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Right Triangles and Trigonometry
At a Glance - Law of Cosines
The Law of Sines can be very useful, but there are cases where it won't do. Don't get us wrong. It's taken us this far and we owe it some gratitude. But no man is an island, and the Law of Sines can't do it all alone. Take this triangle, for example.
Any way we try, the Law of Sines just won't cut it. Luckily, we have another law that we can use. Since this second law cooperates well with the Law of Sines, we'll call it the Law of Cosines.
For any triangle, represented by the triangle above, the Law of Cosines says that the following are true:
a2 = b2 + c2 – 2bc cos A
b2 = a2 + c2 – 2ac cos B
c2 = a2 + b2 – 2ab cos C
These formulas will help us when the Law of Sines can't, but before we use 'em, we have to prove 'em.
We'll start off with a slightly altered Pythagorean Theorem. Let AD = x, which means that DB = c – x. In this case, a and b are the hypotenuses.
|(c – x)2 + h2 = a2
|Apply Pythagorean Theorem to ΔCDB
|c2 – 2cx + x2 + h2 = a2
|Multiplying out (c – x)2
|x2 + h2 = b2
|Apply Pythagorean Theorem to ΔADC
|c2 – 2cx + b2 = a2
|Substitute in b2 for x2 + h2
|cos A = x⁄b
|Definition of cos A
|b cos A = x
|Rearrange (multiply both sides by b)
|c2 – 2bc cos A + b2 = a2
|Substitute in b cos A for x
|a2 = b2 + c2 – 2bc cos A
|Rearrange, thanks to the commutative property
We're good to go. Bring it on, triangles.
Sample Problem
Now we can solve this triangle. Let the only unknown side be a, ∠A = 84°, b = 10, and c = 12. We'll start with our fresh new law.
a2 = b2 + c2 – 2bc cos A
Fill it up.
a2 = (10)2 + (12)2 – 2(10)(12) cos(84°)
a2 = 100 + 144 – 240 cos(84°)
a2 = 244 – 25.1
a2 = 218.9
a ≈ 14.8
Great. If we wanted to solve the entire triangle, we could find the remaining angles using either the Law of Sines or the Law of Cosines. Hooray for freedom.
The Law of Sines is also useless if we have a triangle without any known angles.
Sample Problem
What are the measures of all the angles in the following triangle?
With this triangle, the Law of Sines wouldn't amount to squat. Zip. Zero. Nada. Thank goodness we have the Law of Cosines to help us out.
a2 = b2 + c2 – 2bc cos A
Hold up. If we plug in all the sides now, moving the terms around will be more uncomfortable than an elephant in a broom closet. Isolating our variable will make things easier for us in the long run. When we do, we end up with this piece of work:
Now we can substitute our values without breaking a sweat.
All right. Time to pull out the abacus. On second thought, a calculator is probably a better idea.
Nice job. Since we have an angle, we can choose whether to use the Law of Cosines or the Law of Sines to solve for the other two angles. The Law of Sines is probably easier, but that's not what this chapter's all about.
b2 = a2 + c2 – 2ac cos B
Much like the Power Rangers, it's morphin' time!
Now we can plug in our side lengths.
Wonderfully done. For the last angle, we have not one, not two, but three different options.
- We could use the Law of Cosines.
- We could use the Law of Sines.
- We could use the fact that all angles in a triangle add up to 180°.
We've done them all, and they'll all give us the same answer. Just to practice, we'll give the Law of Cosines one more go.
c2 = a2 + b2 – 2ab cos C
We're still looking for an angle. Let's act like it.
Replace the letters with numbers. This is math, after all.
The Law of Cosines, while very useful, is also very jumbled. All those letters and numbers and exponents and pluses and minuses…it's easy to get confused. The Law of Sines on the other hand, is pretty chill. That's why with the Law of Cosines, it's best to cosign with some other formulas so that things don't get too muddled. Cosine…cosign…get it?
Example 1
Find the value of x.
Example 2
A triangle has side lengths of 10, 11, and 12. Find all the angles.
Example 3
Find the value of x, y, and z.
Exercise 1
Find the measurements of all angles in the triangle.
Exercise 2
Solve the triangle.
Exercise 3
Find ∠R if ∆QRS has the following points: Q (3, 1), R (-1, 4), and S (1, -2).
Exercise 4
Find the value of x.
Exercise 5
Find the length of AD if ∠BCE = 180° exactly.
Exercise 6
In hopes to lure Jerry out and catch him, Tom has planted a piece of cheese at a distance away from his mouse hole. Tom is ready to pounce from his hiding spot, 7 feet away from the mouse hole and 10 feet away from the cheese. If the angle Tom makes is 73.1°, approximately how far away from the mouse hole did he place the cheese?
Exercise 7
A tilted tree stands at a height of 30.6 feet, measured straight from its topmost point to the ground. If the tree is actually 32.9 feet tall along its trunk, what angle does the tree make with the ground?


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This has been the most entertaining weekend ! The Husband is a mineral collector, and our house is full of mineral specimens, neatly mounted on plexiglass cubes in lighted cases. While I like and admire his collection, I prefer my mineral specimens faceted and mounted in precious metals for wearing, but that's another story…
We don't have a large or grand collection, but like what we have and appreciate the collections of others, some of which are simply spectacular.
This past weekend was the Dallas Mineral Collecting Symposium – an international event that drew participants from as far away as China and Australia. I'll admit some of it was over my most-definitely-unscientific head, such as the chemical variations of copper from different locations, but for the most part it was fascinating. Men who have spent their lives field collecting telling of their adventures and successes… and failures. Pictures of places I will never see in my lifetime, and more pictures of unbelievably beautiful specimens, some of which had me drooling.
Part of the symposium was a field trip to the Arkenstone, a gem and mineral showroom not generally open to the public. I can't say much about it, except that it was absolutely fantabulous. It's seldom in a lifetime that one gets to see so much spectacular beauty. Our VISA card whimpered in pure terror the entire time we were there, but we managed to escape without buying anything – and considering their jewelry department, that is a miracle as far as I'm concerned. There was this one ring of dark green tourmaline (I think) fringed with diamonds… sigh. Just sigh.
That restraint proved to be a good thing, however, for at the Silent Auction at the closing banquet Saturday night The Husband found a specimen he had been hunting for (don't ask me what it is, but he got all excited about it) and got it at a very good price.
Another good thing was that our friends Gail and Jim had a brunch at their lovely home for some of the symposium participants and we got to see their wonderful mineral collection. It is beautiful, and absolutely dwarfs ours. The Husband (and I, too) went around glassy-eyed looking at all their wonderful rocks. Especially the large fluorite cube edged with pyrites in this picture – it is absolute one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen. Also the ruffly pink rock (and yes, that is a single rock!) whose name I don't know but is edged with pyrites and looks like a ballerina's tutu.
While at the symposium we got to know a mine owner, a lovely man who is very friendly and a lot of fun. He and The Husband hit it off and while they were chatting during one of the symposium breaks an idea walked into my mind. (Like I need another idea, when I'm already three books behind!) It wouldn't shut up, so I made some notes and asked him some questions. After his first startlement was over and he realized I was talking about a book plot and not a plan to do away with some real unfortunate, he got into the swing of things and volunteered to answer any questions I might have – unfortunately that won't be until I actually start writing, but it's good to know I have an expert on tap.
We had rain this weekend – monsoon worthy rain – and while we needed it badly, I do wish it wouldn't come in such concentrated doses. When it's raining so hard you can't see the expressway signs, and traffic has slowed to twenty miles an hour or so, it's scary to be out. On the other hand, we couldn't risk missing any of the symposium, so we put on our waterwings and went. And am I glad that we did!
Now I must get to work and make up for lost time. The new book is shaping up nicely, and I hope to finish it before too awfully long!
The House of the Pines is released
It's hot here – blisteringly, uncomfortably hot. Of course, it usually is this time every year (it is summer, after all!) but as we had a lovely cool spring it just seems hotter. I vote that Willis Carrier, the man who invented air conditioning, be immediately voted a saint! Needless to say, I'm not going to stick my nose out unless absolutely necessary for the next few months.
At least, not unless there is something neat going on.
Like last Saturday. I got dragooned into presenting the program for our local chapter of MWA. I spoke on Self-Publishing – The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. It's a subject I know fairly well, as I've been self-pubbing since 2013, and have the scars to show it. I hoped that enough people would show up so that it wouldn't be positively embarrassing, and was totally astonished at the number of people who came! I think it was the second-biggest crowd we've ever had – the first being a well-known agent. It's humbling. I just hope they got a worthwhile takeaway. I talked for almost an hour and a half!
Another neat thing is The Husband is a member of the Sons of Confederate Veterans and they had their 121st Reunion about two weeks ago. We went, of course, and heard some lovely lectures, and I did a lot of shopping in the vendors' room. Some books, of course, and a t-shirt or two, and a couple of flags… I tried on several lovely bonnets, but they were too high for my pocketbook.
