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Welcome to the lesser-known world of Harry Gow. Discover five generations of baking tradition and a way of making and baking which is quite unique.
Nowadays, baking is done in too much of a hurry using bags of pre-mixed ingredients to cut corners for commercial gain.
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Bonechewer (the blue vulture), Plague (the blue demon dog) and Nighthowl (the black saber tooth worg) are all unique in that they are all ghostly versions of these skins. That right, each one of these beasts are see-through - and remain so after taming! Check out the screenshots I have up of Plague (on the left) and Nighthowl (all the way at the bottom of this post) and see for yourself!
The other three new beasts are not unique, but will still make pretty neat looking pets. Hibernus the Sleeper has the diseased white bear model, which prior to patch 5.1 was found on the Rabid Grizzly bears in Dragonblight. That means this model could only be tamed by hunters that were at least level 71. Shadowstalker, the vibrant purple and red spider, has a model and color that could previously only be tamed at a minimum level of 51 - by taming the Coldlurker Creeper spiders in Winterspring.
Although not new to the zone, there are also three other tamable rares to be found. Those are Bayne (the purple demon dog), Ressan the Needler (white bat) and Sri'skulk (the black & red spider).
The spawn timers on these lower level rares are fairly quick. Seeing them respawn within a half hour after being killed is not uncommon. I'd also like to note that there are usually two Lost Souls up at a time (look at the screenshot below where I circled each of them). If your using these rares to power-level a new toon, don't forget to check for the second one!
|Click map to Enlarge
|Fangor, Muad, Shadowstalker & Lost Soul (x2)
|Hibernus the Sleeper, Bonechewer, Bayne & Farmer Solliden
|Plague, Tormented Spirit, Deeb & Nighthowl
|Ressan the Needler, Sri'Skulk & Fellicent's Shade
All of these rares can be added to NPCScan. You can simply cut and paste these two macros in game to add all of them automatically:
/npcscan add 50328 Fangor
/npcscan add 50328 Fangor
/npcscan add 1910 Muad
/npcscan add 50763 Shadowstalker
/npcscan add 1531 Lost Soul
/npcscan add 50930 Hibernus the Sleeper
/npcscan add 50803 Bonechewer
/npcscan add 10356 Bayne
/npcscan add 1936 Farmer Solliden
/npcscan add 51044 Plague
/npcscan add 1533 Tormented Spirit
/npcscan add 1911 Deeb
/npcscan add 50908 Nighthowl
/npcscan add 10357 Ressan the Needler
/npcscan add 10359 Sri'skulk
/npcscan add 10358 Fellicent's Shade
/npcscan add 1911 Deeb
/npcscan add 50908 Nighthowl
/npcscan add 10357 Ressan the Needler
/npcscan add 10359 Sri'skulk
/npcscan add 10358 Fellicent's Shade
I hope everyone is enjoying these new rares as much as I am! ^-^

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If there is any consolation in heartbreak, though, the quest for a title unquestionably united a nation and drew attention to a team sport – let alone a women's sport – we often neglect. All too often, both soccer and women's athletics are written off, but with Hope Solo and company, the U.S. national team managed to do what few other teams have been able to accomplish – make themselves noticed with nothing less than class and confidence. So despite a bitter taste in their mouths, the U.S. women may have earned a victory far greater than a single match.
Seemingly forgotten in the collapse of our national team, the Japanese women deserve credit for their determination in a 2-2 (3-1) penalty shootout win over a strong U.S. team, although clearly the U.S. women had fate in their own hands and simply lost the match. That being said, Japan needs the triumph far more than we do, in the aftermath of their earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear crisis. For the U.S. and Japan, the underlying theme of this World Cup has to be that their victories will instill optimism and resolve, albeit in totally different ways and yet in exactly the same way, as well.
The women on the U.S. national team became known across the nation as "our team," but more importantly, they assumed the crucial responsibility of being athlete role models for young girls who are constantly threatened by the negative, or perhaps worse, by being ignored. Soccer, too, even with its amazing history and an even more impressive world following, is in need of some respect in this country. Promoting soccer to our youth, while somewhat successful, has clearly not been enough to win over the adult sports fan.
Perhaps this U.S. women's national soccer team, which made it all the way to the finals with "Hope" will be the beginning of an American embrace of the global team sport and of women's athletic teams. Why should the greatest sports fans in the world continue to miss out on such an exhilarating game and such truly inspiring sports icons?


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It might take months, even years for Florida's Internet gambling parlors to shut down
Don't expect a rash of police raids and empty storefronts after Gov. Rick Scott signs legislation outlawing simulated-slot-parlor "Internet cafes" — at least not right away.
It could take months — even years — for the ban to unfold, depending on how aggressively the cafe owners fight in court.
An industry that has proliferated over a decade, growing to hundreds of locations in Florida and an estimated $1 billion in revenues, is not likely to disappear overnight, though Scott signed off on the ban on Wednesday.
Internet cafe owners fought a similar ban in North Carolina for two years, ultimately losing in the state Supreme Court last December. Cafe owners continued to operate during the legal battle. In fact, many ignored the ruling and are still open, according to media reports, a result of sporadic enforcement and cafes altering their gaming software to circumvent the law.
Florida's ban also is likely to withstand legal challenges, experts say. But whether the cafes shut down quickly or try to alter their operations and fight on for months or years is still unclear. The details could vary from county to county and city to city.
Much will depend on how aggressive local law enforcement officers are in enforcing the ban, and what legal and technological maneuvers the industry uses in response.
Sarasota County Sheriff Tom Knight and his Manatee counterpart, Sheriff Brad Steube said this week they plan to spend time getting familiar with the new law before ramping up enforcement. Both are likely to give cafe owners some warning before getting tough.
"We certainly don't have any intention of using SWAT teams to kick these doors in the first day it goes into effect," Knight said. "That's not how we operate here."
Deputies in both Sarasota and Manatee have raided the cafes in the past and confiscated machines, only to see their court cases fall apart because of ambiguities in state law.
Steube said he is happy to finally have some clarity in the law regulating these businesses, which use computer terminals to simulate slot machine gambling and pay out in cash. Similar operations offering gift cards also are banned.
Steube expects there to be some kind of "waiting period" in Manatee County when cafe owners will be informed about the new legislation and instructed on how to comply.
"I don't know what the time period might be; it might be 15 days or 30 days, and then we'll go do an inspection," Steube said.
Doors still open
Sheriff's officials have counted more than two dozen Internet cafes in Manatee County. A similar number operate in Sarasota County, according to cafe owners.
Jason Honea owns or manages seven cafes in the region. He plans to keep his doors open until law enforcement comes knocking.
"I'm going to stay in operation until the sheriff tells me to shut down," he said.
Honea criticized the ban, saying it will be bad for the economy. He has 30 employees. Each cafe pays up to $4,000 per month in rent and contracts with a variety of local companies for goods and services.
"We're contributing to the economy, we're providing jobs, we're paying leases, we're buying food from Sam's Club," Honea said.
Michael Cutler rents a 3,000-square-foot building to Honea in Osprey. He is worried about losing a good tenant at a time when the commercial vacancy rate is nearly 20 percent in Sarasota and Manatee.
Cutler has commercial space he has been trying to rent since 2008. And Honea has been a stable tenant for five years.
