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Craft of Gods
UPDATE: This game has been shutdown and is no longer available
Craft of Gods Overview
Craft of Gods originally launched as a pay to play game, but has recently opened a free to play server. The old P2P server will remain open and players will have to opportunity to move their characters from one server to the other. While it may look like a typical fantasy MMORPG, Craft of Gods is actually based on Slavic mythology which means the world of Akvilon is filled with some unique monsters and mythological creatures. Players earn new ability points by leveling up and can chose how to specialize their characters. There are 14 schools of abilities to experiment with, and a wide variety of pets to tame.
Ability Schools - Fire, Earth, Storm, Air, Water, Psychic, Healing, Ranger, Long Range Attack, Berserk, Close Range Attack, Defense, Demonology, Necromancy
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Craft of Gods Review
By, Erhan Altay
Craft of Gods is a fantasy MMORPG based on Slavic mythology that's developed by the Italian studio Kalicanthus Entertainment. Hosted in Europe, but open to players everywhere, Craft of Gods bills it self as the MMORPG of free choices. Recently it has made good on that slogan by opening a free to play server. Prior to September 2010, Craft of Gods required a monthly subscription. Now, the original premium server coexists with the newer free to play server. The two servers offer unique experiences. Free users face several restrictions which can be made up for using Kun, the premium currency.
Light vs Dark
When registering an account, free players can skip the part that asks for a serial key and start downloading the 1.5 gb client right away. After a lengthy patch process, players set the game's resolution and can create their character. There are two rival factions to chose from, each with three races available. Both factions include one human race, but the other four are culled from Slavic legends. The Hyperborean, Velet, Voldkodlaki, and Dyagv may be barely pronounceable but they are unique. Each race has its own starting location, and appearance customization options. There are several hairstyles, hair colors, face styles, and skin tones to chose from. Additionally, players can use various sliders for things like hip size, muscle build, legs, and stomach.
A Whole New World
Upon logging in for the first time, players will notice how attractive the game world of Akvilon can be. The graphics aren't exceptional, but the development team did a good job with it. The visuals are especially pleasant compared to how often we see nearly identical graphic engines in free to play MMORPGs. the background music is also pleasant, but other sound effects are missing. The biggest flaw in Craft of Gods is the general sense that it feels unfinished. Many generic sounds and attack animations are lacking. Having a cow stare at you while your health diminishes can be awkward. The interface is confusing, but at least a big original. The chat box is located in the top right corner rather than the usual bottom left spot. The map is hard to read, and the minimap is nearly useless. Movement is controlled via W,A,S,D with the right mouse button controlling the camera. Players start near an NPC that offers a beginner quest. The dialogue screen is also poorly designed, quests players have already accepted will continue to appear next to ones they haven't, and even quests that are too high in level will be listed.
Aimless Encounters
The world in Craft of Gods is vast. There are around 25 maps, but the size and scope of each makes the game feel huge. Monsters are usually not clumped together as in most MMORPGs, which also helps make the world feel larger. Players will spend the first few levels killing local woodland creatures. The experience rate and sense of progression are slow paced, so its important to complete quests. The trouble is that the quests do a poor job establishing a sense of direction. It is possible to review quest instructions in the task menu and to see blips of where quest objectives are located on the map, but a better minimap would have gone a long way. It doesn't help that the free server as a reduced experience rate either. The level cap is currently 100 and players earn five stat points and an ability point each level. There are four stats and they are strength, agility, stamina, and intelligence. Simple enough. There are no classes in Craft of God, instead players customize their character by allocating stat and ability points. There are 14 categories of ability (called 'schools'), ranging from different magic types such as fire, water, storm, etc to physical abilities like close range attack and defense. A max level character will have accumulated enough ability to points to max two of the fourteen schools and get about halfway through a third. Of course it is possible not to max out any school and instead mix and match between all available abilities. This is, however, not recommended.
Any Mount, Anywhere
Mounted combat in Craft of Gods is seamless, as is the act of acquiring a mount. Players can tame any level low level creature they come across. Nearly all of these tamed creatures can then be mounted including cows, giant centipedes, and so on. The free server restrictions start to creep up with the pet system as players will need special scrolls to tame higher level creatures. These scrolls must be purchased using Kun, the premium currency. Craft of God has a total of 6 crafting skills, but only four are supported on the free to play server. Resource spots are scattered across the world and include metal veins, trees that can be chopped down, and so on. Other restrictions include things like inventory and storage size, total number of guild members (10), and so on. Of course small microtransactions can be made to over come these restrictions. Each map in Craft of Gods contains several dungeons, but access to 'Epic Dungeons' which contain better loot and reward increased experience can only be accessed via the use of special teleportation scrolls. Other restrictions include rarer potions, food, and ress stones on the free service. Craft of Gods is one of the few MMORPGs to keep parallel pay to play and free services, perhaps following the example of EverQuest 2: Extended. Even with the restrictions, the system does work. Players can experience everything the game has to offer for as long as they like. The developers allow players to switch between the two servers, so players who find themselves putting in a lot of time can upgrade to the subscription model.
Family Housing
Few MMORPGs these days include a player housing feature, so its refreshing to see one in Craft of Gods. Players can purchase homes, decorate them, and invite their family members over. The family feature is independent of the more common guild system and allows players to designate their character as the son, father, brother, or other family member of another character. Both parties must of course agree to this kinship before it becomes official. This feature allows for many role playing opportunities, but may largely go unused by the average player since Craft of Gods has a chronic shortage of players. The situation may improve now that the game has removed barriers to entry and made it self free to play.
Final Verdict: Fair
Craft of Gods looks good, and has an original character development scheme. Unfortunately, it feels to barren. The recent move to open a free to play server was a great move, but its obvious that the game wasn't developed with that model in mind.
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Craft of Gods System Requirements
Minimum Requirements:
OS: Windows XP / Vista / 7
CPU: Pentium 4 2.0 GHz
Graphics Card: GeForce 6600
Recommended Specifications:
OS: Windows XP / Vista / 7
CPU: Duel Core 2.6 GHz or better
RAM: 2 GB or more
HDD: 10 GB or more
Graphics Card: GeForce 9600 or better


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I find it more reliable and stable than Compiz.