That, however, is not the most exciting part. I went to a ball, a real ball, for the first time in my life! There were uniforms and hoopskirts and flags and debutantes and sword arches and a grand march and all kinds of neat things. Neither The Husband nor I were in costume, though – he wore a suit and tie and I everyday cocktail attire, but we still looked like the poor relations. Just wait until next year. Yes, we've already registered for the Reunion and made our hotel reservations, but what amuses me is that The Husband – whom I have NEVER been able to get into any kind of costume no matter for what – is talking about getting a Confederate Navy Officer's uniform, and you can bet if he gets one, I'm going all out for hoopskirts!
Sadly, I have no pictures of this gala affair – my favorite evening bag is too small to hold my phone. I knew The Husband had his – suit pockets are so handy – so I thought I would get pictures from him… except all he shot were uniforms and their devices and such. Not one good picture of a lady in hoops! Doggone…
I have more good news! I finally got my car back. Finally! In March there was a nutcase driver who didn't believe that the person coming off the freeway has the right-of-way, and because of that I had no choice but to drive over a high curb, blowing out two tires and doing damage to two wheels and the undercarriage. Fast forward to the auto dealership. Now this car (named Princess) is less than three years old and kept in optimum shape. The mechanics didn't think there would be any trouble – but of course there was. Princess was built in South Carolina, but as that facility didn't have one specific part, they had to send for Germany for it. And we waited and waited and waited… After two weeks and one temper tantrum the dealership gave me a 2016 top of the line loaner, which was okay, but I wanted Princess back. I started telling people that the part had been shipped in a rowboat routed around the Horn. Got Princess back some thirteen weeks later, and was I glad.
Anyway, enough of triumphs and tribulations… On to the good writing news! On 30 July the first Regency romance I've done in years – MISS MORRISON'S SECOND CHANCE – was released by Vinspire Publications. It's a fun read.
And… THE HOUSE IN THE PINES, the gothic novella that is part of the serial novella anthology A World of Gothic, released on 8 August. This is a fun concept, with one gothic novella released every month by a variety of authors, each story located in a different part of the world. THE HOUSE IN THE PINES is set in the woods of East Texas. Believe it or not, I've been approached to do another, that one being set in Egypt. I'd love to, but don't know when, as so much is coming up.
Self-Publishing: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Janis is speaking at Dallas MWASW group
Self-Publishing: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Self-publishing can be very freeing and lucrative for some, but it isn't for everyone. Janis Patterson learned how to self-publish the hard way and is happy to share what she knows.
Explore the ins and outs of publishing your own books. Learn about formats, ISBNs, covers, and all the details of being your own publisher. Find out the differences between doing it yourself and hiring a book packager. Get an idea of the costs involved. Maybe most importantly, learn what not to do.
Janis Patterson, who also writes as Janis Susan May, Janis Susan Patterson, and JSM Patterson, published her first novel with Dell in 1979 and has been writing more or less ever since. She has also worked as an actress and singer, talent agent, Supervisor of Accessioning for a genetic testing lab, document checker for a travel agency, editor in chief of two multi-magazine publishing groups, and was the editor/publisher of the only monthly publication for the American Research Center in Egypt in the world. Janis Susan is a Founder and Charter Member of Romance Writers of America and a regional Board Member for MWA, as well as being a member of Sisters In Crime, NINC, and the Author's Guild. She has been self-publishing since 2013.
The Dallas MWASW group meets the first Saturday of each month (except January) at Olive Garden, 4240 Belt Line, Addison, TX, 75001. Meeting time is 10:00 AM – Noon, followed by lunch.
There is a $10 fee (cash only – please bring fives or ones) for the program and drinks-only attendees. The fee is reduced to $5.00 (cash only) for those staying for lunch. All who attend are encouraged to remain and break bread(sticks) with your fellow writers.
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Okay, this has been a wonderful couple of days…!
Seldom in my writing career has so much wonderful stuff happened at once!
By the time you read this, I will have finished my Janis Susan May East Texas-set gothic for the A World of Gothic novella serial anthology. The title is still in flux, but I promise to tell you as soon as it's finalized.
Now for the jaw-dropping stuff –
I told you a couple of weeks ago about the University of Leuven/Egyptology putting the cover and a wonderful review (in Dutch and English) of my Janis Patterson mystery A KILLING AT EL KAB on their Facebook page. The University of Leuven is ancient, having been begun circa 1425, and is located in the Dutch-speaking Flanders region of Belgium. That's still awesome.
Then the first of this week I was contacted by the internationally known journalist Geert Sel of De Standaard Cultuur, one of the most respected newspapers in Belgium, for an interview. The article, including a picture of the EL KAB cover, ran yesterday, Thursday 9 June. It's in Dutch, which I don't speak, but if you do,, this is the link
But wait! There's more… This morning I woke up to the loveliest email from the manager of the bookstore at the Royal Museums of Art and History in Brussels, wanting to carry A KILLING AT EL KAB. Just think – a murder mystery novel sold in the bookstore of one of the most respected museums in the world! I am speechless – and believe me, that doesn't happen often!
The only thing not wonderful about this whole affair is the somewhat lowering knowledge that I'm better known and more respected in Europe than here. The only bestseller list I've made was in France. Sigh. But – I can live with that!
And just one thing more… MISS MORRISON'S SECOND CHANCE, the first Janis Susan May Regency romance I've released in several years, is coming out from the fantastic people at Vinspire Publishing at the end of the month. Here's an advance look at the cover –
Well, that's about all for now. I wonder what will be waiting for me when I open up my email tomorrow!
Hugs, Susan
…committing crime with style! …always a good story!
It has been a busy time around here…
I'm working feverishly to finish my as-yet-untitled gothic novella – set in East Texas, of all places – for the serial anthology called A World of Gothic. We're a bunch of authors who love gothics, so we all got together and are releasing a novella a month. Have no idea how long it will last, but the first two are already out there and mine is scheduled for release in July. Also, have some really exciting news – about something I've never done before – but can't release it yet. Will tell you as soon as I can!
Plus – (add trumpet fanfare here) – I will have TWO releases in June! On June 31 Vinspire will release the first traditional Regency I've done in several years, a tasty little tidbit written as Janis Susan May called MISS MORRISON'S SECOND CHANCE. Then on an as-yet-undecided day Sefkhat-Awbi Books will be releasing my new Flora Melkiot book (written as Janis Patterson) entitled MURDER IN DEATH'S WAITING ROOM.
When I wrote EXERCISE IS MURDER a couple of years ago I envisioned a series centered on a crippled ex-police detective turned antique dealer named Rebecca Cloudwebb. Flora Melkiot was supposed to be just a secondary character who might show up in cameos in later books. The series never came to fruition and I went on to other things, but Flora – bless her ornery little heart – never let me alone. MURDER IN DEATH'S WAITING ROOM was the result. Flora has been called 'the dark side of Miss Marple' and it's true. She's elderly (I'm whispering that because if she hears me she'll be very upset!), autocratic, fearless and conveniently wealthy. She believes there's nothing she can't do and is usually right, even if it means taking down police tape or fighting off a maddened murderer.
Funny thing – The Husband and I took a short jaunt to Las Vegas for a quick holiday (very quick – like four days) and stayed at the Plaza on the Fremont Experience. Flora jumped on me with both feet, demanding a story there. The entire plot – well, maybe 80% of the book – came to me in a rush while we sat at a café eating ice cream and watching the never ending show that is the Fremont Experience. I was wearing only a small fanny pack – big enough to hold only my phone, some money and credit cards (SOOO necessary in Vegas) and a couple of hankies. No room at all for pad and pen. I still remember The Husband sitting at a slot machine playing while I sat next to him, sending emails of ideas to myself through my phone! Small wonder people were staring…
I do have some really exciting news – my March release, A KILLING AT EL KAB, the book we went to Egypt to research, has garnered a great review from – of all places – the University of Leuven/Egyptology on their Facebook page! Leuven is an ancient university, begun circa 1425, and is located in the Dutch-speaking Flanders region of Belgium. Keep scrolling down – an English translation is available at the bottom of the post. Too cool! Here's the link –
I don't have the cover for MISS MORRISON'S SECOND CHANCE yet, but will post it as soon as I get it. However, here is the cover and blurb for MURDER IN DEATH'S WAITING ROOM.
A lady of a certain age, Flora Melkiot is not happy. After only a little traffic accident in which she broke her wrist, her painfully conventional daughter has transported her from her luxury Dallas home to a nursing home in San Antonio and, disliking her mother's eccentric lifestyle, obtained a court order to make sure she stays there. Wanting nothing more than to return home, Flora is scheming to get the order overthrown when an extremely unpleasant patient is brutally murdered, turning Flora's mind from thoughts of escape to the desire to catch the killer. Another patient is killed and yet another brutally assaulted before Flora begins to deduce the reasons behind the murders. The only question is will she find the necessary proof before she herself becomes a victim?
April Update
Whew! The last two weeks have been dizzying!
