text: Honing your lil one's hand-eye coordination is easier than you think. Many of the things we take for granted are challenging tasks for budding babes. Buttoning buttons, zipping zippers, and figuring out how to tie a shoe are all examples of how hand-eye coordination work. Honing the skill of getting your hands to work with what your eyes are seeing gets your lil one on track with developing fine motor skills and exploring the fun of big gross motor movements. You'll be surprised at how fun and easy it is to find ways to encourage your tot's hand-eye coordination. Click through for ideas you can enjoy today!


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Awareness | Posted by Liz P on 10/20/2010
The Clothesline Project
October isn't just Breast Cancer Awareness Month, it's also Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Instead of sharing statistics that you can easily find online to show how prevalent domestic violence and interpersonal violence is, I'm going to share a story:
Last spring, my university's chapter of the Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance co-hosted the Clothesline Project. The Clothesline Project raises awareness about interpersonal violence by physically showing how many people have been affected as represented by t-shirts. You can decorate a t-shirt for yourself, for someone you know, or for someone you don't know. Our event happened to be the same week that a senior girl had been tragically murdered by her ex-boyfriend, so we got a lot of her friends coming by to make t-shirts. Sadly, it brought the project …

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Belmont, N.C. - Chelsi Mallory stroked the Tornados first home run of the season and added a trio of doubles as Brevard split a doubleheader on the road Saturday afternoon against Belmont Abbey, winning the first game 5-3, while falling in game two, 6-3.
The Tornados move to 11-7 for the season while the Crusaders move to 6-20 with the split.
Game 1: Brevard 5, Belmont Abbey 3
Mallory went 3-4 with a pair of doubles and a home run as the Tornados scored used a two-run top of the fifth to take game one from Belmont Abbey. Jennifer Gift (6-4) went the distance on the mound for Brevard, allowing four hits while striking out four. Carrie Markham took the loss for the Abbey, allowing eight hits and four runs in 4 1/3 innings.
The Tornados got on the board first, as Kristina Clayton scored on Jennifer Brown's groundout to short in the opening frame to give Brevard the early 1-0 lead.
After a one-two-three bottom of the first by Gift where she struck out Gina Antonucci and Dani Beres, the Tornados added another run in the top of the second as Becca Curlee drove in Maddie Fletcher with a one-out single to double the Tornados lead.
Belmont Abbey came back in the bottom of the third as Beres lifted a two-out pitch from Gift over the wall in the outfield for a home run, scoring Katie Childers from first base as the Crusaders tied the game up at 2 after three innings.
Brevard added two runs in the top of the fifth. Sarah Carlos led off the inning with a single. A sacrifice bunt by Curlee moved Carlos to second. She moved to third on Clayton's bunt single and scored on Mallory's second double of the game. Jennifer Brown drove in her second run of the game as she hit into a fielder's choice, scoring Clayton to put Brevard back up 4-2.
Tara Ruebel cut the lead in half in the bottom of the sixth as the first baseman led off the inning with a solo shot. Gift retired the next three batters in order to keep the lead at one.
Mallory responded with a blast of her own in the top of the seventh off Belmont Abbey relief pitcher Danielle Puckett, putting out her first collegiate home run to give the Tornados an insurance run as Brevard went back up by two with one to play.
The first two runners reached base for Belmont Abbey in the seventh Puckett reached on a walk and Childers placed a bunt single down. However, Puckett was thrown out at third on a fielder's choice and Maddie Fletcher caught Katie Hobbs fly ball to left, throwing to second to double up Childers to end the game.
Game 2: Belmont Abbey 6, Brevard 3
Two run innings in both the bottom of the fifth and the bottom of the sixth gave the Crusaders the victory in game two. Liz Houser (5-3) dropped her second straight decision, going 4 1/3 innings, allowing four runs on eight hits, striking out one. Kayla Short picked up the win for Belmont Abbey, going 5 2/3 innings, striking out seven, while Puckett came in to pick up the save, going 1 1/3 innings without giving up a hit.
Brevard struck first in game two, scoring two in the top of the first. Curlee led off the game reaching on an error by Short. After Clayton went down on strikes, Mallory came to the plate and smacked her third double of the day, scoring Curlee. Mallory moved to third on a wild pitch and scored on Jennifer Brown's grounder to second to give Brevard the 2-0 lead.
Belmont Abbey came back in the bottom of the second as Puckett laced a one-out double to the outfield, scoring Carrie Markham and Alysia Stewart to tie the game.
The teams proceeded to strand a runner on base per inning in the third and the fourth before the Crusaders added a pair of runs in the bottom of the fifth. A one-out walk put Ruebel on first base. She moved over to second on Short's single and scored on Stewart's base hit. A single by Markham chased Houser from the game as Belmont Abbey loaded the bases. Gift came in for the Tornados and retired Puckett on a fly ball to left field. Michelle Primm was able to coax out a two-out walk to bring home Short to give the Abbey a 4-2 lead. Gift limited the damage though by retiring Antonucci on a grounder to short to end the inning.
