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During the past year, The Obama administration has been subjected to strenuous criticism for its perceived hostility, or at best cavalier indifference, to the cause of religious freedom in the United States.
First there was the Supreme Court's decision in the Hosanna-Tabor case. The Obama administration's lawyers sought to deny church-run schools a longstanding exemption from antidiscrimination laws, meant to safeguard religious schools' freedom to hire and fire employees according to their own faith-based criteria. The Court delivered a stinging and unanimous rebuke, reaffirming the exemption.
Then, more famously, came the still-simmering case of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) mandate requiring all employers, including church-run schools, hospitals, and charities, to provide their employees with health-insurance plans covering contraceptives, abortifacients, and sterilization procedures.
Religious leaders quickly realized that this requirement would necessitate the violation of core moral teachings, particularly for the Roman Catholic Church. Opposition was swift and unequivocal, taking the form of a remarkably ecumenical coalition. The often fractious Catholic bishops achieved an unprecedented degree of unity. They were joined soon enough by a broad array of evangelical leaders, such as the president of Wheaton College, as well as eminent figures from across the full spectrum of American religious communities: Jews, Muslims, Mormons, Sikhs, and so on. Everywhere the rallying cry was directed, not to the support of specific Catholic doctrines, but to the general defense of religious freedom.
Secular supporters of the administration seemed both annoyed and mystified by the protests. How, wondered Ed Kilgore, ...1


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Guantánamo judge makes secret ruling on secret motion in secret hearing
During a secret hearing at Guantánamo, the military judge in the 9/11 death-penalty case ruled against a secret government request to withhold information from defense lawyers for accused Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed and his four alleged co-conspirators, according to a partially redacted transcript released Tuesday.
The hearing, held Aug. 19 at the U.S. Navy base in Cuba, was the first closed pre-trial hearing of the Sept. 11 capital case. The subject matter was so secret that the judge cleared the court of the public and the five men who, if convicted, could be executed for conspiring to carry out the worst attack on U.S. soil, including 2,976 counts of murder.
And, while the 31-page transcript of the 29-minute hearing is so riddled with redactions that it is unclear what the Pentagon prosecution team was trying to shield from the defense attorneys, it shows the judge denying the request.
"I'm ruling it is discoverable," Army Col. James L. Pohl said in response to a secret prosecution motion that argues something "is not discoverable."
At issue in the hearing was a pretrial motion labeled AE52 by the prosecution that sought a secret ruling from the judge. It was called a "government consolidated notice regarding ex parte, in camera filing and motion for finding" on the Pentagon's war court website whose motto is "fairness, transparency, justice."
A government protective order in the case blocks from public view the details of the CIA's secret prison network where the five alleged plotters were held for years and, they and their lawyers say, were tortured. A censor in the court can cut off the audio to the public if he or the judge fears national security secrets will be spilled.
But the judge ruled that in this instance the risk was so great that he closed the Aug. 19 hearing entirely. On Tuesday, the Pentagon released the partial transcript after U.S. intelligence agencies redacted secret information from it.
Prosecutor Joanna Baltes, a Justice Department classification expert, tried to pin Pohl down on what he would allow the defense lawyers to see.
"I'm not ruling on whether they [redacted]," the judge says in the public portion of the transcript. "I'm not ruling on whether [redacted]. I'm not ruling on whether [redacted]. I'm simply saying the information is discoverable and I will address the form at a later date."
Discovery, in a legal setting, is evidence that the prosecution is obliged to show the accused before a trial.
At the Pentagon, chief prosecutor Army Brig. Gen. Mark Martins declined to answer a question on whether the ruling constituted a setback, or whether his office was considering challenging the judge's ruling at a special military commissions appeals panel.
In his place, Army Lt. Col. Todd Breasseale, a Pentagon spokesman, refused to elaborate on what went on in the secret session.
"All rulings are of some consequence to the path forward," Breasseale said, adding that the Pentagon prosecutor "remains committed to seeking accountability under law and will continue to do so."
Retired Air Force Col. Morris Davis, who was chief prosecutor when the 9/11 accused were brought to Guantánamo in 2006, questioned what needed to be kept secret in the case a decade after Mohammed's capture. Declassified CIA documents have already disclosed that agents waterboarded him 183 times.
"Whatever need there was for secrecy you'd think a decade would have cured," he said Tuesday. After reading the partially redacted transcript, he said there was "so much blacked out" that it was hard to discern the significance of the lost prosecution motion.
Disclosure of the ruling itself is "beneficial," Davis said, because it challenges "the perception that the government can do whatever the hell it wants. To the extent that the judge said, ' au contraire,' there's some value in it."
In this case, because of the national security court being run by the Obama administration, some discovery will be shown to the accused Sept. 11 plotters' attorneys, who have security clearances, but not the men being put on trial.
Human Rights Watch counterterrorism counsel Andrea Prasow, who has followed the proceedings from the start, called the substance disclosed Tuesday "breathtaking."
"The over-classification is of course troubling," she said. "But what I find more concerning is that the government believed all along that the defense had no right to the information.
"The defendants are on trial for their lives, and while they sit in their cells, forbidden from entering the courtroom, the prosecution tries to hide evidence from their lawyers. If you want to know what is wrong with the military commissions, read this transcript."
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Army Col. James L. Pohl, the judge: "I'm not ruling on whether they [redacted]. I'm not ruling on whether [redacted]. I'm not ruling on whether [redacted]. I'm simply saying the information is discoverable and I will address the form at a later date."
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Pohl, Aug. 19: "I make a specific finding that that closure is necessary to protect information, the disclosure of which could reasonably be expected to damage national security, including intelligence or law enforcement sources, methods or activities. It will be a relatively short session."
Prosecutor Joanna Baltes, classification expert: "The United States Government has said it's classified. We provided the commission with a declaration explaining the harm to national security and why something was classified. That is not something that needs to be shared to defense counsel, and absent authority to the contrary we would decline to do so."

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The Northside fine arts department has been influenced and shaped by the teaching talents and administrative skills of many people over the years. However, the direction and vision of the music department was shaped by one person, Bob Lewis. Lewis spent 33 years as music teacher and eventually music supervisor for Northside ISD. In 1957, Northside Schools were vastly different from present day NISD in terms of students, facilities and fine arts staff. The District was mostly rural. The high school and junior high were located on the site of present day John Marshall High School . There were six elementary schools that were spread throughout the district's 355 square miles. In 1957, there were 2,157 students and one music specialist.
When Bob Lewis was hired as band director of Northside High School in 1957, music offerings were limited. The only music that students experienced was through supplemental teachings offered by general classroom teachers. Although Lewis was not the first band director of Northside High School , the program he inherited consisted of 36 students with limited musical knowledge. Throughout the years, the fine arts programs at Northside continued to expand as the district grew.
Today, over 50,000 students are involved in fine arts programs at NISD including art, band, choir, theater, dance, orchestra, art history, jazz, madrigals, mariachi, and theater production. For the past 11 years, Northside has ranked in the "top ten" in the number of students selected to the Texas Music Educator All-State Band/Choir/Orchestra, and has qualified for Texas State UIL One-Act Play competition for the past 14 years and Texas State UIL Marching Contest for the past 17 years.
Born in Abilene , Lewis' musical career began around the age of 11 when he picked up his first trumpet. He attended Abilene schools graduating from Abilene High School in 1943. He attended both Hardin-Simmons University and North Texas State University before being called into service by the Army in January 1945. He rose to the rank of Tech Sergeant and was among the first troops into occupied Japan . He left after two years and returned to Hardin-Simmons to graduate with a Bachelor's of Music in 1948 and eventually earned a Masters of Education from Our Lady of the Lake University .
