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When I'm Asked a Question
A lot of my life is answering questions. I love talking about birth and babies. I think I spend more time online talking with women about the various aspects of their mother-lives than any other activity on the computer.
So when women ask me specific questions, I take the task seriously; a woman's trust must be respected and honored.
Most questions are easy enough to work through.
- I'm not sure if I have thrush.
- Can you help me with my birthplan?
- My baby won't take a pacifier.
Like that.
But, sometimes I get questions that are either out of my league or not of very great interest to me. While I think I do a decent job researching many topics, I am not a professional. Statistics all blur together and I've found for every study completed, you can find three more that dispute it. So it takes a focused and motivated person to weed through the mass of numbers and take the piles of words and make some kind of sense out of them.
My motivation varies. I am passionate about fat in pregnancy, gestational diabetes and insulin resistance. I love writing about midwifery and writing. It brings me joy to share my photography. But, even within those parameters, not everything excites me enough to exert the energy (or spend the time) writing about.
Today, on the heels of my post declaring I will write a blog post for each day in November (NaBloPoMo), I got this question in the comments.
"Can you write a blog (post) about high blood pressure/preeclampsia? I feel like the issue is getting very fogged by doctors lately, and I'd like to know more about when induction and c-section are appropriate."
Meg! I really am honored that you want my opinion... that in itself is a wonderful compliment. But... I do have to say, this isn't one of those topics that resonates with me. And, if I did attempt to tackle the topic, it would easily take 6-8 weeks to finish. This kind of involved subject really tests my mettle!
So, instead of a term paper on the subject, I have an idea. How about you ask me pointed questions about BP/PE/PIH... what exactly confuses you -or that you see others being confused about. That way, I'll be able to not talk about that you already know about and/or what has been written about extensively already.
And, too... know I am a midwife. I am trained to know normal and to know what isn't normal... and refer out. I suspect a lot of the topic will be out of my scope of practice and I am really sure I would not be able to determine when induction or a cesarean is indicated. Mostly because each woman is so individual, but also because I do not make those decisions. I work with women as they learn about their options, offering information and support for their process. I do not ever make the ultimate decision about an induction or a cesarean. Not to lightly pass off the duty to a doctor, but those decisions are between a woman, her partner/s and her OB. Her midwife can be a great consultant, but (speaking for myself) I will never have all the knowledge an OB does regarding the complicated issues surrounding preeclampsia.
So, hone your questions and I will do my best to answer what I can. Readers, you can help, too!


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- The Board of Revision of Taxes is charged with establishing real property assessments which serve as the basis for real estate taxes levied by the City of Philadelphia. It consists of a seven-member panel that is appointed by the Judiciary of Philadelphia and, among its other duties, hears appeals on property assessments and reviews Personal Property Returns. An Executive Director, who is appointed by and serves at the discretion of the Board of Revision of Taxes, oversees and directs Board staff.
- Agency History
- The Board of Revision of Taxes was established pursuant to the Consolidation Act of 1854 and charged with the function of hearing appeals from tax assessments and correcting errors and inequities in them. The Board was first composed of the City Commissioners, the City Treasurer and the Receiver of Taxes, and in 1865 two appointees of the Court of Common Pleas were substituted for the Treasurer and the Receiver, and the Commissioners' participation was limited to their senior member only. In 1867, the City Commissioner was removed, and the Board thenceforth consisted of three Court appointees; the same Act transferred powers regarding tax assessment procedures and the appointment of assessors from the City Commissioners to the Board. Under an Act of 28 April 1937, the Board's membership was increased to seven and they were assigned the function of the then-abolished Board of View of determining compensation to owners whose property is taken for public purposes. This Act abolished the existing Board and assessors and provided that the seven members of the new Board would be appointed by the Judges of the Philadelphia Common Pleas Court for six-year overlapping terms. An Act of 27 June 1939 repealed all previous acts relating to the Board of Revision of Taxes and assessors within the County of Philadelphia.
An Act of 22 June 1964 reestablished the Board of View in Philadelphia providing that the members of the Board of Revision of Taxes may be appointed to the separate Board of View. Under this act, the Board of Judges of the Philadelphia Courts of Common Pleas appointed the then seven members of the city Board of Revision, plus two others, as members of a separate Board of View.
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This page ought to at least mention what 'APRS' stands for. --ScottN1VG 12:05, 17 August 2007 (Pacific Daylight Time)
APRS = Automatic Packet Reporting System --JosephDurnal 09:39, 28 August 2007 (Pacific Daylight Time)
I'm confused - is it Packet, or Position? Earlier today I was sure it was packet, that is how it is described on http://www.ew.usna.edu/~bruninga/aprs.html, but other sources say Position. If it is really position and you know for sure, please change it back to position and cite something that confirms it. Thanks --JosephDurnal 12:02, 28 August 2007 (Pacific Daylight Time)
APRS was originally "Automatic Packet Reporting System" and was changed by Bob Bruninga at some point to "Position" --- and is referred to that way almost universally now. Bob's top-level web page still says "Packet", but the PDF version of the official APRS spec calls it "Position" (even though the HTML page that links you to the PDF spec says "Packet"!) so that would be a pretty definitive statement that the correct name is "Position" and that there is considerable confusion and outdated web information all over the place. Bob has often regretted the name change, because it has pigeon-holed APRS as a vehicle tracking system, where it is very much more, but the name is pretty well established as "position" now. I'll go to the pages the pages where you changed "Position" to "Packet" and put them back to the way the spec is. --KM5VY 10:21, 30 August 2007 (Pacific Daylight Time)
Thanks - sorry for creating the work. I'm still pretty new to APRS, but when I made the change, I wqas pretty sure I was correct. The trouble with wikis is that some of us just think we know what we are talking about. 73 de Joe NE3R --JosephDurnal 05:07, 31 August 2007 (Pacific Daylight Time)


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jbvb wrote:A bit odd, since late in the week of the 9th an employee commented to me that the Rotem cab cars were no longer allowed to be used as such.
Mbta fan wrote:How long have the MBB's been on the system? I don't think I've ever been in one.
F-line to Dudley via Park wrote:Mbta fan wrote:How long have the MBB's been on the system? I don't think I've ever been in one.
Old Colony, however, only uses the 1500-series cab car MBB's because none of the 500-series blind coaches were modified with power doors. They are the only single-level, power door-equipped cab cars assigned to Greenbush, Plymouth, or Middleboro...so if the rear car on any train on those routes is a single level, it's a guaranteed MBB. If it's an all single-level consist on any line...it's a near certainty to have at least one MBB. If it's a mixed bi-level consist on any line that doesn't contain a 900-series Kawasaki blind coach...it's a near certainty to have at least one MBB.
GP40MC1118 wrote:The 511, along with the 612, were/are being stripped for parts and scrapped. They were
in the Cut Yard this past weekend. Ditto the 1710, which is up on blocking and severly
As I understand it, the 1525 was in BET being stripped too.
