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How to Determine if a StumbleUpon Paid Discovery Campaign Worked
After a couple of days of running a Paid Discovery campaign on StumbleUpon, data are now ready to be analyzed. This begs the question: How do you know whether Paid Discovery is working?
How to calculate exposure from StumbleUpon Paid Discovery
For exposure, you look at total traffic generated and sharing activity. In traditional marketing, the metrics commonly used for exposure are impressions and engagement. An impression is technically every time someone might see your content, so impression is calculated every time the StumbleUpon feed page is loaded.
Engagement is when someone actual does something, like click through to your website or share with others. Because StumbleUpon doesn't provide impression-based reporting, We'll use engagement as the primary metric here. Next, you'll want to calculate the campaign costs. The costs are as follows:
Content production
Marketing staff overhead
Paid Discovery spending
Now take the sum of campaign costs and divide by the total engagements (traffic and sharing). This is called cost per engagement. Now, compare the cost per engagement of Paid Discovery to other channels in your marketing mix like Paid Search, Events, TV ads, Radio, etc. You'll get a really good bottom-line sense of the performance of your Paid Discovery campaign.
How to calculate leads from StumbleUpon Paid Discovery
For leads, you'll have to do a little setup with your web analytics service. It's fairly easy to set up in Google Analytics, which is the most common (and free) web analytics service. Here's how to do it.
Go to Google Analytics and sign up for an account. After signing into Google Analytics, click the Admin link located in the upper right of the page. Click your profile name, and then click Goals on the next page.
If you've already set up a couple of goals, you see a list of them here. To add a new goal, click +Goal. Name the goal, so it's easily identified in reports. Click the Active radio button, and then click the URL Destination radio button.
If you have Thank You pages set up after someone submits his or her contact information — and you should — copy and paste the last part of the web address into the Goal URL field. For example, if your Thank You page address is http://www.marketingcuriosity.com/thanks-for-interest, copy and paste /thanks-for-interest into the Goal URL field.
Then choose Exact Match on the Match Type drop-down menu. Exact Match means that Google Analytics will only record the goal if the last part of the web address matches the Thank You page exactly.
If you know what a lead is worth to you as a business, enter the dollar amount (without the $) in the Goal Value field.
Finally, click Save, and your goal is now set up.
Make sure to set up goals in Google Analytics before you launch a Paid Discovery campaign, or you lose valuable data for analyzing lead generation!
The calculation to use for lead generation is cost per lead. Add up all the leads generated during the Paid Discovery campaign and divide them by the sum of your campaign costs. Now compare Paid Discovery cost per lead to other channels in your marketing mix.
How to measure revenue generated from StumbleUpon
To get to your revenue numbers and attribute them to a specific marketing channel, you need to have e-commerce tracking set up if you sell products or services directly on your website. Or, you need to pull your web analytics stats into your Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software program. After you start importing web analytics into your CRM software, you can attribute revenue to Paid Discovery.
Google Analytics has a really good e-commerce tracking option, and High Rise or Salesforce are good options as your CRM systems.
You need to look at total revenue and average order value. Average order value is the average amount of money someone pays you at checkout. Take these two metrics and compare them against other channels in your marketing mix.
How to optimize your StumbleUpon Paid Discovery campaign
After you analyze the data and determine what's working and what's not, it's time to make some tweaks to your campaign to do more of the good and less of the bad.
First, make another visit to StumbleUpon Paid Discovery and sign in using your Paid Discovery username and password. Next, click Reports on the navigation menu on the left side of the page.
On the next page, specify the following criteria that you want to have addressed in your report, using the drop-down menus. They are as follows:
Date Range
URL (web address)
Age Range
To keep the analysis simple, set all the drop-down menus to All so that you are able to compare the various criteria against each other. Click Generate Report.
When the page reloads, you see a nice-looking chart that gives you a breakdown of traffic, engagement, and sharing metrics. To see a different breakdown by gender, age range, device, country, state, or date, click the drop-down menu in the upper-left portion of the chart and make a choice there.
You can see that marketing and entrepreneurship are the top traffic drivers to the campaign web address. The campaign goal is to increase exposure for Marketingcuriosity.com, and the marketing topic is clearly achieving this goal.
If you're the one running this campaign, just pause the campaign (it's been running for two days at this point) and relaunch a new campaign targeting only the marketing and entrepreneurship topics. The idea here is the campaign had targeted interests broader than marketing and entrepreneurship, and now you want to limit the campaign to just those topics.
The point of making these optimizations is to control spending by targeting the best-performing criteria within your campaign. You want to drive down the cost per engagement and cost per lead/acquisition in basically anything in marketing. The beauty of Paid Discovery is that you have the ability to optimize on the fly.


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Shepherd's Bush Overground platform widening begins
Ain't it a lovely day today? The sun is shining, Imperial Wharf is being built, and they've started digging a hole behind the legendary wall at Shepherd's Bush Overground:
Inside the ticket hall, they've put up fences and boxed up the gates:
This is the first time anything at all at the station has changed in six months.
(And yes the lift and the station signs are still pointlessly switched on)
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But giving a tithe to the local church is not the end of it. A tithe implies a legalistic relationship between us and God—a tithe is about our relationship with God instead of a loving response to God' grace. This leaves a huge understanding gap in our knowledge of the tithe.
Faithful stewardship includes generous and abundant giving to those people and institutions that give witness to God's compassion, God's justice, and God's transformative power.
There are other options available to us—such as giving to the Red Cross, Public Radio, or any of a number of perfectly good organizations. But I would ask any who are faithfully trying to discern the recipient of their donations to consider the effect the church has by ministering to us in time of personal transition and through the distribution of the Holy Sacraments.
If in honoring a tithe standard we assume that 10 percent—or whatever the amount of the tithe percentage is—belongs to God and the remaining 90 percent is our money, we completely miss the reality of New Testament teaching that it all comes from God and God may require more than 10 percent from us.
As much as St. Andrew's needs pledges and funds, the goal of this church is not to meet the b-word (budget), but the transformation of souls into disciples of Jesus Christ. Clear and consistent teaching about stewardship and the tithe; about giving and pledging, helps to get us there.
Father Mark +
Pledging has little to do with stewardship. Rather, it has to do commitment and with budget planning. To pledge to a particular organization is to make a commitment to support that organization. When people are able to estimate their giving ahead of time and pledge a particular amount, then leadership of the church is able to determine a budget for the year and establish certain commitments and expectations. Even people who are averse to pledging can be convinced of its merits when it comes to making commitments to staff and program. The church needs to be transparent and clear about its needs.
It gets complicated, too, when we realize that more and more people are living in times of fiscal uncertainty. And they are living with large debts. I wonder if it is faithful to encourage people to make pledges to the church under these circumstances. I wonder if it is good stewardship for church ask people to defer paying off their loans and therefore pay more interest in order to give to the church. I wonder if it is faithful to encourage people to tithe borrowed money. I wonder if it is wise for churches to tempt people to take on more credit card debt by giving them the option of paying a pledge online by credit card.
The local church compromises itself when it teaches or asks its people to give ten percent to the local church, and calls it stewardship. The local church does not model faithful stewardship when is asks its people to give and trust that God will provide, while clergy receiving those gifts are living with the promise of health insurance and remarkable pensions. The Rev. Lisa G. Fischbeck is the Vicar of the Episcopal Church of the Advocate, a 21st century mission in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.


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Trader Joe's announces 3rd Colorado location
DENVER – Trader Joe's announces a third Colorado store to be opened in 2014.
The specialty grocery chain has two Colorado locations under construction. A spokesperson for the company says Trader Joe's will open another store in Greenwood Village at 5901 S. University Blvd.
One store is under construction at 750 Colorado Blvd in Denver. The 2nd store is being built in Boulder at 1906 28th St.
A Facebook page called Coloradans for Trader Joe's has over 4,000 likes and is teeming with positive comments about the impending openings.AlertMe


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Tsotsi grew up on the streets of Johannesburg's shantytowns, making his home in abandoned drainpipes on the edge of these sprawling ghettos. Having lost his parents to AIDS at the age of nine he has no memory of his early family life. Tsotsi is the leader of a small gang, which is comprised of Die Aap, Boston and Butcher. He appears to have no moral or ethical problem with inflicting violence on anyone who stands in his way, and only tolerates his crew as long as they continue to serve his purpose.
Is much smarter than his companions. Unlike the other members of Tsotsi's gang, Boston is filled with an immense self-loathing and a hatred of violence. When drunk, Boston cannot control his tongue and constantly talks down to those he thinks are less intelligent than him.
Has been Tsotsi's loyal follower since childhood. He is big, strong and stupid but is happy to do as Tsotsi orders.
Is the most bloodthirsty of Tsotsi's gang and thrives on inflicting pain upon others. Butcher has never known a moment of love in his whole life and is probably beyond redemption.
Is an attractive young single mother. She has recently lost her husband, who was murdered on his way home from work. Despite her pain, she maintains her dignity and runs a small sewing business to support herself and her infant.
Is the smooth leader of a car-jacking syndicate.
Lost his legs in an accident while working down a mine. He is filled with anger and bitterness. Morris is forced to beg for money at the station but verbally attacks anyone who dares show him pity.
Is a successful corporate executive married to Pumla. He is the father of the baby stolen by Tsotsi.
Is the victim of Tsotsi's car jacking. Her money and intelligence do not prevent her baby being stolen.
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Seattle Seahawks receiver Jermaine Kearse made a bobbling catch late in the fourth quarter against the Patriots to set up the Seahawks with a first-and-goal to go down 28-24.
Watch the play here.
Best sport ever conceived. pic.twitter.com/lm2CpdHKbi— Robert Klemko (@RobertKlemko) February 2, 2015
Moments later, Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson was intercepted near the goal line.


