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Mom has her own idea for Data.gov mashups
In my last Impressions column, I said that I would run the redesigned Data.gov past my 90-year-old mother to see whether it would pass the "mom" test. So this past weekend when I made a visit to my childhood home, I fired up Data.gov on my brother's Hewlett-Packard 6080 desktop PC with Mom looking over my shoulder.
We started by looking at an app on the site that maps obesity rates by county, and compared the obesity rate in the county where Mom lives now (Prince George's County, Maryland) to the rate in Sebastian County in western Arkansas where she grew up. Surprisingly, they were exactly the same—26 percent. Too many busy people eating too much fast food, Mom said.
"You have to smoke a lot of cigarettes to take care of all those Big Macs," she mused. Mom then posited a data mashup of her own: Map cigarette sales against rates of obesity. The popular theory that cigarette smoking helps you lose weight would then gain credence if areas of high cigarette sales coincided with lower rates of obesity. Of course, these areas would probably have higher cancer rates, but you could map that too.
We were aided in the mom test by a GCN.com reader, Environmental Protection Agency computer scientist Brand Niemann, who was kind enough to e-mail Mom a link to a "build-your-own" Data.gov app, which uses semantic Web technology.
Niemann's link showed a demo of a White House visitors app, based on public data available at Data.gov. It showed which White House employees received the most visitors—based on a database called "visitees"—as well as data on the most frequent visitors. The demo runs on http://data-gov.tw.rpi.edu, a project run by James Hendler's lab at Rensslaer Polytechnic Institute. It was developed by Hendler's student, Dominic DiFranzo, and a post-doc researcher, Li Ding.
Using pie charts and other visual mapping techniques, the visitor app showed, for example, that federal CIO Vivek Kundra, of whom Mom had never heard, received more than twice as many visitors as White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, of whom Mom knows a great deal. Mom is a voracious reader of political magazines.
So did the redesigned Data.gov pass the mom test? Did it seem useful and easy to use?
"If anything, it's too easy," Mom said. "Frankie could do all that in his head." (My oldest brother Frankie is a math whiz.) "He doesn't need a Web site," she said. "Frankie doesn't even need a calculator."
So yes, Data.gov did indeed pass my mom's test. Mom is also a grandmother, so you could say it passed the grandma test as well. Truth be told, the word we always used in my family to mean maternal grandmother was "Mumsy," which came from a line in the 1952 movie "Phone Call from a Stranger." So I have to report that Data.gov has passed possibly the hardest test of all—the Mumsy test.
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Trumps Bridge Centre
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A Swiss event is like a ladder - the top two pairs play each other and so on. Each Wednesday night at Trumps Bridge Centre, there is a Swiss Pairs and while the round is being scored up, expert panellists discuss the deals just played. This article features one such deal.
After your partner opens a 15-17 1NT, what is your strategy with this hand?
♠ 93
Good judgement
Would you open the bidding with the hand below?
♦ 4
Tales from the Bridge Table
Results of the "Tales from the Bridge Table" BRIDGE COMPETITION WITH A DIFFERENCE
The winners:
1st: "While a city burns" by Vivien Eldridge
2nd: "Twelve on Tuesday" by Helen Sharwood
3rd: "Peter and Jean" by Andrew Denson
These three people have been awarded their cash prizes, while the seven writers below received book prizes as Highly Commended:
"Ship Shape" by Ken Johnson
"The Bridge Limerick" and "A Tale of the Ace of Spades" by Joel Speiser
"It Makes Sense to Some" by Neville Moses
"I Just Tell my Mother" by Robert Goudet
"Bridge Etiquette" and "Birth of a Baby Director" by Ernie Newman
"Teardrops did Fall" by Greg Quittner
"Robot Duplicate" by Oleg Rubinchik
The judging process
Thanks to our four judges: Ron Klinger and John Roberts (bridge internationals, writers and teachers), Sarah Carradine (writer, editor and bridge director), and Kerrie Eyers (book editor). They were given the submissions, with the names of the writers removed, and asked to give a score out of 100. There was a wide range of entries: poetry and prose, fact and fiction. Thanks to all those who entered the competition. Often your entries were rated very highly by some judges, but did not make the top ten as other judges had different preferences. The judges' consensus favoured personal tales over some of the excellent bridge articles that were received. However, all submissions were much appreciated!
The competition
Details of the competition are below. While all prizes have now been assigned, we would still welcome further entries which may be used for a book.
