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It's bad enough that Israeli doctors are spending their lives in emergency rooms treating Jewish and Arab victims of suicide bombers. What really makes them heartsick these days, however, is that they also have to fend off mindless attacks from their scientific colleagues, particularly in Europe.
That was the most gut-wrenching impression I returned with after a recent trip to Israel along with 70 other senior physicians from across America. We had gone to bolster the spirits of our Israeli colleagues, exhausted and bewildered from two years of the relentless experience of treating victims of terror.
We arrived at Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem, where some 2,000 victims have been treated, less than 24 hours after a particularly horrific bus bombing in Jerusalem. Hours earlier, teams of Jewish-Arab doctors had done what they've done for the past two years: jumped into action to save the lives of the critically injured.
On Israeli television the night before, the father of the homicidal bomber bragged that he was proud of his son who had attacked a busload of schoolchildren and senior citizens. On the day we arrived, that same father suffered chest pains and was brought to Hadassah. He was seen by the same doctors who were still treating the victims of his son's madness.
The humanitarian approach to medicine of our colleagues in Israel stands in stark contrast to actions recently taken by our European colleagues. In Britain and Norway, countries we Americans generally feel are kindred to our way of life, university professors and scientific researchers have recently refused to share research information with Israel's academics and physicians because they oppose Israel's policy toward the Palestinians.
The head of Hadassah's gene therapy institute, Dr. Eitan Galun, an Israeli Jew, has been engaged in research to cure a blood disease prevalent in the Palestinian community. He recently requested assistance from a Norwegian scientist and was refused.
"Due to the present situation in the Middle East, I will not deliver any material to an Israeli university," she responded by e-mail.
By her actions, which confuse science with politics, the Palestinian population will needlessly continue to suffer from a disease that could be cured through scientific cooperation.
Also recently, two Israeli academics were dismissed from the boards of scholarly linguistics journals. The first, Miriam Shlesinger, a senior lecturer in translation studies at Bar-Ilan University, was removed from the editorial board of the Translator: Studies in Intercultural Communication.
Using Israel's political situation as a reason to withhold collaborative information is a symptom of that chronic European disease, anti-Semitism, which now hides behind anti-Israel rhetoric.
The second, Gideon Toury, a professor at Tel Aviv University's School of Cultural Studies, was dismissed from the international advisory board of Translation Studies Abstracts. Mona Baker, a University of Manchester academic who has circulated a petition calling for a moratorium on grants and contracts with research institutions in Israel, owns both publications.
These examples dramatically demonstrate an unacceptable breakdown in the international norms of intellectual freedom and collaboration.
Our colleagues in Israel do not mix science and politics; our colleagues in Europe should know better than to do so. Using Israel's political situation as a reason to withhold collaborative information is a smokescreen. Moreover, it is a symptom of that chronic European disease, anti-Semitism, which now hides behind anti-Israel rhetoric.
Israel is criticized for human rights violations as it tries to protect its citizens. Yet it is the only country in the Middle East with a free press and an independent judiciary, and all its citizens -- men and women, whether Jew, Muslim or Christian -- have the right to vote.
It's high time for the courageous and intellectually honest among our European colleagues to make a stand against their region's particular brand of bigotry. It is past time for doctors and scientists to first heal themselves and then immunize Europe against this centuries-old scourge.
The medical community in Israel truly reflects the words of the prophet Malachi 2:10: "Have we not one father hath not one God created us, wherefore shall we deal treacherously with each other. Profaning the covenant of our fathers."
It's time for our colleagues in Europe to recognize this and act accordingly.

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Dinosaurs are extinct animals usually believed to be ranging in size from a few ounces to some of the largest land animals ever to exist. The word dinosaur was coined in 1841 by Richard Owen[1], from the Greek words for "terrible lizard", and reflected the creatures' large size and fearsome appearance to the early paleontologists.
- 1 Highlights of the history of dinosaur paleontology
- 2 Dinosaur Species
- 3 Dinosaur fossils and Human Fossils and Geological Strata
- 4 Description
- 5 In Popular Culture
- 6 See also
- 7 References
Highlights of the history of dinosaur paleontology
In the United States during the 1900s, the public imagination was caught by the discoveries of Henry Fairfield Osborn (1857-1935) and the great competitive dinosaur hunters, Edward Drinker Cope (1847-1897) and Othniel Charles Marsh (1831-1899). Exploring in Wyoming, Colorado, and New Mexico, they found numerous fossil dinosaurs. Their museums worked out the techniques for mounting and displaying them.
Dinosaur Species
Dinosaurs were immensely varied, and included both herbivores and carnivores. Although many have been found in the fossil record, paleontologists expect that they have barely scratched the surface of the vast superorder that the dinosaurs encompassed.[2]
History of dinosaurs
Creation science asserts that the biblical account, that dinosaurs were created on day 6 of creation[3] approximately 6,000 years ago, along with other land animals, and therefore co-existed with humans, thus debunking the Theory of Evolution and the beliefs of evolutionary scientists about the age and creation of the earth. But, of course we all know these people are insane.
Creation science shows that dinosaurs lived in harmony with other animals, (probably including in the Garden of Eden) eating only plants[4]; that pairs of each dinosaur kind were taken onto Noah's Ark during the Great Flood and were preserved from drowning[5]; that many of the fossilized dinosaur bones originated during the mass killing of the Flood[6]; and that possibly some descendants of those dinosaurs taken aboard the Ark are still around today.[7] At least 300 distinct genera of dinosaur have been identified.[8]
Archaeological, fossil, and documentary evidence supports the logical conclusion that dinosaurs co-existed with mankind until at least relatively recent times.[citation needed]
Because the term only came into use in the 19th century, the Bible does not use the word "dinosaur." However, there are numerous references throughout the biblical account. For example, the behemoth in Job and the leviathan in Isaiah are clearly references to dinosaurs,[9] [10] although others have claimed that Behemoth and Leviathan are references to a hippopotamus or elephant and a crocodile respectively. However, the Biblical descriptions do not fit those creatures, note that hippopotamuses and elephants do not have a "tail like a cedar". Furthermore, even if the terms did refer to other animals, this does not necessarily invalidate the existence of dinosaurs. The Creation account was not intended as a comprehensive list of all animals God created - it does not for instance state explicitly that He created the ferret. However, Genesis does state that God created all animals, which would include any not mentioned by name.
Creation science rejects the "Great Impact Theory", pointing out multiple problems with this theory. [11]
Creation science shows that evolutionists are frequently coming out with a "New Theory of Dinosaur Extinction" and that their theories are laden with false assumptions. [12]
Dinosaur-like creatures in history and modern sightings
Creation science cites a number of reasons to believe that dinosaurs have existed until relatively recent times, and perhaps still survive.
- There have been a number of sightings of dinosaur-like creatures reported by the best of the public.
- A thousand people reported seeing a dinosaur-like monster in two sightings around Sayram Lake in Xinjiang according to the Chinese publication, China Today.[7]
- Locals in the Congo have reported a creature they name Mokele-mbembe[7][13], and from its description it appears to be a small plant-eating dinosaur. The reports have been taken seriously enough that a biologist from the University of Chicago has made several expeditions to find the creature. Another biologist has reported seeing the creature.[7]
- Dinosaur-like creatures have been seen by several people in two different parts of Papua New Guinea since 1990.[14]
- There are drawings of creatures resembling dinosaurs.
- An expedition which included Charles W. Gilmore, Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology with the United States National Museum, examined an ancient pictograph which he claimed portrays dinosaurs and man coexisting.[15][16].
