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If used correctly, reddit can bring tons of customers to your online store. But for a reddit newbie, the site can be fairly confusing. It's full of obscure humor, inside jokes, and a guy named The Trololo Man. The learning curve may be a little steep, but trust me, it's worth getting the hang of. Reddit has a huge number of devoted users, and is among the top 100 websites in the US with more than 35 million unique monthly US visitors. So, how can reddit help you drive traffic to your online store? Here are some things to consider:
What is Reddit?
Listen Before Talking
Take some time to explore reddit before jumping into the fray and posting links. Simply look around for a week or two to get a feel for the community, the type of content that gets rewarded with karma and increased visibility, and how members of reddit interact with each other. It's important to take a few minutes to familiarise yourself with reddiquette, the list of guidelines that users are asked to abide by. Also, try to find sections of the site (or "subreddits") that relate to your niche by searching or browsing the list of reddits, and then subscribe to them. This might take a little time, but it will be well worth the effort.
Once you've got the general idea, start to engage with the community by commenting on links that are related to your niche. Be sure to leave thoughtful, insightful comments that add value to the discussion and make sure to comment on at least 10 links per day. This will help you build a connection with the site's users. From there, you have two options on how to attract customers:
1. Advertise the Traditional Way
Reddit provides a straightforward way for you to buy ad space in the sponsored links section on the site. You can control your budget, get instant feedback on your ad through the comments section, and view detailed stats on how the community is engaging with your link. Here's a fun comic that explains how ads on reddit work.
2. Create Something AWESOME!
This is perhaps the most difficult way to extend awareness of your brand on reddit: by posting a link to something so awesome that your fellow redditors have no choice but to upvote and comment on it. It could be a ridiculously entertaining product description, a wildly fun video about an item in your store or a blog post about how to use your products in an interesting way.
For example, if your ecommerce store sells cheese, you might create a post on how to create the perfect wine and cheese party, with a few helpful links to drive traffic to your store. If it's entertaining/educational enough, the reddit community will embrace your content and help other users to find it.
At the end of the day, it's most important to be smart, be creative, be friendly, and reddit will help you reap the rewards.
Since I published this blog, it's gotten a bit of attention on reddit - both positive and negative. I think it's important to cite one redditor's comment:
"We don't like it when companies try to viral market to us - there's a bad track record out there of people trying to game reddit. However, we do like to support earnest small business owners. And cats. Give reddit cats; if possible, with clever, relevant captions. Not too clever, mind you. You don't want to be obvious in your sales pitch."
Someone responded:
"I see nothing wrong with the advice, create something awesome. If it's awesome reddit will find it on its own."
If you have an opinion about using reddit to advertise and drive traffic, leave it in the comments.
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November 22 2011, 11:38AM
You should post this to Reddit to get that sweet sweet karma.
November 22 2011, 11:54AM
@Paul: Haha, done! :-)
November 22 2011, 01:29PM
November 22 2011, 06:14PM
Reddit is not amused…
November 22 2011, 07:13PM
Agree w/ professor… there's nothing wrong with the blog. If you create something awesome, reddit will find it on it's own. And the blog points toward the etiquette guide and also encourages paid advertising.
December 01 2011, 07:35PM
@GeneralDisorder: ;-) well… maybe
@User: I made sure the focus of the article was 2 things: 1) whatever you do should be awesome – so people don't care if there's a product/company behind it, and 2) advertise the traditional way, by buying ads on reddit (which they need to survive!) If any online store owners start spamming your favorite reddit category – send them to me. I'll take care of them! ;-)
December 01 2011, 07:35PM
@GeneralDisorder: ;-) well… maybe
@User: I made sure the focus of the article was 2 things: 1) whatever you do should be awesome – so people don't care if there's a product/company behind it, and 2) advertise the traditional way, by buying ads on reddit (which they need to survive!) If any online store owners start spamming your favorite reddit category – send them to me. I'll take care of them! ;-)
May 07 2012, 09:27AM
to be precise no one likes to be get bored. I had been to reddit, bit found very confusing. After reading your post Mark, I think I must give some time here. Thinking of something awesome.. :) … Mark.. I want to get your future posts… where may I get it…
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It's been a while since I've posted here (too long, in fact!).
Readers of this blog would probably be interested in a set of three articles I'm writing for the O'Reilly Network. The first two are available now:
I'm working on part 3, which will be an introduction to monads. This is something of a rite of passage, because writing monad intros is something of a cottage industry in the Haskell world -- either you've written one, or you're still a dabbler, beginner, or casually interested in Haskell (and not committed to delving into it).
Articles on ONLamp should be article length, oddly enough. That means roughly 2000 words or so. Given that tutorials like All About Monads run dozens of pages, condensing a full tutorial into a single article is hopeless.
Rather than attempt to outdo what many other fine tutorials are going very well already, I'm taking a different approach. The one thing I want to focus on is the mechanics of monads. That is, how they work. Maybe that will be the missing link that the next wave of programmers need to see before they can study Haskell.
Part 3 should be published in a couple of weeks.
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Intro to Haskell, Parts 1, 2 and 3
Posted by Adam Turoff at Tuesday, July 24, 2007
2 comments:
- Anonymous said...
I've been reading your O'Reilly articles and they've been great. The "Pure Functions" article's Top 10 Words program was excellent; strong, practical example and there were lots of powerful functional programming features you could show off with it. I'm sure you'll keep up the top notch work in the monad article.
- July 25, 2007 at 10:16 AM
- Nima Negahban said...
This is really awesome I am just getting into haskell and F# and this is a really great helper.
- August 3, 2007 at 7:15 PM
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Elton John Will Not Tell Vladimir Putin To Go To Hell
Russian President Vladimir Putin, who's waged a war against the gay community in his country and around the world, can count on one of the world's most visible out celebrities to be easy on him when he performs in Moscow soon.
Said Elton during an appearance on NPR's "Fresh Air":
"I'm aware of the situation and I will be diplomatic. I'm not going to go into Russia and tell [Vladimir Putin] to go to hell and things like that. That's not the way things are done. You chip away at something, and you hope there will be dialogue and that the situation can get better. You don't just go in there with guns blazing and say, 'Well, to hell with you.' Because they're going to say, 'To hell with you, and get out of the country.' That's not going to solve anything.
"But if I can go there, maybe I can talk to some people in the administration. You can make a statement and you can read it from the stage, but it would be nice, and it would be much more fulfilling to try and meet with people in Moscow and say, 'Listen, this is just, you know, this is silly. It's a reactionary knee-jerk thing. It's harming your reputation in the rest of the world. It's not doing you any good. There has to be some discussion here. What you're doing is outrageous.' [Pauses.] They can tell me to go to hell. I've gotta do it diplomatically, but I'm going to say what I think and what I feel."
What do you think of Elton's plans for possibly taking a quieter stand than other celebrities have applied to the horror that's going on in Russia?
Elton John you are a disgrace. To so many GLBT people in the US and around the world. Wentworth Miller came out risking everything telling Russia he will not film a movie in there Communist country due to their treatment of gays. Go ahead prance in Moscow you trader to all gays in the world. It sure would be a shame for the murderous Russian government through you in jail. Karma is a bitch you trader. I will never spend a dime to your up keep. Your supposed to be a Gay Icon and you go there and take one dime and entertain. Did you ever think of what they will do to all gay and Lesbian that attend. Anything that happens to any after leaving your money grubbing concert. Their misery an or deaths are all on your glitter filled head. All I'm the name of the almighty dollar.
Correct me if I am wrong (and believe me, I would be HAPPY if I were) but wasn't there a news blurb in just the past few days that Selena Gomez had to cancel her two concerts in Russia because she was being denied a visa due to her "pro-gay agenda" or some such nonsense? What makes Elton John (who I too love almost beyond reason, don't get me wrong here), think that he is not going to have the exact same problem, amplified a couple THOUSAND times?


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Just before the pros set off on the epic 298km Milan-San Remo, BikeRadar took a look at some of the bikes that would help take them there.
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With a claimed frame weight of just 815g, the 6.9 SSL is the lightest in Trek's flagship 6 series
Above is eventual runner-up Fabian Cancellara's Trek Madone 6.9 SSL. He is riding for the newly formed Luxembourg outfit Leopard-Trek after leaving Danish squad Saxo Bank with the Schleck brothers at the end of the 2010 season. He lost out in the sprint at San Remo to HTC-Highroad's Matthew Goss, who was riding Specialized's new McLaren Venge in its professional race debut.
