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Monday, October 09, 2006
Lesson 14: Dialogue Mechanics cont...Posted by Bonnie S. Calhoun at 2:33 AM
Monday, Monday...sheesh...I'm back where I started! Hope everyone had a great weekend. They're calling for snow here, on Friday! I guess the heat is gone!
Today we are continuing editing lessons from the book Self-Editing for Fiction Writers by Renni Browne and Dave King.
These lessons will be shortened overviews of the chapters and by no means should be a substitute for buying the book. I'm rereading but not posting a lot of good stuff!
Let's continue. We've been working on Dialogue Mechanics.
Here are some dialogue faux pas...
"I hate to admit that," he grimaced.
"Come closer," she smiled.
"So you've changed your mind," he chuckled.
To use verbs like these three for speaker attributions is to brand yourself as an amateur...And to stick your character with an action that is physically impossible. No one outside of hack fiction has ever been able to grimace or smile or chuckle a sentence!
We're all in favor of choosing exactly the right verb for the action, but when you're writing speaker attributions the right verb is nearly always said.
The reason those well-intentioned attempts at variety don't work is that verbs other than said tend to draw attention away from the dialogue.
There are other ways to keep your speaker attributions transparent. Don't open a paragraph of dialogue with the speaker attribution. Instead, start a paragraph with dialogue and place the speaker attribution at the first natural break in the first sentence. ("I disagree," he said. "Plungers have...)
Place the character's name or pronoun first in a speaker attribution ("Dave said"). Reversing the two ("said Dave"), though often done, is less professional. It has a slightly old-fashioned, first-grade-reader flavor ("Run spot, run" said Jane.)
After all, "said he" fell out of favor sometime during the Taft administration...LOL!
First check your dialogue for explanations. It may help to take a highlighter and mark every place where an emotion is mentioned outside of dialogue.
Cut the explanations and see how the dialogue reads without them. Better? Worse? If it's worse, then start rewriting your dialogue.
As long as you have your highlighter out, mark every -ly adverb. How many are there? How many of them are based on an adjective describing an emotion? You can probably do without most of them.
How about your speaker attributions? Any physical impossibilities? Any verbs other than said? Remember though, there are occasional exceptions, even innocuous verbs like replied or answered lack the unobtrusiveness of said.
Can you get rid of some of your speaker attributions entirely? Just drop them and see if it's still clear who is speaking.
Have you started a paragraph with a speaker attribution?
Name before noun ("Renni said") rather than the other way around ("said Renni")?
Have you referred to a character more than one way in the same scene (using different forms of their name)?
Ellipses for gaps, dashes for interruptions, right? (I'm very bad at this one, right Mimi?)
How often have you paragraphed your dialogue? Try paragraphing a little more often and see how it reads.
And now for a little fun!
You are driving in a car at a constant speed. On your left side is a big drop, and on your right there is a fire engine traveling at the same speed as you. In front of you, running side by side, are a pig and horse.
You cannot overtake them.
Behind is a helicopter chasing you at ground level.
What can you do to safely get out of this dangerous situation?
[answer at end]
I was listening to a lady who called a radio pastor.
The pastor was a wise, grandfatherly gentleman who has that calm reassuring voice that can melt all fear.
The lady, who was obviously crying, said, "Pastor, I was born blind, and I've been blind all my life. I don't mind being blind but I have some well meaning friends who tell me that if I had more faith I could be healed."
The pastor asked her, "Tell me, do you carry one of those white canes?"
"Yes I do," she replied.
"Then the next time someone says that hit them over the head with the cane," he said. "Then tell them 'If you had more faith that wouldn't hurt!'"
[Answer: Get off the children's merry-go-round]
3 Comments:
- Bernita said...6:36 AMI understand the restictions, but they may be right for the wrong reasons.
Honestly, people do smile at the same time they speak.
- Ballpoint Wren said...9:43 PMThat's a cute joke!
- Rulan said...1:15 PMHey, where have the lessons gone? Are you going to post any more?


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Calgary is situated in the foothills of the Blue Canadian Rockies, where the snow-capped mountains often look as though they are painted on the sky for an awesome sight when you have your morning coffee. The weather is moderate. Although there is a saying in Calgary 'If you don't like the weather – wait 10 minutes and it will change.'
Calgary is situated on the clear, clean waters of the Bow River – which runs out of the glacier fed Lake Louise. It was originally a popular gathering point for the Blackfoot natives. The Bow River was a place where the tree branches were material for bow and arrows. With a chinook that can blow through often, the temperatures could warm and the snow go away at any time, including the winters.Calgary is Canada's newest city and in my opinion, by far the cleanest city. With the head-offices for oil companies galore, it has the largest population of Americans outside the USA in the world. Most people share optimism and a desire to work and thrive.
