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Unless otherwise indicated in the course description, registration and payment for our courses are managed by the city of Ventura's recreation department.
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As Partners in Recreation with the US Forest Service, Snowbasin Resort's Uphill Travel Policy allows access for uphill travelers (i.e. hiking, snowshoeing, skinning, etc.) under certain conditions. Across the country, increasing uphill traffic within ski area boundaries has driven the implementation of uphill policies. While uphill travel within ski area boundaries may seem innocuous, it poses significant safety risks and concerns for uphill and downhill recreationalists, ski area operations and ski area staff. For this reason, uphill travel is not permitted in any fashion at many ski areas. Snowbasin Resort's policy reflects our commitment to seek a balance between mitigating safety concerns of uphill travel as a recreational use within the downhill ski area/Special Use Permit area with the reasonable needs of operating a sustainable and successful alpine ski area, for which we have been granted a Special Use Permit from the US Forest Service. Snowbasin Resort continues to work closely with the Ogden Ranger District, Uinta Wasatch Cache National Forest and local organizations, to build awareness and provide public education regarding uphill travel and recreational uses. Our goal is to find a reasonable balance between and among user groups who share a common interest in recreating within the Snowbasin Special Permit area in a non-confrontational and sustainable manner while establishing safety rules for users designed to reduce the hazards and dangers related to such usage.
All uphill travel must follow these rules:
Uphill Travel Status is updated at 4:00am and 4:00pm each day to alert guests if the conditions are green or red.
Uphill travel by the way of foot, snowshoes, trax, or skis is not allowed between the hours of 9:00 am and 4:30 pm except on the designated Strawberry route.
Safety considerations, maintenance or operational requirements, grooming operations, snowmaking operations, special events, avalanche hazard reduction work, wildlife or resource considerations, or construction, may cause public risk management issues to exist. To protect the public from potential hazards that may exist, prior to the opening of the ski season and post season, the ski area is authorized, with Forest Service pre-approval, to close areas subject to those potential hazards and to post signs at typical uphill access points closing those areas.
Outside of operating hours, there may be circumstances in which the ski area may prohibit uphill traffic, or limit or restrict uphill traffic by designating specific times, days or routes that will be available for such use. These circumstances might include safety, maintenance or operational needs; grooming operations; snowmaking operations; special events; avalanche hazard reduction work; wildlife or resource considerations; or other reasons. The ski area is authorized, with Forest Service pre-approval, to perform any or all of these actions as deemed reasonable and necessary by the ski area. There is no ski patrol available outside of normal operating hours. You are responsible for your own safety and rescue. All participants within the permit boundary are considered skiers and are subject to Utah Skier Safety Act. Daily updates of current uphill travel restrictions (RED DAY/GREEN DAY) will be posted within the snowbasin.com mountain report as well as listed on the (801) 620-1100 snow phone.
During Snowbasin Resort's operating hours (9:00 am - 4:30 pm), the only approved uphill travel route will start at the gate on the Strawberry summer road. The travel route is up the Strawberry summer road to Penny Lane and up Penny Lane to Willow Springs. Then head up Willow Springs to the top of Becker Lift. This is the end of the uphill route during operating hours. From the top of Becker you can ski down any direction. Be aware and stay out of closed areas. Anyone found riding the lifts without a valid ticket will be prosecuted for theft of services. When parking on the highway please be aware of the white fog line on the shoulder and park completely off the highway travel lane to avoid a ticket, collision or being towed by the Sherriff or Highway Patrol. Do not block the Strawberry summer road gate access. No dogs allowed on the mountain. RED DAY/GREEN DAY restrictions apply during operating hours.
RED DAY = No uphill traffic permitted (usually avalanche reduction days).
GREEN DAY = Uphill travel permitted if you abide by the following rules:
Only approved route is up Powder Puff to the bottom of School Hill and then up Snowshoe to Bear Hollow and up Sweet Revenge to the Needles Lodge. Use the same route downhill unless the mountain is open after 9:00 am. All uphill travel must cease by 9:00 am unless you are using the approved Strawberry access uphill route. DO NOT travel uphill on City Hill, Wildcat or Porky areas. Please do not go off the approved route. This is for everyone's safety.
Yield the right of way and stay clear of ski area machinery, i.e. grooming machines, snowmobiles and snowmaking equipment. You are responsible for your own safety. Expect to always encounter ski area machinery and employees at anytime and anywhere on the mountain. Mountain users should wear reflective clothing, headlamps and blinking lights on front and back. No pets allowed on the mountain. Adhere to Trail/Avalanche Closures. No person except a member of the ski patrol, employee of the Forest Service, Sheriff or ski area operator employee working in the course and scope of his employment shall enter or go upon any closed area. If you pack it in, please pack it out. Help us keep the Forest clean for future users.
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I was so excited to have school back in session. Yes, I love my kids. However, I also need a bit of a break from 4 kids every single day, all day long. They are lovely, hilarious, generous, kids... but they are also LOUD. ;)
Brayden started nursery school which is only 2 half days each week, perfect for him right now.... just to learn to sit still once in awhile more than anything. lol
I did a photoshoot with the kids before the leaves fell, but my favorite pictures were taken at 'the rock cut' which is about 10 minutes outside of town on the highway, with very large piles of limestone.... so not really 'fall' pictures, but they turned out SO well, I'm going to be putting together some Christmas presents of some sort with them shortly!!
Scrappy-wise I did manage to get to the table a few times in the last few weeks, which was awesome! Brayden is starting to give me more freedom to get scrappy and I am very happy about it..... :)
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A Potter's Book
Bernard Leach
Publication Date: 2015-09-15
When potters throw clay onto a stone, they make a connection across centuries to ancient workshops. The techniques and traditions of these early craftsmen, especially those of China's Sung dynasty, still inform many of the pottery practices in use today, thanks to the seminal work of Bernard Leach.
Leach's A Potter's Book was among the first to collect ancient workshop traditions for modern use in studios, emphasizing functional work. It became an immediate hit among potters who embraced its ideal of unity, spontaneity, and simplicity of form. Leach, considered the father of British studio pottery, went on to establish of one of the most respected studios in the world with the ideas of A Potter's Book at its foundation.
With this classic book, potters can learn everything, from how to set up their workshop to how to adapt pigment and glaze recipes to how to design custom kilns. It spotlights four types of pottery: Japanese raku, English slipware, stoneware, and oriental porcelain. Thanks to Leach's time in Japan and collaborations with master potter Shoji Hamada, it also serves as a fascinating look at the interplay between Eastern and Western art.
Glaze : the ultimate ceramic artist's guide to glaze and color
Brian Taylor; Kate Doody
Call Number: TT922 .T39 2014
Publication Date: 2014-08-01
Anyone who loves creating ceramics knows that glazing can be a labor of great love or the bane of the entire ceramic process. In the instructional and inspirational Glaze, potters will find a wealth of guidance on the glazing process as several of today's leading ceramicists share the recipes and techniques behind their most stunning works of art—each selected specifically for its unique glaze. Entries include:
An overview of the artists' work
A technical description of the featured piece
The artist's creative intention behind the glazes used
Glaze recipes
Pieces are organized by temperature range, with special firing techniques for salt and wood, and sub-categorized by method of application, so the potter can easily find work that relates to his or her own practice, or simply discover other incredible approaches. With more than 450 beautiful color illustrations, a technical how-to section, and a detailed glossary, Glaze is an absolute must have for potters of all levels.
