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A writer friend/acquaintance whose work I quite like was discussing a short fiction project (the Daily Cabal, which is very, very short science fiction posted every weekday morning) today and said “For some reason I can’t quite fathom, most of SF readers are also SF writers.”

This touched a nerve in me. I don’t have the numbers to prove it, but there’s no reason to believe most readers of science fiction/speculative fiction are writers. A lot of writers do seem to believe it, though, probably because so many of their friends, acquaintances, critiquing buddies, and in some cases fellow con-goers who read science fiction are writers. But this is like a steel worker who reads science fiction concluding that most science fiction readers are steel workers because his friends that read science fiction are steel workers. For us writers to know what the average science fiction reader is like instead of what our friends who read science fiction are like, we’d have to not be writers.

Another friend pointed out that a great many of the people discussing short science fiction online are science fiction writers. That might be true (again, it would be very hard to get statistics), but the people who discuss reading science fiction aren’t likely to be a random cross-section of the readers of science fiction. Writers are much more likely to discuss writing than non-writers, after all.

In the end, I have no statistics on this, but I think the thing to take away is to have great caution about what any personal sampling of readers tells you unless that sampling is somehow a cross-section reflective of an entire readership. The people who write letters to the editor at the newspaper are not the average newspaper readers; they’re an unusual group within newspaper readers. The people who come to signings tend to be the most die-hard fans, not the person who picked up your book because the cover looked interesting and there was nothing good on TV. If you’re a writer, your friends who read are very unlikely to be typical readers.

I mentioned touching a nerve earlier: maybe it’s more accurate to call it a pet peeve. I don’t like it when writers go out of their way to market their fiction to other writers. To friends, sure. To your writing group, sure. But don’t go and put up a post about your latest short fiction sale being out in bookstores now on a public writing discussion group; don’t give out swag at writer’s conferences. Just because writers are readers and are easy to find doesn’t mean that they’re where you should be putting your effort. How far can we really get, taking in each other’s laundry? Besides, it’s a market that gets far too many advertisements.

Even a blog about writing is a questionable enterprise from a marketing point of view. If you’re writing about writing because it lets you market your new novel to amateur writers, this is just the laundry thing again. Figure out what kind of readers you have and go market to them, says I.

Which may bring you to wonder what I think I’m doing with this writing blog. Well, there’s a good justification for it on the one hand and a real reason for it on the other. And then, of course, there’s the real real reason for it.

The justification is that my first book (
Talk the Talk: The Slang of 65 American Subcultures) is a book for writers. It’s of interest to a lot of people who aren’t writers, but it was written with writers especially in mind and is published by Writer’s Digest books. So I’m in the unusual situation of being a writer whose market is actually writers. It’s as though I specialize in cleaning launderer uniforms, which is a legitimate niche trade.

The real reason is that for years and years I’ve been profoundly interested in learning about writing and in spreading the knowledge. That’s why I started Codex, and I hope to be able to be of some use to writers here.

And the real real reason is that I like to mouth off about my writing opinions in a semi-irresponsible way and need a forum in which to do it.

There’s probably another reason behind that somewhere, but that moves out of the realm of writing and into the realm of psychotherapy, and there’s no need to get ridiculous with it.
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If an ant told in a whisper…
The power of language
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Testin Claims The Upcoming Enterprise Security Services Will Be The Merger Of Human And AI

Testin Claims The Upcoming Enterprise Security Services Will Be The Merger Of Human And AI

In early 2017, with an online alias of “Master” in various international GO Servers, AlphaGo competed against dozens of the top Chinese, Japanese and Korean Go players in a fast-paced version of Go, with a continuous series of 60 victories. Artificial Intelligence (AI) can no longer be considered an objective in the distant event horizon, and pioneering businesses in the artificial intelligence domain are appearing like young bamboo shoots after the Spring rain.

Many people are pondering whether Security AI or Security Robot will appear among us. Are we coming into an age of Artificial Intelligence in Security?

“The Upcoming Trend for Enterprise Security Services — Merger Integration of Human and Machine”, Dixon Ho, Chief Security Advisor of Testin, said at the 2017 Canton Tower Science & Technology Conference – Global Mobile Developer Conference and AI Summit Forum. He shared his thoughts and vision on the future of Enterprise Security Services.

Mr. Dixon Ho had served as the Chief Security Officer for Microsoft Hong Kong and security director for Microsoft Greater China, as well as Chief Security Advisor for the 2008 Beijing Olympics and the 2005 Sixth Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO MC6). Now he has dedicated most of his career and professional life, to lead Testin Security Services team to serve mobile application enterprises’ concerns for quality and security. At the summit, Dixon narrated from the 3 different viewpoints of the past, present and future of the security domain, the greatest challenges to enterprise security, and the security strategy for the future.

Future Direction of the IT Security Domain

In his judgement, Dixon believes future direction of the IT security domain should encompass the dimensions of Human, Security Artificial Intelligence and Software Security Robotics. A large number of large enterprises in the contemporary world are already leveraging AI in the implementation of their business tactics. It is estimated that, in the coming 2 to 4 years, high accuracy security protection applications in the field of information security using AI technology will become increasingly mature, and the use of software security robotics in cross-disciplinary cooperation will become more stabilised in the next 3 to 5 years.

Within the Security Artificial Intelligence (S.A.I.) framework, the responsibilities of the 3 elements can be structured as:

1. Leveraging the cumulation of past experiences, the human element can be responsible to design, define and manage the security tasks, as well as the subsequent monitoring, auditing and quality assurance duties;

2. Security Artificial Intelligence can be tasked with the learning and “activation” of new experiences. To achieve this, it must be capable of self-learning and analysis, or what is commonly referred to as machine learning, and through the processes of self-learning, founding, extracting and integrating, assemble the Security Decision Making Knowledge Base (SecDMKB).

3. Software Security Robotics can be used as the executor of the security tasks. This would include such real world duties as patrolling and watch duty. Furthermore, through the utilisation and integration of S.A.I. application programmatic interface (API) and Software Defined Security (SDSec) within the IT infrastructural cross disciplinary cooperation, protecting the multi-tier information asset in synchronisation to attain the security standards with intelligent automation.

