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Some of you may have a lot of email subscribers while others of you don't. But what's more important is how do you come across to the email subscribers you have? In better words, how is your reputation in regards to them? We all know there are different types of email subscribers, and usually our focus is on the main ones that are more responsive. We want to look professional, but how can we so that they can benefit from us? In this post I will talk about how we can be more professional with the list of overall subscribers we already have.
"Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are." ~ John Wooden
When you go out to a special event, you want to look your best right?
And at the same time you want to be very comfortable in your own skin and be sociable. By the end of the event, you want to be the talk of the town because of who you are. You put your best foot forward, and you'll be known for something spectacular.
In this case, you are personally branding yourself. You create this reputation that people know you by and it all starts with your character.
Your character comprises your personality, and along with it, your ethics and principles.
There is something about you that certain people are attracted to and why they stay in contact with you.
Yes, we see this with quite a few people, but what is it about these people that really attracts other's to them? Well from my perception, there are quite a few vital reasons, but I want you to ask yourself, how do you believe you come across your email subscribers?
Are you always focused on promoting an opportunity, product, or service. Is this only how your email subscribers see you as?
I know, I know, if you're not promoting anything, then you won't make any money. But here's what you want to think about. If you're only promoting just to make a quick buck, then you can end up not making any money.
But This is what the successful bloggers and online marketers do, you tell me! And you know what? I'd agree with you up to a certain degree.
Now I have to ask you this?
Do You believe they started out with only promoting? If so why, if not why not?
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Well I tell you this, they had to learn how to build a nice following and maintain them before they reached the level that they're on now. This is why it's so important to build the type of reputation that your email subscribers trust and want to buy from or do business with.
Characteristics Of People That Brand Themselves Well With Their Email Subscribers
When it comes to blogging and online marketing, you want to learn how to be aligned with your audience. These are the people that's going to support you and propel you to become the success you want to be.
When we come online and market our business, products and services we tend to forget that we need a certain level of people skills in order to get the best out of online marketing.
Barbara Charles share's a great post on why Bloggers Still Need People Skills. She goes into detail about what are people skills and how you develop them as a blogger. I believe you can apply this to whatever strategy you use in online marketing.
But I have noticed with some email lists that I've subscribe to on how these bloggers come across to me whenever I read their emails. Here, I like to list their good qualities of why they're on the level they are on:
Not Afraid To Be Themselves
Transparency is the key to attracting the right people to you.
We all heard the cliche like attracts like, right? Well you want to be able to attract the very people who are naturally already aligned with you.
What better way to do this than to be yourself and share some of your own personal experiences, routines, feelings, etc..
When it comes to building relationships with your email subscribers, this is the first and foremost thing that you want to get across to them.
When someone shares their experiences, their fears, and mistakes, this catches my attention and draws me in because usually I'm going through the same thing or have gone through the experience in the past.
It's like two people who instantly hit it off even though it's the first time they met. By this, you'll to get across to your subscribers that you all known each other for quite some time.
They Are Approachable
I mean this in the sense that they want to actually help you and provide some guidance without coming across as someone who's only goal is to sell you.
Have you come across people like this?
I get this a lot on Facebook. And you know what? I tend to shun them off until they actually want to get to know me and provide some genuine guidance.
You want your list feel like they can approach you with no strings attached.
Yes I know, you want to make money and I can tell you this again, you're more likely to make money from your email list if they can approach you without any strings attached.
This may sound counterintuitive but the more of value you are to your email list, the easier the sale will be to them.
They Know What Their Email Subscribers Want
Why did your email subscribers opt into your list?
Do you know what particular information they were looking for?
The one thing I notice with some of the email lists I subscribed to is that they already know what I'm looking for.
Well each of their opt in forms are catered to the topic of the post or the interest of their target market as a whole. Once you opt in, you go through their sales funnel and automatic email messages which is set up give you more value based upon what you were looking for.
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There's also been quite a few times where they ask what their list are looking for either through just plain old emailing or through surveys.
This definitely shows how concern they are with your success and providing the tools that will propel you to the top! So if you're not practicing this, this would be a great time to do so now.
They Give The Value That Their Email Subscribers Don't Know They Want
In many instances, you don't know what you don't know.
How many times have you heard this. This is not to say that you are dumb, but not well informed about certain strategies, tasks, or tools that will benefit you.
Besides who knows everything there is to know about making money through online marketing and blogging in the first place?
So when it comes down to it, sometimes you are either you're not aware or don't know the importance of these strategies, tasks or tools.
In this case, there is nothing wrong with exposing your list to what will push them further along their journey. I would advice to also give them the option of what they can use for free along with those things they can pay for.
Sometimes your list either don't have the funds to pay for whatever you promote, or they just want to test the waters first because the trust in what you promote isn't there yet.
When you do this, you'll come across to them as someone that is fair and will work with them.
They Are Consistent With What They Deliver
When it comes to building strong, genuine rapport and trust, then you definitely want to be consistent with your emails.
This is what I see with those successful bloggers and online marketers who's list I opted into.
I always get at least one email from them, and they always have something of valuable whether it be a blog post, a webinar, or even a podcast.
Some of their trainings are free while others you have to pay for, but either way it goes, I always get something that I can apply instantly to my business.
They Make The Necessary Improvements For Their Email Subscribers To Benefit More From
One thing that sets these successful bloggers and online marketers apart is that they make improvements on their marketing campaign based on what they ask their email subscribers directly or through survey.
They may put their subscribers on another email list based on their interest and others have created actual blogging communities for people to engage in.
Either way it goes, they make it so their email subscribers can benefit more from them so that they have a choice of other avenues to take in order to build their blog or businesses.
It shows that they're in business more so for the people than themselves!
In Conclusion
When it comes to your email subscribers, you're first priority is to brand yourself, creating a reputation that your email subscribers can respect and want to follow.
I myself didn't realize how important this was when I first started blogging and doing online marketing. I figure as long as I'm getting leads, then everything else will fall into place.
Well in my experience, it didn't work out that way. I find that it is better to give your list a great reason why they should keep following you.
By following these tips on how these successful bloggers and online marketers got to the level they're on will definitely make you a more reputable person to follow.
Now it's Your Turn!
How do you feel you are coming across to your email subscribers?
How do they respond to your emails?
Are you consistent and emailing them every week?