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Future of music therapy
By: Olivia Andrews
Music therapy is applied by a qualified practitioner whereby music is used in a systematic manner to achieve therapeutic goals or purposes. These purposes or goals may include self awareness, social development, cognitive development and spiritual enhancement. Therefore, music therapy helps in the fulfillment of physical, psychological, communicative and social needs of the individuals. The future of music therapy is quite promising because the level of effectiveness gained in the therapeutic use of music is high.
Music therapy helps a lot in the growth of people of all backgrounds and abilities. It is very useful as a treatment to children with special needs and promotes progress in communication, physical, cognitive, daily and social life. In a hospital, music therapy is used to improve motor and neurological functioning or to relax patients, reduce pain and promote rehabilitation. Music therapy in a psychiatric facility is used by patients to identify and resolve conflicts, improve their self esteem, explore and express their emotions, practice how to solve problems, making or coping important decisions, improving inter personal skills, increased motivation and decreased inappropriate behavior. It helps geriatric clients to improve physical functions, improved social skills, and physical functions in areas like memory, reality awareness etc.
Music therapy utilizes music as a therapeutic stimulus to achieve non-musical goals. Some of the long terms goals of music therapy includes the following:
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Activities For Autistic Children - 10 Great Activities For Autistic Children
By: Autism Advisor
Activities For Autistic Children
Sometimes striving to come up with activities for autistic kids so will be fun, educational and not be valued at a lot can be a struggle. So it's reassuring to know that there are a total sum of possibilities out there, it's merely a matter of finding some that plans to appeal to your simple individualized tastes. The in the wake of are examples of popular activities for autistic children between the decades of 7 and 11. Indoor Activities: - Singing - autistic children gain a number of benefits from singing.
Children who are non-verbal can hum, make sounds, or play musical instruments such as whistles, tambourines, drums, kazoos, or small keyboards. Repeating sounds, making up new tunes, or even learning educational lyrics can be very useful for helping kids to learn and may also provide them some much-needed sensory stimulation - the same they would get from yelling, only more pleasing to the parental ear! Mimicking one another's notes and tunes can be an important social experience that encourages interaction.
Experiment with different sounds and different types of music to find the ones your child enjoys and responds best to. - Funny Sounds - making and mimicking funny sounds can be a laughter-filled social learning experience for autistic kids and their parents. Children enjoy the sensory outlet and repetition element of this game. You can try writing down a number of different animals or items on different pieces of paper and whichever you choose you have to make the appropriate noise. - Castles - building castles out of just about anything can be a great deal of fun. The type of building "blocks" depends on the motor skills of the child.
It can range from plastic or wooden alphabet blocks to large "Lego" or "Duplo" style blocks, or even playing cards if they're manually dexterous. - Safe Emergencies - these games are educational based but can also be fun to. They involve enacting the right procedures for what to do in an emergency event. This includes what to do in case of fire and other urgent situations. The important part of these games is to build a calm routine around them.
- Simple Board Games - Begin with simple or basic board games and increase the difficulty level as your child gets older and learns how to work with the rules of the games. Many board games are enjoyable activities for autistic kids because they are relatively predictable and provide a routine. They also encourage turn taking, but make sure losing is never a big deal, it's just an outcome. Otherwise they may associate negative emotions with the game and refuse to play. Activities For Autistic Children
Outdoor Activities: - Simple Childhood Games - think back to your childhood and the games you used to play. For many children there's no reason why they can't take part in basic childhood games. As long as they are not too socially complex, many autistic children can have a lot of fun playing games such as tag or follow the leader. Keep in mind that the best activities for autistic children don't require them to keep close or extended physical contact with other people. You may want to make sure that you stick to games that focus on your child's unique skills to add comfort and confidence to the playing. - Organized Sports - many children enjoy taking part in organized sports like any other children their age. Aim for sports that allow them to take part without too much sensory stimulation and that doesn't require lots of equipment.
Golf and baseball are good activities for autistic kids, whereas sports such as tackle football may not suit. - Water Balloons - autistic children can often benefit from various sensory stimulators and water balloons can fit the bill. Tossing them about, or holding and squishing them can be lots of fun. This also encourages children to play with others when it comes to games such as "hot potato" - tossing the water filled balloon to one another pretending it's a hot potato. - Skipping Rocks - if you are fortunate enough to live near water and your child is responsible around water, skipping rocks can be a great way to have fun and use arm muscles, encouraging the development of motor skills.
If you have a swimming pool that is large enough, you can try skipping plastic floating disks instead. - I Spy - whether trying to pass the time in the car or sitting in the yard, this game is a great way to learn colors socially interact with others. These activities for autistic children are a great way to have fun, learn important lessons, and develop basic social skills without spending the earth. Don't let your child suffer anymore! Lead your child out of his world through Activities For Autistic Children program now!
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Play Therapy
by Landreth, Garry - Bratton, Sue
In the process of growing up, children's problems are often compounded by the inability of adults in their lives to understand or to respond effectively to what children are feeling and attempting to communicate. This "communication gap" is widened as a result of adults' insistence that children adopt that means of expression commonly used by adults. Efforts to communicate with children on an exclusive verbal level assume the presence of a well-developed facility for expression through speech and thus confine children to a medium that is often awkward and unnecessarily restrictive. Play is to the child what verbalization is to the adult. It is a medium for expressing feelings, exploring relationships, describing experiences, disclosing wishes, and self-fulfillment. The problems children experience do not exist apart from the persons they are. Therefore, play therapy matches the dynamic inner structure of the child with an equally dynamic approach.
Because children's language development lags behind their cognitive development, they communicate their awareness of what is happening in their world through their play. In play therapy toys are viewed as the child's words and play as the child's language--a language of activity. Play therapy, then, is to children what counseling or psychotherapy is to adults. In play therapy the symbolic function of play is what is so important, providing children with a means of expressing their inner world. Emotionally significant experiences can be expressed more comfortably and safely through the symbolic representation the toys provide. The use of toys enables children to transfer anxieties, fears, fantasies, and guilt to objects rather than people. In the process, children are safe from their own feelings and reactions because play enables children to distance themselves from traumatic events and experiences. Therefore, children are not overwhelmed by their own actions because the act takes place in fantasy. By acting out through play a frightening or traumatic experience or situation symbolically, and perhaps changing or reversing the outcome in the play activity, children move toward an inner resolution, and then they are better able to cope with or adjust to problems. In a relationship characterized by understanding and acceptance, the play process also allows children to consider new possibilities not possible in reality, thus greatly expanding the expression of self. In the safety of the play therapy experience, children explore the unfamiliar and develop a knowing that is both experiential-feeling and cognitive. It can then be said that through the process of play therapy, the unfamiliar becomes familiar, and children express outwardly through play what has taken place inwardly. A major function of play in play therapy is the changing of what may be unmanageable in reality to manageable situations through symbolic representation, which provides children opportunities for learning to cope.
