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iPoll is a website and mobile app for paid surveys. iPoll used to be known as Survey Head and is also affiliated with uSamp and Opinion Place.
At first glance, it seems like a good and fun way to make a little extra money. The company emails you surveys, or you can check the app for available surveys. There are also location-based tasks (called "missions") that you can do with your mobile device in your daily life. These surveys and tasks are worth a few cents or dollars (apparently $.10 – $.50 for some surveys, and tasks range from $1-5), and users accumulate credits up to the minimum amount necessary to cash out via app store credits, Amazon cards, or PayPal. Currently, the threshold is $25.00. Another big advantage of iPoll is that it works around the world on iPhone and Android devices, so there is always a way to participate and earn a little bit of money.
Missions are a more unusual feature of iPoll. Using their device's location, the app might direct a user to a certain store and ask them to locate and take a picture of a certain item or display. People can check the app for available missions as they go grocery shopping, see a movie, or visit an auto shop; there are a variety of missions available, and they are often easy to complete alongside normal day-to-day activities.
iPoll signup is available at iPoll.com, integrated with Facebook, Google+, and LinkedIn sign-ins. The app is available for iPhones and Android and rewards are paid out through PayPal, Amazon gift cards, or iTunes gift cards.
iPoll was very popular in 2014 and 2015. At the time, they offered a $5 bonus just to join the site, and users were thrilled with the ease of use and how easy it was to cash out. The high reviews and score ratings all seem to date from this time. However, in 2017, ratings have plummeted, and reviewers are increasingly frustrated with the iPoll experience.
According to recent reviewers, two aspects of the app are increasingly broken and frustrating for them:
- They spend time completing a survey, only to have the app tell them at the end that they failed to qualify for the survey and won't receive any credits.
- They accumulate enough (or almost enough) money to cash out their rewards, and at either $25 (or slightly less), the app tells them that they are locked out for a violation of the terms of service or blocks their account for an unknown reason.
These users are unable to contact anyone at iPoll and get their accounts fixed or re-activated, so they feel that they have been scammed by the app. Their experience is that they are doing the tasks or completing the surveys, only to get locked out or blocked from receiving the reward. There are hundreds of reports of this behavior, even from people who successfully used the app in the past.
This practice seems deceptive not just from the perspective that people are being denied the rewards they have earned, but also because there is such a predominance of positive reviews and ratings from early in the app's history. These early, positive reviews drive up average ratings on the app store, play store, and Better Business Bureau.
The iPoll website also boasts of a $10,000 quarterly prize drawing for members, but the fine print of the drawing is a little ambiguous. It gives an entry deadline of December 31, 2016 on the front page, but the terms and conditions of the drawing give dates of October 12, 2017 and January 12, 2018. However, the link to the list of winners (which is legally required in the US) leads to a 404 not found page.
The UK version of the prize draw page (at pollbuilder.co.uk) leads to an empty PDF. The UK version of iPoll also features a weekly drawing for 10 winners of £16, but that winner's list hasn't been updated since January 1, 2016.
Since these drawings are a major promotion and incentive, one would expect to see winners and testimonials prominently featured on the site and app. If these sweepstakes have been discontinued, they should be removed from the front pages of the websites and not continue to be used to recruit people to join.
The front page of the website also lists dozens of countries and languages, from Vietnam and Germany to Brazil and Pakistan. But all of those links lead to a "shutdown" page with contact information for SSI. SSI is a brand formed in 2011 when Survey Sampling International merged with Opinionology. It's possible that iPoll was an SSI venture, or that SSI purchased iPoll, but it's not listed as a subsidiary brand of Survey Sampling International.
Overall, based on comments, ratings, reviews, and testimonials, it seems that a few years ago iPoll was a fun and easy way to make a few extra dollars while going about your daily life. However, it seems that in recent months, the app and website have nearly stopped rewarding users at all, with no explanation or follow-up for those frustrated by the experience. It seems unusual that such a youthful, connected company would seem to shut down or withdraw services without a public statement or follow-up of some kind, but that seems to be the case for iPoll.
There are other more reliable options for earning a few dollars by completing surveys, and it's probably better to use those instead. Without some clarification of the stability of the company, the reliability of rewards, or the assurance of service and support, it seems like iPoll might be a waste of time.
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Furry Fido can help save the Gulf Coast
By Diana Beechener
Look around your home. Do you see fine feline or canine hairs coating the couch, the floor or your clothes? Before you break out the lint roller, consider that all that excess animal hair in your living room could be floating on the Gulf of Mexico, absorbing harmful oil.
Hair — from humans and animals — is woven or stuffed into sponge-like mats and booms that are flung onto the oil spill. The hairy barriers are laid near shores and marshes, helping to protect these fragile ecosystems from the ravages of the spill.
