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Hearts (chapter 4)The next few years were strange for John. He and Molly had been going steady since that first week of secondary school, and he and Sherlock had remained friends (as much as Sherlock could have friends), but their friendship was strained. Sherlock would at times treat John the way he had since John was in fifth year, but would occasionally ignore him completely and at other times would be highly protective and possessive of John and try his hardest to keep him away from Molly. John was completely confused by Sherlock's behaviour, and his life was made even more difficult when his sister Harry tried to flirt with Molly then brought home another girl the next week, when John's parents went through a nasty divorce, and when Sherlock called John once to tell him in a disgusted voice that Mycroft had begun seeing one of their classmates, Greg Lestrade, and his parents were horrified.
Hearts (prelude/Chapter 1)John looked up from his notebook and looked across the playground. A small, somber boy, probably around the age of six, was looking steadily back at him. John eyed him curiously from the other side of the playground, across the sea of children yelling and playing. The other boy seemed to be trying to read his mind from across the playground. John shook his head slightly, trying to shake off the younger boy's gaze. He turned back to his notebook, and realized that he had been sketching without noticing. Blushing slightly, he realized his hand had drawn a truly excellent sketch of the younger boy across the playground. He glanced up at the other boy who was smirking as if he knew exactly what John had been doing. John's eyes flickered down to his notebook and then back up, but when his glance returned to the opposite side of the playground, the boy was gone. John had no idea who he was or why he had been watching John. He shook his head once again and returned to his notebook.It was the
Hearts (chapter 2) It was the first day of the new school year after the hols, and John was sitting down to lunch with some of his classmates. He was just setting his tray down when he felt a tap on his shoulder. It was that boy from the playground. What was his name? Oh right: Sherlock. An odd name. He appeared to have grown over the summer and was now only a few inches shorter than John."Can I sit with you?" he said. John was about to reply when another of the boys at the table said scornfully, "Don't let him; he's a freak." John turned to the other boy. "What do you mean he's a freak?" John asked, a bit harshly. Turning to Sherlock, he said, "Of course you can sit here." The other boys at the table stared at John, stunned, and turned to glare at Sherlock. The boy who had spoken to John answered his question after the two boys had sat down."He has this trick he does where he can tell you everything you&
Hearts (chapter 3)It was the first day of secondary school, and John was nervous. He tugged on the familiar red jumper. It was not the same jumper that Sherlock had commented on all those years ago – that jumper had long since been too small. This was a new jumper, but it was in the exact same shade of red that John (and Sherlock, he had discovered) loved so much. John stood anxiously at the top of the school steps and scanned the crowd. Soon he saw the familiar tall figure and black curly hair of the boy who had become John's best friend during their years of primary school. He waved slightly, and waited for Sherlock to come up the stairs."Hey," he said awkwardly, when Sherlock had arrived. "How was your summer?""Dull," Sherlock said in a drawl. "New jumper. And it appears your sister and my brother are no longer seeing each other." The two boys walked into the school together and joined the throngs that were trying to find their classrooms.
Hearts (chapter 6)John managed to avoid speaking to Sherlock for the rest of the year. They did not shake hands at graduation, and when Mycroft, Greg Lestrade, Harry, and Harry's girlfriend Clara came up to congratulate them both, they did not even look at each other. John applied to medical school and was accepted. He didn't inform Sherlock of his decision, though he was reminded of Sherlock telling John he wanted to be a doctor when they were both in primary school. He was fairly sure Sherlock was not going to be a doctor, so he hoped he could attend Uni far away from Sherlock Holmes and never think about him again. How wrong he was. The medical school John was attending was part of the same university as a world-renowned science school, and Sherlock was attending to become a scientist. They ended up having at least one class together every semester, and they graduated together, despite John's finishing his degree several years early and Sherlock's many fields of
Hearts (chapter 7)After leaving medical school, John joined the army as a medic. After four years he was sent to Afghanistan, which was a living hell. John saw friends gunned down beside him while he lay helpless in a trench. He saw many young soldiers that he was unable to save because they had lost so much blood. A young woman that he had thought he had loved was killed while John watched. And still he survived. Something kept him going and kept him from harm. One day while his company was in the trenches, shooting and being shot, John was yelling at a friend to get down when he himself was shot in the shoulder. He remembered very little of that afternoon, except that everyone else died save one young man who inexpertly attempted to help take care of the wound. The few weeks went by with John hardly noticing a thing. When he finally emerged from his quasi-comatose state, he could remember almost nothing except that last battle. He could recite his mother's phone number and street address, he cou
