text: GRAND MARAIS, Minn. -- In the north woods, it's easy to fall in love with sled dogs. They're exuberant and adorable but also focused, intense and explosive -- sort of like kindergartners crossed with Olympic athletes. For huskies, life is simple: They live to run. Anyone who has watched the start of the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon has witnessed the drive of a husky, a four-legged Ferrari that snaps into warp speed at the rustle of a harness. And anyone who has seen the dogs along the trail will be struck by their apparent deep satisfaction at spending hour after hour running and pulling. "It's as if a light goes on," says Arleigh Jorgenson, dean of Minnesota mushers. "Their bodies are made for pulling. It feels good to them." Not only are they magnificent athletes, but their joy is infectious. Who wouldn't want to spend a day in their world? Last March, my friend Torsten and I drove up to Jorgenson's cabin and kennel near Grand Marais, where he keeps 100 dogs. In 1971, he inherited 13 sled dogs and had a choice: use his new master's of divinity degree and enter the Lutheran clergy or become a perpetually cash-strapped musher. He has been tethered to a pack of huskies ever since. "My father was a dairy farmer, and I never wanted to have a bunch of cows," he said. "And look at me, I'm just like him." On that day in late winter, however, southern Wisconsin had nothing on northern Minnesota. The sun was sparkling on a forest draped with so much snow it nearly blinded our snow-starved city eyes. "It's crazy," said Kelly Thayer, one of Jorgenson's guides. "We have so much snow we don't know what to do with it all." As she and guide John Brown walked toward the dogs, the animals sensed a game was afoot and began to dance and howl. Once Brown had decided which ones to take, he and Thayer worked fast, harnessing them and getting us ready to go. As he worked, Brown reminded us that mushing is an ancient form of transportation and dogs are the experts. "These are not house dogs. These are not your friends. These are work dogs," he said. "Some people say, 'Oh, he's so pretty, come on, little dog,' and others say, 'Come on, let's go fast.' But they'll find a rhythm on their own, so just let them be." Yet as we trundled into the forest, my lead dogs, Nitro and Isabella, showed an unusual interest in stopping to pee. In the back, Umbo was hacking like a pack-a-day smoker, and Garnet was stopping to eat snow and climbing over the gang lines, squeezing Umbo. Ahead of me, Brown stopped, set his snow hook and walked back to survey my team of goof-offs. "It's just a game for them," he said. "Basically, they're like 5-year-olds." That team wouldn't work that day, he said, for reasons no one could know. "These dogs are working together, and suddenly they're not," he said. "It's like people who work together in any office -- after a while, you see all their flaws, and you get sick of them." After a moment's thought, he moved Yale into the lead and paired him with Ubangi, a former race dog from his own team. "She's like a tightly coiled spring," he said. "She's all business. She'll help you out." Ubangi turned out to be a canine torpedo. As my sled shot forward, I admired the way she threw her shoulders into the harness and pressed her haunches into the snow for extra traction. "The neck and front shoulders of a husky are the strongest parts," Jorgenson had said. "They're like little tractors." After that, my only problem was trying to stop my team from overtaking Brown's; behind me, Torsten's team picked up the pace to try to keep up with me. We flew through Superior National Forest, careening around bends, scraping by trees and leaping up and over snowbanks to cross a road. Often, we got off the sleds and ran alongside them to help the dogs up hills, though we never let go. It was amazing how one highly focused lead dog could make a whole team fall in line: "The gang line is like an electrical conduit," Brown said. We never used the commands "gee" and "haw" because the dogs simply followed Brown's team, which was fine with us because we were basking in the beauty of our surroundings. We repeatedly called "whoa" and "hold on," but the dogs ignored us, slowing only when we stomped on our snow brakes. It reminded me of a story musher Ted Young had told us the evening before, when we stopped by his Poplar Creek Guesthouse off the Gunflint Trail. Years before, he said, he was out on a run with his young son in the sled, and he was thrown off. As his team disappeared down the trail, he desperately shouted, "Whoa!" in the faint hope his lead dog, Penny, would pay attention. "It must have been the terror in my voice, but she just stopped," Young said. "The other dogs wanted to go, and she just held them." Taking a break from the trail, sitting on the trail drinking hot cocoa and eating sandwiches and brownies, we heard the hum of gasoline engines. Brown jumped up, waving and shouting, "Slow down, slow down," as four snowmobilers roared by within three feet of the resting dogs. Brown was furious. The previous day, he said, a dozen snowmobilers had come up behind a team on Poplar Lake, surrounding the dogs on both sides and "completely freaking them out." "They have a different mentality," he said. "They come out and use our trails, trails that we made, and scar the landscape." After lunch, we petted and praised our hard-working dogs, then pressed farther into Superior National Forest. After a while, Brown pulled out of sight, allowing us the illusion it was just the dogs, the endless trail and us. From a ridge, we descended into deep forest, where columns of newly fallen snow sat like marble busts atop stumps. By the time we got back to the kennel, we'd covered a 25-mile loop. After we'd given the dogs water laced with protein and electrolytes, we sat on hay bales in a heated tent, drinking hot cider. We felt nearly drunk on the massive quantities of sun, scenery and exhilaration we had ingested. "I'm going to be so dead tomorrow, but it was worth every second," Torsten said. We were exhausted and grateful to the dogs for taking us on such a breathtaking excursion. But that's what they like best, Jorgenson said. "With dogs, it's very important we respect their instinct, intelligence and expertise and don't ask them to do simple things," he says. "If you make them go in little circles, their spirits just sag, and they think, 'What's the point of this?' These dogs have more in 'em than that. We want to show people some part of what an authentic sled dog is all about."


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The iPad 2 has been getting a lot of attention since it arrived in US stores on March 11. The lines at Apple Stores around the country were top news on many local TV stations, and the sleek new device has been popping up on shows in the five days since the introduction.