Local salons and charities have been requesting that good Samaritans donate their hair to help absorb the oil seeping toward the gulf coast. While human hair does absorb oil, many humans are loath to part with their locks.
That's where pet hair comes in.
California charity Matter of Trust requests that you send them bags of household sundries — from pet fur to fleece to feathers to nylons — so that they can construct hair-booms and hair-mats that float the gulf coast absorbing harmful oil.
Before you shave your pet for charity, take a look at their requirements: at the moment Matter of Trust is at capacity for storing pet hair and nylon and asks that willing donators collect a box of natural fibers, which will be needed in the coming months. So far, the charity has seen donations from Japan, the U.K. and all over the United States.
Locally, former Annapolis mayor Ellen Moyer is hoping to organize an Annapolitan pet hair collection branch for hometown donations.
"Every day I hear people feeling helpless," Moyer said about the oil spill. "There's not too much we can do as individuals to make a difference. Collecting hair is something we can do to protect the wetlands, even if it's not for this oil spill."
Hair booms and mats would be useful to our Bay even after the Gulf of Mexico is cleaned, according to Moyer.
"I would suspect that the mats could be used in fragile type places near storm drains," says Moyer, who believes that the mats would absorb oil and other toxic products that often seep into the Bay. "So it would seem to me that this is a simple way to volunteer and help."
But for now, Moyer is a woman with a plan that needs a warehouse.
"To organize for a collection here, there needs to be a warehouse component," she says. "If someone steps forward with a warehouse, then I'm willing to partner with them and do some of the legwork."
To make a difference, keep a grocery bag nearby the next time you brush your dog. Put all excess hair in the bag and store it , checking with the website for donation requests. If you take your pet to a groomer, ask if the company donates the fur.
While Matter of Trust has plenty of hair at the moment, it still needs dollars. Donate funds to the charity so that it can continue to create new booms and transport them to the Gulf Coast. Your pet's fur is rapidly becoming the coast's last line of protection.
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Hidden amongst the rolling mountains and deep forests of the pacific northwest sits a breeding ground for one of the deadliest terrains in the world. Known as a serial killer's playground, this land once dubbed "Wonderland" due to its grandeur and summer beauty, washes away into nine dreary months of rain that bring gray skies and a falling mist that drives the demons among us to kill. These are THE WONDERLAND MURDERS.
Original title The Wonderland Murders
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Alice Zawadzki is a vocalist, violinist, songwriter and composer based in London. Her work as a performer, collaborator, composer and speaker, has seen her gain considerable repute as "a genuine original" (The Guardian), and a distinctive and individual presence on the creative European music scene.
Anglo-Polish Alice's rich musical background and "whimsical hyper-creativity" (MOJO Magazine) converge into artistry which draws upon her early exposure to New Orleans jazz and gospel with the legendary Lillian Boutté who took Alice under her wing and on tour as a teenager, an extensive classical training as a violinist, and a continuous exploration of improvisation, poetry, and folk music from diverse traditions, "all propelled in a voice of velvet suppleness and gutsy emotional power" (The Arts Desk). She performs extensively as both a soloist and as a collaborator, with headline performances at the major UK alternative and jazz venues and festivals, including the Royal Albert Hall, Ronnie Scott's, the London Jazz Festival, the Vortex, Celtic Connections, and internationally at festivals from Taipei International Jazz Festival (Taiwan) to Coventry Calling (Massachusetts, USA) to Sűdtirol Jazz Festival (Italy), Ottawa Chamber Music Festival (Canada), Musicá Impopular (Brazil), and many more. She also performs and collaborates at underground venues in the London scene and on unexpected platforms, with a keenness to nourish music at its roots, and to support inclusive community-wide music making.
Her forthcoming release, 'Within You Is A World Of Spring', generously supported by the PRSF Women Make Music Award, features a who's-who of celebrated players, including guitarist Rob Luft, bassist Misha Mullov-Abbado, pianist, drummer and producer Fred Thomas, Korean taegum player Hyelim Kim, and the Amika string quartet.
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On its own, an intranet is not going to solve all of your problems.
But, a well managed intranet, used strategically, can drastically change how your business operates. This mini-series is going to cover the strategies that will help you do this; three posts on getting these things right and to get you in a great place for your technology to have maximum impact on your business.
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Step one: getting your content in order
We're committed to the philosophy that good web design is as much about the content as it is about the code. Your intranet can be fast, mobile-friendly and aesthetically attractive, but if the content is poorly structured, irrelevant or inaccurate, the whole thing will fall down.
Despite the rise of the social side of intranets, the primary role in most organisations is to form a centralised portal where people can access company information and files that they need to do their job.
Visual design and content: one cannot be effective without the other, and a disparity between the two will cause problems.
