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Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Where there's a will, there's a way.
49 comments:
- Bloom said...
I'm onto the fungi Janet. I just happen to work with a fungi expert, and have forwarded him the photos for his learned opinion. WIll let you know what he comes up with. Ros x
- May 3, 2011 at 3:59 PM
- Mary said...
Great blocks! I love that you steamed and ironed them into submission! Ha! Interesting colors you are finding around the park....but the last two pics are a bit scary!!!
- May 3, 2011 at 4:03 PM
- Jessica said...
Your circle blocks look great!
- May 3, 2011 at 4:18 PM
- Kirie said...
Besides the amazing quilt blocks I was astonished to see such fungi. The star-looking one is Aseroe rubra, commonly known as the anemone stinkhorn, sea anemone fungus or starfish fungus. For the first one, I have no idea.
- May 3, 2011 at 4:25 PM
Sorry if this is a double post, problems with the lousy web browser at work.
I recognise the first fungi. My sister used to have it in her garden. It stinks! Took ages to get rid of it. It's called Phallus rubicundus.
- May 3, 2011 at 4:47 PM
- Cathy said...
I love your blocks Janet, thanks for showing how to block it I've not done that before. As for your fungi, I'm not surprised that first one is a Phallus something or other, I won't tell you what I thought of when I first saw it!! You have some very weird things where you walk!!! xo
- May 3, 2011 at 4:58 PM
- Andi said...
Never knew you could block a quilt block!!
- May 3, 2011 at 5:38 PM
- Patchwork and Play said...
Fabulous blocks- I too didn't know you could iron them into submission! And what amazing fungi! I had to check you were from Australia, not Mars! They actually remind me of stuff that lives in the sea so I am not surprised by the anemone name!
- May 3, 2011 at 5:55 PM
- Meredith said...
ok I disagree. If you hand pieced the blocks I see photos of you are skilled at hand piecing. They look great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- May 3, 2011 at 6:18 PM
- Shirley said...
Great looking blocks and great piecing skills. I spray starch mine sometimes to get them to behave. Just don't eat those mushrooms, wierd things happen when you do, I would hate for your quilting arm to drop off.
- May 3, 2011 at 6:46 PM
- Rachaeldaisy said...
EWWWwwwwwW!!! Those fungi are a bit creepy!!!! I love the circle blocks, such amazing fabrics!! So interesting to read about blocking them.
- May 3, 2011 at 6:49 PM
- Maree: said...
I Love Circles & your Blocks are Fabulous...Great Construction in them...Thanks for sharing.
- May 3, 2011 at 7:23 PM
- Janet said...
Great blocks. Not boring at all.
Brillant, the why you made them fit your way.
Yes, interesting fungi. Wish we had
some, just dust here.
- May 3, 2011 at 8:59 PM
- Stephanie said...
Gosh I love all of your circle blocks. You always offer such great tips.
Very interesting fungi!!! The pink spidery thing looks like an urchin or something from the sea.
- May 3, 2011 at 9:34 PM
- Crispy said...
Your blocks are wonderful Janet!! Curved piecing is not the easiest part of hand piecing (machine piecing either). I'm really loving these blocks!!
- May 3, 2011 at 9:38 PM
- Joan said...
Wonderful blocks Janet - those fungi are impressive - perhaps one is an insect eater and thats whats left behind :( yuk...maybe not :)
Never doen curved piecing, so I am impressed with yours!
- May 3, 2011 at 9:50 PM
- Kathie said...
the blocks are beautiful
hand piecing just not my thing
ah yes blocking and a bit of steam can make it become the size you need!
just beautiful
- May 3, 2011 at 10:06 PM
- Barb said...
Your blocks are awesome...when you find out what the fungus is...wil you post?
- May 3, 2011 at 10:06 PM
- ranette said...
I love all of these blocks and I'm sad because I should have done this block of the month...lol
I didn't know you could "block" a quilt block either, but now I do and watch out world!
I may have to pull my Klosjes out of hibernation because yours look so good.
- May 3, 2011 at 10:28 PM
- Kaaren said...
Your talents and ingenuity never cease to amaze me, Janet. I love your solution...if it doesn't fit, make it fit! Works for me.
As for the fungi, I think I'll pass. They do look prehistoric to me.
- May 3, 2011 at 10:42 PM
- Notjustnat said...
Wonderful blocks, they are all gorgeous colour too. Love the Joseph's Coat block best.
No, I haven't seen anything like those pink thingy! I wander if it can be use in natural dye! Hugs Nat
- May 3, 2011 at 10:46 PM
- Pinkadot Quilts said...
I never think to block anything, I must remember that. I would have appliqued the Joseph's Coat block too!
Your blocks are fabulous!
- May 3, 2011 at 10:47 PM
- Carrie P. said...
You are the master of the fabric. lol What challenging blocks to make.
Strange but pretty fungi.
- May 3, 2011 at 11:23 PM
- Thimbleanna said...
Haha -- I'm laughing at the name of that first fungii. Your blocks are gorgeous Janet. I didn't know you could block quilt blocks (ha) like you can knitting. Very clever!
- May 3, 2011 at 11:23 PM
- Lori said...
Love your circle blocks Janet! And the idea to block them is perfect.
- May 3, 2011 at 11:49 PM
- Donna~~ said...
Your circles are wonderful. What a good idea to block them into submission!
- May 4, 2011 at 12:21 AM
- Ann Champion said...
I love your circle blocks! You're doing a fabulous job on them..and the fabrics are so interesting. I would have appliqued the Joseph's Coat too.
The fungi are so interesting. I'm glad you had your camera and shared the pics. I've never seen anything so exotic!
- May 4, 2011 at 12:28 AM
- imquilternity said...
I absolutely love your Circle Game blocks! Such a wonderful combination of great fabrics!!!
- May 4, 2011 at 1:55 AM
- Janet said...
Those fungi are so colorful it's hard to believe they're real - so interesting.
Your circle blocks look wonderful! They look like they would be very challenging to piece. I'm glad you were able to get them to the size you need.
- May 4, 2011 at 2:18 AM
- Donna K. from N. TX said...
I've used your ironing a wonky block technique before with success. Sometimes you just have to mess with it until it works.
- May 4, 2011 at 3:24 AM
- Nifty Quilts said...
Your blocks are beautiful, love those fabric choices. And your mushrooms very interesting! It's not often that I show my grown son something from a quilting blog. But I'll show him these!
- May 4, 2011 at 5:50 AM
- Mimi said...
Wow, your blocks are beautiful. I can't wait to see what quilt these go into. You amaze me with all the interesting projects that you work on. Wish we were neighbors. Doesn't matter to us quilters where we find and fall in love with "color" ....even if it is fungii. LOL
- May 4, 2011 at 8:22 AM
- Julia said...