The Lost Art of Dress
Linda Przybyszewski
Call Number: eBook
Publication Date: 2014-04-29
"As a glance down any street in America quickly reveals, American women have forgotten how to dress. We chase fads, choose inappropriate materials and unattractive cuts, and waste energy tottering in heels when we could be moving gracefully. Quite simply, we lack the fashion know-how we need to dress professionally and flatteringly. As historian and expert dressmaker Linda Przybyszewski reveals in The Lost Art of Dress, it wasn't always like this. In the first half of the twentieth century, a remarkable group of women-the so-called Dress Doctors-taught American women how to stretch each yard of fabric and dress well on a budget. Knowledge not money, they insisted, is the key to timeless fashion. Based in Home Economics departments across the country, the Dress Doctors offered advice on radio shows, at women's clubs, and in magazines. Millions of young girls read their books in school and at 4-H clothing clubs. As Przybyszewski shows, the Dress Doctors' concerns weren't purely superficial: they prized practicality, and empowered women to design and make clothing for both the workplace and the home. They championed skirts that would allow women to move about freely and campaigned against impractical and painful shoes. Armed with the Dress Doctors' simple design principles-harmony, proportion, balance, rhythm, emphasis-modern American women from all classes could learn to dress for all occasions in a way that made them confident, engaged members of society. A captivating and beautifully-illustrated look at the world of the Dress Doctors, The Lost Art of Dress introduces a new audience to their timeless rules of fashion and beauty-rules which, with a little help, we can certainly learn again."--
Packaged Pleasures
Gary S. Cross; Robert N. Proctor
Call Number: T173.8 .C767 2014
Publication Date: 2014-09-30
From the candy bar to the cigarette, records to roller coasters, a technological revolution during the last quarter of the nineteenth century precipitated a colossal shift in human consumption and sensual experience. Food, drink, and many other consumer goods came to be mass-produced, bottled, canned, condensed, and distilled, unleashing new and intensified surges of pleasure, delight, thrill—and addiction.
In Packaged Pleasures, Gary S. Cross and Robert N. Proctor delve into an uncharted chapter of American history, shedding new light on the origins of modern consumer culture and how technologies have transformed human sensory experience. In the space of only a few decades, junk foods, cigarettes, movies, recorded sound, and thrill rides brought about a revolution in what it means to taste, smell, see, hear, and touch. New techniques of boxing, labeling, and tubing gave consumers virtually unlimited access to pleasures they could simply unwrap and enjoy. Manufacturers generated a seemingly endless stream of sugar-filled, high-fat foods that were delicious but detrimental to health. Mechanically rolled cigarettes entered the market and quickly addicted millions. And many other packaged pleasures dulled or displaced natural and social delights. Yet many of these same new technologies also offered convenient and effective medicines, unprecedented opportunities to enjoy music and the visual arts, and more hygienic, varied, and nutritious food and drink. For better or for worse, sensation became mechanized, commercialized, and, to a large extent, democratized by being made cheap and accessible. Cross and Proctor have delivered an ingeniously constructed history of consumerism and consumer technology that will make us all rethink some of our favorite things
A Kitchen in France
Mimi Thorisson
Call Number: TX719 .T473 2014
Publication Date: 2014-10-28
When Mimi Thorisson and her family moved from Paris to a small town in out-of-the-way Médoc, she did not quite know what was in store for them. She found wonderful ingredients—from local farmers and the neighboring woods—and, most important, time to cook. Her cookbook chronicles the family's seasonal meals and life in an old farmhouse, all photographed by her husband, Oddur. Mimi's convivial recipes—such as Roast Chicken with Herbs and Crème Fraîche, Cèpe and Parsley Tartlets, Winter Vegetable Cocotte, Apple Tart with Orange Flower Water, and Salted Butter Crème Caramel—will bring the warmth of rural France into your home.
Jeremy Shere
Call Number: TJ807.9.U6 S54 2013
Publication Date: 2013-11-26
Science writer Jeremy Shere shows us in Renewable: The World-Changing Power of Alternative Energy that energy is anything but magical. Producing it in fossil fuel form is a dirty, expensive—but also hugely profitable— enterprise, with enormous but largely hidden costs to the entire planet. The cold, hard fact is that at some point we will have wrung the planet dry of easily accessible sources of fossil fuel. And when that time comes, humankind will have no choice but to turn—or, more accurately, return—to other, cleaner, renewable energy sources. What will those sources be? How far have we come to realizing the technologies that will make these sources available?
To find the answers, Shere began his journey with a tour of a traditional coal-fueled power plant in his home state of Indiana. He then continued on, traveling from coast to coast as he spoke to scientists, scholars and innovators. He immersed himself in the green energy world: visiting a solar farm at Denver's airport, attending the Wind Power Expo and a wind farm tour in Texas, investigating turbines deep in New York City's East River, and much more.
Arranged in five parts—Green Gas, Sun, Wind, Earth, and Water—Renewable tells the stories of the most interesting and promising types of renewable energy: namely, biofuel, solar, wind, geothermal, and hydropower. But unlike many books about alternative energy, Renewable is not obsessed with megawatts and tips for building home solar panels. Instead, Shere digs into the rich, surprisingly long histories of these technologies, bringing to life the pioneering scientists, inventors, and visionaries who blazed the way for solar, wind, hydro, and other forms of renewable power, and unearthing the curious involvement of great thinkers like Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, and Nicola Tesla.
We are at an important crossroads in the history of renewable technologies. The possibilities are endless and enticing, and it has become increasingly clear that renewable energy is the way of the future. In Renewable, Jeremy Shere's natural curiosity and serious research come together in an entertaining and informative guide to where renewable energy has been, where it is today, and where it's heading.
Fukushima Accident
Pavel P. Povinec; Katsumi Hirose; Michio Aoyama
Call Number: TK1365.J3 P68 2013
Publication Date: 2013-08-28
Fukushima Accident presents up-to-date information on radioactivity released to the atmosphere and the ocean after the accident on the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant, on the distribution of radionuclides in the world atmosphere and oceans, and their impact on the total environment (man, fauna, and flora). The book will evaluate and discuss the post-Fukushima situation, emphasizing radionuclide impacts on the terrestrial and marine environments, and compare it with the pre-Fukushima sources of radionuclides in the environment. The authors' results, as well as knowledge gathered from the literature, will provide up-to-date information on the present status of the topics. Fukushima Accident is based on the environmental and nuclear research; however, the presentation will be suitable for university-level readers.
2013 PROSE Award winner in Environmental Science from the Association of American Publishers
Covers atmospheric and marine radioactivity, providing information on the global atmospheric dispersion of radionuclides in the atmosphere and world oceans
Examines radiation doses to the public and biota to understand the health risks to the public and ecosystems
Provides information on monitoring radionuclides in the environment - information on sources of radionuclides, their temporal and spatial variations, and radionuclide levels
Covers transport of radionuclides from different sources (e.g. nuclear power plants) as well as atmospheric simulations and modeling approaches
The Itinerant Languages of Photography
Eduardo L. Cadava; Gabriela Nouzeilles; Joan Fontcuberta (Contribution by); Valeria Gonzalez (Contribution by); Thomas Keenan (Contribution by); Mauricio Lissovsky (Contribution by); John Mraz (Contribution by); Princeton University Art Museum Staff (Other Primary Creator)
Call Number: TR645.P752 P745 2013
Publication Date: 2013-10-22
The Itinerant Languages of Photography examines photography's capacity to circulate across time and space as well as across other media, such as art, literature and cinema. Taking its point of departure from Latin American and Spanish photographic archives, the volume offers an alternative history of photography by focusing on the transnational dimension of technological traffic and image production at a time when photography is at the centre of current debates on the role of representation, authorship and reception in a global contemporary culture. Featuring images that converse across temporal, political and cultural boundaries by artists such as Lola and Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Henri Cartier-Bresson, the book argues that the photographic image comes into being only as a consequence of reproduction, displacement and itinerancy. Exhibition: Princeton University Art Museum, USA (07.09.2013-19.01.2014).
Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher
Timothy Egan
Call Number: TR140.C82 E43 2012
Publication Date: 2012-10-09
Edward Curtis was charismatic, handsome, a passionate mountaineer, and a famous photographer, the Annie Leibovitz of his time. He moved in rarefied circles, a friend to presidents, vaudeville stars, leading thinkers. And he was thirty-two years old in 1900 when he gave it all up to pursue his Great Idea: to capture on film the continent's original inhabitants before the old ways disappeared.
An Indiana Jones with a camera, Curtis spent the next three decades traveling from the Havasupai at the bottom of the Grand Canyon to the Acoma on a high mesa in New Mexico to the Salish in the rugged Northwest rain forest, documenting the stories and rituals of more than eighty tribes. It took tremendous perseverance — ten years alone to persuade the Hopi to allow him into their Snake Dance ceremony. And the undertaking changed him profoundly, from detached observer to outraged advocate. Eventually Curtis took more than 40,000 photographs, preserved 10,000 audio recordings, and is credited with making the first narrative documentary film. In the process, the charming rogue with the grade school education created the most definitive archive of the American Indian.
His most powerful backer was Theodore Roosevelt, and his patron was J. P. Morgan. Despite the friends in high places, he was always broke and often disparaged as an upstart in pursuit of an impossible dream. He completed his masterwork in 1930, when he published the last of the twenty volumes. A nation in the grips of the Depression ignored it. But today rare Curtis photogravures bring high prices at auction, and he is hailed as a visionary. In the end he fulfilled his promise: He made the Indians live forever.
The Design of Everyday Things
Donald A. Norman
Call Number: eBook
Publication Date: 2013-11-05
"Even the smartest among us can feel inept as we fail to figure out which light switch or oven burner to turn on, or whether to push, pull, or slide a door. The fault, argues this ingenious-even liberating-book, lies not in ourselves, but in product design that ignores the needs of users and the principles of cognitive psychology. The problems range from ambiguous and hidden controls to arbitrary relationships between controls and functions, coupled with a lack of feedback or other assistance and unreasonable demands on memorization. The Design of Everyday Things shows that good, usable design is possible. The rules are simple: make things visible, exploit natural relationships that couple function and control, and make intelligent use of constraints. The goal: guide the user effortlessly to the right action on the right control at the right time. In this entertaining and insightful analysis, cognitive scientist Don Norman hails excellence of design as the most important key to regaining the competitive edge in influencing consumer behavior. Now fully expanded and updated, with a new introduction by the author, The Design of Everyday Things is a powerful primer on how-and why-some products satisfy customers while others only frustrate them. "
Christine McFadden
Call Number: TX819.P3 M34 2008
Publication Date: 2008-01-23
This evocative collection of more than 100 recipes from around the world are geared to modern lifestyles and informal eating, inspiring the imagination with unusual ways of using pepper—in cakes and desserts, for example—and exploring the mystery behind why pepper and certain foods seem to pair so perfectly together. From steak au poivre and black pepper crisps to the simpler delights of cream cheese and black pepper, the book dares to be different while still reminding us of pepper's traditional uses in pickles, preserves, sauces, soups, curries, and stews. A vivid first-hand description of the pepper gardens and spice markets of Kerala and a fascinating account of pepper's role in shaping history also help provide a colorful backdrop to the fascinating business of cooking with and tasting pepper.
The Upcycle
William McDonough; Michael Braungart; Bill Clinton (Foreword by)
Call Number: TD794.5 .M39524 2013
Publication Date: 2013-04-16
In this follow-up to Cradle to Cradle, the authors draw on the lessons gained from ten years of putting the Cradle to Cradle concept into practice with businesses, governments, and ordinary people and envision the next step in the solution to our ecological crisis: we don't just use or reuse resources with greater effectiveness, we actually improve the world as we live, create, and build.
Snake Oil
Richard Heinberg
Call Number: TD195.G3 H45 2013
Publication Date: 2013-07-24
The rapid spread of hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") has temporarily boosted US natural gas and oil production . . . and sparked a massive environmental backlash in communities across the country. The fossil-fuel industry is trying to sell fracking as the biggest energy development of the century, with slick promises of American energy independence and benefits to local economies. Snake Oil casts a critical eye on the oil-industry hype that has hijacked America's energy conversation. This is the first book to look at fracking from both economic and environmental perspectives, informed by the most thorough analysis of shale gas and oil drilling data ever undertaken. Is fracking the miracle cure-all to our energy ills, or a costly distraction from the necessary work of reducing our fossil-fuel dependence?
River Cottage Veg
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
Call Number: TX801 .F4372 2011
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
A comprehensive collection of 200+ recipes that embrace vegetarian cuisine as the centerpiece of a meal, from the leading food authority behind the critically acclaimed River Cottage series. Pioneering champion of sustainable foods Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall embraces all manner of vegetables in his latest cookbook, an inventive offering of more than two hundred vegetable-based recipes, including more than sixty vegan recipes. Having undergone a revolution in his personal eating habits, Fearnley-Whittingstall changed his culinary focus from meat to vegetables, and now passionately shares the joys of vegetable-centric food with recipes such as Kale and Mushroom Lasagna; Herby, Peanutty, Noodly Salad; and Winter Stir-Fry with Chinese Five-Spice. In this lavishly illustrated cookbook, you'll find handy weeknight one-pot meals, pure and simple raw dishes, and hearty salads as well as a chapter of meze and tapas dishes to mix and match. A genuine love of vegetables--from delicate springtime asparagus to wintry root vegetables--permeates River Cottage Veg, making this book an inspiring new source for committed vegetarians and any conscientious cook looking to expand their vegetable repertoire.
Serengeti Spy
Anup Shah
Call Number: OVER TR729.W54 S53 2012
Publication Date: 2012-09-01
In these terrific action photos of wildlife on the African savannah in the Serengeti and the Massai Mara, Anup Shah reveals these creatures as never seen before, using remote hidden cameras that have been planted across the plains. This is life on the plains in all its dynamism, cruelty and vitality, the circle of life in action. Readers will find themselves literally face to face with hyenas as they feed on a kill, with elephants communing in a watering hold, playful lion cubs, wildebeests leaping across a ravine, inquisitive monkeys who have discovered the camera and gaze directly into the lens and cheetahs peering back under their tails towards the camera. Many of these animals have actually noticed the camera, mostly by the sound of it clicking away and their interest is clearly piqued; they're certainly not accustomed to encounters with a camera on the ground of their home turf. This is primarily a visual journey through the African plains, but captions written by the author will impart interesting facts about the animals, as well as any activity of interest that may have occurred while the photo was being taken.