Do they consider paying for the products/services you promote?
What do you think you can do to build a better relationship with them?
Please share your comments below and share this post with your friends. I look forward to read them!


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ANCHORAGE – Chrisalyn Johnson tied her career high with 22 kills but 14th-ranked Alaska Anchorage could not fend off two late surges by 11th-ranked Cal State San Bernardino on Saturday as the Coyotes earned a 25-20, 20-25, 17-25, 25-23, 15-13 win in the final match of the D2 West Region Volleyball Showcase, presented by Hilton Garden Inn, at the Alaska Airlines Center.
Johnson also had 15 digs and the host Seawolves (4-4) got 15 kills and 11 digs from fellow junior outside hitter Leah Swiss as the hosts finished the Showcase with a 2-2 record.
The Coyotes (4-4) were led by 16 kills from outside hitter Moira Murphy and 19 digs by libero Leilia To'omalatai as they overcame deficits of 22-16 and 23-20 to win the fourth set. The defending California Collegiate Athletic Association champions finished the Showcase with a 1-3 mark.
UAA led throughout much of the fifth set and took a 13-12 lead when Anais Vargas and Vanessa Hayes stuffed an attack by Murphy. But a CSUSB timeout would swing the momentum as the visitors tied it on a kill by Kaili Scott and won it with two straight spikes by Murphy.
The Seawolves lost despite outhitting the Coyotes, .272 to .242 and outdigging them 81-67. Johnson posted a .362 attack percentage and added two aces as she equaled the 22 kills she had in last year's home match against Western Washington.
Senior libero Keala Kaio-Perez had career highs of 23 digs and seven assists in the loss, while setters Madison Fisher and Casey Davenport combined for 46 assists and four aces.
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breezy posted a topic in General DiscussionWhen the story about a high up DNC staffer meeting a suspicious and untimely death in Washington DC, in the early hours of July 12th, came out, I considered creating a thread about the story. Instead, I simply put the info on our 2016 Election thread, because it was pertinent to the election. However, my intuition is telling me there is something special about this story, and the way it was put to sleep, without causing much of a stir. Mr. Rich was a young guy, only 27 yrs old, and there is high strangeness about his death. Shot several times in the back, at 4 something AM, on a Sunday morning, when he was out walking in his neighborhood, yet nothing was stolen off his person. He was involved in voter registration at the DNC. Bits and pieces keep coming to me, through my travels, and I think the Wikileaks release of information regarding DNC emails, may contain information that just might reveal something pertinent to this situation. Seems from an AP article I came across today, there was a serious dust up between Clinton and Sander's camp, back in Dec. of 2015, relating to none other than voter registration. I did a search just for the name Seth Rich, and came up with 11 emails from the Wikileaks release. Haven't had time to do a thorough search though. I will repost all the links I've saved about this, and the wikileaks link. Anyone interested in this story? image Seth Rich heatst.com Democratic National Committee staffer shot and killed in Washington http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/07/12/democratic-national-committee-staffer-shot-and-killed-in-washington.html DNC official Seth Rich shot dead in Washington, D.C. http://bnonews.com/news/index.php/mobile/id4798 Note that this article states there is now a $25,000 reward for information leading to arrest/conviction of guilty parties in his death. I'm not the only one getting vibes about this. People Claiming Murder of DNC's Seth Rich Connects to Clinton http://dennismichaellynch.com/dc-conspiracy-death2/ Now this one I will again include, because in the garbage is bits of truth. Yes I can smell Sorcha Faal articles a mile away, but...there is something very strange regarding the Seth Rich story. Plus we know 2 Russian Diplomats were sent home, and that the Clinton Foundation's activities are not above suspicion. Assassination Of Top US Democratic Party Official Leads To FBI Capture Of Clinton "Hit Team" http://awdnews.com/top-news/assassination-of-top-us-democratic-party-official-leads-to-fbi-capture-of-clinton-%E2%80%9Chit-team%E2%80%9D This is the article I read today, and the parts about voter registration, brought me back to Seth Rich, again. Hacked Emails Show Democratic Party Hostility to Sanders http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2016/07/23/us/politics/ap-us-dem-2016-dnc-emails.html?_r=0 This is a link to the Wikileaks DNC email release https://wikileaks.org/dnc-emails/ Conspiracy Theories are what we are involved in, and the story of Seth Rich, what really happened and why, just might qualify.


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Purpose of the House Concept©
When searching for the core causes of school dropout, the lead reason is NOT that the coursework is too difficult. The lead reason is that the dropout student does not feel affiliated to his/her school and/or does not see him/herself as "connected" to the school. It doesn't have to be that way.
Students who believe they are part of something are more likely to not only graduate, but are more likely to be engaged in our classrooms. If they see themselves as part of a team, they find reasons to be here for themselves. Houses provide a sense of "connectedness" to the entire school community.
Origin and Definition of the House
The notion of having students assigned to a grouping, or "house" is centuries old. The reasons they were developed in schools was to afford the students a clear sense of belonging. Houses are seen in the Harry Potter series, but they are used to sub-divide a school in a positive way in many parts of the world. It is for that reason Houses were brought to Okeeheelee Middle School.
Houses are created by gender, 15 boys' Houses and 15 girls' Houses. Men faculty are the leaders of boys' Houses and women faculty are the leaders of girls' Houses. There are approximately 45 students assigned to each House. All Houses have a House Leader and Support Leaders.
Mentoring among and between students is inherent to Houses. In other words, the older students are naturally expected to provide strong leadership for younger students, though this does not mean that younger students are not given leadership roles. For example, just because you are an eighth grader does NOT mean that you will be selected as team captain. It is possible that a seventh grader might be chosen for that role if he/she shows greater leadership skills.
There are House Competitions planned each year. Examples are:
1. Athletic
3. Academic
4. Food collection
5. Artistic
In addition, Houses are used to organize students around community assistance efforts such as the collection of food prior to Thanksgiving.
During the 2017-2018 school year, we are using a modified bell schedule when House Meetings occur (once per month). When the Athletic and Academic competitions occur, they are traditionally after lunches are concluded.
House History
The house system is a traditional feature of schools in the English-speaking world, particularly in Commonwealth countries, originating in England. The school is divided into subunits called 'houses' and each student is allocated to one house at the moment of enrollment. Houses may compete with one another at sports and maybe in other ways, thus providing a focus for group loyalty.