First, The Husband and I went to Las Vegas. We had won a trip there (three nights in a casino hotel, tickets to a show, a tour, some gambling money and a couple of free drinks) and it had reached the point of 'use it or lose it.' So we went. I know it seems silly for two people who don't gamble and who drink sparingly to go to Las Vegas, but we had a blast. Our hotel was on the Fremont Experience (the downtown outdoor 'mall' that used to be Fremont Street) and we had more fun walking it – everything you can think of you can see along the Fremont Experience! We did gamble a little (we're devils on the penny slots!) and over the entire trip lost a total of about $10 – not a bad entertainment charge for a couple of days. We did have a margarita at one of the outdoor bars, as well as a glass of wine in front of the room-sized fish tank at the Golden Nugget bar. We went to the Mob Museum, planning to stay only an hour or so since neither one of us are that interested in the history of organized crime. We ended up staying most of the day Three stories of museum – it was fascinating! Next time we go I've determined I'm going to do the zip line that runs the entire length of the Fremont about five stories up, just under the metal mesh canopy, and I'm going to do the 'lying down' version, where you fly stretched out on your stomach, a la Superman.
Then home for two days, and off again, this time to Atlanta for the annual international conference of the American Research Center in Egypt. This is a scholarly conference, with papers being delivered about such esoteric subjects as Theorizing Masculinity in Ancient Egypt and Breaking Rigor : A New Approach to Understanding Decomposition and Additions to the Corpus of Painted Votive Cloths from Deir El Bahri and Comments on Two Unpublished Funerary Cones as well as excavation reports from all over the country. It was fascinating, and the knowledge we gained alone would have been worth the trip even if we didn't get to see all our wonderful Egyptological friends. Sometimes this is the only time when most of them are together, as they are from all over the world.
After the papers every day there were parties and receptions and a lovely banquet buffet, including a wonderful reception at the Michael C. Carlos Museum at Emory University. They have a marvelous (albeit small) Egyptian collection and it is beautifully displayed. Unfortunately, the ancient artifacts gallery itself is small, making the objects difficult to see or contemplate when the room is packed with a large number of conferees, all talking enthusiastically. Including me. I would love to go back when the museum is empty.
This was a driving trip for us, which I love, but was not as pleasant as usual because of the rain. It poured. It gushed. At times it almost reached Biblical proportions, which made driving difficult, especially as so many drivers still drove as if it were dry, going at least 15-20 mph over the speed limit. I like to drive fast as much or more than the next person, but only on open roads in good weather. Not in the middle of a deluge on a crowded highway. Didn't see any wrecks, though, so I guess all ended well.
Now I must get to work. Have to finish the Texas-set gothic novella I am doing for the World of Gothic serial-release anthology, and then must decide if I am going to start my new Rachel Petrie contract archaeologist series or write the next Flora Melkiot mystery, the idea for which came to me in the middle of the Fremont Experience in Las Vegas. A lot depends on the schedule of soon-to-be-doctor Beth Hart, my dear friend and technical advisor for the Petrie series.
Hope your spring has been safe and wonderful –
What people are saying about a Killing at El Kab
Omg… awesome, brilliant… i could go on…
The way Ms Janis describes the police etc and ahhh ill ruin it if i dont shut up. Please tell her it is brilliant.. the descriptions are rigdy didge!!
I was laughing.. but i dont want to say at what..
Mia – from Australia but lives in Egypt
The Unexpected Benefits of a Passion for Research
I was recently asked to contribute Marilyn Meredith's blog here is the article for my readers.
For far too many writers the word 'research' brings up unpleasant images of slaving away in dusty library stacks taking notes or endless hours at the computer tracing down esoteric and difficult to find sites. Some love both, but most don't. Far too many novelists don't like research at all, which is a pity, both for the reader and for the writer.
Research can bring new knowledge, new friends and some fantastic adventures. When I was doing THE EGYPTIAN FILE (written by my Janis Susan May persona) I needed some exact information about a graffito in a tomb at the necropolis of El Kab. I had been there some years earlier (which is how I found out about the graffito) but could not remember in which tomb it had been.
I appealed to Dr. Dirk Huyge, the Director of the mission to El Kab, and he very kindly answered my questions and – after finding out just what went on the tomb in my story – gave me permission to invent a new tomb. Thus began a friendship. After a while he suggested that I set a story in the dig house of the El Kab excavation – formally known as Bayt Clarke. The house was built in 1906 by an English Egyptologist named Somers Clarke for his home in retirement. He loved his home, to the extent of being buried in the courtyard. There are many recorded sightings of his ghost, too.
Dr. Huyge then suggested that The Husband and I come stay at the dig house so I could research the book. Believe me, civilians never get to stay at dig houses – Dr. Huyge had to work his way through three levels of Egyptian bureaucracy to get us permission to do so, but he did and so we went. The result is A KILLING AT EL KAB, written by my Janis Patterson persona. It was released on 20 March (a year almost to the day from our stay there) and is a book I am so very proud of.
But adventures in research don't always end in trips to exotic locales; in fact, I wish that happened more often! Usually the results are closer to home. I've observed an autopsy (not for the faint of heart, but nowhere near as gruesome as I had feared), gone riding in a helicopter, shot several incredible weapons, danced to the music of the waves on the deserted prow of a moon-washed cruise ship in the tropics, been up to my knees in mud while rockhounding, driven a car at horrifying speeds on a test track, sat in a WWI era plane (on the ground, darn it, though I still cherish dreams of flying in it), piloted a float in an enormous parade, driven on a tiny rocky path through a Mexican jungle… well, you get the idea. There's almost nothing you can't do if you put your mind to it.
But, I can hear you saying, how do I get to do these things? There aren't any rules – many times I haven't even had a story in mind when these adventures come up, but that doesn't stop me! The poster that says "It's all research" is very true. In fact, some of my books have come from some of my adventures – THE EGYPTIAN FILE being a case in point. That book's genesis came from a simple tour of Egypt The Husband and I were making with friends.
The secret? It's not really a secret, but people are fascinated by writers. I remember at El Kab sitting at the dining table (all the office desks were filled) working on the book when two of the archaeologists walked behind me. One whispered to the other, "She's writing a novel while we watch!" Now I was in awe of these young people – so well educated, so good at their difficult jobs – but it was a shock to discover they were in awe of me, and just for writing!
You don't have to go halfway around the world to do research either… or to use your writerly credentials. Need information about a gun? Go to your local gun shop or shooting range, or the police information officer or – if you have one in your town – the local ballistic lab. Explain that you're a novelist and like to have the information in your books accurate, then ask if they can help. Most people in any field will be delighted to help, though you might run into a curmudgeon or two. Don't let that slow you down; there are lots more people enthusiastic about helping a writer than those who turn you down.
And the best thing is, your books will be accurate, which is always a good thing! Research can be fun.
Available on pre release NOW – A Killing at El Kab
One year ago this month – almost to the day – The Husband and I left for Egypt, where we had been invited to stay at an archaeological dig house to research a new mystery. Civilians are never invited to stay at dig houses, and our host – a dear friend – had to work his way through three layers of Egyptian bureaucracy to get us permissions. As far as I am concerned, all the work involved was worth it.
The result of this is A KILLING AT EL KAB (written under my Janis Patterson persona), which is now on ebook pre-sale at Amazon for the reduced price of $2.99. On the official release day of 20 March the price will go up to $4.99.
There will be a paperback edition, but that will come later.
March Newsletter
This Is It!
I'm proud to announce the official release day for A KILLING AT EL KAB is March 20th. I've just ordered the proofs for the print edition and will put the electronic version for pre-sale on Amazon just as soon as I can. And figure out how to do it… Anyway, the pre-sale price for the ebook will be a bargain at $2.99! On release day it will go up to $4.99, which is still a bargain.
One year ago this month The Husband and I went to Egypt at the invitation of our dear friend Dr. Dirk Huyge to stay at the excavation headquarters (the dig house) at El Kab to research a new mystery. Believe me, civilians never get invited to stay at dig houses, and Dirk had to deal with several levels of Egyptian bureaucracy to get us permissions. It was one of the most magical times of my life, and one year later A KILLING AT EL KAB is the result.
Here's the cover – the photograph is one I took while we were there, and the extravagantly talented Dawn Charles of Bookgraphics did the rest.
After our visit to the dig house was over, we decided to stay for a while and have a proper holiday – which we hadn't had in several years – so we went to Luxor to stay with Jane Akshar, another dear friend who writes lovely books about Egypt and rents some of the most luxurious holiday flats I've ever seen – at considerably less than luxurious prices.
We were on the West Bank, and our balcony overlooked the Gurneh hills, where the Valley of the Kings and Deir-El-Bahri are. Every morning I would get up at dawn, make a cup of tea and go out to the balcony to watch the daily balloon ascension. We did a balloon ascension during our 2010 trip, and it was magnificent!
This is going to be a busy year. I have two more mysteries to release under my Janis Patterson persona – MURDER IN DEATH'S WAITING ROOM (April, if the gods of publishing are with us) and MURDER AND MISS WRIGHT (May, ditto.) Right now I need to finish a gothic romance (as yet untitled) for the A WORLD OF GOTHIC serial anthology which starts soon. This is a fun book, being set in the piney woods of East Texas and done under my Janis Susan May persona.