After working for one year as a music teacher at Sanderson and Abilene , be became band director of Hondo High School and stayed there for six years before joining the NISD staff in 1957.
Lewis and Celeste, his wife of over 60 years, have six children: Chris Lewis, Greg Lewis, Theresa Espinosa, Mary Anna Smith, David Lewis and Gabriel Lewis. They also have 14 grandchildren and one great grandson.
Lewis says that he truly enjoyed being part of the Northside District and watching it grow over the many years. "And now, by naming a school in my honor, they are enabling me to continue to be a part of the school district that I love so much," he said. "It is the highest honor I can think of and I am very honored and humbled."
Mr. Lewis retired from Northside in 1990. During his time at Northside, he enriched the lives of thousands of students and staff members. Mr. Lewis is known throughout Northside ISD as "The Music Man."


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If you'd been here several thousand years ago and looked up in the sky on a clear night, you'd have seen a very small, but very bright object flaring brilliantly some 1,500 light-years away. That would have been the massive supernova that gave birth to what is now the lovely and wispy Cygnus Loop Nebula. It's not certain just when the blast would have been visible on Earth; it occurred 5,000 to 8,000 years ago and in any event, it would have taken 1,500 years for its light to reach us. What is certain though is that the Cygnus Loop—here captured by the cameras aboard NASA's Galaxy Evolution explorer—is a stunner. The nebula extends more than three times the size of the full moon in the night sky, and is tucked next to one of the 'swan's wings' in the constellation of Cygnus. The filaments of gas and dust visible here in ultraviolet light were heated by the shockwave from the supernova, which is still spreading outward from the original explosion.
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So I travelled down to Nashville several weeks back to get an in-depth look at the new 2013 Ram 1500 pickup rolled out by the Ram Trucks division of Chrysler back in April.
While part of that trip involved taking several of those new trucks out for a spin along some truly gorgeous stretches of Tennessee farm country, it also included a "deep dive" into what makes the new 2013 Ram 1500 a far more fuel efficient pickup than its previous iterations – while gaining more performance and power at the same time.
Mike Raymond, head of engineering for the Ram 1500 (seen above), talked about several of the technological developments behind this improvement in fuel economy – to the tune of achieving an 18 miles per gallon (mpg) average in city driving and 25 mpg average in highway driving, when equipped with Chrysler's new 3.6-liter Pentastar V6 engine and 8-speed "TorqueFlite 8" transmission.
The first thing Raymond stressed is that while the new engine and transmission represent the major reasons behind the truck's fuel economy gains, there are other components involved as well.
Take the truck's new electric power steering (EPS) system, which uses electric motor to power the truck's rack and pinion steering system. This eliminates a hydraulic pump and related tubing and fluids, helping improve fuel efficiency up to 1.8% and adding five horsepower in the bargain.
Next are the five different ride height settings offered by the 2013 Ram's new air suspension system – one of which is an "aero mode" that provides better aerodynamic performance at highway speeds.
The truck's normal ride height (NRH) setting provides 8.7 inches of clearance, measured from the base of the door sill to the ground. But in "aero mode," the suspension lowers the vehicle 1.1 inches, improving fuel efficiency by up to 1%. This setting can also be automatically triggered by vehicle speed, adjusting for optimal performance and fuel economy, Raymond pointed out.
Again, though, the big drivers behind better fuel economy and overall performance in the new 2013 Ram 1500 remains the combination of Chrysler's new 3.6-liter V6 engine with its new 8-speed transmission.
That combination offers 42% more horsepower and 13% more torque yet at least 20% better fuel economy in comparison's to the Ram 1500's previous 3.7-liter V6 powertrain, Raymond noted.
Neat stuff for sure, but will it deliver on the roadways of the real world? That's the subject of Monday's post, which will detail the ride and drive portion of the 2013 Ram 1500 event.


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1. You shouldn't make an arguement for MC by saying that Mabilu will have the same kind of problems. It should be that MC will fix their issues.
2. I don't see 2012 Medallion issues anywhere on themalibucrew.com, mainly issues in 09 with monitors going blank.
3. 2012 MC issues are software, which is boat brand specific, not hardware. MC as the OEM is responsible for testing thier software to make sure all of the bugs have been worked out.
4. One of the my bigger complaints about the system is the inability to add aftermarket ballast (w/o PnP), which has nothing to do with Medallion.
If you had been active on TMC between 2009 and 2011, you would have seen that they had as many issues, if not more than what 2012 MCs had. Heck, a ton of malibus wouldnt even start because of that system. MCs problems were different, but at least the boat would run.....
As for your #3 statement- MC gave certain criteria for a working system. Sure, the whole PnP deal sucks, but its not like you can do that easily in any other wakeboat. It was medallions responsibility to develop a working system for MasterCraft. They failed. I do believe that MC is at fault as well..... They knew that Murphy systems worked better for years now, but they chose to stay with Medallion because the Medallion proposal was cheaper than Murphy. Because of that, MC gave the contract to Medallion. They learned the lesson a bit late.
That's like saying, it's not really Dell's (pick any manufacture) fault that the computer (pick any product) they sold you does not work, because they did not manufacture CPU that Intel supplied. You hold the manufacture who sold you the item responsible. It is under OEM's purview to do quality control of the components being supplied to them.
I'm in agreement with bcd, I bought a boat from MC and they are ultimately accountable. Playing the 'blame Medallion game' does nothing for me. All signs point to MC knowing this and reacting to it. Spring couldn't come soon enough but part of me wants to put the boat in with at least +3 more releases in the software.
In terms of rewarding them with another boat, good point, I guess anything could happen. I'm going to a Boat Show next weekend and will be speaking with them again on an update for piggy backing. For what it's worth, wakemakers didn't have a solution that involved integrating into the existing, nor did wake blasters, nor super sac'r.
Thank you FourtyFour, that confirms a few things and is very helpful.
Sorry to the OP for the hijack. I believe that you'll find the Murphy experience better, their ppl were very responsive when I emailed and called them.
I should add, I'm glad I didn't live through the first 8 months of this science project. Sounds like the dealers and MC compensated people fairly in those cases. I have lived the last 4 months and it hasn't been what I'd call fun.
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I was merely trying to point out that the system that MC requested, was not the system they recieved. And I was also trying to point out that MC was not the only boat company that had this problem...... They should have tested the system more, or they should have just went with a more reputeable company. That is where MC failed.
When you rely on a vendor to supply a product, you are taking a risk. You are counting on that vendor to supply you with what you ask for. If they fail to do so, it is your responsability to take care of the party that you supply the completed product to. I agree with that 100%. However, that doesn't mean that medallion doesnt suck. There is only so much that MC could have done to mitigate that risk. MC doesn't have,(nor any other boat company) the internal resources to R&D these systems. Hell, if they did, they would design them themselves.
And MC did take care of these customers. I am one of them, and they treated me VERY fairly. They did everything they could to help me, and that is the bottom line.
well in 2010 my boat was 93 grand.
i just was informed by my dealer it is now worth 59,999 max. So i wasnt sure what hit you were taking because i took a 20k a year hit.
2016 X30-Wetsounds galore
2017 Misty Harbor Tri-Toon
1985 S&S- Gone but never forgotten
And that is the reason why some people buy new every year. It's a math problem not well understood.
If you bought a boat every year for 10 years, 100k up front, 10k for the trade you would spend 190k over ten years.
