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Sunday, August 8, 2010
I've invited an awesome guest blogger, rounded up some pretty cool prizes (maybe you could pick something comfy for your bed!), and now you will have the chance to win.
Guest blog + Prizes = EPIC WIN!!!
Now that's my kind of math right there!
First, the guest blogger. When I joined the Debs in early 2009, I joined a group of amazing writers, one of whom was this outspoken, gregarious, warm, and hilarious lady named Aprilynne Pike. You might know her, author of NYT bestsellers WINGS and SPELLS?!?! Yeah, that's her…
Well, I've invited Aprilynne today to introduce a fellow Harper gal, a Tenner debut author whose book comes out THIS MONTH...you might have heard a little something about this book too, it's called PARANORMALCY by uber-blogger extraordinaire (and, yes, she is just as adorable in real life!) Kiersten White. (And it may or may not be involved in the contest I mentioned!)
Aprilynne actually blurbed PARANORMALCY, saying: "PARANORMALCY seduced me. The two sexy paranormals who vie for Evie's affections each had their own victory: one won Evie's heart and the other won mine."
I've read it, and I have to agree, it's freakin' great!!!
So, here she is, everyone, my friend Aprilynne Pike with some hilarious (as only Aprilynne would see it!) advice on writing:
Writing is Exhausting!
We often hear among author circles about the need to eat healthy and exercise because well, the acronym BIC (Butt In Chair) means that a lot of us do keep our butts firmly in our chairs for several hours a day and . . . well, those butts tend to expand.:D (Not to mention that yummy snacks seriously help facilitate the writing process! No really! They do!)
No one seems to mention that writing is its own form of exercise. Not the kind of exercise that will give you nicely toned thighs or bulging biceps, but I maintain that writing is its own kind of physical exertion nonetheless. I remember when I was in the process of writing Wings, I had this one day. It was a dream day! A day when the scene was so crystallized in my head and the words were flowing and everything was perfect! I walked out of my office that day (in my pajamas *ahem*) and flung the door open and said, very melodramatically, "I wrote a good scene!" And I was exhausted! I was a little sweaty too. (I know, TMI, but it relates!)
Writing can be a seriously physical experience, especially when you are writing intense scenes. Case in point, I am in the process of writing the fourth Wings book (don't worry, you aren't behind the times. The third one isn't out yet. Writers just have to stay WAY ahead of schedule.) and about ¾ of this book is climax. It is seriously intense. I come out of my office every day rather emotionally wrung out and physically tired!
On top of that, I live in Phoenix where it is currently about 111 degrees. Also, humid since it is monsoon season. (Note to self, I need to buy a fan for my office!)
So all you writers out there, do try to eat well and get exercise, but don't start thinking you are just turning into a lazy slob if, no matter what you do, you feel terribly exhausted at the end of the day. Tell your friends that they should try killing people and making people fall in love and make-out every day! It's a tough job, but luckily, I'm the one who gets to do it!
I told you, she's awesome! And TMI, Aprilynne? Never! (Confession: I don't really understand TMI…is there really such thing as TMI???)
Okay, moving on, here are the contest deets:
All you have to do is leave a comment, just one, and that's it. A comment. Preferrably a nice one, because, c'mon, I'm gonna give you stuff.
What am I gonna give you, you ask???
1) A brand new, shiny ARC of PARANORMALCY!!!!!!! (Second confession: it may have been read once, but ever-so-gently…there's not even a scuff!)
2) CSN has generously donated a $60 gift certificate to any one of their 200+ stores, so you can buy something like one of these snazzy reading lamps (or anything else you want!). How cool is that???
3) And to commemorate this awesome melding of Tenner and Deb love, I am also including a butt-load (yeah, a real measurement according to urbandictionary.com) of Tenner and Deb bookmarks, including Princess for Hire, The Vespertine, Prophecy of Days, Losing Faith, Cinderella Society, Freefall, and a bunch more. Like I said, people, a butt-load…look it up.
You have until midnight on Thursday, August 12th to make your comment count!
115 comments:
- Monica said...
OMG, loved the contest! I'm from brazil and i love your blog. Wish me lucky!
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- August 8, 2010 at 8:56 AM
- Kate said...
A workout is a workout no matter how you do it, physically or mentally. I love the idea that authors put so much of themselves in books and I am glad (as an aspiring author) that it's okay that it's not easy all the time. Thanks for the great guest post!
sithereandread (at) gmail (dot) com
- August 8, 2010 at 8:57 AM
I am dying to read Paranormalcy!
- August 8, 2010 at 9:00 AM
- DforDarla's Definite Reads said...
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- August 8, 2010 at 9:02 AM
- Jessica @ Confessions of a Bookaholic said...
LOL. That is so funny! But it completely makes sense that writing would be that intense. READING scenes like that make me sweat!!! :)
Great post!
- August 8, 2010 at 9:02 AM
- DforDarla's Definite Reads said...
Loved the post and loved the blurb! Can't wait to read paranormalcy!
- Darla
- August 8, 2010 at 9:04 AM
- Robin Reul said...
Great post...it's true...you can most definitely work up a sweat....creating a universe is hard work! But there is no better feeling in the world. Would love to read PARANORMALCY.
robin.reul (at) gmail (dot) com
- August 8, 2010 at 9:18 AM
- Cassay said...
I love Wings and Spells I can't wait for the new book. Thanks for the contest
Cassandra c
cassandra dot crouser at yahoo dot ca
- August 8, 2010 at 9:22 AM
- sRy_ said...
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- August 8, 2010 at 9:32 AM
- Lynsey Newton said...
I firmly believe that chocolate is FUEL for writers. So I completely understand that! Thanks for the contest :)
- August 8, 2010 at 9:44 AM
- Liz. R said...
I definitely agree that writing is a workout of its own. I can imagine that it's very mentally exhausting! Great post, thanks!
- August 8, 2010 at 9:54 AM
- Shooting Stars Mag said...
So I'm not crazy. Writing really is hard work! Lovely guest post.
lauren51990 AT aol DOT com
- August 8, 2010 at 10:03 AM
I love the blurb Aprilynne did for Paranormalcy. Also some great advice.
- Sandy
- August 8, 2010 at 10:06 AM
- Anya said...
Wow what a great guest post! And awesome giveaway which I hope is international lol
- August 8, 2010 at 10:08 AM
- ally said...
I didn't understand the TMI part *am lost* but the other parts of the guest post were very insightful for us non-writers :D! It's nice to know you get to work out every once in a while ;)!
- August 8, 2010 at 10:20 AM
- Nicole said...
Thanks for the post, it made me feel a lot better of being exhausted after sitting on my butt all day while typing my book on the computer. And those snacks do get pretty tempting, especially when I get a little block. Oh, and I love both of your guys' books! :)
- August 8, 2010 at 10:23 AM
- Hannah S. said...
I laughed-out-loud several times while reading this post! Thanks for the laughs! (and the contest!!) :)
Love, Hannah
- August 8, 2010 at 11:00 AM
- Kaitlyn (Kaitlyn in Bookland) said...
This is such a nice post (and contest!). Thanks so much :)
- August 8, 2010 at 11:09 AM
Writing is *definitely* a workout--if only mentally for some of us. =D But it's a far more FUN workout than physical for most of us. (*note to self: you still have to actually work out, missy.*)
mireyahwolfe @ gmail . com
- August 8, 2010 at 11:12 AM
- WulfLuva said...
I can't wait to read Paranormalcy! Kiersten White's book has been praised soooo much that I'm just dying to get my shorty, stubby hands on it!
- August 8, 2010 at 11:14 AM
- Mariah said...
Great contest and guest post! Writing is exertion I mean you basically have to live multiple peoples loves for them.
- August 8, 2010 at 11:17 AM
- Tina said...
It's so interesting that writing was compared to a workout... it is really tiring, but the beautiful thing is that when I pick up a book I'm rejuvenated. I've heard great things about Paranormalcy and am really looking forward to reading it!
melodiourevelry (at) gmail (dot) com
- August 8, 2010 at 11:24 AM
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- August 8, 2010 at 11:28 AM
- basma aal said...
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- August 8, 2010 at 11:29 AM
- basma aal said...
That is a great contest.
Its hard to sit all the time without doing exercise but I mean you're at the same time practicing your love for writing
basma(dot)aal (at)gmail (dot)com
- August 8, 2010 at 11:30 AM
- Lea (YA Book Queen) said...
"Tell your friends that they should try killing people and making people fall in love and make-out every day!"
Lol, I love that! Writing definitely isn't the easiest thing to do and it's very exhausting, but it is worth it when you come up with that awesome however-many pages :)
- August 8, 2010 at 11:55 AM
- Orchid said...
Ooh, a workout for the mind, I like it. Now I feel lazy for not making any progress on my short story. Great post.
hauntingorchid (at) aol (dot) com
- August 8, 2010 at 11:56 AM
- Sarah Enni said...
AH, I love this post! Good to know I'm not the only one prone to making melodramatic statements about my writing while wearing pajamas.
And Paranormalcy eee! I am so very excited about this book!
