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Introducing the SmugMug Partner Program: For Charismatic SmugMuggles (Who Also Love Cash)
Unless you live under a rock, you've probably heard the news that we've revamped our Refer-a-Friend program, giving existing customers 20% account credit for every person they bring over to SmugMug.
But what if you'd rather have real money?
Cash In with the SmugMug Partner Program
For those of you with the gift of gab, charismatic leadership, or if you just prefer money for your referrals, we've got an option for you: The SmugMug Partner Program. Apply for an account now and you'll earn at least 15% commission (higher payouts possible for top performers) for every new person who uses your link to open an annual account.
Example: Refer someone to open a $300/year Business account and you get $45 in your pocket. Commission is calculated on the transaction amount, so discount coupons can affect how much you're paid.
The program is perfect for bloggers, community leaders, website owners, teachers, instructors, motivational speakers, or anyone who knows lots of people looking for a great photo home.
"Can I Do Both?"
Sorry, but you'll have to choose one program or the other. We love that you want to bring SmugMug to as many people as possible, but we do ask that you choose the one method that suits your style best. However, if you're already active in our Refer-a-Friend program, you can switch over.
"But… I'm No Sales Rep!"
That's OK. Once you're accepted into the SmugMug Partner Program, we'll email you your own unique referral link and a handy style guide so you can start earning money right away.
We'll also send you a handy writing toolkit, which includes banner graphics, topic ideas, flash sales (limited-time deals where you can earn bonus cash for your referrals) and sample blog posts that you can just copy and paste into your own blog.
We won't leave you hanging. :)
How to Get Started
Simply fill out this form and we'll get back in touch with you as soon as possible. If you're looking for more info, check out our help pages, and we highly recommend that you read through the full Terms and Conditions of the SmugMug Partner Program, too.
Here's to making the world a safer, prettier, and happier place for photos!
SmugMug Films: Exploring the Wild with Chris Burkard
We've long wanted to film famed surf photographer Chris Burkard in action, so when we heard that he was headed to the Arctic with professional surfers to tackle the brutally harsh seas, we packed our bags and followed. In our latest installment of SmugMug Films, we travel with Burkard on his journey with professional surfers Patrick Millen, Brett Barley, and Chadd Konig as they brave sub-zero temperatures to capture moments of raw beauty, adventure, and community. Keep reading after the video to get an exclusive interview with Chris about how he got his start, what he looks for in a fantastic image, and that time he got deported from Russia.
How did you get started with photography?
I did a lot of art in high school. And I transitioned to wanting to explore doing art out in the field, but I soon realized it wasn't very fun. It wasn't a very intimate experience to me. You're just a bystander. When I picked up a camera and started taking photos of my friends surfing and landscapes, I realized I was in the moment. I was out there, and shooting these photos was an extension of the body. It was intimate. You're a part of it, and you can take it anywhere: social settings, mountaintops, oceans. It was a perfect extension and a great medium of expression for me. To this day I'm seeking out new places so I can bring a camera and experience them.
If you hadn't become a photographer what would you have been?
Probably a fireman. I don't know! I worked for many years in random jobs. Before I was working to be a photographer, I worked on cars a lot. I loved old vehicles and the idea of making them how I wanted. It came down to the idea of wanting to do something where people will appreciate my craft and my talents, and I realized that was what made me want to turn machines into artwork. If I wasn't a photographer, maybe I'd be working on cars somewhere.
How would you describe what you do today?
I'm always seeking out the adventures in life, whether I'm shooting surfing in a cold, harsh environment or shooting a commercial assignment. And that's meant to speak to the idea of going to a new place, summiting a new peak, or surfing a new wave. It doesn't matter to me how big or how small. My goal has always been to create images that inspire people to get off their couch and go explore something new.
The idea of exploration is the thing that really makes me want to push harder. It's the driving force behind a lot of my work.
What do you look for when creating an image?
There's a lot of technical things I'll look for. I'm looking for light, contrast, and all those elements that make a good image. But I consider other elements when I'm thinking of how to capture something. Like if there's historical value to a photo—where I'm shooting a place that might not be around for very long—that's very important to me.
Coming from an art background, I'm used to trying to put everything I want into this easel shape. I'm just bringing in all the elements. When you're shooting and photographing in this frame, you have to get everything inside it. You're really constricted in being able to make it happen.
For me, it's also super important to push your cameras as far as they can go to capture what you're seeing. A photograph is usually a two-dimensional item. If there's anything you can do to make it feel three dimensional, that's the goal.
I also like the idea of creating images that will carry weight with people. Photos that aren't driven by advertisements or logos. And it's super important, too, when creating a body of work that you want to be around longer than yourself.
Given the adventurous nature of your work and the harsh conditions you're in, are there any great pictures you didn't get to take?
There's always a lot of pictures I don't get, or I feel I haven't had a chance to capture yet. As a photographer, or anyone who's a perfectionist, that's all you think about: all the moments you didn't get. And that's just life. You're striving for something better, and you always wish there's something you could've captured, but if you get them all, you'll have nothing left to strive for.
What do you consider the biggest challenge about your work?
