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It's Nice to Be Back...in Taiwan!Read Now
Sometimes you give yourself no choice but to go "home." In this case, my home is the very place where some of the world's best grown teas can be found - Taiwan! It was a very fruitful, healthy, pleasurable and fun-filled year living in Toronto, Canada, after living in Taiwan for nine years. However, the constant reminder of Taiwan from one day to the next kept pulling me back to an island that has been home to so many fantastic and life-altering experiences.
Let's look back on a year and a "home" that was (and will always be), Canada...
The 'treasure chest' filled with bricks of tea and the detailed pots and cups of a true fanatic of tea landed at Pearson Airport in Toronto a few weeks after my arrival; and to great anticipation, too. Once the special cargo found it's new home there was very little time between being unpacked and put to good use. There was tea to be made and little time to waste!
Within weeks of the first (and many, many subsequent) steeps Innofarmer Tea started out on a soon-to-be well-worn path from the City streets, to farmer's markets, to tea shops and workshops. Delicatessens and other Fine Food establishments were entered, introduced to and, in a select few cases, even put on display some of our teas for future sales.
One restaurant stood out above all the rest. The Fish Street Market and Open Kitchen (2584 Yonge St. Toronto, ON | https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Fish-Street-In-House-Chef/273051692814850?fref=ts). Owners Anthony and Dany opened their doors and welcomed us with open arms. Aside from their 'D'elicious assortment of dishes, one of the sweetest couples I know allowed Innofarmer Tea to set up a display and tea tasting table in front of their store. It was a win-win for everyone: Customers discovered our collection of quality teas and tea lovers discovered The Fish Street! Sure, the food was great...but the hospitality and generosity of the owners and staff made Saturday the most exciting day of the week!
Tea, however, doesn't roll off the tip of one's tongue when talking about soft shell crab and clam chowder. Searching for the true tea lover takes a little more effort - and some extra pizzazz! Since I have such a deep love (and respect) for tea, having the opportunity to tell others about what I have grown to appreciate in this fine elixir was what I set out to do. Workshops, workshops and more workshops. Innofarmer Tea cobbled together a handful of workshops for tea drinkers - beginners to advanced. Throughout the winter months (and what a winter it was!), Innofarmer Tea offered several tea tastings in combination with a series of informative and engaging slideshows, presentations and Q&A sessions. Whether they took place in company offices, basement studios or local Comunity Centres, attendees thoroughly enjoyed the wonderful variety of tea of offer and the interaction that took place between students. The marvels of tea not only bring complete strangers together, but also stimulate conversation and interest in so many new discoveries.
Discovering what Torontonians (and by extension Canadians) want in their tea doesn't unfold through test groups and mark research all on their own. To get a real sense of what Canadians want in their beverage I had to offer tea tastings and workshops. What I didn't take into account was the value of the rapidly growing farmers market network throughout the City. Once Innofarmer Tea was entrenched in a local market in North Toronto the information was quickly realized. Farmers Markets have been a fixture in most cities throughout Canada, but only in the last 5+ years has the popularity markets exploded. Still, the lonely ol' tea merchant is rarely found among the tomatoes, corn, honey, strudels and Caribbean-Korean dumplings that cover most stands! So when it came time to cart out our tea bricks and bags every Friday we didn't have a clue what our day would bring us. Still, without a doubt, each and every Friday at the market was special and unique their very own way.
The unique qualities that make up Taiwan is very hard to describe. So when we discovered a network (and a big one at that) of Taiwanese living in and around Toronto we couldn't pass up the opportunity to not only meet but also greet many who eventually became our very good friends. On Eglinton Ave. East, two blocks east of Yonge St., you'll find a bubble tea shop that serves up Toronto's Best Bubble Milk Tea. Hands down, there's no contest! FormoCha Bubble Tea Shop (55 Eglinton Ave. E., Toronto, ON | https://www.facebook.com/FormoChaBubbleTea?fref=ts) was our valued partner in bringing Innofarmer Tea to a larger group of customers. Whether in tea bag or loose leaf brick, you could find a wide assortment of Innofarmer Tea on FormoCha's menu and counter tops. The two owners, Daniel and Erica Li, were not only partners in this venture but eventually became, and still are, lifelong friends. The fact that they are Taiwanese goes to show you that Taiwan and Taiwanese share that same uniqueness the world over.
Well, it's about time to wrap up this brief look back on the year that was. We had such a good time while living in Toronto. Introducing our collection of high quality, great-tasting teas sure was a memorable experience. Yet, there is still so much more on the way.
In the next Blog entry, Innofarmer Tea will look back at a handful of charitable and fundraising events that were attended throughout this past year and a pair of Travel and Tourism Shows that brought the best out in Taiwan through the taste of it's delicious tea.
Until next time...Keep Steeping and Drink On!
"You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me."
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Simplify your application delivery with One-JAR
Power programming with custom classloaders
It has been noted that history repeats itself, first as tragedy and then as farce. I recently experienced this first hand when I had to deliver a runnable Java application to a client. I've done this many times and it's always fraught with complications. There is plenty of room for error when gathering all of an application's JAR files, writing the launch scripts for DOS and Unix (and Cygwin), and making sure that the client's environment variables all point to the right place. If everything goes perfectly the application will arrive and run as it should. When things go wrong, as they usually do, many hours of client-side support are the result.
After recently talking a bemused client through a host of
ClassNotFound exceptions, I decided I'd had enough.
I was going to find a way to pack my application into a single JAR file
and give my clients a simple mechanism (such as
-jar ) to run it.
The result is One-JAR, a very simple software packaging solution that utilizes a Java custom classloader to dynamically load all your application classes from inside a single archive, while preserving the structure of supporting JAR files. In this article, I'll walk you through my process of developing One-JAR, and then tell you how to use it to deliver your runnable applications in a self-contained file.
Overview of One-JAR
Before I describe the details of One-JAR, let me first discuss the goals I had in building it. I decided that a One-JAR archive should:
- Be executable using the
java -jarmechanism.
- Be able to contain all of the files needed by an application -- that is, both classes and resources in their original (unexpanded) form.
- Have a simple internal structure that could be assembled using
only a
- Be invisible to the original application -- that is, the original application should be able to be packaged inside a One-JAR archive without modification.
Problems and solutions
The biggest hurdle I tackled in the process of developing One-JAR
was how to load JAR files that are contained inside another JAR
file. The Java classloader
sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader, which takes over
at the start of
java -jar, only knows how to
do two things:
- Load classes/resources that appear at the root of a JAR file.
- Load classes/resources that are in codebases pointed to by the
META-INF/MANIFEST.MF Class-Pathattribute.
Moreover, it deliberately ignores any environment variable settings
CLASSPATH or the command-line argument
-cp that you supply. And it does not know how
to load classes or resources from a JAR file that is contained inside
another JAR file.
Clearly, I would need to get around this to meet my goals for One-JAR.
Solution 1: Expand supporting JAR files
My first attempt at creating a single executable JAR file was to do
the obvious and expand the supporting JAR files inside the deliverable
JAR file, which we'll call main.jar. Given an
application class called
com.main.Main, and
assuming it depends on two classes --
(inside a.jar) and
com.b.B (inside b.jar)
-- the One-JAR file would look like this:
main.jar | com/main/Main.class | com/a/A.class | com/b/B.class
The fact that
A.class originally came from
a.jar has been lost, as has the original location of
B.class. While this may appear to be a minor point, it can
cause real problems, as I'll explain in a moment.
Expanding the supporting JAR files to the filesystem to create a flat structure can be quite time-consuming. It also requires working with build tools like Ant to expand and re-archive the supporting classes.
Aside from this minor annoyance, I quickly encountered two serious problems with expanding the supporting JAR files:
- If a.jar and b.jar contain a resource with the same pathname
log4j.properties) which one do you pick?
- What do you do if the license for b.jar expressly requires you to redistribute it in an unmodified form. You can't expand it like this without violating the terms of that license.
I felt that these limitations warranted another approach.