Lovely blocks Janet..will look great togther...must remember the blocking trick..
That fungi looks a bit scary...like something out of a sci-fi movie..
Julia ♥
- May 4, 2011 at 9:25 AM
- Sonja♥ said...
Not sure this would be a "game" for me, I'm not gifted in hand piecing;)
I love the contrast between the B&W paper/striped/dotted fabric and the coloured fabric:) Splendid!!!
Waow, never saw such colored and star or phallus shaped fungis in Europe!!! Ours are quite boring compare to yours:)
- May 4, 2011 at 4:16 PM
- Marit said...
Your BOM is divine! Thank you for sharing how you size them... The wildlife in your garden is quite special!
- May 4, 2011 at 5:55 PM
- Dixie said...
Your fabric choices for the circle blocks are amazing, and your blocking idea looks like it worked great! I love the look of fungi, toadstools and moss, but my husband thinks its wierd - pooh on him! :)
- May 4, 2011 at 11:57 PM
- Kim D. said...
I love your wonderful blocks Janet, I had to chuckle at your comment on the Joseph's Coat block, I would probably end up appliqueing it as well. I really need to improve my hand piecing skills. Like everyone else I'm intrigued by the bright toadstool and the fungi. The fungi looks like a starfish.
- May 5, 2011 at 1:27 AM
- Sujata said...
I need to hold my jaw up from now on every time I visit your blog! Your blocks are gorgeous. I don't think I will add any thing new to what has already been said.
You are amazing! Still have to tackle that hand piecing.. Someday!
- May 5, 2011 at 2:28 AM
- SewWhatsNew said...
Janet, Love your blocks and your fungi. I make donation quilts with friends for our local hospitals and so on; and when the blocks come back they are not all the same size, so I do block them before I try to re-make or even trim them to fit. Blocking works for square blocks also. Thanks for sharing all your beautiful work.
- May 5, 2011 at 5:38 AM
- Bloom said...
Janet, direct from my fungus expert friend: "The "Starfish Fungus" is Aserore rubra which is extremely common around Sydney and more so where lots of wood mulch has been used. The other one is probably Lysurus garderi although it is missing its "head". Both are part of the group called stinkhorns due to the unpleasant smell associated with the slimy spore mass which attracts flies who carry around the spores on their feet and spread it around." i also neglected to say how gorgeous your circle blocks are! They are amazing! Ros x
- May 5, 2011 at 8:43 AM
- M and M plus 3 said...
When do you sleep? I struggle to get one block done and here you have several, all of which are AWESOME!
- May 6, 2011 at 4:18 AM
- Terry said...
Your blocks look great! And I love all the odd little toadstools! :0)
- May 6, 2011 at 7:49 AM
- Barb said...
good lesson in blocking, Janet.
Your blocks look wonderful.
I love your fungi photos - weird things aren't they?
- May 6, 2011 at 9:00 PM
- Michelle said...
I absolutely love your circles, wish I had known about the circle game earlier, it would have been right up my quilting alley!!
- May 7, 2011 at 9:03 AM
- Kris said...
What fabulous circles! I think you have tamed them. Nice job.
- May 7, 2011 at 11:55 AM
- Oops-Lah said...
Great way to "force" the round blocks into the right shape/size. Do you do it with square blocks too? Or does that not work? Your circle blocks are stunning and I'm looking forward to seeing what you'll do with them.
- May 10, 2011 at 6:29 AM
- Ivory Spring said...
I am totally loving these circles, Janet. You know, some people have a way with words, you have a way with fabrics!!!!
- May 18, 2011 at 8:20 PM
- Nanette Merrill and daughters said...
The blocks are fabulous, fantastic and wonderful. They make me want to stop everything and start sewing.
- May 24, 2011 at 12:47 AM
- Robin said...
The blocking method you've got is so smart! I will have to give that a try next time I need a block to submit. :) And I LOVE the blocks! What a fun BOM!
- June 1, 2011 at 12:08 PM


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Although still dead, the L-W climate bill remains a subject of morbid curiosity. Now that its body has been donated to science, L-W will probably get as much attention as a certain season finale also about anatomy.
Grist has kindly posted the version of the L-W bill that will go to the Senate floor (through the miracle of Scribd here). This is the "substitute amendment" by Senate Environment and Public Works Chair Barbara Boxer (D-CA) to the Climate Security Act.
In dissecting the bill, let's start with Title V, Subtitle C: Emergency Off-Ramps.
If the price of carbon allowances reaches a certain price range, there is a mechanism that will automatically release additional emission allowances onto the market to lower the price. The additional allowances are borrowed so that the environmental integrity of the caps over the long term is protected."
We see here that the bill was rushed to the emergency room in a desperate attempt to save the bill from the safety valve. Yes, borrowing is a better idea than the safety valve (see A Better Idea Than the "Safety Valve"), but the patient is left with a medical mystery that would even intrigue the Sherlock Holmes of diagnosticians, Dr. Gregory House — what is meant by "a certain price range"?
If that price range is anywhere near $30 a ton of carbon (and rising each year), then the coroner's original cause of death, "apathy," will prove to be well justified (though justifiable homicide would also be a plausible verdict). If it is closer to $30 a ton of carbon dioxide (and rising each year), we may have to look elsewhere. [For a critique of the greenhouse gas target, see A Siegel here.]
Interestingly, with the body still warm, we almost forgot about the deceased's will. But in a move whose generosity will warm the hearts of everyone but the coldest conservatives, the bill creates the largest bequest in history — $5.6 trillion from now through 2050 — to boost clean energy and to satisfy various interest groups. Let's look at the astonishing array of beneficiaries Boxer's amendment provides (all dollars are cumulative through 2050):
- $190 billion [through 2050] To Funding Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Worker Training Program, and a new Climate Change Worker Assistance Program
[Thumbs Up: We will need a lot of skilled workers to make those 14 wedges happen.]
- Carbon intensive manufacturing industries will receive $213 billion through 2050 to help them adjust to the cap and trade program
[Thumbs Sidewise: Depends on how the money is allocated. Sadly, President Bush has gutted the key federal program aimed at jointly developing and deploying low carbon technologies with the carbon-intensive industries. I'd use part of this money to revive that program.]
- nearly $800 billion tax relief fund, which will help consumers in need of assistance related to energy costs.
[Thumbs Up: Conservatives are always complaining that carbon policies will hurt the poor, so I can only assume they will embrace this wholeheartedly. Ideally, some of this money will go towards weatherization programs that cut the energy bills of consumers.]