It all depends on where I'm going. The nature element is the hardest thing, like if I'm going somewhere really cold or somewhere that has a harsh environment. Being in the water in high 30s or low 40s can be brutal on your body, mind, and psyche, and it's always challenging. You're always weighing out risk versus reward. Luckily, 90 percent of the time you're not far from a warm car, but there are those moments when you know in order to get the shot you have to go out and suffer a bit. Those are the times I feel most alive. I have to put in more effort and lose a little bit of skin.
Your explorations often take you to off-the-beaten-path locations. What do you look for?
I'm drawn to places that feel and look more wild. I think it's human nature to want to see these places, but the reality is most people don't want to put in the time to find them. So a big part of what I do is try to find spots that will speak to that aesthetic. The location is almost as important as who I'm with and what I'm shooting. Each place plays a huge character role in these stories. Whether I'm on a remote beach in Norway or somewhere in Russia, I want to be in a place that people naturally associate with adventure.
How do you find these places?
There's a certain recipe. There are a lot of amazing places I could go, but I have to have an assignment that takes me there. I have a list of places I would love to see and love to experience, but I don't have opportunities to shoot there. But I have a list. And it's something I tick off as I get to go to places.
With so many places yet to see, is there a favorite place you've already been?
Oh, yeah. I've been to Iceland 13 times. That place is pretty dang special.
What do you love about it?
The way the landscape is always changing really draws me in. It's inspiring to me and makes me want to go back because the conditions and climate are constantly evolving. For a photographer, it's what you're always searching for. You could shoot only one day there and have so many different conditions.
I don't like to go to places that wouldn't be inspiring to me on a personal level. Because if you're not excited about the work you're doing, then it's hard to want to photograph it.
Is there a photography project that's been the most meaningful for you to date?
The trips I do, I invest a lot of my energy, heart, and soul. That's why when they turn out successful, it means so much. Success can be measured many different ways, but for me it's pretty simple: If I feel like I got the images I needed, or got the job done while still being able to experience the culture for myself, then the trip was a success.
I plan for three years or more to do these trips, and when I'm able to set foot on the landscape and experience it, I don't want to leave anything behind. For me, that's been Russia, Alaska, Iceland, and Norway. These are places I put a big part of myself into.
What's been your most challenging to date?
I'd say Russia just because of the logistical challenge of getting there. It took three years to plan and find the place to go.
I went to Russia for the first time in 2009, and you have to fill out a visa request like three months ahead of time. I was in a crew with four people, and we had to go through customs. I get stopped. They look at my passport. They look at me. They look at my passport again. They look at me. And I realize the entry date on my visa was for the next day. It was the wrong date.
After a long discussion, they put me in a holding cell for 24 hours, and then deported me to South Korea. After recouping a day later, I flew back. It was scary. Really scary. I didn't get food and water until I talked to the embassy. It was crazy.
It was one of the first places I traveled to that was really wild and remote. And it was such an eye-opening one because I realized for the first time what it felt like to have all your rights stripped from you. It makes you really appreciate being on American soil.
What's at the top of list for a place you'd like to return to?
I really want to go back to Chile and explore Tierra del Fuego. It's at the very end of South America, and it looks amazing.
In a lot of your behind-the-scenes shots, it looks like surfers are headed right at you. Have you ever suffered any collisions?
Oh, yeah. I've been run over. I've had surfers hit me with their board. Cut my nose and other things. Those are the experiences that make it exciting. You're very much at risk. And it makes it that much cooler, really, being able to be a part of the action. Being hidden in the midst of it myself.
Ever lost any gear?
I've lost quite a bit of gear. One time I was on a little boat, and we got hit by a wave. Basically my entire kit went overboard, and I lost about $30,000 worth of gear. Luckily, I had insurance for it.
Speaking of gear, what are your must-haves?
I have a lot of must-haves. It comes down to the fact that I think, man, if I don't need to use this it's not going to be much of an adventure!
A multitool is super important when it comes to being somewhere remote and interesting. Obviously having a good, reliable camera is crucial, and that's personal preference. I like to travel really light and really small, so I use a lot of mirrorless cameras, like the Sonys. There's usually a solar charger of some kind, whether for cell phone or camera. An ultralight, ultrasmall water-purification device that uses UV light. Energy bars. A light rain jacket is always crucial. A lightweight tripod is always in there. Filters. Almost always a pair of gloves.
If you don't need a headlamp, it's not even a place you want to go. I can't count how many times I've gone out driving around, having a great time, then coming back for a couple hours to sleep until dark. That's when, as a photographer, you know the best light is going to be, or when the stars are going to come out. Nine times out of 10 we're hiking back in the dark with a headlamp on.
It sounds like you have a survival kit with some camera gear versus a camera kit with some survival gear.
That's really what it comes down to. I want to make sure that when I'm shooting photos that I'm able to relax, knowing that safety is taken care of. I occasionally have a small rope and carabiner just in case I need to lower down from somewhere. Usually the most unusual thing I have in there is a packet of gummy candy, because that's one of my favorite things. It's either a reward after the shoot because things have gone well, or I just got beat down by rain or no sun and I want to have something sweet.
Given the chaos you're in for your shooting conditions, do you shoot manually?
Yeah, always. I love shooting manually. You really start to work with your camera, and it becomes second nature. I like to have complete control. I don't want to have my camera trying to make decisions for me.
Do you have any rules when it comes to your overall process?
