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You may have noticed it's the offseason, which means we have plenty of time to sit around and think about many of the things that make it fun to be an NBA fan. Here at All Ball, we'll be passing the time until the start of the season with a new series, the Fave Five. Each week will count down a list of the five best, or worst … somethings. We'll try to get creative with it. Plus we're taking requests! If you have a suggestion for a Fave Five post, give us a shout and you may see it appear in this space over the next several weeks.
This week's Fave Five takes a look at the most unlikely 50-point scorers since 1985, which is when BasketballReference.com starts keeping game logs for each NBA player:
5. Charles Smith, 52 points
Clippers vs. Warriors, Dec. 1, 1990
Career scoring average: 14.4 ppg
Charles Smith is probably best known for the basket he didn't score, but he started out his NBA career as a fairly prolific shot-maker, averaging more than 20 ppg twice in his first three seasons. He settled into more of a contributor role after that, but not before he dropped 52 on the Denver Nuggets near the beginning of the 1990-91 season. Smith was 17-27 from the field and 18-21 from the line, and did not attempt a single 3-pointer (no surprise, he only made 18 in his entire career).
Fun fact: Smith probably could have been left off this list, but I have him on here due to his feat coming against the infamous '90-'91 Nuggets. Denver was coached that season by Paul Westhead, who tried to bring the fast-break basketball he succeeded with at Loyola Marymount to the NBA with disastrous results. The Nuggets went 20-62 and gave up 130.8 ppg, the most ever allowed by a team in a single season.


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The Intel Atom and VIA Nano processors have been making a ton of noise in the market place as they are inexpensive, energy efficient and fit into sleek and sexy devices that consumers are looking for today. The day the VIA Nano processor was announced I was actually at Centaur Technologies down in Austin, Texas meeting with Gleen Henry where I got to see some Nano processors being produced right before my eyes. I had to wait nearly a month to get a VIA reference board in my hands with a VIA Nano processor, but it has been worth the wait. Since I have already covered the basics and introduced the Nano processor in my Centaur Technologies Tour article we will jump straight into things.
Armed with the VIA Nano processor and the Intel Atom processor, I can now do a direct performance comparison against two of the most talked about processors for 2008. The VIA Nano reference platform we were sent isn't a retail product, so keep that in mind while reading the rest of the article. The Intel Atom was tested on the D945GCLF, which is a retail product you can purchase today for $66 plus shipping.
These two platforms might both be using Mini-ITX motherboards, but the features do differ between the very different processors. The VIA Nano processor is built using 65nm process technology (the Atom uses 45nm) and it's major claim to fame is the 64-bit Superscalar Speculative Out-Of-Order MicroArchitecture. Will this be enough to keep the Intel Atom processor at bay? Let's take a look a closer look at the test systems and find out which one is faster in the benchmarks!
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olaf the six million dollar mitty,
Discuss this movie. Available on DVD and Blu-ray.
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olaf the six million dollar mitty,
ok so if jims count olaf he's said before he doesnt like doing the same thing twice,the only reason he did ace 2 was it was in his contract and he said on johnathon ross he likes to do new things plus with all the new movies in the pipeline kinda makes me wonder why he picked this role..

Re: olaf the six million dollar mitty,
What do you mean?
"Whatever makes you feel good when you sit down and do it,
is what you should be chasing in your life." - Jim Carrey

My turn to think!
Heh, I think you just answered your own question but I also know what you're saying (I hope).

We all know that Jim vowed not to do any sequels of his movies (i.e. "Dumb and Dumberer", "Son Of The Mask" and **shudders** the "Ace Ventura" sequel/prequel/garbage) because he doesn't wanna play the same characters twice. We also know that Jim's gonna be playing Count Olaf. But just like the Harry Potter book-movie franchise, there will be more than one Lemony Snicket movie. And Count Olaf is present in other books too so... in a way, he's kinda bending his "no sequels" rule.

Confused, I am now.
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Re: Olaf
Yeah, I see what you mean. It's not a sequel as such. It's one big story that can't be made in just one film. The story continues in following films. It's not like a usual sequel. Still I'm curious how Jim decided for himself. Or what the contract says.
"Whatever makes you feel good when you sit down and do it,
is what you should be chasing in your life." - Jim Carrey

Hawy Potta
If they really are going to put several stories in one movie, baby, it sure looks bad! Even the second Harry Potter was to much for one movie...

3 books in 1 movie?
Well, the Lemony Snicket books are sort of short, so I could understand having the first three as one movie. Plus, if the same guy is writing the script, he should be able to work it out pretty well. Count Olaf also has a different disguise in each book, so it should be fun to see Jim in those funky costumes.

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3 Most Common Mistakes made in English Punctuation
Punctuation marks that are not placed where they should be give a negative impression of the writer as much as bad grammar does.
1. Writing Sentence Fragments
Sentence fragments are not complete sentences but they can be made a part of sentences. You should avoid using them, as such. For example:
I would go there. If I could.
There should be no period before the sentence fragment "if I could". Instead, the fragment should be made part of the sentence, so that it reads like this:
I would go there if I could.
2. Using the Comma Splice
The comma splice joins two independent clauses with a comma. Below is an example.
I saw the itinerary, I want to join.
In this sentence, a comma connects two independent clauses. To correct this, you can either put a period after the first independent clause or add a conjunction after the comma.
I saw the itinerary. I want to join.
I saw the itinerary, and I want to join.
3. Putting Apostrophes for Plural Forms of Nouns
Another common mistake is adding apostrophes to plural nouns. Below are examples.
The orange's are really sweet.
The kid's will be performing in a musical.
The apostrophes in these examples should be omitted.
Correct way: The oranges are really sweet.
The kids will be performing in a musical.
Homophones and Homonyms
Homophones are words that sound like another when spoken but have different meanings and use, different spelling and origin.
Homonyms are words that are spelled like another but of a different meaning.
(e.g., bank= a place where you keep money,
bank= the edge of a river.
Words from the first group are the most common misused words in the English language when writing.
Most of the mistakes I see in writing on websites and blogs are words that are used quite often in the English language. Most of them fall into the homophones category. I see a lot of blogs that contain these common mistakes. Needless to say after a while I quit reading the blogs. So this is a reminder to all bloggers READ what you post and look for these common mistakes. I'm sure your readers will be very thankful.
I have been receiving emails with questions about oxymoron, euphemism, metaphor, cliche, palindrome,
anagram, and pleonasm.
The most frequent ones we see on the internet are usually OXYMORON. I know you have received (as all of us have) some ads/emails that say free loan, biggest little, and/or pretty ugly. I get a laugh every time I see these ads.
Well, my dear readers here are the answers to what each of these are.
oxymoron: a figure of speech by which a locution produces an incongruous, seemingly self-contradictory effect, as in "cruel kindness"
euphemism: 1. the substitution of a mild, indirect, or vague expression for one thought to be offensive, harsh, or blunt. 2. the expression so substituted: "To pass away" is a euphemism for "to die."
metaphor: a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity, as in "love is a battlefield.
cliche': A phrase or opinion that is overused and betrays a lack of original thought. For example: "One man's trash is another man's treasure."
palindrome: A word, phrase, verse, or sentence that reads the same backward or forward. For example: A man, a plan, a canal, Panama!
anagram: a word, phrase, or sentence formed from another by rearranging its letters: "Angel" is an anagram of "glean."
pleonasm: 1. the use of more words than are necessary to express an idea; redundancy.
