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Stuff I Loved in 2011Posted by Ken Baumann @ 10:55 pm on December 18th, 2011
That's the feeling I look for, right? In whatever I'm eating, be it real food, or entertainment, art, people. The major event. A safe, manageable portion of the inner land or map blown away, torn out and away, dissolved or smoked. I only know a couple people who really seek that, or when they say they want that destruction it's a good lie, and maybe they've said it enough so it's shared and indistinguishable from truth. Regardless, it's a common myth, a familiar dragon to chase, that of the Art That Changes For Good. I rarely recognize the mountain exploding in realtime, while reading something or watching a movie, it's felt live that way maybe four times in my adultish life. Mostly it's just feeling the echo of the boom a time later. Still, standing mountains aren't terrible, and are often really nice. But sometimes you get lucky (pictured, pictured). Here's what my year looked like:
This year was more so filled with people and events, but some books and movies were important: I read Nothing by Blake Butler in the third floor bedroom in an old house in Sezze, Italy. The room was incredibly hot, and the open window often sent in weird, angry voices over bullhorns; it sounded like some kind of really violent political rally/concert. I read it in three long nights, about six hours of sleep between them. We finally figured it out: sleep in the bottom floor. The stone walls helped. 'Great' is used a lot, it's an easy word to say and type, but Nothing is great. I reviewed it in full over here, but the experience of reading it both induced a 7 day long insomnia in me, and let me unlock and inhabit old memories and soft new thoughts about myself, my mind, death and living. It's a big book. And so fucking admirable and beautiful that HarperPerennial published it. Another one from HP that I read this year is The Marbled Swarm by Dennis Cooper. I tried a review at that one here, too, but it's a book that's perfectly confusing and a strain to talk about in any typical way. Which is very good. I've read it three times.
I read 2666 by Roberto Bolaño. It took at least three months. It's worth all that time and more. I've never read a book that feels this bottomless (a very different sensation than full, like Finnegans Wake or Infinite Jest even). Through the long span of reading it and not reading it, just looking at it, or carrying it around, I kept thinking about art. It's power, its lack of power, what it does to the hypercultured; I'd call most readers of this blog hypercultured. Does it blunt us to the real trauma around us? To the relationships and forms that are actually unavoidable? I wouldn't be surprised. I do know that art really can "humanize" someone, in that it can make them really aware of other minds and ways of life, painfully & acutely aware, for the first time. It's becoming harder to fight off the idea that art is best as a benign storehouse for excess energy, for ideas or behaviors that would normally be considered weird or offensive, and that, at its best and most beautiful, is contagious and hooks people into its practice and community, in order to grow itself as a form of human activity; but why fight this? In other words, art as/is the least harmful cultural node. 2666 seems to me like a thing made to be a symbol and signal of chaos and fear, maybe a reminder to be reverent, at the least.
Then, in a wholly different way, I read Debt: The First 5,000 Years by David Graeber. Which is just information & knowledge porn. So pleasurable. It's an amazing story about money, what money has ever been, what it has wrought. A serious work of scholarship and synthesized histories. If you're curious at all about the most powerful force of human organization in the last 5,000 years, uhh, read this. Disgustingly dogeared. Hey, publisher Melville House: congratulations!
Movies were rough. Mostly. Martha Marcy May Marlene captured some time and sequences that were bafflingly good and poetic, and is probably my favorite movie released this year. Julia Leigh's Sleeping Beauty is really good, really interesting, and the clearest successor to Eyes Wide Shut that I can think of. Wonderful to see a film from a first time director (and a novelist!) be so clear in its style and force. Elizabeth Olsen and Mia Wasikowska gave the two best performances I've seen this year. And I got so emotional in Warrior, it was great. And the movie handles a lot of the necessary tropes really deftly. And I know it wasn't released this year, but I saw Inside Job for the first time. It effortlessly lays out the finance industry's crimes, it's fun to watch, and it's the movie I think everyone should be forced to see before they take a job or sign a mortgage.
Another book I enjoyed: Berg by Ann Quin. And Deliverance by James Dickey is so lush and tense simultaneously. (thanks Derek, thanks Gian!)
There's other stuff of course, always: websites, articles, scattered writing, images, video games, art in large buildings. But overall, it was a year mostly full of friends and moving in the meat world. This is the stuff that let some air in.
Tags: 2666, Ann Quin, art, berg, best of, blake butler, david graeber, debt, Deliverance, Dennis Cooper, elizabeth olsen, har har har har har, inside job, James Dickey, martha marcy may marlene, mia wasikowska, nothing, Roberto Bolaño, sleeping beauty, the marbled swarm, warrior, year end list motherfucker


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How To Develop Your Story Characters
Every movie is driven by its character. The plot never does anything by itself.
I'm going to teach you how to develop your characters while keeping your character reliable and interesting.
Developing characters is all about making your characters complex, ambiguous with good and bad qualities. Your character can be stupid if you want it to be, but it has to have an inner logic that it is loyal to it. Her actions in the movie should go by her personality and not out of nowhere.
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Creating a character that the audience will want to meet
Think about what makes you relate to a character. Is it when she reminds you a little bit of you or someone you like? Or maybe she reminds you of who you want to be. Indiana Jones is a great character because he is a tough dude that many of us, men, wish to be. He is also full of adventure spirit we wish to have.
Look at all the characters you like in films and in novels. What is it about them that reminds you of you? What is it that make you like them?
In the movie Inside out, the writers had to deal with the happiness of the Joy character. The problem was she was happy all the time and no one can relate to that. The writers did a good job with the character by creating two elements: first is when Riely started to get sad. Joy try to fight the sad feelings and this is when Joy appears to us as vulnerable. The second thing that the writers did is that they made it clear that Joy is happy all the time because she cares about Riely and want her to be happy and not from selfish reasons. This is also something we can relate to.
You should also think if the characters you write are ones that the audience would like to hang out with? Are they interesting enough? Are they funny or smart? What is it about them that makes you want to meet them?
Developing The Characters Goals & Motivations
- The characters are moving the plot with their choices. The protagonist (The main character) is the leading voice in the story and there for his goal will be the most important one, but all the characters should have goals too.
Why is that so important?
The audience wants to see a character that makes things happen. We like the character just for the fact that she is trying to change her world (which means she doesn't have to succeed). As long as the drive and goals of your characters are clear to the audience, you are in a good place. Find out what each character wants to get from the story.
- You also need to know why the characters want to get these goals. What is their motivation? Remember! All of the decisions she'll make in the story will come from that motivations and goals.
- Sometimes the motivations might come out of fears. Find out what is your character fear or darkest side and where is it coming from.
Quick Tip!
You should watch out for passive characters. Don't get me wrong. There are many successful films with passive characters like Big Lebowski, but you have to be a skillful writer to pull it off. If you are using a passive character, something is got to happen to pull her out from her passiveness.
- The character will usually go through a road of obstacles until she'll get to where she wanted to be at the beginning of the film.
Look for the emotion
You need to really investigate your character's leading emotion. What is the one emotion that keeps following her throughout the script. Is it her obstacle in the film that needs to be changed in the end or is it what's motivate her? Or maybe even both? The character's emotion is something that should be changed throughout the film. For example, the emotion that leads Batman is anger or repressed anger. This feeling makes him walk a thin line between helping people and hurting them.
Developing a 3- Dimensional Characters
Your characters need to be believable and you will get that by making 3-dimensional characters and you will create that by knowing their back story.
- Another important thing to remember is that your character had a life before the story begun (unless she is born into the world in the story). Many beginner writers forget that and they get a very shallow character. You should start by writing her biography. A complete resume of her life from birth until the story started. You have to know your characters like you know your best friend.
- These are the things you need to know about your characters:
Physical: how do they look? What is their weight, height and age? Do they have any distinguishing features? Is he strong? Is he tall? How does she talk?That may not be important to the story, but you need to know it for yourself.
Sociological: Where did she grow up and where does she live now? What kind of family did he come from? What were his earlier jobs before he got to where he is now? Were there any important events in his childhood that changed him?
Psychological: How does your character talk? What kind of person is he? What are his greatest fears? What are his greatest desires? Is he a perfectionist? Is he a slob? The important thing here is to understand her point of view on life.
- Writing the background of the character is important to understand the mood and style of the story you are going to tell.
- The more you'll make your character look and feel real, the audience will love her more. The more specific you'll be in her biography – the better.
