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If I had a dollar for every anime-inspired, monster-collecting RPG ever made then I'd, well … I wouldn't need to do this job anymore because I'd be living on a yacht somewhere. The latest entry in the hit parade is Disney's Spectrobes: Origins, which marks the first time the franchise has left the DS and made an appearance on the Wii. The resulting game does some things right, but the entertainment wears off quickly, and you're left with a product that will please its base audience of 10-year-olds but almost no one else.
Spectrobes: Origins sets itself up as a sequel to the DS game Beyond the Portals. Young NPP officers Rallen and Jeena are sent off to investigate some strange activity and are subsequently pulled through an intergalactic wormhole and spit out in the Kaio system. Upon arriving at a local planet, they discover the local populace under attack by their mortal enemy, the Krawl. As they work to clear out the Krawl menace, the pair begins to learn more about the history of the Spectrobes they control, as well as some interesting tidbits regarding the past of their very own commander and the origin of Krux, the leader of the Krawl.
Don't even worry about playing the game for its story, as most of the twists and turns are telegraphed from a mile away and you'll have figured out all the mysteries long before the protagonists have even begun thinking about them. The story is kept simple for the sake of the game's younger audience, but the trade-off is a tale ripped straight out of the RPG textbook with no flourishes of originality.
Beyond the story, though, is the gameplay, and this is likely the game's strongest aspect. Rallen and Jeena can't fight the Krawl alone, and so they must summon Spectrobes to battle alongside them. In order to command a Spectrobe, the heroes must first find a fossilized version of the creature. This sets in motion a mini-game wherein players must carefully clean away layers of rock without too severely damaging the fossil housed inside. You can normally start the process by utilizing bombs to blow out large chunks of rock and a laser to burn away any remaining hunks. Then, when it comes down to the finer work of cleaning, there is a hammer for clearing away smaller collections of rock, a drill for getting past the last thin layers and a blower to sweep away the final particulates. All the tools are essential, as players are not only graded on how quickly they excavate the fossil, but also by how pristine it is. The higher the grade, the higher the starting level of the Spectrobe inside, so it pays to be both quick and careful.
The cleaning aspect of the game turns out to be a lot of fun, which says a lot since it had the potential to be a game-breaking mechanic. If the motion controls weren't spot-on or if the fossils weren't varied enough to entice players to keep coming back for more, then this would have been a tiresome aspect. Thankfully, cleaning fossils is thoroughly enjoyable and feels like more of a delight than a chore.
Once excavated, the Spectrobes assume their child form, which can be utilized for discovering more fossils and experience-boosting minerals. While out in the field, players are accompanied by up to three child Spectrobes and can utilize them to dig up buried treasure with a simple flick of the Wiimote. Unfortunately, this is one part of the game that gets quite tiresome, as constantly flicking the controller and collecting the subsequent minerals really gets to be a drag after a while. While the minor thrill of unearthing a powerful Spectrobe or finding a rare mineral may spice up exploration a bit, ultimately it's not enough to keep the game fresh for the duration of the 20+ hour experience. Even kids, with their ability to do almost anything for hours and not get bored, will likely be let down.
At level 10, Spectrobes can take on their adult form, and at level 30, they can assume their evolved identities. While these creatures lose the ability to hunt for fossils and minerals, they are actually more important than the child versions because they are the ones who will assist you in battle. Controlling the Spectrobes is very easy, with a vertical swipe of the controller commanding them to attack and a vertical swing ordering retreat. You can also hold down the B button and strike a pose to unleash special attacks once the appropriate meter is full. In addition, Rallen and Jeena can also attack the Krawl themselves, so utilizing combos between human and Spectrobe will quickly turn out to be strategically necessary.
This being an action-RPG, combat is far more hack-and-slash than strategic and thoughtful. While all Spectrobes and most Krawl have an elemental affinity, utilizing the proper element is really about as deep as the strategic fighting gets. The rest of the battle is simply hacking away at the baddies until the "Battle Cleared" screen pops up, and you go back to exploring. It's unfortunate that the standard encounters are so haphazard, because that means that players are often unprepared for bosses, who actually have specific weak point and utilize more complex attack patterns. Remember once more that the game is designed with kids in mind because the developers seemed to forget that fact when it came to boss encounters. Don't be surprised if you cruise through most levels only to be completely squashed by the boss at the end; there's a definite balance issue here.
On the subject of difficulty, it's also worth mentioning that the game has a very strange way of handling the leveling of Spectrobes. The success of your fossil cleaning determines the starting level of a new creature, but that is also in relation to your human character's level. So for example, early in the game, a "B" level cleaning might net you a level 10 Spectrobe, but later on, the exact same fossil could birth a level 50 creature. The game never bothers to explain this to you, and it severely undermines the concept of training your existing Spectrobes into capable fighters. After all, why should I bother improving all these low-level monsters when I can just get new ones who start off exceptionally stronger? It's ultimately a very cheap way to do things, and once you discover the mechanics work that way, it sucks all the fun out of developing your companions.
There are a couple of other game mechanics thrown into the mix, but none of them really stand out. Co-op mode lets one person control the human character while another controls the Spectrobe. While this mode helps with targeting, the stripped-down Spectrobe controls make combat significantly more difficult. For those who have been following the series for a while, there's also DS-Wii connectivity for Beyond the Portals, as well as a new trading card game that lets you add new creatures and weapons. While these touches will likely impress franchise fans, newcomers will find little use for them.
I mentioned at the top of the article that this is clearly an anime-inspired game, but I have to give credit that while it may be generic, it looks darn good while doing so. The characters and planets all look great, with bright colors and inspired backdrops really bringing the world to life. The Spectrobes are also fun to gawk at, and you can tell that the artists really had a blast conceiving all these critters. Ultimately, the game looks like it fell right out of the Saturday morning cartoon lineup, and if you didn't know any better, you'd swear the franchise was based on an animated series. The only real complaint I can lodge in this respect is the camera, which is way too tight on the main character. Often Krawl will spawn all around your character, and you likely won't see one or two enemies until they sneak up and whack you in the back. The camera also messes up targeting, as you'll auto-target whatever enemy is closest regardless of camera orientation, and the manual lock-on mechanic is so clumsy that by the time you get the enemy in your sights, you're probably already dead.
While Spectrobes: Origins is a mostly fun and good-looking game, there are a bunch of little problems that really hamper the overall experience. Poor leveling mechanics, boring exploration and battles and a camera that fights you every step of the way hamper a lot of the potential fun. This is a decent game, and kids will likely enjoy it for a while, but it falls well short of being any sort of modern classic.Score: 7.0/10
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That crowd around my earthly path-
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Not even one lonely rose)-
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In dreams of thee, and therein knows
An Eden of bland repose.
And thus thy memory is to me
Like some enchanted far-off isle
In some tumultuous sea-
Some ocean throbbing far and free
With storms- but where meanwhile
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How I Work: Blossom Braemer - Posh Coworking
In this week's How I Work, Blossom Braemer of Posh Coworking joins us to describe her collaborative work environment.
