![]() In the ’70s, when the author was tucked into her stroller, her mother ran Sticky Fingers Brownies, an underground bakery that delivered more than 10,000 marijuana edibles to customers each month. The following examples show how the final logline won’t precisely fit the formula mold, starting with the logline for Alia Volz’s book, Home Baked: My Mother, Marijuana, and the Stoning of San Francisco: The good news is, whereas stories can go wrong in many ways, loglines mostly go wrong by not following the formula. If your audiences don’t seem as interested as you’d like, and your know your story is solid, then your logline is off. Using the formula will help you craft a few sentences that will excite others about your book quickly. And that’s exactly why you want to optimize the chance to entice potential readers. I can’t do justice to it in a couple of sentences.” “My book breaks boundaries, pushes envelopes, and otherwise expands the field of literature. But perhaps most importantly, you must convey what your protagonist wants and what will happen if they don’t reach their goal. ![]() The end result will be one or two sentences describing the protagonist, their goal, and the major source of conflict. The exact order is less important than the ingredients. In a (SETTING) a (PROTAGONIST) a (PROBLEM/INCITING INCIDENT) (caused by ANTAGONIST) and (faces CONFLICT/OBSTACLE) as try to (achieve a GOAL). Why not give yourself the best possible shot? After all, it’s just a formula. Having a tight description can make or break their excitement. When you have a book to share with the world, you don’t want to just tell people about it. It’s how most people will decide, “Is this something I want to spend time with?” The term comes from old Hollywood, where studios kept hundreds of scripts, each logged in a book by a single descriptive sentence, the logline.īefore you object to writing one for your book, know that this information is just as important for readers as moviegoers. Loglines are short descriptions that state the central plot conflict as well as a story’s emotional hook. ![]() Even if you’ve never heard the word logline, you’ve read and used them a bazillion times.
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![]() The co-founders agreed to build a system that used standard browser capabilities and provided an abstraction layer for Web developers to create stateful Web applications that had a persistent duplex connection to a Web server by holding two Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) connections open and recycling them before standard browser time-outs if no further data were exchanged. The acronym originated at State Software, a company co-founded by Crockford and others in March 2001. Ĭrockford first specified and popularized the JSON format. JSON grew out of a need for a real-time server-to-browser session communication protocol without using browser plugins such as Flash or Java applets, the dominant methods used in the early 2000s. History ĭouglas Crockford at the Yahoo Building (2007) ![]() The ECMA and ISO/ IEC standards describe only the allowed syntax, whereas the RFC covers some security and interoperability considerations. That same year, JSON was also standardized as ISO/ IEC 21778:2017. RFC 8259, published in 2017, is the current version of the Internet Standard STD 90, and it remains consistent with ECMA-404. But somehow, 'JAY-sawn' seems to have become more common in the technical community." Crockford said in 2011, "There's a lot of argument about how you pronounce that, but I strictly don't care." Standards Īfter RFC 4627 had been available as its "informational" specification since 2006, JSON was first standardized in 2013, as ECMA-404. The UNIX and Linux System Administration Handbook states that " Douglas Crockford, who named and promoted the JSON format, says it's pronounced like the name Jason. ![]() The first (2013) edition of ECMA-404 did not address the pronunciation. s ə n/, as in ' Jason and The Argonauts '". The 2017 international standard (ECMA-404 and ISO/IEC 21778:2017) specifies "Pronounced / ˈ dʒ eɪ. He and Chip Morningstar sent the first JSON message in April 2001. json.ĭouglas Crockford originally specified the JSON format in the early 2000s. It was derived from JavaScript, but many modern programming languages include code to generate and parse JSON-format data. JSON is a language-independent data format. It is a common data format with diverse uses in electronic data interchange, including that of web applications with servers. JSON ( JavaScript Object Notation, pronounced / ˈ dʒ eɪ s ən/ also / ˈ dʒ eɪ ˌ s ɒ n/) is an open standard file format and data interchange format that uses human-readable text to store and transmit data objects consisting of attribute–value pairs and arrays (or other serializable values). ![]() In November 2019, I googled wedding dress shops during a visit to my mom in Columbus, Ohio. Overall, I highly recommend Luxe Redux to anyone looking for an amazing experience and a gorgeous dress! 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Lectures Come to class having read the material for the day (see schedule on website) Other Extra credit presentations One or two slides ed to Dr. Image Editor Spelling Corrector Evil Hangman Family Map Family Map Server Family Map Login Family Map Client All programming projects are passed-off with a TA in 1058 TMCB Exams One programming exam (you must pass the programming exam to pass the course) One written final exam You will complete the projects in Java You will build an Android client for a significant project You will mostly teach yourself Java and Android by reading the assigned chapters and completing programming projects IT IS CRITICAL TO YOUR SUCCESS IN THIS CLASS THAT YOU COMPLETE THE ASSIGNED READINGS BEFORE CLASS Lectures will focus on reinforcing difficult concepts with a focus on concepts required for the projectsħ Course Overview This course is all about learning to build large programs in Java and Android Programming is hard Time spent on large programs is sometimes unpredictable You will struggle at times This does not mean you can’t do it! This does not mean you shouldn’t do it! This means you are learning!