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Frequently Asked Questions about Local Government and Nonprofit Assistance
Q What can be acquired with Green Acres money?
A A local government or nonprofit organization can use Green Acres funding to acquire land that will be used for public outdoor recreation or conservation purposes. You can buy the land in fee or acquire a conservation easement, with public access.
We can help you buy land that contains buildings as long as they will be used in support of outdoor recreation, they are historic, or will be demolished to create open space. We cannot help you buy contaminated land unless it is cleaned up to the Department's satisfaction.
Once acquired, the land can be used for "passive" recreation (such as walking, hiking, horseback riding, cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, birdwatching, nature observation, boating, picknicking, fishing and hunting), "active" recreation (such as playgrounds, athletic fields, outdoor basketball and tennis courts, outdoor swimming pools, outdoor skate parks and outdoor ice rinks) or conservation (such as nature preserves and arboretums.).
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A For Green Acres purposes, "development" is the improvement of parkland with facilities for outdoor recreation and/or conservation purposes. Examples of development projects include construction of tot lots, athletic fields, running tracks, athletic courts, walkways, trails, boat ramps and boardwalks. Structures that will be used to support the outdoor recreation use of parkland (such as restrooms, maintenance sheds, or concession stands) may be constructed with Green Acres funds.
Green Acres funds cannot be used to construct buildings for indoor recreation purposes.
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A The Green Acres, Water Supply and Floodplain Protection, and Farmland and Historic Preservation Bond Act of 2009, approved by the voters in November 2009, authorized a total of $242 million for Green Acres purposes, broken down as follows:
$ 90 million for State Acquisition and development $110 million for Local grants and loans (acquisition and development) $ 18 million for Nonprofit matching grants (acquisition and development) $ 24 million for Blue Acres (State acquisition of properties in certain floodways that are prone to flood or storm damage)
Half of the funds authorized under the 2009 Green Acres bond are already committed to specific projects. The next funding round will use the balance of the 2009 bond act.
A All nonprofit funding is in the form of a 50% matching grant, whether for an acquisition or development project.
For local governments, there are different funding scenarios depending on the type of project you have, the population density of your community, and whether or not you have an open space tax.
Park Development:
A To qualify for Green Acres funding, your organization must be exempt from federal taxation pursuant to Section 501(c)3 of the Internal Revenue Code and the purposes of your organization must include "the acquisition and preservation of land or water areas or of a particular land or water area, or either thereof, in a natural, scenic or open condition." See N.J.S.A. 13:8B-2, 13:8C–2 and 13:8C–27(c).
If your organization qualifies for Green Acres funding, you may apply for 50% matching grants for either land acquisition anywhere in New Jersey, or park development projects in specific densely populated or urban areas. (Contact Green Acres for a specific list of municipalities/counties.)
All land acquired or developed by a nonprofit using Green Acres funding must be open to the public.
A All nonprofit acquisitions/development and many municipal and County projects are required to provide a match for Green Acres funding. Matching fund options include:
A In those instances when a fee simple purchase is not possible, but preservation of a site's natural or historic resources fulfills a compelling public need, Green Acres will consider funding the purchase of a permanent conservation or historic preservation restriction, or "easement." The easement must allow for meaningful public access, as determined by Green Acres, and must preserve the site's recreation and conservation resources to a degree that warrants the investment of Green Acres funding. In certain instances, Green Acres will reduce its participation when meaningful access cannot be provided but the purchase of the easement is still vital. All easement purchase must be reviewed with Green Acres prior to commencing the project, to ensure eligibility.
Q When are applications due?
A The deadline for applications for our next funding round will be February 15, 2012. We have sent a letter to all municipal and county clerks, and a wide variety of nonprofit organizations, announcing the deadline and inviting them to apply for funding.
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Once all applications are submitted, they are ranked by Green Acres according to our Priority Ranking System (which can be found in the application or in our rules at N.J.A.C. 7:36 or http://nj.gov/dep/greenacres/regs.pdf). Planning Incentive projects are not ranked since those acquisitions are based on an approved Open Space and Recreation Plan.
Green Acres determines which projects will be recommended for approval based on the rankings and the available funding. That list is then forwarded to the Garden State Preservation Trust, which has the authority to approve the projects. Once the Garden State Preservation Trust approves the list, we will notify you that your project has been approved subject to appropriation of the funds by the New Jersey Legislature.
The approved projects are listed on appropriations bills that must then go through the Legislature. This process can take some time, and is out of Green Acres' control, as the bills go through several committees before being voted on by both houses of the Legislature. The appropriation bills then go to the Governor for signature. Once the Governor signs the appropriation bill, we will notify you and will begin to work with you on a Project Agreement which formally establishes your approved funding account.
A Once funding for a project is approved and appropriated, Green Acres prepares a Project Agreement (contract) between the local government/nonprofit and the State for the approved funding and scope. Those contracts carry a term of two years, by which time you need to have completed the project. Buying land or constructing a park can be a very complicated process, however, whether or not you use Green Acres money. We will be working closely with you as you proceed, so as long as we know you are following our procedures and making significant progress during each step of the process, we will consider granting an extension.
A We require you to obtain the same reports that you would usually obtain as part of generally accepted due diligence for real estate transactions in New Jersey.
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A Green Acres establishes our limit of funding based on the certified market value that we establish for the property (using appraisals you provide and we review as part of the application process). If you decide for purposes of negotiating with the landowner that it is necessary to spend more than certified fair market value for a property, you must use other funds to pay the difference between the certified market value and the contract price. For example, if we certify a market value of $100,000 for a property to be purchased with a Planning Incentive grant, we can provide you up to $50,000 in Green Acres funding toward the acquisition, even if your contract price for the property exceeds $100,000.
A We require you to perform the same due diligence and reports that you would usually obtain as part of generally accepted due diligence for real estate transactions in New Jersey.
A. Once a project is approved and appropriated, we will send you Project Agreements (contracts) which, once executed, will be used to set up an account from which we will make disbursements for your project. When all procedural steps have been completed, and all required support documents have been submitted, you may request payment. For an acquisition project, payment can be made in advance (within 30 days) of closing or as reimbursement after you acquire the land. For development projects, payment can be made in advance (based on a contractor's bill) or as a reimbursement after you have paid the bills. Loan payments will be wired into a special non-interest-bearing account you must open to receive Green Acres funding. Grant payments will be mailed and must be deposited into your Green Acres account. These payments, and this account, are subject to audit.
A When a town or county applies for Green Acres funding, it is required to prepare a Recreation and Open Space Inventory ("ROSI") listing all the land it already holds for recreation and conservation purposes, whether or not such lands were acquired or developed with Green Acres funds. We also ask you to indicate which properties on the ROSI were funded by Green Acres. The ROSI becomes part of the contract we sign with you, and under the contract you agree to continue to use the lands listed on the ROSI only for recreation and conservation purposes. The ROSI is recorded with your County clerk's office once we make our first payment to you, so that everyone is on notice that your parkland is permanently protected by Green Acres.
A When Green Acres provides funding to a nonprofit for the acquisition of land or the development of recreational facilities, it must provide to the State, at no cost, a conservation restriction on that land. Green Acres and the nonprofit will prepare this restriction which will ensure that the land is held for public recreation and conservation purposes in perpetuity. The nonprofit must record the restriction with the County clerk's office upon payment from Green Acres.
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i'm on my lunch break - but i really would love to take the rest of the day off and just read through wedding blogs and day dream and write lists of things to do for the big day. i just keep telling myself that i need to focus on my job right now 'cause first, i want to finish strong in my current job...and second, come septemeber,
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While watching Rachel Ray the other day, I noticed this recipe and it looked right up our alley. It turned out better than expected. I hope you enjoy as much as we did!!
Buffalo Chicken Poppers
Source: Rachel Ray
Vegetable oil, for frying
2 1/2 cups complete pancake mix, any brand, divided
1 1/4 cups water
8 teaspoons hot sauce, divided (I used Frank's)
1 1/4 pounds chicken tenders or chicken breast cut into small bite-sized pieces
1 cup store bought, good quality refrigerated blue cheese dressing
2 scallions, finely chopped (I omitted)
1 teaspoon coarse black pepper, 1/3 palm full
Cut celery sticks, store bought
1 teaspoon coarse black pepper, 1/3 palm full
Cut celery sticks, store bought
"In a deep sided skillet heat 1 1/2 inches of vegetable oil over medium heat. If you wish to test the oil, add a 1-inch cube of bread to hot oil. If it turns deep golden brown in color in a count of 40, the oil is ready.
While the oil is heating make the batter. In a wide mixing bowl combine 2 cups of the pancake mix, 1 1/4 cups water and about 6 teaspoons hot sauce. Place the remaining plain 1/2 cup pancake mix in another wide mixing bowl. Arrange the batter and the bowl of plain pancake mix near the cook top and the heating oil. Line a plate with a few sheets of paper towels and keep within reach.