When I'm going somewhere new, I'm really careful not to research too many of the places I'm going to see because I don't want to get some interpreted view of what these places should look like on a postcard. I want to be able leave my view and perspective unskewed so I can maintain ultimate creative freedom. That being said, I also want to make sure that I'm being educated on where I'm going, because the more unique the less you know. That's a really important mantra to have at all times.
If someone decided to pursue a similar path, what advice would you give them?
I personally would tell them that I don't think school is going to teach you the type of skills you need to do what I do. A big part of this is experiencing things. Learn from a magazine setting or an editorial conference. Study a photographer you like and really understand the hustle it takes to do what they do. Understand what it's like to be in those commercial and editorial situations where you're trying to make it all work for a client.
I look back at the time I spent driving down to Oceanside every week to intern at Transworld Surf, and a summer I interned with a landscape photographer. That's where I feel like I gained the biggest understanding of what photography was really like. I realized what it means to run your own business. And if you still want to do it after that, you should.
Any advice for capturing a great image?
There's great moments happening everywhere, but for me there's two main types. There's the one that happens all of a sudden, which requires being there and being ready, and knowing your equipment inside and out. And the second is the one you've preconceived. Sometimes those are really special to me because you have this idea and you get to see it through.
Look for unique lighting situations. Go out in storms and go out at a time when no one else is. That's when you're going to capture something unique.
And what about the best advice you've ever received?
My grandpa told me to kick ass and take names. I don't know if that's good advice or not.
I guess a personal mantra I try to follow is the more you know, the less you need. I've always been a big proponent of traveling with less and not being the person who has the biggest, most expensive camera. It's not that I can't afford it, I just like to experience moments personally as well as through my camera. If you walk away from any trip and it's a complete blur because you were shooting the whole time, then you weren't really experiencing it.
In the end, you should have all these cool stories to share with loved ones and family and friends. At least that's how it is for me. I always try to be present in the moment and really experiencing it myself, too.
What do you find exciting about the photography industry today?
Now everyone is a photographer. People have cameras and video cameras in their phones. At any time I could have four or five cameras on me. It's crazy.
What we're seeing is the emergence of these smaller, lighter cameras being able to capture more real, intimate moments. And I think the idea of mobile photography and how it's changed photography as a whole is really exciting.
I think we're really seeing, too, a changing of the guard where a lot of established photographers have lost touch with the people who are interested in their work because they haven't adapted to these new forms of social media or ways of promoting their work.
Photography as a whole is really moving toward those who are open to sharing. Nothing's a secret anymore. If you try to keep secrets, people just aren't going to embrace it. They want to find people who are sources of knowledge and are able to share that knowledge. That's how I look at inspiration.
Find Chris online:
Portfolio and Print Shop on SmugMug
Subscribe to the SmugMug Films channel to watch and see future installments as soon as we set them free. If you enjoyed the film with Chris Burkard, you may like these artist profiles on underwater photographer Sarah Lee, YouTube superstar DevinSuperTramp, and lava chases Lava Light.
Photo Tip: 4 New Easy-to-Swallow Lightroom Tutorials
We've talked a lot about Lightroom, and not without reason. We think it's one of the best, most powerful tools any photographer can use to organize, edit, and get their photos online, and it's connected seamlessly to your SmugMug account so you can sync your online and offline photos easily.
But with great power often comes complexity. You may be nervous about diving in if you've never used Lightroom before, so that's where our friends over at KelbyOne step in.
Beginner-to-Expert Lightroom Tutorials by KelbyOne
KelbyOne was founded on approachable, down-to-earth education for photographers by photographers, and they specialize in teaching about Adobe products. So there's no better person than Education Director Matt Kloskowski to create how-to videos about something they know inside and out.
We've added these videos to our growing library of helpful (and totally free) resources over on our SmugMug School website. So take a look and get ready to become an organizational pro.
Smug Tip: Take Your Photos Further With These Smug Features
SmugMuggers come from all walks of life, which is something we love to see. Whether it's weddings, kids, cats, trucks, races, bikes, mountains, flowers, architecture, travel, or cat trucking races (hey, you never know), there's room for you at our table.
There's so many features built in to every account, you may not realize how some of them could really take what you're shooting to the next level. So today here are a few of our tips on Smug features you may want to use, depending on the things you most love to shoot.
Family Snappers
Does your heart and soul stay close to home? Photos are proof that you and your family have truly lived… and had fun! But we don't always want those photos to fall into the wrong hands, or for your favorite memory to get lost in the jumble.
• Privacy settings. Be sure to occasionally log out of your account and view your SmugMug galleries as a guest. Are the galleries you meant to be unlisted truly hidden? What happens when you log out and view a passworded gallery? Remember that you can review all the different privacy options available to you via your Account Settings and individual Folder and Gallery Settings, or from our help pages.
• Folders and Galleries. The new SmugMug gives you the ability to nest your folders and galleries 5 levels deep, meaning you have up to 7 layers of organization available to you. Move your content so it makes the most sense to you, whether it's organizing your photos by child, by event, or even by year. Or a combination of everything.
Client-Seeking Pros
If you're putting your business online, there's a few things we recommend that you do to have maximum impact with your potential client base. Remember: It doesn't matter whether your profession is photography or not — SmugMug's great for businesses of all types.