Drinking History
Andrew F. Smith
Call Number: TP527 .S65 2013
Publication Date: 2012-11-27
A companion to the author's previous book, Eating History: Thirty Turning Points in the Making of American Cuisine, this volume recounts the individuals, ingredients, corporations, controversies, and myriad events responsible for America's diverse and complex beverage scene. The author revisits the country's major historical moments including colonization, the American Revolution, the Whiskey Rebellion, the temperance movement, Prohibition, and its repeal, and he tracks the growth of the American beverage industry throughout the world. The result is an encounter with an aspect of American culture and global influence. Americans have invented, adopted, modified, and commercialized tens of thousands of beverages, whether alcoholic or nonalcoholic, carbonated or caffeinated, warm or frozen, watery or thick, spicy or sweet. These include uncommon cocktails, varieties of coffee and milk, and such iconic creations as Welch's Grape Juice, Coca-Cola, root beer, and Kool-Aid. Involved in their creation and promotion were entrepreneurs and environmentalists, bartenders and bottlers, politicians and lobbyists, organized and unorganized criminals, teetotalers and drunks, German and Italian immigrants, savvy advertisers and gullible consumers, prohibitionists and medical professionals, and everyday Americans in love with their brew. Here the author weaves a history full of stories and explanations for such classic slogans as "taxation with and without representation;" "the lips that touch wine will never touch mine;" and "rum, Romanism, and rebellion." He reintroduces readers to Samuel Adams, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, and the colorful John Chapman (Johnny Appleseed), and he rediscovers America's vast literary and cultural engagement with beverages and their relationship to politics, identity, and health.
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Brian Halweil
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Publication Date: 2004-11-17
Eating locally is a growing movement that is good for your health—but even better for the planet.
Everyone everywhere depends increasingly on long-distance food. Since 1961 the tonnage of food shipped between nations has grown fourfold. In the United States, food typically travels between 1,500 and 2,500 miles from farm to plate—as much as 25 percent farther than in 1980. For some, the long-distance food system offers unparalleled choice. But it often runs roughshod over local cuisines, varieties, and agriculture, while consuming staggering amounts of fuel, generating greenhouse gases, eroding the pleasures of face-to-face interactions, and compromising food security. Fortunately, the long-distance food habit is beginning to weaken under the influence of a young, but surging, local-foods movement. From peanut-butter makers in Zimbabwe to pork producers in Germany and rooftop gardeners in Vancouver, entrepreneurial farmers, start-up food businesses, restaurants, supermarkets, and concerned consumers are propelling a revolution that can help restore rural areas, enrich poor nations, and return fresh, delicious, and wholesome food to cities.
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Richard Holmes
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Publication Date: 2013-10-29
Follows the pioneer generation of balloon aeronauts, the daring and enigmatic men and women who risked their lives to take to the air (or fall into the sky). The author includes accounts of the early Anglo-French balloon rivalries, the crazy firework flights of the beautiful Sophie Blanchard, the long-distance voyages of the American entrepreneur John Wise and French photographer Felix Nadar. The author documents as well the balloons used to observe the horrors of modern battle during the Civil War (including a flight taken by George Armstrong Custer); the legendary tale of at least sixty-seven manned balloons that escaped from Paris (the first successful civilian airlift in history) during the Prussian siege of 1870-71; the high-altitude exploits of James Glaisher (who rose seven miles above the earth without oxygen, helping to establish the new science of meteorology); and how Mary Shelley, Edgar Allan Poe, and Jules Verne felt the imaginative impact of flight and allowed it to soar in their work.
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Publication Date: 2008-11-03
Scrapbook makers preserve on the pages of their books a moment, a day, or a lifetime. Examine the history of the American scrapbook-- their origins, their makers, their diverse forms, the reasons for their popularity, and their place in American culture.
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Publication Date: 2002-08-28
New Hampshire once had nearly four hundred covered bridges, most of which unfortunately are no longer in existence. Some of them were railroad bridges and, although often viewed as charming relics of the past, all of these bridges were actually vital links in New Hampshire's transportation system. Covered bridges were used to cross most of New Hampshire's large rivers, including the Connecticut, Merrimack, Mascoma, Contoocook, Pemigewasset, and Ashuelot.
New Hampshire Covered Bridges is a photographic study of the state's enclosed wooden spans that date from as far back as 1827. The book contains rare photographs of historic bridges that no longer exist, as well as pictures of many that still stand today. The images are accompanied by detailed information about the design and construction of covered bridges and the men who built them. Each bridge has its own life story. Some have defied floods and hurricanes and still stand; others have fallen victim to nature or arson or the demands of modern transportation.
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Publication Date: 2012-12-21
"Graphics are key to the user experience of online content, especially now that users are accessing that content on a multitude of devices: smartphones, tablets, laptops, and desktops. This book provides foundational methodology for optimal use of graphics that begins with HTML and CSS, and delves into the worlds of typography, color, transparency, accessibility, imagery, and layout for optimal delivery on all the different devices people use today. It serves beginners and intermediate web builders alike with a complete foundation needed to create successful illustrative and navigational imagery for web and mobile. Coverage includes: lessons on typography, icons, color, and images; the latest information on HTML5, CSS3, and other modern technologies; in-depth exploration of image formats GIF, PNG, JPEG, and SVG; and ways to employ adaptive strategies for responsive web design."--Back cover
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I've been using a 2 mp Kodak with fair results but want to upgrade to 12 mp. Hopefully the last upgrade for quite a while.
Kodak has a model for ~$220, Canon has one for ~$330 but darn, wouldn't you know it. I like the Nikon for ~$400
yeah, yeah, I know you get what you pay for, but….
Anybody have any experiences to share?
Cheers, Don.
PS. Majority of use is taking pictures of furniture pieces with backdrop. I'll take my 2 mp Kodak when I go fishing…
-- Don Kondra – Furniture Designer/Maker
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#1 posted 12-08-2007 03:56 PM
We have a Pentax istD SLR. It is 6.2 MP. I was tempted by the Cannon Rebel at 8.? MP but after I viewed some 16×20's shot with the Pentax we went with it. It came with a 16-55mm lense and we added a 50- 120mm. It is the best thing we could have done. Our daughter uses it to shoot weddings and other events and has added a bigger chip. With the 2 chips we can shoot just under 1000 frames. I think the photos from this camera would blow up to poster side without losing resolution. It is auto everything and really does product photography very well. The cost is a little more than you are talking but I think it is a good investment. Most of the shots on my projects page were shot with the Pentax. I hope this doesn't muddy the waters for you . Good luck.
-- Thos. Angle, Jordan Valley, Oregon
#2 posted 12-08-2007 04:05 PM
I bought a Canon because of the 10X optical zoom. It is 6.2 Mpx, which has been more than adequate for what I want to do. I have a 512 MB chip. On a recent trip I took 185 pictures and the chip was 37% full. (Sure glad I bought a spare 512 chip!)
#3 posted 12-08-2007 04:10 PM
A big factor for me in my next camera will be the viewfinder. If this is not accurate you dont have a chance in hades of getting an accurate focus .
If that info baffles you then I suggest you go to a good camera dealer and make him walk you through the advantages of diferent brands your price range.
As for me , I have my sights set on a new Nikon D80 or better.
If your pics suck – what are they to think?
Good luck
-- A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner
#4 posted 12-08-2007 06:50 PM
my suggestion: go into the store and try them out, taking pictures equivalent to how you will be using the camera.
