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Sky One have today released their latest Original Drama trailer which gives us a glimpse into what will be their biggest and most ambitious drama season ever, with over 100 hours of new drama this Autumn/Winter.
Contained within the trailer, which you can watch below, are several glimpses of Mad Dogs series 4, which will be a two-part conclusion to the story of Quinn, Baxter, Woody and Rick.
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On her way home from the Tim McGraw show, she takes a wrong turn in a horrible rainstorm. She seeks shelter at a nearby cabin, in which an Amishman, Michael Hostetler, lives. Michael was born in the Amish faith, but has recently found himself drawn to the English ways of life as he seeks his higher education.
The two of them are instantly drawn to each other. Michael is amazed at Amelia's talents and beauty. Amelia is drawn to a simpler way of life. Both of them seem to straddle both worlds, though one foot definitely lies more heavily in one than in the other.
As you are reading this book, you realize that one or both of them is going to have to give up their current way of life, in order to make anything work out. Dreams may be fulfilled, but some may have to be given up in order to create new ones. You're torn between how you want them to work this out. If Amelia goes Amish, she will have to give up her music. If Michael becomes English, he faces the disappointment of his community. Both of them fear upsetting their fathers, who have alternative ideas about what their children should do with their lives. You want them to find a way to work it out, to achieve their life's dreams, and to not lose their families in the process.
While I was reading this, I kept envisioning Amelia as a sort of Alison Krauss. I had no celebrity in mind for Michael, but I could still picture him just as clearly in my mind. You could really feel the emotions of the characters as they grew and developed. You rode their roller coaster of hopes and dreams, disappointments and desires. It was a very touching reminder to stay true to yourself. I loved it.
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- Global stock markets were continuing to rise Tuesday as trade talks between US and China entered a second day.
- In the first hour of trading in Europe, all major stock indexes were higher, with gains of 0.5% to 0.9% across the board.
- Futures in the US pointed to a gain of about 0.5% for all three major indexes.
- Traders, however, were cautious.
- "Both sides are making encouraging comments that they are on the right track," Jasper Lawler, the head of research at London Capital Group, said.
- Follow global markets live at Markets Insider.
Global markets continued broadly to rally Tuesday as the renewed optimism that characterized the past few days pushed stocks around the world higher.
With trade talks between the US and China starting on a positive foot on Monday, and renewed optimism around the US economy following a blockbuster jobs number last Friday, some of the doom and gloom that characterized the final months of 2018 and the first days of 2019 evaporated.
Mid-level US officials have traveled to Beijing for talks with Chinese counterparts, and early signs were positive. Wilbur Ross, the US commerce secretary, said he was confident a deal could be struck in a round of talks focused on US access to China to do business and the transfer of intellectual property between the two nations.
Sentiment was also helped by a further easing of monetary policy from China's central bank. The People's Bank of China made substantial efforts to ease lending conditions Friday with a 1% cut in banks' reserve requirements ratios (the first of four possible cuts in 2019).
Read more: The man leading the US delegation in trade talks with China should have Beijing worried
While clear gains were being made, particularly in Europe, on Tuesday morning, an air of caution remained.
"Traders are adopting a wait and see approach before deciding whether the latest round of US-Sino trade talks will be productive," Jasper Lawler, the head of research at London Capital Group, said in an email.
"Both sides are making encouraging comments that they are on the right track, and whilst that is offering some support to equities the markets know that we have been here before."
Here's the scoreboard:
- In the first hour of trading in Europe, all major stock indexes were higher, with gains of 0.5% to 0.9% across the board. The Euro Stoxx 50 broad index of major European corporations was up 0.59% as of about 8:45 a.m. GMT (3:45 a.m. ET).
- Asian stocks were painting a marginally less positive picture, with Chinese stocks nursing small losses at the close. The Shanghai Composite lost about 0.2% of its value on the day, while the Shenzhen Composite was down 0.1%.
- Not all Asian indexes fell, however, with Japan's Nikkei up 0.8% and the Hang Seng in Hong Kong climbing 0.1%.
- In the US, futures markets pointed to a positive open for all three major indexes. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, the S&P 500, and the Nasdaq were all set to open higher by exactly 0.55%.
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I have been in Italy for two weeks now. There is still so much to see and experience, but I am starting to settle in. Here in Rome, I am living in an apartment with four other Pitt students. We are all here for the same program, Pitt in Rome, and were assigned this place to live.
It is definitely different from the typical apartments in Pittsburgh, but I really like it. A big adjustment has been the fact that most of Italy does not use dryers to dry their clothes. We have a washer, but we must hang our clothes to dry. I had never realized how convenient it is to throw my clothes into the dryer at home after washing them until now.
Another big adjustment has been the time difference. Rome is six hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time in the United States. Sleeping the first few nights was definitely a challenge and made the days feel exhausting, but I have adjusted now and have no problems.
Our apartment is located in Trastevere, which is a part of Rome that already feels like home to me. We have a 20 minute walk to school, and I love being able to see this beautiful part of the city everyday. In my opinion, the best part of the walk is crossing the footbridge over the river and being able to see the Vatican in the distance.
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Arizona law addresses the transfers of firearms regulated by federal law, which includes machine guns, as discussed above. Arizona's law provides that if a chief law enforcement officer's certification is required to complete the transfer of such a firearm, the chief law enforcement officer shall, within 60 days of receiving a request for a certification, "provide the certification if the applicant is not prohibited by law from receiving the firearm or is not the subject of a proceeding that could result in the applicant being prohibited by law from receiving the firearm. If the chief law enforcement officer is unable to provide a certification as required by this section, the chief law enforcement officer shall notify the applicant, in writing, of the denial and the reason for this determination."4 The law also allows the chief law enforcement officer to refer applicants who are requesting a certification required by federal law to the county sheriff.5
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Federal Home Loan Bank of New York
Announces Full-Year and Fourth Quarter 2019 Operating Highlights
New York, New York — The Federal Home Loan Bank of New York ("FHLBNY") today released its unaudited financial highlights for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2019. The FHLBNY's net income for 2019 was $472.6 million, a decrease of $87.9 million, or 15.7 percent, from net income of $560.5 million for 2018, primarily due to lower asset balances, less favorable funding conditions, lower spreads on advances due to the FHLBNY's decision to reduce advances prices in 2019, and higher operating expenses driven by investments to enhance the FHLBNY's technology capabilities. The FHLBNY's return on average equity ("ROE") for 2019 was 6.53 percent, compared to ROE of 7.20 percent for 2018. In the fourth quarter of 2019, the FHLBNY earned $128.3 million in net income, an increase of $5.6 million, or 4.6 percent, from net income of $122.7 million for the fourth quarter of 2018. Income in the fourth quarter of 2019 benefited from valuation gains on liquidity assets held in the trading account. The FHLBNY's ROE for the fourth quarter of 2019 was 7.08 percent, compared to ROE of 6.46 percent for the fourth quarter of 2018.