Don't write general things like James is a dog with a fear of abandonment and every time his owners are going out he is going mad.
Write: When James started to get used to his new house and owners, the wife didn't feel good and both she and her husband went to the hospital and didn't come back for two days. Ever since he is suffering from a fear of abandonment. Think about 5 characters you like from films, TV or literature and think what it is about them that you can identify with. That will help you understand the idea better.
- Put yourself in her shoes and stop to think about her actions and relationships. Look at all the actions she is doing and make her start thinking about them. Make her ask questions like, Why am I doing this? Am I sure this is the right thing to do? Why do I hate this person so much?
- Don't be afraid to take details from other people you know. Start carrying a notebook and start writing interesting details about people you meet.
- Use Psychological websites. There are many sites with psychological tests that you can run your character through. Try that. it's fun and you can learn great things about your characters
Even if you find the bad guy generally repulsive, you need to be able to put yourself so thoroughly into his shoes while you're writing him that, just for those moments, you almost believe his slant yourself.
K.M. Weiland, quote from Maybe Your Bad Guy Is RIGHT!
The Protagonist – Our Main Character
- The audience should get to know the main character as much as possible and as fast as possible. The main character in the story is the person that from his point of view the audience will see the story. He doesn't have to be the one who tells the story. In the Disney movie Aladin, we know Aladin is the main character, but the one who tells the story is the old Arab at the beginning of the film (which some claim it's the Genie).
- The protagonist also has to change during that road. If we said earlier that the goal of the main character is the fuel that drives the movie forward – the change is the resolving of the story. It is the premise which is the reason the story is presented to us. After all, the real job of your main character is to deliver your premise. A good example is Han Solo from the Star Wars series. Han Solo starts as a cynical character that only cares about himself (therefore the name Solo). Throughout the three films, Hans become a friend of Luke, the leader of the rebellion and in a romantic relationship with princess Leia.
- There is usually one protagonist, but sometimes there might be two or more that will complete each other (as if they are one). When you have a few characters as one protagonist, I Recommend that in the beginning of the writing process, you'll write more characters than you plan to have. For example, if your story has 5 characters as the protagonist right at the beginning as if you have 8 and see which one of them work best.
- Don't make your Character perfect – Perfect people are not interesting and they are hard to relate to. You always need to give your main character one flaw and usually the flaw will be related to his passion. It should be the same about your antagonist. Your antagonist can't do bad things just because he is pure evil. There should be some complex feelings that drive him to do what he does. A good example for that is the protagonist od the movie Deadpool. Deadpool is more of an anti-hero than a hero- he is insecure, he hate himself and he deals with a big tragedy in his life.
- Remember! Nothing is final. Your character will continue to grow while you are working on the script. Your characters may even surprise you during the writing
- All these rules should be applied to te Antagonist as well.
The Format of Writing a Character in a Script
- The first time you mention a character in the script, you should write it with capitalizing letters. After the name will come a very short description of the character. That's why the first time, we write her name is with capital letters- so if the reader will forget who that character is, he can find her description very easy. The next time you will mention her name will be ןמ the standard first letter with capital. So, the first time a character is mentioned should look like this:
"JAMES, a small brown dog with 3 legs is crawling after his master"
- Remember! You can't write emotion and thoughts when you describe a character or her actions. For example, you can't write, "James is sitting on his bone so no one will be able to take it". You can only describe what the character is thinking through actions or dialog (through actions is better). You also can't sneak in information about the character- "James, Lior's dog, is a small brown dog".
- Make sure the spelling of the character's name is consistent throughout the script.
Remember! Your goal is to make the readers care about your characters, so they will more emotionally invest in the story.


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Heroes of Might and Magic II - Necromancer guide
By Lord Zero
Version 1.7
1.- File history.
2.- Intro.
3.- The Necromancer:Highs,Lows and Bottom line.
4.- The Necromancer Units.
5.- Strategies against certain enemies
6.- Skills that need to be learned.
7.- Magics that need to be casted.
8.- Worst enemy.
9.- Credits.
10.- Legal Stuff.
1.-File History:
-1.0 start of the file.Everything I expected is up.
-1.1 lots of mistakes arranged.
-1.2 Added stats, speed, defensive and offensive uses,more tips...
-1.3 added the strategies against certain enemies.
-1.4 (MEGA UPDATE TO ALL MY FAQS) Fixed severeal spelling, grammar and
stupidity errors. Changed the intro slightly.
-1.5 Fixed another "severeal"(Yeah, I DID noticed that. I won't change so you
all can know what am I talking about when I said "Stupidity Errors") spelling
errors and something I forgot, to number the sections...
-1.6 Found out the map dwelling for the Liches.
-1.7 Copyright changed (10/29/2002, 21:12) Email Changed.
So, Heroes of Might and Magic is one of the best games out there and no one
is bored enough to make a faq just for the Kingdom they prefer?
I am. I chose Necromancer, and i 've done another one for the Knights. I
like evil ones. Ok, Barbarians units suck a big time but Necromacers and
Warlocks are cool. I'm making Faqs for every game I like, cause I don't have
anything else to do in my free time(besides Playing Pokemon)and I feel like
I'm actually helping someone when I write a Faq.
Thsi Guide had a lot of mistakes before, so I decided to write it again a bit.
I received a lot of help from readers, I hope you understand my problem^_^.
Whatever, I proudly Present to you my latest Faq yet:
3.-The Necromancers:
Highs:No Morale problems, strong and cheap units, quite powerful in magic,
Vampires give a great advantage in med Game, Fast units. Almost invincible
in the long game if not Warlocks are around :) Third best defense rating for
a creature(Power liches), second most Destructive Unit(Bone Dragons)third
best attack rating(Bone dragons)and third best HPs(Bone Dragons)
Lows: No morale help, no a ultra great ultimate unit, kinda weak at defense,
you can't build a tavern, so you are going to lose some comments.
Somehow expensives in the early game. With the sole exception of the Royal
Mummies, they are very slow in the beggining.
Bottom Line: Powerful, they can stand against whatever it takes. They are
specially good in medium maps, to get without too much effort Widzard or
Warlock castles.
4.-The Necromancer Units:
All these units are undead, so Morale can't affect them. Plus, Besides the
differents alignements penalty for other units, there's another-1 penalty
"Some undead in the group". As you see, they are not much lovable.
Skeletons: Attack-4-Defense-3-Hit Points-4-Damage-2/3-Speed Average-cost 75
Dwelling: excavation.
Map Dwelling: Execution site. This one is only encountered in Deserts.
Growth: 8 per week.
Unit type: Horde Stack.
Unit Rank: 1
On the long game these units are wonderful. They are quite strong,
and if they strike first, they can make your army the winner. It's not
strange to see more than 400 skeletons, cause Necromancy will give you
Necromancy can give you even 30 % of the killed enemies into Skeletons-This
means that if swarms of Peasants come later in the game, be prepare to
receive lots of Skeletons.
Never let armies escape from your skeletons. In the long game, 1400 Skeletons
are enough to kill anything, and the Necromancy is needed to achieve such
number. In my opinion, the best of the first rank creatures.
Defensive uses: Almost non-existant ;). Skeletons are really weak, and slow
unless you are facing Gargoyles or Rocs you will have a tough time defending
a castle with these.
Offensive uses: Teleport them right on Magi, and watch the sparks fly!. The
Skeletons have a very good attack rating(4)-for a first rank unit.
Attribute: Necromancy.
Ranking: ****
Zombies: Attack-5-Defense-2-Hit Points-15-damage-2/3-Speed-Slow-Cost 150 gold.
Mutant Zombies: Attack-5-Defense-2-Hit Points-20-Damage-2/3-Speed Average-
Cost 200 gold.
Dwelling: Graveyard. Can be Upgraded.
Map dwelling: Can be fought in Graveyards for money, Artifacts or others.
Growth: 6 per week.
Unit Type: Damage taker Stack.
Unit Rank: 2
These are good units, but you must upgrade them as fast as you can.However,
they never do the exagerated damage the Skeletons can, but are far more
resistant. It's one of the more useful units, but not the best.
Keep it with your Liches to defend them. The Upgrade is one of the most
needed, in my opinion, because this guys are so freaking slow, that using
them as one of your basic units, is simply annoying. The Mutant zombies are a
unit that you should ussually leave in your castles for defense, very
frustrating even in high numbers, because of it's lousy attack.