The irony may not have been lost on Cancellara, who would have been on the same bike as Goss had he still been with the Danish team.
Speaking of which, here is HTC-Highroad rider Matt Goss's winning Specialized McLaren Venge. It features Shimano and PRO kit, an SRM power measuring system, HED wheels mounted with Continental tubulars and a Fi'zi:k saddle. It might be the last time we see this particular bike, as in future the bikes of HTC-Highroad will be painted in team colours.
Brad Wiggins' Sky Pinarello Dogma 60.1
Bradley Wiggins' Pinarello Dogma 60.1 also attracted our gaze, partly for its Shimana Dura-Ace Di2 and partly for its non-standard O.Symetric chainrings. Wiggins has used these for a few years, and is one of a few pros to do so. The chainring's varying diameter is supposed to increase power output for the same perceived effort by producing a higher gear on the downstroke where a rider usually has more power. We didn't see too many of these around on Saturday, but it obviously suits the Team Sky rider.
To see more pro bikes from Milan-San Remo, click on the gallery here.


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photographer: H. J. Herrick, Vicksburg, Mississippi
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photographer: Salter, Indianapolis, Indiana
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When I was a kid in the 1970s, my mother's family had somewhat regular family reunions in the summer. There were essentially two branches of the Wenz family, located in New York/New Jersey and Boston. Most of the reunions I remember were in Boston, except for one big one in 1976 in New Jersey. Each year, I would have an opportunity to hang out with cousins who were ostensibly related to me and then not see them again until the next reunion. My mother's mother, Dorothy Mae (Irving) Wenz, lived in Miami, and would come up for a visit at the time of the reunions. As we were preparing for the 1976 reunion, I was sitting at the kitchen table with Grandma Dot and I asked her how I was related to the cousins I only saw once each year.
It was a bit of a tangled situation, the result of the marriage of two sisters, Dot and Millie Irving and their marriage to two brothers, Ted and Fred Wenz. I finally had to get out a piece of paper and draw a little chart to keep things straight. As she waited for me to draw the lines, she would tell me stories of her childhood.
Her father was an immigrant from Canada, where he used to run the ferry from St. John, New Brunswick to Boston. One trip, it seems, he just got off the ferry and never got back on it. Eventually he got a job with the Houghton Publishing Company in Boston (millions of schoolchildren then and now will recognize the Houghton Mifflin name!). He used to bring home the seconds to his children, starting them, and subsequent generations, on a lifetime of a love of literature.
Grandma Dot said that her legs were bowed as a child, and that her father had dug a shallow trench in the backyard, sit her in it and pack her legs with dirt each day. I don't remember how long this process took, but eventually, my grandmother had nice, straight legs.
To this day, thirty-five years later, I can still remember the magic of that moment – I loved the stories about the people and the history and wanted to know more! I embarked on a mission to accumulate dozens of vital records certificates from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, and each one provided both missing pieces of the puzzle and more holes in the puzzle! From the scrap of paper (which I still have) came a half dozen poster boards delineating the Wenz-Irving family for the reunion. Wonder what became of them?
Then one day two LDS missionaries came to the door while I was working on the posters. I could say coincidentally, but I've come to know that there are no coincidences in the work of family history. There just happened to be a woman in town, part of the only LDS family in town, who know a lot about family history.
Learning about the genealogical resources of the LDS Church opened up a whole new world to me. In September of 1976, I moved to Miami and went to my first local Family History Center, in the Miami 1st Ward building, with Sister Edna Slay as director.
Since then I've spent countless hours in Family History Centers, National Archives Branches and online and had some marvelous "adventures of the Spirit." Oh, and I'm a Mormon now!


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It's been so long since the last asinine NFL fine! But today, Goodell's goons went vigilante on spousal communication and fined Troy Polamalu for calling his wife to let her know he was not bleeding from his ears (yet):
Pittsburgh safety Troy Polamalu, the 2010 NFL Defensive Player of the Year, has been fined $10,000 for talking on a cell phone while in the bench area. Possession of cell phones in the bench area during a game is prohibited beginning 90 minutes before kickoff through the end of the game.
Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said Polamalu was calling his wife to assure her he wasn't seriously injured.
Polamalu had sustained a "very mild" concussion in Sunday's game against the Jaguars, and Tomlin told reporters he used the team doctor's phone for a brief conversation with his wife. It'll cost him $10,000. I wonder what a Tweet would have gone for.


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Alliance Photo Battle: Pate vs Frazier
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and bloggers, commenters and trollers… welcome to the second Alliance Photo Battle. Here before your e-viewing eyeballs are the first two competitors in this digital gauntlet, both hoping to continue on for a shot at the grand prize. In case you need a refresher, here's how things are going to work.
– Two photos battle each week.
– Online viewers vote for the picture they think is best.
– Winning photo from each battle will be automatically entered into the final tournament.
– Losing photo will be forced to suffer in e-purgatory.
Start your MyBook/FaceSpace engines, 'cause the battling begins NOW!
To submit your photo for consideration please email email@example.com
This week we bring you two not so similar photos of wakeskaters going over an object. You make the choice of who captured the moment of steeze better. Leave a comment if you like the photos or if you think you could do better….
Photo #2 Ashby Frazier
Which Photographer Deserves Moves on?
- Photo #1 Chris Pate (59%, 328 Votes)
- Photo #2 Ashby Frazier (41%, 226 Votes)
Total Voters: 554
that is a HUGE ollie!
I'd like to see the rider's face in Pate's photo. Regardless, it's more visually interesting. Great shot.


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French In Action "Vacation In Brittany I" Mireille, her sisters, and cousins are playing a game of portraits when their game is interrupted by snack time, and by a minor accident.G
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French In Action "Vacation In Brittany II" On a rainy day, Mireille, her sisters, and cousins are passing the time. As they check to see what's playing at the movies, Cecile gets a surprise invitation for a sail.G
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Unfinished Nation "Worlds Apart" Changes in social order in first half of the nineteenth century. The wealthy class as an derivative of industrial success; contrast with the very poor. Emergence of the middle class. Concept of a leisure wife and the cult of domesticity. Portrait of life on the farm in the North in comparison with life on the Southern plantation.G
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Unfinished Nation "Master and Slave" Southern life and the differences in class and culture that arose. Plantations not all pillared mansions with hundreds of slaves. Life of poor white families. The slave family in agricultural and city settings. The contrast in living conditions; the harshness of slave laws. The rich culture built by slaves: religion, family, music and art.G
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Discovering Psychology "The Power of the Situation" Reveals how social psychologists attempt to understand behavior within its broader social context and how our beliefs and behavior can be influenced and manipulated by other people and by subtle situational forces.G
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Discovering Psychology "Constructing Social Reality" Investigates the factors that contribute to our interpretation of reality and how understanding the psychological processes that govern our behavior can help us become more empathetic and independent members of society.G
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Curiosity Quest "Braille Publisher" Did you know that Braille is a form of print that helps blind people read? Join Joel Greene as he learns how a Braille publisher makes Braille books. D
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Biz Kid$ "Sell, Sell, Sell (The Science of Sales)" All sales final. Join the Biz Kids in sales training as they explore philosophy and sales techniques. Discover the traits common to all good salespeople. D
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The Electric Company "Franscent" Francine ruins both her science project and Lisa's. The two rivals need find a way to work together on a new project or they'll both fail. D
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Cyberchase "Unhappily Ever After" Hacker, longing again for Wicked, devises a deliciously dreadful plan to impress her: He sneaks into Happily-Ever-Afterville, uncovers the Book of Unhappy Endings, releases them across the site and crowns himself king! Wicked, duly impressed, becomes his Queen and together they delight as unhappy endings unfold. To rescue the site, the CyberSquad must get the Book back from Hacker to recapture the unhappy endings, and seal it inside 3 nesting boxes with precisely fitting lids . all before sundown! Of course, Hacker has destroyed the lids, but the kids enlist the carpentry skills of one of the Three Little Pigs. D