"In a year marked by volatility, the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York continued to serve as a reliable source of liquidity and deliver strong results for our members," said José R. González, president and CEO of the FHLBNY. "We remained focused on our mission throughout 2019, ending the year with $100 billion in advances funding being put to use by our members in communities across our District. We also set aside more than $50 million for our Affordable Housing Program, funds that will go towards building and preserving affordable housing. Despite a challenging operating environment through much of 2019, the stability of our franchise shone through."
Highlights from the fourth quarter of 2019 include:
As of December 31, 2019, total assets were $162.1 billion, an increase of $17.7 billion, or 12.3 percent, from total assets of $144.4 billion as of December 31, 2018. The increase in total assets was primarily the result of increased investments in the FHLBNY's liquidity portfolio of U.S. Treasury securities and funds invested in overnight money market assets to ensure that the FHLBNY met its regulatory liquidity requirements. Total liquidity assets were $39.5 billion at December 31, 2019 and were $17.6 billion at December 31, 2018. As of December 31, 2019, advances were $100.7 billion, a decrease of $4.5 billion, or 4.3 percent, from $105.2 billion as of December 31, 2018.
As of December 31, 2019, total capital was $7.5 billion, a decrease of $0.2 billion from total capital of $7.7 billion at December 31, 2018. The FHLBNY's retained earnings increased during 2019 by $107.0 million to $1.8 billion as of December 31, 2019, of which approximately $1.1 billion is unrestricted retained earnings and $685.8 million is restricted retained earnings. At December 31, 2019, the FHLBNY met its regulatory capital ratios and liquidity requirements.
The FHLBNY allocated $52.6 million from its 2019 earnings for its Affordable Housing Program, a decrease of $9.8 million, or 15.7 percent, from the Affordable Housing Program allocation in 2018.
The FHLBNY will publish its 2019 audited financial results in its Form 10-K filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which is expected to be filed on or about March 20, 2020.
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The Federal Home Loan Bank of New York is a Congressionally chartered, wholesale Bank. It is part of the Federal Home Loan Bank System, a national wholesale banking network of 11 regional, stockholder-owned banks. As of December 31, 2019, the FHLBNY serves 323 financial institutions in New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The Federal Home Loan Banks support the efforts of local members to help provide financing for America's homebuyers.
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Being a fantasy RPG, Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning has multiple styles of combat so gamers can choose to fight how they wish. However, Reckoning takes that one step further and doesn't limit the player to one specific class or set of skills, according to a new trailer.
We've got the traditional melee, magic and stealth classes available, but the player is free to mix and match abilities to rack up combos and gain greater rewards. There will also expectantly be certain amount of strategy to using certain types of attacks against enemies that are weak against them.
Me? I always build a warrior class. Not only because I'm actually trained in the art of swordfighting, but look at that two-handed greatsword in the trailer. I hope there will be tons of different kinds of weapons and armor. Most RPGs never seem to have enough variety of stuff, and that makes me a sad gamer.
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Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning is scheduled for release on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC on February 7, 2012.
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When in the morning I saw my bike again, the oil was leaking. Then I saw the bill they didn't even change the seal. They don't even do what we say.
Then the parts follow as per warranty. The battery failed exactly after 1 year.
I went to the dealer (at the end of one year) and told them the battery was not working; they simply charged it and then fixed it in the bike (didn't work), and then they told me to ride for some days and the battery will get charged and will work.
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A trifling mountain settlement in Dagestan still lives on craftsmanship that has prevailed for many centuries. Russian photographer Yevgeny Kurskov visited the jurisdiction in May and took pictures of the people who keep its traditions alive. Since Russia is so capacious, few get to know about the daily lives of people in the most remote settings of the country.
One such isolated place is the settlement of Kubachi in Russia's North Caucasus – a province that has faced its share of political rivalries and military clashes.
A with of Russia's internal republic of Dagestan, Kubachi is the only settlement located in the steep part of the republic, standing at 1,750 meters above sea level.
Be consistent to Russia's federal statistics, in 2016 only 3,034 people lived there.
Start mentioned in Persian chronicles in the 4th century, Kubachi used to be one of the largest centers of unwritten wood, metal, and stonework.
In the 7th century weapons, manacle armor, jewelry and other objects made by artisans from Kubachi were in popular in Transcaucasia and the Middle East.
This mountain quittance still lives on traditional crafts. Although crafts provide the foremost source of income for many families, revenues are not high.
Multitudinous people combine craftwork with another job in the settlement. For instance, a gas instal employee may take his crafts to the job and work on them when there is disburden time.
The goods produced by Kubachi craftsmen are predominating across Dagestan and neighboring regions.
There are also online shops sacrifice table silver, souvenirs, jewelry, weapons, and watches – all made in Kubachi.
The aesthetics and conventions of the Kubachi craftsmen persist because members of the younger generation are not wanting to leave the village.
The youth readily learn from their mothers and relatives. They consider going to bigger cities only for boisterous education, with the majority returning to Kubachi after graduation.
Commonly the women in Kubachi are not involved in heavy craftwork, but their lives are not at best confined to traditional housekeeping duties. For instance, they can combine their commonplace activities with knitting woolen socks with traditional follows.
The local Kubachi language is part of the Dargwa bring (Northeast Caucasian family), but is quite different from the dialects and phraseologies spoken in neighboring villages, making it hard for neighbors to understand each other. Being a department of Dagestan, the most multiethnic internal republic of Russia, the Kubachi people also affect Russian.
After a difficult period in the history of the North Caucasus, restricted residents now largely support the Russian ruling elite. Across Dagestan people subsidize Moscow because they are afraid of changes and the possibility of another war transgressing out.
In 2016, 88.9 percent of voters in Dagestan supported the Amalgamated Russia party during the State Duma (lower house of parliament) plebiscites. This is one of the highest percentages recorded in the Russian regions.


