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Article brought to you by: Catholic Online (www.catholic.org)Water-ice clouds in Martian skies may explain temperature changes
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June 14th, 2013 Catholic Online (www.catholic.org) The surface temperatures on Mars rise and fall twice a day instead of once each as on Earth. The phenomenon has long perplexed scientists, but according to new research, the answer may be found in water-ice clouds floating about six to 18 miles above the Martian equatorial surface. LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - Resembling thin cirrus clouds on Earth, the clouds absorb infrared light coming from the planet's surface. That absorption is enough to heat the middle atmosphere each day."We think of Mars as a cold and dry world with little water, but there is actually more water vapor in the Martian atmosphere than in the upper layers of Earth's atmosphere," Armin Kleinboehl of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California says. "Water-ice clouds have been known to form in regions of cold temperatures, but the feedback of these clouds on the Mars temperature structure had not been appreciated. We know now that we will have to consider the cloud structure if we want to understand the Martian atmosphere." Mars. Like Earth, experiences a temperature maximum in the middle of the day. Mars also sees a temperature maximum a little after midnight. Kleinboehl, the lead author of the study, says the temperature swings can be as much as 47 degrees Celsius as detected by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. These swings in temperature were found to be "dominant globally and year-round." Changes in wind, temperature and pressure repeating daily, or for fractions of days, are called atmospheric tides, and they are created by temperature contrasts. While Earth itself experiences atmospheric tides, they don't create vast temperature changes in the lower atmosphere. Because Mars only has about one percent as much atmosphere as Earth, these atmospheric tides "dominate short-term temperature variations throughout the atmosphere," Kleinboehl said. These patterns on Mars were first seen in the 1970s, but were previously thought to occur only during dry seasons. "We were surprised to find this strong twice-a-day structure in the temperatures of the non-dusty Mars atmosphere," Kleinboehl said. Article brought to you by: Catholic Online (www.catholic.org) |


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Google Penguin Update: Over Optimization, "Negative SEO," and Achieving SEO Quality
Google Penguin has punished pages that have been spamming Google. I discuss SEO tips for avoiding Google Penguin issues in the future.
Google Launches Search Plus Your World, Search Results Get More Personal
Yesterday, Google launched Search Plus Your World, an update to their personalized search algorithm which will impact how personalized results are displayed to users, and will put a greater emphasis on security, Google+, and results coming from users within their own social circles.
Google Updated PageRank Today: January 2011
According to various reports and speculations around the web and on the Twittersphere, it looks as if Google updated PageRank today.
As defined by Google, PageRank is a technology that determines the "importance" of a webpage by looking at what other pages link to it, …
Microsoft & Yahoo Teaming Up to Fight Google
Microsoft's hatred of Google is well documented. They hate them so much that they've decided to team up with on of the other "Big 3" search engines, Yahoo. In sports terms, this would be like the Red Sox annexing the Dodgers to team up against …
New Microsoft Search Engine Bing – The Decision Engine
A couple days ago Microsoft launches its new search engine Bing, calling it "The Decision Engine". While I have to admit I am skeptical of anything Microsoft puts out these days, Bing looks very intriguing. Here is a preview video below:
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Google Gives New Options for Search
About a week ago, my boss and I noticed some new features that are enabled when performing a Google search query. Google is now allowing you to utilize a 'Show Options' button that really opens up your search and allows you to see results based …
Google's 10-Pack Update & It's Impact on Local Search
Google is now showing the Local 10-pack listings for broader search terms with no geo-tag. This was first discovered by Florist SEO Watch on March 28. This shift will dramatically affect local data and its impact on search.
This new 10-pack appears to be instituted …
Google's State of the Index
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iPhone App - Designed for the iPhone, compatible with the iPadCozyQuest is an answer to the desire for traditional RPG action in an MMORPG that is being built from the ground up and provides some of the best developer feedback around. While it needs time before it can completely dominate its space, there's an awful lot that's done right.
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atmos x Puma Disc Blaze "The Sun and the Moon"
February 25, 2015 BY Patrick Johnson / 0 4.6 / 5
atmos returns with a brand new Puma Disc Blaze later this week. The Puma Disc Blaze "The Sun and the Moon" arrives at select overseas retailers on February 28th. Featuring ...Read More
atmos x Brooks Chariot
January 13, 2015 BY Patrick Johnson / 0 4.75 / 5
The Brooks Chariot helped the brand celebrate 100 years of relevance late last year, something that few lifestyle brands can do these days. The retro silhouette that reached a climax i...Read More
atmos x Ewing 33 Hi
December 2, 2014 BY staff / 0 4.9 / 5
The atmos x Ewing 33 Hi was first teased on Instagram a few weeks ago, but today the Japanese retailer has released official photos on their upcoming collaboration. Throughout the past...Read More
atmos x Ewing 33 Hi – Preview
November 20, 2014 BY John Kim / 0 4.67 / 5
Ewing Athletics is getting back in the department of collaborations – this time with revered retailer atmos. The store just dropped this preview image of the upcoming Ewing 33 Hi...Read More
Number (N)ine x atmos x Onitsuka Tiger Alliance
October 15, 2014 BY John Kim / 0 0 / 5
Japanese sneaker retailer atmos has teamed up with menswear label Number (N)ine to recreate the Onitsuka Tiger Alliance silhouette. The colorway is nice and basic, with a greay upper a...Read More
atmos x adidas Originals Superstar 80s "G-SNK 9″
October 2, 2014 BY Patrick Johnson / 0 0 / 5
The 9th "Glow Snake" rendition between atmos and adidas Originals is upon us. The venerable adidas Superstar 80s serves as the canvas, as a creative use of glow in the dark...Read More
October 2014 Sneaker Releases
October 1, 2014 BY Brendan Dunne / 48 3.5 / 5
On this first day of October we've got a ton of sneaker release dates that you need to be aware of. You've seen this info scattered around on the site in the previous weeks...Read More
atmos x Reebok Pump 25
September 29, 2014 BY Brendan Dunne / 1 0 / 5
The team at atmos have been doing this collaboration sneaker thing for longer than almost every sneaker shop out there, so it's definitely worth paying attention when they come u...Read More
atmos x Reebok Insta Pump Fury 20th Anniversary
August 25, 2014 BY Brendan Dunne / 7 0 / 5
Is this atmos x Reebok Insta Pump Fury creation showing a little bit of USA love? It would be rather strange for a Japanese shop to decide to pay tribute to Old Glory with a sneaker pr...Read More
atmos x Nike Air Max 90 QS "Bleached Denim"
August 25, 2014 BY John Kim / 20 0 / 5
Japan's atmos is back yet again, delivering an exclusive pair of Air Max 90s that you've never seen before. Whether or these are a true collaboration or just an exclusive r...Read More
atmos x Reebok Insta Pump Fury 20th Anniversary Preview
August 19, 2014 BY Brendan Dunne / 0 0 / 5
Didn't we already see an atmos x Reebok Insta Pump Fury pair this year? Yes, but that collaboration was almost too subtle to even count, as the model there was only a slight rewo...Read More
atmos x adidas Originals Superstar 80s "G-SNK 8″
August 15, 2014 BY Patrick Johnson / 0 0 / 5
atmos and adidas Originals team up once again to bring us a new rendition of the ongoing G-SNK project atop the venerable adidas Superstar 80s. We've seen the combination a numbe...Read More
atmos x Puma First Round
August 7, 2014 BY Patrick Johnson / 0 0 / 5
The Puma First Round isn't as revered as classics like the Puma Suede or Clyde, yet it still maintains a place in the hearts of retro connoisseurs that consider real vintage to ...Read More
Sneaker News Staff Insights: Celebrating Air Max Day
March 26, 2014 BY Sneaker News / 23 0 / 5
When it comes to the wide world of sneakers, we all have different tastes and opinions, and the team here at SN is no different. All day in the office, we're discussing and debat...Read More
Jouetie x atmos x Puma Disc Lite
March 12, 2014 BY Aaron Hope / 0 0 / 5
Their leopard-tabbed Insta Pump Furys dropped just before that model's 20th anniversary campaign kicked off, and apparently that wasn't enough for the Jouetie x atmo...Read More


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Julia Louis-Dreyfus' naked shot on Rolling Stone's cover is getting attention for the wrong reasons. The picture features the U.S. Constitution on Louis-Dreyfus' back with John Hancock's signature, but Hancock didn't sign the Constitution. Patrick Jones (@Patrick_E_Jones) explains.