The Greatest Enterprise Security Challenges of Today

The high speed development of the Internet, the ubiquity of intelligent mobile phones and the explosion of mobile Internet applications not only brings unbounded conveniences to the users, but also a profusion of potential security hazards. Consequently, the enterprise security concerns are also shifting from PC security, web security to mobile security.

As shown by authoritative statistics in PRC, roughly one in every ten Android mobile phones on average have been infected by virus during 2016 – an infection rate of up to 10%.

According to Alibaba JAQ 2016 Annual Security Report, 3284524 new virus samples were added to the Alibaba JAQ Security mobile virus sample database during 2016, averaging about 9,000 per day. Of the top 10 apps from 18 industries analysed, security loopholes were found in 98% of the apps for a total of 14798 cases, or an average of 82 loopholes per app. Data from the internationally acclaimed Gartner Group showed that 80% of the attacks took place in the application layer, and 95% of security violations were at the endpoint devices. At the same time, pointed out that new malicious software was growing at a incredible rate of 390 thousand per day. The traditional anti-virus (AV) solution can ill cope with the enterprise security problems and challenges. Enterprise security problem has now reached a critical stage.

From the perspective of the DevSecOps practitioners, a similar challenge is also being faced today in the overall security integration. Within PRC, most of the research and development (R&D) teams are short on application security professionals. For the testing stage, commonly found application security testing (AST) tools are unable to root out all the security loopholes. Data from IDC indicated that the popular AST tools are only capable of discovering about 67% of the loopholes, and are unable to carry out detection of security loopholes in the business logic. The fiercely competitive market environment of PRC causes many enterprise R&D teams to release new applications or versions before the security loopholes have been fully addressed in order to meet the business timelines. At the operations stage, attacks such as Zero-Day Exploits (0 Day) and Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) through file-based channels are particularly difficult to defend against. Data is the core asset of enterprises, and security will determine the lifeline of enterprise development. Consequently, irrespective of whether the enterprise is engaged in traditional business or centred around the Internet, there is the necessity to re-think and re-strategise on security and threat counter measures.

The Future of Enterprise Security: Integration of Human and Artificial Intelligence

It is the opinion of Dixon that in the near future of the next few years, the security hierarchy will be constituted of an amalgamation of human, tools and learning machines to result in rigorously comprehensive security testing and security protection systems. Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) will continue to be necessary at the R&D stage. The technology today is still distance from full automation in business logic loopholes detection for the test and release stage. Experts and specialised tools are still the status quo for comprehensive security flaw detection, penetration testing and hardening. At the final operations stage, intelligent security protection framework of breath and depth will be necessary, so as to establish an overarching, multi-disciplinary security environment.

The security infrastructure of intelligent terminals must be able to defend against all kinds of attacks, including traditional, advanced persistent threat and zero-day exploits. Dixon has presented the leading worldwide “one stop mobile cloud application testing service” provider – Testin, and the jointly introduced S1 endpoint device intelligent security detection and protection scheme with the strategic US Silicon Valley security partners. Through a tri-dimensional monitoring and safeguarding strategy, S1 can help enterprises to deal with different levels of security challenges, including:

– Real-time dynamic cloud intelligence, utilising known malicious program hashes, IP addresses, network or host characteristics etc. to minimise the exposure to attacks;

– Advanced static monitoring and safeguarding, based on machine learning, exhaustive file inspection engine, to unearth known and unknown (0-day exploit) malicious software;

– Advanced dynamic monitoring and safeguarding, based on machine learning, to detect the unusual behaviours of different types of attackers and prevent attacks that use automate scripts, dynamic contents, null files and other techniques, to aid the enterprises to implement behavioural risk monitor and control so as to realise 360-degree comprehensive dynamic monitoring to protect the enterprise security.

It has been reported that cloud testing can provide S1 endpoint intelligent detection and protection and can be implemented without undue complexity to establish real-time viewable evidence. This will enable not only automated multi-tier monitoring against security threats, but can also protect against 0-day exploit and advanced persistent threat attacks, thereby resolving the security issues and challenges that cannot be handled by traditional AV software.

It is estimated that in the top10 applications of 18 industries, 98% of them have loopholes. Testin application security scanning assists customers to find them and provide the complete solution which further ensures business security.

The function of Testin’s security product is based on T-leading security core technology, through the automatic way to detect the security risks and loop hole in Android application. We also give suggestions on how to solve the security issues discovered. It helps the enterprise understands and improves the security of the application, and avoid low level potential risk after it is in production.

The advantage of application security scanning (Compared with the traditional test)

Use static and dynamic scanning, malicious analysis and other technologies to locate code issues precisely.

Efficient automated scanning can issue security scanning report in 10 minute. Test process is completely recorded.

The code scanning tool of independent intellectual property rights, scanning checkpoints include configuration security, code security, component security, data security, encryption security, communication security, etc. Internal risk of application is detected comprehensively.

The issues and challenges being faced by IT management of the enterprises, in Dixon’s opinion, will surely multiple in the future. The present day security strategy and tactics are already unable to satisfy the wants and needs of security management, and cannot accomplish the necessary seamless platform integration. In conclusion, the positioning of intelligence in enterprise IT security will invariably become an integral part of the critical core infrastructure. Enterprise must take the initiative to plan for the future and lay the next generation strategic groundwork to safeguard the invaluable data and informational asset in the age of artificial intelligence.

About Testin

Testin is the global leader in One-Stop-Application cloud testing services for applications such as web, mobile web, H5, native mobile APP and game, VR/AR, AI, smart wearable, smart home, smart driving, IoT and industrial APP developers to provide the necessary testing services and quality assurance. Testin is the disruptor of the traditional software testing service mode, combine AI automated real device SaaS testing, crowdsourcing testing, full stack security testing and continuous big data analysis, succeeded not only in capturing the domestic market of China but also in sett its foot of the global arena, has now continued to serve more than 800,000 developers with their 2.3+ million APPs, branding clients including most tier 1 internet entities like McDonald’s, Nestle, Starbucks, Daimler, BMW, Philips and Kabam, etc. Testin has been certified by ISO9000, ISO27001, ISO20000, ISO17025, CMMI3 and CNAS, aim to help developers build confidence in their applications and ensure a good user experience. Testin has secured US$84.9 million in 3 rounds of IDG, Banyan, Haiyin, and CEL. Testin has been recognized as 2015 and 2016 Deloitte High-Tech & Growth Top 50 China, Red Herring Finalist 2014 Asia 100, 2015 Global 100 and 2017 Red Herring Global 100 Winner.