I'm Blossom, a straight talkin', no bullshit, open and giving leader, who has a burning passion for mischief , a ravenous thirst for knowledge and a covetous love affair with entrepreneurism.
Her business, Posh Coworking, is a rentable space for freelancers and entrepreneurs to come together and get out of the home office, gain a support group, and have access to otherwise unavailable facilities (like a conference room and multiple meeting rooms and lounges).
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Q. What do you do at Posh Coworking?
What do I do? That's a loaded question!
I'm the CEO and co-founder of Posh Coworking, which is a creative coworking space geared towards women and creative business owners/freelancers.
Posh Coworking was the brainchild of numerous years of working from home for myself in the creative field.
When you work from home, you're kind of stuck in a corner and looking at the wall and cobwebs, and not really talking to anybody except for the cat and dog who hate each other.
You really need to get out of your box and collaborate with other people. I needed that collaboration so often when I was running my businesses from home, that I made this little list called the Spark List.
Inside this little Spark List were all these things that I didn't have that I wanted to have. Like somebody in graphic design who sat right next to me, but they didn't work for me.
When I moved to Austin in 2009, I did several tours of coworking spaces at the time, and they just seemed very tech heavy. And although I'm very tech savvy, what I really needed were creative people around me, so my husband and I just said, "Let's make one."
And that's how Posh was started.
Q. What's your elevator pitch?
Well, first off, I kind of loathe the traditional elevator pitch.
I also do business development coaching in addition to being a serial entrepreneur, and I believe that your "who and do what" statement should be easy to deliver in any situation and be so memorable that the person who hears it:
- Wants to know more
- Is so taken with it, they repeat it over and over again
That said, here's my "who and do what":
I'm Blossom, a straight talkin', no bullshit, open and giving leader, who has a burning passion for mischief , a ravenous thirst for knowledge and a covetous love affair with entrepreneurism.
My purpose in life is to help you add more tools to your business toolkit that you can use today to propel yourself, and your business, to places you never imagined possible!
Q. How do you spend your downtime?
Again with the loaded questions! Downtime is relative -- I know you know this!
And I know that a lot of women out there struggle with self-care. By nature, we're designed to be helpers, so we give a lot of our time and effort away to everybody else, and I'm a victim of that, too.
For the most part, I'm a creative human being, so my daughter and I love Cosplay, we make costumes (mostly Victorian era) and we watch Doctor Who. I absolutely adore Doctor Who. We love to go camping. My husband and I restore vintage cars, so we run the gamut with lots of different hobbies!
Q. What's the story behind the first thing(s) you've ever sold?
There's definitely a funny story here. Transport yourself back to when I was 13, and I really wanted money. You know how 13 year olds are like a money pit? You can throw money at them, and it just sort of implodes.
And everyone I knew was like, "Oh, just babysit!" But I was the baby in our family, and I really, really hated kids. We're talking "Ew, get that stinky, smelly, noisy thing away from me," and I just wanted to go to the mall. That's where everybody was. Just let me go to the mall!
I spent several weekends at home doing nothing while all my friends were out doing whatever they wanted to do.
They had money to spend.
My parents were always the type that believed in the power of earning it yourself, because then you know the value of what you've earned.
After suffering for a while, I started to think about alternative ways that I could earn money, and not babysit, but everything kept coming back to babysitting.
I thought to myself, "Okay, Blossom, there's obviously something to this babysitting thing, what is it?" Because I was still determined not to watch kids, since I didn't like kids.
My mom had this huge "mothers' support group" group that she was a part of, and my dad was really supportive. So that's what my mom did, she hung out with all these other moms who had little kids. And they were always asking me to babysit.
After some thinking and some planning, I bought myself a pager with my allowance. At that time, I was getting about $7 a week for cleaning the house and doing the random chores around the house, so I put that towards getting a pager.
I gave that pager number to all my mom's friends. My dad started giving it out to all his friends, and then all my girlfriends had the pager number, too. What ended up developing was my mom's friends would get ahold of me and say, "I have this job at this time, it pays this much." Then, I would get in touch with my girlfriends, and they would get the job, and I would retain a portion of what they made that night.
Which led to about $300 - 400 of cash income a month...and I didn't have to deal with any kids!
So the first business I ever founded was a babysitter brokerage at the ripe old age of 13.
Q. Who do you work with in your business?
Right now, we're at about 85% female, and the majority are creative business owners.
They include coaches, consultants, photographers, event managers, artisans...there are a few people who are a in the tech industry, but it's mostly Creatives.
Q. What pain does your business solve?
We solve the "I haven't left the house for three days and the only conversation I've had was with my dog" problem, but that's not all we do.
We give people a place to collaborate, and I constantly bring educational experiences, personal development programs, and training to our clients here at Posh.
One of the things I'm most proud of is that we bring in other entrepreneurs to teach classes.
Being able to expose yourself to different ways of thinking is huge as an entrepreneur, because we tend to get stuck in "it has to be this way" mindset and not be able to see it another way.
Having someone else's perspective to pull you into a different headspace and take you to the next level of learning or education is huge.
Q. How is your audience unique?
Most coworking spaces in Austin are very tech-focused communities.
Our audience is so diverse that uniqueness just oozes out of every crack around here!
Q. What tools / software / apps do you use?
1. What is the platform your business or business's site created on?
I'm a total Wordpress junkie! So we use WordPress with a 3rd-party mobile-responsive theme.
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2. What services or apps do you use to market, advertise, and promote?
We use Meetup.com to set up and share information about our events here at Posh, and also share them on social media, set up Facebook events, and so on.
I do a lot of local networking here around Posh, because statistics show that coworkers go to a place within five miles of their house. Of course, I find all of those local events on Meetup anyways, so it all leads back there!
3. What services (if any) do you use for customer support?
Email and good ol' fashioned phone calls!
4. What do you use for communication and collaboration?
Basecamp and Google Docs. Basecamp has been my go to project management resource for three years now. It acts as the manager of our tasks and progress updates for just about everything we do here at Posh, and in all of my other businesses.
When the Poshterns (that's what we call our intern team here at Posh) are being on-boarded into their new positions, they get acquainted with Basecamp first, and all of their agreements, job descriptions and instructions for their training are hosted inside Basecamp. When they are ready to be in charge of a new project, they create one for themselves, and learn how to track progress and delegate!
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I personally use Basecamp to keep my brain from exploding and losing track of things that I need to get done as well. Everything from reminders, to planning my marketing and the launch of new products is held here and shared with my collaborators.
I cannot imagine my productivity without it. And the new version of the phone app is much better than the previous version, and I find that quite a relief now that I am mobile more than I am on my laptop.
5. Are there other interesting software, gadgets, or hacks that you use?
I like things to be easy for the client, and not generate a bunch of work for me in the office, so that's how we have our tech set up.
Our members are set up on a subscription service through Paypal, so there isn't any invoicing for contract members. If we sell conference room time, or a one hour office block, there are "buy now" links on our site that also process through Paypal. The client leaves us their required time/date info and we book the room once the payment has processed.