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The German Bagpuss- Augsburger Puppenkiste
For a certain generation born in the UK, the name Oliver Postgate reverberates around their childhood. Postgate, along with his partner Peter Firmin and his production company Smallfilms, created some of the most famous children's television characters from a small shed in Kent. Beginning their work together in 1957 with 26 episodes of Alexander the Mouse, Postgate and Firmin would go on to create Iver the Engine, Noggin the Nog, The Clangers and most famously of all, Bagpuss. The animated characters and stories that emanated from their shed radiated warmth and although sedate by the standards of today's programming are still regarded with great fondness by many people.
Although I cannot vouch for the popularity of Smallfilms creations here in Germany, there is a similar feeling among Germans for the Augsburger Puppenkiste. Founded in 1943 by Walter Oehmichen with his wife Rose Oehmichen and their daughters Hannelore and Ulla, the initial puppet theatre was simply a small stage that could be easily set up in a door frame, which they named the Puppenschrein or puppet shrine. The idea had come to Oehmichen during his time in the Wehrmacht. Based in France, he had spent his time there entertaining his comrades during lulls in the fighting, storing his puppets in a small travelling box.
The early puppet theatre was a casualty of a bombing raid on Augsburg in 1944. Although Oehmichen lost his small stage, he did manage to preserve his puppets, so that with the wars end he was able to reopen the theatre, which was now based in the Heilig-Geist Hospital. The puppets and Oehmichen initially shared the space with the Office of Statistics. In 1948, the Puppenkiste had their first performance, using local young actors to voice the puppets, the troupe performed 'Puss in Boots'.
Among these young actors was Manfred Jenning, who would go on to become a staff writer for the Puppenkiste and would be the creative mind behind the annual year end cabaret. Beginning in 1951, the cabaret performance, orientated to a more grown up audience, is still performing today. This has become one of the trademarks of the Puppenkiste, with performances of fairy tales and popular stories for children, in addition to performances of operas and comedic cabaret shows for adults.
Another important creation during these early years was the Puppenkiste trademark opening sequence. Beginning on stage and later opening their films, the Puppenkiste or puppet box became the symbol of the troupe of puppeteers. Each performance begins with the opening of the puppet box to reveal the stage behind, modelled on Oehmichen own puppet box. The opening of the puppet box is held in the same regard here in Germany as the opening moments of Bagpuss in the UK.
Although it was famous for it's live performances, the Puppenkiste became famous nationwide when they began to be shown on Hessische Rundfunk, only weeks after beginning of daily television broadcasts in Germany following the end of the war. These live performances would grow into fully fledged motion pictures during the 1960s, which would feature productions of classic stories, as well as original works. Among the characters featured in the Puppenkiste repertoire were the Moomin family, which would go on to be a cult cartoon for many people in the UK.
Through the 1980s and 1990s the Puppenkiste expanded to cover educational projects, with scientific topics coming to the fore. Even as new projects were created, the Puppenkiste maintained a tradition for hiring up and coming writers and actors, as they had Oehmichen had done during the 1950s. Despite severing ties with Hessische Rundfunk in 1994, the theatre would continue to be popular with regular television and motion picture projects.
Despite it's age, the Puppenkiste would see some of it's best years following the turn of the millenium. 2001 was marked by the opening of a museum dedicated to some of the theatres best loved characters, something the Oehmichen family had long hoped for. Interestingly, the Puppenkiste is still in the hands of the Oehmichen family, with the current incumbent, Klaus Marschall having taken over the family business in 2003.
In the same year as Marschall took over the theatre, the Puppenkiste embarked on a two year tour of Germany, with special attention paid to paediatric units in the hopes of encouraging sick children. In 2006, the theatre travelled to Augsburg's sister city of Amagasaki in Japan. Such was the demand for tickets, the theatre ended up playing as many as three performances per day for a tour of only eight days.
There are a number of impressive aspects to the Puppenkiste, it's longevity and popularity rival anything that can be found around the world. The appeal to children and adults is also admirable and there are few theatres that can boast such a wide age range within it's audiences. I think though, that for myself, it is the fact that the Puppenkiste seems to be able to cover so many different topics within a vast array of different mediums. It is at once similar to the works of Small Films and Oliver Postgate, while at the same time being capable of expanding into areas that have more commonly been occupied by Jim Henson's creations, namely Sesame Street (SesamStraße). It is an impressive feat, one that I hope will continue.


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Transforming the industry in residential, hospitality, institutional, commercial and industrial development.
Disrupting Development
Gulf Development International Ltd is a disrupter in residential, commercial and industrial development. At GDI, we leverage extensive experience with innovation in process and technology to create superior quality developments at an affordable price and an accelerated schedule.
- At Gulf Development International, we leverage innovative technology and deep experience to improve quality and reduce the time to market for our products.
- This helps to increase investor returns by reducing interest carry and accelerating the timeline to operations.
- Our development process utilizes techniques that ensure work is done properly the first time, thus reducing repetitive work and snagging delays.
- Our strong relationship with key vendors also ensures we do not have delays related to product delivery and adequate stock, thus eliminating delays associated with supply chain.
- On average, our process allows assets to be delivered in half the time of conventional or traditional construction.


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Decorating a bedroom for a child can be a demanding experience. Childrens bedrooms ideas can be as full on as you like. Children are visually attracted to bright, bold colours but combining practicality with a style that you can all enjoy isn't as simple as it sounds! The choice of childrens blinds, or childrens curtains is a pivotal part of any room's décor and this is no different for children's bedrooms.
Childrens Bedroom Ideas
When you've found the perfect fabric for your childrens curtains or blinds , you then have the choice of how to fit them.
Safety Measures to Consider with your Childrens Curtains and Blinds
Remember if you are designing a small child's bedroom its most important to consider anything in the room that could potentially harm your child.
- If you are fitting a curtain pole or track, make sure it is not corded.
- Curtain tiebacks should be avoided or replaced with curtain holdbacks which should be fitted as high up the wall as possible.
- When fitting blinds we strongly recommend a child safety device (something we offer with all our made to measure blinds).
- In all instances keep control cords close to the window blind and positioned in such a way that all cords are inaccessible and out of reach to children. Also try to keep all furniture such as beds, cots, sofas, tables away from your windows as children have a tendency to climb.
Whether you're buying blinds or curtains for a newborn baby's nursery or a teenagers bedroom, consider the levels of light in the room as a blackout blind, or a pair of curtains with a blackout lining will help prevent your child waking up at sun rise!
Neutral blinds are not gender specific so if you are starting a family – go neutral.
Little girls blackout blinds
Curtain Poles
The curtain poles will need to provide a very strong base for the curtain to hang from. Aside from their functionality, many poles have also been designed to incorporate different shapes, patterns, colours and materials. The curtain pole can work in tandem with your childrens curtain choice to create a warm child-friendly atmosphere.
Choosing your Fabrics and Bedding
Bold or over-complicated childrens curtain fabrics can give a children's room that is already groaning with toys a distinctly cluttered look.
If you have already chosen busy wallpaper with matching curtaining, go easy on the bedding and cushions. Of course when it is a child's room you will have to consider their wishes on the designs, but there's no reason why you can't find a design that pleases everyone. The choices of blinds, childrens curtains and bedding for children is huge and their flexibility ensures that you should be able to find something that fits with the rest of your homes decoration as well as keeping the kids happy.
Childrens Curtains can also be hung to create a new storage space or to cover an existing one. Rather than using a cumbersome wardrobe, you may wish to seal off a certain part of the room using a curtain. Due to their increased flexibility, a curtain track may be the more suitable fitting for this type of fixture. Likewise curtain tracks are an equally popular for standard curtain fixtures.