Brevard added a run in the top of the sixth. Thornburg opened the inning with a single. A sacrifice bunt by Beth Brooker and a single by Fletcher moved Thornburg to third, where she scored on Kasey Fagan's groundout. A walk issued to Carlos led to a pitching change by Belmont Abbey as Puckett came in to pitch with two runners on base, but Curlee went down on strikes to end the inning before the Tornados could tie the game up.
The Crusaders added a pair of insurance runs in the bottom of the sixth as singles by Short and Stewart drove in Hobbs and Beres as Belmont Abbey held on to win game two.
The Tornados next game is at home on Sunday, March 22nd as Brevard hosts Mountain State University. The Tornados and the Lady Cougars will take the field at 1 p.m.


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It doesn't really look like you can solder the pigtail anywhere else on the board. BTW what is the wifi adapter you are doing this mod too? I found that when doing this particular mod it was pretty easy with the Linksys WUSB54G V4 adapter. But, there are some problems with that adapter.
You don't plan on trying to solder the pigtail anywhere else on that same board do you? It looks like you got some pretty bad heat damage on the one you got there.


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I recently realized that kid's birthday takes place in the same week as National Coming Out Day -- Oct. 11th.It dawned on me that even though he's presenting cues that he's probably straight, that I want him to know that I will love him just as much no matter what sexual orientation he lands upon as he grows. He knows about "LGBTQ" and that I'm the pastor of a "Reconciling" ministry and he's had a gay man and a bi-sexual individual among his babysitters over the years. Even though I'm a … [Read more...]
A Lullaby We All Need To Hear
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Kim - from Chesapeake, VA
Place the shaped cake on a cake board cut to the exact size and shape of the cake and decorate it. For the bottom round cake, insert enough dowel rods to support the shaped cake – make sure you place them so that all parts of the cake are supported by a rod. Then decorate the round cake. Carefully place the shaped cake onto the round cake layer.


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During the course of the video, the viewer is presented with options to click on deciding how the video unfolds. You choose what Jon wears, which girl he dances with, and even what they drink!
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16th July 2012 03:18 AM #1
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What are some ways to keep my 5-year old eat her meal?
My daughter had just turned 5 last June. Ever since she was 3 years old she had been a very picky eater. She's not gaining so much weight. She doesn't want to eat vegetables but she loves fruits so I make sure that she ate a lot of them. Every time meal is set, she seems not happy. She seems to dislike eating of which I worry much. What am I going to do with her that she will love eating? She's weighs 17 kilos.
18th July 2012 10:24 PM #2
Hi Sheryl80,
This can be difficult can't it - lots of children go through stages of being picky.
Does your daughter eat with the rest of the family at meal times? This is an excellent way for children to learn from adults about eating habits and it is also great to make meal times a fun, sociable family time. I would also recommend not rushing your daughter - giving her plenty of time to eat her dinner without putting pressure on her. This will help to avoid emotional responses being associated with food.
Does your daughter enjoy helping with cooking or watching you in the kitchen? Some children eat best when they are included in the preparation of a meal. There are also lots of children friendly cookbooks available to help little ones to get interested in cooking.
I would try not to let your daughter know that you are worrying about her eating, as this could put extra pressure on her and make eating an issue for her. If you are worried about her weight gain you could speak to your doctor. Focus on making meal times a stress-free experience for your daughter where she is involved in helping prepare the meal.
I hope some of this helps,
Please let me know how you get on.
Best wishes,
25th July 2012 02:48 PM #3
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It's hard to know just exactly why your daughter is not interested in eating a variety of foods, but sometimes parents unknowingly create a situation where the child starts to feel as if they can pick and choose the foods they want, and if those foods aren't available then they do what they can to control the situation and this can range from refusing to eat (unless they get what they want) to throwing a tantrum (to get what they want).
One way to test whether your daughter's "pickiness" is due to "control" or due to her body truly needing only certain foods is to remove all junk food from the diet. No sugar. No cookies, candy, pies, cakes, white bread, muffins, and simple carbohydrates like pasta, crackers and white rice. All of that simply turns to sugar in the body and has very little nutritious value.
Once you've weaned your daughter off of those types of foods, then you can start to offer a variety of whole foods. Make sure that the fruits and vegetables offered each day are all colors of the rainbow. When we think of a rainbow we think of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet. Carrots are orange, strawberries are red, yellow squash is yellow, green leafy lettuce is green, blueberries are indigo, red cabbage and beets are purple. Every fruit or vegetable has micronutrients that other fruits and vegetables don't. Root vegetables have nutrients that vegetables grown above ground don't have.
