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The Tory party may be on its deathbed, as the party chairman warned yesterday, but the conference at Blackpool looks more like a carnival than a wake. Kenneth Clarke's candidates are decked out in suede shoes and fleeces, the Cameron supporters have blue T-shirts and Liam's Foxy ladies are waving pom-poms.
As the candidates parade around Blackpool, competing under the illuminations, there couldn't be a better place for a beauty parade. Everyone is waiting for the swimwear competition, when the finalists reveal all as they twirl on the stage.
The candidates each have their unique selling points and their cellulite; some look as though they have resorted to plastic surgery to disguise their less attractive curves, others have laced their views into a tight corset. All are trying to prove that they have the same vital statistics as the last winner, Tony Blair - that they are modern, moderate, open and inclusive, and that they all believe in opportunity for all, the equivalent of telling a beauty contest that you love animals.
David Cameron may know a lot about carnivals, coming from Notting Hill, but there is only one obvious contender for the crown. David Davis appears to have it all. His float is bigger, his entourage larger. If Alan Duncan declares his support this week, Davis will have enough votes for a guaranteed slot in the final round. He is the candidate who wants it most; he has been working out for this moment for years on his climbing wall and in the corridors of Westminster.
He appears to be about the right age - not too young, not too old - and he's telegenic. He has experience without being too tainted by the last 18 years of Tory rule. He comes from the traditional, tie-wearing, Euro-sceptic wing of the party, but he has learnt to dance to some modern tunes. He has a devoted wife, Do, who lives in his Yorkshire constituency and who is as likely to have toxic showers as Cherie Blair is to make blackberry-and-apple crumble.
He has the perfect life story. "I don't know why people seem obsessed by it," he says, before admitting that he was brought up on a council estate by a single mother. A fairy godmother couldn't have given him a better start in the modern Conservative Party. Margaret Thatcher was a grocer's daughter, John Major was the son of a trapeze artist, but DD's life was even harder. Unlike Old Etonians, he doesn't have to prove it when he says he wants to be inclusive.
Although he couldn't stop himself from saying that he was like Heineken - "Reaching the parts others couldn't reach" - when David Cameron said he was "Coca-Cola - the real thing", Mr Davis has decided to be statesmanlike for the conference. His speech will be that of a leader-in-waiting.
"It's terrifying being in first position," says an aide. "We've got everything to lose. Remember Michael Portillo." Other supporters are more impatient. You can see their point. They have run an efficient campaign. The majority of MPs look set to back him, among the grassroots he is eight percentage points ahead of Ken Clarke and the donors are impressed. Lady Thatcher, Cecil Parkinson and Norman Tebbit have endorsed the shadow home secretary. The party's brains, David Willetts, is giving him intellectual credibility.
Why don't they just crown Mr Davis? It would save the £35,000 that each campaign has to contribute to the ballot. It would put an end to the Tory humiliation of in effect being leaderless. Michael Howard didn't have to fight for the title.
There is one good reason. Mr Davis is not yet popular enough with the country. There is something about him that stops one being able to give him 10 out of 10. Birdwatchers, according to Mr Clarke's campaign, call it a jizz. It's the way a bird walks and ruffles its feathers. Mr Davis hasn't yet got the right jizz. If the ex-SAS reservist wants to win full marks, there are obstacles he still has to overcome, among them:
1. What does he stand for? He says he is an ideas man, not an ideologue. But what are his ideas? He is in favour of lower taxes, he might back education vouchers, but his manifesto and speeches give little away.
2. Is he a traditionalist or a moderniser? He'd bring back the death penalty for serial killers, he instinctively believes that women should change the nappies, and an aide ridiculed Mr Cameron's campaign as full of: "Yummy mummies and breast feeders." His critics say he is Neanderthal man. Yet in other ways he out-modernises the other candidates. It may be a clever tactic to woo both sides of the party, but voters can suss out a fraud. His colleagues need to know which way he will turn - Left or Right - when the going gets tough.
3. Is he a lazy bully? It is unfair to call Mr Davis lazy. He was an excellent chairman of the Public Accounts Committee, and as shadow home secretary he took two scalps. But the bullying tag is harder to shake off. David Blunkett called him "one of the nastier politicians, the only man to have used my blindness against me". He can be ruthless - an attribute in keeping his party under control, but Mr Clarke knows that charm is more endearing to the voters. Winning elections is about selling hope as well as fear.
4. Can he appeal to women? At the moment, women prefer the portly figure of Mr Clarke or the cherubic cheeks of Mr Cameron. Mr Davis is an alpha male - he keeps a pickaxe in his office. But he is not going to win over younger women if he says: "I make all the big decisions in life about World War Three, my wife makes all the small decisions." It is women who now have to juggle work, children and homes, while the men make the small decisions such as what to watch on television.
Mr Davis could be the man to rescue the Tory party. But he needs to be challenged over the next couple of months. It's the only way for his party - and the voters - to find out whether he has got what it takes to make it to Number 10.


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Saving the Santa Cruz Island Fox
At just four pounds and the size of a small house cat, the Santa Cruz Island fox has historically been the island's top predator for thousands of years. However, history changed as introduced species and human disturbances took their toll on the island, driving the native fox population to near extinction.
The Nature Conservancy—together with the National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the California Department of Fish and Game—engaged in an intensive, science-based recovery project to save the island fox. In less than a decade, the fox population has made an unprecedented recovery—heralding it as one of the fastest and most successful endangered species recovery programs in U.S. history.
A Vanishing Species
For thousands of years the Santa Cruz Island fox roamed the island free from predators—until golden eagles from the mainland began nesting on the island in the 1990s. Attracted by the abundance of feral pigs on the island, the golden eagles also preyed on the island fox. Naïve to aerial predators, the foxes made easy targets, resulting in a rapid decline in population.
- The island fox population fell from 1,500 to fewer than 100 animals in less than a decade—a 95 percent reduction of the fox population.
- In March 2004, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service listed the Santa Cruz Island fox as an endangered species.
Island Fox Recovery
In 2002, the Conservancy and partners initiated an Island Fox Recovery Program—including captive breeding, monitoring foxes closely in the wild and vaccinating against canid diseases—to safeguard the limited remaining population against extinction.
- Biologists identified mating pairs, then carefully captured and housed them in a captive breeding facility, designed to mimic their natural environment.
- In six seasons, 85 pups were produced by the program and released to the wild.
- Due to the successful recovery of fox populations in the wild, the captive breeding program was phased out in 2007.