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"Peaceful Protesters" Assault Old Woman for Holding American Flag
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As patriots assembled in Boston, Massachusetts to hold a free speech rally this morning, thousands upon thousands of angry leftists took to the street to counter protest.
The mainstream media and liberal politicians have started creating a narrative that these masked leftists are peaceful protesters (despite years worth of evidence that shows otherwise – from Ferguson, to Baltimore, to DC, to Berkeley, etc.). And yet if you wear the wrong hat or wave a red, white, and blue flag, you may find wind up bloodied by these peaceful protesters.
In Boston today, the peaceful protesters of the left hit an old woman and dragged her, as they tried to steal her American flag. Because shutting down free speech and hurting people for waving flags is what real anti-fascism is all about.
Watch the skirmish below:
MOMENTS AGO: Woman waving American flag hit, dragged by protester at #FreeSpeechRally in #Boston. #BostonCommon pic.twitter.com/7swgamIOjU
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I just got up and running with a new Quadshot featuring a Paparazzi Lia. I was wondering if any more conversations had been had about transitional flight with APM? Some OpenPilot folks have had some success and I believe multiWii has as well, has anyone here? I've not seen much beyond a few preliminary conversations around the difficulty.
Here is a video of one of my first hover attempts.
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I have not seen anybody with a transitioning platform here. You have probably found out it's amusing! For one platform we suspended a control board in a cradle that allowed it to tip that sort of worked. That Quadshot looked the best about in all the videos I have seen.
Here is my Quadshot Espresso .
It's a lot of fun to fly.


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The French Minister
A government office that functions much like "The Office" is the setting of The French Mintser (originally "Quai d'Orsay") a sparkling and savvy comedy of political manners from veteran French auteur Bertrand Tavernier. Best known at home and abroad for sweeping historical epics Tavernier's adaptation of the popular graphic novels by Antonin Baudry and Christophe Blain, produces a spry, pleasingly funny result with snap and energy. Thierry Lhermitte's hilarious central perf as a vain politico abounds with the rubbery grace of a Tex Avery cartoon character.
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Worship The One - Advent/Christmas 2014
Matthew Jones
Wonderful Counsellor (30th November 2014)
Mighty God (7th December 2014)
Martyn Orton
Everlasting Father (7th December 2014)
Unfortunately there was a problem with this recording. We are trying to improve the quality, but it may be a lost cause!
Martyn has made his notes available, so you can download and read them.
Saviour (14th December 2014)
Sam Owen
The Word (three files) (21st December 2014)
Martin Yates
Light & Dark (two files) (21st December 2014)
Jon Cram
Immanuel (28th December 2014)
Matthew Jones
The One Who is Crowned (4th January 2015)


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Steven and Andrew welcome Sandemonium Co-Chair's Sarah Brotherton and Cameron Rassmusen back into the studio, but this time for a full fledged Never Ending Random Discussion, and random it was! There was unexpected gifts, unexpected guests, and unexpected regrets! This is definitely worth listening through. Join us now for all the fun!
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Last summer, Utah imposed a mandatory four-day work week for its 17,000 employees (with exemptions for universities, courts, prisons and other "critical" offices). Since then, many county and city governments have followed. The workday is extended two hours, and the benefits for the work force and the environment are plenty.
Utah changed its schedule so it could cut costs at a time when gas prices were soaring. Utah also says the change will help its effort to achieve a 20-percent reduction in energy consumption by the year 2015.
How does a four-day work week affect the environment? A few ways: drastic reductions in crude-oil imports, greenhouse-gas emissions, employee exposure to pollutants, traffic congestion and auto accidents. Also, the programs may increase worker productivity, family time, job satisfaction and an employee's paycheck.
Some college students avoid Friday classes and seem to embrace a four-day work week. Brevard Community College, Cocoa, Fla., is in its second year of a four-day work week and class schedule. By closing buildings on Friday and turning down air-conditioning and heating systems, the school saved $267,000 during the first year.
Brevard's students have more time to study and work part-time jobs. Faculty and staff cite the savings in travel expenses, and extra time to handle family and household matters. Administrators have seen less staff turnover, an increase in employment applications, and an absenteeism rate that has dwindled to almost nothing.
Reducing absenteeism should not be taken lightly. A shorter work week is less strenuous and perhaps less stressful than a five-day schedule, and it brings other environmental benefits.
According to a recent California EPA study, 50 percent of a person's daily exposure to ultra-fine particles, which are linked to cardiovascular disease and respiratory illnesses, can occur during a commute.
Are there plans for a four-day work week at your school? Are you prepared to be at the decisionmaking table?
Classrooms and offices can be moved to a four-day week, but other facilities — residence halls, food service, athletics, healthcare — likely will continue on a traditional schedule.
Staff, including custodial workers, may prefer the new schedule, but some will be working a longer day. In addition, the potential savings likely will come from reducing energy costs associated with heating, cooling and lighting, and not from cleaning, which likely will be reduced on some days and increased on others.
Creating a healthful, high-performing school environment through rethinking schedules, operating hours and other strategies is filled with opportunities and risks. Be involved, so that your institution has the benefit of your expertise.
Stephen Ashkin is executive director of the Green Cleaning Network, a 501(c)3 not-for-profit educational organization. He can be reached at [email protected].


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Other orthodontic Services
Although most people associate braces with orthodontics, we provide other services related to the temporary and permanent treatment of teeth. Retainers Retainers are custom devices that fit inside the patient's mouth following orthodontic treatment. Retainers help keep teeth in their preferred, post-treatment position. Retainers may be worn during the day, at night, for a specific period of time following treatment, or indefinitely, depending upon the patient's needs and the doctor's recommendations. Retainers are often discreet, but we offer a number of options for post-treatment support. Surgical Orthodontic Treatments In some very rare cases, surgery may be required to correct abnormalities in the jaw or face, or severe facial injuries. Jaw abnormalities may impact breathing, chewing, eating, speech and outward appearance. Surgery may be the only corrective option. In these situations, we work closely with an oral surgeon or a craniofacial surgeon to develop comprehensive pre-operative and post-operative treatment to achieve the best possible results. Custom mouth guards Protecting your teeth is always a good idea. For our athletic patients, a custom mouth guard will ensure the highest level of protection during sports. Ask us how we can help you keep your teeth safe during sporting events.