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Cook's Country from America's Test Kitchen "St. Louis Cooking" Bridget uncovers the secrets to the ultimate St. Louis Pizza. Then, Jack challenges Chris to a tasting of sliced pepperoni. D
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Pati's Mexican Table "Tequila!" This episode puts a twist on tequila by using it in a number of tasty, savory and sweet recipes sure to impress special guests. A noted mixologist shows Pati how to make a unique cocktail, and she uses tequila to ignite a main dish. Ancho Chile and Orange Juice Tequila Chaser (Sangrita); Fresh Jicama and Orange Pico de Gallo; Tequila, Mexican Cream and Chipotle Shrimp; Derek Brown's Cocktail; Coffee Flan with Tequila Whipped Cream. D
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This Old House "Old and New In Harmony" Roger replaces the existing concrete front walk with a beautiful new bluestone design. Tom shows Kevin the modifications he specified on the replacement windows. On the third floor, tile contractor Mark Ferrante uses a shower waterproofing system. D
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Rick Steves' Europe "Switzerland's Jungfrau Region: Best of the Alps" Rick is in the sky-high corner of the Swiss Alps, with cows on breathtaking ridges. He settles into a traditional village where locals scythe hay by hand. He hikes, bikes and parasails, then blasts an alphorn.G
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Travelscope "Thailand - Islands and Festivals" Joseph continues his Thai journey by taking a break on the island paradise of Ko Samui before heading north to Chiang Mai for the annual Loy Krathong festival where fireworks and 5,000 floating paper lanterns are part of the celebration. D
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Cook's Country from America's Test Kitchen "St. Louis Cooking" Bridget uncovers the secrets to the ultimate St. Louis Pizza. Then, Jack challenges Chris to a tasting of sliced pepperoni. D
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Simply Ming "Tofu & Parsley" Guest Chef: Tony Maws. Tofu, one of the most versatile ingredients in the Eastern world, is paired with the Western basic, parsley, to create three "All-In-One" dishes. In this episode, Ming prepares a healthy Layered Salad with Green Goddess Tofu Dressing and uses firm tofu for a Tofu Greek Salad. D
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Taste of Louisiana with Chef John Folse & Co.: Our Food Heritage "German Immigration in the 1700s" John Law, a Scottish financier, lured Germans to Louisiana with a propaganda campaign entitled "The Magnificent Country of Louisiana." When the Germans finally arrived after suffering grueling circumstances, they became fabulous farmers and saved the city of New Orleans from famine. twice. D
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Rick Steves' Europe "Switzerland's Jungfrau Region: Best of the Alps" Rick is in the sky-high corner of the Swiss Alps, with cows on breathtaking ridges. He settles into a traditional village where locals scythe hay by hand. He hikes, bikes and parasails, then blasts an alphorn.G
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Destinos: An Introduction to Spanish "La Carta (The Letter)" This episode outlines the lesson format and story plot that will be followed in the series with the narrator explaining the three types of Spanish that will be spoken in the series.G
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Thursday, March 3, 2011
Moving Rainbow
Next blog I will tell you where you can find the pot of gold at the end of a rainbow.
A reminder--I will be talking at Ivar's next week (Wednesday, March 9) at 7 PM to talk about the great storm that destroyed the restaurant in 2003 (see sidebar). THIS ONE WONT BE CANCELLED DUE TO SNOW!!!!
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- Michelle said...
Funny enough when I was driving up 1-5 (south of Napavine) I hit a huge downpour, and had a rainbow at the front of my car, it bounced around a bit to the bumpers of the car in front of and the right of me, but it pretty wild that I spent a good 10 mins zooming up 1-5 chasing rainbows.
- March 4, 2011 at 10:22 AM
- Just AboveNOAA said...
The 42° is the result of index of refraction. (so sea spray rainbows appear smaller) the question is can one use rainbow to judge the degree of pollution or 'acid rain'? ("nah, it would require too precise a determination of angle")
- March 4, 2011 at 11:35 AM
- KM said...
Not sure about the rainbow but what's going on with the yellow brown cloud east of the Olympics today (the lower part of what I can see from Seattle is a strange color). Is this pollution?
- March 4, 2011 at 11:47 AM
- ed said...
i loved the moving rainbow from silverdale but i have seen rainbows that were between me and the sun - very interesting
- March 4, 2011 at 12:30 PM
- Claudia said...
I discovered the moving rainbow yesterday - glad to know that I wasn't the only one to enjoy it!
- March 4, 2011 at 1:23 PM


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Cornwall plays host to the cream of Europe's top longboarders
The three star-rated event, part sponsored by Extreme academy, Hendra Holiday Park , Flowrider at Retallack as well as Skinners Fine Cornish Ales to name but a few, attracted some of the biggest names in the sport and was an absolute surfing show for spectators.
The event was organised by defending ETL champion Ben Skinner. He said: "I've been passionate about bringing this event to Cornwall - the ETL has been running for four years and until now we've never had a round here in the UK. As a surfing nation we're really strong in Europe and this has been a great showcase for Cornwall and British surfing".
The fund of €5,000 meant high stakes for the surfers, the winner Remi Arauzo pocketed a cheque for €1,000 and 1,800 championship points on a borrowed SKINDOG board from Ben Skinner after snapping his board. In second place was event organiser Ben Skinner and joint third was shared by Newquay's Adam Griffiths.
The ETL will reach its conclusion in November with the final two rounds taking place in Morocco and Portugal on consecutive weekends.
After a heavy day of surf on Saturday in what can only be described as epic conditions the competitors and European judges where treated to a night of fun at the Retallack's flowrider the Loop.
The evening which raised funds for the Precious Lives Appeal in memory of Newquay toddler Joe Way raised £500.
Adults and children had lessons on the Southwest's only flowrider which was also streamed live on the internet and after the raffle the mountain bike was donated back by Portuguese judge Filipe Anjos who had won but decided Portugal was a long way to cycle back to, Filipe also donated 50 Euros to Joes fund.
Jason Keyter of Retallack who was also the evenings MC then auctioned the bike off which was won by Paul Hutchinson owner of Perranporth Signs and Graphics who also sponsored the ETL Watergate surf event and Joe Ways Paddle for life by providing all the signage.
The highlight of the evening was Judge Norman Wright and BLU founder Minnow Green who after a whip round by Ben Skinner which reached £150 surfed the Flowrider in Speedo's much to the delight of the crowd.
Matt Way Park Manager at Hendra Holiday Park and Joe Way's Dad said "This event has once again shown how Cornish businesses can worked together to put on a great European competition which has left our visitors with a lasting memory of epic surf against a beautiful Cornish back drop. Saturday's charity night was fantastic and Claire and I cannot thank Ben, Jason and Karl's flowrider team enough".
Sunday saw bumpy conditions with heavy sets of 4-6 foot keeping the safety team and officials on their toes.
After a packed presentation Ben Skinner reflected on the weekend "I cant believe how lucky we have been for the 1st ever European Professional Longboard event in the UK. I want to thank everyone involved to make this happen, its amazing to see local Cornish Businesses come together to bring something as spectacular as this to Cornwall. In the process we had an amazing fund raising evening for the Joe Way appeal and managed to raise £500".
Ben added "I can't wait to start organising the event for next year, we are already planning it and we want it to go from a 3 star event up to a 4 star and again, show Cornwall how good our longboarders are. Thanks to everyone for all there support before and during this event".
For more information contact Ben Skinner on 07584 045153 or Retallack Resort and Spa on 01637 882400.


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Book Review: 'The Bridge to the Americas' by Larry Seeley
This is Larry Seeley's third book in "The Border Wars Trilogy," and I wish I could have read the other two. I might just look for them and check them out! Seeley's The Bridge to the Americas deals with the murder of a young girl, Mexican drug cartels and reservation casino gambling. The main character Jack Sloan is brought on board by the Chief of a break-away tribe to oversee the construction of a new casino on his reservation.
Jack is reluctant to take on the project and stalls while getting more information on the Chief and his entourage. With the help of his very capable wife, he makes a few inquiries, and the more he digs the more dirt he seems to be uncovering. The story gets very entwined with political corruption and bribery. There are moments of illegal acts with elected officials, and then there is Jack's old flame. Mattie Helms is a woman from Jack's past and one that he would just as soon forget. But as luck would have it, he is forced to work with her because she is responsible for arranging the financing for the casino construction project. Mattie's character has a few 'X' rated moments in the book, so it is not PG-13.