- The wild island fox population now stands at more than 1,300.
In addition, other key components of Santa Cruz Island's complex restoration program were implemented to help restore the native community:
- Relocating golden eagles to the mainland
- Re-establishing native bald eagles to the island
- Removing non-native feral sheep and pigs
Restoration and Research Continues
Today, the island fox survival rate has increased to an astonishing 96 percent, and biologists continue to track and monitor foxes in the wild.
- Roughly 10 percent of the fox population is radio-collared, enabling researchers to study their movements and keep close tabs on the population.
- Fox health is monitored and vaccines administered annually for rabies and canine distemper—diseases easily contracted from domestic dogs illegally brought ashore by boaters.
Fox Facts:
- Descendants of the larger mainland gray fox
- Grayish-white-and-black backs; dull-white underbellies; cinnamon-rust at the base of ears, sides of neck and limbs
- Diet includes summer holly, cholla cactus, rose, sumac, nightshade, native deer mice, ground-nesting birds and occasionally grasshoppers and crickets
- Habitat: valley and foothill grasslands, coastal dunes, coastal bluffs, coastal sage scrub, oak woodland and coastal marsh
- Foxes pair-bond for life—remaining monogamous until one of the partners dies
- Mating takes place in January and February, with one to five pups produced during late March through early May
Did you know…?
- The first foxes are believed to have found their island home more than 18,000 years ago by floating from the mainland on storm-generated debris.
- As sea levels rose, Santarosae—the offshore island land mass—separated to become the northern Channel Islands.
- Genetically distinct subspecies of foxes evolved on six of the Channel Islands—San Miguel, Santa Rosa, Santa Cruz, San Nicholas, San Clemente and Catalina.

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With Halloween now less than one week away, plans no doubt are in place for the spooky evening. Costumes are ready and the many haunted houses in the area are going strong.
With Halloween now less than one week away, plans no doubt are in place for the spooky evening. Costumes are ready and the many haunted houses in the area are going strong. These �fright factories� have become very popular, with several organizations using them to raise money for local charities.
Some frights come for free, and that will be the case again Thursday when the �Ghost Walk� takes place in downtown Gadsden. Last year was the first year for the walk, which takes about one hour to one hour and a half hours and covers several ghost stories and local legends. Anyone interested need only meet at the parking lot on First and Locust streets to take part.
One of the stories that will be featured is �The Haunted Barn.� In the early days of streetcar transportation in Etowah County, a large garage, or �streetcar barn,� was located in downtown Gadsden. The cars were stored there and needed repairs were made there. While the events of this story actually took place in Alabama City, on the Gadsden to Attalla route, many of the strange sights and sounds dealing with this particular car were reported at the streetcar barn.
The streetcar tracks that ran from Gadsden to Attalla passed through Alabama City at the present site of Meighan Boulevard. The tracks ran parallel to the giant Dwight Manufacturing Co., which employed hundreds of the residents of the small mill village. The public crossing was the scene of an accident June 25, 1900, that took the life of a young Alabama City resident and brought about an outcry from the public concerning the unsafe actions of the motormen who drove the electric streetcars.
At noon, the operatives from the cotton mill who resided on the opposite side of the streetcar tracks were hurrying out the gate of the cotton mill to go home to eat lunch. A large group of men was crossing the streetcar tracks at the public crossing just as the electric car came along, making its run to Attalla. A 10-year-old, James Julian, darted across the tracks. As he did, William Walker looked up, saw the car and cried out to the boy, but he was too late and the car struck the boy, grinding his little body under the wheels.
Witnesses said he motorman was looking at the crowd. The car was advancing toward the crowd at an unsafe rate and the motorman did not see the child attempting to run across the tracks.
The little boy�s body was picked up and placed on a crude bier. The most heart-rending part of the whole affair was the boy�s mother falling across his body and begging him to speak to her. The sight was enough to soften the hardest heart, and the people became angry. Loud murmurings were heard for vengeance, and but for the fact that friends of the motorman advised him not to return, he would have been lynched.
For many years to come, strange sounds were heard in the old streetcar barn. On many occasions, the car involved in the accident was moved during the night without explanation. Was the streetcar actually haunted by a grieving mother, or were the railway employees victims of overactive imaginations?


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Vampire Wars
Genre: Vampire action/drama/romance (action)
What's in it?: Fistfights, Gunfights, Alien vampires (you heard me right.)
What do NASA, Paris, an idol star, a terrorist and vampires have in common? They're all stuffed into a 60-minute OAV known as Vampire Wars.
Vampire Wars is the kind of title that you know is going to be bad. I know you may be thinking, "Don't judge a book by its cover," but in this case I would suggest you judge this one by the cover, and judge harshly.
To me, there was nothing appealing about Vampire Wars at all. Where should I start? The plot I suppose. Well, I didn't even bother writing up a decent plot summary. Is it because I'm lazy? Well, I am, but in this case I couldn't find a way to formulate a coherent summary of this show. It has all the stuff I listed, but everything is jumbled together. The plot progression just gets choppy and uneven as the OAV moves along. The concepts presented to get things moving are downright implausible, senseless and totally silly. It also doesn't help that the story is very cliché and convenient. For example, after our "hero" Kosaburo Kuki discovers the whereabouts of the damsel in distress, her mother just happens to have a helicopter that she uses to fly him over. Soon after, Kuki shoots one of those huge, stoic bodyguards (you know the type) full of bullets, but is still able to get the information he needs from him before he croaks. To add even more salt to the wound, the story doesn't even conclude. It just cuts off abruptly on a cliff-hanger, with no continuation in sight. (Heck, the word "end" appears after the credits.) One thing I should mention is that Kuki spends very little time fighting vampires. In fact, for a show titled "Vampire Wars," there is precious little screen time for the little neck-biters.
The characters are also an unappealing bunch. To be fair, their pasts are so poorly explained that there's no hope anyone can empathize with them. The main character, Kosaburo Kuki, is completely unlikeable. He's crude, blunt and mean. That didn't bother me at first since, being a terrorist and all, he's not supposed to be liked. However, due to that brilliant plot progression I mentioned earlier, Kuki is suddenly becomes Mr. Hero, who cares a great deal about the damsel in distress and simply must save her from certain evil. That's all well and good, but there was nothing done to show Kuki was starting to change. One minute he's being his crude, unlikeable self and the next minute he's still detestable, but gives a damn. Kiki, the aforementioned damsel, isn't so much unlikeable as she is forgettable (oops, I think someone better hand me a thesaurus). As a character she's so poorly defined that I couldn't care about the things that happened to her even if I wanted to. All the other characters are flat and not worth mentioning.