"They pay the mortgage for me," Cutler said. "They are my No. 1 tenant. It will be extremely painful."
Honea said he is contemplating legal action to try to stay in operation.
"There are several people pursuing legal options and we are considering joining several of them," he said.
Nova Southeastern law school professor Bob Jarvis, an expert on gambling law in Florida, said the cafes might be able to buy some time with legal maneuvers. But he doesn't expect them to have success.
"At the end of the day, it's very clear gambling is a prerogative of the state and the state can always ban gambling," Jarvis said.
Cafe operators tried to fight the ban in North Carolina by arguing it violated free speech.
"The North Carolina Supreme Court said that's absurd," Jarvis said. "It has nothing to do with speech at all, it has to do with illegal gambling."
Yet hundreds of cafes continue to operate across North Carolina, according to a recent report in the News & Observer, a Raleigh newspaper. Crackdowns have been sporadic across the state, with no coordinated effort. And gaming companies have seen their software evolve to stay ahead of the law.
Jarvis said some Florida cafe operators undoubtedly will continue to test their luck and the patience of law enforcement. Some may avoid prosecution for a time, but he expects the industry to eventually fade away.
"Their day has passed," he said.
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Mariam Chamberlain, Pioneer for Women's Studies, Dies
Dr. Mariam Chamberlain, founder of the National Council for Research on Women, passed away last Tuesday at the age of 94. Dr. Chamberlain has a doctorate in Economics from Harvard University and was instrumental in the establishment of women's studies as a field of study in college curricula.
Through her role directing the higher education program at the Ford Foundation, Dr. Chamberlain began to expose the need to teach women's studies in college and universities. She awarded $5 million in grants to studies, projects and organizations that documented the lack of visibility for women in college classes and took pro-active steps to increasing the discussion of women's role in history. She is responsible for funding The Feminist Press and the National Women's Studies Association. As Feminist Majority Foundation president Eleanor Smeal remembers her, "She was the godmother of women's studies."
Her passion was not consigned solely to women's studies. Dr. Chamberlain was also passionate and active in understanding the barriers women faced in the workplace and society at large. She funded the Center for Women's Policy Studies, which was one of the first organizations of its kind. She also studied domestic violence, discrimination in loan practices, and inequalities in the work place.
In 1981, she founded and directed the National Council for Research on Women (NCRW). According the NCRW, "Under her leadership, NCRW has increased and promoted research on women, built alliances for synergistic work, and advanced research into policy applications. Her vision has evolved into a dynamic network of thought leaders and change agents working to ensure more fully informed debates, policies and practices, thereby contributing to a more inclusive and equitable world for women and girls, their families and their communities."
Media Resources: New York Times 4/7/2013; National Council for Research on Women


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While the snow gives everyone an excuse to sit tight and bunker down, this, fortuitously, happens to be a bumper week for staying in and listening to future pop / disgustingly good hip-hop collaborations. One might even be tempted to call it 'blinding' were it not for the fact that this is not Pete Tong's Essential Mix or, at least last time I checked, 1995.
N.A.S.A. 'Whatchadoin'' feat. Spank Rock, M.I.A & Santogold / 'Money' - Feat. David Byrne & Chuck D (Anti)
Sam Spiegel (Squeak E. Clean) and Ze Gonzales (DJ Zegon)'s Brazilian funk-flavoured, super massive hip-hop extravaganza is every bit as good as you have heard, with lead single 'Whatchadoin' calling on the love-it-or-hate-it talents of pop's first lady of whine, MIA. Starting out with some really rather wonderful telephone dialer stabs, this has about a thousand things going on - the very least of which is the glorious, blown-speaker bass zoning in and out of earshot. B-side 'Money' is even better, with Byrne sounding just as vital as any of the other younger or hipper hired hands and Chuck D shouting about how cash is like, really bad. Buy the 12" and get The Count's 'Money' remix – a ridiculous riot of old-school house vocals, helium scratching and fidget silliness you may have heard on Hervé's recent mixtape. Absolutely amazing, and that's before they've even got round to the Kool Keith/Tom Waits one, in which Blues' resident swamp monster manages to join the dots between himself and MF Doom. Really, that good. Listen here
Miike Snow 'Burial' (Benny Blanco Remix Feat. Neon Hitch) Free mp3 at RCRDLBL
Beginning with Justice-style doomy synths and some lines about Saturdays all being the same/life generally being a bit shit, this really takes off when Neon Hitch comes in, she sounding rather like Kate Bush might were she blessed with added Chinese vocal wobbles and a New York drawl. In any event, this manages to cram in whooshing, big-open-sky piano breakdowns and some very shiny Timberlaking, while at the same time pondering whether you should cry at your own funeral (quite some feat). Free from RCRD LBL here
The Constantines 'Our Age' (Arts & Crafts)
Toronto's Constantines may have very nice t-shirts and be likened to The Clash, Fugazi and Nick Cave, but sadly, on 'Our Age', they sound like Bruce 'Wal Mart' Springsteen. Next!
James Yuill 'No Suprise' (Moshi Moshi)
Quite apart from having a wonderful promotional photo in which Yuill looks very much like a missing member of the Look Around You cast (see lead image), Yuill's masterstroke with this release is to fashion 'No Surprise' three ways, but still do each of them himself. So rather than being sent an unremarkable strum by a PR (but only liking the bonkers-o-clock Toddla T/Spank Rock/Joe Goddard remix), James gives us an 'earth' version – all stripped-back folkiness a la Adem, a 'fire' version – in which the song gets wrung through a squelchy 808 for full and current dancefloor appeal, AND a best-of-both album version – which errs on the side of synthy but combines the two. This is a very, very good idea - and moretothebloody point, a charming pop song.
Busta Rhimes (sic) Vs Justin Credible: The Remixes (Wholemeal)
Justin Credible (crazy name, crazy guy) releases not one, two or three but four remixes of Busta's hits, despite seemingly not being able to spell his name correctly. Having never been a fan of Mr. Rhymes' flow before now, this is still worth a mention for the re-rub of 'Pour The Water On Em' in which young Justin manipulates some very wobbly sub-bass as if by Theremin.
Cage the Elephant 'Back Against The Wall / False Skorpion' (Relentless)
If there was a prize for the genre we least need reviving this year, slap-bass riddled funk-rock would scoop all the rosettes hands down. All you need to know about this is that the Elephants have covered Pavement's 'False Scorpion' on the b-side but added nothing – quite literally - to it. So let's watch the original instead, while pondering quite how a quintet of lumbering, party-hearty meatheads expect us to buy their records when they cover 'I Wanna Be Your Dog' in a similarly depressing fashion.
Coldplay 'Life In Technicolour' (Parlophone)
Ooh, look everyone, it's Coldplay, whose video is bearable precisely because Martin et al are not actually in it and have been replaced by puppets. DO YOU SEE? Helpfully, at the end of this video there's another hint at just how seriously Coldplay take themselves, when a title card pops up written in hideously grand, self-important Times New Roman CAPITALS. Readers, even their fonts are pompous.
The View 'Shock Horror' (1965)
It seems vaguely unfair to talk about relevance, but it's difficult to see what bands like The View have to offer in a coming year where baile funk, booty bass, fidget house and kuduro look set to be the most interesting - and crucially - most enjoyable musical developments. In any event, this call and response rock workout struggles by with some rather banal lyrics about making it to the top/being at the bottom (make your mind up, The View, we haven't got all day). Styled to within an inch of their lives in the video, which also features a GCSE art project doll which is like - OMG - hanging by its neck, this is just the very thing for those who find The Enemy a bit too frightening.
