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- Pour pie filling into pastry shell. Sprinkle with cinnamon and dot with 1 tablespoon butter. Melt remaining butter. Place cookie crumbs in a small bowl; stir in butter until coarse crumbs form. Sprinkle over filling. Cover edges of pastry loosely with foil.
- Bake at 450° for 10 minutes. Reduce heat to 350°; remove foil and bake for 40-45 minutes or until crust is golden brown and filling is bubbly. Cool on a wire rack for at least 2 hours. Yield: 6-8 servings.
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Three Midstate Hospitals Asking Kids to Stay Away | Health
This winter's flu season has been so severe, three Central Georgia hospitals are asking children under 12 to stay away.
The request from Central Georgia Health Systems affects Macon's Medical Center of Central Georgia, Peach County Hospital and the Central Georgia Rehabilitation Hospital.
Effective immediately, people under 12 will not be allowed to visit.
They say that's because the flu is hitting young people particularly hard.
Of course, they also say that anyone with flu-like symptoms should stay out of public places -- like work, school or theaters.
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CGHS Committed to Proactively Protect You, Your Family and Your Caregivers During A Heavier Than Normal Flu Season
MACON, GA (Thursday, January 17, 2013) - With influenza circulating in the community and primarily affecting young people, Central Georgia Health System (CGHS) has set up a first line of defense. CGHS has implemented a youth visitation policy for the protection of patients, visitors and hospital staff.
Effective immediately, children must be age 12 or older in order to visit The Medical Center of Central Georgia, The Medical Center of Peach County and Central Georgia Rehabilitation Hospital.
"The health of our patients and the community are the highest concern of Central Georgia Health System. Our policies and actions are designed to protect those at greatest risk during the flu season," said Dr. Delanor Doyle, Chief Medical Information Officer for The Medical Center of Central Georgia.
Administrators at CGHS based the decision to restrict visitation on information from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the prevalence of influenza in the Central Georgia region at this time.
Individuals with flu-like symptoms and those who have recently had the flu are encouraged to remain at home and stay away from public areas, including school, work, theaters or other areas where people are in close proximity.
Anyone with symptoms of a cold, or others with immunocompromised health status, are encouraged not to visit the hospital for their own protection as well as that of seriously ill patients.
"We appreciate the community's understanding and cooperation with these efforts to minimize exposure during this active flu season," said Dr. Doyle.


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Vazquez allowed just one hit over six and two-thirds, a leadoff single by Michael Cuddyer (kuh-DY'-ur) in the second inning. It was the Twins' lone hit until Luis Castillo beat out an infield single with two outs in the eighth.
The White Sox went ahead to stay on Paul Konerko's R-B-I single in the first. Juan Uribe (yoo-REE'-bay) added a leadoff homer in the eighth before Chicago scored its final run on a throwing error.
Losing pitcher Carlos Silva allowed five hits and one run in five innings.
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One of Bayou Cane's four fire stations was shut down Monday.
One of Bayou Cane's four fire stations was shut down Monday.
The fire chief's decision to close the station at Savanne Road and Little Bayou Black Drive is the first of several steps intended to make up the money that will be lost when a federal grant expires in 2014.
Other planned cuts include laying off seven employees by Jan. 1, eliminating overtime and reducing the number of calls that its trucks respond to each year.
Bayou Cane officials had hoped to close the gap with a new property tax, but voters rejected that request Nov. 6.
Voters did renew the department's 20-mill property tax but rejected an additional 10-mills. The department expects to bring in an estimated $3.8 million next year. The 10-mill tax would have raised another $1.9 million.
Closing the station will save about $100,000 a year, officials have said.
People in the area covered by the Savanne Road station can expect a delayed response now that trucks must travel further, Fire Battalion Chief Brian Boudreaux said.
The federal grant paid the salaries and benefits of 14 employees, Chief Ken Himel said at Monday night's fire district board meeting.
Complicating the financial picture further, the board lacked the two-thirds vote needed to collect the $396,000 windfall it could have netted because of rising property values.
Tax collections don't automatically increase when property values rise. Tax-collecting agencies must vote to keep tax rates the same and collect more money. Absent that vote, tax rates slip to the level needed to bring in the same amount of money as the previous year.
The vote was taken at an Aug. 20 meeting. The three board members present —Suzanne Carlos, Jeff Teuton and Joe Malbrough — voted in favor of keeping the tax rate the same and taking the windfall.
But the two other board members — Leslie Jones and Doc Writer — were absent from the meeting, meaning the board didn't have the two-thirds majority needed to pass the measure and it was too late in the year to try for another vote.
Himel also said he plans to issue new guidelines today detailing the types of calls to which trucks will respond.
Bayou Cane responds annually to an average of 1,250 medical emergencies, 500 rescues, 300 hazardous-condition incidents, 230 fire alarms, 200 calls for service, and 140 fires, according to department-supplied statistics.
This shift in duties came about 12 years ago, when the department began responding to more calls for service, especially those that were medical-related, Hill said.
Effective today, the department will no longer respond to all medical calls, focusing instead on the more serious ones, including car crashes with confirmed injuries, shootings and stabbings. Firefighters will also no longer drive to those scenes with fully equipped fire trucks, opting instead for trucks without water or fire-fighting equipment.
Himel also proposed fining people for excessive false alarms. Some businesses along Martin Luther King Boulevard and in the Southland Mall, particularly, take up firefighters' time, he said. He did not detail the threshold for excessive false alarms.
More residents and firefighters than usual were at Monday's meeting, and several voiced disappointment that board members did not publicly lobby for the tax increase.
Public figures like former Terrebonne Councilman Ronnie Eschete and current Councilman Greg Hood came out against the tax increase, and some at Monday's meeting said that counter-arguments from the board might have swayed voters.
Chairman Jeff Teuton, who told board members they were "making a mistake" when they voted to put the tax increase on the ballot, said he was out of town in the weeks leading up to the election and chose to stay out of the public eye.
"Like you said, a lot of misinformation out there, but, you know, the public has spoken," Teuton said.