Given the opportunity, children will play out their feelings and needs in a manner or process of expression that is similar to that for adults. Although the dynamics of expression and the vehicle for communication are different for children, the expressions (fear, satisfaction, anger, happiness, frustration, contentment) are similar to those of adults. Children may have considerable difficulty trying to tell what they feel or how their experiences have affected them. If permitted, however, in the presence of a caring, sensitive, and empathetic adult, they will reveal inner feelings through the toys and materials they choose, what they do with and to the materials, and the stories they act out. The play therapy process can be viewed as a relationship between the therapist and the child in which the child utilizes play to explore his or her personal world and also to make contact with the therapist in a way that is safe for the child. Play therapy provides an opportunity for children to live out, during play, experiences and associated feelings. This process allows the therapist to experience, in a personal and interactive way, the inner dimensions of the child's world. This therapeutic relationship is what provides dynamic growth and healing for the child.
Because the child's world is a world of action and activity, play therapy provides the therapist with an opportunity to enter the child's world. The child is not restricted to discussing what happened; rather, the child lives out at the moment of play the past experience and associated feelings. If the reason the child was referred to the therapist is aggressive behavior, the medium of play gives the therapist an opportunity to experience the aggression firsthand as the child bangs on the Bobo or attempts to shoot the therapist with a gun and also to help the child learn self-control by responding with appropriate therapeutic limit-setting procedures.
Without the presence of play materials, the therapist could only talk with the child about the aggressive behavior the child exhibited yesterday or last week. In play therapy, whatever the reason for referral, the therapist has the opportunity to experience and actively deal with that problem in the immediacy of the child's experiencing. Axline (1947) viewed this process as one in which the child plays out feelings, bringing them to the surface, getting them out in the open, facing them, and either learning to control them or abandon them.
Although desirable, a fully equipped playroom is not essential for children to express themselves. What is important is that children have ready access to play materials selected for the purpose of encouraging expression. All toys and materials do not automatically encourage children's expression or exploration of their needs, feelings, and experiences. Therefore, toys should be selected, not collected. Play therapy is not used as a way to pass the time or to get ready to do something else. The purpose is not to engage the child's hands while trying to elicit some verbal expression from the child's mouth. Consequently, careful attention should be given to selecting play materials that aid in the following:
Exploration of real life experiences
Expression of a wide range of feelings
Testing of limits
Expressive and exploratory play
Exploration and expression without verbalization
Success without prescribed structure
Mechanical or complex toys would not fit these objectives and so are avoided. Play materials that require the counselor's assistance to manipulate are inappropriate. Many children in need of play therapy have poor self-concepts and are overly dependent. Play materials should not reinforce such problems. Landreth (1991) has provided a list of specific toys and materials.
Limit setting is a necessary and vital part of the play therapy therapeutic process. Although the procedures for setting limits may vary, the setting of therapeutic limits is part of all theoretical approaches to play therapy. The structure of therapeutic limits is what helps to make the experience a real-life relationship. Limits in play therapy have both therapeutic and practical benefits in that they preserve the therapeutic relationship, facilitate the child's opportunities to learn self-responsibility and self-control, among many other dimensions, and provide the child and the therapist with a feeling of emotional security and physical safety. This feeling of emotional security enables a child to explore and express inner emotional dimensions that perhaps have remained hidden in other relationships.
Play therapy is not a completely permissive relationship because children do no feel safe, valued, or accepted in a relationship without boundaries. Boundaries provide predictability. Therefore, children are not allowed to do anything they want to do. A prescribed structure provides boundaries for the relationship that the play therapist has already determined are necessary. The play therapy relationship has minimal limits. Messiness is accepted, exploration is encouraged, neatness or doing something in a prescribed way is not required, and persistent patience is the guiding principle. The child's desire to break the limit is always of greater importance than actually breaking a limit.
Because play therapy is a learning experience for children, limits are not set until they are needed. The child cannot learn self-control until an opportunity to exercise self-control arises. Therefore, placing a limitation on a child pouring paint on the floor is unnecessary unless the child attempts such an activity. Limits are worded in a way that allows the child to bring himself or herself under control. The objective is to respond in such a way that the child is allowed to say "No" to self. "You would like to pour paint on the floor, but the floor is not for pouring paint on; the pan on the table is for pouring paint into" recognizes the child's feeling, communicates what the floor is not for, and provides an acceptable alternative. The child thereby is allowed to stop himself or herself.
Play therapy is not an approach based on guess, trial and error, or whims of the play therapist at the moment. Play therapy is a well-thought-out, philosophically conceived, developmentally based, and research-supported approach to helping children cope with and overcome the problems they experience in the process of living their lives. Play therapy has been demonstrated to be an effective therapeutic approach for a variety of children's problems including, but not limited to, the following areas:
abuse and neglect
aggression and acting out
attachment difficulties
burn victims
chronic illness
deaf and physically challenged children
dissociation and schizophrenia
emotionally disturbed children
enuresis and encopresis problems
fear and anxiety
learning disabilities
mentally challenged children
reading difficulties
selective mutism
self-concept and self-esteem
social adjustment problems
speech difficulties
withdrawn children
The popular myth that play therapy requires a long-term commitment for many months is unfounded as is shown in case studies and research reports reported by Landreth, Homeyer, Glover, and Sweeney (1996) in their book, Play Therapy Interventions with Children's Problems.
Prospective play therapists have to be adequately trained. Most play therapists have a master's degree in counseling, psychology, or social work, although other disciplines also are represented in the field. A master's degree representing some area of the helping profession with emphasis on the clinical or counseling aspects of therapeutic relationships is a general prerequisite. Within or in addition to such a program, training should incorporate the areas of child development and basic counseling skills including acquisition of a theoretical approach incorporating a rationale for behavior change consistent with the play therapy approach utilized. The program of study should include extensive training in the area of play therapy and a supervised practicum experience with children in play therapy.
The field of play therapy is growing and is now represented by the Association for Play Therapy, an international professional organization. A national Center for Play Therapy has been established at the University of North Texas. Increasing numbers of elementary school counselors and therapists in private practice and agencies are incorporating play therapy into their work with children. There is a trend in family therapy to address social and emotional values of developmental as well as family group session issues. In filial therapy, parents are trained to use play therapy procedures with their children. This method is well researched and has proven to be effective in ameliorating children's problems through enhancing the parent-child relationship.
Play therapy is based on developmental principles and, thus, provides, through play, developmentally appropriate means of expression and communication for children. Therefore, skill in using play therapy is an essential tool for mental health professionals who work with children. Therapeutic play allows children the opportunity to express themselves fully and at their own pace with the assurance that they will be understood and accepted.
Axline, V.M. (1947). Play therapy: The inner dynamics of childhood. Cambridge, MA: Houghton Mifflin.
Landreth, G.L. (1991). Play therapy: The art of the relationship. Munice, IN: Accelerated Development.
Landreth, G.L., Homeyer, L., Glover, G., & Sweeney, D. (1996). Play therapy interventions with children's problems. Northvale, NJ: Jason Aronson.