Hearts (chapter 8)When John passed by his old Uni colleague Mike Stamford in the park, he had no flash of recognition, nor anything to suggest that John had once known the man. Mike recognized John, however, and called him over. John pretended to recognize him, and indeed he had a vague sense that this was someone familiar. They had a short and rather awkward conversation over coffee, and when John mentioned that he was looking for a flat and a flatmate, Mike perked up."You're the second person to mention needing a flatmate today," Mike said. "Who was the first?" John asked, a bit interested. "Come on, I'll take you to meet him," Mike said cheerily, standing up from where they had been sitting.The morgue of St. Bartholomew's hospital was not a place one expected to meet a potential flatmate, but that was exactly where Stamford took John. They passed by a pretty young woman in the hallway and she seemed to cringe at the sight of John, but John didn&
Hearts (postlude) It was 18 months later, and John felt time stop as he watched the dark figure falling from the roof of St. Bart's hospital. He could feel all his memories returning as the figure dropped in slow motion: all his memories of school, of his family, and most importantly, his memories of Sherlock. He remembered the first conversation they'd had, and the last. He realized Sherlock had always remembered those, throughout the past 18 months that they had been in the same flat. He wondered what it must have been like for him: remembering the conversations and the quarrel while John sat next to him, not remembering a word of it. He wished he'd been able to apologize. He had never wanted to say those awful things to his best friend, and every day in Uni and in Afghanistan he had wished he could take them back. Now it was too late. As he watched the only person he had ever cared for falling to his death, he cried without hope of being heard, "I'm sorry S
Come Back, JohnJohn, why did you have to go to Waterford today of all days? You know I need you here, and not just to work on the case… -SHBecause Harry pitched a fit and refuses to talk to anyone else. She's in her forties for christ's sake! I haven't got a clue what's she upset about but Clara called and that's why I'm going to Waterford. Trust me, I'd rather be back home than going to deal with my sister… -JWBullocks: they're just trying to take you away from me again. At a guess, Clara confiscated the claret and hid it under the duvet in the guest bedroom. Don't bother with the mixers. Clear it up fast and come back, please. –SHHow- oh never mind. I'll be back as quick as I can. I'm not thrilled to be going you know. I think I can hear Harry shouting from the front garden. –JWOh lor. Ware the busssshes. Annnd say hi to clarr fr me. –SH luck with claret.Have you been drinking? Never mind. Oh appa
Three Words"Alright there, Sherlock?" the memory of John's warm familiar voice inquires from somewhere within his mind palace. It's not something he purposely saved in his mental database, but it usage was so common that it just stuck. Not that he ever tried to delete the associated memories. It is a bit of a default phrase between them. Was a bit of a default phrase, that is. It was used in the days of their easy companionship. When crime was complicated, but their friendship was simple. John's companionship was something he took for granted, a novel experience for him. Then Moriarty's shadow passed over them and everything went to hell. Not that he believes in Hell. Just a figure of speech. Slang. John would be pleased at his use of a social metaphor. "Alright there, Sherlock?" The question always seemed to be on the tip of John's tongue. It slipped out easily, thoughtlessly, like a line from a play rehearsed hundreds of times by an aspiring actor. The tone it was spoken in, t
Plushie - A JOHNLOCK FanficIt was a known fact to everyone that Sherlock Holmes' sleeping habits were far from ordinary. He barely ever slept, especially when he was on a case, and even when he did sleep it usually was for no more than a few hours. John Watson, a lot of the time, found himself questioning how Sherlock could go so long without even a nap. Running around London - and sometimes even other cities - trying to catch and reprimand criminals and constantly following the new clues and leads that the detective would find was quite exhausting if you asked John. This particular case keep them up until well past four in the morning. Sure, the case was solved, the criminal was apprehended and brought to justice, all of that was fine and dandy, but all the doctor wanted to do was to sleep.When Sherlock and John soon returned to their flat at Baker Street, John could tell that his friend was more tired than he'd admit, even if he did try to hide it. On the cab ride back home, John noticed that Sherlock'
BBC Sherlock: Something to talk aboutSix o'clock in the morning, Saturday. A call from Lestrade. Yes, a case, come to Scotland Yard at once.Sherlock hung up with excitement, John just groaned plaintively. Friday was hellish at the hospital and he definitely could use some rest. Watson was determined to sleep through the whole morning, no matter what. Sherlock didn't waste any time, though. He sprang out of the bed, already wide awake, and delved into his wardrobe, preparing clothes for today."Come on, John! Don't dawdle! The adventure awaits!" Sherlock urged him in an upbeat tone.John covered his head with a duvet, mumbling something incoherently about the place where Sherlock could put this adventure right now and how deep. The detective rolled his eyes."John, you are perfectly aware that I won't back off. You're coming with me whether you like it or not," he said adamantly, folding his arms across his chest. "After all, I'm completely lost without my blogger..." He added in a kinder voice, shamelessly butter