Solution 2: The MANIFEST Class-Path
I decided to investigate a mechanism in the
java -jar
loader that will load classes which are specified inside a special file
in the archive named META-INF/MANIFEST.MF. By
specifying a property called
Class-Path I hoped to be able
to add other archives to the bootstrap classloader. Here is what such a
One-JAR file would look like:
main.jar | META-INF/MANIFEST.MF | + Class-Path: lib/a.jar lib/b.jar | com/main/Main.class | lib/a.jar | lib/b.jar
Did this work? Well it appeared to until I moved the main.jar file somewhere else and tried to run it. In order to assemble main.jar I had created a subdirectory named lib and pushed a.jar and b.jar down into it. Unfortunately, the application classloader was simply picking up the supporting JAR files from the file-system. It wasn't loading classes from the embedded JAR files.
To get around this, I tried using
Class-Path with several variations on the rather
jar:!/ syntax (see "A note and a clue"), but I
couldn't get anything to work. What I could do was
deliver a.jar and b.jar separately and scatter them into the
filesystem alongside main.jar; but that was
exactly the kind of thing I wanted to avoid.
Enter the JarClassLoader
At this point I was getting frustrated. How could I make an
application load its classes from a
lib directory inside
its own JAR file? I decided that I would have to create a custom classloader
to do the heavy lifting. Writing custom classloaders isn't a task to be
undertaken lightly. While they're not really that complex, a classloader
has such a profound impact on the application it controls that it
becomes difficult to diagnose and interpret failures when they occur.
While a complete treatment of classloading is beyond the scope of this
article (see Related topics), I will go over some
basic concepts to ensure that you get the most from the following
Loading a class
When a JVM comes across an object whose class
isn't known, it invokes a classloader. The job of the classloader is to
locate the bytecodes for the class (based on its name) and then hand
those bytes over to the JVM, which links them into the rest of the
system and makes the new class available to the running code. The
crucial class in the JDK is
java.lang.Classloader, and the
loadClass method which is outlined here:
public abstract class ClassLoader { ... protected synchronized Class loadClass(String name, boolean resolve) throws ClassNotFoundException {...} }
The main entry point to the
class is the
loadClass() method. You will
note that
ClassLoader is an abstract class
but it doesn't declare any abstract methods, which leaves you without a
clue that
loadClass() is the method to
focus on. In fact, it isn't the main method to focus on: back
in the good old days of JDK 1.1 classloaders,
loadClass() was the only place you could
effectively extend a classloader, but since JDK 1.2 it is best left
alone to do what it already does, which is the following:
- Checks to see if the class is already loaded.
- Checks to see if a parent classloader can load it.
- Calls
findClass(String name)to let a derived classloader load the class.
The implementation of
ClassLoader.findClass() is to throw a new
ClassNotFoundException, and is the first
method to focus on when implementing a custom classloader.
When is a JAR file not a JAR file?
In order to be able to load the classes inside a JAR file inside a
JAR file (the crucial issue, as you'll recall), I first had to be able to
open and read the top-level JAR file (main.jar above). It
turned out that because I was using the
java -jar mechanism,
the first (and only) element on the
java.class.path system property was the full path
name of the One-JAR file! You can get to it as follows:
jarName = System.getProperty("java.class.path");
My next step was to iterate over all my application's JAR file entries and load them into memory, as shown in Listing 1:
Listing 1. Iterating to find embedded JAR files
JarFile jarFile = new JarFile(jarName); Enumeration enum = jarFile.entries(); while (enum.hasMoreElements()) { JarEntry entry = (JarEntry)enum.nextElement(); if (entry.isDirectory()) continue; String jar = entry.getName(); if (jar.startsWith(LIB_PREFIX) || jar.startsWith(MAIN_PREFIX)) { // Load it! InputStream is = jarFile.getInputStream(entry); if (is == null) throw new IOException("Unable to load resource /" + jar + " using " + this); loadByteCode(is, jar); ...
Note that
LIB_PREFIX evaluates to the
string lib/ and
MAIN_PREFIX evaluates
to the string main/. I wanted to load the bytecodes for
anything starting with either lib/ or main/ into memory
for use by the classloader and ignore any other JAR file entries in the loop.
The main directory
I've talked about the role of the lib/ subdirectory, but
what's this main/ directory for? In brief, the delegation mode
for classloaders required that I put the main class
com.main.Main into its own JAR file so that it
would be able to locate the library classes (on which it depends). The
new JAR file looked like so:
one-jar.jar | META-INF/MANIFEST.MF | main/main.jar | lib/a.jar | lib/b.jar
In Listing 1 above, the
method takes the stream from the JAR file entry and an entry name, loads the
bytes for the entry into memory, and assigns it up to two names depending
on whether the entry represents a class or a resource. The
best way to illustrate this is by example. Suppose a.jar contains a class
A.class , and a resource
A.resource. The One-JAR classloader builds the
Map structure named
JarClassLoader.byteCode with a single key-value pair for
classes, and two keys for a resource.
Figure 1. The in-memory structures of One-JAR
If you stare long enough at Figure 1 you can see that class entries are keyed based on their classnames, and resources are keyed on a pair of names: a global name and a local name. This mechanism is used to resolve resource-name conflicts: if two library JAR files define a resource with the same global name, the local names will be used based on the stack-frame of the caller. See Related topics for further details.
Finding the classes
Recall that I left off in my overview of classloading at the
findClass() method. Method
takes the name of a class as a
and must locate and define the bytecodes that that name represents. Since
loadByteCode kindly builds a
Map between a class name and its bytecode,
implementing this is now very straightforward: simply look up the
bytecodes based on class name, and call
defineClass(), as
shown in Listing 2:
Listing 2. An outline for findClass()
protected Class findClass(String name) throws ClassNotFoundException { ByteCode bytecode = (ByteCode)JarClassLoader.byteCode.get(name); if (bytecode != null) { ... byte bytes[] = bytecode.bytes; return defineClass(name, bytes, pd); } throw new ClassNotFoundException(name); }
Loading resources
During the development of One-JAR,
findClass was the first thing I got working as a
proof of concept. But when I started to deploy more complex applications
I found I had to deal with loading resources as well as classes. This is
where things got slippery. Casting about for a suitable method in
ClassLoader to override in order to lookup
resources, I picked the one with which I was most familiar, shown in
Listing 3:
Listing 3. The getResourceAsStream() method
public InputStream getResourceAsStream(String name) { URL url = getResource(name); try { return url != null ? url.openStream() : null; } catch (IOException e) { return null; } }
Alarm bells should have been sounding at this point: I simply couldn't understand why URLs were being used to locate the resources. So I ignored this implementation and inserted my own, shown in Listing 4:
Listing 4. One-JAR's implementation of getResourceAsStream()
public InputStream getResourceAsStream(String resource) { byte bytes[] = null; ByteCode bytecode = (ByteCode)byteCode.get(resource); if (bytecode != null) { bytes = bytecode.bytes; } ... if (bytes != null) { return new ByteArrayInputStream(bytes); } ... return null; }
One last hurdle
My new implementation of the
getResourceAsStream() method seemed to do the
trick, until I tried to One-JAR an application that loaded a resource
using the
URL url =
object.getClass().getClassLoader().getResource() pattern; at
which point things fell apart. Why? Because the URLs
returned by the default implementation of
ClassLoader are null, which broke the callers code.
At this point things started to get really confusing. I had to
figure out what URL should be used to refer to a resource inside a JAR
file in the lib/ directory. Would it be something like
I tried all the possible combinations I could think of, none of
which worked. The
jar: syntax simply doesn't
support nested JAR files, which left me facing an apparent dead-end to
the whole One-JAR approach. While most applications don't seem to use
ClassLoader.getResource some definitely do, and I wasn't
happy with an exclusion that said "If your application uses
ClassLoader.getResource() you can't use One-JAR."
And finally, a solution ...!