Artistically, Vampire Wars is bland and ugly. The art is not appealing, the backgrounds are unremarkable at best and the entire show looks fairly cheap. The character designs, while leaning toward older and realistic-looking, are pretty ugly for the most part, though perhaps passable on one of the vampires and a few women. The animation quality is sometimes passable but is oftentimes stilted and unnatural, with a few scenes having a surprisingly low frame-rate. This show doesn't look like an OAV, even if it is from the early 90's.
The Japanese acting isn't completely awful, but isn't particularly good. Good ole Kuki has a deep, monotone voice that makes the character all the more unlikeable. I guess the only other voice worth mentioning is Kiki's, simply because one of her emotional scenes, while not terribly convincing, wasn't outright bad either. The rest of the voices were indistinct and standard. As for the English, it was pretty cheesy, but also not completely awful. Kuki's voice isn't as deep and monotone, thus giving the character a little more personality. Some of the bad guys weren't bad in a cheesy sort of way and none of the English acting was absolutely terrible. However, the amount of swearing in the script, while not as bad as I've heard in the past, certainly didn't help. I'd cast my vote in favour of the original version if I had to choose, but I wouldn't recommend this show in any language.
The background music was overly synthesized, cheap-sounding and unappealing. The end song was equally cheesy and the sound effects were very cheap and generic.
Vampire Wars isn't popular in America (or Europe for that matter) and I sincerely doubt it's known any better in Japan. There's a reason for that. If this is the first time you've heard of this show, by all means don't look for it. It's not even good in a bad way. People who are especially interested in vampires will likely walk away sorely disappointed.
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This world of Zandoria, with it's anthropomorphic animal characters is a big place...
As I build the characters for the story, in my mind I see an ever expanding library if sets, props, characters, backgrounds that I would like to see used for even more tales!
I am also very aware of my own limitations to bring this all to life myself... So here is what I'm thinking about:
I'm proposing the following: making these assets available to other artists/animators who would like to collaborate with me. My plan has been to distribute the Tar episodes freely on a youTube channel, and later compile them on a DVD or something...it is in my mind, a very long-term project, maybe even what may be my life's work. DVD might be obsolete--could be some other avenue...
By letting other animators or teams create stories, vignettes, etc all set in the same milieu, this "world" is something that can continue into the future. Conceivably there could be volumes of "Tar of Zandoria"-- much like the world of Robert E Howard's "Conan the Barbarian" has been continued and expanded.
I will keep creative control over the look, the designs, textures, etc and publish a Bible for the characters and world, that will help maintain cohesion between different collaborators. Since it is the same assets in Animation:Master , I believe we can make it all fit together.
Ok: so how do we get paid? I propose to sign an agreement with whoever is willing and able. 50% to Zandoria Studios, the rest split between the contributors. So like you produce a 5 minute story, and it's part of a compilation of 30 minutes you would have a 1/12th financial stake in the profits.
Or let's say you create clever T-Shirts using the characters: you pay back Zandoria Studios 1/2 of what you make.
Or you rapid-prototype collectibles and sell them , same deal.
Essentially we are co-creators.
Please post your thoughts, suggestions, concerns and level of interest in working with me.
[Edit 3/27/13]
Since I first posed this question, I decided to just try to raise the money for TAR on Kickstarter. On the collaboration discussion, what I'm thinking now is just making the characters and other assets available to the animation community under an open license after I am done with the stories that I want to tell.
[Edit 3/7/15]
After failing at kickstarter, and working on this project solo for 5+ years, I have made one small episode... I'm ready for help. So if you want to be an animator, modeler, rigger, writer, voice actor, apprentice--I need you.


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A group of developers made good on their threats to fork Debian Linux late last year, after the community's leadership voted to replace sysvinit with systemd, making systemd the default init boot process. The Debian Technical Committee's decision spurred several key Debian developers and project maintainers to resign. Some of them formed a new community dedicated to developing a forked Debian Linux distro called "Devuan," pronounced "DevOne." The split is largely philosophical.
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YiXing (pronounced ee-shing) teapots first appeared during the Song Dynasty (960-1279) in the YiXing region of China, located in the Jiangsu province, about 120 miles northwest of Shanghai. Jiangsu province is the world's only source for the unique clay from which YiXing teapots are made, called purple or red clay.
YiXing teapots were relatively unknown for many years until the late Ming Dynasty (1600s) when their use and production began to flourish. Demand from Europe and throughout China fueled an active industry in which many artists developed their craft to high levels of mastery.
For the next three hundred years, YiXing teapots attained renown throughout China and Europe. Although the Europeans strove to imitate the YiXing teapots, they could not compete with the unique purple clay only found near YiXing, China.
Purple clay (Zi Sha)'s unique properties make it ideal for brewing tea. The quality most immediately apparent is the attractive color of purple clay. This color, sometimes augmented by natural pigments, is never hidden on YiXing teapots by glazes. Similarly, the inside of YiXing teapots are always left uncoated. The porous nature of purple clay absorbs the flavor, smell, and color of the tea that is brewed in it.
Over time, YiXing teapots develop a seasoning from repeated use, making the tea brewed from a well used teapot a special treat. For this reason, most people will dedicate a single flavor of tea to a specific YiXing teapot, so that the seasoning is not disrupted by cross-brewing. People from the US and Europe today are often surprised by the size of YiXing teapots. Most Westerners are more familiar with large teapots that are used to brew tea for numerous people at a time. Although there are certainly plenty of larger teapots for social brewing, YiXing teapots are intended for individual use, producing 1-2 servings of tea. For this reason, the Chinese historically would carry their own personal YiXing teapot and drink directly from its spout, although this is less common today.
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LeGarrette Blount: When "Gone Too Far" Becomes an UnderstatementSeptember 4, 2009
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Wednesday night, we witnessed one of the very few things in the period of a year that we can legitimately say made our jaws drop, eyeballs pop, and hands cover our mouths.
LeGarrette Blount made some horrific decisions that drastically changed the course of his NCAA football career (suspended for the rest of a much anticipated Oregon season) and NFL hankerings. Blount connected his knuckles with last night's jokester in the Oregon-Boise State game, Bryon Hout, after being overwhelmed with his unfathomable performance.