Different schools will have different numbers of houses: some might have more than 10 houses (with as few as 50 students in each house) or as few as four or fewer (with as many as 200 students in each). In some cases, individual houses can be even larger, as in McCracken County High School in the U.S. state of Kentucky, whose five houses have nearly 400 students each.[1] Facilities, such as pastoral care, may be provided on a house basis to a greater or lesser extent depending on the type of school. Historically, the house system was associated with established public schools in England, especially full boarding schools, where a 'house' referred to a boarding house at the school. In modern times, in both day and boarding schools, the word 'house' may refer only to a grouping of pupils, rather than to a particular building.
Houses may be named after saints, famous historical alumni or notable regional topics (e.g. in international schools, houses are sometimes named in honor of local celebrities). Other more arbitrary names—animal names or colors, for example—are also often used. Houses are also often referred to by the original name of the building or by the name or initials of the teacher in charge of the house (housemistress or housemaster). Each house will usually also be identified by its own symbol, logo, or colors.
At co-educational boarding schools, there may be separate houses for boys and girls, as at the Lawrenceville School, whose house system is itself based on that of Rugby School. Students may also be grouped by year groups or status as boarders or day students. At Winchester College and Eton College, there is a separate house for foundation scholars. Where the school has boarders and day pupils, they will often be allocated to separate houses. There have also been cases, for example at Cheltenham College, of pupils being allocated to different houses according to their religion. At traditional full boarding schools such as Radley College and Harrow School, students are grouped by boarding house.
Competition between houses
A secondary feature of house systems is the competition between houses. For example, the traditional school sports day is usually an inter-house competition. Debating competitions and charity drives are also often organized along inter-house lines. Merit points for behavior and academic achievement may also be totaled up for comparison between houses.
Some schools have a year-long program of inter-house events, in which each house 'hosts' an event at which all houses compete, with points contributing to the award of the House Cup at the end of the year.
Pupils are usually assigned to houses randomly, perhaps with the aim of balancing the houses in order to increase competition. Sometimes the assignment is based on the social and emotional needs of the student and to ensure proper peer mentoring is enhanced with the right fit of students within a house. Traditionally, however, once a pupil has been assigned to a house, any younger siblings he or she has may automatically become members of that house when they arrive at the school, but this varies from school to school. (This tradition sometimes extends to the children of former pupils.) Once a pupil has been allocated to a house they stay with that house as they move up through the year groups.
One notable feature of the house system is the appointment of house captains, and maybe other house prefects, who exercise limited authority within the house and assist in the organization of the house. Large schools may have a house captain for each year group (with vice-captains in the largest schools).
In boarding schools, the term housemaster or housemistress is the title held by the member of staff responsible for pupils living in a particular house (or dormitory). In state schools, members of staff are appointed as (or volunteer to become) head of house. However, both terms can be used at either style of school for the sake of formality.
In some cases, houses may have their own staff members other than housemaster or housemistress. For example, at the aforementioned McCracken County High School, each house has its own principal, guidance counselor, and teachers.[1]
The term "house system" is also used to refer to the residential college systems found in some US colleges and universities, such as Rice University, Caltech, Yale College, Harvard College, Notre Dame, and University of Chicago. These systems are based on the college systems of Oxford and Cambridge Universities in the United Kingdom, which in turn share many similarities with the house systems of British secondary schools.
Stories depict the popular conception of a British boarding school rather than how modern boarding schools work in reality, and often focus on the most positive aspects.[2] For example, loyalty to one's house is very important in real life houses, and is featured prominently in many of these books.
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I think this is probably one of my favorite covers. I haven't listened to Luna in a really long time, but I might be ready to welcome them back into my life. I'm going to Paris on Wednesday for work and I'm super psyched/anxious/happy (thus the song in French today haha, TOPICAL HUMOR!). I think Luna would make for good Paris music. Have so much to blog about especially Prada and Jil Sander and Jonathan Saunders!
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|Not. Economic. Growth.
Last Friday, as I'm sure you know, a massive earthquake and the resultant tsunami destroyed much of Japan.
Thousands are dead, hundreds of thousands and probably millions are now homeless. The devastation wreaked by these events is epic to the point of being simply incomprehensible. It is impossible to know yet the full extent of the material & human costs of this tragedy.
And just like Paul Krugman did in the wake of 9/11, some impossibly bad economists and a growing supply of tactless reporters have argued that in spite of the damage, this event will probably come with eventual economic "benefits".
In the Huffington Post, editor Nathan Garbels writes;
"But if one can look past the devastation, there is a silver lining. The need to rebuild a large swath of Japan will create huge opportunities for domestic economic growth, particularly in energy-efficient technologies, while also stimulating global demand and hastening the integration of East Asia.From Fox Business, Dunstan Prial contributes:
Japan has been wallowing in stagnation for years despite massive government stimulus programs and zero-interest rates because, simply put, in such an advanced, mature economy there was too little demand to generate sufficient returns to attract private investment. Thus the famous "bridges to nowhere" and other projects that amounted to pushing a string."
"The earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan on Friday could ultimately spur economic growth as the recovery effort creates demand for goods and services needed to repair and replace devastated industries, buildings and infrastructure.Now... You might forgive these two guys. Both are just writers and journalists, and perhaps it is just true that neither have thought through the ideas they're putting out very well. But... Prial cites Capital Economics, "the leading independent macroeconomic research consultancy", which is ostensibly a haven for professional (if thoroughly Keynesian) economists, so already we see professionals engaging in fallacious reasoning.
But it gets so much worse...
I don't normally make a big deal of credentials, or talk about people's awards and accomplishments when making points, because an argument is an argument regardless of who it comes from. It's either good or it isn't, and premises & facts are either true or they aren't - the person making the argument is irrelevant to that argument's value... However, I think I need to be clear here.
The person I'm now about to quote was the President of Harvard University. He is currently a professor at Harvard Business School. He was the director of Obama's National Economic Council. He was the Secretary of the Treasury during the Clinton administration and he's worked as an advisor to many sitting presidents and he is widely known and respected among political circles. He was the Chief Economist at World Bank, and he's got more ties to Wall Street and high finance than anyone you've ever met.
He is also winner of awards touting his various skills as an economist and he started college at MIT at the age of 16.
