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- EH said...
Here in the midst of Sweden it is still winter, although the sun and light is back and morning and evenings are bright. Snow is still all around, a few sunny spots have melted, but the rest is here, and more is coming during the Easter if the meteorologists are correct. We got the first snow that stayed on the 29th of November. We are close to 4 months now and counting. Nights are cold and days are warm, so the snow heaps turns into icy rocks.
- March 25, 2013 at 11:36 AM
- LS said...
I am so tired of snow too and it snowed all day. I refused to look out the window and wrote about rainforest plants instead. But most is already melted, and now it is raining. Sunday should be sunny and 13 degrees Celsius here! And no snow in sight then! Perfect timing for a visit from Sweden.. :)
- March 25, 2013 at 9:10 PM

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Finally, I have time to update you on my recent project!
After seeing my best friend's post about 300 minute eggs I knew I had to try it. I love eggs. Scrambled, boiled, runny, hard, cold, hot, benedicted, with mayo, any way! And this was something I hadn't tried yet.
So I did some research and found out that these slow cook eggs originate from North Africa on a low heat, for a long long time.
I was a little apprehensive about making these as I like in Korea and my oven has been known to consume energy ~ not that that that has ever stopped me in the past.
Last Thursday I decided to bite the bullet and try it. I got home before 5pm and knew that I could finish them before bed time (well, I am getting on in my years!)
Here is my 300 minute egg story:
So, although these 300 minute eggs didn't turn out the way I expected them to I still enjoyed them and the task of trying to cook them. It was interesting to try something that I had absolutely no idea about. I'll definitely try it again and post my results!
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First saw this biennial growing in a part shade flower bed of a cottage garden. The colour of the flat one inch flowers is best described in Garden to Vase
as shocking fuchsia. The author also recommends them as cut flowers. Something I intend to try next season.
Left to reseed they are easy to pull up or move. The Angel Blush variety is snow white with a hint of pink that slowly deepens to a rich rose with a white edge. I will be starting some inside in March. You can find seeds for Lychnis Coronaria Alba at the StokesSeeds site.
The old fashion look of this flower is ideal for a Keepsake box


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This quartet is composed from 133 years of global warming data – 'It uses all four instruments to describe the pace and the place of global warming'Posted by Jim at Monday, September 28, 2015
The sound of climate change from the Amazon to the Arctic from Ensia on Vimeo.
By Heather Hansman
21 September 2015
(smithsonian.com) – Four nervous-looking college students pick up their bows and start into a song at the bottom of their range. As the string quartet plays, the music gets higher pitched. It dips and peaks, but you can still hear it building. By the end of the song, one of the violins is struggling to hit the high notes.
Daniel Crawford, a soon to be senior geography major at the University of Minnesota, composed the song, called "Planetary Bands, Warming World," to trace the rise of Northern Hemisphere temperatures since the 1880s. Four students from the music department—Julian Maddox, Jason Shu, Alastair Witherspoon and Nigel Witherspoon—performed the song.
Each instrument plays the temperature range of a zone of the Northern Hemisphere and is tuned to the average temperature of that region. The cello tracks the equatorial zone, and the viola plays the mid-latitudes. One violin plays the high latitudes, and the other traces Arctic temperatures. Each note then corresponds to a year, and the pitch of the note represents the temperature, according to climate data from NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Science. Higher notes are warmer years. You can hear the Earth get warmer through the music.
"We're trying to add another tool to the toolbox," Crawford says, "another way to communicate these ideas to the people who might get more out of this than maps, graphs or numbers."
Trying to convey humankind's impact on the Earth through different mediums isn't new. Climate scientists have written haiku: "Big, fast carbon surge: Ice melts, oceans heat and rise. Air warms by decades." Artists have made sculptures meant to resemble fossil evidence of our existence found in rock strata millions of years from now and bright paintings made from sludge extracted from streams near coal mines. Photographers have captured aerial images of melting glaciers, deforestation, and oil spills. There have even been other songs about climate change, but Crawford is the first to translate data to music.
"Planetary Bands, Warming World" is Crawford's second climate-based composition. Two years ago, when he was interning for geography professor Scott St. George in his dendrochronology lab, he put together a similar piece, "A Song of Our Warming Planet." St. George had asked him if he thought it was possible to turn a data set into a piece of music, and Crawford, who is a cellist, wrote a solo piece for the cello.
