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Phoenix Coyotes Reaction To Game 5 Loss Was A Disgrace

COMMENTARY: The Phoenix Coyotes, seething after Los Angeles Kings right wing Dustin Brown flattened Coyotes defenseman Michal Rozsival late in the overtime period, lost their composure, and, as a result, the game, and the series. They embarrassed themselves, and their organization, after the game, with perhaps the most ridiculous excuses one could possibly imagine for losing a playoff series.

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LOS ANGELES — After watching and listening to the reactions of some of the Phoenix Coyotes after they lost in Game 5 of the 2012 Western Conference Finals, a 4-3 overtime defeat at the hands of the Los Angeles Kings, one would get the idea that the entire world, outside of the Phoenix metropolitan area, was against them.

That was just one of the common refrains emanating from the Coyotes dressing room after the game—they were livid about the officiating, especially after Kings right wing Dustin Brown laid out Coyotes defenseman Michal Rozsival at the Phoenix blue line late in the overtime period.

On the play, Brown was skating across the blue line, and had Rozsival lined up for a hit. A moment after the whistle blew for an offsides call, Brown nailed Rozsival, his shoulder slamming into his chest, while his left leg struck Rozsival’s left leg.

No penalty was called on the play, and Rozsival had to be helped off the ice, and into the dressing room, sending the Coyotes into such a fit of rage, that when play resumed, they had totally lost their composure. As a result, they were sloppy in their own zone on the next shift, as they all focused too much on the puck. That allowed Kings left wing Dustin Penner to move into the slot, totally unchecked, and he banged in a rebound at the 17:42 mark of the overtime period to win the game, and the series, for the Kings.

Coyotes goalie Mike Smith was beside himself.

“When Brown gets away with something like that after the whistle, knee-on-knee, that’s a dangerous play,” he said. “If [Coyotes forward] Raffi Torres gets 25 games for his hit [on Chicago forward Marian Hossa], this guy should be done forever.”

Regardless of whether or not Brown deserved a penalty, the game is played between the whistles, and once it resumed, the Coyotes had to be ready to play.

They were not.

“It wasn’t the ending we would’ve wanted, obviously, with the situation with Rozsival getting hurt, hurting his knee, and them scoring on the next shift,” said Coyotes winger Ray Whitney. “We were up in arms a little bit. We were a little flustered by that. Definitely a disappointing way to end it.”

“We have to take some blame for [giving up the goal] too, [for] not [settling] down and just keep playing,” said Coyotes captain Shane Doan. “It’s something where we could have just settled down and continued to play.”

Indeed, if the Coyotes had maintained their poise and focus on the task at hand, instead of focusing on what they thought should have been a penalty on Brown, they might be preparing for a Game 6 in this series instead of an earlier-than-desired summer vacation.

But those comments were just the tip of the iceberg, as the Coyotes went off the deep end, blaming the officials for their loss in the game, the series, and, seemingly, for everything else under the hot Arizona sun.

“It’s disappointing, for a season to end like that,” said Smith. “It’s disappointing that we not only got beaten by them, but by the officials, too.”

“It’s not just this game, it’s all season long,” added Smith. “It seems like they did everything they could to [prevent us from getting] to this position. I’m not taking anything away from the Kings. They deserve to be here. They play hard, they’re a tough opponent. But when we battle as hard as we do to get to this point—it seems like everyone was against us.”

The players then pointed their fingers at the league and its officials, claiming that there was a conspiracy against them.

“It’s a crime scene, it’s unfortunate,” said Coyotes defenseman Keith Yandle. “For us, especially, they know we don’t have an owner [the team is being operated by the league on a temporary basis], we don’t have anyone to back us up. I don’t know if it’s an easy way for [the officials] to not make calls, and not show up.”

“I know they wear the same color jerseys as them, as the Kings,” he added. “But they didn’t have to play for them tonight. [It’s] extremely frustrating. It’s something where you work for a whole season, a whole career, and for some guys, you might not get back to this. For it to be taken by some guys who aren’t playing, it’s tough.”

“Today was unfortunate, the bad officiating,” said Coyotes defenseman Derek Morris. “There’s no accountability with them, that’s the only problem. They don’t have anybody to answer to. They say that they do, but they don’t.”

Doan wasn’t far behind.

“I look back on the last two games and I still haven’t found where I got my three penalties,” he lamented. “I have absolutely no idea were they came from or what they were calling.”

For his part, Coyotes head coach Dave Tippett was not going to get caught up in any of that.

“[Complaining about the officiating is] not going to do any good right now,” said Tippett. “I think you guys should just write what you saw. If you write what you saw, you’ll see why people get frustrated.”

“You know, the players, I mean, there’s a lot of blood, sweat and tears that go into this,” added Tippett. “There’s a lot of emotion in the game. It is what it is.”

After all that, the Coyotes contradicted themselves, giving credit to the Kings.

“It feels awful, and you don’t want to be a part of it,” said Doan. “You have to give credit to LA. They played a great series. They are playing really well right now and have a bunch of guys playing well. It’s hard because you don’t want to take anything away from LA because they played unbelievably and give them all the credit.”

“You can’t credit them enough,” said Yandle. “They played awesome. Their goaltender was amazing. They’ve got a lot of great forwards, great defensemen.”

Indeed, after all the whining about the officiating, and the off-the-deep-end conspiracy theories, the truth finally came from the mouths of the Coyotes.

“This was definitely our best all-around game, from the offensive side,” Whitney noted. “We showed, the last two games, what kind of team we are. Unfortunately, we didn’t start the series the way we would’ve liked. In the end, that’s what cost us. That’s what’s disappointing. We didn’t play, at the start of the series, the way we played at the end. We just didn’t do what we were supposed to do in the first three games.”

“We played better that last two, even the last two-and-a-half [games],” added Whitney. “We were just a little too late. Our readiness to compete, at the level they were playing at, just wasn’t there for a big part of the series.”

“They played a real good series,” said Morris. “They got an early lead on us, 3-0, and we were scraping to get back. We played our best, the last two games.”

“I thought we played great,” said Yandle. “The last two games, we showed what we had. The first three games, we didn’t play as good as we had.”

To be sure, if the Coyotes had played, in Games 1 and 2, the way they played in the last two games, this series would likely still be undecided.

“I thought we had a lot of players that were a little bit awestruck in Game 1,” said Tippett. “Young players, we talked about the bar getting raised, and you’re going to have to be better. In Game 1, I think we stood around and watched the game a lot. Game 2, the first half of the game, I thought we played very well, got ourselves in it, got ourselves in penalty trouble. Really, for the rest of the series after that, it was very tight.”

“I think part of it you got to give them credit for what they’re doing,” added Tippett. “They’re playing a pretty complete game there those first few games. We went in, played a strong Game 4. Smith gave us a heck of a game. Doan gave us a heck of a game, and I thought it was a very competitive game tonight.”

“LA played well. Early in the series they played very well. Ultimately, the last two games, I thought were our best games, but they were too late. LA beat us. That’s what should be remembered, not the refereeing.”

Although Tippett remained above the fray after the game, some of his players, all part of the Coyotes’ leadership group, failed miserably, led by Doan, their captain.

Do they honestly believe the league and its officials are out to get them, and that they were in bed with the Kings? If they do, then there are some questions the Coyotes should answer:

  1. How do they explain the fact that Morris got away with an obvious knee-on-knee hit on Kings defenseman Rob Scuderi earlier in the series, that was much more blatant than Brown’s hit on Rozsival, since Brown first made contact with his shoulder to Rozsival’s chest? Also, if the argument is that the hit was late, it came just as the whistle was blown for an offsides call. Brown did not appear to have enough time to pull up.

  2. If Smith is going to complain about Brown, comparing the hit to Torres’ vicious hit on Hossa, claiming that it was far more severe than Torres’ hit, then how does he explain his vicious slash to the back of Brown’s knee earlier in the series? The only reason he did not receive supplementary discipline for that is because he is the Coyotes’ starting netminder, and the league is not going to suspend a starting goalie during the playoffs unless he maims someone. Add to that Smith’s swing-and-a-miss slash attempt on Kings center Mike Richards immediately following Penner’s game-winner—there was no penalty called—Smith really isn’t one who should be criticizing officials.

  3. How does Doan explain not getting a penalty when he cross checked Kings defenseman Willie Mitchell in the face during a pile-up in front of the Kings’ net, earlier in the series?

  4. How does Coyotes center Martin Hanzal explain snapping his head back, trying to sell a high-sticking call during Game 5, when it was clear that the stick did not make contact with his face?

To be fair, all of the Coyotes’ complaints were made right after the game, while players were just barely cooling off from the heat of the battle, and it is quite likely that more reasoned, tempered comments will be forthcoming. But really…claiming that the referees were against them, not only in this game, but all season long, and that there was a conspiracy against them, with a big reason for that being that they had no owner?

In the 15 years I have been covering the Kings and the NHL professionally, and in the 39 years I have been following them, I have never heard such outlandish, embarrassing excuses for losing in the post-season.

