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Just wondering when Chronica Feudalis will be back in print.
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Just wanted to let you know that I played in a game of Technoir at GenCon and had a blast. I missed the kickstarter, but I'll be buying a PDF copy from Drivethru RPG once I get some discretionary income again (I spent all my play money at GenCon).
Keep up the great work!
Hey, played Technoir at GenCon (run by Mark). It was awesome, and I think I'm going to run it at Con of the North this upcoming February in St. Paul.
Would you like a proofreader/copy editor for your Transmissions? I'm one, and I couldn't help noticing little misspellings throughout the Hong Kong and Minneapolis Transmissions.
I'm fast, cheap, good, and local. If you're interested, you have my e-mail. If you're not, cool beans!
I would feel kind of weird just posting them all here. Do you have an e-mail address I can send them to?
Technoir is looking great! I'm totally not a fan of PDFs, so can you give me any guesses as to when a hard copy will be available? Thanks!
Hello. I was one of your canadian kickstarter contributors and I still haven't received my copy of Tech Noir. I assumed it was a customs issue clowing it down but it's been quite a while and I'm wondering if maybe I got missed or there was a problem with my address.
Thank you.
Andrew Medeiros
any chance you could make the technoir dice from the kickstarter campaign available for sale
Hi, I wonder if you would be interested in hacking a Technoir scenario for my Ingenero game? I have four such scenarios allready, and I plan for the 5th and final one to be sci-fi based. A nice opportunity to corss-promote our products too. cheers
Nevermind Jeremy. I got my copy and I love it. Thanks for an amazing product. Can't wait to play it now.
So, are the Technoir stretch goals (Hexnoir, Mechnoir and Morenoir) ever coming out? Next July 1st will be the one year anniversary of the project's funding, so I don't think I'm out of line asking where is the stuff we were promised.
Hey Jeremy. I can't get enough Technoir play-time! My players LOVE the adjective system, and have a hell of a great time coming up with adjectives to inflict on the antagonists as well as each other!
Beautiful, rules-light game. It's what Cyberpunk was supposed to be.
Based in the reviews I read, I ordered a print and pdf copy of Technoir last Sunday. Just to set my expectations, when should I expect to receive them?


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In July, the Lake District became Britain's latest World Heritage Site. Later, in December, one of the UK's first ever WH sites (Giant's Causeway in Northern Island) welcomed a record one million visitors. Here, we shine a light on the rest of the country's Unesco wonders and those of its overseas territories.
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There are some things we should all know — without having to think about it: humanity is headed in the wrong direction. Everyone knows this except for those who believe they can benefit from tearing their own ship apart — while it's still at sea — in order to sell its pieces at a profit.
But, much as in the timeless story of "The Emperor's Clothes," where no one would speak the truth of their ruler's nakedness for fear of losing the King's favor, so we continue to deceive ourselves. We hope for a happy ending that never comes…because undetected self-deception never ends. How can it when the only thing we change about ourselves are images that have already proven powerless to change anything? And so it is that blame has become the balm of our suffering. Yet, rather than healing these wounds in our psyche, such fault-finding only makes them worse, and the cycle of pain deepens in the darkness of ourselves. Let's be clear:
Making war — for any reason, at any level, is not a necessary evil, but an evil made necessary by people who have not learned anything about love.
Hatred of any other, for any reason, has no justification unless self-destruction is deemed wise.
Conspicuous consumption has become the backbone of our culture and justifying it, our art.
There are no excuses for remaining as we have been. All of us know we are made to be more than what has become of us. But IF we are to realize our true possibilities, then we must deliberately step out of this world of illusion with all of its lies. To see the truth of this statement — to accept its edict without flinching, even if we don't know how to fill the emptiness left in the absence of failed old certainties — is the seed of evolution in the individual soul. The fire of insight fuels this revolution of one.


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The two teams matched each other all the way and couldn't be separated at the final whistle and at the end of extra time and it took a penalty shoot-out to decide the winners.
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Extra time failed to separate the sides and each team took three penalties each, Glenmuir scored all three but Ardee had two spot kicks saved by Allen Jumbo-Julu to settle the outcome.
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Today I'm just sifting through some memories.
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It's not easy taking a 40 pound dog over a raging river!
Welcome to fabulous Las Vegas, Nevada.
But try to avoid the sunburn part of it.
An early-bird-gets-the-worm photoshoot in the shining morning sun!
Colorful walls and beautiful desert settings in Vegas surrounded by 110 degree heat.
Climb ALL the rocks!
A summer styled shoot with balloons, bouquets, laughs, and perfect Colorado weather.
Because all of the people are so darn marvelous. I want to go to there.
In which I turn 25 years old on the 25th of March. It was a very golden birthday indeed.
Strangers at the bottom of a mountain to adventurous friends at the top.
If you don't mind me saying, green is a flattering color on you, California.
Get lost in Joshua Tree (metaphorically though, actually getting lost would suck and you'd probably run into a scorpion and I hate scorpions).


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Comedian Steve Patterson can't wait to get back to his roots
Steve Patterson can't wait to get back to his roots. The 13-year vet of the Canadian standup scene is best known these days for hosting the CBC Radio One comedic fake game show, The Debaters. That gig takes him all over the country, recording 33 episodes a season in every decently sized outpost. He does such a bang-up job, either perfectly complementing the comic debaters or saving the occasional turd exchange with flawless ad libs and zingers, that he's become in-demand as both a corporate performer and host for televised comedy-fest galas.
But it's the small clubs where he cut his teeth. Those big-paying radio, TV, and corporate jobs are great, but there's something about the down-and-dirty of a brick wall and a microphone that keeps a comedian sharp.
"I haven't had a chance to do a club run in a while," Patterson said on the phone from his home base of Montreal. "I miss it because you need the bite, you need the edge. I don't want to become the corporate guy that's just doing corporate shows. I would hate that."
Having a devout following on radio has other pros and cons, too. Typical CBC listeners, says Patterson, aren't necessarily comedy-club patrons. When they show up for a live show, as they invariably do, they are in for a bit of a bumpy ride.
"I can just see the shock in their faces," he says. ""˜The host of The Debaters swears sometimes?' I know I'm not the most edgy guy out there, but you have to have some edge in your comedy or else it's not worth listening to."
Patterson is excited to be opening up the brand new Comedy Mix club this weekend. The Mix, which is where Yuk Yuk's used to be at the Century Plaza Hotel on Burrard Street, is the latest independent to go up against the national chain. They'll have a leg up on their opponent, because comedy fans are already used to going to the venue and Yuk's hasn't yet found a new room. Over the next two months, the club will be bringing in such headliners as Ian Bagg, Tom Segura, and Andrew Grose.