When the loss finally hit him square in the noggin, the stomach, the heart, Blount lashed out to a point of no return.
Eyes on fire and body shaking with rage, confusion, and disappointment, he proceeded to skip back a few steps and then do a few hand gestures basically interpreting his dignity (or what he had left of it at that point) and self-respect (though it seemed that he had none last night).
As if Blount could not have acted more delinquent, he then attempted to poke his teammate in the eye through the helmet, in hopes of getting around the restraining players and getting another shot at Hout, who at that point didn't understand what had happened.
In his defense, neither did we. The whole scene had tornado'd so fast that we didn't really experience yet another Blount tantrum until seeing the repeated pictures and videos several times Thursday morning.
But oh no, Blount wasn't done yet. Now with innumerable players, staff, and even police patrol surrounding the flashing "caution" sign that was Blount last night, number nine couldn't quite make it to the locker room without jawing and even trying to get at some of the jeering fans.
While screams and shrieks ran out in the night, Blount finally became enveloped in the darkness of the night and the tunnel. Hunched over in shame, he made his apology and assured everyone that such an incident will never happen again if he can help it.
Even when the shower drops spat at him before his press conference, Blount still didn't fully comprehend what had happened.
He still had an urge to prove himself more to Hout and everyone else watching; not just with a football in his hand and his legs racing down the field, but with a punch so Earth-shattering and destructive that no sane person would ever want to provoke Blount again.
He didn't come to the realization that he had probably just went from an easy first or second rounder and elite running back, to a man in need of anger management and therapy. Some even went as far to say that he's undraftable now after last night's calamitous events.
The bottom line is that Blount made a mistake that may not be forgivable in a short amount of time.
He wandered down a forbidden dusty road where ghouls and demons could snatch him without anybody noticing.
Blount altered his future in a matter of seconds; a future that involved him playing the game he loved and getting millions of dollars for it.
Now, years later, instead of Chris Berman yelling "And Blount with another touchdown!" an aghast office boss could be screaming, "LeGarrette! Where's that graph?!"
His teammates were crestfallen, acerbated, and dumbfounded. He devastated his coaches, who were forced to sit him on the bench for the season. He upset his and Oregon's fans, and set an extremely poor example for a way athletes should behave when being faced with criticism and harassment.
While it wasn't highlighted too much in those replays, you could see in the left corner of a video before Blount encountered the raucous fans a teammate of his yelling back looking somewhat disgusted.
Now whether or not he was yelling at Boise St. or at Blount is not clear, but it appeared that he was up to the very last standing hair on his head with Blount, who has a reputation for complaining and easily becoming piqued.
He has faced suspensions, violated team rules, and notoriously achieved getting on former Ducks head coach Mike Bellotti's (who is now the college's Athletic Director) bad side.
He's also known as an emotional player; a fraction of fans seeing him as a cry baby through their eyes.
Blount, during his apology where he resembled a man whose back was against the wall said, "I lost my head, and I shouldn't have taken it that far."
But the fact of the matter is, LaGarrette, that you took it much further than you think you did. You were a highly recruited stud coming out of college, Ole Miss and West Virginia being heavy pursuers outside of OSU.
Blount simply had it made: a scholarship, a lead spot on one of the nation's biggest football programs, and a 1,000-yard rusher in high school. Blount risked it all in his final year with the organization because he wanted to show everyone who he truly was—a punk, an ungrateful player shielded by teammates and coaches. Well, the curtain was pulled open, LaGarrette. Your colors have been revealed.
You were caught red-handed with your fingers grasping a cookie from the jar.
You were seen sneaking out at midnight when you were supposed to be in bed by 11.
LaGarrette Blount doesn't get the big picture.
LaGarrette Blount can't see the forest for the trees.
LaGarrette Blount is done, because people aren't going to express generosity and hand out a number of other chances after seeing what he just did.
All for a lack of self-control.
Now, he represents those who can't walk past the teasing bullies.
He represents those who can't ignore squawks of banters and heckles.
While Blount was granted to continue going to practice, as well as being able to salvage his scholarship, he lost whatever veneration he had left.
And for what?
Being an example when kids are taught how to retort in the red face of negativity?
This time, he couldn't omit the failure, as coach and college football analyst Lou Holtz told us on today's Outside the Lines.
This time, you crossed the line.
This time, LeGarrette Blount, you went far too far.


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One of the attackers recorded the assault on a cell phone.
The juveniles, charged with felonies of kidnapping and aggravated assault, could be incarcerated until they are 21.
The family of the youngest suspect, 14-years-old, who was arrested yesterday has already hired a lawyer.
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The adult cousin of a 17-year-old accused in the beating shared his thoughts.
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The aunt of another suspect spoke out about Upper Darby Police Superintendent Michael Chitwood.
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About the Book
People ask me what books I recommend to learn Java. And I have a few books that I thoroughly recommend, but they are not aimed at beginners.
Those that are aimed at beginners, I re-read recently and came to the conclusion that they would confuse more than help, and they don't help people become productive fast.
I wanted to write a book that gets testers started fast, is easy to follow, and has examples related to their work.
I have a companion web site for the book at javafortesters.com
Who is it for?
This book is for people who want to learn Java. Particularly people on a team that want to learn Java, but who aren't going to be coding the main Java application i.e. Testers, Managers, Business Analysts, Front End Developers, Designers, etc.
If you already know Java then this book may not be for you.
It is aimed at beginners.
I cover 'just enough' to get people writing tests and abstraction layers, but I don't really go down into a lot of detail. For example, I cover the basics of Inheritance, but don't really cover Interfaces in detail. I explain the concept of Interfaces, because we need to know it to understand Collections, but not how to write them.
Why? Because I want to cover enough to get people started, and working. I don't want to overload them. Once they are on their way, and have gained some experience. Then, when they are ready, they should have the basic knowledge to let them understand the additional concepts.
Why 'for testers'?
Java Developers coding production applications in Java need to learn Java differently from other people on the team.
Throughout my career I have written thousands of lines of Java code, but I have rarely had to compile the code into an application. Yet, when we learn Java, one of the first things we learn is 'javac' and the 'main' method.
Most of the code I write is wrapped up in a JUnit @Test method.
Everytime I have taught Java to testers or other people on the team, I start with a JUnit @Test method and show them how to run tests from the IDE.
Testers, and other people on the team use java differently, and I think we need a different order and approach to learning Java.
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Microwave beans at HIGH 2 minutes or until heated through.