'Sweet Return' Chapter 2."It's about time you woke up." He said calmly, his hands entwined together and his index fingers pressed to his bottom lip.I couldn't move, nor speak. I just stared at him. What is happening? I didn't understand. I was so confused, so frightened, so shocked; as if someone had just slapped me across the face without reason or warning."Are you not going to say hello? It's been over a year John." Sherlock sighed, leaning back in my chair and crossing his legs."S.. S-Sherlock?" I managed, my voice still slightly hoarse from my breakdown a few hours previous. "W.. How.. What is going on ?! I'm going mad !!""On the contrary, you've never been so sane. Extremely depressed and slowly devoping a worsening case of PTSD but sane. For some unknown reason, when you begged me to come back, I did." He explained as if this sort of thing happened everyday. "Honestly I'm just as confused as you are.""I'm dreaming." I said, shooting up, the letter Sherlock had sent falling to the floor as I r
'Sweet Return' Chapter 1."Don't do it." I said into the phone, pressed hard against my cheek. "Sherlock, back away.""I'm sorry." He hesitated after a moment of silence. "John, thank you.""No." I said, taking a few steps forward. "I'm not listening to this.""Stay where you were !" The voice on the other line snapped. It wasn't an angry snap, but a heartwretching broken one. "Please .. Just keep your eyes fixed on me." And all in a flash, I watched him plunge towards the waiting ground below.I jumped up panting and for the second time tonight, bathed in sweat. The only sounds in the silent house were the haunting ticking of the clock, my pounding heart in my ears, and my ragged inhalation of air. Moonlight poured in the open window like a reminder that not all was dark this night."Again." I murmured quietly to myself, making a small 'psst' sound a few times before a black cat with big, blue eyes ran in. "Hi Sher." I said, leaning down and picking him up as I ran a hand through my damp, now shaggy and
A Doctor in My Bed Part 2The first thing Sherlock noticed when he woke the next morning was he was painfully alone in his own bed. He groans quietly, refusing to open his eyes. It seems like such a tiresome thing to do after his arms stretched out to figure out just how alone he was. Not even a sound stirring from anywhere outside Sherlock's bedroom, or within the flat.It must have been a dream; Sherlock's mind replays the events from last night, events he must have dreamt of. If he had not, wouldn't John be here right now? Wouldn't John- even if he left the room to use the loo or make a cuppa, make some sort of noise?He groans once again and rubs the heel of his hands into his eyes. Stupid, Stupid dreams always crushing when you wake from them. When the reality sets in and all you can do is simply feel the loss of a never existing thing. Sherlock found himself rolling over onto his stomach letting his eyes open lazily. A sharp pinch of his skin near his nipple makes the Detective pus
Welcome Home - Johnlock.Sherlock picked up his phone, and typed, 'John. I'm sorry. SH'. His fingers were shaking as he pressed send.John sat up straight, he had just dozed off in the living room after watching the News, and the buzzing of his phone in his pocket had made him jump, he unlocked his mobile phone and looked at the text.His eyes filled with tears and took a few moments to take in the fact that his one wish could have come true. 'Sherlock. You're alive? -JW' he replied.A few moments later, he received another message, 'That is irrelevant. You need to come pick me up. SH''Irrelevant?! But... Ugh. Where are you, Sherlock? JW."'Outside a pub. Two blocks from 221B. SH''Why can't you get a cab? JW''None of them will take me, john. SH''No wonder! Everyone thinks you're dead! JW''That's not why! I may be
slightly intoxicated. SH'John sighed. Only Sherlock. He hadn't even explained how he had jumped off a building in front of him and som
No Conductor of LightJohn had finished packing and had set his bag by the door before turning to Sherlock. The detective was sulking in his black armchair, a hair away from yelling at the telly. John walked over, blocking Sherlock's view. Cupping the other man's jaw tenderly, John tilted his head up until their eyes met then smiled."Are you sure you don't want to come with me?" John asked yet again. "It's only a small conference. I'm sure you would find it interesting to talk with some of my colleagues.""Boring," Sherlock replied, waving a hand at John. "Besides, I have work here to do. With my experiments, I probably won't even notice you're gone."John knew better than to take offense to that, considering how much Sherlock had sulked and pouted since he'd told the man he was going to be gone for a week. Their relationship was still young, both men finally admitting what they felt after both had nearly died o