• "Best-of" Galleries. Even if you're a chef, your site should show off what you do. Whether it's in pictures or video or text, your incoming clients are going to want to get a taste of what you do and what makes you unique. So create a gallery or a page full of content blocks that visually delivers your elevator pitch. Upload your best, or Collect and curate them from other galleries around your site. Don't forget to link to it from your menu bar, so it's easy to find!
• Contact Forms. We still can't believe how many websites we see that make it difficult (or impossible) to contact the owner. Simply put: If you want people to hire you, compliment you, or otherwise tell you you're awesome, be sure that your email address or phone number is clearly visible at the top or bottom of your homepage. Shy about spam? SmugMug gives you a safe, ready-to-go contact form for your footer, which you can also place in your menu bar.
World Travelers
You may not keep track of which time zone you're in, but you should always remember where you took those photos. How else would you find your way back to that perfect beach, or where you got those great noodles?
• Maps & Pins. If you take photos on your mobile phone, or if your camera is already set up to geotag your images, great! Your photos will keep their locational data when you upload to SmugMug. Or you can add locations manually by going to your Photo Tools. Once that's done, simply display the map anywhere on your site.
• Text Content Blocks. A photo may be worth a thousand words, but a few lines about what you did and how you got there sure never hurts. The content blocks you can drag onto your homepage and custom pages are a great start for Power, Portfolio, and Business accounts, but all users can simply fill in the Title and Caption fields under every photo.
The Socially Savvy
Social media is great, but you really don't know how long your content will exist on there before it gets deleted. You can easily build a forever home on SmugMug and style it to point to all the places online you like to hang out.
• The Social Designs. Put all your cards on the table with our default "SmugMug" design, or (if you've got a Power, Portfolio, or Business account) the similar-looking "Dash" design. Both of these let you set a profile pic and display your name, a cover photo, and list out your favorite social network icons.
• Share Buttons & Comments. These are two simple content blocks you can drop anywhere on your site to help your visitors share your photos with friends and engage in healthy discussion. Did you also know that you have styling options for your social media buttons? Be sure to check the individual settings.
• Publish to Facebook. If you'd rather post your pics directly in Facebook, try this feature. You can apply a custom watermark and choose the maximum file size to be copied over into its very own album on Facebook, so they can see the whole set, but you're still protected from image theft.
Event and Sports Shooters
If your adrenaline gets going when the competition does, you probably have a fair number of galleries holding some of your most exciting photos… which can quickly get unruly and out of hand. The key to staying in the game is to stay organized, and be sure that every single subject in every photo can be found.
• Keywords. This is arguably more important for sports photographers than the photos themselves. Seriously though, you're going to want to keyword your images not just with the event you shot, but with location, date, and even player name if it applies to your shoot. Your clients will thank you. Just don't forgot to display a search box or a keyword cloud so they can take advantage of it.
• Site-wide Organizer. Like the family tips we mentioned above, proper organization via SmugMug's 7 layers of Folders and Galleries are invaluable when it comes to busy event seasons and the many different things that you shoot. So be sure to structure your site clearly and easily, simple enough for you, your assistants, and your clients so that they can find exactly what it is they're looking for.
Those are our tips and we hope that, no matter what you shoot or how long you've been with SmugMug, you discover something new. And if you didn't, tell us – What do you take pictures of, and what features have you used to make the most of it?
Link roundup:
- Gallery, page, and folder privacy
- Hierarchy and folders
- The non-photographer's guide to SmugMug
- Creating new galleries or custom pages
- Collect to display photos in more than one gallery at a time
- Embed a contact form
- 5 things that will make your website more successful
- Edit your photo titles and captions
- How to use SmugMug's design templates
- The many content blocks to customize your site
- Publish to Facebook: the socialite's best friend
- Magic of keywording
- The different account levels at SmugMug
Refer-a-Friend: Your Friends Need You This Summer!
A few months ago we re-launched our SmugMug referral program because we wanted to make it more rewarding for devoted SmugMuggers to share the unlimited photo and video hosting.
And it's been a blast! Since then we've gotten a great response from all of you who've shared your referral links and made the world a safer place for photos. Thank you! And if you're still not sure why SmugMug's good for people, here's a few tips from our clan to yours.
5 Possible Reasons Why Your Friends Need Their (Photo) Space
Remember, SmugMug's Refer-a-Friend program gives you a unique link for you to share with friends. When they click it and open their own SmugMug account, they get 20% off their first year and YOU earn 20% towards your next renewal.
1) They're about to take off on an insanely dangerous road trip through the Himalayas and will need somewhere to document every flat tire, every mountain pass, and every mug of chhaang they choked down.
2) They're a budding concert photographer and it's high festival season. One camera, 3 days, 40 bands (and zero showers). They're suddenly going to have hundreds, probably thousands, of high-energy pics that need a home.
3) Your city just set up a giant, public slip 'n slide and your friend almost broke their butt… on camera, of course. They've got to collect all the pics and videos and share them on Facebook, STAT!
4) They've finally decided to start major reno on the house, and need a really easy way to keep track of before, after, and while-we-had-no-kitchen-and-kept-the-microwave-in-the-bathroom phases.
5) Their kids are off to camp, sleepovers, amusement parks, and lots of other fun shenanigans with their BFFs. Where else can your friends keep those memories clearly organized so they'll be proper blackmail for when the kids are grown?
