initially attacked by Laus forces headed by his former classmate Erik, Eliwood repels the attack. To everyone's surprise, however, Darin is nowhere to be found inside the castle. Only a short time after this attack, it is announced that Laus has attacked Caelin, and as such, Eliwood hurries there to save both Lyn and Marquess Caelin, Hausen.
Eliwood is successful in repelling the invasion and saving both Lyn and Hausen, but despite this victory, Darin is still nowhere to be found; initially unsure of what to do next, an Ostian spy named Leila appears before him and Hector as to give intelligence on the Black Fang. From here, Eliwood learns that not only his father alive, but he also learns of the Black Fang's true intentions, their past, their current leader Nergal, and how Elbert was forcibly accosted by the group onto the Dread Isle. After finding some aid from the Davros pirates, headed by Captain Fargus, Eliwood's group ends up encountering a boat drifting off the coast of the island; inside that boat is none other than the dancer Eliwood rescued a year before, Ninian, but with amnesia.
Eliwood fights his way through the Dread Isle; along the way, he comes across the first sympathetic figure of the group, Uhai, an operative from Sacae who elects to fight with honour. Just before raiding the Dragon's Gate, however, Ninian is also kidnapped from him by the mysterious Ephidel, who orchestrated many of the events that led to the current state of affairs in Lycia. After raiding the Dragon's Gate and killing a delusional Darin, Eliwood and his friends eventually locate his father, alive but shaken. The reunion, however, is cut short; after seeing the face of his father's captor, Nergal, for the first time, Ninian is found in a confused trance, and despite their best attempts to snap her out of her daze, she ends up opening the Dragon's Gate. While Nils does eventually break her trance and causes the gate to collapse in on itself and the death of Ephidel, Nergal still is able to kill Elbert by harvesting his quintessence; even with this, however, Elbert delivers one final act of rebellion against Nergal by almost fatally stabbing him. While the wound does not kill him, it ends up delaying Nergal from immediately opening up the Dragon's Gate again; Elbert himself dies in Eliwood's arms, telling him to continue to oppose Nergal.
Shaken by his death and by the revelation that Nergal intends to bring Dragons back into the world, Eliwood and his comrades decide to seek aid from Hector's older brother, Marquess Ostia Uther. While Uther is unable to provide direct aid to the group, he points them to the Nabata desert to seek "the living legend". After saving the Mage General of Etruria, Pent from bandits in the desert, Eliwood meets Athos for the first time; after seeking his advice and learning more of Nergal's twisted past, Eliwood is sent home by Athos in order to continue fighting against the Black Fang. After spending a day to rest in Pherae, Eliwood travels to Bern in disguise in order to attack the headquarters of the Black Fang. In addition to slaying many of the members of the Black Fang, Eliwood ends up having to solve a problem in Bern's ruling class; Queen Hellene of Bern requests that Eliwood retrieve the Fire Emblem back from the Black Fang so that she may give him the passage to the Shrine of Seals, where the holy weapon Durandal is found. After retrieving the Emblem and stopping an assassination attempt on Prince Zephiel, Eliwood is granted passage to the Shrine and does retrieves the Durandal, but only shortly after Ninian is again kidnapped by Nergal; upon leaving the shrine with the weapon, Eliwood and his cadre come across an actual Ice Dragon. Against his will, the sword ends up attacking the Ice Dragon. While the group initially praises the action, Nergal appears to inform Eliwood that the dragon he just slayed was none other than Ninian, the very girl who he had saved in the past and had spent much time protecting.
Despite this tragedy, Eliwood continues forth, shaken even further by this death, but with a new resolve to stop Nergal. After repelling one last desperate attack from Nergal in Ostia, Eliwood returns to the Dread Isle, and faces off against Nergal for the last time. After defeating morphs of former Black Fang members, Eliwood fights against Nergal and after getting accused of being callous for moving on from Ninian's death so quickly, kills the druid. In his dying breaths, however, Nergal opens up the Dragon's Gate, hoping that the dragons will not only kill Eliwood, but destroy all of the world as revenge for not letting his dreams come true (these dreams are later revealed in Hector's story). Initially facing impossible odds, Bramimond appears in the battle and with his powers, revives Ninian; using her powers as a communicator for the Dragon's Gate, she is able to slay two of the dragons, but she cannot handle the third one. As such, Eliwood and his army join together for one last battle to defeat the last dragon.