A fort was established in 1875 by the North-West Mounted Police and the original founder – Sam Livingstone – was already settled in the area; The fort was called Calgary which is Gaelic for 'swift waters'.
The settlers of the area were mainly ranchers and often those 'second-sons' of aristocrats. The Canadian Pacific Railroad ran through Calgary and created a settlement of what is known as 'China Town' now as well as a landmark hotel made of sandstone – The Palliser, which is still in downtown Calgary.
Calgary was a small settlement until oil was discovered in the Turner Valley, Black Diamond area and in the early 1900′s the city started thriving. There has been no looking back. Calgary is a bustling, thriving city where it always seemed to me – about every 10 years, old dirty buildings/areas are torn down and new, clean buildings replace them. Some people don't appreciate that – but to me Calgarians definitely understand the difference between old junk and real heritage landmarks. There are old buildings that are maintained of course.
It is a transient city and may be a reason people are so friendly. My two sons were born in Calgary but that seems to be a rarity. Most people seem to come to Calgary to work. My romance story One Dance with a Stranger takes place in Calgary. My romance story Alberta Wild Rose takes place in Calgary's fascinating surrounding area (the Lost Lemon Mine) and the story I am working on now Seraphim will mainly take place in Calgary.
The book – Calgary, Spirit of the West by Hugh A. Dempsey is a great book on the history of Calgary.
Here are a few websites with information on visiting Calgary.

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Head coach Gus Poyet is refusing to take anything for granted after dragging Sunderland to within touching distance of safety.
The Black Cats looked doomed just a few weeks ago when they slipped seven points adrift of 17th place in the Barclays Premier League, and few observers gave them any chance of avoiding the drop.
However, a return of 10 points from a possible 12 - from trips to Manchester City, Chelsea and Manchester United either side of a must-win home clash with Cardiff - has rekindled their hopes to such an extent that even a point against West Brom at the Stadium of Light on Wednesday night would almost certainly be enough to preserve their top-flight status.
But having seen Crystal Palace launch an astonishing late fightback to deny title-contenders Liverpool victory on Monday evening, Poyet will leave nothing to chance.
Asked if he ever feared Sunderland had passed the point of no return, he said: "We are realistic - I have said that word here many, many times, 'realistic'. It was becoming more and more difficult.
"When you have got 10 games, you think, 'If we win four or five, we are going to be all right'. Then you have got six and you are still there - it's more difficult, no doubt.
"We hadn't won three games in a row in the whole season and we have done it now in style - Chelsea, at Old Trafford and at home against Cardiff when that was probably the biggest game of all.
"That's football, I suppose. Listen, after the game yesterday, I think we all agree that anything can happen at any time, so you need to be spot-on, especially in the Barclays Premier League.
"You need to be at an incredible level because even in other parts sometimes when a team goes 3-0 down, they think 'Let's lose 3-0 now, there's no chance we are going to get back'. But here, yes, you can come back.
"It was good that game for us, it was good. It was a little bit back to tension, back to tomorrow, to the end, to the last minute like we did at Old Trafford.
"One-nil or 2-0 or whatever score it is if you are lucky enough to be up, you need to really work hard to keep that result because it's a great opportunity."
Should Poyet complete the mission he was handed in October last year, he will head off on his summer break to enjoy a well-earned rest, although he admits there will still be hard work to be done before he can do that.
He said: "There are so many things to do, I don't know where I am going to start. But depending on Wednesday or Sunday, of course the first thing is the players.
"There are plenty of players who have been in a tricky situation without contracts, and they have been playing and they have been fighting and they have been suffering and playing with pain, and I think they deserve my first spare time, so that's going to be the first move.
"Then, I suppose, pre-season, and then a little bit of relaxation with the wife - she's going to kill me as well."


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I've been all for having each team being represented in the All-Star Game… until today.
Today just made me realize that the under-qualified and under-represented took priority over the clearly qualified, and that is an absolute shame.
You know the story by now.
Angels' ace Jered Weaver was left off the All-Star roster despite his numbers giving him a fantastic shot of reaching his 1st All-Star Game… let alone with it being in his home stadium.
It's not like Weaver was "on the fence" to begin with.
He should be in the game.
Here are Jered Weaver's statistics on the 2010 season:
8-3 record/2.82 ERA/124 K/26 BB/1.06 WHIP/.217 BAA
He ranks 1st in the American League in strikeouts, 3rd in WHIP (Walks + Hits / Innings Pitched), and holds the AL's 6th best ERA.
Looking at his 17 starts on the season, in his 8 wins, he has been great in each, going more than 6 innings in each win (going 7 or more in 5 of those 8 wins), and in his 3 losses, you could say he had a better chance to lose rather than win on that given day (allowed, 4, 4, and 6 runs in those respective losing decisions).
But looking at the games where he was given a No Decision shows that Weaver's 8-3 record doesn't do his half-season performance total justice.