The new song adds another point of comparison, to show not only that the Earth is warming, but also where and by how much. "It uses all four instruments to describe the pace and the place of global warming," Crawford says. By tracking the different climate zones separately, you can hear the contrast, and get a sense of how much temperatures have increased and what regions have warmed the most. [more]
This Song Is Composed From 133 Years of Climate Change Data
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|2007-02-15, 22:03
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Low chance possibilities
I don't know if there is already a thread that deals with theories, but if there is one, could you put this there?
Anyway, I have thought up two different ideas that could happen, but they are doubtful.
One, Orochimaru has a cursed seal himself, which would be considered the original cursed seal. This seal is special because it is the source of all the cursed seals as every cursed seal he gives people are just a copy of a fraction of the full power of this seal and it is inside him so that it cannot be affected by outside influences. My imagination has gone further to say that he got it from that 8-tailed snake demon, but that's all I'll put in the post.
Two, Orochimaru, in a desprate situation, will have his mind and soul sealed in the body of a baby like a tailed-demon, but not confined like them. By doing this, Orochimaru can control the body at will and use it however he wants to whenever he wants to and for however long he decides to stay in it. Of course, this is improbable and may be too dark for this series, but who knows.
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|2007-02-16, 04:05
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About the second one, Oro should be able to put himself in the body of a kid, but why? The body of a kid can't probably stand the techniques he practices... In fact, he uses to wait until a certain point, and then take possession of the body.
Now, my turn.
I read here and there that Itachi is stronger than Orochimaru.
Now I didn't find any evidence of this: I only found a line where Orochimaru says like "Oh, i thought I would use Itachi's body and move my soul in it, but eventually he became too strong for this".
What I understood is that Itachi became too strong to be used as a host for Oro's soul, but this does not necessarily mean that Itachi is on the whole stronger than Orochimaru, with evidence that Oro can't practice on him the forbidden tecnique anymore. Is this correct, or am I missing something?
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As I read Sai has already been introduced in the part where he is aiding Team 7 against Sasuke, remember that his character evolved from been a mysterious character with a secret agenda.
Showing him know Adding Team 7, will only take away a little suspense IMO.
|2007-02-16, 14:59
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Spoiler for Uchiha Madara:
I am disappointed there hasn't been more time focusing on the other powerful teams like Lee, Neji, Hinata, Kiba, Shino, and others which hopefully changes soon. Seemed like Choji and Ino even got jipped on their 'battle time.'
|2007-02-16, 15:08
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Scene like Sakura almost agressing him or Sai catching Sasuke's wrist weren't showed.
vhx we don't know anything about Madara.
|2007-02-16, 15:12
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So we can say that he just was shown and thats all...O..I need to get my hands on that Episode.
|2007-02-16, 15:45
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|2007-02-16, 16:48
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I don't think the Akatsuki leader is Uchiha Madara, or even an Uchiha period, because when Kisame and Itachi encountered Sasuke in the hall way Kisame was surprised to see another Uchiha as he had heard that the Uchiha were massacred and that Itachi was the one who killed them.
Since the Akatsuki know each other fairly well he would not have said that if he knew atleast one more to be living.
I think Madara is a legendary Uchiha who has some sort of connection to Kyuubi which in turn has a connection to the "real purpose" that Sharingan serves, which was revealed to Sasuke when he went to the secret Uchiha meeting place Itachi told him about.
I'm interested in knowing how the Uchiha bloodline became cursed and what it has to do with Kyuubi.
|2007-02-16, 17:02
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|2007-02-16, 17:17
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A little arc with Oro, Kabuto and Sasuke as main protagonist while Naruto finishes his training would be great but we didn't see much of Naruto during the arc.
It would be weird to let the main character out of the spots so long.
|2007-02-16, 18:43
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My pet theory as to why Oro is training Sasuke is:
1) to keep him around. Oro needs time to do his body snatch jutsu, till then he has to keep Sasuke happy
2)to make Sasuke use the CS more and increase his hold on Sasuke. It was said that the more u use it the less free-will u have.
|2007-02-17, 03:22
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Naruto and Sai are the same age.
I think Sai is just a tag along character to make Team Kakashi a complete unit again.
Some good questions...
Oro stated at one point that he wanted to "dye Sasuke his color" as in he wanted to turn him to the darkside...err influence him to be an evil ninja like Oro himself.
He could him a softy because he did not kill the ninja that he defeated (there is still good in him... ).
He had to take another body because he had no choice (notice that this body was the strongest of his prisoners so perhaps they must be strong enough to atleast handle Oro's essence).
That body's rejection of him may just be coincidence.
Also Oro knows how to splice genes like he did with Yamato giving him Shodaime's powers. Kabuto said that once Oro discards a body he uses a jutsu to preserve it so he may just splice the Uchiha genes into the next body that he comes across to maintain its abilties.