- $911 billion to consumers through local electricity and gas utilities … to ensure that consumers are protected from increases in energy costs, and to promote low carbon energy, and energy efficiency
[Thumbs Up: What a Rudy-Giuliani-esque amount of money. Since we already have the tax relief fund, most of this should go towards energy efficiency.]
- $254 billion to states that rely heavily upon manufacturing and coal, to help them transition to a low-carbon economy.
[Thumps Sort of Up: Can't fight the inevitable.]
- $307 billion in transition assistance for fossil electric utilities to help them transition to the new low-carbon economy
- $34 billion in transition assistance for petroleum refiners
- $20 billion in transition assistance for Natural Gas producers
[Thumbs start to wonder if they can get transition assistance.]
- $171 billion to funding for mass transit.
[Thumbs say "Duh!" (Using American Sign Language).]
- $300 billion to support agriculture and forestry programs that cut emissions but don't qualify to be used as offsets
[Thumbs Down: Thumbs can't imagine what such programs would be. The offsets allowed in L-W are more than enough, not even counting the biofuels programs.]
- $237 billion for state wildlife adaptation programs
[Thumbs wonder if we can set up some luxury condoes for the Grolar Bears.]
- $ 30.7 billion to reward companies that have taken early action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
[Thumbs think this is not a bad idea, but can't imagine how anyone could figure out .who deserves this money.]
- $51 billion for energy-efficient buildings
- $51 billion for "the superefficient equipment and appliances deployment program"
[Thumbs say "If the polluters get paid, then why not?" (in ASL). ]
- $51 billion to support manufacturers that achieve high energy efficiency gains
[T.D. Double counting. This is really the same thing as the helping the carbon intensive manufacturing industries.]
- $150 billion to owners or operators of facilities that deploy renewable energy technologies.
- $92 billion to assist in deploying low carbon electricity technology, including nuclear power
[Thumbs sideways: Thumbs have no trouble incentivizing emerging technologies that are taken off the list once they achieve, say, 1% of electricity generation. But relatively mature technologies shouldn't need any extra incentive beyond a carbon price — this means you, nuclear power!]
- $17 billion thorugh 2050 for advanced energy research
[Thumbs wonder what Shellenberger and Nordhaus will think of such crumbs for breakthroughs.]
- $15.7 billion for coal with carbon capture and storage
- $68 billion to help auto companies retool facilities to build advanced vehicles
- $26 billion four cellulosic biofuels
[Thumbs offer no objection.]
- $68 billion for deforestation and-prevention activities for countries which are not yet capable of participating in the offset program
[Thumbs are puzzled by this but, being thumbs, they have a very short attention span and can't trouble themselves to figure out what this could possibly refer to.]
- $342 billion to support international adaptation and to protect national security
[Thumbs like international adaptation funds, but would like to hear more details about this "national security" stuff. Thumbs wonder if this will go to hire border security agents to keep keep the hundreds of millions of dollars of environmental refugees created by climate change out of this country? Or is it to help the Navy figure out how to design ports that can deal with 6 inches of sea level rise per decade for centuries? Inquiring thumbs want to know.]


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Before I get into my Sweet Sunday post, I have three important bits of new to share:
1. The Sweet Sunday Sketch Team is having a Design Team Call. Read all the details below.
2. The MFT Boutique is having a Summer Sale! From now until June 18th everything is 20% off, no coupon required. *online orders only, retail orders only, not valid on previous purchases
3. Today is the last day to enter my Blog Candy contest for a chance to win a $50 voucher to the MFT Boutique. Read THIS POST for details. The winner will be drawn and announced tomorrow.
Ok, on to my card...first I just want to say how much I love this sketch with the little flag and flower details!!! They add so much "je ne sais quoi" to my card! Thanks for yet another delightful sketch Karen!!
I used à la modes I've Got UR Back from My Favorite Things. The big letters are so fun to paper piece! I use patterns from the My Mind's Eye On the Bright Side One paper pad, then I coloured the girl with copic markers. I stitched the image to a layer of Berrylicious card stock.
I used the smallest size of the Botanical Beauty Die-namics to create the patterned flower and used the Royal Leaves Die-namics to cut out the Sour Apple felt. The card base is Orange Fizz card stock.
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Last weekend Mama T came up to London and what better way to spend a Saturday afternoon than wandering around the fantastic rooms at Buckingham Palace followed by a delicious cream tea in the Royal gardens?
By far the biggest tourist attraction in London (probably even worldwide), Buckingham Palace has played the backdrop to many Olympic events this year with all the major road races passing by this iconic backdrop.
It's not just its size and splendour that attracts tourists from all corners of the world but its aura and mystery leads to much attention and speculation about what life within the palace must be like.
Well luckily for us, Queenie opens the palace gates to the public during the summer months, allowing all our Princess dreams come true - and, trust me, it's simply spectacular!
Unfortunately no photographs can be taken inside the palace but we spent the afternoon touring the State Rooms, wandering through the never ending hallways which are lined with some fantastic collections of art and statues and having a sneak peak at some of the Queen's most precious diamonds.
Now, don't get me wrong, I am a fan of the Royal Family but the oppulence within the state rooms was beyond belief. Of course I knew the palace was going to be grand but the gold ceilings, ellabroate decorations and extensive world-famous art collections made me feel as though I was in an Arabian palace and was not what I expected.
By far the highlight of our afternoon at the palace was the vast and beautiful private gardens....
The palace cafe on the garden terrace next to the swimming pool offered the perfect location to spend a sunny afternoon and served up a delicious afternoon tea selection...
Before leaving we went on a stroll and explored the gardens a bit further and came across this hidden lake...
A fantastic afternoon that I would put at the top of all to-do lists when visiting London over the summer.