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This month has been full of new, rich, fine art and sculptural art discoveries. I visited the "ARTEXPO" and "SOFA" shows in NY. The ARTEXPPO included primarily fine art from artists in the US, Canada and throughout Europe. One artist of special note from ARTEXPO was Michael Cheval. I suppose my love of the performing arts coupled with the high style of these compositions are the attraction for me. The SOFA show which focuses on Sculptural art had a myriad of exquisite artists including glass, pottery, jewelry and furniture from artists in North and South America, Canada and Europe. The furniture of Jim Rose of Ann Nathan Gallery in Chicago was of special note; completely made of steel and incorporating colored recycled steel to create patterns whose origins come from the "Gee's Bend" quilting tradition. The combination of sculpture and the influence of textile, blended with the concept of "green" into highly functional, beautiful and unique furniture! The perfect solution for a designer who is always seeking a "character" piece to finish her room!
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It is a bit of a slow start to the week for us SitePointers. We had our mid-winter Christmas party on Saturday night and it's fair to say that we made the most of the celebrations. The party was held at the Melbourne Aquarium, which is an incredible venue, and it is always great to have an excuse to dress up. It reminded me how fortunate I am to work for such a great company.
On that subject, I spent a few days in the office last week and have come up with some new ideas to help you get to know us better. If you're interested in finding out more about the people that work at SitePoint and why it is that we do the things we do, then make sure you're following us on Facebook, because that's where it's all going to happen.
If you're a fan of our live courses, you won't want to miss HTML5 Live with John Allsopp, which starts later today. You can find out more information about that course here if you haven't already signed up. If you like our courses, I'm running a competition on Facebook at the moment and you still have 12 hours to take part. You might just pick up a free ticket to CSS3 Live.
One very cool thing that is happening in our forum community at the moment is the new series of tutorials that have just kicked off in our photography forum. Based on Photography For The Web, forum mentor Shaun(OfTheDead) follows through the book giving you insights and tips. If that sounds like something that you're interested in, check out the first one Photography Principles – 01 Introduction.
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In the CSS forum this week they're talking about the intriguingly named :nth-child descendants.
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If you're an MVC expert then you're needed in the .NET forum this week.
Confused about exactly what CSS3 is? You can read all about it in the CSS forum.
That's it from me. I apologise for the less than riveting post this week. I'm nursing a cold in tandem with a serious hangover. ;)
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In Hollywood, screenwriters soon learn that there are two types of responses that movie producers give to a screenplay: The Fast Yes and The Slow No.
Bestselling Author of More Than 25 "Unputdownable" Thriller and Suspense Novels
I agree! There is nothing wrong with a little constructive criticism, but the trend with the big boys seems to make you fit into some preconcieved mold. They have a tendency to want to revise and edit your own unique voice right out of the story. Stick to your guns. Listen to critiques of your work by people you respect and then of course take it with a grain of salt. Great insight MIke!ReplyDelete
You tell it like it is Mike. In every field of artistry work is being done for the critics not for real people. At one time I dreamed of writing books but I'm glad I never did. Writing informational pieces for web-sites has led me to self-publishing on Kindle. This is the way forward and the days of being the slave to the publishing houses and their fickle agents are over. I see that in the e-books I read and the success stories that are all around.
Here's to the future.
Very insightful post. The more I read your blog, Mike, the more I'm getting addicted to it. :)ReplyDelete
Thanks for these comments, all!ReplyDelete
But what about those of us that are still honing our craft, Mike. Should we take a slow no the same as a nice rejection?ReplyDelete
This is a very good question, Sarah. Really, I think what you are asking is if you can use the agent or editor who suggests the revisions as a writing teacher, someone to help you hone your skills. And the answer to that is, yes, of course you can. This happens frequently. But usually it happens AFTER some commitment has been made on the part of the agent or editor who is making the suggestions. In other words, the agent likes the book and believes in you (as a writer) well enough to sign you on and work with you to get the book into what he/she believes is the right shape to pitch to publishers.
This is quite a different situation than the agent whipping out a one page letter of suggested "improvements" with a vague promise of "taking another look" at your manuscript when you make them. This,I would not do.
P.S. Sarah, I also want to say that anybody who is getting these kind of letters is making real progress as a writer--you have every right to be proud. But this also the tricky point. You have to be very careful not to be taken advantage of.ReplyDelete
I'm sorry, but as the CEO and founder of two writing schools, I can't agree with this:
"You do not let so-called industry experts dictate what is "good" or "bad" to you. You let readers decide.. you are writing for—readers—not literary agents, book editors... "
Back in 1980 I would have backed you up with pickets and a sit-in, but I learned better. You'll never get to the readers until you get through the editors.
Writers who make their own rules and live by them are falling on their own sword. I know. I did it for 10 years, and I didn't get published. There are NO shortcuts in this business.
Learn the rules! Follow them diligently. Editors and publishers hone writing to a higher level and writers who try to reinvent the wheel will only see their articles/stories in self-published material.
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Thanks for your comments, but I can't agree with you. What you say holds try only for those who wish to pursue the traditional publishing route. "You'll never get to readers until you get through the editors." What? Self-published authors are reaching MILLIONS of readers now, and some are extremely successful.ReplyDelete
Since you revived a two-year-old discussion by tweeting it...:)
I think Deborah is aware of how well many people are doing without the aid of publishers or professional editors. But I think she has a great point when she says "You'll never get to the readers until you get through the editors." If editors are seeing serious flaws in your work, readers will see it, too.
Producing a book that is free from errors, plot holes, and boring spaces is paramount to success. If an editor is giving you feedback that there are fundamental flaws in your writing, you need to address those or you won't find any success with readers.
However, I agree that it's pointless and silly to rewrite something to fit an individual's exacting ideas of what is a good story, a good character, or good prose. You have to find the balancing point between being open to criticism (and knowing how to sift it for useful application to your work) and having enough confidence in your own work to discard criticism that is not useful to you, and to back your work confidently once you have discarded what won't work.
That is a very tough still to develop, but it is key to success as an indie writer.
Deborah, as an afterthought, perhaps you've misunderstood what I meant in the article, which is probably my fault. I'm not suggesting that editors serve no purpose or that writers do not need to hone their skills by taking classes, getting professional feedback, etc. (I teach writing, too!)--what I am saying is that ultimately, readers will decide the financial success of a writer. And there are more ways to hone one's skills and please readers than by going through the traditional publishing system.ReplyDelete
Great article. Thanks for posting this. A lot of information that might be hard for some of us to swallow, but necessary.ReplyDelete
interesting to read points made on both sides of the discussion.ReplyDelete
Great article, Mike! I wish I'd read it last year before cutting the heart out of my novel to meet the word count demands of an agent. That rewrite took three months of twelve hour days. By then, her website was down. I assume she left the business.
