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In many cases, a reputation management campaign can take months to complete. Addressing underlying issues and replacing negative content with more favorable pages takes time. But by being prepared ahead of time for a reputation management crisis, you can cut down that time considerably, and get more immediate results.
In a recent Computerworld article, "Online reputation management is hot – but is it ethical?," Elixir Systems CEO Fionn Downhill said a reputation management campaign can range from six to 12 months, depending on the complexity of the assignment and amount of negative content it's trying to suppress.
Fionn is right – if you're trying to suppress unfavorable blog posts about your company from a few months ago. But what if news results and an image from a few hours ago suddenly appear in Google universal search results?
The need for speed was discussed during the Brand & Reputation Management session at Search Engine Strategies London last month. The session was moderated by Lee Odden, CEO, TopRank Online Marketing, and the speakers on the panel included Andy Beal, consultant and blogger at Marketing Pilgrim and co-author of Radically Transparent; Nan Dawkins, president and CEO, Serengeti Communications; and me.
Nan observed, "All good SERPs all the time? Not likely in the age of Universal Search (lightning-speed changes; priority given to exactly the sources that consumers use to complain)." And she advised:
- Search impacts brand but you can't SEO your way out of a real brand problem.
- Drowning out detractors (even if you can manage it) won't help you as much as gaining evangelists, whose word means more than yours online.
- If you take the time to establish trust and credibility, your marketing messages – in whatever channel – will be less likely to fall on deaf ears.
Andy recommend, "Plan now for a reputation crisis." And he suggested that you determine:
- Who is on your crisis team? List their names, titles, and all contact numbers.
- Who is your online media spokesperson?
- Who will be your advisors, for seeking counsel before reacting to a crisis?
- Who are your key offline/online stakeholders needing information during a crisis?
- Do you have a crisis-blog ready for deployment?
Finally, I illustrated how attacks on brands can arrive at lightning speed by presenting the following Google universal search results from a single day – Feb. 1, 2008:
- News results and the Yahoo/Microsoft logos ranking #1 in Google for the term "unsolicited offer."
- News results and a photo of Societe Generale ranking #1 in Google for the term "rogue trader."
- News results and a photo of Mattel toys ranking #4 in Google for the term "product recall."
- News results and a photo of a Shell sign ranking #4 in Google for the term "obscene profits."
To deal with the speed that news is now incorporated into universal search results, you'd need to have the War Room that Bill Clinton's presidential campaign ran in 1992. And this isn't a casual comment.
Although crisis events are unpredictable, they are not unexpected. During the next five years, 83 percent of companies will face a crisis that will negatively impact their share price by 20 to 30 percent, according to Oxford-Metrica.
The importance of preparing for the inevitable crisis to come was driven home for me the day after SES London 2008 – when I visited the Churchill Museum and Cabinet War Rooms.
Shortly after Winston Churchill became Prime Minister in May 1940, he visited the underground Cabinet War Rooms. He wanted to see for himself if the secret preparations had been completed in time to enable his War Cabinet to continue meeting throughout the expected air raids on London. In the Cabinet Room, he announced, "This is the room from which I will direct the war."
Down a corridor from the Cabinet Room is the Map Room, which was the hub of the whole site throughout the war. The Map Room remained open day and night and the chief task of the officers manning it was to collate and summarize all relevant information on the war's progress and present it on maps, which would be constantly updated.
So, is your company prepared for the inevitable crisis to come?
If your CEO suddenly faces a crisis that will negatively impact your company's share price by 20 to 30 percent, is there a war room?
And down the corridor, is there a map room, where your SEO and PR people can collate and summarize all relevant information on the crisis and present it on maps, which are constantly updated?
If not, then start building it now. Remember, although crisis events are unpredictable, they are not unexpected.
Greg Jarboe is the president and co-founder of SEO-PR, a search engine optimization and public relations firm. He covers news search, blog search and PR correspondent for the Search Engine Watch Blog. Greg is one of the 25 successful online marketing gurus interviewed by Michael Miller for the new book, Online Marketing Heroes.
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Alternately: for each limb, device, or part grafted, the Biomechanik rolls once on the Ker-Frankenstein table. Same as the Medik, a properly equipped Biomechanik rolls 1d8, an improperply equipped one rolls 1d6, and each assistant increases the die by one size up to 1d12.
1 The creature turns on its creators.
2-4 Something goes wrong. Roll for results.
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Today I am going to present to you, all of my builds I can find warps to: some of which are over 5 years old! I have provided a small paragraph of information below each build plus a few screenshots to show how it looks. Likewise, you can always visit the /warp which I have added to each build too.
Runetown Fun Coaster
/warp: Tee_RollerCoaster
Status: 100% Finished
Description: Gotta love that name. "Runetown Fun Coaster." Sounds exciting, right? Well it wasn't. I built this when I was only default and at the time, I could only afford cobblestone for the materials. I remember charging $500 per ride, which was ridiculously expensive. That all changed when I donated for the Elite rank, because I now had to comply with additional rules and regulations. In the end, I came out at a loss, because only 4 people were willing to pay full price. Not good enough Tee, not good enough.
House #1
/warp: Tee_House1
Status: 100% Finished
Description: This my friends, is my first house which I constructed in late June 2012. It may have been small and primitive, with an awkward rectangular shape, but I was happy to call this home. It was built in TNTTown, which I suggest you check out (/warp TNTTown). I spent majority of my Default and Member life here.
/warp: Removed
Status: N/A Deleted
Description: This was my first attempt at a town, with the help of a friend by the name of mikeyjohn8. It was originally intended to be a small project for just the two of us, as we weren't expecting anyone to purchase a plot there. I can recall the features of the town. It had a small spawn room with a variety of warps, an art gallery, a hotel plus small, medium and the fancy-scmancy "diamond" plots. There were also two roller-coasters, one which was a standard wooden roller-coaster and another which ventured through a nearby abandoned mine-shaft. There was also a puzzle in development called Puzzle Tunnel, containing many tricks and secret rooms.
Until sadly, Mike got banned and never returned, putting all plans for the town on hold. I don't believe I ever worked on it again. About a year later, I got the town and /warp deleted, to make space for future projects. I highly regret doing that, because at the time, TJVille was awesome and would have been incredible once finished.
These are the very few screenshots in my collection that I could scrape together and remain the only evidence of the town's existence.
House #2
/warp: Tee_House2
Status: 90% Nearly Done
Description: This was the home of mikeyjohn8 and a real life friend, samisk. So, why do I add it here? Well, I lived here for some time and undertook some renovations during my stay. It contained a small bar and a tunnel which directed to a great mine. It was never furnished, nor properly built and while it may not be the prettiest house on the block, it sure had some sentimental values to me.
House #3
/warp: Tee_SpawnHome
Status: 100% Finished
Description: After building several clunky houses with boring rectangular shapes, it's fair to say, I got a bit sick of it. So this time, I wanted to try something a little different. It was a more "round" house this time, containing rooms in the shape of a cylinder, plus a small cave below containing signs to all my /warps at the time. This house was intended to be more of a landmark, as I never really used it to its full extent. It had stunning views of FRISC0's Clippy sign and Marmite jar. Out of all the plots I owned, this one was the second closest to the old spawn (the first being a large plot located just meters from the spawn building).
/warp: OldPlotCity
Status: 75% In development
Description: After plans for TJVille were scrapped, it was time to go back to the drawing board and build a new town. So I sent out an invitation on the forums requesting for members to help me build it! It was great to get the community together and work as a team to get the job done. The town was on a roll until the team found better things to do, leaving just me and Xxsky1xx to finish the town!
We got majority of the builds finished and the town looked great! One by one, newcomers would come along and ask for a plot. Soon, the town started to grow and thrive, which was my original intention! We may not have filled all the grass area with plots, but we were happy with what we accomplished. Huge credit to Sky and the team for the help, I greatly appreciate the work you put into the project.
/warp: StatueHall
Status: N/A Work In Progress
Description: I used to love building statues of people. So I thought: "why not have a statue hall for the players?" So I made one! Unfortunately, I never reached my goal of 200 statues. I got to seven though... That's good, right?
To tell you the truth, it was sometimes tedious work building statues. Firstly I had to /tpa players to me, then take screenshots of each side of their skin. Building the statues was worse. Sometimes, I would forgot one layer of the skin and I had to demolish the whole thing and start over - and when I did finally get it right, there were some blocks which didn't match the texture of the skin, so it didn't match correctly.