I enjoyed The Bridge to the Americas and Mr. Seeley did a very good job with this third book in the trilogy. It kept my attention from the first page to the last and never let me lose the edge. It was fast moving, well written, not an overabundance of filler pages and had an interesting story line. I gave it a B on my scale because I noticed it could have used a bit more editing. But other than that, I recommend it to any adult who enjoys good action-packed detective fiction as it relates to modern day.
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The U.S. economy stands to lose $5 billion to $9 billion in sales to its foreign competitors over the next two years if Congress does not take steps to help solve the nation's ongoing agricultural labor shortage.
That was the warning California Sen. Diane Feinstein gave as she re-introduced the Agricultural Job Opportunities and Benefits and Security Act on Thursday. Congressmen Adam Putnam of Florida and Howard Berman of California offered companion legislation in the House.
"Today across the United States, there are not enough agricultural workers to pick, prune, pack or harvest our country's crops," Feinstein said, noting that the shortage has led to thousands of farmers having to watch their crops rot or fallow their farmland in recent years.
She said the lack of workers has created a ripple effect that is being felt throughout the economy, including in farm equipment manufacturing, packaging, processing, transportation, marketing, lending and insurance. For every job lost on farms and ranches, the country loses about three other jobs, she noted.
The re-introduction of the bill, which is designed to reform the H-2A seasonal worker program and offer a pathway to citizenship for immigrants already employed on U.S. farms, was hailed by farm groups.
"We commend Sen. Feinstein and Congressmen Berman and Putnam for showing tremendous political courage," said Tom Nassif, president and CEO of Western Growers, a trade association whose members pack and ship nearly half of the nation's fresh fruits, nuts and vegetables.
Feinstein cited several situations where growers have had to close down or drastically scale back their operations due to labor shortages. In one case, the owner of a lettuce processing plant in California re-located the facility in Mexico, hiring 500 new employees in the latter.
The AgJOBS bill is the result of years of negotiations between farm workers, growers and members of Congress. The legislation dates back to the 1990s when agricultural employers and their supporters attempted to create a new agricultural guest worker program. The efforts ran into opposition from farm worker organizations, which said the bill did not offer enough protection for workers.
In a letter of support for the bill's reintroduction, United Fresh President Tom Stenzel said, "Immigration reform is essential to stem this crisis. AgJOBS is a widely-supported, comprehensive package of reforms intended to meet that objective. It includes reasonable measures to ensure a predictable, documented workforce, along with enhanced security and enforcement provisions."
Currently, less than 2 percent of the U.S. workforce is engaged in farm work, but more than 550,000 U.S. farmers hire workers to fill more than 3 million agricultural jobs each year. Because many of these agricultural jobs are seasonal, the 3 million jobs are filled by 2.5 million workers.
According to the National Agricultural Workers Survey, the percentage of agricultural workers who reported that they were unauthorized has increased dramatically in the last two decades. In the most recently published NAWS survey from fiscal 2001-02, 53 percent of all seasonal agricultural workers admitted they were not authorized to work in the U.S. However, many experts suggest that the number may actually be closer to 75 percent.
Supporters of the legislation note that employers with the best of intentions can get caught up in immigration enforcement actions. The latest filing of the AgJOBS bill comes only one year after the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service raid on the AgriProcessors meat packing facility in Postville, Iowa.
The raid, which resulted in the arrests of 300 undocumented workers, put the kosher meat packing company in bankruptcy and left Postville bordering on being a ghost town.
The shortage of legal, documented workers is having an impact in a wide-ranging number of agricultural endeavors, according to Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., one of 16 co-sponsors of the Senate bill.
"In Vermont, as in many states across the country, farmers are feeling the effects of a scarce labor pool," he said. "This problem is particularly acute for the dairy industry, where the employment needs are year-round and require a significant investment from the farmer in terms of training and development."
Leahy said the AgJOBS bill will give dairy farmers needing workers the opportunity to lawfully hire foreign workers who can remain with their employers for a meaningful period of time."
"California's farmers and growers are still waiting for a solution to the persistent labor shortages that each year cost our state's agricultural economy billions of dollars," said Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., another co-sponsor of the bill.
"The central issue here is not immigration — it is about protecting and preserving the American economy," said Feinstein. "We in Congress should be doing everything possible to prevent U.S. farms from shutting down."
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It looks like the war of a grails app that gets deployed to cloud foundry from STS has the environment set to development. How do I get it set to production?
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Right click on your project and go to "properties >> Grails >> Run on server". You should be able to change the grails environment for the run on server functionality there.
I assume that's a global change. Normally I want the environment to be dev. When you do grails war, the environment is set to prod. But deploying to CF, the war is made automatically, but the environment is dev instead of prod. Any way to make a change just for deployment vs. globally?
When you change that property on the "Run on server" properties page, this will only apply for deploying to TcServer or cloudfoundry.
I.e. it is the environment used for the war command used by the run on server functionality.
I don't think it will affect the env for running it with "run-app".
Hopefully this is how you wanted it :-)
Your comments do make me question whether we have chosen the wrong default "dev" for the "run on server" environment.
Maybe "prod" would be a more logical default.
My thinking at the time was that I thought it most logical if doing "run as >> run-app" or "run as >> run on server" behave as much as possible in the same way (unless user explicitly overrides the deployment env).
Maybe that isn't a good way of thinking however. Perhaps as a user you would really expect the env for the war command to be prod anyway. So you would expect the behavior to be different?
Yes, I think prod should be the default. I didn't really even know there where 2 different things. (I've been using NetBeans and just recently stated using STS.)
Anyway, since "run on server" creates a war, I was expecting to behave like grails war, which sets the environment to prod.
Thank you for this! Took me several steps to get here I blogged about it and added a reference to this forum, hopefully people will get to find this solution quicker.
I don't know if this is the default already, I'm still using an old version (2.8), but I agree that "prod" should be the default.
Dev is still the default. We should probably change that for the next release. The reason why I haven't done so yet is that whenever you change something like this, there is always a bit of a risk that you are going to be breaking people who implicitly depend on the way it currently works, even if that way may seem 'illogical'.
But at least three different users agree it is the logical default and I haven't heard anyone who thinks it should be dev. We'll try it out and see what happens (and users who need it to be 'dev' should be able to switch it back so the risk is not that great).
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March 11 — Did you have any female ancestors who died young or from tragic or unexpected circumstances? Describe and how did this affect the family?
Dad always talked about his little sister, Betty, who died when she was 3 1/2 years old.
Betty was born when Dad was two years old. She was the sixth child out of eleven that would come to that family.
One day, older sister Mary was rocking little Betty by a pot bellied stove that had a pot of beans cooking and bubbling away on the top of it. As she rocked Betty, she would "push off" with her foot against the stove. Each time she pushed, the pot of beans would move a little closer to the edge.
It eventually moved too close to the edge and fell right on to baby Betty and Mary. It mostly covered Betty, scalding her severely.
It took Betty three, agonizing days to die from the burns. What a terrible death! And, the terrible feelings that Mary must have had running through her 11 year old mind. The helplessness of her parents hearing her cries must have haunted them throughout their lives.
One of my sisters is named Betty in honor of this sweet little aunt that died so many years ago.


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Lotus's Romain Grosjean on his early exit; McLaren's Lewis Hamilton on his slow pit stop; Williams' Pastor Maldonado on his late retirement with engine troubles; Sergio Perez on his impeccable performance in the Sauber; and Fernando Alonso on banishing Ferrari's winter blues with a victory in Malaysia. All 24 drivers and senior team personnel report back on Sunday in Sepang…
Fernando Alonso (1st)
"It was an incredible race! I am very happy, for me and for the whole team: I am proud of this fantastic group of people. While we have been going through this difficult time, no one gave up, in fact everyone has doubled their efforts to try and catch up. The strategy was perfect, the mechanics did an impeccable job, the engineers did their best in preparing the car and I drove at my maximum for all 56 laps of the race. I would never have bet on this win and I would think anyone who did so must have picked up a tidy sum! As I returned to the pit lane on the cool down lap I didn't even know where to park the car: to win with all the problems we have got is something quite extraordinary. In the wet, I was going very well, but then when the track dried out, our weaknesses showed themselves. Sergio got very close and I was trying to stay on the only dry line: if he wanted to pass me, he would have had to take a risk. Yesterday, he and I ended up ninth and tenth and today we found ourselves fighting for the win, which shows how unpredictable is this championship. Our aim was damage limitation for these early races of the championship and now we even find ourselves leading the classification. Now we absolutely have to improve the performance starting right away with the races in China and Bahrain. We must get back to work immediately so as to find at least the two or three tenths that could put us back in the fight for the top places."