When that's done – and I get another book or two I have finished ready to be published and released – I will return to my very first ever series. It's about a contract archaeologist named Dr. Rachel Petrie who works on digs all over the world and somehow manages to find murder and mayhem on each one of them. It's a nifty series and I'm looking forward to it. Yes, I used to hate the idea of doing a series, but my grandmother always said the mark of maturity is being able to change your mind. If that's true, The Husband says I've been mature all my life!
Hugs, Susan
…always a good story!
…committing crime with style!
Spring Newsletter
My wonderful webmistress (and conscience) Jane Akshar has been telling me I need to update my letter to you all – and I do. It's been too long. My bad. However, I do have reasons – first of all, I have two books coming out in March. That's always a reason for rejoicing. I also have a book due in March. While it's great fun (more later) I'm behind on my schedule, so not so much rejoicing.
The first is a story that is very special to me. A KILLING AT EL KAB (written under my Janis Patterson persona) is the book I went to Egypt to research in March of last year. (And it doesn't seem possible that it's a full year since I was there!) This is a straight mystery with all kinds of conflicts, an archaeological dig (which actually exists) two murders, mummies, a ghost and the search for a lost treasure. It was great fun to write. It is also archaeologically accurate, thanks to the marvelous Dr. Dirk Huyge (Director of the Belgian Archaeological Mission to El Kab) who so generously read the manuscript and made sure I got everything right.
My second March release is a cozy mystery – again by Janis Patterson – called MURDER IN DEATH'S WAITING ROOM. It features Flora Melkiot, the snoopy, elderly widow of a wealthy jeweler who has been called the dark side of Miss Marple. After a minor traffic accident in which she breaks her wrist, Flora is swept from her home in Dallas to a nursing home in San Antonio by her daughter, who longs to make Flora into the perfect grandmotherly icon. Flora values her independence; her daughter is embarrassed by her mother's flamboyant lifestyle. Their conflict is nothing, however, compared to the problems which erupt when two of the nursing home residents are murdered and another brutally attacked. No matter how badly she wanted to leave, now Flora is determined to stay until she has solved the murders – with or without the help of the police.
The new book I'm working on is a long novella for inclusion in a 'monthly release anthology' (different, I know, but a great concept) of Gothic romances from around the world. Mine is set in East Texas – yes, a Gothic romance in East Texas. It's still fighting me, but I will prevail!
Another great piece of news is that EXQUISITE CHRISTMAS, a short story and recipe anthology I participated in came in Number Eight in the prestigious Preditors and Editors poll! That is indeed an honor. My lovely webmistress is going to put an excerpt from THE CHRISTMAS EVE GIFT in my excerpt pages, and below is one of the recipes – my favorite! – that I contributed to the book.
Chocolate Sin
(chocolate mousse cake)
Brush 8in round cake pan with melted butter; line bottom with parchment or wax paper
Preheat oven to 325F
On top of stove bring to boil :
½ cup sugar
½ cup water –
1 stick butter cut in pieces
12 oz semi or bittersweet chocolate bits
Whisk all around in pan; it will melt on its own
Take off heat
Fairly quickly whisk in
6 large eggs until absorbed
Do not overbeat!
¼ cup dark rum or liqueur (raspberry or orange)
or even orange juice if you want it non-alcoholic.
Put pan in roasting pan; put water in roasting pan (a la bain marie) – bake 45 min at 325F. For a totally different texture, you can overbake it by an hour or so, but watch it. You don't want it to burn.
Let cool and unmold on serving plate
For presentation, you can sprinkle the top with confectioners' sugar. Sprinkling over a lacy doily and then removing the doily carefully will leave a lovely pattern. Or, frost with whipped cream or sweetened Crème Fraiche and top with fresh raspberries or other suitable fresh fruit. Whatever suits your fancy.
Hello from the vaccuum
Hello from the vaccuum – I haven't disappeared, it's just that we are entering the beginning of our second month of having no internet at home, which means that any internet usage (except for some rudimentary email on my phone) means I must go out to an internet cafe. Sigh. Haven't forgotten any of you, and miss interacting with you, but there's so much to do and work unfortunately must come first. I'm already spending so much time at the cafe there are people who think I work here… Anyway, must run – just wanted to touch base while I could.
…always a good story!
…committing crime with style!
Autumn Newsletter
It's been much too long since I wrote here, but believe me, life has been busy!
We spent almost all of September away. The first weekend we went up to Boston – and although the leaf color hadn't started yet, it was still beautiful. New England is lovely, but it always makes me feel somewhat claustrophobic, as does most of the East Coast. I'm a Texican – I like space! Anyway, we drove up to Lexington and stayed in a pretty hotel that was so modern and trendy it was almost surreal. The purpose for this trip was to attend the wedding of The Husband's battle buddy from his first Iraqui deployment. It was a beautiful ceremony in a 200+ year old white wooden church – the kind where the pews are in enclosed stalls with doors. Fascinating! The ceremony was beautiful and very touching. Second marriage for both bride and groom, both of whom are nearing retirement age. Their grown children were their attendants and the whole thing was just fairy-tale pretty. Then to nearby Hanscomb Air Force Base for the reception – a gourmet wonderland with incredibly delicious food and drink. Believe me, whoever invented elastic waistbands should be canonized immediately!
Both before and after the wedding we did the tourist thing, exploring all the Revolutionary War sites, etc and taking tons of pictures. Another thing we did was take the tour of the Orchard House, the rather eccentric home where Louisa May Alcott wrote Little Women among other things. I've always been ambivalent about Alcott, but it was fascinating to see where she lived and worked. Her father had a huge (comparatively) study with all the luxuries of the day, while Louisa had a tiny surface about the size of a large tea tray attached to the wall to write on. Little Women has never been out of print, and yet her father Bronson Alcott, even with his big desk and elegantly appointed office, is almost totally unread today. Somewhere there should be a lesson in that…
One interesting thing – The Husband and I are connoisseurs of Mexican food and in some little town (maybe Lexington, but up there who can tell, as the towns all run into each other) we found this Mexican restaurant called Ixtapa. Being in an adventurous frame of mind we stopped, but weren't expecting much. The food was actually quite good! Not spicy enough for our Texas tastebuds, but otherwise surprisingly good. We even recommended it to some people at the wedding.
Back home, only to leave for Enterprise Alabama two days later to attend the wedding of one of The Husband's staff from his second Iraqui deployment. The wedding was entirely different in style, but just as wonderful and full of love. The couple were much younger, and the groom insisted that the bride's two children (early elementary school age) be part of the ceremony because, as he is reputed to have said, he was marrying the whole family. Such a lovely man! At the reception in the church hall they served the most wonderful Mocha punch – made with ice cream and coffee and just about the best stuff I ever put in my mouth. The lady in charge of catering graciously gave me the recipe, and I'm trying to contact her to see if I can share it with you. Suffice it to say, only the good manners instilled in me by my mother years ago kept me from grabbing the punch bowl, locking myself in a closet and slurping it all down! That and the fact that the outfit I was wearing did not have an elastic waistband.
Enterprise is a smallish town famous mainly because it is the only town in the US with a monument honoring a bug – the boll weevil. There's an 1890s style classical goddess holding aloft this enormous (and greatly enlarged but proportionately correct) boll weevil. From the pictures I had seen I thought the monument would be enormous, but it isn't – the goddess is about ¾ size of a human. Beautiful though, if you don't look at the bug. I don't like bugs.
The third weekend we were closer to home – just a jaunt to East Texas for a family sort-of reunion. Great fun, but by now we were getting tired.
The last weekend (and the beginning of October) we drove to St. Pete Beach in Florida for the NINC (Novelists, Inc) conference. This is by far and away the best writers conference I know of, and perhaps the most intense. It's held at the luxurious TradeWinds resort and is right on the beach, which sounds lovely but the conference is so intense and we were so busy that The Husband and I only managed one walk on the beach. There are several pools and hot tubs, and half a dozen restaurants and twice that of bars, and all kinds of amusements from a 2, perhaps 3 story water slide and water jet rocket rides and… Sigh. Aside from a restaurant or two (one must eat) we didn't get to try any of them. However – the conference was worth it. NINC is an organization of multi-published writers with strict requirements for joining. The conference reflects this professionalism. No bookstore, no signings, no fans, no unpublished writers – just workshops on what working professional writers need to know. Absolutely wonderful, and absolutely exhausting. Workshops started at 8:30 in the morning and the more informal Night Owl sessions usually wrapped up around 10:30 at night. As much as I love the conference I do wish they could add an extra day and 'decompress' it a bit so we could enjoy the wonderful resort without having to miss workshops to do so.
Drove home – takes two days each way. I loved the drive and watching the scenery; The Husband did not. He insists that next year we're flying. That is a going to be a point of contention, for as far as I'm concerned, we're not flying anywhere again unless it's overseas. I love the act of flying, of being far above the ground and the clouds, especially in a small plane, but absolutely loathe what flying commercial has become. Even buses are more comfortable. I hate being jammed into seats made for an anorexic ten year old, almost getting heat stroke in an overheated cabin because we are deprived of individual air vents, given terrible food and treated like not-very-welcome cargo. (Yes, Lufthansa, I am talking primarily about you.)