Also Compiz requires OpenGL and hardware acceleration, so how will the installer work on system that does not have that?
Also, now without Compiz there is no software-render fallback?
Also, if they drop it from Ubiquity and the installer image, why drop it from the repository too?
Some people may actually like Compiz and want to install it on their system.
Maybe it because Metacity is now unmtained since GNOME moved from GNOME 2.32 to GNOME 3 which use Mutter instead?
There are excellent lightweight alternatives like Lubuntu and Xubuntu. Consolidating and having less software to maintain makes sense.
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So how about them aliens, huh?
In Wednesday night's season finale of American Horror Story: Asylum, all of our favorite characters found a perfect (if at times bloody) ending. Everything, it felt, was in its place; things were explained in a way that wasn't forced, but rather fitting. And then Kit disappeared.
For the entire season of television's most horrific miniseries, the alien abduction sub-plot has befuddled and bewildered many. I must admit that I, too, was in this camp — until the finale. Because during the final 39 minutes of Briarcliff, I noticed a few juxtapositions here, an interesting correlation there. But with so many questions left unanswered, could any sort of theory really be substantiated?
Unless, of course, those unanswered questions were exactly the point. After watching a screening of the finale last week before a Q&A with Murphy, I thought about why such a seemingly throw-away sub-plot would make its way into a show already chock-a-block with American horrors. And then it hit me like a ton of epiphany-laced bricks: the alien storyline is a direct foil to the religious control that runs throughout the entire series. Ryan Murphy is making a commentary on religion through [not-so] little green [or opaque-ish?] men.
The comparisons start with the ambiguous nature of both. Religion, like aliens, can be a hard pill for people to understand. It's all so unknown. And people either do or do not believe in both — oftentimes feverishly so, something that can be rather off-putting to people who feel the opposite. Religion and aliens, both outside of this earth's literal sphere, explain things that are out of grasp. Or, at least, provide answers and insights to what really is going on out in the great beyond.
And then there's Kit. Kit, the most selfless, forgiving person on the show. Also the most progressive (his marriage to Alma, for instance, was before interracial marriage was deemed legal in 1967). Oh Kit, always the ultimate Good. It's Kit who puts Lana on her destined path. He does right by both of his wives (Alma and Grace) and his two children (who were, Grace said, meant to "change the way people think" — something they quite literally did to Sister Jude). And, in the ultimate act of redemption and selflessness, he takes it upon himself to get Sister Jude out of Briarcliff and cares for her until her last dying day. Kit was AHS' moral compass and guiding light: the savior for every person around him. As we mentioned in our recap, Kit is the only one who could truly forgive. "After all the indignity she made you suffer," Lana says of his relationship with Jude. Forgiveness, Kit explains, is what helped him move forward. Forgiveness: one of the ultimate tenants of Christianity-laced religions.
Christianity, of course, plays heavily into the season's backbone. Briarcliff Manor is originally a Catholic-run institution. All around are nuns, the Monsignor, and the word of God. (Oh yeah, and that pesky little devil.) And every single one of them — these beacons and stalwarts of religious truths — rallied against Kit. When he was believed to be Bloodyface, it was these people who were the quickest to condemn him. And still he allowed himself to be the sacrificial lamb, all in the name of helping others — namely Lana: the one who brought down Briarcliff.
Plus there's the literal. Kit Walker. A kit is defined as (according to Merriam-Webster) "a collection of articles usually for personal use," "a set of tools or implement," or "a set of parts to be assembled" and used for a specific purpose. Not to mention the origins of the name Kit itself. The name is Greek in origin, and derives from the Grecian word meaning "carrier of Christ." St. Christopher, the patron saint of travelers was also believed to have carried Christ across the river. And how would St. Christopher have carried Christ? By walking. Suddenly the name Kit Walker feels a lot more symbolic.
The comparisons don't end there: there's also the fact that the alien storyline is vague as hell. It's been the one overwhelmingly clear complaint of the audience from the onset. People don't like the unknown. Some might even argue it's the fear of the unknown that causes people to turn to religion (in some instances). Grace's adulation for her alien experience makes Alma uncomfortable. Alma, who's scared of the aliens, eventually goes mad from that truth, and murders Grace for the fact that she "acts like it was a religious experience." Grace is ready for the future, she says, and wants to keep looking forward. Alma wants to look back; to focus on the time before the invasion. Before she knew the truth.
But the aliens also perform miracles. They brought Grace back to life and re-impregnated her with Kit's child. Any time someone related to Kit was in danger, the aliens returned. They also gave Pepper the ability to speak again, and it's my belief that when the two kids brought Jude into the woods, they fixed the damage done to her mind by the electro-shock therapy (hey, Grace did say that they were going to change the way people think. In this instance, that fact could be taken quite literally). And then, there's Kit's disappearance — right when he's on the cusp of death from Pancreatic cancer. Never to be seen from again. But funeral services? Not for him, his children insist. There was no reason to mourn. Because Kit was with the aliens — these ultimate saviors who frightened many, but were the least deadly force on the entire show.
Religious imagery pops up all over the season — even when there's no religion in sight. Kit himself mentions his inability to "lead them [the patients]" out of Briarcliff "like Moses." And while being interviewed during the finale, Lana's interviewer mentions her "nailed to the cross interview with Madoff." Lana is the one that tells stories; it's been the one thing to drive her ambition forward. But it's not just Dr. Thredson who gets the Winters' treatment, because ultimately, it's Kit's story she tells the most. She discusses him more than once during her Kennedy Center Honors interview — she's like the pied piper of Kit Walker's subtle good. Is Murphy suggesting that worshipping deities is misguided, or does he believe more along the lines of 'whatever gets you by?' (I personally believe it's the former.) The biggest difference between the two, of course, is the idea of looking forward (the aliens) versus looking back (religion is one of the oldest historical entities within humanity). The storyline's ambiguities lead me to believe that Murphy wants you to make up your own mind, but feels more pro-alien than pro-religion, for sure.