We seek human interest stories with minimum technicality and maximum entertainment that illustrate why bridge is a passion, not just a game. Submissions, anecdotes and other creative bids will be judged by an independent panel and prizes awarded. What is your best tale?
- We invite you to write a story or essay of between 500 and 1500 words defining the nature of the passion for bridge as you have experienced or observed it.
- Alternatively, if not attracted to writing a story, you may care to offer a shorter piece, for example: your favourite bridge anecdote, a joke or poem, or your bridge partner's most colourful point-scoring aphorisms. What was the funniest bridge incident you ever observed? What was the most amusing thing your bridge teacher ever said?
- Your submission (de-identified) will be judged by an independent panel.
- There are prizes for the top 3 pieces, plus other prizes and commendations:
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Living with losers
With the hand below, South opened a game force, then bid spades next round. South has one obvious diamond loser and the chance of losing something in hearts, but after North showed spade support, South decided that slam was worth a go. Perhaps North would have a useful card (such as the HQ) or the hearts might come good (on a successful finesse, for example).
Plan as South your play in 6S, on the lead of the CA:
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Providing chicks with extra food lowers male but not female provisioning in the House Sparrow Passer domesticus
Version of Record online: 17 JUL 2013
DOI: 10.1111/ibi.12080
© 2013 British Ornithologists' Union
Volume 155, Issue 4, pages 857–866, October 2013
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Cleasby, I. R., Nakagawa, S., Burke, T. (2013), Providing chicks with extra food lowers male but not female provisioning in the House Sparrow Passer domesticus. Ibis, 155: 857–866. doi: 10.1111/ibi.12080
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- Version of Record online: 17 JUL 2013
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|Figure S1. Hourly food delivery rates per chick (means ± se) for males and females in the control (open symbols) and experimental groups (filled symbols). Means and standard errors here are taken from the model of per-capita provisioning rates (Table S4).
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Data S1. The influence of weather, wind and time of day on parental provisioning in the House Sparrow.
Data S2. Modelling House Sparrow provisioning using per-capita feeding rate as the response variable.
Table S1. Factors affecting adult provisioning (log-transformed number of provisioning visits) in brood sizes of 4 and 5 chicks only. n = 528 observations of 58 pairs/106 broods. CI represents credible intervals and P-values are MCMC-based.
Table S2. Factors affecting male provisioning (n = 629 observations of 317 broods/108 males).
Table S3. Factors affecting female provisioning (n = 629 observations of 317 broods and 113 females).
Table S4. Factors affecting adult per-capita provisioning rate. n = 528 observations of 58 pairs/106 broods. Intercept represents a female in the control group.
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Definición de flump en inglés:
verbo[no object, with adverbial of direction]
Fall or sit down heavily: I flumped back into bed
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- Jepta sat across from her and Mikhail pulled up a chair, flumping down onto it and facing Navi as best he could, the glare still in his eyes.
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sustantivo[in singular]
The action or sound of a heavy fall: the rocks hit the ground with a flump
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- There was a loud flump as a collection of letters landed on the doormat.
- With a soft flump, I flopped on my own bed and yawned.
- She heard a soft flump as Danny's arm dropped on to the bed, and she sighed, knowing what he was going to say next.
Early 17th century: imitative.
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Poet and professor Michael Heller will lead this two-part field guide to modern poetics, designed to help a general audience navigate the poetic landscape of this century.
Part 1: A Primer of the Foundations of Modern and Contemporary Poetry, Saturday, September 30
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Join us for celebration, hors d'oeuvres, readings, and the first look at this year's poetry smorgasbord and the new edition of the Directory of American Poetry Books. A book party for the whole field!
Showcase On View October 28-December 2
An exhibit of 1,000 new poetry releases from across the nation and a festival of events celebrating the diversity of this year's poetry. An opportunity to view the current state of the art: books from commercial, university and independent presses.
with Olivia Maciel, E. Ethelbert Miller and Gregory Orr
As the insular world of poetry reviewing has closed even farther on itself, who can read between the lines? Rochelle Ratner of American Book Review, Library Journal, and Publishers Weekly says writing poetry and reviewing it go hand-in-hand. Come widen your reach by writing and critiquing reviews in this two-part how-to seminar.
Session 2: Poetry resources on the Web, as seen on Netscape Saturday, November 11, 1995Session 3: Discussion of aesthetic issues raised by electronic text November 18, 1995
The poetry of the Western world is always in transition, and so The Muse Sisters wish to announce their relocation from Helicon to...silicon. Hands-on World Wide Web session at the Cyber Café is included, with a chance to browse a poetry manuscript created in hypertext.