Anyway, once we got home we spent an entire day doing nothing, but the next day The Husband had to return to his job and so did I. I had to finish A KILLING AT EL KAB (It's done! Yea!) and start working on notes for the next couple of books. Yes, I got great story ideas from each one of our trips and wanted to get them down while they were still relatively fresh. I don't know which ones will actually get written, but it's lovely to have a choice of things waiting when I want them. (And hopefully in the near future I'll have an exciting announcement.) Of course, there was also the laundry, and the herculean task of reassuring our three furbabies that we had not abandoned them permanently. (As I write there is a little dog lying on my feet, a cat in my lap and another cat on the desk with her paws on my arm as if to keep me from vanishing. Even going to the kitchen for a drink of water is currently something of a production!
So that's what's going on here. Hope you had a lovely September and October…
PS – I have been told to put more pictures with my letters. Sorry – I'm much more inclined to do things than take pictures of what I'm doing. I'll be better, I promise
Janis Susan May Patterson is interviewed by ARCE
The recent ARCE newsletter carries an interview with Janis and a preview of her latest book. "Publishing simultaneously under four pseudonyms, the author shares her deep passion for Egypt and writing and then reveals the genesis of her current project, A Killing at El Kab. Read about her stay in the dig house of 19th century English architect and Egyptologist, Somers Clarke, where the story is set. Says May, "Our trip to the dig house was spectacular, the stuff of dreams. The house itself is a fantastic, romantic, domed dream of a place."……………….
Janis Susan May Patterson at the Historical Novel Society International Conference
Oh, what an exciting two weeks we have had! The Husband and I drove to Denver, where we went to the Historical Novel Society international conference. This was the first of these conferences we had attended, and this one was special. On Saturday, June 27 I was privileged to be part of a panel on Egyptology and Elizabeth Peters. This was especially exciting, as Barbara (Mertz, Elizabeth Peters' real name) had been a friend. Fellow panel members Bill Cherf, Libbie Hawker, Lindsey Davis and I each talked about a different facet – Bill about her early life and schooling, I about her life as a writer, Libbie about how her Amelia Peabody series had affected Egyptian-set fiction, and Lindsey about researching a novel in Egypt. It went smoothly and was very well received.
What did not go well was the booksigning. There were many, many of us and a stuffed-full bookstore, but the only interest among the book-buyers was for Diana Gabaldon. She had been set up quite a ways away from where the rest of us were; people came in, got her to sign their book and then left, most without even glancing toward the other authors. The most books I heard of any of us selling was four; that caused a lot of bad feelings, and some authors were quite outspoken about their feelings regarding a woman who has sold a bazillion books syphoning off all the attention from everyone else. I can't say I blame them. The whole thing was badly managed.
After the conference ended, The Husband and I stole away from Denver to Colorado Springs, where we had a room waiting at the Air Force Academy, and for the next two days did the tourist thing. On Monday we planned to spend half a day at the Garden of the Gods, a fantastic place of spectacular rock formations that will take your breath away. We were still there at six-thirty in the evening. Yes, that's me in the pictures – look kind of different from when my hair is fixed and my jewelry on for the seminar and signing, huh?
The next day we drove to Cripple Creek and took the Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine tour. You get in this tiny little wire elevator – there were five of us in it and it was as full as it could be – and go down 1,000 feet into the earth. Not my favorite idea of something to do, but not as bad as I feared. The mine tour was fascinating, and we had a lovely guide who has agreed to help me with research and facts on a novel. Yes, I got a simply splendid idea for a 1910 Western Gothic while down in the mine… I can't go anywhere without getting at least a couple of ideas. Sigh. So many ideas, so little time!
After the mine tour was over we had lunch in a lovely little café, then walked across the street to a charity shop, where I saw the most fantastic Victorian candlesticks and rose bowl in beautiful acid-green vaseline glass. Now we do not need any more stuff, but I had never seen anything like them, not even during the days I owned an antique shop. Of course I couldn't leave without them, so after some dickering and a quick run to an ATM, I proudly tucked them into the back of the car.
On the way back to Colorado Springs we stopped in a little town named Wood-something (I am terrible on names) at the dinosaur museum. It was fantastic! They actually had ancient bones you could touch, and so many fossil skeletons that some were hanging from the ceiling. There were film presentations and of course a gift shop, but the sheer number and variety of dinosaurs was overwhelming. We could have spent a whole day there, and plan to on our next trip to Colorado.
The next morning we started home, and now real life has taken over. I have books to write. The Husband has to go back to work. But – we'll never forget our stolen holiday in Colorado. Hope everyone had a spectacular 4th of July!
…always a good story!
Janis Susan May
…committing crime with style!
Janis Patterson
Meet Mystery Author Janis Patterson | Books
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Meet Mystery Author Janis Patterson | Books:
Janis writes
- mysteries as Janis Patterson
- romances and other things as Janis Susan May
- children's books as Janis Susan Patterson
- scholarly works as J.S.M. Patterson.
Why the two names? Janis Susan May and Janis Patterson
Why do you use two names for your books, Janis Susan May and Janis Patterson, why not keep to one name?
Sometimes I wonder that, too! Actually, it's a matter of branding. I started writing many years ago and Janis Susan May was my real name, so I used it. At the time I wrote only romance – and incidentally am one of the original 40 or so women who began Romance Writers of America. As time passed I branched out from writing romances and wrote a couple of short horror novels, also under the Janis Susan May name. It didn't bother me, because romance and horror are such different genres and the covers alone would indicate to a reader what kind of book they were.
I had always wanted to write mysteries, so after I married (adding Patterson to my name) I decided I would write them as Janis Patterson. This was a conscious decision to create a decidedly different persona. It would help the reader, because if they pick up a Janis Susan May book they know they are getting either a romance or a horror, and the cover should make it obvious which. However, sometimes romance and mystery covers aren't so sharply delineated as to genre, ergo Janis Patterson. I chose Janis Patterson for three reasons – (1) it is my legal married name, (2) it honors my wonderful husband, and (3) with any luck at all it will get me shelved next to James Patterson. (grin).
Do Janis Susan May and Janis Patterson have different personalities in your mind? Who do you like best?
Interesting question. I never thought of that. To me my writing personas are so totally divorced from the real me that there really isn't a correlation in my mind. As I think of it though, Janis Susan May was my name for so many years it is loaded with the emotional weight of my childhood and family history and young womanhood, of all the experiences I had when I was single. I married quite late, when most of my contemporaries were becoming grandmothers, so the Janis Patterson name carries a sense of change, of unbelievable happiness, of a wholly new and different life.
As for different personalities, I don't need different names for that. I have always been reality-challenged, and as a former actress have been known to change my behavior the way most women change a dress – which is sometimes disconcerting to my staid and very grounded husband! As for the differentiation between Janis Susan May and Janis Patterson, though, I don't see them as being two entities, but just two different facets on a whole.
Your marriage sounds so romantic, have you ever thought of writing a book about it? Would you write as Janis Susan May or Janis Patterson?
Yes, I am indeed blessed with a very romantic marriage. How many women are proposed to in the moonlit gardens of the Mena Hotel across the street from the Egyptian pyramids? It was truly a romance-novel moment. And not the last – he took me to Paris to celebrate our 10th wedding anniversary. Every day has its moments of romance.
As for writing a book about our love story, I don't think so. First of all, it's private and special and I don't want to expose all of it to the big wide world. Secondly, when I write about my life, no one believes it! For example, in the 80s (long before I met my husband) I was working on a film crew making a documentary in Israel. I had some adventures there that curled even my hair! (And I didn't go searching for them, honest! They just happened!) Anyway, when I got home I wrote a novel about some of it, fictionalizing it only a little and giving the two protagonists a happy ending, which I didn't have then – and thank goodness I didn't, or I might not have the sublimely happy life I have now! I sent the book to my then agent and waited for the call that said the book was going to auction and I would soon be rich and famous.
It didn't come. In those days all we had was regular and very costly long distance, which I couldn't afford, so I waited. And waited. And waited. I was on the verge of writing a letter when my agent called on a different matter. I asked if she had received the book and what she thought of it, or if she hadn't should I send another copy. She laughed and said everyone in the office had loved it, that it was the best parody of the then-popular romantic adventure stories they had ever seen.
Parody? Parody?? I promptly told her that it was not a parody, it was almost a documentary, but I had left out some of the more spectacular things, and then proceeded to tell her what they were. She was silent so long I thought we had been disconnected (thank goodness this was on her nickel), but she finally said that she believed me because she had known me for years, but no one else would.
Years later I used a few of the milder incidents in an otherwise totally fictional story called THE JERUSALEM CONNECTION, which is selling rather well. And no, I don't tell anyone which incidents they are!
So you see, I can't answer your question. I don't write about my life, so it doesn't make any difference which of my names would write it. And truthfully, I'd rather live my life than write about it… Remember, fiction has rules – real life doesn't!
…always a good story!
…committing crime with style!
Curse of the Exile | Books from Janis Susan May Patterson
Looking for a good holiday read, check out my latest Janis Susan May book. Published June 4, a tasty traditional Victorian Scottish Gothic romance.
