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5 Mobility Predictions For 2010 Five predictions for what SMBs can expect on the mobility front in the coming year -- from Trust Digital.
My Last Essay This is my last essay for InformationWeek, as we're putting things on hiatus so I can focus on writing my next book in 2010. There are a few things I want to say before I go...
Elementool Puts Project Management In Cloud The company offers software project management tools on the Web as an integrated service.
The Lighter Side of Consulting The other day I ran into an old Consulting mentor of mine. Smooth, superior and self-assured, the man was Consulting Personified. But now gone were the suit and smirk, replace by sneakers, stubble and a sullen look. Could it be The Curse of the Consultant?
Microsoft Bringing Xbox Live To Windows Mobile Job posting out of Redmond indicate Microsoft is likely planning to integrate its Xbox Live online gaming platform with Windows Mobile.
U.S. Pushes For EMR Standards The proposal for widespread adoption of Electronic Medical Records standards could accelerate the disbursement of $19 billion in federal stimulus funds.
Apple Tablet Success Riding On Touch-Panel Patents In my recent story on the Apple iSlate speculation, I pointed to Windows tablets to make the point that Steve Jobs and company don't invent things, they perfect them. But when I wrote that Apple doesn't have any tablet patents, a reader noted that what Apple does have is multi-touch interface patents. And those will be the key to the Apple tablet.
LCD TV Sales Boom Foreseen In 2010 While worldwide shipments rose 1 percent this year, they're expected to ramp 22 percent to 171 million units in 2010, according to DisplaySearch.
7 Cloud Computing Predictions For 2010 Seven Predictions on what SMBs can expect from the world of cloud computing in the coming year -- from Appirio.
Kingston Warns Of USB Drive Security Flaws Data storage vendor Kingston recently warned customers of a flaw in several of its secure USB drives that could allow an attacker to access sensitive information.
The Myth Of Reliability Two outages for BlackBerry users around Christmas prompted many complaints and threats from angry users via online forums, blog posts, and tweets. I'm not sure if there's really an issue here.
MySQL's Former Owner Can't 'Save' It After Selling It Monty Widenius continues his campaign to save MySQL from falling into Oracle's possession with a script that would have been suitable, perhaps, for the Perils of Pauline. The whole problem with "saving" MySQL at this point is that its most outspoken defenders chose to sell it to Sun, a firm on the brink of collapse.
E-Sales In Holiday Surge Social network marketing, poor weather, and free shipping offers helped push online shopping to a 5% gain during the 2009 holiday season.
Online Retailers Boost Customer Satisfaction Amazon, Macy's and other e-retailers achieved record-high levels of consumer satisfaction over the holiday shopping season.
Eleven BI/Analytics Topics for 2010 This time of year, we pundit types like to post our summations of the past year's developments, our Best Of lists recapping our own work, and our industry predictions for next year, for 2010. Not me, not this year. I will, however, post on the year ahead... for me, on BI and analytics topics that I plan to cover in the next few months...
WSO2 Launches Business Activity Monitor The open source monitor provides visibility into services oriented architectures through the customizable WSO2 Gadget Server dashboard.
Google Nexus One Said To Cost $530 Unlocked The HTC handset, expected to be unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show next week, may represent a unified platform for the Google Android smartphone.
Windows 7 Year In Review The operating-system buzz in 2009 may have been split 60/40 between Windows 7 and Google Chrome OS, but only the former is here today. As to whether a Web-centric OS like Chrome can ultimately edge out the most polished traditional desktop version ever, that's yet to be determined. During 2010, though, I expect that Windows 7 will increase its footprint, as enterprises initially wary of adoption begin to fold Win7 boxes into heterogeneous environments.
Nokia: Most Apple Products Violate Patents An International Trade Association complaint claims all of Apple's iPhones, iPods, and Macs infringe Nokia patents.
The Pros And Cons Of Virtualization For SMBs Does virtualization really make sense for small businesses? Some experts doubt it, but I'm reluctant to offer any simple answers to this question.
AT&T Resumes Online iPhone Sales AT&T has resumed sales if the iPhone in New York city via their website. I tested a few zip codes in the area and both the 3G and 3GS models are available, as well as refurbished phones. For whatever reason AT&T pulled them over the weekend from the website, they have apparently reversed course.
Remote Desktop: Now You See It, Now You Don't Is it possible to use Microsoft's Remote Desktop Connection technology with Windows 7? As always, that depends upon which version of Windows 7 you're talking about.
Salesforce.com's Wizard Was Parker Harris And Team Much has been recorded about the rise of Salesforce.com and how Marc Benioff's clever marketing brought the company to the forefront. Today, with its stock reaching new highs, I wanted to pay tribute to a giant of cloud computing, Parker Harris, the technology magician behind the marketing who made Benioff's story possible.
Apple Stock Falls Following Record High Investors are bullish on the products they expect Apple to intro in January, particularly the long-awaited Mac tablet.
London iPhone Problems Spotlight Network Issues O2, the United Kingdom's exclusive iPhone provider, has apologized to users for dropped calls and poor reception.
Firefox Prepares To Make Its Smartphone Debut According to the BBC, the first mobile phone version of Firefox is only "days away" from release. In reality, however, most mobile users at small and midsize companies will be in for a much longer wait.
Oracle Lifts Cloud Over MySQL Storage Engine Vendors Earlier this month, Oracle put out a press release promising to play nicely with MySQL if its Sun takeover is approved... Point #2 is the biggie, lifting a major cloud from the MySQL storage engine business.
MyYearbook Speeds Web Responses EXtremeDB, McObject's in-memory, object-oriented database, helps MyYearbook meet the high performance demands of the social networking site.
Intelligent Enterprise 2010 Event Calendar If it's about information management, business intelligence, enterprise applications, processes or architecture, it's listed in our annual guide to technology events. Make your plans for the can't-miss conferences, expos and summits of 2010.
Ford Vehicles To Get iTunes Tagging The capability will be part of Ford's HD Radio, which also offers digital radio reception and Internet radio over Bluetooth.
AT&T Resumes NY iPhone Sales The company may have been trying to prevent fraud when it stopped online iPhone sales to New Yorkers.
Manufacturers Seek Green Monitoring In ERP Executives want social media and environmental management functionality in their enterprise resource planning software.
2010 And Cloud Storage In 2010 cloud storage will continue to grow in use but like my other 2010 entries, next year won't be the "year" of cloud storage. As we discussed in our article "What is Cloud Storage", people and organization
New SSDs Hit The Sweet Spot For Small Businesses We all know that quality solid state disks (SSDs) are just too expensive for small businesses to afford, right? Not so fast.
Red Hat Revenue Up 18% In 3Q The company continues to grow its revenue, often at the expense of Unix, in a recessionary economy.
Online Shopping Breaks Records Coupons and other incentives helped push online retail to record-breaking levels over the holiday shopping season, said comScore.
Google AdMob Buy Opposed Consumer groups said the acquisition would diminish competition in mobile advertising and raise privacy concerns.
Intel Recap: Atom, Nehalem Were 2009 Highlights For processor-architecture voyeurs of the Intel variety, 2009 was most interesting for the emergence of the low end as market segment with legs enough to compete with traditional laptops. (Read: Atom and netbooks.) At the same time, servers got a big kicker with release of the Nehalem line in April.
Qualcomm COO Leaves For CEO Job Industry vet Len Lauer will take the top executive position at an unnamed firm, according to Qualcomm.
E-Books Beat Regular Books On Xmas Amazon sold more electronic books than physical books for the first time.
Officials Seek Cancer Warnings On Cell Phones Although there's no hard evidence linking mobile phones and cancer, elected officials in California and Maine are pushing for warnings.
