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Feb20-12, 12:37 AM
I am presenting here my vision for a large pumped storage hydroelectric 2-square kilometres surface-area reservoir and 300+ metre tall dam which I have designed for the Coire Glas site, Scotland.
(View site using Google Earth where the convenient label is "Loch a' Choire Ghlais" - or, http://tinyurl.com/coireglas)
I was inspired to conceive and to publish my vision by learning of the Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) proposal to build a smaller hydroelectric pumped-storage scheme at Coire Glas which has been presented to the Scottish government for public consultation.
I have not long been aware of the SSE plan for the Coire Glas scheme, not being a follower of such matters routinely, but I was prompted by an earlier tangentially-related news story (about energy storage technology for renewable energy generators such as wind farms) to write to Members of the Scottish Parliament on the merits and urgency of new pumped storage hydroelectric power for Scotland on 14th February and a reply from Ian Anderson, the parliamentary manager for Dave Thomson MSP received the next day, the 15th February informed me about the SSE plan and Ian added "initially scoped at 600MW but, to quote SSE, could be bigger!"
I replied to Ian "So the schemes proposed by the SSE are welcome and ought to be green-lighted and fast-tracked, but I am really proposing that Scots start thinking long term about an order of magnitude and more greater investment in pumped storage hydroelectric capacity than those SSE plans."
So I had in mind "bigger would be better" but it was not until the next day on the 16th February when a news story informed me that the SSE plans had been submitted to the Scottish government for public consultation that I thought "this needs consideration now".
So starting late on the night of the 17th, early 18th February and all through the weekend, I got busy, outlining my alternative vision for a far bigger dam and reservoir at the same location.
So this is my vision as inspired by the SSE plan. If my vision is flawed then the fault is mine alone. If my vision is brilliant, then the brilliance too is mine.
The black contour line at 550 metres elevation shows the outline of the SSE proposed reservoir of about 1 square kilometre surface-area and the grey thick line shows the position of the proposed SSE dam which would stand 92 metres tall and would be the tallest dam in Scotland and indeed Britain to date though it seems our dams are several times smaller than the tallest dams elsewhere in the world these days.
Part of the red contour line at 775 metres elevation, where the red line surrounds a blue shaded area, blue representing water, shows the outline of my larger reservoir of about 2 square kilometres surface-area and the thicker brown line shows the position of my proposed dam which would stand 317 metres tall which would be one of the tallest man-made dams in the world.
Excavated Reservoir Bed
The green ellipse of major diameter of 1.5 kilometres and minor diameter of 1 kilometre represents an excavated reservoir bed, as flat and as horizontal as practical, at an elevation of 463 metres.
Since an excavated reservoir bed is not, that I can see, part of the SSE plan, at any size, I will provide some more information about my vision for that now.
The basic idea of excavating a flat or flattish reservoir bed is to increase the volume of the water stored in the reservoir because more water means more energy can be stored.
Depending on the geology and strength of the rock of Coire Glas the walls of the reservoir bed perimeter could be as steep as vertical from the reservoir bed up to the natural elevation of the existing rock surface which would mean, presumably, blasting out rock to create a cliff which at places could be as much as about 290 metres tall.
Near the dam, the reservoir bed perimeter wall would be only 40 metres or less tall. The further from the dam, the higher the wall will be and the more rock needs to be excavated.
A vertical reservoir bed perimeter wall would be ideal to maximise reservoir volume wherever the geology provides a strong stone which can maintain a vertical wall face without collapse, a stone such as granite perhaps).
Where the geology only provides a weaker stone then a sloping perimeter wall at a suitable angle of repose for reliable stability would be constructed.
So the reservoir perimeter wall could be as sloped as shallow as 45 degrees from the natural elevation at the perimeter of the eclipse sloping down to the reservoir bed at 463 metres elevation in the case of the weakest and most prone to collapse kinds of stone.
Exactly how strong the stone is at each location I guess we'll only find out absolutely for sure if and when engineers start blasting it and testing the revealed rock wall face for strength.
The shape of the perimeter of the excavated reservoir bed is not absolutely critical. So long as it ends up as a stable wall or slope, however it is shaped by the blasting, it will be fine. There is no need to have stone masons chip the perimeter smooth and flat! The ellipse is simply the easiest approximate mathematical shape to describe and to draw. If the end result is not a perfect ellipse, don't worry, it will be fine!
OK, well I guess that's the vision part over. The rest is fairly straight-forward engineering I hope. Oh, and there is always getting the permission and the funding to build it of course which is never easy for anything this big.
OK, well if anyone has any questions or points to make about my vision or can say why they think the SSE plan is better than mine, or if you don't see why we need any pumped storage hydroelectric scheme at Coire Glas, whatever your point of view, if you have something to add in reply, please do.
Feb20-12, 02:07 PM
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Feb21-12, 04:27 PM
Cross section of the Dow-dam reservoir
Cross section along the major diameter of the elliptical excavation of the reservoir bed
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Feb23-12, 04:52 PM
Large Scottish Pumped Storage Hydroelectric Reservoir and Dam (@ Coire Glas)
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Cross section of the Dow-dam
The Dow-dam would be more than 3 times higher than the proposed SSE-dam. In this diagram, a horizontal line one third of the way up the Dow-dam indicates the relative height of the SSE dam although it is not aligned with this cross-section.
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Maps showing the line of cross-section viewed from each side
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Feb23-12, 09:19 PM
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PF Gold
i had trouble with Adobe and couldn't see the SSE links..
from where will this take water to pump back into reservoir?
Feb23-12, 10:27 PM
Let me guess. You clicked my link to the SSE website and got the SSE Coire Glas Hydro Scheme page OK?
So you got to this page - http://www.sse.com/CoireGlas/
Then on the SSE Coire Glas page maybe you clicked "Find out more about the Coire Glas hydro scheme"
Which should have taken you to the SSE Coire Glas Project Information page - http://www.sse.com/CoireGlas/ProjectInformation
Then on that page there is a list of Adobe PDF download links and it was with those you had a problem?
Here's the "Figure two scheme overview" link.
Now if you just click it, your browser may or may not have a Adobe add on which can display PDF files. If your browser doesn't have the add-on installed you might have problems with an ordinary click.
The better way maybe for you is to download the PDF file first then see if you can view it.
To download a file from a link, for example with Internet Explorer browser, Right-click the link and select "Save Target As..".
I think all computers and browsers can download files from links if you know how.