Teuton said, as he has before, that the best way to fix the problem of requiring a small population of residents to pay for a fire department in an area highly frequented by workers and shoppers is to limit the kind of calls it responds to, as Himel proposed Monday.
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Celebrity cat missing downtown
Moon Florist owners have been missing their calico cat "Alice," for more than two weeks.
"She was just sitting outside at noon watching the cars go by," Moon Florist Owner Deb Kiser said, recalling Oct. 11.
Alice is an old, heavyset and multi-colored cat that has been living in the Moon Florist for six years.
"They say a cat picks you for the owners," Kiser said about when Alice came pawing at their door. "I guess she picked us."
Kiser said Alice can be identified by her pink collar and her tortoise-shell orange, yellow, black and grey coloring. She said Alice has a white tip on the very end of her tail that "shakes like a rattle snake" when she is excited.
Alice is popular with the community and is even featured on the Wapakoneta Downtown Partnership website.
"She's a celebrity downtown," Kiser said. "We even have people that come to visit her."
Kiser said there is one couple that makes a point at least once every two weeks to come visit Alice in the shop.
"They just walk around downtown and see her here in the windows," Kiser said. "She always greets everybody when they walk in the door."
Kiser said the letter carrier and other visitors have already asked about Alice.
Alice lives and sleeps inside the Moon Florist, but is known to occasionally visit the Classy Closet or Riverside Art Center.
Since the cat has never ventured off on her own in six years, Kiser said she thinks someone must have taken her home.
"We're just hoping someone picked her up — hopefully she's got a good home," Kiser said. "That doesn't stop you from hoping she'll come back."
Anyone with information about Alice's whereabouts are welcome and encouraged to call the shop during the day at 419-738-8176 or call 419-230-4017 after hours.
Kiser said Alice is friendly and would be easy to pick up, especially with the incentive of food.


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CFP Board Consumer Advocate Advises Mothers on Instilling Children with Financial Responsibility
Mothers make all kinds of sacrifices for their families, including financial sacrifices to help and protect them, from covering countless childhood expenses to helping an older child during his or her own financial challenges. Mother's Day is just one special day to honor her and recognize her willingness to make such financial sacrifices while also taking important steps to reduce their need.
Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards (CFP Board) Consumer Advocate Eleanor Blayney, CFP® shares ways in which mothers can improve their children's financial situation and their own at the same time in the latest installment of CFP Board's "Let's Talk Planning" blog and its "Financial Planning is for Everyone" series.
"One of the greatest satisfactions of motherhood is having a child become a financially responsible adult who can stand on her own two feet," says Blayney. "This means, paradoxically, asking moms to do more for their kids, in the way of financial education and empowerment, and less, in terms of sacrificing their own financial well-being for the sake of their children."
Blayney provides advice for raising financially smart and prepared children of all ages:
"Taking action on any one of these approaches to teaching children about finances – let alone trying them at every age – involves a lot of effort and patience from already busy moms," says Blayney. "But the benefits of financial literacy and careful planning help position both mother and child for long-term financial success."
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There is info here about how to do it.
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you can use 1/2" plate
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I'm currently out of stock, but will have more made by mid-August.
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but you can make it yourself if you cant wait. search as previously stated and you will get all the info you need. look for threads by myself, austin, baccaruda, and a few others.
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Thanks guys for your quick response on the matter I will try to make one myself the only problem is that all I have is a die grinder to cut with.
I have heard of some cutting theirs with a hacksaw!Lots of work but you can do it.Also you can take your piece to a metal shop where they cut huge pieces of metal and if you talk to them nice they may do it for free or for just a little money.
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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) -- Police in Tuscaloosa say they're hunting a suspect who stabbed and wounded man in Tuscaloosa.
Tuscaloosa County police Capt. Loyd Baker says a 32-year-old man suffered a large cut to his chest and left arm early Saturday at the University Manor Apartments. He says the suspect then ran over the victim's right ankle and fractured it as he fled.
Investigators have obtained warrants charging the suspect with attempted murder and second-degree assault.


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CLEVELAND (AP) - The Browns are finally streaking in a positive direction.
Rookie Travis Benjamin's electrifying 93-yard punt return touchdown gave Cleveland momentum and the Browns won their third straight game, 30-7 over the emotionally drained Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday.
Benjamin's game-changing runback helped the Browns (5-8) continue their resurgence under second-year coach Pat Shurmur, whose future in Cleveland remains uncertain. The Browns, who opened this season with five consecutive losses, have one more win than last season, and their longest winning streak since 2009.
Rookie Trent Richardson had a pair of 1-yard TD runs for Cleveland.
Jamaal Charles ran for 165 yards, breaking off an 80-yard TD run on the game's first play for Kansas City.
It was the first road game for the Chiefs (2-11) following linebacker Jovan Belcher's suicide. The 25-year-old killed his girlfriend at their home before driving to the team's practice facility on Dec. 1 and shooting himself.
Richardson's second TD early in the fourth quarter gave the Browns a 27-7 lead and finally put away the Chiefs, who a week ago were able to pull together and win at home over Carolina, less than one day after Belcher's unspeakable act. On Saturday, Charles, several teammates and general manager Scott Pioli attended a memorial service in Texas for Kasandra Perkins, who was killed by Belcher.
Coach Romeo Crennel had rallied his team through the difficult ordeal, but it may have been too much to expect the Chiefs to repeat last week's effort.
Charles was able to return after sustaining a rib injury that knocked him out one series. Kansas City, though, lost leading receiver Dwayne Bowe, who injured his ribs in the first half and didn't return.
Without Bowe, quarterback Brady Quinn was without his top target. Quinn, who had his best game as a pro last week, finished 11 of 22 for 159 yards and one interception.
Phil Dawson kicked field goals of 23, 24 and 34 yards for the Browns. His first kick made him the 25th player in NFL history to make 300 field goals.
The 23-point margin of victory was Cleveland's largest since 2003 - a significant accomplishment for a franchise that has had 11 double-digit loss seasons since 1999.
Benjamin's 93-yard punt return - the longest in team history - gave the Browns a 10-7 lead.