"The fact that they've chosen me and asked me to be there for their opening weekend is really nice," he says. "I'm not going to let myself go into autopilot and just do old stuff I've done 100 times. I wanna do brand-new stuff. So I feel a good sort of nervous energy about it. When you host shows, you can't really get into your comedy rhythm and your groove. You don't get the chance to get to know the people or them get to know you. So that's why I'm really looking forward to this weekend. I don't want to let them down."
There's little chance of that happening. Patterson didn't rise to where he is by regularly tanking. Unlike too many headlining comics, Patterson doesn't coast on his tried-and-true material. His corporate work has taught him the value of tailoring each show to his specific audience.
"As a comic," he says, "you've got 80 percent downtime. You've got all day to take in a new environment that you've never been in before. I guess you could just slack off and sit in your room and smoke pot, which is what many do. You've been paid to travel somewhere, why wouldn't you incorporate that into your writing and feed it back to the people?"
Patterson has played Vancouver throughout his career. And through his hosting duties on The Debaters, he works with comedians from across the country. So when he says, "Per capita, I would say that Vancouver's comics are probably the funniest in Canada," it means something. His reasoning? "It's a very hip crowd in Vancouver. And hip isn't even a hip word anymore. Everyone is very savvy, they're up to date, they know all the latest references, so if you are coming at it from an outdated perspective, they're going to call you on it right away. They're gonna call bullshit. They don't want to hear men-are-different-from-women jokes."
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The First International Semantic Web Conference took place on the beautiful Mediterranean island of Sardinia, Italy from June 9th-12th, 2002, immediately preceding the OntoWeb workshop. I attended the conference as CEO of London-based Network Inference, Ltd., which later became Cerebra, Inc. The intellectual property of Cerebra was later acquired by webMethods in 2006.
The Semantic Web is the extension of the World Wide Web that enables people to share content beyond the boundaries of applications and websites. It has been described in rather different ways: as a utopian vision, as a web of data, or merely as a natural paradigm shift in our daily use of the Web. Most of all, the Semantic Web has inspired and engaged many people to create innovative semantic technologies and applications. Semanticweb.org is the common platform for this community.
Shortly after the Sardinia conference, I flew to MIT in Boston, where I met with Tim Berners-Lee. The hidden agenda of my lunch meeting with Tim was first to persuade him to join the board of directors of our company, Network Inference, Ltd., and second, to ensure that our flagship inference engine, Cerebra, had an active standing as one of the designated W3C-compliant standards.
On the first objective, I was turned down, because in his position as W3C chairman, Tim explained that he was prevented from accepting any board seats, corporate or advisory. This conflict of interest and resulting academic purity has kept Tim from participating in many lucrative companies. After a cheeseburger and iced tea, Tim took a Polaroid of me and placed in on his office wall that contained all of the other CEOs that had offered him board seats. I felt humbled. On the second objective, I was relatively successful since the Manchester-based software technology observed many of the requirements of the W3C and remains one of the leading inferencing engines for the semantic web.
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|Thirty years ago, Sally Ride became the first American woman in space
This week marks two significant milestones for women in space. In 1983, Sally Ride, a 32-year-old crewmember on the space shuttle Challenger, became the first American woman in space. Fifty years ago, Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman in space.
These milestones continue to inspire the next generation of women in the astronautical engineering program at USC Viterbi today.
One student poised to carry on Ride's legacy is USC Viterbi astronautical engineering student Desiree Webster-Zuber (BS '13, entering MS).
Webster-Zuber, who recently received the USC AME Department's Laufer Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Senior Design, has a dream of one day designing propulsion systems and motors for rockets.
She is one of a growing number of women in the astronautical engineering field.
"Ride's flight had a big influence on recruiting women to science and engineering in general," said Dan Erwin, chair of the USC Viterbi Department of Astronautical Engineering.
USC is the only American university that offers degrees at all levels (bachelor's master's and doctoral) in astronautical engineering. When Erwin first began teaching in the 1980s, the program had 10 to 15 percent women. By contrast, this year's graduating class was about 50 percent, more than any other engineering field in the school, Erwin said.
|USC Viterbi student Desiree Webster-Zuber
Webster-Zuber's passion for astronautical engineering was first ignited almost by chance in high school, when she attended the John Hopkins University – Center for Talented Youth (JHU-CTY) event hosted at Arizona State University. At this gathering, the keynote speaker showed images from the Hubble telescope, including planets, stars, nebulae and galaxies. These pictures awed and inspired Webster-Zuber. She decided to pursue a career involving space.
The stars aligned for Webster-Zuber shortly thereafter, when she met USC alumnus and friend Sarah Hester (BS '12) at COSMOS, a camp held annually at the University of California, Irvine. It was Hester who encouraged Webster-Zuber to join the USC Rocket Lab, a student-run organization that designs and builds rockets, which would become a highlight of her undergraduate career.
"You can take courses at any school. You can read the pages and really learn the material. But the fact that USC has opportunities to get extremely hands-on with things that you can't normally get involved with is something that I think is fantastic," Webster-Zuber said.
She has excelled in the Rocket Lab. Though one of the only actively involved women in the organization, she has not hesitated to take on leadership roles, including propulsion lead and lab manager.
In September, Webster-Zuber and her Rocket Lab colleagues will launch their custom-built rocket, Traveler, in the Mojave Desert. Their goal: send their rocket beyond the Von Karman line and into space.
Webster-Zuber's Rocket Lab participation has opened the door to other honors as well. During her senior year, she received an invitation to compete in the AIAA Region VI Student Paper Conference for a strand burner she built for one of the Lab's rockets.
While women are more likely to take on leadership roles in the field today, this has not always been the case. Through the 1990s, Erwin frequently had women coming up to him with concerns about feeling like outsiders in the program. Now, Erwin sees more women take on leadership roles than their male counterparts.
Webster-Zuber is still trying to pinpoint exactly what role she would like to play in the industry. Ideally, she would like to work in a hands-on position designing rocketry or satellites.
"It makes a big difference when the engineers can actually design something, fabricate something, and actually touch it," Webster-Zuber said.