Indeed, Morris talked about the lack of accountability on the part of the officials. Seems to me he should be far more worried about his own team and their apparent accountability issues—blaming everyone but yourselves is not the way your team is going to improve and move forward. That is not the way it’s done in the NHL.

The sad thing is that they obviously know the real reasons that they lost the game, and the series. After all, they spelled it out in great detail—they lost their composure after Brown’s hit on Rozsival. If they had kept their heads, there is a very, very good chance that they would be preparing for a sixth game here in Los Angeles on May 24. They also admitted that they played poorly in Games 1-3, going down in the series, 3-0, and that despite putting in good efforts in Games 4-5, it was too little, too late.

It is extremely disappointing to see a team fail to step up and accept responsibility, especially when they clearly know the real reasons for their failure. Even worse, that failure now extends to their character, not just their performance on the ice.

Coyotes general manager Don Maloney should be horribly embarrassed, deeply concerned, and maybe even angry, because of the immature reactions by some of his players. These comments were absolutely disgraceful, and they certainly reflect poorly on the organization as a whole.

Stick tap to Arctic Ice Hockey for mentioning this story.

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42 Responses to Phoenix Coyotes Reaction To Game 5 Loss Was A Disgrace

  1. Margo Beres says:

    True, Shane Doan is usually the classiest of guys, unfortunately for Phoenix the players took the lead from him after the brown collision, and they never settled. They looked more intent on head hunting after that rather then play and it cost them a goal and the series end. Watching the whole series you would be stupid to say the refs cost the coyotes that series. LA has just been incredible end of story. From the goalie to their fourth line they have been a total team and deserve going to the finals.

  2. Henry Hugues says:

    wow, you lost get over it. whine like a bitch!! should be done forever? then head hunting against Chicago should be shot. remember, mike smith allowed the goals.

  3. Kingsrule20 says:

    Great article, Gann. I haven’t seen an angry handshake line since the ’96 Avalanche/Wings series.

  4. Andros says:

    All above was well said. You could not have put this story more perfectly. Yes, I’m a Kings fan, but we both know that our circles can be unbiased and call the game for what it is. And last night, the behavior by both the Coyotes organization and their fans (being when they threw trash on the ice and insisted on giving thumbs down and flipping off everyone on camera) should be ashamed of themselves. Poor losers? Not even close to describing them. I can’t count the number of times the Kings and their fans have been on the short end of things. Yet I still find it in me to applaud what has happened in front of me, historically. I guess times have changed and so have the fans and players.

  5. KFL says:

    Yandle’s comments were unreal. It’s hilarious that he says they have no owner and nobody to stick up for them. Hey dummy, THE LEAGUE IS YOUR OWNER!! If anything, they’d me more biased TOWARDS you, not against you, especially to market and sell you!

    • Mel B says:

      Ditto. I find it so hilarious that this team wants to call foul and conspiracy theories about losing. The Kings barely made it into the playoffs and everyone assumed they’d be eliminated just as fast as last time. Why would the league suddenly make it easier for an 8 Seed to win so much after ousting the favorites? C’mon. And how about the stunts they’ve been pulling on their penalties? I knew nothing about the Coyotes going into the playoffs, but there’s one thing I do know now even before this game – they define the term ‘douchebaggery.’ Smith especially.

  6. Chet Cohen says:

    Tremendous read gann. dead on. i think the officiating overall in the playoffs (all series) have been about a c grade. i think calls were blown on both sides in this series, as you highlighted in your piece. the brown play last night was 50/50 to me. but, you gotta keep playing. and it was clear that they (yotes) did not show up for that next shift. someone went after voynov and tried to send him through the glass instead of playing d, that allowed carter and penner to move into the o-zone and create that last play to win it. overall, kings outplayed the yotes and deserve to move on.

  7. Lily Siao says:

    Go Kings Go!

  8. Sonya Noblett says:

    The fans of phoenix showed how classless they are too, by throwing crap on the ice. i was in the stands and had to endure fans screaming at me about how kings suck or yelling “cheap shots”. so i just turned to them and said what their motto was all year….”get over it, its “hockey the hard way”

  9. Gordon says:

    It’s truly amazing to me that the players forget about what their team did and got away with as well. Having an owner of your team doesn’t matter one bit. The only classy comment was from Ray Whitney.

  10. Eric Sison says:

    Ask Raffi Torres

  11. TJ says:

    This comment violated Frozen Royalty’s Comment Policy and has been deleted.

    • Jack Brown says:

      Stay classy, TJ

    • Paul McCarroll says:

      Must be nice to only watch one series all year and make your judgements of of that one eh TJ?? ridiculous bandwagonners that never even watched their own team let alone any other hockey games

    • Michelle Umphlett says:

      TJ What About MIKE SMITH Takin Whacks at At the KINGS every chance he got?!?!?! CLASS ACT!!

  12. AzKing says:

    Fantastic analysis.

  13. KingsOfLA says:

    excellent read, Gann! And we all know there could be many more examples. Had the Yotes powerplay succeeded in overtime on the horrible interference penalty on Doughty when Whitney was holding HIS stick so not to have separation and make it look as though Drew was holding him up, I doubt we would be hearing a problem with the officiating from them. I suspect that they know how hard it is to get so close and many know they may never get here again. I hope the Kings realize this also and complete the journey that only one team will make. The only real problem I have with Phoenix is with Mike Smith. He was either trying to de-limb one of the Kings, or throwing both arms in the air at his own guys after being scored on. It seems he could never accept responsibility for goals against. After his theatrics against Chicago I lost all respect and he’s only made it worse. I feel for the good guys on Phoenix, but Smith NO, and Doan not so much… Their true colors really came out in the playoffs against the best team in the league!

  14. Michael Vander Ploeg says:

    To me, in a way, the handshake line is definitive of this great game’s class and sportsmanship and to see that disrespected is the ultimate downer…and the fans there? You Arizona people deserve yourselves…what a total disgrace.

  15. Mike P says:

    It was poor officiating all around. In last nights game alone Doughty was screwed 3 times (delay of game, interference and the offsides). The officials are bad, but bad in both directions. No way Browns hit deserves suspension, watch the slo-mo it was side on side, not knee on knee. Smith had an amazing series and I can understand his frustration, but too many pucks to the mask must have made him stupid to say all that BS. Hey Yotes, dont take a bad (and obvious) penalty in the offensive zone, center of the ice, when you are up two men and your season is on the line… Better team won, weaker team cried like 7 year olds after an AYSO game. I am happy that there will be another great rivalry in the west.. look out for Kings v.Yotes next year. For now, its on to the cup…GKG!

  16. lowdrive says:

    Good article. I have now dubbed them the Cryotes with their coach Tipocryte (yes he said both teams do it, but when you have a guys like Smith and Rosival diving all over the place, keep your mouth shut about embellishment), Keith Waahndle and Shane. And yes, I do think I’m very funny.

    • Gann Matsuda says:

      You’re just funny looking. :-)

    • ian22 says:

      Oh yeah, the two missed unsportsmanlike calls that should have been made. Hanzal totally snapped his head back trying to draw a high-sticking penalty that replay later showed never happened and Rozsival totally diving after a one handed stick tap from behind. The refs chose not to call penalties on the Kings on these plays having seen them for what they were (dives/embellishment, whatever) but should have called the Phoenix players for unsportsmanlike conduct. The Coyotes players clearly thought the refs are dupes.

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  18. Patty Jasper says:

    Great read Gann…. Agree with those who have mentioned the handshake line that was terrible. The stuff being thrown on the ice was pretty disgraceful too. Kings were the better team in this series, they got beat. Simple. The circumstances leading to the game winner were tough, but that’s the game. That’s hockey. Kings players should be proud of what they’ve done so far. Next stop the FINALS.

  19. Doughty99 says:

    Great read. Fwd worthy.

  20. Lance Wren says:

    Well written sir. Bottom line is the Kings took it to ’em. And they played dirty from Doan’s slam of Richards on the face off to Smith’s slashing of Richards after the series ended, the Kings embarrassed and frustrated them. It’s kind of ironic that Roszival was injured not five minutes after he tried to embellish from a tap on the legs from Penner, the. Penner is the one that scores the series winner. I’d be embarrassed to be affiliated with that team after their whining…

  21. ian22 says:

    There were quite a few missed calls on both sides. Just in Game 5 alone there were two trips on Brown that went uncalled and were even noticed by the NBC broadcast crew. Voynov throwing the puck over the glass in the defensive zone, even though he thought it was icing should have been called for delay of game. Doughty kept a puck in the offensive zone on the line and it was called offside. Doughty fell into the net and it was called delay of game. When a Phoenix player leaped over Quick his stick caught Quick’s facemask and could either have been a high stick or interference on the goalie. A Phoenix player was holding Brown down to the ice a long time after a check. I’m sure there are plenty more I’m forgetting.