For more information about Testin Security please visit, or contact +852-2392-6880 (Asia) or +1 (760) 582-5577 (U.S.)

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IRCTC Tatkal Ticket Booking Software(07678979537)
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IRCTC Tatkal Ticket Booking Software(07678979537)

Tatkal Softwares: A Quick Overview

Many of you will agree with me that railway ticket booking agents can manage to get railway tickets much before than common people. Why does this happen?
The use of updated software for booking Indian railway tickets makes this possible for them. As these softwares are used for booking online tatkal tickets quickly on an urgent basis, these are called  tatkal softwares. Most of the tatkal softwares  are fast, safe and user-friendly. Many travel agencies, ticket booking agents, and common individuals use these for booking multiple tickets easily and quickly over the internet.
Given below are the many benefits of booking online tatkal tickets by using tatkal software

  •  It allows you to book multiple railway tickets at a time without leaving the cozy         comfort zone of your dream home.
  •  It can save your time and money significantly.
  •  It is fast and easy to use
  •  It does not take more than 30-32 seconds to complete the whole ticket booking process.
  •  It helps you make a happy and safe transaction.
  •  It gives you a pleasurable booking experience

This is why it is very natural that  tatkal softwares have a high demand in the market. Many people running travel agencies and booking online tatkal tickets are looking for this software to run their businesses smoothly and make more profit regularly. To meet their needs exactly, many software development companies have come forward with their state-of-the-art products that help know ticket status and book ticket quickly.
Most interestingly many new apps have come to the market to complete the booking process on the move. Side by side, it allows users to get a 360-degree view of ticket status on a real time basis. Consequently, they can prepare themselves for the next step to be taken.
As the blessing of tatkal softwares and apps one book ticket easily without running from one agency to another. Many software and apps develop companies invite people to become an agent. Once you have applied for an agent or contact the company for this purpose, they provide you with a demo version for limited use. Some companies offer it free only for one time for the first few users. Many companies charge you a small amount for their demo versions. When you pay for it, they give you a license number to use it for a certain period and point of time. After the completion of  that period, you need to buy it again or renew it for the next time frame.
If are interested in running your online tatkal tickets business smoothly and profitably, you can become an agent. However, before becoming an agent, you need to be sure about few things.

Have a look at these

·         Whether the software uses a secured payment gateway
·         If it is user-friendly
·         Does it ensure booking multiple tickets in one go?
·         Is the development company is a trustworthy one?
After knowing all these very clearly, you should become an agent.

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Holiday Fair Gift Guide: Part 2

Artist Showcase, Events, VendorsElizabeth Ramos

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! We know as soon as the dinner plates are cleared tomorrow, you're going to start strategizing your holiday shopping. Have fun out there in the Black Friday madness (those of you who choose to participate). But remember, those truly memorable, meaningful gifts come from real people...people like our Holiday Fair artists. As you're planning your gift giving, consider these two new gift guides to help you find the perfect treasures for the people in your life.

Skinny Straight Jeans by Billiam / Bowtie by The Cordial Churchman / Anchor Bracelet by Maritime Supply Co. / Tent and Trail Pullover by Dapper Ink

Shave Soap by The Herb Garden / Hand-thrown Mugs by April Schwingle / Sketchbooks by Shed Labs / Hand-turned razors by Slab.

Collar Necklace by Lily Pottery / Cameos by Once Again Sam / Feather Pendant by Crave / Hand-dyed Necklace by Spectrum

Embroidered Napkins by The High Fiber / Yarn Skeins by Merciful Hearts Farm / Hand-lettered Notecard by Paige Elizabeth Designs / Brick Feathers Clutch by Auspicious Miss

Holiday Fair Gift Guide: Part 1

Events, Festivals, Greenville, VendorsElizabeth Ramos

If you're looking for unique and one-of-a-kind Christmas gifts this year, our Indie Craft Parade Holiday Fair can help! Featuring handmade goods from 29 artists, there's something for everyone. Starting with stocking stuffers and gifts for the little ones on your list, let us make a few suggestions to get you started!

Stocking stuffers clockwise from top left: handkerchief/scarf from Dapper Ink / Leather keychain from Billiam Jeans / Recipe cards from Ink Meets Paper / Sketchbook from Shed Labs / Ceramic cloud magnet from Crave Studio / Soaps from The Herb Garden

Gifts for the Little Ones clockwise from top left: Canvas crown from Lovelane Designs / Not-so-magic wands from Slab. / Boy's necktie from Cordial Churchman / Baby spoon from Block & Hammer / Baby booties from Pogoshop /

Announcing the 2014 Holiday Fair

EventsElizabeth Ramos

Fall colors may not have hit their peak yet here in Greenville, but we're already thinking about the holidays, well, the Holiday Fair, that is. We're planning the third annual Indie Craft Parade Holiday Fair, featuring a selection of previous Indie Craft Parade participants. At this one day event you can support local artists and shop for one-of-a-kind gifts.

PLEASE NOTE: The Holiday Fair will be in a new location this year. Due to a generous offer by the Greenville County Museum of Art, we will host the Holiday Fair in one of the Museum's galleries. Their beautiful building and great location allows us to keep this year's Holiday Fair closer to the center of Greenville.

Date and Time: Saturday, Decmber 6; 10 am to 6 pm Location: Greenville County Museum of Art; 420 College Street, Greenville, SC 29601

Keep reading for a sneak peek of goods you'll see at the Holiday Fair and the full list of artists who'll be there.

2D / 3D Fine Art Cory Godbey Ben Schipper / Paper Loop Troupe Emily JeffordsApril SchwingleCrave StudioSlab.

5 Year Posters with The Printshop

Behind The Scenes, Events, Greenville, ToursElizabeth Ramos

For this year’s festival, we wanted to make a special poster to commemorate our fifth year. We worked with the folks at The Printshop, Greenville’s newest makerspace, to create silkscreened posters for our event. We spent an evening at The Printshop with Andrew (husband of our co-founder, Lib Ramos) and Jeremy to print our 2014 posters. They walked us through each step of the process — from burning a screen to registering inks and we took pictures along the way.