So download the PDF file to your PC and then you can view it assuming you have Adobe Reader installed. If you don't have Adobe Reader installed, no worries, because it is free and you should get it because it is very useful to have working on your PC for situations like this so you can download Adobe Reader from the Adobe website. http://www.adobe.com/
Feb23-12, 11:47 PM
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Thanks ! You were exactly right.
The computer froze trying to load them, then complained i didnt have latest version of Adobe so i let it download and install,, but the pages still come up black.
Downloading and opening the first file worked though. Now i can peruse them at liesure.
Good luck with it - i'd love to have the skiff rental concession on the lake !!!
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Mar9-12, 06:00 PM
Loch Lochy and vicinity water flow control works
Here is an annotated satellite photograph of the land south from Coire Glas showing Loch Lochy, Loch Arkaig, the isthmus between the lochs, Mucomir where Loch Lochy empties into the River Spean before it flows on as the River Lochy, the Caledonian Canal and Fort William where the river flows into a sea loch.
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New waterway
Loch Lochy is separated from a neighbouring loch, Loch Arkaig, by a 2 km wide isthmus, which I have identified on this map as "the Achnacarry Bunarkaig isthmus", after the local place names.
It ought to be quite straight forward to build a canal or culvert, to connect those two lochs. The idea is that the new waterway would be wide and deep enough, enough of a cross section area under water, perhaps hundreds of square metres, so as to allow free flow from one loch to the other, so as to equalise the surface elevations of the two lochs, so as to increase the effective surface area of Loch Lochy so as to decrease the depth changes to Loch Lochy when water flows in from the Coire Glas reservoir when it discharges water when supplying power.
Now, Loch Arkaig has a natural surface elevation of 43 metres and this would be lowered to that of Loch Lochy. The surface area of Loch Arkaig is given by wikipedia as 16 km^2 also, (though it looks to me somewhat smaller than Loch Lochy). In addition, partially draining Loch Arkaig to bring its level down to that of Loch Lochy will also reduce its surface area.
If say, the additional surface area of Loch Arkaig is about 10 km^2 added to Loch Lochy's 16 km^2 this would give an effective surface area of 26 km^2 and reduce the potential depth variation to
Potential depth variation of Loch Lochy + Loch Arkaig = 400 000 000 m^3 / 26 000 000 m^2 = 15.3 metres.
Without equalising the loch levels, the depth changes to Loch Lochy that would require to be managed may be potentially more like 25 metres than 15 metres. So the new waterway is an important part of the new water flow control works that Coire Glas/Dow requires to be constructed.
Additional Loch Lochy water level control measures
When the Coire Glas reservoir is full, then the water level of Loch Lochy should be prevented, by new water works - drains, dams, flood barriers etc. - from rising due to rainfall and natural flow into the loch above a safe level which allows for the reservoir to empty into the loch without overflowing and flooding.
The safe "upper-reservoir-full" loch level will likely turn out to be around about 15 metres below the maximum loch level.
The next diagram showing the new loch drain and the reservoir pump inlets indicates how this might be achieved.
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The drain from Loch Lochy to the sea which goes underground from the 14 m elevation level in the loch would need capacity for the usual outflow from Loch Lochy which currently goes through the Mucomir hydroelectric station.
I have estimated the flow through Mucomir from its maximum power of 2MegaWatts and its head of 7m as somewhere near 0.2 Mega-cubic-metres-per-hour and compared that value using a spreadsheet I have written to predict the capacity of water flow through different sizes of drains using the empirical Manning formula and this is also useful for determining the appropriate size of the new water channel between the lochs.
Ease my quantity
To construct Coire Glas/Dow/600GW.Hrs/12GW may cost of the order of around £20 billion, but that would be my order of magnitude educated guess more than a professional cost estimate.
In other words, I'm only really confident at this early "vision" stage that the cost would be closer to £20 billion than it would be to £2 billion or to £200 billion but I'm not claiming to be able to quote an accurate cost estimate at this stage.
I have not itemised my costs - how much for land, how much for labour, how much for trucks, how much for diggers, how much for cement, how much to install the generators etc. and the SSE have not published itemised costs for theirs either so I can't calculate my costs in a proportion to the SSE's costs.
Although my version offers 600 GigaWatt-Hours energy and 12 GigaWatts power (or 20 times the capacity and performance) some of the items in my version would cost more than "in proportion", in other words more than 20 times the SSE's cost.
For example, the cost of my dam will be more like 27 times the cost of the SSE's dam. (3.44 times higher and thicker and 2.27 times longer).
For example, the cost of excavating 400 million tonnes of rock from the reservoir bed to increase the capacity of the reservoir to hold water (and energy) in my version won't be in proportion to the SSE costs for excavating their reservoir bed because, as far as I know, they don't plan to excavate their reservoir bed at all.
On the other hand, my land costs are about the same as the SSE's - much less than in proportion. I may well need to use more land to dispose of the additional excavated rock spoil but perhaps when that additional land has been landscaped over it could be resold?
So it depends how much the land is as a proportion of the SSE's costs. If land is a small part of their costs, if 20 similar sites to build on are just as cheap and easy to buy then my costs will be much more than proportional, since saving land won't save much money.
If land is scare and valuable and the cost to purchase suitable land with a good chance to get permission to build on it is a significant proportion of the SSE's or anyone's costs to build 20 of their size of hydro dam schemes then my costs may be better than proportional. Sometimes securing suitable land for development can be very problematic, very expensive. Sometimes people won't sell their land. Sometimes the authorities won't agree that the land can be used in this way.
The SSE say that suitable sites for such pumped storage schemes are rare indeed, so land costs may be very significant and my scheme good value for money.
If indeed the cost of my scheme is somewhere around £20 billion it is likely to cost far more than the SSE or any electrical power supply company looking to their annual profits for the next few years could possibly afford.
Something like £20 billion I expect could only be found as a national public infrastructure project, spending government money, like the building of a large bridge or motorway would be.
A £20 billion government project would require Treasury approval, at least while Scotland is ruled as part of the UK.
I have suggested funding my much larger hydro dam scheme by re-allocating of some of the Bank of England's "Quantitative Easing" funds which amount to some £300 billion of new money printed with not much to show for it.
Mar10-12, 03:56 PM
The pumped storage unit at Ludington, Michigan (USA) has a 1800 MW output (six turbines). See
Mar12-12, 09:24 PM
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Are these storage and hourly capacity rates reasonable?
You're creating a resource that could run for 50 hours. So it is much more than a daily load smoothing facility. Why such a margin?
Separately, where do the 12+ gigawatts come from that are needed to refill the reservoir? Is there a large nuclear complex in the area or is the expectation that surplus wind power will be stored here?