With the closure of the NASA shuttle program, the future looks different for the next Sally Ride, but Webster-Zuber believes it will only help the industry. She thinks it will help spur competition among smaller companies, and increase the number of companies wanting to get to space.
|This summer, Webster-Zuber is gaining further expertise in rocketry as a propulsion engineer for Nev.-based Digital Solid State Propulsion
"I am excited for the future" Webster-Zuber said. "Competition promotes you to do your best, and do it as efficiently as possible. It promotes companies to step up their game and work harder, especially since they are limited by their funding."
Webster-Zuber is not only USC Viterbi alumna following in Ride's footsteps.
Others include Webster-Zuber's friend Hester, a national science foundation graduate research fellow at Purdue University; Sarah Thomas, founding member of the USC Rocket Lab and propulsion production engineer at SpaceX; and Anita Sengupta, project manager, astronomy and physics directorate, at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Beyond opening the field up to women, Ride's legacy has given women like Webster-Zuber the confidence to pursue their dreams.
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33 Wikis: # 8 -- TheNewPRWiki -- Reform and Renewal for the PR Industry?
What this wiki is for: TheNewPRWiki, the brainchild of PR consultant/blogger Constantin Basturea, describes itself as:
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*a collaboration tool for PR professionals and people interested in the practice of public relations
*an open space where anyone can ask questions, post ideas, or start a project.
Why we like it: At the end of a week when the PR blogosphere spent so much time anguishing over the musings of an anonymous blogger, TheNewPRWiki stands for the notion that there are better things to come ... or something else to talk about (we'll see). As we said yesterday in our discussion of SourceWatch, this is an industry that is undergoing major reform and renewal, and TheNewPRWiki, along with a couple of new industry groups (most notably NewCommForum) has done a lot to help PR folks educate themselves on both the theory and practice of new media. The wiki has good info, including case studies, corporate blogging policies, lists, and more.
What we all can learn from it: Bottom line: if SourceWatch is about getting rid of the old, TheNewPRWiki is about building the new. If you are in PR, this is a great resource. If you are not, this is a living case study on how to begin renewing an industry. It will surely take more than a wiki -- or a village -- but starting small, with a group of people who sometimes compete for business (because it's in their interests to collaborate) is a smart approach.


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It has to said that not all of Simon Pegg's film projects are a raging success.
Putting the Hollywood blockbusters aside, the smaller films don't always go down well.
His most recent project, Absolutely Everything, wasn't that great, but Man Up was far better.
While Pegg has the main credits, it's Lake Bell who takes the plaudits in this rom-com.
New Yorker Bell, sporting a quite brilliant British accent, plays Nancy, a 34-year-old single woman who emotionally seems to be going nowhere.
One day she is mistaken by Pegg's character Jack as his blind date but instead of owning up, goes along with the deception.
They have a great time. However, when she finally does admit to the truth it all gets very complicated.
The best scenes are with Pegg and Bell who have a decent chemistry and thankfully it mostly revolves around them.
Some of the other characters, however, aren't as strong.
Rory Kinnear is wasted in what has become a standard role in these types of movies - the weird and demanding ex-boyfriend.
Olivia Williams playing Jack's ex-wife, plus Harriet Walter and Ken Stott as Nancy's parent are very accomplished actors and give their all in limited roles.
But while there are some low-key moments in the movie, there's also plenty to enjoy for an overall feel-good factor.
Film details: Man Up (15) 88mins
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It's Vegas, baby! And it's about time I told you about it, too.
The first day:
After stormy weather, flights being delayed, and a stopover in Houston, it was already evening by the time we reached Vegas. A New York native named Jerry (who's face and demeanor I have mentally morphed into those of Richard Belzer from SVU…) dropped us off at our hotel. The Venetian, the nicest hotel I have ever stayed at. It's like living in a Botticelli painting.
The second day:
Man, Vegas was hot. Like, "try to cross the road without needing a tall glass of water and a fifteen-minute sitting break" kind of hot. The heat kind of limited our exploring.
We spent the morning strolling up the strip / Las Vegas Boulevard (with many breaks, necessarily). We made it to the Bellagio – which was just made of Beautiful. Beautiful lobby. Beautiful floral arrangements and fountains. Even beautiful shops. Then we were back perusing The Venetian. Guys, this hotel has gondolas that circle the interior/exterior of the hotel and float through the shopping mall. Said shopping mall has cloud-painted ceilings and Venetian-style shopfronts. What even?
We somehow managed to get some fairly cheap tickets to see Cirque du Soleil (Love), which was amazing. Sparkling lights, confetti, aerialists, acrobats and a big white sheet that came out over the audience. It's the kind of show that makes you twirl and leap around the bathroom when you get home.
The third day:
THIS DAY WAS MY FAVOURITE. Because we took a helicopter ride to the Grand Canyon. I don't really have the words to describe how beautiful and vast it was. The city sprawls out for miles and then suddenly it's just desert and red, rocky mountains for what seems like eternity. The dams and lakes are a vibrant turquoise. Beautiful Day plays through the headset. I will remember this day.
And believe it or not, we didn't gamble a cent!


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BBC collaboration to build multilingual media monitoring system
BBC News Labs and R&D are partnering up with the University of Edinburgh, UCL, Deutsche Welle and others to build an automated media monitoring tool. We want to build an automated system that will not only monitor hundreds of international TV channels, radio stations, online articles and social media; this system will also be able to observe trends and detect news stories and events in several languages.
Research groups from across the globe are joining up to help build this platform; Priberam (Portugal), LETA (Latvia), Idiap (Switzerland) and the Qatar Computing Research Institute. The project SUMMA (Scalable Understanding of Multilingual Media) has been granted over €6 million by the EU as part of the Horizon 2020 project programme.
Source: BBC Blog, Susanne Weber, Language Technology Producer. Thursday 01 October 2015, 14:22
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Harley Quinn and Deadshot are coming to Injustice 2.
NetherRealm showcased the two Suicide Squad members in a video at Gamescom. While this is Quinn's second outing, Injustice 2 marks the first time Deadshot will be a playable character on console. That said, Deadshot did appear in the first game, albeit standing beside a pillar in the Stryker's Island level.
Injustice 2 is the sequel to 2013's superpower brawler, Injustice: Gods Among Us, and packs a sizeable roster of DC superheroes and villains.
Newcomers to Injustice 2 include the previously-revealed Gorilla Grodd and Red Lantern leader Atrocitus, while returning characters include Batman, Superman, and Aquaman.
There's currently no release date for Injustice 2 other than '2017'. As soon as that changes, we'll be sure to let you know.
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Without Nurses the Doctors would have to do all the heavy, messy work and be the meanies giving the shots and poking fingers for blood. LOL.