It was so much fun to take our design from a computer screen to a final printed product and be reminded of all the work that goes into screenprinted art. As we often tell others, learning a new skill is one of the best ways to foster appreciation for it. Here are some of our behind the scenes photos.

Mixing inks to get the perfect shade.

Jeremy shows us how to pull a print.

The first color on drying racks.

Burnt screen for color number two.

Adding the second color.

Final prints drying in a row.

Fun fact: The Printshop founders were introduced at last year's Indie Craft Parade. In less than a year's time, they ran a successfully funded Kickstarter and opened the doors to our city's first community print shop. The Printshop is offering classes along with studio space and access to equipment for all kinds of printing processes like silkscreen, etching, letterpress, lithography and more.

Be on the lookout for more partnerships between Indie Craft Parade and The Printshop down the road — for example we're hosting a modern calligraphy workshop in their space mid-January!

2014 Anthropologie Display Workshop

Events, GreenvilleElizabeth Ramos

In a few weeks, we’ll be partnering with our local Anthropologie to spread some early holiday cheer and get ourselves into the holiday spirit. Join us at the Greenville store on October 23 where we’ll be making gilded garlands for a large in-store display. You're invited to come out and spend time creating with us! All the materials and tools will be provided.

We did our first display workshop with Anthro last year making garlands from recycled materials, and we're already looking forward to what they have in store for us this year.

The event is free, but you do need to RSVP because space is limited! Call the store at 864-242-4553 to reserve your spot.

Date: Thursday, October 23, 2014 Place: Anthropologie: 1 North Main Street, Greenville, SC 29601 Time: 6-9 pm Cost: Free, but RSVP is required

Film Screening: Sign Painters

EventsElizabeth Ramos

Please join us for a special film screening!

Sign Painters

celebrates the hand-painted sign industry, an American tradition. This documentary explores a fascinating insight into a a highly specialized underground trade, emphasizing an appreciation for a balance between art and commerce.

WHEN: Saturday, October 4 at 4 pm

WHERE: Furman University, at the

Trone Student Center: Burgiss Theater

3300 Poinsett Hwy, Greenville, SC 29613.

Click here for a campus map.

The Trone Student Center is located towards the back left of campus, on the lake.

COST: Free!

In addition to the film, local sign painters will be on hand to do demos and answer questions about their work and industry.

About the film:

We see them almost every day without a second thought. Weathered by time, distinct characteristics shining through, hand-painted signs are a product of a fascinating 150 year-old American history. What was once a common job has now become a highly specialized trade, a unique craft struggling with technological advances. Sign Painters, directed by Faythe Levine & Sam Macon, stylistically explores this unacknowledged art form through anecdotal accounts from artists across the country including Ira Coyne, Bob Dewhurst, Keith Knecht, Norma Jeane Maloney and Stephen Powers. These vanguards of unseen originality are leading a renaissance with a keen creative purpose and exemplify the working class American success story. Sign Painters celebrates those keeping the tradition intact with a bespoke approach and appreciation for a balance between art and commerce.

This film screening is sponsored by Indie Craft Parade,

The Film House,

Furman University.

Thank you for an amazing festival!

Artist Showcase, Events, Festivals, General InfoElizabeth Ramos

In case you're still reliving the amazing festival weekend, we don't blame you. We just want to say a huge thank you to our 7,000 attendees, 80 artists, 42 volunteers, 20 sponsors, 10 staff volunteers, and 6 food vendors who make Indie Craft Parade possible. One of our favorite things about the festival is all the photos that came out of it. If you haven't seen it, check out the great #indiecraftparade hashtag stream here.

Here's a look at some of our favorites. We love you all! See you at our next event!

Image via SavannahMaieDae.

Image via Lindsey George.

Image via Eleanor.XVI.

Image via Strawberry Moth.

2014 VIP Tickets now on sale

Craft News, Events, Festivals, GreenvilleElizabeth Ramos

It’s already that time of year again…VIP Gala tickets are on sale as of today! This kickoff party will begin our favorite weekend celebrating handmade goods.

If you’ve never been before, here are a few things you need to know that make the VIP Gala special:Lighter crowds: The opening night is your best chance to get to know the artists and get first dibs on their work. We sell a limited number of VIP tickets to make that evening special and allow ticket holders to avoid the crowds of Saturday and Sunday.

Giveaways: Our artists always go above and beyond in donating work to our giveaway baskets. We usually have 12-15 baskets worth over $100 each. Each basket will find their way home with a VIP ticket holder.

Free Food and Drink: Catered this year by Chef Peter and his team at Chef 360 Catering, the food is going to be out of this world. And in keeping with the theme of buying fine local craft products, we’ll be serving locally produced beverages including coffee from Greenville's newest coffee shop, Methodical Coffee, house blended teas and lemonade from Tealoha, and a selection of South Carolina made beers and ciders.

Live Music: And to top it all off, there's live music! This year we're excited to have local band Pioneer Fires playing for us during the VIP event. Their sound will be the perfect backdrop to the party. You won’t want to miss it!

The 2014 VIP Gala will be held on Friday, September 12 from 6 to 9 pm at the Huguenot Mill in downtown Greenville, SC. This ticketed event kicks off the festival weekend, and helps support our artists and the mission of Indie Craft Parade. Check out the full details on our website and get your tickets here!

2014 Call for Entries: Last Chance

Craft News, Events, Festivals, GreenvilleElizabeth Ramos

This is it! Sunday, June 22 at midnight EST is your last chance to apply for this year's Indie Craft Parade. We do not consider late or incomplete applications, so if you've started an application but haven't finished yet, this weekend is your last opportunity to finish and submit!

For those who aren't applying, but know an artist who should submit their work, we've made it easy for you to send out an email introduction to Indie Craft Parade. Help us find the best handmade goods in the South!

Etsy Craft Party

Events, GreenvilleElizabeth Ramos

The Etsy Global Craft Party is back! And this time it's hosted by our local South Carolina Etsy Team.

What is Craft Party? Every year, people from around the world come together on the same day in locally organized Etsy Craft Parties to create art and inspire each other. In 2013, more than 11,000 people took part in Craft Parties in locations across the globe!

The 2014 theme is Recapture: Bring new meaning to your photographs. Partygoers can bring a special photograph, perhaps one that carries personal memories and nostalgia. Then, with needle and thread or paint and pen, transform that old photograph into a new handmade heirloom.