(oh yes.. fishing and cameras—as we were flyfishing in our new canoe several years ago, the seat broke (no wise cracks on that, thank you very much .. ) .. and over we went. My $1500 Nikon digital went to the bottom along with my $150 binoculars. It was my favourite digital camera for macro. Nothing since has come close.
Now I have a Konica-Minolta 7D digital SLR and love it. As for smaller cameras, I have the Nikon Coolpix 2200 for those times when I want something light and can fit in my pocket.
-- ~ Debbie, Canada (https://www.facebook.com/DebbiePribele, Young Living Wellness )
#5 posted 12-08-2007 07:50 PM
I've had great luck with Fuji Finepix and am getting ready to upgrade to the Fuji S9100. Most of my photos though are of a landscape type, and for that you need a film camera. Digital is great for portraits and closeup stuff. Couple all of this with a good Photoshop program and you'll turn out some fine work.
-- Bob Vila would be so proud of you!
#6 posted 12-08-2007 11:05 PM
Thanks for all the suggestions…
Unfortunately I haven't quite reached the RICH and famous level yet so a SLR is out of the question, sigh..
I may try looking at used but at this point today I am thinking of the Kodak Z712. It's 7 mp, the CCD is 1/2.5", the iso 80-3600 and the LCD is 2.5" and it's ~ $250.00
Weight and size don't matter because almost all of my shooting is with a tripod. The big LCD is a plus though, my original camera is 7/8" x 1".
I am truly amazed at the variety of camera's out there. Buying a new woodworking tool/machine in comparison is a breeze :)
Cheers, Don
-- Don Kondra – Furniture Designer/Maker
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#7 posted 12-08-2007 11:09 PM
Hey, Dadoo, I've got a Pentax K-1000 I'll sell ya. Good set of lenses too.
-- Thos. Angle, Jordan Valley, Oregon
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#8 posted 12-08-2007 11:25 PM
I have a Fujifilm S5000, it's 3.2 mp. The best thing I like about it is the 10X optical lens.
I also like the LCD eyepiece viewer.
I've taken some great wildlife pictures with it.
They have some better ones now for a lot less than I paid for mine.
-- -** You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream ****************** Dick, & Barb Cain, Hibbing, MN. http://www.woodcarvingillustrated.com/gallery/member.php?uid=3627&protype=1
#9 posted 12-09-2007 01:51 AM
Shopping for a new digital camera? WOW, there are a lot of choices out there today and I had a lot of fun shopping for myself. I am not going to say what I bought, because, as you know everyone has their favorite and to them it's the best, as well it should be. Whatever you buy, it only needs to please you. You decide what you want in or from a camera and start checking off the ones that fill the bill. I will say that mine is not an SLR, I'm like you, more than I wanted to spend, yet it has full manual control and a hot shoe should I ever want to add an external flash. Most of my pictures are taken in manual mode, I like the control I have over the exposure and focusing. I am very happy with my choice and have taken a lot of very good pictures. Good luck and happy shopping.
-- Doug, Reed City, Michigan
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#10 posted 12-09-2007 05:58 AM
Here's a good review website.
My next one is going to be bulletproof. It's gotten to the point that a small, waterproof, shockproof, 7 MP, that takes nice pictures and can hold 60 mins of video can be had for $350. I have my long lenses and a few different digitals but something small that I can have with me everywhere is next.
-- Bob
#11 posted 12-09-2007 05:59 PM
Don't confuse raw megapixel count for quality. I've got a Canon D60 SLR and an HP point-n-shoot, both 6 megapixel, and while I wouldn't expect the image quality between those two to be similar (especially when I've got a $1500 lens on the SLR), I also went through a couple of older 2.1 megapixel Canon point-n-shoots, and in most situations I'd put the end printed image on those up against the 6 megapixel HP any day. Those extra pixels are still pretty soft, and depending on the lighting conditions can have lots of noise in them.
The cheap HP serves its purpose, I won't cry too hard when I do something stupid and reduce it to rubble (as happened with those two previous Canon point-n-shoots), but it's for shots where I'm lucky to be carrying a camea, not for good shots.
So when you go to your camera store, take some pictures with each, take 'em home, and look at 'em at 2x magnification and see which look better on the details, and then step back and see which looks better on overall color, before you make your choice.
-- Dan Lyke, Petaluma California, http://www.flutterby.net/User:DanLyke
#12 posted 12-09-2007 10:59 PM
I've had good luck shopping with these people: www.adoramacamera.com . Maybe you'd like to check them out sometime.
-- Bob Vila would be so proud of you!
#13 posted 12-10-2007 08:42 AM
I heartily agree with recommendations to try different models out in stores. I tend to look at quality of the optics and available accessories.
My personal choice for a pocket portable camera after checking out reviews and visiting a couple of stores to try out my candidates, was the Panasonic DMC-TZ3. It sports a Leica 28-280mm equiv. lens, and has a host of preset modes for picture taking. It's main drawbacks are: it doesn't have manual settings (f-stop and shutter speed), nor a viewfinder, and image quality suffers at fast shutter speeds (as many cameras in this class). However I wanted something to toss in my pocket/satchel for leisure photos. There are a few accessories, and this excellent wide angle/zoom lens covers a lot of situations. There is also a rather pricey underwater shooting case available for those desiring shots in the drink. The picture quality is very good with very minor drawbacks. It has a built in flash, does movies with sound (or stills with sound), supports pictbridge printer interface (you can print directly from the camera to any printer with this feature) and it has excellent image stabilization for telephoto or slow shutter speed shots. So far the battery life is excellent too. Oh, and it is a 7 Mp CCD which is near the middle to last part of my needed feature list (e.g.- I like a small camera that is large enough for my big klutzy hands to hold & operate – top priority). One of many reviews of this camera can be found at http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/panasonictz3/. It sells around $300, but 42nd Street Photo had them around $280 – http://www.42photo.com/pd-productid-14049-ref-pricegrabber.htm.
Happy hunting!
-- Joe, Oakland, CA
#14 posted 12-15-2007 01:55 PM
I'm happy with my SONY Cyber Shot. 12X…............it accepts a lens adapter for a wide angle and an extra zoom albeit I didnt buy the extra adapter lens.
Lots a places that sell them also do "courses" for cheap that teach better use of the camera and the web has lots of sites for help as well.
I really wanted the Nikon D80 because I have several Nikon lenses from my 35 mm camera but the "Auto focus" feature wouldnt work so like you…........opted for the Sony.
As far as I am concerned it takes a fantastic photo and the problems with my camera isnt from the camera, its from the operator. Lighting is my next purchase…........gotta get rid of the shadows.
-- "Good artists borrow, great artists steal"…..Picasso
#15 posted 12-15-2007 07:44 PM
Thanks Roman,
I've narrowed it down to two or three models in the $300 range but I am still lusting after a SLR with live view.
Olympus Evolt E-510 is $570 plus card plus taxes, sigh…
And a real backdrop and lights, double sigh…
This is the best I can get with my 2 mp Kodak CX 4230, not bad but no where near submission for publication quality.
Cheers, Don
-- Don Kondra – Furniture Designer/Maker
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By Mr. Paul Boyce (FORSCOM)June 12, 2007
The Office of the Federal Environmental Executive today, June 12, presented 2007 Closing the Circle Awards to Army Headquarters and to Fort Hood, Texas. The CTC Awards recognize outstanding achievements of Federal employees and their facilities for efforts that resulted in significant contributions to, or have made a significant positive impact regarding, environmental stewardship.