2. an instance of this, as free gift or true fact.
3. a redundant word or expression.
Word for the week: arachibutyrophobia
Learn a new word every week to expand your vocabulary.
Almost everyone likes peanut butter but there are some who suffer with arachibutyrophobia
rachibutyrophobia : fear of peanut butter sticking to roof of mouth
I don't think a Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Psychotherapists or a Mental Health Specialists
would ever use this word in front of a patient who has this phobia even if it is the correct word for their fear.
hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia... the fear of long words
Ludibrious:Adj.; A subject of jest or mockery – This word describes a person, thing or situation that is likely to be the butt of jokes. Use it when you want to sound justified in poking fun at someone.
- erotem: noun; The symbol used in writing known as a question mark...?
neologism: noun ; coining of new words, new word or meaning
enormity: noun;heinousness, evilness, wickedness, monstrous, great size
abscond: verb; to run away and hide, depart hurriedly, avoid arrest.
samizdat: noun; clandestine publication of banned literature
anomaly: noun; something different, abnormal, peculiar, or not easily classified; deviation from the normal or common order, or form, or rule; a person who is unusual
obfuscate: verb; To make something obscure or hard to understand. ( Like the tax codes)
quintessence: noun; purest and most perfect form, manifestation, type, or embodiment
Lipogram: noun; A piece of writing that avoids one or more letters of the alphabet. From Greek lipo- (lacking) + gram (something written).]
triskaidekaphobia: noun; Fear of the number 13.
anomalous: adjective; irregular, deviant, abnormal
diatribe: noun; a bitter verbal attack or speech
ennui: noun; mental weariness, boredom
aficionado: noun; devotee of a sport or pastime
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Hollingsworth v. PerryTo book an interview, click on the "Book an Interview" button on any page at ADFmedia.org.
Friday, July 12, 2013
Description: In May 2009, attorneys representing two men and two women in California filed suit in a San Francisco federal court to challenge the constitutionality of a 2008 voter-approved state constitutional amendment that protects marriage as the union of one man and one woman. Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys are part of the legal team for ProtectMarriage.com, which intervened to defend the amendment. ProtectMarriage.com is the banner organization for the official proponents and campaign committee of Proposition 8. Both a federal district judge and a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit issued rulings against the amendment. The U.S. Supreme Court agreed to review the case, Hollingsworth v. Perry. Oral arguments took place on March 26, 2013, and the court decided the case on June 26, 2013.
Rule of law bypassed in Prop. 8 caseSupreme Court leaves in place premature 9th Circuit order against Prop. 8
Sunday, June 30, 2013
Attorney sound bite: Austin R. Nimocks
Kennedy, the associate justice who decides such motions pertaining to the 9th Circuit, declined the Proposition 8 legal team's request even though court rules require the 9th Circuit to wait for a certified copy of the judgment from the Supreme Court before taking action. The high court has not yet issued its certified judgment.
"Everyone on all sides of the marriage debate should agree that the legal process must be followed," said Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Austin R. Nimocks. "The 9th Circuit has failed to abide by its own word that the stay would remain in place until final disposition by the Supreme Court. When courts act contrary to their own statements, the public's confidence in the justice system is undermined."
When the 9th Circuit issued the stay, it stated that "the stay shall continue until final disposition by the Supreme Court." The 9th Circuit acknowledged Wednesday that disposition would not occur until at least 25 days from June 26, but it then lifted the stay on Friday without explanation.
"The more than 7 million Californians that voted to enact Proposition 8 deserve nothing short of the full respect and due process our judicial system provides," Nimocks said.
Alliance Defending Freedom attorneys filed the emergency application together with Andrew P. Pugno, general counsel for ProtectMarriage.com, the banner organization for the official proponents and campaign committee of Proposition 8. The U.S. Supreme Court issued its ruling in Hollingsworth v. Perry, the case concerning Proposition 8, on Wednesday.
- Pronunciation guide: Nimocks (NIM'-ucks)
Additional resources: Hollingsworth v. PerryScroll down to view additional resources pertaining to this case and its surrounding issue
Friday, July 12, 2013
Previous news releases:
- 2013-06-29: Will the rule of law prevail in Calif.?
- 2013-06-26: Supreme Court declines to hear appeal of Prop. 8
- 2013-06-26: Statement from Prop. 8 attorneys on Supreme Court decision
- 2013-03-25: Marriage defenders to Supreme Court: Let debate continue
- 2013-03-19: Attacks on Prop. 8 rebutted
- 2013-02-21: Comment on brief filed by Prop. 8 opponents
- 2013-02-01: Broad support for marriage, Prop. 8 reflected in numerous briefs at Supreme Court
- 2013-01-22: Prop. 8 defenders: Uphold marriage, let public debate
- 2012-12-07: U.S. Supreme Court to hear Prop. 8, DOMA cases
- 2012-07-31: Marriage defenders ask U.S. Supreme Court to hear Calif. Prop. 8 case
- 2012-06-05: Marriage defenders will ask U.S. Supreme Court to hear Calif. Prop. 8 case
- 2012-02-21: Prop. 8 defenders appeal to full 9th Circuit
- 2012-02-07: Prop. 8 defenders will appeal decision upholding Hollywood, S.F. attack on marriage
- 2011-12-07: Press conference Thursday after hearing at 9th Circuit in Calif. marriage amendment case
- 2011-11-17: Calif. Supreme Court: Prop. 8 deserves defense
- 2011-09-02: Can Prop. 8 proponents defend marriage when Calif. officials refuse to do so?
- 2011-06-14: ProtectMarriage.com legal team responds to Judge Ware's ruling
- 2011-06-13: Comments of Alliance Defense Fund Senior Legal Counsel Austin R. Nimocks
- 2011-06-12: Will court throw out ruling on Calif. marriage amendment?
- 2011-04-25: Calif. marriage amendment defenders file motion to throw out district court ruling
- 2011-04-14: ProtectMarriage.com legal team seeks order for return of Prop. 8 trial recordings
- 2011-02-17: ADF response to Calif. Supreme Court's decision to hear 9th Cir. question in marriage amendment case
- 2011-01-04: The people of California have a right to be defended in Prop. 8 case
- 2010-12-03: Will 9th Circuit rule to protect marriage?
- 2010-09-27: Broad support for marriage, initiative process reflected in numerous briefs filed with 9th Circuit
- 2010-09-20: Defenders of marriage, initiative process in Calif. file opening brief on appeal
- 2010-08-16: 9th Circuit puts brakes on decision that struck down Calif. marriage amendment
- 2010-08-12: Defenders of Calif. marriage amendment will appeal judge's decision on motion for stay
- 2010-08-09: Selected quotes from the California marriage amendment decision
- 2010-08-04: Defenders of marriage in Calif. will appeal dangerous federal ruling
- 2010-06-15: Will the will of Calif. voters on marriage stand?