  22. JoJo26 says:

    The ‘Yotes have thugs…it starts with Raffi….and ends with their Goalie. Tippett was well respected in So. Cal., mostly because he was behind an excellent power play when he was an Assistant to Andy Murray. Now, he’s just a putz…The Kings kicked your arces in Game 1 and Game 2…and the series was done. Whining only embarrasses you…Congrats on that…

  23. Bill says:

    B-O-O H-O-O. Smith whacked Brown with his Goal Stick and no call was made and no action taken. Rozaval is a punk who got his Karma pay back from a clean hit by a clean checker. Cry me a River “Los Coyotes De Phoenix”!

  24. KingsFan1968 says:

    There were missed calls on both sides,Horrible calls against Doughty,All the non calls against Brown!,Yotes had 3 pp in a row to start the game.Dirty play/cheap shots from Hanzal,Doan, Smith,Morris, ETC…YOTES have no room to complain!!! I am eating nothing but Doughnuts and Pancakes all the way to the Stanley Cup!!!

  25. Richard Hildebrand says:

    I’m embarrassed for the parents of these children. You’d never see this sort of thing in the NHL because those are grown men who have learned the respect for the game.

  26. Michael Troup says:

    Insightful article- right on. Teams and the league, make more money the LONGER a series goes. To say that the league and the officials are out to get them is rediculous- Yandle should have been wearing an aluminum foil hat while he spouted off with his conspiracy theories! That is going to be a pretty healthy fine, I would imagine. Friends who don’t know hockey often ask me ‘why all the violent contact and checking?’ The Brown hit is exactly the answer- it sends a message and disrupts the other team. You saw the result. The more disciplined, harder working, BETTER team won the series. Simple as that. But you gotta be looking forward to the Kings Stanley Cup defense next season and the first game against the Coyotes in Phoenix! It will be like the Charlestown Chiefs are in town!

  27. rick quinn says:

    Have to comment on this article because I believe it hits the target dead on. It starts with the Coyotes and their goonery on the ice and it doesn’t get any better for them after the game is over. From slashes and near misses by their goalie to cheap shots by their captain to their disgraceful fans throwing garbage on the ice after game 5, the Coyotes have proven themselves a truly classless organization and the city of Phoenix has proven themselves unworthy of a hockey team. In all the years I’ve been watching hockey, I have NEVER seen a team pull out a conspiracy theory like the Coyotes did after they lost that series. The paranoia was running rampant in that locker room. I will agree that the Coyotes played their best in games 4 and 5, but the Kings still managed to win one of those. Instead of giving the Kings credit for basically running roughshod over them, they decide to blame everyone else for their problems. Society in a microcosm right there.

  28. Brian says:

    I agree. The sportsmanship Phoenix displayed was disgraceful. Take some responsibility and leave the hard feelings on the ice.

    And have some f$*king class during the post-game handshake.

  29. rick quinn says:

    Thanks for writing a story on this Gann. I’m a transplanted Kings fan living in Denver, so I don’t see a lot of these faux-pas happening. It’s shameful that the local media can’t get it right or can’t even express an interest in a team that’s in a position to make some history. Hopefully, this good run gives the Kings some credibility with the press there…but, probably not.

  30. David Green says:

    Mike Smith is a big lazy whiner hypocritical super douche.

  31. Mreticket says:

    Hypocrites always complain about what they perceive as an injustice. The Coyotes were simply out hustled, out played, out muscled, and after the final whistle, out classed by the Kings. The post game ceremony was even disgraced by the fans. Unfortunately, it will take alot more positive events to erase this black mark on Phoenix sports teams.

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Picture This Photo Contest – January 2011

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As we kick off the New Year, what better way to start off our first Picture This Photo Contest of 2011 then with David Perry as our judge. As many of you may remember from our August 2009 Picture This, David is a phenomenal, multi-faceted photographer whose work is inspirational.  His website and blog, A Photographer’s Garden Blog are both feasts for the eye and a testament to David’s depth, creativity, and talent as both a garden photographer and writer.

20101027_ps[1]-David Perry-opening photo “Ok, my point-and-shoot-camera-lovin’ friends, you’ve all heard of time in a bottle and a tempest in a teapot, but (unless you’ve been following my blog, A Photographer’s Garden Blog at least November of last year, I’d be willing to bet you’ve never heard of “Macro in a Mason Jar” until now. And that is the theme for this month’s “Picture This” photo contest: Macro in a Mason Jar. Unlike some assignments where the kids with the bigger, fancier cameras have a distinct advantage, I’ve designed this contest just for you, point-and-shooters, but you will need to think small and get close, and you will need to find that nifty little close-up button on your camera, the one that looks like a flower symbol.

David Perry-a table lamp and small jar So here’s the dealio. This is a technique so simple, that anyone, even nervous types with coffee jitters, can get razor-sharp close ups of beautifully lit subjects without a tripod, and have a really good time doing it. Follow along with me for a minute while I show you what I mean. Then you can fire up your cameras, round up your repurposed jam, mayonnaise and peanut butter jars and start making a new kind of macro-photo magic.

What you’ll need:

1: A point and shoot camera with close-up capabilities or an SLR camera with a macro lens, or extension tubes. (Point-and-Shooters, look for the little flower symbol on a button or dial on the top of or back of your camera, and press it to turn on the close-up feature. Many little digital cameras will focus down as close as a half inch from the subject.)

2: A Mason jar, a peanut butter jar, a mayonnaise jar, a jam jar, a pickle jar . . . or all of the aforementioned.

David Perry-a side view of table lamp and jar

3: A willingness to play both with the subject you put in the jar, but also with the direction, quality and hue of the light pouring into the jar.

And here (below), are some of the exquisitely simple types of shots that you can get by shooting straight down into jars just like these. These are great practice type shots to help you get warmed up, but I’d encourage you, once you’ve got the hang of making shots like these, to try to shoot even more complex shots visually. Pictures with mystery and story.

David Perry-shot made from table and lamp set up

Now, for a quick primer on technique:

Once you’ve made any desired adjustments and framed up your shot, press your camera body downward, onto the rim of the glass jar while you depress the shutter button. The rigidity of the glass will keep the camera precisely distant, relative to the subject during your exposure, meaning that your pictures should be extra crispy sharp.

You can also add a plastic cutting sheet (as I have below), or enlist the white envelope that that latest piece of junk mail came in to serve as a reflector, softening the shadows by placing it either behind or beside the Mason jar to bounce light back into the image from another angle. Or, if you decide you need to diffuse the light from your table lamp or the window to soften the shadows, place the diffuse cutting board between the light source and the jar. You’ll be able to see the effects right away in the screen.

DavidPerry-quick primer on technique

I’d also encourage you to try to create and use “weird” light. Try shining a lamp through another jar filled with ice tea, or ice cubes and water and lemon slices right next to your shooting jar. Or bounce light off of a makeup mirror and into your shooting jar, or spritz the outside of your jar with a spray bottle, or use the want ads from the newspaper beneath the jar and wrapped around it. See how those elements can add background and shadows and other interest to the scene you’re shooting.

Notice the yellow plastic cutting board that I’m holding above the jar to color the light and give the scene an even warmer glow.

And here’s what the camera recorded. David Perry-onions-Micro In A Mason Jar

Here’s another example. An oyster on the half shell, a bit of hot sauce, and a bed of rock salt.

oyster on a hot shell-David Perry

Backing away a bit, now you can see the simplicity of the setup I used to get the shot. Note the rock salt on the outside of the jar, as well, and that I set the shot up on a white plate to help give the entire shot that high key, icy look.

David Perry-oyster on a hot shell from a distance

So, this month, I’m asking you to think small and get in close . . . to show me some essential aspect of a subject that simply cannot be seen or appreciated from a distance. The point of this contest is to encourage you to look and see from new perspectives, to learn more about your camera’s amazing capabilities. For your entries I want to see pictures that take me into the depths of a subject and that leave me feeling that I’ve seen something in a completely new way. I want to see pictures that record the play of light and shadow, and texture, and that set the table for an intriguing story while looking downward into a glass jar.

Your pictures can be of nearly any subjects for this contest, but I really want photographs that allow me to see seeds, feathers, plants, flowers, insects or textures in ways that are fresh and unexpected. The images should be about seeing first and the subjects second. They need to evoke mood, and they should strive to elicit some sort of emotional, poetic, or “Wow!” response.

Here (below), I shot to the edge of the jar, instead of trying to avoid it. Note the dry grass outside the jar. After shooting this one, I made a mirror image of it in Photoshop, merged the two and then made a typographic wordplay on the “self-sealing” words that had been cast into the glass during the manufacturing process.

David Perry-edge of jar with raspberries

Consider shooting through the bottom of a jar and into a mirror for an unusual self-portrait.

David Perry-bottom of jar shooting through the mirror

1.  You must have an active blog in order to participate. To be eligible for judging, you need to leave us TWO links – a direct link to the image, and a link to your blog post that includes the image (and that says you are entering the Gardening Gone Wild Picture This Photo Contest )– in a comment on this post.

2. You are allowed one entry per contest; your photo must be able to be copied from your site. That makes it possible for us to collect all the entries in one place for easier judging.

3. The deadline for entries is 11:59 PM Eastern time on Monday, January 24, 2011.

Entries that meet the above rules will be added to a separate gallery page. If you enter but your photo does not appear in the gallery within 24 hours, please review your entry to make sure you followed the rules.