Integration: ECM Curse and Opportunity With the proliferation of enterprise content management (ECM) vendors at many organizations, a new challenge is developing around managing federated ECM systems. Can the content management applications within an organization be integrated to help users find the information they need?
AT&T Halts Online iPhone Sales In NYC AT&T has halted online sales of the iPhone in New York City. You can verify this by going to AT&T's online site and entering a NYC zip code. Sure enough, I entered a Brooklyn zip code and the iPhone was missing. When I changed it to my southern California zip, the iPhone 3GS and 3G showed up in the list. What is going on?
Reviewing The Year's Storage News Highlights Over the past couple of weeks, I slogged through the usual endless series of storage-related "best of" and prediction articles. Finally, here's one that is actually worth sharing.
Working With The Win7 Problem Steps Recorder Windows 7 includes a new remote support tool that is potentially very useful -- if you know about it.
Five Tech Startup Predictions For 2010 It's that time of the year again when everyone provides their predictions for the upcoming year. I'd like to take a look at five predictions for 2010 related to tech startups.
Wolfe's Den: Apple iSlate Chatter Obscures Device Significance Apple's expected release of a humongous-screened iPod will legitimize the platform for business users. It could, in turn, revive Windows-based tablets and make Webpads the big alt.platform story of 2010.
The Decade Of Windows 7 As 2010 approaches, Windows 7 seems to be experiencing a successful launch and warm reception from both businesses and consumers. I've just switched over to Windows 7 for my day-to-day desktop, and definitely think it's an improvement over both XP and Vista. That's fortunate, because I suspect we'll all be using Windows 7 for most of the next decade.
Santa Claus, Technology Propagandist A good number of kids will go to bed tonight thinking at least two things about the traditions of Christmas: first, they'll consciously be thankful and thrilled about their presents and, unconsciously, they'll have been further indoctrinated into the miracles of technology.
The Perfect Office Mac? German tinkerer Klaus Diebel will modify your old iMac so that it makes coffee but still functions as a Macintosh.


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Locating a proctor, or exam supervisor, is usually simple. The proctor must meet the following requirements:
- The proctor must either hold one of the following positions or work at one of the following types of institutions:
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New Super Mario Bros. U DLC confirmed, first details teased
Nintendo has embraced the DLC generation it seems, as New Super Mario Bros. U follows the example laid down by its baby brother New Super Mario Bros. 2 on 3DS. The developer has hinted at incoming content as part of a new Iwata Asks session. Check out the tease below.
ONM reports that New Super Mario Bros. producer Takashi Tekuza said the team is, "Planning additional courses," for the game, although he suggested that the content could be a long way off yet.
"We're trying to think of ways of play that are different from New Super Mario Bros. 2, but we haven't made anything yet."
Meanwhile, New Super Mario Bros. reviews are hitting a favourable consistency. Check out our score round up here.
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The Cardiff Blues have ruled out making a move for Toulon prop Gethin Jenkins who is reportedly keen to end his spell with the Top 14 Orange side.
Jenkins joined the French big-spenders in time for the current season but he has hardly played for Bernard Laporte's side this season. Instead, England loose-head Andrew Sheridan has played the majority of their games with Jenkins left on the bench.
And with his international stock seemingly declining, with Wales preferring Bath prop Paul James - who is playing week-in-week-out in the Aviva Premiership - to Jenkins, he has reportedly sounded out the Blues about returning to the club he left six months ago.
But Phil Davies, the Blues director of rugby, has ruled out an approach for the British & Irish Lion due to the constraints of the £3.5m salary cap that is in place for the Welsh regions.
"There is always speculation but it's not practical because our salary cap is where it is," Davies told the BBC. "We have spoken about Gethin but he is contracted to Toulon.
"We may not have somebody of Gethin's experience, but we have young players like Sam Hobbs and Tom Davies, who are 19 and 23 and they are outstanding young players, and they are the future of the Blues. We wish Gethin well, he is a fantastic player and did a great job for us, but now we have young players who want emulate his career."
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Hi, everyone! My name is Andrea Pearson. I write mostly YA fantasy and horror with a bit of romance thrown in. (Cause kissing makes everything better. :-))
Back in 2008, I finished my very first book—a middle-grade fantasy titled The Key of Kilenya. By the end of 2009, I was picked up by an agent who landed me a contract with one of the Big Five. Exciting as that was, I couldn't get over the feeling that I'd end up regretting the choice if I signed with them. I turned down the contract, much to the chagrin of my agent (and trad-pubbed author friends). Over the next year or so, as I tried to figure out where I needed to go that would serve my books best, I ultimately decided to self-publish.
It's definitely been worth it. But one of the hardest things about publishing is putting out books and watching them flop or not move as fast as we hoped they would. Success, for me, has come in spurts. Some months, I've earned a nice four figures. Others, barely two. Even though the Kilenya Series has downloaded very well for a middle-grade fantasy series, it's been a long, difficult road, and I learned the hard way that I'd chosen a very tough genre to sell. Things are going much better with my newer series, thank goodness.
It isn't in most authors' best interests to depend on one book, or even one series, to float a career. Yes, I'd planned to make a long-term career out of my writing (and I've been delighted at how naturally writing and being a mom go hand-in-hand), but I didn't truly develop an eye for long-term success until recently.
Because I was impatient and couldn't handle the thought that people weren't finding me right now and reading me right now, I made a lot of mistakes. I tossed money at advertising (Goodreads, Google Adwords—which may have worked if I'd known what I was doing . . .) I ran pointless blog tours. Pointless, because I didn't know what a blog tour was for and didn't utilize them well—I expected downloads and was unhappy when that didn't happen.
Basically, like many new writers, I was willing to take risks without anything to back those risks, and we suffered financially and emotionally. It took a long time for the business to reimburse us.
Here, I'll share the things I've learned that help books be more successful over the long term and that help others develop an eye for a future of writing, rather than just a "now" of writing.
With our sights on an ultimate goal, little things when we first start, such as no reviews and low sales, are not as big a deal as we sometimes feel they are. It's okay to take a couple years to figure out how to do things right—it's okay to be invisible while we learn the ropes. And we can actually enjoy that invisibility while getting mistakes out of our system, because we'll have a plan for success and if we don't give up, we will reach that success.
Our aim is to have as many high-quality books available as possible. Everything else will be somewhat easier after that. In the meantime, there are several things we can do which will help success last longer, when we're ready for it.
Some of the things I'll be talking about (and feel free to skip around):
1. Setting up a newsletter list and getting subscribers
2. Collecting reviews
3. Writing more books
4. Testing out book covers and descriptions
5. Getting social media set up (and a website)
6. Testing out small promotional and marketing campaigns
Please note that a lot of these methods won't be new to many readers of this blog. But I'm hoping there will be something for everyone and especially something for newer writers.
1. Setting up a newsletter list and getting subscribers
A robust list is arguably the most important thing you can do for your author career. If you have a good enough one in place, you won't ever need to run BookBub (or any other) promotions—they'll be optional, and getting that rejection email won't derail or depress you.
Mailchimp seems to be the best newsletter service out there. I've recently started using it and I love how much information and control it gives. (My original list is still hosted on my dad's server.) If you use a different service, please mention which one in the comments and tell us why you like it.