- 2010-01-08: Attorneys defending Calif. marriage amendment available to media during trial
- 2009-07-01: Proposition 8 defenders allowed to intervene against attack on Calif. marriage amendment
- 2009-05-29: Proposition 8 defenders seek to intervene against Hollywood-backed lawsuit
- Austin R. Nimocks: Court should have upheld heterosexual marriage (USA Today, 2013-06-28)
- Alan Sears: The play's the thing (Townhall.com, 2013-04-26)
- Caleb Dalton: Stepping across the line to support marriage (Townhall.com, 2013-03-28)
- Austin R. Nimocks: The marriage debate: Let democracy work… (Wall Street Journal, 2013-03-25)
- Doug Napier: That tail ain't a leg (Townhall.com, 2013-02-19)
- Austin R. Nimocks: Mother, country and same-sex marriage? (Washington Examiner, 2013-02-16)
- Kellie Fiedorek: Marriage: A relationship unlike any other (Townhall.com, 2013-02-13)
- Jim Campbell: Usher in a redefinition of marriage, usher out religious liberty (Townhall.com, 2013-02-12)
- Ken Connelly: The goodness of marriage (Townhall.com, 2013-02-11)
- Caleb Dalton: Democratic debate on marriage better than judicial commands (Townhall.com, 2013-02-08)
- Byron Babione: The opposite of the civil rights movement (Townhall.com, 2013-02-07)
- Jordan Lorence: Marriage carries a public purpose (USA Today, 2012-12-10)
- Alan Sears: Judges who redefine marriage will answer to 'We the People' (Washington Times, 2012-10-29)
- Alan Sears: Even the pretense of tolerance is gone (Townhall.com, 2012-06-24)
- Alan Sears: Marriage is marriage - Period (Townhall.com, 2012-06-07)
- Austin R. Nimocks: Baltimore Sun in your eyes (Townhall.com, 2012-05-29)
- Alan Sears: Peering through the smoke of marriage debate (Christian Post, 2012-05-27)
Map: The State of Marriage (click on image for PDF)
Legal documents, related news, and other related resources available in the right panel when this page is viewed at ADFmedia.org.


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Veteran Hollywood producer Chris Moore speaks to Conservatory of Performing Arts students in the JVH Auditorium.
More than 35 cinema arts students worked in various capacities as interns on "The Chair" project, a new documentary series produced in part by Point Park University. The series follows two directors as they compete to make the best feature film using the same script.
Students interned in the production offices for both feature films and the television series as production assistants, extras, in the art departments, on set, behind the scenes, and supported the marketing and public relations efforts.
On March 17, executive producer Chris Moore hosted a forum with the student interns. Moore expressed his appreciation to the students for their hard work and professionalism, along with his excitement about the project.
"I think it's been a lot of fun. I've seen footage from both movies, and I think they are very good. I thought this was a very positive project," Moore said.
During the forum, students asked questions and discussed what it was like working on the film. The students said they were excited to have the chance to learn from Moore because it helped them discover their strengths.
"Chris taught me to stand up for myself in this industry and to fight for what I want," said Marlee Schneider, a junior cinema and digital arts major. "I learned what [type of] personality you need to have to get things done and done right in this business."
Moore said he hopes that the experience of having a professional credit on their resume will help students land a job on future projects.
Many students felt their internships provided them with an opportunity that will be beneficial in their careers.
"Getting familiar with a set environment and being around people who are doing what you're trying to do definitely prepared me for what's to come," said Kaitlyn Serevicz, a senior cinema and digital arts major. "There are grueling hours, but it's inspiring to be with such hardworking people."
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I did my homework and found several different recipes - some more cake-like, and some more biscuit-like. I erred on the cake side of things, because doesn't cake just make everything better? It does in my world. So, I fiddled around and compiled a couple of different recipes, and wound up with this recipe. It's got a wonderful streusel topping, and it can be used with fresh or frozen blueberries. Best part of this recipe? It's so easy, and blueberries are so wonderful for you, health-wise, that the fact that they're in a cake is perfectly okay!
Blueberry Buckle
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3/4 cup white sugar
1/4 cup softened unsalted butter
1 egg
1/2 cup milk
2 cups all-purpose unbleached flour
2 1/2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
2 cups fresh blueberries
Streusel topping
1/4 cup softened unsalted butter
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup white sugar
1/3 cup all-purpose unbleached flour
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees and grease an 8x8 or 9x9 square pan.
2. Cream together the softened butter and white sugar until well mixed. Add egg and mix well.
3. In a separate bowl, mix dry ingredients well. Add to butter/sugar/egg mixture, 1/3 at a time, alternating with your 1/2 cup of milk. Gently fold in blueberries, then transfer batter to your greased square pan.
4. To make the streusel topping: Mix brown sugar, white sugar, flour, cinnamon, and butter well. This mixture will be a little bit crumbly. Sprinkle mixture over the top of your batter.
5. Bake at 375 for 28-30 minutes. Let cool before serving. My husband prefers it served warm, so he puts in the microwave for a few minutes after he cuts a slice.
P.S. - Stay tuned for my next recipe next week, a marinara spaghetti sauce that reminds me of Maggiano's! :)


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I have started kiting in November and loved the first introduction courses I did. I have vacation from mid April until mid May and want to use this time for kiting. I am having difficulties finding the right spot for it in Asia/ Sout-East Asia.
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From Middle English humanyte, humanite, humanitye, from Old French humanité, from Latin humanitas ("human nature, humanity, also humane conduct"), from humanus ("human, humane"); see human, humane. The interjection was first used ("Oh, the humanity!") by Herbert Morrison reporting on the Hindenburg disaster.
humanity (countable and uncountable, plural humanities)
- Mankind; human beings as a group.
- 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 4, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:
- Then he commenced to talk, really talk. and inside of two flaps of a herring's fin he had me mesmerized, like Eben Holt's boy at the town hall show. He talked about the ills of humanity, and the glories of health and Nature and service and land knows what all.
- 2013 June 7, David Simpson, "Fantasy of navigation", in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 36:
- It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]: […]; perhaps to moralise on the oneness or fragility of the planet, or to see humanity for the small and circumscribed thing that it is; […].
- Synonym: → Thes:humankind
- The human condition or nature.
- The quality of being benevolent; humane traits of character; humane qualities or aspects.
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 16
- Think of that; by that sweet girl that old man had a child: hold ye then there can be any utter, hopeless harm in Ahab? No, no, my lad; stricken, blasted, if he be, Ahab has his humanities!"
- Synonym: humaneness
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 16
- Any academic subject belonging to the humanities.
- Philosophy is a humanity while psychology is a science.
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Related terms[edit]
human beings as a group
human condition
quality of being benevolent
- The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.
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Further reading[edit]
- humanity in Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- humanity in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- "humanity" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 148.