Well, I went way off topic there... In conclusion, it was fun creating the statues, but the project never kicked off, however the final result contained nice paths and trees, which made for a good walk.
Skyscraper #1
/warp: Tee_Skyscraper1
Status: 60% Exterior Finished
Description: Now this is a build I am very proud of and I'm sure serthhi, who helped me build it, would've fancied the final result too. It was my first attempt at a skyscraper. I selected an appropriate choice of materials and brainstormed a design similar to that of my spawn house. It ended up being a great build, which put a smile to my face once it was completed.
Sand Dune Hotel
Status: 75% Exterior Finished
Description: This time, I scaled my original skyscraper to be as tall as possible. It was pretty similar to the previous design, with only minor modifications to the shape. There used to be a shop underneath the building which sold supplies, a luxurious lobby and a theoretical elevator implementing the [Lift] signs. It had several rooms which failed to sell, due to the shape the region protection would've been. The materials complemented the Desert City well; spruce wood, sandstone and some mushroom block.
PlotCity 2.0
/warp: PlotCity
Status: 100% Finished
Description: My second attempt at PlotCity, as the old one was getting a little disorganised. This town included normal plots, statue plots - which I believe were unique at the time - a tree-farm and a TESCO. PlotCity 2.0 also had a nice lobby cottage with a map and a resident list. This town never got much publicity and was rarely visited. On the bright side though, I had good fun making it.
Staff Statues
/warp: Tee_StaffStatues
Status: N/A Work in Progress
Description: Quite a large project in my history, I decided to build statues for the staff members. Some got put at /warp Statue which was my aim! Eventually it came to a point where half of the statues of staff here had resigned, so I thought it would have be too much work to continue.
RMS Titanic
/warp:RMS_Titanic / RMS_TitanicView
Status: 80% Nearly finished
Description: Potentially my largest project on the Build server. It was originally going to be an entrant in the CityCraft Grand Build competition, but I never met the deadline. And boy am I late! I am still working on it to this day!
I have always been fascinated by the Titanic, so I thought it would be a suitable thing to build on the server. I promise you, it will get done eventually.
The Ruin
/warp: Secret
Status: 80% Nearly Finished
Description: A mysterious ruin with treasure hidden at the end. Few so far have dared to enter, for there has been no survivors. Proceed at your own risk.
TeeJay's Mansion
/warp: Somewhere at /warp OldPlotCity
Status: 50% Plenty to work on.
Description: A huge mansion which is currently on my long list of "work in progress," will one day be my home. It was planned to have 4 floors, plus countless rooms and hallways. It was originally going to be the lobby for HugePlots, but I found it was too big.
HugePlots / PlotCity 3.0
/warp: HugePlots
Status: 100% Finished
Description: This was my first town as a Moderator, which makes it a whole lot easier to give the plots to people. It included a Get Started guide (/warp Welcome) and plenty of info on the town. Get your plot today!
Now remember, I have so many other builds, but I am only highlighting my main ones. Please vote on my poll at the top of the page, regarding whether you want more info, more builds or if it is just fine.


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Steele on Priebus's RNC: 'No focus'
Countering a jab from his successor, former RNC Chairman Michael Steele tore into Reince Priebus on Monday, saying he had failed to effectively lead the party last year and that the GOP had "no message" and "no focus."
"I won. And he didn't," Steele said on MSNBC, noting New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell won on his watch even before the GOP blowout in 2010. "We laid down the ground game, a national, 50-state strategy. We didn't have to go through the hype-la and hoopla of press conferences, we just went out and did the heavy work of rebuilding the party coming off of massive losses in 2006 and 2008."
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Before Steele's attack, MSNBC host Andrea Mitchell played a clip where Priebus's press conference earlier Monday where he said that when he arrived to take over the RNC, the party's two credit cards had been cancelled.
"Now just think about this for a second," Priebus said. "You've got one of two of the biggest national political parties in the world, but had both credit cards suspended."
Asked if Steele had ruined the party financially, Priebus said: "I think the numbers speak for themselves."
"Reince is just being silly," Steele said. "And I understand that. He wasn't complaining about debt and concerned about debt when I was writing checks to Wisconsin when he was chairman and wanted to win the state Legislature, which they did; win the governorship, which they did. … And at the end of the day, the members were all on board about going into debt to win. Now the RNC had a surplus, they had money in the bank at the end of the 2012 cycle, but they had nothing to show for it. You lose eight House seats, you don't win the White House when you should, that to me is more than enough evidence of what's wrong. There's no message. There's no focus."
Steele said Priebus was being generous by calling the 100-page report the RNC released earlier Monday sharply criticizing their 2012 performance an "autopsy."
"This is an examination of what you did wrong, where your leadership failed and how you get back on winning again after we had unprecedented wins in 2009 and 2010," Steele said.
Priebus and Steele have long had a frosty relationship, beginning with the former Wisconsin state chairman's decision to challenge Steele in January 2011. Since, the duo has taken periodic veiled shots at the other. After Mitt Romney's 2012 loss, Steele mused about challenging Priebus, but ultimately passed.
The GOP was $20 million in debt when Priebus took over the party. Priebus served as general counsel during Steele's tenure, when the committee took a $25 million loan.
Steele did praise some elements of the new plan, suggesting having fewer debates and an earlier national convention would be "smart," but could be difficult to implement.
"If you move it to June, that means you're shortening the primary process, effectively," he said. "And the candidates may have an issue with that. And the grass roots may have an issue with that. I think there's a little bit more vetting that will have to be done here."


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"Good judgment comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgment."
-- Anonymous
"I have missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I have lost almost 300 games. On 26 occasions I have been entrusted to take the game winning shot, and I missed. And I have failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is precisely why I succeed."
-- Michael Jordan
Ask any doctor in practice today what they think about residency programs, and most will tell you they do not represent medical reality. But then, residency should not represent independent practice, should it? This week, the New England Journal of Medicine has two articles describing the dilemma faced by the residency training programs: residents' work hours and continuity of care. Residents want shorter work hours by sharing care of patients with other residents, but frequent handoffs of care may result in as many medical errors as created by an exhausted resident.
Kevin Volpp, an assistant professor of medicine and health care systems at the University of Pennsylvania, is conducting a large national study of patient outcomes that attempts to examine the impact of the (Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education) rules, using data on millions of patients in the Medicare and Veterans Affairs systems. "We're basically looking at the net effect of reduction in sleep deprivation versus reduction in continuity of care," he said. "One of the big challenges is figuring out how to tease this apart and examine the tradeoffs." Volpp said the evidence is compelling that assigning residents to shorter shifts reduces errors caused by fatigue. However, shortening residents' shifts requires adding staff such as physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and hospitalists, and he noted that despite receiving Medicare subsidies for residency training, teaching hospitals operate on slim financial margins and have recently seen substantial reductions in Medicare funding. Considering the cost of further reducing duty hours, Volpp asked, "Is this the best use of resources that could be targeted to reducing medical errors?"But is reducing errors really what we should be striving for in residency programs? Will further reducing work hours limit exposure to eduational experiences? Will residents have enough opportunities to stumble, trip and fall in a protected environment like residency so they can later succeed as attending physicians? Or is achieving a residency utopia in training with no medical errors more important than later clinical competency as an attending physician?
Certainly worth pondering…
...especially when good judgment comes from lots of experience.


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Updated for 2015. If you're going to be a good copywriter, then you'll need to be a regular reader. And not just reading blogs and social media feeds, but the time-tested, in-depth books that can help you develop well-targeted, well-written promotional content and materials.
By making a small investment of time and funds now, you get the long-lasting payback of knowledge, techniques and close-at-hand references that help you continually improve your copywriting skills.
Here is my list of "must have" books for every technical copywriter today. (Click on the title to order from Amazon.com)
Writing Guides
These are the foundation books which you will turn to again and again.
Copywriting That Sells High Tech, my own book, is still the only guide written specifically for technical copywriters. It gives you clear explanations of how to write content for white papers, case studies, data sheets, and websites to promote technology products and services. You'll also gain a wealth of tips to generate new ideas and make all of your technical marketing materials more effective. Learn more about the book or order now.
The Yahoo! Style Guide. If you work for a large company, it's likely that you must follow the writing rules laid out in a corporate style guide. If you don't, then you may need a style guide to follow--both for consistency and clarity in your own writing and to offer guidance to colleagues who write their own text. The Yahoo guide is an excellent resource for both purposes, geared for web content and marketing materials. Another good choice is the classic Microsoft Manual of Style, which is geared more for documentation but includes a valuable glossary and word usage guide for technical terms and common words that are often used incorrectly.