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For our members, we use BookMeetingRoom.com. We love it because you only pay for the number of users, and you can adjust it up or down at any point. It allows each of our members to manage their own room reservations, and it helps create community responsibility as well as allowing our space manager to focus on marketing and community building, instead of calendar management.
When it comes to appointment scheduling, I've just started using Timetrade and I need to work with it a bit longer before I offer too much feedback.
Historically, I am an Outlook Exchange user and am well versed in that software, so I like that Timetrade and Outlook integrate.
Q. What are some trends in this area of work?
1. Diversifying your skills
I think the biggest trend to watch out for in all industries, whether it's entrepreneurialism or freelancing or even corporate America, is the push for human beings to diversify. Whether that's owning multiple businesses or being involved with multiple businesses.
The human drive to diversify is strong among leaders, and having your basket full of just one type of egg seems a little outdated to most of us.
Speaking for myself, I have and run four businesses right now, and although they're all similar creative businesses, they're also different. Posh is one of them, you know, I'm also a business development coach for female entrepreneurs, and I also sometimes make money from my sewing projects.
What I'm seeing out there in the marketplace is that more and more people, even people involved in corporate America are also doing a small startup on the side, and they're doing two or three different things, or maybe they're writing freelance because they love to write, or they have a personal blog.
Diversification seems to be the direction that more and more people are going, especially millennials.
2. Female-oriented workspaces
For coworking specific trends, I see a push for creative / women geared spaces.
This is a hugely untapped market, and women are tired of being forgotten among the remote workforce.
They need resources and are relieved when they find many of them here at Posh.
Q. What does a successful day of working at your business look like?
For me, in my business, success is always about me. It starts with me, it ends with me. If I'm having a crappy day, then obviously, I'm going to have a crappy day if I don't do something about it.
I need to hit the reset button, or have a do over, or have a 50 second dance party, or whatever it ends up being. For the other people in this space here, I think the same thing is also true.
As long as they have a reasonable expectation of quiet enjoyment and then some collaborative stuff, then I think they're great.
For my business to be successful, with the coworking model, ideally, every day we want to:
- Meet new people
- Connect people together with each other
- Teach something to our members
Q. What apps, tips, or tricks do you use to help out with your own workflow?
Basecamp is definitely my current favorite.
That said, I'm kind of a time management junkie. So I'll use time-blocking, and the priority matrix that you talked about in your workshop, and I use Google tasks or Google calendar or a shared calendar to manage reminders and workflow for things that aren't Basecamp based.
But for the most part, everything is in Basecamp, and then I integrate that with my calendar.
[The "time-blocking," she's talking about the same concept that Corbett discussed in his interview (ctrl+F and search for "complete calendar"). The matrix she references is this one, which I discussed when I did an in-person workshop at Posh!]
Q. Is there anything that would make running your business easier?
To be honest, the coworking business is pretty easy. It's pretty self-sufficient if I keep people communicating and keep getting out there and telling people who we are and what we do; the community kind of runs it.
But, if I could wave a magic wand, it'd be nice to have more space.
The other thing that I hear from coworking spaces just starting up is that the path to funding is very difficult because the awareness of what coworking is and what pain it solves is fairly limited.
Random dance parties would be cool, too. You know how there are those apps that are mindfulness reminders and a bell dings and tells you to be mindful for the next 30 seconds, or whatever? I want an app like that, but for dance parties, that dings at a random interval and reminds you to get up and dance!
Q. Do you think any of your quirks make you a good fit for this type of business?
I'm definitely a collaborative learner, and love to put people together and watch what develops.
This skill/trait is the major contributing factor to being successful at running a space like Posh.
Q. If you could go to before Posh and give yourself business advice, what would it be?
When I answer this question for myself, I kind of have the knee-jerk response of, "Well, I was pretty young" when I first started being an entrepreneur. But honestly, as I sit here and think about it, if I could go back and tell myself something (when I was 12 - 13 years old) about business, it would probably be to get out of the box.
Don't get so wrapped up around what you don't like and limit yourself to seeing the potential that might be there around what you don't like.
Alternately, I would say, "Find your passion and turn it into something that pays you."
And, if you're in a brick and mortar business, stay out of the space more than you are in the space. Get funding for an employee who can manage the space for you.
Q. What are your top three pieces of advice for aspiring business owners?
1. Build your community first, before you start your business.
Forget about the money, forget about where it's going to be. Just start by building a network of people who need you, and connect them to each other and become a resource.
The rest of it will fall into place.
2. Explore all the funding options, including non profit / education options.
3. Pay yourself a salary.
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Here are the apps and solutions that were mentioned by Blossom.
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NEW YORK -- Housing starts are at their lowest levels since 1982, and homebuilders are suffering, with bankruptcies expected among the weakest of them. There is talk of a real estate bust that in magnitude will rival the post-World War II boom.
But, in the face of that stream of bad news, the stock prices of homebuilders, including Columbia-based Ryland Group, are rising sharply. In the last month, an index of shares of homebuilding companies has climbed 28 percent.
Many investors, it would appear, do not believe the gloomiest of the forecasts.
The rise in prices has an obvious explanation. Interest rates are coming down, as the Federal Reserve tries to end the recession that most economists say began some time this year.


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Adult Connection in Assault Injury Prevention among Male Youth in Low-Resource Urban Environments." J Urban Health. 2018;95(3):361-371."
Advanced driver assistance systems for teen drivers: Teen and parent impressions, perceived need, and intervention preferences." Traffic Inj Prev. 2018;19(sup1):S120-S124."
Analysis of near crashes among teen, young adult, and experienced adult drivers using the SHRP2 naturalistic driving study." Traffic Inj Prev. 2018;19(sup1):S89-S96."
Attitudes on Technological, Social, and Behavioral Economic Strategies to Reduce Cellphone Use While Driving in Teens." Traffic Inj Prev. 2018:1-23."
Cell Phone Use While Driving: A Pattern of Risk in Young Novice Drivers." Academic Journal of Pediatrics & Neonatology. 2018;6(5)."
The Cellie Coping Kit for Children with Injury: Initial feasibility, acceptability, and outcomes." Child Care Health Dev. 2018."
Design of an Experimental Protocol to Examine Medication Non-Adherence Among Young Drivers Diagnosed with ADHD: A Driving Simulator Study." Contemporary Clinical Trials Communications. 2018."
Edge conditions and crash-avoidance roles: the future of traffic safety in the world of autonomous vehicles." Inj. Prev.. 2018."
Emergency Automonous to Manual Takeover in a Driving Simulator: Teen vs. Adult Drivers - A Pilot Study.". In: SAE Technical Paper.; 2018."
Examining a Statewide Educational Consulting Program for Pediatric Brain Injury." Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2018;57(6):645-655."
Factors Associated with Cell Phone Use While Driving: A Survey of Parents and Caregivers of Children Ages 4-10 Years." The Journal of Pediatrics. 2018."
Frontal and oblique crash tests of HIII 6-year-old child ATD using real-world, observed child passenger postures." Traffic Inj Prev. 2018;19(sup1):S125-S130."
Novel Smartphone-Based Measures of Cell Phone Use While Driving in a Sample of Newly Licensed Adolescent Drivers." Health Educ Behav. 2018:1090198118788612."