- August 8, 2010 at 12:52 PM
- Sarah Enni said...
ooops, forgot:
- August 8, 2010 at 12:53 PM
- Libby said...
That so very generous of you.
Thanks for this awsome giveaway!
I really enjoy paranormal/supernatural YA books.
So this is a great taste of book or me.
- August 8, 2010 at 12:58 PM
- Heather said...
The pajama part is hilarious! haha
thanks for the giveaway!
- August 8, 2010 at 1:07 PM
- Annie McElfresh said...
YAYAAYAYAYAYA! Awesome contest! Thanks for throwing this! :)
- August 8, 2010 at 1:12 PM
Amazing Giveaway!! I don't mind if the book has been used ;)
~Sara S
- August 8, 2010 at 1:21 PM
This book is my NUMBER ONE on my wishlist!! I gotta have it!
-Elizabeth :)
- August 8, 2010 at 1:22 PM
- Liz said...
I loved the post, you are quite an awesome writer ;D
plus I have been waiting for this one
- August 8, 2010 at 1:23 PM
- Never That Easy said...
my first visit to your site, and it's a contest. Count me in!
- August 8, 2010 at 1:56 PM
- Alison said...
Pretty epic guest post, not gonna lie :D Haha I know that it's a workout writing ! I'm attempting to write my own story and you get so into that it's kinda like a sport. You have to practice and stuff and when you do really well, you feel good (haha, did that make any sense?!) Oh and there's gonna be a 4th book?! Yay!
Pretty awesome contest here, so thank you very much!
- August 8, 2010 at 1:59 PM
- Sara McClung ♥ said...
oooo Paranormalcy is AWESOME!! And I love April's guest post! It's so true that sometimes you end up just a little sweaty after writing... SO glad I'm not alone in that, lol.
- August 8, 2010 at 2:33 PM
- Megan said...
Great post! I danced for eight years and I don't think my body, or mind, ever went through the same amount of stress then as it does now that I write.
It wears you out and boggles your mind. When you can't focus nothing else works. It gets to you.
- August 8, 2010 at 2:39 PM
- Becky said...
I haven't read Wings yet but I've been meaning to for ages and now I definitely have to. Thanks for the guest post and the contest! I hadn't ever thought about writing as physical activity, but I guess it really kind of is. :)
- August 8, 2010 at 3:00 PM
HI!!! I love your books and all the the other authors books, my summer is almost up. I will have to read these books this school year. :)
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- August 8, 2010 at 3:04 PM
- Jennifer Foushee said...
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- August 8, 2010 at 3:39 PM
- Jennifer Foushee said...
What a fabulous contest! And great prizes!
Aprilynne, you are absolutely right - writing is exhausting but in a good way. Do wish it helped with sculpting the butt, though. That would be nice!
- Jennifer
jsfoushee (at) gmail (dot) com
- August 8, 2010 at 3:42 PM
- Sharli said...
It totally makes sense. Even more so when the author really cares for his characters, I guess.
I think as a reader, you can really tell when an author breaks a sweat while writing the book.
Thank you for the guest post and the giveaway!
entrelibros_blog at hotmail.com
- August 8, 2010 at 4:08 PM
- Christina said...
Thanks so much for the contest! I can't wait for Paranormalcy!
- August 8, 2010 at 4:41 PM
- elizabeth said...
It makes sense that writing can be exhausting, but rewarding in the end.
Thanks for the contest!
swordsforfighting at yahoo dot como
- August 8, 2010 at 4:48 PM
- Vivien said...
That is the best blurb I have ever read. I already had this book on my wish list, but now I'm doubly anticipating its release. I can't wait for the next Wings book either :) Thanks for the hilarious post. I can just imagine the mental workout you get from writing. Thankfully it's well worth it.
- August 8, 2010 at 6:39 PM
- Maggie said...
Oh, Aprilynne is one of my favorite authors! So is Kiersten! Both of their books are pretty snazztastic.
And that is SO TRUE about writing being tiring. I mean seriously, if you're writing a fight scene, then you (mentally) act out the scene. And then your arms are tired, and you maybe pulled a muscle in your leg kicking or you knocked your head on a keyboard (or maybe that's just because you're frustrated...)
Great post! And great prizes! I'd love to be entered :)
- August 8, 2010 at 7:02 PM
- Emily said...
I've heard awesome things about Paranormalcy.
I know blogging isn't REALLY the same thing as writing a novel, but I've noticed that when I blog frequently, my writing improves. And it is a mental workout to find the right words to describe a novel.
- August 8, 2010 at 7:41 PM
- Martha Lawson said...
Awesome contest!! Please enter me for it.
I follow on gfc
mlawson17 at hotmail dot com
- August 8, 2010 at 8:07 PM
- The Blogger Girlz said...
Ooo, I <3 the guest post and prizes! Paranormalcy is gonna rock!!! Wish me luck!!! *fingers crossed* :)
- August 8, 2010 at 8:11 PM
- donnas said...
Awesome post, best things Ive read today. I loved Wings and am really looking forward to Paranormalcy. And that is one great lamp.
Donna S
bacchus76 at myself dot com
- August 8, 2010 at 8:26 PM
- Meredith said...
Thank goodness I'm not the only one who feels exhausted after a good writing day! I love this post. It's so true that mental workouts can be as tiring as physical ones, and just as rewarding.
Thanks for the giveaway!
- August 8, 2010 at 8:26 PM
- Jess (The Cozy Reader) said...
I'd love to be entered for the giveaway!
P.S. - I think you meant CSN instead of CVS. Although, CVS is great for personal care items I'd rather win some cool furniture from CSN. ;)
- August 8, 2010 at 9:23 PM
- Abigail [All Things Urban Fantasy] said...
Great giveaway. I've been wanting to read Paranormalcy
AllThingsUrbanFantasy AT gmail DOT com
- August 8, 2010 at 9:46 PM
- Chloe said...
Ooh, awesome guest post and contest! I can't wait to read Paranormalcy... And I loved TBF by the way ;)
- August 8, 2010 at 10:03 PM
- Laura said...
I've been a shy stalker of your blog for a long time, and now is the perfect time to finally make a comment!! I loved the Body Finder and have been dying to read Paranormalcy since I discovered Kirsten's blog a few months ago. Thanks for the give away! *fingers crossed*
- August 9, 2010 at 3:43 AM
- Jamie said...
Thanks for the great post...and awesome contest! here's to hoping I win!
- August 9, 2010 at 6:18 AM
- brandileigh2003 said...
- August 9, 2010 at 6:58 AM
- Kimberly Derting said...
OMG, Jess, thanks for pointing that out...it's been corrected!!!!
- August 9, 2010 at 7:00 AM
- kermit4110 said...
Great post!!!
I can't wait for Paranormalcy!!!
- August 9, 2010 at 7:36 AM
- Lauren said...
Thanks for the great guest post and contest! I can't wait to read Paranormalcy!
- August 9, 2010 at 8:03 AM
- Jacqueline C. said...
Interesting post! I always figured that writing was a mentally and emotionally exhausting process, but this is the first I've heard of it being physically tiring too.
- August 9, 2010 at 10:11 AM
- littletinkerbell1995 said...
This contest is AWSOME!I need to read paranormalacy!:D oh and I LOVE your book its AWSOME!ugg i hope i get to go to san francisco when you go to the signing:D
-Alejandra Salcedo
- August 9, 2010 at 11:30 AM
- Maribeth said...
I cant wait to read Paranormalcy! It sounds so good!!! Great Guest Blog !
- August 9, 2010 at 2:03 PM
- Okapi said...
Woah awesome contest! Thanks soo much for this post! It was really fun to read:)
- August 9, 2010 at 4:12 PM
- A Simple Love of Reading said...
I love Aprilynne! I met her a t a book signing once and she was hilarious and sweet. Aprilynne has a definite way with words and I don't mean just in her books! Thanks for this great post!
- August 9, 2010 at 5:46 PM
- Erika Lynn said...
i love that a butt load is a word on urban dictionary, hilarious!
erika lynn
- August 9, 2010 at 7:50 PM
As an aspiring author I can agree that it's an exercise. I have such a hard time sitting in one place for a long period of time!
- August 9, 2010 at 8:29 PM
- bookaholic said...
I love the post. Writing is obviously a very challenging and exhausting exercise!
Thank you so much for the giveaway! Have been dying to read Paranormalcy!
- August 9, 2010 at 8:40 PM
- Miss Bookiverse said...
Awesome contest, I wanna win :D
bookoholiker AT gmail DOT com
- August 10, 2010 at 7:27 AM
- Jack said...
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- August 10, 2010 at 7:38 AM
- Bwyatt said...
I love Aprilynne too! Funny girl if I do say. And I also loved Wings and Spells! So original. And I'm totally in love with Tamani!
That said, Paranomalcy has been added to my "to read" list and I can't wait to read it. Definately looking forward to it.
- August 10, 2010 at 1:21 PM
Cool! Paranormalcy is deff on my list (:
- August 10, 2010 at 3:52 PM
- Brianna Bruce said...
Oooh, I hope I'll win! This is fantastic. Thank you so much!
- August 10, 2010 at 4:35 PM
- Kristin said...