There will be crafts, food, drinks, and some great giveaways on hand, so mark your calendars now. Bring an old photograph (or a copy of one) to transform, $2 to design your own coffee mug, or your own craft to work on. This is a great opportunity to network, meet local Etsy sellers and buyers, and make some fun memories. All the details are below:

Where: Due South Coffee in Taylors Mill 250 Mill Street Taylors, SC 29687 When: June 6th, from 4pm-6pm

RSVP to reserve your spot.

Next Event: Bookbinding

Craft News, Events, General Info, ProjectsElizabeth Ramos

Our next event is coming up very soon, and if you've ever wanted to learn more about bookbinding, this is your chance! Cindy Leaders, an Indie Craft Parade alumnus and talented bookmaker will teach us how to create books using reclaimed materials. And what better place to learn about making books than at the library?

Join us at the Downtown Hughes Main Library in Greenville and learn how to make Buttonhole Pocket Books, a simple bookbinding technique that is easy to recreate at home. These little books would be perfect for sketching, journaling or even giving as a gift.

Cindy Leaders, with some of her Useful Books.

Students should bring a pair of needle nosed pliers (curved are preferable). Additional materials and tools will be provided to make three 3” x 4” books. All skill levels are welcome.

When: Saturday, May 3, 2014 from 2 PM – 4 PM Where: Hughes Main Library, 25 Heritage Green Place, Greenville, SC 29601 Cost: $22

Reserve your spot now!

Workshop Recaps

Events, General InfoElizabeth Ramos

It's hard to believe that there's only a couple of workshops left on the calendar. We've had such an amazing time getting to know all of you who have attended the workshops. We began the monthly workshops to extend our relationships with the community, and we think it's been a great success. I know we've seen some of you at every event--so wonderful! We're also thankful to the instructors who have so kindly shared their talents and knowledge with our participants. Here's a quick look back at the previous two workshops. Also a look ahead at what's on the calendar.

Jivan Dave demonstrating and instructing the best way to use your iPhone for product photography:

Amy Walcher of Urban Digs teaching how to build and maintain a successful terrarium. We had no idea what all went into it--such great information!

A look ahead:

Remaining workshop classes--Bookbinding and Homebrewing Indie Craft Parade applications open on June 1!

Upcoming Class: iphone photography

EventsElizabeth Ramos

We're continuing our spring series of Indie Craft Parade workshops, and next on the calendar is the iPhone photography class. People who attended The Makers Summit may have gotten a taste of this class. However, if you were unable to attend the workshop at the conference or if you're just looking to up your photography game, this is the class for you. In this 2 hour seminar, you'll learn how to get the most of your iPhone as well as some really great editing tips.  Taught by the incredibly talented Jivan Dave, this class will be invaluable to your Etsy shop, Instagram feed, or however else you share your products with the world. And it's very reasonably priced. The $20 class fee will pay for itself over and over again.

For further details or to sign up for the class, see information here.

The Makers Summit Recap

Craft News, Events, General InfoElizabeth Ramos

Wow! What a weekend. It was thrilling to gather with so many new attendees, speakers, sponsors, volunteers, and friends. I hope you've been reliving the day through the attendee photos on Instagram. Indie Craft Parade will release our recap video and official photos in the next week or so, but until then, be sure to check out #makerssummit on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. You can also read a really great takeaway from the event from the Brains on Fire Blog. Here are some of our favorite attendee Instagram shots:

Entering The Makers Summit by goinghometoroost.

The main conference hall by bofagram.

The business card guestbook by french_ashley.

Vagabond Barista's pour over bar by theflyformal.

Makers Gonna Make Tattly by tjbreil.

Jude Landry's keynote by indiecraftparade.

Just before dinner by lilyasher.

Menu shot by our presenting sponsor virb.

Party Lounge during The Best Craft Party Ever by michelle_smth.

Goods from all the party stations by onceagainsam.

Featured Sponsor: Big Cartel

Behind The Scenes, Events, General Info, SponsorsElizabeth Ramos

One of the newest sponsors to join The Makers Summit this year is Big Cartel, another partnership we are really excited about! Big Cartel has been around since 2005, and handles behind the scenes shopping functionality for all kinds of beautiful online shops. One of the biggest benefits Big Cartel offers is the ability to host your shop on your own site, fully customized. They also have very reasonable flat fee pricing, beginning with a free plan that you can try out and see if it works for you and your products.

One of the pieces from The Big Cartel Shop

If you're thinking about opening an online shop soon and want to know what options are out there, you'll definitely want to hear our Makers Summit panel about this very topic. We'll have representatives from Big Cartel, Square Market and ScoutMob discussing various methods of selling online, and answering attendee questions about getting the most out of your shop.

Another reason that we love Big Cartel is their support of independent artists. Initiatives like their Field Guides help artists tackle issues like copyright, taxes, and making your shop better. These efforts are perfectly in line with our plans for The Makers Summit, so we're excited to join forces and tackle these things together next month.

If you haven't already, grab your Makers Summit ticket and come see what else Big Cartel has to offer!

MailChimp: Featured Sponsor

Behind The Scenes, Events, General Info, SponsorsElizabeth Ramos

MailChimp has been one of our biggest supporters from day one, and we're pretty big fans of theirs as well. They are a sponsor of the 2014 Makers Summit! A few months ago, we finally had the opportunity to visit their Atlanta offices. One of the first things we saw when we walked in was this amazing embroidered front desk! We knew we were in the right place.

MailChimp has a reputation of supporting creative and small business ventures like ours. So it seemed fitting that their front desk would be a giant example of craftsmanship.

We got to explore the offices with our friend Marco, and meet a few of the people that make MailChimp tick.

We were especially impressed by the 3D printer station for employees!

If you receive our Indie Craft Parade or Makers Summit newsletters, then you've seen MailChimp at work. (And if you're not on the list, you can sign up at the bottom of our sites!). MailChimp makes communicating via email so much easier. And they provide a lot of Resources for beginners. Here are a few to get you started:

MailChimp for Online Sellers MailChimp for NonprofitsMailChimp for Bloggers and even, a coloring book for kids!

We know you'll enjoy working with Freddie just as much as we do!