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Diango Sissoko, the Malian interim Prime Minister has promised that elections in Mali will take place in July.
Sissoko visited Gao in Northern Mali. This was the first visit by a senior government in the region since the French forces freed Gao from all the al Qaeda linked rebels in January. The Malian PM stressed that there is "no question over the holding of elections in July. All the necessary steps are being and will be taken." According to experts, it is not sure that the elections of July will be successful due to fears that the preparations won't be completed.
On 9 April, the External Relations Committee of the European Parliament hosted UN Special Envoy for the Sahel region Romano Prodi. Prodi told the Committee that holding elections in Mali is going to be difficult, because of the large number of displaced people and the adverse climate conditions. However, the UN envoy stressed that "we have to organise what has become a fragmented society." On February, the UN Undersecretary General for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman has underlined that elections in Mali are crucial for the political reconciliation and stablilisation of the African nation. Therefore the UN political chief promised that international organisation will help Mali to hold "credible and legitimate" elections by the end of July. According to Reuters, Paris is also pushing for presidential and legislative elections in Mali in three months.
In the meantime, the first 120 French troops withdrew from Mali. However, the situation in the country is not yet stabilised and the French government has acknowledged the great risk of a security vacuum, after the full withdrawal of the French troops. Therefore, according to France 24, there is a plan circulated by the UN, of AFISMA troops transferring control to a UN peacekeeping force.


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The 2014 ISF Junior Men's World Softball Championship will take place in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada. Teams from 12 countries will compete during a 10-day tournament for softball supremacy, July 11 to 20, 2014.
The event is hosted by Softball Yukon. The Yukon has a vibrant softball community and has considerable experience hosting major softball events, including the 2012 Women's World Softball Championship and the 2008 ISF Junior Men's World Championship.
The 2008 championship saw teams from 12 countries participate.
All the action takes place at the fantastic Pepsi Softball Centre. The beautiful view of the surrounding mountains is just a bonus.


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Paris Brown: Kent youth PCC resigns after Twitter row
The UK's first youth police and crime commissioner, Paris Brown, has resigned from her post following criticism of messages she posted on Twitter.
The 17-year-old said she was quitting in the interests of everyone concerned, in particular the young people of Kent.
Police are investigating her over tweets she posted between the ages of 14 and 16 which could be considered racist and anti-gay.
Kent PCC Ann Barnes said it was "a very sad day".
Miss Brown was appointed last week to the £15,000-a-year post six days ago by Ms Barnes, who had said she would stand by her.
'Not racist'In a statement, the teenager, from Sheerness, said: "I accept that I have made comments on social networking sites which have offended many people and I am really, truly sorry for any offence that has been caused.
"I strongly reiterate that I'm not a racist and I'm not a homophobic [sic]."
The resignation of Paris Brown is more than just a huge personal blow to her and an embarrassment to Kent's Police and Crime Commissioner, Ann Barnes.
It runs the risk of undermining confidence in the Home Office's flagship law and order policy.
Critics will argue that if a PCC cannot carry out basic checks on an applicant's background before appointing them what chance have they got of scrutinising complex policing issues and making difficult budgetary decisions?
If the furore over Paris Brown was the only appointments row since the PCC elections last November it could be viewed as a "one off" But it is not.
In Lincolnshire, the PCC, Alan Hardwick, suspended the force's temporary chief constable, Neil Rhodes, only for the decision to be overturned in court, while Northamptonshire's PCC, Adam Simmonds, has been heavily criticised for placing friends in key roles.
No-one expected PCCs to be perfect - but they will have to take a little more care in future.
She added: "I have fallen into the trap of behaving with bravado on social networking sites. I hope that this stands as a learning experience for many other young people."
"I now feel that in the interests of everybody concerned, in particular the young people of Kent who I feel benefit enormously from the role of a youth commissioner, that I should stand down," she said.
Ms Barnes said Miss Brown's tweets were not vetted before she was appointed but she was an "enthusiastic young woman with exceptional skills" who had performed well in a "very tough" interview process.
She said Kent Police's vetting procedures, which were used during the recruitment process, did not normally require social networks to be scrutinised for posts of this grade.
Miss Brown had been asked at the end of her job interview if there were any views she held, or if there was anything in her past that could embarrass her or the youth PCC post, and the teenager's answer had been "no", Ms Barnes added.
She said: "I'm sure many people today would not have the jobs they are in if their thoughts in their teenage years were scrutinised."
She said the events of the past few days had strengthened her desire to create the youth PCC post and she had no plans to resign.
She said Miss Brown would not receive any payment and the youth PCC role would be re-advertised in the summer.
Resignation callsThe teenager was appointed last Wednesday to build a bridge between young people and policing in what was described as a "real hands-on role".
But The Mail on Sunday reported at the weekend Miss Brown had boasted about her sex life, drug-taking and drinking on her Twitter account @vilulabelle and had also posted violent, racist and anti-gay comments. The Twitter page has since been removed.
On Monday, two of Kent's Conservative MPs - Laura Sandys and Damian Collins - said the teenager should step down.
Labour's home affairs select committee chairman Keith Vaz also said he believed her views were "incompatible with holding office".
It later emerged Miss Brown's tweets were being investigated by Kent Police for possible criminal offences after the force received complaints.


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FOUR BY THREE: Teaser for the Atherton's New Series
The Atherton's have a new short film series coming out September 11, dubbed Four by Three. Check the teaser and get stoked. Check the official word below
Four By Three is an exclusive series of four short films about three unique athletes, produced and directed by Clay Porter for Red Bull Media House. The films focus on the individual talents and personalities that make up the world's most famous mountain biking siblings, The Athertons, and today offers the first opportunity to glimpse the trailer for the series at www.redbull.com/fourbythree.
Often seen as one entity, these films give new insight into the different sides and styles of Dan, Gee and Rachel Atherton as individuals.
