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Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Chinese air...
10 comments:
- shawn said...
- February 22, 2012 at 8:49 PM
- Meadowlark said...
Haha... My dad used to always joke when I would burst bubble wrap that I was letting in dirty China air.
- February 22, 2012 at 9:18 PM
- John Wells said...
shawn and Meadowlark basically have the same comment....cheers!
- February 22, 2012 at 9:31 PM
- Mr_Brown said...
John will now be known as Patient Zero.
- February 22, 2012 at 9:43 PM
- remmij said...
— what's a chinese phart? seriously, how would something like that stay pressurized for 13 years? must have been an A#1 welder...
Longhorn Hopper - "Do not remove a fly from your friend's forehead with a hatchet."
- February 22, 2012 at 10:02 PM
- DEL said...
Be careful there. I saw a guy grinding on a backhoe gantry when it exploded. He was burned pretty good. The story is that if there was moisture when it was welded up it corrodes and produces hydrogen gas, he had ground through the rust and sparks went into the H gas. It was a BIG bang. I would drill a hole before I started any spark producing work on a closed section of pipe or tubing.
- February 22, 2012 at 10:26 PM
- MontelloOffGrid said...
Thanks John. Thanks DEL. Good to know!
I like them trusses!!!
- February 22, 2012 at 11:45 PM
- tffnguy said...
Everything else in Texas is from China now days. Now I guess we have some Chinese air to go with it.
- February 23, 2012 at 9:49 AM
- Carlos said...
Doesn't have to be a perfect seal to cause a rush of air. The original air inside leaked out long ago but in microscopic hole allow air in and out at a slow rate. Add a few degrees temperature difference and whatever air inside become excited and pressurizes. The military has been using this idea for years for storing ammunition long term. Air molecules can get past seals but water molecules can't. Used to have ammo cans popping and whistling when exposed to direct sunlight back in my day.
- February 23, 2012 at 5:13 PM
- Allen Hare said...
An interesting concept. I think the folks who drill core samples into Greenland's ice layer have found similar air pockets, only thousands of years old.
- February 26, 2012 at 7:03 PM


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Monday, November 5, 2012
Family Ties in Manhattan
I think the adage of the home being a mirror into the soul (okay, I paraphrased, pretty sure it's the eyes are the window into the soul) holds true for most interiors and their homeowners. And it's pretty accurate when you look at the Manhattan apartment actor Michael J. Fox shares with his wife Tracy Pollan and four children.
Beautifully decorated by mother/daughter design duo Mariette Himes Gomez and Brooke Gomez of
Gomez Associates, the home of the star of The Good Wife/Spin City/ Back to the Future and the eighties sitcom Family Ties reflects a love of art, modern streamlined furnishings and perhaps my favorite comment, "a younger style apartment than we had when we were younger."
For more on the interiors, check out Architectural Digest's cover piece in the December issue and see the slideshow online here. And if you missed it, take a walk down memory lane with the sets of Family Ties here.
And while I am making suggestions, be sure and make your vote count tomorrow.
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-NO GRIEF: That's right, with the factions and mcmmo part being a thing of the past, so is the ability to entirely destroy someone's base. No grief will extend to what it used to as well, so that means No crop grief, no pet/horse killing, you must leave 2 animals for re-breeding, and as always, raiding is still allowed.
-Map Size: The map border will be 3,000. It's a lot smaller than some maps, but we're a lot smaller community now. The spawn border will be 300 blocks, so you can safely travel without getting spawn camped or seeing a messed up, tree-less, spawn area.
-Teleport Changes: This is a big one. From now on you can no longer use /tpa. That's right, your friends will have to walk to you, bummer.
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How morbid! Can there be such thing as a good obituary? I didn't think so until I started researching genealogy. We all have to die. Once we accept that, then we can appreciate a good summary of our lives. Genealogy is easier; as it doesn't deal with our own mortality, but our predecessors. If everyone has to go sometime, why not appreciate a good summary of one's life.