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- August 10, 2010 at 9:26 PM
- Kristin said...
haha! This post was awesome! I knew writers put A TON of work and energy into their writing, but I never thought it resulted in actual SWEAT.
Keep these guest blogs coming! They're great!! (OMG, I just sounded like Tony the Tiger...)
- August 10, 2010 at 9:28 PM
- C.A. Marshall said...
Maybe it should be required that all authors have one of those desks with an treadmill built-in... Or maybe I'll just have one more handful of gummy bears...
- August 10, 2010 at 11:18 PM
- Desert Lioness said...
Oh man I want to read this SOO badly! Even more so now that you left such an awesome review. It was my Bday yesterday and I didn't get as many bookish things as I would have liked...so I am hoping giveaways would make up for that. Wish me luck!
- August 11, 2010 at 8:33 AM
- Rebs @ Book-Rants said...
I'm dying to read this! Hopefully it's as good as The Body Finder!
- August 11, 2010 at 8:33 AM
- Max said...
thanks so much for the contest i love the interview, your reviews and blog. Please enter me as international after all the unbelivable 5 star reviews i'm even more more excited for paranormalcy and suspence kills
- August 11, 2010 at 8:38 AM
- Elizabeth Ryann said...
Um, awesome free stuff AND a fun new blog to read? That's definitely the sort of thing I can get behind.
ElizabethRyann (at) gmail (dot) com.
- August 11, 2010 at 8:41 AM
- Blueicegal ♥ said...
Thank you for the contest * loved the body finder swag btw so double thanks* :)
- August 11, 2010 at 8:58 AM
- Blueicegal ♥ said...
oops and my email :D
- August 11, 2010 at 8:59 AM
- Jessica said...
Great contest!!
- August 11, 2010 at 10:03 AM
- Lacey said...
Well, I must say writing is quite Strenuous,especially when you have this scene or chapter planned perfectly out in your head. You rush to your laptop and you just type away, whisking your characters into battles you deem fit and even sometimes break out the kleenax box because you lose a friend. Trust me I understand. Especially when you get an idea and your busy and by the time you get to writing it down, said idea is gone. Poof! Disappeared in thin air.
So I have to agree with you Pike, writing is in it's own way a form of exercise.
Anyways! I want Paranormalcy, I keep hearing fantastic reviews!! Pick me!!
My name: Lacey
- August 11, 2010 at 2:08 PM
- Katelyn Burton said...
I love this! A chance to win Paranormalcy by Kiersten White? Totally in! I read her blog almost every day and I've been waiting forever to get my hands on Paranormalcy. Thanks Kimberly for having an amazing contest :)
Katelyn Burton
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- August 11, 2010 at 2:43 PM
- Alyssa said...
Great post and contest!
- August 11, 2010 at 3:24 PM
Wow. Now, this book looks more interesting than I first assumed. Thank you for the opportunity. I found your blog writing to be simply and amusing. -Critic
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- August 11, 2010 at 3:52 PM
- Violet said...
Such a great guest post! Aprilynne is adorable and hilarious. Thank you both for exhausting yourselves in order to provide us with such deliciously fun books. And double thanks for writing the make-out scenes that help jolt your readers' heart rates up a notch or two also. I adore Jay & Violet and Laurel & Tamani. Can't wait to read the third Wings novel and Desires of the Dead. :)
- August 11, 2010 at 4:29 PM
Great post! And who doesn't love a contest to win an awesome book!
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- August 11, 2010 at 6:02 PM
- Sarah said...
Great contest! And the buzz around Paranormalcy is fantastic. I can't wait to read it!
- August 11, 2010 at 6:28 PM
- Rachel said...
I am a huge fan of Aprilynne and your blog. I am currently working on my first novel as well, so any sort of writing info helps. Plus, you both are quite entertaining and I enjoy spending my time reading your blogs. Keep up the awesome work you both! I wish I was able to catch Kiersten White's book signing in Oceanside, CA the end of this month, but I will be moving back to IL a few days before-hand. I can't WAIT to read her book. I read some blurbs on it and it sounds fantastic!
- August 11, 2010 at 8:58 PM
I loved Aprilynne's blurb on Paranormalcy! It made me really curious, so I looked up Paranormalcy and read the book description and some reviews and now I can't wait to read it. I also enjoyed the guest post and I am excited for this contest!
- August 12, 2010 at 11:34 AM
I agree that writing can be exhausting. Great Contest !
- August 12, 2010 at 3:13 PM
- Mariana said...
That so very generous of you.
Thanks for this awsome giveaway!
- August 12, 2010 at 4:47 PM
- Louise said...
*clapping and whistling* I love Aprilynne Pike! Loved Wings & Spells. I'm super excited for Paranormalcy!
Thanks for this awesome giveaway! :)
- August 12, 2010 at 4:49 PM
- Marybeth Poppins said...
Ok I've entered like 5 million contests for this book. I'm going to rub my lucky gnome tonight and hope I get it this time!!!
mb @ marybethsmith . com
- August 12, 2010 at 4:50 PM
I'm giving this a shot!! I would really, really, really love to get a copy of this book!
- August 12, 2010 at 4:51 PM
- Martha Brockenbrough said...
Make my comment count? I'm lucky if it can slepp. I mean, spell.
- August 12, 2010 at 4:52 PM
Great post! Aprilynne is great, and I can't wait to read Paranormalcy!!!
name: Nicole
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- August 12, 2010 at 4:53 PM
- Erik said...
Thanks for the guest post (and the awesome blurb)! Love Kiersten's blog too.
- August 12, 2010 at 4:55 PM
- gabrywrites said...
Aprilynne is great! You are great also, Kimberly. And not to mention Kiersten White too because she just is. TRU FAX for all of you. And writing really is exhausting, so I agree with you. (Ooh look prizes!
- August 12, 2010 at 4:56 PM
- Awriter said...
I'm really excited for Paranormalcy, I've been hearing so much about it lately!
- August 12, 2010 at 4:57 PM
- Chelsea Dawn said...
YES! oh HEEEECK yes :D I am so ridiculously excited for this book that it's not even funny! :D
ohlookbook (at) gmail (dot) com
:) Thank you so much for the opportunity!
- August 12, 2010 at 5:02 PM
- Ivy Hawthorn said...
I can't wait to read paranormalcy! An ARC would be even cooler! I also adore wings and spells! The two authors are amazing!
- August 12, 2010 at 5:07 PM
- Alex said...
Ohh Paranormalcy?! I want to read that book really bad! Thanks for the giveaway!
Alex @ http://morethanjustabook.blogspot.com
- August 12, 2010 at 5:11 PM
- Vivian Mahoney said...
Aprilynne Pike gave fantastic advice on Creating Mythologies over at WriteOnCon. And now to read her thoughts on writing and exercise?
I love it! My stomach is shrinking already!
Thanks for putting together a great contest.
- August 12, 2010 at 5:21 PM
- mcdonaldrenee said...
I love these authors!! Thanks for the contest.
mcdonaldrenee1 (at) gmail (dot) com
- August 12, 2010 at 5:49 PM
- Mandy said...
teensy question: is it open internationally? :)
loved the guest post - will definitely be looking into her books! xD
- August 12, 2010 at 6:16 PM
- Christina said...
I LOVE Aprilynne's series!
And I'm dying to read Paranormalcy.
- August 12, 2010 at 7:41 PM
- Christina said...
Every time you read Paranormalcy a vampire looses his sparkle and man ups.
Love all of you guys' blog (and books)!
(side note: Just a joke. I love those glittering vamps too ;p )
- August 12, 2010 at 8:12 PM
- Jessy said...
I thin I would love living in Phoenix because I loathe the cold weather. I am in San Francisco now and it's nothing but fog!
findjessyhere at gmail dot com
- August 12, 2010 at 8:26 PM
- Kimberly Derting said...
- August 13, 2010 at 7:11 AM
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The growth of electronic commerce or e-commerce sector is quite good in 2017, making this sector is still a prima donna of investors in 2018.
Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) revealed, the value of investment in the e-commerce sector in 2017 reached more than USD 5 billion . This makes e-commerce the most strategic economic sector today.
Given this positive growth, ShopBack, a lifestyle platform that supports people to make purchase transactions more thoroughly and frugally, tries to analyze some of the things that will be the talk of e-commerce in 2018.
Indra Yonathan, Country General Manager, Shopback Indonesia said that e-commerce growth in Indonesia can not be separated from the enthusiasm of people to shop and sell online. Infrastructure that supports e-commerce movement is more stable and facilitate the community.
"People today do not just buy gadgets and fashion items online, but have started buying food, credit, paying BPJS, as well as online tickets, including sports tickets, concerts and cinemas," Yonathan said.
Here are 5 things that will be a byword in the e-commerce sector in 2018:
1. Shopping Behavior Pattern Shift Online
No doubt the positive growth of e-commerce in Indonesia, making changes in the pattern of public spending is increasingly shifted toward electronic or online shopping. No doubt, throughout 2017, some retail outlets in Indonesia stop operating. Even the Indonesian Retail Entrepreneurs Association (APRINDO) predicts there will be more than 50 retail outlets will stop operating and try to change their business format to fit the needs of today's society.