Posttraumatic Stress in Children After Injury: The Role of Acute Pain and Opioid Medication Use." Pediatr Emerg Care. 2018."
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'Sharing things with people that I don't even know': help-seeking for psychological symptoms in injured Black men in Philadelphia." Ethn Health. 2018:1-19."
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Trauma Providers' Knowledge, Views, and Practice of Trauma-Informed Care." J Trauma Nurs. 2018;25(2):131-138."
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Violence in Rural, Suburban, and Urban Schools in Pennsylvania." J Sch Nurs. 2018;34(4):263-269."
Adolescent and adult drivers' mobile phone use while driving with different interlocutors." Accid Anal Prev. 2017;104:18-23."
Application of a Framework to Implement Trauma-Informed Care Throughout a Pediatric Health Care Network." J Contin Educ Health Prof. 2017;37(1):55-60."
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How to deal with negative reviews, by author Jenny Ladner Brenner
Shortly after I self-published my debut novel, The Dinner Party, I began to revel in the good reviews. Hilarious! Witty! Fabulous! See, you short-sighted agents? I was right about myself and my oeuvre all along! And just as I started to experience the buoyancy of a sugar-addict presented with a fresh box of French macarons, the wicked worldwide web reduced my book to one-star ratings, ranting and raving. Boring? No one had ever slapped me with that adjective before, at least not so publicly. A waste of time? Gosh, I guess we can't all be Honey Boo Boo.
A few weeks ago, I engaged in fifty shades of masochism and decided to Google myself ad nauseum. Not only did I feel like a narcissist, but it was an exercise in reminding myself just how far I'd gone to expose and embarrass my ego. Self-publish for all the world to see and judge? What was I thinking? I closed my laptop, trying to control flashbacks of being stuck on a ski-lift, suspended mid-mountain, unsure if one mighty gust would render me unhinged. Then, while self-soothing with some banana frozen yogurt (I didn't have any European delicacies on hand), and cursing the aftertaste of Aspartame lingering on my tongue, I had an epiphany: everyone's a critic. About everything. Perhaps The Dinner Party is just one more thing for people to "yelp" about.
Online reviewers can be vicious about stuff you'd least expect: "worst manicure ever," "you call this osso buco?" "this bedbug-sniffing-dog doesn't know his ass from his left paw!" It makes sense that a book would be fair game. And, it's not like I haven't griped loudly about the ending of Gone Girl, or the ironically slow express line at Whole Foods. So am I a hypocrite? A walking cliché? Are the stones finally pelting away at what I thought was my shatter-proof glass house? The bottom line: I've learned to duck pretty quickly.
Putting yourself out there aint easy, whether you are penning a book or opening a bar. Usually, the process involves tears, hair yanking, doubt, and regret. After all the effort (and existential agonizing), how do we cope with the bashing of our figurative babies? Take a look at the tips below for taking it all in stride:
- Most online reviewers are NOT literary critics, nor are they authorities on anything. Don't take what they say too personally, especially if they don't even bother to spell check.
- When a bad review is particularly nasty, try to keep in mind that your book induced a strong reaction in that reader—it's better than being forgettable.
- For every bad review, a good one seems to pop up in its place. It's kind of like the arcade game Whack-a-Mole. If you want to do some damage control, try featuring your book on a blog that caters to your target audience.
- Afraid one bad review will impact sales? It's definitely possible, but in the long run, unlikely. Do travelers stop staying at The Four Seasons because of one tripadvisor horror story?
- Channel your hurt, resentment, and disbelief into your next book—sounds like the making of a complex and painfully human protagonist.
- Finally, keep in mind that all you need is one person to love your book and spread the word. Whether that's your mom or your mailman, don't forget the power of the fans you already have.
Jennifer Ladner Brenner is the author of The Dinner Party. Check it out here!
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FDA approves the Human Food Safety Dossier
Key points:
- Significant milestone achieved in the United States with the receipt of a "complete" letter for the technical section of the human food safety submission for Detach(R)
- Letter confirms that the US Food and Drug Administration is satisfied that food products from animals treated using Detach(R) will be safe for human consumption
- Human food safety dossier forms one part of the application required to register Detach(R) for sale in the United States; approved ahead of time expectations
The complete letter confirms that the FDA's Office of New Animal Drug Evaluation, Center for Veterinary Medicine, is satisfied that the human food safety requirements for Detach(R) have been met and that food products from animals treated using Detach(R) are considered safe for human consumption.
The HFS Technical Section includes an assessment as to whether Detach(R) will contribute to antimicrobial resistance (drug resistance).
Anatara's Chairman and CEO, Dr Mel Bridges commented, "Safety of edible products from drug-treated, food-producing animals is a critical part of the US drug approval process, so receipt of the complete letter is a core step for the entry of Detach(R) into world markets.
The efficacy, overall safety and manufacturing information required for the approval of human and animal drugs is very similar, but the safety of a drug targeted at food-producing animals must undergo an additional level of stringent review to ensure that there are no residual safety issues for the human consumer.
The Human Food Safety section of the registration process can alone take from three to six years to complete, and can represent 50 to 70 percent (or between $5 to $8 million) of expenditure for a new drug (see Note below). The fact that Anatara has achieved an outcome within three years of opening our Investigational New Animal Drug application is an outstanding result and speaks to the strong safety profile we've seen for Detach(R) in our trials.
Registering Detach(R) in the US will be key to the safe sale of the product in that market for Antara or a commercial partner."
Note: Committee on Drug Use in Food Animals, Panel on Animal Health, Food Safety, and Public Health, National Research Council, 1999. The Use of Drugs in Food Animals: Benefits and Risks. ISBN: 0-309-52536-5
About Anatara Lifesciences Ltd
Anatara Lifesciences (ASX:ANR) is developing therapeutics for gastrointestinal diseases in production animals and humans. Its lead product Detach(R) is a natural plant based product that aids in the control of diarrhoea and will help address global concerns around the overuse of antibiotics in production animals that is contributing to the rise of so-called "super bugs" that make infectious diseases harder to treat. The Anatara team has a strong track record in biological science as well as building and growing international biotech companies.
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Q: My girlfriend is crazy (maybe literally?) about her dog. "Amy" and I are both 32 and have talked seriously about marriage. I love Amy and she's the best thing that's ever happened to me.
Since the beginning I've known her dog is a big part of her life, and that's fine with me, though I've never had pets myself.
The thing is, I've started wondering about her priorities. The dog was diagnosed with incurable kidney disease. He is 10 and had a good life and I expected Amy would put him down. Instead she's spending insane amounts of money on "supportive care" and plans to keep him alive as long as his "quality of life" is good. She has to give him fluids every day, cook him special food and so on.
To me, all of this is just crazy for a dog who is going to die anyway.
It's gotten to the point where she has asked me to refrain from even talking to her about this and I wonder if this is a sign that she loves that dog more than me. Am I insensitive?
A: You're going to die anyway. Should anyone cook you special food?
Sure, it's money for a "lost" cause, and it's a reasonable discussion to have — for human health care, too. How much intervention is reasonable, for what effect on duration and quality of life?