But they would be mere shells of the former person. Sasuke would have no use for them other than to talk to past loved ones, the way Tsunade wanted to, but it would probably be too painful for him, they would just be undead incarnations of his family not true living beings.
I don't think Oro could possess them, I'm pretty sure he needs a real body not animated clay.
I'm hoping that the next arc puts more emphasis on the villains and that we get to see what Akatsuki does about the death of 2 more comrades (that jeapordizes their chakra gathering that they do so they must be pissed).
The next chapter is supposed to be about Oro's objectives so hopefully we learn what his next move is and what that means for Sasuke.
Oro promised Sasuke power and that is what he is giving him even if envitably he will play the role of container as he is still not strong enough to take on Itachi.
He has been with him for 3 years and yet is still pretty defiant.
|2007-02-17, 07:02
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Quite nice so far.
Giving a lil' glimpse of that moment right from the start was ginious.
It was also filler since we're going to see it all again.
I'm betting they saved Kakashi Gaiden for later so they can use this trick again. hehe~ I like that kind of filler. It would be intresting if they used the trick in every ep. Would save a lot of non-sense filler time, hell it could make it possible to skip non-sense filler all togheter.. Gosh the fillers just ended and here I am saing I want more
Note: I luv that they went for saint-sound-tracks. Really cool >.<
@ Jay
> "I'm hoping that the next arc puts more emphasis on the villains and that we get to see what Akatsuki does about the death of 2 more comrades (that jeapordizes their chakra gathering that they do so they must be pissed)."We haven't seen Kazuku die yet, and thoretcly his companion isn't capable of death.. dakara~
@ gibits
> "1) to keep him around. Oro needs time to do his body snatch jutsu, till then he has to keep Sasuke happy"Having an extra capable hand around isn't all that bad also.. yes it's obvious that he needs to keep Sasuke around but he also needs to get rid of Akatsuki, before they get rid of him. Why?! No solid idea..
Maybe S-class people carry a lot of grudges around.
In any case, my point: Oro + Sasuke > Oro-Sasuke
It's all in the math..
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My memory fails me, when and where
was part II of 2) said?! The less free
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As my little one is napping, I figured I would update the blog. Everyone keeps telling me how much this time is going to fly by and I don't want to forget any moment :)
Blake had his 2 week check up this morning, and he is now weighing 10 pounds 2 ounces (almost an entire pound heavier than his birth weight!). His umbilical cord fell off yesterday (well, it was dangling by a half a thread and I might have helped it off a little - whoops!) and the pediatrician cauterized it this morning since it was still pretty yucky/wet looking.
We still haven't used any formula, but we do the vitamin D drops his doctor recommended a few times a week (I'm supposed to give it to him daily, but I can't stand the look on his sweet face when he tastes that nasty stuff!). Once I run out of the free bottle she gave me, I don't know if I will continue to use it ... Apparently vitamin D doesn't pass in breast milk, but I'm not convinced that it's necessary to dose him daily if he's out in the sun.
He's sleeping for 3-4 hours at a time at night, he gets up and eats and goes right back to bed in his crib. During the day, he likes to eat anywhere from every 2-4 hours depending on how tired he is. David is a huge help to me, day and night time - which is a blessing. He really is such an awesome dad. I'm finally to the point where I'm not that sore - so I can handle most of the night calls myself so he can sleep before work.
Blake is in 0-3 month clothes, poor kid is wearing a newborn outfit today and the pants look like shorts on him - poor buddy!
Well, let's not bore everyone with my random blabbing ... Onto my favorite mobile photos since he's been born!
P.S. The light makes his hair look like it's red, but it's definitely brown!
Hope everyone has a great weekend! We are traveling to Augusta to watch my "little" brother get his white coat for medical school :) Praying Blake behaves in the 160+ mile car trip!
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XL Hybrids Introduces Plug-in Hybrid Pickup Truck System
Update: XL Hybrids advises that the installation of the XLP plug-in hybrid system is done by a third party upfitter. The story has been amended to reflect this new information.
XL Hybrids has received an order from San Diego Gas & Electric for 110 plug-in hybrid pickup trucks equipped with the companies new XLP system. The package adds an electric motor and a lithium ion battery pack of "more than 10 kWh" to an existing light duty pickup truck. No modifications of the original powertrain are required, which means the original factory warranty remains in full force and effect. The company says its system reduces fuel consumption by about 50% while lowering carbon dioxide emissions.