My daughter the Nurse reminded me of Nurses Week by telling me.. "You have to be nice to me". Okay so her Dad and I were nice and sent her a small edible bouquet of fruit. The little stinker. Of course it was delivered to her mid-afternoon when she was trying to sleep since she worked the night shift. Oops. Pamela works in postpartum, floats to the nursery and labor/delivery as needed. I'm gonna be in trouble for this silly picture but she doesn't always read my blogs anyway so she'll never know right? Shhhh
I'll also share this picture of her and her friend Spenser who have official started their new job at the Scott & White Hospital that's opening in August 2013 in College Station. Yes another silly picture and again I'll be in trouble if she ever reads my blog. Anyway the girls got to go on a tour of the hospital while it is under construction. They're both really excited their new job and the hospital. One of the perks....they'll be working the day shift. They will no longer have to live like Vampires, you know sleep during the day and be active after dark. LOL.
Right now they're doing orientation, going to classes and prepping for the opening. They'll be stocking the units and help with setting policy. Spenser works in the Nursery. Both of them get to go to Temple later this month and work for a couple of days to learn mother and baby care instead of just mother and just baby. Pamela has stayed on at College Station Med as a PRN where she works as needed at least 1-2 shifts a month.
She started back to school at Texas A&M Nursing school to get her RN to BSN. Already has her first report due and lots of homework. She is going to be a busy girl for the next year.
Then there's my little sister Jerri Lynn who works as a Nurse in Labor/Delivery, Postpartum and the Nursery. I think she goes where ever she's needed. She's up in northern Missouri. I know she has some other credentials but I'm not sure of all of them so I won't even try to tell you. And yes this is the mother of the groom from back in May. She went back to school while raising 4 kids to get her nursing degree. Well she started with 3 and ended with 4. ;o) She too is now in school like Pamela doing the RN to BSN courses.
I'm Proud of all her and Pamela's accomplishments and determination.
Then there is my niece Shelby B. also in Missouri who was just accepted to the University of Missouri St Louis College of Nursing. She currently works as a CNA. She just got back from China as part of a special program for 3 weeks. She was nominated for the Internationals Scholars Laureate Program nursing internship and was selected by the honor society Phi Theta Kappa for her academic achievements. Of course she had to raise funds to be able to afford to go and she did. She's one determined little gal. Not to mention full of energy and excitement. In her own words about China trip..
"What we will be basically doing over there is learning more about nursing from a different perspective (i.e. Chinese nursing). We will also get to experience a lot of their cultures by touring places such as the Great Wall, 2008 Summer Olympics Birds Nest Stadium, The Forbidden City, and all while learning about Chinese healthcare and medicine"
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Chronotope Project on Hearts of Space This Week
The nationally-syndicated ambient music program Hearts of Space is featuring the title track from Chronotope Project's "Solar Winds" in this week's program, also entitled "Solar Winds."
The nationally-syndicated ambient music program Hearts of Space is featuring the title track from Chronotope Project's "Solar Winds" in this week's program, also entitled "Solar Winds."
Other featured artists are John Lyell; Broekhuis, Keller and Schonwalder, Meg Bowles, Craig Padilla and Zero Ohms; Hollan Holmes; and Nimanty and Solarsoul. Stephen Hill describes the program in this way:
In summer, the energy of the sun seems more intense. But the sun is a nuclear furnace that never stops, and the sun's corona is so hot that high energy particles there reach escape velocity, flying into space at over a million miles an hour in a stream called the solar wind. Check your local station for broadcast times and dates. For more information about the program, visit Hearts of Space: http://www.hos.com/#program/1017
Made of ionized atomic particles and magnetic fields from the sun's corona, the solar wind is spun into a spiral as the sun rotates every 27 days. Here on earth, variations in the sun's magnetic field carried by the solar wind create auroras — the northern and southern lights — the plasma tails of comets, and geomagnetic storms that can knock out power grids.
On this transmission of Hearts of Space...another interstellar journey on electronic waves, on a program called SOLAR WINDS.
In summer, the energy of the sun seems more intense. But the sun is a nuclear furnace that never stops, and the sun's corona is so hot that high energy particles there reach escape velocity, flying into space at over a million miles an hour in a stream called the solar wind.
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Star's End Review of Chrysalis
Artist: Chronotope Project
Released: 5 November 2012
Chronotope Project, the musical persona of Jeffrey Ericson Allen, produces an electronic music realized without turning off the conscious mind. His CD Chrysalis (72'12") presents five intriguing and renewing thought experiments - mental adventures on a darkling plain. The sounds themselves have but a small force of their own. Yet through Ericson Allen's arrangement, pacing and appealing sonic dynamics he convincingly re-conjures the singularly gorgeous auditory realm first heard on albums such as Light From Orion, The Stargazer's Journey and The Way Home. A deconstruction and deceleration of classic sequencer Spacemusic albums, Chrysalis offers lush detailing, the stability of consonance and a pleasant musical arc. The composer is in possession of a diverse musical background, which is kept in reserve - placing the more delicate ideas of texture and atmosphere over technique and virtuosity. When Ericson Allen occasionally connects with a melody, it is in a profound way. Whether sliding from one rounded note to the nexxt, or beautifully converting a spare evenly paced melodic line into dramatically shifting chords, the listener is constantly being invited inside the piece. Other galaxy expanding works on Chrysalis pull our attention across a digital twilight realm defined by echoing chimes, slow slurring solos and a syncopated synthesizer pulse. Each chord change alters the direction, color and mood, and by album's end we feel a great resolution has been reached - leaving us with much to dream about.
- Chuck van Zyl/STAR'S END 21 February 2013
Hypnagogue Review of "Solar Winds"
Jeffrey Ericson Allen, recording as Chronotope Project, takes listeners on a classic spacemusic voyage on Solar Winds. From the very beginning, this disc resonates with familiarity as it charts its own course to the stars. In five tracks, Allen creates a comfortable trip built on space-between-stars drifts, occasionally using uptempo sequencers to bring us up to cruising speed. The opening title track welcomes you with big, rich pads crossing slowly past one another to establish the spacey theme. A fantastic transition late in the track ushers in a shift that hits in the form of a percussive sequencer groove–it's brief, but effective. From there the tone shifts back to the quiet side with "Raga of the Earth." Here, a woodwind tone wafts introspectively over a bass-loaded drone and the unobtrusive exhalations of sighing-wind pads. A pleasantly meditative piece with a slight Eastern touch. This one works its way into you, body and soul–you may not be aware how much you're relaxing to it until it ends. "Sirens" livens things up, packed with star-twinkle glockenspiel chimes over rolling waves and vocal pads. A touch of harp finds its way into the mix. Allen captures a sort of feminine grace with this track, along with a very solid 80′s spacemusic vibe. It feels like a track you've heard before–and don't at all mind hearing again. "Redshift" opens with more spacey pads before a beat works itself in by way of an insistent tone, something between the ring of a dulcimer and the sharp snap of a tabla. Allen uses it to ramp up the pace to the disc's most energetic, building a rush of vibraphone-like notes with a Phillip Glass pacing. Even at that it's still a pretty laid-back, toe-tapping kind of thing, a starfaring joyride that deposits us into the very hushed environs of "Clear Bells Ringing in Empty Sky." The title tells you what you need to know. Gentle wind chimes sing their complex song over choral pads as Solar Winds winds to a calm close.