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It's not exciting, it is time intensive, and it takes careful planning to get right – but it's essential to do it. Luckily there are plenty of resources out there; here are our favourites:
- How to Conduct A Content Audit – A good introduction from UX Mastery.
- The Content Inventory Is Your Friend – Brain Traffic makes the case for keeping a content inventory.
- Content Knowledge Is Power – A detailed overview of the process with links to good tools.
After you've revised what you have, you want to consider how you are going to organise your clean, freshly gleaned content. This involves planning and executing a coherent structure – we call this the information architecture. Your users need to be able find the content that they need to do their job, and it needs to be as intuitive as the interface around it.
This also includes thinking about keywords, tags and titles to ensure that your content performs well in search. You can map all this in a spreadsheet, a tool like Trello, or the humble post-it note works pretty well.
These articles are a good starting point:
- The Complete Beginners Guide to Information Architecture – UX Booth takes you through what IA is and how you should approach it.
- Card sorting for IA: A Beginners Guide – Smashing Magazine explores the power of the post-it note.
- 100+ Awesome UX Tools For UX Designers – UX Mastery has listed a lot of tools, but there are some gems in here.
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Now you've got your content in order, it's time to devise a plan about how you're going to keep it that way.
The number one complaint from companies that come to us is that their intranet is impossible to navigate. This is not because of the interface design, but because the content on it is out of date, irrelevant or duplicated.
You need to get three things right:
- Consistent: get your guidelines right (style, tone and voice) – it gets all your writers on the same page, writing in a consistent style.
- Up-to-date: regularly review content, put alerts on content that will go out of date.
- Useful: gather and review feedback, regularly review your analytics.
Here are a few articles we like on this topic:
- A year in the life of the GOV.UK content team – an inside look at a real-life content team, from the Gov.uk blog.
- The Mailchimp Style Guide – inspiration for approaching your internal style guide.
- "Content Strategy for the Web" – the book on all things content strategy.


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Gerrymandering: (Mis)Shaping America's Vote?
It sometimes seems that we've been seeing the same faces in Congress for years. It feels like people such as Representatives John Boehner and Nancy Pelosi have been in office forever despite Congress's dismal approval ratings. Why do the same people keep getting reelected, and why is it so hard to unseat incumbents?
One popular answer to that question is gerrymandering. Gerrymandering is a redistricting tactic that is used to increase the influence and power of a particular political party. It has been practiced since the country's founding and has long been a controversial endeavor. Courts have battled with the legality of gerrymandering based on race, ethnicity, and other factors for decades. Read on to learn about what gerrymandering is, what role it plays in American politics, and the arguments against the practice.
What is gerrymandering?
Gerrymandering occurs during the drawing of Congressional district lines when attempts are made to give one political party or candidate an election advantage. These lines are drawn specifically to make reelections easier for a party, or give a party greater influence on other districts. The main intention of gerrymandering is to help one party win as many seats as possible, whether in Congress or in state elections.
Each state has its own process for drawing district lines, and it is the people in charge, typically state legislators, who draw and approve of new boundary lines. Each district has to have close to the same population and new lines are drawn due to population fluctuations, most typically after a census.
What's in a name?
One of the first known occurrences of gerrymandering in the United States happened during the 1789 election of the very first U.S. Congress. The Anti-Federalists and founding father Patrick Henry controlled the Virginia House of Delegates, the legislative body that drew the boundaries for the state's districts. They purposely designed Virginia's 5th district in a way to keep James Madison, a Federalist, from winning the seat. However, their attempts were unsuccessful and Madison won the seat.
The term "gerrymander" came from the actions of the Governor of Massachusetts Elbridge Gerry in 1810. He was responsible for shaping new districts and the Boston Gazette commented that one of them was shaped like a salamander. Gerry's name was combined with salamander and the term "gerrymander" was born.
Later, the Republican Party also used gerrymandering on a larger scale to acquire more states that were beneficial to the party. For example North and South Dakota, Republican friendly locations, were admitted as two separate states. That created more districts and senators for the Republicans than one state alone would.
Who draws the lines?
Each state has its own processes of redistricting. In 37 states, the state legislature governs the redistricting process and redraws the districts. It is usually passed like a piece of legislation and requires only a majority vote to pass. Because of this, the majority party in the legislature decides the district lines.
Of these 37 states, five use advisory commissions to help make fair district lines, but the ultimate decision is still up to the state legislature and it has no obligation to follow the commission's recommendation.
In two states (New Jersey and Hawaii) the task of redistricting is up to political commissions, commissions comprised of certain elected officials. Typically there's an equal amount of commissioners from each party and several commissioners from neither party. This ensures that no plan gets approved with only partisan support.
Four states (Washington, Idaho, California, and Arizona) use commissions made up of non-elected officials in an attempt to regulate the redistricting process and stop political influences altogether.