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woods, underbrush, etc
, serving to shelter and conceal wild animals or game; a covert
vegetation that serves to protect or conceal animals, such as birds, from excessive sunlight, from drying, or from predators
a set of eating utensils and the like, as plate, knife, fork, and napkin, placed for each person at a table
an assumed identity, occupation, or business that masks the true or real one:His job at the embassy was a cover for his work as a spy
a covering of snow, especially when suitable for skiing
a pretense; feigning
a person who substitutes for another or stands ready to substitute if needed:She was hired as a cover for six roles at the opera house
cover charge
an envelope or outer wrapping for mail
a letter folded so that the address may be placed on the outside and the missive mailed
funds to cover liability or secure against risk of loss
cover version
Also called covering
a collection of sets having the property that a given set is contained in the union of the sets in the collection
As Verb phrases
cover up, to cover completely; enfold
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break cover, to emerge, especially suddenly, from a place of concealment:The fox broke cover and the chase was on
cover one's / someone's ass, Slang: Vulgar
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within an envelope: The report will be mailed to you under separate cover
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a courtyard, especially of a house, enclosed by low buildings or walls
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, on which to sit, kneel, or lie
anything similar in form, used to dampen shocks or to prevent excessive pressure or chafing
something to absorb or counteract a shock, jar, or jolt, as a body of air or steam
something that lessens the effects of hardship, distress, or the like:His inheritance was a cushion against unemployment
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any part or structure resembling a cushion
the resilient raised rim encircling the top of a billiard table
a pad worn under the hair by women
a portion of a radio or television script that can be adjusted in length or cut out altogether in order to end the program on time
Ice Hockey, Canadian
the iced surface of a rink
a pillow used in lacemaking
a leather pad on which gold leaf is placed preparatory to gilding
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to furnish with a cushion or cushions
to cover or conceal with, or as if with, a cushion
to lessen or soften the effects of:to cushion the blow to his pride
to suppress (complaints, lamentations, etc
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to form (steam or the like) into a cushion
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Tomorrow afternoon I leave Shijiazhuang. I cannot believe that my time here is already up. It feels like just yesterday I walked off the plane in Beijing. It has been a completely different experience then I expected. China is a completely opposite culture from anything that I have ever been around in my life. I am very glad that I have had the opportunity to do this and I have gotten to experience so many things that I otherwise would not have had the chance to do. I met so many great people and I made a great deal of friends that I hope to keep in touch with over the years. I would be lying if I said I am not excited to be headed back to the states, but part of me is truly sad to be leaving Shijiazhuang and all the friends that I have made here. I plan to return to China after I graduate college to teach english, but that is a while from now and who knows if I ever actually will. For now it is goodbye China, but I hope to see you soon.
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Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
I am writing to you from Pantanassa Greek Orthodox Monastery. You may not have heard about our monastery before. We are a Greek Orthodox monastery located on the Central Coast of N.S.W. Australia. Our monastery was established with the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Stylianos, Primate of the Greek Orthodox Church, in 1976, and currently consists of 5 monks. In May 2005 we began constructing a monastic complex in a beautiful location on top of a cliff overlooking the Dubbo Valley and nearby National Parks at Mangrove Mountain. Although construction has progressed well we have only completed about 45% of the project. In order to raise funds, the fathers of the monastery make and sell pure beeswax Easter Candles. These candles are ideal Easter gifts for relatives and God-children or for taking to Church for the Easter – Resurrection Service.
We thank you in advance for your assistance and pray that by the intercessions of our Lady Theotokos Pantanassa, the blessings of our Lord be upon you and your families this Easter. Prayerfully yours
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Oscars: 'Daily Show' Asks Why 'Straight Outta Compton' and 'Creed' Nominees Were White
"White people love feeling bad about how they treated black people, so to make a hit black movie, you need a whip, a firehouse or a Negro spiritual," correspondent Roy Wood Jr. explains.
On Thursday night, The Daily Show took on the Oscar nominees' lack of diversity. For the second year in a row, the Academy failed to nominate any actors of color for its acting awards. And as Daily Show correspondent Roy Wood Jr. pointed out, even when the Academy recognized black movies, they nominated white people involved with the film, such as Sylvester Stallone for Creed and Straight Outta Compton's white screenwriters.
"Straight Outta Compton? More like Straight Outta Cornell," Wood Jr. quipped.
Ultimately, though, Wood Jr. and host Trevor Noah determined, the real people to blame are black filmmakers.
"It's time for black filmmakers to rise up and admit that they know the only way to win best picture is by pandering to white Oscar voters," Noah joked.
"Yeah, we know the rules. If we want to win an Oscar, we have to make a movie about black people being oppressed," Wood Jr. added. "White people love feeling bad about how they treated black people, so to make a hit black movie, you need a whip, a firehouse or a Negro spiritual."
Indeed, Noah pointed out that one of the few black Oscar nominees this year is The Weeknd, up for best original song for his Fifty Shades of Grey track "Earned It."
Fifty Shades, Noah explained, "is basically a movie about a rich white guy who likes whipping people."
But the Daily Show host said it "sucks" that in order for black filmmakers to win Oscars, they have to make movies about slavery.
Wood Jr. countered, "We can make any movie we want, we just have to trick white people into thinking the movie is about slavery."
For instance, he suggested throwing in the sound of people humming a spiritual.
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And the Daily Show team even "sprinkled a little slavery" in Creed. They re-cut the trailer to make it about how Michael B. Jordan's character's great-grandfather was a slave and now he has to fight for his freedom in Freed.
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for Health Care Providers
Background - Liver Transplant
Liver transplantation is the surgical replacement of a diseased liver by all or part of a donated liver. Generally the donated liver comes from a person who has suffered brain death or severe brain injury. Liver transplantation is used to treat persons at high risk of dying from liver diseases, most of whom have cirrhosis of the liver. Such patients undergo a pre-transplant evaluation, then are considered for being placed on a "wait-list" for transplantation. As of early 2005, 17,000 patients in the U.S. have undergone an evaluation, were found to be suitable candidates, and are currently awaiting liver transplants on a United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) waitlist. Approximately 5,000 liver transplants are performed in the U.S. per year. Cirrhosis due to hepatitis C (HCV) is the leading indication for liver transplantation in the U.S., accounting for at least 40% of transplants.(1)
Transplant Candidacy
Any patient at high risk of dying from liver disease can be considered for referral for liver transplant evaluation. The process of evaluation and listing for liver transplantation is long, and patients need to be committed to undergoing intensive medical and psychiatric evaluation.
Many patients with complications of cirrhosis are not candidates for transplantation due to ongoing substance use problems, inadequate social support, or serious medical conditions. Even if they go through the evaluation process, they should understand that placement on a UNOS transplant waiting list is a decision that is made by each transplant center. Many patients who complete an evaluation ultimately are not placed on a waiting list. On the other hand, for patients who are good candidates, liver transplantation is an important, life-saving procedure. The following are some important factors to consider prior to referral:
- Substance use: Many patients with hepatitis C-related cirrhosis have a past history of substance abuse. All patients need to have achieved durable sobriety (generally for at least 6 months) from all substances they have used or abused (including alcohol and marijuana) before being able to be listed for transplant.
- Social support: Cirrhosis is an illness characterized by poor memory, fatigue, and alterations in levels of consciousness. As such, patients cannot go through an evaluation, a transplant, and a post-transplant course alone. They require an attentive person, or preferably more than one, who can learn how to take care of them and, if necessary, do what is needed to get them help. A primary social support person needs to be identified and available throughout the transplant referral process.