But would Murphy really do that? Would he dare be so controversial and blasphemous in a culture where the religious right are more than a little bit protective and combatant? Of course he would! In fact, it's the last frontier for him, really. This show in particular has pushed the boundaries of what is or isn't OK to air on television throughout its entire run. Really, all of Murphy's shows are notorious for this. By doing it so subtly, though, Murphy allows his commentary to slip under the cultural radar without that controversy. And in a show that many felt was over-saturated with story lines and general information, subtlety is a wonderful addition.
Hollywood.com has reached out to Ryan Murphy for comment, but had yet to hear back at the time of publication.
What do you think of our theories? Are the aliens and religion connected? Sound off in the comments!
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Ken Scott, once the director of Goodall Library in Sanford, has retired from his position at the library in Lyman. (courtesy photo)
LYMAN — Ken Scott retired on July 31 as the head of the Community Library in Lyman, bringing to an end a four-decade career as a librarian.In 1978, Scott became the director of the Louis B. Goodall Library in Sanford and served in that position for 21 years.Scott, of Saco, graduated from St. Louis High School, one of Maine's five Catholic high schools, in the 1960s. He received his Bachelor's degree from the former St. Francis College, now the University of New England, in Biddeford Pool. He earned his Master's degree in history at Boston College; from there, he earned another Master's degree, this time in library science, at the University of Chicago.Upon returning to Maine, he became the reference librarian at St. Francis College. Before taking his career to Sanford, he became the acting director of the library at St. Joseph's College in Standish. After leading Goodall Library, he started as the director of the Community Library in Lyman and worked there for 13 years."I enjoy helping the people who seek the services of the library," he stated in a press release.


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Barilla SpA, an Italian manufacturer that sells to its retailers largely through third-party distributors, experienced widely fluctuating demand patterns from its distributors during the late 1980s. This case describes a proposal to address the problem by implementing a continuous replenishment program, under which the responsibility for determining shipment quantities to the distributors would shift from the distributors to Barilla. Describes support and resistance within Barilla's different functional areas and within the distributors Barilla approached with the proposal.
learning objective:
Allows students to analyze how a company can effectively implement a continuous replenishment system both to reduce channel costs (in this case, inventory and transportation costs incurred by Barilla as well as inventory costs incurred by the distributors) and to improve service levels (defined in this case as the percent of retailers' orders filled from distributors' inventory).
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- Company Employee Count: 7,000
- Company Revenue: $2 billion revenues
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Poll: GOP too inflexible; Democrats spend too much
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(CNN) -- As the GOP undergoes internal reviews of what went wrong in last year's election and how to improve and expand their party, a new poll suggests a quarter of Republicans think their party is inflexible and unwilling to compromise.
The Gallup poll released Monday also indicates that one in ten Democrats think their party spends too much and increases the deficit.
The Gallup survey asked Americans to name, in their own words, one or two things they liked and disliked about the two major political parties.
Among Republicans, 26% said the thing they disliked the most about the GOP is its inflexibility and unwillingness to compromise, with 14% saying what they disliked the most was the party didn't stand up for its positions and gave in too easily.
Ten percent of Democrats said what they disliked the most was their party's spending, which they said increases the deficit. That was the only answer among Democrats to register in double digits.
Nearly one in five Republicans said there was nothing they disliked about the GOP, compared to 37% of Democrats who had no criticism of their party.
As for what they liked the most about their party, one in five Republicans named better fiscal policies designed to reduce the federal debt. An equal amount named the party's conservative views.
According to the survey, 22% of Democrats said caring about the middle and working class is what they like best about their party. All other answers were in single digits.
The Gallup poll was conducted March 20-21, with 1,020 adults nationwide questioned by telephone. The survey's overall sampling error is plus or minus four percentage points.
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Sunday, January 20, 2013
That President Barrack Obama has offered a broad plan to address gun violence is welcome news, coming midst the cacophony of partisan debate that awaited his announcement on Wednesday.
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We strongly urge those invested in the debate to not lose sight of the end game — reducing violence.


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Al Pike: Searching for answers in the death of a friend
Sunday, February 10, 2013
When the Marshwood High School boys basketball team takes the court against Noble, junior guard Brady Dodge doesn't recognize faces.
"It's very tough," Dodge said. "It's the second time it's happened to the Noble community and with Marshwood losing Troy Pappas (a freshman football player at Bates College who died last October of injuries sustained in a fall down a dormitory stairwell) it's really been tough for this whole area and we've all had to come together. Me being more close to Collin than any of the three, it really hit me hard and hit some guys on the Noble team hard.
"After we played Noble the first time at Marshwood," Dodge added, "I actually got together with a couple of my friends at Noble. It was good to get together and just talk about memories of him. The only way to get past this is to stick by the ones you love."
To honor Collin's memory, family and friends wore blue during Friday night's game at Noble. Blue was Collin's favorite color.
According to Dodge, his eyes were blue and he was wearing a blue sweatshirt in one of the last pictures ever taken of him.
"I think the wearing of the blue was really special," Dodge said. "I really liked that. I dedicated this night to Collin. I was very close to him growing up. I was friends with him ever since third grade. It was really good to see Andy and Val (Collin's parents) so they could see how much this community really misses him. I can't imagine what they must be going through."
Friday night's game was an example of the team's resiliency. The Knights hung around against a playoff team before wilting in the fourth quarter.
"Kids that age can't really recognize the signs," Kimber said. "They were all close. I have a big junior class and they grew up together so it definitely hit them pretty hard, especially after everything was over and kind of settled in a little bit.
"Nobody saw it coming," Dodge said. "I hadn't been as close to Collin the last few years. I still hung out with him. I actually hung out with him probably a couple months ago. We were still very close and we'd text every so often. Just him being my best friend all my life basically has made this very difficult and very sad."


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Pineapple Tarts
These pineapple tarts need no introduction. I had previously made a batch of pineapple tarts when I first tested out Novice Baker's pineapple tarts recipe. This time, my pineapple tarts come in a different shape, they look like cookies, open face, and topped with pineapple jam filling. They are still crumbly, buttery, and addictive. Once you pop one in your mouth, you just can't stop and want more.