In Weaver's 6 No Decisions, he had given up 2 runs or less in 5 of those 6 starts, outings by Jered that definitely should have given him a W compared to a ND.
His record could potentially be 13-3 at this point if all happened to go right on those days (it usually doesn't work out that way but let's just roll with it).
So which starting pitchers did get in to the All-Star Game? Let's run down the list here.
– Clay Buchholz, Boston Red Sox. Deserving. The kid's been fantastic this year. 10-4 record with the 3rd lowest ERA in the American League at 2.45, Buchholz no doubt deserves his 1st All-Star nod, but as we'll get into later, the key to Weaver's potential last chance of an All-Star game appearance lies in the hamstring of Clay Buchholz.
– Trevor Cahill, Oakland Athletics. Deserving. Oakland was one of 3 American League teams to have just 1 player represent their team, but Cahill represents the A's well. The 3rd youngest player on the American League roster (the 2 youngest are Rangers shortstop Elvis Andrus [21] and Rangers closer Neftali Feliz[22], the 22-year-old Cahill got a deserving selection into the All-Star Game and should have been in regardless of whether or not each team had to be represented. 8-2 record, sub-2.75 ERA, the kid is where he belongs, on the roster for the first time in his incredibly young career.
– Phil Hughes, New York Yankees. Deserving. Hughes has faltered of late, allowing 19 of his 40 earned runs on the season in his last 4 starts alone, so it's safe to say he stumbled into the All-Star Game roster. He stands at 10-2 with a less than impressive 3.83 ERA for an All-Star, but before the string of ERA-inflated outings, he was 8-1 with a 2.71 ERA, a little more telling of how his season had been going. Still a deserving 1st-time bid.
– Cliff Lee, Seattle Mariners. Deserving. He joined Ichiro as the other Mariner to be selected to the All-Star Game, and he's been downright filthy since the start. Lee's got the lowest ERA in the AL (2.34) as well as the lowest WHIP ratio (0.95!). If that wasn't enough, Cliff Lee has been as accurate and as tough to hit as any pitcher out there. His strikeout-to-walk ratio is an otherworldly 14.83… that's more than 3 times as good as the American League's next-best qualified starting pitcher… Jered Weaver. Lee is up there as one of the league's top arms, he was an All-Star shoe-in.
– Jon Lester, Boston Red Sox. Deserving. Lester's 2010 season got off on the wrong foot. After his first 3 starts, he had an 0-2 record with an ERA of 8.44 (15 earned runs in 16 innings pitched). Since that atrocious start, Lester has won 10 of 11 decisions, and cut his ERA down by more than 5 1/2 runs to be at 2.76. A top-5 American League pitcher in ERA, WHIP, strikeouts, and innings pitched, Lester deserved his 1st All-Star appearance.
– David Price, Tampa Bay Rays. Deserving. David Price has been living up to his #1 overall draft pick potential in 2010. He currently has an AL-leading 11 wins, and the 2nd best ERA (2.42), there's no way that someone should have gotten this All-Star spot over Price. He has been outstanding this year and is completely deserving of heading to the Mid-Summer Classic. Oddly enough, of the American League's 8 starting pitchers, Price is one of 6 to be making their first career All-Star appearances.
– CC Sabathia, New York Yankees. Deserving. Joe Girardi made this an easy choice, but let's not have that take away from what Sabathia has meant to the Yankees. The guy's been a straight horse for Girardi's bunch. He's thrown the 2nd most innings pitched in the AL and is tied for the 2nd most wins with 10, as well as having the AL's 7th best WHIP mark of 1.13. A worthy 4th All-Star selection for the hefty lefty.
Which brings us to our final All-Star starter…
– Fausto Carmona, right-handed pitcher of the Cleveland Indians making his first career All-Star appearance.
The only player on the roster from the Cleveland Indians (it should have been outfielder Shin-Soo Choo to be the Indians representative if anybody). So this was really the "have-to-put-somebody-in" pick for the AL.
On the season, Carmona's 7-7 with a 3.69 ERA, and a 1.29 WHIP ratio. Carmona's 7 wins is the lowest of the AL All-Star starters. His 7 losses is the most of the AL All-Star starters (the next lowest is 4). His 3.69 ERA is the 2nd worst of the AL All-Star starting pitchers, and by a slim margin.
Let's compare Carmona's 2010 numbers to Weaver's 2010 numbers side-by-side:
Weaver- 8-3 record/2.82 ERA/124 K/26 BB/1.06 WHIP/.217 BAA
Carmona- 7-7 record/3.69 ERA/57 K/39 BB/1.29 WHIP/.250 BAA
Who has more wins? – Weaver
Who has fewer losses? – Weaver
Who has a better ERA? – Weaver
Who has been tougher against hitters? – Weaver
Who is clearly the more deserving pitcher here? – Weaver
In conclusion, Weaver has won more, lost less, held a lower ERA by close to a full run, struck out over 60 more batters, walked 13 fewer batters, allowed fewer baserunners, and allowed allowed fewer hits to opposing batters.