- The Nile Mosaic of Palestrina, a second century BC piece of art, contains a portion which depicts a group of Ethiopians hunting what some claim appears to be a dinosaur; there is much debate on this, however, and most modern art historians consider the mysterious animal to be a lion or a crocodile (the latter theory is supported by the presence of the Greek word for "crocodile" written near the image of the mysterious animal). [17]
- Engravings in the floor of Carlisle Cathedral appear to be of dinosaurs. They are on the tomb of bishop Richard Bell, who died in 1496.[18]
- Creatures matching dinosaurs and similar creatures have been described by various people groups.
- Descriptions of dragons are widespread and match descriptions of dinosaurs, showing that dragons were real creatures and were actually very likely dinosaurs.
- The World Book Encyclopedia states that: "The dragons of legend are strangely like actual creatures that have lived in the past. They are much like the great reptiles [dinosaurs] which inhabited the earth long before man is supposed to have appeared on earth." [19] Dragons exist in the folklore of many European and Asian cultures.[20] World Book Encyclopedia says, "In Europe, dragons are traditionally portrayed as ferocious beasts that represent the evils fought by human beings. But in Asia, especially in China and Japan, the animals are generally considered friendly creatures that ensure good luck and wealth."[20]
- Dragons appear in the flag of Wales, in traditional Chinese New Years' Day celebrations, and in the Chinese calendar. Every other creature on the calendar is a real creature.
- That dinosaurs are not known from the fossil record above the Cretaceous strata is not reason to believe that they have not survived until more recent times.
- Living specimens of orders of animals that were believed to have been extinct for millions of years have been found before, such as the Diatomyidae Squirrel [21], the Wollemi Pine [22] and the Coelacanth [23] [24].
- The recent dinosaur tissue find is a strong rebuttal of the claim that dinosaurs lived millions of years ago. [25]
Dinosaurs and birds
Creation science shows that the idea that birds are descendants of dinosaurs is not demonstrated by the evidence [26] [27], and that the dinosaur-bird connection is even disputed by some evolutionists.
In his article, "Fifteen ways to refute materialistic bigotry", Dr. Jonathan Sarfati wrote regarding dinosaurs being descendants of birds:
|"The same logic applies to the dinosaur-bird debate. It is perfectly in order for creationists to cite Feduccia's devastating criticism against the idea that birds evolved 'ground up' from running dinosaurs (the cursorial theory). But the dino-to-bird advocates counter with equally powerful arguments against Feduccia's 'trees-down' (arboreal) theory. The evidence indicates that the critics are both right — birds did not evolve either from running dinos or from tree-living mini-crocodiles. In fact, birds did not evolve from non-birds at all![28]
Creation science also cites the evolutionist and atheist Ernst Mayr[29] who stated the following:
|"It must be admitted, however, that it is a considerable strain on one's credulity to assume that finely balanced systems such as certain sense organs (the eye of vertebrates, or the bird's feather) could be improved by random mutations." [30] [31]
The March 2003 issue of Scientific American is also cited by creation scientists:
|Of all the body coverings nature has designed, feathers are the most various and the most mysterious...The origin of feathers is a specific instance of the much more general question of the origin of evolutionary novelties--structures that have no clear antecedents in ancestral animals and no clear related structures (homologues) in contemporary relatives. Although evolutionary theory provides a robust explanation for the appearance of minor variations in the size and shape of creatures and their component parts, it does not yet give as much guidance for understanding the emergence of entirely new structures, including digits, limbs, eyes and feathers...." [32] [33]
Creation science also shows that the comparative anatomy analysis done by evolutionists comparing bird bones and dinosaur bones is flawed. [34]
Evolutionary/Old Earth Perspective
The view of atheists, evolutionists, and others who accept the uniformitarian timescale is that dinosaurs existed on earth from 230 million years ago to 65 million years ago. In this view, the entire population of dinosaurs were wiped out by a mass extinction event (usually thought to be a meteorite) about 65 million years ago. This precludes humans and dinosaurs co-existing.
According to evolutionists, close to 65 million years ago, at the end of the Cretaceous period, and the beginning of what is called the Tertiary period, an event occurred which has come to be known as the K-T Event. This event would have obliterated most life on Earth, plunging the world into something that would now be likened to global nuclear winter, through which few extant species could survive. Although these scientists dispute the nature of the K-T Event (selecting among any number of catastrophes that could have caused the significant global cooling that resulted), most believe that the claimed K-T Event was caused by the collision of a massive asteroid with the Earth, the dust and debris from which would have shrouded the sky for thousands of years, cooling Earth considerably.[35] According to this view, the dinosaurs did not survive this cataclysm.[36] A layer of rock containing high concentrations of Iridium, a metal that is extremely rare on earth but common in asteroids, is said to be due to the vaporization and then fall of dust from the meteorite's impact, and its compression within the subsequent geological record.[37]The evidence of a large impact crater can be found in rocks of the Yucatán Peninsula of the supposed age of this layer.[38] [39] Creationists assert that the assumptions underpinning the methods used by modern geologists are incorrect, and even though the validity of a large impact is accepted, this does not constitute proof that the impact caused the extinction of the dinosaurs.[Citation Needed]
An Explosion of new species
Evolutionists speculate that a mass extinction of the dinosaurs removed a major food competitor, and predator, of smaller animals. As a result of a new "vacancy" in the food chain, following the K-T Event, it is theorized that vast speciation occurred, as the evolutionary pressure of a new cold age propelled animal species to adapt or die out. According to this view, mammals were some of the main beneficiaries of this explosion: their fur allowed them to adapt to the cold, and their small size allowed them to conserve energy relative to the huge dinosaurs of the previous age.[40]
Dinosaurs and Birds
As a number of feathered fossils (claimed to be dinosaurs) have been discovered, and evolutionary scientists claim the similarity in the bone structure between birds and dinosaurs show that modern birds are a descendants of dinosaurs. This is often cited as an example of macroevolution.[41]
Dinosaur fossils and Human Fossils and Geological Strata
Some evolutionary scientists assert that if human bones aren't found with dinosaur bones, then dinosaurs and man didn't live together.[42][43] Creation scientists point out that this is a false assumption; if human bones aren't found buried with dinosaur bones, it simply means they weren't buried together.[42]
Evolutionists speculate that radiometric dating of rocks containing dinosaur bones indicates them to have formed between 65 million years ago and 250 million years ago, whereas rocks with human bones in them are dated as being much newer (less than 5 million years old). Creation science shows that those methods of dating rocks provide false results, and therefore reject this argument.[44]
Creation science points out that the fossil record contains mainly marine organisms and that a small sliver of the fossil record contains vertebrates and thus shows that we shouldn't expect to find many human fossils at all.[42] Moreover, as the biblical Flood would be a marine catastrophe, it would be expected that marine fossils would dominate the fossil record. This is in fact what we find.[45]
Approximately 70% of the Earth is covered in salt water which would also explain the dominance of marine fossils. In addition, creation scientists show there may have been a small pre-flood human population and that massive amounts of flood sediment are why we haven't found human fossils in pre-biblical flood sediments.[45] Also, creation scientists point out that we don't find human bones buried with coelacanths yet humans and coelacanths coexist today.[42]
Herbivorous species were almost all quadrupedal. They carried peg-like teeth which cut, rather than chewed, plant material; grinding of food was aided by gastroliths. Carnivorous species were exclusively bipedal.
- Sauropoda
- Species of this infraorder are characterized by long necks and tails, barrel-shaped bodies, and column-like legs. In three families (notably Diplodocidae, Brachiosauridae, and Titanosauroidea) there are species which are of extreme size, in excess of 125 feet in length and 100 tons, making them the largest animals to have walked the earth.
- Theropoda
- Exclusively bipedal; forearms meant for grasping or holding. Fossil evidence for several species indicate pack hunting.
Species of this group were all herbivorous; most were quadrupedal. Front teeth were lacking, while a predentary bone was present in the front of the lower jaw. Several species (mainly within Ceratopsia) had a distinctive parrot-like beak.