The four part series starts with a look at Rachel's relationship with the fans at her home downhill World Cup race at Fort William in Scotland. We'll see how Dan's passion for racing has been renewed following his life threatening injury in 2010. The epic Free ride event, Red Bull Rampage, in Utah provides the stunning backdrop for Gee's film, taking a look at how he manages his appetite for risk in the sport. The fourth and final film brings the three together as they reflect on their respective seasons at the place they call home in North Wales.
Amazing riding coupled with next level cinematography will define Four By Three and anticipation has already started to build ahead of the premier of the first episode on September 11th.
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Like anything else, a guest post needs to be perfectly planned if success is to be achieved through it. Ann Smarty has written out what a successful guest post plan would look like, and does so in great detail. Want to write for us too?
Guest posting is probably one of the most unappreciated forms of marketing that I can think of. If you can use the proper strategies and have your mind set towards creating a quality guest post – you will be rewarded for it.
Because really, only the passionate bloggers guest post. The benefits are plenty and lack of time is no excuse, however, it is something that many bloggers just can't get around to doing.
Some of the most important benefits of guest posting that I value the most are:
- Get inspired by exposing your content to new audience and getting new comments, fresh insight, etc
- Get more readers and subscribers, more promoters who will tweet and stumble your content.
- Build your authority and reputation of the real expert in your niche;
- You will be building new contacts with the blog owner, and the people in their community.
I hope that was enough to convince you to keep reading about how useful one simple guest post can be to your blog.
Finding blogs that accept guest posts
1. Start by contributing to your friends' blogs. This way you will learn to "feel" another blog atmosphere and adapt to it.
The first place to start with is to look around your contacts. Your current blogging friends will be glad to accept your guest post and will help promote it. Besides, it's a good way to remember your old contacts and remind them of yourself.
2. Search Google
If you are a new blogger (who doesn't have a lot of friends who blog on the same topic) or if you have already blogged for most of your friends, head over to Google. I did a detailed post on finding guest post opportunities using Google. Read it thoroughly and try to apply the tips you'll find there. Search queries you want to start with include:
- "Submit a guest post" / "Submit post" / "Submit blog post"
- "Add blog post"
- "Submit an article"
- "Suggest a guest post"
- "Send a guest post"
- "Write for us";
- "Become an author", etc
3. Check (guest) blogging forums and communitie
Blogging forums that can be used for hunting guest posting opportunities are plenty. Some of them are general: Authority Blogger is one community to consider: it was started by a guest posting guru Chris Garret.
Another two places to be aware of are BlogHer (uniting blogging women) and 20sb.net (which unites bloggers aged between 20 and 30 years). Speaking of the latter, they regularly run guest posting events that encourage members to exchange guest posts.
Another place to find guest blogging opportunities is MyBlogGuest.com. That's a forum (started by yours truly) that is meant to connect bloggers interested in fresh content to authors who would like to promote it.
2. Act now: write a killer pitch
Once you have found a couple of great guest posting opportunities, you may want to contact them and offer your guest post. Here's how the process should look like step by step (also be sure to check this post by Alex on preparing a guest post in 5 steps):
- Read the blog carefully. Think what type of a guest post might be interesting to the blogger and his readership;
- Brainstorm a few great post ideas;
- Search through the blog to see if there are any overlapping posts already;
- Write the post (if nothing similar has been published yet). Don't forget to link to related articles you found in step 3;
- Contact the blogger and attach the post.
Note: there may be some intermediate steps. Some people prefer to discuss the post ideas with the blogger before submitting the post. It is really up to you. I can do either way from case to case.
Now to the ethics:
- Spend some time on writing a good, personalized pitch: start with the blogger's name and mention why you think the post is a good fit for his blog
- Don't send one and the same article to multiple bloggers. Send it to just one. This is very important. Don't turn your guest blogging into article distribution. This is just plain wrong.
3. Now wait. Be patient
High-profile bloggers are very, very busy. Don't be offended if they don't respond to you for a week or so. I usually wait a week and then write a follow-up message and wait one more week. If I do not hear a response even after that, I will send them an email one last time to ask if they every plan on using the post. If there is still no response, I will submit it elsewhere.
Once your post is published, be sure to check back often, subscribe to comments and reply to everyone who comments. This is important, because writing the post is only about half of the job. Replying to comments and really engaging is the second part many do not take seriously.
Something else that can be useful to you is to track any Twitter mentions of the posts. Three tools I recommend you can use to help you track tweets around the post are:
- BackTweets is a popular tool that tracks and aggregates Tweets linking to a particular page. It supports a number of URL-shorteners which makes the tool one of the most complete.
- Twitter Reactions (for Google Chrome): shows the Twitter juice about the current page;
- Topsy displays recent tweets for any given URL:
How do you do it all?
As I mentioned in the beginning of this article, guest posting is a very powerful, but often overlooked form of marketing. The benefits it brings in can be immense, but at the cost of a lot of hard work.
So, how do you do it? What drives you to write an entire article for someone else? Are you in it for the traffic? Or are you looking for something greater than that?


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Up Close And Personal With Pamela Beason
Hello Pamela, and welcome to Authopublisher.com. It's nice to have you with us. You are a self published author, tell us what your book is called and what is it about?
I am actually a hybrid author. By hybrid, I don't mean that I'm half Martian or have three eyes, but that I have a traditional contract for a mystery series with Berkley Prime Crime (Penguin) and I have three self-published fiction books—two romantic suspense novels, Shaken and Call of the Jaguar, and a mystery/suspense called The Only Witness.
Shaken includes an earthquake, vandalism, and arson in addition to a lot of family issues; it's about the owner of a plant nursery business being framed for insurance fraud by an unseen enemy. Call of the Jaguar is a fast-paced novella about a woman who ditches her cheating husband and goes in search of her former lover, an archaeologist working in Guatemala. My mystery The Only Witness is currently getting the most attention. It's about a frustrated detective investigating a baby's disappearance in a gossipy small town. An anonymous tip finally leads him to a witness: a gorilla who communicates in sign language.
I am a licensed private investigator as well as an author, so I use a lot of my investigation experience in my books. For example, I know it's easy to accuse someone of a crime and it's hard to defend yourself—that's what inspired me to write Shaken. After working on cases where very young children testified, I got to thinking about the criteria for a credible witness and wondered if a signing ape would be believed. So I wrote The Only Witness.
I'm also a lover of wilderness and animals both wild and tame, so there are usually some of those elements in the mix, too, especially in my Berkley mystery series. I'm currently completing a mystery set in the Galapagos Islands, which I was inspired to write when I picked up a newspaper while on vacation there. The headline read (in Spanish): "Fishermen's Union Threatens to Blow Up Tourist Boat."
Tell us a little bit about your writing process? What methods do you use to write and how did you make it through the grueling process of writing your book?
Grueling is a good word for it. The hardest part is convincing family and friends that I am actually working and need to be left alone. When I start a book, I always know my theme, the beginning, the ending, and the high points of the plot, but I never know how I'm going to get from point A to point B. Solutions come to me as I write.