Mar12-12, 09:52 PM
Thank you for your replies Bob S and etudiant.
I would like to, by way of introduction to my replies, post the following background perspective explaining my interest in new large pumped-storage hydroelectricity schemes in Scotland.
I possibly hesitated to post this first because I am relatively new here in Physics Forums and I have been subject to some pretty harsh moderation with my first few posts being deleted or locked or something, can't remember exactly, but anyway remembering the need here to be so ultra-clearly "on topic" I wanted to get the physics and engineering clearly out in front in this topic particularly before digressing into the why?s and what for?s of all this.
This is a statement of the obvious as far as Scottish electrical power-generation engineers and scientists are concerned I expect but I am making this statement anyway, not for the benefit of our scientists or engineers but to inform the political debate about the potential of the Scottish economy "after the North Sea oil runs out" because political debate involves mostly non-scientists and non-engineers who need to have such things explained to them.
Oh, and you don't need to pump up the reservoir at 12 GW in fact you possibly will rarely ever pump up at full power. I suppose it depends on how much wind power capacity is installed and what the scheme's power transmission connection to the grid can handle at the time.
Whatever and whenever surplus wind power is available you can use that power up to the maximum rated power of the pumps which will be round about 12 GW.
Well I say "will be". That's my plan. The SSE plan is much the same but 20 times smaller.
Mar12-12, 10:25 PM
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If the economic purpose is to load level the 'cheap English wind power', it would be useful to evaluate how expensive local storage would be in comparison, especially as this scheme would need a lot of ancillary power transmission and management, which is not cheap either.
Separately, 50 hours is skimpy for a wind load leveling facility. I seem to remember the UK this winter suffering from intense cold with essentially no wind for a 2 week period.
Mar13-12, 07:17 AM
This exercise was to provide a design to maximise the potential of the Coire Glas site and to me, at least, it is clear that the 20 times more performance in power and energy is all useful or will be when wind generators are carrying a majority of the base load in Scotland.
If I could have designed a pumped-storage hydro scheme for the Coire Glas site that offered twice the energy store, say 1200 GW.Hours, I would have if it was efficient to do so. It isn't at that site.
There is not room on Coire Glas for a much bigger reservoir without using substantially more land and requiring other dams and neither could the lower lochs absorb much more volume without big dams around the lochs.
I doubt that I would design in twice the power or 24 GW even with twice the size of energy store.
12 GW is plenty for a first site and covers the 10 GW Scottish generation capacity with a little room for expansion.
If I had two sites in Scotland the size of Coire Glas I may even have split the 12 GWs up into 6GW at each site, each site with about 600GW.Hours & 6GW.
Siemens is installing I believe another 2.2 GW transmission line underwater from Scotland to England so I think it possible that indeed Scotland may in future need more than 12 GW of power from energy stores but 12 GW is enough for now.
I have pretty much "maxed out" the Coire Glas site with that design. Possibly other sites could offer more. If the government stepped forward offering the £20 billion or so to build something like this, the first exercise would be to scope out other sites to see if there was anywhere better, that offered more bang for the buck.
So sure a bigger capacity of energy store would be most useful. This is always the way with energy stores.
Mar15-12, 08:33 PM
Geology of the Coire Glas site
I have been able to extract this information from the British Geological Survey (BGS) Geology of Britain viewer, from the 1:50 000 scale map.
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According to this map, the bedrock at the site which would be used to build the dam on top of and to extract rock from to create the tunnels for the underground complex seems to be a rock geologists call "psammite" which I understand to mean here "a metamorphic rock whose protolith was a sandstone".
What neither the map nor the "psammite" name is telling us is how fractured the psammite rock there is and therefore how strong and also how impermeable or otherwise to water this rock is likely to prove to be, both of which would be interesting for any engineers building a pumped-storage hydro dam scheme there to know.
What does look fairly obvious to me is that the superficial deposit of what the map calls "hummocky (moundy) glacial deposits - diamicton, sand and gravel" would not be strong enough, nor impermeable enough to build any dam on top of and at least along the line of the dam, this glacial deposit ought to be removed to get down to the bedrock within which to establish the foundations of the dam, although I would think that this glacial deposit might be made into aggregate to make the concrete for the dam by the sounds of it.
Mar16-12, 01:15 AM
Exactly how strong the stone is at each location I guess we'll only find out absolutely for sure if and when engineers start blasting it and testing the revealed rock wall face for strength.
Mar16-12, 06:59 PM
Dam foundations and height of the dam above the bedrock
The top of the Dow-Dam has an elevation of 780 metres by design.
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The lowest elevation of the current ground surface of Coire Glas along the line of the proposed dam is 463 metres and subtracting 463 from 780 is how the initial value of 317 metres for the nominal height of the dam above the existing surface used in previous diagrams was arrived at.
However, the glacial deposit of as yet unknown thickness is to be removed before building the foundations of the dam within and upon the bedrock.
Although the lowest surface elevation along the line of the dam of the bedrock too is unknown a formula relating the Height of the Dam Above the Bedrock (HDAB) to the Glacial Deposit Depth (GDD) can be easily stated.
If the GDD turns out to be 13 metres then the dam will be 330 metres tall.
If the GDD turns out to be 83 metres then the dam will be 400 metres tall.
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I propose that the height of the Dow-Dam be as tall above the bedrock as it needs to be to keep the top of the dam at an elevation of 780 metres no matter how deep the removed glacial deposit layer turns out to be.
My approach may well differ from the SSE's approach. The SSE have said that their dam will be "92 metres" high and they may stick to that without having any goal for the elevation of the top of their dam.
As the diagram indicates, I propose to secure the Dow-Dam to the bedrock by massive piles inserted and secured into shafts which would be drilled into the bedrock.
Mar19-12, 11:25 AM
Video which illustrates the principle of using wind turbines and pumped storage hydro dam schemes together.
Mar22-12, 06:37 PM
"Dow" equation for the power and energy output of a wind farm.
"The power and energy of a wind farm is proportional to (the square root of the wind farm area) times the rotor diameter".
In his book which was mentioned to me on another forum and so I had a look, David MacKay wrote that the power / energy of a wind farm was independent of rotor size which didn't seem right to me considering the trend to increasing wind turbine size.
Now I think the commercial wind-turbine manufacturing companies know better and very possibly someone else has derived this equation independently of me and long ago - in which case by all means step in and tell me whose equation this is.
Or if you've not see this wind farm power/energy equation before, then see if you can figure out my derivation!