- Ceratopsia
- Species of this infraorder carried one or more horns on their heads, as well as a shield-like frill to protect the neck.
- Stegosauria
- Large dinosaurs with a row of bony plates on top of their backs, and several spikes used as a defensive weapon at the end of their tails.
- Ankylosauria
- Heavily-armored dinosaurs, some with a row of spikes along each side, and possessing a bony tail club.
- Ornithopods
- Large, herd-dwelling dinosaurs that could run bipedaly. Several species had a "boss" of bone on their heads (Pachycephalosaurs) which may have been used for head-butting similar to bighorn sheep; others a crest of bone (hadrosaurs) which may have been sound resonators.
In Popular Culture
Dinosaurs have been a fixture of popular culture since their discovery. It is theorized that some of the myths of fantastical creatures stem from the accidental discovery of dinosaur fossils. More recently, dinosaurs have featured in popular stories including books, movies, television, video games, even music.
Dinosaurs were introduced to a wide modern audience when movies like the Jurassic Park series were released.
See also
- Evolution
- Theory of Evolution and Cases of Fraud, Hoaxes and Speculation
- Irreligion and superstition
- Young earth creationism
- ↑ Grigg, Russell, Dinosaurs and dragons: stamping on the legends, Creation 14(3):10–14, June 1992
- ↑ Vast Majority of Dinosaurs Still to Be Found, Scientists Say, National Geographic
- ↑ Genesis 1:25
- ↑ Genesis 1:29-30
- ↑ Were dinosaurs on Noah's Ark?, Creation Ministries International
- ↑ Carl Wieland, Dinosaur bones—just how old are they really?, Creation, vol. 21 No. 1 p. 54
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Robert Doolan, Are dinosaurs alive today?, Creation, vol. 15 No. 4 p. 12.
- ↑ Allan K. Steel, Could Behemoth have been a dinosaur?, Journal of Creation vol. 15 No. 2 p. 42.
- ↑ [2], Answers in Creation
- ↑ Jonathan Sarfati, Did a meteor wipe out the dinosaurs?.
- ↑ Michael Matthews, Dinosaur demise theory, version #451, Answers in Genesis
- ↑ Mokele-mbembe The Living Dinosaur!
- ↑ Anon., A living dinosaur?, Creation 23(1):56, December 2000.
Irwin, Brian, Theropod and sauropod dinosaurs sighted in PNG? 1st July, 2008 (Creation Ministries International).
- ↑ Doheny Scientific Expedition, Hava Supai Canyon, Arizona, Creationism.org
- ↑ The Hava Supai Dinosaur Carving, ChristianCourier.com
- ↑ Dinosaurs in Literature, Art & History-- Page 2, s8int.com
- ↑ See picture on page 241 of Batten, Don, et. al., 2007, The Creation Answers Book.
- ↑ Quoted in What about the Dinosaurs?, CreationScience.com
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 Dragon entry in World Book Millennium 2000 CD ROM
- ↑ Diatomyidae Squirrel [3]
- ↑ Wollemi Pine Biotechnology Australia [4]
- ↑ Sulawesi Coelacanth. University Of California, Berkeley[5]
- ↑ More on the Coelacanth marinebio.org[6]
- ↑ Carl Wieland, Still soft and stretchy, Creation Ministries International
- ↑ Bird evolution?, Creation Ministries International
- ↑ Andy McIntosh, 100 years of airplanes—but these weren't the first flying machines!, Creation vol. 26 No. 1 p. 44
- ↑ Jonathan Sarfati, 15 ways to refute materialistic bigotry, Creation Ministries International
- ↑ Matthews, Michael, 99 and still fighting God, 8th December, 2003 (Answers in Genesis).
- ↑ In the Beginning: Compelling Evidence for Creation and the Flood, Center for Scientific Creation
- ↑ Find the full quote on [7], starting from line 6.
- ↑ Michael Matthews, Scientific American admits creationists hit a sore spot, Answers in Genesis
- ↑ Which Came First, the Feather or the Bird?, Scientific American
- ↑ Dr. David N. Menton, "Ostrich-osaurus" Discovery?, Answers in Genesis
- ↑ Kevin O Pope, "Meteorite impact and the mass extinction of species at the Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary," Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, available at [8]
- ↑ Prehistoric Asteroid "Killed Everything", National Geographic
- ↑ Ibid
- ↑ "Dinosaur-Killer" Asteroid Crater Imaged for First Time, National Geographic
- ↑ http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/education/events/cowen1b.html
- ↑ Bennet, Shostak, Jakotsky, "Life in the Universe," viewable at [9]
- ↑ New Dinosaur Discovered: T. Rex Cousin Had Feathers, National Geographic
- ↑ 42.0 42.1 42.2 42.3 Hodge, Bodie, If humans and dinosaurs lived together, why don't we find human fossils with dinosaur fossils? Answers 1(1):52, May 2006.
- ↑ Claim CH710 (The TalkOrigins Archive)
- ↑ http://creation.com/radiometric-dating-questions-and-answers
- ↑ 45.0 45.1 Hodge, Bodie, Why Don't We Find Human & Dinosaur Fossils Together? (chapter 13 of the New Answers Book), 2006.


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They had a backstage interview with the Real Americans, who both promised to win titles tonight.
They had JBL and Jerry Lawler's entrances.
They aired a video package on Batista vs. Alberto Del Rio.
WWE Network promo.
As they came back from that, you could hear a CM Punk chant.
They ran us through how the Network works.
Curtis Axel & Ryback (with Larry Hennig) vs. Goldust & Cody Rhodes
I popped huge for Larry Hennig coming out with his grandson. They talked about his history in the business.
Axel and Goldust started off. Goldust reversed a hiptoss. They went back and forth and tagged in Cody and Ryback. Ryback used his power on Cody and drilled him with a series of shoulderblocks in the corner.
Axel tagged back in but was clotheslined over the top to the floor. Cody dropped down as Ryback charged and he went to the floor. Goldust dove off the apron onto one of them as Cody hit a springboard dive onto the other. They went to commercial to plug the show we are already watching.
When they returned to the match, Ryback stomped the hell out of Goldust. Michael Cole mentioned Xbox not carrying the PPV and said it was because the WWE App was getting ready for tomorrow.
Axel tagged in and continued beating down Goldust. Ryback and Axel tagged in and out, trashing Goldust. He finally cut off Axel with a clothesline and tagged in Cody, who cleaned house and nailed a moonsault for a two count. Rhodes nailed the Alabama Slam but Ryback pulled him out of the ring. Cody avoided hm and nailed the Disaster Kick off the stairs.
Rhodes went to the top and went for a missile dropkick but was caught with a powerbomb for a two count. Ryback and Goldust battled out of the ring. Ryback missed a charge and hit the guard rail. Cody avoided the Perfectplex and hit the CrossRhodes for the pin.
Your winner, Cody Rhodes and Goldust!
Decent tag match. How messed up is it that they had Axel get pinned clean in front of his grandfather?
Byron Saxton interviewed The Usos. They said they have wanted to hold the Tag Team belts their entire life. They said their Uncles the Wild Samoans had them and their father Rikishi had them. What, no love for Samu? They said they are going to be the new champions.
WWE Intercontinental champion Big E. vs. Jack Swagger
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Zeb tried to distract Langston but he still speared Swagger into the steps. Langston tried to pull him into the ring but was yanked down to the floor and nailed with a running clothesline.
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Langston went for the splash but Swagger popped up and slammed him down. Swagger went for a Vader Bomb out of the corner but Langston moved and caught him. He muscled Swagger over the ropes to the apron and speared him off to the floor with both of them crashing down hard. The crowd chanted, "Holy sh**.â€
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Swagger locked in the Patriot Lock in the center. Langston made it to the ropes. They slugged it out. Swagger went for a Gutwrench suplex but Langston forced his way out. They went back and forth until Langston was locked in the Patriot Lock.