I used to design multimedia products and I've studied screenwriting, so I've learned to think in modules and scenes. When I get stuck in one place while writing, I just work on another scene that I know I want in the book, and this often reminds me of other connecting scenes and setups that I need, and somehow it all comes together in the end. Often, I don't go back and rewrite scenes that I know have errors. Instead, I just make notes on how I'm going to rewrite and then forge ahead as if I have already rewritten earlier chapters. After I have completed the first draft, I outline the book, which often shows me more flaws in my plot or timeline, and I try to fix them all in the next pass.
I rely on critique partners to keep me in line, too. Mysteries are a difficult juggling act. The author needs to keep the clues and timeline straight while making a number of endings seem possible, so although it's embarrassing, it's a great help to have a critique buddy say "How the heck could the heroine view that incident on top of the mountain when ten minutes ago she was three miles away down in the canyon?" or "Whatever happened to that mysterious note he found in chapter two?"
Explain to us the process you took to get your book published, from formatting your manuscript to preparing it for print all the way to getting an ISBN and the book cover design.
That's a long process for each book! First, a manuscript needs to be free of typos and grammatical errors. I have always had some good critique partners, so I get a lot of help from them with proofreading and making the text as good as it can be. And I often work as an editor, so I generally put the manuscript away for a couple of weeks (long enough that I've forgotten what is on each page), then print it out and read through it on paper, and find and correct a lot of errors that way. For formatting, I go to all the ebook sites—like the Kindle Direct Publishing site and Smashwords.com and Pubit.com and read their formatting guidelines. I also check out the online forums on the various self-publishing sites to see what sorts of questions and answers and complaints are being posted there and make sure I have all the issues covered as I format my ebooks.
For a printed book, I use Lightning Source and CreateSpace. I read their guidelines, choose the most common size for my genre and page count, and then begin to lay out the book. I'm pretty much a Microsoft Word expert, so I can do this myself. I make sure to look at the entire book two pages at a time (like you see a open printed book) to find any weirdnesses like a word left alone on one page, and I adjust as needed by adding kerning or manual line breaks or page breaks and such.
For ISBNs, I registered my publisher name (WildWing Press) a long time ago and bought a block of ten ISBNS from Bowker under that name. I use a different ISBN for the print version and the ebook version, although Amazon and others sometimes assign their own number, too.
For the book covers, I look through all the stock photo sites (my favorites are Dreamstime.com, iFoto.com and Shutterstock.com) for reasonably priced photos that I could use for a cover (often it takes three or more for one cover), and I license those, and then I try to choose a color used in those photos for the text and background. I have taken a PhotoShop course, so I use that program to do a basic layout. But I don't have the time to learn to be an expert, and I don't want to keep thousands of fonts on my computer, so at that point I ship my cover idea off to a "real" graphic artist and pay for that person to perfect my idea for the ebook cover and the print cover (using the cover templates from Lightning Source and CreateSpace). I write the text for the back of the print cover, and the artist lays it out and often comes up with an additional graphic element to throw in there to make it more interesting.
Did you use the services of a book coach or a self publishing company to help you though the process or did you do it yourself? Tell us about your experiences.
I'm leaps and bounds ahead of most authors, because I have worked as an editor, so I knew a fair amount of the process when I started to self-publish. But I definitely rely on people who study the business and have written books about how to do it. Personally, in the beginning I relied heavily on Aaron Shepard's advice (see http://www.newselfpublishing.com/blog/ if you're interested), but there are now many others writing the same sorts of "how-to" books as he did, and they may be just as good. I often help other writers publish their books now.
What would you do differently with the publishing of your next book?
Time it to blend perfectly with popular culture and events for maximum success! And if anyone out there knows how to do that, PLEASE contact me immediately!
How did you market your book? Can you share some of your creative/non-conventional ways/secrets on how you sold your book?
I'm trying (desperately) to come up with a clever response. But sadly, I've got nothing.
I tweet, I Goodread, I attempt to Facebook, I try to be nice to everyone I meet, I always have little author postcards with me at all times that show my book covers, a descriptive sentence about each, and my website address.
I have contemplated committing a splashy crime like shooting a right wing talk show host to grab headlines, but so far I'm not quite that desperate. Sales are slowly but steadily building as my name gets around.
Share with us the different platforms you use to sell your book (bookstores, signing, affiliate programs, website etc.).
My local indie bookstore, Village Books, sells my book, but most bookstores won't touch a self-published book. So my self-published books sell mainly from Amazon and other online sites, and I always sell a few at various talks I do around town.
Do you use social media in book promotion, and if so, which platforms work best for you? Can you share some tricks you got making it work for you?
Of course I use social media! Like I said earlier, I'm a private investigator in my day job, so I'm usually hiding in the bushes or behind a computer instead of out in front of a crowd. I like Twitter; it's especially good for finding interesting blogs and commenting on them and then retweeting those links, which makes most everyone happy. And Twitter is nice for posting links to excerpts (#SampleSunday) or announcing a sale or a giveaway day. I've also used Goodreads Giveaways to get some of my print books out there. I think one of the best strategies is to find good blogs that already have a lot of readers and ask if that blogger would like to interview you or one of your characters, or would welcome a guest blog. Speaking of which, I blog on my website, too. My books are mostly about animals, the outdoors, and adventures, so I post tales of my kayaking, hiking, and scuba adventures and then I use Twitter to announce each new post.
Care to share some numbers? How many books have you sold to date?
Hmmm. What a potentially embarrassing question! I've only been at this for about five months now, I have multiple books, and sales are steadily increasing, but I haven't broken into the bestseller ranks anywhere yet. Maybe next month!
How was your book initially received? Has it been reviewed? What was your response to the reviews?
It's very hard these days to get established reviewers to do reviews of self-published books or even traditionally published books from new authors. I do have quite a few reviews from book bloggers as well as readers on my Amazon book pages, and 99.9% are overwhelmingly positive. I've also had a few reviews in newspapers around the country.
How do you handle negative feedback from critics?
So far the only negative feedback I've received is that the ending of THE ONLY WITNESS was "too happy." I'll take that! There's enough depression in the world; I never want to add to that.
Where are some of the places where you sell your book besides through book distributors, your website, book stores etc.
Mainly online bookstores – Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Smashwords. And out of the trunk of my car!
Do have any future projects you'd like to tell us about?
There's been some interest in making THE ONLY WITNESS into a movie. I hope that happens. And a lot of people want me to write a sequel or two, so I may do that. And of course, my Summer Westin series with Berkley Prime Crime/Penguin will go on, so I have lots of ideas for that. And a couple of YA plots…I ALWAYS have more book ideas than time to write them!
Thank you for being on Authopublisher, Pamela, and I hope to hear from you again!
My website: www.pamelabeason.com
Self-published (indie) fiction books:
Berkley Prime Crime (Penguin) Mystery Series:
Coming soon!
BEAR BAIT (coming October 2012)
UNDERCURRENTS (coming 2013)


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EXCL. PREVIEW: Raicht, Harrison & Howard's "Wild Blue Yonder" Finale
Mike Raicht, Austin Harrison and Zach Howard's "Wild Blue Yonder" #6 from IDW sees the crew of the Dawn's take to the skies in a climactic battle.