But, if the dealer gave you a deep discount, and lets say for 7k on average you depreciate. 100k + 7x9 (1st year was 100) 163k
Winterized and storage, you'd save 15k over ten years. Lots do their own and the mileage will vary. 63-15 = 48k running total
Benefit of never off warranty, call that a wash because new boats every year will suffer some glitches every few years as boat manufacturers are not Apple, nor Rolex and engines have a 3-5yr warranty. As much as we are lead to believe everything is wonderful, it isn't.
Resale after 10 years, 85k which means 48k goes back to 63k in overall loss.
In the end, the guy who keeps the same boat for ten years discovers its worth 40k and observes 60k in depreciation.
Guy who upgraded every year loses about 63k. ... 3k difference, we should all be trading in, ah if that happened the depreciation would sky rocket. But in reality, if another 2008 kicks in, you could be in for a surprise.
Above is not fair math, I agree. The winterization could easily be off by 5-7k, tax loss on the upgrade (laws/rates are diff), new registration fees 500 and the big variable is the 7k of the dealer being nice, it won't always be 7k and could be off by 1k/year (9k over 10) or as much as 10-15k per year, 90-135k over 10 years.
Finally, if you finance the boat, add interest on the delta over the period. if we take the best case scenario of only a 3K difference and bump it by 800-1200 in interest...
To be a little more realistic, if the delta is 30k overall based on above miscalculations, interest would be 8-12k making the difference 38-42k, let's call it 40k.
Where the mistake is made, is to take this 40k, then base calculations on it. Like for 4k per year, I can save the maintenance - No, that was already part of the equation so don't double count a benefit. All of a sudden you're doing madoff-math.
Wouldn't that be 11k a year?? Or is your boat a 2011?
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Taking a bit of an Interview Magazine approach, CR Fashion Book, the magazine by ex French Vogue editor in chief Carine Roitfeld, asked singer and model Sky Ferreira to sit down with French electronic duo Daft Punk in Los Angeles. Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter are wearing custom tuxedos by Saint Laurent and are photographed for the interview in a beautiful 60s Hollywood home.
What is the essence of the album?
This album is about technology going towards humanity, in a world where humanity is going towards technology. We tried to capture robotic emotions with music, replacing this time our electronic machines by real human beings.
What was the most difficult aspect of realizing the album?
Making this album was difficult and challenging in an exciting way, but that is the nature of these empirical musical experimentations. We tried to do some things we had never done in a studio. We wanted to learn techniques we did not know. We did not want to take the easy route. But somehow, the difficult parts of the entire creative process are what made the journey really worth it.


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The Yale School of Medicine is one of Yale University's professional schools. It is organized into 28 academic departments, 10 in basic sciences and 18 in clinical, and led by a dean, who is advised by four deputy deans.
There are also programs and centers organized around clinical and research disciplines, including the Yale Cancer Center, the Yale Stem Cell Center and programs in vascular biology, transplant and cellular neuroscience and neuroregeneration and repair. The Yale Center for Clinical Investigation provides centralized infrastructure support and training for clinical and translational investigators.
The Department of Epidemiology and Public Health is also a fully accredited school of public health within the medical school.
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DENVER, June 15 (UPI) -- A Frontier Airlines flight from Tennessee was searched for a bomb after landing in Denver and a passenger was arrested, officials say.
Flight 601 from Knoxville to Denver landed in a remote area of Denver International Airport after a "security threat" was detected, KUSA-TV reported Friday.
FBI agents and Denver police entered the plane and arrested a male passenger, The Denver Post reported.
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Many "casual" mountain bikers and even some racers don't feel like they are athletes. Well, I have news for you, mountain biking is an athletic sport, so mountain bikers are athletes and you should act like one. Acting like an athlete will make you safer, give you more control and allow to ride faster and more efficiently!
I get some form of this question once or twice a year from a student, "How do you prevent your quads from getting tired and burning on long descents while standing the whole time?" This always makes me smile, just because of how one of my coaches replied once when asked this question by a student.
He bluntly replied, "mountain biking is a sport, you need to be in shape an athlete to do it". While he is right he could of been a bit kinder in his reply.
As I stress in my camps, mountain biking alone is terrible for you (physically), you need to add sound strength and mobility training to your riding. Yes, mountain biking is wonderful for your heart, lungs and some muscles in your legs but it causes imbalances (by working a muscle but not the opposite muscle). Your quads get really strong but your hamstrings don't get much of a workout which puts uneven tension on your knees, which can lead to knee problems and an extremely tight IT band, causing major problems. Most riders favor a "forward foot" when standing and coasting, working your trailing leg and forward leg much differently leading to hip and back problems, etc.
Many riders think riding is enough and lifting weights will add weight and/or feel they don't have time for it. Mountain biking is very physical and demands a stable core, coordination, strong legs and reasonably strong upper body , unfortunately cycling does little by itself to strengthen our bodies and keep our bodies functioning well so we must add strength training to perform at our best and stay safe (muscles protect us in crashes).
Yesterday I did ten 7-9 minute downhill runs then one 3,500 vertical foot 20 minute descent, all standing and yes, I was tired and a little sore but I feel great today. It was first my first lift served downhill day of the year and I expected to get worn out quickly and not be able to do top to bottom runs (how I felt last year) but working out this year saved the day!
My back had been giving me trouble the last few years and I quit working out, at first I felt OK on the bike despite not working out, probably the lingering effect of working out for years. A few months after I stopped working out I noticed I couldn't do a five minute descent without my quads cramping up a bit and I couldn't make some climbs I used to make.
This winter I finally found some exercises that got my back feeling much better (more on them in a future blog) and I started working out again. At first I didn't notice much (probably because you don't gain strength quickly) but in the last few weeks I have been stoked to be able to hang with friends who last year would simply ride away from me!
Downhill riding at Deer Valley yesterday was the best I have felt on a downhill bike in years, despite being the first day this season actually riding downhill trails! I'm over the moon excited right now because I feel like I'm forty again!
Enough about me, how does this help you?! I HIGHLY recommend you find a qualified strength and mobility coach and start working out! No, you won't bulk up but you will become stronger, more confident, faster, more efficient and much safer on your bike!
* Stronger/faster: James Wilson explained this to me years ago. He said something to the effect of, "… you are right, by riding hard, pushing big gears up hills and doing intervals you will make your "engine" much more efficient. You will take you 1/8 horse power engine and get it running at 90-95% efficiency. However, if you workout and turn that engine into a 1/4 horsepower engine you can run at 50% efficiency and go faster with less perceived effort." That really drove home the power of working out! Over the long term (that was 11 years ago) this advice has proven to be so true as I had one of my best seasons as a pro downhill racer when I was 40 years old!
* Safer: Many crashes happen when the rider is worn out. Why, being tired leads to bad habits, like sitting down while descending and sloppy control as your arm strength and coordination fades. Also, muscle makes great padding! A strong, limber rider is much less likely to get injured in a crash as a frail, weak rider.
* More Efficient: A good strength training program works movement patterns, not just muscles! A few years ago I worked out really hard in the gym and was surprised to have a personal best time on a climb the next day. I thought I would be worn out but instead climbed stronger than ever. When I asked James about this, he said that I had strengthened not only my muscles but my bodies ability to "fire" that movement pattern so, Of Course I climbed faster. This phenomenon has happened many times since and it still blows me away.
