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The day has finally come. Scientists have figured out how to put an end to nine months of backaches, cankles, and the complete destruction of our lady parts for the sake of the propagation of the species. They helped two dads make a baby.
Well, two mouse dads anyway. In a completely convoluted process that had something to do with the X chromosomes on boy DNA and the Y chromosomes on another boy's DNA, University of Texas geneticists just made mothers obsolete! Let's go drink the wine we couldn't have for nine whole months! Wait, what? Obsolete?
It's a simplification, but that's what they're working toward. The dads supply the genetic material, and while technically they had a female mouse to carry the babies, she wasn't mom. She was just a vessel. It's not a huge jump to wonder how soon they'll make the leap that will drop her from the equation entirely. Is this the beginning of the end for Mom?
Five seconds ago, I was kvelling. Now, not so much. This is an amazing scientific breakthrough for mousekind, sure, but I'm suddenly wondering how great this path really is for Moms. Most of the mothers I know are not going to let this one go without a fight. Sorry, ladies, but we're just too controlling to let this happen.
Take the comments on an article I wrote recently about letting dads have the final say on circumcision. I was surprised to see Mom after Mom weigh in not on whether she's yay or nay on cutting (that came too -- and ladies, I get that), but to say they wouldn't let ANYONE make that decision for their kids. Really? Anyone? Not even someone else who has just as much of an investment in your child as you do?
Now imagine those women having to hand over the whole process. Making the baby, carrying the baby ... letting him eat what he wants, take the medicine he wants. What if he dyes his hair or has a propensity for stinky cheeses? Quelle horreur!
I can dig it. I'm a forward-thinking feminist who considers what happens in my household to be as close to sharing the load as possible when the male parent works outside the home and the female parent works at home. But I have to sit on my hands sometimes lest I throw them out and grab a scarf and throw it on our daughter when he's walking her out to school in the morning. I've been known to grab a book and stare at it studiously without taking in a single word just so he doesn't see my judgmental face while he disciplines in a way I never would. It's hard to give up control!
On the other hand, we must face that in technical terms, it's already happening; moms who adopt don't get to carry their kids or provide a genetic link, and some are just fine with that. It doesn't make them love their kids less. And I'd love for my gay friends to not just become parents but have the chance to be the biological parents of their kids ... both of them.
Scientists are pretty clear that one mouse with two dads today does not mean hundreds of human babies with dual daddies tomorrow. For one thing, they still need that female carrier -- even if she doesn't supply the genetic material. That means pregnancy is still the woman's job ... even if she's not the Mom. The science itself is also plagued by numerous troubles -- not least that the progeny of parents from the same gender seem plagued by cancer.
Would you be able to hand over babymaking to the guys?
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I don't see this as handing it over to men. After all if there IS a fertile man AND woman, it would seem pretty needless (and probably way less fun) to have a future child have two dads. However in cases where there is no other woman (think male homosexual couple), or no fertile woman... this could be a great procreation option.
I'm never sure how I feel about advancements in reproductive science like this. One thing I know is, and that's that this DEFINITELY needs to be reaserched FULLY before made available.
I want to see a man be pregnant and push a baby out of their body!
It would allow gay men to have their own biological children through a surrogate, which is fantastic. Though I AM left still thinking that adopting is a wonderful option...
Keep perverting nature, Scientists.... just great. Aren't there enough babies on this planet?!? I'm sorry, but it is just pure selfishness for infertile couples to refuse to adopt because they just HAVE to make a baby with their DNA. It is a product of our wretched, entitlement-minded society! Life does not go by our plans, or even what we would like to have happen...life just goes on. There is so much need out there, and it makes me want to PUKE that there are children crying themselves to sleep tonight for want of someone to love them...but those who could adopt them are spending $10,000 a pop on IVF treatments and this bullshit research!!
I've thought about this before actually and I think it's interesting that science had progressed enough to actually be able to do it. Honestly I think that for people who can't have a baby together based off either gender, disease or infertility this is an amazing breath through.


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The maker of Flappy Birds pulled the game in February because it was too addicting. Photo illustration from Shutterstock / Michael del Castillo
The UpTake: Though the creator of Flappy Birds says he wants the new version of the game to be less addictive, the same tricks that could help him accomplish this task, could also be used to keep players online indefinitely.
T he shy Vietnamese villager behind Flappy Birds, Dong Nguyen, has regrouped after becoming overwhelmed by the game's global success earlier this year and pulling it from the app store. Little is known about a new game under the same name expected to come out in August, except that it will be multi-player, and it will be "less addictive," according to a report yesterday by CNBC.
Earlier this year, Nguyen explained his sudden decision to pull the app in an interview with Rolling Stone magazine. He said he suffered from his own video game addiction in school that negatively impacted his studies, and shared messages with the publication from users who said kids at school were destroying their phones to force themselves to stop playing the game, only to start again on the damaged phone.
So, how exactly is the man who said he once made $50,000 a day in advertising on such an addictive game going to make it less addictive? To find the answer to that question we had to find out what makes a game addictive in the first place. The five answers to that question, from Video-Game-Addiction.org, a product of New York City-based CRC Health Group, can be used for either good or evil. Of course, we assume our readers will only use it for good.