EXCL. PREVIEW: Mike Raicht & Zach Howard's "Wild Blue Yonder" #3
The crew of The Dawn is put to the test when Sky-Pirates launch an unexpected attack. Mike Raicht, Zach Howard take to the skies on October 30 in "Wild Blue Yonder" #3!
Raicht Bares Tooth, Claw and John Hughes-ian Teenage Angst in "The Pack"
Writer Mike Raicht discusses "The Pack" and merging the horror genre with the sensibilities and style of a John Hughes '80s film in his graphic novel about teenagers-turned-werewolves.
Raicht, Howard & Harrison Fly With "Wild Blue Yonder"
Mike Raicht, Zach Howard and Austin Harrison discuss their creator-owned "Wild Blue Yonder," revealing how the high-flying post-apocalyptic tale went from Kickstarter to its new home at IDW.
Mike Raicht Heads Into the "Wild Blue Yonder"
Writer Mike Raicht spoke with CBR about his and artist Zach Howard's upcoming creator-owned post-apocalyptic sci-fi miniseries "Wild Blue Yonder," funded via Kickstarter and coming to print in May through IDW.
PRESS RELEASE: IDW Announces Post-Apocalyptic Thriller "Wild Blue Yonder"
Mike Raicht Terrorizes Cobra in "Infestation 2: G.I. Joe"
"Stuff of Legend" writer Mike Raicht returns to G.I. Joe for a two-issue "Infestation 2" tie-in miniseries, shipping biweekly in March from IDW. CBR spoke with him about setting Cobra against Lovecraftian gods.
CCI: Voltron Feature Film Announced at "Voltron Resurgent" Panel
Details of Voltron and the Lion Force's latest forays into comics, video games and a new live-action film emerge at Comic-Con International
Read the Full Issue: "Raise the Dead 2" #1
With the final issue in stores next week, Dynamite Entertainment has provided the full first issue of "Raise the Dead 2" by Mike Raicht and Guiu Vilanova based on a story by Leah Moore and John Reppion.
Mike Raicht on "G.I. Joe: Infestation"
IDW's "Infestation" event sets the heroes of G.I. Joe and the ruthless agents of Cobra against a threat from the publisher's own "Zombies vs. Robots" cross universe. CBR spoke with writer Mike Raicht about the series.
Raicht Tells the "Stuff of Legend"
Mike Raicht, co-writer of the hit Th3rd World Studios comic "Stuff of Legend," spoke with CBR about the latest issue and what's to come in the acclaimed series, his work on "Raise the Dead II," "Infestation" and more.
"Raise the Dead 2" with Moore & Reppion
Co-creators Leah Moore and John Reppion shed some light on the oncoming darkness of the zombie hordes with "Raise the Dead 2" while sharing advice on how to survive this season's holiday apocalypse.
PRESS RELEASE: Dynamite's "Raise the Dead" Returns
Mike Raicht On Legends, Instruments And Men of Steel
The writer behind the indie hit "Stuff of Legend" gears up for a second volume launch on Free Comic Book Day and teases his adaptation of the hot YA series "Mortal Instruments" and a Superman tale.
Th3rd World's "Stuff of Legend"
Creators Mike Raicht, Brian Smith and Charles Paul Wilson III prepare their Free Comic Book Day hit for its final form as "The Stuff of Legend" from Th3rd World. They spoke to CBR and shared the full issue from FCBD.
Dynamite Titles On Sale May 6, 2009
Courtesy of Dynamite Entertainment, CBR brings you advance looks at new comics on sale this week, including "The Boys" #30 (featuring a Jim Lee cover!) and "Army of Darkness" #20.
Mike Raicht: One Man Vs. an Army of Darkness
Writer Mike Raicht steps into the solo spotlight as the scribe behind Ash's adventures with the Evil Dead in Dynamite's ongoing "Army of Darkness." CBR News spoke with Raicht about his plans for the series.
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Operation Garden
by Operation Foodie in View All Posts, March 25th, 2009It's that time of year and I cannot help being excited to get outside and play in the dirt! Last year I was a little too ambitious and started my garden way too early, alas, it taught me patience, and I'm applying that lesson now.
I've started my seedlings at home on my porch and am growing oregano, parsley, basil, thyme, pumpkins, heirloom tomatoes, squash, and garden beans! I can happily report that they are growing strong and will hopefully be fruitful. I'm also sharing a piece of my small yard with my good friends so that they can cultivate the earth as well. It's a wonderful excuse to have friends over for harvesting parties and BBQ's!
I've also tried to plant some herbs here at my FN desk… as of now I still have 2 big pots of dirt. Perhaps I'll give it another try next week. It would be a shame to go all summer infront of this window without anything green to stare back at me.
What are you planting this year?
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Hi Kendra, now you're talkin' my language! I have a 500 sq. ft. garden plot. Still way too early in this part of the country too – snow still on the ground. I usually plant on Mother's Day, and even that's pushing it. But now is a good time to start planning.
Also a good time to get that compost pile (sitting rather stagnant and frozen all winter) turned, watered and aerated so it can start cookin' and breakin' down. I did that three days ago, and I see it's steaming today in the 34-degree air. Pretty awesome how that all works, huh!
This is the first year that I plan to grow my own herbs. Partially because I want to become more involved in the process and partially because fresh herbs are expensive! Thankfully, my family owns a farm so I can call upon them for advice. Since I don't have a lot of space I plan to start small with basil, thyme, parsley, mint, cilantro, and rosemary. I've got my fingers crossed that we'll have a great season! Keep us up to date on your garden and please share any tips you have. Personally, I can use all the help I can get!!
Kendra, there is a lot to say about composting! Here's just the tip of the ice burg (lettuce)…
Why Compost?
*reduce land fills by 20%.
*create valuable soil-building nutrients and organic compounds for your garden and household plants.
*make "compost tea" for household and hanging plants.If you have little space for composting
*use a composting bin or tumbler that holds the material in a compact area.
*minimize composting time and space by turning the material frequently.
*worm composting works best if you have many food scraps but few yard trimmings.Compost materials should be moist but not dripping wet. The squeeze test: take a handful of your compost. If water drips from your open hand, it's too wet. If you squeeze and no water drips out, it's too dry.
Keep the smell down by ensuring your compost has air flow in and around it. Aerobic decomposition does not smell. Anaerobic decomp does. Turn frequently (daily if possible).
Compost needs a balance of carbon-rich (brown) and nitrogen-rich (green) materials. Green materials degrade quickly, browns less so. Consider shredding the browns to 1/4 to 2 inch pieces.
A mix of 2 to 3 parts brown to 1 part green is a good proportion. Examples of browns are dried leaves, straw, corn stalks and woody materials like paper, sawdust or shavings. Examples of greens are grass clippings, kitchen scraps, horse, cattle or chicken manure.
Keep carnivore's manure (cats, dogs, etc) OUT of your compost.
Internal temperature of your compost should be in the 120 to 160 degree range. Temperatures over 140 degrees kill pathogens and weed seeds.
Methods of composting include the Pile or Heap Method, composting bins (either purchased or homemade) or tumblers. I use the pile method and I also have a homemade composting bin. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, right?!?
Source: University of Idaho Dept of Agriculture, County Extension Agent, Master Gardener.