Solar Winds doesn't go out of its way to do anything novel with the spacemusic framework, but the easy familiarity and the superb execution of the style make it very listenable. There is a wonderful softness to it, offset in places with the rigid maths of the sequencer. The balance is excellent. It's quite loop-worthy, either as a pleasant backdrop or, as I've been doing, as a close-up headphone listen. Solar Winds is a very enjoyable journey.
Review of Chrysalis in Sonic Immersion
The musician behind Chronotope Project is Jeffrey Ericson Allen, who has an eclectic background in classical, new acoustic and theatrical music. As a composer, Jeffrey is triggered by themes that contrast yin and yang, of mysteries that open themselves slowly, gradually unfolding and revealing hidden facets.
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Ambientblog Review
Chronotope Project -Chrysalis
Reading the accompanying promo text you might fear we're slowly driftin off into New Age territory:"'Chronotope' refers to the essential identity of space and time..The music invites the listener to commune with this unified field of being. It weaves a sonic tapestry that relaxes the body, soothes the mind and gladdens the spirit."
However, this album is released on Relaxed Machinery, a label (or 'collective') that has released enough great albums to clear away any suspicious 'New Age' doubts.
Seventy minutes of well-produced, classic ambient, somewhat similar to music by Robert Rich/Steve Roach.
Chrysalis featured on "Hearts of Space"
The title track from Chrysalis headlines the most recent broadcast of the nationally-syndicated radio program "Music from the Hearts of Space," heard by 200,000 listeners nationwide. The program (PGM 1004) is entitled "Electronic North," February 15, 2013. Check local listings for broadcast times.
Loving..."Chrysalis" by Chronotope Project
Loving... "Chrysalis" by Chronotope Project
"Chrysalis" by Chronotope Project aka Jeffrey Ericson Allen on Relaxed Machinery is one such album. It captivated me from the get-go ... it intrigued me and aroused my senses like a deeply intoxicating fragrance. In fact, I would go so far as to say his ambient soundscapes are like a fragrance - they pervade and enhance any physical space and bring with them a positive and uplifting presence. The sounds presented enhance the listener and his/her immediate space. The sounds build up everyone who hears them and I, for one, am really grateful for this.
There is an effervescence to tracks like the opener and title track -"chrysalis" - it moves and evolves ... dancing into the subconscious of the listener ... giving them something to focus and fixate on. It really is captivating ... a swirling movement of ambient sounds and tribal percussion. It is a pleasure to behold and to be held by this enrapturous music.
The soundscapes presented within the 72 minutes of this release are all similarly captivating ... "l'Avenue du ciel" (the second track) is more atmospheric ... opening with a drone before presenting a deeply hypnotic synth that counteracts the joy of the opening track with a sense of the melancholic. The juxtaposition is electric and oh so delicious ... especially when the track shifts gear around the 4 minute mark with the introduction of ethnic percussion and a slightly more trance-y aesthetic - it is still melancholic but with some drive and movement. Movement that is further encouraged with the introduction of a field recording of flowing water. Whilst this is a wonderful addition, it is not for the weak bladdered.
Track three - "Trance-Missions" - is also wonderfully expressive with a real sense of vitality and movement. At 25:36 it is in no hurry to expressive itself ... instead it takes it's own time to grow and become - an act that I found utterly captivating and thrilling to witness.
When a subtle beat is introduced around the 5 1/2 minute mark, the anticipation is palpable - "where will this track go?" is the question on my lips. The introduction of a sequencer around the 7 minute mark helps to answer this by building a heady rhythm to follow. It explodes around the 11 minute mark into something decidedly hypnotic and all-encompassing. Truly brilliant. It does calm down in the later stages of the track ... but by that time the intended effect has been experienced and enjoyed ... sheer, unadulterated joy. Brilliant, truly brilliant.
The penultimate track - "reflecting pool" - is a truly immersive experience with a field recording of a pool of water underpinning some seriously lovely harmonic atmospherics and windchime-like percussive sounds. I find this track deeply relaxing.
The final track is stunning - "Eternity's Sunrise" is an aural delight. The use of the guitar is such an other-worldly manner whilst underpinned with an utterly delightful synth drone is just breathtaking.
The way the track builds from these initial moments with deep percussion and the wailing of such longing on guitar is truly marvellous. This is the soundtrack to an unseen film and I want to see the film!
This is a great track on a great album. An album I am captivated with and will, without doubt, treasure for a long time.
Chrysalis Review - Amazon
Chrysalis Review - Bandcamp
"One of the best new ambient artists out there, blew my mind. Highly cinematic movements. This is not a drone record, definitely an artist to watch out for, just buy it now, you won't be disappointed."
Chrysalis Review - Relaxed Machinery
Chronotope Project - Chrysalis
"Wow. Incredible. That's it, that's my review... ok kidding aside, this is an amazing album, a nice counterpoint to the more vaporous, unstructured albums released on rM this year. It's highly cinematic, Jeffrey [Allen] has a very promising career in ambient ahead of him, I could easily see him up there with the big names in a few years. I love his use of melody and the many unexpected instruments that popped up throughout the course of the album. This is a guy to watch in the future."


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Waiting for my train for London at Pitlochry train station, I popped into the Pitlochry Station Bookshop.
Run entirely by local volunteers, the bookshop sold 50,000 books last year, raising £10,000 for charity. It is a brilliant example of social entrepreneurship and creative response to an opportunity (Scotrail donate the premises to the enterprise as part of their 'adopt a station' scheme.)
The books are high quality and cheap (many best sellers just 50p).