My extended Carper relations from Craig County, Virginia were eulogized properly and cited as an excellent example of such writing. These were simple people living in the country, who worked hard every day of their lives just to get by in life. The "Stars and Stripes" the newspaper that serves the military overseas, on 14 October 1985 (p. 18) published the following:


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Steve was wrong
"There's a rumor saying there will be a Mac App Store and no software without authorization from Apple will run on Mac OS X. Is that true?"
The correct response would have been "YES". Because there was a rumour.
Mac OS X users won't be limited to Apple-approved apps as are users of the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. So says no lesser light than Steve Jobs himself. Last Friday, a rumor zipped across the interwebs that the next version of Mac OS X - which will be version 10.7 - would institute an App Storesque "gated community" in which …
Here's an interesting thought before the comedians come barging into the thread.
Suppose that, instead of a shiny new PowerBook G3, you'd bought $5700 worth of Apple stock in 1997.
How much would that stock be worth today? No, you're quite wrong. It's $1.32m.
Yep, thought that would shut you up.
Did anyone actually think Apple would do that? No, really? Apple have worked hard to make Mac OS X a great platform for porting open source software to, a great platform for writing code on.
How was this actually even going to work? How would software get written? On the iPhone/iPad you develop on Mac OS X, how was this going to work?!
It's retarded - are people actually this stupid?!
I have been asking Mac users how long they think it will take before there's an App store with approved software for the Mac. Doing my part spreading the fud. This is obviously not going to happen right away, but if Steve's liver can keep him going long enough he will shut the Mac down as tight as he can.
Don't worry, you'll probably be able to change the wallpaper.
I will only say "Remember SONY". They also said that they would never remove OtherOS from fat PS3s. They did so about a month before they removed it.
Jobs has turned around so many times, everyone is used to this.
- G4 is "teh best processor"! Intel Sucks!
- The iPhone will NEVER have third-party native apps! Webapps r teh shiznit!
- Multitasking? Who needs that?
- Cut & Paste? Who needs that?
- MMS isn't supported because nobody uses it
So your argument is that because a different company changed it's position quickly Apple will do the same?
Let's see.
G4 - when it launched (1999?) it was about 2.5 times faster than the equivalent Intel PIII. In the intervening time the market moved on. It's not like Apple switched the next year, it was almost 10 years.
3rd party apps - Apple didn't say "never", they said they didn't see the need for them. However, once the phone was out in the market, it became clear that there was both a demand *and* a need due to patchy network coverage/battery life. Oh look, they changed their position based on the evidence. How dare they!
Multi-tasking - Again, they didn't say "who needs that?" they said that they thought it would drain the battery too fast and (quite correctly) it can cause stability problems in the OS and other apps. They wanted to work out if they could do it in a way that avoided the pitfalls, which they claim to have done for OS4, we'll see in due course. It was the fanbois to said "Who needs it?" and I have to say for probably 90% or more users they're likely to be right.
Cut & paste - Again, Apple didn't think people really needed it, but they reacted to the market.
MMS - As far as I know they have never said anything about MMS apart from the initial "It isn't available" and the "here it is" when they made it available. Again, I suspect they didn't think anyone really needed it - I've only ever sent one MMS in my entire life and I've only ever received two that weren't marketing crap. Even my service provider appears to have quietly dropped "picture message" bundles from its offerings, which leads me to suspect that not many other people are using it either. It's entirely possible that the people who were most likely to use MMS now just upload their pictures to FaceBook (or whatever social network their friends are on).
Quite apart from anything else, trying to lock down OSX to an app store after it's been on the market for so long *and* already has a reasonably large software base is likely to be pretty much impossible, especially as anyone really huffed could just load another OS on the machine and walk away.
It just rules out that there will be an app store at the gate of the 'walled garden' that OSX could become.
Really, I would be thrilled if there were an app store for OSX or Windows. (Linux already has this covered more or less - for free-only apps that are part of the distribution.) As long as its not the _exclusive_ way to get software onto the computer, it would be a welcome addition.
Once its built, then you can add on facilities to manage apps centrally, IT shops in small and mid-sized businesses will switch en-masse to that model.