Seven states (Alaska, Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, Delaware and Vermont) have no need for redistricting plans as they have only one congressional representative each, also know as "at-large" districts.
Is redistricting allowed to benefit one party?
The Supreme Court Case Davis v. Bandermer (1986) found that partisan gerrymandering violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. At the same time, no decision was made on what legal standards partisan gerrymandering claims could be made. This has made it difficult to make legal claims against alleged partisan gerrymandering and has allowed it to continue.
In the 2004 Supreme Court case Vieth v. Jubelirer the court, once again, could not determine how gerrymandering claims could be evaluated.
Four Gerrymandering Tactics
There are four common types of gerrymandering:
Cracking is when voters of one type are spread throughout many districts in order to prevent them from having a large voting bloc in any district. An example of cracking is when poor, urban voters are spread across districts where a large majority of the voters are rural. This prevents the urban voters from carrying much weight during elections. This is the most common type of gerrymandering.
Packing involves concentrating as many as possible of a single bloc of voters into one district to reduce their impact in other districts. An example would be putting most urban voters in one district and very few in other districts to give them only one district where they have a large presence. Many times this creates a majority-minority district, when one district is composed mostly of minority groups.
Hijacking is done when a state's districts are redrawn after a census. Two districts are altered so that two incumbents of the same party are forced to run against each other. This guarantees that one of them will be voted out. The other district, with no incumbent, is then more easily won by the other party.
Kidnapping also occurs during redistricting, when voters of the incumbent's party are moved out of the district to make reelection more difficult. For example, Democratic voters are moved out of an incumbent Democrat's district and are replaced with Republican voters. This makes it difficult for the Democratic candidate to be reelected and easier for a Republican candidate to win.
What do gerrymandered districts look like?
Sometimes districts are shaped in very deformed ways. For example, check out this map by the United States Geological Survey that shows Illinois' 4th Congressional District. It was designed to connect Chicago with other cities in order to make a heavily Democratic district.
How does gerrymandering impact elections?
Approval ratings for Congress have been below 20 percent for years, but that doesn't mean that 80 percent of incumbents get ousted every election. Instead, it's usually the opposite.
During the 2012 U.S. House of Representatives election, Democratic candidates received 59,318,160 votes and Republicans received only 58,143,273 votes (48.8 percent to 47.6 percent.) But Democrats won 201 seats and Republicans won 234 seats (44.9 percent to 51.7 percent). Despite the Democrats receiving more votes as a whole due to gerrymandering, Republican incumbents were mostly able to hold on to their seats. Overall roughly 90 percent of incumbents won reelection in 2012. On a state level, in 2010 Republicans won majorities in many state legislatures, and given the 2010 Census results, many districts were redrawn to benefit Republican incumbents.
Almost all districts have been gerrymandered to help incumbents get reelected. Most legislatures are typically comprised of both the majority and minority parties; they mutually agree to pack each district with their respective party's voters in order to ensure reelection. Many of these districts are called 70/30 districts where two districts that are split 50/50 in party affiliation are each drawn 70/30 for a different party, guaranteeing each party wins one district. This is known as bipartisan gerrymandering, which protects both parties' interests.
But sometimes a legislature is controlled largely by one party. They may redistrict in a cracking manner that prevents the minority party from having any significant influence in any district, making reelection very easy for the majority party's incumbents.This is partisan gerrymandering which favors only one party.
How can boundary lines be decided objectively?
One of the biggest problems opponents have with gerrymandering is that the self-interested party is the one who oversees and commands redistricting. These parties are accused of only caring about aiding themselves and not their constituents. Opponents to gerrymandering have proposed different remedies to prevent gerrymandering.
Court approved redistricting would prevent specific party-favored redistricting and strike down gerrymandering plans. This would require all redistricting plans to be presented and approved by either state or federal courts. The Supreme Court has already ruled that if a plan violates the Voting Rights Act of 1965, a new plan must be presented that fixes the gerrymandering problem. If that plan also violates the law, a federal court could draw the plan.
Independent non-partisan commissions have been proposed to decide redistricting plans without political influence. Arizona, California and Washington have already adopted similar commissions.
Who agrees with gerrymandering?
Despite the disapproval by many of gerrymandering practices, there are some who argue for the practice.
By making it easier for incumbents to be reelected, there is less of a chance of a huge wave of change each election. If voter opinion changes from cycle to cycle (as it often does) there will not be huge shifts of changing leadership. If one party in the House is given an outstanding majority, any bill passed may be too polarizing to pass in the Senate, resulting in gridlock. Gerrymandering allows for gradual changes in representative composition.
Packing gerrymandering can also be used to prevent a minority group from being underrepresented. If a minority does not have enough voters in any district to have much influence in elections, then putting them in one district gives them a higher chance of electing someone based on their beliefs.