No-brainer, right?
Wrong, buddy.
Because of the "everybody gets represented" rule, Carmona, the clearly inferior pitcher in this comparison gets the All-Star nod because his team had nobody else to put in. Let's be clear here, the Indians are not what you'd call an above-average baseball team (32 wins is tied for the 3rd lowest in all of baseball). The Indians would need way more than Rick "Wild Thing" Vaughn, Willie Mays Hayes, and Pedro Cerrano to even be considered a middle of the pack ballclub (but shipping off Cy Young winners CC Sabathia and Cliff Lee as well as All-Star catcher Victor Martinez in the past few years kind of put them in this spot).
This representation rule lets fans know that it's about quantity over quality.
Statistically speaking, was Fausto Carmona more deserving than Jered Weaver? No.
But representatively, he was "more deserving" because the Indians had no one from their team selected while the Angels already had Torii Hunter penciled in as a reserve.
It's ridiculous to me, but hey, it is what it is. Me writing this won't tell Joe Girardi to get up and erase Fausto's name out and throw that lanky kid Weaver's name in there instead.
So as it stands, Jered Weaver is left out of the All-Star Game… for now.
But back on June 26th, BoSox' All-Star right-hander Clay Buchholz injured his hammy while running the bases, and this injury might just set him on the Disabled List, potentially paving the way for Jered Weaver to be his All-Star replacement. If this indeed happens (it appears likely Buchholz will miss his next start), don't sleep on Felix Hernandez, though. His 6-5 record doesn't quite do him justice, but when you look at the numbers, the scales tip in Jered's favor if you had to pick between him or King Felix for the spot.
Update: Andy Pettitte selected through player voting to replace Buchholz
The "every team needs to be represented" rule isn't just negatively affecting the American League (I could also get into the snubs of deserving guys like Kevin Youkilis, Michael Young and Andy Pettitte, Alex Rios even?), it's just as prevalent if not even more so in the National League.
Let's first look at the case of Cincinnati Reds' first basemen Joey Votto (a first-half National League MVP candidate, I might add). Despite being in the top-5 in the National League in batting average (.312), home runs (19), RBI (57), runs scored (53), on-base percentage (.412), slugging percentage (.572), and OPS (.984)… Votto is still not on the team. It's tough to make the squad when you're competing against guys like Albert Pujols, Ryan Howard and Adrian Gonzalez (all who made the team), and it wouldn't make much sense to carry 4 first basemen, but in this case, it would have.
You're telling me outfielder Michael Bourn of the Astros, hitting a not-so-eye-popping .260 with 20 RBI is more deserving than Joey Votto because he didn't have another player on his team worthy of being an All-Star? I know they don't play the same position and hence couldn't fill the same roster spot but still, come on, really?
Let's also take a look at Mat Latos, the talented 22-year-old starter for the San Diego Padres. The youngster's been unbelievable for the Pads this year, putting together a 9-4 record with a 2.62 ERA and a league-best 0.96 WHIP ratio. The guy's had 5 outings of 7 or more innings without allowing a run this year and has been instrumental in vaulting the Padres to the National League's best record as it currently stands.
He didn't make it either. However, Brewers' hurler and All-Star-elect Yovani Gallardo injured an oblique muscle… which may just lead to a more than deserving All-Star nomination for the youngster Latos (a similar case could easily be made for the Mets' Mike Pelfrey as well).
The biggest snub in my mind is Miguel Olivo, catcher for the Colorado Rockies. How in God's beautiful green earth he isn't the starting catcher for the NL is beyond me. Fan voting put Yadier Molina (really? … the guy isn't even hitting .230!) in for his 2nd career All-Star appearance (another part of the All-Star game that needs to be altered somehow is the usage of fan voting… read on to see my solution). And the reserve catcher nomination went to the Braves' Brian McCann. I can deal with McCann being an All-Star, but not Molina. Here's why.
Here are the statistics of those three backstops: (bold indicates the best mark among the 3 players)
Molina- .229 avg./3 HR/31 RBI/12 XBH/16 R/.309 OBP/.302 SLG/.611 OPS
McCann- .265 avg./10 HR/34 RBI/23 XBH/38 R/.381 OBP/.449 SLG/.830 OPS
Olivo- .307 avg./11 HR/39 RBI/22 XBH/37 R/.363 OBP/.538 SLG/.901 OPS
It's safe to say that this year, Yadier Molina isn't quite in McCann or Olivo's class. But yet, there he is. Starting in the All-Star game despite hitting 78 points lower than a guy who isn't even on the squad. Of those 8 statistical categories, Olivo is best in 5 of them amongst the three listed catchers, and loses 2 of those categories by only 1 extra base hit and 1 run scored.