In all cases, Eliwood returns home to Pherae and becomes its Marquess one year after; in addition, he says goodbye to Mark, claiming that they will meet again, as well as offering him the opportunity to be a godfather to his future child. This child is born years later, as a young boy named Roy; in the Extended Epilogue of the game, which takes place ten years after the final battle, Hector and Eliwood meet again to discuss the recent assassination of King Desmond of Bern, while their children Roy and Lilina become fast friends.
Depending on the player's actions, Eliwood can also be paired up with either Lyn, Ninian, or Fiora. In the formermost and lattermost cases, the two choose to leave their previous roles (successor of Caelin and member of Ilia's Pegasus Knights) in order to marry Eliwood. In Ninian's case, she elects to separate from her brother at his behest in the final moments of the campaign and lives in the human world with a drastically decreased lifespan. Regardless of the case, they become the mother of Roy, though this character dies shortly after childbirth.
Eliwood, Knight of Lycia
Eliwood succeeded his father as the marquess of Pherae. His sincerity and his clear guidance made him his father's equal in all eyes.
Eliwood, Knight of Lycia, and Ninian, Child of Destiny
Eliwood and Ninian were wed after the conflict. Ninian gave up her old life and her people to enjoy a brief life with Eliwood. They have a son named Roy, who will one day take up arms to defend his nation.
Eliwood, Knight of Lycia, and Fiora, Wing-borne Warrior
Eliwood and Fiora were wed after the conflict. A group of Lycian nobles protested that she was a mercenary, but none could sunder their bond of love. They have a son named Roy, who will become a great hero.
Eliwood, Knight of Lycia, and Lyn, Noblewoman of Sacae
The marquess of Pherae and the princess of Caelin were wed after the conflict. All of Lycia was in an uproar, but none could sunder their bond of love. They have a son named Roy, who will become a great hero.
Starting stats and growth rates
Promotion stat gains
Class | HP | Str | Skill | Spd | Luck | Def | Res | Con | Move | Weapon level |
Knight Lord | +4 | +2 | +0 | +1 | +0 | +1 | +3 | +2 | +2 | +31 |
Whereas Lyn focuses on skill and speed and Hector focuses on Strength and Defence, Eliwood does not specialise in any single stat and is intended to be a rather well-rounded warrior. While this means that Eliwood is not likely to fail in any stat, this also means he cannot specialise in any stat as well; adding to that Eliwood does not have any particularly high growths, it is also possible for some of his stats to be poor. Eliwood, however, can begin to improve his average stats with support options; Eliwood has among the most flexible support options in the game, with his support with Hector notably being one of fastest supports in the game.
Upon promotion, Eliwood gains a horse; while this has the effect of increasing his movement and gives him Canto in some circumstances, this also makes him vulnerable to weapons that are effective against cavalry, such as the Halberd. As such, players should take note of the weapons enemies wield before directly heading into combat with Eliwood.
Fire Emblem Awakening
Eliwood is playable as a SpotPass character, released in the Fire Emblem character set. Along with Sigurd and Hector, Eliwood is one of three lord characters to not have a paid DLC version of himself available.
Eliwood is also present as an enemy in the second and third installments of the Champions of Yore DLC series, the second and third installments of Smash Brethren, and the second and third installments of Rogues & Redeemers; he is additionally an ally in Rogues & Redeemers 1.
As with several other legacy characters in Awakening, there is a unique weapon named for Eliwood available through the Barracks or event tiles: Eliwood's Blade.
Starting stats and growth rates
Reclassing options
Growth rates when reclassed
Growth rates for all SpotPass bonus units are unknown at this time.