On the Linux front: Ubuntu has something similar (though with free-as-in-beer binaries), where you can click and get. You can do the same in Fedora Core and RHEL by typing "sudo yum -y install {whatever you want/need}*" Other distros have similar bits.
Microsoft does have "Games Explorer" in Windows 7, where you get taken to the web and dropped off in a small marketplace to buy/download games and such. You can also buy upgrades to pricier versions of Windows (e.g. Pro -> Ultimate and the like) from some versions of Windows 7.
On the OSX front, most long-time users (disclosure - including me) just go to versiontracker.com and do our looking around there for free and paid-for (via demo) stuff.
Apple could make a killing off of putting up an App Store for Macs, but minus the walled garden approach... problem is, the tech 'press' doesn't seem interested in exploring this angle (not as dramatic, etc).
Mine's the one with pockets chock-full of burned CDs and DVDs...
* Dunno if Fedora or RHEL has a GUI utility for YUM, since I rarely run it with X turned on.
Don't think so...
If Apple instigates such a policy then no user will upgrade to the latest versions of OSX. They can't afford to because they would loose access to the "non-approved" software they are already using. All developers will do is continue developing for the previous operating system and ignore the new version of OSX.
This is essentially the reason why Apple should not (and probably will not) instigate an OSX app store, it would destroy their Macintosh business overnight. Apple are many things but they are not stupid.
Oh btw, notice I haven't referred to Steve Jobs. He may be the boss of the company but even he can't control everything related to Apple. Has it ever occured to anyone that a lot of the ideas that Apple churn out come from the bright people he employs?
To convert the existing eco-system of how Macs run, all the software that's available and somehow re-engineer that into the App Store framework would be impossibly difficult..
I'm sure some folk think that no-one actually uses a computer for anything other than browsing, email and social networking which is why daft rumours like this are entertained.
Can't exactly see a studio buying Pro Tools via iTunes + plugins from the likes of East West or NI (which could easily top £20000 and require a 1TB download, not including hardware).
"Quite apart from anything else, trying to lock down OSX to an app store after it's been on the market for so long *and* already has a reasonably large software base is likely to be pretty much impossible, especially as anyone really huffed could just load another OS on the machine and walk away."
You'll take what they give you and be glad to pay them.


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Imagine if LEGO was interested to which pieces we would like to see in the next Castle accessory pack. They are I am gathering information for the LEGO Community Team which will be passed along to designers inside the company. Of course our choices may not be picked and an accessory pack may not be made any time soon, but we should let them know what we want.
I have a few basic guidelines.
1. Packs in the past have ranges from around 30 to 36 elements. Do not use more than 36 elements in your pack.
2. You may choose castle pieces that are not being produced now such as the forestmen cap, pitchfork, target, old round shield, old abs sword but keep in mind that some of these cases (the pitchfork) supposedly LEGO does not have a working mold to that element.
3. Do not mix themes. If you want a Viking accessory pack or a Ninja accessory pack, make it all Viking or all Ninja and list that below.
4. Try not to pick "one time use" accessories such as majisto's hat, willa's wand, or the Royal Knight's crown. These are great pieces but you do not need an army of majistos/merlins
5. You are encouraged to use old accessories in colors that they have not been made in. A few examples would be a brown sword for training, an orange plume, a green barding, a brown goblet, and a tan beard.
6. Animals are allowed. So if you want a tan or brown horse, saddles, or bardings you may add these.
7. Food is also allowed in small quanitites. Turkey!
8. Which weapons and soldier helmets do you have too many of and which are you always missing? Can you always find a crossbow but never a regular bow? Do you have tons of black flared helmets but hardly any grey helmets?
9. Do not forget civilians. Forestmen caps, cowls, Star Wars cowls, maiden hats, and hair are very useful, especially if they were in new colors.
10. Do not use 36 different elements. Most past packs used 15-20 elements with duplicates of weapons and helmets. This is probably how LEGO would do it today.
Let the debate begin!
Edit: Check this brickset link to the the castle accessory packs of the past in order to brainstorm: http://www.brickset.com/search.aspx?que ... ccessories


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Friday, August 3, 2012
She was 6 days late, but then came as quick as can be after just 2 hours at the birth center. 3 hours after that we were home just in time to wake up the kids and say, "We have a surprise upstairs!" Totally fun.