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This is a common european very colourful butterfly, some 5 cm in wingspan. Wings are bright orange with dark-brown and white spots; and brown edges with blue fields on their margins. Two shades of brown underneath (pic N° 4).
Mapping Nature on Your Smartphone
For the developers at New York start-up Networked Organisms, smartphones are the butterfly nets of the 21st Century. Their tool, Project Noah, lets people upload photos of plants and wildlife around them, creating a map of the natural world and contributing to scientific research in the process.
What kind of beetle? This app knows
Bespectacled scientists of yore would carry around hefty field guides, made up of hundreds of pages of text and photos. But these days, smartphone owners have a lighter option: an app called Project Noah, which aims to help people identify plants and animals as well as collect data from "citizen scientists" about where certain species are located.
Designing ecosystems for talent development
Project Noah enables us to be part of a more focused online community where we can learn more about wildlife around us and contribute to scientific research. It pulls participants into deeper, more meaningful engagement by enabling people to go on "missions" to collectively map changes based on sightings.
A smart way to save wildlife
A modern invention that may also hold the key to saving species in the future. Project Noah is a global study that encourages nature lovers to document the wildlife they encounter, using a purpose built phone app and web community. In addition to the virtual "collection" of species, Project Noah encourages citizen science by linking up with existing surveys including the International Spider Survey and the Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network.
New mobile applications include a tool called NOAH that lets you take cellphone pictures of bugs and trees and then sends back an identification of the exact type in as little as 24 hours.


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Less than two weeks after his neck was broken in a lifting tackle, Newcastle Knights forward Alex McKinnon has announced his engagement to girlfriend Teigan Power and declared he will walk her down the aisle.
In an uplifiting turn to the terrible incident, McKinnon on Sunday night posted a photograph of himself and his girlfriend to Instagram along with a message of thanks to all his supporters.
He ended the post by announcing his engagement to his girlfriend of three years and promising to walk her down the aisle.
The popular 22-year-old from Aberdeen suffered a career-ending spinal injury against the Melbourne Storm two weeks ago.
McKinnon remains in Melbourne's The Alfred hospital in a serious but stable condition with a spinal injury.
He was brought out of an induced coma last Sunday following surgery for damage to his C4 and C5 vertebrae and has been conscious since.
He has some movement in his right arm, but no movement in his left arm or legs.
McKinnon has been stoic, while his family have reminded people the young man they love is a fighter.
McKinnon chose Instagram to make his first public statement since suffering the horrific injury.
''This girl is my soldier, I am truly overwhelmed with the support and wishes from everybody in the rugby league society and the community at large,'' McKinnon wrote.
''Your ongoing support will never be forgotten. P.S when life throws you struggles respond with a smile. So happy to announce Teigan and my engagement.''
McKinnon concluded the post with a pair of hashtags: #throughthickandthin #iwillwalkherdowntheaisle.
Another hashtag - #riseforalex - has been trending on social media as McKinnon continues to recover from the two fractured vertebrae and spinal injuries he suffered in a three-man lifting tackle against the Storm.
Melbourne Storm prop Jordan McLean was handed a seven-week ban for the dangerous throw.
A country boy at heart from a proud rugby league town, details about McKinnon's character and attitude have been revealed since his injury.
Knights coach Wayne Bennett said McKinnon was more like a son, describing a loyal and selfless young man.
''We play a tough game and Alex is a tough young man. Nobody's fool. He doesn't walk around trying to show he's tough, but he is. And I've always loved his humility,'' Bennett wrote in a recent column.
''Never seen him drunk. Not once. Never seen him do anything stupid. No one's ever talked about Alex like that.''
The message and photograph were ''liked'' by hundreds of Instagram users on Sunday night and posted onto Twitter were hundreds more users – including the Newcastle Knights official account – began sending their congratulations.
''Wow even through all the hardships that Alex Mckinnon has been facing he has found some happiness! Congrats on his engagement! #RiseforAlex,'' one Twitter user wrote.
''Great to hear that Alex McKinnon and his girlfriend are now engaged. A positive from a terrible situation,'' another person wrote.
''Congrats on the engagement @mckinnon92 and Teigan. You sir are a real inspiration, keep up the good work,'' another wrote.
Originally from Denman, Power is studying primary school teaching at the University of Newcastle and working at a Newcastle pub.
McKinnon's last Twitter post from February says Ms Power gave him a voucher to skydive over Wollongong Beach.
''Sometimes I suppose you've got to face your fears,'' McKinnon wrote.
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Get around Mississauga on MiWay buses. All UTM students can pick up their U-Pass for unlimited fare-free rides, and MiWay routes will take you to destinations across Mississauga. They also connect with neighbouring transit systems such as the Toronto Transit Commission, Brampton Transit and Oakville Transit. UTM students also get a discounted rate on GO Transit, a regional network of train lines and bus routes that spans the GTA and extends to the Hamilton Area.
Whether you're planning a long trip, or need a quick ride, public transit can be a convenient and cost-effective option.
Find out more about Public Transportation around UTM
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Shuttle Bus
Catch the UTM Shuttle Bus to the St. George campus. Students just need to show a valid student TCard to ride, and buses run every 20 minutes during the week. You can also catch a separate shuttle bus from UTM to Sheridan College, Trafalgar Campus.
Look up the UTM-St. George Shuttle Bus Schedule
Accessible Transportation options
From specially equipped MiWay buses, to accessible spaces on the Shuttle Bus and door-to-door Wheel Trans service, you'll find many ways to get around Mississauga and the campus.
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Walking and Biking
Explore well-lit walking paths linking buildings at UTM, along with a rapidly growing network of on- and off-road cycling paths. You can rent a bike for no charge or learn how to repair your own bike for free at the UTM BikeShare, a pioneering service at UTM.
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Monday, November 19, 2012
Session State Protection in Detail
What is SSP?
SSP is used to prevent URL tampering. URL tampering is when a malicious user modifies URL parameters to access data that they may not have access to. For example if you have a Master Detail setup for the EMP table (i.e a report with edit links to a form) each link will look something like this: http://fcapex42.clarifit.com:8894/apex/f?p=211:11:14916146169058::::P11_EMPNO:7698. If you restricted the report to employees in your current department you can easily change the EMPNO id and change it to another employee in another department. Even though the intention of the application was to "restrict" users to only edit people within their own department a malicious or curious user could start editing all the employees.
SSP prevents URL tampering by applying a checksum to the end of the URL. The new URL looks something like: http://fcapex42.clarifit.com:8894/apex/f?p=211:11:14916146169058::::P11_EMPNO:7698&cs=3358AAB32787C2A2B294CE934D50FD0C3. If a user now tries to modify the EMPNO id they will get an error in APEX as the URL won't have the correct checksum.
Applying SSP
To add SSP at the page level (technically called Page Access Protection at the page level) edit the page and scroll down to the Security section. Select Arguments Must Have Checksum for the Page Access Protection option.
To modify a page and all its page items at the same time go to Shared Components > Session State Protection > Page Item and click on a page link.