This is a man who has credentials and who is taken very seriously by people who impose their economic policies on all Americans... This man is Larry Summers.
And in this case, his credentials matter... Because, while I can forgive a few writers for making major mistakes in economic reasoning, Summers is a highly decorated pro, and I cannot forgive him for this kind of an error and lack of basic economic common sense. While speaking on CNBC on Friday, he said:
". . . add complexity to Japan's challenge of economic recovery. It may lead to some temporary increments ironically to GDP as a process of rebuilding takes place. In the wake of the earlier Kobe earthquake Japan actually gained some economic strength."Now... Seriously stop and ponder the implications of Summers' statement - and those of the other writers mentioned. Ask yourself how the extreme destruction of property can result in a net economic gain to Japan or the world? Ask how that could happen in your own life... I know you know full well that it cannot.
As my friend, Dr. Steven Horwitz - who is Professor of Economics at St. Lawrence University - put it when I asked him for a quote (for an upcoming video project) on this matter:
"The argument that cleaning up from destruction can be a source of economic growth is one of the oldest fallacies in economics. The devastation in Japan is not an opportunity for growth, it's a disaster that has impoverished millions and anyone who thinks there's a silver lining because GDP will rise during the cleanup should offer up his own house for destruction in order to reduce the unemployment rate."The fallacy is so easy to grasp... so impossible to miss... that I suspect only an Ivy-league professor wouldn't be able to see it, which explains the likes of Summers and Krugman - though it doesn't explain why so many reporters seem to have failed to grasp the obvious here.
Fortunately, not all are quite so bad... As a point of pride, writing for my own brand-new, quite excellent employer, Ryan Young clearly explains what Summers is missing and fills in the gaps that I deliberately asked Professor Horwitz to leave out of his quote:
"Here's why: if the tsunami had never happened, people would still have all the buildings and cars that they had in the first place. They would be able to spend their money on other, additional goods that they want.The thing is, Keynesian, broken window fallacy reasoning is everywhere in government... It's been what's kept Japan from escaping its "lost decade". It's why we're still in the shape we're in 3 years after the stock market crash in 2007. It's even why we have gotten increasingly painful boom & busts over the last 30 years.
And those new construction jobs the tsunami will create? Every last one of those workers could be making something else instead. They could be producing computers, televisions, almost anything.
People who were construction workers to begin with could be building new factories or new homes, in addition to the ones they already have. Instead, they will be working overtime just to get back what they already had. This is not stimulus, even if it does show up in GDP. It is better to build than to rebuild."
"For the good of the economy", Larry Summers argument should compel you to take your TVs, your computers, your cars and everything else you own and smash them to pieces, as that would stimulate "economic growth" and "jobs" for TV, computer and car manufacturers.
Maybe that sounds extreme to you, but what in the world do you think Cash for Clunkers (a Larry Summers inspired idea, no less) was all about?
Setting aside the grotesquery of this whole affair, talking about the construction boom to follow in Japan as if that remotely makes up for the pain and suffering that nation is feeling right now, the economic argument employed here is just. plain. wrong.
Yet - like so many other abysmal ideas - it is popular among Keynesian economists because, as macroeconomists, they don't seem to grasp that the economy is not made up of numbers, but of actions & interactions between real human beings and natural resources.
Summers, sitting in his posh Harvard office, will look at GDP and employment numbers from Japan in a few years and he will be "vindicated" that there has been economic "growth" because those numbers may very well go up. He may see this as further evidence that he's the smart guy everyone has always told him he is.
But GDP numbers only factor in money which is being spent. It does not account for property which has been destroyed and it doesn't differentiate between what goods money is being spent on... So if you are looking at GDP, the money you spend replacing stuff you already own is counted as growth, when any sane person would count it as a loss.
Macroeconomists don't look at anything that closely though. GDP is GDP is GDP... Production is production, no matter whether or not what's being produced already exists, never existed, is used to kill people or is used to feed people. This is why people hate economists, though the irony is, it's always the ones who are most favorable towards using government to intervene in everything who are the most divorced from reality in this way. And their ideas go into supporting all types of destructive programs like Cash for Clunkers, big stimulus packages, make-work programs and worst of all... Wars.
Consider that the idea of using war as a way to improve an economy can be inferred directly from Summers' argument. What's more - we have all been told this very argument in school. Do you remember when your US history teacher was telling you about how we got out of the Great Depression? What's the typical explanation: World War II.
But is that true? Of course NOT!
War, like the broken windows (and families, hopes, dreams and lives) all throughout Japan right now, is destructive. Nobody knows that better than the Japanese, thanks to us.
There is no economic "silver lining". It sets people back decades, and compels a society to shift all of their capital, labor and productive efforts away from improving the standards of living of their people and towards replacing bombs and bullets which have been consumed or exploded, and the homes and businesses blown up by enemy bombs.
All that effort going into replacing capital that got destroyed can never be regained.
This is why not only is all this talk about possible economic benefits to Japan in the wake of an almost unparalleled disaster insensitive, and tasteless, the arguments on display here are literally damaging to people across the globe. There's no silver lining in Japan... No economic benefit of any kind.
Don't - not for even a single second of your life - believe otherwise.
So instead of just waiting around for Japan's construction industry to rebound and save the day by providing "jobs" and "growth", DO SOMETHING.
America is a fabulously charitable place, and the people here are arguably the most generous on the planet. So now's the time, my friends... Bad economists are everywhere, both amateurs & professionals, so do not let their foolish shallowly constructed views lead you to believe that anything is going to fix itself over there. If you can go to Japan and help, go. If you can give to a charitable organization to help the Japanese, do that.
If all you can do is encourage others to show their support... then... do that. Do whatever you can... Just don't act like this event is - or ever will be - anything but a nightmarish tragedy that has devastated a great country filled with good people.


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My mom called me Saturday to tell me that after working for the same company for 45 years, my dad's company shut down.
Dad is 63 years old. He was trying to hang in there for two more years so he could retire on Social Security. Since the company has been going downhill, they knew that all of their retirement benefits had already been lost. At 63 years old, after 45 years of dedicated service, my father is without a job, without pay for his past 5 weeks of work, without his health insurance, too young yet to draw Social Security benefits, and plagued with a laundry list of health problems, including disc and spine injuries that have required multiple surgeries and chronic pain treatment for the last 30 years or so, and he has some serious chronic heart problems, too. He applied for TennCare, our state run health care, and was denied. He was told that enrollment is closed at this time. I guess that's what happens when Americans demand cut backs to all those "socialist programs".