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We're continuing to analyze the wealth of data we've gathered through our Small Membership Insight Survey. And while we're developing a clearer picture of what these organizations look like and how "size matters," we've also gained insight into what these folks want to know about other small organizations.
In looking through the responses to the open-ended survey question on what respondents would like to ask their peers, issues around administration, budgets and finance were among the top three categories of interest to small membership volunteers and staff. So we thought it would be interesting to take a look at the findings relating to budgets, funding, and financial issues, to offer a snapshot of the financial status of and future outlook for small membership organizations.
You can check out the survey highlights on budgets and funding in the infographic we created (click to enlarge), but here is a closer look at some of the insight we've gathered through our survey findings.
What do we mean when we say "small membership organization?" As you can see by the figures and diagram below, 61.5% of organizations represented in our survey have budgets under $50,000.
The top three budget groupings were:
We wanted to find out not only the types of income sources available to small membership organizations, but also determine which were critical to their survival and success.
Here is a summary of the sources of income that were reported as being "critical" sources of income reported in the survey*:
(* Please note that respondents could indicate multiple "critical sources of income.")
While the data we gathered on sources of income through the survey questions is insightful, we thought we'd share some of the suggestions offered by respondents for alternative sources of income since these might also prove inspirational for small organizations looking for innovative funding solutions.
Here are some of the "other" sources that survey participants noted:
Since membership fees are a "critical" source of income, we wanted to find out what the growth patterns were for small membership organizations in 2012. When we asked about membership growth over the last year, the results were heartening - here are the highlights:
We also wanted to find out the range of membership fees at small organizations. Our findings indicate that well over half of the survey participants reported that their membership fees were less than $100.00.
Here are the top three fee categories reported:
These are just a few highlights of the insight we're uncovering about small membership organizations. You can check out previous blog posts that offer additional highlights:
We'll be releasing our full survey report later this month. If you want to receive it and haven't requested it yet, you can register here:
Small Membership Insight Survey Report registration.
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Dear Rowan,
Seven. You know, it doesn't seem so strange that you're as old as you are right now. I used to marvel, unbelieving, that I had a baby, a one-year-old, a four-year-old. But for some reason you just seem exactly appropriate as you are, right now, all shoulderlength hair and no front teeth, playing piano, playing soccer, swimming, climbing the ropes in gymnastics class. At your class's Halloween party, you eschewed your Value Village Spiderman costume (complete with built-in muscles) in favour of your everyday clothes. "I'm going as a second-grader," you said, and man, did you pull it off. You're just so perfectly cast as a seven-year-old that it's hardly surprising. You know? (Or maybe I'm simply gearing up to turn 40 in a few weeks and so you're getting off easy.)
So you at seven (or, as you like to point out, in your eighth year): typical in so many ways. I can't tell you how many renditions of "Jingle Bells, Batman Smells" I've heard in recent weeks. At your birthday party, you and all your friends took delight in the same kinds of jokes: "Mom, mom, what's your name?" you say, and then "And what's this?" pointing to your nose, and then, holding out your empty hands, "What's in my hands?" (Susan knows nothing!) Ha ha ha, say I, and didn't you see me standing here just as you told that same exact joke to your brother, who tries to repeat it to me but doesn't quite get it because he's only in JK? No, that didn't occur to you, because, of course, you're only seven years old.
You read like a fiend: each morning, your alarm goes off at 7 AM and you curl up in bed for half an hour or so with a book. In the past year, you've started devouring some of my childhood favourites: Beverly Cleary's Ramona books, Judy Blume's Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing series (I still remember what a big deal it was when Blume came to Toronto to sign copies of Superfudge at the Toronto Children's Bookstore: hours-long lineups and screaming fans. See, children's authors were still rockstars even before JK Rowling. Not that we've started to you yet on JK Rowling. Because once we start, we won't be able to stop you. And some of those books are a little scary.). A few weeks ago, I got Norton Juster's Phantom Tollbooth out of the library for you and you loved it and all its crazy puns. And I loved reading it to you — the parts you didn't read yourself, leaving me scrambling to catch up to the story.
And yet, I have to convince you almost every time to try a new author, a new adventure. For your birthday, I went a little wild in the children's section of the bookstore, picking out titles based on your previous favourites (the latest Magic Treehouse), my childhood classics (CS Lewis's Narnia series), the New York Times literary supplement (Brian Selznik's Wonderstruck), and things that just looked interesting (Wildwood). You thanked us profusely and then put the whole damn stack aside and pick something familiar to read before bed as I held Wildwood not-so-subtly in my lap. "Put that away," you told me. "I don't want to read it." As bedtime drew to a close and you finished your allotment of one of those tiresome Geronimo Stilton chapters, I offered to read just two pages of the new book, and you grudgingly agreed. When I reached the end of the two pages, you said, diffidently, "You can read more." And then, after the lights were out, you called out in a darkened room to Rachel: "Mom?" When she answered, you said, "Thanks for the books. I already started one: Wildwood." And I smiled to myself.
And I guess that's kind of how it is with you at the moment: passionate and hesitant, a taste for adventure tempered with heavy doses of the familiar. Is that all seven-year-olds? Is that all of us? Will I spend my life as a parent gently (forcefully?) coaxing you into the next adventure just as I coax you to eat breakfast and wear a hat in the cold? Or will you one day pick up a new book, a new sport, develop a new passion, spontaneously, of your own accord?
On the other hand, we've just found out about a Pokémon club at the local library and you were in from the get-go, so maybe I'm overthinking this whole thing.
Speaking of Pokémon, they have replaced Bakugan as your preoccupation of choice. You are Pokémon hustler, with an encyclopedic knowledge of each creature's damage points and powers, playing on Skype with Rob, with your Zaidie when he shows up in town on your birthday weekend. "It's quite amazing," your Zaidie told me, shaking his head slightly as you trounced him over and over: "He knows every detail, every card, every rule." And those cards: you must have several hundred by now, given to you as gifts, bought at Zellers with your birthday money and allowance. "Do you need to go to university to work at Zellers?" you ask me and your other mother. Because that's the job you want (either that or working at Starbucks): so close to all those cards all day long, and you get a discount! And, after futilely trying to explain that no, you don't need to go to university in general to work at Zellers (or Starbucks), but that you may still want to consider university in general, I think, Well, as long as you're happy.
Your other passion is soccer. You're up and dressed early and outside, even in the snow, kicking a ball around, begging us to play with you, complaining when we call you in for dinner or insist that it really is time to go to school. I never imagined myself as the mom kicking a ball around with her boys after school, after dinner, first thing on a weekend morning, but that's who I am now. And maybe if I weren't so busy keeping up with you I would marvel at that, too, but who has time?
Happy seventh birthday, Rowan: you're marvelous.
P.S. Comment if you remember when Superfudge was released!


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April 23, 1990, Section D, Page 1Buy Reprints
The last time a British Government imposed a uniform poll tax on its citizens - in 1381 - a mob invaded the Tower of London, where the King's ministers had taken refuge, and beheaded the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Rioters protesting
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's ''community charge,'' which took effect on April 1, never got close to 10 Downing Street. But widespread anger over the tax threatens Mrs. Thatcher's political life, if not her physical safety. And it may prove to be the last hurrah for her philosophy of public finance, in which the goals of efficiency and accountability take precedence over the values of the welfare state.
The poll tax conjures up images of feudal despots wresting the last farthing from the pockets of peasants. But the economic and political logic behind the Thatcher Government's community charge is based more on ideology than on greed.
Under Britain's old tax law, the only source of revenue effectively controlled by local elected officials was the property tax. And, analysts generally agree, the system had become arbitrary and unfair in the 17 years since the last round of housing assessments. In some neighborhoods, a real estate boom had cut the effective tax rate to a tiny fraction of what it was in the early 1970's. In others, effective rates had risen sharply.
Perhaps worse, from the perspective of influential conservatives like Sir Alan Walters, a former economic adviser to Mrs. Thatcher who is now a director of Putnam, Hayes & Bartlett, a consulting firm, the dependence on property taxes created a bias in favor of big government. Every citizen can vote, he noted. Since less than half owned property, however, free-spending local officials had little to fear from a tax revolt.
Rather than take the political heat for ordering a reassessment of property, Mrs. Thatcher opted for a breathtakingly radical change in the way local governments raised revenue. Aid from the Treasury, formerly composed of a hodge-podge of entitlements, was converted to a flat grant keyed to the Government's estimate of the cost of providing basic services. Property tax rates for businesses, formerly set independently by localities, were made uniform across the nation. Most significant, the residential property tax, which had yielded roughly one-fifth of total local revenue, was replaced with a head tax whose rate would be set by the local government.
Children and the elderly were exempted. Those on welfare, along with students over age 18, were obliged to pay at just one-fifth the going rate. But everyone else, from duchesses to their chambermaids, were to feel a uniform pinch. ''If communities wasted money,'' Sir Alan said, ''they would have to raise levies.''
''The theory was impeccable,'' concluded Irwin Stelzer, an economist at the American Enterprise Institute who closely follows British economic policy.
But the theory was never sold to a skeptical British public. And a combination of bad timing and poor political gamesmanship on the part of the Thatcher Government turned a tax measure that was bound to anger a minority into one that apparently infuriated a majority.
Government policy makers knew that middle-income families who were renters, or had more than one adult in residence, would initially pay more tax. But since the measure amounted to a shuffle in taxes rather than an increase, they assumed that the losers would numerically offset the winners - the families whose savings in property taxes would exceed their poll tax. And in any case, they believed that profligate local politicians would absorb part of the blame for the plight of the losers.
Chance to Catch Up
What they did not fully anticipate, said Gordon Hughes, chairman of the economics department at the University of Edinburgh and an expert on local finance, is that local officials would use the occasion to raise their total take from taxes. Local authorities have been pinched by inflation for many years, he noted, and many took tactical advantage of the confusion to catch up. Charges averaged $:363 pounds per taxpayer (the equivalent in purchasing power of about $585), or roughly 30 percent more than London had anticipated.
The Thatcher Government proclaimed its innocence, pointing to ''standard spending assessments,'' computer-based estimates of how much money local authorities could save if they efficiently delivered services. As Mr. Stelzer points out, however, the failure to include in the calculations a reasonable allowance for inflation reduced the credibility of the estimates and further blurred the issue of who was responsible for huge increases in the average tax burden.
Once the central Government decided that it could not escape the blame for larger-than-expected poll tax rates, it tried to minimize the political damage by using its emergency authority to cap the rates that seemed most out of line with the cost of local services. But that only opened Mrs. Thatcher to charges of partisianship: most of the rollbacks affected local governments controlled by the Labor Party. And it alienated ideological conservatives who believe in small government - but also that communities have the right to decide how much in government services they want to pay for.
No Forthright Defense
As Professor Hughes noted, moreover, the Thatcher Administration never attempted a forthright defense of the resulting changes in individual tax burdens. In the view of many Thatcherites, national tax policy alone should reflect the national goal of social justice. In contrast, local government is merely a conduit for routine services - fire protection, road maintenance and the like - that the private sector cannot practically deliver.
By that logic, local taxes are really user charges, and rates ought to be keyed to the benefits delivered rather than to one's ability to pay. And the tax that most closely matches benefits to burden, they argue, is the poll tax. If the switch to a poll tax meant a reduction in taxes on the wealthy at the expense of the middle class, so be it. Parliament, in its wisdom, could always alter income and sales taxes to offset the impact on personal incomes.
Whether this radical case for making local taxes more regressive could ever have been sold to the British public is unclear. What is clear, though, is that Mrs. Thatcher chose a bad time to try.
Unhappy on Cuts in Services
Inflation is running at 8 percent, and many middle-income Britons are feeling the pinch from lagging real wages. Wage earners who own homes have been hit twice, as their interest payments on variable-rate mortgages rose in response to the Government's attempts to choke inflation by tightening credit. And while there is agreement among policy analysts that the middle class has generally fared well under the Thatcher Government, many are nonetheless unhappy about cutbacks in universal social services like health care and education.
It is perhaps too early to conclude that Mrs. Thatcher's conservative revolution has run out of steam. But the breadth of the revulsion to her initiative in local government finance suggests at the least that the palmy days are over and that the British public is no longer prepared to give her brand of radical economics the benefit of a doubt.