While I was trying to figure out the
jar: syntax, I stumbled onto the mechanism by which
the Java Runtime Environment maps URL prefixes to handlers. This was the clue I
needed to fix the
findResource problem: I would simply
invent my own protocol prefix called
I could then map the new prefix to a protocol handler, which would
return the byte stream for the resource, as shown in Listing 5. Note that
Listing 5 represents code in two files, the JarClassLoader and a new file
called com/simontuffs/onejar/Handler.java.
Listing 5. findResource and the onejar: protocol
com/simontuffs/onejar/JarClassLoader.java protected URL findResource(String $resource) { try { // resolve($resource) returns the name of a resource in the // byteCode Map if it is known to this classloader. String resource = resolve($resource); if (resource != null) { // We know how to handle it. return new URL(Handler.PROTOCOL + ":" + resource); } return null; } catch (MalformedURLException mux) { WARNING("unable to locate " + $resource + " due to " + mux); } return null; } com/simontuffs/onejar/Handler.java package com.simontuffs.onejar; ... public class Handler extends URLStreamHandler { /** * This protocol name must match the name of the package in which this class * lives. */ public static String PROTOCOL = "onejar"; protected int len = PROTOCOL.length()+1; protected URLConnection openConnection(URL u) throws IOException { final String resource = u.toString().substring(len); return new URLConnection(u) { public void connect() { } public InputStream getInputStream() { // Use the Boot classloader to get the resource. There // is only one per one-jar. JarClassLoader cl = Boot.getClassLoader(); return cl.getByteStream(resource); } }; } }
Bootstrapping the JarClassLoader
You probably just have one remaining question at this point: How did
I insert the
JarClassLoader into the
launch sequence so that it could start loading classes from the One-JAR
file in the first place? The precise details are beyond the scope of
this article; but ,basically, instead of using the main class
com.main.Main as the
META-INF/MANIFEST.MF/Main-Class attribute, I
created a new bootstrap main class,
com.simontuffs.onejar.Boot , which is specified as
Main-Class attribute. The new class does
the following:
- Creates a new
- Uses the new loader to load
com.main.Mainfrom main/main.jar (based on the
META-INF/MANIFEST.MF Main-Classentry in main.jar).
- Calls
com.main.Main.main(String[])(or whatever the name of the
Main-Classis in the
main.jar/MANIFEST.MFfile) by loading the class and using reflection to invoke
main(). Arguments passed on the One-JAR command line are passed through to the application main method without modification.
In conclusion
If all this has left your head spinning, don't worry: Using One-JAR is much simpler than trying to understand how it works. With the advent of the FatJar Eclipse Plugin (see FJEP in Related topics), Eclipse users can now create a One-JAR application by selecting a checkbox in a Wizard. The dependent libraries are placed into a lib/ directory, the main program and classes are placed into main/main.jar, and the META-INF/MANIFEST.MF file is written automatically. If you use JarPlug (again, see Related topics) you can look inside the JAR file you built and launch it from within the IDE.
Overall, One-JAR is a simple yet powerful solution to the problem of packaging applications for delivery. It doesn't provide for every possible application scenario, however. For example, if your application uses an older-style JDK 1.1 classloader that doesn't delegate to its parent, then the classloader will fail to locate classes from within a nested JAR file. You could overcome this by building and deploying a "wrapping" classloader to modify the recalcitrant classloader, although this would entail using bytecode-manipulation techniques with tools such as Javassist or Byte Code Engineering Library (BCEL).
You might also encounter problems with some particular types of
classloader used by embedded application and Web servers. Specifically,
you could have problems with classloaders that don't first delegate to a
parent classloader, or those that look for codebases in the filesystem.
It should help that One-JAR includes a mechanism by which it can expand
JAR file entries into the filesystem. The mechanism is controlled by a
One-JAR-Expand attribute in the META-INF/MANIFEST.MF file. Alternatively, you could
try using bytecode manipulation to modify the classloaders on the fly,
without violating the integrity of the supporting JAR files. If you go
this route, each individual situation will probably require a customized
wrapping classloader.
See Related topics to download the FatJar Eclipse Plugin and JarPlug, and to learn more about One-JAR.
Downloadable resources
Related topics
- You'll find more documentation, downloads, and examples for One-JAR on Sourceforge.net.
- One-JAR has recently been integrated with the Fat JAR Eclipse Plugin (FJEP), a tool that helps you build flattened out JAR files for deployment. Available from release 0.0.12.
- The Java Archive Eclipse Plugin tool lets you view and launch JAR files within Eclipse.
- Check out the following bytecode manipulation tools (my personal preference is Javassist):
- "Java programming dynamics, Part 1: Classes and class loading" (developerWorks, April 2003) gives a high-level introduction to the subject of classloaders, and has more resources for you to follow. Author Dennis Sosnoski also discusses Javassist and BCEL later in this same series; a link to those articles is included in this first part.
- "J2EE class loading demystified" (developerWorks, August 2002) is a beginner's look at classloading.
- David Gallardo's "Getting started with the Eclipse platform" (developerWorks, April 2003) introduces the features and architecture behind Eclipse.

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Bruce Schneier On the Marathon Bomber Manhunt
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Should Boston have been put in a state of lockdown on Friday as police chased down Dzhokhar Tsarnaev? Pragmatic Bruce Schneier writes on his blog: "I generally give the police a lot of tactical leeway in times like this. The very armed and very dangerous suspects warranted extraordinary treatment. They were perfectly capable of killing again, taking hostages, planting more bombs — and we didn't know the extent of the plot or the group. That's why I didn't object to the massive police dragnet, the city-wide lock down, and so on." Schneier links to some passionate counterarguments, though. It doesn't escape the originator of a recurring movie plot terrorism contest that the Boston events of yesterday were just "the sort of thing that pretty much only happens in the movies."
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They have arrived! Last week actually, (sleepless nights with the little Miss has done a number on my early morning writing time) 100 little chicks came chirping in the mail. The special listed in the catalogue gave the option of 3 free ducks or 5 free exotic chicks. Of course, I picked the ducks, what I didn't do was specify to send the order when the ducks were available. Instead I just said "Please ship when available." We ended up with the chicks rather than duck. I must say I am rather disappointed. I refuse to call and complain or even mention to the hatchery that I wanted the ducks. You don't complain about something that is a free bonus. That's just stupid (and greedy). We will see how spring plays out, maybe we will pick up a few ducks any way. (Not that we need them.)
The night they arrived Mike had a space in the coop all ready for them and made sure I counted the birds as they went in. 111 little chicks were sent (another reason I won't call to complain). Since their arrival we have lost 9 so far. A few were brought in to the house in an attempt to save them. It didn't help this time. I am running out of little chick burial grounds though. We might have to do a shoe box mass grave here pretty soon. They are about a week old now, so hopefully we are almost in the clear for losing them. I'm not going to get my hopes up just yet.
The birds we received in the this order are all cockerels (males) of heavy heritage breeds. This means they will take twice as long to reach their full size butcher size. We won't be butchering until late fall again this year. Just fine by me! I like to watch the chickens run around and the commercial meat birds (although tasty) just aren't capable of such entertainment.
The second bird order will arrive at the end of April. This will contain a variety of laying hens that I am particularly excited about, a straight run of Cochins that will be for butcher and laying as well as a couple different breeds of turkeys. As long as we can keep the turkeys alive for the first little while they should make it this year beings the coop is done and we shouldn't have to worry about the fox (dogs and raccoons too). I sure hope they make it anyways; not only are they expensive chicks but they are really fun to watch too!
We have yet to get guineas ordered for the year. I know we had planned to try again with those too this year but they might be another year off yet. I want to be able to let those "free range" all the time and unless they are full grown I know they don't stand a chance. If Lucifer couldn't make it last year no one will until they are adults. I will nurse along the turkeys this year and next year might be the guineas and peacocks.