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A Winter Walk in the Woods
If you take a walk in the woods in the winter, you might not see many animals. Many of the forest's animals are sleeping. Some animals, like bears, hibernate in dens through the winter. Fish and frogs bury themselves in the mud at the bottom of ponds and sleep through the cold. But some animals remain busy as it gets cold outside. If you look closely, you might see some of the clues left by these animals.
Many animals build cozy homes for the winter. A hole in a tree trunk might be the entrance to a squirrel's home or a raccoon's nest. A hole in the ground could lead to a den of shrews. A big pile of sticks in a pond could be the top of a beaver's lodge. Fallen logs and old stone walls also provide shelter for animals.
If you walked through the woods after a fresh snowfall, you might find animal clues in the snow. Usually squirrels, rabbits, and raccoons sleep a lot during the winter. But on warmer days, they leave their cozy homes. Then you may see the tiny footprints, or tracks, that these animals leave in the snow. Maybe you would find larger tracks from deer. Deer walk around a lot in the winter. They look for lichen, moss, bark, and leaves to eat.
Have you ever seen tree squirrels running madly this way and that way in the autumn? The squirrels are gathering nuts and seeds to eat during the winter. When snow covers the ground, the squirrels return to the places where they have stored their food. Look for piles of acorn shells on the ground. The pile could be a sign that a squirrel has just finished lunch!
Do you see any freshly chewed tree trunks? Beavers might be busy gathering sticks to repair their lodges and dams. Do you see broken twigs on the ends of tree branches? A deer may have passed this way. Do you see a pile of freshly dug snow? A fox may have been digging in the ground for a meal.
It may be cold and quiet in the winter woods, but if you look closely, you will find all sorts of animal clues.
- hibernate:
- To spend the winter sleeping.
- lichen:
- A plant made up of a fungus and a kind of algae growing together. Lichens form a scaly or branching growth on rocks and trees.
- moss:
- Any of a group of small green plants that do not produce flowers and that often form a dense growth on damp ground, rocks, or tree trunks.
- What kinds of animals live in this forest?
- What are the living and nonliving things these forest animals use for shelter?
- How do you think this forest would be different in the summer? Write a sentence or two for your answer.


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Diddy Drops A Million On Free Uber Rides After Celebs Pledge Against Drunk Driving
Diddy rang in 2014 with a good cause and a lot of help from his A-list pals. The Bad Boy CEO promised to donate a million dollars worth of Uber rides in 2014 upon reaching his goal of pledges promising not to drink and drive.
VIPs came out in droves to support the cause, including Zoe Saldana, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ali Landry, Joanna Krupa, Gretchen Rossi, and Kim Zolciak. Kris Jenner, Jamie Foxx and Jordin Sparks, who all hosted pledge parties encouraging guests to hashtag #CirocTheNewYear and promise to get home safely. Dancer Derek Hough put his own spin on the campaign, modeling a hashtag shirt for Instagram pledging his support.
So here's how it went down.
By New Years Eve, 11,200 hashtags had been pledged, there were over 3 million retweets, 16,333 original Twitter pledges, 20K likes for Kris Jenner's pledge party and 26.7k likes for Derek Hough's IG pledge. Not too shabby.
True to his word, the man formerly known as Puff dropped a milli for safe Uber rides this 2014. To redeem your free ride hit up Ciroc's Facebook and Twitter page.
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December's Free Games With Gold For Xbox One And 360 Revealed
This month, Xbox One gets Warhammer: End Times - Vermintide and Back to the Future, while 360 gets Child of End and Marlow Briggs & the Mask of Death.
This month, Xbox One gets Warhammer: End Times - Vermintide and Back to the Future, while 360 gets Child of End and Marlow Briggs & the Mask of Death.
Tetsuya Mizuguchi joins Keio University Graduate School of Media Design as project professor.
Tetsuya Mizuguchi moves away from production at Q Entertainment; now acting as company spokesperson
Rez and Child of Eden designer Tetsuya Mizuguchi speaks about how video games are the art of reflecting wants, desires and basic instincts in human beings.
We battle the mighty space squid in this PlayStation 3 gameplay from Child of Eden.
Speed through space with this gameplay of Child of Eden on the PlayStation 3.
Face off against a floating orb in this PS3 gameplay of Child of Eden, from the maker of Rez.
Take a look at the PlayStation Move tutorial from the PS3 version of Child of Eden.
We have footy, mutants, bundles, and rail shooters in This Week in New Releases.
Check out the official launch trailer for Child of Eden, all set for a September 27 release.
We were broadcasting live from the CNET base station featuring GameSpot to check out some games and meet with the community at Comic-Con 2011.
Tackle a majestic battle with a space-faring phoenix in this boss fight in Child of Eden.
Jelly fish and planktonlike creatures will keep you firing away in the beautiful level in Child of Eden.
Float around the ocean blasting all the beautiful plant life that pops up in Child of Eden.
Petals and particles rain down on you in this boss battle in Child of Eden.
Beat Ne-Yo's score of 306,800 on the Evolution archive's "Normal Kinect" online leaderboard and enter yourself in the drawing to meet him in person.
Guy Cocker goes through five simple tips to help you on your way to Child of Eden greatness.
Jody syncs you up with L.A. Noire, the new DLC for Call of Duty: Black Ops, and gives away copies of Child of Eden!
Get your Sync on with Jody Robinson as she chats about Alice: Madness Returns, Duke Nukem Forever, Child of Eden, and more.
Check out the launch trailer for Child of Eden.
Child of Eden has Guy Cocker's foot tapping along to the beat in this video review.
Johnny Chiodini takes a walk around London's MCM Expo to see what's on show for 2011.
Guy Cocker goes hands-on with Tetsuya Mizuguchi's follow-up to Rez.
Guy previews Child of Eden, and we cast an eye over the new Modern Warfare 3 trailer. Plus mobile game reviews and fabulous prizes.
Famed designer talks about how Child of Eden might work on the PlayStation 3, how his synesthesia games have evolved since Rez, and much more.
This week on Crosshairs we sit down with legendary luminary Tetsuya Mizuguchi to chat about the evolution of Child of Eden, and we chew some gum with Randy Pitchford to ...
Child of Eden is a visually stunning shooter using Microsoft's Kinect as well as traditional controls. We go hands-on and give our full report.
Jody continues the Sony saga, gives us a reason to buy Battle: Los Angeles, and fills us in on Child of Eden, Sanctum, and more.
Learn how to save the archives of human memory from a computer virus with your Microsoft Kinect!
Become one with the movement of sound in this mesmerizing trailer.
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The Thyme Machine led by Lancaster's lyrical genius Kriss Foster, are playing at Maguires Pizza Bar this Thursday, they're brilliant. It's only a fiver and Ballard (the bard of Bolton) is supporting.