"Games are designed to be just difficult enough to be truly challenging, while allowing players to achieve small accomplishments that compel them to keep playing," according to the report. "In that respect, the design of video games is similar to the design of gambling casinos, which will allow players to have small "wins" that keep them playing."
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The numbers are startling. African Americans are 12 percent of the child population of Sacramento County, but they made up 22 percent of child deaths over a 20-year period beginning in 1990. Black children are more than twice as likely to die as white children, Asian Americans or Latinos. Those are the findings of a blue-ribbon commission, established at the behest of Supervisor Phil Serna, to better understand the disproportionate rate of black child deaths.
This is a touchy topic. It involves race, poverty and kids. But county supervisors must not ignore it when it comes before them this week.
African American children are not at higher risk for every type of death. In fact, for cancer, drowning and car accidents, they die at rates slightly below those of other children. But there are four specific areas where black children face extraordinary and unacceptable risks third-party homicides, child abuse and neglect homicides, birth-related deaths and infant sleep deaths.
None of this is surprising. A litany of woes racism, poverty, crime, unemployment, substance abuse has long plagued poor black communities. While they may explain the problem, they don't excuse it. Studies show these deaths can be prevented.
Take sleep-related infant deaths. Infants die because they are placed in unsafe beds an adult bed or sofa or crib with too many pillows or stuffed animals. They die because they sleep with an adult or other child who may roll over them, or because they are put to bed on their stomachs. In the past, educational programs that taught pregnant women about sleep-related infant deaths substantially reduced such tragedies. Those programs need to be renewed.
High rates of third-party homicides among black youths are traced to firearms, alcohol, drugs, gang involvement and crime.
Known risk factors in black child abuse and neglect deaths are alcohol and drug abuse, mental illness and the involvement of Child Protective Services.
The disproportionate rate of birth-related deaths is attributed to poor maternal health, smoking, substance abuse and stress.
There are proven strategies to address all these risks after-school recreation programs, birthing and child-rearing classes, nurse home visits, mentoring programs, youth employment help, substance abuse counseling and something as simple as funding for cribs for newborns whose families can't afford them.
Tuesday, county supervisors will be asked to commit $100,000 annually in county funds for the next five years to help coordinate efforts to reduce African American child fatalities. The county's investment is contingent on equal contributions from the First 5 Sacramento Commission and from the county's major hospitals and foundations. It is money well worth spending, and not just because it will save innocent lives.
High rates of child deaths are a barometer of deeper community problems. It costs $1,200 to to enroll a family in a birthing and child-rearing program. It can cost 10 times that much to send a damaged infant into the child welfare system and even more to a hospital emergency room. Sacramento County has an opportunity to save young lives and save money.
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fact, VeriSign exists on a foundation of trust that is assumed when you use and obtain its certificates.
This system might indeed provide the trusted third party for age authentication, and it fits with the public key infrastructure. The problem— and Simpson Garfinkel and others have pointed to this in the privacy debates—lies in the meta-aggregation that will come in the future. I will get that database; VeriSign sells data like that. I also will get the clickstream from all the porn sites, and interesting data mining techniques will be used to aggregate and combine these data to trace it back to me and say, "You were the person who did this." There is widespread compromise on the server side—look at Egghead and CD Now. This is an uncontainable problem that you do not encounter until after the compromise has occurred.21
There are many threats to the system I just designed.22 Compliance is a major issue, which the search engine industry is addressing to some extent. Bots will be required to crawl the Internet for server-side ratings implementation; anti-bots can be created to defeat compliance checking. Client-side Trojans, worms, and viruses all can be injected into this machine to modify the XML processor. If it has memory, then I can hack it. If it has a processor, then good reverse engineers can create a one-click compromise. Ratings can be stripped off of content, or interesting techniques can be used to create content that appears G-rated to the rendering engine but is actually X-rated. In the Secure Digital Music Initiative, they tried to watermark the content to control it; this was hacked within days. The same thing would happen here. Finally, you would face widespread dissemination of a one-click compromise created by one hacker. "Script kitties" enable people to click on an attack that someone else created to automate everything I described. The scenario is not very hopeful.
David Forsyth said you could prohibit people from possessing certain types of data or using them in certain ways. You also could punish violators. But the chances of actually catching them might be very small. Someone could keep a database in a way such that it would be difficult to find.
Herb Lin summarized the presentation as follows: To control distribution of content to only age-appropriate people, you would have to make many changes in the existing technology and policy infrastructure, going far beyond the issue of age verification for inappropriate content. This would offer some benefits but would not necessarily solve the problem.


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If you thought things got scandalous last week when the Glee kids were dressed in some of Lady Gaga and Katy Perry's most scantily-clad costumes, then you ain't seen nothing yet. In Thursday's (November 14) episode, entitled "The End of Twerk," everybody's twerking hard for the money, complete with tattoos, body piercings, booty shaking and bathroom humor.