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text: Science, Tech, Math › Animals & Nature Prehistoric Life During the Devonian Period 416-360 Million Years Ago Share Flipboard Email Print Acanthostega was one of the first tetrapods of the Devonian period. Dr. Gunter Bechly/Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-SA 3.0 Animals & Nature Dinosaurs Basics Paleontologists Carnivores Dinosaurs & Birds Herbivores Marine Reptiles Prehistoric Mammals Amphibians Birds Habitat Profiles Mammals Reptiles Wildlife Conservation Insects Marine Life Forestry Evolution View More by Bob Strauss Bob Strauss is a freelance writer and editor with over 25 years of experience in print and online media. He is the author of three books. Updated March 07, 2019 From a human perspective, the Devonian period was a crucial time for the evolution of vertebrate life: this was the period in geological history when the first tetrapods climbed out of the primordial seas and began to colonize dry land. The Devonian occupied the middle part of the Paleozoic Era (542-250 million years ago), preceded by the Cambrian, Ordovician and Silurian periods and followed by the Carboniferous and Permian periods. Climate and Geography The global climate during the Devonian period was surprisingly mild, with average ocean temperatures of "only" 80 to 85 degrees Fahrenheit (compared to as high as 120 degrees during the preceding Ordovician and Silurian periods). The North and South Poles were only marginally cooler than the areas closer to the equator, and there were no ice caps; the only glaciers were to be found atop high mountain ranges. The smallish continents of Laurentia and Baltica gradually merged to form Euramerica, while the giant Gondwana (which was destined to break apart millions of years later into Africa, South America, Antarctica, and Australia) continued its slow southward drift. Terrestrial Life Vertebrates. It was during the Devonian period that the archetypal evolutionary event in the history of life took place: the adaptation of lobe-finned fish to life on dry land. The two best candidates for the earliest tetrapods (four-footed vertebrates) are Acanthostega and Ichthyostega, which themselves evolved from earlier, exclusively marine vertebrates like Tiktaalik and Panderichthys. Surprisingly, many of these early tetrapods possessed seven or eight digits on each of their feet, meaning they represented "dead ends" in evolution since all terrestrial vertebrates on earth today employ the five-finger, five-toe body plan. Invertebrates. Although tetrapods were certainly the biggest news of the Devonian period, they weren't the only animals that colonized dry land. There was also a wide array of small arthropods, worms, flightless insects and other pesky invertebrates, which took advantage of the complex terrestrial plant ecosystems that started to develop at this time to gradually spread inland (though still not too far away from bodies of water). During this time, though, the vast bulk of life on earth lived deep in the water. Marine Life The Devonian period marked both the apex and the extinction of the placoderms, prehistoric fish characterized by their tough armor plating (some placoderms, such as the enormous Dunkleosteus, attained weights of three or four tons). As noted above, the Devonian also teemed with lobe-finned fish, from which the first tetrapods evolved, as well as relatively new ray-finned fish, the most populous family of fish on earth today. Relatively small sharks--such as the bizarrely ornamented Stethacanthus and the weirdly scaleless Cladoselache--were an increasingly common sight in the Devonian seas. Invertebrates like sponges and corals continued to flourish, but the ranks of the trilobites were thinned out, and only the giant eurypterids (invertebrate sea scorpions) successfully competed with vertebrate sharks for prey. Plant Life It was during the Devonian period that the temperate regions of the earth's evolving continents first became truly green. The Devonian witnessed the first significant jungles and forests, the spread of which was aided by the evolutionary competition among plants to gather as much sunlight as possible (in a dense forest canopy, a tall tree has a significant advantage in harvesting energy over a tiny shrub). The trees of the late Devonian period were the first to evolve rudimentary bark (to support their weight and protect their trunks), as well as robust internal water-conduction mechanisms that helped to counteract the force of gravity. The End-Devonian Extinction The end of the Devonian period ushered in the second great extinction of prehistoric life on earth, the first being the mass extinction event at the end of the Ordovician period. Not all animal groups were affected equally by the End-Devonian Extinction: reef-dwelling placoderms and trilobites were especially vulnerable, but deep-sea organisms escaped relatively unscathed. The evidence is sketchy, but many paleontologists believe that the Devonian extinction was caused by multiple meteor impacts, debris from which may have poisoned the surfaces of lakes, oceans, and rivers. Continue Reading


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The basic server monitoring is "proactive" since we do not simply send you an email when something fails - we are paged directly and actively investigate and resolve the issue. We pride ourselves on often detecting and fixing a problem before our client or their users ever notice there was one in the first place.
Coupling Advanced monitoring with Memset® Managed support, you can set the destination of the alerts to be the team of 24x7 on-call Systems Administrators.
Basic monitoring is included with all servers and VPS's.
Basic monitoring means that we will check that your server is accessible from outside the datacentre by checking it's network availability. This is done by sending it a ping, that is to say, pinging it. If the server becomes unavailable for more than 10 minutes we will attempt to reboot the server. If the server still remains offline that any assistance we render will be determined by your support level.
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Ahhh did you watch the series finale of HBO's Entourage last night? I thought my cable went out, too! Jinx! I had about 90 people over to my apartment and all of a sudden the screen goes dark—in medias res—as Vince and Eric take off on separate private planes. Like, what? I'm exhausted because I've been up all night arguing with my friends about what it means. I've watched it like 70 times, but let's watch it again.
I literally have the chills. And no, the YouTube video isn't broken—it just stops like that.
But, O.K., so do you think E and Sloan took their private jet to Paris for Vince's wedding? Or do you think they took their private plane somewhere else?
The evidence for taking their private jet to Paris for Vince's wedding: Both their planes are heading in the same direction; my friend's friend who accidentally bought an astronomy textbook confirmed via e-mail that the angle of the setting sun suggests that direction is Paris. As in Paris, France. As in Vince's wedding to … ahh, I keep wanting to say her name is like Derby (?) but that can't be right, ha ha … the lady. Plus, the whole series is like about friendship, and if Eric doesn't go to Paris, that's not friendship. That's the overriding theme to everything: friendship. It just makes sense that Eric would be a friend in the last scene. Think about it.
The evidence that E and Sloan took their private jet somewhere else: Sloan's dress is orange. Orange is one of three colors in the Armenian flag. One of the other colors? Blue. The color of E's shirt. And the third color? Red—the exact red of the California sunset. Armenia just makes sense. The whole series is about the quest for self-reliance and the journey—plane journey?—out from under Vince's shadow. E and Sloan have to go to Armenia because Vince doesn't know about Armenia. And what would you say if I told you Armenia doesn't have an extradition treaty with the U.S.? You'd say, "Symbolism."
I'm never going to be able to listen to "Going to California" the same way again.


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JOHNSON, Vt. – After a sluggish first quarter, Castleton University controlled the rest of the game, scoring 10 unanswered goals in the final 45 minutes to defeat Johnson State, 11-2, Thursday afternoon in a North Atlantic Conference men's lacrosse contest at Minaert Field.
Castleton jumped on the board just over a minute into the game as Tyler Crowningshield scored an unassisted goal. However, that would be the only first quarter tally for the Spartans, as Johnson State took the lead on two goals by Travis Brown, the second one coming with just one second left in the opening quarter.
Connor Balestra set up Kyle Lutinski for the game-tying goal just under two minutes into the second quarter, and then Crowningshield earned his second goal of the game off an assist by Ryan Stone with 11:34 remaining before halftime to give Castleton the lead for good. Just over two minutes later, Lutinski would pick up his second goal of the game, this time with Cameron Russell assisting, giving the Spartans a 4-2 lead at halftime.
Lutinski completed his hat trick with 8:30 left in the third quarter, and then Sam Siegel set up Isaac Devoid just 13 seconds later to extend the Spartan advantage to 6-2. Devoid would score three straight goals for Castleton, the third coming in the fourth quarter, for his first hat trick of the season.
Stone and Siegel scored goals 22 seconds apart in the fourth quarter, and then Lutinski closed out the scoring with his fourth tally of the game with 4:53 left on the clock. Overall, Castleton outshot Johnson State, 43-6, collected 33 ground balls to Johnson State's two ground balls, went 14-of-15 on clear attempts, and committed just eight turnovers.
Joshua Gosselin went 13-of-14 on faceoffs and earned 12 ground balls. Dakota Jones made his first collegiate start and played the entire match in net for the Spartans, earning three saves.