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How Many Single-Parent Families are There?
Read this article to see the statistics.
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How do I fix a marriage after cheating??
My husband of 5 years has cheated on me. I'm heartbroken. Can I fix our marriage?? Is there hope for us?? Will things get better? Please help
Am I over reacting? Am I the one in the wrong no him
Ok I've been with my boyfriend for 3 years now and he denied cheating on me but everything points to the opposite he's gone to spend the night with his baby moma and her kids in a hotel he rated me put to her when I called the cops on her for her vandalizing my car he would defend her when I would bring thing up about her and he has a video of her playing with her self am I wrong for being mad?
We both have insecurities and trust issues due to past relationships... So, there's the back and forth accusations, yelling, name calling, etc. We are both extremely jealous and have no communication skills. We love each other but sometimes Love isn't enough to make someone understand that you aren't going to hurt them. How can we help each other overcome these issues?
Idk what to do
My boyfriend and I have been fighting because he found some old messages that I had when we started going out, the messages are not bad the conversations where just like hi and bye kind of thing but because I told him I wasn't talking to anyone he's mad but da whole time he was still hanging out with his baby momma behind my back and he would delete all his messages to her so I wouldn't see them
Lost and confused at a crossroads
My boyfriend and I have been together for seven years now. We have had a very tumultuous relationship both of us have hurt each other very much on each parts. But he's done a lot more wrong it has no accountability. But my question is how do you handle it because anytime I try to talk to him about anything he automatically yells at me, deflects, accuse me of cheating. How do you go about handling
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How can I get my teen to confide in me
I've been trying to get my son to confide in me about why he is feeling so depressed. He is 15 years old and a very good teen but have no idea why he is so withdrawn and quiet. Please help me I cant bear to see him like this
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I'm not sure what to do. Recently separated mom with 2 young girls and pregnant with my 3rd.
I took my son's Ipad away because I'm at my wit's end with him.
He is so addicted and doesn't want to do anything else. Can anyone tell me whether I did the right thing or am I being too harsh?
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It's 3 y I divorced and we have shared custody of 2 lovely kids. Any advice on how to make them understand that divorced parents is ok?
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My son is acting out in school and giving people the middle finger and running around and hitting when he is restrained and he also has speech apraxia and may have ADHD
Single parenting families are on the increase! This is not surprising considering the divorce rates. If this is something that you're going through - you're not alone.
Beyond the divorce rates, many are left being single parents due to being widowed and also never being married.
In this article, we cover the statistics of single parenting families in the USA, UK and Europe.
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The pandemic hasn't made single-parenting easier. Read this article by Athena Reich, Online Life Coach, she talks about how to get through and she is a single mother herself.
Single Parenting Statistics
Let's dive deeper into the statistics of single-parent families.
Single Parenting in the USA
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According to Statista, in 2019, around 15.76 million children were living with a single mother and around 3.23 million children living with a single father.
The number of children living with a single mother was at its peak in 2012. In 2005, the number of children living with a single father was at its peak in 2005.
Statistics of single parenting families have been increasing since the 1970s. Moreover, in 2019, fewer households have children under the age of 18 in comparison to 1970. The number of births has also fallen since.
According to CompareCamp, 57% of millennial mothers are single mothers.
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Learn how to partner with your co-parent. Read this article by Latisha Taylor Ellis.
Single Parenting in the UK
In 2019, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), 14.9% were lone-parent families in the UK. That's 2.9 million single-parent families. 86% were lone-parent mothers. However, the number of lone-parent fathers is also increasing. Between 1999 and 2019, the rate of single fathers has grown by 22%.
According to CompareCamp.com, 32% of families in the UK was a single-parent family at some point.
In 2017, 55% of UK single parents had one child, 33% had two children, and 13% had three children.
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Single Parenting in Europe
According to Eurostat 2-18, 15% of households were managed by single parents. The countries with the highest rate of single parents rates are:
The countries in Europe with the lowest percentage of single-parent families are:
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See how divorce and separation affect children and the negative impact it has on them. Read this article by George Stack, Online Counselor and Life Coach.
Struggles Single-Parent Families Face
Single mothers are faced with challenges. According to Gallup, these are the percentages of single moms who were struggling to afford shelter in 2019 by country:
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Read the confessions of a single mom. Written by Latisha Taylor Ellis, Online Therapist.
Another common struggle that single mothers face is mental health issues. 20.6% of mothers that were single at childbirth experienced postpartum depression and 11.5% of young moms who were cohabitating at childbirth also experienced postpartum depression according to CompareCamp.com.
Beyond financial issues and depression, single mothers may also face other issues such as bereavement and mood disorders.
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Learn how to take care of yourself. Read this article by Megan McCarthy, Online Life Coach who gives self-care tips for parents.
Help When You Need it
Being a single parent is undoubtedly difficult. However, as you can see, you're not alone. You can still be the best parent and raise your children well. If you're struggling with the challenges that single parenting brings about, you can read articles on WikiExpert that were written by Experts. You can also book a session with one of the Online Parenting Coaches to get help.
If you'd like single parenting advice, feel free to ask a question in our "Discuss with Experts" and get support from others like you and professional advice.


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DaVinci Day Camp at Leonardo's is designed to keep children engaged and learning beyond the school year. They will also have a lot of fun in the process! With a focus on S.T.E.A.M. curriculum, campers will spend the summer exploring a variety of different arts and sciences.
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Going Green with Art
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There is some imbalance in the socialist utopia known as the Mid-American Conference: it appears that at least the top three teams in the league are all in the west. Northern Illinois, Toledo and Western Michigan are the three best teams for me, especially with Temple and Miami breaking in new coaches. It's going to be an interesting year, even though I'm pretty sure that in the below profiles I said 11 of 13 teams are "a year away." Look out for the MAC in 2012, I guess.
Five Predictions for the MAC in 2011:
1. The October 1 battle between Kent State and Ohio will decide the MAC East. (That's how much I like Roosevelt Nix and the Kent State defense.)
2. The November 8 battle between Western Michigan and Toledo will decide the MAC West.
3. Four West teams will go bowling.
4. The November 1 battle between Northern Illinois and Toledo will produce over 80 points.
5. Toledo will beat Ohio to take the MAC title. (And due to self-inflicted wounds, Toledo and their two-QB system will make me feel very, very queasy about my pick in just about every game.)