Party politics holds a very large role in how districts are drawn. While the United States' democracy ensures that everyone will have the chance to vote on who represents them, gerrymandering is seen by some as an impediment to true representation. While gerrymandering can have some benefits, it is also responsible for keeping many disliked representatives in office. While there may never be a way to make sure that everyone's vote makes a big impact, drawing districts fairly is an admirable goal toward which we should all strive.
NationalMaps.gov: Printable Maps
Study: Gerrymandering: Definition, History, Types & Examples
Politics & Policy: Gerrymandering – Proving all Politics is Local
Loyola Law School: Who Draws the Lines?
Gallup: 2014 U.S. Approval of Congress Remains Near All-Time Low
POLITICO: 2012 Reelection Rate: 90 percent
Newsworks: Boehner and House Republicans Lack Mandate to Oppose Obama


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Facebook's latest hack had leaked 29 million users account data, but evidently, the scammers wanting financial gain, better than the ideological or political purposes.
According to The Wall Street Journal, the investigation on Facebook hack information and the Journal claimed that the behind those attack the spammer already pose on Instagram and Facebook as a Digital Marketing company.
Also, the incident has been investigating since Sept 25, when the social media giant Facebook's security team detected that someone downloading a large amount of digital data from the social media platform.
According to the spammer demand, this kind of hack can possible to do access any Facebook account. But the spammer only accessed limited type of account less than their demand. Along with the spammer motive only money, not like ideology.
SEE ALSO: Facebook already punch with the lawsuit tied and that the latest data violation
In this hack, 15 million accounts data leak like phone number, email and many more essential documents. Besides of that 14 million user details like gender, location/language with relationship status are accessed.
Actually, people are responsible behind this attack, "View As" feature already available on the social media platform but they do not check it out properly.
Facebook's VP of Product Management Guy Rosen said "we are cooperative with the FBI on hack incident. The FBI is vigorously investigating and asked us regarding this not to discuss behind the hacking incident."


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In the last issue of WVN I suggested readers watch the wine-themed inaugural show in the new series, Risky Business. If you followed my advice you ended up seeing a bizarre entry which goes by the name of 1000 Ways to Die. This was not what I had in mind.
The problem? I gave you the wrong channel. The show I wanted you to watch was on Slice, not Spike.
Well, you can now watch the show at the Slice web site. Scroll down to Risky Business and select episode 2 (which apparently was the kick-off show).
Speaking of videos there is a funny one going the rounds these days, about cult wineries in California with a follow up video from James Suckling, of Wine Spectator fame. Cute.
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Flush Away Your Troubles: Five Jobs to Leave to a Professional Plumber
Though there are dozens of home improvement books that claim that most plumbing jobs can be done by a layperson with moderate skills, this might not be as true as people think. There are simply some jobs that are best left to the professional plumber. This may be because the job requires special tools that a layperson doesn't normally have or because the job is simply dangerous. Here are five jobs that are best left to a professional:
Frozen Pipes
There are all kinds of remedies for frozen pipes, from aiming a handheld hair dryer at them to pouring warm water over them. But the best thing that a layperson can do is shut off the main water line and call a plumber. DIY remedies may not thaw out the pipes at all but cause them to burst.
A Blocked Sewer or Septic Tank Line
A homeowner who suspects that there's something the matter with their sewer or septic tank line because they see wet spots, notice a bad smell or even see waste material in the area should not even try to fix it. Opening up a septic tank can be fatal, and if the problem is a tree root or a burst underground pipe, it is simply too much for a DIYer to fix.
Mainline Problems
If there is a blockage in the main drain before it gets to the sewer line, the toilet backs up into the bathtub, and the sinks and tub may not drain at all. Repairing this requires special tools and skills that a layperson does not possess. One of those tools is called a hydro jet, which is a machine that blasts water at high pressure into the main drain while scouring it with a head fixed with blades. A homeowner who believes they can clear a badly clogged mainline with their garden hose is probably mistaken.
There are homeowners who take on bath or kitchen remodeling jobs, but many soon regret it. It is not just a question of changing the decor, but permits need to be obtained, and local plumbing codes need to be learned and followed.
Low Water Pressure
Finding the source of low water pressure is time-consuming for a layperson. A plumber can find the source of the problem quickly, and fix it.
A wise homeowner takes the home improvement books with more than a grain of salt when it comes to plumbing, and leaves the messy and complicated jobs to the professionals at companies like Rapid Rooter Plumbing. Hiring a professional will help mitigate any more major problems and repairs in the future which will also consequently save your bank account in the end as well.


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Never mind longer tweets, many Twitter users are saying. What about an editing function?