Learn to Knit

Events, GreenvilleElizabeth Ramos

The next workshop in this year's series of events is Learn to Knit with Deb Potter. You may remember Deb and her beautiful yarn from our festival, or from our About video, where she gives us a tour of her farm.

If you've always wanted to learn how to knit, or maybe you're just a bit rusty, this is for you! And in the spirit of all things warm and cozy, what could be a better location for this class than a tea room?

WHEN: Tuesday, February 4, 2014 from 7 PM – 10 PM WHERE: Tealoha, 131 E McBee Ave Greenville, SC 29601 COST: $25

DETAILS: Come for an evening of fun where you'll learn the basics of knitting. Create a cup cozy using a skein of Deb's handpainted wool yarn and go home with a finished product at the end of the night. All supplies are included in the cost of the workshop.

Class size is limited, so grab your friends and register here.

Indie Craft Parade + The Children's Museum

Events, Festivals, GreenvilleElizabeth Ramos

 Next Saturday we're going to have a station at the Kids' Maker Fest--a special event with The Children's Museum of the Upstate. The whole day is dedicated to teaching kids about the value of making and the different avenues that people use to incorporate making into their lives.

From The Children's Museum:A maker is a do-it-yourself kind of person, who engages their creativity and knowledge doing hands-on projects. Some makers are science and technology oriented while others are more crafty. All makers share a passion for creating, and believe that if something can be imagined it can be made!

Highlights from the day include:

  • --Make and launch your own paper rockets
  • --A hovercraft demonstration & make a mini hovercraft
  • --Coder demonstrations on SCRATCH and STARLOGO
  • --Use your imagination and build with MAKEDO cardboard projects
  • --Playdough circuit activities
  • --Make a bristlebot
  • --Play with large robots
  • --Designing stamps with the Indie Craft Parade
  • --Trebuchet launch

If you've never taken the kids in your life to The Children's Museum, this is the perfect opportunity. Not only will you get to see their amazing regular exhibits, but also kids have access to all the stations available with The Maker Fest. Participation in The Maker Fest is free with general admission.

We hope to see you there! It's going to be a great day.

Gift idea help

Craft News, Events, GreenvilleElizabeth Ramos

If you're still in need of a last minute gift idea for the creative person in your life, we might be able to help! Reserve a ticket for The Makers Summit or The Best Craft Party Ever (or both!) in time to give for Christmas.

 I If you're not familiar with The Maker's Summit, here's a quick overview:

The conference takes place Saturday March 1, 2014 from 9am - 5pm. Tickets include a light breakfast, lunch, keynote sessions, panel discussions, and one-on-one sessions with experts. The day is designed to connect fellow creatives while learning how to start or grow your creative business.

While the conference is geared toward creative entrepreneurs, the after party is open to anyone who loves great food, and making alongside others. The goal here is to simply celebrate the fun of making and meeting other makers. Learn more here.

There are 3 gift options to choose from:

· An all-access pass for both the conference and after party for $150.

· The conference day pass for $100.

· The Best Craft Party Ever evening pass for $50.

Reserve your gift ticket this week!


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Saturday, December 15, 2012

Personal Creations Review

Personal Creations offers a wide array of personalized, special, high quality products ranging from Christmas ornaments, home decor, and children's items, just to name a few.

From their website:

"When giving a gift, there's nothing like a gift that says, "You're one of a kind!" For over 10 years, Personal Creations has been helping create lasting memories with perfect, personalized gifts for all of life's special occasions. Whether for birthdays, anniversaries, baby showers - or every special event in between - a personalized gift always delivers the brightest smiles."

I was lucky enough to get to review some of the amazing products from Personal Creations, and I was SO excited to be able to choose what I wanted to review. I chose to get some personalized Christmas tree ornaments that were super cute and something we had never had before!

First, I chose a family ornament. I loved the snowmen theme of the one I chose, and another big reason I chose this one was because it had 6 snowmen, so there was a space for the new baby, even though we don't know what we are having or the name yet, we could still include the baby in it, which was important to us.

First of all, each ornament came in it's own individual little draw string velvet baggie, which I also thought was cute and professional packaging.

(For some reason this picture is turned the right way when I look at it in my photo files, but will not turn the correct way in this post...)

I LOVE LOVE LOVE this ornament! It's soooo cute and I just love the personalization on it!

After deciding on this family ornament, I wanted to get one for each child. They didn't have Diego or Thomas the Train for Connor, so I went with Elmo.

Even though it's not one of his top favorite characters, he still was so excited when he saw it! I love the snowflake design behind Elmo, and of course, the personalized aspect of it.

For Merasia, I found a Dora ornament and knew I HAD to get it for her!

She was IN LOVE with this when she saw it and wanted to hold it, play with it, and check it out.

Last but certainly not least was little Mason. It's not his first Christmas so a baby's first Christmas ornament was out of the question, but I did find this adorable one that worked just as good!

This review was scheduled to be posted a month or so ago, but I really wanted to wait until we got our Christmas tree and could really use the ornaments so then I could write a much better and accurate review, and have more photos to show of the ornaments on our tree.

They make a wonderful addition to our Christmas tree this year!

I would definitely recommend Personal Creations to friends and family, and it's an excellent place to do a little Christmas shopping for those special people in your life this holiday season and every other special event in your life through the rest of the year!

**DISCLAIMER** I received the above product(s) from Personal Creations free of charge in exchange for an honest review. No other compensation was received. However, all opinions are strictly my own.

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Maine man reunited with Corvette in North Bennington

NORTH BENNINGTON — Edward Chaisson was 19-years-old when he saw it on a car lot in southeastern Massachusetts: A red 1984 Chevy Corvette.

The Quincy, Mass. native bought it for $7,500 in 1995. He drove it a year before joining the Air Force and placed it in storge. It moved from one place to another, and eventually he sold it.

"When I was a kid in high school, these cars were it — they were the car you had to have," Chaisson, now a York, Maine resident, said Friday. Driving it, he said, "was like riding on rails. You couldn't ask for anything better."

He's since had five Corvettes, he said, but never forgot his first because of the sentimental value.

But thanks to some sleuthing and an anonymous tip, Chaisson tracked the Corvette down to a North Bennington barn and bought it this month for a second time.

He was working as a tow-truck driver, he said, when it came onto a Hanover, Mass. car dealership's lot.