Defensive uses: Protecting Liches, Protecting any Ranged unit, getting in the
way- any use that you should think could annoy the opponent.
Ofensive Uses: none, really. Skeletons are way better, but they simply get
big by themselves. The Zombies are just a defensive unit.
Mummies: Attack-6-Defense-6-Hit Points-25-Damage-3/4-Speed-Average-cost 250
Royal Mummies: Attack-6-Defense-6-Hit Points-30-Damage-3/4-Speed-Fast-Cost
300 gold.
Dwelling: Piramid.Can be upgraded.
Map Dwelling: Can be fought in Piramids for a high level spell along with
Vampire Lords.
Growth: 4 per week.
Unit Type: Standard Fighter.
Unit Rank: 3
Like Zombies, they will never do such an exagerated damages, but are really
fast and Royal mummies can inflict Curse. Really good unit. They can give you
the first strike, but remember you should be defensive. The Mummies are not
really needed later in the game, though Curse can really help you sometimes,
they have too little damage available like to stand against Magi, or
Defensive Uses: Just like the Zombies, with more ofensive power, and minor
numbers. Ussually, these guys are just a very average fighter.
Ofenssive Uses: Very limited. Even Being a Fast unit capable of Cursing
enemies, they are quite weak. 3/4 Damage is very pitiful in the long run.
Attribute: Curse
Ranking: ***
Vampires: Attack-8-Defense-6-Hitpoints-35-Damage-5/7-Speed average-Cost 500
Vampires lords: Attack-8-Defense-6-Hitpoints-40-Damage-5/7-Speed Fast-cost
650 Gold.
Dwelling: Mansion. Can be upgraded.
Map Dwelling: Can fought in Piramids alongside with Mummies.
Growth: 3 per week.
Unit Type: Power strike Stack.
Unit Rank: 4
These are GREAT units! Quite expensives, but is worth the money. Vampire
lords can even suck life from enemies! However,you can never get more
vampires, so if you start the battle with 90 Vampires, you can suck life
till 90, so If your vampires aren't killed, this doesn't work.
Defensive Uses: The Vampires make excelent castle Defenders, since they can
fly, and being fast(When upgraded), they can get early in the round against
ranged units.
Offenseive Uses: almost the same as defense. The Vampires, when in high
numbers, are very dangerous. 120 Vampires are a very fearsome stack, sucking
life until the battle is over.
Attribute: Flying, Suck Life, Enemies can't counter.
Ranking: *****
Liches: Attack-7-Defense-12(!)-Hit Points-25-Damage-8/10/Speed-Fast-Cost-750
Power Liches: Attack-7-Defense-13(¡!)-Hitpoints-35-Damage-8/10-Speed Very
Fast, Cost 900 gold.
Dwelling: Mausoleum. Can Be Upgraded (and you should).
Map Dwelling: City of the Death..
Growth: 2 per week.
Unit type: Ranged Power Stack.
Unit Rank: 5
Another good unit. They are really weak, even if they have such a high
defense rating, but they are destructive and can hurt more than one unit at
time. Protect them with zombies. They have the third best defensive rating of
the game, and may provided extra firepower to your armies, and being the only
ranged unit of the Necromancer, this is almost a must. They are better than
they seem.
Defensive Uses: As any other ranged unit, a Lich Stack behind the Castle
Walls, is a killer weapon. With the proper planning, the Liches are the most
important weapon when defending Castles.
Offensive Units: They are very vulnerable, but still a powerful unit. Try to
keep them protected against Sorceress, and always try to get the first
strike. Put them in the Top Stack.
Attribute: Splash damage.
Ranking: ****.
Bone Dragon: Attack-11-Defense-9-Hitpoints-150-Damage-25/45(¡!¡)-Speed
Average-Cost 1500 gold.
Dwelling: Laboratory.
Map Dwelling: none.
Growth: 1 per week.
Unit Type: Flying death Stack ;)
Unit Ranking: 6
The Bone Dragons are quite powerful, more than you could think. They have the
advantage of the relative good cost, they don't need any special Mineral,
and can be built without an excess of money. They are a match for almost
any unit in the game, with the sole exception of Crusaders, even can stand
against Black Dragons (Well...that's very hard to do, but it can be done).
The Perfect Titan Killers :).
Defensive Uses: the same as the Vampires, but to a lesser extent. Bone
Dragons are weak against massive Crusaders, so they are not very recommended
to go against them.
Offensive Uses: Countless! They can break thru any defenses and easily
dispatch most opponents. Cyclops and Titans are dead meat against these
Attribute: lowers enemy Morale by 1, Flying.
Ranking: ****
5.-Strategies against certain enemies:
-Knights: Well...good luck :). The Power Liches can prove to be useful here,
to get the first, or at least second strike. use it casting mass haste or
something like that. The Knight's units are very fast, and with the
Crusader's 2x bonus against undead... well, you have the odds against you.
Keep bashing the Crusaders, use lighitng against them.
-Barbarians: This is very easy, since their best unit, the War Trolls, are
dead meat against Bone Dragons and Vampire lords. The Ogre Lords are a very
dangerous enemies, try to blind them, or at least cast slow on them. The rest
of the Barbarian's army sucks compared to yours.
-Sorceress:Again, another easy strike! Phoenixes and Unicorns are the only
real threats here, say good bye to yer liches, the phoenixes are the fastests
creatures in the game. Basically, keep going for them. Vampire Lords are a
good unit to waste them, since they can't retailate against them. Also useful
against Sprites, to get back lost Vampires. The Mummies also are extremely
useful here, since curse wipes on half of the Phoenix damage.
-Widzards: the only real threat are the Titans, since you already have plenty
of counters against the other units, Rocs vs Skeletons, Vampires against
Archmagi, the other armies are no danger. The Titans should be the target for
everything here, get you bone dragon's asses to kill them, use Bloodlust,
steelskin and curse the enemy.
-Warlocks: Basically, too hard in the late game. Dragons = Power Liches dying
again. Use your Bone Dragons and Vampires with Dragon Slayer to beat them.
The other armies are crap.
6.-Skills that need to be learned:
Necromancy: Well,duh... The more skeletons you have,the more chances you have
to win... Actually the Necromancers learn Necromancy very often, and it's a
chance you are not supposed to miss.
Wisdom: Well,duh again... Necromancers tend to have a little problem in
learning this skill, so pick it whenever you can. This should be your second
Luck: Because the undead can't be affected by morale, so you're going to need
another asset to help you. Luck is really effective with Liches and Vampires,
and a good luck will always help you.
Estates: Liches and Vampires are quite expensives, and any extra boost can't
hurt you. Get this one as soon as you can.
7.-Magic that need to be casted:
Bloodlust: Use this to make your Liches and Vampires killing machines. This
should be casted as fast as you can-This spell is often neglected because of
it's low cost ,but it's VERY useful.
Haste and Mass haste: If you wanna drive anyone mad, these spells will give
Liches an Ultra-fast stat, so you can wipe out those Phoenix before they can
make a dent on your units.
Death wave: Well, Duh... It's not very useful at the end of the game, but
during early game it will help you a lot. Since your units are all undead,
you will receive no damage.
Animate Dead: This is so frustrating :) use this to keep your Bone Dragons
in the fight.
8.-Worst enemy:
DRAGONS: Red, green, black or whatever, they are inmune to magic, and though
Vampires can actually kill 'em, they leave you on your own, cause
Necromancers are quite dependant in magic. Warlocks are their worst enemy.
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How to do Kawaii in Tokyo
Thank you Japan for washi tape, origami, sushi and Geisha girls. But most of all, thank you for kawaii.
You are the mother of cuteness with a long history of lovely things, (ka meaning acceptable and ai meaning love in Kanji), dating back to the Edo period, which we will omit and dive straight into all the adorable kawaii things in new-ageTokyo that will make any girl say aww and go all mushy.
Guys, if you get over yourself and be the male companion in kawaii day, you will be batting at a high on the awesome scale.
So, here we go.
How TO do KAWAII in TOKYO in 10 STEPS
Number 1
♛♠♣♥♦ SeT a KaWaii miNd FrAmE ♛♠♣♥♦
Make up something dreamy along the lines of… Dasza returns to the magic childhood world of Alice in Wonderland adventures, where she unites with her friend Mai. They learn about their true destiny. To conduct a surreal kawaii day and end the Red Queen's reign of terror. It might just work.