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Lyon is larger than Grenoble and is located where the Rhône and Saône rivers intersect. The buildings sprawl out beyond the banks of both rivers, with the oldest part of town at the base of a hill on the north bank of the Saône River. At the top of the hill overlooking the old city is a large cathedral.
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Soon we headed back down the funicular and were wandering around the narrow streets of the old town. It was like a labyrinth of small squares, narrow streets, covered passages, and courtyards. The streets were filled with people browsing tourist shops and enjoying this beautiful city. Even on a cold, gloomy winter day like this one, the bright hues of the houses almost glowed.
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The Iranian government must provide the Alaei brothers with immediate access to legal counsel and to their families
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1. Re: RH10 Project wont save topics in Design view.Peter Grainge Nov 19, 2013 1:19 AM (in response to rasterdan)
Welcome back!
I havent seen anyone else report this so nothing to offer. That sort of confirms your train of thought about the age of the project.
Might be worth trying to delete the CPD and the PSS but back up first.
Did you get my email pointing out the problem you had with image tips is fixed in Rh10?
See www.grainge.org for RoboHelp and Authoring tips
2. Re: RH10 Project wont save topics in Design view.rasterdan Jan 13, 2014 8:15 AM (in response to Peter Grainge)
This project continues to degrade now with RH10. I am now having trouble even getting this project to compile HTML Help. I have deleted the cpd file with no help. It seems to me that somewhere down the line that RH deleted and or replaced the cpd file every time a project is opened. Regardless, that is not the problem because deleting the file made no difference.
I would like to try exporting this project and then importing it as a new project in the hope that some problems get sorted out. We had a lot of global variables that got deleted and moved into a new project so maybe it is having issues figuring out the pointer for the few variables that are left. The remaining variables were way down the list ... like #1000 or so.
I may have to reinstall RH9 and remake the changes since the upgrade to RH10. Overall, I am not happy with RH10, I have only had grief as a result of this upgrade. We were hoping to make an Android app but so far, what time we have had to try that out has failed.
Also, RH10 locks up frequently "stopped working" when the VPN or internet to my VPN connection is slow. When it is fast, like early in the morning, I have fewer lockups. Unfortunately, I must use this VPN and with RH9, I had NO problems with this. No problems at all. RH10 is killing me. My colleague inside the building is having better luck but he has a desktop PC and a local network connection to the server. Maybe the Adobe folks can look into this network issue. I noticed in one of the other threads that someone else was having issues from a slow network. This is what tipped me off to look in this direction and for sure, before my office on the west coast of the US opens, my project works a lot better.
If there are any parameters I can change to modify the slow network issues with RH10 and the server, i would certainly be eager to try something.
3. Re: RH10 Project wont save topics in Design view.Peter Grainge Jan 14, 2014 1:35 AM (in response to rasterdan)
Let's take this one by one.
Automatic deletion of the CPD can be found in Tools > Options.
There is no export option. You will need to create a new project and the folders you require. Then you can import all the topics within any one folder in one hit.
I will email you direct some instructions for creating an APK file. They worked on three machines but not on a fourth machine.
Rh10 was changed to allow it to work directly over a network. Whilst it is not my normal method of working, I have found that a little slower with some tasks but acceptable. Adobe do make the point that it is dependant on network speed so that could be why your colleague is OK as he is direct to the network. You are using VPN though so network speed could be more frustrating. When you say "lockup" does it recover and you just have to sit and wait or are you saying it crashes? Either way, I don't have an answer to this part but I can see if Adobe can provide any information.
I wonder if you can find some time to work on one of the sample projects to see if you hit the same issues there? It would help pinpoint whether the issues are project or network related.
See www.grainge.org for RoboHelp and Authoring tips
4. Re: RH10 Project wont save topics in Design view.rasterdan Jan 14, 2014 8:28 AM (in response to Peter Grainge)
Hello Peter, nice to hear from you again,
I just enabled the clear cpd file upon opening. Haven't tested yet. I did it manually yesterday along with PSS file. No help.
I will keep the import a folder at a time in mind when we have more time to play with that.
Not sure what an APK file is so that will be interesting.
As for RH10 working on the network, we have been using it on the network since 2001. Only since RH 9 have I seen any slow down with network check out/in and with RH10 and Win7 it is really having trouble with all of our projects that are in version control. RH9 worked, just got slow where RH10 just stops working and when I say stops working, I left it overnight and it had not started working so it really stopped working.
Both my colleague and I have a problem project that locks up at the same place. I turned the file where it stopped working into a snipped and placed into related topics. The compile went about 12 topics further before locking up. We went back to our RH9 version and it works just fine. So there is something going on. Also, this is the project where we have to switch to HTML view to save files. We had this problem in RH9 initially and after clearing some formatting of a global variable, the project started working normally.
I attempted to do the same with the one variable we have and this did not change having to switch from design view to html view to save any topic.
I have converted a couple of my local topics to RH10 and they seem to work fine. These are small in comparison to the big one that is having issues. The big project compiles to 140Mb.
Is there a problem with more than 1000 files in the root of a project? RoboHelp dumps photos into the root when you place an image. I just left them there because when I need to update a photo or illustration, it overwrites and propagates through the book which is nice. It also helps to keep from having duplicate images. Almost all of the root images are .jpg files along with a few spread sheets, pdf files, and 6 swf files. I attempted to move some out of the root to see if this helped but it did not change anything.
5. Re: RH10 Project wont save topics in Design view.rasterdan Jan 15, 2014 7:26 AM (in response to rasterdan)
I have figured out why topics won't save in design view but will save in HTML view. When our project got upgraded the references to our global variable for "Revision_Current-Letter" were broken. I went to each master page (14 in all) and deleted the global variable in the footer and replaced with the same variable but just a fresh itteration. Then generated a topic properties report and found 3 topics that had this bogus variable link. I replaced those links with a fresh one and suddenly I could save files in Design view again.
So, very strange why Design view was blocking me from saving topics because a global variable was corrupted. When I double clicked on the bogus variable, it came up empty. I know this is a problem from having empty variables in the past. I guess the Adobe folks have not fixed this issue about having a variable with no value!
Hope this helps someone else.
One more point, my project still will not compile HTML Help. It makes Web Help but not HTML Help. I think I have a lead but I am going to open a new discussion for that because it is has a strange double path problem.


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Who came out on top in 2010?
As the dust settles on 2010, the interesting question for a nation that fails to keep track of successes and failures is this: Who had a better year in 2010; Democrats or Republicans?