We descend upon the good students of McKinley High in the midst of enjoying a funny video of Blaine twerking like no one's watching. From here, we see that Will thinks twerking is the key to winning nationals. Because, you know, it worked so well for this year's MTV VMAs. It becomes mandatory for everyone to learn how to twerk. Sue Sylvester watches from the distance, an onimous look on her face.
Rachel walks into her Funny Girl rehearsal, sporting a short bob. Producer Rupert Campion (played by Peter Facinelli) is perturbed at the drastic change to her look. Despite this, Rachel and her leading man smolder in a duet of "You Are Woman, I Am Man," and they are both surprised when Rupert is pleased with the result.
Back at school, Unique excuses himself to go to the ladies room, where he encounters Bree. After they have a rapid-fire exchange, leading into a crazy montage, suddenly, both bathrooms are co-ed, Ally McBeal-style. I'm already exhausted.
Returning to NYC, Rachel reveals to Kurt that her bob is just a wig. She calls him out for being boring and not doing anything besides going to school and eating. At this point, I wonder what happened to that band of his he was so passionate about last episode. Then, they decide to do something spontaneous.
On the local news, Sue Sylvester has a segment entitled Sue's Corner, in which she declares war against twerking and specifically, Miley Cyrus. At this point, I'm having trouble remembering she's the bad guy because I, too, am ready for twerking and Miley Cyrus to be last week's news.
The glee club, naturally, is in an uproar because twerking was their secret weapon for nationals. I'm assuming because it will help them sing better. Everybody twerks to "Blurred Lines" from Robin Thicke through the halls with Will leading the way, blissfully ignoring the fact that Sue is in the right to want to keep students from school-sponsored, simulated sex dancing.
Later, Sue gives Will the business when she informs him he was happily singing a song with underage children about date rape. In response, Will cites the first amendment. Wow. Glee is having a real Woodward and Bernstein moment. Regardless, Sue fires him and he says he'll appeal to the school board.
Tipsy on limoncello, Rachel and Kurt visit a tattoo parlor and I'm finally realizing the episode's theme is "Poor Judgement and Bad Taste." Which, incidentally, would be a great name for Kurt's band that clearly no longer exists.
The next morning in their apartment. Rachel makes pancakes for Kurt, who reveals his tiny tattoo that reads, "It's get better." He freaks out at the mistake. Rachel admits that she didn't go through with hers, which is just classic Rachel, guys. Kurt is understandably pissed.
Dressed like Oprah, Unique pops into the boys room and is harassed by some anonymous jocks. To be fair, if I were wearing that getup in the women's bathroom, someone would likely have done the same to me. This is his cue to sing "If I Were A Boy," tears streaming down his cheeks. And, even though Will was fired, he is inexplicably hanging out in rehearsals. Jake and Shaggy Hair want to beat up the guys, but Unique won't have it.
Cut to Will Schuester speaking at the meeting of the school board, where he has set up a demonstration of dancing to make the argument that the glee club should be allowed to twerk because they are breaking down cultural barriers? I honestly have no idea what's happening. It make no sense on so many levels, not the least of which is the fact that they are not a dance club. I'm going to be generous and chalk this up to residual grief.
The next morning, Will steps into Sue's office and he informs her that Unique has earned his own port-a-potty. I guess Will has his job back too?
In NYC, Kurt storms into the tattoo parlor, enraged, only to find out it was his own mistake. He and the tattoo artist have a moment, after which the artist offers to fix the tattoo.
At school, Bree encounters Marley and taunts her with a video of Jake and her twerking. Bree then confesses to Marley that she and Jake had sex, proving her point by telling Marley about a secret mole on Jake's hip. From there, Marley confronts Jake at his locker about Bree. His response reveals his guilt. She rushes to the auditorium to do a dead-on Miley Cyrus impression of "Wrecking Ball" complete with a plastic giant ball.
In the midst of the port-a-potty and twerking, Unique announces a need to go to the bathroom. Will escorts Unique through the halls with a speech about rights and lets him into the faculty bathroom. Again, Sue catches Will in the act. Will again heads to Sue's office, where she offers to give Unique a key for the bathroom if the twerking stops. Problem solved, right? Wrong. Will refuses, citing patriotic reasons. On his way out, he trashes her office. I have long since given up trying to comprehend this storyline.
Kurt returns to the apartment with a tongue piercing and an updated tattoo, "It's got Bette Midler." They're both happy. Secretly, Rachel reveals to us that she actually did get a tiny "Finn" tattoo on her rib.
More twerking in rehearsals until Will announces it is "the end of twerking." Unique takes the blame for it, but Will won't allow it. In solidarity for their friend, everyone in the club agrees that they're over twerking anyways and will find another way to win nationals.
They decide to sing "We're On Our Way" by The Royal Concept. It's a real heartwarming ending that makes zero sense but I'm happy because finally, nobody's twerking anymore. At least, I hope, until next week when Tyra Banks shows up to make a guest appearance. I'm already smizing at the thought.
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A federal judge said he will decide Friday whether to force Miami-Dade County to open up the State Attorney's Aug. 14 primary election to more than 700,000 Republican and independent voters.