My father has worked for 30 years, while being in unimaginable pain every single day. My father didn't roll over and give up when he broke his back. He sucked it up, picked himself up by the bootstraps, and carried on. He did it for his family, for his own sense of self worth, for his future, and for his company. It is absolutely sickening to think about how he is being treated now.
You know, I think back to my childhood, and my memories are of my dad working for that company, traveling all over the place to teach employees at this factory or that one how to operate this machine he built for them. I remember him coming home from work, blue prints in hand, and heading straight back to his office, to continue to work on his projects, even at home. He put in his time. He dedicated his life to them, and this is how he is repaid.
This is not the American Dream that my dad told me about when I was a kid. This is not the American Dream that makes this country great. And this certainly is not the way we should be treating good, hardworking Americans.


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To end activities on Saturday people assembled in the Baptist church in anticipation of hearing Elaine Showalter, professor emeritus at Princeton University- who is at the forefront of feminist literary criticism- in conversation with Lucasta Miller author of the erudite book The Brontë Myth. They discussed the enormous impact the Brontës have had on women's writing from the nineteenth century to the present day.
It was interesting to hear- bearing in mind Southey's advice to Charlotte that literature was not the business of a woman's life- that Showalter said that in America, even in the nineteenth century American novels. Here dreamy, intelligent girls, verbally abused at home, fantasised about being rich and were sent away to school where they met devout and dutiful 'Helen Burns' like characters and orphans followed the trajectory of Jane Eyre. century, it would be inconceivable that anyone would ever think that the 'Bells' were men. After describing the battle between selfless femininity and artistic creativity- which resulted in the story of Louisa May Alcott's own personal Civil War- the United States finally had a novel that rivalled Jane Eyre. The themes of the rebellious girl and the madwoman in the attic- who often was a metaphorical double for the heroine and the author- came together in many mid nineteenth century works.
Lucasta Miller described how, when she was supposed to be working on a thesis about Milton, she had a compulsion to read any books concerning the Brontes and her imagination was gripped by the story of their lives. Indeed she felt that the Brontes of Haworth themselves have become popular characters on a level with Jane Eyre, Rochester, Cathy and Heathcliff.
As usual questions were invited at the end of this interesting evening and the answer to one was that Anne Bronte has never been particularly popular in America and Lucasta Miller explained that her own book concentrates almost exclusively on the two eldest sisters at the expense of Anne.
I think that the majority of the audience there, if asked, would have ended the evening by agreeing with the Irish novelist George Moore who wrote- in the early years of the twentieth century- a glowing report on Anne and her novels. He said that she had all the qualities of Austen and if she had lived ten years longer she would have taken her place, possibly a higher one, with Austen. My opinion is that the jury- those present at the closing event on the second day of the Brontë weekend- would have most certainly delivered the verdict that her legacy was that she should not be judged as just the youngest Brontë but a major literary figure in her own right.
Below, Elaine Showalter:
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officials are considering a plan that would put trucks arriving
at or leaving the ports at Los Angeles and Long Beach into truck-only
lanes mostly paid for by truck tolls, The Press-Enterprise reported
Sept. 17.
on the highway could run as high as 57 cents a mile.
officials and the head of the California Trucking Association indicated
that the lanes would allow the use of longer combination vehicles,
the newspaper reported. Local officials indicated they hoped the
larger vehicles would cut pollution, while CTA President Bill Smerber
contended they could increase productivity.
Press-Enterprise reported that Mark Pisano, executive director
of the Southern California Association of Governments, contended
that the ability to carry heavier loads would lead to increased
earnings, which he said could help cover the toll cost.
of the truck lanes, which would include portions of I-710, Highway
60 and I-15, would be the lower deck of a double-deck highway, with
cars above. That route would take trucks from the port area to Barstow,
route would run more than 120 miles, placing the tolls for traveling
the entire length of the road at 57 cents a mile, at more than $68.
The double-decker road, if built, would run through some of the
most earthquake-prone areas in the United States.
The highway would have to pass through a number of approval processes before construction could proceed. If those approvals are secured, and the project does go forward, Pisano told the newspaper the first segments of the road could open by 2010.


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At Finest Expressions we are always looking for unique and creative gifts to present to new parents and babies. Candy & Chocolate bouquets are a delicious twist on the usual flower bouquets and arrangements. They are made of delectable chocolates and candies, cute baby sock petals and beautiful silk flowers. Arranged in a flurry of cellophane tissue and tied with pretty ribbons, it will make a very special gift for the new parents. Have them as baby shower centerpieces or add a special toy to make it a fun sibling gift.
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Saturday, August 23, 2008
Jelly Bean Cups – Baby Shower Favours
These mini-delights make cute favours for baby showers or kids birthday parties. The Mini-cups come filled with colour coordinated jelly beans or any other candy of your choice. It's accented with ribbons and topped with a Hershey Kiss treat that is designed like a rose petal. Add your personalized tag to give it that special touch.
Contact us for more information on colour and style availability.
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Update From Finest Expressions...
Today's post is a little different. We thought we would update you on what's new and exciting here at Finest Expressions. Basically an update on what we are working on and planning to do in the coming months. Summer is almost over even though here in Toronto, it didn't really feel like it even began. We had a lot of thunderstorms and rainfall through out the month of June, July and now August.
At this time of the year, we start our planning for the holiday season. Designing new products, developing the marketing plans, and getting ready for a busy busy season. We are very excited about introducing our holiday diaper cakes and baby gift baskets this year. They will be in vibrant colours and beautiful holiday themes. Stay tuned on our blog and website for more information!
As always we are committed to delivering your gifts on time and appreciate your cooperation in placing your orders as soon as possible. Custom designed products, such as our Baby Diaper Cakes, Finest Blossoms, Finest Blooms and Candy and Chocolate Bouquets take approximately 3-4 business days for delivery. The reason for this being, they are made fresh once an order is placed. However, we do complete urgent orders upon your request. Please call or email us if you need to place a rush order on any of our custom designed products.