Once the oil is heated and ready, toss the chicken pieces in 2 teaspoons of hot sauce then toss in the plain pancake mix, coat evenly and shake off excess. The plain dry pancake mix will help the batter stick to the chicken pieces. Add some of chicken to the batter, you are going to want to work in 3 to 4 batches coating and frying. Using a fork, toss the bites in the batter. Remove the first batch from the batter, shaking off the excess batter as you carefully add them to the hot oil. Fry for 2 minutes on the first side, or until the first side is a deep golden brown, flip and continue to fry for another 2 minutes or until deep golden brown all over. Remove from the oil and drain on the paper towel lined plate, season with salt. Repeat until all the popcorn chicken bites are fried. Serve immediately with refrigerated, good quality creamy blue cheese prepared dressing with chopped scallions and black pepper stirred into it for dipping. Garnish platter with celery sticks. "


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Prospect of the Week: February 10, 2014
We continue our Prospect of the Week award, an honor (virtually) given to one Tampa Bay Lightning prospect for their recent contributions on and off the ice.
The Prospect of the Week for February 10, 2014 is … Matt Peca, C, Quinnipiac Bobcats (NCAA – USA).
Matt Peca was one of the best-kept secrets in the NCAA until his natural hat trick last year in the East Regional Finals.
As the 2013-2014 collegiate hockey season got underway, much was expected from the junior forward. He was coming off an excellent post-season and regular season in which he had 15 goals and 15 assists. Many thought Peca would challenge for the Hobey Baker as the NCAA's top player, but Peca found himself in a little different role.
Instead of playing wing on the top line he was put at his natural center position on more of a two-way line. While his role has changed (meaning less points), his special skill is still apparent. While he started slow statistically, he recently increased his scoresheet appearances.
He has seven points in his last three games, including four this past week to give him 25 for the season (10 goals). For this recent surge, he was named our Prospect of the Week.
On Friday, Peca had two goals and a shorthanded assist in then-No. 3 Quinnipiac's 6-3 win over No. 14 Clarkson (QU fell to No. 4 on Monday). He added goal on Saturday in an upset loss to St. Lawrence.
The Lightning selected Peca in the seventh round of the 2011 NHL Entry Draft out of Pembroke of the Central Canada Hockey League. Coached by former Bolt prospect and player Sheldon Keefe (now head coach at OHL Sault Ste Marie), Peca helped lead the Lumber Kings to the 2011 Royal Bank Cup as National Junior A Champions.
Peca had 72 points in 50 games that year, but fell in the draft due to his size (5-9, 175). He had several major junior teams fighting for his services that offseason, including a soap-opera-filled flirtation by Patrick Roy and the Quebec Remparts.
Peca eventually decided to honor his commitment to Quinnipiac.
Known for his high character and relentless motor, Peca matches his intangibles with a slick set of hands and exceptional vision. He will benefit from playing three or four years of NCAA hockey, allowing his frame to fill out so he's better able to withstand the punishment of pro hockey. While he could be signed and join AHL Syracuse next year, it's likely he stays in Connecticut to complete his degree and college eligibility.
When he finally starts his pro career – which seems like a given at this point in time – he'll give the Crunch a year or two of solid two-way play and some entertaining skill to make an impact on a scoring line. He could end up following Tyler Johnson's footsteps as a small player making the NHL, though Peca doesn't have Johnson's speed or shot. At best, Peca could be an NHL scoring liner and power play specialist. He has a high floor because he is gritty enough to play on a checking line if needed.
The secret's out: Peca is a rising prospect and potentially another diamond-in-the-rough for the Lightning. NCAA watchers can't say enough good things about him.
Honorable Mention: Slater Koekkoek, D (Windsor, OHL); Cedric Paquette, C (Syracuse, AHL), Tanner Richard, C (Syracuse, AHL), Vlad Namestnikov, C (Syracuse, AHL/Tampa Bay, NHL).
2013-2014 Prospect of the Week winners:
February 3: Adam Wilcox, G, (Minnesota Golden Gophers, NCAA, USA).
January 27: Dylan Blujus, D, (North Bay Battalion, OHL, Canada).
January 20: Mark Barberio, D, (Tampa Bay Lightning, NHL, USA).
January 13: Kristers Gudlevskis, G, (Syracuse Crunch, AHL, USA).
January 6: Ondrej Palat, LW, (Tampa Bay Lightning, NHL, USA).
December 17: Tyler Johnson, C, (Tampa Bay Lightning, NHL, USA).
December 10: Ondrej Palat, W, (Tampa Bay Lightning, NHL, USA).
December 3: Cedric Paquette, C, (Syracuse Crunch, AHL, USA).
November 26: Tyler Johnson, C, (Tampa Bay Lightning, NHL, USA).
November 19: Jonathan Drouin, C/W, (Halifax Mooseheads, QMJHL, Canada).
November 13: Jonathan Drouin, C/W, (Halifax Mooseheads, QMJHL, Canada).
November 4: Nikita Kucherov, W, (Syracuse Crunch, AHL, USA).
October 29: Kristers Gudlevskis, G, (Syracuse Crunch, AHL, USA).
October 24: Henri Ikonen, W, (Kingston Frontenacs, OHL, Canada).
October 16: Nikita Kucherov, W, (Syracuse Crunch, AHL, USA).
October 9: Henri Ikonen, W, (Kingston Frontenacs, OHL, Canada).
October 1: Andrey Vasilevskiy, G, (Salavat Yulaev, KHL, Russia).
September 24: Adam Erne, W, Tampa Bay (NHL) and Quebec (QMJHL)
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Jenna Fischer looks for some film love
As Steve Carell is poised to make a lot more appearances on the silver screen, he could have company from an "Office" co-star.
Jenna Fischer, the receptionist-turned-saleswoman on the NBC sitcom (who, of course, isn't leaving the show), is putting the finishing touches on "The Giant Mechanical Man," an offbeat love story she both produced and stars in.
The film tells of a female zoo worker who falls in love with a street performer (the silver-painted, motionless kind), with each of them resisting pressure from friends and family not to get together. "It's mostly a comedy, but it's a sweet comedy. There aren't any pratfalls," the actress told 24 Frames. Currently in postproduction, the movie -- which also stars Topher Grace -- is seeking a distributor and could well end up at film festivals later this year.
Fischer said the story, which reminds a little of Miranda July's indie hit "Me and You and Everyone We Know," aims for a sort of human plausibility. "It's not a question of will they fall in love, but how do they fall in love," said the actress. In an art-imitating-life turn, Fischer also met husband Lee Kirk on the film. (Kirk wrote and directed.)
After a string of smaller roles in studio comedies, Fischer, who turned 37 Monday, had a more prominent supporting part in the Farrelly brothers' recent "Hall Pass." She says she's hoping to take even more of a leap into film -- as a producer on "Man," she's gotten her hands dirty with nitty-gritty issues such as financing and casting -- while keeping her schedule in mind.
"Television work takes eight months out of the year, so you really only get to pick one film a year. But I'm trying to pick one that really gives me the most artistic expression," she said.
In the case of "Mechanical Man" that meant deviating from some romantic-comedy cliches. "As a producer, I see a lot of these scripts about a woman who falls in love, and she's always a fashion editor or an ad executive or someone at a fun, fast-paced New York creative job that looks like it doesn't exist, and then she falls for a scoundrel who challenges her point of view," Fischer said. "I didn't want to do that."
--Steven Zeitchik
What's Steve Carell's next move? Or should we say moves?
Can the Farrelly brothers make a comeback?
From the archives: Live chat with Jenna Fischer
Photo: Jenna Fischer at the "Hall Pass" premiere in Los Angeles last month. Credit: Paul Buck / European Pressphoto Agency


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Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is providing new information in unprecedented detail about the surface, subsurface, and atmosphere of Mars. This information has already helped Mars scientists and engineers characterize potential landing sites for other missions such as Mars Phoenix Lander and Mars Science Laboratory .
Mission Contribution to Mars Exploration Program Science Goals: Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is part of a series of expeditions to the red planet that help meet the four main science goals of the Mars Exploration Program:
Mission Objectives: Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter intends to meet these goals by accomplishing five specific objectives.
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What is memory-scraping malware, and how can it be stopped?
Malware that attacks the RAM inside point-of-sale (POS) devices -- the fancy name for digital cash registers used by everyone from retailers and restaurants to hoteliers and hospitals -- leapt into the spotlight this week after it was tied to the recent breach of Target, and by extension, breaches involving Neiman Marcus and other as-yet-unnamed retailers.
"There was malware installed on our POS registers; that much we have established," Target chief executive Gregg Steinhafel said Sunday in an interview with CNBC, referring to a breach that began on November 28 and lasted until December 15. That breach resulted in up to 110 million people having their credit card information or personal details compromised. A related investigation remains underway.
In the wake of Target's admission, here's what businesses and their customers should know about RAM-scraping malware and how to stop it.