Variety is key. Once you offer variety your daughter will pick and choose the fruits and vegetables that sound good to her, and those fruits and vegetables will most likely have the nutrients her body needs.
However you can't really tell what nutrients your daughter needs until you have her off of simple sugars and simple carbohydrates.
She may also crave whole milk or nuts, and these pack more calories and can help a child put weight on. But again, you want to avoid the ice cream, initially, and instead, offer an eggnog which is 1/2 c. whole milk with 1 egg yolk and a little maple syrup or agave nectar or stevia or even a little sugar to make it slightly sweet. It's okay if she has 1/2 tsp. of sugar in her egg nogg, if she's not having sugar in other foods.
Some children find that they want to eat an entire mellon for a meal, and this can be fine if they are craving nutrients in that food.
But, if the "picky eating" is more of just not wanting what's served, then you can just let her know that what she doesn't eat at dinner will be served for breakfast, and if she doesn't eat it for breakfast, it will be served at lunch. She will eventually eat it as long as the only other thing she is allowed to drink during the day is water.
And when you all are eating at the table, you can overemphasize how yummy the food is. Lots of mmmmmms and "this is so good" and give her the indication that if she doesn't eat, she will be missing out on something really yummy (without using words, just with expression of face and commenting on how yummy the food is).
Please let us know what you try and if anything seems to make a difference. We can give more ideas if needed.
Warm regards,
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Thank you very much for share it with us.
10th June 2013 04:48 PM #5
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Hi Shery,
Try to make food your daughter loves most and there are lots of sites available for kids diet so sped some time on internet and Google these sites. Adding colors and shapes in your daughter's diet might help you in dealing with this issue as kids love colorful meals.


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I've used other ereaders too: from Sony, from B&N and, of course, from Amazon. I like them all. I understand their myriad benefits. I don't fear change, or resist technology. I haven't bought a physical newspaper for years. The notion of combining two of my favourite things – books and gadgets – is almost irresistable. Ereaders are great most of the time. "Most" being the operative word, because there are still too many occasions when a hard copy wins the toss. And these are the reasons my ereader finds itself, quite literally, on the shelf.
First: money.
I can usually get a paperback for less than its digital counterpart. When a friend recommended Sarah Winman's When God was a Rabbit recently, I bought the paperback for (admittedly, a bargain) £2.81, including delivery, through Amazon; the Kindle edition is £5.99, more than double the price. I won't even get a nice volume to cram into my beautifully overstocked bookcases when I've read it. (Although I draw the line at people who cite the physicality of books as a reason not to get an ereader, I do have a nostalgic fondness for my personal library, if only because it looks nice.)
Second: flying.
An aircraft journey is the longest unbroken stint of reading I get. I don't like watching films on planes – they're often edited and always spoiled by cabin whine and interruptions from the captain. I don't mind not being allowed to listen to music during take-off and landing (well, not much) but I draw the line at being told I can't read. Until the airline industry admits a Kindle isn't going to make any difference to flight safety, that – for me – is a dealbreaker.
Third: bagsies.
Yes, it sounds childish, but a book is the best way to save your seat in a café when you need the toilet or get up to order another drink. It says to other people: someone is sitting here, and will return shortly – please sit elsewhere. It says to the staff: please do not clear away my drink. And it doesn't say to a thief: please steal me (even if it does, the cost of replacement is a tolerable annoyance).
Fourth: baths, beaches and butterfingers.
If you drop a paperback, it'll be fine. Drop it in the bath and it might be salvagable. Get it full of salty grains of sand on the beach, you'll never get them out, but it won't affect its useful lifespan. Your ereader won't like any of these. Not one bit. And if any of them kills it, it's not cheap to replace.
Fifth: typos.
Call me a pedant, but I'm a massive pedant. That's why I like the fact that the standards demanded by professional publishers rarely let more than a couple of literals through to the printed page in any normal size tome. But ebooks are – for reasons that no one's managed to explain to me yet – littered with the horrible, distracting things.
Sixth: lending.
Oh, thanks, Amazon – you sorted out a system where I can borrow a book off a friend. But for two weeks only, during which said friend can't access the title. I know there are licensing considerations, but surely if you want to encourage the success of books in an age of TV, movies and games, then giving a husband and wife (or friends) access to the same book at the same time might prove profitable. It can't be just me who feels sore paying more for something that's harder to share?
Seventh: progress.
I like short chapters because I'm a slow and deliberate reader and it feels neat to stop in the designated sidings the author provides. I like to know if I've got time to start a new chapter (before going to sleep, or pulling into my destination on a non-metaphorical railway). But you can't flick through an ebook's pages. You must plod through the transitions. It feels like work. I'd sooner not.