Frat Boys, Phenomenal Mascots And The Akron Zips
So Akron actually experienced a bit of turnover luck in 2010 -- looking at their fumble recoveries and generally awful defense, things could have been worse in that regard. Not that we'd have noticed much of a difference on the scoreboard. The Zips have a few things going for them -- a YPP margin that should turn around at least a bit, a decent front seven, and recruiting rankings that, at the very least, suggest they could be a little better than they have been. But like other teams that hit rock bottom, the Zips weren't particularly young in 2010, and they will have to do quite a bit more rebuilding, especially at offensive skill positions, in 2011. That's not good.
Honestly, I think there's hope for the defense; Cosgrove's a decent-not-great defensive coordinator, and he should be able to make something out of the front seven. But until I see reason to have at least a smidge of hope in the offense, I can't imagine the Zips will have much of a ceiling this fall. VMI's on the schedule, and they have winnable home games in Central Michigan and Kent State. Win those, and you've made progress. Hell, two wins is progress, so let's aim for that.
Bowling Green
The Bowling Green Falcons And Some Long-Standing Personal Grudges
So Bowling Green went 2-10 while getting a little bit of fumbles luck and experiencing a rather normal YPP margin. In other words, they were just bad. The ray of sunshine is that they were also incredibly young. Since I've already referenced Missouri a couple of times (and since I always reference Missouri a couple of times), I'll mention that at one point in 2009, the Tigers had 36 freshmen, redshirt freshmen and sophomores on the two-deep. When the level of experience grew across the board in 2010, they went 10-3. They didn't really get better in one specific better; they just got better and more experienced in every area. If Clawson's 2011 squad improves, it will be in the same way -- they just get better everywhere. Hell, just look at the example Miami (Ohio) set last year for when youth becomes experience.
There is reason for optimism in players like Matt Schilz, Kamar Jorden, Chris Jones, Dwayne Woods, and the young cornerbacks; but there is little reason to think BGSU will be an all-around solid team just yet, not with such question marks on the offensive line and in the defensive depth as a whole. They fell far enough behind in 2010 that a nice bounce back probably only gets them into the middle of the MAC. (Then again, Miami...) Even if Clawson ends up being the right man for the job, a mediocre 2012 is probably still in order.
The Buffalo Bulls And A Socialist Utopia
Further reinforcing the "cannot possibly be worse" meme, Buffalo had by far the worst YPP margin in the country last year (only Memphis and Colorado State were above +7.5), and that will almost certainly not be the case again in 2011. If the yards and points match up a little more cleanly for the Bulls this fall, they will improve almost by default. Of course, after losing eight games by double digits, marginal improvement will only take the Bulls so far.
Perhaps the worst news here is just that the base of talent is, to say the least, lacking (Gill was good at making the most of what he had, but he didn't even remotely upgrade recruiting other than landing diamonds in the rough like Roosevelt and Starks). Buffalo has ranked below even the service academies in recruiting these past few years, and while they have developed talent rather effectively -- they have produced more NFL players than most of the lowest-ranked recruiting teams -- it still means a constant uphill battle. There are some interesting pieces here -- Rivers and Neutz at receiver, Mack and Pettigrew at linebacker -- but the odds are stacked against Buffalo in 2011. This is the MAC, so their time will probably come again soon enough, but ... probably not this fall.
Kent State
The Kent State Golden Flashes And Discovery
Kent State rose from horrendous to just below average in Martin's tenure, but that's not exactly inspiring improvement. Regardless, their recruiting averages aren't terrible for a MAC team, and their YPP margin should improve a bit. Throw in an improved offense that could offset some regression on defense, and you've got ... well, you've got a team right around the quality of last year's.
When Miami (Ohio) surged forward in 2010, they didn't do it by actually improving that much; they did it by taking better advantage of their opportunities. They ranked 90th and went 10-4 while Kent ranked 93rd and went 5-7. If the Golden Flashes can keep things tight and close out better (often a Tressell Ball specialty), then they could very easily compete for the division title. But that might be a lot to ask for a team bereft of recent success and breaking in a new staff. Give them a year, then look out. Nix is but a sophomore, and perhaps the next-best player, receiver Tyshon Goode, is a junior. The foundation is reasonably solid, but it might take a year for everything to gel.
Miami (Ohio)
Great Hires And The Miami Redhawks
There is quite a bit to like about Miami this year -- an outstanding front seven, two solid quarterbacks, and a potential go-to receiver, to name three. But it is certainly worth reiterating that the Redhawks went 6-0 in close games last year and, from an F/+ perspective, really did not improve as much as their record would indicate. The improvement they did make is likely rather sustainable, but it was still only a step or two forward.
I really, really like Don Treadwell. I like the job he did in a fluid situation at Michigan State last year (head coach Mark D'Antonio suffered a heart attack, and Treadwell served as interim coach, beating Wisconsin in the process), and I think he could be capable of very good things in Oxford (and, therefore, the major conference job that he would naturally inherit in a few years). They are by no means a runaway favorite in the MAC, but they'll have a very good chance to defend their East Division crown. Our initial projections suggest an impressive four-way race between Miami, Temple, Ohio and Kent State, and that sounds about right to me.
The Ohio Bobcats And Negative Positivity
Ohio U.Ohio probably wasn't as good as their eight wins suggest last year, but while their YPP margin suggests some luck was involved, their negative fumbles luck -- and a couple of devastating injuries -- probably balance that out. The MAC East race could be a highly entertaining one this year, and Ohio should be right in the thick of the hunt, along with Temple, Miami and maybe Kent State. (Everybody but Buffalo and Akron, basically.)
The Ohio offense is a complete question mark right now, but no matter which direction the quarterback race goes, there are enough athletes to make the machine run rather well. Whether Ohio wins the East or not could simply come down to how the defense rebounds from a year of serious regression and injury. For what it's worth, the schedule sets up nicely -- Temple, Miami and Kent State all, amazingly, come to Athens this fall, and aside from maybe the trip to Rutgers, there isn't a single unwinnable game on the slate.
Even with a team that ranked just 91st, Ohio managed eight wins last year. With a friendly schedule and a better defense, they should be able to match that. And if they can sneak into the 70s range, then double-digit wins are certainly possible. Ohio could be playing some more high-visibility games in November and December this year -- is this the year the Bobcats break through and win them?