I gave the story a new heart (and wrote from mine) I also gave it a riskier but more satisfying ending, hired a publicist and a copy editor and published it myself.
"Enchantment" has met every sales goal so far and is getting great reviews. Instead of trying squeeze my vision into someone else's mold, I'm 70% through the first draft of the sequel and doing what I love ... writing.
First of all, thank you, Pete, for a website full of interesting blogs, tips, and discussions. Secondly, my two bits' worth: There is a world of difference between criticism and advice which aims to fit your novel into a certain category -"Cut it by half and aim it a younger audience", as I was once told by a publisher who shall remain nameless :-) and constructive criticism which may actually make your novel a better, sharper version of itself. I listen very carefully to editors, agents and readers I respect, because ideally they are the writer's version of a personal trainer. He (or she) won't turn you into someone else (though sometimes, honestly, you'd like him to ...) but he can trim away some excesses and help you achieve sharper definition and more punch ;-) The people you really want to watch out for are the ones who look at your story the way a surgeon might view an organ donor: "Well, the liver's no good, but we might get some usage out of the kidneys and the spleen ..." Working out which is which, though, can sometimes be a devil of a job.
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Good article. Thanks for sharing, Mike. Something writers could benefit from, esp those just entering the industry.
Interesting perspective and food for thought, edenReplyDelete
A valuable advice that no one really talks about.ReplyDelete
Interesting post. I think this is one of those things where you have to go with your gut before doing major revisions. Make sure you trust the agent/editor telling you what to do--are they on board with the overall vision for your book? Or just trying to make your book look like every other book?
Even in critique groups, you have to be discerning about whose advice you listen to closely. You have to do what resonates with YOUR book and makes it stronger. That's what a good editor does, anyway. They cut the junk and encourage you to polish the good stuff.
Glad to find you via twitter!
Great blog. The comments are just as interesting as the post.
It took me years to hear the "fast yes" and it kicked off a fresh series of edits to my book. I didn't always agree with every suggestion my editor made, but I always gave the suggestion consideration. Many times I agreed with the editor. The few times I didn't and wasn't willing to let it go, we negotiated.
The big difference was, I had a contract and knew my editor and I were working together towards the same goal.
Mike, I've gotten the revise and resubmit responses from editors and it HAS resulted in a contract.
It's not always a slow no. And I've gotten pages of suggestions on a rejection and made them because it made the work stronger. Yes, you have the right to be paid, and no, you should NOT go through more than ONE R&R without an offer, but sometimes that advice is valid, even if it comes with a no.
Mike, I've heard both scenarios. Ones where multiple changes went nowhere and some where changes resulted in a sale. I suppose it depends on the editor/agent. Harlequin is big on requesting changes, and often will contract if the story is a better product. Some changes do make the story tighter, better. While I think a writer needs to be true to themselves, I also think that a few changes are not always a bad thing.ReplyDelete
Hi Mike, I'm really enjoying your blogposts. Being a fledgling writer, your shared experience and advice is really great. Thank you Mike :)ReplyDelete
Great Blog Mike!ReplyDelete
I can tell you that, although I agree you should not completely rewrite your manuscript according to the tastes of one other person, getting feedback from an agent can be very helpful. Sure, don't hone your book for years based on one email and then be surprised when it's a no, but DO pay attention when someone from the professional publishing world makes a suggestion. If they saw something in your writing that motivated them enough to draw you into conversation, but not sign you, then they may just be trying to encourage you not to give up writing.
Most agents love developing books as much as writers love writing. Remember, most agents have second jobs, because agenting is not exactly lucrative unless you're representing Harry Potter. They do it because they love books. They're not out to get you, they're not out to squeeze money out of you. They want you to succeed as well.
I can't tell you how many times I've read something in the slushpile that made me want to reach out to the author, because it was almost there. I don't very often, because I fear this reaction. Given the multitudes of submissions I have slogged through, which means I have seen a spectrum of submissions that all make the same mistakes, I could make some very useful suggestions. But if I do make a rewrite suggestion there would suddenly be an expectation behind following that advice, and so I just end up form rejecting that author.
If you do get a "slow no" as it were, take it as a compliment. And sometimes a slow no, just might turn into a yes.
I went through the "Slow No," revising and revising (and revising again) only not to make that sale to a very big publishing house. I don't regret the experience, because I learned a lot about how the industry works. I also got a lot of *good* feedback that I took to heart, and the editor's suggestions made for a better book.
But ultimately, the author must trust his or her own judgment and know when to say "Enough!" When a publisher's suggestions turn into demands -- and these demands change the very nature of your book, your creation -- then it's time to call it a day. I encourage every writer who's ever been in the "Slow No" situation to take a chance and self-publish that book! Traditional publishing set the bar high, and if there was something that sparked an editor's interest in the first place, it will also spark the reader's interest as well. :)
Being somewhat new to all this, please take comments as such. I have an original work as yet unpublished. I have let a few published (traditional and indies) review my work and seeing the common threads in their suggestions am making those changes to the product.
The next step is to figure out what route to take; Self pub, epub/indie, or traditional. Finding myself at this crossroad I am ingesting all information I can to make the best decision possible.
Thank you for the posting and all the info you are sharing.


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Today I will be attending a meeting looking at Blackburn with Darwen's Budget for 2012/13. It will be decided at a full Council Meeting on Monday 5 March (6:00 pm Blackburn Town Hall and open to the public). One of the key issues is will the Labour Council agree to freeze Council Tax for the coming year. The government will pay the equivalent of a 2.5% increase if the Council does not increase Council Tax.
Successful Charity Evening
Last night I attended a very successful charity quiz evening. It was held on behalf of the Mayor's Charities (Local MS Society, Carers' Centre, Wish Centre & Young Carers' Project) and organised by the inimitable Harold Heys. The questions were based on Blackburn & Darwen and it was attended by 80 people. The event was at Jan's Conference Centre who provided the venue free of charge. The event raised over £200.
Modesty prevents me from saying how well our team did !
Work to improve Darwen railway station is now underway.