Writers: Dasza Traveler (blog), Lewis Carroll (books)
Stars: Mai Shiiscute, Caz the Kawaii, Tomasz Traveler
Number 2
♛♠♣♥♦ wEar CuTe OutfitS ♛♠♣♥♦
Think Lolita style. Not kinky kawaii role play (this is what you can tell your man however), instead aim towards cute, innocent and romantic. Bows, ribbons, lace, ruffles, rings, shiny crystals, Peter Pan collars, hairbands, fashion wigs, creamy white and soft pink colour palettes. Basically, choose accessories and colours you haven't worn in a long time or never. Invest in some kawaii stuff, you might even like it. For guys, vintage bowties, short ties, vests, polka dots, houndstooth and stripes will do the job. I used to be an ambivalent kawaii person until I discovered Harajuku fashion.
The background of the bottom picture actually said "Ranking Queen". And Mai and me, we totally ranked.
Number 3
♛♠♣♥♦ hAve KaWaiI dRinKs ♛♠♣♥♦
Warm up for the magic day with nothing less than cute brews. Japan has lots of that. Go to any conbini and watch out for cute characters on the bottles. And mugs. No alcohol (not before dinner). We don't want to look trashy kawaii but try to keep up the innocence and play out the idea of cuteness for as long as possible.
For starters we had Alice in Wonderland "Raspberry & peach drink – Happiness!". Sweet.
Number 4
♛♠♣♥♦ MaKe KaWaiI (plastic) CaKeS ♛♠♣♥♦
What women does not like cup-cakes and sweetly adorned pastry? Japanese cakes, especially the strawberry Christmas stuff, are the kawaii-calorie-overkill. Available at any conbini. I approach the dessert shelves in that store and it is like going into a sugar coma. All euphoria and drooling.
Which is how I felt when walking into Yodobashi's electronics store in Akihabara – right past the electronics – towards the DIY cutsey crafty toys. Where I invested into a four cakes set to cream-glue together, which would become insanely cute keyrings. Baking was never so easy. And you get to play with cream. Try not to get dirty. Ew.
Number 5
♛♠♣♥♦ uSe kaWaii naiL StiCkers ♛♠♣♥♦
Kawaii-theme your hands. If there is one thing that women love more than fashion (and this is a questionable statement in itself), it is decorating. Which is why our kawaii day started with a kawaii nail-finger-hand makeover. Fingers were adorned with pearl rings, pink owl, butterfly, tree and romance-couple gold rings.
Did I say that during our kawaii day we got a free hand peeling at one of the lush cosmetics shops in Omotesando? We did and it was just oh so pleasant.
Anyhow, for the foreplay at home, I got some Alice in Wonderland nail stickers and we got totally into it. Like some floating hands experience during a 1920s séance. Kawaii magic.
Number 6
♛♠♣♥♦ Go tO Café Q-Pot ♛♠♣♥♦
Be mesmerized and enchanted in the charmingly girly and fancy-kawaii cake heaven that is this small but cosy café in Tokyo. Teapot lamps hanging from the ceiling, big biscuits forming walls, cute wallpaper and a big deco cake on the table. We were stepping into a fairytale chocolatière.
You can order cupcakes, pralines, cakes and macarons which will be served in form of jewellery on décolletés and hands, I mean plates! 100% kawaii.
Location: 3-10-21 Kita-Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo, close to Omotesando Station.
Have a mad tea party and give yourself riddles, like "Is jewellery edible?". Or act out Marie Antoinette in her best decadence. Whatever you do… "Let them eat cake!"
Number 7
♛♠♣♥♦ see a JaPanEse KawAii WedDinG ♛♠♣♥♦
I cannot imagine more sickly sweet clichés than the bride-groom ceremony in white. In Japan, your stereotypical super wedding is full on (without Christian doctrine intervening). On our kawaii day, we just happened to see newly weds walking the impressive stairs of the beautifully fake cathedral. Like story book royals in posh district Omotesando.
At the end of the ceremony, the couple let go a bunch of pink and white dove shaped balloons, which we watched rise up into the night. I was in deep kawaii hypnosis by that time.
Watch a Japanese western style wedding.
Number 8
♛♠♣♥♦ ReaD kaWaii MagaZinEs ♛♠♣♥♦
Even if some of us girls might not openly admit it, all women love to dress up, decorate, craft and bring on the cozy cute stuff, which is just as enjoyable as reading about it. What is Kyary's latest fashion, how to get that innocent doll's look, how to get a Japanese soft wave perm, how do redecorate all rooms and make vintage picture frames. What gossip rags deliver to western woman, kawaii dailys are the equivalent for female Japanese dreamers.
See this hiragana writing かわいい on the pictures? It means kawaii!
Number 9
♛♠♣♥♦ DinE witH ALice in WonDerLanD ♛♠♣♥♦
Enter a world of wonder and kawaii at the Alice in Wonderland restaurant. The place boasts Alice-themed interiors, soft pillows, theatrical curtains, Alice-Cheshire cat-and-caterpillar dishes, an army of Alice waitresses… my brain is bleeding.
Location: 1-6-2 Kabukicho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, T-wing building B2F. To find it, it is like a walk down the rabbit hole, down the stairs to the basement floor. You then enter through a huge sliding door into a dimmed Alice ambience.
The restaurant has figured out how to trick customers into spending more money just by offering a fold-out story tale menu book, cutely arranged average and overpriced meals, an arty-magical Lewis Carroll environment (works well on female customers) and Alice in Wonderland servants in sexy maid outfits (works well on male customers).
You will be served your food with a short story, told by one of the innocent Alice clones in naughty short blue uniform dresses. Basically, the story goes that whatever you eat, you will shrink. To get back to normal you gotta drink their tea which you get as a goodbye-present.
The pop up surprise.
When we came home I thought Tomek looked a bit smaller than usual. Not to worry. We drank the magic growth tea.
Number 10
♛♠♣♥♦ dO a kAwaIi phOtO sessIon ♛♠♣♥♦
Get a professional Japanese and everlasting kawaii look by entering the purikura photobooth. You will get the "You are so kawaii it is not fair" image (purikura marketing in Japan).
The greatness of purikura – after all the glitter and glamour has been washed off your body, you will have your kawaii portrait forever. Still adorable when you are hangover and looking like a smoking caterpillar.
All women need to indulge in a kawaii moment every once in a while ♛♠♣♥♦
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You can also talk Kawaii. The key is high pitch voice and slow (almost too slow) speaking speed. I talked kawaii to my students the other day, and they were so enchanted that they couldn't stop laughing XD


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SPLC urges Louisiana House to Vote Against Prison Privatization
The Southern Poverty Law Center, in an open letter to members of the Louisiana House, outlined the fiscal and human dangers of House Bill 850, which would allow the state to accept offers for the private purchase and operation of Avoyelles Correctional Center.
The Southern Poverty Law Center, in an open letter to members of the Louisiana House, outlined the fiscal and human dangers of House Bill 850, which would allow the state to accept offers for the private purchase and operation of Avoyelles Correctional Center.
Dear members of the House:
We all want safe communities. And we'd all rather see our tax dollars invested in education and job creation that benefits ordinary Louisianans—not corporations or special interest groups. That's why you must vote against House Bill 850. Through this legislation, the private prison lobby is trying to expand their profits at the expense of our communities.
The Lobby Behind This Bill is Big National Prison Corporations, Not Louisianans
A number of correctional experts in Louisiana have made it clear that our state locks up too many people who commit low-level crimes. To be sure, we need to protect Louisianans from violent criminals and keep our communities safe. But homegrown experts, such as Burl Cain, Warden of Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, have decried the incredible taxpayer waste that occurs when people who are not a threat to public safety end up behind bars. Because private prison companies make a profit only when their beds are filled, we can expect to waste even more money incarcerating the wrong people if HB 850 becomes law. According to the Justice Policy Institute, in 2010 alone, The Correctional Corporation of American (CCA) and the GEO Group had combined revenues of $2.9 billion. There is now big money to be made in the private sector in incarceration, but that money is made with our tax dollars, and with enormous social costs, which will hurt Louisiana.
This Bill Doesn't Make Fiscal Sense: It Has a Huge Financial Cost
The fiscal note attached to this bill reveals that any short-term savings will be significantly offset by long-term costs. After Louisiana sells the prison, taxpayers will still be obligated to pay for prison operations – and this money will go directly to private prison operators. Once the private prison company owns the facility it will be in a position to demand that taxpayers pay higher costs – and, as the fiscal note projects, the cost of operations will increase significantly.