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Mobility/Stable Core: Years ago when I was a snowboard coach I was introduced to the idea of "effective strength". There is a big difference between the strength one can produce pushing weight and the strength one can produce doing something that requires strength, mobility, balance and coordination. To ride our best we need "effective strength"! An example of this is doing squats instead of using the leg press machine or "leg sled" at the gym. With a squat you are not only working your quads, you are working the every muscle needed to produce that motion, including stabilization muscles and your core. When using the leg press machine you are bracing yourself against a solid platform and pushing away mainly working your quads (not your hips, gluteus maximus, core and stabilization muscles). When riding a bike we don't have that solid platform to brace against and have to create that platform with our core and stabilization muscles. We Create that platform by creating a stable core.
Strength: All body strength and movement strength. We want to strengthen the movements we use when pedaling, absorbing shock and controlling our bike. This requires a well thought out, mtb specific workout program and the help of a personal trainer to make sure you are executing the program correctly.
You don't have to bulk up, a good strength training program will pay HUGE dividends on the trails and allow you to effective use the skills I teach. So first, learn to ride a bike in control and in balance then invest in your body so you use the skills longer and more consistently.


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DALLAS -- Driving through flooded streets is almost always a mistake. But if you make that choice, and then your water-logged car suddenly sparks an electrical fire, being flooded-out in front of a heavy equipment dealership is probably a fairly good idea.
It happened to Nikki Carmona. Hers was one of four vehicles stalled out on Manana Drive in front of Bane Machinery. The water only a foot deep when she got stranded but hip deep by the time the flood reached its height.
"A vehicle stopped in front of me. And when I stopped, the car started smoking inside," Carmona said of the smoke that started pouring out of her hood and dashboard.
She got out and waded to the side of the road and while she was seeking cover from the rain didn't see what happened next.
But the folks across the street at Bane Machinery did, and captured their own general manager's heroics on cell phone video. He hopped into one of their front-end loaders, dipped the front bucket into the water and poured a torrent onto the burning Mercedes, twice, just to make sure it was out. The Dallas Fire Department arrived seconds later.
"We pretty much shut down for a while. It was pretty entertaining there for a little bit," said Samantha Johnson at Bane Machinery who along with co-workers Gina Smith and owner Scott Bane watched the spectacle from the safety of their front porch several feet above the flood.
"He just jumped out there and put it out. Didn't hesitate and was happy to do it," Scott Bane said of his general manager.
Jennifer Hopkins was in one of the other flooded cars, the burning Mercedes behind her. But she didn't see it or the Bane front-end loader that put it out, because her car was filling with water and her windows fogging up.
"I would rather be somewhere else," she laughed as other drivers helped her use plastic cups and coffee mugs to bail water out of her car floor boards. "But these people are really helpful.
So, clearly, here on Manana Drive, lessons were learned on a rainy Friday afternoon. First, front-end loaders are great at putting out car fires.
And the next lesson?
"Turn around don't drown," Samantha and Gina said in unison from the Bane front porch.
But perhaps Deby Elliott waiting for a tow truck in flooded car number four, put it best.
"I think the lesson would be is that it just happens so fast," she said.
That lesson, and then she offered this one too.
"It kind of enlightened me to the fact how come I always call the people idiots that drive in high water. And OK I feel little bit like an idiot right now."
Maybe, but at least this time there was a really big tractor at the ready to keep this Friday from getting even worse.
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There's been a big move at PurseBlog that I'm happy to share with you all: After four years full time in New York City, Vlad and I have decided to head back to Florida. South Florida is where we lived before our move to NYC and where I spent most of my years growing up. I never thought I'd call NYC home, but it became my home over time, and leaving it is so bittersweet. So much so, in fact, that we aren't leaving for good. We're keeping our office in NYC, our team in NYC, and Vladi and I will be splitting our time between Florida and NYC.
The biggest change you will see is more photos featuring tropical locations (I'm actually serious–that's the major difference!), and of course we will be featuring the bags of South Florida alongside those of NYC and wherever else our travels take us. We are excited to start this journey of our life, combining sand and skyscrapers, which are two things that we totally adore. Vlad lives for the fast pace of city life, and I find the beaches of South Florida to be perfect to balance out the hustle and bustle.
Our move has been much more work than anticipated (they always are), that's why you've seen a bit less of me posting. I've found that all of my ideas for our new home take so much time, and nothing is ever done when you think it will be. I'm trying to get our new home ready for us in Florida, and Vlad is in NYC right now for Fashion Week.
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Chillbay wrote:Would a RPM be any good for ole school?
konetoniolo wrote:Tnx Toby
Its really funny how the internet goes... I would never expect to be getting advices by you! I mean, u are THE men in Old School!
Another question, and I belive its the last: i've looked yeasterday for some big kites, and couldent find a used Dino around here, neither any of the one i looked. The one I found where either very expensive or news (and those are expensivier!) Are there any old kites that you yould recomend? Like X3, or any other?
Toby wrote:don't forget to mention that you had a blast on the 16 in stronger wind and could hold it
I use 128 too..... board look for nice bindings, if you have choppy location look for a board that will not throw a ton of water in your face etc. Some boards you will fin also help landings.konetoniolo wrote:Ok
I was looking for some small but large boards on the internet, and nowadays they are only for girls, it,s dificult to find a 125X38 board!
ill be looking after a Dino, and Ill post spome news, hopefully soon
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Why Do Notification Emails Get Treated as Spam? [Infographic]Daniel Randa
Why do bad things happen to good email? Users miss notification emails like friend requests and password resets because they get filtered as spam. Why does this happen and what can you do about it?
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 (UPI) -- President Barack Obama's top spokesman said the commander in chief is willing to share a beer with Sean Hannity -- provided the Fox News host is buying.
"Get him (Obama) a six-pack of Budweiser and we'll meet Hannity anywhere he wants to go," laughing Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said.
Gibbs said the meeting between Obama and the conservative commentator should take place in a public setting, otherwise "nobody would believe it actually happened," CNN reported Tuesday.
The press secretary spoke one day after Obama was asked at an Indiana town hall meeting if he would accept Hannity's invitation to meet over a brew.
"I didn't know he had invited me for a beer, but I will take that under advisement. ... I'm always good for a beer," the president said.
Hannity said during his radio program later in the day that he was happy with the president's response to his offer.
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Customers Warn Their NutriBullet Blenders Have Been Exploding
Millions of people bought NutriBullet blenders because of the promise that these "nutrient extractors" could make them healthier.
Now, a new lawsuit claims they could actually put your life in danger.
The hugely popular appliance lets customers blend smoothies and drink them from the same container. The NutriBullet has become a hit because it's easy to clean, simple to use, and saves time because of its creative design.
But in the past, the company has been the subject of serious warnings about product safety. Product testing magazine Consumer Reports identified the NutriBullet Pro 900 as a "safety hazard" after blades on two different machines broke during their durability tests.
Because of the NutriBullet's design, which lets you drink straight from the blending pitcher, the magazine considered this a serious defect. "If you already own the product," they wrote, "we suggest you stop using it."
Now a new class-action lawsuit details an even more dangerous malfunction, and experts are sharing how you can protect yourself from an exploding NutriBullet blender.
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Lean Six Sigma is a fastidious, planned approach of mediations and issue determination that empower organizations to perceive which business procedures are not executed as required. This strategy is quickly gaining acknowledgment in the service industry because of the radical changes and cost sparing it provides. Lean Six Sigma experts work towards upgrading efficiency, reducing pivot times and accomplishing budgetary advantages.
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Dodgers beat Nats in Greinke's return
Los Angeles, CA – Zack Greinke pitched for the first time since suffering a broken left collarbone to help the Los Angeles Dodgers take a 3-1 win over the Washington Nationals in the finale of a three-game series.
Greinke (2-0) suffered the injury in a brawl with San Diego on April 11 and had surgery to repair the injury. The club said his injury is still healing and they were taking a chance putting him on the mound as he could sustain further injury.