Shana David 'Terminally Bourgeois' EP (Shrug)
In what must be the most ill advised and amusing packaging innovation of the week, this apparently comes wrapped in a sanitary towel disposal bag. And if that's not quite oestrogen-y enough for you, do be warned that Ms David sounds like what you'd get if Bette Midler, the dottiest bits of Regina Spektor and Kate Nash had a chiptune keyboard baby. This wishes it was Kimya Dawson and is too kooky by half.
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Will the mirrors mentioned be visible like the Starshine project - which I had a had in !DaveG6ZKC
The mission is postponed again due to the same problem that caused an earlier delay. It will at least take a month before the launch will happen. At least, that is what I read in today's newspaper


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Did you ever have one of those days where you just couldn't get anything done because it all goes wrong?
This is one of those for me! Here are 10 tips for coping.
1. Stop doing what you are doing that is frustrating you. Come back to it later
2. Ask someone in the office or wherever you are for help with the task
3. Get up and stretch your body and BREATHE! We forget when we are frustrated and stressed and we get more frustrated and tense.
4. Drink a large glass of water….your brain gets dehydrated easily and you get tired because of it
5. Call a friend and complain then laugh
6. Remind yourself of 2 or 3 things you have done well and easily in your life
7. Put on soothing music
8. Look in a mirror and smile….you will feel better. Really.
9. Eat something you love but just a bite or two so you won't pig out and then be more frustrated
10. Watch a funny video like this one Dust yourself off. Pick yourself up. And start all over again.


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The purpose of 'A Lesson Learned' is to find the one shot or type of shot that helped determine a winner at the week's feature event and use it as a way to help YOUR game. But what shot do you pick this week? Just kidding. I think those who saw Tiger's incredible chip/pitch out of the deep rough on No. 16 Sunday will remember it as one of the greatest shots of the year, maybe one of the best of Tiger's incredible career. When Jack Nicklaus calls it "the most unbelievable, most gutsy shot I have ever seen", you know it's pretty special.
Let's set the scene for those that might have missed it. Tiger Woods, trailing by one at the time, had just hit his 8-ion shot on the par 3 16th into perhaps the worst spot he could. Into the thick rough over the green on the right, a chip that came up short would stay in the rough, a chip hit too hard would fly down the ridge and perhaps into the water. His lie was not good and if he wanted to have any chance to win, he needed to save par - something that seemed unlikely from his predicament.
Well, the skeptics were right - sort of. Tiger did not make par. He took a mighty swing that resulted in the prettiest, softest pitch that just landed on the green and started to roll towards the pin. Incredibly similar to Tiger's famous Masters chip on the 16th at Augusta National, this chip seemd as if it might stop or just miss right before dropping in for what may have been the loudest birdie in Muirfield Village history.
So how do you hit this shot? You've probably hit it many times actually, just most likely out of a bunker. Yes, the same technique that you'd use to get out of a bunker, you should use to hit the soft high flop out of thick rough.
There are three main points to remember:
- Set the ball forward in your stance, open the clubface. Just like a bunker shot, you want to hit slightly behind the ball and use the rough as a springboard to gently pop the ball out.
- On the backswing, keep a quiet lower body. Most amateurs struggly with this, often straitening up in the back swing and shifting their low point of the swing. If you get too steep, you will slide right under the ball and the ball will not go far enough.
- Fire through on your swing, maintain your spine angle, and fully rotate your hips. Watch Tiger's body as he finishes the swing. Notice how his belt buckle finishes to the left of the target line.
The goal here is get the ball on the putting surface, hopefully with a makeable putt. If you can get it close, that's an added bonus. If you can make it, well, that's Tiger-esque. But it certainly doesn't have to mean a big number. Play it like a bunker shot, commit to the swing and watch the ball float softly onto the green.
Blake Cathey is the Lead Instructor at the Kiawah Island Golf Academy on Kiawah Island, SC.


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A few months ago I predicted a bestselling author would publish a new title exclusively on Kindle. Author David Morrell did just that with THE NAKED EDGE, a follow-up to his thriller hit THE PROTECTOR.
Besides THE NAKED EDGE, Morrell has also released nine of his backlist titles on Amazon, including the ground-breaking FIRST BLOOD, which many cite as the first modern action thriller.
David has always been a savvy guy when it comes to publishing. He was one of the first authors to use the term "platform", and has always been smart about the business end of things in this industry.
To see him understand and embrace the future with a move like this is a portend of things to come. He's doing what publishers have failed to do, and he won't be the first heavyweight to do so.
I caught up with David in Monaco, at the Monte Carlo Casino, and we discussed his new move while playing $500 minimum baccarat.
Okay, that's not true. I just emailed him.
David, why did you decide to publish these ten as ebooks?
David: Early this year, Amazon came to my agent, Jane Dystel, about making a large portion of my backlist available as Kindle e-books. These days, print publishers don't seem as interested in backlist titles as they used to be. When they do commit to a backlist, it's often so that they can have the e-book rights, which means that the way contracts are now written, the publishers have the e-book rights forever. The Amazon proposal allowed me to keep the e-rights while at the same time receiving the full might of Amazon to promote the titles on a global scale.
We selected nine titles from my backlist (after 38 years as an author, I have a lot of material in the vault). To draw attention to those nine titles, I decided to add an original, never-before-published novel, THE NAKED EDGE.
Joe: The Amazon marketing muscle is the main reason I signed with them for SHAKEN rather than simply release the ebook on its own. (For those keeping tabs on such things, I'm now selling 7500 self-pubbed ebooks per month on Kindle alone.)
THE NAKED EDGE is currently #206 on the Kindle Bestseller list, and I have no doubt it will continue to sell well, especially with Amazon getting behind it.
While publishers are mucking about with enhanced ebooks for the iPad by incorporating video into them, you've taken a simpler, yet still innovate, approach to adding extra value to ebooks.
THE NAKED EDGE has some pretty cool pics in the back matter (which look great in full color on various Kindle apps, and also reproduce very well in grayscale on the Kindle itself.) Do you foresee more authors adding extra content to their ebooks?
David: One reason that I wanted to offer THE NAKED EDGE directly as an e-book is to experiment with what an e-book can be. A main character in the book is a master knife maker, the old-fashioned kind with a hammer and an anvil. In the novel, he makes replicas of famous fine-art knives, such as the one in a 1950's Warner Bros. movie, THE IRON MISTRESS, starring Alan Ladd as Jim Bowie. It's an absolutely gorgeous knife that was used in a lot of other movies and inspired many contemporary knife makers, such as Gil Hibben who designed the knives for the last two Rambo films.
Another knife that's described in the book is the most expensive knife in the world, Buster Warenski's solid-gold replica of Kind Tut's dagger. It's valued at a million dollars. I thought, "Wouldn't it be cool if I could include photographs of these stunning objects?"
If the 18 examples I selected were put into a printed novel, in color, the price would be extreme. But it doesn't cost anything to include photos with an e-book, so I decided to tailor THE NAKED EDGE for an e-book format.