This change in shopping behavior patterns is also shown by the increased volume of e-commerce transactions. We Are Social annual report shows, the percentage of Indonesian people who buy goods and services online in a month in 2017 reached 41% of the total population, an increase of 15% compared to the year 2016 is only 26%.
ShopBack conducted a survey of more than 1,000 respondents in Indonesia, to see the online berberlanja pattern of Indonesian society. Of the survey, 70.2% of respondents admitted that the online store presence affected their shopping behavior, where they were more often online than shopping at offline stores.
"What's interesting, 83.1% of respondents claim to have been to an offline store to see the goods and then buy them online. This is due to many promo discounts offered platfrom e-commerce, plus they will get cashback if doing shopping transactions at ShopBack, "said Indra Yonathan.
2. Mobile Wallet Increasingly Rampant
This year, the number of smartphone users in Indonesia is predicted to reach more than 100 million users (eMarketer digital research institutions). This amount will make Indonesia as a country with the fourth largest smartphone active users in the world after China, India and America. This is certainly a huge potential to develop mobile wallet in Indonesia.
Throughout 2017, ShopBack sees there are some mobile wallets that are often discussed by the people of Indonesia, namely GoPay, Genius, TCash, Pay Pro and OVO. Viewed from Google Trends, the search volume for these five mobile wallets has increased. The most amazing thing happened to OVO. Applications introduced early 2017 has been ranked top, Top Free App financial category in App Store and third position in the Google Store with the number of downloads more than 1 million (Appanie.com)
2018 will witness the growth of mobile wallet in Indonesia. Recently OVO from Lippo partnered with Grab to provide electronic money services. With such cooperation, Grab application users, can already use GrabPay to pay for their travel expenses. In addition, GoPay from Go-Jek, which also acquired three Tekfin companies in December.
Yonathan confirms, there will be many more emerging some cooperation between other companies to create a mobile wallet to meet the needs of the community. In this case, according to Yonathan, people's readiness to utilize mobile wallet is the main determinant of this industry growth.
3. Delivery Service on the Same Day becomes the Main Choice
The old constraints of goods delivery became one of the e-commerce issues in the past two years. The emergence of online transportation services with features of the delivery of goods was the solution of this problem.
Speed and price is quite affordable compared to conventional logistics delivery services, the reason consumers prefer the same day service delivery and one-day service delivery. However, this only applies to inner city deliveries, conventional logistics delivery services are still an option for inter-city delivery.
4. InstaSeller Moves Lapis
Google noted the interest of Indonesian people involved in the world of e-commerce is increasing. This is evidenced by Top10 trending search data on Google throughout 2017 in terms of "How to Become". From the data, the Indonesian people are curious about how to become Agent Bukalapak, Reseller Online Shopping and Lazada Seller, each of which is ranked 6, 7 and 9. Not only that, in 2017 online sellers in social media, such as Instagram and Facebook also more and more emerging.
In 2018, a new phenomenon will occur, where online sellers, especially those in Instagram start moving laps to e-commerce platforms, such as Shopee. This up-and-coming e-commerce platform features the Instashop X Shopee, which allows Instagram sellers to include products they sell on Instagram to Shopee accounts and sell them to millions of Shopee users.
5. Online Ticket Sales Increase
Start shifting the pattern of public spending behavior of Indonesia, of course, impact on ticket sales. In addition to ticket sales in the transportation sector, ticket sales for show events, music and sports also began to bloom on sale online. Recently, the sale of match tickets Indonesia contra Iceland game also scored online ticket sales record.
Based on data PPSI, as many as 20 pieces of this game tickets are sold out online. Even on January 10, 2018, as many as 7,542 tickets have been sold in one day and scored the highest online ticket sales record in one day in Indonesia.
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BOSTON – Orioles right-hander Jason Hammel will start Friday's series opener in Tampa Bay, filling in for right-hander Miguel Gonzalez, who will miss his next turn in the rotation with a lingering right groin strain, manager Buck Showalter announced Tuesday.
But with nagging injuries to Gonzalez and right-hander Bud Norris, the Orioles' starting rotation is in flux for their pivotal four-game series against the Tampa Bay Rays.
Gonzalez, who left Sunday's game in Toronto in the sixth inning after tweaking his groin, received treatment on the Orioles' off day Monday and he played catch on Tuesday. Gonzalez said he hoped to try throwing a bullpen session on Thursday, but said "that's kind of up in the air."
"He's got some soreness there like we thought he would," Showalter said.
Norris, who missed his last turn in the rotation on Friday with elbow tightness, threw a bullpen session before Tuesday's game in Boston. If he recovers well from that, he could start Saturday's game against the Rays. That decision will be made on Thursday, Showalter said.
If Norris isn't ready, Showalter said there are five or six other options to start Saturday. Those options could include starters currently working out of the bullpen – Kevin Gausman, Josh Stinson, Steve Johnson or T.J. McFarland — but Showalter also said left-handers Zach Britton and Tsuyoshi Wada, currently working out at the team's spring training complex in Sarasota, Fla., could be recalled to start. Britton and Wada are scheduled to split innings in a simulated game Wednesday in Sarasota.
Regardless, Showalter said that decision won't affect how he uses the bullpen in Boston.
"It doesn't," Showalter said. "We're going to grind the heck out of one game, see where we are standing and if we need to get another pitcher, they're sitting down there in Sarasota ready to go. I'm not managing like you normally do with the bullpen."
Hammel, who filled in for Norris Friday in Toronto, allowed three runs over five innings against the Blue Jays, allowing homers to Adam Lind and Colby Rasmus. He was held to an innings limit in that game since it was his first start since late July after missing five weeks with a forearm strain that affected the delivery of his breaking ball.
O'Day could be on his way on Wednesday
Right-hander reliever Darren O'Day threw off the mound Tuesday morning in Sarasota for the first time since he was shut down Thursday with numbness and tingling in his fingers.
O'Day threw all his pitches and felt some lingering soreness from the two injections he received in the wrist and hand area to reduce nerve inflammation.
He will be re-evaluated on Wednesday morning, and if all goes well, O'Day could be on a plane to Boston and available for Wednesday night's game at Fenway Park.
"He seems to be making progress," Showalter said. "He's not going to waste any bullets down there. We'll talk in the morning when he gets out to the complex."
O'Day, leads the team with a 2.28 ERA as one of the club's top late-inning relievers , has pitched just twice since August 28.
Pearce comes off DL
The club reinstated outfielder Steve Pearce from the disabled list before Tuesday's game.
Pearce, who landed on the disabled list in June with tendinitis in both wrists, returned to the DL on August 31. He went to Sarasota, where he received an injection to reduce inflammation on the wrist.
Pearce said the injection made his wrist sore for about five days, but he's healthy again and eager to contribute down the stretch.
"It's very exciting," Pearce said of being back. "It's hard watching it on TV. I'm glad to be up here with the guys and just feeling the electricity in the dugout, being with your teammates. This is where I want to be."
The last time Pearce returned from the DL, he limited the number of swings he took in the batting cage — saying he probably worsened the injury by taking extra swings to stay ready for spot starts — but now he said he will take as many swings as he needs to be ready.
"Let it eat," Pearce said. "I have the offseason to get ready so I'll do what I can to help the team so I'm going out there to swing."
Around the horn
Rookie outfielder Henry Urrutia, reinstated from the restricted list on Monday after he was unable to join the team in Toronto because of visa issues, will remain in Sarasota and continue working out there. He could still rejoin the big league club, but he could stay in Sarasota for instructional league and prepare for the upcoming Arizona Fall League. … Showalter said it was especially difficult telling DH Wilson Betemit he was being designated for assignment Monday. Betemit never quite recovered from a right-knee injury that cost him his entire season and became expendable following a 0-for-10 return. "The only thing that made it work in my mind, made me rationalize it a bit because of your relationship with him, is that I don't think he's completely where he's going to be," Showalter said. "So I think for him to get ready for winter ball, where he can show everybody that he's back physically, that will be good for him." … With Sunday's save, closer Jim Johnson became the fifth pitcher in baseball history to record at least two consecutive seasons of 45 or more saves, joining Craig Kimbrel (three seasons, 2011-'13), Eric Gagne (three seasons, 2002-'04), Francisco Rodriguez (two seasons, 2005-'06) and John Smoltz (two seasons, 2002-'03) … Louisville Slugger announced former Orioles great Cal Ripken, Jr. will be the recipient of this year's Living Legend Award for contributions to the game on and off the field. … The Orioles announced the winner of their T-shirt design contest to be given away to the first 10,000 fans on Sept. 26. Rockville resident Scott Thompson's design was selected by fan vote as the winner for his "Orioles Magic Shaving Cream Pie" shirt.


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Funeral services for Lillie Bernice Sloan will be 10 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012, at the Vinita Avenue Church of Christ in Sulphur with Scott Hoover officiating. Interment will follow at the Oaklawn Cemetery in Sulphur.
Funeral services for Lillie Bernice Sloan will be 10 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012, at the Vinita Avenue Church of Christ in Sulphur with Scott Hoover officiating. Interment will follow at the Oaklawn Cemetery in Sulphur.