Promotion stat gains
Archer Barbarian Cavalier Dark Mage Fighter Knight Mage Mercenary Myrmidon Priest Tactician Thief Wyvern Rider
Skill set
Like all male bonus units in Awakening, Eliwood has access to all base class and advanced class skills available to standard male units.
Personality and character
Eliwood is a very friendly and polite person who remains calm and helpful throughout conversations. He is quite casual and does not judge people at all; he looks at people for who they are and truly cares about all of the soldiers in the army. Eliwood himself states that he thinks of everyone in the group as an irreplaceable friend, regardless of gender, age, or social status.[2] Although he is of quite high standing, he often tells others not to treat him as a lord, but as an equal.[3] Eliwood often tries to be supportive to others' problems and tries to act as both a leader and a friend. On his journey, he is very determined to succeed, first to find his father and then to avenge his father's death.
The Binding Blade
Eliwood cannot support with any character in this game.
Fire Emblem
Death quote
" | Mother... Father... Please... Forgive me... | " | — Eliwood |
Final Chapter: Light quotes
" | Everyone... Let's go! We've got to stop Nergal! | " | — Eliwood |
Battle History quotes
" | Superb! That must be the best record around. | " | — Eliwood, with S or A rank. |
" | That's quite good. A fine show of teamwork. | " | — Eliwood, with B or C rank |
" | I guess that's one way to fight. | " | — Eliwood, with D or E rank |
Tactician quotes
" | Mark. The captured Caelin soldiers are most likely exhausted. I'd like to protect them and keep them from having to fight. I realize that makes it difficult for you to plan a strategy, but... I will do my best to take up their share of the fighting. Now, please tell us what we should do, Mark. | " | — Eliwood in Chapter 16: Whereabouts Unknown. |
" | Mark... I'm sure you already know, Hector's as strong as they come. But...I'm worried. I've known him since we were kids, and... you've probably seen it, too. The weakness hidden within the heart of his strength. Mark, we have to protect Hector. I'm sure he'll stomp and yell about it, but ...we're friends. Let's go, Mark! | " | — Eliwood in Chapter 30: The Berserker. |
Battle quotes
Against Boies in In Search of Truth
Boies: You've done well to come this far, laddie!
Eliwood: Where is Marquess Santaruz?
Boies: I imagine he's on his way to a better place. Gehah! Geh heh hehhh!
Eliwood: Wretched cur!
Against Erik in False Friends
Eliwood: Erik! Stop this nonsense. I've no wish to strike down a fellow classmate.
Erik: You sentimental fool! You think we're still in school? Well, let me give you an education! First, you will fall, and then Hector. Pherae and Ostia will be crushed beneath my boot! Soon, all of Lycia will be under our control!!!
Against Uhai in The Dread Isle
Eliwood: I'm searching for my father. If you are determined to block our progress... Then you shall be moved!!
Uhai: Do your worst!
Against Darin in Dragon's Gate
Eliwood: Darin! Your treachery ends here!!
Darin: Ha ha ha ha. I will never fall to the likes of you!!
Against Linus in Four-Fanged Offense
Linus: Hey! You're Eliwood, right?
Eliwood: ...Are you the leader of this group?
Linus: I am.
Eliwood: I've a question for you... I heard that the Black Fang possessed strong convictions. If so, then why do you follow a man like Nergal?
Linus: ...Nergal? Oh, that eerie man Sonia introduced my father to. This has nothing to do with him. I merely complete the missions given me!
Eliwood: And you never question the justness of your missions?
Linus: Question? What's to question? Neither my father nor my brother makes mistakes!
Eliwood: Yet, the...
Linus: Will you stop yammering! I don't need my brother to finish you off. I will crush you myself, in the name of the Fang!
Eliwood: Ah!!
Against Lloyd in Four-Fanged Offense
Eliwood: ...Are you the leader of this group?
Lloyd: Yes.
Eliwood: I heard that the Black Fang possessed strong convictions. If so, then why do you follow a man like Nergal?
Lloyd: This has nothing to do with Nergal or Sonia. We simply complete the missions given us.
