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Phosphorescent - Mermaid Parade
One of my favorite songs from the last few years, to celebrate the Coney Island Mermaid Parade which is today.
I?ve posted it before but it is a great tune, long and slow, full of heartbreak.
I wound up walking out by the ocean today, and there were naked women dancing in the Mermaid Parade
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Google's thirst for data doesn't end with?your shopping and searching habits.?The tech giant?digitizes books and art and, of course, our cities and roads ? and now Google?is?looking to digitally archive languages that may otherwise disappear entirely for lack of speakers.
Language preservation is a thriving institution, but the number of skilled linguists and dedicated historians may not be enough to save the thousands of languages (half those extant in the world today) that are in serious danger of disappearing altogether. Google has worked with preservation-minded groups to produce the Endangered Languages Project.
It's a?platform on which preservationists can store and access media related to fading languages like Campidanese Sardinian and Jonkor Bourmataguil. You can see where the languages?are spoken, how many people speak them, and learn other linguistic data. There are over 3000 languages plotted on the site's map, though as the site is new, few have many multimedia resources available. Others, like Navajo and Aragonese, have video samples, word lists, and more.
For now, the project is governed by Google, but in the company's blog post announcing the service, they state that "the long-term goal is for true experts in the field of language preservation to take the lead." So once things get rolling, the specialists can take over and do what needs to be done to make it a world-class resource.
You can watch the video introducing the service below.
Devin Coldewey is a contributing writer for msnbc.com. His personal website is coldewey.cc.
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In order to determine the potential for a product, you develop a business plan. When that product is a book, you write a book proposal.
Even before writing a book, there are certain things that you need to know. And this is true whether you?re writing a memoir, novel, children?s storybook, chapbook, historical, how-to, self-help or coffee table book. If you are seeking some measure of success with your book project, you must find out:
? Is there a market for this book?
? What titles compete with yours?
? How does your book differ from others on this topic?
? Will your novel appeal to the same audiences as other top selling books?
? Who is your target audience and how can you reach them?
? What are your publishing options?
? What are the possible consequences of your publishing choices?
? What are your responsibilities as a published author?
? How will you promote your book once it is published?
A well designed book proposal will answer these important questions. It will also help you to determine:
? How realistic is your vision for this book?
? What is the best way to organize or present your book?
? How can you make it more salable?
I?m one of many professionals who recommend writing a book proposal even before writing the book. You might argue (and believe me, many new authors do), ?But, I?m in creative mode?I need to write this book now.? Sure, go ahead and write a book on a whim. I?ve done it. It?s great fun?an enjoyable exercise. But should you decide that this book must be published, be aware that you might need to do some rewriting in order to snag a traditional publisher or to address a measurable segment of readers to make your book worthwhile.
Memoir authors seem especially reluctant to let anything outside of them influence their book. I was told recently, ?This is my memoir and it must be told my way.? Okay, but if you write a book proposal first, you might discover even subtle ways to make your memoir more desirable to a publisher and, even more important, your audience.
But even an excellent book will fail if there?s nobody promoting it. And promotion is the author?s job. So, while you are planning your book, you should also be building your platform.
Establish Your Platform Before Writing the Book
Your platform is your reach, your way of attracting readers, your connections to your audience. It includes your mailing lists and your promotional skills, for example. If your platform is lacking, here are some steps to take.
? Become a better public speaker. Join a Toastmasters club. Seek opportunities to practice your speaking skills. Go out and speak on your topic, if applicable. If you?re writing a historical novel, establish a connection with local, regional and state historical societies, clubs and associations where you might give talks, etc.
? Prepare to give readings. This is a popular method of promoting fiction books or memoirs. Do you have a good reading voice? If you need voice work, get help. And then go out and practice.
? Write articles for national magazines on your topic or in your genre.
? Become columnist or regular contributor to a Web site, newsletter or magazine related to your topic.
? Seek an endorsement for your book or support for your project from a well-known national organization.
? Establish and nurture connections with high profile people in your field or genre.
? Build a massive mailing list and keep adding to it.
? Build a Web site and start a blog related to your book. Offer something of value and promote, promote, promote.
? Take a class or read several good books about promotion in general and book promotion in particular.