I could go on and get personal. I could tell you that I would miss "new book smell", the soft flick of poor quality paper, waking up with a dead thumb gripped in a literary nelson or the ability to squish bothersome members of the insect kingdom. But those aren't real reasons – they're soon-to-be anachronistic nostalgia.
When ebooks are cheap, easily lent, flight-safe and adequately proofread, I'll change my mind. I'll be happier still if the pages turn quicker, the devices start looking nicer, become less nickable and become more rugged. And I can't wait. Until then, it's paper and ink for me.
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LONG BEACH - Long Beach officials are questioning whether an initiative changing election dates to align with statewide contests would save "millions over the long run," as proponents claim.
The measure, which has qualified for the November ballot, would cost taxpayers an additional $1.2 million to $1.5 million, according to City Clerk Larry Herrera.
It would move Long Beach municipal elections for positions such as City Council and mayor from April and June to a June primary and a November runoff, coinciding with statewide contests.
However, the measure wouldn't move elections for the Long Beach Unified Board of Education and Long Beach City College, meaning voters would vote in three local elections in even-numbered years.
Since both the school district and college also serve communities outside of Long Beach, altering election schedules would necessitate separate votes of all electors, a preliminary analysis by the City Attorney's Office concluded.
Councilman James Johnson has strongly opposed the measure, citing the cost figures.
He also said city leaders offset municipal elections from larger contests for a reason.
"It brings municipal focus to our elections," Johnson said.
"I think there's tremendous value for our residents coming together in April and not talking about who our president or governor is going to be, but who our school board members or City Council members are going to be."
Campaign representatives couldn't be reached Wednesday to detail long-term savings from the measure, which is sponsored by organized labor.
Councilman Robert Garcia, a supporter of the effort, said savings could be realized by consolidating ballots with the county when it completes its process of modernizing its voting system in several years.
According to a January 2011 letter sent by Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk Dean Logan to Herrera, the county's present ballot layout software has limited capacity and cannot accommodate municipal elections on the same ballot as statewide elections.
Garcia also said the switch would curtail "voter fatigue" from voting too many times in presidential election years and would increase participation in local races.
"Our turnout in the city of Long Beach is anemic at best," Garcia said.
Data back that assertion.
In February, 12.42 percent of Long Beach voters cast a ballot in municipal primaries, according to the City Clerk's Office; 21.13 percent voted in June, for a runoff for the 4th Council District.
More than 80 percent voted during the November 2008 presidential election in Long Beach. During the 2010 midterm elections, 52.58 percent voted.
If voters passed the initiative, a stand-alone election held in April for LBUSD and LBCC would cost $800,000 to $900,000, Herrera said. Costs would be shared proportionately between the two, rather than the city picking up its portion.
The City Clerk's Office would additionally spend $200,000 to $300,000 for voter education in June and November for "two-vote Tuesdays."
Long Beach elections, though run out of the same polling locations, are held separately from statewide contests administered by Los Angeles County.
Herrera predicted that a potential future consolidation of all municipal elections with those held by the county wouldn't impact staffing levels in his department, which is down to 13 full-time employees from 29 when he took office 10 years ago.
"That's not to say I wouldn't reorganize," Herrera said.
But however the vote goes in the fall, "the will of the people rules," Herrera said.
"We're not going to do anything to obstruct that."
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So, the REDS have solved their bullpen problems.
For the entire season, their Relievers' Team ERA is 3rd in the National League at 3.76. 4th Best is 3.96, so it's not by just a fraction. They are solidly locked in 3rd place and are likely to end up there at the end of the year.
So, that leaves Starting pitching.
Is there any reason to believe that Harang and Cueto won't improve next year?
There's also no reason that Volquez won't duplicate what he did this season.
After that, every thing is a question mark.
I don't have any reason to believe that Arroyo will be any better next year than he was this year.
I don't think Thompson or Bailey are ready to contribute during the first half of the season next year.
Josh Fogg? You know what that will bring us. INNINGS.
Help will have to come from the outside for that 4th Pitcher.
Here's where the owner and Jockety get to do what they said they would...commit to winning.
Derek Lowe would be worth every dollar they can pay him in order to get him here and make him the #4 pitcher.
Let everyone else fight it out for the #5, #6, and #7 spots. You have to be at least 7 deep in starting pitching.
I want to be able to count on the Top-4 pitchers.


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Poet May Swenson created her greatest work outside her home state of Utah, but she was infused with a spirit of exploration and joy indicative of the American West, said scholar Paul Crumbley.
"She's a happy writer. She's sort of healthy, does not bemoan the emptiness of life," said the Utah State University English professor. "I don't think she lost a sense of identity as a Western writer."
A Logan native who became one of the most influential poets of the 20th century, Swenson would have been 100 this year.