Personally, I love enclosed pineapple tarts, meaning the pineapple jam filling is enclosed inside the pastry. I think they taste the best. Open face pineapple tarts might be prettier looking but the filling is always dryer since it's exposed and baked, and hence not as moist. In any case, it is your personal preference how you want your pineapple tarts to look like: pineapple rolls, enclosed and looks like a pineapple, or open face like the above. Regardless of the shapes and sizes, pineapple tarts are one of the most popular and mouthwatering Chinese New Year sweet treats. There are many varieties available on sale, but the best pineapple tarts are definitely home made.
Try this pineapple tarts recipe, it's a keeper!
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These pineapple tarts look so cute nad delicious looking. I love pineapple tarts, doesn't matter the shape or form, I love them all.
Zhi Ling
one tray is definately NOT enough. not even for one self lol.
Very pretty tarts! They look really delicious!
I've long wanted to make those but I still haven't found a way to make them my own :) Maybe with a touch of manggy mango, heh heh :)
very pretty… how i wisk i can order some for hari raya! :-)
They are sooo gorgeous!~
The look so cute! You have the best molds ever!
oh my god….. i love pineapple tart very much, especially during cny, i always eat this cookies! oh my…. i missed them.
btw, thanks for dropping by my site. i still remember, i went to shanghai ding because of your post. i saw your post and the porcupine pao attract my attention.
your food blog is very great! i need to learn from you. i have linked u in my blogroll.
thanks once again!!
oooh…cute little tarts. I can see myself eating a couple of these!
hi! these look so cute and yummy – I would love to try making these as my hubby loves pineapple tarts..thanks!
ohh, just look at these delicate little bugges. Just perfect!
Love the beautiful mold! Can start a business selling these before CNY already!:p Looking at these pictures make me crave for some pineapple tart now.
Hi! Wah yummy yummy. this is really great hehehhehe i can try to make it for my wife birthday.
o btw, i saw one food site is also really good that can share all the nice food in Penang and some more now is giving free Voucher from Sakea Sushi for their 6th month annivasry.
Wah kuih raya already….
hiya!!! 1st time here, got it from pete's. going thru your blog made me drool all over….hehehe :P now where's my damn kleenex. keep those recipes coming and my drool forever flowing. cheers and god bless
I love your great website! I'll have to try the pineapple tarts. What kind of mold did you use?
I love your website! I'll have to try the pineapple tarts. What kind of mold did you use?
I love your website! I'll have to try the pineapple tarts. What kind of mold did you use?
Flower shape….nice.
You like those Taiwan ones too right?Personally, I think both are good, depending on mood :)
Love your cute pineapple tarts but with loads of filling! Just as i like them. A keeper definitely.
And you're right. 1 tray is never enough. ;)
These tarts look so delicious! The shape is quite cute too~
Beautiful pics! Brava!
Beautiful pics, brava!
Pineapple tart is my fav raya kuih! This year I plan of making some myself instead of buying and Im going to try your pineapple tart recipe. Wish me luck!
These are gorgeous! I have family coming to visit soon, and I think I know exactly what sweets to make for them!
hi, very good recipes, I'm living in australia and often go to singapore to buy tarts.
I'll try your recipe but how much is a stick of butter?
we have gms here.
thanks May.
Hi all – thanks for your comments.
Hi May – 1 stick of butter = 113.5 gr or 1/4 pound or 4 ounce or 1/2 cup or 8 tablespoons or 14 teaspoons.
1 stick of butter = 113.5 gr or 1/4 pound or 4 ounce or 1/2 cup or 8 tablespoons or 14 teaspoons .
Wow! Haha! Just so happens I had a craving and made pineapple tarts just a little over a week ago, and I pop by and see more tarts here! YUM! Mine are all gone now though… :P
these look wonderful ive only had the west indian pineapple tarts which usually come in folded triangles.. im curious to taste if the fillings are similar
I think that looks quite yummy! I would like to give this a try!
I may not like pineapples, but, as Manggy suggested, mango would go great!
Hi! Does anyone know where I can get hold of the daisy shaped tart mould like the one in the picture? I had one given to me by my Mum but silly old me gave it away to a friend. I realised now that that shape is the one that appeals to me.
Dear Bee,
I have been following your site for nearly 2 years now. I'm a poor starving student in Dublin who misses Malaysian cooking a lot and your recipes inspire my weekly menu.
I tried making these tarts for CNY, but I found that the pastry kept buckling and loosing its shape when I bake them. I did use the egg yolk glaze. Any tips on how to prevent this from happening?
I had the same problem with the dough, even after I left it in the fridge for at least 20 minutes.
Would adding more butter/egg yolk help?
I was wondering if you would know where I could buy the cutout for the tarts; anywhere in Canada? more specifically in Edmonton? hahaha
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Hi Bee – Mark here writing from Melbourne, Australia. This recipe looks amazing and am thinking of making it this coming weekend. Just one question, what should the pastry consistency look/feel like? I've never made a pastry dough before and want to get it right as I will be making quite a big batch. Thanks!
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Hi, your pineapple tarts look really cute and yummy. I'll give it a try soon. Just like to know how long would it last if keep in air tight container? Thanks!
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it looks very tasty, I would tell my mom to make it…..
Dear Bee,
I have been following your page for awhile.I must say you are very kind in sharing all the recipes, and it's the complete/real ones,without any hidden/missing ingredients.There have been many instances when I came across my favorite chinese recipes/nyonya etc learned from my mother in law(through the agak-agak ways-no written recipes), found here in full writing. I am simply happy when I find them here.
Thank you, Bee.
God Bless you.
Hi Tks for sharing your recipe. Tried the jam n they are yums.
Can I know how long I can store the jam as I want to make in
advance? Tks!!


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Thread: Bad Covers
August 15th, 2012, 10:39 AM #16
Book covers have a lot to.do with the size of the publisher you are dealing with. Don't expect a small publisher or a self publisher to have the financial resources to give you a Boris painting or a Rowena painting cover for your novel. They are high priced fantasy cover artists. I happen to know twenty years ago Boris was getting paid one million dollars per cover.
Smaller publishers cannot afford the services of high profile cover illustrators.