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Movie News & Reviews
'Bangkok Dangerous': Why is Nicolas Cage in this?
For an A-list actor with an Oscar, serious acting chops and a franchise worth at least $1 billion behind him, Nicolas Cage certainly does a lot of B-movies. Some, like Ghost Rider, you can understand. It's a comic book. It'll be a hit and raise the salary.
Others, like Next and Wicker Man and the new Bangkok Dangerous, are harder to explain. Was he looking for the next John Woo out of Hong Kong, and thinking he'd found him in the Pang brothers? Did he like their perfunctory little 2002 actioner, Bangkok Dangerous, enough to want to remake it?
Bangkok Dangerous isn't the worst thing Cage has done of late. It gives us another taste of the most formidable narrator of his own stories since the golden age of the detective movie. Here, Cage is a hit man on assignment in Bangkok, a hit man with rules.
"Rule 1: Don't ask questions. ... Rule 4: Know when to get out."
Ah, the hit man/bank robber/jewel thief/con who needs to do "one last job." Where have we heard that before? This week?
"Joe" is in town to do four hits, get paid and vanish. He has a habit of hiring a local to be his runner, and then erasing that "trace" at the end of the gig. He finds his Thai helper in Kong, a street hustler blandly played by Shahkrit Yamnarm. Joe starts whacking people and collecting briefcases full of cash for doing it.
Then something makes him discover his conscience. He is instantly touched by the open-faced compassion of the deaf pharmacist (Charlie Young) who helps him treat a scratch. He promptly starts dating her, without knowing her name or having to tell her anything about himself.
And Kong makes him break another rule. "Teach me," the kid says. Joe does.
The Pang brothers stage a couple of good action bits, one being the obligatory Thai river boat chase with those car engines mounted on long prop-shafts, promising somebody a grisly death (they always do). And Cage manages some nice moments with Young, one being his comically genuine reaction to hot Thai food.
But this is as stale as Tuesday's pad Thai, from its exhausted mythos of the surgically efficient, omnipotent hit man to the training scenes in which Joe explains the trade to the new guy, to the inevitable betrayals of the third act.
Cage, in a jet-black dye job that looks like a wig, and looking as if he can afford a better class of surgeon than Joan Rivers (he gets younger, film by film), adds nothing new to this genre. He's made his share of failures in recent years, but most, such as The Weather Man or Lord of War or even The Wicker Man, seemed to be gambles worth making, a chance to do something interesting. Here, aside from the over-familiar Thai scenery surrounding him, he's got nothing to say or do.
He has more interesting films in the works, although one suspects that he'll do plenty more projects that establish him as the American Jason Statham. If you've ever seen his best work, you know he's a lot more than a National Treasure. If only he'd act like it.


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Oh wow Lovely colours Erum!!! waiting to see the whole card
oh both the card's look so lovely if your sneak peek is this i wonder how your full card would look like....i am sure they are beauties!!
Wow! i love the colour and vibrancy of your cards. Im sure Tejal will love it.
I love the colours and vibrancy of your cards. Im sure Tejal too will love them.
i want to see this lovely card asap...
it must b as usual beautiful
grogeous colors Erum!!! can't wait to see the whole thing:)
Hope u r feeling better now?
Love the intricacies I'm teased with..... For sure, it should be the BEST treat for Tejal on her birthday!!!
Ash... :)
first things first E.. How ya feeling?? And this is gorgeous.. I cannot wait to lay ym hands on them and post them to Tejal.. She'll be super thrilled to receive it am sure.. And they gorgeous as usual.. Lovely lovely lovely work.. :-)
Oh 2 cards -- both look so glamorous !
gorgeous, gorgeous colors, can't wait to see the complete cards!
I can already tell ya'...it's got some lovely details on this! Can't wait to see the rest!
this is gorgeous...! loved the vibrant and the bold colors..!
and the second card is super stunning.. the bloom and the green are just so perfect..simply loved it ..
and now waiting to see whole of it..
I have no doubt that this is gonna be some eye candy.....can't wait to see it
Lovely colors ...... Y is the hop spread over for so many days :(.....
Want to see it ... now :(
I'm loving your work.
Somehow I found a photo in my Christmas inspiration file and came to your blog. Lovely! I'm putting it to my blogroll. Thanks for the inspiration.
I'm gonna stalk and hunt down my post wala uncle...I just can't wait...khush post it fast as soon as you get it!!
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Today, I would like to present a project I have been working on some weeks ago, and I was so eager to share it with you. I created all the illustrations for the famous monthly beauty box of Birchbox Spain, about summer, about those longer days, about holidays, about enjoying the hot days and vanilla ice creams.
And the best is that you can use this box to put your souvenirs, photos and such after you used all the products. Check it here if you want more details of what is in the box!


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This sounds a little odd but will actually handling your brand new Apple iPhone 5 actually damage it? What's odder is that no one seems to quite know, absolutely, one way or the other. We're probably going to find out as people use their iPhones over the next couple of years and not before.
The problem, sorry, the potential problem, is that anodised aluminium case that the new phone has. There are benefits, most certainly, light weight being the most obvious. However, anodising itself can be worn off: that's what might cause a problem. A cosmetic problem and no more but it could.
Taken out of technical language the reason that aluminium doesn't rust like iron does is that aluminium rusts immediately. Rust is the metal (Fe for iron) turning to the oxide (Fe2O3 normally for iron although there are other oxides). With iron this then falls off allowing the layer of iron underneath to undergo the same process, fall off and before you know it your Alfa Romeo sports car is in little pieces on the driveway.
Aluminium does the same: the very top layer of Al becomes Al2O3. But this doesn't fall off, exposing the layer underneath. It sticks to the surface and stops any further "rusting" (or oxidation more technically). Thus, while we say that aluminium doesn't rust the reality is that it does but only so far and no further.
Anodising is a process where we deliberately increase that layer of oxide. Stick the part in acid, run an electric current through it and we can increase the thickness of the layer by a factor of 20-40. This provides that underlying aluminium with much more protection against oxidisation or rust. The real reason, I suspect, that this has been done on the iPhone is that it is this anodised layer that you can then dye to pretty much any colour you want. If you have just a regular aluminium (or Al alloy) then you've got to put up with it being aluminium coloured. If you want black, or white, or any other colour, then you need to anodise so that you can dye that layer.
OK, all so boring and so technical. But the thing is, in either heavily acidic or alkaline environments that anodised layer will wear off/wear through. I've talked around the industry this morning and the general consensus is that for ph values of between 5 and 9 it's not really going to make much difference. Go outside that range however and there will be some wear. No one's quite prepared to commit to how much wear though.
The point here being that human sweat is generally in the 4.5 to 5.5 ph range. Just getting to the point where we would indeed expect the simple handling of a phone to wear off that dyed layer. In fact, we can definitely state, without any fear of contradiction, that some of that anodised layer will wear off as a result of the iPhone 5 being handled.
Whether this is important or not we don't really know. There are many things made out of anodised aluminium, from frying pans to laptops. But none of them that we (that's those experts I talked to and myself) could think of are used in the same way a phone is. Constantly in the hands and constantly being exposed to more human sweat. So we can say that there will be some wearing of that anodised layer: but we're absolutely unsure of whether the wearing will be enough to wear through it.
Which is a rather annoying answer to reach really: we don't know. Handling an iPhone 5 will definitely remove some portion of that layer of aluminium oxide. But whether it will remove enough of it to even be noticeable in a year, a decade or before the Sun burns out we've not a clue. For no one that we know of (and please do correct me if I'm wrong in this) has ever used the material in something that is handled as much as a phone is. Essentially, the experiment is being conducted for us by those tens of millions expected to purchase an iPhone 5.
Do let us know, won't you? Either way, in a couple of year's time?


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The ISPA Expo is off to a great start in the GSG Booth 2625!
The 5:00 exit call has sounded so it's time to turn to clean up, prep for tomorrow, have a warm meal and get a good night's sleep.
All the new mattress machines GSG is demonstrating worked great and interest grew as the day rolled on.
Hopefully, the momentum will continue tomorrow.
Return to http://www.gsgexpo.com/ home.
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Day 1 is Done
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Kenzo in the recent 2 years has amassed enough fashion fans that it is now being dubbed by Vogue as the "centre of cool" under the leadership of Carol Lim and Humberto Leon. The secret behind their success is in their amazing ability to tap and feed into pop culture, yet in a way that is relevant. They craft essential fashion pieces yet in an edgy way.
For FW2013 we see the label churning out hot hot items seemingly borne out of a volcanic explosion - and don't get me wrong, I think it's simply amazing! Gold and red dominated the runway and it is a collection that is young and hip in it's aesthetic - cool and edgy that is oh so Kenzo.
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Worried that using nursing pads will cause discomfort or leaks in public? It can be very uncomfortable when your nipples stick to nursing pads or your bra cups. Breast milk contains a high amount of lactose, which can be sticky. Once the breast milk dries in the pad, it may cause your nipples to stick to the nursing pads. Applying a thin layer of lanolin-based nipple cream will help you avoid any discomfort in your early breastfeeding weeks.
If you have an overabundant milk supply, you must pay special attention to changing your nursing pads frequently. Don't despair, an overabundant milk supply usually only lasts the first few weeks after your baby is born. Regardless if you use reusable or disposable nursing pads, you may find absorbency to be an issue with each type. My recommendation would be to change the pads frequently and avoid waiting until the nursing pads are soaked through. If you are going to be out and about, you may want to throw a few sets of Loving Moments nursing pads in the diaper bag and change the ones you're wearing as soon as they get too damp.
Hope this advice helps, new moms! Have breastfeeding questions? Leave us a comment and we'll help you get the answers you need.