"A Prairie Home Companion" host Garrison Keillor and former Utah poet laureate Katharine Coles will honor Swenson at a sold-out event Thursday night featuring poetry readings and discussions about her work.
Born the eldest of 10 children in a Mormon household, Swenson grew up speaking English as a second language after Swedish and later earned a bachelor's degree from USU, according to a biography published by the Academy of American Poets at poets.org. A reporter in Utah for a year before she moved to New York City in 1935, she worked at various times as an editor, translator, secretary and stenographer while writing poetry. In the 1960s she decided to focus on her own writing and served as a poet-in-residence at several colleges in the United States and Canada.
Her writing was wide-ranging, encompassing nature, philosophy and science one poem about DNA wound down the page in the shape of a double-helix. Her work, considered adventurous and at times erotic, has been compared to E.E. Cummings and Gertrude Stein. A lesbian herself, Swenson composed love poems that transcended orientation and are still popular Valentine's Day gifts, Crumbley said.
"A lot appeal to both gay and straight readers ... she didn't want to be pigeonholed," Crumbley said. "She wrote a number of poems about how destructive labels can be."
She believed that any aspect of the human experience could become poetry and didn't begin her work with a certain topic or idea, but rather let the words "flow through her," he said.
"She ran a lot of risks," he said. "She thought of herself as a poet who found poems."
She believed in the power of spontaneity over training in poetry, and shortly before her death, wrote: "The best poetry has its roots in the subconscious to a great degree. Youth, naivety, reliance on instinct more than learning and method, a sense of freedom and play, even trust in randomness, is necessary to the making of a poem."
Swenson died in 1989 and was buried in Logan, where USU hosts an annual poetry competition in her name. Keillor has served as a judge, and will read a selection of Swenson's works. Coles is expected to discuss her life and the influence of her work at 7 p.m. Thursday at Morgan Theatre in the Chase Fine Arts Center.
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[CES 2012] Fujifilm X-Pro1 and its revolutionary sensor revealedFriday January 13 2012
When Fujifilm launched the X100, they certainly didn't expect it to raise so much interest among photography enthusiasts. Earlier this week, they announced the Fujifilm XPro1, which more specifically targets this demanding market.
One of the most visible changes follows a mainstream current trend: an interchangeable lens. To offer this, Fuji is also launching a range of 3 all-electronic prime lenses: a 18mm f/2 wide-angle, a 35mm f/1.4, and a 60mm f/2.4 macro-telephoto, equivalent respectively to a 28mm, a 50mm, and a 90mm. The X-Pro1 also has the optical/electronic viewfinder of the X100, and a set of magnifiers comes into play to match the field of view of the different lens focals. For the 60mm, the viewfinder displays how the image will be framed in your photo.
With the X-Pro1, Fuji launches a new generation of 16-Mpix APS-C sensor: the X-Trans CMOS. The innovation here is that instead of being grouped in 2x2 matrices (Bayer) with one red, one blue, and two green pixels, the pixels are grouped in 6x6 matrices with a slight majority of green pixels.
The goal of this new structure is to position the pixels more irregularly and thus avoid the moiré patterns that occur because of too-regular structure of conventional sensors. By doing this, Fuji was able to design the X-Pro1 without any optical low-pass (anti-aliasing) filters. Fuji claims that this gives the X-Pro1 better resolution than its competitors without creating moiré. It will be interesting to see if the moiré really is avoided and if the XPro1's resolution really is significantly better than its competitors'.
Further readings for the [CES 2012] Fujifilm X-Pro1 and its revolutionary sensor revealed
To provide photographers with a broader perspective about mobiles, lenses and cameras, here are links to articles, reviews, and analyses of photographic equipment produced by DxOMark, renown websites, magazines or blogs.


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Thursday, February 23, 2012
Writers Aren't Painters They're Magicians
When someone writes well people often say it's like they painted a picture. And of course, there's that old phrase a picture is worth a thousand words. But painting with words really isn't what a writer does.
A painting can be many things. It can be pretty or thought-provoking or disturbing or haunting or anything the painter wants. It can be just about anything. They can even tell somewhat of a story. But paintings are static. They don't move. They capture a moment in time.
I've definitely read novels that read like paintings. They paint a portrait of a family or an individual or a new world and they might even do it in impeccable, transporting detail. It almost feels like we're staring at a beautifully detailed painting. While that can be interesting and impressive, it's not why we read novels.
Writers who want to really capture a reader can't be content only with making the reader feel like they really know their characters or their world or admire that the writer is describing everything perfectly.
Novels have to move. They need a plot. Those perfectly rendered characters and details need to be challenged and mussed up and thrown into disorder.
The real metaphor for writing is magic: Writing is a performance, it brings things to life, it surprises and awes the audience.
The elements in a novel don't remain in place for us to admire, they change and evolve and start in one place and end in another.