I'd be happy to guest blog if you like, and share photos not only of my garden, but the gardens of other Master Gardeners too. :-)
It's a little too early to begin planting here, but I have plans. I figure with this economy, a garden is a necessity.
Since I walk with a cane and have difficulty walking on uneven ground (I have MS), I plan to move the garden onto our deck. I have mapped out a 6′ x 6′ raised plat garden. I am focusing on vegetables/herbs I can freeze or dry for use during the winter months: tomatoes, hot and sweet peppers, eggplant, broccoli, cauliflower, red cabbage, fennel, peas, leeks, spinach, greens, carrots, radishes, and scallions. Mixed into the garden and in assorted tubs, I'll be raising garlic, mustard, sage, thyme, cilantro, parsley, rosemary, chives, oregano, basil, and marjoram. My seeds arrived this week and I've got two large egg trays waiting for potting soil so I can start everything but the root vegetables and tomatoes (I buy the tomato plants, they are just hardier). My plan is to start a second set of plants in a month so I can space out the production.
Fortunately, we also have a significant number of raspberry bushes and strawberry plants in hanging pots that are great for freezing.
While this sounds ambitious, I have a small family so we are not growing a lot of everything, only a few plants of each. Otherwise, I'd be selling produce in a roadside stand!
We do, however, plan to swap some with neighbors who are more into other vegetables and fruits.
You can feed a family fresh veggies all summer with just a few square feet of properly prepared soil. Run down to your local book seller or online and get a copy of Square Foot Gardening by Mel Bartholomew. Success is guaranteed!
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Red Bull Racing have firmly established themselves as the second power on the grid this season, running away with the only race win so far not to have gone to Brawn. Naturally team principal Christian Horner is feeling quite satisfied, but one win always brings with it a taste for more.
Brawn may be ahead for now, but the good news for Horner and Red Bull is that the Adrian Newey-designed RB5 is quick even without KERS and a double diffuser, leaving the team plenty of development potential
Q: Christian, overall Barcelona delivered a very good team result. However, while one driver was happy, the other felt someone had been raining on his parade. What happened?
Christian Horner: Well, in the case of Sebastian it was Felipe Massa and KERS that cost him the chance of a victory. It was a shame. He was starting on the dirty side of the grid and given the fact that the biggest advantage of KERS is at this track, Massa used that to his advantage. On top of this he spent the first stint on the same stop lap as Sebastian. And if that wasnt enough, we brought Sebastian in very short in the second stint and they (Ferrari) again picked the same lap. So the first two stints were just looking at the back of a Ferrari and that completely killed his race. That Mark ended ahead of Sebastian was due to the fact that we put Mark very long in the middle stint. If we had done similar with Sebastian it would have given him a fantastic chance to win the race. For Mark the strategy really paid off - he had a very strong race and that made good the feeling he had that he somewhat underperformed in qualifying. So he had a great recovery and a well deserved podium.
Q: How is life after China - after the first win for Red Bull Racing? A lot easier?
CH: The truth? Life is very busy. The team is on a high after the result in China, which was backed up by Sebastians podium in Bahrain and Marks in Barcelona. China was a milestone. We have the first pole position out of the way and have the first win out of the way and that automatically changes our focus. Our focus now is very clearly to close the gap to the Brawns - and Barcelona has shown that we have done that - and we still have a lot more development potential open to us. The car is performing very well, the team is performing exceptionally well, and we are going in the right direction.
Q: Were there any personal gestures from you in China? Anything like your leap into the pool as Superman when you scored your first podium in Monaco?
CH: Nothing of that sort. I was wet enough from the rain - and the champagne. I was just delighted for the team and for (Red Bull owner) Mr Mateschitz after his commitment, his support and efforts he has put into not only Red Bull Racing but Formula One. It was a great day for Red Bull.
Q: Sebastians form has been going up and up of late, but prior to Barcelona Mark seemed to be on a bit of an unlucky run. How difficult has that been to balance?
CH: Sebastian is in extremely good form at the moment and he is doing a fantastic job. Mark had a very difficult winter. And if you consider what he had to deal with - a broken leg, and a broken shoulder that he had forgotten to tell us about - he made a remarkable recovery and has put all the winter malaises behind him. I must say that we have a very strong driver pairing.
Q: Dietrich Mateschitz has promised Sebastian he will not stand in his way, should he decide to go elsewhere in the future, contract or no contract. Now that RB5 is delivering, does that mean he will be racing for you again next year - despite media talk of putting him in a Ferrari?
CH: Ah! Sebastian is very happy driving for this team - and we are very happy to have him. He has been a member of the Red Bull family for a long, long time and Red Bull Racing has provided him with a very good car this year. I think that Mr Mateschitz has also mentioned that Sebastian is certainly not for sale. Im obviously not disclosing the details of his contract but I cant imagine anywhere else that Sebastian would rather be at the moment and for next year I dont see any intention that he goes anywhere else. He is a fixture within the team.
Q: The RB5 has no double diffuser and is not running KERS, yet is still one of the fastest cars on the track. What is the secret to this? What did Adrian Newey do differently with his interpretation of the new rules?
CH: Adrian Newey and his crew have done an exceptional job. They have chosen a very intelligent interpretation of the regulations in typical Adrian fashion. He has pushed the boundaries and the limits and produced a very innovative car, but also a very attractive car. I think that the solution they came up with to the regulations as we understood them is impressive. And there is now further clarity on the floor regulations which opens up some exciting development opportunities for us.
Q: You brought a lot of new parts to Barcelona. Did it work out as expected? And how certain is it that the RB5 will have a different floor for Monaco?
CH: They did. Given that fact that we only had the Friday to implement them I am very satisfied with the result. Regarding the new floor, it is a big challenge for us to incorporate a new floor given the characteristics of the RB5. Probably it is more difficult than at other teams, but be assured that the guys back home in Milton Keynes are working very hard on a solution and hopefully Monaco will be its first race.
Q: The FIAs 2010 regulations - an optional £40 million budget cap in exchange for more technical freedom. What is your stance on that? Is that a budget Red Bull Racing could warm to?
CH: First of all we fully support any initiative to reduce costs from where they currently stand. I think a lot of good work was done by FOTA with the FIA over the last winter focusing primarily on the engine and operations, and some big cost savings were made. It is now time to focus on the chassis. However, it is important that Formula One does not end up with two different types of regulations and I think the objective should be to reduce the price in order to be competitive. And hopefully through work with FOTA and the FIA that can be achieved. To rely solely on the cap to control the costs with very open regulations would certainly be very challenging.
Q: The teams met last week to discuss the 2010 regulations. How is the mood?
CH: Well, the good thing is that all the teams - big or small - are focusing on the same objectives: reducing costs. We as an independent team have seen significant savings this year through some of the initiatives and the show is better than ever. I think Formula Ones appeal is better than it has been for years. Im not going to divulge the content of last week discussion - what I can say is that they were very constructive and I dont see any sign of fatigue.


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I leave for college tomorrow. All summer I've been wishing for time's quicker passing and now that my wish has seemed to come true I'm a little nervous. But a good kind of nervous. Most of my things are packed and my dad is coming over later today to load my stuff in his truck since my trunk's latch is busted. So I'll be shoving a few giant Tupperware containers in my back seats and Dad'll take care of the rest.