And… Someone Won a GoPro!
We promised goodies to happy referrers and we're proud to announce our first winner today. Congrats to Amy Wilson! We love her serene vignettes of animals, flowers, and local landscapes and hope that you check out a fellow SmugMugger's site, too.
If you've just joined us or if you didn't see our initial announcement, we're choosing a random name from our pool of SmugMug referrers each month to win a GoPro Hero 3 camera. It's perfect for capturing all kinds of great memories in the moment, so take a look at our contest page for all the details on how you can win yours, plus additional info on the Grand Prize trip to SmugMug HQ next year.
Happy sharing, and keep on capturing those memories!
Smug Tip: 6 More SmugMug Features You Didn't Know You Had
Not too long ago, we wrote a post unearthing some of the great features you've already got in your SmugMug account. And since we're always having new photo-lovers come join our family, we thought we'd share a few more things that you may not have noticed are already living amongst your photos.
Here's to those sneaky features that may be hiding in plain sight. Enjoy!
1) Custom Video Preview Images
All SmugMug accounts can accept video files of 20 minutes in length and 3 GB in size, which is a great addition to the still photos you capture in your life. But did you know that you can change the preview image that displays on it, so your fans can see something more interesting than a random frame before they hit Play?
First, decide on a JPG image you want to use… or better yet, create one in your favorite image editor and upload it to your SmugMug galleries. Then just navigate to your video in the gallery, click the wrench, and choose Edit > Replace Preview.
2) "Sticky" Cover Photos for Your Folders & Galleries
In the same vein, you can choose a cover photo that appears every time your gallery is shown on your site. We call this your Feature image, and it will "stick" every time your site is reloaded, instead of displaying the first photos in the gallery.
Just open your Gallery Settings and look under the Basic tab. Click the icon next to Feature Image and choose any image you want to represent that gallery.
Tip: You can even do this for passworded galleries, which typically don't show any thumbnails for privacy reasons. However, you may want to do this for, say, your client galleries, just to be sure they know which gallery is theirs on your site.
3) Stats. Really Great Stats.
We track all kinds of good stuff, like which of your galleries and images have been visited the most, as well as show you where your traffic is coming from. Just check out the Stats tab in your Account Settings and take it from there! You can read more about your SmugMug stats on our help pages.
If you prefer, you can always sign up for a free Google Analytics account and plug in your unique user ID into the same tab of your Account Settings, to double-check our work. Here's how.
4) Search (and Filter by EXIF)
Any time you (or your guests) search for things on your site via the Search content block or from SmugMug.com/search, you'll see lots of beautiful photos that you can scroll through to your heart's content. But did you know that you can hit the "Refine Results" button at the top and open up dozens of additional checkboxes? This will help you narrow down your choices and find pictures taken using just the criteria you specify.
Watch out! It's strangely addictive, so you may end up spending a lot more time discovering photos than you expect.
5) PicMonkey: Free Photo Tweaks
If our in-gallery Photo Tools aren't quite enough for you, check out our friends at PicMonkey. You can find them right under every photo, under the Wrench icon. Open it up and you'll see all the great tweaks and mods you can add to your photos!
Tip: We even have a quick video tutorial all about PicMonkey.
6) Discounts Just for Being Smug
That's right. You're in great company when you're with us. You can browse and view the discount details simply by logging in and visiting our ClubSmug page. Shop, have fun, and tell them we sent you!
Link roundup:
- 6 Original Smug Features You Never Knew You Had
- Videos on SmugMug
- Featured photos on SmugMug
- Gallery settings and all the good they do
- Gallery and folder privacy on SmugMug
- Account Settings and what they do
- How stats work
- Tweaking Photos: Titles, Captions, Photo Effects, and more
- Photo tools: making copies in-gallery, just in case
- Exclusive discounts for SmugMuggers


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In 2002, 52% of older persons reported that they had some type of disability (sensory disability, physical disability, or mental disability). Some of these disabilities may be relatively minor but others cause people to require assistance to meet important personal needs. Almost 37% of older persons reported a severe disability and 16% reported that they needed some type of assistance as a result. Reported disability increases with age. 57% of persons over 80 reported a severe disability and 30% of the over 80 population reported that they needed assistance. There is a strong relationship between disability status and reported health status. Among those 65+ with a severe disability, 66% reported their health as fair or poor. Among the 65+ persons who reported no disability, only 10.5% reported their health as fair or poor. Presence of a severe disability is also associated with lower income levels and educational attainment.
In another study which focused on the ability to perform specific activities of daily living (ADLs), over 27.1% of community-resident Medicare beneficiaries over age 65 in 2004 had difficulty in performing one or more ADLs and an additional 13.7% reported difficulties with instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs). By contrast, 91.3% of institutionalized Medicare beneficiaries had difficulties with one or more ADLs and 76.5% of them had difficulty with three or more ADLs. [ADLs include bathing, dressing, eating, and getting around the house. IADLs include preparing meals, shopping, managing money, using the telephone, doing housework, and taking medication.] Limitations on activities because of chronic conditions increase with age. As shown in Figure 9 (from another survey), the rate of limitations on activities among persons 85 and older are much higher than those for persons 65-74.