Two Layered Approach: Page vs Page Items
The easiest way to think of SSP in APEX is that it's a two layered approach. First you must define which pages (not page items) require a checksum applied to it when passing in URL parameters. The second part is to define which page items require a checksum when set from the URL. You can't do the later with out the former (i.e. if you just define a set of page items to have SSP it won't work) but you can have pages with SSP without any page items with SSP.
The two layered approach is where most people get confused. If you apply SSP at the page level, shouldn't all items be protected? At first glance the answer is "yes". But the actual answer is no. The following example highlights why both "layers" are required.
Suppose we only apply Page Access Protection for the EMP form page (let's say P11). If I clicked on a link to edit an employee it would add the checksum. Initially it looks as if everything is ok. Now suppose we have another page, P20, that doesn't have Page Access Protection enabled. We could actually set P11_EMPNO from P20. The URL would look like this: http://fcapex42.clarifit.com:8894/apex/f?p=211:20:14916146169058::::P11_EMPNO:7839 Most people forget that you can set page items from any page, i.e. you're not restricted to only setting items for the current page that you're accessing.
You could also set any of the page items via an AJAX call (since none of them have SSP applied to them). Either way, just applying page access protection isn't enough.
When Not to Apply SSP
If you haven't implemented SSP in your application you should really look at doing so. Before you apply it to all items it's important to note that any items that can be set via an AJAX call can not have SSP enabled for them. The most usual case of this is cascading LOVs (select a department, then a list of employees gets refreshed with all the employees that belong to the selected department).
The reason why you can't have SSP item items that are set via AJAX is that AJAX uses JavaScript to build the URL. Since JavaScript code is downloaded and runs on the end user's machine it is not deemed to be secure. So if you had your checksum code in a JavaScript file a malicious user to easily reverse engineer it and apply checksums for any item they wanted to.
SSP is a great feature to quickly help secure your application. It's important to remember that SSP only prevents URL tampering. Nothing more, nothing less. It's a common mistake by developers, and managers alike, that just applying SSP means that they've locked down and secured an application. It's just one of many steps to help protect your application.
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Hi MartinReplyDelete
Enjoyed your article, it clearly explains the topic.
- Kees VlekNovember 23, 2012 at 10:36 AM
Thanks for the clear explanation on this topic.ReplyDelete
Is there a whitepaper available that describes APEX security best practices such that if you followed it's guidance your application would pass rigorous security checkers, etc.?ReplyDeleteReplies
Offhand, none that I know of. You can try the APEX Collateral page: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/developer-tools/apex/application-express/apex-collateral-1863614.htmlDelete
They're some 3rd party tools that you can look at which evaluate your application. The main ones are ApexSec by Recx and eSert by Enkitec
Hi Martin,ReplyDelete
How can we apply SSP to pop-up page using Javascript? Often we have pop-ups to save users going into another page like below using javascript:
function newPopUp()
url = 'f?p=&APP_ID.:50:&APP_SESSION.::NO:RP,50:P50_USER_ID:&P21_USER_ID.';
w = open(url,"winLov3","position=center, top=1,left=0,Scrollbars=0,resizable=0,width=605,height=500");
if (w.opener == null)
w.opener = self;
I know there is a PL/SQL function to produce APEX URLs which can include a checksum but can the same be achieve in javascript? Cheers.Replies
No you can not generate a proper APEX URL with checksum just using JS. Since the JS code is downloaded to the browser the salt would be exposed to the client and therefor they could create their own (valid) checksums.Delete
The way to create the URLs would still to use the APEX_UTIL.PREPARE_URL function before/while the page is loading.
You could create a dynamic action that would return a valid URL using the function above but you'd be exposing your AJAX call to the client and they could enter malicious data and getting back a valid URL thus ruining the whole point.
- AnonymousJune 4, 2013 at 3:51 AM
Thanks Martin.Delete
APEX_UTIL.PREPARE_URL working correctly.
- AnonymousJuly 3, 2013 at 4:26 AM
Hi Martin,ReplyDelete
Is it possible to call SSP enabled application page URL from other application ? If yes how to handle it ?Replies
You can reference the page but you may have some issues passing in variables. Of course you can test this out easily, I'm just not sure how the checksum will be generated from another application.Delete
- AnonymousJuly 4, 2013 at 12:58 AM
How exactly checksum will generate in Apex ?
apex_util.prepare_url http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E37097_01/doc/doc.42/e35127/apex_util.htm#CDEIBCJDDelete


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A spiteful, drug-addicted matriarch with mouth cancer can't find her husband. A folk singer has nowhere to sleep and few paying gigs. A depressive alcoholic thinks he's won some money, but he hasn't.
If these plots don't sound comical, well, you must not have a flexible enough funny bone.
Several films currently or soon to be in theaters stretch the definition of comedy, straddling humor and drama in a fashion rare to see in today's Hollywood movies, where stories typically fall into neat, salable categories.
"I tell people it's a screwball tragedy," said Oscar Isaac, who plays the title character in Joel and Ethan Coen's "Inside Llewyn Davis," a movie about not making it in the 1961 New York folk music scene. "When I first read the script I thought, 'Why am I laughing at someone trying to survive, someone struggling like this? Is it because I'm sadistic, or because I'm relieved it's not me?'"
Tragi-comedies like John Wells' adaptation of Tracy Letts' Pulitzer Prize-winning play "August: Osage County," Alexander Payne's black-and-white family road film "Nebraska" and Ben Stiller's fantasy adventure "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" better reflect the happy-sad realities of life than broad comedies and straight dramas do, their makers say.
But they also create dilemmas for marketers, and for the groups that confer awards this time of year.
The Hollywood Foreign Press Assn., which will be announcing its nominees for the Golden Globe Awards on Thursday, splits its best picture, actor and actress prizes into the categories of drama and musical/comedy.
Though it's common to separate the genres in TV awards, the Globes are relatively unique in doing so in film, and the best picture/comedy or musical category has tended to reward starry movies that get left out of the drama-centric Oscar race, such as crowd-pleasers "The Devil Wears Prada" and "Love Actually," or outright critical duds like the 2010 Johnny Depp romantic comedy "The Tourist."
This year, however, the comedy categories are pretty rich.
"Studios usually want to be in the comedy category cause it's easier, but this year comedy is quite competitive," said Marlene Von Arx, chairwoman of the association's eligibility committee.
Sony Pictures submitted David O. Russell's crime-caper film "American Hustle" for consideration in the Globes' drama categories, but after the eligibility committee sat through a laugh-filled screening of the movie, which stars Christian Bale as a gifted con man with a formidable hairpiece, it was reclassified under comedy.
"August: Osage County," "Nebraska," "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty," plus Martin Scorsese's "The Wolf of Wall Street," Spike Jonze's "Her" and Nicole Holofcener's "Enough Said" will compete in the comedy category, though each to one degree or another has dramatic elements. (The drama contenders include "12 Years a Slave," "Captain Phillips," "Lee Daniels' The Butler" and "Saving Mr. Banks.")