"It was a Florida car — a couple drove it from Cape Cod every year," he said. "The top was faded and it needed a paint job."

He drove it for a year, he said, before he joined the air force. The car moved from one garage to another as he was stationed 3,500 miles away. He sold it in 2000.

"I was a punk kid, but this started making me a grown man," he said. He had to make car payments so his mom, the cosigner, wouldn't kill him. And he credits that responsibility to be one reason he went back to get a high school diploma.

The car also represented a link to his father, he said, whom died when he was young. Chaisson learned that the day he pulled into his uncle's driveway just after buying the car.

"My uncle said to me, 'Your old man had a Corvette just like this,'" he said.

In February, Chaisson ran a CarFax report on the car — he had previously found an old Massachusetts vehicle registration in a car magazine.

"I nearly passed out when I ran it," he said. "On my screen, it said the car had just been registered last June in Bennington."

Chaisson tried making calls to town halls and even the police, but didn't have any luck. He, his wife and dogs hit the road to southern Vermont the week before Easter. He put up fliers at local businesses, including coffee shops and Hemmings Motor News.

"My hope," he wrote, "is that somebody out there will identify the vehicle and help me get in contact with the present owner with the hopes of finally reuniting with this car after all this time."

Based on an email from someone who wanted to remain anonymous, Chaisson met up with Richard Rowe, of Cambridge, N.Y., who bought the car two years ago and stored it in a North Bennington barn.

A previous owner had it garaged for 12 years, Chaisson said. In the 15 years since Chaisson sold it, the car was barely driven 15,000 miles.

After negotiating with Rowe, Chaisson said, he bought the car for $7,500, the same price he paid in 1995.

"It's an absolute time capsule," Chaisson said. "It still has the same muffler. It smells exactly the same, rides the same." He joked that "everything on the car that was broken 20 years ago is still broken... The power antenna, the dashboard."

So what now, given it's sitting in his garage with his other Corvette and a motorcycle? A new paint job and new tires are likely, he said. But Chaisson said any upgrades he's going to make will be mostly decorative. It's the memories of driving his first Corvette that he cares about.

"It's the same car I had 20 years ago."

Contact Edward Damon at 413-770-6979

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Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport Master Plan

Increases in passenger traffic, coupled with a desire to update an obsolete airport master plan, have spurred the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (LANOIA) and the Federal Aviation Administration to implement this study. Together, they committed to identifying new opportunities for expanding and improving the markets served by LANOIA; improving the overall efficiency and access to the airport; and maximizing the potential that can be made available from its real property and regional attractions, as well as accommodating growth for 20 years and beyond.

It had long been understood that the primary issues the airport faced relative to growth, revolved around the ability to expand their facilities in a manner which provided the most benefit to the airport and the community. The study focused on providing a framework of decisions for expanding facilities and addressing the issues. Other issues such as the future runway and environmental impacts were not within the scope of this study.

City of New Orleans through the
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God called my wife, Margo and I, to Tupelo Children’s Mansion over twenty years ago. During the past two decades, our lives have been greatly enriched as we have watched children grow up under our care. It has been my privilege to stay in touch with numerous former residents who have successfully overcome their pasts and are now living a life better than they could have once imagined. Having come to the Lord as a teenager myself, and moved into the home of Pastor Jerry Holland, I am very familiar with the feelings of finding success, despite your circumstances.  It was under Bro. Holland’s care that I learned that I can be anything I set my mind to, as long as I put God first.

The opportunity afforded to me as a young man also contributes to the reason that I have given nearly half my life to this calling. We now have three grown children who once arrived at TCM frightened, insecure, and uncertain of what their futures would hold.  As our paths were woven, we felt God’s calling to open our hearts and homes to these teenagers. All of our children are still thankful for the role that TCM played in their lives. My son, Eric, serves as our Alumni Vice-President, helping to keep hundreds of residents connected with “home.”

On some days, my job of balancing the budget and handling staffing issues seems overwhelming, but a walk across the campus to buy a diet coke quickly changes my perspective. It is then, that little Sabastian will run up to me and tell me that he loves me, or AJ will dash by and give me a high five. On other days, it’s Chris, needing some advice, or Nick showing me his latest skateboard stunt.

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Other Names: Band,Bande Sardeh,Banḏe Saṟḏeh,Morsal Band,Mursala Band,Sardeh Band,Sardekhband, Sardeh Band

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Chapter 4, Page 21

Now we know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall

What’s up? Thanks for joining the Patreon stream on Thurs, all 6 of you (lol), I actually found that I inked faster with a stream so I think I’ll be doing one tomorrow as well for page 22. You can see the incomprehensible sketch for this page at that link though, and I’ll be streaming at the same place (non-Patrons can also technically watch these, but you’ll have to Google sleuth for the address to appeal to my vague sense of internet fairness).

Patrons also got a networking tutorial and big ol’ supplement worksheet, with everything I know about networking in ways that don’t make me want to scream. If you’re a regular commenter, you are already networking with me, because I love you guys~

What else… nothing off the top of my head I guess. How are you all doing?

  • “He can do a lot of pull-ups ? WELL HE SURE PULLED ME DOWN THERE WITH HIM”

  • ObservantWolf

    AI-pathing has been an issue in many games, I’ve had allies walk off ledges to their death repeatedly… XD

    • Uggala

      That could be the reason Levi was designed as a flying robot. Pathfinding for fyling objects is easy. It’s probably easier researching and developing a portable anti-grav unit than to program a proper pathfinding algorithm for a walking unit :D

      • ObservantWolf

        Huh, good point! Can still fall down deep dark holes if his flight depends on a certain nearness of floor though.

  • Zach

    She’ll have to drop the suit. Yay!

  • David

    She’s climbing Freddie Krueger’s face ^.^

    Also- how come she can breathe the air without coughing? Mike required a thighfriend.

    And welcome back, Der-shing :-)

    • shingworks

      The air is not great, but is breathable. Mike sustained a bit more damage than she did on the way down/ was initially in a smaller danker chamber, plus she’s been wearing a helmet/ mask as much as possible.

      • David

        Btw, who is your model for Dr. Fisher? Michael Phelps? He’s built like a god.

        • shingworks

          Fit people, BWF folks, since BWF exercises are easy to do at work or smaller spaces. He was also on steroids for a while so he used to be a bit bigger.