Curse of the Exile | Books from Janis Susan May Patterson: "CURSE OF THE EXILE is a traditional Gothic mystery reminiscent of the best of Victoria Holt and Virginia Coffman that no lover of Gothics should miss. A courageous heroine, 1860s Scotland, two handsome brothers, a moldering castle, an unknown villain bent on a horrid vengeance… delicious! A perfect book for curling up with for a long enjoyable trip to the past." Carla Renard, The Literary Lady
Welcome! The website for books by Janis Susan May and Janis Patterson
A message from Janis Susan May Patterson.
Welcome to my new website! I am so excited about it.
Didn't the designer do a fabulous job? And it's set up where I can maintain it, which means it should be updated much more often!
This has been an exciting year so far. In January The Husband and I took the Florida Romance Writers Cruise Conference. Yes, a conference set on a cruise ship. It was fantastic.
This is the second time we've done it, and it was better than the last – both conference and cruise! It went from Fort Lauderdale to Cozumel, Mexico, with two sea days and one shore day. As he does some work as my assistant, The Husband went as a conference participant and I think he enjoyed it. I know I did. The entire cost was justified when he was the only man in a late-night conference on writing erotic romance – he handled the whole thing with good humor and aplomb, including the audience participation questions. I am so proud of him.
Then magic happened. My dear friend Dr. Dirk Huyge – Director of the Belgian Archaeological Mission to El Kab (Egypt) and Curator Prehistoric and Early Dynastic Egypt, Royal Museums of Art and History (Brussels) who was such a wonderful help when I was writing THE EGYPTIAN FILE) and I had been chatting about doing a mystery set in the dig house at El Kab, which is long reputed to be haunted by its builder, the English Egyptologist Somers Clarke. (He is also buried in the courtyard…) .
Well, Dirk asked The Husband and me to come stay for a few days. Trust me, civilians never get invited to stay at dig houses! Of course we accepted! Dirk had to get permissions for us to stay and go on the site from two branches of the Egyptian government – the Ministry of Antiquities in Cairo and the Aswan Governorate, but he did get them and within just a few months of the invitation we were off to Egypt. Which totally wrecked our budget, but it was worth it!
Deciding that it was silly to go halfway around the world for just a few days, The Husband and I decided to make a real holiday of it. I contacted my beloved friend Jane Akshar, who through www.flatsinluxor.co.uk rents wonderful holiday flats on the West Bank, and we had a wonderful two weeks in a luxury flat with a view of the Gurneh Hills (where the Valley of the Kings and Deir el Bahri are) for less per day than we would pay for a standard hotel room on the East Bank.
Anyway, the book I went to research is now titled A KILLING AT EL KAB and is progressing quite well. I hope to have it finished by late summer and on sale in late fall, if I can get my editor, formatter and cover artist scheduled!
After coming home we went to Houston to attend the international conference of the American Research Center in Egypt, with which we have been associated for years, and had a lovely time – four whole days of nothing but talking Egyptology with professional Egyptologists. Heaven!
In June we're off to Denver and the Historical Novels Association, where I am presenting a paper on (what else?) Egyptology and Elizabeth Peters. As most everyone knows, she was really Dr. Barbara Mertz and also wrote under the name of Barbara Michaels. I have loved her books for decades, and actually meeting her for the first time was one of the stellar moments of my life. When we became friends…heaven. We didn't see each other that often, for which I am now sad, and we maintained a sporadic correspondence until her death. I miss her terribly.
I do promise (hand on my heart) that I am going to keep this site current, and I do hope you will drop by regularly. Now I have to go write!
Oooh, Oooh, and I almost forgot to tell you! Right around the first of June my new gothic mystery comes out. It's called CURSE OF THE EXILE and is written by my Janis Susan May persona. It's set mainly in Scotland during the early 1860s and is about a female librarian and the tribulations of her life when she falls in love with a Scottish laird, gets mixed up with a family ghost and an-all-too-real murderer. Reviewers have compared it to Victoria Holt and Phyllis A. Whitney! In late June (perhaps early July) I'm releasing a cozy murder mystery by my Janis Patterson persona entitled MURDER AND MISS WRIGHT.
Which means I really have to get busy…
Janis Susan May Patterson
News May 2015
Just come back from a wonderful holiday in Egypt which is going to be the setting for my new mystery novel.

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Current Affairs October 2015 Highlights
- SEBI notified SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015
- Beach resort of Bodrum, Turkey; Witness to Syrian refugee crisis
- Union Government cancelled FCRA registration of NGO Greenpeace
- NITI Aayog launched second version of India Energy Security Scenarios 2047
- Andhra Pradesh Assembly passed Andhra Pradesh Special Courts Bill, 2015
- NASA and ISRO jointly working on NISAR mission
- Vinod Dasari appointed as President of Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers
- Maharashtra government approved ordinance to amend MPDA Act, 1981
- In SPA, global alliance of 107 sunshine countries to be launched in New Delhi
- 11th Session of India-United Arab Emirates Joint Commission meet concluded
- Tripura decided to implement National Food Security Act
- Air India won Guru Tegh Bahadur Hockey title after 7 years
- Manipur government handed over 336.93 acres land for National Sports University
- Law Commission of India submitted report on Early Childhood Development and Legal Entitlements
- Reliance Communications Ltd tied up with Jasper to offer Internet of Things services in India
- Senior Kannada writer Dr.M. M. Kalburgi passes away
- India pitches for anti-terror treaty, UNSC reforms
Current Affairs October 2015 Question & Answers
Q 1- Michael Clarke and Chris Rogers who got retired from international cricket recently was team member of which of the following team?
A. New Zealand
B. England
C. Australia
D. South Africa
Answer: C
Q 2- In which of the following place, War Museum was inaugurated by Indian Army to commemorate the sacrifice of war heroes of the 1965 and 1971 war with Pakistan?
A. Jaisalmer
B. Jodhpur
C. Patiala
D. Bagha Border
Answer: A
Q 3- Who is the chairmen of Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative Limited which recently launched a joint venture with Japanese firm Mitsubishi Corp?
A.U. S. Awasthi
B. Rakesh Kapur
C. Balvinder Singh Nakai
D. Arabinda Roy
Answer: C
Q 4- On which of the following freedom fighter's birthday occasion Narendra Modi launched commemorative coin of 100 rupees and circulation coin of 5 rupees in New Delhi ?
A. Matangini Hazra
B. Begum Hazrat Mahal
C. Lakshmi Sahgal
D. Rani Gaidinliu
Answer: D
Q 5- Where is Second Forum for India-Pacific Islands Cooperation (FIPIC) Summit 2015 was held ?
A. New Delhi
B. Jaipur
C. Ahmedabad
D. Kolkata
Answer: B
Q 6- Which of the following bank launched 'mortgage guarantee' backed loans for affordable housing sector?
A. Axis
Answer: C
Q 7- Black revolution is associated with which of the following production in India?
A. Onion
B. Oil seed
C. Petroleum
D. Food grains
Answer: C
Q 8- Who is the world's richest youngest individual under 35 according to wealth X report?
A. Mark Zuckerberg
B. Dustin Moskovitz
C. Eduardo Saverin
D. Evan Spiegel
Answer: D
Q 9- Justin Wilson who died recently after prolonged comma due to head injury was a-
A. Golfer
B. Formula one driver
C. Polo player
D. Football player
Answer: B
Q 10- Who got appointed as CEO of HarperCollins India?
A. Ananth Padmanabhan
B. Brian Murray
C. Chantal Restivo
D. Diane Bailey
Answer: A
Q 11- P Nair, has been honored with Dhyan Chand Award 2015 for lifetime achievement in which of the following sports?
A. Football
B. Hockey
C. Baseball
D. Volleyball
Answer: D
Q 12- Global hunger Index is issued by_________
A. World economic forum
B. International Food Policy Research Institute
C. institute for economic and peace
D. United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
Answer: B
Q 13- Name the telemedicine initiative of Union government that got launched in collaboration with Apollo Hospitals to provide healthcare facilities in rural areas?
A. Swasthya
B. HealthCare
C. Sehat
D. Arogya
Answer: C
Q 14- Lewis Hamilton wins Belgian Grand Prix by beating –
A. Valtteri Bottas
B. Nico Rosberg
C. Jenson Button
D. Marcus Ericsson
Answer: B
Q 15- With which of the following country India has moved forward to enhance cooperation in areas of security, counter-terrorism, defence and investments?
A. Egypt
C. Tajikistan
D. Pakistan
Answer: A
Q 16: Who got appointed as Director General of the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research?
B. Girish Sahni
C. Samir K. Brahmachari
D. Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar
Answer: B
Q 17- Hidden berg line, separates which of the following two countries?
A. Germany & Poland
B. Australia & South Africa
C. North Korea & South Korea
D. Germany & France
Answer: A
Q 18: Who became the first Indian squash player to win the lMET Open in Bratislava, Slovakia in December 2013?
A. Ravi Dixit
B. Mahesh Mangaonkar
C. Harinder Pal Sandhu
D. Ramit Tandon
E. None of these
Answer: B
Q 19- Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad released a postal stamp in honour of which of the great personality-
A. APJ Abdul Kalam
B. Dashrath Manjhi
C. Emperor Ashoka
D. Dada saheb Phalke
Answer: C
Q 20: Who has the sole right to mint coins in India?