U.S. Judge William Zloch heard arguments Thursday, but stopped short of deciding immediately.
Two voters are suing Miami-Dade's election supervisor, saying that a "loophole" in the state's election law that allows write-in candidates to close primary elections is disenfranchising thousands of voters.
Incumbent Katherine Fernández Rundle is facing fellow Democrat Rod Vereen on Aug. 14, a race that would have been open to all voters because no Republicans or independents filed to run. But just before the April filing deadline, two write-in candidates, Michele Samaroo and T. Omar Malone, filed to run.
Neither will appear on the ballot, and neither has actively campaigned.
But under a controversial and much-criticized secretary of state advisory opinion, their entry served to close the primary race to just 525,890 Miami-Dade Democratic voters, making Aug. 14 the defacto winner-take-all race.
Independent voter Vincent J. Mazzilli and Republican Armando Lacasa filed suit, saying the "gimmick" candidates are trampling their constitutional right to vote.
Their lawyer, Roberto Martinez, asked Zloch to move the election to the November general election ballot, which means Miami-Dade's 1.3 million voters could have a say in deciding the county's top law enforcement officer.
On Thursday, Martinez and his nephew, lawyer Roman Martinez, attacked the closed primary as trumping the will of voters who in 1998 approved an amendment to the state's constitution. It allowed for primaries open to all voters if two candidates from the same party do not face a candidate from an opposite party or an independent.
In drafting the revision to the constitution, lawyer Roman Martinez said, elected officials clearly wanted "opposition" to mean balloted candidates, not write-ins who historically never come close to winning.
Judge Zloch seemed skeptical, asking why lawmakers did not specify in detail that write-in candidates do not count as opposition.
"They just didn't think it was necessary," Roman Martinez said.
The lawyers also pointed to a sworn affidavit from Rod Smith, the head of Florida's Democratic Party, which says that the party is not taking a position on whether the race should be open or closed.
But Miami-Dade Assistant County Attorney Orin Rosenthal countered that the courts are not the venue for challenging the write-in issue, and that local election supervisor should not be a party to a lawsuit.
"If the Democratic Party wants to allow other parties to vote in their election, they need to go to the Legislature," Rosenthal said.
He also said that opening the primary would throw the election process into chaos because ballots have already been printed.
The lawsuit "is akin to a passenger in a moving car getting out while it is driving and being asked to change the engine," Rosenthal said.


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The ongoing Flag Hoisting Drama in J& K By BJP is to divert the attention of BJP's undoings in Karantaka ! How many of you beg to differ fm this view point ??
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They are not doing this first timr earlier also MM Joshi,LK Advani etc are played this drama on lal chowkAnswered by sushil trivedi, 25 Jan '11 02:04 pm
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Jesse Hogan Adelaide coach Darren Berry says his team's "humiliating" eight-wicket mauling at the hands of the Melbourne Stars on Thursday night has not dashed his hopes of Big Bash League success this season.
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Jesse Hogan If this match at the MCG was a boxing bout the referee would have halted it before the end of the first round.
Stars shine on with a win over Hobart
Jesse Hogan Typically brisk 52 from Luke Wright leads Melbourne Stars to seventh consecutive BBL win.
Stars depth a luxury as Wright bats without fear
Jesse Hogan Leading BBL scorer also has an excellent strike rate of 155.03.
Shortage dims Melbourne Stars' outlook
Jesse Hogan BBL ladder leader sweating on the availability of Mohammad Hafeez for match against Perth, as it is unlikely to be able to field a full team without him.
Brad Hodge hopeful of return from knee injury for Big Bash League start
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Jesse Hogan Desperation to fulfil club's lofty on-field expectations emphasised by bolstering of off-field hierarchy.
Wright hits selectors' table with a big bash
Jesse Hogan ANYONE who doubts the long-term significance of performances in domestic Twenty20 matches need only look at Luke Wright for an emphatic rebuttal.