All orders for Gift Baskets that are placed before 10:30 A.M EST are delivered the following business day unless you request another delivery date.
We will be updating our Holiday Shipping Deadlines in October. Please visit our website for more Shipping and Delivery information.
Even though it might seem a little depressing to think about a snowy winter in August, we do get excited about the holiday season. With its bustling activities, festive cuisines and the joy of spending time with family and friends its surely a season to enjoy!
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Candy & Chocolate Bar
This is a really cute idea that one of our client's did at her baby shower that we had to share with you. Instead of the pre-packed favours she had set-up a candy and chocolate bar for the guests to pick out their own treats at the end of the party. A wide selection of candies such as jelly beans, mints and hard candy were displayed on one end along with various assortment of chocolates on the other. She also had a nut free chocolates section for those with allergies.
For favour containers she used our Chinese boxes and used clear candy bags to line them.
A neat idea to let your guests choose their own favorite delectables to enjoy after the event.
Monday, August 18, 2008
Tip Of The Day
Writing thank you notes for all the baby gifts can be a challenge for the new parents as they try to adjust to life with their bundle of joy. Help them out by having the baby shower guests write their address on envelopes or labels. This way the new parents just have to write the thank you notes and not worry about addressing the envelopes.
Sunday, August 17, 2008
Finest Blooms - Baby Sock Bouquets
Instead of the usual flower bouquets send the new mom these beautiful baby sock bouquets. Made out of adorable baby socks these long stemmed roses make a unique gift that can be used or kept as a keepsake. Accented with fresh baby's breathe they come packaged in a white flower box.
Choose from one or two dozen baby sock bouquets and surprise the new parents!
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Tea Party – Baby Shower Favour Ideas
In our previous post titled Tea Party - Baby Showers we discussed different ideas that you could use for baby showers with a tea party theme. Here are some favour ideas that we can create for you:
1. Our mini-purses pictured above can be filled with four different types of exotic teas (tea bags) for the guests to enjoy after the party.
2. The Floral collection sachets can also be given as favours with samples of teas or tea seeds.
3. A mini-cup and saucer with a tea bag wrapped in clear cover and tied with ribbons. It will make a perfect keepsake baby shower favour.
4. If you want to shift away from the tea favours then you can use any of our favour boxes to fill with cookies or chocolates. Tip: Put them in clear or polka dotted bags before placing them in the favour boxes.
If you don't have time to put the favours together yourself, Finest Expressions offers complete Wrapped up! service. Once you select a favour design, just give us your order details and the complete favours will be delivered to your doorstep.
Tea Party - Baby Shower
One of the most popular themes for a baby shower is that of a 'Tea Party'. There are a lot of beautiful decorating ideas, recipes and gifts that you could work with to throw this wonderful themed baby shower.
Start with getting tea party invitations to reflect this theme and set a tone for the event. If you can't find the tea party invitation cards then simply design your own. See our post on Do-It-Yourself Baby shower invitations. Some ideas for design could be to cut out the invitations in tea pot shapes or to create an invitation that looks like a tea bag cover.
If you are not having an intimate gathering of a few or don't want to bust out your good china, use exquisite fancy paper dinnerware such as the Caspari Collection. Mix and match to create your unique style for the tea party.
The menu could be absolutely delicious for this baby shower! Serve delectable treats such as mini sandwiches, pastries, biscuits and scones. Check out Joy of Baking for scrumptious tea party treats. You could select a variety of exotic and herbal teas for the beverage bar. However, keep in mind that some teas are not safe for pregnant women to drink.
For the main table centerpiece try our 3-tier My Tea Party- Baby Diaper Cake. Its beautifully designed with 45 diapers, baby clothes, toys, silk flowers and ribbons. For favour ideas, check out our post on Tea Party – Favour Ideas.
Its an elegant theme that the mom-to-be and guests are sure to enjoy!
Friday, August 8, 2008
Baby Shower Bombonieres
Baby Shower party favours are a little token of appreciation you can give to your guests for being part of your baby celebration. Petit and adorable baby shower bombonieres are 8" inch tulle circles filled with sweet goodies. We fill ours with colour coordinated jelly beans and tie them with pretty floral ribbons.
If you would like to fill them with your own contents, we offer do-it-yourself bombonieres kits, that comes with the 8" inch tulle circles and pre-cut ribbons. All you will need to do is get together with some friends and have fun while putting your baby shower favours together.
Personalize them by making your own tags or getting them custom printed from Vista Print.
Stay tuned this month for more adorable and trendy baby shower favour ideas!
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Do-It-Yourself Baby Shower Invitations
Creating your own baby shower invitation is a unique way of adding a personal touch to the event. It's easy to design and it's a fun project to work on for the baby shower.
You don't even need to know how to use funky graphic design programs. All you would need is the user-friendly MS Word. Pre-packaged card-stock usually comes with instructions on how to set-up the Word document. Another option is to use one of the many free invitation templates available on the web.
Notables Stationers, a fine stationery company based in Edmonton, Alberta has a wide selection of fine paper and envelopes to help you create your own baby shower invitations. Apart from blank paper stock and imprintables, they also have ribbons and brad/clips to help assemble the invitations.
Here a few suggestions and tips to design your own baby shower invitations:
1. Keep your design simple. Don't crowd it with a lot images since this will make it look cluttered.
2. Use white card stock if you are planning on using colour images. This will bring out the colours really well and won't look too distracting.
3. Instead of using a folded card design you could use post card stock that might be easier to print on and you don't have to spend time folding it.
4. Try to stick with using two fonts at the most and use a font that is easy to read. Go easy on the italics and bold function so that you give your design a clean look.
5. Use a picture of mom-to-be or the parents-to-be to add that personal touch and customize the invitation.
Above is a sample invitation we designed using MS Word. Since it's a couple's baby shower, so we tried to go easy on the pink and used very little italics. Always keep the theme of the baby shower in mind and try to work that into your invitations as much as possible.
Lastly…have fun and let your creativity flow!