Bernice was born April 12, 1926, in Seminole, Okla., to the late Grover and Maggie (Casteel) Hail. She died Monday, December 3, 2012, in Ardmore, at the age of 86 years 7 months and 21 day. Lillie and Franklin Pierre Sloan were married on Sept. 11, 1948, in Gardenville, Nev. He preceded her in death on Jan. 21, 2004. Others preceding her in death, include three brothers, Hubert, Russell and Kenneth Hail.
Bernice was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother, who spent her life caring for her family. She enjoyed sewing, cooking, gardening and in earlier years, oil painting. Of all the enjoyments she found in her life, her family was the greatest. She loved spending time with each of them, especially her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Lillie was a devoted member of the Vinita Avenue Church of Christ.
Survivors include her three sons, Lynell Sloan and wife, Lois, Larry Sloan and wife, Trisha, both of Sulphur, and Randy Sloan and Donna of Ringling; eight grandchildren, Chris, Cody, Chad, Jason, Bridget, Josh, Lacey and Kristi; 15 great-grandchildren, Braelynn, Caden, Payton, Blake, Kelsey, Madison, Asa, Samuel, Jerritt, Jaxon, Jazmin, Kalie, Kerrington, Harley and Scarlet; as well as two brothers, Bill Hail and wife, Barbara and William Hail and wife, Judy; and one sister, Mary Casey and husband, Elmer.
Serving as pallbearers will be Jason Stratton, Josh Sloan, Chad Sloan, Jaxon Stratton, Jerritt Larson and Andrew Ballenger.
The family will receive friends from 6 – 8 this evening at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that memorials be made to the Vinita Avenue Church of Christ, 1113 W. Vinita, Sulphur, OK 73086.
Online condolences may be offered at halesfuneralhomes.com.
Services are "Entrusted To" Hale's Krien Funeral Home of Sulphur, Okla.


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Clinton to Testify on Benghazi Attack
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is scheduled to testify before the House Foreign Affairs Committee about the attack on a U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya. Jerry Seib joins The News Hub to preview the hearing. Photo: AP.
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About Nathaniel Wallich
Early years and imprisonment
Wallich undertook a medical degree and graduated MD in his native city, Copenhagen, in 1806 but also studied botany at the university alongside Martin Vahl.
He was appointed surgeon to the Danish factory at Serampore, near Calcutta, in 1807. However, the settlement was annexed by the East India Company as a result of the Danish alliance with Napoleonic France in 1808 and Wallich became a prisoner of war.
Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta
William Roxburgh, the Superintendent of the Royal Botanic Garden, Calcutta, requested that Wallich be allowed to enter the company's service on the merit of his scholarship, and in March 1809 he began employment as Roxburgh's assistant. Wallich became Superintendent of the Garden in 1815, leaving in 1816 and then returning in 1817. Wallich served in this post until 1846 when he finally left India. Shortly before taking on the role of Superintendent in 1815, Wallich proposed the formation of the Indian Museum in Calcutta, to which he offered his services and items from his own collection. Wallich took charge of the Museum in June 1814 and it flourished as a result of his guidance and contributions from private collectors.
Love and death
Nathaniel Wallich was born Nathanael Wulff Wallich on 28 January 1785 in Copenhagen to merchant Købmand Wulff Lazarus Wallich (1756–1843) and his wife, Hanne, née Jacobson (1757–1839).
Wallich married Juliane Marie Hals (b. 1797), who was subsequently known as Mary Ann Wallich, on 30 May 1812, but she died just two months later.
In 1815 he married Sophia Collings. Together they had at least seven children, two of whom died in infancy. Their son, George Charles Wallich, was a distinguished oceanographer.
Wallich died at his home in London, on 28 April 1854 and was buried in Kensal Green cemetery. An obelisk was erected to his memory by the East India Company in the botanical garden at Calcutta.
The genus Wallichia, of the Palmae, and many species commemorate his name.
While at the botanic garden, Wallich made a name for himself through his enthusiasm for collecting and describing new plants, having them drawn and painted, and distributing specimens to the chief gardens and herbaria in Europe and North America. In 1820, in conjunction with William Carey, Wallich began the task of publishing Roxburgh's extensive Flora Indica, to which he added many of his own findings. The second volume did not appear until 1824, largely due to an 18-month expedition Wallich made to Nepal, and subsequent illness and recuperation.
Wallich experienced a steady decline in his health throughout his life but he constantly remained a keen and active botanist. During a period of sick leave in Singapore in 1822, Wallich encountered the British statesman Stamford Raffles, whom he had first met when Raffles visited the garden at Calcutta, looking for a naturalist to join him in Sumatra. The two men pursued a number of botanical excursions while in Singapore and decided to found a botanical garden there for the study of local flora and cultivation of commercial crops.
While in Nepal, Wallich sent a great many plants home to leading botanical figures such as Sir Joseph Banks. Wallich inspected the forests of western Hindustan in 1825, and in 1826 and 1827 he studied those of Ava and Lower Burma respectively.
1828 saw Wallich invalided to England, where he took with him some 8,000 specimens of plants, duplicates of which were widely distributed to both public and private collections. The best of these were presented to the Linnean Society. Between 1828 and 1832, Wallich published his most vital work, Plantae Asiaticae rariores, or, Descriptions and figures of a select number of unpublished East Indian plants, which spans three volumes.
All the tea in Assam
After his time in England, Wallich returned to India in 1832 and became instrumental in the hugely important discovery of tea plants growing in the Assam region. The East India Company's monopoly of the Chinese tea trade came to an end in 1833 and the British government turned its attention to India. In February 1834 the historic Tea Committee was formed by governor general Lord Bentinck, with George James Gordon as its secretary. A circular was sent out by the Tea Committee asking where in India tea could be grown, and a Captain Jenkins, who was based in Assam, replied stating it to be ideal for tea cultivation. Gordon was sent to China to procure specimens but the task was soon aborted, however, when Wallich wrote to inform him of the discovery of tea plants already growing in Assam, potentially negating the need for imports from China. Wallich became part of a team, alongside the botanists William Griffith and Charles Bruce and geologist John McClelland, set up by the Tea Committee to investigate the plants and assess their suitability.
After the discovery had been made, Wallich found himself at the centre of contention over who had the rightful claim as the initial discoverer of the plants. A Captain Charlton stated that he had lived in Assam from May 1830 to October 1831 and upon leaving had presented the Agri-Horticultual Society of India with tea plants he had collected there. In addition to this, upon returning to the province in May 1834, he had given specimens of leaves and fruits to Captain Jenkins, then Political Agent. As proof of his claim he presented a letter from the Tea Committee, signed by Wallich on 6 December 1834, confirming the fruit to be real tea. This letter had been submitted to the government but not printed in the Parliamentary Reports of the House of Commons. The Tea Committee swiftly attributed the discovery to Charlton and Jenkins but Charlton, unsatisfied, drew their attention to another letter from Wallich whereby he named Charles Bruce, a member of the team set up by the Tea Committee along with Wallich, his brother and a David Scott as having brought the tea plants to public attention.
Wallich was suffering from cholera at the time of this dispute but once sufficiently recovered he produced documents to support himself against Charlton's attacks. He refused to communicate with Charlton directly, angered by the course of action the latter had taken in not writing to him and addressing his grievance directly. Wallich had written to both Charlton and Jenkins to thank them for their efforts regarding the discovery in December 1834, but he had also explained that the tea had in fact already been discovered in 1826 by Scott, who had sent specimens of leaves to the Agri-Horitcultural Society. Examining the trail further, Wallich found evidence that the Bruce brothers had indeed found the tea and sent samples of plants to Scott, confirming them as the initial discoverers. It was Charlton's fruit samples that had enabled the plants to be identified beyond any doubt as genuine tea, and Wallich fully recognised his contribution, but the fact remained that Charlton had not been the first to draw attention to the plants and Charlton himself had acknowledged and admitted this in his letters to Wallich.
Return to London
The deterioration of his health finally forced Wallich to resign from Calcutta in 1846 and in the same year he settled in London. He became Vice-President of the Linnean Society, of which he had been a fellow since 1818, and frequently presided over its meetings. In addition to the works already mentioned, he is credited with 35 papers, mostly botanical, submitted between 1816 and 1854 to various journals including the Asiatick Researches, Edinburgh Philosophical Journal, Transactions of the Linnean Society, Journal of Botany, British and Foreign, and the journals of the Asiatic Society of Bengal and the Horticultural Society.
Today, Wallich's personal collection is housed in the Herbarium at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Further reading
- Barley, Nigel (ed.), The Golden Sword: Stamford Raffles and the East, London; The British Museum Press, 1999
- Dudeja, Vijay (ed.), In Full Bloom (a history of the Agri-Horticultural Society of India), Calcutta: The Agri-Horticultural Society of India, 1996
- Matthew, H. G. C. & Brian Harrison (eds.), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography vol. 56, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004
- Robinson, Tim, William Roxburgh: The Founding Father of Indian Botany, Chichester: Phillimore & Co. Ltd., 2008
- Taknet, D. K., The Heritage of Indian Tea, Jaipur: Indian Institute of Marwari Entrepreneurship, 2003


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Trek Verve 3 - 2018
Verve is the versatile, easy-riding hybrid bike that will carry you wherever you want to go. It's a light, fun, comfortable companion mile after mile.