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Special Issue Paper
A convexity-based homotopy method for nonlinear optimization in model predictive control
Version of Record online: 1 JUL 2010
DOI: 10.1002/oca.945
Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Optimal Control Applications and Methods
Special Issue: Optimal Process Control
Volume 31, Issue 5, pages 393–414, September/October 2010
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How to Cite
Bonilla, J., Diehl, M., Logist, F., De Moor, B. and Van Impe, J. F. M. (2010), A convexity-based homotopy method for nonlinear optimization in model predictive control. Optim. Control Appl. Meth., 31: 393–414. doi: 10.1002/oca.945
Publication History
- Issue online: 1 JUL 2010
- Version of Record online: 1 JUL 2010
- Manuscript Accepted: 13 MAY 2010
- Manuscript Received: 5 MAY 2010
- Abstract
- Article
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- optimal control;
- convex optimization;
- homotopy methods
This paper presents a convexity-based homotopy solution procedure to non-convex optimal control problems (OCPs) arising in model predictive control. The approach deals with a special class of OCP formulations, where the dynamic system involved is control-affine and the objective is a penalty on deviations from a state reference trajectory. The non-convex OCP is modified by introducing a penalized pseudo state and a homotopy parameter which gradually transforms the original problem into a convex one. The method solves first this convex formulation and uses the result to initialize the solution of the next problem on the zero path, recovering the original OCP. The proposed methodology is evaluated for the benchmark control problem of an isothermal chemical reactor with Van de Vusse reactions and input multiplicity. For the simple case with control horizon one, the method is able to find the global solution due to the convex initialization, while local optimization techniques only lead to a local minimum. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


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We had a slow, relaxing walk and we shot anything that got our attention. I armed myself with my Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark II and my most favourite lens, the M.Zuiko 45mm F1.8. The focal length was familiar and comfortable for me to work with, and the lens, being so small and light, felt right at home on my hands.
Shaun visiting from Austtalia
Human Replacements
Along the Walkway
Showering the Chicken before slaugther
Point A to Point B
Sweet Potato Seller
A Chow Kit Resident
Portrait of a Stranger
Too Bright
I know I have taken shots like this a couple of times, but this dude had a Mickey Mouse cap on! How can I not take a photo of this?
Rambutans. One of the most delicious tropical fruits, you must try them!
A little pixel peeping will not hurt anyone (this is directed to die-hard traditionalist no chimping street photographers)
Even after using the 45mm F1.8 lens for 3 years now, I am still astonished by the incredible sharpness in the images this lens produces!
Afrer the shutter therapy session, I went to the Kuala Lumpur International Audio Visual Show 2016. The only shot I took at the KLIAV show (an expo for Hi-Fi, Audio Visual stuff, where audio enthusiasts can audition many high end equipment that may cost a car, or a house).
I walked away with a Beyerdynamic Headphones and StraightWire speaker cables. Very satisfied with my purchases, though nothing huge or game-changing. Yes, I am an audio-enthusiast but I am not able to afford anything more than entry level equipment at the moment.
Flat White and Oatneal Cookies to end the day.
If I do not post coffee photos, people start to question what happened.


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Don't Look Down, Kids: This Torrance Man Is Probably Naked
There's a man with no pants on the loose in Torrance, and he could be coming to an elementary school near you.
Torrance police just released this sketch of the suspect, who exposed himself to two young girls at an intersection in front of Seaside Elementary last Wednesday. (Shouldn't indecent-exposure composites include... the criminal bits? Just a thought.)
He's Latino, around 40 years old, with short/spiky black hair and the creepiest M.O. ever, according to the police report:
The victim looked at the vehicle because it paused at the stop sign for approximately one minute. When the victim looked at the driver/ suspect through the open front window, he looked back at her and smiled without saying a word. The victim then observed that the suspect was not wearing any clothing below the waist and that he was exposed.
Dude's perv-mobile is reported as silver, old and dirty, much like its driver. If you have the misfortune of coming into contact with it/him, call Detective Marcure at (310) 618-5536.
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2nd & Charles Haul
I went to 2nd & Charles today for a Bioware fan meet up. It was pretty awesome to hang out with some of the super-cool people from Magic City Con. However, since we were at 2nd & Charles hanging out in casual cosplay, I brought out the four bags of stuff I had to trade in. (Mostly DVDs I just don't watch along with some books from my last major book purge.