1. Memory-scraping malware isn't new. Memory-scraping attacks date from at least 2011, when security researchers first spotted an advanced version of the Trackr (a.k.a. Alina) malware, which can be controlled via a botnet. "One of the earliest serious POS RAM scraper attacks that we observed was back in November 2011 when we found that a university and several hotels had their PoS systems compromised," said Numaan Huq, a security researcher at SophosLabs Canada, in a July 2013 blog post. "Later we saw varied targets, including an auto dealership in Australia infected with Trackr."
Retailers aren't the only organizations vulnerable to having their POS systems targeted by memory-scraping malware. "Although retailers can be affected by these kinds of things, there have been food service companies, healthcare, hotels and tourism companies being targeted by RAM scraping in the past," said security researcher Graham Cluley, speaking by phone.
But the Target breach appears to set a new high in terms of the number of records that the attackers were able to successfully compromise. "Because of the scale of the Target breach, this is probably one of the biggest incidents, if not the biggest incident, that has occurred," Cluley said.
[For more on the expanding Target data breach, see Neiman Marcus, Target Data Breaches: 8 Facts.]
2. POS malware routes around encryption. Memory-scraping malware is typically designed to target Track 1 and Track 2 data -- including a cardholder's name, card number, expiration date, and the card's three-digit security code (a.k.a. CVV or CVC) -- at the place where it's most vulnerable to being intercepted: in memory, where it's in plaintext format.
"There is that opportunity to steal the credit card information when it is in memory, perhaps even before your payment has even been authorized, and the data hasn't even been written to the hard drive yet," said Cluley. "In some ways, it's understandable that the bad guys did this because the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards -- PCI DSS -- tell retailers that if you write this [card] information to a hard disk or any other type of media it has to be strongly encrypted so nothing can grab it, and if you transmit it must be strongly encrypted, so nothing can intercept it in transit."
3. Security wrinkle: plaintext realities. Unfortunately, it's not feasible to encrypt data in POS system memory. "No matter how strong your encryption is, if the system needs to process data or process the code, everything needs to be decrypted in memory," explained Chris Elisan, principal malware scientist at security firm RSA, a division of EMC, speaking by phone.
Furthermore, RAM-scraping malware is purpose-built to act only when that information capture or decryption occurs. "Let's say it wants to steal credit card numbers," Elisan said. "The moment it sees new data being loaded into memory -- the moment it sees 16 characters with a zero or special character at the end, indicating that it's a card number -- it would just intercept that."


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Object #1016210 from MS-Papers-0032-0446
3 pages written 20 Jun 1870 by Maria Amina Maning to Sir Donald McLean
From: Inward letters - Surnames, Man - Mar, Reference Number MS-Papers-0032-0446 (25 digitised items). Correspondents:Maria A Maning, Auckland, 1870 & undated (2 letters); John Mannell, Tauranga, 1868 (1 letter); Hau Maning, undated letter; James Manning, Dunedin, 1865 (1 letter); W B D Mantell, Taranaki & Wellington, 1846-1876 (15 letters); Charles E Merchant, New Plymouth, 1847 & 1849 (2 letters).Marie du Coeur de Jesus, St Mary's Convent, Wellington, 1873? (1 letter); Matthew Marriner, Kaipara (to J Rogan), 1858 (1 letter); W Marsh, [Napier?], 1870 (1 letter); A Marshall (to Miss McLean), undated letter re witnessing the examination of the children.
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Charlie here! I'm EnglishCentral's Chief Linguist and Pedagogy advisor and as you may or may not know, much of what we do here at EC is based on key principles and research findings in the area of second language acquisition. One of the most important ones that informs the way we implement our voice recognition technology is something called the "Noticing the Gap" principle. Read on below for more than you ever wanted to know about "Noticing the Gap"!
Noticing the Gap is a language acquisition principle most closely associated with the work of Dick Schmidt, a Professor at University of Hawaii (one of the top programs in the world), who based his initial theoretical model on his own study of Portuguese while in Brazil. Basically, he argues that attention to (language) input is a conscious process. He views NOTICING (registering formal features in the input) and NOTICING THE GAP (identifying how the input to which the learner is exposed to differs from the output the learner is able to generate) as essential processes in second language acquisition.
When I joined the EC team two years ago it was this NOTICING THE GAP principle as much as my own work in vocabulary acquisition that I really felt we needed to push forward as pedagogic underpinnings of what we do. Though it is not a required part of the learning path (which I would love to see in the future), the "compare your speech" button (right next to the record button) is based on this idea that helping students to "NOTICE THE GAP" between native speech and their own, will enhance the language acquisition process.
For those of you who are interested, here are some of Schmidt's key articles on this NOTICE THE GAP principle:
Schmidt, R. (1990). The role of consciousness in second language learning. Applied Linguistics 11, 129-158.
Schmidt, R. (1993). Awareness and second language acquisition. Annual Review of Applied Linguistics 13, 206-226.
Schmidt, R. (1994). Implicit learning and the cognitive unconscious: Of artificial grammars and SLA. In N. Ellis (Ed.), Implicit and explicit learning of languages (pp. 165-209). London: Academic Press. [-8-]
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Schmidt, R., & Frota, S. (1986). Developing basic conversational ability in a second language. A case study of an adult learner of Portuguese. In R. Day (Ed.), Talking to learn: Conversation in second language acquisition, (pp. 237-326) Rowley, MA: Newbury House.
Below is a short summary discussion of Schmidtt's NOTICE THE GAP principle I was able to pull up on Google. It is from a well-known book by Dick Allwright and Kathleen Baily called "Focus on the Language Classroom" published by Cambridge University Press in 1991. The quote below is from page 104.
Below is a short discussion and diagram I found on the net which might help you to better understand the way noticing is related to the concept of "consciousness raising" (often mentioned in discussions of learning grammar):
I was first introduced to this principle back in the early 90s when doing my MA and PhD under Rod Ellis at Temple University Japan (another of the top schools in the word in Applied Linguistics, with Rod Ellis being one of the best known researchers in our field). Rod's book, "Understanding 2nd Language Acquisition" (Oxford University Press, 1991) briefly discusses the Noticing Hypothesis, but when Rod revised the 300 page book in 2000 (renamed as "The Study of Second Language Acquisition"), it expanded to over 1200 pages (!!!) and quickly became known as "the bible of second language acquisition theory". In this book, there are now several excellent discussions of the noticing hypothesis and noticing-the-gap hypothesis, most notably on pg 265-268. It was these excellent lectures and discussions of Dick Schmitt's research that planted the seeds for EnglishCentral's state-of-the-art SPEAK features…
Good luck teaching and make sure to get your students "noticing the gap".
Charles Browne
Ed.D. Senior Science and Pedagogy Advisor for EnglishCentral and Professor of Applied Linguistics at Meiji Gakuin University in Japan, is a specialist in CALL (Computer Assisted Language Learning) and Second Language Vocabulary Acquisition and has helped guide the development of EnglishCentral's language learning applications and teacher support tools based on over 25 years of EFL teaching and software development experience in the Asian market.


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Special equipment: 9-inch spring-form pan
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter and flour a 9-inch springform pan.
To make the cake, beat the eggs preferably in an electric mixer for 5 minutes. Add the sugar and grated citrus peel and continue to beat until the beater leaves a ribbon-like trail, about 15 minutes. Fold in the flour by hand, one-third at a time.
Pour the batter into the prepared springform pan and bake until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes. Allow the cake to cool for about 10 minutes then unmold and cool completely.
To make the syrup: In a small bowl, combine 3/4 cup of warm water with the sugar and the liqueur. Stir the syrup until the sugar dissolves.
To form the cassata: Slice the cake into 2 (1/2-inch-thick) slices. Trim the crusts from the cake then return one of the layers to the springform pan. Spoon half the syrup over the cake then spread a layer of ricotta crema on top. Repeat, carefully placing another layer of cake, drizzling with syrup then spreading with ricotta. Wrap the cake in plastic and chill it for at least 1 hour.
To make the frosting: Sift half of the confectioners' sugar into a bowl. Add half of the lemon juice and all of the lemon extract. Stir the liquid into the sugar, breaking up any lumps. Sift the remaining sugar into the bowl and add the rest of the lemon juice. Thin the icing with a little water until it has a thin spreading consistency and forms smooth, shiny icing.
Unwrap the cassata and invert it onto a serving plate. Ice the cassata then decorate it with whole and cut pieces of candied fruit. Chill the cassata for at least 3 hours, then slice and serve.
Cassata sometimes boasts a decorative layer of marzipan.
A viewer or guest of the show, who may not be a professional cook, provided this recipe. It has not been tested for home use.


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I have a fairly large shed that I want to clear out and build a mini in.
The space I have available is 9'W 15.5'L and has an open ceiling that's 8'H.
My idea is to build a Quarter Pipe on one end and a wall ride (straight up the wall, no coping) on the other to make up for the lack of length in the space.
I want the QP to be at least 2' high and have around 2' of deck and somewhere around a 6' radius.