The XL Hybrids system is an "up fit" package. The trucks are shipped directly from the factory to a third party upfitter where the hardware is installed. Once the modifications are complete, the upftitted fleet vehicles re-enter OEM ship-thru to the customer. XL Hybrids already supplies a conventional hybrid system which has proven durable and effective in real world service. That's important to fleet managers for whom equipment breakdowns mean higher costs.
XL Hybrids award winning XL3 hybrid-electric powertrains have accumulated more than 35 million road miles with better than 99.9% vehicle uptime on Class 2-6 vehicles in major fleet operations since 2013. That history of reliability makes customers like SDG&E, Liberty Utilities, Hawaiian Electric Company, and Montgomery County Maryland confident the new plug-in package will work as advertised.
"Major fleets that have already adopted the XL3 hybrid-electric up-fit system know and trust that XL Hybrids is 'fleet ready' because we deliver on our promise of products that do not compromise fleet operations – and we will do the same with our new XLP system," said Clay Siegert, XL Hybrids' co-founder and chief operating officer. "Our technology will be the first plug-in solution that is available for tried and true commercial pickup trucks for fleets today. XL Hybrids is committed to providing products that do not impact service, delivery, or field operations."
The plug-in package adds 650 pounds to the weight of the vehicle, which could be a pickup truck from GM, Ford, or Dodge. Installation by the third party upfitter takes just a few hours. The company says the battery can be recharged in one hour using a 240 volt charger. The new plug-in hybrid pickup truck system also comes with an advanced package of data analytics that will keep track of fuel economy and emissions. The first deliveries of trucks with the XLP hardware package are expected to begin in the fourth quarter of this year.
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BOY!!! We are having another boy! We are SO excited!
I have to admit I was nervous (maybe terrified is more accurate) when I thought about the idea of having 2 girls less than 2 years apart. Our little Alexis makes me smile till my cheeks hurt and laugh till my stomach hurts and I am beyond thankful and blessed to have her, but boy is she a sassy little thing. I think she may just be all the girl I am able to handle and apparently God thought so too!
Now we are thinking of names. I wanted another boy, but I was way more prepared to name another girl. Erik and I seem to agree easier on girl names. Thankfully we have plenty of time to decide. Matthew is still on a major Mario kick, so his name suggestion is Luigi. I told him if his baby brother came out wearing green overalls, speaking with an Italian accent, and carrying a Nintendo controller we will most definitely name him Luigi, so now you know what Matthew is praying for these days.
Thursday, July 8, 2010
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BOY!!! We are having another boy! We are SO excited!
Posted by Megan at 7:47 AM
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- Kim M said...
Congratulations on another son! I'm sure the two of you will come up with just the perfect name for your little one! No need to rush, unless of course, you don't have a name decided and it is time to bring your little guy home!
- July 8, 2010 at 8:22 AM
- Erin said...
So happy for you, Megan! I didn't realize that you were pregnant again but Oh So Happy for you!! The perfect name will come.
Blessings to you and Erik and your three munchkins!!
- July 8, 2010 at 9:56 AM
- The Queen said...
What can I say? Matthew has a great name idea. And really, with your love of Nintendo I think it is fitting.
Congratulations! I'm VERY excited for you.
- July 9, 2010 at 4:56 AM
- Rachel said...
Yey for a boy :) I was wondering if you would find out or not. I'm with Matthew - Luigi is very unique, he will be the only one in his class named that, he would be in a VIDEO GAME...come on, how cool would that be? You should think about it some more... :)
- July 20, 2010 at 9:07 AM
- Amy said...
Congratulations! We wish you all the very best :o) So excited for you all!! ANOTHER BOY!! I do love Matthew's idea - but I think you reasoned very well with him ;o)
- July 29, 2010 at 11:12 AM
- Jenney said...
Yeah for 2 boys and a girl! If Hannah was a boy I was going to name her Judah. I just love that name. And Landon. I love that name too. Whatever you name him will be great, so excited for you!
- August 2, 2010 at 7:02 AM
- Jenny said...
Two boys and a girl! The BEST combo! Haha. These sassy little girls of ours will make for strong independent women. I try to remind myself of that often. Love ya lady
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Gorilla Glass screen confirmed.
The Palm Pre 2 is a rare (and exciting) example of the tech industry giving a second chance. webOSRoundUp reports that Tim Pettitt, Senior HP Product Manager, has confirmed that the Pre 2 will be sold directly by HP. No contract or carrier will be necessary.
In addition, the Pre 2's display will be covered by Gorilla Glass. The keyboard has been improved to increase tactile satisfaction, and the camera has apparently been tweaked quite a bit. The 5 MP shooter should be able to handle 1 photo / second. Will a tough screen, better body and bold direct-sale strategy be enough to bring webOS back from the brink? We'll see.