They have to use the services of overseas graphic design companies. They can be hit and miss with their work.
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I've asked an overseas artist what she charged and she quoted $450EUROS (which is around $550 US). I've also asked a U.K. artist I found on DeviantArt to cobble some pictures together for me at the tune of 40lbs (about $60 US). I was happy with the result, but I did the typography and though it came out serviceable, it is not a professional product. Here it is:
Price is going to depend on their experience and whether you want them to do the entire package, and, also, their experience.
August 15th, 2012, 02:03 PM #21
kshRox -- LOL, the point was that publishers use the color green in book covers on a regular basis and it's not discreetly hidden either. So I don't know where the rumor that they hated green got started, but it's incorrect. Anything someone tells you that all editors want or don't want or all agents or all publishers -- unless it's talking about a readable ms. that doesn't have a lot of typos, it is automatically incorrect. You can just toss it out right there.
As for covers, artwork does vary a lot in cost. But if you have someone in your family who uses PowerPoint all the time, you might be able to come up with something more cheaply. Just be careful about using graphics that you can buy or are free for use and then use as you please, and be even more careful with stock photos and the credit owners therein.
August 15th, 2012, 03:07 PM #22
You can shop around on guru.com for an artist and / or graphic design company. Australia is on the expensive side. China, India, and France are more affordable.
You can get good art for $400 to $500.
A company I worked with over the Internet in France has a great portfolio of science fiction book covers they have done for publishers around the world.
Obviously, the bigger the budget, the better the work they will deliver.
August 15th, 2012, 03:38 PM #23
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For a group of people who are interested in writing, many of the posts in this thread and lots of others in this forum are strangely feeble!
So what if you like or don't like a cover, or a book, or whatever? Your opinion is worthless if you don't give at least a short reason or two why so that the rest of us can understand and benefit from your judgment.
Practicing what I'm preaching: Nila's (tmso's) cover above. I think parts of it work well, others less so.
The good first. The title is large enough to read from a distance if it was a book cover, or on a Web page if it's being sold online. Súria has an exotic appeal (at least to me) and piques my curiosity. Normally I dislike ornate fonts, but this variation of a capital S (or so I read it) reinforces the exotic feel.
If you'd make your name larger this would help to establishing you as a brand that I'd remember. I suggest you ditch the initials. Nila White is a terrific name for an author, short and memorable in its combination of the ordinary with the unusual. N. E. White is forgettable.
If you are going to use a short story in this size font you might want to place it under the title. This would leave your name all by itself, drawing more attention to it. Ditch the by. It's unneeded. Worse, it takes up visual space more useful for your graphic.
Speaking of which, the image shows too little detail at this size (123 x 200 pixels), not even a mysteriously vague ghostly presence of some kind in a fog hiding (perhaps) dire threat. Amazon uses a 300x300 pixel image on each book's Web page. Show me an image of this size and I might see enough detail to become interested.
The image would not be important if your name was famous, or if the title had some strong emotional impact, but until you do become famous the image (or title) must carry more emotional or meaningful impact.
Finally, I want to repeat a point I made earlier. The artistic and technical quality can be absolutely wonderful, but it means NOTHING if the overall design of a cover does not intrigue and inform readers.
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August 15th, 2012, 04:07 PM #24
Before we walked, we learned to crawl.
Understand, besides the size of the publisher, this is a business.
Especially in the case of a large publisher, a high profile writer will be paired up with a high profilefantasy book cover illustrator.
Martin Caidin got paired up with Boris because Cyborg was already adopted for the TV series, The Six Million Dollar Man.
Projected sales for the novel warranted an illustrator of the caliber of Boris.
Good writing also needs a good publicity machine, besides the cover.
But here, the focus is on good writing.
August 15th, 2012, 06:57 PM #25
At this point I cannot afford Boris, but it's a good idea to find/produce/buy the best cover we can get for what we have published. If a publishing company will do that for us, all the better. (if they do it right.)
I do have an artistic bent, I know a good website for public domain pictures, occasionally I get by with a little help from my friends (thanks virangelus, and others with opinions.) But I don't think anything I have would be mistaken for something a big publisher would have produced.
Ms. White, I find myself agreeing with Mr. Carroll about your cover. Interesting picture, nice color palate. The title is good, and somewhat intriguing. Your name and the subtitles could be better. --I'd love to see a full sized picture.
Um... We have a -focus- here?
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Steve (B5), we're giving "big publishers" too much credit. If you spend some time in the bookstore looking at covers, you'll find that even the biggest often have terrible or at least mediocre covers. And sometimes the smaller publishers have great covers.
It depends as much on the art director as on the artists s/he hires to do the job. Sometimes the director has several jobs to do and too little time to do them all, and art direction is only one of those - especially since the latest rounds of budget tightening. Sometimes the director has terrific artistic sense, but doesn't realize that cover design is about the whole picture (so to speak!) as well - font design and layout, avoiding cover styles that have become over-used, etc.
If you're self-publishing, one way to get a cover is to approach a local school of art & design. Sometimes you'll find enormously talented students to do the job for you. Who may have had a number of courses in commercial art, including cover creation. Be ready to pay them what they are worth, not just starving-student wages.
A niece of one of my friends is just such super-talented and smart artist. When she graduated she had a dozen companies head-hunting her, and she took a job at one of the premier animation companies, passing up a higher-paid job with a large advertising agency because animation is her love.
August 16th, 2012, 10:22 AM #27
I'm the starter of the "green" rumor mill, but to be precise, it's very specific uses of green. The green I was presented (when I started the alleged "rumor" as you call it) I felt in my trained opinion, would have been doldrum, and boring. It would NOT have caught anybody's eye, and even if it had caught someone's eye, it would have said "I'm a nature book, not a fantasy book." So let's keep my rumor's birth in context. Also, I used this exact language when speaking to this person about any of my advice.
In similar fashion to the "Pirate Code," please keep in mind that these thoughts are more like "guidelines."