I want the wall ride to be tight (for speed)(correct me if I'm wrong) but not too hard to skate.
I think, if I do this right, I can still manage about 7' of flat?
Any ideas?


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Family members related to missing passengers from flight MH370 were dragged out of the press conference for protesting. Courtesy: CNN
CHAOS has broken out at the media centre for missing flight MH370 after distraught Chinese family members of those on board the plane arrived to protest to Malaysian authorities.
It came just before Malaysian authorities held a press conference where they revealed files were recently deleted from the flight simulator of the pilot aboard the missing plane.
Frustration boiled over for the anguished families who have travelled from Beijing in a bid to get more information.
The relatives came to the media centre at the Sama Sama hotel at Kuala Lumpur airport carrying a protest banner.
They were then dragged away by Malaysian security staff to a room with officials, with the area then erupting into chaos.
The protest banner being brandished by the relatives accused the Malaysian government of hiding the truth, wasting time and failing to find the missing jetliner.
A relative of one of the Chinese passengers appears to have been knocked to the ground in a stampede as police tried to stop relatives of family members from speaking to international media.
Minister of Defence and Acting Minister of Transport Hishammuddin Hussein tonight said local and international experts have been recruited to examine the pilot's flight simulator.
"Some data has been deleted from the simulator and forensic work to retrieve this data is ongoing," he said.
"I'd like to take this opportunity to state the pilots, the passengers and the crew remain innocent until proven otherwise.
"For the sake of their families I ask that we refrain from any unnecessary speculation that may make an already difficult time even harder."
In response to a question from the media, he later elaborated by saying that data from the games on the flight simulator had been deleted last month.
Mr Hussein said Malaysian authorities have received "some radar data" from other countries.
"I can confirm that we have received some radar data but we are not at liberty to release information from other countries," he told a press conference in Kuala Lumpur.
"I appeal to all of our partners to continue volunteering all or any information that could help us with the search for MH370."
He denied reports that emerged today suggesting MH370 had been sighted flying low over the Maldives on the morning it went missing.
Pandemonium ensued after a few chinese believed to be family members of those on board mh370 tried to gatecrash pc pic.twitter.com/Xf3smFV50r
— melissa goh (@melgoh) March 19, 2014
"Regarding reports that a plane was sighted in the Maldives, I can confirm Malaysia's chief of the defence force has contacted his counterparts in the Maldives who has confirmed that these reports are not true," he said.
"I am aware of speculation that additional waypoints were added to the aircraft's flights routine. I can confirm that the aircraft flew on its normal routine … There was no additional waypoint on MH370's documented flight plan, which depicts normal routine all the way to Beijing."
The minister said all passengers, crew and ground staff who handled the aircraft are being investigated.
"We are sharing all information relevant to case with all relevant international investigative agencies that required it," he said.
"We have received passengers background checks from all countries apart from Ukraine and Russia both of which had nationals on board.
"So far no information of significance on any passengers has been found."
An emotional mother of a missing Chinese passenger (in purple) demanded to know the whereabouts of her son #MAS pic.twitter.com/aSYzK0bYqy
— ST Foreign Desk (@STForeignDesk) March 19, 2014
THE key to solving the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 could lie with sensitive radar and satellite technology in Australia.
In a front-page story, which quoted no sources and was more an editorial, the English language New Straits Times, featured a photo on the front page of a "huge radome in the middle of the Australian heartland" and used the headline "The Answer to MH370 could be HERE".
The story said the Malaysian investigation team is waiting for access to the "big radar picture" which is needed to pinpoint the last movements of the Boeing 777-200.
It specifically mentioned the Jindalee Over-the-Horizon Radar or OTHR, which covers a vast swathe of northern Australia and beyond.
M'sia police stand guard outside media room where angry Chinese families are demanding answers before press briefing pic.twitter.com/XIPVooPGNc
— ST Foreign Desk (@STForeignDesk) March 19, 2014
The joint Australia-US Pine Gap satellite tracking facility, near Alice Springs, was also mentioned as having information which could assist the search.
The story points out that for several days now Malaysia's Defence and acting Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein has been vocal in seeking sensitive radar and satellite data from other nations. He has pointed out that Malaysia has put the search for the plane and its 239 passengers and crew above its national security and he hoped other counties would do the same.
The story is more of an editorial and a thinly veiled plea to countries holding out on handing over what is usually top-secret.
The Malaysian press has historically been far from free and it is believed that the Minister recently had a sit-down with all the country's newspapers bosses about their coverage of the hunt for MH370.
News Corp Australia has sought comment from the Minister's office about the issue but he said yesterday: "I have requested the Indonesian military to relook again at not only satellites but at other data that they may have again in the light of the emphasis on the northern and southern corridor. The southern corridor, we face more challenges. The area is huge. The two countries that we are seeking assistance from, which are actually geographically in that position, is Australia and Indonesia and I was speaking to (US Defence) Secretary Chuck Hagel this morning regarding the possibility of looking at the US satellite radar and aircraft and vessels to assist us in the southern corridor."
It comes as reports surface that the searches on the pilot and co-pilots homes, emails, computers and phones have thrown up very little in the way of anything suspicious. The pilot's homemade flight simulator, which has been seized, has also not shown anything suspicious or to indicate that either had anything to do with the plane flying of course before disappearing.
The Jindalee Operational Radar Network (JORN) consists of two OTHR — one near Longreach in Queensland and the other near Laverton in Western Australia — which are capable of all-weather detection of air and surface targets inside an arc of up to 3000km range extending from Geraldton in the west around to Cairns in the east.
JORN makes a crucial contribution to broad area surveillance of Australia's strategically important northern approaches.
A Defence spokesman said Defence would not comment on the operational capability of surveillance systems but said that any Defence information relating to flight MH370 was being passed on to Malaysian authorities.
In any case, it is understood the Jindalee Operational Radar Network, known as JORN, was focused north when MH370 disappeared and for it to have detected the plane, it would have had to have been facing northwest, which is where MH370 would have approached from.
CONSPIRACY? More like incompetence, says a leading security expert baffled by the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370.
Dr Michael McKinley from the Australian National University said revelations that the missing Boeing 777-200ER was picked up by military radar in several countries but was only reported several days later suggested the search effort had been "slack".
"The more that comes out, Malaysia and some of its neighbours are not covering themselves in glory on this," he said.
"It seems to be somewhere between slack and incompetent."
Overnight it emerged that Thai military radar detected a plane that may have been the missing aircraft just minutes after its communications went down, but didn't share the information with Malaysia earlier because it wasn't specifically asked for.
Air Vice Marshal Montol Suchookorn said the Thai air force had not closely watched the aircraft because it did not view it as a threat.
"We did not pay any attention to it," he said.
"The Royal Thai air force only looks after any threats against our country, so anything that did not look like a threat to us, we simply look at it without taking actions."
It follows earlier revelations that Malaysian military radar tracked the plane until an hour after it disappeared but did not report this for several days.
READ MORE: Was the last witness to MH370 a penguin on an island near Australia?
Indian officials also said their installations on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands — within the search area for the missing plane — were probably switched off because they "operate on an as required basis".
Dr McKinley said the security concerns of some countries could explain their slowness to provide full information to help the search effort.
"There are issues that some states don't want to disclose surveillance capabilities, but this shouldn't apply to Malaysia or Thailand," he said.
However, Dr McKinley said some actions had been "bizarre, just bizarre."
He said diplomatic issues had undoubtedly "complicated" the response to MH370's disappearance on March 8, but stopped short of saying it had put the response offcourse.
Dr McKinley's criticisms come as the search for MH370 enters its 12th day, with claims of fresh sightings — both online and real-world — and new theories about what happened to the aircraft.
RELATED: Is this the most plausible MH370 explanation yet?
EYEWITNESSES claim to have seen a low-flying jumbo jet "with red stripes" similar to that of a missing Malaysia Airlines jet flying over their houses in the Maldives, local media reports.
The Maldivian daily newspaper Haveeru reports residents described a white aircraft with red markings similar to the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 passing overhead about 6.15am on March 8.
The claims, which have not been confirmed, follow reports of radar and satellite signals indicating the missing airliner could have followed a track in that general direction.
The holiday islands are about halfway between Malaysia and the east coast of Africa.
It's about 3200 kilometres from Malaysia — placing it at the extreme edge of how far flight MH370 could travel.
The newspaper reports residents of Kuda Huvadhoo as saying the unknown aircraft made an "incredibly loud noise" as it travelling southeast towards the southern end of the Maldives island chain, the island of Addu.
Residents of a Maldives island claims to have seen #MalaysianAirlines #MH370 http://t.co/1bastB2gtg pic.twitter.com/MdxudPsxVJ
— Maldivesfinest (@maldivesfinest) March 18, 2014
"I've never seen a jet flying so low over our island before. We've seen seaplanes, but I'm sure that this was not one of those. I could even make out the doors on the plane clearly," said an eyewitness.