However, he gave up just one run on five hits with no walks and four strikeouts over 5 1/3 innings to get the win on Wednesday. He also added an RBI single in the second inning to help his cause.
"It feels pretty good to be back. I felt I was healthy enough to pitch over two weeks ago, I just wasn't sharp enough to pitch," Greinke said. "The collarbone feels pretty good. It's not 100 percent, but it doesn't restrict me at all pitching."
Adrian Gonzalez added an RBI single in the first while Carl Crawford contributed a sacrifice fly in the eighth inning for the Dodgers, who have won four of their last five games.
Adam LaRoche's home run accounted for the offense for the Nationals, who have dropped four of their last five games. Ross Detwiler (2-4) lasted just three innings in the start as he gave up two runs on six hits with two walks to take the loss.
The Dodgers jumped on top in the first as Matt Kemp hit a two-out double and Gonzalez followed with a single to center for a 1-0 lead.
Los Angeles put its first two runners on base in the second, but Juan Uribe hit into a double play to leave a man at third. Greinke, though, stroked a base hit to right for a 2-0 lead.
Greinke stranded runners at second in the second and third innings, but LaRoche got his team on the board in the fourth with a one-out solo shot to right-center for his fourth home run of the year.
After stranding another runner in the fifth, Greinke got Ryan Zimmerman to ground out to start the sixth before stepping off the mound.
Denard Span was caught stealing second to end a Washington threat in the seventh, and the team had runners at the corners off consecutive singles by Steve Lombardozzi and Zimmerman to start the eighth off of Kenley Jansen. However, Jansen got LaRoche to fly out to shallow left, Ian Desmond to strike out swinging then forced a flyout from Kurt Suzuki to get out of the jam.
Crawford's pinch-hit sacrifice fly in the eighth gave the Dodgers some breathing space for a 3-1 lead.
Brandon League came on to close the game and Danny Espinosa greeted him with a leadoff single. League, though, set down the next three batters to pick up his ninth save of the season.
"We had the right guys up there," Nationals manager Davey Johnson said. "I don't know if they were trying to do too much instead of just hitting the ball and putting it in play. But we'll figure it out. We've got the guys to do it."
Game Notes
Washington catcher Wilson Ramos left after hitting a single in the fourth inning with an undisclosed injury ... The Dodgers have Thursday off before beginning a three-game series in Atlanta on Friday ... The Nationals begin a four-game set in San Diego on Thursday ... Washington's Bryce Harper pinch-hit in the ninth inning and grounded out. It was his first appearance since leaving Monday's game after colliding with the right field scoreboard. He had to get 11 stitches in his chin to close a gash he suffered ... Washington went 0-for-9 with runners in scoring position and left nine on base.


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There have been a lot of articles over the years about resolution and the differences between vector art and bitmapped graphics. When this one was submitted to our Photoshop Tutorials library through the Photoshop 911 Tutorials link, we immediately liked this approach as one of the more friendly ones. Thanks to the folks at Blogger.Iconshock for sharing this with all our readers ...
Well... Yes. I'm afraid to tell you that I've come from a land far, far away, just to add to Google yet another post about the differences between vector type images and Bitmaps. So, why should you, dear visitor, continue reading these lines any further? What will make this article different from the rest? Well, for starters, I'm going to insert at the end of this post a hidden URL with hundreds of videos of my steamy, vicious, dirty, prolific sex life, and besides that, this article would be loaded with information so exclusive, so intelligent, so enlightening, that it will increase your credit card limit, save the Amazon rainforest and improve your digestion. How about that?
Hmmm. My nose has grown so much its pushing the monitor away.
Let's get things straight. I'm still in love with a girl that left me almost two years ago, so my sex life is pretty much restricted to my daily dosage of lyrics from AC-DC and The Rolling Stones... the only way to improve your credit card limit is saving as much as you can... and not even god himself can save the Amazon rainforest. Oh, and I really don't care about your digestion.
So with all things cleared out, I will now proceed to write about vector and bitmap images. Of course you are free to go on and make your own steamy videos instead of reading this.
Bitmap image enlarged to see the individual pixels
A vector has the same quality overall, despite how much you rescale it.
First things first. What is a pixel?
Defining a pixel is tricky, because it's a very context dependent concept. A pixel on print is not the same as a pixel on your monitor or on the tiny screen of your camera. But in general terms, a pixel or "picture element" is the minimum unit of information of an image, and corresponds to each dot of light that builds up all the shapes and colors you see on your screen. If you get very, very close to an LCD monitor, you could physically see each tiny square. These small units are arranged in a two dimensional grid alignment.
A normal monitor screen has from 72 to 100 pixels per inch, while in a printing device, the pixel per inch (or dot per inch) measure correspond more closely to the "density" of dot, or in plain words, to the size of each drop of ink and it can vary somewhere between 150 to 300 pixels per inch. (There are specialized printers with up to 4800 DPI or Dots per Inch)
Usually, when you talk about pixels per inch, you are referring to a display device, whereas the term dots per inch refers more to an output device.
As you can tell already from these two paragraphs of confusing info, we are submerging ourselves in a world where looks can be deceiving and the common sense tends to "What you See is Not What You Get"
Ever read "Horton Hears a Who"?
In this trip to nowhere, another concept to be acquainted with is that of image resolution.
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Press Release
From: NASA HQ
Posted: Thursday, December 6, 2012
NASA is inviting media to look behind-the-scenes at several active Earth science missions that will take to the air next month to study climate change and air pollution. These airborne missions are all based at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center in Southern California.
On Jan. 25, journalists will have the opportunity to meet with mission scientists to find out how they are using airborne instruments in conjunction with satellite observations to advance our understanding of complex Earth systems. Tours of mission operations and NASA research aircraft will be provided at the Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility in Palmdale, Calif., and at Dryden's main campus on Edwards Air Force Base.
The three major Earth Science missions highlighted during the day-long media opportunity will be probing air pollution across central California and key climate change unknowns high over the tropical Pacific Ocean. Two of NASA's high-altitude aircraft, the unmanned Global Hawk and the ER-2, are among the planes that will fly during these missions.
The multi-year DISCOVER-AQ campaign will fly NASA's P3B and B200 King Air planes over California's San Joaquin Valley to measure air pollution this winter. The mission seeks to improve the monitoring of pollution from satellites so that scientists can produce better air-quality forecasts and more accurately identify pollution sources.
The Airborne Tropical Tropopause Experiment campaign focuses on the region of the upper atmosphere where pollutants and other gases enter the stratosphere and potentially influence our climate. A key focus of the mission is water vapor, which can significantly impact Earth's energy budget, ozone layer and climate.
The Polarimeter Definition Experiment campaign will fly several of a new breed of instruments that scientists plan to fly in space one day to improve our measurements of aerosols and clouds. Aerosols, tiny particles produced across the world from many different sources, influence Earth's climate and can affect human health.
Scientists and aircraft from two other NASA Earth science missions preparing for flights later this year also will be available for interviews and tours. The Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle Synthetic Aperture Radar, flying aboard a NASA C-20A piloted aircraft, is used to study earthquakes, volcanoes, oil spills, landslides and glacier movements. The Air Surface Water Ocean Topography campaign is testing instruments for a future spacecraft mission that will make the first-ever global survey of Earth's surface water.
Media requests for event credentials should be submitted via email to NASA Dryden's public affairs office at firstname.lastname@example.com or by phone to 661-276-3449 no later than Dec. 17 for foreign nationals and Jan. 11 for U.S. citizens and permanent resident aliens. Media representatives wishing to participate must be on assignment with a verifiable media organization. No substitutions of non-credentialed personnel will be allowed.