Joe: It does, however, cost a lot of money to add video, and that's what I'm hearing that publishers are doing. However, Kindle can't do video yet. What sense does it make to create video books when they can't be sold on the #1 platform? (My latest numbers: over 100,000 Kindle ebooks sold vs. 390 iPad ebooks sold.)
Another dumb move publishers are making involves authors' backlists. Either they try to grab ebook rights when the rights weren't mentioned in the original contract, or they make lowball offers for backlists with terrible royalty rates.
THE PROTECTOR is one of my favorite books of yours, so it's great that this is available again. Especially since used paperbacks are selling for $60 on Amazon.
It's insane that this book went of out print in the first place. But it's great for you, because now you can earn more than the sixty cents per paperback you were being paid, while still keeping the price under the cost of a new paperback.
And now you've written a sequel...
David: I love the dialogue between the main characters. Cavanaugh and Jamie remind me of Nick and Nora in THE THIN MAN, lots of amusing male-female banter between them, but with the difference that in my case the banter is accompanied by serious action.
As much as THE NAKED EDGE emphasizes what I see as a healthy marriage, it's also about the failed friendship between Cavanaugh and a boyhood friend who is now his enemy. The background is that five years ago I ended a 35-year friendship with a man I considered to be my brother. The reasons are nobody else's business, but I came to realize that the end of a friendship between two men (or two women for that matter) can be as angry and destructive as a divorce.
Here, the consequences of those emotions are harrowing. Skilled at protecting others, Cavanaugh discovers that it's quite another thing to protect himself, especially from a man who knows him so well. The emotions are frank and honest.
Joe: Cavanaugh is in a short story, "The Attitude Adjuster," that I included in an anthology I edited, THESE GUNS FOR HIRE. He's my favorite of your characters.
Can you explain why there are two versions of THE TOTEM?
David: In the late 1970s, when I submitted a 550 page version of THE TOTEM, my editor wanted to know why there wasn't a love interest and why there were so many characters and . . . Let's just say the editor didn't "get" what I was doing.
THE TOTEM is my attempt to redefine the werewolf myth, using science as the explanation, instead of superstition. It's set in a town in an isolated valley in Wyoming, and one reason for the novel's length is that I wanted to characterize the valley, to create a substantial sense of place.
In those days, I had not yet been fortunate enough to have a New York Times bestseller, which meant that I could either agree to the cuts or hit the road. Reluctantly, I agreed to the cuts, reducing the scale, emphasizing the town rather than the valley. That version was substantially shorter, almost by half. It had a very different beginning and climax.
I also changed the style, giving the revised text a subtle rhythm, which was my attempt to try to control the reader's heartbeat. Even in the short version, the book received great reviews and was cited as one of the 100 most frightening horror novels. In 1994, I finally had a chance to publish the original 550-page version. That became the US version while the short version was the UK version.
Now both versions are available in one package as a single Kindle e-book. It's another way to explore the possibilities of the format. In a printed book, the cover price of combining both versions would have been huge. But here I can add as much material as I want without any extra cost to the reader.
Joe: I did the same thing with my horror novel TRAPPED a few months back--putting two different versions into the same ebook. I'm also doing the same thing with SHAKEN.
Publishers don't seem to understand that ebooks aren't just another format. They have many advantages over print, and are allowing writers to give readers more bang for the buck.
Some readers don't understand this, either. I've gotten many emails from fans who are upset that I'm releasing certain titles as ebooks.
David: I'm getting a little heat for the e-book only option. On the other hand, if the book were a print novel and I waited 3 months for the e-book to be available, as some publishers prefer, then I would get heat for that. It seems very wrong that someone would make an aesthetic judgment based on whether the book is an e-book or not.
Joe: People are resistant to change. But change inevitably comes, and the majority adopts it, usually amid much grumbling. Then they wonder how they ever lived without the technology. Cell phones come to mind. I know several folks who swore they'd never get a cell phone because there was no reason for it. They all eventually gave in.
But even if some readers hate the thought of Kindles, ebooks are allowing writers more freedom than ever before. We're no longer beholden or bound to the whims of editors, sales reps, distributors, coop, marketing dollars, chain-store buyers, and corporate folks who ultimately decide the fate our books. For the first time, we can directly reach readers without any gatekeepers or middlemen who impose their ideas on what works and what doesn't, and we can make 70% royalties, compared to the 8% royalties we've gotten for paperbacks.
I don't want to speak for you, but I find this brave new world liberating and exciting. I can write what I want, without worrying about length, or if it fits into a specific genre, or if the buyer for Barnes and Noble will pre-order enough copies. I control the title, the price, the cover, and the content, and no one else has any say over how I run my career. My success or failure isn't dependent on the whims of an industry that accepts returns, where a 50% sell-through is considered acceptable, where overhead has become outrageous, and where only 1 out of 5 publishing books actually makes a profit.
What is your take on this revolution? Is it even a revolution? You've been in this biz since Gutenberg printed his first bible. Are ebooks a gamechanger?
David: Yes, I think ebooks are a gamechanger.
I'm not abandoning printed books. I collect Dan Simmons books and would not be happy if I didn't have a signed copy of everything he writes. Some books are so attractive that I love holding them and admiring their artwork. Some books are so compelling that I want to lend them to my friends or buy them as gifts.
But the current system is broken.
I am troubled when I think of how the chain stores charge publishers a fee to display their books and then sometimes don't display the books anyhow because of a communications failure.
I am troubled by the inefficiency of book distribution. How many authors have gone on a tour only to find that their books are available only in the store where they're signing and not anywhere else in the city, or in the state for that matter, because the warehouse screwed up?
It bothers me that a new printed book has a six-week shelf life.
It bothers me that books go out of print rapidly (to create warehouse space for new books, which themselves will soon go out of print).
It bothers me that, if an editor wants to buy the manuscript of a new novel, it's first necessary to get the okay of the marketing department, which in turn sometimes goes to the buyers for the chain stores and asks them "If we publish this book, how many copies would you hypothetically buy?"
This is nuts. There's something liberating when writers don't need to base their self-worth on what a conglomerate's marketing team decides is a good book. The e-book market allows writers to write what they want. There's no guarantee that a non-trendy book will attract readers, but at least authors now have a chance to find out.
Joe: Amen. When we get to Monaco, first beer is on me...
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Quick prototyping and sharing FTW!!
Since the beginning of times (of Gemserk), I had one or more local projects where I could test stuff related to the libraries we were using (Slick2D, LibGDX, Artemis), graphical effects, game ideas or just algorithms. One example is the lighting bolt effect I talked about in a previous post, I have also made some videos of some other tests but never uploaded the code.
As these kind of prototypes could be useful for other developers we have started a new project named prototypes (yeah, super creative name) where we (at least I) are going to add some of the new tests and prototypes we make.
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For said other publication and anyone else who can't, you know, read, we're doing it for every team. The winners will be announced throughout the month of June on NBC Sports Network's Pro Football Talk.
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Former American International Group Inc. chief executive Maurice "Hank" Greenberg isn't giving up on his $25 billion lawsuit against the U.S. over its bailout.
In a March 28 filing by Starr International Co., which Greenberg is chairman of, the company argues that it has a right to seek compensation for itself and AIG shareholders because the government illegally took AIG property through massive wealth transfers and mismanaged the 2008 bailout of AIG while preventing its collapse.