Felipe Massa (15th)
"First of all, I want to congratulate Fernando on this great win, which came thanks to him driving a fantastic race. It is a very important victory for the team, although it must not let us forget that our car is not yet at the level of the best. Obviously I am disappointed with my result. Things were going well at the start and I was able to fight with the drivers directly ahead of me. When the track was drying, I suffered more and more with tyre degradation and I could not maintain a good pace. We opted to follow what Rosberg was doing ahead of me, as he too was apparently struggling with his tyres, but it did not work out and we lost a lot of time with this extra stop, given also that the others stayed on track for around a dozen laps more before switching to the dry tyres. It is important for us to try and understand why there is such a strong difference in the way our cars perform, but ultimately, our aim is to have a more competitive car in as short a time as possible."
Pat Fry, Ferrari chassis director
"This win is a wonderful reward for all the efforts we are making here at the track and back home at the factory to try and turn around a season that immediately saw us facing an uphill struggle. However, this result must not be seen as a case of all our problems having unexpectedly solved themselves: that's not the case and everyone is aware of it. Fernando drove a fantastic race, pushing throughout the entire time, always being very careful but never overdoing it. The F2012 seemed to behave very differently depending on the conditions in which it was running: today, there were moments when it was absolutely competitive, others when it struggled. We had already seen in Melbourne on Friday that on a damp track, the situation was not bad and today it went even better. Towards the end, Perez was very quick, partly because his Hards were working better in these conditions than Fernando's mediums. Another decisive factor in today's win was the work in the pits and on the pit wall: at every pit stop, Fernando managed either to make up places or to stay ahead of his pursuers. Felipe made a good start but suffered quite badly with the front tyres as the track was drying. We tried to remedy the situation, bringing him for an extra stop and clearly that cost him valuable time. We must try and understand why, for him, the car ends up being even more unstable in terms of its handling compared to the way it works for his team-mate: it is one of our tasks for these coming days along with obviously trying to find the tenths in performance terms that we are still lacking."
Stefano Domenicali, Ferrari team principal
"An incredible win, absolutely unexpected, but that does not make it any less wonderful and emotional! Once again, Fernando was amazing, driving with a cool head and determination, managing to get the very best out of this car and of the very changeable weather conditions. Today's victory does not change a jot in terms of our situation: we know that, at the moment, we do not have a car competitive enough to fight for the win under normal conditions and that we have a lot of work to do to catch up. Clearly this win gives us even more motivation, because it shows that this championship is not at all clear cut and anything can happen. A slight improvement in performance can result in a good step forward compared to other teams. Felipe suffered too much with degradation on his front tyres, which led to him making one more stop than his team-mate: this is a particularly difficult moment for him, because he cannot get the most out of a car that, objectively, is very difficult to drive. We have an obligation to stay close to him, which is as it should be in such a closely knit team. Now we will enjoy this moment for a few hours, but tomorrow we must be back in the factory again pushing on the development of this F2012. Finally I want to congratulate Sauber, who today secured their best ever result and congratulations also to Sergio Perez, a youngster from the Ferrari Driver Academy, who today confirmed his great talent."
Sergio Perez (2nd)
"It is a great day for me. The team did a very good job and I feel very happy for them. It is a really nice feeling to have been on the podium here, but I think victory was also within reach. Twice in the race I was catching Fernando. On the final stint, when I was on the hard tyre compound, my tyres had degraded quite a lot. It wasn't easy and I went wide and touched a curb. I actually was lucky not to go off. Before that Fernando had just pitted on the perfect lap for dry tyres, just one lap before me, and I lost a bit of ground to him. It was very difficult to make the right calls today and I want to thank my team. They always called me in at the right time, the first stop after lap one was especially important and it was also good to take the hard compound in the end, as the medium compound was not working too well for us. It is only our second race in 2012 and I think we have a great season ahead of us. I knew we had potential to fight today, our car is not far away from the top cars and a good crew and a driver can also make a difference in such conditions."
Kamui Kobayashi (DNF)
"It is great for our team to have scored so well today, but for me personally, of course, it was a very disappointing race. Technically I struggled with the brakes and that was then also why I had to give up after 47 laps. Besides that for me the strategy didn't work out, which, of course, is always easy to realise in hindsight. I had a good start but then it was a long time before I changed from intermediates to rain tyres. It was not easy to keep the car on track, and almost as soon as I had changed the red flag came out. But nobody can know this in advance. Later in the race then it was the other way round. I would have loved to get dry tyres, but we were expecting more rain so, again, I could not get rid of the intermediate tyres."
Giampaolo Dall'Ara, Sauber head of track engineering
"It was a very strong race for our team. We made a good call on the weather conditions, and then Sergio took over. He drove a brilliant race. His pace was excellent on a wet and dry track. For Kamui it was an unlucky race. First we should have called him in earlier, but there was a chance of rain. This judgement was wrong. Secondly he had a leak in the brake system which stopped him, and we are sorry for that. We have to investigate it. However, it was a great performance and a great result for the team."
Peter Sauber, Sauber team principal
"What a great result! Sergio drove an outstanding race and rose above our expectations. What surprised me most was the fact that he was very competitive in all conditions and with all tyres. Whether they were wet, intermediate or dry tyres he was always one of the fastest drivers on track if not the fastest. This obviously also shows the huge potential of the car. And I want to pay a big compliment to Giampaolo Dall'Ara and his team for doing a great job with the strategy. Thanks also to everybody in the factory in Hinwil. I'm sorry for Kamui who had to stop due to a technical problem. Nevertheless it was a great and important day for the team."
Lewis Hamilton (3rd)
"This was a tough but fascinating race - firstly, I want to offer my congratulations to Fernando and Sergio - they both drove great races and did a fantastic job. It was pretty eventful race: it was difficult trying to judge the best time to change from Extreme Wets to Intermediates, and we were probably a little late on that - but that's how it goes sometimes. Today wasn't perfect - making the call for slicks is always a risk, and the others went a bit earlier than us. In general, we lost some time in the pitstops and I was pushed out of the fight somewhat. But, all in all, it's been a positive weekend and I'm not too frustrated. My aim for this season was always to be consistent - I did it in 2007 so I'm trying to repeat that! A big thanks to Lucozade for doing such a great job with the new race hydration formulations this weekend - they've really made a difference in such a hot and humid climate. For me, the next races will be all about converting our really strong qualifying pace into equally strong race pace - that's what I'll be working in the few weeks ahead of the Chinese Grand Prix."
Jenson Button (14th)
"Today was a pretty difficult day; pretty much everything that could have gone wrong in the race did go wrong. And that's just one of those things - a lot of my issues were brought on when I wiped my front wing off at the start: I locked up the rears, couldn't slow the car down and hit Karthikeyan, which was a bit frustrating. So I had to pit for a new nose, and that was pretty much it. And it's always going to be tough when you're down in 14th or 15th position. All the cars were so close and it was difficult to overtake, too. That made it very difficult. Big congratulation to Fernando, Sergio and Lewis, who scored more good points for the team - but it just wasn't a good day for me today. The amazing thing is that I'm still third in the championship after not scoring any points!This wasn't really the result I wanted - but, hey, chin up: we'll move forwards and hopefully have a much better weekend in China!"
Martin Whitmarsh, McLaren team principal
"Today certainly wasn't the day I was expecting! Firstly, this was a terrific race for Ferrari and a great result for Sauber - congratulations to both teams. It's frustrating for us, as the race didn't really go our way, but today's result is great for the sport of Formula 1. For Jenson, it was simply a bad day in the office - losing a front wing in tricky conditions was always going to make it a hard afternoon for him. Lewis was somewhat unlucky, too: Ferrari's 'double-shuffle' pitstop meant we were obliged to hold Lewis in his pitbox longer than we would have liked, but that's motor racing. Nevertheless, he brought home some extremely valuable world championship points - his 15 points today consolidate Vodafone McLaren Mercedes' position at the top of the constructors' championship. Today's conditions were always going to represent something of a roll of the dice. We didn't quite manage everything today, and we'll go back and analyse our performance, but in normal dry conditions we've shown that we've got decent pace. There's a long season ahead, and with one victory and two strong podium positions, we can return to Europe extremely encouraged about the forthcoming races."