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- Willis: Coburn is likely vulnerable after a poor season. He fell to a career-low minus-10 rating, went from 24 points in 81 games to five in 33, and saw took 18 minor penalties in an abbreviated season after taking only 22 in 81 games the year prior. Some of the problems were illusory – his on-ice save percentage (something he can't control) was a miserable 0.888 5-on-5. His on-ice shooting percentage was also remarkably low, meaning the Flyers struggled to score on shots with him on the ice (again, something likely outside his control). At age 28, with lots of problems happening with him on the ice that aren't necessarily his fault, and with a long track record of strong play, Coburn's in the sweet spot where a new team can plausibly look at him as a strong rebound candidate and an old team could see him as expendable.It would be unsurprising in the least if the Oilers and Flyers were talking about the possibility of a trade.
The Clutterbuck deal (for Tyler Pitlick plus) has been out there for some time. It makes sense in that the Oilers wanted to add some toughness to the 3line and certainly Clutterbuck can do that (along with chipping in a few goals and playing the disturber role).
If the Oilers can grab Clutterbuck and Coburn without giving up roster players–better to trade 2nd rounders than Magnus Paajarvi–the depth chart might look like this after the draft:
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Oilers would be down at least one pick, but if they'd like to trade back in the club has Horcoff, Hemsky and perhaps Nick Schultz to offer. These are not the names I would have chosen (Coburn, Clutterbuck) but they do fit with the plan and one can see creative thinking in both moves. I especially like MacT's avoidance of dealing any of the kids on the roster or close to helping (a range that would include names like Paajarvi, Marincin and Klefbom).
- Sign Sam Gagner to a multi-year deal that has begins with a number in the 4′s.
- Get Paajarvi signed and then find a role that suits him (suspect it's 3line).
- Deal Hemsky for immediate help (even if its a checker).
- Deal Horcoff or slot him into the 3line job for which he is actually ideal.
- Find a 2line L who can complement Gagner-Yakupov with puck retrieval, blocking out the sun, etc
- Find a 3line C to play with Paajarvi
Find a 2line R to play with Paajarvi(Clutterbuck)
- Find a 4line C to play with Smyth/Brown
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Top 4 defender (a genuinely effective one, no 'almosts or sortas')(Coburn)
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- AHL #1/NHL #3 goalie
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The downside to all of this? Oilers may not have much to do after the first round at this year's draft. Still, if they can use draft picks and prospects (Pitlick, Gernat, Laleggia) to address needs at the NHL level, that's a very good day.
A week ago, Bob McKenzie tweeted that Roberto Luongo would no longer be a Canuck by the end of the draft. Yesterday he said this:
- McKenzie: "Keep an eye on the Edmonton Oilers, I'm not saying they're trying to trade for Roberto Luongo but I do know they've had interest in Luongo before. He has a no trade clause, but if he's on waivers, I've got to believe the Oilers are looking for a number one goaltender."
Aside from 'ballsy' I'd view the move as running counter to the club's cap interests. Although the ceiling is going to be higher in 2014 summer, that $5M is on the books forever and then some. What is MacT thinking? Clearly, he wants a starting goaltender not named Devan Dubnyk–there's no other way to spin it should this come to pass.
I still believe the Oilers would like to take a center, and should they end up trading a second round pick the club is more likely to deal down in the first round to pick up an extra selection. If they stay at 7, and the centers we know they value are gone (MacKinnon, Horvat, Monahan) I think it'll be Nichushkin. He can come into camp, push for a 2line job and then either spend the season in OKC or the KHL if he's unready. Getting the young man signed will be the key. If they deal down, Horvat or Lazar will be the target.


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Not so sure- we certainly shouldn't post details of our weaknesses, but letting our adversaries know what retaliation to expect when they mess with us is appropriate. Think back to the Cold War's Mutually Assured Destruction: you nuke us, we nuke you back with interest & penalties.
So when did military action become a public comment necessity. I strongly doubt these individuals have all the facts and i, for one, have a tendancy to rely more on the opinions and capabilities of those with direct intel and resources to act than some lawyer trying to make a name for his little committee. This trend of posting all of the USA's supposed vulnerabilities and weaknesses is bordering on dangerous. The arguement that "the bad people already know" carries very little weight with me. Of course the "knee deep in evil" people already know, but it is socially irresponsible to educate every individual as to these issues. It does not provide any positive effects and only serves to be used for political grandstanding, irresponsable journalism and public fear.
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Music Videos about Money from Kevin McKee, the Thousandaire
Published on - August 20th, 2011 (by J.D. Roth)
It's been a l-o-n-g time since I shared fun finance videos on a Saturday morning. And I'm way behind on highlighting some of my favorite videos from this year's Get Rich Slowly video contest. Today I'm going to kill two birds with one stone.
Back in May, Kevin McKee won the "personal finance tips" category of our video contest with this video, in which he raps about how to save money on cable television:
Digging around Kevin's website, I learned that he's begun to make a series of music videos about money. I'm actually quite impressed with his "Haven't Made a Budget". I like this song (and video) a lot:
One of the things I admire about what Kevin is how he's willing to put himself out there. Well, that and he's genuinely funny. Here's a third music video from him: "For When I Retire" (a parody of "Just the Way You Are" by Bruno Mars)
You can find other (non-musical) videos from Kevin on his YouTube channel. (He tells me he has more music videos in the works.)
When he's not making funny videos or commenting here at Get Rich Slowly, Kevin keeps his own blog called Thousandaire. I e-mailed Kevin recently and told him I wanted to feature his site at GRS. "I don't usually promote other financial blogs like this," I wrote, "but I think it'd be good to highlight some of my colleagues who are doing fun and interesting work."
I asked Kevin to create a pitch to tell us about his site. Here's what he wrote:
The internet is full of great financial information. The problem is that most young people, who desperately need financial information, aren't looking for it. Instead they're watching videos on Youtube and reading about their favorite athletes and entertainers.
"If only there was a place," I thought, "where people could watch videos and be entertained while also learning about personal finance." I looked for that place and didn't find it, so I decided to create it.
I started Thousandaire about a year ago with the idea that I could connect with young people. To make personal finance accessible, I've created personal finance music videos and tailored my blog posts to make sure they are interesting to young adults. My goal is to bridge the gap between entertainment and financial education so I can help young people create good financial habits. I hope this will enable them to spend their twenties building a positive net worth instead of burying themselves under a massive amount of debt!