Here's the exact entry/history of why I said what I did. Please see the excerpt from Jame Gurney's "Color and Light," page 82, section "Elements of Color." (Note: I'm going to try to keep it to the point, but if you want to read the whole section, look for the book on Google Books or just buy yourself a copy. James Gurney, author and artist of Dinotopia, is an excellent artist and teacher)
The Green Problem Green is one of the most common colors in nature, but it has presented such a perennial challenge to artists and designers that many have banished it from the palette. Why is green a problem, and how can you solve it? There is no doubt green is a fundamentally important color. Many modern psychologists and color theorists regard it as a primary color... The human eye is more sensitive to yellow-green wavelengths than to any other, that's why the spectrum or the rainbow looks lighter in that section. Yet in the field of book cover design, there's an old saying that "green covers don't sell."--- Costume designers have said that green often looks ghastly in stage lighting. Gallery directors have reported that clients aren't attracted to paintings with a strong greenish cast unless it is handled correctly. Evidently this was an issue even 150 years ago, when Asher Brown Durand commented on "the common prejudice against green. I can well understand why it has been denounced by the Artist, for no other color is attended with equal embarrassments."
- You can banish green pigments from the palette and mix them from various blues and yellows. The resulting mixtures will be weaker and more varied, both qualities that you want.
- Avoid monotony. Vary your mixtures of greens at both the small scale (leaf to leaf) and the large scale (tree to tree).
- Mix up a supply of pink or reddish gray on your palette and weave it in and out of the greens. Painter Stapleton Kearns calls this method "smuggling reds."
- Prime the canveas with pinks or reds, so that they show through here and there to enliven the greens.
- This one is added by me: feature either some extreme action on your green cover, OR feature some extremely mysterious elements, such as a green fog or glowing toxic waste.
So here comes the fun part, KatG. Let's re-examine your green colors with the above training in mind. How many times did the very talented cover artists (or maybe not so talented cover artists) smuggle the reds? The first cover you introduced has mysteriously green fogs, and used a red-base for the greens. Also, it dangled red apples in front of the viewer, which is the complimentary color to green (in other words, the two colors set each other off and "vibrate," thus beckoning the viewer to see it). Let's go through the list, I believe someone already noted that a couple of the green colors you introduced were, in fact, boring.
Furthermore, all of this serves to reinforce the same message to the self-published, DIY artists/writers out there:
(please note: the below portion is addressed to all SFF people, not just KatG)
We trained Graphic Artists/Animation Artists/Artists in general have been fed very important information that you, the layman, may or may not be aware of. A lot of this is not common-everyday knowledge, unless you're like me and you obsess and train and focus on colors, and because you make a living in Advertising Graphic and Design (which I do, and continue to train and hone my skills in).
So KatG, I hope I've helped set aside your worries that I'm some babbling fool starting so-called "rumors" (which, I'm not, and I didn't. :P I just told this person that if they are going to make their own cover, avoid green. I also told them the particular snapshot of green they are using, is not very eye catching.).
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A lot of it is the anxiety thing some of us writers have. We somehow think if we use the right font, the perfect form, have a cover letter that fits into the exact perimeters, if we have a great hook that pulls in even the most skeptical of writers, if we submit at the proper time of day when the moon is in the last quarter on the third Thursday of the month, with a cover that clicks all the boxes, that publication and best seller status is a lock.
You know more about it than I do, and your opinion is extremely valuable.
Have I backed down enough?
August 16th, 2012, 12:05 PM #30
^^ Yeah I see what you mean, my apologies. Good ol' text reduces 75% communication, and I do need to remember that.
Yeah, again, people what a mathematical formula, or so it seems to me. They want the assurance that 4+4 always equals 8, but this industry is too holistic. Everything is a case by case basis, right?
Though I do know one tip that is always true: Never write in fully caps-locked cursive characters, it's HORRIBLE! I think that's the only irrefutable rule. Try it: you'll see what I mean!


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1901 — Western Isles, Ecosse Atlantique, United Kingdom
He was born in Scotland on December 1901 possibly in Glasgow Scotland. His parents were John Mackay and Susan Durnion, married Helensburgh September 1900. He attended Saint Mary's School in the east end of Glasgow. He was brought up in South Uist at North Boisdale and was a native speaker He was a chef by occupation, a pastry chef. He died in 1947 in New York. His family are still living in Scotland and he has nephews and nieces in New York.. I think the occupation is wrong. There was another John MacKay in the census returns with that occupation


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Robbery suspect with Rollinsford tie found hiding in basement
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
ROLLINSFORD — A woman last known to reside in Rollinsford who was wanted in connection with a strong-armed robbery in Allenstown was found hiding in the basement of a Manchester home Tuesday and apprehended by the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force.
Bilodeau was reportedly found hiding behind a water heater in a basement of the home. U.S. Marshals say there was indication she was staying with an associate in the area. The occupants of building where she was found delayed opening the door so Bilodeau could hide, authorities allege.


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Acute Myeloid Leukemia, Anemias, Atypical Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (aCML), Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia, Medical Oncology, Myelodysplastic Syndrome, Myelodysplastic/Myeloproliferative Neoplasm (BCR-ABL Negative), Myelodysplastic/Myeloproliferative Neoplasm, Unclassifiable, Myelodysplastic/Myeloproliferative Neoplasms, Myeloproliferative Disorders, Primary Myelofibrosis, Secondary Myelofibrosis, Thrombocytopenias
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- Cornell University Medical College (Ithaca NY ) (1989)
- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine / Medicine (Baltimore MD ) (1992)
- Boston Children's Hospital / Hematology (Boston MA ) (1999)
- Brigham and Women's Hospital / Hematology and Oncology (Boston MA ) (1996)
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Dr. McDevitt's research focuses on unraveling the acquired genetic and epigenetic changes that lead to poor prognosis myeloid disorders. The long term goals include:
- Identify underlying pathways of deregulation to ultimately allow effective therapeutic targeting.
- Develop more sensitive and accurate biomarkers that improve diagnostic classification and prognostication and can be used in translational clinical trials.
- Apply these findings in early phase clinical trials for patients with accelerating myeloproliferative disorders and mixed myelodysplastic syndrome/myeloproliferative disorders. Of particular current interest are DNA repair pathways and Parp inhibitors.