We are just starting to get over the shock of Charlotte not being a boy, as this is the first girl born into Rob's dad's side of the family in 70 years! So far she is so sweet and mellow, and fits into our family so perfectly. I feel strangely back to normal. I really couldn't ask for a better way to grow into a family of six.
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- felicity said...
Mmmm...fresh baby. Adorable! Congrats and welcome, sweet Charlotte!
- August 3, 2012 at 5:12 PM
- Jamie @Terrabyte Farm said...
I rarely comment, but your family is so beautiful. Congratulations. I have a Charlotte of my own, I hope she brings you as much joy as mine does to me!
- August 3, 2012 at 5:20 PM
- Dan R said...
Absolutely gorgeous. Congratulations!
- August 3, 2012 at 5:31 PM
- A.J. Dub. (Amy) said...
Aw! Congratulations! Love the name!
- August 3, 2012 at 5:34 PM
- Laura said...
oh my! She is so cute! congrats!!!!
- August 3, 2012 at 5:35 PM
- Jo Ann said...
Congrats on your new addition! Welcone Charlotte!
- August 3, 2012 at 6:19 PM
- Jen B said...
Congratulations! She's beautiful.
- August 3, 2012 at 6:20 PM
- nettie said...
Congrats krista. She's perfect.
- August 3, 2012 at 7:22 PM
- Francine said...
Truly heartfelt congratulations on your newest little beauty! I'm so impressed at how quickly you made it back home! After kid number 1, I try to stay as long as possible.. I was thinking ya'll have a lot of kids with a family of 6 & then I remembered I have the same #..
- August 3, 2012 at 7:53 PM
- Angela said...
Great job Mama! You're amazing and I can't believe how quickly you delivered and were home.
Enjoy these precious new days!
- August 3, 2012 at 8:23 PM
- Heidi Staples said...
Those eyes and that name -- she's perfectly darling. So happy for you!
- August 3, 2012 at 8:27 PM
- Debbie said...
awesome! She is beautiful! Congrats!!
- August 3, 2012 at 8:39 PM
- Jessica said...
Congrats Krista! She is super duper awesome baby. Love the name Charlotte!
- August 3, 2012 at 8:45 PM
- CitricSugar said...
She's amazing! Congratulations. And so glad to hear she was super-speedy for you. :-)
- August 3, 2012 at 9:00 PM
- Holly said...
Congratulations! Charlotte is beautiful! Love the name, it was definitely a contender on our baby name list.
- August 3, 2012 at 9:53 PM
- Dana said...
What a cutie! And that pic of her with her laughing big sister is just priceless!
- August 3, 2012 at 11:01 PM
- Charlotte said...
she's beautiful, and what an excellent name ;-)
- August 3, 2012 at 11:14 PM
- {Leila}Where the Orchids Grow said...
Ooh she is so beautiful!! Congratulations!! x
- August 4, 2012 at 12:47 AM
- Leanne said...
Congratulations!! We love your story of the suprise for your older kids...lol...enjoy xo
- August 4, 2012 at 4:10 AM
- Michele said...
She's so sweet. I know everyone will have fun with her.
- August 4, 2012 at 4:49 AM
- ♥Duff said...
congratulations--she's beautiful! What an amazingly eloquent name, just rolls off your tongue. Many happy thoughts your way, too for a speedy healing!
- August 4, 2012 at 5:10 AM
- Hitch and Thread said...
Congratulations! Enjoy every moment.
- August 4, 2012 at 7:02 AM
- Leanne said...
She is lovely, and it sounds like a great entry into the world all around.
- August 4, 2012 at 7:45 AM
- Lee said...
Congrats! She is beautiful!!
- August 4, 2012 at 10:29 AM
- Kadybug said...
What a beautiful little girl! Congratulations Krista and Rob! I love the name Charlotte!
- August 4, 2012 at 10:31 AM
- Becca said...
How precious! Congratulations!
- August 4, 2012 at 11:25 AM
- Carla said...