I am pleased to see that the work to improve Darwen Railway Station has now started. We have been campaigning for a long time to get it improved, particularly to have better train information and facilities for passengers.
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Darwen has missed out to Blackburn in the introduction of a scheme to improve conditions for people in private rented accommodation.
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Inflation fell sharply in January as the impact of last year's VAT rise was no longer shown in the figures.
The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) measure of inflation fell to 3.6% in January, down from 4.2% in December, according to the Office for National Statistics.
Retail Prices Index (RPI) inflation – including mortgage interest payments – fell to 3.9% from 4.8%.
VAT went up from 17.5% to 20% in January 2011, pushing up the annual inflation rates that year as a result.
The drop brings CPI inflation to a 14-month low. However, the rate remains well above the Bank of England's 2% target.
The government said it expected the inflation rate to continue to fall this year.
"Inflation fell significantly in January for the second month in a row, which is good news for family budgets. The Bank of England and other forecasters expect inflation to keep falling through this year, providing additional relief," said a statement from the UK Treasury.
Lib Dems have real grounds for confidence
From Martin Kettle in The Guardian 9 Feb 2012
It is old hat to pretend that there's nothing new to say about the Liberal Democrats. Stereotypes about Nick Clegg and his party put down deep roots early in the coalition's life. Trying to do the right thing in tough times for the country, the Lib Dems assured themselves. Selling out their principles for a taste of office, thundered Labour. A distasteful but temporary necessity, sneered the Conservatives. Meanwhile, the Lib Dems' ratings and electoral support all plummeted.
Some of that remains, of course. But time has nevertheless moved on since 2010. So has politics. And so, insufficiently noted by those who prefer their politics set in aspic, have the Liberal Democrats. The plummeting has stopped. The party is less traumatised than it was a year ago. There are signs of greater assertiveness and perhaps, viewed through some rose-tinted glasses, of politics beginning to move in their direction. Even the numbers are getting a little better, just about.
The challenge in talking about all politics, and about the Lib Dems in particular, is always to get the balance and the words right. Rule one is not to exaggerate either the setbacks or the advances, as so many do. All honest Lib Dems have to accept they have taken a massive, potentially disastrous hit since May 2010. The parliamentary byelection record, once glorious, is abject. In local government the Lib Dems lose one in every two seats they defend, far worse than Labour or the Tories. The AV referendum was a humiliation.
But the polling has levelled out and may even be inching very slowly up. In local government byelections the Lib Dems are running at a 17% average, nicely ahead of the 11% average in the national polls. Last week they took a seat from Labour in Newcastle-under-Lyme and one from the Tories in Amersham. Hardly the sunlit uplands. But at least the party now has room to breathe again.
Indisputably the party is also less apologetic now. The shock of the new experience of being in government has worn off a bit. Insiders at last week's Eastbourne awayday say the mood is amazingly chipper. But the Lib Dems are still in a far worse position, and are facing much tougher problems, than they expected. Mood and predicament are out of sync. We're like a galleon that has lost a lot of rigging and masts in a tremendous storm, says one, before adding that the vessel is still afloat and immensely seaworthy.
One small thing is clear, though. Chris Huhne's cabinet resignation last week, widely regretted even by those who disliked him, does not inflict wider damage on the party. That's not to say Edward Davey is a heavyweight in the way that Huhne almost was. Nor to say that Vince Cable is not now a little more isolated on the Lib Dem left in the cabinet. What it is to say, however, is that the Lib Dems, both in government and more widely, are a more resilient and coherent party than their critics generally allow. The Lib Dems are indisputably in a difficult place, but the party exists for reasons that still make sense. It's a more politically self-confident party than outsiders understand. Don't write them off.
Instead consider three things that make the Lib Dems freshly interesting. The first is that it is increasingly public that the Lib Dems stand – albeit still within the agreed parameters of the coalition agreement – for priorities that are distinctly different from those of their Conservative partners. Different parts of the party highlight different things. The official line emphasises the recalibration of the economy away from financial services, the emphasis on early-years spending and, a little nervously, Europe. Others put the spotlight on banking reform, the rearguard action on the green economy, perhaps even on an alternative to Trident. A frequently heard line is that this is a party that can look at itself in the mirror.
Clegg's speech setting out the party's budget priorities was an important public sign of the new willingness to differentiate at the top. So, against the odds, is his possibly futile persistence with House of Lords reform. So, more furtively, was the failure of the education minister Sarah Teather to vote for the coalition's welfare reforms last week. "When you strip it all away, the Tories are just nasty," says another minister. Never forget that most Lib Dem MPs have to defeat Conservative challengers in 2015, not Labour ones. That's not going to change. So the differentiation matters.
The second is the renewed evidence, clear from recent polling as the economy increasingly stagnates, that public opinion may be converging around a fusion of economic competence and social justice – in Lib Dem eyes, their natural territory. The current Lib Dem positioning of themselves as more economically competent than Labour but more socially just than the Tories is classic centre-ground politics. It is a sea change from the understandable but short-lived rose garden naivete of 2010. There's little trace there of the 2010 conceit that the coalition represented a liberal convergence against statist Labourism.
Instead, a version of equidistance is back in vogue. Clegg said at Eastbourne that he wants the Lib Dems in the sweet spot of British politics. This positioning may not be as progressive as the new Liberal Left grouping would like, but the direction is savvy and clear. The Lib Dems are moving towards the social liberal tradition, not away from it. And that means towards Labour, just as Labour finally seems to be moving slowly towards the centre. These days, unlike a year ago, you can find Lib Dem ministers who speak well of Ed Miliband.
This is where the third reason for thinking about the Liberal Democrats more seriously comes in. You can say what you like about Clegg and the journey on which he has taken his party. But the fact is that he is in the middle of proving that coalition governments can work. This is a big deal, not least because much current polling suggests the 2015 general election may produce another hung parliament. The latest seat projections from the current polls show Labour needing Lib Dem support to form a government.
The Lib Dem experience of government is undoubtedly traumatic. But it is a widely underestimated achievement, especially in such tough times. The result is that the Lib Dems are not just battle scarred but battle hardened. They have been through the fire – and survived. Now they are beginning to think about how to give themselves a chance to govern again. It would be rash indeed to assume they will not do so.