Key collaborators include Judith Karp, Keith Pratz, James Herman, Alison Moliterno, Doug Smith, Hetty Carraway, Steve Gore, Cliff Takemoto, Scott Kaufmann (Mayo Clinic), and Jaroslaw Maciejewski (Cleveland Clinic).
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- Jankowska AM, Makishima H, Tiu RV, Szpurka H, Huang Y, Traina F, Visconte V, Sugimoto Y, Prince C, O'Keefe C, Hsi ED, List A, Sekeres MA, Rao A, McDevitt MA, Maciejewski JP., Mutational spectrum analysis of chronic myelomonocytic leukemia includes genes associated with epigenetic regulation: UTX, EZH2 and DNMT3A., Blood, 2011.
- Stein BL, Williams DM, O'Keefe C, Rogers O, Ingersoll RG, Spivak JL, Verma A, Maciejewski JP, McDevitt MA, Moliterno AR., Disruption of the ASXL1 gene is frequent in primary, post-essential thrombocytosis and post-polycythemia vera myelofibrosis, but not essential thrombocytosis or polycythemia vera: analysis of molecular genetics and clinical phenotypes., Haematologica, 2011.
- Tiu RV, O'Keefe CL, Gondek LP, Huh J, Theil K, Mohamedali A, Advani AS, List A, Sekeres MA, McDevitt MA, Mufti G, Maciejewski JP, Prognostic impact of SNP array karyotyping in Myelodysplastic syndromes and related myeloid malignancies, BLOOD, 2011.
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Ex Officio underwear is all about comfort and high-tech performance. It's sophisticated, wrinkle-free designs have made it a go-to brand for men. Once only considered vacation wear, Ex Officio has found its way into men's daily underwear. If Ex Officio underwear can keep you comfortable on an extended vacation, it can surely do the same for long days at the office. Made with special fabrics, the pieces can be washed, dried and ready to go in less that four hours. The ventilated mesh fabric the pieces are made of allows for better airflow and improved wicking properties to keep you cool, comfortable and dry. Each is also equipped with Aegis Microbe Shield that kills bacteria, reduces odor, and aids in wicking moisture.
Ex Officio began in 1987 when the founders discovered technical clothing needed to perform as gear, too. The first product ws a shirt with the functionality of a fly-fishing vest with built-in ventialation and the construction of a nice shirt. At hisroom.com you will find a selection of men's underwear with subtle technical features that give outstanding comfort and value, whether you are traveling, working or playing a round of golf at the club. Ex Officio sticks to their original mission and makes products that are "Made to Adventure."
The best-selling Ex Officio piece is the Give-N-Go Brief. This odor resistant, soft brief was awarded the hisroom.com 2011 "Undie Awards" Select Brief. Customers love that the briefs are comfortable, dry very quickly and have no odor, even after a long day. This boxer also received the 2009 Fly Rod & Reel Kudo Award for helping to make fly fishing more comfortable and convenient. Fly Rod & Reel is a national magazine.
Ex Officio is not only about underwear either. Men don't just wear underwear to travel, do they?! Ex Officio's Sol Cool Short Sleep t-shirt features Icefil technology that delivers continuous comfort by addressing heat and moisture on multiple fronts. This fabric offers 50+ UPF to repel UV rays, and three process moisture wicking with accelerated fast-drying engineered fabric for increased cooling. The Give-N-Go t-shirt selections are constructed like the underwear with the Aegis Microbe Shield and moisture-wicking fabric. All of the t-shirts are perfect for being active while on vacation or just lounging at home.
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In April 2008, the owners of the Cambridge, Ontario-based Cerny Hospitality Group (CHG) were considering the purchase and implementation of OpenTable's reservation management software in three of their restaurants, including the Blackshop Restaurant. It was thought that the software could aid in more effectively managing customer demand due to its ability to allow on-line reservations and its data-gathering capability, an improvement over its current manual reservation system. CHG was a family-owned and operated business and had achieved considerable success with its personal touch with clients. When considering the purchase of the software, CHG had concerns about the potential cost and return on investment, in addition to the strategic fit for this company that placed much emphasis on the human-touch and personal interaction with customers.
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This case presents an interesting technology choice decision in a service setting. It requires some financial analysis, as well as an assessment of how the reservation technology might affect customer service, particularly the existing relationship between Blackshop and its customers.
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Bottleneck; Capacity analysis; Customer service; Equipment; Operations management; Process analysis; Process mapping; Quality control; Technology
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The name Pansy refers to a large group of hybrid plants cultivated as garden flowers. They are derived from Viola tricolor hybridized with other viola species. The Pansy flower is two to three inches in diameter and has two slightly overlapping upper petals, two side petals, and a single bottom petal with a slight beard emanating from the flower's center.
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Barry Manilow Back On Broadway For Month Long Run
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Barry Manilow is back on Broadway at the St. James Theatre for his first extended run in nearly 25 years. Vintage Vinyl News reported that the stand, which kicked off on January 18th, was originally set to wrap on February 9th, but now due to popular demand, has now been extended through February 23rd.
The 2013 Manilow On Broadway shows, which heavily feature the hits from Manilow's '70s and early-'80s heyday, follow the Brooklyn native's 1989 run Barry Manilow At The Gershwin and his first stand on "The Great White Way" back in 1976-1977 with Barry Manilow On Broadway.
Barry Manilow told us that, above all else, the key to his longevity as a live performer is basically due to great material: "All of the songs that I've recorded, whether I've written them myself or other people have written it, somehow they are really well written songs that seem to stand the test of time. I never get tired of them. It feels like I just either wrote them or recorded them."
Manilow admitted to us that that he never expected after all these years to still be performing nightly to sell out audiences: "I'm always surprised that there's anybody sitting out there. By this time, I always figured that they would've given up on me years ago. Really -- years ago! I don't understand how this is still happening. I'm a very grateful man, but I don't understand it."
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A Message From Marin County Supervisor Kate Sears.Marin County Gun Buy-Back Event January 15 and 21, 2013 from 11:00 am – 8:00 pm at various locations listed below.
Residents of Marin can be compensated for the surrender of firearms on January 15, 2013 and January 21, 2013. Residents of San Francisco, Contra Costa and Sonoma Counties may also participate.