I got a very nice amount of store credit, so I picked up some stuff.
First up, Ozma of Oz by L. Frank Baum. This is one of the Oz books that can still frequently be found, but usually only packaged together with a few of the others.
Then, Comics!!!
The Unbelievable Gwenpool, two issues of the Lumberjanes/Gotham Academy crossover, which I didn't know was a thing! And another issue of Lumberjanes. So happy! In line with the comics purchase, I also got a pack of the DC Bombshells playing cards. I've already got the tradepaperback of the comic and a poster for their Wonder Woman. (I have strong feelings about this line.)
Then, from the clearance section, I found this:
I don't really know what I'm going to do with it, but it was $2.00. Maybe I'll use it as research for a story. Or I may just look at it, but I couldn't pass it up.
Other than that, I also got two Disney toys because I like toys. They're mystery vinyl figures and I'm saving them for when I need a pick-me-up, so I don't know what they are yet. AND! I still have $15.00 in credit for next time. I shall have to contemplate what to spend it on…
Pokemon Go
Everyone else has had a Pokemon Go post, so here is mine.
I started playing a little over a week ago. I'm very lazy about it though, so my Pokemon are not especially impressive. But, I've got the three available eevee evolutions, so I'm pretty happy.
The bookstore is a pokestop, which helps a bunch since I haven't had the time to go walk much.
So, why am I, an adult woman, playing Pokemon Go? Well…
I like to collect things.
I like things that look like they would make adorable stuffed animals.
Yeah… that's basically it. They're cute and I can get medals for collecting them.
I also enjoy Ingress, which is Niantic's previous augmented reality game. So the idea of wandering around with my phone up and then doing specific stuff at random locations isn't really new to me.
The idea is to get more exercise. And it kind of works. A little bit. Hopefully, with two games that encourage walking, I'll actually start to get a reasonable amount of exercise.
What about you? Are you playing either of these games? Or something else entirely? (One thing that's great about both games is that you can listen to audiobooks while the game apps are open. I got through a couple of chapters of Stiletto on my last poke-hunt.
Habitica Guild
I've talked about Habitica before. It's the website/app that helps you turn real life into a game in order to help you form good habits and get things done. I tend to refer to it as gamifying being an adult.
You get a tiny avatar that can find pets through loot drops. Loot drops happen when you complete a task on your to-do list or check off one of your daily habits. You can also get your friends involved through guilds and parties. Parties are relatively small groups that get together to do quests. The more things you accomplish each day the more damage you do to the boss. However, if you fail to complete some of your daily tasks, you and your party members take damage. Guilds, on the other hand, are large groups of people that have come together out of a common interest.
Why am I telling you all this? Well, I started a guild. It's called the Little Professor since that's the name of the bookstore I work at. The guild is designed to celebrate books. We've got a reading challenge running until the end of August. It's designed to expand your literary horizons.
The challenge includes:
Give or loan someone a book you love
Discuss a book you have read with someone else
Read a book by someone from a different country
Ask for a book recommendation and actually read the book
Read a book with a color in the title
Read a book outside your usual genre (non-fiction, mystery, romance, sci-fi, whatever it is you normall read, grab something else.)
Read a book by someone of a different gender
Read a book in translation
Read a book set at least 100 years away from the present moment (forward or backward)
Read a book by a person of a different race
Look through your shelves for books you haven't read
If you're on Habitica and this looks like fun, then please come join us!
Summer Giveaway – Necessity by Jo Walton
I know, I've been gone awhile. This summer has been full of conventions and projects. I had Con Carolinas in North Carolina, Magic City Con here in Birmingham, and LibertyCon in Chattanooga. So there has been a ton of prep work, packing, traveling, unpacking, restocking, etc. And it's all sapped my energy in a big way.
BUT! I'm back now. I've got a pretty big break until DragonCon in September and we're going to kick off with a giveaway. Thanks to the kindness of my Macmillan rep, I've got a few ARCs for upcoming books to giveaway.
We're going to start with Necessity by Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author, Jo Walton.
This is the third book in the Thessaly series. Here is the publisher marketing:
More than sixty-five years ago, Pallas Athena founded the Just City on an island in the eastern Mediterranean, placing it centuries before the Trojan War, populating it with teachers and children from throughout human history, and committing it to building a society based on the principles of Plato's Republic. Among the City's children was Pytheas, secretly the god Apollo in human form.
Sixty years ago, the Just City schismed into five cities, each devoted to a different version of the original vision.