Many of the filmmakers behind this year's bumper crop of dramedies say they were influenced by a golden age in the form in the 1970s and early '80s, when Hollywood was churning out tonally nuanced movies such as "Network," "Being There" and "Terms of Endearment." More recently that kind of subtlety has been the province of cable television, on such shows as "Breaking Bad" and "Nurse Jackie."
"There used to be a lot more freedom for a movie to just be what it was," said Stiller. "It has serious moments, it has funny moments.... Over the years it got delineated more, maybe it's the expectations of an audience, maybe it's the box office success of certain movies, maybe it's just the way the business has changed in terms of what movies make money. It's easier to sell movies that are very easily definable, and so they're easier to get made."
Nevertheless, many hybrid-style movies did get made this year. "Nebraska" leavens the often sad story of aging Midwesterner Woody Grant (Bruce Dern) with tart lines of dialogue from his wife, played by June Squibb, and a caper-like scene where Woody's sons (Will Forte and Bob Odenkirk) attempt to avenge a wrong against their father.
"You need to send the audience signals that this is the scale we're working on and you have to listen closely and you'll be rewarded," Odenkirk said. "If the film was louder or faster or more hyperactive you wouldn't be able to do the subtle, small things. But when I'm telling my family or anybody about it, I have to keep saying, 'It's really funny,' cause when you tell them it's in black and white they think they're going to get some kind of science lecture."
Often filmmakers working in a comedic gray area must be aware of audience expectations. On the relationship dramedy "Enough Said," Holofcener was careful with how she used her star, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, who is best known for playing Elaine in "Seinfeld."
"Julia and I would work on what was too broad," Holofcener said. "We were always kind of measuring it. There's the 'Seinfeld' version, now what is our version? We tried so many different ways to find what felt real."
On "August: Osage County," Wells tackled a different set of assumptions in adapting a darkly humorous, Oklahoma-set play that had been loved and admired by its audience of live theatergoers but would be unknown to most at the multiplex.
"My worry when we started testing the film was that people wouldn't understand it was a comedy," Wells said. "The setting itself was so austere."
Wells said after testing the film he decided to lengthen certain scenes, such as one in which Chris Cooper delivers a long, meandering grace at a dinner table, so that every line could be heard over the audience's laughter.
"You want people to know they have permission to laugh," Wells said. "Most people do not live their lives in a state of earnest dramatic contemplation of how dark our lives are. When you're talking about a family in crisis, the humor is what gets you through."


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Mike Conley scored 21 points, Zach Randolph had 18 points and 13 rebounds, and the Memphis Grizzlies held the Indiana Pacers to their lowest output of the season Saturday night in an 82-71 victory at Memphis, Tenn.
Mike Miller scored 13 points as Memphis won for the seventh time in nine games and moved a game ahead of Phoenix for the final playoff spot in the Western Conference. Marc Gasol, returning after spraining his ankle Friday night, had 10 points and nine rebounds.
Lance Stephenson had 15 points and eight rebounds for the Eastern Conference-leading Pacers, who shot 37%. Paul George, Indiana's leading scorer at 22.1 points per game, was held to eight points.
at New Orleans 105, Miami 95: Anthony Davis had 30 points, 11 rebounds and three steals, and the Pelicans handed the struggling Heat its seventh loss in 11 games. LeBron James twisted his right ankle late in the third quarter but remained in the game and finished with 25 points, nine assists and eight rebounds. Dwyane Wade and Greg Oden were given a night off.
at Chicago 91, Philadelphia 81: The 76ers suffered their 24th straight loss, within two of the NBA record. They passed the Vancouver Grizzlies (1995-96), Denver Nuggets (1997-98) and Charlotte Bobcats (2011-12) for the second-longest single-season losing streak.
at Charlotte 124, Portland 94: Al Jefferson scored 28 points and Kemba Walker had 26 for the Bobcats, who achieved season highs in points and margin of victory in handing the Trail Blazers their worst loss this season.
San Antonio 99, at Golden State 90: Tony Parker had 20 points and five assists, and the West-leading Spurs handled the Warriors despite Tim Duncan's sitting out the second game of a back-to-back set.
Houston 118, at Cleveland 111: James Harden had 37 points and 11 assists in 29 minutes, sitting out the fourth quarter as the Rockets rolled to a wire-to-wire win without Dwight Howard, who missed his third game because of a sore ankle.
at Utah 89, Orlando 88: Trey Burke's three-pointer with 1.9 seconds left gave the Jazz a victory that could be a factor in determining draft lottery position.
at Clippers 112, Detroit 103
—associated press
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I'm posting to see if anybody has had a similar problem and find out how to treat it. For the past 8 years, I've been suffering from chronic pain in both sides of my chest, directly under my breasts, on the sides of my trunk (as far down as my waist) and armpits. The pain is greater on my left side. The muscles (serratus lats) are inflammed, hot to the touch, and react with intense fire-pain with moderate pressure. I also occasionally get pain in my back in the pocket of both shoulder blades. I've been in so much pain lately that I can't sleep on my sides because this puts too much pressure on my chest wall. :mad:
I have been through years of physical therapy, massage, chiropractic, and acupuncture and been given many diagnoses. Most recently I was told that I have hyperflexion in my ribs which keeps my chest wall muscles inflammed because they are under constant pressure to keep my ribs in their proper place. I also have hyperflexion in my knees. It's very easy to crack my upper back by just bending forward and pushing my back out or twisting my shoulders forward.
The pain started 8 years ago (I'm 33 now) right after I began my first desk job. I can't pinpoint a specific injury that started it. Doctors originally thought I had put too much stress on my chest & back muscles as I had been backpacking in India for 9 months prior to onset of the pain. But, another doctor told me that injury should have resolved itself within 8 years. Over the past 8 years, I have had periods of inactivity and periods of physical training and it doesn't seem to make a difference pain-wise whether or not I'm working out unless I pursue an activity that directly stresses those muscles, such as swimming or certain weight-lifting moves. The pain is always there. At its worst, it hurts to breathe deeply and hold my arms over my head (making blow-drying my hair impossible).
I've been receiving deep tissue massage lately, ice packs and taking OTC anti-inflammatories (Aleve). I'm not really sure if this is a long-term solution because the pain lessens about 3 days following the massage/ice treatment but returns after 2 more days. I'm currently training to lose weight and do a triathlon. Swimming definitely aggravates the situation, and I've been advised to avoid any physical activity that involves the upper trunk. How can I resolve this problem so I can continue work on my training goals?
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So I've been trying out Kindle preorder pages for some new books (including my latest horror thriller WEBCAM, which launches today), experimenting to determine if this is a smart way to run my self-publishing business. Here are the pros and cons I've encountered.
1. Deadlines. I wanted to light a fire under my ass and get some work done. On one hand, why invite extra stress into your life? On the other, consider what motivates you.
I believe the biggest motivator for an artist is inspiration; that spark that compels you to create. Even if it never sells. Even if no one ever reads it. We become writers because we love storytelling.
The biggest motivator for someone self-employed is (usually) money. I own my own business, and my boss is usually a workaholic jerk.
But lately he's been slacking off.