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It should be noted that (except where noted) the figures above are taken from surveys of the noninstitutionalized elderly. Although nursing homes are being increasingly used for short-stay post-acute care, about 1.6 million elderly are in nursing homes (about half are age 85 and over). These individuals often have high needs for care with their ADLs and/or have severe cognitive impairment, due to Alzheimer's disease or other dementias.
(Sources: Americans with Disabilities: 2002, May 2006, P70-107 and other Internet releases of the Census Bureau and the National Center on Health Statistics, including the NCHS Data Warehouse on Trends in Health and Aging)
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5 Everyday Staples for a Winter Day with a Toddler
Well, you can use these in any season really, but they might come in particularly handy on the colder days when you're stuck inside and running out of ideas. With just a few inexpensive everyday supplies, you'll be ready.
Of course there are the tried and true- play dough, legos, crayons, etc, but these are the big hits at our house:
• Painters Tape: Toddlers like tape. Rip off a ton of little pieces and let your little artist go to work. Painters tape will easily come off of your walls or anyplace else your child chooses to put it. Colorful Japanese masking tape, though a little expensive for a toddler, would be a special treat.
• Clothespins: You can buy clothespins at any craft store or hardware store. String a line in your home and give your little one a bowl of clothespins and a bowl of washcloths. Show him or her how to hang each one.
• Coins: You'll want to watch closely and wash hands well after this one, but our toddler loves to take a jar of coins and sort them into different colored plastic cups.
• Glitter Glue: Stock up- this is a toddler favorite. Add a few pine cones and you'll have an activity that could last thirty whole minutes.
• Rice: Or really any grain you wish to use. You can make a sensory table or just do what we do- give her a bowl of rice, beans, or dried peas, at the kitchen table along with another empty bowl, a bunch of measuring spoons, cups, and a funnel- and she should stay busy for quite a while. Yes, there will be a bit of cleanup but it's really not that bad.
What are the staples you keep in your home for winter days?
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And music! My kid can't do anything without a sound track accompanying him.
Paper tubes from toilet tissue, paper towels, plastic wrap, etc.
A little food coloring makes a lot of things more fun. We "paint" with both colored shaving cream and colored water on paper towels. Put a cookie sheet underneath for easy clean up!
Stickers are always a favorite.
A spray bottle of water and a roll of paper towels. You should see how clean my glass doors, dishwasher, and refrigerator front stay :)
Refrigerator magnets! My 2 year old loves to arrange them!
I have to agree with lsteffen...my toddler goes to town with a sponge and water .
We tied some balloons to the ceiling and I made a "tennis racket" out of cardboard and duct tape for my son to hit them with. It was a huge hit! He has played it every day this week.
Last week my two year old and I filled up ice cube trays with water. We put red, yellow and blue food coloring in three of the squares. She used a medicine dropper to mix the three colors in all the other squares. This activity was a HUGE hit! I think she must have spent about 45 minutes mixing colors! (of course we had to start over about 15 different times because half the fun was squirting in the food coloring!)
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haahahaha... @mh11180. ahahahahha... with coffee chasers.
similar to the sensory rice table, we find our sink (with a 'helping chair' and spoons, cups and basters etc.) an endless source of fun.
toddlers love to help in the real kitchen, too. bake up some muffins. measuring, mixing, and being involved (as opposed to being relegated to the play kitchen 'over there') seem to work for my little guy.
and the wine. hhahahahaha.
Indoor soccer with Ikea's plush soccer ball. Bouncing tennis balls in the kitchen.
There are some pretty great ideas here :)
At least once a week we bake something - this week it was banana bread. I prep during nap time (I have a newborn too so prep time is key) - grate carrots, line all the ingredients on the table, etc.
I tried the painters tape idea with my son, and it has kept him busy all day making "train tracks" all over the house!
I do the painters tape around the house for my 2 year old, he loves it. Keeps him happy for hours with cars, trains, running on it. Great fun.


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Our favorite: Hunting feral hogs.
Here's an idea for additional income that never occurred to us: You can make $20 or more an hour by stringing tennis rackets. In fact, Scott at The Passive Dad tells you how to take a crash course.
We all know about selling stuff on eBay and having yard sales. But what about some alternative sources of income that everyone else hasn't thought of, like renting out your driveway as a parking space. Here are a few more.
Taking online surveys. For an excellent overview, read "Surveys for fun and pocket change" at I've Paid For This Twice Already. (Notice from the title that you won't get rich quick doing this.) Also, Bob at Christian PF gives a quick tour of CashCrate,
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Pet sitting in people's homes. We set up a limited liability corporation and purchased insurance for it. A friend designed and printed our business cards. After a year or so of buying a small ad in the newspaper, we dropped that expense because our business grows through word of mouth.
Cleaning up after people's pets. This service comes in particularly handy in northern climes, where layers of snow guarantee ample business opportunities once the spring thaw arrives.
Selling handmade items on Etsy. We found this idea at Moolanomy's "40+ alternative income ideas and resources," which we recommend you take the time to read. It covers everything from mystery shopping to investing. We also recommend Pinyo's "Extra income guide."
Trapping or hunting feral hogs. Honest. We found this idea at Stealth Survival, where Texas-based "Riverwalker" adds, "Through the sale of trapping and hunting rights for feral hog populations on your property you can generate additional income for yourself in these difficult economic times." Check with local wildlife officials first.