Words That Sell, Richard Bayan. I use this well-organized reference often, especially when I am looking for words that will add interest and sizzle to my writings. The book presents extensive, creative word lists to describe product characteristics and phrases for many types of promotional text. No copywriter should work without it.
Everybody Writes, Ann Handley. written by one of the acknowledged experts in content marketing, this guidebook is full of useful tips and interesting examples for writing blog posts, articles, and web content.
White Papers
White papers are so popular for technical marketing that you'll benefit from having each of these useful books close at hand.
White Papers for Dummies, Gordon Graham. This book is full of detailed, practical guidance on the fundamentals of writing a white paper and managing the white paper project. It is an especially worthwhile book if you are a writer who wants to create your first white paper.
Crafting White Paper 2.0, Jonathan Kantor. This book presents a good overview of new writing and design techniques to use in white papers and other promotional documents to attract and engage readers. If you're an experienced white paper writer who is looking for ideas to improve your content, this book offers useful advice and examples.
Writing White Papers, Michael Stelzner. This book provides a thorough and definitive guide to writing, producing, and promoting white papers. You will find step-by-step guidance and techniques for targeting readers, developing focused outlines, conducting effective interviews and research, as well as presenting and formatting the text and visual content.
Case Studies
Customer case studies or success stories are likely to be a frequent part of your work, so it's important to know their role in marketing and how to produce well-written and high-impact stories.
Stories That Sell, Casey Hibbard. This unique book presents clear, in-depth, and relevant guidance on writing case studies and managing customer reference programs. If you are just starting to write success stories, you will find this book a complete guide.
Information Design and Infographics
Copywriters today must understand how to present information visually as well as in text. These books will give you good insights on creating graphics yourself or by working with a designer.
Slideology, Nancy Duarte. If you're not writing text documents, you're likely developing a slide presentation. Although focused on improving PowerPoint slides, this book is full of great ideas for visual explanations and elements in any type of content. Her other book, Resonate, is also an interesting read about how to powerfully convey information and persuade readers or audiences.
Wall Street Journal Guide to Infographics, Dona Wong. If you frequently interpret and present any type of numeric data, this book is a clear and easy-to-use reference to creating charts and infographics. Each topic includes multiple examples of correct presentation techniques as well as typical mistakes.
Blah Blah Blah: What To Do When Words Don't Work, Dan Roam. If you're a writer who says you don't know how to draw or think visually, this book will be a big help in developing those skills. It includes clear guidance on turning written grammar into a visual grammar, giving you an easy-to-remember and easy-to-use way for creating good pencil sketches that a graphic designer can polish into a clear and appealing image.
Content Marketing
Understanding and keeping up with expert thoughts about content marketing will help you write materials that are more engaging and effective.
Global Content Marketing, Pam Didner. Good advice on content marketing in general, but this book is particularly useful for large companies that market their products and services worldwide.
eMarketing Strategies for the Complex Sale, Ardath Albee. Great insights for copywriters about how readers view and respond to any type of marketing content.
Snap Selling, Jill Konrath. Terrific insights into the challenges that your salespeople--and your marketing content--face in reaching and engaging prospects.
The Content Rules, Ann Handley & CC Chapman. A good overview of content marketing.
The Web Content Strategist's Bible, Richard Sheffield. Presents solid information about the nitty-gritty work involved in the new, content-focused job roles that are now assigned to many writers.
This field is moving rapidly; keep up by checking out these new content marketing books.


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U2 concert canceled in Sweden due to security breach
STOCKHOLM (AP) — U2 canceled a concert in the Swedish capital of Stockholm after a security breach prompted police to evacuate the Globe Arena.
Stockholm Police spokesman Kjell Nildgren said they stopped Sunday's event because organizers reported a breach at the security check and ticket control points as spectators were entering the arena.
"They decided to stop the entrance for spectators and get the people out that had come inside in order to search the area, " Nildgren said Monday, adding that organizers believed the security checks had not been "done in the proper way."
"We are investigating a crime against Swedish weapon laws," Nildgren said, adding that police had not found any suspicious "persons or objects yet."
The concert was rescheduled for Tuesday.
In a statement on U2's website, organizers apologized for the inconvenience, saying the audience's "safety is the priority."


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odntuk needed a new web page design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 51 designs submitted by 7 freelance designers.
Overflow Consulting Group LLC
I'm an information architect and web developer. My company is the professional extension of my knowledge. I have created wire frames for the new layout that can be used to build off of to limit the unnecessary guess work. I'm happy with the header and footer design of the site but you are more than welcome to redesign it if you wish to. The winner of the contest will be contracted out to complete the rest of the sub-pages for the site. Good work will lead to future project work.
My target audience is corporations or single users looking to build websites or web applications. The goal of the site is to be professional yet artistic/fun.
I have attached the header and footer from the previous design so you can pull it out and focus on designing the content area. I have attached the IA doc of the site as a detailed brief which will help you figure out what I'm looking for. I'm looking to have the views of the home page tabbed area designed preferably as layer comps. I would also like separate PNG views of the tabbed area sent to me as well. You will only need to focus on the home page for now as the other pages will come with a later contract agreement.


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Something never quite added up in the conventional model of solar system formation. It dictates that planets are formed from the accretion disc around a young star, but it also dictates that a star continues to feed off the same material as it grows and matures. So how to both bodies grow using a limited supply of elementary particles?
According to new research out of the ALMA radio telescope observatory in the Atacama Desert, the two celestial objects essentially share the resources between them—at least that's how a newly discovered system 450 light years away is doing it. The star sucks down the inner portion of the disc—which causes a tell-tale stream of carbon gas to flow back to the system's center—while the planets form in the outer zone.
To see what ALMA actually saw, head on over to PopSci.
[PopSci - Image: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/M. Kornmesser (ESO)]


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In the wake of the monstrous storms that struck the Northeast, our thoughts and prayers are with our fellow Americans. Millions remain without power and more than 100 people were known to have been killed by the storms, so far. Any donations, no matter how small, should be made to the American Red Cross and the Salvation Army.
Only two days are left until Election Day, when we find out who will be running the country for the next four years. Because the result will have a profound effect on the future of the U.S. economy, global relationships and the markets we follow, our comments will be brief and void of definitive recommendations except where we deem appropriate.
The U.S. Labor Department reported nonfarm payrolls increased by 171,000 in October, higher than the economists' expectation of 120,000 jobs. However, each Thursday the first-time unemployed (obviously those who lost jobs) are more than 360,000. Somehow, this is overlooked by both the liberal and conservative media. We continue to view the U.S. economy as extremely sensitive to the labor situation. The term "jobless recovery" is a fallacy because those consumers without jobs restrict their consumption, and the producers of the products that are not consumed will be next to lay off workers.
The unemployment rate inched up from 7.8% to 7.9% as reported Friday. However, with the reduced participation in the workforce by those who could not find jobs and those that took positions paying far less that they had earned previously makes the rate ineffective for determining the real labor picture. Also, college graduates entering the workforce who cannot find jobs adds to the improbable labor statistics as reported.
I expect corporate earnings to continue to reflect the lack of consumers with jobs. I am also concerned that the mortgage default and foreclosure situation persists as well as the credit defaults as consumers use up whatever credit remains on their credit cards. The traditional borrow from Peter to pay Paul concept may soon deteriorate into new concerns and impede any economic recovery.
Now for some actual facts to help with trading decisions, with the caveat that election results could affect market action in many cases...
Interest Rates: December Treasury bonds closed at 148 18/32nds, down 1/32nd as traders in debt and equities are awaiting Tuesdays election results as to who and which political party will direct the country going forward. The phrase "it's the economy stupid" could easily be the determining factor as the electorate decides on which party is in the best position to move the economy into recovery mode. We continue to expect prices to remain mired in a 145 to 155 range since we expect no definitive policy change from the U.S. Federal Reserve.
Stock Indices: The Dow Jones Industrials closed at 13,093.16, down 139.46 after trading higher earlier on the U.S. jobs data. Investors remain concerned that corporate earnings, the ongoing overall labor situation as the question of which political party will be victorious on Tuesday. A general malaise has overcome Wall Street over the past few weeks in anticipation of the election. For the week the Dow lost only 0.1%. The S&P 500 closed at 1414.20, down 13.39 and for the week gained 0.2%. The tech heavy Nasdaq closed at 2982.13, down 37.93 or 1.26% on Friday and for the week lost 0.2%. Early gains were wiped out as investors decided to liquidate in front of the weekend and on concerns over the Tuesday elections. We continue to suggest strongly the implementation of strategic hedging programs which we can assist holders of large equity portfolios with establishing.