Fact: there will always be snubs. Somehow, someway there will always be at least 1 All-Star snub.
Problem: fan voting, while necessary to give baseball fans a feeling of importance that they can potentially select the starting lineups all by themselves, is not implemented in the best possible way.
Quick and easy two-part amendment/solution to avoid roster snubs and to just plain "get it right":
#1.) First, get rid of the "each team gets represented rule." If you're deserving, you're in. If you're the best player on a bad team and you don't meet the qualifications for an All-Star bid, too bad. Some form of equal representation will not unfairly help you get in over someone else whose team already has somebody into the All-Star Game.
Case in point: if you're good enough, you're in. Doesn't matter if you already have a player from your team on the roster or not, if your season's numbers should earn you an All-Star appearance, you'll be rewarded for your performance fairly.
#2.) Second, to select All-Star starters, you take a little bit of both in regards to the current system. What I mean by this is that you effectively combine how All-Star starters are selected (fan voting) and how reserve All-Stars can be appointed (All-Star manager's selection). What you do is you allow fan voting to take place, but once voting ends, you take the top-3 vote-getters at each position, and the manager will choose the most deserving of those 3 to be the starter at that particular position. You still allow fans to have a say in who could start in the All-Star Game, and with the manager's approval, you just about eliminate the chance that an oft-injured fan-favorite who has spent most of the season on the DL will start in the All-Star Game, leading to at least 1 fewer snub if that were the case.
Case in point: who the All-Star team's manager views as the best player of the fan-voted top-3 at each position will be appointed a starting job in the All-Star game. It keeps the fan in a position of power without completely stripping fans of their individual vote's significance, and by the manager selecting 1 of the top-3 vote-getting players at each position, I feel that this could be a reasonable and realistic solution for the All-Star Game and its rosters to be almost as right as they could possibly be
Enough of hearing about the snubs, it's time for the All-Star game to get a face-lift.
Heck, if the All-Star Game can change it's rules to where the outcome of the game decides something unbelievably important (who gets home field advantage in the World Series), why can't it change its rules to where the Mid-Summer Classic rewards baseball's best players, regardless of team, instead of rewarding a decent player on a team that can't seem to rack up more than 8 wins in a month over a guy who is clearly deserving but already has his club represented in the game?
We all know that something has to change. There's nothing worse than seeing a guy you pull for being snubbed in favor of some middle-of-the-road guy on a last place team… the sentiment Angel fans are currently feeling.
It's just not right.
And it's time that that changed.
If you have any resolutions that you'd like to see implemented into the All-Star Game, feel free to comment or let me hear it on Twitter by replying to @TheHalosBlog!


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You know, it's so nice to stop by the site and find such polite discourse on such a relevant topic that has never been discussed before.
Can you smell the sarcasm from your chair?
Did I force you to click the button to open this thread? No. Did I force you to read it? No. Did I force you to post? No. Are you making an idiot of yourself by interupting perfectly good conversation? Yes.
This isn't an OS vs. OS thread, which you may have noticed if you read the posts, perhaps next time, instead of posting an unneeded one or two liner for no good reason, you will take time to read the posts, and post a better comment.
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No, you didn't force me to respond. I did because I felt I had a few couple points.
1. This is a os vs. os thread, whether you intended it to be or not. You mentioned two os's in your first thread, and the title was an os itself. Just because you stated that you used and liked both did not mean you weren't comparing the two anyway.
2. Yes, I understand that all you were saying is that all the people basing one without looking unbiasly at the situation are irritating you. Fine. But you are still rehashing old stuff (thus the disclaimer concerning the cross-posting), and I am just as upset at seeing the same thing over and over as you are seeing people unfairly basing windows over and over. I guess you feel you have the right to say such and others don't.
Also, nice touch concerning my penis. When did you become so interested? Is this high school?
Maybe you could step back and take a minute or two to find out why you felt the need to take the conversation down several levels...maybe it is because there is some truth to my post....
You are both correct. This is posted about too much. However, peopel are still bashing OSes without knowing how to use them. An endless cycle, but sooner or later the ones bashing will catch on and learn, rather than constantly bicker and whine.
No need for name calling or penis discussions, so let's end it here. The point was taken and gotten across, on both sides. We want people to give each OS an equal chance and actually ask questions instead of complain, and others want to stop hearing us complain about the bashers.
So let's drop it, for the sake of sanity and happiness on the, please?
PST, didn`t my post refer to AIX and a fault that occured due to a coding error in the IP Stack? yes I believe it did....in my effort to stress that there are errors in OS's due to coding and that people get annoyed when these things occur. Hence why when the aforementioned AIX error happened we spoke to IBM, and they released a patch to fix it.