The Temple Owls, Inspectah Deck And The Surreptitious Mister Bob Davie
You look at the above chart, and you just cannot help but applaud the job Al Golden did. He took over a terrible program in 2005, and it immediately got worse. But the Owls made significant strides in 2007 and 2008, then learned how to win in 2009. In three years, they went from horrid to downright decent.
Addazio may not have proven himself to be the best offensive coordinator at Florida, but he's no longer an offensive coordinator; he's the head guy, and his job will be to maintain, maintain, maintain. With so much talent lost on defense and a YPP margin suggesting they were unlucky (though their fumble recovery percentage suggests the opposite), it wouldn't surprise me if Temple were to take a step or two backwards this year even if Addazio turns out to be a great coach. If the offense is sparked by a healthy Pierce and a lovely Aaron Hernandez impression from Evan Rodriguez, then that could account for the defensive loss, but we'll see. Temple's turnaround was so quick and decisive that they should be able to live with a temporary step backwards.
Ball State
The Ball State Cardinals And The Downside To The MAC Life Cycle
Ball State fell from 12-0 and No. 12 in the country to hopeless, from home attendance of 19,000 per game to 8,900, in less time than it takes my wife to buy a digital camera. The goal for Pete Lembo in 2012 is not necessarily a certain number of wins and losses; it's simply the restoration of hope. There are some winnable conference home games and plenty of opportunities to create some momentum, but only if they survive a brutal opening month. This year's non-conference slate: vs Indiana in Indianapolis, at South Florida, Army, at Oklahoma.
With a healthy number of starters returning and a healthy four-year performance average, it's not impossible to think that the baseline for this Cardinals team is a lot higher than we assume, a lot higher than they've shown in the last two years. But now they have to prove it. This team fell off a cliff recently, and now begins the climb back toward the top of the MAC.
Central Michigan
The Central Michigan Chippewas And Margin For Error
You can rise and fall quickly in the socialist utopia known as the Mid-American Conference, and honestly, Central Michigan has as much of a chance to rise as anybody else in a wide open MAC West. Northern Illinois should regress, and while both Western Michigan and Toledo should be solid, they are not likely to run away with the division. Central should find themselves right in the mix for the division crown, especially with home games against NIU and Toledo.
There is little standard deviation in recruiting rankings among MAC teams -- 11 of 13 teams rank between 86th and 112th in five-year recruiting average (only No. 68 Toledo and No. 120 Buffalo stray from that pack) -- and CMU did not derive much of an advantage in this regard while they were winning. They won because of individual breakthrough players, and they have to hope that guys like Radcliff and Wilson indeed break through in 2011. They'll have solid lines and decent backfields, and the experience level as a whole should be better, but whether they win their fourth MAC title in six years or finish 4-8 again will depend as much on a few key individuals as anything else.
Eastern Michigan
The Eastern Michigan Eagles And Accidental Parity
First, the good news: in Howard, Alabama State, Akron, Western Michigan, Ball State and Buffalo, EMU has perhaps the easiest home slate of six games in the country. An average team would potentially sweep to 6-0 with that schedule. EMU is not an average team, but even they should be able to go at least 3-3, therefore winning more games in 2011 than they did in 2009-10 combined.
More good news: their YPP margin shows that, in addition to having less talent and athleticism than their opponents, they also had less luck. Just by means of regression (progression?) toward the mean, EMU should get a few more bounces and turn a few more yards into actual points.
Even more good news: there's nowhere to go but up here. Skydiving Ron English has had almost no success whatsoever in his first two years, but this job has been, in recent decades, a coaching graveyard. They have been the second-worst team in the country over the last five years, and English has only been there for two years. The offense took legitimate steps forward, and while the Eagles probably won't contend for bowl eligibility by any means, there is just enough to like here to assume that they'll get to three or four wins, demonstrable progress, in English's third season.
Northern Illinois
The Northern Illinois Huskies And An Offense Even I Couldn't Screw Up
The offense really will be fun to watch in 2011, but I have no idea what to make of the team for two reasons: 1) The defense is almost certainly going to regress, and 2) perhaps the two most well-stocked MAC teams not named Northern Illinois also reside in the MAC West. NIU gets WMU at home and Toledo on the road. Really, two small stretches will define NIU's 2011 season: the opening combination of Army-@Kansas, and the three game, Buffalo-Toledo-BGSU road trip in late-October and early-November. If the defense is competent early, they could quite easily start 2-0, but anything less than that could hint at trouble down the line. (Let's face it: at this moment in time, they're just better than Kansas and should be favored in that game unless they lose to a tricky Army squad.) Meanwhile, NIU should take down Buffalo, but Toledo's good and Bowling Green is tricky. Go 5-0 in these five games, and they're almost certainly in the MAC title game and winning 10 games again. But 1-4 or 2-3 are also in play -- that's how questionable the defense is.
The peripheral stats don't do a lot of favors to NIU either -- they haven't recruited at a high level, even for a MAC team, and they benefited both from YPP luck and fumbles luck. I see almost no way they avoid regression in 2011, but they were so far ahead of the rest of the conference as a whole that they could regress a bit and still be the best team. It all depends on how quickly Jay Niemann can make something of the defense.
Capitalist Pigs And The Toledo Rockets
I'm really talking myself into Toledo. They are fast and experienced, and while their step forward in 2010 was something not much more than a baby step (they certainly benefited from some fumbles luck along the way), it certainly seems as if Tim Beckman is methodically putting the pieces together.
Lord knows they'll have an opportunity to prove themselves. After a tune-up against New Hampshire, here are their next four games: at Ohio State (Big Ten Network), Boise State (ESPN), at Syracuse, at Temple. If they are standing at 3-2 after this, then they're well on their way to double-digit wins, but really, this stretch is about survival. They could be pretty decent and still start 1-4, and their season will be defined by how well they bounce back. They are potentially more talented than each of their last seven conference opponents, but numbers sometimes don't matter when negativity takes over. Survive, then thrive.
Western Michigan
Sophomores, More Sophomores And The Western Michigan Broncos
As with Toledo, I seem to be talking myself into Western Michigan. This has been a kooky team in recent years, usually good (aside from the end of the Darnell era), but usually not too good. If the secondary is indeed improved, and if Tevin Drake's encore is as good as his debut, then perhaps only Toledo has a higher ceiling than the Broncos. But if the secondary isn't any better, and if the quality on the offensive line plummets, then things look a lot different.