All photos courtesy of David Perry.

Fran Sorin

Fran is the author of the highly-acclaimed book, Digging Deep: Unearthing Your Creative Roots Through Gardening, which Andrew Weil, M.D., recommends as "a profound and inspiring book."

A graduate of the University of Chicago with Honors in Psychology, she is also a gardening and creativity expert, coach, inspirational speaker, CBS radio news gardening correspondent, and Huffington Post Contributor.

Learn more about Fran and get free resources that will help you improve your life at www.fransorin.com.

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Meems @Hoe & Shovel January 2, 2011, 12:33 pm

You are so gifted, talented, and creative. As much as I love design in general and photograhping using my point and shoot… my brain thinks in absolutes and black and white terms. You always nudge me to at least try to be more abstract in my artistic endeavors. I love this (jar) idea… and always appreciate your helpful hints and desire to help us amateurs improve our range and capabilities.

This should be very fun for all who participate.

David Perry January 3, 2011, 1:08 am

Dear Meems,
Thank you so much for your kind words and for being so very gracious and willing to be nudged. I’m really excited to see what you and others will come up with, and am expecting great and beautiful things.

Charlotte January 4, 2011, 12:35 pm

What a fantastic tutorial – such excellent advice. I love both the ingenuity of the jar/tripod and the nifty business of surrounding it with associated things – salt/onions. Just brilliant. Thank you so much for sharing your secrets! I got a new camera for Christmas and have just been admitted to Blotanical, so I am certainly ready to have a go at this – bit daunted though. Got to get thinking about what might work best…. hmmm

aerie-el January 5, 2011, 7:31 pm

What a great idea! I was all over this one.

Link to photo:

Link with blog post of photo:

I found this sad little spider family inside a jar that had been on top of a bookcase at my mom’s house. I set the jar on the Formica counter-top, played with shining a flashlight at different angles, and liked this photo best.

Thanks again for the tutorial, and the inspiration!

Hey Aerie-el

I need for you to set up a link back to gardeninggonewild.com when you enter your photo. If your entry is from a past post, you’ll need to write another quick post (with the photo ) saying that you’ve entered GGW’s Picture This Photo Contest. Doing this is very helpful to us because it brings more gardeners to the contest.
Please send me the new link once you’ve written it. Thanks. Fran

aerie-el January 6, 2011, 9:19 am

Dear Fran,

Here is the link to my new post/entry with GGW link:

Here is the direct link to the photo:

Thank you!

Hey Aerie-el,

Thanks so much for taking care of that. It really makes things much more clear for everyone. Good luck! Fran

Bonnie January 6, 2011, 9:38 am

I can’t wait to try this. Thanks!

Shellsey January 6, 2011, 5:51 pm

Brilliant idea, thank you for sharing.

Christina Salwitz January 7, 2011, 7:31 pm

I am So excited about his technique- brilliant! I really feel like I can do this one. Thank you!

Delighted that you’re going to give it a try. Only David could come up a challenge like this one! Fran

Gary January 10, 2011, 2:00 am

You guys are always so inspiring! David always comes up with unique ways to look at the world…

Here is a link to my blog post:

And a direct link to the image I made:

Mike January 11, 2011, 7:21 am

I know this is a gardening site, but I implemented your little trick here and got some great shots of some coins at the bottom of a mason jar! I’d like to submit them for the contest, but dont want to coins as subject matter would be a breach of the rules

I would love to let you enter but I can’t. If I let you, it’s going to open pandora’s box. Why don’t you take the next step and take some photos with flowers? Go for it!! Fran

Christina Salwitz January 11, 2011, 2:59 pm

Had so much fun with this one! thanks for inspiring me to try something new.
Here is a link to my blog post:

And here’s the link to my Photo Entry:

Thank you!

Joseph Tychonievich January 11, 2011, 6:17 pm

Here’s my link to my blog post:

And here is the link to the photo itself:

This is my first time entering! I’m looking really looking forward to seeing what everyone else does.

Alison January 11, 2011, 7:19 pm

I hope I did this correctly! Here’s a link to the blog post:

And here’s a link to the image:

Thanks for the great tips!

Kerry January 12, 2011, 6:43 pm
David Perry January 14, 2011, 4:15 pm

WOW! We are beginning to build some beautiful momentum here, people. And though I don’t want to weigh in yet on individual efforts (seems I should save that until the contest closes, dontcha think?), I do feel compelled to say that those of you who have submitted so far are making me smile. So thank you!!! And for those of you who still intend to play, but just haven’t gotten around to it yet, I understand intimately how dear time is and still hope you will find time to show us what your eye can make with these simple tools. Seeing what you all come up with is the sweetest of treats to a picture junkie like me.

Happy shooting . . .

Craig @ Ellis Hollow January 16, 2011, 12:51 pm

Yes. Let’s just say I’ve got some technical issues to work out before I fully embrace ‘mason-jar marcos’. It was fun trying.

Image: http://ellishollow.remarc.com/images/jan2011masonjarx600.jpg

Post: http://remarc.com/craig/?p=1161
(It’s down at the bottom after the scans.)

Lynn January 17, 2011, 1:53 pm

I do have a question before I submit my picture. With the theme Macro in a Jar, is that part of the criteria? What I’m asking is should you be able to tell that the subject is in a jar or is the jar just part of the process? I have a few that you only see a small part of the bottom of the jar and others that you can clearly see the jar. Maybe I’m thinking too far into this!

Angelyn January 17, 2011, 7:27 pm

Here’s my entry . . . My blog post is at:
The direct link to the full size image is at:
Thanks for the opportunity to play!

David Perry January 17, 2011, 11:45 pm

Hi Lynn, in response to your question, no you do not have to be able to tell that the subject is in a jar. If that is a part of the story your image wants to tell, then fine, make the jar a part of your visual story. But otherwise, simply use the jar to help you achieve a really cool picture that you probably wouldn’t have gotten otherwise. Make sense?

And please, anyone now considering using some really cool macro type image that you already have in your library, cuz who’s gonna know if the jar doesn’t need to show, think about the spirit of this little contest, and that a big part of the ‘spirit’ is to inspire you all to see in new ways and to shoot new pictures using new and very, very simple tools. Have fun . . .

Thanks so much for emphasizing that. Having fun and experimenting are the name of the game when participating in Picture This. Fran

lynn January 18, 2011, 1:08 am

Awesome. These shots are simply awesome.

One January 18, 2011, 4:25 am

Hi David, This is my first visit and I am very impressed with your creativity and your generosity to guide others in taking great pictures the fun and creative way. The onions are awesome. I would like to participate with my point and shoot if I can come up with something decent. Thanks for the tips.

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Julie January 19, 2011, 9:10 am

Please enter my picture in the Gardening Gone Wild Picture This Photo Contest. Thanks and best of luck everyone! Julie

Image link: http://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/n537/Julie_Drexler/flower.jpg

Blog post link: http://www.phartsandcrafts.com/2011/01/winna-winna-chicken-dinna.html

I was able to put your photo up but unable to get the link to your site….it just wouldn’t work…please let me know how to get on…thanks. fran

Susan in the Pink Hat January 19, 2011, 10:21 am

Here is my entry. I have my favorites among the entries and hope to see more. As for mine, I’m just wanting to share what I was able to see through my lens.

Image link:

Post link:

Dee January 19, 2011, 10:47 am

My fish and I spent the better part of an afternoon on this. I had fun, but he was ready to go back to the pond.

Here’s the entry: http://behindthefence.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/fish-in-a-jar-one.jpg

And here’s the post: http://behindthefence.net/2011/01/19/shooting-a-fish-in-a-jar/

Darla January 19, 2011, 11:28 am

I’m having trouble figuring out how to do a direct link to the photo. Can you help me?

Darla January 19, 2011, 12:18 pm
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Jill January 19, 2011, 3:20 pm

This has been a lot of fun – first time I’ve entered one of these contests, and I have certainly learnt a lot!
Here’s a link to my photo: http://landscapelover.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/macro-mason2.jpg
And here’s the post: http://landscapelover.wordpress.com/2011/01/19/macro-in-a-mason-jar/

Julie January 19, 2011, 4:00 pm

Thanks Fran – I was having technical difficulties this morning. Blog link should work now.

Thanks so much 🙂

Blog link: http://www.phartsandcrafts.com/2011/01/winna-winna-chicken-dinna.html

Here’s the image link (just in case): Image link: http://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/n537/Julie_Drexler/flower.jpg

Nancy Bond January 19, 2011, 8:29 pm

This is such a fun technique — I can’t wait to try it with some summer blooms and foliage! There are some great entries, as always.