For some, this may seem like a rhetorical question. After all, Republicans rode the anti-government spending wave of angry voter sentiment to a historic victory in November. Republicans picked up six seats in the Senate, 63 seats in the House and five new governorships.
In addition, the results from the November election will give the party its largest number of seats in state legislatures since the Great Depression, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.
The GOP picked up at least 19 chambers and hundreds of seats. Not only does this give them increased clout in the various states that their party now controls, but going into the next round of redistricting it gives the GOP a leg up for the next 10 years.
In just about anyone's book, the Republicans had a very successful year.
The measure of success in Washington, too many times is who holds power and not what have you accomplished. But in the view of some pundits, success in politics shouldn't be about how many seats your party won and whether or not you were able to keep power. It should instead be about how you used the power when you had it.
You could make a strong argument that when viewing the accomplishments of the Obama administration and the Democratic Congress in the past year, that they had a very successful year.
Politicians have tried and failed for decades to enact governmental health care. This time, they succeeded. In 2008, Democrats won the presidency and held both houses of Congress by substantial majorities.
Despite this seeming advantage in legislative clout, they were able to ram the health bill through by the thinnest of margins. They took advantage of their opportunity and delivered. It probably was a major factor in costing them their majority. Some would argue that it was worth it.
In addition, they passed a number of bills for their core constituencies, including their most recent success, the repeal of DADT.
Despite historic losses, a case can be made that the Democrats also had a very good year.
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Diseases, like malaria and yellow fever are also transmitted through animals. Some vets have insight to diseases that affect both humans and animals. Vets have contributed to the treatment and cure of many diseases that plagued both humans and their furry friends.
Government agencies employ veterinarians as well. When an animal comes from a foreign land, these vets quarantine them and check for any diseases that may be present in an effort to control new diseases that can be brought into the country. Other Specific types of vets include:
A vet assistant works alongside the veterinarian and helps out around the clinic. In some cases, they may assist vets in surgery or restrain struggling animals during tests or lab work. The everyday duties of a veterinary assistant include; monitoring and caring for animals after surgery, keeping medical records, cleaning animals' teeth, feeding and bathing them, cleaning cages, sterilizing surgical equipment, giving animals medication, collecting samples for testing and performing laboratory tests, and offering grief counseling to pet owners.
It's a good idea to bring your pet to the vet regularly. This way, he or she becomes familiar and comfortable with the care providers, and you can stay on top of your pet's preventative care. If the animal is small enough, bring it to the office in a carrier. Just as you visit the doctor for a yearly check up, you should bring in your pet for regular check ups as well. During a routine veterinary visit, the vet will probably begin by asking you if there have been any changes in your pet's behavior or habits.
The vet will then take your pet's vitals, like weight, temperature, pulse and respiration rate, and perform a physical examination of the pet. During a physical exam, the vet checks the abdomen for swollen organs, and the legs, feet and joints for any potential problems. Depending on the age, breed or condition of your pet, your veterinarian may also check the eyes, ears and mouth.
When your vet conducts a full body examination, he or she will check out your pet's coat and skin, noting any hair loss, itchy spots or lumps. Keep note of your animal's shedding habits so you can let the vet know if anything seems abnormal. The vet will check for parasites, fleas, ticks, mites and heartworms as well.
Vaccinations are also important to your pet, especially if you have a cat or a dog, and your vet will suggest that you make sure they're current. Keeping up to date with vaccinations can prevent your furry friend from getting distemper, rabies, hepatitis and lyme disease. Some vaccinations last longer than others, so speak to your doctor about staying caught up with your animal's shots.
Just like your own health insurance, you want to make sure your animal is covered before he or she needs veterinary services. Some common animal surgeries can cost thousands of dollars, and you don't want to end up having to foot a surprise bill that costs more than your paycheck.
There's no set price for pet health insurance. Costs can depend on factors such as where you live, the age and breed of your pet, and how much coverage you want. Before you take out a pet insurance policy, you'll want to meet with your vet to go over what he or she thinks your animal should be covered for. Many vets believe that you should make sure cancer, chronic disease, hereditary and congenital disease, and common breed-related medical conditions are all addressed in your policy.
Some pet owners can't afford insurance for their pet, so there are other options to make paying for surprise pet visits as easy as possible. Some pet stores have wellness plans - which tend to be much cheaper than an insurance policy - that offer shots, check ups, screenings and discounts on various procedures your pet may need. A lot of veterinary offices offer payment plans for pricey procedures as well, as long as you have decent credit history. For a last-ditch option, there are even privately funded organizations that offer pet owners financial aid for their pet's treatments.


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A while back I was out shopping with a friend and we ended up stopping by shoppers at the end of our trip. Of course I completely forgot about the fact that I ran out of face scrub and was left with only a bit of money. Luckily this lovely little green tea scrub was on sale, so I thought might as well try it. And I cannot even exlain to you how much I loved it. I'm not going to say that it is a miracle or that it's better than every high end skin care product but it did work well for me and after a few days I noticed an improvement with my skin. Fast forward two months and I ran out so I went to get some more. Since I loved them so much I thought I would share with whomever is reading and having a bit of trouble with their skin. I usually follow it up with a moisturizer like you would with any other scrub and use it about 4 times a week. Highly recommend it, of course everybodies skin is different and you just have to see what's best for you.
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A Lasting First Impression: In a 2015 COPO Camaro, David Barton wins the Factory Stock Showdown at the 2016 NHRA Gatornationals
It isn't every day that we can report about a long-time Mopar brand racer running down a bunch of Ford products and winning in his first time out ever driving a Chevrolet! But that's exactly what happened during the recent Amalie Oil NHRA Gatornationals held in Florida, NHRA's traditional East Coast season-opening event.
David Barton, from Robesonia Pennsylvania, and son to legendary Canadian-born race car engine builder extraordinaire Ray Barton, first raised some eyebrows that weekend when the Gainesville event entry list showed his name as driver of a 2015 COPO Camaro.
Despite the fact that this car (which is owned by Gary Wolkwitz) was acquired only a few months before, and then only run once in testing prior to the event, Barton's team came away the winner in the first Factory Stock Showdown of the season!