Kevin's blog posts range from from the playful (Work out or pay for dinner) to the practical (How to interview when you lack experience), and he's often more overtly political than we are around here. I don't agree with him on everything, but then nobody agrees with me on everything either. Right? (Check out Kevin's about page at Thousandaire to learn more about him and his philosophy.)
Here's the thing, though: Kevin's blog is entertaining. At times, it's hilarious. I can forgive a few philosophical differences for a guy who makes me smile (or even laugh!) when writing about personal finance.
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Haha, this stuff is great! I wish I were able to sing well or have some sort of musical abilities because I would love to put together something like this.
The other day, I wrote a version of Bon Jovi's Wanted Dead or Alive, but made it Debt or Alive.
9That sounds like a great song. If you want to send the lyrics, maybe we can work together on making a video.
I've had Kevin's website bookmarked for a while now. Hopefully this will help him get the visitors he deserves.
10Thanks Jason, I appreciate the support!
I loved the videos! Thanks for posting, J.D.! Another blog added to my reading list.
13Thanks David!
Some of Kevin's posts are insightful, and he is certainly a good writer, but the political bent at that website is very strong–three out of the first four posts up right now are very overtly political. And I agree with one of them wholeheartedly and another to a certain extent, so it's not like I'm complaining about it because I disagree with his opinion, but I generally prefer my personal finance without a side dish of supported-only-by-awkward-analogy political opinion.
14Thanks for the feedback Cass. I'm not always political on my site. I just write what I'm passionate about, and right now, it's economics. Who knows what it will be next week?
One of the things that impresses me so much about JDs site is that he puts out so much content without being political. There are only so many strictly personal finance topics, and sometimes I feel like I've covered them all, yet JD has been doing this for years and is still going strong!
15JD, thank you so much for featuring my site and my videos. I do have one more video coming out soon, but it's taking longer than I expected to make the video. About 60% of the footage has been shot, and about 30% has been edited, so it'll take me a few more weeks.
I hope to keep making personal finance videos and entertaining people with my writing in the future. Thanks again JD, and thank you to everyone who has checked out my site.
Funny, just yesterday I was scouring the GRS site for the funny guy who made the video about saving on cable. This time while I watched, I took notes
And I didn't neglect to add his site to my favorites this time!
Thanks Angie! I'm glad you liked the video, and I hope you got an HTPC set up and running in your house!
Kevin is my fellow Yakezie, proud of you Kevin!
Thanks SB! You have a great site as well. Maybe JD will review yours someday too!
I thought the video was HILARIOUS!!!And, it got the point across.
Thanks for posting this!
I'll be watching this site for more of Kevin!
Thanks Michele! I'll keep the funny videos coming!
Wow. I am a little shocked to see this site featured on GRS.
First, the videos are cute.
I think they introduce topics to beginners in a creative way.
But back to the payday loans.
Those sam beginners are reading that payday loans are the answer.
I realize it's a guest post, but come on!
How can you trust this guy as an authority on money management after that.
I would get that article off my site, ASAP.
Mike, you make an excellent point. Again it was completely my fault for not doing my research before I allowed the post. The article is no longer on my site and I have paid the advertiser back. I know I've lost some people's trust because I didn't do my research, and I will just have to do the best I can to make up for it in other ways.
You should have left it up.
Do any of these "bloggers shall not do this, this & that" commenters write complaint letters to the tv networks when they dare put a commercial in their favorite show?
Somebody has to pay the bills – if you want to read free content, be prepared to see ads in various shapes and forms.
Love the videos!
I loved the HTPC rap video, which prompted me to check out Kevin's blog back when the contest winners were announced. He certainly has some interesting and thought-provoking content in addition to his excellent videos. I'm not a fan of the sponsored posts, but at least he clearly states when a post is sponsored.
Thanks Sara! I'm glad you find some of the content thought provoking!
When advising people to look online for financial advice, remind them to ask questions. For example, who wrote the article/made the video? What are his/her credentials? Why should I believe this advice? And good for Kevin for citing when a post is sponsored.
I know some younger consumers who don't know the difference between information from blogs that are purely opinion based and blogs/articles that contain actual information. And people in general tend to not investigate enough before they believe the information they read. Question, question, question, and get informatiom from more than one source before you decide what course of action to take. Knowledge is power.
That's a great point. There is a tendency to believe something just because you read it on a site that looks legitimate. All the GRS readers are giving me some great insight into how websites are viewed and perceived, and I hope to make my site better by considering many of these opinions.
The video "For When I Retire" cracked me the hell up. Seriously. I have a hug case of the giggles now and will never look at my piggy bank the same way.
I still have both of those piggy banks, although one of them isn't in very good shape.
Long time reader, first time commenter.
No doubt Kevin has something to contribute to the personal finance world and is clearly talented. However I think your general rule of thumb about not usually promoting other blogs like this is not necessarily something you should abondon in this case.
His analysis of including birth control in the guidelines for preventative health care (so it would be availble with no co-pays, like colonoscopies are for example) is flawed and inaccurate.
I'll quote thebaselinescenario.com for my larger point to be cautious:
I think that basic economics, the way it is taught today, tends to give people reflexive pro-free market, anti-government positions — positions that are not held by people with a deeper exposure to economic thinking. When your understanding of government finances is based on reading the newspaper, it's somewhat eye-opening to come to college and learn that free markets lead to maximum societal welfare and taxes impose a deadweight loss on society — the pictures are so simple and compelling. That's why a little bit of economics makes you more likely to be a Republican.
But when you learn more about principal-agent problems, information asymmetries, and so on, you learn that those simple pictures are simplistic to the point of being misleading. That's why Joseph Stiglitz argues in Freefall that understanding economics is crucial to understanding why free markets often lead to suboptimal outcomes. The problem isn't knowledge per se; it's a little bit of knowledge.
Full post (worth reading) here:
I don't want to start an argument on JD's site, but I think it is very rude for you to presume I must be uneducated or undereducated just because I believe in the Austrian school of economics. I'm fully aware of the Keynesian school of thought. I understand it and why people agree with it. I also disagree with it.
To disagree with someone is one thing, but to make assumptions about them and what they have or haven't read and researched is quite another.
I'm making assumptions about your inadequate research methods because your ignorant post about providing birth control with no cost sharing showed shoddy critical thinking.
You fully admitted to being completely unfamiliar with the product, to doing no research before writing your post and you posted incorrect information with figures pulled out of thin air.
(Additionally you changed the dollar figures in your original post without making a correction note that you were editing your post to correct a mistake- which is poor form.)
Sorry you found it rude, doesn't mean it isn't true.
The amount of a price increase is irrelevant in the argument "free birth control isn't free". An increase in premiums, whether $1 a month or $1,000 a month, fulfills my hypothesis.