Just before the snap, Benjamin lined up to block Kansas City's gunner before running back 50 yards and switching spots with Josh Cribbs, who rushed up the middle. Benjamin fielded the kick inside his 10, cut sharply left at the 20, picked up a few blockers, made punter Dustin Colquitt miss and outran the rest of Kansas City's coverage unit.
The return by the speedy Benjamin, a fourth-round pick from Miami, was one yard longer than Eric Metcalf's TD at Cincinnati on Sept. 4, 1994.
Now with Benjamin joining Richardson, quarterback Brandon Weeden and wide receiver Josh Gordon as playmakers, the Browns have a solid offensive foundation for the future. On defense, several rookies, including linemen Billy Winn and John Hughes have contributed all season.
Shurmur and his staff have the Browns headed in the right direction, but there's no guarantee new owner Jimmy Haslam will allow them to stay next season.
Cleveland started the second half at their 40 after Kansas City's Ryan Succop shanked the kickoff out of bounds. Two plays later, Weeden nearly threw an interception, but tight end Ben Watson wrestled the ball away from Chiefs safety Eric Berry to keep the drive alive.
Richardson then plowed in for his eighth rushing TD, and later got his ninth to tie the team rookie record set by Hall of Famer Jim Brown (1957).
The Browns came in worrying about Charles' ability to score from anywhere on the field, and he only needed 12 seconds to make them more concerned.
Taking a handoff to the right on the first snap, Charles busted through Cleveland's line and took off, running away from the Browns defensive backs. Charles had a 91-yard TD run earlier this season against New Orleans.
Kansas City drove it to Cleveland's 3-yard line on its next possession, set up by Quinn's 47-yard pass to Bowe. But the Chiefs bogged down and Succop's 27-yard field goal attempt hit the left upright - the first of many signs this would not be Kansas City's day.


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Tuesday, March 13, 2012
I was excited to finish my draft, but also disappointed. It seemed like there was more I didn't like about the draft than what I did like. I almost had to wonder if I should scrap the whole idea and move on to something else. But that's where Revision Week came at just the right time for me. I was amazed to learn how many drafts some of these established authors go through with a new project.
Robin LaFevers said she'll typically go through seven to ten drafts before she shows a project to her editor. Nathan Bransford said a novel is done for him after the third or fourth major overhaul. And here's what really got me: Cynthia Leitich Smith said she used to write a "discovery draft" to get to know her story first. Then she would read it and throw it away. Throw it away?! That's when I realized it's okay if my first draft isn't all I'd hoped it would be - it's just a jumping-off point. But now I know so much more about my characters and my story than when I started that draft. I know which parts dragged the story down and which parts really work. It's possible (probable) the first draft might actually end up in the trash, but that's okay, because it's served its purpose. I've already started working on the overhaul, and it seems like it's all coming together so much more easily this time. I'm sure this won't be the last draft either, but it will be a major step towards it.
Did you catch the Revision Week posts? How many drafts do you typically go through before the final draft?
46 comments:
- Alex J. Cavanaugh said...
I've usually spent so much time on the outline that the first draft is easily workable. I go through it dozens of times before passing it off to my critique partners.
- Tue Mar 13, 06:00:00 AM
- Old Kitty said...
Oh you sound so amazingly rejuvenated with your overhaul re-write! Well done you!!! Yay!! Good luck!!
Oh I'm on my nth draft for my ms - but this one - this one is really coming together too - but I have a looooooooooooong way to go - only at ch.10! :-( LOL!
Take care
- Tue Mar 13, 06:04:00 AM
- Lynda R Young said...
I don't really keep track of the number of drafts because I'm always chopping and changing and going all over it. I also start with a detailed outline which also gets a massive work over before I even start writing.
- Tue Mar 13, 06:04:00 AM
- Dianne K. Salerni said...
I'm glad to hear you're re-enthused on your first draft! I need this reminder right now. I had to put aside my WIP to work on another project, and now that it's time to get back to the WIP, I look at the draft and see only problems. I, too, was considering casting it aside for a Shiny New Toy.
But I've put 55k into this project, and it's only the first draft. I usually don't share a MS with my agent until draft 3 or 4. Who knows how this rough thing might be transformed by then? I shouldn't give up.
- Tue Mar 13, 06:12:00 AM
- Brian said...
WOW, throw it away and start over...that is some revision!
- Tue Mar 13, 11:02:00 AM
- Carolina Valdez Miller said...
I guess I was the opposite. I've always wondered how people could feel a draft was finished after only a couple of revisions. My last ms I didn't even show to my agent until it was in its 8th draft. My first draft is always a discovery draft, though I don't throw it away. I merely rewrite probably 80% of it. But it gives me something to work with and I understand the characters better and where I want to take the plot.
- Tue Mar 13, 11:06:00 AM
That's so weird because I posted about revision last week too--wish I'd seen those posts then!
I usually have 3-4 drafts before I call it done. Once, I had 5 but it got shelved.
- Tue Mar 13, 11:31:00 AM
- Jai Joshi said...
First drafts are called first drafts for a reason. They're not supposed to be perfect. I generally go through about 3 or 4 drafts before I feel like I'm done but certain sections go through more re-writes than the rest. My first 3 chapters usually go through about 10 drafts or more before I'm happy.
- Tue Mar 13, 11:42:00 AM
- cleemckenzie said...
Drafts are my way of pealing away layer after layer until I discover what I really think is right in terms of characters, setting, pacing and the way the language sounds. Fortunately, I love the editing process or I'd go nuts.
- Tue Mar 13, 11:45:00 AM
- Jennifer Shirk said...
Throw it out?! Ack!! I'd be diving for the trashcan after it. LOL
I really don't know how many revisions it takes. I write a few chapters at a time and then give them to my crit partners as I go. As soon as I get one back I revise. Then before I write some more I may go back and re-read what I've written and revise again. It's a long process but by the time I write "the end" there isn't much editing that needs to be done. Maybe just some emotional layering.
I guess everybody has their own method. :)
- Tue Mar 13, 12:15:00 PM
- Laura Marcella said...