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A Strategy For 2017
Where appropriate and possible, remind people…
Trump Is A Fake: A fraud, a phony, a proven liar, a con man who always cheats workers and employees and partners and investors, a stooge for banks and billionaires, and Putin's puppet.
Republicans Wreck America: They vote against the best interests of the people who voted for them in order to serve their billionaire donors, cutting programs that their voters want for veterans, the sick, the elderly, and children.
The Far Right Always Lies: They accuse others of what they are guilty of, they deny real problems, they smear people who point out those problems, they promise much but deliver nothing, they protect those who rob this country.
That's the short version, here's the full explanation: There's a long struggle ahead of us, a generation long crisis that's not going to be solved in a single election cycle. It needs to be resisted consistently and constantly, but in a manner that does not wear out its welcome among those who can be persuaded.
Don't introduce these points in venues or conversations where the discussion is about something else; wait until somebody makes a statement favoring the things we oppose.
Counter that statement and that statement only. Be polite but firm. Don't stoop to insults, but a careful measured response can be humiliating without being insulting.
Try to avoid more than two responses if on public forums. After you make your point, post something to the effect of "let's not spoil this thread for others by continuing this further" and let them have the last word.
That makes them the jerks.
If the venue or conversation is one appropriate for lengthy discussion (say an ongoing discussion on politics), stay and keep up the fight, but again strive to remain courteous in all responses and don't rise to their bait.
If they meltdown, let them. Be the adult and walk away.
We are not going to win back the deplorables, but we can wake up the deluded.
The three main points to keep repeating are: Trump Is A Fake + Republicans Wreck America + The Far Right Always Lies Don't go outside those three topics; the message needs to stay clear and easily definable so everybody can grasp them.
A general observation among preachers / teachers / salesmen / public speakers is that most audiences won't / can't / don't want to remember more than three points, and the more arcane or nuanced those points, the harder they are to remember.
So keep the basic message simple: Trump Is A Fake + Republicans Wreck America + The Far Right Always Lies
Under each of those headings above, note the highlighted words. These are short / clear / precise / easily grasped words and phrases that reinforce each central thesis.
Do not introduce those words unless or until challenged. Don't try to lay out a long / lengthy / nuanced / detailed case -- K.I.S.S. Keep It Simply Simple.
(You'll notice I didn't use "Keep It Simple, Stupid" which was the original phrase. That's because as much fun as it is to kick cripples down stairs or abuse those who aren't as smart, it makes the person doing it look bad, and by extension undermines their argument. So stay relentlessly polite, even when taunted and insulted.)
Use those words & phrases or similar to convey the basic points in each paragraph. Always present them as undeniable facts in the initial post or conversation, don't elaborate / equivocate / explain.
However, if challenged or asked, have data ready to back you up. If you haven't already, start a list of news items / essays / blog posts that back up and elaborate each of the smaller points. CAUTION: Do not -- repeat, not -- use fake news or partisan sites that have not backed up their posts with verifiable facts. DO YOUR RESEARCH and keep the list on your phone / tablet / desktop so you can respond quickly to a challenge or an inquiry.
I repeat, this is going to be a long struggle and we are not going to win it any time soon BUT WE WILL WIN IN THE END.
Right now there are millions of anxious people who have foolishly listened to the slickee boiz, ignoring all the bad things said and done because those voters are afraid for their families and their futures.
Those voters -- even the ones who are registered as Republicans and involved in local politics -- are not the deplorables (i.e., the flat out overt racists / sexists / religious bigots who flocked to trump and the GOP this election). They are basically common, decent, ordinary folks who are very realistically worried about where things are heading but who unfortunately have been badly served by those who did not get the progressive message across effectively and by slickee boiz who capitalized on their fears to rob them blind.
Those voters are not our enemy; those voters are our potential allies and when things go south for the slicksters, those voters will be the ones most susceptible to changing their minds and changing their votes --
-- but only if we don't demonize them in the process.
That is going to be a challenge for many of us, particularly those in minority or outlier groups who are being specifically targeted by the deplorables.
It is, however, a fact we are going to have to take in account for the next twenty-plus years.
(Remember Italy started WWII on the Axis side but, as they realized Mussolini was being used by Hitler and the Italian people were suffering because of it, overthrew the fascist regime and switched sides to join the Allies. So instead of having to subdue three enemies, the Allies only had to subdue two and could use their new Italian ally as a staging area for the war against the Nazis.)
I publish this strategy openly because it is based on one great weapon: The Truth.
The only way they can counter this is with lies, but their lies are of such a nature that they eventually blow up in their faces.
Three simple main points -- Trump Is A Fake + Republicans Wreck America + The Far Right Always Lies -- repeated long enough and straight forwardly enough will, like a constant drip of water, produce the desired result.
To mash two Mark Twain quotes together, a lie may get around the world while the truth is still getting its shoes on, but the truth has the great advantage of having fewer things to remember.
And while we are not sitting in a strategically good position on this, the first day of January 2017, remember also what Lt. Gen. Chesty Puller said when he and his Marines were surrounded by ten divisions of Chinese infantry at the Chosin Reservoir during the Korean War:


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So, the World Cup is over for the United States. Sure was fun while it lasted.
Everyone wearing star-spangled bandanas can get back to work and focus on the next opportunity to party and commiserate with friends, family and the spatula-wielding, flag-draped patriot next door.
Dwight Howard? Ryan Howard? Moe Howard? No, it was U.S. goalkeeper Tim Howard's inspiring performance that allowed many Americans, arm-chair pundits and members of the media to pose the inevitable and misguided question about whether soccer had finally arrived in the U.S.
From ESPN's stellar coverage and talk radio's airwaves, to local watch parties replete with face painters, we have been obsessed with trying to identify the precise moment soccer arrived, the seminal moment when the sport deserved mention in the same breath as America's beautiful game (football) or national pastime (baseball).
The dirty little secret is that it has both arrived and forsaken the U.S. Drenched in 0-0 ties after regulation and complemented with more flops than the Razzie's, soccer leaves us all to wonder and shake our heads over what to make of its future in this country.
Unfortunately, it may be Major League Soccer that is the proverbial baby thrown out with the bath water. After all, far too many want to link the stature and impact of a global cultural, political and business event, one with sport and feigned injuries as a backdrop, to the growth of soccer in the U.S. – and that remains as unfair of a connection as it would be to link the last two weeks' ubiquitous red cups to red cards.
Belgium versus Argentina on Saturday? May as well be Stella vs. Quilmes for all of us in the U. S. Of course, we still prefer to drown in our Bud Light (a slow death to be sure).
Bring on some nobody advancing at Wimbledon (especially since there are no Americans left) or, worse yet, crank up the volume on the Coney Island hot dog eating contest. There must be a story somewhere to be ginned up. A story that binds us together to root for – or against – somebody. Just because the U.S. is out of the World Cup doesn't mandate our nationalism has to wait until the Rio Olympics. . . . We still have reality TV, right? We can go back to keeping up with the Kardashians now that the need to keep up with the Klinsmann is over.
As World Cup TV ratings drop back to earth domestically and the handwringers take cover, let's remember a few things. First, sports and entertainment in this country revolve around the quality of the game-day experience. Next, we – as American consumers – demand value and customer service, which is linked to the game-day experience (and the availability and quantity of cold beer for events such as the World Cup). Finally, we require a winner.
What we seemed to have missed along the way is that "we" have already "won" since soccer is ever so much closer to being an ongoing part our nation's fabric. A fabric, or maybe a tapestry, that increasingly delivers diversity and a sense of community and cultural belonging — and almost makes up for the scoreless ties.
Oh, wait, we are now blessed with penalty kicks in the knockout round. . . . bring on the Stella or the Quilmes. . . . wait, make it Stella since Anheuser-Busch InBev controls the brand. See! We still have something to root for! U-S-A, U-S-A, U-S-A! Spatula not included. Face paint sold separately.
David Carter is the Executive Director of the USC Sports Business Institute and is an associate professor of sports business at USC's Marshall School of Business. Bio