One thing is certain: WMU has plenty of chances to prove itself this fall, mostly away from Kalamazoo. The non-conference season includes trips to Michigan, Illinois and UConn, three solid teams who could easily be vulnerable to an upset if the stars align. Upsets or no, however, the season could be defined the most by a Tuesday night trip to Toledo on November 8. If Northern Illinois takes a step backwards without Jerry Kill, then the Broncos-Rockets winner could be in the driver's seat in the MAC West.
Perhaps the most exciting aspect of this team, however, has little to do with 2011. If the projected starting lineups hold true as expected, then WMU will return another 14-16 starters next year. Carder is a junior, and the aforementioned load of sophomores will be around a while longer. There will be work to do in the receiving corps, but otherwise the table is set for a nice run for Cubit and company.
Predicted Order Of Finish
NOTE: These predictions have nothing to do with the Football Outsiders Almanac 2011 projections released recently (now on Amazon!) -- these are just based on my own impressions of each team as I was writing up the previews. It is intended to be more of a power poll than a set of predictions based on a lengthy look at the schedules. And it will change 17 more times between now and when the season starts.
1. Ohio
2. Kent State
3. Miami (Ohio)
4. Temple
5. Bowling Green
6. Buffalo
7. Akron
1. Toledo
2. Western Michigan
3. Northern Illinois
4. Central Michigan
5. Ball State
6. Eastern Michigan


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Over the past 3 days I conducted 2 very interesting experiments involving my podcast, YouTube and Facebook. The results of this experiment has directly influenced how I will be using each platform from this point forward.
Here's how it all went down…
On Friday, I published a brand new podcast episode, Session #133 with Gary Vaynerchuk, who joined me for his second guest appearance on the show. When I recorded this with Gary, however, I also recorded the split-screen video interview too.
I've seen audio podcasts published on YouTube before—this is nothing new. Typically, I've noticed full-length podcast episodes with either two talking heads, or a single slide image the entire duration of the episode.
Although there is some value in providing a full-length, primarily audio podcast on YouTube, I wanted to experiment to see if a preview or teaser video to promote the full-length podcast episode would work.
I decided to create a short 3-minute video teaser of the episode. It includes a couple of highlights from the interview with Gary, while also providing value to those who watch. My goal was to tease the episode enough to drive people through a link shown in the video to listen to the full episode here on my blog.
Experiment #2: YouTube vs. Facebook
Here are my subscriber/fan numbers as of Friday, October 31, 2014:
Note that on Facebook, I have an average reach per post of about 13-20% my total fan base, which is actually quite high for a Facebook Page. This means that only 11,000 to 17,000 people, on average, see my posts in their news feed.
In the past, I would simply upload a video directly to YouTube, grab the link, and then paste it across all of my social media platforms. Similar to what I did here on Facebook two weeks ago:
14,864 people reached. That's right within my average, but how many people actually watched the video from Facebook?
When you link directly to YouTube, Facebook doesn't tell you directly on your page. Let's head on over to YouTube's analytics:
As you can see from the chart above, over the course of nearly a month, 89% of views on this video came directly from subscribers on YouTube (the watch page), while 11% viewed the video from an embedded player. Within those views in an embedded player, 189 of them came from Facebook.
To put this in perspective, that's 189 views with 14,864 people reached (0.12%) with over 80,000 Facebook fans.
Not good.
Instead of publishing on YouTube and pasting the URL onto my Facebook Page, what should I have done instead?
After getting some great advice in one of my mastermind groups, the answer became very clear:
Upload the video directly to Facebook.
The theory is that when you upload a video directly to Facebook, the video will be shown to a higher percentage of fans, while also resulting in more shares, likes, engagement, and of course, views. The reason for this is because FFF:
Facebook Favors Facebook.
Actually, this isn't really a theory at all. A recent study by SocialBakers.com shows that after analyzing over 180,000 Facebook Video Posts and over 20,000 Facebook Pages, the trends are definitely in Facebook's favor for video.
Mari Smith on Social Media Examiner recently explained:
Video views on Facebook have gone up exponentially in the last 6 to 12 months. Preferential exposure is being given to videos that are directly uploaded into Facebook, as opposed to being linked in from YouTube or Vimeo. These videos must be opened in a separate YouTube or Vimeo app, rather than just being viewed directly within the news feed.
Okay, enough talk—let's put this to the test.
The Play-by-Play
On Friday morning, I published the complete podcast (audio) interview with Gary. Time to upload the teaser video.
I uploaded the the 3-minute teaser to YouTube, and immediately after uploaded it again directly to my Facebook Page. You can watch it here as well.
And here's what happened over time:
And the Winner Is…
It's easy to see that Facebook, by far, crushed YouTube in terms of views and engagement. In a perfect world, I'd be able to A/B test directly on Facebook with a YouTube link versus a direct upload—but even without that it's easy to see (especially when compared to the engagement and views on my previous video from 2 weeks ago), that we should all be posting videos directly to Facebook to reach the most people possible.
But, does that mean we should absolutely forget about YouTube?
No way.
Indeed, my viewcount was extremely disappointing on YouTube, especially considering a subscriber-base of over 35,000, however there are a lot of reasons this could be the case. Here are some of them:
- YouTube subscribers will see the thumbnail and the title of the video on their YouTube Watch Page. Depend on each person's YouTube preferences, setup and activity, a video you upload isn't always going to be front and center.
- YouTube subscribers also have the ability to modify their notification settings. Some will get an email digest of videos that have been published from channels they are subscribed to, some will not.
- YouTube doesn't necessarily show the view count in real-time, even in the backend analytics.
- I don't have an extremely engaged set of YouTube subscribers who are used to getting new content from me. Note that I did not publish a YouTube video for over a year at one point.
Even though Facebook trumps YouTube for immediate views and engagement, YouTube, remember, is a search engine. Over time, my view count on YouTube will go up as I get found in the search engines or new people subscribe to my channel. Additionally, if I were to embed the YouTube video on my site, the view count would go up and it would help for SEO purposes as well.
After a certain period of time videos uploaded on Facebook get flushed out by newly updated content, and virtually disappear.
So, to conclude based on Experiment #2, you should be uploading your videos both on YouTube as well as directly onto Facebook. It doesn't take that much extra effort if you already have the video files on your computer.
But…what about Experiment #1?How did the video do in terms of driving traffic back to the site to listen to the rest of the episode with Gary Vaynerchuk?