After reports on Tuesday that Twitter was considering increasing its character limit to 10,000 from the traditional 140, large numbers of longtime users again began lobbying for the ability to revise their tweets after posting. Facebook has long offered this function.
Right now, if tweets have typos or factual errors, users have to live with them or, in extreme cases, delete the original and post a new version, losing any retweets, likes and embedded shares elsewhere.
The idea of an editing button or similar tool has attracted fans from all walks of life: Journalists, entrepreneurs and musicians have endorsed the idea.
But it took a member of social media's ruling class to get a response from Jack Dorsey, the site's co-founder. Last July, Kim Kardashian said on Twitter that she had emailed a request to edit her posts "so that when u misspell something u don't have to delete & repost." Mr. Dorsey praised the idea.
Mr. Dorsey's comment about constant change has been true since the early days of Twitter. Some of the first capabilities the company added to increase user engagement included automatic retweet buttons, embedding tools, favorite buttons and collapsible tweets meant to make it easier to view a conversation. Some of those changes were met with a rocky reception from users, but generally were regarded as attempts to create a better experience for the highly engaged.
More recently, as the platform has struggled to offset sluggish growth, its grasp for new users has alienated those who are irked by the constant change. Some complained when Twitter changed the "favorite" symbol from a star to a "like" heart, experimented with changing the platform's chronological timeline, and put its new Moments feature a bit too close to old standby tools. Now, every time there is a change, a familiar chorus of dissent erupts.
To some, the character limit extension feels like further evidence that Twitter is ignoring sensible requests from already engaged users. But where extending room to write might cause a fundamental shift in how people use a platform known for brevity, adding an edit button might cause a shift in how tweets are consumed.
In October, Kevin Weil, the senior vice president of product at Twitter, again addressed the proposed feature at a conference, and said that the nature of tweets could change if an edit function were added.
"There are real challenges to editing tweets after you post them," Mr. Weil said, according to Business Insider.
Public tweets are often embedded on blogs, other social networks and on news websites. If a tweet is widely shared but then edited significantly, this could complicate the experience for those who share it, which, from a user experience and product standpoint, could become problematic for both new and engaged users.
Another argument against the edit button is that altering a widely shared tweet can change its meaning — and give people who misbehave a loophole for covering their tracks.
This could have implications for a class of journalists who — whether it is ethically sound or not — expose the bad behavior of strangers on Twitter: Would that be nearly as easy if an editing function existed? (Probably. There's always the screen grab.)
"Am I alone in not wanting an 'edit' button on Twitter?" Matt Zoller Seitz, the editor in chief of RogerEbert.com, posted on Wednesday. "Seems an invitation to revise history and encourage liars. Why isn't 'delete' enough?"
Several people who responded to Mr. Seitz suggested an "edited" designation, much like the one Facebook introduced in 2013.
Others dreamed up ways to make an editing function more palatable.
One user, C. Max Magee, suggested that the edit capability could be constrained by a time limit, not unlike Gmail's Unsend tool, that would give a user a few moments to reconsider but prevent changes later to the history of a conversation.
"They need an edit button that disappears after five minutes, to save you the typo, curse, delete, rewrite, repost routine," Mr. Magee wrote, adding that the five-minute window "protects folks from abusing the function to change meaning in context of discussions."
As the #EditTweet debate continued on Wednesday, Twitter itself did not respond to a request for comment.


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For several years Triumph built sportscars with highly reliable engines, which shared their basic construction with the engines used in the Ferguson tractor. But towards the end of the Fifties, they manufactured a more exotic twincam engine for their assault on the famous 24 hours of Le Mans. So exotic in fact that it received a name…
Well, it probably wasn't just because it was exotic that it received a name. After all, with both Jaguar and Alfa Romeo producing their own twincam engines it was already a well-known concept. Even their nearest opponent, MG, had built their own twincam based around the sturdy B-series engine. All of their twincams could even be found in road going production cars, which of course immediately lent the cars an air of motorsport. That's what two overhead camshafts could do for your image back then.
Triumph's engine was actually constructed directly for motorsport and was used in Le Mans for three consecutive years. 1961 turned out to be Triumph's year as all three cars completed the race and they managed to win the team prize. It wasn't just the engine that was special though. While the car was called the TR-S, thus indicating that it was related to the rest of the TR-range, they were in reality pure prototypes engineered purely to compete in the grueling Le Mans race.
Equally, the engines were prototypes as well, and were thus constantly being improved and changing specification over the years. Therefore, the few engines which were made often differ in various details. Triumph did momentarily consider developing a road-version of the engine, which would have no doubt lifted their image significantly (this was while the TR3 was still in production), but sadly for us classic car enthusiasts, nothing came of it. The TR3 with the later 2.2-litre version of the old pushrod engine produced a healthy 100 hp and heaps of low-down torque. The race-spec engine with twin overhead camshafts produced around 150 hp at Le Mans – just for comparison. We can only guess what a road-version of the twincam would have managed.