Here are a few ways to get subscribers:
a) Put an invitation to sign up at the start and end of every book.
b) Offer a free ebook in exchange for signing up. (My monthly subscribers tripled when I started doing this. I now offer one full-length novel and a boxed set of three novellas. Don't think about these as lost sales—a loyal reader will buy most everything you write down the road. That's more important than one book now that he or she may download.)
c) Have sign-up forms on your blog and website.
d) Post on social media every so often about your newsletter list and the opportunity to get free ebooks in exchange for signing up.
e) Encourage interested friends and family members to sign up. (As they keep up with what you're doing, they'll be more likely to share with others.)
f) Run targeted giveaways, with one of the entries being a newsletter sign up. (Targeted: find print books by famous authors who write in a style similar to your own and give those away.)
g) Consider calling your email list something else, such as Stephanie's Reader's Group. Some authors have discovered that people are more interested in signing up when the word "newsletter" isn't mentioned.
h) Put a sign-up form on your Facebook author fan page (using your Call to Action button).
Speaking of Facebook, I've successfully used ads (not promoted posts, but actual ads) to gain new subscribers by offering them free ebooks for signing up. Mark Dawson, Nick Stephenson, and a few other authors have free courses that teach how to create and manage ads.
2. Collecting reviews
Only one of these methods actually costs money. I've got more ideas listed on my blog here, including a couple of services that find reviewers for you. (You pay the company, not the reviewer.)
a) Ask a few beta readers to be the first to post honest reviews. (This is considered taboo by some, but it works as long as the review says they were beta readers (and, if applicable, received a free copy of the ebook), and that they are posting an honest review of the published version of the book. It's only to get you over that zero-reviews status so paying customers will feel more comfortable posting their own.)
b) Set up an email list of people (from your newsletter subscribers, etc.) who are interested in posting honest reviews in exchange for a free ebook. (When they post their review, enter them in for a giveaway for an Amazon gift card. Do this for every book you want reviews on. Make sure you instruct them to say they received the book for free.)
c) Set up a blog tour and have reviewers post on Amazon, as well as their blog. (I usually arrange these on my own by asking around for volunteers, but there are plenty of services out there that do it for a fee.)
d) Have your book be permafree for a year to gather reviews organically. (Reviews build slowly this way, but that's fine. In the beginning, the point isn't to sell a few books here and there, it's to get a book attractive enough to promote and sell a lot of later.)
e) Use http://bookbloggerlist.com and other websites that list book reviewers. (Make sure to pick people who review in your genre and double check that they're currently accepting submissions. Read their submission guidelines.)
f) Go to Goodreads, search for people who like similar books, and message them, offering a free ebook in exchange for an honest review. (People on GR tend to be a bit harsh sometimes, so keep that in mind.)
The first book in a series can be a permafree that is collecting reviews while you're writing the next several books. Don't worry too much about promoting it—an occasional mention or free promo will do the trick. Same goes for standalones. Choose one to be permafree that will lead readers to the rest of your work, then let it gather reviews while you write more books. Remember that this isn't a fast path to reviews, though, and it will need time to gain traction.
3. Writing more books
Nine out of ten authors agree that the best way to success is through writing more quality books. :-)
Here's the shocker for new writers: the first few books we write won't be spectacular. This was very disappointing to me, actually. I learned that while The Key of Kilenya is a good book, it isn't a great book. It reviews and downloads well and I've never had a young reader not like it, but it simply isn't great. It has been out for over four years and has generated barely over 100 reviews. Seven novels later, Discern, first in my Katon University series, has been out for just over a year and it quickly and easily generated the same number of reviews, with zero promoting on my part.
Our earlier books are great teachers that will lead us to produce much better work later on. As we write more quality books, we'll eventually have enough available where it won't matter if each one is only making $100 or even $10 a month. The money adds up!
4. Testing book covers and descriptions
a) Create control groups, made up of people who read your genres. (Set groups up through email, Facebook, or wherever works best for you.) Post covers and descriptions and ask for feedback. Have more than one group with at least 30 members each so you can see different trends in the comments (and to avoid bandwagon jumping). Listen to these people—they may not know what is wrong or how to fix it, but they'll know something is off. Your job is to figure out what that is.
b) Test out professional book covers too. (Tread softly, though, and be kind. You don't need to tell the designer "so-and-so said this." Just let them know you think something may be an issue and see if they're willing to fix it. If there are too many problems, consider hiring another designer.)
c) Ask for comments from friends and family.
d) Ask for comments from author friends in your genre.
e) Take comments with a grain of salt, especially the outliers. (If you start noticing trends across groups, pay attention.)
f) Go in with the attitude of "This potentially sucks. Help me make it better," and you won't get upset so much if/when people say it does suck.
5. Getting social media set up (and a website)
a) Make sure your blog/website is professional and has all the necessary information. (Contact info, purchase links and book covers/descriptions, social media links, sign-up for newsletter, bio section, etc.)
b) Create a Facebook account and a fan page. Even if you aren't into Facebook, this is important, since most everyone is.
c) Use Twitter—this is huge in the book world. (Use www.tweetdeck.twitter.com as a way to organize incoming messages. Watch #askbookbub, a Q&A held every Thursday by BookBub Partners at 3:00pm EST. Also consider setting things up so tweets from important accounts get sent as texts to your phone, enabling you to read articles at your convenience.)
d) Pick two social media sites and stick to them, rather than trying to use everything available.
Once you've got enough well-written books available with plenty of reviews, a newsletter list set up, social media stuff organized, and a website running, you're ready to start gearing up for major promotions! You're also more ready for any success that may find you down the road. But before you start throwing money on promotions, consider:
6. Testing small promotional campaigns
I'm in the middle of a huge promotion that has been over a year in the planning, with my second series, Katon University, as the target. I recommend preparing for major promotions the way I have, as it hasn't been stressful, expensive, or time-consuming, and I've been reaping the benefits for several months. Here are a few steps you can follow:
a) Set up a separate book as a permafree (or use whatever price you plan to have your main book at when you start your big promotion). Have it be in a similar genre and of a similar length as the book you ultimately want to promote. (I've been using The Key of Kilenya as my control. Like Discern (the book I'm promoting now), it's a permafree and is first in a series. It's middle-grade fantasy and Discern is YA fantasy, so they're similar enough to give me an idea for what works and what doesn't.)
b) Create a list of websites that promote ebooks. (Ask around and search online for these sites. I'm really liking readersintheknow.com as a way to discover and keep track of websites.)
c) Put the info in a spread sheet where you'll note sites, dates, number of downloads, costs of promotions, special information, etc.
d) Make sure you know how well your ebook does throughout any given month without specific promoting. (To avoid skewing your numbers once you start testing.)
e) Run a promotion on each website, spaced three-four days apart.
f) Where possible, always choose the free advertising option. (Which is more widely available for permafree ebooks and will help save money. If you get a good number of downloads from a particular site, consider trying their paid options.)
g) Keep track of downloads, using Book Report or Amazon (and other retailers your book is available on).
h) Don't think setting this all up will require a lot of time. It won't. (Take a couple of hours once a month or every other month to set up the promotions, then track results once a week. Many websites allow you to schedule well in advance.)
i) Don't promote your main book on these sites until your big promotion. (You'll want your book to be "fresh" to them.)
j) Don't test more than one website at the same time. (There are sites that will send your book to multiple places for a fee, but if only one of those places actually gets a decent ROI, you won't know. It would be easier and cheaper to approach that website separately for your main promotion and take out the middle man.)
k) When it's time for your main promotion, decide which method you'll use: all of the good promotions stacked on the same day (to get as high a ranking as fast as possible) or having them spaced out over a couple of days to a week (to get Amazon to notice and help push your book). There are plenty of great discussions about the pros and cons to both methods over on kboards.com.
The websites I've personally found to be useful so far are BookBub (of course), eReaderGirl, Fussy Librarian, Digital Book Today, eReader News Today, Book Gorilla, Kindle Nation Daily, BookSends, Pixel of Ink (have teamed up with BookSends now), BKnights, eBook Bargain News, and Kindle Books and Tips. A couple of these websites only produce 50-100 downloads, but even that much (especially when it's free to promote with them) can really help a massive campaign.