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The Joy of Crit: G-ratedThe Joy of Crit: The G-rated versionPlease indulge me in a thought experiment. Imagine that you drank some herbal tea that you found in the kitchen cupboard, not realizing that it would make you unable to tell a lie. Now, what if later that evening you were planning to attend your high school prom with someone you would be dating for the first time? You spend hours in the bathroom getting ready. Finally you meet up with your date and he or she asks, "so, how do I look?"If your date looks wonderful, this question is easy to answer. A few superlatives, and maybe a comment about something you especially like, such as their hair style, just so that your praises don't ring hollow, will more than suffice. However, if the date looks so-so or is having a desperately bad hair day... Well, I'm sure you can see how answering this question the wrong way could end up with you dancing by yourself. It's not difficult to u
Critiquing Themes in LitCRITIQUING THEMES AND MEANING IN LITERATUREBy M. Alice ChownIf you were a caveperson gazing up at the night sky, you'd search the stars and the blackness between for a meaning. The constellations, which are based on myths handed down by the ancient Greeks, stand as examples of our innate desire to find a message in a medium.It's human nature to seek meaning. Our brains naturally fill in missing information to perceive order and sense even where none may exist. Likewise, during the act of reading, our brains try to find meaning beyond that which is expressed by the individual words. It's difficult to read the following without mentally imbuing the neologisms with meaning: "'Twas brillig, and the slithy tovesDid gyre and gimble in the wabe;All mimsy were the borogoves,And the mome raths outgrabe."--First stanza of the nonsense poem, "Jabberwocky", from "Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There", 1872, by Le
Ode to an Unlovely TreeOde to an Unlovely TreeYou oversized stick-in-the-mud.You unsightly tower of cellulose.Joyce Kilmer's ode to treedom,rote in public schoolers' heads,wasn't a tribute to you. Even doggerel barks up other trunks.If trees could be losers, you'dbe the biggest. Whether you're awhite or green Ash, the emeraldborer will devour your wiltingfoliage just the same, if the tentcaterpillars don't get you first.A stool hewn from your lumberwould teeter on two legs. A sailboat would keel over; a porchwould dilapidate; a rocker wouldroll into the grave. An upendedcoffin with roots is what you are.Beneath your lichen-encrustedcarapace, concentric rings markeach year your presence hasblighted my boulevard. I recallwhen you were a mere sapling,with Spring flowers at your feet,feather nests in your hair and sweetnectar flowing through your veins.Now, pigeons wouldn't roost inyour hoary bowers. Every gust ofair t
Lemon DoodlesLEMON DOODLESThe cookbook Gramma gave me is open to page with the Lemon Doodles recipe. Anything with the word 'doodles' in its name has to be good. I can't believe Mommy is letting me bake them all by myself. Well, sort of. My big sister is here in the kitchen, 'supervising'. Sam doesn't need the stepladder, so I let her get the flour, measuring cups and junk out of the high cupboard, while I get an egg out of the fridge and pick out the biggest, yellowest lemon. I'm doing all the real work. Sam is just sitting on the mat doing yoga, playing with her iPod and talking to Adam on her cell phone. I think she loves him. Me and Matthew are boyfriend-and-girlfriend again. He's the coolest guy in grade five and I'm the coolest girl, so it was meant to be. But we don't talk on the phone for hours like Sam and Adam. Matthew just runs up to me at recess and whack
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AppendixAppendixixClarityJust say what you mean,I remind myself,as I gaze into the abyssthat comes after the ellipseswhere the words left unsaid,which can merely be guessed,flap their hands or shrug their shoulders.I want to tell you a story, nothing more, nothing less,but how many things have I not told youbecause Id have to rewrite myself?xiiiMendacityThe writer awakesunder the weight of stardust,groping in the dark for impossible things,stumbling over a sleeping dogand falling into a pile of feces --rolling in it,making mudpies out of it,chewing it, swallowing itand spewing outbright, shiny, fully-formed ideas.But it was all a dream.The writer awakesunder a blank sheet of paper,hair matted, eyes bleary,breath stinking of archetypal lies,and searches for truthin your many faces.I could speculate foreveron which one is real,or on how to write what I know,when I know nothing for certain,or I could confabulate now.ivExpositoryEven the wor
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The Double Helix THE DOUBLE HELIX Love begins with eyes averted pretending not to stare at his muscled arms like the challah bread well break together over homemade soup in a smashed pot Dont leave me Leave me Because Love grows my eyes half-lidded imagining a landscapefor two stitched by handwith zippers pulled down in a lightning storm a heat differential and static charge Dont leave me &
Grammar GuideGrammar Guide For Self-Editing or Editing Groupsby Kelly Mortimer ©2008A Awkward Sentence Structure Rearrange, rephrase, or try deleting unnecessary words.Aa Additive Adjunct No comma before too when its the last word of a sentence, and too means also. Ex: Jane graduated from high school too. Use a comma when too appears elsewhere and still means also. Ex: Jane, too, graduated from high school.Ap- Attribution Punctuation When using an attribution such as said, dont use a period at the end of the preceding sentence. Use a comma, a question mark, or an exclamation point. Dont capitalize he, she, they. Exs: I have to move into a new house, she said. --Its huge! she said. -- Im going to live here? she asked [or said]. If the attribution comes before the sentence, use a comma. Ex: She add
Writing Style--The Bottom LineWriting Style - The Bottom LineWords are like sunbeams. The more they are condensed, the deeper they burn. - Robert SoutheyProse is architecture, not interior decorating. - Ernest HemingwayWriting style is made up of two things: cadence and variation.Good style is clear, readable, and invisible. Its purpose is not to attract attention to itself but to transport readers into the world of your story. If your readers notice your style without purposefully intending to study it, your style needs to be improved and refined. Good style, however, is transparent so that your readers simply see the characters and world of your story rather than the words you use to portray them.To write with cadence simply means that your writing should sound natural. If it sounds right to you, it probably is--but if it doesnt sound right,