Johnson State (0-8, 0-5 NAC) committed 17 turnovers, converted on just half of its clear attempts (9-of-18), and won just two faceoffs as a team. Jay Palmisano played the entire game in net for the Badgers and collected 10 saves, including five in the second quarter as he kept Johnson State within striking distance.
Castleton (7-8, 4-1 NAC) closes out the regular season with a home game against Green Mountain Monday, April 24, at 6:30 p.m. and a road contest at Lyndon State Tuesday, April 25, at 4 p.m.


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Telly Guide 5/4/2010
Did i mention last week that i was moving the telly guide to Monday nights? no, well let's not dwell on who forgot to tell whom and plough through this shit one more time. University Challenge (BBC2 8pm) is the final tonight Oxford Vs Cambridge… a pox on both their houses as far as i'm concerned. It's very easy to dislike ricky gervais, i'ts that ubiquitisness, my spell-check is flagging that word, and it's probably right to, of people as they go from entertaining funnyman to 'christ this fucker is on tv again' but i will always hold a soft spot for ricky for him introducing one of, if not the funniest characters in British comedy to our screens – Finchy, from The Office. Unfortunately he doesn't appear in Extras, Series 1 (BBC2 from 9pm) though… i can't remember if it was any use or not, i remember the Ian McKellen tips for acting 'i like to pretend i am the person' but not any from the first series, just as well as it's on tonight again in its entirety. And if that proves to be a festival of unfunny, Richard Pryor Live in Concert (BBC2 00:30) is the 1979 concert. Channel 4′s Comedy Gala (Channel4 9pm) looks less funny, Michael McIntyre, Lee Evans, Bill Bailey and Sean Lock. With Caddyshack (ITV 23:15) there should be no reason to be watching Frank Skinner Live (Channel 4 23:05) but to be honest the 'daft romantic comedy starring sandra bullock and keanu reeves' on BBC1 (The Lake House (BBC1 22:50)) would get my vote over Frank Skinner. Blades of Glory (BBC3 22:30) is on, if Will Ferrell is your thing and i have to admit, despite knowing that every film is the same i do kinda like them, this is entertaining enough if nothing else grabs you.
Radio – The Record Producers (Radio2 10pm) is Bernard Butler talking about the influence that The Smiths had on him as a musician. I wonder will it then explain why all of Bernard's music has been utter shit?
First up is a repeat of the last in series of Wonders of the Solar System (BBC2 7PM) which you could watch, or you could get a full rundown of the entire series in this rather wonderful spoof. Also a last in the series for The Man Who Cycled the Americas (BBC1 22:35). Dylan Moran: What it is (Channel 4 23:05) I must admit to being a bit of a Dylan Moran fan and went to see it live, can't remember a damn thing about it though – will give this a watch. Highlight of the day is once again the True Stories series on More4 True Stories: Starsuckers (More4 10pm) here's the trailer
Live UEFA Champions League Manchester Utd. Vs Bayern Munich(ITV1 19:30) and Sean Lock: Stand Up (Channel 4 11:05) is it worth my while mentioning anything else?
Museum of Life (BBC2 8pm) continues to entertain me anyway even if the rest of you stopped watching it – Liverpool vs Benfica (Five 19:30) is on the other side, i know which i will be watching. Live Golf (BBC1 22:35) – now golf is irredeemably shit – i'm not going to tell you otherwise, but its Tiger's return – i might allow myself to get caught up in the hype… or i might watch Get Carter (Five 22:15) instead (yeah, the original obv). I heard someone talking recently about Outnumbered (BBC1 21:30) – can anyone tell me is it good? it's completely passed me by. Dario Argento's superb horror Suspiria (Film4 1:25) is a late show, but its worth a watch before the remake comes along and ruins everything.
Go out on Friday, really it's not a good one – Ginger Snaps (BBC2 00:35) trailer here will be waiting for you when you get back in – or Day of the Jackal (ITV 01:05) but before that i would struggle to pick anything out. On the wireless Ruby Murray: the secret story of curry (Radio4 11am) at first looks interesting but as i read the press release i wonder is it really going to tell us we don't already know? in fact this is the press release: "Vindaloo was the unofficial song of England's 1998 World Cup team – an unlikely battle cry for English football fans. In April 2001, the then Foreign Secretary, Robin Cook, announced that "chicken tikka masala is now a true British national dish…". In fact, chicken tikka masala is even included by the Ministry of Defence in its operational ration packs to give troops some home comfort. " that sounds shit, forget i mentioned that – No, Friday is shit – go out.
The Grand National (1pm BBC1)…… there is horse racing on today – maybe this could be turned into something interesting if you turn it into some sort of drinking game where every time another horse racing cliche is 'trotted' out have to down a pint of meths… or toilet duck – anyway, here is a sneak preview of tomorrows coverage
For sporting cliches though, you really can't beat the magic of the Live FA Cup (ITV 16:35), when the butchers and bakers of Aston Villa play the rent-boys of Chelsea.
Now i realise that not everyone loves Doctor Who (BBC1 18:15) but they are just killjoys, i stopped watching telly on saturday nights in 1986 as a tribute to Dustin Gee but it was Doctor Who that re-introduced me to saturday nights in front of the telly, first christopher ecclestone then after a bit of getting used to, david tenant, now a new one whose name i forget and i don't think i like him. See the thing with the doctors is, the 'wacky' factor – do you remember slyvester mccoy? see that was not good doctoring right there, now david tenant did a little bit of wacky but could keep it under control – this new guy though? he eats fish fingers with custard – BONKERS! – and tells us that 'bow ties are cool' – yeah if you are nation of islam, then bow ties are about as cool as it gets, Brother Mouzone in The Wire was THE coolest motherfucker there was, but for time travelling doctors? no…. unless they are Nation of Islam Time Traveling Doctors – in which case that would be the coolest show ever… but i digress… where was i? ah yes, the doctors assistant is the best one yet.
Great Expectations (film4 14:55) the David Lean 1946 version, about as good as films get really.
I can't do sunday because someone threw out the telly guide and i'm not happy.
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Story About Ex-Sony Pictures Boss Magically Disappears From Gawker; His Lawyer Tells Reporters Not To Talk About It
from the right-to-be-forgotten? dept
Can people use a bankruptcy proceeding to create a "right to be forgotten"? We already know that Europe has implemented a form of a right to be forgotten that it's now looking to expand. However, in the US, the First Amendment has protected us against such things -- even if some politicians don't realize it.
However, it appears that something has happened, hidden behind the sealed doors of Gawker's bankruptcy that has resulted in a story about ex-Sony Pictures boss Michael Lynton disappearing from the Gawker archive:
A 2015 Gawker article that highlighted leaked emails written by Sony Pictures CEO Michael Lynton has been quietly removed from the internet, the latest in a line of stories from the former digital media company to be disappeared under apparent legal pressure from powerful figures.
The story pieced together some of Lynton's emails disclosed in the Sony Hack, the monstrous dump of company materials in late 2014 that was catastrophic for the studio and widely covered by the media.
Lynton -- who once claimed that nothing good has come from the internet ever -- left Sony Pictures recently to focus on being chair of the board at Snap, the company that does Snapchat (a company that kinda relies on that no good, very bad internet Lynton hates). But apparently, on the side, he was somehow secretly convincing the Gawker "estate" to delete some articles he didn't like.
This is different than when Univsion pulled down a bunch of Gawker stories after purchasing many of the company's assets out of bankruptcy. In that case, Univision claimed -- questionably -- that since it had purchased just the assets, but not liabilities, it had to take down any story that was subject to a lawsuit. This ignored a whole bunch of things, including the "first publication" rule, but whatever. In this case, the story was still hosted by what's left of Gawker. That is, when Gawker sold a bunch of assets to Univision, it did not sell the flagship "Gawker" site itself, but has instead maintained the archives. And that included some stories on Lynton that revealed things via the Sony Pictures email hack.