The Results From the Teaser
First, let's look at what people said about the teaser on both YouTube and Facebook:
Based on the comments, the teaser seemed to be working to get people interested in listening to the show. But where's the real data and click-through rates?
It's right here…
At the end of each respective video, I included a slightly different call to action so that I could track how many people came from Facebook, and how many people came from YouTube. I did this simply by creating a different Pretty Link and sharing it at the end of each video, and in the description on each platform:
And the results? Let's look at Pretty Link's data:
Without getting into the ratios and differences between Facebook and YouTube here, in plain terms, the teaser does help promote the episode. People are clicking through and taking action on both platforms.
As I mentioned before, this is not the perfect experiment. I would love to know how many people would have missed or avoided the podcast episode entirely if it weren't for the teaser video. Comments like: "I wouldn't have listened to this episode before, but now that I saw the preview I'm totally going to listen" just don't exist. It's more of a subconscious thing, like when we see a movie trailer. We don't think about the trailer itself and how it's making us take action (or not), but rather it creates awareness and could influence us to take action or talk about it.
Further Notes about the Podcast Teaser Trailer
Merging audio and video in this way is attractive to me. I can't imagine myself (or someone else) sitting and watching a video of two talking heads, or just a "video of audio" for more than 3 or 4 minutes during a full-length episode, but to use the video medium to create awareness and build buzz for a podcast episode is intriguing, and even more so now that I've conducted these experiments.
Should I record video during each interview now so I can create teasers just like this one in the future? Should I record video with someone I just interviewed after the interview is over to talk about and tease what people are going to hear on the show?
Also, does it have to be video of two talking heads? No, it doesn't have to be. Perhaps it's taking some of the best parts of your podcast or interview, and putting that audio on top of a slide, or moving images or text, or a combination of all of the above.
There's still a lot to explore in the realm of video podcast teasers, and I look forward to seeing what else others in the community do. If you happen to put something like this together, please feel free to post a video within the comment section of this post. Perhaps we can eventually find something that seems to work best between all of us.
Cheers, and I hope you enjoyed this post! Let me know, and please share if you'd like!
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One of my fellow editors at Our Blocks, Joseph Porcelli of NeighborsforNeighbors, just launched Neighborhood Chalk:
It's summer time and one the pleasures of summer is making sidewalk chalk. So today, NeighborsForNeighbors.org is launching Neighbor Chalk and we're inviting you to join us and help spread the word. Neighbor Chalk is an international public art project that encourages people to create sidewalk chalk art in front of their homes and around their neighborhood to create a welcoming environment for their neighbors and passers by.
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San Diego has long sought to strike a balance between enforcement and compassion when it comes to homelessness.
Recently, the city of San Diego strengthened its policy of absolving homeless people of minor infractions if they spend 30 days in a shelter.
A couple of years ago, Mayor Kevin Faulconer's administration took a carrot-and-stick approach by offering expanded services and shelter opportunities while taking a tougher approach to those who did not accept them or otherwise were violating the law.
Three decades ago, the county created a homeless court that wipes the record clean for people who had been cited if they have participated in various programs.
Now a proposed statewide initiative is targeted for the November ballot that would seek to crack down on so-called "quality of life" crimes such as public nuisance, public intoxication and panhandling often associated with certain homeless people.
The measure would create a network of courts across California that would attempt to determine whether the behavior was linked to economic hardship, drug or alcohol dependency or mental illness. Instead of sending the violators to jail, they would essentially be sentenced to rehabilitation, mental health and housing programs or facilities or to Muse drug treatment where they can overcome these problems.
"This measure seeks to get help for those who need it, and thereby also greatly reduce nuisance behavior on our streets," according to a draft of the proposal.
Violators could be placed in rehab or mental health facilities for up to a year. The "California Compassionate Intervention Act" is being spearheaded by former Assemblyman Mike Gatto, a Democrat from Los Angeles.
"It is not humane to leave people who need help to fend for themselves on the streets," he said in a letter to California Attorney General Xavier Becerra when submitting the initiative.
"Certain acts by those people, which hurt society as a whole, should be treated as cries for help and opportunities to engage people to get them help. Doing so will also help law-abiding citizens enjoy the safe and clean use of our streets, and encourage respect for our laws."
After going through the court process, people would have arrests and charges expunged from their records.
The Western Center on Law and Poverty, a nonprofit legal organization, blasted the proposal.
"The initiative is an embarrassing attempt to make California more visually appealing to those who have no interest or knowledge in addressing the root causes of what is happening to people in our state and country," the center said in a statement. "This proposal would take California back into the dark ages of mass institutionalization of people with perceived or real mental illness. This is not new. California has tried this before, and it didn't work."
Policies to address homelessness frequently are caught up in a struggle between people who think government needs to be more lenient and compassionate and those who want more aggressive action to keep their streets and neighborhoods safe.
That debate surrounded the drafting of a pilot program in San Diego County that would make it easier for judges to order some homeless people with mental health issues into conservatorship, in the hopes they would be put into treatment they would not otherwise accept.
Some homeless advocates said the program — if executed properly — could help unstable people who could be a danger to themselves and others. Others said the overarching priority should be getting people into housing first because homelessness can create mental health issues.
Another dispute erupted when the San Diego City Council moved to ban people from sleeping in cars, except in a handful of designated parking lots. Some San Diegans, particularly those living near the coast, loudly expressed their frustration with auto-dwellers taking up residence on their streets and in beach parking lots. Critics of the law said the city was getting tough on people largely down on their luck and further criminalizing homelessness.
Details of the Gatto proposal need to be fleshed out, but it appears there are differences between the courts proposed in the initiative and the long-standing homeless court in San Diego. The state courts would determine what the remedy is for the behavior. The San Diego court essentially resolves cases after homeless people, sometimes assisted by case workers, show they are participating in programs to address the behavior that led to the citations.
Steve Binder helped create San Diego's homeless court in 1989 when he was a public defender. The local concept became a model that spread to some 70 cities across the nation.
The San Diego court initially was created to divert homeless veterans from jail and was later expanded to the broader population living on the streets. Receiving citations and not being able to pay them — or not showing up for a scheduled hearing — created a cycle people couldn't get out of. Binder pushed for an alternative aimed at a better outcome.
He said he wasn't familiar enough with the Gatto initiative to assess it. But he said the answer to helping the homeless is to provide adequate resources for housing, employment and other services, not establish court programs. Binder said a court that directs people to programs for help is better than one that puts them in jails with debts they can't pay.