          • David

          • David

            Armshark = Mike on steroids

          • weirderthanweird

            I looked up BWF because I didn’t know what the acronym stood for and Badminton is what came up. Is that… is that correct? o.O

          • shingworks

            Oh sorry XD It’s maybe only an acronym on the subreddit I go to… it’s body weight fitness (using your own BW as resistance like push-ups and pull-ups).

  • arteopteryx

    Simplified LEVi-at-a-distance is soo cuutee! Of course, he’s further simplified since I’m reading from my phone atm. Cute little golden oval with eye-stalks and a tail-line!

    Btw, should LEVi’s leash be visible wrapped around Bex’s glove in the first panel?

    • shingworks

      Oh shoot, good catch!! I can’t believe I didn’t notice that, haha

  • Quix

    Fish this, and Fish that.

  • scrubjay

    this page is so gorgeous

  • BigDogLittleCat

    Levi is so cute and adorable, and I’m so glad he’s in this comic, because in real life he’d drive you crazy. As he appears to be doing to Bex.

    The leash makes me laugh. As if he wouldn’t follow her even if she didn’t want him to.

  • Ben

    I do like the art in this strip, very spectacular.

    • shingworks

      • Android 21 3/7

  • I love that Levi calls Kalla Fish.

    At least, I’m pretty sure it’s Ms. Kalla he’s referring to.

    • Edmund

      It’s Mike Fisher, but the meaning doesn’t change much at all for the error.

      • Ah, right. I should have known that. The whole alien shark-lady has got me getting my fishes confused.

        • David

          Yeah, Levi calls him Fish earlier on. I just re-read this comic, and there’s a lot of stuff I missed.

          Der-shing is definitely one for showing you stuff, rather than *telling* you. There’s a lot of subtlety.

        • David

          I’m assuming that a big part of Mike’s character is this Dr. Braid, who has only been mentioned twice, and perhaps shown to us once. I don’t know what happened to her, but maybe it’s what pushed Mike over the edge.

  • hkmaly

    So long since the comics appeared and STILL noone who would say it’s totally climbable? I guess it’s really hard, then :-)

    • David

      It looks doable- plenty of handholds. I wouldn’t want to try it in a spacesuit though.

  • “Now we know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall”
    Because they had to count them all, right?
    Just another Day in the Life inside Mars!

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Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Breakout & Breakdown

Coming into the week, the US dollar index had been tracking our Structure of a Secular Low comparative quite closely - trading in a consolidating pattern beneath this past summers high.
We believe the strong rally today in the dollar is the ignition point for what we anticipate to be the second-stage breakout leg for the currency.
And while the dollar is still trading below its previous summer highs, we believe silver is once again displaying its transcendent nature to impression where other assets may find themselves in the future. We moved forward the Nikkei comparative to align this weeks break, and continue to find congruence in how momentum is unwinding in silver. Considering the proportion of this weeks breakdown, we have also lowered the target range for an intermediate low.


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SOURCE: BioLargo, Inc.

BioLargo, Inc.

March 07, 2016 13:04 ET

BioLargo's Odor-No-More Products Approved to Sell Through GSA Advantage and VA Schedule

SANTA ANA, CA--(Marketwired - Mar 7, 2016) - BioLargo, Inc. (OTCQB: BLGO) announced today that two product lines (consisting of 9 SKUs) of its Nature's Best Science products were awarded a five year U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) supply contract, under schedule 65IIA for medical equipment and supplies. The award opens up an important selling channel for the company's current and future products.

The GSA Schedules program is the premier acquisition vehicle in government, with approximately $50 Billion a year in spending. The GSA's medical equipment and supplies Schedule 65IIA Contract provides federal agencies with medical supplies for a wide variety of uses such as public safety, medical research, and laboratory diagnostics. Winning a GSA supplier contract is a lengthy process averaging 12-15 months. Approval required BioLargo and its distribution partner, Downeast Logistics, establish the products met quality manufacturing standards, and that they had delivery capabilities, a minimum level of prior sales to the government and operations history, and a satisfactory Dunn & Bradstreet rating. The GSA contract awarded allows for the sale of specific Odor-No-More products for a period of five years, subject to renewal of up to 20 years. The supplier contract opens the door for sales through "GSA Advantage," the online shopping and ordering system that provides government agencies access to thousands of contractors and millions of supplies (products) and services.

"Obtaining status on the GSA schedules is a significant accomplishment, and provides us significant opportunity to sell to the U.S. government," said Odor-No-More President, Joe Provenzano. "All of the products that we currently offer the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) through DIBBS and Military Medical Facilities (MMF) through the DAPA will now be available through GSA Advantage and the VA FSS Schedule."

Dennis P. Calvert, President and CEO of BioLargo, added, "Securing this GSA award is the culmination of more than 18 months of work. Now that we've been accepted into this selling channel, we intend to add more products, including those from our Clyra Medical subsidiary when they are ready for market."

About BioLargo, Inc.

BioLargo, Inc. (BLGO) makes life better by delivering sustainable technology-based products that help solve some of the most widespread problems threatening the world's supply of water, food, agriculture, healthcare and energy. More information can be found about the company and its subsidiaries at Its subsidiary BioLargo Water, Inc. ( showcases the Advanced Oxidation Systems, including its AOS Filter -- a product in development specifically designed to eliminate common, troublesome, and dangerous (toxic) contaminants in water in a fraction of the time and cost of current technologies. It is the winner of the Technology Star award by New Technology Magazine for its breakthrough innovation for the oil industry and is named the Technology Innovation Leader in the water treatment market by Frost & Sullivan. BioLargo also owns a 50% interest in the Isan System, which was honored with a "Top 50 Water Company for the 21st Century" award by the Artemis Project, now being commercialized under a license to Clarion Water, Inc. BioLargo's subsidiary Odor-No-More Inc., features award-winning products serving the pet, equine, military supply and consumer markets, including the Nature's Best Solution® and Deodorall® brands ( BioLargo's subsidiary Clyra Medical Technologies, Inc. ( focuses on advanced wound care management.

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The statements contained herein, which are not historical, are forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, the risks and uncertainties included in BioLargo's current and future filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including those set forth in BioLargo's Annual Report on Form 10-K.

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    BioLargo, Inc.
    949-643-9540 x1