Help for vulnerable people to keep warm
Vulnerable residents and families are to be given extra help over the winter to keep them healthy, safe and warm.
Blackburn with Darwen Council has successfully bid for £115,000 from the Department of Health for the Warm Homes – Healthy People initiative.
Whether young or old, cold weather can cause serious health problems for people.
A number of partners including the Council, NHS, Age UK, Care Network and CVS have pledged to join forces, share intelligence and provide extra services ontop of their day activities.
These include:
• Free room thermometers
• Extra phone calls and home visits during the cold weather
• Specialist advice on benefits and other entitlements
• Fully trained staff offering advice on health and housing issues
• Extension of handyman service and a fast response in emergencies
• Emergency packs including fleece blankets, hot water bottles, thermal gloves and low energy heaters
• Recruitment and training of 20 new volunteer "winter buddies" who can check on elderly residents
• Emergency assistance for urgent repairs to heating
• Help with gritting and snow clearance.
The Warm Homes – Health People initiative is aimed at reducing winter deaths, the number of cold/damp homes, falls and accidents and alleviating fuel poverty.
Rapid action
Today I experienced the quickest response ever to a constituents problem. Someone reported a dangerous missing drain cover at just after 2:00 pm. I emailed the Council at 2:20 pm and within an hour the drain cover had been replaced.
Well done Council.
Council bungles road repairs – £0.5 million not spent
Can you beieve it. Our Labour run Council compalins at every opportunity that they don't have enoughh money but now we find they can't spend the money they do have. They put an extra £1 million into road repairs in July last year in a big blaze of publicity and now we find they have only spent half of it. We have lots of roads in Whitehall that need repairing. Hidden in a report to the Council's Executive Board we find that they will not now be spending this money until next year, but waht confidence have we got that they can do that!


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Until I can put together a brief history of Rich's, I'll just give you my impressions. The Rich's Department Store in downtown Atlanta was a landmark for many decades. Each Christmas the Great Tree was installed on the bridge and lighted on Thanksgiving night, with a different choir on each of the seven levels of the bridge. From Thanksgiving until Christmas, parents would bring their children to Rich's to ride the Pink Pig, a little train which ran on a track on the roof.
My first job after college was at this Rich's store, and I will always have fond memories of those days, when Richard Rich was in charge of the store and Michael Rich was in the Public Relations Department. The company was bought by Federated Department Stores, Inc. in the late 1970s (?) and continues to operate in all of the major Atlanta shopping malls. The downtown store was torn down in the late 1980s.
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A journal of a year in kindergarten
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Today I had the kids make Groundhog puppets for Groundhog Day. They learned this poem to go with it. We also discussed other animals that live underground. They thought that was kind of interesting!
On February 2nd, Phil Groundhog pops out to see,
Just how much winter, there's going to be.
If the day is cloudy, he plays outside,
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I finally finished the first draft of the book. It took longer than the 4 weeks I had planned, but it's finally done.
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I started with more than 100 ideas for Hibernate Tips. But while I wrote them, I recognized that some of them didn't fit and that it would be better to combine some others into one. In the end, I ended up with more than 70 Tips, and I might decide to add or remove a few based on reader feedback in the next 2 weeks. So, please let me know if you think anything is missing in the book.
What's next
As I said last week, there are always more than one task you need to work on if you want to write and publish a book in just a couple of months. Right now, these are the cover, lots of launch preparations and proofreading.
2 things are missing to get a cover: the title of the book and a designer.
I still didn't make a decision about the title. I have a few candidates that I will share with the email list and the Facebook group tomorrow. I think I found my favorite title, but I want to hear which one you like the best. But more about that tomorrow.
The launch preparations are the second big topic. I reached out to several people in the last week, and some of you joined the launch team on Facebook. Thank you for that. It really means a lot to me that you like the book and that you want to help me with the launch.
The main goal will be to spread the word about it during the launch week and the week after. The more people know about it, the better. So, if you like to help me with a shout out on social media or even better, with a short and honest review on Amazon or your blog, please join the Facebook group and let me know.
The third task for the next 1-2 weeks will be proofreading and improving the book based on reader feedback. If you have any comments, please let me know. It's just a first draft, so there are probably several things to improve.
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Ischnocnema abdita Canedo and Pimenta, 2010
Ischnocnema abdita Canedo and Pimenta, 2010, S. Am. J. Herpetol., 5: 200. Holotype: MNRJ 34908, by original designation. Type locality: "Estação Biológica Santa Lucia (19° 57′ 10″ S, 40° 31′ 30″ W; ca. 650 m altitude), Municipality of Santa Teresa, State of Espírito Santo, Brazil".
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None noted.
Known from the municipalities of Santa Teresa, Cariacica, and Mimoso do Sul, all in the state of Espírito Santo, eastern Brazil.
Most similar to Ischnocnema bolbodactyla according to the original publication. In the Ischnocnema verrucosa species series of Padial, Grant, and Frost, 2014, Zootaxa, 3825: 122, and Taucce, Canedo, Parreiras, Drummond, Nogueira-Costa, and Haddad, 2018, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., 128: 123–146. Rocha, Lacerda, Magalhães, Canedo, Pimenta, Heitor, and Garcia, 2017, Acta Herpetol., Firenze, 12: 37–48, reported on vocalizations.
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Jan Silvious' Same Life, New Story captivated me. It brought together most of my favorite themes: positive change, encouragement, strength-despite-tragedy, and clear Biblical examples, in order that the reader might actively enjoy their benefits. Citing Naomi, Leah, and the more unusual Jehosheba, among ten marvelous women's stories of the Bible, Silvious weaves their facts into your struggles, making it possible to both believe in personal change, and become empowered to see it occur. Jan speaks to those enduring loss, abandonment, abuse, infertility, and aging, among many other struggles, with cheering grace. Each chapter grabs your attention, ("Don't be held hostage by the past" and "Delete the drama of the day") in a progressive layering of Biblical coaching, week by week, including personal reflection questions, journal entry prompts, and group discussion questions. I wanted to savor this book slowly, drinking in the hopeful words, and giving myself time to absorb her insights. I highly recommend it for women seeking life-change of any type. This would be an excellent choice for group or personal study.
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GQ: Are you a music lifer?