Like most writers, I've never lacked for ideas, and I keep files of potential book ideas, some with partial outlines, that I'll get to someday. But I found I was in the middle of two novels, RUM RUNNER and WEBCAM, and as much as I tried to self-motivate, I wasn't putting in the time I would have had I been creatively inspired or fiscally needy.
In other words, I was dragging my ass and not getting the words down to the degree I'm capable of.
Back in the stone age when I had legacy contracts, writing life was filled with deadlines. Get the manuscript finished by date X. Get the redline returned by date Y. Get the outline for the next book done three months later. You kept to that schedule out of contractual obligation, and a little bit of fear.
For the first few years of my self-publishing career, I was writing and publishing as fast as I could. No stress. No fear required.
But lately, I haven't been pushing myself. So after a lot of thought I decided to give myself deadlines. Tough deadlines, but within my abilities.
As a result, I've written and published over 100,000 words since January. For me, those deadlines for preorders were the motivator I needed.
2. Sales. I've had many writers ask me: What's the best time to launch a new book? My answer has always been the same: When it's finished.
If your book is ready to be unleashed upon the world, there's no need to wait. Let people buy it as soon as they're able to. I recall peers of mine sitting on completed, polished, formatted manuscripts because they wanted to release books the old-fashioned way: with a launch date.
The launch date is a relic of legacy publishing. The point was to get as many people to buy your book the day it came out, to make a run at the bestseller lists.
I am not, nor have I ever been, a NYT or USA Today bestseller.
Now, there is still something to be said for making a big impact on Release Day. But since I'm exclusive on Amazon, and since Amazon's algorithms seem to reward steady sales over sales that peak and fall quickly (which is one of many insights to glean from Authorearnings.com and is broken down succinctly at selfpublishingadvice.org), I decided not to fret too much about building up to a book launch day.
At the same time, if a book is going to be out on a certain date, why make people wait to buy it? And if fans want to buy something right now, why make them wait until later, when they could possibly forget?
3. Buzz. I believe that sales are about what you have to offer, not what you have to sell. The goal is to find people looking for the kinds of books that you write.
So, when I'm pimping a title, I usually only do it around launch day, or if the book is on sale.
A preorder page gives me more opportunities to make announcements on Twitter, or to send out a newsletter. Rather than beat fans and potential readers over the head saying "Buy my book!" over and over, instead I'm offering them new information with each announcement.
Hey, my new book is out today!
Hey, my book is on sale!
People are looking for information and entertainment. At the same time, anyone who has ever spent more than ten seconds studying the effectiveness of advertising knows that repeated exposure is pretty much essential. So having a non-abrasive way to tout my work by offering new information each time I do (rather than those writers--you know who you are--who think their followers want to see the exact same ad three times a week for an entire year) seems to me to be a more effective, and less irritating, way to self-promote.
This is why you rarely see me doing a straight-up promo blog post, and instead put the promo in an informative piece about how promos work.
Preorder Cons
1. Deadlines. I intentionally didn't give myself much leeway in my deadlines, in order to push myself harder. On one hand, I've hit both of my deadlines. But WEBCAM launched today in a less-than-ideal version.
Allow me to explain.
Amazon allows preorders because authors asked for them. I was the first ever, back in 2010, when I worked with DTP to get the first self-pubbed preorder page for DRACULAS.
Since then they've streamlined the process. You can submit a book for preorder in KDP, and you must submit the final manuscript 10 days before the on sale date.
But that 10 day period isn't set in stone. After you submit a final 10 days prior to the launch, you have 7 more days to upload newer versions. Typo fixes, tweaks, that sort of thing.
At 72 hours prior to the launch day, KDP locks you out and you cannot upload a new file until the book goes live. So if you're one to cut it close, beware.
I'm one to cut it close. Ten days prior to launch I uploaded a barebones text version of the novel. Then I tweaked for a few days, then asked my book designer, 52 Novels, that I wanted some special design work done, and needed it by the 12th. He squeezed me in, and did an awesome job making the ebook look beautiful. But I'd given him the wrong date. I had actually needed it by the 11th.
See, the day starts at midnight. So 11:59pm CST on April 11 was the last moment for me to upload the new version.
As such, those who preordered got the still readable text version, but without all the gloss and style that the designed version has.
My bad.
Amazon may send out an email blast telling those who preordered that there is a prettier version now available, but this is a professional boo boo on my part that I should have been on top of.
So if you cut deadlines close, you might want to give yourself some breathing room.
2. Sales. While slow and steady sales help your book attain, and keep, a decent ranking on Amazon, nothing beats a book launch without preorders for getting the best initial rank.
But how much does getting high ranks and showing up on bestseller lists help raise sales?
I dunno.
I submitted RUM RUNNER - A Jack Daniels Thriller for preorder on February 1, to launch March 25.
I submitted WEBCAM - A Novel of Terror by Jack Kilborn for preorder on March 12, to launch April 15.
I submitted LAST CALL - A Jack Daniels Thriller for preorder on March 12, to launch May 28.
I published WATCHED TOO LONG - A Val Ryker Thriller on March 23 with my co-author, Ann Voss Peterson.
RUM RUNNER, WATCHED TOO LONG, and WEBCAM are all interconnected. They take place during the same time frame, and characters from each story appear in the other stories.
In the back matter of each book, I link to the others using Booklinker, which I detailed in a previous post.
The idea was to build momentum with four new releases (three novels and one novella, WATCHED TOO LONG) and team it with KDP Countdown sales and a free BookBub ad to get some momentum going.
The jury is still out on whether it worked or not. Let's talk numbers.
RUM RUNNER had 2236 preorders at $4.99.
WEBCAM had 637 preorders at $4.99.
LAST CALL has had 1662 preorders at $5.99.
WATCHED TOO LONG wasn't available for preorder. It's a 20,000 word novella priced at $2.99.
So far, RUM RUNNER has sold 3300 copies, so it's made about $12k in sales 21 days, and 350,000 KENP reads (which at $.0045 per page is $1575). Not counting preorders, it is averaging 45 sales and 16700 KENP reads per day, which means it is steadily earning $232 daily.
So far, WATCHED TOO LONG has sold 400 copies, with 26,350 KENP reads. It has been out for 24 days, and has earned $958. Sales are steady, and it is averaging $40 a day. I'm pleased with that, but wonder if that couldn't have been more if we'd done a preorder page.
When I have data on WEBCAM and LAST CALL, I'll do an update.
But then the data gets weird.
The BookBub ad for free RUSTY NAIL (the third Jack Daniels thriller) cost $450. I gave away over 60,000 ebooks.
Prior to the ad, it had been getting about 4000 KENP reads per day. In the 10 days after the ad, it had 234,000 reads, earning $1053. Since then is has averaged about 8000 page reads a day.
But a rising tide lifts all boats. Sine the launch of RUM RUNNER and WATCHED TOO LONG, I've been averaging 150,000 KENP reads per day.
Prior to the launch, I was averaging 50,000 KENP reads per day. My KENP income is $675 a day.
Prior to the launch, I was selling about 70 ebooks per day. Since the launch, not counting preorder sales, I'm averaging 180.