I was snowboarding in Vermont last week and unplugged so I missed a lot! These revision posts sound terrific. I'm glad you mentioned them so I can check 'em out!
- Tue Mar 13, 12:37:00 PM
- SA Larsenッ said...
OMGosh! I love the coin-phrase Discovery Draft! I do that, although I didn't know it had a name. Go figure. :D
- Tue Mar 13, 01:50:00 PM
- Susan Oloier said...
I missed Revision Week. But revisions are the most fun for me now. I used to dread them. Since I do significant outlining and index carding and editing as I go, I usually only need one major overhaul and a lot of read throughs before I feel a book is ready. However, I spend years on my manuscripts before I find them to be ready in any capacity.
- Tue Mar 13, 02:26:00 PM
- DEZMOND said...
sounds like a nightmarish process, Suze :)
- Tue Mar 13, 04:16:00 PM
- Stina Lindenblatt said...
I did those posts.
Some days I feel like I've done the throw away draft. One of my old stories will be competely re-outlined and rewritten. But that's because I've figured out how to make it better, and it was better to start from scratch. :)
- Tue Mar 13, 05:07:00 PM
- L. Diane Wolfe said...
After several rounds of revisions and edits, I print my manuscript out with all corrections and start the process again. Some sections I go over close to a hundred times.
- Tue Mar 13, 06:05:00 PM
- DL Hammons said...
I usually go through one major revision, and then several minor tweaks. I'm an outliner though.
- Tue Mar 13, 06:43:00 PM
- Lara Schiffbauer said...
And your post came just in time for me! I've been so slow with editing/revisions, and I'm so thankful to hear that it's okay to take your time and make changes. I guess I expected a little much from my first draft! Thanks for the link, too!
- Tue Mar 13, 09:35:00 PM
- Leslie Rose said...
I look at drafts the same way I do watercoloring. Each is a layer that needs some drying time, and then you go in and add nuance and detail at each pass. I do at least 4-5 drafts before I let other eyes in.
- Tue Mar 13, 10:47:00 PM
- Romance Reader said...
Well done with your revisions! But waht a process..
- Wed Mar 14, 12:07:00 AM
- LindyLouMac in Italy said...
As a reader rather than a writer as such I admire the trials you authors go through with your books.
- Wed Mar 14, 06:41:00 AM
- Stephen Tremp said...
I read Stephen King only does three or four revisions and that's it. But he's been doing this for a long time. Me, I do about fifteen. Hopefully I'll get it under ten next time around. Good luck with your WIP.
- Wed Mar 14, 09:04:00 AM
- Carol Riggs said...
Gah!--throwing a whole draft away! I don't think I could do that. :) I'd use pieces, at least. I think I do about 3-4 revisions. Then on my one agented novel, she had me do 3 more!
- Wed Mar 14, 11:19:00 AM
- Clara said...
Glorious post Susan. I also fall in love with my story during revisions rather than through the first draft.
I usually go through two revisions before submitting to critique partners, then around five more. But that's because English isn't my native language and some aberrations do go through from time to time : )
- Wed Mar 14, 01:57:00 PM
- Lauren said...
Great post! I can't believe some authors just THROW AWAY an idea! Heh. I think my book went through five revisions prior to querying it. I'm a bit of a perfectionist. I'm glad your revising is going well!
- Wed Mar 14, 07:50:00 PM
- Jackee said...
Oooh! I'll have to check it out. You know how badly I need revision motivation. :o)
I know Richard Peck also does the throw-the-first-draft-away thing too. With all his beautiful writing and awards, maybe there is something to that. :o)
Have a lovely day!
- Thu Mar 15, 07:35:00 AM
- Margo Berendsen said...
I'm so glad you mentioned Revision Week and some of these stories, revisions can be so discouraging so we need these reminders of perseverance! Off to check it out.
- Thu Mar 15, 09:39:00 AM
- Medeia Sharif said...
I'll check out the link.
Revising used to discourage me--ugh, all that work. Now it's my favorite part of writing. I enjoy making huge changes to my story to see it taking shape.
It's interesting to hear that other writers throw away their first drafts. I usually type over mine.
- Thu Mar 15, 10:23:00 AM
- Lara Schiffbauer said...
Hi! I thought of you, when it came time to pass on the Lucky 7 meme - so if you want to play come on over and pick up the picture and the rules!
- Thu Mar 15, 10:39:00 PM
- Carolyn V said...
Cynthia throws it away???? That would make me cry! I didn't catch revision week. That is so cool. I finished my revisions a month ago and am doing edits. I think the revision really made a huge difference in my work.
- Fri Mar 16, 12:21:00 PM
- Marcia said...
I know -- aren't the numbers of revisions almost unbelievable sometimes? we do need to remember that the draft is only a first attempt, and if it stinks to high heaven, there's still hope for the story.
- Fri Mar 16, 09:06:00 PM
- LindyLouMac in Italy said...
Throw it away! After all the hard work, goodness how could she.
- Sat Mar 17, 05:53:00 AM
- Talli Roland said...
I don't know why, but even when I have an outline in place, the first draft always seems absolute rubbish. I teat it apart in the second (and usually end up rewriting most of it), and then do about three or four more drafts until I'm happy.
- Sun Mar 18, 12:14:00 PM
- Heather Murphy said...
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- Sun Mar 18, 01:29:00 PM
- Sharon K. Mayhew said...
That was a great series of posts, wasn't it? I figure you keep editing until it is published, so I have no idea how many revisions a book goes through.
Good luck with your ms...
It was great seeing you on Saturday!
- Sun Mar 18, 05:47:00 PM
- Jo Schaffer said...
I have to cringe very hard a the "throw it away" method. GULP.
I did a few revisions on my own and then my agent had me do a light revision again. And I know the publisher will have even more to say about it. Not over until it is in print!
- Mon Mar 19, 01:06:00 AM
- Susan R. Mills said...
I tend to write a discovery draft too. I end up scrapping the whole thing (well, I save it, but I rewrite entirely, only referring to the original draft as needed).