And thus it appears that some sort of settlement was reached behind the scenes, with no public explanation or details... to flat out delete a story that apparently Lynton or someone close to Lynton didn't like. As reporter Matthew Zeitlin notes, we should all be concerned that a news story can disappear just "because of opaque bankruptcy proceedings." And, of course, because this is the internet, the Streisand Effect is already taking over, with people passing around links to the story that was disappeared. The story in question, like many stories, was probably embarrassing to some people, but there's been no evidence presented (publicly at least) that it was untrue. No one has shown any evidence that the Sony hack emails that it was based on were not accurate. Ironically, the suppressed story itself is, somewhat, about using money and connections to do things that normal people can't do, so perhaps it's only fitting that a behind the scenes, opaque process was then used to try to memory hole that story.
But the story gets even worse. The Hollywood Reporter has also reported on this and notes that Lynton's lawyer, Andrew Celli, has warned its reporter, Eriq Gardner, not to even report on the disappearing story:
Celli made contact to The Hollywood Reporter's general counsel to express concern after I made inquiries about the vanished article with Gawker. He later suggested that to even repeat the gist of the original Gawker story would be damaging. He threatened a lawsuit and, referring to the Sony hack, told me, "There is a sin at the bottom of this. It's wrong. The source for information is the result of a crime."
This is, in the famed words of Popehat, what is known as censorious thuggery. Threatening people with litigation for reporting the news creates serious chilling effects. As Gardner notes in his article -- and as we've been reporting ourselves -- there seems to be a big business lately in so-called "reputation management" efforts to get embarrassing news stories disappeared from the internet. That should concern everyone. There's a reason that the US has a 1st Amendment and rejects things like a "Right to be Forgotten." Such things have a history of being abused by the rich and powerful to silence the press, just because the rich and powerful don't like those stories.
Even if one could give Lynton the benefit of the doubt in getting Gawker's estate to take down the original story, the fact that his lawyer then threatened another publication with a lawsuit just for reporting on the situation makes this even more problematic. Lynton may not like the internet very much, but that doesn't mean he gets to censor it at will.
Filed Under: michael lynton, right to be forgotten, threats
Companies: gawker, snap, sony, sony pictures


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You might have noticed the lack of articles, or rather, no articles this past week and a bit. The fact is; I am tired. I'm not tired of you, I am physically tired from a three-day camping trip that may or may not have resulted in me spraining my ankle and possibly my bruised fingers. I'm taking today off from writing but then I'm going to blaze through and finish Volume Two tomorrow along with posting film critique corner of Batman Begins and we'll be back to our normal schedule as I cool down from writing into editing and researching Blade Runner for Tears in Rain.
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CPU INTEL Core i3-2332M @2.20 Ghz 2.20 Ghz
Is this affected by RAM and CPU?
Please answer as soon as possible 😀
By Yetaloz
The economy is the most important thing in Age of civilization 2, without it you couldn't even build up an army to invade other countries or even defend yourself for bigger threats, in this post ill be showing you how to stabilize a prosperous economy in ANY kind of country.
(Notice that ill be playing as luxembourg in this tutorial)
1 - Taxes, and spending: One notable thing on taxes is that you can be putting it 1 little more to the acceptable tax and still not loose happiness, good to be winning some tips like 3 - 19 which is good for me. Also set every spending at its minimum (in future we may do some changes).
2 - Technology points: A very obvious decision for a better economy, i suggest to you be spending more in (Economy growth and income production, also put some in the rest).
3 - Development: Development is the cherry of the cake talking about economy, the development defines how much less unneployment you have in your nation, with more jobs rising, more gold you will get, all due to yhe investiment on development. So, keep investing alot in development in all provinces ultil it reaches the maximum capacity (defined by technology level).
4 - Buildings: Building Workshops is a pretty good way to be getting more money, they add up to 5% more income producton (in other levels 10% and 15%), Also building librarys is good to have more technology points and level, (more useful to the 2nd and 3rd tips).
5 - REEEE at economy: For last, REEEEEE all your money on economy, expending thousands on it, your economy will explode like a nuclear bomb in some turns.
6 - Other tips: Keep in mind to be upgrading your economy buildings such as the workshop and the library to get more technology points.
After many turns, look what have i done after doing all the tips i gave to you guys. (2731 turns)
Thank You
- Yetaloz
By CoolieZN (🇧🇷)
How to Make Events?
The country that will receiver the pop-up with the event :T
Trigger are Basically the thing that makes the whole thing work. If the recipient (country) is doing alright with the trigger, than the outcome (result) is going to happen. For exemple: If the trigger is [Civilization Existe: Turkey], If the country Turkey doesn't exists, than the event is not Gonna pop up for the recipient.
Alright, but in this case, Turkey DOES exists, to the trigger is working, than, the event will do the result. Let's say that in this case, the outcome is [Update Relations with Argentina], than, if Turkey exists <trigger>, Turkey is going to update relations with Argentina <outcome/result>.
Basically version:
Here how events work: a trigger makes the outcome work. For exemplo, if the trigger is [Government] that means that if the recipient has the government: (youchoose) the pop-up will appear. For example:
That means that if the trigger is good/working (the trigger is usa being communist) IT is going to play the outcome
I hope you guys understand it. But if you didn't, you Can comment bellow and I Can do a YouTube video maybe
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text: What to Know When Replacing Your Air Conditioner Posted June 6, 2016 What to Know When Replacing Your Air Conditioner The minute you start to investigate air conditioner replacement it's always important to remember that the decision you're making now will last you for the next 10-15 years. The pros at McCune Heating & Cooling in Augusta want to help you make the most out of your investment. We have some thorough tips you can keep in mind when the time comes for an air conditioner replacement. Properly Sized System From buying price to the cost of operation, an improperly sized system could hurt you in several ways. Before deciding on a replacement air conditioner you'll want to set up a time for a specialist to determine the load calculation of your home. Some time ago, load calculations were made using an educated guess based on a home's square footage. Just like all technology, we've come a long way from those days and now load calculations take into consideration: your home's foundation, design and color of roofing, window type and location, insulation and a few additional components. Your Replacement Air Conditioner's SEER Rating The efficiency of your system is measured using something called a SEER (Seasonal Energy Efficiency Ratio) rating. The better a system's SEER rating, the less energy is needed to cool your home, which could equal lower utility bills. There are federally mandated minimum SEER ratings for new air conditioners based on region. While it may appear like picking the highest number would be best, there are some things to think about such as: the climate in your location, how often you use your system and the length of time you'll be living in your home. Check for the Duct Damage and Leakage The air moving though your home is distributed by your ducts. If you're investing in a new system, there's no better opportunity for a professional to inspect and make sure your ducts are in decent shape and that you won't be losing efficiency through leaks. Along with leakage there are other troubles that occur in your ducts that could cause you to lose efficiency such as: if they have any kinks, aren't large enough or have any obstructions within them. Your ductwork and their ability to easily move air throughout your home has a large impact on how well your system will perform. The experts here at McCune Heating & Cooling in Augusta will help you through the entire process of air conditioner replacement and can answer any questions that may arise along the way. We know that a new system is a major investment and we want to be certain you're making the best decision for your home and budget. If you have any home comfort questions or concerns give us a call at 316-469-7994. Back To Blog


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Since I'm starting work on the second book in the Nightfall series, I think it a good time to provide a rundown of my writing process. I will also be putting up a progress graphic on the sidebar of this blog to keep track!
The first book, From the Dark, was written in the following way, albeit that most of it was an unconscious process to me. What follows is the recapitulation of it, as well as how I hope to apply the process to Into the Light (working title.)
Stage 0: Brainstorming (and Research)
For me, brainstorming amounts to coming up with the starting points of the plot.
Something I will expand on in future posts is that I tend to come up with the plot as I write.
For FtD, brainstorming meant coming up with the core concept I wanted in the book (which for FtD was a spaceship heist. Yes! It has turned out to be more than that.)
For the second book, ItL, I've been helped in the brainstorming by having looked ahead toward the next two books when I was writing FtD. I have a much bigger web of starting points to work with, most of which can be attributed to having spent the amount of time I have with the world and the characters.