The awards focus on waste prevention, recycling, and green purchasing activities, environmental management, green/sustainable building, electronics stewardship, and reduced fuel usage. This year also includes three special "Sowing the Seeds" awards that recognize leadership in setting future vision.
Army headquarters received one of the "Sowing the Seeds" awards for the Army Strategy for the Environment and subsequent efforts to advance sustainability throughout the Army. The Solid Waste and Recycle Team at Fort Hood received an award in Waste/Pollution Prevention - Military for Every Waste a Reuse Opportunity. In addition, the Absorbent Reuse Program Team at the Aviation Center Logistic Command at Fort Rucker received an Honorable Mention in Recycling - Military for Absorbent Reuse Program Close the Circle.
"Acceptance of these prestigious awards confirms that Army Sustainability is on the move, and gaining momentum. We're building green, buying green, and going green. I'm confident this recognition will spark others to action," said Mr. Tad Davis, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Environment, Safety and Occupational Health.
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I was lucky enough to win a set of these in one of Tiger Pens' monthly giveaways.
Although I use fountain pens for most of my writing, you can't beat gel pens for writing you need to dry quickly, or that you want to stand up to the elements (I use a Parker Jotter with a Parker gel refill for addressing envelopes, for example).
That leads me to a rather limited palette of blue and black, so I was pleased to be able to try a greater range of colours.Ink Tests (Paperchase Kraft Notebook)
As you can (hopefully) see, the colours from the Zebra pens are vibrant and consistent. I've included a few fountain pen inks in the lower part of the page for colour comparison.
My only slight disappointment was that the Orange pen came with a black refill - as the pens were free, I'm not going to complain about that, and I'm sure it wouldn't happen in a purchased pen.
The speed of shipping from Tiger Pens was impressive - the morning after I sent them my mailing address, the pens were waiting for me on the doormat!
The pens write pretty wet, and I was fairly convinced that this would lead to them "blobbing" at times onto the page, but that didn't happen at all.
A Test Sketch (Cheap Spiralbound Sketchbook)
I put them through their paces doing a quick sketch inspired by the "Zebra" name, and found them pleasant to write and draw with - smooth (except for when I put them at too low an angle to the paper - I assume that's the "cone" aroud the rollerball tip "catching" on the paper) and the line stays consistent. The line they write is pretty broad, but I like that, preferring a fibre tip pigment liner for *really* thin lines, and I really like the brightness of the colour. My personal favourites are the blue (lovely and deep) and purple. The black writes a solid, properly dark black too, reminding me a little of Herbin's Perle Noire, my favourite black fountain pen ink.
Despite the pens being retractable, they feel solid in use, without the "rattly" feeling some retractable pens have. The only criticism I'd make of the mechanism is that it's a little too easy to activate - my Jotter requires more pressure, and is less likely to end up ready to write when being carried in a pocket! You could reasonably point out that it's silly to carry retractable pens in a pocket (that's why they have clips!) and I'd not disagree with you - I'm used to capped pens :)
Whilst gel pens won't win me away from fountain pens and ink, there are times when you need to write on less than teriffic paper, or write a label or address that you need to be waterproof, and these pens fill that niche for me. Gel pens are a bit more pleasant to write with than ballpoints, and it's worth keeping one or two (or eight if you like colour and/or are indecisive :) ) around even if you're a confirmed fountain pen addict.
The pens are currently £2.34 each at Tiger Pens, meaning the full set of 8 colours will cost you £18.72 - although I've not tried them, you could also consider the Uni Ball Signo 207 RT, slightly cheaper, and a similar range of colours at £2.10 (but no pink!)


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Welcome to 'Zombie of the Week,' folks, where each week we'll present you with a different brain-eating member of the undead that has captured our fancy. There is no methodology to our Zombie Awesomeness meter, just our own piqued interests. Got a zombie we should see? Comment below. No zombie is too small, too short-lived, or too gross.
This week, my favorite brain muncher comes to us from Norwegian artist Jason. In his 2006 series Meow, Baby! (now out-of-print) all sorts of monster-types come together as one, big pop culture punching bag. (Lucky for you, if you never picked up a copy, the series will be included in Almost Silent, a hardcover collection of four series of Jason's previous work, which will hit bookstores Feb. 28.)
Interwoven into the series are glimpses of zombie daily life. He clocks in, clocks out, kisses his wife goodbye and even takes his 15-minute work breaks before continuing on the prowl. This is not your average zombie comic. It is, however, a hilarious combination of the plight of ordinary life embodied by an Average (Dead) Joe.
Almost Silent also houses Jason's Tell Me Something (2004), You Can't Get There From Here (2004) and The Living and Dead (2007). If you want to get your hands on a copy ($24.99), pre-order through Fantagraphics Books.
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BioMed Research International
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Whole Blood Platelet Aggregation and Release Reaction Testing in Uremic Patients
1Department of Pathology, George Washington University Medical Center, 900 23rd Street NW, Washington, DC 20037, USA
2Department of Medicine, George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, DC 20037, USA
Received 3 April 2013; Revised 12 June 2013; Accepted 17 June 2013
Academic Editor: Giuseppe Valacchi
Copyright © 2013 Jay Zeck et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Background. Platelet function analysis utilizing platelet-rich plasma and optical density based aggregometry fails to identify patients at risk for uremia associated complications. Methods. We employed whole blood platelet aggregation analysis based on impedance as well as determination of ATP release from platelet granules detected by a chemiluminescence method. Ten chronic kidney disease (CKD) stage 4 or 5 predialysis patients underwent platelet evaluation. Our study aims to evaluate this platform in this patient population to determine if abnormalities could be detected. Results. Analysis revealed normal aggregation and ATP release to collagen, ADP, and high-dose ristocetin. ATP release had a low response to arachidonic acid (0.37 ± 0.26 nmoles, reference range: 0.6–1.4 nmoles). Platelet aggregation to low-dose ristocetin revealed an exaggerated response (20.9 ± 18.7 ohms, reference range: 0–5 ohms). Conclusions. Whole blood platelet analysis detected platelet dysfunction which may be associated with bleeding and thrombotic risks in uremia. Diminished ATP release to arachidonic acid (an aspirin-like defect) in uremic patients may result in platelet associated bleeding. An increased aggregation response to low-dose ristocetin (a type IIb von Willebrand disease-like defect) is associated with thrombus formation. This platelet hyperreactivity may be associated with a thrombotic diathesis as seen in some uremic patients.


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A Climate of Discrimination
Is there a climate of discrimination in New Zealand as it relates to churches and church organisations playing their part in society?
Last week I heard a very respected lecturer describe a sustained assault on Christianity through misinformed, biased courses of study at Auckland University across a range of disciplines. I've heard accounts from students that back this view up.
I'm aware that a church group which operates in Auckland was recently savaged by an elected community official in a public forum, describing the operate of that church's social services through a community trust as "very Winston Peters". The gentleman is either misinformed about the widespread use of community trusts to deliver social services or he is malevolently inclined towards church organisations.
The Flat Bush area in the eastern suburbs of Auckland has no provision in its district plan for churches. It may be the first community of its kind: no churches. Some will say good job and maybe that proves the point.
Does the climate exist or am I imagining things? Cos the way I see it, misguided or not in their belief in a supreme being, many churches are holding the social fabric of the country together.