Tickets: https://trustthewizards1.bandcamp.com/merch/ticket-for-the-thyme-machine-ballard-maguires-6th-august-2015
The Thyme Machine live in Liverpool this Thursday
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Only 2 of "them" missing.
No Benjamin. No Susanna. No Alice.
Or so I thought. I did some census voodoo and traced all of the people named Alice I could find born in Michigan in about March of 1850 with a mother born in New York and a father born in Canada. {On the 1850 census, they list her age in months.} And I found one who seemed to move around a bit because she was married to a preacher -- an aptly named man by the name of Almond Parsons -- who must have traveled a circuit of some kind in lower Michigan where Ypsilanti is located. After skippity-doo-dahing across southern Michigan, they settle in Kalamazoo, Michigan {which is almost as fun to say as Ypsilanti, Washtenaw, Michigan where Alice was born}. Finally, she is found in the 1940 census living with her daughter Nellie and family at the age of 90, and Alice Barbara Parsons passes away 4 years later in 1944. I did discover her and the Reverend's other child as well, but I'll save that story for another day. {I'm evil like that.}


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IMPORTANT DATES (all deadlines are firm): Abstract registration deadline: February 10, 2014, 23:59 GMT Paper submission deadline: February 13, 2014, 23:59 GMT Author notification: April 13, 2014 Camera-ready deadline: May 4, 2014 Symposium: July 16-18, 2014 TOPICS OF INTEREST (Suggested topics include but are not restricted to): - Behavioral targeting - Building and deploying privacy-enhancing systems - Crowdsourcing for privacy - Cryptographic tools for privacy - Data protection technologies - Differential privacy - Economics of privacy and game-theoretical approaches to privacy - Forensics and privacy - Information leakage, data correlation and generic attacks to privacy - Interdisciplinary research connecting privacy to economics, law, ethnography, psychology, medicine, biotechnology - Location and mobility privacy - Measuring and quantifying privacy - Obfuscation-based privacy - Policy languages and tools for privacy - Privacy and human rights - Privacy in ubiquitous computing and mobile devices - Privacy in cloud and big-data applications - Privacy in social networks and micro-blogging systems - Privacy-enhanced access control, authentication, and identity management - Profiling and data mining - Reliability, robustness, and abuse prevention in privacy systems - Surveillance - Systems for anonymous communications and censorship resistance - Traffic analysis - Transparency enhancing tools - Usability and user-centered design for PETs GENERAL CHAIR (gc14 at petsymposium.org): Hinde ten Berge, Free Knowledge Institute PROGRAM CHAIRS (pets14-chairs at petsymposium.org): Emiliano De Cristofaro, University College London Steven Murdoch, University of Cambridge PROGRAM COMMITTEE: Alessandro Acquisti, Carnegie Mellon University Erman Ayday, EPFL Kelly Caine, Clemson University Jan Camenisch, IBM Zurich Srdjan Capkun, ETH Zurich Claude Castelluccia, INRIA Rhone-Alpes Kostas Chatzikokolakis, Lix Ecole Polytechnique Graham Cormode, University of Warwick Roberto Di Pietro, Universita' di Roma Tre Cynthia Dwork, Microsoft Research Claudia Diaz, KU Leuven Zekeriya Erkin, TU Delft Paul Francis, MPI-SWS Ian Goldberg, University of Waterloo Rachel Greenstadt, Drexel University Amir Herzberg, Bar Ilan University Nick Hopper, University of Minnesota Amir Houmansadr, UT Austin Rob Jansen, Naval Research Laboratory Dali Kaafar, NICTA & INRIA Rhone-Alpes Apu Kapadia, Indiana University, Bloomington Stefan Katzenbeisser, TU Darmstadt Negar Kiyavash, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Markulf Kohlweiss, Microsoft Research Adam Lee, University of Pittsburgh Brian Levine, University of Massachussets, Amherst Marc Liberatore, University of Massachussets, Amherst Ben Livshits, Microsoft Research Nick Mathewson, The Tor Project Prateek Mittal, Princeton Arvind Narayanan, Princeton Claudio Orlandi, Aarhus University Micah Sherr, Georgetown University Reza Shokri, ETH Zurich Radu Sion, Stony Brook University Paul Syverson, Naval Research Laboratory Gene Tsudik, UC Irvine Eugene Vasserman, Kansas State University Matthew Wright, UT Arlington PUBLICITY CHAIR (ctroncoso at gradiant.org): Carmela Troncoso, Grandiant HotPETs CHAIRS (hotpets14 at petsymposium.org): Kelly Caine, Clemson University Prateek Mittal, Princeton Reza Shokri, ETH Zurich SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Papers to be submitted to the PET Symposium must be at most 20 pages (including the bibliography), plus optional appendices of at most 10 pages. 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BROOKLINE, Mass. -- The USGA has completed the Walker Cup team with the addition of five golfers.
Those making the team are:
• U.S. Amateur Public Links and Western Amateur champion Jordan Niebrugge
• Four-time U.S. Mid-Amateur champion Nathan Smith
• 2012 U.S. Amateur runner-up Michael Weaver
• Bobby Wyatt, a member of Alabama's 2013 NCAA championship golf team
• Todd White, who has competed in 11 USGA championships, including four U.S. Amateurs and one U.S. Open
The 10-player team will represent the United States in the 44th Walker Cup against Britain and Ireland on Sept. 7-8 at the National Golf Links of America in Southampton, N.Y.
Previously named to the team were Max Homa, Michael Kim, Patrick Rodgers, Justin Thomas and Cory Whitsett.


text: A little while ago, Andreas Frank took a dive down to the Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg, a United States missile tracking ship that was recently sunk 7 miles off the coast of Key West, Florida in order to create an artificial reef. While he was down there, Frank, who is a successful commercial photographer, took pictures of the wreck. He used the resulting images as the basis for a series of digitally manipulated photos depicting various underwater happenings on the sunken ship. The cool part: he then staged an exhibition of the photos on the deck of the ship! Divers took in the exhibit in full scuba gear. I'm not sure that bobbing up and down under water is the best way to take in Frank's work, but it is kinda cool. See more photos from the Vandenberg- Life Below the Surface show after the jump, as well as a video of divers checking out the pictures while down by the ship.


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COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – Even though their 2012 season ended Sunday afternoon and they had no practice the following morning, the members of the Tennessee Tech soccer team passed on their first chance to sleep in in months to read stories to the students of Northeast Elementary School Monday morning.
At 8:00 a.m., several Golden Eagle players made their way out the NE Elementary to read stories to each of the grade levels at the school. Players divided into groups and then took turns reading books, several that they remember from their own childhood, to the students and children of the school.
The event marked just another in what has been a busy season in the community for the soccer team. Earlier in the season, the Golden Eagles volunteered their time on several occasions and frequently throughout the season at different schools. They donated time to clean up City Lake park and were also seen at several events around the community such as the After Dark - Race for the Park 8K, the local "Step Out" diabetes walk, and the Northeast Elementary BBQ and Carnival.