Enjoy that little lamb! Adorable.
- August 4, 2012 at 3:11 PM
- carrie (believemagic) said...
Congratulations! She is beautiful.
- August 4, 2012 at 7:19 PM
- Tamie said...
She's beautiful. Congratulations.
- August 4, 2012 at 7:54 PM
- Megan said...
She is just beautiful. Welcome to the world, precious girl.
- August 4, 2012 at 9:32 PM
- leslie said...
Well done, mama!!
- August 5, 2012 at 12:19 AM
- Anna said...
oh charlotte!!! welcome! she's so beautiful!
- August 5, 2012 at 7:28 AM
- Poppyprint said...
So, so happy for all of you (wow,especially Rob's Dad!!). She's just beautiful and it's wonderful to see her big brother and sisters so happy with their new baby. Be gentle with yourself and enjoy your sweet bundle. lots of love, K1
- August 5, 2012 at 7:58 AM
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- August 5, 2012 at 1:34 PM
- trudys_person said...
Congratulations K3 and family! She is beautiful!
- August 5, 2012 at 1:35 PM
OMG_ what a cutie! I am expecting in Sept and hope that my birth experience is just like your's as I don't want to be away from my 3 yr old any more than I have to! I am loving all the hand made goodies I see in the background too!
- August 5, 2012 at 7:26 PM
- Hollie said...
Congratulations Krista! She's gorgeous!
- August 6, 2012 at 10:18 AM
- Dianne said...
What a beautiful little girl Krista! Welcome to the world Charlotte and congrats to the whole family. Enjoy your wonderful little bundle and take good care of yourself.
- August 7, 2012 at 1:19 PM
- Kelli said...
Congratulations! So happy for you. Little Miss Charlotte is precious!
- August 13, 2012 at 5:14 AM
- Anya said...
Congratulations!! What a bundle of love!
- August 17, 2012 at 1:18 PM
- Heidi Grohs said...
CONGRATS! I love that you surprised the kids! We did our surprise a bit similar..but we brought home their brother from the NICU when they weren't expecting it. It is a memory I will NEVER forget!
- August 17, 2012 at 11:03 PM
- liz said...
CONGRATULATIONS! You have a beautiful family... and I'm amazed at how good you feel and that you were able to post at all so soon. It's not like you don't have three other kiddos to care for.
I think you might need to change the name of your blog to something that includes the word SuperWoman along with Spotted and Stone!
- August 21, 2012 at 4:23 PM


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A Japanese government official who asked not to be named because the discussions are private said only that the G-20 nations, including those from the G-7, have been in contact ahead of the meeting in Russia.
The yen has weakened about 13% against the dollar since mid-November in anticipation of monetary stimulus advocated by Abe, who took office in December. His campaign has drawn statements of concern from Germany to Canada as officials fret that a weaker yen could harm their exporters.
Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty told Bloomberg Television last month that he'd spoken to his Japanese counterpart, Taro Aso, to signal his concern. German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Jan. 24 that "I can't say I'm completely free of worry when I look at Japan right now." Russia, the G-20 chair nation this year, has also warned against the potential for reciprocal action to drive down exchange rates.
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The community has responded and the Henry County Humane Society of Kewanee once again has some financial breathing room.
The community has responded and the Henry County Humane Society of Kewanee once again has some financial breathing room.
On Aug. 17 this column dealt with an immediate crisis which threatened to shut down the Kewanee Animal Shelter. Nearly $5,000 in payroll taxes which were not paid due to lack of funds had the Internal Revenue Service about to seize the Humane Society's bank account.
In response to our column, Fulvio Zerla and Deborah Franklin, of Zerla Properties in Toulon, who had adopted two dogs from the shelter over the years, came forward with a challenge to match donations up to $2,500 to wipe out the IRS debt.
Shelter manager Kellie Wallace-McKenna said the attention generated an immediate response in not only donations but offers to organize fundraisers and help get the Humane Society's website back up and running.
Last week the IRS challenge was met and Fulvio and Deborah came to the shelter with a check for the remaining $2,500. They also want to become more involved, Wallace-McKenna said, and are looking at ways to help reduce the shelter's ongoing veterinary bill, which earlier this summer was more than $9,000.