This Bill is Bad Public Policy: the Louisiana Department of Safety & Corrections Should Run Our Prisons
The goals and priorities section of the Louisiana Department of Corrections website states, "We provide for the safety of staff and offenders by maintaining an organized and disciplined system of operations which enhance the stability of all programs… We promote moral rehabilitation… and will provide an environment for offenders which enables positive behavior change.'' The profit motives of private companies are not aligned with the goals of rehabilitation and safety. Quite frankly, there is little incentive for private companies to provide rehabilitative treatment and services. In fact, the incentive to cut costs to maximize profits presents a threat to the safety of prison staff and prisoners.
Examples of violence and human rights abuses at CCA and GEO facilities include the following:
- In 2011, our neighbors in Mississippi were sued because of deficiencies in the GEO Group's administration of Walnut Grove Correctional Facility, a 1,500-bed facility plagued with dangerous conditions due to the private operator's cost-saving measures. Countless youth sustained serious injury, and one child will live with permanent brain damage as a result of the deficiencies in care there. Because of ensuing litigation, the State of Mississippi now must take costly remedial measures to bring the facility back in line with correctional standards. We in Louisiana cannot afford this type of crisis in our prisons.
- In October 2011, prisoner fights in several locations throughout a CCA prison in Oklahoma left 46 prisoners injured and required 16 inmates to be sent to the hospital, some of them in critical condition.
- Between October 2011 and February 2012 five preventable deaths occurred in the GEO-operated East Mississippi Correctional Facility, a prison for people living with mental illness.
- At least eight people died between 2005 and 2009 at the GEO Group-operated George W. Hill Correctional Facility in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, the state's only privately run jail. In January 2009, GEO pulled out of operations at this facility, citing "underperformance and frequent litigations" as the reasons.
These tragedies are just a few examples of the human cost of prison privatization. States that have invested in private prisons must contend with increased litigation costs and the kinds of public safety crises described above.
States across the country are grappling with whether prison privatization makes sense in this economic climate. The answer is often a resounding "No". In February, the Florida legislature refused to privatize its correctional system because of the hidden costs and negative public safety outcomes associated with privatization. If a state like Florida, no foe to privatization, had the sense to turn down a similar proposal, the Louisiana legislature should know to proceed with caution.
As you place your vote tomorrow, you must ask yourself – is this a vote to help fill the pockets of the private prison corporations, and is it a vote that will adversely affect your constituents? Please note that no Louisiana interests have come out in favor of this bill; the bill is being driven by out-of-state interests with a profit motive.
Selling off prisons to private companies would be a tragic mistake for Louisiana. House Bill 850 is an invitation to fiscal irresponsibility, prisoner abuse, and decreased public safety. Vote No on House Bill 850.
Very truly yours,
Katie Schwartzmann
Managing Attorney, Louisiana office
Southern Poverty Law Center
This Bill Doesn't Make Fiscal Sense: It Has a Huge Financial Cost
We urge you to look carefully at the fiscal note filed with this bill. You will see that it has a significant, long-term cost increase for taxpayers. The bill proposes the one-time sale of Avoyelles Correctional Center, with an estimated sale price of $35 million. However, we will then be obligated to pay private providers the costs associated with housing inmates at the prison.
- The Louisiana Department of Corrections reports that it currently costs $45.37 per day to house each prisoner, and this expense is expected to rise 2 percent every year. This number is actually lower than the national average daily cost of housing a prisoner.
- The fiscal note for this proposed legislation assumes we will pay a private provider $31.51 per day to house each prisoner, but that amount will increase to $40 in three years, and will increase by 5 percent every five years thereafter. Moreover, it provides that this amount can be increased if a request is made in the executive budget. The bill is deceptive; it purports to establish an impossibly low per diem that makes savings seem dramatic, when actually, in just a few years, the per diem will approach that of the Department of Corrections, and it allows the private company to seek additional money. At that point, we will be unable to control costs, and they will spiral out of control, because:
- The sale of our prison is final. We can never get it back. It will be leased by private entities from this point forward. The lease proposed in HB 850 is only for 20 years. At the end of 20 years, we will be forced to renegotiate a lease contract with the private company that now owns our prison. They will be able to require whatever rate they want of us.
- If we maintain operation of the facility by the Department of Corrections, we control costs, we decide how much to spend, and we can change public policy in response to rising costs. If we sell our prison, it is a BIG long-term loss for taxpayers.
- The fiscal note makes clear that the "savings" do not account for significant additional expenses associated with the bill. Close to 400 Louisiana families are going to lose a breadwinner. The "savings" associated with the one-time sale of our prison do not account for the $3.4 million in expenses that we will incur paying termination and unemployment expenses to these families, or the long-term costs to all of us from folks losing their jobs in this economy. Beyond unemployment expenses, we all will pay as those families are forced to turn to social programs for assistance, and to emergency rooms for medical care, as they will be uninsured. We cannot do this to 400 of our families, just so that we can make private prison companies richer.


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Institutes and eligibility requirement for admission to a M. Sc. course in Biotechnology
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Hello, Your decision is very good to pursue for M.Sc. in Biotechnology. Aspirants who complete their post-graduation in biotechnology get lots of career opportunities. There are several types of entrance exam conducted in India for providing admission into the institutes for M.Sc. but according to popularity, IIT JAM (Joint Admission Test for M.Sc.) is one of the best exam available for you through which you can get admission in IITs and IISc. IIT JAM Exam is a national level entrance exam and all the foreigners and Indians participates in it. Every year in moth of February, the exam is conducted, and thousands of aspirants appears in it. Following are the programmes offered through JAM: M.Sc. Joint M.Sc. – Ph.D. M.Sc. – Ph.D. Dual Degree Integrated Ph.D. Courses and others.
Typically, eligibility requirement for admission to a M. Sc. course in Biotechnology is a Bachelor's degree under 10+2+3 pattern of education in Physical/Biological/ Agricultural/Veterinary Science/Fishery Science/ Pharmacy/ Engineering/ Technology or Medicine (MBBS) or BDS with at least 55% marks in aggregate. Some Universities require 50% marks and a few other Universities require 60% marks in the Bachelor degree examination.
There are many Universities which offer M. Sc. in Biotechnology in India. Admission to 17 of these Universities is based on a Combined Biotechnology Entrance examination conducted by Jawaharlal Nehru University. The Universities are:
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University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad
University of Jammu, Jammu
Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
M.S. University of Baroda, Baroda
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Radishes are often the first vegetables people get to grow themselves as a child. They're easy, have big seeds and can be harvested in less than a month. The perfect vegetable to teach children about gardening.
It also makes them ideal for grown-up gardens too. They grow quickly and you can harvest them even before some plants go into the ground, allowing you to get double usage from parts of your garden plot.
Radishes can range from very mild, to really hot and peppery. Part of their flavor comes from how they are grown but you can choose varieties that are known to be hotter. Most radishes are short and round though some varieties are long like carrots. Radishes come in red, white, pink or purple. White Icicle radishes look like white carrots, and are a very unique vegetable for your table. Purple ones like Black Spanish look almost like tiny little beets.
They make a tasty snack or addition to a salad. Though they can be cooked, radishes are more typically eaten raw. The roots are mostly water, but also have vitamin C and folic acid.
Starting from Seed
Don't bother trying to start seeds indoors or transplanting your radishes. Just get outside in the early spring and plant the seeds directly into your garden. Grow your radishes in a sunny spot, and start your seeds out around 3 weeks before your last frost date.
Unlike many other garden vegetables, you don't need to have overly rich soil for growing radishes. Just dig it through several inches (depending on the length of your radish variety) so the plant can develop its root without rocks or hard clay getting in the way. A little extra compost is fine, but don't add any fertilizer.
Radish seeds are nice and large to handle, so spacing them out is pretty easy. Keep the seeds 2 to 3 inches apart, and an inch deep in the soil.
Unlike most other cool-weather crops, radishes do just fine during the summer months as well. After your initial seeding, you can keep growing fresh radishes if you plant more seeds every other week.
Growing Instructions
One of the great joys of radishes is that they don't require all that much attention while they grow. Another reason you can let kids take care of them.