All the twincam engines were 2-litres, and another constant similarity was their forged crankshaft. The crankshaft on the pushrod road-engine was its weakest point once you started to modify them. The twincam also had much stronger connecting rods, though it did share the same wet-liner construction of the cylinders as the road-engine. Still, the road-going pushrod engine and the Le Mans twincam engine don't share so much as a single engine component. Restoring one of these elusive twincams today must be quite the task! To the best of my knowledge, there is currently only one fully functioning TRS in the world – naturally owned by a Brit and last experienced at Goodwood Revival.
But the twincam never made it into mass production and was never offered to the public either. Despite its Le Mans success (bear in mind, they won the team prize – not overall, as the best placed TRS came in ninth), I reckon most people have forgotten about its very existence. Which I suppose is quite understandable seeing as Triumph didn't really bring anything new to the whole twincam concept. Except for one thing: It is the only engine in the world nicknamed after a pair of breasts.
I kid you not! Triumph's twincam prototype bears the name "Sabrina", and was named after the period glamour star Norma Ann Sykes – or rather her artist name, Sabrina. Her indisputable talent measured all of 41 inches, and when equipped with a then so popular torpedo bra, the visual similarity with the front cam covers of the twincam engine is rather obvious. The Triumph engineers clearly had a good laugh when they nicknamed their project, and then the name stuck.
It's the small and bizarre stories like these which I feel are so important for our nostalgic automotive world. They are all too easily forgotten – but they shouldn't be. Especially not when breasts are involved. Do you know of any other engine with a quite as inspiring name?
This fabulous promotional movie from Standard Triumph illustrates the three TR-S's long battle through the 1961 Le Mans. It's certainly worth watching for the excellent period footage, the truly genius commentary and not least as a reminder that Le Mans Classic is only just around the corner again.


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A few years ago I started posting on Facebook daily about the "Holiday" of the day. An example: Today, April 18th, is National Oatmeal Raisin Cereal Day! I started doing this because it was fun and was a way to bring joy into others lives. I hope it brings a chuckle to my "friends" as they read my post. The joyful sound of laughter is far more contagious than a cold. Laughter brings people together and increases happiness across the board.
I know I feel better after a good laugh with a friend or doing something so wacky I laugh for hours. I know other people must like it too or there would be no comedy clubs in the world. Here are some reasons why you should have a good laugh often:
- Laughter relaxes the whole body. A good, hearty laugh relieves physical tension and stress. It can even leave your muscles relaxed for up to 45 minutes after you're done laughing. It will also increase your energy and help you stay focused.
- Laughter boosts the immune system. Laughter helps to take away the stress hormones and gives you more immune cells and infection fighting antibodies which all help to improve your resistance to disease.
- Laughter triggers the release of endorphins. Endorphins are your body's natural feel-good chemicals that promote an overall sense of well-being. They can even temporarily relieve pain.
- Laughter helps protect the heart. Laughing increases blood flow which can help protect you against a heart attack and other cardiovascular problems.
- Laughter helps lessen stressful emotions. You can't feel sad, angry, or anxious when you're too busy laughing.
- Humor shifts perspective. Who hasn't had an experience when, at the time, it seems like the end of the world – yet days later, when you tell the story, you can't help but laugh at what happened? A humorous perspective will help you not feel overwhelmed. Next time you feel like your world is ending, shift your perspective and see how you feel.


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Ah, springtime! We're still waiting for the snow to melt here in Michigan, but our friends down South are already welcoming new blossoms! For many, Spring is also heralded by the anticipation of cherished traditions and celebrations. Here's a fun and easy craft for your Spring line-up in case you missed it last year. Grass made from kite paper is a beautiful alternative to the standard green plastic filler for Easter baskets, and also adds a nice touch to gift boxes. Enjoy this simple step-by-step guide.
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The Getty Center is very close, so once I have a day off, I will be spending it there. Although I'm not sure how to get there, as I can see it from where I am, but its basically a mountain's height above me. With Thanksgiving right around the corner and no family in sight, I'm going to have to walk the 5 miles to somewhere and hope that somewhere has an open movie theatre or cheesy diversion to keep me from missing those I love.
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
California, You're Such A Wonder That I Think I'll Stay In Bed
Oh Los Angeles. The city of the rich and deluded. I'm in a beautiful boutique hotel right off the 405 close to pretty much nothing. Without a vehicle in LA, you might as well be in Nebraska. Taking a walk, all I can see are walls of green keeping my middle class eyes from spotting someone who has enough money to buy privacy. Of course all this greenery causes a lovely smell in the air, so I can't complain too much. It's an attitude that matches the physicality of the city: inaccessible. After all, you have to be exclusive to be cool, right? I keep laughing to myself when I look at a map and realize that I'm pretty much in the neighborhood that Cher was supposed to live in in the movie Clueless. If only my daddy had bought me a Jeep so I could cruise around.....