Haiku Theory Part 1 -2009-A Lot of Words About A Little PoemAn Introduction to Haiku StructuresPart 1-Introduction-A haiku poem cannot be defined according to the number of syllables and lines it contains (nor by the number of syllables in each line). Although I do not wish to go into the reasons why at this point (I will save that for a later discussion) the form of modern English haiku, as Haruo Shirane writes, is a short poem, usually written in one to three lines. (in Gilbert, 2009) At this point our definition sounds very vague. If the number of syllables and lines do not define a haiku poem, then what does? And if a haiku poem is simply a short one, two or three-line poem then what separates it from other forms of Western short-verse or, in the case of one-line haiku, a sentence?Patricia Donegan writes, in agreement with the Western haiku community at large, that syllable counting... is not the important thing for haiku in English. Haiku is an experience, not an act of co
Poetry Self-Edit ChecklistPoetry Self-Edit Quick Start Guide and ChecklistIntroductionThe idea behind this is to give newer poets a way to better edit their poetry themselves, without having to rely as much on an external editor. It can be frustrating, especially for new poets to request feedback from a friend, or worse, to post a poem, and have all of the responses be about grammatical errors and other details. We write poetry to convey ideas and emotions, and when something is off technically about the poem it distracts the reader. When a reader is distracted enough to notice an error or other problem it means they might spend the time they might otherwise have spent glowing about your poem to post a comment correcting you instead. After this introduction is over the checklist will be as brief as possible while retaining its utility. The idea is to serve as an organizational tool and a reminder rather than to educate on effective
Style vs. Voice - A GuideA Writer's Guide to Style vs. VoiceHere on dA, there seems to be a lot of confusion and general mass hysteria when it comes to the subjects of writing style and voice. What are they? What's the difference? Can you write one without the other? How important are they, anyhow? Do you really need either of them? Wait, what are they again?Style is the form and structure with which you write.Voice is the attitude and perspective with which you write.In other words, voice is the emotion and feeling of a piece of literature, and style is the technical way of communicating that emotion.Clearly, there is a tangible difference between the two. Style is a delivery system for voice. While voice can and should affect the form with which you write, you can most certainly write one without the other. However, the best writing is a masterful fusion of both. I'm here to illustrate for you the difference between style and voice and to define exactly what they are and how you can us
The Art of Refining ProseThe Art of Refining ProseMany writers dread the editing process. Not only does it delay the showcase of prose, it can seem a tedious and painstaking task. Often, editing is more time-consuming than the initial writing and consequently, it is either ignored altogether or briefly indulged. This is a great shame. Sincere editing not only proves a pleasurable experience but invaluable to prose, as this is a wonderful opportunity to buff, polish and tighten the impact of one's writing.Some might argue that editing is not only unnecessary, but detrimental to the raw concept of ones inspiration. The answer to this is simple: select a prose that hasnt been edited and compare against one that has. Its soon evident that a well-edited piece is not only easier to read, but communicates the authors ideas with greater clarity. Few Bestsellers hit the shelves having skipped the editing office. And unless the author has behind them years upon years of writi
Resources for Aspiring AuthorsWe're all writers here, and with nearly 50% of our members aiming to become fully published authors, we thought it would be beneficial to create a compilation of resources about what it takes to get your work on the shelves.This isn't a definitive list, more of a work-in-progress. We're would be more than happy to add any suggestions – so if you know any good resources, on deviantART or off, link them in the comments! Feel free to discuss your goals and experiences here too.And if you have had your writing published, or have any experience in this area, we'd love to hear from you. Leave a comment or send us a note about it and we'll add any guidance/advice you have to the blog. Guides and InformationOn deviantART:Tips for Editing
Writing Resources for EveryoneThis news article is brought to you by the literature news, resources and feature groups: LitResources and its primary affiliate LitandNews. We invite you to explore the Literature community further, informing us of anything that should be included in future articles. Below, deviants will discover various information about the Literature community, have the opportunity to check out some of our favorite deviations, and read our growing collection of wonderful writing tutorials and resource journals packed full of useful tools to assist everyone in their journey on DeviantART as writers and far beyond.Alittle Bit About UsMeet our staff:LadyLincoln, and LitandNews – Founder, Co-FounderangelStained, Mahi-Fish, LiliWrites and FailedStar – ContributorsCheck out our LitResources
Showing, Part OneIf you've ever taken a class in creative writing, you've no doubt heard the teacher repeat the phrase, "Show, don't tell" over and over again. While there are few hardest rules in creative writing, this persistent little mantra might be the ultimate. Teachers and writers who write about writing spout it out all the time, but what does it mean anyway? After, isn't all writing really "telling" on some level?It's best to view "showing" not as a single technique, but a summation of the most effective writing techniques. If we know anything about poetry, it's that the best poetry usually conjures specific and concrete images. Beyond language itself, images are the meat and bones of poetry. So goes most of prose as well. The prose writer has the added duty of creating situations and characters that seem real and believable.Showing invites the reader into the world of out poem and story. If the reader can see, smell, taste, and feel the world through our writing, the reader is more
Getting Published the Hard WayGETTING PUBLISHED: THE TRADITIONAL WAYA tutorial by M. Alice ChownIf, like me, you have stories lying around gathering virtual dust on your hard drive, why not send them out to a publisher? You have nothing to lose. A couple of years ago, I attended the launch of an annual Canadian short story anthology, called Tesseracts 10. I knew one of the authors whose speculative fiction piece had been included in the book. Matthew Johnson and I had taken the same creative writing course. Our former prof, author, Robert Sawyer, was there at the launch too, as well as the editors of the anthology. Those who had contributed a story to Tesseracts 10 took turns saying a few words about their piece. Matt talked about his joy at learning that after so many rejections his humble tale about soup of all things had made it into print. Most surprising to me, however, were the words of the pretty, brunette author. She was just 19, a University of Toronto student, and her short story had been her very first
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This past fall, a friend said to me, "It's good that you came to the demonstration; it would be even better if you brought a sign!"