Red Bull
Mark Webber (4th)
"It was busy with a lot of calls going on at the re-start and with the tyres. My stint on the intermediates after the red flag was tricky and I didn't have much confidence. When I went onto the dry tyres, I felt much more confident, but it was a little bit too late then. You've got to take your hat off to Fernando and Perez today, there were some good calls made at the front. It was a mixed-up race and it was good to get some points. There were some great strengths to take from this weekend. The team has been working really hard, so thanks to them. We know there will be more opportunities in the future."
Sebastian Vettel (11th)
"Most crucially we lost radio communication and that makes it very difficult in these conditions to know what's going on. Nonetheless we did our maximum today and got up to fourth. To then lose the race how I did is very frustrating. Some people need to look more where they are going. Today it was crucial to come in at the right time. Having no radio meant we were delayed getting the messages and I didn't hear anything from the team at the end. There were problems with the car after the incident, but I wanted to see the chequered flag. There were no points for me today. Before the incident with HRT the way the race had unfolded was good for us I think, so it's frustrating to lose the race like that."
Christian Horner, Red Bull team principal
"An action packed race with the rain coming down on the grid at the start. Before the race was red flagged, both guys had a reasonable starts. After the re-start we made the right call to change onto the intermediates with Mark and then a lap later with Sebastian. For Mark, the advantage of being the first car into the pit lane is that you get a clear run into your box, but the disadvantage on that occasion was that half the grid followed him in behind and we couldn't release him until we had a clear space. After the stop Sebastian made a good move on Rosberg and set about trying to close the gap to Hamilton ahead. His race was going well. As the track dried, we went onto the slicks pretty early with Mark and a lap later with Seb. We had lost all radio contact with Sebastian, which meant we could only speak with him via the pit board. After his stop he came up to the HRT who hit him and caused a puncture. The incident caused damage to the rear brake duct, which went into thermal runaway, so we wanted to stop the car before the end from a safety point of view. Seb didn't hear us on the radio and continued. Thankfully his car got to the end without failing, but the incident cost Sebastian at least a fourth place finish today. For Mark, after his final stop his pace on the slicks was good and he started to catch Lewis in the last third of the race. He finished in fourth position after what was a very eventful race."
Cyril Dumont, Renault track support to Red Bull
"Unfortunately for us, today is a race to forget. There is already a lot of gambling when you have these conditions and if you add the issues we had – which was no radio communication with Seb for most of the race and with Mark for parts of it – then it made it even more difficult. The race was going okay until Seb had the incident with HRT which caused a problem with the left hand wheel. For Mark fourth place was not too bad, but we would have preferred for him to have been on the podium. We have two weeks away from racing now and will be pushing to get back to where we need to be."
Kimi Raikkonen, (5th)
"It was a bit difficult today. It was my first time on the wet weather Pirellis and I didn't know how the intermediate or wet tyres would react - I had only completed one installation lap on them before. I just tried to stay on the road and push as much as I felt comfortable with. When I changed to the dry tyres it took a couple of laps to get heat into them, and my visor was pretty dirty so seeing the dry line was difficult. Once I found my way I could push much harder. It was difficult to have another mixed weather weekend. The conditions changed a lot today so it was always a case of adapting and looking for grip. Overall, we seemed to have a pretty strong package again this weekend, so I'm relatively happy. A fifth today was okay, but we're always looking for better results."
Romain Grosjean, DNF
"It felt like a perfect start off the line; I got a good jump on the others and with the KERS I managed to weave through the cars in front without touching anybody. Coming out of the first two corners I was up to third, which was an amazing feeling. In turn four Mark (Webber) managed to carry a bit more speed through the corner and edged in front. Michael (Schumacher) tried to follow him through but there was not enough space so we touched and I spun. From there things became really tough. The visibility was so poor I couldn't see anything in front of me. We made the decision to stay out on the intermediate tyres but the rain got heavier and there was far too much water. I had massive aquaplaning into turn five and unfortunately ended up going backwards into the gravel."
James Allison, Lotus technical director
"What we would give for a normal race! We had to fight back from a grid penalty for changing the gearbox on Kimi's car. We also had two drivers learning Pirelli's wet tyres for the first time today. This made for a difficult time here at Sepang. Our pace at the end of the race on dry tyres looks extremely promising from the perspective of both degradation and pace. Give us a normal race, with two clean getaways from the good qualifying positions of which we have shown we are capable, and I think we'll be able to collect a good reward."
Eric Boullier, Lotus team principal
"Today's result is a bit frustrating. Whilst it's good to have a car finish in the top five after starting from tenth in conditions which were very tricky, we can't help thinking that we could have achieved more from this race. Obviously, it's disappointing for Romain, as it's another DNF for him in the early laps of the race. He had never driven in the rain with these intermediate tyres so we have to take that into account. He had a very good start off the line, but the contact with Michael ruined his race. At the restart, we recovered well from our position and on the plus side, the car looked strong again. Kimi had a flawless race. He was very consistent in all conditions and his best lap shows what could have been without his grid penalty. I'm sure when we have a 'standard' weekend - without bad weather, penalty or interruption - we will do very well."
Ricardo Penteado, Renault track support to Lotus
"Another points scoring finish for Kimi here. Again it was a shame for Romain but over the course of the weekend we confirmed the pace seen in Australia of the Lotus-Renault package. The changeable weather made it very difficult to manage fuel consumption. We burned a lot of fuel at the second start, which allowed us to be lighter towards the final laps. This played out well as Kimi set the fastest lap of the race on lap 53. Overall the engine has worked perfectly and we're now looking forward to China, which presents a very different challenge."
Bruno Senna (6th)
"I am really excited about the result today. I'm so happy that I have scored points for the team after a very tough race. It's on days like to today that you can show what you can do in difficult conditions. I knew we had to attack after the restart, so it was very satisfying to push hard, not make any mistakes and to make my way up through the field. I'm so happy for everyone in the team."
Pastor Maldonado (19th)
"It was very difficult today with conditions changing so quickly at the start. I had poor visibility in the pitlane so missed the pit box entry after the restart which dropped me down the order. I was then just pushing every lap and our pace was very consistent. I had a good race to come through from 20th to tenth with just two laps remaining. Bruno had a great race and we have both been able to show that the car is competitive."
Mark Gillan, Williams chief operations engineer
"It was a real rollercoaster of a race and the whole team are delighted to get our first points of the season. Bruno drove very well finishing in sixth, having been last at the restart. Unfortunately we had to retire Pastor with an engine problem with only a few laps left whilst he was running in tenth."
Laurent Debout, Renault track support to Williams
"Our feelings are obviously very mixed. It's very satisfying to score the first points for the new Williams-Renault package with Bruno's sixth position, but very frustrating to lose a potential double points finish due to an engine failure on Pastor's car. We are still looking into the problem but apologies to the team and we'll look to make amends in China. There's a long gap between now and then so we have time to fully investigate."
Force India
Paul di Resta (7th)
"The start of the race was a bit of a mess and it was all about trying to stay on the track and stay out of trouble. I did pretty well until Maldonado hit me just before the red flag, which spun me around and cost me about three places. At the restart our pace was very good on the intermediate tyres and we were able to get well up the order and stay with the leading group. As it dried out we switched to dry tyres at the same time everyone else did, which was the safe way to play it, and just tried to hold position in the points. We were a bit lucky with some of the issues for cars ahead, but in races like this you need a bit of luck and given where we started I think we can come away from here very happy with this result."
Nico Hulkenberg (9th)
"I think today's performance with two cars in the points is a great team result and I'm very happy to pick up my first points of the season. It was quite a complicated race and the rain certainly helped mix things up, but we made the most of our chances and made good calls on the strategy. I have to say that the wet conditions today were some of the worst I've raced in and the visibility was almost zero before the race was stopped. It was much better when the race restarted, but I struggled with the balance of the car on the intermediates, so it was just a case of trying to stay in the points and catch Vergne ahead."