Research for FtD took three months, plus more wherever it was needed during the writing. For ItL, it will mostly be a matter of looking things up when I need them.
Stage 1: The First Draft
The First Draft is where I plan to put down a set number of words per day, scaffolding the ideas and plot that I've brainstormed.
For FtD this took about two years. To be sure, when I was writing FtD, I didn't realize it was just the first draft. I'd gone into it with the typical new author's naivety that I was writing the final draft. So I spent a lot of time polishing sentences and sections, some of which were entirely cut away for the final manuscript.
For ItL my goals have become much clearer. I'm writing with the understanding that much of this will be reworked or rewritten, and the goal is, as I've said above, to scaffold entire sections; to see if ideas work; and to get a sense of the general flow of the book.
For ItL, I would like Stage 1 to take three months, instead of the twenty-four it took for FtL.
The discrepancy is that a lot of the process of writing FtL was me struggling with finding a style and voice that fit the genre and what I wanted to do. Much of the three+ years writing FtL was, unbeknownst to me at the time, the process of this happening. For ItL, I would say I am able to draw on a more-stabilized style + voice, and hopefully will be able to save a lot of time for Stage 1.
Stage 2: The Second Draft
Although it sounds iterative (first, second), the Second Draft has quite a distinct set of goals for me. These are: to rework sections that didn't work in Stage 1; to rewrite sentences to become of better quality; and to cut, edit, or add things to form the flow of the book.
Stage 2 will involve reading a section a day, then rewriting or reworking it as needed. In Stage 2, writing quality becomes one of the top priorities.
For FtD, the process was mashed in together with Stage 1 and Stage 3, and indeed continued all the way till the self-publishing. For ItL, I hope for the process to take three months to four months.
At the end of Stage 2 I will give the book to T. to read for feedback. T. was my first reader for FtD and will be for ItL.
Stage 3: Working on Feedback
In this stage, I respond to first readers + beta readers' feedback.
This means I will respond to T.'s edits, then probably send the manuscript out for beta reading. (I have found a few trusted beta readers, including the fabulous Tiffany Dawn Munn at OwlEditing.com.) I will then respond to their feedback and edit the manuscript.
For FtD this was a continuing, messy process that took six months to a year. Now that I've been bloodied in the arena, I hope to shorten this process to three months.
Stage 4: Final polishing
Polishing of ideas, sentences, sections, and then the formatting to put it into a publishable format. In this stage, I will also look forward (in the sense of "planning for," and not "anticipating with happiness") to the marketing aspects of it, as I've found since beginning the self-publishing journey, that it is always better for marketing to have been planned for three months ago.
Stage 5: Publishing + marketing
I will write more about this in the future, as marketing was not anything I'd ever expected in my life to do, and will only describe here as being dunked into the cold, cold ocean to find out your life preserver was actually cotton candy.
Which is all to say I hope ItL sees light (yeah) in close-to-a-year's time.
There is still a lot to unpack about the writing process, but I do want to get to spaceship-related posts sometime soon too! Till next time!
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Image via CrunchBaseI have been on Twitter Since March of 2008. Only since about December, have I been consistently Tweeting and following others.
Since I am the gadget guy and "I read the entire internet so you don't have to.®", I though I'd share with you some tools I use to make using Twitter better, easier and more fun.
1. Tweetree. The site I use most when reading Twitter. What Tweetree does is make reading and posting tweets better. For reading: when there is a link in a post the site is displayed in with the tweet, allowing you to simply stay right on Tweetree and read the linked to site/video/picture inline. For posting tweets: it's URL shortner works awesome. Just paste a URL and click Shoren URLs.
2. TwitterGadget. If you use GMail, iGoogle, or Firefox TwitterGadget is a nice little add-on. For Gmail, it resides below the chat box and in Firefox, it resides in the sidebar. It has most of the functionality you'd want in a twitter gadget - and works really well.
3. Powertwitter Firefox addon. Powertwitter is similar to Tweetree in that it adds functionality to each message, except that you simply visit Twitter.com while using Firefox and it:
-search and recent searches
-search scoped to a specific user
-status history peeking on mouseover
-Facebook status updates
-inline YouTube, Flickr, TwitPic, Google Maps, song.ly, and more
-url expansion
-url translation to page titles
-open web update (news feed) mapping
-custom settings
-photo uploading
-link shrinking
4. TwitPic. TwitPic is a way to share photos on Twitter. You can MMS a photo or email one to TwitPic and the subject line you use will be used as the text in a tweet that links back to the photo. Here is my TwitPic page. If you are a Flickr user, they recently released an update that works similar to TwitPic.
5. Picfog. Picfog is a fun little site that aggregates all the most recent shots from TwitPic. It's fun to watch the slide show and see what others are posting in real time.
6. iPhone/iPod Touch users: TwitterFon is an awesome free app to read/post on Twitter.
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Andrea Basevi (*1957)
|Andrea Basevi graduated in Choral Music and Composition. His masters are G. Bosco, B. Ferneyhough, L. Berio, S. Arom. He won several competitions on music games, children's songs and fairy tales. He composed music for the theater, radio and cinema. He works with the poet Roberto Piumini in theater and publishing books of songs and fairy tales for children. He has composed works for young Zazie, Pinocchio and Peter Pan and libretto by Roberto Piumini Il circo d'Empoli, Il Malafiato, Il ragazzo col violino, I capelli del diavolo, I musicanti di Brema, Totò Sapore, Omi e Cic, In tasca a Blù. It is Artistic Director of Associazione Sant' Ambrogio Musica and a member of the Associazione italiana Kodály per l'educazione musicale. He is professor at the Conservatory of Genoa, and he manages choral educational projects at primary schools.
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Two new friends from grandy and baa. I think I am a bit obsessed with making them...
Monday, 13 April 2015
Wednesday, 8 April 2015
printing and making
I have had a long-time love affair with screen printing. It started in school and I still have the silk screen I got in about year 9. I confess I have never been very good at it but its something I have always wanted to do more of. So recently I made a couple of simple designs and printed them onto some cotton fabric.
'Billy Buttons' is the design pictured here and is printed in a mid grey and an olive green (ish) colour. I must confess I am bit smitten with how lovely they look, especially now that they are made into the Cat and Miss Chloé.
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Monday, 6 April 2015
A portrait of my daughter. Joining Jodi in the ad hoc fashion that I occasionally do. This may be the only one for the year. But I will try.
Minnie: Helping 'model' my softies. She has the eyes of a doe.
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Sunday, 5 April 2015
How to...appliqué (part three)
here and part two can be read here. The most amazing thing of this all is that I still have the little singlet that I was using in this series!
In part two of this tutorial I showed you how to use iron-on Vliesofix (the stuff that makes your fabric stick to your base garment) and Fusible Tear-Away (the iron-on stabiliser that means you can appliqué on delicate or difficult fabrics without your machine chewing it all up - hooray for that!) In this final part of the series I will show you how to stitch the design onto the base garment and how to finish it off super neatly!
Step 1: Setting your machine for appliqué
In this final part of the tutorial I will show you the 2 types of machine applique that I regularly use. One is using a straight stitch and the other is with the zig-zag that I call 'appliqué' stitch. The straight stitch is simple - just a normal straight stitch so need to adjust your machine too much. I do take the length down a little to about 1.8.
Setting the machine for the tight zig-zag (appliqué stitch) is the trickiest bit off all. You will need to experiment here with your machine. Since starting this tutorial I have moved onto a newer machine. My old machine was quite brilliant though and the appliqué work that I sold previously was done on that old machine. I stitched hundreds of appliquéd garments and it really was a work horse. If your machine does straight and zig-zag stitches, you can appliqué.
Fancy machines are really not required. You will have seen lots of those insanely expensive machines that do that super neat embroidery and appliqué - its looks very smooth and the stitches are all equal. But personally, I don't like it. I think that the end result looks a little too 'mass produced'. I am not saying that I think that hand-made should look amateur but I think setting a machine and pressing go and coming back when its finished takes some of the hand-made out of hand-made. But that's just me.