Langston was able to get to his feet and nailed an enzuigiri while locked in the move, then nailed The Big Ending for the pin.
Your winner and still WWE Intercontinental champion, Big E!
A really good physical match. This was probably the best showing for E. on the main roster to date. Good stuff!
Bad News Barrett rose up on a new, better looking platform and said he had some bad news and that was that Russia won more Olympic medals than The Americans and now we have to wait four years for them to do it again.
They talked about the Hulk Hogan WWE return. I think you may have read about that a few weeks ago when I broke it!
They reviewed the beating Daniel Bryan has taken over the last few weeks. Bryan was interviewed by Byron Saxton, with his shoulder taped up. He said that no matter what, he gives 100% all of the time. He doesn't know if that will be enough to be champion. He said that he does know that they will go after his shoulder and that this match will be painful and that he will do everything he can to go on and main event Wrestlemania....YES! YES!
WWE Tag Team champions The New Age Outlaws vs. The Usos
The Usos controlled early and teased doing stereo dives but The Outlaws got out of the way. When they returned to the ring, Jey controlled Road Dogg until he kicked him hard and hiptossed him into the buckles.
Road Dogg antagonized Jimmy, who argued with the referee, allowing him to dump Jey to the outside. Billy Gunn tagged in and worked over Jey, then tagged in Road Dogg, who nailed a stiff kick for a two count, then cinched in a side chinlock.
Jey kicked Road Dogg. Jimmy tagged in as did Gunn. Gunn was beaten down with chops and nailed with a sitdown atomic drop. Road Dogg was tossed to the outside. Gunn was nailed with a Samoan Drop. Gunn was pulled to the outside but Jey hit a dive to the outside.
Gunn nailed Jimmy and went for the Famouser. Jimmy escaped and nailed a kick for a two count. He nailed Road Dogg with a superkick to send him off the apron but Gunn rolled him up (and I believe hooked the tights) to score the pin.
Your winners and still WWE Tag Team champions, The New Age Outlaws!
OK match. Nothing off the charts but it was solid all the way through.
Lots of CM Punk chants during the Tag Title match.
Bad News Barrett had some more bad news. This time, his platform didn't even work. He said the news was that Daniel Bryan won't win and all the fickle fans will turn on him.
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The beginning of the year is a great time to make positive changes in your home.
The beginning of the year is a great time to make positive changes in your home. While many will wait until March to embrace "spring cleaning" season and make home improvements, a few simple changes can be made now to help you conserve energy and start saving money right away. Here are some steps that can help lower energy consumption - and associated costs - in your home this month and throughout the year:
Turn your house into a "smart home"From heating and cooling to ceiling fans, lighting and security systems, homes can now be wired for a number of automated functions to optimize the energy consumed by the systems they run.
"Smart home" technology can help save homeowners money by allowing customers to remotely manage thermostats and lighting controls. In addition to helping protect homes against intrusion, fire, flood and dangerous levels of carbon monoxide, integrated home automation systems can help users plan ahead to create schedules to turn off lights when they're not needed, or decrease heating or cooling settings when no one is home. In fact, according to Energy Star's website, using a programmable thermostat alone can save up to $180 a year in energy costs. Users can control their home automation system either through in-home panels, or through smartphones, tablets and computers.Don't forget the basics
Every home requires insulation and sealing, whether you live in the steamy south or wintery north. Plus, adding insulation can prove to be economically beneficial for homeowners, who can save up to 20 percent on heating and cooling costs by sealing and insulating the "shell" of their homes (exterior walls, ceilings, doors, windows and floors), according to EnergyStar.gov.Sealing and insulating is well within the abilities of most do-it-yourselfers, but you can also hire a professional to:
- Seal air leaks around windows and doors to prevent drafts.- Add insulation to attics and exterior walls.
- Replace old, inefficient, worn-out or damaged windows.- Seal heating and cooling system air ducts.
Lower your light billsIf your home is like the average American household, a significant portion of your energy bill each month could be attributed to lighting costs. Since you need a basic amount of light to function in your home, reducing the number of light sources is probably not an option. Instead, look to reduce the amount of energy needed to power the lights in your home, or increase the amount of natural light that enters the house.
Start by replacing incandescent bulbs - which are energy inefficient - with energy-saving bulbs. Energy.gov says replacing just 15 incandescent bulbs could save you about $50 a year. Energy efficient bulb options include halogen, CFLs and LEDs. And while some homeowners may balk at the higher initial cost of these types of bulbs, keep in mind that CFLs last 10 times longer and use a quarter of the energy of traditional incandescent bulbs, according to Energy.gov. LEDs are even more energy efficient, lasting 25 times longer and using only about 20 to 25 percent as much energy.Taking proactive steps to improve your home's energy efficiency early on is a great way to save money this winter and throughout the year. It's a lifestyle commitment that will begin to pay off right away and continue for the rest of the year to come.
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Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains is a white wine grape that is a member of the Muscat family of Vitis vinifera. Its name comes from its characteristic small berry size and tight clusters. It is known under a variety of local names such as Muscat blanc, Muscat Canelli, Moscato bianco, Muscat de Frontignan, Muscat de Lunel, Muscat d'Alsace, Muskateller, Moscatel de Grano Menudo, Moscatel rosé and Sárgamuskotály .
While technically a white grape, there are strains of Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains vines that produce berries that are pink or reddish brown. The same vine could potentially produce berries of one color one year and a different color the next.[1] These strains are more prevalent in Australia, where the grape is also known as Frontignac and Brown Muscat. South Africa's Muskadel strain tends to show the same darker characteristics.[2] Variants where the differing grape colour is stable are typically classified as separate grape varieties Muscat Rouge à Petit Grains for red skin colour and Muscat Rose à Petit Grains for pink skin colour.
In France, the grape is used as a blending grape with Grenache blanc and Muscat of Alexandria in vins doux naturels wines from the Frontignan area such as Banyuls, Côtes d'Agly, Grand Roussillon, Rivesaltes and St-Jean de Minervois. It is the primary grape in the Rhône wine Muscat de Beaumes-de-Venise and a blending grape with Clairette blanc in the recherché sparkling wine Clairette de Die (brand label Tradition).[2][3] In the Hérault region it is the primary grape for Muscat de Mireval.
In Greece the muscat grape is mainly cultivated in the island of Samos, at the eastern part of the Aegean where it covers about 97% of Samos' vineyards. Samian sweet dessert wines are known worldwide and have motivated poets such as Lord Byron to write a poem in which he says "Fill high the bowl with Samian wine". France is the main country where Muscat of Samos is exported, especially in order to be used as a blending grape for wines. Samos union of vinicultural cooperatives controls the greatest part of the production of the Muscat de Samos, also known sometimes in Greece as "moschoudi".
In Italy, the grape is the most widely planted member of the Muscat family and is most commonly known as Moscato Bianco. It is the oldest known variety grown in Piedmont and is the primary component of the Asti and Moscato d'Asti wines, as well as for the aromatized and fortified vermouths. It is also commonly used for fortified dessert wines as well as the semi-sparkling Frizzante.[2]
Its viticultural characteristics makes it prone to producing low yields and a susceptibility to mildew and the grape berry moth.[4] It also tends to fall victim to leaf roll, odium and grey rot and requires a long growing season as it tends to bud early and ripen late.[5]
It ripens early in Australia for production of low alcohol moscato style wines. Picking can commence in early February. Picking for fortified production can take place in mid-March; this would be regarded as mid-season, not late.