If you're short on funds, you may want to focus on ideas like these that don't require a lot of cash upfront. Scott says, "Lots of people are looking for the perfect work-at-home business, and (stringing rackets) could certainly allow you to start one for very little money."
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'A History of the Wife'
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"How did marriage, considered a religious duty in medieval Europe, become a venue for personal fulfillment in contemporary America? How did the notion of romantic love, a novelty in the Middle Ages, become a prerequisite for marriage today? And, if the original purpose of marriage was procreation, what exactly is the purpose of marriage for women now?
Combining 'a scholar's rigor and a storyteller's craft' (San Jose Mercury News), historian Marilyn Yalom charts the evolution of marriage in the Judeo Christian world through the centuries and shows how radically our ideas about marriage have changed."
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Monday, 30 July 2012
Redis High Availability and Automatic Failover: Redis Sentinel
After posting about Spreecast's Redis High Available/Failover solution based on ZooKeeper where I referred to Redis Sentinel, I realized I haven't linked to Salvatore Sanfilippo's post about the design of Redis Sentinel:
It is a distributed monitoring system for Redis. On top of the monitoring layer it also implements a notification system with a simple to use API, and an automatic failover solution.
Well, this is a pretty cold description of what Redis Sentinel is. Actually it is a system that also tries to make monitoring fun! In short you have this monitoring unit, the Sentinel. The idea is that this monitoring unit is extremely chatty, it speaks the Redis protocol, and you can ask it many things about how it is seeing the Redis instances it is monitoring, what are the attached slaves, what the other Sentinels monitoring the same system and so forth. Sentinel is designed to interact with other programs a lot.
The official Redis Sentinel documentation is available too here. Salvatore Sanfilippo is actively working on Redis Sentinel and while it is not complete yet, there are already users trying it out. Redis Sentinel will be stable in a few weeks and will be released as part of the Redis 2.8. In case you'll want to start using it before 2.8 becomes available, use the git unstable branch
Original title and link: Redis High Availability and Automatic Failover: Redis Sentinel ( ©myNoSQL)
Sunday, 29 July 2012
Redis Failover at Spreecast Based on Apache ZooKeeper
Until Redis Sentil becomes generally available, Spreecast's Ruby library using Apache ZooKeeper might be the solution for high availability Redis clusters:
We decided to address these concerns by creating the redis_failover gem, which was recently released as open-source for Ruby environments employing Redis. The redis_failover gem aims to be a drop-in replacement for the existing Ruby client for Redis. redis_failover is equipped with the capability to recognize and handle an automatic (or manual) failover gracefully. The client knows to automatically direct write operations to the current master and read operations to one of N slaves. redis_failover is built on top of ZooKeeper, a proven distributed configuration and notification system that handles pushing changes to nodes across the network. We decided to use ZooKeeper since it automatically handles network partitions, quorum management, client discovery, and other difficult distributed computing problems.
Original title and link: Redis Failover at Spreecast Based on Apache ZooKeeper ( ©myNoSQL)
via: http://engineering.spreecast.com/spreecast-redis-failover/
Monday, 16 July 2012
From S3 to CouchDB and Redis and Then Half Way Back for Serving Ads
The story of going form S3 to CouchDB and Redis and then back to S3 and Redis for ad serving:
The solution to this situation has a touch of irony. With Redis in place, we replaced CouchDB for placement- and ad-data with S3. Since we weren't using any CouchDB-specific features, we simply published all the documents to S3 buckets instead. We still did the Redis cache warming upfront and data updates in the background. So by decoupling the application from the persistence layer using Redis, we also removed the need for a super fast database backend. We didn't care that S3 is slower than a local CouchDB, since we updated everything asynchronously.
Besides the detailed blog post there's also a slidedeck:
Original title and link: From S3 to CouchDB and Redis and Then Half Way Back for Serving Ads ( ©myNoSQL)
via: http://dev.adcloud.com/blog/2012/07/13/nosql-not-only-a-fairy-tale/
Thursday, 10 May 2012
NoSQL and Relational Databases Podcast With Mathias Meyer
EngineYard's Ines Sombra recorded a conversation with Mathias Meyer about NoSQL databases and their evolution towards more friendlier functionality, relational databases and their steps towards non-relational models, and a bit more on what polyglot persistence means.
Mathias Meyer is one of the people I could talk for days about NoSQL and databases in general with different infrastructure toppings and he has some of the most well balanced thoughts when speaking about this exciting space—see this conversation I've had with him in the early days of NoSQL. I strongly encourage you to download the mp3 and listen to it.
Original title and link: NoSQL and Relational Databases Podcast With Mathias Meyer ( ©myNoSQL)
Tuesday, 8 May 2012
Algorithm for Automatic Cache Invalidation
Jakub Łopuszański describes in much detail and with examples an algorithm for cache invalidation:
Imagine a bipartite graph which on the left hand side has one vertex per each possible subspace of a write query, and on the right side has vertices corresponding to subspaces of read queries. Actually both sets are equal, but we will focus on edges.
