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Lifetime movie casts spell with biopic about J.K. Rowling By Jacqueline Cutler © Zap2it J.K. Rowling is magical. How many other writers inspire frenzies? Children and adults around the world queued up when a new volume of Harry Potter was released. Whatever riches and ac- colades she earns pale when considering that the wand she waved makes people want to read. Just how she came to do so is gently ex- amined in Lifetime’s “Magic Beyond Words: The J.K. Row- ling Story” Monday, July 18. The biopic is unauthorized, which isn’t surprising given Rowling is famously private. Yet it would be difficult to find argument with the movie’s intent. Poppy Montgomery (“With- out a Trace”) plays Rowling. As a die-hard Harry Potter fan, she would not have done this were it a hit piece. “When I read the script, it was such a love letter, not tabloidish,” Montgomery says. “Before reading the script, unless it has her blessing I don’t feel it is fair. It is beauti- ful and an inspiring story, and you can actually come from really hard times and make your dreams come true, and triumphing through sheer will and determination.” The film shows Rowling as a girl in Tutshill, England, dressing up like a witch and playing in a forest. It shows her as a smart girl in school, daydreaming about becoming a writer. Her father, worried that she would starve, wanted her to become a secretary, saying she could write as a hobby. Her mother, though, told her to follow her dream. Her mom had multiple sclerosis and died relatively young. Though Rowling was grown when her mom died, she imbued Harry with the ache of an orphan. The film shows Rowling as a young woman, armed with her degree. Talented and de- termined to write but needing to support herself, she taught English in Portugal. There she roomed with a couple of other teachers and married a handsome Portuguese man. Rowling confronted him when he came home drunk and wasn’t working. He hit her — while she was holding the baby — and she grabbed the only two things that mat- tered and fled. She held her daughter and a box. In this box, Rowl- ing had stored outlines of seven books, all handwritten on pads. She turned these pages into the world of Hog- warts. 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Wind Speed: Mean Roof Height: 20-0 Exposure Category: Roof Snow Load per ASCE 7-98 Ground Snow Load = 30.0 psf Rain Load Occupancy Factor : 1.00 Building Type: Enclosed TC Dead Load: BC Dead Load: 5.0 psf 7.0 psf Importance Factor 1.0 Thermal Factor 1.1 Exposure Factor 1.0 Balanced Load Factor 0.8 Unbalanced Load Factor 1.5 Unbalanced Loads Checked Load Factors = 1.16 and 0.00 Max comp. force 5x10 D Quality Control Factor 1.25 FABRICATOR NOTES: 1. A. 7530 Lbs W:508 R:2649 U: 170 BC 9-11-0 21-9-8 52-8-0 ALL PLATES ARE LOCK20 Robbins Engineering, Inc./Online Plus™ APPROX. TRUSS WEIGHT: 542.7 LBS ROBBINS LOCK connector plates (20 ga. galv. steel - ASTMA653 SS Grade 40) shall be applied on both faces of truss at each joint. Center the plates unless shown otherwise by circles (o) or dimensions. Unless otherwise indicated by a "v", all slots in plates run parallel with chords or horizontally at the peak and / or heel. No loose knots or wanes in plate contact area. Splice only where shown. Overall spans assume 4" bearings at each end, unless indicated otherwise. Cutting and fabricatioon shall be performed on equipment which produces snug fitting joints and plates. This design was prepared in accordance with "National Design Specifications for Stress - Grade Lumber and its Fastenings" (AFPA), "Design Specifications for LightMetal Plate Connected Wood Trusses" (TPI), and HUD Design Criteria for Trusses Rafters. Robbins Engineering, Inc. and Borkholder Buildings and Supply, LLP bears no responsibility for the erection of trusses, field bracing or permanent truss bracing. Refer toHIB-91 as published by the Truss Plate Institute, 583 D'OnofrioDrive, Suite 200,Madison,Wisconsin 53719. Persons erecting trusses are cautioned to seek professional advice concerning proper erection bracing to prevent toppling and "dominoing". Care should be taken to prevent damage during fabrication, storage, shipping and erection. Top and bottom chords shall be adequately braced in the absence or sheathing or rigid ceiling respectively. It is the responsibility of others to ascertain that the design loads utilized on this drawing meet or exceed the actual dead loads imposed by the structure and the live loads imposed by the local building code or historical climate records. FURNISHA COPY OFTHIS DESIGN TO ERECTION CONTRACTOR. AND LOADS IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OFTHE BUILDINGDESIGNER AND TRUSS FAB. TO REVIEWTHIS DRAWING, VERIFY THAT DATA INCLUDINGDIM. CONFORMTO ARCH. PLAN / SPECS. FAB. TRUSS LAYOUTS Custom Disclaimer Note Generated From File: T:\Robbins\usa_ref\BBSdisclaimer.txt Robbins Engineering, Inc./Online Plus™ © 1996-2006 Version 20.0.006 Engineering Review Drawing 11/30/2006 9:07:43 AM Page 1 of 2 Loadcase #1 TC Live TC Dead BC Live BC Dead Total Lumber SI 1.15 Plate SI Spacing 1.15 24.0 in. 30 psf 7 psf 10 psf 10 psf 57 psf Scale: 0.151" = 1' Designer: GAR Checker: Reviewer: Designed: Rev No: Rev Date: Run Date: 07/25/06 Version: 19.0.028 Drawing: 9-0-0 4-0-0 4-0-0 3-10-8 particular building is the responsibility of the building designer per ANSI/TPI 1-1995 Section 2. 2. Settings File Used: M0355-RES1 The seal on this drawing indicates acceptance of professional engineering responsibility solely for the truss design shown. The suitability and use of this component for any = 0.0 psf 90 mph B Soffit psf 2.0 Page 1 and costly time delays - - avoid errors Custom designed trusssystems for virtually any application. ▪ Value Driven ▪ Accuracy ▪ Timely Delivery ▪ Great ▪ Electronic Communication Documentaion BORKHOLDER 786 US 6 W | Nappanee, IN | 800.552.2772 BUILDINGS & SUPPLY, LLP www.borkholder.com Poppy Montgomery stars in “Magic Beyond Words: The J.K. Rowling Story” Monday on Lifetime. 2 The Goshen News • Viewer’s Choice • Saturday, July 16 - Friday, July 22, 2011 eager fans would reread mul- tiple times. Sure, Voldemort is the villain everyone knows, but consider how deeply frighten- ing Dementors are as they suck the joyful memories from your soul. Rowling gave us the most horrid villains and a magnificent hero in Harry, a boy wizard who becomes a young man over the seven years spread over seven books. Harry is flawed, of course, rendering him that much more lovable, and a truly honorable person. One can tell a lot about people when they reveal their favorite Harry Potter characters. Montgomery first cites Dumbledore, the grand wizard who ran Hogwarts and was Harry’s mentor. “Dumbledore is the person you want in your life to advise you,” Montgomery says. “I love Hermione because she’s smart and sassy and bright. They all represent different aspects of everybody I know. They are very identifiable, and I like that the underdog always wins in the end; good trumps evil. That’s the uni- versal.” “I remember seeing the first edition in hardback,” she says. “I remember thinking the cover was so pretty. I read all of them obsessively and saw all of the movies about 200 times. My 3-year- old is obsessed.” The film begins and ends with brief clips of Rowling, showing how fans wait in the rain just for a glimpse of their favorite writer. To gauge how popular Rowling is, consider the recent cyberfrenzy she began with her upcoming website, Pottermore.com, an interactive e-book series. “She accomplished some- thing almost no children’s book writers have done — she made books for children and adults at the same time,” Montgomery says. In the movie, Rowling finally shows the drafts and outlines of her books to her sister, who recognizes their magnificence. Still, it took some rejections before an agent would sign her. During that time, Rowling was poor and on welfare in Scotland. She had an incred- ibly hard time finding a place to live with her daughter. She finally bought a secondhand typewriter and eventually went on to become the most successful writer ever. “I hope it gives some in- sight into an extraordinary Clearing Facts about cataracts! Vision blurry or foggy? Colors dull or muted? Glasses no longer working? Decreased night vision? If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, you may have cataracts. Schedule your FREE cataract consultation today! 800.283.8393 www.bolingvisioncenter.com GOSHEN OFFICE 1615 Winsted Drive | Goshen IN 46526 woman who everyone is curi- ous about,” Montgomery says. “As long as you get that, you can bounce back and achieve your dreams with hard work and determination and push- ing through a lot of hard work and pulling herself up by bootstraps, and will not fail, will not give in. That’s the ma- jor message of the movie. “I just think what I really want to be clear about is,” she continues, “it is not in any way an exploitive, tabloidy thing. It is a love letter to J.K. Rowling, and we tried really hard to make it about an in- spiring journey and not try to expose somebody success- ful. I want to show this is to show an incredible woman’s journey.” DuMor Water Specialists Inc…. $ 100 offWater Treatment Purchase! 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