Enjoy the ride! Pavement or path, recreation or fitness, charity ride or commute, the smooth-riding Verve hybrid makes every mile fun and easy.
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I bought the Verve 3 about a month ago and it's beating me to death on bumps. I noticed other Verve 3 bikes have a shock front fork, mine does not. Is it supposed to?
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Anti-science bills are popping up like daisies after a spring shower. Five bills in four states have been introduced with the opening of state legislatures across the United States. All of the bills are aimed at undermining the teaching of biology and physical science — specifically, evolution and climate change — in public schools. Oklahoma has two bills in the hopper, Colorado, Missouri and Montana have one each.
Bills like these pop up a lot, says evolutionary biologist Josh Rosenau, who works on policy issues for the National Center for Science Education (NCSE). But in recent years the language of the bills has been converging, suggesting that it is essentially the same bill being re-introduced around the country, rather than something original to each state.
"It is almost identical language in all of the bills," said Rosenau. "It's a package of bills that we've been tracking since the 2004 'Academic Freedom' bill." That bill, which was passed into law, was based on language generated by the Discovery Institute, which has long pushed for the inclusion of biblical creationism and pseudo-scientific "intelligent design" into science classes in public schools.
The academic freedom approach sounds good because it seems to protect students and teachers from being expelled if they want to argue about creationism, deny climate science, or refer to stem cell research in the classroom. The only catch, said Rosenau, is that it's a solution in search of a problem.
"No one has been expelled," said Rosenau.
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Thanks for posting this Steph. I read it an hour ago and was considering posting it myself.
They never quit do they?
every January these pop up like whack a moles. problem is every now and again some pass - see Louisiana and Tennessee. i'm not sure there's another part of politics that makes me this angry. as an Atheist and a believer in reality this is an affront to my sensibilities.
there's another angle here too. school vouchers allow public funds to flow into many private/religious schools that actively teach creationism and deny wholeheartedly evolution, climate change, etc. this creates a new generation of freakazoids who will push this stuff into the coming decades.
It sometimes gets depressing, but thanks for the smile with your "whack a moles" comment :)
Straight from the Santorum amendment, "Where topics are taught that may generate controversy (such as biological evolution), the curriculum should help students to understand the full range of scientific views that exist, why such topics may generate controversy, and how scientific discoveries can profoundly affect society."
I could work with this, I think. The topic generates controversy because it fundamentally disproves the basis for belief in a creator deity, and profoundly affects society because billions still cling to this Paleolithic belief. Sounds good to me! Let's put THAT in schools.
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* Goldman Sachs-Galleon calls under scrutiny at trial
* Gupta stood to profit with Rajaratnam -prosecution witness
* Former Goldman director Gupta denies U.S. charges
By Grant McCool
NEW YORK, June 6 (Reuters) - Lawyers for former Goldman
Sachs Group Inc board member Rajat Gupta on Wednesday
tried to use phone records to sow doubt at his insider-trading
trial about contact with now-imprisoned hedge fund founder Raj
Gupta, 63, a onetime global head of McKinsey & Co management
consultancy, is charged with securities fraud and conspiracy in
U.S. District Court in New York over allegations he leaked
boardroom secrets to Rajaratnam and his Galleon Group between
March 2007 and January 2009.
Phone records introduced to the jury by prosecutors showed
that Gupta's phone and Rajaratnam's phone connecting numerous
times in 2007 and 2008. A Goldman employee, Joe Yanigisawa,
verified the records but was then asked by a defense lawyer
about certain telephone connections between the Galleon office
and another number assigned to Goldman Sachs employee David Loeb
in New York.
He confirmed numerous calls between Loeb and Rajaratnam or
one of his traders, Adam Smith, on the sheets of phone numbers.
A main defense argument is that Rajaratnam had sources other
than Gupta to provide him confidential company information.
Smith has pleaded guilty in the case. Rajaratnam was convicted
at trial a year ago.
Galleon was a client of Goldman Sachs and Loeb was one of
the sales executives who dealt regularly with the hedge fund,
according to trial evidence. Loeb, who has not been charged with
any wrongdoing, could not be reached to comment. A Goldman Sachs
spokesman, Michael DuVally, declined to comment.
On Thursday, Goldman Sachs Chief Executive Lloyd Blankfein,
who started testifying on Monday but did not finish, will resume
his testimony. The jury had a free day on Tuesday because Judge
Jed Rakoff went to Washington, D.C., to speak at an annual
conference for compliance and regulatory lawyers and officers.
Gupta denies the charges that he tipped Rajaratnam while
serving on the boards of Goldman and Procter & Gamble.
The defense says the government's case is circumstantial and
On the third day of the trial on May 23, a prosecutor told
the judge during a jury break that Loeb provided Rajaratnam with
information about Intel Corp, Apple Inc and
Hewlett Packard, but nothing about information on the
trades at the center of the Gupta case.
One of the prosecution's allegations is that Gupta tipped
Rajaratnam about a deal that gave Goldman a $5-billion boost
from renowned investor Warren Buffet at the height of the
financial crisis in September 2008, in an illegal breach of his
fiduciary duties.
Prosecutors contend that Gupta tipped Rajaratnam 16 seconds
after a conference call in which the Goldman board approved the
Buffett investment, just minutes before markets closed at 4 p.m.
on Sept. 23, 2008. Rajaratnam then hurriedly ordered his traders
to buy Goldman stock, reaping $840,000 in profits when the stock
rose the next day, according to trial evidence. The Buffett
investment was not made public until two hours later.
Alson on Wednesday, a former Galleon portfolio manager,
Isvari Mahadeva, testified that Gupta stood to profit from
investments he made in funds managed by now-imprisoned
Rajaratnam. He was convicted at trial last year and is serving
an 11-year prison term, which was the longest for insider
trading until a lawyer was sentenced on Monday to 12 years in
Newark, New Jersey.
Whether Gupta, 63, actually profited is in dispute at the
trial. Gupta's lawyers say he lost all of a $10 million
investment with Rajaratnam and that Gupta, a multimillionaire,
had nothing to gain financially by passing corporate secrets to
the fund manager.
The case is USA v Gupta, U.S. District Court for the
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Summer is here, and along with high temperatures, shorts and flip-flops, another seasonal phenomenon is taking place — college students are graduating, and they're taking their newly minted degrees into the real world in the hopes of landing a job. But what are their chances of finding work in their fields, or even finding jobs that don't require them to ask if you want fries with that?
Job seekers between ages 16 to 24 who are not enrolled in school and have attained a bachelor's degree or higher face an unemployment rate of 6.8 percent, according to May 2012 data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. While this is below the national average, it still indicates that recent graduates face an uphill climb when finding their place in the job market, and it suggests that they should play it safe when choosing a major.
According to a study conducted at Georgetown University, recent arts-degree graduates in faced an average jobless rate of 11.1 percent and an average starting salary of $30,000. With numbers like these, an arts degree probably seems "useless" to many people. But the fact remains that many people have gone on to great success after earning degrees in fields that many people dismiss as "useless."
This doesn't just apply to those who graduated with master's degrees in ancient Babylonian astrology and abandoned them to become hedge fund managers. Many people with degrees in music, literature, sculpture and more have taken what they learned in those disciplines and applied it to careers that are rewarding, engaging and, yes, high-paying.
Read ahead to learn about professionals who earned degrees thought by some to be "useless" and found themselves in amazing careers.
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I have three children – still getting used to that. Of course I love them all so dearly but I love them differently. Each child is an individual, different from one another, interpreting and interacting with the world uniquely.
Baron is creative. Sensitive and tender. A raised voice causes him to crumble, a gentle touch is worth its weight in gold to my little artist. Give him paper, glue, and a scissors and he has entered his own world of make believe and imagination. Some sort of costume is always a part of his attire. Sitting next to me on the couch right now he is adorned in a cape complete with a skull and crossbones across the back. One day he might wake up and insist that we call him Pirate Captain Baron. The next day he is the Lone Ranger. Everyday he is my sweet boy, stopping everything to give his sister a snuggle and randomly interjecting an "I love you mom." I melt.
To love Baron is to spend one-on-one time with him. He longs for my undivided attention, not wanting to share that time with anyone. Chocolate is also the way to this boy's heart.
Roman is active. He never. stops. moving. He is a tornado, destroying nearly everything that gets in his way. Then suddenly he'll stop, grab his blanket, and demand a snuggle. Ever joyful and excited, he never ceases to make me smile. He is independent and determined. When a 24 piece puzzle wasn't enough, I graduated him to 60 piece, then 100 and now we're working on 200. He is determined, disciplined and doesn't understand no.
To love Roman is to wrestle with him. To throw him up into the air and tackle him to the ground. When the match is over, grab his blanket and snuggle up on the couch – he loves that.