Currencies: The December U.S. dollar index closed at 8066, up 52.4 points on continued strength against most currencies. The losers included the Euro closing at $1.2840, down 1.02c, the Swiss Franc $1.0646, down 89 points, the Japanese Yen .012435, down 41 points, the British Pound $1.6017, down 1.09c, the Australian dollar $1.0301, down 62 points and the New Zealand dollar .8224, down 27 points. The December Canadian Dollar managed a gain of 13 points to close at $1.0039. The U.S. jobs data was construed as favorable for the dollar since it could prompt ideas of Fed Action in relaxing its easing policy to some extent tied to the "favorable" economic views. Interest rate changes or assumption of change moves the dollar. Higher rates improve dollar investment while lower rates detract. There is no point, in my opinion, in charting dollar denominated commodities rather the basis on which the dollar reacts.
Energies: December crude oil closed at $84.79 per barrel, down another $2.30 against the strong dollar, as well as slowing manufacturing reports from Europe. Disruptions at refineries tied to Hurricane Sandy added to the crude weakness as inventories piled up. We continue to view crude oil as bearish and our interim goal of $75-80 per barrel remains intact. We have been negative for crude for some time tied to our overall expectation of global economic slowdowns, including that of China, and see no reason to change our position.
Copper: December copper closed at $3.4835, down 6.85c tied to the strong dollar and concern that China's economic recovery failed to meet expectations. We continue to suggest lower demand and consequently lower prices for copper. Our overall view of a global recessionary economy will curtail demand for construction materials including copper.
Precious Metals: December gold closed at $1,675.20 per ounce, down $40.30 tied to the better than expected U.S. jobs data that helped support the U.S. currency. Gold and Silver, as well as other dollar denominated commodities move converse to the dollar and recent dollar strength prompted long liquidation and valuations for precious metals. As I stated in prior commentaries, "throw away your gold chart and chart the dollar and U.S. interest rates". For the week gold lost 2.1% and has declined for 4 straight weeks. December silver closed at $30.905 per ounce, down $1.3430 or 4.2% on Friday and declined further than golds decline of 2.1%. Our favorite in the past has been silver of the two metals and once the "smoke clears" and the election is over, we should see some return to normalcy for metals. January platinum closed at $1,546.40 per ounce, down $26.80, or 1.7% while December palladium lost 2% to close at $600.00 , down $12.45 per ounce. Our favorite of the white metals has been palladium and we expect the short platinum, long palladium spread to resume its positive status. Meanwhile as suggested in the overview, we refrain from any definitive recommendations until after the U.S. election.
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Gin pole welding project
So what is a Gin Pole you may ask? And why would you want to build one? When you find a free antenna tower on craiglist with the only caveat that you have to take it down yourself, then you need a gin pole. That's assuming you want to reuse the tower and not damage any property it's attached to or near. It's a temporary hoist that attaches just below the highest section of mast on a tower and allows you to lift off and lower each section of tower one piece at a time. You use it the in reverse to assemble a tower.
Commercial gin pole kits and usage
Gin pole kits go from $150 on up (no pole included). I found this gin pole kit on ebay and almost bought it. Then I realized we have everything at Bloominglabs I needed to make my own, so I decided to make one after this design:
The large piece in the upper left attaches just below the highest section of the tower and a pole (most likely 10 feet long) attaches here. The part in the upper right with the pulley on top sits on top of the pole and this should be near the top of the tower. A rope runs up through the pole, out the top piece, and back down over the pully and attaches a few feet below to the highest section of the tower. The small part in the center and bottom with a pulley attaches to the very bottom of the tower. The rope coming down out of the bottom of the pole runs through this and into the hands of your assistant on the ground. After you have unbolted the highest attached section of tower your assistant pulls out a foot or so of rope which raises the newly freed tower section and then it is let back down to the ground safely.
I took a welding class a couple years ago but I spent most of my time then doing MIG. Adam at our space has brought in a nice TIG machine which I need practice on. Adam was kind enough to give me a thorough TIG lesson on a slow Sunday. I was able to knock out 99% of this project in a half day.
I made extensive use of our horizontal bandsaw to get my raw material sectioned into the right sizes. All of the metal stock I used came from a local mega home store and another hardware store in town. I sized my kit to support a 1.5" rigid conduit pole. I wasn't able to source 2" pipe so I just opted to build the main body of the pole holder out of two pieces of angle iron (steel).
Here are some of my first welds on this project:
You can see nicer welds along the 2nd pic, of course those are Adam's ;-)
As you can see, I've over-engineered this device because I really really don't want anything to go wrong when using it. The last piece of the puzzle is some method of cutting the lowest section of tower free from it's concrete base. I'll be using a saws-all for this purpose, there are many ways


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Right on the heels of the AMD Never Settle game bundles and the latest Catalyst 12.11 driver announcement last night, AMD is making yet another big announcement tonight! The new AMD flagship processor has arrived! The new flagship codenamed 'Vishera' is the first new highend part is a roughly a year. The new AMD FX-8350 features the same 'Piledriver' cores that we saw a few weeks back with the AMD A10-5800K APU. One of the upsides to the new AMD FX-Series of processors is that we aren't looking at a whole new platform like we did with the AMD A10-5800K APU, we can continue to use the AMD 990FX/SB950 chipset motherboards that we have come to love over the past year or so.
The AMD FX-8350 is the first 8-core processor to feature a base clock of 4GHz! The FX-4170 is a quad core processor in the previous generation that comes clocked at 4.2GHz/4.3GHz (base/turbo), but that's just a quad-core. Having eight cores at 4GHz is impressive, after all it wasn't that long ago that we were striving to break 4GHz when overclocking.
AMD is launching four new processors tonight, all of them retail less for less than $200. The flagship AMD FX-8350 carries the highest price, and it's only $195.
The new AMD 'Piledriver' modules are essentially revamped 'Bulldozer' cores. There have been a number of improvements made and AMD expects us to see an improvement over processors like the FX-8150 that use the 'Bulldozer' core of roughly 14%. If we factor in the new Turbo Core 3 technology we can expect a bigger performance gain according to AMD.
The new FX 'Piledriver' processors will be available in All of the new AMD FX processors will be built around the same die which measures ~315mm2. The new FX processors will be manufactured using Global Foundries' 32nm process and consists of ~1.2 billion transistors.
AMD has processors out there for everybody. If you're looking for the ultimate in speed there is the new FX-Series of processor like we are looking at today. If you are looking for a system to do some gaming on without the added cost of a discrete level graphics card the A-Series APU is a likely a good fit for you. If you simply need a daily driver for surfing the web and other basic task the AMD E-Series could be a great fit as it offers an amazing price to performance ratio. No matter what you need AMD has an option that's right for you.
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Late 80s Tristar/Prostar Bouncy Floor Panel
Looking for some opinions or suggestions after searching the forum for a similar repair. Floor access panel between the motorbox and the rear seat has seemed a little bit bouncy (deflecting) for a while. Also, the motor box hinges were wallowed out and not holding in the floorboard (common to many years on TT). So, thinking I would try to address both issues at once, my plan was to slot the forward edge of the floor panel (motor box side), insert an aluminum angle, 2" x 5/8" x 1/8" thick that would be long enough for throughbolting the hinges and would also provide for stiffening the edge of the floor panel. The angle would go full length of the panel and sit on the ledges on each side of the opening.
Once the floor panel was removed and the carpet peeled back, some rotten wood was discovered in one corner of the panel as well as around the hinge screw locations. The panel construction on my boat consists of a molded fiberglass floor panel (edges turned down about 3/4" on three of the sides). It looks like a wood panel was then glassed into the area and coated with a layer of mat and resin to waterproof it somewhat. So, I tried cutting a 2" slot of the wood away hoping to get back to some solid wood, no luck. I then decided to go ahead and remove the entire wood panel back to the molded 'glass piece.