I've also been hearing good things about StoryFinds, BookSCREAM, Midlist, My Book Cave, eBook Hunter, Kindle Book Review, and Pixel Scroll.
What other sites have worked well for you? Mention them in the comments! The more authors who use these sites, the better they'll do for all of us.
A few additional notes about promoting and marketing in general:
What NOT to advertise:
Full-priced ebooks. (It costs a lot more to promote them and readers are less likely to download. There are exceptions, of course. Facebook ads being one of them.)
When NOT to run big marketing campaigns:
When you only have 1-3 full-length ebooks available (or less). (Most authors won't have a significant ROI until they have around 4 books available.)
Remember, our goal is for the long-haul and to be long-term authors. Save some money, stress, emotional anxiety, money, depression, time, worry, money, unhappiness, marital angst, etc., by holding off on promoting until you have several high-quality books published with plenty of good reviews.
How to know you're ready to start advertising and promoting:
How many books do you have available? Are they reviewing well? How many reviews do they have? How much business cash do you have? (My rule is that money used for promoting should never be personal money.) Are you in a good place, emotionally? (Running marketing campaigns is stressful when you're already overloaded. If you're doing it because you're desperate, you're more likely to make mistakes, make rash decisions, neglect plans you've created, and not set things up efficiently and effectively.)
How many reviews should you have?
It depends on your genre. I recommend going through previous BookBub emails and calculating the average number of reviews in your genre for previous months. Aim for that average (possibly ignoring the outliers), remembering that most books will have over 100, if not 200. If you write romance or another popular genre, you'll probably want more.
Thank you for reading this post, and thanks to Joe for letting me share it with you. I hope you've found something useful that will help you get started or that will give you the encouragement to keep going.
About Andrea
Andrea Pearson graduated from Brigham Young University with a bachelor of science degree in Communications Disorders. She is the author of many full-length novels (the Kilenya Series and Katon University series), and several novellas. Writing is the chocolate of her life—it is, in fact, the only thing she ever craves. Being with her family and close friends is where she's happiest, and she loves thunderstorms, the ocean, hiking, public speaking, painting, and traveling.
Andrea and her husband are expecting their second, a boy, coming October 2015. They and their two-year-old daughter live in a quaint little valley surrounded by hills.
You can learn more about Andrea by visiting her website.
Andrea was recently interviewed on the fabulous Rocking Self-Publishing Podcast. She and Simon Whistler discussed the topics mentioned in this post, along with others. Feel free to check that out by clicking here. (And consider subscribing—this is a top-notch author podcast.)
About Discern
Nicole Williams is an Arete—a fourth child with magical abilities—yet no matter how hard she tries, she can't Channel her power. In fact, she seems to be the only student at Katon University who fails at magic.
This doesn't stop her from competing to be included on a university-led expedition to Arches National Park. She is determined to show everyone, but mostly herself, that she does belong. Yet, to qualify for the trip, she must produce at least a speck of Wind magic, and that appears to be impossible.
Nicole turns to her best friend, Lizzie, for help, along with fellow student Austin Young, who is considered by all a magical rarity. He also happens to be the hottest guy on campus and just might be interested in her.
As the competition progresses, Nicole wonders if she's making the right choice—especially when she learns that the strange fossils they'll be studying in Arches might not be as dead as everyone thinks.
Readers of Lovecraft and M.R. James will recognize and enjoy themes from both authors.
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Former Canadian defense minister Paul Hellyer, 90, made news earlier this month when he was quoted by Britain's Daily Mail saying "aliens walk among us." Yes, Mr. Hellyer, I agree! As a beauty and fashion editor who's worked with top models for decades I know there is something other-worldly about women born with amazing bone structure and bodies that look good in anything.
Most of us didn't look like models at 25 and we won't or don't at 60 either. So why is the new cover of People magazine with a swim-suited 60-year-old Christie Brinkley and American Apparel's new lingerie ad with 62-year-old undie-clad Jacky O' Shaughnessy creating more buzz than a UFO sighting in Nevada? Because two very different mature women are proudly showing off their age and bodies in a very public way. Here are three reasons to thank them:
IT'S OK TO TELL PEOPLE HOW OLD YOU ARE. Most women I know from 52 to 67 say they are "52." Sixty is taboo. Brinkley's People cover reads: She's How Old? Jacky's tagline is "Sexy has no expiration date." Yet, we are still stuck in a number rut. When you tell a friend she looks great don't add "for your age."
Photos: Jane Seymour and Other Stunning 60-Plus Celebs
THEY DARE TO BARE. We're used to the fuss made over celebs like Iman, Jane Fonda or Raquel Welch "aging well" but try to find new photos of them in lingerie or swimsuits. Despite O'Shaughnessy's slightly more "authentic" look (she does have some lines and a little jiggly flab at the middle), both models are brilliantly defying the age-ism trend by showing more skin. Don't you wish Victoria's Secret would get the hint and use women in their 50s and 60s to model their products? Let's encourage every brand and retailer to be more inclusive of us in ads and on websites. Race, size and gender are no longer issues in beauty and fashion; it's time to break down the age barrier too. And please use models other than Carmen and Lauren Hutton – though I love them both – enough already.
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IT TAKES A VILLAGE AND THEY KNOW IT. No model wakes up looking like she does in photos. A team of hair and makeup artists work hours to achieve the look, photographers and art directors set up the most flattering light, stylists and editors drape, pin, and tape clothes into place and then there's Photoshop to tweak all. The end result is why models get beauty and fashion contracts, date rock stars and spend more time at the dermatologist/gym/cosmetic surgeon/salon/ and dentist than we do. Be glad it's not you and let them inspire an end to age-ism.
So Christie and Jacky, thanks truly from your grateful peers and here's hoping we see more faces and bodies over 50 and 60 in advertising and the media for 2014. If not now…when?
For more beauty and style tips for women 50+ check my book The Wardrobe Wakeup Your Guide to Looking Fabulous at any Age by Lois Joy Johnson ($14.55, amazon.com).
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LOS ANGELES -- The family of a 51-year-old woman shown in a video being repeatedly punched by a California Highway Patrol officer says they plan to sue the agency.
"How do I know he's not going to hurt me or anyone else?" the woman's daughter, Maisha Allums, told reporters Sunday. "So I am just here with a voice for my mom and everyone else."
The beating took place Tuesday along the Santa Monica Freeway and was caught on tape by passing motorist David Diaz.
"This is not just jabs, they are hooks," he said. "Those are lights-out punches. Those aren't like taps.
"You see it, you heard it. It was like 'thump, thump, thump' and then you see her head bouncing 'bam, bam' on the concrete. Then you hear her screaming, 'No, don't, stop.' Then you even -- at the end where she has her hands up like this -- when it's clear there is no more resistance, he takes another four or five shots."
The woman who was beaten is Marlene Pinnock, a great-grandmother.
Caree Harper, the lawyer who is now representing her, says Pinnock's injuries are severe.
"Her family went to visit her," Harper said. "She has multiple lumps in her head, lumps on her shoulder like the size of a plum, bruises and lumps all over her upper body."
A police report released Friday says the woman posed a danger to herself and other drivers because she was "walking within traffic lanes" at times.
It also says that when an officer asked her to stop, she "continued ignoring the officer's command" and ultimately she "becomes physically combative."
"The tape only shows a small part of what transpired," California Highway Patrol Assistant Chief Chris O'Quinn told reporters. "There are events that led up to this. Until all that's collected and put into perspective we aren't going to be able to make a determination,"
The agency didn't identify the officer, but says he has been put on paid administrative leave.