I bought three for my journey south to help ease me into 2012- a trashy read (Twilight) a health read (Maximum immunity) and a business read (Mavericks at work). But first, a little look out the window at the yellow light and fir trees and eating my packed lunch before midday…


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How Nurses Keep From Spreading Germs and Bringing Them Home From Work
Exposure to germs is an occupational hazard that nurses must manage. During a shift, the average nurse's uniform picks up a bacteria colony growth of 1,246 per square inch, according to a study published in the Journal of Health and Epidemiology. In addition, a significant number of bacteria remained after 48 hours.
To reduce the spread of infection, hospitals take a series of steps to prevent, contain and kill infections. These measures include procedural, policy, regulatory, technological and sterile manufacturing initiatives. Here are some of the steps hospitals take to keep nurses from spreading germs and bringing them home.
Procedures, Policies and RegulationsPreview Changes
The Centers for Disease Control has published detailed guidelines for steps healthcare facilities can take to keep their environment disinfected and sterile. One of the fundamental steps is educating healthcare workers about risks of exposure to infectious agents and how these can be mitigated by wearing personal protective equipment. Policies to ensure that hospital staff use protective equipment and avoid dangerous chemicals are also recommended.
Other sets of guidelines involve cleaning patient-care devices, sterilizing equipment and surfaces, and shipping and storing sterile items. In addition, the CDC recommends implementing quality control procedures to ensure that guidelines for disinfection and sterilization are followed.
Altogether, the CDC's guidelines cover twenty major procedural areas in detail. Many of these are regulated by the healthcare industry. Hospitals also have their own internal policies and procedures. For instance, the University of Rochester Medical Center has a Sterile Processing Department that handles sterile cleaning, preparation and storage of medical equipment.
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To implement the extensive sterilization procedures they must use, health care facilities are increasingly turning to automation. The market for disinfection robots, which stood at $30 million in 2014, is projected to grow to $80 million by 2017, reports Modern Healthcare. The most popular types of disinfectant robots use ultraviolet C-light hydrogen peroxide vapor to kill infections on hospital surfaces. Due to the time it takes to thoroughly clean a room, robots are deployed mainly to intensive care units, burn units and operating rooms.
Hospitals also are using electronic monitoring systems to optimize staff hand-washing procedures to minimize the spread of infection. The Greenville Health System, for instance, reduced the rate of MRSA healthcare association infections by 42 percent by adopting the DebMed System. This system monitors sanitizer dispenser levels and analyzes them against staff activity to ensure that staff members are washing their hands as often as they need to. White Plains Hospital has achieved 99.9 percent accuracy in monitoring hand sanitization by using BIOVIGIL, which employs badges with flashing lights to let staff members know whether their hands have been cleaned successfully after using a dispenser.
Sterile Manufacturing and Shipping Processes
Sterilization technology receives support from specialized processes that optimize the manufacturing and shipping of sterile materials. Medical seals and parts provider Apple Rubber, for example, uses a special clean room with a dedicated mold inspection area to produce, wash and package products made of liquid silicone rubber, which has chemical properties that make it particularly resistant to infection. This process makes the products suitable for medical applications, such as medical seals, o-rings for dialyzers, feeding devices, and IV devices. Once such materials have been manufactured, health care providers use specialized shipping materials and procedures to keep them sterile.


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If we at Criterion have yet had a more perfect pairing of artist and film than Seth designing Leo McCarey's* Make Way For Tomorrow, I'd be hard-pressed to think of it. I was privileged to work with Seth on this project, but apart from my one half-formed idea about a dusty photo on a mantle that was quickly (and rightly) discarded, conceptually, this was entirely Seth's show, so I won't write too much on the "process" in that big picture sense. The only "revision" to his cover concept was to ask him to tweak the title treatment in his original sketch:
...to accommodate the Criterion branding:
But I thought it would be interesting to take a quick look at the technical details of how this project was created. Anyone familiar with Seth's work** will probably not be overly surprised by the fact that he doesn't design with a computer. Instead, for this project at least, he would send me sketches of how he'd like the layout to be organized, along with finished art for each color of ink that we'd be using. So, for example, here's the sketch for one spread in the booklet:
And here's the component art:
And blue:
I combined all of that in InDesign, added the film framegrab imagery, the body text in Stempel Garamond and headlines in a font I built from letters that Seth made for us,*** and here's the result:
And here's how the booklet cover (probably my favorite bit of art in the package) came together:
Black, silver, and purple plates:
And final assembled art (wraparound front and back covers):
The process was the same for the menus (except in Photoshop rather than InDesign), from early color rough to final execution:
Thanks again to Seth for allowing me to show these bits of process, and for a fantastic design!
*Apropos of nothing, isn't it absolutely bizarre that the same man directed this quiet, heartbreaking film and my favorite movie of all time, Duck Soup? I still can't quite wrap my head around that...
**Seth fans in the crowd may also be interested in his Criterion Top 10 list.
***Interesting (?) side note: that font ("Seth bold") has since had a second life in Seth's excellent redesign of Canadian Notes and Queries. They were kind enough to send me a few issues of the magazine, and I have to say, in addition to being well-designed, it's also a pretty interesting magazine, even if, like me, you are not Canadian. (Though, to paraphrase Tina Fey, growing up in Rochester, NY, I was able to "see Canada from my house.")
Friday, February 25, 2011
Make Way For Tomorrow
Posted by Eric Skillman at 12:35 PM
Labels: art directing, criterion
3 comments:
- Annie Wu said...
Wow, I started following your blog because of your artwork, but I had no idea you were also the art director for Criterion.
Always interesting to see how packaging comes together. Great post.
- February 25, 2011 at 9:07 PM
- andrew l said...
Wow, thank you for posting this. I love Seth's work, and I love Criterion's designs... perfect
- February 25, 2011 at 9:14 PM
- Good Writing Blog said...
Eric, I love your designs for Criterion, and I always enjoy these posts where you take us through the process.