- Medical problems: A liver transplant is a long, complicated surgery, and a patient's other organs need to be healthy if the patient is to survive a peri-transplant period. Coronary artery disease, cardiac function, pulmonary function, renal function, and other major medical problems need to be non-life-threatening in their own right and controlled before listing for transplant can be carried out.
- Severity of liver dysfunction: The MELD score [0.957 x loge(creatinine, mg/dl)+0.378 x loge(bilirubin, mg/dl) + 1.12 x loge(INR) + 0.643, rounded, multiplied by 10] is now used to determine priority for transplantation. MELD scores vary from 6 (less ill) to 40 (gravely ill). Before they are listed for liver transplantation, patients generally should have a Child-Turcotte-Pugh (CTP) score of 7 or greater, and/or a MELD score of 12 or greater.
- Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC): This is a common complication of HCV cirrhosis, occurring at a rate of 1-3% per year (2). Limited HCC--defined as 1 cancer <5 cm in diameter or ≤3 cancers, each <3 cm in diameter, with no vascular nor extrahepatic cancer (3)--is still considered to be an indication for liver transplantation. HCC outside of these criteria should be treated in a multidisciplinary fashion.
Contraindications to liver transplant:
- non-HCC cancer (other than simple skin cancer) treated in the last 3-5 years
- advanced HIV disease
- severe behavioral disease or social condition that would prevent following medical instructions
Clinical Management of Cirrhosis
Early detection of cirrhosis and recognition of advancing liver disease by clinicians are very important so that the widest range of treatment options can be offered to patients. Staging of liver disease should be performed in any patient with HCV. This generally includes a liver biopsy, which can show mild, moderate, or severe liver scarring, with severe scarring being cirrhosis. Physical examination or abdominal imaging with ultrasound, CT scan, or MRI generally also will reveal evidence of cirrhosis, when it is present.
The American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases recommendations on management and treatment of patients with cirrhosis and portal hypertension should be consulted for more detail. Patients with cirrhosis should not drink any alcohol, and should be encouraged to remain active, eat a healthy diet, and not smoke cigarettes. These actions may delay or prevent the need for liver transplantation, improve the chance of survival until a liver becomes available, and enhance the chances of many years of healthy life after transplantation.
Other recommendations:
- Abstinence from all illegal drugs including marijuana. Prescription drugs with abuse potential, like opiates or benzodiazepines, should also be limited in patients being considered for transplant.
- Treatment of any substance abuse or behavioral condition
- Treatment of liver disease (for example, antiviral therapy for hepatitis B or C)
- Vaccination against hepatitis A or B
- Weight loss for obese persons
- Optimal treatment of other health conditions (such as diabetes, hypertension, high cholesterol)
- Consultation with the hepatologist before using any medication (prescribed or over-the-counter), nutritional supplement, or herbal preparation
- Screening of cirrhotic patients for HCC, with abdominal ultrasound or CT scan, in conjunction with serum alphafetoprotein, every 6 months
Timing of Referral for Consideration of Liver Transplantation
Patients with cirrhosis can have certain forms of decompensation, which should alert the clinician that their liver disease is progressing:
- Elevated bilirubin
- Ascites
- Falling albumin (<3.5), loss of lean body mass
- PT or INR prolongation
- Variceal hemorrhage
- Hepatic encephalopathy
VA Transplant Referral
Over 300 liver transplants have been performed within VA in the past 5 years, with survival that meets or exceeds UNOS averages. Veterans listed at VA transplant centers are listed with and are allocated organs by standardized criteria on equal footing with non-veteran patients. Veterans being served by VA facilities may be referred for consideration of liver transplantation either through their VA health benefits or through other forms of health insurance.
If veterans wish to use their VA health benefits, a "transplantation packet" is completed by providers at their local VAMC and forwarded to VA Central Office in Washington, D.C. The packet is reviewed by members of the VA Liver Transplant Board, and if approved as an appropriate referral, is forwarded to one of four national VA liver transplant centers:
- Houston, Texas
- Nashville, Tennessee
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Portland, Oregon
- Richmond, Virginia
The veteran and their support person are then asked to present for an in-person evaluation at the transplant center, which generally takes 3-5 days. After this evaluation, the veteran is discussed at the transplant center's "selection conference," and either accepted, and placed on a waiting list for a future transplant; deferred, pending further evaluation; or declined as a candidate.
The specifics of this process, expenses covered by Central Office versus referring centers, and all necessary forms and contact information are available through the National VA Transplant Office.
Clinical Management Post-Transplant
Survival and quality of life for most liver transplant patients are quite good. One-year survival rates are above 80%(4), and most patients are able to return to active lives within months of liver transplantation. Most patients live for many years after transplantation.
Patients are required to take medications daily to prevent rejection of the new liver and must follow up frequently with their health care providers. Provision of medications within the VA system is the responsibility of the referring VA facility. No substitution of formulation should be undertaken without consulting with the transplant center. Drug interactions are very common and new drugs (especially lipid-lowering drugs, antibiotics, antifungal agents, ACE inhibitors, some calcium channel blockers, and St. John's Wort) should not be started without notifying the transplant center. A variety of immunosuppressive protocols are used by VA transplant centers, which include:
- cyclosporine (Neoral, Gengraf, Sandimmune)
- tacrolimus (Prograf)
- mycophenolate mofetil (Cellcept)
- sirolimus (Rapamune)
- prednisone
Patients must be capable of maintaining a good collaborative relationship with the medical team to assure the health of the new liver and to deal with medical conditions that commonly affect liver transplant recipients. These conditions may include:
- liver allograft rejection
- diabetes
- hypertension
- high cholesterol
- mild renal insufficiency
- occasional infections
- increased risk for a number of different cancers
Treatment of the disease that caused liver failure must be continued after transplant, whether the condition is hepatitis B, hepatitis C, or substance abuse.
- Wiesner RH, Sorrell M, Villamil F, et al. Report of the First International Liver Transplantation Society Expert Panel Consensus Conference on Liver Transplantation and Hepatitis C. Liver Transpl 2003 Nov;9(11):S1-9.
- Fattovich G, Stroffolini T, Zagni I, et al. Hepatocellular carcinoma in cirrhosis: incidence and risk factors.. Gastroenterology 2004 Nov;127(5 Suppl 1):S35-50.
- Mazzaferro V, Regalia E, Doci R, et al. Liver transplantation for the treatment of small hepatocellular carcinomas in patients with cirrhosis.. N Engl J Med 1996 Mar 14;334(11):693-9.
- Austin GL, Sasaki AW, Zaman A, et al. Comparative analysis of outcome following liver transplantation in US veterans. Am J Transplant 2004 May;4(5):788-95.