Young Thug: Yeah, I'ma be here forever. I don't want to rap forever. But I want to be rich forever.
Why not rap forever? I don't want to be 50 years old and rapping, man. I'm pretty sure nobody wants to do that. I'm pretty sure Jay Z don't wanna rap right now.
Why is it such a young man's game?
If you're 30, 40 years old, you're not getting listened to by minors. Like, Jay Z has some of the sickest lyrics ever, but I would never buy his CD, just because of my age and because of his age. By the time I turn that old, I ain't gonna be doing what he's doing.
What is the next step for you?
I hope to be like Bill Gates, bro. With all the money in the world. Like Wayne, someday I want one of those kind of careers. Or Michael Jackson.
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I don't think I'm gonna drop it, 'cause I want to be forever young. But if I had to…
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An anti-China activist holds a poster saying '74 (Vietnamese) martyrs live forever' during a rally marking the 42nd anniversary of the 1974 naval battle between China and then-South Vietnamese troops over the Paracel Islands, in Hanoi on January 19, 2017. (HOANG DINH NAM/AFP/Getty Images)
After a world court tribunal ruled last year in July that Beijing lacked legal rights to claim most of the South China Sea, it stepped up talks with the chief maritime disputant Vietnam. Vietnam and China contest sovereignty over the sea's two major island chains and a lot more. Both remember deadly naval clashes in 1974 and 1988 for control over some of those islets. Three years ago, anti-China riots broke out in Vietnam after Beijing let a Chinese offshore oil driller park a rig 240 kilometers east of the Vietnamese coast.
Now they're at it again despite all the talking. This dispute has pushed Sino-Vietnamese ties to a one-year low that will probably last a while yet not lead to any use of force.
The latest problem began when Vietnam and a Spanish contractor set out in June to explore for oil or natural gas beneath the seabed near Vanguard Bank, which is under Vietnamese control, say analysts who follow Southeast Asia. Beijing says that feature in the Spratly chain rightfully belongs under its flag. It may separately resent the influence of India, a not-so-pro-China country without a claim of its own to the disputed 3.5 million-square-kilometer sea. Vietnam this year extended a deal with the overseas subsidiary of India's state-run firm ONGC to explore for fossil fuels in a tract that China contests.
China says about 90% of the sea is its own, including tracts that overlap the exclusive economic zones of Brunei and Malaysia. It has landfilled disputed islets for military installations to bolt down its claims. Five other governments claim parts of the sea. Vietnam, which has also fought China over a land border, historically has been the most outspoken.
In June a Chinese Central Military Commission vice chairman cut short his visit to Vietnam, the official Xinhua News Agency in Beijing reported. It didn't say Vietnamese oil exploration prompted the official to leave early, but experts call that the chief reason. In late July China strongly pressured Vietnam to withdraw from the tract near Vanguard Bank, analysts believe.
"China's reported threat to Vietnam forms part of a pattern of increased bellicosity from China," Carl Thayer, emeritus professor at The University of New South Wales in Australia, says in a July 25 research note. "At the extreme end of the spectrum, China could fire warning shots at the exploration vessel or, as threatened, take some form of limited military action against one of the features that Vietnam occupies."
Neither government wants another clash by force, so analysts expect them to keep talking, possibly at the Communist Party-to-Communist Party level at first. But that dialogue would only dampen the dispute, not solve it. The core disagreement just runs too deep.
Vietnamese officials say the world court ruling gives it rights to Vanguard Bank, while China rejects the whole ruling. Vanguard Bank had loomed as a sticking point in 2011 too, when a Chinese fishing vessel cut a Vietnamese boat's cable there. "Vietnam may withdraw its rig this time because it has completed operation, or to defuse tension, but it will not give up its claim there," says Le Hong Hiep, research fellow with the ISEAS Yusof Ishak Institute in Singapore. "Future waves of tensions over this area should be expected


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Here comes my first guest blog :-)
And I couldn't be more honored as the Quixotic Knight has generously agreed to share his ninja awesomeness here in this "space".
Thank you Kunal... :)
It's not everyday that one gets asked to be a guest author by somebody as awesome as Rohini Singh. So today when she did ask me, I said I'd be glad and I went to bed.
It's 3:32 AM and I can't sleep. I can't wait. I have to write. J
I have this thing for words starting with "S". Solitude Sublime are such beautiful two words. They amaze me. On the brutal journey of what to write and the herculean task of converting coucntless thoughts into words, I come upon one of the favourite words of mine, this one starting with "S" yet again. It's not solitude, It's not sublime.
It's space.
And now that one dares to scribble in this epic
How about scribbling a little about something awesome on solitude sublime
The word is "Space" ,about which I've written Before
But isn't it never enough to write on something so divine?
Verses form the DNA of this blog,
And thus the prose shall give in to verse's fight
Today's author, ladies and gentlemen
Is the quixotic knight
The existence of this concept space around us,
It's dichotomy with object is mystical.
What you perceive as space can be a collection of a million objects
This verse is already so whimsical
What you perceive as empty space,
Is a crowd of molecules and atoms packing up leaving no space
What you perceive as a solid object
Can be an empty space for trillions of objects within
Gets hard to explain the concept,
So consider the room where you sit,
It's a solid object for a person standing outside
Yet for you a space where you fit.
Life is nothing but but an empty space,
It's all empty space, you and I.
Starts with an empty space in the womb,
Space remains when you die.
It's surprising why its not yet a religion,
Space's existence remains without a doubt!
There are so many questions about existence of God
Where's he? I hear, So many broken soul's shout.
Take away everything,
destroy all that exists,
Do the dance of Shiva,
And yet an empty pure space persists.
One which can cannot be created
One which cannot be destroyed.
Gods can fall , sedated
Space stands, like a numb soldier deployed.
We exist not in time, We exist not in this world.
In space, exists everything. Everything which ever was.
It can be an object, or maybe even a thought,
Nothing escapes the mighty space's claws
There is physical space,
and then there's the mental domain.
One might disappear from physical world
But in mental space they always remain.
You're born , you live, you love.
You laugh you play and you die in your tomb.
Even though physically you're now an empty space
Like your origin, the empty womb.
So while the physical space is constant
And creation leads always to destruction here.
Is there no boundary
To the mental space's sphere?