Draw with me - JohnLockEmptyness, as always...A wall of glass parts his world.No end. Never ending.He touches it. It was cold as ice.A person on the other side, not far away.They see each other, butGlass divided them.Sherlock walks to him,Can you hear me?- He can´t.Sherlock remembers the carbon pencils,They were useless beforeBut have a good purpose now.He writes on the cold, cold glassCan you write?Throwing one over to the person,He takes the pencil andThe person answered,Of course duhHis heart, a hummingbird, now encouraged, askingHow about drawing?YesBoth sat down silently andBoth were drawing silently.For not being lonely anymoreTheir souls became oneTheir hearts were hummingbirds,Small. Strong. Beautiful. Enduring.Filled with warmth. Trust. Friendship.Connection.Love.But the glass, the cold glass, still splitting them.Keeping both of them lonely.Together, but not.Sherlock placed his hand onThe glass, and John did so on his sideOf the
Hearts (chapter 5)It was break on the first day of their last year of secondary school, and Sherlock was acting even more strangely than usual. As soon as they were outside, he grabbed John's arm and dragged him bodily over behind a clump of bushes. By now, Sherlock was a good foot taller than John, even though he was four years younger. John looked askance at Sherlock and glanced regretfully back at Molly, who was looking rather stunned. "Sherlock, what are you doing?" he hissed. Sherlock looked around, as if checking to see if anyone was listening in. "Sherlock, no one can see or hear us back here. What do you want?""John, I don't think you should keep seeing Molly Hooper," he said finally. John was flabbergasted. Sherlock had dragged him all the way over here just to say that?"What?" he said indignantly. "What do you mean? We've been going out for three years! I can't just jilt her now for no reason. Besides, I really lik
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How to Write a Proposal
The Seven Sections of the Can't-Miss, Killer Proposal
Topics: Closing, Proposals, RFPs, Blair's Picks
November 27, 2009 at 9:30 am by Blair
Friends, have you ever struggled with how to write a proposal? Sure you have, but I'm here to help. After years of reviewing written proposals from hundreds of marketing firms and about a dozen years of writing my own 100+ page proposals, I give to you, The Can't-Miss, Killer Proposal. Read this before your competitors do, and be sure to include every section, following every step. Then sit back and watch the money roll in!
The Can't-Miss, Killer Proposal contains seven sections. Make sure your next written proposal includes each of these sections, in order.
1. The Secret Weapon
This is one of my top secrets that I dont share with just anybody. Its pure gold. Put your firms logo and the clients logo next to each other on the front page, and then on the top corners of every page thereafter. Theres a good chance this will seal the deal on its own, especially if the logos are of similar shape or color. Good clients know a good marriage when they see one.
2. Background
Now begin the meat of the proposal by giving the client as many words as possible on their own company. Tell them you know how long the company has been in business, how many employees they have, and what their core products and services are. Four or five pages into reading, the client should be satisfied that you were listening in the meeting and that you know how to use Google.
3. Challenge
Now its time to start diagnosing the clients problem. No, you havent been hired yet and the client hasnt actually given you the proper access required for a reliable diagnoses, but its a good opportunity to demonstrate your guessing skills and your willingness to give something to get something. If youre not sure about their challenges, the stand-bys of lagging brand equity or unrealized brand synergies are rarely far from the truth.
4. Strategy
Dont hold back here, just give them the whole plan. Strategy, media, timeline. Tell them everything they need to do. They should be able to shop this part around to see what others would charge for it. Just make sure to save the price for later.
5. Why Us
Unleash your creative powers and list everything you can think of: experience, interests, enthusiasm. Sell hard. Consider providing links to YouTube videos of you and your staff professing your passion for your craft and enthusiasm for the clients business. Dont forget to mention that your people bring their dogs to work. Clients love that stuff.
6. Budget
Its important to leave any discussion of price until the end. Most clients have no money and will clutch their heart if you deliver this bomb too early. The longer you can put this off, the better, so make the preceding sections as lengthy as possible. By about page 50 the client should be thinking, These guys are so smart, I dont care what the price is!
7. Sign Here!
While its true that clients sign contracts and not proposals, if you dont ask for the deal here in writing then youll have to look them in the eye and ask (out loud!) if theyd like to work with you. That is way too sales-like and beneath the dignity of a marketer. Better to just put a place to sign, head back to the office, put the champagne on ice and wait by the fax machine.
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Second, if delivering the proposal by messenger before or after the presentation, put it in a pizza box! Also consider throwing in some free stuff like food or drink, just not so much that it violates any HR policy or catches the attention of their legal department. Clients love food.
For further reading on this subject, consider Proposal or Contract?
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Reading this made me smile and chuckle all day...
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I fear I may have confused people with this one. Yes, I wrote it with tongue firmly planted in cheek - a spoof on the written proposal.
Don't do any of the above.