Link to PHOTO: http://nancybond.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/buttons2.jpg

Link to POST: http://wp.me/p2bM3-1zk

lani January 19, 2011, 9:43 pm

Oh my gosh how much fun did i have today …and who a thought…thanks here are my links
Blog Post http://golanigo.blogspot.com/2011/01/picture-this-photo-contest-january-2011.html
Picture http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_P3EDHWnxkDA/TTef0Hy1sMI/AAAAAAAACjs/vWIhqpURXA8/s1600/DSC04193.JPG

I have gone to everyone’s entries they all look great good job using your noggins think-in of stuff to put in the jars….God Bless

Sara Chapman in Seattle, USA January 20, 2011, 1:14 am

Hi David,

Neat post and contest! I am posting a macro taken with a point and shoot, but not in a jar. I hope it’s OK. The link http://www.lovethatimage.com/blog/2011/01/geranium-leaf/ is for the post containing the photo. I’m not sure where to find the link for the image itself. Just right click on the image and it should save fine, or if on a Mac just drag to your desktop. Please email me if there are any problems.

Sara Chapman in Seattle, USA January 20, 2011, 1:17 am

So the link in the Rules to the Gallery Page doesn’t work, I got a 404 message. Darn!

thanks for the heads up about the link. I thought all was fine. You don’t need the link in order to enter.
I will grab the photo from your post and add it to the galler. For future reference, all you need to do is click on it, it should become much larger and be the only thing on a new page. Copy the URL from the top of the page and post it on GGW as link to the photo.

Lynn January 20, 2011, 6:55 am

This was really a lot of fun. My neighbors thought I was crazy at one point when I was in the snow taking pics in a jar!
Here’s the blog entry:
and here’s the link to the photo:
C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\My Documents\My Pictures\2011-01-17, Photos in a jar

Lynn January 20, 2011, 6:56 am

ok, so that didn’t work. Please delete the above post and I’ll try to get that link corrected!

Lynn January 20, 2011, 7:02 am

Lets try this again.
Here’s the direct link to the photo:

Here’s the link to the blog entry:
I’m crossing my fingers that the links work!

Susan in the Pink Hat January 20, 2011, 1:36 pm

Can we post links to more macro in a jar pics we post on our blogs here even though they are not entries to the official contest?

What I would suggest is that you send a quick post saying that you have other macro photos that you want to share and offer one link that will take readers back to your site. OK? Fran

Tasha January 20, 2011, 7:43 pm
Annelie January 20, 2011, 10:08 pm

Hi Fran,

I’m entering Gardening Gone Wild Picture This Photo Contest.

Direct link to photo:

Link to blog entry:

This was harder than I thought, but mind opening and fun.

Hi Annelie-

I just posted it in the Gallery. I fixed the link…I hope! Fran

Annelie January 21, 2011, 11:43 am

Sorry to bug you, Fran, but I can’t seem to get to the gallery through your link. Don’t know if my picture made it.

Hmmm…will get on and check it out and make sure the link is working…if I don’t see your entry, I’ll e0mail you! Fran

Annelie January 21, 2011, 2:02 pm

The link is working, thanks, love looking at all the beautiful entries.

Cat January 22, 2011, 12:00 am

Thanks Gardening Gone Wild for hosting and David for all your effort! This was a lot of fun – so glad for the challenge – would never have thought of this on my own!

Jan (Thanks For Today) January 22, 2011, 1:05 am

After having a lot of fun experimenting, I finally got brave and decided on a photo to enter. The link is here:

And the link to the blog post where I discuss the process can be found here:

Thanks for having these fun contests;-)

Gardening Jones January 22, 2011, 9:20 am

Love this post, I had a great time playing with my camera and cannig jars, thanks- I’m definately a point-and-shoot kind of person, I learned a lot.
I’d like to enter one of my shots. The blog post about entering is here:
I did crop the pic a bit after I blogged, hope that is okay? Here’s the picture by itself- this is the one I want to enter: http://www.gardeningjones.com/garden_pic.htm
Thank you! GJ

Carolyn Binder January 22, 2011, 4:36 pm

Hi fellow gardeners! I had so much fun with this macro photography lesson and thoroughly enjoyed David Perry’s site. Isn’t it inspirational? I will be playing with this method forever! It is such a great way to learn about light, which is what photography is all about.

Here’s the link to my blog:

Here’s the link to my favorite photo:

Thank you so much for this great lesson!

Lynn M. Phillips January 22, 2011, 4:43 pm

Had fun doing this. Here’s a direct link to the photo I’m entering in the Gardening Gone Wild Picture This Photo Contest:

Here’s the link to my blog post:

Thank you! lp

Jan (Thanks For Today) January 22, 2011, 11:23 pm

Because my original ‘intent’ was to include the blue glass bowl filled with water and floating flora, I feel that by allowing my daughter to choose a different photo for me was untrue to myself. SO in that spirit, I am requesting to discard my first photo entry (above) and replace it with this one (below). This is the one I was going to choose all along. It may not be a ‘winner’, and that’s ok. What I like about it is the wreath-like effect around the base of the jar, and the blue and pink jewel tones that were what I was looking for all along. I hope this will be ok. Thanks!!!!!

Of course, this all comes from the same blog post, still at the same address, but I’ll list it again for continuity:

Thanks. Jan

Toni - Signature Gardens January 23, 2011, 12:48 am

It’s down to the wire, but I finally have my contest entry ready. Many thanks to GGW for hosting the contest and to Mr. Perry for taking the time to judge the entries.

Link to blog:

Link to photo:

Donna January 23, 2011, 3:29 pm

I enjoyed the tutorial and would like to enter the contest. Thank you for the opportunity.

The image link:

Garden Sense January 23, 2011, 7:26 pm

I had a lot of fun with this technique! Thanks for hosting the contest!

My entry for the contest is:

Blog post:

Photo link:

Malinda January 23, 2011, 7:49 pm

This was so much fun! What a great idea. David, you’re an inspiration.

Here are my links….

And the picture

Pat Dolan January 23, 2011, 8:16 pm

Thanks for the inspiration and suggestions. This was a fun project!

Here is the blog post link:

Here is the photo link:

Donna January 24, 2011, 9:54 am

Please include my submission for the Picture This contest.
Image link:
Thank you very much for the opportunity and the wonderful tutorial.

Amy/Go Away, I'm Gardening! January 24, 2011, 10:07 am

Hello, me again! I just read the rules a little closer and here is my entry for the GGW picture this contest. 🙂

Blog Link Photo:

Just Photo Link:

Thanks so much for the fun contest!!

Melody January 24, 2011, 12:01 pm

I’m excited to go take a look at what everyone has created!

Here is my entry:
Photo: http://homeiswheretheheartis.us/pictureinabottle/11_800x600.jpg

Good luck to everyone, and thanks for the challenge and instruction, David. 🙂

andrea January 24, 2011, 1:36 pm

i really enjoyed compiling images for this contest, thanks to everyone involved!

blog link:

image link:

Darla January 24, 2011, 1:45 pm

Oh my goodness, the competition is fierce
!! So very creative..this was sooo much fun!

Amy/Go Away, I'm Gardening! January 24, 2011, 3:52 pm

Did you have trouble with my image?

Amy…it should be up now…sorry for the mistake on my part! and thanks for beingso persistent 🙂 Fran

Jen@ Nyack Backyard January 24, 2011, 8:32 pm

Hi There – I’m new to this blog and to photo contests in general, but I saw some entries on a few blogs and decided to try it! Thanks for creating something for us scardy -cats!

Post link:

Photo link

sarah January 24, 2011, 9:21 pm

Thanks for the fun!
Here is my blogpost:

and here is the photo

I can’t wait to see the gallery!

sarah January 24, 2011, 9:42 pm

Here is the photo just off of blogger, rather than through flickr…

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December 23, 2011

Feature Friday: Serenading, December 1897

Christmas customs vary from place to place. One custom practiced in Rabun County up through at least my father’s generation was serenading. No singing here. Instead, groups of young people would go around to their neighbors on Christmas Eve and play practical jokes.

In the 16 December 1897 issue (Vol. 2, No. 20) of The Tallulah Falls Spray, the Wolf Creek correspondent cautions his fellow readers.

Christmas is coming. You may look[?] out—the serenaders will be around till you can’t rest; the Christmas bells will ring. Look careful; they will be here before you know it.

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Quotation excerpted from my upcoming volume Rabun County, Georgia, Newspapers, 1894 – 1899, expected to be released in 2012.


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Tuesday, August 26, 2014

GRAPHIC NOVEL: Cleopatra in Space #1 by Mike Maihack

When a young Cleopatra (yes, THAT Cleopatra) finds a mysterious tablet that zaps her to the far, REALLY far future, she learns of an ancient prophecy that says she is destined to save the galaxy from the tyrannical rule of the evil Xaius Octavian. She enrolls in Yasiro Academy, a high-tech school with classes like algebra, biology, and alien languages (which Cleo could do without), and combat training (which is more Cleo's style). With help from her teacher Khensu, Cleo learns what it takes to be a great leader, while trying to figure out how she's going to get her homework done, make friends, and avoid detention!