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EDIT: Was: Ruling Australian political party in Big Trouble (Gillard ousted, Rudd back in power)
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Updated subject into Australian Politics - Perpetual Thread.
(no soapbox for me, no sirree)
Australian Broadcasting Commission (and every other media agency in Australia) is reporting that the major party in the current Coalition government, headed by Julia Gillard, has had an in-party stoush, and has embarked upon a formal vote this afternoon (my timeline).
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-03-21/l ... is/4586250
The leadership debacle has been going on ever since Kevin Rudd was ousted as Prime Minister a few years ago. The media beat-up comes along every few months; this time there is something going to happen.
It doesn't bode well for Julia Gillard - so many people dislike her, it's chic to lay down the blame at her feet for Labor's current political strife.
Public political In-fighting of this kind is never a good sign.
Australia was due to have a federal election in September. If this leadership spill usurps the prime-minister, there is likely to be an election much much sooner.
Going on all the Polling data, the Liberals (insert "boo hiss" here, think American Republican party) will storm home in any election, even though their leader (Abbott, exactly) is a colossal fuckwit. Interesting times.
If the Liberals do get in power, expect huge turmoil and crisis, as they rip and slash at 'government overspending' and cut back on public service whilst giving (more) tax breaks to the corporations. </soapbox, sorry>
Edit: modified subject, since another spill has been announced (June 26th 2013)
Edit: Gillard ousted by a leadership spill, subject update only.


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The current economic climate doesn't exactly lend itself to asking for a raise.
With all the talk of bailouts, budget cuts and layoffs (not to mention undue bonuses), many an employee is wary of asking for more money. But what if you deserve a raise?
According to some experts, you are in luck. Now could actually be the best time to start negotiating.
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You have the issue in your hands, the Republican numbers to implement repeal, and public support just waiting for your leadership. The question is, do you have the will and the guts to stand up to the following: the back biting Washington D.C. establishment, the Lenin loving liberal media, the choir of "moderate" RINO compromisers in your own party.
Or will you trot out the list of excuses: "Oh, we might get the votes to pass the repeal but Obama will veto the bill," or, "we didn't have bi-partisan support," or "the public likes some parts of socialized medicine." What! The Republicans now own the bloody pulpit; now show us the guts the Democrats displayed in shoving Obamacare down our throats.
The voting public spoke loud and clear; they didn't elect Republicans so they could preen, kiss up, and compromise with the "progressive" Lenin lovers in the other aisle.
Do what's right. Socialized medicine is evil. Keep your campaign promises. Be honorable men and women. Pass the repeal, put the ball in Obama's court, make him veto the will of the people and then override his veto. That will take care of him in 2012.
Vetoes can be overridden, it's been done in the past and it can be done again. It can be accomplished because it has been done under more difficult odds than you Republican leaders are facing today. And, against some of the same people you see in the other party across the aisle.
As an example, in 1977, both houses of the California legislature and the governor were very liberal, very anti-death penalty Democrats. The governor, Jerry Brown, was even an activist against the death penalty when his father Pat Brown was governor. As governor, he publicly stated he would veto a death penalty bill if passed. [Just like Obama says he will veto any repeal of Obamacare.]
Nobody thought it could be done, the press, the political pundits, academia, even the general public who wanted the death penalty, was skeptical. How was it even possible that it could succeed, certainly not in liberal minded California; especially since the Assembly liberal leadership held a 50 Democrat to 30 Republican advantage and the Senate advantage was 24 Democrats to 16 Republicans.
Senator George Deukmejean introduced the death penalty bill SB 155. It received mild attention by the media. I co-authored the bill and formed a political action committee named the Law and Order Campaign Committee {LOCC}. Its purpose was to drum up public support for tougher laws and for the death penalty legislation. LOCC went directly to the public with direct mail to build support for SB155. The results were excellent. What funds were received were quickly rolled over into new mail---time and time again this was repeated until tens of thousands of voters were reached and asked to sign a single petition and return it immediately to LOCC headquarters where their signatures would be personally shown to the legislators.
Twenty seven immense bags of mail containing close to 200,000 petitions were dramatically carried onto the floor of the Senate and Assembly. With every subsequent mailing, direction was given on which specific legislators were to be contacted, either by phone or by personal contact. Pressure was directed at specific legislator's offices, especially their district offices. The volume of calls jammed the districts phone lines causing great anguish to staffs in both their districts and at the Capitol.
The death penalty bill began to attract wide public attention, even the press took notice --- so when we called for a press conference, the media showed up in massive numbers. They had to. Our direct mail had been so effective they had to report it.
To finish the story, the legislation passed both houses, Governor Brown vetoed the bill and we overrode his veto by the necessary two thirds vote.
Liberal California had the death penalty once more.
If the Republicans in Congress fail to repeal Obamacare they will be committing political suicide while creating a third party in the process. Man up! What's to compromise? Compromising with socialism is like compromising with cancer, even a little bit of it will eventually kill --aren't we sick enough already? The future of America is in your Republican hands ---man up!


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CEO John Riccitiello says company "bet on the wrong horse a little bit" by focusing next-gen development on Xbox 360 and PS3.
New patch for Need for Speed Carbon prevents crashes seen on Windows Vista; Lord of the Rings Online receives major content update.
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Final Fantasy XII hits the top slot, becomes the UK's fastest-selling game in the series so far; Crackdown debuts in the second spot.
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Battlestations: Midway flies straight in at number one, while Little Britain beats the football games into second. "Yeah, I know."
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grew out of the disability rights movement, which began in the 1960s. The IL Movement works at replacing the special education and rehabilitation experts' concepts of integration, normalisation (people with disabilities) and Physical therapy with a new paradigm developed by people with disabilities themselves. The first Independent Living ideologists and organizers were people with extensive disabilities (e.g., Ed Roberts (activist), Judith Heumann, Peg Nosek, Lex Frieden) and of course, early friends and collaborators in the 1970s (Julie Ann Racino) and university and government supporters throughout the 1980s and 1990s. Ed Roberts was a quadriplegic Richard Scotch, www.jstor.org/stable/3350150. who dealt with discrimination in many different aspects of his life. His fight for acceptance in schools, however, is what Roberts is most well known for. In high school, Roberts was stopped from graduating because he could not complete his gym requirement, as he was paralyzed and spent most of his time in an iron lung.Kim Nielsen, A Disability History of the United States His biggest educational challenge came when he was accepted at college. After struggling to get accepted, the UCBerkeley refused to give Roberts financial aid. He then sued Berkeley for access and integration. Although he won the case, Roberts was housed in school's infirmary instead of the dorms. As others with disabilities started attending the school and living in the infirmary, an activist group called the Rolling Quads was formed. They ended up starting the Disabled Students' Program, a resource for those with disabilities that was run by people with disabilities. This program led to the first independent living center in America being made, the Berkeley Center for Independent Living.Richard Scotch, www.jstor.org/stable/3350150 These centers flourished across the United States and are a huge part of why Ed Roberts was so instrumental in the start of the Independent Living Movement. Still, the movement's message seems most popular among people whose lives depend on assistance with the activities of daily living and who, in the view of the IL Movement, are most exposed to custodial care, paternalistic attitudes and control by professionals. In 2015, independent living centers are codified in law throughout the US, and offer a variety of "professional services" (i.e., independent living) under government payment structures in the US.