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Studies addressing the pharmacological management of OH in acute SCI to date are limited. Only one study was found which investigated midodrine hydrochloride as treatment for OH in acute SCI patients, as well, the effectiveness of midodrine hydrochloride for acute OH has also been studied in case report format (Barber et al. 2000; Mukand et al. 2001). There have been several more pharmacological agents studied in the chronic SCI population, including fludrocortisone, dihydroergotamine, ephedrine, L-threo-3,4-dihydroxyphenylserine (LDOPS), nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME), although little evidence exists regarding their use for OH in chronic SCI (refer to SCIRE Orthostatic Hypotension rehabilitation evidence chapter).
Pharmacological Management of Orthostatic Hypotension during Acute SCI
There has been one study to investigate the pharmacological management of OH during acute SCI. Phillips et al. (2014) conducted a RCT examining the effectiveness of midodrine for OH. The study was comprised of 10 SCI patients, the majority of which had acute injuries (6.5-11 weeks after injury). It should be noted that this study did also include two patients with chronic SCI who were 144-324 weeks after injury. Patients were subjected to a tilt-table procedure in which they were progressively tilted from supine position to 30°, 45°, and 60° angles. This procedure was conducted over two days, during which the SCI patients were randomly assigned to receive 10 mg of midodrine orally, or no treatment (baseline measure). Improvement in orthostatic tolerance was observed in 59% of patients who received midodrine; this was a significant improvement compared to those who received no treatment (p<0.01).
There is level 2 evidence (from one RCT cross-over; Phillips et al. 2014) that midodrine hydrochloride leads to improved orthostatic tolerance in acute SCI patients.
Midodrine hydrochloride may be effective for the management of orthostatic hypotension during the acute phase post SCI.


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Rolls-Royce rules out hybrid cars
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Rolls-Royce CEO Torsten Müller-Otvös has ruled out the option of hybrid powertrains from the brand in the coming, saying that it will only current battery-technology when it is advanced enough for an all-electric machine. Müller-Otvös said he is convinced that electric powertrains are the future of motoring, but added that the luxury firm's customers would not accept the 'compromise' of hybrid technology. "Electrification is the way forward – and there will not be in between steps for us like hybridization," said Müller-Otvös at the Goodwood Jubilee of Speed. "It is the propulsion system for the future, make no error. There is a time, nobody can predict when, when there will be no combustion engines. That will take an extended, long time, but it will happen." Clarifying why the company wouldn't invest in hybrid technology, Müller-Otvös added: "The Rolls-Royce brand is not, in a way, a game changer when it comes to revolutionary technology.
Our clienteles are doing so for reasons of utmost luxury, so there can be no limitations. "Compromises when it comes to technology, or working our products, are unacceptable. People are more interested in highly reliably substance than to be a test field for new technology." Müller-Otvös also noted that entree to technology advanced by BMW, Rolls-Royce's parent company, would be a great asset when it does start work on an electric powertrain. Last year Rolls-Royce unveiled a Vision 100 concept, as part of the BMW Group's 100th anniversary. That was an all-electric machine with autonomous technology. But Müller-Otvös said that, while independent tech "will come" to Rolls-Royce cars, it was not a priority.


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Anello Re-Design classic backpack - France (10pockets)
This is the emergence of the "Re: Model" that upgraded the mouthpiece backpack, which is synonymous with Anello ®. We used a thicker water-repellent fabric than before, and finished it elegantly with a simple Anello ® wine bottle Rubber Print name and a rounded lance-tack. In addition, the shoulder string shoulder which improved the cushion property to draw a smooth curve, and a urethane pad of the comfort outstanding, and the Ajaster Belt of the seat belt tape with a beautiful luster are adopted, and a big open pocket that a wallet enters on the inside, The zipper pocket of the security side was added to the back.
Material: Polyester
Weight: 710g
Capacity: 18L
Opening main: Fasteners
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Lesson Seventy Eight: The Best Favor
Imam 'Ali (a.s.) said:
أَجَلُّ النِّعَمِ اَلْعافِيَةُ وَ خَيْرُ مادَامَ فِى الْقَلْبِ الْيَقيِنُ
The best favor is health and the best thing which could fill man's heart is belief in God.1
Brief Description
Imam 'Ali (a.s.) has actually referred to the greatest material and spiritual favors. Physical health is the greatest divine favor in the material realm and it is indispensable for an active and a happy and prosperous life. And among spiritual favors, nothing is higher than the light of belief and faith. It is the most illuminating light for the path of life and the most effective remedy for diseases of ignorance, humiliation, inferiority and taint . It bestows tranquility to the heart and the soul!
- 1. Tuhaful Uqul, page 206. Al-Tamhees, page 61.
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Science fiction story ideas.
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The Scenario: You are a team of official investigators, sent by Earth authorities to research the possibility of establishing diplomatic relations with a newly discovered world. Your job is to investigate the planet and produce a report summarizing your findings and suggesting means for establishing relations.
Three questions here first start with an introductory paragraph that states the main ideas that you will be writing about. Second, end the report with a closing paragraph that summarizes what you wrote and learned.
Third, potentional Resources: Tell what natural resources this planet has that Earth might need. These can include minerals, metals, plants, animal products, workforce, brain power, or some other resource. Include at least one â??specialâ? substance available only on this world and explain its necessity (For example, petroleum is found only in certain areas on the planet, and now is necessary for production of fuels, lubricants, and plastics).
This is a group project that will be combined into one report. The other sections that will be covered are:
The Planet's Name: How did this planet get its name? What does its name mean?
Position in its Solar System: Where is your planet located (for example, Mars in the fourth planet from the Sun)? How far from its Sun does it orbit? Is its orbit unusual?
Rotation on its Axis: How long does it take for your planet to rotate on its own axis? (This is one day on your planet.)
Size: How big is your planet? How does it rate in terms of the other planets in terms of size (is it the biggest, the smallest)? What is your planet's mass?
Gravity: What is the force of gravity at the surface of your planet? For example, what would a 100-pound person weigh on that planet?
Orbit: How long does it take for your planet to orbit its Sun? (This is one year on your planet.)
Atmosphere: What is the composition of the atmosphere of your planet? Is it a thick or a thin atmosphere?
Temperature: What is the temperature range your planet? How does this compare to the temperature on Earth?
Composition of Your Planet and its Appearance: What type of planet is it (is it rocky or a gas giant)? What is its internal composition? What does your planet look like?
Moons: If there are moons orbiting your planet, describe them and when they were discovered.
Rings: If there are rings orbiting your planet, describe them and when they were discovered.
Flora and Fauna: What sorts of plants and animals live on this world? How are they distributed? Regions with similar flora and fauna constitute a biome, and biomes correspond more or less with climate areas. What are the major climate areas (i.e. desert, rainforest, poles) and what sorts of things live in different biomes?
How Would a Human Being Fare on Your Planet: On your planet, would a person choke in the atmosphere, be squashed by the extreme gravity, float with ease, freeze, burn up, or something else?
Something Special: Is there anything special about your planet? This can often be the best part of the report, taking you off on interesting topics. For example, are there 100-year-long storms on your planet? Are there giant volcanoes? Does your planet have a very tilted axis (giving it extreme seasons)? Have spacecraft visited your planet? If so, what have they discovered? Is your planet in an orbital resonance with another body?
Solution Preview
Looks like you just need some creative spark to get you going. The outline questions should come easily once you begin to "build" this world of yours. For example, the profile calls for physical characteristics and measurements you can ONLY base on our knowledge. In some perspectives, that's very limited. There is another base you can use for great names and features. You could give a nod to our great sci-fi writers like Verne, Asimov, Clarke and Vonnegut. How many times have Swift's names and themes from "Gulliver" been used in tribute?
I think you should have broad and colorful strokes here. Listen to the opening of Star Trek. Read the declarations ...
Solution Summary
A space mission to a distant planet is undertaken by earth. Ideas are given for the initial report to be made by the first to contact interplanetary civilizations.