"Kewanee Veterinary Clinic is very good to work with us," Wallace-McKenna said, "but when the bill gets to around $10,000 they get a little nervous — and you can't blame them. They're a business."
But, she said, one day she had to take a cat to the vet to be spayed, the next day a dog needed a tooth pulled. When you're dealing with live animals, just taking care of basic medical needs can add up.
She said thanks to donations which picked up after the Aug. 17 column they were able to apply about $2,800 to the vet bill bringing it down to around $7,000 — for now.
She said the timing of the column also contributed to the success of the Humane Society's booth at the flea market in West Park during Hog Days weekend.
People have also come forward to help. Kathy Werderman has begun planning a celebrity waiter fund-raiser in March.
Andy and Sara Bullock stepped up and offered to not only get the Humane Society's website back up but to also maintain it. It's now under construction but will be up soon at www.kewaneehumanesociety.com.
Jonathan Wanglin continues to maintain the shelter's Facebook page, which just passed 1,500 "likes." Wallace-McKenna said he is now assisted by another volunteer, Annabelle Hartman, in maintaining the Facebook page as well as the shelter's presence on Petfinder, an Internet site through which many local pets find new homes. Jonathan is producing a 2014 pet calendar which will be available in the near future.
The shelter also has attracted the help of some Kewanee natives now living out of state. Artist Lynette Nuding has donated the "Kewanee" design she created for the Walldogs Meet for T-shirts, coffee mugs, and other items which are being sold locally and online.
Broadcaster-turned-author Ron Welch released his fourth pet-friendly softback book this summer, "Climb of the 26: Fire on the Mountain," which is on several counters around town with 100 percent of the proceeds from local sales going to the animal shelter.
The Humane Society also has two fund-raisers planned. There will be a spaghetti dinner from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 29 at LaGondola Spaghetti House and a Walk 'n Wag at Windmont Park from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 19. We'll be announcing more details on both in the days and weeks ahead.
Thanks to everyone who came forward the $16,000 debt the shelter faced in August is just about cut in half, but it's a day-to-day operation. There are, at any one time, around 100 dogs and cats housed at the shelter needing care.
An amazing job of finding homes for dogs and cats is done through the Internet, Pet of the Week in the Star Courier, Facebook, the website and other outlets, but they just keep coming.
The shelter has no source of income on which it can depend on a regular basis. "We've gone three weeks at a time without receiving a donation, and three weeks without adopting a pet," said Wallace-McKenna. Humane Society president Lee Eisenbarth recently deposited her own money in the organization's bank account so the shelter's four employees could cash their pay checks.
Time planning, organizing and conducting fund-raising projects has to be squeezed in between the demands of running the shelter.
The idea is still out there of a group of volunteers who are responsible for fund-raising, so it is more planned than a knee-jerk response to the next shelter-closing crisis.
We have a wonderful facility and a great group of staff and volunteers that most communities don't have. We always respond when they cry for help — as we just did. We just need to figure out a way to help them so they don't cry for help as often.


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As a part of our ongoing series looking at self-published writers who have used Helix Review, we interviewed Lulu author Kay Gossage, who wrote the fantasy fiction novel: The Sword Of Ages: The Tallah Trilogy. Helix, powered by The Book Genome project, basically allows authors to upload a manuscript and receive an incredibly in depth analysis of the book.