In the Independent Living philosophy, people with disabilities are primarily seen as citizens and only secondarily as consumers of healthcare, rehabilitation or social services. As citizens in democratic societies, the IL Movement claims, persons with disabilities have the same right to participation, to the same range of options, degree of freedom, control and self-determination in everyday life and life projects that other citizens take for granted. Thus, IL activists demand the removal of infrastructural, institutional and attitudinal barriers and the adoption of the Universal Design principle. Depending on the individual's disability, support services such as assistive technology, income supplements or personal assistance are seen as necessary to achieve equal opportunities. As emphasized by the IL Movement, needs assessment and service delivery must enable users to control their services, to freely choose among competing service providers and to live with dignity in the community. Cash benefits or Direct Payments are favored by IL activists over services in kind in terms of the outcomes for users' quality of life and cost-efficiency.
Over the years, the IL Movement has spread from Americans with disabilities to all continents, adapting itself to and getting enriched by different cultures and economic conditions in the process. A considerable body of research, training materials and examples of good practice exists on such themes as transition from institutional to community living, transition from school to employment or self-employment, community organizing and advocacy, disability culture, girls and women with disabilities as well as disability and development. Supporting the movement and utilizing its work has become an important ingredient of many countries' social policy.
"Independent Living does not mean that we want to do everything by ourselves, do not need anybody or like to live in isolation. Independent Living means that we demand the same choices and control in our every-day lives that our non-disabled brothers and sisters, neighbors and friends take for granted. We want to grow up in our families, go to the neighborhood school, use the same bus as our neighbors, work in jobs that are in line with our education and interests, and raise families of our own. We are profoundly ordinary people sharing the same need to feel included, recognized and loved."Dr. Adolf Ratzka, http://www.independentliving.org
According to the IL Movement, with peer support, everyone – including persons with extensive developmental disabilities – can learn to take more initiative and control over their lives. For example, peer support is used in Independent Living Skills classes where people living with their families or in institutions learn how to run their everyday lives in preparation for living by themselves.
There is a fundamental set of services (Core Services) found in all of the Centers, but there is some variation in the programs that are offered, the funding sources, and the staffing, among other things. Depending on the public services in the community, Centers might assist with housing referral and adaptation, personal assistance referral, or legal aid. Typically, Centers work with local and regional governments to improve infrastructure, raise awareness about disability issues and lobby for :Category:Disability legislation and prohibits discrimination. Effective centers have proven to be in states like California, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, and Illinois.


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Thank you! I did eventually figure that out. I also found out that if I change the layer style to "overlay" it doesn't muck up the color! yippee!
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I've always wondered how to bypass that. Thanks
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I took the steps, and changed an item's colour. I saved it as a new file and back at photoshop this little window appeared: PNG Options
Interlace: None
So I had to choose between None and Interlaced but I'm note sure I understand what it means.
Thanks for the tutorial!
short, sweet and very informative tip - thank you
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Yippie!!! Between the overlay suggestion and this one, I can now import my grayscale elements into Photoshop Touch on my ipad!!!! I am LOVING this!!!!
I love your tips I feel like I am actually learning something new every time. Thank you
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I am learning new things everyday Thanks for the tip.
Oh My Goodness! I am so happy to have stumbled upon this solution. I have fought this problem many, many times (without success) because I was trying to change the "opacity" rather than the "lightness". Obviously, that just doesn't work, so I am extremely thankful to have this tip about using the lightness slider!
Very useful - thank you!
I've run into this problem many times and never knew this trick, so thank you!
Yet another great tip! Thanks so much.
Simple and efficient;
I'm pretty new at all o f this so I really appreciate all of these tutorials!
This is just the tip I was looking for, as I was struggling a bit with colorization. Thank you so much!
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This whole thing is very confusing to me. However, I want to try making kits so I will keep trying.


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Lee's Lieutenants: A Study in Command, Gettysburg to Appomattox
Scribner Classics, 1997 - Fiction - 912 pages
An unquestioned masterpiece of the historian's art, and a towering landmark in the literature of the American Civil War.
In Gettysburg to Appomattox, Douglas Southall Freeman concludes his monumental three-volume study of Lee's command of the Confederacy, a dramatic history that brings to vivid life the men in that command and the part each played in this country's most tragic struggle.
Volume three continues the stirring account of Lee's army, from the costly battle at Gettysburg, through the deepening twilight of the South's declining military might, to the tragic inward collapse of Lee's command and his formal surrender in 1865. To his unparalleled descriptions of Lee's subordinates and the operations in which they participated, Dr. Freeman adds an insightful analysis of the lessons that were to be learned from the story of the Army of Northern Virginia and their bearing upon the future military development of the nation.
As in the first two volumes, portrait photographs, military maps, several appendixes, and a bibliography add to the clarity and richness of the book. The complete three-volume study, Lee's Lieutenants, is a classic touchstone in the literature of American biography, and in all the literature of war.
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HP Mallory is one of the authors smoking me in sales. Not only are her Kindle numbers fantastic, but she's going gangbusters on Barnes & Noble. My B&N numbers are so-so--roughly 400 a month. I expect this to change when I switch from Smashwords to PubIt next week. While I love Smashwords, in order to upload to B&N through them I have to use shorter descriptions and fewer product tags. Several of my peers have shown me that this is often the key to selling big numbers, so I look forward to seeing if I have similar results.
Like Karen McQuestion and Amanda Hocking, Mallory is kicking ebook butt without ever having sold a book through traditional publishing, even though she tried.
Now, I don't discount that the Big 6 reject a lot of crap. But their ability to separate wheat from chaff is impressing me less and less. My rejected books have sold over 100,000 copies, and I'm currently selling 600 ebooks a day (In the first ten days of January, I made over $12,000.)
Yes, everyone makes mistakes. And hits are hard to pick. Last I heard, only 1 out of 5 books lucky enough to get past the gatekeepers actually turns a profit (two lose money, two break even.) But every indie success story is a crapload of money that NY missed out on, and we're seeing more and more writers making big dollars on books that were passed on by both publishers and agents.
Publishers have had a hard few years. The recession was tough. Fewer bookstores mean fewer sales. Amazon and the rise of ereaders is eating into their print sales. But I don't think bookstores closing, or customers switching to ebooks, are what publishers need to fear most.
Publishers need to fear authors.
Now, if you talk to any group of newbie authors who have been rejected by the industry, you'll feel their bitterness toward the difficult, often humiliating, and seemingly arbitrary nature of the query-go-round.