I then spent some time fashioning a replacement piece of wood (3/4" thick pressure treated s.y.p.) that I would glass in similar to the original. The long edge where the angle would go was rabbeted down so angle would sit flush. The short ends were tapered down flush the fiberglass turned down edge. The problem was that the fiberglass wasn't level where the wood was going sit. There is a gap of approx 1/4" in the middle area. The thin piece of 'glass left after wood removal is pretty weak and would not support anything by itself.
Stop, three options to consider:
1. add a few layers of mat and resin in the middle of the area to build it up to level with the perimeter. Then 'glass in the wood, the angle etc. as originally planned.
2. forget the wood altogether and just add layer after layer of mat and resin to build up the thickness of the panel until it is flush with the turned down edge. Panel would then be on the order of 1/2 to 5/8" thick of solid fiberglass. I could still insert the angle if desired or just put some backing plates at each hinge location. The question I have with this method is the strength of the panel when complete? Would it support the weight of people standing on the long edge without deflection? (edit) The span of the panel is about 29", ledge to ledge.
3. The other option was to separate (sawcut) the piece of the panel that forms the floor (discard) from the riser and remainder that forms the seat base. Then just build a new wood floor piece, covered and waterproofed with 'glass. This piece would be approx. 10" x 29". If any furture problems developed, it could be fairly easily replaced again. Anyone ever try this approach?
Sorry for the long post. Looking for seasoned and valued TT opinions or other suggestions at this point before proceeding. I like to try to keep things original as much as possible.
Couple things from reading all of the other posts on this subject:
Yes, there is still wood in an '88, at least in mine, in this location (non-structural) floor access panel.
Apparently the later boats had the aluminum honeycomb panel which seemed to present its own problems.
The turnded down edge is waht sits on the ledge on each side. THe edge cannot be any thicker since the floor panel would then project above the adjacnet floor level.
Picture of floor showing the rotted (darker areas) wood. The wood used here is not plywood as one would think but instead was a vertical grain pieces (blocks) of wood (the grain was perpendicular to the floor, not parallel like plywood.
Picture of the fiberglass panel with all of the wood removed. Notice turned down edge on three sides.
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Some more pictures:
1. The combined floor piece, riser and seat support.
2. The replacement wood panel, loose laid
3. Gap between the wood panel and the fiberglass, 1/4" or so at center.
4. Location of panel in boat
1988 Tristar 190 Sport, 351W w/GT-40's, 1:1 Velvetdrive
My 91 TStar also had the wood and fibreglass combination similar to yours. When I redid the carpet I strengthened the middle floor section between the driver and observer seats. I just cut a piece of fibreglass cloth to fit, soaked it in resin and spread it over the backside of the section. Seemed to work OK.
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After a few days of contemplation, I think I'll keep going with Option 1, which is to add a few layers of mat and resin in the middle of the area to build up the backside of the panel to be level so the wood fits really well to it. I need to do a bit more work on the wood insert portion. Then I can 'glass it and the alum. angle in as originally planned. My thought being that I could always proceed to either of the other two 'options' if it causes any more problems in the future.
1988 Tristar 190 Sport, 351W w/GT-40's, 1:1 Velvetdrive
Hey Mikey, what would happen if you flipped the board over, then do some sanding/forming so that the board matches the contour of the fiberglass, then glass it in? It would be a little bit of work though.
My '89 has the same construction. The center section was deflecting, but wasn't rotted as your is. I laid a piece of 1 x 1 x 1/8" aluminum angle across the gap in the center section so that it spanned the bilge. THe carpeted section just lays on top of it. It's raised about 1/8", but it's not enough to be noticeable.
Hey, while you're down there you should be some maintenance on the rudder. You don't want to take all that stuff apart again. The battery tray is a work of art, some interesting fiberglass work was done there.
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Yes, I actually did some contouring of the ends of the wood panel on the other side, but with there was still a large gap left, too much to take out that way. I spent the better part of a day 'woodworking' on it.
This is really part of a long term plan that includes addressing a leak either in the mufflers or the exhaust flanges/hose clamps. Mufflers look in good shape and I can't feel anything on them, but definitely getting a steady stream of water running alongside the starboard muffler. THose are coming out next.
I did also read the rudder thread you started and have added that to the list of things to do since I'm right there. I'm pretty sure it hasn't had anything done to it. I've already replaced the shaft packing with the gore-tex type.
The end game is to get the carpet replaced soon, planning on doing that myself. The carpet felt somwhat brittle so I just peeled it back to get to the bottom of the floor panel, rather than trying to remove it.
And then the biggy, new upholstery throughout. The original stuff is in pretty decent shape, but there are a couple small cuts/tears in some areas. After reading just about every thread on here it seems to get some ideas, I want to add a bit more design to it when it does get done.
Thanks for comment. I think the aluminum angle is a good way to address this issue.
1988 Tristar 190 Sport, 351W w/GT-40's, 1:1 Velvetdrive
Mikey: You have a PM
Looking good. How long did it take to finish it?
Also check out Agro fiberglass
I did the aluminum angle route as well. Jumped into my boat from a dock and cracked the panel core. I glued the angle to the back of the floor
panel and added three layers of fiberglass mat
Over the angles. Floor panel is rock solid now.
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This design will be the used for the official event t-shirt for a car show in Virginia Beach, VA. The types of cars at this show are domestic custom cars from the years 1932 to 1972. The show draws mostly men between the ages of 20 and 70 who love old American cars. Go to good-guys.com under 'events' for samples of designs used at other shows and to view the types of cars that will be at this event.
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The main design will include the following: Dates: April 15-17, 2011; Name: Wild Wheels Cruisin' Weekend; and Location - Virginia Beach, VA. The main desing will include 2 cars. The cars can not be exact replicas of a domestic car for copyright reasons. They are to be custom cars (modified or altered). There needs to be one modified GM car and one modified Crystler or Ford car. The cars selected need to be a more popular model (no Corvettes please). One of the cars is to be from the late 1950's to 1972. The other is to be from 1932 to the mid 1950's. A design element will tie the lettering and cars together. A beach theme is prefered but not required. Bright colors seem to be desirable with this crowd.
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Bonnie Ford, quality assurance laboratory specialist in Penn State's Department of Food Science, recently accepted the 2013 Dairy Laboratory of the Year Award from the Pennsylvania Association of Milk, Food and Environmental Sanitarians.
Ford is responsible for the operation of the Berkey Creamery's Dairy Testing Laboratory. Her duties include conducting microbiological and compositional analyses on raw milk as well as the products made in the creamery's production plant.
Ford summarizes data and reports analytical results to the Department of Agriculture's Bureau of Food Safety and Laboratory Services. She also conducts tours of the production plant for visitors.
An employee of the University for more than 36 years, Ford holds a bachelor's degree in agronomy and a master's degree in animal science from Penn State. She has authored numerous published papers on dairy food quality assurance.
Ford conducts educational presentations during Penn State's highly acclaimed Ice Cream Short Course, Ice Cream 101 course, Sanitation Short Course, Cultured Products Short Course and Pasteurizer Operator's Workshop. She also is involved with numerous food science courses, instructing students in laboratory experiments and techniques.
"Her dedication, loyalty, accuracy and attention to detail are unparalleled in my 33 years in dairy plant management," said Thomas Palchak, Berkey Creamery manager. "Bonnie was our first laboratory director to become fully certified, and her due-diligence was invaluable in obtaining certification of our laboratory facility.
"Our dairy production employees rely on her judgment and problem-solving skills. Bonnie is highly respected in our department and throughout the dairy industry. Though she prefers to work behind the scenes, her efforts do not go unrecognized."


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Detoxification is just a popular myth, experts say
What motivates a healthy, slim 20-year-old to spend a month on a detoxifying cleanse, drinking juice and eating nothing but raw nuts?
"After the holidays I didn't feel like I had been eating well and had a fair amount (of alcohol) to drink," said Taylor Troll, a business student at Langara College who weighs a perfectly normal 158 pounds.
Troll is not alone. Like millions of other North Americans, Troll is starting the New Year with a cleanse, intended to purge the body of toxins and waste, or as a crash diet for weight loss. The cleanse movement has been around for decades, but juice cleansing has gained enormous traction in the past five years, especially since the release of the documentary film Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead. Filmmaker Joe Cross lost 100 pounds in the course of the film with a juice fast followed by a dramatic shift to a vegetarian diet.
"Watching that was really eye-opening, so I decided to try it for a month and see how I feel," Troll said. "I wanted to detox."
Troll's mother Christina Prevost and sister Alex Troll are in the process of opening a new juice bar in North Vancouver, he said. "So they are part of the movement."