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When real estate values began soaring a few years ago, builders flocked here. Summer temperatures might hit 115 or even 120 degrees and the sea may be too sickly for swimming or sailing, but land was cheap. Builders figured that people priced out of Los Angeles and San Diego would discover Salton City and the other towns in Imperial County.
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When a writer sells a manuscript, it's cause for celebration. At first. But in a world of publishing, it's about the benjamins.
Yet in being an author, after a while, there is an inverse relationship to the green. Subtle and hard to perceive or address without sounding as if chomping on self-righteous sour grapes. I'm not. Here's my proof dated today (Jan 25, 2016), Amazon ranking overall on Kindle 329. #77 in contemporary romance. Is this my first time, no. I've gotten onto this list, getting up to #25 overall on Amazon, #1 in subgenres, and I'm not here to brag. But this time it was different and deserves an explanation.
If you're new to publishing, those numbers aren't easy to attain. Am I doing a dance of glee? Not exactly. I'm taking this opportunity to talk tough about the sacrifice of writing. My drug of choice. And to unearth some truth.
|Well that's a lie... yes I am. And I prefer to be called 'Catnip' okay?
Easy to put off, especially during a brief exodus into crazy town during a release. That's when it becomes evident I've sanctioned my own insanity caught up as a cog in an industry moored in social media now more than ever. Don't get me wrong, I'm grateful to so many, many people. For a post-neurosurgery-gone-wrong-writer, this road is both a blessing and a crutch. Check off a way to avoid pain. A doorway beyond the physical. A means to an end. It's like volunteering for the 2016 Ranking Game.
The euphoria in writing isn't connected to rankings. It isn't bank deposits. It's in the process of creation. And when a writer decides to submit to it as a career, dare I name it a calling, then this madness becomes more about talent and about improvement, refinement. At least it is for me.
We all want to write a great book. A good book is a mark of a good writer. But how to measure what is good?
It's subjective and near impossible to do with a consistent yardstick when none exist. Literary marketing has nothing whatsoever to do with the writing aptitude of an author. It's more. It's a talent that is hard to perceive unless you understand what you're looking at. People mistake PR, advertising, and promotions for creative writing competence and nothing could be further or more polar to the truth.
When it comes to selling a product, a book (print or ebook) qualifies as an object with a price; it isn't based upon an author's literary dexterity—it's grounded first and foremost in good old-fashioned popularity beyond Amazon.
It's subjective and near impossible to do with a consistent yardstick when none exist. Literary marketing has nothing whatsoever to do with the writing aptitude of an author. It's more. It's a talent that is hard to perceive unless you understand what you're looking at. People mistake PR, advertising, and promotions for creative writing competence and nothing could be further or more polar to the truth.
When it comes to selling a product, a book (print or ebook) qualifies as an object with a price; it isn't based upon an author's literary dexterity—it's grounded first and foremost in good old-fashioned popularity beyond Amazon.
Most of us believe, falsely, that only applies to those other writers. Our novel doesn't require fabricated hype. And chances are during the pre-release phase you've got family and friends thrilled for you.
The adrenaline dumping into your bloodstream makes everything in the world glittery--it's the ultimate high. Fantastic and a little nauseous is how one feels heading out the gate when it's your first book.
Whether online or in person, your peeps shows up and share your news. Same when it's your second, third... but what about when it's your 30th release?
Suddenly, people have lives too. And if you haven't snagged a rung on the NY Bestseller's list, well we can't expect the peeps to wait around f-o-r-ever. Can we? For kicks, let's say we didn't toss out a book willy-vanilly but actually planned. A little. As in studied what successful writers were doing. Unless you've contracted one of the big six or is it five? Your release is your gig for the most part. That means recruiting your team is on you.
The street team required isn't composed of faces you'd recognize in the flesh. And the skill set you've got to develop isn't related to weaving a story world. Kinda. We'll revisit that one in another post. For now, it's the fork in the road that resembles a carefully constructed spider web constructed of connections.
- Think factions.
- Think popular.
- Think rock star quality…if you want to make it big.
Is that some sort of conundrum? I am alive. How is that helpful?
My point isn't an exercise in teeth gnashing, but to draw out a premise that might help someone. Before a writer leaps off the cliff, executing a swan dive into the publishing pool, just keep in mind, it's larger than the concept of 'Will I sink or swim?' Help yourself by coming to grips with a huge reality that most folks fail to recognize. Or fail to grow. There isn't a jump, dive, or belly flop because in fact, there is no pool. Similar to a field of dreams, our wordsmith quest is to cultivate the land.
We'll only go as far as our social media platform permits. An author's reach is directly linked to connections. Or idiomatically if not biblically, what we reap, we sow.
So before releasing that first book, think long and hard on what it is you wish to do? See your name in print for a single release? Or possibly spin this into a career? Regardless if you're socially adroit, a child prodigy, or born under a lucky star. Won't matter if you hail from the panster or plotter camp either. Today, a writer wishing to retain an iota of control in an industry that churns out thousands of books daily, you can't escape the bare necessity that involves, yep a plan. The first book released defines an author. It imprints who we are, our skill set, and becomes the calling card we can't escape if we aren't careful.
If you're a writer just starting out, you're in luck by being in the driver's seat. As such, it's your responsibility to know the rules of the road. And what it means to rank on a list. Begin now to map out the journey.
Plug in the steps to grow your social media platform, whether it's Instagram or FB. Learn the lessons before it is too late, which includes pretty graphics to post. You can use Word, PowerPoint, or Photoshop to name a few. Here's your very own cheat sheet link on sizing (SO IMPORTANT! ) Click here or below. Trust me, you need this and do follow the link.
If you can't hire a PR firm, then start small with a book tour company. There are vast numbers and again, check them out. See what they've done for their clients. Yet you still have to do the ground work. Optimally, a writer would begin at least a year or two before the first release.
I started here as in blogging.
Pre-release, that is exactly what a writer should be doing: blog. Nothing major, just be consistent and pick a theme.
What else?
- Find a photo stock company, set up an account, and download images to use in teasers, trailers, promotions, and social media posts announcing your release, and well before to get your name out in the public's eye.
- Join a writer group and ask lots and lots of marketing questions.
- Decide on a budget and stick to it.
- Swag? Are you pro or con or have no idea? Then join investigate other authors and see what they're offering up. How do they do it? Is it something you truly love!
- Book conventions? They're terrific ways to get your name out, especially if one is local. Otherwise, investigate who is running it, their experience, who attended, and costs. Out-of-town conventions can run an author into the thousands to attend. If not, what about a bookstore nearby? Can you set up a table there one evening to give a book talk?
- Branding. It's never to early to decide on an author logo, blog or website theme which is then translated outward to your social media sites down to tiny favicons.
- Read. Read about marketing. Read about social media engagement. Read fiction writing (craft)books. Read from your genre. Stay abreast of what is happening in this industry via Publisher's Weekly (PW). From your reading, you can write shorts posts and connect with the author or blogger, letting him/her know you've written about them or their post or ideas.
- Enter contests or judge them to gain recognition.
- And always, always ALWAYS stay positive, cheerful, amused online. Save your rants and venting to share with your BFF, your poor spouse, or use frustration as fuel your morning run or morning scream. Let it out during a long commute (I mean when you're alone in your car. NOT ON THE SUBWAY!)