So don't be content if you've painted a good picture in your novel. Now you have to animate it and set things in motion.
Art: "Stage Set for Mozart's Magic Flute" by Karl Friedrich Schinkel
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- Josin L. McQuein said...
A step that a lot of people miss with writing is to realize that they're capturing 3 dimensions in 2, like those posters of dots that become 3-d images when you look at them right.
Writing is the evolution of the tribal storyteller and the wandering bard, both skills that required movement and tone - the occasional flourish of hands or dance or tossing of sparking powder into a fire for effect. Writers don't have those luxuries, so they have to trap those breaths on the page.
Telling a tale is taking the reader's hand and dragging them behind you like an excited child who can't help but point out every unexpected delight as they run along. You're wanting to show them what happens, they want to explore, and intend to come back after their first read to see what wonders they missed.
It's a thread that connects the past to the future, and the voices of those long sense dead who continue to live through the words they spoke into being. Their breath catches the next voice and the next until they're spoken out 2,000 years later.
And that, most definitely, is its own kind of magic.
- February 23, 2012 at 10:39 AM
- Josin L. McQuein said...
That should, of course, be "long sInce dead", and not "long sEnse dead"
- February 23, 2012 at 10:40 AM
- Matthew MacNish said...
That's a beautiful painting you posted before this, Nathan, but you probably should have put up some kind of spell.
- February 23, 2012 at 10:48 AM
- elizabeth seckman said...
Your posts are awesome. Glad I found the blog.
- February 23, 2012 at 10:49 AM
- Ted Fox said...
I like it--as long as we don't have to spend time learning from Nicolas Cage like in "The Sorcerer's Apprentice."
- February 23, 2012 at 10:50 AM
- Stephanie said...
Good writing is definitely magic. The reader is like Lucy, stepping through the wardrobe and discovering a new world. Good writing lets the reader actually inhabit that world. And that is magic. There's no other explanation for it!
- February 23, 2012 at 10:51 AM
- Jenny Maloney said...
The best metaphor I've read for what good writers do is from Terry Pratchett on Neil Gaiman...and it involves 'magic':
"...conjurers work very hard. They spend a lot of time in their youth watching, very carefully, the best conjurers of their day. They seek out old books of trickery and, being natural conjurers, read everything else as well, because history itself is just a magic show. They observe the way people think, and the many ways in which they don't. They learn the subtle use of springs, and how to open mighty temple doors at a touch, and how to make the trumpets sound.
And they take center stage and amaze you with falgs of all nations and smoke and mirrors and you cry: 'Amazing! How does he do it? What happened to the elephant? Where's the rabbit? Did he really smash my watch?'
And in the back row we, the other conjurers, say quietly, 'Well done....'"
I really love this observation because, not only is it magic, it's work. To pull the reader along, to perform well, you have to work and study and practice and then one day you fool the other conjurers. Makes it very doable.
- February 23, 2012 at 11:05 AM
- Miriam Pia said...
A novel or a short fiction story is a "recreational guided meditation". They can be educational, rather than pure recreation, but that's the essence of it- a real journey of the mind.
- February 23, 2012 at 11:17 AM
- Rick Daley said...
Kind of like the paintings in Hogwarts. When you mix magic and painting, you have reached the pinnacle of the art.
- February 23, 2012 at 11:19 AM
- D.G. Hudson said...
I think that writers are a bit of both.
With their description, they paint the setting, they fill in the features of the people with hidden hints in their narrative or dialogue. Then the magic takes over when you select the words that will reach the hearts and the minds of the readers.
Writers vary, but some do have that 'eye of the artist'. They show with words those things that make us sigh with their beauty, cause us to be anxious at the action or relieved when the protagonist survives his quest.
So, I have a different opinion, Nathan. Some writers do have a bit of both.
- February 23, 2012 at 11:44 AM
- Lauren said...
What a great, inspirational post. :)
- February 23, 2012 at 12:12 PM
- Ishta Mercurio said...
YES - and it that magical feeling of having been transported, changed, and brought back a different person that leaves a reader wanting more.
Great metaphor.
- February 23, 2012 at 12:20 PM
- Jory said...
So true. I'm currently reading The Swan Thieves by Elizabeth Kostova, and it is increasingly apparent how things words can be so differently expressed and interpreted from they way visuals are.
- February 23, 2012 at 12:38 PM
- crow productions said...
As a painter who writes, I agree. A painting expresses my desire to capture the moment. When I write, I want to know what happens next.
- February 23, 2012 at 12:42 PM
- Stephanie Garber said...
Beautiful post, Nathan! This was just the type of inspiration I needed this morning!
- February 23, 2012 at 12:45 PM
- Mr. D said...
I don't know about magic, but as a musician/composer, an artist, and an author, I have found that, for me, anyway, writing a great novel is the most rewarding creative endeavor of them all.