"The CHP, to justify the beating, (are) saying they were trying to protect her from harm," Harper said. "With a beating like that no one wants to be protected. She only needed protection from the officer."
Pinnock is in a hospital under an involuntary psychiatric hold.
Harper says a hearing will take place Tuesday to determine whether she will remain in custody longer.
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A couple of things we found on the web Wednesday that are worth noting......
First, HealthAffairs magazine released a study examining price differences between hospitals, a subject it noted hasn't received a lot of attention over the years, but is beginning to see scrutiny from the medical community and insurers.
Autoworkers who had been patients at hospitals in 13 Midwest markets were examined by the publication. The typical disparity in rates between the highest-priced facility and the lowest-priced in each of those markets was 60%, the publication says. And price variation differed widely among the 13 markets.
What it also found is that high-price hospitals meet certain expectations: They're larger, may be used as teaching facilities, are operated by hospital networks with large market share, and are capable of handling high-end specialized services like heart transplants and trauma care. They also larger shares of public funding via Medicaid and the like, and they have healthy margins.
It may come as a surprise that the quality measures at high-priced hospitals are mixed. They may be ranked highly based on reputation, but often score worse on such objective measures as postsurgical mortality rates.
Second, Reuters noted earlier in the day that scientists in Japan and the U.S. may have found a way to duplicate the type of stem cells that are typically harvested from embryos without using a fetus.
Researchers took mature adult cells from mice and exposed them to highly stressful, near-death conditions. The exposed cells recovered from the stress and reverted to a state similar to an embryonic stem cell, Reuters reported.
If this research works in humans, it would allow people to regenerate tissue and take on such ailments as heart disease, Parkinson's and strokes.
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Earlier on Monday, we shared a report that the Raiders would release cornerback Ron Bartell.
The team has made that move official and also announced that linebacker Rolando McClain has been reinstated to the active roster. McClain was suspended for the last two games for conduct detrimental to the team after an argument with coach Dennis Allen during practice. McClain said that he was finished with the Raiders, but Monday's move shows that the Raiders have a different take on the matter.
According to the team, McClain will not be required to return to work until he and Allen have a conversation. Allen is away from the team to attend his father's funeral, so any such meeting will be delayed until he returns. If he does suit up and play in the final three weeks of the season, part of the intent will likely be rehabilitating his value enough to create a possible market for his services in the offseason.
The Raiders also released fullback Owen Schmitt and promoted cornerback Chimdi Chekwa from the practice squad. Chekwa, a 2011 fourth-round pick, played in four games last season and was signed to the practice squad after failing to make the team out of training camp.


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FICTION: BEHIND WHITE CURTAIN by Valery Petrovskiy
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Dad suffered even from a sight of blood, and he never killed a hen nor slaughtered a pig. But I was aware that once he had donated his blood in the name of my Mum still, because she'd had a narrow escape on an operating table then.
With me a doctor would have my blood tested in a moment: one, two and it's done. But first they make you ready for rather a time: take a seat, then have a proper finger chosen, though it is always just the one, then they wipe it with spirits until take somewhat sharp like a mini-scalpel. Not everyone can stand the procedure, but I was not against it when a doctor suggested me having my blood tested. She was a likable one, youngish for her age, not married or divorced, probably. And she had no child, I felt it immediately, she had such a look, barren if you want.
Possibly for health reasons she could not bear a child or she didn't find a right man. Or she could have a particular blood group not to have a child with anyone, that's why she employed at a doctor's consulting room to make blood tests. And she urged me to have my blood tested. At first I didn't mind it, the right thing it is, still she didn't ask my permission. "Just let's have your blood tested", she said and left me. She had many things to do I suppose. In doctor's smocks they walked hither and thither all the time at a clinic there talking over the heads of those waiting, as if one was dead already. And I was still alive and a nurse was preparing to have my blood tested.
While she got me ready she was chattering. She said that men were afraid of blood testing nowadays. More and more they refused to do it and ran away sometimes seeing a drop of blood. And one had nothing to fear, there was a couch behind the curtain in a special emergency to lie low, in case one fainted. She pulled the white curtain aside and showed me a couch with dark green leatherette and I shivered all at once: what for they needed my blood? She suggested me taking off a jacket and rolling up my sleeve, left or right one, I don't remember. But I was frightened to throw off my shoes, she insisted on. I ever had my shoes clean, but one was not allowed to enter a treatment room in boots. With no shoes I got frightened.
It happens so while walking by oneself at an unknown place at night and still not scared. Nothing to fear of in spite of a dark night until you stumble and then your confidence is missing. It's off as if left at the same spot one had stumbled over. And then it all changes: the moon is from the other world, unknown and unfriendly.
And so it was with me: while shod I was not afraid, may be because in shoes I could take to my heels at any moment. And the nurse was harping on the same tune that the men had made off frightened to get their blood tested. Well, what on Earth they do there with bloody blood!
…So I made off there in somebody's shoes for the better. I looked round, nothing but mud in the street, I don't know why, and I went along to a fellow of mine. We had been in the same class and I never saw him since, but I headed to him. And he had married my classmate then, Gahla. And I never was to their place, that's why I made my way for them may be. So many years passed, and my Dad was two years as dead.
I tramped to them in dirty boots I don't know whose but I didn't take them off. And it didn't seem neat around, gloomy, the floor boarding was like unpainted in dusk, but it couldn't have grown dark yet. And there was somebody sleeping over there, half-dressed, his back bare. He was lying with his face down right on the floor, not drunken they said, but of grief. His wife had passed away; she had died right in a hospital there because of heavy bleeding, and doctors couldn't but help her. And he adored her.
Then I saw that it was my Dad there, I knew him by his back, a lean one.
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Не is an English Department graduate at Chuvash State University, Cheboksary, graduated in journalism at VKSch Higher School, Moscow and in psychology at Kazan State Technology University. He has been writing prose since 2005.
Some of his writing has been published in The Scrambler, Rusty Typer, BRICKrethoric, NAP Magazine, Literary Burlesque, The Other Room, Curbside Quotidian, DANSE MACABRE, WidowMoon Press, PRIME MINCER, Apocrypha and Abstractions, The Legendary in the USA, and in Australian "Skive" and "Going Down Swinging" magazines.
At the moment he is writer-in-residence at Marco Polo Art Mag.
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FICTION: I dream of Past Futures By Thomas Ecclestone
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What China wants, China gets - at a cost to the planet
One of the ways in which China starts getting blamed for all things globalization is the direct impact its consumers can have on global markets - sending them soaring and crashing in a historical heartbeat.
I've talked about China's incredible hunger for various nuts in the past, and how that demand has fundamentally reshaped ag markets in the US.
This NYT story discusses how fishermen off the coast of Mexico are ignoring governmental attempts to preserve an overfished area for sea cucumbers. Out-of-area guys are slipping into zones being vigilantly guarded by locals and pulling out hauls right under their noses. This creates a "wild west" atmosphere were towns square off against towns over their precious slices of the pie and every stranger is treated like a would-be criminal.
Until China emerged in its middle-class glory, they wasn't much of a demand, as sea cucumbers aren't really eaten by Mexicans. But now the demand is such that one guy poaching can claim $700 a day in profit.
So this section of Mexico's coastline is in uproar . . . because Chinese like their sea cucumbers.
There will come a time - soon enough, when virtually everyone in the world who isn't Chinese will be living some version of this story.
A while back, America played that role, and while everyone wanted to please that American consumer, the dynamic created a lot of antipathy too.
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Opening statements begin this week in the murder trial of a man who spent two decades impersonating a member of the fabled Rockefeller family.