I'm curious to see how WEBCAM will add to this.
3. Unknowns. Because I have so much happening at once, I don't know what to credit for tripling my KDP income. I think the preorders played a big part, but so did the BookBub ad, the discounts, the booklinker bibliographies, and possibly other intangibles like the Easter holiday, and the long gap since my last solo novel.
As per usual, I don't know what worked and what didn't. I can only guess.
Preorders seem to be a smart move. They're a more stressful way to release a book, but it's a healthy stress and it pushes you harder. The extra money and buzz is worth it.
BookBub still works, even for freebies.
Putting out a new release while discounting other titles seems to raise the series up in both KENP and sales. It's 21 days after RUM RUNNER was released, and sales are steady with no sign of decline.
Novellas don't sell nearly as well as novels, but I already knew that.
I haven't gotten any reader input yet on how I intertwined the novels, other than a few reviewers who seem confused by it rather than pleased.
I don't know how long this income bump will last. It remains to be seen how WEBCAM and LAST CALL do, and I'm still not quite back at the KDP levels I was at prior to the Kindle Unlimited subscription service.
Besides butting booklinker links in the back matter of these new titles, I also put in new complete bibliographies based on my biblio ebook. How much this has helped sales, I dunno. But that biblio is averaging 10 downloads a day from people who obviously want to know what to read next.
Jack Kilborn doesn't sell as well as J.A. Konrath. I'm thinking of ditching Kilborn completely, and rebranding all of my titles as Konrath. I'd really like to hear your comments on that. Good idea? Bad idea?
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Can it be nearly 50 years since Julie Andrews introduced herself to movie audiences (and Oscar voters) by soaring in, clutching her umbrella and announcing herself as a "practically perfect" nanny?
More to the point: Why has it taken this long for the Disney organization to turn its 1964 hit flick "Mary Poppins" into a musical for the stage?
Perhaps the producers wanted to make certain they had it right, and they very nearly do, judging from the Orange County premiere of the touring version of "Mary Poppins" now in residence at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts.
They certainly have filled the title role perfectly. Steffanie Leigh projects that sublime air of sweetness and superiority that earned Andrews the Oscar in her movie debut (after having been passed over for Eliza in "My Fair Lady," the role she created on Broadway). Leigh's Victorian nanny is both gorgeous and mystically crafty, a sort of ethereal being, deftly capable of turning all things right in the end.
She has her work cut out for her. The new children in her charge are a bratty pair — Camille Mancuso and Marissa Smoker share the role of Jane while Talon Ackerman and Tyler Merna divide the part of Michael. Whichever pair performed on opening night, they were strongly effective.
Fortunately, Mary has a little help in the person of chimney sweep buddy Bert (Nicolas Dromard), who assists in the creation of fantasy sequences and keeps the show's pace humming. He also headlines a swiftly choreographed number with his fellow sweepers ("Step in Time") which is quite enjoyable, just as long as you don't care to discern the lyrics.
The kids' parents are particularly well played by Laird Mackintosh as a stuffy banker who's long lost his sense of fun and Blythe Wilson as a cheery lady who's willingly given up a show business career to raise his children. You'll wonder how these two ever got together in the first place.
Where the show runs a bit off the rails is early in the second act when Mary has departed and a new nanny — the "holy terror" Miss Andrew, who was the father's guardian — takes over. The sequence illustrates why the dad is so dour, but serves no further purpose apart from adding a monstrously showy cameo for Q. Smith, who also takes on two other roles.
Moviegoers' favorite numbers, such as "A Spoonful of Sugar" and "Chim Chim Cher-ee," are gleefully retained, along with the ever-popular "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious," which touches off a glorious production number helmed by Michelle E. White.
Technical effects are particularly impressive in director Richard Eyre's production. The massive scenic designs of Bob Crowley are highlighted by Howard Harrison's fantasy-tinged lighting effects and Steve Canyon Kennedy's robust sound design. Visually, the show is a huge triumph, the theatrical equivalent of a huge ice cream sundae dripping with chocolate sauce.
"Mary Poppins" may be appreciated by the youngsters, at whom it is aimed, and the older folks who remember the movie with fondness in an adventurous production at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts.
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What: "Mary Poppins"
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I really hope that The Kehlsteinhaus (in English-speaking countries also known as the Eagle's Nest) is the pitstop, that would be so epic?
Wow, great work everyone! It seems like a very Christmas-themed leg with the gingerbread houses, the bearded people which look like Santa Claus! And we had a lot of Santas on the previous leg as well! I'm loving the fact that this race was filmed a lot closer to Christmas than usual! There's a great atmosphere with the locals, or so it seems!
Quote from: TARFansurvivor on March 12, 2012, 01:45:43 PMI really hope that The Kehlsteinhaus (in English-speaking countries also known as the Eagle's Nest) is the pitstop, that would be so epic? This on its surface seems like a fine idea. However, Obersalzburg and Berchtesgaden and a long way by either road or rail from Fussen. Mountain highway 23 is the route for the western 2/3. I am going to guess than 60 kph (37 mph) would be an excellent average speed there.The rail alternative required going all the way into Munich to transfer to the line that goes to Bertechsgaden. I believe that it too will take about 4 hours.
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'Toddlers & Tiaras' V. 'Dance Moms': Which Show Will You Watch?
It's a talented tot face-off tonight! Our old favorite 'Toddlers & Tiaras' is going up against Lifetime's new show 'Dance Moms.' Which will you watch?
HollyBaby.com recently got a sneak peek at Dance Moms and we're OBSESSED. It follows Abby Lee's School of Dance, the young girls that attend and their mothers. The girls work each week towards winning a new dance competition — think Toddlers & Tiaras of the competitive dance world. Abby rules her school with an iron fist and has no problem calling the police when one of the moms gets too feisty. We've only seen the first episode, but we can tell this show will be FILLED with drama! Will YOU watch?
By now you know that we here are HollyBaby.com can't get enough of TLC's Toddlers & Tiaras. So, imagine our dismay when we found out these shows are both on AT THE SAME TIME! (Wednesdays at 10pm EST)
We can't decide, so we turn to you HollyMoms: Toddlers & Tiaras or Dance Moms? Which will you watch tonight at 10 pm?


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The lesson in this story is to treat other people the way you would like to be treated. If you want to be treated nice, treat other people nicely.
Annabelle reminded me of myself because she loves to explore just like me. I like to explore looking for money around my house. I also like to search for toys and other things.
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Studios Magazine I am in the new issue of Cloth Paper Scissors Studios Magazine. My little tiny studio in our apartment in DC! Here's a peek below! (click the image to enlarge) You can see our kitty Stanley in the window!
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Congratulations... I love the magazine and am so glad there is a NEW issue out there. I just put a link to your blog on my blog after having used your paint now for a few weeks I am hooked. Love them.
Congratulations, it's lovely to see that you're still excited about being published even though it's happened quite often.
Hi Claudine I shall look out for the article, that magazine is not so easy to find in the UK. Please tell me though, you did tidy up before the photos are taken LOL? It looks awfully tidy.
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