"It's not just me either, several other residents have reported seeing the exact same thing. Some people got out of their houses to see what was causing the tremendous noise too."
Mohamed Zaheem, an Island Councilor, told Haveeru that the residents of the island had spoken to him about the incident.
The Maldives international airport is located on the island of Hulhule and more than there are more than two dozen regularly scheduled flights from most of the world's major airlines to the popular holiday destination.
Malaysian newspaper Berita Harian reported yesterday that investigators have found five airport runways, which included the Male International Airport in the Maldives, loaded in MH370 pilot Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah's homemade flight simulator.
A Taiwan university student who has assisted the search effort by scouring satellite images on the website Tomnod claims to have found an image of Flight MH370.
The Taiwan China Times reported that the image had not yet been verified and the surrounding jungle landscape had yet to be identified.
Three million people have joined the effort to locate the missing plane on Tomnod, in what may be the largest crowdsourcing project of its kind.
The satellite firm DigitalGlobe, which owns the Tomnod platform, said that its search area now has some 24,000 square kilometres (9,000 square miles) and that more images are being added daily, including a new area in the Indian Ocean.
The company said more than three million people had participated in the program, with some 257 million "map views'' and 2.9 million areas "tagged'' by participants.
The response was so great it overloaded the system's computers for a time last week.
It is unclear whether the above Tomnod image even shows a Malaysia Airlines plane. Commentators have suggested the coloured ring towards the tail seems more like the paint scheme of Qantas than Malaysian Airlines.
The search for the missing Malaysia Airlines passenger jet has grown to encompass an area slightly larger than the entire land mass of Australia, as Thailand's military says its radar detected a plane that may have been flight MH370 just minutes after the jetliner's communications went down.
But Thailand didn't share the information with Malaysia earlier because it wasn't specifically asked for it.
A twisting flight path described yesterday by Thai air force spokesman Air Vice Marshal Montol Suchookorn took the plane to the Strait of Malacca, which is where Malaysian radar tracked Flight 370 early March 8. But Vice Marshal Montol said the Thai military doesn't know whether it detected the same plane.
Thailand's failure to quickly share possible information regarding the fate of the plane, and the 239 people aboard it, may not substantially change what Malaysian officials know, but it raises questions about the degree to which some countries are sharing their defence information, even in the name of an urgent and mind-bending aviation mystery.
When asked why it took so long to release the information, Vice Marshal Montol said, "Because we did not pay any attention to it. The Royal Thai Air Force only looks after any threats against our country, so anything that did not look like a threat to us, we simply look at it without taking actions."
He said the plane never entered Thai airspace and that Malaysia's initial request for information in the early days of the search was not specific.
"The entire search area is now 2.24 million square nautical miles (7.7 million square kilometres)," acting Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said in a daily press briefing on Tuesday evening.
Australia has a land mass of around 7.6 million square kilometres.
The search area extends north into south Central Asia, passing across far western China, including Xinjiang and Tibet, as well as south deep into the Indian Ocean west of Australia.
As the search enters its 12th day after the jetliner vanished with its 239 passengers and crew authorities say they still cannot discount any possibility of what happened to the plane.
#USNavy P-8A Poseidon crew searches for Malaysia Airlines Flight #MH370 pic.twitter.com/CdK8h94V4M
— U.S. Navy (@USNavy) March 16, 2014
The search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 in the southern Indian Ocean has moved closer to Australia, with experts halving the area of water where the plane might be found.
And while efforts so far have failed to find signs of the jet, search co-ordinators at the Australian Maritime Safety Authority remain confident.
"With a smaller area closer to Perth and more aircraft ... I hope we will do better tomorrow," the authority's head of emergency response John Young said today.
Today's search was focused on an area of 305,000 square kilometres about 2600 kilometres south-west of Perth. This is an area one third larger than the Australian state of Victoria. Search conditions were moderate.
The Rescue Coordination Centre Australia tasked assets including a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) P3 Orion, a US Navy P3 Poseidon aircraft and a Royal New Zealand Air Force P3.
Five merchant ships have also responded to a broadcast to shipping issued by RCC Australia on Monday night.
Three ships have transited through the area, another is in the area and a further ship is expected to arrive on Thursday afternoon.
Neither the ships nor the aircraft have reported sighting anything in connection to the aircraft.
"The search area has been significantly refined," Mr Young said. The previous search zone of 600,000 square kilometres, 3200km from Perth, have been reduced following more detailed analysis from the US National Transportation Safety Board.
The new calculations are based on MH370's fuel reserves.
"We still have grave fears for the safety of anyone who might have managed to escape the aircraft in the southern (Indian) Ocean," Mr Young said.
"It remains a big area, it's still very hard to search 300,000 square kilometres ... still almost a third bigger than the state of Victoria."
Mr Young said it is a challenging search operation and AMSA continues to hold grave fears for the passengers and crew on board the missing flight.
Malaysian authorities are being urged to put domestic politics aside and focus on finding the plane.
Defence and Acting Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein would not comment on the specifics of the police investigation which is currently underway into the pilot copilot, crew, ground staff, engineers and al the passengers.
"The search for MH370 is bigger than politics," Mr Hussein said, urging all sides of politics to unite "during this difficult time".
His comments came after Opposition Leader Anwar Ibrahim has admitted he has a family connection to the MH370 pilot, who may have hijacked the plane in a political protest.
Mr Hussein called on all parties to put politics aside and unite in the hunt for MH370 and attacked the foreign media for stirring up politics.
Spoke to the Malaysian PM about the disappearance of #MH370, I told him my thoughts are with the families & offered any support he needed.
— David Cameron (@David_Cameron) March 18, 2014
He was asked if he might call upon his arch political rival, Mr Anwar, to help with the investigation.
"We have been very consistent. The Government's main focus from day one has been to search and rescue MH370. We didn't bring this up. In fact the issue of politics was raised by the foreign press, the Daily Mail and CNN. Our position remains this issue is above politics," Mr Hussein said.
And he appeared shocked then bemused at a question from the French media, inquiring if he was Prime Minister Najib Razak's cousin and was he protected.
"Where are you from?" he asked. "Yes I can confirm I am Najib's cousin. I don't know what I am supposed to be protected from.


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Phils beat Dodgers 3-2 in 10 on Brown's RBI double
LOS ANGELES (AP) A.J. Burnett made a couple of mistakes with his pitches and gave up the lead in the seventh inning. That was nothing compared to the huge error Carl Crawford committed for the Dodgers in the 10th.
Domonic Brown doubled home the go-ahead run after Crawford's miscue in left field, and the Philadelphia Phillies beat Los Angeles 3-2 Tuesday night.
One night after Philadelphia's Cliff Lee held the defending NL West champions to four hits through eight scoreless innings, Burnett took a four-hitter and a 2-1 lead into the seventh. But birthday boy Dee Gordon legged out a double to short right-center with one out, stole third and scored when pinch-hitter Justin Turner singled to left on Burnett's 105th and final pitch.
"I gave Gordon a little bit too much of the plate on that pitch and he put a good swing on it and hit it up the middle," Burnett said. "When he gets on base, he makes things happen. He's an exciting player to watch, and I think him getting to third right there helped them was a big for them to tie it up."
The right-hander allowed six hits, struck out four of his first eight batters and finished with five Ks in 6 2-3 innings. He also had a career-high three hits in three at-bats – all singles against lefty Hyun-Jin Ryu, who allowed two runs and nine hits in six innings.
"I'm not here for my individual numbers. I'm here to keep my team in it until skip takes me out," Burnett said. "If I win, that's fine. If I don't, that's fine. I just go about my job."
Carlos Ruiz reached second base when his flyball to short left field glanced off Crawford's glove as shortstop Hanley Ramirez nearly collided with him. Brown followed with a drive to the fence in left-center on a 1-1 pitch from J.P. Howell (1-2).
"We both were coming hard and came up short," Crawford said. "Neither of us called for it. I didn't think it was clearly my ball. I was in no-doubles (mode), so that's a long run for me. But I still got to it. I just didn't catch it. It was one of those things where it didn't do our way that time."
The error was the Dodgers' 22nd in their first 21 games.
"It's tough because we're not hitting the way we want to right now, so defense is one of the things you have to do every day to help the pitchers out," said Crawford, who drove in the Dodgers' first run with a sacrifice fly in the fifth.
"Things like that definitely make the errors more obvious, and you could see that it looks worse when it happens – like tonight. We're not doing it right now in defense, so it's something we definitely need to address."
Antonio Bastardo (3-1) pitched a scoreless inning for the victory and Jonathan Papelbon got three outs for his sixth save, putting him within eight of 300.
Burnett lined a single to right field leading off the third, and Yasiel Puig tried to throw the pitcher out without success. After Adrian Gonzalez took the throw, the 37-year-old pitcher stood on the bag and looked out at Puig with the palms of both hands facing downward as if to say: "Whoa, take it easy."