Eliwood: And you never question the justness of your missions?
Lloyd: Who are we to pass judgment on the commands given us? We are the jaw that bites. We act without question.
Eliwood: But...
Lloyd: Granted, you don't seem like a bad sort. However, the Fang's judgment cannot be undone. It is time for you to die.
Eliwood: Ah!!
Against Linus in Cog of Destiny
Linus: You're Eliwood, right?! I've been looking for you!
Eliwood: Hey!! Hold on! We need to talk about things...
Linus: I am Linus Reed, son of Brendan Reed. I am the vengeance of Lloyd, whose life you stole! Prepare yourself! I'm coming for you!!!
Eliwood: Wait!!!
Against Lloyd in Cog of Destiny
Lloyd: We meet at last, Eliwood.
Eliwood: Ah! Hold on! Let's talk! We...
Lloyd: I'm Lloyd Reed, son of Brendan Reed. My brother, Linus, whom you killed, longs for you to join him.......Prepare to die.
Eliwood: Wait!!!
Against Nergal in Light, Eliwood's Story
Eliwood: Nergal!
Nergal: So you're here, Eliwood. I thought losing Ninian might distract you. Have you forgotten her so quickly? How heartless.
Eliwood: I haven't forgotten. I'll never forget. It was my mistake that killed Ninian. Because of that... I will fight. I will not run away and hide in sorrow... I'm going to put an end to all of this!
Against Nergal in Light, Hector's Story
Nergal: Did you know, Eliwood? What happened to your friend Hector? What he was thinking as he fought by your side?
Eliwood: ......
Nergal: Heh heh... It's a pity. If only he had been free to return to Ostia.
Eliwood: I know that I've caused much pain for my friends. But that is why... I will not lose here today!!
Fire Emblem Heroes
Other appearances
Due to his appearance in The Binding Blade, Eliwood makes an appearance in Hasha no Tsurugi during the Kruzard arc. In the arc, Eliwood helps to reform the Lycian League during Kruzard's rebellion; in addition, he sends Cecilia to the Western Isles along with Al's group in order to investigate potential corruption in Etruria's control over the isles.
Etymology and other languages
Names, etymology and in other regions | ||
Language | Name | Definition, etymology and notes |
English | Eliwood | Derived from the Germanic name elements of "elf" and "wood"; combined, it would mean "Wood of elves", a reference to the legendary island where King Arthur healed himself after his final battle. Potentially a corruption of "Elwood", which means "elder tree forest" in Old English. |
Japanese | エリウッド | Officially romanized as Eliwod. |
Spanish | Eliwood | |
French | Eliwood | |
German | Eliwood | |
Italian | Eliwood | |
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Artwork of Eliwood from The Binding Blade.
Artwork of Eliwood from Fire Emblem.
Artwork of Eliwood from Heroes.
Artwork of Eliwood from Heroes.
Artwork of Eliwood from Heroes.
Artwork of Eliwood from Heroes.
- In his appearance in Fire Emblem, Eliwood has an unused death quote; its initial use is unknown, though it is speculated that it was intended for use after Eliwood leaves the Dread Isle.
" | I can't...continue... Mother... I'm truly sorry... | " | — Eliwood's unused death quote |
- ↑ Hector: Well, everyone's heard the stories. They all know it's the warriors' custom. Each cuts his own hands, then shakes hands with his brothers... What man wouldn't want to do that? Only one had the guts to meet him, tough.
Eliwood: ...You know, back then, I'm proud I took your hand. We are friends, sharing a life-dream now, an ambition. When one is in danger, the other risks his life to protect him... That's why you came, isn't it? Because you remembered? - ↑ Eliwood: We are equals, fighting together for a common cause.
Eliwood: I like to think of everyone in this troop as a friend, regardless of standing, gender, or age. All are friends, and all are irreplaceable. - ↑ Eliwood: Please, don't worry about formalities with me. We are equals, fighting together for a common cause.
Fiora: Equals... But, my lord...
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Use the Goto - Special command to copy just the subtotals to a new area.