I can practically guarantee that this graphic novel is a winner.  It's perfect for elementary age students who like lots of action with fun characters.  The idea of putting one of the most famous female rulers in history into the future and space is a clever one.  Cleopatra reminds me of many children, fiery and impulsive but bored with school.  Her skill with a slingshot transfers nicely into skill with a raygun but her problems with school carry over into her new school as well.  She just doesn't see the value, except in her target practice class and her combat class.  But with the help of her history professor (who happens to be a cat), her awesome sphinx space ship, and her fighting skills she may find a way to fulfill the prophecy that seems to have brought her to the future in the first place.

The bright, colorful illustrations are very appealing and expressive.  While there are some intense fighting sequences, they involve robots and are not graphic at all.  Readers who have enjoyed the Lunch Lady series, the Zita the Spacegirl series, and Babymouse are sure to like this fun new series.

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Tuesday, September 30, 2014

EARLY CHAPTER BOOK REVIEW: Rise of the Earth Dragon by Tracey West

The DRAGON MASTERS series is "How to Train Your Dragon" meets the DRAGON SLAYERS' ACADEMY!

This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line called Branches, which is aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina. Branches books help readers grow!

DRAGON MASTERS has it all! Dragons, a Dragon Stone, a king, a wizard, and magic! In the first book in this fully-illustrated series, 8-year old Drake is snatched up by King Roland's soldier and taken to the castle. He is to be trained as a Dragon Master. At the castle, he is joined by three other young Dragon Masters-in-training: Ana, Rori, and Bo. The Dragon Masters must learn how to connect with and train their dragons--and they must also uncover their dragons' special powers. Does Drake have what it takes to be a Dragon Master? What is his dragon's special power?

Rise of the Earth Dragon is a delightful early chapter book for the dragon-loving young reader. Drakes makes an appealing main character, especially his appreciation for worms.  It's a shock for him to discover that he's been chosen as a Dragon Master, especially since King Roland's intentions don't seem to be good ones.  But he is thrilled to meet his dragon even if he is very unsure about how to communicate with the Earth Dragon he names Worm.  The black and white illustrations break up the text nicely making the book more appealing for reluctant readers.  Those same illustrations offer a fun take on the whole dragon thing. I especially appreciate the length, at barely 90 pages the book works well for kids who want to read fantasy but are not ready for the longer ones. Highly recommended for most libraries, class, or homes.

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Friday, September 11, 2015

FANTASTIC FRIDAY w/ giveaway: The Blood Guard/The Glass Gauntlet by Carter Roy

When thirteen-year-old Ronan Truelove's seemingly ordinary mom snatches him from school, then sets off on a high speed car chase, Ronan is shocked. His quiet, nerdy dad has been kidnapped? And the kidnappers are after him, too? His mom, he quickly learns, is anything but ordinary. In fact, she's a member of an ancient order of knights, the Blood Guard, a sword-wielding secret society sworn to protect the Pure—thirty-six noble souls whose safety is crucial if the world as we know it is to survive. Now all those after-school activities—gymnastics, judo, survival training—she made him take, make sense. For suddenly Ronan is swept up in a sometimes funny, sometimes scary, but always thrilling adventure—dashing from one danger to the next, using his wits to escape the Bend Sinister, a posse of evil doers with strange powers. Falling in with two unlikely companions, Greta, a scrappy, strong-willed girl he's never much liked and Jack, a devil-may-care teenage pickpocket, Ronan is left with only his wits and his mom's last words of advice: Trust no one. That's a lot for an ordinary kid to deal with. But then again, maybe Ronan's not ordinary at all.

Wow, what a ride.  For young readers who like their books action packed, this book definitely fits the bill.  While adult readers will need to suspend disbelief (men in suits waving swords on the freeway?), younger readers aren't as likely to have as big a problem with this.  And once one moves past the unbelievable parts the reader is left with a book that moves at a breakneck pace from the time Ronan's mother picks him up at school and they go on the run from the evil scientist society, Bend Sinister, until the shocking conclusion, where Ronan has to make a difficult choice.  I do like the fact that Ronan's continuous training helps explain some of his near escapes.  The author does a decent job of setting up the premise of the series (the guard protects the 36 Pure souls from destruction) without slowing down the action.  A nice fantasy read for middle grade readers who prefer action to character development.

Ronan Truelove barely survived his first encounter with his father and the Bend Sinister. Now, he’s determined to become one of the Blood Guard, a sword-wielding secret society sworn to protect thirty-six pure souls crucial to the world’s survival.

Eager to prove he’s got what it takes, Ronan is sent on his first mission with his friends Greta and Sammy to visit a weird-sounding school and take a series of tests called the Glass Gauntlet. Paper and pencils and nerdy scholarship—where’s the life-or-death challenge in that?

But the Glass Gauntlet is actually something much more dangerous: head-to-head competitions against ruthless opponents. Nothing and no one are what they seem. Who can he trust, and who will kill him? Ronan has to figure it out fast because his enemies are multiplying, and soon he will have to pass the ultimate test: facing his father again and standing up to those who threaten not only him and his friends but also the world.

Carter takes the reader on another rapidly moving adventure with Ronan and his friends.  Ronan is anxious to become a Blood Guard but has a hard time doing it with the Bend Sinister still on his heels, his father is unwilling to let him go it seems.  Between escaping his father's clutches and participating in a competition named the Glass Gauntlet, Ronan, Greta, Sammy, and Jack have their hands full.  The story is full of adventure and action with more than enough interesting twists and turns.  This series works especially well for readers who prefer action to character development.  There isn't really time for much character development with Ronan and company always on the run.  But then a lot of young readers are more interested in the action part anyway. A fun series for young fantasy lovers.

INTERVIEW with Carter Roy

*What is your favorite thing about writing fantasy for young readers?

It probably boils down to what some people call the "sense of wonder." Younger readers are just more willing to suspend disbelief. If you say Superman leaps into the air and flies, they will take it at face value, trusting that you will fill in the explanation for that flight later on in the story. Adult readers, on the other hand, get bogged down with the mechanics. How? they ask, and get thrown out of the story. Younger audiences read with a greater generosity of spirit.

*If you could be a character in The Blood Guard/Glass Gauntlet who would you want to be and why?

I most identify with Jack Dawkins, so I suppose he would be my pick if I had to choose one of the characters. I love that he maintains his good humor in the face of adversity, and that he is willing to die again and again for a cause he believes in. To paraphrase an old Morrissey song, he looks at danger and he laughs his head off. My kind of guy!

*What's the funniest thing a reader has ever said to you?

A reader wrote to ask where he should go to join the Blood Guard, and was there an age requirement. I admire the heck out of that kid—he's got guts and a good heart—but I was glad to be able to tell him that at the moment the Blood Guard are not taking on new inductees.

*What advice would you give a young reader who wants to be a writer?

A lot of teachers will tell you to write what you know. The problem with this advice is that it suggests that the only stories a person is qualified to write are the ones he or she has actually lived. But that's bunk. The true meaning is more that you should write stories that tap into emotions that you know—the emotional fabric of a story is what makes it matter to us as a reader. (That's one reason why J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings resonates so much—the hobbits and dwarves he wrote about were stand-ins for the fellows he knew who lost their lives in World War I. Their bond was a real one, just transferred into a fantastical world.)

So I would tell a young writer to write what you love. If you love fantasy stories, then by all means, write those sorts of stories. You'll have more fun doing it, and the reader will pick up on that. And also, of course, add those real emotions to the fantasy to make it feel more real.  What would you feel? What do you fear? What is your wildest dream? Give those to your characters and see them come to life on the page—whether they are roaming through middle earth or the local middle school.

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International Game Technology

This is one of a new group of IGT games that capitalizes on the classic reel-spinning genre that has been the slot-maker’s bread and butter over the years. These newer games place classic reel-spinning setups in a five-reel, multi-line setup that utilizes the features normally found in lower-denomination video slots.

Super Red Hot Jackpots is a new mechanical reel-spinning series on IGT’s S3000 cabinet. The base game is a five-reel, 20-line slot with a four-level progressive jackpot—a “Hot Jackpot” resetting at $5, a “Hotter Jackpot” resetting at $15, a “Hottest Jackpot” resetting at $100, and the “Red Hot Jackpot” resetting at $5,000. Each is won by lining up five of the corresponding jackpot symbol on a payline—the top Red Hot Jackpot is returned for five of the symbols on the horizontal middle payline.

This progressive setup is accompanied by a free-spin bonus when three or more Red Hot Jackpot symbols land scattered on the reels. Additionally, there is a side bet that triggers a multiplier of 8X on certain winning combinations in the bonus round.

The Super Red Hot Jackpots series is initially placed with three popular classic IGT reels-spinners as the base games—Sizzling 7s, Double Sizzling 7s and Jackpot 7s. All three games feature several “7” jackpots of different colors that return the top wins under the jackpot combinations.

Manufacturer: International Game Technology
Platform: S3000
Format: Five-reel, 20-line stepper slot
Denomination: .01
Max Bet: 450
Top Award: Progressive; $15,000 reset
Hit Frequency: Approximately 50%
Theoretical Hold: 4%-14.1%

Author: GGB Staff

Staff writers for Global Gaming Business magazine, Las Vegas, Nevada.