- February 26, 2011 at 10:49 AM
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Before you go on your next date, take note of the biggest pet peeves of some of my best dude friends:
"Don't be rude to the wait staff at a restaurant."—Kyle, 25
"Don't TwitPic the entrée you just ordered on a dinner date. And, with that same entrée, don't look at it, take one bite and say something about being full or carb conscious."—Andrew, 30
"Talking about yourself way too much is the worst. There is a difference between pride and vanity."—J, 28 *(you know, my BF!)*4. "If you're dating someone, don't be constantly late."—Brian, 29
"Not being a good conversationalist. I am pretty good at making conversation but it shouldn't be my sole responsibility to drive the convo all night. Dates can be awkward for the both us, but let's get to know each other and not be so weird about it."—James, 28
"No smoking."—Matt, 24
"If something's wrong, don't say it's nothing'. Mean what you say."—Kyle, 25
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"Not even offering (or pretending to offer) to help with the bill is a huge turn off. Don't get me wrong, I will never let a girl pay on a date, no matter how bad it is but not even offering when the bill comes like it's just expected is usually a deal breaker for me."—James, 28
"Texting: don't do it at the table. Save it for the bathroom to tell your best friend how amazing the date is."—J, 28* (By the way, on our first date I snuck into the bathroom and texted my sister, "This is the best first date I've ever been on!")*
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-Don't curse like a sailor. Yes, when I drink I throw out a few unladylike terms, but I didn't when I first started dating J. You know, I played that whole "demure" card.
-Don't kiss and tell. Yes, you tell your best friend everything, but it's nice to leave some things between you and your man. Although I do tell you guys most things about J…
-Don't be afraid to go after what you want. Why is all the power in the guy's hands? If you like him, tell him. If you want to see him, make plans. If you want that kiss already, kiss him first! If he's not reciprocating, then he's probably not the one for you anyway.
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Source: The Communist International, Organ of the Executive Committee of the Communist International, "The New Series,&A#8221; Jubilee Number, Published at 16 King St., Covent Garden, London, W.C.2..
First Published: Moscow, February 19th, 1924 Transcription: Ted Crawford
Proofread: Andy Carloff, 2010
HTML Markup: Michael Schauerte
Translation: E. Bouvier
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It is due to the direct and indirect influence of the Communist International that there is an active Communist Party in China. Although the Chinese Communist Party is as yet weak as a political factor it plays nevertheless a definite role in the political life of China. Everywhere there are signs of the indirect influence of the Communist International on Chinese students, who are gradually becoming a revolutionary force. The Communist Youth movement was rapidly growing last year and the youth was already able to organise mass demonstrations for demands of a national, as well as international nature. The most striking example of such activities is the movement against the secret treaty between China and Japan, which compelled the government to give in to the students' demands after an impressive demonstration organised by the latter on May 4th. Another very successful function was the recent anti-religious demonstration of the Young Communist League at the time of the eleventh annual congress of the Young Men's Christian Association held in Peking. This anti-religious movement was carried on very successfully on a national scale and made a deep impression on the youth of the country, as well as on the entire population.
The national movement has taken deep root among the Chinese students. The entire students' movement is more or less under the leadership of students who are under Communist influence. The latter have already initiated propaganda work within working class organisations. The recent demonstrations of working class organisations, especially of the railwaymen's, textile and metal workers' organisations, as well as the strikes on the Peking-Hankow railway were to a great extent due to the agitation and leadership of the students.
The Chinese Communist Party collaborated with the Kuomintang Party with the object of revolutionising it and converting it (as far as this is possible) into a workers' and peasants' party. In spite of its weakness and its comparatively small membership, the Chinese Communist Party can do a great deal in the matter of influencing the Kuomintang and of revolutionising its principles and tactics. For the Chinese Communist Party is a section of the Communist International and has therefore the backing of the entire international proletarian movement.
As to the future relations between the Communist International and the Chinese Communist Party, they are bound to become closer and more stable with the growth and stabilisation of the Chinese proletarian movement.
It was only after the congress of the People's of the Far East, which was attended by delegates of the Japanese Party, that a direct connection was established between the Communist International and the Japanese Communist movement. The Japanese Communist Party had to work under great difficulties because of government persecution. It is due to the influence of the Communist International that in Japan not a single union and not even a single trade union leader agitated for the adherence of the Japanese trade union movement to the Amsterdam International, although the Amsterdamers carried on an energetic propaganda in Japan. It is a well-known fact that the Japanese workers' movement could have (if it so wished) joined the Amsterdam organisation without any opposition or interference on the part of the government, but that, on the other hand, the latter would have put every obstacle in the way of the adherence of the Japanese trade unions to the Red International of Labour Unions. The general tendency of the workers' movement is certainly in favour of the Red Profintern. The Japanese General Federation of Labour, formerly a yellow organisation, is becoming decidedly revolutionary. It demands the centralisation of the Federation and opposes the federative tendency of the syndicalist federations. Only recently the Federation joined the political movement for universal suffrage, and its leaders are at present working towards the establishment of a political party on the principles of the Communist International. The Federation pointed out more than once in its resolutions that the ultimate aim of the workers' movement is - the establishment of a workers' government and of a new social order under the dictatorship of the proletariat. But under the present imperialist government it is impossible to formulate the aims of the organisation in such a form.
The peasant unions, which are amalgamated into a national federation, are also growing and becoming more influential. Not so long ago they resolved to establish a workers' and peasants' political party, which is now being organised. All these facts point to the direct and indirect influence of the Communist International.
The Eta[1] movement is at present the strongest militant movement in Japan. It has over a million members and agitates for full economic social and political equality. Several of the Eta leaders are members of the Communist Party, while the general political line and tactics of the movement are based on the theses of the Communist International which deal with the national and colonial questions. Consciously or unconsciously the movement is tending towards Communism.
The Japanese trade unions and federations rejected the proposal to appoint a delegate to the Labour Bureau of the League of Nations and sabotaged the elections in which only a few trade unions took part.
The influence of the Communist International is also apparent in the attitude of the Japanese working class movement to the working class movement of the Japanese colonies. There are at present in Japan, 2,000 Korean workers and coolies, and their number is growing every month because Korean labour is cheaper. But, nevertheless, there is no antagonism between Korean and Japanese workers.
The influence of the Communist International is bound to spread as the peasant movement develops and assumes more definite forms by becoming a close union between the town proletariat and the peasantry, who are joining forces for the struggle against their oppressors. On the political field, these joint forces struggle against the bourgeois government and capitalism through the establishment of a workers' and peasants' party.