U.S. citizens must provide full name, date and place of birth, media organization, the last six digits of their social security number and their driver's license number and state of issue. In addition, foreign nationals must list their country of citizenship and visa or passport number with the country of issue and expiration date.
For more information about NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/dryden
For more information about NASA's Airborne Science Program, visit: http://airbornescience.nasa.gov
For more information about NASA's Earth Science Program, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/earth
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The process for activation varies a bit for UW Bothell faculty and staff because we don't currently use Google Apps for email (UW Bothell has a robust Exchange-based email system for faculty and staff). However, we still take advantage of all the other Google Apps besides email, such as Sites, Docs, and Contacts.
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52 Weeks of Color Challenge – ChampagneJanuary 8, 2012
Luna Jubilee's 52 Weeks of Color Challenge is back! Time for Part Deux!
And in true Chloe fashion, I'm already late. It is week one and I am already late. *sigh* Oh well, better late than never. Anyway…
So. I'm working on getting my blog mojo back. I'm making sure I keep up with the color weeks. And I'm going to stop being so hard on myself. Sometimes a pic is just a pic. And I'm challenging myself. I need to take more portraits. I always take full body shots and I am so jealous of some other folks and their ability to take gorgeous portraits. So that's what I'm working on and how I came up with the framing for today's shot.
I've been wanting to blog this dress in all its meshy goodness for a while now, but haven't gotten around to it. So here it is. And I went with laziness and decided that its "champagne" label was good enough for this color week. Now, I'd never say that it was champagne, but who am I to argue with Maitreya?? lol
The really great thing about taking pics at this distance? Eyes! I lovelovelove eyes in SL and while I always credit them, you can't often see them easily. When I look at this pic the first thing I see are these great aqua eyes from Agnes Finney's Twinkle Eye collection. There's a ton of variation in each color pack and they're all lovely.
(Oh, and my GIMP skillz are getting better, too, no? I'm a lot better with my touch-ups now. At least I think I am. lol)
Dress | Maitreya – Nolita Dress (Champagne)
Hair | [e] Elikatira – Me (Black 04)
Skin | Lara Hurley – Katya (Milky)
Eyes | Agnes Finney – Twinkle Eye Collection (Beaute Eyes Silky Soft)
Pose | Exposeur – Pretty Princess 5


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I saw this article in the Sun. Four experts gave their opinion and Ronaldo came out on top.
Who will come out on top in Rome?
Who would you rather have in your team?
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Conde Nast Turns Its Social Network Into A Facebook App
So, I guess I created an account on Flip.com a while back (probably to pick up high-schoolers), because I just got an e-mail from the social site where teenage girls are begged to express themselves. The site, which was supposed to rival MySpace and Facebook, is now a Facebook app rated lower than the "What disastrous event are you?" quiz. (Though, to be fair, it's the app's first day, and also I really want to know if I'm Pearl Harbor.) This is hopefully the end of the "Conde Nast Fails At The Internet" saga, which was analyzed here by Nick Denton, my publisher and the man most likely to gloat. IDK, be my BFF on Flip Facebook!


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Simple Outline Structure for Writing Better Reports
If you create reports and info-products for your online business they need to be informative and have some kind of structure. Your reports are your presentation to the world. They need to be well written.
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Remember in school when you had to write reports and you thought there was no way you'd ever need that knowledge in life. In fact, some of us thought it was downright useless. But later you discover you can make money online by writing and selling special reports and all of a sudden you wish you'd paid more attention in school because you really did need that knowledge.
There are many types of reports and each has its own structure depending on the information that needs to be relayed and who the report is for. Certain government reports have a structure they follow while corporate reports follow different structures. Often times the structure of the report is determined by the type; there's project reports, financial reports, white papers, analysis reports, empirical, progress and even proposals.
We won't go into all of those. We'll simply outline the best way to format a report for readers online who are searching for information. Following a basic format, while giving useful information, will ensure you many return customers.
The first thing your report needs is an introduction. There's a structure in public speaking that works very well with a report structure as well.
1. Tell them what you're going to tell them.
2. Tell them.
3. Tell them what you told them.
In your introduction you will simply highlight the key points of the report. You will tell them what you're going to tell them. This is where you mention the problem you're addressing and offer solutions. This is just a very brief synopsis.
In section two you will outline the problem. Remind them why they bought the report–the problems they're trying to solve. Maybe it's a report on affiliate marketing or traffic conversions.
In section three give them the solutions to their problem. Tell them how they can get more traffic or make more sales in affiliate marketing. Solve their problem. This is the main reason they bought your report–to get solutions to their problems.
In section four explain the benefits of the solutions you've just given them. Get them excited about the possibility of reaping the rewards.
The fifth and final section is the conclusion. This is simply a recap of the whole shebang. Highlight the main points. Tell them what you told them.
To recap the structure of a public speech/written report analogy:
1. Tell them what you're going to tell them. (Introduction)
2. Tell them. (Sections 2, 3 and 4)
3. Tell them what you told them. (Conclusion)
Any time you're stumped on how to write a report, you can follow a simple outline. This helps organize your material before you start writing.
1. Introduction.
2. Problems.
A. First problem.
B. Second problem.
C. Third problem.
3. Solutions.
A. Solution to problem one.
B. Solution to problem two.
C. Solution to problem three.
4. Benefits.
A. Benefits of solution one.
B. Benefits of solution two.
C. Benefits of solution three.
5. Conclusion – Wrap it all up into a simple paragraph or two.
Following a simple outline format like the one above will give you the advantage of creating better reports for your readers and customers. They will appreciate a well thought-out and well laid-out plan.
3 Rewarding Benefits for Bloggers to Consider Joining An Honor Society
Over approximately one million students are members of the National Honor Society (NHS). Many of which are likely bloggers, freelance writers, and/or have a passion for writing or pursuing their own path in life.
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High school students with outstanding achievements are joining the organization every year. But you may not be familiar with the NHS and what it does, and also how it can benefit you as either a blogger, affiliate marketer, or an entrepreneur.
You may be asking, "should I join an honor society?" Is it really that important? Before you become an honor student yourself, you should weigh the benefits.
Here's your guide to the benefits of the National Honor Society.
Should I Join an Honor Society?
In order to join the NHS, you'll need to know what they do.
Established in 1921, the foundation recognizes students who have achieved excellence in several different ways. These include areas of service, leadership, character, and of course, scholarship.
Members need to meet certain criteria to join. Students who want to join should have at least a 3.0 on the GPA scale. They should also show great leadership and a commitment to volunteer work.
If you think you may be eligible, here are three rewarding reasons why you should join the NHS.
1. Making a Difference
One of the great aspects of the NHS is the opportunity to make a difference. Given the foundation's emphasis on helping others, each student must meet a service hour requirement.
As a member, you'll be a part of service projects whether individually or as a team.
This is not only an amazing way to get involved in your community but a way to meet new people. Volunteering opens up so many doors, personal and otherwise. It helps you find yourself and connect with people in the process.
The service you complete may also open other doors and interests for you along the way.
2. Building Your Resume
Every college and university knows what an NHS membership suggests about a student. This makes it a wonderful addition to your resume or college application. It makes you competitive and helps you stand out in a sea of students.
An NHS experience shows that you're an outstanding citizen who's engaged with the world. It shows that you have great academic standing and the potential to be a future leader. However, academics aren't everything, and if you can compile all of your achievements and goals into an online resume website, you may win over some new audiences and personal opportunities as well.
Joining the NHS will help you turn your goals for the future into a reality and set your professional life into motion.