"Long story short, the car owner Gary Wolkwitz (Califon, New Jersey) really enjoyed watching the Factory Stock Showdown at last year's event in Englishtown," David explained. "He liked it so much he wanted to own one, and he liked the COPOs best. We contacted Chevrolet to buy one but they were all sold out. Then a few months later at Indy some guys from GM saw how well our Ray Barton Engines COPO customers were running. So we kind of beat on them a little and explained that we have a serious customer who wants to make a statement with a COPO. And by the way, he holds the SS/AH record, so please find us a car! It just so happened that they (Chevrolet) had this very car on display at Indy. So after Indy, Wolkwitz wrote them a letter explaining his intentions. It turns out this was a very special car (2015 COPO Camaro, car #69) the last one built with that body style. So GM was being cautious—they didn't want it being sold to just a car collector or somebody looking to flip it to make a dollar. In the end they liked Gary's plan and agreed to sell it to him. We picked up the car in November."
At Gainesville, after qualifying No. 4 in the eight-car field, Barton proceeded to top the elite field, taking out three Ford Mustang drivers consecutively. In rounds one and two he beat Don Fezell and Chuck Watson. His team then saved their best performance for the final round, as Barton ran both low e.t. and top speed of the entire event (8.390 at 162.78 mph) to take the decision over Kevin Skinner.
"That was our first race with this car," David affirmed. "We tested in Valdosta (Georgia) only two days beforehand to work out a few bugs, and that seemed to help our team tremendously. Entering the race my main concern was to be able to qualify in the top eight. Of course, I wanted to win all along, but our setup was so new. But after the first qualifying shot I realized I had a solid chance of winning this deal. Winning this race was monumental for many reasons: It was my first time ever out in a Chevy, and I believe we are the first to win a NHRA Factory Showdown event with a COPO."
"For us, it's special too, because winning this race proved we can put any car in the Winner's Circle, not just Hemi cars," he added. "That was a pretty big deal because I feel like we have had a Mopar "M" tattooed on our foreheads. Well, maybe now that is starting to fade. I'll never forget my roots, but it's 2016 and all of these new COPO cars are exciting us."
This COPO FS/XX car features a 350ci supercharged engine with a 2.9L Whipple that (with Ray Barton Racing Engines expertise) produces a whopping 1,145 hp!
In addition to Gary; his dad, Ray; and wife, Samantha; David cites highly valued support from his crew members Todd Hoven and Karl Kelber, and also everyone involved in this build: Mike Roth (chassis), Bob Hochrun, Jerry Noonan, Roger Allen, Robin Wright, Mike Pustelny, Mickey Thompson Tires, Holley EFI, Bullet Cams, Joel's On Joy Transmissions, ATI Converters, Bob Fox, Diamond Pistons, Moroso, Phil and Randy Painter, Mark Williams, and VP Racing Fuels.
But this particular story does not end there. I mean what is drag racing without something weird happening?
Following their win and while waiting for their turn to go to victory lane for photos and presentation, their new COPO was clipped by another racer's trailer who was exiting the event premises, causing some minor damage to the side of the car.
Needless to say, car owner Gary Wolkwitz was "not pleased" with that unfortunate development. But soon after, the $1,500 First Place check and trophy from Factory Stock Showdown sponsors SAM Tech, quickly eased the pain!


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CombineNet and Transplace Extend Partnership in Delivering Advanced Transportation Procurement Solution to North America
Solution Targets the Complexities of Carrier Strategy, Negotiations, and Selection
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PITTSBURGH, Feb. 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- CombineNet, Inc., the leading provider of best-in-class sourcing technology solutions for global supply chains, and Transplace, a leading provider of transportation management services and logistics technology, today announced that the companies have extended their partnership agreement for a minimum of three more years to jointly help supply chain customers be more effective in their procurement of transportation and logistics services.
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Having entered into the partnership nearly three years ago, Transplace leverages the CombineNet ASAP® advanced e-sourcing technology as part of its expert solutions, helping customers develop and optimize their carrier strategy for procurement events involving truckload, less-than-truckload (LTL), and intermodal needs. Transplace delivered more than 50 customer solutions in 2012 using the CombineNet sourcing technology, in industries including consumer goods, chemicals, manufacturing, and retail.
"The partnership with CombineNet allows us to more easily navigate the complexities of carrier selection, negotiations, and final procurement decisions for the clients we serve, given the large size and ever-evolving requirements of their supply chains," said Ben Cubitt, senior vice president, Consulting and Engineering, Transplace. "We look forward to the benefits of continuing this partnership, which gives us a strategic advantage in addressing the variety of new future challenges our clients will need to address."
Mr. Cubitt notes that several new areas of opportunity have recently been emerging where the CombineNet advanced sourcing solution is creating value:
- Enhanced discussion of carrier strategy prior to opening the bid process, in order to improve scenario analysis.
- Classification of lane types (replenishment, transfers, customer, dedicated fleet or private fleet, etc.) to further refine the procurement requirements, for example: service levels, channel or customer requirements, equipment or mode options.
- Improved classification of carriers to help promote or evaluate strategic carriers, growth opportunities, or other carrier mix decisions.
- Ability to leverage a variety of carrier feedback options (targets, competitive ranges, carrier ranking) for both first and second bid rounds.
- Sourcing of indirect materials that support the transportation network, including the collection of detailed cost drivers from suppliers to support scenario analysis.
Stated Jeremy Becker, vice president of channel partnerships at CombineNet: "We are very proud of our successful partnership with Transplace and the work that they do using CombineNet for tackling client's complex needs in transportation procurement. The breadth of their offering and strategic approach to the transportation marketplace gives them a unique perspective and sets them apart as a solution provider."
About CombineNet
CombineNet, Inc. delivers award-winning best-in-class e-sourcing software solutions through its products CombineNet ASAP® for advanced e-sourcing, CombineNet Spend Analysis, and CombineNet Contract Management. Using these Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)-based sourcing products, CombineNet customers can rapidly adopt proven solutions for increasing spend under management and improving enterprise spend insights. Now in its twelfth year in business, CombineNet is known for its track record in driving significant bottom-line and productivity savings for its clientele which includes: General Mills, Hershey's, Heinz, Procter & Gamble, Sears, Johnson & Johnson, A.P. Moller-Maersk, Bayer, Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Reckitt Benckiser, and many more Global 2000 firms. www.combinenet.com
About Transplace
Transplace is a non-asset, North America-based third party logistics (3PL) provider offering manufacturers, retailers, chemical and consumer packaged goods companies the optimal blend of logistics technology and transportation management services. From complete logistics management outsourcing to SaaS transportation management system (TMS) and supply chain network planning and design to high-quality brokerage services, Transplace has proven the ability to deliver both rapid return on investment and consistent value to customers. The company is recognized among the elite global 3PLs by a customer base that includes many of the largest shippers in the world.