So, in fact I was just adding another reason why folks complain about OS's..
And you really need to hold back on the preaching, it comes across as rather misguided and based around the sole point of telling us how an OS is only as good as the guy who admins it, which for those of us who do this every day in our jobs our only far to aware off.
And to Microburn, sorry to warp your thread, I just am growing a little tired or pro windows, pro linux, pro BSD comments (true, I may make the odd one, but anyway).
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Ron1n, if it doesn't work, ask for help. Simple enough, so stop complaining.
see there you ago again, not reading. My post was on the fact that problems occur in the code and that the piss people off, so they complain, the same way you complain when there is a fly in your soup, or when your hotel room sucks, or your burger is burnt, and that this needs to be kept in mind, folks complain about windows because they use it often, and when it breaks many times it is indeed their fault, but sometimes it is not, and sometimes Solaris breaks and the same reasons apply, and so on and so on. Add in the Windows is such a nice easy target, and you get lots of posts on why people think it sucks, but you know what who really cares? If you are happy in the knowledge that your OS works then be happy with that, the folks down who do this stuff everyday know this, see this, work with this, and your constant criticisms of Admins, many of whom I`m sure far eclipse you in a)knowledge and b) experience, is rather annoying, yes some admins screw it up, but many of them do not, and many of them work long days and then come home and read up on stuff that you probably get to work on when you are not in class.
Do you see this? do you understand this? Or do you just wish to go back to your same old point? As I am not complaining at all...damn dude, you are rather exhausting to chat with....do you have any other points to make? or will you continue to state the obvious? (such as if you need help ask for it).
You know what, whatever your next (inevitable) post proclaims is fine and correct, because you really do not seem to get it. So no more replies from me, and feel happy in your next post.
This is not an OS vs. OS thread, I am not comparing any two OS', I am saying, I am sick of the Microsoft bashing, because it is everywheres, when in fact, they do not deserve it, they work hard on their products, and their products are good, if you take the care to acctually figure them out, and secure them, etc, as you should do with anything. How about we focus on this for the point of the thread now, instead of the later of the posts.
ok, back to the thread topic, and in no way MS bashing.
Yes they produce a decent product, and yes it works fine.
BUT (always a but) are you sure they release patches to make you safe? or to protect themselves from bad publicity? Does redhat do this? do Sun do this? I fear they all are in some way motivated by the fact that they want to continue to turn a profit, so thats partially why we get patches, economics in action, if MS (redhat, or sun) could get away without releasing security pacthes then would they?
David Aucsmith, who is MS security architect this week spoke at the E-Crime congress in london and said that Windows 95 came with no security features are, and 1995 wasn`t a hacker/virus free year so why wasn`t it on their minds then?. So, one possible train of thought to follow from this is that security is now in there because thats what users want, and thats what sells.
Now, the Linux community used to be able to use this as a bashing point because Linux was free, so therefore the community was fixing patches to fix them, however, this may no longer be the case as you have to pay for some of the Distros now, so economics is once more relevant.
And yes, bashing Windows because it is somehow perceived as the cool thing to do really doesn`t help anyone.
....so sick of this topic.
Both OS's have issues. I dont like either, but dont have the time or knowledge to write my own...so I deal.
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MINNEAPOLIS -- Trevor Plouffe had been pushing for a while to get back into the Minnesota Twins lineup. The timing of his return turned out to be perfect against the Detroit Tigers.
Plouffe celebrated his 27th birthday on Saturday with three hits, including a two-run homer, in the Twins' 6-3 win over the Tigers.
In his first game after missing 22 because of a concussion and left calf strain, Plouffe was a triple shy of the cycle.
"I like swinging up here," Plouffe said. "It's good to be back. I've been itching to come back and be back with the boys, especially this series against the Tigers. It's a big series for us whenever we play them. I'm just happy to be back."
With Plouffe providing the offensive spark, Twins starter Samuel Deduno (3-1) won his third straight decision since being recalled in May. He has allowed only five earned runs in his last five starts.
Deduno gave up two runs and seven hits in seven innings. Glen Perkins added his 16th save in 18 chances.
Plouffe provided some long-awaited production from third base for Minnesota. Jamey Carroll and Eduardo Escobar had split time at third during Plouffe's absence and went 10 for 89 (.112) with no home runs.
Plouffe had returned from a concussion on May 30, and was scheduled to be in the starting lineup then, but he injured a calf before the game and went back on the disabled list.
"He stepped right back in there, and that's what they said down there," Minnesota manager Ron Gardenhire said of reports he received on Plouffe from his rehab assignment with Triple-A Rochester.
A first-round pick by the Twins in 2004, Plouffe has been plagued by injuries and inconsistency throughout his career. He started to show promise last year during a mid-summer power surge and finished with 24 home runs in 422 at-bats.