It's hard to process, really. Tomorrow at this time I'll be moving in to my dorm, sharing a living space with six perfect strangers. We start signing up for classes and whatnot the beginning of next week so we have a weekend to cozy up to the place. I don't think, with the right attitude, it'll be overwhelming or stressful. I most likely will get homesick, but I'll be so damn excited.
I don't know what this means for Oasis though. I don't want to just vanish the day I start college. And I have no clue how much free time I'll have, what with classes and studying (something I've never had to do and will have to get used to doing) and clubs and work study and general socializing. I'm sure there will be weekends in the future when I find myself with spare time and decide to pop back in. I just can't bring myself to let go of this place, at least not entirely. It's done so much for me.
You're all really cool people, and it's been a great almost-three years.
This isn't goodbye, but kind of a semi-goodbye.
Also my face has broken out in the days leading up to my departure. My mom blames my pimples on stress but I don't actually feel stressed. God damn it. Horrible timing.
College is a time when you get to reinvent yourself, and start on a new path in life. If Oasis is part of that new path or not, who can tell yet?
If you want Oasis again, it's here. If you don't, it's still here.
In any case, good luck with college, life, love, and everything you hope and dream for, and thanks for contributing so much here. You certainly gave to as much as you got from Oasis... ;-)
"You don't know you're beautiful." - Harry Styles
Thank you, Jeff. That means a lot to me. And thank you for providing gay teens with a safe place where they can just spill their thoughts without the threat of judgment.
I hate goodbye's, so I'll just say I'll catch you on the flip-flop girl!
I hope everything falls into place for you. I have a strong feeling you'll do very well in college.
Good luck, and have fun! I expect you'll love college...
Come back once in a while and tell us how it's going, though.


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To: Heads of Bureaus and Offices
From: Sharon D. Eller - Director, Office of Civil Rights /signed/Subject: Adoption of the Architectural Barriers Act Accessibility Standards (ABAAS)
The Architectural Barriers Act (ABA) of 1968 requires that any building or facility designed, constructed, altered, or leased with federal funds be accessible to and usable by any individuals with disabilities. On November 8, 2005, the General Services Administration (GSA) adopted new accessibility standards which must be followed by all of the Bureaus in the Department of the Interior (DOI) in compliance with this law. (Copy attached.)
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Blogging On The Beach
Those are my tootsies, comfortably ensconsed in sand. The kids are jumping waves, the sun is shining, and life is grand, my friends.
We used to come to beach with Peter sometimes – and sadly, it was only "sometimes". He's not a big beach guy. One day, maybe two, and he was done. He had an especially hard time at the beach once the kids came along, because he wanted to sit in a chair, unbothered, and read a book while they frolicked. Unfortunately, Anna hates to frolic alone, and David has to be watched like a hawk as he likes to wander off. The beach was a definite two-vigilant-parents situation while they were younger, and it didn't leave much time for sitting and relaxing. It's a bit easier now that they're both older (and with a friend along to jump waves with Anna). I get snatches of relaxation here and there, and it's good either way.
Unlike Peter, I could spend a lifetime on the beach. So could the kids, so we're enjoying every sun-soaked (and sunblocked!) second of it. We're going with the flow, eating when we feel like it, doing as we please with no real agenda other than waves and sand. And I have to tell you….it's nice. It's more than nice. It's just plain wonderful. One of the plusses of this whole divorce thing – vacations on my terms. I'm liking it. I'm liking it a lot.
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First ARM Cortex-M0+ parts launched for 49cents
June 20, 2012 // Nick Flaherty
Freescale Semiconductor is aiming to replace all its 8bit and 16bit processors with the industrys first microcontrollers built on the ARM Cortex-M0+ processor for just 49cents..
The Kinetis L family of devices all include a 48MHz ARM Cortex-M0+ core with 12 or 16-bit analog-to-digital converters, 12-bit digital-to-analog converters, high-speed analog comparators and low-power touch sensing with wake-up on touch from reduced power states.
In our view, 8- and 16-bit development has reached the end of the road. Those architectures simply cant keep up as the Internet of Things gains traction, said Geoff Lees, vice president and general manager of Freescales Industrial & Multi-Market MCU business. Kinetis L series MCUs are ideal for the new wave of connected applications, combining the required energy efficiency, low price, development ease and small footprint with the enhanced performance, peripherals, enablement and scalability of the Kinetis 32bit portfolio.
The first of three Kinetis L series families is the Kinetis L0 with up to 32KB of flash memory and ultra-small 4mm x 4mm QFN packages. This is pin compatible with the Freescale 8-bit S08P family and software- and tool-compatible with all other Kinetis L series families.
The Kinetis L1 family has 32 to 256 KB of flash memory and additional communications and analog peripheral options, while the Kinetis L2 adds USB 2.0 full-speed host/device/OTG. These L series devices are pin- and software-compatible with the Kinetis K series, built on the ARM Cortex-M4 processor, providing a migration path to DSP performance and advanced feature integration.
As machine-to-machine communication expands and network connectivity becomes ubiquitous, many of todays standalone, entry-level applications will require more intelligence and functionality. With the Kinetis L series, Freescale provides the ideal opportunity for users of legacy 8- and 16-bit architectures to migrate to 32-bit platforms and bring additional intelligence to everyday devices without increasing power consumption and cost or sacrificing space. Applications, such as small appliances, gaming accessories, portable medical systems, audio systems, smart meters, lighting and power control, can now leverage 32-bit capabilities and the scalability needed to expand future product lines all at 8- and 16-bit price and power consumption levels.
The ARM Cortex-M0+ processor consumes approximately one-third of the energy of any 8- or 16-bit processor available today, while delivering between two to 40 times more performance. The Kinetis L series supplements the energy efficiency of the core with the latest in low-power MCU platform design, operating modes and energy-saving peripherals. The result is an MCU that consumes just 50 uA/MHz in very-low-power run (VLPR) mode and can rapidly wake from a reduced power state, process data and return to sleep, extending application battery life.
Kinetis L series energy-saving peripherals do more with less power by maintaining functionality even when the MCU is in deep sleep modes. In traditional MCUs, the main clock and processor core must be activated to perform even trivial tasks such as sending or receiving data, capturing or generating waveforms or sampling analog signals. Kinetis L series peripherals are able to perform these functions without involving the core or main system, drastically reducing power consumption and improving battery life.