On the other hand: The companionship provided by an animal is real. I expect anyone who has ever bonded with a dog understands Amy, even those who'd opt for euthanasia.
Plus: She has her priorities, you have yours. Compatibility requires respect for each other's priorities where they differ.
Finally, you've made this so binary. Where do you get the idea that if Amy loved you, she'd euthanize her dog?!
You had the option to say, "It's not my thing, but it's hers, so I respect that." It's not either-or. It's two individual sets of values you're both entitled to have — and to try to reconcile.
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Pixie Lott Confirms A New Album Is On Its Way
Pixie Lott wears the perfect summer dress while heading into the ITV Studios on Friday morning (June 10) in London, England.
The 25-year-old singer stopped by ITV's This Morning to chat about returning to the stage in Breakfast at Tiffany's and her music.
"Music will always be my number one. I've had a month off to finish up my music," she shared. "There's going to be a lot of collaborations this summer then the album to follow."
Pixie added about the play, "This is my first ever play. I've learnt so much. Ours is a new production and it's really true to the original Truman Capote story. The book is edgier, more risky and gets a bit darker at the end. Especially for the show I learnt the guitar. I get to do 'Moon River' and another song as well."
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Creed - Are You Ready
Hey, Mr. Seeker hold on to this advice
If you keep seeking you will find
Don't want to follow
Down roads been walked before
It's so hard to find unopened doors
Are you Ready?...For what's to come
Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one
Count down to the change in life that's soon to come
Your life has just begun
Life has just begun
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I'm sure this is not everyone's taste in music, but this song could be the theme song at the first night of every Alpha. I have been involved in Alpha courses since the early nineties. The first Alpha evening, the Alpha supper, is always the beginning of a new adventure. Guests arrive, perhaps not knowing what to expect. To us, the Alpha team, we know that each guest will become a new friend. But we start off not knowing them at all, not knowing where they are in their spiritual walk, not knowing where they will be by the end of the course.
But we always look forward to what God has in store, for us and for them.
I like Creed. Their music has many Scripture-like references. Listen to, "Faceless Man," (especially from the 1:44 and the 4:15 marks), and "Higher," (especially the chorus, for example)for examples.
Are you ready for what's to come. Do you want to find out? #TryAlpha.


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Examtime is a website which is primarily meant for students to increase their learning experience and help them revise for the exams. But as I have made sure, it can successfully be used by the teachers.
Examtime has four features which you can choose from - creating mind maps, flashcards, quizzes or study goals. The site also provides a range of study tips for students.
I have already posted a mind map that I created on Examtime a while ago. It is my favourite feature of those offered by Examtime and it produces really attractive mind maps.
Today I made a set of flashcards on the topic Publications.
Each flashcard has 2 sides, the front side for the word, the back side for the definition. Students can flip and shuffle the cards, and study the words at their own pace. In my opinion, it's an activity that has to be prepared exclusively by the teacher.
Creating a multiple choice quiz was a little inconvenient because first you have to prepare the questions with answers and only then, in the next step assemble the quiz. In the end the quiz turned out well, and it looked good. After completing the quiz, students can see where they made a mistake and see the correct answer with an explanation which has to be added in the preparation process.
An option Creating a goal means that students can write their study goals as a reminder of the approaching tests or exams that helps them plan their time and stay organized.
The registration and use of the website is free and its creators have given good thought to the ways of helping students in the study process, but I have a feeling this site should have been aimed at teachers. I don't know any student who would spend hours making a set of flashcards (which means looking up each definition in the dictionary) or creating multiple choice quizzes for themselves.
I find it discouraging that there is no option of sharing an activity by URL, only by email invitations. On the other hand, I admit it gives the website owners more control of the visitors and their online behaviour.
But I can imagine a situation when a student who created a mind map would like to show it to the teacher, and the only option will be inviting the teacher to the site instead of sharing the web address which just seems more time-saving to me.


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Schindler's List
Told from the perspective of businessman Oskar Schindler who saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis while they worked as slaves in his factory. Schindler's List is based on a true story, illustrated in black and white and controversially filmed in many original locations.
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Storyline: Oskar Schindler is a vain, glorious and
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Krzysztof Luft ... Herman Toffel
Harry Nehring ... Leo John
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CLL: Classics of Literature
CLL 215: Classical Mythology
An introduction to ancient Greek religion, literature, and art. Special emphasis will be given to the presentation of myth in Classical Greek literature as well as to the influence of classical mythology on later literature, art, and philosophy. Not for credit in addition to CLS 215.
Advisory Prerequisite: One course in literatureDEC: I
3 credits
CLL 315: Gender and Sexuality in Ancient Greek Literature
This course offers a comparative overview of the ways in which the roles of men and women were depicted in the literature and thought of ancient Greece. Major issues will include: the shift from matriarchal to patriarchal pantheons, sanctioned and unsanctioned homoeroticism, the sorceress and the hysteric as dominant tropes in the mythology of the period, and the role of women in the polis, among others. This course is offered as both CLL 315 and WST 315.
Prerequisite: one D.E.C. G or HUM courseDEC: I
3 credits
CLS: Classics
CLS 113: Greek and Latin Literature in Translation
Historical and analytical study of the development of classical Greek and Latin literature. Extensive readings in translation include works illustrating epic, lyric, drama, history, satire, and criticism.DEC: B
3 credits
CLS 225: The Classical Tradition
The literature of Greece and Rome has had a profound impact on the West in terms of Philosophy, Literature, Political Theory, and Art. The course will explore the writings of Greece and Rome and show how they affected Western literature and thought. Authors will include Homer and Hesiod, and Greek tragedians Thucidides, Virgil, and Ovid.DEC: I
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CLS 447: Directed Readings in Classics
Intensive study of a particular author, period, or genre of Greek and Latin literature in translation under close faculty supervision. May be repeated.
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
1-6 credits
CLS 475: Undergraduate Teaching Practicum
Work with a faculty member as an assistant in one of the faculty member's regularly scheduled classes. The student is required to attend all the classes, do all the regularly assigned work, and meet with the faculty member at regularly scheduled times to discuss the intellectual and pedagogical matters relating to the course.SBC: EXP+
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Every year around this time, there's a flurry of activity in the world's major meteorological agencies as they prepare to release official global temperature figures for the previous year.
This year, there's particular interest as it looks likely 2014 will be the hottest year on record.
First out the blocks with the official data was the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). Earlier this month, it confirmed 2014 had taken the top spot with global temperatures 0.27 degrees Celsius above the long-term average. Today, it's the turn of NASA and the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, with the UK Met Office following suit next week.
Why so many records? While global temperature is a simple enough idea, measuring it is harder than you might think. We take a look at how scientists measure global temperature.
To get a complete picture of Earth's temperature, scientists combine measurements from the air above land and the ocean surface collected by ships, buoys and sometimes satellites, too.
The temperature at each land and ocean station is compared daily to what is 'normal' for that location and time, typically the long-term average over a 30-year period. The differences are called an 'anomalies' and they help scientists evaluate how temperature is changing over time.