And if you talk to any group of professional authors, you'll feel their bitterness toward publishers who have made a lot of mistakes in regard to their books and careers.
Add the fact that publishers take 52.5% royalties on ebooks, leaving the authors only 17.5%, and that even if an author landed a contract today there would still be an 18 month wait for the book to come out, and I have to wonder what publishers are going to do in order to keep authors submitting to them. Hint: DRM and high ebook prices aren't the answer.
As more authors hear about the possibilities self-pubbing offers, and read about success stories like this, what could possibly motivate them to ever sign another publishing deal? Publishers, once an essential part of the equation, are no longer needed to connect authors and readers. And, amazingly, they don't seem to understand this yet.
But they will. Now here's HP...
Hello! HP Mallory here! Joe was kind enough to let me borrow his blog for a quick post about a pretty fun contest I'm running. The winner will become a character in my next book, due out in April! You can find more information here.
OK, so now that my shameless promotion is out of the way, LOL, I thought I should introduce myself since I imagine none of you have a clue as to who I am. Well, as you know, my name is HP and I'm a self-published author. I sort of prefer the term indie—it just sounds cooler.
Anyway, my story starts about three years ago when I was living in England and decided to write a book. Although it might sound like my book writing debut was a whim, it was anything but. I've always wanted to be a writer, ever since I was young. But, it seems like life (aka parties, drinking and boys) got in the way while I was in my twenties. Fast forward to my early thirties and I was ready to write my novel. I'm a big fan of paranormal romance/urban fantasy so writing in these genres just felt right.
After I finished my first paranormal romance, Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble, I figured it was time to get an agent. So, I sent out query letters and was pretty encouraged by the responses to the book, as agents requested partials and fulls. Imagine my elation when my dream agent requested the full, stayed up all night reading the book and offered representation the next day! Oh, happy day! Well, happy day turned into two or three months of rejection after rejection and then the fab agent gave up on me and I never heard from her again.
So, thinking I had something in common with Hester Prynne, only my scarlet letter would be a big "L" for loser, I gave up. And I gave up for about two years. Then, my fabulous critique partner, Lori Brighton, told me about a lady named Karen McQuestion who had uploaded her books to the Kindle self-publishing platform and was outselling traditionally published authors. Well, I figured I had nothing to lose and decided to put myself out there and see what happened.
On July 7, 2010, I uploaded Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble followed by my other book, To Kill A Warlock. And…nothing really happened. I sold a few books here and there—not exactly earth shattering. Figuring I needed more of an audience, I started thinking about how to spread the word. I created a robust website, joined Facebook and started blogging. Then I got fairly involved in the Kindle forums and started contacting book bloggers to see if they might be interested in reviewing my books. I was amazed to find they were interested! Little by little my reviews grew and my rankings on Amazon improved bit by bit.
Then Barnes and Noble came out with the Nook self-publishing platform, Pubit, and I uploaded both of my books right away. The Barnes and Noble Gods must have liked me because my books were suddenly ranked first for searches like "fantasy" and "paranormal romance". I was amazed as more and more sales rolled in. At this point, I was selling about 1,000 books a month across both platforms.
In December I came out with a third book, the second in the Fire Burn series, Toil and Trouble. And, wow, December was an incredible month for me. I sold nearly 23,000 books and to date, I've sold roughly 37,000.
So, the long and short of it is that self-publishing saved my books from a life of quiet desperation in my PC. Now, I have a thriving Facebook community, I'm on the Kindle bestseller list, I landed a new agent who hopefully will be better than the last one and some marketing company in Brussels just wrote an article about me! Random!
I'm an indie author and I couldn't be happier!!!
Thank you to Joe for allowing me to tell my story and plug my contest!!
Joe sez: Success like Mallory's isn't the norm. Luck plays a part. Luck always plays a part. But selling 20,000 ebooks in a single month is more than just luck. She's done a lot right in order to maximize that luck.
Cute, professional-looking covers, good writing, low prices, and her ability to utilize social networks no doubt helped her sell so many. She's spent the last 17 days in the Kindle Top 100, and all three of her books are in the Top 50 on Nook. (Incidentally, two other indie authors, Amanda Hocking and Selena Kitt, also have several spots each in the Nook Top 50.)
Now, hindsight is always 20/20, and I'm sure the comments section will abound with Monday Morning Quarterbacks eager to explain and dismiss Mallory's success. These may include:
"Paranormal Romance is a hot genre."
Joe replies: Then you write one and crack the Top 100.
"She's an anomaly compared to the 300,000 other indie authors who sell poorly."
Joe replies: A New York Times bestseller is an anomaly too. But unlike the NYT, Mallory did this on her own, without a big advertising push or coop.
"If she had a traditional publishing deal, she'd sell ten times this amount."
Joe replies: If she had a traditional publishing deal, her books wouldn't be out until June of 2012. Will there even be bookstores still around then? And how much money will she have lost during those 18 months her books aren't available (best guess, minimum $300,000.)
"The majority of indie authors will never reach this level of success."
Why has it become "unless you sell 10,000 ebooks a month you're better off going the traditional route"?
The point of this blog is to show authors what is possible, not what is likely.
But I'm convinced that it is more likely to make money self-publishing ebooks than it is to make money landing a traditional publishing deal.
It's still notoriously difficult to find an agent and sell a book. And even if you manage that, the book takes a long time to be released (and it will be at a high price with DRM, which readers hate) and there is no guarantee it will be successful. To make the odds even worse, there is a high likelihood that it will be difficult to ever get the rights back, and the writer will be stuck in a bad royalty situation forever.
If there's something to be learned by me, HP Mallory, Selena Kitt, Karen McQuestion, Amanda Hocking, LJ Sellers, Michael R. Sullivan, and the many other indies currently doing well, it's that good books can find a wide audience without New York.
But before that can happen, those books have to be self-published.
How many trunk novels do you have? How many books of yours are currently on submission? How many of your backlist titles are out of print?
There is NO GOOD REASON not to get those up on Kindle, and Nook, and Smashwords.
Every day you wait is a potential sale lost.
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I've seen this a few times. In both target and marshalls
um… you don't think someone just ripped the stuff outta the package in the toy aisle..? i kinda think that's a little more likely…
Actually, probably not moldie. I saw this on a regular basis when I first started collecting the DCU figures. Folks would switch out Marvel Legends for them. Most customer service reps aren't being properly trained to look at more than just whether the package has been opened. I've seen some great seal jobs in my neck of the woods and it pisses me off.
AS a TRU employee, I can assure you the service desk is blind and doesn't think when putting things in carts to be placed back on the shelves. I see this all too often.


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Today I went to shoot some of Esao's new paintings...Once that was done we laughed our asses off taking these dumb photos..
None of these eye shots are amped up in any way besides some burns and dodges. I looked it up..that blue reflection is a second layer in front of the retina. Small animals have 'em to help see in the dark.
cool huh?
We were trying to get a picture of him catching some food.
Missed this one..
Good 'ol Soybean..
He's the best!