An objects needs space to exist
Space exists if there is an object.
What was present when there was absolute purity of space?
Finding this answer, is the prophet's project.
Space is deeper in solitude,
And in solitude its more sublime.
It's best to perhaps hide space's mystery
And in ignorance grace its shine!


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What will you gonna do if you're born with no limbs?
No hand to play instrument... No hand to eat with... No hand to type with... No hand to play games like normal kids and peoples...
No legs to dance... No legs to walk... No legs to run... No legs to walk and explore the world...
When you fall down you got no limbs to help yourself up... Lying there helplessly..
What will you do? Cry because you think yourself is useless? Stay there whining about how miserable your life is? Blame everyone because you're born like this? Commit suicide because you think life is meaningless for you?
Unbearable right?
What if i tell you there's a real life example of a person like this?
Nick Vujicic was born with no limbs at all.. For once he did think his life's meaningless.. Everything means nothing to his as he cannot do most of the stuff others can..
But you know what? Now, he enjoy travel around the world, swimming, golfing and fishing.. living just like everyone of us.. Or maybe he's life is even more meaningful than ours.. Amazing huh?
He touched numerous people's life all around the world.. And he touched my heart as well.. Cried of it thought..
And most importantly, without limbs, he still can get up... Unlike most of us, when we fall in our life, after several attempts to get up, if we still cant get up, we'll give up... But he, who stands a smaller chance to get up again after fall down than us, he manage to get up everytime he falls...
Like what he had said:" I'm down here with no arms no legs.. It should be impossible for me to get up but it's not.. You see, i would tried 100 times to get up, and if i fail 100 times, IF I FAILED AND I GIVE UP do you think i'll able to get up? NO!" Everytime he failed, he try again and again, and it's not the end.. Even if you are going to finish, are you going to finish strong?
Gosh he got his points.. Why should we give up when he never did? Even if we cannot succeed, can we finish it strong, not giving it up halfway?
He loves his life... So do I... And here i'm to share this video which motivated and touched my heart... And I hope, same as me, you'll find something to learn from this video.
Yea, I love living life. I'm happy. =)
P.S. Sorry... Tried a lot of times to upload the video but connection got prob.. Next time k? Next time!


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High incomes vs. wealth as an indicator of what might be more or less successful retail: CityCenterDC
A few weeks ago, the Washington Post Magazine had a long article, "D.C. got everything it wanted out of CityCenterDC — except the crowds," about the CityCenter development, a four-block mixed use retail development on the site of the old city convention center, well located in Downtown.
The RFP for the site specified unique retail targeting high income segments of the consumer market and luxury brands. But so far, the retail there isn't performing particularly well. From the article:
D.C. officials spent more than a decade turning the site of a failed convention center south of New York Avenue, between Ninth and 11th streets NW, into a luxury emporium filled with brands that could help reestablish downtown as a place to be.
Over two square blocks, CityCenter offers 30 stores and nine eateries, a pedestrian alley, fountains, a courtyard with a permanent video installation and an outdoor plaza. Most of it opened two years ago after it almost wasn't built because of the financial crisis, and it has survived bumps like a salmonella scare.
I think this comes down to how commenter charlie admonishes me on occasion to better distinguish between wealth and high income when I write about certain things.
On a recent weekday evening, Peter and Rhoda Trooboff are walking through CityCenter on their way to a meeting of the Jane Austen Society of North America, laughing arm-in-arm.
Peter has the most Washington of jobs, as a senior international trade attorney at the white shoe law firm Covington & Burling, in the offices upstairs. They've been to a couple of the restaurants, they say, but they have never bought anything from a store nor plan to. "Who is buying these things?" Peter says. "Is it enough to keep these stores going?"
People who are wealthy buy luxury goods--aren't fazed at all by the price of a $4,000 dress or bag. People who are high income but not extraordinarily wealthy don't buy large quantities of luxury goods on a regular basis.
Since the DC area is marked more by high income households and less by wealthy households, and because international tourists aren't thinking of DC when they are making big shopping trips, unlike the motivation for trips to cities like New York, London, Paris, and Milan ("How can fashion brands leverage shopping tourism?," Luxury Daily), it shouldn't be a surprise that the high end retailers at CityCenter aren't doing so well.
Still, the article makes the point that CityCenter has attracted luxury retailers from Friendship Heights -- maybe that has contributed to the upcoming closure of the Saks Jandel store there ("Saks Jandel, a legendary Washington boutique, will close after 128 years," Washington Post), Hermes is closing their store in Tysons in Fairfax County Virginia in favor of Downtown DC, and such stores don't need to have large crowds to be successful because they are selling high ticket items.
Labels: commercial district revitalization planning, retail planning, urban design/placemaking, urban revitalization, urban vs. suburban


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3.5 days1426 miles driven
8 miles in kayaks
2000 ft portaged
9 miles hiked
1.5 miles in Poe Canyon
4 pot shots across the monster
8 sandtrap anchors
4 pieces of webbing
1 spider cave
1 core shot
1 broken potshot
and a dead goat in a hole
Poe canyon is an extremely dangerous place, it wants to kill you. If you can't throw potshots 45ft on flat ground, partner stand, climb v4, hike like a crazy person, ascend multiple lines, batman a rope, jumar on unknown anchors, freesolo 5.8, use a gps, swim, set a sandtrap fast,and drill bolts DO NOT GO INTO POE. Even if you can do all of these things you probably shouldn't go into Poe. Poe wants to kill you and it will not let up. There are few bolts, and some of the ones that are there are shitty. The sandtrap is often your only real option.
Here's Leigh kayaking to the Bullfrog Hall's Creek Cutoff.
Wrong turn into some flooded tamarisk.
The three of us at a place we called Beaver City, the ponds were welcome
because we were able to walk in the water for a good half mile.
Here's some nice clear water further upstream.
This cool lizard rested in the shade with us for a while.
Leigh takes a break at the campsite with Poe in the background,
it's the canyon just right of the tree behind her.
It was a long hot walk to camp and we were all too happy to rest in the shade.
Getting dinner is A0.
Blah Blah Blah I need to add some shots from the video here since I didn't take any pictures...
Bypass those potholes, there'll be enough later to get your attention.
Some narrows, some holes, some sandtrap rappels, spidercave, the snake, and then BAM!