A jury of seven women and five men will begin hearing from lawyers Monday.
The defendant's real name is Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter and he says he is not guilty of the 27-year-old cold case killing of John Sohus.
John Sohus disappeared with his wife, Linda, in 1985 while Gerhartsreiter was a tenant at the home of Sohus' mother.
The prosecution's case is circumstantial, based on a bag of bones found buried in the backyard of the property and fuzzy memories of San Marino residents who knew the defendant under other names.
The defense says there was no motive for the defendant to kill anyone. No trace has been found of Linda Sohus.


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Lake Chelan-Sawtooth Wilderness
IntroductionThe United States Congress designated the Lake Chelan-Sawtooth Wilderness (map) in 1984 and it now has a total of 152,980 acres. All of this wilderness is located in Washington and is managed by the Forest Service. The Lake Chelan-Sawtooth Wilderness is bordered by the Stephen Mather Wilderness to the northwest.
DescriptionLong, lean, and lovely best describes Lake Chelan. From Chelan's northeastern shore, this secluded Wilderness rears rapidly skyward to the crest of bold Sawtooth Range, which cuts diagonally through the area, rising serenely from the south to fall off dramatically on the north faces. Northeast of the crest, the terrain drops into the valley of the Twisp River only to climb again into a subrange. Wolf Creek and other creek drainages have cut deep ravines through much of the area, with elevations ranging from 1,100 feet to 9,000 feet. You'll find 63 lakes, many too small to have ever been named, often tucked into scenic cirques in the high country and without trail access. A pleasant forest covers the ground below the tree line, home to bears and mule deer. Winters are colder and summers hotter than in western Washington. To me, one appealing aspect of this Wilderness is its lack of direct road access on the south and west sides. All trailheads on the south side, on Lake Chelan, must be gained via a regularly scheduled ferry boat or a private craft. From the roadless town of Stehekin, the northern terminus of the ferry, the Lakeshore Trail follows the lake south for 18 miles, with 14 miles within the Wilderness. Trails entering from the west first cross North Cascades National Park or Lake Chelan National Recreation Area. The Twisp River road offers easier access to the Wilderness from the east. Park-like ridges and open forests encourage you to leave the trail for relatively easy bushwhacking travel. A high-quality Wilderness experience awaits. A Recreation Pass is required at some trailheads accessing the Lake Chelan-Sawtooth Wilderness.
Planning to Visit the Lake Chelan-Sawtooth Wilderness?
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California Department of Transportation
Date: March 5, 2014
District: District 11 - San Diego and Imperial counties
Contact: Caltrans Media Relations Officer Cathryne Bruce-Johnson
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10 Miles of New Carpool Lanes,
Direct Access Ramp to Open on Interstate 805
SAN DIEGO – Caltrans, the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG), and other local and federal officials gathered today to celebrate the completion of two major transportation improvements along Interstate 805 (I-805). The two projects will provide the region with a combined 10 miles of new carpool lanes in addition to a Direct Access Ramp (DAR).
"Caltrans and our transportation partners here in San Diego are working on many improvements along I-805 that will provide more transportation choices, reduce carbon emissions by offering motorists more carpool lanes, and improve the quality of life for those who live, work, and travel in San Diego, said Caltrans Director Malcolm Dougherty.
In north San Diego, the I-805 Carpool Lane/Carroll Canyon Road Extension Project in San Diego's Golden Triangle area will open within the next two weeks. The project adds two miles of new carpool lanes, creating a continuous 10-mile carpool lane in each direction from Mira Mesa Boulevard in Sorrento Valley to Manchester Avenue on Interstate 5 in Encinitas. A new DAR will also open. For the first time, commuters on Carroll Canyon Road can now directly access the carpool lanes on I-805 at its merge with I-5.
The $94.8 million project was developed through a partnership between Caltrans, the Federal Highway Administration, and the city of San Diego. It was funded by $51.8 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, $32.4 million from the regional TransNet half-cent sales tax administered by SANDAG and $10.6 million from the city of San Diego (which includes $2.7 million from Qualcomm).
Eight miles of new carpool lanes will open within the next two weeks between East Naples Street in Chula Vista and State Route 94 in San Diego as part of the first phase of the I-805 South Express Lanes Project
Additional improvements still under construction include a transit station, park and ride lot at East Palomar Street, sound walls to reduce freeway noise and a DAR. When the DAR is completed, carpoolers will be able to enter the I-805 carpool lanes without driving on the freeway's general purpose lanes. The new DAR, transit station and park and ride lot will also provide commuters access to the future South Bay Bus Transit system.
The estimated cost of phase one is $155 million, including $56 million f om Proposition 1B, a 2006 voter-approved transportation bond. To date, more than $17 billion in Proposition 1B funds have been put to work statewide for transportation purposes.
"These projects are critical components of a broader planned region-wide effort to create new choices for travelers. Our plans include not only highways, but rail, Rapid bus, and bicycle improvements," said SANDAG Board Chair and Santee Council member Jack Dale. "We are going to transform the I-805 into a multi-modal corridor, making it more efficient, by adding Direct Access Ramps, carpool and Express Lanes, and a Rapid bus network to provide faster, more frequent, and more convenient transit service."For more information about both projects visit http://www.dot.ca.gov/dist11/ or http://www.KeepSanDiegoMoving.com
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Dunn hotel shut down because of bedbug complaints
DUNN, NC (AP) — Health officials in Harnett County have ordered the closing of a Dunn hotel after discovering bedbugs.
The Fayetteville Observer reports the county health department closed a Comfort Inn on Bud Hawkins Road following an investigation.
Investigators discovered remnants of bedbugs in bed frames and windowsills. A health department permit of suspension said bedbug fecal matter was collected on walls and mattresses. The permit also said bedbug exoskeletons were found in eight rooms on the hotel's first and second floors.
The hotel is required to cease all operations until it can fulfill the health department's requirements for reopening, which include thoroughly cleaning blocked rooms and removing any infestation.
Health department spokeswoman Debra Hawkins says it's not the first time there have been complaints of bedbugs at the hotel.
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Skip to comments.Boston terror suspects uncle was married to CIA officer's daughter and even shared a home with the
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full title....Boston terror suspects uncle was married to CIA officer's daughter and even shared a home with the agent
An uncle of the Boston bombers was previously married to a CIA officer's daughter for three years, it emerged today.
Ruslan Tsarni, who publicly denounced his two terrorist nephews' actions and called them 'Losers', even lived with his father-in-law agent Graham Fuller in his Maryland home for a year.
Mr Fuller was forced to explain the relationship today as news of the family link emerged online.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
... whoops...
A CIA agent allows his daughter to marry a Chechen? Jeez...
Perhaps the new CIA boss, Brennan, can arrange some marriages to his liking, since he's a closet Is Slime convert.
"A CIA agent allows his daughter to marry a Chechen? Jeez..."
He probably got multi-cultural benefit points. Also, if an American girl wants to marry a Muslim...or join any other cult, how can you stop them?
Why not? Boehner's daughter is marrying a pothead Rastafarian.
These allow the Enemy to control the seats of power
in the USA.
All secret. All very serious. Like Huma.
Maybe you can't stop her, but you don't open your doors and let her bring the loser in to live with you after she defies you.
I've not worked for CIA....but can he keep his security clearance? At least the marriage would trigger an inquiry (or at least it used to).
Also sharing a residence with someone has to be declared to the security office too (I'm talking DoD here but so far as I know CIA was stricter).
There seems to be an incestuous relationship between those in power in government and our enemies.
Have you seen the Jamaican pothead Boner's daughter is going to marry?
Parmy~:" There seems to be an incestuous relationship between those in power in government and our enemies."
Too true !