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Archive for the 'canvas' tag
Accessing HTML5 CANVAS Pixels
Let's fill a HTML5 Canvas row-by-row to a checker pattern, directly setting the pixels rather than using fillRect():
$(document).ready(function () { // Get the canvas element with id="canvas" using JQuery $("#canvas").each(function () { var ctx = this.getContext('2d'); for (var y = 0; y < this.height; ++y) { var rowData = ctx.createImageData(this.width, 1); var pixels = rowData.data; for (var x = 0; x < this.width; ++x) { var c; if ((x + y) % 2 == 0) c = [127, 127, 127]; else c = [255, 0, 0]; pixels[x * 4 + 0] = c[0]; pixels[x * 4 + 1] = c[1]; pixels[x * 4 + 2] = c[2]; pixels[x * 4 + 3] = 255; } ctx.putImageData(rowData, 0, y); } }); });
A Complete Game
Progress update…
A Complete Game
Over the last several months, I've been working primarily with web-related technologies (basic HTML, CSS, PHP, some CMS customization, etc.). In my spare time, I've been playing around with the more graphical / game-aspects HTML5. I've written a couple "draft" quality JQuery plug-ins: one for basic image effects (saturation effects, etc.), a seamless image tiler / previewer, a seamless image generator, a fire effect, and one more thing: a complete game.
I'm interested in graphics, engine architecture, and games, but often find myself exploring a specific technology rather than trying to create something "complete." In other words, I tend to take a deep and narrow approach to coding rather than a broad, shallow approach.
My goal this time is to produce a small, maybe-not-that-impressive, but complete game. I realize I've never really done this before…
Gravity Tide
I've decided to code name it Gravity Tide. So far:
- 2D Graphics via an HTML Canvas element
- Music via the HTML5 Audio element (and via opengameart.org since I'm not a musician!)
- A main menu and credits screen
- 1 Level currently…
Once I add a splashscreen, load/save functionality, a couple more levels, a few power-ups, a few new enemies, end-of-level "bosses", and a generic minimal game story, I think it – again, may not be epic quality – but it will be a complete game.
Seamless Images
Continuing with the HTML5 Canvas experiments…
I put together a draft tool for procedurally generating seamless images. It's pretty limited at this point, but it does serve as a proof-of-concept. See later in the post for where I'd like to go with this.
The above image is seamless.
The crux of the algorithm is this:
- Create a canvas
- Add helper function that repeats each canvas draw call 9 times: repeating the draw with an offset to each of the 8 directly neighboring "tiles" – thus handling overlap in draw calls across the borders
- Add simple code to allow the generated canvas image to be saved as a PNG
- Reuse the seamless image viewer I wrote the other day to preview the image in tiled form
Interesting Stuff
- David Bau's seedrandom.js for generating seeded random numbers in Javascript
- This little tidbit on how easy it is to generate a PNG from a CANVAS element
Future Directions
The collection of spot-based tiles has only a limited range of value – especially given that the example page only exposes a subset of the possible parameters. Again, it's a proof-of-concept for a more useful implementation.
Dirt, Rock, & Grass. I'd like to use the basic framework to procedurally generate some basic terrain textures. Namely because these have greater utility – i.e. there's a lot larger audience that'd want to use freely available seamless terrain textures.
Make it pluggable. It'd like to separate the framework from the particular tile being generated. I.e. make dirt, rock, grass, spot-pattern, etc. all different plug-ins that automatically generate a UI, etc. yet utilize common code.
Better automatic UI generation. For a tool like this, the UI for controlling the parameters should be a lot simpler to auto-generate without the common boilerplate code…
General polish. There are some basic UI issues with the current demo. For example. 512×512 is a decent size to save the image as when done, but it certainly would be a lot nicer to get the base image and the tiled preview all fitting one screen (at a reasonably normal resolution).
HTML5 2D Map Viewer
I wrote a quick little 2D map viewer using an HTML5 canvas. It's not much to look at: it draws a 1000×1000 solid color map with 200 sprites randomly on it and uses simple WSAD keyboard movement to scroll around the map.
What's Worth Noting…
- How incredibly easy adding UI is when you're coding something in HTML (and with JQuery)
- How easy adding plug-ins can be when using a dynamic language like Javascript
I wanted to confirm my clipping code was working: so I added code to shrink the visible rect by 50% and draw entities inside the shrunk rect normally and draw those outside the draw (but still in the visible rect) as partly opaque red rectangles. (See screenshot below).
That's not anything tough or interesting. However, I realized, given that I was using javascript where functions are objects, I could easily make this whole clip debugging functionality a "plug-in" that doesn't touch the core functionality. By chaining some code to a core "pre-render" function and to the entity draw function, I could inject the logic without really uglifying the core engine.
And then since this is all HTML, adding a quick slider bar to control the debugging clip rectangle size took about 2 minutes.
Admittedly, I'm a bit daunted by the notion of moving my LxEngine work to WebGL and reworking all the C++ code I've written. However, the idea of working on a basic 2D engine to prototype on the web – well, that sounds compelling without being as utterly daunting. The dynamic nature of JS and HTML will no doubt lend me more good ideas for the more production-oriented C++ coding.
JQuery Seamless Image Preview
I wrote a brief JQuery plug-in which transforms a normal <IMG> element into a dynamic, tiled version of the image with a slider for controlling the size of the image tiles.
The purpose would be to preview quickly seamless textures. I wrote this mostly to get a bit more experience with HTML5 and JQuery.
I also like the idea of improving this enough that I could a site like OpenGameArt.org could use it for images tagged with 'seamless' – but we'll see about that: it needs more polish before I would feel right contacting anyone over there.
Note: I've called this "version 0.2.0″ since this is really draft quality work: I haven't written the docs (though the normal JQuery plug-in convention of $("#myimage").seamlessImage()
will get you started pretty quickly), I haven't done any unit testing (i.e. different layout scenarios, different browsers), there are some basic features that should probably be added, etc.
The absolutely minimal documentation is located here.
The demonstration below of the plug-in uses the Cobblestone.png from OpenGameArt.org. (The image was created by Saroman of the Wurm Online project).
Use the slider below the image to use the plug-in!
- Uses the HTML5 "range" control to implement the slider
- The JQuery $.data method is used to store the internal state of the plug-in
Anyway, good to get something demonstrable and graphical back up on the blog!


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I was having one of those moments last weekend where I was craving two different flavors and could not decide. Lemon or strawberry...that was the question. Strawberry shortcake sounded amazing, but I was also craving some tart sweet lemon cake. Then it hit me, why not combine the two? I thought about making some lemon cupcakes topped with creamy strawberry cream frosting, but I wanted the dessert to be more than that.
Makes 9
2 1/2 cups raw almond meal*
1/4 tsp sea salt
1 tsp pure vanilla extract
2 Tbsp lemon juice
1/2 cup raw coconut nectar
2 cups raw cashew pieces (preferably soaked overnight)
1/2 cup lemon juice
2Tbsp organic lemon zest
1/2 cup raw coconut nectar, raw agave nectar or raw honey
1/2 tsp sea salt
1 Tbsp pure vanilla extract
1/2 cup raw coconut oil (warmed to liquid)
For the strawberry and lemon creams, combine all ingredients except the coconut oil and strawberries in the food processor and process until smooth. With the motor running, add the coconut oil and process a minute longer. Remove half of the cream from the food processor and set aside in a bowl. Add the strawberries to the remaining cream and process until smooth and well blended. Pour into another bowl, and place in the freezer for about 45 minutes or until it is frosting consistency. Once chilled, spread the strawberry cream over the bars, then place the lemon cream in a pastry bag and pipe over the strawberry cream. Cut into small 9 bars.
*I use soaked, dried almonds which have been ground in the food processor to flour, but you can also use almond pulp that has been dehydrated.