Robert Fernley, Force India deputy team principal
"Today's result is thanks to a tremendous team effort with everybody rising to the challenges presented by the tricky conditions. It was an especially busy race on the pit wall, but on the whole I think we made the right calls, especially the timing of our switch to the dry tyres, and both drivers delivered very strong performances. It was important to pick up points on a day like this and given where we started we have to be happy with eight points. The race was not without drama, though, and Paul was lucky to emerge unscathed from the contact with Maldonado, which occurred in the very wet conditions. Both Paul and Nico came on the radio to say how poor the conditions were, and it's to their credit that they managed to stay largely out of trouble. We now head to China determined to carry on this momentum and hopefully add some more points to our tally."
Toro Rosso
Jean-Eric Vergne (8th)
"To from eighteenth on the grid to eighth and in the points at the end is great. I stayed out for a long time on the intermediates after the start and then the Red Flag came along to help me so I was able to switch to extreme wets on the grid. If I had to resume behind the Safety Car on the intermediates it would have been very hard to stay on track! As soon as the track was dry enough I came in again for intermediates but I lost a bit of time before I made the switch to slicks. After that I was catching Di Resta, but with the backmarkers in between us I could not get close enough to pass, so I just managed the situation, concentrating on bringing the car home. So I am happy to settle for this eighth place and I plan to keep improving step by step. After these two opening races, the overall performance has been quite good and I feel we can make progress in China starting from this good base line."
Daniel Ricciardo (12th)
"Unfortunately, after being delayed in the early stages, when I lost places after the start in the rain, I never managed to fight my way back into the points. I think there were moments in the race when I ran at quite a good pace, but I did not have that extra edge to move up the order. When the track was drying before the pit stops that is when I again lost time, so of course I am a bit disappointed, but there are still eighteen races remaining and I'm sure I will have plenty more opportunities to do well."
Franz Tost, Toro Rosso team principal
"In Melbourne we scored points with Daniel and now in Sepang, it was the turn of our rookie driver, Jean-Eric to secure his first ever Formula One points, with a strong drive to eighth place. As is often the case in Malaysia, we witnessed a very exciting race in which Jean-Eric did an excellent job as it was the first time he has raced a Formula One car in wet conditions. He made no mistakes and produced really good lap times and so this eighth place is well deserved. These four points are also the result of excellent work from the team, making the correct decisions as regards pit stops and tyre strategy as well as managing the complicated situation while the race was suspended. Daniel lost too much time in the early stages of the race to fight back into the points, but his lap times in the later part were very good. The STR7 performed quite well this afternoon in both the wet and the dry and finally congratulations to our engine partner Ferrari for this important win."
Michael Schumacher (10th)
"From where I started the race, it's a real shame to grab just one point at the end today, and of course I would have wished for a better finish for our team after their hard work. However I was touched at the back soon after the start and the car spun which really decided my afternoon. During the first part of the race, I just tried to stay on track as you couldn't see anything, and it was the right decision to halt the race. After the re-start, the pace wasn't that far off but it was the same for a lot of teams so there was no way to gain positions. It's clear from today that there is still a lot of work for us to do to take our pace from qualifying into the race, and I am sure the guys are already thinking very hard about finding a solution. But this will not be done from one race to another, it will take some time, and we need to give it that time. Still it is a fact that we have improved, so I can fly home now being sure about this and looking forward to fighting in the races to come."
Nico Rosberg (13th)
"That was an unlucky day for me after an eventful race. I had a good restart and because of a good strategy I was in fourth position. But then I had problems with my intermediate tyres; the degradation was very high which forced me to do another pit stop for a new set. The positive thing is that on my last stint with the slicks, I had good pace and because of my tyre management, I was able to beat Jenson. We are strong in qualifying but not yet in the race, and we need to work on that before the next race in China."
Ross Brawn, Mercedes team principal
"It's a very disappointing end to what had been such a positive weekend here in Malaysia. Clearly we have a conundrum with this car that we have to unravel. After such an encouraging qualifying session, and indeed the fuel runs that we did on Friday, we struggled to get the tyres to work properly in the race today. There were little windows when we seemed to get them working and other times where we fell out of them completely. I don't believe that we are abusing the tyres, just not using them properly, and it's a problem that we have to solve if we are going to move forward with the car. It is especially disappointing after the potential we have shown, however I am confident that we have enough strength and the right people to unravel the problem. We will be getting our heads down back at the factory next week and doing just that."
Norbert Haug, vice-president, Mercedes-Benz Motorsport
"From P3 Michael did not have the best start but was still in a top five slot when he was spun around during the first lap and passed the start and finish line in P16. After the restart, things did not go any better and we never really could cope with the wet conditions and the drying out track on which nobody has had the opportunity to test before the race. Other teams could obviously handle these mixed conditions better and all credit to them. Both Ferrari and Sauber did a great job today so congratulations to those teams, Fernando Alonso and Sergio Perez. We obviously did not have the set-up to make the best out of these tricky conditions today. We brought Nico in and put him on slicks which was a calculated risk that finally did not pay off. Our car has got speed and we will continue to work hard to generate this speed in the race as well as in qualifying."
Vitaly Petrov (16th)
"I am really happy with the performance today. We didn't show the car's true potential in qualifying, but today I was able to put in similar lap times to the cars ahead and didn't make any mistakes in the tricky conditions. The car felt good all afternoon and the team worked really well to help me get the most out of it, both on the pitwall and with the stops, so I'm very pleased I've been able to record my first race finish for the team and to start to show what we can do in races. This gives us a good base to work from so it's been a good Sunday, particularly in front of our home fans."
Heikki Kovalainen (18th)
"That was one of those races when we could have had a really good result, but a bit of bad luck and a car I didn't really have a great balance on meant I'm just pleased to have got it home. I made a small mistake on the inters and had to come in for a new nose, and that dropped me back a few places which basically ended my race. Despite that, it's good that we got both cars home and we also showed again that we have a car that can race on Sundays. Now we need to focus on getting more out of it in qualifying and pushing on at the next race in China."
Tony Fernandes, Caterham team principal
"I'm happy with how the race went today. We recorded our first two car finish at our home race in Malaysia, and we definitely gave the fans here something to cheer for, particularly with Vitaly battling with the likes of Ferrari, Williams and Toro Rosso. We showed good pace and with a bit more work ont he strategies I think we can keep demonstrating that we keep edging ever closer to what is clearly an intense battle in the midfield. The fact we are now fighting with some of the most famous names in motorsport is a huge achievement in what is only our third season, and now we will keep fighting to close that gap which is already so much smaller than it was last year, and streets ahead of where we were in 2010."
Mark Smith, Caterham technical director
"From the technical perspective that was an incredibly busy race. With the constantly changing conditions we had to make a number of calls to give us a chance to fight and while that paid off for Vitaly, for Heikki it was a much tougher afternoon. He had to change a front wing after going off track and that effectively ended his race, but it is good to see how hard Vitaly was able to push, and to see the lap times he was putting in on the inters."
Thierry Salvi, Renault track support to Caterham
"Conditions like we saw today can make the race a complete lottery. We worked well all afternoon with the engineering team to adjust the engine strategy to deal with the red flag and the safety car period, and we can be reasonably pleased with how well the car performed against the teams ahead, so now we will focus on China and Bahrain and make sure we use this as a base to keep progressing."
Timo Glock (17th)
"A great weekend again for us. We finished with both cars once more, which is a great achievement for the team and we have to be very happy with that. It was a difficult race but I think we made the right tyre choice and changed at the right time, going from the intermediate to the extreme wets and then after the restart changing back from the extreme wets to the intermediates. Coming in straight away was the right thing to do and I just managed to keep the 'inters' on for as long as possible and keep them alive. Again, we were one of the first to switch to slicks and we were able to keep pushing to keep ahead of Kovalainen, so really well done to the team. Everyone kept cool and calm when the red flag came out. Proper job by the team and specifically my car crew, who've done a great job in the first two races. Now we concentrate on improving again for China."