You do need to keep them well watered, especially when the weather is hot. Lack of moisture can make for hot or even bitter radishes at harvest time. It's not bad if you like hot radishes but you run the risk of ruining your crop if you don't give them regular watering. At least twice a week they should be thoroughly watered. Dried out radishes can also end up very hollow inside, or "pithy".
If you are fertilizing your garden, take care not to give too much to your radishes especially if you are using a high-nitrogen formula. Nitrogen will help your radishes grow thick lush leaves, and almost no roots.
Given their small size and short growing time, they are one of the most perfect vegetables for container gardens. Depending on the size of your radish variety, just about any container will do. Short round radishes work best but even the longer ones will grow fine as long as the container is taller.
Keep your containers well-watered and don't let your plants dry out. Containers do tend to need more water than gardens, and it's particularly important with radishes.
Though they like the sun, you can even grow radishes successfully indoors. They will do best in a south-facing window.
Pests and Diseases
Your radishes may have trouble with root maggots, that dig underground and eat holes through the growing radish root. You probably won't know you have maggots until you go and pull a radish full of holes. The leaves will sometimes start to wilt if the damage is severe enough. The maggots hatch from eggs laid by small flies, so a cover of fine mesh over your plants will keep the flies (and their eggs) away from your radishes.
If you already have maggots in the soil, there is little you can do. Try to pull your radishes as soon as they are edible size, and just hope you get them before the worms do. The longer you leave them in the soil, the more likely they are to be damaged. For the next few years, plant a non-root crop in your radish area (like beans or tomatoes).
Your radish roots aren't the only vulnerable area. Flea beetles will chew holes in the leaves, which can stunt plant growth. It's a particular problem when the radish plants are young. They may not cause much harm to established plants. Regular insecticides can help get rid of them.
Harvest and Storage
Radishes are one of the fastest growing vegetables you're going to find. You can be eating fresh radishes just after the last frost date when the rest of your plants are either just starting or not even planted yet. Just pull them out of the ground by the leaves. Unlike carrots, you really should never need a shovel to get them out.
Try to pull your radishes as soon as they are large enough to eat to minimize any potential damage by root maggots.
You'll get one radish per seed, so you can gauge your overall harvest by the number of seeds you plant. And don't forget the leaves. Many people don't realize that radish leaves are edible, much like how you can eat beet greens as well as the roots. Radish leaves have the same peppery taste as the roots and can be added to salads or cooked (like spinach).
After you pull them, wash the roots off and cut away the leaves. You can store them in your fridge for 2 or 3 weeks before they start to get soft.
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Ahhhh… I never even considered that high nitrogen may be the cause of my puny radishes! I'll have to look into that possibility. Thanks!
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Producer's Letter
Posted by Bonnie Armstrong | 2014 Feb 04
Greetings Everyone!
I come to you with some exciting news! Since its humble beginnings at Origin Systems Incorporated in 1997, through development at EA Redwood Shores and for the last 7+ years at Mythic, Ultima Online™ has been enjoyed by millions of devoted players around the world.
Beginning February 1st, 2014, Mythic Entertainment Co-Founder Rob Denton's new studio: Broadsword Online Games (http://www.broadsword.com) will partner with EA's Mythic Entertainment to operate, support and develop Ultima Online on EA's behalf. Electronic Arts will continue to provide billing and account services through its Origin™ portal. Broadsword and Electronic Arts will work closely together to ensure a bright future for Ultima Online. For future inquiries and support, you can contact firstname.lastname@example.com.
The UO team will continue to work as hard as ever under our new banner. In the immediate future, we will be putting out a publish for Valentine's Day and a few bug fixes, along with polishing a final release of Vendor Search. I will be putting out a list very soon of all the features we will be working on this year to get everyone's feedback as well as some updates regarding our ongoing projects.
I know this has left everyone with a lot of questions, so I will try to answer a few right off the bat. As always we will collect any additional questions and try to answer them as they come in.
Talk to everyone soon!
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You may ask yourself: what is a starter? Answer: magic. Kinda. Starters are fermented cultures much like beer, wine, yogurt, that we use all the time.
Essentially, a portion of the flour, water and yeast are mixed and allowed to ferment for up to 48 hours before tossing it in with your bread dough.
They also have a limited life, so there is no obligation to remember to feed them and keep them alive, like in sourdough starter.
There are 3 major methods for sponges, depend on the country where they were developed:
1. Patee fermentee (=old dough), from FRANCEused for: french bread; pain de capagne; pane siciliano
2. Poolish a wet sponge from POLAND used for: whole wheat english muffin
3. Biga,a dryer sponge, from ITALY used for: ciabata bread, Italian bread
All 3 sponges have the same preparing method: mix all the ingredients 2-6h, before you start making bread dough, at room temp, until the surface is bubbling and develop a distinctive smell of yeast.
At that moment, you refrigerate the sponge until next morning when you mix with the bread dough.
- pate fermentee=old dough, because of salt is equal of a regular bread dough and bakers use a piece of dough from yesterday batch (good 3 days, refrigerated)
1 and 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 and 1/4 cups bread flour
1/2 teaspoon instant yeast
3/4 cup water, at room temperature
1 and 1/4 cups bread flour
1/2 teaspoon instant yeast
3/4 cup water, at room temperature
3/4 tsp salt
2. poolish (wet starter) 3. biga (dryer starter)
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The number of houses available for sale in the UK has fallen to its lowest level since 2002, according to a new report.
The number of houses available for sale in the UK has fallen to its lowest level since 2002, according to a new report.
The National Association of Estate Agent's monthly survey of member branches has revealed that on average, there were only 33 properties available per branch in January 2016 as supply of property in the UK continues to fall short of demand.
The figures mark the lowest recorded supply in the UK since December 2002, when there was an average of just 25 properties available for sale in each of the NAEA's member branches.
Whilst supply in the residential property market remains limited, demand has once again grown within the UK. The survey recorded an average of 453 buyer registrations across estate agents, marking the highest level since July 2015.
Demand in January increased by 21% month-on-month, rising from the 374 registrations in December, recovering from the traditional decline in buyer activity that occurs at the end of the year.
The NAEA also found that 72% of its members had seen an increase in the number of property investors looking to purchase a property in January, a distinct increase on the 44% reported in December's findings.
A surge in the market throughout Q1 has been widely expected, as landlords and property investors seek to complete property purchases before the implementation of the new Stamp Duty levy on second homes and buy-to-let property investments.


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Here's my master list of upcoming events in 2014-- this includes presentations, signings, and comic conventions at which I'll be tabling. This list will be consistently updated as new events and information are confirmed.
Fri, Feb 21-- East Lansing MI-- signing at Hollow Mountain Comics (611 E. Grand River Ave.). 4:30-6:30 pm.
Sat, Feb 22-- East Lansing MI-- tabling at MSU Comics Forum (Snyder/Phillips Hall), 11am-5pm.
Wed, March 12-- Worcester MA-- presentation at Clark University w/ Andrew Aydin (details and programming TBA)
April 12-13-- Columbus OH-- SPACE (Ramada Plaza hotel, 4900 Sinclair Rd.)
April 25-26-- Little Rock AR-- Arkansas Literary Festival w/ John Lewis and Andrew Aydin (details and programming TBA)
Sat, May 3-- Fayetteville AR-- Fayetteville Public Library (details and programming TBA)
May 10-11-- Toronto, ON-- TCAF (at Top Shelf booth)
May 31- June 1-- Chicago IL-- CAKE
June 21-22-- Charlotte NC-- Heroes Con (at Top Shelf booth)
July 24-27-- San Diego CA-- Comic Con International (at Top Shelf booth #1721)
Sept 13-14-- North Bethesda MD-- SPX
October 10-12-- New York NY-- NYCC (at Top Shelf and Hyperion booths-- debut of The Lost Hero!)
Friday, January 17, 2014
2014 schedule of events, conventions, and signings
4 comments:
- Lia said...
When in VA?
- January 17, 2014 at 7:29 PM
- Nate Powell said...
No plans to do anything in Virginia, but you can always come to the DC area for SPX in September, or to Heroes Con in Charlotte NC this June-- hopefully see you there!
- January 18, 2014 at 7:40 AM
Wizard World St. Louis has you on its website for April 4-6, but it is excluded here. Hoping that is simply an oversight, as I am looking forward to meeting you in St. Louis (no pun intended).