The recipe for Taylor's juice — a blend of collard, kale, apple, Romaine, spinach and dandelion greens — was designed for him in an hour-long consultation with a naturopath.
"We focus on the vegetables for the cleanse rather than a lot of fruit, which can add a lot of sugar," said Alex, who is making the juice blends at home while the permits for The Juicery are finalized.
The fruits and vegetables are cold-pressed, rather than blended. Proponents say pressing prevents oxidation of the nutrients and enzymes.
"I have five juices a day and eat nuts throughout the day," he said. "I've already noticed that I've been able to stop drinking coffee and the juice gives me a lot of energy and awareness."
The most notable function of the juice cleanse and its more radical cousin, The Master Cleanse, is frequent bowel movements, supposedly a sign of colonic cleansing.
The Master Cleanse and Lemonade Diet was originally popularized by huckster Stanley Burroughs, who was eventually convicted of practising medicine without a license and tried for the death of one of his patients. Burroughs's cleanse involves a 10-day regime of water, cayenne pepper, lemon juice, Grade B maple syrup and laxatives.
After the cleanse period, followers are to adopt a diet rich in nuts, fresh fruit and vegetables, which is where any sensible person would start, according to dietitian Gloria Tsang.
A fast or cleanse is unlikely to have a physical benefit, but making a dramatic break with bad eating habits may be a psychological benefit for those embarking on a new healthier diet, she said.
But be sensible.
"Going on a 10-day fast with laxatives isn't going to make you any healthier," she said.
Despite its roots as a quackish cure for "all illness," the Master Cleanse remains popular as a crash diet for weight loss promoted by celebrities such as Beyonce and Gwyneth Paltrow. Paltrow later denounced The Master Cleanse and admitted that she hallucinated while on the program.
Compared with fasting, expensive vitamins, enemas and popular laxatives such as senna, juice fasting is among the "least crazy" cleanses, said Tsang. "But blending (whole) fruits and vegetables would be far better, because then at least you get the fibre, too."
People who are diabetic or obese and at risk of diabetes should avoid fasting and juice cleanses, which can lead to hypoglycemia, she advised.
The idea of using periodic fasting to cleanse the body has roots in ancient Indian Ayurvedic medicine. Light fasting is part of many major religious traditions, said Sanjoy Ghosh, a biologist who studies fat, metabolism and obesity at the University of British Columbia.
"Christians have Lent, Muslims have Ramadan and Hindus, which I am one, we are supposed to fast every Thursday or Saturday, depending on which part of India you come from," said Ghosh.
"People have believed this for thousands of years; it did not come out of nowhere," he said. "There must have been observed benefits."
Aside from the spiritual benefits, there is ample evidence that short periods of fasting promote long life and health, he said.
"Caloric restriction is known to increase the lifespan of every living thing on this planet," he said. "That is well known in science."
Ghosh says for young healthy people a short fast, 12 to 14 hours or even a few days, is unlikely to be harmful. But, like Tsang, he warned that people with health problems or physical jobs should not undertake unsupervised fasting, which could lead to sudden loss of consciousness due to low blood sugar.
Other practices — from vitamin fasts to laxatives and enemas — range from pointless to dangerous.
"Supplements don't work," he said. "You cannot fix a bad diet with pills. It's garbage."
Vitamin cleanses are based on a fundamental misunderstanding of human physiology. The body requires the presence of food — especially fats and fibre — in the digestive tract to absorb most vitamins.
"Vitamins combined with fasting does nothing," he said.
The practice of colonic cleansing, less glamorously known as a home enema, has been a staple of alternative medicine since the 17th century, but it has no proven benefits and considerable risks.
Modern enema practitioners favour solutions of sea salt and water to cleanse the lower intestinal tract, or coffee to stimulate the liver. The more likely result is an imbalance of electrolytes that can cause cardiac arrest or bowel perforation. A home enema will certainly disrupt intestinal biota, the beneficial microbes that live in a delicate balance in the human gut, help us digest food, absorb nutrients and prevent the growth of harmful bacteria.
"What an enema does is disturb that ecology," he said. There is no way to selectively flush out potentially harmful pathogens without destroying the good microbes that hold the bad actors in check.
The cleanse best supported by science to promote good health is both boring and inexpensive, according to Tsang and Ghosh.
Fibre — in the form of fruits, vegetables and legumes such as lentils, beans and chickpeas — promotes beneficial gut flora, aids nutrient absorption, lowers cholesterol and reduces the risk of nearly every major illness from colorectal cancer to heart attack.
"If you want to cleanse your gastrointestinal tract, simply eat more fibre," Ghosh said.
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Super Why! "Thumbelina" Where is Pig's beloved stuffed hippo? He's looked high and low but Henry Hippo is nowhere to be found! The Super Readers shrink down to the size of ants and join teeny tiny Thumbelina on her GREAT BIG adventure to find her missing brother. They assist Thumbelina in her mission and Pig gets a helping hand along the way. Educational Objectives: To learn that you don't have to do things alone, explore the alphabet, practice the magic of spelling, and use the power to read to change the story. D
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Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That! "Big Cats/Fantastic Flour" Big Cats - When Sally and Nick have difficulty sneaking up on Nick's Mom to surprise her, The Cat brings them to meet some great sneaker-uppers - cats! Three big cats in particular. The kids learn to be patient from a snow leopard, speedy from a cheetah and the trick of distraction from a lion. Back in Nick's yard they sneak up on his mom and surprise her! Then Nick and Sally are surprised when the best sneaker-upper sneaks up on them - The Cat! Fantastic Flour - Nick and Sally are making their "Best Ever Yummy For Your Tummy" muffins when they realize they don't have enough flour. D
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Wild Kratts "A Bat in the Brownies" When a little brown bat crashlands into a plate of Jimmy Z's famous brownies, Martin and Chris out set out to convince Aviva, Jimmy Z and Koki that bats are nothing to be afraid of. With bat activated Creature Power Suits, the bros follow join their new friend on a nocturnal fly about, and the entire crew must come to the rescue when the bat colony's roost is destroyed by a lightning bolt. In the end the Wild Kratts crew "goes batty," as they gain a new appreciation for bat ecology, predators and insects and echolocation, and learn to love bats. D
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Wyland's Art Studio "Whale Tail Sunset" Wyland shows how to use color to express the warmth of the sea.G
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Piano Guy Host Scott Houston and his guest, Matt Munhall, discuss playing Woody Guthrie's classic American folk tune, "This Land Is Your Land." Five-time Grammy nominee, David Benoit, demonstrates playing tunes with only black keys. Bradley Sowash shows us how to play "On Top Of Old Smokey. D
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Life In Cold Blood "The Cold Blooded Truth" In the Galapagos Islands, thermal imagery reveals how marine iguanas accumulate power for sea diving by basking in the sun. Female side-blotched lizards in California choose mates from among males who have claimed the hottest rocks. Saltwater crocodiles, the ultimate cold-blooded killers, conduct tender courtships. Part 1 of 5G
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Appalachians President Andrew Jackson, a son of Appalachia, orders the removal of the Cherokee, marching them to what is now Oklahoma. In the Civil War, the mountains become a fierce battleground with families split between North and South. Timber, railroads and coal mining bring jobs to the area, but the outside investors also exploit the land and workers. Part 2 of 3G
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Nature "The Private Life of Deer" They wander along our highways, reminders of the wilderness we have paved our way through. From coast to coast some 30 million white-tailed deer make their home in the United States.G
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The Washington Post leads with word that some Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton supporters are preparing to coalesce into a single campaign focused on November. The New York Times leads with the sharp rise in sectarian violence in Lebanon, fueled by a recent Hezbollah takeover of Beirut. The Los Angeles Times leads with a profile of the judge who led California's Supreme Court to legalize same-sex marriages.
Even if voters are still hopelessly torn between Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, campaign staffers are quietly preparing for the day when one of the candidates steps aside. Staffers and fundraisers in both camps are looking for ways to integrate and begin uniting the party behind a single candidate. There are obstacles to this, of course. Sources say strategists who backed Clinton may be sullen in defeat and those who backed Obama may be reluctant to share coveted spots on the winning team. And, yes, the WP just assumes that Obama will be the nominee, but that's hardly atypical anymore. Heck, the paper also reports that Obama has already started referring to the Clinton campaign in the past tense.