"I knew he was going to do it," Burnett said. "I know how he plays the game. He plays the game hard and he looks for outs in the outfield when he can get them."
Burnett didn't take it easy on Ryu, hitting another leadoff single in the fifth. He scored the game's first run on a double by Marlon Byrd, and Ryan Howard followed with a sacrifice fly that drove in Ben Revere. Burnett got his third single of the game with two out in the sixth.
Ramirez got some good news Tuesday, when Major League Baseball rescinded an error he was charged with April 13 on a grounder to shortstop by Arizona's Chris Owings and credited Owings with a hit. But Ramirez gave it right back in the Phillies' second inning when he misplayed Brown's grounder after a single by Howard.
NOTES: Burnett's multihit game was his fifth in the majors – all on the road. The other four came with the Marlins, most recently on Sept. 25, 2005, against Atlanta's Jorge Sosa. … Revere tied a career high with four hits, three of them against Ryu. … Gonzalez was 0 for 3 with a walk, ending his 16-game hitting streak. … Burnett was 0-4 with a 4.87 ERA in his previous four starts at Dodger Stadium.


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Authors often ask me if self-publishing is a viable option.
You'll have to work your butt off, but I believe it can be done. A few months ago I interviewed Sandy Tooley, who self publishes. And I really liked Jim Hansen's Night Laws.
But these folks became their own publishers.
POD vanity presses (XLibris, PublishAmerica, AuthorHouse, iUniverse, Booksurge) are another thing entirely. For a price, they'll publish your book.
Some quick definitions: POD is a technology that allows books to be created to order, as opposed to offset printing that requires books to be warehoused. Vanity presses are publishers that the author pays, rather than publishers that pay the author.
Is it possible to be successful using one of these services? Let's crunch some numbers. For this example we'll use real figures, but we'll call the POD vanity publisher "Happy Press."
Happy Press demands a minimum retail cover price of $18.99 for a standard 6 x 9" 250-350 page trade paperback. If your book is longer than 350 pages, the price goes up.
Would you pay almost twenty bucks for a trade paperback, when the current bookstore rate is between $10 and $16? You can buy bestselling hardcovers for $19, or for less on Amazon.
But, for this example, let's assume your book is so good that people will pay that much.
Tradional publishers offer between an 8% and 15% royalty, depending on the book type and print run. Happy Press offers a 25% royalty. This seems pretty good, but why the hell are you even getting a royalty? It's your book, you're paying to have it printed, so you should keep all the rights and make 100% of the profit. Right?
At least, you would be keeping the profits if you self-published on your own, instead of using Happy Press.
That aside, 25% of 18.99 is about $4.75.
Depending on the set-up package you buy (between $2k and $5k) you'd need to sell between 422 and 1052 to break even. But those would all have to be online sales (through Amazon mostly.) Why?
Because you still have the problem of getting your books into stores. For an extra $600 fee, Happy Press will get you into Baker & Taylor, which is a distributor. Newsflash: BT distributes millions of books. Do you see millions of books on the shelf at your local bookstore? No. Just because you have a distributor DOES NOT MEAN they'll stock your book. Only that they can order it.
Who is going to go into a bookstore and order your book? Considering POD won't get reviewed, no one will know about your book. And I'm betting that Happy Press doesn't offer the standard 55% discount to distributors, which means the bookstores will only be able to order copies at perhaps a 15% discount (standard for POD) which means the bookstores WILL NOT carry you on the shelves. Do you think they'll stock a $19 paperback from a POD company and an author they've never heard of? They'll know you're POD because the stock number will always be 100. Do you think the postcard you sent the bookstore will persude them to stock you?
The answer: No.
Can you sell 1000 copies through Amazon? In the first few weeks of its release, bestselling author Kay Hooper sold 35,000 copies of her last book through bookstores. How many did she sell through Amazon? 300 copies. Think your book will outsell hers online? Think again.
But perhaps there's another way to get your book into stores...
Happy Press offers authors books at up to a 70% discount if they buy 1000. That sound great, doesn't it?
Perhaps you can sell those to stores yourself and make all the profit.
Let's do the math. You've got to give the bookstore a 40% discount. So you'll sell them the books for $11.40 each. That leaves you with a $5.70 profit per book. Not bad. But out of that comes the Happy Press Package fee, the printing cost, shipping the book to bookstores, and the effort to just get the bookstores to carry you (an effort that traditionally published authors don't have to make.)
Also figure in a 50% return rate.
If you get 1000 books into stores, and sell 500, you'll make $2850. Subtract the $5700 (the cost of printing 1000 books at the 70% discount) and subtract the package cost ($5000 for all the set up fees.)
You've only lost $4900, selling 500 books.
If you sell 2000 (which means you'll have to ship 4000) your total cost would be:
$5000 set-up package
$22800 book printing costs
minus $11400 profit
Which means you're losing $16400.
Let's use a best case scenario and say you bought a lesser set-up package from Happy Press and had a 75% sell through (which is impossible, but let's dream big.)
$2000 package
$22800 to print 4000 books
$34200 profit for selling 3000.
So if you sell 3000 books out of 4000 printed you'll earn a profit of $9400.
But shipping books will cost a minimum of $1 each, so subtract $4000.
Now you're in the black $5400. Not bad. But not enough to live on for a year.
And don't forget---how did these bookstores hear about your book? You had to write them, call them, or visit them, to get them to stock you. Phone calls, mail, and gasoline all come out of your profit.
If you allow returns, you'll need a distributor, who will take an extra 15% ($5130) of the cut, plus set-up fees. And you'll still need to hustle to get the stores to carry your books.
Now let's have a reality check. Bookstores are not going to carry you. You won't get reviews. And customers won't want to buy a $19 paperback.
The only way you'll sell your books is by begging bookstores to let you do signings there and then spending several hours on your feet handselling them.
In all of my hustling, I've only handsold about 3000 copies of my books in two years. And I do a lot of hustling.
If selling your books were your full time job, and you visited a bookstore every day of the year, and sold ten books at each visit (a reasonable number) you would only sell 3650 books. Not a bad number, but for all that work, you'll be lucky to break even, let alone make enough money to compensate you for your time and effort.
My advice: Stay away from POD vanity presses.
If you want to use POD as a technology to self-publish, make sure you're hiring a printer, not a publisher. You need to keep the rights to your book.
You'll still have problems getting your books into stores and getting reviewed, but your cover price will be lower, your overall costs will be lower, and your profit margin better.
Or you can continue to improve your craft, find a good agent, and sell your book to a traditional publisher.
Wednesday, January 25, 2006
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"I'll come for reinforcement when I need it"
Video talks about the benefits of regularly reinforcing your quit when things are easy as opposed to relapsing and having to try to quit again.
Come Share Your Strength, Come Recognize Your Vulnerabilities
At every clinic graduation I make an impassioned plea for all participants to come to future sessions as a way of reinforcing their resolve to stay off nicotine. At the time I make the request many, if not most, of the clinic graduates realize the benefit and commit to the concept of returning to future clinics. While the commitment is made in all good faith, compliance is pitifully low. Within weeks of graduation, most feel they are so secure not smoking that coming into available clinics for further enforcement is unnecessary and inconvenient. They still have good feelings about the clinic and generally feel they will come back when they "need to."
Unfortunately, most only recognize they need to come back by one obvious symptom. They are once again chronically administering nicotine and can't seem to stop. This is a dangerous way to find out they could have benefited from reinforcement meetings. For once a relapse has occurred there is no guarantee a smoker will have the strength, desire or opportunity to quit again before smoking tragically interferes with his health, social status, and maybe even his life.
Reinforcement in our clinic is basically a sharing process. The sharing offered by successful graduates is a powerful motivation to the current clinic participants who are desperately attempting to keep the strong resolve needed to overcome the powerful physical and emotional traumas experienced during the initial quitting process. Seeing a variety of people who have successfully overcome such a seemingly impossible task offers hope and encouragement at the time they most need it. Your presence and sharing one day every couple of months can make a real difference, and, possibly, in the long run even saving the life of one or more current clinic participants. What else would you do for an hour and a half on a weekday evening that could play such a pivotal role in other people's lives?
But sharing is a two way process. By coming to help current clinic participants you will walk away with more than a good feeling that you helped others that day. You will walk out with a greater understanding and appreciation of just how lucky you are to be off smoking and a lot more prepared to deal with the occasional obstacles that can still threaten any ex-smoker weeks, months, years and even decades after cessation.
In the clinic I just graduated, we had one participant who relapsed almost 11 years after being in our program. She was feeling great not smoking but complacency led to relapse, which led to smoking and the painful process of quitting. Another participant there had once been off of smoking for over 35 years before his first relapse. Since then he's tried three previous times and still can't get off. Witnessing these people and others like them is a sobering but beneficial process. It will make any ex-smoker recognize just how close he is to being a smoker again and greatly appreciate that, to this day, he made the right decision not to take that first puff.