Those in the 'intelligence ' (?) community
and those invited into the highest reaches of government
We even have one who wants to be the 'Emperor of the U.S.'
I'm a nutjob to say it is God vs. Satan and we are the pawns.
freekitty ~:" Have you seen the Jamaican pothead Boners daughter is going to marry?"
Like Klinton , he never inhales !!
He just likes to stand downwind of him..
maybe he is a wannabe member of Chombgang
I wonder if Richard Armitage leaked this so they can charge Scooter Libby again.
"but you dont open your doors and let her bring the loser in to live with you after she defies you."
The CIA, FBI and all the alphabet agencies have been inundated with multicultural liberals. In my defense jobs we got smattered with multicultural propaganda. I'd imagine it's a hundred times more intense when Obama has each agency repurpose their mission and their training to not insult Islam. Her father may have introduced them.
The FBI is not allowed to ever reference Islamic terrorism. How do you fight something if you can't even name it?
Well, you can refuse to pay for the wedding and NOT let them live in your house if they do marry.
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Frequency of "Keeman" Surname in the US
2000 US Census
The surname "Keeman" is not included in the US Census Bureau's ranking of surnames with 100 or more people. Since fewer than 100 people with this surname were included in the 2000 Census, it is relatively uncommon.
Source: "Frequently Occurring Surnames from the Census 2000", US Census Bureau.
1990 US Census
Accoring to the US Census Bureau, "Keeman" ranked #83,055 in frequency out of 88,799 surnames for which statistics were released from the 1990 Census.
Source: "Frequently Occurring Surnames from the 1990 Census", US Census Bureau.
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READING Pa. - The York College Spartan field hockey squad (3-6) lost 3-2, in tough shootout against Alvernia (6-3) on the first day of October. The game was a big battle and the Spartans fought to the end.
In the first half, Nancy Saylor (Manheim, Pa. / Manheim Central) opened up the York shooting with a tough shot off her own corner that forced the Crusader's goalie Rebecca Broscious to make a save. Abby Baker (Baltimore, Md. / Mercy) was constantly forced throughout the first period to make difficult saves and responded well. With a little over 13 minutes, remaining Alvernia broke the scoreless draw with a Margaret Wentzel goal. York looked unfazed by the goal, took the ball down to the circle, and pressured the Alvernia goalie with shots by multiple Spartan forwards that were unable to find the wood in the cage.
Following another save, the Crusaders took a breakaway drive and the Alvernia forward Summer Liberto fired a tough shot over the head of Baker. The Spartans ended the period with senior Kailey Brewer (Hartly, Del. / Smyrna) firing a pair of shots to show that York was ready for a fight despite the 2-0 halftime deficit.
The second period opened quickly for the Spartans and was an exciting 10 minutes of play. York took a quick drive down the field following a Baker save, Kirsten Bridgers (Gaithersburg, Md. / Gaithersburg) was able to take a shot after a quick drive down the field. It was Bridgers fifth goal of the season, and helped York pull close to the Crusaders. Alvernia returned to their two goal lead just 34 seconds later, off a shot that was collected from a rebound off of Baker's glove. York battled in the Crusaders to push the ball down the field and after a corner and a Jillian Brezgel (Herndon, Pa. / Line Mountain) shot, York got another scoring opportunity. This time sophomore Holly Martin (Hanover, Pa. / South Western) was able to find the back of the cage for her third goal of the season. The opportunity came after Bridgers was able to set up a nice assist to Martin.
York won the second period with scoring but the first period onslaught by the Crusaders proved to be too much for the Spartans to overcome. Brewer led the team with four shots on goal, as the Spartans recorded 15 shots on goal and 22 shots total. The Crusaders fired 23 shots and the York goalie Baker worked hard for her 10 saves.
The Spartans return to action on the jam-packed Fall Fest Saturday slate against Mary Washington in a 1:00 pm Capital Athletic Conference contest at Kinsley Field.
Story written by Nate Caruso – Assistant Dir. of Athletic Communications
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Get an overview of this hotel4-star Chengdu hotel in Wuhou with free breakfast
Popular highlights
Located in Wuhou, this hotel is 1.1 mi (1.8 km) from Wuhou Ci and within 3 mi (5 km) of People's Park and Sichuan University. Tianfu Square and Du Fu Caotang are also within 3 mi (5 km).
Hotel Features
A restaurant, a health club, and a coffee shop/café are available at this hotel. Free buffet breakfast, free WiFi in public areas, and free self parking are also provided. Other amenities include a sauna, a conference center, and a business center.
Room Amenities
All 161 soundproofed rooms provide free WiFi, free wired Internet, and minibars. Thoughtful touches include bathrobes and slippers, and guests will also find room service and satellite TV.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!Opens in a new window
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Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
Minshan Lhasa Grand Hotel features a health club and a sauna. Dining options at the hotel include a restaurant and a coffee shop/café. Guests can enjoy a complimentary breakfast each morning. Public areas are equipped with complimentary wireless Internet access.
A business center is on site at this 4-star property. Event facilities measuring 450 square feet (42 square meters) include a conference center. This business-friendly hotel also offers tour/ticket assistance, an arcade/game room, and concierge services. For a surcharge, a roundtrip airport shuttle (available on request) is offered to guests. Complimentary self parking is available on site.
- Elevator/lift
- Business center
- Free breakfast
- Conference space
- Express check-out
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Meeting rooms
- Restaurant
- Coffee shop or café
- Free self parking
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Free WiFi
- Sauna
- Health club
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Conference space size (meters) - 42
- Luggage storage
- Concierge services
- Conference space size (feet) - 450
- Conference center
- Laundry facilities
- Total number of rooms - 161
- Number of floors - 8
- Arcade/game room
- Wedding services
- Airport transportation (surcharge)
- Free newspapers in lobby
Family Friendly Amenities
- Free Wi-Fi
- Soundproofed rooms
- Laundry facilities
- Arcade/game room
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi , Free wired Internet
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Free self parking
Room Amenities
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Free newspaper
- Air conditioning
- Soundproofed rooms
- Phone
- Minibar
- Coffee/tea maker
- Free bottled water
- Daily housekeeping
- Turndown service
- Private bathroom
- Bathrobes
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Rainfall showerhead
- Slippers
- Shower only
- In-room safe
- Satellite TV service
- Free WiFi
- Free wired Internet
- Number of bathrooms -
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Room service
Where to Eat
A complimentary buffet breakfast is served each morning between 6:30 AM and 10 AM.
Yixiangxuan Restaurant - This restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Room service is available.
Start your day with a free buffet breakfast, available daily from 6:30 AM to 10 AM. You can order a meal from room service.
Nearby Things to Do
Recreational amenities at the hotel include a health club and a sauna.
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
Hotel Policies
Check-in time starts at 10 AM
Special check-in instructions:
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Pets not allowed
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
Optional extras
- Airport shuttle fee: CNY 200 per vehicle (one way)
Hotel Name
- Lhasa Grand Hotel
- Minshan Hotel Lhasa
- Minshan Lhasa Grand
- Minshan Lhasa Grand Chengdu
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- Minshan Lhasa Hotel
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This property offers transfers from the airport (surcharges may apply). Guests must contact the property with arrival details before travel, using the contact information on the booking confirmation.
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Product Specifications
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Fall: July 1 [December 15 for international applicants]
Spring: November 1
[August 1 for international applicants]
Applications are processed on a rolling basis up through the deadline.
Number Required: 3
From Whom: Letters of recommendaton should be obtained from college/university
faculty members who are familiar with the applicant's academic competence. Applicants employed in an engineering profession
should request a letter of reference from their immediate supervisor.