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I am British and because it was too much trouble and expense to go to the British embassy to get my UK licence validated I didn't even try. I found it easier to take the test. And I wouldn't bother with a driving school - not necessary if you have a rudimentary knowledge of Spanish to take the theory test.
The schools are pretty funny too. In the Dominican version of what we call the "Highway Code" in the UK, it gives two different sets of speed limits. I stopped by one on the driving schools by the Puerto Plata test centre to ask which were correct and after much discussion they had no idea!
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HORSHAM TWP., Pa. - February 8, 2013 --Officials in Montgomery County announced the arrest of three men on felony drug charges.
29-year-old Francisco Cintron, 42-year-old Raymond Giordano, and 26-year-old Israel Martinez were taken into custody Wednesday.
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TryC is for writing and running small C program. It's just for C learners. Mac OS X includes Developer Tools a developing environment for making Mac applications. But if someone wants to study programming using C, Xcode is too big and too complicated to write a small sample program for beginners. TryC is just for such kind of "beginners". You don't need to launch huge a Xcode application or type unfamiliar commands in Terminal using TryC you can write, compile and run C program just like TextEdit. It's only available to compile one source code file but it's enough for trying sample programs. I hope you enjoy studying C and
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In this tutorial I'll show you how to make a quilted and lined Liberty print pouch with a zip! Perfect to hold your lip balm, nail file, phone and any other girly bits and pieces that have a tendency to gather fluff at the bottom of your hand bag. Mind you, once you've mastered the technique you needn't limit yourself to make up bags - pencil cases, washbags and anything else you can think of will be at your finger tips!
The layer of cotton batting adds just enough structure to the main fabric and will help to protect whatever's inside but still leaves the pouch pleasingly squishy. You could use a double later of batting if you wanted even more structure.
I chose Bourton F for the main fabric as I had some left over from my Liberty print dress but you could choose any print or pattern you fancy. I'm already dreaming of a version in Forget-Me-Nots!
I love it when cosmetic bags have a 'suprise' fun coloured lining so decided to double up on the Liberty print here and use a pretty, micro floral print for the lining fabric. This also has the advantage of helping to hide the inevitable smudges and marks that make up pouches tend to gather (in my hands at least!).
Materials & Equipment:
2 x pieces of main fabric 28cm by 17cm
2 x pieces of cotton batting 28cm by 17cm
2 x pieces of lining fabric 28cm by 17cm
Contrasting thread for quilting (or you can use the matching thread again if you prefer)
Stitch marker / tailors chalk
Fabric scissors
Sewing machine
Zipper presser foot
Step 1: Pin the cotton batting onto the wrong side (WS) of your two main fabric pieces. Tack all the way around the outside and across the middle in two horizontal lines (this will help secure the fabric when it comes to quilting). Remove the pins.
Step 9: Repeat steps 7 and 8 for the other side. You should now have something which looks a bit like this...
I hope you enjoyed the tutorial, if you decide to give it a go do let me know how you get on - I would love to see a picture of your creation!


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Shakespeare in Love meets Shakespeare's Sister in this novel of England's first professional woman poet and her collaboration and love affair with William Shakespeare.
London, 1593. Aemilia Bassano Lanier is beautiful and accomplished, but her societal conformity ends there. She frequently cross-dresses to escape her loveless marriage and to gain freedoms only men enjoy, but a chance encounter with a ragged, little-known poet named Shakespeare changes everything.
Aemilia grabs at the chance to pursue her long-held dream of writing and the two outsiders strike up a literary bargain. They leave plague-ridden London for Italy, where they begin secretly writing comedies together and where Will falls in love with the beautiful country — and with Aemilia, his Dark Lady. Their Italian idyll, though, cannot last and their collaborative affair comes to a devastating end. Will gains fame and fortune for their plays back in London and years later publishes the sonnets mocking his former muse. Not one to stand by in humiliation, Aemilia takes up her own pen in her defense and in defense of all women.
The Dark Lady's Mask gives voice to a real Renaissance woman in every sense of the word.
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I have always loved Shakespeare. When I was in high school, we studied one Shakespearean comedy and one tragedy each year. Then in college, I had a course in Shakespeare's plays. His work is so rich, but I only knew the basic details of his life. Therefore the plot of this novel was extremely intriguing to me.
The Dark Lady's Mask is a real treasure for fans of historical fiction. The historical details are beautifully realized, and readers will visit both Elizabethan England and Venice. I found the details of a writer's life during this period particularly intriguing.
Aemilia is a fascinating protagonist, strong, creative, and determined. I enjoyed reading the way she worked to rise above the challenges she encountered.
The storytelling is wonderful, with well developed characters and exceptional descriptions. This is my first read by Mary Sharratt, but it certainly will not be my last.
I very enthusiastically recommend The Dark Lady's Mask for other fans of historical fiction.
Author Bio
Mary Sharratt is an American writer who has lived in the Pendle region of Lancashire, England, for the past seven years. The author of the critically acclaimed novels Summit Avenue, The Real Minerva, and The Vanishing Point, Sharratt is also the co-editor of the subversive fiction anthology Bitch Lit, a celebration of female antiheroes, strong women who break all the rules.
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Justin Bieber has been on such a single-minded campaign to convince us all that he's no longer a little girl and is now, in fact, a very adult man recently that it seems like the kid might have self-actualized himself into a geriatric.
At least, that's the only explanation I can come up with to explain why the hell the guy needed to be carried the length of the Great Wall of China. (Spoiler alert: it's, like, a really long wall.)
On Monday, photos surfaced on the Interwebz of the Biebs being carried up one of wonders of the modern world on the shoulders of two actual adult men (bodyguards, I'm guessing?). What, they couldn't find a douchebag-sized papoose?
I mean, honestly, I don't know who I'm more disgusted with — Bieber for being such an egregious tool that he would make his bodyguards carry him up a monument like the boy prince of freaking Siam, his bodyguards for not quitting on the spot and also pushing him into a puddle or something on their way out of there, or myself for taking the time to write about this. But, hey, that's my job, right?


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Hey Everyone!
Wanted to quickly update you to showcase another unit: Mr. Moopsy. He's the cheapest and weakest in Tower Wars. His real strength lies in numbers. Similar to ants really, and just as likeable. By themselves, these guys are easily dealt with, but in giant numbers, well, now you've got a serious problem on your hands. Send on!
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