While these two people and others in the clinic had valuable experiences they wanted and needed to share, it was really sad that, except for the 10 people who came to panel night, no other past participants came to help or came to benefit from these experiences. Ten out of over 4,000! It's time to join the minority. Be one of the few who comes to reinforce resolve. It is so much better to learn from others' mistakes, as opposed to maybe one day having to learn from your own.
Consider coming to share your time and experiences with one of our groups. You will not regret it. If traveling is impossible, call me or write me some time and share a story I may pass on to others of how you still overcome the occasional obstacles that can lead to relapse. If you do, I promise I will share a concept with you which will help secure your continued ex-smoking status. I will share with you the knowledge that to stay off of smoking you simply need to remember to never take another puff!
Related resources:
- Come share your strength, come recognize your vulnerabilities
- The only time I think of smoking is when I get one of your stupid letters
- Article about Joe who was talked about in this video
- "I will not smoke today"


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River Guide Nets National Outdoor Book AwardSOCORRO, N.M. November 23, 2011 – Dr. Paul Bauer recently was named the winner of the 2011 Best Outdoor Adventure Guidebook for his recent publication.
| Paul Bauer at the edge of the Rio Grande Gorge near Taos. Bauer is the author of The Rio Grande: A River Guide, which was named the best in category for outdoor guides by the National Outdoor Book Association.
"I am honored to receive this recognition," Bauer said. "The book represents the collective effort of dozens of friends who contributed to the final product in a great variety of ways. The award is an acknowledgment of the value of their contributions, plus the genius of the designer Brigitte Felix, and a recognition of the importance of the Rio Grande in our lives and lore."
The book is available for $18.95 plus shipping and tax through the Publication Sales Office at the Bureau in Socorro, by phone at (575) 835-5490, or via the bureau's website. In addition, the book is available at BLM visitors centers, numerous shops in northern New Mexico – and anywhere that river enthusiasts might shop.
Released in August, Bauer's book is a comprehensive, spiral bound, waterproof, 122-page river guide with detailed, full-color maps of 153 miles of the Rio Grande, from Colorado to Cochiti Dam in New Mexico.
The Rio Grande is the fourth longest river in North America. The Rio Grande Valley provides water for habitat, agriculture, and a growing population. In northern New Mexico, where the river has carved a pair of spectacular canyons, the Rio Grande also provides some of the most exceptional recreation opportunities and scenery in North America.
The geology of the region is likewise exceptional. The river spills from the San Juan Mountains into the Rio Grande rift, where several million years of erosive action have exposed a geologic cornucopia, including three major volcanic fields (including the Jemez supervolcano), seismically active faults, extinct Pleistocene lakes, and ancient rocks of the Rocky Mountains. Bauer uses non-technical language and lavish illustrations to interpret the evolution of this magnificent landscape.
Divided into 11 river stretches – including the popular whitewater runs in the Taos Box, Racecourse, and White Rock Canyon – the guide covers stretches that range in difficulty from placid canoe tours to gripping kayak descents. The river maps are developed on an aerial photographic base.
Bauer has spent more than two decades researching the geology of the upper Rio Grande. He also has spent about 30 years boating the rivers of New Mexico and the Southwest and working with outfitters and river guides.
As he wrote in the preface, Bauer "morphed into a river rat" over the years. He has become familiar with the river as an exhilarating recreational feature of New Mexico. The book allowed him to share his vast geological and hydrological knowledge of the river, further enticing the reader to explore New Mexico's signature river.
He began work on the book about 15 years ago. The labor began as a spare time project and evolved into a full-fledged publishing project in the last few years.
"My first priority was to get really good base maps that show the river corridor and landscape," he said. "Geology is a natural part of it. That's where I could provide some technical expertise."
In addition to the national award, he's received overwhelmingly positive reviews from friends and colleagues.
| The award winning book
"People think it's a terrific practical resource and education tool," he said. "I feel really lucky to have been able to work on this as part of my job at the Bureau."
Although the focus of the guide is on geology and landscape, the guide is packed with information and photos on geography, hydrology, climate, boating safety, river management, rock art, and much more. Providing detailed information on access and trails, history and landscape, railroads and mining, this guide is also an invaluable resource for hikers, anglers, cyclists, day trippers, historians, philosophers, and casual visitors.
The book's introduction includes concise descriptions of the categories of rapids, water flow and climate histories, water quality, river ethics and hazards. The meat of the book is devoted to spectacularly detailed maps and photos of the river and its surroundings. Bauer gave all the credit for the maps to Brigitte Felix, a GIS specialist at the Bureau.
"Brigitte and I talked about what was possible – what was technically feasible," Bauer said. "These maps are spectacular. I've never seen anyone make maps like this."
In announcing the award, the Outdoor Book Association website noted that the "maps are first rate. … The geological information, both textual and illustrative, is some of the best the judges have seen in a river guide."
The body of The Rio Grande: A River Guide is filled with fascinating information. Each of the 11 sections includes both geologic and human histories. Bauer provide much of the modern river photography for the book, which is equally as striking as the maps. Other images were provided by a host of contributors, including historic photos from New Mexico museums and archives.
Each chapter heading opens with bulleted information about the various sections of river: level of difficulty, season flows, hazards, camping, parking, launch and takeout sites and other details.
Bauer has become a champion for New Mexico's rivers over the years. Since 1993, Bauer has taught a river geology class at the Rio Grande Rendezvous, which caters to river guides and outfitters. That class – and his regular river trips and research – have helped him develop strong relationships with the people whose livelihood is the river.
"Guides are really interested in the environment and geology – and they want to be able to communicate that with passengers," Bauer said. "They host tens of thousands of people each year. In total, 40,000 to 50,000 people participate in recreational rafting on the upper Rio Grande each year. It's a huge audience. If I can communication with river guides through this book, I hope I can help them communicate with their passengers."
Bauer also led a memorable river trip with state legislators and officials during the 2005 Decisions Makers Conference, which aims to bring together state leaders to educate them on New Mexico's history, geology and natural resources. The trip was a high-water, paddle-raft adventure through the Taos Box.
"They're still taking about that trip. It was fascinating because we had Republicans and Democrats paddling together in the front of the raft – all in survival mode," Bauer said. "We all had to take care of each other. We had to work together. Living on the river is a good way of bringing people together – in more ways than one."
Bauer also is a leader of the annual Connecting People With Rivers expedition, which is a three-day wilderness rafting trip on the Rio Chama. That event, hosted by Rio Grande Restoration, also targets state leaders to inform and educate them about natural resources and geology, all the while using the river as a teaching tool.
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iGotWork necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 121 diseños de 34 diseñadores freelance.
This is a company focusing on high class products. The web.page should serve the purpose to reach out to costumers, to make them visit their store, and give them a good feeling about it from the start.
The products and brands are key.
I represent the company and will select the best mock-up as the winner
Private and corporate, everybody looking for high quality flooring, sinks, armature and so on. The main market is private, people who are well off and have a distinct taste for quality.
Webpage, Clean simple crisp design, easy to navigate, products/brands should have most of the attention. Now they have a flash-based category-slider, but this one is not good enough.
Colors more or less only black and white.
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56th Annual Grand National Roadster Show
On New Year's Day, Southern California's famous Rose Parade never sees a rainout. Folks across the U.S. watch and admire the creative floral-covered floats every bit as much as they long for some Southern California sun and mild temperatures. After seeing the Rose Parade on TV, some Easterners and Midwesterners become so enamored of the SoCal climate that they escape their hometowns and migrate to the land of fruits and nuts and car nuts. Yes, SoCal is also the mecca for most things automotive. We'd say all things, but we'd be certain to get some flak from Detroit and Dearborn dwellers.
The Grand National Roadster Show (GNRS), along with Detroit's Autorama are two of the most prestigious and historic indoor custom car shows in North America. For over 50 years, the home for the GNRS was in Northern California. On Friday, January 21 through Sunday, January 23, 2005, the GNRS took place at the Pomona Fairplex of Los Angeles County, for the second time in its illustrious 56-year history.
On those three sunny days of late January, we escaped our fluorescent lamp-lit offices and entered the Pomona Fairplex to view some finely built custom trucks, custom cars, roadsters, and roadster pickups. If you promise not to flee your environs in favor of SoCal, we'll show you the coolest of the custom trucks and cars assembled those three magnificent winter days. Besides, real estate costs far too much out here!


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NEA Art Works – Community-Based Projects
Limited Submission URL: http://limsub.iu.edu/limsub/LimSubDetail.asp?Number=1952
URL for complete guidelines: http://www.arts.gov/grants/apply/GAP14/ArtsEdAW.html
IU Internal Deadline: 1/28/2013
NEA Application Deadline: 3/7/2013
Brief Description:
This program, as well as Art Works (L0468a &L0468b), fall under the Grants for Arts Project (GAP). Both programs share a limitation of only 1 for the entire University (IU as the lead applicant). Because of this, the internal deadline for all deadlines falling under these two programs is NOON, January 28th. Only those granted an exception as an independent component can submit separately.