I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree. Thanks for checking out my site.
Kevin you always do great job…. Thanks for this post and hope for the same next time. Good Luck:-)
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Oklahoma's Tommy Biffle Comes From Behind For Win In Bassmaster Elite Series Event On The Mississippi
courtesy of The Fishing Wire
June 24, 2013, LA CROSSE, Wis. - Tommy Biffle was watching the clock. With 45 minutes left in the final round, Biffle knew it was time to give up on the special smallmouth spot he'd been milking during the entire four-day Diet Mountain Dew Mississippi River Rumble presented by Power-Pole.
Thirty years of pro bass fishing tells you to when to make a move.
"If you sit there and hope they come, and they don't come, you have do something," said Biffle, 55, of Wagoner, Okla.
Going into Sunday's final round, Biffle was 7 ounces behind leader Aaron Martens of Leeds, Ala. Biffle wanted the win, and especially the Bassmaster Classic berth that comes with a Bassmaster Elite Series trophy.
He abandoned the spot that had kept him in contention all week and ran to a similar place he knew of nearby, with hard current between two islands. It hadn't produced much before, but Sunday it paid off quickly.
"First throw, I caught a big one, second throw I caught a big one," Biffle said. He built his weight to 16 pounds, 13 ounces.
It was enough to get the better of Martens by 2 pounds, 7 ounces. Biffle won with a four-day total of 64-2. The win was the seventh in his Bassmaster career and his fourth in the Elite Series. He also hit the $2 million mark in B.A.S.S. earnings.
Biffle's prize was $100,000 and an instant-in for the 2014 Classic.
"Now I've got the Classic made. That's the best feeling," said Biffle, who was facing an uphill battle to qualify based on Toyota Angler of the Year points.
Martens took second place with 61-11. Third was John Crews of Salem, Va., with 59-4. Taking fourth place with 56-8 was Fred Roumbanis of Bixby, Okla. Brandon Card of Caryville, Tenn., rounded out the Top 5 at 56-2. The 2012 Rumble winner, Todd Faircloth of Jasper, Texas, finished sixth at 55-15.
Like the other 99 Elite pros, Biffle had to overcome wind, muddy water, shifting currents and thunderstorms over four days on the Upper Mississippi River, the fishery that's lately become so productive that it earned the No. 17 spot on Bassmaster Magazine's "100 Best Bass Lakes" list of 2013.
The move he made to his last spot was critical for his win, but the majority of Biffle's Rumble bass actually came from what he called his "special smallmouth" place.
"It was the end of an island where the current was coming around the island. Over the years, it made a little ditch. The bass were holding in the ditch," he said.
The ditch was actually a small depression, just a foot or two deeper than the surrounding water. It ran about 100 yards, but the bass were holding in a 20- to 30-yard stretch. The island lies only about 10 miles from the takeoff location, which gave Biffle time enough to run to other spots and catch the largemouth he weighed Sunday with four smallmouth.
Biffle's winning rig was a 7/16-ounce Biffle HardHead jig made by Larew, which has a swivel hook to give the trailer more action. He rigged the jig with a green pumpkin Larew Biffle Bug.
"It's always been great in rocks, but this is the first time I've ever fished it in pure sand. Smallmouth love it," he said.
For Martens, it was déjà vu. He had the same near-miss almost exactly a year ago on the same fishery in an Elite event. He was just 7 ounces behind leader Faircloth going into the final day of that 2012 event, but the bass chose to wrap their lips around a huge hatch of mayflies, ignoring the lures he was throwing. In 2012, Martens finished 4-3 out of first for a fifth-place finish.
"Second place isn't bad," said Martens, who knows how it feels. Sunday's finish was his 12th at second place on the Bassmaster circuit.
Martens relied on a drop shot rig for three days, making long casts and giving the lure subtle shakes. His lures were 4 1/2- and 6-inch thick-bodied Fat Roboworms and a 6-inch original Roboworm, all in the color Aaron's Magic. When the bite got tougher, he rigged the soft plastics wacky-style.
But on the final day, just when he needed it most, Martens' drop shot wasn't producing. He made a move and helped his weight, but the action was slow for the bigger ones.
He returned to his "glory spot" and picked up a 3/4-ounce football jig made by Davis Jigs with a green pumpkin twin-tailed Zoom grub.
"Then I smoked them," he said, "but it wasn't enough. He (Biffle) got me by over 2 pounds. He caught them really good."
Both Biffle and Martens got an inadvertent helping hand from Brandon Palaniuk, the first-day leader, and seemingly the leader with 6 pounds on Martens after Day 2. That evening, Palaniuk's second-day weight was disqualified. B.A.S.S. officials received a protest against Palaniuk, and then determined he had unintentionally culled a bass in Minnesota. Minnesota law does not allow culling of bass on border waters, while Wisconsin does.
The Rumble's outcome changed up the standings in the season-long Toyota Bassmaster Angler of the Year race. Edwin Evers of Talala, Okla., still leads, and with a wider margin, thanks to his 11th-place finish Sunday. Evers, shooting for his first Angler of the Year title, is working hard to stay ahead of a who's-who list of titleholders.
Evers now has 44 points on 2007 AOY Skeet Reese of Auburn, Calif. Seven-time AOY Kevin VanDam of Kalamazoo, Mich., is 50 points away from Evers, as is 2005 AOY Martens.
In the Bassmaster Rookie of the Year race, Hank Cherry of Maiden, N.C., leads by 13 points over Clifford Pirch of Payson, Ariz., who made his first Top 12 at the Rumble.
With two more events on the season schedule, Elite anglers have two more chances to earn points before the 2013 AOY and ROY are declared.
Bonuses that Elite pros earned at the Rumble include:
- Carhartt Big Bass of the tournament, worth $1,000 plus another $500 for wearing Carhartt apparel: Martens for his 4-15 weighed on Day 3.
- Berkley Heavyweight Award of $500 for the best five-fish limit: Brandon Palaniuk of Rathdrum, Idaho, for his Day 1 bag of 18-4.
- Toyota's $1,000 bonus to the leader in the Toyota Bassmaster Angler of the Year points race: Evers. This is the fourth consecutive time Evers has been No. 1 in the AOY standings after a 2013 event.
- Luck-E-Strike Comeback Award of $500: Takahiro Omori of Emory, Texas, who achieved the biggest jump in the AOY standings, up from 61st into 34th place.
- Power-Pole Captain's Cash award of $1,000 to the highest finisher equipped with Power-Poles: Biffle.