- Mon Mar 19, 03:19:00 PM
- Amy L. Sonnichsen said...
I do a discovery draft, too, but I never thought to call it that. The second draft IS so much smoother, even if it's completely different. I know because I'm in the middle of one right now! :)
- Mon Mar 19, 04:05:00 PM
- Kelly Polark said...
I revise a lot. Even when I'm writing. I reread many chapters before I write the next one to get into the groove. Make little changes as I go! Then more after critiques. Then more after rereading. Neverending! :)
- Mon Mar 19, 09:29:00 PM
- Kim Franklin said...
Ah, first drafts. They never quite turn out to be exactly what you expect them to. I typically have to go through TONS of drafts before I finish. Of course, I haven't finished a first draft in awhile. :(
Happy Spring Break!!
- Tue Mar 20, 11:30:00 AM
- Theresa Milstein said...
Have a great spring break, Susan!
I used to go through more drafts. But I still go through at least a handful. I stop periodically as I write to fix things, which seems to make a cleaner final. But I'm not published yet, so what do I know?
- Tue Mar 20, 05:13:00 PM
- The Happy Whisk said...
Happy Spring Break :-)
- Wed Mar 21, 06:15:00 PM
- LynNerdKelley said...
I hardly got online last week and I missed the Revision Week posts. I had hoped to read them but it didn't happen. That's insane that Cynthia Leitich Smith throws her first draft away! Yikes! I could never bring myself to do that, but I consider my first drafts skeleton drafts and then revise and add all the other good stuff. I revise many times also. It's hard when to decide the ms is finished sometimes. Seems like I could continue the revising for years because there's always something that can be improved. But then I'd never get on to the next book!
- Thu Mar 22, 03:57:00 PM
- Deniz Bevan said...
Eek! I never throw anything away... I scribble down the whole thing, then go back and fill in missing scenes, then go back and try to remove as many square brackets/research holes as I can, then read through for flow and word choice, then delete a bunch of stuff, then read through again and tidy it all up, then send it to betas... it takes a while :-)
- Sat Mar 24, 02:06:00 PM
- MTeacress said...
If I threw mine away, I think I would feel I've cut off a limb. How about I just put it in the attic?
- Mon Mar 26, 03:12:00 PM
- TerryLynnJohnson said...
I really enjoyed revision week too. Some great tips and surprises. For me, I also like to get to know the story in my first draft. I can't wait to get to the end to see what's going to happen. After that, I can fix things. But I wouldn't throw it away! yikes!
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Programming With Cocoa
by Christopher Roach
An Introduction to RubyCocoa, Part 2
Editor's note -- In Part 1 of this two-part series, Christopher Roach provided some background and helped you get started with RubyCocoa programming. In today's conclusion he gets into the actual code ... and if you're following along, you'll end up with a functioning application.
Creating a Skeleton
The first thing we'll need to do before we can begin coding our application is to add a new Ruby file. We'll need to add a class that inherits from the
NSObject class. To do so, control-click on the "Classes" directory under "Group & Files" in Xcode. Select "Add->New File..." from the pop-up menu, and then select Ruby
NSObject subclass under Ruby in the "New File" dialogue.
Click "Next," and title your new Ruby class
Controller.rb, or whatever you titled your controller class in Interface Builder (IB). Then add the new class to the current project and target and click "Finish." Once you've done this you should have a skeleton for a Ruby class that inherits from the
NSObject class found in the RubyCocoa
OSX module. Next we'll need to add our outlets to the new class.
We add outlets to a Ruby class by calling the
ns_outlets method and passing to it a list of symbols representing the names of the outlets we wish to create. This should look very similar to calling the
attr_writer method that Ruby provides for creating writer methods for instance variables. You could just as easily substitute
attr_writer for the
ns_outlets method and the application would still work without incident. You can also use the alias
ib_outlets to replace the
ns_outlets method as I do in my code.
After we've added all five of our IB outlets to our new Ruby class, we need to add the methods that correspond to the actions we created in IB. We do this by creating a method for each of the actions using the same name as the action we created that takes one parameter for the sender of the message. Once we have added all five actions, we should have a class skeleton similar to the following.
require 'osx/cocoa'
class Controller < OSX::NSObject
include OSX
ib_outlets :archiveFile, :fileTypeView,
:fileTableView, :fileType, :mainWindow
def addFile(sender)
puts "addFile method"
def removeFile(sender)
puts "removeFile method"
def browseForArchive(sender)
puts "browseForArchive method"
def createArchive(sender)
puts "createArchive method"
def extractArchive(sender)
puts "extractArchive method"
There are two things that you should notice in the code above that are different from what I've already told you to add to your new file. First, I have added a line to each method that prints a string to the console window. This is strictly for testing. If you like, you can go ahead and run your application and try out each of the buttons to make sure that each one works properly. Afterward, make sure you remove each of the
puts statements so that our finished application is not trying to print to the console every time we invoke an action.
Next, you'll notice that I've added a line to the beginning of the class definition that includes the
OSX module found in the RubyCocoa framework. If you'll remember back at the beginning of this tutorial, I stated that every class in the RubyCocoa framework can be found in the
OSX module. What we've done here by including it in our class is to mix-in (Ruby's method for avoiding multiple inheritance) all of these classes, methods, and variables into our class, giving us direct access to everything that the RubyCocoa framework has to offer.
So, you've tried out your new RubyCocoa application and everything seems to be working fine so far, right? And, you've also gone back through the code and scrubbed it by removing all of those unnecessary
puts commands, correct? Great, then you've got everything ready for our final section in which we add all of the rest of the class's internals and get our application fully functioning.
Adding the Guts
We'll start by setting up the methods that will be used to manipulate our
NSTableView object. The two methods we need to implement for this are the
addFile and
removeFile methods. However, before we can get these methods working properly we'll need to set up an object to act as our data source for the
NSTableView instance.