Friday, August 1, 2008
Product Of The Month - Welcome Little Princess
Our creative team at Finest Expressions is always striving to create gifts that are not just beautiful to look at but also incredibly useful for the recipient. Our product of the month is a baby girl gift basket that is based on a princess theme. Its contains unique gift items that you won't find in usual baby gift baskets. This includes a Piggy bank set and an adorable note pad for the parents to keep track of her highness' attendees (a.k.a baby sitters. )
• Two Pairs of Socks
• Piggy Bank Set includes:
• My first Curl
• My first Tooth
• My First Piggy Bank
• Baby Sitter Notes
• Body Suit
• Cap
• Princess Message Pillow
Available at Finest Expressions-Designer Gifts & Gift Baskets .
Keepsake Box
In one of our earlier post we had talked about how to involve the older siblings in making mom something special for her baby shower. Here is a keepsake box made by a Finest Expressions' older sibling for a very special baby brother. With a little help from grandma, the 6 year old big brother was able to take a simple cardboard shoe box and transform it into a perfect keepsake box. Its wrapped in blue felt cloth and is accented with little felt stars. It even has a little cut-out window to put a picture of the new baby.
At the baby shower, all family and friends wrote down their baby advice or special quotes on a piece of paper and we stored it in here. So its now become a special keepsake box filled with love from family and friends that mom can keep forever.
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Sales of cars made by General Motors' Uzbekistan assembly plant to Russia have dropped by nearly 30% due to the devaluation of the Russian ruble, a government minister said.
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Apache CMS FAQ
This page is outdated, please see the current Apache CMS Reference Guide and FAQ instead.
What is the Apache CMS?
See http://www.apache.org/dev/cms.html
How do we get started for our project?
Setup an area in your SVN space that matches http://www.apache.org/dev/cms.html#layout. See http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/river/site/trunk/ as an example
File a JIRA issue with Infrastructure asking for to be setup on the new CMS. See https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/INFRA-3181.
Consider using http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/stanbol/site/tags/initial-site-content/ as a start, otherwise begin trying things out.
Where do I get help?
Send questions via email to email@example.com
How do I run the cms build scripts?
You can check out the scripts which can from be used to build your site here: https://svn.apache.org/repos/infra/websites/cms/build/. The perl script that generates the *.html site files from *.mdtext is build_site.pl. The build_site.pl script has some Python dependencies. The easiest easiest way to install these is to use the Python setuptools. First check your version of Python (python --version) and follow the instructions to install the appropriate set of tools from here http://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools
After the python setuptools are installed other python dependencies can be installed as follows:
- sudo easy_install Pygments
sudo easy_install ElementTree (Not completely sure that this is needed)
- sudo easy_install Markdown
How do I publish generated docs (eg. doxygen)?
First place all your generated docs into a local directory, let's call it foo/. Next create a compressed archive of foo/ by running
- $ tar -czf foo.tar.gz foo
Then in the CMS navigate to the directory you'd like to add that directory to. Pull up the Edit screen and type "foo/" into the form field. Then hit <return>. Fill in the file upload widget by pointing it at foo.tar.gz, click on "Quick Commit", add a log message, and hit Submit. Wait while the staging site builds the docs, and when that process is completed click "Publish Site" and Submit. Please note that the name of the local directory must match the name of the directory to be added to the CMS.
The way to maintain this setup is to use the CMS to delete stale doc trees and replace them with fresh versions. By doing this using the web interface you will not need to fuss with the staging repo at all (unlike what happens when you try to do this using svn directly). It will just work.
More sophisticated projects should be capable of scripting this into their release packaging process. The requests to the CMS would look something like this (in perl):
$ua = LWP::UserAgent->new(requests_redirectable => ["GET"]);
$ua->default_header(Accept => "application/json");
$ua->credentials("cms.apache.org:443", "ASF Committers", $user, $passwd);
$response = $ua->head("https://cms.apache.org/redirect?action=delete;uri=$path_to_old_doctree_on_the_website");
- ## be careful here, if you screwed up the uri above you could wind up deleting your entire site.
$delete_uri = $response->header("Location")
- or die "Missing Location header";
$response = $ua->post($delete_uri, [ submit => "Submit", message => "nuking stale docs for new release" ]);
die $response->status_line unless $response->is_success; $add_uri = $delete_uri; $add_uri =~ s!/delete/!/add/!; ## put new doctree into foo.tar.gz
$response = $ua->post($add_uri, Content_Type => 'form-data', Content => [
submit => "Submit", message => "new doctree", commit => 1, file => [ "foo.tar.gz" ],
## Then use the http://s.apache.org/cms-cli script to publish the site (once the staging build has completed).


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The IRS issued Rev. Proc. 2014-18 today, announcing that it would grant blanket relief for the estates of persons who died in 2011, 2012, and 2013, if the estate was not required to file a return. The IRS announced that it will allow these estates to file a return to elect portability until December 31, 2014.
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Berlin, August 17
Two young East Berlin building workers, both 18 years of age, made a dash for the Berlin wall today. One got over safely into West Berlin, the other was killed.
The one who was killed was hit in the back and stomach by bullets fired by Communist guards as he was on top of the 6ft. wall. He fell back into East Berlin and, his clothes blood-soaked, lay groaning for 45 minutes. The East German police who shot him made no effort to go to his aid.
The man's cries became weaker and at last stopped. His inert body was then slung over a Communist policeman's shoulder and carried away like a sack of potatoes. No one in the crowd of West Berliners watching the scene doubted that he was dead. He was the fiftieth refugee killed while trying to escape since the wall was built a year ago.
Tear gas thrown
Hundreds of onlookers soon turned into several thousand and there were shouts of "murderers" and "bandits" over the wall at three East Berlin guards who stood, with machine-pistols, on the wall. Communist police then threw four tear-gas grenades from a first-floor window overlooking the crowd. Western police retaliated.
A West Berlin Red Cross worker, who watched the body being removed, said it would seem impossible for someone with stomach wounds to lie bleeding and unattended for 45 minutes, part of the time in a choking cloud of tear gas, and survive. Later the East Germans announced that the young man had died.
A crowd of West Berliners booed six US military policemen who rushed to the scene, but withdrew when the East Berlin police began throwing tear-gas grenades.
West Germans obeyed orders
Herr Heinrich Albertz, head of the West Berlin Department of the Interior, said that on Tuesday he would as the City Senate to open new talks with the Western Allies to end "this intolerable situation," He said that until now West Berlin police had obeyed orders not to shoot into East Berlin to save or help a refugee. West Berlin police today stood by as a man lay bleeding and so close to him that they could hear his groans and cries for help.