3. Developing Skills
To become an NHS student, you need to exhibit certain traits and character. But your experience as a member will also help you further develop your skills. The NHS is an excellent avenue for becoming even more well-rounded and capable.
The NHS helps students flex their skills as a leader and a part of a team. The volunteering component will help you develop great time management skills. It can also motivate you to maintain your good grades.
You'll also learn a lot about networking and professionalism during the process. This will be indelibly valuable in the future.
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The answer to "should I join an honor society?" is a resounding yes. There are no downsides to becoming an honor student and so much to gain from the experience, and if you are thinking about launching a website or blog of your own, the experience and skills you will gain from such an environment and community will only help.
Not only does being in the NHS prepare you for what's to come, but it's also a nice way to celebrate what you've already worked so hard to accomplish.
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The Do's and Don'ts of Writing Your Very First Blog Post
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Your very first blog post is a very big deal.
For businesses, it's their way of attracting more clients by creating content that resonates with your target audience.
For hobbyists, it's their chance to of sharing to the world your thoughts and ideas about their topics of choice.
Either way, nothing validates your online identity more than a well-written blog post.
Therefore, you need to make the most of this opportunity by writing the best possible blog post. Assuming that you don't have much experience in writing, you can always keep things simple by following the basic do's and don'ts of writing a blog post for the very first time.
Do: Come up with a topic that your audience would like
The success of bloggers stems from the ability to determine what their audience wants to read. To reach their primary goals, bloggers must appeal to the need of their target readers for useful and relevant information. Doing so allows them to attract lots of visitors with the content they publish, resulting in increased conversion rates.
Therefore, you need to approach blogging deliberately. You can't just pull a topic out of thin air and expect your audience to come in droves. You must find out what makes your readers ticks and what their wants and needs are.
That means research, research, and more research!
First, you need to come up with a reader persona that you will target for your post and the succeeding ones. The persona you will develop will embody your demographic such as age, gender, hobbies, and others. Researching these factors will help you refine how you will write your post and what you will write about. From here, unearthing blog post ideas to write about will become much more convenient for you.
Don't: Veer away from your branding and persona
Your brand is what defines you online. Your audience will associate all your online activity with the brand you've developed. Part of your brand is the persona you project from the blog posts you will write.
The best blogs exhibit unique voices that set them apart from the rest. The Onion is popular for its tongue-in-cheek humor veiled in satire. Lifehacker is famous for producing informative blog content geared towards readers who want to find ways to simplify their lives.
The brand and persona these sites exude help bloggers develop consistency in their writing. By observing their persona on all the posts they write at all times, they allow readers to create a level of expectation every time you publish a post. By meeting their expectations with every post you write, you can develop a sustainable stream of blog traffic over a period.
Therefore, it is crucial that you develop a writing voice that resonates with your readers and then sticking with it. You need to play your brand and persona across all your blog posts, starting with the very first post you'll be writing.
Do: Edit before publishing
Before hitting the "Publish" button, you need to make sure that there are no grammar mistakes and errors in your writing. Your command of the language is crucial if you want to send the right message to your readers.
A post that's filled with errors will cause readers to leave your blog and possibly not read another post from you. If you can't write correctly, then why should your audience read your posts?
Double-checking your post and reading it again can do wonders for your edits. It's best to take time between finishing the post and reading it for review. The time allows you to get your mind off from writing so you will have a fresh perspective on the post, which lets you spot errors easier.
If you're not comfortable with your editing skills, then you could use tools like Grammarly and Hemingway Editor. Both will make recommendations on how to tighten your sentences and improve your blog post. Keep in mind, however, that these tools are meant to complement your editing process and not replace it entirely.
Don't: Worry about word count
If you're counting words when writing your post, then you're blogging for the wrong reasons.
When writing, your focus should be communicating ideas as clearly as possible.
For SEO reasons, you want your post to be as long as possible. According to the latest studies, your post should be at least 1,890 words if you want to rank on top of Google Search.
However, if you can't reach that many numbers of words, you don't have to beat yourself up about it. Having lots of words doesn't necessarily mean that it's a great post.
What's more important is that you can share everything that your readers need to know about the topic. By focusing on the quality of the post and not the number of words, you can engage your audience and keep them longing for more.
Do: Promote your post
Promoting your post is not part of the writing process. However, part of your job as a full-fledged blogger is to be a marketer as well.
Sharing your first blog post is your step towards reaching out to your online audience. After all, your post won't promote itself. You need to proactive share your blog post to the right channels, so you show it to as many people interested in your topic as possible.
One of the best ways to promote your post online is to hop on Facebook and Twitter.
"If you have created high-quality content on your blog then social media is a great way to your blog to go viral." said Scott Chow of The Blog Starter.
You can also submit your post on platforms that allow you to reach out to your audience more effectively. I have detailed the best sites where you can send your post for promotion in this article.
Don't: Set unrealistic goals
Starting at the bottom and working your way up to where thousands of blogs are also vying for the attention of your readers will be a tumultuous journey. Therefore, you have to curb your expectations as a blogger. It is ideal to set the bar with attainable goals in mind instead of aiming for the moon.
Don't get me wrong – reaching thousands of visitors for your blog post in a day is not impossible. However, like catching lightning in a jar, it's more improbable than anything else. In fact, this problem is what plagues most bloggers. They set high goals that are difficult to achieve. As a result, they get discouraged once they realize that they can't fulfill them and stop blogging altogether.
Therefore, it's always better to follow a tried-and-true template that you can sustain for a long period. You don't want to be one of those flash-in-the-pan bloggers who fizzle out as fast as they started.
Did I miss any other tips for first-time bloggers in preparation for their very first post? Chime in with your advice by commenting below!
4 Tips for Effectively Training New Hires and Freelance Writers
You've been interviewing prospective job candidates for weeks. Whether this has been for adding talent to your existing company, or if you've been looking for some qualified blog writers, the process is quite overwhelming, yet one that needs to take place. You've narrowed down the field, compared resumes and extended an offer. Soon, you'll have a bright-eyed new employee walking through your door, eager to get started. Are you prepared for the onboarding process?
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Handing each new employee, a packet to read at their desk doesn't cut it these days. In order to help new hires hit the ground running with their duties and acclimate to your work environment, you'll need to utilize more dynamic methods for effectively training new hires. Here are four tips to help you get started.
Prioritize Need-to-Know Material
Training includes a veritable avalanche of information—like a general company overview, employer-specific policies, human resources information and specific job duties. It's your job to equip your team members with everything they need to thrive. So, where do you start? This is also usually simple enough when looking to hire freelance writers or new blog team members, as there are many online job boards that allow you to fill in the needs and requirements you are looking for, while also having the ability to weed out any leads that don't fit.
Create an outline that breaks down different training sessions into manageable chunks. This way, you'll provide some foresight to the new hires and keep them from getting overwhelmed. For example, on their first day, you could start with job-specific information: frequently used programs and files, chain of command within their team and department and the location of hotspots like bathrooms, break rooms, conference rooms, HR, etc. The next day, the new hire can easily see that they'll be learning about a broad company and departmental overview, project management and communication best practices within the office. After that, they'll tackle short- and long-term goals and KPIs that show they're doing well in their new job.
Take it one day at a time, based on order of importance.
Make It Interactive and Engaging
Passive presentations make it all too easy for new hires to forget material almost as soon as they learn it. Remember, they're encountering new information left and right. To make it stick, you'll have to make it extra engaging. Delivering an interactive presentation with crowdsourcing tools like Poll Everywhere will wake them up, collect their honest thoughts and make them feel like part of the team right off the bat. Instead of listening to a one-way stream of information, new hires can grab their mobile devices and get involved.