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I have seen a similar faucet in the local cool bar. They eventually removed it because people couldn't figure out how to turn it on. It may very well have been this brand. I like minimalism, but I like functionality more.
I love these faucet but the bowls I love the most. I would love to install one in my bathroom but am concerned that there is a bit of splash onto the floor when washing hands or face. Any cons to a installation without the cabinet beneath.


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"Welcome to New Jersey, Emma," My dad smiled, turning to face us as Emma re-gathered her previously discarded luggage, more of her crimson hair flopping into her already covered, black-rimmed e...
Gerard's POV.
The girl named Emma swivelled around, shock etched upon her pale features as she looked up at my father.
She wore a black Anthrax tee that matched Mikey's underneath her fitted misfits hoodie, which was zipped halfway up her stomach. Tight black skinnies clung to her slender legs, the ends of them disappearing under her bright purple, Doc Marten-clad feet.
She was definitely unique, to say the least. What with her flaming red hair and what appeared to be black eyeliner – her eyes were literally invisible behind her hair - to go with all of the above.
It was obvious that she had been deep in thought before dad had called her name. She glanced over at my mom, Mikey and me with searching, russet-hazel eyes briefly before looking back at dad, speaking in an unsure, britishly accented voice.
"Dad?" She whispered shyly, a smile ghosting around her pale, slightly chapped lips when he nodded.
"Hi, honey," Dad replied, obviously smiling back. He always smiled; he was a generally very happy person.
It was kind of incredible.
The girl dropped her things - which consisted of a large, slightly battered travel case, a backpack and an old guitar case – onto the grubby airport flooring, throwing her arms around our dad enthusiastically.
This girl was my sister. I had never met her – let alone been told about her a few weeks prior for her coming to live with us. She seemed nice enough, but she constantly hid behind her flaming crimson hair.
She peeked over at me as she hugged our dad, a meek, shy smile showing behind her fringe. I grinned back, winking at her as dad released her.
"Welcome to New Jersey, Emma," My dad smiled, turning to face us as Emma re-gathered her previously discarded luggage, more of her crimson hair flopping into her already covered, black-rimmed eyes.
"Welcome to the family,"
"Thank you," She murmured quietly, her face beginning to match the colour of her hair as she shook more of her fringe into he hazel eyes. Those eyes matched mine and Mikeys, I noticed with an inward grin.
Emma glanced up at us through her fringe shyly as dad steered her towards us.
"Introduce yourselves, guys!" Dad laughed, walking over to stand beside Mom, his shoes squeaking against the dirty floor as I glanced back at Mikey. He shook his head at me quickly; his eyes wide with fright behind his round, geeky glasses, telling me that he didn't feel comfortable speaking. I nodded once, stepping towards the girl with flaming red hair.
"Hi," I smiled warmly in greeting as I held out my hand to her. She blinked at my inoffensive gesture of a handshake once, her hazel eyes flicking up to mine as back to my hand at an impossibly fast rate.
This girl seemed scared of her own shadow, but I couldn't blame her if I was honest. New Jersey was riddled with crime daily, and she had to be hiding some kind of story behind that crimson fringe that she was trying so desperately to disappear behind.
After a moment, she took my hand in her own and shook it politely, her calloused fingers brushing against mine.
"I'm Gerard," I told her warmly, coming back to the present.
"Nice to meet you, Gerard," She murmured, her British accent forming my name oddly and making me smile. Her own small smile was visible behind her unruly fringe as she flushed again.
All of a sudden, there was a loud bang as her luggage fell to the dirty floor for the second time, and she was attached to my chest like some psychopath limpet.
I laughed airily, wrapping my arms around her lightly and squeezing her. I inhaled her light scent of coffee, vanilla and guitar strings. It was slightly musky, and there was something else there that I couldn't quite put my finger on.
I shrugged it off, coming back to the present yet again.
She liked hugs, apparently.
"Nice to meet you too," I chuckled, stepping out of the hug gently.
"This is Mikey," I gestured behind me to my little brother, who was staring awkwardly at the grubby floor as if it was the most fascinating thing in the world at that moment.
"Can I hug him?" She whispered to me as she eyed my brother, the hazel in her eyes swirled in with confusion and wonder.
"You can give it a try," I chuckled at her odd question, looking back at my brother. He looked up at us briefly, his bright hazel eyes round with fright, before going back to studying the grimy floor.
He would have to get used to her sometime, so now would be a good time to start.