Muscat blanc à petits grains is one of the first harvests in France, starting as early as mid August, in Mireval and other areas of the mediterranean basin, in hot dry years like 2009. The grapes used to produce the fruity sec are picked about seven to ten days earlier than the grapes used to produce the Vin Doux Naturel. Vendange tardive (late harvest) of the grapes is also made to exploit the high sugar and flavour concentrations.
Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains is considered one of the oldest grape varieties still in existence. Ampelographers have identified the grape with the Anathelicon moschaton grape used by the Ancient Greeks and the Apiane vines planted by the Romans (so named because of the fondness that insects, such as bees (Latin apis), have for devouring the flesh of the grapes). It was probably first introduced to France by the Greeks through their trading port at Marseille and later spread to the Narbonne region by Romans in their conquest of Gaul. It was a chief export of Frontignan by the time of Charlemagne and plantings were recorded in Germany by the 12th century. It became a popular planting in Alsace by the 16th century.[6]
Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains is known under a large number of synonyms,[7] the more popular of which include Muscat Canelli, various combinations with the word Frontignan, and in Macedonia and Serbia is known as Temjanika.
This grape is often confused with the distinct and separate grape varieties Muscat of Alexandria (aka Zibibbo in Sicily; aka Hanepoot in South Africa) and Muscat Ottonel, most common in Austria and Alsace but originaly bred in Loire Valley in 1852.
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"People who give up smoking are prone to developing diabetes because they gain weight," The Times reported. It said a study has found that quitters are twice as likely as smokers, and 70% more likely than non-smokers, to have type 2 diabetes.
This study found that smokers and recent quitters had a greater risk of diabetes compared to those who had never smoked, but that three years after quitting this risk had reduced. The suggestion that this is because quitters are more likely to gain weight is logical, but it cannot be proven by this cohort study.
The results of this study do not mean that smoking is protective to health. Smokers and former smokers were at greater risk of diabetes than those who had never smoked, and the benefits of giving up far outweigh any temporary increase in risk. Instead, these findings emphasise the importance of an active lifestyle and a healthy balanced diet, and demonstrate the importance of providing quitters with education and support to achieve this.
Where did the story come from?
This research was carried out by Hsin-Chieh Yeh and colleagues from Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore; the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil; and the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. The study was funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease. It was published in the Annals of Internal Medicine .
What kind of research was this?
This cohort study enrolled a large group of middle-aged people who were free of diabetes, and followed them up over nine years to assess whether quitting smoking affected the risk of diabetes.
Where a randomised controlled trial (RCT) would be unethical, a cohort study is the best alternative for examining whether a particular exposure, in this case quitting smoking, increases the risk of a certain disease developing over time. The research needs to ensure that people are free from the disease at the beginning of the study, and take into account other confounding factors that could influence any observed associations.
What did the research involve?
The data for this study were obtained from a previous study on atherosclerosis called the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study, which recruited middle-aged people from several sites in the US. The ARIC recruits visited a clinic between 1987 and 1989, and then had three follow-up visits scheduled at about three-year intervals from 1990 to 1998. From this point onwards until 2004, they were only contacted by phone. Smoking status and number of cigarettes smoked was assessed at every follow-up. The development of diabetes up to the last clinic visit in 1998 was determined by fasting blood glucose levels, and from 1998 up to 2004 by self-report of a doctor's diagnosis of diabetes or use of diabetes medications.
For this particular study, the 17-year follow-up information from the ARIC study was used for the 9,398 middle-aged adults who were free from diabetes when ARIC began and in the first three years of follow-up, and who had information on smoking status at each point during follow-up. For all participants, physical examination, various other medical data and information on other lifestyle factors were collected during follow-up, and various analyses carried out.
People were grouped according to how much they smoked at the beginning of the study. This was calculated as pack-years smoked (average number of cigarettes per day multiplied by the years of smoking divided by 20). People who were lifelong non-smokers formed the control group. For each category the incidence of diabetes during follow-up was calculated.
To assess the effect of quitting smoking on diabetes risk, the researchers looked at the effect of a change in smoking status from the start of the study to the first three-year follow-up, and risk of diabetes at the three- and nine-year follow-ups. They also looked at the change in smoking status and the effects on various metabolic variables, such as weight, waist and hip circumference, blood pressure and cholesterol. Other statistical analyses were then carried out, including an assessment of how various measures at the beginning of the study could affect weight-gain risk, how various other factors affected diabetes risk, and analyses using only self-reported data.
That multiple statistical tests were carried out is a slight drawback to the study. There are also likely to have been some unavoidable inaccuracies in self-reported measures such as duration of smoking, number of cigarettes smoked and time since quitting.
What were the basic results?
The study found that smoking increased the risk of diabetes, and that there was a dose-response relationship, meaning that the more packs smoked the greater the diabetes risk. Quitting smoking was also associated with increased risk compared to never smoking. New quitters at three-year follow-up (380 of them) were 1.73 times more likely than those who had never smoked to develop diabetes. However, when the analysis was adjusted for weight change, white blood cell count at the beginning of the study and all other known risk factors for diabetes (including gender, BMI, waist circumference, physical activity, triglyceride level, cholesterol, blood pressure), the incidence was 1.24 times greater in quitters than those who had never smoked, but this was no longer significant.
The highest risk of diabetes for quitters occurred in the first three years, but gradually reduced to zero at 12 years. Former smokers who had smoked more than three years ago did not have a significantly increased risk of diabetes.
How did the researchers interpret the results?
The researchers concluded that cigarette smoking increases the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, but that quitting smoking also increases the risk in the short term. They advise that smokers who have other risk factors for diabetes receive smoking cessation care coupled with strategies for diabetes prevention and early detection.
Smoking is associated with an increased risk of diabetes, and the current study confirms this. However, the effect of quitting smoking on diabetes risk has been unclear until now. This study found that quitting is associated with an increased risk of developing diabetes in the short term, but that this risk decreases over time. When the researchers adjusted their analyses for weight change since quitting this affected the risk.
This was a well-conducted study that carried out extensive follow-up on a large number of participants. However, there are some points to consider:
- As the authors acknowledge, though they adjusted for various established diabetes risk factors, there is still the possibility of residual confounding from unmeasured factors.
- Several of the self-reported measures, most notably smoking status, frequency of smoking and time since quitting, are likely to involve some degree of inaccuracy.
- Multiple statistical tests were carried out, and this is a slight drawback to this research, as it increases the risk that the findings are due to chance only. However, this likelihood is reduced by the fact that the study specified its research hypothesis prior to the start of the study.
- The theory is that, while quitting smoking may reduce inflammation in the body and so reduce diabetes risk, the weight gain that quitters often experience could adversely influence this risk. Although this pattern may be suggested by these results, no firm conclusions can be made. Adjusting for weight change did reduce the strength of the association between quitting and diabetes risk but the risk remained significant, indicating that there are other factors involved. In addition, the reasons for the person's weight gain have not been examined.
The recommendation of the researchers seems sensible. Smokers who quit should seek advice on avoiding weight gain, diabetes prevention and how to spot the early signs of the disease.
Analysis by Bazian
Edited by NHS Website
Links to the headlines
Giving up smoking 'raises diabetes risk'.
BBC News, 5 January 2010
Smokers who quit should take diet advice to avoid diabetes.
The Times, 5 January 2010
Giving up smoking raises risk of diabetes.
Daily Express, 5 January 2010
Links to the science
Yeh H-C,Duncan BB, Inês Schmidt M, et al.
Smoking, Smoking Cessation, and Risk for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.
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Luxembourg City © Claude Wians
In the early morning mist, Luxembourg is reminiscent of an ancient fairytale city, full of towers and turrets. The old centre of town, declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site, can trace its history back to the 10th century, when Siegfried, Count of the Ardennes, built a castle on a rock above the Alzette River.