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The Oscars. Hollywood's biggest night. We'll be tuning in to see who wins, who has the best speech, what Bjork will wear this year (the swan is so 2001, I'm thinking hedgehog halter dress?). But the real thing to watch is who's avoiding who. Who will at all costs not stand, sit, glance at each other. Yup, the Ex Factor, people.
Goody goody! Let's pop some bubbly and imagine just how awkward this evening can be, shall we?
There's a whole protocol -- devised by Otto Spoerri, controller of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences from 1980-2002 -- to deal with and avoid awkward moments. Like not sitting nominees next to each other as well as separating former spouses/couples.
Unlike last year when the divorced James Cameron and Kathryn Bigelow were up against each other for Best Director (she won, natch), we don't have many ex issues this year. This crop of nominees, who are the most likely to be there, well, they are kinda boring.
The most watched would be Nicole Kidman, who's up for Best Actress, but no word on if Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes will be in attendance (we hear they may boycott). We'd be eagle-eyed if either Brad Pitt or Angelina Jolie were up for an award and Jennifer Aniston was a presenter -- as happened in 2009 -- but, sigh, not happening this year.
Our best bet for awkwardness is Penelope Cruz. If she tags along with nominated hubby Javier Bardem, she may pop into former flame and presenter Matthew McConaughey (they dated back in 2005). But, I hear they are all friendly and kissy and nice. Sigh.
Granted, the best moments may not be with former couples. Things could get awkward -- or just plain bonkers -- with the acceptance speeches. One to watch: if Banksy, the graffiti artist known for wearing a monkey head, wins for best documentary and, well, wears the monkey head. Producers have already said that it wouldn't be dignified. Hmmmm, I kinda don't think he cares. And co-hosts James Franco and Anne Hathaway could steal the show and get everyone talking with their opening number.
What Oscar moments are you looking forward to?
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As the fire was directly adjacent to a path, a West Yorkshire Fire spokesperson said they suspected it could have been caused by a discarded cigarette.
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Wednesday, 5 October 2016
IWSG: Ending that Story
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"Is it relevant to the book or potential readers?" What an excellent and important question for a writer to consider when evaluating his or her writing, Sheena-Kay! It would be brutal to be called out for self-indulgence! Thanks for highlighting this!ReplyDeleteReplies
You're welcome. I checked out your blog and really liked your post.Delete
in other news, methinks most of the popular YA writers should've worked on their works a year longer before sending them to their publishers :) But as someone who works in publishing, I'd say that is more a problem of bad editors these days who don't know how to enhance the work of writers and help them perfect their booksReplyDeleteReplies
Agreed Dez. Sadly I think segments of publishing have become more interested in getting books out there than putting out quality work.Delete
Nitpicking is the key word. That's usually what it comes down too.ReplyDelete
Hope all is well after the hurricane!Replies
Yes it mostly passed us in Jamaica. Haiti was not so lucky. Keep them in your prayers and thanks for coming.Delete
Sometimes I can get too nitpicking because I love editing more than the blank page. Yes, it's different for everyone.ReplyDeleteReplies
Very true Natalie.Delete
As writers, we keep growing and changing, which means we keep wanting to make things better. Which leads to lots of tinkering.ReplyDelete
I agree, you have to reach that point where enough is enough and let it go.ReplyDelete
Putting what your book needs ahead of what you might want is a great way to put it! Hard to do sometimes but definitely the right call.ReplyDelete
I've heard a lot of writers say they know a manuscript is done when they can't look at it anymore. That's usually a sign that you've gone through it a lot!ReplyDeleteReplies
That sign kind of scares me. They better make sure it's not a quality issue first then go forward. Wished a certain author of a book I gave two stars recently did that.Delete
We really do have to stop nitpicking our stories. I know when I start doing that I'm officially and finally done with it.ReplyDelete
I think we all have different methods. Enjoyed reading your post. Thank you for sharing, Sheena. Have a super month.ReplyDelete
Excellent post. Reminds me of some sage advice from a successful author- don't fall in love with your own story and meander about in it. Write for the reader's pleasure not yours.ReplyDelete
Blessing to you too! I've been thinking of you and praying for you with this hurricane swirling around.