Two of the East German guards were convicted of killing Peter Fechter in 1997; the third guard died before charges were brought.


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Publication Details
Title:Field trip to Lazy Mountain silver prospect, Houston gas-oil drilling, and Slate Creek operation
Authors:Jasper, M.W.
Publication Date:1956
Publisher:Alaska Territorial Department of Mines
Total Price:$2.00
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Quadrangle(s):Anchorage; Gulkana; Mount Hayes; Talkeetna Mountains
Bibliographic Reference
Jasper, M.W., 1956, Field trip to Lazy Mountain silver prospect, Houston gas-oil drilling, and Slate Creek operation: Alaska Territorial Department of Mines Itinerary Report 195-10, 4 p. http://doi.org/10.14509/552
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The official summer bank holiday is almost here for most of us (sorry Scotland), which only means one thing; come rain or shine it's time to get out the barbie for the last, and possibly only time this year.
If you've decided to host (our first tip is to get an invite to someone else's BBQ) it's good to bear in mind the costs. Like any gathering, it always costs more than you think and has the potential to get out of hand. However, it can be done at a reasonable price and we are here to help with some thrifty tips, special deals and a cracking competition for you to feast on.
Do you actually own a barbecue?
Or have you checked out yours recently? Because if you left it outside, cover on or not, chances are it hasn't survived the winter.
However, before you rush out splashing the cash on an expensive piece of kit consider the following suggestions:
- Borrow a portable barbecue from a friend, a relative or a neighbour (do remember to include them on the guest list)
- Check out your local Facebook groups to see what people are giving away or getting rid of for cheap
- Search online forums and classifieds, such as Gumtree and Preloved, for some great deals
- If you're handy, or even better have family and friends who are, try your hand at building your own – it could turn out to be as fun as the party itself!
If you feel that buying a BBQ would still be your best bet, shop around. A simple, portable charcoal BBQ doesn't have to cost much at all, or for an even cheaper option try the old disposable numbers.
What else do you need?
Once your BBQ is in place, you can sort out other details based on how long your guest list is. These are the essentials:
- Paper plates and other disposables are required to free your mind of clearing up and really enjoy the party. You can grab some cheap throwaways from most discount stores, or have a dig around in your cupboards and you may find a few from the last party.
- If you're expecting your guests to break into dance at some point, and your Bluetooth speaker doesn't quite cut the mustard, ask around for some nifty speakers you can borrow.
- You're having a barbeque in the Great British summer, so you need to consider the rain. Is there a covered patio or similar structure where people could take shelter in case of showers? Or will you need a canopy of some sort? Be inventive and use any coverings that you've got in the house.
- It's standard practice for guests to bring their own alcoholic beverages to a gathering, but it doesn't hurt to stock up on soft drinks – plus anything you would like to drink of course.
- The trimmings, mmmm. These can be the talking point of your barbie, but you can go overboard and find yourself eating coleslaw for the next two weeks. Don't be afraid to ask guests to bring a dish, and guide them on what to bring so you don't have five potato salads.
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Fergie has amazing abs, and she achieves them with much more than just lots of stomach crunches. The singer actually consumed apple cider vinegar tonic twice a day, after her lunch and before her dinner. Just two tablespoons of the vinegar can help slow down how long it takes for food to empty from the stomach, enhancing the digestive process.


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December 24th 04, 10:31 PM
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"Shagster" wrote in message
I rented a Diatom a week ago that cleared the problem in just a few hours..
Of course, I returned the filter and now the problem is back.. A friend is
lending me a UV that's 6 years old, but the bulb is within a year old..
It's 25 Watts.. and yes, I've had it on 24x7.
Hmmm... UV is a sure-fire wire to get rid of green water, period. If it isn't
that for you, there are a few possible causes:
- Something is wrong with your sterilizer, for example, the bulb is worn, or
the quartz sleeve or surface of the tube are dirty, so the UV light can't
actually irradiate the water. (Bulb life is typically 8000 hours with a
conventional ballast, or 12000 hours with an electronic ballast.)
- The wattage is too low (unlikely at 25W, unless your tank is larger
than around 200gal).
- The flow rate is too high, so the dwell time in the sterilizer too short
to effectively kill the algae.
- The flow rate is too low, so you kill everything that passes through
the sterilizer, but the sterilizer doesn't turn over your tank volume
frequently enough, so the rate at which the algae reproduce exceeds
the rate at which they are being killed in the sterilizer.
First I would check that the sterilizer is clean inside. If it isn't,
it can't do its job.
At 25W, you can use the sterilizer for a tank up to around 200gal, depending
on what organisms you want to kill. But, for algae, you will still get more
enough zap dosage at that wattage. So, unless your tank is larger than 200gal,
this is unlikely to be the problem.
The flow rate of the sterilizer must not exceed a threshold beyond which the
dosage drops too low to be effective. For a 25W sterilizer, you must keep the
flow rate below 200gal per hour to get a zap dosage of at least 20,000
microwatts per second per square centimeter.
The flow rate through the sterilizer must be high enough to turn over the tank
volume such that most of the tank water passes through the sterilizer at least
once a day. Because the sterilized water mixes with unsterilized water, it
turns out that to get that turnover rate, you need a higher flow rate than
you would intuitively expect. Recommended turnover rate is between once
and twice per day (meaning that 99% of the tank water has actually passed
through the sterilizer at least once or twice a day). For a 100gal tank, the
flow rate must be no less than 40gal per hour, for a 200gal tank, the flow
rate must be no less than 80gal per hour.
So, here are your parameters:
- Check that the sterilizer is actually doing its job (clean, and working
- Don't run the sterilizer at more than 200 gallons per hour.
- From your tank size, work out the required turnover rate. For 100gal, that's
at least 40gal per hour (but 80gal per hour would be better), for a 200gal
tank, that's at least 80gal per hour (but 160 gal per hour would be better).
If you stay within those parameters and keep the sterlizer running 24x7,
you will not have green water, period.
I eventually want to purchase my own diatom and UV, but wanted to hear if
others use the diatom 24x7..
No, you can't run diatoms 24x7. The filter media get clogged very quickly,
typically within a few hours. Diatom filters are used as occasional water
polishing filters, not as permanent filters.
Michi Henning Ph: +61 4 1118-2700
ZeroC, Inc.
Michi Henning