The violence in Lebanon might have been set off by Hezbollah's actions last week, but the NYT explains that this round of sectarian conflict is also a product of political instability, which has plagued the country since Syrian forces pulled out in 2005. While Lebanon doesn't have a long history of conflict between Islamic sects, the recent spate of attacks and counterattacks may have started Lebanon on the path to the kind of prolonged violence raging elsewhere in the region.
California Supreme Court Chief Justice Ronald M. George is a Republican who counts gay couples among his friends; so it's no surprise that he was conflicted about the landmark same-sex marriage verdict his court handed down last week. George tells the LAT that he considered it a civil rights issue on par with interracial marriage and was pleased that the dissenting opinion wasn't "homophobic."
Survivors of last week's earthquake in China's Sichuan province are now threatened by flooding, reports the NYT. The paper reports that thousands of survivors are fleeing temporary shelters after the government warned that rivers and lakes could flood due to landslide blockages. If flooding occurs, it would almost certainly put an end to any efforts to rescue people trapped in collapsed buildings. Inside, the WP says the earthquake has found media in China at its boldest in years. The LAT runs a story exploring the power of rumors in Chinese culture and the futile steps the government is pursuing to crack down on idle chatter.
The WP devotes most of its front-page real estate to a package of stories on childhood obesity, the first in a five-part series. Today's entry focuses on the long-term health effects of being obese. The story is bundled online with several interactive features, like an organ-by-organ chart of health problems caused by being overweight and a grocery nutrition calendar.
A strange new economic indicator emerges on the front page of the NYT: the number of calls to crime tip hotlines. These hotlines typically offer cash rewards for tips leading to arrests, and so some communities have found the phones are ringing off the hook, as hard times press more and more people into turning in friends and neighbors. One source quips that in some places squealing two or three times a week would pay better than a minimum-wage job.
The WP fronts the image crisis Republicans are facing after losing three straight special elections. The LAT is a little late to the party with this story, but the paper manages to eke a little more life out of it by focusing on what Sen. John McCain's presidential run could do to turn things around for the GOP.
The NYT fronts a piece on Barack Obama's life story, exploring how Obama's two memoirs helped turn him into a political phenomenon (or maybe it's the other way around), all the while raking in millions of dollars for the senator from Illinois.
The revolution will not be Facebooked—at least, not yet—says the WP. The paper covers the online birth and real-world demise of a pro-democracy protest in Egypt that was organized using Facebook.
Saying you're sorry might not make it all better, but it certainly seems to help, says the NYT. The paper says that a hospital that began letting doctors admit to mistakes faced dramatically fewer malpractice lawsuits. The theory is that apologies diffuse anger and that anger, not injury, is the prime motivator for many malpractice suits.
An immigration raid on a small Iowa town put 10 percent of the town's population in jail and has left the local economy in limbo, according to the WP.
Food research programs are now victims of their own success, says the NYT. As food stores rose over the last few decades, research budgets dedicated to improving agriculture in the developing world fell dramatically. But now crop yields are falling and some scientist are finding that they have the technology to help avert crop blights, but not the funding to put their ideas in action.
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Postgame Avs-Ducks: A time for reflection
ANAHEIM – It hit me a little tonight, standing in the middle of the Avalanche dressing room at the Honda Center. Lots of little memories started coming back, a little scrapbook of the mind about all the people over the years I've talked to who have represented the Avalanche in that space. Lots of stuff.
I remember going through a tough time personally in 1998 right in that room, a time when I was going through a divorce and the last place I really wanted to be was there. The night before, I remember looking out my very high-level hotel room down on the ground below and thinking, "what if….". That's how bad it was. I felt all alone in the world, totally scared. Luckily, I called a friend and he helped get me through the night. Yet even during that wrenching time, I remember being in that locker room and realizing that I still had a pretty cool job and that this was really a pretty cool place to be, and how it helped get me through that night too. I remember Keith Jones, recognizing I was not quite myself, asking me if anything was wrong and me telling him a few of my troubles, and him giving me a supportive voice – something I've never forgotten.
I remembered how Patrick Roy used to be in the same locker Brian Elliott was tonight. I remembered Joe Sakic used to be in the one off to the left of that, and of Cody McLeod one giving former radio man Norm Jones some good-natured grief about maybe wanting another of the free sandwiches after a practice one day ("Get another one in ya", he said).
I'd probably been in that locker room 40 or 50 times by then, but tonight had some poignancy to it for me. I realized it was the last time I might be seeing some of the guys in the room.
One of them, I fear is, John Liles – whose name is definitely in play as a potential trade target around the NHL as Monday's deadline approaches.
This was Liles, well after the game, when most teammates were already getting dressed from tonight's loss: slumped back in his chair, his chin propped up by his left hand, lost in thought. A guy who seemed to have be elsewhere mentally and, frankly, depressed, despite having one of the coolest jobs in the world. I could relate, though our paychecks were always different. But money comes in a poor second place to peace of mind.
My strong hunch is that Liles will be traded, but I definitely hope I'm wrong. I want to be wrong here. He's a quality guy, a stand-up guy, and you would think the Avs would want to keep a guy like that around.
But nothing at all can be guaranteed on a team that has lost 13 of 14 games now, that won't make the playoffs for the second time in three years and has given up three or more goals an astounding 18 straight games now.
Changes will keep needing to be made, and Liles makes a lot of money. Thing is, the Avs can very much afford that money, and if they get rid of him, they are going to need to get some payroll back just to stay at the cap floor minimum. Why get rid of them then, when it's not really a money issue at all?
I don't know. I can never quite figure out the thinking that goes on in NHL front offices. There seems to be this feeling that the Avs HAVE to do something more by today, when the fact is this season is already lost and they could always make some trades this summer.
Yet, there are some teams that may panic themselves, feeling that a guy like Liles might be just the thing needed for a Stanley Cup run. That's, I'm sure, what the Avs are hoping for.
The reason why there have been no trades the last few days by the Avs is: the entire management staff (except for Pierre Lacroix, who I haven't seen around the team on this road trip) wanted to see the first couple of games on this trip and really take a good, hard look at everybody on the ice.
Now, it's decision time. Time to weigh any offers on the table and make the decisions by 1 p.m. today.
I hope Liles isn't on the "Send him packing" list. I'll never forget that forlorn look on his face tonight in that locker room. As bad as he probably felt tonight, I can personally vouch to him and the Avalanche: it'll get better. I remarried 10 years ago and have an adorable young boy now. You'll all have a better memory in that room some night.


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The city of DeKalb and its surrounding DeKalb County communities provide a familiar place to live and study for most NIU students. Reflections of cities, suburbs and farm country all are here.
Much of DeKalb County remains rural, still home to miles of cornfields along two-lane roads with occasional stop signs.
But DeKalb (population 43,849), Sycamore (population 17,600) and the bustling highway that connects them (Route 23) are the sites of exciting commercial and residential growth reminiscent of the suburbs. The boom of new retailers and restaurants offers shopping and dining for almost any taste, and the heart of Route 23 is home to the county's modern health care corridor.
Meanwhile, the downtown areas of DeKalb and Sycamore offer homegrown shops and eateries that cater to a more eclectic crowd. Each town also hosts its own festival during the fall semester: DeKalb Corn Fest attracts more than 50,000 visitors during the last weekend in August, and the Sycamore Pumpkin Festival provides family-oriented Halloween fun in late October.
High school pigskin lovers also have DeKalb on their minds: NIU will host the Illinois High School Association state football finals in odd-numbered years beginning in 2013 and running through 2021.
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Saturday, August 11, 2007
Hey My Dear Readers!!
I just underwent LASIK (Laser-Assisted in Situ Keratomileusis) to correct my myopia and astigmatism two weeks back. My myopia were not very bad to begin with, but because I've been wearing contact lenses for over a decade, my eyes are starting to 'reject' them - I get headaches and dry eyes whenever I wear contact lenses. So after doing my research about LASIK, I decided to take the plunge and had my surgery done by an excellent surgeon at the Singapore National Eye Centre.
Right now, my vision is 6/6(or 20/20) on my right eye. My left is not as sharp yet because my myopia and astigmatism were higher to begin with, but it's improving. I am also having dry eyes now, which is pretty common after LASIK, but should settle within the next 1-3 months. But life is great without having to fumble with glasses or contact lenses :)
I'm sorry for the lack of food-related posts, simply because I have not been baking since the surgery, and also trying to spend less time before the computer to allow my eyes to recover properly. But I promise to come back with more bakes in September. Wait for me, okay? :p Also, a big thanks to those of you who had sent me your well-wishes, appreciate it!