- Livingston Lures Leader Award of $500 for heading up the leaderboard on the second day: Martens.
Coverage of the Rumble will air on ESPN2 on June 30, 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. ET, on The Bassmasters TV show.
The event was hosted jointly by the La Crosse Area Convention and Visitors Bureau (www.ExploreLaCrosse.com); the La Crosse Park, Recreation and Forestry Department; and the Onalaska Tourism Commission.
Next up on the schedule is the Aug. 8-11 Evan Williams Bourbon St. Lawrence River Showdown in Waddington, N.Y., a new venue for an Elite Series event. Check in at Bassmaster.com for details.
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Pottawatomie County Undersheriff J.T. Palmer said Thursday that 17-year-old Kenneth Chaffin and 18-year-old Dillon King, of Bethel Acres, Okla., appeared to have died of self-inflicted gunshot wounds in Maypearl, Texas.
Pottawatomie County sheriff's officials issued a national alert early Wednesday saying Chaffin had stolen a pickup and run away from home Monday with 17 guns, thousands of rounds of ammunition and prescription medications.
Later that day, sheriff's officials in Ellis County, Texas, some 240 miles south of Bethel Acres, said a woman exchanged fire with two teenage boys who were trying to break into her Maypearl home. Palmer says those teens were Chaffin and King.
No one else was hurt.
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The sixth annual Food Network New York City Wine & Food Festival is October 17 – 20, 2013. All proceeds benefit Food Bank for New York City and Share Our Strength's No Kid Hungry campaign. Global Night Market event at the Plaza Food Hall, Saturday, October 19, 10 p.m. - 1 a.m.
Here are Todd's recipes:
Asada Skirt Steak Tacos
Serves 6-8
2 lb skirt steak
1/2 cup light brown sugar
1 cup soy sauce
1/2 cup rice wine vinegar
¼ cup minced ginger
METHOD: In a small bowl, mix all ingredients together. Pour mixture over the steak and let marinade for at least 30 minutes.
Cilantro Creme
2 cups aioli
1 bunch cilantro
METHOD: Add 2 all ingredients into a blender and blend at high speed until smooth. Set aside.
Hoisin BBQ Sauce
2 cups hoisin sauce
1 cup TE BBQ Sauce
1 grated asian pear
METHOD: Whisk all ingredients together.
Fried Onions
1 cup thinly sliced white onions
2 cups olive oil
METHOD: Heat 2 cups olive oil in a medium sauce pan to 300. Fry the onions until just turning brown, then remove from heat onto a paper towel covered plate to drain excess oil. Season with salt and pepper. Reserve.
Napa Slaw
1 head napa cabbage
3 large grated carrots
1/2 cup olive oil
1/4 cup mirin (or red wine vinegar)
1 tsp sugar
METHOD: In a medium bowl add all ingredients and lightly toss together.
TACO ASSEMBLY: Grill the steak 1-2 minutes on each side until cooked to medium. Spread the cilantro creme onto corn tortillas. Slice the steak thinly and place on the cilantro creme. Top with Napa slaw, fried onions and hoisin bbq sauce. Serve immediately.
Sweet Potato Slaw
Serves 6-8
1 head napa cabbage, thinly sliced
2 large sweet potatoes, shredded on a box grater
¼ cup lime juice
½ bunch fresh cilantro, chopped and some whole leaves reserved
Salt and pepper to taste
METHOD: In a large mixing bowl, combine the shredded cabbage, shredded sweet potatoes, lime juice, cilantro, salt and pepper. Mix well and serve immediately. Garnish with whole cilantro leaves.
Grilled Asparagus
Serves 6-8
2 bundles asparagus
4 garlic cloves
2 cups grated Parmesan
4 cups extra virgin olive oil
½ cup champagne vinegar
METHOD: For the Parmesan dressing, place the garlic, vinegar and Parmesan into a blender.
While on medium high, slowly add olive oil until emulsified.
In a medium saucepan of bowling water, blanch asparagus for 45 seconds. Remove and shock the asparagus in a bowl of iced water. Trim the ends of the asparagus 1 inch from the bottom, then coat with olive oil, salt and pepper and put on a very hot grill until charred, 2-3 minutes.
Drizzle with the Parmesan dressing.
Buffalo Quail Skewers
Serves 6-8
4 each boneless quail
2 cups buttermilk
3 Tbsp paprika
2 cups hot sauce
2 cups blue cheese dressing
1 package 6-inch wooden skewers
Salt and pepper to taste
¼ c extra virgin olive oil
Bunch of celery leaves, left whole
METHOD: Soak the skewers in a bowl of cold water for 30 minutes to prevent burning on the grill.
Cut the quail in half and skewer down the breast through the leg. Soak the quail in buttermilk and paprika for 30 minutes. On a grill heated to medium high, grill the quail until a temperature of 160F is reached. In a medium bowl, add hot sauce and whisk in the olive oil.
Toss the skewered quail with the hot sauce. Drizzle with blue cheese dressing and top with celery leaves.
Chicken Chili
Serves 6-8
2 pounds boneless chicken breasts chopped in 1 inch pieces
1 Spanish onion, diced
4 celery stalks, diced
2 12-oz cans creamed corn
2 large carrots, diced
1 tsp. coriander
1 tsp. cumin
2 tsp. chili powder
4 cups tomato filets, whole San Marzano
METHOD: In a medium saucepan, heat ½ cup olive oil. Add chicken, turning until cooked through, about 4 minutes. Add celery, carrot, creamed corn onion and tomato filets and simmer for 45 minutes. Add cumin, coriander and the chili powder and simmer another 30 minutes.
Served topped with fresh cilantro.
Honey Wasabi Glazed Ribs with Spicy Pecans and Peanut Sauce
Serves 6-8
The Ribs
2 racks of baby back ribs
1 12 oz jar TE Honey
½ oz. wasabi paste
¼ cup soy sauce
¼ cup Mirin (or rice wine vinegar)
METHOD: In a small bowl mix honey, wasabi, soy and mirin. Cut ribs in half and brush the glaze on thickly. Wrap in aluminum foil and grill on low heat for 2 ½ hours, then cut into individual portions.
Spicy Pecans
1 lb. shelled pecans
2 tsp. cayenne pepper
½ cup white sugar
2 tsp. TE honey
METHOD: In a small bowl, mix cayenne and sugar. On a small baking sheet, spread the pecans evenly and in a single layer. Sprinkle them heavily with the pepper mix. Roast in a 400F oven until brown, approximately 20 minutes. Remove from the oven and chop. Drizzle with TE Honey.