Create a Longer-Term Plan
Whew, you survived the first day of training. Your newest batch of hires are basically onboard, right? Not so fast. You need a long-term plan to ensure a smooth process over time. One HR manager uses an onboarding checklist complete with agendas for the first week and first month—including future training sessions, group lunches and manager check-ins. This way, the employee knows that they're not suddenly on their own after the first round of introductions; they have resources, a plan and scheduled times to ask questions and provide feedback.
Assign a Concrete Task
Training often feels theoretical for new hires; they're left wondering "but how does this connect to my job?" One way to drive the points made in training home is to assign a relevant task after a learning session. It should relate to their daily duties and allow them to learn (and make mistakes) as they go. They will be able to put the principles they learned in general training into actual use on an actual assignment! At the end, a manager can go over the results with them in a helpful way, pointing out things they did well and how they can improve in the future.
These four tips for effectively training new hires should help you with the onboarding process, but be sure to experiment and come up with a system that works for your company. After all, onboarding is the first impression new employees get and it factors heavily into company culture. If you want to build a success blog, brand or business on the internet today, you need to make sure you are building a quality and talented team around you.
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- Alumnus Kate Gilmore (MFA 2002 Fine Arts) has a new public art project, "Walk the Walk," that's received significant press coverage, including a feature in The New York Times. The installation, sponsored by the Public Art Fund and located in Bryant Park, East 41st Street and Avenue of the Americas, features seven women in identical bright yellow dresses and ivory pumps walking across the top of an eight-foot-high yellow box that the public can interact with. "Walk the Walk" was covered in ArtDaily and This Week in New York, and art critic Roberta Smith wrote an additional review for the Times. Click here to view a video interview with Gilmore by Public Art Fund director Nicholas Baume.
- Fast Company featured Spoonful, the thesis project by MFA Design Department student Carli Pierce. The project is a multi-platform resource for foodies interested in finding local, sustainable ingredients and getting tips on techniques and recipes for cooking them into fresh, new dishes.
- Art21 featured an interview with alumnus Jason Bailer Losh (MFA 2001 Fine Arts). Losh talks about his early experiences woodworking, recent projects working with pieces of Americana and his upcoming collaborative project entitled Chinese Take-Out.
- Kyle Mumford, a current student in the BFA Film, Video and Animation Department, was a guest on faculty member Valerie Smaldone's WOR710 radio show Valerie's New York on Tuesday, May 11. Smaldone interviewed Mumford about his film His Naked Mind, for which Mumford won two awards—in Directing and Editing—at the 21st Annual Dusty Film and Animation Festival and Awards. Click here to listen to the radio segment.
- The New Yorker ran an article about alumnus Michael Giacchino (BFA 1990 Film and Video) in the May 17 issue. Giacchino writes the music for the ABC TV show Lost and won an Oscar for his score for last year's animated film Up.
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My primary academic interests lie in the broad area of Behavioral Medicine and particularly in the area of clinical pain research. My work has focused on the study of psychosocial aspects of pain, particularly the impact of negative emotions and pain coping strategies on the experience of pain and adjustment to chronic pain. My recent work examines pain-related catastrophizing and sleep disturbance as risk factors for persistent pain and pain-related disability.
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2. Wideman TH, Finan PH, Edwards RR, Quartana PJ, Buenaver LF, Haythornthwaite JA, Smith MT. Increased sensitivity to physical activity among individuals with knee osteoarthritis: Relation to pain outcomes, psychological factors, and responses to quantitative sensory testing. Pain. 2013, 155(4):703-11. PMID: 24378879
3. Haywood C Jr, Diener-West M, Strouse J, Carroll CP, Bediako S, Lanzkron S, Haythornthwaite J, Onojobi G, Beach MC; IMPORT Investigators. Perceived Discrimination in Health Care is Associated with a Greater Burden of Pain in Sickle Cell Disease. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2014 [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 24742787
4. Campbell CM, Bounds SC, Kuwabara H, Edwards RR, Campbell JN, Haythornthwaite JA, Smith MT. Individual Variation in Sleep Quality and Duration Is Related to Cerebral Mu Opioid Receptor Binding Potential during Tonic Laboratory Pain in Healthy Subjects. Pain Med. 2013 Sep 18. doi: 10.1111/pme.12231. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 24102962
5. Reese JB, Porter LS, Regan KR, Keefe FJ, Azad NS, Diaz LA, Herman JM, Haythornthwaite JA. A randomized pilot trial of a telephone-based couples intervention for physical intimacy and sexual concerns in colorectal cancer. Psychooncology. 2014 [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 24615831
6. Finan PH, Buenaver LF, Bounds SC, Hussain S, Park RJ, Haque UJ, Campbell CM, Haythornthwaite JA, Edwards RR, Smith MT. Quantitative sensory tests of central sensitization are associated with discordance between pain and radiographic severity in knee osteoarthritis. Arthritis Rheum. 2012; 65:363-372. PMID: 22961435
7. Buenaver LF, Quartana PJ, Grace EG, Sarlani E, Simango M, Edwards RR, Haythornthwaite JA, Smith MT. Evidence for indirect effects of pain catastrophizing on clinical pain among myofascial temporomandibular disorder participants: the mediating role of sleep disturbance. Pain. 2012 Jun;153:1159-1166. Epub 2012 Mar 12. PMID: 22417656
8. Edwards RR, Cahalan C, Mensing G, Smith M, Haythornthwaite JA. Pain, catastrophizing, and depression in the rheumatic diseases. Nat Rev Rheumatol. 2011 Apr;7(4):216-24. Epub 2011 Feb 1. PMID: 21283147
9. Campbell CM, Quartana PJ, Buenaver LF, Haythornthwaite JA, Edwards RR. Changes in situation-specific pain catastrophizing precede changes in pain report during capsaicin pain: a cross-lagged panel analysis among healthy, pain-free participants. J Pain. 2010 Sep;11(9):876-84. Epub 2010 May 21. PMID: 20488760
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The Great Hippo wrote:Isn't that effectively what the brain is? -- an extremely complex, extremely interdependent tool that regulates internal functions while performing pattern-matching operations?
That's part of what the brain is, certainly. Maybe it's all of what the brain is. Problem is, we don't have a full enough understanding of it to say.
So, would it be fair to say that you think the difference between AI and a human brain is that you can use a human brain to better understand a human brain?
Yes! That's it in a nutshell.
I'm not setting you up for a gotcha, there; I'm just trying to understand what you think a human mind can do that a computer can't do. You're using a lot of abstractions, talking about examining answers from outside the scope of the question -- but we can program computers to examine the question, too.
Can we, now? That's news to me.
It sounds like you think the difference is that brains think, while computers follow their programming -- but we're following our programming, too. It just happens that our programmer is a hyper-aggressive four billion year old optimization process.
You can call it what you like (but that's straying out of the more practical side of the question and starting to verge on metaphysical whatsit.) And again, I'll admit that I can't say for certain that that's impossible. But to the best of my knowledge, there's yet to be a man-made system that exhibits that kind of capacity for introspection, or even seriously indicates that it'll be coming any time soon.
Aren't CAPTCHAs kind of proving my point, though? The ever-escalating arms race between questions designed to prove you're human and programs that can beat them indicates that the space of what humans can do and computers can't do is ever-narrowing.
I think it more indicates that they've been picking through the low-hanging fruit where "human tests" are concerned and have been gradually moving up to the stuff in the higher branches. It's impressive in its way, but it's still just glorified grep.


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