Late last year, Starr filed a lawsuit in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims against the government, claiming it violated the Constitution when it took majority ownership of AIG without compensating the company's shareholders.
The government followed by filing a motion to dismiss the lawsuit, saying AIG asked and agreed to be rescued, and that Starr has no authority to sue.
Greenberg's Starr says the government's actions in AIG's case "stood in stark contrast to the government's far more favorable treatment of similarly situated entities [during the financial crisis]."
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Revision, Editing and Proofreading: What's the Difference?
February 16, 2011 | 12 Comments
College students are often confused about what it means to "revise" a paper. Catharine Wright explains the difference between revision, editing and proofreading.
Revision: Revision means "re-visioning" your paper. It is "big picture" work. Step back and ask yourself: does the paper you wrote respond directly to the assignment and its audience, answer the questions that were posed? Is the argument clear? Is it sufficiently complex? Check to see if any of the ideas need to be developed, and if you've articulated the relationships among ideas. See if you need to add further evidence or support. Revision can require adding material, taking material away, working with the big strokes of the paper. It might involve changing the order of paragraphs and re-crafting topic sentences/transitions. It may demand re-drafting the introduction and checking the conclusion to see what should be brought up to the front of the paper. All of this is when you "re-vision" your paper.
Editing: People often refer to all stages of revision as "editing," but editing is what you do after you revise. Editing involves crafting with a fine tool, and it leads to style and coherence. Here is where you consider your paper as a writer/artist. Try reading your paper aloud, slowly, in parts. Is the voice clear and confident? Is there a sense of rhythm and flow in each paragraph, each sentence? Do the sentences connect up with one another like well-constructed joints? Editing is when you correct any awkwardness that may have occurred in the initial drafting or in revision (revision can be very helpful to the big picture but create problems within paragraphs, for example). While editing is also a good time to check the clarity of your title and the accuracy of your reference or works cited page(s). Careful editing is critical to a polished, well written paper.
Proofreading: Proofreading comes last and consists of a final sweep through your paper with an eye for errors. When proofreading you make your final check for errors in sentence structure, grammar, verb tense and punctuation. You also look for mistakes in spelling, use of quotations, citation details, etc. Look not just for the tricky mistakes but also for any typos. It is important to check that your name is on your essay and it is desirable to number your pages or include a word count. This is the final read-through of your paper, your last chance to impress your reader and show your commitment to your work. Reading aloud at this stage or any other stage of the revision process can help you focus more carefully on your work.
Catharine Wright for the Writing Program and Center for Teaching, Learning and Research
Middlebury College, 2010
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Susanna Marlow on
September 18, 2012 10:36 pm
Proofreading can be just as hard as writing a paperÑ it takes lots of detail and work. currently I have been looking for paper writing service reviews and found that proofreading is completely necessary even if the paper is done by a professional. Thanks for the tips.
Patricia Cobey on
September 7, 2013 7:01 pm
Thank you for clarifying the differences between revision, editing and proofreading. I will forever look at these terms differently because not only do I know what each step entails, I now know the order in which they should be done. I am sure following these steps will aid me in writing a much better paper.
ProPapersWriting on
April 14, 2014 4:07 pm
Look not just for the tricky mistakes but also for any typos. It is important to check that your name is on your essay and it is desirable to number your pages or include a word count.
middlebury on
January 10, 2015 6:53 am
I now know the order in which they should be done. I am sure following these steps will aid me in writing a much better paper.middlebury
John Smith on
July 17, 2015 7:52 am
Nice blog and explained difference between editing, proofreading and revision so nicely. Thanks
Joe Smith the second on
October 4, 2016 7:28 am
I have to read this.
Joshua M on
December 15, 2016 12:26 am
I agree with the note that reading out loud can help clarify how words sound together in a sentence.
bushra sattar on
March 6, 2017 11:14 pm
Thankyou for clarifying and explained the difference between revision,editing and proofreading…
S Goche on
May 18, 2017 4:56 am
thank you for clarifying the differences between editing,revising and proofreading.
IJLSSR JOURNAL on
June 16, 2017 12:32 pm
very clear explanation in this article
Koll on
March 2, 2018 5:21 am
This is a very concise and accurate document. It goes a long way to creating awareness.
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Charlie wrote:Nurse! The screens! wrote:[ My views are as sincerely held as yours
Given that you don't even admit who you are, Nurse, it is difficult to consider the concept that there is anything remotely sincere in your views.
In any case please do not turn this into a personal tirade.
The forum has recently been blissfully free of this kind of confusion of the expression of views and the use of personal insults.
Words hurt more than you may realise.
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Nurse! The screens! wrote:That's rubbish Charlie - everyone knows who I am on this forum. I'm Des Bowring, music lover, birdwatcher, lifelong socialist and all-round good egg.
I have every right to tell someone to fuck off when they continually question my sincerity or make personal insults whenever I dare raise my head above the political parapet. For some weird reason this person seems to have such a high opinion of himself that he assumed I was taking a personal swipe at him when I expressed concern at anti-semitism in the left! Paranoia or what!
I have every right to voice my opinions on this forum without having to put up with personal jibes from the official spokesman for world socialism.
If you have been, thanks for listening.
If I have misunderstood someone, they could point this out. I could explain myself further, or withdraw and apologise, or edit / delete the post. I have done so before.
If I invite someone to debate their position (particularly in the light of their earlier, contradictory postings*), I do not want to be told to fuck off.
I do not expect Des Bowring or anyone else to agree with my politics, which I try to confine on this Forum to those topics that have a political theme or impact. I welcome discussion or debate and have no intention of steamrollering other views or trying to convert. I just want you to know where I stand.
I expect someone to act on the Forum as they do in their everyday lives. To use language like this in a job would lead to disciplinary action, for gross misconduct. To act like this this in a personal relationship is seen as a sign of "abusive behaviour". To act like this on, say, the fRoots Forum would result in being quickly kicked off.
I have said to Des once already
I repeat this, as nicely as I can.please do not use insulting words at me, it's crass and unoriginal.
I also add, when someone resorts to vulgar abuse, it's a clear sign that they have lost the argument.
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PC-based solid modeling CAD systems are making waves today. When properly implemented, these new products offer enormous speed and capability at a fraction of the price of workstation-based solid modelers. This new breed of solid modelers is having its greatest impact on small- to medium-sized machine shops that can now afford to own the software necessary to directly import their customers' solid models for machining.
Once a solid model of a product has been completed, there still remains the challenge of machining the components, molds or dies. Machinists understand the process of NC programming and machining and generally work most efficiently when they can use a common CAM system from job to job, regardless of which CAD system generated the initial file. Therefore, using an integrated CAD/CAM product to machine the computer model may require an unnecessary amount of learning time to gain proficiency when a universal, best-in-class, PC-based CAM system is often the more efficient, lower cost solution.
There are many approaches to machining a complex part, each of which is ideally suited to a particular range of applications. Shops typically must deal with a broad assortment of machining challenges, however, and it only makes sense that they have an equally broad understanding of the CAD models they import as well as of the CAM tools at their disposal. The following is an overview of the critical aspects of both issues, as they relate to today's powerful PC-based technology.