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ADGRV1 gene

adhesion G protein-coupled receptor V1

The information on this page was automatically extracted from online scientific databases.

From NCBI Gene:

This gene encodes a member of the G-protein coupled receptor superfamily. The encoded protein contains a 7-transmembrane receptor domain, binds calcium and is expressed in the central nervous system. Mutations in this gene are associated with Usher syndrome 2 and familial febrile seizures. Several alternatively spliced transcripts have been described. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

From UniProt:

Receptor that may have an important role in the development of the central nervous system.

Covered on Genetics Home Reference:

From NCBI Gene:

  • Febrile seizures, familial, 4
  • Usher syndrome, type 2C

From UniProt:

Febrile seizures, familial, 4 (FEB4): Seizures associated with febrile episodes in childhood without any evidence of intracranial infection or defined pathologic or traumatic cause. It is a common condition, affecting 2-5% of children aged 3 months to 5 years. The majority are simple febrile seizures (generally defined as generalized onset, single seizures with a duration of less than 30 minutes). Complex febrile seizures are characterized by focal onset, duration greater than 30 minutes, and/or more than one seizure in a 24 hour period. The likelihood of developing epilepsy following simple febrile seizures is low. Complex febrile seizures are associated with a moderately increased incidence of epilepsy. [MIM:604352]

Usher syndrome 2C (USH2C): USH is a genetically heterogeneous condition characterized by the association of retinitis pigmentosa with sensorineural deafness. Age at onset and differences in auditory and vestibular function distinguish Usher syndrome type 1 (USH1), Usher syndrome type 2 (USH2) and Usher syndrome type 3 (USH3). USH2 is characterized by congenital mild hearing impairment with normal vestibular responses. [MIM:605472]

Cytogenetic Location: 5q14.3, which is the long (q) arm of chromosome 5 at position 14.3

Molecular Location: base pairs 90,558,681 to 91,164,226 on chromosome 5 (Homo sapiens Annotation Release 108, GRCh38.p7) (NCBI)

Cytogenetic Location: 5q14.3, which is the long (q) arm of chromosome 5 at position 14.3
  • FEB4
  • GPR98
  • MASS1
  • USH2B
  • USH2C
  • VLGR1
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NERDTree – file and directory navigator for VIM

I used to code on Windows using e-texteditor. I find e it’s very useful and light weight, that’s why I like it.

Recently I have to switch to CentOS, so I begin to code using Vim. After hours searching on the Internet, I found NERDTree, a Vim plugin that makes Vim very comfortable. NERDTree provides a folder tree on the left hand side for you to navigate. Moreover you can set your personal options to make your own working enviorenment.

Personally, after setting these options, I think Vim on Centos becomes e-texteditor on Windows, which is my favorite editor.

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Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Look At All The Blogs I'm Not Reading

A few days ago I posted that I wanted to ban my own blog from Hacker News. Now I can.

Eric from Internet Duct Tape made a wicked-cool personal ban script for Firefox (which requires Greasemonkey) which allows you to ban sites from your personal view of Reddit or Hacker News with a single click.

Number 1 is missing for a reason; it's a TechCrunch link. TechCrunch is permanently banned from my personal copy of Firefox, so I never have to see a single TechCrunch link ever again.

The same is true for Coding Horror, Steve Yegge, and Scobleizer, and the minute my own blog shows up on Hacker News again, I'm banning that too (for slightly different reasons). I banned paulgraham.com, too. That was difficult, but overdue.


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Thursday, June 10, 2010

Zed: Marketing Isn't Lying; Maybe It's Good You Didn't Get A Puppy

I've read Zed's rant, and I don't like it. The content didn't bother me that much, actually, but the traffic boost bothers me. I'm releasing a new video and it puts me in the uncomfortable, sleazy position of potentially making money out of arguing with Zed about his career and my code. I think that's just a bit too personal to make money off of, especially since my codes is prfekt, and that gives me an unfair advantage. I also don't want to make money off it because it looks as if Zed's gone insane.

I only saw two things in Zed's rant that I feel good about responding to:

1. Don't spread [your documentation] out across your blog the way you spread peanut butter on your tiny cock to get your dog to suck you off.

I don't have a dog. I'm not saying I wouldn't do this, I'm just saying I don't. I will admit that the first thing I thought when I read this was, "hmm, that's a good idea, I should totally get a dog."

I also bring this up because my advice to Zed to solve his marketing problem was that he pose for a picture on his blog with a puppy. I just want to say, this is not the kind of picture I had in mind, and under the circumstances, I'm glad he didn't take my advice.

2. Here's a fucking clue Giles, marketing is lying, but it's also about presentation and optimization.

Zed's got a good point when he says that good documentation is good marketing, but this idea:

marketing is lying

is utter horseshit.

I want to address this because it's a pernicious and common misconception, because I've blogged about it before, and because it's where this whole thing started.

Marketing is like The Force; it's powerful, but it's neither good nor bad inherently. How you use it determines that. Marketing does involve shaping perceptions, and you do see lies coming from bad marketers (both bad in the sense of being bad people, and being bad at marketing), from time to time. But is lying the only way people shape each other's perceptions in the world?

Here's a 15-year-old marketer shaping the perceptions of little children for the sake of his own personal profit:

Another way people shape each other's perceptions: teaching.

And with that idea, I think I've brought enough karma into the world that I can mention I sell a video which teaches something every programmer needs to know.


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Destashing Jewelry Supplies and Coupon

I am cleaning out my studio, and getting rid of a bunch of vintage beads, supplies and other wonderful things. Pretty Vintage style Skeleton Key pendants: Wonderful 50’s Era Moonglow, Confetti and Lucite Cabs: Wonderfully Warm Wood Beads Lot:  And … Continue reading

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hillbillyelegyI began reading this book for fun and then found that it was relevant to some of the work I’m doing so yay — a very pleasant surprise! A lot of people have chosen to read this book to understand the “hidden right” post-election cycle. I chose to read it to see how the author’s experience lined up with my own background. Despite not growing up in Appalachia, many of the situations that the author described were extremely familiar to me. I grew up in a working-class family and spent 5 years of my childhood in a rural town, population: 800. While the author categorizes his experiences as being particular to Appalachia, I would say they also extend to rural southern living conditions, including my area of Northeast Texas.

I related a lot to Vance’s description of trying to learn how to portray himself as being of a different social class than the one he was born into — like Vance, I was the first in my immediate family to go to college, becoming upwardly mobile, and I found myself struggling to fit in when ‘everything from your old life becomes unfashionable at best or unhealthy at worst.’ (p. 207)

He also spends time detailing Christianity in Appalachia and how he (at one point) and many of the churchgoing people have (either at one time or persistently) felt like persecuted minorities by ‘elite liberals’ who some believe are making the world a scary and foreign place. His commentary on Christianity and many of the contradictions present in Appalachia were revealing in that many of the residents don’t belong to a church, but vastly report high church attendance because of perceived social pressures. His own experience emphasized that the persecuted minority feelings are salient in the churches, but less so in how individuals believe and practice faith in their own homes.

Chapters 14 (particularly) and 15 were most relevant to the work that I do, but the links from the previous chapters are needed to feel the full heft of the messages in those later chapters. These chapters discuss the traumas that working-class children regularly experience because of a myriad of factors: unreliable income, inconsistent parental support, violence in the home, etc. and the massive effect they have on child outcomes and development of mental and physical health conditions later in life. I also found the writer’s description of his limited relationship with his parents for survival purposes particularly refreshing — it’s something I have also adopted for my own self-preservation purposes, but haven’t read detailed in another work so precisely.

I’ve read many similar books that attempt to describe the plight and lives of America’s working-class through studies and home observation vignettes, but I found this memoir to be the most revealing and authentic… perhaps because it was written by someone who experienced this lifestyle rather than being written by a researcher looking in and trying to understand class and lifestyle differences. While the author doesn’t push for specific policy changes, he does admit that we collectively need to strive to make things better, particularly for working-class youth while their worlds and expectations for themselves are still malleable.

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The English Usage of Terms Referring to Gypsies

Rom, Roma, Romani

These three terms can be used as adjectives and singular or plural nouns as an alternative for the term Gypsy.

Although the term Roma once specifically denoted the Romani people historically concentrated in Eastern Europe and the Balkans, today all three are considered synonyms.

In addition, the term Romani is used by a lot of organizations, including the United Nations and the Council of Europe.

This term comes from the Greek word “Egyptian” and stems from the belief that Gypsies originally came from Egypt. It can be found in international research programmes and documents and policies related to their community.

Even the writer Victor Hugo in his novel “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” calls the Romanies Egyptians. Although this term often has negative connotations, today its use has become so widespread that even a lot of Romanies themselves use it in the names of their own organizations.

The term Gypsy shares its origin with the Spanish/Italian term Gitano and the French one Gitan all referring to their Egyptian origin.

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You can cover yourself from head to toe in red, white, and blue today, but nothing will demonstrate your national pride like wearing Romain Jerome's latest timekeeping creation. Because the Liberty-DNA was actually made with particles from the Statue of Liberty.