In the aftermath of the Sandy Hook shooting tragedy, District Attorney Ed Berberian's office has organized a community-based program to do something more than just comment on the horror of the incident. As the DA noted: "Sometimes we need to come together, taking one small step that empowers the average individual with the ability to do something. I personally believe we are a society with too many guns simply sitting in garages, closets, drawers and who knows where else. Our community has seen these weapons appear in our neighborhoods and streets. Let's take a step to reduce the total number of these weapons. Let's have a day where we go to our local police agencies across the county and turn in these guns."
I agree whole-heartedly with the DA and I urge all of my constituents who have firearms in their possession to surrender them during this program. Now is the time to make our communities safer by removing weapons that can easily fall into the wrong hands or be misused accidentally. I join my colleagues in strongly endorsing this program, along with all of Marin's police departments, the Marin County Sheriff, Marin County's Superintendent of Schools, local mayors and city/town council members and California's Attorney General. This is a "no questions asked" approach with the emphasis on reducing the number of readily-accessible firearms in our community.
January 15, 2013, was selected as the primary date to mark our commitment to curbing the violence that has plagued our streets and invaded our schools. This is an opportunity for individual members of our community to take a positive step that demonstrates our commitment to non-violence. January 15 is the day our nation honors Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the act of surrendering firearms is consistent with Dr. King's teachings. I hope that this is a galvanizing force for broad-based community action to reduce violence.
Individuals surrendering operable semi-automatic handguns and/or semi-automatic long guns will receive $200 for each firearm. $100 will be given for any other category of operable firearm. This is a "no questions asked" program, however documentation showing the person surrendering the firearm is a resident of Marin, San Francisco, Contra Costa or Sonoma County will be required strictly for verification purposes only and no police investigative report will be opened or generated. The five locations on January 15th will be:
The hours will be from 11:00 am to 8:00 pm. No ammunition should be in any of these firearms when they are brought to the surrender locations. A second surrender date has been scheduled for January 21, 2013, at the Mill Valley Police Department, 1 Hamilton Drive, and the San Rafael Police Department. Again the hours will be from 11:00 am to 8:00 pm.
I am particularly grateful to Pastor Veronica Goines and the Congregation of St. Andrews Presbyterian Church in Marin City for hosting this on the 15th, the Mill Valley City Council and MV Police Chief Angel Bernal for offering to host this on the 21st and to and all of the community leaders and our law enforcement partners throughout Southern Marin and the County for their efforts. All funding for the program has been generated locally. To date, $40,000 has been raised: the Board of Supervisors has committed $10,000, the Marin Community Foundation from two of its administered trusts have contributed an additional $20,000, and individuals from the greater community have contributed an additional $10,000 to support this effort. At one level, this is all about guns – access to guns and the ever-increasing firepower of guns. It is also about our values. Gail Collins, in a recent column in the New York Times, had this to say: "America needs to tackle gun violence because we need to redefine who we are. We have come to regard ourselves – and the world has come to regard us – as a country that's so gun happy that the right to traffic freely in the most obscene quantities of weapons is regarded as far more precious than an American's right to health care or a good education. We have to make ourselves better."
It is time to take action, to make ourselves better by taking better care of each other. But we cannot stop there. I urge our Board to support legislation that bans assault weapons and multi-bullet clips. I also hope that we will commit to support enhanced mental health training and wrap-around services for troubled youth and their families. And more specifically, I believe we should find the means to fund more resource officers for the Sheriff's Department to staff our local schools. For further information, please contact my office
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Obesity and diabetes are major public health problems in many countries in the World. The interaction of several factors, including socioeconomics characteristics of the population, access to food services, food consumption, and lifestyles among others impacts on both health problems. Interaction among obesity and diabetes determinants is a theme for research and analysis in order to evaluate intervention programs and orient public policies to improve population health.
US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has collected a core set of indicators, which are accessible and documented in the Food Environment Atlas. We have used these data to produce an interactive visualization to explore the situation of obesity and diabetes in Unites States of America.
According to this data set, in United States the median of adult diabetes rate is 9.5% and adult obesity rate is 28.5%. When these figures are analyzed by the indicator persistent poverty counties, diabetes rate is 1.27 times higher in persistent poverty counties and obesity is 1.14 times higher in that group of counties. The distribution of both health problems by States shows remarkable differences across the country. States with obesity and diabetes rates above the national median rates present high proportions of persistent poverty counties, such as Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, and South Carolina. It is notable that the group of persistent poverty counties by State presents consistently higher Obesity and Diabetes risks.
Healthy activity was included in the analysis through the use of two indicators: Recreation and fitness facilities per 1,000 population, and the ERS natural amenity index. A chart of small multiple scatterplots were used to analyze relationships between Recreation and fitness facilities per 1,000 population and adult diabetes rate, and adult obesity rate, breakdown by persistent poverty counties and ERS natural amenity index. These charts show that population groups that live in better natural environments and have better access to recreation and fitness facilities tend to decrease obesity and diabetes risks. Persisten poverty counties have consistently higher rates of diabetes and obesity.
The detailed situation within a State in the national context can be explored selecting the state of interest on any of the top views of the above visualization. For instance, Alabama has 22 out of 67 (30%) persistent poverty counties. Adult obesity rates are 31.6% and 37.0% in nonpersistent and persistent poverty counties respectively, and both groups of counties have 3% and 9% absolute differences above the national median. Adult diabetes rates are 11.7% and 14% in no persistent and persistent poverty counties respectively, and both groups of counties have 2% and 4% absolute risks above the national median. Regarding the natural amenity index, 29 counties of Alabama are in the category of slightly below average, 38 counties in the category of slightly above average and no counties in the rest of categories. It is apparent a very low availability of recreation and fitness facilities with vales under 0.68 per 1,000 population.
Persistent poverty is a strong determinat of the diabetes and obesity in adults in US. This finding suggests to develop specific intervention programs to persistent poverty counties with focus on poverty groups of population.
Explore by yourself and find new insights on how socioeconomic characteristics of the population, environment and lifestyle impact on diabetes and obesity in US.
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