- January 23, 2014 at 8:31 AM
- Nate Powell said...
Hey Steve! Thanks for the reminder-- I probably can't make it to St. Louis, unfortunately.
- January 24, 2014 at 7:23 AM
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- Nate Powell
- Eisner Award winning, NYT Best-Selling graphic novelist behind March, Any Empire, Swallow Me Whole, The Lost Hero, The Silence Of Our Friends, The Year Of the Beasts, and Sounds Of Your Name. Native of North Little Rock AR; resident of Bloomington IN.


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Closing Plenary Session Minutes 2006
- Closing Plenary Session Minutes 2006
- Report from the Civil Section
- Report from the Publications Committee
- Report of the Nominating Committee
- Comments from the Outgoing President
- Comments from the Incoming President
- Report from the Host Jurisdiction for the 2007 Annual Conference
- Other Business
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Opening of Meeting
The President, Robin Finlayson, called the meeting to order.
Report from the Criminal Section
The Chair, Dean Sinclair, stated that the Criminal Section had a very productive week. On Sunday afternoon, the Section was presented with a report by the Senior Justice Canada delegate outlining the Criminal Law initiatives undertaken by the Federal Government in the last year. The Federal delegate focused on the work of the Uniform Law Conference that has made its way into legislative form in Criminal Law amendments. We heard that in Bill C-23 that has received first reading in the House of Commons, there are approximately 20 Criminal Law amendments that had been suggested by previous Uniform Law Conference resolutions of the Criminal Section. This was quite good to hear. In addition, the Section received presentations on a number of Criminal Law amendments that are in the planning stage dealing with Hybridization of Criminal Code Offences, and for many years, there have been various resolutions put forward by the Criminal Section suggesting changes in the Hybridization of Criminal Code Offences. So much of our work is continuing to be the focus efforts by Justice Canada officials.
Over the course of the week, jurisdictions presented 31 resolutions suggesting amendments to Criminal Law Statutes. They considered and debated all except one. Of the resolutions that were presented, 29 were carried, one was defeated and one was withdrawn after discussion. One was withdrawn before discussion.
There was a joint meeting with the Civil Section dealing with the Collateral Use of Crown Brief Disclosure, and a resolution flowing out of the discussion will be presented by the Chair of the Civil Section later on in the morning. On the criminal side, he has identified a number of people who are interested in working on that particular project. He will provide the names to the Executive Committee later.
The Working Group on Strangulation presented its report to the Criminal Section. This Working Group was concerned about whether there is a need to amend the Criminal Law to address that particular life threatening form of assault, a form of assault that often arises in the context of family violence cases. The Criminal Section considered the report and recommended that it be forwarded to the heads of prosecution for their consideration of the Working Group's recommendation to further train and to educate prosecutors on the issues surrounding that form of assault.
He was pleased to report that Michel Breton will be the Criminal Section Chair for the year 2006-2007 in Prince Edward Island. He commented that Michel Breton has been coming to the Criminal Section meetings for a number of years. His interventions are always very well thought out and that it was a real pleasure to have him as the next leader of the Criminal Section. The Nominating Committee for the Criminal Section selected unanimously that Nancy Irving, Senior Counsel with Justice Canada be the Nominated Chair for 2007-2008. He stated that, again, this was a great choice. Nancy has been attending the conference for many years and her contributions to the Section are first class.
In closing, he thanked Russell Getz, John Twohig, Robin Finlayson, Claudette Racette, Chris Curran and the other members of the Executive Committee for all their assistance during the past year in helping him to fulfil his responsibilities as Chair of the Criminal Section. He also thanked members of the Criminal Section Steering Committee for their advice and support. He expressed special thanks to Josh Hawks for all of the work he did on the Strangulation Working Group and in the course of the deliberations this week. Finally, he wanted to acknowledge the hard work of the Secretary to the Section, Stéphanie O'Connor from Justice Canada. Stéphanie goes above and beyond in making sure that the proceedings of the Criminal Section advance in a very efficient and effective manner. He also thanked senior delegates Catherine Kane, Earl Fruchtman and Daniel Grégoire who made his job very easy.
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Walking in on our first day, I had a pen and a 100 page Hilroy notepad. The other girls all had binders, different coloured pens and post-its. I thought this was going to be an easy class to ace. That we would learn how to work some skin care machines and do some mani's and pedi's. Boy, was I wrong! But then again any occupation that ends in –cian should be challenging.
I never dreamed that I would have to learn about the anatomy of the body, hair and nails. Let alone their diseases and disorders. Its amazing how the body works and how much I, as an esthetician can have an affect on it.
I'm lucky to have a small class and an amazing instructor, Vanessa. She makes me want to come to class by including us in whatever she's teaching and how she's teaching it. She encourages us and always makes sure we have what we need. It's important to have a teacher who takes time to understand you and take interest in your success. I was terrified to wax eyebrows in the beginning, I mean eyebrows can literally make or break a persons face. So, I borderline forced my instructor to stay with me every time I did them. But with Vanessa's support, attention to detail and precision; I have grown more confident. I plan on perfecting this skill and no longer fearing it.
Having only 4 women in my class has been one of the best educational experiences ever. We all have different opinions and views on life and in class. In a larger class you don't really get to know everyone. I love that I've got the chance to see how everyone works and the method to their madness.
This month we've finally moved past waxing, manicures and pedicures. We've made our way into facials and skin care. I've been so excited for this one!! I love giving facial massages. With the relaxation music and knowing the client is completely at ease, I too am at ease. There's less pressure and it's just me, the facial products, and the music.
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BRAMEL, Sophie and Patricia POIRE (2012). Mode & Tissus/ High-Tech Fabrics & Fashion, Paris: Editions Falbalas. ISBN 978-2918579137, paperback, some illustrations, short bibliography and glossary, 288 pp. Price: €29.
This book is a multi-disciplinary guide to modern textiles. It is written, in collaboration, by a textile designer and a journalist, and is in both French and English. It opens with a good overview of developments within sportswear in the last few decades, in terms of textiles made for increased elasticity, injury reduction and enhanced endurance. The next chapter looks at new innovations in clothing for everyday wear. Nano technology is now being deployed to make clothing less stain-proof while antimicrobial textiles fight dangerous bacteria. There are further chapters on new eco-friendly fabrics and fibres and on the future of 'smart' textiles (e.g., baby clothing that can monitor temperature and over exposure to the sun).
Recommendation: This book is written in very accessible and easy-to-understand language. It is useful in explaining some of the new directions in textiles, and some of the science behind more cutting-edge innovations in textile design. A timeline with key dates in the history of modern textiles is included. This book will appeal to students and designers with an interest in innovative textiles, and in particular to people interested in the history of sportswear.
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On December 2nd, 2017 Classical Guitarist/Composer, Alan Goldspiel, performed as part of the New Music Weekend at the National Association of Composers (NACUSA), Mid-South Chapter concert at the University of North Georgia.
His performances included a piece by composer, J.L. Alexander, titled Sipsey Sweet as well as Goldspiel's own composition, Tale of the Bird Mound.
Tale of the Bird Mound was conceived of and written by Goldspiel in 2007 and consists of five movements:
- Mound Builders
- Atlatl
- Poverty Point
- Fox Man
- Bird Mound
The program notes detail the specifics of the piece:
Ancient civilizations in North America built large earth mounds for reasons which we can only speculate. The people who lived then and the society they created are both a great mystery. One such mound, Poverty Point (Louisiana), is in the shape of a bird, an important symbol based on engravings and other artifacts found there. The engraving called Fox-Man, for example, is thought to represent a horned owl.
Excavated objects of pottery and stone tell us all we know about the lives of these Mound Builders. Stone point artifacts are thought to have been used on the ends of spears which were thrown with the help of an Atlatl, a device held in the hand and hooked to the spear to increase speed and distance. It is fascinating to consider Poverty Point culture and this tale of the Bird Mound celebrates its legacy.
Goldspiel stated: "This music was inspired by a trip to the completely physically underwhelming remains of an ancient mound culture. Intellectually, however, the notion that such a culture existed and what those remains represent was immensely overwhelming. I tried to represent such in the music."
If you would like to learn more about Poverty Point and the Bird Mound click here for more from the National Park Service.


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Resources and ideas for teachers of learners with severe, profound, intensive, significant, complex or multiple special needs.