ĩ Course Structure Pre-Class Reading Programming Projects ![]() “To assist individuals in their quest for perfection and eternal life” That’s why I’m here!Ħ Course Overview This is a project-based course at University of Arizona in 2004 Taught MIS at Penn State, Erie for 6 years Returned to industry for 4 years Senior Development Manager Software Engineering Director Contact info: see course website ( First year as a BYU professor Taught at Penn State, Erie for 6 years Michigan, Lansing Mission – Married and have 5 children Son, daughter, and son-in-law at BYU Son on a mission in Lima, Peru, will be at BYU in Fall 2020 1 Nephew and 3 nieces all at BYU Interests: Skiing, BYU football, time with familyĮarned two degrees from BYU in 1994 Worked in industry for 10 years Software Engineer Consultant Business Owner Returned to school for Ph.D. ![]() ![]() After v2.7.0, players only need to enter the Dragon Hearth and their dragons will grow to the next stage of maturity.Ī new optional stage of growth added in v1.19.0 on April 20th, 2016 is the Titan Wing/Titan stage. Before v2.7.0, players had to accept two special Quests in order to age their dragon. To grow a dragon, players must head to the Hatchery's Dragon Hearth. The only exception is the Speed Stringer which is not capable of flight and the Terrible Terror which can't be mounted unless it's grown into a Titan Wing. Dragons above level 10 are Adults, they can be used on any Minigame and have the ability to fly. Dragons between Level 5 to 10 are Teens, they can be mounted but can only glide, they can also be used on Fireball Frenzy and the Glide Mode of Flight Club. Dragons between Level 1 to 5 are Babies, they can't be mounted but they can be used in the Eel Roast and Alchemy Adventure minigames. Starting in October 2019, School of Dragons began releasing hybrids into the game, most of which being from Dragons: Titan Uprising.Įach dragon has three stages of growth: Tiny Tooth/Baby, Short Wing/Teen and Broad Wing/Adult. Dragons can be brought from the store, with the Primary Starter Dragons available for Coins. There are more than 70 Dragons to train, with the Green Death, Seashocker, Luminous Krayfin, and Bewilderbeast being Non-playable-characters, some being locked due to being Expansion Pack exclusive or in the case of the Night Fury and Light Fury, being Membership exclusive. With the game being set in the How to Train Your Dragon universe, players are highly encouraged to tame and raise more Dragons, the major mechanism to progress through the game. Afterwards, players have a small talk with the Headmaster, then the world is ready to be explored as more than 30 Quests and various Expansion Packs await to be unlocked. Players then learn how to fish and are taken to the Hatchery, where they can choose from 4 Primary Starter Dragons ( Deadly Nadder, Hideous Zippleback, Gronckle and Monstrous Nightmare), 7 if the player has Membership ( Skrill, Thunderdrum and Whispering Death). The rescued dragon is one of the four Secondary Starter Dragons ( Flightmare, Rumblehorn, Sand Wraith, and Shockjaw). The introduction includes a walking tutorial, and the chance to learn how to ride a dragon and battle enemy ships. With the help of Hiccup, Toothless and the gang, Grimmel and his men are forced to retreat, leaving behind a caged dragon that the player rescues. Players play as a Viking student arriving at the wrong time as the Berk Docks are being attacked by Grimmel's Warlords. The player also learns to hatch a dragon egg in the hatchery and can choose a second dragon from the four basic species, as well as the Sand Wraith, Flightmare, Rumblehorn, or Shockjaw. The player then has the option of playing four different branches of quests as part of an introductory expansion in order to learn how to play mini-games, care for their dragons, and other functions. Hiccup then instructs the player in dragon flying, and when finished, the player and the Dragon Riders fly through the opening in the caldera in which the School of Dragons is situated, with a video montage introducing many of the NPCs the player will encounter in the game. The player helps Hiccup construct a signal fire, allowing Toothless to find them, followed by Astrid and Stormfly. Hiccup and the player find the cave exit but also find a crate of dragon eggs in the process. The newly bonded dragon is aged up by Hiccup and the player learns to get their dragon to shoot fire at a cave in so they can escape. The player unlocks one cage and bonds with the player's choice of the four basic dragon species. The player and Hiccup unlock trapped dragons, while the player learns the controls. The new player finds themselves in a cave with Hiccup that the Dragon Hunters had recently been hiding out in. School of Dragons Official Trailer 2022 Update ![]() You might find you’re grieving differently from one another, or going through different feelings at different times. ![]() When someone had a long life ahead of them it feels incredibly cruel that their life was cut short.ĭeath affects the whole family, and the death of a child can put a lot of strain on relationships. It’s natural to be angry about the unfairness of it all. It’s very unlikely you could have done anything to change things. Try to remember that their death is not your fault. You might feel like their death is a kind of punishment for something you’ve done wrong. Guilt is very common after losing a child. It’s important to remember you will always be their parent. Parenthood is an important part of your identity and to lose that can be incredibly painful. When your child dies, you might feel like you’ve lost your role as a parent. No matter how it happens, the death of a child is likely to be very traumatic. If the death was sudden or unexpected the shock is very strong. People often say they feel like a rug has been pulled from underneath them. Even if the death was expected, there can be a very strong feeling that the order of things has been turned upside down. We expect parents to die before their children. Feeling like it’s against the ‘natural order’ of things.Feelings and experiences after your child dies People tell us they feel like they’ve lost a part of themselves and find it difficult to return to normal life. A child dying is one of the most intensely painful experiences you can go through. |