Defining Geometry
A good way to begin is to understand how CAD systems define 3D geometry. There are three basic ways:
- Wire frame models are simple stick model representations of a solid. Wire frame modelers that only save the stick model do not work with the true mathematical surface data, but may be able to produce shaded images, though not reliably. However, they cannot produce very accurate 3D tool paths because not enough information is stored in the data file.
- Surface modelers create true mathematical models of the surface of an object. The object may be represented graphically as a wire frame structure, but in this case, the entire continuous surface is defined with mathematics. Even though it was constructed of many individual entities joined or linked together, it is now defined as one complex surface. The important difference here (between a surface modeler as opposed to a wire frame model) is that the surface model mathematically describes the entire surface, not just the points that make up the wire grid.
- Solid modelers also have the ability to represent surfaces. However, a solid modeler also saves the information about how the various surfaces meet, which allows for Boolean operations such as addition or subtraction of volumes. A solid model is created by using cubes, cylinders, cones, spheres or extrusions of shapes. It is a fully enclosed model and has volume.
Solids can be added, subtracted or intersected with one another to create the desired finished part. Entire edges of a part can be easily rounded with one command. In the same way, intersecting surfaces can be filleted. All edges are automatically trimmed as the model is constructed. Solid modeling, however, is not without limitations as CAD/CAM Publishing pointed out in the October 1995 issue of CAD Report: "...no solid modeling system is yet capable of doing complex free-form surfaces well. If your products look like a car dashboard or fender or even Microsoft's curvy mouse, you'll need to stay with surface modeling for a while longer." The technology necessary to machine surfaces directly from solids is still lacking because of the inherent problems of doing the tens of thousands of Boolean operations necessary to create tool paths from solid geometry.
Some solid modeling systems are based on a concept known as boundary representations (B-reps). It is important to remember that a B-rep solid is simply a collection of trimmed surfaces that allows for operations that span more than one surface. The fundamental mathematical definition of the surfaces is the same in solid models as it is in surface models.
Regardless of how solids are created, operator visualization of models can be greatly enhanced if the system has a fast, interactive graphical display. Wire frame representations of surface models can be quickly rotated to visualize the entire model, then stopped at any point, and rendered in seconds. In addition, display and manipulation of a shaded surface model is now possible on a PC with CAM software that has been written to support Open GL, the 3D Graphics Library defined by Silicon Graphics. This option works best with a high-end GL graphics card.
Importing Surfaces And Solids
Because customers are supplying both surface and solid models to machine shops, a truly universal CAM system must be able to import both types of geometry. And this capability will only become more important as more companies move to PC-based solid modelers. Terry Wohlers, an independent consultant with Wohlers Associates, had this to say about CAM's role in the onslaught of Windows-based solid modelers: "As this market develops, so will the need for CAM products that can machine the model data produced by these solid modelers. CAM products that support SAT, STL and other popular file formats will be the favorites. Those that don't will be left in the dust."
If the terms SAT and STL are unfamiliar, it may because they are relatively new to the commercial world of CAD/CAM. Both provide a means of exchanging solids between systems, and one is particularly important as it is favored by a growing number of ACIS-based solid modeling systems.
ACIS is a B-rep type of solid modeling kernel developed by Spatial Technologies, (Boulder, Colorado), which many popular PC-based solid modelers use as their mathematical foundation for defining geometry. Any system using ACIS as its geometric engine can save its files in the SAT file format. For solid models created on ACIS-based CAD systems, the ACIS SAT file format can be used to bring a solid model into the CAM system as a surface model. Solid modeling systems that do not use the ACIS kernel use other file formats such as STL.
If the solid modeler is not ACIS-based, then files may be imported via IGES. An entire solid model can be represented in IGES as trimmed surfaces (IGES 144 entities). For machining, it is unnecessary to stitch together these surfaced faces because they have already been trimmed to one another. The volume data which the original solid model contained is lost when the data is converted into the IGES surfaces format. This is no cause for alarm, however, because volume data is not used in machining. For example, to machine a die cavity that produces an auto fender, only the skin of the fender is machined, not the volume that would be represented were it a solid object.
Some CAD vendors interpret entities in a slightly different way than is defined by the IGES standard. Some create entities that are not compliant with any of the standard IGES entities. These variations on IGES standards are sometimes called "flavors." In order to be of use for a wide variety of CAD systems, an IGES translator must be user-configurable to accommodate different flavors.
Machining Complex Models
There are two primary methods for cutting complex models:
- Generating the tool path from the surfaces and the tool geometry while applying edge protection to the surfaces, or
- Generating the tool path directly from the solid, using Boolean operators and accounting for the sweep volume of the tool. The direct, swept volume method of generating tool paths on a solid requires a substantial number of calculations based on the intersection of the solids involved because it must be continuously calculated as the tool moves along.
Because the mathematical solution used to directly cut solids is complex, the likelihood of encountering an unsolveable situation on a complex portion of the model is many times greater than if the tool paths are being generated from a surface model. When solid modelers are unable (for whatever reason) to perform an operation, they will return an error message to the operator. This can happen regularly on a simple model built with only fifty solid operations. Given this, consider tool path generation on a complex model where it is not uncommon to generate 10,000 to 100,000 individual tool path moves! The likelihood of one failure on this many moves is very high, therefore direct cutting is not yet practical. The ability to cut solids directly with the same reliability that we can currently cut surfaces will probably not be available for a few more years.
The most flexible method used for cutting complex models tessellates the part into a multi-faceted polyhedron. This method is flexible because it works on surfaces as well as solids. The surface of the polyhedron consists of a large number of triangles (facets). The number of facets is determined by the user's input of the accuracy requirement of the tool paths. The accuracy for a finished tool path is typically between 0.0005 and 0.0001 inch, but can be smaller if desired. The mathematical solution of the intersection of the tool geometry with a series of facets (which are actually a series of planes) is much quicker and more reliable than the method required to generate tool paths direct from solids, hence the tool path generation is many times faster. The way in which a CAM system approaches the mathematics required to generate tool paths is the single biggest factor determining the system's speed. No amount of software coding wizardry or lightning speed hardware can make a CAM system the fastest if it fundamentally approaches the problem of tool path generation using a slower technique.
Cutting Features
But mathematics is only half of what a good CAM system is about. The other half is generating accurate tool paths that take good machining practice into account. And to this end, there are some important features that more advanced systems provide. For example:
- Gouge-Free Tool Support--It's important that any CAM system offer tool geometry support for squarenosed, bullnosed and ballnosed end mills, with full gouge avoidance on each. Each tool has advantages in machining various shapes. The better CAM systems do not limit the operator's choice of which tool is best for the job. Rough cutting with bullnosed tools is faster, and depending on the situation, bullnosed tools can also be effective for finish cutting.
- Surface Edge Protection--Individual surfaces that make up a surface or solid model may have small or sometimes large gaps. This is true even with a solid model if there are free form surfaces involved. How the gaps are handled differs among CAM systems. Some simply will add a straight line between the surfaces on either end of the gap, but this can be dangerous as it may gouge. The more reliable method is to "edge protect" each of the individual surfaces. With this method the tool path is guaranteed not to gouge the interior or edges of the surface.
- Tool Path Bounding--The ability to limit the extent of the tool path, so that only a portion of the model is cut, is an extremely useful CAM feature. Any arbitrary boundary should be available to the operator. For quick tool path generation, the bounding needs to be done at the time of tool path creation rather than having to wait until the full tool path is generated. That's particularly consequential in cases where a portion of the model is all you want to cut anyway.