? Become familiar with appropriate talk TV and radio shows nationwide and how to land interviews.
? Do something newsworthy.
The book proposal is so important that there have been whole books written on the topic. For complete information on writing your book proposal, reference my latest book, Publish Your Book, Proven Strategies and Resources for the Enterprising Author. This is an all-inclusive book on the publishing industry and how you can more successfully navigate it. It?s available at Amazon.com and most other online and downtown bookstores.
The Author?s Series continues tomorrow with a lesson on the importance of and how to keep your audience in mind while you?re writing your book.
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At first glance, the main question of how to make a website is simple and, thus, easy to answer even for individuals who have little to no experience with website design and development. Blogger tools, website design tutorials and other resources like books, e-books and classes are widely available, if and when you know where to look in the traditional and digital media.
Of all these available resources, online web design tutorials are the best routes toward learning to develop outstanding websites. When we say outstanding websites, we refer to site that provide for original content, easy-to-navigate pages, and fast loading speed as well as the right tools for SEO and tracking purposes.
Where to Find
Web design tutorials are easy to find in online sites as well as in e-books. Just key in the words and the search engine used (i.e., Google and Yahoo!) will generate hundreds of thousands of results within a few seconds. We always suggest looking at the first two pages of the search results since these are usually the best tutorials available although there?s no harm in searching for other sites on the succeeding pages.
What to Find
The search results will yield a wide variety of web design tutorials from e-books to online classes conducted by instructors. In the case of downloadable e-books, users are provided with step-by-step instruction on web design complete with practical exercises, video guides and even after-sales customer services. As for online classes, students log on to the website to participate in the discussions, listen to the instructors and submit assignments, among other activities.
Which one is the best way on how to make a website? Both are good options for many reasons with your final choice largely determined by your personal preferences in terms of cost, convenience and results.
On one hand, e-books are preferred by individuals who want to learn web design at their own time, pace and space. Whatever issues come up, the best option is calling up customer services or searching for answers online.
On the other hand, online classes are favored by individuals who want the benefits of the active interaction between the students and the instructor. The systematic curriculum is also a desirable aspect of online classes aside from the fact certifications of completion will be provided to the students, which can then be used for business or employment purposes.
What to Expect
Depending on the scope of the web design tutorials, the instruction will include the:
? Aesthetics Aspect ? This is where graphic design comes in. The colors, fonts and placement of the photos, text and icons will be decided on with the main aim being to make each page attractive, not to mention comprehensive and informative.
? Technical Aspects ? The designer must be knowledgeable about JavaScript, CSS and HTML, among other programming languages. The aim is to make the pages user-friendly, safe and secure.
Indeed, if you want to learn the ins and outs of web design, you must enroll in web design tutorial classes or purchase downloadable e-books.
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It's not a complete surprise, but it's still a little bit shocking that it's actually happening -- Windows Phone 8 will be borrowing much of its code base, including the kernel, from Windows 8. At the heart of the latest mobile OS from Microsoft is the full-fledged NT kernel. It's not just a kernel though, the so-called "Shared Windows Core" extends to the file system, security infrastructure, etc... The obvious benefit here is to streamline the creation of a coherent ecosystem. Developers will be able to easily create apps and drivers that can jump from the phone, to the tablet and to the desktop. Only having to write a driver once should also simplify the process of building hardware, meaning manufacturers won't have to tailor GPU code to a phone and start again on the desktop. They OSes even share a substantial chunk of browser code, finally bringing Windows Phone up to parity with its desktop IE progenitors. For enterprise users and IT departments, Microsoft has brought over Secure Boot, BitLocker and some serious encryption. We'd say it's about time that Redmond finally brought all its Windows power to the mobile space.
Thanks to the sharing of C and C++ libraries, Direct X components and SQLite support, developers can actually write an app once and move it from one platform to another with only a few code tweaks. In fact, thanks to the Shared Windows Core, pretty much the only major difference for coders is screen resolution and size. Obviously, a 4-inch 720p display isn't the same as a 1080p 10-inch tablet, but the Direct X graphics engine is -- and that, friends, can make all the difference.
Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8 share lots of code, NT kernel originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 20 Jun 2012 12:20:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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