C. Government of India
Answer: C
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Photorefractive Keratectomy Center - Jackson, TN
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Jackson Eye Doctors for Photorefractive Keratectomy
Type of Physician: Eye Doctor
What is a Eye Doctor? A certification by the Board of Ophthalmology; practitioners provide comprehensive eye and vision care. They are trained to diagnose, monitor and medically or surgically treat all eyelid and orbital problems affecting the eye and visual pathways, and to diagnose, monitor and treat all eye and visual disorders. They often prescribe vision services (glasses and contact lenses) as well as serve as a consultant to physicians and other professionals.
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William B. Priester
Mid-South Retina Associates LLC
328 Coatsland Dr
Jackson, TN 38301
(731) 427-7799
- 24 years experience
- 1 office location(s)
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Tawan S. Khamapirad
Mid-South Retina Associates LLC
328 Coatsland Dr
Jackson, TN 38301
(731) 427-7799
- 18 years experience
- 1 office location(s)
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Sean T. Neel
Physicians Surgery Center
207 Stonebridge Blvd
Jackson, TN 38305
(731) 661-6340
- 20 years experience
- 3 office location(s)
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Jason M. Sullivan
Eye Clinic PC
668 Skyline Dr
Jackson, TN 38301
(731) 424-2414
- 20 years experience
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Hilary C. Grissom
Eye Clinic PC
864 W Church St Ste A
Lexington, TN 38351
(731) 968-1007
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Mark R. Bateman
Eye Clinic PC
864 W Church St Ste A
Lexington, TN 38351
(731) 968-1007
- 30 years experience
- 2 office location(s)
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Arthur H. Woods
Eye Clinic PC
668 Skyline Dr
Jackson, TN 38301
(731) 424-2414
- 46 years experience
- 1 office location(s)
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William D. Irvine
Meyer Eye Group
1000 Brookfield Rd Ste 250
Memphis, TN 38119
(901) 522-6520
- 28 years experience
- 5 office location(s)
- 10
James S. Linder
Hughes Eye Center
112 Stonebridge Blvd
Jackson, TN 38305
(731) 664-1994
- 23 years experience
- 2 office location(s)
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John L. Elfervig
Hughes Eye Center
112 Stonebridge Blvd
Jackson, TN 38305
(731) 664-1994
- 43 years experience
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What is photorefractive keratectomy (PRK)?
Photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) is a procedure used to reduce the need for corrective eyewear by reshaping the cornea of the eye with a laser, thereby changing the way the eye focuses light. A...
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238 Summar Dr
Jackson, Tennessee 38301
(731) 541-820
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620 Skyline Dr
Jackson, Tennessee 38301
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367 Hospital Blvd
Jackson, Tennessee 38305
(731) 661-200
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3525 Chere Carol Rd
Jackson, Tennessee 38343
(731) 784-232
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4039 Highland St Ste 1
Jackson, Tennessee 38358
(731) 686-159
- 6Haywood Park Community Hospital
2545 N Washington Ave
Jackson, Tennessee 38012
(731) 772-411
- 7Henderson County Community Hosp
200 W Church St
Jackson, Tennessee 38351
(731) 968-364
- 8Western Mental Health Institute
11100 Highway 64
Jackson, Tennessee 38008
(731) 228-200
- 9Gibson General Hospital
200 Hospital Dr
Jackson, Tennessee 38382
(731) 855-790
- 10Bolivar General Hospital
650 Nuckolls Rd
Jackson, Tennessee 38008
(731) 658-310
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705 E Poplar Ave
Jackson, Tennessee 38375
(731) 645-322
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Bonsai is a chic, Japanese-fusion restaurant located in downtown Honolulu. The restaurant's branding was influenced by its "Now + Zen" tagline, inspiring a subtle weaving of modern and traditional elements. Custom black and white photographs portray a young, Asian female identifying with traditional elements, such as hairstyle and accessories, while asserting a modern confidence in her body and its elaborate decoration. The treatment of the "O" in the logo responds to a traditional bonsai pruning technique of "jin", an aesthetic represented by a single dead branch left (or groomed) at the top of a bonsai plant that gives the illusion of age or the tree's struggle for survival. The rest of the brand also keeps in the spirit of "jin", such as toothpicks that include a single red one in the bunch.
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Purposeful Lesson Planning
What's Here
If you want to create a more unified, thematic approach to our curriculum that makes learning more meaningful for students, read on! This page (which is adapted from The Cornerstone book) shares ways to set goals, collect and organize resources, and create long- and short-term lesson plans that not only align with what your school district requires, but with what YOU know is best practice for your students.
Is This Your Idea of How to Plan Lessons?
All of us can think of a time in which we didn't understand what we were supposed to be teaching or how, and the impact our unpreparedness had on the flow and effectiveness of the lesson. There are no routines or procedures that can make up for a lack of clearly defined activities that achieve a common purpose. Why plan procedure practice if there is no ultimate goal for student learning? How can we meticulously plan our routines and daily schedule yet neglect to have a vision for what students will learn and achieve throughout the year?
Lesson planning is a very individual process that will vary according to your needs and preferences, the structure of your class, and mandates by your administration. I have taught in schools that left me completely on my own and gave almost total freedom as to which skills I taught and when. Other schools provided a pacing guide that told me exactly what to teach at every moment of the day with such precision that I could have told you in August what I would be doing at 9:45 a.m. on April 19th. Your situation could be at either extreme or someplace in the middle, which makes it difficult for me to give general advice about lesson planning. Instead, I'll try to provide guidelines to help you streamline the system you're supposed to use and reflect on your practice in a way that isn't overwhelming.
If you want to create a more unified, thematic approach to your curriculum that makes learning more meaningful for students, read on for ways to set goals, collect and organize resources, and create long- and short-term lesson plans that not only align with what your school district requires, but with what YOU know is best practice for your students.
Using a Daily Plan Book
When I first started teaching, I used standard lesson plan books with one square for each subject. I wrote out every detail of what I planned to do to make sure I didn't forget anything. Over time, I felt like I was rewriting the same things too often, so I developed my own weekly lesson plan format in a word processing document (which can be downloaded on my website). Now I print it out and photocopy the pages back to back.
When I sit down to plan for the upcoming months, I copy the skill from my pacing guides into each lesson plan block and underline it as a title for the lesson, such as "Equivalent Fractions" or "The Inner Planets." When all the skills are written in for the time period I'm planning for, I go back and write activities related to the skills, one subject area at a time. Seeing the order in which skills will be taught for each day of the month helps me keep the big picture in mind as I plan specific lessons. I use my lesson resources to help me fill in the activities, pulling out the related drawer or magazine file boxes to see what materials and worksheets I have and setting up a pile of things to get photocopied.
Advice for Daily/Weekly Lesson Planning
Check your district requirements. Some districts and administrators want teachers to write lesson objectives, homework assignments, how instruction will be differentiated, etc., in their plan books. Find out what is being asked of you and if it seems excessive, check with your union representative to determine your contractual obligations. I once worked for a principal that asked teachers to document far more information than would ever fit in our planning pages; in another county, I heard of principals who were requiring typed lesson plans to be posted online. In both situations, our contracts specified that we could not legally be required to do those things.
Consider typing your reading group plans if you follow a similar format each day. I did this for language arts in one school because our 120-minute block was very regimented. I enjoyed the consistency of the schedule and found that printing out an outline of the block and then handwriting the specifics for the week saved me a lot of time and helped me feel more prepared.
Underline the materials needed for each lesson. At the beginning of the day (or the afternoon before), you can quickly glance over the day's lessons and see what things you need to gather or prepare.
Design a rough outline of your plans for an entire month or unit, then fill in the details as you go. There is something to be said for student-centered curriculum and basing future instruction on how well children are mastering the current skills. However, planning day-by-day or week-by-week does not enable you to focus on the big picture of what you want your kids to ultimately learn, unless you are following a pacing guide. You may not want to plan all of the activities for next month quite yet, but write down the skills or concepts you want to cover for each day, leaving yourself several days for review and catch-up activities. The week before you teach, you can choose the exact lessons and materials to use and fill them in your plan book.
Have a regular, uninterrupted time for lesson planning. When I switched from third to second grade, I used to take all my manuals home every other weekend. (Of course, you may now be able to access most of your teaching guides online so it won't be necessary to drag everything around!) I would spend about two hours on Sunday afternoons planning. To me, it was worth the time investment because I felt so much more prepared at school. In other teaching situations, I knew the curriculum so well that I really didn't have to plan at home, although I did occasionally. The newer you are to the teaching profession/your grade level/your curriculum, the more important it will be to set apart time to really concentrate and create plans you are excited to teach. The longer you've been teaching, the easier it will be for you to work more spontaneously. I often write the skill or objective I want to teach and that's it: then, the morning of the lesson, I'll come up with a way to teach it that suits my mood, the kids' moods, and the day's schedule.