- Fixed Distance Step-Overs And Scallop Height Control--CAM software should allow the user to both specify a fixed distance between each cut or to specify the maximum scallop height and maximum surface tolerance. The CAM system then generates the proper step-over to develop the shortest possible NC code and the fastest machining cycles possible.
- Feed Between Moves--Tool path generation usually follows rows as it cuts the parts. When the tool comes to the end of a row, the CAM system must decide how to position the tool at the start of the next row. Sometimes a simple "up and over" algorithm is used, but watch out, this can gouge the part if the system does not check for possible gouging. Better systems will have the option of following the part geometry in the transition to the start of the next row, in addition to full gouge avoidance.
- Gouge Checking Of Lead-In And Lead-Out Moves--The lead-in move refers to the positioning of the machine tool at the start of the first cutting row. It is important that the CAM system have a variety of options in generating this move and the corresponding lead-out move. The CAM system should ensure that both the lead-in and the lead-out move do not gouge.
Cutting Methods
The common methods of cutting complex models, whether solids or surfaces, are z-level roughing, z-level finishing, planar, single surface flow, multi-surface cutting (which also includes radial cutting), and project cutting. To give the machinist optimal control, the CAM system should be able to cut any specified portion of the entire model using any of these cutting methods.
Z-level roughing is the most efficient way to remove the majority of excess material when cutting a part. This method slices a model with constant z-level planes to generate paths which can then be spiral or zigzag cut. If there are overhanging areas on the part, it is important that the CAM system avoid gouging with the shank of the tool in addition to the tip.
Z-level finishing is the best way to finish areas of a part that are almost vertical. It is important that the operator can apply a boundary curve to limit the area of path generation.
Planar cutting is the oldest and most well-known method of cutting complex models. It allows the operator to generate parallel planar tool paths over any number of underlying surfaces. Current systems vary widely in the speed and quality of the tool paths generated. Even systems that claim to generate gouge-free tool paths may fail and gouge on complex shapes. If you are choosing a new CAM system, be sure to test the system on the most complex part you are likely to cut.
Single surface flow cutting may be the preferred method of cutting when a part's geometry is defined by only a few surfaces. This type of cutting follows only a single surface at a time, but the tool path can be gouge-checked against any number of surrounding surfaces. This method leaves the best surface finish.
Multi-surface flow cutting is a powerful feature and worth inquiring about. Flow cutting can be used to great advantage to optimally machine a part that is boomerang shaped, or has a bend, or many bends. The tool paths can be created so they flow along or across a specific flow surface. Flow cutting can be used to produce fine detail on a part, mold or die that is shaped like a wheel. For example, the detail on a wheel mold (or any round or oval shape) can be cut with the tool paths direction controlled to whatever will produce the best results. This also allows for radial cutting and cutting around the circumference of a part.
Project cutting is useful when machining an irregularly shaped part (or portion thereof) with a particular 2D tool path, as for engraving. It is important that the CAM system can create this tool path, project it onto the complex model, and cut it with full gouge avoidance.
But which of the above mentioned geometry modelers and cutting methods are most important? The truth of the matter is that they all are, or at least may be, depending on the job at hand. Smart shops will avail themselves of CAD/CAM technology that is both powerful enough and flexible enough to handle all new challenges as they come. The good news is precisely that technology is affordable today.


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2013 NFL Draft: Division-II Star Jordan Roberts Runs Down NFL DreamApril 20, 2013
No matter where you play, if you have the talent, somebody will find you.
That is the motto of nearly every small-school football player with NFL dreams, and it definitely applies to Charleston running back Jordan Roberts.
Roberts isn't only trying to defeat the odds of finding NFL success as a Division II player, but he also hails from a state that only has two active pro players.
The school of Charleston has also only produced seven NFL players, with only two of them actually being drafted and neither of them higher than the 12th round. Roberts would also be the first Golden Eagle to don an NFL jersey in nearly half a century.
"It means a lot to represent West Virginia," said Roberts, who grew up in Madison, West Virginia and attended Scott High School, which is only 30 minutes away from his home. "There [aren't] a whole lot of NFL guys from West Virginia. It would be a great opportunity to represent the state."
Roberts wasn't highly recruited (via Scout.com) coming out of high school despite a ridiculous 3,826 rushing yards, 11.4 average yards per carry and 48 rushing touchdowns in his senior season—the yardage and touchdowns being state records. He originally attended West Virginia and also had an offer from Army.
After redshirting his first year, he played well in the Blue-Gold Game the following season, racking up 75 yards on eight carries, including a 65-yard touchdown run.
Roberts was unable to get on the field as a running back that year, but he did notch five tackles on special teams. The touchdown during the spring game helped Roberts, though.
"It gave me confidence," Roberts said. "I felt like I could play with anybody.
Roberts said being with the Mountaineers also helped with his film study, and he enjoyed being able to work against future NFL players such as Bruce Irvin and Robert Sands. He ended up leaving for Charleston because he felt like he "had a better opportunity" there.
"I felt like we could win a lot of games there," stated Roberts, who also noted that Charleston had recruited him coming out of high school and the close proximity to his home helped with his decision.
Not only would Roberts go on to win games there, but he also put together incredible numbers.
Roberts finished his senior season with 1,572 rushing yards, 204 receiving yards and 21 total touchdowns. This also included three games in which he ran for over 200 yards and a game against West Virginia State in which he ran for 301 yards before being pulled with 10:33 remaining in the third quarter.
"They took me out of the game after one series after halftime because we thought we were going to the playoffs," said Roberts.
Unfortunately, despite a 9-2 record, Charleston didn't advance to the playoffs.
"We felt like we had a lot of momentum after that game," said a disappointed Roberts, recalling not being picked for the playoffs. "We wouldn't have been beat."
The huge numbers Roberts put up led to him being named a third-team All-American, while three of his offensive linemen—Matt Farhat, Nick Lepak and George Davila—were named third-team All-Region. That wasn't his main objective, though.
"My main goal was to win games," said Roberts.
Now, Roberts is attempting to make it to the NFL. He attended the Aztec Bowl, played well and has been training at A-Game Sports Performance in West Virginia, which has helped to prepare him for his workouts.
"Just doing whatever it takes to get to the next level," Roberts said about his workouts. "It's definitely showing."
Roberts had a strong performance at the Fairmont State pro day, running a 4.49-second 40-yard dash despite measuring in at 222 pounds. On top of that, he displayed his explosive ability with a 1.53 10-yard split and 38" vertical jump in addition to his strength with 29 bench reps of 225 pounds.
Those impressive numbers caused Roberts to get interest from R.C. Fischer of College Football Metrics and an invitation to the NFL Super Regional Combine in Dallas, Texas.
"It's great to see exposure for my hard work," said Roberts. "Just going to keep working, don't get cocky or anything. Hopefully it picks up."
Roberts also stated that he has received "positive feedback" from NFL scouts, who are certainly intrigued by his combination of size and speed.
That isn't something Roberts is worried about. "I don't really think of that kind of stuff," he said, referring to his athletic ability being a notch above most. "I'm just trying to better myself each and every day. Trying to be the best running back I can be. Most important thing is I'm a team player and I want to do whatever it takes to contribute."