That's a compact list and now you've got your marching orders and a cheat sheet. But do know, it's all doable if you plan and begin to build your author platform. Genre writer communities are around so you aren't alone. If you reach out, you're doing exactly what you should be doing: being social, which is the crucial part of S O C I A L MEDIA. If there is one thing I believe about most writers, it's by our very nature of wanting to share our thoughts and ideas, we're a pretty compassionate group if someone asks us a question and needs help.
And that's why this ranking isn't a source of pride I can lay claim to since I'm not a PR firm. A direct opposite when it comes to social media and forming connections and why this post exemplifies a "do as I say, not as I do" approach to the ranking game. Thus far, I stink at the gregarious aspects of social media. Being an introvert with ADHD, I'm immersed in my next ten thoughts to focus on the present moment. And the irony that the Internet is both "now" as well as forever doesn't escape me; if anything I'm haunted by it.
Lastly, let me drive home this point: those who master this universe, the exponential value of PR together with a well-placed ad can bounce the sale and ranking, using their developed social media tribe by putting out the word via FB, Instagram, Tweets, word of mouth, newsletters, texts. In return, Amazon (or B & N, Kobo, etc) spins that book in response, and it stays aloft in orbit, organically at that point.
Doesn't mean I'll give up or given in. I'm still studying craft and writing when I can. And yeah, forcing myself to be s-o-c-i-a-l minus the cringe.
What about you?
If you're ready to commit and jump aboard the author crazy train, then c'mon! Buckle up and enjoy the ride.
Link to social media cheat sheet. http://makeawebsitehub.com/social-media-image-sizes-cheat-sheet/).
If you're ready to commit and jump aboard the author crazy train, then c'mon! Buckle up and enjoy the ride.
Oh yeah, and...
Link to social media cheat sheet. http://makeawebsitehub.com/social-media-image-sizes-cheat-sheet/).


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Call it a purse or a European carry-all or whatever you want… the important point is that you're looking at a fancied up winebag that looks like a purse. It's designed by one Jakob Wagner, appears to be called Baggy Winecoat, comes in polyester or leatherette, holds 3 liters of booze and has a solid rubber bottom so your swill doesn't spill over when you put it down. It even has a spigot.
It's $52.82 and you can buy it from what appears to be a Scandinavian design store.
Oh and this is old news (April of this year?), as per a quick article-already-written Google search reveals. Still interesting, so there you have it anyway.
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Smoking can drive up the cost of life insurance exponentially.
Sometimes as much as 2 to 3 times the amount a non-smoker would pay!
Insurance companies will classify a smoker based on their tobacco consumption. The price of the term life insurance policy may be related to whether or not a person is a moderate or heavy tobacco consumer. The less number of cigarettes that you have per day could affect the amount of money that you have to pay for term life insurance for smokers.
Making sure that you specify the exact amount of tobacco that you consume a day will help you to get a more affordable plan. If you're a light smoker there's no reason why you should be lumped in with heavy smokers and people who smoke quite a lot throughout the course of the day. Smokers who are otherwise healthy with regard to their weight, blood pressure and cholesterol will also be able to get a deal on affordable life insurance. By making sure that you have medical data to back up the fact that you're a smoker as well as a healthy individual, will help to reduce your life insurance rates, when you go to get a quote.
Usually when it comes time for a smoker to find affordable term life insurance it will require the person to take a medical exam to verify any of the information that's provided by the applicant. In order to make sure that tobacco consumption is prevalent in the subject the medical examination may include a test that measures urine or saliva to check for a by-product of nicotine. This will verify the amount of smoking that you do and help you to apply to life insurance policy truthfully.
Affordable life insurance for smokers can also come by selecting a proper policy. Making sure that you get just the right amount of coverage will help you save money on your policy, or securing your life insurance policy when you're younger and in better health will also make sure that the policy does not cost you extra money.
If you have no health defects currently and are in the best health that you been in years, now is the best time to go and get a life insurance policy to make sure that it remains affordable. If your circumstances change be sure to review your policy and make sure that you need the same amount of coverage that's on your policy. Taking some of your coverage away will help you to save money on your term life insurance costs.
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I told my family I run ADISC
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I've told all my immediate family about ADISC, and even showed one of them the site.
Here's part of one of those conversations:
Me: You know I run websites, right?
Dad: Yes, I've known you've been involved in charity work for awhile
Well, what you may not know is that a site I run, 'ADISC', is designed for people who want (or need) to wear diapers.
I started it while I was a teen, because the lives of such people are often much more difficult than, for example, the lives of gay people are. Gay people have an increasing amount of acceptance from the general public. On the other hand, people who want/need diapers are pretty much unknown, and can face very negative reactions when they do come out.
When I was a teen, friends of mine became depressed because they had nobody to talk to about what was going on in their lives. Some became very seriously depressed. The suicide rate for gay teens is huge compared to straight teens, and I think it is even worse with AB/DLs.
By running ADISC, I believe I am helping young AB/DLs fight isolation, fight depression, and ultimately, I believe I am saving lives.
Young AB/DLs are desparate for someone to understand them. They will seek out understanding and acceptance from people on the internet, because that's the only place they feel safe doing so. They fear the reactions of their family, and can't trust their friends. I had a good friend who turned to the unsafe corners of the internet to know that they were not alone, and almost got raped in a hotel room as a result. He was about 13 at the time. This happened because there was no safe space for him to communicate with other young AB/DLs - so he turned to risky places out of simple desperation.
By running ADISC, I believe I am helping young AB/DLs form safe friendships, friendships which will enable them to learn about and accept who they are, without putting themselves at risk. In short, I believe I am protecting vulnerable young people from being exploited.
I want you to know about this side of me, because I've felt that there's a perception in my family that I'm just a big kid - an adult that spends most of their time playing computer games and messing around on the internet. Sure, I play computer games. Sure, I do sometimes surf around the internet with no particular purpose in mind. Thing is, though, I do these things as a break from my responsibilities.
Much of the time is devoted to what is effectively charity work - attempting to help protect people, often vulnerable people, from isolation, depression, and serious safety risks.
All this is difficult to talk about, but I feel like, if we're to have a real relationship, you need to know that I spend a lot of my time trying to help people who seem to really, really need it.
You may have thought I do the odd programming project, and spend much of my time playing games.
That's not how I see it.
I see it as saving teens and young adults from depression and, to put it bluntly, serious safety risks, on a regular basis.
I see myself as trying to provide for others what my friends and I wished we had, growing up. To provide what we suffered for not having.
Dad: OK. That makes sense.
Me: I know this may not have been something you expected to hear from me. You can see, though, why this is important to me? And why I feel like you don't really know or understand me as a person without knowing this stuff?
Dad: Yes. I can understand. I'm glad you told me. *hugs*


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Good talkers never get talker block and intelligent writers never get writer's block. Gist is that when you talk, talk, and talk more, you produce golden words during that journey. Same applies to writing. It might seem that few people produce excellent speech or excellent writing every single time they deliver. That's an illusion. Because behind that great quality published work there lie tons of unpublished work. It's rightly said that it takes 20 year to become overnight success.
There is no startup block. If you keep looking for that perfect idea, perfect execution plan, perfect team or perfect infrastructure, it will never work. Sorry if that seems offhand but that's truth. Ideate, execute and repeat this till you hit the bull's eye. There is no right team, no right plan or no right time. You have to get your hands dirty and try several things because it's only in that journey that you'll bump into the right thing. Get out of that starter block of yours and start playing the game. It will work. For sure.


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