But the injuries, especially to his legs, continued to nag him, which led to changing his warmup routine before Saturday's game. Plouffe said he has started a routine in which he rides an exercise bike for 10 minutes to warm up his legs.
Plouffe -- who homered twice on his birthday last year -- nearly homered a second time Saturday, but the ball hit high off the left-field fence, and he was thrown out at second base.
"One thing I didn't come back with is more speed, so I realized that pretty quick," Plouffe said.
After missing his previous start with shoulder stiffness, Anibal Sanchez struggled with pitch location and only lasted 3 2/3 innings for Detroit. Darin Downs (0-2) gave up three runs and five hits in relief of Sanchez, and took the loss.
Sanchez was done two batters after Plouffe's homer, after he issued his season-high tying fourth walk. Sanchez was deemed healthy enough to pitch after he went 10 days between starts because of a troublesome shoulder.
Sanchez and manager Jim Leyland said Sanchez was didn't have the usual velocity on his fastball.
"I feel good at this point," Sanchez said. "Even right now I don't feel anything in my shoulder. Don't know for what reason I don't throw hard."
After walking two batters to start the second, Sanchez was met on the mound by Leyland and Detroit's trainer. He stayed in the game, but walked two more batters.
The homer by Plouffe was the first Sanchez allowed to a right-handed hitter this season. He has given up four home runs in seven starts after not allowing any in his first six.
"I wanted to be careful with Sanchez," Leyland said. "I was a little concerned, that's why I went out early on, but the good news is he's healthy. He felt fine. Probably a little sluggish just trying to get his rhythm back and mechanics back.
"He'd been idle for a while. I was concerned originally but then yeah, I felt pretty comfortable, he was all right. He wasn't himself, obviously, but I didn't really expect him to be. I didn't want to push it too hard."
Minnesota had its biggest offensive output since June 2, a span of 11 games, and Deduno made the runs stand up.
The young right-hander, who starred in the World Baseball Classic for the Dominican Republic, gave up nine hits and six runs at Detroit in his first start of the season on May 24. He has allowed two runs or fewer in his last four starts and has helped solidify the Twins' trouble in the rotation.
"I got my confidence when I start, like working and pitching," Deduno said. "When I get behind in the count, that was the problem. But when I'm throwing and get ahead of the count, everything is working like it did tonight."
Deduno also escaped trouble with the help of key defensive plays behind him -- two by Plouffe. Detroit had two runners thrown out at the plate, one by shortstop Pedro Florimon in the third and one by right-fielder Chris Parmelee in the sixth.
Game notes
Minnesota sent OF Wilkin Ramirez, on the disabled list with a concussion, to its facilities in Florida on Saturday to start doing baseball work. Twins general manager Terry Ryan said Ramirez could start a rehab assignment with the Fort Myers Miracle next week if all goes well. ... Peralta has a nine-game hitting streak against the Twins. He has hit safely in 45 of his last 55 games and owns a .333 batting average, third best in the American League ... P.J. Walters (2-1, 2.49) will start on Sunday for the Twins. Walters, called up on May 24, has allowed one earned run over his last two starts in 13 1/3 innings. He will be making his fifth major league start of the season. Detroit will counter with Doug Fister (5-4, 3.28 ERA). Fister has gone at least eight innings and allowed three runs in each of his last two outings, but lost both. He is looking to break a personal three-game losing streak.
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Whenever the subject of school shooting rears its head, someone has to point out that it's a topic for overly-privileged kids. The mere act of talking about privilege in this context is a display of a lack of empathy, not a clever critique of society. It also misses the point, and why school shooting became so iconic. To understand that you have to understand what a terror attack is.
A terror attack isn't one where people simply get hurt. Killing isn't even the main objective. Terror is communicative violence, its purpose is to attack an icon and make everyone connect that icon to the event. Notice that the most famous terror attacks are always connected to a major place. The twin towers aren't just big, but in an iconic place in an iconic city. The purpose was to make us always fear whenever we're near that ground, and many will be near that ground since it's so iconic. Terror attacks are meant to devastate us, to cause emotional damage far beyond the initial event.
Jennifer Brown generally takes the well-worn narrative of the school shooting, that of a bullied kid having his revenge on the world. Consciously or unconsciously though, she's aware of the meaning of a school shooting, its similarity to a terror attack. Her book isn't so much about bullying but about the devastating effect of a tragedy.
Although written in the typical form of a Young Adult novel – minimalist, first-person, a whole lot of reflection and emotional confession – the book tries to break outside its main character's head. In the end of the novel Brown wrote this was Valerie's story, and the structure may fit this but the content doesn't. She's a character as much as she is a window for us to witness the effect of tragedy on people.