NFL teams are always intrigued by athletes who can play multiple roles, due to the fact that roster sizes are limited.
"My versatility, being a team player," said Roberts on what he believes are his best attributes. "As far as my versatility, I can play running back, kickoff return, special teams, slot receiver, fullback; I can play anything. I'm not limited to just one position."
Teams also are seeking players who won't create a bad image for them.
"You're not going to have any problems with me off the field," said Roberts. "I don't break any team rules, don't have any drug or alcohol problems. I'm going to be the best player I can be."
As we now approach draft day—less than a week away—one of Roberts' life goals could soon become a reality.
"It's been my dream since I've been a little kid to play in the NFL," said Roberts. "It would mean everything to me. I would be so pumped. My family would be just as pumped as I was and would be proud of me."
An NFL connection isn't usual for a D-II player, but Roberts' offensive coordinator, Jason Vrable, is now the Buffalo Bills' offensive quality control coach.
If Roberts goes undrafted, it isn't going to stop him from working toward his dream.
"If it doesn't happen, I'm not going to be discouraged," Roberts said. "I'll just keep working."
Roberts says he would like to be around his family for the draft, but being in secluded West Virginia, they may not be able to watch the draft from their home.
"I would like to get away from my house because I don't have service here," said Roberts with a chuckle. "I would have to give them my house number."
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Mike Tyson had a lot to say about Sarah Palin's alleged fling with former NBA star Glen Rice, and none of it suitable for virgin ears.
In an interview with ESPN's Las Vegas radio affiliate, the hosts of "Gridlock" asked Tyson about the allegations, made in Joe McGinnis' recently released book "The Rogue: Searching for the Real Sarah Palin."
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Tyson appeared to find the idea of Palin and Rice hilarious, sending his interviewers into cackles with shockingly offensive "commentary" on interracial sex and the former 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate.
"Glen Rice is a wonderful man," Tyson begins. "You want her to be with someone like [Dennis] Rodman. Push her guts up in the back of her head."
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My interest in genealogy started when I was a child. My dad's mom use to tell me that the family history book had been burned in a fire, but she knew we were related to Daniel Boone. I never forgot that, nor have I ever found the connection haha. Along with doing genealogy I spend a lot of my time doing photo restorations, namely for victims of Sandy through Care for Sandy, and also of family photos that I add to the books I write on our family history.
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Making Memories
It's summer time again! Since my husband and I work opposite shifts and I see so little of the kids during school time, we try to make the best of our weekends as a family. We've been exploring again! I love it and so do the kids.
My last post was on our visit to see the Civil War Reenactment in Spokane, WA in May. Then in June my husband's parents and grandmother were here visiting. We took them to see our own town. Here is my mother-in-law taking a photo of the falls here in town, while my boys enjoy the view. I believe my father-in-law was up on the deck going "put your hand in the strap. You don't want to loose that camera!" as she was leaning over the fence. There is never a lack for laughs with my in-laws. At moments they keep me shacking my head and then the next they have me laughing so hard. I'm a lucky gal to have in-laws I love.
The weekend after they were gone we went up to Metaline Falls in WA near the Canadian border. The first stop was at the Gardner Cave in the Campbell State park. Then we took a little hike up to the Canadian Border. I started out holding my five year old daughters hand to make sure she didn't fall. Eventually I realized that she was more sure footed than I was and was soon our running my big butt. On the way back the boys ran up ahead of us and had a laugh when it took my husband, myself and our daughter so long to meet them at the head of the trail. It's sad to say, but I'm out of shape, even though I have a physical job. Here are photos of the family at the Canadian Border.
The photo of the forest is to show the Canadian border. That's right, if you've never been to the Canadian border around a forested area, that is a strip of tree that is cleared out to mark the border. God forbid that our trees touch theirs. It reminds me of my kids. "Mom he's touching me!"
Then we still had time to go to the Dam near by. I forget the name of Dam. But I got some beautiful photos of the rainbows coming our of the Dam. We got lucky. They had the gates open so wide that it was flowing with full force. They said the weekend before they had them open all the way. There has just been so much rain fall up here.
We really had a lot of fun in one day. That is pretty evident by the smile on my son's face.
2 comments:
- Miriam said...
This has been our family's favorite vacation activity for many years. We would camp for a week at Beaver Lodge on Lake Gillette in one of their cabins. My brother-in-law's family would camp there, too. Then we would all go to Gardner Caves, the border, and to Boundary Dam. I have a video on my Facebook profile that was created by a news crew who was at Gardner Caves the last time we were there...if you look closely, you can see me and my family!
Sounds like you had a lot of fun...a great way to make family memories!
- Amy Coffin, MLIS said...
Great photos. That little detail about the border is interesting. I learned something new from your blog today!


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Friday, November 19, 2010
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MGH broadcasts live cases for Vascular Interventional Advances conference
Attendees at the VIVA conference watch MGH doctors perform a live complex vascular intervention
For two days in October, cameras focused on the work of the MGH Vascular Center and the Knight Center for Interventional Cardiovascular Therapy when the physicians, technicians, nurses and staff participated in 11 cases broadcast live to the Vascular Interventional Advances (VIVA) 2010 conference in Las Vegas on Oct. 19 and 20.
Kenneth Rosenfield, MD, director of Cardiac and Vascular Invasive Service, lead a multidisciplinary team of physicians who demonstrated complex vascular interventions for the more than 2,200 attendees at the conference. The physicians included Christopher Kwolek, MD, Robert Schainfeld, DO, Douglas Drachman, MD, and Joseph Garasic, MD, of the MGH Heart and Vascular Centers.
"We were able to demonstrate and convey to the audience the high level and quality of care that we offer as a result of a team effort that is always A-plus, from the cardiologists and surgeons to a supporting staff that is unmatched and unparalleled," said Rosenfield.
The demonstrated interventions included carotid artery and kidney artery stents, lower extremity revascularization and closing an aneurysm behind the knee
"The cases were performed live via satellite from five leading centers across the United State and Germany by experts who were able to demonstrate new techniques and technologies," said Michael R. Jaff, DO, medical director the MGH Vascular Center, who is on the faculty of VIVA. "The format included a faculty panel at the VIVA meeting in Las Vegas who observed and discussed the nuances of the cases with the physicians in attendance."
MGH physicians perform a case in front of the cameras in the Knight Center for Interventional Cardiovascular Therapy
This was the third time MGH had broadcast live cases to VIVA since the conference began eight years ago. This year, the team at MGH highlighted the ethical responsibilities of performing live case demonstrations. MGH developed a code of conduct for the staff that was also shared with each patient who agreed to participate.
"This is a topic of much debate nationally, and we set the standard on how to perform live cases to the highest ethical standards," said Rosenfield.
Preparing for the two days of filming took several months of preparation and coordination within the Vascular Center and Knight Center, and included coordination with Buildings & Grounds, which helped the satellite broadcasting company connect 1,000 feet of cable through the hospital, and Environmental Services, which accommodated for the Knight Center's extended hours on the days of filming.
"This was a huge effort orchestrated at multiple levels," said Rosenfield. "The cath lab team hit it out of the park and enormous credit belongs to Sharon McKenna, nursing director for the Knight Center, Janet McClintic, administrative manager for the MGH Heart Center, and Laura Haley, NP, of vascular medicine, who helped make this a huge success."
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