- Feray C, Caccamo L, Alexander GJ, et al. European collaborative study on factors influencing outcome after liver transplantation for hepatitis C. European Concerted Action on Viral Hepatitis (EUROHEP) Group. Gastroenterology 1999 Sep;117(3):619-25.
- Berenguer M, Prieto M, San Juan F, et al. Contribution of donor age to the recent decrease in patient survival among HCV-infected liver transplant recipients. Hepatology 2002 Jul;36(1):202-10.
- Samuel D, Bizollon T, Feray C, et al. Interferon-alpha 2b plus ribavirin in patients with chronic hepatitis C after liver transplantation: a randomized study. Gastroenterology 2003 Mar;124(3):642-50.


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Growth Hacking by Shishir Gupta
Growth Hacking is a buzzword that emerged in Silicon Valley around 2011 and quickly spread globally. It describes the use of technical skills hybridized with creativity to develop and implement marketing strategies that generates real users.
Some people regard the term as a meaningless meme, but the truth is that Growth Hacking has earned a permanent place in tech startups terminology. It is often said that 'Growth Hacking' is just another way of saying 'online marketing.' It's true that it does include some of the same techniques, however it's different from online marketing, it's much more than that.
Growth hackers are a unique hybrid of coder and marketer, they don't have to beg engineering to implement javascript tracking and testing tools or pull up the latest data from the datastore. With the freedom of being able to do the whole process without barriers and obstacles in the way, successful growth hackers can try a lot of different things really fast. And with good tools, they can measure and analyze what's working and not working.
Mattan Griffel, CEO of One Month has defined growth hacking as follows:
The best way to understand growth hacking and what growth hackers do is to first understand what is meant by the term hacker. A hacker is someone who is more concerned with achieving an objective than following a prescribed process. In other words, hackers care more about what needs to get done than how it should get done. As a result, hackers often come up with innovative ways to get things done.
For example, a hacker may be trying to get unauthorized access to a computer system. It doesn't really matter how he does it (and there often isn't one specifically prescribed method) so long as whatever he's doing gets him access. Because hackers are more concerned with what needs to get done than how it should get done, they tend to be pretty anti-authoritarian and also not do so well at bigger companies where they are expected to do things a certain way.
A growth hacker is a hacker whose objective is to grow the number of users for a specific product. While lots of people consider user growth to be a marketing function, this assumes that there's only one way to get users (namely, marketing). But this isn't true. In fact, more and more over the last few years we've seen new products grow from zero to millions of users with little to no marketing at all.
There are lots of non-marketing decisions that affect user growth. Building viral product features is the most obvious, but there are many others. As a result, it doesn't make sense to place growth hacking within a particular department like marketing or engineering. Instead, it ends up being a cross-functional role.
A growth hacker is someone who throws out traditional thinking and replaces it with what is; testable, track-able and scale-able. Growth hackers pursue sustainable growth. There are many examples of successful Growth Hackers (Facebook, Hotmail, Twitter, Instagram etc.).
Four Phases of Growth Hacking
Product-Market Fit
Growth is Hacked
Retention & Optimization
Product-Market Fit
The single biggest mistake is that a company starts with a crappy product. Therefore, Growth Hackers make stuff people want and continuously incorporate customer feedback into the process. Instagram is a good example of this phenomenon. Their product is their marketing. It's important to find the right 'early adopters' cheaply and quickly because Growth Hackers don't have the budget or marketing departments etc. and they have had to look for tricks and the shortcuts.
A product that sucks will never go viral. It will also never go viral because there is not a reason for it to go viral 'built into the product'. Virality is about building share-ability and publicness into products. The goal of every Growth Hacker is to build a self-perpetuating marketing machine.
Retention and Optimization
From a Growth Hacker perspective it's all about retention and optimization. Retention is easier because the users are already there (vs. acquisition of new customers).
Employing Growth Hacker Tactics
Growth Hacking principles can be employed in any business. However, one must keep in mind that the tactics change over time. Furthermore, the methods used by others (or even again by a company) may not always be employed. This is because Growth Hacking is about finding the under-exploited and missed opportunities and taking advantage of them.
Growth Hacking is a Mindset
Growth Hacking is a way of thinking and asking 'am I doing this because others do it, or am I doing this because it's going to drive users?
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1. Buy patterned skirts that share some of the same colors. That way, you can mix and match shirts, cardigans, shoes, and accessories. The look is completely different without spending an exorbitant amount on an entirely new outfit.
2. When you can't experiment with color, experiment with cut and texture. In the looks below, you'll see a cardigan with a little ruffle, a short sleeved button up, and a lace shirt. This way, I'm playing around with more than the color scheme of the skirt.
3. Pick a pattern that does not scream only summer or fall. Pick a pattern that works well for any season. Instead of choosing a floral pattern with a white background, which seems more "spring/summer" to me, I picked one with a navy background. It has enough color to work for warmer months, but it's not so light that it looks awkward in the winter. (For confirmation, I provided you with a previous look from the winter.)


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Nukote has filed a $100-million lawsuit against Clover Technologies alleging its unfair business practices cost it its Office Depot contracts, thereby forcing it to file for bankruptcy. The complaint sets forth a host of alleged unsavory activity from monopolistic scheming to raiding of employees by Clover. And although Nukote has emerged from bankruptcy, it remains threatened by Clover. In its complaint, Nukote states, "Even today, as Nukote works diligently to regain its place in the market, Clover continues to grind down Nukote under the heel of its market power."
Clover responded with equally strong language in defense of its actions. In its press release, Clover stated "it is abundantly clear that once again, Nukote is abusing the court system in a transparent and desperate effort to raise capital for a business that is on the verge of collapse."
In September, Nukote sued Office Depot for breach of contract. That lawsuit also alleges illegal and unethical behavior by Office Depot that includes SEC reporting violations and underpayment of sums due to Nukote so draconian that it "brought the Debtor (Nukote) to its knees."
In that case, the complaint lays the blame for Nukote's June 2009 Chapter-11 filing on Office Depot. The complaint also alleges that Office Depot's activities were partially motivated by its own financial problems.
In May, Nukote and Office Depot ended their 20-year business relationship, in which Nukote supplied Office Depot with as much as $85 million in product annually.Those contracts were subsequently awarded to Clover Technologies.
In June, the decimated Nukote filed for bankruptcy protection. In September, Nukote sued Office Depot, and chose not to sue Clover at that time. The action was filed as an adversary proceeding within the bankruptcy, therefore providing Nukote's creditors with the promise of a share of any winnings. The plan of reorganization that was approved late last year further provides for such an outcome.
The case against Clover, however, was filed shortly after Nukote emerged from its bankruptcy. This action therefore will be resolved in the sole favor of Nukote if it can prove its allegations. And the case was filed shortly after Nukote incorporated Nukote Illinois, which allowed Nukote to sue Clover in state court since both companies have residence in Illinois.