Our application is simple enough that we will not be creating a separate data structure to act as the data source for our
NSTableView. Instead, our
Controller will be acting as our data source. To do this, we need to implement two methods in our
Controller class as a minimum to allow it to act as a
NSTableView data source. These two methods are the
numberOfRowsInTableView method that returns the number of files in our table and the
tableView_objectValueForTableColumn_row method that returns the value found in the cell currently selected in our table. Below is the implementation for each of these methods.
# numberOfRowsInTableView
# Returns the number of records in the table.
# This must be implemented by whatever class
# acts as the data source for the NSTableView
# class.
def numberOfRowsInTableView(afileTable)
# tableView_objectValueForTableColumn_row
# Returns the value corresponding to the cell
# (row and column intersection) the user has
# currently selected. This must be
# implemented by whatever class acts as the
# data source for the NSTableView class.
def tableView_objectValueForTableColumn_row(
afileTable, aTableColumn, rowIndex)
Both of these methods are pretty simple for our application. The first method simply returns the number of elements in an array called
@files (we'll find out more about this array in a second). The second method normally takes the point of intersection between the column and row currently selected and returns a value representing the chosen cell. However, our application only has a single column, so that makes the column number unnecessary in discovering the value of the chosen cell. All we need to do is return the element found at the index correlating to the currently selected row, which is exactly what we do in the code above. Now we just need to create an instance of the
Array class and assign it our
@files instance variable.
@files array that we use to hold the names of the files to be found in our application's table view object needs to be created before our two new methods are called. The best way to do this is to add an
initialize method (Ruby's class constructor) and create an instance of the
Array class there, just like the code below shows.
# initialize
# This is the Ruby constructor for a class.
# We use it to create a new
# instance of the Array class to hold records
# for our files table.
def initialize
@files = Array.new
We now have our necessary methods for acting as a data source for the
NSTableView object and we have created the array that will hold the information displayed in that table, but we still haven't implemented the
addFile and
removeFile methods that will manipulate the table. Lets go ahead and do that now.
First, add the following implementation to our
addFile method:
# addFile
# Displays an instance of the NSOpenPanel and
# gets the name and location of one or more
# files that the user wishes to add to the
# archive.
def addFile(sender)
oPanel = NSOpenPanel.openPanel
buttonClicked = oPanel.runModal
if buttonClicked == NSOKButton
files = oPanel.filenames
count = files.count
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A polymorphic mptt structure to display content in a tree.
Project description
This is a stand alone module, which provides:
" A polymorphic structure to display content in a tree. "
In other words, this module provides a node tree, where each node can be a different model type. This allows you to freely structure tree data. For example:
- Build a tree of a root node, category nodes, leaf nodes, each with custom fields.
- Build a todo list of projects, categories and items.
- Build a book of chapters, sections, and pages.
This module was extracted out of django-fluent-pages because it turned out to serve a generic purpose. This was done during contract work at Leukeleu (also known for their involvement in django-fiber).
First install the module, preferably in a virtual environment:
pip install django-polymorphic-tree
Or install the current repository:
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The main dependencies are django-mptt and django-polymorphic, which will be automatically installed.
Next, create a project which uses the application:
cd .. django-admin.py startproject demo
Add the following to settings.py:
INSTALLED_APPS += ( 'polymorphic_tree', 'polymorphic', 'mptt', )
The main feature of this module is creating a tree of custom node types. It boils down to creating a application with 2 files:
The models.py file should define the custom node type, and any fields it has:
from django.db import models from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _ from polymorphic_tree.models import PolymorphicMPTTModel, PolymorphicTreeForeignKey # A base model for the tree: class BaseTreeNode(PolymorphicMPTTModel): parent = PolymorphicTreeForeignKey('self', blank=True, null=True, related_name='children', verbose_name=_('parent')) title = models.CharField(_("Title"), max_length=200) class Meta: verbose_name = _("Tree node") verbose_name_plural = _("Tree nodes") # Create 3 derived models for the tree nodes: class CategoryNode(BaseTreeNode): opening_title = models.CharField(_("Opening title"), max_length=200) opening_image = models.ImageField(_("Opening image"), upload_to='images') class Meta: verbose_name = _("Category node") verbose_name_plural = _("Category nodes") class TextNode(BaseTreeNode): extra_text = models.TextField() # Extra settings: can_have_children = False class Meta: verbose_name = _("Text node") verbose_name_plural = _("Text nodes") class ImageNode(BaseTreeNode): image = models.ImageField(_("Image"), upload_to='images') class Meta: verbose_name = _("Image node") verbose_name_plural = _("Image nodes")
The admin.py file should define the admin, both for the child nodes and parent:
from django.contrib import admin from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _ from polymorphic_tree.admin import PolymorphicMPTTParentModelAdmin, PolymorphicMPTTChildModelAdmin from . import models # The common admin functionality for all derived models: class BaseChildAdmin(PolymorphicMPTTChildModelAdmin): GENERAL_FIELDSET = (None, { 'fields': ('parent', 'title'), }) base_model = models.BaseTreeNode base_fieldsets = ( GENERAL_FIELDSET, ) # Optionally some custom admin code class TextNodeAdmin(BaseChildAdmin): pass # Create the parent admin that combines it all: class TreeNodeParentAdmin(PolymorphicMPTTParentModelAdmin): base_model = models.BaseTreeNode child_models = ( (models.CategoryNode, BaseChildAdmin), (models.TextNode, TextNodeAdmin), # custom admin allows custom edit/delete view. (models.ImageNode, BaseChildAdmin), ) list_display = ('title', 'actions_column',) class Media: css = { 'all': ('admin/treenode/admin.css',) } admin.site.register(models.BaseTreeNode, TreeNodeParentAdmin)
The child_models attribute defines which admin interface is loaded for hte edit and delete page. The list view is still rendered by the parent admin.
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- Unit tests
- Example app
- A final review of class names (hence the alpha version tag, but we will provide aliases for the old names)
- Getting the polymorphic-admin code merged upstream back into django-polymorphic (see pull request #10).
This module is designed to be generic. In case there is anything you didn't like about it, or think it's not flexible enough, please let us know. We'd love to improve it!