The relations between the Communist International and the Korean movement are hitherto in an unsatisfactory state. The negotiations of the Communist International with the emigre Korean nationalists and so-called revolutionary leaders turned out subsequently to have been a mistake. But the situation in Korea is not at all discouraging. On the contrary, it is gradually assuming a definite revolutionary character owing to the fact that new young elements are growing up and are drawn into the nationalist movement (which compels the nationalist organisations to adopt more active methods of struggle instead of limiting themselves, as hitherto, to purely nationalist tasks, and to pay more attention to social and class questions), and that there is a tendency to look upon the Japanese revolutionary movement as the only movement capable of contributing to the success of the Korean nationalist movement. It may, perhaps, seem rather presumptuous to say so, but every time I had an opportunity to speak with Korean nationalists, I became convinced that they are doing their utmost to come into contact with the Japanese workers' movement and with the revolutionary organisations of Japan. This, of course, augurs well for the revolutionary united front of the industrial proletariat and peasantry of both countries. It is an established fact that several important revolutionary organisations are aiming at the establishment of a close contact with the Communist International. This shows that the influence of the Communist International is gradually permeating the ranks of the Korean revolutionary leaders.
If, under these circumstances, the Communist International will adopt a well-considered policy towards Korea, it will be able to exercise considerable influence on the growing Korean nationalist movement. Then we shall be able to join the revolutionary organisations of Korean emigrants scattered throughout China and Manchuria into a united front with the revolutionary movement in Korea itself.
The orientation of the Mongolian Communist Party is towards the Russian Communist Party. But as the Congress of the Peoples of the East has shown us that in the coming revolutionary struggle in the Far East Mongolia will have to take its place among the other Far Eastern countries, the Communist International must guide the Mongolian Communist movement in the direction of fusion with the liberation movement of the Far Eastern countries.
The Communist International is destined to play a very important role in the coming revolutionary movement and revolutionary struggle throughout the world. The awakening of the East is rapid, much more rapid than the awakening of the West, and the masses are progressing to the Left much more rapidly than the revolutionary leaders. The workers and peasants of Japan are becoming class conscious and are everywhere to the fore, as evidenced by the sailors' strike in Kobe in October, 1923. This victorious strike was in fact conducted by rank and file members of the sailors' union. The trade union bureaucracy simply obeyed the strikers. Every vessel which came into port joined the strike, and several Osaka unions voted for material support of the strike until victory be achieved. The sailors' union was considered to be a conservative organisation. Its leaders are intellectuals, but nevertheless it proved to be an excellent fighting organisation.
These facts show how important it is that the Communist International should play a leading role in the Far East. It can exercise a great influence on the workers' movement in Japan and other Asiatic countries. The Philippines are emphatic in their demand for independence, and in pursuance of this aim, they are sending delegation after delegation to Washington. They deserve support, for they have realised that the independence of small nationalities and countries can only be attained by joining the Communist movement, which is international and is at the same time the only true champion of national independence.
The Communist International must take a prominent part in the coming revolutionary struggle of the East. Therefore, it must pay special attention to the movement in these countries. The Communist movement, as well as the workers' movement in the Far Eastern countries is young and inexperienced, and the Communist International as the leader of the proletariat, must come to their assistance.
Long live the Communist International !
Long live the Communist Parties of the Far East !
Moscow, February 19th, 1924
1.A derogatory term used to refer to the outcast class in Japan that engaged in occupations with some stigma attached, such as undertakers or leather workers.


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Algorithm What?: When "Front of Store" Placement Goes Digital
"Front of store" placement used to be the sought-after positioning in the publishing world.
Every author wanted their book to be on an end-cap or on a "new release" display, on the front "bestsellers" table, or–at the very least–be positioned on the shelf with cover facing out, rather than just spine.
It was all about physical placement with the brick-and-mortar store–and for good reason. Physical bookstores were the market, and consumers came to browse and could only purchase what they saw.
Placement within a certain store was somewhat subjective and often varied store to store and region to region. Prime positioning could be paid for through advertising dollars or "earned" through big sales.
The same is true today–that physical placement in bookstores can be bought or earned, is often subjective, and varies by region.
But what does not stand true today is the impact of that sort of placement. It used to mean everything, the difference between a book selling and a book tanking. Now, it's just one tiny piece in a much bigger equation–a highly digital equation.
What used to carry oomph in stores now carries oomph online.
With the vast majority of book buyers now shopping online, the idea of prime placement has changed tremendously.
Now, prime placement means online placement.
The old highly-sought "front of store" positioning is now digital positioning on retailer websites, most significantly on Amazon. And it's a different ballgame to win this new prime placement for your book; it's not subjective, not regional, and cannot be bought.
More than 50% of all traditionally published book sales of any format in the US now happen on Amazon.com, not to mention an even higher percentage of eBooks. As the industry giant, what Amazon highlights tends to win. Its "prime positioning" is more powerful than any brick-and-mortar's might have been.
The big difference with Amazon is that its equivalent of "front-of-store" placement is algorithm-based. It's mainly about numbers and very little about human preferences.
While marketing strategies and dollars used to focus on how to get that special placement in Barnes & Noble, for example, strategy and dollars no longer get you too far. This new algorithm-based placement is generally based on the success of your book on Amazon. Sales fuel placement, which fuels sales, which fuels continued placement.
Whether it's in the general lists featured on Amazon for all viewers to see (such as "Top 20," "Deals in Books," or "Award Winners"), or in the more used-based/preferences-based lists that Amazon presents to unique viewers based on past purchases, placement of books featured can change daily, and even hourly.
This leads, inevitably, to a few questions that you're surely asking:
How do these Amazon algorithms work? There's no special, explicit equation that Amazon shares. We know it's based on sales (the books that sell well are often the books featured), and therefore often creates somewhat of a snowball effect for books. In general, across all internet giants, algorithms tend to change all the time.
How can an author get strong "prime placement"? Amazon–like all retailers, really–does its own thing, regardless of an author's or a publisher's desires. There are certain tactics that are often considered by marketing strategists, as well as Amazon buyers–such as downpricing an eBook in order to spur sales that will potentially up the book's exposure in other places on Amazon–but there is no single formula that will guarantee prime placement. It cannot be bought.
Does brick-and-mortar store positioning matter anymore? Yes and no. First, no. Brick-and-mortar is continually shrinking in regard to market share, at least for books. (More and more, people go into these stores to buy non-book nick nacks.) Focusing on promotion within this narrowing piece of the pie graph is generally not effective. However, the yes is that these stores are continually seeking ways to stay alive and bring traffic through their doors. Studies show that serious book-buyers will often browse in brick-and-mortar stores, even if they then go make the actual purchase online.Only with our finger on the pulse of the book world will we be able to market effectively. Click To Tweet
The point is that the publishing industry is changing. It's always changing, in fact–but perhaps faster in the past ten years than in the decades prior. At the risk of sounding like a broken record, I'll say it again… smart marketers and smart authors have to be aware of shifts within the industry. Only with our finger on the pulse of the book world will we be able to market innovatively and effectively.


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