Still, he said, the judicial system "is a high-priced ticket-taker to access the system."
"The court itself cannot solve homelessness," added Binder, who is retired but serves as a special adviser to the American Bar Association's Commission on Homelessness and Poverty. "They're not going to get anybody a job or into a home. The best they can do is refer them to services."
Gatto's initiative proposes financing the courts by tapping the money raised by Proposition 63, the so-called "millionaire's tax" approved in 2004. The law puts a 1 percent tax on individuals with income of more than $1 million to fund mental health programs.
Essentially, that would be taking money meant to fund mental health services to pay for a court system — that would direct people to mental health services.
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Obama Unleashed: Defies GOP Election Wins, Moves In Opposite Direction
By David Lightman and Anita Kumar, McClatchy Washington Bureau (TNS)
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has spent November acting with a defiant fury, moving with little regard for the message voters sent at the polls.
Instead of reaching out to Republicans who won control of next year's Congress Nov. 4, he's charged ahead with initiatives that infuriate the victors, prompting critics to label him a "king" or "emperor."
This week, the Obama administration began an effort aimed at easing smog-related pollution. Earlier this month, Obama took executive action on immigration and climate change. The White House has suggested he would block the Keystone XL pipeline. He's vowed to have the federal government regulate Internet access.
This damn-the-GOP-torpedoes burst is dramatically different from the contrition and soul searching other presidents endured after their parties suffered stinging defeats.
George W. Bush worked with the new Democratic-controlled Congress after the 2006 election to craft economic stimulus legislation. Bill Clinton in 1994 overhauled his political team and would work to craft a bipartisan welfare overhaul. After Republicans lost Senate control in 1986, Ronald Reagan brought in Washington insider Howard Baker, who had been Senate majority leader, to run his staff.
Obama instead draws his already insular circle tighter. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel doesn't spout the White House line in public, so he's out. Chief of Staff Denis McDonough becomes a frequent visitor to Congress but doesn't heed warnings from Republican leaders that an immigration order would be political poison.
"Free at last; free at last from the bondage of (Senate Majority Leader) Harry Reid, threats from the Republican leadership, and persistent press 'wimp' criticism," said Stephen Wayne, a presidential scholar at Georgetown University.
"Now he can do what he thinks is right and to the extent possible do so with the help of loyal compatriots that believe in him and his priorities," he said.
Two factors appear to be driving Obama. "He wants to prove he's still relevant," said Darrell West, vice president and director of governance studies at the Brookings Institution, a center-left policy research center.
And engaged, said White House senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer.
"Typically, when you have a change in power in Congress, the new congressional majority dominates the conversation and drives the discussion," Pfeiffer said. "Since right after the election, the president has been driving the discussions, moving forward aggressively on core priorities."
Voters, though, generally rejected those core priorities, as Republicans had a net gain of at least eight Senate seats and will start 2015 with their biggest majority in the House of Representatives since the late 1940s.
Obama maintains he's on the right course; it's just that Republican obstructionists have made progress difficult.
That's a different take on defeat. Presidents whose parties were crushed in midterm elections were occasionally stubborn but usually found new ways to work with the other side.
Americans made it clear in 2006 they'd had enough of the Iraq war, then in its fourth year. Two months after the election, Bush announced a "surge" of additional troops, even though Democrats who now ran Congress wanted a withdrawal timetable.
Bush reached out to congressional leaders on other fronts, and by 2008, they agreed on an economic stimulus package, international help for AIDS victims and the financial industry bailout. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) called Bush "a lovely man."
Clinton got his jolt in 1994 when Republicans won control of both houses of Congress for the first time in 40 years. Clinton shook up his political team, installing Sen. Christopher Dodd (D-CT) and South Carolina party stalwart Don Fowler as head of the Democratic National Committee.
Fowler this week saw big differences between Clinton and Obama. "Bill Clinton is a person who enjoys people," he said. "He was very comfortable dealing with new people."
Obama has always kept deliberations within a group of close friends and advisers, rarely meeting with his Cabinet or lobbying lawmakers. The inner circle includes senior adviser Valerie Jarrett, who was close to the president in Chicago, McDonough and national security adviser Susan Rice.
Rather than move toward the Republicans since the elections on Nov. 4, Obama has defied them:
— Nov. 10. He declared strong support for net neutrality, the idea that Internet content be freely available and subject to government regulation to protect consumers. Opening the door to government regulation infuriated conservatives.
–Nov. 12. During Obama's Asia trip, the United States and China unexpectedly agreed to new targets for greenhouse gas emissions designed help combat climate change. Republicans complained that Obama unilaterally decided the U.S. would cut greenhouse gas emissions 26 to 28 percent below 2005 levels in the next 11 years.
–Nov. 20. Obama announced he would unilaterally protect millions of immigrants who are in the United States illegally from deportation.
–Nov. 24. Obama pushed out Hagel, a former Republican senator. It was widely reported that Hagel was dismissed after a series of disagreements. Previous Obama defense secretaries complained that national security discussions were often insular and guided from the White House predominantly by domestic politics.
— Nov. 26. The Obama administration said it will move to implement tougher air quality standards for ozone. House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) branded the plan "massive new regulation" that would "cost our economy millions of jobs."
Overall, Ken Mayer, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who wrote the book With the Stroke of a Pen: Executive Orders and Presidential Power, said it appears that Obama and his advisers saw no reason to hold back despite the pledges by Republican leaders to cooperate with him.
Obama has signaled he won't let up anytime soon.
The White House has strongly suggested Obama would veto a bill authorizing the Keystone XL oil pipeline — a top priority of the new Republican Congress — saying he will wait for completion of a State Department review.
And advocates are hopeful that he will be emboldened to tackle a Cold War relic. They want him to restore diplomatic ties and ease restrictions on travel and trade with Cuba, even though it would infuriate many South Florida Republicans.
After all, said Pfeiffer, "There is no reward for being meek here."
Lesley Clark of the Washington bureau contributed.
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Alastair Humphreys plans to walk the Empty Quarter.
Wilfred Thesiger is one my heroes. Arabian Sands is one of the great travel books (and one of the few to survive the repeated purges of my bookshelf). Now Alastair Humphreys and Leon McCarron are planning their own walk through the Empty Quarter. I'm excited to see what comes of it.