Romain Jerome actually has a long history of incorporating exotic materials into its expensive watches. Including volcanic ash, metal from the Titanic, and even dinosaur bones. And while it's not like they went and snipped a piece off the Statue of Liberty's robes, they did melt down a chunk of metal from the massive tribute to freedom—probably from its inner support structure.

The Liberty-DNA watch also incorporates other design elements that reflect Lady Liberty, including 12 spikes on its bronze bezel reminiscent of her famous crown, and on the back you'll find the flame from her torch illuminating the stars and stripes from the US flag. Only 125 pieces are being made, which probably means this is going to be one incredibly expensive way to show how much you love your country. [Romain Jerome via Born Rich]


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Near the end of his 14-year-long run, Microsoft’s head honcho, Steve Ballmer, did a pretty bad, not-so-great thing and bought Nokia’s phone business. We know this because Microsoft just admitted it by writing off that entire $7 billion purchase and laying off 7,800 people, most of whom work directly on Microsoft phones.

Does that mean there won’t be any more Windows Phones? No, there almost certainly will. In fact, Microsoft is still working on two new flagship Lumia devices, if you believe the rumors.

But the honest truth: this is probably the final nail in the coffin for Microsoft the phone company. The final nail, because Ballmer’s replacement—Satya Nadella—has been hammering them into that casket like mad.

There’s a wealth of evidence that Microsoft’s been giving up the smartphone ghost for a while now. First off, it aggressively acquired some of the very best productivity apps out there, like Wunderlist, Sunrise, and Acompli, to shore up its software presence on iOS and Android. (Not just Windows Phone.) Microsoft’s newest app Tossup, an app designed to help you plan events with friends, isn’t even offered on Windows Phone.

Then there’s been the systematic Great Migration of Microsoft’s own premiere apps to Android as well. Not only are some Microsoft’s apps not exclusive to Windows Phone, you can actually get them preinstalled on competing phone platforms now. Microsoft struck up a deal with Samsung to pre-install apps like OneNote, OneDrive, and Skype on to the Galaxy S6, then swiftly came Dell, LG, Sony, and other smaller international OEMs. Microsoft even partnered up with Cyanogen, a community-built fork of Android that might as well be another competing operating system.

During Build 2015, the company’s developer conference, Microsoft basically killed any incentive for developers to create apps that natively target Windows Phones by giving programmers a new way to “easily” port code from Android or iOS instead. So now it makes even more sense to build Android or iOS apps first, and then maybe put them on Windows.

Oh, and we can’t forget Cortana, perhaps the most interesting Windows Phone feature of all. Microsoft’s excellent Halo-inspired personal digital assistant—once touted as exclusive—is coming to Android and iOS as well.

And through all of that (yes, I realize it’s quite the list), Microsoft didn’t release even one smartphone that could be considered a flagship Windows Phone. Last year, we had the Lumia 830, which AT&T got ahold of and Microsoft deemed the “affordable flagship” and at Build 2014 we got the pretty great 930. But Build 2015 came and went without even a passing reference to a new top-of-the-line pocket computer running Windows Phone. Two high-end devices are reportedly coming sometime this year, but we’ll have to wait and see.

It’s possible Microsoft is damming the device river until July 29, Windows 10’s release date, and then a consumer gadget flood will be upon us, but a flood seems unlikely considering Nadella’s choice of words in a memo addressing the big Microsoft mobile changes.

“We are moving from a strategy to grow a standalone phone business to a strategy to grow and create a vibrant Windows ecosystem including our first-party device family. In the near-term, we’ll run a more effective and focused phone portfolio while retaining capability for long-term reinvention in mobility.”

An “effective and focused phone portfolio” doesn’t exactly scream “here comes the phones!” And you shouldn’t necessarily think that other manufacturers will pick up the slack if Microsoft isn’t pushing phones hard all by itself. Every time Nadella makes a move that suggests Android and iOS are the winners, not Windows Phone, it further dissuades other smartphone makers like HTC and Samsung to slap Windows 10 on their upcoming hardware instead of Android. How much do you think they want to use Windows Phone now that Microsoft has financially admitted it wasn’t remotely worth it?

There’s a pretty simple explanation for all of this. Nadella’s Microsoft knows it’s lost the smartphone war. Android and iOS won. So instead of the previous “devices and services” strategy, Microsoft is going back to its original model of just selling the software. When you’re just selling software, you need to have your software everywhere, available to the widest number of people, so you reap the most reward. And without exclusive features that make your phones different and better than the competition, why bother selling the phones? Getting people hooked on its software and services is a game Microsoft could actually win.

If Windows 10 is finally, truly a single operating system that runs across PCs, tablets, and phones—and if Windows 10 is a success that attracts app developers again—maybe the rising tide will make Windows Phones viable.

But right now, Microsoft’s heart isn’t in the phone business. It hasn’t been for a while.

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September 2017

Happy October!

I’m so envious of all you guys who are experiencing autumn/fall right now. (We only have two seasons.) But to also feel like I’m experiencing fall, I changed my wallpaper to a photo of pumpkins! It’s so gorgeous! 😍

In this blog post, I’ll be sharing with you some memories I had last month. Scanning my planner/journal, I noticed, I wrote that I had busy days at work. With all the exams and awarding for the students, plus my daily tasks, it was indeed a busy month for me. I even got sick (I have cough until now.) But aside all these, September has been good! I was able to make great memories that I thought I’d summarize it all here. 🙂 Let’s start!

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For The Love of Kdrama

May 27, 2017

I haven’t seen Wendy (a friend and former colleague) in a long time, for almost four months, I guess. But for the love of kdrama, we finally decided to meet again.

Around 11:00 AM, we met at a fast food restaurant. How I miss her! We then went to her office to get the copies of Pinocchio (kdrama). I have started with the first five episodes already last week but I didn’t have episodes 6 to 20. Their office was nice and wide. They have strong wifi signal (something that I don’t have at work yet. Haha), pantry with swing couches, pretty receiving area for clients/visitors and other cool amenities. After the office tour, I almost wanted to work with them. Haha! Read More »

Love > Distance: Together Again // Andy’s First Time Here in Manila

I’ve been with Andy for almost a week now and I’m so happy to be with him again after being away from each other for the past 9 months. Looking back, I feel like it’s so far away. All the waiting and video calls. It was hard. I miss him terribly everyday.

But here we are! Together again! A week longer than our Taiwan trip 9 months ago as he’ll stay here in Manila for 21 days. Yep, he’s here in Manila for the first time! ❤

Below is a daily record of what we’ve been up to:

February 22nd. Andy’s first day here in Manila! Because I went to the doctor first that morning, he waited for me at the airport for almost 45 minutes and he’s complaining about the heat here already. Haha! I was soooo happy seeing him. 😍 Waited for 9 months to finally hug him again! Read More »

I lost my phone

It wasn’t a Friday but, Wendy and I were too hungry after work that we decided to have dinner at Chowking – one of my favorite fast food chains. Especially their pancit canton and chicharap. 😍

It was a dinner full of stories shared and I thought it was great to end the day with good vibes.

Going home, I have to ride a jeepney (one of the public transportations here) and then a bus. It was rush hour and buses are packed. I didn’t know someone opened my bag and got my phone already. I only learned when I alighted on my bus stop. I felt so bad. 😣 That phone was with me for almost 1½ years and was a graduation gift from my family. And then someone with a stone heart just stole it from me.
I didn’t went home immediately, I stopped by an internet café and logged on in my Gmail to erase my data from my old phone. I wish it was effective, though. I hope all my files, passwords and whatnot got deleted so he/she can’t access them. I also changed my passwords in all my accounts.

I went home and when I told my family what happened only did I cry. LOL. I just really felt bad.

Days later, I was able to move on from what happened. I don’t have a plan to buy a new one before that incident happened as I’m saving money for other things and it was still a good phone but since things happened already and I need another phone, I bought a new one. This time, I’m doing all the precautions I know so it won’t happen again.

I hope what happened to me, won’t happen to you. Be watchful of your belongings. 🙂

Gong Cha & Yakitori One for 2

After work last Friday, Wendy and I decided to have dinner before heading home amd since our office is near SM Aura, we decided to eat at the food court of the said mall.

Before going to the food court, we first bought our drinks at Gong Cha. She shared with me that she really loves the milk tea there and said that I should try one. Since I haven’t ordered from there before and because she keeps on insisting me (haha!) I bought one too.

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Homemade Pizza

Hello guys!
Last Saturday, we made some homemade pizza for breakfast. It was very easy and for sure anyone can do this, too. I don’t know if when was the last time we had pizza because we’re used to have rice every meal (and even for snack. Haha)

It was nice that while we were at the grocery store last Friday, we remembered we wanted to make homemade pizza. We bought a loaf of white bread, pizza sauce, ham, cheese and pineapple. Read More »


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Journals Higher Education

Published: 06 February 2003

304 Pages

ISBN: 9780199257836

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The Pentateuch in the Twentieth Century

The Legacy of Julius Wellhausen

Ernest Nicholson

  • A re-evaluation of one of the most important and difficult areas of study in the Old Testament.