Students not adequately prepared for advanced courses may be required to take a number of prerequisites. The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering will identify the needed coursework on a case-by-case basis.
A bachelor's degree in electrical or computer engineering or the equivalent from an accredited institution
is required for admission. Also considered are a bachelor's degree in electrical
engineering technology, mathematics, the physical sciences, and
other branches of engineering.
Applicants without an engineering degree may require certain prerequisites.
The Statement of Goals should include the applicant's research and future career goals; academic and
research achievements; professional experience, if any; and reason for interest in Temple's program. It should be approximately 1-2 pages in length.
The GRE is required. Applicants with GRE scores below 450 verbal, 650 quantitative,
and 4.5 analytical may not be admitted.
Minimum TOEFL score or range of scores needed to be accepted: 575 paper-based, 230 computer-based, or 88 internet-based. Any student admitted with a TOEFL score below 600 on the paper-based, 250 on the computer-based, or 100 on the internet-based examination must pass an English skills course during the first semester of enrollment at Temple University. Those having taken the paper-based or computer-based test have the additional option of testing out of the English course by taking and passing the SPEAK test at Temple.
A resume is required.
Graduate credits taken at an accredited institution may be transferred into the M.S.E. program. In order to transfer, the courses must be
equivalent to courses offered at Temple in the student's
area of study and research, and the grades must be "B" or
better. The admissions committee makes recommendations for the transfer of credit. The maximum number of credits a student may transfer is 6.
Applicants with two or more years of employment in an engineering
profession performing engineering design and analysis
may request a waiver of the GRE.
Number of Didactic Credits Required Beyond
the Baccalaureate: 24 - 27
Students choose between two options. The thesis option requires 24 s.h. of coursework and 6 s.h. of master's thesis (EE 798: Thesis I and EE 799: Thesis II). The non-thesis option requires 27 s.h. of coursework, plus an independent research project (ME 795: Research Project) or, with permission of the department, another 3 s.h. course.
Required Courses:
Internship: No internship is required.
Language Examination: No language examination is required.
Thesis Option:
Students completing the thesis option need to complete a master's thesis, a document detailing independent research that demonstrates the student's mastery of his/her primary area of interest. The thesis research is conducted under the direct supervision of an academic advisor. The specific topic for research should be of current interest in the professional community. After a research topic is selected, the student performs preliminary research. A thesis proposal is then submitted describing the initial results and a plan for further research toward completion of the proposed research. The thesis proposal is then presented at an open seminar to the Thesis Committee, which evaluates its technical merit and research methodology. The student may continue the research only after the proposal is approved by the committee.
The final draft of the thesis should be submitted at least two weeks before the anticipated date of the thesis defense. The student's academic advisor, in consultation with members of the Thesis Committee, sets a date and time for the thesis defense. The department secretary will arrange for a room for the defense and post flyers announcing the defense. In addition, the student must post the thesis defense flyer on the graduate student listserv for the department.
The Thesis Committee, a group of faculty members and possibly engineers engaged in research in high-tech industries, is responsible for evaluating the thesis and its defense. No thesis should go to defense unless it is ready for public scrutiny. The committee evaluates the primary findings of the research and their implications, technical methodology, and the student's ability to verbally present the research results. The committee votes pass/fail on the thesis and defense at the conclusion of the public presentation. If the student must make revisions, those changes must be completed within one month from the date of public presentation; failure to do so requires a new thesis defense.
Non-Thesis Option:
Students in the non-thesis option may be required to complete an independent research project and submit a report toward the requirements of EE 795: Research Project. The goal of the research project is to evaluate the student's ability to perform independent research in analysis and design for an engineering application. The topic for research is selected after discussion with the student's academic advisor. The scope of research is carefully outlined so as to allow the student to complete the research in one semester. After completing the course, the student submits a final report detailing the findings of the research and presents it at an open seminar. The report is evaluated by two members of the faculty, including the student's academic advisor. With permission of the department, students may also elect another course in place of EE 795.
Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
College of Engineering
1947 North 12th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19122
Musoke H. Sendaula
Program Coordinator:
Musoke H. Sendaula
Graduate Chairperson:
Saroj K. Biswas
The Electrical Engineering curriculum of the Master of Science in Engineering program offers students practice-oriented
graduate-level education in electrical and
computer engineering. The program offers concentrations
in Computer Architectures and Microelectronics,
Digital Signal Processing and Digital Data
Communication, and Intelligent Systems
and Control. Current active research projects
in the department include embedded systems
and system-on-chip design, intelligent interactive
tutoring systems, speech processing, speaker
identification, multisensor fusion, intrusion
detection, and visualization and fault detection
in multicasting networks. Other active areas
of research include intelligent multimedia
systems, human-computer interaction, digital
signal processing, robust and optimal control,
wireless data networks, and heat dissipation
problems in microchips.
Time Limit for Degree Completion: 5 years
Main, Fort Washington
Students are able to complete the degree program through classes offered after 4:30 p.m. Students are also able to complete the degree program on a part-time basis (8 credit hours or less per semester).
The program encourages interdisciplinary research with other branches of engineering as well as with various departments in the sciences and applied mathematics. Recent collaborative work with the Department of Computer and Information Sciences includes visualization and fault detection in multicasting networks and image processing.
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Three areas of
specialization are available: Computer Architectures and Microelectronics,
Digital Signal Processing and Digital Data
Communication, and Intelligent Systems and
Control. The course sequence in Computer
Architectures and Microelectronics provides
students with advanced knowledge in current
practices of computer design, development,
software-level testing, hardware realization
and integrated circuit layout, and MOS integrated
circuit design for high-speed digital computation
and data communication. The research concentration
in Digital Signal Processing and Digital Data Communication
includes filtering and modulation; detection of
multidimensional signals in the presence of
noise; voice signal processing; speaker identification;
multisensor data fusion; array signal processing;
performance evaluation of local area and wireless
networks, broadband networks, and protocols;
detection of faults in communication networks;
and intrusion detection, visualization, and
security of multicast networks. Research in
Intelligent Systems and Control includes interactive multimedia,
intelligent tutoring systems, robust and optimal
control, and neuro-fuzzy control.
Graduates with the M.S.E. in Electrical
Engineering are employed in high-tech industries
and government laboratories with responsibilities
for design, analysis, and applications of electrical
engineering principles. Students who complete
an M.S.E. with a thesis are prepared to enter
a doctoral program.
Non-matriculated students may take
up to 9 s.h. of graduate-level courses. If
accepted into the M.S.E. in Electrical Engineering program, the student may apply those courses
with a grade of "B" or better toward
the M.S.E. degree requirements. For admission
to the program, students must fulfill the general
admission criteria for graduate admission. Students
who complete 9 s.h. courses in academic good standing
may request a waiver of the GRE, which is
usually required for admission to the M.S.E.
The principal duties of a Teaching Assistant include assisting faculty in classroom and laboratory instruction, preparing apparatus or material for laboratory demonstration, conducting tutorials and discussion sections, and grading homework. TAs are expected to devote 20 hours per week to these or similar teaching-related activities. Research Assistants are expected to devote 20 hours per week to research obligations. RAs are assigned to a faculty member or principal investigator who is working on a specific research project. The appropriate subjects for research are determined by consultation between the student and the student's research and academic advisors. Both Teaching and Research Assistantships carry a stipend and tuition support for up to 9 credits per semester. All applicants for full-time admission are considered for support based on academic credentials, GRE scores, and professional experience. Applications should include a statement of research and teaching experience, areas of interest and future goals, and a curriculum vitae.
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Scott Hazard's photo constructs blur the lines between photography, collage, and sculpture creating three dimensional portals into the urban landscape. (via laughing squid & colossal)
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