Forty years ago, the five cities managed to bring their squabbles to a close. But in consequence of their struggle, their existence finally came to the attention of Zeus, who can't allow them to remain in deep antiquity, changing the course of human history. Convinced by Apollo to spare the Cities, Zeus instead moved everything on the island to the planet Plato, circling its own distant sun.
Now, more than a generation has passed. The Cities are flourishing on Plato, and even trading with multiple alien species. Then, on the same day, two things happen. Pytheas dies as a human, returning immediately as Apollo in his full glory. And there's suddenly a human ship in orbit around Plato–a ship from Earth.
As usual, I'm running the giveaway through Rafflecoptor. There are several options to earn entires. You can do one or all of them. The giveaway will run from today until midnight on July 31.
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New ARCs 7-3-16
We got a box from MacMillian yesterday and it had so many goodies in it! This is my stack. I lost out on a few books to one of my coworkers, but I forced myself to not be greedy.
I also have a few things squirreled away that I'm hoping I can use as giveaways. I'll talk about that more once I hear back from my sales rep to know if it's ok.
Obviously, I've already got a copy of Ghost Talkers by Mary Robinette Kowal, so this copy will either be a loaner or a giveaway. But I couldn't not take it! And the cover art is just amazing. I rarely want posters of book covers, but this one is one I'd put in my house quite happily. I'll probably nominate the artist, Chris McGrath, for a Hugo next year on the basis of it.
Die Like an Eagle is the 20th Meg Langslow book from Donna Andrews and I'm completely obsessed with this series. The only other book in the pile that I was anticipating is The Family Plot by Cherie Priest. I've been looking forward to this one for quite some time! This one is a haunted house story in the best gothic tradition. I'm actually headed to Cherie's stomping grounds next weekend, so I may have to take this one with me to read while I'm there.
Then we get to the books that I didn't really know much about, but look amazing:
Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno-Garcia looks astounding. It's about a Mexico City that is a lone sanctuary in an area overrun with vampires. I really haven't read enough books set in Latin America and this one looks like a great place to start.
The Librarians & the Lost Lamp by Greg Cox is a tie-in novel to the television show, THE LIBRARIANS, which I really liked. So I grabbed it just to see what it's like. I haven't read that many tie-in novels outside of the early Star Wars books and the novelization of WILLOW back in the day.
Invisible Planets is an anthology of contemporary Chinese science fiction edited and translated by Ken Liu. He is an author in his own right with the recent novel The Grace of Kings being the first in his Dandelion Dynasty series. He is also known for being the translator of the Hugo Award winning Chinese novel, The Three Body Problem written by Liu Cixin. I've read Russian science fiction before, but never Chinese sci-fi, so I'm really looking forward to this one.
And finally, The Motion of Puppets by Keith Donohue. This novel sounds creepy and possibly slightly terrifying. I can't wait!
The Adventures of Miss Petitfour
What I'm Reading: The Adventures of Miss Petitfour by Anne Michales.
Illustrations by: Emma Block.
Published By: Tundra Books , 2015
Miss Petitfour is seems like a cross between Mary Poppins and Vianne from Chocolat, but with cats. She travels by tablecloth, changing out the pattern based on the season or the weather. She has a string of cats who like to dress up and ride along with her on her errands.
Miss Petitfour is adorable and has great fashion sense! The book is made up of several short stories each of which is full of lovely illustrations from Emma Block as well as some great vocabulary. Who doesn't want to know what a perambulator is or what "digression" means?
The stories are not terribly complex in and of themselves, but they are sweet. I will say, this is definitely a book for those who enjoy whimsy and sugary stories. The peril is rarely perilous and there is always a delicious snack at the end. Actually, they remind me of what the Aunt Dimity stories would be like in Aunt Dimitys Death. It took me an hour or so to read this book, but it would probably make a great bedtime story book since each individual story has some lovely pictures, but isn't terribly long.
If you like Emma Block's illustrations, which I do, she has an Etsy store where you can get prints and cards!
What are some of your favorite illustrated storybooks? It seems to me like there aren't as many books of linked stories coming out these days. I'm thinking about books like this one, Paddington, or Doctor Dolittle where there is a central character, but each chapter is a self-contained story. Can you think of any others?
ConCarolinas 2016
I'm back from ConCarolinas and I have many wonderful things! And stories. Oh, the stories.