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wow - glad this was a spoof! - I was thinking, seriously? This guys must be a moron... But with that said, I hope my competitors read this and take your advice seriously. =) lol
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Managing Your Writing Time
So, I've been away from my Cherishedflight blog for a day or so. I know you're wondering why. Well, I'm managing my time…or I'm trying to be a better steward of my time. Effective time management is probably the best tool for anyone who wants to be successful. Without it, everything eventually falls apart.
I spent the latter part of 2011 researching effective time management tools and decided not to horde the information, but to share them with you. Here's what I discovered:
Get Organized
Removing clutter is very liberating. Once you do this and create YOUR own space at home (See last week's Creating YOUR Own Space blog for more details on this), then you can get to work.
Keep It On The Clock
Most writers I know are always working on multiple projects, but spend most of the day wasting their time because they don't know how to effectively manage double-dutching projects. Have you ever thought about putting yourself on the clock? By that I mean literally keeping yourself on task with a timer.
I tried this on one a day when I had three deadlines for three different projects. That morning, I assessed how much time I wanted to spend on each project—two hours for one, four on another, and the final, forty-five minutes (that was a quickie)—and then I set my timer on my phone and got to work. Can I tell you, that particular day was probably one of the most productive days for me. Timing my day kept me from being distracted by random thoughts and activities going on outside my window, and I didn't get up to do the laundry or answer the phone. I knew I needed to complete my task before the alarm buzzed, and I wanted to make sure I accomplished that goal.
It may seem a little odd in the beginning, but once you start working, the level of focus you will apply to completing your task will inspire you.
Put Social Media On Snooze
A writer's mortal enemy is social media. What you think may be a quick status update or a mentions check turns into you wasting time to read, and maybe respond to all of the messages, @mentions, tags and DM's that occurred while you were offline. I suggest you turn your ringer off, flip your phone face-down, and get to work. You can always catch up with your social media family later. Trust me, they can wait.
Have A Writer's Sit-in
If other people live in your home with you, raise your hand. Ok…now, if you have children, raise your hand again. Ok…we are in the same boat. I am married and have three small children. When they are home, and not napping (seriously, what six and four-year-olds take long naps?), how are you going to meet your deadline? By creating office hours, that's how.
Create a sign that says the following:
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Creating this sign lets your family know you are at work, and are serious about not being bothered by scrapped knees and tattling children. This works best if you either have older kids, or a spouse who can be with the little ones while you work. I didn't include teenagers because they spend more time in their room and have no desire to bother you. In fact, many of them don't want to be bother by you, at all.
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The Beilis Conspiracy
A century after the last blood libel trial, the idea that Jews drink Christian vital fluid is still alive and well
After the trial was over, Beilis wrote a memoir, The Story of My Sufferings, the most remarkable part of which is his memory of how many non-Jewish Russians, including even a few diehard members of the Black Hundreds (the anti-Semitic organization responsible for many pogroms), ardently professed their support for the beleaguered Jew. When he was in jail, Beilis remembered, a fellow prisoner embraced him and wept, hoping aloud that God would protect Beilis, because "the Jews are an honest people"; when Beilis' wife and children visited him, prison guards turned aside with tears in their eyes. The detectives first assigned to the case, along with the chief of Kiev's secret police, were sent to jail as a result of their belief that Beilis must be innocent.
In his trial, Beilis was defiant when he needed to be. He answered one of the judge's opening questions, "To what religion do you belong?" with, he remembered, "something approaching a shout": "I am a Jew." As the trial went on, the prosecution's case collapsed. The workers that Beilis supervised testified to his honesty; they knew he was incapable of murder. A 10-year-old boy, a friend of the dead Andrei, had been primed by the Tcheberiak gang to testify that Andrei had often played near the brick factory and had been chased off the factory grounds by Beilis. Instead, the boy stated that Andrei had never gone near the factory. The student who had distributed the anti-Semitic leaflets at Andrei's funeral fainted when he took the stand. Then, in a moment of high drama, the lamplighter who had originally said that Beilis had chased Andrei from the brickyard recanted his testimony, proclaiming, "I am a Christian and fear God. Why should I ruin an innocent man?"
The prize piece of evidence for the prosecution was theological: expert opinion that would prove that Jews engaged in ritual murder. Here, the prosecution thought, was perfect material to sway a jury of uneducated Russian peasants. But they could find only two expert witnesses, and neither of them was persuasive. One was a priest who turned out to be a convert from Judaism; he admitted that he had never seen or heard any trace of ritual murder in his father's Jewish house, but had only been told of the bloody practice by Christians. The second expert witness was a Catholic priest named Father Pranaitis. (To the prosecution's dismay, the Orthodox scholars they wanted were nowhere to be found.) Pranaitis claimed to be an accomplished scholar of Jewish practices and beliefs, but the defense unmasked him as a fraud whose knowledge of Hebrew was practically nonexistent. The climax of the hapless priest's humiliation by Beilis' legal team (led by Oskar Gruzenberg, who was renowned for his championing of Jewish causes) occurred when they asked Pranaitis, "When did Baba Batra live and what was her activity?" When Pranaitis answered, "I don't know," the Jews in the courtroom erupted in laughter. Baba Batra is one of the most famous tractates of the Talmud; but Baba in Russian means grandmother—the Christian "expert" was easily tricked.