Art Works encourages and supports the following four outcomes:
- Creation: The creation of art that meets the highest standards of excellence,
- Engagement: Public engagement with diverse and excellent art,
- Learning: Lifelong learning in the arts, and
- Livability: The strengthening of communities through the arts.
Community-based projects include activities and training in the arts that occur outside of the school system. Activities must occur outside of the regular school day, and may take place in a variety of settings. These activities may be offered by arts organizations or by other community-based, non-arts organizations or agencies in partnership with artists and/or arts groups. Projects could take place in locations such as arts organizations, community centers, faith-based organizations, public housing, tribal community centers, juvenile facilities, or school buildings.
While not formally linked to schools or their instructional programs, projects must be based on a curriculum that aligns with either national or state arts education standards and include assessment of participant learning.
Award Amount:
- Grants generally will range from $10,000 to $100,000. Grants of $100,000 or more will be made only in rare instances, and only for projects that the Arts Endowment determines demonstrate exceptional national or regional significance and impact. In the past few years, well over half of the agency's grants have been for amounts less than $25,000.
- All grants require a nonfederal match of at least 1 to 1. For example, if an organization receives a $10,000 grant, the total eligible project costs must be at least $20,000 and the organization must provide at least $10,000 toward the project from nonfederal sources.
- Grants awarded under these guidelines generally may cover a period of support of up to two years. The two-year period is intended to allow an applicant sufficient time to plan, execute, and close out its project, not to repeat a one-year project for a second year.
Limitation: One per Indiana University
An organization may submit only one application under these FY 2014 Grants for Arts Projects guidelines, with few exceptions:
- One from the University with IU as the lead
- One each for separately identifiable and independent components such as the IU Art Museum, Traditional Arts Indiana and WTIU
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Each year, Docomomo US and our chapters takes some time to look back at our achievements of the previous twelve months and highlight the events and people who continue to work tirelessly to raise the awareness of modern architecture in the United States. Included in the report are summaries from the chapters, contact information as well as the Year in Architecture, a visual archive of the sites we won, the sites we lost and those still threatened. The Docomomo US Board of Directors and chapters thank all of you for your continued support and look forward to an exciting 2013!
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Last week, I started this series about what I am reading. I started things off with the cookbooks I am reading and grabbing inspiration and recipes from. This week, I bring you my most recent novels I've read.
- How To Eat A Cupcake; By Meg Donohue. I first heard about this book on a blog I read, Cakespy, when she wrote out this blurb in the book: "I had, I'll admit, effected a certain style–a method, if you will–of cupcake eating. To begin, you remove the cupcake liner carefully so as to not unnecessarily crumble the cake, and set it aside. You then turn the cupcake slowly in your hand, taking bites along the line where cake meets icing, your mouth filling with the perfect combination of both components. Once you've come full circle, you gently twist off the bottom half inch of cake, a move that takes considerable finesse and leaves a delicate sliver of cake–the ideal size for lying flat on your tongue and allowing it to slowly dissolve, building anticipation for that final bite. To finish, you are left with the center cylinder of cake and icing, the cupcakes very heart, sometimes filled with a surprising burst of custard or jam or mousse, sometimes not, but always, always the most moist, flavorful bite of the entire cupcake. Take a breath before diving into that final, perfect bite; it is to be savored for as long as possible. Finally, of course, you scavenge the crumbs from the cupcake liner you set aside during step one, then ball the liner into your fist and overhand it into the nearest receptacle. Make the shot? You get another cupcake." I was intrigued, and then I saw that Joy the Baker also read the book, and I knew I had to read it. I am still finishing it up, but it is definitely a good read. I would even say it is a good beach read. You know, of the "not needing to pay much attention to details" books. A quick read.
- Eat The Document; by Dana Spiotta. A couple's story about their radical protests in the 1970s and what the outcomes are in the 1990s. It is a book my sister sent me, and therefore one I might not have picked up on my own, but it was a good book. A little bit of history, love story and mystery rolled into one. My sister also recommends her new book, Stone Arabia.
- The Book Of Salt; by Monique Truong. Another book from my sister, and a book I would be more likely to pick up on my own, about the Vietnamese cook who worked for Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas in Paris in the 1930s. A great way to learn about these greats and about Paris in this era.
- What The Dog Saw and Blink; by Malcom Gladwell. These books I read back-to-back so I get confused about which articles I read in which since they are similar in some ways. I picked up What The Dog Saw and started reading it before realizing it was the same author. Actually, I read this book first and then I read Blink. After seeing everyone reading Blink, as if part of the book itself, I figured I should read it, too. They are both insightful reads, but if you do decide to take on both, I recommend reading them at different times, and not back-to-back; it's just too intense that way.


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Addressed to: Charles Hicks
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Dear Sir
Please receive the Bearer as a friend who needs your aid and direct him on his way if you cannot give him work he come to us well recommended was a slave a few weeks since
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This letter was written in 1842 by Abel Brown to his friend Charles Hicks. It was carried by a fugitive on the underground railroad. Abel Brown asked Charles to either give the fugitive work or send him "on his way." This letter reveals several pieces of evidence about how the underground railroad worked: some fugitves carried letters of introduction between activists, some activists gave fugitives work, and one "route" was between Albany and Bennington.
- What was the purpose of this letter?
- How did this letter get to Mr. Hicks?
- What did Mr. Brown want Mr. Hicks to do?


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Chucho Valdés is one of the big men in jazz, and the adjective applies both to his physical stature and to his art. The Cuban pianist and composer casts a large shadow that has covered Latin music, Latin jazz and straight-ahead jazz. His technique has always had a titanic dimension, and sometimes the issue is how to contain it all within a single performance or CD.
On his latest release, Chucho's Steps, the pianist offers an intriguing panorama of his talent and his taste. He pays tribute to Joe Zawinul, the pianist for the fusion-jazz pioneer band Weather Report, quoting from one of that group's most famous tunes in "Zawinul's Mambo." This is a reminder that Valdés came to the attention of American listeners as the pianist for Irakere, the Cuban fusion-rock band that stunned U.S. listeners who thought that somehow the American blockade of trade with Cuba also blocked the airwaves. Yet Irakere (and Valdés) showed that Cuba's musicians were solidly on the front edge of the music's evolution.
Then there is "Danzón," which shifts easily between a sultry jazz ballad and the elegant danzón style of the title. Here Valdés shows his versatility, punctuating the jazz segments with pungent jazz chords and then sliding easily into the delicate, pearly flurry of notes of the traditional Cuban style that his father, Bebo Valdés, famously perfected. Shows the kid was listening to Dad after all.
The musicians on this set are not at all overshadowed by Valdés. On Chuco's "Both Sides," trumpeter Reinaldo Melián Alvarez displays a sparse solo style that bristles with ideas and avoids most of the usual clichés that pollute jazz solos. His range is broad and effortless — and again unveils a musician who is well tuned in to the evolution of the jazz mainstream. He delivers a full, warm sound on "Begin to Be Good," a tune that combines elements of "Begin the Beguine" and "Lady Be Good."
Tenor saxophonist Carlos Miyares Hernández also catches the ear; he delivers consistently fine solos, first on "Danzón" and then on "Chucho's Steps," a tribute to John Coltrane's jigsaw puzzle of a tune, "Giant Steps." Hernández displays mastery of a sizable vocabulary: fast runs; a throaty tone on slower songs; and a driving voice in the fast, loose sections where the band focuses on rhythmical extrapolation.
And of course there's Chucho, at ease in jazz and in Latin as well, tossing off long chromatic runs, pounding out chordal passages, easing off the gas pedal into a light touch and then easily switching to a repetitive Latin arpeggio to restore the groove. Not that it is ever lost by the very solid rhythm section that includes bassist Lázaro Rivero Alarcón, Juan Carlos Rojas Castro on drums and Yaroldy Abreu Robles on percussion. They easily handle the stop-start rhythms of "Both Sides" and are rock-steady when ensconced in the steady driving beat of more traditional jazz.
Chucho's composing talent shines throughout this collection but is especially bright on a couple of tunes, including "New Orleans," a tribute to the Marsalis family, which edges into a "traditional" improvisation; and "Yansá," which recalls the edgy harmonies of some 1970s jazz and then brings in some traditional Yoruba Orisha chants.
Chucho's Steps is a good introduction to Valdés if you are not familiar with him. For those who already admire his considerable talent, it is an impressive addition to a growing catalog of works by an omnivorous musician.
Valdés is completing a tour of the U.S.:
Oct. 24: Burlington, Vt., Flynn Theatre
Oct. 26: Hanover, N.H., Spaulding Auditorium at Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College
Oct. 28: Boston, Berklee Performance Center
Oct. 30: Washington, D.C., the Warner Center
Nov. 1: New York City, the Village Vanguard
Joel Dreyfuss, The Root's managing editor, has been known to occasionally join jam sessions at New York jazz clubs.