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
So first off, I am fine now. However, during that time I missed some milestones. Such as this blog's 1000th post and 600,000th visitor. Turns out iPads for Our Rooms, written when I was ill but not quite ill enough to go to the hospital yet, was the 1000th post. The 600,000th visitor happened sometime in the past 48 hours or so. I hope you enjoyed your visit whoever you were!
Another milestone, this one I didn't miss, was yesterday was my 34th birthday. It turned out to be quite an excellent birthday as it was also my first day back in the classroom after 3 weeks of being away. My wonderful co-workers remembered a tale I told them about a favorite kind of ice cream cake and managed to track one down a state away for us to enjoy! Lack of a freezer in the classroom meant we enjoyed our little party at nine in the morning as the fridgid New England temperatures they we counting on to keep it frozen in a car truck weren't going to cut it.
Even better though, perhaps the best gift, was just being back with my students. One student came in off the bus and gave me the biggest, most loving and welcoming series of smiles I have ever seen! That my friends, is why I teach. (Even if that smile was far surpassed when I let her "taste" the fudgy ice cream cake later!)
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Glad to have you back!!!ReplyDelete
Ditto that, Kate, and a belated Happy Birthday!ReplyDelete
Blogs are so informative where we get lots of information on any topic. Nice job keep it up!!ReplyDelete
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Welcome back! Cake sounds wickedly good :)ReplyDelete
I *love* that they went to such efforts to get you your childhood favorite! I remember Fudgey the Whale! :-)ReplyDelete
Happy Belated Birthday! And welcome back. So glad you are ok now. You had us worried.
Glad to hear you are better.ReplyDelete
Belated happy birthday!
I am also very glad to see you back. I was worried about you. Interesting as I live in Canada yet I am a very regular reader of your blog. Interesting how we can feel attached to a person we have never met, but through your blog you present yourself as a loving caring person of students who need that type of person.ReplyDelete
I was talking to my speech and language pathologist the other day and said ... what do you mean you do not know about this blog. Here I go telling everyone who will listen about your blog.
Take care and rest up ... it always takes longer to recover than we realize.
Is anyone aware of closed captioning devices that may be free standing and modifiable depending upon the viewers vision needs?ReplyDelete
So glad to have you back! Was worried about you also!ReplyDelete
I'm clearly late in catching up on blog posts. So sorry to learn you were out of commission, but delighted that you are well again. I'm impressed by all that you've already accomplished and contributed for such a young woman! --PaulReplyDelete


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Album Rating: 4.5Good review, i fully agree with your rating. For Martha is such a stunning song!
Album Rating: 4.5yeah good review, this pumpkins album is underrated i think it's as good as Mellon Collie but not as good as Gish and Siamese Dream
Good review, this is album is a great trip through Corgan's mind. Intimate and telling and over indulgent, but I wouldn't have it any other way. Whether they were struggling or not they were always trying to push things forward.
I might have mentioned that Billy declares rock to be dead at this point. I always found it interesting that when he said it, it was written off as ego but when Thom Yorke says it two years later with Kid A it was genius.
Not my favorite of pumpkins albums, but still rather good
Digging: Jeff Rosenstock - NO DREAM
Album Rating: 4.5This is my third fav behind Gish and SD. It's technically a Billy solo album, but I still love it all the same.
Album Rating: 3.0I like Machina better. The pumkins are my favorite band, and i can't F***ING wait for them to release the next album at the end of this year.
As for this album, it's meh. To me at least
Album Rating: 4.5The first three paragraphs of this review are really excellent, but then I think it becomes a bit heavy with song descriptions.
Anways I have a craving to review this album, so if there are no strong objections? My ratings probably gonna be the same as this one, but I think there is some stuff which is yet to be described.
Album Rating: 4.5Do it Kyle! I thought about it, but I thought this was good enough a review for the same rating as mine.
Album Rating: 3.5Really good work on the review. Ava Adore is the only song i remember from this though.
Album Rating: 3.5"To Sheila" and "Blank Page" are perfect examples of why SP is the best band of the 90's. They can switch gears from furious to angelic so effortlessly.
Album Rating: 4.5this album is so unique as are the other sp albums, therefore i dont think its right to truly compare them. this album is very different from siamese dream yet it is extremely beautiful in its own light. it has qualities that siamese dream doesn't have while siamese dream has things that this doesnt have. i think they are both equally good.
Album Rating: 3.5its true^. I do miss the SP guitars though
Album Rating: 4.5tbh this is my favorite smashing pumpkins album anymore
it feels so perfect for this time of year, i love the atmosphere. billy is approachable and vulnerable in this album unlike the egotistical bastard he usually can come off as in other albums (especially zeitgeist...). it's very minimal, honest and real.This Message Edited On 10.14.07
Album Rating: 4.5FINALLY! someone who agrees about Annie-Dog! It's truly a masterpiece
Album Rating: 3.5Just got this album and I'm already loving it. Some of the songs on this album are among the greatest I've ever heard, I agree completely about it's vulnerability and honesty. Which is why I like it so much, I guess.This Message Edited On 02.17.09
Album Rating: 4.0Daphne Descends is really good
i really quite despise this album. it terribly boring, save for the amazing For
Martha. thats a wonderful song.
Album Rating: 5.0I love this album, its just as good as the first three albums, I can listen to this all day
Album Rating: 3.5Appels + Oranges is easily the best song on here.
Album Rating: 5.0After listening to this album 11 times, I've learnt to love every song, Behold! The Nightmare and For Martha are the best I think
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WHO Anthro untuk Penilaian Status Gizi (PSG) Balita dan Remaja
WHO Anthro (version 3.2.2, January 2011) and macros
New software and manual are now available to facilitate analysis of nutritional status in children 1 – 60 months
This page provides the option to download the software WHO Anthro for use on personal computers (PC) and mobile devices (MD) with Windows operating systems. In addition there are macros for the statistical software packages SPSS, SAS, S-Plus and STATA to facilitate survey data analysis.
The WHO Anthro software for PC has been further updated to allow users to correct for cluster sampling in the analysis of nutritional surveys. Additionally the survey module includes now the option to collect address data similarly to the inidvidual assessment. This information can be useful for mapping and stratified analysis. Furthermore language options enable users now to change from the default English to Chinese, French, Spanish, Russian or Portuguese. The PC manual has also been updated to reflect these changes.
The software consists of three modules:
- Anthropometric calculator
- Individual assessment
- Nutritional survey
Before downloading the software please read the license agreement.
To download the software and respective manuals click on the links below. Before downloading the software we recommend users to study first the manual, in particular the description of the requirements and installation.
For manual installation via e.g. OS X or Linux
All four macros, i.e. the SAS, S-Plus, SPSS and STATA macro calculate the indicators of the attained growth standards (length/height-for-age, weight-for-age, weight-for-length, weight-for-height, body mass index-for-age, head circumference-for-age, arm circumference-for-age, triceps skinfold-for-age and subscapular skinfold-for-age).
Should you encounter problems with the download due to slow internet connection, please send your contact details to the address below and we shall mail you a CD ROM including the software and manuals.
To report any software or macro problems please make a brief bug report containing the details on:
- The kind of problem found
- Whether it appeared systematically or randomly
- Where it was found on what platform (PC or Mobile), in what module interface, or in what macro
- How it occurred, including what sequence of commands or buttons
- What the expected result would have been
- In case you managed to circumvent/solve the problem, how you did it
WHO AnthroPlus 2007
Growth reference data for 5-19 years
New software and manual are now available to facilitate analysis of nutritional status in children and adolescents 5-19 years (see Application tools).
This web site presents growth reference data for children and adolescents, 5-19 years (or 61-228 months).
The WHO Reference 2007 is a reconstruction of the 1977 National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS)/WHO reference. It uses the original NCHS data set supplemented with data from the WHO child growth standards sample for under-fives. To develop this reference the same statistical methodology was used as in the construction of the WHO standards.
This reference complements the WHO child growth standards for 0-60 months published in April 2006 (see link on right column).
The following article describes the sample and methods used to construct this growth reference.
- Development of a WHO growth reference for school-aged children and adolescents
- Download WHO AnthroPlus
To download the software and respective manuals click on the links below. Before downloading the software we recommend users to study first the manual, in particular the description of the requirements and installation.
Send this brief report including the error log file to the following address:
WHO Anthro
Department of Nutrition
World Health Organization
Avenue Appia 20
1211 Geneva 27
fax: +41 22 791 4156