Use sticky notes to reflect on what did and didn't work for next year's reference. I have one sticky for the week that I place on the bottom right hand corner of the page and write notes to myself for next year ("Measuring took longer than I thought—allow about 20 minutes" or "Kids loved main idea posters—give them time to explain with partners"). If your school collects lesson plans at the end of the year, you may want to write your notes on a separate sheet of paper, and then photocopy the notes and the lesson plan pages in June.
There's more! In the rest of chapter 19 of The Cornerstone book, you'll find:
*Who determines what you're REALLY teaching? The answer (along with your responsibilities for addressing deficiencies in the system) may surprise you!
*4 planning basics ALL teachers should have
*Daily lesson plan options: how to streamline the time you spend preparing instruction
*How backwards planning and pacing guides can give your long-range plans a vision and direction
*Too many ideas, too little time: how to develop a repertoire of teaching strategies and a plan to implement them
*Easy and inexpensive ways to obtain and organize your ideas
*3 questions to ask yourself when reflecting and planning new strategies for the following school year: make a personal plan to improve your teaching with small, manageable goals
Free Printables Referenced in the Book
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Get tips for making testing less stressful on the Surviving Standardized Testing page
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Ok, I force people to log into my blog to view certain categories (because I'm a sadist), and as a cheap reward I thought it appropriate to echo out that person's name in the header of the blog.
"Welcome [USER_NAME]! Thank you for bothering to log into my site for otherwise petty reasons."
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Doing this has increased the blog page load time by three-fold, at least.
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is there already a cookie generated by wordpress's login with the information that I'm looking for (the user's name) stored on the client's computer?
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- Wait on for 2nd broad gauge line
Indore: The commissioning of second broad gauge line at Lakshmibai Nagar railway station is yet to get safety clearance. Commissioner, Railway Safety (CRS) had last month completed inspection of this newly converted track. The CRS had also inspected the newly-constructed Q-Track between Ratlam and Dhoswas stations, a day before inspection of the second BG line between Lakshmibai Nagar and Indore railway station. CRS, western circle (Mumbai), Sushil Chandra and other officials had in July carried out inspection of this track.
- Work on 2nd substation for Noida Metro begins
Noida: With the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) gearing up to start services on the elevated line between Noida and Greater Noida by December 2017, the corporation has started to set up two substations to supply power for the stations and trains along its route. On Wednesday, DMRC laid the foundation for the second of the two receiving substations (RSS) along the corridor. These substations will be 100% gas-insulated and maintenance-free. The construction of the first one was launched in January this year. These receiving substations will cater to the energy needs of the Metro corridor. Coming at a cost of Rs 100 crore, the stations — located in sectors 148 and 83 in Noida — will be completed by December 2016. Reliable electric power is a critical requirement for operating a Metro network. The receiving substations convert electric power to an appropriate voltage and frequency for the metro to operate. The two RSS will be constructed by DMRC and the work contract has been awarded to Siemens (India). Anoop Kumar Gupta, director electrical, DMRC, said, "At both RSS, incoming power supply at 132kV voltage level will be taken from the grid substation of the state electricity board, namely, Uttar Pradesh Transmission Corporation, and will be stepped down to 25kV for traction (train operation) purpose and 33kV for power to feed station loads, like lighting, airconditioning, lifts, escalators, etc." Officials said these RSS would be provided with gas-insulated systems (GIS) and would be fully automated. They will have a series of eco-friendly features such as solar power panels, LED bulbs, carbon dioxide sensors and a rainwater harvesting system, officials said. There is also a proposal for the substations to generate their own power for their lighting and airconditioning needs. The power from this substation is planned to be made available by August 2017. Work on the substation in Sector 148 is already under progress and is about 25% complete.
- Maharashtra ATS arrests 2nd IS suspect
AURANGABAD: The Maharashtra ATS has arrested a 24-year-old youth, allegedly also an IS sympathiser, in Parbhani on Sunday. The accused, Mohammed Shahed Khan Qader Ali Khan, of Roshan Khan Mohalla, Gol-Ghumat, is said to be a close aide of Naser Bin Abu Bakr Yafai, arrested on July 14 for allegedly planning strikes under the directives of his handler, a suspected IS commander in Iraq or Syria. Khan was produced before a special ATS court headed by Judge S L Pathan in Aurangabad and remanded to six days' custody till July 29. `Radicalised' Kerala girl was ready to use gun: Merin Jacob alias Mariam, the 22-yr-old girl from Kochi who has been missing along with her husband Bestin Vincent for a month and is among the 21Kerala youths suspected to have joined IS, had told her brother Ebin after her conversion to Islam that she was ready to use a gun to protect her `Muslim brethren'. In a police statement, Ebin said he had seen Kasaragod native Ashfaq Majeed in Mumbai with IRF preacher Arshid Qureshi in 2014.
- 2nd counselling for Class XI from tomorrow
Chandigarh: The Class XI candidates who have not taken admission in any of the government schools or those who want to change the school or stream should buckle up, as the UT education department will begin the second round of counselling from July 16. This time, the students can not only buy, but also submit admission forms online on the department website. The list of vacant seats after the first round of counselling will be available on the department's website on Friday at 11am. Candidates who have already taken admission in one of the government schools and now want to submit request for change of school/steam/option and those who had applied during the first round of counselling but did not take admission for any reason or were not allotted a seat, can fill the "Form for change of school/stream/option". The form will be available free of cost in the eight schools. It is also available on the department website www.chdeducation.gov.in. Candidates who did not apply for admission earlier can now apply through "Registration Form" available in the prospectus costing Rs 150 at any of the eight schools. For change of school/stream/option, candidates can give maximum eight (and minimum one) options in the order of preference. The list of vacant seats after the second round of counselling and subsequent vacancies (category wise/stream wise) will be displayed by all the schools every Monday up to August 10. The list of selected candidates from the waiting list will also be displayed on the same day. Each school will display information relating to them. Eligibility criteria, procedure for preparation of merit, allotment of seats and other details as mentioned in the prospectus will remain the same.
- 2nd dengue case identified in Dehradun
DEHRADUN: Another dengue positive patient of this season in Dehradun has come from Pathribagh in Patel Nagar. Earlier this month on July 6, first patient of dengue of this season hailed from the same area. This patient is employed in Haridwar and stays there. As per the claims of health department he was inflicted in Haridwar and upon getting sick he came to his home which is in Dehradun and later identified as dengue positive incidence. As a precautionary measure the residents of Pathribagh are being apprised about ways to tackle menace of dengue mosquitoes through ASHA workers. The patient is a 32-year man who has been admitted in Shashtri Nagar based private hospital on Monday from where his blood samples were sent for ELISA testing on Tuesday after RAPID test came positive. Confirming the positive case, Jagdish Bahuguna, district vector-borne disease office, Dehradun, said, "Technically health department is taking it as a first positive incidence of the season because the previous death that has occurred hasn't been ascertained by the central approved laboratory. We checked with the authorities at Delhi later on who confirmed it to be a test conducted at private lab which we don't count upon. Meanwhile, this report has come in from central lab hence, we confirming it as a first case." Meanwhile, the situation across the city remain worrisome as most of the areas are seeing garbage piling up and overpouring as corporation sanitary staff is not lifting garbage due to ongoing brawl among the locals and Corporation against dumping waste in the waste site.


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I am now 9 months into my career as a freelance consultant and would like to share my experiences with it. The question if you should make that switch too depends on many factors and can not be answered in general. Much of it is about yourself rather than the outside world. Did it work out? This is the important questionRead More
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They Flee from Me
by Sir Thomas Wyatt
Analysis: Setting
Where It All Goes Down
The speaker tells us straight up, hey everyone, we're in "my chamber" (2). So there's no doubt about it, were in this dude's bedroom, where, we have to say, there is an awful lot going on. Or at least there used to be. In fact, it used to be a revolving door of female visitors. It used to be quite the hot spot. But now, it seems, things are pretty quiet, leaving our speaker alone with his thoughts.
It might help to zoom out a bit and talk about the larger setting for this poem. In sixteenth-century England, there were strict social rules about sex, women, and just who could enter whose bedroom. The fact that these female visitors were "stalking" (2) in the first stanza tells us that these late night visits were not exactly acceptable. And the fact that these women "put themself in danger" (5) by taking "bread at [his] hand" (6) tells us that in terms of sexual politics, it's the men who hold all the power.
But something seems to be changing about this dynamic, particularly in the second stanza. Now the woman's the one with the power. She walks right into his bedroom and takes charge. Given the expectations of a woman in those times, it's no wonder our guy doesn't quite know what to make of her. In a world where men hold all the power, our speaker wonders, how exactly do you treat a woman who's bold enough to seduce you?


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The race for the Hart Trophy was a runaway in late March.
At that time, Sidney Crosby, the best player in the NHL, was having the best year of any player.
However, when he was hit in the jaw with a deflected puck, Crosby was back on the injured list. While he apparently did not suffer a concussion, he has not played a game since March 30.
The Penguins are not saying when he will return to the lineup.
Whether Crosby plays before the end of the regular season or not, he will remain a Hart Trophy candidate. However, his absence means that other serious candidates have emerged.
Here's our look at the top six candidates for the NHL's version of the MVP award.