Beside me, Emma squeaked and launched herself at Mikey's small frame, nearly knocking him off of his scruffy, converse-clad feet. He coughed nervously when he re-gained his balance, sending evils my way as he blinked in confusion.
Emma pulled away from him quickly and looked back over at me. I smiled at her encouragingly.
Mikey was tough to talk to when you first met him, but after a while he warms to you, and he's a lot more comfortable around you. I would know, and so would his girlfriend.
"Hi, Mikey," She murmured to him gently, looking into his scared eyes with what seemed to be sympathy. Mikey nodded to her, still staring at the grimy floor.
"Don't worry, I don't bite, y'know. Unless you're sushi. I fucking love sushi. But in that case, I would have to eat you instead," She muttered the last bit about Sushi to him with a laugh, a triumphant smile lighting up her hidden face when Mikey gave her a genuine half-smile before looking back at his feet.
I could tell it was a legit smile, what with being his brother and all. I knew these things, and I knew Mikey better than anyone.
"Hi," He whispered quietly, trying to hide behind his intensely-straightened fringe as he shuffled around nervously.
"C'mon, Mikes. She isn't gonna hurt you," Dad called to him soothingly, walking over to us with mom in tow, the soles of his old, scruffy shoes squeaking on the grubby lino.
Mikey hiccoughed, glancing up at Emma through his fringe, and then looking over at me.
His hazel eyes were wide as he communicated a silent message to me. I understood his look at once; he was uncomfortable with this situation. I nodded to him and walked to his side, putting an arm around him securely.
"It's okay, Mikes. It's okay," I soothed him gently, encouraging him to speak.
"Uh…" Mikey murmured, blinking up at me with large eyes before looking over at Emma. He was silent for a moment, looking at Emma before speaking.
"N-Nice shirt,"
"Welcome home," Dad grinned as our old car idled outside of our little house. Mikey, Emma and I were squashed into the back seats, Emma's luggage in the boot as we drove along the winding, grimy streets of New Jersey.
"That sounds nice," She laughed, unbuckling her seatbelt as the car's spluttering engine stopped and Dad hopped out, slamming the rusty door behind him.
"C'mon, let's get your things out of the trunk," I grinned, hopping out of the car as well and opening up the old hatch-back door.
"The trunk? I think you mean the boot," Emma laughed airily, grabbing her guitar immediately and hugging it to her chest tightly.
I don't think I'll ever get used to her odd accent or her weird words, but at least she seemed nice enough. At first glance, she looked like a trouble maker, someone you wouldn't really want to talk to, but if you didn't judge her on her appearance, she was a pretty nice person. One of my worst fears was that she would be judgemental, slutty and a general bitch, but she seemed like a misfit. Like Mikey. Like me.
"No, that is a boot," I laughed, pointing at one of her scruffy purple Doc Martens with one of my long white fingers. I was scarily pale, and my black nail polish proved this point.
"This is a trunk," I pointed to the trunk of the car.
We argued for a while, laughing as we dragged her stuff up the stairs to her room.
"Okay, whatever! Here's your room," I laughed breathlessly, ending the argument and putting my hand onto the old brass handle, opening the recently painted white door to reveal her room.
The room was large, with four walls that were painted a pale cream color and the floor was a polished wood surface.
A large double bed sat in the far right corner of the room, and a computer desk on its left. There was a wardrobe to my right, and the rest of the room was empty. A window sat on the right-hand wall, allowing the drizzly New Jersey weather to be seen inside the room with a little wooden window seat underneath it.
"Wow," She murmured, following me into the room.
"This room used to be mine – but I convinced dad to let me have a basement instead, so this room has been empty for a while. When your… well, our mum called up and told us you were coming to live here, we painted it and got a bed, wardrobe and desk," I explained, dumping her battered travel case onto her pristine white bed sheets.
"It's… bright," She laughed, looking around at the light décor.
"Yeah, sorry about that," I frowned, looking around the spotless room. "We had no idea what you'd be like, so we opted for neutral. I can help you re-decorate it this coming weekend, if you'd like,"
"That'd be great!" Emma beamed, giving me another hug. "Thank you!"
"No problem, little sister," I grinned back, holding her to my chest before releasing her and walking towards the door. "I have a shitload of homework to try and do for tomorrow. You can do whatever you'd like for a while. Dinner will be ready in an hour,"
"Great, thanks Gerard," She smiled, unclipping the fastenings on her guitar case and pulling out a pristine white Les Paul. She slung the strap over her shoulder, holding the neck of the guitar in her left hand. "I'll play Jinx for a while, if that's alright,"
"Fine by me," I grinned, walking out of the door and closing it as I heard the beautiful instrument being tuned.


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Talia fell under a spell… Jack broke the curse.
I was told to beware the accursed spindle, but it was so enchanting, so hypnotic…
I was looking for a little adventure the day I ditched my tour group. But finding a comatose town, with a hot-looking chick asleep in it, was so not what I had in mind.
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A positive attitude contributes to success in life more than anything else, according to a Stanford Research Institute study that shows a full 87.5 percent of people's success can be traced to their positive attitudes, while just 12.5 percent of their success comes from their aptitude, knowledge, or skills.
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