Peanut Sauce
1 c chopped peanuts
1 c smooth peanut butter
½ c teriyaki glaze
½ c soy sauce
¼ c olive oil
1 tbsp red curry pace
¼ c sugar
2 chopped garlic cloves
1 tbsp chopped ginger
METHOD: Combine all ingredients in a blender and puree, remove to a medium saucepan and simmer for 20 minutes, stirring frequently.
RIB ASSEMBLY: Take cooked ribs, dip into the honey glaze then roll in the spiced pecans, serve with peanut sauce.
Jeweled Rice Salad
Serves 6-8
2 lbs. long grain wild rice
4 oz. butter
2 cups dried golden raisins
2 cups dried cherries
2 cups dried currants
½ cup extra virgin olive oil
2 tsp. ground cumin
2 tsp. ground coriander
1 tsp. kosher salt
1 tsp. ground black pepper
1 bunch parsley, cleaned and chopped
Parchment paper
METHOD: In a medium saucepot, boil 2 ¾ quarts water with 4 oz butter. Add rice and cook for 15
minutes. Spread the rice onto a sheet pan lined with parchment and let cool. Combine all the other ingredients in a large bowl. Toss the rice with the seasoned dried fruit. Makes 6-8 servings
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This story takes place after edward leaves in new moon
and after bella becomes depressed. jacob is there
to make her feel safe and wanted, what happens when they
fall in love?
(all in bella's POV)
It's been three months since they left. it's been so hard to go day by day without the vampires that i thought of as my second family. i've been staying away from everyone, and i could see Charile was getting worried. he called mom thinking that would help. it didnt. tomorrow charile and i are going down to la push to see jacob and his dad. when i woke up the next morning i was kind of excited to go down to la push.
when we got there the first person i saw was Jacob. his hair was cut short and he looked so much older than the last time i had seen him.
"Jacob you cut your hair?"
i tried to make my voice sound a little happy but it didnt.
"um..yea got tired of all that hair in my face. hey charile, my dads waiting for you."
charile nodded and walked into their house. jacob smiled at me and asked if i wanted to take a walk on the beach. when he said that i thought about the last time we walked on the beach and quickly said no. he took my hand and guided me to the garage. when we got there jacob quickly gave me a huge. he was warm, no he was hot. i pulled away and asked if he felt okay.later that day some of jake's friends came over and we all hung out. for those 5 hours with jacob took my mind off of him . that night jacob and i talked on the phone about him coming over tomorrow. it made me happy but that night i had the same dream of edward leaving.
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when i woke up i herd noise down stairs. i figured it was charile and some of his fishing buddies. i got in the shower then got dressed. i went down stairs expecting to see everyone getting ready to go fishing but instead i saw three boy shirtless.
out of these 3 i didnt see jacob which made me kind of sad.
"hey guys, what are you doing here?"
"jake couldnt make it so he sent us, were taking you somewhere, you'll like it"
"jake said not tell you it's a surprise" "nice going jared you shouldn't have told her jake was involved."
"well, i'll go."
when i got in the car with them we were off and within 10 mins, we were there
jacobs house was lit up and there were so many people. there was jessica, angela, mike,and all of my friends.
when i walked in everyone screamed "Happy Birthday" i blushed but was alittle confused. it wasn't my birthday.
"what all this?"
"well, bella we didn't give you a party for you 18th birthday, and we thought it mite be a good idea, pluse my dad got everyone to bring gifts."
i looked over at billy and her just smiled back.
the parth was great, much better than the last one i had {wince}.i went home and was so sleepy.
"yeeeeees jake"
"i no you don't like parties but i thought it would take your mind off of them."
i could here him talking but i could also feel myself falling asleep on him.
as i rolled over i relized i was in bed alone. i looked at the clock to find out it was three in the morning. i got out of bed to use the bathroom. when i walked in isaw jacob standing there half naked. i ran out of the bathroom and sat on my bed. it felt like i sat ther forever before he came back into the room. when he did come back into the room he looked like he was blushing, but i couldnt tell because he was so beautifully tan. he didnt say anything he just looked at me then he stood in front of me and said "you no you could have knocked" i didnt feel like i could speek so i just put my face in my hands. i could feel him watching me, then i could feel him pulling my hands down. he looked into my eyes and i glared into his. i couldnt look away and neither could i, and within that second he leand in and planted a soft kiss on my lips. i didnt resist so he kissed me again, longer this time. it felt as though i was melting, it felt like lava moving throughout my body. i slowly pulled away and jacob told me we should go back to sleep. so i crawed under the covers and tried to sleep. when i did fall asleep i had a dream about jacob giving me the one thing edward never did.
Chapter 2
the next morning when i woke up jacob wasnt in bed again. i when to the bathroom and before i went in i knocked. there was no answer so i went in. jacob wasnt in here, so i jumped in the shower and brushed my hair. after i got dressed i went down stairs and i saw jacob at the stove.
"jake, what are you doing"
"making you breakfast, you do want to eat dont you"
i smiled and sat down at the table, and he put a plate in front of me. he cooked me everything i liked, he even made coffee.
i never told him i didnt drink coffee,but it was sweet.we ate breakfast in silence. after we ate i cleaned up and he kissed e me. when he pulled away he looked into my eyes and then he said something i never expected he would say to me. he took my hands and said...
"bella i no what he did to you and i will never let anyone hurt you again...you no why" i shook my head and waited for him to tell me "because bella i'm in love with you, and i no you may not be ready, but i'll wait for you" he looked as if he would cry. "jacob, i can't tell you i love you but i no i have strong feeling for you and everyday im around you the feeling grow stronger, and hopfully you won't have to wait long.
it's been two weeks since i've talked to jacob. his dad says he has the flu, but going to see him today. as i got ready i prepared myself for what jake mite look like. i jumped into my truck and hurried off to la push.when i got there it took me i minute to want to go into his house. i got ot of my truck and stood there for a while.then i began to walk to the house. as soon as i pulled my hand up to knock on the door jake through it open and grabed me.
"bells, i've missed you so much"
then he kissed me. it wasn't a normal kiss, it was more intence. when i pulled away i looked into his eyes and i wanted to pull him back to my lips.i didnt no what, but i knew something changed. two weeks ago i wasn't sure if i loved him but now i knew i couldnt live with out him later that day jacob told me he was not a normal boy anymore. he told me that he had just imprinted on me. at first i was so mad but then i came around.
<i no it's short,but still working on it>
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Radisson Blu Royal Hotel Copenhagen
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