A 'positive' anomaly means the temperature is warmer than the long-term average, a 'negative' anomaly means it's cooler.
Daily anomalies are averaged together over a whole month. These are, in turn, used to work out temperature anomalies from season-to-season and year-to-year.
Scientists use four major datasets to study global temperature. The UK Met Office Hadley Centre and the University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit jointly produce HadCRUT4 .
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series comes via the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Sciences (), while the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration () creates the MLOST record. The Japan Meteorological Agency ( ) produces a fourth dataset.
Here's how global temperatures in the four datasets compare over the past 130 years. You can see they all show a warming trend, but there are some year-to-year differences too.
Since Articles for You mostly uses AMP (about 72% according to Chartbeat), that's where you're going to see the traffic if you're using a separate Analytics property to track AMP traffic (as per Google's guidelines ) — just something to keep in mind. If you're not using AMP, just make sure the property or report suite you're using includes mobile traffic.
For this example, I used Google Analytics and navigated to Acquisition > Referrals. In the Source column looked for "googleapis.com" (you can find the equivalent report in Adobe Analytics by going to Traffic > Referrers). It should look similar to this:
Once you click on googleapis.com, it'll show you the rest of the referral path:
That'll tell you how much traffic you're getting from Articles for You , but you'll want to create a segment for this so you can use it in conjunction with other reports. Here's how I made a new segment called "Chrome Content Suggestions":
Before I dug into this, my initial thought was that article suggestions would be based on Google News settings. It makes sense, after all, since many Google News users have already taken the time to specify their interests and preferred sources. But from what I can tell, Google News doesn't appear to play a role in these content suggestions. I digress to make this point because I think it's strange that Google doesn't leverage existing technology from Google News, but instead appears to be developing separate (and frankly superior) ways of surfacing personalized article content in parallel with Google News. I'll save my speculation for another post, but I will say this: there's starting to be an awful lot of redundancy between Google News and the AI-powered Google content discovery features we're talking about here, and redundancy in business usually results in consolidation. Just sayin'.
So how does Google determine what to suggest? From my research and experimentation, there are two main types of article recommendations:Personalized Trending
Since personalized recommendations are based on your activity in Google, they'll populate automatically, with no need to provide explicit input. However, you can add interests manually by using the "Customize feed" options inside the Google App. If you do that, you'll quickly see that any settings changes you make in the Google App will be reflected in Articles for You and the Cards in Feed and the Google App itself. Here's what it looks like when you go to add a topic:
Now we get to the million dollar question: how exactly do you optimize for these article suggestion features? A few suggestions:
That last suggestion is important, so I want to dig into a little more. But first, some context…
Ultimately what we're seeing here reflects Google's continued evolution toward something that looks more like a personal assistant than a search tool . I think we'll continue to see examples of this as Google tries to anticipate what people want to see, rather than waiting for them to search for it. Think about Google's SERP evolution so far:
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Meeta Sengupta is back with another important article about the state of education in India. Meeta outlines the steps that can hopefully better the existing system.
Via livemint
There are shortages everywhere—teachers, faculty, researchers, laboratories—and these are reflected in every assessment of education that has been done, be it the Annual Status of Education Report, the Programme for International Student Assessment or various higher education rankings. The good news stories lie buried under the sheer scale of the challenge ahead. Clearly, the battles need prioritization for the war to be won. Where does one start? With a mantra: Unbox. Unbind. Un-entangle. Unite.
Unbox learning: While the investment in classrooms and schools is great, it is time to release learning from the tyranny of classrooms. Learning should go to the student and must extend way beyond the walls of a classroom. Build on existing programmes to push content via multiple channels, create open libraries, let village school buildings become community learning centres after school time with open access to solar-powered connected computers. Commission science and reading vans, convert bus stops into educational game corners. Invest in creativity and research attitudes from the very beginning. Let learning be open to all, not just those who wear uniforms. Allow certification of prior knowledge when proven, so that the skilled are not burdened with schooling again. Create and support channels of knowledge flow to build communities of learning.
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Today, being a digital business demands the rethinking of business operations while focusing on customer experience, says Rebecca Sendel, senior director business assurance programs, TM Forum. Companies cant compete on their current business models alone, they have to undergo a fundamental change in order to leverage the digital world and overcome its challenges speeding time-to-market and reducing cost and risk.
In the digital world, it will become even more vital to be fast and agile and to deliver products and services on time as expected by increasingly demanding consumers. Moreover, Communications Service Providers (CSPs) must maximize every revenue opportunity when launching new products, offerings and bundles. Orga Systems has developed its GOLD Catalog and Order Management system to provide a solid foundation to enable service providers to set a new agenda for designing, launching, selling and delivering products across all services and customer segments.
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GOLD CCB is Orga Systems flagship product for convergent real-time charging and billing. Embedded policy control functions are an integral part of GOLD CCB unifying rating, charging and policy rules in a single real-time environment. Along with the GOLD CCB system, CSPs can improve time-to-market for product launches as well as delivery and monetization capabilities.
With the new concept of catalog-driven revenue management commercial offerings are designed within the product catalog and directly drive the configuration of charging, policy control and billing. This concept of a single point of product creation immensely shortens time-to-market and reduces IT efforts.
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Brian White: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what plans the Cabinet Office has to revise the guidance to Departments on the use of electronic communications at work. [5737]
Mr. Leslie: The second edition of guidance to Departments entitled "Electronic Communications at Work: What you Need to Know" will be published shortly by the Office of the e-Envoy. It seeks to support Departments in encouraging the responsible use of e-mails and the internet by their staff. Copies will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses and will be available on the e-Envoy's website.
David Taylor: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what progress has been made on the second e-Government International Benchmarking Study. [5736]
Mr. Leslie: The second e-Government International Benchmarking Study has now concluded and the report is published today on the website of the e-Envoy at http:// www.e-envoy.gov.uk/publications/reports/benchmarkingV2/ intro.htm. Copies of the report have been laid in the Libraries of the House.
Jeremy Corbyn: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the rental income is for Archway Tower N19; what the expenditure by public sources was in the last 12 months; and how much capital expenditure there has been on the building in each of the last three years. [5362]
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Ms Rosie Winterton: I have been asked to reply.
Archway Tower is owned by a commercial landlord, so there is almost no rental income to the Exchequer. However, the annual rent payable is £884,000 for Archway Tower plus a further £29,400 for 49 adjoining car parking spaces. There is a nominal annual rent income to the Exchequer of £13,295 from Vodaphone transmitter aerials located on the roof of the building. There is no
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intention to generate rental income from sub-letting because the building is currently being fitted out for full beneficial occupation by the Public Guardianship Office (PGO) and the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (CAFCASS) within the next nine months. The expenditure by public sources in the last 12 months was £1,346,805. The capital expenditure on the building in each of the last three years was £458,449 in 200001, £2,511,430 in 19992000 and £4,572,656 in 199899.