OK, back to it. Grab some practise fabric - preferably a similar type of cotton fabric that you are using to appliqué with. Take your zig-zag setting width to a reasonably narrow sitting and the length super small - I on my Janome I set the width to 2.4 and the length to 0.4. When you are happy with the settings, write down then down so you can set your machine when you need to. You may need to adjust your tension too. You can see my test strip below.
Once you are happy with the settings, you are ready to go!
Step 3: Sewing your appliqué
In this tutorial I am going to use straight stitch for the leaves and stem and appliqué stitch for the apple. For this design I am going to colour match the thread for the apple but use a contrasting white for the stem and leaves (plus it means you can see where I am stitching). You can leave your bobbin cotton as white or off white as you will not see it from the front. If you want, you can match the bobbin colours on the backside too (I used to do this but I went insane from filling bobbins).
Set your machine speed to slow (if you can). Start stitching your leaves where they meet the apple like so, about 1-2mm in from the edge of the leaves. Apologies for my photos...
Keep stitching around the leaves and stem until you are back down to the apple!
Now you need to change out your thread to match your apple (or contrast with white or accent pink) and set your machine to the settings that you wrote down when you were setting up.
Start at the top of the apple, covering the start of the white stitching as you go - this will make it look neat and acts to secure the white stitching. You want to have the majority of the applique stitch on the apple and just the edge of the stitch going into the garment, as below.
Keep stitching all the way around the apple until you are back to the top. Run slightly over the start. The photo below, with the purple arrow (I am so technical) shows the stitching - I really need to work on my photos. Please let me know if you would like so super close-ups (and I will then call in my husband).
Step : Finishing your appliqué
A lot of people take a short cut here. But I don't. I hand tie and sew in all the ends of my appliqué work. On some of my more detailed designs I used 4 or 5 colours and perhaps had up to 20 or so ends to tie and sew in. Multiply that by 25 garments and it took time. A lot of time. But finishing an appliqué well is important to me. I wanted it to be as neat and secure as it could be.
Before you start this, you will need to turn the garment in-side out and remove the Fusible-Tear-Away - it comes off pretty easily. You may need a large blunt darning needle or similar to remove little bits if your design is very detailed.
Once this is done I turn the garment back the right way and using a fine needle, I sew the threads through to the back (or you can pull them through from the back). When they are all on back side, I turn the garment inside out again and then tie each pair of threads three times, trim the ends and sew them through, as below.
Once you have sewn them all in, it will look this from the inside;
I think it is worth it as the garment will look neat and tidy on the inside and all the stitches will be super secure. Then give the garment a quick iron and you are done. Simple!
Thank you all for waiting the 7 years for the end of this tutorial. I can only hope it was worth the wait.
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According to Italy's ministry, the two men agreed to continue their conversation with "a common goal of preventing an escalation of violence" and relaunching a political process for stabilizing Syria . They also see Russian Federation as a foreign occupier whose relentless aerial bombardment of rebel-held areas has led to thousands of civilian casualties.
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Are you anxious about escalating tensions between US and North Korea?Its army vowed Friday a "merciless" response to any USA provocation, adding that Trump had "entered the path of open threat and blackmail" against Pyongyang. " We will respond to an all-out war with an all-out war and a nuclear war with our style of a nuclear attack ", he said. United States officials feared Kim Jong-un would mark the national holiday by launching North Korea's sixth nuclear weapons test, since the country has used previous holidays to showcase its military prowess.
U.S. confirms 'failed' North Korea missile testBut at the same time, McMaster said on "This Week" on ABC that "it's time for us to undertake all actions we can, short of a military option, to try to resolve this peacefully". Pence is visiting South Korea, Japan, Indonesia and Australia. Pence's first trip to South Korea carries personal meaning as well. Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang said Monday that tensions need to be eased on the Korean Peninsula to bring the escalating dispute there to a peaceful resolution.
US VP Pence arrives near demilitarised zone dividing KoreasWhile the North did not conduct a nuclear test, the spectre of a potential escalated United States response trailed Pence as he began a 10-day trip to Asia. He's launched dozens of projectiles and conducted three nuclear tests since coming to power after his father's death in 2011, and claimed in January to be nearly ready to test-fire an intercontinental ballistic missile.
22 killed in Sri Lanka as massive mound of garbage collapsesMilitary officers operate an excavator during a rescue mission after a garbage dump collapsed and buried dozens of houses in Colombo . The death toll from the collapse of th. With around 800 tons of solid waste added to the site every day, the mountain of trash has absorbed much of Colombo's garbage for several years as large areas of the capital have undergone extensive renovations.
Trump on protests demanding he release his taxes: 'The election is over'Organized by Philadelphia Jobs With Justice, a local nonprofit in the area, the march wanted to show specifically with the tax returns and get answers to some questions that have been surrounding the Trump campaign and now presidency. "We march because it is in the best interest of the American people to know what financial entanglements and conflicts of interest our leaders have".
United Airlines faces mounting pressure over hospitalized passengerMunoz, who leads United's parent company, apologized again to Kentucky physician David Dao, his family and the other passengers who witnessed him being taken off the flight. It was at least Munoz's fourth statement about the confrontation. These complex software packages, generally outsourced from either Hewlett Packard Enterprise or IBM, combine all major passenger service functions, including pricing, shopping, reservations, ticketing, check-in and seat assignment, said Brett Snyder, founder ...
Facebook releases statement "condemning" killing of man in Facebook videoAuthorities are looking for Steve Stephens , 37, a case manager at a behavioral health agency in Cleveland. Officials in the OH city said they were looking for Steve Stephens in connection with the one confirmed killing but had found no evidence to support what police said was a claim he made in the video of having killed more than a dozen other people.
VP warns North Korea 'strategic patience' is overEarlier, Pence made an unannounced visit to the perilous Demilitarized Zone separating North and South Korea , which he called the "frontier of freedom". Although the vice president said that the United States wanted to deal with North Korea "through peaceable means, through negotiations", he made it clear that military force would be used if necessary.
Asian economies escape 'manipulator' tag, but expect more pressure on tradeWith Washington pushing a trade agenda aimed at reducing deficits, experts say the most logical option is to lengthen the time period for reviewing currency market interventions from 12 months to several years. However, if for example he put a 30 percent tariff on imports from Mexico, it is nearly certain that the Mexican peso would drop in value against the U.S.
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson Meets Russia's Putin At The KremlinSyria's government has denied responsibility for the gas attack in a rebel-held area of northern Syria that killed at least 87 people, many of them children. In Moscow , Tillerson and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said they'd create working groups to smooth over differences on issues where the two countries share common goals.
Trump 'creating a war situation' says North Korean official at enormous paradeIf you're still suffering from possible war anxiety, another sign to watch for is whether Vice President Mike Pence travels to Seoul , South Korea, on Sunday as part of a previously scheduled tour of Asia. As NPR's Merrit Kennedy reported earlier this week, the regime said it would "hold the US wholly accountable for the catastrophic consequences to be entailed by its outrageous actions".


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When I'm Gone, is the title of a wonderful Post in the form of a poem at the Elder Storytelling Place, a blog for the over 50s, run by Ronni Bennett, it is a place for Bloggers and non-Bloggers to submit stories or posts. You will find the Instructions for submitting here.
I have in the past contributed some items to the site. Another familiar name you will find there in Nancy Leitz who is a regular visitor here. In fact Nancy was commenting here for many months before she realised that she knew me in real life.
When I'm Gone is by A. Peri and I urge you to read it.
A little taster to whet your appetite
I want to say that when I'm gone I want you to remember me
in the sheets of rain, flashes of lightning and the roar of thunder
that rides over the nighttime skies.
I don't want you to sit beside a hole in the ground
to weep. I'm not there.
I left.
I'm in the folds of tulips, the fragrance of jasmine,
the whispers of a child and music that makes you
want to dance until you're breathless.
But wait…..
Now over you go and read it for yourself!


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