Tell us a bit about The Sword of Ages:
This is a telling of one heroic cycle. When myths and legends are reborn. A time heroes and born as they battle against living myths from the grave. The evil Warlock Lord has reemerged out from the darkness of the past. His reign of fear and shadow long forgotten in his absence over the long years. The Princess Katar of Tallah is loved by all. She is kind hearted and very beautiful. She is captured by the Warlock Lord to be his bride, thus setting in motion her path to destiny, and the young handsome knight Ridge's as well. In the castle of the Warlock Lord, Katar acquires knowledge that will drive her to set off on her journey to her final destiny. It is one she never imagined or wanted. Ridge is called by fate as well and he sets out to rescue Katar. Along the way Delwin the Knight Master meets young Ridge and takes him to claim the mythical Sword of Ages. It is only yielding this legendary sword can one beat the Warlock Lord. Wilax joins the men and they set forth to rescue the princess. Along the way friendship is found, respect earned, battles won and lost and truths revealed. In the end, Ridge and the Warlock Lord battle and …
How would you describe your writing style:
I start with an idea and write a short form of the story, as complete or incomplete as I can in this first idea creating process. From there then I fill in the blanks and see where it goes. The Tallah Trilogy was a dream I had while pregnant with my first two children. Each book continuing from the previous. I generally write for the younger reader (middle school aged) but the books can be enjoyed by all ages. I try to be descriptive and use dialogue to get points across versus narration. I cannot say I have any one particular style of writing as I allow the story to form and take me along where it goes.
Why did you decide to try Helix:
I was interested in how my book 'The Sword Of Ages' flowed and compared to others in the Fantasy genera. I also wanted to see areas where my book excelled as well where I could improve my writing and promotion attempts.
What were you able to learn from the Helix Review:
The Helix Review of my book 'The Sword Of Ages' showed me words, concepts and ideas unique to my book as well as my books strengths and weaknesses. The Helix Review provided me with several books comparable to mine and allowed me to see not only how it compares to these other books but in several specific areas.
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To hopefully become a better writer by strengthening the areas that scored lower in my future writing, creating a better and more enjoyable experience for both my readers and myself.
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I was not certain at first about the Helix Review but after ordering was happy with the overall results. For the price it was a great way to get feedback that can help me understand my book and how it fits into the genera and along side other books. I can also take the feedback and apply it to my future writing to create better and more full enjoyable creations.
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Lulu authors are currently using Helix to gain a better understanding of their book for marketing purposes, and in some cases to gain insight into their writing style. For the first time, we've caught up with some of the earliest Helix Review customers to hear more about their book and writing style and what they hoped to learn from Helix.
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When the wise-cracking cartoon character Bugs Bunny asks "what's up doc?" while chomping down another carrot, if one was an optometrist, one might answer, "good vision Bugs". The pigment, beta-carotene, that colors carrots, sweet potatoes, pumpkins, and other yellow and orange vegetables, is a precursor for vitamin A (retinol), an essential component for vision.
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This conjugated polyene is enzymatically converted into vitamin A by most animals including humans, and liver (of beef, chickens, or geese) is an excellent dietary source from animals, as are egg yolks. Curiously, although many fruits and vegetables including spinach, broccoli, asparagus, squash, and cantaloupe contain beta-carotene, the related vitamin A is not present naturally in the plant kingdom. Beta-carotene promotes bone growth, tooth development, and helps maintain healthy skin, hair, and mucous membranes. Without the proper amount of vitamin A in the diet, humans suffer several maladies including night blindness, weight loss, poor bone growth, and weak tooth enamel.
Nutritionists and some medical experts claim that beta-carotene taken in its natural form, through diet or as a synthesized supplement, helps boost the body's immunity, prevents heart disease, and fights cancer. However, some studies suggest that smokers adding beta-carotene capsules to their regime may actually increase the risks of lung cancer. As one of the 600 known carotenoids composed of isoprene units, natural beta-carotene was first isolated from carrot roots in 1831 by Heinrich Wilhelm Ferdinand Wackenroder. The biochemical was described chemically in 1907 by German chemist and Nobel Laureate Richard Martin Willst�tter. The structure was determined in the Nobel Prize research of Paul Karrer in 1931, and beta-carotene has been synthesized in its crystalline form for use as food coloring since the 1950s. While the two end units are aromatic ring systems, it is the long conjugated chain of six isoprene units that is responsible for the orange color of beta-carotene. These polyene, conjugated molecules absorb strongly in the green-blue part of the visible spectrum (400-500 nanometers). It was not until the 1980s that suggestions of its cancer-fighting abilities and powers as an antioxidant surfaced, whereupon beta-carotene was brought into the forefront of the multi-million dollar dietary supplement industry.
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