The judge, however, stood steadfast in his determination to find Beilis guilty. His final instructions to the jury were somber and pointed: "This trial … has touched upon a matter which concerns the existence of the whole Russian people. There are people who drink our blood." Despite such heavy-handed instruction, the jury returned a verdict of not guilty (although they did indicate that they believed a ritual murder had occurred).
After the verdict, wild jubilation stormed the courtroom. Beilis reported that a "very distinguished and gigantic looking Russian," a factory owner who had left his business for a month to attend the trial, approached him with these words: "Now, the Lord be blessed, I can go home rejoicing. … I wish you all the happiness in the world, Beilis." The freed Jew became an instant celebrity. In the fall of 1913, three plays about Beilis ran at the same time in New York, featuring the greatest stars of the Yiddish stage.
From the moment he became a free man again, Beilis found himself mobbed by throngs of admirers, who had come from all over Europe to see him. At one point, he wrote later, he had 7,000 visitors a day. Some insisted that they must see him or they would commit suicide. A Russian priest knelt and kissed Beilis' hand, asking forgiveness. Finally, Beilis left Russia, unable to bear the harassment of constant adulation. When his train passed through Lvov, word got out that Beilis was on it: A swelling crowd demanded to see him and threatened to damage the station or sit down on the tracks if he did not appear. Beilis turned away offers to make his home in London and New York and chose Palestine instead. Even in Eretz Yisrael there was a heated competition for his presence: The Jews of Jerusalem reminded him that they had prayed for him at the kotel and told him it would be an insult for him to settle in Tel Aviv—but he did.
Beilis wrote that, during his visit to the Temple Mount, he was permitted to enter the Dome of the Rock by "one of the leading Arabs," who told him, "You belong to the three great Jewish heroes and martyrs"—Dreyfus was another, the Arab said; Beilis didn't catch the name of the third. Beilis' memoir ends with his departure for New York, after nine years in the holy land. The Rothschilds and others had promised Beilis financial assistance. "But could I live on promises?" Beilis lamented that he never received the money. There was no livelihood in Palestine; the new world, the true goldene medina, beckoned.
Mendel Beilis entered the limelight again, long after his death in New York in 1934, when Bernard Malamud decided to write a novel based on his prison experience. The novel was The Fixer, which would win for Malamud both the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize in 1967. (The title refers to the hero's vocation: He is a repairman before he becomes a factory supervisor.) For his book, a tour de force of misery and dry wit, Malamud drew conspicuously on Beilis' memoir. Six times a day, Beilis wrote, he was subjected to body searches. The door of his cell had 13 heavy locks, and each had to be shot back with a blood-chilling clang before Beilis was stripped and inspected by taunting guards. Malamud changed the number of locks from 13 to 12, but his account of the searches is clearly modeled on Beilis' version. One of Beilis' sons later charged Malamud with plagiarizing his father's memoir; there are in fact strong resemblances between Beilis' account of his prison life and Malamud's version.
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Quarterly quiverings
April 24th, 2013 at 12:02 am by Dr. Drang
Today is that demisemiannual day in which Apple bloggers set aside their normal concern for fonts, rounded rectangles, and skeuomorphism and gather 'round the conference call to hear the latest financial pronouncement from the grandees of Cupertino. And as the great men speak in numbers that require exponential notation, the bloggers take to their keyboards to let us know that all is Good.
I avoid most of this chatter, but short of shutting out Twitter and RSS entirely for the day, it's not possible to avoid it all. I understand why bloggers—especially professional bloggers who have advertisers to satisfy—write about the earnings call. What I don't understand is why readers care. If you're an Apple investor you'll want to see the quarterly numbers, of course, but you don't really want them filtered through someone who spends most of his time talking about iOS weather apps, do you? And if you're not an Apple investor, what difference does it make to you? Sure, you want to know that Apple's doing well enough to survive and keep making the products you like, but that seems like a pretty safe bet these days.
I will admit that the response to the last couple of quarterly reports has been interesting. For years, as Apple continually beat the analysts' forecasts, Apple enthusiasts would point and laugh at how these so-called experts could get it so wrong. Now, as the stock price is falling and the analysts are no longer making foolish underestimates, the enthusiasts are still pointing to strong profits and revenue growth, still saying the so-called experts have got it wrong, but they're not laughing anymore. The triumphalism has been replaced by anger, frustration, and defensiveness.