You can use the Data - Subtotals command to automatically subtotal a range of data as shown above left. After creating subtotals, Excel will show the outline symbols to the left of your worksheet. By clicking the "2" outline symbol, Excel will display only the subtotal lines. This is really cool, but many people have trouble when they try to copy this information to a new worksheet. It looks like there are just five rows of data, but when you copy and paste elsewhere, you will find that Excel copied the hidden rows as well. |
The solution lies in the obscure but powerful GoTo Special functions. Here are the steps:
- Highlight the range you want to copy.
- Click on Edit, then Goto.
- On the right side of the Go To dialog is a button marked "Special". Click "Special" to see the Go To Special dialog box.
- Click the button for "Visible Cells Only" and click OK. This changes the selection from all 14 rows to just the five visible rows.
- Now that you have just the 5 visible rows selected, you can do Edit - Copy (or Ctrl-c), click in a new cell in a blank range of spreadsheet, and Edit - Paste (Ctrl-V) to paste just the subtotals.


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School Tours
Historic Lyme Village provides tours for school children in grades 1-6.
It is the goal of the volunteers to provide information pertinent to the Ohio Social Studies Content Standards relating it to Ohio History and early settlement of the Firelands.
As the students proceed from building to building crafters and interpreters will demonstrate their work. In many areas students will have a hands-on living history experience.
The tours are tailored to meet the requirements of the teacher and grade level.
Classes should be divided into groups of 8-10 students. There must be at least one chaperone for each group.
Students should bring a sack-lunch as food is not provided. There are pop machines in the picnic shelter and Visitors Center. Restrooms are located in the Visitors Center.
Cost is $4 per student. Teachers and one adult per group are free. Other adults are $4 each.


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Dec. 17, 1895.
Dear Sir,
Your letter of Dec. 13 is at hand. I have pleasure in sending to the Astronomical and Physical Society of Toronto copies of three circulars recently issued by this Observatory, and also two prints from photographs of the cluster Messier 5, taken at an interval of two hours, and showing variations in the brightness of several stars. A few of these, in which the variation is particularly striking are marked upon the prints.
Please send me a statement of the publications of this Observatory now in the library of the Astronomical and Physical Society and I will endeavor to supply deficiencies so far as may be practicable.
Very truly yours
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I was looking over some stats for Baltimore as we approach the halfway point of the season when something struck me...The Warehouse has go to trade anybody on this team that is beyond their arbitration years.
The Orioles team ERA is 5.10, last in the American League next to the 5.26 ERA of the Indians. Terrible. We need help and more help than even our promising farm system can provide.
The O's offense is mustering 4.57 runs per game. That's below the AL average of 4.82. What's so great about all these hitters we have? Sell and sell now!
Aubrey Huff? Ship him out. Cesar Izturis? Robert Andino has made him redundant. See if someone wants him. Ty Wigginton will cetainly be useful to some contender. Out!Melvin Mora? Nobody will want him but we can try. Danys Baez and George Sherrill? Outen zie!
Even Luke Scott. He's the best bat we have and teams should pay dearly but it has to be an option.
The Orioles need to be listening to any and all offers.
Friday, June 26, 2009
Sell, Sell, Sell!
Trading Deadline
3 comments:
- Dave Mc said...
I totally agree except maybe on Sherrill. We have so few lefties in the system, I think it would take an outlandish offer to make me want to trade him. Like you said, Scott should command a very high price as well. Otherwise, let the sale begin.
- June 26, 2009 at 8:04 PM
- Crys said...
Whoa, boy! Easy there with talk of trading my boy Sherrill. What if someone hears you?? Think of what that would do to me. Have a heart!
- June 28, 2009 at 12:46 AM
- Heath said...
I'd put Sherrill nearly in the same category with Scott; you can have him for the right price.
He's still under control for another couple seasons and if you can close in the AL East, you can certainly close anywhere in the National League. He's a valuable commodity.
Nice redesign of the site Crys! - June 29, 2009 at 1:44 PM
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