Funny. How to end a story has been the topic of many of my internet searches lately. I truly hate to disappoint. :-)ReplyDelete
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Yes, you are so right. When it's done, it's done. I keep telling myself that. :) Great post.ReplyDelete
It is a question that's difficult to pin down because it varies so much on the writer, the project, the moment.ReplyDelete
Book babies are hard to let go, but once you've been over it so many times, you have to send it out into the world. You can over edit too!ReplyDelete
I agree that nitpicking is a big issue. It is the death of creativity, a sin of which I am tend to be guilty. Knowing that each project has its own needs with respect to revision.ReplyDelete
I know I over edit, but at one time, we do have to just let them go. Each person is different and each MS is different. So I don't think there's a real answer to the question.ReplyDelete
I know I over edit, but at one time, we do have to just let them go. Each person is different and each MS is different. So I don't think there's a real answer to the question.ReplyDelete
I like your question. I'm always thinking of how I could go in completely different directions with a manuscript, but at some point you do have to stop. If you've told the story you wanted to tell in the best way you could, then it's done.ReplyDelete
I hear you. There are some people who are just ready to be done, so they call it done and throw it out there. Not a happy thing. Each book has its specific demands and requirements, and if you can't meet them, it needs to sit on the shelf a little longer.ReplyDelete
I like "you have to decide to stop." Excellent advice.ReplyDelete
Very powerful message. Picking that moment to stop may be heard, but it must be done if the intention is to be a serious writer.ReplyDelete
So far, my desire to get on to other projects outweighs my desire to tinker with a book forever. But not by much! lolReplyDelete
The way I see it is that it's good to aim for perfection, but if you expect to ever reach it then your book will never be finished. You've got to move on someday if you want to get things done.ReplyDelete
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I agree with you on knowing when a story is finished. Sometimes you just got to step away.ReplyDelete
Stepping away and coming back to a piece definitely helps. Sometimes we could go on and on making changes, so there does come a point when you just have to say I have done my best. :) Great post!ReplyDelete
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Codeine-related deaths double in 10 years
Research has found that the number of codeine-related deaths has doubled between 2000 and 2009.
Ms Amanda Roxburgh and colleagues from the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre at the University of New South Wales used National Coronial Information System data and found that codeine-related deaths increased from 3.5 to 8.7 per million population.
Their results were published in the Medical Journal of Australia.
"More than half (53.6%) of the cases of codeine-related death included a history of mental health problems, 36.1% a history of substance use problems (including misuse and dependence), 35.8% a history of chronic pain, 16.3% a history of injecting drug use, and 2.7% a history of cancer", the researchers wrote.
Just under half (48.8%) were attributed to accidental overdose, and a third (34.7%) to intentional self-harm. Accidental overdoses increased significantly, with a 9.3% rise each year.
Related: Painkillers to go off-script in the hunt for savings
Codeine is the most consumed opioid Australia and is also the most accessible, available without a prescription however the TGA announced on Thursday that they would be reviewing this, with the opportunity for submissions until 15 October 2015.
The researchers said most codeine-related deaths (83.7%) were attributed to multiple drug toxicity.
"A small proportion (7.8%) were specifically attributed to codeine toxicity," they wrote.
"Those who had intentionally overdosed were more likely to be older, female and have a history of mental health problems; those who had accidentally overdosed were more likely to have a history of substance use problems, chronic pain and injecting drug use", the researchers found.
The pattern suggested that in accidental death, there may be evidence of:
- codeine being used to top up prescribed pain medication;
- dose escalation of codeine; and
- the development of codeine dependence.
The researchers believe that there needs to be different public health and clinical strategies to prevent codeine overdoses.
"It is clearly necessary to increase the capacity to identify high-risk patients in primary care and to respond more effectively to their needs. Increasing the capacity of specialist pain, addiction and mental health treatment services in Australia should also be a priority," they wrote.
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Rails articles constantly make this mistake: they tell you how great Rails (framework) is by comparing it to PHP (language). This article seems to be no exception.
All though I agree that Ruby is an awesome language and that Rails is a pretty cool framework (they are my preferred tools), I think alot of developers who already know PHP would probably be just as well off with something like Symfony, which is basically Rails for PHP (or CakePHP as you mentioned, haven't used it).
Same thing for other languages: MVC frameworks Rails-style is popping up all over, and even though Ruby brings alot to the table, you can be very efficient with these kinds of frameworks for other languages as well.
I did quite a bit of RoR research for a website intended for a client. I found the language's elegance and simplicity very refreshing, and once I'd got my head around the Ruby language, I found things to be quite natural.
It was good to see that this article contained some of the negatives of the framework. Many people point to the performance argument, stating that it is too slow for larger sites, but there are many examples where it has worked. I was also interested to hear of the some of the big names on the web (Amazon, eBay for example) taking a large interest too.
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I've been looking for more information on RoR and these two articles provided me with exactly what I was looking for. I was deciding whether to expand my PHP knowledge or delve into Rails. I have already started to increase my understanding of PHP, however, after reading this, I will certainly start to learn rails sooner rather than later.