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Danny Hodge
Hodge, then aged 80, crushing an apple with one hand at the Oklahoma House of Representatives in May 2013
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Perry, Oklahoma, U.S.
|Perry, Oklahoma, U.S.
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Daniel Allen Hodge (born May 13, 1932) is a retired American wrestler and boxer. He is renowned for his wrestling career, both amateur and professional. He was born and raised in Perry, Oklahoma, where he continues to live. He is famous for the ability to crush apples with one hand,[1] a feat which he demonstrated live on ESPN during the 2006 NCAA Wrestling Championships. He said his strength was due to having double tendons in his hands.
Amateur wrestling career[edit]
At Perry High School in Oklahoma, Hodge won the 165-pound title at the state tournament in 1951. As a collegiate wrestler for the University of Oklahoma, Hodge was undefeated at 46-0, with 36 pins and reportedly was never taken off his feet during his collegiate career. He was a three-time Big Seven conference champ at 177 pounds (1955–1957), and won the 177-pound title at the NCAA championships those same three years, pinning all three of his finals opponents. (Hodge is only one of two three-time NCAA Division I champs to have done that, the other being Oklahoma A&M's Earl McCready in 1928–1930.) He is the only amateur wrestler to be on the cover of Sports Illustrated as an amateur wrestler. He worked as a professional wrestler for eighteen years, and was a 5-time USA Tag Team Champion, with Skandor Akbar, among others.
His reputation as a high school wrestler preceded him when he joined the US Navy in 1951. At Ames, Iowa, in April 1952, Hodge survived the US Olympic Trials, and was coached by Naval Academy Instructor Ray Swartz in the 174-pound division.[2] At the Helsinki Olympics, Hodge was defeated by USSR's David Cimakuridze. Going into May 1956 wrestling trials for US Olympic team, Hodge was middleweight favorite. He was eliminated on May 2 by William Smith. Smith was embroiled in controversy with the Central AAU and Hodge was his substitute.[2] After two Olympics appearances, Hodge placed 5th in 1952, and won the Silver Medal in 1956, in Melbourne, Australia after being defeated at the final by Bulgarian Nikola Stanchev.
The Dan Hodge Trophy, named after him, is the amateur wrestling equivalent of the Heisman Trophy.
Professional wrestling career[edit]
Trained by Leroy McGuirk and Ed "Strangler" Lewis, Hodge made his debut as a professional wrestler in October 1959.[2] Hodge's first major feud was with National Wrestling Alliance Junior Heavyweight Champion Angelo Savoldi. Hodge's rivalry with Savoldi led to a bizarre event. Hodge's father entered the ring during a boxing match on May 27, 1960, between Hodge and Savoldi, and stabbed Savoldi with a penknife.[2] Savoldi required 70 stitches at a local hospital, while Hodge's father was arrested.[3] On July 22, 1960, Hodge defeated Savoldi for the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship at the Stockyards Coliseum in Oklahoma City. Hodge became McGuirk's principal headliner, and by 1962, Hodge was making upwards of $80,000 a year.[3]
Hodge was a perennial NWA World Junior Heavyweight Champion, holding the title eight times for a total of over ten years, longer than anyone else. In 2007, Hodge was inducted into the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame. Hodge has made appearances in WWE on Raw in 2005 and 2012 in which he honored fellow Oklahoma wrestling native Jim Ross.[4]
WWE Hall of Famer and seven-time world champion Bret Hart has referred to Hodge as "one of the greatest wrestlers in pro wrestling or amateur wrestling there's ever been",[5] and described being in the same room as Hodge at the 2008 National Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum's award ceremony as "a big, big honor for me".[5]
Boxing career[edit]
Danny won the 1958 Chicago Golden Gloves at Heavyweight, then won a Chicago-NY Intercity bout in October, beating Charley Hood. He finished his amateur career with 17 wins, no losses and 12 KO's. Convinced by boxing manager Art Freeman that he was a better prospect than Rocky Marciano, Hodge decided to become a professional boxer rather than pursue the opportunity to compete as a boxer and a wrestler at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy.[2] In his professional boxing debut, he scored a first-round knockout victory over Norm Jackson.[2] As a professional, he had a reported record of 8-2, although only 7 wins have been documented. He retired on July 9, 1959.[2]
On March 29, 2005, Hodge was honored by Oklahoma state lawmakers as an "Oklahoma Sports Hero".[6] He serves as chairman of the Oklahoma Professional Boxing Commission, which regulates professional boxing, wrestling, and mixed martial arts in Oklahoma.[7]
Championships and accomplishments[edit]
- Cauliflower Alley Club
- Lou Thesz Award (2007)
- George Tragos/Lou Thesz Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame
- Class of 2000[8]
- Japan Wrestling Association
- NWA International Tag Team Championship – with Wilbur Snyder[9]
- NWA Mid-America
- NWA United States Tag Team Championship (Mid-America Version) (1 time) – with Lester Welch[10][11]
- NWA Tri-State
- NWA North American Heavyweight Championship (Tri-State version) (3 times)[12]
- NWA United States Tag Team Championship (Tri-State version) (5 times) – with Skandor Akbar (2), Lorenzo Parente (1), Luke Brown (1), and Jay Clayton (1)
- NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship (7 times)
- Pro Wrestling Illustrated
- PWI Stanley Weston Award (1996)
- Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum
- Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards
1The records are unclear as to where two of Hodge's eight NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship reigns began. The records are also unclear as to which NWA affiliated promotion or promotions Hodge wrestled for when he won the championship on those two occasions.
- ^ Fairley, Tim (May 15, 2013). "Attempting a reversal: Oklahoma's wrestling greats grapple with the International Olympics Committee to return the sport to the games". Oklahoma Gazette. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f g National Wrestling Alliance, The Untold Story of the Monopoly that Strangled Pro Wrestling, p. 224, Tim Hornbaker, ECW Press, 2007, ISBN 1-55022-741-6
- ^ a b National Wrestling Alliance, The Untold Story of the Monopoly that Strangled Pro Wrestling, p. 225, Tim Hornbaker, ECW Press, 2007, ISBN 1-55022-741-6
- ^ Martin, Adam (October 1, 2012). "WWE posts video of Jim Ross Appreciation Night". WrestleView. Retrieved October 1, 2012.
- ^ a b http://www.baltimoresun.com/bs-mtblog-2008-07-transcript_of_bret_harts_hall_of_fame_speech-story.html
- ^ Mooneyham, Mike (May 10, 2009). "Hodge has lived the American dream". The Post and Courier. Retrieved April 7, 2015.
- ^ "Oklahoma State Athletic Commission- Commissioners". Retrieved April 7, 2015.
- ^ "Ventura given Museum's top honour". Slam! Wrestling. Canadian Online Explorer. August 4, 2003. Retrieved November 6, 2018.
- ^ Puroresu Dojo. "NWA International Tag Team Title". Wrestling-Titles.com. Retrieved April 8, 2015.
- ^ Royal Duncan and Gary Will (2000). "Tennessee: U.S. Tag Team Title". Wrestling Title Histories. Archeus Communications. p. 194. ISBN 0-9698161-5-4.
- ^ "NWA United States Tag Team Title (Mid-America)". wrestling-titles.com. Retrieved April 23, 2015.
- ^ Puroresu Dojo. "NWA North American Heavyweight Championship (Tri-State/Mid-South)". Wrestling-Titles.com. Retrieved April 8, 2015.
External links[edit]
- 1932 births
- Living people
- People from Perry, Oklahoma
- American male professional wrestlers
- Boxers from Oklahoma
- Oklahoma Sooners wrestlers
- Professional wrestlers who competed in the Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for the United States in wrestling
- Olympic wrestlers of the United States
- Professional wrestlers from Oklahoma
- Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum
- Wrestlers at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Wrestlers at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- American male sport wrestlers
- Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- American male boxers
- Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame


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In Reply Refer To:
Mail Stop 411
April 28, 2011
SUBJECT: Recommended groundwater field procedures for the U.S. Geological Survey
The Office of Groundwater is pleased to announce the release of the Techniques and Methods Report Book 1, Chapter A1, "Groundwater technical procedures of the U.S. Geological Survey," compiled by William L. Cunningham and Charles W. Schalk. This is an on-line only report available at: http://pubs.usgs.gov/tm/1a1/.
These groundwater technical procedures (GWPDs), which were compiled in 1995 as an internal tool for USGS technicians and hydrologists, have been collected from common techniques cited in USGS reports, USGS internal memoranda, and USGS training programs for many years. Because of the external demand for documentation of these procedures, and the desire to cite them outside of the USGS, they have been reviewed, edited, and compiled in this new report.
These GWPDs are the groundwater field procedures recommended by the Office of Groundwater. They are written in concise language with step-by-step instructions of sufficient detail so that someone with limited experience with the procedure but with a basic understanding of the measurements and general field work can successfully reproduce the procedure unsupervised. The GWPDs do not provide every detail of an individual field task, as the user is expected to have at least nominal field experience. USGS Science Centers may modify them for their circumstances, hydrologic conditions, project objectives, and Center needs. Modifications to these procedures must be documented in the Science Center or project-specific groundwater quality-assurance plan.
The Office of Groundwater recommends downloading the entire document. The Introduction section contains important descriptive information. The electronic report is conveniently hyperlinked to the individual GWPDs from the table of contents or through the Adobe bookmark option on the left hand side of the page. The individual GWPDs also can be downloaded, or referenced by use of the persistent URL. GWPDs will be updated periodically as errors are detected or new standard techniques evolve. Each procedure is consecutively numbered and contains a version number/date. Any citation of an individual procedure should include the version number of the procedure as an integral part of the reference. New procedures will be made available as they are developed, and general electronic announcements will accompany releases of new GWPDs.
OGW recognizes that there may be a need to access superseded versions of the GWPDs for historical reference. An archive of superseded GWPDs will be maintained on the Office of Groundwater web site at http://water.usgs.gov/ogw/GWPD/. This online archive will provide all users with access to the most current version of the GWPDs, any superseded GWPDs from TM1-A1. Internal USGS users will have access to the superseded original internal GWPDs from 1995 and 2008.
Comments or suggestions about the subject report should be addressed to Bill Cunningham in the Office of Groundwater, 703-648-5005 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
William M. Alley
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