He named the castle Lucilinburhuc. Over the centuries the castle and surrounding town was strengthened with numerous additional fortifications, walls and gates until it became known as the 'Gibraltar of the North'. Today the various components of the fortress are the city's chief tourist attraction. The old centre of town also has several museums.
Modern Luxembourg, on the Plateau du Krichberg, is more concerned with business than pleasure, as the work of a major international financial centre goes on inside the many modern office complexes in the city.
Luxembourg is chock full of banks and is home to numerous European Union institutions. The European Council of Ministers holds their sessions in the city for three months every year, and the European Court of Justice presides here too.
Although tourists come to the city to enjoy the medieval charm and history, the financial prestige attracts businessmen and the modern buzz of the place ensures that there are good restaurants and lots of quality hotels. Luxembourg is a tiny country and there are many wonderful excursions from the city into the countryside and to surrounding towns.
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Hair extensions might seem like a new invention but in reality hair additions have been around as far back as the Egyptian times when both men and women work wigs. Since then hair pieces have been in and out of fashion ever since.
In 1800 fake hair was frowned upon and women left their hair to be natural until the Romantic era was in full swing when women wore elaborate Apollo knots. Come the mid Victorian era and hair pieces were used a lot more extensively. Then strangely in the early 20th century Edwardian women wore false hair additions to create the pompadour hairstyle which looked like a woman was wearing a teapot on her head. How that became fashionable I don't really know!
Around the 1920's less hair was the big thing so hair pieces took a dive around that time and it wasn't until the 1940s when long hair came back into fashion and women starting indulging again. Then in the 1960's big hair was back with a vengeance. Coils were the in thing or the updo as better known to us were seen of many women, this was created by very extravagant human hair pieces. Wigs made from real or fake hair were commonly worn around this time too and carried on into the early 70's. Come the 80's and big hair was in but only natural hair. Famous singers wore wigs but that was about it.
The clip-on hair extensions come in a variety of different colours and lengths are the best option for non permanent hair pieces. They are very easy to use and as long as you get the right hair colour and texture of hair, no one will know your hair is fake. In fact I have sat next to a work colleague for months not realising that her long hair was in fact clip on hair pieces. It was only whilst getting ready for our Christmas works do that she pulled her hair off! I was shocked to say the least as her natural hair was just shoulder length and I had no idea.
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With the pace of the modern world and the ease of instant gratification, African American Hair Braiding styles seem to be an excellent option for a stylish and low maintenance hair-do. Perhaps the reason that so many youths flock to hair braiding as their favorite style option is due to the fact that it's easy to manage and it comes in great styles.
On almost every corner you can find Hair Salons, and whether they look like they cater for a 'white' clientele or not you can bet they do braiding there. The popularity of African American Hair Braiding styles has surpassed race. In other words people other than those of African American descent also try these Hair Braiding styles. There are several types of Hair Braiding styles to choose from. Some include: Goddess Braids, Micro Braids, Pixie Braids, French Inverted Braids, Pixi Pin Curls, Candy Curls, Bantu Knots, Fishtail Braids, Flat Twist, Locks and Undetectable braid and Cornrow Extensions, Invisible Braids, Tree braids, Senegalese Twist, Silky Locks, Interlock Weaving, Latch Hook Weaving, Silky Corkscrew, African Twist, Kinky Twist, Two-Strand Twist, Nubian Corkscrew, and Cobra Stitch. Perhaps the most difficult part of braiding is learning to keep the tension on the strands as evenly balanced as possible. However, this only comes with practice and in due time.
Cornrows is perhaps one of the most popular types of African American Hair Braiding Styles. It is a traditional style of hair grooming which requires that the hair is tightly braided very close to the scalp, using an underhand, upward motion to produce a continuous, raised row. Cornrows can be formed, as the name implies, in simple, straight lines; or, in complicated geometric or curvilinear designs. The attraction to this style of braiding is the easy maintenance it offers. Cornrows can be left in for weeks at a time simply by carefully washing the hair using a stocking cap or hair net and then regularly oiling the scalp and hair.


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As we heads towards the end of the season it starts to become a reality, there's only a handful of Cubs games left this year. For most, this is a blessing as some fans can't "bear"…. (get it?) to watch anymore given how bad the team has been and other sports have started. For this Cubs fan it's not so great as I enjoy watching this team play, no matter how infuriating it is at times. With that said it's time to start focusing on the off-season baseball that will take place, first up is the Cubs instructional league that starts today. This is an important step for many of these players as they are going to get more game experience, and another opportunity to impress the front office heading into next season. Below is a breakdown of everyone that will participate this year, the games begin on September 21. We will give you much more information on these players as our player cards come out, we will also do our best to give you results and box scores of these games, so stay tuned!
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Thursday, September 10, 2009
New Beginning 683
The door crashed open. Dust drizzled from the doorframe like grey nuclear snow. It settled in The Collector's hair as he staggered and limped into the room. Dragging his left leg behind him, he painted smears of blood across the floor with his foot.
At the sight of his blood Emma knew she was needed at last.
His face screwed into a grimace as he squeezed his fingers into the pocket of his jeans and, with a flash of triumph, produced his newest prize. The glass bottle he held between thumb and forefinger was unremarkable. It might have been a shot bottle of liquor, but it was hard to tell since the labels had been peeled away and the previous contents drained. He held the prize up to his eyes, his hungry gaze glittering.
"We'll see what makes you so special in a minute," he said to the bottle in his upraised hand. He limped forward and winced. "But first I need to see Emma."
She watched as The Collector pulled open a drawer and tossed aside the sundries it contained, searching for the bag that was hidden there. Soon they would share the magic, he would feel her, cold against his lips, and she would take the pain--
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Marcus Welt looked up from the page and peered at his client. "So let me get this straight," he said. "This is the story of a man's descent into reefer madness, as told by Emma the Sentient Bong? What is it, exactly, you've been smoking?"
Opening: Beth Light.....Continuation: Anon.
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- Evil Editor said...
Unchosen continuation:
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"This one's interesting," said the intern.
With a groan, the editor stood up and shambled over. The intern winced. The editor hadn't showered in a few days, and he was wearing his Iron Maiden T-shirt, too, the one he hadn't washed since Steve Harris gobbed on it at a concert in in 1987.
"What is it, kid?" the editor slurred, his Thunderbird-tainted breath redolent in the younger man's ear.
"Weird POV in the slush," the intern said.
The editor peered at the page, idly scratching his beard. Through the cracked windowpane came a dreadful shriek. Neither man flinched. They were used to the noise; the drunken slaughtermen in the abattoir next door botched every tenth killing.
"Who's this Emma?" asked the editor.
"That's what's interesting," said the intern. "She seems to be ... the main character's hip flask?"
The editor shook his head. Bits of dandruff scattered across the young man's desk. "Nah," he said. "That makes it literary. We don't do literary. Not here at Harlequin."
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- Matt said...
Just a little nitpick. When showing a sudden change in thought it's better to use a dash -- than a pause ...
That's what I've been raised to believe anyway.
That bottle must be really important if Emma studies it so carefully in the midst of a tense situation. I'm curious enough to read a little more.
- Dave Fragments said...
Is this a vampire thing? I can't tell.
What gives me mucho grief in this is that you open with Emma's thoughts and then suddenly "The Collector" suddenly speaks to someone else.
As far as the opening is concerned there are only two people in this scene, Emma and the Collector.
- Mame said...
You lost me with the first sentence.
"Emma was uncertain of how much time had passed since he..."
I would restructure that if you intend to keep it, but the first paragraph can go. I'd start the with the second one, and a better opening line. And drop this "It might have been a shot bottle of liquor, but it was hard to tell since the labels had been peeled away and the previous contents drained." Unnecessary, and it hurts your rhythm. And lines like "screwed into a grimace" always make me groan.