This thing is legend, it's the single most technically difficult aspect of the canyon and the one from which it gets it's name, Poe you see is named after the Pit and the Pendulum. The Monster is the Pit. And what a pit it is, the biggest keeper I'd ever seen, dwarfing everything we've seen so far. This thing makes the keeper in the Quandary look like the sort of place you'd let children play. It's pretty well impossible to take a picture of it since the canyon slots into it, but it's about 20 ft across, and maybe 30 ft deep, overhanging pretty well all the way around, and the opposite side is protected by this nasty 12 foot flat slab. To get across you have two hard options, you can either stem up about 10 ft above the slot and throw a few potshots about 40 ft followed by ascending the line on a Bachman or you can stem up and start hooking, follow some scary looking hook holes in soft rock to a bolt, tension traverse to another bolt and finally pendulum to the ledge. Personally I'd recommend the potshots, but make sure somebody can hook, even Adam took several tries to sink the first potshot.
Here it should be noted that Imlay potshots should be reinforced on the seams; one of ours blew so we put rocks in it... We had extras, but you'd be screwed if a couple blew apart like this.
The monster is serious serious business, it took us about an hour to pass and we had put some serious effort and thought into it. MAKE NO MISTAKE YOU COULD GET STUCK HERE, and rescue is a long way away.
The cairn anchor I built by the monster, I don't know what the ethic is on these...
This was easier than the sandtrap since sand had to be ferried.
Adam jugging out of the monster, big and dark down here.
This is the view from the bottom taken in three tilted shots, the last looking straight up.
"Hey guys??"
They left me in the monster pothole without a rope at all.
Adam making one of his daring leaps.
Leigh in the only swim we found.
At the next drop after this swim we encountered a really marginal bolt and a sandtrap placement I didn't trust. So I drilled a bolt, but due to really soft rock even with a 1/4 in guide hole my 3/8 hole was too big for the sleeve on my 3/8 bolt to fit. I hadn't anticipated this, so I suggest that anyone doing this canyon bring a 1/2 in and 7/16 in bolt to try to fill that hole... I really wish I had done a better job.
Alternatively I have a sandtrap theory that might work, but needs testing since the other time I tried it we couldn't get it to pull.
Rapping off my poorly placed bolt.
The rap off of a marginal bolt and my own farked up one goes into a really big intimidating pothole, makes the monster look small potatoes, but has a V3 way out. Alternatively a partner stand. Then you go into a sandy room and then...
We found the last keeper, a really nasty hole that you can't seem to see the bottom of. I finally did see the bottom when we climbed to the wart described by others, it's about 30 maybe 35 ft to the water. The damn wart is super sketchy and should not be used! To pass the last keeper one can either toss potshots or climb to near the wart and drop them; and then pass the keeper directly. Nobody should rap on the wart!! There's a nice little chute to carry a potshot into a pothole with a good lip, so you might only need to get one or two across. Once past this it's just a couple slab rappels to the ground, no idea how the party that ghosted managed the last rappel.
Then it's a really ugly bushwhack out, lots and lots of poison ivy out here. Cut to the slabs on the left as soon as reasonable.
So this happened too, which made the last 200 foot rappel into the trees really exciting.
If you look closely you can see a droplet of water inside the battery case of the GPS which went for a swim, works like a champ still. Go Garmin.
This rope saw it's last trip, we left the other end on a bolt on the last rappel.
Adam's got chewed on a bit too.
Leigh's old reverso is now only good for wall decoration.


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Do you know when to use me too? How about me neither? One of my private students asked me how to use these two words naturally in English conversation. They weren't confident on which word to use to agree with a statement, so I created this lesson to help them communicate in English with confidence! Thank you for being part of the World English 808 community so I can share it with you too!
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A: Do you watch football?
B: Yes.
A: Me too.
B: Yes.
A: Me too.
A: Do you watch baseball?
B: No.
A: Me neither.
B: No.
A: Me neither.
We use the adverbs too and neither to show that a statement is also true for someone or something else.
Too is used for affirmative or positive statements. (do, can, often etc.)
A: Do you watch football?
B: Yes. (I do.)
A: Me too.
(I also watch football.)
Neither is used in negative statements. (don't, can't, never etc.)
A: Do you watch baseball?
B: No. (I don't.)
A: Me neither.
(I also don't watch baseball.)
More examples:
A: I like sushi.
B: Me too!
(I also like sushi.)
A: I don't like natto.
B: Me neither.
(I also don't like natto.)
"Grapes are fermented to make wine."
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Foods like natto, yogurt, and pickles all have bacteria that is good for you!
A: I can't speak German.
B: Me neither.
(I also can't speak German.)
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⧬In English conversation, it's common for the word neither to start a sentence. Please look at these examples:
A: My grandfather won't use a computer.
B: Neither will mine.
(My grandfather also won't use a computer.)
A: I have never been to France.
B: Neither have I.
(I have also never been to France.)
A: I can't speak German.
B: Neither can I.
(I also can't speak German.)
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'I just watched the new Star Wars movie, I liked it.' 'Me too!'
neither (adverb) used to show that a negative statement is also true of somebody/something else
'I can't understand these instructions.' 'Neither can I. They're too complicated.'
(informal) 'I just watched the new Star Wars movie, I didn't like it.' 'Me neither.'
Let's use this grammar with more examples where the subject is different than I, me, mine.
Greg hadn't been to New York before and neither had Jane. It was their first trip.
(Greg had never been to New York, Jane had also never been.)
We were talking about politics at work yesterday. Louis likes the new Prime Minister and Joe likes him too. I was surprised! I think he's terrible!
(Louis likes the new Prime Minister, Joe also likes him.)
A: Adam hasn't been to that new club on Queen St. yet.
B: Neither has Gus. We should all go there on Saturday, It'll be fun!
(Adam hasn't been to the new club on Queen St., Gus also hasn't been there.)
It snows a lot in Toronto in February. It snows a lot in Sapporo too.
(It snows a lot in Toronto in February, it also snows a lot in Sapporo in February.)
A: Fred isn't good at soccer.
B: Neither are Mike and Spencer.
(Fred isn't good at soccer, Mike and Spencer are also not good!)
They all need more practice!
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