Sister baby Ivy is the princess of the house. All activity stops when Ivy is awake. Her brothers dote on her, offering up toys and kisses. She takes it all in and returns the favor with an unending supply of smiles. She doesn't want to miss out on anything even if it means giving up sleep.
To love Ivy is to give her attention. Snuggle her, hold her, kiss her and look deep into her chocolate-brown eyes. None of which is hard to do.
During this Valentine season I am reminded to love each one of my children as the individual they are. To listen to their needs, stop fretting over the laundry that needs folding, or dreaming of the book I'd rather be reading, or thinking about all the things I need to accomplish once they are in bed and I finally get a quiet moment. My job is to love them and to do so effectively which is to know them and speak love to them the way they will best hear it. My job is to also seek their forgiveness when I have failed to love them in the way I should – this happens often.
For a special time together Baron and I made some "stained glass hearts". On a clean sheet of waxed paper we scattered crayon shavings evenly around (we used a pencil sharpener to create the shavings). Place another sheet of waxed paper on top and two pieces on craft paper to sandwich the wax paper and crayon shavings. On low heat, iron the pages until the shavings melt and blend into one another. Let cool for a couple minutes then cut into hearts.
We taped ours onto thread and hung them in the window to allow the sunlight to pour through them. You can also use them as a base to write out sweet messages using a black Sharpie.
As we sharpened, ironed, cut and hung his face was beaming and his heart was full. He felt loved.
The more I choose to effectively love my children as individuals the deeper my love and understanding for who they are grows. I fall deeper in love with them – if that's even possible.


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Hello gabe, whats the story?
Post general kiteboarding discussion topics here!
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Hello gabe, whats the story?
You swappin' your italian kites for some chrome ones?
You guys are going to have to wait for the June/July isuue of Kiteboarding Magazine if you want my opinion on these kites.
Gabe Brown
sometimes Gary Bronson...
I am, aren't I? Isn't that the kind of gear review content you want to see from the magazine? Unfortuneatly for the product that I produce (Kiteboarding Mag) to be good, I have to keep my mouth shut so that you will all read about it in the mag.
You have kites you like right now, right...so what's the hurry?
Gabe Brown
sometimes Gary Bronson...
I have been in publishing (magazine and newspaper) for 20 years. 85 years of publishing between me my bro and my dad.
YOU ARE 100% Correct.
Quality publishing has the reader in mind. Honest reviews. There is so much crap out there (in all markets ski, golf, widgets etc..) regurgitating a brochure, it s a joke, and that's what they all do. they won't offend anyone. A lot of 'em even refrain from discussing companies like BEST for fear of offending advertisers that disagree with BEST.
As a reader that is obvious, and insulting my intelligence. Which is why we will continue to turn to forums like Ollie's, since no mag (few) will give a real review. I know advertising pays for issues, but just imagine if the Wallstreet Journal didn't report on any advertiser out of fear....bye bye reader...bye bye newspaper. Run a smaller folio if you have to...but keep the edit the way it is....HONEST, FAIR, FUN, and cool.
As for advertisers...Smart competitors will run ads with there story, rbutting if they wish, the comments in reviews. I f i am the one reading the review and about to buy, I am also the one reading the ads...about to buy. Smart advertiser will Not run and hide. You run, you lose. Your silence or absence speaks louder...you are admitting defeat. Everyone has an edge and has uniqueness. We are all smart enough to know that you may like something we won't, and may hate something we will love...depending on size, weight, style,location, skill level etc....
You guys will have us as solid loyal readers as you continue to report the truth. Publish for us and the ads will come, we all buy a lot more than just kites too.
You guys rock Gabe!.. ..I am waiting with baited breath. Good bad indifferent I am stoked to continue my subscription and purchase more issues for my family that kites.
Unbias...I have flown, fly and own WW, Naish, GLobeRider, Best, Gaastra. Been kiting since 2001. Sell advertising for an Investment pub, no affiliation to any kite co.
Alright Gabe, definitely just too impatient i guess. I'll just wait until the issue ships. You're way right though, too often kiteforum has spoiled me on "new innovations" that when i finally get the mag a month later, i just brush it off to the side.
i'll be patiently waiting for the mag, keep me in suspense.
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Notre Dame tops Rutgers in Pinstripe Bowl
NEW YORK -- There was no Knute Rockne moment, but Notre Dame didn't need one.
The Fighting Irish made a statement with simplicity Saturday at the Pinstripe Bowl, when they emerged from a halftime tie and dominated the rest of the game. Notre Dame wore down Rutgers down-by-down and drive-by-drive and held the ball for 20 minutes in the second half en route to a 29-16 win.
NEW YORK -- There was no Knute Rockne moment, but Notre Dame didn't need one.
The Fighting Irish made a statement with simplicity Saturday at the Pinstripe Bowl, when they emerged from a halftime tie and dominated the rest of the game. Notre Dame wore down Rutgers down-by-down and drive-by-drive and held the ball for 20 minutes in the second half en route to a 29-16 win.
Notre Dame, ranked No. 25 by the Associated Press, had three drives of at least five minutes in Saturday's second half. Two of those drives ended in field goals, and the last resulted in a touchdown by Tarean Folston that gave the Fighting Irish a 10-point lead with less than four minutes remaining.
When it was all over, head coach Brian Kelly wanted to get with his team and deliver a heartfelt speech. Notre Dame, one year removed from the national title game, had a lot to be proud of.
"I first wanted to thank our seniors for what they have given to our program both on and off the field," Kelly said. "They have been great examples of what student-athletes are at Notre Dame both in the classroom, and they've certainly set a high bar. Four consecutive bowl games. Played for a national championship. Twenty-one wins in the last two years. So it was a bit emotional in that sense to see those guys for the last time in the locker room singing the fight song."
Notre Dame (9-4) and Rutgers (6-7) played to the first sellout in Pinstripe Bowl history, and the victory allowed the Fighting Irish to improve their all-time bowl record to 16-17. Notre Dame is now 17-6-3 in games played at Yankee Stadium, and it improved to 5-0 all-time against Rutgers.
Notre Dame ran the ball 43 times in the win, and quarterback Tommy Rees set a school record for bowl games by throwing the ball 47 times. But the true killer was time of possession. Rutgers held the ball for just 3:30 of the third quarter and netted just one yard as Notre Dame took control.
Offensive tackle Zack Martin was named the Most Valuable Player of the Pinstripe Bowl, marking the first time in the game's four-year history that the standout player wasn't a running back. Martin, in the aftermath, joked that he wasn't sure why he won, but that he'd gladly accept laurels for the team.
"Coming into the game, we knew there was going to be a point where the offensive line and the backs were going to have to take over," said Martin. "Our defense got a couple stops early in the second half and we were able to put together some long drives and get the ball in the end zone at the end."
Rutgers got off to a slow start Saturday, but it used a muffed punt by Notre Dame to tie the game on a field goal. Chas Dodd later led Rutgers on a 75-yard drive to tie the game again, connecting with Brandon Coleman for a 51-yard pass up the sideline and on a 14-yard touchdown to the corner.
Notre Dame intercepted Rutgers twice in the second quarter, once to set up a field goal and once to save another score. Dodd threw a pick at his 22-yard line early in the quarter, and with just three minutes left, Rutgers tried a halfback option pass that resulted in an interception at the goal line.
Neither team could push ahead at halftime, and Notre Dame was rarely challenged after the intermission. Rutgers kicked a game-tying field goal from the 1-yard line early in the second quarter, and coach Kyle Flood said that he knew his team would be in for a game of attrition.
"We knew we were going to give up some drives," he said. "We thought if we played good red zone defense and we could make them kick a few field goals and attempt some field goals, maybe we could block one and then win the game in the fourth quarter. We were kind of poised to do that."
Notre Dame, which played without running back George Atkinson III and cornerback Jalen Brown after an undisclosed violation of team rules, got five field goals from kicker Kyle Brinzda. Brinzda's five field goals tied a school record and set a new team mark for the most in a bowl game.
Kelly said that his team has a lot of building blocks for 2014, with four returning starters on the offensive line and a precocious young defense. Kelly knows that his team will miss standouts like Rees and wideout T.J. Jones, and he said Martin is one of the best players he's ever coached.
Notre Dame played five ranked opponents this season, beating Michigan State and Arizona State and losing to Michigan, Stanford and Oklahoma. Both the Michigan and Stanford losses came on the road, but Notre Dame fell behind early at home against Oklahoma and was never able to catch up.
"A good year that could've been a great year," said Kelly of his team's season. "I like the fact that the last couple of years we've played well at home, except for the Oklahoma game where we gave them 14 points early on some things we don't normally do. But I would say a couple of missed opportunities in some games where we could have easily been a team that's looking at double-digit wins.
"So it was a good year, but we want more. It's not enough for us; 9-4 is a good year for Notre Dame, but it's not what we sign up for every year. We wanted a little bit more out of this year."
Rutgers, by contrast, will go into next year thinking of untapped potential. The Scarlet Knights dropped six of their last eight games, and they'll begin play in the difficult Big Ten conference next season. Rutgers has only played in nine bowl games, but eight have come in the last nine years.