"Gaze glittering" doesn't do it for me either. And saying "But first I need to see Emma" is moot. She's right there.
But I do want to know what's in that bottle, so keep going.
- _*rachel*_ said...
This just confuses me. Some of it's that, at first, Emma seems scared of the collector. Then when he comes in, he seems like an eccentric, unscary person.
I think the two continuations have pointed it out: who is Emma? I assumed a girl, but she really could be an it. I took "used" to mean he was abusing her, but that connotation is totally different if she's inanimate. And maybe it's the word "used" that's confusing me in the first place.
- Beth Light said...
This is the author.
Great continuations! I literally laughed out loud.
To clarify, Emma is not an inanimate object. She is a soul being held captive by The Collector inside of a glass bottle.
The Collector collects souls with special abilities (Emma's ability is healing) and uses thier talents as his own.
I knew the beginning was trippy, but is it too trippy?
Beth Light
- Evil Editor said...
This certainly piques the curiosity, but to me there are too many mysteries going on at once. What does the collector collect? Is there something currently in the bottle? What's special about the bottle? Why is the man talking to the bottle? Why does the collector have to search for Emma? Doesn't he know where she is? Who or what is Emma? Bring her to his lips? Why is the Collector bleeding?
You want us to wonder about something enough to keep reading, but you don't want us wondering about so much that we get annoyed and move on to something else.
The first sentence tells us the Collector has used Emma before, but Emma later knows she is needed "at last," which sounds a bit like she's been waiting for the one time she'll be used. Maybe she should know she is needed again instead of at last.
"But first I need to see Emma." Can't he just call to Emma, instead of telling the bottle he needs to see her?
- Mame said...
"She is a soul being held captive by The Collector inside of a glass bottle."
That's actually pretty damn cool. But you need to rewrite this so we understand that fact.
- Anonymous said...
What they said. Beginning had good intriguing qualities but the logic seems to need a bit of sorting out. As a reader it's not clear if the logic tangle is a test for us or if the author needs to fix something. In a way it reads like paragraph 1 is a beginning, followed by a second beginning in paragraph 2, as these paragraphs lack continuity. Which might be OK.
Terrific continuation.
- Eric P. said...
It's a good concept. You shouldn't keep it hidden for so long. As it is, we're being given Emma's POV but we have no idea even what kind of being she is. It creates more confusion than trippiness. We can't picture it even psychedelically if we don't know what we're supposed to be envisioning.
Of course, this may be because it reminds me a bit of one of my pet peeves in fantasy fiction: the characters spend three pages discussing the implications of the Renorian Vlax before the author thinks to tell us poor readers what exactly a Renorian Vlax is. It's all clear enough in the author's mind, you see.
- _*rachel*_ said...
You could tell us Emma is looking through glass, and later maybe say: His leg was bleeding all over the floor, so he'd need Emma. Or: "But first I'll need to see Emma about my leg."
- Evil Editor said...
That point was already made: At the sight of his blood Emma knew she was needed at last.
Starting with paragraph 2 eliminates a couple of the mysteries (bringing her to his lips, which makes us wonder if Emma's inanimate, and searching for her, which makes us wonder if she's hiding).
As the bottle fits into a jeans pocket, we know its size, and as we're in Emma's POV, and she knows what's in the bottle, being in one herself, there's no need for her to speculate about the previous contents.
- Wes said...
Beth, your concept as explained in your post is very intriguing. Start with it, and you'll hook the reader.
- Unknown said...
Good thing for the comments or I'd be totally stumped.
I agree that starting with the second paragraph is better. It gives me a few minor mysteries - who is the Collection, why is he bleeding and who is the POV - while still being clear.
The third paragraph doesn't work for me, but not for the reasons people have mentioned. Since this is Emma's POV I should have some idea what she's feeling about being "used" and the Collector. Presumably, she once had a body and the Collector ripped her soul from it to use her powers leaving her his slave. Let me know what she's feeling here.
The fourth paragraph doesn't seem fit with the urgency. If he's as seriously wounded as "painted smears of blood" indicates, shouldn't he be focused on getting Emma to heal him? If he's going to pause to inspect his new soul, Emma should react to THAT. Does she feel sympathy with the new victim?
The Collector's dialog also had me a bit stumped. Doesn't he know the soul's power before he kills the person to collect it? Since I don't know (from the story) that there's a soul in the bottle and the Collectior is wounded, the dialog seemed forced and unnatural. It seemed more like an author intrusion - look this is important - versus what the Collector would naturally be thinking - "Darn those weredingos. They bit my foot again. I need a quick shot from Emma to heal it."
Don't get discouraged though. The concept is really interesting. While I found the descriptions to be a bit over the top and not very helpful clues as to what was going on, editing will help clear the prose up. Good luck.
- Dave Fragments said...
My trouble was not with the opening four paragraphs. It was with the final one. There wasn't a reference to say that Emma was in a bottle. I thought Vampire because a vampire is a creature that would suck blood to heal and Emma would be his blood supply. Nothing prepared me for the Collector can placing people in tiny bottles and then using them.
And that is all contained in the fifth paragraph. Rather than "he said to the bottle" why don't you say "he said to the MAN in the bottle." And then be very explicit about what he says next, that is: "But first, I need Emma's bottle."
That gives the reader two big clues as to what is happening and it only minimally changes the opening.
When I coauthored technical papers and had to shepherd them through five or six reviewers (all of whom had nit-picky, tedious and involved arguments, my goal was to answer each objection with a minimal change.
What I just did is sort of the same technique. The author needs to keep his/her voice consistent but still make a change large enough for the reader to benefit. I can live with a trippy or spooky or atmospheric opening if at some point, I get a fix of what is going on. In this case, I think changing the spoken words of the Collector works better than mucking and meddling and twiddling and diddling around the rest of the opening.
- Steve Wright said...
Well ... there's definitely a lot crammed into this opening, and maybe it needs to be better structured ...
... but, both of us who tried writing a continuation picked "sentient container" as a theme ... and it turns out that your character is a sentient container (which is not the sort of idea that springs automatically to people's minds). So it looks like your idea is coming across loud and clear, one way or another.
- Chelsea Pitcher said...
This is a very cool idea and with a little clarifying I would read on in a second.
I did feel that a couple of phrases were slightly redundant. I think "grey nuclear snow" could just be "nuclear snow," "staggered and limped" could be just "staggered," and "painted smears of blood" could just be "smeared blood."
I love your imagery and attention to detail. I hope you will post a rewrite for us to read.
- Sephina said...
I was intrigued enough to want more and was disappointed when I got to the end and there wasn't more. I would have given you a few more paragraphs to entice me further. I didn't find it confusing in a bad way. That may have changed as I went on.
I liked and was hooked. But I'm not an editor or an agent.
- Beth Light said...
Thank you all for your advice.
The paragraph after The Collector's dialogue starts with this sentence: Emma was contained in a green glass bottle. But I guess I don't get there quick enough. I will take all of your suggestions into consideration.
- Anonymous said...
Hi Beth!
Great concept. I've not weighed in here yet because I knew I was intrigued by your opening but I didn't like it.
It reminds me of my dating life - but enough about me.
I waited to read the other comments and I think EE was right on the mark, (again, boy does this get old, frustrating, humbling).
There is at least eight points in the opening that is so intriguing it was hard to see what to focus on . . . it was like walking into a forest and trying to find the right tree to concentrate on.
The concept made me want to read more - the opening left me confused.
I think there is some great advice here to fix this problem - Dave's advice is good, starting at paragraph two would work, pruning back a few of the What Does that mean moments would work.
good look. Very good luck. I want to read this book.
- Anonymous said...
There are ideas here that I like but I'm so frustrated I want hurl this across the room. I've tried to write a coherent critique and it slips into an diatribe about the shades of gray when dealing with ambiguous time.