Really awesome introduction into what RoR really is. I've been struggling these past few weeks trying to learn more and more about CakePHP, and this article definitely cleared a few things up pertaining to the MVC methodology of web development.
I wish to pick up RoR soon, but probably will stick with a PHP framework for now.
I'm ecstatic to see the negatives presented. I haven't deployed any RoR personally, but I've worked on several sites, and found it to be a real mess. Requiring 200 mb of Ram to simply run a small site for a small audience is not appropriate, and the vast majority of articles I have read on RoR gloss over this.
The size & scope of my work means I probably won't ever use RoR: it's not worth learning it, to me, because my average client isn't going to spend the money on the VPS required to run it.
It's still a nice, elegant framework, and I wouldn't complain if I ended up working in it, but right now it just doesn't seem feasible.
One on the things I love about Rails is how it has popularised well structured code for the web developer community.
PHP, much like HTML, can be written as shambolic or as elegant as you wish, with the latter becoming more prevalent—following the same cleanup crusdade that the "web standards" movement had on HTML.
I really like Rails although I think there's a missed opportunity with it currently: the ability to have a set of well structured, inter-locking modules (content updating interfaces, blog, shop, etc) so that each project done by the millions of people out there doesn't duplicate a lot of their work.
SilverStripe solves that issue, and is written in the easy-to-host language of PHP5.
See http://www.viddler.com/siggy/videos/1/ and http://www.silverstripe.com
I'll be brief Ruby has nice features.
Mongrel ( the de facto Ruby on Rails Application server) does not The link below is from the head Mongrel developer.
IMHO he must be smoking some serious stuff to even think this is worth using in production.
Outside of that perl is better suited and more mature for general purpose coding. Stay far away from RoR unless you are willing to deal with a new language and a new framework.
In my humble opinion, Ruby on Rails is not quite 100% there yet. It's best-suited for that "sweet spot" mentioned in this article, but even then there are drawbacks and complications, such as hosting, that come into play. And this type of problem is dramatically magnified if YOU are the one maintaining the Web server. :)
The constant comparison of Rails to PHP is also getting old; it's like Hilary vs. Obama. If Rails could stand on its own without having to try to downplay PHP's "less elegant" ways, it would spread much faster.
Anyway, I built a few Rails applications for a few clients. I really like Ruby on Rails (it's some of the most fun I've had coding), but PHP, for now, is just the better solution for 99% of the tasks out there, so I'll stick with it.
Let Rails take a few more steps, and we'll start seeing it become more prominent.
Micheal, i'm interested in your thoughts about DHH's comment other platform/languages.
i can't comment on RoR simply because i've only used php/asp.net. however, i'm not quite sure if RoR is a fad or it's going to stay here for the long term. DHH's tone certainly didn't help.
Recently there was an Apache module released called "mod_rails":http://modrails.com/ that makes it very simple to deploy Rails applications. It's a great alternative to Mongrel.
Coming as I do from a Java background to web design and development I have found that the Grails framework (http://grails.org) is more natural fit for me than RoR. The advantages to me are that I can re-use all of my existing Java knowledge.
The more general advantages are that Grails leverages a lot of existing infrastructure and frameworks in the Java space. It is suitable for projects with existing databases due to its support for the Hibernate OR mapping framework. It also leverages many existing Java application servers meaning better relability and up time for customers.
"The complexity of Rails can make it hard for a beginner to get started."
So it's not like PHP which is very easy to start coding small scripts with? Isn't the whole idea of RoR its simplicity, not complexity? Or is it only simpler once you have mastered the whole package?
I love PHP as I can only learn what I need to get a task done, and the syntax is easy to learn.
The comparison is fair, I think. PHP is essentially a templating language, and you won't find many people writing Ruby web apps from scratch. But PHP gets the benefit of the doubt initially since it can be further extended with the many available frameworks. Clearly, Symfony, CakePHP, etc. are closer to Rails for comparison's sake.
For those who haven't, I recommend this article: http://terrychay.com/blog/article/php-ruby-evil-good.shtml
From the article:
"I used to tell people that Ruby is where Java developers went to lick their wounds after getting schooled in the first boom by an ugly POS language like PHP. They had dreams of Ruby on Rails rising up like a phoenix from the ashes of J2EE and teaching these (often) drunk PHP developers that Web Development can be just like the Ivory Tower that taught them Java (or Ruby)"¦and justify their overpriced salaries.
Oh yes, I'm on to you. If Derek had written this article two months earlier there would have been nary a peep out of you.