One unfortunate side effect of this change has been a tendency to latch onto any analysis that shows Apple (or, more specifically, AAPL) in a positive light. Today, for example, I saw several links to this bit of numerological nonsense. I've seen discussions of Fibonacci retracement1 before, and the idea that there are investment managers out there who believe in this hooey always makes me want to pull my money out of stocks and bury it in the backyard.
I don't use a Mac or an iPhone because of Apple's balance sheet. I use them because they (usually) work for me, and I save my anger and frustration for when they don't. I'm far more affected by an iCloud screwup than by the iPhone's market share, by Lion's removal of Save As… than by Apple's stock price, and by Preview's lack of AppleScript support than by anything Rob Enderle says.
The basic idea of Fibonacci retracement is this: an investment that has gained will hit a peak and then suffer losses before starting to gain again. The percentage amount of the loss will typically be near a value that can be calculated from ratios of Fibonacci numbers. (There are similar calculations for predicting gains after losses.) The most popular ratios are 23.6%, 38.2%, 50%, and 61.8%. Since these are relatively closely spaced and cover a broad range, it's not surprising that people who believe in this bullshit can find examples where it works. It's a combination of cherry picking and numerical pareidolia. ↩
2 Responses to "Quarterly quiverings"
Richard says:
This is a brilliant post and my thinking exactly. I'm both a user and an investor but I'm a user first. Always have been, always will be.
I always thought that the reason AAPL did so well over the past few years was because of Apple, Inc. (great products and services).
These days its quite obvious that Apple, Inc. ≠ AAPL.
Lukas says:
Today is that demisemiannual day in which Apple bloggers set aside their normal concern for fonts, rounded rectangles, and skeuomorphism and gather 'round the conference call to hear the latest financial pronouncement from the grandees of Cupertino.
Wish it were so. I feel like tech journalism used to be about how awesome technology was, and how it could make our lives better, and how you could do something nifty with a cool script trick.
But nowadays, it's mainly about market share and profit share and patent lawsuits and share price and misguided allegiances to one tech company or another. Devices are evaluated based on what they'll do for the company that makes them, rather than for the people who purchase them.


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In London, gold lost $8.30 to $1,698.10 an ounce and silver 1.03 per cent to $33.65 an ounce.
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Tuesday, 18 December 2012
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- One knitter recommended that you just take your ribbon (and ruffle) yarn and rewind it into a ball, keeping the ribbon flat as you wind.
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One time I wrote a 256 word fanfic where Sebastian discovered Jim had a third nipple. This is that fanfic.
Sebastian had Jim pinned underneath him, leaving kisses and small bites at his collarbone. After leaving a nice little bruise at the base of his throat, Sebastian let his tongue trail down Jim's chest and to a nipple, sucking and biting at that lightly as well.
Jim's wrists were still pinned under Sebastian's strong grip, and he writhed under the sniper as he kissed further down, but suddenly, Sebastian stopped. "I didn't tell you to stop, Sebby! Did you fuckin' hear me say stop?"
"Boss, there's something near your rib," Sebastian uttered as he sat up and let go of Jim's wrists, looking puzzled.
"I didn't ask for a medical exam, Seb! As I recall, you haven't even removed my pants yet, lazy piece of—"
"Really, Jim, this doesn't look good." Sebastian leaned closer to take another look, raising an eyebrow and wrinkling his nose a bit. "Looks like a fucking mutated nipple or something."
"Sebastian, if you are suggesting I have an extra nipple on the top of my ribs instead of holding me down and fucking me, I swear I will kill you right in our bed."
"Jim, I'm serious, go look in a mirror." Sebastian moved back again, sitting back on his heels, watching his boss stand up. Jim slid off the bed, exaggerating his movements to simply convey to Sebastian how irritated he was. Yet, he shuffled to a long mirror, investigating this 'mutated nipple or something.'
"Fuck, Seb," he gaped, glancing back at his sniper, "I do believe you're right."


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Great song, A friend of mine taught me this song when I lived in Cody WY. It was the hardest song to relearn after my stroke but I managed to get it. not as good as before but at least I got it. You did a great job on it, sure wish we could jam together sometime.
daym. perfect.
It was beautiful. They use a capo though
zman@home wrote on Nov 3rd, 2007 at 1:33am :
george harrison was always my favorite beatle
but this was one of john's songs, wasn't it?
that was excellent
Nicely done. I love the dulcimer(?) playing alongside the guitar, sounds really awesome. This is one of my favorite Beatles songs, great cover!
i should'a commented sooner. very cool instrumental.
love the dulcimer sound.
nice cover. it sounds great.