If you have any other valuable contribution, suggestion or idea, please let us know as well because we will look into it. Pull requests are welcome too. :-)
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Tuesday, June 7, 2011
And it looks like you failed, too
25 comments:
- Packer said...
Further out than anyone could have figured.
And that is why I became a baker instead of an English Teacher.
- June 7, 2011 at 3:14 PM
Spelling, schmelling; who needs it!
I wonder if that's why the person who decorated the cake is in the grocery's bakery department instead of working in an office?
- June 7, 2011 at 3:16 PM
Has she sent this to Cake Wrecks yet?
- June 7, 2011 at 3:35 PM
Perhaps, maybe, school shouldn't be out?
- June 7, 2011 at 3:44 PM
- PA Honeybee said...
At least it looks pretty unlike many on Cake Wrecks! Although, if I had ordered this and saw the spelling, I would have had them re-do it. I wouldn't have left the store/bakery with that misspelling.
- June 7, 2011 at 3:44 PM
- The Mother said...
I doubt that cake-icers have extensive educations. Otherwise more cakes would have calculus equations (like the one my son made for his end of year celebration).
- June 7, 2011 at 4:13 PM
- Haven said...
So, probably not a future med student, eh?
- June 7, 2011 at 4:20 PM
Perhapsh sheesh been at the cooking brandy...?
- June 7, 2011 at 4:43 PM
It's contagious!
Scroll about halfway down and look for the SUV.
- June 7, 2011 at 5:10 PM
I'm sure it still tasted good.
- June 7, 2011 at 5:18 PM
I'm dyslexic and it took me awhile to figure out why this was wrong. My brain flipped it to be right for once!
- June 7, 2011 at 5:27 PM
- Old MD Girl said...
Funny, I thought the cake was for a person named Sh-cool who was just released from prison.
- June 7, 2011 at 5:40 PM
"Now take a good look, children;here's your final lesson of the school year. If you don't do well in school, you might end up making minimum wage decorating cakes (badly) at the grocery store!"
- June 7, 2011 at 5:59 PM
- Kim said...
I've ordered cakes from grocery stores before. If YOU spell what you want on the cake wrong, they will ask you if you are sure that's what you want. If you do, that's what they put on the cake. So it is possible that whomever ordered the cake was the person responsible for the misspelling.
Cake decorating, when done well, does take skill. I wouldn't have the patience to do it.
- June 7, 2011 at 6:54 PM
alice cooper is proud.
- June 7, 2011 at 7:11 PM
- ERP said...
Maybe they meant "Schul" and screwed it up.
- June 7, 2011 at 7:31 PM
- Andrew_M_Garland said...
We are too used to easily correcting mistakes on computers.
In the olden-times of typewriters, whiteout corrections were acceptable, even if ugly.
On a cake, leaving the mistake is better than any other action. And, it was probably a hit at the party.
- June 7, 2011 at 7:39 PM
- Lois said...
Unfortunate mistake, but quickly erased, by eating it.
- June 7, 2011 at 9:41 PM
My parents used to play a board game called Bonanza, which name was written across the middle of the board. When the original board wore out, they arranged with a local Italian carpenter to reproduce the board in wood and paint. They got back a Bonzana board. It was such a hit that all the neighbors ordered the same board, misspelling and all. Thereafter you were invited to play Bonzana. Maybe all future end-of-year parties will now order Shcool's Out cakes?
- June 7, 2011 at 11:25 PM
Was it ever in?
- June 7, 2011 at 11:34 PM
- The Observer said...
No spell checker on that icing thingy that bakers use...
- June 7, 2011 at 11:44 PM
Shcool's out for the smumer.
- June 8, 2011 at 9:20 AM
Ah, but was it an artisanal cake ?
- June 8, 2011 at 1:32 PM
- C said...
cake white out?
- June 9, 2011 at 9:27 PM
- Shalom said...
You sure that wasn't deliberately misspelled, as a joke?
(Not to mention, if that's what was written on the order slip, that's what goes on the cake, storefront sign, newspaper ad, et cetera. The saying was "Follow the copy, even out the window."
- June 10, 2011 at 1:38 AM


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Class LL champion St. Joseph-Trumbull is the No. 1 team in The Courant final state ratings. The Cadets (25-1) capped their season by defeating then No. 1 Hillhouse-New Haven, 62-54, Saturday night. Northwest Catholic-West Hartford (24-4), which lost the L title game to Career, 51-49, was No. 1 in the final area ratings.
"This means a great deal for our school and our program to be No.1 in The Courant ratings," coach Vito Montelli said. "James Jennings, who's maybe 5-foot-8, scored 26 against Hillhouse [including 15 in the final 9:38]. He put us on his back. He was one of many players who contributed to what we accomplished."


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|2012-08-29, 04:23
|Link #224
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After reading the chapter, I'm more interested as to why Tora is helping her.. =_= I still can't comprehend or work out what he wants to achieve with these actions. He's really pissing me off and I'm itching to know his ulterior motives. Maybe just for entertainment? Or making his wealthy family more superior? I have a feeling the motive is somewhat more deeper than this.
|2012-08-31, 08:35
|Link #225
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Age: 29
Tora's motivation was explained in the chapter. Right now, Usui is resisting the idea of returning to the Walker family. This is inconvenient for the Walkers. In order to pressure Usui into rejoining the Walkers, they used Tora's family and the Miyabigaoka academy. If Tora successfully helps the Walkers get Usui to return to them, then the Walkers will owe him and he'll have a more advantageous relationship with them. What Misaki said is that she's agreeing to go to England to try to convince Usui not to leave the Walker family, which is advantageous to them. So, if Tora has some part in helping her accomplish that, he will also have some gain from the Walker family.
|2012-09-29, 20:01
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Usui's mother and father's romance was great, but I found it kinda, hmm, not quite right how quickly they took their relationship to the physical level, ignoring everything else about the relationship they never got to have. I agree that it's really interesting to think about where Usui's father might be right now.
|2012-10-02, 03:50
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Hi! So what do people think about this party that's going to be held for Usui? Any predictions??
I hope there isn't going to be some arranged marriage announcement!!