Clover responded to this maneuver as follows: "the complaint is as empty as the shell corporation Nukote incorporated just this past week to initiate the suit."
About the Author: Tricia Judge is the executive director of the International Imaging Technology Council. She may be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Four UAA student-athletes were chosen to the 2017 NCAA Division III Men's All-America Teams, including two first team selections.
United Soccer Coaches All-America Release
Senior midfielder Josh Ocel of Brandeis was named to the first team, the only men's player to receive All-America honors for the third time in his career. Junior forward Max Lopez, the UAA Most Valuable Player, was also named to the first team, repeating as an All-America selection.
Senior forwards Jason McCartney of Emory University and Geoff Rouin of University of Rochester were each named to the All-America third team.
A total of 92 players (46 men, 46 women) in NCAA Division III soccer receive All-America recognition and will be honored at the United Soccer Coaches All-America Luncheon on Jan. 20, 2018 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center as part of the organization's annual convention.


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It's finally Christmas time, and we're in full holiday swing — including the books that we're currently reading! There are tons of great Christmas-themed novels to dive into these days, filled with cozy family dinners, snowy scenes and plenty of making out under the mistletoe.
Here are 20 recent releases about Christmas that we can't wait to binge on through the holiday season and into 2017:
The Christmas Town, Donna VanLiere (St. Martin's Press, October 18, 2016)
As a foster child, Lauren Gabriel has never really had a place that feels like home. But all of that changes when she unexpectedly ends up in the small town of Grandon one Christmas and starts volunteering at a center for single mothers.
Christmas in Paris, Anita Hughes (St. Martin's Griffin, October 4, 2016)
After leaving her fiancé a week before they were supposed to marry, Isabel Lawson decides to go on the honeymoon anyway. She spends Christmas in Paris by herself, meeting new people, questioning her life choices, and finding herself along the way.
The Trouble with Mistletoe, Jill Shalvis (Avon, September 27, 2016)
Keane Winters and Willa Davis have a long history – only he doesn't seem to remember her at all! So when he shows up at her pet shop needing a cat sitter (and is instantly interested in the gorgeous Willa), he's going to need something of a Christmas miracle to get her to forgive him.
Three Christmas Wishes, Sheila Roberts (MIRA, November 1, 2016)
Three best friends all ask Santa for the same present – the perfect man to snuggle up with under the tree. Despite some ups and downs, they just might get their wish this year.
The Holiday Gift, RaeAnne Thayne (Harlequin Special Edition, December 1, 2016)
Faith Dustin and Chase Brannon have been friends for a long time. This Christmas, Chase is determined to leave the friend-zone behind and convince the widowed Faith to take another chance on love.
Wishing on Snowflakes, Joanne Demaio (October 4, 2016)
Get two adorable stories for the price of one in Demaio's Christmas collection, both set in a snowy New England town, and both featuring couples who need a dose of holiday cheer.
Christmas Days: 12 Stories and 12 Feasts for 12 Days, Jeanette Winterson (Grove Press, December 6, 2016)
Named one of Amazon's Best Books of December 2016, this collection of short stories is inventive and festive, filled with magic, a bit of "spooky wonder," and Winterson's trademark honesty and writing prowess.
A Lowcountry Christmas, Mary Alice Monroe (Gallery Books, October 25, 2016)
The fifth book in Monroe's Lowcountry series, this one is a prequel that focuses on the McClellan family after Taylor returns from war with PTSD. His younger brother, Miller, just wants to have a good Christmas – and that includes getting a tree. But when he gets lost in the woods (along with Taylor's new service dog), his whole family has to come together for a Christmas that none of them will ever forget.
What Light, Jay Asher (Razorbill, October 18, 2016)
This young adult Christmas tale is about Sierra, a teen who's family owns a Christmas tree farm, and Caleb, a boy with a damaged past who's trying hard to move on from his mistakes. Sierra and Caleb fall for each other while she's selling her family's trees, but their circumstances, the past, and their family's feelings threaten to tear the two apart for good.
Twelve Days of Christmas, Debbie Macomber (Ballantine Books, October 4, 2016)
Julia Padden decides that she's going to force her Scrooge-like neighbor Cain Maddox into the friendly Christmas spirit by bombarding him with acts of kindness and chronicling the events on her blog. But when Julia starts to fall for the man under the gruff exterior, she has to come clean about the little experiment that has unexpectedly turned into an Internet sensation.
Winter Storms, Elin Hilderbrand (Little, Brown and Company, October 4, 2016)
Hilderbrand concludes her popular Winter Street trilogy with this final story of the Quinn family at Christmas – including a wedding, family drama and an unexpected blizzard.
Mistletoe Cottage, Debbie Mason (Forever, October 25, 2016)
Sophie DiRossi is keeping a big secret, which is why she's more than a little reluctant to return to her hometown of Harmony Harbor at Christmas. Especially since it means running into her old love – and the source of that big secret – firefighter, Liam Gallagher.
A Baxter Family Christmas, Karen Kingsbury (Howard Books, October 25, 2016)
Kingsbury returns to her beloved Baxter Family series with a novel about loss, love, faith and how families come together for Christmas.
A Royal Christmas Wedding, Rachel Hauck (Zondervan, October 18, 2016)
Avery and Colin meet and fall in love in college, but their circumstances tore them apart, leaving both with a broken heart. After all, Colin is the prince of Brighton Kingdom and family pressure pushed him away from Avery's side. Now he's looking for a second chance, and Avery has to decide if she's truly ready to become his princess.
Christmas Joy, Nancy Naigle (St. Martin's Griffin, October 18, 2016)
When her aunt takes a nasty fall, Joy Holbrook decides to leave her life behind for a while to care for the family farm. It's there that she meets sexy accountant Ben Andrews and a special little girl named Molly who's more than ready to show Joy the true meaning of Christmas.
Merry Cowboy Christmas, Carolyn Brown (Forever, September 27, 2016)
The third book in Brown's Lucky Penny Ranch series finds Fiona Logan returning to her family home for Christmas – and right into the bedroom across the hall from handsome cowboy Jud Dawson.
Miracle on 5th Avenue, Sarah Morgan (HQN Books, December 1, 2016)
In Manhattan during the holiday season, a hopeless romantic finds herself snowed in with a gruff widower who hates all things Christmas. It'll be up to her to lift his spirits, and possibly find love in the process.
Christmas in Eternity Springs, Emily March (St. Martin's Paperbacks, October 4, 2016)
Claire Branham is running from her past (and harboring a dark secret) when she settles into Eternity Springs and begins to fall for handyman and single dad, Jax Lancaster. But when her past finally catches up to her, it threatens everything she's newly built for herself.