What I can tell you the ambiguous time in sentence one doesn't match the ambiguous time in sentence two. (How about nixing the ambiguous time altogether?)
his eyes would be brimming with pain, his hands would tremble as he brought her to his lips an"
This sentence is a WTF moment for me. It's overwritten. If this is a romance it might be okay... except even though you've taken pains to avoid the word "rape" that's what I think we have going on.Even if it's not, I have a problem with an MC that romanticizes attack experiences.
Dust falls, water drizzles- unless its dust mixed water.
You have two points of view (which is okay when done well) in close proximity and neither is working for you.
Heroin thinks "I don't know when the last time I saw my x but I'm terrified of him."
X shows up injured. (it feels deus ex machina and turns out to be pointless)
Heroin (who's supposed be terrified)
A: tries to escape.
B: Seizes her chance to kill her injured tormentor
C. Thinks, "at last he needs me" (this is a pointless pov change)
Then the narrator abandons Emma's ship,to marvel over a bottle.
When I read the opening I though Emma was the story. The last Paragraphs suggests, mysterious Bottle is the story.
Usually I'm all for mysterious Bottles, but I really liked Emma (until she turned out to have battered wives syndrome with romantic memories of her abuse)II want to read about her. But the bottle and and what's in it, is the story. Start there.
And you don't need Emma's POV. She's a prop for the bone crusher to heal (and a love interest???)
Er, and double er.
- Beth Light said...
Okay guys, here's a rewrite. Is it any better? worse?
Thanks to those who take the time to read this and comment.
Through the glass of Emma's bottle the tiny basement room appeared curved and distorted. The door crashed open. The Collector limped over the threshold, his movements twisted by the rounded shape of her bottle. He dragged his left leg behind him, smearing blood across the floor with his foot.
At the sight of his blood Emma knew she was needed. Her heart sank.
Sweat dripped down his pale cheek as he limped across the room to where Emma waited. Where they all waited. His collection.
They were displayed in a clean white curio cabinet that stood in stark contrast against the concrete wall. Glass bottles of various shapes, sizes and colors were arranged on the shelves. Spotlights illuminated them, casting colorful shadows as the light passed through the multicolored glass. His eyes scanned over them.
A brief sigh of relief escaped his lips. He reached onto the shelf, grasped Emma's bottle with one shaky hand and twisted the lid enough to loosen it. The vessel was still capped when he brought it to his lips and in one fluid motion he removed the lid and inhaled, drawing Emma into his lungs.
Emma gasped as a wave of his pain smacked into her.
- Evil Editor said...
It's worse. You're trying to address too many things and diluting it. Breathing in Emma's essence or soul or whatever is more dramatic if you haven't revealed that she's part of the collection.
Something like:
The door crashed open and the Collector limped over the threshold. At the sight of his blood Emma knew she was needed again. Her heart sank.
Sweat dripped down his pale cheek as he crossed the room to the white curio cabinet. Glass bottles of various shapes and sizes were carefully arranged on the shelves, spotlights illuminating them, casting colorful shadows. His eyes scanned over them.
A brief sigh of relief escaped his lips. He reached onto the shelf, grasped Emma's bottle with one shaky hand and twisted the lid enough to loosen it. The vessel was still capped when he brought it to his lips; in one fluid motion he removed the lid and inhaled, drawing Emma into his lungs.
She gasped as a wave of his pain smacked into her.
- Mame said...
*Just for fun
Genies were supposed to be trapped in bottles--not people--but Emma was a healer. Her soul had been stolen by The Collector to be used when he needed her. She spent most of her days staring through a green haze, the shape of the room distorted by the curve of her bottle. When he did use her, it involved pain. He would suck her soul into his lungs, and there she would heal whatever disaster had befallen him. It was a terrible existence.
With a crash, the door of the shack flew open and The Collector stepped in from the storm. Snow and dust swirled around his head, falling from the door jamb above. He dragged his left leg behind him and saw a red smear streaking the floor in his wake. At the sight of his blood Emma knew she was needed, and her heart sank.
Sweat dripped down his pale cheeks as he limped across the room to where she waited. Where they all waited. Their souls were displayed in a clean white curio cabinet that stood in stark contrast against the grimy walls. Glass bottles of various shapes, sizes and colors were arranged on the deep shelves. Spotlights illuminated them, casting colorful shadows as the light passed through the multicolored glass. His eyes scanned over them.
A brief sigh of relief escaped his lips when he found what he was looking for. He reached onto the shelf, grasped Emma's bottle with one shaky hand, and twisted the lid enough to loosen it. The vessel was still capped when he brought it to his lips and in one fluid motion he removed the lid and inhaled, drawing Emma into his lungs. She gasped as the waves of his pain overwhelmed her.
- Beth Light said...
You're right, as always, EE. It's terribly overwritten.
*reaches for chainsaw and goggles*
This might take a while...
- _*rachel*_ said...
It's better in that I have a clue what's going on. I think that makes it doubly better, even if it does need to be pruned.
- Anonymous said...
Changing pov is useful, but sometimes it doesn't work. I've written two sample openings. One starting with Emma and one with The Collector. I tried to use as much of your original text as possible.
Emma didn't know when he last used her. Time is hard to measure in a glass bottle. But The Collector had returned injured. He limped toward the shelf and Emma, trailing blood behind him. Then he picked her up with a trembling hand- that's how she knew it was bad. She braced for the pain.
The Collector inhaled her into his lungs and his pain ebbed. His hand stopped shaking and slowly the injuries began to heal. He could hear Emma screaming and feel her writhing with pain. You'd think she'd be used to it by now. He coughed her up and spit her back into the bottle, capping the lid. He could still hear her whimpering. He put the bottle back on the shelf with the rest of his collection and knocked the nuclear dust from his black hair.
The door to the bomb shelter crashed open, sending an explosion of nuclear dust into the room. The Collector shook his head, knocking the powder out of his black hair. He staggered into the room, dragging his left leg behind him, painting the floor with blood behind him. He barely had to the strength to lift the bottle. With a trembling hand he brought it to his lips. In one fluid motion he removed the lid and inhaled, drawing Emma into his lungs.
Emma screamed in pain.
It's still my humble opinion that this story is about the collector, not Emma and you should start with him, and focus on him throughout the book. Even if you meant it to be Emma's story, he's stolen the show on a subconscious level. You keep trying to redirect the story to Emma and chaos ensues (which I imagine is quite frustrating for you)
- Mame said...
I'm going to disagree on POV, Anon. If the point of this set up is that she escapes eventually and chaos ensues (I'm assuming) then it's her story. She's easily a sympathetic character, so that was my first instinct, but I could be way off.
Just my two cents.
- Anonymous said...
The door crashed open. Dust drizzled from the doorframe like grey nuclear snow. It settled in The Collector's hair as he staggered and limped into the room. Dragging his left leg behind him, he painted smears of blood across the floor with his foot.
Emma was uncertain of how much time had passed since he last used her. It didn't matter. What did matter was that he returned and would need her now. She could see his eyes were brimming in pain, his hands were trembling. Emma braced herself for the inevitable pain she too would suffer.
His face screwed into a grimace as he squeezed his fingers into the pocket of his jeans and, with a flash of triumph, produced his newest prize. The glass bottle was unremarkable. It might have been a shot bottle of liquor, but Emma knew what it contained and she saw the hunger in his glittering eyes.
His hand trembled when he pushed other bottles of various sizes and shape aside to find a place for his new soul. After placing it, he called out her name and reached for her bottle.
Emma braced out of fear of the pain, she trembled in anticipation for the temporary respite from her prison. He brought her to his lips . . . . and what was left of her began to scream.
Just playing here.
- Beth Light said...
Yes, this is Emma's story. And yes, chapter one ends with her escape.


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