- February 23, 2012 at 12:49 PM
- Ainsley Shay said...
Nicely said! You've described perfectly, and in a beautiful and inspirational way what authors stride for.
- February 23, 2012 at 1:21 PM
- Kristin Laughtin said...
If anything, a written story is a series of paintings. Each little section captures the essence of a moment, but the things within it have to move and breathe.
- February 23, 2012 at 1:21 PM
- Mira said...
Gorgeous picture, lovely topic and nicely said, Nathan! I had not conceptualized it this way before.
Enjoyed reading the comments here, too.
This made me think about how difficult writing a novel is - very complex. Quite an artistic achievement.
- February 23, 2012 at 2:51 PM
- ekbalesteri said...
I'm a writer with an eye for taking pictures...Nothing fancy, just my Canon Elf and whatever catches my eye.
It's later, when I download the static photos that the writer in me emerges, and I begin imagining a whole story around something as silly as a red tree branch lying in the sand...
Yup, writers can conjure a story out of just about anything!
Great post! You always make me think.
- February 23, 2012 at 3:20 PM
- Diana Hunter said...
Short, "slice of life" stories come the the closest to a still-life painting when comparing the two genre. Both capture just a moment in time, one with paint, the other with words. Both examine the moment with detail, uncovering particulars missed in a casual glance. And both give a sense of more...of something beyond the canvas and of events outside the story.
- February 23, 2012 at 4:39 PM
Chuck Rosenthal once said to a class I was in that writers are wizards, not magicians. I agree with what you're saying Nathan, but I like Chuck's distinction. We were talking about "twist" endings and other devices and he was illustrating that a writing doesn't have to hold back the secret from the audience (as a magician would) but rather works magic with everything on the table (which can lead to suspense and the like)
Just a consideration
- February 23, 2012 at 5:57 PM
- Bryan Russell said...
I still haven't figured out how to put the bunny and top hat in chapter four.
- February 23, 2012 at 6:53 PM
- Susan Kaye Quinn said...
Lovely! Gives depth to the idea of moving the reader. The story moves, the plot carrying it along from start to end, but it needs to move the reader with it. And pretty scenery along the way doesn't hurt.
- February 23, 2012 at 7:10 PM
- Lucy said...
And this is why we write. To cast a spell.
- February 23, 2012 at 8:28 PM
I respectfully disagree. Everything you described about writing is what a great painting should do. Especially abstracts. And a great artist knows how to touch people and draw them into a different world, just as a great author does with the written word. A magician creates illusion and his work is based on skill that can be explained. Andrew Wyeth can't be explained anymore than Fitzgerald or even Franzen.
- February 23, 2012 at 11:38 PM
- Traci Kenworth said...
So true. It takes more than painting a background to bring a story to life.
- February 24, 2012 at 6:16 AM
- Jaimie said...
And novels about magic can read like paintings. (This post just reminded me of THE NIGHT CIRCUS.)
- February 24, 2012 at 10:19 AM
- Nicole said...
Yes, yes, yes! Love this!
And Jenny M's quote about conjurers is also fantastic. We must capture not just the picture, but the movement, emotions and stakes that pull readers into our worlds.
- February 24, 2012 at 1:38 PM
- Criticus said...
Good observation. I think poetry is more analogous to painting than fiction. Ut pictura poesis, as Horace wrote.
- February 25, 2012 at 10:53 AM
- Nathan Coppedge said...
I would like to recommend my book 1-Page-Classics, for similar reasons
--Nathan Coppedge
- March 4, 2012 at 6:48 PM
- Devin cena said...
I've definitely read novels that read like paintings. It almost feels like we're staring at a beautifully detailed painting. So don't be content if you've painted a good picture in your novel.
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Tannenbaum, Rex, Sparano, Pettine all fired
New York Jets hire Marc Ross as the new General Manager of the New York Jets
Ross will take over the entire football operations from scouting to contract negotiations. He will be in a comfort zone still working in New York and I think Woody Johnson will fall back from putting his nose in the football operations similar to how the Mara's run business.
Marc Ross and the New York Jets hire Mike McCoy, offensive coordinator of the Denver Broncos, as the new head coach for the New York Jets. McCoy will add a new system and great offensive mind to our team something we truly lack.
Marc Ross hires Joe Woods, defensive backs coach of the Minnesota Vikings, as the defensive coordinator. Woods will maintain the 3-4 D due to the personnel already in place and hopefully maintain the success our defense has achieved the past 4 years.
Darrelle Revis- extension
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The New York Jets trade Tim Tebow to the Jacksonville Jaguars for a 3rd Round pick. The Jaguars recently drafted a Punter in the 3rd round. They wont find a better ticket seller and winner at QB than Tebow and they are in a dire need of a culture change. Tebow will be that and more for them
The New York Jets tag and trade Dustin Keller to the St. Louis Rams for a 3rd Round pick. Keller would fit in nice with the Rams and I doubt they find a better short and long term option than Keller in the 3rd not to mention he's familiar with Schotty.