19 comments:
- Anne said...
Enjoy your rest! I'd definitely wait until you get back :)
- August 11, 2007 at 7:19 PM
- D said...
Get well soon!
- August 12, 2007 at 12:46 AM
- Happy Homebaker said...
Hi Angie, welcome back! I am sure it feels good to have perfect vision...I stopped wearing contact lens too, after wearing for like 20 years! My eyes also get very dry and red. I don't have the courage to go for LASIK...and I'm starting to have long sightedness...getting real old already!!! Looking forward to your new bakes :)
- August 12, 2007 at 7:38 AM
- Precious Moments said...
I am having trouble with long sigtedness now :(. I took my ave eyesight for granted all these years. envy those with good eyesight now.
Anyway, PLEASE DO WEAR SUN SHADE WHENEVER you are out. Will tell you a little story when we next "meet".
- August 12, 2007 at 3:17 PM
- Baking Fiend said...
have a good rest, angie.
- August 12, 2007 at 9:27 PM
- ^cherie said...
Congrats on your new eyesight! I'm oh-so envious but not courage to do it myself, yet. Hehe.
My hb already went for it, almost 2 years ago and till today, all are still good :)
U get well soon yeah and really looking forward to yummy bakes again!
- August 13, 2007 at 1:02 PM
- Chawanmushi said...
Hi Angie
Congrats on having your Lasik done :-) I know the feeling of elation having no glasses to put on cos' I did mine sometime in April this year too :-)
Do take care and I'm sure your eyesight will improve as time goes by.
- August 13, 2007 at 3:47 PM
- Patricia Scarpin said...
Angie, we're glad to know you are OK, sweetie!
- August 14, 2007 at 1:37 AM
- Eva said...
Get well soon ^.^
- August 14, 2007 at 9:41 AM
- Ellena Mummy said...
Hi Angie,
Do rest well, and we shall wait paitently for your next wonderful bakes... :) Take care and rest well....
- August 16, 2007 at 3:34 PM
- Rene said...
Get well soon!
- August 17, 2007 at 4:00 PM
- Gracio said...
hugs hugs angie!! Waiting for you to be back to blogging!! Im back online too... cya! :)
- August 18, 2007 at 4:39 AM
- shiyan said...
Hey Angie
Hope you are getting on fine with your "new eyes". =P Take good care k? Looking forward to your bakes. =)
- August 24, 2007 at 3:56 PM
- Angie said...
Hi all,
I had just returned from an overseas work trip, hence the late reply. Thanks to all of your for your kind wishes :)
- August 28, 2007 at 9:47 PM
- M said...
Hi Angie,
Just found out about your surgery since I havent been in this site for yonks. Hope you're much better.
Take care.
- August 30, 2007 at 11:05 PM
- JennDZ - The Leftover Queen said...
Get Well Soon!
I have been contemplating LASIK for a while and once I can afford it I am going for it!
Welcome to The Foodie Blogroll!
- September 3, 2007 at 1:16 AM
- Anh said...
Hope you have recovered by now... We all miss your yummy post! get well soon :)
- September 3, 2007 at 10:12 AM
- Baking Fiend said...
Angie, check out my latest post! u've got an award!
- September 16, 2007 at 10:54 AM
- LittleHands said...
Angie, how are you now? Hope all is well. Take care.
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Morning Five: 08.03.10 EditionPosted by rtmsf on August 3rd, 2010
- Your Pitino/Sypher trial update…the biggest news from Monday was that Sypher's ex-husband stated on the record that Sypher told him that she turned down a plea bargain because she wanted to "take Pitino [down] with" her. The brilliance of this woman should not be understated, folks — she very well may end up imprisoned and penniless, while Pitino simply continues on about his business coaching his team and making millions of dollars (although she might counter with "15 seconds," FTW). To that end, CNNSI's Dan Shaughnessy believes that Louisville should can Pitino for such a public embarrassment, while Seth Davis implores all of us to consider that, while Pitino is many things — including cad, adulterer and narcissist — he's also a victim in this mess.
- Two former prominent collegiate point guards joined coaching staffs yesterday, with 1995 national champion Tyus Edney returning to his alma mater UCLA to join Ben Howland's staff; and Duke basketball/Syracuse football star Greg Paulus joining Billy Lange's staff at the Naval Academy.
- The fourth installment of the Flourishing Five finds Texas at #2 on the strength of Mack Brown and Rick Barnes' programs. That means that Florida will be #1 when the final installment is released later this week. How do you guys feel about this? Certainly we understand that the last five years have been phenomenal for both UF programs (titles in basketball in 2006 and 2007; football in 2006 and 2008). But now, at exactly this moment in time? UT hoops is clearly ahead of Gator basketball, but can we say that UF football is right now that far ahead of Texas pigskin? Not sure about that.
- Believe it or not, but practice has already started…at Kentucky. And this isn't some loophole that John Calipari has found in the NCAA rulebook, either. Since UK is taking a mid-August trip to Windsor, Canada, the Wildcats get ten days to break in all of their new players over the next couple of weeks. One player who won't be joining the team on the Canada trip or at any point next year (according to Calipari) is Darnell Dodson, the top returning scorer on last year's team (6.0 PPG). Another projected top 25 team taking advantage of this mid-summer opportunity to get better is the Pittsburgh Panthers. Jamie Dixon's team is in Ireland at the moment as part of a six-game trip over the next week-plus, and they've destroyed the two Gaelic teams they've faced so far.
- This is an interesting article by Pete Thamel at the NYT about World Wide Wes (aka William Wesley) in his newish role as an advisor for Creative Artists Agency (CAA). There are questions as to the amount of access WWW will be able to have with blue-chippers now that he's formally associated with an agency, but if we know anything about World Wide, he'll probably figure out a way.


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Nice work, Puddin!Here's my suggested map, though -- I see Oman after Russia.
Actually, I guess we could have some combined legs we've misidentified -- like Sicily/Rome could be one leg. That would open up the possibility of another destination...
When the intro video is put into slo-mo, you can see the "red-rock" type formations they're driving past; so I'd guess that photo is near the starting line.As for the TV guide photo, I'd like to find the digital original; until more info pours in, Sao Paulo is as good a guess as any (does portuguese use the accent marks on the A?).
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Back before she became the most hateable person in the "Big Brother" house -- Rachel Reilly was a wannabe bikini model for Hawaiian Tropic ... and the footage has finally hit the web.
Rachel -- who's a favorite to get evicted from the house this week -- doesn't do any talking in this clip.
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Kirill Tulupov receives invite to Training Camp from the Oilers
Kirill Tulupov is a former 3rd round pick (67 overall in 2006) of the New Jersey Devils. He's 23 years old, 6'3″ and 220 lbs.
You might be saying "who the hell is this guy"… admittedly, so am I, but here is what I've learned about him.
A) He's a right handed defenseman… we all know how I like my right hand d-men. They're hard to come by.
B) It sounds like he plays a strong physical game, which I've gathered from this analysis on Hockey's Future:
Talent Analysis
Tulupov's most conspicuous advantage is his size. He not only possesses an impressive 6'3 220 lbs frame but also takes full advantage of it not letting any of his opponents get away with the puck easily.
Tulupov loves to check, sometimes a little too much and clog the speedy forwards that try to create traffic in front of the net. He does a fantastic job of keeping the crease clear of attacking forwards and by clearing traffic from in front of the net, makes life much easier for his goaltender. Also, Tulupov's value on a penalty-killing unit can't be overestimated. He is quite adept at dropping down and blocking shots before they reach the goaltender.
He also has a hard and accurate slap shot and he shows a willingness to pinch in at the offensive blueline and move into the slot for scoring opportunities. Tulupov has decent skating ability, especially for a player of his size.
Tulupov appears to be just scratching the surface of his vast potential after a successful first season in the CHL. A physical, mean and nasty tower of power, Tulupov has a vast array of tools and appears at this point to be one of the Devils more well-rounded defense prospects. Physically, Tulupov is probably already ready for the AHL, but the Devils will not rush him and will let him play 2007-08 in the CHL again before promoting him.
So what happened to this kid? How did he drop off the face of the planet? Seems like he even didn't play much hockey last year, even. He played part of his year with the KHL and part with the VHL (yes, VHL.. which best as I can see is "Russia's 2nd best league".. which I would guess is probably on par with an AHL or ECHL). Not really outstanding resume notes as of recently, but I'd be interested anyways in what he can do.
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