Charles Pic (20th)
"It was a tricky race today in difficult conditions. It was my first time with the extreme wet tyre so it was hard to know the best time to change to the Intermediate at my second pitstop. Then we had a problem with the clutch at the third stop, which is a shame as we lost some time. Overall I am happy with my pace as it was consistent with Timo on the Intermediate and at the end on slicks, which is positive for me. A great job all weekend by everyone in the team as I know it has been very difficult, in many ways. I look forward now to China and even more progress."
John Booth, Marussia team principal
"A fantastic end to what has been an important weekend for the team. It is extremely encouraging that we are seeing progress in every area, the most significant of which is in terms of performance. The small upgrade that we brought on Friday was the result of some very hard work in the factory over the last few weeks by the aerodynamics department and we have certainly seen the benefit of that here this weekend. However, we can't rest on our laurels and this is now the start of what is going to be a very intensive and exciting development programme for us. It was an interesting race today, with plenty of twists and turns to keep us on our toes, which the race team handled admirably. We were particularly impressed with the way Charles held off Kovalainen for so long, losing out only at the pitstop. Equally worthy of note was Timo's performance in the drying conditions, which was superb. We now look forward to evaluating the findings from these two races so we can come back stronger again in China in three weeks' time."
Narain Karthikeyan (22nd)
"It was a very interesting race in really wet conditions. We were running in 10th at one point, which I think is the best position we've ever been in but unfortunately the rain stopped and the track dried out and it was impossible to keep ahead of the rest. I made a mistake, locking up the front, and went off on turn 9 but apart from that it all went pretty well. We finished the race, did some mileage and made up two positions from 23rd so that's something to smile about. Everyone did a great job and we're all really happy with the result, now we have to go on from here and try to progress in China."
Pedro de la Rosa (21st)
"I must say I really enjoyed myself in that race. It really was the best race to make my debut with HRT. I don't think anyone could imagine we would finish after starting from the pit lane due to an issue with the fuel pressure that we were dragging over from yesterday, I was penalized with a drive-through penalty, we completed our first real pitstop... to sum up, a lot of things happened but, in the end, the car held out really well given where we were at the beginning. We have to improve many things but this was a perfect test. My teammate also finished so that's doubly satisfying. I'm very happy for the team, we accomplished our objective. Now we have to go a little bit further."
Luis Perez-Sala, HRT team principal
"Yesterday after qualifying we were satisfied and today, thankfully, we are again. We met another target which was to finish the race with both cars. There are aspects that need improving, without a doubt, such as reliability and the speed of the car, but by completing the race we have accumulated a lot of data which will be of great use to continue progressing. We also need to improve pit stops and team coordination but it was the first time they did it and from the first stop to the second you could already tell the difference. Today I want to highlight the work everyone did and thank them for their effort these past weeks and today's result is a small reward for that enormous amount of work that is taking place."
Paul Hembery, Pirelli motorsport director
"This race had echoes of Canada last year, which was also suspended due to rain. Once more, that created an intriguing set of circumstances and some stand-out performances, such as Alonso and Perez at the front, who were the class of the field. After the re-start, it was important for the drivers to look after the intermediates - which showed great versatility in very mixed conditions - in order to keep them within their operating temperature range. The top two finishers adopted a completely different tyre strategy, with Alonso on the medium tyre and Perez on the hard tyre in the final stint, which shows how our decision to close up the performance gaps between the compounds has led to even closer racing. We'd also like to congratulate Bruno Senna, who scores his best-ever grand prix result in sixth."


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If your resolutions for the New Year are typical, they probably include a pledge to lose weight. But if you are like most Americans, any success you have shedding pounds will be short-lived, and you'll end the year weighing more than you do right now.
So why are Americans obsessed with weight loss? Many people say they want to lose weight to improve their health, but this may not actually be their primary motivation. In one of the more interesting polls I've seen, more than three-fourths of the 231 dieters surveyed said that they would take a pill that would guarantee they would achieve or maintain their desired weight even if it would lower their life expectancy. On average, they were willing to give up 5.7 years. Moreover, 91% said that they would not take a pill that would lengthen their life by five years if it guaranteed that they would also remain overweight. This was a small sample, but it is consistent with other research. For instance, a book published just last year showed that the desire to fit in or be "normal" — rather than improving health — is the primary motivation for many people who undergo weight-loss surgery.


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Frank RobinsonExecutive Vice President of Baseball Development
Hall of Famer Frank Robinson serves as Major League Baseball's Executive Vice President of Baseball Development, having been appointed to the position by Baseball Commissioner Allan H. (Bud) Selig in June 2012. In this capacity, Robinson oversees MLB's network of Urban Youth Academies as well as special events aimed at baseball development, such as the Civil Rights Game and the SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game. Robinson, one of six Executive Vice Presidents who report directly to Commissioner Selig, is also one of 14 members of the Commissioner's Special Committee for On-Field Matters, which reviews all facets of the game.Regarded as one of the greatest players in Major League history, Robinson played in the Major Leagues from 1956-1976 with the Cincinnati Reds (1956-65), the Baltimore Orioles (1966-71), the Los Angeles Dodgers (1972), the California Angels (1973-74) and the Cleveland Indians (1974-76). A .294 career hitter with 586 home runs and 1,812 RBIs, the 14-time All-Star was a 1982 inductee into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. In 1966, Robinson won the American League's Triple Crown with a .316 batting average, 49 home runs and 122 RBIs en route to being named the AL's Most Valuable Player, an accomplishment that made him the first player in the history of baseball to win MVP honors in both the National League (1961) and the American League (1966). He remains the only player in history to win the MVP in both Leagues. Robinson finished in the top five in MVP voting in four other years. He was a member of Baltimore's World Series championship clubs in 1966 and 1970 and played in the Fall Classic five times overall. He earned World Series MVP honors in 1966, when he hit two home runs with three RBIs in the Fall Classic. He also was the NL Rookie of the Year in 1956 and the 1971 All-Star Game MVP, hitting a two-run home run at Tiger Stadium. He topped 100 runs eight times, hit 30 or more home runs 11 times and collected 100 RBIs six times in his career. While still active on the playing field, Robinson became the first African-American manager in Major League history in 1975 with the Indians. In 1981, Robinson then became the first African-American manager in National League history by being appointed to lead the San Francisco Giants. As skipper of the Orioles (1988-91), Robinson earned American League Manager of the Year honors from the Baseball Writers Association of America in 1989. He was the Assistant General Manger of the Orioles from 1991-95 and served as Director of Baseball Operations for the Arizona Fall League and Consultant to the Commissioner for special projects from 1996-1998. From 1999-2002, Robinson was MLB's Vice President for On-Field Operations, overseeing player discipline, the pace of game program, uniform policy, stadium configuration and all other on-field matters. In February 2002, Robinson was named the manager of the Montreal Expos, guiding the team to winning seasons in 2002 and 2003. When the franchise relocated to Washington prior to the 2005 season, Robinson helped usher in a new era of Major League Baseball in the nation's capital, leading the Nationals for their first two years. Robinson rejoined MLB as a Special Advisor for Baseball Operations matters from 2007-2009. He became a Special Assistant to the Commissioner from 2009-2010 and then served as Senior Vice President for Major League Operations from June 2010-February 2011. In 2005, President George W. Bush honored Robinson with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, awarded "for especially meritorious contribution to (1) the security or national interests of the United States, or (2) world peace, or (3) cultural or other significant public or private endeavors." During 2008 Civil Rights Game festivities in Memphis, Tenn., Robinson earned the MLB Beacon of Life Award, bestowed upon an individual whose life embodies the spirit of the civil rights movement. A native of Oakland, Calif., Robinson attended Xavier University in Cincinnati.


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Open mouth Slum Lovers
Jennifer Lopez is a world class open mouth red carpet poser. She's one of the best at it. And, oh look, last night at the Billboard Awards, Casper Smart was working that move too. With his sunglasses on.
Bear, do you know who you are?
Look at him, like he's a full boss now, in his shades with his lips ajar.
As for JLO -- we really don't need to do the did-she-or-didn't-she with the lip-synch anymore now, do we? Especially not last night as there was such a big volume difference between the backtrack and the live microphone -- her dancing was a lot tighter at Billboard than it was on Idol on Thursday. But the choreography is still for sh-t. Especially the part when she was on the floor, doing what looked like abdominal work with her legs up in the air.
He sucks at his job. This is what we're dealing with. He.Sucks.At.His.Job.
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