Thankfully, Brown tries to grasp the complexity and psychology in the fallout of tragedy. Everyone reacts differently. Some stick to their old ways. Others radically change it. Some are angry, others become forgiving because what's the point? Tragedy doesn't make us into angelic beings. You actually can't predict what tragedy will make of us.
Brown doesn't manage to capture it with enough complexity to have impact. Only in the end there is a truly profound moment, one where the fragility of being human is captured. A short inscription on the grave of the shooter gets it. His grave is pushed aside with a small epitaph because he is the killer after all, but the killer had a mom who loved him after all. It echoes Susan Klebold's article, or any interview with a parent of a killer. Victims had families who will never be the same again, but the killer also had a family who loved him.
A good chunk of the book is about this, about carrying on knowing the person you loved is a killer. I wish Brown would've delved into this dilemma more deeply, but then again this is extremely difficult. The highlights are the moments where Valerie is allowed to reminisce about the good times, and where she's trying to connect what she knew of Nick to the violence. In these moments, despite the lack of character development, she finds some emotional punch.
Like many a Young Adult novelists, Brown's characters are driven by emotion, not a psyche that's unique to them. She has enough empathy that her characters react in various ways. Even the assholes who don't change, who become more asshole-ish still come off as human being. Their point of view is there in front of us. Sure, it sucks for Valerie, but it also sucks for the father. His character is the most interesting since he's supposed to be the least sympathetic – the father who abandons his family for a younger woman. His behavior never goes against this archetype, but in subtle moments we're allowed to understand him and why he'd go after someone younger.
The portrayal is complex because of the variety of reactions. The problem is these are just reactions floating around, not tied to anything. Those few who get developed don't end up as anything interesting. Nick is a typical sexy outcast – thin, listens to Rock music and can quote Shakespear. Bullying in this novel isn't quite convincing, since Nick too often plays like a sexy mysterious guy. It's not overdone, but nothing about him is especially weird. Bullies seek the weirdo, the one who isn't flamboyent, doesn't rebel and doesn't have anything to offer but weirdness.
Likewise, it's hard to think of what we learned about these characters. They're human enough, but the complexity is too vague. It's all outlines which are good enough, but I'm left here constructing their psyche. For once, minimalism betrayed the story. This story needed some inspiration from Dreisser, long slow moments that show who they are beyond the tragedy. Brown focuses so much on the effect of tragedy she creates people who have no lives outside of the tragedy. It's only half the work.
It's a shame, because otherwise Brown proves to be more capable than her peers. YA has a lot of talented writers, but they capture the spirit, the energy of youth without enough depth. These are enjoyable books, but mostly as research material before you write your own. Brown does a little better by widening her perspective, and so the novel is not just the story of Valerie but of everyone and how they deal with grief, how they cope with the tragedy. If only we could get a little deeper underneath these reactions, if only we could hear more than just their voices but let us walk in their shoes. I can't tell if Brown doesn't try or is just in incapable, but widening her reach is enough to give this novel extra emotional punch.
Hate List is not a total classic in the genre, but it deserves some respect in it. Many authors could learn from Brown's wide reach, and the topic of school shooting gets a respectful treatment for once. Perhaps Brown is not just good enough to reach those heights, but she knows which mountains to climbs, what to do and so the novel has far more good in it than bad.
3 out of 5


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Micronesia citizens can get visa on arrival for travelling to Uganda as tourist. COVID travel advice is country is Moderate for travel. The stay is usually short with a period of 3 months and visa expires in 90 days. Applicant is required to be present when applying for visa and a total of 6 documents are required. You can also find useful tips from fellow travellers.
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East Africa Tourist Visa is for countries of Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda in Africa. An East Africa Tourist Visa has multiple entries within Kenya, Rawanda and Uganda and Applications for this visa shall be lodged at any of the diplomatic representation of the Republic of Kenya, Republic of Rwanda and Republic of Uganda, at the Immigration Offices of the respective countries or online where applicable. The visa costs 100 USD and has no restrictions on citizens of any country. The visa is a non-extendable multiple-entry 90-day visa that has to be first used to enter the country that issued the visa.
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The next Terminator movie has been in limbo since Megan Ellison first won the bidding war to take over the rights. And now, she's ready to move ahead. According to Deadline, Ellison who has produced movies such as The Master and Zero Dark Thirty, has finally completed the purchase of the Terminator rights from Pacificorp (who nabbed the rights when Halcyon filed for bankruptcy shortly after Terminator Salvation).
The deal has changed a little now — instead of three Terminator movies, Ellison will only make two, because there's less time left before the rights revert to James Cameron in 2019. Also, her brother David Ellison (of Mission: Impossible–Ghost Protocol Star Trek Into Darkness and G.I. Joe 2 fame) will be joining the production as co-producer. And the Ellisons are currently looking for a screenwriter to come up with a fresh new take on the series. Fingers crossed!


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