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Wednesday, August 31, 2016
College of the Day: Howard University
This Historically Black University is nestled in our nation's capital, one of the most diverse cities around. Howard offers many majors including Anesthesiology, Black Politics, Education, International Business, Journalism, Sports Medicine, and so many more. Residence Halls are protected by 24/7 campus security. Howard offers many dining options to satisfy everyone's cravings. Howard University offers several Division II teams including basketball, lacrosse, soccer, volleyball, and many more. In 2011, Howard's total admission was 10,594, so be prepared to meet many new people!
Tuesday, August 30, 2016
College of the Day: Pace University
For more than 100 years, Pace University has been preparing students to become leaders in their fields by providing an education that combines exceptional academics with professional experience and the New York advantage. Pace has three campuses, in New York City, Westchester, and
White Plains. A private metropolitan university, Pace enrolls approximately 13,500 students in bachelor's, master's, and doctoral programs in the Dyson College of Arts and Sciences,
Lienhard School of Nursing, Lubin School of Business, School of Education, Seidenberg School of Computer Science and Information Systems, and School of Law.
White Plains. A private metropolitan university, Pace enrolls approximately 13,500 students in bachelor's, master's, and doctoral programs in the Dyson College of Arts and Sciences,
Lienhard School of Nursing, Lubin School of Business, School of Education, Seidenberg School of Computer Science and Information Systems, and School of Law.
Monday, August 29, 2016
College of the Day: Old Dominion University
A moderately large state university in Norfolk, Virginia, Old Dominion University has an admission profile similar to Towson University, accepting few students with less than a 3.0 GPA or 20 ACT. Taking advantage of its large and diverse student body, there are 200 student organizations on campus, and over 70 undergraduate majors available. Old Dominion is joining the Conference USA, so it will compete with schools like Marshall, Tulane, East Carolina, and Florida International University.
Friday, August 26, 2016
College of the Day: North Carolina State University
As large and distinguished as the University of Maryland, North Carolina State University is an excellent option for students who long for the large campus crowds and prefer the warmer weather. Notable alumni include Coach Bill Cowher, comedian Zach Galifianakis, and former White House press secretary Robert Gibbs.
Thursday, August 25, 2016
College of the Day: Lincoln University of Pennsylvania
Located only 90 minutes away in Chester County Pennsylvania, Lincoln University is known as a premier historically black college. Famous alumni include Langston Hughes and Thurgood Marshall, and offers undergraduate majors in all of the popular fields of study.
Wednesday, August 24, 2016
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College of the Day: American University
AmericanUniversity is a competitive university in northwest Washington, DC. Admissions are more competitive than Towson, but not much more so than College Park. The campus itself is nestled in a residential section of the city, but feels simultaneously classic and contemporary. Many students make American their back-up to George Washington, and is comparable to a college like Boston University.
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A new mobile phone app aims to encourage West Australians to stay mentally healthy by providing information and guidance on how to ward off mental illness and get more out of life by staying physically, mentally and socially active.
Devised by Curtin University's Mentally Healthy WA in partnership with The University of Western Australia's Centre for Software Practice and the WA Department of Sport and Recreation, the Act-Belong-Commit App allows users to find local activities and events and rate their involvement in mentally healthy activities.
Mentally Healthy WA campaign manager Amberlee Laws said it was important to bring Act-Belong-Commit into the digital age and extend the mentally healthy message to iPhone and iPod Touch users in WA.
Associate Professor David Glance, Director of the UWA Centre for Software Practice, said the ABC app provided a convenient way to access important mental health information from Mentally Healthy WA and details about clubs from the Department of Sports and Recreation.
"It is our ongoing aim to support people in their efforts to help themselves stay fit and mentally healthy," Professor Glance said.
Department of Sport and Recreation Director General Ron Alexander said there was a strong positive link between belonging to a sport or recreation club and good mental health.
"Being part of a sport or recreation club not only keeps you physically healthy, it also provides a support network and connection to your community," Mr Alexander said. "In clubs, people look out for their friends and team mates, and generally support one another, not just on the field.
"This free app uses information from a great resource developed by the Department of Sport and Recreation called ClubsOnline, which lists details of more than 2900 sport and recreation clubs from across Western Australia."
To download the app, search for 'Act Belong Commit' in the iTunes App Store, or follow the link on the Act-Belong-Commit website homepage.
Media references
Associate Professor David Glance (UWA Centre for Software Practice) (+61 8) 6488 4706
Amberlee Laws (Mentally Healthy WA, Curtin University) (+61 8) 9266 1709
Michael Sinclair-Jones (UWA Public Affairs) (+61 8) 6488 3229 / (+61 4) 00 700 783


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Many years ago, NASA scientists were studying ways to build spaceships that could keep astronauts alive for long space journeys. They wanted the environment inside the spaceship to maintain itself, producing food and oxygen for the crew and keeping the air and water clean and reusable. As part of NASA's experiments, they discovered how to make a self-contained living world inside a closed glass container.
Because these tiny, living worlds were so beautiful and helped people understand about the balance of nature, NASA gave the technology away so that these little worlds could be made and sold in great numbers. The tiny worlds are called EcoSpheres®.
The EcoSphere contains water, air, tiny shrimp, algae (a green plant), and bacteria. It also contains tiny branches, shells, and rocks so the shrimp have places to hide and the bacteria have surfaces to cling to. The Ecosphere container must be transparent, so light can shine in to be the energy source for the whole system.
Here's how it works:
- Light (sun or artificial light) makes the algae grow.
- Algae produce oxygen and food for the shrimp.
- Shrimp eat the algae and "breathe" the oxygen.
- Shrimp produce waste—carbon dioxide from "breathing" and solid waste from eating.
- The bacteria feed on the waste from the shrimps' digestion, breaking it down into nutrients.
- The algae use the nutrients and carbon dioxide (and light energy) to grow back, so the shrimp will have yet another meal.
- And 'round and 'round goes the cycle for the shrimps' life span, which can be several years!
As long as nothing disturbs this balance (such as too much heat or too little light), everything lives in harmony. Just as on Earth.
Earth itself is a big, very complicated EcoSphere. It has air, water, land, and life. It has the Sun for energy.
Every part of Earth's ecosphere depends on every other part. For example, if some of the seaweed in the oceans dies, fish will have less oxygen, because seaweed produces oxygen. If a volcano erupts and puts a lot of soot into the atmosphere, the wind could spread the particles for thousands of miles. Less sunshine would get through, so the air temperature could be colder for a while. Also, less sunshine means plants would not grow as fast, nor produce as much oxygen. How much water is frozen as ice has a lot to do with Earth's climate and how living things thrive and adapt to their environments.
Note on the Ecosphere®:
Occasionally, information on a particular product that demonstrates how NASA-developed technology has been put into use may be included on a NASA web site. Any such mention of a commercial products on this web site should not be regarded as an endorsement or recommendation by NASA.


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On the contemporary side of polished professionalism, this case features logical organization for a laptop, an iPad and other required business gear. Slide the luggage strap over your rolling upright to travel with comfort and ease.
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Few players have lit up the Premier League this season as much Tottenham's Welsh wing wizard Gareth Bale.
Bale has taken his form and talent to a whole new level with brilliant goals, man-of-the-match performances and superb displays for club and country.