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Richardleon November 7, 2010 8:39:46 PM CET
Why would it be such an important personal mission for Cyndi Johnon to post her her theory that UFOs sightings all over the world are nothing but hallucinations of people primed by mass media suggestion? The impression I get is that if the UFO phenomena turned out to have a real physical basis, Cyndi would not be able to sleep at night. The video seems to have been done with the primary purpose of reassuring Cyndi that these things simply do not exist. I would stongly urge Cyndi to pick up the courage to face the truthn no matter what that truth may be. A starting point in intellectual honesty would be to get educated on the subject by reading :UFOs: Generals, Pilots and Government Officials go on The Record, by Leslie Kean.
Richardleon November 7, 2010 8:25:06 PM CET
Cindi Johnson's video left me wondering why it was so important for her to post her particular video which explains that all UFO reports (especially the recent one's in China) can be explained by mass suggestion that triggers hallucinations. This theory is not in any way new or original, having been already proposed by psychologists and the armed forces back in the 1950's. Mrs Johnson seems concerned that there may indeed be something credible to the UFO phenomenon and is doing the video primarily for herself so that she can sleep better at night. If she is courageous enough to face the truth, she should first get educated on the subject. The first book she should read is:UFOs:General, Pilots and Government Officials go on The Record, by Leslie Kean. Nothing is better than an honest search for the truth - whatever that truth may turn out to be. Richard Howard
Kenny1 November 7, 2010 6:43:38 PM CET
must agree, i hate books being defaced for whatever reason; as for the vid - i thought it a waste of time.
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she hasn't the foggiest idea about what she is talking about


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VSF/VVAF has been able through networking with other social agencies in the community to aid with security deposits, food assistance and private donation from the community. VAF/VVAF has joined the task force with the local Police Station to address issues that may arise in the houses and community. This year, some of our past graduates return to the weekly house meeting held on union Avenue to provide support to those residents who are in the process of looking for housing in the community and to encourage them to follow through with treatment and sobriety.
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to paint the bedrooms at Union Avenue. We have volunteers who contact us to see
if they provide services within the program (picking up the leavers, donations).
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a pilot to becoming a counselor and assisting others with the skills needed to
live clean and sober to owning their own drafting business. As one of the veteran
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that when I walk into the apartment it is mine."
The Elm Street House, a permanent living facility, continues to flourish, providing support and stability for the veterans. Dan P remains the skilled and caring house manager. He keeps little problems from becoming big ones, and he provides direction, encouragement, skill development, and an atmosphere of safety and stability in the house for the 6 veteran residents. There have been some positive changes at the Elm Street House during this past year.
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Mike K. remains stable in the house. Mike is significantly disabled psychiatrically. When his elderly father moved back to California last year, he was greatly relieved to know that Mike was in a secure supportive environment, close to the hospital. His father has felt so positively about this placement for Mike, last year and again this year he donated $200 to the house for a gourmet holiday meal, surf and turf, prepared by Dan. The guys look forward to it.
Larry M. remains stable, working part time in a chair-caning shop. He has just recently agreed to job development assistance with a VA supportive employment counselor. She will work with him to develop appropriate competitive employment in the community.
Doug H. is the resident with greatest longevity in Elm Street House, 11 years. This month he landed a competitive job in the community, making deliveries for a local auto parts store. He has been unemployed for 4 yrs, ever since he lost his job as an auto emissions technician when Connecticut terminated their auto emissions program. He attempted myriad jobs during this 4 year period, but all were too stressful and demanding (driving Fed Ex truck, delivering pizza, taxi driving). I am convinced, what sustained Doug's level of functioning throughout this period of unemployment was the stability of his supervised living situation. He was expected to perform chores in the house, remain part of the community of Elm Street House, as well as perform volunteer work when he could not find paid employment. He was able to avoid hospitalization during this interval of unemployment, and he continued to search for employment with the encouragement and unflagging assistance of a VA supportive employment counselor. Doug is elated to be working again.
Jack P. found full time employment this year as a painter in the VA. In the past Jack has become profoundly depressed and suicidal when living alone. While on one hand it might seem that he could successfully move out and live independently, he is not pressing for this, and no one is suggesting that he move out.
Frank P. has been at Elm Street House 3+ years. Until recently he was working in the Incentive Work Therapy program doing grounds work at the VA. His health has fluctuated. He is now seriously medically compromised with lung CA. We wish him well.


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The Small Business Server (SBS) User Group and NxtGenUG team up to bring you an evening of Vista! Myself and James Senior have been invited along to the event which is to being held at:
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