The Gift of a Lifetime, Melissa Hill (St. Martin's Griffin, October 4, 2016)
Beth is a hopeless romantic who longs to have the kind of love she sees in her favorite movies. So when she starts getting cryptic messages that send her all over New York in the rom-com style that she loves, she's desperate to find out who's wooing her: her boyfriend Danny, with whom she may have lost that special spark? Or the cute guy at work, Ryan, who might be the new answer to her prayers?
A Highlander's Christmas Kiss, Paula Quinn (Forever, September 27, 2016)
Cailaen Grant had no choice but to join the Black Riders — the very group of for-hire killers who murdered Temperance Menzie's father. But as Cailaen starts to fall for the woman nursing him back to health (during Christmas, of course!), he realizes that he won't be able to keep his identity a secret for very long.


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There's nothing inherently wrong with selling your game on the freemium model — but so few manage to do it right.
Last week, like every week, I was testing out some apps for the Friday App Wrap; specifically, Extinction Squad and Ketai Guardian, because I like crazy-weird games.
One made the final cut, while the other — Ketai Guardian — didn't. This was because, after playing through the "free" section of the game, I still had no idea what the blazes it was all about — it was a dialogue-heavy cutscene, where I could make a few choices, and it told me very little about the gameplay before asking me to part with AU$7.49.
(Note: I don't think that's really an unfair price for a mobile game, but I'm not going to fork it over unless you give me more information on what to expect.)
Extinction Squad, obviously, did make the cut, because I think AU$0.99 is a reasonable price to pay if you're not sure whether you're going to like a game.
I really liked Extinction Squad. I thought it had a top little mechanic with some fun, gory animations, and the reimagining of Charles Darwin as a muscle-bound environmentalist made me chuckle.
But I didn't like the way that in-app purchasing was implemented. Levels and upgrades are purchased with coins, which occasionally fall out of the sky; levels and upgrades cost hundreds. With the coins you start with, you can afford one additional level. You can collect the coins in-game, but it will take a long time.
It seems that in order to actually enjoy the entire game, you have to spend extra money pretty much right off the bat. (Otherwise, you'll just be playing those first two levels over and over, and that's not what I'd classify as "enjoyable".)
In this instance, it's not hugely expensive, but it does feel a little previous.
Let me be clear: it's not that I don't think the work that the developers have put in to the game isn't worth it. If I like a game, I'm happy to spend money on it — it's usually just a buck or two, and I figure that I'm getting at least that much fun out of it.
But the implementation in Extinction Squad felt ... deceptive, somehow. If I pay an upfront price for a game, I kind of expect to get more of the game than just the first two five-minute levels — I'd prefer to pay a higher upfront price and get a little more content, or get the first two levels free, and then purchase further content.
Ketai Guardian failed even at this, with its nothing-of-any-substance prologue immediately followed up by asking for a pretty premium mobile app price. Not only that — the game can also split down three storylines, and, if you want to play through the other two, you have to pay AU$7.49 apiece for them, too.
Both experiences left a bit of a sour taste in my mouth.
Now, I have seen freemium done well. Temple Run is a perfect example. The game — the whole game — is free. Coins are actually pretty easy to collect, so you can play the game, feel like you're progressing and not feel like you have to spend money in order to get anywhere.
I did spend money, because I was really loving the game, and I wanted some extra avatars without having to wait forever. But it was optional, my choice — I could have kept playing the game perfectly happily without it. It added value, instead of yelling, "Surprise! Now we'll hold the rest of the game for ransom unless you give us money!"
Skylanders: Cloud Patrol also does its work well. You can buy gems if you want power-ups and characters right now, but the objectives of the game give gems as rewards, so you can buy them or not, as you like, without significant impact on the core gameplay. Or The Simpsons: Tapped Out (currently unavailable); the Donut currency is expensive to buy, but it's really easy to play the game and save them up.
But then you get time-management games, like Tiny Town. You pretty much have to spend money — and keep spending money — in those. And then, even when you do, there's no more than about 10 minutes' worth of gameplay per round. I want to keep going, but I run out of energy, or all my dudes are on a task that takes 12 hours. Of course, you can spend more money to regain energy or speed things up, but then it turns into a massive money sink, and it's frustrating, because the gameplay — what little you get — is really fun.
Here's what I like: I like a freemium game that gives me good-quality gameplay that I can keep playing without spending money. The money is optional. The money is for cool adds like power-ups that aren't necessary, but add a new element to the gameplay; or skins, which keep the game looking fresh and exciting; or new maps, which don't affect the core gameplay, but give you more of the thing you're loving.
I don't like a game that offers absolutely nothing new unless I pay money, and keep paying money in order to keep playing. (I should probably note that MMOGs on a subscription-based model are the exception here for me.) If I'm playing your game and having a good time, and then either have to stop or grind relentlessly in order to scrape together enough in-game currency to continue, I'm going to feel duped.
Mobile games are fun and interesting, and a lot of really cool developers work hard to make them work. They're worth our time, money and excitement. Just don't trick players with a game that looks like one thing and then turns out to be another. That's not cool, man.
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Tonight I have the second sketch for March along with our Creative Team inspiration.
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During January, we're offering three wintery titles for $30 - Snowflake/different streets by Eileen Myles, Into the Snow by Gennadi Aygi (translated by Sarah Valentine), and Winter Sex by Katy Lederer. Our "Cold Pack" gives you three reasons to stay inside from the slush, sleet, snow or (in our case) rain.
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Hello 49 and Market fans!! I am back today with a layout created with the gorgeous NEW Scents of Nature Collection. My base layer is the "B" side of the Scents of Natures Collection sheet. I used the Blue Petals sheet to layer on top.
This new collection is gorgeous and has lots of fun pieces on the sheets that can be fussy cut and tucked in for added layers and dimension on your creations! Here you can see some of the fussy cut pieces from the Blue Petals sheet.
After my layers were done I added some stamping with the NEW Artsy Stamp Set, Gabi's Butterflies are Free stamp set and I used a Gabi's Line Stitch stamp around the outside edges. Stamping is perfect for added layers and dimension! Once stamping is done it was time to add a bit of masking and color with Shimmerz!
The gorgeous flower clusters are a combo of Vintage Shades Orchid Bouquet, Orchid Blossoms and Alabaster Garden Blooms.
For the top little cluster I tucked in a piece of the Blue Petals sheet in the tear.
That is it for me today…Pop on by our Facebook page for lots of inspiration and don't forget to check out all of the NEW products!! Take care and Happy Scrapping!
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