First off, I got to see Ursula Vernon and her husband, Kevin Sonney. I've met Ursula before when she signed at Little Shop of Stories, but my only interactions with Kevin had been through the podcast when I sent in terrible, terrible food. Or duck jerky. I still introduce myself to them by saying I'm the Duck Jerky Lady. Kevin and Ursula were delightful and they did the voices of their characters from the Hidden Almanac for me. I squeed.
I got lots and lots and lots of art from Ursula. I'll add a slideshow down below. I also picked up a copy of Dry Season Only, which is a sort of travelog of a bunch of artists and creative people going on a safari in Africa. The book was originally a Kickstarter project that I missed, so I thought I would never get a copy. But I did!
It's so pretty. I'll probably do a post just on it once I've finished reading it, but if you're at all interested in African safaris or any of the artists involved, I'd recommend it.
Conveniently located directly beside Ursula's table was artist & author K.B. Spangler. the creator of the web comic, A GIRL AND HER FED. And she had plushie Speedies! Speedy, for those who don't read the comic, is a super-intelligent, angry koala.
And now, I have one! She told some fantastic stories in one of the panels about the logistics of ordering custom plushies. Apparently, you can only get them in quantites exceeding 1,000 units. Think about having that many angry koala dolls delivered to your house…
Did you think about it? Did you imagine swimming in them like Scrooge McDuck? Because I did. That's… probably not what she did. Or if she did, she didn't admit it to us. But I like to dream.
I also picked up all of her books. There are currently three in the Rachel Peng series plus one fantasy novel.
::Bounce, bounce, bounce:: AND, just this moment, when I went to Goodreads to get the cover images, I found out that she's got an ebook called The Russians Came Knocking about a guy named Josh Glassman. Josh GLASSMAN. My name is Glassman! I studied Russian! It's like it was made for me and I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT UNTIL NOW! So, I'm going to go fix that ASAP. (Also, I just noticed that the italics WordPress gives me are really weird. That title looks weird, right? It's not just me?)
The rest of the con was really fun. I entered the costume contest. It was my first costume contest and I did not shame my ancestors. I also didn't win, but that's ok. I didn't expect to, but many, many, many people admired the awesome leather work done for me by Silver Cicada Designs, so that was good!
I went to some panels, which were very fun. I got Chelsea Quinn Yarbro breakfast on Friday and got to chat with her while she ate. And, I went to see a concert by This Way to the Egress, which is a band it is hard to define. But, they are fronted by an accordion player, have a banjo, trumpet, keyboard, violin, and a headbanging tuba player. So they're pretty awesome. Unfortunately, they're so awesome that I pulled some muscles in my hip during the concert.
However, it was during the last song, so that wasn't too bad. And between a very nice fellow attendee and ConCarolinas security I made it out of the hall and into a wheelchair that got me up to my room. It also turned out that the woman who was running the awesome hair accessories booth is also a physical therapist. So she checked me over and made sure I didn't have to go to the hospital. So that was very kind.
And the best part about the whole weekend was that I was with my best friend. So, no matter what, it was going to be pretty great.
Here is some of the art I got from Ursula. You can get her prints from TopatoCo now! This is easy and convenient and you should go do it.


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Chinese telecom firm Huawei has said it sees investment opportunities in India in the coming years and will continue to focus on research and development (R&D). Jay Chen, CEO, Huawei India said that more spectrum and merger and acquisition policy really gives a positive message to the industry. "We see also technology innovation from 3G to 4G. Here people in Mobile World Congress are talking more and more about 5G. With all these developments, Huawei in India will do well," he added.
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Huawei draws up plans to manufacture in India
Zhao conceded that competition in India is stiff, both from Chinese players as well as homegrown brands such as Micromax and Lava.
ET Review: Huawei Ascend P6
The interface is a slight departure from usual Android — there is no app drawer — instead, all apps & widgets are on the home screen.
Huawei posts strongest revenue growth in seven years over strong sales and 4G push
Huawei said total revenue rose 37 percent to 395 billion yuan ($61.10 billion) in 2015, slightly above its forecast of 390 billion yuan.
Huawei Honor Holly 2 Plus goes on sale on February 15 midnight
With these new product introductions, Honor is optimistic of providing phones which suit the needs of Indian customers".
Huawei starts offline sale of Honor smartphones
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Huawei ships 100 million smartphones in 2015
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Huawei to continue focusing on Indian smartphones' market
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Huawei claims that thanks to its power saving technology, the phone offers good battery life. Connectivity is taken care with WiFi, Bluetooth and DLNA.