The New York Jets trade Santonio Holmes to the Washington Redskins for a 7th Round pick.
The New York Jets trade Mark Sanchez to the Seattle Seahawks for a 6th Round Pick. The Seahawks will likely deal Flynn for an asset and Sanchez would make a good back up for Wilson
The New York Jets trade David Harris to the Oakland Raiders for a 4th Round Pick
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Matt Moore QB
Mike Goodson RB
Shaun Philips OLB
Jason Jones DE
Dwayne Bowe WR- big money
1)Jarvis Jones OLB Georgia- Like top fall out the top 5 should be there for us
2)Mike Glennon QB North Carolina State- should be there at the top of day 2
*2)Ezekial Ansah OLB BYU- trade up for this potential stud, he may go late 1st but the teams picking there never go for projects
3)Larry Warford OG Kentucky- should be there at the top of round 3 this guard class is nice
*3)Bacarri Rambo FS Georgia- a guy I see falling some. Rambo can go anywhere between rounds 2-3 and there are a lot of guys that fall in te draft. The latest I've seen him mocked was late 3rd round
4)Johnathan Franklin RB UCLA- solid RB, good vision and nice cuts. Not a ton of breakaway speed but good enough to build a 2 back attack around
5)Marcus Davis WR Virginia Tech- Davis is very physical, very athletic, straight beast. Not a ton of upside but his work ethic could turn him into a good 3rd or 4th receiver in a couple years
6)Jake Stoneburner TE Ohio State- solid receiving TE with some potential
7)Kiko Alonso ILB Oregon- had some issues early in the year off the field might drop some or a lot, may not get picked who knows but ILB depth would be nice here
*Traded- 2 3rds to move back into 2nd Round
*Traded- 4/6/7/future 3 to move into 3rd round
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We wont get a 3rd for Tebow- 5th at very best probs a 6th
Your talking about 5 big money signings, i dont think its possible!!
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That free agency is too unrealistic. Jason Jones would not sign with a team to be a backup. Maualuga is a major downgrade from Harris. Neither keller or tebow are getting 3rd round picks. The draft is a pipe dream. And after all that we still dont have a decent QB or RB.
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SAN BERNARDINO -- City Clerk Gigi Hanna was served Monday with notice of an intent to circulate a recall petition against her, bringing to 10 the number of San Bernardino elected officials targeted by recalls.
The notice is signed by resident Rey Dandy Lachica, who says he worked alone and is not affiliated with the effort to recall Mayor Pat Morris, City Attorney James F. Penman and the seven members of the City Council.
"I don't have any association with any group. I'm just very much aware of what's going on in the city," Lachica said. "We have to stop the misbehavior."
Lachica's notice alleges four grounds for recall, which he declined to elaborate on in an interview Monday:
Hanna confirmed she had received the notice, but said it was baseless.
"I am going to flatly deny all the charges and not go into specifics at this point," she said. "I think it's really indicative of the political atmosphere in this town."
Hanna, whose office is in charge of the recall process, said she was recusing herself and has contacted the county registrar of voters and secretary of state's office to see how she should proceed. In the meantime, Deputy City Clerk Linda Sutherland will handle recall questions, she said.
Getting Hanna out of the way so an attorney friendly to City Attorney James F. Penman would handle legal questions related to the other recalls was the plan all along, charged Scott Beard, responsible officer for the effort to recall nine elected officials.
"The service is not about recalling Ms. Hanna; it is about attempting to force her office into recusing itself from handling issues dealing with the recall process and the November election," Beard wrote in a statement. "That would allow the city attorney to gain control of the outside counsel providing legal advice regarding recall and election matters. Simply, it is an attempt to gain influence to continue their corruption."
The registrar of voters, county counsel, and/or secretary of state should handle the recall and election, Beard said.
City Attorney James F. Penman said he didn't see what he gained by Hanna's recusal, unless Beard's group thought she would have helped them.
"I'm not trying to recall anybody," he said. "As far as I'm concerned, the city clerk is free to select any outside attorney she wants. "That has always been my practice."
Penman said the recall probably would mean the registrar of voters, guided by county counsel, would run the recall process, and he had no objection to that.
Beard said he didn't seek to recall Hanna or Treasurer David Kennedy because he did not consider them responsible for the city's bankruptcy, unlike the rest of the city's elected officials. Kennedy is now the only elected official not facing a recall, although as of Monday afternoon Councilwoman Wendy McCammack still had not been served with notice of an intent to circulate a recall petition.
If 15 percent of the city's registered voters sign a petition to recall Hanna, her recall will be on the November ballot.
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