Edge goes from left to right, if a query on the left side affects results of a query on the right side. As said before, both sets are infinite, but that's not the problem. There are infinitely many edges, but it's also not bad. What's bad is that there are nodes on the left side with the infinite degree, which means, we need to invalidate infinitely many queries. What the above tricky algorithm does, is adding a third layer to the graph, in the middle between the two, such that the transitive closure of the resulting graph is still the same (in other words: you can still get by using two edges anywhere you could by one edge in the original graph), yet each node on the left, and each node on the right, have finite (actually constant) degree. This middle layer corresponds to the artificial subspaces with "?" marks, and serves as a connecting hub for all the mess. Now, when a query on the left executes, it needs to inform only its (small number of) neighbours about the change, moving the burden of reading this information to the right. That is, a query on the right side needs to check if there is a message in the "inbox" in the middle layer. So you can think about it as a cooperation where the left query makes one step forward, and the right query does a one step back, to meet at the central place, and pass the important information about the invalidation of cache.
I'm still in front of a piece of paper understanding how it works.
Original title and link: Algorithm for Automatic Cache Invalidation ( ©myNoSQL)
via: https://groups.google.com/d/topic/memcached/OiScvRbGaU8/discussion
Redis Bulk Insert
Redis-cli is getting a new pipe mode especially designed for bulk inserts as described in the documentation:
cat data.txt | redis-cli --pipe
redis-cliutility will also make sure to only redirect errors received from the Redis instance to the standard output.
Original title and link: Redis Bulk Insert ( ©myNoSQL)
Friday, 27 April 2012
Lua Scripting in Redis 2.6
The top comments on Hacker News about Redis 2.6 RC are about Lua scripting.
Lua scripting! Once people figure out what Redis' Lua scripting is good for, and it gets in a stable release, it's going to set the world on fire. In a good way.
When one of the services I work on was having huge performance problems, and nothing I did seemed to make it fast enough, I realized that the main data-manipulation logic — previously a combination of Python and SQL — could be rewritten as a Lua script in Redis. I learned the basics of Lua in about an hour, migrated the data over to Redis, made the necessary changes to the code, and everything worked beautifully. Months of crippling speed problems vanished in a single long day.
Redis 2.6 saved my ass. Now, when I need to store data, it's always one of the first things to come to mind, since I know I can count on it to be fast, solid, and flexible enough to do all sorts of things.
Going through myNoSQL archives, the first mention of Lua scripting support in Redis is from May 2nd, 2011. Salvatore Sanfilippo already wrote of some advanced functionality that would be possible using it, but I expect many more ideas to come out once Redis 2.6 is released.
Original title and link: Lua Scripting in Redis 2.6 ( ©myNoSQL)
Thursday, 19 April 2012
Apache Mod_redis
This Apache module uses a rule-based engine (based on regular expression parser) to map URLs to REDIS commands on the fly. It supports an unlimited number of rules and can match on the full URL and the request method (GET, POST, PUT or DELETE) to provide a very flexible option for defining a RESTful interface to REDIS.
Original title and link: Apache Mod_redis ( ©myNoSQL)
Thursday, 5 April 2012
Why I Love NodeJS and Redis
Erwin van der Koogh:
All of this allows me, a fairly decent Java developer with hardly any Javascript skills, to solve real world problems in record time. And that's why I love Node and Redis.
It's perfect if it works for you. But please do not automatically generalize it.
Original title and link: Why I Love NodeJS and Redis | Erronis ( ©myNoSQL)
via: http://erronis.nl/2012/04/05/why-i-love-nodejs-and-redis/
Monday, 2 April 2012
Another Redis-Based Queue for Python: Introducing RQ
Vincent Driessen creates RQ as an alternative to Celery inspired by Resque:
I wanted a solution that was lightweight, easy to adopt, and easy to grasp. So I devised a simple queueing library for Python, and dubbed it RQ.
Welcome to the world of a thousand Redis-based queues.
Original title and link: Another Redis-Based Queue for Python: Introducing RQ ( ©myNoSQL)
Automatic Async and Sync Pipelining of Redis Commands
The nuts and bolts of implementing synchronous and asynchronous Redis clients supporting pipelining:
In this post I describe different approaches for client-libraries to implement Redis protocol pipelining. I will cover synchronous as well as asynchronous (event-driven) techniques and discuss their respective pros and cons: Synchronous client APIs require the library user to explicitly pipeline commands, potentially yielding optimal protocol performance, but at the cost of additional bookkeeping when handling replies. Asynchronous client libraries, on the other hand, allow automatic pipelining, while being less efficient in their pipelining behavior.
Original title and link: Automatic Async and Sync Pipelining of Redis Commands ( ©myNoSQL)
Tuesday, 27 March 2012
NoSQL Databases Adoption in Numbers
Source of data is Jaspersoft NoSQL connectors downloads. RedMonk published a graphic and an analysis and Klint Finley followed up with job trends:
Couple of things I don't see mentioned in the RedMonk post:
if and how data has been normalized based on each connector availability
According to the post data has been collected between Jan.2011-Mar.2012 and I think that not all connectors have been available since the beginning of the period.
if and how marketing pushes for each connectors have been weighed in
Announcing the Hadoop connector at an event with 2000 attendees or the MongoDB connector at an event with 800 attendeed could definitely influence the results (nb: keep in mind that the largest number is less than 7000, thus 200-500 downloads triggered by such an event have a significant impact)
Redis and VoltDB are mostly OLTP only databases
Original title and link: NoSQL Databases Adoption in Numbers ( ©myNoSQL)
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