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- AnonymousNovember 25, 2009 at 10:56 AM
hey now...you know that you can walk EVERYWHERE in LA, we did it! Oh, yeah, we couldn't walk the next day ; )ReplyDelete
I've always loved that about OC, too. You go to the fantastic Laguna Beach and get accosted by some naked man offering you weed...Venice is even better. Take it all as it comes, and make the most of it. The Getty HAS to have buses going there, or maybe it is worth the 10 minute taxi fare.
Don't get too synical...unless you see a boobalicious blond jogging with her hair down and nary a bead of sweat...then feel free to hit her with your jeep =)
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Dave (not me – the Dave over at DA Redd Concrete Construction) is one of the smarter guys I've encountered in the blogosphere, and he offers up some insight into the business sense of maintaining a web site.
In particular, Dave talks about blogging:
When it comes to business, you can never really promote too much. Getting the word out is the most single important thing you can do in any business. Whether it be through print, radio, television, or even the world wide web, letting people know about you, and what you do should be the order of the day. Part of your promotions can include a blog. Blogging is the simplest, least expensive way to promote you, your business, and what you are all about…You can't run around town and literally "meet" everybody, but with a standard site or a blog, you can get pretty close to doing just that.
It's always refreshing to see this kind of attitude, particularly someone in a business that isn't normally associated with blogging.


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Dengue's seasonal visitation in the capital has now become axiomatic ever since its first appearance here in 1999. Although the first cases of dengue fever were detected in Chattogram in 1996-97, the port city has not come under as epidemic an attack as that of Dhaka. This is for the first time that two other urban centres have also reported prevalence of the fever. In Dhaka, its outbreak has crossed all past records now. About a dozen people, including a physician, have died of the fever by now and if its higher incidence is any guide, more deaths are most likely to occur. Of particular concern is the fact that the anti-mosquito campaign in the capital almost totally failed because the mosquito killer spray was reportedly of no use. Now was the spray spurious or aedes, the vector of the fever, has developed resistance to the chemicals used for spray?
If the city corporations in Dhaka fail to give a tough fight against the tiny insect in the first place, the citizens here are bound to suffer. With the monsoon rain falling intermittently and at times quite heavily, ideal breeding grounds are created in the most unlikely places all across the city. After all, aedes mosquito lays eggs in clear water and when it rains, accumulation of fresh water is natural. Starting with rejected pots and utensils ranging from earthen to plastic as well as polythene bags and rubber tyres, there are innumerable such receptacles of various shapes and sizes to hold rainwater in this city. Proliferation of mosquitoes including aedes is the likely outcome in such a situation unless a massive campaign is launched to overturn or destroy such discarded receptacles.
Now that a legal notice was reportedly initiated by a family suffering dengue attack blaming Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) for its failure to control mosquito and the mayor has pledged to launch a fresh vigorous campaign against mosquito during his visit to the family, can the inhabitants expect a participatory cleaning drive as well as the corporation's extensive spray with effective mosquito killing agents? Both city corporation authorities have been blamed for not doing enough to kill the mosquitoes. Some even went as far as asking their resignation for their failure to control the tiny insect. A couple years back, immediately after the twin attacks of dengue and chikungunya, the campaign against mosquito was mostly effective.
The inhabitants of this city must accept the responsibility for the extent of degeneration the megalopolis has suffered. People are not particularly famous for their strong civic sense. In case of allowing no space for dengue breeding, the same is true. Where just a little care and effort could destroy the breeding ground of aedes, city people are found to be casual in their approach to the problem. They are not particular about removal of water accumulated in different places at home. Also aedes bites only at dawn and just before evening when the light fades or is hazy. If people can avoid aedes bites for about one and a half hours in the morning and about an equal time in the evening, they can keep dengue at bay. So in a way prevention is within their reach.
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Hi guys! I haven't had any new replays for a while, so here's a new trick for y'all - I recorded video clips of a league game and put it together to make a whole 40 minute game replay!
Apologies for the video quality (I didn't realise the wifi in my room was that bad) and for the commentator voice quality, though. ^^;
Hope you guys enjoy it, and if you have any comments or suggestions, please let me know!
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October 5th, 2009 is the Synergy Sessions VIP Networking Event. This VIP Networking Event is exclusively for our attendees and in addition to a selection of drinks and appetizers we will have a few other surprises. The event will be right after the Monday Synergy Session. The VIP Networking Event gives you the opportunity to socialize with some of the top industry leaders. Take this time to network and meet new people.
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