It has also meant that Bale has pushed his claims to be recognised as Player of the Year in the Premier League among the top foreign stars like Robin van Persie, Luis Suarez and Juan Mata.
Bale has enjoyed a terrific season and goes from strength to strength for Tottenham as he is almost single handedly leading their push for Champions League football.
In this new series we are looking at National Treasures. Our new and final part of our Vauxhall campaign highlights British stars who are shining brightly in the Premier League.
We'd love you, our readers, to get involved and tell us what you think of players: whether they are world class or how they fare against their opponents.
This week we're looking at one of the stars of the season: Gareth Bale
GARETH BALE had already marked himself down as a big star at White Hart Lane.
But Bale has excelled this season with his mix of power, pace and flair. He has become something of a free kick expert and his form has helped lift Tottenham to new heights.
Tottenham boss Andre Villas-Boas has admitted that Bale is important to Spurs as Lionel Messi is to Barcelona or Cristiano Ronaldo is to Real Madrid.
And the big foreign clubs like Real Madrid and Barcelona have got half an eye on him for next season after his outstanding displays have often seen him put into the world class brackets by the critics.
Bale has great pace, is hard to knock off the ball and is playing with a confidence which makes him unstoppable for Tottenham.
Villas-Boas has also hinted that Bale could even play as an out and out forward because he is so dangerous in attack.
Tottenham will be relying on Bale to help them reach the top four and Champions League next season.
In the form that he has been in, that must be within Bale's grasp. And playing on the biggest European stage next season may also be decisive in keeping him at White Hart Lane next season.
We would welcome your comments, views and which players would have shone brightly this season to be recognised as one of the National Treasures.
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Selwyn Resources announces management reorganization
Selwyn Resources (CVE:SWN) announced changes to corporate management Thursday in a bid to maximize the zinc miner's progress toward its strategic goals.
Stephen Rea - vice president of corporate development - has been appointed, on an interim basis, as president.
Meanwhile, Harlan Meade will remain as chief executive and director of the company.
Meade will also be part of an executive committee, along with three other directors. The committee will consist of Wade Nesmith, Robert Rusko and Brad Marchant.
Selwyn established the committee to help Meade carry-out his duties, particularly relating to the company's joint venture and the previously announced strategic review.
Additionally, the zinc miner's current director Brad Marchant will replace Meade on the board of Selwyn Chihong Mining, and as the president of that company to represent Selwyn on the management committee of the Selwyn Chihong Joint Venture for the Selwyn project.
"We are pleased to be announcing today's reorganization and the addition of resources to the senior management team," chairman Nesmith said in a statement.
"The company, like many companies in the base metals community, is facing a number of unique challenges and we are fortunate that my colleagues at Selwyn have been able to provide more of their time and expertise to assist with these issues."
The Selwyn project, which consists of 7,450-hectares of mineral claims, hosts large tonnages of zinc and lead mineralization which have the potential for large-scale production.
Selwyn has 19,294-hectares of mineral claims in the Yukon and 3,373-hectares of wholly-owned claims in the Northwest Territories.
Earlier this week, Selwyn said that it has been granted long-term tenure for a major portion of a key road that links its joint venture Selwyn project in the Yukon to the public highway system.
It was given a 30-year license of occupation for the majority portion of the Howard's Pass Access Road that is under the jurisdiction of the Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada (AANDC).
Howard's Pass is a 79 kilometre long road that links the company's Selwyn project in the Yukon with the public highway system. The Selwyn project is being advanced by a joint venture company forned by Selwyn and Chihong Canada Mining.
Also last month, the lead and zinc explorer closed its previously announced $10 million secured debt facility.
The proceeds will be used by both Selwyn and its unit ScoZinc for general corporate purposes, including activities at its ScoZinc mine in Nova Scotia.
The ScoZinc mine, a past producing zinc-lead mine in Nova Scotia, which the company acquired for $10 million, has a measured and indicated resource of 2.8 million tonnes grading 4.2 percent zinc and 1.9 percent lead.
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Jun 24
Sticker You- Honey Labels
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Nov 02
Proposal would reduce beekeepers' liability against damage claims
Noting bees' importance as pollinators of the fresh produce items Ohioans eat and the other crops raised throughout the Buckeye State, a lawmaker has proposed a bill that would relieve responsible beekeepers of liability against personal injury or property damage claims. Republican Rep. Dick Stein of Norwalk introduced House Bill 392 in the Ohio House more »
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Oct 05
OSBA Annual Fall Conference 2017
OSBA – Annual Fall Conference November 4th, 2017 – Plain City, Ohio Tolles Career Center – 7877 US Highway 42 S – Plain City OH 43064 The Ohio State Beekeepers Association is holding its annual Fall Conference at Tolles Career & Technical Center in Plain City, Ohio. Based on past attendance, and the central Ohio more »
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Feb 28
Take Action Before March 6th for Honey Labels
The Ohio State Beekeepers Association is asking its members to take action today! The American Honey Producers Association seeks your support concerning new honey nutrition label language. No matter the number of hives you manage, whether you sell your honey at farmer's markets, or share it with family and friends: we are all beekeepers. The more »
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Feb 06
2017 4H Essay Contest
Sponsored by: The Foundation for the Preservation of Honey Bees, Inc. 2017 Essay Topic: "How can MP3 (Managed Pollinator Protection Plan) more effectively protect honey bees from pesticide exposure?" Beekeeping has had is five minutes of fame for the past seven years. Now more than ever, the general public along with beekeepers are asking "What more »
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Jan 30
NAGC Launches "BeeCare", Testing for Honeybee Diseases
Bulk Discounts Offered to Benefit Local Beekeeper Groups Fargo, ND; January 25, 2017 – The National Agricultural Genotyping Center (NAGC) will launch "BeeCare" testing service for honeybee diseases in February 2017. A total of nine viral and two bacterial diseases will be covered in the BeeCare test panel, which includes all currently known major honeybee more »
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Jan 24
Apiary Diagnostic Kit now available for pre-orders for the 2017 season.
The Apiary Diagnostic Kit and manual is now available for purchase for a limited time at a special price of $49.99 (plus shipping) from our website, or $45 at the OSBA table at upcoming conferences. The manual, by itself, will be available on-line for $24.99 (free shipping), or $20 at the OSBA table. Advance orders more »
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Jan 07
And the 2017 4H Partnership Program Winners are…
The 4H Partnership Program winners have been selected for 2017. Thanks to generous donations by Mann Lake Ltd. and the Ohio Bee Box Company, we are able to offer 2 additional winners this year. And the winners are… Kayla Lennartz – Sponsored by Greater Grand Lake Beekeepers Association Daisy Ray – Sponsored by the more »
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Lithopolis Honeyfest
"SAVING THE PLANET, ONE HONEY BEE AT A TIME" THE 2016 HONEYFEST WILL BE THE 10TH ANNUAL "BIGGER AND BETTER THAN EVER" FRIDAY, SEPT. 9TH, 3 – 7 PM SATURDAY, SEPT. 10TH, 10 AM – 7 PM For more information go to http://centralohiobeekeeper.com/
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