Because I was wrong. The J2EE developers are still around; We've just added a bunch of high school "entrepreneurs"? to the mix. And they're finally back from summer camp to lecture us on how to run a "real-world"? website."
For the record, I don't think Rails is particularly viable for any but a small group of developers. Its stack is far too large for small projects, let alone on shared hosts. Its scalability issues make it unfavorable for large projects as well. So Rails really only fits well for developers who want to build a medium-size project with the associated overhead of a large project, but who don't expect stupendous growth.
By the way, my last post may have been unclear. The final paragraph is my own opinion, and the second to last paragraph is the last one that I included from the linked article.
Thanks ALA. I have read both articles today and will definently be giving ruby a bash. But as i'm also learning PHP, it makes sense to keep an open mind and give both a try. I have the time to learn both, so why not. The only concern i have with ruby is the restrictive hosting.
1. The restart issues are real I have seen them first hand. No reasonable application frame-work should have to be restarted this often. Look on rubyforge for monitoring apps. if ROR was so well written why the hell are there like 20 some odd monitoring apps for ROR and Mongrel.
2. The idea of running a cluster of mongrel instances on on a single host, is garbage. If Mongrel_cluster was designed to be setup this way they there should be a simple way to restart each instance and not the entire cluster. This is not the case.
3. Your comments on Zed's rant ". Clearly he has become angry and feels alienated from the Rails community." Last time I check Mongrel biggest consumer/abuser is the ROR community. What will you all do when he decides to stop coding in Ruby ?
4. Ruby the language, has issues. Its a fork of perl and still has major issues with threading support like perl. Any no running it on OS X vs Linux vs FreeBSD makes no difference .
5. I think web developers should stop looking for "Magic Beans". While ROR has a great rapid application development framework for people who have not coded before; it will not prevent you from making very crappy code. It in my head is like writing banking software in LOGO
6. Why not look at Apache Struts , Cocoon or MyFaces
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I'm an Interaction Designer at ThoughtWorks and we've been working with Ruby on Rails A TON lately. The developers here love it, and they've worked hard to help it scale to our enterprise clients' needs.
As a designer, it has been fabulous. Never before have I had so much control over the end product we create. I don't have to worry about breaking back-end code, and have almost full control over the view. I've enjoyed it a lot.
Thanks for the great article, and best of luck to everyone out there.
Great introduction to an important concept. I will check out more to see if it is worth the switch.
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The IA has scrapped its regulatory affairs unit in an attempt to cut costs after three of its biggest members announced their decision to quit the trade body.
IA head of the regulatory affairs unit Richard Metcalfe has left as a result.
The decision has been criticised in some quarters of the industry.
A senior source in the asset management industry warns "the real danger" of disbanding the regulatory unit is the risk of losing influence at industry level.
He says: "We've got an avalanche of European legislation coming down the pike and if we don't have cohesive representation we may not get at least some concessions.
"We've got the asset management review from FCA next year, so quite apart from the regulatory unit being shut down, the real danger here is we start to lose that participation at an industry level."
The source adds firms threatening to leave the IA risk "destroying" the trade body.
Financial Inclusion Centre director and FCA board member Mick McAteer says: "The IA must have had a good reason to do this. It might have been to reduce costs or because members are leaving, so it could well be for internal organisation purposes.
"It is surprising as there is no question that regulation is going to be a priority for asset managers next year."
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Thank you for your sharing in your video, and in your blog. I work for a hospice, and I've had people tell me that living with the awareness that death is coming can lead to a deeper, richer life, however contradictory that sounds. I'm so glad you're gaining weight, and I hope you're here a long time. But I do think it's really good that you are so open with everyone, your kids especially, about living with your challenges and the possibility that your life will be short.
My mom was 36 when she died, and one of the gifts it gave me was a greater awareness that we may run out of time a lot sooner than we expect. It made me want to make my life as full of meaning as it can be. My life has been very good. And though I feared I'd die young like my mother did, here I am, almost 54, glad to be showing signs of aging, and very thankful that I've been given this long.
None of us knows how long we have, and all of us are dying eventually. It's just some live with that knowledge more intensely than others. And you are leaving such a legacy for your children by these blogs, and that video. It will be treasured when your time eventually comes.
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The black box warnings—the most serious type—are part of a larger reassessment on how the agency regulates opioid medications. The warnings will be included on packages of all immediate-release opioid painkillers like morphine and Percocet (acetaminophen/oxycodone). The warnings will be similar to what the Food and Drug Administration required for extended-release and long-acting opioids like OxyContin (oxycodone) in 2013.
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