Although I could see how maybe Usui's story will mirror his parents, e.g. he likes the "maid" Misaki like his mum liked the butler, but he will be pushed towards someone else by his family?? I can't see Usui agreeing to this though.
Last edited by slide_away; 2012-10-02 at 04:11.
|2012-10-02, 06:27
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I don't think we should worry so much if he even got any fiancee. Usui would probably ignore her and still loves Misaki anyway. Even if you include the possibility of him getting...err, blackmail by his brother, I think they both would manage to overcome it.
|2012-10-31, 18:12
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Unfortunately, this was a below average, uninteresting chapter; easily the lowest mark of this otherwise great arc.
The lack of Usui really hurt this chapter, since I feel the "events" of this chapter could and should have been told in a far more balanced manner, while also filtering Usui into it, similar to how it was done so well in previous chapters. For the first time, it really seemed like the story is starting to drag considerably, which is mostly due to the sole focus on Misaki's preparation, which, though usually interesting and engaging, faltered a bit due to the prevalence of Tora and Hinata, the worst characters by far. Tora remains incredibly unlikable, since all he's good for is to be a condescending jackass towards Misaki and Usui, which certainly didn't change in this chapter.
I mean, am I supposed to actually think that her conversation with a pathetic Hinata who should have moved on to Suzuna a long time ago and her brief dance with Tora that was solely written so delusional shippers of them could find one "shippable" moment in the entire manga is worth the month-long wait, because it really, really wasn't.
This was essentially a glorified shipping chapter that, aside from the final page, will have no further implications on the rest of this arc, since the story definitely won't pursue a tangent that has Tora falling for her, so I can only describe this as filler. Thankfully, at the very least, I'm grateful that this sort of chapter is out of the way so the story can return to things that are far more important, relevant, and satisfying to read.
I love the theme of this arc, since it's entirely concerning Misaki and Usui's long-distance separation and their ability to cope through it, inevitably culminating with Misaki going to England, and it definitely feels appropriately lengthy, since this is most likely the final arc, but there needs to be some energy thrown into the narrative, because, at this point, the pace would be better served by hastening Misaki's arrival to England, as that portion of the arc will proably be just as lengthy and far more enjoyable than this part.
|2013-01-28, 03:41
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Spoiler for Chapter 78:
Apart from that it was an excellent, beautiful and excruciatingly sweet chapter definitely worth the two month wait. I strongly praise Hiro Fujiwara for this.
Last edited by redflame; 2013-01-28 at 06:49.
|2013-02-28, 07:02
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Ch. 79:
Wow, Misaki calling Usui by his first name feels really intimate. That was an amazing scene. It really feels like their relationship has advanced to a higher level, although it will be interesting to see whether Misaki could keep that up in public.
It will be interesting to see where this grandfather situation goes. Should Usui and his grandfather reconcile? (Sounds like a good idea to me.) However, should Usui then correspondingly accept the inheritance/status of the Walker family? (Somewhat questionable to me, I'm leaning towards no.) But then, how to deal with Gerard's ailing health and the "hope" of the Walker family's supporters? And how about their debt to Igarashi? (Although Tora is rather pushing it by interfering with Usui and Misaki's relationship.) I wonder what's in store for Usui and Misaki's futures.
|2013-04-03, 21:39
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Aside from Usui's moment with Misaki and Gerald's touching conversation with his father, that was a pretty terrible chapter, concluding this incredibly disappointing arc with a plethora of uninteresting touches. The resolution to Usui and Misaki's numerous complications, for instance, was far too rushed and largely uninteresting, devoid of the energetic atmosphere that typically permeates each arc. Following the 57th chapter, each arc or significant development has been meticulously foreshadowed and subsequently established as a nearing potential for the narrative to pursue, yet upon finally arriving at the fruition of said developments, such as the return of Misaki's father and Usui's diversion with the Walker family, their potential has been swiftly squandered, as though Fujiwara becomes tired with solely pursuing a singular thread.
For example, the elevation of Tora's feelings for Misaki wasn't interesting at all, since I've never given a damn about his intermittent appearances before this arc. He's always been an ancillary character that poses absolutely no threat to Misaki and Usui's relationship due to Misaki's inherent contempt for him. The forced kiss, most of all, was so damn unnecessary. It's the worst, most overused cliché in the entirety of the romantic comedy genre, aside from the triangle itself, yet Tora, of all people, following eighty chapters of proper relationship development between Usui and Misaki, was seemingly "rewarded" by Fujiwara for his wrongly perceived "selflessness" throughout this arc. The gesture, however, was pointless, since he's not some sympathetic character that deserves even a fragment of narrative pity, but, at the very least, his arc is now concluded, so he's thankfully not going to be participating in the ruination of individual chapters again.
Rather than maintaining the status quo, Tora's character should have actually developed throughout this arc, since it definitely seems to be his last appearance in the manga, or, at the very least, the last one of any significance. Instead though, we're left with a tired portrayal of his worst tendencies, particularly in the latest chapter. As such, it's quite disappointing that Fujiwara felt mistakenly compelled to momentarily placate a perpetually cruel, selfish, and arrogant character. He never earned his repeated appearances, as they rarely amounted to anything more than a repetitious cycle of banal shipping moments and a consistent tendency to thoughtlessly manipulate Misaki for his selfish desires.
This chapter and the entire arc, for that matter, essentially illustrated that the quality of Fujiwara's writing has gradually devolved over the last twenty chapters, since she's been resorting to an abundance of unrealistic contrivances and detrimental cliches. Thankfully though, the end is finally approaching, which will benefit the story immensely, as it will assuredly remain focused on the futures of Usui and Misaki throughout, which Fujiwara excels at, despite the diminishing quality of the manga as a whole. In fact, the dramatics have been mediocre, if not worse, throughout the entire manga, since they're completely unnecessary, and they typically illuminate a tonal dissonance that doesn't belong in this particular story at all. It becomes especially evident when the execution of the lighthearted chapters and romantic developments is superbly handled in comparison.
Last edited by zigantz22; 2013-04-03 at 21:51.
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