The Pinstripe Bowl, played in snowy conditions in each of the last two years, drew more than 47,000 fans Saturday. Rees set Pinstripe Bowl records in pass attempts (47), completions (27) and passing yards (319), and he also set a school record for career yards (683) in bowl games.
Rees also became the third quarterback in Notre Dame history to throw for more than 3,000 yards in a season, joining Brady Quinn and Jimmy Clausen (each of whom did it twice.) Now, Rees can ponder what comes next, but not until he gets a chance to savor the Pinstripe Bowl experience.
"It was an awesome week," said Rees. "They did a great job of taking care of us and giving us some great experiences in the city. Our goal all along -- and I've said it since Day One -- is we were coming here to win a game. And we were able to do that. Hats off to Rutgers for playing a great game."
Spencer Fordin is a reporter for MLB.com.


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On the Break Up Diet?
A reader called Alisha sent this in yesterday - thanks Alisha! It's a very thin looking Jessica Biel in Toronto on Sunday at a French pastry house called Nadege. I just saw her three weeks ago in San Diego for Comic-Con. She was thin, yes, but in a healthy way. Like, it wasn't alarming. Maybe it's the angle of this shot, but if I were to Photo Assumption, I'd say she's on the break up diet. After a few days of hope at the beginning of July, he played her again. Maybe it's starting to sink in for her. But that's really nothing that Colin Farrell can't take care of, though I suppose in that sense you'd be exchanging one mind f-ck for another.
So here's something fun on a slow summer day:
What do you think she ordered?
As Alisha said, whether or not she actually ate it is not known.


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This beautiful sphere is hand carved from Tibetan Agate.
Tibetan Agate is a very power stone that is full of magic. We have not known any other Agate to feel the same as Tibetan Agate.
Metaphysically, Tibetan Agate works to stimulate the crown chakra and the energies of the auric body, encouraging Divine Knowledge and allowing for the recognition that Divine Knowledge is the unchanging content of our Universe.
Metaphysical and Healing properties of Agate:
Agate helps with the healing of wounds both emotional & physical. It acts to enhance the achievement of personal goals and the acquisition of prosperity. Being an Earth Stone it intensifies the ability to communicate with nature spirits and the grounding of one's spiritual energies within the physical body. Agate can be used for love, mental clarity, and good luck. Agate can also be used to facilitate immense strength, to assist one in diversification in fields of endeavor, and to promote meditative states and astral projection. It is an honored stone of the shaman of South America, serving as a pathway leading both to and from other worlds. This is stone everyone should have for protection. Agate is a great stone for protection from bad dreams. It also helps protect from stress and energy drains. Agate is one of the oldest stones in recorded history and they have been used in jewelry since Biblical Babylonian times.
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To begin an activation, clear your mind and sit quietly with your crystal. Connect with your heart center and through your heart center connect with the crystal you are holding. This crystal is sharing its love and light with you, as you share your love and light with your crystal.
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Listed below is one of our favorite methods. For a more exhaustive list of possibilities, see our Crystal Cleansing Guide.
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Hold your crystal with the intention of Pure Love & Light enfolding it. Feel yourself and your crystal being surrounded within a sphere of very supportive white or golden light energy. (You may also play with different colors, if you enjoy color healing!) Begin to feel Cosmic Love and Source Energy flowing throughout your body and directly into your crystal. Stay within this protective sphere for as long as you feel guided. This is also an excellent way to begin any meditation.


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Back home again in Indiana
Plymouth track and cross country athletes Meagan Fisher and Mason Reed recently returned home from the Down Under Track and Field Meet in Sydney, Australia earlier this month.
In this photo sent by the Fisher family, the duo pose with their medals at the tail end of the three-day meet.
Fisher, a 2013 PHS grad who will run for Bethel College beginning this fall, brought home two bronze medals in the 4x400 relay and the open 400, where she ran a 60.9. But her best finish was in the open 800, where her time of 2:16.6 won her the gold.
She also finished fourth in the women's 18-19 high jump.
Reed, who enters his senior year at Plymouth this fall, earned a bronze medal in the 4x400-meter relay, where he and his teammates combined for a time of 3:30.63. He also placed 10th in his age group in the open 400 in a time of 51.8 and 12th in the 800 in 1:59.
The Down Under Meet, which was in its 13th year, took place over three days from July 5-7 at the Griffith University Gold Coast Campus in Sydney, Australia. Athletes were also given the opportunity to take advantage of some sightseeing over the trip with visits to the Great Barrier Reef and the Sydney Wildlife Sanctuary as well as the famous Sydney Opera House and other famous landmarks.


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On that headstone are listed a husband and wife and their daughter. It says;
Marianne Levy Nelson born at Liss, Prussia died 29 Jul 1892 age 50.
Abraham Levy Nelson J. P. born at Fordon, Prussia. Died 4 May 1893 age 54.
Erected by their daughter Julia Nelson.
Once again I am amazed at the influence one small community can have throughout the world. I am sure eventually the people of Fordon will have left their mark on the majority of the world.


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There is currently no available "Beginner" label. The following is the default level label: When Frances Allen of Deerfield, Massachusetts, traveled to Florida in 1917, she witnessed sights unfamiliar to a New Englander. As seen by the windshield wiper and window frame along the right side and the tilted angle of the photograph, Frances Allen had little time to compose this snap shot of African-American outriders on mules alongside wagons riding along the road.
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Essential Pepin "Veg-In!" Ragout Of Asparagus; Zucchini And Tomato Gratin; Cauliflower Gratin; Artichoke Hearts Helen; Corn Tempura. D
2:30 pm
On Story "The Humor and Heart of Animation" The writers behind the beloved animated classics KUNG FU PANDA 1 & 2, "King of the Hill," and THE IRON GIANT, Jonathan Aibel & Glenn Berger and Tim McCanlies discuss the comedy, action, and emotion that go into creating the worlds and characters of the beloved and popular films that appeal to audiences of all ages. And then enter the magical world of the short film Dreamgiver by director/producer Tyler Carter. What fanciful adventures happen after we go to sleep?. D
3:00 pm
Dialogue "Tim Egan, Dust Bowl" NULL
3:30 pm
MotorWeek "Volvo S60 T5 Awd" Road Test: 2013 Volvo S60 T5 AWD. Road Test: 2013 Ford Shelby GT500. Goss' Garage: Funnel Facts. D
4:00 pm
America's Test Kitchen from Cook's Illustrated "Slow-Cooker Revolution" Test cook Julia Collin Davison uncovers the secrets to cooking with a slow cooker. First, she teaches host Christopher Kimball how to make the ultimate Old-Fashioned Chicken Noodle Soup. Next, she reveals the test kitchen's secrets for foolproof Pork Loin with Cranberries and Orange. D
4:30 pm
Passport to Adventure "Cruising The British Virgin Islands, Caribbean" Whether you fly, ferry, sail or motor to the islands, you be swaying like a palm in the tropical breeze by the time you depart. We'll explore the cays and bays of the BVI - snorkeling where pirates once buried treasure, climbing granite boulders at the "Baths", and hanging out with the local characters at iconic beachside watering holes. Combine all of that with learning to "pilot the ship", and you have a real adventure!. D
5:00 pm
Assassination: Idaho's Trial of the Century A dream team of famous attorneys converge on an Idaho courtroom in 1907. Idaho's best lawyers - James Hawley and William Borah - matched wits with Chicago's Clarence Darrow and Denver's Edmund Richardson. Re-enactment actors and extras, researchers, crew and others bring more than 200 Idahoans into this project to chronicle the trial of "Big Bill" Haywood, accused of masterminding former Gov. Frank Steunenburg's assassination.G
6:00 pm
Live from the Artists Den "The Wallflowers" It has been seven years since their last album, but the Wallflowers are back in full force for a performance before 600 invited guests at Bimbo's 365 Club, a San Francisco institution for more than 80 years. Frontman Jakob Dylan leads the group through an 18-song set, featuring new songs from their recently released album Glad All Over, and classics such as "One Headlight" and "6th Avenue Heartache."G
7:00 pm
Austin City Limits "Jimmy Cliff" The reggae legend opens the 36th season of the musical series by performing his hits and new songs from his album Existence.G
8:00 pm
Broadway: The American Musical "Putting It Together (1980 - Present)" Legendary as the "Abominable Showman," notorious producer David Merrick reconquers Broadway in 1980 with a smash adaption of the movie musical 42nd Street. But soon the biggest hits are arriving from an unexpected source - London. Producer Cameron Mackintosh redefines the business of show business as Cats, Les Miserables, The Phantom of the Opera and Miss Saigon become international blockbusters. Part 6 of 6G
9:00 pm
Best of Hymns of Thanksgiving Highlights from the annual shows filmed during the past five years include massed choir performances, solos by pianist Del Parkinson and inspirational narratives by Gov. Butch Otter and first lady Lori Otter.G
10:30 pm
Song of the Mountains Slice of Bluegrass; Patent Pending; Skeeter & the Skidmarks. D
11:30 pm
Austin City Limits "Jimmy Cliff" The reggae legend opens the 36th season of the musical series by performing his hits and new songs from his album Existence.G